4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : . THUESDAY JANUARY 23 1800.
THE DAILY BEE
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H ' Tax shirkers will not rocolvo much
H , comfort from City Attorney Pooploton
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Hj ' . 'Jnn luirmony and unity of the coun-
H' ' j cil comhlno grows dolltihtrully discor-
H' ' ilitnt Familiarity with the Dodlin
H | i ganp ln-codB contempt
H A Ix the Illinois sonatoriul spoils fight
H j the Colliding episode will not repeat
H itself There is no ono to play the roll
H of "JIo Too to farwoll's Roscoe
| l Tun boomers of a deep water harbor
H ! ; in Toxus nro dredging the national
H treasury for six millions If congress
H f approves the job the svrplus will soon
M J Etriho deep water
M | . . = =
H Tiik proposition to increnso the city
H ] treasurers bond to a reasonnblo amount
H is right mid proper , but the efforts of
M 1 the Broutchitcs to nauko the amount
| l \ j , oxcosslvo smacks of revcugo
H j , -
Hi Somu fifteen romnnnttj of the late ad-
H ministration havoboen dlscovorod short
HH in their accounts President Harrison
HH promptly udoptod the domocrutic slo-
H gnn and turned the rascals out "
H ' Thk spirit ns well as the letter of the ,
H law require that city oillccs should bo i
HH created only by ordinnnco , Yet there
H nro sinecure salaries without oven the
HH doubtful uuthority of a resolution
H When a railroad pouotrating the
H corn bolt of the west can earn six per
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H cent on its actual and fictitious capital L
H j in eleven months of 1880 the corporate ,
H j plea of poverty refutes itself Down !
H j with the rates
H | It lb useless for Don vor to groan and I
H | lament the commercial greatness of t
H j Uiuahii and Kansas City Location and I
H j the laws of trade are uguiust the Cole
H J rude • sunitarlum " Her jobbinc trudo
HI cannot risu above a uispeusary of ozone i
H nnd cod liver oil
H Bihiiup IlAltn's protest against the
H proposed'prohlbltion law in South Da-
H kota will call down'upon him the omo-
H tlonnl wrath of the zealots Every
man who appeals to reason isdonouncod
H as la league with the rum power , and
Bishop Hares position and calling can
I not shield him from the shafts of the
H Jiolier than thou "
H Ai/i'iiguau the eloctrio wires nro
H oltig down in Now York at a rapid
H r < Uo" , tlioy succcod in roasting a victim
H occasionally Monday last a laborer
H foil ngnlnst an iron hitching post con
H lioctod with n grounded wire , and was
H instantly killed and partly burned It
H is uvldont tlmt the munUillcrs will not
H go undorgrouud alone
H GovKitxou AninriT of Now Jersey
H I joins the phalanx of domocrutic leaders '
H in favor of bajlot reform It is evident
H that the envernor undarstunds the corn i-
el position of the lngislaluro or ho would
H not rccomiuond a measure calculated tp
H ovurthroA'doniQcratlu power in Jersey ,
U A fair , uutrammoled oleetion will >
H place tiu ) niiisn . ulto stuto in the ropubll- '
H can column
M SiNA'ioit Puyk rarely misses an op- '
H portunity to do n kindly sorvlco for tlw
H Union Pacific , His nation In recalling
B the Omaha bridge bill for the purpose ,
H of inserting the third of u milo clause
H recalls to mind his former efforts in the
H house to prevent the reduction of the
H Union Paoiuo bridge tax , whan ton
M . dojlars per car load and fifty cents for
H odch jmbsongor wus charged ,
M Thk politicians of the state of Wush-
H fugton threaten to repeat the history of
H Nobrnska in the matter of contingent
H „ ' congressman , The oxpoi'louco of Pat
H | O'Huwcs and Furmor Majors is noton-
M I * cournging to the budding stutosmon of
m ' the uorthwost A contingent commis
si sjoii to congress is equivalent to a pollt-
H ical death warrant Bobldes , there nro
M no vacant postotllco pie stunOs for the
M vietiuf to fatten on
FAitM MonroAor statistics , t
The opposition of the sonnto census
committco to the proposal to rcquiro
the superintendent of the census to ascertain -
certain farm raortgngo statistics was
because the committco desired to avoid
the danger of putting in such now work
na would delay the census It is qttlto
natural , in view of the oxporlcnco with
the last census , that there should bo
objection . to saddling the ono to bo
taken this year with work that
would delay the result for years ,
until It bocarao of prnctlce
ally little sorvlco except for
the purpose of future compari-
%
sons Wo nro not sure that all of the
facts obtained In the census of 18S0 nro
yet nccossiblo to the public , but at any
. rate a largo part of thorn were not pubn
lishud for years The late S. S. Cox ,
who proparcd the bill under which the
eleventh census will bo taken , and who
had studied this matter very carefully ,
reduced the number of subjects to bo
investigated i nbout ono-half , and this
was very gonornlly approved To bo
valuable census statistics should become -
como avallablo as soon ns possible aflor
they are obtained
It is very generally agreed that
it would bo a good thing to
ascertain what porcontngo of people
own their farms , the number of farms
under mortgage and the amount
thorcof , if this could bo dotio with reasonable -
sonablo accuracy , but there is a great
deal of doubt whether it Is practicable
to obtain this information in trustworthy -
thy shape There ' are numerous dl111f
cultlcs In the way , and they are of such
it i : nature that the most careful enumerators -
tors could hardly fail to raako bluudcrs
Moreover , statistics of mortgage in-
dobtcdnc8s derived from the rec-
orda , as would have to bo done
if the task wore not to bo an endless one ,
would present very far from an accurate -
ate showing of the real condition of the
fnrmors 1 of the country To bo of any
vnluo the statistics would have to bIiow
what is actually owing on mortgages ,
nnd anybody can understand how nearly
impossible it would bo to got this infer
ination l The olTorls of several states to
got t reliable statistics of farm mortgages
linvo | not been satisfactory , and It is
hardly probable that the olfort of the
government ' would bo inoro so The
census * bureau will endeavor to do all
that is practicable in obtaining stntis-
tics of the recorded indebtedness ol the
country , and to rcquiro of it the now
work proposed will mntorlally lncroase
the cost of the census , delay its complc-
tiou , and the result in all probability
would , not be satisfactory
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INJUSTICE 10 ALLISON
It wus not to bo expected that the
New York 'lhncs would bo pleased with
a ' reelection of Senator Allison The
prominence of Mr Allison as a republi
can leader , and the respect and conII-
deuce In which ho is generally hold by
his party , are sulDciont reasons why the
jfimes should regard his retention in
public lifo as a misfortune But that
journal could have afforded to express
its regret without being conspicuously
unfair and unjust In a recent issue the
Times said : Mr Allison ha3 secured
his seat as an enterprising contractor
secures a fat job There was in the
whole transaction , so fur as wo have
beou able to trace it at this distance ,
very little indeed of spontaneous action
on the part of the people , or even of the
party to which Mr Allison belongs , or
which for the time being uppenrs to belong -
long to Mr Allison "
The implied imputation in the first
sentence of this extract deserves very
little attention Everybody who is at
all familiar with the campaign made by
Mr Allison and his friends knows that
it was honorable and straightfor
ward from beginning to end There
were constantly on the ground
vigilant correspondents of papers
not lriondly to Mr - Allison , nnd none of
these ever Intimated that the senator ,
or any ono in his mtorcst , employed
auy methods or influence that would
not bear the closest scrutiny The two '
or throe republicans in tho.logislnturo
who were unfriendly to Senator Allison
and would have proforrcd some ether
republican to succeed him , were led to 1
give him their support because the 1
ovcrwtiolming scntimont of the republi
cans of Iowa wus in favor of his reelection -
election , and because it wus made clear
to thorn that the Interests of the stuto 1
demanded that Mr Allison bo con
tinued in the senate At no time 1
was the fight against him really sorl-
ous , although every effort was made on i
the part of these who desired his defeat
to make it appear so The attempt to
induce others to raako a contest for the
sonatorahip failed because no ono could I
bo found who was willing to jeopardize
his political future by setting himself f
ngainst the well known and almost
unanimous desire of the party
As to spontaneous action on the part
of the people or'of the republican party t
of which the jTihics was able to trace
very little , it is sufllclont to say
that the senatorial question was
ono of the most prominent in the nt-
tontion of the people of Iowa during the
lust campaign , with tbo full under
standing that Mr Allison would sock a
ic-oloctioii. . and it Is by no means im-
probable thut but for this the legisla-
turo of Iowa would bo domocratio in
both branches Mr Allison's share in
.
that campaign fully demonstrated that
ho had lost little of Ills strength and
popularity and the fact that demo
cratic success in Jowa wus not inoro
swooping must bo largely credited to
him The common ussorllon thut
ho has lost the conlldcnco of
the furtnors generally is not
supported by a slnglo fact -A well
planned effort to array the producers
against him lu the lost campaign
signally fulled of olTcct and u moro
recout attempt to place the Farmers1 }
alliance in hostility to hlninaa candi I-
date for the seuato was equally futile
It is not remarkable that in his long
public cai uor Souator Allison has made
enemies among his constituents Ho
lias undoubtouly boon forced to dlsup-
point the political ambition of some i ,
nnd ho has entertained views on public
squestions which did not conform
tto the opinions of others , There
tire political asplruuts in Iowa , dIso ,
who would bo very glad to have Mr ,
Allison out of the way But that ho
still holds the respect nnd confhloneo of
the ) great majority of the republicans of
Iowa ( is not questionable and his rotr
oloctlon to the senate will bo gratifybi
ing to the people of that state gonol
orally
It may bo well to obsorvq that whllo
the Now York 2Tmcs Could refer to
Senator AIHbou as having secured
hissoat ns nn entorprlalng contractor
secures n fat job , it was oxtrcmoly mild
nnd inoITonsivo in roforriug to the oloeti
tion of Mr Brice in Ohio , notoriously
secured , it democratic testimony is to
go for anything , by a lavish use of
money The cxplnuntion is obvious
LAND OFFICE llKOliaANIMATION
The bill introduced in the senate for
n complolo reorganization of the land
ofllco is in pursuance of recommenda
tions made to congress by successive
commissioners of that ofllco for a num -
bor of years Owing to the parsimonl-
ous policy of congress toward this
branch of the public sorvlco , the great
importance i of which seems never to
have 1 been fully appreciated by the
peoples I ropresohtatlvcs , it has uot
for a number of years boon sup
plied with nn adequate force to
keep ( up with the demands upon it The
result Is an accumulation of thousands
of case3 which ought to have boon long
ago dlsposod of , in the interest of both
the government and individuals , and
under oxlstlng conditions not only must
it bo years before all of these cases can
bo dlsposod of , but ndditlons to thorn
arc inevitable It Is the desire of the
present 1 administration of the land of-
flco ' to remedy this state of affairs , and
.uhilo it has materially facilitated the
prosecution I of business , so that
the ' office is crodltod with having per
formed ' moro work during the past few
months than ever before in Its history
in ' alike porlod , it is found impossible
to ' keep up with now business and lessen
the j amount of that which has accumu-
latcd ' , without increasing the force of
the office
The senate bill provtdos for additional
clerks to the number ostiinntod to bo
necessary ' by the commissioner , and also
for ' an increuso of the snlury of the com
missioner \ from thirty-six hun
dred to five thousand dollars a
year 1 It is to bo prcsumod
that the measure will encounter very
little ' opposition , since the necessity for
a ' lurger force is unquostlonablo , while
the ' justice of a moro liberal compensa-
tlon for the commissioner ought to be
obvious ' The duties of the offlco not
only ( rcquiro that the commissioner
shall bo a lawyer of ability , but they
are i arduous , and the present salary is
clearly ' not sufficient for the character
! and exactions of this sorvlco Senator
Teller , who introduced the bill , is
thoroughly familiar with the needs of
the general land offlco , and his meas
ure ' , the details of which are not reported -
ported ' , may bo presumed to provide for
all ' the requirements necessary to place
this ' iniDortant branch of the public
service ' on a satisfactory business basis
PAVING MATERIAL
After eight years experience the
board of public works comes forward as
a sponsor of a ijow paving material , for
no other reason than that it is a low
cents cheaper than stone The board
goes ' out of its way to plcnd for brick
.
pavlntr , as tho'best means of putting an
end to cedar blocks The Bee has at
all times opposed wooden pavoraont
and pointed out the costly folly
of paving streets with matoriul
which had boon discarded in the
older cities The miles of decaying
blocks visible in every direction con
clusively show ttiat cheap material is
dear at any prlco , and property owners
on scores of streets will bo compelled
to uproot the wooden blocks and sub
stitute durable material long before the
tenth tax payment is made
To plunge into brick paving moans a
repetition of the costly mistakes of the |
past There would bo some excuse for
encouraging it if the brick could be I
manufactured at homo , but our clay
will not produce a brick of [
the required hardness The fact
that brick has beou successfully used in 1
country towns does not comtnond it to a 1
growing city llko Omuha The cost is I
nearly as great as stone block yet in >
durability , stone is far superior Brick
costs two dollars and three cents a i
square yard ; stone , two dollars and
twenty-oight cents At boat brick pavement \
mont is n doubtful oxporlment , while
stone is a demonstrated success
Tiik Bie does not commend sand
Btono as the vary best paving material
l'or heavy traffic streets it can i
only common d granite The vast t
difference in durability makes
granite far moro desirable and cheaper
in the end But the rage for reduced I
first cost is suoh that property owners
overlook permanency for a temporary
saving
It is time to 8top experimenting and L
con fin o paving to material of pronounced -
nouncod durability and eloanllncss If
cheapness is ossontlal , it would be bet
tor to narrow the paved roadway and I
use first class material , On residence
streets , where tralllo is light , there is
no necessity for a concrete or even
broken stone base for stone blocks
The 6oil is suoh that matorinl I
laid on a sand base will boar
the strain of travel nnd maintain nn
even surface for years In this way tno
first cost can bo materially reduce d and
a permanent pavement secured
Tins divorslon of grain trailla from
American toCanadian roads has reached
the proportions of a blockndo Dls-
patohos from Ontario report that ton
thousand cars of Nobrosku corn billed
for Boston await transshipment at the
straits Traffic is so great that every
wheel and every man capable of hand
ling a train have boon pressed into ser
vice Commenting on this remarkable
condition , the Chicago Tribune points
out that the Cunudiau reads , notwlth-
standing the increased cost of winter
operation , are able to make money at t
rates from throa to ton cents lower than ,
roads operated oxolusi voly on American
isoil. . The truth is that the American
roods are now mora thoroughly com
blned to maintain oxcesslvo rates than
at tiny period of tholr history The in-
,
terstuto commerce law has prevented
pooU on tbo surlaco , but the fact that
competition is prustlcully wiped out , '
and the additional fact that rates are
rigidly maintained and traffic dlvortod
to foreign ro ds , clearly shows that the
trunk lines rritor ) to sacrlflco the grain
business rathoMhan give the producers
ol the country , roosouivblo rollof The
object ' of thlajcorporatlon combine is to
mnko the lu\jbatons and onerous , parC
tieulnrly the'lojlg ' and short haul clause
With this clause repealed the old era
of dlscrlminr , ' t,36tis , , favoritism and rebates -
bates could , bp rovlvod , while local
trnilio would boar the burden of oxtor-
tionnto ! lolls , ,
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TiiEbltl to , create two additional land
districts ] in NobrnBka has passed the
senate nnd awaits the notion of the
J
house The satno measure wai passed
last congress by the senate butfallod to
secure consideration In the house of
representatives through the persistent
objections of Holinnn of . Indiana Mr
Holmnn protested then that there was
no growth in Nebraska to warrant this
extension of land office facilities in the
western part ot the stnto It is to bo
,
hoped that before ho ngain plncos him
self in the position of nn obstructionist ,
ho will road the statistics of our states
growth J nnd glatico ever a few of the
boom editions of papers published in a
section which ho pronounces n doscrt
There ought to bo no delay in
acting upon the Paddock land ofllco
bill i The two now districts will supply
an immense area of country unsettled
until within the past three years , but
which since the extonslon of the rail
road midway botwocn the Union Pacific
and the Uluhorn Valley has boon rap
Idly j peopling with an excellent class of
Bottlers It is In the highest degree
unfulr t to compel poor homesteaders to
travel ( a hundred miles or moro to mnko
nn entry or tocomploto a proof , when
proper action by the government would
afford thorn proper facilities at half the
present cost of travel The inadequate
land [ offlco facilities in the section cov-
crea ( by the bill has greatly retarded
soltlomont For this reason Nebraska's
representatives , in Congress ewe it to
the < state to use every effort to secure
the passage of the bill
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Majou Poavkli , , chief of the government -
mont survey , recommends an nppropri-
ation , of six hundred and sovcnty-tlvo
thousand ( dollars for continuing surveys
in the west Ho suggests that the
money ] vbo expended equally among the
thirteen , western states nnd territories ,
and twenty-iivo thousand in Nebraska
This i . is ono of the most important
measures for , , the west and should bo
.
pushed to pas&go with all possible
speed ( The development of the country
nnd the influx of settlers demand that
the | work of "b'urvoying and mapping
the , publio domain be promptly and
thoroughly done
The mon who were chiefly responsible -
iblo j for the defeat of the market house
proposition , no . Av potitlon the council
for three mhrjc ' ot pluces Ono good
mnrkot is worth a dozen poor ones , but 1
as , long n3 the ' { f eon grocers and com
[ mission mon pan maintain their grip
on the * poor mnn's pocketbook and in-
' Muco hlifytp votjp ngfiinstjils own Jntor-
est , thbro is no prospect of bringing
the producer nnd consumer together
nnd dispensing with the middleman
A Winnini ; Los or
Phttadelphta Prus ,
It is all right to pity tbo man who has met
misfortunes ' , but just now the fellow , who has i
lost his Brio is to bo onvieil His loss Is i
a ' distinct Rain
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The PrOBfdont's I'ooullnr Way .
rhiladelpjita Ledger
President Harrison speeds much of bis 1
leisure : lu playing billiards , but there are
some i senators in particular that he dccllnos
to take a cue from ,
An Enfiotivo Btokor
1'Mladdphla. Irvjutrcr
A * 300,000.O00 navy will bo a powerful
arfrument to back up Senator Sherman's resolution -
elution inviting foreign powers to settle all I
disputes with us by arbitration
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The Knoll of Monarchy
Chicago tnUr-Ocean.
The universal clock is striking the hour ot
monnrchlal dissolution Few generations
will bo needed to shako even the czar from
bis tbrono , and ho Is the most soourely fixed
of tbo European sovereigns , and is the last ;
representative ot absolute one-man power
No lnflunnznoii the Sermons
Buffalo Exprcrs
Dr T. Do Witt Talumgo has canceled all I
bis preaching engagements in London and I
provlncos on account of the Influenza The ,
grip isn't strong enough in this country , how
ever , to slop the regular publication of the
doctors ' sermons on sohedulo time
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THE APTPRNOON TEA
Some mon are llko the silver moon
When tholr first quarters gained they soon i
Proceed their thirst to liquidate ,
And got Into the fullest state
And yetthoy differ from that orb ,
For they continue to absorb
Arid keep their state of fullness on
Till after their last quarters gone
Tears are mora eloquent than words ; ;
that's why a woman keeps hers oo tap
A woman's happmess is In danger when
alio begins to compare her husband with
other men , * "
Strange , isn't It , that a stately woman's
carriage shows UTtlra best advantage when
she walks ! t • <
Tbo girl with a'1npw ' solitaire diamond on- .
gatrotnent ring dbesu't care a continental if
her bands do got-C6ld.
Variety Is thfousolca of life " Aye ,
truly ; but I Unowa variety girl who got a
follow into a ploUo ; ) ! / i >
fho girl who g ' efs the most invitations to
go riding whllo the snow is on the ground |
may safely bo caljeo ) a sleigh belle
The fraternity oirdisappolntod levers has
been formed in Maryland and is establishing
branches in Delaware , Tbo members are
misogynists wliojhaye been crossed In love
They bind themselves to avoid fomaleBOciety
You know whatu fashion Miss Olmwl-
odea has of quoting prdverus at all timesf , ' '
Ves " Well , ilust night as I remarked
midnight tht 1 must go , she looked at tbo
clock and murmured , Better late than
never ' "
Ilurband How much did that hat costl
Wife Five dollars Isn't that elioapl Hus
band I dent know Five dollars Is a good ,
deal of money An hour later Husband
Uow do you like that clear ! Five dollar * | J
box Wife That's a good cigar , out I'm
afraid you're getting extravagant Husband
Nonsense I Five dollars Isn't muoh money , .
Iiss Chestnut Have you and Clarence '
set the dayl Miss Walnut Mr Callowhill 1
and I arestrangors Miss C Why ! Miss
\ \ * . Wo ware on a train Wo wont through
a tunnel Of course I was frightened , and i
clung to Mr Callowhill's ' arm and Miss
C Clarence didn't presume ! Mits W.
No , Clarence did not presurno Miss C
The mean thing I dent blame you , dear ,
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Corn Golni ; by ilia "Soo1' Home
Chicago Tribune : Great quantities of No-
braska cornar o being shipped north to the
See and thence east through Canada to
New England The volume ot such tralllo
exceeds : the capacity of the Canadian roads
and ' n recent glut of freight Is thus desenbod
in a dispatch from Ottawa , Ont t
"lha passenger trains from the north have
boon unusually late for some time past The
cause ; bos not ben the snow storm , but an
accumulation of freight at the See " As
much as 10,000 car loads of corn from Ne
braska have boon lying at that place waiting
to ' bo tranB-sblopod to Boston nml other cast *
orn points Every man who can run an en-
glno has boon given a freight train , and even
pasi9cnger train conductors , after finishing
tholr regular trips , have been pressed Into
running { local freight trains before their next
trip comes around The right of way has
been for about a fortnight given to the
freight trains , and It is said that passsngor
trains are often delayed for a considerable
time till tbo next freight trnin passes "
Lower rates of course explain why tralllo
passes 1 from Nebraska east by way ol the
See route through Canada Instead of
ever tbo American trunk lines Two-thirds
of the 1,800-mllo haul via the See is in
American territory nnd the total distance Is
considerably greater than over the routes
wholly Insldo the United States The Cana
dian roads have greater dlfllculty keeping
their J tracks clear of snow nnd run through a
country destitute of coal Yet they mnko
lower ] rntos than the Amorlcan roads , which
run through coal fields from the Missouri to
the j Alloghotilcs , nnd have no such trouble
nnd expense ns tholr northern competitors in
keeping i their lines open In winter For two
thirds ' of the distancovin Canada from Nos
braska ' to the See nnd from Montreal to
Boston the trafllo Is subject to the short
haul i rule and nil the restrictions of the
Interstate I nut Nevertheless , the rate via
Canada j is from 3 to 10 cents per 100 pounds
lower on particular classes of traftlc thnn
over the American routes , ltathor than
lower 1 tholr short haul rates to keep within a
reduced j long haul charge the American roads
surrender certain ltinos of business cntlroly
to i Canadian lines The latter are allowed a
differential nnd practical monopoly of low
class J freight for which fast shipment is not
rcqulrod The American lines decline to com
pcto i against the Canadian routes for long
haul J trnnic In nroduce in ordorthat they may
keep up high rates on short haul business
und , freight requiring rapid transit If it
were \ not for the partial competition opor-
ntlvo i on the Canadian routes all kinds of
trafllo from the west to the seaboard would
have \ to stand the high rates of the American
pooled 1 lines Another reason for the heavy
shipments ever the Canadian lines lies iu a
remarkably increased demnud for American
corn , in Canadian mantels
AVnntod to Kmplny Pntti
Chicago Herald : PattI might and then
again she might not feel lluttored at a little
Incident j that happened just after the ' close
of ( her engagement at the Auditorium It
will bo romomborcd that while hero the diva
was given a reception at the Chicago Con
servatory ' of Music , and the press comments
upon ' the event were voluminous It is cvl-
dent J thnt they reached Moline , III Prof
Samuel Kayzor had positive proof of it only
a j tow days ago The professor was called
upon , by a nice looking , middle-aged gentle
man , and lady and a pretty young girl They
j proved lo bo lather , mother and daughter
The mollior acted us speaker She asked if
Pattl could bo seen ; was she at the conservatory -
vatory at that minute ! When the professor
uttered j "no , " the lady nskod what ber
j hourswore | The question threw lieht on
tbo matter The professor concluded
the i visitors were under the impression
thnt ' Patti taught singing at the conserva
tory \ , and his surmise was correct When ho
explained the error , father , mother and
daughter exprosscd much disappointment
The ' mother volunteered the information
that her daughter bad taken slngine Icsbohs
from a teacher at homo and had also boon
sent i to Itock Island , where it had cost a good
deal ' , but they had seen in tbo papers that
Patti had been so praised for her singing
Homo , Sweet Homo , " at tbo conservatory
that they thought they had bettor bring
their daughter to Chicago "Wo have como
on purpose for that and nothing else , " said
mamma ; "wo suppose it might cost a little
extra to got Patti , but wo didn't mind that ;
wo want to give our daughter the best
teaching there is and wo are so sorry that
Pattl has loft JOU/ " And the trio wont
awuy , still believing that Patti was a sing
ing teacher
Air Hyde's Appointment
Chicago TiBmnc
Mr John Hyde of Omaha , lately of this
city , has Just received his appointment from
the superintendent of the census , to talta
charge of the important department of
coroats , sugar , cotton , tobacco and ether >
special crops Mr Hyde is a young man
admirably qualified for tbo work ho has in
hand Ho graduated from the map and sta
tistical department of Hand , McNally & Co ,
some few years since and wont to Nebraska ,
making his headquarters at Omaha , where ,
as a railroad statistican and expert , ho has
made a national reputation His success in
this line is best attested by the fact that the
officials of thirty-one railroads asked for his
appointment If all tbo appointments made
by Superintendent Porter are as good as this
ono there will bo no room for faultfinding
with tbo charaotor of the next census
Another excellent appointment is Just an
nounced that of Mr Mortimer Whitehead
of New Jersey , lecturer to the National
grange , who has the department of live
stock and its products , wool and horticulture
AN INSURANCE SBNSAllON
Grnvo Charges Against the Western
Mnnncer of the Phoenix
CniCAoo , Jan 23. | SpecIal Telegram to
Tub Bee.1 The Times this morning prints
two columns of sonsutlonal charges against
T. K. Burch of Chicago , western manager
for the Phoenix Are insurance company of
Brooklyn , tbo discovery ot whose irregular
itles , it says , was tbo causa ot Austin Cor-
bin , H. W. Maxwell and W. . H. Kendall re
signing from the directorate of the company
Tbo article says it is openly charged by
these familiar with tbo management of the
Chicago ofllco that for years Huron has used
the funds of tbo company as bo saw lit ; that
ho has had repeated alsgracoful affairs with
women , some of whom ' were employed by
him in the onioo ; that ono ot his escapades is
now in the courts at Kansas City ; that the
farm department ot thocompnny has been so
loosely and roculesaly managed that a lass of
nearly half a million dollars has ensued ,
while ether companies have grown rich out
of this branch of the business ; that tbo books
of the company have not given a correct
statement of its financial condition because
the cashier has been compelled to curry mem
orandum to represent tbo cash which iiurch
had taken , and finally that fraud has been
rosortcd to to cover up many gross irregular
ities The Times says that when the expos
uiolsmudo complete it will oo one ot tbo
greatest sensations tbo Insurance world has
ever known
AIUD LAND IRRIGATION
_ _ _ _ _
Major l'owull Submits a Bill to the
Senate Conunittoe ,
Washington , Jan , 23. The seuato select
commltteo on irrigation and the reclamation
of arid lands held an extended session last
evening to bear Major Powell , director of
the United States geological survey The
major made a long statement to the committee -
too on the subject and then read a lengthy
bill.drafted by himwhich provides fora typo
graph lo and bydrogrnphio survey of the arid
region for the segregation of tbo sumo into
irrigable , pastoral and timber lands , the two
latter to remain the property of the United
Stutes for the use of the people of the irri ,
gutlon districts Tbo bill provides for fed
eral control over interstate waters and tbo
formation of water districts under tbo con *
trot of tbo Btutc * and territories
• - '
La Grippe and Snlolde
San Aktosio , Tex , . Jon 1W. Thomas
Ualnoy , one of the best known ranchmen in1
Texas , died j esterduy from lu grippe Immediately -
mediately after his aged father went into an
adjoiutng room and blow bis brains out ,
Father und son will bo burled together
Trouble , Drink and Kuloldc ,
Mount Sthiiu.no , Ky , Jan , 22. William
T. Duy , ex-deputy Uultcd States marshal ,
committed suicide by taking morphine ,
Family iroublo and heavy drinking are mon
tioned as the causa
LINCOLN GETS THE FAIR ,
Fifty-Six Votosi Out of a Total of
ElBlity-Nlno.
THE OSCEOLA ELEVATOR CASE ,
GllkUon nnd Ullohrlet Uiiroscrvoilly
Favor the Farmers--GarborAi-roes
On the Main l'olnt The Hoard
of • Agriculture
' Lincoln A\ln .
Lincoln , Neb , Jan 8J [ Spoclal to TnR
Br.r..l On the second ballot of the board fern
n relocation ot the state fair for the next fivu
years 1 Lincoln had 53 votes , Omaha 10 , Hast ,
lngs 15 , Grand Island 0 , Columbus 2. This
,
leaves ' the Mate fair tn Lincoln for the term
voted upon
state noMtii or AOItlCfUTttSt : .
At the mornings session of the state board
of agriculture n number of now members
were ' ndmltlod ,
In the case of the contested delegations
from Chnto nnd Saline counties , the report
ot the committco on credentials was adopted ,
which * ndtntttod Meeker ot Chase and Bar
stow of Saline
The following ofllcers were ro-clactcd :
President , K. H. Grcor , Kearney ; first vice
president ' , J. B. McDowell , Falrbury ; second
vice president , E. N , Qrenncll , Fort Calhoun ;
tieasiircr 1 , L. A. Kent , Mindcn ; secretary ,
Uobert W , Furnns , llrownvillo
The members of the board of mannirors
who hold ever nro : It W , Furnas , llrown
villo ; E. N. Gronnoll Fort Calhoun ; J. Jen-
sun , Uonova ; E. A. Barnes , Grand Islnnd ;
J. IS Dlnsmorc , Sutton ; M , Dunham ,
Omaha ; U. II Honr.v , Columbus ; J , S ,
Hughes ] , Hayes Center ; W. W. liarstow ,
Crete ( ; It W. Ulako , Long Pine ; A , Hum
phrey , Lincoln ; Frank II Young , Custer ;
Charles J K. Lutvson , Hastings ; J. C. War
ner , , Hcd Cloud
The following members , whoso terms ex-
pored January 1 , were ro-oloctRd : L. A.
Kent ] , Mlndon ; J. D. McFarlnnd , Lincoln ;
Ed j Mclntyro , Seward ; J. B. McDowell
FairburyS j ; M. Barker , Silver Crook ; J. M.
Leo j , Oxford ; S. II Webster , Ord ; H. H.
Grocr ( , Keurnoy ; M. L. Hayward , Nebraska
City < ; W. It Bo wen , Omaha
Instead oi Ulewatt of Fremont , Lenrh of
Oukdalo i , Kobertson of Madison , Plasockl of
St ! Paul and Windham of Flattstnouth , the
following were elected : W. L. Mnyof Dodge
county , M. Doollttlo of Holt , W. H. Holmes
of Autelopo H. G.McCcncn of Thomas nnd
E. L. Vunco of Pawnee
OSCEOLA fcMIVATOIt CtSE
The report of the secretaries of the state
board of transportation m the Osceola clova-
tor ' case favors the farmers Itis in sub
stance ' as follous :
1. That the respondent has the only line of
railroad , running through said station of Os
ceola i , and that all of Its side tracks mo
within ' the limits of its right of wav and
aupot ' grounds
' . That there are only two elevators nt
said : station having the combined capacity of
30,000 bushoU , and that said elevators are in
sufficient j to handled the gram at said sta
tion ; that the owners nnd operators thorcof
have ' combmnd to fix the prices paid for
grain I shipped ut Bald station und arc practi
cally ' operated by ono controlling head
3. That it is necessary for the convenience
and ' protection of the public , patrons uud
shippers ! of grain at said station over the line
of ' the respondents'road , that another elevator -
vator bo erected and operated forthopurposo
of ' shipping grain at said station
4. That the respondent bos permitted two
olovutors ' to bo erected upon its grounds ut
said : station adjacent to and in connection
with its side tracks , by two shippers of
grain i •
5. That an elevator is necessary for the
shipment ' of grain by railroad at Buid stetion ,
and ' that by reason of the side tracks being
placed within the right of way and depot
grounds ' of the respondent , tbo complainant
cannot ' shin gniin.un the defendants ] iL0 0f
road without building its own elevators on
tbo grounds of the respondent
0. That there is room upon the grounds of
the respondent at said station for another
elevator without interfering with the opera
tion of the railroad , and that the building of
the elevator by the complainants upon said
ground ! will not materially affect the respondent
spondont in the use ot its grounds or be an
unreasonable burdoa to the respondent
7. That the granting of the right and priv
ilege by the respondent to two shippers of
grain to build elevators on the grounds of
said ' respondent nt said station for tbo ship
ment only of such grain ns is purchased by
said shippers ever and upon tbo respondents
line of road , ana the refusal to grant the
sumo right and prlvllego to the complainants
for the purpose of shipping grain is an un
just and unreasonable discrimination in
favor of the shippers ut said statiou and
ngainst tbo complainants , and is giving
ether \ shippers of grain a preterenco and advantage -
vantage ever the complainants , and subject
ing the complainants to a disadvantage and
prejudice , and is thorcforo unlawful
This board was cspoelally created by the
lawmaking power of the state to guard this
industry from corporate power and dis
crimination ' of nil kinds , and this case clearly
falls within the power of the board , and the
rollof prayed for in the complaint should bo
granted
The report Is signed by Sccrcterics Gil-
korson and Gilchrist Secretary Garbur
agrcos in the muin , but dissents from some
of the urgutnonts , though ho has filed no dis
senting opinion
TUB NEIIltASKA TltOTTEIlS
The following programme for the next
, mooting ot the Nebraska Association of
Trotting Horse Breeders was adopted at u
lata hour last night The mcotlng Is expected -
poctod to take place in August The ou
tran uo fco to each race to bo3 , to which ,
the ussociation adds $100.
Stake No 1 Free for all foals of 1880.
Stake No 2 Nebraska foals of 18S0.
Stake No 3 Free for all foals of 1S37.
Stake No 4 Nebraska foals of 1837.
Stake No 5-Froo for all foals of 1887.
Stake No 0 Free for all fouls of 1880.
Stake No 7 2:40 stallion stake
Stake No 8 Freo-for-all two-year-old
pacing race
Stake No 9 Free-for-all stallions
Stake No 10 Futurity slakes for foals of
ISS9.
ISS9.Stake
Stake No 11) Futurity stakes for foals ot
1890 to bo trotted for 1892.
Stake No 12 Free-for-all flve-yoar-old
Btalllous ,
Committees were appointed to rccolvo bids
for tbo location of the next ( rotting meeting
and to adopt n plan of action for securing u
permanent location for mootlngs of the asso
ciation ,
110AI1O OF TUANSrOltTATION
The stuto board of transportation mot this
morning in pursuancoof .yesterday'sadjourn
ment There were present Secretary
Cowdry , lrcasurer Hill and Attorney Gen
eral Leone , Auditor Benton was sick and
Land Commissioner Stocn was in Wnhoo
nttonding a funeral There were also pres
ent Secretaries Gilchrist , Gilkerson und
Career nnd Chief Clerk Holmes
The following resolution offered yesterday
was adopted :
Whoreus , The rates ot transportation In
the state of Nebraska are unjust und
unreasonable , und today are from CO to 350
per cent higher than the rutos churged by
railroads in Iowa for simllur services ; there
foio be It
Hcsolvod , That the state board of trans
portation be und they aru hereby Instructed
to formulate a now schedule of freight rates
on the bams of tbo Iowa rates and return
the same to this board within ton days from
this date
STATE HOUSE OOSSir
Tbo State bunk of Gothenburg died arti
cles of Incorporation today Capital stock ,
(50,000. Incorporators : A. V. Carlson und
If L. Carlsou ,
Hon , W , H , Munger of Fremont was at
the Capitol today ,
Tbo following county treasurers made set
tlements with the auditor today and paid
Into the state treasury the amounts stated :
William C. Fonton , Frontier county ,
1,054.87 ; F. M. Mcuunger Madison county ,
W.833.00 : E. C. Hockooberger , Hull county ,
10.450 81.
The Mechanics Flro Insurance company of
Philadelphia , filed its aunual statement with
the Insurance auditor today , Premiums ,
< 2,127.59 ; losses , ld55.59.
A mooting of the board of publio lands
and buildings was held this afternoon to
consider inuttore connected with the hospital
for the incurabia insane at Hastings
The Qinaha Loau and Trust Company SavI I I
lngs bank filed articles of Incorporation to
day Capital stock , $500,000 , 10 percent
paid In Incorporators : A. u. Wymnn , E ,
W. Nash , 3. J , Hrown , T II MlllarJ , W. 1 ! . k
Mlllnrd , William Wnllaco , Mat Meyer , HF < - -
Wymnn , Wllltnm F. Wymnn It b. Hall , O. 1
B. Yost , MorlU Meyer , N. W. Wells i
-4r4 knockrh out or tiir not
_ _ _ .
Mr W , H , Davli secretary of the Clinso .HHHl
county agricultural and horticultural fair nv /
sociatlon , whoio organization mndo n roy |
in ark ably fine exhibit nt the Into stnto fair
is In the city Mr , Davis , it will bo romonvf
bored , was admitted to the membership of
the Atnto board ot agriculture nt the Soptom !
bcr meeting For some reason , however ,
supposed to bo "rallroadlsh , " ho was ru
moved today nnd Charles W , Mookus , it
member of the last Icglslatlvo asaombl v , sub
stuuioj ns n inombor in his stead Bo tl.nl
ns it may , Mr Davis represent1) the people l
of that county and Mr Mcekcs a side issue '
TO CANONIZE lOANOFAItC
Cnrdlnnls to Tnko Up 1 bo French
Heroine * OnBC
LCopvrtoftt tSSO bu Mmts Nimlmi llliintl ] t \
Home , Jan Si | Now York Herald Cnblo i
Special to Tut : Uee.J The cause for _ _ .
canonization of Joan of Arc will , as soon ns
the documents relating to her lifo nro ready ,
bo discussed by tiio curdiuats of the sacred
congregation , nnd the rltos of canonization
proper will bo performed , when the cole '
brntod French heroine will have then become
como a saint This will not bo for many '
years , as she must pass through two gtr.4os j
beforehand She must first bo made a von i
crable , then become n vonornblo servant of I
God , nnd after thnt must bo bcatided I
Every mlnuto pmtlcular relating to her lifo 1
is bomg looked Into with the greatest enro by |
Monsigtior Caprara , a lent nod advocate )
employed by the Vatican in nil I
matters concerning boatiflcatlons
mid canonisations I
paid the _
_ _ _ _ _ _
reverend gcnllomnn u visit und wus received * H H |
by him with great courtesy TrI _
"I am called by my colleagues , " ho said ,
"by a narao which will perhaps surpnso you
I am known ns the L'Avrocato ' del Dlnvolo ,
because It Is my business to find out all the
sins committed nnd nil the worst points iu
the life of n person to bo bentillod nnd canon
ized Now in the case of Joan of Arc , this \
is rather difficult , ns there is not much in w
history to tell us personally of her private
lifo However , wo are making dcop researches
searches and shall bo ublo undoubtedly to
dlscovor her weak points When nil the doc
uments nro ready the case will be dlscussod
before the congregation of cardinals by the
advocate who pleads bor cause Slgnor Ma-
rinl and by mo , who opposes because
cause of these bad points which
have been found If , bowovor , the cardmuls
jtidgo in favor of her cause , it is then pleaded
before the pope by the consistorlul advocate ,
Slgnor Maruccti The pope having given
his consent , then Joan will bo made u vonor
nblo I think , however , thnt that will not
tnko plnco much before the end of the year
Now , before she is beatified , it is
necessary that in the course of her life
she should linvo acomplislied four lnlr-
aclos It must not bo supposed by
that that she should • linvo restored
nny ono to lifo or done anything in
any way supernatural , but some particular i
episoilo must bo shown llko being wonder
fully cured or miraculously , for instance , *
saved from accident because it hnpponcd In
her presence This may sound some
what ridiculous , but I can toll
you that this ltind of inlraclos
which I moan huvo happened in our century . s ) \
If in her case they exist , they must then bo 1 / '
most carefully und minutely examined < V T *
That takes time and must also bo legally Uj- | &
confirmed , nnd as far as I can Judge she will VHj
not bo made blessed for nnotuor eight or nfno " " Lw"
years hence
Once blcssod , the necessary two ether
miracles should happen to persons who , im- ' • '
plorine ; her intercession , get what they want
granted Then sbo will bo canonized and '
become St Joan ot Are "
It is evident fioin this thnt it will bo mauv i
years before she will bo canonized nnd it '
inny bo an indollnito time So the reverend . i
gentleman romurkod : l"i
"l'horo are many who were made blcssod l
years ago thut wo have not even thought of
canonizing yet
Tbo reports current thnt the pope is indis
posed huvo no foundation Ho is perfectly i
well nnd attends as usual to his many duties I
beginning ut 5 o'clock and continuing until J
10 ut night His only trouble ut present is
sleeplessness When that comas on ho sits
up durine the night ivriting poetry I urn
told that some of his pooins'uro magnificent
Mineral water depot , iiud door west
PO
SIGK HEADACHES m
rT s I Positively cured byl '
PADITDQ thcs0 I'ful ° piIeuI
wMI\I LltO TUey als0 relic Dls-I
mmm . _ _ _ , _ tress fro-a Dyspepsia , In-1
HHITTlE digestion and Too Iie.irtjK
MM \iF15 Eating A. perfect rem-H
mm I VEIj cdy for Dizziness , NauseaQ
1 PILLS drowsiness Bad Tast H
Irj | _ a In the Wouth , CoatcdN
HHHHH Tongue , Pnln In the Sldoj3 ,
1 = = = = = 55 iTonriD liver ThoyH
rcgulato the BowUs Purely Vegetable y
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ONE NIGHT ONLY
Thursday , January g. id
flrond Production of IJAHTLKVOAMPHKLf/3 A
Greatest Success , - - HIP
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Trilling Tnblenut and
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Itegular prices Bests on sale Wednesday
m&flW Jan , 24 § 25 ffflg
pSs Famous Opera Co |
Under the personal inunagomcutof 11 UltAU ,
lu the tallowing repertoire
rnwAY maiiTana ratvkdayma tjxkp
1 BRIGANDS | .
hai uiiDA r NKiur ; H
IAMOBITAI
both these operas are New V'ork Casino , latest
sucn.iea nnd both are new to Omaha ,
llegulurlrlcei Bale of seats opens Thursday ,
BQ' P , r3j _ _ _ L.
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Wednesday Jan SW SAMSON "
Tuesday , Jiiu tui s.
Air AlexauderBafvlniln * . ,
"A Oil 11.II Ol' NAIIKS " \ > t
Kale of seats opens Saturday morning , Jan sP
25 , atOochxle , . _ _
A GOODRICH Att'r nt-r.aw , VSi Da r
XX * bora lit , Chicago ; advice free ; at years ex
psrleuce ; business uuletly abd UM\r \ traus
acted