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IScal.l N. V. J.BIU Notary 1'ubllc.
M Omaha's latchstrtnp la always out to
M IJoslon brains and bullion
M LlitKitAMTV amonp men of largo
M incline is becoming ono of the lost arts
M in Omaha
m A HUFFAr.o jury confirms the general
M opinion that as a political preacher the
H 3ov. ( Bull is a howling failure
M Financial nnd roaliy transactions
H for the past wool : indicate that Omaha's
1 pulho of prosperity is uncommonly
M utroiig for midwinter
H Tin : pijrsistont ? oal of Senator Blair
H In advocating his bill to promote mon
H dienncy and thriftlcssncss in the south
M orn states is desorvingof 11 bettor cause
H , ' Tin : uprooting of Mormon power un-
H 'i ' dcr the shadow of the temple and with
H Ij in bight of Brlgham Young's lion house
Hi _ " a fatal blow to the political power of
H * f the church
m | Thk ' pressing needs of Omaha are
M | j many , but the greatest of all is the
B | i need of ah unselfish and gonororft
M , "J fepirlt in contributing to the industrial
M J ' growth of the city
m 1 , Tin : raids of the dukes of Now Or-
M : [ loans on North Dakotu , mid the capture
M \ ( Of a majority of the legislature by a
* ' roynl flush , furnishes valuable pointor3
to their namesakes In Franco
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Thk project to establish wntor trans
B vortntiou hctwocn Pittsburg and
M Omaha depends on floating live millions
B in stock If this does not strike a snag '
fl it is certain that the boats will
H Thk jobbers nnd contractors of South
1 I Omaha imagine that they can squeeze
M ' the munieipal'lomon until dry and then
M ' dump the rind with debts on Omaha
M In this they are liable to be mistaken
M . Thk homo dofonao clubs on the North
B eldo , in the luinds of determined , mus-
culnr men , possess the length and
liroitdlh to balk the mercenary schemes
ol the contingent road agents of Hel-
fonstoln _ _ _ _ _
Thk axe and edged tool companies
liavo formed a combinntion , with a
capital of four million dollars The ovi-
tlunt purpose is to dull the edge of com
potltion nnd provoke a sharp advance
in prices
H I . Manaoku BuitT of the Elkhorn Val
M luy road is quoted In favor of building
M cribs for the surplus corn in the state
M unci holding it for a rising market , free
H of charge This is very goncrous , but a
M llvo cent reduction in freight rates
M would ho moro acceptable ,
M Coi.OitADO is about to hold a conven-
M tion to mlvocato its light airy claims
M and couvlnco prospective pilgrims to
H uottlo there The Nobrimka Develop
H luentsouioty should improve the oppor-
H ttiulty to dispose of lus plans and surplus
M jirojoctH Colorndo is sorely in iiQed of
M Bucond-lmud attractions
m 1 Till ! erection of the bridge viaduct
H 1 on Douglas street convinced property
M owuors iu that vicinity that they hail
fl ' hoon damaged thousands of dollars , but
M I the court and jury failed to agree with
M thorn It Is possible that the Tenth
M stroct propeity owners will moot a aim
M 1 ilar fate iu the * courts with regard to
B viaduct damages
M TllKconstruution ot the Winona &
M Bouthwchteru rallroud to Omaha this
M year 1h practically assured As thoM
M tiompnuy controls the line between Ma-
M nun City nnd Fort Dodge , the distnuco
B to bo covered is less than two hundred
m ( nillos The completion und operation
m of this road as tv portion of the Delaware
M V Liu'Uitwtiniia system , cannot fail to
M " boiHillcially nfToct the comiticrclal iu-
M tocosls of this section , It will open a
m lUroct seaboard route for the products
H of Nobrnbkaarjd mutorlully shortou and
H -i uhoupon coininuntcutiou with the pluer-
H ios of the north and the coal murts of
the uasU
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tju : nnsmiVATios ophsed
Prosldcnt Hnrrlson has Issued hit
proclamation declaring the Sioux res
ervation lands open to homestead sot
Moment Between ntno nnd ton mil
lion acres of agricultural and grazing
lands are thus tendered almost as n free
gift to industrious homo Beckers |
Under the net ot congress providing
for the reduction of the enormous area
held by the Indians , none of the land
can bo secured forspoculntivo purposes
The requirements of the homestead
law , so far as it rolatoi to term of resi
dence * , must he complied with , in addi
tion to the payment ot ono dollar and a
quarter per aero All lands remaining
unsold at the end of three years are to
bo disposed of at soventy-fivo cents per
acre , and at the end of flvo years at
twonty-flvo cents poracre Land ou"lcos
have boon established nt Plcrro and
Chnmborlaln , Dakota , for the accommo
dation of settlers
The opening of this vast tract of
land to sutllcmont confers immediate
and pormunont benoflts on Dakota and
surrounding stdtos "Whllo under In
dian control the laud was not only use
less , but a barrlor to the development
of the country Now it will contrlbuto
to the productive wealth nnd swell the
population of Dakota Possessing in
abundance the elements of productive
ness , it only requires to bo stirred by
the hands ot thrift to blossom and boar
fruit , and furbish cotnfortablo homes
for thousands Towns und cities will
rise tvhoro wigwams formerly clustered ,
and the shrill screech of the locomotive
will soon rovcrborato through the
virgin valleys desecrated by the yella
ot savagery in peace and war It is
a transformation from dark
ness to light , from Idleness
to activity , from barbarism to civiliza
tion , of a rich , fertile empire , capable
of sustaining a vast population
To Nobraskn as well as Dakota the
event is of vast Importance , and its re
sults will grow in value every year The
immediate oltoct will bo to add two
million acres of land lying between the
Missouri and Niobrara rivers , and south
of the Forty-third parallel , to the public
uoinaln in this state , besides giving to
Niobrara City the island in the river
for a public park It is therefore matter
of congratulntion to both states that a
struggjq with the Sioux extending over
a dozen years hit ! } reached a satisfactory
and beneficial settlement
MONTANA'S FUlUrin : SENATOKS
The democratic state senators of
Montana are acting most unwisely In
deed , the entire policy and course of
the democrats 111 the now state has
from the beginning boon u. stupid
blunder The secession of the demo
cratic member * of the lower branch of
the legislature and the formation of a
rump house , in the Taco of the de
cision of the state board of canvassers
sustaining the refusal of the local board
to receive the returns ot the demo
cratic inspectors of the disputed Sil
ver Bow county precinct , was a most
foolisii and unjustiflublo proceeding ,
out this was a less serious blunder than
the action ot the democratic senators in
running away from the state It was
bad enough that these senators , iu
ordorto prevent a quormnof the senate ,
refused to receive the OAth of their
oflico until the last day upon which
they wore compelled to qualify or lese
their seats , but this was insignifi
cant compared with their desertion
of ttioir post and llight from
the state after they had sworn
to perform the duties for which tlioy
were elected
The decision of the supreme court of
Montana , that the republican repre
sentatives from Silver Bow county wore
entitled to their seats , and that eon 10-
quently the rump democratic house
was illegal , should have ended all con
troversy But the democratic senators
seem determined to block legislation
at all hazards One of their number
who was captured in his llight
und brought back to Helena , and
whoso presence in- the senate would
have made a quorum , is reported 10
have boon spirited away Sunday night
What must the intelligent , fair-minded
and law-respecting people of Montana
think of such u state of alTnirs ? Is it to
bo supposed that they will bo willing to
entrust the affairs of government to
mon guilty of 3uch revolutionary and
destructive conduct , or to commit
their interests to the care of a
political party that will counto-
nnnco and defend such con
duct ? The democratic course
in Montana has already cost
the state heavily in more dollars and
coats , but the loss is mucn greater in
the discrodlt the state has sulterod and
in what hai been kept away from it
Doubtless the responsibility for the
courno of the fugitive senators is
largely with their millionaire masters -
tors , whose political ambition has been
disappointed and who are unscrupulous
enough to do anything to oinbarrass
their political opponents , regardless of
the effect upon the interests and welfare -
faro of the Btujo But this fact
rather emphasises the olTense , and
shows more distinctly what class of men
maungo the democratic machine in
Moutuua It is 11 lamentable beginning
for the now state , but it will not bo im
unmixed evil if It shall so arouse the
popular resentment that democratic
ascoiidoucy in Montana will bo im-
posslblo while that party continues
under its present leadership And this
result it ought to be entirely safe to
count upon
NEW ENOLANW.S APPEAL
The petition of Now England Iron
and steel manufacturers to cougross ,
asking relief from the burdens which
the present tariff on raw materials puts
upon thuui , is so formidable as to merit
the attention not only of coiigress , ut
of the country It sets forth that the
signers , of whom there are noariy two
hundred , representing the most import
ant manufacturing industries of that
section , are mombora of all political
parties , mid among them is the last re
publican governor of Massachusetts ,
while the most cousplcuqus names in
the het ure those of republicans These
petitioners ask that , the duties on iron
ore , coal and coke bo repealed , and that
the duty on pig Iron , scrap iron and
scrap steel which prevailed immedi
ately before the wnr bo restored They '
urge this on the ground that in the nd-
justment of the tariff a careful regard
should bo had to the rights and Inter
ests of all sections and ot till the people ,
mid that If the existing conditions are
mnlnlainod the industrial interests of
Now England must ultimately bo rulnod
The facts regarding the condition of
the iron and stool industries ot Now
England have boon repeatedly presented -
sontod , and they show a state of affairs
which fully justiflos the demand for re
lief Within the past ton yoara there
has been a decline of fully sixty per cent
in the product of these industries , and
they are still losing ground Great
plants voprcsonting heavy investments
nro either wholly idle or but partially
operated • without profit It is
said that only these establish
ments which are engaged in the
manufacture of specialties nro paying
anything The competition of Penn
sylvania and ether sections bettor
favored as to raw materials , lias pro
duced the condition of tilTulrs that ex
ists iu Now England , the only roraedy
for which , in the opinion of the manu
facturers ot that section , is in giving
thorn free raw materials and reducing
the duty on pig Iron and scrap iron and
scrap steel If they can obtain this ro-
liot , enabling them to get at least a
largo share of the raw mntorlnls from
the Canadian provinces , these Now Eng
lnnd manufacturers believe they can
revive their depressed nnd doclinintr
industries , and if tioy ) cannot rcstoro
thorn to their former activity and pros
perity , may ut any rate save thorn from
utter ruin As was said soma tirao ago
by ox-Govornor Amos , it is a question
of llfo nnd death
Congress cannot ignore this appeal ,
and one oITcct it is certain to have is to
increase tha oorploxitiosor the majority
in framing u now tariff bill The Now
England demand will bo vigorously op
posed by the iron and stocl manufactur
ers of ether soctlons , and thus political
or party considerations will etitor into
the question In such a con test the
chances would bo largely in favor of
Pennsylvania and Ohio , nnd it is doubt
less safe to predict that Now England
manufacturers will not receive the ro-
llof they ask for In that event what
may bo the effect upon the future poli-
'tlcal action of Now England ? This is a
very serious question for the party in
control of congress and responsible for
a revision of the tarill with roforoncoto
the rights and interests of all sections
and of all the people
ALTOGETHER TOO SUSPICIOUS
The main objection to annexation
raised by the mon who spoke for
South Omaha at the real cstato
exchange meeting wns a suspi
cion of Omaha's good intentions
Every ono ot the speakers conceded
that sooner or later the two cities must
of necessity bo amalgamated , but the
people of South Omaha , they said , were
suspicious of Omaha's unanimity in
favor of annexation this spring
Now we should like to know what
grounds South Omaha has of suspicion
of foul play First and foremost , Omaha
owns aighty-Iiro per cent of the proper
ty ot South Omaha , and therefore pays
all but fifteen oor cent of the South
Omaha tuxes Is it reasonable to
suspect thut the men who practically
own South Omaha will take udvantago
of the residents iu South Omaha who
own the fifteen per cent of the prop
erty ? Does it stand to reason that
South Omaha would he deprived of her
duo proportion of public improvements
or postal facilities , flro and wntor pro
tection , if the two towns were under ono
government ? Are not all the suspicions
which those South Omaha mon pro
fess to ontortiun about the -oiTcct of an
nexation roaliy founded on the anxiety
of politicians and local contractors to
keep their grip on the Sputh Omaha
tux payers ? Is not the opposition chiefly
inspired by parties who have compara
tively no concern in the future of South
Omaha ? ,
But then Omaha has'lovied a forty
onc-mill tux for 18'JO , while South
Omana has only levied twenty-seven
mills This fact is trumped
up aa conclusive proof that
'
ci'.y taxes are much lower
"in South Omaha than in Omaha Now
what are the facts ? Omaha has a largo
• surplus in-hor treasury and pays as she
goes Her bunded debt is still over
thrco hundred thousand dollars loss
than ten per cent of her assessed valua
tion South Omaha is literally in
solvent Her levy does not moot her
running expenses , and she is therefore
creating nu illegal overlap that will Involve -
volvo her in absolute bankruptcy unless
her levy is doubled Judging by the
past a levy of fifty mills would not moot
her running expenses , water rout and
gas bills A city that does not p y its
current expenses is like a train run
ning wild , that sooneror later must bo-
coma a wreck
Let usoxainino the figures Tlie cor
poration of South Omaha has been
running about three yours At the oud
of the Urstyear an overlap amounting
to thirtv-ilvo thousand dollars was paid
oil by the issue of bonds On January
1 , lBS'J ' , another overlap amounting to
over seventy thousand dollars was paid
oil in bonds But now 110 moro bonds
can be issued legally , because the
bonded debt is nearly tlftcon per cent of
the assessed valuation whau the law
prohibits a aobt of more than ton per
cent Boforti another dollar of bonds
can bo issued the assessment mus 't bo
raised titty per cent , and that moans a
raise of fifty per cent in the amount of
taxes
Our South Omaha friends are delud
ing themselves about the situation
They may as well face the music and lot
Omaha assume her aobt whllo she Is in a
humor to do it Six months hoifco , after
the cousus is taken , Omaha would not
touch anuoxatlou with a teu-foot pole
The only bonoflt Omaha oxpVots 'tb derive -
rive is from the cousus exhibit , and Bho
will have to pay very dearly for this
advertisement by assuming a debt
which is out ot all proportion to her
okii , and she will also obligate herself
tooxtond her police , flro and school
syatoins over territory that must con
tinue to yield much loss revenue than
she will bo compelled to expend
The presence iu the city of General
Manager Clark of the Missouri Pacific
should bo utilized by the Dakota rail
road committee * to obtain a definite an
swer rognrdi'uW ' the company's inten
tions Much ivjuuablo time hns alroad } '
been wasted in fruitless conventions ,
conferences rfhtf discussions Thotlmo
for notion is $1 haud If the Missouri
Pacifio seriously coutomplatos nn ex
tension northvrnrd the fact should bo
ascertained , ' otjvory county along the
route in Nebraska n9 well as in Dukota
stands ready to'llbcrnlly aid the con
struction of the road , and Omaha nntl
Douglas county'wlll ' lead every assist
ance in thoffJpowor It is needless
to point out the advantages of a
Dakota road to the trade of Omaha
All tnishicss mon are familiar with
them What is now needed is adoclar-
ntlon ot lntontions of the Missouri Pa
cific and the terms on which it will undertake
dertake the building of the line This
the committee should socuyo nt once , seas
as to rollovo the annoying suspeiiBO and
uncertainty
IV the Douglas street property owners
desire to have that street grndod this
year they will have to niiandon the pro
posed radical grade A out of ton foot
at Seventeenth nnd Douglns is entirely
out of question That would involve
a cut of at least flvo foot at the alloy ad
joining the Now York Lifoand Bek
buildings , which means thut ouch ot
the two buildings would bo damaged
not less than fifty thousand dollars
Tlio Correct Theory
St r.iti'j Glob . e-D ; mer.it. .
The rules which the ropublloans ol the
house have prepared are frnmod on the
theory that a legislative body moots to legis
late
Some /Vccompllslicrt. .
VhtltitUlphta Prut
For ono thing , nt least , the country Is
under obligations to the domooratio obstruc
tionists in conpjross They have united , vltal-
Irod , and solidified the ropublioan party in
the house moro completely than all ether in
llucncos could hnvo done it For which
much thanks
IteoklcsmtcRS In Iolilics
VhtUnldvhta Itecartl
With inflnito toll and trouble wo sathor
money togothcr and build houses and ware
houses and mills and manufactories , und dig
and delve nnd buy nnd sell nnd iny taxou
And then we elect mon to handle and spend
the tax money who are incapable of properly
managing their own affairs
Joey Unustoulc In OI1I0.
Kansas Cli'j Star
When Governor Campbell of Ohio was
asked the ether day If ho were not a Candi
da to for the presidency , ho replied , with a
faraway look in hs | eyes , that ho would sup
port the nominco , This is not qulto ns plain
as the declaration of the Irishman that it ho
wore nominated.ho would abide by the decia
ion of the convention , but it Is la the sumo
general line < ) " "
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S'XATG'AND ' TKUlllTOnV
n a
Nf-bt-amta Jottings
A camp of SonVif Veterans is to be organ
Hod shortly at Hebron
The Madison tire department is to build a
tower und purchase n lirst class boll ,
The rfatlona"bank ( of Ashland has In
creased its capital stock from $50,000 tol00-
000.
000.Mr.
Mr nnd Mr , . A.Hulor of Mllford cele
brated their silver Wrfitdfng aunivorsary lust
week
The now Mothodlst Episcopal church at
Ravenna will bu dslicated with appropriate
exorcises February110.
Four business houses at Ilubboll , Thayer
county , were burglarized the ether night , but
little of value was secured
The total onrolluiont or the city schools of
Dentnco last month was 1,023 , with an aver
age dally attendance of 1,103.
Harry E. Motzger , foreman of the Aurora
Sun , who was recently married , has pur
chased a half interest in the paper
Ilavenna has received the hook and ladder
outllt purchased from Kearney , and a lire
department will soon bo organized
A handsome young school teacher in
Saunders county hast lost her reason and
has bcon sent to the Lincoln asylum .
Uov H. T. Kirsokstoin has resigned the
pastorate of the Christian church at Ash
land to accept a call to the church at Hust
ings M
* fho Boatrlca tmttnoal company recently
shipped two carloads of Us product to Seattle ,
and will soon inako a similar shipment to
Keno , Nov
Tha farmers residing near Chntnpion are
discussing the advisability of erecting a mill
at that place , ns they claim the mill there is
charging oxorbltant tolls for grinding their
wheat ,
Tne Grand Array post and Woman'sRallof
corps at Wisnor are preparing a grand en
tertainment to bo given on the evenings of
February 20 and 27.
According to the MnOnnlr Trlhunn Wnl
ton , the man who robbed the express com
pany at Dallas , Tex , of $115,030 , was formerly
morly an express messenger on the H. & M. ,
and is wall Known In local railroad cirolos
A thief who attempted to burglarize the
depot ut Stratton was Boincwbat surprisoa
when the telegraph operator , who was hid
den from vlow , opened flro with a Wlnchos-
tor on the intruder putting two big round
holes through the ttckot window The
burglar was not wounded , but ho retreated
In short order
lowu Items
first-class hotel is wanted at Manchos-
tor
tor.A
A farmers institute will bo hold at Algona
February 27 and SI
A big water tank will bo built at Sioux
Rapids for lire protection
The salaries of the tcacnors in the public
sohools of the state last year amounted tel
* l , 107.105.
Mrs Peter Durfer , living near Muscatine ,
gave birth to triplets lost waolt two girls
and a boy
The Davenport Dornocrat-Uazotto has quit
the hyphen business und Is now simply the
Democrat , ,
On account of itbo Increase In legal busi
ness Jackson county lawyers are asking lor
a district Judge ' <
Over 117,000 hakJilreadv boon subscribed
for the OltumwaJYoung Men's Christian as
sociation building ) 1
William Aloxumlor is under bonds at Dubuque -
buque for nttotnpllng to soil counterfeit
money in Uuchuu&n county
Contracts have been lot for building the
new Grace churL'h ut Codur Rapids When
completed the odtfljai will cost $50,000.
Largo numbor&oMnwa horses aroshippod
to eastern cltloS tliremer , Buchanan and
Johnson counties ( Ind the business both prom
ising nnd prolit Ulb
James Grahoin ilio has lived the life of a
hermit for many Hears on his farm near Llt-
tlo Sioux , was foonUJdoad in his bed last
week by neighbors , who had boconio uneasy
at not Beeing him for some time Ha was
highly educated and apparently in good clr
cutnstances
The Business Men's Association ot Iowa
will hold their first annual convention at Dos
Moines February 'A 'JO and 27. The associa
tion was organized about a year ugo with
headquarters ut Mursnalllowu and now has
mnetv local branches , with the membership
constantly increasing ' i
Tim Coast and Northwest
A scheme is ou foot to introduce oloctrla
roads ut Anaconda , Mont
Tha Montana college at Deer Lodge has
had extensive additions made lo it * labora
tory apparatus
Tacoum is troubled with Are fiends , the
latest luoondlarlsm being a dastardly at-
touipt to burn the Fifo hotel i
Mrs Byron Harlow of Tacoma was about ,
to bo buried the other day whoii it was dis- :
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W " t 11 • i nii . M SjiiSr ! ! ? -
covered thnt the body was jet warm She
was taken from the coftln , but Ufa could not
bo restored and the funeral occurred the
next day
There nro over two hundred pualls at
tending the university atSoattlo , and the
faculty is kept very busy
Surveyor General Strauchsn of Idaho has
asked congrens for an appropriation ot $30 , .
000 tor surveys In the territory In IKK ) .
An Indian buck near Pocato' .Io , Idaho ,
stele two blankets , nnd when his squaw
told on him no klllod her with a liMcbot
nnd then shot himself
Whllo exploring the country nbout the
hoadwutors of the JCawcah rlvor in Tulnro
county , California , nn engineer discovered n
tree which is bohoved to bo the largest on
fie continent It .s a sequoia gigantia 170
foot in circumference
The grand Jnry nt Great Talis , Mont ,
criticises the past management of county
affairs They say thnt the surrey of the
county line botwocn Cascade nnd Meagher
was tlofcctlvo , and that the did board al
lowed erroneous bills for road work The
port hns created a good aoal ot oxcltomont
There nro now IM prisoners in the Mon
tana pouitcntlary nt I\eor \ Lodge , nbout slxtv
or seventy of whom llnd qunrtors In the
kltchon , wash house , coal bins and ether out
houses of the pen proper , ao far the insti
tution Isboqlml only this mouths expenses ,
which is about $4,200. United States Mar
shal lrvin rocolvod n letter from H. O. Hick
man , stnto trensurcr to the oITcct that noth
ing could bo done nt present towards ameli
orating the condition ot affairs at the pom-
tonttnry , owing to the lack of funds tor that
purpose
A special from Walla Walla savsi "A
laughnblo incident happened nt Hunt depot
yesterdny evening Just before the train
pulled out Mrs Lottus tramped ncross the
mud toward the depot , took a hurried look in
sonrch of some ono , found Mr Loftus ,
drnggod hira out into the mud , throw him
down , head foremost , and sat on him uutll
the train loft Mr Loftus had taken her
little hoarding of money and purchased a
ticket fori ncouin , Ilo was about to leave
her a grass widow when she so vigorously
interrupted his plans ,
m
SOUTH DAKOTA AFFAIRS
The Prohibition Law anil How It Will
lie Knlorootl
Yanktox , S. D. . Fob 0. To the Editor
ot Tub Uee : Both houses of the South
Dakota legislature have passed the bill prepared -
pared by the preachers for the enforcement
of the prohibition clause of the constitution ,
and April 1 will probably bo named ns the
day when the state constabulary will commence -
menco their nosing into ether peoples busi
ness The now fanclod sects who nranarcd
the bill nnd lobbied it through have mag
nanimously ( ! ) spared the communion wmo
( thnt la fermented wine for sacraraontnl
purposes ) , and the clause for the lndlscriml-
uuto searching of private houses , was
stricken out ; and also the provision to com
pel physlciann to state the particular discaso
whereof the applicant Buffered when u cer-
tlllcuto was given u side person And yet ,
with these omitted , the South Dakota
spiritual reform boomers claim the
strongest prohibition law in the
univc/so. Iu this city two brow
arles and ono wholesale liquor house , whoso
proprietors have worked nbout twomy years
to build up their nuslnoss , and who have
made valunblo improvements , will ba closed
up , and worse than all for the town , they
will all leave the city and transfer their cap
ital to moro tolerant fields A few long
haired "ovnngolists" may take their places
These will bo sumo of the first fruits here ,
and it will oporalo in like mnnner elsewhere
The revenue will coasc , the trutllo nnd drink
ing will go on , nnd conservative businessmen
mon nnd taxpayers are alarmed , nnd it Is
but truth to say thnt neither the population
nor business of South Dakota are increasing ,
and what Tub Brb lias noticed as taking
place in sections of Kansas , as the result of
prohibition is feared here It was only
voted by connecting it with and
printing it on the same ballot with
the adoption of the constitution and
the location of the capital at the October
clcctiou , and the people who form the citi
zenship of these frigid prairies do not want
It The Now Englander wnnts his tea and
rye broad , and ho would consider it a cruel
law that would deprive him of them ; and
the Gorman and the Bohemian and the Kor-
wogians want their boor , because to them it
is boht meat und drink , nnd alter urging
them to como and help develop und bulla up
this asylum for the oppressed of all na
tions , " It is simply infamous and oppressive
tyranny to take it from thom Majorities
may and do hoist scoundrels Into oflico , but
if they cantinuo their opressions by the
confiscation of property by legislative enact
ments , the results muy bo hero as In other
countries revolt and bloodshed
Ono o your Nebraska contemporaries
asks : Has North Dakota a venal legisla
ture ! " Innocents abroad ! Was there
not un oil room at nt Lincoln ) Was
there not a Pomcroy in Kansas ! And has
the declaration of Khnrdio Smith , printed
only last year , that the people would bo aston
ished to know how tea ny seats in the United
States senate were bought with money ,
uttorcd in the Paine case and which might
bo repeated in connection with the election
of Brice , been forgotten ? Bought with
money I Has It not bec6mo the rule ! And
to suppose that a logislutlvo body anywhere
would chnrter a lottury purely from pattl-
otio and philanthropic motlvos is preposter
ous There are not many statesmen In
North Dakota who are there for their
health , and as to the question of venality ,
your correspondent would refer the inno
cent to Hon Judd LaMour , member from
the northeast borough of Pomblna , who
is roporlcd to have said to some of his legis-
iativochums on un important occasion , when
some railroad or other bill in nhich there
was supposed to bo business was before
thorn : Wako mo up when you begin to
draw checks " Ho , un , North Dakota 11 not
venal North Dakota is all right
Washington nntt Montana
The laborious and honest efforts of
delegates in convention to frame the
fundumentnl law for a now state are not
to be lightly passed as a trilling inci
dent in perennial politics , writes Prof
Tluorpo in the February Century Those
constitutions are peculiarly In evidence
in the case of the American people
versus thomsclvoB Unconsciously have
these two now stntos solemnly entered
upon that wcarisomo and disappointing
course which has been already run with
error and rogrct by many of the older
states The northwestern stitcs can
not avoid the evils of civil llfo by In
corporating into their fundumental law
the elaborate and repeated proofs ot the
distrust of the people toward these who
snail be elected to conduct the state
govorumout It is ploin that those con
ventions lost the opportunity to remedy
the acknowledged evils complained of by
the people of some of the older states by
makinguslmplo organic lawand putting
power and responsibility in the hands
of these to whom tlin control of civil af
fairs is to como A constitution cannot
make a state Evoh election makes or
unmakes the American cominonweath
Ono of our English critics has wisely
wrltton : ' 'To the people wo como
boo nor or lutor It is upon their wis
dom nnd self restraint thnt the stability
of the most cunningly dovlsod Bchomo
of government will iu the last resort
depend "
A cursory reading of the constitu
tions for the northwestern states might
suggest to some the vision ot an iduar
system of state government duly antic
ipating and providing against these
evils wliloh long experience in the east
ern statoa has ohroniclod with shame
iu volumes ot statutes and session
laws ; but upon a moro mature re
flection on these instruments , and on
examination ot the times in which wo
live , wo are compelled to confess
that the conventions , in Washington
and Montana framed a logislutlvo coda
rather thun a body of fundamental laws
for the now states
InvHHtlgulIng Cnptnln Ilealy
WASiiisriTON , Fob 10. The secretary of
the treasury bus appointed the collector of
customs at San Francisco , Captain Whltu ot
the revenue marina sorvlco , and Dr Ball
nnclio nf the marine hospital service a board
to investigate the charges against Captain
lleoly , commander of the revenue steamer
Hear , of cruelty toward sailors during his
recent crulso to Alaska
LANCASTER'S ' COURT HOUSE
Dodlcatod Yoetordny With Interest
ing Bxorclsos
REMINISCENSES OF THE BAR
I ml go ISlnicr Dnmly OpMioil the
First Court In a Cnliln in 1 HOI
Lincoln Irish Natlonnt
League Klcctlon
Inuonstpr'H .luotloo Temple
Lixcotv , Neb , Fob 10. ( Special to InE
Bnc | The now court house of Lancaster
county was formally dedicated today , the
ctorcisos commencing nt 10 oclock The oc
casion , as well as the beautiful spring-hko
morning nn unusually inviting , nnd the
spacious court room therefore vfas well
filled by the bar of thu county nnd cltizons
of the city nndcountry
It is not putting it too strongly to say that
, the building Is the flnostot the kind in the
state if not In the "iutorlor west " The ex
terior is ronnissanco in style The interior
is spaoious and finished with oak and cherry ,
bountifully frescoed nnd very attrnctivo to
the eye Everything Is in good taste The
equity room is a haudsomo clinmbor well ar
ranged nnd finished , and the room for Jury
causes is without exception the hatidsomost
in the state , but the bench is its most strik
ing feature On a lofty dais sit the Judges
nnd somewhat lower the dOBks ot the shorlff ,
clerk nnd rcportor This ploco of furniture
is of cherry
Promptly at 10 o'clock Deputy United
States Mnrshal Hustings soundud the gavel
nnd in stentorian tenet declared in the old
tlmo style that court was now open for
business Ills effort was liberally applauded
President Wilson occuplod ttio platform as
chairman nnd at his Tight was seated Judge
Chapman and on hta loft Judge Field
Mr Wilson stated that this was an oc
casion when the Judges hnd a right to talk
back and introduced Judge Chapman Ho
paid a high compliment to the new court
house , its architecture and its convemoncos
Judge Field was then introduced nnd ho
entertained the largo audlonco full ton
minutes Ho pronounced a fitting encomium
upon the bar of the county nnd spoke of Its
relations to the bench during the years of the
past
past.Judgo Wnbstor followed with on interest
ingpapor on the History of the Lancaster
County Court House " This ho traood from
tbo earliest organization of the county to the
prcsont tluio Concluding , ho stated that the
lirst court of record was hold in the cabin of
Jacob Dawson , near the site of the St
Charles hotel , by .luilco Elmer Dundy in
Novombcr , ISM , nnd that the tlrst cause trial
wns that of Joslah Chambers vs John S.
Gregory
Hon L. W. Hillingslcy was next on the
programme , nnd his address was listened to
with marked attention He cilod the
changes that had occurred iu its tnembur-
ahip during the past twenty years , compnrod
it with that of today , and stated that the
principal practlco of the early days was before -
fore Justices of tno poaconnd in the United
States land oflico In this connection ho
also stated that a $10 fee was very
tempting Continuing he said thnt
twenty years ago there were twenty
lawyers , or ono for every 150 persons in the
county , while today there are 140 , or Ono for
every 543 Inhabitants Ho then called at
tention to tbo old-time fistic qualities of the
members of the bar und made a happy com
parison of thom with these of today
Hon G. M. Lambortsou concluded tha
exorcises with the dedicatory oration , and
as usual he acquitted nimsolf well
The members ot the bar signed the record ,
after which the audience dlsporsod to in
spect the building
HUSH NATIONAL IEiGUE
The mooting of the Irish National league
yesterdny afternoon was largely nttonuod
and very enthusiastic Charles McGlaro
presided Election of oillcerfl for the ensuing
year was the first business announced , which
resulted as follows ; President , John I' .
Sutton ; first vioo president , Michael Grace ;
soeond.vlco president , William McLaughlin ;
recording secretary , James J. Condon ;
linuncial secretary Pottfr M. Hay Jen ; treas
urer , Charles McGlaro
On taking the chulr President Sutton com
manded the work of Mr Cassidv , tha re
tiring proslaout , very highly Hon John
Fitzgerald also cnmmendod the work ot the
Lincoln branch of the league and ospocmlly
its officers and members Ho was followed
by Judge Fitzgerald , of St Marys , Kan ,
who made the address ot the day
An effort will bo made to celebrate the au
nivorsary of Robert Emmet's birth , March 4 ,
tn this city und a com mitt 00 was nppointod
to make all nooossary arrangements ,
nscouns at tub oUItoi .
The Lexington improvement company of
Dawson county filed nrticlos ot Incorpora
tion in tbo office of the secretary of state
this morning Authorized capital stock
$100,000. Incorporators : Albert ADlo ,
N. O. Temple , E. M. Gamble , J. S. Thomas ,
Anton Able , F. L. Tompla E. B. Smith ,
David Hanna , A , C. Maxwell , Ira W. OUvo
nnd J. W. Smith
Tbo following insurance companies tiled
annual statements with Insurance Auditor
Allen today , showing the volume ot business
transacted in the state during the past year ;
The National Llfo of Vermont , risks ,
$ ; 1SJ,050 ; premiums , $17,445117 ; losses ,
$1,000 ; interest on loans , $1,010. The Afllnu
of Hartford , Conn , risks , $ , BSb20 ; prem
iums , $10,030.04 ; losses , $2,50' ' l The Homo
Lifo of Brooklyn , N. Y. , risks , $200,850 , ;
premiums , $12,740,1 1.
County treasurers as follows settled with
the auditor of public accounts today and paid
into the state treasury the umounts stated
below : Ed C. Lockwood , Sioux , $1:174C2 : ;
Samuel A. Stoner Keith , $0,2)0.51 ! D. A.
Campbell , Cass , $10,017.80.
CITV NEWS ASH NOTES
Land Commissioner Sloan Is in Burt
county
Auditor Benton and Secretary Cowdcry
are both down with tbo grip
Mrs Sx | > oncr , wife of Postoftlco Inspector
Spoonor of Iowa , Nebraska and Wyoming ,
Is In the city
Brad P. Cook and Victor Abrahsmsoa ,
clerks in ttio office of the commissioner of
public lands and buildings , mo both seri
ously ill
The Knights or Pythiasor this city hold an
open meeting again tomorrow night The
real estate oxchaogo and the board of'trade
will confer with thom regarding the contem
plated $250,000 building
A. W. Taylor , manuger of tbo Philadel
phia ( Pa ) Times , is in the city Ho mot the
board of tbe roul estate exchange today and
( rave a very interesting talk Ho spoke In
fluttering terms of Lincoln and the prospects
for her future
M. M. Marcy , proprietor of tno Transit
hotel , and Miss Miuiiio ltochello were mar
ried in the south parlor of rst Paul's M. IS
church lust evening ut the rloso of the regu
lar services Pastor Stoiu Performed tno
ceremony ,
J. M. Burks sued J , C. Thomas in the
county court today to recover $575 damages
ho claims to have sustninod In the non-ful
fillment of a building contract on the part of
thu defendant The cause will be tried on
next Thursday ,
Arraugomonts have bcon made to hold
special gospel meetings at Funko's opera
house , commencing next Sunday at II o'clock
in tha attornoon Seats free una no collec
tion Gospel hymns will bo used A cor
dial iavitatlon is extended to the pubilo to
attoud
.
WHO IS 'iO BLAME ;
A Correspondents Views on the Pros
cut Extortionate Uatos
Uusiivillk , Neb , Fob 10. To the Editor
of Thk Hke ; Wo learn from the governors
letters and the odltonals in Tub Hke of a
very urgent and imperative existing ucoes
sity for a reduction of freight rates on corn
from Nebraska to Chicago The fact is
therein made to plainly appear that unless
a "roasouable" reduction Is promptly 111 ado
much of Nebraska's uiagniflcont corn crop
will , as a consequence , rot on the ground ,
and the farmers will , as a result thereof ,
not only suffer incalculable loss but thnt all
kinds of business in our state , of whish ag
riculture is the primary and indispensable
basis , will likewise ba paralyzed and dis
astrously affected That such will bo the
lnovltablo effect from the operation of so i H
great nnd powerful a cause no Intelligent 1
and sober-minded person will attempt to M
deny But suppose n reduction should bo H
granted by the railroads , how much must it I H
bo In order to help the farmers out nnd en- - j -i H
able thom to make a now start on the voy V" > H
ngo ot prosperity on which they have boon im > s i H
Journeying for 10 , these many years , up nnd tW | fei H
to the time when this recently prayed for ro- ji ry H
duction of rates boenmo so prcsiingly ami J } H
fntofullj nocostnr.vt J H
Whnt would bo a ronsonablo rodtictionlr H
Some of the farmers hero would like to B
know , Sny , torcxnmpto , corn is worth II M
cents at Nebraska points , nnd the prcsont 1
freight thereon is 14 cents to Chicago Now H
if the roads would rcduco the frolifht to 7 H
cents would the ether 7 help the farmers H
out ! If the roads would forsooth carry it to H
Chicago for nothing , it would bo a most j H
goncrous and magnanimous concession to H
the poor farmers , but would oven the 14 j l
cents boost thom Into the gilded realm ot H
case and nflluoucel j H
The Trans-Missouri association doclnros j H
that the existing rates are low , and that ] H
turthor concessions to Nobrnslta fnrtnurs M
nro impossible Governor Tbaver says the H
association can glvotbo reduced rates nskod ; H
for nnd hardly fool iu Now here Is u dlf < H
foronco , nnd an nppnrcntly fatal ono , bo ; - * j - H
twoon the disputants , and the inlcrostlng B ys H
question is : Which is wrong ! or in ether 'i I j H
words which is right ) H
Railroad cojinanlos nro supposed to know H
their own business , nnd the farmers ought H
by this time to have some pretty clearly defined - H
fined ideas as to what their business is The H
governor truly savs that the ( armors in thu H
present case arc helpless to get their corn to H
market Poor farmers 1 It is hurd 011 H
them , to bo sure , but it the railroad compa- H
nlos , ns they say , ( nud who knows better H
than they ) , cannot afford lower rates 011 H
corn ( nothing but corn ) the poor , starving - H
ing nnd ( rooting farmers of Nobraskn , or H
any other state , will have to stand the pinch H
But whnt is this inexorable , this merciless H
nnd defiant power that In the anguish of H
their uxtromity the farmers and the govor- I H
nor ot Nebraska are so earnestly Imploring LW is H
- < > i
to rescue them from the throes of impoudlug - * - H l
rum ! Is It not somothlng comparable to a ' ' ' 'wP i H
ChlnosoJossI Is it not n thing of their own I H
creation ! Has it any mora power or author I H
Itv than they themselves gave 111 Is it not a 4 s iH
practical in stance of the tall wagging tha f H
dogl The creature ruling the creator ) If \ H
the farmers will knowingly , or oven ignor- I H
antly , place themselves at the mercy of 1 H
grcody , avaricious , cruel nnd heartless bo- I H
lugs , they may cxpoct nnd must take chur- v H
nctorlstlo treatment It you purposely gat . - j H
in tha way of a mud dpg nnd get bitten dent ZX \ 1
lilamo the dog So Ions ns tbo farmers con ' H
tinuo to be the dupoa they hnvo boon , and H
largely are , and vote such tyrants Into ex H
istonco nnd vole to kcop them there , It will H
bo in order for them to suffer the consc- H
quencos of their own folly , and when the H
squeezing comes , as it has in the prcsont H
case , they must grin , grumble , grunt und H
bear It , for certainly the sinner ought justly j H
to rocolvu the most if not all tbo punishment H
duo for his own sins , bo they political or H
otherwise H
Soemg thnt corporations hnvo manngod H
the transportation system of the United . H
States in a manner so onunently satisfactory H
nnd prolitablo ( to themselves ) , hadn't the H
farmers bettor give their powerful vote uoxt H
in favor of surrendering the United States H
postal system iato their hands to Iks mnnngeu j H
In the snmo efficient nnd protitnblo maimer' I H
They would vote for such n proposition if the M
matter of pushing it by their respectitn M
party bosses is not delayed till they get their I H
eyes open judging by their past record I H
LRU CUMMINS I |
f M
A WONDERFUL MIRAGE
Roniarknbln Atinoaptierla Plient mo- i l
now Witnessed at Sunilanor , Wjo \ 1 |
Often have we road and listened to nc-v \ l
s s
counts of peculiar ntmosphcriophonomo- . , ' " Li H
non , but never until Frioay in t > igfim Wr gjj tf'j H
wo permitted to look upon the grand .J § H' i |
At ( i o'clock of thnt morning , looking P H
from Sundnnco down the valley , toward T H
Sponrfish , our people wie doltghiod • H
to see what wns lirst supposed to bo H
Crow peak , uribe in all its grandeur H
uutll It appeared to bo several times its H
usual Hi/e , then gradually auothor peak H
inverted , apparently above it , says the - H
Buffalo , Wyo . Echo This , although j M
constantly changing appearance , re- , H
'
mainud for several hours At 11 H
o'clock the peale gave place to a moro L , H
extended \'iew , resembling a panorama , I H
and ns we looked one range of hills aftur I H
another lying west of us appeared [ H
upon the scone until near the close , l * H
when the snowy range of the Big Horn H
mountains nppcarod in plain view in the B
background Much of the basin was H
quite plainly outlined , so that for fully H
irftcou minutes we could look upon a ' . H
Rtrotch of country at least a hundred , H
111U03 north nnd south.und full two huu- \ H
dred miles east ntid west The raviuos H
and gulches were plainly visible , and it JH B L s s ii
was easy to see the forests and tn distiuJ' ' HBP H
guish the heavily timbered from the r H
sparsely timbered or scattered ttocs HOne
Ono feature , quite marked , was a j H
long hill up which a wngou road , H
was cut through thu pine forest Ncur H
the bottom of the hill the timber 1 H
was not so thick but the trees M
appeared to be of eood size , while 1 M
nearly half way up , the forest seemed H
nulto dense , and 11s you noarcd the top • H
the trees grow ' smnllor and scrubby , H
terminntinp ; upon a bald summit \Ve M
should judge that this road wns at M
least a hundred miles west of this place H
The scene was constantly changing H
nnd wu9 the grandest sight wo over M
looked upon H
It beggars descristion Sundance H
Itopubllcan M
- The description of the mountain road H
in the foregoing account tallies pre j H
eisclv as to location and appoarnco with H
the Paint Bock road eighteen miles H
southwest of Buffalo , which winds up jsw H
the stoop slope of the Big Horn range , • 'cl * " " " B
and there is roitson to believe that it is " M
the same ono that appoarcd to the y- |
vision of th people of Sundance a hunV * : H
dred and seventy miles to the east of us H
SICK HEADACHE 1
I _ _ _ _ _ Ji ! , _ | > ? o IUTely Cured by M
PflRTFR these Utile Tills H
VMb\IKiIVU TheyalsorcllOTeDI * H
HflrrTIE tress from Dyspepsia H
Fivjafn Indigestion and Toq M
I VfcR nearty Eating A per H
-H ; PIILS f ct remedy for Dlul M
H " " sks * * n'3' Nausea , Prowsl- B
Hsuk3 nesa , Bad Taste la the B
e Wss MouthCoatcdTongua , HJ
Tain In the Side , TOIt-
FID LIVER , &c Tlicy roguluto the Ilowels ,
and prevent Constipation and Piles The HHJ
smallest and easiest to take Only one pill a
dose 40 lu a vial I'uroly Vegetable , l'rlcc IHfl
K cents HHJ
PARTES MEDICINE 00.Prop'n.WtwYcrk '
T \ T I
OMAHA T
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY
Subscribed A'Klurauteed Capital , $500,000 H
l'atd Int'apltal . . . . . , , , , 35O.OO0
lluys and sells stocks ard bonds ; negotlalui HJ
tommerrJal paptrtrscolvesandexecutestiusts :
acUustmuhfcr agunt and trustee of corpora
tlons ; taxeschargeof propurly ; collecti rents
Omaha Loan Trust Co |
SAVINGS BANK
S. E. Cor IGth and DoubIob Etroota |
Vald InCuDltal , . , , , . , , $ Q000O ; H
Bultscrlbed Jcgusranteedciipltal , . . , 100,000 H
Liability of stockholders , , , 200,000 H
s Per Cent Interest Paid on Dopo3ta | IB ]
ritANK .1. I.ANUU , Cashier ,
OrrircH * : A.U.WymanpresidentJ.J.llrown ; , J * k
_ vice president 1 WT IVymau tru surer l .t- H
Diui'oroiis ; A. U. Wymau J. II Millard J. J. ? IM
llrowu , Uuy C. Unrtou , K. vr , Mash , 1I101. I > . WsV Bssl
Kimball , Qeo a Lake Y \
Loans In any amount made on City & w ' " B
Farm Property , and on Collateral M
See urity , at Lowest Current Rata * M
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