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' 1"Pr' ° * W * S3psw - - < , - . " < * < ' * - - " " " - * mm W r i - ir ' v- > - ' . 4 . XHB O1S1AHA DAILY BB5flr WEDNESDAY * HABOH 28 , 188a DAILY BEE. TEUMS OP scnscmpTioN. Dally ( Momlm ? EdltlonJ.lncluaing Sunday i , HitK , Ono Year . . . . . .110 DO ? s For Bli Months , 6 09 ForThrceMonths , . . . . . SCO Tlio . , Omnha _ _ Sunday HER , mailed to any ad' r * . Your BOO OMAHA Omen. Kos.BH Annflld KAMAM Brnr.ET. Nr.w VOKK OFFICE. HonuA U AKD 15 TninuwR Iiuiuiixn. WASiutieiToM Orncn , Mo. 013 conncsroNDBKCE. AH commnnlcjitlonn relating to news nntl edl torlal matter should be addressed totho KiiiTon . IlUe7liYIM3O JdSiAHIW } - All ImMncss loiters nnd remittances should bo f" addressed to THE Her. Ptini.isiiiwn COMPANY , / OMAHA. Draftscheckif and pmtolBcc orders to I be made paj-nblo to the order of the company. Tiic Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors E. ROSEWATER , Editor. THE DAILY UEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btnte of Nebraska , I _ - County of DouRloss. f . _ Oco , H. Tzscliuck , secretary ot The Boo Pub llshlQK company , < IOCH solemnly swear that the nctualclrcumtlon of the Daily lice for the week ending Wnrcli2) ) . 1888. was as ( allows : Saturday , March IT , ' " 'MS ? Bundny. March IS. . . , . 0.300 Monday. JUrch 19 20,50 ] Tuewlny , March a ) . . . . . . . 0,420 'WedncRtiar , March SI , 31,370 ThnrBday.ilarch ! ! ! . . . . . . . . t 20.43U Vrtelay , March83" " . . . ) .KM Average WMl B GEO.n.TZBCHOCK. Sworn to and subscribed In my crcsonca this 2itli day of BInrch , A. . , 1888. N ; P. FEII , Notary Public , Btnto of Nebraska , [ . . County ot Douglass , f * Ueo. li.Tzschuck , Tielngnret dnly mrarn. do * noBfR nnfl says thnt lie IB secretary ot The lleo I'ubUshlnR company , that the actual average dally circulation ot the Dnllr llfo tor tbo month of March. 1887. 14.100 copies ! lor April , 1B67 , 14,316 copies ; tor May , 1887 , Ufzn copies ; for June , 1887 , 14.117 copies ; for July. 1B87 , Hnx ) copies ; for Aniriist , 18A7 , 14,151 copies ; for September , 1887 , 14,349 copies ; for October , 1887 , HSB ; for Novembe-r. 1EB7 , 16.2M copies ; for December , 1U87 , 16,041 copies ; for January. 1E88 , 16,200 copies ; tor February , 1888,16,953 copies. OEO. Bworn and subscribed to In my presence thla 3d day of March. A. 1) . 1888. N. P. FBII * Notary Public. has a. surplus in her treasury of $2,000,000 and the governor him called a special session of the legislature to cut down taxes. The Texas cowboys will personally divide the surplus. Tins democratic party IB likely to hnvo a "plumed knight' ' in the presidential - dential race. , Governor Pitzhugh Lee , of Virginia , is pluming his feathers for a vice presidential nomination. THE anti-Cleveland democrats are trying to force the president to show his hand on ronomination. But the Booker for a second terra is too wily to be caught at this stage of the gamo. THE Wtllamantic savings bank haa .0 , treasurer who doesn't know what be came of $150,000 entrusted to his care. Astho troasurertiidn't go oil to Canada , the directors are only going to proceed against him for incompotoncy. "Honest Tate , " why did you not stay at your old Kentucky homo ? - IN Ohio the cause of democracy is not very bright. So much of the party is identified with the tally-shoot forgery cas'ps now on trial that Allan G. Thur- ' rna'fl is disgusted with the corruption , and threatens to abandon the party to fato. With the old Roman out of the way Poraker can easily sweep the field with republican victory. DEAn old grandmother Spain is going to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America - ica by establishing in 1892 a big oxposi- y tion at Madrid. It is going to bo a family uiTnlr Din which only Spanish bluo-blood is to take a part. Latin America Is cordially invited , but Undo Sam got snubbed. Ho is too much of a Yankee to suit the queen regent. IF the answer of the Rock Island com pany to the Burlington suit bo true , a neat little game to forma great railroad trust has been nipped in the bud. As a. part of this plan the engineers' strike was encouraged by the Burlington to rid itself of Brotherhood engineers , nnd by this and other cunning strokes to force other roads into the combine. This is the Rock Island's story. If the allegations can bo proven the "Q" will stir up a hornets' nest over its head. AUTHOUITIES who are posted on the subject of the great telephone case agree that the supreme court made a mistake in confirming the validity of the Bell olophono patents. The credit of inventing the telephone should | l have been given to Drawbaugh a'nd Philip Rois. The question of patent I right , however , is of little concern teL L the public at large. What the patrons of the telephone monopoly want is the best service for the least money. When the yearly earnings of the telephone jr company amount to about twenty per | cent on its enormously inflated stock a reduction in the charges is in order. MANITOHA is badly bound hand and foot by the Canadian Pacific railroad monopoly. By the terms of the charter the Canadian government has granted Co that company the exclusive right to build railroads through the northwest. The people of Manitoba have for a long time protested against this monopoly and huvo threatened to secede from the Dominion government. To prevent nul lification in Manitoba , the government Los swallowed Its pride and is trying to buy back its concessions from the Cana dian Pacific. "What a spectacle for a government offering the Canadian Pa- clfio ten million dollars nnd five million acres of land for the privilege of allow ing the people of Manitoba to build their own railroads ! PltiLADiu'HiA merchants huvo sot on foot a scheme to form a national board of trade , and invite our citizens and ft' board to co-opomto with them. The object , of this organization is to formu- Ji late for the intor-stuto commerce comP - P > j mission such grievances ns merchants in f' - ' common are subjected to , A further I object of the national board will be to Eocuro such amendments to the intor- I etato law as will protect merchants from § Imposition. The plan is llkoly to bo | carried out , and depends for its success I upon the interest taken by merchants * and boards of trade through the country. . A national board of trade can best voice f the wants of merehunUs.and the citizens / of Omaha , through their- board of trade , J fbould join heartily in the project. Tlio Supreme Court Vacancy. The vacant chair of the ! chief justice awaits an occupant. Death has again Riven President Cleveland the oppor- < tunltyof making a high judicial ap pointment the most elevated within the gift of the chief executive. It is n responsibility which rarely falls upon n president. Hut flvo Judges have presided - sided in the supreme court since the ap pointment of John Jay by General Wash ington. General Grant was the last president to select a chief justice in Mor risen R. Walto , whoso term of offlco has just bcon terminated by death , It is not to bo expected that political considerations will not dictate to great extent the choice of a successor. The exigencies of an approaching campaign are not likely to bo overlooked. It is to bo presumed that the next chief justlco will bo a democrat and that he will coma from a state whore his cholco will strengthen the party. Now York and Indiana arc mentioned by politicians as the probable recip ients of the honor , without any definite idea as to the names ot the lawyers upon whom the silken robe is to bo con ferred. The chief intorestbt the people of the country , quito irrespective of party , is that the high character of the supreme bench shall bo maintained and that no man of small mental calibre or weak moral fiber shall bo called to the chair once occupied by John Marshall. Peculiar in its constitution and in the latitude of its far reaching powers , the United States supreme court has sus tained the highest rank among -tho tribunals of the world by reason of the care exorcised in the selection of its judges. The opposition to the appoint ment of Justice Lamar arose from the fooling that ho was not in either learn ing or ability the peer of his follow jus tices. * Mr. Cleveland will make a serious mistake if ho overlooks unquestioned legal learning , juridical experience and judicial temper of minds in select ing a successor to Chief Justice Waito. His professions of non-partisanship where the interests of the entire coun try are at stake will now bo put to a se vere test. A Proposed Fanners' Trust * It is reported that a movement has boon started by the farmers of Kansas looking to the organization of a trust. The plan us stated is to create a combi nation of the farmers , stookraiscrs and feeders of the northwestern states and territories of the Mississippi vnlloy , and to establish central agencies at ton points , among them Omaha , at which shall bo done all the selling for the members of the association. A mass convention of farmers and stockmenfor the purpose of forming the proposed or ganization , has been called to meet at Topeka , Kansas , on May 1 , and in the address inviting farmers to attend it is stated that the principal purpose is to control the shipment of farm products "and thus regulate the sup ply of our commodities ofToring-in the public markets of the country , " thereby always insuring fair prices."Tho farmers of this country , " says the address - dross , "cannot compete with India wheat in the Liverpool market , nor do wo longer intend to submit to the pay ments of the cost of taking our wheat to Liverpool before it can bo sold in our homo market. What wo want is a fair exchange of products. This wo demand nnd will submit to nothing else. Wo have the power , and all that is needed is organization to make this power effective. If wo can by this pro posed organization control our ship ment of those commodities and prevent the supply from exceeding the demand in the market , then we would unques tionably become masters of the situa tion. " Heroin as least is the spirit that inspires combination. If there is any interest that could bo justified in organizing a trust for con trolling in anywise its products it is that of the farmers , It is the ono great in terest which is left bv the fiscal policy of the nation without regard or protec tion , and not only this , but is made to pay the greater part of the tribute exacted - acted by that policy in behalf of every other industrial interest. The pro tected steel syndicate , the tariff-bul warked sugar trust , the well fortified lumber and salt interests , the woolen manufacturers , all the industries , in short , which are guarded by an exces sive tariff no longer necessary to the requirements of the government , got annually from the farmers of the country millions of tribute , oppress ing them with a great and unjust burden which grows 'heavier and more intolerable from year to year. These unprotected millions of the na tion's producers must sell the products of their hard toil at the prices that rule in a foreign market where they moot the competition of the products of the cheapest labor on earth , but all that they buy must bo paid for at the highest prices that prevail in any market in the world , because protected by tariff duties more excessive than any other nation In history over levied in time of peace. And what has boon the service of those farmers to the country ? For fifteen years they liavo kept the balance of trade in our favor , the aggregate volume - umo of agricultural food products exported - ported to Europe and other foreign markets in that period exceeding in vuluo four billions of del lars. Sin co 1673 western farmers have exported to the markets of the world so much food product that the balance of trade in our favor hasoxceod- cd $1,050,000,000. They have thus paid off all our foreign debts , drawn gold from Huropo to this country , kept the precious metals extracted from our mines at homo , fed our own people and enriched almost everybody except them selves. What have the protected in dustries to show that is coin pa ruble with this ? But while the /armors may have far fairer reason than any other interest for combining to protect themselves and se cure better prices by controlling the distribution of their products , the wis dom of their doing BO is at least debata ble. The trust is a device inimical to the public interest and ob noxious . to popular _ sentiment , against which a war'has , t been begun and will bo persistently waged until this last resort of monopoly is de stroyed. Legislation is bolng invoitot to this end , and the lime is not remote when pvory trust will bo driven fron its stronghold and compelled to go down Would it be well or wise for the farmer ! ot the country to become in any degree identified with this dovlco of monopoly to which the great majority of the people ple are hostlloV They nro a most im portant clement of the people whose obvious duty nnd best interest wouli Boom to bn to array themselves agalnsi all institutions of monopoly and ovorj condition that contributes to the ere ation ot ouch institutions. What the farmers of the country need li relief from the oppression of war tariff taxation. They need to be relieved from the payment o ; exccsslvo tribute to the ovor-protcctod industries. They should address themselves - solves earnestly and vigorously to the clTort to secure this relief , which when obtained will bo certain nnd permanent nnd not attempt the method ol monopoly , which antagonizes the pub He interest and sentiment , and of the success of which in their case there would be great uncertainty. It is well that farmers shall moot to discuss the situation , but If wisdom prevail among them they will avoid giving- aid to tha enemy by adopting his pernicious methods. Misleading tlio Germans. Under the caption of "Tho Mayor or the Warpath , " our German-American local contemporary , the jTVfbunc , print ; the following extract concerning the order recently Issued by Mayor Broatch requiring all liquor dealers to pay the full amount of the license charge for the fiscal year : The old question relative to the pnymcnl of saloon licenses has again assumed prornl notice. The plain Issue Is , 'Shall the entire sum bo paid in advance or in quarterly In stallmonts1 ! The state law contains the fol lowing provision relative to this subject chapter GO , section 25 : 'Tlio coiporato nu thoritics of nil cities and villages shall have power to license , regulate and prohibit the selling or giving away of intoxicating malt , spirituous and vinous , mixed 01 fermented liquors within tlio limits of cad : city or village , the license not ? to extent ! beyond the municipal year in which it shall bo granted , and to determine the amount tc bo paid for such license , not less than 500 in villages and cities having not more than 10,000 population , nor less than $1,000 in cities of the first class nud cities having ovoi 10,000 population. The now city charter chapter 18 , section 92 , reads as follows : The mayor and cltj council may by ordinance license , restrain , regulate or prohibit the solo or giving awaj of Intoxicating beverages , the license , how ever , shall not extend beyond the municipal year for which it Is issued ; also to fix the amount payable for the same , which shall not bo less than the lowest amount fixed bj law. It Is therefore clear that no prepayment oi license was especially prescribed. The present sent United States senator , Manderson.whcn acting as city attorney , interpreted the law and eave the opinion. thai the council was fully empowered to provide by ordinance in what manner payments should bo made. This was done accordingly and quarterly payments we're required , si that the liquor dealer received his full 11 cense in the ninth month of the fiscal year , With this arrangement all seemed satisfied except the editors of several local Anglo American papers , who have no high license to pay themselves , but are constantly finding fault with the enforcement of the Slocum law , since they appear to consider It theii duty to become its special guardians , while every other subject is loft untouched. To this circumstance is duo the fact that the is sue never drops out of our local politics. Under the now charter the fiscal year be gins the 1st of January instead of the first Tuesday In April , as formerly. Thus it hap pens that the license year has been advanced , Mayor Broatch first insisted on the prepayment - mont of the full 11,000 , but consented to o payment of the first quarter on New Year's day , the balance to bo paid by April 1. Our eccentric Gorman-American con temporary is misleading its patrons. While it is true that General Mandor- son , while city attorney , construed the high license law as authorizing quart erly payments , the supreme court ol this state has rendered a decision that every liquor dealer must pro-pay the whole $1,000 when ho files his applica tion for license. This decision should have been respected and carried out by the city authorities long ago. The law may bo obnoxious. It will doubtless work hardship on dealers whoso means are limited. But it is the law , and until it is repealed or modifioel the mayor , under his efllcial ) oath , is in duty bound to enforce it. Our Gorman contemporary pretends to quote from the city charter , but no such provision as ho quotes can bo found in it. His ci tatlon is misleading and liable to create a false impression upon Gorman-Ameri cans who nro law-abiding , but resent fanaticism , and would naturally regard the mayor's course as an unwarranted infraction of their rights. Mil. CLEVELAND has received a warn ing from the donate committee on the judiciary , unanimously concurred in by the members of that committee , which it is to bo supposed ho will heed. It re lates to the practice of deferring ap pointments , on which the advice and consent of the senate is necessary , until after the adjournment of the senate. A suspicious example of this was in the appointment of the inter-state commerce commission , though other offices created by the last congress were not tilled until after the adjournment. The pres ident had ample time in which to send those appointments to the senate , but < for his own reasons ho' did not do so , the delay in the appointment of the interstate - tor-stato commerce commission being duo to Ills desire to appoint Mr , Mor risen , who was a member of the lost congress and not eligible until his term was out , Such an excuse might justify delay , though the senate committee takes the ground that the constitution clearly es tablishes the right and the duty of the son a to to advise and consent to the up- pointmon to certain ofilces , and that the president has no right to fill an olllco otherwise except in case of an emer gency. The interesting fact is stated that but ono other president ouiittvd to send appointments to the sonata , for its advice and content when ho had ample timu to do BO , James Monroe having neglected to 1111 two ofilces until after * the adjournment of 'the senate. Asa rbbuko'of iiis neglect the appointments were unanimously rejected. The prolosl ot tha sonnto committee was not intended to bo a censure , but it comes sufficiently near to It , nnd is a pretty plain notiflca tlon to the president that heroattor do ; ferrcd appointments wllj bo very ttkolj to bo rejected , IN reply to an inquiry for information regarding the provisions ot tlio bill foi a division of the Sioux reservation in Dakota , wo would state that the measure ] is now in the hands of a conference committed of the two houses , made ; necessary by the numerous amendments of the senate to the house bill. Pending ing action by the committee an ab stract of the measure would bo of nc value , as it may still undergo manj changes. The area proposed to be thrown open to settlement exceeds ton million acres , and a portion ot the Ponca reservation would bo includcel in it. As to the time when the act shall take effect , that will depend upon the acceptance and consent of the different bands of the Sioux nation ot Indians , the bill providing that their acceptance of its propositions shall bo voluntary and taken by popular vote in the man- nornnd form prescribed by the treaty be tween the United States nnd those Indians. Tlio result Is somewhat uncor tain. A good deal of opposition to the bill has been manifested by two classes of influential persons , one of thorn be ing sundry old chiefs who see their power slipping away under legislation which overthrows the customs and tra ditions of generations , and the other being the whites who hnvo married Indian women , who also see that this measure would greatly curtail thoit advantages. If the act is accepted by the Indians nnd satisfactory prool thereof presented to the president with in one year after the passage of the act , the fact shall be announced by executive proclamation , otherwise the act be comes of "no effect and null and void. " Great tact will doubtless bo required on the part of the government authorities to secure the acceptance of the act bj the Indians. - * THE nepubllcan is not In favor of erect ing n public building on Jefferson square. II has said so a good many times , and says so again. But where the people are divided upon any question It never interferes with their right to make their wishes known in the manner provided by law. Republican. Will there over boa time when the people are not divided ? How many times are the people to vote on every proposition ? When the division was called for on city hall location over three thousand people voted in favor of Parnam and Eighteenth streets and only 239 against it\ That ought to hayo been decisive. Suppose another division is called for , will not the miudjitytJ have the same right to call for Ji ibt or vote'as they now have ? Are thu taxpayers to bo put totho expepse of special elections every few months just to , satisfy the crowd that failed to carry "at 'ftib last election ? Whore and whon'v is' this calling for division * to ondV -j { * j l HBMMMtoHMHMMM ' ' > NO'uonbst contractor.'uses a dummy through whoso hanels ho makes a bid for paving. The Best Policy. Chicago Krics. Down In Kentucky they call a state treas urer "Honest" if ho doesn't take the safe when ho starts for Canada. A Bill to Protect Trusts. Philadelphia Itecoid. Ir. Randall's tariff bill might bo properly entitled , "A Bill to Protect the Trusts and Rob the People. " The Woods Full of 'Em. St. Paul Globe. There Isn't ' a lawyer in the country who docs not think he could name an excellent successor of the late chief justice if modesty permitted. Hurry Up , Cliaunccy. Chicago T/niM. / If Chauncey M. Dopow Is really going to write a letter declining the presidency he'd better hurry up before the presidency has a chance to write first. Nebraska Has the Timber. New Ynrh Tribune. Tennessee is said to bo looking around for a governor who can't piny the fiddle and knows ho can't. It is feared that no such man can be found in the stato. AVlmt Might Hnvo Keen. Boston Herald , By what narrow chances men sometimes miss becoming famous 1 Hero is old Daniel Drawbauch wUo came within ono vote of be ing the original Inventor of the telephone. A Strong Combination. St. I.oult aiobc-Dcmncrat. The falling off in railroad earnings in the second week of March as compared with the corresponding week in 1887 , which has Just been developed , signifies snnply that the brothel hood and the blizzard , in opposite sections of the country , were running things about that timo. 71 I jo no Sentinel. CMcaan Herald. A rather grandiloquent tribute to Mr. Alli son in an Iowa paper starts oft with : "Wil liam B. Allison has stood with his hand on the national pulse for a quarter of a cen tury. " This Is saying a good deal for Mr. Allison for a period when so many of our statesmen stood with their hands in the na tional pocket. What the Party Wants. The American , It Is necessary that the republican candi date should bo neither Incompetent , nor weak nor untried. Ho must bo a strong man who has proved his strength. The work be fore him demands the powers of a statesman. It la not a time for experimenting. National affairs call for the executive guidance of n republican who can lay upon them a firm and familiar hand. The Republican n. Wahinoton Critic , The presidential II doth flit From bonnet unto bonnet ; And when it flndoth ono that suits It settles down upon it. On Sherman's there ! not a sign , And AllUon don't show it , And if it rests on Fornkor's , The people do not know it , In Gresham's case we find the same , And Hurriaon is like it , Depow and Evarts hold theirs up , But still the B won't atriko it. Say , where'a the presidential n , Slncu Blaine of Maine's declined iti Well , take the name of lilaiuo uud search And possibly you'll find 1U A KUJMUII Count. ROUE , 'March 27. The poj > o created Lanbal of.New York , .a Roman-count. Total Annihilation of His Pot JoCfor- BOD Square Schomo. PAT FORD A PRETTY SICK MAN The Warrior From the Third , anil the First Ward Statesman nnd We , Us & Co. Go to * n Funeral , Ilnncnltlty Completely Squelched. Jefferson square's cundldwy as a prospec tlvo point for the location ot the city hall mot with n death blownt tlio meeting of the coun ell last night , nnd Chief Grave Digger Hnq call nnel the pall-bearers , consisting chiefly o "Hon. " Pat Ford and the members ofVo Us & Co. , attended tha saddest funeral o ; thulr whole natural existence. The death throes became visible about 0 o'clock , nnd ono hour and n hnlf later the poor old boom stretched out nnd died , despite the mlnlstra lions of "Dr. " Burnlmm with n sugar-coatee resolution to kcqp life In tlio aged nnd venerable - able plant , It was a harrowing scene ant Ono not to bo soon forgotten by Grave Digger Hascall and Chief Pall Hearer Pat Ford. When the death \vns made known the two looked sad , nnd it is to bo otpcctcd that they will wear the regulation badge of mourning for the balance of their lives. The exorcises opened with the clerk read ing the following communication : To the Honorable the Mayor nnd JCity Council of the City of Oinnlm : The under signed , your petitioners , hereby represent that nt n meeting of the citizens of the Fifth. Sixth , Eighth and other wardi of the city o ! Omnha , hold at Wolf's hall on the corner of Twenty-second and Cumlng streets on the evening of Friday , March 23 , 1888 , they were by the action of said mooting appointed a committee to represent nnd present to your body the sentiment nnd desire of said meet ing with reference to the location and crcq- tldn of a city hall building for the city of Omnhn. That the sentiment of sntd meeting ns unanimously expressed was in favor of the location and erection of n city hall buildIng - Ing ( costing not to exceed $300.000) ) upon Jof- crson square in the city of Omaha ; that it was the desire and request of said meeting unanimously expressed thst proper action by your body to submit to the electors of the city of Omaha for their ratification and approval or otherwise at the polls the question of such locution and erection. In pursuance , therefore , of the sentiment nnd expression of said mcctlng.nnd in nccord- nnco with tbo decision of the district court of Douglas county , lately expressed , concerning said matter of location and erection , your pe titioners hereby request and pray the imme diate appointment of a committee to secure nnd procure plans for a suitable building for a city hall with reference to said herein pro posed location , nnd upon completion and preparation of same , to prepare nnd enact a suitable ordinance for the submission to the legal voters of the city ot Omaha of the question of the location nnd erection of a city hall as herein stated , contemplated nnd do- sired. And your petitioners will ever pray. , T. J. SAVILI.E , JAMES CtiEionxoN , FltEDBRICIC SOH.VAKE , Committee. Councilman Klerstoaa moved that the .communication bo referred to the committee on public property and buildings. Council man Boyd seconded the motion. Councilman Burnhnm moved that the rules bo suspended until a resolution could bo read which he handed to the cleric. Councilman Lee was on his feet in a moment , and objected to any such notion. Ho said it was done for the purpose of fore stalling n resolution bo put In Inst week , nnd which was in the hands of a committee. Common courtesy should provnil , nnd his resolution should receive consideration in preference to anything that might be intro duced now. However , if the councilmcn were in for n fight ho was ready. Councilman Hascall thought there was no harm in considering the matter now. Councilman Kierstend agreed with Council man Leo , nnd the whole subject was laid tem porarily on the table. When resolutions were called for , the clerk took up and read Councilman Burnham's resolution , as follows : Resolveel. That I. S. Hascall , Michael Leo and J. M. Counsman bo and they nro hereby appointed a committee to arrange for and procure , and they are hereby instructed to arrange for nnd procure , by competition or otherwise , suitable nnd sufficient plans , sicetches nnd drawings for a city hall build ing adapted to the ground nnd property com monly known nnd designated as Jefferson square , as n site and location for the same. Said committee shall from time to time , nnd at as early a date as practicable , report back to the council , for concurrence nd approval , such skotclics , drafts and plans as may from time to time bo procured ; nnd in the direction of , nnd nrrangemcnts for such plans , draw ings aneJskotches , they shallbo limited to the sum of 13,000 as tbo cost in full and in all its details of said city hull building. Councilman Ford moved that the resolu tion bo adopted. Councilman Kiorstcad opposed it , saying that he was not in favor of putting the city to an expense of $1,500 , for another election , nftor the people have once directed by their votes where the city hall should bo located. Councilman Lee spolco in the same strain , and insisted that thoroportof the committee on nubile property and buildings on his reso lution bo heard. Councilman Hnscall remarked that pos sibly Councilman Burnham would like to say something in regard to his resolution. Councilman Burnham arose and defended his action by saying that ho was justified by the ruling of Judge Donne , and intimated that the councilmcn who did not construe it ns ho ( Burnhnm ) did were nlottof lunkheads. Councilman Bedford cried down the Burn hnm resolution nnd said ho should never vote for it. If a new site for the building was desired the way for the council to go about it wns to p'nss an ordinance foi'nnothor election , when the people can rutlfy the site by their votes. Councilman Lee defended the councilmcn from tlio insinuations of Burnham , nnd had the clerk read n corroap&udonco ho bad with Judge Donne in rcfcrenco to his decision. The Judge's reply was clear and concise , and in keeping with Ilia previous decision. An exchange of words was indulged in be tween Hascall nnd Leo , Then the committee on public propei ty and buildings reported on Leo's motion that work proceed on the build ing on Its present sito. It was u majority re port signed by Lee nnd Boyd , and a minor ity report signed by Counscman was sent In. Councilman Kiorstcad considered it out rageous for a little meeting held in the north ern part ot the nity to nsk the council to call an election for changing n site , If meetings were held In other parts of the city the popu lar vo'.e would bo not to have another elec tion. Councilman Ford reflected on the sincerity of Mr , Klerstcad's opinion , nnd said that ho was pandering to the wishes of Mr. Hose- water , to whom he was > indebted for making him a councilman. Ford blurted out that hu had come to the meeting with a Jefferson square bee in his bonnet bigger than Rosewater - water nud his BKB , and that the Burulmtn resolution would pass , Councilman Klerstcad retaliated by re minding Ford that when it was proposed to put up a market house on Jefferson square ho ( Ford ) howled that no building should bo put on it , ns it should bo left us n breathing spot for the poor pooplo. Councilman Snvdcr agreed with CounJ oilman ICicrstcad that the city shpul'J not bo put to the cxpenso of a special election , and remarked that it would bo an injustice to poohlo who have bought land In tbo neighborhood to move the BitO. BitO.Tho Doano decision was again argued and re-argued , and by this time Huscall caught Ills second wind ana gave vent to abuse. Councilman Leo insisted through ull falr- 11033 that the Burnham resolution should bo referred for one week to give thu people a chance to express themselves on it. Tluiro are other tux-payers anel property-holders in the city who liavu n rightto talk as well as tuoso In North Omaha. Councilman Alexander agreed with Coun cilman Lee , Hascall , the speaker said , had. howled about the ptjople. Who were tbo pcoploj They are only the two or tbrou hundred people drummed up by a. few councilineu , who secmod to have ) more , in terest in moving tho'lmll than anybody no tiad met , and held ia the northern part of the city. Councilman Leo moved that tue Burnham resolution brt rorerrdel to a commlttoo for ono week. Lost oti tlft voteas follows i Ayew Alexander , Boyd , Knspar , Kior- stoau , Leo , Lowry. Snyder , Van Camp , Mr. President. Noes Bailer , Bedford , Bnrnhnm , Chcnoy , Counsman , Ford , Haacall , Kitchen , Man- VlllC. VlllC.A A motion to pass tbo ordinance was lost by ten ayes nnd eight noes , Councilman Van Camp voting this time la the nftlrmntivo. Councilman Lee then asked for the adop tion of his resolution signed by n majority of the committee on public property and build- Inn , which wns lost by the following vote : Ayes Alexander , Boy l , ICnspnr , Klcr- atond , Leo , Lowry , Snyder , Mr. President 8. 8.Noes Noes Bnlloy , Bedford , Burnham. Cheney , Counsman , Ford , Hnscall , Kitchen , Mnnvillo , Vnn Camp JO. Then It wns proposed to adopt the report of the minority on the committee , nnd thnt wns lost by the following tlo vote : Aj'os Bailey , Bedford , Burnhnm , Cheney , Counsmnn , Ford , Hascall , Kltehon , Manvillo. Totnl 9 * Nnys Alexander , Boyel , ICnspnr , Klor- fltcnd , Leo , Lowry , Snyelor , Vnn Camp , Mr. President. Totnl 9. "When the result wa * mndes known Ford growled Hko n boar , Hnacall became speech less nnd Wo , UB & Co. and the Jefferson squnro boomers departodln funeral sllenco. President Bochol appointed Messrs , W. V. Morse nnd C. B. Rustin to nssist the city clerk In canvnsslnR the vote of Tuosdny last for the issuing ot tlOO.OOO sowcrngo bonds , nnd reported the following result : For. Against. Sewerage bonds 1,821 83 Paving bonds 1,275 123 THE CONTKAOTOU8. Lucky OnosWho Scoured Pnvinc Jobs Adams Gets Loft. The lobby In the board of public work's wns crowded with contractorsyestordny who were interested in the avrard of the various contracts for paving. All the members of the board were present. On motion of Mr. Helmrod the following contracts on'streets were awarded to Hugh Murphy. Sioux Falls granite on sand at $3.45 per square yard. Sioux Falls grnnlto on broken stone nnd sand nt $2.04 per square yard. Colorado sandstone on sand at $2.45 per squnro ynrd. Colorado sandstone on broken stone and snnd nt $3,01 per square ynrd. Mr. ( Mayno moved that the contracts for cypress blocks for streets bo awarded Regan Bros. & Co. on the following tonnn. Cypress blocks on sand nnd plank at $1.45 per square ynrd. Cypress blocks on concrete nt $1.80 per square ynrd. The motion was seconded by Mr. Holmrod , who said ho had scon the same kind of blocks In use nt Calves ton nnd was very much pleased with them. The motion was car ried. ried.Tho The following contracts for paying alloys wns nwarded to Hugh Murphy : Sioux.Falls granite on sand at $3.05 per squnro ynrd. Sioux Falls granite on broken stone nnd sand nt $ 'J.84 per square yard. Colorado sandstone on broke stone and sand nt $2.84 per squnro ynrd. A contract was also awarded the Nebraska nnd Colorado sandstone company , for paving alleys , on the following terms : Colorado sandstone at $2.50 per square yard. The bids for cedar blocks was found to be as follows : R.-O. Adams , cedar blocks on sand and plank at $1.43 per square .vard. R. O. Adams , cedar blocks on concrete nt 51.70J < per square yard. J. IS. Smith & Co. , cellar blocks on sand and plank at $1.01 per square yard. J. B. Smith & Co. , cedar blocks on concrete nt $1.82 per square yard. The lowest bid was , therefore , from Adams , but Mr. Mayno moved that the con tract bo awarded J. B. Smith & Co. , as R. O. Adams was not a responsible bidder. Mr. Hcimrod seconded the motion , agreeing with Mr. Mayno in his opposition to Adams , ad ding that he had known that gentleman for some time and ho did not consider him a proper person to give n contract. Smith , ho added , was a responsible person nnd n man ho know favorably of in every business re lation. The motion was carried nnd the con tract awarded Smith & Co. AU the above bids were under the SDeclfl- cations of 1887 , nnd the bids of Jns. Fox & Sons , under the specifications of 1888 , were next taken up and found to bo as follows : Cedar blocks on sand and plank nt $1.73 per square yard ; cedar blocks on concrete at $1.89 per square yard. Chairman Balcombo nnd City Engineer Tillison were both in fnvor of awarding the contract to Fox under these specifications as it would require a gallon inoro of tar to the square yard than the specifications of 1887 required and consequently would make a bettor pavement. They said they wore will ing , as citizens , to pay seven cents more to hnvo n good pavement. The additional gal lon of tar cost the contractors ton cents more anyway. Messrs. Mnyno and Heimrod wore opposed to the granting of a contract under the speci fications of 1838. ns that code had not yet been formally adopted. Mr. Balcombo said that ho saw no reason why the people should not have the oppor tunity to petition for cedar block under the spccilications of 1883. inasmuch as the ordi nance ordering and the advertisement itself asked for bids not only on specifications adopted by the board of public works , but nny specifications , oven those originating from the bidder. Mr. Heimrod said ho was opposed to the proposed 1888 specifications from beginning to end , ns ho had previously told the city en gineer nnd would now say in the presence of the chairman. Ho objected to them because In the proposed specifications the word "chairman" had been substituted for the words "board of public works" in too many instances. Mr. Mnyno spoke up and said ho didn't be lieve in delegating nil his powers to the chairman. Ho wished to reserve his proportionate tionate rights. Mr. Balcombo showed some displeasure nt these remarks but said he would settle the chairman question some other timo. However - over , ho said ho didn't see why any spile work on their part should keep the people from getting the advantages of Mr , Fox's work. Mr. Mayno next amended his motion to read.tlmt the contract bo awarded J. B. Smith & Company , and tbo bond bo fixed at f 100.- 000. Carried. Mr. Balcombo moved thnt the contract bo nwnrded Mr. Fox for such pavements as poo- pie may want under the specifications of 18S8. 18S8.Mr. . Mnyno snld that ho would second the motionbut would vote against it "as that was a contract which he would never sign in Cod almighty's world. " The motion was carried , Messrs , Holmrod and Balcombo voting aye , und Mayne no. On motion of Mr , Heimrod the following bills were allowed : Funning & Slaven , street cleaning for Mnroh , . . . , i , , $ l.lfcttf John J. McDonald , drntmr.fr pond and puttlntt In drain , Twenty * fourth nnd CMS. * . . . . XM ! > Rocs Printing Co. , printing. . , . . . , 19 About the close of the mowing the followV ing letter from R. O. Adams was handed to and excited considerable mcrrlmcnti O.VU.HA , March 29. Won. Board of Public } ' Works Oontlomcni l rcspoctfully rcpro * sent to your honorable body that I hnvo able ) in your possession for cedar block on ooncroto base for tl.70f and thnt I find that I am tin * able to socnro the required bond owing to the fact that I fnllcet to name the unoclflca- lions un' T which I bid , and parties whA would otlionvlso go on my bond nro afraid thnt I wo1 "d bo hold up totho proposed speci fications lor 1883. Furthermore stnco tha bidding tha price of material hns risen nnel fearing that my Indefinite bid could bo worked to my great disadvantage I rospeot * tully withdraw the some. Respectfully , R , O. ADAMS. I THE CITV hBAOUB. A Few I > 3tnlln of the Season's \rorfe Decided On. A mccltn7 of the city bnsb ball league wa § held Inst cvanlng nt Pcnroso & Hardln'9. It was decldo.l to have the base ball aoason ol the league entnmoncoMnylnnel close October 1. A committee of three was Appointed to cxomlno the Intor-stato rules of t'onnsyivnnla and report nt tha next mooting and make any change ) necessary. The following were appointed on thnt committed Messrs. Mo Beth , Mot * nnd Rockwell , It wns decided that each club should plag five games .with every other olub in the league , tanking twenty-flvo game * la nil , Mr. Stephen-inn , of the Bluffs , was appointed n member of the schedule committee. It wna -decided to adopt the Roach ball under tha guarantee that Mr. Hardin furnish the samq ball used by tbo American association , Tha homo club Is to receive 00 per coat and tha visiting cubs 40 in all games ; lie > that tha clubs plnyln ? on any ether ground * than tholr own al'ow ' 20 per centalso ( that each club furnish Its own scorer. The mooting adjourned to meiot n week from Friday night. Took Them Both In. Lottie Cotroll , n colored woman , owns ft shanty on Dodge street between Eleventh and Twelfth , which she rents to a eoloroo } mnn named \V. S. Look. Last evening , tha rent bolng due , Lottie called on Look for her money. Lock nnd his wlfo were not pleased , with the visit of Lottie mid jumped upon her nnd commenced to boat hor. The landlady managed to got hold of n poker nnd aha gave ) Lock two or three stinging blows with it ! that made him howl with pain. Ho rushed Intootho street nnd called a policeman , but when the otllcor nrrlved nnd hoard both sides of the story he decided to take both LqUJa nnd Lock to the control station. Passion Week Service. Kountzo Memorial Evangelical Lutheran church , Rov. J. S. Dotwollor pastor , wul hold special passion week service at 7:45 every evening. Wednesday'evening Rev , II. W. Kulm , D. D. , llrst pastor of the church , will preach , this being his first sermon after a long absence from the city. "Christ Before Pilate" will bo the subject of the pastor foe Thursday evening. A continuous service from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. will be hold Good Fri day. The ladies will serve n lunch in an ad joining room for business men who wish to pass an hour nt this sorvlco. ' A Bad Barkeeper Bagged. H. Erndo , lately a bartender for Hnrry Hogan , near the corner of Eleventh and Far- nam streets , disappeared a few days ago with 133 of Harry's ' money. Last night ho was found by Officer Venous In Montgom ery & Adams' saloon , Fourteenth and Dodga streets , and the moment ho was taken into custody ho weakened and confessed his gullfe. It was discovered last evening thnt another warrant for his arrest has boon out for over three mouths on a charge of stealing $10 from a woman on South Thirteenth street. I King Bound Ovrr. i Johnny King , proprietor of a saloon on Thirteenth street , between Douglas "ancjj Dodge , was arrested yesterday charged' with gambling. Ho wns arralghcd before * Judge Berka , and waiving examination , was ] bound over to the district court in tha sunv of $800. King was n participant In the pokeol game in his place Saturday night last , when E. W. Owens was robbed of $810. i j County Court. JUDQMHNf ron THB PLAINTIFF. John G. Willis brought suit against Dcnnlg . Hurley to have him vacate the premises ouj Dodge street. The cnso wns tried by juryij who after a short dolibcrntion , returned verdict In favor of the plaintiff. i. ' ] The Evangelical Alliance. A meeting wns hold yesterday ovenlnj ? fa the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. by the Evan * golicnl alliance for the purnoso of consume mating the organization and the election pi board of managers. Dr. DetweUcTi ttlQ president ot the society , presided , A Small Blazo. P"A alarm of flro at half past a yesterday nf tor noon was occasioned by the burning out of a ] small smoke house , the property of Mr. Ani dors , nt Eleventh and Dorcas. Damage iug significant. J Board of Trade Mooting. An adjourned mooting of the Omnha boanl , of trade will bo hold this Wednesday ovonij ing , nt 8 o'clock , to complete the conaldcnv tion nnd adoption of the revised by-laws. f1 Death of Mrs. Chandler. Mrs. G. W. Chandler died last night at 10 o'clock , at the Barker hotel , after a short' illness. Her maiden name was Cora Unks nnd fonrorly resided at Englewood , 111. wus about twenty-four years ot age. Personal 1'nrucrnplis. Mose Martin , proprietor of the Merchants Expicss of Dubuque , has been In the city foci n couple of days , the guest of Mr , J. li\ \ Nichols. . t Ernest Poycke , wlfo nnd daughter Lulu\ , have just arrived from a three months' visit ) to Germany and Franco. They are all ia good health , Louis Schrocder , has returned from a trip to Old Mexico , as brown as a berry , Ho took an interest In several mines near Chlbua- hun , which are working satisfactorily. Colonel Henry , inspector of rifle practice of this department , with his wlfo nnd child nro nt the Bench hotel , Gnlvuston. Slnco their arrival there the colonel's son has been , taken siclr , AtthoMillard : J. C. McGuIre , Chicago I C. B. Gilbert , Cleveland , O. ; Ross W. East , lick , J.J.Brady , Chicago- . L. O. Charlo- ton , A. Duraud , St. Louis ; Paul Grubor4 Kansas City ; L. L. Smith , Now York ; O. Berger , Now York. JONES' MERRY WAR ! A six day's Easter Carnival of Slaughtered Prices commencing Monday , March 2Cth. Prices that have never been quoted In Omaha and prices that will only bo made on dayf ) quoted. Mail orders filled if received on or before date of sale. Road and Wonder I WEDNESDAY Our entire line of Trunks auel TravelluR Hags , 25 per cent les than regu lar prices for Wednesday only , THURSDAY TWO great bargains In Spring Overcoats. No. 1 , a flno Light Brown 6org Lined , soft finished , Cassiinnro Coat at (5.05 , worth $10.00. No. 2 , an extra fine * , Kersy finished , Casslmoro Coat , Silk lined throughout , nt $10.00 , FRIDAY Men's genuine Fur Felt Stiff Hats , Spring Style , Sotln lined , at $1.35 } Doys' flm all Worsted Knee Pants Suits $4.25j Doys1 flno all Wool Plold ootcU Choyio suits at S3.75 , worth $3.00. SATURDAY Two marvelous bargains ; Men's flno Qngo Spring Underwear , Silk Embrold ered , at 89o , worth 75o ; 500 pairs Men's Casslmoro Pauls , strictly free from shoddy , nice Spring styles and well made , at the remarkable prlco ot $1.69. All above prices only on days quoted. "Put money In thy purse" by attending tlicso sales , . L. O. JONES , American Clothier , ' ' 1309 Farriam St. Omaha . . . . , *