Nebraska Newspapers

    I 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : yKDNEgDAY JANUARY 22 1890. * | M
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H Tin : , author of the now jury law is
H without honor in his own county
H ! y
H Tin : county hospital promiecs to bo-
H ' comes a hlvo of iiculthy tax caters
H . BiKoitn providing a staff for the now
H county liospitnl , it ltik'ht bo well to
H coniploto tlio buiklinp
H A CITY choiriist is the latest olllckil
H sinecure suppestod Omaha is sadly in
H nocd of a competent person to analyze
H the worlc of the drones aud dotertnino
H ' the amount of tissue exhausted in drnw-
H inp salurlos
H | Till : lire stock exchanges has rc ia-
H - tercd a vigorous pretest against the disH -
H j . crimination in railroad rates ncrninst
H ! the Omaha market The members
H j should lmiWo the rebellion so omphatio
H t'tlmt the oulrago will not bo repented
H ' - " Omaha ministers are wasting vnlurt-
H i bio time lamenting the competition of
H , the Sunday nowspaocr The Sunday
H 1 k nowspnpor will go right on instructing
H l . the ignorant , preaching tlio go3pol of
H , humanity , cheorlng the poor and com
H j forting the struggling , and doing its
H | utmost to oducuto mankind to higher
H ' ! and nobler ends and to muko lifo better
H ( and happier The ministers will gain
H nothing by striving for the unattnina-
H * blo Lot them take the world us it is
H and join with the newspapers in bet
H it
tormg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
H Tin : annual report of Chief Galligan
H -of the ftro department shows a marked
H inoreiiso in flros and losses for 1880 ,
H compared with the previous year
H Thorn were two hundrod-aud fifty-four
H y alarms , with losses aggregating ono
H hundred nnd sixty-sovon thousand del
H lars , against ono hundred ana ninety
H olght alarms in 1888 and losses amouut-
H incr to fnrty-soven thousand eight hun
H drod dollars The equipment and force
H is ilrst-ohiss , and ltshould bo maintained
H at the prosunthigh standard Nodopnrt-
H nient of the government is so closely
H allied with the prosperity and security
H of the city , and none deserves to a
H greater dogrco the uneonslng enro and
H attention of the authorities
H Tun charter contemplates that nil
H itppointlvo oilioos should bo created by
H oiilinanco , by and with the consent of ;
H - the counoll If any olllcor of UiIb city
H Is to bo provided with a deputy or clerk :
H the council must first enact an ordin-
H t auoo to that oiloct , A inure resolution i
H authorizing the ot
t appointment dopu-
H tics , soorotarios or clerks , is not in i
H accord with the spirit and loiter
H of the law Mayor Cusklng is not nn
H exception to this rule It it is essential l
H that ho slmll oraploy a olork nl the
H city's expense , which wo very muck
H doubt , the proper and only legitimate
H course to pursue is to crcato the olllco
H of mnyor's clerk by ordlnauco
M Tin : trouble with Chief Scavoy is that
H ho imagines ho is at the head of the
H police force ot London , Now York or
H Chicago , instead ot a city of ono huu-
H drod and twenty thoubund population
H Wo tire willing to give the chief due
H credit for having organized and disH -
H clpllncd the force , but there are many
H things about his management whioh we
H cannot commoud His dotoctlvos liavo
H , boon altogether lee nuxious to pounce
H upon mon for the great crime ot being
H penniless , whllo gambling is carried
H on almost openly under the nose of
H the eluuths Too many auspicious
H uhuruetors huvo been arrcstoil tor no
H ether purpose than to swell the jail 1
H record and to prove that the members
H of the torco were extremely vigilnnt
H The force is now as largo as the tax
H pnyors qau support It has boon trebled
H. . in three years , und Is Bulllcioiit for all
H t- practical purposes for years to como
H J The chief shows no disposition to ocono-
H > mizc On tlio contrary , ho wants a fund
H et aside for his special use , to bo ox-
H | ponded us ho wills , The city cam not ,
H afford to ui > tublisli a precedent that
H , would inevitably lend to daugorous
H abuses
ouws Fononnr ixvestioatiox
The protninenco given to the proceedw
Ingsnt Washington in the coso of the
Ohio ballot box forgery , which constlii
luted one of the most conspicuous opt
sodes < of the Inst campaign in that state ,
is ' not uninorltod in vlowof the fact that
J'
it i implicated mon distinguished in the
public 1 service , whom it is important
shall bo vlndicntod It was not enough
that the forgery was confossodand that
these who mudo public use ot itacknowl-
odr/od thnt they hnd boon decolvod , to
their great mortilicntion It was desirable -
sirablo that the whoto bad business
should bo probed to the bottom , so thnt
no > nftor-quostion could possibly arlso
. regarding it that might affect In the
least 1 degrco the men whoso names nro
conncctod with it Governor Campbell
of Ohio desired nn investigation , and
t
undoubtedly this wns the wish ot nil
named in the forged document , ns it
was also of Mr Hnlstoad and probably
of ox-Govornor Fornkor , who are responsible -
sponsible for coiiimunlcating the forgery
to the public
In a general political way there is
nothing > to bo accomplished by this
investigation t Tlio result , so far
ns congress Is concerned , can bo
nothing t more than a doclnrn-
lion t thnt the fact of forgery has
boon established , whioh will carry with
it the full vindication ot Senator Sher
man , Governor Campbell and Congressmen -
mon 1 McKinley nndButtorworth There
Is ono person , however , Mr Forukor ,
who is likely to suffer politically from
this t investigation It is duo to the ox-
governor f to say that his testimony appears -
.
pears to liavo boon given with entire
candor and without the concealment of
any fact or incident of his connection
with i the lorgory Ho has clearly stated
the t whole process of the imposition ,
making no effort to give a mitigating
aspect to any of the circumstances by
which i the designing and unscrupulous
schemer , Wood , drew him into his con
. fldenco 1 and support IIo acknowledged
having felt a deep sense of mortlfica-
tlon on learning that prominent Ohio
republicans 1 were associated with the
democratic < candidate for governor
in j the alleged ballot box
contract < Yet Mr Foraker * scorns
never to have doubted the genu-
inoucss ; of the docutnctit furnished him
containing ( the names of tlirco republicans -
cans ' men in whoso integrity ho had
every ' reason to liavo confidence , and
whoso reputation ho should havosought
to ' shield Others to whom Mr Fora-
kor fallowed the ullogcd contract ex
pressed the bollef that it was a forgery ,
but this opinion had no weight with
him , and upon the authority of a follow
who was socking a potty office in Cin-
cinnnti he allowed to go to the public a
statement damaging to the character of
men prominent in his own party and
with whom ho had been on terms of
political intimacy
This certainly places Mr Foraker In
u , very unfavorable light It shows in
the first place that in his eagerness to
secure a reelection ho was willing oven
to sacrifice mon prominent in his own
party and state upon evidence the cred
ibility of which other men had ques
tioned , and which ho made no effort to
investigate It suggests , also , both
mullco and treachery Mr Foraker un
doubtedly bolievcd , as ho was told ,
that one or more or the repub
licans named in the forged
document were not friendly to his can
didacy , and the opportunity to destroy
their influouco was ono he could not
forego Thus while greatly mortlilcd ,
as ho says , at the disclosure that Shor-
mun , MoKinley and Buttorworth wore
Identllled with a schorao to despoil the
public treasury , he still permitted the
statement to go out , never having given
ono of thorn a chance to deny any con
nection with the alleged contract
There can bo no justification for the
political ambition that loads a man to
pursue such a course with respect to
political associates
Mr Foraker is out of public lifo , and
it is understood docs not desire to enter
it again IIo made a good record us
governor of Ohio , and ho has un doubted
ability But his great weakness hns
boon tin inordinate ambition , without
guidance and restraint of a stroncr nnd
high house ot political fairuoss and
honesty , and MiIb has undone him It
will bo a long time before ho can re
sume the position of a political lender
in Ohio , should ho ever desire to do so
EXECUTIVE AXD SEX < IT .
It appears highly probable that there
is to bo a roncwal of the old Issue between -
twoon the executive and the senate regarding -
garding appblntmonts , growing out of .
tlio nomination by the president for
collector ot customs at Chicago a man
who was not recommended by the Illi-
nois senators , and who is objectionnblo }
to both ot them , It is not rreccssury to |
go into the details ot the controversy
further than to say that Senators Far
well and Cullom united in rccommond-
ing for the Chicago colluctorship a Mr
Campbell , and that the president , ig- \
norlngtho endorsement of the senators ,
nominated a Mr Clark The latter [
gentleman , it appears , hns not boon es
pecially prominent or active as a poli [
tician , though ho is a consistent ropub-
lican A few years ago iio wns a candi-
date for mayor ot Chicago and was
botitou by Curler Harrison Ilisubility
to perform the duties ot oqlloctor of r
customs is hot in question , but t
the senators do not want him
nnd they propose to dotcat him
if possible Aocordlng to Wnsh-
ington dispatches they are likely
to have tlio very uoarly unanimous
support of tlio sunute
Thus there is promigod a repetition ,
in part , of the memorable Conkllug
light ot nine years ago , though there is |
no danger that in the present cuso the (
Illinois senators will under any clroum-
stances resign But there ta promised 1
a reassortlon ot the senatorial right
then claimed to oontrol certain tip
polntraouts in the state , aud from the
disposition manifested , according lo the
reports , the republican senators intend
to serve notice on the president , that t
tthat rlk'Kt is to bo insisted on and main
tallied As fie situation now looks i
Clark will probably imt , be confirmed i
but a day may change the aspect Any
serious conflict between a republican
prosidoiitand senate , over a inuttor ot I
this character , would bo unfortunate ,
and doubtless the sober second thought
will load both to consider wholhor the
iesuo cannot bo setllod without disturbii
inf ( the harmony that ouirht to subsist
botwocn thorn The collcctorship of
Chicago is not so Important
a position , nor is either Clark
or Campbell so great a person , ns to
warrant a prolonged conflict , or indcod
any issue between the administration
and the senate , As to the senatorial
right in the mutter , it is a question
upon which the diversity of opinion is
ns great today ns when Roscoe Conkr
ling 1 made it nn issue of nntionnl Inter
est Very llkoly It will never bo per
manently settled , and certainly would
not bo by the result of the controversy
ever the Chicago collcctorship , whntf
ever that may bo The constitutional
authority given to the senate to advise
nnd consent to appointments gtvos that
body a power which it is llkoly always
to employ in defense of the claim of
senators belonging to the party in con
trol of the government to dictate a certain -
tain class of appointments in their
states Wo do not know whether Proslc
dent Harrison claimed this right when
a senator , but until the present enso ho
hns I shown n willingness to concede it ,
and perhaps ho is not anxious now to
force I a conflict
AS TO SUMNBH JOIWSOX
Mr Sutnnor Johnson , n very bright
roportcr , now cmployod on the staff of
the Denver JfYpublicaii was brought to
Omaha to testify In the criminal libel
suit which Paul Vandorvoort hnd iustl-
tutod ( against the odllor ot The Bise
Mr j Johnson's tostimouy was frank and
truthfuHn j every respect It exposed
the j wicked and corrupt maohlnn-
tlons , of the horda of mercenaries
who prostitute their manhood in piny-
ing j capper for corporations which main
tulnod j the resorts at the capital in which
members , were debauched with free
drink , and led astray from the path of
rectitude , and honor *
Among ether things Mr Johnson tes
tified ( that under the directions of Paul
Vandorvoort , ono of the chlofs of this
vllo lobby , ho had assailed Rosewater
through | tlio columns of the Jfcptiuffcan ,
and ( at ono time charged him
with running awuy from nn invostl-
gution , although ho know thnt
the i charge was untrue In explanation
of ( his conduct Johnson tcstilicd that as
n ( roportcr ho had no discretion in the
matter ] , because the editor of the lie
publican had instructed him to do Van
dervoort's , bidding
And now ono of our nminblo local con
temporaries is raising its hands in holy
horror , nnd denounces Mr Johnson
as a disgrace to the protes-
slon i and his conduct as a
breach ot the moral cede ot journalism
Another paper goes still further and
proclaims Sumner Johnson a perjurer ,
villain and scoundrel who sold himself
out ( to bostnirch a brace of honorable
; gentlemen !
Now wo would like to know who is
the grontor scoundrel the reporter
who , in obedience to instructions , wrote
the abusive and slanderous artlclos , or
the mon who inspired the libels and
under whose orders they wore pub
1
llshodr
But the people , who compose the
court of public opinion , will naturally
ask whoroln did Mr Johnson commit
any great moral wrong1 In tolling the
whole truth about the oil-rooms , the
debauched members and the rotten
lobby ? Was his conduct in acting the
paitofa detective disreputable or at
variance with the cede that obtains on
every great and enterprising daily ?
Suppose Mr Johnson had hired out us un
nttondant at an insane asylum or any
public institution with a view of ascer
taining whether its management was
conducted honestly or whether cruelties
were practiced upon Inmates Would
It be a broach of the moral cede tor
Mr Johnson to testify about nny
dishonesty , irrogulurlty or brutal
ity that had como under his
observation ? Is it Mr Johnson's
conduct as u reporter that arouses this
intense indignation , or has ho lost caste
in the profession because his disclosures
havd proved damaging to the gang of
conspirators nnd rogues into whoso
company ho was necessarily thrown in
order to nscortain the true inwardness
of the oil room and fumiiiarize himself
with tlio mothpds of the lobby Does
Mr Johnson's offense consist in his ad
mission on the witness stand that
ho drunk with the oil room gang ,
and wont wherever they wont to con
ferences with gamblers , to disorderly
resorts ? Does Ills offense consist of ac
cepting railroad passes from members
ot the judiciary committee over whom a 1
cloud was hanging ? True , Mr Johnson
was employed by the Omaha Jfcpw&tican
for a part of the time , but did ho not '
report what he was directed to report
and write what ho was directed to
write ? Did ho pry into the prl-
vate affairs of his employers , 1
or did he betray -nny of the legitimate
business affairs ot the Republican ? |
Had ho not n perfect right on bis own 1
responsibility to ferret out the corrupt
plots und schemes that were on foot to 1
block legislation by brlbory nnd arink ?
Does not the cede of journalism 1
lmposo upon every honest and L
fearless editor or ropnrtor the i
duty of exposing rascality and
criminal conspiracy in publio places ? 1
What would become of our govern mon t 1
if the press did not constantly keep a
vigilant eye upon law-mukors and pub
Ha officials ?
Instead of being denounced Mr John
son deserves the thanks of every houost
man in the state for unmasking the do- \
haalng influences to whioh our legisla
tures have ooon subjected for years ,
aud which are the prime cause of the i
dofent ot the popular will on all ineas-
uros that concern the vulture ot the ,
people _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CAUfoitNiA is now completely out off [
from the outside world Floods and [
snow storms have blocked every avenue
of commerce , und It is not llkoly that
the blockade will bo raised for several
days Tremendous rains during ; the
pnst two mouths have crippled the sunset -
sot routes , while in the wouutalus the ,
falf of anew has burlud railroads and
telegraphs in a common sopulchro
Such a blockade has not boon export [
cuced for ton years The Northern
Pacilio is burled under the avalanches 1
of the Bitter Root mountains , the Cali -
fornia it OrocBu is lost in the drifts of
Shasta and lj | jtjiyon , and the Short Line
in Idaho ana the Central Pacific in Nol
vnda and California nro covered with
tons of the bouullful The Intost appli
ances for clearing roads prove practi
cally usolcssin the mountains , nnd the
companies are forced to dig their way
out of the dilfta There Is no nbnto- *
ment to the storm , whioh has rnged for
n week , and Ifio prospect is not favor
able for an orirfy oponlng of communl-
cation Thd' ' losses cntaitod already
roach into tlu > hundrcds ol thousands
OUH northern neighbors seem dis
posed j to lot this country understand
that they are not in the way of asking
favors , but on the contrary nro prepared
to pursue their own policy rognrdloss of
whnt our people may think ot It Wo
recently noted that ono of the chief
questions which the Dominion parlia
ment will bo called upon to consider is
that t of increasing the duty on Ameri
can il' our , In order to protect from
disastrous i competition the millers -
ors of Ontario Siuco then
there have been indications
of n very independent spirit re
specting the unsettled llshorlos quos
tion t , and the latest move in parliament
of interest to this country is the pro
} posal of a rotallatory allen labor law
The United States having prohibited
Canadian rosldonts from crossing the
j
line ] to perform labor in this country ,
the ' Canadians very naturally and justly
propose ' that American citizens shall
not ' go into the dominion to perform
labor under contract Obviously wo
would ] have no right to object to such
legislation , and could not ronsonably do
so The effect of the proposed law may
bo to load congress to modify our law ,
which 1 it is conceded by all who have
observed its operation ought to bo done
The record of railroad casualties for
18S9 , involving the mail service , was
the worst in llftoon years There were
ono hundred and ninoty-throo ncci-
dents ! , in which ton postal clot-Its were
killed , ninoty-flvo seriously injured and
forty slightly injured The service is
the most dangerous and trying of any
branch ] of the government , yet no pro
vision is made lor the euro and protoc-
of ' the famiiios of the martyrs of the
rail ' All railroads and corporations
engaged ' in hazardous business provide
for , the care of the injured and the fam
ilies of the men who lese their li ves on
duty ! The govermont should not be
less generous There is no nocoBsity
for a civil pension list The govern
ment can establish an endowment or in
surance ' fund , conducted on ono of the
various plans npw in vogue , and by
moderate assessments on salaries secure -
cure ' a permnnoht revenue to bo dis
bursed nmong the families of the killed
and injured , t t
TriE railroads are vitally interested
in the prosperity ot the state De
pressed trado-will sooner or later make
itself felt in thdijr receipts Nebraska
is an agricultural state The success or
failure of the producers strengthens or
iegpairs industry All departments of
trade and alliavcnues of commerce pri
marily rest on" the prosperity of the
farmer If the corporations ignore
their appeals for rohef from oppresslvo
ratal , and refuse a reduction , the state
authorities should employ every legal
moans to provout the confiscation of
the crops
Squatteiis , speculators and land
hunters are gathering in largo num
bers on the borders of the Sioux reser
vation , ready to jump into the land of
premise as soon as the presidents signal
Is given The crowd does not compare
numerically with the Oklahoma boom
ers , but there Is every indication thnt
the contest for townsltes and choice
farm land will bo fully as llvoly and
passionate The mon who will bravo
the rigors of wiptor unsheltered for a
slice of Dakota prario deserve a war
ranty deed to their claims
Kate Field urges n largo increase
in the salaries of senators and congress
men , nnd pathetically doolaros : Our
publio mon may bo rowardedin heaven
They certainly got llttlo but cuffs in
this world " Even with the induce
ments now offered , the supply of would
bo statesmen execods the demand It is I
significant that none of the his dis
play a desire to exchange their cuffs on
curth for options on the future lifo
The npparont unity in the movement
to deport negroes from the United
States to Africa indicates that spocu-
lators in Congo townsitos are working
the country Laws and resolutions will
not induce ono colored person in Ave
hundred to emigrate
It is worthy of note that the first con .
tribution has boon made to a railroad i
conscience fund There is no instance 1
on record ot a railroad contributing tea i
a similar fund , although millions are
duo the public *
T-TT1
The tomporarylgluolng of a cabinet
in Spain will not , materially ohock the '
spirit of liberty ) Republicanism is i
marching on initllo peninsula
The activity/in / , shotgun politics in l
the south has enabled the lead trust to
derluro asnug' ' vidend on a capital of '
ninety millions , jh
Xliey Olwclrfb iIih First Half
PhttQjIjllpMa Inyttrcr
The new south , booming ; and bo are the
pistols of tlio oldjiqutborners So far tuoy
have taken only ilialf of Zaob Chandlers ad
vice to ' raise ' mdRfifot'-on aud Jess U I. "
w
m
Takes Knur to lute-rest Un
llustun Ololif ,
King Carlo * of Portugal gets no sympathy r
from American * la his present trouble , Xt
takes four kings In a single hand to arouse
gcautuo American enthusiasm ,
! . , .
lienor lllra Murphy
St , Loult Olobt-Dtmoerat.
It is certified that In five weeks recent
labor in Iowa Francis Murphy got 10,000
people to sign the total abstinence pledge
This signifies that Iowa had better repeal
her prohibitory law and hlro Murphy to take
charge of her totnperance interests
Dent Hull the Doui .
Clitcayo Trtliunc ,
Domocratlo authorities are gradually crys-
talliing or it might be preferable , as better
describing democracy , ta say fossilizing .
Into I it scttlod distrust ot the Australian bal
lot • Tito rank and file , therefore , will eoa
the expediency of denouncing it ns un-
American ' ,
The Negro Has Something to Say
St Louts fJlobe-Wtmncruf.
Thcro Is probably not a slnglo colored man
In I the country who wnnls to go to Afrlc.t ,
even ( If bo could hnvo all his expenses paid ,
with ] forty acres nnd a mule thrown in
What . Is the use , then , ot talking about the
deportation of the whole rnco to that quar
ter ( !
STATU AND THItUlTOUY
Nebraska Jottine * .
Nuckolls county has $15,503.54 In Its treas
ury i
ury.A
A litornry sooloty hns boon organized at
MnrslnnJ ]
The Sutton cronmory manufactured303,000 ,
pounds ( of butter last yonr
A now dormitory costing $35,000 is to bo
built 1 nt the Geuoa Iudian school
Ono hundred and seventy llttlo pigs real
bed the snug sum of $2,031 for ( J. II Sonrlo
of ( Kdgar ' *
The next meeting of the southern Ne
braska i medical society Is to bo held in Hebron -
ron ' the last Wednesday in March
Tlio matrimonial fever is rnglngsosovoroly
among , the Humboldt school touchers tbat
thcro i is talk of closing thn schools
Over ono hundred members attended tlio
annual j meeting of the Superior board of
trade nnd now olllcor s were olectcd
J , A. Harris of O'Neill has invcniod n
straddle-row cultivator attachment and will
begin the manufacture of his patent in the
spring
John Peters , llvlntr near Urmlsliaw , hoops
llfty cows and has stnrtcd a creamery of tils
own , using his threshing machine unglno us
the motlvo power
Charles B. Bald win , an old rcshlant of
David City , was found dead in bed Monday
morning , iio had boon suffering from nn
attack of asthma , which eausod his death
The roller mills nt Juniata , which passed
intojtho possession ot Adams county through
the failure of a former county treasurer ,
have been sold by the county to O. 11.
Palmer
The fourtoon-year-old son of James
Combs , living near Hulo , while pUylng with
n revolver , accidentally shot himself in the
toraplo , dying instantly Both of tils parents
were sick in bed nt tlio time
Fred M. Hatch , Scbuvler's Into police
Judge , has been located at ICamloops , British
Columbia , where ho is safe out of harms
way , nnd is gnlntng nn honest llviug as a
clone on the Uanndluu Pnclllo railway
Bill Counnyors aud Joe Mathers , living
near Hartwell , have each boon twice married -
riod , says the Konosnw Tribune The second
end wife of olthor is the dnughter of the
other by bis flrat wlfo Each Is the others '
son-ln-lnw and fat Ii orinlaw. . They each
have children by their second wives Each
is the grandfather and brothor-in-law of the
ethers ' children Their children are rolntcd
in the double degrees Uncles nnd aunts nnd
uophows and nieces , aud their wives are stepmother -
mother aud stop child to each other
Iowa Itisms
Scrauton City authorities are after the
bootleggers
Over ono thousand people are on the sick
list in Cedar Falls ana vicinity
The Burlington board of trade has re
elected P. M. Urupo ns president
A commercial club has been organkod at
Munchcster with seventy members
The work of orccting the big oannery at
Keokuk is to bo begun immediately
A calf at Clarion Is the possessor of two
heads , two mouths and noses , four eyes and
only two ears
Nine o'clocu in the evening is the latest
that bovs under fifteen years of ngo nro al
lowed to bo on the streets of Afton
Five hundred dollars worth of good liquor
bus been destroyed at What Cheer in the
past five wcoks and still the inhabitants are
not suffering for Bomothing to drink
A joint state convention of the Farmers
alliance and delogatcs from the Knights of
Labor will bo held nt Murshnltiown Febru
ary 11 and 12. Tbreo hundred delegates are
expected to attend
Dohornlng does not always make a bull a
safe animal to handle Patrick liurlco a
farmer near Clarion , was butted aud tram
pled on by an animal whoso horns had been
removed and died from his injuries
Dr John Scarff of Burlington , who was
thrown from his horse while returning from
a professional visit , receiving severe injurlos
about the head , died without regaining con
sciousness IIo was eighty-three years of
ago , a natlvo of Ohio nnd bad been arosidont
of Burlington for thirty-two years
Of the prisoners in the Anamosa uonitcn-
tiary Clinton county loads with 28 , Soott
county has 11 ; Linn , 13 ; Marshall , 12 ; Du
buque , 10 ; Uuuhauan , 8 ; Hardin and Wood
bury , 7 each ; Fayette , 5 ; Tama and Wa
pello , 4 each ; Appanoose , Black Hawir , Co-
dnr , Cherokee , Dos Moines , Johnson , Jones ,
Jackson , Kossuth and Storey Seaoht thir
teen comities , 2 each , nnd twonty-llyo with 1
lone man apiece
Iho Two Uakotns
The physiclaps of Plorro have formed a
trust
A fire department has been organized at
Minnesola
There are from six to eight thousand in
surance agents doing business la South Da
kota
kota.Hand
Hand county will sink several artesian
wells next season und experiment with Irri
gation
Crosby G. Davis of Blunt has boon np
pointed superintendent of the Indian school
ut Plorro
Ffed King , living near Sturgls , died last
week from the effect of an accidental gun
shot wound
William McGarvov got drunk and slept
out in the snow all nlelit at Fargo , and will
probably lese his feet
A bill has been Introduced into the North i
Dakota legislature allowing counttcs to issue
bonds for $ .1,000 with which to purchase out
fits for boring artesian wells , , an outfit to i
bo used only in the county to which it be-
lobgs
The Madison , street railway and rapid
transit company , with u capital of S50.000 ,
bos been Incorporated and the worlc of build
ing tbo lines will be commenced early in the
spring Tbo Madison brick and improve
ment company , with a capital stock of 1200-
000 , bos also been Incorporated
A short time ago tbo government fur •
nished winter clothing to the Indians at the i
Lower Urulo and Crow Crook agencies , nnd I
the noble red man , thinking bo bad a \
snap on warm weather nil winter , took
most of the clothing into Chamberlain and
disposed of it for almost nothing Now
there is a kick on the cruelty of Undo Sum i
In bllowing the poor Indian to freeze to i
death
The inconsistencies of tbo froigbt business
could not bo moro clearly demonstrated than i
by the great disparity of rates found by uu
examination of tariff sheets , says tbo Dead
wood Times , It scums too absurd to bo true ,
but It is a fact , povortholcss , that Anheusor
Busch ship boor to Now Yoric , thence across
the Atlantic , over the Modltcrranoaa ,
through tbo Suez canal nnd across the In
dian ocean to Australia , ut less rates than
are charged from St Louis to Wbltewood
Ncbravku and Iowa Pntonta
Wasuinotoh , Jan 21. [ Special Telegram
to Tub Bee ] Patents were issued today as
follows i
Nebraskans-Fredcrlck W. Dennis , Omaha ,
toy ; Henry Emit , Ponca , washing machine
chino ; William II Fuller , Bladen , cultiva
tor ; Adam Wenwl , Dakota City , Neb , corn
planter
Iowuns Edward A. Brandenburg , as
signor of one-half to W. F. Carson , Dcs
Moines , a type-bar for typewriting machine * ;
Gcorgo V , Clink , Keokuk , feed mill or grind
ing machine ; George C. Cheney , Burlington ,
foam aud carbonated beverages ; Anna C.
McQulston , Oikaloosa , skirt protector ;
Christian ( J. Bcuawaner , Wlntersct und J.
F. Keedasoh , Kookuk , buug and spigot com
Mood ; JosseStubbs , Mount Pleasant , burn
log clay for paving ; Arthur M. Hunt and C.
A. Fouler , llollcvuo , thill coupling ; John W ,
Luno , Uuutorvlllo , rein bolder ; Darwin O ,
Llvormore , Losgatas , Calif , usslgnor of ouo-
half to F , Y. Wbltuioru , West Union , sash
fastener
IliKalinrgcit tlio Jury
Mi.NNmi'Oi.is , Minn , Jan , 21. Tbo Jury in
the celebrated Welcb-Ermtn llbol case disagreed -
agreed aud were discharged today
STATE AGRICULTURAL BOARD
Oommonoomoat of tbo Aunual Ses
sion at Lincoln
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
The Lnoatlon or ( lie Fair Tor the Next
Vivo Vcnrs to Uo DooUloil To-
tiny State Board of
TrnuHpnrtntlon
An Important Mcetlni-
Lincoln , Nub , Jan 81. | Spoclnl to Tnn
Bkb.J The annual mooting of the state
board of ngriculturo was cnllod to order In
the atato university chnpol nt 4 o'clock tins
afternoon by the president , the Hon It , II ,
Grcor of Kcnrnoy Besides the onlcors
and managers there was a very lnrgo at
tendance Nearly every county in the state
was represented After the sosslon hnd
boon cnllod to order President Grcor dollv-
orod his annual address
At the conclustou of tlio roadlngof this nil
dross the secretary , the Hon Uobort W.
Furnas , road his annual report as follows :
To the President of the Nebraska Stnto
Board of Agrleulturoi As roqulrod by law ,
I herewith submit the twenty-fourth annual
report ot the secretary of this board :
The total receipts and nssots for the yenr
18S9 were M5 , 'ir > T.0. l There has boon paid
total in premiums $15,523.70 ; ether expendi
tures , $ Jl,03J.lu ; total paid , 3llK > 5.83. Bnl-
unco on bund December ill , 1SSU , $3,701,20.
Expenditures other than for premiums
were :
Expenditures on grounds , 51,810.05. Under
this head are Included lumber , labor , mate
rial of nil kinds , building , bardwaro , ice ,
straw , plumbing , llsh uquarlums , painting ,
ropilr , cleaning grounds , tolophoncs ,
switching cars , water , power , police und
gatcltcopers' pay rolls and the lllto
Salaries , t-S.012.27. This Includes nil flxod
salaries of president , treasurer , bonrd of
mnnagors and secretary , all pay rolls except
police nnd gutokoopers , all suporlntondonts ,
judges , experts , speed starter , special poltoo ,
clerks , committees , per cent paid booth man
nRor , transportation , botanist , outomologist ,
actual oxpunscs or delegates to ether state
and national associations , uuuuul member
ship fbos in natlonul and international
associations and all in the employ of the
board
Printing nnd advertising , 5-1,031.72. This
includes printing premium list , largo nnd
Btnnll hangers , Ilyors , dodgers , letter heads ,
postage prepaid ami printed envelopes and
wrappers for nil ofllcors for tl.o whole year ,
ofUcial badges , tickets , diplomas , writing
diplomas , entry books , blames for all pur
poses , tags , stickers , stntlonery suppllos , pav
und expenses of mon on tbo road ndvcrtlsing
and posting show bills in und out of the
state , railroad und postal guides and di
rectory , printed cards , livestock score curds ,
wrapping paper , twine , shells , etc
Hotel bills , S732.31) ) . This includes all hotel
bills for the yo.ir for the members of tbo
state board at annual nnd semiannual meet
ings , board of mauagers through the year ,
presidents and delegates to the annual moot
ing nnd guests from othei state associations
visiting
Express , freight and tolegrnph . . . . $ 430.03
Fosingo 2,17.75
Iasurunco 70.00
Luvcry 119.75
Moaltickots 49 80
Forngo 42J.83
Attractions 1,200.00
Paid Mrs T. .1. Allan for booKs 100.00
Fines collected for ether traclts 140.03
Errors corrected aud tines romlttod US.OO
The board , in addition to what is strictly
its lcgltlmato work , nays from its funds
annually in cash to the state horticultural
society to aid in paying its premium , $ 1,000 ;
to aid in too botanical worlc of the state ,
5100 ; for entomological work , J50 , nnd the
past year 5112.50 to aid the Btato dairymen's '
association to make its llrst exhibit at the
Amoricnn dairy snowat Chicago tn November
last Tlicso nro matters not provided for by
the state otherwise , as they should do , aud
this board cures for thorn to the best ot its
ability Permit the expressed bollof that
these are nniong its best expenditures ,
Farmers iuetltutes are and long have been
of such vital importance that Nebraska
should , in this respect , bo thoroughly organ
ized There is scarcely Bny ether organiza
tion that can bo tnndo of more practical and
lastiug beuollt to the general farming inter
ests In states wbero greatest good has
resulted this factor in agricultural work has
boon especially fostorcd nnd provided for
by stnto appropriations This board , ns is
well understood , has no means at commander
or at Its disposal with which it can nld to
any considerable extent It has , however ,
thus far provided for the publication ana
diffusing of all valunblo papers und discus
sions , when obtainable It can further load
in pressing the inattorto the attention of the
legislature , to the end that work In this
direction be no longer delayed
As wo have rounded up a five year term of
fairs , brief retrospection is not only admis-
sable but desirable
The first of the live yaars , 1885 , wo com
menced with a balance in hand of 5712 35and
closed with a balance of 59,033 CO , a gain of
50,225.75. With this balance for 1880 wo
closed with $3,97J.01 , a decrease of 5900 49.
For lb$7 , with this balance to commeuoe
with , wo closed with 53,274 , a loss of 5093 01.
For the year 1833. with the balance indicated ,
wo closed with 59.056.03 , a again of 5333.03.
For 18S9 , our balance being as shown , wo
close with $3,701.20 , a loss of 5951.83.
Treasurer Kent was at Ills homo in Mln-
den sick , but his report was presented However -
over , as tbo secretary's report shows the
llnanclal standing ot tbo society , no extracts
from the trcasur's report are given ,
The usual oomiiiittoos wuro appointed
when tbo board adjourned
The programmo for tomorrow Includes re
ports ot suponntendeuts and delegates to
to other associations Election of now mom
bers and officers for 1890. Miscellaneous
business , among which will bo the location
of the stnto fair for u term of Ave years
commencing with 1S90 , and tuo awards of
the corn exhibit
STATE llOAltll OV TltA.N8POKT.mOX ,
Tbo Btato board of transportation mot at
its rooms in the capltol building this morn
ing ; present , Attorney General Lecso und
State Treasurer Hill ; no quorum Auditor
Benton ivas reported alck Secretary Cow
dry und Land Commissioner Steen were at
Norfolk
Secretary Gilklnson had a report on the
Osceola ease in favor of tbo olorator people ,
> which was not filed bocuuso tbero was no
quorum present
Attorney General Loose offered the fol
lowing resolution , which wns seconded by
Treasurer Hill and plucod on record :
Whereas , The rntos of transportation In
tbo state of Nebraska are unjust and un
reasonable , and today are from 59 to 350 per
cent higher ttiaa the rates charged by rall-
roads In lows for [ similar services ; thoroforq j _ _ |
bolt H
Resolved , That the state board nf trans , H
portntlon bo nnd they are licroby Instructed v , _ _ _ |
to fnrraulnto a now schedule of freight r.itet H
on the basis of the Iowa rate > nnd return _ _ |
the sfttria to this board within ton days from _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
this _ B | I
The board then ndjournod until Jnmtiry < flBM H
22 nt 10 o'clock n. m , it Is itiuloistood tint / 7 _ _ _ |
the bonrd will adjourn from day to day until / H
a quorum Is secured to act ou this rosolu / _ _ _
TtiotTiNO noun nucr.PRit , H
The nnnunl mooting of the Nebraska Assn- a H
ciatlon ot Trotting Horse Breeders was held _ _ _ _ |
nt tbo Windsor this evening The follow * _ _ _
log ofllcors were elected t President , Hon , jfl H
D. T. Mount Omaha ; first vlco president j _ H
JinlcoV. . H.
McCrnry , Hastings ; second ! _ _ _ _
ViCO president , J , D. MncPnrlnnd , Lincoln ; _ _ _ _ _ !
third vlco president , Morris J. Jono , David _ _ _ _ |
City ; secretary , Dr D. T. Hill , Syracuse ; _ _ _
treasurer , Ed Pylo , Humboldt H
Uxocutlvo Committee J. I ) . MaeFarlnnd , _ H
Lincoln ; Henry Frov , York ; Charles Mi- _ H
Cornuck Fort Calhoun ; M. L. Huwood , Me- ' _ _ _ _
brnskn City , for three yenr * . r H
To fill unoxplrod tonus J. C. Kcstcrsoti _ _ _ i
Falrbury ; Mutt William * . Filloy _ H
Tlio committees are ut work en reports * _ _ _ _
tonight H
nnvrit or rimum , mcouii ' H
Samuel McCord , nn old gotitlcu- about _ _ _ |
tUty-llvo yenrs old , wont hunting Saturday _ _
afternoon , saying that bo would bo gotia _ _ |
about an hour Sunday night his dog camu _ _ |
homo nnd whined pitooualy A party of , _ H
nbout twenty-five or thirty went out to look _ _ H
for him This nftcruoon bis body was found _ _
on the llordman farm , Just south of West a H
Lincoln , about ono hundred nnd llfty foot _ H
from the house oeoupled by John Stccn , a _ _ H
tonnnt un that farm , Ho was lying face M
downward nnd his run wns about three feet _ H
from him , both barrels loaded Ho had eu - _ Hone
ono glove nnd a dead rabbit bostdo turn No I H
marks of vlolonco nro roportcd It is sup fl
posed that ho hnd a fainting spoil , and , fall H
lng down , froze to death Deceased was the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
fnthor-in-law ot Wnltir Dohnnnn nud lived I
, jsj _ _ h _ _ _
In his huuse on Q street , between Llghth nnd W _ H
Ninth streets An inunost will probnblv be _ _ fl
M
statit novsi : GOSSIP , M
The now State bank of Carleton , Thayer fl _ |
county , Hied artlclos ot incorporation today _ _ H
The incorporators are J. B. Whlploy , H. M , _ H
Lichtv , J. M. Yoarnstiaw , F , P. Brndoy , A. _ _ |
M. Dyer , D. T. Walker , D. M. Suylor _ |
State Auditor Benton is down with In _ H
griupo V ' _
SocrotnryCowdry nnd Land Commissioner _ B
Steen returned today from Norfolk H
Governor Thayer loft today for Parragut , H
la , to dolivorhis lecture on the Inner Lifo _ |
ot General Grant , " for the beuollt of n _ H
church ut thnt place He is expected to return - H
turn Wednesday , H
In ronlv to u letter from W. G King , H
Waco , Nub , State Superintendent L-iuo ro- H
piled today : " 1'horo Is no lnw by which a | H
bonrd can borinw money to pay elf the dis H
trlctdobts The ofllcors are likely to bo H
personally liable if they sign promissory H
notes iu tbo nauiu of the district to get _ H
money to pav a floating debt The county
treasurer una no authority to use nuy of the H
taxes collected for running the school affairs H
The bond tnxos should bo levied as n special H
bond tux by the county board , nud when collected - H
locted the county treasurer should hold it _
exclusively for the payment of the bonds " H
Mr King in bis letter says that he under _
stands thnt the couuty treasurer took 5JO0 or _
5300 of the money collected for school purposes - H
poses and paid oil ouo of the district bonds _ H
William Clcoingcr , treasurer of Drown H
county , settled with the state nudltor yei- _
torday ovonlng und paid into the stnto treasury - H
ury the sum ot S1.919 21. William Gossnrd , H
truaurer of Bed Willow comity , came in to M
Eottlo , but hnd to return to correct some _ l
llguics before a sottlcmuut could bo made ' i _ B
E. C. Davidson of Antelope county litis V / H
written tbo labor bureau that there is great s , J B
interest tnkon in that county in tbo beet < } _ _ # _ |
sugar industry , - , KlII B
The tbreo west rooms formerly occupied - 'r ' ' " " 1 _ H
by thn state library are being fitted up for B
headquarters for the state board of ngricul 9 _ |
ture In a short time hcerotary Purnns will B
bo nt homo to his frlonds in his now olllccs B
The following insurnnco companies hnvo BJ |
tiled statements today : Gorman , Peoria ,
premiums 511,501.05 , losses 53,500.50 ; Granite -
ito State , Now Hampshire , premiums B
(5,200 10. losses 54,011,37 ; Travelon ' Life , ,
Hartford.i premiums 5 1,013.17 , losses 523- V
539.81. S
UNITnil HTITES COUltT -flj
In the United Slates court today tbo fol- fl
lowitig business wns transacted : Wilbor S. .
Peck vs W. II Graves , default of defend
ant , trial to Jury , verdict nnd Judgment for BJ
53,503,32. <
Mary II Lovojoy vr School District No 1 ,
Shormnn county , oofault of dofondnut , trial BJ
by Jury , verdict nud Judgment for defendant BJ
The amount sued for was-51,025 With iutcrost
nt 10 per cent for ton years BJ
The case of David il Figard , John Englo-
haupt , Jumos J. Piitlorson , William S. , BJ
Stone , Thomas Balloy , Fred S , Johnson vs BJ
Samuel D. I. Emmorson ut al Is on trial , BJ
These were depositors ia the defunct banlc _ fl
nt MilforJ BBBBvJ
William N. Color vs School Dlstrlot No T * * _ _ |
SI , Webster couuty , dismissed for want of Bl
prosecution
Ashuclot National Bank vs School Dlstrlot
No 7 , Vnlloy county , submlttod ou brlof to pj
be Hied in olght days on motion for Juag-
mont on verdict BJ
A. L. Patrick vs Erwln S. Davis , Jutlg- BJ
mont for plaintiff for 505,000. BJ
Kollnor vs Harrington et al , , Judgment for BJ
plaintiff for 52,750.
John Scliomp , attorney for Minor m the fl
celebrated Eva Miller case , came into the B
court tody He was interviewed as to Ins fl
Intentions nnd said : Nothing tonight fl
probably not at all ; that depends "
C1TX NKWS ANl > NOTi:3. fl
Tbo following unappropriated balances
were reported by the city treusuror last
night : Lighting 50,310.97 ; sldowalks , B
5390.93 ; water , 5-10,353.16 ; hoatth , $2,011.00 ; fl
sewer , 52 , . ' 12J.01 ; police , 512.407.8S ; special
police , 51,030.71 ; road , 5H.013.11.
In acoordunca with the request of the roil
ostuto oxchnngo the council last night passed
an ordinance culling for an election on Fab- fl
ruary 25 to vote 5100,009 intersection paving fl
bonds _ fc
A portion of the locating commlttoo of the ' ,
Seventh Dav Adventlsts' college arrived In
the city last night The remainder cainq In . -M
todny They were Bliown the city and toj * J
morrow they will bo shown the proposed
situs Thursday they will roturu to Knox ; fl
vlllo , la , where ono of the conimtttco is
slclr , and there the location will bo made
The contest is between Lincoln and Das
Moines
George W , Muddon dlod at his homo In tins
city at 8:30 : this morning of pnoumouiu , re
sulting from la grlppo The deceased was
forty iivo years old aud bad boon an invalid
for some years He had o children , but
leaves a wlfo Ill * remains wilt bo taken to
Omaha tomorrow for Interment '
Tbo mayor has decided to appoint tw
additional councllmcn , for the Seventh
ward , to bold until the aunual oloctlon in
April Ho will mate these appointments
aflor tboy have been selected by a caucus of
citizous , ono to be > from each end ot tbo
ward Ho says that bo has the opinion ot
the city attorney that this is legal
| Special Closing Out Sale ! )
Fine Spectacles , Eye Glasses , Thermometers , and All Other
| Optical Goods at Greatly Reduced Prices
wi ; wiix sn.ii ron one wiikj ; ;
SOLID GOLD SPKCTAC'LIIS , 0:1. : tvorlll 85 ,
riNUST GOLD SI iCTACLis ; , $1 uiiU Sgoltl ; everywlicro
Truui 90 to 8IO.
ISKKT fiTKUL rJt'KU'l'ACI , ! , uitli purest while trjuJal
Iciisvb , 75c , 91 and 91.00 ; tvurtli tloublo
KK8T SCOTCH rJQBIILV SlIXTACLKS only ! t.SO ;
worth 95 ,
All Kyo Gliikiea ut siime reduction Eyes toiled by our
opticluu , nud u iierfvct lit Kiiarantocd In every t-fiiu. All
vlilouul Imiicrrcclloiii corrected Oculists i > rccrlitloni
tilled tit lotvent pomiblo | irlcei
1,000 TIliuniOMi'riUNrroiu' : : .5evucliu | > to the very
lilKl'csl urude V _ -
Only ii few more ilujn to buy JCiVKLKV , DIAlfIO.\D > > * .
WATClllHi und HILV1JKWAKH at your own prlte F
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MAX MEYER & BKO , "
JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS - • COFL 16THAHD FARNAM STS