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Tin : report of tno Iioupo elections
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Tins problem before the state board
ot transportation iB not how to secure a
reduction of local freight rntos , but to
discover a member with sufficient noryo
to second the motion of Attorney Gen
eral Loose
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bi.VA'roit : Ixoalls protests that the
bill to prohibit the importation of
liquors into prohibition states was in
troduced l'by . " This
request explana
tion trims the frayed edges of the sena
torial campaign in Kansjs
Tin : democratic proposal to test in the
Supreme court Speaker Roods ruling
on n quorum should bo carried out with
out dolny The country is ready for a
decisive settlement of the question
mbother congressmen can obstruct log
iblntion by refusing to vole
Tin : Virginia law providing for state
inspection of arosscd meat , slaughtered
ono hundred miles or more from the
place of sale , is now in full force The
chief object of the law to provide
plncos for n small army of political
iavoritos has boon accomplished , while
the consumer ns usual foots the bill
Ir contractors are to bo rollovedof
the penalty for failing to do the work
nwnrded them , how can the ooard of
public works prevent straw bids or corri "
binutioiiB to force up prices ? The
oxouse'of rv contractor that the price of
material ii too high tor him to do the
Work at a profit , is too transparent for
elous consideration
It lb very kind nnd considerate i
the part pt the board of public works to
Bond contractors to the council combine
for relief from their obligations The
liberality of the combine in paying the
pnrttltrTSfuTIuTuT ; tno street railway "
paving tax nnd multiplying tax shirk
ers , is an nssuranco to straw bidders
that their certified checks will bo re
turned for the asking
Tun experiment which ono of our
leading dry goods merchants has made
MiJxOeping his store olpsed on Saturday
hights for months past hits demon
strated the wisdom as well as the jus-
tlco of the move The sales of this pro
ptrosslvo morchaut have not fallen olT
in the aggregate and his employes have
liud the benefit of his liberal policy
From eight in the morning till six in
the evening is a good days work for
nny man or woman If other retail dry
goods housosshould not in concortand
flo Hkowiso they would lese no trndo
Rud con for a boon upon their dorks
At a recent dinner of the Harvard
Club , Prosldont Eliot made u vicious
nnd unjust attack on the reporters ,
ITaking the Boston reporters as typos of
the profession in gouorul , ho denounced
them as drunkards , thieve * . dead boats
Mid bummers Now the press ot Bos
ton is largely It not wholly manned
with college graduates , mainly from
Harvard If they am such u hopelessly
bed lot as the profosbor declares , they
must httvo secured their training in the *
Colleges It Is evident , however , that
condiments ot the banquet produuod
tins ovorllow of spleen , or , perhaps , in-
tempuruto indulgence cnusod intemper
ate gpoooh In olMinr case Mr , Eliot
Jb rcsnonsiblo for slnndoriug ioloss
of intelligent , industrious men , con
Bclqntlous in the performance of their
flutlusund . honest in till their dealings
with mun LIUo other professions , jour
nalism is nut without its black suoup
The tomptutlons are great , and not a
fotv-fall by the wayside , Ilut they are
not true ropresontiUhos of the profos.-
eion , A successful reporter must bo
• - ' bonobt , sober and truthful If ho is do-
BoiuuUin either ho is soon crowded out
of the raou It Mr Eliot will spend a
week in the editorial harness Id Boston
Dr uny other elty ho will reaJlly dis
cover that ho has ti wrong conception of
. the ; nuko-up ot press reporter * .
CAS T1WY AFFOHD , T0 IWDUCE t
The January statement of the Chicago
cage , Burlington te Qutncy railroad ,
just issued , shows the company to be In
n very prospcrouscondltlon The earn
ings of the company , including the
Burlington & Missouri River road in
Nebraska , for Junuary , 1890 , wore two
million , ono hundred nnd oighty-ono
thousand , four hundred nnd seven dollars
lars , nn increase of two hundred nnd
slxty-rivo thousand , two hundred nnd
two dollars ever the corresponding
month of last year The expenses
for .lanunry of this year
wcro nlnoty-four thousand nnd forty
dollars loss than tor the satno month
ot lost year , so that the not earnings for
Jnnunry , 1800 , were thrco hundred nnd
tlfty-nlno thousand , two hundred and
foi'ty-thruo dollars greater than for
January , 1839. The excellent showing
of n year ago is thus largely exceeded ,
nnd it is remarked that It the company
docs only hall a * well for the next
eleven months as It did ( or January , It
will easily bo able to pay an eight nor
. cent uividond on all Its stock The
effect ot the showing was very fnvorablo
upon the prlco ot the Btock
What do these flguros sttggost ?
tn the first place they show
that the Burlington manngomant is ap
ply in f the strictest economy , consist
ent with olllciont service , in the ad
ministration of the affairs of the com
pany , In order to recoup the losses sus
tained In the conflict with Its omployos
two years ngo In the second place
they iudlcato that the companyriould
make a mntorlal reduction in transpor
tation rates without ondnngorlng its
nullity to earn a , reasonable dividend
upon its stock The Burlington man
agers can not , in the face of their statement
mont of not earnings for January ,
glvo nny satisfactory reason why they
should continue to exact the rates
on Nebraska corn which they aro-now
taking It is obviously practicable for
them to materially reduce the corn
rate with entire safety to their inter
ests , nnd a further demand that they
shall do so is fully warranted by the
flguros of their January statement
The state board of transportation will
hold n mooting today It will bo well
for them to glvo soma consideration to
the flguros of Burlington earnings
They contain an argument of great
'orco for these who sincerely desire to
assist the furmors of Nebraska in their
extremity
CUB 1'AYMASlElt GEXEIiALSUIP
In the contest for the position of pay
master general of th.B army , the record
of none of these Booking the appoint
ment has rccoivod higher commondu-
tion than that of Colonel Terrell Dur
ing the raoro than a quarter of a cent
ury that ho has boon connected with
the pay department noolllccr has shown
grontcr ability and fidelity in the per
formuueo of his duties There is not a
single blemish on his record But hav
ing no ground of opposition on this
score , amo9t disingenuous nttempt has
boon made to doloat his nppoint-
motit by the statement that ho
relied for success chiefly upou the fact
of friendly personal rotations with the
president This has boon freely pub
lished by the Washington correspond
ents of eastern newspapers whose sym
pathies are with other candidates and
undoubtedly care has boon taken to
bring it to the attention of the presi
dent with a view to impressing him
with the idea that the selection of Ter
rell would bo regarded as In the nature
of a personal favor
It certainly ought not bo to the dis
advantage of a candidate for deserved
promotion that ho enjoys the personal
acquaintance and rospoot of the presi
dent , and wo do not believe that Presi
dent Harrison would permit such a
consideration to influence him in nny
case But as to Colonel Terrell it ik
wholly gratuitous to charge that ho has
given any value to the fact that ho ,1s
known to the prosldont personally Ho
has made his contest for the appoint
ment upon his rightful claim to senior
ity In tljo pay dopartmout and upon his
record of able and faithful service
There is not a reasonable doubt that
Colonel Terrell is logully the ranking
olllcor of his corps , and if the president -
'
dent believes tills to bo the case
jiibtlco and his duty require that ho
shall correct the legal wrong done Tor-
roll and give him the nppolntmont
If sectional considerations can prop
erly hnvo any wolght in a ranttor of this
kinc , Colonel Torroll has another
claim Including the army register of
1801 , there hnvo boon iifty chiefs of
staff departments ot the army , and but
five of the number have been from the
west or southwest No man born west of
the Alloghanics has ever bean ap
pointed paymaster general It would
seem but just that , services and record
being equal , preference should bo given
to western tnon in thepo staff appoint
ments until the inequality involved in
the uniform preferment of mon from
ether sections has been cot rected The
prosldontwlll do an not of justice by
appointing Colonel Torroll , which
would bo approved by the public and
undoubtedly would bo rogurdod with
general satisfaction in mllltury clrclos
NOT A VAUVISAN VWTOIil
Certain democratic organs were not
plonsod with the confosbion made by
Governor Boies of Iowa In his inaugural
address that lie could not rognrd his
oloctlun as a purely partisan victory
Such frankness on the part of a dome
oralio governor annoyed the organs ,
particularly when associated wl h the
utinouticomont that ho would furnish
an administration as broad and llbpr.il
us the spirit manifested toward him
Yet these organs cannot but
undorstuud that It was not a
partUun victory They must know
that Governor Boies could not luivo
boon elected without the votes of repub
licans and the refusal of others to sup
port the republican candidate To ! (
liguros of the elections of 18S8 and 1880
nro instructive In the fortnoryoar the
republican veto of Iowa , in round num
bers , was two hundred and eleven
thousand , and In the latter it was ono
hundred nnd tioventy-thrco thousand ,
while the democratic vote in the two
yours wu3 respectively ono hundred and
seventy-nine thousand and one hundred
and eighty thousand , Anybody can sou
that the result lust fall , which gave
Boies a plurality of a Httlo moro I
than six thousand , was not "n purely I
partisan victory ' and nobody familiar
with the facts will pretend thnt Iowa Is :
now a democratic state , or doubt that
on natlonnl issues the majority ot her
Voters nro republicans
A democratic governor was elected
becnuso thousands of republicans the
difference lu the vote between the Inst
two oloctious , as above noted , indicntos
the number to bo ever fifty thousand
were dissatisfied with the policy
ot prohibition and approved ot
the policy ot regulating and
restricting the liquor trafllo
roproscntcd by the democratic candi
date It is impossible to determine how
many of these voted with the democrats
The gain of that party docs not iudicato
that the number was largo But the
decline in the republican vote shows
plainly the extent of the discontent of
republicans with prohibition That
policy was the commanding issue in the
Inst Iowa campaign , and democratic
success was due to the fact of that party
having taken a clonrly doflned posi
tion in favor of llconso nnd
local option , which is nccoptablo
to tons of thousands ot Iown
republicans Consequently it was not ,
in a strict sense , n partisan contest , so
little did any of the political questions
which dlvldo the parties figure in it
Governor Boios was thorcforo entirely
right In not rognrding the democratic
success as a purely partisan victory ,
and ho Is to bo cominondod"for the purpose -
pose to give the state an administration
as broad and llboral as the spirit mani
fested toward him There is reason to
expect that ho will do this regardless
of the disapproval and criticisms of the
cxtromo democratic organs
DAXOnilOUS llESTItlCTtOXS
The most olToctivo nnd unanswerable
argument against legislation pending
in congress proposing to restrict Eu
ropean immigration and the naturaliza
tion of aliens , is embodied in the pro
test ot the national oxncutivo committee -
too of the North American Turners 80-
cioty The commlttoo declares that the
proposed mcasuros introduced in con
gress are fraught with the sann mis
chief and breathe the same spirit which
caused the founders of the republic to
rise in rebellion against a British tyrant
and hurl at him the indictment :
IIo has endeavored to prevent the popula
tion of those Btntes ; for that purpose ob
structing the laws for naturalization of
foreigners ; refusing to pass others to encourage -
courage their migration thither and ratsinf-
the conditions of new appropriations of
lands
The proposed legislation is , thorc
fore , opposed to the spirit which forms
the foundation of the republicand cannot
'
not be defended on the plea of expedi
ency or solf-lntorest. The industry ,
thrift and honest intelligence of the im
migrant has been the chief factor in
the growth and development ot the
country nnd in placing it in the front
rank among the nations of the earth
The patriotic devotion of these who
have iu the last conturv immigrated to
this country is indellibly stamped in
history What right ltavo wo
to • nssitmo that the character
of those to come under a continued
llboral policy of immigration will boone
ono particle lower , , than these who
came Deforo ? In truth , the very pro
posal of these lllliberal measures is an
affront to the bearer of every non
English name , no matter how long the
line of his ancestry that holpud to build
up this nntion -
It is impossible not to view with
alarm the bill proposing nn educational
qualification ns requislto to naturaliza
tion The spirit which prompts a meas
ure of this class is an offspring of the
spirit which harassed the continental
army and gave aid and comfort to the
hirelings of King George It is clan
nish , mlschiovous and contrnrylo that
spirit of liberty which has made
the republic the refuge ' of
the oppressed In the words of
the protest , the very existence
of largo bodies of unnaturalized resi
dents would constitute a mohnco to our
institutions Love of a free pountry
can best bo bred in mon by securing to
thum the full nnd early enjoyment of
its privileges and blessings
The proposed immigrant inquisition
by consular and governmental repre
sentatives is pernicious , impracticable
and unjust Every unbiased citizen
willngroo with the Tumors that the
scheme would bo a posltivo damage to
the country It would old the wicked
merely and deter the good No Eu
ropean will assist in retaining its bad
elements and forwarding the doslrnble
Such a system of csplonngo would Do
odious and degrading to honest immi
grants and demoralizing to the consul
service
The commlttoo declares that the
existing laws , if rigidly nud justly enforced -
forced , airord nmplo protection against
all undesirable and criminal immigra
tion But no such system of laws as
now proposed can bo onaotod wUhout
violating the fundamental principles of
tlio national compact and dat'koniiig the
brightest pucos of our national his
tory "
The sonliinonts of the protest will
meet the hearty approval of every
patriotic citizen With a contury's
marvolouB progress , dlroclly duo to the
brawn and braiu attracted by liberty ,
the nation cannot stultify itself by
placing needless restrictions on immi
gration and citl7onship. The pro
po d measures are violently antago
nistic to the interests of the west
and south , On all sides Btatcs nnd com
munities are striving to lncroase popu
lation , offering tempting inducements
to farmers , mechanics and laborers to
aid in developing the limitless resources
of the country The warm hand of wel
come Is hold out to the thrifty nnd in-
dust ious to eharo in , our national
wealth Why then recall the Jnvita-
tiou to the sturdy , honest toilers of the
old world and substltttto stagnation for
progrossionV '
WAits may coma and wars may go ,
but the Union Pacific bridge toll gees
on forever In the now schedule ot re
duced passenger rates between Chicago
and Missouri river points , twonty-ilvo
cents is tucked on to nil rates from
Omaha No direct toll is exacted for
crossing the bridges at Davenport uod
i-ii
I Rock Island , Turlington , Kansas City
I or other po\nU \ , whllo the trnvoler to
this city is invariably In.Id up for a
quarter at th6 threshold
IlKNHY WlVXiit ON' declares that the
fight between , HUl nnd Cleveland in
Now York will * force the democratio
convention to ieloct a lender outside of
the emplro state Calvin Brlco's Ohio
bar'l assutnosaiow Importance in cense
quence
1-roh's lunnl Klvnlry
Cftfcaoo Tribune
The too porstsjent u o of his mouth by
Sonnlor Call ot Y'orlda will brine upon him
tbo Jonlous dlsliko of the only Mr Vest
Tyranny or Annreli ) ?
IVillml'lp'ia ( /ulrcr. / .
Government control In the south Is
tyranny " The south without povornmont
control la anarchy Which would you havol
An Iinniliinry Quantity
CMcag > JV < n * .
When thc-Unltcd States senators onffBRO
in nn Investigation of nn offense against
their dlf-nlty they Imva nuproiched ns near
ns posstblo to Infringing upon ShaUcspoaro's
Much Ado About Nothing "
Sloiitniin Wont lie no Olno Next Time
SI Mini rioiiMr-J'rcM.
Tlio end of the Montana contest will bo
not only tha seating ot the republican con
testants ( at Washington ) , but such a revul
sion of popular feeling ns will innlco the
nou election in no way doubtful
feliort on "Jawlis , "
AVlu l'orfc llorlil
A councilman in London , O. , has boon
caught In the net of blowing open n hotel
snfo The Ohio councilman has pretty poor
picking nnd ho cannot afford to follow the
dignified methods of accumulating wealth
common to some of our municipal legislators ,
The Wright of the West
/uiiuas ( / 'Ki/JoionaL. /
Koforrlng to the worlds fair contest an
exchange thoughtfully remarks that the
west boat the cast simply because It hod the
mo3t votes Hut why did it have the most
votes ! Uecauso It now has the most people
and altogether the most important part of
country
A I'osslUlluy in ilevlvas
tfew Yoile Tribune
A western religious paper pitehos iuto the
cowboy style of revivalists who are so much
In vogue now Will It bo long , " it asks ,
before the feces of the city are adorned
with lithographs and posters announcing the
arrival of The Mastoaon Evanpellsttc Com
bination ! ' "
. m
Tlio Prohibition 11 nn .
• St Louts ( Jlnbc-fiemncrat.
Tlio prohibitionists ot Ktiodo Island have
put a state ticket imtbo field to bo voted for
ut the state oleekon four wcoks hence , The
prohlbitlotitsts know thnt their tlokot can
not possibly succeed They will be just as
well satisfied , however , it it draws enough
votes from the republican tlokot , to put tno
democrats in power
alio SugeWtlon a Good One
Korfjlk Journal
Tub Omaha Beesuggests that the old
Fort Omaha grounds nnd buildings bo mude
ever by the gojrorntnoqt to the state for a
military academy , oy condition that the state
accept and use it for that purpose Until
wars cease in tbq earth a military education
Is doslrablc for a proportion of citizens No
ono knows when it iwill bo necessary and
the suggestion seems to be a good ono ;
. *
Taltry Defense o' n. Meun Atliok
lloclicettr JlcraUl
It also has an editorial nearly two columns
long about Mr Sutherland's reply in the
Now York Tribune to Uishop Fitzgerald's
attack on the president and the United
States senate on account of Judge Drawers
appointment to the supreme court The
Volso" pettifogs its case badly in the editor
ial on the Tribune letter , affording a striking
contrast to the clear , logical and unanswer
able argumnat of that loiter But then , of
nil political organs in the country , "Tno
Voice is among the most disingenuous and
somotlmos among tbo most unscrupulous
The Vital Question
irai/Jjet StantUrtl
No ono can sincerely deny the evils of in-
tomperanoo , nor can much bo said for the
saloon except its rcqognition with proper
legislation may bo less harmful than a sys
tem which ignores it altogether In the
hotels , on railway cars , in the business
places the inevitable jug Is brought forth
with some light , jesting remarK nbout pro
hibition , There is an air of Insincerity
about the whole business that must disgust
these who support it from a deep conviction
of duty •
The whole subject practically resolves
itself into this : Can the liquor trafllo bo bet
tor controlled by a wall roirululod high
llconso law than by prohlbitidh ? •
After eight years of constant endeavor ,
asslstod by the ino3t extraordinary legisla
tion in Kansas , wo must say high license Is
he boit method ot regulating the traffic
rillbONAti AND FOIilTIOAIi
Now York Commercial Advortlsor : HIU
has been culled a peanut politician , hut bo is
not Ho is moro of a chestnut than anything
else
Hutchinson ( Kan ) News : Now , if Ron
Butler could have an operation performed
upon his political chances ho would not have
lived in vain ,
Indianapolis Journal : One thing scorns
certain : If the southern states remain BOlidly
democratic many years longer tbero will bo
nothing left of their treasuries but the fur
niture
New York Tribune : It is said that in tbo
select circles of China the hostess informs
her callers when | t is time for thorn to go ,
Tuu goddess of reform-as Mr Cleveland
will bear witness has adopted this Chinese
custom
Philadelphia Itccord : When Corporal
Tannoroxclalmed' ' "To hell with tbo sur
plus I" he could hardlv have imagined that
so powerful a lobbyjwould have authored In
Washington to enfprqo his omlnontlv patri
otic sontlmoat ( r
Milwaukea Sentinel : Ex-Governor St
John , lu a prohibition speech at Detroit , said
that the hardest thliig In the world to over
come is Ignorance " jjtill , If he had begun
earlier ho might lmvo ovcrcomo a good deal
of his ignorance , ji
St Louis Globe'Domocrat : Prosldont
Harrison is quite light in saying that tbo re
publican party "bos jnovor suffered from an
Intelligent discussion of its history nnd its
principles " la tha respoot us in ull others ,
It differs entirely from the democratio party ,
Buffalo Express : , , hpueral Plsk is ugain
boastlnir that they prohibition party is
stronger today than ever before " Yes ; it is
so strong that it keeps practical temperance
mon out of congress and state legislatures
anil helps elect those who are inimical to tbo
cause
New York World : Tlio youthful duke of
Orleans bos been pardoned and klckod out of
France As the youni ; uiao passes over the
border ho can exclaim ; "What's banished
but set free from dally contact with cigarettes -
ottos and nbsintho ! 1 go , but when I return
it will bo after I am sect for "
Kansas City Journal : Mr Cldvoland re
cently assorted that thousands of Now York
democrats voted ngaiust their convictions in
lbSS for ( J unlecu , This Is not lluttorlug to
Now York democrats , and argues the ivoatt-
ness of their convictions But it ti , apiece
will keep thorn in line with the democracy in
ISM they will not bo neglected
Boston Journal : It Is n very bad condi
tion of affairs in Florida which is disclosed
in the information sent to the sennte by the
attorney general The pcoplo of Madison
count ] should understand thatnorthcrn cap
ital and immigration do not How toward n
community which practices election frauds
nnd sustains them by violence
Chlcaco News : Young William of Ger
many may have noticed thnt socialism is
< Acn moro provnlcnt than tbo grip in his
stccl-rlvitod empire
STATU AM ) TUUUItOKY
chrankn
Thcro were 1,113 chattel mortgages tiled in
Dnkotn county last jenr
A social nnd commercial club has been or
ganized ot West Point with twonty-sovon
members
• the store of K. A. Wherry Si Co nt Fnlla
City wu * burglarized the other night and silk
valued nt S1GU was tnkou
The sheriff of Dakota county proposes to
purchase a supply of balls nud chains nnd
put the prlsonors nt work
A Nanc-o county farmer nnmod Ucomor Is
under nrrcst nt Columbus , charged with
raping bis twolvo-joar-old daughter
Tbo Indlanola gas well is now down nbout
flvo hundred foot nnd fund * have been
raised to sink it to a depth of 1,000 foot or
moro
Wlilto caps hnvo ordered Martin Muth of
Wane to leave town , but ho will stnv nud
try to make it wurin for the parties who
sent the notice
Indlanola figures on having n paper mill ,
broom factory , packing house nnd butter nnd
pgg packing establishment the coming
season
The hcadnunrtcrs of tbo Woman's Hcliof
corps this year will bo nt Almy , the homo of
Sirs M. H. Morgi.ti , the prosldont of the or-
ganizition
The Atma roller mills , which were recent
ly purchusod by Ked Cloud parties , were entirely
tiroly destroyed by lire last week The tire
Is supposed to hnvo been of Incendiary or
igin
igin.Thoro
There is trouble nt Papillion between the
congregation nnd pastor of the Presbyterian
church nud sovernl of the church members
have been publicly donounccd from the
pulpit
Vnndnls broke Into the Presbyterian
church at Admah , Washington county , de
molished nil the lamps and poured the oil
over the floor The parties nro known and
will bo asked to make good the loss
Albert Phillips , Tames Gi'onther and Ed
ward Gdonthor were nrrostod on a charge of
storting a prnirio llro near Wallace , but were
ncqulttcd by the jury , Iho damngo caused
by the llro ' nmountod to nbout 53.000.
The elevator at Coraova was entirely de
stroyed by llro last week , together with Its
contents , including a carload oi corn which
had boon collected for the Daitota sufferers
The Iobs is about fG,000 , with $ J,0Gu insur
ance
Edward Morrison , a Sarpy county school
teacher , has been declared insane and been
taken to the Lincoln asylum The young
mans sister Is in the same institution nnd it
is thought that brooding ever her fate caused
him to lese his reason ,
The council of administration of the Re
publican Vulloy Old Soldiers association ,
comprising twelve counties in Nebraska and
Kansas , decided to hold the next annual re
union nt Alma , Juno 10 to 14. Last year no
nttempt was made to hold a reunion on ac
count of the state reunion being hold at
Kearney , This year it is the purpose ot the
association to * make the reunion equal to that
held by the state if possible
Iowa Items
Onions bring $1,70 a bushel at Keokuk
The now clock for the government build
lag at Keokuk cost * 1,330.
Ex-Auditor Rust of liremor county died
recently at San Antonio , Tex , of consump
tion ,
A foundry Is to bo erected nt Waterloo ny
the Uago Stove Works company of St
Louis
Tnoro are 100,000 busbols of corn and
50,01)0 , ) bushels of oats iu storage at Dun
combe station
The Young Mon's Commercial club of
Cedar Rapids will endeavor to secure the
erection of a union depot
During 18S0 there was shipped from Logan
Sfil carloads of hogs The number of hogs
wes 10.8S8 , and the amount puid for them
was $102,375.71. *
The first annual Industrial institute under
the auspices of tbo Iowa Fulls Farmers club
will do hold in that city Wednesday and
Thursday A largo attendance Is expected
from the surrounding country , nnd promi
nent speakers will bo present from dllforont
parts ot the state
A Plymouth county farmer dlscovorod two
men nttomptlng to load bis hogs Into a wugon
ono night last week ITo knocked ono down
with a pitchfork nnd pursued the other some
dlslanco in the durkuoss On returning ho
found that the first man had recovered and
osrnpcd with the wagon load of bogs
A firm in Missouri Vnlloy i * advertising its
business by means of hand bills which state ,
among ether things , the following few facts :
"Wo nro not crazy , nor huvo wo been , n * has
boon reported , and wickedly circulated by
some of tbo low blackleg scuffs of Missouri
VuHoy , nor uro wo bluckmuilors , nnd wo
dent spread on the streets and put on style
with stolen property , and wo dent have to
steal tbo birthright Irom an infant to
make our living Nor are wo low
enough to carry n paper around the streets of
Missouri Vnlloy to see how many wo cau
find of n degraded cowaidry kind that will
sign their name to a paper , to have some
respectabla citizen mobbed and removed
from our midst , or conceited in some cave
seven or eight miles from Missouri Vnlloy ,
north Wo dent have to pllng nor hire
-otbor-poople-to silns-poisorniboutTStber peoples
ple's places of business in order to kill thorn
off so as to save us from going to the ponlten-
tiury and we dent tuko any part in such
thieving robocrios ns tlio one was that oc
curred nt the fork * of thp Do Witt road ,
whore Hunlcor was killed und C. B. Ellis
was shot in the side nnd shoulder and L. W ,
Wordsworth , who Is Mr : . Brcseo's father
nnd once a heavy stockholder in the St
Paul railroad , was reported captured and
robbed and con coaled in a pit Wo are not
friends to tbo class of pcoplo nbovo men
tioned nnd shall possibly aony their
iirosoncp "
The Two Dakotan
There nro UO.OOO bead of bogs in Charles
Mix County
There nro thirty-eight scboolbouses in
Faulk pounty
Lead City is to hnvo a $75,000 hotel built
by n stock company
The contract for Pierre's new $30,000
opera house has boon closed
Blackleg 1b causing the death of many
catilo in tbo vicinity of Vilas
Madison capitalists wanna twine factory
and harvester works to locate in thnt city
Mlnnio Bush , the sixteen-year-old daughter
tor of n Jnmustown hotel keeper , committed
suicide bv taking poison No cause for the
deed is known <
A case is reported at Grand Ferns whom
gum chewingbrokoup nonce happy homo ,
orphaned two interesting children and
placed the father in nn insane mr > lum
North Dakota llgnlto coal , a ton nud n half
of which is equal to a ton of good bituminous
coal for heating purposes , is being delivered
at Mandan for $1,70 per ton ,
The A. O. U. W. is endeavoring to rnlso
seed grain for its farmer members in South
Dakota Blanks hnvo been soot out to as
certain the exact nmount of grain each mem
ber will nocd nnd the money to buy tbo
tame will bo raised by assessing each mem
ber in the Unltod Stutos a small amount
An assessment of IU cents to each member
would rnlso $25,000.
A queer case of nervous excitement is re
ported from Oldham , Kingsbury county ,
savs the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader , Theo
dore Bodish of that place , who for twenty
years has steadily pursued his trade as a
blacksmith , was , ono evening lust wsek ,
takou with violent paroxysm * that wcro
manifested by a desire to use his right or
hammer arm , over wlnob be seemed to have
no cor.troU While eating his dinner bo sud
denly begun to pound the table with his
right hand The table was removed , and
still the arm contlnuod to pound away
This contlnuod nil the afternoon , und at
, Diehtltwus oocossary to strap the arm
firmly to his body to prevent him from in
juring himself nnd these attending him
The most wonderful thing about the case is
that Mr Bodish is iu perfect mental and
Ehyslcal health , and nothing wrong with
lui except the arm that has pounded away
for so tnunv years Doubtless the csso will
bo an interesting ono to the medical fra
ternity ,
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THE CAPITAL CITY GRIST
Peculiar Dovolopmonta In the Hud
Bon DlvoroD Case
DOINGS IN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES
Two Oninnuo Suits Agnlnst the Iliti-
llngton Vr Missouri A Knights of
Pythlnn Slasqucrndo llnll *
Coiitcmplntcd
The Hudson lllvorco Cnsr
Lincoln , Neb , March 2. { Special to Tub
Ur.E.l It is learned thnt stipulations in the
Hudson divorce case hnvo been fllod tor
record , but thnt proceedings to nnnul the
mnrrlago contract will move incrnly on ,
They were filed ntn Into hour yesterday nttor-
noon To make a long matter short , Mr ,
Hudson has taken back the naughty charges
bo mndo against his wife ns far ns ho cnn Ho
Btipulntos that they shall ba strioKcn rrom
his petition , The case will como up for
flnnl hearing smno time during the week No
doubts nro entertained , however , but what
the decrco of divorcement will bo granted
nnd thnt the recolvcr of publio moneys of
Lincoln will soon bo n lawful subject for on
other contract In the matrimonial lottery
PAROUS AND PULPITS
St Paul's M. E , church will bo rolocntcd
during tbo coming summer The present
slto is thought to bo n bolter slto for a busi
ness house than n church Its conveniences
nro nlso said to bo inadequate
Uov Mr Loivls , pastor of St And rows
church , nnnounccs n Lenten scrvlco for
Wednesday evening Ho will deliver an nd-
dress on the oubject ot The Primitlvo
Church "
Uov Stoln , pastor ot St Paul's M. E.
church , commenced n scries of discourses
this morning on the subject of "Pontics nnd
Ilellglon " It Is understood that those ser
mons nro intended to uwaken nn Interest in
the nmenduiont for constitutional prohibi
tion
tion.Pastor
Pastor Ralston of the Plymouth Congregational -
gational church dlscoursod this ovemngon
the subject of "Llfo , Views nnd Llviug , " A
largo audlcnco grcctad him
Rev Dr Krum , rector of the Church of
the Holy Comforter , has Just returned from
Omaha nnd entertained his nudlcnco this
oveniug on the subject of Danger of Living
In Cities "
Elder O. B. Newman closed his scries of
interesting talks on the subject of The
Ulblo Student at Work this evening at the
First Christian church
TWO DAMAGE SUITS
Henry Johnson and John G. Purgcson
have brought suits against the 13. & M. Rail
road company to recover damages in the
sum of $10,000 each These suits are built
upon the fatal accident that occurred at the
Ninth street crossing of the defendant com
pany , last December , when Arthur Wright
was instantlv killed and the plaintiffs seri
ously injured They sot up cmolcssness on
the part ot employes of the road und allege
an unlawful rate of speed Furgeson wns
young Wrights stopfnther This makes
thrco cases against the Burlington for dam
ages growmgout of thnt accident
CITV XLWS ANn > OTLS
Some of Lincoln's Knights or Pythins
lodges contemplate a grand musqueinao ball
in the near future
P. Coursoy Richards of this city was made
hiswrian of the First Nobraskn regiment nt
the recent PInttsmouth rouninn
Lena Shulor is again entitled to the name
of Lena Duyhoff She was given n divorce
from her husband , A. C. Shulora , vesterday
oventng on ttio grounds of extreme cruelty
Charles Edwards and Miss Ada Bell wcro
united in murriugo today by Rev Curtis
The contracting parties are both of this
city.Crnton
Crnton Ford , No 2 , L. O. O. F. , is making
arrangements to attend the sovereign grand
lodge , which convenes at Topeka , Kan . In
April
Judge O. P. Mason , who has boon qulto
sick for tbo past two weeks , is said to be
convnloscltig
The stoto board of transportation will take
up Attorney General Leeso's resolution to
rcduco freight rates to the Inwitschedule to
morrow morning ut 10 oclock
Peter Jensen , the jnung blood who got
nwny with S3U0 of O. C. Stnculand's money ,
has not been captured Detectives , however ,
me on his truck
T he police docket shows that 153 arrests
wcro made during the month of Fobrunry
Of tneso 45 wore for prostitution , 30 for lar
ceny , 18 for gambling , 18 tor entertaining
prostitutes , 0 for vagrancy and 1 for cruoltv
to animals - .
HOW SOME BRAVE MEN DIED
Heroism ol" Thoio Who Wont Down
In the Monitor Toriini joii
It wns at the bnttlo of Mobile * Bay ,
August 5 , lbOl , that Admiral Farragut
was lashed to the main yard , up to
which he had climbed in order to bo
above the smoke and 60 bo able to ever
so'j the operations of the fleet All the
world has . heard of the admirals cour
age , but comparatively few will , per
haps , to mucli as remember the name of
_ ainanwhop in thff samoTiallloTpor
formed u deed of Btill nobler heroism ,
savs the Youths Companion
Dr Hutchinson , in his account of the
bnttlo , says that tbo Con f era to ram
Tennessee sturtod out from behind Fort
Morgan just'beforo the head of the Federal -
oral fleet was abreast of It , intending to
attack the ships ono by ono Oil receiv
ing two or three broadsides , however ,
she changed her course und run back ,
closely followed by the Fodorul monitor
Tecumseh As the Teoumsoh uoarcd
the fort , pounding away at the ram with
flftoeu-iuch solid shot , she struck i
lloatlng torpedo and exploded It , As was
afterward ascertained by tlio divers ,
the explosion toro a hole in her bottom
moro than twenty foot square , and she
sank like n stone , turning ever as she
wont down in eight fathoms of water
By this frightful disaster 110 out of 120
mon were lost in a single instant Com
mander Tunis A. M. Craven , ono of the
most gallant ofllcors in the service , lost
his llfo through his noble disregard of
self no was in the pilot house with
the pilot , close to the only opening in
tlio whole ship , nnd this only largo
enough to allow ono mun to pass at
once Captain Crnvon was already
partly out when the pilot grasped him
by the log and cried , Lot mo got out
first , captain for Gods sake ! I have
five Httlo children ! " Tlio enptnin drew
back , saying "Go on sir , " and wont
down with the ship , while the pilot wus
snvoa , A week nftorward , when the
dlvors examined the wreck , they found
nearly all the crow ut their posts , just
us they had sunk The chief ongluoor
who had boon married in Now York
two weeks bolero , und who hud received
from the flagships mail his loiters as
the line was forming , stood with ono
Imnd upon the revolving bur ot the turret -
rot englno , whllo the ether hold an
open letter from his brldo , which his
dead eyes still seemed to bo reading
TAltDV WIT
J. A , Stacnn , In The Ctniurg
A bright little man ant bemoaning the fate
Ot tbo wit that Is tardy and sparkles too
late ;
Of the keen repartco that Is strictly ones
own ,
But coinos into view when occasion has
flown
Oh I the ideas , apposlto , bright and subllmo ,
That truvil likuslugoconches never on time ,
So sluggish in movement , so slow in the race
That a new toplo renders them quite out of
place ,
So the blight little man , with u serious look ,
Rouiurkod to bltusolf , us bo opened his book ,
"Of regrets that unuoy a humorists head
The middest is this ; It might have been
said I"
CURIOSITIES OF BRAZILIAN LIFE V
Scourn In tlio AlnrkrlN Iiire nt Hotel * H
• • An Klnstlu Ciirrmicy * * ) H
Among the most intorostlng novollloi * _ H
to the trnvolor lu a Brazilian city are H
the markets nnd the bird bamnrs , sn\a M
Bahla letter in the Now York Tribune jr H
The mnrkot is ordinarily to bo regnrded / M
ns the pulse ot the town If it bo well / H
served , clean nnd orderly , the blood clr- / S
nulittlon ot tlio community mny sufoly /
ho considered ns excellent Judged by ' t
this test there are few if any const towns H
in Bruzll iu which there is sound diges- H
lion , The markets nro dirty , disorder S
ly , and tinnttractlvo There nio scanty H
and lll-mnitngoddlsplnys of meats The H
poor IIvo on jcrKod beet of inferior * M
grades , Of fish there is a lnrgoras ort H
ment , but fresh vogctablos are lacking H
Even the display of tropical fruits u ' M
disappointing Ilahia orangi's nro deli H
clous , but not superior to the best Her H
Ida oranges seen iu the New York H
mnrkct Mangoes nro abundant nnd I H
cheap Bananas nro smaller but more H
delicate in itavor than these scon tu H
the northern inntkot The most deli
oious fruit to bo found in Brn-/il is \ , H
the piuonpplc Northernois nhu out , . ( fl
this fruit wcoks ntlor it has been
picked in its green statu have onlj a H
faint idea ot its sweetness , lusclousuosi ,
And delicious flavor , Ituro the pine H
apple Is picked when the tropical sun B
has perfected Its chemical work und the
fruit is ready to molt In the mouth It H
would bo nn affront to nature tosprinklu H
sugar Upon it when sliced It is lnel- H
low , overrunning with juice , nnd of incomparable -
comparable Iliuor The finest pine
apples nro those found in Pcriuunbuco , ' H
but the fruit grows almost every where ,
iu Brazil There nro other fruits , such | 9
us alligator pours , melons , chlrinioym - • . 2WM H
und Bujiotcs ; and a great variety ottrop- nH
leal nut . Fruit is ohonp hero , the finfl
est pineapples bniug sold for U or 9
I cents to the experienced native , and 9
for 10 cents to tlio unwary tnuclei' . fl
Parrots nro nlso inexpensive in tlio fl
bazaars adjoining the market The bird fl
docs not seem to acquire the 9
Portuguese tongue readily , for
amoug the many I have soon
I hnvo not found ouo accomplished lin- .
quist The plumage , however , is of befj W
nildoring brillinnco and beauty when m
hundreds of them are scon together M
The parrots nro exhibited in close pro m
imlty to monlcoy cages , the American M
tradition of a monkoy-nnd-parrot time
apparently not having become current
in Brazil The monkeys nro all ages ,
sizes , colors and species , but nearly nil
that are scon in the bazaars nro tin I
trniuod , tlio purchaser being expected
to begin as well as to complete the pro I
cess of uducnUon I
Hotels are few and ill-conducted in I I
Brazilian coast towns , but theto excel 1 I
lout Fiencli and German restaurants in *
Bahla and Pernambuco A good table
d'hote dinner of half a dozen courses is
borved , and oxccUent wines nro to bo
hud at reason able rates When ono hns
the bill to settle ho finds thnt the score |
runs into the thousands The bisis of i
the currency is an imaginary unit , the
rois , 1,000 of which make a milrois ,
worth , npnrt from exchange , about 50
cents The lowest nickel coin is 100
rois , worth flvo cents , Below these uro Jj _ , y
copper coins , 20 rois being the smallest UHJH
I have seen oquivnlout to a cent If iHHHHJ
one dines with a friend at u rcstuui-aut Vl
the score will amount to 7,500 rois a ro- 9r
suit startling to the umtlatcd When
real estate transactions iio condttclod t
the figures rise into the millions , und | !
when trade statistics nio computed billions - <
lions and trillions arc brought in " Re
versing the process one pays 2,000 rois ' '
to a boatman to go nshoro from a . '
steamer , 1,000 roib , or a milrois , !
for a bottle of boor and some *
cheese , 5U0 tois to # a guido for }
pilotago through a public building , !
200 reis for ride street ' '
a on a car , 100
rois for a tura gn the lift from the upper t
to tlio lower turn , and another 100 rois ,4
for having I1I9 boot bluoked This 4
financial sybtom must tend to impart i-
elasticity to poverty , for even a beggar - J
gar must have some consciousness of nf- , }
llueuco when a 100 rois nickel is dropped I '
into his cap For the American who &
comes south with a fooling < jf honest f
pride in the fact that sporlo payments 1
lmvo boon resumed in his country , and
that paper money there is ns good as . *
gold , nn hour of humiliation is in ro- \ > v j
serte When ho oxehnnges his 810 4 j"
gold piece into Brazilian currency ho AS ' $
receives for it as currency 18,000 fois ; ' ! > • ' :
but the eighteen milrois are only { qui v- J 1
nlent to $ ! ) thut is to say , $1 litis ueeu | ;
biieriflcod in the exchange To complete - $
ploto this dissatisfaction the paper * i
money is exceedingly dirty and irro- • }
doujnablo In coin Gold and silver nro 'A
never soon here , vet uro heavily discounted - M
counted when forbignors bring them yj
in , an inconvertible currency commandti
ingu heavy premium
• -3
_ _ Lord -NuuLuls Wounds if -
It bus occurred to no obituary writer B
to notlco Lord Napier of Mugdula's P
utter indifference to wounds und tlio /t
wonderful celerity of his recovery from \
them says the London World Two of }
his wounds he had not cared to notice 1/ /
nt all In his record of services furnlshod i <
to Harts Army List Ho wus severely * ' ,
wounded at Fororoshu in December , KL1
1815 , but hud rncovod in time to tuko W.
part in the bnttlo of Snbrnon seven * - > - > r90 * * !
wcoks later Before Multan in the mid My
dlo of September 1048 , a cannon shot [ '
all but took his log otf , but ho was l j
mnrching and fighting again by the Wf , . ]
second veek 111 Novomhor The 12th fl |
of January following ho was severely Wi
wounded in the trenches , but ho was • ! •
able to march several hundred miles ' -
across country nnd fight ut Gujorntono m\i \
mouth later to a duy , IIo was shot iu fly
the leg at the first relief nt Lucknow , mi
but nevertheless rode oat the next day (
and brought in the rear guard , after ]
which throughout the outlro blockndo Ic
ho did continuous and arduous service MY
At the second relief he wus severely > '
wounded but this did not hinder liltii
irom taking up the active duty of chief
engineer nt the Alumbugh a few dajH
later No man ever had moro the mens
snua in corporo sane
r
A ! < nvirltc
Mr II j. Pete , tlio loading druggist
of Tombstone , Ariz , says Chamber
lulus Cough Remedy hns established - *
itself ns a fuvorlto iu that community
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY
Subscribed & miaruuiosd Capital , $500,000 1
l'nlil In Capital . , , , , .350.000
lluyg and bsIIs stocks apd bunds ; negotlatat
coaimorilat paperirecttlrttxiimlexccutMtrugts :
ad ) us transfer ugout un/1 trustee of corpora
tions ; tuk us charge ot property ; collects rei > U
Omaha Loan Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK
S , E. Cor IOth and Douglas 3troot9.
raid In Capital , , , , , , , . . $30,000
Subscribed Aryimmtitocdcapital , . , 100,000
I.UUIItyof stockholders , . . . , , , , , , 200,000
5 Per Com Interest Pnltl on Dopc-3lt3
I'KANK J , IANUK Ciithivr
Otruens : A.U.Wyman , president ; J.J.llrown , \ _
vice president ; WT Vt'yman , trua-iurer , ' 9" . mmL
ninrcnous : A. If , Wyinsn J. II Millard J J , 9V !
llrotvn Uuy O , Uurtou IS W , Naa , jfios il MM %
KimballUeo 11. J , ke t iUti
Loans In arty nmount made un City & !
Farm Property , and on Collateral ]
Security , at Lowes Ratfc CurrontUta - )
Jmmm