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H Tin : Fifty-first coiifircf-s deserves tlio H Knitituilo of the country fur destroying H the occuDaliou of the fillibustor H Tit 1 : suggested revival of river navi- H " cation bolwcon Omaha and Pittsburg H is entirely practicable on paper H A UIIDIICTION of six and one-half H mills in the tax levy it ; something to bo H thanlcful for , considering tlio source H Till ) corn rate reduction was made so H small that the elevator , combine can H Hivallou- without straining itn internal H IE It in a signillcantlaet that the council H combini : successfully resisted a rodue- H J-io , 1' of the fund on which the sine H euros feast tind fatten H A co.ml'Akikon of the present with BBH tlio proposed freight rates on corn can i not bo successfully made without the _ 1 ala of u Licli'toldshopor Si'lUKEii IIhkd's fool friends nre al- 1 ready booming him for the presidential i ' race of 1KU2. At this remote distance I the olTort appears decidedly premature _ , • - Tnu inspection of eloctrio lights properly belongs to the gas inspectors olliec The movement to divide the 1 'worlc and oroato siuecuro olllcos is a • raid upon the taxpayers ' TiiiiitH is a shadow of a possibility that tlio government will secure a title to tno Omaha postolllco site after the pres6nt owners of tlio ground have been gathered to thir fathers , 1 Noiv that the railroads liavo made a ton per cent reduction to uloaso the fctatu board , let thorn follow it up with nn additional twenty per cent re duction to please Governor Thayer Tun financial and industrial pros J pority of South Omaha will bo ma- H I terially culinnced by annexation to the H parent . city " > In union there is H strength , " us well ns 11 largo saving in . H tlio cost of government H Tiii : iinliuual seed bureau is now in H shape to honor drafts for spring plant H iug Those favored with sample paclc- H ages tuny linpofully look for cotton trout H rose liushos or pumnlcius and sugar H Loots from the socd of the fashionable H • rchid _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H Till : Union Paciflo railroad cleared H over twelve and a quarter million del H lnrs last year , equal to four nor cent on H its HtouK' and bonded doht Considering H , the quantity of water and wreckage H roprcguiitcd by the debt , tlio caniiuirs H flatly contradieC the poverty ploadiuga H of the company , H I'UliMO sun time nt in favor of annexa- H tluo is growing , but scntimont alone H will not bring ubout the amalgamation H ' of the two cities Stops should bo taken H by tlio municipal authorities to confer H upon the terms and agree upon the ordi- H nances that are to bo submitted to the H voters _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H Missot'ltl iaa prolillo parent of politi- H caI monhtrosities , but the late state pro H hlbitiou convention can glvo points to H .aliprodorossora in thefroak line The H convention was organized and mauipu- H latod by democrats As inieht have H been expected , the republican parly was H dououncod as an enemy of mankind in H general and the promoter of misery , H vice and crime in particular , H ItAiiatoAu economists assure us that H n radical reduction of the freight rates B ' on corn would bo an injury rather tbau B h bonctit to the farmers of the west H B The fallacy of the theory was clearly HBv bhown in tlio reduction of the tolls 011 HBf cuttle Tlio murliot was not glutted , HBv nor was there u perceptible fall in HBf prices On the contrary , the producer HBl received the bonellt of the reduction , BJ Wliy thbu , should u reduction in the BJ ; com rate work nu injury to the farmer ? AKOTimn coMMissms It has token the United States nannto a very long time to find out that the railroad tariffs in the far west nro ex orbitant nnd need to bo thoroughly overhauled There t not a man who holds down a scat In the senate today who has not for years boon famlllnr with that fact , unless possibly it bo ft man who never nllows his mind to bo troubled with such trifling matters Tlio subject has boon agitated before congress for more than ton years ; resolutions In favor of railway legislation and the curbing of the greed of monopolies have been embodied In ovoryparty platform , state and national ; legislatures have wrestled with the rallroud problem nnd conventions have boon torn up by It At Inst wo are nssurod that Senator Paddocks resolution has aroused the United Stales senate to a pitch of excitement that may cultninato in another commission nnd the usual junket By the titno Nobrnska farmers have got through burnlngcom and their spring plowing is . doao , or just about when the railroads have moved the surplus ' plus and confiscated half o.t . t the crop to carry the ether half to market , the Bcnnto commission will put in an ap pearance , and take testimony enough to fill four or flvo largo volumes which nobody in or out of congress is expected to read And about the tune the corn crop of 1890 is ready for market the commission will begin to prepare a report of its sago conclu sions for the next Bcssion of congress And then the matter will bo referred to tbo committee on commerce , which will have moro on its hands than it can pos sibly finish during the romalnlng ton weeks of the Fifty-first congress Meantime the iudigentand distressed farmers wilt bo struggling bravely with tbo s 'hcrllT and tlio mortgagee to keep their heads above water RELIEF VOn KAXSAS The distress that prevails among west ern farmers is by no moans confined to this state The farmers of Kansas tire also groaning under the burdens of tax ation and struggling with the mortgagee to keep their homes out of the hands of the sheriff A crisis is impending and appeals for relief at 'o made to Governor Humphrey Tlio followiug ' potitlon is receiving thousands of signatures among Kansas farmers : Whcroas , tlio sliriiiktiK'i ) in values upon both real and personal property In the stnto of Kunsas in the past two years has caused very great financial embarrassment among tlio farmers of our state and m many In stances the farmers liavu become unublo by reason of those shrin'tagcs to prevent pro ceedings In foreclosure , which are incrons Inij to an nlarrainpextent Wo , the under signed electors r- county , Kansas , therefore respectfully petition your excellency - loncy to call a special session of the legisla ture of Kaunas.for the purpose of providing for the relief of our farmers tiy the pussuga of a law giving the mortgagor of a homestead at least two years In which to occupy , enjoy una redeem If possible , after sale of mortgaged - gagod promises , and to provide ulso Tm a' stny of execution on all judgments on prom issory notes nnd mortgage bonds for a rea sonable time without bond , Other petitions demand that the call for a special session of the Kausas leg islature shall embrace also provisions for the amendment of cxistitig railroad laws and the establishment ot maximum railroad tariffs , while still other peti tions douiaud the resubmission of the prohibitory amendment to the Kansas constitution All things considered , the farmers of Kansas are evidently in a much worse condition than those of Nebraska TifB STJir RULES The new code of rules for the house of representatives will make some radical and important chances from the past method of procedure in that body It has boon framed with the principle dis tinctly In view that the majority shall rule , and every provision has been . made nccossary to the fullest assertion of this principle under all circum stances Under this code a single mem ber may demand , in the case of a call for the yeas and nays , that members prcsont and not voting shall bo so recorded by tlio clerk of the house , thus preventing 11 minority from breaking a quorum and obstructing leg islation In order to preclude fili bustering , as fur as possible , without eonttavonlng established parliamentary practice , only corttun specified motions will be allowed , and when one of these lias boon ouco decided it cannot again bo ofTorod on the same day The speaker is authorized to refuse to entertain dilatory motions , and there is no restriction upon his dis cretion aa to such motions There are ether radical changes , all of which are intended to at once simplify and expedite business , and which there is every reason to expect will produce a great improvement in the prbecduro of the house It is uot.apparont that under this now cede the minority witlsulTor any injus tice , or bo deprived of any right which , in the gouoral public intorcst it should retain . When the people shall come to cousidor calmly and without partisaa prejudice the uattirc of the long-prevail ing practice which permitted endless ob structions to legislation and tolerated tlio fiction that members could occupy their souts , inako motions , ougago in debnto and yet bo regarded as not pres ent to do business when their names wore called , thoru can ho no doubt that the gouoral judgment will approve the change { i'lio fact that a rule or prac tice has been long in vogue and ac cepted by both parties does not neces sarily establish Its merit , and it is un questionable that while heretofore both parties have adhered to the methods now passing away both have at tlmos acknowledged that a.change was desirable , dopendiug upon which was in tlio majority The old rules and prac tices prevailed so long not because they wore essentially wise , Just and necessary * sary , but rather ( or the reason that mon hesitate to depart from long-established usage , ( iv.en when a uotter way is clearly pointed out The intelligent popular idea of congress - gross is that it should boa business body , and not a mere assembly of poli ticians couvonlng annually to quar rel and squabble for partisan advant age Vet tlio latter has been its char acter , for the most part , for a number of years If this can bo changed , by allowing the majority to assuino the re sponsibility for loglsUtlon which belongs longs to it , it la not to bo doubted that the result will bo very materially to the advantage ot the country There can bo no doubt that the proposed reform , when fairly trlod , will commend ltsolf to general approval ,1 WORTHLESS VOXOESStdX Tlio Nebraska railroad commissioners have secured from the managers of the NebrasKa roads an ngreomont to make a ton per cent reduction on the corn rates , fixing the maximum at twonty-llvo cents and the minimum nt twenty cents This is a very small con cession , and will afford practlcallyno rollof to tlio farmers Under this ar- raugomuut there will bo no change in the present rate from the Missouri river , none where the rate does not now exceed twenty flvo cents , ' and the reduction at those points where the vale is above twcnty-llvo coins will give no appre ciable benefit to the producers Wo are willing to credit the commissioners with doing the best they could , but ob viously thu concession they have secured cured falls far short ot whnt is neces sary to relieve the situation and enable the fanners of Nebraska to roallzo any profit on their corn It is notoven half a loaf which the railroads have ac- oorded the producers , but merely a crumb , and that much too small to give any comfort , This will not do The people of Ne braska will not bo satisllod with any such worthless concession , and the rail road managers : presume tno much upon their patience and toleration if they suppose that the agitation for just and reasonable rates will bo silenced by this trilling recognition of their urgent demand - mand for relief They have a right to expect fair , if not generous treatment , and they will contiuuo to ask and in sist that this be given them There is nothing for the farmers of Nebraska in the illiberal proposal of the railroad managers , and while it is possible they may not now bo able to secure any thing bettor , their demand for just con sideration will not bo abandoned , nor will they forgot how they have bocti treated in their oinorgoncy by the rail roads The agitation for lower rates should be niajutained with incroascd earnestness and vigor REFORM WITH A VEXOEANGE The combine which controlled the organization of the council started out with a grand flourish of trumpets in favor of economy , tax reduction nnd re form form.When When put to the test the combine has opposed and defeated the effort to re duce taxation Every proposition to re duce the levy below the maximum was choked down by main force This means , of course , that our taxpayers will have to feed the gang of barnacles ' that lias been foisted upon the city for political unds for at least another year The most flagrant and outrageous feature of the proceedings was the passage of the appropria tion ordinance under the 1 gag rule Every councilman is held responsible under the charter for each vote that he gives on an appropri ation The law clearly contemplates that upon the passage or an appropria tion ordinunco each item shall bo road by the clerk before the vote is ordered An appropriation ordinance passed by merely reading the title is manifestly void , but in defiant disregard of the law this was done under whip nnd spur and tlio mayor gave his assent to this unlawful proceeding and signed the or dinance The question forces itself upon tax paying citizens whether they are to submit tamely to lawlessness and reck lessness or seek redress in the courts WHERE ls TUE SHRIXKAUET lu the revision of our nssossmont rolls three-quarters of a million has dropped out of the aggregate valuation as coin pared with the valuation of the preced ing year In view of the fact that oyer flvo millions have been expended for now buildings in the year 18SD , nnd at least two millions for public improve ments , including the now street railway lines , enlarged waterworks , gas works , etc , this shrinkage is , to say tlio least , inexplicable How is it possible for ull these additions to improved property vnluos to have been oltsot by tbo skrinlcago of unimproved prop erty , which always has been assessed very low The only rational deduction must be that tracts of land " swallowed up by railroad and ether cor- corporatlons have been put on the free list or appraised for a more bagatelle while otlior extensive concerns are as sessed at ridiculously low figures There is practically no taxation of money loaned by capitalists on mort gaged securities , and nearly the whole burden falls upon individual owners of roul estate While Omaha has lavishly voted rights-of-way to railroads and franchises to corporations , without price , these concerns nro virtually ex empted from taxation Tick active competition tor the perfumery - fumory department of the city govern ment is not so much for the honors of the job as for the ru von lie in sight Some idea of the profits may bo formed from the fuot that in Now York an Italian gentleman paid tlio city seventy olght hundred dollars a year for the exclusive privilege of examining the garbage piles and keeping whatever article of value was found , • In two years ho secured a fortune sufficient to rank him with tlio fourhundred Tin : elomouts of destruction appear to have taken permanent quurters on tbo Pacific coast The boasted climate of that section , In the light 6f. .oxporl- once , is a delusion and asnaro During the nast three months destructive floods and snow hlockudos , of unusual depth and sovorlty , have been the burden of Call-1 fornia news During the past period the rainfall reached the unprecedented record of twonty-olght inches The center of precipitation is now shifted to southern Oregon , where warm rains and melting snow have already de stroyed or dnnmgod millions of dollars worth of property There is probably no falt-cr or richer snot in the United States than the district devastated by r - the flood The Wltinmotto and Rogue river vallo 'ys'nro hedged in by the const and ninljtJijAtiRo , and so situated that sudden raws boating 011 Mount Hood and its holstVIt lessor ponks , south to the Slsklyous " , jfijl ' covorcd with snow , place them at tbpnmoroy of the torrents The valleys ttVo < J highly cultivated and thickly populated , thrift and prosperity being Abumlnnily shown In flu0 homos BurrouniloSiiy orchards The destruc tion already wrought In town and country la appalling , and the danger is not wholly past TitK logl'slaWo of North Dakota pro poses to apply the axe to the root of the olovalor combine Ono ot the bills fa vorably considered regulates the dis tribution of cars and faeilltlos for handling 011 the system in vogue in Europe and in sovornl states in this country , notably Michigan Every railroad In the state is required to reg ister applications for cars and furnish thorn in the order ot application Ample trackage and convenient approaches preaches for loading and unloading must bo provided at every station , and no cliargo can bo made for grain held in storage for fif teen days The bill Is swooping in its provisions nnd aims to break up olovalor monopoly by com pelling tlio railroads to provide facili ties for storing grain , just as ordinary merchandise isstorod in freight houses The late of tlio measure cannot be fore seen Although the legislattiro is strongly antl-moiiopoly , the full power ot the elevator rings and the railroads will bo exerted to prevent the passage ot the bill and prolong the exactions and discriminations practiced on tlio producer It is a demand for justlco which must evontiuilly prevail TitK cost of lighting the city under the present reform government is esti mated at' forty-five thousand dollars , a substantial advaaco over last year A largo portion of the increase was in herited from Mayor Cushilie's ' wise and vigilant predecessor , who with the assistance of the Dodlin combine , foisted electric lighting on the city nt extravagant rales The rate charged in Omaha , one hundred and sovonty-IIvo dollars per lamp per year , is greater than the average charge in thu UnitedStatos With the exception of Denver and Memphis , tho.avoragc cost is less than ono huiidred' and fifty dollars per lamp St Joseph pays ovcnty-two dollars per year ; St Lrluis , soventy-five ; Kansas City , ono luind'red'and forty-four ; Pitts burg , one liLmdrod und five ; Mihvaukoo , one hundred and fifty ; Now Orleans , Cleveland , Detroit and Buffalo , from ono hundred and twonty-flvc to ono hun dred and lift \ ' live per year In 1881 when the Sloctim law went inlo olfect there were one hundred and sixty retail liquor dealers nnd the pop ulation of Omaha was below thirty-five thousand , lender the operations of high license in Omaha the number of saloons lu > 8 decreased every year , notwithstand ing the increase in population The number - bor qUjcctTsetVliqilpr dcalcs wholesale .aiu 'J'WtaiI , at tl/o ' j present time is two ' hundred and ' 'tqn , against two hundred ami sixty-thrco last year il Kills the mil CMc-X } ) ' /rWiici' / . Speaker Reed is tlio mildojt tnannerod tyrant that ever snt down on the demo cratic party , but , bo does the job effectually And its ' Grortlr " > "In Credit iVi > riiInill ' . 'ifp' . The democrat ! are no lousor accusing Mr Hlainoof jingoism " On the contrary they assert that be is entirely too conserva tive Ulaiue never did pleao-j the dsmocniis That much can bu said to his credit , at any rate _ _ Tlio 1/ < iiup : Un't so Gixid It'tcfttta Jijiinml If there is not lis much liquor sold in Kansas as formerly , it is not because of prohibition , tut because the druir stores and Joints sail a , poor nuulity of It and cliargo a big price for Uimor ' , Always Acts thai WayS . S' ( . Tt'inln fJfo'ie-Dj. 'ii urit , The democrats uro correct in charsing that the disfruiichisoBionbof the Mormons would glvo Utah to tno republicans if it should bo admitted to statehood The dis franchisement of the ignorant and the vicious iu oven the most bourbotiish of democrat stutes would put the republicans in contol How IJocs Bachelor llavul Know ? ICiuwit CUu Ular t Governor Hill is audacious in saying that a iniin Is "no uao" a year before and a year after m < irnaga , but the assertion has lost him all fuininino support in his future cam pahjns The pawer of woman cannot bo Ignored in American politics , even if ths in fluence is Indirect The approach ot spring Is the most unpropltlous season.lu which to advance such horotlcal doctrines A QUESTION Ol * ItlOHT Irof Kasort Ho rendu Germany Prom illu Asiisrulons ofHniMiiies To the Kditor of Tin : Hue ; It Is u curious fact , that ns a rule , every telegraphic reporter or other correspondence coming from Kurope , in so fuc-as It refers to Germany and Franco , cotrtalua some slur , or a charge ono Kind or unothar , on or against the loaders ot government ; < in Germany The remark nblo thing is that .tlio acknowledged nnd well linown tacts absolutely contradict the charges , und that shows tlio case is never proven TLo panics ought to bo non-suited , but instead of th'ulj they alone get a heuriug with the Amorl&n 'Vibllc , while the defend tints , the Gormatr'govurnnient , atu treated witli contumele 'ir ' open Insult This conditlonupYlhing * Is not creditable tote to the AmoridaTf' newspaper A foreign liowcr , eventhdndh it bo monarchical , should have at least tD s ' atno right that wo grant the greatest majfaxtor amougourselves Wo deem do man guilty , in our courts , until proof is furnisuiHlUy uMelont evidence It may bo answered , Germany Is far off and does not intor'ot us Hut why then tills ( instant reference to Germany in our papers , by lunreports , often tailing up ctittro col umns , und this in every considerable pacer , from Maine to Uahforpia Only recently Joharin Most , tlio noted an archist , was condemned to a years impris onment by an Amorical court , on account of bis seditious languagu in newspapers nnd elsewhere The same Johatin Most was In carcerated In Germany for a similar offence But while no ono complains of lack of free dora in this country ( except anarchists ) ovcry ono cried shame ! when thn uews came , nt the time ' , that liutnaick had sent the liberal Jotiann Most to prison Uuglund und America both sent Most tote to prison but uo 0110 raises the charge that these countries are not free Now , as regards Germany , It may bo true that her press laws nro moro strlugunl than noccssury , and that the special laws azalnst socialists , pasted reluctantly , but yet legally ntnl without coercion , b/ the Gorman psrll * ' mont , nftor the second sttotnnt on tlio life of the ngod otnporor , nro impolitic nnd even foolish granting anything nnv socialist or anarchist may clmrpn ngnlnst the wisdom or lack of wisdom of the Gorman parliament , it Is yet a tact that these laws wcro passed by that parliament , nnd ttint this parliament is elected by secret ballot , on the basis of nnl- vorsat manhood suffrage It docs not follow that such a body may not make mistakes , but mistakes nro made In America also Another point is this F.vor since tbo franco-Gorman war it has oceu the policy of French writers to rcurosont Prussia m a power plotting war against Franco The facts nro that Franco commenced the war without any Just provo cation whatcvor The facts only provo that In all the wars botwocn Germany and Franco , Franco has iuvnr'nbly ' been the aggressor llut what about faotsf Apparently no one cares for facti as far as Gormnny Is con cerned , ntid.yct facts nlotiocan provo Hat of all the gratuitous misrepresenta tions , tno most absurdly groundless nnd dis honest Is the ono rcpeatodly uttered by mon llko Sir Chariot , Dllko , of Kngland , General Hrialmont of Helgium , and aver so ninny Frenchmen , vlfcl Thnt Germany would violate Helgium neutrality for the purpose of attaching Franco The facts nro almost entirely on the otlior side , for hi almost all her wars , ( about thirty or moro ) Franco hus almost Invnrlnbly commenced war by In- vailing Belgium , while Gornmny tins never done so The last French Invasion was that of Xnpoicon I. resulting in the defeat at Waterloo Now , when It is considered that the rela tions between Helgium nnd Gor mnny nro of the most friendly character , nnd always have been that In ISil ) It was ctoarly proven to the satisfaction of llolgtum nnd England both , that It wan Prussia under Hismnrck that saved Holgium from French annexation , it is really amusing to sco the cliargo turned louml , though not a single fact supports it And it is so with the pretended intontton of Hismnrck to break up Austria for the pur pose of annexing her Gorman provinces , nnd In order to please Russia Had faith Is a quality the Germans detest It wns the opinion of itonr.v Sttinlay , as good a judge of men ns can bo found , that the ro- markubla thing about Hismarck was that he made his way by perfect honesty ; that ho scorned the potty wuvaof lntrigtio and nl- wtiys was faithful to his obligations There Is not a sluglo fact to provo that Hismnrck over acted in bad fnlth And yet our news papers have wasted tons of printers ink to repeat that charge 1 urn not desirous of making out a case for Hismnrck ; I only wish to emphasize thnt nil these tolcgruptnu and ether reports contain ing charges , moro or less damaging , are for the most part the product At ignorance , mis conception and a foolish dopondeitcy on French opinions , and thn party spirit of Gor man and English so-called liberals Modern Germany has a constitution , nnd thnt consti- tiott is not a dead letter She never did nnd never will attack any ono , because the people plo nro industrious nnd peaceful , nnd they will not support a warlike policy From a disorganized , despotically governed , Inco herent mass of petty stntes , she has evolved into a great ntid respected state She might well claim sympathy , but suroU * is entitled to justice Very respectfully , (3. A. EnociiT STATltS JOTIINGS Nebraska There is talk of organising a sscond canal company nt Kearney Patrick Dunn , un old resident of York , died recently , aged eighty years An A. O. U. W. ledge has been organlzyd at Alexandria with twenty-six members Hon E. X. Krnno of Kencsaw hns gone to Hot Springs , Ark , to seek relief from heart trouble Mrs Woodward , the temperance lecturer , has been holding a very successful aeries of meetings at Arlington W. A. Dilworth , son of General Dllworth of Hustings , is announced as a eandidato to succeed Attorney General Loeso The remains of Miss Kato Taylor , known at the chronic insane asylum at Hastings as Howling Kale , " were taken to Nelson for interment Tlio now Baptist ohurch at Kearney , cost ing $1S,00J , will bo dedfeatod March 0. This will bo the third church dedicated in that lively city this year A nonpartisan mass convention has been called to meet ut McPherson February 15 to nominate candidates to fill the offices of the new county of McPherson The second annual conference of the gen eral secret arles of the Nebraska Young Men's Christian association will bo hold at Beatrice February 2r to Mnrch 2. Tbo secretary of the State Sunday school association has issued a summary of the work for the past , six months and an appeal for moro aid to make the efforts of the organiza tion moro effective The York creamery manufactured 5,000 pounds of butter during January Begin ning in May tire output will be Increased to 1.1,030 pounds by the separator process and choose will also bo manufactured The city ot Crete is In a prosperous con dition Unammlly having ever $9,00(1 ( av.iil- nblo to tbo treasury , una enough money will be transferred from the various fund totalto up and pay oft tbo bonded indebtedness , amounting to $0,000. By u break in tbo waterworks reservoir at Broken Bow the big basin was emptied of its contents in a short tlmo nnd the lower part of the city was flooded to a depth of two inches But little damage , however , was aonejmd the brook will bo repaired so as to make a repetition of the accident impos sible A young man named W. H. Willis , a resi dent of Grcshiun this state , who ramo out to look over some land near Middle Creole Branch , this county , had n tlttlo experience this week with some of the people of that locality which ho will bo likely to remember n few days , says the Ewing Democrat Young Willis arrived ic Ewing Saturduy afternoon und rode north that evening with a party by thn lumo of Urnay , remaining at Brady's place over nightand part of Sun day Brady discovered that ho had lost his pocketbook containing ? M lu monov and flOO in notes , and of course suspected young Willis The neighborhood became excited over the matter and on Monday Willis was taken by a mob and maltreated in a sbamo- ful manner One fellow named Curratt fur nished a rnpo , with which they threatened to hang him unless ho returned tbo money and notes Willis protested against such vila treatment , declaring ho know nothing of tlio property whatever , but the angry mob continued maltreating him until finally Willis told thorn If they intended hanging hint to gat nt it , as ho was getting tired of their foolishness Some tima Monday after coon Brady fonud his wallet in his boot , whore it had dropped through his pocket Words cannot express the mortification of the would-bo lynchers Willis was In town today , carrying marks of violence received at the hands ot the mob town ltnim Wild geese are reported flying north from scvoral sections of the state It cost Thomas Finn $50 to lay his hands violently on a Dubuque woman Three inmates of tne industrial school at Eldora have died from influenza Cedar llnpids lawyers want threes terms of the district court neld in thut city eaoh year The average cost of tuition per month in the public schools of the state is ll.T'J per scholar ; Throe fingers from the right hand of E. J. Erickson were ground up into sausage at Boone the other day , The D venport Grand Army post will present - sent the Battle of Gettysburg at the opera hottso in tbo near future Samuel Decker , a Jessup blacksmith , was instantly killed by being kicked in the temple by a barso ho was shooing Cedar llapids ministers have taken up the subject of establishing a public library in that city with prospects of success The Northwestern crematory society of Davenport expects to build a crematory be fore long anda committee hus been appointed to solicit funds for that purpose Mrs Dovol , a resident of Washington csunty , lays claim to the title of the oldest person in the state She has passed her IKld blrthduy President Ellis of the BlueGrass league is working up a commendable ) soheino to help drought sufferers of Dakota , it is proposed that each town in the region belonging to the leago will , on u certain day load a car of corn , und these will be put iittoono train ana forwarded to the sufferers with the best wishes of the league GRANDPABORRUSSBNTENCED Thrdo Mouths In the DouglnB County Jail BflOUGHTTO OMAHA LAST NIGHT It Is tixpcctctl That the Case Will Ko Carried to tlio Supreme Court nt Washington Corn Unto Controversy , Three months In < 1all. Liscobv , Neb , Fob C ( Special to Titr Bek ] Tlio following is the decision otJudgo Dundy in the matter of the contempt of Thomas Burrust Whcroas , On the 5th day oT February , A. D. , lS'JO , in open court and in presence of Hon Elmer S. Dundy , Jadgo of said Unltod States district court for tlio district of Ne braska , came Thomas F. Burnt5 , who hav ing been brought'boforo this court on a rule to show cause heretofore issued by this court on the 3ist day of Jnnuury , A. D. , 1890 , com manding and directing the said Thomas F , Burrus , on Monday the IU day ot February , A. D , , lS'JO ' , at the rooms wharoin nro held the federal court In the city ot Lincoln , in Nobraskn , ho to show cause why the said Thomas F. Burrus should not bo attached for contqmpt of court and dlsobcdlonco of the orders nnd decrees of this court hereto fore uindc , in a certain cause before snld court , then atiit heretofore pending , the same being In the matter of the habeas corpus prococdlngs in bohatf of Evolynn E. Miller , her father , and whuroln the said Thomas F , Burrus and Cnthorlno Bur rus were respondents of nil ot which the said Thomas F. Burrus had duo and legal notice And It ap pearing that the said Thomas F. Burrus and Cathonno Burrus forcibly took nnd kept the said Evelynn E. Miller from said Louis B. Miller , who was attempting to take her to his homo in Old 0 , and did take her to some place in Iowa , and have refused ever slnco to deliver her to the said Louis B , Miller , but kept her nwny from Louis B. Miller con trary to the former orders , Judgment and ad judications of this court And the said Thomas F. Burrus was also ordered to produce the said Evelynn E. Miller before this court at the same time und place And it is being mailo to appear that snld rule to show cause and said order to produce the said Evelynn Miller before this court nnd Judge nt said tima had been duly and iognlly servodon said Thomas F. Burrus Ard ho , tuo said Thomas F. Burrus , com ing before sold court and Judge on said itd day of February , A. D. , 1SH0 , nnd showing uor offering no good nnd stifllciout reason or excuse for the disobedience of tlio former ordersdecrees and adjudlcntionsof this Judge and court in the aforesaid cause made nnd served upon him , the said Thomas I < \ Burrus , under and by direction of this court And the said Thomas F. Burrus still re fusing to obo.v said orders , decrees and ad judications ofetuls court and still refusing to obey the said orders , und to produce the said Evelynn E. Miller bororo this court at this lime , us he had been directed And the said Thomas F. Burrus , not offer ing nor showing any legal or proper excuse for his disobedience to the former orders , Judgments and decrees of this court in this cause heretofore made , nor auy good und sufficient reason or excuse for not producing the said Evelynn E. Miller before the court at this time , but the said Thomas F. Burrus coining baforu tnis court and Judge and de fying the orders , decrees and adjudications thereof and refusing to obey the mundnto thereof And the court and Judge on the said .Id day of Fobrunry , A. D. , 1890 , having ndjourned the consideration of this matter until the 5th day of February , A. D. lS'JIl , at the sauie hour nnd placu , to which time und place the said Thomas F. Burrus . wns directed to be and appear And now , on this 5th day of February , A. D. 1691) . pursuant to such adjournment be fore Hon E. S. Dundy , Judge of said United States district court , and in open court held in the court room at Lincoln , ugnin comes the said Thomas F. Burrus , and still refus ing to obey all of said orders , decrees und adjudications of said court in the aforesaid proceedings mudo nnd decreed , and still re fusing to produce the said Evelynn B. Mil ler , and nolther offering nor showing nny proper , reasonable or legal excuse for such disobedience nnd refusal , but wilfully and stubbornly resisting nnd disobeying all of said orders , decrees and ndjudicatious , Now , therefore , bu it ordered and adjudged by this court , that the said Thomas F. Bur rus , by reason of said acts and disobedience , was and is guilty of contempt of the author ity of this court , committed in Its presence on this 5th day of February , A. U. , 1SU0 , as well us by other acts of disobedience of him the said Thomas F. Burrus to the former ordors.decroesadjudications nnd mandates of this court boniloforo made , and of which ho had duo and legal notice , and while ho , the said Thomas F. Burrus , wns in said court And it is further ordered that for said acta of contempt committed in the presence of this court , as well ns for his disobedience to the former ovdors , dcureo and adjudication of this court in this cause made , the said Thomas F. Burrus bo punished by Imprison ment for the term of three months And it is further ordered that this Judgment mont be executed by Imprisonment of the said Thomas F. Burrus in the county jail of the county of Douglas , in tbo state of Ne braska , until the further order of this court , but not to exceed said term of three months And it Is further Ordered that said Thomas F. Burrus pay the costs of these proceedings and ull costs that may accrue tncroiu by rea son thereof And it Is further ordered that a certified copy of this order , under the seal of the court , bo the process and warrant for exe cuting the order Mr Burrus stated to some friends after tho.dolivory of the order that he would bo willing to serve a year in jail und fast on bread and water if permitted to keep the child It Is expected thut n writ of ha boas corpus will bodomnndodund the case carried to the supreme court at Washington to test the question of tbo Jurisdiction of the fed eral court here If tbo supreme court at Washington should declare that tbo federal tribunal has no Juris diction that would throw tbo whole matter back to the state courts , and as the grand father has already won in the state courts , this would moan a victory for him Grandpa Burrus was taken to Omaha to day to servo bis sentence , INPKriXITKI.r lnSTTONED The conference llxod for Friday between Governor Thuyer , Attorney General "Leese und the Trans-Missouri Hallway association , or a representing committee , to consider the proposition of freight reduction on corn , has boon indefinitely postponed Governor Thayer received intelligence to this effect today , and the contemplated open meeting is thsro- fore out of tlio question yilOM GOVKIINOII TIIAVHII , Special to tub Hutchinson ( Kansas ) News ExKci'iivn Dkpiutmu.nt , Lincoln , Neb , Fob 1 , 18U0. Some ono has sent mo copies of the News showing tbo splondld light it is making for an emergency rate 011 the crop of corn As the readers of thu News have probably noticed , the same ques tion Is being agitated here The lottur I ad dressed to thniailroads has called out a hearty response from tbo farmers of the state Wo are lighting for a reduction on the corn rata which will enable the farmers to sell their corn at reasonable figures , so that they can have something to live on This result must be secured or a pall will rest noon all kinds of business the coming spring Wo shall keep up the light hero , and wo are glad that you and the people of Kansas are moving in the same direction John M. Tuavbiu xetuiAsia nxnnnsi : * spkakei ; heed , Tim governor received a telegram from the Philadelphia Press today inquiring whether or not the republicans of the state ondorst-d the course of bpeakor Heed and tbo republican majority la congress Uo re plied on follows ; Statu or NriuusKn , Executive Dkimiit hknt , Lincoln Neb , Fob 0. To the Press , Philadelphia , Pa , ; The republicans of Nebraska endorse the course of Speaker Iteed aud the republican majority without reservation We believe ho has takoa Ik * " right cotirso 1 break down the mlsrulo ot M tyrannical and dlsorgatilf-lng minority H John M. Tii.uk 11. H tup soritBMn coriiT H The following wore today's ' proceedings It , Ihosupromo court : M The following gentlemen wore ndmlttoJ to H to practice : .1. Nightingale esq , of Sbcrni nu _ H county ; Jntnes W. Orr , esq , of Atchison , ' . H Knn.t W. K. Brown , esq , of Shcrmuu 'JH | | county , Knn , < ' M In re Bertlo Hoblnson writ of habeas corH pus nllowcd returnable Fobrunry 31 , KWjH Thu following causes were argued und/tib B mlttodi Hilton v * Gregory , Burr vs LanlH aster , Travcr vs Shueflo , Thompson vi B Thompson , Seobrock vs Fednwn , Stateei H rol Stnngo vs Cochran , Polloy vs Johnson Court adjourned lo Tuesday , Februsry 13 nt 8:110 : n. m. , when the causes from tin Third district will bo called H 0I1ANII AltltV IIKITNIOX U Lincoln Is making a very earnest effort ti Bfl sccuro the next annual reunion of tbo Grant Army of the Republic , and if inducomenti count for anything they will bo pressed nl the proper titno The real est.ito oxchtingu H hns taken the matter in band , and a dolegn- B Hon of ono hundred cltb.ens has boon up pointed to attend the department encamp H incnt which meets nt Grand Island on the BSJ 10th. As to the Inducements that nro to b , _ offered Tin ; Beb representative is not -i"T B vised , but ho is assured that they are of ( filch v BV a nature as to insure success \ linCOHPS AT TUB OAl'lTOI , . H The American Insurance company of Bos M ton , Mass , filed its nnnunl statement with H Insurance Auditor Allen todnv , showing thu amount of business transacted in the stnto M during the past yenti Klsks f21il,25t ; pre flfl m 111 ins , $1,714.10 ; losses , Sl,001i"l. H The Stockwoll building nnd lonn assoclaBfl Hon Hied articles of incorporation in thu M ofllco of the sccretnry of state today AuBl thorized capital stock , ? GO,000. InrorporBB ntors : Gcorgo 11. Stewart , W. L. MrClnry , BB James Williams , George J. Kelly , J , D. llnrB well , L. W. Crawford and E. W. Larson BB County treasurers as follows cast books BB with the auditor ot public accounts today , | H nnd paid into the hands of the stuto trons 4 urcr tbo amounts nn stated below : ,1. lVr.s sflH Likens , Uock , $580.47 ; C. Thcdo , Whcclcr , * * * ? | M 81ao4.CO ; W. B. Wcoks , Greeley , $0v77,4ai BB | W. E. Gnssman , Kimball , S' ' ,100.47 ; B. F. W Staufdr of Dodge county is soltllng today CITV NCWS ANI > NOTES H Colonel A. B. Hayes , formerly of this city , H is In Denver doing rcportorlal work on 011a of the Denver papers B | S. II Morrison or Nobraskn City , II O. Estnbrook of Omaha , W. T. Kichuruson nl BJ David City , Byron Clark of Plattsmouth niiiy/ " J. A. Frawlcy of Stromsburg were in Lincoln . today James W. Orr of Atchison , Kan , , a partner - S nor of Hon Bailey P. Waggoner of tlie BJ Missouri l'aclllc , was at thu stuto house to H day His business hud to do with the Elm H wood elevator case , and it is said that ha H Bought an extension of tlmo to get into the BJ supreme court with it Attorney General 'H ' Lccsc Is Inclined to press matters and will H concede to nothing that conflicts with tht H interests of his constituents nnd clients BJ The Lincoln live stock market Is quoted a BJ shade lower todny Hogs sold from jg'J.70 to H f3.75. Large shipments wore roco ved in the H afternoon Bulk , 1.72 % . J. S. Thompson , a book agent , wus ar < rested this morning nt tbo instance of ti H young woman Uo started her out as an H agent , furnishing her with two books , for H which she left $10. When she concluded to retire from the business , which did not provo M to bo remunerative , ho refused to give baoli BJ $5 of the money , requiring her to keep ouu BJ of the books Uo was allowed to go , how BJ aver , upon paying back the girl her money JB , Simon Harris , who lives on the Salt creek bottoms , was taken into custody . on tha BJ charge of theft , Austin Humphrey making the complaint It accused him of stealing a BJ monster roll of muslin from the stuto fair BJ grounds last September The stuff was \ - | found in his house , but ho showed ronesVi- . B slvoly that ho had taken it homo to wash V fl H at the instance ot Mr Moshor and wus H thereupon given bis liberty - . BJBJBJ Governor Thayer has rccclvod a letter BJBJ | from Helen Gnugar asking him to call an B extra session of the legislature to confer tin BJ olcctlvo franchise on the women of No- BJ brnska H The Omaha World-Herald having do- inauded of the state fair association tbo privilege - ilego of inspecting their records , vouchers H and warrants , flio board of nionagors 'csjcrj aB dav resolved that every fanility will bo ' fur H 11 is lied to the representative of the World Herald to make copies in full of all records , voichirs , warrants , contracts aim otlior docBB uments ins ho secretary's ' ofllco to bo pub BB lldud lu said World-Herald. Provided Gil > ben M. Hitchcock , proprietor of the World ' JH Herald , will furnish the board of munngcrsa BB written pledge , duly signed by hlmsolf , thut BB he will print in full and complete ull records , BB itemized vouchers , warrants and contracts H that may bo copied by the rcprosontutivo nl BJ | the Vv'orld-Horald or that may bo ordered BJ furaishod for publication by tbo bourn ol BJ managers ; that said items shall b published BJ from day to day until all are completed , J | a singuijAk death A New Yorkers Sudden Summons | While Vlsliini : 111 London V QflBfl ICovyrltihl IPSO hy JamcH Gonion Ilcnnrtt.l * London , Fob 0. ( Now York lloruH I Cable Special to Tub Hkb ] Dr Wynn fl Westcott hold au Inquest yesterday concern * Bj ing the death of Lyman Jones , aged fifty I eight , a Wall street broker of Nuw York whn was on u visit to Europe and met bis death fl under singular circumstances lu London , H E. Lionel Hart of 210 Piccadilly ; ' said tha deceased wus his brothor-iii-law ; thnt lie BJ suffered from heart disease audi was liable BJ to die suddenly Charles ilollingswortli , 11 S cabman , stated that on Saturday evoulag , BJ when passing through Northumberland uvo nuo ho saw a horse and cub golmr along BJ at a furious rate The witness supposed tlm B horse had bolted and so gave chuso to rendei BJ nny possible assistance On reaching an BJ embankment he saw something black in tin BJ road , und found it wns the deceased He hid BJ Jumped or failon out of the cab und had witb fl some difficulty crawled to the curb Witnesi B got down and asked him whether ho wui B hurt , Tbo deceased , however , said ho wai B all right und requested witness to drive him fl to St Gcorgo's club , Hanover square On J arriving there bo found deceased doubled ur ss > "J B and insensible Dr Alfred Woolft stated In H was at the club whan the deceased arrived . J in the cab , dead The cause of death wmM syncope , duo to tbo shock produced by th < accident Tlio Jury returned a verdict accordingly . To Kill Nf urnskn I.rwxl Ofllecn Wasuinoton Fob , 0. [ Special Telegram to Tub Bee.I The member ot the Nobraski delegation have recommended the names feint nt least three of the four land offices ut Lin coln and McCook Mr Slsson Is to bo .reg ister and Captain Joseph Teeter receiver u | Liucoln , and J. P. Lindsay register or ro cetver at McCook The appointments un expected daily Seven Slilnwreokcil Hallors itcsotioil Boston , Mass , Feb , 0. The British steamer Thunomoro , which arrived yestur day after a tempestuous voyage of cighteci days from London , brought savru ship * wrecked seamoo , just half the number who sailed from Now York January 0 on hoard the Norwegian ship Josephine for Duutzlg , The others were Inst The Josephlun's cargo consisted of 0.4C0barrels of petroleum , " OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY Subscribed & guarnntcoJ OiplUI , 5300,030 l'ttld In Capital , , , , 350,000 I lluys and sella stocks ard bunds ; ucgutatloi I commercial paper ; reculviwiindexojuteiti-ii ts ; • act * ns transfer ogont and tiusUo of eoriurt- f tloaa ; taltus charge of property ; colleeti ro : u [ Omaha Loan Trust Co SAVINGS BANK 8. E. Cor | Oth and DoiiBlns foots , Paid in Cupltil SSO.OOO Bubscrlbed ft ipiarautwd capita I , 100,000 1 X.Ubllltyof stockholdrrs , , 200,000 1 a Per Cent Interest Paid on uposlw J I'ltANK .1. fiANIli ; OjsiUr 1 OrriCKiis : A.U.Wymaa , in-esMcir ; J.J.It.M\vn , J rlca prpslilcut ; IVT tVyiimu , tmujivr S. 1 DlBMjrottsi A. If , Wynun J. II Ml U I , J. J , V . ! llrowu , tluyO llArtnn , Ji W S * 4 , Tm U . . 1 Kimball , tlco 1L lake H Loans In any amount made u' City & v Farm Property , and on C Ilutoral Security , at Lowest Curronw Rat is 1