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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1890)
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Hooleery DiilMlng H | New Vnrk , llfums II and ft Trunin * llulldlng B Wnahlnuton , No.M.1 lVmrtennth Htroot , H | Council lllutls No 12 IVarl Street H South Omaha , Corner N an 1 ) th Streets BJ coituiaroNirNn : H A11 communications relating to n w and mil j lorlal matter should bo addressed to ttie IMItor- H lal Department I in'siNf.sa rrrxRits H All business letters nnil remittances should l be aaflrt'Stcd to The Hen Publishing Company , H ( linnlin Drafts , cheeks anil I > o-lofflc orders H * tobeinndcpayablotothnordcrottheUompany The Bee Piiislriiig Company , Proprietors H llru llulldlhir l'nnmm and Scvenloonth Streets H Ttin lli'o on tlin 'I'm111" . H Tliero Is no excuse lorn f allure to get Tiik IUb H on the trains All nowsdealors have been noli- H tlod In carry a full supply , Travelers who want H Tin : llei : : ami cant get Iton trains where other H Omaha papers nru carried are requested to H notify Tiik llrK H Please he particular to give In all cases full H luformutlou as to date , railway ami number j of train H ( live tit your name , not for publication nr tin H nerccsary use , but as a guaranty of good faith H run daiiiV nni-i. H Sworn Statement of Cirutilntltin H State of Nebraska , | _ H Comity of Douglas , f ' H Ceoi e II TzscIiuck , secretary of Tiik IIkc H 1'iiblishlng Company , tinea solemnly .sweartliat H th actual circulation of Tin : D.ui.v llKEforthe H weak ending I'ebruary 8 , IKK ) , was 114 follows 1 H Kundav Keb M ! , fiV > H Monday , lob 'l 19U. > H | Tuesday , rob 4 ln.inu I Wednesday , Ieb 5 lli.Sii ) I Thursday Fob 0 lt.l ! ! ) I Friday , leli 7 WHO J Saturday , lcb 8 1' .i , H Average 10,7:17 : E UKOKC.i : II T/.SCIIIIUK. H ( tnorn to before tno and subscribed to in my H presence this Sth day of February , A , I ) . UW I ( Seal ] N. | > . tKIl . H Notary Public H State of Nebraska , I H County ot Douulns I ' H ( Jeorce II Tchucic , bolus duly sworn , de- H poses and says that ho ts secretory of The IIki H l'liolislitui ; Company , ttntt the actual averoRs H dally circulation or Tin ; ll.tit.v llr.K for the H mouth tit January , ltsw , was ltt.r 74 copies ; for H | I < e1imary. 1SS ! > . w.inw copies ; for March , 18s , H lt > , Ki il copies : tor April 18s ! , lKr " > ' .i copies : for H May , 1SMI. lfl.mn copies : for lime , 18t , l.s.KVJ H copies : for July ISHI lt < ,7it copies ; for AtiRUst , H lK i , IK.nsi copies : for Soiitcmber , Itssu ls,7H ) H copies : for October , ltW , IWUtTcopies : tor No- H vember ItW , l' .ilt : ) ) copies ; for December 18su , M IWUK copies ( iKOiuin H. T/sciiuck. H Sworn to Deforo 1110 and subscribed in my H pii'Scnre this ith day of Jnnunrv , A. 1) . . l.S'K ) . HJ ISeal ] N. 1 > . Fkiu Notary lubllc H Till : now county hospital is rapidly H aasviiiilti r : i lion : ind hungry look H Tlii' .itK is every prospool tliaHho city HH will scenro a surplus of bridge charters H ami si paucity of structures H Ai.Tttormi tlio plans and specifiea- H f iotiH ditl not provide for it , the county H hospital has boon thoroughly plaslcred H witli claims H Tiik demands of property owners for H viaduct damages indicate that the vul- H { jar nrtielo called nerve has reached n H blooming state of perfection along B Tenth street H It is asijjiiiflcaut fact thai coinpolcitt H city oMIcitiU tire not eryinp for uddi- H tiouul help It is the political ward H worker who wants , deputies to instruct H him in the duties of the position M 1 H r" 'Vur proposed court house tunnel H 1 should nnt bo seriously considered H J'ublic nrido will not tolerate any H schotne to uudormiuc the pcacoful rc- H peso of the blind goddess on the dome H Or couusii the various city oflicials H protest against a reduction of assistants M and clerks The idea of rendering an H otiuivalent in labor for their salaries is H ( repugnant to their health H Tiik agitution for iivo-cont faroB on H | thu bridge motor line foil on deaf ears H The stockholders having refused to Hj tap the surplus , it is in order for the H | city council to exorcise a little reform H in the premiBes Hj -Si'.VJ' .NTY-l'iYU thousand dollars to M remove snags will not materially im- B prove navipation on the JMissouri What H the country wants is an apjiropriatiun m ' to I'ctnovo the jags that obstruct navl- H I { 'ation on land , M J AriOKNKYGKNKUAl Lkksh proposes B 1 to pi-ess to a conclusion m the courts the H J issue raised in the Elmwood clovutor H J rase The main question is , shall the B railroads grant equal privileges to all M shippers This is the issue H Tin : Mormon legislature ot Utah B parsed an election law for the solo pur- H pose n ( Hhuttlng out the opposition H Now that the liberal rogibtrars are vig- H oroiiBl.v enforcing this law , and giving J the Mormons a pill of their own tnnnu- m facture , the lamentations of the apostles H are ludicrbus H Notwitiistandino Cloveliuid'aclaim PaVJ to a patent right on ballot reform , reM - M imblicuii states and territories are H btoadily onaoting laws to that end The M AuHtralinn , system is certain to be H adopted hi Wyoming , making the H twollth republican logislnturo to adopt B ballot reform With one or two oxcep- M tions the dumocrutio states are yet to M hour from m I Tin : Montana senate imposed a 11 no of M ' lifty dollars for the ilrst days absence M ' on tliu doiuouratio Bonntorial fugitives , M the amount doubling for each subso- M I iiuant days absence , There are twelve M ' days of the session yet remaining , and M | if the deulocrats absent themselves to M thu end they will eacli have a fiuo of m one hundred und two thousand four M hiiiidicd dollars to meet The vacation M promises'to be a costly one , if the flues H are collectud M Tilu total corn crop of KebrasKa in M 1HSS nmountcd to one huudred and for V H ty-soveii million bushuls The eleven fl Missouri river counties raised twon- M ty-eiirht million bnshols , or a 1 ' fr.iclion over one-sixth of thom m total A cQiiBOryatlvt eetlinato of H the crop of 1SS9 places the total m , uf 0 . 110 hundred and sixty million bush H els Taking the ratio of 1SS3 , the river M count 'lcri hurvestnd thirty million bush M els yet the railroads ignored this vast B crop ami refused the producers the pit B tauco of a ton per cent reduction In B rutos BBB M. 1 TUR SALT LAKli llFVTlOX The election tn Salt Lake City today xtIU possess rt national Interest For a month or tnoro past a most vigorous campaign hits boon waged on the part of hold the gentiles and the Mormon ? . The organization of both is as thorough as passible ; , tiio formur , styling thorn selves the Hboral party , having ex pended a largo amount of money in campaign work Kvory gcntllo voter in the city , old and young , has taken an active part in thu light and will be at the polls today The suc cess of thu liberal party in confidently predicted Thu registry lists , which cloied a few days ngo , show seven thousand eight hun dred and twonty-soven voters , of whom four thousand nine hundred and live are pronounced gentiles and two thousand nine hundred und twenty-two Mormons , the former having ti majority as shown by the registration of ono thousand tilno hundred and eighty-throe. It Is re ported that several hundred young Mormons huvo deserted to the liberal party The indications therefore are that the liberal party will carry the election by ti majority of from fifteen hundred to two thousand The dofent of the Mormons in Salt Lake City will bo the culmination of the struggle lo eliminate the Mormon church from politics For t.vo score years the Saints have boon in undis turbed control of the local and general legislative machinery of Utah Being Inrccly in the majority , they have en trenched themselves in power , and until late years exorcised autocratic au thority The tide of Immigration , the influx of capital and the onor- gctic olTorts of the general gov ernment to slump out the crime of polygamy have undermined the king dom of the saints and practically over thrown the church as a political fuctoi : . Those , combined with ad verso decisions ot the courts , have made the church leaders desperate , and it would not bo surprising if the bitterness displayed on both sides found vent in personal eonlliets at the polls today Mormon defeat will have several im portant results , chiot of which will bo the ciTcct upon the material progress and prosperity ot Salt Lake City and the territory If not a iinal blow to the authority of the Mormon church in its great stronghold , it will cripple it so severely as to greatly dlmir.ish its fut ure power in polities and reduce the dilllcultles of donling with it ns a politi cal force With this accomplished Utah may bo expected to speedily ox- porieuco a vigorous growth , and the benefits to Salt Lake Cityospocially are likely to bo very great It would seem that the end of Mormon rule in Utah is not far off l VV.EllLK DEFEXSK Coming right on the heels of the bloodless out in the corn ritto , the feeble defense of the railroads by the board of transportation will doubtless console the producers und malco thorn content with their lot It must bo ox- trctncly comforting to a farmer whoso years toil is absorbed in getting the product to market to learn from an official'source that a ton per cent re duction is a gcncious cift , ono which will save the state ono million and ti half dollars The board goes out of its way to prop the assertions of the rail roads that there has been n steady reduction of rates during the past ton years Considering the inexperience of the board , it is not sur prising that it attempts to guU the public by quoting from the schedules These are misleading , ft is a notorious fact that before the interstate commerce net wont into effect a pystem of secret rebates was in universal use , which in hundreds of instances amounted to 0110- hulf the open rate Every competitive shipping point .in the Btnto wa9 favored with rebates , and the favorites of the corporations were granted still greater reductions , which " enabled them to undersell rivals Discrimination wits widespread and extended to till grades of merchandise Had the board boon us diligent for the public welfare us for the corporations , it could have found right iu Lincoln convincing proof of the claim that the present grain rutos 'uvcu with ton per eont off , are higher by six to eight cents a hundred than the rate In 1833. And this rate is maintained in face of the fact that trafllo has trebled in four years . The promises ot further relief if the coming reduction proves honcficial are worthless The future can tnko care of itself It is tno present condition , not future contingencies , that domainl vigorous action A ton per cent reduction duction will not meet the omorgeney or rescue the hulk of the com crop from decay T// > ; llOl'K OF TlTiflAUTV Congressman Butterworth ot Ohio , in a recent interview , said ho should not he a candidate for ro-eluction unless thu present house does something toward a revision of the tariff , because tliero would bo 110 prospect of his election Ho expressed the Dolief that the only hope of continuing the republican con trol of the house lies in the fair and thorough revision of the tariff , and ho feared this would not bo done Whllo in favor of the protection of American industries , Mr Butterworth be longs to that inodorato element of the republican party which holds that the maintonniieo of the vvur turlff is no longer necessary or defensible Ho thinks our present tariff laws are in Buch a ooufused and complicated condi tion that tliosa who do not need or do- eorvo protection got a good deal tnoro of it than tluwp who do Tlioro is an ac cumulation of fungus , ho is quntod as saying , upon uur whole tariff sohodulo , with aiinllnito. . number of articles on which the duties are axcossivo and ought to bo reduced , and he therefore lavors the thorough overhauling of the system Unless tills is done , " said Mr ; Buttorworth , "wo might as well ' hang up our llddlo und go homo wftboutanyoxpoctatlon of coming back here again " Counsel and wurnitig of this kind from a leading republican who has boon long iu public Ufa and is a good obsoryor of the trend of publio sontl- mout , not alone in his own district and state , but In the country at large ) ought to make notuo impression upon the judgment ot his fpllow members in , congress For whntovor the weight ot opinion ollcllod by the ways and means committee from the representatives of the protected in- forests that huvo appeared botoro it , tlioro can bo no question that the turgor publio sentiment of the country the opinion ot the inassos of con sumers Is in line with the position of Mr Butterworth The publio man who improves his opportunities for in formation is willfully blind who doo3 not see that there has boon a great ndvanco in public opinion within the last year iu favor of a gouoral rovlsion and material uhango of our tariff system What the people demand is not simply a reform In the ad ministration of the system , im portant as this is , or the removal - moval of unjust inequalities , which giro liioro protection to these who do not need or deserve It than to these who ' do , but a gc noral rovlsion of duties that will afford some rollof to the people without endangering the stability or prosperity of American industries This the republican party is pledged to do , and if it fails to fulllll the pledge it must expect the danger of which Mr Butterworth warns it The fear ot the Ohio cougrossman that the representatives of the party in congress will not give the country such tariff rovlsion ns the conditions domaud and warrant may provo to bo groundless , but certainly the outlook is not favorable Unless there are enough careful and consorvn- tivo republicans in congress to defeat most ot the Humorous projects that are advanced or coutomplatod for increas ing expenditures it will bo imposslblo to reduce the rcvonucs of l.ho govern ment The tendency to extravagance in all directions is as marked as at any period of our his tory , and the numerous sohomos against the public treasury are sup ported by powerful influences If only ti few of thorn succeed the government will ncod every dollar lo bo obtained from present sources of revenue to meet the additional demands upon it At a time when gonornl depression Bttggosts retrenchment and coonomy , or at any rate urges that there should bo no extra ordinary additions to the expenses of the government , congress is being pressed with sohomos which would com pel the continuunco for years to como of the oppressive drain upon the in dustry and resources of the puoplo The responsibility for the result will rest upon the I'opubllnan party , and It can not afford to disregard the counsel of such clearheaded and candid men as Mr Buttorworth It is finally stated on the authority of Mr Randall's physician that the case of the distinguished democratic congress man is hopeless His illness arises from a cancer , and while It may not result fatallr for wocics or even months , Mr Randall will never again bo able to per forin any public duly His montul faculties are as clear as ever , and it is cvidenco of the high esteem in which ho Is hold as a parliamentary authority that the lending democrats of the house of roprcsoiiUitivcs have sought his advice in the con test they have been makingfor tlio past two weeks Notwithstanding his long public service Mr Randall is poor , and , an effort is being made to raise a fund for the benefit of his family when de prived of his support Such a fact is the highest possible testimony to his integrity in public life For nearly a quarter of a century Mr Randall has been ono of the strongest men in the politics of the country , - and iu his death the democratic party will lose its nblest member and in some respects its safest counsellor Skckktauy Tkacy will , not retire from the navy department Not only is the prosidontmost desirous that ho shall remain , both in the interest of the ad ministration ana because ho believes it to be vital to the health of General Tracy that ho should hnvo the moutnl occupation which the • duties of the oillco give him , but the secretary is himself deeply interested in the work that is before him It may be some little time before ho is able to actively resume his duties , but the country is to bo congratulated upon his determina tion to do so as soon ns possible City election traditions toll us that the man who finds himself short on votes ut the polls had bettor take his medicine und Ho down BTATL2 JOTTINGS Nebraska Grants new lira ball baj arrived and Is rorulyjfor business Farmers alliances are springing up rap idly in Cluy county A number of gamblers huvo fled from Broken Bow to avoid arrest , The dates of the Dawson county fair have beeti lixiHl for September ii3 , 31 , 25 and SO The Citizens bank of Uenova is to erect a throostory brick block the coming Boason The Ananias club is tlio latest sooiul or ganization at Oxford , and the society U growing rapidly , The now town of Bluncho , in Chase county , now has a newspaper , the WeeKly Wuvo , odltod by Will S. Leonard Lewis Spelts of David City has made nr- rnngiiiiiontH to plant a patch of cottou as soon as tlio weather permits The prohibitionists ' of Knox county will hold a mass convention ni the Congrega tional church in Creightoa February la Mr , and Mrs David II Goodrich of Geneva celebrated their golden wedding an- nlvorsary recently with the aid of siktoon children and grandchildren liurt Murtla ot York bad his oar nearly pulled off by his little sister , who in play plucod a button hook in his sound rocolvor and then forcibly yanked the weapon out > Tlio farmers iu the nolehborhood of Spring IUnch , Cloy county , have begun to plow nud barrow , and If the wcuther oontltiuos line they will cointnenoa sowing wheat this week , Campbell sportamon will lodulgo in it shooting match February H , the programme of events including two live bird matches , two blue rock mutches and one glass ball • hoot II Wilson was brought into Aluia for stealing a team ot horses , taken into court , pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years In the penitentiary , all la the same day.Miss Miss Hebocca Morrison , a residoat of Ne braska , was sentenced to one days im prisonment for disorderly couduct at a Christian meeting in McfJrogor ' la ' the other day Mrs Nute Hlclcs wlfo of a Dakota county farmer , while visiting iu South Dakota , op posite Pones , mysteriously disappeared , and MM'- " ' ' it Is supposed slip must have fallen through ua alr-hoto lihitb Missouri Says the Imperial llepubhcanl Saturday it became known that Undo Sam had can celled twonthsevert of the claims that formort part of the Hariom cntllo company's cktonslvo ranfcll-along tlio Frenchman , mid on Monday n small sized Oklahoma rush for the land cnslied Several cilltcns of our town wcro among the rushers Hy night wo believe about eighty men bad oitnor fllod papers or conitno ' ncod work on the claims > lliwn ltcm . There nro 12. * manufacturing plants ti Du- bunuo 1 Fort Madison wants another wLolosalo grocery house > The Swedish nsoplo of Callondar nro to build a now church A bonus of * 3,500 has boon subscribed for a Hour mill at Marcus A fnrmors' co-oporatlvo creamery will bo built ut Loarlng in the spring The citUons of Toledo have ralsod $30,000 towards rebuilding Western college Sarah Jane Holmes , the first whlto child born In Chicago , la now living nt Hampton The scraper works at Mount Pleasant which were rocentiy burned are being ro- built The Creamery Journal Is a now monthly publication whloh has made Its uppoarance nt Waterloo Great preparations have boon made for the Grnnd Army enmp tire at Creston , Feb ruary 20 and 81. o A district Young Men ? Christian associa tion ronvontlou wilt bo hold ut Muscntlno Blareh 21. 3 ! and 23. It U reported that Kato Shelly , tlio Mom • gonia bridge heroine , is soon to bo marnod to n Marsballtowii young man The O'Brien county Jail has boon con demned by the Judge and the prisoners have been transferred to Oraugo City The Groouo County Fnrmors' Mutual In surance company , which has boou organized two years , carries about 540,000 In policies , its losses last yonr amounting to only f0. The state board of oducatlonal oxamlaora have arranged a list or dates and pianos for holding examinations during the comlug year as follows : At Cornell college Mount Vernon , Monday and Tuesday , Juno 3 and t 4 : at state normal school , Cedar Falls , Wednesday , Juno 4 , Thursday , Juno 5 ; at Iowa eollogo , Grlanoll , Friday , Juno U , Sat urday , Juno 7 : at statn univuraity , Iowa City , Monday , Juno li , Tuesday , Juno 10 ; ut department of publio instruction , Dcs Moines , Tuesday , Juno 24 , Wednesday , Juno 25. The dates ilxod for the examinations for diplomas nro Tuosdny , Juno 21 and Wednesday day , Juno 2T , the examinations to bo hold at the dopar' .ment ot publio instruction , Dos Monies Tlio Two DaUntnt Brulo county now pays a bouuty of $1 for wolf scalps There in talk of a base ball league in the Black Hills The new Milwaukee depot to bo erected nt Sioux Falls will cost botweou * o0,0M aud $ G0O00. By 11 timber flro west of Haold City 303 tons of hay , some shsds and stabllDg were destroyed A ledge of Knnrht9 of Pythias has boon instituted ut Sturgls with twonty-slx members , Somebody has counted up and announces there nro twonty-thrce bald heads in the South Dakota legislature J. H. C. Young ; clerk of the South Dakota supreme court , hits resigned and has becu succeeded by L W. Goodner It is estimated.that the mining industries of the Black Hills will in time give employ ment to more than a million people George liurnham , the young man who was so badly frotem while lost between New castle and Dead wood , has had both logs amputated ' After being married nearly half n century , Albert Potersbn , aged seventy-two , has ap plied for a divorce from his aged wlfo on the ground of cruclty'and dosoriion It is not improbable , says the Deadwood Pioneer , that Lawrence county members of the general ussonibly will bo asked to secure passage of a bill enacting taut ' on death of a man without heirs hls'nroporty'snall pass to that county lu which 'It is situated , instead of to the state , as under the present order At the meeting of the Parmors' alliance of the Ulack Hills district , held at Whltowood , a resolution was adopted protesting against the proposed reduction in the number ot members in the general assembly The opinion expressed was that where there is a largo membership there is loss danger uf robbery At Waterbury the other day Souiro At kins had a miraculous escape from serious injury Ho xvas being lowered into a well fifty feet doap by aid ot a bucket and wind lass When about twenty feet down the crank slipped from the hand of the man above and Atkins tumbled clear to the bet tom When taken out he was round to huvo escaped with a few bruises The soil of , Butte county is particularly adapted to the raising of vegetables of all kinds , and especially of potatoes and sugar beets The Minnesota Star , in speaking of the prolific yield the past soasnn , mentions ono larmer who raised a crop of beets rang ing from twenty-flvo to thirty pounds in weight , and suggests that a beet sugar fac tory be established in Minuesela HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Tlio Dally Lira or the Famous Auttitu of Undo Toms Cabin A story went out from this oity a few days ago that the famous woman who gave to the world ' Uncle Toms Cabin was nearing her end , sitys a Hartford , Conn , dispatch Mrs Harriet Boeohor Stowo it is true , is failing , bdt her con dition , today is fur bettor than when she was brought from Sng Harbor to Hartford to dlo A rolatlvo of Mrs Stowo said this wcok : She has had no need of medical care for the last eigh teen months At the time when she came homo in the summer ot 1B88 , as her friends boliovcd only to die , it was thought that apoplexy wus imminent It proved only to bo nervous trouble She is now in a good physical condition She is neither insauo nor nn imoboile , but has reached the stage which wo fa miliarly term socoud childhood She is plaasod with triiles , with innocent amusement , just as a child would bo She will moot you nud chat and laugh , or ovbn call you by name if some ono mentions it to hpr Otherwise she rec ognizes by uutno ' her most intimate triondB alone , ! ! „ "Is she capable of carrying on a.con versation " ? 1 Not a continuous ono She will dwell on a subjopt for a moment , than ramble off to ' spme ether toplo having no connection jvuatovor with what pro coodod Shoiwritos quite as 11 rinly and legible ns oviu ; . but is incapable of consecutive - socutivo thought ; and if she writes even the briefest nolo it must bo from dicta tion , On pleasant days Mrs Stowo is much in the open alp walking or visiting her neighbors Close by are the residences of MarkTwalii , Ojtarlos Dudley Warner , her sister ( Ms Isabella Boeohor , Ilookor ) and others whom she has known for years ' . t She comes and goes as she ploasesj'as would a child FJvery- where the ladles of the household try to ontertatn her Meeting frlonds dur ing her walks she smiles in pleasant return of greetings , although the faces have passed from her inomory Many will stop for conversation It pleases her , and everyone is glad to give these kindly courtesies Often her responses will go no further than the liiqulryof laterdays very commonly upon her lips , Are you trusting in GodV" Her sudly Bweot expression in her grootlngs She is only in her sixty ninth your , but tlio lines upon her face are those of u woman of eighty Her lito is uncertain Her condition is not such as to oxoito any apprehension , hut the machinery of the life Is wearing away , und no ono can toll when the end may como " IT WILL BE VERY EXCITING Nobra3lm'B Political Scmmb' .o in the Mjlancholy Days LIKE LEAVtS IN VALLAMBR03A. Tlio Aspirants lor the High Places of State nro Alnny < V Sonsa- Turn In tlin Alien ill voruo Suit The Mnttlo iVrnr Otr LtscoLV , Neb , Fob 0. fSp-sclal to Tits llr.E.I It is conceded here that tlio scratnblo for the onlcos of governor socretiry of stuto andattornoy general during the coming poli tical campaign will bo without precedent Until within the past day or two but little has been said regarding aspirants for the ofllco ot secretary of state It Is nrcuod that Cowdery holds the position by nppolnt- mont nud , thcrcforo , cannot sot up the second - end term plea , and until chosen and elected by his party , cannot claim precedent ns n fortification at the primaries or in conven tion Upon this theory candidates nro shy ing their castors and will vlo with the doughty ilea fur the nomination , Among the candidates who can Justly lay claims to soma strength may bo mentioned Jnrvis S. Church of Ndmatin , Kric Johnson of Phelus and Senator Kcckloy of York , Other can didates are suggested but these named nra liromliiunt It Is sntd , further , that • the action of the Farmers alliance of Plutto county , Mr , Cowdory's ' home , will huvo a tendency o weaken his strength As yet but little is said regarding oppo sition to the incumbents of the onlcos ot auditor of public accounts , commissioner of publio lands and buildiugs and state treas urer It is understood that each of thorn will go Into the state convention upon thu claims of succession But , " sug gested a state official today and it poli tician of promluonco , "on the motion of these olUcinls on the state board ot transpor tation rolatlvo to a lower schedule of loo.il freight rates In a word , Iowa rates for this state , will bingo their chances of success at the convention and ut thu polls It I am rightly in formed , it takes throe members of the Doard to call a mooting , and if they un dertake to shift responsibility by provonttug it , further evidence is uunocossary that they nrc against the people If possible a mooting of the board will bo called during the present wcok , and the rate question will bo considered as never before The time has como when records must bo made If the board docs not moot very Boon the people plo will at once know the mon who prevented - vented a nicotlng " In this connection it may bo well to state that solicltudo is expressed as to the action of the Farmers ' ulliauco throughout the state during too campaign It is suggeslod that the nlliunco will refuse to take u hand in the primary elections , thus leaving the machlca in power at the coavcatlons , and got in its work at the polls l-AItltAOOTTOST KKSOIVCS At the last meeting Furragut post , No , 2. } , department of Nebraska , Grand Array of the Republic , passed the following resolu tion : Resolved , By the comtades of Farragut post , -No. 25 , department of Nebraska , Grand Army of the Republic , that wo heartily 011- dorso the npucal of our comrad0 , General Alvin P. Hovey , president ot the service pension association of the United Ssatos , do- munding of congress the passage of a ser vice pension law for nil surviving union Soldiers of the late war Our country is in an era of unparalleled prosperity ; the national tronsury is over flowing ; wo are ut poacn with ourselves and the whole world ; our form of government is made secure in the affections ot the people , and the union has been cemented by the blood of our comrades All this is duo to the patriotism of the boys in blue After the lapse of so many yoarssincopoaco was declared bo- between the states , the remaining defenders of the union are broken in health , many ruined in fortune nud more arc invalids from wounds , disease and exposure A service pension is duo them , and not ns a pittance to paupers Such a pension was given to the survivors of the revolutionary war , the war of 1812 and of the Mexican war , and by all that is right und just nothing less Bhould bo given to these who preserved our glorious union , therefore , Kosoivod , That wo join our comrade , General - , oral Alvin P. Hovey , in his nppoal to con gress , and demand of our congressmen legis lation without delay for tfieso rights which are duo every survlviug veteran by all rules of justice and national honor J. W. Bowks , Phru'sPain-b , Adjutant Post Commander UKLtUlOUS HEMS Revival sorvlces are in progress at the African M. E. church The Brotherhood of St Andrews of the Holy Trinity church meets Tuesday cvonlng at 8 oclock The pastor of tlio Univorsallst church , Rev E. H. Chapln , preached this morning on the stibloct , The Trial by Piro " The Ministerial association of this city meets in regular monthly session tomorrow morning Discussions of the subject laid ever at the last mooting will bo continued , CharlesB Nownan , pastor of the First Christian church , discoursed this morning on the subject of "l'ho Acts of the Apostles " Ills evening theme was , The Blblo Student at work " The Woman's ' Christian association held a gospel meeting at the First Prosbytorlan church this nfternoon at 4 oclock Mrs Hardy Curtis of Galcsburg , 111. , led the ex ercises and lectured on the subject of The Vine and the Brunches " The Mothodlst churches of this olty have effected the temporary organization of a social union Chancellor Creighton was elected president and John U. Doty secre tary Pastors of their several churches wcro appointed a committee on memborshlp , this aiinA/r dutch rEsnrvL The klrmoss , or great Dutch festival , commences iu this city tomorrow morning During the day throughout the festival wenk , meals will bo served from the Holhind inn , on the west side of the exposition build in * . The klrmess proper , however , will only be open during the evening Among the attractions in the different houses and booths the occupations of the Hollanders will be shown , nnd all visitors will have the pleasure of seeing a veritable Dutch village with none of the fatlguos of travel TIIK AM.E.V llirOHCR CASE The Allen divorce case has become sonsa- ttonal The dofondaut , Mrs Stella M. Al len , is out in an open letter denying the charges of her husband and asserting that be forced her to sign tlio damaging statements - monts alleged by the plaintiff Mrs Allen stutos emphatically that her husband pulled a revolver 011 her on the night of January , and compelled her to write as ho dictated under penalty of death This she did hardly conscious of what she was doing , and Mrs Rosa , landlady of the Hotel Ideal , was called in to witness the docu ment , which confessed unauo Intimacy bo- tweou borself and Dr Buwlnn , the Q street dentist , la the presence ot Mrs , Rose Bho further states that her husband repeated two or three times that Lawton would pay him f 1,000 rather thau tiaypLtho coufesslon ho hold in nls hands made pub lic Mrs , Rose corroborates this statement over her own signature , and adds sub stantially that she boliovcs that Mrs Allen is u much abused woman Dr Lawton states that Allen made de mands on him for hush money before he filed hit petition It is also claimed that E. R McGinty of W'llber , counsel for the plain tiff , sought to got him to deed to his client city property valued at $1,500 , under stipu lations that further proceedings should stop at once , The doctor , it Is said , refused to concede to cither Alloa's or McGiaty's de mands , lie wilt risk the outcome tn the courts of justice Mrs Allen has a host of friends pro mi noutly connected who have faith in her , as bus also Dr Lawtoa C1TV NEWS ANI > NOTES Governor and Mrs , Thayer's publio recop- tionTuoiday ovenlng will bo the event of the wcqk , • The Lancaster county bar will formally dedicate the now court house tomorrow morning at 10 oclock An earnest invita tion is givou to the publio to ultund the ex ercises , Farragut | > est , Grand Army of the Re public , presented Ir , Haggard with a gold beaded cane lust evening The exorcise * of the post wcro unusually Interesting Its members arc working hard to secure the reunion - union for the Capital city Marshat Mollck , Sercoant Mtllor and other members of tlio polioo force raided a gambling don on Thirteenth street last night It wus in the building back of Frank Rawlln's livery stable W. Boll , J. 11 Kra mer , Frank Williams , Sam Miller , Low Johnson , II Thompson and Emory Alexan der wcro urrestod and will nnswor to tlio charge of gnmbllng The Advontlsts will commence work on their now college building ntonca Survey of the ground will bo ui.tdo during the week , The Institution will bo known ns Union eel logo and will have n campus of twenty acres W , O. Sisloy nn architect ot Butllo Crook , Mich , will furnish tlio plaus and spoclllcations Ho loft for homo today nfter f pending most of the past week looking after building material and other details The main building will bo lMlxTO foct A Butler County lrotost Ui.vssss , Neb , Fob 9. tSpoclal to The Br.K.l To the State Board of Transportation ut Lincoln , Neb 1 Whereas , Tlio through rates of transporta tion from Nebraska to Chicago nro frp.n 4 to 0 coats per hundred higher than prior to the passmtu or the mtcrstnto commerce law ; and , Whereas , The farmers ot Nebraska are now paying 2 cents per hundred moro 011 corn to Chicago , a distauco of 451 inllos , than Is charged on eastern lines from Chicago to New York , u distance nearly twice ns great ; and , Whorons , The local freight rates are from 50 to 830 per cent higher iu Nebraska than Iu Iowa ; therefore bo it Resolved , By the farmers nud cltlzons of Ulysses township , tn mass mooting , that the presunt high freight raten nro a travesty on justice nnd nn outrage that ought to merit the condemnation of every fair minded man ; und bo It Resolved , That the state board of trans portation , m its recent eotnpromlso with the railroad magnates in conference at Chicago , on n basis of 10 per cent per 100 oa through transportation , which Is equiva lent to the moro plttnnco of 1 cent nnd a frac tion per bushel on corn from Nebraska to Chicago , knowingly did an unsatisfactory act ; and bo it Resolved , That this meeting endorses the views of Attorney Gonornl Leose in holding that nothing less than a reduction of at least 10 cents per 100 should hnvo boon accoptcd , and that unless it Is poaccably granted a war on local rates vigorously proBOCutod by the state board of transportation , should bo the alternative until just , and equitable through rutos nro established ; and bo it further Resolved , That wo hereby give notice that no man will receive our support for state or loeislativo oftlco who does not pledge hiin- solt to use ins host efforts to soouro reasona ble und just local and through freight rates , and whoso past record proves him to bo ear nest and icurloss In the right , and strong enough to curry out such pledge Rosolvcd , That a copy of these resolutions bo forwntdod to the governor and state board of transportation , nnd to each of the Butler county papers and Tiik Omaha Bun for publication H. R. Cittto , W. II Stone , Secretary President C. H , CllAM.lS , J. F. UuttiiK W. II II ST.vnutrcK , D. A. Wyncoaii , James Duinkli , Committee on Resolutions LINCOLN'S FAME An Eloquent Tribute to ills Grout lienrt 11 nil [ ' num The following ao the closing words of the Life of Lincoln , " the Iinal in stalment of whloh appoara in the Feb ruary Century : General W T. Sher man has repeatedly expressed the ad miration and surtiriso with which ho has read Mr Lincoln's correspondence with his goueralsand his opinion of the " remarkable correctness of his military views Gonorul W. h\ Smith says : 'I have long hold to the opinion that at the close of the warMr.Lincoln wus the superior of his generals in his comprehension of the effect of strategic movements and the proper method of following up victories to their legitimate conclusion ' General J. II.Wilson holds tho-saine opinion ; and Colonel Robert N. Scott , in whoso death the army lost ouo of its most vigorous and best trained intel lects , frequently called Mr Lincoln the nblost strategist ot the war ' "To these qualifications of high lite rary excellence , and easy practical mastery of affairs of transcendent im portance , wo must add , as tin explana tion of liia immedlato and worldwide fame , his possession of certain moral qualities rarely combined in such high degree , in one individual His heart was so tender that ho would dismount from his horse in a forest to replace in their nest young birds which hud fallen by the roadside ; ho could not Bleep at night if ho know that a sold or-boy was under sentence of death ; ho could not even at the bid ding of duty or policyrefuse the prayer ot ago or helplessness in distress Chil dren instinctively loved him ; they never found his rugged fontures , ugly ; his sympathies wore quick and seem ingly unlimited He was absolutely without prejudice of class or condition Frederick Douglas says ho was the only man of distinction ho ever mot whenever never reminded him b- word or man ner of his color ; he was as jUBt and gen erous to the rich and well born us to the poor and humble a thing rare among politicians Ho was tolerant even of evil ; though no man cau over have lived with a loftier scorn of mean ness or solflshnoss , ho yet recogni/.ed their cxistonco and counted with thorn Ho said ono day , with a Hash of cynical wisdom worthy of La Boeliofocaiildthat honest statesmanship was tlio employment mont of individual meanness for tlio publio good Ho never asked perfection of anyone ; ho did not ovqn insist for others upon the high standards ho setup up for himself At a lime before the word was invented ho was the first of the opportunists With the flro of a roformorand a martyr in his heart ho yet proceeded by tlio ways of cautious , and practical statecraft lie always worked with things us they were , whllo ho uovor relinquished the desire and effort lo make them hotter To a hope which saw the dolcetublo mountains of nbso- lute justice and poacn in tlio futura , to n faith that God in His own time would give to all men the things convenient to them , ho nddod a ohurily which om- braccd iu its decti bosom'all the good and the bad , all tlio virtues and the In firmities of men , and 11 patience like that of nature , which in its vust und fruitful activity Itnows neither liasto nor rest "A character like this among the precious heirlooms of the republic ; and by 11 spcclul good fortune every part of the country has an equal claim und nrido in It , Lincoln's blood came from the veins of Now Knglund otnl- grants , of mlddlo stuto Quakers , of Virginia plautors , of Kentucky pioneers - neors ; ho tiiinsolt was onu of the mon who grow up with the cat-Host growth of the great west , Kvory jewel of his mind or his conduct sheds radiance on each portion of the iiution The mar velous symmetry und balance of his in tellect and cli a racier may have owed something to this vurlod environment of his ruco , and they may fitly typify the variety und solidity of the repub lic It may not be unreasonable to hope that his name and his renown may bo forever a bond of union to the country which lie loved wit li an affec tion so impartial , and served In life nud in death with such entire dove tlon " * Rainfall on tlin Plains Prof Frank H. Snow Of the Kansas state univorsltysatd several years ago : But the foot that thousands of newcomers comers , from Ignorauco of the climate , huvo attempted to introduce ordinary agricultural operations upon the bo called plnins , find have disastrously failed lit the nttompt , has plucod mi tin tlosorvod stigma upon the good iitinio ot Kansas in many fnr-dlstnnt communi ties , nnd hns undoubtedly somewhat nx tnrded immigration during the past few years It is time for the gonornl Vy- recognition of the fnct that , except in Jk the exceedingly limited nrott where irJKtk rlgatlott is possible the western third p m ot Kansas is beyond the limit of success Jf fulagriculture" Thosonsonsof droughjf which have occurred slnco the abo/o , consorvatlvo statement was written show the whole truth of the matter to bo thnt the westward advancing line of sotiloment Is by no means svn lsohyetal ono , but that it is merely n line roprc- sontlnglii 11 way the overllow of the population ot our eastern states says the Popular Sclonco Monthly Itnoodsbut , iv slight ncquaintanco ninnng the old Bottlers in control Kansas to know that they fonr nowadays oxcosslvoly dry won thor as much ns they did twenty llvo years ngo The people who live farther west tire losing faith in thu idea ot an Incrcnsod minfull , us isovldoncod by the fact that ovur two hundred linear . miles of mnln canals hnvo laloly boo n V constructed for Irrigation purposes ' > nearly ns far east us Klnsloy , in thu Ar- kntisas valley of western Kansas In the Plntto valley in Nebraska largo ir rigating systems tire at present being projected GLADSTONE ON NOVELS The Grand Old Sinn's Opinion or Re ligions Romances Mr Gladstone has just written mi nrtielo after reading "Kllon Middle ton , " a novel written in 18SI , nnd re published ti few years ago , by the late Goorgiannu Fullerton l Mr Gladstone , prefacing his account * < | fl H of the work , declares that It Is seldom that readers have the good fortune ' to find the true preacher in U10 guise of a novelist , as well as ' with the vestments of the female sex Too truly it may be said of many novels of the day that , whllo they have escaped from the rudoncss and gross ness of earlier times , it has been by an j artliioiul and unhealthy process they I havodlffusod the poison , not expelled ' it ; they nro wliited sepulchres ; and . 1 their unclean ness remains within , because - cause they arc still intended to stimu late uppotito , not lo minister food lit another class of romance , whore religion - t ion is moro copiously infused and more distinctly exhibited , the combination is ' generally inharmonious nnd repulsive Indeed , " the right honorable gentleman - tloman nlllrms , "wo fear that many fie I tions ot the class termed religions may 2 have produced a revulsive effect " 1 The authoress of "Kllon Middlolon' ' J has assailed that which constitutes , as I we are porsuadud , tlio mas tor delusion 1 ot our own time and country , and , ia the way of parable and by awful ex ample , has shown us how that they would avoid the deterioration of the moral hfo within them must strangle their infant sins by the painful acts and accessories of repentance , and how , if wo fall short of this by dallying with thoui , wo nurse them into giants for our misery and destruction Mr Gladstone then brlelly relates a . 1 part of the story of "Kllon Middleton" \ and pfoceodint : with IiIb analysis , atiL \ moralizing upon the case , continues : % , Religion of late years has been -sJh | driven back in great part from that H acknowledged position of prominence H and authorized power which it once W used to occupy in ordinary life ; although - ' though not absolutely relegated into \ obscure municipalities and rustle vil- I luircs , " yet it cowers and skulks in -m society , and manifests not itself until by some uuimful application of tlio touchstone has uscortnincd in what quarters sympathy exists Or clso in minds moro fearless or loss delicate it projects upon the surface , not in its natural ofUuoncc , but according to some ' harsh and crude form , with offbrt und with assumption lilncoln's Gottynburc Speech , It has sometimes boon snld that this j [ the Gettysburg ] speech was not appre ciated ut the time of its delivery ; wo therefore add tlio testimony of another high authority to that of Emerson , says the February Century On the day after the dodicutiou Edward Kverotti wrote to the president : Permit mo i k . . . . to oxprcss iny crout admira- j J H tion of the thoughts expressed by youX * P with such eloquent simplicity and ap- I propriatencs ? at the consecration of the B cumotcry I should bo glad it I could U Hatter myself that I came as near to the H central idea of the occasion , iu two H hours , as you did in two minutes " Mr jH Lincoln replied : Your hind note of H today is recolvcd In our respective B parts yesterday , you could not have jH boon excused to make a short address , M nor I n long ouo I um pleased to know H that in your judgement thu little I did H say was not outiroly a failure Of course H I know that Mr Everett would not fail and yet while the whole discourse was eminently satisfactory , and will bo of U great value , there wore passages in it which transcended my expectations W The point made against the theory of tlio geuornl government being only an agency , whoso principals are the states m was now to mo , und , as I think , Is one of M the best urgu ' monts for the national su- Jl prcmacy The tribute to our noble a H women for their tin gel ministering to BJ the suffering soldiers surpasses In its _ _ way , as do tlio subjects of it , kwhutove ? 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Take four Hours actlvo exercise In the open air The Medical News , which recommends - mends the abovb , says that summer ' colds are the worst of all colds oftoc- \imes \ , as it Is thou very difficult to pro tect ones self properly A ton-grain dose of quinine will usually break up a cold in the boginnlng Anything that will sot the blood actlvoly in circulation will do it , whether it bo drugs or the use of a bucksuw , OMAHA " " rT" LOAN AND TRUST * COMPANY Subscribed & guaranteed Capital , $500,000 l'uld iu Cspltuf , . , . . . .3D0.O0D Iluys and soils stocks nnd bonds ; nrgutlulej commercial paper ; rscclves and executes trusts ; acts us transfer agent and trustee of corpora tions ; tutus charge of propsrty ; collects ret'ts Omaha Loan & .TrustCo SAVINGS BANK S. E. Con I6th and Douglas etrcota i'aldla CnulUl , , > . -.vvt. 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