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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 2 , THE DAILY BEE. KV15IIY M.OHNINO. TKHMS OF nMl7MoriilnKK ( < lltlon > Including Sl'NPAr IJF.K.Otl ( ! Witt . Tor Plx Months . . . f ; S rorTlirce Months . . . . . . . . - ' " ' Tnr. OMAHA Hrsiuv 111:1 : : , mnllcd to nny wldrew. One Yenr . 7' ' " Wr.r.Ki.v HKK. Ono Year . . . - m OMAHA OmfT..NS. ( ll AMlfllO I'AIISf AM STIir.BT. cmono On-ict : M7 IIOOKBIIV Iirir.wMi. Ki-wYoiiKOKnn : . Hdo.M.s II AND IBTiunusB III II.DI.Nfl. WASII1M1TON OITICK , NO. 61J I'ou irmi.NTii STUKKT. rc. . , .M ) communication * rclntlnz to news nml edi torial matter should bo uililronseil to tlio -noswi s wrrroiw. , , , , sliould bo JUlbliMncss letters nml rcmlttiinrcs nailreil lo Tlir. 1IKi : PliiiMSIltso niMPANV , v % & sffis.w Tlio Bco PnWisMng Company Proprietor * E. HOSKWATHIt. Ed Hoi' . THIO DAIIiV 11KI2. Sworn Htntcniontol Oiroulatlon. tuPoB. . County of DouRlas. I8'5' UcorKO ll.Tzfchuek.Rprrotaryonhn Ijen Pub- ll.shlmr Company , doox solemnly swear that tlio ac . Irtrcii ntloil of Tun DAILY IlKl ! for the v ek ciiulnn December 'JU. 18SS. was ns follows i . < Hominy , dec. : M Tuesday. Icc.2J ) Wcdnvs'lny.Dcc. tt > TimrMlnv. Detf.25.- iriitny. Hoe. 28 baturiiay , Doc. IW 1V-1" Sworn to before me nml subscribed In my Tjieseiico this Ul'tli ' ( lav of December A. I ) , 1SK : ftal N. V. ruil * Notary I'ubllc. Mate of Nebraska. i . County of lioualas. ( " ' ( icorBo II. Tzsi-huck. b0liiR duly sworn , do- po-es nnd snys that he is secretary of the Ilee I'lililiahltiK company , that the actual averac < j daily circulation of Tui : DAILY Itin : for the inoiitli of Jecembcr , Ids' , 18.011 coiilos ; for .Ian- narv , 1W $ . lu.-'Ufl conies ; for I'VDniary. ln * . 35'JirJ copies ; for March. WS , 1U.fM ) copies : for April. HWMH,4l , copies ; for .May. M * . 17.181 ropfpH ; for Juno , I8S. " . ! , ' . ' : topics : for July. "Ws , | S. ( I copies : for AiiRUst , IMS , 1H.181 copies ; [ irHoptcmbiT , IbSH , lf.in copies ; for October , JHH . wns 1H.CW4 coiiles : for Novnmbor. KSi , rZfl t fll'/l It I"IMI ITm. a . plns. OHO. II. T/SUIIUCK. Sworn to before mo mul subfcrlbod In my presence this bth day of December. WH. N. P. FBlIi Notary Public. IT is Bignillcfuit that when two No- Imislm legislators stop up to the tiulcot ollIiHJ and buy their railroad tickets , the fuel is considered of .sufllcient moment to bo telegraphed as news. TIIK new council should insiko a clean swoop of the tax-eaters. Tin : Bun is in fiu'or of jiayiug liberal salaries to every mini in the public service , but there should bo no soft jobs for super numeraries and favorites. TT is gratifying to learn that the Btrilco of the Union Pacific switchmen ut Denver has been amicably settled. There wore fears afowdnys ago that the etrikc would spread , but the concessions of the company happily averted it. TIIK last legislature appropriated two million seven hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred and ninety-six I dollars and eighty-six cents. Thcso staggering figures ought , to bo kept in view of every member of the legislature. IT took 124 ollicers and employes to run the state senate in 1887 , at tin ex pense of twenty-four thousand , nine hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty cents , which did not include perqui sites. This is surprising , but true. THE lower house of the last legisla ture furnished positions for ninety-six pfllcors mul employes tit an outlay of twoiily-two thousand four hundred and fifty-three dollars. No vouchers for "value received" for this enormous outlay can bo inado that will satisfy the taxpayers. IN view of the legislative appropria tion of two million , seven hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars two years ngo , the people may well ask them selves , will the legislature of 1839 feel bound to pile up the agony and tax the state into bankruptcy during the next two years ? IN 1885 the grand total of legislative appropriations was one million six hun dred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and ninety cents. In 1887 the legisla ture increased this already burdensome M tax to two million seven hundred and n twenty-two thousand eight hundred rfe' ' nnd ninety-six dollars and eighty-six cents over a million dollars increase in two yours for identically the same etato government. EIGHTY-JUNK thousand eight hundred nnd ninety-six dollars and thirty cents wore paid to olllcorsand members of the senate and house of the last legislature. In round numbers , ninety thousand dollars of the people's money were squandered for a legislative session last ing just sixty days. With those figures before them the present legislature can earn the gratitude of a tax ridden state , by taking a firm stand for retrenchment and opposition to claims and steals. Now that the ledger for ' 88 is closed nnd the Inventory for the now year has boon taken , there should bo no time lost for mapping out enterprises that will secure a revival of the boom in the early spring. Omaha must push ahead with all the steam that she can got up. She must not only keep abreast with other western cities , but endeavor to distance them. She can do it if her loading , business men join hands and take a long pull , a strong pull and a pull altogether , as they say at sea. DuiUNO the year just closed one hun dred and ninety-six miles of now rail road were constructed in Nebraska. This is a very favorable showing. Of the six western states in whloh Ne braska is grouped , this state ranks second end , standing next to Minnesota , which is credited with throe hundred and throe miles of new construction for the yonr. Dakota follows third with one hundred nnd forty-nine miles , Montana fourth with one hundred nnd twenty miles , Iowa fifth with one hundred miles , and Wyoming sixth with twonty- flvo miles. When it is taken into con sideration that the railroads intimated early in the your that not a mile of now road would bo Jinid EO long us the state board of transportation fixed a maxi mum rate , their threats apponr to have boon more wind. The truth of the mat ter la that in a growing agricultural Htnta like Nebraska , therocan bo nosuoh thing asastnudstill in railroad construc tion. LROtSLATUHK OKdAXtZED The legislature ha ? chosen its re spective ofllcors nnd is now ready to receive the governor's message. The choice of Hon. John C. Watson n8 speaker of the house was from the outset - sot almost n foregone conclusion. While Mr. Wntbon was two years ngo one of the trusted Icadora of Senator Van Wyck , his candidacy wni not antag onized by the railroad interest. On the other hand Mr. Watson was not radi cally committed to prohibition , nnd therefore secured the support of quite n number of members who are opposed to making submission the all-absorbing issue before the legislature. Mr. Watson is thoroughly competent to Hll the speaker's chair and comprehends fully the responsibility which rests upon him both as presiding olliccr of the popular branch of the leg islature and organizer of Its commit tees. In selecting Church Howe as the president pro torn of the senate , the re publican senators have stultified them selves nnd placed the party in tin un enviable plight. Mr. Hovois not merely a railroad politician , but an of- licur of the Nebraska branch of .lay Gould's Missouri 1'aclllo railroad. It is a lamentable exhibition on the part of the republican bonato to tacitly confess by its action that Church Howe among nil its able members is the only man who could command the sup port of the majority of the sonato. Church Uowo himself has made a blun der in accepting the position which ad vertises to the people of the state that the railroads have undisputed control of the senate. Mr. Howe had already been honored with the same position in a previous session nnd can gain no glory or honor by again becoming president pro torn. It is not prudent for railroad managers to overdo thlnirs in striving for honors which should not bo conferred upon any man actively Identi fied with railroad corporations. This fact will be emphasized before the ses sion closes to the disadvantage of the corporations to whom Mr. Uowo expects to be of service. The refusal of Lieutenant Governor Moiklejohn to arrogate to himself the responsibility of appointing the senate committees is highly commendable. It remains to bo seen whether the senate , in exorcising its prerogative , will keep in view the prime object of the creation of committees , which is to digest all proposed reforms and measures and ex pedite legislation that is conducive to the welfare of the people. OVER-ZEALOUS OFF/CMLS. The police authorities of Chicago , under the influence of a public senti ment that has become morbidly intoler ant , have arrayed themselves against the constitutional right of the people to meet and discuss questions affecting their interests as citizens. The federal constitution declares that congress shall make no law abridging the free dom of speech , or the right of the people ple peaceably to assemble , and what may not bo done by the federal au thority in this respect certainly cannot bo done by the authority of the state , and still loss by that of a inunicipaiU-y. Yet the police authorities of Chicago as suming that certain parties proposed to moot for unlawful purposes , have re fused to allow thorn to moot , proceeding in tliis extraordinary course solely upon their own impressions of what might happen. The parties thus interfered with ap pealed to the courts for an injunction to prevent polieo interference , and the matter was referred to a master of chancery. Ho did not deem it to be within his functions to recommend an injunction , but ho was very explicit in expressing the opinion that the police interdiction was an in terference with the constitutional rights .of citizens without warrant or justification. There was no ovidcnco that the purpose of the parties who pro posed to moot was unlawful or im proper , and the master in chancery justly hold that "if the mere belief of a police ollicor thttt projected public meetings are for unlawful purposes shall operate to the prohibition of sucli meetings , such belief created perhaps by error , malice , bigotry or political partisanship may bo vutiortcd. to for the effectual extinguishment of a funda mental constitutional right. " Ho de clared it to bo hobtilo und dangorouj to the gonjus of our institutions to assume that a policeman without judicial responsibility shall exorcise judicial ( lower to grant or withhold the rights of citizens constitutionally to meet in public assemblies. - The nightmnro that has worried Chicago cage for the past two years is responsi ble for this extreme and extraordinary assumption of power on the part of her police authorities , but it would scorn that her more intelligent and patriotic citi- y.ens must soothnt a policy of denying to any portion o ? her citizens their constitu tional rights cannot bo wisely or safely continued. In the mutter in contro versy it is clearly the po lice nnd not the Interdicted society that are violating the fundamen tal law , The former have boon acting wholly upon an assumption , which man- ifcstlj' they have no right to do. They have arrogated to thumsolvus n judicial power which they have not the least authority to oxerclbo , and have pro ceeded against citizens without the slightest ovidonco. Such arbitrary con duct it is the Imperative duty of the courts to chock in the interest of the common rights und liberties of the poo- pie. Chicago should awaken to the fact that not the suspected onomlon of our institutions , but their professed frioiuls , are dealing them the most serious and damaging blows. TWIST The failure of the house committee on manufactures to determine before the recess of congress wljothor any fur ther testimony should bo taken on the subject of trusts makes the question of what will b-j done regarding this ques tion at the prevent session of congress one of uncertainty. The work of the committee has not boon muoh of a suc cess. The investigation has yloldod a good deal of valuable testimony with regard to the formation , organization and effect of trusts , but the com mittee has reached no conclusion with regard to restrictive legislation , and the result o ( Its inquiry scorns to have induced the belief among many member * of congress that they nro pow erless to enact any legislation that will prevent such combinations. In cases of combination for the ale or manufacture Of products which nro protected by the tar I IT , the committee believes that the only practicable remedy , though not al ways n complete one , is a reduction of duty , but it does not yet see its way clear to the framing of a law that will properly restrict combinations under penalty for violation of the law's pro visions , Hills declaring trusts unlaw ful , and subjecting their products to confiscation or similar radical proposi tions , have not mot with any favor from the committee , and if any suggestions ns to legislation accompany the commit tee's report , whenever that shall bo submitted , all their dilUcultici will bo pointed out. Tiie chairman of this com mittee , Mr. Uacon , is on record with the opinion that the only remedy is a law preventing the pooling of stocks , but til the same time ho claims that congress cannot pass such a law. IIo Insists that it must bo left to the stales which granted the charters bestowing the right upon shareholders to transfer their stock as they please. In the opinion of the chairman of the lu > u > o committee on manufactur es , fee shrewd are the trust organi zations perfected that no federal law can reach the active agents in the com bination. Two radical measures relat ing to trusts are before congress , one in the senate and one in the house , known respectively as the Sherman and the Ureckinridgo bills , Vut the impression is that neither will be acted upon at the present session. The purpose of these bills is in the same direction , but they differ materially in the methods provided for accomplishing n similar result , and therefore there is very small probability that either could pass. The very remote chance of anything being done by the present congress by way of repressing trusts devolves upon the state legislatures thcduty of dealing with those combinations against the public interests and welfare. There ap pears to bo no question anywhere that the power and authority of the states in tliis matter is undeniable. Cor porations deriving their franchises from the state can be prevented by the state from surrender ing their privileges on penalty of losing their franchises. General state laws to this clYccl. it is believed , would speedily put an end to trust com binations , and there is promise of an ef fort in most of the states to secure such laws. Nebraska is interested in this question by reason both of direct and indirect damage from trusts. Her people ple , in common with those of the entire country , are paying tribute to every ex isting combination of this character in the landnnd _ in at least one direction the prosperity of the state has boon dam aged by a trust. The subject is therefore one which should command the prompt anil serious attention of the legislature. What is required is a clear and comprehensive law providing that no corporation existing under the authority of this state shall bo permit ted to enter into any combination with corporations of a similar character out side of the state , or surrender or part with any part of its business or the con trol thereof to foreign corporations , and that any corporation doing this shall forfeit its franchise. A uniform policy of this kind among the states would speedily dispose of the trusts , und it is , perhaps , the most certain and practica ble way of accomplishing this result. TIIE iYKir COUNCIL. The new year has ushered into oxist- oncou very material change in the com position of the city council. The retire ment of Boohol , Manville and Cheney , breaks up the old combine that has kept this city in turmoil during the past year , about the police commission and about reforms that are demanded by our best citizons. The now council should profit by the lesson taught lit the late campaign and endeavor to represent the wishes and interests of their constituents instead of plotting 'and scheming to subvert law and order and pander to the vicious elements that have basot their prede cessors. The new council should also endeavor to steer clear of the baneful influence exerted by public works' con tractors , who during the past two years have dominated in oily affairs to the detriment of tax-payers. Omaha has boon very seriously crip pled and her growth retarded by the dis graceful squabbles in her city govern ment. It would bo a public calamity to inllict upon this community another year of discord and reckless defiance of the rights of the tax-payers. "Wo believe that a majority of the now council mean to do what is right nnd proper. If they doslro to strengthen that belief and aspire to bo worthy of public confidence , they will frown down from the outset every effort of disor- ganlxers and ring.stors to revive the squabbles and disreputable methods that have made Ilia lute council a reproach preach to the name and fame of our Tim llcof Producers and Outchors National association. , with headquarters at Dallas , Tex. , has sot on foot a move ment to re-establish competition cattle markets through the country , nnd to seoitro by legislation local inspection of cattle on the hoof for all towns and cities , Ostensibly the purpose of the association is to plnco the business of cattle-raising and slaughtering on a basis so as to secure the consumer cheaper and wholosotno beef. In re ality , however , the efforts of the asso ciation are to return to the old methods of beef slaughter by local butchers which is now eupplantcd by the largo boof-packlng industries of the country. The success of this movement , however , may ho questioned. While it may bo true that the price of beef to the con sumer is higher than it ought to bo , no doubt influenced by the beef-packing firms , novertlioloss u return to inde pendent slaughtering by local butchers \s \ improbable.1 f"ho prlco of beef is uniformly Ibwe than formerly which has forced.the , butchers of the largo cltios all ov\i the country to buy their meals frctm the * ' western packing houses. It is inrprauUoablo , moreover , to institute a rlirid Jowil Inspection of cattle on the hoof , While such inspect ion would benefit the butchers , it would work injury to the eattlo-rnisi'rs , and increase the price of meat to the consumer. Huskies , laws can not bo jhiHsod to prevent people from oatinir packing-house products if they want to. As long as the we.storn abbatolrs fur- nisli meat that is both wholesome nnd cheap , the local beef dressing of the country cannot compote , and must glvo way to the wholesale slaughtering es tablishments of western beef-packers. Arnit : resolving upon radical reform In cutting down the number of useless bookkeepers , clerks and supernumerar ies , tlie senate has decided to employ only thirty-three clerks for its thirty- seven committees. This is reform anil retrenchment with a vengeance. At the very outside ten of these committee clerks will have something to do. The other twenty-three will bo at largo with just about enough committee work to keep them busy two hours a week. At four dollars a day this will take over ninety dollars a day out of the pockets of the taxpayers , with the further pros pect of making one hundred and fifty days out of n sixty-day session. TIIK great question pf the day is ! Whnt will the now excise board do about it ? INCi ' 1HK WltlSThU. i rvtii. . Fremont Tribune : Tin : Hnn announces Unit eoininencinjT with January 1 it will bcj1i rutiniiitf a special train to deliver It * papers to subscribers ulonj ? the fo. tM. roiul. With u special train TUB UEI : ought to "get aero. " Tlnq ImHt Stroke. Lincoln Call : Commencing January 1st , tlm OM.VIIV DAII.V UKB will run a special dully train , delivering its papers to nil sub scribers in the South 1'latto county. Tin : I3tn : will roach Lincoln by 7 o'clot-lc. It is useless for tlio Call to speak of Tun Hr.n as a nuwspap ° r. Hvcryboily knows that It Is the best In the western country , and this last stroke of enterprise will bo appreciated. Charter Ml Kxcliislvulv. Nebraska City News ( .Dec. 01. ) : Coin- incnuinc to-morrow the OMAHA HII : : will run a special train daily over the U. & M. to Plattsuioutli , maltinj ? connections there with the llyor for Denver. The train is chartered exclusively fur the distribution of the morn ing edition of TUB , IJei : , utul that paper claims to bo the llr.st xvcsSt of Chicago that has ventured in tliis'enterprise. Its Uiutil Kntcrprtac. Beatrice Dcniocr.it : Tin : HUE 1ms char tered n train to leave Oamha every morning at 4:3 : } to connect- with the "Burlington Flyer , " that will land tlio morning edition of. that paper in Lincoln before 7 o'c.loclc , anil at nil points in the South Platte country several hours in advance Qf other Omulm papers. Tin : Unu displays it § usual enterprise in this matter. Kxcclllii 'Itcir. Hastings Ncuraskan ' ( Dec. 31) ) : THE OMAHA. Bnis gives notfce'that beginning to- niorow will run a spgcialtruiu to make con nection with the B. & . M. llyor at Platts- mouth , to distribute , its paper to patrons ulong the line to Denver. It is n stroke of enterprise that involves an expense of over 51,001) ) per month. THE BKE is so much to bo commended as a newspaper that it wins ad miration and respect , and gets the support of those who do not always endorse its sen timents. It is excelling itself as a great paper. The Illit One. 0/ifo / i'dilc Journal. It is "tho big four" in New York , "tho big flvo" in Ohio and "the big six" in Maine , but Indiana has the big one. Gallantry. Altu Callfurnla. We wish to be understood as supporting Mrs , Jpun A. Logan 113 postmaster of Chicago ' ' cage , and M'I-S' Philip Sheridan as pension commissioner. Chicago I'or" IiiHinncc. I'lanctr-Preii. St. Paul has her ice palace , Sionx City nor corn palace and New Orleans her cotton pal ace. It's about time some city came to the front with a gm palace. AVitli Hiiro Feet. Tlinm. Christinas was a beautiful day throughout a largo portion of tlio great northwest , and it is whispered that Miss Dakota , whoso Block ings were both full to overflowing , danced about gleefully in her bare feut. A Korm-CIiMor. Cliltimo Tribune. Assistant editor Wo need flvo lines to 1111 out a column on tlio editorial page. Able democratic editor Have you run in any paragraphs about lUainc ? "Yes sir ; live or six of them , " "Said anythhigabout Harrison's cabinet ! " "Yes sir. " "Got in any slaps at Forakcr ! " "Yc.ssir , and two or three at Quiy's-niullod hand. " "Then say something mean about Ilusscl Harrison and close the forms. " Glvo Harrison a Several hundred statesmen are doubtless either on the way to call on the president elect or intend calling upon linn some time between now and the closing days of Febru ary , and several hundred other statesmen have already called. All this , of course , waste to ho expected , and l.s no inoro of n surprise to the object of their visits tmin it is to the average person who roads ) about them. All our chief magisti atosr-at least all slnco Jack son have been obliged to undergo a similar experience in the two or three months imme diately proceeding their Inauguration. Nev ertheless , in the extant to which it lias been practiced blnco Lincoln's ' Jlrst election the custom has grown iuio mi abuse , which , in tlio interest of the parjly to which the presi dent-elect belongs , demands abatement. An Hrninplo of'filoblc Watering , ChtcaaoTl-ttlMie , A stockholder in the ? Denver , Toxss & Fort Worth railroad has begun injunction proceed ings to stop the officer * of the road from issu ing $1,01)0,000 ) , worth of bonds. The ostensi ble object of tlio issue is to lay a third rail on the narrow gauge Denver & Hlo Orando road. The objecting r > toclcholOcr says that to do tills will cost but f 100,000 , and that thereforetlioro is no need of the extra 500,000 of securities , Had stockholders boon more solicitous in the past and invoked tlio aid of the courts to stop unjustifiable Issues of stock anil bonds , tlioru would not now bo as much water In the railway system of the United. ( States , and the roatlH might bo able to pay dividends without making exorb itant charges for their services , A. Few Dakota I'acta Vcnnllliou Is the religious canter of the territory , A ten-minuto prayer meeting is held tuero every day at noon , Thirteen Ilurouiuns received gold watches for Christmas presents , and tlio Times claim * there Is not n Waterbury mjency or n oy < ent counter In the town. The present balmy vtpather Is evidently not t-xneetoil to lust ut Sioux KVills. for tUo people are takhiir up n nubsrrlption to pur- cha c new llaes for the signal service. Visitors to the Sloiu Tulls penitentiary are charged an ndtntaMnn fee ami the Insti tution has eollPctcilJI-Vi from that source in two years , which will bo expo.uleJ fora library for prisoners , A number of Indians trlod todl.sposo of the blanket * Issued to them by the govern incut , at Chamberlain roeontly. They predict an open winter , anil tlielr action shows their faith in their Instincts. Tlio oDlclals of Custor county nro very pleasant people and hate to hurt the feelings of their constituent * . After wishing all delinquent taxpayers In the county a Merry Christmas and a 11 ippy New Year , the Irons- uror delivers Uio followingsoothinif address : "I will not mar the happy surroundings and destroy the lestivit.ies of holiday week , but it becomes in" painful duty to issue n full nnd complete list of delinquent tuxnaycr.s from A to / . This will be circulated through C'uster county on tlio ' 'nd of .Inmmry , ISS'.i , and no further excuses e.in bo accepted for uon-paytneiit. " < NrhrnMkn Newspaper Notes. The Fillmore County Independent is the immo of a bright looking little paper which 1ms just sprung into existence at Khlckley. It is under the fostering euro of Lommon & Lemmon. The Armada Watchman has succeeded the Armada Times , a slock company having purchased the paper and placed U. A. Held in editorial control , The Fremont Tribune Issued a hnndsoma twolve-pago pancr on January 1 , HUed with excellent illustrations and n comprehensive review of the huppi'ninirs of the year in that thriving city. SI3VISX SHOUT SMILKS. Kvor victorious in nav.il warfare , the American navy returns homo in triumph from llayti. Toledo Bee. " /o people are rccch , Hey sell ground nnd kill ze iK-egs , " is Mine , .lanu Hadlng's concise ciso analysis of Kansas City. A tramp Is sometimes called a nomad ; and when a farmer's dog grabs him thoru's no- madder man in the neighborhood. Norris- town Herald. A box of sardines was recently found in the stomach of a bear killed In Michigan. The box was nearly digested-but the sar dines were all right. Burlington Free Press. There comes a rumor that Phineas T. Bar- num wants to supersede Waller us consul general at London. But Itanium does not r.eem to have the least show on earth. New York World. The man who took an oath that ho wouldn't "havo his linger nails cut until another Demo cratic president was elected has the bulge on the rest of us , lie will bo happy after each succeeding pancake season for years to conic. Drake's Magazine. Philadelphia cditoi' t understand you have bought a newspaper in the west. IH it a well equipped ofileu ! Old friend ( from the west ) I should smile. There are scvcnteut Winchesters in the com posing room nnd two gulling guns at the head of the stairs. Philadelphia Uccord. DHMANDS OK liAHOR. A List of tlio IJIUVH Wliluh It Poqlres Framed. The following resolutions were adopted at the last meeting of the Omaha Central Labor union , am ! have been furnished for publlca- tiou by George J. KIcfTncr , the secretary : Whereas , It is an undeniable fact that the progress of our city depends largely upon the welfare of the working portion of ils inhabi tants ; Whereas , It is an absolute fact that labor interests have , in tlio past , received but slight attention from former legislatures , while railroad corporations and similar in terests have received unlimited attention from every former session of tlio Nebraska legislature ; Whereas , We know of no method that can bo used that is consistent with American principles except the passage of laws by the law-making power of nur state to right the wrongs complained of by labor ; therefore bo it Uesolvcd , by the delegates composing the Cont/al Labor union of Omaha , in behalf of and in the interest t > f the differoht unions and local assemblies of Knights of Labor herein represented , that we ask for tlio passage of laws by our present legislature bearing upon the following questions of in terest to labor : First A bill in the interest of ballot re form which will guarantee a secret ballot and a strict registration in order to check unscrupulous politicians from purchasing votes or intimidating voters. Second A bill to make lobbying n crltnn punishable by Imprisonment in the state pen itentiary for not less than one year. Third A bill requiring the products of the Lincoln penitentiary to bo branded "urison- inndo goods , " anvt making it a criminal of fence for non-cpinpliance with the same. Fourth A bill making eight hours a legal work day on all state , county and municipal works. Fifth A bill creating a state board of ar bitration , making arbitration compulsory and giving said board power to enforce its decisions and giving said board ull the power of a eourt , of law in dealing with disputes between employers and employes , Sixth A bill making all combinations , monopolies , trusts , or other bodies under whatsoever name , whose objects nro to cre ate a corner in tlm necessaries of life , a criminal olTensu punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Seventh A bill forbidding the importa tion by any company , corporation or individ ual of private armed mercenaries to do police duty within the state ; furthermore , Unit no private institution within the state bo al lowed to maintain or furnish to any company , corporation or individual armed men for po lice duty. Klghlh A bill requiring a residence of six months in the county in which application is made or appointment is received for tlio posi tion of deputy or special deputy shcrliT. Ninth A compulsory ncliool bill requiring all children under fifteen years of ago to at tend school for the full school season and holding parents and irnnrdlans rcsponslblo for the non-aUcndauco at school of all chil dren under fifteen years of ago under Hiolr charge. Tenth A bill making the first 'Monday in September of each year a legal holiday to be known as "T abor Day. " Eleventh A bill making it compulsory on the part of employers to pay on demand all wages duo their employes. Twelfth A bill holding employers liable for all injuries received by their employes wliilo engaged in the dlsahnrge of their regu lar duties as employes , Thirteenth A bill nmkln ? all national and state election days legal holidays. Fourteenth A bill for the abolition of the contract system on all state , county and municipal works. Hcsolvod , That the secretary of this union have the foregoing printed In circular form for distribution ut the Htuto capital. Kor Twnnty-Six Years. Business linns that have oxibtud and occu pied one stand for a period of twenty-six years in Omaha arc rare. In fact , the only one known at this tlnio is the furniture house of Dcwoy & Stouo , who opened a small store on Farnnm street , when Omaha was but a village , und their sales have gradually in creased. Iii 1S5S amounting- over $300,000. The tlrm has Just mndo a now departure wlucli will Interest the business public. Wishing to rolclvo themselves , to u certain cxtnnt , of the caresof an immense trade , Messrs. Dowcy & Stone huvo put their busi ness into u stock company , with u capital of half u million dollars , Another ob ject was to interest such of their employes ns were deserving of an opportunity to share In the profits of thu houeo. The forming of iTp'took com pany is the nearest approach to profit- sharing that could bo readily devised. The stock company will be composed of the following : Charles II. Do way , presi dent ; Kmorson L. Stone , vice president ; William ( Juyger , secretary ; Ocorgo K. Crosby , treasurer , nnd Wllllum I. Klorstoud , superintendent and general mannger , In taking into the firm their two trusted Employes , Mqssnt. Uuyger ami KlgroUmd , it is said the proprietors huvo substantially and handsomely rewarded them for past services. P. J. Crccdon Is on hla way home Now York whcro he attended the buriyr of his sou. TIIK SOfiAK K It ' \Vi\s Not Much of n Wonder la Otnnlm , Yesterday afternoon tlioro was n solar eclipse which begun nt 3 hour ! ) 11 minutes nnd Il's ' seconds after high noon , or In the language of ordinary pwmlo a trlllo bettor th.in 11 minute after 3 o'clock in the after , noon. The eclipse was not total , nor was it noticed by tlio boys in the streets , Dogs did not bark , neither did they bay the eclipsing moon ; cuts did not sneak In from illicit Inter views in the back yard , nnd como with swelled tails nnd niituted fur to seek the pro tection of their musters In the purlers ; chickens did not go to roost nt abnormal hours , nor did they ovim't" any alarm what ever ; the coasters skhnmfni ; down North Twenty-second street contrary to law and ordinance were not troubled ; nor wus there n darkness su tempting ns to induct ? engaged people to consider themselves entitled to nil the oscillatory privileges conferred by twi light. As an eclipio it was not a success in Omnhu. But it may have boon elsewhere. When the now moon whlz/.lng around thu old earth which also has to do IU own whi//.Ing around the sun , gets la front of the sun it obscures thu rays of the latter , and shuts olT light nnd hcut. Thu sun Js very biif. but It is very fur ulf , the moon is very small , but it Is quite close to tlio earth , nnd thcrcforo the moon can do u good deal of eclipsing for those who * happen to be in lh.it part "of the earth di rectly nfTccted. Astronomers cull this Hie line of totality nnd it coverccv , yesterday a licit of 10t ! > mile s tlironuli northern Cali fornia , northern Nevada , southern Idaho , thu Yellowstone park , southeastern Montana , northwestern Dakota anil Manitoba. The great observatory on Mount H.iinllton is well within-this line , and mnrli is uxueeled from that iioint of observation by astronomers , not only bac.iuso the conditions tlioro are so favorable , but also because Prof. Holdcn is a distinguished holiolojrisi who knows a thing or two about aolar eclipses. Here in Omaha about four-fifths of tlio sun was covered by the dark body of the moon about-I o'clock , at which time the light wus sickly and wan. That was nil. The sun looked llku a crescent through smoked glass , but In spiti ! of the moon's bad behavior , wlmt wusleft of his sunshlp was too powerful to bo regarded by the naked oyo. In Califor nia during the time of totality , when the sun's body was completely obscured , astron omers had an opportunity , of observing the corpna , composed of stroa'ms of llgl.t which go off into space for many millions of miles and whoso nature is not yet known , They also could study the protuberances on the eilgo of the sun , which extend for an incred ible distance also , but not anything like so far as the corona. Father Sechi , of Koine , made many Interesting observations on these , which ho called the sierra , on account of their seriated general appearance. Tlioy wcro also observed by Prof. Young , of Dart mouth college , who saw one of these objects dash into the air like a eeyscr and then 1'all like a fountain. Although none of these marvels were ob served in Omaha the tricks and manners of the moon were not unstudied. There is an observatory attached to Crcighton univer sity , which Is managed by Father Uoggo , one of tlio Jesuit priests in Chicago , of the insti tution , a quiet patient soldier of science , sat isfied with doing what falls within his prov ince ami not unhappy because the line of totality heartlessly went north of Omaha. For days before the event ho used his transit instrument for the purpose of correcting his clocks by sidereal observation. The sailor docs the sumo thing daily , only ho takes a solar , but from tnnu lo time every master mariner takes a sidereal with his sextant , for which purpose the nautical almanac is furnished with lists of stars that will bo transit stars or on the meridian line , and gives their time. Fnthcr Kigirc , having cor rected his sidernl clock , his solar clock and his terrestrial time piece wound up his chro nograph to take observation on the time when llio iirst contact , xvould take place. If the moon had failed to appear at the calcu lated time thousands of astronomers would have telegraphed the dreadful intelligence to the naval observatory at Washington. But the lady moon was punctual at the rendezvous , though she must have known that Venus wus in the ascendant , and would witness the meeting , nnd would quizz them both dreadfully. The chrono graph was connected telegraphically with the equatorial instrument , that was trained upon the sun , nnd the good fattier sat in his chair that hoists up and down and ' had the key ready to his hand as soon as' the llrst black point should become visible. About this time a reporter of Tun BRB , who had been invited to see the meeting be tween fiery Sol nnd sweet Luna , made his appearance and was provided with a colored glass lenso nnd the information that there was nothing yet. At five minutes past : i Father Kigge announced that the pcmtmtru of the moon wns making the sun look sick , or in other words that the coming satellite was casting its shadow before. Upon his promise that ho would ascend and descend with lightning speed , the reporter was per- milled id sorpenline himself up the peeuliuv lutUlor-i'ramo of the chair and gaze through iho Under , a small telescope by the side of the big one , which is a live-inch refractor. There was not u doubt , about it. The sun was pallid with emotion. Having verified this fact he descended and carefully scanned the sun through his lens. The clocks ticked with n variation of time that was interesting , but they did not get excited and preserved the oven tenor of their way. "There it te" cried the Kuvcrcnd Father Higgo with much enthusiasm , and tlio time by Uio sidereal clock was : till : < ' < * > . But alas , Iho guilty solar clock was two minutes fast , and the terres trial clock was Just us bad. When a quarter of an hour had elapsed the reporter was invited to ascend and to look through the Under , nnd the sight was pecu liar. The outer cdgo of the moon's disk was obviously rugged nnd wave like , nnd this was , the father said , caused by the mountains of the moon , for it nppeara Unit tlio moon , having no atmosphere , cannot raise nnytliing but mountains. These , how ever , are prodigious , und would lake Iho prize atany Alpine exhibition. Tlio Hold of tlio great lolcacopo is examined from above , nnd the spectator looks over it. Hero the sar.io ruggcdncss was still inoro observable , but a very annoying feature was that the celestial lives as if made tired by observa tion , kept skipping out of the Hold of scru tiny , and it wns necessary to keep following them up by manipulating a scrow. This may bo very easy for a professor , but was quite n job for n green hand like the re porter , who industriously screwed the telescope - scope the wrong way for 'JJ seconds , und wus quite surprised ho could not find the sun or moon. Tlioro was sunset at 1 inlnuto past flvo , and the sun wont down behind the lulls with ( ho moon cllngln ? to his left shoulder , evi dently unwilling lo Icuvo her liomoo. Lifo Is made up of meetings it nil purlincs , ami it is pleasant for n sympathetic soul to know that there must bo two solar eclipses every year , und there may bo live. If. however , the moon had been created exactly on the same piano us tlio earth , tlioro would liavo boon a solar eclipse at every now moon , and u lunar eclipse at every full moon , The report goes that u youthful astronomer whtui ho learned this saddening fuel lost his appetite out of pure vexation , and declared that things never did go right no how , and that if Kvo hud not eaten the apple , the moon would have boon upon the same piano as the earth , and young astronomers would have had a living show to study ocllpses. A NHW YHAIl OFSUNSI11MO. How tlie First Day of 1880 was Ol > - borvfd In Omaha. Twenty years ape yo tcrday , so old settlers toll , there hunt ; u warm sun in fhe IIOUVUIIH. Tlioro was dust upon the Btreots. The Now Year's dinner wascaton in houses the doors and windows of which were opened to admit of cooling brc / . Yesterday the windows and doors of many houses wcro opened nlmost for u similar pur pose , and while a slight crust of snow usurps the placu of the mist of twenty years ago , the day has been as ploubant as could have boon desired. ( lo'cloi-k In The streets wcro thronged from the morning. The snloons were liberally patronized , as have nlso the contents of the capacious punch bowls , with wlnuli eutor- prlnhiK dealers love , on these festive occu- hlons , to grace their boards. There wus but little attention puid to devotional exor cises , and still less to the Ionn.il observance of the muc.li-ubtmcd cus tom of calling. Tim Incipient young man was not in ln glory of u now suit , u boutonnloro , < wd wildly extravagant card Somebody or something Bup- him. A a conwuuuucc , ivliat > over of e.Mllnfr was in dulptod In Is to b ( credited to graver ftnd leas buoyant mortals , by whom Uio custom is revered M n happy mentis of renewing nnd maintaining ac- quninUncos whlcu have long survived tha necidonts of time , Business , of course , wns suspended , nml in homos where com fort nnd Impplnoss rule there Imvo been family dinners nnd family reunions which , in innny instances ) , will never bo obliterated from the mind. In purlors hero and tliero the grace and beauty of Oinnlm welcomed friends with the kindly and seasonable greeting , though tlio callers were Invariably within the circle of acquaint ance. Tlio theatres utul lurgo mutinca audiences , the cars , horse , cable nnd motor wcro filled , nnd In fuct the prevailing V | , J disposition of everybody was to do something entirely dliToront from tUnt of every day Ilfu , ns if impelled In It bv the Rplrlt of the day and the glorious sunshine with which it has bcou blessed by heaven. ThoY. M. C. A. UcRoptlon. - President Taylor , of the Y. M. C. A. , ns- sisted by his wife und ilfty young ladles nnd gentlemen , hold u reeoplion ut the Y M C. A rooms from 0 to SSO : p. in. ycstonlny. Nearly seven hundred people were in nltcnd * anco , ninny of whom had never seen the in terior of the huildim ; before , and they were delighted with its elegance and pleased with the cordial reception extended to them by tlio members. Flno refreshments were served in the dlnltii : halt. From S:3i : ) toll p. in. an exhibition was given of the daily exorcises of the gymna sium classes , which bronchi out both laugh tcr und commendation from the spectators who thronged the visitors' gallery. This was followed by u concert In the com modious audience hall that wns almost im promptu in character , but none the less ex- culluat. 1MMTCIIHTT AND TKXXHY. Tlioy Settle Thcli4 Dispute In the lioynl Ij. Smltli Cusr. The Loyal L. Smith case ngnin made Its appearance before Judge Dandy yesterday morning. The amount in dispute is f7,0f 0. Recently D. K. Tomioy , n Chicago attorney , was appointed trustee , nnd the amount above quoted ordered placed to his credit. Mr. ( ii'orge L. Pritchctt , ns well us being Tonn.v's representative , wus tlie legal adviser of the Merchants' National nnd United States Na tional hanks of Oinuhn. These bunks claim Jt..OOi ) out of the estate , which Mr Pritchclt delivered over to them out of the fTrt.OiX ) ho liud reeolvivl. Tlio balance ho handed to Mr. runny at Chicago as trustee. This mndo Mr. Teiiny vi rynn ry , and ho began suit against PritcliPtl personally in the district court lo recover Uio money obtained by him. Mr. Pritchott , in the meantime , began suit in Iho Unili'il States court , asking Hint Iho suit be reopened and that Tcniiy repay Into court the whole amount received us triistoo for Ihc cstalc. Tills did not please Tonny , unit ho compromised with Prltehett. The ro- suit wus that the cuso lias been withdrawn from court. A Yonr',4 Ti'aiiHitctloti. The superintendent of plumbing In his an nual report just Issued shows I lint IK } ' ) inspec tions were made ; -119 excavations were made n the Htrccls and 'tjl ) depressions in alleys aised ! . "Hit stop-boxes wore lowered to level of sidewalk. The following permits to exca vate wcro issued : For waterworks com * ixin.vll'J ; L'us company , ( Wl ; plumbers'JiS ; drain layers , T'.Ht ' ; total , U.O'.n.1. ' The inspector lias collcrtod nnd turned In during the year JfiV..O.I. Thirty-four arrcsls for tlio year for violating the ordinances have been mado. The Kielinrdson Fire. In another column of Tin : Bui ! is published n report of tlio destruction of the Klchardson drug company's ' building in St. Louis. Amos Field , manager of the local house of that name , says that the onlv clToct the lire will have upon it will bo to Increase its nusincss , becutisu it will bo compelled to handle all thu western orders , which otherwise would go to St. Louis. /V Kami way. Ono of Armour-Cndahy's horses nttachocl to n covered wagon ran away lust evening from outside tlie 1'axton hotel. The frenzied animal ran south lo Ilanioy street where ho came into collision with u telegraph past. Ho was stopped Mere , but not before the wagon was broken to splinters. itoncli Show UcnittlRS Fight. Two of the dogs nt the dojr show , n mastllt ntul setter , got loose last night nnd n terrific light ensuod. There were several ladies in the exhibition who got very much alnrinod at the scene. The dojr.s were purled by the keepers without much damage oeing dono. Tf IIciT Ilni'lenstoin , the late presi dent of the riwiss eonfotlorution , really died , us reported , from lie clTQCtS o ? "ill tveutniont of ( x corn , it is a solemn warning to the living to treat corns with tenderness and respect. General Longslroot begins to fool tlio weight of his years. Alluding to some political attacks upon his record the other day , ho remarked pathetically , UI begin to'feel like a very old rebel in- Uccd. " No buffet should bo without a bottle ot Angostura Bitters , the South American nppoli/er. Manufactured by Lr. ) J. G. B. Siegerl & .Sons. Dr. Hamilton Wfirron , magnetic physician - sic-ian and surgeon , room ! ! , Crounsu block , cor. Kith and Capitol avenue. Chronic and nervous diseases a spec ialty. L Telephone Oil. A Mexican sorooms.s lias predicted that Mexico will conquer the llni toil States in JSH ! ) , and aoinn of the Mexican paporti siiy BIO is infallible. "EVERiirsnT ! SGRAT ED" Until tin : Skin wn rn\v. IJoily covered -jWllh Hdnlt'8 lllfii Hpols ol1 niortnr. Cut oil l y tlio uiiticuru JtuiMCMlidH. 9 golnt ; to tell you of the extraordinary . . ' your ( /'i-rKHJiiA itKMi im : porfonnod on me. About tlio fit of April lu.it I noticed some rod lilmpli'S lllco colnniK mil nil ovormy body , but ihuimht nothing of It until HOIIIO time later on , v hcn It bcuau to look Ilko spots of inortnr Miotlo'l ' on. und wldclt cnmn oir In layorn. nc coinnaiili-d with IMilni ; . I would ratrh uvory nlKbt until i wni raw , lnoi : thu next iiliclit tlm scales boliiK formed meanwhile , -\verf htrutcliuil oiriiKUin. In vein did I consult all the doctors In the country , but without aM. Alier gUlnn uii ull boji'j.s of roi every , I h. . ppuned to m * nn ndvcrtHcuiont In the newspaper about your ( 'imi'riu liHMiniis.und : : puroimBcil them from > nv ( IrnttL'ht , and obtnlneil aim lit linmediulu rc-'llpf G I buftan to notice that the sculy ornji- U-iiiM - Krailiinlly droppoj nil and dl < , upiiearo-I - ono by one and liavu lu'uu fully onrud. 1 hud thu diuenso thirteen inunths before 1 bi' an ink-Inn the CimcriM Kr.vKiiir.H. nnd in four or ilvu weeks wan entirely cured. My dlm-aso wus ocKoina and iHorln lj. I reronniicd ! dtlie < Ji.Ti- riiiu Hi'.MKiurH to all in my vicinity , and L know of a urunt many who Imv * tnkini tuein.nnit tll.ink mo fur the knoivledge of them , oMienfully mother.s wlio have baboi wjili M-nloy ernjitlo nn on Uinlr heads nii'l l > oilioi. I cmnint express In words tliallmiikKlo .vim for what thoOIITICMBA ItKMKiuiiM Imvo been to mi > . Aly body wan cov ered with rnlP8and I unuw/iil KpootuclB lo behold. NowmysWn IS a * nice un-1 - cleur as bllb'Va GKO. COTKV , Morrlll.VU. . Hopt : ! ) , 18ST. I'ob T I'liv. Not n trnre wlintionvor of tlm (1UO..KD from wliK-li I sulleivd Uu&fcliowu , lUolt fcfnco mycnro. UI.U. COI'l.l' , We cannot dr > .In.slfi o to th 'mtuem In wlilo Ouricini.v , Mm ifruat Hitln cure , and Cirncun Nouitn HxiinUfte Bkln Ili-anlffler , rrcpurod from It , nnd CI'TICIIIIA HKJUI.VK.NT , thu now Illood I'nrlllr. . are held by ihn lhou nn < ln upon tliuilhiinila whoso lives have lem mnilo linnpy by thi ! cure of iigonl/lnu. huinlllatlni ; , Iti.'hliw. fcrnly and pimply ( llxcauti.t of the xklu , hi-alp and blood , wltlilos-i of hair. O Hold every whore. I'rlro , CDTIOIIIIA. r/oi ) Ho\i- . 2.V ; Huflni.vr.ST. II. Projinred by Iliu 1'orrr.K DIIIKI AMI I'MISJHIMi. Co. , llntoi ( ) , Mnsi , rifriciiii fin1 "llow to Cure Ultln Dlsoasoi , ' 01 jinL-of , fill llliDtiratliins , and KU flnijiohlaja. _ ' . . bla'-kOioail * . rnd.ioujh.clinmiBd and MI'I.KS. m-im-nlc'l by ( UTiciiitA VOAI ; . @ I CAM7V BHEATrTE. I'liptit l' lnn , SoioneDH , Wfuknona , Ha. Witii , ' Co-mil. Asllluin , 1'UurUy ' Iiiilairiiu.U' ! > n iui.if.viu : : IN OKB i ! in i'Ti. i v Hi' * uiniC'iiiiA ANTI-I'AI.V .rni. Nothtiir ( Iko It for MfcajcJ.iniiM " THE"BEST HU PEERLESS DYES U