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If YOU want to know "all about thu
robbery , " hoop your eyes on the legin-
lixtttro claim jobbers.
ONI : of the most dllllcult problems before -
fore Iho lejrlHliitura Is the safe and ju-
dleiotiH investment or the Duriimnent
school fund.
ATj appropriations to public in-
Htitiilions are comniondtihle , but not n
dollar should be votes ! where it is not
abbolutcly needed.
EYIKY : ether bill bo far introduced in
the legislature is in the interest of tax
caters , but very few measures have yet
been proposed for the relief of the tax
payers. _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _
ST. PAUL , Minn. , has been compelled
to abandon its ice pnlaco carniysil. The
people wore ready with their plans aim
funds , but Kinc : Boroas refused to furn
ish the ico.
Tun exhibit of the Oinahu clearing ,
hoiibo for the week ending January 12
cannot fail of attracting attention. The
clearings surpass those of Minneapolis
for the corresponding time , although
the latter city claims to bo twice the
size of Omaha.
DELKOATK .Tosiu'ii , of Now Mexico ,
. * . * - urges on congress the necessity of ad
mitting that territory on the strength
of her largo number of sheep. Unfor
tunately , however , sheep don't vote ,
despite the fact that they figure most
prominently in the tariff bill before con
gress.
JUDGE CooLnY , of the inter-stato rail
road commission , sees in the action of
of the railroad presidents the most
hopeful sign he has yet observed of a
disposition to carry out the spirit of the
inter-state law. Appearances arc often
deceptive and Judge Cooley would do
well to keep his wcather-oyo open.
Tim members of the Minnesota leg
islature from Honnopin und Ramsey
counties returned with thanks the rail
road passes given lo them by the dilTor-
ont companies. If any member of our
legislature has returned his railroad
complimentary Tun BKB will print his
naino on the roll of honor and recom
mend him for promotion nt the next
election.
Tun report that diaries Francis
Adams contemplated resigning the
presidency of the Union Pacific to become -
como chairman of the Interstate Kail-
vvtiy association , now appears to have
1)oen without foundation , ns wo sug
gested at the time was probable. Mr.
Adams would hardly give up a secure
position for ono of uncertain tenure ,
whiah could hardly offer greater finan
cial inducements , und would certainly
not bo less laborious. Ho would bo the
right man in the right place , but ob
viously the personal sacrifice would bo
greater than ho could reasonably bo ox-
pcctcd to make.
Duiuxa several years past the state
treasury has carried a surplus all the
way from half u million to a million
nnd a quarter. The accumulation of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in the
vaults of the banks with which the
sluto treasurer makes his deposits , will
scarcely meet with approval by a
population composed for the most part
of farmers , mechanics und laborers who
are burdened down with private debt
und heavy local taxes. The present
legislature should not adjourn before it
hns made suitable provision for reliev
ing the state treasury of a largo part of
its surplus.
Tim aggregate mineral product of
Colorado and Wyoming for the year
just closed has boon greater than that
of uny ether year. This is certainly a
in031 encouraging record. The proba
bilities are that the output for the our-
' rout year will exceed that of 188S. This
is largely due to the great improve
ments continually made in the me
chanical nnd chomieal process by which
mining operations and the reduction of
ores are being cheapened. Electricity
( lms come into play most prominently in
the extraction and conversion of ruin-
orals , aud by it many serious obsta
cles heretofore encountered have boon
easily overcome. Ha application will
no doubt bo extended , and the old and
slow methods of mining1 will give way
before thh wonderful and subtle agent.
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AGA1XST WKSrERti JlffcATS ,
A vigorous movement Is making in
Pennsylvania to secure legislation to
prevent the importation into that otnto
of cu ( meats from the west. According
to the Philadelphia Jhconl a bill with
this object hns long been in process of
incub'.itlon , which "in Its extravagant
absurdity proposes to make it n crime
for any person to sell , or odor to sell ,
within the limits of Pennsylvania , any
dressed mont unless the animal from
which it may have boon taken shall
have been previously inspected on the
hoof/ ' The Hcconl says that "while
the ostensible promoters of this
iniquitous job arc a parnol
of granger demagogues , its real movers
tire the owners of the ctittlo yard mo
nopoly in Philadelphia and other oaat-
orn cities. " These monopolies , says our
contemporary , hnvo seen their enor
mous profits dwindle nway by reason of
the droned moat competition , and they
have resolved to use the Pennsylvania
legislature as a tool to drive their rivals
out of the Hold. They hnvo put Into
circulation , in order to influence public
KMiUmetil lit their behalf , the most o.\-
nggorated fctatomonla in regard to
dibuascs In the dressed meats shipped
from the west to eastern markets ,
while they have interested
farmers on their side by
assuring thorn that if the western
dresfecd meats can bo driven out of the
market' ' ) of Pennsylvania they will get
bolter priccb for their < ! attlo. The Itec-
ord expresses the opinion that the pro
posed legislation would violate in loiter
and spirit tlio constitutional right of
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congress to regulate commerce among
the stales , and advises members of the
legislature "who value their reputation
for honesty as well as common house to
hold this cattle inspection scheme and
its lobby at arm's length. "
The Now York Times , referring to
this movement , says the great busi-
nt"-s of distributing dressed beef
in the cast from the slaughter
houses of the west cannot bo
broken down , and this ought to bo ob
vious to the cattlo-yard monopolists of
the east and all who tire united with
thorn in the olTort to break it down.
Popular sentiment in the cast would not
tolerate legislation the effect of which
would bo to materially enhance the
price of meat to consumers , nor are the
people willing , as the Times observes ,
to substitute for the present system the
old methods of shipping live cattle
across the continent. There is a very
simple way to protect the eastern con-
bumcrs of western dressed meat against
the risk of buj ing dcscascd meat , and
tlmt is to provide that all dressed meat
shall bo carefully inspected. This would
give consumer. * the advantage of a
double inspection , but the movers
against western dressed beef do not
want this. What they want is a mo
nopoly of the Pennsylvania market , so
that they miy bo able to demand prices
that would greatly augment their
profits.
ft is not improbable that this move
ment may spread beyond Pennsylvania ,
-but there is little likelihood tha.t it can
anywhere succeed. The slaughterers
and shippers of the west , however , will
find their best safeguard in sending to
the eastern markets only meats that
will bear the most careful inspection.
THE RAILROAD ASSOCIATION.
The formation of un association of
railroad presidents and managers , with
the avowed purpose of regarding the
requirements of the inter-state com
merce law. is an admission that the law
has not heretofore been properly ob
served. To this extent , at least , the re
sult of the recent conference of railway
officials and bankers in Now York can
be commended. The promise of reform
contained in the resolution , unani
mously adopted , declaring that the
meeting was heartily in favor
of the strict enforcement of
the intor-stato commerce act ,
will bo universally welcomed ,
whatever misgivings there may bo re
garding the probability of the promise
being faithfully kept. In any event the
inter-btate commerce act doubtless will
bo strictly enforced , for there is now
stronger reasons than over , in the ex
pressions of the railway oflloinls , for enforcing -
forcing it. But this is going to bo a
matter very simple and easy of accom
plishment , without strain or friction
anywhere , if the presidents nnd man
agers of railroads will but carry out the
policy and maintain the relations which
the plan of the proposed association pro
vides for. That lltoro should bo some
doubt about their doing this , for any
very prolonged period , is natural from
past experience.
The movement , however , iu so im
portant as to merit till the consideration
it is receiving. It is of the greatest
significance that the managora of rail
roads have at last reached the conclu
sion that it is their duty and their in
terest to conform to the law. Ilad they
possessed the wisdom to sec this at the
outset , nobody will question that rail
road properties in the country would
now bo much more valuable tlran they
nro. It has tiiKon a long and severe
lesson to touch railroad managers that
they are not stronger than the public ,
and that railroad manngomonl , equally
wilh all ether departments of business ,
can only bo safely and profitably carried
on in obedience to law. While the
intor-stato commerce act was best ob
served und least complained of , as was
said by Judge Cooley , the railroads
found their business most satisfactory
and prolitablo. It was only when they
re sorted to devices hostile to the intent ,
if not to the letter of the act , that they
began to ttufTor loss. A return to obodl-
once and submission will bring a re
covery of benefits.
The plan of the association is
simple and the provisions strin
gent. It binds the railroad
presidents to personally carry out the
conditions , aud to dismiss subordinates
who violate instructions based upon the
agreement. It proposes to do nway
with abuses that nro showu to bo se
rious evils , such as the payment of
commissions and the fostering of scal
pers. It provides for the maintenance
of reasonable rate a , to bo determined
by the chief olllcors of the roads , and
rate cutting is to be averted by submit
ting differences between companies to
the arbitration of a board of man a-
.L
gers. Tivoso are the chief features of
public interest , mid if carried out in
good faith thcv cannot fall to im
prove the railroad situation. Tlio
l > lnn has boon carefully drawn so a ? not
in any respect to antagonize the inter
state law , and has received the approval
of the commissioners. Judge Cooler
lias said in reference to it that he and
his colleagues were satisfied that ruil-
rondntTairinre assuming a much more
hopeful shupo than they have borne for
a long time , and Senator Ctilloin expressed -
pressed the opinion that if the proposed
association can break up the vicious and
law-breaking practices it will do a
peed work. The purpose to do this ap
pears to bo sincere , and it is at least to
be hoped thijt it will bo completely sue-
cessfullv.
TUATMl'Wt'M AXU AHT QALLEltr
Honest .lini uants the city hall to beef
of such mngiiillcmil proportions as to
contain n frre.it museum and art gallery
for the admiral ion of future genera
tions. Jim will have no trouble in till
ing the museum with curios which will
attract bight-Moors from abroad. Ho
will dedicate to Omaha a section of that
ono-loggod Thirteenth street bridge ,
constructed on or about the time ho
was borving out u term in the coun
cil , honest Jim will place on exhibi
tion a section of the gibbet
which was erected in the center of the
square at Wahoo about 1875 or ' 70 , with
a placard that any man who dared to
vote ngairibt the Republican Valley
railroad bonds would take his chances
of boitiff strangled to death on that
gibbet by the railroad contractor's mob ,
which was then terrorizing Umlcounty ,
with Honest Jim at their head.
Honest , Jim will also donate to the
museum for future generations a full
section of the rotten Upper Farnam
street pavement , with a bill of the coat
and the extras attached.
There will also bo on exhibition at the
city hall museum a section of the Lin
coln wooden pavement , floating gently
on top of the mud after a bpring thaw.
The art gallery will of course contain
a number of historic paintings taken
from life by the greatest masters of art
of our times.
Among these wooxpocj. . to see a paint
ing of the old court house on the corner
of Sixteenth nnd Farnam , and Honest
Jim leading a howling mob armed with
brickbats and bludgeons threatening
the lives of the negroes who had just
been given the right of suffrage , in
case they dared to present themselves
at the ballot box.
There will of course bo a great his
toric painting representing the fa
mous Omaha Holloy job council , armed
to the teetli while they were
in session about the time that Dick
McCormick had the gas turned oil.
There will be other striking historic
paintings procured regardless of ex
panse by a committee of great art ad
mirers , of which Pat Ford will be the
chairman.
The museum and art gallery features
on which Honest Jim lays such great
stress , ought to decide the voters in
favor of Juffcrson square. There is not
room enough on upper Farnam for any
such : usthetie display of the highest
culture.
AN important recommendation in the
second annual report of the inter-state
commerce commission relates to extend
ing the act to carriers by water routes.
When the bill was under discussion in
the two houses this proposition received
pretty thorough consideration , and the
view prevailed Jthat the waterways
should bo free from the control of the
act , as the competition which they
create makes them an effective check
upon any combinations for increased
railroad rates. Now the commission
recommend that the carriers engaged
indoiondently ) in intor-statotrallio upon
navigable waters bo put , in re
spect to making , publishing and
maintaining rates , upon the same
footing with inter-state carriers by rail.
The commissioners are of opinion that
these carriers will be bonofltted rather
than harmed thereby , and that the ex
cuse now made by carriers by rail for
great disparities in the rates for ad
joining districts , as between points
which are and points wnich are not af
fected by water competition , would
thereby , to a largo extent , bo taken
away. The recommendation merits
serious consideration , as do several
others less radical in character con
tained in the report , but it 5s not ex
pected that any changes in the inter
state commerce act will bo made by the
present congress.
How DID those hundred and twonty-
iivo thousand dollars , more or less ,
which are said to bo lying idle to tlio
credit of the Lincoln insane hospital ,
get into that fund , and why should this
money bo transferred to the general
fund ? If this money was collected in
excess of appropriations and Plato levies
it should either bo refunded to the ro-
hpectivo counties from which it was
drawn or it should remain at the dis
posal of the Lincoln insane hospital
during the next two years with proper
safeguards against expending any
part of it except in pay
ment of olllcors , employes and
materials required for the maintenance
of that institution. If the latter course
is pursued no appropriation or levy will
bo necessary for the Lincoln asylum for
1SSO and 1890 , and with economic man
agement there will bo a few supplies in
the fund two years hence. The trans
fer to the general fund is a dangerous
and bad precedent. The money has
been raised for a specific purpose , and
a transfer to the general fund is liable
to lead to the payment of this money
for the redemption of dubious claims
and warrants that should never have
boon issued on tlio general fund.
A PJiOPE&bioXAb workingman who
hns scarcely lived in Omaha long enough
to bo a voter , has taken it upon himself
to present disinterested advice to prop
erty owners and tax-payers as to the city
hall location , through the columns of
the Herald. The long winded produc
tion of this son of toil boars the unmis
takable oar-marks of the eminent lec
turer who has for several weeks been
trying hard to got worklngmon to pay
Ills way down to Lincoln as u lobby rep
resentative. Ho is , If wo mis
take not , tfio , same person who
has Imposed , 'on se\cral Omaha
dailies a sot rtf bombastic resolu
tions alleged , , to ] have been adopted
unanimously by a certain assembly of
the Knights of''Labor ' ' , which has for
months been vfltnnut enough members
to fill its ofllceJ. U is hardly probable
that people who have helped to build
Omaha , and \\orkinguien who have
saved up their potty earnings , will
allow themselves to bo duped by a con
fessed tramp , who hires his quill and
jaw for or against any proposition , and
is liable to pick up his gripsack nnd
shake the Omaha dust oft' his boots
within the next twenty-four hours.
Wot'U ) it not be proper for the vari
ous laboring organisations and con
tractors to set about preparing a satis
factory scale of wages for spring ? In
vestors about to erect business blocks
and other edifices would be encouraged
to go ahead in drawing plans and let
ting contracts if they wore assured that
the cost of labor was ll.ved for the coin
ing building season. As it is , every
body is at sea and holding olT until the
last moment. The result of this is
detrimental to the interests of all con
cerned. Building operations will
be positioned until Into in Iho
bpring , whereas the indications
point to an early and open
season. This means idleness to the
mechanics and laborers and loss to con
tractors and properly owners. The ex
periences of last year if possible should
bo avoided , and activity in the building
line should begin in April rather than
in June.
THAT the United States will in tlio
near future have a navy which will
compare favorably with tlio navies of
Europe can no longer be doubted. Con
gress has been lavish with its appro
priation ? , and there is now between
twenty-live and thirty millions at the
disposal of the secretary of the navy for
the building of bhips of war. Twenty
ships are provided for , but none of the
estimates made for these cruisers in
clude their armament. Possibly fifteen
or twenty millions more will be called
for in order to fully complete the arma
ment and equipment of these vessels.
What further expenditure- ) may bo
sanctioned by congress cnn'only bo con
jectured in order to complete our
modern navy.
TIIK accounts of destitution in Walsh
county , Dakota , make a pathetic story
of sntiering and privation. The county
is one of the wealthiest and moot pro
ductive in the territory , but this jcar
the farmers in the western portion ,
which is comparatively now , had their
crops destroyed by frost , and the least
prosperous of , thom were left in an ex
tremely sad plight. A correspondent
of the Minneapolis Tribune who vibitcd
the county found , many families with a
most scanty supply of food , and even
worse olT for clothing. Fortunately the
weather has bqenjess severe than usual ,
else the mortality among these unfor
tunate peoolo would certainly have
been great.
The liitliannrlolis Prayer Trust.
JfiiJTuto llxptctt.
The Indianapolis Ministerial association
having resolved not to do legislative woi k for
less tuati $5 a prayer , needs to keep a sharp
eye on scabs and amateurs.
A Fashionable Fail.
ISuHimiite * lnici lean.
It is fasuionable now for ladies In Washing
ton to starve themselves so as to loolc thin.
After March 4 it will be the men's turn to
have a hungry look.
. . .
Tlio Annexation Sentiment Growing.
Monti cat Herald.
It is wonderful what a lot of "true Canad
ians" have become annexationists owing to
Sir James Macdonald and his ways of gov
erning this dominion.
Attenuated Cluuicos.
Pioneer Vies * .
The Nebraska legislature has before it for
consideration a bill to abolish trusts. The
chances for its passage are slim almost as
attenuated as Governor David Bennett
Hill's show of warming the presidential
chair in the white house.
A 'Steamed Contemporary.
1'htladclvhta Lfilatr.
The publication , in the World , of tlio as
sertion tlmt a contemporaneous physician
had Invented hot water as a beverage for
curative purposes , has elicited an emphatic
assurance that Mrs. Flavia A. Thrall , of
PoquannocU , Conn. , originated the cheering
cup. Probably the claim1 ; are only begin
ning to como in , nnd before it gets out of
this hot water the World will "bo nioro than
ever n 'steamed contemporary.
Hut ill u hobby la There.
The present Nebraska legislature will also
try its hand at railroad regulation of the
granger sort. A maximum rate bill , classi
fying freight , screwing flown rates and pro
viding hard penalties for violations of tlio
law , has already boon introduced , and the
labbios are crowilnd wltti representatives of
the opposing railroads and favoring ship
pers , It Is claimed tlmt Nebraska pays local
rates 50 per cent higher than other north
western status. Tills will doubtless meas
ure the extent of the cut to a maximum rato.
Anaro Jiy m liuliailn.
C/iffnyo / A'ciu.
The disagreeable scenes which marked the
senatorial struggle ill the Indiana legislature
two years ago are forcibly recalled by the
brutul exclusion of Lieutenant Governor
Hobortson from his rightful place In the pre
siding olllcor's chnir of the upper house at
the opening of the present session.
The humiliating spectacle of n legally
elected state ofllcer restrained by force from
performing the duties belonging to his posi
tion is something which the people of Indi
ana must view wlli ( Indignation , If a major
ity of their rcprespntatlvos In the state as
sembly prefer anarcjty to law It might bo
'
\vell for the pqop'Ja who are so flagrantly
misrepresented to appeal to the federal gov
ernment for a return to territorial rule.
FUXM. THINGS.
The moths have strange tastes. They fro-
Qucntly appear in overcoats in summer
weather.
A inagnzino was recently blown up in
Ohio. Somebody must uuvo contributed a
war article to it ,
Most men are fond of terrapin , unless it
happens to bo the terror pin In the waist of
their best girl's dress.
If Uncle Sam ivauts to get a first-class and
effective navy cheap ho should engage tlio
Maryland oyster pirates.
A man In Indiana has boon convictad of
Mealing fifty-four plows. Ho wus bound to
see goiuothiug turn up.
An old motto Is ! "Start your boys on the
right track. " That's easier said than done ;
it requires too much switching in some
cases.
An American volcano is reported to have
boon found In Colorado. A volcano is n
natural curiosity this coo try 1ms long lacked ,
though there is mild to bo plenty of tlta
"crater" in Kentucky ,
s rATI ; "XxIMTIS u iUTOu Y.
Ni-brnskix .lotting-
The O'N'eill roller mill will shut down after
t > bru.ir.\ . 1 , until harvest U over on account
of the ftcarvitj of wheat aud the blow sale of
flour.
A capitalist is negotiating with the busi
ness men of I'lattsinouth with the object of
locating an industry tlicro which will rest
about ffiO.OOO aud employ not less limn ahuii-
drml hands.
Representatives from the hulldingaml loan
associations of the state will meet in Lincoln
on the ! 20th inst. to urge ui m the legislature
the imssaw of nioro stringent laws regarding
loan lissocliitiotis.
A Chase county man named WIH'auis , who
succeeded in celling away with the proceeds
from seveml hundred bushels of eorn which
did not belong to him , 1ms been captured at
Stratum bv the sheiifTuml taken buck to an
swer foi Ills crime.
A Norfolk shaoniaker Is building a pair of
shoes for a customer nt Wlsner thill are a
curiosity because of their immensity. Kuril
shoo measures 11 > { inches In leimth aud 4S.
inches across the solo. Special lusts hud to
be manufactured for the occasion.
Al Smith , in jail at Aurora , for selling liq
uor without a license , breathed fieo air for a
short time last Friday by slipping past the
turnkey who was In his cell and
then locking the cell door. The alarm
was given quickly nnd Smith was discov
ered hiding lu a burn , and was returned to
Jail. A plasterer named Huber was arrested
lor aiding the prisoner to escape , and was
iliieil SUM and costs ,
Mrs. William McDowell , of Douiplmn , Is
lepoitcu to have olopctl with a stranger. The
couple purchased tickets ior Hastings , but
before the liviti loft , the woman's brother ar
rived ami notified the conductor that Mrs ,
McDowell was running away from her hus
band and that ho did not want her to go. Tlio
conductor said ho would nut put ohur oT (
the tiainas slio had a ticket. Her brother
then entered the car , and entreated Mr * . Mc-
Dowull not to leave , but she was uot to bo
turned fiom her purpose.
Itmn.
It i-ost ? 3snt to run the Anamosa peniten
tiary last month.
A llfteoii-ye.ir-olil girl was Jailed in Dubuque -
buquo for prostitution.
There are four couples in Stuart who have
recently celebrated their golden weddings.
lown has IIUO lawyers. Poll- county leads
with l-lll and Wooubury comes next with 10l > .
A party of KoeUfont boys caught u skunk
last \\cek and tried to drag it homo by the
tall. They are in quarantine no\\ .
Forty-two thousand live hundred dollars
woitli of liquors are iu the hands of the
sheriff at Hurlington as contraband.
Fail-Held has raised all the money pledged
to secure 1'aison college , and the Institution
thcrofote becomes u permanent fcatuieof
that eity.
Kookuk complains that the goats running
at larue Injure the shade ti ees. 12vur > body
in Keoltuk keeps a goat , and milking them is
considered a polite Accomplishment
The Methodist church at Marshalltown
raised n debt by placing before the congre
gation a checker board with the squaius
filled with figures aggregating enough to
make the required amount , the members to
boleot a tigure to suit their pocket books.
tjcrnnton has a man who scatters shelled
corn on the ice surrounding an air hole , ami
then by delivering an incantation of non
sensical gibboush charms the lisli to the
opening where he knocks thorn on the head
while they are trying to got the corn. Ho
captured a strintr of thirty , among them a
twenty-two pound pike , in that manner last
week.
A few days since at Clarion , Wright
county , a merchant bought some butter of a
woman. In one of the rolls he found a largo ,
smooth stone after the woman was gone. A
lew days after she came back to buy some
sugar , when the meichant weighed and tied
up tht ) stone in the package of sugar. Tlio
womau did rot kick anyhow , us she got 1 ! >
cents a pound for the rock and bought it
back for St cents.
Dakota.
Centorvillo Methodists are erecting u
parsonage.
A new-fangled washing machine has Just
been patantcd by a Uentervlllo man.
Lead City wants incandescent lights and
the citizens are working to secure them.
The Hurley Herald thinks that Turner
county will doubtless soon have a number of
coal barons.
Tliooveicrowilod condition of the primary
rooms in the Unpid City schools is protested
against by many anxious mothers in that
city.
city.Sioux
Sioux Falls sports nro trying to arrange a
mill between .lack ICeefu , who claims to be
the champion pugilist of Dakota , and O. H.
Smith , of Sioux Falls.
At a meeting of the Fanners' County Mut
ual Insurance company , of Cuss county , last
Thursday , oflleers were elected , including a
board of thirteen directors. The company
closes its first year without a loss and with
policies in force amountmg'to $200,000.
A petition is being circulated in Vcrmillion
asking the city council to call a special election -
tion for thn purpose of giving the people an
opportunity to vote on tlio question whether
Ycrinilllon shall continue to operate under
the present charter or bo roorgamred under
the state law ,
INAUG URATIOX G
General J. I * . Webster Wants Nebraska
to bo Represented.
General J. 1j. Webster has just returned
from Now York , where he attended a moot
ing of the commissioner having in charge
the arrangements for tha patriotic observ
ance. of the ono hundredth anniversary of the
inauguration of President U'asliington.
There were present at the meeting a num
ber of distinguished gentlemen , among whom
wcio General Dalton , of Massachusetts ;
General Woodsido , of Pennsylvania ; Gen
eral Gibbs , of Delewuto ; General Porter , of
Now York ; J. 11. Drake , of Illinois ;
General Avling , ol New Hampshire ; ox-
President Hayes.of Ohio ; General Corcoran-
of Now Yotk ; Commodore Gerry and Gen ,
oral Strykt-r , of New Jersey , us well an
many other * . Hucn of these stated that the
state he represented would take an active
interest and part in the celebration. Colonel
W. G. Hamilton presided.
It was announced on the part of Now York
that fl 5,00 ( ) would ba raised for the icsttv-
itics , which would comprise a ball on the li'.llli
of April , which would afford un opportunity
for s,000 people to attend. The stioots
surrounding the pluca of holding
will bo closed up so as to pive Iho greatest
room for the supper hall. To this ball all the
governors , lieutenant governors and distin
guished men of nil the states will bo invited.
The president will be received
in the afternoon nnd later on
give a reception. On this occasion
there will bo n erand parade which will comprise -
priso nt lenst 3UJUUO participants , being sel
ected from the crack military organizations
of the country. In this display the regular
army and the navy will talio part.
Gonorol Porter of Now York , guaranteed
that his state would send 1HK)0 ( ) men , General
oral Woodslde of Pennsylvania , assured tlio
commissioners of 0,700 soldiers , while
Governor Gibbs of Delaware , olfered all the
state militia ,
Each state will bo represented in tlio
procession in the order of its admission to the
union , Gcneru , Schollold , It is now thought
will bo the chief marshal.
On tlio evening ol the ( JOtli there will bo a
great banquet in wnlrh covers will bo laid
forb.lOO people.
After homo discussion it was decided that
each stale should be > ar the expense of trans
porting Its representatives to Nuw York ,
but that after their arrival there they would
bo entertained nt the expense of that ulty.
General Webster says Unit the determina
tion of all the commlsKlniinrs leads him to
believe tlmt the celebration will bo the most
memorable in thu annals of the
country. This , ho says , Is in
harmony with the importance of the act com
memorated which is really tno foundation of
the government. Ho hones that Nobrasua
may bo llttingly represented in the great
display , because it would tend to advurtiso
the state , wlulo at the same time it would
show fho Interest In what ho considers really a
national affair. If Nebraska should not bo
leprcsentcd , the general thluiw it would at
tract attention and provoKe comment which
would not bo consoling. For Iho purpose of
securing Huch a representation General
Webster will t-ail upon the , governor and the
legislature in a few days nnd mpui to bo
successful iu his uilsbipu.
THI : TKutnitAPiirttis AVNOYKD.
WJint ainy ItrMttt I'Ymn Thplr Prohlli
itliin bj the C. AtXV Ituntl.
A report is lu circulation to the effect of a
strike being Instituted by the Order of llull-
wny Telegraphers Inlev of u circular
being Issued by the Chicago ft Northwestern
to the ctToct that all member * of this order
in the employ of Iho company must cither
abandon their position or rcsleu from the
order. As to the matter Involving the
Chicago & Northwestern nothing could lx
learned , but with other roails centering tn
Omaha no trouble of this kind is anticipated.
Set oral members of the Order of Telegraph
crs were soon , but had not been informed
that the Northwestern had taken such steps ,
neither of such a movement being made in
other envies. They stated that their order
was formulated more for Individual advance
tncnt nud wotoption to the teleirraphlo busi
ness than it was for dictating methods. In
quiry at other paints failed to conllrui thu re
port of u movement in this direction.
The Alton Mill Out.
"Thoro Is one thing certain , " roinurkod nn
oniclnl of the railway center yesterday , when
in conversation with a reporter , "and that Is
the individuals that have interested them
selves In the fonrntlnn of the intcr-statn
railway organization hnvo thus far failed to
bring the Chicago ft Alton l.ito the scheme
If you have noticed you have undoubtedly
observed tlmt.I. C. MrMullon , president of
the Chicago & Alton , failed to put in an ap
pearance , niul even refused to countenance-
the terms of the organization. McMullon is
a ejuecr man , but he Is at the head of a
rnilw.iv system that has unlimited capital
behind it , and Is in u position when )
when he spcaits his voice must be heard.
The system is not a largo one , nut it has
direct communication with Kansas Citv , St.
Louis ami points of tr.ifllo tlmt make its
operations a mailer lo bo looked nfter bj
its compel ( tors. Then , too , it has tied INr-if
up with the Jobbers of Kansas City nnd Kt
Louis , and In this way it obtains a lurgi
porlion of the traftle between Chicago anil
these two points. Its management will nebo
bo dictated to , and for this reason it is nn ii :
dcpciidenl factor iu the railway world. The
Alton may enter the pool , but It is a mallei
to whiuh much doubt is attached. Unless 1
does , however , I full to discover Just hoii
other competitive lines can bo opcratct :
under the proposed regulations. "
Ovorlnnd I'jKHCMifjcr Trnlllc.
General Superintendent Dickinson wen !
cast Satin day for the purpose of arranging
a new time schedule to bo nsed in the over
land service of the Union Pacific. U is also
stated that this means n combine betwoer
the Union Paeitlc , CliiiMgo .t Northwestern
nnd Pennsylvania lines , oeing tormiihileii
tlmt will result in a fast train service be
tween Now York and Sin Francisco. How
ever , the time for running passenger trains ,
it is snld will bo revised , and it is thought
that Inasmuch as the Union Paeific , Pennsyl
vanta nnd Chicago ft Northwestern have
been considering such a deal that he is there
for the purpose of arranging matters in that
dticclinn. Tills movement is also stated to
be a part of the system of operation devised
for the conduct of thu interstate railway
clearing house project.
Krciijlit Auonts to Meet.
The Kansas and Nebraska association of
freight agents will meet at Kansas City ,
Wednesday , at which time matters pertain
ing to division rates will be considered , with
a view of bringing about u uniform tariff.
I'ori'lirn Blniiuf.uitiirp.
The Union Pacific Is putting imported
steel tires on all its new engines. They arc
manufactured by the Fred Kmpp Iron and
Sleel comp.iuv of I'ssen , Germany. It is
stated that thu steel is better tempered than
that manufactured by homo institutions , and
for this leason it is given the preference of
patronage.
Superintendent of Telojjrapb.
A rumor is in circulation to the effect that
McFarland , of Fremont , who is train dis
patchcr for the Fremont , Klkhorn & Mis
souri Valley at that point , is to be appointed
successor to E. H. Harris as superintendent
of telegraph of the Elkhorn system. It is
also stated that the announcement will bo
uiauc at an early date.
Holcombc Chagrined.
It is stated that Vice President Holeombo
was somewhat annoyed at the article in Tin :
13in : of Saturday under Iho caption of "Hoi-
combo Called to Boston. " Tlio statement ,
however , was made toTnnHii : : representa
tive by an individual whoso veracity and
truthfulness are generally considered un
questionable , and upon this the report found
its way into the columns of Tun BIE as a
matter of news.
Colorado Hate Sheet.
A mooting was held yesterday at the head
quarters of the Uurllngton , at which were
present the following rate clerks in the
general passenger departments of tfte roads
named : B. .T. Shakoslmft , of the Atchison ,
Topeka & Santa Fe : J. S. Ashley , Denver &
Uio Grande ; A. II. Colton , of the Chicago ,
Kansas & Nebraska ; Robert Downing , of thu
Missouri Pacilic , and J. N. lirown , of the
Union Pacific. The greater portion of the
business transacted was the formation of a
rate sheet for Colorado , which resulted iu
but a slight change iu the passenger rates
in that section.
That AtlaniN * Movement ,
Nothing additional could be learned at the
the headquaitcrsof the Union Pacific , con
cerning the reported resignation of President
Adams of that syslem. The board of dlicc-
torfi will meet in IJoston Thursday , when
f urlhcr development are expccled ,
Coos to the iManilobii.
George Dickinson , a brolher of Superin
tendent Dickinson of the Union Pacillcand at
piesent about to vacate Die oDico of general
superintendent of the Montana Union , will
go to the Manitoba road m an important
position.
Ln\v Appointed.
Robert Law , whom Tin : Hii : staled was in
Omaha in view of nssocialing himself \vith
the Union Pacille syBturu has boon appointed
general superintendent of the Montana
Union , vteo Oocrgo Dlrkitnon resigned. Mr.
Lnw left for hl new field of labor Sunday.
Rnllronilo1r < > .
General Agent 1'hilllppl , of the Missouri
Pat'iilo , has returniM from 11 trip to St Louis
General Manager Hurt , of the Klkhorn , U
making a tour of inspection of his road
Heports of snow having fallen as far west
ns Long Pine , were rett'lvod at the headquar
tors of tlio Klldiorii. Thoto was uo fall at
thu lilack Hills.
NATIVKH OP OMAHA.
The ItniKpiot Chen l y Dr. Miller nt
tinOnmti i Chili.
Dr.Ooorgo L. Miller gave n banquet S'll-
urdny evening at the Omaha club lo lh"
young men born In Oninhii. Scions of the
oldest and wealthiest families in Onm'i.v
wore In attendance , and Iho event was in
eve i j wa.a . distinguished one. Addresses
wore m.ulo bv A .1. Popplelon , Dean Gird
tier , ( ! . M Hltplii-oelt. General Cowin , Mr.
Putrlrk , Mr. Ke-nioilv , and Iho noting ml-
divus was made by Dr Millnr himself , al-
Ihouiih ho hud inloiided to - nj nothing. Dr.
Duoea agreed , vith Dr. Milloi thai ho never
saw a liner lot ofount : men gat Inn oil together -
gethor , ami Dr. Miller lit a fharactorisliu
miuincr urged upon the joung men the value
of tniiiH'ratmo. |
.lust before the pait.v broke up it was do
cldi'U toorgnni/e an Omaha Young Men s
association , nail give animal banquets A
committee consisting of Messrs Patrick ,
Hitchcock ami lliunmnml was appointed to
take proper steps in Hie mailer.
Donations to tlio W. C. A
The ladles of Ihc Women's Christian aiso
elation wish lo rcnoi't the following dona
tions for the month of Doi-ember Mr Guv
Hnrton , WO ; Mr.s. P. C Himchaugli , Ss > 0 ;
Mrs. Judge \Vaeley ! , $10 ; Mrs. U M Morse
nun , $10 ; ironi Iho base ball game tilayod
between the board of education and tin * city
council , ) ; Mrs. W. .1. Maul Sis Kev. W ,1
llarshirs lecture , fltiO.M ) , clothing from Mrs
Hill , Mrs. Harvey , Mrs. 11. UVlch , Mrs. K.
Gnjlord , MM. Atkins , Mrs H Hryant ,
Tiimt.v M K. cliuivh , Mrs Mlllard , ehii-Uen
pie unit pudding. Mrs Wilbur , -101111 for the
molt ; Mrs O. I. Davis , two chickens and
apples , MI-H. Ituhcoek , crmtborrlcs : Mrs.
\\illinm Koss , apples and oranges , Mrs.
Porinc , ininoo pies , Mrs. Chambers , one bar
rel of tipples. Mrs O. L Davis , tipples tin co
times ; Mrs Fitrgisnn , toys niiil doltiing for
tlio children ; Mrs. .1. Mlllard. ono box of
groceries , pies , candies and oranges , from
All Saints' church , gtwoiies of till luads ,
canned goods , candy , oranges , toys for tlio
umldrcn and ( lowers fortlio old ladies ; Mr.s.
Woolwortli , turkey and apples , King's
Daughters , picscnU for all thu old ladies
and the children ; Mr. .1. Mar.sou , turkey ,
Mrs W. L. Fleming , bov of groceries and
oranges.
At present at the Hurt street homo there
tire sixteen women nnd seventeen children.
Temporary help during the month given to
seven women , three of these having small
children , The Young Women's homo re
ported in a prosperous condition. U'oiiinn's
Jixclmngo ropoils an incrcuso 'of Bales from
the show ease , and many orders in cakes ,
salads , sandwiches , plum pudding , mince
meat. A great deal of fancy work was ulso
sold. Average , about llftyeight luncnes per
da\ , . Mns. ,1. G. HAIXKS ,
Cor. Sce'y VC. . A.
Saved I'Yom I'
Sheriff Cobura made a fortunate discovery
Sumlnynight and performed a good act for
11 Nebraska City man uhom he found lying
drunk on Iho court house steps , anil standing
ingby his side aud suftcring from the cold
his little child elad only in ti kilt suit. Thu
pair were furnished with warm quarters m
the jail for the night , and this morning re
united to Nebraska Cit.v. It Rooms that the
nmn has a son-in-law employed in thu
United States headquarters , and came to the
citv durniK the dav to puv him a visit , but
befoic making tlio call became roaring
drunk and la consuquence was refused ad-
mittaneo to the relative's homo. Then ho
and the child lost their way , and lauded on
the court house stops , where they were for
tunately found. _
Hand Hall.
The best game of hand ball played in the
rity took place Sundav nt the "Umcrald"
court , corner of Twelfth and Chicago. The
contestants wcio Killgiillon , Fleming and
Flannery against Uyrnes , Hart and Hrcn-
nan. Tne latter team won after a very ex
citing contest , securing two games to their
opponents one. The purse was i"iO ( ) , and
outside betting was very lively. Mr. Uyrnes
is a professional hand ball player from Hos-
ton , and is considered ono of the finest in
the country. Next Sunday a inaU-h will bo
played between Messrs. Dollard , Killgullon
and Leo against Arthur Kotliory , Kd llren-
nan aud Kyan for 5100 a side. Hand ball
pliiylnir seems lo bo all the go these days.
Ilmitliit : 011 ForhMcten Ground.
Seymour Park has forsomo thno been
alllictud by hunters who persist upon trus-
iwssmgoii the grounds and killing the game
there to bo found. The trespassers are not
oven respecters of the sanctity of Sunday.
and yestctday Yoekum Wohler and
Henry Theis went to the park to shoot.
They were detected by Dr. Miller , who yes
tcrday caused their un est , and they wcra
told to bail for a hearing before Judge \Vada
this evening.
nroroot'Hio CoiintciToltGr'H Work.
The countcrfeilers who put in Ihcir Uino
ast week in passing counterfeit silver halves
and dollars on unsuspecting newsboys ami
workable saloon keepers , huvu extended
their oporalions lo the northern part of tin )
jit.v , where Ihov were traced by Deputy
Jnitcd Stales Maihliul Allen , who has suc
ceeded in leoovenng some of "the queer"
lassed , but has been unable to catch tlio
bliovers of 11.
Pcarh' soap secures 11 beautitul com
jlcxion.
lllcw In Ills Le .
Jim McCormick , n ono-legged young fellow
rom O'Neill ' , cnine up to Omaha last week
o buy a new urtilleml limb , Hlu fiithe
; ave him i. < in purchase the now member ,
but young MeCoimiiik took the money uml
pent it all in the low dives of this eity. Ho
snow penniless and lying m a cell at Urn
Central station on the uhaigu of vagrancy.
IF your grocer docs not keep the IVOKY SOAP * send six two-cent
stamps , to pay postage , to Procter and Gamble , Cincinnati , and
they will send you , free , a large cake of IVOKV SOAP.
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many while soaps , eacli represented to be"just as good as the 'Ivor/ ) "
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and rcrnnitable nulities of
thu genuine. Ask fir " Ivor ) " Soap and insist upon getting It ,
Co-r lljlit 1KO. > > y VrocUr & OumbU.
