_ _ T 4 XJULJGi KJ1\X. & IUJLA * JLJUA JOJiiJUJJ | X J Oi/OX/Xl. / Xv JL'XUi > AlOXXXIJL XXUUO < S H E. ROSBWATBIl , Editor H PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING | TtiUMB OP srnscmwioN _ _ H Pally anil Sunday , Ono Year . 110 00 _ _ ! < lx months , . . 6 01 _ ThreoMonth * ! 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VnbllshlnK Company , does bolemnly swearthat _ _ the actual circulation of TitR Daii.v HEKfortlio _ H week ending February 1,1830 , was as follows : _ _ Hnnday , Jon ftl I. T0 _ _ Monday , jan 7 H'.yj _ _ Tuesday Jan B8 1 . ' } S _ _ Wednesday Jan SO 19.111 _ _ TliursOay.Jan.SU 10.111 _ _ rTlrtay Jan 31 HUM M Batur.ltiy.Fob.l lPg > T H Average , . . . , ln.nt'l _ _ URoiioi : li Tx.scnncic _ Sworn to before tno and subscribed to In my _ _ prcioneo this 1st day of February , A. D. isoa M Lb-oiii. ] n. r. ir.iu H Notary l'ubllc H state of Nebraska , l H County ot Douiilas f33' H Oeoi'K'3 11. Tzschuck bcluc duly sworn , doA H poses and aya that hols secretary ot Tiik Hkk B l'liDllslilnft Company , that the actual average H dally circulation of Tin : Dtir.v Hek for the H mintli of January , IBS" ' , was 1X/j74 copies ; for H i'obruary , liM'J , l'.VJ' ' copies ; for Jlurcli , imJ H 18HTil copies ; for April 1&M > , IS/.VI eonlos : for H May , 1K-1) ) . lsc99 copies : for June , 1W' ' . 1X.KV ) H copies : for July 1 S1 , lP.TlW copies ; forAuirust , H lSfli lf.ail copies : for September , 1K3U. 1H.710 H copies ; for October , 1KS1 , law copies : for No- H member , IBM ) , 19,310 Copies ; for December , 18S , H 0,0(8 copies ( iKOHlIt 11 T/SCMUCK. H Sworn to before me nnil subscribed iu my H presence this 4th day ot Januarv , A. D. . ixoo H . LSonl.l N. I * . Fi.ir , , Notary Public . H Thousands for nocos nrios , not ono H cent for bnriuiclcs , should bo the motto H of the council H = = = = = = H Tin : Intense coolness prevailing bo- H Iwoou Chicago nnd St Louis insures an H ice crop sulliciont for the needs of the H entire country U A suiiSTANTtAii reduction , of the city H levy for 1800 can bo innilo without : if- H fcctinp the intorcsts of nny department H of the city govornniont H H Tin : boomers of the drug store and i H the joint nro already camping in H Oinahn . The supporters of license and L H lmv iintl order maintain a masterly in- M activity H A missaii : ; from Mayor Cushing B the council inviting a , radical roduc- H tion or taxes will bo accoptcd as un ovi- H deuce of the application of business H principles to city afTiurs M Uxriss : the reports of distress in l B Oklahoma are promptly contradicted the occupation of speculators in the land of great promise and poor per formnucc will bo destroyed Ouit merchants are interested in the prosperity of the farmers Why cannot the board of trade take action looking to the relief of the farmers by urging a H reduction of freight rates on grain ? Bfl ICYKltY consideration of justice and ' H fair dealing demand n. reduction of the H cost of hauling corn to maricct The H future prosporlty of the state desponds H on a reduction of the present prohibl- J tnrllt tory _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tin : London 2'imcs gave evidence of , f returning sanity by acknowledging the Bfl falsity of the charges against Pariell 1 and paying twonty-Ave thousand del ; lnrs damages without a contest This ; sum , coupled with the prlco paid for H the I'igott forgeries , the immense cost of the trial " and the lives sucrlllcod 1 , form a chnptor of partisan newspaper history without a pirallol m the anuals | H of journaUBin H Witin the Mississippi ollicials were J scouring the country for the prluclpulB and nctlvo participants in the Itichburg M mill , Dill Muldoon escaped recognition H owing to his clericalappenrauco While ' M William was not called to preach ' in M J the usual way , his Sabbath afternoon M sermon in Now Orleans gives evidence of ability rivaling Sam Tones His text Hi - was tukon from the Inst chapter of Jacob , round ono : And the men then HJ sprang forward and the tight com monuod " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M Tun proposed combine of the Union M I'ucillc and Santa Fo systems for the M construction of a joint road from MoB - B javo to San Francisco will ho hallod M with joy on the Pnolllo coast A corn el poling road to the metropolis of the B coast would bo of incalculable bonollt to m California The Crockers and Hunting B tons uro the commoreiul and industrial K czars of the country They inako und ( m umnako cities and towns , assist or deB - B Btroy industry , and virtually control thom m ) ) olltlcs of the Rtato The accouunoda- B tions afforded the traveling public are m utiduubtodly the poorest tu the United Hi States _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hi Tin : Illinois ullon land law which H | gees into effect next July prohibits the H | holding ot real obtuto by forolgnors M Over ono million acres ot farm land ire H involved , and unless the owners hn- H como citizens of the United States bo- H fore the first of July the property ru- H verts to the state The Nebraska law , H whlo ( not as sweeping , was copied nftur H that of Illinois and Is iutoudod to ourb H thn greed ot Soulloy , thu Dublin land H ord , who owns thousands ot acres in H , _ lboth states , and who has tranBplnnto < l H ' in this country the odious system ot H landlordism In voguu in Irolnnd , Our H state law differs from the Illinois law H In prohibiting non-resldont nitons from H acquiring title to real estate or Interest H thoroln , "by purchase , devise or de- H scent " A MOST PAINFUL CALAMITY I The country will bo profoundly shocked by the fonrful calamity that hns bcfallon General Tracy , secrolary ot the navy , in the destruction ot his homo in Washington by tire , the death of Mrs Tracy from stiffocntlon , nnd the burning ) , lo death of a young daughter of the socrotnry and lior maidwhIlo General Tracy himself , his marth rlcd , daughter and a grandTt dnughtor , narrowly cscapod a like torrlblo fate The occurrence of the flro at an early hour in the morn ing , when nil in the house were sloopvli m g and the summons of relief was noccspo sarily tardy , plncod the house and Its occupants at the mercy of the flames , nnd those who perished were cut oft from all help or roller • when ! they discovered their awful peril , The fact that Secretary Tracy was rescued In an unconscious condition suggests that these who vcro burned may hnvo test consciousness before fallcl ing victims to the llamcs , and thus dlod without oxporloncing the torture of , . burning It is spmo relief to the heartsn sickening contemplation ot the fearful calamity to think that this was probably the case that the two who perished in the flames had given up lifo or were beyond pain before the flro reached them The sympathy of the cntlro country will bo dcoply stirred by this calamity , the ] saddest in the history of the natl tional ) capitnl Mrs Tracy was a lady ol rare accomplishments , and herself and daughter were among the m03t honored and favored In Washington . society < Their death under such doti plorablo circumstances must touch ovcry heart with a feeling of slncoro sorrow ( Within a brief titno there has . been nn unusual frequonoy of appeals to popular l sympathy for these high In public station The death of a sister of Mrs . Harrison , of Walker Blalno , ot Mrs Colonel Copplngcr , eldest dnughh tor ot Secretary Blalno , and the fearful calamity to the family of Secretary Tracy , make a record of aflltction dur11 ing . a period of less than three months that has kept an almost constantdomand upon nopulnr sympathy Lot us hope that the cup of public sorrow is now full : HELP DAKOTA The most trustworthy advices from South Dakota leave no doubt that there Is 1 a great deal of destitution there , Making every allowance for possible exaggerated statements of newspaper correspondents on the ono hand and for the misrepresentations of speculators andothorintorcsted partioson the other hand I , there can bo no question that the condition of a considerable number of J farmers in several , of the counties of the 1 now state that sulTorod most from drought is ono of great hardship and privation , aud that the demand for re- lief ! of these people is urgent Tno distress - tress J Is by no moans general It is con fined to a comparatively small portion > of the state , while elsewhere the peopla 1 have enough with which to got along comfortably Hut as a whole the people of South Dakota are not at present prosperous ] , and however well disposed I tonmko 1 provision for these who need I relief i do not foci able to do so to the 1 extent required At least this would seem Xo bo the case from the i fact that the assurances some time ago ' given that the people of South D.i- ko ] ta could take care of their own destls tute < have not been carried out Tnero is consequently , nn appeal for outside help , and whlld it has'beon to a modor- ate extent responded to , a great deal I more than has been provided will be necessary to carry the destltuto farmers of South Dakota over to the tlmo when they can help themselves Omaha has a duty to perform in thi s matter , as well upon the general score ot humanity as from a nolghborly in- terest in the people of South Dakota This community can afford to contribute generously to the heroic people who are in want from no fault ot their own i and It ought to do bo promptly It can send corn to feed the starving stock of those people and thereby reduce the surplus of'this grain In the hands of Nebraska farmers , and it it did nothing mora than this the value of the relief would bo great But it can ooslly do more , and wo bollovo will do so If the proper effort is made to pro sent the urgonoy of this matter to our business men That has not yet > bcon done , these charged with the duty of obtaining contributions having been cureless In Its performance Wo under stand that it is now proposed to press the appeal for relief , and if this is done it is not to bo doubted that Omaha will bo found ready to do her full share In supplying the noccssltlosot the unfor- tunato people of her sister slate OJlNTEKAltr OF TIW JUDICCARV Tlicro will be colcbratod in Now York uCity today , witti appropriate exorcises , the centonury of the orgauizatlon of the supreme court of the United States The arrangements for this event were made by the state arjd city bar nssocla- tlons of Now York , and there will bo no public display , the oxorolscs being properly altogether of lltorury chtir- actor Kx-Prosldont Cleveland will tlo- liver the Introductory address , and the programino announces addrcssos by several distinguished lawyers Prost dent Hurrison and all the members of the supreme court are expected to participate - ticipato , the closing address to bo do- llverod by the president The gnthor- Ing will bo of a most distinguished ohnr- aotor nnd the occasion will bo ono of grout interest , particularly to the legal fraternity of the country , / The organization of the suprotuocourt complotcd the structure of our national government The first congress , which nconvened in April , 1789 , on the day , oaftor its orgauiaition entered on the rework of providing fortho cstabllshiuent of the judlelary by appointing a com mittoo to frame the Judiciary not This was approved in September , 1789 , aud Washington promptly nominated John ' Jay of New York to bo chief justice of the court , with John IUttledgo of Souh Carolina , William Cuihing of Massa- chusotts , Robert tl , Harrison of Mary land , James Wilsou of 'onnsylvniilu , nnd John Blair of Virginia , as absooi- nto justlcos Of these Jay , Ciuh- laIng nnd Hnrrisoa had served as ohtel justices in their own states , while Ilutlodgo ! , Wilson and Blatr wqro momlt hers : of the convontlon whlohfrnmod the 4 constitution The sennto promptly conbl flrracd these nominations , but no hnsto was shown In bringing the judges loTl gothor on the bench The day fixed for the opening session of the court was the first Monday ot February , 1790 , but n quorum not bolng present on that day the opening session occurred on the first Tuesday ol Februaryono htindrodyeara ago After a few formal sessions the court adjourned for want of business , "it was a court without suitors , Its virgin docket unsullied by an entry of petitioners , plaintiffs in error or appolV lants , and Its earliest session wns tin clouded < by nny portent of that vast nvalancho ot litigation which during the succeeding years of Its first century has overwhelmed it with a sllont but Irresistible growth " During the first ton years the sutc promo court had no fewer than four chief : justices , while in the following sixty : years it had only two These two were John Marshall ot Virginia , who Bat upon the bench for inoro than thlrR ty-four years and achieved an illustrlC ous fame , nnd Roger B. Tanoy of Masi ryland , who served twenty-eight years and was the author of a memorable dop clsion which became nn iulluontlnl text for ono ot the great political parties ot the country In the Inst twonty-si.t years there have hoon three chlof jua- tlces , Salmon P. Chase , Morrison H. Wnlto > nnd Melville W. Fuller The history of the supreme court ns a whole appeals \ to the pride of every American citizen While in the conflicts of par ties it has somotlmcs been subjected to unfavorable criticism , and there have been occasions when it seemed to bo influenced and swnyod rather , by considerations of political or , party expediency than by a strict and impartial regard for the highest public lntorost3 and the demands - mands of justice , yet on the whole in Its 1 profound wisdom , its olovntod patriot Ism , and its lofty Integrity , it ranks first among the great judicial tribunals of ancient or modern times IWDUCE THE XBTT The council can render this city no gecator service than would result from a material reduction of taxes Tno tax levy l for 1S90 should bo reduced within the limits of ab elute necessity On the first day of January the sur plus in all the funds In the city treas ury was In round numbers about two hundred i a d forty thousand dollars Of f this amount the fire and police fund had I over twenty-live thousand to its credit ; ; the library fund ever eleven thousand r the curbing , guttering and cleaning \ fund ever twenty-eight thousand ; the park j fund nearly forty thousand , and the judgment fund thirty-ono thousand dollars There is no valid reason why the council should vote a levy of . taxes t for any fund in excess of the actual needs for the year In the nature of things ( the assessment roil is increasing from j year to-ycar by reason ot substantial - tial 1 improvements aud consequently the amount realized from taxation is steadI lly \ increasing While it is true that the expenses ( of our city government have been ] very materially iucreased during the \ last two years , wo cannot compre- hend ] why they should increase during the 1 present year On the contrary , if the 1 council will take steps to lop off supernumeraries s , right und left , and prune i down the extras in every branch of i municipal government , there ought to be a material docronso in general ( expenses Wo have been Hying altogether too high , considering our ( resources We are running a city government for a population of two hundred and fifty thousand , aud tuxine people out of their homes to keep it up This is really where the shoo pinches the worst , and why Omaha realty is not nttraeting as many investors from abroad as it should In vitvr of the as- surett growth of this city , and the sub stantinl public improvements that have been made within the past live years , Cut down the tax levy by all mean3 , and lot us retrench so far as our condition will permit = = The current of democratic sentiment is now sot strongly In favor of Clove land as the standard bearer in 1892. iRecent editorial Interviews nnd the frequonoy of letlors and speeches leave no room for doubt that Grover is actively in the field determined to capture the empty honor of a nonuna- tlon it is apparent that the country will have . fc repetition of the St Louis convention with u whoop nnd a yell , . ' followed by a cold and dismal party rally at the polls The cry of tariff * reform will have lost Its force by the tlmo a republican congress - gross fulfils its pledges to the country * Biiljot reform is repugnant to the rank and fllo of the democratic party It is opposed by the party bosses cost , west and south , becnuso it nttaok.s the foundation ot their power , and for the further reason that it is distinctly of republican origin With possibly ono oxcoptton , every state In the union where the Australian or llkq systems rhavo been adopted , republicans were otho authors , supporters and champions of the law Interest , however , will contorin the action ot the democratic itworkers , who wore totally Ignored when Mr Clovolnnd was iu power It Is not likely that they will cnthuso over ostolon campaign thunder , in vlow of irtho fact that the mugwump members ot irtho party were the beneficiaries of the i late administration i . Tnnnocssltyfor Introducing buslnoss , methods into our municipal inuchlno 1 applies with greater force to the county , rj < no investigation made by Tun Bik 1 shown n total lack of common business methods In the managomout of county af- fairs Notoulylatholawvlolfttodin the | tnattor of ealuries and assistants , but there Is no system by which the coramls- sionors , If so dlsnosoil , could naoortaln the quantity of supplies purchased or distributed Tbero Is no chock on the distribution of drugs or food , aud fuel to the poor , nnd no ymeans of knowing or proyontliig the ) giving away of these buppUos to the oifriends of ollicials Reckless loosouuss illiscouspicions in the purchase ot sup plies , There la no cumpetitiou , no bids iuvltod , no moans ot knowing the quul- Ity or quantity bought nor the amount paid The commissioners nccopt the bills ! of thcSo eniclals without question nnd oncourafil favoritism and fraud , This waste Sf 5iho taxpayers , substnnco must bo stored nt all hazards The rat holes should bo plugged The clearing house record of the country furlhcs substantial evidence of widosprondoprospority Out of fifty two cities , Y6fry-four show an incrcuso ot business , oY % r the same period Inst year ranglng'from two lo forty-flvo per cent Omals \ | transactions surpass St Paul , Minneapolis and Doiivor , and plnco ] her fifteenth In the list of clear ing house cities with nn Incrcnso of thlrtvono nnda half per cent On the whole the record for the close of the first month of the year is n gratifying one While business did not como up tc expectation , It Is evident that obli- gatlonsaro being readily mot through " out the country Tm : substitution of electric light for gas in the business section ot the city calls | for a revision of the ordinance snocifying the duties ot the gas Inspec tor < It is the duty of the council to provide a rigid svstcm of inspection of the electric lights , the condition and cnpaclty : ot the wires , and to regulate the current to a given circuit This Is nil the moro important because the dangers are great , and the gas Inspec tor should bo empowered to enforce such regulations as may bo adopted With characteristic foresight the council has located two electric lamps on opposite corners of Jefferson square and " one in the center These , it is hoped j , will enable the belated pedestrian - trian to successfully navigate the wind ing pathways and penetrate the dense umbrageous shade of that lovelorn ro- trent Tin : tax-caters and sinecures must go There are altogether too many roustabouts quartered upon the city whoso services can bo dispensed with Our citizens should not bo taxed to pay anybody politicul debts It is within the power of the mayor and council to give an impetus to build ing improvements this year by lopping oft the taxcatcrs and reducing taxation to an economical basis . Now lor thi KIhIictIcj St Doiift Orobc-Dtiiioemt. Now that Secretary Iilaino has settled the Snmoan and British oxtradltlou r/mttors in a manner satislnctory to the country , ho will ptobublv f give his attention to the Ushory dispute J TtdsfUttlo trouble ought to have bcon settlcdilireo years neo , and undoubt- cdly would Ijavo been had a republican a.l- ministration t bcon in newer e ; . Whern IlnBton Boats Us JAcir lori ; Sim The rostlessnyest scorns proud of an Illl- nols town that rejoices la a barber who for ono American dmo | qlvcs a Bhave , a largo i glass of beer And an order for a free lunch ' This can be beaten in the east There are tonsorial i culturd parlora ln Boston wherofor 30 ; cents you got your hair cut , hear a lecture i by I the bdss'b'iVlHi 'bn The Moral , Political [ and Philosophical Sicnlllcancd ot StockhiRS in tho'lbsen Dravuiy , " and a card entitling ; you to refection in the 'All-Cranks Nalional- istle Uoancry The Case of Mr Cabo : Cliicagn Inter-Ucetvi. And it is to this that it all comes lt was i not u social sin for a whlto slareholdor to I roako himself the equal ot a colored slave , sometimes by acts far moro Intlmato and del iciito thaiitiat ) ) of eating tcgothcr , but it Is a social sin for a free white man to oat with i a free man of color , no matter how cleanly . 'or how cultivated in mind ( the colored man bo It is very hollow and very thinly coated veneer of civilization upon barbar- Ism that is tbreatcnod by an occasional und 1 venial sin like tlmi'of Mr Cable THIS DAKOTA SUl' liKUKS Another SlanVdo Says the llotiorts llnvc Ilccn Kxaeceratcd Tnu Beu has received a letter from a prominent citizen of lloswoll , Miner county , Dakota , stating that the suffering in that county has been greatly exaggerated nnd enclosing the following clipped fropi the Sibux Falls Press : Recently the Sioux Falls Press printed a lengthy dispatch sent out by the Associated Press , telling an abominable exaggerated story of destitution In South Dakota The following article from the Dell Iiaplds Times may possibly supply an inkling ns to the Bourco of the information upon which the dispatch was based : "UJ , A. Folsom returned Saturday from a visit lo Woonsockot and Artesian City IIo reports the people tn the east part of San born county and the west part of Minor county to bo In very good condition nt pres ent , some bolng hotter off than before Ho Ktatos a fact that is bocomlng goncrally known as to the way some woll-to-do people of this district have taken advuntago of the distress ot their neighbors to so on ro some supplies free Clubs have been formed throughout the country , each having a membership of a dozen or there abouts for the purpose of begging T'lio modus operandi of this club business Is as follows : Several citizens got toothor and organize a club , a member of which Is elected to go cast and beg , and nn assctsmont is then levied to pay this iet > rcsnntutive's ax- penses , the amount of the assessment depending - pending upon the distance to .he traveled The representative goes cast and bojzs to the best of his nbitilv , BUa > ll' ' ° F ° ° ds hu receives are sblppod tio'ariothcr member of the club The money ho receives ho taKes homo , and then both irionoy and goods uro divided among the members of tbo club A nloe schctuo , isn't ttl A man does not have to bo a poor man to bo ollgiblo to become a mem ber of these Tjlulra ; anybody who desires it , and enn juvhlsjassessments , is gladly wel comed us a Ulctnber Some men who nro Iu coinfortuulo olrtumstanccs belong to two or three cluus uqij ire faring exceedingly wall The whole bftitness is nothing short of rob bery , and is d4Ing tbo country Irrepuraola In jury The utwijiu for these clubs uro responsi ble for thojfMesprcad stories of aostltu- tion ami suft rMg in South Dakota The higgor they &oiiako their stories the better hurvost theyVeap That there hns oeon ur gent necessity-tin the drouth districts is not denied , but ir.la 'jjolng demonstrated plainer every diy that hundreds ot unscrupulous citizens who , do ' iot need help uro talcing a mean adrnntigu ( of the real distress of their neighbors and tpo greatly exaggerated I stories abroad tosocuru a good supply ot t everything obtainable , which will certainly not redound to the credit of that section or the state " An lYppr-nt Itiiiii Smith Onlcotn , Tub lice has received a * communication from Aurora county , South Dakota , onclos- liiff the minutes of a mootlug rccoutly held in that county far the purpose of securing aid for the farmer * ot UrUtol township who are said to bo in a destitute condition on ac count of the crop falluro in lb39 und previous pai tial failures The request Is inudo tuatftha matter ba presented to the Omaha relief committou , who are asked to correspond with George M. Austin , secretary of the board of supervisors , Plauklntoii , B. D. Cooks sparkling extra dry chauipagan took the premium in thu French exposing | or nouquot It u delicious THE GRANDPA ' BORROS CASE Llttlo Eva's Protector Answora to the O liar go of Ooutompt . WILL PROBABLY BE COMMITTED The : State llonril ot Transportation Iicnvra Tor CliloaRO to Moot tlio IlnilrontI AtnunKorn Iilncoln News " ' Why Ho Is Not In Contempt . The following iiniwcr In the Grandpa Burrus case was tiled in the Uulted States conrt , today : In the district court of the United Stntos for 1 the district of Nebraska , in the matter of < Lewis LI Miller , ox parte , In potltion for habeas ' corpus The answer of Thomas F. Hurras to the \ mlo to show cause why ho should not bo at tached for contempt In this cause a rule having on the 31st day ol JanuaryA D. 1S9S , Issued out of said court , commanding Thomas F. Burrus to nppoaron Monday , the 3d day of February , Ib' .K ) , at 2 o'clock tn the afternoon before said court , at the United States court room in the city of Lincoln , Neb , to show cause why ho should uol bo uttuchod for contempt for violating a judgment cnterod in said cause ordering ' the delivery of the child Evailno Mlllor to the said Lewis 1' . Miller , and restraining said Thomas F. Uurrus from Interfering with the custody of the said Lewis B. Miller of Bald child , nnd alto commanding the aid Thomas F. Burrus to produce said child before the court under the pains und penalties of tbo law The said Thomas F. Burrus respect sully shows to the court that pursuant to said Judgment ontcrcd in said habeas cor pus proceedings , the said child Bvallno Mil ler was delivered by the United Stntos mar shal for the district ot Nebraska , in whoso custody she had been committed by the order of the cpurt , to said Lewis B. Miller on or about the Oth day ot December A. D. lSSJ That utter the marshal had delivered the child Kv.illno Miller to the custody of snld Lewis B. Miller , tbo snld Lewis B. Milter permitted the said child to remain with tbis respondent and Catherine Bur rus , grandparents of the child , until such tlmo as the said Lewis B. Miller could take his donarturo to his homo in the state of Ohio That on account of the illness of tbo child and tlio sevcro shock to her system , caused by the con tention and litigation in rofcronco to who should take her in custody , the snld Lewis B. Miller was unable to leave the city of Omaha for his homo for two or three days Several attempts were made by the father , Lewis B. Miller , to depart with the child , but such was the strong uvorsion nnd dislike of the child to said Lewis B. Miller , and so strong was her manifestation of love and affection for the respondent and his wife Catherlno Burrus , that great sympathy was manifested by tbo various bystanders and spectators nt the station nbout the tlmo the train was to depart , that said Lewis B. Miller either deemed it inexpedient or was unwilling to forcibly wrest the child from the possession of this respondent , nnd • the said Catherine Burrus , to whom aho clung with all the strength and physical vigor she possessed • Subsequently , by mutual arrangement entered Into between the said Thomas V. Burrus and the said Lewis B. Miller , both the said Lewis B. Miller nnd this respondent and his wife , to . gether with the child , took the Union Pacific dummy In the citv of Omaha , Nub , for the , transfer station in the city of Council Bluffs , in the.statoot Iowa , accompanied by a largo i number of people whoso sympathies had boon dteply aroused , excited and affected b.v the determined attempt of the father , Lewis U. Miller , to wrench the said Kvalino Miller from the custody of her grandparents and , by the manifest determination ot the child to remain with her grandparents nnd her plain aversion to Lewis B. Miller After arriving at the transfer station in Council HlufTs , such wns the cold and unsympathetic demeanor of Lewis B. Miller nnd the manifest reluctance of the child to go with her father , she dinging with the energy of desperation to the only guar dians and parents she had over known , this [ respondent and his wife , that the spectators nnd bystanders assembled at the station were excited lo the highest pitch , and with out nny previous knowlcdgo nt respondent or understanding having been entered into by this respondent with any of the people as- sembleu at the station , this respondent and I bis wife and the said Bvalluo Miller were , su tdenly and forcably pushed and hustled [ un tea , train then about to depart , and were : carried away to Malvern , iu the stoto of f Iowa , whore they remained several day * i until the child by rest and seclusion recovered 1 tor health Since that tlmo the child has re mained in tno custody ana control oi ims re spondent and his wife , Catherine Uurrus , until a short tlmo since , when she loft with respondents wife , Catherine Burros , for a visit in the state of Iowu , and is at the pres ent tlmo with respondents wife , Catherine Burrus , in said state , and this respondent is unnblo to produce her iu court at the present time Respondent , with all duo respect to the court , by way of mitigation of his offense , if the court bo of the opinion that the said judgment or decree has iu fact been violated , would respectfully show that ho has been udvlsed by several counsel of competent and legal Icarniuir , members of this court , that the court was wholly without jurisdiction to muko the order and enter the order direct ing the said child to bo delivered to said Lewis B. Miller , and in view-of the st Moment made by the court at the time suld judgment was entered , that doubt existed in liU own mind as to the jurisdiction ot tbo court , ho has felt that the proper course for bim to pursue , in vlow of the great nffeetion he has for tbo child , to doclmo to produce the child in rourt at tbo piosopt time And the said Thomas F. Bur rus shows to the court that It is wholly without jurisdiction either of the subject matter , or of the persons of this respondent and the said child Evailno Miller , and the judgment of the court is null and void , or if not void It was fully satislled when the marshal dolivcred the child to Lewis B. Miller As n.mnttor of mitigation , If the court beet ot opinion that it clearly hud jurisdiction to enter thu judgment in question , the respond ent shows to the court , that while the said Lewis 1 $ . Mlllor had never expended more than t5 for the care , maintenance und educa tion of the child , ho and bis wife have had the custody , control and management of the child for nojvly eight years , and have nursed it , provided for it and educated It to the best ot tholr ability , und have now for it so deep and abiding anectlon that they feci that the loss of the child will bo to them an unbeara ble burden Wherefore respondent prays that said rule to show cause why ho should not bo attached for contempt , and to produce tb .satd child before the rourt , bo discharged It was nearly a o'clock when the contempt case against ( Iiandiu Burrus was culled Attorney Latnbertaon road his answer as above , and made running comments to thn court thereon All tlio while the old man sat calmly by , uppurontly an intnrcstoil I spectator , but nothing moro At the conclu I sion of whut the ad verso side had to say Judge Dundy , iu substunco , said ; " 1 will not hear arguments from attorneys of either side on the question of Jurisdiction , f ha order of this court has gone forth that the potion of Evelyn Mlllor shull bo given into the bands of her father , nnd it hus i been dibobeyud , | t matters not how In the i first place , there is a rule to show cause why Grandpa Burrus should not comply with the i mandate given , This has not been done Now , regardless of what some good lawyers i may have counseled , I can see no other course than to uttuch bim for contempt unless - loss the order of the court is Doromplorily obojed As the case stands now , I only re- grut that I compelled Miller , tlio father of tbo child , in iiav the expense of Grandpa i Burrus and his wife from Talmavo to i Omaha and return and certain hotel bills wbilethoy were In the city , if my order is i not obeyed the oulv question with mo Is ho iv I shall punish It may como like a thunderbolt , und possibly llko a Muy shower If committed , until the auproma court can settle the matter , Mr Uurrus will have to llo in jail for at least two months I dislike to punish thus so verely , but if necessity compels I cannot g't behind mv conceptions of thu law " Judge Dundy then sold bo would like to moot 1 the lawyers of both sides at Ids room nt 1t the hotel nftor court ndlourncd , when cer tain contingencies would bo consldored At the * mooting Mr Lnmbcrtson rcquestod that Judge Dundy would commit his cllont , Grandpa i Burrus , a sunicicnt length of time for the supreme court to pasi upon the points , ot law invoked , and thus the tnattor rests i Tno opinion generally exists that Mr J Uurrus will be committed for contempt of court for a period of nt least two months on \Vodnosdny morning TIUSSrOltTATlOX MATTMS The transportation question is cutting n big ' flguro in Nebrnskn politics today , and the state board of transportation is thor oughly aroused on the question AVhon the members road tlio dispatches from Chicago yostordav in which it was mtlmatod very strongly i that there would bo no reduction in the corn rates , they resolved to go in person to CtilCflk'O prcparod to malio nn uncondi tional nnd Imperative demand on the mnu- ngors of Nebraska lines for relief , An in formal meeting was hold today in the nuill tor's office , nnd the result wasthat Secretary Cowdry , Auditor Benton , Land Commis sioner Slcon nnd Treasurer Hill loft this afternoon on the Burlington Ityor for that city Attorney General Lecso did not go , ns hu snld , for the reason that his position on the question was nlrcndy well known nnd thoroughly dellaed Ho had tundo demand after demand , and wns now ready to ileht ; the devil with lire , so to sneak , nnd cut local rates ln this statu until the managers were ready to grant the rellof asked The ether members of the board nro ns thoroughly In earnest ns ho is nnd the result is that some ( nctlvo skirmishing may ba expected Inside of the next tcu days THE SIVTC H0U3K. Governor Thayer returned today fromjit- tendance ou the Grand Army meotlng nt Almn The state board of transportation buld n short session this morning and denlod thn \ application of the Union Pacific for a rehearing - hearing tn thu Osceola clovator case The secretaries of the state board of transportation are preparing a set of rules of practice for the govornBicutot the board The board of public lauds nnd buildings hold a session this forenoon to audit the monthly accounts of the state Institutions L. Morse , treasurer of Dundy county , Bet tied with the auditor today and paid into the Btttto treasury the sum of $1,4011.80. Adam lchon , treasurer of Choyouno county , made a llko settlement , and paid Into the hands of State Troanuror Hill the sum of $21,0:11,45. : Alex Schlegol , the draughtsman ln the ofllco of the commissioner ol public lands and buildings , left today for the northwrst to locate for the tate the indomultv school lands Ho will bb gene about ten dnvs Tlio following parties were commissioned notarlos public by the governor toduy : John E. Mollott , Uavenna , Buffalo county ; 1. M. Bently , Surprlso , Butler county ; W. P. Miles , Sldnoy , Cheyenne county ; Joseph J. Uroen , South Omaha ; E. C. Urownlce , Omaha ; Victor E. Bender , Omaha ; G. A. Pritchard , Omaha ; CollaD Crogo , Omaha ; Charles Johnson , Omaha ; W. D. Prultt , Arapahoe , Furnas county ; David \V. Walker , Arapahoe , Furnas county ; Madison G. Gar low , Grund Island , Hall county ; Miss E. K. Gilbert , Grand Island , Hall county ; B. Moycl , Batllo Crook , Madlsnu county ; Ed win E. Gould , Fullcrton , Nnhco county Carlos C. Gibbons , Bertrand Pnotps county ; Frank M. Miles , DoWltt , Saline county ; F. A. Dcnrcom , Woynocouniy The Chase combination dental plato com pany of Omaha filed articles of incorporation toduy The capital stock is J30,000 ; vho in corporators are A. S. Billings , R. Stobbins , M. D. ; F , N. Connor , W. H. Shcradon , M. D. . D. D. S , The Peoples State bank of Gothenburg ( lied nrticles of incorporation today Capital stock , $25,01)0 ) ; incorporators , L. C. Lloyd , Con W. Lloyd , L. C. Lloyd The Kearney stone works filed articles of incorporation today Capital stock * 60,0U0 ; incorporators V. n. Stuart , J T. O'Urion , J. W. Holmes , .1. H. Holmej , M. E. Hunter The followine Uro insurance companies filed their annual statements of buslnoss done in this state in 1SS9 todav with the state auditor : Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , risks $043,19:5 : ; premiums , ? lTr 02.0j ; losses , JUOllbJ President and Directors , Phila delphia , risks , $2,0113.951 , premiums , $30- 162.11 ; losses , IJllXI iSS Omaha , Omahu , risks , S2,0j0,7Sr , premiums , f33.120.81 ; losses , SIUSISj Commercial Union , London , risksi S1.81U.81S : premiums , 527,431.63 : losses Stl- 020.02. 'eoplo's , Manchester New Hamp- sniro , risks , SJ40,5IU , 21 ; premiums , $ -7yij losses , $ ll2d.T4. Agricultural , Watortownj New York , risks , $330,704 ; promiutns , § ! ' , - 400.21 ; losses , ? 10. Trans-Atluntic , Hum burg , Germany , risks , $200,403 ; premiums , ? 1,271.30 ; losses , 373.02. Standard Fire , Kansas City , risks , $102,010 : prouiiums , 52.S42.HJ : losses , none Lancashire , Man chester , Eugland , risks $7a,510 ? , ; pronuums , Jll,410.7. > ; losses , $2,773.11. The following lifo ( insurance companies filed annual statements of business done in this Btnto during 1839 , with the auditor to- day : The Imperial , Detroit , Mich , risks $23,000 ; Standard Lifo and Accident Do- trolt , Mich , risks $2,124,850 , losses $ iuS0.IK , premiums $10,935.70 ; Michigan Mutual Lite , Detroit , Mich , [ risks $470,423 S3 , premiums $20S02.u2 , losses $3,500 ; Commercial Union ! Now York , risks $3,000 , premiums $15,811 losses none CITV SEWS AND NOTES W. Wait , the Missouri Pacific operator , was Bluggod last Saturday night by a party of toughs who were bent on going through the ofllco Bo was asleep , when about mid night ho was awakened by n slight noise and saw a man making away with the cash box Ho grabbed him and the thief dropped the box and struck Wait ever the head with a Band bag The burglar then escaped with the $38 which tbs drawer contained : Prof Huckins of Nobrasun City und Hov , Gcorgo Scott of Sutton nro in Lincoln at tending the temperance meetings at Red ItibDon hall The town was pretty thoroughly covered by burglars and sneak thlovos Saturday night nnd a number of small cases have boon reported Hod Richard Trovcllick will doiivor bis famous temperance address at Red Ribbon hall tomorrow night by request ot the Knights of Labor Hon Hon S. Bakur the new United States district attorney , will be sworn in tomorrow There ivas a somewhat exciting scone in tbo vicinity of A and Ninth streotathis morn ing in which a man and a woman wcro strug gling for tbo possession of a child The parties were John Van Omor nnd his wife , nnd the object of their contention was their little eight .vcar-otd daughlor Rose The inolhor finally secured the child THE YANKTON-DAKOTA ilOAD Dakota Pee pi * are Ornwinic Impa tient nt Omahn'is Ojlny Yanktov , S , Dak , Fob 2. | Special to The Bke.J The people of Yankton and ot all South Pakota between Yaulcton and Forest City wait anxiously to boo what the people of Omaha propose to do in rogurd to the construction of thu Omaha & South Dikoth railroad When they sent a delega tion to Mitchell , where an organization was olfoctod , wo thought they felt u llvoly in terest In the cntorprlso and wo had supposed thut uro now subiuntial notion would have been taken by them The following fiom the MiUholl Republican will show our Omaha friends that the people of the north end of the line ure at work und moan busl ness : Secretary Smith of the Omaha & South Dakota has received several lcttors within thu pust few duys with reference to thu un lerpuso , that aru of general interest Treasurer Hoffman writes from Blunt that six miles have been surveyed through that place and the route has been found very practicable Mr Olnoy , the engineer , hus been working toward Forest City and is now iu tlio city , preparatory to locating the 1 line through Mitchell Vlco-Presidont Springer writes from Now York City that ho culled on President Hos moron bis way cast and found him heartily interested hi the euterpriso On the laltor'a i rolurn ho will devote his poraouul uttcutiou to th a cntorprlso , and will enlist bis friends ' iu its behalf " \'ow it remains for the locafitloi along the line to bestir themselves to secure thy accessary aid to build the road If South i Dakota does her share tbo line will bo built " ' "Yankton is eager for the road and is only waiting for Omaha , as the strongest factor iu the proposed enterprise , to taku the in- ! tlative Will Omuhu act ! Docs Omaha moan to actl Sioux City oud Chlcaio uro J reaping rich harvests from the South Dakota J Held und Omaha can como in aud uhuro it if she will Will Omaha como ! A roipcctablo bonus from Omaha will Insure the south end I ol the road , The north end of the road will bo built anyhow for surveyors are now In the field and grading will bo commenced in early sprint . This Is another aud probably the last chance that Omaha will hiure to so- I euro a valuable trade from South Dakota | And wa are anxlomly waiting to see what . J she is going to do about it ' ' THE U. 1 * . WANTS IT < j President Admits Salil to llo Nco * Vj tlnttng lor Another Hand , _ Atciiisos , Kan , Fob 3 [ Special Tcb tfsjV cgrnni to Tun Br.i : . ] Tlio roponlod nm/ ' f , emphatic denials , without provocatlr1 ; 1 of tbo Missouri PacIQo authorities /ot \ both legal and trnnio departments that Mr Gould Is negotiating for or * . wnnts to buy the Kansas City , Wynmtotto & j Nortluvcstorn , servo only to etrongtlion the , belief that ho really wants It The latest story nbout the road Is from Missouri Paclllo sources nnd is thnt Charles Francis Adams wants to buy It for the Union Pacific so ns > to operate the St Joe & Grnud islnnn ever It to Kansas City it is said thnt Union Pnclllo surveyors and agents have made several trips over tbo line That the Missouri : i'nclllo has nt least considered a proposition to purchnso the road is ovldcnccd b.v Information given from Missouri Pa cific sources that tlio distance from Goffs , the crossing of the Northwestern nnd tha central branch division of the Missouri F < * . clllc , lo Kansas Citv U shorter by wnj of Atchison nnd tlio grmles bettor than ever the Northwestern , nnd that If tlio Northwestern should become Missouri Pa- clllc property It would In all probability bo ' operated ns u central branch feeder Clyde hhtp liiilldrr * Kislt I Loxdon , Fob a John Reid Si Co , ono of the oldest ship building firms on the Clyde , has failed , with heavy liabilities Bond OfTurliigs Washington , Fob 3. | Spcclal Tolcgram to Tiik Bee.J Bonds offered : $90,000 at I $1.04 f. SICK HEADAGHEUi r- * = IPositively cured liyl * j * r/ADTrDO these Little PlVls B \jf\i\E\0 | | t110ilsorcuovonism _ _ _ * _ . , - . tress fro'ii Dyspepsia , In-i ITTLE dlffcstlon and Too Heart } I | -fl IX/PD Eating A perfect retn-l S | I f tn cdy for Dizziness Kauscn.lj i 9 PILLS Drowsiness , Dad Tastcl | M | In the Mouth , Coated ! , I H fM ! Tongue , rain ln the SIdo.jp | ItOHPII ) 1.1VKK. Thojl regulate the Bowels Purely Vcgctablo H i SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE SMALL PRICE ] | NEW PUBLICATIONS THE OLADSTONE- OLADSTONEBLAINE BLAINE Controversy IS CONTINUED BY Hon Roger Q. Mills A \ m THE FEBRUARY NUMBER - * or Tnc NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW Other features ot this number lire : JEFFERSON DAVIS on . Statu Right 1 * . Ei.kctwc Liairn.VQ and Funuo SAPKTY By Silt Wm Tnoji ON' , the grculcst Euiopoau authority Nnwsiwruits Hum : and Aiikoad By E. L. CoiiKIN' . BltITlII CAPITAL . 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A SPURIOUS WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED Wo are credibly Informed tlint ce/taln pnrttpi In l CIiUsku nro uDmit tn imlillsU und put upon tlio _ . , . _ market a book purporting lo bo - * - Webster's Unabridged Dli-lloitarr , . such asl.nowpublished anil Aold by'ul ' underpro- I LocttoiiDf loprrlubu ' ' Tlio Improa.Ion anuslit tn lie glren In that our piva * < rut IllUlcuinry It tlio imu tuny am oBerlnsr bin iliu lactimlml too liook no In tie Isaundl hilicii | iu > I'lUM'or " ( lit kiiition Of 1417 , foijrrlilitof wlncli iiaiuxiilriMtund wlildi I * COW1PAPATIVELY VALUELE18 liccau.oof lUIai-lcof theuiteaalvoaud very Import ant now manor contained In tlio rorltlon or tlio latjr nlltlon W iinor Und Unit tbo book la iiuoitlun will lie nolJ In lots to ( Scalar ! In general uiercliatidiso , ale , At about i TWO DOU.ARB PER COPY ) for the purpoKO of heluir u ad br aimli denier * oh premium , lo 1'iirolitwr. ' ot .perilled lou uf tweutjr ( V . lorty dolliM * iroitu or til ilr oirn K n la Tlio purlloa olTorlnir tula hook aook tofilvo tholni- liroolon that tl la ut the Tnlim nt ( Jiiinof TK.sor Tiui i : jhim.aih , nlirn In f tt It win originally publlabeil oud told by us at only uboul rouni.oi , la us t 137Any sali-H of this Dlolionary upu i ill ? rf prcsiiiitntion tlint It Ih our piesmit AVi'lHtor'n llnnliriilurd wilt nn n fr.nitl upon tlio imlilio nnil iiiirnrlveH , mid nn inlrlusoinriiit lipon our rlKhtH wliloli we stmll ro l l l y nil Iokhi iiioniin in ourpnwur (1. ( kV MIIKKIAM k CO , Bprlngfljll , Maw ' ' OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY Sitijicrllitil * iraaraiitesI Oipltal $500,000 l'dlillut'upituf , , . , . . , 380.000 lltiys nnil Hells Mcn-Ws nnd bontU ; nogotldloi rouimnrclal pap rie ! tvpjiuiil ] < ucuciiteatriistii : acta ftH tran foi uuent anil trtltteo of corpora tlons ; taltbiclmrito ot property ; collects tents OmahaLoan&TrustCo SAVINGS BANK 8. E. Cor I6ih and Douglas streets I'nlrt la Cinltal , , . . . SSO.OOO Hubncrlliuil AeuarsutcwIcaplUl , , . 100,000 Liability of Ktockliolaur * , , 200,000 Q Per Cent Intoroat Paid on oopoalta I'llANK J , LANUli , Oaablor , OrKlCKiisi A. U. M'yman , nroaltlent ! J.Jllrowl\ . vlco | ir sl < lent ; WT tVymaii , traaaiiror , > . DiiirOroH : A. V. Wyinan , J. II Mlllanl , b. J. > i llrown , OuyO imrtoii , li W , Nasli , iho3. Ii , * Kluilialt , < > eo II Lake \ Loans In nny amount made on City it1" Farm Property nnd on Collatora ) Security , at Lowest Currant Ratas J