4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 27. 1890. B I J JDAEA' BEE B. ROSBWATER , Editor ? Hi PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINa l - TT.It.Ma Or 8U1ISCIUITI0N _ H Dally anil Bundar , Ona Year 110 m erxriontlii 4. SOD l 'I liTtifl Months , 2 M Htmtlay llte.nno Yrar , SCO BB , Wtedy lirr , Ono Vesr with rremlutn . . . SIX ) B OIT1CKS. 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M County ot Douglas , fB • fll Oeorc II TzschucE being duly sworn , deB - B lioaoN and saya that ho Is secretary ot The Hf.e j J'tinUsliliiir Company , ttint the actual average J daily circulation ot The Daily Dee for tne J month of lcbrusry lt ? . was W.ulii copies : for J March 16.V.I. ip.rm copies ; for April IHHf , IH/uV.i j < ojlesfor ; May , lfH1. lf.O'JJconies ' : for JunolS81i , P B 1H.K.V1 copies : for.TulyW \ ? , lHrMcoplosfor Auk iLBt IKMi , lH.ir.1 conlojifor Bontember I 8a. 18.710 copies ; for October lhSl , iwurr coplos : Tor Noi Tember It-Ki , luiin : copies ; for Oecnmbcr , 1883 , a , ( U8 copies ; for January , 1690. l.r ! ) V > copies ( iKinnr 0. T ichuck Sworn to ncforo mo and sub crlb d in my pri-hcme this Uth day of rbrnsry . A. D. . 1890. ( Beal.l N. 1 . Fkii Notary Public H , Has the Oinnlin & Dakota railroad H lioon hopolcBsly buriud in the drifts ? H' ' It looks ns if Mayor Cii3liitip was H ! following nftor Grover , a lonp way , in ] i the inattor of votocs R Tin : Burlington road refuses to longer i father the reckless methods of the Uur- H • | lington & Northern This action knocks ' the mnin prop from undoin concern M ] huilt to | ) i-oy upon logitiraato corpora | tiotia ' B J It is painfully evident that the H j crevice in the local dcraocratio came M J lias grown to an impassable chasm B i Iliirmuny has Ilea , and war to the knife M • ' I nnd knife to the bono is the motto of the 8 contondiiii ; factions BBV _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m It is beboming mora npparont every H i ' thiy that the firm of Wo , Us & Co , is B the power bdhind the mayors throne These seeking favors from his honor I must produce a certificate of character from the former combine I Tine rogulnr weekly assurauco is re ceived that rapid transit will bo extended - tended to nil loading thoroughfares i floxt spring Meanwhile the melancholy H utulo plods his weary way on Farnam | | ' street as if ho had come to stay w ' B j Tin : attoinpt of the seuiito to plug the H ; leaks in the secret session serves to in- ' , ureaso publicVcontompt for it custom ' that is moro honored in the broach than H in the observance The best thing the ' i bonuto can do is to transact all public V business iu open session H In tiii : opinion of counollmcn who f , ought to know , Mayor Cushing can H , ' ; muko us many pledges and lceop us few m , an his wise and vigilant prcdocossor " H Perhaps ono of the modern rorjuiro- H \ monlB of the ofllco is an intimate H knowledge and practice of provarica- H ' tion m The ratification by congress of the M treaty inn do with the Indians on thom m Fort Borthold reservation will add ono M million acres to the public domain in H North Dakota The land is located in _ I the western part of the state , adjoining B the boundary of Montana , and is 1 B cliielly vntunblo for grazing purposes fl The rapid contraction of rniigo terri B I tory in tiio west makes this addition to B j the public uomaln timely and uccopta- H bio , H Kow that the question of the slto has B boon settled , there should bo no time 1 lost in passing the worlds fitir bill and H making its provision conform to the i B wishes of the representatives ot Chl- M cngo Local and personal pique must H not interfere with a great national un- H dortnking The enterprise and goner M tnishipdisplayodby Chicago , and her H luastorly ability in mooting nil emor- H t'oneics , afTords suilleient pi oof that H Chicago is equal to the umorgonoy H ' Pm'lTlONS itro bolng circulated in i H various parts of the country praying r H the czar of Russia to stop the whipping H of holplcbs women and the tnassacro ot t M mon in the Slborian prisons The in- H tentlons of the potitionera nro com M mondable , but they will hnvo only their H labor for their pains A government H which insults mankind with u tlcului ot f H notorious shocking cruelties , permits H brutal olllciuls to outrage every human i H benllmatit and refuses to houd the do- H pairing cries that rend the solitudes of H I Biborla , will turn n deaf cur to the ap - M I jioUla of oulsldort ) . H t As u inoasiiro of justice to the faml- M a lies wlio sullorod by reason of the gov- M m crnmunt's broach of faith , the bill to H B cotnponsiito the evicted settlers of Crow Ijk Creole reservation deserves the approval t fi of coiifcross The people who entered 1 th ° I'catjrvutiou on the atreitgth of l'ros- U Idont Artlmr's proclamation , uiadu HI miuiy vnluublo improvements and in- 18tistod their labor arid means in bocur- Hi ing homes , of which they were ruth HI lessly doprlvod by Cleveland , are on- HI titled to dumngos for b utldingnndcrops HI destroyed , and the hardships brought HI on by olllclul perversity _ _ _ iSI tiii : .vnir sii.rnn bill The proipect for sllvor legislation at the present session of congress nptwars favornblo Sovornl measures have nl- ready boon presented for pdbllo dls- cuasion , the 'latcst the silver bill frnmod by j the sennto finance commltteo , to winch reference was mndo eovoral days ago , The introduction ot thin measure may bo taken ns a declaration on the part ot the senate committee that It is unfavorable I to the plan ot the secretary - tary of the treasury , and in this # view it is to bo assumed as probable that the Windom silver bill will not again rccoivo sorlous consideration In the J senate , oven though it should bo favorably regarded in the house See rotary Windom apponrod before n. com mlttco of the housoa fovr dnys ago and explained and advocated his plan , but the prospect for it can not bo regarded as atallliopcful in view of the attitude of the eonnto flnanco committee The Windom sclicmo may doubtless , thcro- fore , bo satcly dismissed from further consideration as not likely to bo accepted - coptod in oltlier branch of congress The senate silver bill provldos that the Bocrotary ot the treasury shall pur chase silver bullion to the tunouut of four I and one-half million dollnrs1 worth each month , and gold bullion to on un limited 1 amount , paying thevofor treas ury notes Those notes are to bo re deemable on demand in tawful money of the United States , and wltcn , so ro- dcemod shall bo cancelled They nro made 1 receivable for customs , taxes and all public duos , and when so recolvod may bo reissued National banks may , count thorn as a part of tholr 1 lawful reserve The secretary of the treasury is authorized to coin so much 1 of the gold and silver bullion pur chased under the act as shall bo necessary - sary to provide for the redemption of the < notes , the gain or soignorago from such ! coinage to bo paid into the treas ury ' The bill provldos for the repeal of , the colnaco act of 1878. This is in homo respects a moro con servative ' Bchemo than that of Mr Win dom i , nnd wasiutonaod ' as u , compromise between his plan and the views of the free coluago advocates It is reported to bo nccoptablo to the latter , although it provides that the treasury shall have the benefit of the profit arising from coining the bul lion , which in case of frco coin ago would bo a very considerable amount to the advatitago of the silver producers The advocates of free coinage , how ever , must have become convinced that they cannot carry their policy , and they cannot reasonably ask anything moro fuvorahlo as a compromise ) than the bill proposed by the son a to com mittee Under that moro than double the amout of silver annually would bo represented in the currency than has boon employed under the existing lnw , , and allowing for the probable increase in production from tuo stimulus of an enlarged demand , the government pur chases of silver to the amount of fifty four million dollars worth annually would leave only a verv binall surplus of the Amoricnn product This should certainly bo sulllciont to satisfy the most ; extreme silver men The addition , to the currency annually under this bill , so far ns silver is concerned , would bo about thirty million dollars , which ought to bo enough to provide for the increasing demands of the country The only object , in providing for the coinage of . any part of the bullion purohasod is i probably to avoid the objection made to i the Windom bill that it would degrade i silver to the position of a mere com modity The senate bill also gives no discretion to the secretary of the treas . ury in the matter of purchasing bullion As a compromise measure the bill [ ought tooncountorvory little opposition , from the friends of silver , but it will doubtless bo vigorously opposed by those who are hostile to any increase , ot the use of silver in the curroney This opposition , however , iscortain to i prove futile if the silver advocates can ( be united , Washington advices indi . cate that the now bill has boon very r well received THE SEMITES UIUXnY The United States senate has recently [ boon the scene of hcatod and acri monious debate The cause of it was the resolution calling upon the at torney general for infotmation regard ing the killing of a deputy United Stales marshal in Florida The public ! has boon made familiar with the cir ' cumstance A number of persons hud . boou indicted for election frauds , nnd the official was In pursuit of thorn Ho was a fcarlobs and determined man and 1 had uumorous ouotnios While iu the discharge of his duties ho was entrapped and shot to death It was the duty of the senate to ' obtain official 1 Information rogardlng the murder of u federal olllcor , and Sonutor Cbandlor ' introduced n resolution for this purpose i which was adopted , In the debate on the resolution the Florida senators sought to palliate the crime by assailing the character of the fodorul court ollluiuls in Florida , in cluding the ono who was killed Ono of thorn , Mr Call , went farther than J this and employed most ouunstvo and unparliamentary language regarding Senator Chuudlor Not satisfied with what ho hud said on the jloor of the senate , the Florida senator inserted still moro olTonslvo lnuguugo iu his speech ns printed in the Coniresiuiud Itcccml When uallod to account for this in the ' senate lie defended his course nnd charged Senator Uhar.dlor with having made an untrue statement , ulso'ohurao- toriziiig the Now Hatnpshlro senator as tt coward Referring to this , Senator Sherman of Ohio said that when the United States senate came to such a condition thut tlio charge of cowardice could , bo applied to o , beuator mid that a senator could bo ehurgod with stut- iug a thing falsely , it seemed to him the senate was receding from its dig > nity Tlioro cau bo but ouo opinion among fair minded men , regarding the course ot the Florida senator It was a flagrant i- grant breach of privilege and in every bonso roprohousiblo , deserving the unqualified i- qualified censure of the senate Such conduct should be visited with such summary aud severe rebuke that only the most recklc&s would venture to commit It Dut it may bo obt' served that it is not alone such exceptional episodes ns this which suggest that the senate is ton ceding from its dignity It would not bo I dllllcult to find much In the general course nnd conduct of that body to justify j the opinion that it Is far loss solicitous now than formerly to observe the conditions essential toatruodlg- nity , as well ns to preserve a chnrnotor for i wisdom , statesmanship and patriot ism i If that body has deteriorated lu the t rcspoct nnd confidence of the people - plo i the fact is duo moro largely to the dcclino from Its former character ns un assembly of siatesmon , do voted to great principles i of government and earnestly desiring to subsorvo the general good , than to such personal violations of prlv- ilogo i and lapses from decency and decorum - corum t as have recently boon wltncssod Blttor personal and political contro- vorsics occurred iu the better days of the i sonntc Mon whoso names nro eminent < in our history have hurled In- voctlvo nnd denunciation nt opponents on i the floor of the senate , indifferent nliko i to parliamentary privileges and porsonnl responsibility But if from such i incidents the scitato of an earlier tlmo sulTored an impalrmont of its dig nity it maintainer its claims on the public confidence It had not then become identified in the popular mind ns the refuge nnd bulwark ot monopoly nnd corporate power , but was rognrdod dosplto the occasional Irruptions of individual auger , as the great conserva tive power in our governmental syslom It was intended to bo It is well for the Benato to prosorva its dignity , but that alone will not restore ittothoplacoitjfr- morly hold in popular confidence That will como only when it hasrccovorodlts lost churactcr , abandoned its star-cham ber methods , relinquished its false so- called senatorial courtesy , " and put itself in full sympathy with the people WE WILL DO UETIEH A reckless local contemporary has of- fcrod some tempting prizes to its pat rons , with a vlow of raising the wind Having deflnitoly determined by a bo- crot ballot of its own omoloyos who will bo the most successful and popular law yer in Omaha ton years hence , it now generously opens its purse strings and tenders its columns to ingenious pro pounders of riddles-and conundrums Now The Bide is bound to keep up with the procession It will not allow such ot its patrons as nro not otherwise occupied to remain without employment highly intoiloctual as well as lucrative In other words wo will do better , and give gonlus of whatever sox , ago and previous condition a chance to blossom out nnd-achieve renown If wo have any prodigies among us , clairvoyants who can divine the future and box the compass of destiny , so to speak , we want them to shine in sublime oiTulgonco and glory Our irroprcssiblo contemporary offers a prize of ono hundred dollnrs to any man , woman or child who can foretell the oxnet number of people who shall inhabit the btatc during the first two weeks of June while the census is being taken Wo will do hotter Tin : Bun hereby offers ono hundred thousand dollars to anybody within reach of its voice that will figure out the number of redheaded girls nnd white horses in the United States according to the oftlicinl census returns which are to bo distributed by the national census bu- reau on or about the year 11)00. ) Our public spirited contemporary of- feraa prize of five hundred dollars to any farmer who will harvest the largest crop of corn on any single aero of land in this or any adjacent state during the coming season Wo will do better Tub Bise offers live hundred thousand dollnrs to the ranchman anywhere in the United States and adjacent coun tries , including Mexico , Central America - ica , South America nnd Patagonia , for the largest ( lock of Rocky Mountain coats raised by them on a Binglo aero The contest to bo decided nnd awards made by the Pan-American congress Our contemporary invites proposals from now subscribers , with prizes to bo awarded on conditions that they will maKe the nearest guess of the nnmbor of beans in a quart jug But wo will do better Tiie Bee will mail or doiivor a brand'now metropolitan paper three hundred and sixty-five days in the year to every nfn woman nnd child that will forward or pay in the full subscription price And any subscriber who will within the noxt.thirty days trmlco an exact guess us to the time when the now postofllco will bo fiuishod , will get ; a rocetpt for a paid-up subscription to The Daily Bee during his , her or its i lifotlme Remember that these canorous offers will only hold good for n limited period 1 CONOUKSSMAN MCKINLEY is not ; alarmed over the gerrymandering schemes of the domocratio legislature of Ohio Ho is not in favor of con - grcsslonnl action , but prefers to lot thorn l run to the end of tholr rope , fooling conDduutthnt the reckless exercise of power by the democrats will Dring tholr overthrew nt the next election Major MoKinloy's prominence and use fulnoss In congress cannot bo imonirod I by legislating him into a democratic district Twice within ten years nt- tempts have been made to force him nut of congress , but in each instance ho i turned u democratic inujority into a re- publican triumph Ohio voters are not backward iu rebuking political trickery and chicunary Actinq Mayor Moiiiiissky has vetoed an ordinance because it was pub lislicd in n newspaper of general circu- latlon , which , ot course , under the pro vnlling regime , is an offense agaiiiBttho | tuxpayors Hereafter all proposals of the board of public works for paving , grading , sewers , etc , must bo ndvqr- tisod only iu the court organ Hereto * fore , it was found profitable In such i cusoo to advertise in such insignificant pnpers.tis the Chicago lYibunc . - RiU'itESUNTATiVE organizations ot Omaha's trade ami commerce should i tuko un uotive part in the movement to isecure the early construction of the pro posed oxtonslon of the Rock Ielaud road 1 southwest Lincoln and Beatrice pee plo nro already at work With the nc- live assistance of Oinuhn business men , there ' is lltllo doubt that the construe tion of tho/iyj / would bo hastened mn- torlnlly , ami * secure for the city within n yenr an important highway to the trade ot southern Nebraska , northern Kansas and lorndo The importnnco of the road to the commerce of the city cannot bo overestimated , and prompt stops shouldnbo taken to expedite the work _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The plondlugs of the railroads for oxclustvo rjglit-ot-way through the in ill tary nnnexto , Henry Clarko's farm produced ] nn , © ppo9lto result in Wash ington J The authorities propose to settle - tlo the question by granting right-of- way for such tracks as may bo neces sary and allow their use by all roads on equal terms The decision It a just ono _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The nppolnttuont of Tom Binning ham ] ns aldownllc inspector is nnothor striutng illustration ot business princi ples , apppliod to city affairs " Birming- hnm j is a hustling business patron of the i senior moinbor from the Fifth Nuw York Knows It CViIWii/o Herald Chicago is a danjrerous town to foot with For ] particulars Imjulro of New York Must I'ut U | > nr Quit "Vcid Yorl : Tribune Tlio Louisiana lottery Is in that desperate atrnlt i when It U forced to "ralso Its unto and i trust to luck on the draw A l'nliil'iil KcinlnisciMicc t < t. JoMf olulXJ'm cr < it That portion of Mr Clovclnnd'a ' speech on U'nshlngton which rclntcs to vlrturo nnd morality will causa a Rood many pcoplo to think of bis celebrated loiter to Mrs , Uonry Ward Hencliur Strlpnotl of All Disguises Wheeling InteUiaencer No matter who holds to the contrary , it Is not true that the southern whites desire to pot rid of tlio southern blacks Colored labor Is wanted in the south The thing that is not wanted thcro is a colored voting population Making It 1-lnnHiint for Wllliclm lloaton Journal Wuatovor else socialism alms at It is the implacable fee of the existing order of things It will tnako Gorman politics in teresting and onlmutod for n loritr tlmo to como , and will give the ypung emperor a domestic problem OlfUcult and portcntious enough to discourage foreign entanglements Meaner than Hiuhwny Robbery r/iffmlctjJifa / Record When wo consider that the distress In the Pennsylvania coal regions has beeu larcoly brought about by a systematic design on the part of the coaKcompanios to so overstock the labor market a4 to provide for a years consumption with1 six months production , it Is not difficult to iix.tlio responsibility for the starving condition , pf the miners and tholr wives and chtldcon.l They are the victims of deliberate greed * , . - TUB AI-'xkuNOON TEA Sir Edwin Arnold calls the Japanese women semi angqllc " Cupid caw theo drew forth a dart Ho tipped andifcalborcd It , But , niakion : fnir , ho missed thy heart ; It was to small to hit Out of a population set down nt 2o3.801,821 in British India > iicroi ) are no foivor than 20,933.020 widows'orwhom Uombuy claims l.tKVOU Madras -JSOflll , Northwest Prov- incosandOudha.C" ( ) ,7 > > 7. the Punjob 1,5'JJ , . S33 and Hongal T.-lO lVJi ) . Mind , I dent want to bo flattered , ' said ' a feminine voice confidentially , behind a nhotoffrnpner's ' Brreon , but do try an3 idealize - izo it all jou can " Miss Priscllla ( ntjed forty ) No , Edith , I dent belfovo in these slllv marriages You'll have time enough to get sick of a man if you staysinglo for ton years longer ! Edith Time enough , aunti" , hut may bo no chance i It was a dainty Moston maid Who stood nnd looked at Towser She gazed u-wbilo and then she said , How that poor dog does trousorl" Ella Mo , Cousin Bob kissed mo this morning Mother Ho did ! thopoyouro- bulled him , Elln Ella I did that very thing X said , Bob , you bo careful not to do that when pa or mu are yround , or you'll hear something drop " A Burlington girl In a fit of abstraction , picked bp a copy of Kismet , " scratched out the ' t , " and tnnded the book to her lover He caught on Do la Cranio My.doar U'Aubigny.you are too dlllldeiit You are rich , talented , titled you might shine In society Count D'Au- blirny I detest sooloty that is , I detest I hate women Do la Creme You amaze me An unfortunate utTairo du court Count . D'Aublgnv ( ncrco.y ) Reginald , you will understand mo when I toll .vou that before I came into m.v fortune and title I was a struct car conductor Whllo woriion's ' minds may ho secure , Aud not so fictile ns is said , A passing bonnets almost sure To turn n woman's hood And lot two puss upon the street , ' Each wearing a bowiicblng gown , Tiioy'll ' turn each others beads complete , Thoy'ro sure to look around ( Jabrielle Bompard Is a singular creature Since she gave hursolf up to the Preach po lice as accessory to thomurder of GoutTu she has thought of nothing but bor own uotori- ety , When she was confronted by a howl ing mob of 10,000 people anxious to lynch her , nt Lvons , the other day , she smllea and satu she had no Idea there would have boon so many people to meet ber " Ob , lore , my love , has forgotten the hour , By passion pervaded with a pulsating power ! How love rushed upon us with u quivering whoop , And GnBwniboii our tweet souls In a wild swirlfut swoop ] Lot mo lusciously lift in luxuriant rliyma Of the way that wo kissed In the soft sum mcr time Till nil of the ahrubbary curled up and died , Aud the birds flow away to escape suiuldo But , alas ! love Is doVrf and the Bummer has J ' flown , Yet I still live to maudllnly murmur my moon l ) ' " In sibilant stanzas 61 clangorous orash ( Which Ill ' soil to ssiilo paper for cold , com mon cusb ) * ' ST A TU AN IV < t UlUX lTOIt If , ' NelmiHUn JotilnirJ The Nance couutVc inmisslonors have do , elded to bridge thoiioiju river at Fullortun , Custer county's iio ' n.partlsnn prohibitory , league will hold a . otlng ut Broken Bow Murcb 8. He , The second term at the United States court at Hastings will convene March 10 with a full docket . Arthur 1'aul , n aoQtlqn band at Eluiwood , dropped dead from heart disease Tuesduy , IIu was sixty yeuraoTugo Clay county baseball cranks propose to hare a liltlo league of tboir own and a meet 7 ing to arrange matters will probably bo bold shortly The public school at Uartwell is so tough , that of the fifty pup Is who attended the teacher bos beou obliged to exK > l all but half u dozen The Custer county Farmers atlianco will 1 meet at Broken How March 4 and wilt bo addressed by President Powers of the statu organisation The revival meetings at Clay Center , which hnvo been in progress sixwocks , have 1 closed und over thirty persnus have united with tba church i An imbecile named Wouke , who has beeu prowling around the vicinity of Hebron , buruod a quantity of hay for J. Lovorcnook , Mr Loverchook is a cripula using acrutcb Ho took hU shotgun , mounted u horse und hnntod up Wcnlto nnd marched him into Hebron , where he was locked up by the • herirr ns a dangerous itinn The general storool Veak il.ash ntUrosh- nm hui been rclo icd by Its creditors The liabilities am f 1,000 , with nearly enough assets - sets to cover thorn Footpads hnvo infested Syracuse nnd vicin ity i miicn to the itlnrm of the residents An attempt was made to hold up the Hov Gates by two masked men , but ho whipped ud hU horses nnd escaped Grant Khull was knocked ' from his horse by a highwayman It Is reported that two lodges of the Knights 1 of Labor nt Kcd Cloud , numbering ISO mombcrs , nnd three Farmers nllmncos near Klvorton , hnvo unttod nnd purcbaaod a building worth (1,000 and that tholr intcn- tlon 1 is to establish a cooperative store which all ' will be plcdgod to patronage lown Items The contract for building the now hotel at Eldorn has been lot , Justice Petora of Davenport is proud of his ] record of 1,174 couples Joined In wedlock by blm Burglars got away with twenty-six pnl- ions I ofwhlsky rrotn the drug store of ( J.Y. . CarootUolfo ' Hov Father Carroll or Tama City nearly lost his llfo oy oscaplng coal gas Ho re mained unconscious for twolvohours A Bovon-yoar-old colored girl was burned to death nt Clayton the ether day Her cloth Ing caught tire whllo she was playing with matcuos The Methodist missionary convention of Harrison county will convene in Missouri Valley Priduy and a lnrgo attendance is on- ticlpatod A Kossuth county farmer claims that last season ho raised 1,093 bushels of oats on seven ncros of groutid nu avcrago of 1G0 bushels to the aero M. II Miller , the Cherokee photographer who skipped with Miss Ellen Cbnso , has boon indietod by thd Emmot county grand Jury for bigamy and Miss Chase has beca held for adultery Wjomlnif The Suadanco public schools have bcon closed on uccount of diphtheria Evnnston is short about twenty houses for which tenants are already In the city An apparont'y ' unlimited deposit of brick clay has boon discovered at Saratoga Nearly 813.000 wns subscrlbod in ono day for the now Methodist church at Cheyenne A prisoner with the kicking po wore of a mule ltnockud off the iron doors of two cells In the Laramie jail , brpko through a wall , and was finally released order to preserve the building from complete destruction The Laramie Times is in receipt ot a let ter from Mr John G. Jest , a well known sheep raiser ot Carbon county Ho Btartcd In the winter with 4,339 sheep , out of which number bo has lost ! J50. Ono hundred and fifty of those wore killed by coyotes , The remainder died from ether causes There was raised in this county last year , says the Fremont Clipper , nbout 1,200,000 pounds of wheut Of this the Linder Holler Milling company purchased somothlng like 900,000 pounds The rcmalndor is in the hnnds of the farmers , aud nbout 75,000 pounds of it will bo required for seed , leaving 125,000 pounds yet to bo disposed of On Tuesday of last week Uov Hancock reoolvcd a dispatch from Caspar statlngthat two young pcoplo were anxious to bo made hnppy the following morning , says the Lusk Herald Accordingly he took the morning train for Caspar , where ho was mot by the bridegroom , who drove bim further into the country , where the bride und pnrtv were anxiously awaiting his arrival The few words which made two hearts happy were soon Bald , and Mr Huncock returned , hav ing spent a very pleasant tlmo Thcro arc snake storioi , nnd again there nro stories about snakes that are true , sava the Sundance Uuzetto Up near the O IC ranch , on the head of the Belle Fourehe , is a small rocky butte In this vicinity upon any occasion ivhcn the weather Is croultlous , may bo seen rattlesnakes , big , llttlo , old and young ; rnttlcsnnkus in bunches and bundles as big as a barrel , twisting and squirming In nil shapes , itound-up parties bavo learned to avoid this spot aud the last time it passed that way , men were sent ahead to clear the trnll for the horses , as upon a former oc casion moro than thirty of them were bitten KING OF ZIPILOTES Tim ( luge Bird Which Occupies a Cnta in the San Jrnc Public Inrk Where could bo found anything of the sort-prottlor than the square before the great wblto cathedral of San Jose , Costa Rica ? They call it Central park It is cnclosod by a high iron fence , with gates at each corner Huco old trees afford sulllciont shade at midday Near the center of the park stands a dainty kiosk , decorated artistically with the biuo , white and rod of the nations colors Here the government band plays twice a week of an afternoon , whllo all the world comes to parade in silk uttiro The soldiers also drill every moruiug at 8 , iu thd broad path at the eastern end Here , too , ihoy como for rovlow at G of the afternoon , the officers parsing down the line , while the baud plays "La Oraclon , ' ' a swoolly solemn hymn This little picture of vivid coloring is one which can never bo forgotten The scarlet of the bands uniform is like a llama against the emerald and dcepor green of foliage And on every side the rarest flowers , carefully tended and al ways in full bloom , nro soon Birds of all kinds sing or chatter in the treetops , Seven gorgeous macaws huge eroaturos of splendid scarlet plumage wundor , unhindered by cord or cage , nbout the pane Half a dozen wonderful green parrots , of siinilnrfroe- dom , carry on intelligent conversations with each ether and with the pcoplo who approach them A hugo kind of zopilotos , an uncanny looking bird , oc cupies a spacious euro not far from the central fountain Or Tnliuasn Knepo the Guidon Utile Ttov Dr Talmago preached at the Brooklyn Academy of Music today a memorial sermon upon the Into Henry W. Graay Dr Talmago boliovcd that Mr Grady embodied iu his life the best answer to the question Can an editor bo a Christian , ' ' says a Now York dis patch About a year before his death , Mr Grady in a conversation with Dr Talmago in Atlanta expressed his pro Qiind faith in the gospel Ho made it the guide of his professional ns well as his private llfo Dr Talmago further dlacussod impersonally tlio subject of the nowspapur press Touching upon his own rotations with newspapers and newspaper men , ho said : "If I am asked why I speak bo well of the press ; when I have somotiitios boon unfairly treatoa by It , I reply that the newspa per press of this and ether countries by the opportunities it has given mo to in terpret tlio blblo and preach tlio gospel to the nations has put mo unilor bo great obligations that I defy all the editors and ropdrtors of the world to wrlto nny- thing that shall bring forth from mo ono word of blttor retort from now until the day of my death , " The congrega- tion applauded , . ' t Tlio Nlonrnminn Ounnl The latest advices from ' Nicaragua bring satisfactory information of the 1 progress made with the important pro liiiunary work of the catinl , says too i Engineering and Mining Journal The > pier , which is tlio first essential to oti- uble the dredgers to open to harbor , is ! making rapid progrebs , about two hun drod and fifty foot being now completed This work is progressing at about the 1 rate of sixty feet pur week , and Its of- feet has been even grealor than was i calculated upon by Mr A. G. Monocal , tlio chief onglnoor , the action of the waves in nillng up sand huvlng so far saved brushing and filling The health 1 of the stall continues excellent , und their time has boon well occupied in working out certain modifications and improvements on tlio line of the catiul , , which will reduce the ostlmates by at least 82,000,030. A < ' RUMORED ELEVATOR TRUST Harris 1 & Co of Lincoln Said to Bo Socurlug a Monopoly A PARTIAL DENIAL BY THE FIRM " The Knights or Labor Conference Statu House ftlnltern Supreme ' Court Lincoln In Urief _ _ _ _ _ A Ulg Don I. Liscouf , Neb , Fob , 20. | Spcclal Telegram - gram f to Tim Bee ] A big deal is sold to hnvo ' boon consummated in this city during the t past few dnys Its mugmtudo can bo imaglnod I when It Is stated that it Is nothing less 1 . than Hint Harris St Co , better known perhaps ns Harris , Woodman & Co , have secured - cured oxcIubIvo chnrgo ot fifty or moro of the ' host elevators on the Burlington system of railroads in this Btatc It is further sn'd that < this company is to hold picclsoly the snmo relation to Lincoln and the Burlington that , the Htmcbnugh-Morrlam company holds to | Omalin nnd the Union Pncltlo Smco this seemingly well founded rumor , began < to circulate there has boon moro or loss ' consternation In the ranks of the lessor gram i dealers of the city and state oporatmg on ( the Burlington system ot roads Some I of , thorn oxprcss the opinion that the deal is . so porfcctly made that it must react upon the producer Notwithstanding the Inter state lnw , it is stated that favors can ' bo shown by the carrier that will make tt absolutely Imposslhlo for grnln dealers of limited capital to offer suc cessful competition Producers , Ui are fore , can not hupo for anything but minimum prices at points touched by this company In this connection it is suggested that the members of Harris , Woodman & Co are farscolng mon and propose to take advan tage of whatever action the stnto board ot transportation may tatio in tlio matter of freight reductions In the event ot a whoto- sale slaughter of locnl rates It is argued that the roads will stand firm on the maximum through rate , and a corner on corn is tboro- fore thought to bo probable in a small way In the ether event , however , loral rates re maining unchanged , It is thought that a rad ical reduction of the through rate on corn will bo made to Chicago , without further pressure , nnd that producers wilt Hood and glut the market , making it possible for this company ana companlos equnlly strong to purchnso their own sales This cannot provo ether than disastrous to the great mass of farmers of the state It is not nn- probable , It is urged , thut the Burlington will do everything possible to ndvanco the interests of n company that bids fair to bo strong end shrewd enough to accomplish thtB end It is well known that the Burling ton , as well as all ether roads operating in thn stnto , Is very sere in the matter of con tinued agitp.tion of the reduction of freight tarifTslocnl or through , nnd will do anything possible to throttle further nressuro This fact gives color to the stutomont that the deal as stated hat bcon made Such dealers as Kondull & Smith , Gregg & Kvscr and T. W. Lowroy oxprosi thorn selves as naving very llttlo faith in this wholesale deal Thov nro In n position , however , to fool none of the . ou'oota If the rumor , as Mated and believed by many , proves to bo true In looktne this matter up Tun Hun repre sentative dropped Into Harris Woodman & Co 's Lincoln office this morning Ho found the principal of the firm Air J , P. Harris , ayoung man twenty-eight or thirty years of ago , sitting nt his desk busily engaged in looking over reports and correspondence But , however busy ho mnv have been , ho was not avurso to talking , nnd to the initial question regarding the alleged deal , be Bald : There is nothing in it There nro over three hundred elevators on . the Burlington system of roads in Nobrnska and wo are op erating but very few of thnt number " How many , if you care to state ! " Well , some thirty odd " • • Are you neeotinting for nny moro or them ! " V "I presume , sir , wo will gather in Tn few moro if wo find thorn inactive or purchase able " Are you buying corn nt uny points where you huvo no elevators ! " Yes , sir " How many ! " "I caunot say without rolcronco to memo randum Wc are cribbing here nnd there nil ; over the state " "At any points on other than Burlington lines of road i" "No , sir , " "Areyour relations with the Burlington folks similar to these of the HimobauKh- Mcrrinm company of Omaha to the Union Pacific ! " "I can not Bay , for I do not know what the rotations of the Himcbaugh-Merrium ele vator company to the Union Pacific are " Well , ore they iqtimutol" "I can not say that our relations to the Burlington folks are any moro intimate than these of any ether company operating on the company's lines " You Iutimnto that you nro storing corn How many bushels do you expect to store ! " Possibly 10,000,000. Wo confidently ex pect to buy and store 2,000,000 bushels Wo are doing u legitimate grain business " Are you paying any attention to the probable - able action of the state board of transporta tion on freight reductions ! " "Wo nro somewhat , interested la what tlio board may do , but uot hair so much as wo nro in the number of bushels of corn our agents buy from plnco to place " What are you pnyliig ! " "Wo are pnylug trom 13JJ to 15 cents per bushel " "Farinors who hold their corn may confi dently expect a bettor prlco by and by , may they not ! " "If not , wo had bettor got to circulating our money In other clmnnols " KK1GUT8 or iinon The Kuights ot Labor assembled hero in [ state convention have a disagreeable duty to perform It is known , perhaps , thnt charges of mismanuirement huvo been proforrcd against Secretary Blake , and they uro under Investigation Inilood , they have taken up n considerable portion of the tlmo ot the convention Bluke , however , is confi dent that he will como out all right Still it Is understood that a good many knights nro not over-well pleased with his alleged tutor ferciico with the statu master workman's au thority in culIlnL' tbi present meeting This assembly , let it bq remembered , Is not the regular stnto convuntiou , as has boon stated It was spociully called to coustaor the eight hour movement and to discuss some of the loading features of the Australian ballot system It bus nothing to do with thn propo sition for consolidation with the Farmers alliunce for political fellowship This ques tion wilt bo considered ut the regular state convention , which convenes In May Mho present session closes tomorrow Prominent knights state that the attendance ut the prcsoat mooting U not what it ought to bavo been statu iinusi : mattkhs Auditor Benton refused to register the ( QUi.OOO Omaha school house bonds received yesterday for the reason thut they did not contain a proposition providing for levying a tax It Is intimated on the outslda that they did not roceivu n inujority of the votes cast , but the uuditor did not take this into consid eration Copy of the complaint of the South Omaha stock uxchunge.reeently reported , was mailed ! to various roads today , together with service I for answer Tno Omaha aud Council Bluffs railway and I bridge company of Omaha fllod amended [ artiulOM of incorporation todav Increasing the capital stock trom t7QO00 to 11,500,00. The Omaha & Southwestern railroad com pnuy also filed umended articles They pro vide for branches from the main Hud near the Tenth street depot of the Burlington , in > the city ot Omaha , to run to the stock yards , and also one commencing at La Platte , in ' Sarpy county , running north ito a point on the Union.Pacific near Gilmore , and tbenco to South Omaha , connecting with the stock [ yards , The Equitable Life Insurance company of Now York filed its unuual statement with the Insurance auditor todav , showing the amount ot business transacted in the state during the past year , itisks , rJ.F < 00rx > 0 ; pol ; icies issued during thn year , 173 , insuring , NU8,753i losses , 118,000. TUB SOfUEUI DOUBT The following were the proceedings la the supreme court today : L M. Shaw , esq , of H ! Iowa was udmlttod to timetIco H The following cnusos wore nrgucd nnd B submitted : Helm Manufacturing company H v Kounue , South Omaha vs Cunningham , * McCartnoy 1 vs Berlin , Omaha vs Ayer , } M Omalin vs Howell Lumber company , Oninhn /J B vs Cochran * * _ The Elmwooil olovntor cao will bo argued / , Ff and suhmitton tomorrow or next do v. > H Vnolav Uruss ot nl vs Sandwich Alittm- / B facturing company Ilrror to district court , / H Sallno oounty Affirmed Opinion by CobbH Ch i J. H Grand Island gas company vs John W. H West , treasurer , ot nl , Appeal from district ' court , Hall county Judgment modified , K Opinion i by Nnrvnl , J. Ii 1. All officers of a city are prohibited from H' bring directly or tndlroctly Intcrottod In nny . { contract , or ngroomont in which the city or < m nnvonofor Its benefit is r. party , nnd cacti j K contract I may bo avoided by the city \ m 3. The Grand Island light and fuel com i l j panv , n corporation , contracted with the city i Bet ot ! Grand Island to light Ita streotA with ulco * j K triclty Tor a Uuflnlto porlod ntn fixed prica j B per mouth nl the tlmo or tlio limiting or snid j H contract , ono W. wns a member of the city J H council of Grnnd Island and also n stock H holder In , and the secretary nnd treasurer j M of ( antd corporation Held that the contract - -V- . < _ Is Illegal nnd that n taxpayer can maintain 4 H nn action to cancel the sarro H ; i. Hold that Inasmuch ns the city hns nc- H coptod the boncllts-of the contract , It must H do equity , ami to do equity the city must pay M to the light nnd tuol company not exceeding M the contract price , the roimnnblo value of ' B the light received by it prior to the oem B moncoment of the action , with 7 per oent In _ . torost thereon , Kl William W. Davis vs board of county B commissioners of Boone county Error to K district court , Boons county Affirmed B Ootnion by Maxwell , J. H Springllold lire nnd mnrlno insttrnnoo com m pany vs MrLImnus & Coylu Error to district - H trict court , Madison county Affirmed , Uplu- B Ion by Maxwell , J. . M William C Bratlliwallo vs Stnto Error B to district court , Boonu county Affirmed r-"iH Opinion by Moxwoll , J , -V ' H Joseph Bums vs City of Falnnout Error " F to district court , nil more county Affirmed B Opinion by Norvul , J , H Lewis Ley vs Hans it Miller Error to B district court , Mndison county Affirmed B Opiuion by Cobb , Ch J. K CassioAnnlo Small vsJotoph Small Ap- H ponl from district court , Douglas county , Ba Judgment modified Opinion by Maxwell , J. B 1. On tlio evidence contained in the rocBB ords , held , that the charge of ndultory ; - _ _ H | ngninst the defendant wns fully proved , " f B whllo a hko charge against the plaintiff was P not sustained H .2. In allowing alimony the court will con _ ' sidcr the ability of the husband , the estate , V if any , of the wife , and the situation of the B' parties nnd will render such a decree as B | under the circumstances will bo just end _ B cqultublo B J ) . DccrcoforfJO par montti alimony in fll addition to tlio homsstoad , hold , to bo ox- B _ > ccsstve BK 4. Custody ot child was on the proof properly - H orly given to the ' mother H Thomas L. Cornell vs William II Bar BB num Error to District court , Nuckolls BB county Affirmed Opinion by Norvat , J. BB CITV NRWS ANDNOTnS H Lee O'Brien , superintendent or the publlo BB schools of Johnson county , is in the city BBJ Christian F. Loowoll , uged clgtity-throa BV years and twenty nine days , died nt the BB ] homo ot his daughter , Mrs C. H. Doodd- BJ chcr , 1414 V Rtreet , this morning BB ] Alton It Board was given permission to BB lead Mits Alice Martin of Chorokoc , In , , to BB the marriage altar this morning BB Governor Thayer attended the reunion of BB the First Nebraska at Plattsmouth toduy BB nnd tomorrow ho gees to Juniata to attend s _ H a military ball -S H Hon Tom Cook has rccoived his comints- H slon us commissioner of census and has com V H moncod nctivo work Ho outcrtaincd a \ B party ot politicians from Saunders county H last night who are anxious to have onuuisr- B | a tors appointed who will give general satis- BJ faction in that county Ho bus mndo no nrBB pointmcuts ns yet , however , but will issue BB his first grist In a day or two Judge Stcwnrt was engaged this morning BB in hearing the suit of Funko & Ocdon vs V. BB B. Floyd and Halter & Irtck At the lust BB Cbautauqua nssuuibly at Crete , Floyd se- BB cured tbo loan ot a lot of dishes from thu .JBJ pluintifTs , who claim that part were never H returned und a portion of these brought back H wore nicked and otlinnviso dumugoil Hal i H tor & Irick were sureties on Lloyds under BJ taking to Bafoly return the goods Plain * tiffs claim damages in the sum ot $101.43. THE MODERN BABYLON V A Canons Hutnnrks on the Lomlon | Murrlatru Mnrlcur BB Conon Liddon yesterday made some H strong observations from the pulpit ot Bl St , Paul's on the marriage market of H modern Babylon , Buys the Pall Mull Ga- S zctto Ho had , no doubt , nmplo room H for a pituresquo Bittiro iu the familiar H phenomenon of London society ; Eager . J k mothers , like generals setting out on Jr H acompalgn , prepared to undergo any / amount of fntiguo if only they coitlil ' ; marry their daughters not necessarily to a nigh soulod man , but in any enso tea a fortune They could see , too , a group of youugmen , after , perhaps , a career _ of dissipation , thinking that the tlmo hud arrived for settling respectably in llfo , and looking out not for a gli 1 ' whoso graces und chnraoter would make her husband and children happy , but for somebody with iksulllclont dowry to onuble them to keep up a largo estab lishment They could not wonder , when ] the most sacred of hum an relations was ! thus ptacod on thu brutal level of cash I that such transactions were quickly followed - ' lowed by months or years of misery misfify which , after suothingin private , was nt lub-i paraded bniWo the eyes of a wondering world amid the unspeakable stiuineaud degradation ot thu divorce . court " The brutal level of nn atfulr j of cash is the level nt which French marriages are nrrangod without shame r "Tt and without pretense Hut are inarrlaTjjB' ' gos arranged by parents on the whole v4 f moro prone to end in the divorce court * I than when young people are loft free to I arrhngo tholr rnurriugos themselves ? SICK HEADAChW j ! ' _ . - " | aPoiltlvolyOnrodbj' | ' \ ARTTFRx these Little Pills 1 Willi tltW TheyBlsorellovoDJs L Hl lFTI V trecs trom Dyspepsia * 3Tl Aat indigestion and Too T 'JM | V R Hearty Eating A per 1 flj QgBB O feet remedy for Dlul j E _ 3 ne8 * ' Kausca > Drowsl j WKfowftM nc5 * . Dad Tute In the 4 BH H _ | | Mouth.CoatcdTongue , l Tain In tbo Bl Jo , TOR- J PID UVRH , 4c. Tliey rcgulato tl > o Bowels , I and prevent Constipation and liles The J smallest and easiest to talio Only one ptll a i dose , 40 In a vial 1'uroly Vrgetablo , I'rlcc J 39 cents ' -i- ? m . Slm ! ? ? ; - ? ' ' * ' ' ' -M ri V OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY Subscribed 'ilariinteod Cipltal , $500,000 I'uld In Capital , .330,009 Hush and sells stocks ard bonds ; negotiate commercial paperireoalvusnadoxuciuostrusts : act * us transfer ngent and trustaa ot corpora tions ; taxes charge of property ; collects roi < U Omaha Loan Trust Co SAVINGS BANK s. E. Cor I6th and Douglas Streets I'ntdln OapIUt , . $50,000 Hubscillwd&giiarantewt capita I , . . . IOO.000 Uabllltyot stockholders 200,000 S Per Cent Intoroat Paid on Oopo3lt3 I'itANK J. I.ANtll ! , Cashier , v . _ OtflCKnsi A. U.Wyman , prentdent ; J.J.IIrowu , * iB ] vice president ! WTWymautresiurer . _ ; IUHKoronai A. U. Wyinan J. II Millard , J. J. "f Itroivn Guy a Ilarton , 15. VV , Nash , ihoi I J > Kimball , Gee U. Lake ' ' Loans In any amount mn.de on Cltv & Farm Property , nnd on Collateral Security , at Lowes Rate Curronttui - ffy