5KE ? OMAHA DAILY BEE : THTIRSPAY , DECEMBER 13 , 1888 * , '
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TLWALf , , ns president ot the city
couni'il , would amount to it municipal
calamity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
DINVIII : is happyovor the completion
of its cable road yystom. And now the
Donverites will bowl along just like Iho
people do in Omaha.
CHICAGO need not depend on the
anarchists for blowing up building * ) .
The explosion of an oat monl factory
would indicate tlmt dynamite is in the
air.
WITH flaseall president of the city
council and Southard the city clerk , the' '
contractors will gain some nil vantage in
forming the now combines now under
way. _ _ _ . _ _ . _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ .
THK inter-state railway commission
threatens to talco an active hand in the
railroad war , if the managers do not
come to an agreement. Chairman
Coolcy has blood in his eye.
THK istate printing has always boon a
rich plum for the politicians of Lin
coln. It is safe to predict that the smuo
old ring at the same old stand will
Ir.idu it off at the same old terms.
IF Dr. Billings had inoculated him
self with tbo hog cholera , the virus thus
obtained would have had sulliciont
btrongth of eolf-assuranco to carry every
hog in Nebraska safely through the
disease.
To Tim man up a tree it looks very
much as if the Union Pacific was in-
( lilYorcut as to the result of the suit be
tween that company and the Western
Union over the control of the telegraph
lines to the Pacific.
ONK day of breathless anxiety has
passed and our war ship Galena has not
Buffered the fate of the Tallipnsa in
being sunk by a coal bargo. Evidently
the Galena has gene forth to do battle
with llnyti in dead earnest.
M . FlASCALti ought to ho an author
ity on the subject of wine rooms. But
his amendment to the proposed ordi
nance will make its provisions practi
cally ineffective , which was doubtless
his intention.
NOAV it transpires that the election of
] \lcGinnis \ and Smith , republican ! ! , and
of Pendloton and Wilson , democrats , in
West Virginia , has exactly divided the
delegation to congress. Could all the
counting and recounting in that slate
do no better than that V
CAT.irouxrA estimates the total wine
yield tn that state , for the season of
18S8 , at seventeen million gallons. The
teetotaler will "not compromise hun clf ,
however , by taking a sin or two ot the
vintage. The lowness in the color of
the wines indicates a very small per
centage of alcohol.
THK Douglas county delegation to the
legislature will do wisely to inform it
self of the necessary charter amend- '
meats. The citizens and taxpayers , the
merchants and mechanics , the mayor ,
the board of public works , the council ,
Iho cily olllcials are in position to give
most valuable Information as to the
needs and the proper safe guards to pro
tect Omaha's best Interests.
THKUE is a possibility that Nebraska
may secure the appointment of commis
sioner of agriculture. It is more than
llkolytlmt the phico'will bo elevated
to Iho position of a cabinet olllco , and
there are now men in the stale , of na
tional reputation , who are well qualified
for the trust. It would certainly bo a
well deserved recognition of Nebraska
as a great agricultural state for General
IlarrUon to appoint one of her sons to
the post.
TllKin : are few more pathetic specta
cles in those dnys of holiday anticipa
tions than that of the hungry-eyed
children of the poor , lingering about
the windows of the toy and candy
btoros. A little thing makes the
Christmas of childhood the brightest in
the calendar ; the lack of that little
thing make ? of it a day of miserable
disappointment. Realizing this , the
Rev. Mr. Harslm and others have made
arrangements to distribute the gifts of
those who wish to contribute. A little
ntfort will enable him to reach the
homos of all the poor of the city , and
Ills appeal should moot with a cheerful
response.
A I'HACTWK THAT MOOT STOP.
Every instance of n firm and decisive
stand on the part of the inter-stato com
merce commission ngalnst the per
nicious practices of the railroads is to
bo heartily welcomed. The course of
the commission haq not been so uni
formly of this character as could have
been desired. It lias doubtless been
governed by the best intentions and
been entirely conscientious , but it has
in many cases laid itself open to the
objection of loaning too much in the
direction of a conscrvntivo leniency , ns
if disposed to cajole the railroad cop-
poratlons into a performance of their
obvious duty under the law rather than
to enforce obedience to the plain re
quirements of the statute. Considera
tion of this sort is not usually appre
ciated by the corporations , and it is
hardly to bo doubted that there could
bo fewer evil and unlawful practices to
be remedied if the inter-slate com
merce law had been enforced more
rigidly , with n cloor regard for its
letter and spir'.t , than it has been.
Certainly the experiment would have
received a fairer test.
The inter-state commerce commission ,
in scH = sion at Cliiengo , has been
invcstlating the methods pursued
by the railroads in transact
ing their passenger trnfllc , and
the information obtained shows an
nmountof crookedness , involving nearly
every road centering in that city , which
rollocts discredit on the entire railroad
system of the country. It is deplorable
to find that men holding the reputable
and responsible positions of r.iilroiid
managers and agents have recourse to
the most pernicious practices , in undo-
ninblo violation of law , in order to de
ceive the public and take advantage of
each other in the competition for traf
fic. Yet this the commissioner has
ascertained to be the case. It is found
that nearly all the through passenger
trallie of the roads has been done
through scalpers , for the express
purpose of avoiding an open reduction
and to keep up the rates between local
points. Of the largo number of rail
road olllcials examined , not one was
able to give a plausible rca oiv for sell
ing tickets to scalpers at a much
lower 'rate than they sell them at
their own onicci , nor to satisfactorily
explain why they have persisted in pay
ing enormous commissions for the sale
of tickets to scalpers and others who
could command business. The solo ex
cuse was that they had to do it because
their competitors did it.
Upon Iho information obtained Judge
Cooley , chairman of the inter-state com
merce commission , on Tuesday notified
the managers and general passenger
agents of the various railroads that the
pernicious practice of dealing with
scalpers and paying commissions must
stop. The chairman is , stated to have
unmercifully scored the roads which
have been guilty of discrimination in
passenger rates bv secret dealings , but
without naming the culprits , a far lee
generous consideration that should not
have been accorded. Corporations that
thus persistently and scandalously violate
late the law should bo publicly exposed
and condemned , " and it is an ami
able weakness not becoming in
a public ofllcial that" per
mits railroad managers who
by false pretences deceive the public
and secretly ignore the requirements
of a national statute to escape the per
sonal reprobation they deserve. Nor is
it entirely satisfactory that these guilty
managers are allowed to escape all
present responsibility for their viola
tion of the law. Having been found
amenable to provocation , the injunc
tion of the commission to these manag
ers to < jo and sin no more appears a
piece of magnanimity hardly within
the discretion of that body , and cer
tainly not just to the pub
lic which has suffered from
the unlawful practices of the
corporations. Still the action of the
commission is a welcome sign of a more
decisive policy in enforcing the law.
These disclosures , and othoro likely
to be made as the investigation of the
commission is extended to other fields ,
must servo to strengthen public opinion
in'favor of maintaining the intcr-stato
commerce law , which has already boon
assailed in congress. They supply clear
evidence of the necessity for the regu
lation and control provided for by the
act and point out some of the dangers
to the public Interests that would cer
tainly follow its abandonment.
MOXTAXA MUTTOX.
There is n preference for beef among
American consumers of meat which has
its oll'ect upon the ranges , for wherever
cattle can be grazed the cattle men will
crowd out the sheep herders. And
this is equally true , whether the sheep
are raised for their wool or for their
flesh. In past years Nebraska has
nourished numerous ( louks , but the in
creasing demand for'boot from the
stock yards of South Omaha has begun
to drive them elsewhere. At the same
time there is an undoubted gain in the
price of mutton in the eastern states ,
whore it lias become a popular article
of consumption , and the slaughtering
of sheep in South Omaha for the refrig-
oratorlcars.lms assumed importance. But
this mutton comes for the most part from
Montana , and will in time bo derived
altogether from that source. In that
important territory there has been for
the past five years an intelligent invest
ment of considerable capital in English
rams , and wethers for the purpose ot
breeding sheep for the market , not for
their wool. Instead of Merinos and
Cotswolds the sheep owners of
Montana have been paying good
round sums for Soutlidowns , both
Shropshircs and Welch , and the Im
provement in the flesh of the slice p sent
to market has boon remarkable. There
is no doubt that for oltle * along tha boa
coast mutton is more wholesome than
pork , and though It U not more nutri
tious it is more easily digested. In fact
doctors assert that it is us digestible as
venison , and order it for invalids.
Montana , as its name implies , Is a
mountuinout country , and the experi
ence of the vrorld has boon that such re
gions are especially adapted for the
grazing ol sheep. There are numberless -
less valleys where the sheep can look
after themselves during the winter , for
the winds have no such power as they
liaro oh Iho plains , being continually
chocked by cro'tf ranges , which prevent
them from gathering the fearful force
from which the blizzard darts forth upon
his errand of destruction. With intel
ligent shepherds rtntl sheep dogs the
flocks can bo maintained fairly well in
the open all the year round. There is
every probability , therefore , that the
great cities of this country will in time
derive- their mutton wholly from Mon
tana , and as one industry always gives
birth to another , it is likely that
the sheep farms will also be dairy farms ,
for that is what has happened in Ore
gon. It has boon found that far bettor
cheese can be undo by mingling the
milk of the cow with owo'fl milk than by
using either singly , and Oregon is to
day the only slate in the \miorl \ xvlioro
cheeses are made that will compare with
the famous cheeses of the continent ot
F.uropo , whoso price is so much higher
than English or American. In fact ,
foreigners who come to San Francisco
oat with great delight the cheese of
Oregon and accept it ns some now vari
ety of Roquefort , or Gorgon/.ola. The
famous Swiss cheese ot Gruyere is made
of the same mingling. It is clear that
Montana is striking out in the right di
rection , and iii'.nnothcr decade will bo
hailed as the true p.xslurnl land , the
Arcadia of America.
There is said to 1)0 a great deal of un
easiness among our consuls abroad ,
many of whom exnoet to lose thutr olll-
cial heads very soon after the next ad
ministration comes in. There will
doubtless bo a very careful in ve < tiga-
tion of the consular service , and in that
event numerous changes are to lie ex
pected. The present administration
has not been entirely fortunate in se
lecting men for this service , and if it Is
to bo improved a considerable numbjr
of individuals wiio tire now represent
ing this country in foreign lands will
bo asked to come home. But it
is to be hopd the next .mlminjstra-
lion will be enabled to intro
duce such necessary reforms in
the consular service as will give it a
higher standard of usefulness and olll-
eiency than it has thus far attained ,
and in order to do this something more
will have to bo done than the more re
placing of incompetent men in the ser
vice. There wore some excellent sug
gestions on this'subject in the prcil-
dent'a message. Mr. Cleveland re
ferred to the reorganization oi the con
sular service as a matter of serious im
portance to our national interests , and
? o unquestionably it is. A great com
mercial nation must have such : i ser
vice , and this country has vast and
growing interests which demand that
its consular service shall bo equal to
the best in tlio world , wtiich is ad
mittedly" now the case. Fewer
ollicials of this kind , better salaries , an
assured tenure for capable and ciHeient
service , and the appointment only of
men of approved worth and capacity ,
arc some of the reforms required for an
improvement of the consular service ,
and they are to bo expected of the next
administration.
AX APPOINTIVE LICENSE HOARD.
"It will bo a serious mistake,1' says
the Jiepitblimn , ' 'if the friends of law
and order in this city undertake to place
the liquor license syatom under control
of the board of lire and police commis
sion. " No one can deny' that the
license system , as now existing in our
city , has boona source of cor-
ruptionand irregularity. It has had
a demoralizing1 olTcct upon members of
the city council and the city clerk. It
has exacted political support from the
low dives and bummers ; it has com
pelled the orderly liquor dealers to
support with money and influence the
very worst element of the city , and has
used the liquor men to do the dirty
work at primaries and elections. The
reason lor this is easy to find. The
license board is made up of the mayor ,
president of the city council and city
clerk , unch' holding an elective olllco.
The temptations to abuse the position
as a member of the license board nro
manifold. There are opportunities to
make corrupt bargains. In return for
pecuniary or political support a member
of the board can grant license to dis
reputable individuals or wink at viola
tions of the license law. The average
member of the license board plays
for political power , for re-election ,
and ho keeps his eye to the main chance
to gain the solid support of the liquor
men.
men.To vest the powers of the license
board in the police commission removes
this source of danger for the reason
that the police commission is an ap
pointed body composed of citizens
wholly divorced from the council ami
independent of local elections. Such a
license board would protect the interests
of the city and the inter
ests of the better element of the
liquor dealers , since it has no
political bargains to make and no polit
ical debts to pay. Our elections would
bo purified and the sources of corrup
tion in the council would bo materially
lessened. The city of Now York has
found the appointed oxoiso board the
best solution for the dtUjculty , and it
behooves our citizens to foster the city's
interests by placing the granting of
licensed in the hands of the police com
mission.
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THK virtuous Mr. IIolmanof Indiana ,
wants the judiciary committee of the
house of representatives to investigate
the alleged voluntary contributions of
money expended in the late elections ,
and to report What legislation is neces
sary to suppros such contributions and
expenditures. Of course , any such in
vestigation , if over made , would bo the
merest farce , and the Indiana con
gressman , who is so fond of clap-trap ,
knows it would bo. Doubtless an honest
Inquiry would show that there wns
more money raised by the democrats in
the late campaign , from voluntary
ard so-called voluntary contributions ,
than by the republicans , and for
exactly Iho same purpose. What
ever evil there is in this matter both
parties are equally guilty of , and it is ,
not doubted that the Judiciary commit
tee would fall to find anything seriously
reflecting on either party more tangible
than the newspaper statements on both
sides , More to the purpose la the bill
Of Mr. Howard , of Indiana , to punish
crime against the elective franchise ,
which provides that the currupt use of
money in rtny election for representa
tives in eongrbss shall bo punished by
disfranohiscmoiit for from six to ton
years , and disqualify the persons for
that period from holding any olllco of
honor , trust or profit , Under the United
Stales. .
A Minrrixu Is called to arrange for the
proper celebration of "Forefathers'
day. " The descendants of the pilgrims
are numerous in Omaha , and any efforts
which stimulates them to emulate the
virtues of their nnefstors Is commend
able. These annual reunions too nro
productive of good results in cementing
the natural friendliness of natives of
the same states or countries. The west
owes a good deal to Now England , and
the proper culebr.ition of this anniver
sary is a fitting acknowledgement.
Tin : now and reputable members ot
the council may bo depended upon to
steer clear of entangling alliances with
the old combine which has controlled
that body for two years. Some of the
best men in Iho city will soon take their
scats in the council for the first time ,
and the people endorsed thorn because
they believed that the corrupt ringsters
would bo repulsed in their raids upon
the city treasury. On this proposition
Til ! : lime stood with the poopb/ , and is
confident that the now members will
not be long in making their presence
felt.
Du. Mmtt uu feels very confident that
ho can lly in the face of puolic opinion
and erect his electric motor poles where
ho will. Hut he will find the current of
public opinion more powerful to con
tend with than any electric current he
may wish to end on mi overhead wire.
IlinlM to Ilu > Hungry.
( htciii ( < > AVir < .
Tickets to tlio lii.iUKUf.il bill in Washlnp-
tea next March will rent ? "i , supper cxtr.i.
Economical oflicoscckcrs are ciirnostlv rf ;
qui'sted not to t.ilto their suppers with them.
That would bo too painfully .le
Would 11 iCure Kor
Hilton llt-intil ,
Up to ( Into forty-four babies , two KIIS
wells , a mountain and a now variety oC np-
Dles have boon named for Harrison. At this
rate there is likely to uo considerable con
fusion before Harrison mak"s way for his
successor. Why not give Levi Morton a
share of the honors ;
Canada Willr Tlierj In Time.
Miintre < il 7'inl.
Wo mean that Canada shall become .1 na
tion , allied in freedom and Invloltbility with
the democratic industrial system of America.
Wo also mean to got rid of the empire busi
ness , old Ihi s , old rasjs , old rubbish ot all
sorts , and to ( ro right .ihuad , : i free people in
u free country.
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Tlio Chimoriiiir Patriots.
Ltnmln Cull.
Petitions arc circulating in a dozen or
more cities in Nebraska asking the forth
coming president to appoint the petitioning
applicant to the onk"j of postmaster. A man
of good business ability can earn more
money with less labor in almost any other
avocation than that of government postmas
ter , hut this certain fact does not reJuro the
number of clamoring patriots in the least.
First Financial
I'lillntiaiflila Ittioiit.
Dul > y Gould Grandpa , I want to buy some
candy , but I have no money.
Grandpa Gould fJo. to the candy store ,
my child , and offer the man a liberal sum for
his candy , give him bonds for the amount
based on the value of the candy , then double
tlio issue of stoolc , sell one-hall to other par
ties , pay the man his moaoy , and you will
have one-half the store. See ?
Tlio Spcakcisltip.
Sprttiuncld Itcputillcnn.
Wire-pulling for tno peakorship of the
Fifty-lirst congress grows moro interesting
daily. At first Heed and MctCinlcy were
mentioned for the place , but Uatinoa of Illi
nois soon started in an active personal can
vass. Now Michigan puts in a claim for Bur
rows , and with the understanding that Alger
docs not po into the cabinet. It would bo n
pity if all this deal and dicker should brinjj
an Inferior man to the front. The country
does not want another Kclfar in the speaker's
chair. _ _
The Scepu-r Yl'ill Move Weil.
With the nlmUiiou of the tnreoor four
territories which will undoubtedly come into
tlio union between this time and IS'U ' , the
political conditions will chnng" . New York
will no longer ho the pivotal stato. Tlio pir-
tisan centra of power will 1)0 on tlio west side
of the Allcghcnlus four years hence. In liO'i
the Mississippi vaUoy will furnish the presi
dential candidate for the deniot'iMtio party
unlcris David IJ. Hill oo selected. The soutli
alrc ly sees the march of pniiisun empire
westward , and announces that the time has
come to Jlirow olt thu yoke of New York.
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The Premature Hlcaior.
lliirlinijtoii I'icc 1'iai.
Now the skater premature ,
When the frost-bound ponds
allure ,
Dons Uio steel again.
See how swift ho glides and slick 1
What 1 a crash I A plank there
quick !
Saved but stifl" ns any stick.
Trot him tip tlio lane.
o
IMtOMINHNT I'KllHOXS.
Mrs. Hancock , widow of the general , Is
now comfortably Mettled in her now homo on
.Sixteenth strool , Washington , I ) . U.
Mr. Gladstone will start for Homo in ton
days. Tlio Irish residuals there are preparing -
paring to give lilni an enthusiastic recep
tion. t
General Harrison recently sent (3 to am
in the erection of axhuroh near Now Haven ,
Conn. Two bricks are to ho marked with
his IUUMO anil put in thu eornor of the build-
ing. r , , $
Secretary Whltioy Is said to have had
ovuo no wspupar | reference to him since ho
became secretnryjpf the imvy clipped out
and pasted Into n scrap-book. The scrapbook -
book now comprises forty largo volumes.
Kmperor FrnncU Joseph , of Austria , has
received from thp'popo , In recognition of tlio
fortieth mwlv'orsqry of hia accession to Iho
throne , uu nutogr&Pli letter and a bountiful
portrait of the Virgin Mary in mosaics , inado
In the work shops of the Vatican ,
Warden Osborno , of the Tombs In Now
York , has Inaugurated a Rensihlo reform ,
and one which nhould ho adopted In every
pribon In the country. Jlo iibsolutuly refuses -
fuses to permit presents of flowers to crim
inals by the soft-headed women who have
been addicted to that sentimental Idiocy.
General lioulangor. It Is known , receives
largo subscriptions of inonoy from many dif
ferent quarters , but most persons will bo
surprised to learn , as Is declared hi the Lon
don journals , that ho has received fSOUUU
from ndmirors , compatriots , of course , In
the United States.
ftKmpress victoria of Germany and her
mother , Queen Victoria , are at Windsor
together , und spend a great deal of time
playing chess. Queen Victoria , who was a celo.
United player In the old duyu , und used easily
to boat her husbund , the prince consort , is
uo match for her daughter , the German
fi , who liin mnrto the fjnmc * Rtudy ,
and finds it the only consolation for her lone
liness.
Hov. Hugh G Pentecost , Iho joclnllst ,
married the daughter of Dr. tUtllng , the In
ventor oC the { tun which bear * liltinnme.
The doctor Is niiioh opposed to his son-in-
law's revolutionary theories , nnd the old
gentleman has one argument which , In the
last extremity , cnn bo relied upon to knock
out the .loclnlist.
Colonel 1. M. Dryo , of Kentucky , Is n can
didate for u federal olUco under the now nil-
ministration. If nil the dry colonels In Ken
tucky mint bo provided for , there will belittle
little show for other people. Hut the pathetic
appeal embodied In this particular colonel's
mime will probably secure pnblio sympathy
for him , at least In Kentucky.
8TATI3 AND TUUIUTOUY.
Nebraska .lottliifis.
Corn in Hutto county will average about
forty-five bushel * to the acre.
During the fall four residence * nnd three
stores have been erected nt Dodge.
The Dodge Cotigregallonnlists are raising
funds for Iho building of u parsonage.
A singing school has been started nt Nor
folk by the Christian Kndcavor society.
A stcnm roller mill , with a ennaeltyof llfty
barrels a day , has commenced operations at
Dodge.
The motto of the Nebraska City lVc Is
that "none but a rustler deserves tlio post-
olllce. "
The Plattsmoath schools will probably remain
main closed until after the holidays , on ac
count of diphtheria ,
The taxpayers of Notnasln City nro kick
ing because of too little tar and too much
sand being used in paving
The Nebraska City saloonkeeper * have
been Interviewed , and nearlv nil of Ilium uro
ngnnut raising the license to fcUUO. ]
The new county of Hock Ims orgnnl/cd a
fair association , elected ofllcer.s and held the
Ib-Ht aniunil exhibit at JJassett last week.
Two residents of Gordon have an Indian
mummy which they discovered in the Wy
oming oil llelds , for which they have refuted
nn offer of 000
Nebraska City hoys cannot congregate in
the opera house hall nny more , without being
arrested , as the pieprlotor is mad and lias
issued his ukase.
A Hoono county farmer named Joseph Mc-
Culken ended his last drunk with a big ilosc
of morphine , and now ho is weeping and
gnashing his teeth.
The Chimney Kock Transcript is the name
of a paper just started at liayiml , Cheyenne
county. It is named after the once noted
landmark of tlio plains.
The supreme court will bo appealed to by
the city eunuch of Kremont to compel the
state auditor to register the water works and
intersection paving bonds.
A Gordon paper reports that Do' Middle-
ton has been remodeling his saloon. Tnore
is plenty to remodel in Doe's saloon if it is
anything like the others ho has run.
A very slick young man has conducted a
wholesale cattle nnd horse stealing business
in Antelope county In tlio hist few days , ami
has entertained several of his victims on the
prollts of the transactions. Ho is now a fu
gitive from justice , with olHoers in hot pur
suit.
suit.Tho
The "upper ten" of Gordon's social circles
have formed n dancing club to bo known as
the "ICarly Hour.1'and have adopted a half
column of by-laws enumerating the rules to
govoin the fortnightly gatherings. Every
member is expected to bring a partner , to
bacco in any form is tabooed in the hall , and
it H strictly undnrstond that no one shall ap
pear under the inllaonrc of liquor. A door
keeper has been appointed to see that these
rnios are enforced , and It shall also bo the
ilut.v of all members of the club to render
such assistance as may be necessary to see
the above fulfilled. The club , however , ex
plains that the "purpose of these by laws
nro not to bar any one , but for the purpose
ol preserving order and meeting the aproval
of ladies who do not wish to go where the
'rulfer jjenerly' gathers nt pablic dances. "
The Greiil Northwest.
Hay is scarce at Portland , Ore. , and deal
ers are asking. > 17 a ton.
The sugar refinery at Wntsonvlllc , Cal. ,
gives SS a ton for beets.
A statehood convention is to bo held at
Spokane Falls , W. T.
Colorado cattlemen uxpcct to ship IIIO.OU o
head of hoof next season.
Two saloonkeepers have failed in business
nt Helena , Mont. , recently. *
The strike on the Montana Union railroad
is elf , the master mechanic having resigned.
It is proponed to build a seawall 'JOO feet
wide around the water front of San Diego ,
Cal.
Chinese gamblers have been hiring substi
tutes to appear for them in the L.OS Angeles
courts , and h.ivo thus escaped.
ProspectoiM in the Flatho.id lake region of
Montana nltiini to have found anthracite coal
beds twenty feet in thickness.
W. H. Hurrington is in jih : at Eugene City ,
Ore. , for shooting Frank Rollins. It is
thought the wound will prove fatal.
There is great indignation in Wyoming
over the suggestion made to divide tlio terri
tory , half going to Montana and half to Cole
rado.
Illinois capitalists will erect barns nnd
corrals at Miles City , Mont. , for the handling
of native norsos preparatory to soiling them
in the eastern states.
Oregon's tax levy lias been fixed ns fol
lows1 State levy for current expenses , ; t 7-10
mills ; militia tax , l-fith of a mill ; university ,
1-lUth of a mill. Total , ! mills.
W. H , Ilsuil , hi boring nn artesian well on
.lames McMaukln's place , about two miles
bouth of Sonoma , Cal. , struck petroleum at u
depth of li'JOfcct. The Und will bo further
developed.
The Northern Pacific has been cutting
down their laboring foico between Helena
and Millings. About , three hundred men
have been discharged and paid olT. Moil of
them have returned to St. Paul.
A freight train of twenty ears has left the
Erie depot , .lorsoy City , bound for Tacomu ,
W. T. , and will go through in unbroken tram
to tlmt point. The train contains the entire
stock of a wholesale itry goods store to bo
started at Tncoma.
The Hutto Inter-Mountain says thcro is n
rumor in thu air that next year the Aiiaconun
company will begin preparations for doubling
tlio capacity of the smelting plant. This
would mean that the company proposes to
treat t,00 ! ( ) tons of ere per day.
The Winnemucca ( Nov. ) Silver State says
that County Surveyor Howen , who has re
turned from a trip to the northern part of
county , says ho haw thousands of cattle on
his trip , sonio of which wore in good condi
tion , while other * are quite thin. Some
ranches are fairly well supplied with hav ,
while othurn have light crops. Water is
BC..ICO all over the country. There is jio
running water in Qiiln river , und many of
the pools are fro/on over. Cattle men are
fearful of a hard winter , but think that , un
less wo have plenty of rain and snow , the
country will dry up next year , nnd three dry
seasons in succession will ruin the range.
Tlio ItoiMilillimn Klntn I'oniinltloe.
r/ciiiuii < Trlliune.
Treasurer ISochol , of the republican
state central coinmlttoo , has rushed
into print with a tfrand nourish nnd a
flare of trumpets , and endeavors to ex
onerate himself from certain mild ac
cusations which have boon made against
him by ( lie publication of a little history
of the insldo workings of the state com
mittee. Mr. lioohel also attempts t' ;
throw discredit upon Chn'-mar
Uichards. From what the Trlbunr
can learn concerning1 the mutter , Mr ,
Hcchol has become unduly excited and
alarmed. It docs not bollovo , however ,
that ho will carry out his throats tnat if
there is not an "explicit ami uulhori/.ed
denial" of insinuations against him ho
will go into details and expose anybody ,
If there it. anything to bo exposed , Mr.
nochcl is not probably in the best posi
tion in the world to begin that sort of
thing. Mr. Hlchnrda , in u published
interview in Tin : liiis , properly aiimincd
the matter up when he said that until
Mr. Bcchul ha * submitted a statement
of the financial transactions of the cam
paign to the auditing committee nf the
state committee , silence on his part
would ceeui to bo the prudent thing.
There is really nothing serious in the
business , at nil , but the more the news
papers say about it the more its impor
tance Is TnnRiilficd , Nobody boliovcs or
undertakes to say that there has boon
nny boodlinp. There was simply allttld
conflict in the working of tlio commit-
too. When Mr. Uichnrds was made
chairman ho naturally supposed that he
had a right tn know what was going on ,
Ho introduced FOIIIO strictly binlnos-
'
principles In the manapem'ont of the
campaign , which apparently conlUelm !
with the way things have usually been
run. lie runs his own business on busi
ness principles nnd he. wanted the cnm-
jKiiiin conducted that wnv. Ho wn-Uho
head of the committee , in fact ns well
ns nnino , nnd Iho result of his manage-
iiH'iit of the campaign suggests no apol
ogy on his behalf.
_
| I I - - ULJ
IjIQl'OU MCKNSIiS.
How They Are Procured nndVlin Oot
Them.
Saloon kefirs have commenced to take
out their licenses for 1SS3 , but. are doing It sa
slowly as to le.nl to the belief tlmt the num
ber now in business , ' .H17 will be somewhat
decreased. The reason for this is the fact
that they are now compelled to pay $ ! ,0M ( In
ndvnnco before they will be given permission
to do business , This Is tlio llrst year that the
law has been enforced , though the first nt
tempt nl Us enforcement was made In March
of the present year. At that time
nil the saloon-Keepers had pnlit for their tlrst
quarter J'i.'ji ) . The balance , $ ? .10 , was then
demanded and paid , and this demand re
duced the number of liquor-dealers in the
city , All these licenses expire on the Jllst o )
this month. To renew or to tuko out a new
one the saloon man will make formal ap
plication to take out. it license to the city
clerk , at the same tlmo depositing with the
city treasurer $1,000. The fact of this ap
plication is then advertised for two weeks ,
Tim application is then considered by
tlio license board , consisting oC the
mayor , the chairman of the city council ami
the city clerk. If the application bo rejected
the SI , 110,1 deposited Is refunded. If it bo
continued , the license is issued. In order to
do business under a lii'cnso on New Year's
ilav , provided his application be accepted ,
the saloon man must make that application
not later than the H > th of this month , because -
cause the two weeks' advertisement will
bringthe llcenssto a termination. Lip to yes
tenlny morning tlm following had deposited
their * l,0l)0 ) with the treasurer , the llrst HO to
do being Henry Mies , of the Sixteenth
street viaduct saloon :
1M ( jiiinn , 1'JI North Sixteenth ; Thomas
Cuining , North Sherman avenue ; Kbene/er
Pnllmv , 1011 Chicago street ; William
ftladlst , ins South Twelfth street ; Charles
Stoiv , ISIS Sherman avcnncUichard ; , Hur-
dish , KM ) . ! Davenport ; S. G. Johnson & Co. ,
l'J47 North Nineteenth ; .1. A. Wood it Co. ,
ait : South Fifteenth ; Her & Co. , 11 IS Hur-
ney ; Charles SUir1101 North Twenty-
fourth ; Gustavo Uiidloff. 2SI : Cuining ; Isaac
Manircr , 1013 Farnain ; Christ , Wuelirich ,
1724 St. Mary's avenue ; A. R Wolff , ffilOl
Cumlng ; Nat Hrown , ISIS Farnam ; Gurney
& Day , 1'J-n North Twenty-fourth ; A. Friclc
& Co , SOS South Tenth ; Henry Illosor , liOil
North Sixteenth ; .lohn Hudist & Co. . ISOil
South Sixteenth ; John Hoffman , 413 North
Sixteenth ; Henry Mies , 1'Ml Soutli Six
teenth.
The brewers have been relied upon to aid
some of these as they will also many who are
yet to make application. Onn brewer told u
reporter that of all Ins customer * there were
but sixteen whom ho was not compelled to
aid.
IXCKKASK IN VOTES.
\Vlmt Has lie-on Developed Hy tlio
Ijejjislaiivi ! Contest. .
The election investigations now in progress
in Iho city hull are bringing out a surprising
increase in the votes cast in the legislative
elections and the two immediately preceding.
The difference in the voles cast In ISSli and
1SS7 is very slight , although , it is a well
known fact that the increase in Iho popula
tion from ISSii to 1S37 was much greater than
fromlSSr tolSss.
In the year 1S 0 , In the election for gov
ernor and other Htnto oflleers , H. dS votes
were cast in Douglas county. In LSST , in the
election of judircs for the supreme bench ,
lO.l'rfH votes were cast , being an incrcaso of
1Til : ) over the preceding year. In the Into
presidential election 2ttV5 votes were cast ,
being an increase of IJS | votes ovorlhe pre
ceding year and more than doubling the
number of votes cast.
In the First , Second nnu Third wards of
the city there is a rc'iiurlcubln ' nnd suspicious
increase in thu nn I.IHT of votes cast. In
tlio First , in 13ili , 1,011 v < ' < V.-.M-O polled ; in
l ST , there were l.C'i" ' votes , nnd
at the Into presidential election
there wore cast ! iSS" ballots ,
making an astonishing iucre.isoof 1'I'W votes
in ono year , being 310 moro than double the
vote of the previous year !
In the Second ward there were 1,4 0 votes
cast in Issil ; l.Ktl in lbS7 , and 2,190 in the
late election , inaking an increase of 1,857 in
ono year , equalling tlio record of the First
ward. Only in 1HST nnd 1888 have the geographical
graphical bounds of the Third ward been the
same , and consequently only a comparison
of these two years can bo mudo. In 1S87
there were 1H"S votes cast In tins ward , and
in IHSb the vote shot up to ! i,10l.
This Is considered remnrkublo when it is
considered that there has been a decrease in
actual inhabitants of this ward through the
erection of business houses and removal of
residences.
Hoard of Trade Directors.
The retiring directors of the board of trade
whoso term expires the end ol this month
are Messrs. Evans , Wakelicld and II. G
Clark. Some of these have been nollioofor
n number of years and have always been
nmoni ; the most energetic members of the
board. They are understood to bo not desir
ous of re-election , at least to such a degree
us to work for r j-election. Neither is it
known that there are any members who
wish to succeed them. Thcro seems to
bo a general apathy in connection
with the board which is regretted by a num
ber of the leading members. These claim
that their associate' ! as a whole are too
modest and earelfsi in their aspiration for
olllco and men entirely nnllttrd for the place.
Thcro is no wrong , they assert , in seeking
olllco when the deslro Is to throw some life
into the association , while there is n great
deal to bo reprehended In the carelessness
which allows nay porsomto bo elected simply
because ho is willing to accept a nomination
regardless of thu motives of those who In
spire him to accept.
"I would llko to li'ivo a hearty contest In
all our board elections. " said a member to
day. "It would five life to the association ,
and prep.iro it for an notiyity which wo
ought to ho experiencing now , unit which wo
would experience if wo had moro of the
youthful blood und enthusiasm of some of
our rival cities. "
Tlio election of directors will tuko phico
on thu llt'At Monduy in January.
A Clilldrou'H Clirlfltmai.
Kov. W. .1. Hur-iha renews his request ,
made noino weeks ago with n vlow to ulford-
mg poor children n memorable und happy
Christmas. It H as follows :
Will you kindly call the attention of your
rcudors to the approach of the holiday season
nnd the work I liuvo niulortnken of supply
ing the poor children with gittsl A check
for a liberal amount has already boon ro-
eolved from Mr. H C. 1'atterson. 1 trnnt
others will follow the good example ho has
sot ; or If they cannot Hparo mnnoy for tlio
mrdiiiso of toys , will any ono EOIIU mo toyii
-bat have been cunt unuie , or clothing for
uhildren , or hats , shoes , hoods , imttons , etc. I
I will guarantee that ovurything sent mo
will bo well distributed on Christinas day.
Surely wo ought to give tlio poor children
ono bright day out ol the yuar. Very Bin-
ccroly yours. W. .1. lUiisiu.
Mr. iiurhbu'.s uddrtsb la 203 South J'wun-
ty-lifth avenue.
Tlio Hiiokory's Itonliy llool * .
The roof In the city hull building is HO de
fective that during the thaw yostcrdu.y
streams of water from molted snow ran
through the celling Into the city oHIces bolow.
Great Inconvoiiiuiico was uauncd to the of
ficials and slight dama o done to the ofllco
llxtuies ,
A MottlliiK "I1 i'rcdiiorn. '
Tlio creditors of Louis Kodomnund held u
meeting yesterday In Judge Hhlold'i court.
The hnbllltlos uro ? lrOO , and upwards of f30 ! )
were ruprufientod , Sheriff Coburit was
chosen
COUUT9.
United Btatcfl Court.
iTudge Dtindy was on the betfcli for the pcroil
of nn hour ami a hulf jcsterdaj , morning ,
but owing to the absence ot lawyers was im-
ublo to transact nny business. Ho sent word
to some llvo or six h'K.il gentlemen that It
they did not show tip promptly In the after
noon their cases would be dismissed.
The ease Hgalnst George F. Wutuer , n suit
on n postmasters bond , torinlnittcd in n
Judgment for the United States in the sum ot
JIM.
Judge Dundv gave n decree of foroclostiro
In the case of IJlirn MeKco vs W. A. Lane *
worthy. _ _ _
DUtrlct Uotirt.
The foreclosure of ft met-haule's lion. T. O.
Hainens vs. George Hum , was ordered m
Judge Wakcley's court. After this the e.tso
of G. H. Hicks ngainst E H. Coco ran cam o
up. It Is n suit for the spenllc. performance
of contract to eonvev real estate , Illultt asks
for the sum of $7iU and interest , the amount
involved in the case.
The action of Charles P. Simniomlft v.i , II.
McMisnn mid John K Carniii hael , involving
something lllio ? iri)0i ( ) wort h of real estate ,
1ms been practically settled , the parties to
the suit consenting to "trado baoK" the
property In controversy.
Judge Donne Is still engaged In the trial of
the suit of the Dank of C'onimoroo agnlnst
J. T. Hart , on n promissory note for jiu.Otfi ) ,
money loaned. The dnfeusc's are Flrnt , that
thonoto was fraudulently altered , second ,
that an agreement to extend thn note for ono
year was nonfulllllea ; th.nl , that § I. > ,000 of
the amount has been n.ud. The plaintiffs
claim Unit till * alleged payment was repudi
ated by them ; that all iiltoiuttons In the note
were ac < | noseed ! In by the defendant , and
the agreement to extend was void iiocunso
defendant hud never nolillcd plaintiffs that
ho wished the extension. The toslimoio on
thcso points is both voluminous and conflict
ing , mill thu case will continue throughout
the day.
Comity"ifoiirt ,
Mnrtlm Trowbrldge , a minor , was ndopted ,
with the consent of the court , by Mr. Juntos
McMichael. _
The Vole Not Illegally Procured.
Tlio arguments in the case of Julius S.
Cooley , diarped with using und no inlluonco
In inducing Dubois to vote at the lost elec
tion wore concluded. Judge llerka reviewed
the ease and decided thcro was no evidence
on which Cooley could be com ictoil. Consequently
quently ho was illsclmrprd.
IilUcn Omalm ( jinlgo Most.
The Kllcs hold a reception In their club
rooms Tuesday night in honor of altlton
Noblcsand Frank Weston , a member of his
company. Hoth of thusu gentlemen were re
cently admitted to membership in the lodge
of this city. The large companj present
comprised a majority of the Ulks living In
and around Omaha , with a largo sprinkling
of business and professional men. C C.
Hulctt occupied the chair , and Mr. R. J.
Soutlmrd and C. 13. I'holps assisted in main
taining the proper decorum. They did this
in the most approved fashion ; tlio charges
made ngams't the prisoners causing much
amusement. On being called on Milton
Nobles thanked his brother Hlks for the
honor conferred upon him , and on
behalf of his wife thanked the
gentlemen who had attended the
theater from the lodge and had sent her such
a imigiiillcent bo < jnet. Ho snid he preferred
the Omaha lodge to nny of them , and hoped
as long as he mighl bo coining hero it would '
bo his privilege to meet the same agreeable ,
hostess. The orchestra from Ho.vd's Opera
house furnished the instruinentol music , nnd ;
during the evening gave selections appropriate - i
priato to the occasion. Hevol France. Nat j
Urigham , 1C. C. Scott and I'aul Lombard fur- '
nlshcd the vocal part of the entertainment ,
the latter being particularly successful lu ou
accompanied Scotch ballad.
A Florentine Sensation.
A case of absorbing interest lias Just been
concluded in Florence in which Sperry
Lantry , ono of the .sons of the mayor of the
place , was nceusod of assault upon another ,
boy named Milford Dcpris. An nttoriioy
from Omaha flappearcd for the latter , while
young Lantry was defended b > his father.
The testimony showed that young Depris
had broken n letter box belonging to the
Lantry family and that n couple of members-
of that firm had gdiie out searching for tho'j
culprit. The result .was that somebody got ]
hurt , though the testimony was conflicting , j
Lantry , in his defense of Ills boy , piled !
a mountain of reproach upon Depris which It )
is said afforded the crowded court with nn j
entertainment such us the oldest resident bus j
never experienced. The Omaha attorney ]
prophesied nn ominous tuturo for the Lantry
family and painted in blackest colors the example - '
ample of their father. Hat it was without
avail. The Jury found the accused not guilty i
nnd stlguiiiti/eiHlio prosecution ns malicious
on the part of tlio lad who claimed to have ,
bcon whipped.
Condom ncd llottomiCHH.
Messrs. HleliHteln unit Furr , meat and
fruit inspectors , make the following report
for the past ( juarter , tlio tublo showing the
dillorcnt articles condemned by them :
Sixty-two thousand and sixty-one founds of
meat , fruit and poultry , 1 lump Jaw steer ,
1,200 pounds ; ( MJ bunches biim.nus , i car load
und 00 bunches bananas , .157 boxes puachus ,
iMJi boxes berries , US boxes beium , ( ! boxes
plums , ftUsadCb now potatoes , ' 10 crates cab-
huge , 1 wagon load cabbage , 5 boxes toma
toes , f > 0 boxes oranges , 017 watermelons , H
barrels applos. it do/"ii prairie ehlckons , "
down quails , ir > do/en pigeons , it tubs cheese.
Tlio inspectors also examined 'J,2ii'J ' milk
COWK , eight of which were found diseased
und were killed.
Licenses to Wed.
The following marrlago licenses were is
sued by Judge Shields yesterday :
j diaries Dunn , Omaha . 31
I Carrie Snvder , Oinnlin . ! U
j Frederick Christciison , Omiiha . 'M
I Minnie Husmusscn , Omaha . U5
j John 11. Sanndcrs , Omaha . Ui !
1 Stella TLIckles , Omalm . 19
Mt. Andrew's
St. Andrew's mission of Walnut Hill has
purchased two lots of Mr. Joseph Weeks , of
the Nebraska National bank , who contri
buted V-00 to the price.
A Word About Catarrh ,
"It Is tile mnctiH nininlir.ine , tlmt wonderful
elopt' mirrouiidlng tliiMluilrnto tis
sues ol thuiili nnd food pitKHngoH , thul Catarrh
makes Its bffonuhold , < Jlifc > uhliibllDlicd.lt oats
Into rim very vllnU , nnd ivmlci-H lift ) lint u long-
dmunlm-Hth of mUory and disease , dulling thu
wcii'-c oC hciirlDK. trainmrlliiic tlio powitr at
HtHM'fli. destroying the faculty of sini-ll , tainting
the breath , nnl Klllinirthn rcllnuil pluimnre'i of
tint" . InMlillouBly , l.ycrci-plngoiitroin iibiinnlu
cold In tlm lifiul , it iiKMimtH the niPinl ninoim
Jlnli'tf ' nnd develops tlm DcmcH , cutlug through
tlio dol'cnt" runlrt mid emitting Inllaminiitliin ,
sloughing nnd ilffiHi , Nothing uhoit of total
uritiln Htlonlllhoriiri ) health to tlio p.itlent.uml
nil nllnvlutiveil lira altiiply pronnutlnati-dHUHur-
int'.i , li'ii(1liiitourHtiill ( [ > innlDHtlon. Htim > nu'H
ititie.M , OIIIIK by liilHiltitinii iiiul hy Inlernnl
minih.l tiutlon. Ims ncvur failed , ov < invlicn thu
dHi'.iH' Ims niudu frightnl ) Inrouiln on ilullcutu
fonsillutlrinH , liuiirlni ; , mni'll und tiiuto liuvo
beiT iTi-.vi'ixMl , and tha dlnt'ato thoroughly
rtiKonout "
HAMIIIID'H lunicu.Ciiiii : roimlstn ot onubot-
tliiol tliullAiui AI , iinu.onflloxot : ) ( 'ATAIIIIIHI.
fc'm.vrvr und an iMi'imvni I.VIMM.II , neutly
urnppi-d In one jiU'-kKgc ' , with lull directions :
price , tt.
nuim \ CIIKMICAI , Co. ,
WEAK , PAINFUL BACKS ,
Kldnuy ami lM rtnfc I'ains and Wunlc *
IUW8. lelioveil In d.vr. wiNi'TH by tlio
I'lmuuiiA ANTI-TAIN r .Aii'niitbofliHt :
nnd only p.iln killing plaatcr , Now , In-
bUiitancont , Infallible. The most pfrfoct imtl.
ilotu to 1'iiln Inlliiiniunttun und \\Yukneni over
unnpounileil. Vastly xii purlnr to all other plan
ters At ullUiUKplNtii , KI cents1 llvo for tl.V ) ; or ,
ll < j.tuiv flro of I'OTII'.II 1)1(11(1 AND LlirilHJAl ,
t'u. , Iloitton .Miios
AOVIOK TURK. HOV/TOAOT.
miuftll itifie iJ Kucttlo ttl < Ji or.
uifAouStoni < % cli kt tl clnri
itrifOou ppllcatloa.
find TuiMort curot.
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