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I m I -J THE OMAHA DAILY.BEE , : WEDNESDAY * MARCH 4. 1890. ' THE _ JDAIUY BEE M E. KOSBWATEBi Edltor _ M ' PXJDtil8HED BVERY MORNINoT H ' TOTEMS OF St llISCHIlTION H mily anil Sunday , One Year 110 01 H Fix months r > 01 H Tbree Month * ! ffl M htradny llee.dno Yenr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - UJ m Weekly Iee ! , Ono Year wltli Iroinlum . . . . 3 0.1 H owicus M Omtdin lco ! tlulldlng riilcBEO Olllro , tffi Ho okery llulldtnR New York , dooms II nnd 15 Trlbunn Ilulldltig Washington , No 513 Fourteenth Street , 1 Council llliitls No 12 Pearl Street South Omaha , Corner N an 1 Both StraoU H COIIHlCSI'ONDI' .NCt : . B AH'cnmmuntcntlons relating to news nnil ed | . M 1 torlnltnnttcrfchould bo addressed to the Editor m lal Department M' ' l IIU8INR8S IKTTIIIIS . . m i Alt lnmlnt-wilcttors nnd remittances should m • i bo undressed to The lleal'ubllshlnff Company , 1 l | > , Omnlia DraftR , chocks nnd l'oitolllco orders B tout made payable to the urdorot the Company In Tbc Bee PnMishiiiff Company Proprietors , m ' . IIeb Ilullillntt Karnam andSorenteonth Streets My M \ \ THE DEE ON THE TRAINS m [ ' • TheroIsnocxcu'iOiorafatluretORotTilBllr.R B : on the trains All nowmloalors bavo been noti- B > . lied to rarry a full supply Travelers vrho want ' Tim llKKimd cant got It on trains whom other B 1' ' ' Omnlia papers nre carried nre requested to H notify Tiik IIek I I'lea-io he particular to kIvo In all cases full Information as to date , railway and number BJ j of train M j THE DRILY DEE H Fworn Stntoniritt ot Ciroulntian H Elate of Nebraska , I. , County of Douglas S Oeoi < { a II Tzscliuck , secretary ot Tiik 11e rublishlng Company , does solemnly swear that thenctunl circulation ofliir Daily llKCforthe V ' week emllntr March 1,1830 , was as follows : B Hntida v. Fob 2.1 . . . . .S2B00 H Jlondav.l-eb.21 . . . . .1MI H Tuesday , Feb ft lH 'HH 1 Wednesday Feb S3 1D..1I3 1 Thursday Feb ST WTC H i Friday Feb 28 19.418 KV , Saturday , March 1 1V.TTT H Avcrago 1P.8-11 M . OBOIUli : I ) . TZHCIIUGIv Sworn to before me and stibncrllwd to in my 1 presence this 1st day of March , A. U. 18J0. M IHcal.l N. P. FKIU 1 Notary Public B Etate of Nebraskn , I _ _ V County ot Douclas fBSa * Oeori ; . ) II TzscbucK being duly sworn , deV - V poses nnd say * that hols secrotnryof The Hex PuDllshliiK Company , that the actual average daily circulation of Tiik Daily IIkk tor the H month at March 1B89 , I8.H.11 copies ; for April , H 1H8I. ( 18/.7.I copies : for May , 186V. 18,693 conlps ; H for tune 1B8J. 1H.HM copies : for July , mIS.73i copies ; for August , 18m. 18.0.11 copies : for Ken tomlier 18811. 18.T19 copies ; for October , lSS'l , m 18,110" copies ; for November , 1889 , U'.IHO ' copies ; for Di'i-mnbcr , 18KU , 20,0(8 copies : for January , H JKX ) . 19.B53 copies ; for February , 1803 , 10.701 ; copies GEOIinK D. T'JCIIDL'K. . Sworn to ncforo me and subscribed in my , presence this 1st day of March , A. D. . 1800. H LSeal 'l N. I * , t Kit * Notary Public K , IOIVA 8t < lLstatidB true to Senator AUi- H | ; son H , ' Asn result of the mootiiifr of the rub H | bor-trust , prices are on the bound " SO it is to bo a lead trust , is it ? Well , load is about the heaviest thing the I trust could hang about its nock Mk Dkpkw'S oxprcssod satisfaction Bfl * ith the presidency is largely in- H | lluonced by the fact that the granger Bj vote obscures his view of the white H/ ] = = = = = | As WAS to bo expected , Nashville ex- . H tunded her right hand to the dolegatcs H | of the national lcaguo of republican Hs clubs The people of the sunny south H lmvo not raistlirocted their hospitality 1 | § Louisville , Ky , is mnking for Itself Hj I an uncnylablo nnmo with Us growing ' H' | listof dofaultcra Mr Watiorson'8star- H | I > eyed goddess will have to reform other K ' * things besides politics if this state of k | ithings goes on HiKh Mil Bkstow ovidcntly profcrrod the H | I • nmpty honor of a nomination by the K I democrats ' as Senator Allison's suc- j . _ cossor to the appointment of private i secretary to Governor Boios Mr i' | Bestow is easy to please Hi ? AS A rip roaring sea dog Commander H | i McCulla may bo a. howling success Hj But if thoroportof his drunken orgies f ashore nnd the treatment of Ins crow bo B < ttruo lie should bo cuahlorod at short B'j • notice Irom the American navy . mf i | Ai.tiiouoii stampud upon by the H | courts and spat upon by the general | | public , trusts contiuuo to multiply , i Like the professional burglar , the ! 1 greater the diflbultios surrounding a raid on the people the creator Is the temptation to undortuko it | IT is eminently satisfactory to the H people of Nebraska that , state olTicors j 1 should now make Bolcction of school Ml lands to ivhlch the state is entitled , but 1 which it hns noglcotod The decision K of Commissioner GrolT nnd Secretary 1 Noble to that effect sots at rest a troub- 1 losouio question and prcsorvos thous- M $ 1 nti < ls of ucros to the people wliich other H | wise might bo gobbled by land rings i 1 and speculators 1 J Tin : pnnpio of the twenty counties of F [ j South Dakota in need ot seed grain i m\ have como to the rcscuo of the farmers i HI ' of the drought-Btrickon districts Of t j | the flvn hundred thousand dollars noc- jD . cssary to purchase the seed , three Kl fourths of that amount will bo raised by HiI taxutlpn , warrants being issued for that ; Hjl purpose This ii a manly olTortoftho i Bl * unfortunate countlos to holpthomuolvos Kf With the prospects of a good harvest ; BB this year there is every reason to hope i H i that the thrifty population will to a i Bl great measure recoup Its losses of the i h - past season Hj Cojimission'hu Raum of the ponslon i Hj bureau Is holding out the hope that t K every claim now pending in the bureau I H ] ' may bo odjudlcated Within the next Hj eight or nlno months Wiiun it is con B aidorod that nearly four hundred and H' fifty thousand claims are in proooss ot [ H adjudication , the immonao amount of [ H . labor necessary for this business can H only bo conjoeturod , Heretofore in- H numerable delays hayo choked this i H t work nnd cases have piled up i H in the pension olllco for years H | Method has boon brought out t H I "of ohuoa and tliu thousands ot I H j .olaimanls nu-aitlng roporta from the ) H | ' bureau are having their cases oxum < H lpod into a speedily as possible Since i H - the work bus been well established I Hi .undi.r Commissioner I aurn's lutest or- Hil ' " dors some eleven thousauU cortillcatcs i HI and fifty thousand calls for uviuencu on i HI unadjusted claims ner month are issued Hi Congress , murouvor , is likely to in- HH crease the oiliolouey of the bureau by HI the addition of thirty medical oxumln- HJ ors asked for by the commissioner , n HJ Mil for that object being now pending CEXSVlXAnLE SILENCE The state boartt of transportation no longer 1 nttompU to masquerade as a frioml { of the producers of the state It has recovered from the recent spasm of nnxloty for the welfare of the poor fnrmor , " nnd cotnos out openly in favor of the present oxorbltant local freight tariff If the majority ot the board Im- nglno that they can hoodwink the people plo I ' of Nobraalm by studied silcnco , they will ' soon discover their mistake Ilea olutlons and appeals to the corporations will t hot excuse their falluro to oxorclso ! the power coniorred on thorn by law ' The remedy for the evils complained of rests with thorn , and they cannot justify Inaction by a. pretended nppoal i to the interstate commerce com mission ' This Is n subterfuge which no honorable ] or independent body of men would bo guilty of The national com mission : has no power to reduce rates , unless i it can bo vhown that the long and i short haul clause hns boon violated The ' truth is the board has taken this method 1 . of dodging the direct question ot ' local ralo reduction At the last two meetings ; the board , four of the llvo members ' tvero prcsont , yet the motion ot Attorney Loose , Instructing the sec retaries to prepare a schedule of rato3 based 1 on the Iowa local rate , fallod to recolvo a second Thrco mom bora of the state board nppoar to have been struck dumb by the proposi tion They malntainod a significant sl- lonco , and thus for the titno being de feated the question without being forced to record their votes Mondays mooting was a repetition of the previous tactics If any further proof of the boards subsorvioncy ( to the corporations wore needed it is furnlshod by the praetictil defeat i of the attorney generals motion The injustice of the tolls maintained in Nebraska is conceded by every ono out side : of the railroad influence They are indefensible , excessive and destruc tive of the prosperity of the state The fact that similar Borvico is ren dered in Iowa at from fifty to seventy per cent less than In Nebraska is conclusive ovldonco of rascally dis crimination against the mu to rial inter ests of the state The conduct of tne board In this vitally important matter fs contempt iblc A mnjority of the members altncb solieltudo for the welfare of the pjoplo , yet when brought to . the line they skulk their sworn duties and refuse to consider reduction But the producers who nre daily robbed ot the fruits of their toil to till the colTors of the Boston stockholders will not be deceived They will place the responsibility whore it properly belongs , and members of the board who stand between thorn and reasonable freight rates will receive an emphatic rebuke at the ballot box ILL-FOUXVUD OPPOSITION The opposition to admitting Idaho to statehood takes several forms Ono ground of objection is the alleged dis franchisement of the Mormons under the constitutional provision roquirlng the members ot that church to take the test oath regarding polygamy An other is that the population is not suf ficient , and still anotnor Ib on the strictly partisan ground that the purpose - , pose to admit Idaho to statehood is prompted by the deslro of the rcpub- . licatis to gain moro strength in the senate None of these objections is sound As to the first the constitutional test oath will not necessarily work the disfranchisement of thoMormons Any member of that sect who is not a polygamist - mist can have all the pnvllegos of citi ' zenship by subscribing to thiB oath , which in nowise interferes with the practice of the religion of Mormonism except as to thnt fcaturo which the supreme premo court of the United States has declared to bo a crime It is said that , none of the Mormons of Idaho are po- lygutnlsts If that is the fact none of them will bo deprived of the rights of citizenship unless they refuse to i conform to the requirement of the i coustitution which was made as i a prudent . precaution ngalnst the practice of polygamy That nro- vislon has boon declared constitutional by the highest judicial tribunal and it ; is unquestionably approved by the gen oral sontitnont of the country Its existence - once , established by the authority of t the federal supreme court , has already had a good effect Regarding the objection as to population - tion , wo have heretofore shown that It is not tenable Idaho has , exclusive ot Mormons , at least one hundred thous- and people , nnd they are Intelligent , in dustrious and thrifty That is a sufficient population to bo onti- tlod to a voting representation in ( congress , and its character will war rant its being entrusted with the duties t ot stntohood A far moro important question than population is that of mate - to rial development , and in this respect also Idaho can show her ability to take ( care of a state goyornmont Her splon- did mineral resources would bo rapidly developed under changed conditions wliich would leave her people free to the fullest oxorclso of their energy nnd enterprise , and to offer greater inducements to attract , capital and population There is every ivason to believe that with solf-govorn- meat Idaho would doubio lit population in the next live years and that her f growth in material development would bo oven moro rapid , . The partisan objection is worthy of very llttlo consideration The republicans - . ' cans are 'in safe control ot thona'ional bouuto for a number of years and do not require to strengthen their mnjority J in that body by the admission of uny now states But if u ro- publican congress shall do justice to the poonlo of Iduho and Wyoming by giving thorn statehood that party will deserve , una doubtless will rocuiyo , the support of rv majority of the people of the now stutos The question ot the uduiUalou of those territories ought to bo considered wholly with reference to what is just to their people and for the general good , nnd not from the stand point of wsslblo party advantage It is not good policy to contiuuo territorial 1 forms ot government longer than Isab- soluloly uccossary.und it cannot bo suc- ccssfully shown that there is any rfocos- sity for doing so in the case of either Idaho ] or Wyoming , both of which nro amply prepared to comply with with all the conditions of statehood content plated ns essential by the founders of the government , and arc much better prepared than n majority of the states were when they were admitted Till ! 'T.ATK JWIVIX COWLKS Kdwin Cowloa , editor and principal proprietor of the Cleveland , Ohio , icaitcr , died in thnt city yostortlay Mr Cowles wns ono of the eldest journalists In this country , in extent ot service , having boon ongngod In the newspaper business as manngor and editor for nearly forty years During this puriod ho established a wldo clrclo of acquaintances among journalists , and was personally known to most of the loading public men of the nation dur ing the last third of a century , counting particularly among his "trlonds the great nntl-slnvory champions Chase , Wade , Giddings and ethers , with whoso views ho was iu full sympathy Mr Cowlos was in no Binall degree in strumental in bringing Into lifo the republican publican party , and from its inception ho was n. consistent nnd zealous sup porter of its principles and policies , In the promotion of wliich ho did a great amount of useful woric Ho was u man of strong convictions and aggroa- slvo nature , and whatever ho believed to bo riglft'ho fought for vig orously , valiantly and faithfully In the days of slavery the fugltivo had no warmer or moro generous friend than Mr Cowles , and ho helped many on their way to liberty As a journalist ho was ontorprialnrr and progressive , and under his mnnngomont the Clove lnnd Lcadir became the most valuahlo newspaper property in Ohio , with per haps ono or two exceptions His death will bo wldoly regretted Till ! prohibition convention recently hold in Nebraska distinguished itself by smothering the third party idea for temporary olTcct , and rocrowning St John as the patriarch of the cause It was noticeable that all the imported or ators harped on the necessity of eschew ing politics from the campaign , and wore especially pathetic in their np- pcals to republicans to sacrifice party and como into the prohibition camp Even the patriarch aforesaid held strictly to his text and did not once expose the trap so skillfully covered up Now that St John is out of the state the Nohraslta muzzle Is removed , and ho stands out In bold relief as an un compromising foe of the republican party and a malignor of Its honored leaders In a recent speech * in Topeka , Kan , St John , wo are told , excoriated in strong terms the national administration and the reoublican party " His denuncia tion of the republican party and its position on prohibition , the dispatches declare , was ospecially.cutting , " and ' • Prosldont Harrison and Vice Presi dent Morton , were touched up in lively style " How do Nebraska republicans relish this style of abuse , coming from the leading mouthpiece of prohibition ? Will they accept the mailed hand that smites them on ovdry occasion ? , CAi.iFOitNiAXS are not cntiroly satis- 11 od with the operations ot the Chinese exclusion act designed to transfer the Pacific coast to the democratic party A moro radical measure is now proposed to check the tratllc in bogus Chinese certificates which onublos the Mongols to laugh at all laws , with the assistance of lawyers Congressman IConna lias introduced a bill providing for a census of the Chinese population of this coun try ; each resident to ba furnished with a descriptive cortiflcato , and any Chi nese oerson found iu the United States after the taking of the census , without this cortiflcato , is to bo . escorted out of the country It is extremely doubtful whether this plan , if onuctod , would rem edy the evil Once a Mongol lands iu the Chinese qunrtors of San Francisco it would bo a'hopeless task to run him down Those quarters are more like a succession of rat holes than human habitations - itations , honeycombed with dismal hnlla , cavornoua alloys and countless rooms that baflln the skill of the best pollco ofllcor Oulsido of San Pran- cisco , however , the law could bo offoot- ivoly enforced , because the number of Chinese residents is comparatively hm- Tnn stock exchange mid packorios have brought the railroads to a lively sense of the injustice prueticod against the Omahn stock market Their anxl- oty to deal justly with tnls great inter oat is not inspired by a sudden discov ery of the wrongs committed , for they have boon made tiwaro of their crimes on countless occasions They were brought to book by a determination of the interests involved to substitute demands - mands for appeals , and enforce their a rights before the proper tribunals Having braced up to the fighting point , the railroads cmulatod Davy Crockett's coon , Dent shoot ; Ill como down " > The incident furnishes a valuahlo lesson to ether commercial interests , and suggests - 1 gests that united notion is essential in abattlo aguluat corporate Injustice No woxnuit the Union Paoific is obliged to abandon its Saturday night freight train which was running to ac- commodnto the Sunduy edition of our enterprising contemporary Wo really begin to uuspoct that it is just this sort of , unprofitable traffic which has pre vented the road from giving the farmers - ors of the stuto a lower corn rate Now comes Pnirbury with an nppoul for Omuhn support to make it the 311110- tion point of the proposed Rook Island oxteuslou Periiaps after all has boon said it would bo well to let the Rod : Iblund company have something to suy In this matter Fairbury has a ' sure thing on the road in any event Tiik reference of the report on in- competent sohool janitors to the coiri- mltteo on boating and ventilation was 1 exceedingly oppropriuto , The jun- itors uro painfully in need of battel ventilation . - , = Its dollars to doughnuts that the 1 public-spirited and wido-uwuko citizen who erects ono-story tinder boxes not a thousand miles away from the Planters house iu anticipation of the mllliou- \ dollnr posloiilcc will grumble at the thlrty-flvo 1 hundred nnd fifty-thrco del lnrs ] and lrtfftjty-flvo cents deficit that must i bo mndo good by the ndjolning property figlffcra 'Snoutragol Otm Bostrju visitors should fool nt homo In a city whqro ho many of their sons | and daughters have inmlo their homo and whY-ro hundreds ot thousands of ( dollars ot libato ' ti capital nro profitably in i vested j Has it tnon.nil . this time for the board of cduiiniion to find out that tno ward wlro-pullor is a falluro ns a school house janitor ? Faiiuiuky's ' delegation may expect a full nnd fair hearing from the busi ness mon ot Omaha Snlit > f Susan /tVtiiMt City Timt ! . The Hutchinson Mows rofcrs to Susan B. Anthony as the Q. O.V. . Clitonco'i * Mucnniiliulty KantaS City Journal Constant Ucador" is lnfortnod by the Chicago Herald tlml Now York Is a Rroator commtnerclul ccntor than Chicago Having Bccurod the fair , Chicago can now afford to make some concessions Not ijiioiigh Wntpr Tor Stock Ctitcago llanUU The lmto that Jay Gould has purchased In the Katskills Is only four miles long and two miles wldo It is too small for w.tcrlng his railroad stock , and it Is probably truothatho has bought it for fishing and boating * I'roncliliie niui 1'rnctlce. StiMiifs Olobt-Danncrat. The bourbons of the house declare that "a minority cannot locislnto " And in di rect ilounneo of tins vlow they have boon attempting to logialato or to dtctnto loglsln- tion from the beginning of the scsbIou A. Southern Gnnilomnn's Advice St Louts Hevuliltc It is to be hoped that Mr Taulboo , If ho recovers , will not fool it nccossar.y to vindi cate his courage by going cunning for Kln- cald A foolish quarrel culminated in a murderous deed and there it should end as far as the parties to It nro concerned . Grow in a Mtronuor Daily St Xr'iiKs Gfotic-Dfinoei-flf. The moro the Montana senatorial dispute is discussed , the stronger the republican po sition is shown to bo Tno admission of the two republicans to the sennto , which is now certain to talco place , will lia the more for mal recognition of u claim which the people of Montana never imagined would or could bo questional l'nitiONAlj AND I'OLilTlOAU Buffalo Express ; Dr Norvln Greeu is no Uollainyito ' Chicago Inter Ocean : If Assistant Post master Goncrnl iCIurkson roYigna , ho-will not liltely urec'ldlsability" as a reason ' Now York Brass : The Clovcland oxporl- onco.in Washington was jn speculation from first to last The real estate part turned out a trifle better than the political St Louis ? 6\obo' Democrat : Democrats like Henry Wnttorson who declins to ba ex uberant in tlit'ir predictions to democratic chances in tS93 are setting tbo politicians In their party nn'cxcollent example Now Yorl Times : Mr Ulair Is an amus ing senator and > often a ridiculous one , but his fellow members should not ba too harden on hlm , for attenalli ho Is oply an extrava gant specimen of a . typo that is not uncom mon in the senate , Kansas Cityj.Journal : Ex-Congrcssmnn Taulbeo will nqt dlo of the iplstot wound In flicted by the newspaper correspondent , Kin tcaid Indeed , tbat-bullot dUt.not injure Mr 'Tnulbuo half so much as did some unpleasant facts which Mr ICincaid made public " con cerning hitn during his service in congress Kansas City Journal : Mr Se wall , who has been restored by President Hnrrison to the position of consul general ut Apia , was re moved under the Cleveland administration It isgriovous to Van democratic papers not to bo able to howl at , tbo restoration of an unlit man to olllco , but it so happous tlml Mr Sewall is un exceedingly fit man , and , more over , a democrat Chicago News : Colonel John C. Now our consul general , ban just purchased 11 maenitlccnt lur-liuod overcoat , which Is a duplicate of those worn by the prince of Wales and the Itussian ambassador This garment cost 53 gulnoas ( $315) ) , yet Colonel New has the offroatery to dcclnro that ho doon't feel as much at home in it as he did in the coonskin , coat ho used to wear In the Wabash country before ho engaged in tbo service of his native lacd STATK JOTllNGd * Nelirjsict Western Oddfellows have organized a lodge Iluinphroy bus n string band if thirteen piece * , A band tins been orgnaizod by the Norfolk Sons of Veterans , Dan Larltlns , a Chester man , had bis Jaw broken by being run over by a wagon A creamery plant has been ml tied to the resources 01 the Inavulo cheese factory Work will bo commenced on the Butler county court house nt David City April 1. It is expected that a number of alliances will bo formed .by the Burt county farmers Saturday A trump named Wenko , who fired a num ber of hayslauks ncp.r Hebron has been ad * judged insane and neat to an asylum A Dawos county man was abducted ncross the line into Sheridan county and aiustico ot the peace bound him over to keep tbo peace , dead or nlivo , " Itov E , L. Heck , pastor of the Lutheran church at Sidney , lias declined a call to Grand Island In spite ot the foot that tun salary ottered was greater than the one ho now receives Fiftcon ladles have boon found at Chndron who want to form a- brass band and ar rangements have been made to issue lifty shareBof stock at 15 to purotiaso tbo neoes- sary instruments Andrew Urowdor , a fnrmor living near Alain , foil from the tower of his windmill to the ground , a distiihno of twenty-six feet , breaking his tulgW and inflicting ether in juries which may pro vo fatal Tbo Fillmorol Oouuty Agricultural associ ation Is out of debt and will build now build ings nnd othcnrylco improve the grounds The dates for tiin fioxi fair have been lixod for September \u.:17,18 \ : and 10. Mr and Mrs/JV/S / , Howe , for twenty years residents of lUcaardson county , celebrated their golden wedding last week , The cnttro family were prl/seht / on this occasion , both sons and daughters , Mr and Mrs Isaao Du rum * , the puruntttcf Mr , and Mrs , Howe's dauenlor-iu-law1 . who celebrated their coldon wedding somu ( ivjq , yeara ago were present on this oceasloij , a , coincidence that seldom happens j t Itfjira Mpius Ottumwa lias' ' raised $15,00(1 ( towards the coal palace " { Ul A 120,000 tomfljo will bo built by Atlantic Odd Fellows Vilhfca now has a soap factory and a broom factory ' Alodsoof tbo tiogion of Honor has boon organized at Hoyden Thuro are -133 Inmates ot the fcoble inindod in-tituto at Olenwood , The oldest tree in the statu is an apple tree In Dubuque county which was planted . seventy-live yuars ugo Judge Johustonu of Keokuk is tbo oldest stuto legislator now living , Imving been a member of the Iowa legislature iu 1833 , A thirteen-year-old boy wis picked up in tbo streets of Ottumwa bo badly intoxicated that for a time bis life was despaired of A young lady of Walker received a pres- out from a New York friend of uu oluborate Mlken lace-trlmmod robe , glrdloa with rib bens , in which she soon made her debut at au evening party and received m&ny compll- - monUupon her attire She fnlntod upon hearing \ from her Now York friend that the exquisite costume was n nightgown Prof O. II tiongwoll , principal ot the Western ' normal college at Shennndonh has boon [ chosen president of Highland Park college Emmot county hns sent moro to the Da- kotn I sufferers thnn nny ether county of Its size j in the stntc , making the rating accord Ing to population A Keokuk young lady W under bonds ot { j 250 to await the action of the grand Jury on the 1 charge of sending nn indecent letter through ' the mails An old gentleman named Hontlay of Lo ] Grand Marshall county , is possessed ot n queer hobby Ho hns had nls grave dug for several , yonrs It is bricked up nnd a shoot Iron I cover plncod nlcoly over the top The preparations ' for his funeral are nil complete , the hymns cloctod , the chnptor nnd verso to bo used nt bis funeral ccrcmonlos and oven 1 his grave clothes nro nil ready Tim Two Dukotna A company has been organized nt Edoo to prospect ! for coal Au effort is to bo made to organize a Black Hills historical society J. F. Shoot has boon appointed treasurer of ' Custer county In place ot Dotaultor Flynn For soiling liquor to Indians two Pierre saloonkeepers ' have boon bound over to tlio United States court Dovclopmont work will commence on the Hnrnoy 1'oak tin property as soon as the " weather will permit A Load City womun has socurcd a dlvorco because a fortune teller had predicted thnt her husband would kill her if alio did not scparato from him Being unnblo to sccuro water the ether day , the engineer of the Deadwood Ccutrnl locomotive raided an ice house and dumped thrco tons of the frozen liquid Into the englno Jacket Mrs Olang Aaascn , ono of the Hnttnncru- sadors who took part iu the attack on the saloons in that place some time age , during which old man Le/nmon was fatally Injured , bos boon Indicted for manslaughter The narrow gauge ratlrood now being operated between Load City nnd Browns vlllo Is to ba extended to intersect with the EYornont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley , near Tilford Tno work of locating Itlias nlroady begun Among Mndlson's improvements the com ing season nro an artesian well nnd water works , oxtcnslon of the motor line , street railway , Episcopal church , Advontlst col lege , now bnnk , now elevator , now school liousonnd several line residences A Yankton man who was a candidate for nn appointment on tbo board of trustees of the insnuo asylum , hns received a communi cation from Governor Mollotto in which the lattorBtatcs that the board will bocorapor.cd of members nppolnted from other localities , and further says this rule will bo applied In the case of the govornlng bonrd of each and every public institution in the state * GOSSIP PUOM CAIUFOItNIAw llnw NcliraHlcnns Are Prospering In till ! liHIlll Of ItllSBH Los Gates Cnl , Fob 20. This llttlo set tlement of 2,500 people Is located on the foot hills of the Santa Cruz mountains , sixty miles south of San Francisco , the site being extremely plcturnsquo nnd attractive Los Gates means the cats in Spanish , nnmod from the many wildcats which infested the thickets in this vicinity in an early day The land hereabouts is remaruably prodiictivo , nnd the grapes , prunes , almonds , English walnuts , apricots , cherries , oranges and similar fruits raised in this vicinity cannot bo surpassed In auy part of the state There is a largo artificial ice factory hero which turns out ice of tbo 11 nest quality , the stone Duilding in which it is made haviuc been crested for a mill in 1850 to grind up the wheat which the enter prising owner supposed would bo raised in this section Just outside of town is a tract of eight acres which is now being planted in roses for the manufacture of perfumery by un energetic woman who evldontly knows what she iu about I am told that there is a prune orchard oMOO acres within a miloor so of town from which the owner realized 330,000 last year This place claims among its citlzons three couples who nettled in Nebraska some thirty flvb years ngo Mr and Mrs Thomas Gib son , Mr and Mrs William H. Cutter nnd Judge ii P. Uankiu and wife Tbo four first nnmod located at Fontciiolle and the other two at Uollevuc _ Judge llnnkin was un ao- tlvo participant In Omaha's local affairs bo- foro.thcwar and in a talk I had with him todav iie bud much to say of Judge Wakeloy , Mr Popplotou , Dr Lowe , Dr Miller , Frank Murphy , Mr Hanscom , General Estabrook and other old settlers Ho retains a good deal of the force and vigor which rendered him fumous in Nebraska , I judge from a story told mo yesterday Ho was having a building put up and , takingexception to the way one of the men was nailing on shingles , promptly called out : Hero , you man , comedown down come , doivu 1" The workman , with Homo.Hurpriao , obeyed the command How long have you worked how much do 1 ewe youl" The mun gave him the required In formation and then the Judge exclaimed Horns your money , go away I Go away I" The man began to grumble about a hammer he claimed ho had lost but the Judge shut him upvwith : "I dent know anything about your Hammer ; I didn't ' lese it Go away I I dent ' want to see .vou around I" Mr Gibsou , formerly secretary of the Omahn board of trade , and the man to whose onterprlso nnd energy the board is Indebted for the ornctlon of the Chamber of Commerce morco building , is a member ot tbo board of town trustees here Ho has a handsome homo from the windows of which San Fran cisco bay , sixty miles distant , can be soon , and he und Ills excellent wife , nro enjoying lifo iu a quiet , contented way Their daugh ter , Mrs Lewis , and her family recently moved hero from Fontanelle , Nebraska , and Mr Lewis is doing well la the general mor chundiso business , J. T. B. A 1'llO.MiNISNT JODlTJlt G JNI3. Death or Kdwin Cowles of the Cleve land Imndcr Cleveland , O. . March 4. Edwin Cowles , editor of tbo Clavoland Loader , died nt bis homo this morning , aged slxty-llvo. Ho bad been confined to his house during tbo lost throe weeks , suffering from heart and stomach troubles Deceased was born In AuBtinburnh , Ash * tabula county , Ohio September 25 , 1823 , and was ot Puritan and Hugenot parautage He learned the trade of " u printer and iu 1853 became came a member of the firm of Medili , Cowles & Co , established us publishers of the For est City Democrat Iu 165-1 the name of the paper wus changed to tbo Cleveland Louder Iu 1S55 Cowlos bought the controll ing interest of his partners , who emigrated to Chicago and purchased tbo Chicago Tribune , ot which bis brother , the latu Alfred Cowles , became business manager During the winter of 18H-5 the germ of the great republican party was first formed In the extreme views of tbo Leader , resulting in the first republican na tional convention over called being hold In Pittsburg Cowles assumed the editorial chair in 1859 and hostoadlly rose in promi nence an un u.lltor because of the strength and boldness of his utterances From 1831 to 1805 ho wus postmaster of Cleveland Ha loaves a wife and four children I'nstul Teleiruili Wasuisoiox , March i. V , II , Hates of Now York , roprsojontlug a cumber ot gen tlcmprt interested iu postal telegraphy , ad dressed the house oommitteo on postofllces aud post roads on that that subject this mornlug Ho analyzed soma statistic ) pre sented by Dr Green of the Western Union with the result of establishing , as ha as serted , that the average rata ou Western Union mes-jagea for distances of over eight hundred miles was 40 cents Tbo people , ho said , wanted the government to stop in and compete to a certain extent The postmaster generals bill would do tills A uniform rate for the entire country would ba dealrablo , but wus ' impntcticublo The rata bo would suggest , on the basis of a cow telegraph company doing all ot the Bervlce except col lection und delivery and locluding operators , ( no ether basis would be possible ) , would ba under five hundred mlles , IS cents ; above live hundred miles aud east of the Missis sippi rlvor , 85 or 30 cents ; west of the Mis- sissippl , 25 or 30 ceo Is ; between the eighty fifth und 105th parallel , 25 or 30 coats , with 50 cents as the maximum Adjourned ON TUB ItKSBItViVTiON Parties Pro tn Mitchell a ml Chamber Inin liny Out n Now Town CitAMiiRnLU.v , S. I ) „ March 4. ISpcrlnl Tolepr.im , to'i'iir Hee.J Parties from this city ' nnd Mitchell today looatod nnothor town slto opposite here on the Sioux reser vation It It situated nbont throe miles north ot the town from which the boomers Voro driven by United States troops a short llmo ago The stngo line from the Missouri rlvor to Rapid City will linvo houdqunrtors at the latest town , which has been named Lyman Tbo boomers claim ranny ether ad vantages thnt will bo sure to make their town a good ono , but they will probably never secure a railroad , as the Cblcaco , Milwnukoo Si St Paul railway will cross thrco miles below where tbo first town wns located Consldornblo rivalry will exist between tweon the frlonds of the two towns , both claiming that they will have the best town The boomers who were driven from their town slto are still negotiating with the Indians for a rolliiqulshmon t of the land de sired by thorn for town site purposes , nnd claim they will yet luJuco the Indians to vacate It may take sovornl months of bnrgulnlng to do it , but the land will finally bo turned over to the boomor9. Grnttlnir Contract Let Yaxktox , S. 1) ) . , March 4. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tub Bisk ] The contract hns been let for the grading of the road from Sioux Falls to Yankton A party of surveyors nro in the Hold perfecting and revising the sur vey made last year , and the work is to com mence as soon ns the frost is out of the ground It is supposed to be nn extension of the Manitoba or Great Northern It is also stated on good authority that the right of way is being secured between Yankton and Hnrtlngton , Neb , and that the extension to Yankton Is to bo made as soon us spring opens , Mitoliell'n Waterworks . MiTcitisu , S. D , , March 4. [ Spoclal Tola- gram to The Bee | An ordinance provid ing for the sale of the waterworks and grnntlng nn cxcluslvo franchise for fifty years to oastcrn capitalists was presented at tbo council meeting last night and passed the first reading The ordinance is provok ing general discussion Pubho scntimont is about equally divided for und against tbo sale The ordinance comes up for final passage March 13. A Tonchor Bounced Sioux Falls , S. D. , Mnrch 4. [ Special a'olcgram to The Hee.1 William McCross , principal of the Lincoln school , was sum marily bounced frtom his position today by the president of the school board for whip ping the son of 11. M. Avery , n banker It is said thnt Cross took a ruler aud chastlzod the lad so sovcroly ns to cover his body with bruises and cuts and sprained bis wrist The lad was taken homo in a buck A Cut ! > y 1 he Illinois Central Sioux Falls S. , D. , March 4. ( Special Telegram to Tub Hee.J The Illinois Con tra ! people in this city have announced that a cut in the Chicaro passenger rates will go into effect next Thursdny The rate is 20 per cent lower on both first and second class tlckots This cut is made In self defense by the Central to prevent the travel paying tbo local rate on the Mllwaukoo to Sioux City A GREAT Hit * IlliUKP TI10 Scnnto Going to Atako It ,1101 for NcwspiDur Rtin Washington , March 4. For flvo hours this afternoon behind closed doors tbo senate discussed the subject of executive sosslons Dolpli , from the special committee , sub mitted a series of resolutions directing the committee . to nialo question A. J. Halford nnd G. G. Bain , representatives of the press associations , and Uuthrio of the Now York Herald , Scekendorf of the Tribune , nnd Dopny of the Times , as to their sources of information , and upon u second refusal to answer to prococo acainst thorn for * contempt The resolution was supported by Dolpb , Wllsou of Iowa.and Harris , who argued It was In- cumnent upon the senate to vindlcato its authority and dignity by this course Moody , Pettigrew nnd others took strong grounds uc.unst tbo resolution Teller offered us a substitute his resolution proposed lust spring for the consideration of executlvn nominations In open session In this he was BUPporteu by Piatt No conclu sion was reached Tno discussion will bo re sumed tomorrow In the course of the ilebaio it was developed that some supporters of the resolutions held the cpinlou that recalcitrant witnesses wore guilty of sedition in dofyinir ouo branch of the legislative department of the government NebruslcJ unil Iowa Intcnti Wasii/S'otos , D. C , Mnrch 4. | Special Telegram to The Bee.1 Patents were granted today as follows : lilchard Ander son , Pawnee City Neb , automatic mop wringer und washer ; William W. Uonor , assiznqr of two-thirds to H. Cass and J. McArthur , Harlan , la , end gate for wagons ; Catharine M. Bryan , Now Sharon , In , dl h washing und draining machine ; Henry Car penter , Davenport , la , combined anti-rattler und shaft support ; Malliew Fitzputrick , Omaha , Neb , , cloihos boater ; Edward B , Glbbs , North Platte , Neb , spark arrestor ; Abljati II.HuU , Superior , Neb , corn plant ing attachment ; Edwin B. Ivarn , Am herst , S. D. , band cutter and feeder : Genrgo J. Kellar , Osceola , Neb , , nlurm clock ; Charles Koch and C. Blel , Gcrinun- town , Neb , garden hoe ; Jonn E. Kreldler Fullortou , Neb , sash fastener ; Harvard Lomux und W. Hazard , Congann , Neb , ma chine for cutting and shocking corn ; Will iam A. Loughry , Oilcasu , Neb , combined lister aud drill ; Frank A. Powell , Hebron , Neb , book rent ; Robert L. Stevens , Colum bus , Neb , locomotive uttachmaut ; John M. Wilson , Omaha , railway track foot guard A Soiiihoi-n trip , Waseinqtox , March 4. The secretary of state has extended to the delegates to the International American conference an invi tation to take a trip through the southern states similar to the trip west last fall Im mediately upon the adjournment of the con fcronco A Wuniintr Wasuinotok , March 4. The president will issue iu a few days a proclamation warning all persons against entering the waters ot Bouriug sea within the dominion ot tbo United Stutos for the purpose of vie lating section 1050 of the revised statutes , relating tohe taking of fur-sealing animals Daniel's Hallucination Chicago , March 4. [ Special Telegram to Tub HK E.J Tko curse of tlio anarchistic propaganda still rusts upon Cbicngo Ex- Patrolman Daniel Daly , one of the officers woundodattho Uaymarkct riot and retired lust year on u ponslon , has bean commuted to tbo detention hospital , his inlud buviiu given way as tbo result of the Injuries to bis head received from un anarchist bomb Ho talkcs vaguely of tbo scenes of the tragia event and imagines himself on the quest of the bomb tlnower After tliu St Paul Cuicaoo , March 4. [ Special Telegram to Tub Bkk ] The reduction by tbo St Paul road of paiscngcr rates to the Missouri river may yet bo brought beroro the Inter state Commerce Hallway association fou- oral Munigor Egan of the Chicago , St , Puul & Kansas City road oallod twice at tlio onico of the association to bring up a charge against the St Puul of reducing rates lllo- gally Chairman Walker , however , was not iu and the charges if made at all will be made in writing The St Paul road is con ildent It will not be fined , however , claiming that they are sura bo upprovos of their ac tion There was no further change in pas senger rates during the day except a | 5 rate effective March 7 between St Louis and Kansus City made by the Alton to meet a rate Jutt quoted by tbo Missouri Paciflo Tin * Now Agreement , Cuicaoo , March 4 , [ Special Telegram to 1 Tub Ukz | The cahlrmea of tbo wostora as sociation appointed to draft a new agreotneut for the Interstate Commerce association are making rapid progress It Is tbo intention to secure the co-oporatlou if possible of every line between Chicago and the rockiei It Is 1 thought now n moctlngof the presidents nt these lines will bo called within thrco weeks to discuss the now ngrcoment , A IlAIll IMIIM u > I 2 Infant * Horn Iu Hlinnin Left to Cry . Their Hyoi Out $ J\ . CntcAoo , March 4. ISpcclal Telegram to S ) \ Tiik Her ] Wbnt Is popularly known as a/ * baby farm , and which consisted of tbrre/ wlnto ntid two colored children , under tMb supervision ot two young colored wotnifi , was discovered yesterday on West Madison Btrcot and broken up by the authontlos The place had boon running for some time , the room having been leased by Annie Campbell - boll , aged twonty-sovon , nnd Fioronco Tucker , ngod nineteen It was tbo constnnt crying of so many Infants that nrouscd the suspicions of the neighbors They notified the Humnnu society , whioli Immediately hnd the two girls nrrostod Tlio place was in a most filthy condition nnd Instead ot caring for tbo babes In n proper manner it was evi dent they had cruelly neglected them The woman were brought before Justice White this morning charged with cruelty to children Ofllcor Williams of tbo Humane society wns the complainant From the evi- drnco submitted It Hooms ' that the iurunt.s were badly neglected and left hi a starving condition The two girls were held In ball , * s \ Most of tbo Infants were Illegitimate ofT ' springs'which bad boon boru In secret and fnrmed out to conceal the shnmo of the inothors youug 1 THE HERMITS QUEER PROPHECY Portions of ir Hnvo Alrcnily Hoon Hi \ mnrknlily Kiitlllluil In August , 1857 , the Havnrlan All goraolnoZoilung printed 11 remarkitblo prophecy whioli hnd boon made by an old liormit many years before In it the rise of Naixilcon III was dourly outlined , as were nlso the Aus.JHhs tro-Prussian nnd Franco-Prussian wars and the Commune of Paris Ho told how the death of Pope Plus would occur in lSGIi or ISO , nnd how it would bo followed - lowed by a Turko-Hussiau war , being but slightly wrong in either prediction Ho said thnt Uorinany would have thrco emperors in ono yuar before the end of the century , which wns voriliod to the letter lie missed it ouo , ut loitflt , in the number of United States prosdents ! that were to die by nssassin- " \ ' ation , which was rotnnrkably close , lo say tlio least Ho said that when the twentieth century opened Manhattan island and the whole of Now York city would bo submerged in the watorsot the Hudson , East rlvor andtho , bay : Cuba will broaic , ' in two and the west halt and the city o Havuiin liud 11 watery rostiiig-placo. Florida und Lower California are to break loose from the mainland and carry their load of human freight to the bottom of the sea • The twenty-fifth is to bo the Inst of the United States presldonts , aud Ire land is to bo a kingdom and England a republic by tbc end of the century Tlio United Stntcs is to bo divided , and San Frauclsco , Salt Lake CityNow Orleans , St T/juis , Washington and Boston are to be made capitals There should bo some consolation to the Mor mons in this , if not for the other parts of our grcaC union To return to Europe The end of the century will not find cither Italy or sjMte Franco upon the maps , and Berlin wilfjfl | have boon totally destroyed by an l | | | H earthquake * sj Hf Thursday Friday und Saturttay March 0. t 7 and 8 , and Saturday Matiiwc r Special Kngiigcmont of I he Famous Bostosians IX B 4JLJSI 0I > JK\ : . TOM , ICAItr , . If 0. HAItNAHKG and \V. II , - , MacDONALD Proprietors nnd Managers ; UKiiitToiitr : ; THUllSPAVnvKNIMU < . . Don Quixote ( New ) 1'IHDAYBVKSINn . . . . . Stizettc " ( New ) SATUIl ! > AVSIATlNKB . . . . . . . , Tlioroar-nors. " ' . . SATUUDAV I5VH. . . "Tysmuliou and Galatea" I Coniplotc Cliorus'aiid Orchestra A'ew aud Beautiful Costumes PltlCKS-Parqiiet anil Parquet Circle , * I Jin ; * Dah'ony tl.lw ; General Admission Tic undll.uO ; Qullury , t'5o. Tliu sale of seats will commencs Wednsday juornluK jt ' - NATIONAL ' y Trap Shootiiif j AT THE J BASE BALL PARK , \ THURSDAY , MARCH 6 , 1:30 : P. M. ! Eighteenth Match ot the National Championship Series ' THE EAST jk -vs- THE WEST Under the auspices of the United Slates Carl ridge Company w PURE ! FRESH ! ! DELICIOUS ! ! ! Bonbons and Chocolates , Order * tir Mall • ) * K res will recelre Prompt and Correct Attcutlwu . ssfet.Jw yNY cur.161 Stale St.Cli1cago II M.Tnui' iiiiAUT John AimiANci ; , l.cciAK Mitinn , H. M. TRPEHEART St CO , Seal Estate Agents , At 'GAIiVUHTO.V , ' 11C.V.VS. > K8TUHiHiir.I > 1SB7. id OalvestonlsttioHoaport tbat Wand la to no . for tlie ( Jreat Northwi-nt. lufannatliiii and Maps fiiralHlieiL VUitors are Invited to cull at our olllce , OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY Subscribed Sc Kiiaranteed Capital , S3O0.O0O Paid In Capital , 350,000 IIuj-b and sells BtockH urd bonds ; negotiates commercial paper : receives and executes trusu ; act * us transfer ukoih and trustua of corpora tions ] takes clmrjso ot property ; collects roi < u Omaha Loan Trust Co SAVINGS BANK S. E. Cor 16th end Douglas StrooH X'ald In Capital . $30,000 Subscribed & guaranteed capital , , . . 100,000 Maullltjror stockholders 200,000 B Per Cent Intoroat Paid on Deposits WANK J , I.ANU1J , Casnler , OiriCKiig : A.U.Wymanpresident ; J.J.Hrown , . ' K _ vice president ; WT Wyman ire surer . W9 DlBKOious : A. U. Wyman J. II Millard , J. J , Jlrown UujrC Ilarton , II w N * tt ihoi Iu Kimball , ( leo 1L f. ku Loana In any amount made on City * Farm Property , nnd on Collateral Soourity , at Lowes Rate Currontto *
