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H in the premiBes
Hj -Si'.VJ' .NTY-l'iYU thousand dollars to
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M J AriOKNKYGKNKUAl Lkksh proposes
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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
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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 ? " * * ° " ' ' "
has gene before
Fire Ways to Cure n Cold
'
1. Bathe the foot in hot water a nd
drink a pint of hot lomouade Then
apongo with salt water and remain in 11 *
warm room i
2. Bathe the face in vary hot water ,
every llvo mlnutos for an hour
! ! . Snuff up the nostrils hot salt water
every three hours ,
4. Inhale amnion In or menthol
0. 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"
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commercial paper ; rscclves and executes trusts ;
acts us transfer agent and trustee of corpora
tions ; tutus charge of propsrty ; collects ret'ts
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Hubscrlbert fcguarantepdcaplUI , , . , | OOOO0
liability of stockholders , , . . . .200,000
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. vice president ; WT Wyman , ttessurer v
DiltKoroiiHi A. II , Wyiusu J. II Millard , J , J , > v
Drown ( Juy U. Ilarton liV \ , Ns-sli. ihod J. . > . sJi
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Loans In any amount made on City & / B
Farm Property , nnd on Collateral '
Soourity , ntLowost Current Rates