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B | * Omaha's rocoi-d for 18S9 speaks for
K itself
| | i Oalvin Bnicu Is down with the { jrlp ,
HI hut at last accounts his bar'l hud sucH -
H | cossfully resisted the contagion
HJR Tin : retirement of Judge Muxwoll
Hl from the supreme hunch of the atutc
H would ho the grontost railroad victory
H of the year
Hi Tin : Council Blulfs garnishee sliarUs
Hl . must prqsccuto their claims in Omaha
Hl or retire from business Under Judire
B Doano's decision their occupations
| | Cone
H I Till : nssurunco that Sitting Bull is on
H | timicabio terms with his agent
Hi strengthens the equilibrium of the naH -
H | w tion The agents scalp is secure for
| | .tliQ time being
U PliTsuuitO has snccccdud in con viet
M ing several aldermen and constables for
H conspiracy and fraud The example
H might bo followed in other cities with
H prollt to tho-taxpayors.
H On or about November 11 Union Pn-
H clue ollicials gave public pledges that if
H the viaduct nud depot bonds carried
H ground would bo broken within thirty
H days The bonds carried Thirty days
H have gene by , but the work on either
M structure is not vislblo to the naked uyo
H | v. This potters complain that they have
M ' never boon adequately protected by the
M taritT , and request an advance of the
H duly on imported ware This is one of
H ( the infant industries which formed a
M i trust lust month to reduce the product
M , i and make a corresponding advance in
| prices The pot makers scorn to bo well
M able to protect thomsulvcs
H i E.viiiXKicii Kiri'Kr , , the designer and
M \ ' builder ot the famous tower In Paris , is
M oudcavoring to re vivo interest iu the
| Patmniiv canal and invites his country
H men to sink a few more millions iu that
Kj miasmatic ditch EilTol will find on tlie
H neck of the continent a , hole deep
H ouough to swallow his tower and till the
M money that could bo piled on its bal
H CONOltESSMKN are utilizing the liolt-
H day raccss in fooling the public pulse
H on the question of giving oaeh merabnr
M it cleric at the expense of the govcrn-
M , mont They are as much entitled to
M . clerks as the senators , but it is doubtful
H whether tlfo people would take kindly
M ton schema involving an cxpunso ot at
1 lotist halt a million a year If con
M gressmen cannot provide their own
M secretaries there is uo law to prevent
M ' them from rciiigning ,
m \ = = = = = 5 :
H Tin : vuluaof a lawyer as a legislator
H i hasnover boon fully dotormliiod , but
H ICuiibtis furuishos a few figures which
i , may servo ay a guide in the future
W The Topeka insurance company desired
> } to secure fuvorablo legislation lust
8 | wlriter , and in casting about for ulo-
1 i qiiont advocates their cholco foil upon
j Frank Glllotto and J. R. Burton This
H pair were loaders of the bar , The fuut
H that they wore members ot the logislu-
H turo ot course did not inlluonco the
H company's solectlon or niuko their sorv-
1 > ices more desirable The company
H wanted lawyers to plead the insurance
H • cause at ul times and in all places
H A Whether the desirea legislation was
H soeurocTdoosf not aopoar Tno company
H is now in the hands ot u receiver , and
H i its iwouliar business methods are being
H investigated by the courts The books
H of the insurauco company show that
1 Burton Was paid nlno hundred and
| | oighty-ono dollars , whllo Gillette only
| l v recolvcd live huntlred mid fifty dot
H lars for his services Both doclnro that
H I the money was not glvou as a bribe , but
M merely for services as attorney , " Per
H haps the distinction is correct uccordr
m lug to the Kunsos code , but most people
m ' will stick to plain words and call a bribe
M bribe .
QLADSTOXit.VD litATXE
It may safely bo presumed that no
contributions to tariff discussion during
the present year will rocolvo a moloty
of the attention thnt will bo given the
articles of Mr.Gladstononnd Mr Blnino ,
wljlch appear in the January number of
the Xorth American llcview Elsowhcro
in Tnr Bi'.K of this issue will bo found
extracts from these papers whloh will
servo to give a very good un
derstanding of their tone and
tendency , though they necessarily
fall short ot supplying an ndequato con
ception of the whole urgumont ot the
distinguished champions of antagonis
tic policlos It need hardly l said that
Mr Gladstouo is the foremost living
advocate of frco trade , ns . It is exempli
fied in the fiscal policy of England ,
while there nro perhaps few who will
donv to Mr Blalno cqunl eminence as
the clmmpion of protection as embodied
in the American system It is
therefore no ordinary pilvilcgo :
that is afforded the Amorlcnn
people , just at this time , to rend the ar
guments of these distinguished expon
ents of opposite principles anil policlos ,
presented , it must bo ussumod , with the
most conscientious euro and thorough
deliberation
It will bo soon from the extracts wo
present that Mr Gladstone presents hia
side of the subject with the keen peno-
trntion , of the onllghtonod economist
and statesman , showing famil
iarity with the question in
its entire scope and range , and
mi iutimnto knowledge of the industrial
conditions ot this country At eighty
years ot ago his clear and logical mind
appears as vigorous as at nny period of
his lifo , bis ability forlogicul statement
as thorough , and his powers ot philo
sophical analysis as strong The friends
or tarlfT reform will not fall to find in
his nrgumonts strong supports of their
position , but Mr Gladstone addresses an
audience in which there tire very
few out-and-out free traders , and
since the purpose of his article is to cn-
force the idea that frco trade , pure uiul
simple , is'tho true policy for the United
States , it is not likely to have the force
thnlamoro conservative view of out
situation and rcquiromonts would carry
Mr Blniuo's intellectual methods are
widely different from those of the great
English statesman , and those familiar
with his past discussions of the tnriff
question will find him in this latest
treatment of it following pretty
much the same lines , with greater
care and elevation , certainly , than in
the ordinary campaign discussions of
the subject , but with a like earnest and
tiggressivo coulidenco in the strcntrth
and wisdom of his cause Thorn can be
uo doubt of the favorable impro.-sion
Ills arguments will make upon those
predisposed to their influence
It was a wise thought to bring these
two distinguished men into the tariff
controversy at this time and no ono
who is interested in this subject should
fail to give their discussion of it most
careful attention
OVR MEXIVAX TnlDB
In a speech before the Pan-American
delegates during their visit to , New
York , Senor Romero , the Mexican min
ister to the United States , took strong
ground in favor of removing the re
strictions upon trade between this
country and Mexico The United States
has no more sincere friend among for
eigners than Senor Romero , and tiny
suggestion that ho makes with regard
to closer trade relations between
this country and his own are to
be accepted with entire confi
dence as to their sincerity and as re-
' Hooting the sentiment of his govern
ment and the more intelligent portion
of the Mexican people A good deal of
ingenuity has been expended tipon the
question how to improve our trade with
Mexico , with very inadequate and un
satisfactory results for both countries
It is a fact not creditable to our
statesmanship , and less so to our en
terprise ) , that a country containing
eleven millions of people , lying
immediately on our border for so many
miles , should purchase only eleven
million dollars worth of our products ,
which is the amount stated in the lust
report ot the bureau of statistics This
may bo nn under estimate , as it is ex
plained that the facilities for obtaining
this information are very poor , but if the
correct amount is double tliese figures
it is still less than it should bo The
total aggregate trade ot Mexico
Is several times larger than these
figures , and as a neighbor nation , hav
ing interests in common wlthourselvcs
wo ought to have the larger part of her
trade instead of a small fraction of it
Our policy , however , has boon such as
to force it into other mnrkots , and hav
ing gene there it is found to bo no
small task to got it away The fault
may not in the east hnvj * boon wholly
ours , und yet the fact is that for youro
Mexico has been auxious to ne
gotiate a treaty ot reciprocity with this
country , but the negotiations hitherto
have failed It is now expected that ne
gotiations will bo renpwod , and there is
assurance from the Mexican minister
that his government and the commer
cial classes of Mexico hope for their suc
cess Our own minister to Mexico has
manifested a great interest in the sub
ject , and ox-Speaker Carlisle , who
borne time ago visited Mexico ,
has expressed himself to the
sumo effect With loading mon in both
parties thus favorably disposed to closer
commercial relations with Mexico and
the representative of that government
earnestly desiring , 119 ho alwnys has
dune , to bring about Unit result , there
is reasonable ground for the hope that
the present administration will be able
to elTcct such negotiations between the
two governments us will result in very
greatly enlarging our trade with Mex
ice _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
nAiuioADltuiLmsa
Five thousand two hundred miles of
main line wore added to the railroad
mileage ot the United states during the
past year With the oxcoptian ot 1884-S
this Is the lowest record of the decade
From 1880 to 1834 the totalsrangod from
soyon thousand miles in the former
year to eleven thousund six hundred
mlies In 1BS2 and sixty-six hundred
miles in 1833. The year 1887 stands ut
the head of the list , with A total
ot thirteen thousand miles ot main
line built The total mileage la
the United State nt the beginning
of 18S0 was oightysls thousand
In six years it swelled to ono hundred
and thlrty-slx thousand , and in ten
years to the grand total of ono hundred
and sixty-one- thousand eight hutulrod
miles , an increase of nearly ono hun
dred percent
Those figures clearly demonstrate the
growth and dcvelopmontof the country
Although 1830-7 were distinctively
boom yonr3 in the west , they were pre
ceded and followed by dull times , so
that the decade was an avorngo pros
perous one for the whole country The
extraordinary progress in railroads is
not duo to special or local causes ,
hut represents a general ndvanco in
population and wealth
By comparing these statements with
the rest of the wftrltl it can bo scon that
the United States stands pro-omlnont
In transportation facilities At • the
close of 1880 the railway uuioago ot the
world aggregated three hundred and
twelve thousand miles Ot this total
the United Slates had ono hundred und
thirty-six thousand miles Twenty-five
thousund live hundred miles wcro
added in the succeeding four years ,
placing the railway mllcago of this
country within twenty thousand miles
of the total of the rest of the world
The record of the year furnishes a
striking illustration of thodriftof popu
lation and indust-y. Nine Now England
and eastern states and llvo central
northern states , comprising the rich
est-ttid strongest iu the union , built
thirteen huudred miles , whllo a group
of ton southern status added oightcen
hundred miles tu their total Twelve
northwestern and southwestern states
und territories completed fourteen hun
dred inllcs of main liuo and the Paclllu
states six hundred and savonty-four.
Relative populations considered the west
and southern groups of states tire far in
advanpo of the eastern and middle
status They afford by far the best
field for the otnploymout of energy and
capital to develop the resources of the
'
country
so vnij-mx m : vei.opm ex t.
No part of the statistics of i ndustrial
progress during lust year is more strik
ing than the facts showing the develop
ment in tiic southern states To begin
with , more miles of railroad were con
structed in that section than in any
other part of the union Mid tills con
struction was not at till of a speculative
character , but demanded by the
growth ot enterprises aud the incroasoof
legitimate business Tito growth of man
ufacturing industriosduriugthe year in
creased the value of the manufactured
products ot that section over one hun
dred million dollars , bringing the es
timated total up to eight hundred
and fifty million , or nearly double
what it was at the beginning of the
present decade The greater part of
this growth has boon in the irmv indus
tries , which huvo bacomo an established
source of southern prosparity , the ex
pansion of which may bo limited only
by the domnndsof the country
aud of the world , but a gt-oat
variety of manufacturing enterprises
nro Doing profitably operated in the
south , and the number is annually in-
creasinp ; . The statement tluit in the
last four yours fourteen thousund new
manufacturing and mining enterprises
have boon orgnnizod in the south gives
a fair understanding of the rapidity with
which that portion of the country is
gaining the moans of wealth and pros
perity
The agricultural advancement has
been almost as marked as the indus , -
triul/tho value of the products ot the
soil last year amounting to not much
less than a thousand million dollars ,
the cotton crop being ono of the largest
in the history of the country An ex
amination of the statistics of ten years ,
and it was not until 1880 that the south
commenced to regain its former posi
tion , shows a really wonderful progress ,
in view of which it may well bo usked
when the limit , is likely to bo
reached , for as yet there uro
vast resources untouched and
lands capable of subsisting nn itnmonso
population uncultivated With the
growth of homo capital , the increase of
facilities for marketing products , and
the ontorDriso and industry of the people
plo encouraged and stimulated by suc
cess , the future development of the
south should bo oven moro raplu than
that of the past ton years , assuring that
section in time a commanding inlluonco
upon the material wolfuro of the nation
inestimably moro valuable to Us people
than any advantages to bo obtniuod from
political power And it is po3sihle that '
out of this material progress will come
the influences that shall ultimately
solve the hard problem which is now
the chinf , if not * the only , source of
trouble and embarrassment to the south
ern people
A.31END TUELAW
The annual raviow of the business ot
the city brings into promlnoncQ the
folly of the present building Inspec
tion ordinance As a record of the city's
growth it is worse than useless , because
it is incomplete and misleading The
primary object of the law was to obtain
a truthful record of the building opera
tions of the city , to prevent the erection -
tion of tin dor boxes within the fire lim
its und to provide a system of inspection
of buildings in process of erection Nona
of these ends have been accomplished
The system cf fees incorporated in
the law is bused on wrong principles
They are regulated according to the
estimated cost of the structure The
higher the cost , the grcator the foes to
be paid for a building permit Thus
the law operates as u premium on dis
honesty , us every uppllcaut for a permit
places the cstjmnto of cost from tvventy-
live to titty per cent below the actual
cost , in order to escape paying the ex
orbitant sums exacted As a consequence
quence tljo llguros or thi building inspectors
specters ofiice uro worthless as a truth
ful record of the city's progress This
fact is clearly demonstrated by the
building record forl880. | While the
building Inspectors books place the ag
gregate cost ut four million six hundred
thousund dollars , careful Inquiry among
owners and contractors shows that the
actual expenditure of monoyin building
enterprises was a fraction over seven
million dollars
Nor does the law afford any protco-
lion ngaittsFflro traps It Is a notorious
fnct that itifcrrolts linvo been Issued for
bulldingsAllhln the fire limits that are
no boltoriiinn : ) shells The law has
boon disregarded , ia the size ot
walls , int > matocla's ueod , in the
width of strilrwnys and in the st/.o and
strength 6n' ron beams and timber sills ,
The duty bf Hho building Inspector does
not end wjjji the approval of platis sub
mitted Hods required to see that the
plans and 'MtfccMeatlons are carried out ,
audio prevent alteration ns the build
ing proceeds
The lnto iest3 ; of the city demand that
the law bo amended , cspoclnlly ns to
the fcos exacted * so that thq city
record shall bo an honest ono Enter
prise nud pub'ie spirit should not bo
taxed according to the liberality of the
expenditure
An oxhaustlvo compilation of the
opinions of lending business men of the
country , prepared by the Now York
• Villi , shows that with the opening ot
the now year the greatest confidence
pervades nil departments of tradn and
Industry There Is practically hut ono
opinion thut 1800 will bo n. prosperous
and nrogrosslvo year for the financial ,
commercial , productive and manufac
turing Interests of tnc country *
Tin Kentucky Pnnnorn
i.oit ( rl/eCi ( / Mrfcr-iourmii.
Legislative bodies will proceoa to fortify
tliomsclvcs against the deadly rip by prompt
ndmluistration of the Kentucky prophylactic
- ft
linn ( lie UhiiiiI Qualification
A'fio Toi ? : HoiM
What purports to bo nn exact cstlmato of
John 1) . Hockcfellcr' wealth places his for
tune at $ l U,0J0uy0. How does it happen
thnt Mr ltoiikcfuller has never aspired to a
Uullod Stulcs SHiialorsliipt
' ' -
The G. • ! ) . ' . Gio r Untie
St Ijmiii ( ltab-lt norra * .
It Is the custom to lmis'li nt tie geese bono
as u woathcr indicator , but It , has boon a
bettor cuido this winter than the signal ser
vice All of Us predictions so fur have been
fulfilled to the letter , and it tells us that tliu
winter will continue to bo mild , wi' .h a few
cold dnys now and then , and that there will
be nn early spring
*
Brnztl Should full tin tlio llltnds
iYrii'l"iirfc Ihrahl
The authorities of ltlo ought to rniso their
curtains mil let the whole world see what Is
going on A tmizzicd press Is a relic of im
perialism , nn element of weakness , and any
interference with free correspondence and
telegraphy Is a serious blunder The provi
sional governmentwill be nil the stronger If
It keeps no secrets nud Indulges In no mys
tery , but acts openly and above board
Quality Counts
I'htcntjo Ihrahl
The man with the highest bruin lsu't
always the best man The largest brain on
record was that of a man who wus qulto
idiotic The brain of the insane homicide
and sulcido Daley has been found to wolgh
ftfty-nlno and-Wirco-quartor ounces , which Js
just the weiijiit oT the murderer Hudolff's
brum an ounce heavier than Jim Fislc'snnd
six ounces hqiivier thun Daniel Webster's
Aa witti mo3t other things , iu brains quality
counts far moro.than tiuantity
A jBrtftVOUs M'stale * .
This from "TJnp Oy.MLv Ueu is a fulr warn
ing : "If Chicago insists on fleecing thclarm-
ers o" tbo west In clovutorrutei the farmers
( Will find other markets for their products
Chicago has not yet annexed tlio earth "
The object of the Chicago elevator owners
appears to bo a destro to glvo themselves , as
grain dealers , acting directly or indirectly ,
an advantage over commission men . The
purpose is not to fiecco tbo farmer , but the
effect will be disadvantageous to all grain
growers who make Chicago iheir market , to
Chicago itself , and to commission merchants
iu gruln who nro , not operating with ware
bouso owners A protest has been made on
the board of trade It will bo re-enforced if
need bo by Chicago manufacturers and job
bers and by Chicagoans generally The
uotlco given of a purpose to advance rates is
a menace to Chicago interests and ought to
ho opposed with hearty unanimity Some ot
tbo olovatorsbave passed.Into the control of
Bnglish capital , but their management is
continued The proposed sqeezo is suicidal
The project ought not to be , insisted upon
It is a ruinous combination
TI1R AFTEKMOON TB.\ .
Ueforo they wed the dreams they dreamed
In outlines were the same ,
For fate hud m ' ado thorn one it seemed
Iu all excont thouiimo
Ono lmpulso all their purpose fraucht
In ull thnt they had done ,
Two souls with but a single thought
Two hearts that Doat as ono
Uut when they wed they quickly learned
They sadly were mismatched ;
Each ono the others wishes spumed ,
And trouble quickly hutohou
. Now twq dlvorca suits hoyo boon brought ,
The Uo to have undone
Two souls " with hut a single thought ,
Two hearts thut beat rs ouo
• Dude ( to shop girl ) Lovely creature , I
ad ere you Do you give mo your love in re
turn !
Shop Girl Of course I do Anything else
thin afternoon ! '
Miss Prim O it was awful 1 I didn't mind
their stealing the silver and my jewelry , but
when ono ol'thoso burglars entered my room
and took a flashlight photograph of ma in
my my my curl papers , with , a kodak , I
nearly died with mortification
A young man who went wosttonyoars
ago had not been hoard of until a short time
ago , when his father wiota him , saying that
his family feured ho wus dead Hia uuswor
was ; "I am nou dead , but married " The
father cant yptiuako up his mind what idea
this was intondoa to convey
Briggs Woivifir what possessed him to
jump into the .rjlvorl Bruggs Tliero wus u
woman at tha'fqp.ou ] , 1 bollovo
"What's yourdou | of neavon as a phicol"
she asltod iiigtti ° y were coming from the
symphony coqpprjt And bo growjod : Its
where the worn on attend tbo harp rehearsal ;
bareheaded " Jbaa
Wife Great ( heavens I that new hoarder
has a fearful uptieiital Husband I'm glad
of IL LctusAiopo ho will bite at our cldost
daughter j , ,
Where do yrm suppose the sultan gctrall
the ladles for hijj.liaremr' Duuno Maybe
ho patronizes tlio'Merchant ot Venus "
Mrs , SlinixtjiiTT-Ho your servant bos run
off How fool fill In her to leave u good homelike
like this Dent ' \-ou think shell regret ltl
Mrs , SarapsonU-Ycs ; my.husband went with
• ' " '
her • •
Wife ( to hasbaud at the end of a spat )
The fools nlnt all dead yet Husband They
ain't , eh ? Wlfu , No , or I would have the
amount of your tusurauce policy before this ,
BTATK ANIJ VEKRITHUY
Nebraska JottSne * .
The very best horses la Cage county are
being soul for 1150 a head ,
John Moon la the old soldiers candidate
for postmaster at Garrison
The Hlloy hotel at Plattsmouth will short
ly by opened with a grand banquet under the
direction of the board of trade
In the itrawpulllngcontest to see who
should bo oasessor in Liberty precinct , Cass
county , Hy Strong wus the lucky man and
Hzrn Murphy will continue to be a ploiu olti--
zuu
zuu.Billy Webster of Paddock , Holt county ,
tumbled from a wagon and broke both his
nrms Kvory niombor of Billy's family lias
bad a bono or two broken In the past throe
years
N. J. Isaacson , his wife and ton-year-old
son bad n close call from death by asphyxia
tion by coal gas nt Oakland the other night
They worn dtscovcrod In an unconscious con
dition and wcro resuscitated after a hard
struggle
A farmer near Loup City recantly mar
keted nlnety-nlna bushels of flax seed raised
upon twelve acres , receiving JS1.10 for the
crop The corn that could have boon raitod
upon the samoneroago would have barely
brought two-thirds ot that amount
\V , II Uakor , n teacher in Hunker Hill
precinct , Antelope county , Is the recipient era
a half Interest lu thu celebrated "Sdvor
Star ' gold mines nt San Andreas , N. M.
The gift comes from his brother , whonfho
has seen but once In his Ufa and ot whoso
whereabouts ho know nothing of Mr
liakcr will finish bis term ut school and then
tro to New Mexico to look after his prop
erty
erty.Tho
The annual report ot the Nebraska state
board of horticulture for lSStl has been re
ceived from O. J. Carpenter , secretary of
the board HU a book of ' . ' 91 pages , full or
interesting In formation In regard to the
fruits , trees , plants and ornamental shrub
bcry ot Nebraskn Tin : Bik : has alto ro-
coivcd the minimi report ot the state board
of ugrlcultura for the year IS5S , compiled by
Secretary Fnrnas It is moro pretentious
nud oxtcusivo than the volume on horticul
ture , ana consists of JUl closely printed
pages
Iowa limits
The now opera house at Anniuosa wliLbo
opened .lanuury 15.
Mills county shipped 2.V ) cur loads ot ap
ples the past scasou
Tlicro uro 4II Inmates ot the fceblu-tuindcd
iuslltutiou ut Glcnwood
The uew Presbyterian church at Jefferson
will ho dedicated Suuday
The Polk County Uarnssoclatlon will hold
its annual banquet January ISO ,
The tompeiMiicu people of Hlnckhawk
county have foriucd a county organization
und chosen twelve dolcgutos to attend the
state prohibition convention ,
Ono of the thriving industries of Hancock
county hns been nipped iu the bud It has
been discovered that parlies have swindled
the county nut of huudreds of dollars by im
porting wolf scalps from Kansas and secur
ing the bounty
In the lowu legislature there nro two son
ntors anil live representatives bearing the
name of Smith , while ono senator answers to
the nn mo belonging to the same furally ,
Schmidt Four of these men nro republicans
und four democrats
TnH body of Thomas Leonard was found
near Worthlngton alongside of the Mil
waukee track The body hud been partially
devoured by hogs Ho , iu company with
unothcr inun , drove out of town Christian ,
and it is thought bo was struck by the Mil
wuukcu train unit killed Ills parents can
not he found
The house of Mrs T. A. Carpenter , at
Fort Oonge , wan entered by otirirlars when
the fnnilly wcro awuy und a valuable gold
; watch taken A funny circumstance of the
rouhcry is tbat the house was left In charge
of Sheriff Adams , the well known thief
catcher , who wna In the next room when the
robbery occurred
C. J. Uoo of Dcs Moines probably ewes
hia lifo to ucollar button A young boy was
shooting chickens with acaliure target
rifle , mid his aim being a llttlu wide ono of
the bullets struck the collar button in the
Hoes shirt aud was turned from its course
The metal button was smashed almost Hut
and made quite a gash lu the young mans
neck ,
A deal and dumb woman narrowly es
caped being run over by a train ut Burling
ton , The engineer whistled and rang the
bell , and seeing she did not niovo quickly re
versed the engine , but could not stop the
tram iu time When the engine was within
u few feet of her sLo suddenly realized hoc
danger and jumped to one side , the pilot
calchlnjr uud tearing her dress as It passed
The Two Dukotas
A public library has been cstaolUhed at
Alccstor
Tliero are 27Z daii.v and weekly newspapers
in South Dakota
The new Masonic hall ut Alexandria will
ho ono'of the handsomest iii the btute when
completed
Thirty-seven Russian children died of
diphtheria during the epidemic iu the Hcyd
settlement in Mct'hcrson county
A Rapid City man bus Invented a non-In
toxicating beer which tastes just like the old
kind , but will pass the prohibition muster
Work on the Leeds branch of the James
town & Northern railroad will begin early in
the spring The survey extends through a
voty fertile country from Leeds to Dunsulfa ,
Holetto county , a distance of about seventy
miles
It Is a well known fact that timber is
getting very scarce up in the hills , says the
Whltewoou Sentinel It Is hauled as fur as
tea miles to the towns for fuel , the saw
mills have gradually moved farther away
until some nro twenty miles awuy , and the
mines and mills uro supplied with wood and
timbers which arc hauled fnrtborthnn thut
There is uultou heavy growth of pine ana
oakuround Wlntowood thut will be worth
nearly Its weight in gold before very long
Rev J. McFurlaud of Jamestown , statu
missionary of tlif Baptist Publication aud
Sunday School association for North Da
kota , has had a rather varied career Ho
started out iu lifo as a humor uud trapper in
tbo backwoods of Indiana , from which he
branched out as u star performer with Vun
Amberg's circus At the breaking out of
tbo war ho enlisted and crime out at its close
with sovornl bullet holes in his anatoniy , the
scars of which ho still carries with him Ho
thou went into the saloon business , In which
be remulncd until rescued by the crusaders ,
when he became a Uaptist minister , and has
gradually worked up to tbo position of trust
ho now holds
YOUNG I'llK-SHYTEIlIANS.
They Meet Today to Kugugo in Re-
llgious rSxereisi-a.
A convention of the Young Peoples socie
ties of the United Presbyterian churches of
the Missouri valley is to bo held in this city
commencing this morning and continuing
tomorrow It will ba hold at the Coulral
United Prcabyterlan church , The order of
exercises for the two days Is as follows :
Thursday .7:30 p in , Opeping address ,
Rev J , A. Duff , Mindeu , Neb , Organization
Address by president Social
Friday , 10:30 : u. m. Devotional exercises
Paper , Soul Winning , " MissCract ) Gowdy ,
Tarkio , Mo Bible readme , Holy Ghost
Power , " Itev J. G. Stewart , South Omaha
Conference , The Work of Committees In
Local Societies " Miscellaneous
Friday 2 p. in Devotional oxorclsos
Paper , How to Use the lilblo iu Dealing
with Souls , " Miss Mary Campooll , Pawnee
City Conference , Now Enterprise * and
Now Demands , " opened by Miss Bossia An
derson , Collcgo Springs , la Resolutions
Miscellaneous
7:30 : p. m. Address , Christian Useful
ness and Highest Kxcellenco " Rev Wllllum
Johnston , D. D. , Coltugo Springs , la Con
secration mooting , led by President Fare
well
woll.Devotional
Devotional exorcises , in addition to these
provided for la the above prograaima are
ieft to the discretion of the presiding oftlcar
It is expected that thorp will bo muoh prayer
und praise during the exercises from the
beginning to the end of the programme
AiinounLaiiioiits
Holossoy Klralfy's great "Antiooe" com
pany opened its Omaha engagement ut
Uoyd's opera house this uftcrnooa by play
ing to an audience that tilled , every scat in
the theater A better or mora appropriate
holiday attraction could not have been pro ,
cured It was the attraction at tbo Album ,
bra theater , Condon , for two holiday seasons
and was Immensely successful "Anliope"
abounds in grand ballets , matches and bigb-
ahus specialties Senorita Carniencito , the
renowned Spanish dancer , and Mlle Paris ,
the French premiere , lead the dancing
This afternoon'sperformaaco at the Grana
was well utteuded Tonight Miss Aker&trmn
will give "Aunettc , the Dancing Girl , " for
the last time On tomorrow evening aud
continuing the balance of this week , the very
successful comedy-drama , "Ronali , the Gyp
sy's Daughter , " will bo given with Miss
Akorstrom ia the title role In "Itenali"
Miss AUcrstrom will Introduce her famous
terpsichorean efforts , which have been pro
nounced unequalled by all who huvo attended
the Grand Ibis week
SHE COULDN'T ' SHAKE DICE
MrB Mltclioll of EaBt Lluooln Plays
tlio Deuce
A STORY OF DOMESTIC WOE
Supreme Court Decisions Capital
City Citizens Suspicious or
Bomo Oflloirtla \ New
ICnulntul Dlnnor
LtxcoLX Hirnp.AiioF Tub Ou.uti lire , )
lOVJ P StuEer , \
Lincoln . Neb , Jan L I
Officer Malone returned from Almn this
afternoon at 4:10 : with William Dtco nud tils
paramour , Mrs Harry IC Mitchell of East
Lincoln
Mrs Mitchell's cscapndo Is not without
sensational features According to Mitch
ells Htory ho wns married nt Springfield ,
O. , In 1SSI , to Miss Olllo M. Murkloy , the
petted dsiui'htcr of wealthy parents Some
three years later they sought n homo In the
west , locating nt Beatrice , where uu undo
end aunt or Mrs Mitchell's resided Hop
ing to still better their fortunes the young
couple removed to Lincoln about two year
ago and Mitchell engaged in the scavenger
business Until last spring they lived happily
together At this time William Dice made
thu ncqunmtanco of the family and it grow
Into intimacy rapidly It appears , However ,
that Mitchell finally became alarmed nt the
Intimacy between his wife and Dice , uud ho
forbade the latter his house Shortly rifter
this ho observed Mrs Mitchell In the back
vurd after night in a state of ngltnttou and
no also noticed a man sneaking away The
wronged husband gave chase , and the follow
turned and shot at him , the bullet cutting a
button from his coat On returning to the
htltso on the night in question his wlfo con
fessed her sin and was forglvon December
23 Mrs Mitchell plnnncd a visit to her rela
tives at Beatrice , but Instead of going there ,
as her husband supposed she bad , she pur
chased a ticket for Wyinore , and from there
went to Alma , where she nnd Dlca wore ar
rested yesterday by advices from Marshal
Carder Mtf.chell says ho will forglvo his
wlfo nnd again take her to his boart and
home , but that ho will prosccuto Dice to the
fullest extent of the law
Supreme Court Opinions
Opinions in the following cuusos wcro
Hied in the supreme court late yesterday
evening :
Cheney vs Campbell Appeal from the
district court for Johnson county Reversed
and decrca for plaintiff Opinion by Max
well , J. Certain notes givou for grossly
usurious interest and secured by a second
mortgage on real estate , were trunaforrod to
u bona lido holder for ono half of their fnco
value , tbo claim of the purchusor being that
the security might bo inadequate In aa
action by his hxecutor to forccloso the mort
gage ; held , that the same rule would bo ap
plied ns where the original consideration
was wholly fraudulent and the recovery
would bo restricted to the amount paid by
the purchaser with legal interest thereon
Rowen vs Foss Error from the district
cour.tof Sallao county AtUrmcd Opinion
by Maxwell J.
. Garneau Cracker Company vs rainier
Error from the district court for Douglas
- couujy , affirmed ; opinion by Rccd , Ch J.
( 1. A verdict or a jury and juxlgmont tharo-
on will not bo sot atidu as being unsupported
by the evidence , when thu bill of exceptious
shows upon its face that ull the ovldcnco
submitted to the trial jury is not before the
supreme court ; all presumptions being Jn
favor of the regularity of the proceedings of
the district court
2. An iastructioa that it was the duty of a
master who omploycd a servant in the use
of machinery to use ordinary and reason
able euro and judgment in providing suit
able und safe machinery for the use to which
It wns to bo put , held , not erroneous by rea
son of the use of the word judgment : it
being synonimous with prudence in the
sense in whloh it was used
Kettler vs Kottlcr , Error ' from the dis
trict court for Douglas county , anlrmcd ;
opinion by Mirxwcil , .1.
1. In nn action to dissolve n partnership
and for an accounting , the case was referred
to a roferco who made fludiigs of fact and
in favor of the plaintiff fora sum ia excess
of that claimed ia the petition Exceptions
to the report were thereupon filed which
were overruled , but the judgment wus reduced -
duced to tbo sum claimed in f ho petition ,
with interest thereon ; held ; no error
2. Report ana judgment fully sustained by
the evidence
Hondrickson vs Sullivan , error from the
district court for Cass county , reversed and
remanded ; opinion by Ucobo , C. J.
White vs State , error from the district
court for Douglas county , reversed and re
manded ; opinion by Cobb , J.
1. A title is no part of a complaint , made
before a magistrate charging a person with a
criminal offense , aud in a complaint charg
ing M. with having committed the crime ot
larceny , the words State vs M. and \V. "
placed in the upper left hand corner of the
paper upon which such complaint | s written ,
held nut sufficclont to make such complaint a
joint one against M. and W.
2. A complaint under oath , made before a
mugistratcj held necessary to give such
magistrate jurisdiction to make a preliminary
examination of a person accused of criminal
olTunso
11. Jiti examination made by a magistrate
of a person licensed of crime , where the
magistrate has not jurisdiction , 13 not " , a
Drchminury examination thereof , as pro
vided by law'in the souse of these words
as used ia section &S5 of the criminal code
4. An information filed in the district
court by the county attorney against nn
accused person for an often so for which such
accused tporson hud not hud a preliminary
examination aa provided by luw , confers uo
jurisdiction upon said district court to try
and punish said accused person for such
offense , unless in the excepted cases provided
for in section 5SS of the criminal code
Rico vs Saxon , error from the district
court for Jefferson county Affirmed Opin
ion by Maxwell , j , '
llancoclc.t Waters'va ' Stout Error from
the district court of Lancaster county
Reversed and remanded Opinion by Reese
Ch J.
VorcovsPago Error from the district
court for Douglas county Affirmed Opiuion
by Reese , Ch J ,
1. Whcro an attorney appears * in a cause
the presumption is that be has authority aud
that presumption Is continued until the waut
of such authority is established by proof
2. The question of the authority of such
appearance was submitted to the trial
jury specially and they found that the up
pcaranco of counsel in proceedings upon
which plaintiffs rights were based was with
out uuthorlty Held , under the evidence ,
the finding of the jury was conclusive
3. Where service of notice Is mudc by pub
lication and no appearance Is made by the
defendant jurisdiction will bo acquired for
no other purpose than granting the rcloaso
demanded la the petition , and nf whloh no
tice was given
Brooks vs State Error from the district
court for Lancustcr county Verdict set
aside and cau o remanded Opinion by Max
well , J. , Reese , Ch J. , dissenting
Republican Valley Railroad Company vs
Fink , Error from the district court for
Gage county , Decree modified Opinion bv
Maxwell , J ,
Murtaghvs Thompson Appeal from the
district court for Fillmore county Decree
modified Opinion by Maxwell , J ,
Wicks vs Nedrow Appeal from the dis
trict , court for Richardson county Affirmed
Opinion by Maxwell , J.
The Viliago of Valparaiso vs Donovan
Error from the dlttriot court of Saunders
county Afllrinod Opinion oy Mux well , J ,
Burton v . Union Cattle company Appeal
from the district court for Sarpy county ,
llevorsed and decree for plaintiff Opinion
by Cobb , J.
Scliields vs llorbacb Appeal from the dis
trict court for Douglas county Reversed
and docroc for plaintiff Opinion by Maxwell ,
J. . Reese , Cb J. , dissenting
In 18dl ono 11. leased for three your * three
nnd one-fifth acres of laud iu O to S , at a
yearly rental of 133 , with the right to pur
chase for flCOO S thereupon took possession
and erected two houses thereon , one for his
family and ono for his foreman Ho then
removed his family into ouo of said houses
aud has rusldoU thcra over since , Iu IHVi anew
now lease wus mude by II and also a proposition
sition to 8 to purchase said premises far
11,010 , with 13 per cent Interest , and what
may bo found duo for I axon paid by tno for * _ H
1S0I , IKV % , IS00,1S07,1SC3,180U , 1570 , 1871 and . _
Interest at 13 per coat , ' * nnd stating thnt ' ' _
this proposition Is tnndo to cnnblo S to no- *
qttira tltlo to snld premises ns a homestead , _
and this option to purchase shall contlnun ' _ _
during the lease ho now Holds , " etc A !
lnrro amountof credits and moneys wcro _ _ _
paid by S to II on prior Indebtedness , and _ BkH |
apparently on the contract In 1878 a now fHB
loasowas executed byll as executer , under jfp Liifl
which S continued in possesslou , bold , that f ' _ _ |
the proposition to purchnsa remained opcufr _
to S to bo accepted at any time during Vjfi M
existence of his lcasa and that the lousaJ'of _ _
1373 was In effect but n continuation of ut _
of ism and 1S0I , nnd that S on pnymont of H
the amount duo on the purchase with 12 per _
cent Interest together with the amount of _ _
taxes with 12 per cent Interest thereon was M
entitled to a oonvoynnca H
Buchanan vs Wise , appeal from the dls- ' _
trict court for Cumiug county , reversed and _
causa dtstntssod ; opinion by Reese , Ch J , ' B
1 The evidence oxnmtnod nnd hold not to _
sustain the finding ot the district court upon i _
questions of fact ' ' H
City Sown ntitt Noicn ; H
The health ofllcors ara waging war on Ilia * _ H
filthy alloys H
* A Now Years social was hold last night ul\ ' M
the Capital mills M
Thcro was a revival moetiug last night nt ( _ H
the J street Baptist church _
The state house wna practically closed _ _
today , nothing being open but the library I ' 1
The Lincoln turnve'rcln indulged In a a _ |
grand ball and exhibition lust night at _ _
Harmonio hall , H
The class ot 1SS9 ot the slate university S
hold u reunion last night nt the homo ot Mm _
Edna Hultook , HUT strcot _
About ouo hundred and fifty members of M
the various Congregational churches of the _
city indulged ia a Now England dinner lust _
night nt the First Congregutlonal church
The borsa stolen from \V. Hallott of Rock _ H
Creole precinct Monday night was found at _
the Checkered barn in this city yoBtorday JH
evening , minus the brldlo which was stolen - _ _ _
JL4H _ _
Joseph Hill and William Mason were r.r- " " H
rested last night charged with Blealing three _ H
pairs ot shoos from Sherwlns They wcro H
found guilty this morning and Hnou J50 and _
costs and sent to the county jail H
A thief went into rooms aver Lomlng's H
Ninth street milk depot , where Mr Lcmlug H
lives , this morning nnd stole an overcoat , his H
wifo's plush cloak nnd sonic other wearing _
apparel Leming auw him nud gave chasoA * >
The thief dropped the clothes and opeiie H
fire No ono hurt H
Marshal Carder and a number of officers H
make a raid on the Quick block gambling H
rooms ut midnight lust night and enpturod a _ H
half doznn men and n few poker tables , lfo H
did not , however , go Into the room adjoin
Ing , where thu fnro tables and the roulclto H
wheels were at work H
Sheriff Melick went out to Newton this
morning nnd lovlcd on twenty-two pieces of
land , aggregating 1,5'0 acres , to satisfy a
judgment in the case of the Citizens Nu-
tional bunk of Hillsborough , O. , vs E. L. H
Johnson for ubout $0,000 The land was up- _ H
praised ut $70,200. Dr Dunn , who Is a tela-
tlve of Johnson's , says that the land is easily
worth $150,000.
Lincoln's Increase hi wealth for the past
ten years hns been steady and sure , us will 9
ho seen from the following figures : In 1 ; 0 B
. < ha taxable property amounted to S1.-19 > , D0t : B
1831 , ? lG'j0U00 : 18S2. ? 1S00,000 ; 1S83 , J1.SO0.
000 ; 1SS1 , $2,200,000 ; 18S5 , * 2fiOO,000 ; ISili ,
$3,500,0001 18S7Sf,0fW,0tW ; 18S3 , ? 5,20OO0O ; ,
18VJ , WSO9OO0. ! The uVomge levy on the 9
taxabtu property of the city from 1SS0 to lSVi ) _
has been 30 3-5 mills
The state beekeepers association will hold fl
Its annual convention in the lecture room of
NcbraskahallattbostateunivcrsltyAVednc3- l 9
day , Thursday and Friday , January 15 , lit J * ! U
and 17 , The state horticultural associatliflj5tL-
will meet at the same time , and nrraugi9 _ LylEjj _ _ |
menu are about perfected for holding jomt VHJUBfl
sessions Parties intending to attend should _ Hr _ _
take u receipt from the home station ugont 9P' fl
ana have it read "To attend horticulturalJ
association "
EVIDENTLY MISINFORMED
Senator Gorman and the Australian 9
Ballot System ' I W
O.HAUA , January 1. UTe
To the Editor of Tint Bee : I read with
considerable surprisQudispatclipuhllKhcd In , 9
last evenings issue , from Baltimore , in }
'
which the Hon Arthur P. Gorman is quoted
as follows :
Our majorities from natural causes uro fl
growing less and the want of thorough cooperation - 9
operation among our people has cut down _
our majorities The elective franchise has
been abused Mouoy has boon poured out to
canturo olcctlons fraudulently As for tlio
Australian system you had better label it a _
bill to throw the democratic party in thu
river Tula * system has had two trials iu i
this country , ouo was lu Boston the other iu
Montana The former , for years a demo
cratlc strongholdwent republican at the last
elcctlou under tbo Australian system by be- _ _ _ 9 _ _ _ _ |
twnen five and six-thousand majority for the _ _ BH _ _ |
first time since 1BG4. Governor Housor * lH
wrltos mo from Montana tbat wo sliould H
have carried the state instead of having It
bunging in the balance The system that M
removes the voter from the inliuonces of I
man of intelligence to ° a' box , leaven him to I
the danger of moiioy power You pay a
vntcr if you pay him at all In secret By tlio
Australian system ho is open to the corrupt
influences of bribery more than ever Other
matters are to como bpforo the legislature f
that are of vital importance , but this is the '
ono great thing to consider " '
And this from n democratic United States
senator I Ho wants the domqeratio party
nnd the odltors of democratic papers to light
the bill because it hits been demonstrated in
cultured Boston.and In wild and wodly Mon
tana tbat under it the republican party gaius
in strength , and for no other reason His
assertion that under the Australian system
the voter is moro than ever under the influ
ence of tbo briber Is ono of the most brazen
attempts to mislead thu masses , by merely
asserting nn untruth which a man of Germans
mans promlacnce should have uvoldod
that the intelligent and reading public has _ _ _
been treated to lately A man who knowiJl _ _ _ ,
anything at all about the provisions of tli'gr ' t
ballot bill , which has been Introduced aut _ fc-J.
passed by u number of state legisIuturcs T
knows thut bribery is the first evil it eradi
cates The man who would attempt to bribe
au elector , where the modified Australian
election law is In force , would ho a lit sub
ject for a lunatlo asylum Why ) Uecauso
the law , modeled after tlio Australian sys
tem , provides )
1. That the ballots shall be printed by the
state
2. That they shall be distributed by sworn
oftlcUls only
U , That a aiugle ballot , or a single set of - '
ballots , bo given to each elector
4. That no ono but the sworn oloctlou ofll
cors shall communicate with the elector fiom
the time ho enters the polling place until ho
leaves . ,
5. Tbat In case a ballot is soiled or torn it
can bo exchanged for another
0. That no bullets but those f urninhed by
the otato , stamped and initialed , shall be
coiutod
7. That no ouo will bo allowed to carry a
ticket away from the polling place I
Uudor such provisioas what man would bo
. . . . . . " "OUR110 * attempt to corrupt a voter 1
lo illustrate , would you purchase of a totut . _
stranger a horse you had never seen , pay for < * _ V .
the same aud expect the onliual to bo do- * \ *
llyorod at your barn 1 Would you purchnsu *
of thu uvorage run of your ncquufiitunco u •
plccu of property without Boeing it Would
you order of the average dealer auy article ,
pay for the same and trut-t to bis sending
you the thing you wuntedl If you failed to
get the horse after paying for it , who would
have boon acting the part of the toolIsh I If
the property , instead of a line residence lot , . ,
was In a hole a hundred feet deep , what
would bo your estimate of yourself I I bu-
liove there would boubout as many men
who would buy vote * under the Australian
law as there uro buslaes * men who would >
buy the horao of tbo atratiger . Mn Gorman
la either very iguorant or very untruthful
ltesiwctfully , Joiin C , Tuoursox ,
J - *
Children Cry for Pitcher * Catoria
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VnionlUbj-Kurici.wogtiTeherCaMoriA. .Bp S
v TO-howas Chlld , ,8ert llfo C t < > Ia , T '
Wb a she twearuo MJ j , she eliuir to Oautoria
Wh } Khu | uuf Cauldron , the bays thenj Ca.torl *