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i.i If \ NINETEENTH YEAH. OMAHA , FH1DAY MORNING , APKIL 4 , 1800. NUMBER 284.
THE RED CLOUD ENCAMPMENT
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, Third Annual Meeting of the Interstate Dis
trict 0. A. E.
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1 A SUPERIOR MAN MADE COMMANDER.
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The Ne.\t Itcnnlon to Ilo Hohl at Sn-
- i jicrlor In AIIHIINI A Contest Likely
Over the Norfolk Mayoralty
State \e
Unit Ci-ori ) , Neb. , April n. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tin : Ilfii : . ] The third annual en
campment of the Interstate District associa
tion of the Grand Army of the Republic con
vened here today. Many old- soldiers from
different points are In attendanceiindour own
jxxst hero is seeing to It that the visitors wv
having a good time. The gathering is no
doubt smaller than It would have been If the
weather had been favorable , but as It Is the
representation from outsldo posts Is very
good. One of the objects of this convention
IH to locate the annual stale reunion , which
matter was thoroughly discussed by the
members , some excellent speeches being
made on the subject. It was decided to
hold this reunion nt Superior , August 13
to 17 , Inclusive. Among the prominent men
in attendance are Major Clnrkson of Omaha ,
Major Adams , W. S. Bloom and F. P.'Bon-
nell of Superior , ex-Congressman Hnnback of
Kansas nnd many others of note.
Hon. C. E. Adams ; mayor of Superior , was
/ected commander , Hon. George W. Burton
of Orleans scnlorvlce commander , and Samuel
Church ot Jewell countyiKnnsas , junior vice
cpminandcr.
The lines were extended to embrace
Thaver , Jefferson , Adams , ICcanicy , Clay ami
Phelps counties , Nebraska , and Washington ,
Hepublle , Phillips and Osborno counties , ICnn-
sus. The next encampment will be held nt
Ked Cloud.
This evening a camp Jlro was held nt the
opera house and speeches were made by Major
Clarkson , department commander , of Onftdin ,
nnd ox-Congressman Hanhac-k of Kansas.
Aunt and Nephew Very An"cutlnii < it < > .
EI.KIIOIIX , Neb. , April ! ! . [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BIX. ] Mr. Valentine Grief , a
retired farmer , who lives in this city , lias
made a statement that may have considerable
bearing indirectly on the Chronistcr murder
case. H appears that for the year ISb" Mr.
Grief rented his farm to Austin Heed , and it
was worked by him that season for a share of
the crop. The Heeds took possession of the
place about the 1st of March and had been
there but a short time when Antonio Frank
made his ap | > eiiiiinco and was Intro
duced and recognized in the ncigborhood ns
Mis Heed's nephew , the son of a dead sister.
Frank hung around the place a short time
nnd was given money by the Kecd woman to
defray his expenses to a point in the western
part of the state. Mr. Grief was at the place
the day the dago started and describes the
parting scene between Antonio and his
"aunt" as u very affectionate and affecting
one , most too nlTcctiomito in fact , for when
bo wrapiK-'d his muscular arms' around her
neck -for tho' last fond embrace ho was so
demonstrative and adverse In breaking away
that Mr. Grief thought at that time there
was -saddle-colored individual in the wood
pile. There Is no room for doubt in his mind
now. Heed was present at the Itiillan'H leave-
taking and made the remark to Mrs. Grief
nfter ho hud loft that "my wife claims that
7 n loafer is her nephew , but I don't. I
don't know who the h 1 ho is. " Mr. Grief
saw no more of the "nephew" or Meed's
deputy until his arrest Monday last.
Ord High School Declamatory Contest.
OIID , Neb. , April H. [ Special to Tin : Ur.f : . ]
In spite of the rainy evening tlio M. E.
church hist night was Illicit by an interested
audience , who listened to the declamatory
contest of the junior class of the Ord high
school. There were thirteen contestants ,
who all acquitted themselves creditably. The
Judges , who were appointed from the audi
t-nee by the school board , awarded the prizes
ns follows : First , gold medal , MI.ss Florence
Smith ; second , volume of Shakespeare's
works. Master Harvey French. Miss Flor
ence Smith will represent the Ord high school
nt the district declamatory contest of the
Central High School Declamatory association
to be held at Harvard on the ISth hist. Prof.
J. M. Hussey , our energetic principal , de
serves high praise for the attention ho is giv
ing to the pupils under his care ami the re
sults nre Haltering to his abilities as an edu
cator.
Nc-ws.
Vr.UDinnn , Neb. , April II. [ Special to Tin :
Uii : : . ] A reception and banquet was given
last night by the business men and citizens of
Verdigro in honor of the arrival of E. II.
Purcell , editor of the TCnox County Ueeordor ,
n new pajier lo bo published iu the intcrcbls
of the town and county.
The election at Verdigro was hotly con
tested by a labor and citizens' ticket , resulting
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ing in n' victory for the latter. The town
i board elect Is as follows : F. B. Horton , D.
R Johnson , Charles ICamanski , George W.
Thomas , J. K. Schmidt.
The \oi-l\il It Mayoralty.
NioiuuiiA , Neb. , April I ! . [ Special Tele-
pram to Tin : Bii.J : : Who will bo mayor of
Norfolk for the ensuing year Is the question
of the day In this city. At a meeting of the
city council last night n recount was made
nnd It was found that there was ono more
ballot In the box than names on the poll book
nnd that ono vote counted for Gcrccko had
Elselov's name printed upon it and not
scratched. Counting the last named ballot
for Gcrecke gives them 2'Jl ' each. The coun
cil adjourned without declaring the result
and the matter may have lo be bottled In the
courts.
District Court L llasselt.
BASSUTT , Neb. , April ! ! . [ Special Telegram
to Tin : llKfi. ] The spring term of the dis
trict court convened hero today with Judge
Uroily of Beatrice on the bench. There nro
Mxty-two onsen on the docket , Including the
county scat contest between the towns of
NcwiMirt and Dassutt , which case Is looked
forward to with considerable interest , and
every Inch of the ground will l > o hotly con
tested bv both parties , and It will bo several
days before the trial will bo completed.
AV. O. 'l\V. at C
CnrniiiTox , Neb. , April 3. [ Special to TIIK
llii-- : : ] The annual convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance union In this
district Is In session hero today. A largo
nndicnco in the Congregational church last
night was addressed by Mrs. Hitchcock ,
state president. The session clcscs tonight
with a medal declamation contest by homo
bpcakurs.
Hnlc-lded Over Family Troubles.
DAVIO CITV Nob. 3 to
, , April --Special [
Tin : Br.i : . ] Frank Fleming , n well-to-do far
mer living northeast of this city , committed
Biilcido hiht night by shootlnghlmself through
the head. Family troubles were the cnusb ,
ho having obtained a divorce only last term of
court and made final division of property day
before yesterday.
Kerlonsly Kicked by a Horse.
Cum : , Neb. , April a. [ Special Telegram
to TIIK BEK.J--G. W. McCoun , a veterinary
surgeon of Hits city , whllo attending n sick
cow at the farm of Hugh McCnrgar , seven
miles wtwt of here , was kicked in Iho head by
Ills own homo. Ho was found lying iusciibi-
Me under the feet of his horse , and Is so sci I-
ously hurt that there are grave fears as lo his
recovery , _
A lloy'H Hand Klmvn Off.
UAVJD CITV , Neb , , April 3. [ Special to
Tun Bi-.r-.l A son of S. J. Stafford of this
city had his hand blown off yesterday by the
explosion of n gun , whllo his face was also
badly disfigured. _
In the DlMtrlct Court.
LISTOI.N , Neb. , April 3. [ Sjiocial Tele-
pram to Tin : Hin.j : Mrs. Gertrude T.
Edncy of Omalm nnd Patrick Cnva-
ntiugli , executors of the last will nnd
tgstnment of James A. Edney. deceased ,
Jollied James E. Daniel and David Btium In
an fiction in the district court to recover J-i'.1.-
7'iO damages that the principal plaintiff , Mrs.
Edney , alleges she sustained In a real estate
and hardware deal. The petition sets up that
on March 11 , 1-S5S , when Edncy died , ho was
the owner of n hardware store iii Omaha val
ued at $11.710 ; that after his death defend
ants applied to plaintiffs to purchase the
stock nnd that shn took therefor ccitnln real
c.itato In the cltv of Lincoln , but which Is
renllv In Cottage Park addition adjoining the
city. ' On June UJ. l.SbS , 1M of these lots wore
conveyed to the plaintiff , each of which was
valued atSI.V ) . but subject to a mortgage of
fcUXK ) . The alleged value of the lots was
therefore fcl ! > , r > 00 , which was taken as part
payment for the stock. The petitioners hero
allege that James E. Hntim , acting for the de
fendant. connived to cheat and defraud the
plaintiff nnd her minor children , and by lying
and misrepresenting succeeded in doing it ,
and to protect herself and children the suit ,
as described , has lccn ) initiated.
NNeb. . , April ! l. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BII : : . ] A. A. Logan , proprietor
of the Cnjfghton Courier , was married hero
this evening lo Miss' Lou Kobinson- Lin
coln.
TIII : iroiti.it'.s i\i in ,
Chicago Stockholders AV11I Select the
Dlri'ctoc.-t Today.
Cmc.uio , April H. [ Special Telegram lo
, TinBii.l : : The Chicago World's fair stock
holders will tomorrow select by ballot the
directors , who are to manage Iho great ex
position. Thousands of stockholders have
already sent proxy slips to the twenty gentle
men who were decided upon as the men who
would vole stock for the best interests of the
cily. While this plan has been very gen
erally adopted by individual stockhold
ers and many business and manufacturing
firms , yet the larger concerns , principally
corporations , have thought It best to leave
the mailer in Iho hands of their chief officers
or attorneys , for example the action of Mr.
Yerkes in'chooslng F. S. Winston , the coun
sel for the street railroad , to vote the thou
sands of Shares to which Mr. Yerkes was en
titled by his subscription , which was the
largest Individual .subscription made. Meet
ings have been held by citizens of the three
sides" of the city for the purpose of taking
some action looking to ' 'protection" of the in
terests of the stockholders who abide in those
divisions , and already a small war is waging
as to which section will bo favored. A full
ticket of directors ha.s been decided upon by
Iho active workers and proxy holders , and it
will be submitted to Iho stockholders at the
general meeting. Among those whose names
will bo presented are the following well
known meeting : De-Witt C. Cregler , Lyman
J. Gain ; , Mark L. Crawfcrd , C. L. Hutchinson -
son , Thomas B. Bryan , John It. Walsh ,
Eugene Pike , Joseph Medill , E. T. JelTory ,
Judge Premlcrgast. There will , of course , be
do/.ens of others , and considerable bad feel
ing engendered. It is generally believed ,
however , that Mr. JeiTery , hito manager of the
Illinois Central railroad , will bo made director
general.
A \UTMIKMt HATFMKI , ! ) HII.l.El * .
The Old Fetid ItreakH Out Again In
AVcHl Virginia.
CHARLESTON , W. Vn. , April 3. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Bii : : . ] The news came from
Logan court house today of the renewal of the
Hatllold contest. On last Saturday night
Jerry Hatlleld was shot and Instantly killed
by M. C. Lee , who is intimately connected
with the McCoys. There is but meagre in
formation about the killing. Jerry Ilntflcid
was a nephew of "Devil Anso" Hatlleld , and
was once sheriff of Logan county. Ho is
widely known throughout tlio lower end of
the state , and has not heretofore been inti
mately connected with the fond. There is
great excitement in and about Logan court
house , and both sides are said to bo arming
again. _
The Cliic-iiK" PlninhoiV Strike.
CIIICACIO , April 3. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : BII : : . ] The. angel of peace which yester
day hovered over the camps of the master
plumbei-s and their striking employcshas dis
appeared and in her stead is the figure of the
Pinkcrton man.
"Tlio occasion for this change is the intim
idating of such our men as refused to strike
or returned to work by Iho strikers , " sny
the master plumbers. "Men who nro work
ing , for us have had bricks and boards
dropiiod on their heads by carpenters in the
now buildings , and when they quit work the
non-union men have been made miserable by
the strikers intimidating them In every
way. "
The strikers say : "All that we have done
was to present our case calmly to thoworkei-s
and they have stopped work. No threats , no
violence. Of course if our sympathizers drop
bricks on them wo can't help it. "
Thus the situation stands tonight , with
1.000 plumbers still out and meetings being
held every few hours. In various parts of the
city.The
The leaders of the striking plumbers assert
that they are perfecting arrangements
whereby , in case the masters do not concede
their demands soon , they will establish a co
operative shop with branches all over the
city. They assert that they can pay the
wages demanded and declare 10 per cent'divl-
dcmts un the capital Invested.
Ojiarry Men Win.
Joi.inr , 111. , April : ! . A thousand quarrymen -
men who went on n strike yesterday have re
turned to work , the employers conceding
their demands.
A Wealthy Shoplifter.
BAI.TIMOIIC , April 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : Bia.J : Among the dispatcher of
Wednesday was ono from Philadelphia , giv
ing an account of the arrest in that city of
Miss Mary Hebcccn Shipley on the charge of
Shoplifting $700 worth of goods. A corns
sjKiiulent at Staunton , Vu. , telegraphs us fol
lows :
"Tho arrest of Miss Shipley created the
greatest surprise here. She Is n respected
lady , a church member , nnd has a fortune.
The history of Miss Shipley's llfo is an un
usual one. She was born In Baltimore of
German parents. When she was n child her
mother and father separated and she was
taken charge of oy friends In the west.
When bho grow larger these friends took her
to Baltimore , where she learned the millinery
business. She was employed by a Staunton
llriu nnd remained there until 1S75 , when her
iwrentH , who had eomo together again , traced
her to Staunton. She went to Baltimore to
see them , and , strange to say , on the day she
arrived there , or the day afterwards , both of
the old people died. Their fortune , amount
ing to $13,000 , fell to her. She returned to
Stannton and determined to repair the early
neglect to her education , and went to school
for ono season nt one of the colleges. The
position of a grown woman pupil , however ,
-nmong school children did not prove to bo
pleasant , and she left at tlu > end of the ses
sion. Since then she has lived conifortnblv on
the interest of her money , which had Cccn
Judiclouslyinvostetl for her by her former.
employ er. Her friends hero uro deeply Inter-
ebtiMl lu her caso. Her grandmother , whom
she Is visiting iu Philadelphia , is n lady of
largo wealth. Friends think . that she has
become demented. "
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Lonp City Favj > rs License.
Loir CITV , Neb. , April 3 , [ Special to TUB
Dm : ] The city election resulted In the
choice of a board favoring license by nearly a
tlo voto.
POSTOFFICE SITE DEFICIT ,
Ten TEonsanil Dollars Asked -From the
Omaha Sureties.
THE BOSS OF MARYLAND MOST GO.
( oriiinn'H Strongest Supporter Do-
olarcH Against Him Mtcwurt'ft
HIM Ilreakers Ahead
for tin : Tar ill' Pleasure.
WASHINGTON' IH-in\r : Tur OMAHA Bin , )
5111 FoiiiTi.vriiSTiiiir ! : : : >
WASHINGTON , D. C. , April D. )
Representative Council has , with Senator
Mnndorson , been prodding up the oftlrhils in
the treasury' department nnd department of
Justice In reference to the iiinouut of the
Omaha postofllccs-ito deficit.
Supervising Architect Winilriin of the
treasury department today transmitted n let
ter under date of yesterday to Senator Man-
dorsun In respect to tlic nmount which the
bondsmen for the Omalm public build
ing site will linvo to pay to
make peed the dcilclt. The bondsmen
are asked to deposit $10,000 with the federal
court tit Omaha , from which the dellcit is to
bo made good nnd the remainder of the de
posit Is to bo returned to the bondsmen or
sureties after the title has passed into the
hands of the government. I take the follow
ing from Architect Windrim's letter to Sena
tor Mnndorson , which explains the whole sit
uation :
"Under date of February 20 , March (5 ( nnd
March 17 this department advised the attorney
general of the status of the case , and in view
of the fact that the aggregate of the rewards
nearly equalled the balance of the appropria
tion requested him to give the United Suites
attorney such instructions as may bo neces
sary to have the parties who furnished n
bond to pay any amount of awards
and costs in said condemnation proceed
ings in excess of the limit of appropriation
to deposit in court n sum sufllcicnt
for said proposals , say . * 10H)0 ( ) , with the un
derstanding that it shall t > c applied to said
purpose and that such portion of said sum as
may be found remaining at the termination of
all matters connected with the case
shall bo returned to them ; also to
have the United States attorney
take such action after said amount
shall be deposited as may bo necessary to
have the court adjust such items of cost as
can not bo p.ild from the balance of the spe-
cillc appropriation of $100,000 for the site ;
also that ho advise this department of the
result of such action in order that the depart
ment limy as speedily as possible iiuiko pay
ment into the court of the awards of damages
in said case.1
Upon inquiry being made this morning at
the department of Justice it was ascertained
that copies of the letters from the depart
ment to the attorney general were sent March
21 , 1S ! ) , to Benjamin S. Baker. United Slates
district attorney , Fairbury , Neb. , with cer
tain instructions and requested him to give
the matter his immediate attention. It was
also learned that nothing further had been
heard from him in regard to the subject and
that the department would write to him to
day urging him to give the matter
his attention. In this connection , I
may state that so far as this department is
concerned the case has received prompt at
tention and that while § 10,000 was specified
as the amount that the parties who furnished
said bond should bo requested to pay into
court , it was qualified by the words , "a sufll
cicnt sum for said purpose. "
From the three letters which the supervis
ing architect sent to the attorney general in
regard to this business , and to which refer
ence is made in the architect's letter , I see
that * 170 was paid for advertising for pro
posals , awards for the site , etc.
Deduct the 8170 for advertising and
there remains from the $400,000 appropriated
to purclmso a. site SHlKi.s-J'.i. ' From this take
the awards of SHOU.&Sl for the ground and
there is a balance of § 03 ! ) left from the appro
priation. The cost in the condemnation pro
ceedings nmount to $1,10There will alsobo
some traveling and other expenses in clearing
U ) ) the title and making the transfer to the
government , and this with the condemnation
expenses will be taken frmn the § 10,000 which
the sureties are asked to deposit for the ex
penses incident to the acquiremeii : of title. It
is stated at the treasury department and the
department of Justice that within a few davs
after the deposit of the § 10,000 is made the
title will pass to the government and that
immediately the plans and specifications will
ho commenced anil when they are completed
and approved and the contracts let , the work
on the building will commence. However
swift this proceeding to acquire title , make
plans and let contracts , the actual work upon
the building cannot begin under several
months , maybe not under a year.
OOII.MAN MI > T GO.
Senator Gorman , who has been the boss of
Maryland bourbons nnd confederates for
many year.- > and who has run the politics of
that state anil especially the city of Balti
more with a high hand , is to walk the plank ,
politically speaking. Today's Baltimore Sun ,
which has for more than a quarter of a cen
tury been the organ of the ring democracy of
that state as represented by Gorman , created
a sensation by eoming out in double leads
and demanding the retirement of ' 'thepolitic
ians who have so long lived on the public- and
who have rotated in otllco" ever since Gor
man has had control.
The action of the Sun is the result of a de
mand on the part of the Gorman democrats
that ex-Congressman Compton , who was the
other day ousted from a seat in the house ,
shall ho appointed treasurer of the state to
succeed Archer , the defaulter. The Sun , as
well as the leading intelligent democrat ; * of
Maryland , say that unless Gorman and his
followers nro thrown overboard and the party
immediately reorganized the organisation
will he relegated to the rear forever. The
Sun demands new blood in the organl/ation
of the state , and the retirement of Gorman
from Maryland politics means the retirement
of one of the most conspicuous democrats in
the country and one of the strongest friends
of ex-President Cleveland. There is no doubt
that the position of this newspaper wlllbring
about a revolution in Mnrylmtd politics as it
is the most powerful instrument of the demo
cratic party of that state.
STCWAIIT'.S IIKl-.ll HIM. .
In Now York city it is stated that the cru
sade which Senator Stewart of Nevada has
started against the use of rice , glucose and
other materials , except malt hops , in the
manufacture of lager beer is the subject of
no little discussion among brewers. IJopro-
scntatlvcs say that if the bill becomes a law
malt and hops will bo used exclusively .by
browers. no one of whom would consent to
brand his beer "adulterated. " .They do not
believe , however , that a more satisfactory
beer would result.
"Itieo and glucose have bccon used In th'o
manufacture of beer , " says Max Schwartz
of the Brewers' academy and editor of the
American Brewer , "because the brewers
have found that the consumers prefer It to a
beer of malt or hops. It has n better taste , is
paler in color and has better keeping quali
ties. The law is entirely wrong in its object ,
for both rlco and glucose two fruit materials
and are as pint ) as malt. They are too , nt
present , no cheaper than malt. InBavaila ,
whore the best beer in the world is made , ami
where the most stringent laws are made und
obeyed by the brewers , there Is lU inuoh'com-
iilufnt about the beer as In this country. The
ingredients have not so much influence upon
the quality of beer as the way in which it Is
brewed and kept and the clennllncs- the
brewery and the iilaco where It is sold. Some
of the brewers will opiiaso the law and others
will favor It , but one thing that will most cer
tainly result Is that beer will bo made from
hops and malt. There Is ton much associated
with the word 'adulterated' for many brewers
to nut that stamp uixm their koss. "
Chairman McKinley of the ways and means
committee has appointed a snb-commlltco to
hear brewers , luahterb , hop growers and oth
ers interested in beer making In regard to the
bill Introduced tiy Mr , Perkins of Kansas ,
which Is a duplicate of- the senate bill. The
sittings will licglu as Man as arrangements
for them can Iw coinpjctoij.
TIIK TOUAL'Cl ) TAX.
An effort will undoubtedly bo made on the
first suspension day in the liouso to secure
recognition from the speaker for the purpose
of moving to suspend the rules nnd pass a
bill abolishing the -tax on tobacco. This
proposition has bccn.workcd up to n consid
erable extent by democratic and n few re
publican members from the south , but so far
Si > ciiker Heed has refused to promise , to rec
ognize any one for that pur ] > ese nt any time.
The speaker will not recognize ahy one to
make a motion to suspend the rules unless he
knows for what purpose recogltlon Is wanted
so that there can bo no surprise sprung UKin
Uio house. The republican members of the
committee on ways and means would light
with the grent majority of republicans from
all sections any motetnent of this kind nnd
there is no reason to'bclievo that the speaker
could bo induced upon any kind of representa
tion to recognize auf one to make this motion ,
A CAWS ON Tl.n TAIIIIT MHiSTIIK.
Several republiciuv members fearing n free-
for-all light In thu'houso when the tariff bill
comes uiijor ooiiBtdorntIon have suggested to
the speaker that n caucus should bo held be
fore the measure is taken up for general de
bate , with a view to readjusting these pro
visions upon which tlio republican * are di
vided and having their party stand solidly to
gether , as did nearly nil of the democrats under
Mr. Mills upon the general propositions pre
sented in the tariff bill. "The trouble with n
caucus Upon the tariff bill , " said
Speaker Heed to ono of the repub
lican members when this proposition was
made , "Is that -wo should never be
nblo to adjourn it , for there would be ti dis-
iwsltlon to discuss all the merits of the meas
ure , and further than this , " continued the
speaker , "thcruaro n umberof members who ,
feeling under obligations to their constituents
to make an effort for changes of local impor
tance to them , would refuse to go into caucus ,
and thecaucus would not be n success. "
In the house today u smattering of the di
vided wishes was preieuted , when Mr. Ledge
of Massachusetts reao ; a petition signed by the
shoemakers and manufacturers of leather
goods of his stnto a-slllng that hides bo put
upon tha free list. ' The democrats applauded
vigorously the sentiment of the petition , nnd
It was observed that ) { omo of the Massachu
setts republicans Joined in the demonstration.
It is not likely that if * , there should bo n cau
cus the New England members could bo held
together. J
, AItM\J Jtmv.S.
By direction of the secretary of war Cap
tain Frederick II. L-lEbitein , Twenty-llrst
infantry , is relieved ( from temporary duty in
connection with thcj establishment of can
teens at certain military posts cast of the
Mississippi river un'-hylll proceed to Join his
company in the department of the Pintle.
On account of physical disability the unex-
pircd portion of the * simtonco imposed by a
general eourt-martlal November 14 , ISsS , de
partment of the Platte , is remitted in the
case of James Orlason. Troop B , Ninth cav
alry , and ho will be released from conilne-
meiit at the military jirisipn at Fort Leaven-
worth.
William Ivory , Company B , Second in
fantry , now with hif company at Fort
Omaha , is transferred t'o the Ninth infantry ,
and will be sent to the headquarters of that
regiment , Whipplo Barracks , Ariz.
John Murphy , Company F , Second infan
try , nt Fort Omaha , is transferred to Com
pany G , Seventh infantry , and will be sent to
the sturtion of that Ccjinwuny , Fort Logan.
Dudlcv Adams , Company G , Sixth infantry ,
nt Fort Leavcnwortll is transferred to Com
pany A , Twoiity-flfth infantry , nnd will bo
sent to the station 6f ijmt company , Fort
Omaha.
Governor Thaycivol iTebrnska is here. He
spent some time this jftwirtibn on tho.llooriof
the senate. Ho v/iiats 'to see .what can bo
done iii the way ' iif legislation 'for our- depressed
pressed farming iutc'nsts. '
. The pension rom.-mK . . .j m tothbousen'Oi
congress nro laying nsjdo all bills to pension
widows nnd other dependent claimants , being
confident that the dependent pension bill ,
which has passed the senate , will become a
law within a few weeks and will make it un
necessary to adopt most of the private pension
bills now pending.
C. K. Stcphcnson was today appointed post
master at Swcdcsburg , Henry county , vice S.
T. White , resigned. ' .
Mrs. William Duff Hoyne. formerlv Miss
Nell Thomas of UapM City , S. D. , is with her
sister. Mi's. AVcbstcr Happy , at the Ilang-
hum , for ii fortnight's visit. It Is announced
that she will be at home to her friends on Fri
day evenings and Sunday afternoons.
Captain A. W. Lavender of Scotland , Bon-
hommo county , South Dakota ; has been ap
pointed inspector of seal fisheries in Alaska.
John T. Silencer of Dakota City was today
appointed agent to pay the second and last
installments to the Omaha Indians , aggregat
ing Sir.,000.
Mr. Oxnard's importation of sugar beet
seed is expected to arrive at New York on
next Wednesday , and will bo received at the
agricultural department u few days thereaf
ter for distribution. PimiY S. HIATII. :
Committee on Pacific. HondH.
WAMIINOTON , April ! ! . The house commit
tee on Pacific railroads heard further state
ments by Story , attorney for the Union Pa
cific company. Story 'submitted n copy of
the pending bill to fund the government in
debtedness of the Pacific railroad companies ,
containing amendments suggested by Presi
dent Adams to meet the case of the Union
Pacific company. The changes of consequence
quence proposed arc the abolition by the gov
ernment of the guarantee of bonds to bo
issued , and the readjustment of the accounts
of the payment somewhat on the plan pro
posed in the case of the Central Pacific com
pany so as to fund ono-lnilf the interest for
the first year and theieby reduce the amount
of the first payments , witli u corresponding
increase of the ultimate payments. The com
mittee will proceed to consider the pending
bill ut the next meeting nnd expects to report
it to the house within a few weeks.
The Iteform Conference.
WASHINGTON- , April 3. The Keform Con
ference organisation formed for the purpose
of bringing religion to the settlement of polit
ical and state affairs , today adopted n plat
form declaring in favor of employing the
teachings of the bible in the hottlomcnt of
public affairs , and the insertion of the name
of the Supreme Being in the constitution.
The platform also approvpd the Blair Sunday
rest mil and all measures , nguinst gambling ,
pool selling nnd the liquor trafllc. A commit
tee reported that n eulMtnd been inado iixm |
the pieMdent , who received the members
kindly. The president thy * reported , said
for good reasons he did nit | wish to be com
pelled to make response ti ) their address set
ting forth the object of tfio association , and
added Units its objects were .so complicated
that ho would require tlmo , for their consid
eration. \
Not OH.
WA IIINC.TOX , April 3 , The house com-
mlttco on Judiciary today appointed a sub
committee to vldlt several southern states to
make a thorough investigation of the alleged
improper action of couc't officers In various
cases.
The senate confirmed E. "W. Eakln receiver
of public moneys at Pierre , S. I ) .
The cigar manufacturers , who made an
argument yesterday In opposition to the
tobacco schedule of the new tariff bill , today
conferred with the committee on n siibbtltuto
schedule , which will bo ncccptablo to them.
It Is Intended to correct the proviso In the
bill , which subjects to duty ns wrappers at
' , ' . 7f > a pound the ) entire contents of any halo
leaf tobacco containing any leaf bullnblo for
wrappers.
The AVuatlicr Forecast.
For Omaha and vicinity : Halu , followed
by fair weather. .
Nebraska Fair ; clearing in eastern i > or-
tiun ; cooler , northwesterly winds.
Iowa Huln ; clearing in western portion ;
cooler , northwesterly winds.
South Dakota Fair ; cooler ; northwesterly
winds.
Ofllclally Declared Untrue.
Sum , April ! i. The reported rupture bei i
twccn Bulgaria and Scrvla is oflldully dt-
claivd unturo ,
A TEMPORARY HALT CALLED ,
Kcorganization of the Interstate Association
Moots With n OUcck ,
OBJECTIONS OF THE MISSOURI PAOIHO
to Join n Hotly AVIili-li Al-
IOWK a Contract Mlco That He *
tivceu the Union Paolllo
nnd Northwestern.
CIIIOAOO , April 3. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Bic. : ] The organization of the Inter
state Commerce Hallway association has met
with n temporary set-back. The Missouri
Pacific this afternoon sent u telegram to
Chairman Clnippell of the reorganization
committee expressing unwillingness to Join
an association which would recognize such a
contract as that between the Union Pacific
and Northwestern. It was thought , however -
over , that the objection of the Missouri Pa
cific could be overcome by n section in the
agreement providing that no contract should
be recognized which covered competitive
trafllo , but it Is hard to sec how either the
Union Pacific or Northwestern would sub
scribe to such a section.
The work of the committee today was con
fined to glitttcring generalities. That part of
the agreement relating to the organization of
the Western Associated railways was taken
up by section , but none were passed by unan
imous vote. The committee meets from day
to day , and the Aulority of its members seem
confident an organization will bo effected.
An.xloiiH to ItpNliin * I'aHsoiiKoi1 Kntos.
CIIK-MIO , April 8. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Bin : . ] The passenger men of the west
ern roads meet tomorrow to complete , If possi
ble , the reorganization of the Western States
Passenger association. All the lines are tired
of the present cut-throat passenger rate war ,
nnd all seem agreed that the only way to stop
it is to form a strong association. The only
road not certain to sign the proposed agree
ment is the Wisconsin Central. Gen
eral Passenger Agent Eckstein has not re
ceived definite word as yet from his superior
officers , and it is doubtful If they would care
to Join any association without consulting the/
Northern Paclllc people. It is thought today
the Wisconsin Central will probably sign con
tingently. In any es'ent the other lines feel
like peiiecting the organization , even if the
Wisconsin Centralrefubeslojoin. The basis of
rates can then be raised to the old figure and
the association members would tight inn body
any attempt of the Wisconsin Central to re
duce them.
Shortening the Missouri Pacific.
ATi'Hfso.v , Kan. , April ! ( . [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BII : : . ] A committee of citize-ns
of Plattsmouth , Neb. , will arrive in Atchison
tomorrow evening and from here they will be
escorted by , T. W. Orr , a Missouri Pacific at
torney , to St. Louis , where they will enter
Into a contract to procure without cost to the
company the right of way for the road from
Union via Plattsmouth to Omaha. In consid
eration gof such right the Missouri Pacific
will contract to build the road and operate it
ns n part of its main line between Atchison
and Omaha. The new line will shorten the
Missouri Pacific twenty miles. The city of
Plattsmouth on Tuesday voted funds to nid
the enterprise. The road is to bo completed
within ri'yciir.
The Nickel Plate llenortcrtCutting. .
CIIICAOO , April 13. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Bisi.l : The western lines arc not to
have nil the charges of manipulation leveled
nt them. The Nickel Plato is now catching
it on all sides from Its cast-bound compet
itors , who claim it is and lias for two weeks
been cutting the rate on oats. The figures
show that the Nickel Plato Is taking ten
bushels of oats where it ordinarily takes one
and is beating in its totals such lines as the
Lake Shore , Michigan Central , nnd Fort
Wayne. Rival freight ngenta claim they
cannot touch consignments of oats to
points reached by the Nickel Plato for
less than nI per cent cut in rates. This
morning , to cap the climax , 125 cars of oats
were taken out of Chicago elevators and ship
ped cast over the Xickle Plate. Legally these
oats must take the full local rate from Chicago
cage and the other roads are wondering why
an equal quantity of oats from the west
should have not been bought and shipped
cast on the proportion of the through rate.
This shipment , which legally must have taken
a higher rate than oats which were not stored
in Chicago , it is claimed , shows that the
Nicklo Plate is cutting.
Tired of I Ins YntitiK Trust.
Ni\v : YOIIK , April ; i. There was a meeting
of the security holders of the Omaha & St.
Louis railroad today for the purpose of resist
ing the efforts to continue the voting trust ,
which expires Juno 1. A committee was ap
pointed to call a formal meeting of the secur
ity holders Thursday next.
Only n Private
Four WAVXI : , Ind. , April 2. Senator Cal
vin S. Brief , president of the Lake Krio &
Western railway , it is announced , has pur
chased the Fort Wayne , Cincinnati Ac Louis
ville railway on his personal account , and not
for the Lake Krio & Western.
Tried to Kill Her Uncle.
April ! -Special [ Telegram to
Tin : BII : : . ] A sensation was created this
morning by an attempt of Mi's. Annie Gelds
to murder lior uncle , Cihb Williams. Will
iams is a clerk in n book store on Main street
ami his niece the wife of n farmer living at
Lucp , Tenn. She entered the store this
morning closely veiled and as Williams came
forward to wait upon her placed a revolver to
his heart and fired. The weapon , however ,
was too insignificant to do any serious damage
and "Williams escaped with n bad scare and a
slight scratch. Mrs. Gelds is twenty-one
years old and her undo is twenty-live. She
claims that ho wronged her when she was but
nine years of ago and Williams says she is
crazy. She was locked up.
Steamship Arrivals.
At Hamburg The Scandia , from New
York.
At New York The Franco nnd Persian
Monarch , from London ; the Anchoria , from
Glasgow.
At Southampton The Sanl , from New
York.
At London Sighted : The Germanic nnd
Obdam , from Now York.
At London Sighted : The Egyptian Mon
arch , from New York. " *
Dashed Inloa Landslide ,
GAHUISONN. . Y. , April a. A landslide
occurred this morning in a cut south of this
vlllage.nnd before n flagman could intercept it
a freight train dashed Into the mass of earth
nnd rocks. Over a do/en freight cars an the
engine and tender were wrecked , the wreckage -
ago being over thirty feet high. The en-
glndcr , fireman nnd brakeman were in the
wreck , but were not fatally wounded. The
Atlantic express was right behind the freight ,
but was flagged In time.
Ilnokot ShopN Checked.
CIIICACIO , April n. The bucket shops did
not succeed In getting quotations so promptly
today , and much to the elation of the board of
tr.ulo authorities , outside business fell off.
The board of directors excluded from the
floors moftftcngcrs of two regular houses ,
charging that they wore ' -leaking to bucket
shops. "
A French Kmlif//.li'r. ' " '
PAIUS , April 3 Treasurer I'uulonof Ticlno
h is b 4cn arrested un Uio ihar u of ttiibcziUng
I,0v0,000 fnmca.
TIIK JflSSISSIl't'f
Railroad Trnol tTinlor Wnlcr ninl
Mure I'liiMtl 'i liuunlntocl.
Nr.w Oiantx , c5prll : t. The latest
advices from ArkmV'lty \ show the river
has fallen about onoTlio water is going
back lu the river fi\i \ ) j0 'cvo ' ° wherever
thera is an opening1ijaSlio , whole of the
Crooked bayou rldgo fnKSl'eHiir to Tripp , u
distance of eleven mlles fcumKT water , ami
many plantations lu this fiM-ttto section that
were never overflowed before are now com
pletely Uoo'ded. The track of the Arkansas
Valley railroad between McClco and
Tripp to "vo feet under water
in one place. Trains can eomo no further
than Tcllar , nnd mall , patscngeis mid express
have to be transferred from Tcllar to Arkan
sas City , n distance of nineteen miles ,
by means of boats. The Ounchitn di
vision of the Valley route , wfik'h Joins the
river route at Tripp , is almost completely un
der water for n distance of eighteen miles.
Just this side of Bayou Bartholomew a num
ber of railroad bridges aiv reported washed
away. The Houston Central , Arkansas &
Northern railway now being built from McGee -
Gee by way of Devmoth to Monroe , La. , Is
under water and the damage will bo consid
erable.
A dispatch from Greenville , Miss. , says the
backwater has risen very little there , but the
river water , which Is ( lowing .through the
eastern break , is playing havoc. In Bogno
county the water has crossed over the Kldo-
JawclT dyke and the Bognc nnd is fast filling
up that country. The plantations on both
sides of Deer creek , which before had been
above high water , are now under water.
Louisville's Kcllcf Fund.
Lonsvu.i.i : , Ky. , April il.-Tho contribu
tions to the relief fund amount to nearly
$1.10,000. Only cases of Immediate want are
yet being relieved. No ono Is allowed to suf
fer. General repairs will bo begun soon.
Many bogus claims of alleged victims have
been exploded.
A Ijevoe HrcnlcH.
B \STIIOP , La. , April 3. The Uonydoe levee ,
twelve miles east of this place , which pro
tects the richest part of this parish from over-
How , hroko today. It is feared the lower
country will be inundated in u short time.
Town Overflowed.
VirK&nrno , Miss. , April ! ! . A telephone
message from Vicksburg , Miss. , Just received
says that the entire town and surrounding
country has been overflowed by a sudden rise
in the Steel's bavou. The people are moving
out of their resiliences and taking' refuge in
gin houses. The water is over three feet deepen
on the higher levels of the town and is rising
fast.
llain Fall.
NiwOiu.iAN : , La. . April ! ! . Dispatches re
ceived hero report within the past two days
an unusuallv large fall of rain In Mississippi ,
Texas , Wichita and the Ued river valley ,
generally accompanied by severe winds.
TMKY ItOX'T h
The Paris Presn ) . | ; to Ms Selection
Hir tlio AVorld's Fair.
\CupyrttflA \ inn 1 > Hmiir.x Uniilmi lcnnrtt.t
PAiiii- , April ! ! . JNcw York Herald Cable
Special to Tin : Br.K.j What is prob.ibly
but the first of n series of public protests was
uttered today against the choice of Chicago as
the site for the world's fair. Europeans who
nrc cither possible exhibitors or visitors do
not think with pleasure of the idea of having
to travel n thousand miles beyond Now York.
"Americans , " said the Matin todjiy , "will
do the press of Europe the justice of remem
bering that it did not attempts to influence
'jhcmjn.tho selection of a site for the , univer
sal exhibition , but now that they have made a
choice of Chicago we may observe to our old
allies , with all duo respect to their commer
cial , industrial and financial genius , that
they are committing a grave mistake at least
in regard to the profit that might be expected
from the arrival of exhibitors or visitors from
the old world. " This Paris Journal goes on
to say that while Americans are at liberty to
manage their own affairs as they like , there is
nothing to prevent Europeans from declaring
the choice of Chicago at least unfortunate.
After observing that the nations of Europe
will be at n loss to understand why they
should bo required to bear the consequences
of a quarrel between republicans and demo
crats , in which they have no interest , Matin
thus concludes : "We should not bo surprised
were the nations of Kuropo to abstain from
giving to the great exhibition of the centenary
of the discovery of America all the eclat
which would be fitting. "
Inclined lo D.iulU Kyi-and's
[ Oijil/rfyM / IKVlii/.ltiintK ( iinilini Iltnntlt. ]
PAIII- , April I ! . [ New York Herald Cable
Special to Tin : Dix. ] Quite n sensation
was caused hero today by a report from
America thalEyraud , the supposed murden'r
ofSouffe , had been arrested at Paso del
Norto , in New Mexico. The Herald corre
spondent called on the prefecture of police
and was fortunate enough to .see M. Soron ,
the chief de lasurcte.
"Do you believe , " was the inquiry , "that
Eyraud 1ms really been arrested I "
M. Soron hesitated n moment and then re
plied in the following curious manner : "It is
impossible for mo to have any opinion as to
the truth or falsity of the dispatch to which
you refer. Our agents in America only com
municate with us by mail and of course their
official reports will not reach us , supposing
Eyraud has been arrested , for some days yet.
I must say , however , that 1 am a little In
clined to doubt that Souffo's murderer has
been caught. You know that two of our de
tectives who were specially sent to America
In pursuit sailed for Franco only u few days
since , having given up the chase , so it
will bo n great surprise to us if. Just wneu
wo had begun to fed most discouraged , our
efforts are rewarded with succehs. "
Not Allowed to Land.
[ Copiirlultt IKtilm Jiunc * ( iunliiii llcnnttt , ]
MHHiii , April y. [ Now York Herald
Cable Specjal to Tin : Bii.l : : The United
States ship Alliance arrived this morning In
the harbor of Malaga , nut not Having a clean
bill of health was forblifdcn landing. AH sue
needs provisions and water , an application
for a clean bill of health will bo made to the
authorities.
ItIS.lI.lIlt'K'N lllHTIin.IV ( HFTS.
Over a Hundred LOIIK Pipes nnd Forly-
Thrco DrinlcliiK Cups.
Bnm.ix , April ! ! . The liht of Bismarck's
birthday gifts is amusing. It Included two
mastiffs , forty-threo drinking cups , over u
hundred long pipes , thrco gnn.s , much tobacco ,
dozens of canes , innumerable packages of lire-
serves , cakes and candles sent by farmers'
wives , barrels of Cfgs , sides of bacon , cush
ions , rugs and an enormous salmon from
Wales.
AValc-N In Falling.
PAWS , April ! ) . [ Special Cablegram to
Tun Di.T. . [ The prince of Wales , who Is
hero on his way buck from Berlin , and has
always been popular In Pails , is now re
ceived with oven more than usual impress
ment. It is noted , however , that the prince ,
although only forty-eight hist .Vovcmibcr. Is
going rapidly : that he hag a worn out , wearied
look , mid walks like a fceblo man , being
obliged to stop and take breath. ThchO evi
dence * of physical decadence corroborate the
rccunt reports that the prince Is seriously jll.
Horn !
W.iMiiTi'N. . April 'I. 'Special ' Telegram
to Tin. Iti r Bunch offered : 17,500 ut tl - - ' ;
IOWA'S ' PROHIBITORY LAW ,
Honest Citizens Throughout the State
Admit Its Failure ,
A EEFOEM IS DEMANDED.
Local Option nnd Illf-h Llccnn *
They Claim Will Restore lethe
the State KM Old Time
Prosperity.
The conference of anti-prohibition republi
cans which closed Wednesday night In Dis
Molncs was one of the most rcnmrkablu
bodies called together In that city.
The greater number of the members were
teetotalers. Many of them had voted for pro
hibition. All of them , or nearly so. would
still favor prohibition but for one thing , ami
that is , that prohibition ha.s been a failure.
"Prohibition docs not ivstrlctthollquortraf-
fle. It does not reform the drunkard , but It
docs Increase crime , and it has saddled debt
upon the communities and Jeopardized the
licrpctulty of the republican party In national
as well us state affairs.1'
Thus spoke- one of the leading members of
the conference.
The delegates- tlio conference did not con
ceal these facts. They spoke of them freely
on the street and in the assembly , and to Tim
BII : : representatives- . From among a host of
utterances to the latter , the following , being
considered representative and showing both
the city and county In which the parties re
side , are reproduced :
roi.K.
.T. L. Crawford , DCS Molncs As to the ef
fect prohibition has had upon the city ot DCS
Molnes , I would say that it has retarded the
growth of the city very materially. We have
lost the revenue of $ iilHX ! ( ) in license bcsidcH
the experiencing of an Increase in the cost of
criminal prosecution of about 00,000 which
has been brought about by "the searchers. '
There are now ! tl-J government licom.cs In
force in this city , from which not one cent Is
derived by the city. The city has not in
creased in the business district , though it has
grown slightly in the residence portion.
i.r.K.
William Balliuger , Keokuk If I could wipe
the saloon oft the face of the earth by a vote
there is no vote that 1 would more gladly
cast. Wo have tried to enforce prohibit ion in
Keokuk and it has been a failure. We have
the law and we have the saloons. Ex Mayor
Irwin and A. ,1. Hardin , the marshal , tried to
enforce the law they had sworn to enforce.
They could be elected to any oflleo In the city
or county before that attempted enforcement ,
but as soon as the people got at them they
snowed them under. Now wo have a saloon
mayor and an ex-saloonkeeper for marshal.
Wo get no revenue Irani the saloons. A short
time ago we tried to lini > the owners , but IIH
soon as that was done the saloousstopped pay
ing entirely. While the law was attempted
to bo enforced we were building up another
city on the Illinois side. Ourtaxesare higher
than before. This keeps industries n.wuy
from us and makes city government a burden.
Four years ago two-thirds of the republicans
would have voted for prohibition. Today
nine-tenths of them want high license nnd
local option.
LYNN' .
C. G. Green and L . C. Blake-Cedar llnn-
ids Wo have.-SOU saloons. They are in _ Jront
rooms , back rooms , dining rooms , cellars and
garrets. They can not bo closed up bcemisU
no conviction can be obtained. The system
encourages deceit , fraud , hypocrisy and
begets n low order of morality. Before the
prohibitory law went Into effect the salomm
paid into the city treasury between & > 0IOO (
and 10,000 u year. Now they nay nothing ,
not even a fine. The city is robbed of that
amount at least , because thirty of the present
liquor dealers would prefer to pay ? -llKX ) it
year for license. We are for license. Cedar
Hapids has gnnvn a little , hut not as 111111)1 ) IIH
she should. She has been injured in the east.
Capitalists have gotten the idea that , she is a
crank town and send beyond us muncj they
ought to invest in our midst.
CUIIIOI.I. .
M. Miller , editor Sentinel. Carroll Wo
live in the "stato of Carroll , " outside Iowa ,
nnd prohibition is not enforced at all. In our
town there are fifteen salnans runnii.trido
open. There is no attempt to close th'-in. If
there wore , it would not bo sustained. Wo
llvii in the midst of a foreign population , very
largely German. There are between forty
and forty-IIvo saloons in the county , An
officer , 1 believe , could not bo elected who
should attempt to interfere with the liquor
business. There ha.s been no intiTfcrenco
save by a lawyer named Fisher , who sought
an injunction , but he has left and gone , J
think , to Kandolph , Neb.
SCOTT ,
G. E. Ilubhcll , Davenport I have been a
leading prohibitionist for six years , but 1 am
in favor of statesmanship. The law guaran
tees to counties the rights , if they feel so dis
posed , to restrict caltlo running at large ,
though in some communities the running of
catllo abroad may bebeneficial. . We say to
counties which want prohibition , Inui1 it.
These who are opposed to prohibition , let
them have high license If they want it \\o
had : iiKH , ) republican majority in the timcti
which , tried men's suiils. Today wo are u
hopeless minority under ! ! , IUX ) dcmornilio
votes. There aiv J' " > saloons In ono county.
They have n complement of houses of prosti
tution and gambling rooms. The county
seethes with immorality. Numbers of our
young women arc deceived and ruined by Uio
patrons of these ungnvcrnod saloons. The
prohibitionist says "close the saloons.1' But
wo can't do It. We want a high license law ,
so that we may regulate them. W < - are going
to beseech the legislature to grant us hif.ii
license. Wo must get it for the safci.v of 'ho
republican party and the welfare of tin atato.
I'MOV.
Colonel John O'ICeefe , Oreston have
watched the effects of prohibition In 1 'rcstou
for the past eight years , and , like all other
cosmopolitan cities , from n moral , n political
nnd a commercial standpoint , H has been n
colossal failure. Creston paid the highest
license-of any city In the world , $1,1100. Wo
have lost from that revcnuo $ ' . ! ,000 , in d. after c
that .sacrifice. I know of no slngl" case whi-ro
ono drunkard was reformed. We had eight
saloons under tin1 old law. Wo have thirtj-
twonow. This gathering of republicans It
not for the purpose of establishing more sa-
loons.lt Is to wipe out W per cent of those al
ready In existence. You can safely say that
11.1 per cent of the business moil uf I'resion
are opposed to longer continuing prohibition ,
wooiiiiunr.
A. Shulson and others , Slonx City It isad-
milled that we have IOS holes in the unll.
They do not spend u cent In our town for
whisky. They send the money across toC'ov-
Ington , every saloon of which opcrat'-h "u
transportation company. " Sioux City has
not been Injured particularly by prohibit ion ,
but that Is because wo nave-a number ot
boomers with nitmev who are alwa. % H pushing
the city. The prohibitory law was passed by
a small vote , hut it would now be drfi tcd by
an overwhelming majority , W sent upitf-
tlon to the legislature a short time ago It
contained 000 mimes. They W < TO all republi
cans. Not a democrat lu name wus si.uybt.
Five of those names were those of turn viho
own more property limn all the prohibit ininslti
In the county , The enforcement of the iuvv 13
n failure.
C-I.INTOK.
W. G. Groho , Lyons TI ol/ > o'p'it-s In Uio
enforcement of the jironlbltory liquor imv Ims
Increased crime. Them Is no restraint , not
even that of a wiloon license. , lii < l c ( lin-.o .
was elected with a view to enforcing the aw.
He worked Industriously. lie wan imu-U l > y
a committee of cltl/cns. Ho failnl m tlio
work and finally gave it up. We lnut > Mt
saloons In u county population oftri.iMH ) Wo
desire no rovi'imo'fi-om them. The siumlay
law Is violated and the tralllc is Kept i.p
long after midnight 111 the saloon nn-u vsh ,
though the nun or ( it Clinton , who u- - elect
ed u .short linn' MIH < . hirt muuV un
Ilicilt With the ( li-il < Ti bv which tlio
cluso on Sunday uud at 11 u'clo.k Ut K.