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B 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEEfc WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 19. 1890. _ I TJ1E BiUIA' BEE _ _ M B. ROBBWATBR , Editor M PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINCK H Tiil.MS : OP BUIISCIUITION B UMly ami Btindar , One Yexr , 110 CO B Fix Months , 5W B ThteoMonttix , ! W m .nunday lieo.ono Ysr . . . B elM M Weekly llee , Ono Venr with I'remlum SIX ) H oiTicna M OmBhn Ilea Rulhllng M ( JilcsgoOmre , MT Hookers nulldtng H Now Vorlc , Itoouis 11 nnil lit Trlbtins llulldlng H Washington , No Till I"imrt ontli Hired H SConncll llluirs , No 12 Pearl Ctreel , m South Umahn , Corner N nn 1 2jth Streets H COIIHKBPOMDKNCn BBB All communications relating to news and odl- H torlal miiilpr ulioulJ Do addressed to the I'd I tor- 1 lnl Department H iiurinkss inrrriis M All buslncsyletters nnd remittances should M be undressed toThe lice 1'nblHlilnK Company , H Omnba , Drafts , cheeks and l'o tonica orders M to bo mane payable to the urderot the Company Tlic Etc PiiMisliiDE Company , Proprietors , H ' 1Hi : Ilulldlnz 1'nrimm nnd Seventeenth Streets , H THE BEE ON THE TRAINS , H on tUo trains All nowsdcolera have boon noti- H fled to carry n full supply , 'I ravclers who want H Tun Hit nnd cant get Iton trains whom other J Omaha papers nru catrlod are requested to M notify Tun Urn l'lenso bopirtlcular to give In nil coses full H Information as tu Unto , railway and number H of H Give in your nnmo not for publlratlon or un- H ncccoisary use , but as a guaranty of ( rood faith H THE DAILY BEE H Fwiirn Rtntr-mcni of Circulation H Etato of Nebrnmca , I H County of Douglas ( • H Oconto II Tzscliuce , secretary of Tmk IIfk H Publishing Company , does solemnly swoartbat H themtual circulation of Tuk Daii.v ItEEfortlie H week ending l'obruary Id 18T0. as as follotrs : M Sunday Iob ' . ' 1.700 Monduy.l-Bb. 10 lu.1 H Tuesday , leb II ll'/til M WcdnPMlay , fob 13 lll-U H Thursday , leb 13 1P.W9 : B Friday , leb 14 I9.KU B Saturday , Fob IB 10,481 M Average 10.723 H OROKUr II T7.SCIIUCIC Sworn to before me and subscribed to In my piesoace this I5th day of February , A. I ) . 1800. H meal ] N. r. FK1U • Notary Public HHHj State of Nebraska i J County ot Douglas ( * " • Oeorgo II T7HC1H1CK. being duly sworn , do- roses and says that ho is secretary of Tun 11 pb _ _ _ _ 'mulshing Company , that the actual ovoroR * J dally circulation ot Tin : IlAtr.r IIkk for tno ] month of robrnary.lh.H9 , lVOlioplost torMarch , J 1 IbHI ) , 1P.MI copies : for April 18h't. 18,530 noplos ; for May lSHi 1H.CJ3 copies ; for Juno , 1S3D , 1H.KM J i copies : for.Inly , 19SJ. 1S.7H copies ; forAuirust , J lwi l , nil copies : for Bcptember I8K ) . 13.710 J copies ; for October , 181. ! ? { e.WT coplos ; for No < J vember , IbbO , ln.SHO copies ; for Deeomber Ittso , J , > J ,0(8 copies ; for January , Ipiki Ii.ViTi copies J UBOndF II T/SCtlBCK. J t Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed tn my J presence this 14th dsy of 1'ebriinry. A. I ) . . lbJO | lSeal.1 N. 1' . Fmt , . Notary Public M CoNoitKSS should rush the bill ostub- , H llshlnrr a tompor.iry Kovornmont in H I Okluhoma Heroic mcusurcs uro nccos- H sary to check the rrrowth of comotorics H CTm : (1rurrrists of Atchison hnvo M grown bo rich that they arn onthusi- H astically ' tuid unanimously in favor of H continuing prohibition us the "aottlea H policy of Knnsas H ' Tin : ministerial discussion of the H Sunday newspaper serves _ to show that H the tnoro impracticable the undortnk- H ing the creator is the attraction to H . the gentlcmon of the cloth | 1 = = = = = 1I I Tm : remnant of the legislative oil rooms unprovided for should bide their time nnd dinnu' fret " Vacancies are I slow ucomlnrj , but there is still a fight H I mir chance for a low more boodlors and H jobbers j _ _ _ „ _ _ _ _ H I Tm : sentiment for annexation is B j growing nmong the solid business ole 1 meat of South Omaha They are bc- H ginning to realize that th o chief op- H position to municipal union emanates H from a class of puoplo who do not hesi- H tate to Bucrilico the ; permanent welfare J of the community for private gain | , . Tins Russltin legation at Washington , H j inspired by the government at St J i Petersburg , deny the reports of hem B H bio cruoltics and rhas&acrcs perpetrated H in Slboria ' It is a significant fact , | I I however , that the ezar and his merci H I less satellites ignore the oxposurcs H ! made by Mr Konnan | I Tliutato war inaugurated by the | j Chicago railroads on Monday amounted B I to u cut of thirty per cent on Missouri | I river tralllc Yet the Chicago grain H murlcot refused to respond to the re- | duction On the coutmry , the ' tnarket H wits active and prices steady " The H delusion that a few railroad managers | control miirkot prices is oiToutlvoiy ox- H ploded , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | Tin : managers of the clovntor monopoly - | ely uiuiouucu that they reduced prices H the moment the oraorgoncy rate on corn H • went Into effect The condition of the H murket did not warrant the reduction , H but a eoiicorn controlled by the rail | roads naturally responded to the rail | road theory that rates and prices were H bo closely tvlllod that a roductlon of one B Inount it reduction of the other _ Tun only way Son ator Paddocks ef ! fort to repeal the long and short haul olauso of the interstate commerce law H J , can bo made otloctivo is by an amend | I pont authorizing its suspension by the H ( ntdrstuto commission on spooial appli- H i cation for the convoynnco of grain , cattle - | tlo , lumbar ' and coal These are the H lour staples that require the very lowest H ol through rates But the suspension of H the long and short haul ulnuso shoulu in H no way open the door to favoritism or H discrimination in any manner , shape or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H Tm : milling interest of the country H scored a uotablovfetory in the United H j States circuit court at Chicago lust H I Keel ; . Some tlmo ago the louaing man H j utueturors of roller mills pooled their H 1 ' tutorosts and patents , and failing to H dntw all mill men into the trust , begun H I i suits for lufringomont Tlio main prln- H elplo of the inodorn roller prucoss of H manufacturing llourdutos buck halt a H c mtury in Europe , but in the United H . States tintnborloss patents uavo H be on lfsuod for improvements aud H spooiul dovlcos , Sixty of these H patents wore controlled by the H trust , and it sought to secure a royalty H bylaw , Tlic'court , however , denied H Ibo claim , holding that the patents H could only bo sustained for such do- " " " vices as they cover , and that the in I ventors entered the field at so late a _ _ _ _ _ day thut they uro not ontltlod to have H the doctrine of equivalents enforced in H Uielr behalf The decision la a 6tuu- H ning blow to a mercenary trust which H Bought to levy tribute on one of the H great industries of the nation ! - - - _ MONOPOLY 11UI.E IX ALASKA Unless congress passes before Satur day next the bill relating to the Alaska seal fisheries the sccrotary of the treas ury will lease the fishing prlvilogo for the next twenty years , and itisvory probable It will bo soctired by the mo nopoly that now holds it , the Alaska commercial company The measure passed by the sonata nnd now in the liouso docs away with the law author izing the Bocrotary of the treasury to lease the fishorlcs , and provides that the industry shall bo carrlod on by the na tives ot Alaska under the supervision ot government agents This is in nc- cordunco with the suggestion made some years ago in a report ot Governor Swinoford , who urged that it would require quire no grcntor nttinbor of ngonts to supcrvibo the killing ot sonls by the natives than were at that thno neces sary to watch atM-j unrd the interests of the government Doubtless this is cqunlly true ot the sltiAicn at present , so that the objoclion made to the measure in congress that it would involve - volvo a largo Increase tn the number ot ofllcials is not cntitlod to any con sideration Whatever dllToronco of opinion there may bo us to the oxpodloncy of the gov ernment assuming the management of the seal ilshcrlos , there Ought to bo none to question the advisability ot a radical chaugo from the policy that has provallod for the last twenty years The monopoly rule of the Alaska com mercial company lias boon a reproach to the government Ever since it took practical possession of the terri tory it has exercised there a sovereign authority , opposing every effort to promolo the devel opment of Alaska through legis lation tlmt would encourage immigra tion und the investment of capital in the territory Its whole aim has boon to muUo itself so strong as to insures its prolonged existence , nnd in order to do this it has placed itself in hostility to everything looking to the advancement of Alaska It has usurped preroga tives , oxorciscd a relentless tyranny ever the defenseless tiativoa , arrayed itself against government officials who have incurred its dihploasuro • by refusing to do its bidding , and has not kept good faith with the government The report of tjio present governor of Alaska clearly points out the evil effects of the rule of this monopoly Apart from the fact that it is not con sistent with the character of the gov ern mont to bo a party with such a cor poration as the Alaska commercial com pany , it is time the government mani fested a more active interest in the im provement of the condition of the na tives of the territory , as well as in promoting the development of the re sources of that portion of the public domain , and this can bo done with loss difficulty and more effectively by get ting rid of the hostile and obstructlvo monopoly Doubtless the commercial company has brought to boar all the in- Ijuonco at its command in opposition to the bill in the liouso , nnd the fatluro of the measure will justify a suspicion of the employment of methods with which thisicompnny'is'not unfamiliar WAS -lllEUE A LANDSLIDE According to Senntor Pry the government mont morttrago on the Union Pacific railroad begins three miles west of the Missouri , river Thi9 is somothlng new to people in these parts According to the supreme court of the United States tho'tnain line of the Union Pacific begins - gins at least two miles cast of the Mis souri mid includes the Union Pacific bridge When the first forty miles of the road wcro in spoctcd by the govern ment ongincor , General Simpson , in 1805 , the starling point was at the old telegraph poles on this side of the river , two miles north of the present bridge The government ornmont issued its sixteen thousand dollars per milo in bonds and issued patents for twelve thousand acres of land grant for each milo of track upon GoneralSiippsonsraensuroment When did the government forfeit its mort gage claim to the road between Council Bluffs and a point three miles west of Omaha ? It the Union Pacific railroad does not own that portion of its muin line , who does own it ? By what man ner ot roasonlng did Senator .Fry.reach Ins conclusions ? Is ho acting for the pcoplo of the United Stales or is ho acting on retainer as.utttornoy for the road ? . a sonooh .srmir ran uvati In his last report the governor of Utah said in regitrto the public schools of the territory that the tax raised is only half sufficient to support thorn , and that consequently tuition fees must bo paid Ho also expressed thobollef that the Mormon pcoplo were preparing for denominational school ? , which had boon established in borau counties and children withdrawn from the public schools He advised ait control should bo placed In the hands of the fodorul authorities and an in crease ot lands granted for school purposes , the total vuluo of which is now only sovonty-llvo thousand dollars It is a little singular that this matter has not sooner engaged the attontlon of congress , but the tiino is certainly now ripe for legislation ostubllahing a public school system In Utah to bo sup ported by taxation upon the pcoplo ot the territory , Encouraging as the late victor } of the Gentiles la Suit Lake City is to the hope of their success throughout the territory at n . very remote - mete period , they , nro iJ ll far from having the control that will enable thorn to / _ - culato the oducationul tuollitlos ot the territory and provide for correcting the popular ignorance upon which the Mormon hierarchy relies , A sound publio school system , with a compulsory at- tonduueo law so rigidly enforced as to dofout the Mormon scheme of denomi national schools , or at least greatly di minish the dungor from it , would un questionably bo found a material aid toward the lltial extinction of Morraon- ism in its objectionable form in Utah It is to bo presumed , therefore , that the bill of Sonutor Edmunds tor the es tablishment ot a publio school system in the territory will meet with general approval in congress , as' it unquestion ably will from the publio , In the mat tor of granting lands for school pur poses the government should bo as liberal in Utah as it has been with the other territories , nnd beyond this there is no good reason why the whole pcoplo ' should not bo cqunlly taxed for the sup port of common schools , just as they nro elsewhere , though , ot course , there will bo a vigorous pretest from the Mormons against such legislation The duty-of the government In this matter is ob vious , and the proposed legislation should not bo unnecessarily delayed A MOttV VlUnXULV SllIUT It was reported some time ago that the Canadian government would prob ably not bo agreeable to nn extension of the present arrangement under which American flshormcn are allowed cortaln privileges in Canadian waters , pending a pcrraanont sottlor.iont of the controversy , and that there was llkoly to bo a renewal of the disturbing nnd menacing dispute A Into dispatch from Ottawa puts a dlfforout aspect upon the mnttor This states that the government has de cided to Ksk parliament to renew the amicable understanding , In view ot the fact that negotiations are pending for a sotllomont ot all difficulties between the two countries The people of both countries are to bo congratulated upon this promise that the fisheries controversy Is not to bo renewed in the Irritating form of two and three years ago , whan it sooni'id likely at any tlmo to develop into hostilities be tween the United States and Great Britain If the present arrangement rangomont shall bo continued , to which it is presumed this government will readily assent , there is llttlo reason to doubt that the pending negotiations will result in nn adjustment ot all difficulties and a flnnl sottloinont en tirely satisfactory to the Interests con cerned in both countries The British mlnistor at Washington , in a recent interview , expressed himself as not anticipating an tinfavorublo issue in the matter , and if a spirit of fairness is shown by the Canadian gov ernment , for which there appears to bo hotter reason to hope , this subject ought within the present yearto bo placed beyond further controversy Of ono thing the American pcoplo may bo assured , und that is that as to both this question and its kindred dis pute , the Bohring sea affair , this gov ernment will insist upon every just claim of this country While it will bring to the consideration of both a spirit of fairness and equity , there will bo none of the truckling to Great Britain which characterized the policy of the preceding administra tion The British foreign office will hardly presume to treat the communi cations of Secretary Blaine with the indignity of prolonged inattentlou which it showed the correspondence of his predecessor , nor can the policy of harrassing American fishermen on the high seas , by armed British cruisers , bo resumed with impunity Knowing that the United States government is willing to settle this dispute on fair and honorable terms , and at the sunta tlmo is determined to firmly insist on its rights nnd on protecting the interests of its people , both the British and Cana dian governments may bo expected to show a greater willingness than here tofore to bring the controversy to an end - VERY RETICENT 1NDEEDI Word has been received here from Omaha , to thu effect that Mr Roscwator will come to Washington shortly to look after the fed eral building site Mr Hosowutcr will have to hurry up if ho wants to get here before this business Is closed up , as it is reported that everything is In good shauo for aa early sotllomont , and that the necessary papers to pass the tltlo on to the government will bo prepared within a few days tlmo It maybe bo that Mr Hosowatar is coming here to look nftor the contract for the army head quarters in his building , as there is soma chance thut that contract may bo annulled , although the war department ofllcials are very rotioent on the subject IfrjiiiJjHcaii irasliliiyfoH Lellcn This evidently emanates from Sena tor Mnndorson'a committco rooms Whether it was inspired directly by him or indirectly through him is imma terial The s.imo throat was convoyed to mo'by General Mandorson personally labt summer , when ho was visiting The Hub building in company with Senator Dawes nnd other members of the com mittco that wont up to Alaska Those throats , to cancel the lease for army headquarters have no terror for mo For all I euro the army may vucato the quarters any day they plonse The rental paid far thorn is more than two thousand dollars a year below tno ag- grogato that wo would ohargo to anybody else for the rooms The fourth door of This Bkk building , which is a d it plica to of the fifth floor , is already rented to private parties for an amount equal to the rental paid by the government , with fourtoou tnoro offices to lot on that floor In addition to the whole ot the fifth lloor the army also lias-two rooms on the sixth that would rent for at least flvo hundred dollars a year No wonder the wnr department is reticent " It would bo equally bo- comlug for the sonntor and his malic ious satellites to bo roMcont on this sub ject at least As to the publio building , General Mandorson cannot "oloso up the busi ness too quick for me I want to boo this building constructed within the lifetime of the prosout generation It ho can got the tltlo on the Planters house square clourcd this spring , bo that work can bo bogm ( on the founda tion this year , well and good If this cannot bo done a site should be selected for which a clean title can bo procured without further delay " It is true that I intend to go to Wash ing ton within two weeks aud my inten tion to bo there the lost of February or early in March was made publio before I left there in December I am tutor OBtcd in other matters beside publio buildings Among these isudoslroto oppose pending legislation that I conceive - ceivo to bo damaging to this section The following Ioltor explains : Wabuwuton , D. O. , Feb la My Dear Mr Uosawator ; J saw Cbalrman Owen of bouse commltteo on immigration today and be stated that your request to bo hoard by the committee wltulu three or four weeks on the subject of immigration granted Mr Owen slated to mo that you need not hurry nbout fcOmlng for that purpose , as ho would dofortje'lton till you nro given a hear ing on the sujijlcct , and tWablll would prob ably not ba- reported under sir or eight weeks YooH'fnlihfully ' , * PsmirS Heath I hope } $ ' ( is not necessary for nio to ask the senators permission to visit the national canUal , and oven if my inten tions were to' Jpok nftor the Omaha fed eral bulldtng'Hito , I could hardly bo ex pected to npologizo to anybody • E. KOSKWATKIt Tm : nppoih'tmont of a commissioner to investigate the mortgngo indebted ness of Nobrnska in connection with the national census involves n vast amount of lnbor and expense A trustworthy compilation cannot bo had.by merely copying the mortgngo records of the respective - spoctivo counties The commlssionors should nscertaln from every maker of a mortgngo the amount of the principal repaid In no ether way can an ac curate statement bo secured of the ac tual debt represented by mortgages on file The work is specially important at this tlmo owing to the Ulsposi- . tion of eastern papers and money lenders to decry the Bocurity olTorod by the pcoplo ot the west , nnd thus chock the flow of the mouoy Booking investment As a measure uro of economy and expedition , the na tional commissioner Bhould co-opornto with the slate , which has already under taken an exhaustive Inquiry into the mortgngo record The credit of the state is involved , and it is hopott that the examination will ho thorough and rolinble Nobraskahas much to gain by an honest compilation Statistics al ready gathered by State Commissioner Jenkins confirm what Tub Bkk has repeatedly - poatodly claimed that millions of dollars lars of the face value of mortgages have boon paid off in installments and hun dreds ontirolv wiped out have not boon cancelled on the books r LATH advices regarding the supply of brondstulfs in Europe furnish a ground of hope , albeit slight , for the farmers of thiB country realizing bettor prices for their grain For example , the Russian official estlmato of the corn and wheat crops of the empire show an immense Bhortngo , while the Australian crops nro loss than was expected If these reports ports nro well-founded , and not simply the inventions of speculators , they hold out the promise of an increased foreign demand for American breadstuffs which might materially relieve the agri cultural depression Unfortunately , however , thoinmrkots are so largely in the control of speculators , to whoso in terests the rair | < 5ad intinagors are not generally averse to contributing , that the farmer can never bo sure of a fair division of bolrioljlts under any circum stances , i. Tmicountyicommlssioneis should not hosltate for wiiht of dolinito " legal authorityto offer a liberal reward for apprehension of Hho murderer of Mr and Mrs Jones Every'moans within * their command should bo employed to cjipturo and puritsh the porpotra- ' tcir of thati cold-bloodod assassina tion The authorities cannot ex pect tc ontiet th < r assistance of police officers throughout the country without offering a reward to stimulate their efforts Lot the com * - inissionors act promptly in setting aside a definite sura and thus secure the co operation of the police of the country Betwkun the coal , the drug and the hospital bills , the county treasury is in danger of taxwmlc paralysis Xbo IjiteBt Kins Miyrdor St Xioufs llcvubUc | After the Kllraln troupe of bruisers has hilled a man for oxhibitioa purposes , Kllraln generously offers the gate money to the widow There is no law oQlcacIous for the punlshmont of such murderers and they do not oven chock the oJitorlals on the tri umphs ot civilization The 5nme Old Chivalry Ptllibura Dltpatth The southern chivalry which displays It self in the direction of Bonding Senator In- gnlls anonymous ubuso und buck shot car tridges through the malls may bo a slight improvement on that which whipped women and sold its own children ; but it is of the satno race and does not do to brag about Bravo Lords nt Washington Chleagii Ktm ' It must require a good deal of nerve on the part ot the nice old gontlcmon composing the United Sfates senate to kcop four robust1 men from Montana bunging around waiting for Brcbanco to take part In the proceedings particularly as all of them are dead shots and two or three have picturesque vigiianco- committee records , m Bootllo in Politics IHIUburg Dispatch Tbo assertion Is made in the New York Kpocli , a journal that is especially versed In the relations ot money and politics , that it will cost the man who succeeds William M. EvartsasNowYorttsonator100,000 to 1160- 1100. Tbis Indicates a dear recognition ot the fact that Now York politics Is run by money and that senatorshlps are a matter of barter and sale , mliut when such assertions urp made is it not.titno for tbo pcoplo to take some stops in tboipcdmiseBl _ _ _ . X lteftirmorfyhr onion Only IViItaiMfjiMla fn < ; ulrer To tboso who bear ; in mind how the Cleve land administration turned the rascals out of the postofllces\vhore ! that policy would strengthen his party and played tbo civil service reform aqt * jn , states that were hope lessly republican , his modification ot tbo Australian ballot plan will appear like an other effort to combfbo the credit of u re former with the benefit of practical politics at the same tlmo | ) S1 ] 11 l. BT ATIB'J 3 OTX1NU S3. Nebraska There are S01 newspapers In the state Tbo Inman hotel at Uroken now is to bo reopened Filloy Dunkards are making an effort to build a church * Christian scientists are holdlntr protracted moetlugs at Stella The saloons at Bonkelbon hereafter close at 11 p. m , by order ot the town coun cil cil.Mr Mr , and Mrs George Packard celebrated their golden woddlnt * anivcisnry at Wilbur recently , ' The proposition to band Kimball county for irrigation was defeated last wenk by a vote of 133 to-Ill. A convention of all ttio Sunday schools In Platte county will ba bola nt I'latto Center February 34 and 25. Andrew Pulraqulst , an old resident of Tckatnah , who had twlco filled the ofllco of county trcasuror , IS dead , The contracts for Iho material for the now high school building nt Norfolk hnvo boon lot nnd work will bo begun on the structure next month The new depot to take the place of the structure recently burned at Stanton Is nearly completed and Is ono of the finest stations on the line A number of farmers met in Auburn and decided to hold n farmers ' institute nt the Park thentor ou Wednesday , Thursaoy nnd Friday , February 2d , 27 and 23. A German expert for superintending the culture of sugar beets has been visiting Hall county farmers recently , closing contrncts for iho raising of sugar beets nnd giving them the necessary instructions Dr E. T Sterner , n prominent veterina rian of Lincoln county nnd ut ono time us- Rtst.tnt state votcrlnnrinn In Illinois , died at his homo In North Plntto Monday of parnly- sis sis.A A human skcloton nnd ft number of Hint nrrow heads were unearthed at Ansloy the ether day by a man who was digging u col lar The body hud boon buried In a sitting posture facing the north John Knapp , a Platte county farmer , re siding twelve miles north of Columbus , was found ncad lu his barn Sunday morning , with his fuco ontcn oft by hoes The cnuso of his death is not known and the coroner will Investigate Christian Woncor of Suporlor sent CO fratics as a Valentino to the vlllago school of his boyhood homo in Switzerland , to hu given to the scholars there on cxnmlnatlou day Last year while in Switzerland Mr Wcngor gave 100 francs for tlio satno pur pose A wedding was celebrated near Prnguo , Saunders county , last week by a dnnco which lasted nil night , and in the morning the bride , a dauqhtor of Tames Ilromas , dropped dead upon reaching the homo of her paronls Heart dtseaso was the cause Says the Norden Dorcnlls ; About the mlddlo of the week a very line # po6imon of load ere was brought to town , supposed also to contain ether minerals , from the vicinity of Lost crook , nnd the truth of the discovery was vorillod by Horace Todd , who will inako further search _ _ _ _ _ Iowa Items An iron toundary is to bo built at Sohaltor An olcctrio light proposition Is being con sidered nt Spencer Maplcton will offer soocial inducements to secure a uannltrg fuctory Sanborn is to have a $3,000 creamery oporutcd bv a biocic company Dubuque will vote In April on a proposi tion to build | anew court liouso The fnrmors' Instttuto will bo hold nt Jowoll february 23 , 20 and 27. Of the 330 inmates of the Marshall town soldiers'homo 200 were sick at the same time with influenza While counting out the money to pay a note at the bank a farmer near Cushing became - came violently insane For attempting to kidnap the llttlo Barr girl nt DoWitt , Kelley has been sentenced to four years In the Anamosa penitentiary Senator Hurlan has contributed an inter esting ana historic document to the Aldrich autoeruph collection ut ttio state capitol It is n letter written by Abraham Lincoln to Horace Groeloy , of the date of July 15 , 1S04. A Hartley couple applied for a mar riage license at tbo county clerks ofllco in Spencer ono day last wock They were re fused because the prospective bride was net of legal ngo The would-bo bridegroom was also the legal guardian of his intended and ho stnegorea the clerk by writing out and placing on file his free consent to the cere mony At Logan Phineas Caldwell was sentenced to thirty.daya' Imprisonment and to pay a line of (500 , and his son , W. C. Caldwell , was sentenced to tbo penitentiary for oigbteon months They were engaged Id the banning business at Logan for many years and about a year ago were tried and convicted of fraudulent banking They nppealod to the supreme court , but the decision was against them Much interest was tuKen in the case on account of it being the first case tried under the now law , which mukes fraudulent bankjng a felony Tlio Two Dnkntns A republican league has been organized at Plorro Duritifrtho past year Planlclnton buvers shlppod 17,000 hogs , 200 cattle and 000 shcop The president of the Young Mon's Chris tian nssociation'Ut Rudilcld is A. Boozer The cbiof amusement at Woonsouhet just now consists of ice boat ruces on the arte sian lake E. L. Abel of Bridgcwator succeeds O. S. Pendar as trustee of the Sioux Falls penl- tontiary The farmers alliance of Potter county has been organized into a branch of the na tional organization An effort is boiner made to secure the par don of Christian Sorcnscn , who was sen tenced to twenty-four years fn the peniten tiary from Moody county for killing a neigh bor in a dispute ever some property Sorensen - onsen has become insane , and bis friends want him trunsforrea to the Ynulctoir asylum The Minnesota Star says reports from stockmen along the Hello Fourchn and Lit tle Missouri rivers is that the calf and colt crop for 1800 will bo 93 per cent or hotter This is encouraging indeed for these inter ested iu tbo stock business , arjd taken to gether with other flno prospects showing up at this dute , it makes the stayers feel moro confident than ever in the f uturo of western South Dakota The city ot Stcolo some years ago issued 815,000 , worth of bonds bearing 10 per cent interest , savs the Mandan Pioneer With the defaulted interest the amount now dun is somcthiuir ever f20,000. The holders of the bonds offered to take $33,000 in now bonds at 4 per cent Interest , payable in twen- ty-llvo years This would make the yearly interest $300 instead ot f 1,500 , as at present But the citizens realize that tliey cant raise oven $900 a year for interest , and the matter is to bo left In Us present bud shape , , IT WAS SISUMjY TKEASOX Joseph Cooks Severe Arraignment of Mr Grally's Ituston Speech BosToxMassFob 18 , | Special Tolograra to Tub Bbe.J Joseph Cook devoted hlmsolf to the southern question again last evening and among ether things ho said ; "An eloquent southern orator , in a misleading and almost treasonable speech , recently carried a Bos ton audience off Us feet , though ho assorted tbnt if you fill every election district with federal soldiers the south will yet find means to nullify the fourteenth aud Uftoentb amendments For one I think Boston ought not to cheer treason [ Great npplauso.J Mr Grady was u man of gonitis , and bo is iu his gruve , but his principles are not in their grave , and therefore I take occasion to say that since a southern senator threatened to call tbo roll of bis slaves on Bunker Hill , nothing has been said much moro atrociously insulting to northern sentiment than the affirmation of a southoru orator before fore a Boston audience that oven if the na tion were to put forth its whole military power , the south would yet trample on the newest paragraphs of the constitution , | Ap plause ! ft is calling the roll of slaves on tbo loftiest eminence of another Political history on the heights of tbo constitution itself nnd tbo slaves nro those who cheer such treasonable sentiments , " [ Great ap- pluuso ] _ CUUISO OK IIYHPKISIA Mis Ilurrltt Completes Her Twenty One Day Fast Bacinp , Wis , Fob 18. | Special Telegram to Tub Bee | The case of Mrs , Burritt , who has beoa making un effort to fast twen ty-one days , was watched with considerable lntoiest by tbo medical profession through out tbo northwest Each mall brought a number of inquiries from physicians and others about the progress made , the effects , and the symptums Mrs Burritt yesterday completed mo twonty-ono days ot nor fast , aud is reported to bo in excellent health Hho has for many years been a sufferer from dyspepsia , and all reinodlos she tried faffed to give her rollof Finally , upon tbo advice of ner physician , she commenced tbo fust as a euro for bor ailment Hlio expressed her readiness to contlnuo several weeks longer it it were necessary iu older to regain health She was given broth yesterday but did not seem to relish it In fact , she hud no appe tite at all , and it will requlro several weeks ot careful nursing before she resumes ber regular diet THE LOW PRICE OF BECK Onttlo Moti Onllod Toffothor to Dis cuss the Onuso IMPROVED STOCK BREEDERS Yostcrilny's Session nt the University Democratic State 1'ross As sociation Proclama tion uf Howard Interntntn Cnttlo Convention LlNflVjN , Neb , , fob IS ISpaclnl to Tiir Bee I Governor Thayer .Is Just In rccoipt of tlio following solf-oxplauatory invitation ; bntorstato Cattlomon's convention called to meet nt Fort Worth , Tex , March 11th , Ft , Worth , Tex , Feb 13th. This conven tion has been called by the representatives of the different associations throughout the southwest to moot with the Northwest Texas Cattle Growers ' association at Fort Worth , on March 11 , 1S0O , to inqatro into the causes which have led to the low prices of boot to the producers , without uny corresponding benefit to the consumer Such n convention having been cnllod , the citizens of Fort Worth extend a cordial In vitation to the governors of the dKTorcut states and territories , thn representative stock men nnd all ethers interested in the stock interest , asking that the governors of such states or territories appoint at least twonty-ono dclogatos to attend and partici pate iu the deliberations of this interstate cnttlo convention , in order that nn intelli gent discussion mny bo had , nnd a conserva tive action may bo had in the promises , leading to a solution of the difficulties which have for the Inst few years confronted the cattle brooders and ralsors of the country Tbis question is of vital Importance to tno farmers us well as to tbo cattle men and n full attendance is hoped for , especially from the northwest cnttlo loeduig states Respectfully yours , Match H. S. Broh.es , Chairman Invitation Commltteo As dclogatos to tats convention the governor ornor has nlrcady appointed Blljuh Filloy of Guge county and C. H. Gould of Lancaster county Ho further states thut ho is ready to appoint uny gcntlomun that fool an inter est in the subjects thorolu to be considered , ppoviding they will give him assurances that they attend the convention , and he ex presses the hope that a largo mimuor of del egates will attend , ns the subject is ono that should command tbo attention of all who ara interested In cattle industries THE 1M1MIOVED STOCK llltEKimitS The Improved Stock Brooders association began its animal session at the university chnpol this afternoon with a good attend ance The nddross of welcome was dollv- erod by It H. Oaboy , president of the hoard of trade ; response by John B. Dinstuoro , prosidout of the association , . President Dinsmoro delivered the nnnual nddross , after which there were reports from the secretary and treasurer and ether miscel laneous business In the evening H. W. Fruuiun read a paper , II E. Heath spoke of the value of records , John Bortrem of farm ers , advancement and Samuel Lichty on Bcrub farming and scrub care of improved stock The convention meets at 0 o'clock this morning pemocuatio rnnss association The Democratic State Press association hat mot nnd adjourned J. G. Hilderbrund of the St Paul Press presided at the • meet ing Ed G. Hall of Grand Island was sec rotary D. T. Davis of Columbus and M. M- Huhn of Seward and other prominent demo cratic newspaper men were In attendance Tbo important and slgnlllcant work of the meeting was the passage ot the following resolutions : Itesolvod , That wo , the democratic editors of Nebraska , cordially sympathize with the Farmeis' alliancu In its great battle with transportation , the protective tariff and ether monopolies Resolved , That wo are moro than ever convinced of the justice of Grover Cleve lands position on tariff reform Resolved , That wo ere in favor of some system.of ballot reform which guurautcus absolute sozrecy and protection to the elector Resolved , That while wo are jealous of Interference with the inherent rights and liberties of the pcoDlu either by the nation or the state , wo earnestly protest against wli ut Is commonly known as saloon interference in politics und seriously object to any action upon the part of tbo dotnocrats of Nebraska thut will give color to tbo chnrgo that the democratlo party is in lcaguo with tlio whisky interoiiis Resolved , That we deplore the recent ac tion of tbo majority of the board of transpor tation Iu publiclv humiliating the sovereign state of Nebraska by going outside of its Its limits to treat with railroad managers for a reduction ot freight rates ou corn , and characterize ns the rankest demagoguery the act of said board in boasting ot what It would do in the matter of reducing local rates In case Its demands were not complied with , and then m ucuoptiiigthoiuslunllleant reduc tion of 10 per cent us a compromises IllOCLAMATION OF IIEWARI ) . To All to Whom These Presents Shall Coino Greeting : Whcro'is , it has come to my knowledco In form prescribed by luw that In the early part of the month of February , A. D „ 18110 , in the county of Douglas und Btata of Ne braska , n. murder was committed upon tno bodies of Allen Jones and Dorothy Jones , by some person or persons unknown , who hnvo lied from justice Now , therefore , I. John M. Thayer , gov ernor of tbo stulo of Nebraska , by virtue of tbe authority vested iu mo by law , und In pursuance of the statutes in such case mudo und provided , do hereby Issue my proclama tion and ofier a rowurd of $100 for the arrest nnd conviction of said person or persons , it being ? 200 iu tbo case of each person mur dered In testimony whereof I have hereunto sot my hand and caused to bo afllxod tbe grunt seal of tbo Blato Done at Lincoln this 18th day of February , A. D. lbJO ' John M. TiiAvsn AT THE STATE HOUSE Auditor Benton was at bis desk this morn ing He returned from Hot Springs , Ark , Inst evening • Secretary Gilchrist roturncd today from his visit to Box Butte oouuty He reports conslaeiablo uxcltetnout in Grunt county over cattle thieving , Attornev Genorul Leeso has no objections to a roturoo taking the testimony in the case of state by him vs the Atchison & Nebraska Railway company Ho says , however , that lie would prefer the witnesses examined in open court Tbo Hulestown State hank of Knox county filed articles of Incorporation in the o111co of tbo soerctury of statu today Au thorized capital stock , tr > , U0U , Incorpora tors : George Ballentync , John Dolphin and W. G. Hurlbut Tbo Don Curios Lumber company of Kansas City , Mo , filed amended artlcloi Ainondmout was signed by C. L , Bluzor , V. A. Potvoll , J. P. Davis , J3. D. Halstud und A , F. Steele , 'J ho governor today recolved a draft for Jl.CiOJ.Mi , tbo amount due tbo Bold tors' and sailors homo at Grand Island , for tbo six mouths ending Dccenibor 31 , 185'j , from the national homo for disabled vuluuteer soldiers , and ho turned tbo sumu over to the stuto troasursr THE DISTRICT COURT The case of It W. Penn vs Mrs B. Flick was Aoncludod this morning , the Jury return ing ff verdict for the plaintiff ot t-X ) . Priscilla Edmunds secured a writing of 01- vorcomonttnday from her husband , Dwight , on the ( . rounds ot desertion , Th&jcaso .of Edward 1) . Klmmcrmann vs tbo Lincoln Land company was taken under advisement The case was merely a dispute between the parties as to who Bhould receive a contract for some lots in LeMurs , Cbuio county The case now on trial is that of Henry Holtze vb John Mlndermaun Sumo tlmo since Holtze got Into trouble In Cuming county on account of selling mortgaged prop erty , and in order to settle the matter und get him out of Jail bis wlfo borrowed motfoy of the defundaut and oxecutud a uato and mortgugo on property In tbis city , The wife bus since died and Holtz now seeks to have the deed set aside SUl'UEUE COURT The proceedings in the supreme court today were as follows ; The following gen tlcmon were admitted to practice ; Cbarlos S. Loblnglcr esq , Andrew C > . U'oUotibnr' H gor , esq , and W. F. Kelley , esq , Lincoln ; < H C. L. Hover , esq , of Sarpy counlyl' ; | a , ' H Brognti , csip , of Omaha , 1 Worthlngton vs Worthlncton ; defendentU fl H given ton ( Inys to supply Inst record Van H Kttuu vs Kostors ; leave given defendant tj _ . . H fllo additional transcript jdt B H The following causes were continued ; ji * L _ _ _ _ l Damon vs Omaha , Omaha vs Hnuson , / H Kiuery vs Johnson , lbads Vs Estabrook , / ' H Rnthninii vs loycko J H The following causes were argued nnd sul/ H mittcd : Omaha vs Randolph , State ov rol H Mabonoy vs Mcintosh , Van Ktton vs Kns H tors , Mace vs Iloath , Frlodlnndor vs Ryder , H Ynmplcw vs Chafiibors , Kitchen Brother ] H llotol company vs Hntninond H The following cause * were dlsmlssol : H Omaha Motor railway company vs Onuilw H Horse rnllwas company , Omaha Horsu rail H way company vs Omuha Motor railway com M State ox rcl nttornoy general vs Atchison H & Nebraska railroad company ; submitted mi ] | motion of respondent for nu order ot refer H The following case was filed for trials | James W. Kinkcnd vs C M. tValworth , M error from the district court of Douclns H county j B CITr NEWS AND NOTES v . < < > "j | A. W. St John , editor ot the dally nnd _ | wroltly Press , Carthage , Mo , is m the citv i H J. C. Alton ot McCook Is in the citv Mr ] | Alton is un old tlmo traveling mnu oi the H Mayor Grnlinm votocd the frtitt haulers _ l ordinance last evening mm tbo banana man | | Is therefore happy H Governor Thuyor was at the cxncutlvo of- H flco today , but is barely nhlo to bu out He H cxprcssos the opinion , however , that usual | health Will bo bis within the week H The residence or H. C. Smith , the well H known stock mnu living live miles cast ot j H Lincoln , was destroyed by iho this morning H The loss Is estimated ut $3,500 , on which H there is $1,550 Insurance , J H The Tunivorln bnll given at Bohmiau's H hall Inst evening was lurgolv attended It _ H was a masquerade nnd brought out a uutu- , 1 bor of stunting and boautlful costumes * B A Now Silver Hill H Washington , Fob 18. At a mooting ot H the senate finance committee today there H was a practical ngrcoment that a bill H should bo passed , authorizing the secretary H of the treasury to increase the purchase ot H silvar , store it as ( bullion , nnd issue ccrtlll- _ _ H catesou it It is expected the dotnllsof a ? \ r _ _ _ _ bill covering these propositions will bo < H drafted at the next meeting ot the commit - H • H Kitted liv iho Crtr ? . H Atciiisov , Kan , Fob 18. ( Special Telegram - H gram to The Bee.1 Thotnns Martin , a H farmer , aged fifty yours , was this morning H run ever bv a train six miles northwest ot H hero and killed The man had no faintly H nnd had only lived hero a few mouths , com H ing hero from Kansas city where ho was _ H confidencodoutof $500. M Kni'iucd n Starch Trust H Cincinnati , 0. , Fob IS The national M starch manufacturing company has been in- j H corporntcd in Covington under the Ken M tuck.y law The company embraces nil the ' | starch factories in the United States to the H number of thirty , with the possible uxcep M tionot ono H Sixteen PcrsonH Ileportott Drnwiird H London , Fob 18. Thn passenger steamer | Coral Queen , from Gothenburg , sank off the H river Tees in collision with the Rotterdam | Btoumcr Bryuio It Is reported that sixteen H persons on tbo Coral Queen wcro drowned C. H Wont Support Kluht Hours v • • * j H London Feb 18. Matthews homo B , , see * > y _ . v _ rotary , in replying to a deputation of min - -dBHflt- | ers , told thorn bo could hold out no bona Hf H thut tbo government would support the v H eight-hour bill M H Aincricn Lmmu the IVorlil H In taste and the rcllued customs ot clviliza- _ | tion Of 3,453,501 cases , of cbampngno im- M portedinto the United States during the last | ten years , ever twenty-livelier cent was G * * * ' H H. Mumm's Extra Dry , " whose Imports M were over L'00,000 cases-'in excess of any j H other brand Quality will tell H Perished in the Flames j M Newark , N. J. , Feb 18. Four frama M tenements burned tbis morning and Mary | Jackson , nged twenty-two , perished in the - | flames The loss to the buildings is $50,000. B NEBRASKA I National Bank U. S. DEPOSITORY OMAHA , N-B. . | Capital $400,000 fi l _ M SurplusJan 1st , 1885) ) 52,000 _ • > < _ _ _ _ OFPlOliltS AND niKCCTOIlS _ H Iiknry W. Vatks President * M Lewis H. Himo , Vlcu President H A. A. Toti/AUK , H Vt V. Miiiisk H John B. Collins , H 11 , C. ClIHllINCl , H J. N. If 1'ATlllCIC , t M XV H , HmiiiKJ , Cashier H THE IRON BANK , tor 12th nnd I'arnam Sts H A General llanklng lluslucss Transacted H - COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK I Capital , - $400,000 H Surplus , - - - 40,000 M Ulllcers mil Directors B. M. Morsomau (1 _ H II Hitchcock , Jos fiurneuu , Jr , A , Henry IS H M Anderson Wm ( J. Maul , v. pniH , ; U u will H lams , A. V. Hopkins , pros ; a , Millard , cashiers Mi 1' , II , llrynut , asslstunt cashier H ? WANTED V" - Bftillflli _ ISSUED DV CITIES , ' ' M In IS | | _ J3COUNTIESSCHOOl H * * F . . . . DISTRICTS , WATER H solicited 1 Correspondence C0MPAmB > CTC , NW Harris Company I . . & , Bankers , 103-IOS Dearborn Street CHICAGO , M 70 State Street BOSTON B H • n AI.fi KINDS Ol' H Business Paper , aaaagI 11 1 On Improved and Unlni- H MnPTIMM ! proved Property lllUl L" CliiVIJi Purchased or Negotiated H \ \ 1 The Negotiation of M \\\\IK \ ( \ \ ) COUI'UltATION IIOND3 , H UUllUOt A Specialty H Correspondence Solicited 9 W. B. MILLARD , I Room Mil Brown lliiildintf , _ _ . M Oinahii , Noh 3 1 OMAHA I LOAN AND TRUST | COMPANY Subscribed & guaranteed Oipltal , $50OO0t > | Paid In Capital 350 , OOO Hills'and sells stocks ard bonds ; negotiates M tommerclal paperirecolvesnudexecute-itrustsi B acts us tr&nsfcr aguiit and trustee of corpora B tlons ; takbscharge ot propsrty ; collects roots B Omaha Loan Trust Co | SAVINGS BANK I S. E. Cor 16th and Douglas streets , raid iu Capital . . , , . , . . $50,000 H tJubscrlbedfc guaranteedcupltal , . 100.000 S UablUlyot stockholders , . . . . . . . 200,000 S Per Cent Interest Paid on DopoMtu I'HANK .1 , fANUK , Cashier OrriCEiisi A.U , Wymsn , presidenti J.J.Urown , 'v . _ H vice president ; WT Wyinan , treasurer " _ rf _ Diukoious : A. U. Wymsn J. II Millard , J , J , P Hrowu ( luyC Uarton , ii W.Nash , ihoa J * J _ F Kimball , ( fee 11. Lake ' * T " 9' Loanu in any amount roado on City < s Farm Property , nnd on Collateral Security , at Lowes Rate Curronttel