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TEH'OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 7 < 1880. THE DAILY BEE. UVKItY MDIIN1NO. THUMB OF n llrMornln ( Edition ) InclHcltnB Sc.tnAr KKOne Year . tlj > | J . . . < ForSIx Months . f- rorThfeeMonUid . . , . . - . . * M ante OMAHA 8UNUAT Her mailed to anjr address. Ono Vcur. . % WKKKI.V IIr. , One Year . . " < " OMAHAOri'lCK.NOP.WHAKDPIfll'AHNAMSTnKKT. UiiKuno OreiCK tffi HOOKP.IIV litrn.MNO , Nr.wYOUKOFKirK. IlOOMS 1 ANIl IHTimiUNK mm.niNfi. WASHINGTON OFFICE , No. uu I'otjirrr.F.rmi STHEET. . Alleomtntinratlon ! relfttlns to news anil wU } * orlnlm&ttor lioillill > e addressed to tlio J.niToa I. . All business lottnrs < xn < > romlttiiiice'J nliouM 1 > ildnwed to Tnr. HKK I'uiiMstu.NU COMPAST , OMAHA. Drafts. checks and piHtoltlce onleM to tcnmdo payable to the order of the company * TlieBeePnliiisliii Company Prourictori K. UOSEWATHIl. Editor. "Tlu-riAti < v UK is. Sworn Btateniiwtol Circulation. Btntfof N'olirutkn. I. , Countyof Dauijlas.1BS < < 1 corL-o II. Tr.aclmck , secretary ot Tlia lies Pub- llfthlnit Company. doo.H solemnly swear that tha actual circulation of TUB lUu.T HUB for tha wctk cndliiB February 2. ( Salt , was as follows : Hunilnr. Jnn. 27 . ] | M { Mcmday.Jan. 2 * . } * [ Tuesday. Jnn. at Wednesday. .Inn. : Viiurocinv. .Inn. Ill Friday. Kuli. I . t Saturday. Feb. Ii 18,07" ) C1F.OUOK II.T/.80IIUCK. Bnorn to beforn mo and subscribed In my prcbunco thlH ! M day of 1'obrnnrv. A. U . 18S' ' . Sca < M.I > . 1'KlL. oUirr 1'ubllc. State or Ncliras . ( _ County or DotiBlas. fas- ( IcorRB II. 'IV.sefmck , boinn duly sworn , do- posusnnd fays that lie | g nocretary of the Il3 riibliRhliiccompnny , that the actual average dully circulation of 'I'UB DAir.v HKK for tha month of .lanimry , ] ! < ! \VM J copies ; for Feb- J8KK. IH.CKII copies : for AiiKUU. 188 % lorifptembrr , IHfcS , IS , IB I cnplos ; for October , 1FW. was 18.W4 rnplos : for Novetubor. 13S3 , IB-PiVl copies : for Dcrembor. 18M8 , IH.KSI copies. Sworn to before mo and subscribed hi my Presence this ; ird day ot January I88 . tf. I' . FRlii folarv rubltc. GKVKKAL IlMTOLYTK , accorrtinp to Ilayti advices , lias won a famous vie- tlry. Ffo has also earned the title of hutehcr. Now that Oniahn is assured ot itscity hall and postolllco the project of huild- inff a union depot should bo urged all alone the line. Tun council has determined that twenty hundred pounds shall constitute ) a ton , and the short-weight coal man will have to go. A COMiiiNA'iiON'has justhoen effected among the manufacturers of sower-pipe. That is the kind of a trust which will smell to heavon. WIFK heating1 seems to be becoming fashionable in certain classes of society. It is a peculiar heinous crime , and mer its tile severest punishment. COUNCIL Bnun-'s is agog ever what scorns now to ho a serious case of defal cation. Apparently the loose method of doing municipal business is in part to blame. Tins capitalists and property holders should no longer hesitate lo carry out their plans of improvement which were so rudely interrupted by the city hall controversy. LYNCIIKUS occasionally excite great indignation by their brutality , but the habit of bringing them to justice is still in the future. Possibly this habit is in process of formation. TUB women of Adams county , Ne braska , who bombarded a disreputable gambling house with lumps of coal will please take the pedestal once occupied by the women of Marblohoad. Tins committee on public lands and buildings can evidently find suflioicnt material for investigation nt the Lin coln insane asylum , if it bo true that the ill-fated boilers have not been in spected for the past six years. THIS accident at the state insane asylum exposes to hardship a class of patients ill prepared for it. The mat ter should be closely investigated. Ex ploding boilers are becoming too com mon. Ordinarily there is no bettor ex cuse than carelessness for such a catastrophe. IT was a happy thought on the part of Senator Palmer , of Michigan , whoso term will expire with .the present con gress , to entertain at a dinner the news paper correspondents in Wasliington. The senator doubtless felt that it was better to have a bad epitaph when dead than the ill report of these "brief chronicles of the time" while living. Tins account of expenditures sub mitted by the state live stouk commis sion doosn't quite answer the require ments of an itomixod exhibit , but it dis closes sullloiont to show that the prin ciple of economy has not been carefully i-ospoctod by the commission during the past two years. The whole amount of the appropriation was , indeed , not used Up , and the commissioners may point to this as an evidence of their moderation. Perhaps such a fact ia somewhat excep tional. But an analysis of the expendi tures will show that the balance in hand might bo much larger but for what ap pears to have boon remarkable liberality In the matter of hotel and traveling ex penses , It Is apparent that nobody con nected with the commission fulled to bo veil provided for. Tun indecisive conference of 18S7 be tween the United Stutos and Germany , ogardlng Samoa , is to bo rono.vcd , Soe- wtary Uayard having auocdod to the proposition for a resumption , and the conference will bo held in Berlin. Thia arrangement will probably put in aboy- rmco the present issue regarding the conduct of Gorman ofUeials in Samoa , though of course it will not Interfere with the plans of this government to protect American citizens in the islands. Besides coming to na understanding with Germany for maintaining the Inde pendence of Samoa , upon winch It Is presumed the representatives of the United States will bo instructed to in sist , tha con foroncn will probably also consider the question of what repara tion Germany should HWKO for injury to the persons and property ot American citizen * iu Samoa. 3'J/K POTENTIAL PASS. At the last session of the Ohio legis lature measures worts introduced himcx at the railway corporations of the state , one of these being a two cent faro bill. This measure- was overwhelm ingly endorsed by public dontiment am n valiant fight was made In its behalf but it failed to pass. It is again before the legislature , but the prospect o passing-It does not appear to ho any belter than at the last session , although the outside pressure for If is quite in great and as earnest a before. The Cleveland famltr finds the ox- plnmillon of this legislative indif ference to nn urgent public demand in the fact that the members of the legislature are mos liberally supplied with railroad passos. It vigorously denounces tha receiving of passes by legislators , nud calls for the abolition of the practice. Of course the L ° wl"r is right both as to its explanation and its suggestion but it Is strangely optimistic if it sup poses that men who will sell themselves lo the railroads for a free ride can be induced to abolish the pass evil. A legislator who will allow himself to be seduced by a favor of this kind , at the shine time pocketing the mileage which the stale allows him , is not BUS copliblo to any moral considera tions , and appeals for reform to such an individual arc very sure to ba In vain. It need hardly bo said that Ohio is no t singular in having legislators of this class. They are to be found in nearly every stale , and the mo.sl co.ilompliblo of the Ohio spjcitnen can bo duplicated hero in Nebraska. But the time U com ing , there is every reason to hope , when this class of lcglsltilor.-i will bo much rarer Hum they are at present. A ru-rruonic Kvon Now York Unauciers are aston ished at the remarkable accumulation of money which goes to swell the re serve kind of the banks. What is the more peculiar is that the bankers them selves cannot account for it. for the past few weeks the hanks have been pil ing up 11101103at the rate of ever a mil lion a day. This accumulation is going on so that the clearing house re ports for Now Yorlc show that the banks arc holding over thirty millions more money than they did at the begin ning of the present year. The reports moreover from the commercial world indicate that business is by no means listless. The increase in loans for some time has boon at the rate of a mil lion a day. But the great reserve fund in the national and savings banks can not long remain idle. Money must seek an outlet , and whore are the prospects more inviting than in our own and other western states ? There can be no question but that capitalists will be impressed with the advantages and bright prospects of Nebraska. Its unprecedented crops , its rapidly increasing population , its thriv ing cities , its growing mercantile and industrial prominence all contribute in attracting permanent investments. It can be confidently counted upon , that with proper encouragement on the part of our people , many millions now idle in the bank reserves of Now York will find their way in advancing the material prosperity of our own state. ; l PROMPT RESPONSE. The president of the Chicago , Bur lington & Quincy railroad has set a good example to other railroad mana gers in promptly notifying the Iowa railroad commissioners that his road will at once comply with the schedule framed by the commissioners , and will refund overcharges since the filing of the decision of Judge Brewer. To this extent , Mr. Perkins shows a proper spirit , which it will bo wise for the mariagera of other roads in Iowa to emulate. It was to bo expected that ho would abandon the claim maintained in the court that thaschcdules of the commis sioners are unjust , or that ho would give up the fight in which the railroads have juat suffered defeat. Ho protests that tlio rates established are inade quate , and ho implies a purpose to ju dicially continue the contest. But meanwhile the Burlington company will gracefully submit to the law , and thus give the opportunity , which in the opinion of Judge Brewer must bo given , to determine by practical trial whether or not the rates established by the commissioners will bo com pensatory. There is obviously no other way in which this can bo satis factorily ascertained. No court is com petent to determine it without evidence obtained from the operation of the schedules. In such a matter estimates are of small value , for as was said by another judge quoted by Judge Brewer , "A reduction of railway charges is not always followed by a reduction of either gross or not income. " This has boon repeatedly and widely demonstrated. The letter of President Perkins tolho secretary of the commission is pacific nnd conciliatory. Ho indicates that the appeal to the courts was made from a sense of the great importance of having the law judicially interpreted , and closes with the expression of n hope that the company ho represents may have the co-operation of the commis sioners in the further hearing and the llnal and satisfactory settlement of the whole question. Undoubtedly the com missioners will heartily respond to this friendly spirit , and as the Iowa law per mits rates to bo advanced when they are shown to bo below a compensatory point , if experiment proves the schedules established to bo too low they will doubtless bo rovlued. But the autual experiment is necessary , and this the decision of Judge Brewer will secure. SHOULD KOT GO UNHEEDED. Whatever may bo the findings of the coroner's inquest into the catastrophe that has cost BO many lives , ono thing has been manifest. Thorn Isaltogothor too much anxloty on the part of our fire department to preserve dead walls and wrcokod frames after a flro. It Is notorious rious that frame rookeries have been allowed to stand in our streets , to the danger of adjacent property , with scarcely enough studding and Biding to hold the partitions together. Whether this is done in the Interest of the Insurance companies to save them from paying the full In demnity for destroyed buildings or whether U la out of mistaken sym pathy for the owners of burnt out b'ulld- ' ingb wo cannot divine. The practice of allowing these lire wrecks to remain standing for months Is certainly repre hensible. Wo do not want to aecuso the Insurance companies with oxcrting undue pressure on the flro chief and building Inspector to ( prevent the pull ing down of brick walls and frame shells of building- ) that have boon wrecked by flro , but it seems to us that the terrible lesson of the falling wall should not go unheeded. TO iraO.1I THE CREDIT IS DUE. The overwhelming defeat of the prop osition to repudiate the city's obliga tions cannot fail to Imvo a salutary cITect abroad. It will set Omaha right with capitalists who have placed their money at the disposal of enterprising citizens who Imvo undertaken costly improvements , and nffords a guar anty to Investors that their con- tldcnco has not boon misplaced. The principle til slake in the contest over the city hall literally involved the credit nnd good name of this city , and all good citizens must rejoice with us that our reputation for integrity has been re-established. The croadit for the emphatic rebuke administered to the roputUators is chiolly duo to the business men of Omaha. Realizing the position In which this city was placed before the country they rallied all along the line against the relocation scheme. Never in the history of Omaha Imvo the merchants - chants and manufacturers taken such a live interest in an election , and the outcome demonstrates what our business men can do when they work shoulder to shoulder. Tin : Inter St'ito Commerce commis sion , which has just hold a meeting at St. Paul , Minn. , to regulate certain ir regularities in rale cutting , will lay its heavy hand , in the future , upon derelict railroad managers. Kvory road of the northwest has repeatedly violated the clause in the lutor Slate act wnieh re quires the publication and ten days' ' notice of any change in the rates. When the roads wanted to cut rates , in stead of issuing a printed tariff of a change that would bo mvido on a certain date , as required by law they simply posted a notice on the window of the general olllce. This was tkoir Ion days' notice. For that matter , however , not alone the Northwestern railroad but all roads in general have carried on this rate-cutting business on such a fluctuating basis in defiance of the law. Heretofore the commission ers have overlooked this breach of faith. But at the St. Paul mooting their at tention was called so directly to the in fraction , that they have decided to'take immediate action if repeated. Should the commission carry out its intention , it would not only produce a revolution in the workings of the inter-stale law , but strike at the root of the evil of rate- cutting. COLOUADO places the value of her grain crop last year at about three millions. It is quite evident that in the light of this showing Colorado will not take rank with the agricultural slates. Whatever success the state may attain in this industry , due to irri gation , it will bo costly and on a small scale in comparison with the ease and cheapness with which crops are grown In Nebraska. Colorado is pre-eminently a mining and cattle growing region. It will some day become the Pennsylvania of the west. Nebraska , on the other hand , will not only develop into , a great agricultural stale , but will of necessity support largo commercial cities for the interchange of its products and manu factures. ' Tins effort that is being made by load ing commercial bodies throughout the United Stales to call the attenlion of con gross lo the nocossit5' of passing a bankruptcy law will probably have lit tle effect so far as the present congress is concerned , but it may put the matter in shape to bo taken up and acted upon by the next congress. There is a good deal to bo said on both sides of the ques tion , all of which could not bo said by the present congress , and there is con sequently very little probability that it will give the subject any attention. THIS Union Pacilie's annual statement for the year 1888 , just made public , not only shows an earning ca'uacity equal to returns of the gilt-edge roads of the country , but its earnings are the largest ever known. With such a record , the directors can no longer plead the baby act or refuse to adjust their transporta tion rates in Nebraska lo a reasonable ftgu re. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ VOIOK OF TUB STAXI3 PKI2BS. Double-Barrelled Good Enough. Fremont Trlbunt. It la to bo hoped that the submission bill will not bo spoken of as the Chang and FJiiff measure. Xlioy Ouclit to Go. H'di/ne / Gatctlc. Three humbugs that the legislature ought .0 abolish tbo tin-horn soldiers , the board of transportation and the live stock sanitary commission , /V Good Chauoo to Choose. KorfoVt AViro. Ho must bo a hard man to suit who cannot find a sldo of the submission question that vlll suit his views. Ho can vote for n pro- ilbltory amendment for the constitution , or 10 cnn vote high hconso into the fundamental aw of the state ; or if haply ho pro/or the > rcsont order of things ho can use his little nillot to keep things In the same old channel. \nd ho wilt have- plenty of time to mnko up his mind , too. Site IN OahdaH Veil and A clergyman of Omaha , on last Sunday , entered Into the defense of the much abused mothor-ln-law. The old lady Is indispenslblo , and a blessing in sickness and death , and also at tbo birth of her granduhlldrou. The nothcr-In-law shown her good sense by pay- ng no attention to the seusnless chaff blown at her devoted head. She known that In time of trouble stio Is unver Ignored ; never overlooked , A Country Opinion , ttroton How .RejmMftaii , Whlla the democratic- papers may not have ho courage to favor prohibition , thousands vho have heretofore a ( HI a ted with that party vlll protest against the rum trufllo bolng ou- horlto.d by the constitution of the state. The people of Ffe r.iska are progressing and will not go bhbVwnnl In this matter. The watch word will tlo forward and to victory in 1800 with n majority of from twenty to thirty thousand , Omaha to the contrary , notwithstanding Whnt liViiHmn Will Io. NtnUt-l'latte Dcmncrat. It will not bo necessary for the democrats of Nebraska to iaKo any ncttvo part In tlio approaching prohibition campaign. Lot It bo n ICllkenncy ci t jlglit , and the prohibition ists will mop un the earth with the antls. Then democracy eaa lift the poor , battered , disfigured rauitlim from the earth , nnd en list under Its balih'er nil who favor personal liberty ono ofiho fundamental principles of democracy nn.il march forward to an overwhelming victory In this commonwealth. H Will Not Prohibit. Itattina * lftl > rak < in. The Omaha papers cry out ns with one volco against the blighting effects prohibi tion will have on Nebraska. Omaha Itself has good reason to look with drii d upon an attempt to force out the llinior trnfllo In its own city. Prohibition inoy prohibit In the country , but it will not succeed so well In n city , especially ono so large ns Omaha. Not for many months or It may bo for yours , of a hard and bitter struggle , can the fight bo won. at any rate. And there nro few pence loving people who would care to engage In , such an intermhinblo war. No Need to Mention NJUMCH. ll'iiml lltetr ( Jiurllc. The people of Nebraska , as a rule , arc very ambitious nnd bcllovo that within our uord- crs are men component to 1111 any ofllco of the federal government , from that of president to a pension clerk , nnd whllo our vanity would bo flattered by having our state repre sented in General Harrison's cabinet , wo be lieve that n majority of our people , would rather not have It so than see a man whoso sympathies are not with the people elevated to that position , Every newspaper reader will know to whom wo refer. It Is high time that railroad mid other coruoratlon lobbyists should know that they cannot receive the en dorsement of honest and Industrious citizens of this great stato. Simply a Monopoly Howl. Kearney llnti. Some ol the papers throughout the state hnvo been howling nt the heels of Attorney General Leeso bceatisc ho is not physically nblo to perform the duties of his ofllco with out the nid of n stenographer. The supreme court has decided that Mr. Lceso is entitled to this help under the constitution nnd laws of the stnte. Kow those same papers have opened a fusilatlo into the supreme court for the same decision. Economical government is a grcut bugbnr for some when they wish to tnko out n few rounds of personal spite. The useless expenditure of $05,000 on the state is winked at , but n twclve-hundred- dollar-a-year stenographer for nn over worked olllclal ruises these economists ou of their boots. There is such a thing as being penny wise and pound foolish. Only a Din'ereiico lit Name. St. Pwil J'loncer Press. There is a striking resemblance between the now journal , Uies , recently established in New York , and n former but now happily uefuiict paper callpd. Truth. A Political SitcKestioii. CVi/oni/J / | Tribune. The political party that goes into the next campaign with a strong plank in its platform In favor of putting better lamps in railway cars will sweep this , country like a cyclone. - Grocley uiitl'thc ' Ground ling. Philadelphia , A'ortli American. Possibly iGreely iiay have turned over n now leaf , and lie may eclipse the ground hog as n prophet thls' ' 'iar ; But if he fails ; wo recommend the ground hog for an appoint incut to the incoming administration. No niooro ol' This. .SI. Piitil I'tonccr I'rcts. Tun OMAHA UHE says : "Within the next few months the millions of idle dollars in the banks of the east will seek nn outlet. " Well , whv not send for Joseph A. Mouro , of In dianapolis i He can furnish n first-class out let. Mr. Chillis Vouches for This. PuWt TMlarr. There was loft nt the Lodger oflico on Saturday by Mrs. E. J. Tcrhunc , as nn evi dence of the mild winter , a twig of cherry tree containing tliroo fully expanded blos soms. It was found growing near Hoxbor- ough. _ Forgot llur Torches. Ciiicayn Keicn. The young woman who waded into the lake the other day with the intention of drowning herself , "but who changed her minden on finding that the water was cold , had doubtless forgotten to take some torches in her pocket to bo used In case of accidents. Absent-minded people nro constantly sub jected to provoking delays Because of their treacherous memories. Prohibition Ainont ; thn Puritans. SI. 2'rtut aiiilte. It had bcnn supposed that t ho descendants of the Puritan fathers , Cotton Mathers , and the other Iranslated worthies down in Now England , were setting examples of sohri cty and abstemiousness , but a Providence paper counts up 529 places whore liquor is sold In that city , besides n host of diligent drug gists. That is not a largo city , but it enjoys prohibition in the constitution. It doesn't seem to be anywhere else very numerously. Hut then tuo Puritan fathers were fond of rum. A Warning to the Bpliln.v. Kew I'orlt 11'orW. Every man who has a touch of romiinco In his constitution has been thrilled by the news that the peripatetic base ball players from this country are to play a giuno under the shadows of the Egyptian Pyramids nnd trlthtn a short distance of the great Sphinx. Would it not ben curious thing If the Sphinx , iflor maintaining sllonco for ages , should raise her volco at thpcrfv"of the onlookers for "Judgment" and exclaim , ' 'Not out ! " Even the Sphinx would finil umpiring a dangerous pastime. _ STATE ANIjjftanmiOUY. NohrnNka A gentleman from'lown Is talkimrof estab lishing a commcrcliUi ( iollcgo nt Nckrasku City. t I It is fanld thata hotel man with some money . . onld sccnro u bonus from tlio cltl/ons of Ed- jar lo erect a first -class hotel. It lt > said that the Mindcn board of trada ivill Uulld n number /jjfjcottnges at that place to bo disposed of at reasonable prices. The district court iibw in session at Au- o ra has many whisk ; ; cases before It , and in effort will bo mudo o close up till the sa loons. The Howard O , A. it. post has passed a 'osolutlon ' endorsing Captain Parkinson's amtlducy for commander of the state do- lartmcnt. a George H , Thompson , of St. Pnul , who Is tudent at the Iowa state university , wo n rat honors In the contest to select orators to cprcscnt the Institution at the state orutorl- ul contest. The Herald says that Louisiana lottery non will soon bo rich if Plattsmouth people mvo anything to suy. Ono express ngnnt is low kept busy about two weeks preceding men drawing in making but money orders , : f another f 15,003 comes this way PlutU- Houth is ruined , A special from Edgar says the 13. & M , . irdhcu through that placeIs to bo made a iiiiln lino. From Do Witt to .tiheunndouu , a. , the contract Is lot , and troin Chicago to Juiivor. This will bo aucty tnlloa shorter linn by nay other routo. A ton-stall round hous" will bo immediately crcotcd and \hU will bo A division , with machine shops , with nt least SCO men employed. linvn. The smallest man In Onawft Is the father of the biggest baby overborn In that town. A Scrnnton woman stays In nor husband's store nil day to see thut ho does not got full. The Poweshiok county Infirmary contains eighteen inmates , most ot whom nro de mented , The G. .A. It. posts of Calhoun county nro ncitntlng the question of forming a county organization , Fort Dodge milkmen say this U the Arst winter that milk has been ns low ns 5 cents per quart In that city. .Tool Mcflec , of Ittioxrlllo , goes to prison for life nnd John McGee for eighteen years for the murder of Farmer Kelso. A law suit Involving CO cents w.ii tried nt Vail last week. The Jury , with n keen sense of the ridiculous , disagreed nnd n now trial was ordered. In n religious discussion In Scranton re cently one of the disputants drew KM nnd of fered to but it that no man could get to lieavcn without being immersed. Father Htirke , of Dubntpie , Imi declared that Catholic parents must cease sending their children to the- high school , ns the proper plnce for them Is nt the Sisters' school or St , Joseph's academy. The sensation of the day nt Hook Hnplds Is over a suit begun in the district court by Mary Egnn against M. Murray , whom she sues for seduction nnd nt the same time nt- tachcs his farm near town. Miss ICgan asks for damages to the amount of $0,000. Dakota. There is talk of erecting a woolen mill at Tllfonl. The craze for roller skating Is again on at Dcndwooil. The horse breeders of the Hlack Hills will form nn association. Fred II , Chirk , of Mitchell , has been ap pointed n cadet at West Point. Incandescent electric lights will bo placed In the Congregational church nt YnnUton. Whltowood has raised ? ' . ' ,000 to nid In the matter of establishing n steam Homing mill thero. The Record thinks that an elevator nt Sturgis controlled by a company able to buy wheat would bo worth more than anything else. J. S. Cnntz , of Hapld City , will shortly ship several tons of gold ores to England to bo tested by parties who nro Interested in Hlnek Hills mines. Formal announcement of the candidacy of Hon. A. C. Mcllotto for the governorship of the territory under Harrison is made in the Wntertown papers. Hon. S. P. Wells , n former resident of Kapld Cit.v , nnd well known throughout the lilauk Hills. U said to have gene crazy on religion nnd the Salvation nrmy in Los Angeles , Gal , , where ho has been engaged in the real estate bosincss since his departure from the Hills something over a year ago. MoMelcle's CIIKTI : , Neb. , Feb. 2. To the Editor of Tun Hr.n : 1 see by Tun Bir. : of the 1st inst. thnt ono McNickle , who purports to repre sent Gngo and Saline counties in the present legislature , has turned traitor. Ho himself says ho pledged his vote against submission to his constituents in both counties. I know when ho was in Crete , taking his whisky straight , ho said he would snlTcr his right hand cut off before he would vote for submission. Ho claims to have received in structions from a higher power. Now , I would like to nsk him if he is roprcsontin ; bis boy or the people of Gngo and Salin counties ! If the former , lie will have to g to him for his next election , as the people o the counties mentioned wish nothing to d < with him. Prohibitionists fought him because cause ho claimed to be a non-submissionist The liberal republicans voted for him for th same reason. Ho hns lost , the conlldence o them all. A III'CIILICAN : Voicu. Senator Pickctt's Conscience. OMAHA , Feb. 2.-To the Editor of Tun Bun : In the Wahoo Wasp of last Thnrsdaj I read : "Senator Pickctt can now slecr with a clear conscience , and the people o Saunders county will reward him for his do cision. " Well , perhaps Senator Piekott can , and perhaps ho cannot. If a man who has giver a solemn plcdgn nnd broken it can slcei with n clear conscience , why Mr , Pieketl can. If a man whoso pledges are like wind deserves a reward , MrPickett deserves it. Mr. Pickctt has pledged himself solemnly to me , and not to mo alone , but through my paper to his Bohemian constituents , thnt ho will vote against submission and prohibition both. And yet Sir. Pickctt voted for sub mission. Yes , ho deserves a reward a knave's reward. J. A , KICKY. THIJ IjIVK STOCK COMMISSION. The Good It lla } lone nnd May Do at n SliclH Cost. Captain W. W. Abbey , of the stnte live stock sanitary commission , was at the Mur ray yesterday nnd , with the view to gleaning information of the work accomplished by that body , nnd of the probable effect on the stock interests of the state In the event of tbo legislature's abolishing the commission ; i BII : : reporter asked the captain for a short history of the circumstance * thnt created the sanitary guardums of Nebraska's stock nnd of the results of the operation of the measure. "Tho law now in force , " said the commis sioner ' ' outbreak of , 'was suggested by nn Texas fever about live years ago in u bunch of cattle , near Brndy Island , that was shipped direct from tlio south. Native cat tle passing over the pasturage which had been occupied by this diseased shipment , and stock with which they communicated , were subjected to great fatality , aggregating a loss of § 100,000. There hns been no such preva lence t > { disease since the sanitary law was carried out. "Two years ago plenro pneumonia was raging in the stockyards at Chicago , and had it not been for this law , that fatal nffcctlori would doubtless have spread , not only through Nebraska , but it would havn reached the country west of us , To illustrate our danger , Dr. II. L. Kamoeeiotti , of this city , acting for the commission , stopped four shipments of ten cars of feeders from the Chicago yards , at the Bluffs transfer , nnd sent them bank to Chicago , thus preventing the importation of this dangerous malady , " On being questioned as to the sanitary vig ilance of the commissioners in relation to keeping out glandcred horses nnd extermi nating those animals within the state al ready stricken with that disease , the doctor iisscrtcd that although canes wore numerous nt the tlmo of the organization of the com mission , nt the present time llfty counties of Iho state were practically rid of the do- slroyer of horses , nnd that ho expected two moro years of Its aggressive work would relieve tlio stale of the malady. "Probably n coniorvntlvu estimate of the live stocK Interests of this state would Jlx their valno at f O.DUO.U.K ) , an nmount con stantly Increasing , " continued the captain , "nnd when you place this Inrgu cum along side of the very hijiKiililu.int expense of u commission concerning those Inturusls HO far w preventing their destruction by contagious iml Infectious disease Is concornod. the bur- lun Imposed upon taxpayers in nanitary reg- jlutlon npponrs .11 Its true light. Then con- ildor the work accomplished by the nonimio tlon. It has examined " , OOJ o.isos in all parts > f the htutu und destroyed about forty ior cent ot the animals examined , i'he observation of the coinnmslnn among .ho people It has come in contact with in iho llsclmrgo of its duties , JusMllea the assertion : hat they nro not only willing to pay the } ( nlll tax now Imposed In tlio maintenance of : his sanitary overseeing , but nro willing to loublo the nmoinit. It mini bo romumbcrod ilso thut the main slock Interests of this ituto nro situated right on the lines of frulynt llstributlon and collection , and thnt any re- imitlon of watchfulness would result In the , 'ery rapid spread of contagion nnd nfectlon in the obliteration of .ho good ulrcndy accomplished by .ho commission , for the south nnd the cast s full of disoast and our stouu would ipccdlly bo contaminated by fucdors und jrucdors from thOHOdoctions , On suuli con- ilderatlons the wisdom of legislative * action vhleli would throw down the suitigimrds of he stock Industry tul > ; hl well bo ques- .loned. " Captain Abbey bollovod that Iho Indemnity 'urnlshod the ownci s of condemned animals vas an effectual method of disclosing dls- iiisod animals to inspection und oundumna- .Ion. nnd tbnt the labors of the commission vould bo hampered without suoh a provision. MH , STOREY AND THE SPIRITS The Great Editor n Firm Bollovor In tbo Supornnturnl. BONNIE AND LITTLE SQUAW. Two Kthcrcnl IK-lnss Whoso Word Was Iinw A Dupe ortlio J > lcill HIUH Irrcvcronoo at ix Hcnucc. Pollnto'.s Pollute , ono of tlio men whoso wrll- Inps helped to place tlio Chictigo Times in the forefront of western jourimllsm , durlnp the llfo of Wilbur V. Storey , contributes the following romlnlsconeo of his grout chief to the Chicago Hornltl : The afternoon of Snturclivy , the day before tlio outbreak of the fire of 1871 , 1 left Storey In his oflleo on Dearborn street. Ho was then in perfect health. Ilia eyes wore bright nml clear , his volco llrin and his form erect. Monday forenoon I fought my way through the llaincs , smoke , reeking ruins and tumbling walls , ever bliiulconccl cornsos to Mr. Storey's house on Michigan nvo- nuo. It was south of the line of lire , and was untouched. Mr. Storey , Judge Lambert Tree and one or two other men sat on the pitr/xa. The stalwart editor , whom I had parted with on Saturday , had disappeared and in his place was an old man with dulled eyes , faeo seamed all over , open mouth , and stooping shoulders. lie shook hands with indifference , and in a feeble volro tmid : "Chicago is 'gono up , ' and I am ruined I" This was the initial blow of a series that was destined lo fatally shatter his robust life. Mr. Storey was then married to Ids second wife , : i woman with a questiona ble reputation , but who , wlion married to him , became faithful , and gave him a devoted attention and nfl'cution. She so endeared herself lo him that ho grow fond of her mid cnmo nearer lov ing her than any other woman he ever know. She made herself indispensahle to his comfort. She studied his needs and peculiarities and how lo gratify them. She coddled him as if he/had / been an infant. Having lived the most of his life by himself , the now situation was especially delightful. Jt was at a limu when ho was surrounded by all kinds of gentle attention , when , perhaps , for the first time in his life ho was entirely happy , that his wife suddenly sickened and died. Tlio blow nearly drove him insane. Not long after her death ho broke his log , and which , not being properly sot , left him xvi tb a. crooked limb , which tormented his pride and seriously inter fered with his movements. This aggre gation of calamities wrought serious evils on his nature , and he grew moody and morbid. Greatest among all the disasters was the death of his wife. lie could not forget her ; ho missed .her smiles , her soothing voice , her caress ing hands every moment. Ilo could no give her up. One day , some months after the doall of "Bonnie , " as he always called her ho said to mo one evening at his house "Have you ever looked into Hpiritual- ismV What do you think of it ? " I replied that 1 had given a good den ! attention tp the now faith , but was rather Inclined to doubt its genuine ness. He then said : "I don't believe anything in it , and yet would like to test it. I hnvo heard of n medium , as they call it , I believe , and I shall make some tests. Suppose we go over there this evening. " I agreed , of course. Ho ordered his carriage , and in company with a medi cal friend of his from Springliold , wo drove to a house whoso locality I do not . There , "circle" remember. was a gath ered when wo entered. There wore two mediums or.raedia , whichever it should bo a man and his wife. The "circle" broke up for n moment , and was then reformed by the addition of the new-comers. Storey. I noticed , wore an air of solemn expectancy. The lights were turned down , and , after a few minutes of singing , a guitar , which was lying on n table in the vicinity , rose in the air , floated over tlio heads of the ludionce , and was twanged with vigor. There worn raps on the wall , on and iindor the table ; "spirit lingers" -ouched the hair and chocks of the sit- , ors , and messages wore delivered through an alphabet of tappings. It was the old familiar thing which I nid _ so often seen and know lo bo n do- : eplion. I was trying to smother my sonlompt when suddenly , directly ever > ur heads on tlio coiling , there appeared L space illuminated by a pule blue ight. Everybody glanced np : ind saw vritten across the lighted portion the mine "Wilbur K Storey. " The trick vas so stale tnatunconseiouslyl uttefod n a voice heard all ever the room : "Oh , h 1 ! " The lights wore Instantly turned up , ml Storey at once glanced at mo tornly and remarked in an indignant one. : "You must have drunk too much of hat claret at dinner. " Jfo never after that invited mo to Isll any spiritual seances inhiscom- > nny ; in fact , for nearly u year ho did ot invite mo to his house , 1 learned lint during this period of my absence ho mediums whom wo had visited had con installed in tlio Storey reaiilc'tico a the guests of the proprietor. It was whih ) .ho was thus mourning lie loss of his wife that ho became pus- jssod with the buliof that Dr. Jlosmor ohnson , who attended Mrs. Storey in or llnal illness , had not given her duo attention ; thnt. Instead .of calling , ho should Imvo devoted his entire tiinu to her case. This conviction , in time , developed inlo ono to the olTcct thai the physician hnil given her cumula tive doses of aconite. Once possossoil with these idonsho proceeded to assault the physician through his paper In n innnncr whieh few of the citizens o/ thnt duy will fail to remember. .lohnson stood the nr just and fright * fill attacks for Komo months In sllonco , nnd then replied to thorn in nn ftrtldo in n city newspaper , which wns ono of the most terrible Hint ever appeared iir print. Ho nmply refuted the nssortlnn ns to lack of nttontlon to the patients nnd from his notes of the case proved that the medielno was what it shnulit be , nnd conclnded by showing thnl the cause of her nmlndy wits traceable to n licentious life. Thnt Storey wns not driven into an Insanensyhim by this awlul riparto is something to bo wondered at. Ho redoubled Iho lutmhor , nnd If possible the vonomousiios.s , of his attacks on tlio medical man. Ono day , when these bombardments wore nt their highest , ho sent for me nnd said : " \Vo must stop these assaults on Dr. .1 ohnson ! " 1 was about to s.iy I wns delighted to hour It , when I changed my mind , nnd asked if I might bo informed ns 10 the reason. " 1 have just received a communloa- lion from Mionnio. ' " ho said , "in which she tells mo to quit. " "Is it possible'1 ! How did you roeolvo the c.oiiimnnleatioii't1' ' "Through a mint named Sampson , n' Denver. He received a mossngn through n medium from 'Bonnie,1 with a request to send It to me. " The people who recall the surprising suddenness of the cessations of aggres siveness of Mr. Storey ngainst Dr. .lohnson may now , for the llrst time , learn the reason. This incident terminated ono phase of the spirituulistio experiences of I\lr. \ Storey's life. Kor a limo ho sought for no moro communications from "IJon- nio. " Ho then married for Iho third time , and almost immediately Ihoro- nfler .spiritualism attacked him in n modilk'd form. It was the biuno malady in general , hut wits somewhat different in Us symptoms. His curlier dovolion wns caused by nn overpowering desire to ro.sumo com'mu- municiiiioh with the wife whom ho so fondly loved. The later form of splrit- ual communication was founded mainly on his health. The ono might bo termed emotional and the other sani tary spiritualism. Ho had visited Hot Springs where medical .authority hud asserted that ho wns snlToring from iiu impairment of the brain functions , and in 1878 , while in Switzerland , ho wurf stricken with paralysis. H was then thnt ho resorted to spirit ualism , not to nips , sltito-writiiig , or guilnr-lhrumming , but to a sort of fam ily spirit ihttt was always on Imntl and accessible. It was , as claimed , iho spiril of an Indian girl that now obessed and then possessed him. It was known as "LitlkSquaw. . " From iho period that "Little Squaw" came to him , it , or she , clung to him till his consciousness was obscured by imbecility. She followed him every where , night nnd day , giving him sug gestions as to Iho origin of his ill- health , the proper remedies , where lo travel , how to dispose of his property , who wore his friends und who wore hln enemies. Strangely enough , the in fantile spirit had some malignant qunl- tics. She so influenced him that she alienated nearly till his friends , and loft him lo die by inches in snd isolation. For two or three yours prior to his in ability to leave his homo during the eouplo of hours he would spend in the office his conversation was wholly devoted - voted to "Little Squaw" and whiit Hho had said to Him aim done for him. Ho would relate all this to 0110 person , nnd if he remained in thoollico long enough Storey would repent the narrative without any variations. "Little Squaw , ' ho would say , "has told mo that I urn being poisoned by sewer tas and that the house is full of it. " 'Littlo Squaw' has ordered mo to bo rubbed with salt and whisky , and I'm really fooling vary much botlor. " 'Littlo Squaw' ' tolls mo that I shall live as long as Commodore Vuiulorbilt ilid. Ho lived to bo over eighty years of ago. " 'Little Squaw' ordered mo to go to such and biich a watering place , and I 51-0w bettor at once. " Such nro n few of the thousands of things ho said of the Indian spirit , who ilwuys managed to Ihittor his vanity by ipeaking of him as the "White Chfuf. " It was an omnipresent spirit ; it whia" ) in his ear nt the table , in Iho . arringo ride , in the nighton the couch. .1 never loft him for n moment , never leased to suggest , to ask , lo demand till lis cars were dulled by death. A Ilnkotii JMfin'H Prntcat. HUTALO O.UDak. . , Jan. ill. To the editor if Tun lier.i I see in the Urns thai congress s still trying to repeal the pro-omption mid imber laws. That will nearly ruin this ountry , for all the best land is tnicrn , nnd ow tiioro nro many narrow valleys In the irmntuins nnd foothills whore It takes all ho agricultural land there Is In two sections or nn olghly aero farm , and then in many laces the farming land nnd water oannot bo ot together , for wo hnvo what Is called the ad land. It Is n rich soil but has no water , Ve can tnko a timber claim on It nnd u good pring or n mountain brook with u plat of ight or ten acres on It for n homcalond or rc-cmptlon , say five or even ton miles away , yocan put up ire In winter , then put two urrols of water in the wagon for our tennis rhllo wo HOW our grain anil do the same thing i harvest time , but we uniinotllml good Hind nd good water together on ono section in niny places , I do not see what our srmitoru ru thinking about that they don't kick wKli oth feet In behalf of the mountain country [ the law Is rupoaled It will ruin wiwlorn liikotu , and thu samu rule will work in nil 10 other territories , S. A. JACKSON , Used by the United Btate * Covernmenl. Itmlomcd 1 > y ( tie liencU of Hie Ortat tiilven > ltle d Public I'nid AnnlysU , m the Blronii" * . I'lircfct and mn t Healthful. Dr. 1'ilce'i Crrou kliiH ro dtrdnc8 contain Ammonia , J.lineor Alum , Dr. I'rlce't iKllcloui i'lavoriuKl'.t- tracts , Vaiilllail.i-nion.Oraufc.Aluioiid.llofe , tic , , donolcoulalu I'olsoiiuuHOlU or Clicuilc In. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. . . Now York. Chlcoso. Bt , Lou.l. .