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THE OMAHA DAILY .BEE , FKIDAY , APRIL 18 , 1800. THE DAILY BEE , , " " 1..L. Editor. . . . LKOSEWAT Rj _ _ KVKUY MORNING. TKK.MH Of HUIIW'UIITIOX , Dally iiwl Hiinday , Ono Vcnr . $10 no MX month * . . . Bno Three mouths . . . . . . 2fiO Sunday lice , One Yenr . 2 00 Weekly Itec , Ono Venr . 1 ST Ol'TIC'KS. Oinalin. Tim Dec Iliilldhiit. H , Oninlin. Ciirncr N mid illli Street * . ( ( Hindi ItlmiX 12 1'cnrl Street. riilcneoOfllco , ( Write Hixikcry Ilillldlnff. New Vork , Itooms 14 nnd 1.1 Tribune Hulldlng. Washington , iii : 1'otirtecnth street. COHKKSl'ONDKNl'E. AH ooiiiniiinloatloMs relating to news nnd nlltniliil matter fthoiild ho nldrcsstor ( ; to the IMIIorlnl Department ? All business let tern and remittances should bn adiJrchKcd to The llco I'nbllshlni.'Company , Uiniilia. Drafts , checks und | xStolllcn orders tolicuiiido piiyablo to the order of the Com pany. Thellcc Publishing Company , Proprietors. The llco U'lillntr , I'nrnntn and Seventeenth Slf. The following Is the rale of | Mistati ) neees- unry to ma 11 ( tingle copies of THK HEK out of the city. R-pajfo paper. , tl. B. 1 cent foreign 2 cents J2-i > aic ( paper. . " 1 cent " Scents 5 paper. . " Scents " Scents i paper. . " Scents " n cents i paper. . " S ciMils " I cents HWOUN STATKMKNT" ciucuiJTfioN ; Htateof Nebraska. IH4 County of Doiiffliis.B | Ororpo II. T/.seniick , seerclary of The Hoe I'nlillHhlnt , ' ( ? ompatiy , docs Holemnly swear that tlm actual olruulntlon of TUB DAILY HKK for I ho week ending April li , 181)0vasas ) fol- ] o H : Himdny.Aprllfi 5MKI Momlay.Aprll 7 . aWPI Tuesday. Aprils . a > .3) ) Wednesday , April 0 . ttl.liW Thiirsduv , April 10 . aunri Krldnv , April II . .tUHO Saturday , April 12 . 20M ) Average. J0.710 OKOUOK1I. T7.SCIHJCK. Sworn to before nin nnd mlbscrlbed to In my presence this 18th dity of April , A , I ) , 1W I. [ Houl.l N. I1. 1'IClfj. Notary 1'tihllc. Stntoof Nebra Un. I County of DonglaR. t Oror 'o rJV.schuck , being ; duly sworn , do- noses anil sav.s that ho Is scoietarv of Thn Itco I'lililI'liliiK Cotnpnny , that the actual avoraao dully circulation of Tun H.ui.v llii : : for Hit ! uionlli AprllJ889.lft.Viil copies ; forMay. IRS'.l ' , liW.tcople.s ; for .luimISSHH. ! ) | iS conies ; for July , 1SW , 1R.7II8 copies ; for AilKii.st , 1M > , IH.fiM copies ; for September , 18M ) . JH.7K ) copies ; for October , IMl. IHiO" ! copies ; for November , 188 ! ) , J9ilO : copies ; for December , Isti'J , 'Jt.WS copies ; for Jant'iarv , INK ) , lVVYi ! cop'les. for February ! 10t,7ll ) copies ; for March , IHINI , 31.815 copies. ( llomi : : : II. TZRRIIUCK. Sworn to before mo nnd siihsurlhcd In my prc.senco thlsSth day of April. A. I ) . , IROO. [ Sou 1.1 N. 1' . VKII , , Notary I'nhllc. Til 12 city ilotcotivo cun secure a few in- torcHling clues by calling on the lighting members of the county board. IT is dimes to dollars that the hospital jobbers will not submit their claims for extras to the HjTiitiiiy of the courts. THK plans and specifications of Me- Ciilln's ciircor as a naval commander are sufllcicnlly claborato to roitso tbo jeal ousy of a punitcntiary warden. No matter how the various interests may dill'or on the MoKinloy bill , a pro hibitory duty on tariff speeches would meet with universal approval. GKNKtiAi , MAHONK wants to po abroad as a representative of the United States. Roth parlies should encourage his am bition. The country needs -n rest as inui'li as the general. Mi : . C'LKVKI.AND'S display of bad temper docs not comport with the dig nity that should hedge , a great "re former. " Evidently the shots from the Hill fortifications strike a sore spot. TIIK Ottawa parliament protests against the alien law which deprives a largo number of the residents of remu nerative employment in the United States. If the country is good enough to work in it is certainly good enough to live in. * THE quantity of corn now cribbed and stored in Nebraska is greatly exagger ated. That fact is confirmed by advices wo have from all parts of the'stale. The design of gram speculators who arc on the bear side of ( ho market is to keep up the talk about the enormous surplus of unmarketed corn in'Nebmska so as to keep prices down. OMAHA'S four and a half and five per cent bonds find ready sale at n premium , whereas the evidences of South Omaha's indebtedness , with higher interest , go Itogging for a purchaser. Facts like * tbo above appeal directly to the tax payers and all interested in the perma nent welfare of South Omaha to work and vote for nnnoxation. THK "non-partisan" prohibition con- UMition took every precaution to prevent dlie reading of resolutions before they were properly sifted by a committee. It would mar the prevailing harmony if some over-xealous member of the third nnrty should so far forgot himself as to denounce the "old parties. " Third party principles must bo .kept under cover while the Imported agitators -are hunt ing for republican and democratic votes in Nebraska. Till' late Iowa legislature inust bo given credit for one act of liberality. . Heretofore the doctors wore denied the prolttablu privilege of participating in the great prosperity of the saloon drug stores. They wore at liberty to proscribe a pint or two of alcoholic mixtures , but their fens wore insignificant. Under the now dispensation , however , doctors be came walking drug stores , privileged .to disDotiMj liquors without restraint or license. They are not required to take out a permit like druggists , nor Is there to bo any supervision of tholr com- ixnmds. It Is estimated that there are ( ire thousand doctors in the state , and a marked incucnso in the demand for their Borvices may bo expected in the near future. THK Investigation of Chairman Faith- irti of the woutorn freight a oclution , developed homo remarkable facts regard- lug the dtviblon of freight traffic at Omaha. During March the Ihirllngton road secured twenty-four thousand tons of grain alone , or three thousand tons inoro than the combined receipts of the Northwestern , the Omaha , the St. Paul and the Hock Island roads. This enor mous diirerenco in traltio is duo to the fact the Turlington identified Itself with the business interests of the city. It was nol content to receive t radio second luuid on the east side of the river , but pushed into the city and became an no- tivo factor in Ha progress. The result Justifies the wlsdsm and foresight of the managers. IffTKMl'KtIATK PIWIItniTlOXlSTS. There is nothing moro intemperate than the average prohibition agitators nnd there Is nothing more unchristian nnd unlike the meek nnd lowly Savior than Ilia average preacher who pounds the tom-tom In a prohibition convention. This fact was strikingly Illustrated , at thognthoririgof thoprohibltlonistsntthu Hlato cilpltal. Ministers who every Sun day preach moderation , tolerance and forgiveness from the pulpit forgot their calling and the teaching's of their creed on the convention floor tind platform , by hurling'malignant and slanderous invectives against THK BEK bscnuso It refuses to join in their Quixotic crusade. Ono of thcso ranting dervishes de nounced THK HUB for suppressing an affidavit from Exeter which contradicts a letter recently published by THK BKK from a rc-tponslblo business man of that town whom wo know Is not connected with the liquor trallic. At the very time this man of the cloth was rending the air with Imprecations against THK HUB the communication which ho charged had been suppressed was in typo. Tills intemperate cxnortcr probably never has been in'tldn of a large news paper ollice and docs not know that metropolitan dallies are Hooded with all Boris of communications , many of which must go into the waste basket in order to make room for essential news , while othorrf are held until sp.ico can ba found for them. As a matter of fact THK BEK has treated the prohibition people with fair ness ) It enjoys u national reputa tion as ono of the great news papers of this 'country because its policy has been broad In its treatment of all questions. While it always has an opinion of its own and novcr straddles any issue , it accords to its opponents the right to differ with it and is always ready to give them a hearing even when they impugn its motives and cast aspersions upon its integrity. This has been especially true with regard to the prohi bition crusaders. While they have made this paper and its editor the target of the vilest of blander and resorted to the most outrageous persecu tion , as they did at Tekamah , no per sonal warfare has been Waged by THK BEK against any of its intemperate traducers - ducers and hired calumniators. But such zealots do not appreciate docent - cent treatment. If they had lived in Spain in the time of Columbus they would have been singing psalms while roasting men , 'women and children at the slake for disbelief in their particu lar creed. Had they lived in America two hundred years ago they would have reveled In the ccstacy of torturing hereti cal preachers and burning aged women at the stake for witchcraft. Fanatics are always cast in the same mold. IXDIAKS AS SULDlKltS. The project of recruiting an Indian regiment has been referred to the secre tary of the interior for liis opinion. It is not expected that ho will make an3' ob jections to the plan if the military authorities can find none , but it is by no mnans improbable that ho may suggest sound reasons why it is neither necessary nor desirable to recruit a regiment of Indians. The custom of using In dians as scouts may properly bo continued , and for this purpose n few additional companies might bo organ ized , but the expediency ofarocrultlng a full regiment is somewhat questionable. It appears that in the whole depart ment of Arizona there are only three companies of Indian scouts , each accom panied by a white odicer. The force of such scouts allowed by existing statutes is twenty-four sergeants , sixteen corpo rals and two hundred and thirty-five privates , nitiking a total of two hundred and seventy-live. As to the value of Indians as. , scouts there is a wide difference of opinion , Some army officers claim that they are absolutely essential to the suc cess of operations against hostile bands , while othofj contend that they are "not. Tho.late General Croak was among those who held the former view , while Gen eral Miles Is said to have less confideneo in the Indians. There is no question re garding their value as reservation palico , but their service as scouts has not always boon trustworthy , though it is true that they huvo done some excel lent service , as for example in the ex pedition into Mexico against Goronimo. But- while the Indians may have boon useful for military service in small bodies , it'is by no moans to bo concluded that in a regimental organi zation they would bo equally reliable. And if , when recruited .as soldiers , they wore distributed throughout tlio terri tories in companies , on equal terms with the white soldiers , is it probable the two races would get along peacefully to gether ? The matter Is not ono of very great importance , but as there is no present demand for oven increasing the number of Indian' scouts it is not appar ent that there would be wisdom in or ganizing a regiment of Indians. The theory that it would glvo an outlet to the restless and martial spirit of the young men is not worthy of very seri ous consideration. The way to dispose of these is to compel them to learn to work and acquire habits of Industry and a knowledge of the means of self- support. r.tr/j./c COAST DK Thorts will doubtless bo u strong effort made in the senate to amend the forti fications bill which passed the house , seas as to make ampler provisions for defens ive works on Puget Sound , ' the mouth of the Columbia river and San Diego. The appropriation for Pacific coast defenses provided for by the bill will go chiefly to San Francisco , The most valuable testimony regard ing the necessity of Improved and addi tion defenses on the Pacific coast hus.bcon furnished by General 'Miles , who has given the matter most careful attention and study. There are no fortifications on Puget Sound , although nature has provided excellent sites for suoh works of the most .formidable character. In his statement to the senate committee General Miles suggested that there should bo fortifications at both Admi ralty Head , opposite port Townsend , where the distance across Is about four miles , and at Deception PUSH , which is narrower , nnd whore ' 'the entrance could bo destroyed by obstructions. At this point the bluffs tire from fi\ ' hundred to ono thou sand foot above the level of the sea , af fording splendid positions for guns and niortaiM , which would bo completely protected , while a ship coming in thei'e could not find thorn nnd yet would bo under the lire of rilled ginitt for a dis tance of from sixteen to eighteen miles , and from mortar batteries for a dis tance of twelve miles. In addition to this there could bo anchored in the center a flouting battery , and possibly the two could bo connected by u system of torpedoes. In the opinion of General Miles dynamite guns might also bo placed on both shores BO as to cover the channel to some 6xtcnt..Thus a second end Gibraltar could 1 > 3 created at a com paratively small expenditure , and main tained at little cost. Puget Sound is'one of the finest har bors in the world , and Inf the opin ion of General Miles the splendid waters , capable of floating all the lleots of . the world with the ut most safety , should not bo loft entirely at the mercy of any naval power , as they are at present. It would ba practicable , ho said , for the British licet , at Ecqul- nmlt , near Victoria , British Columbia , to take absolute possession of Puget Sound and the cities and towns and de stroy their commerce and * * properly in twenty-four hours. There is absolutely no protection at present and although it may bo true Unit there is no immediate danger , it is obvi ously the part of wisdom and sound policy to Inko precautions against future possibilities. With respect to San FranOlifto the ex pediency of improving tho- defenses there is in the opinion nofc > only of Gen eral Miles , but of all who have given the matter any attention and whoso judgment is worthy of consideration , still more urgent. That clty.is declared to bo practically defenseless , and its hundreds of millions of property would bo at tlio mercy of a hostile fleet such as the British government could collect to move against it within two months or less. By reason of favorable natural conditions it need not cost the govern ment a very great sum to adequately protect the entrances to Puget Sound and San Francisco , and a reasonable ox- pcndituro for this purpose would bo ap proved by the country as more judicious than putting tin equal amount of' money in battle ships. Undoubtedly public sen timent is more favorable to a system of adequate coast defenses than to the con struction of a navy of the proportions contemplated in some of the bills that have been introduced into congress. JIB Sioux City has now fallen in line with Council Bluffs. An order has been is sued by the mayor to the Sioux City police - lice to pull every saloon once a month and impose a line of fifty dollars , which. is another way of fixing the liquor li cense at six hundred dollars a year , pay able monthly. Twenty-five saloons have already been put upon the list , and over ono hundred liquor dealers in Sioux City are paying internal revenue tax. In Dubuque , Davenport , Keokuk , Bur lington and Clinton saloons have been running in full blast and in DCS Moincs they have been mas querading prohibition to keep up ap pearances while scores of rum holes and dives have been dealing out the most deadly of rot-gut to boys and men of all colors and conditions. In the face of these stubborn facts pro hibitionists will proclaim in convention at Lincoln to the people of Nebraska that prohibition in Iowa and Kansas has been an unqualified success. How any honest man or woman can muko such as sertions in public meetings passes our comprehension. The only" rational ex planation is that these people are alllictcd with a species of mental de rangement akin to that which made the Milloritcs of California climb upon ice houses the other day when they were momentarily expecting tlio wrath of judgment day , or makes deluded men and women worship Schwolnfurth , who proclaims himself tlio true Messiah. THKIJE is no mistaking the disposition of the people of South Dakota and north Nebraska to secure adequate railroad fa cilities. Nor are they cast'down by the failure of Omaha to grasp the trade 'of the country. On the contrary ; they are seeking other and more liberal mar kets and building to points which appre ciate their enterprise and lend a helping hand. Tlio South Dakota division of what was to bo the Omalfn roa'd is'being actively pushed -southward , and will eventually connect with the road head ing southwest from -Yankton. Two other roads are about to in vade north Nebraska , which together with the Pacific short line , will divide ' the trade of that pcctiou" hnd carry a largo share of It to other than ) its/natural and legitimate markets. And what is Omaha doing to strengthen her trudo territory ? What has been realized from the conventions , reports commltteesand conferences ? Are the railroad builders of the board of trade so weary of work that they must .recuperate in the east and leave their commercial preserves tit homo to the mercy' of energetic ri vals ? ; . COUNCILMAN LOWUY'S distribution of the viaduct damages .is an odlclal appli cation of the railroad principle , "What the traffic will bear. " The benefits to the south sldo are fully as great as the benefits to the north sldo , but the latter must bear the largest share of thu bur- don. The proposed levy Is made per foot front , but in reality the tax is dis tributed according to the vnluo of tlio property. It should bo remembered , however , that Mr. Lowry is not identi fied with the Third ward. To MAKK Omaha a great city wo must stimulate the establishment of more fac tories , mills and elevators. Why can not Omaha secure the relocation of the DOS Molnes starch factory which was destroyed by lire th other day. "Oinahiv is in the heart of the corn bolt and has better facilities for the shipment and halo of the starch than Dcs'MoIncs over can have. THK Chinese enumeration bill deserved - served the fate it mot in the senate. Ex isting laws are ample , if vigorously enforced - forced , to prevent the landing of Mon golians. Tvjilnto ; | a species of police iwiwcutlon M-ould bo unworthy of a civilized nalM nnd at variance with our system The fiA Thing Xcrdttil. i'Mrfi.WpMn ' . Ltilatr. No AtistrnljWi iallot system , nor any other system of booths' , boxes , or seclusion c.m euro the forms of urtusitlus ! im' ' fraud tit elections that are moil"Iwinictlca \ UIMO d : yj , The one thing needful and lndofe. lhly nfleotlvo Is for the vott-l' jjo choosa honest nnd intelli gent election ofllcors , The Cftilnc.ic Method. The yoimsf CUmesa emparor has discovered a polled board ambling rinjr la 1'oklug nnd hai threatened to chopo ! ? a number of official heads. The beauty of tlChlne. reform" Is Hint when uti ofllcllil head la clioppsd ofT , the unofficial head Is often choppe.l with It for peed measure. AVeary of oillclal ijlfe. .S . fsitHs Pail-Dtiiiatch. After one year's service the lady ofllceM of Ostcaloosa , lOtu. , wore glad enough to retire on their laurels nnd to turn the burdens of municipal goYoninuat over to the man ajaiu. The woman In politics Is n MOW broom that sweeps clean , but it does not last loag. Setting a II rot her Xew Yuri ; Times. The New York Sun in Its issue of yeater- kny declares that "tlio political pretense and hypocrioy of the mugwumps are offended by square , flat-footed distinctions in polities. " Uiit the Sun also snys that the bombardment of Fort Sumntor bopin nt1 o'clock on the morning of April 11 , 1801 , though every schoolboy , oven the half-witted ones , knows that the first gun wus fired on the morning of April 12 , nnd It attributes to Whittlcr the familiar line from Emerson's "Concord Hymn" about "the shot heard round the world , " written In 183(5 ( , and assumes that the shot in question was . the first ouo fired at Sumter. TheGovcrntiiciit Cannot Create Money Clitcativ Tribune. A correspondent of the Tribune avers with great solemnity that the government has been guilty of issuing "fiat bonds" and passIng - Ing them over to bankers , who hive made these securities the basis for un output of "Hat money , " st.rle'd by courtesy National bank notes. This nb'ourd idea arises from an inability to see the difference between creat ing money nnd borrowing it. By fiat of the Almighty the precious metals have inde structible value and other peculiar qualities which distinguish them from other mineral products and make them useful us money throughout civilisation. Governments cm mid nothing to the value olLthls sort of fiat money boyoml establishing n system of coin age by which the weight nnd fineness of the metal can bo csrtlflud and guaranteed , ami houco bo learned by an ordinary per son nt a glftnco. If a government finds its sujiijlj * of the precious metals inadequate it- , , can meet the exigency b3" in creasing taxes on its people or by offering its securities in the ) markets of the world and raising money by borrowing. During the late rebellion tli * ' United States did both. It added to nnd njlj mecd the rates of internal and tariff taxe aml , not being able to pro- euro enough money In this way , it borrowed on both interwtt-bearing and non-Interest bearing oblige tjfpas the bonds constituting the former and tuo greenbacks the latter form of the securit.VXMIerdd. lu Jssuing the green backs , i. e. , non-Interest , hearing notes , the government agivod to take them itself In pay ment of certain debts ' and made them n legal toiUler us betiye n . 'individuals , , and it is on this transaction' that- notions about ilutlsm , "absolute money , " etc. , lire based. In issuing bonds the government simply put in therhinrlcct Its interest bearing obliga tions and borrpwed what it could on them. It had no fiat by which it could compel capi talists to buy them , nor could it dictate the rate at which they sold. It bound itself to repay the money advanced , with interest at a fixed time , and in order to increase its power to borrow on these securities aud get money to subdue the slave-holders' ' rebellion it agreed to charter national banks and allow the bonds to be deposited as circulation pledges. In every . .step the government took In disposing of its lionds it was a borrower merely striving to maintain its credit and to offer terms by which it could procure the maxinmm utnotmt of money nnd pay the minimum rate of Interest. In issuing the greenbacks , however , the government raised money by a forced loan. It made no effort to create "flat money , " but put out Its notes and pledged Itself to redeem them iii coin. The greenback notes were made pay able to the bearer , but not at any fixed time and they bore no Interest. Being thus non- interest bearing nnd somewhat indefinite promises to pay money they remained for n long time way below par nnd rose and fell with the fluctuating fortunes of the war , and did not become equal to gold until specie pay ments wore ordered to bo resumed and tha treasury was ready to redeem greenbacks in coin on demand. To make up for the de fects and weaknesses of these notes and en able the government to use them to better advantage as a means of procuring a forced loan , they were made legal tender in pay ment of debts. In sp doing the government did not create money or make value by fiat , but merely used its arbitrary authority to scale down or wipe out debts and dictate to creditors that they must accept de preciated greenbacks ii | discharge of dues owing to them. From the day of the first Is sue tlio government did not succeed in creat ing a greenback worth 100 cents on the dollar until it was ready to redeem the notes in golden on demand. Before that time they represent ed merely a more or less uncertain promise to pay , and they rose aud fell just as it seemed the promise would bo kept or not. There was as much fiatlsm or legal-tender quality in the greenbacks when they were worth -10 ccntSjoy UIQ dollar as when worth 100. The greenbacks differed from ordinaty promissory nqlei only in that they bore no Interest and hafl Jo day fixed for redemption , but the govurnint-Ht tried to offset these defects - fects by making * Vhem a legal tender. It was able to employ them In procuring a forced loan nnd comilfij fliclr use as money , but it could not malniMn them at par until ready to redeem them.-'l'lio government created no money , but god IjY from bond sales , forced loans nnd tuxatHutf. No mortal can make par money by flat. M Itottotincss. LO.VDOX , ApfiWl7. An action for breach of promise nnd function has been brought against Sir > y ergo Elliott , a mem ber of l\p commons , by Miss Alice Hairs , * u ad the trial is now proceeding. Ttiet plaintiff alleges that hu iiromiscd to niaVry her after ho had seduced hor. Miss Hairs is thirty years of ugo and Sir George Is seventy. The defendant as serts the case Is ono of blackmail. The mat ter has created a sensation hero. Aroher AVns Deeply In Debt. IUI.TWOUK , Md. , April 17. E.G. Williams , a nephew of Archer , the defaulting state treasurer , testified yesterday before the in- vestlgatlng committee that his uncle was over 1100,000 In debt when ho was elected to ofllco In IS'iW. ' Ho owed people who had trusted him with money for investment , and ho had probably used the state funds when pressed by his creditors. HOIK ! , April 17. [ Special Telegram toT BBBB.-nondsoffcrod ] ; f 10,000 , lit 11.33 j l'J,5Wuttl.03Vi' . ; .ixn Nclirnnkn W. f. McUlnltlo has taken charge of the Iturnctto Blade. ( Jeorgo II. Stocking , n U'ahoo miller , Iras failed with liabilities of f . ' 0,000. The new butter package factory at Mtlford Is nearly ready to begin operations. The bank of Kile Creek will reorganize Un der the state law with u capital of * . ,1XX ) . Mllfonl had u mini dog scuro Wednesday , resulting In the death of a number of canines. The voters of Norden will decide whether to erect a .school house.or not at a special elec tion May it. The proposition to Iwnd Rehuyler to build n ? MUUi > high school building was defeated by WJ votes , Mrs. C. M , Woodwortb of Ssward closed her amendment work In Clay county at Edgar Wednesday , Over n foot of snow has fallen In Box Butte county this week and farmers arc rejoiced , us It means good crops. \V. S. fliidil has boon indicted for embezzlement - ment and Wllliird for howe stealing by the grand Jury at Pawnee City. District court Is In session at Albion with seventy-live cases on the docket , four of which are actions for divorce. Unruly boys nt NIobrara broke the stained glass windows In the Presbyterian church , but no arrests have been made. The Beet Sugar Advocate is n monthly journal which has appeared at Grand Island under the auspices of Zcdikor & Barber. Osccolu's creamery Is turning out over six hundred pounds of butter a day and exnccts to Increase the output soon to 1,000 pounds. H. E. Haskell having failed to qualify as commissioner of McPhcrson. county Henry Brown IIIIH been appointed to fill the vacancy. The contract has been let for building a three-story brick hotel at Chadroii to replace the old Chadroii house recently destroyed by fire. fire.Burwcll Burwcll has built n little jail to accommo date its prisoners , as it was found to bo too expensive to board evil doers at first class hotels. A largo number of incurable Insane pa tients will be transferred to the Halting * asylum us soon as furniture is placed in tlio new wing. Mass was said for the first time in Bui-well last week. Hev. Father Devas of Spaulding was the celebrant. A similar service will beheld held , f uno 'M. The diamond drill for the Burton Creek gold inlno in Koyu Palm county has arrived on the ground and the company intends to go down 1,000 feet if necessary. The case of Scoutcn vs Ilndloy , n suit for 810,000 damages for the alienation of the plaintiff's wife's affections , in which the jury disagreed on the first trial , has been dismissed In thoBooue county district court at plaintiff's cost. cost.The The marriage of Michael Abts and Emma Stankoy at Grand Island the other day ended ( mite a little romance. The wedding was to have occurred at Columbus , the homo of the principals , several weeks ago.'but the father of the girl objected , and Abts made an un successful attempt to gain possession of the bride bv legal proceedings. The pirl was then spirited awuv to Washington territory , where she remained until her whereabouts became known to the would-be bridegroom. Abts obtained her address , sent money to bring her back and met her at Grand Island , where the wedding took place. Iowa Items. Clear Luke wants an opera house. Cedar llapids has an alderman whoso name is Pantz. Private theatricals are indulged in by In mates of the Clarinda insane asylum. Hull has three grave yards and two physi cians , but is considered pretty healthy. A stock company is being formed at Cotrec- tionvlllo to work u very superior quality of clay which has been'found near town. Lightning struck nnd completely destroyed the barn of Eprulm Snider , near Dixou , to gether with its contents. Loss , $5,00 ! ) . A Cedar Falls citizen drove fourteen pole cats out of the collar of his residence with an iron poker nnd is now spending his time fumi gating. Major Day of Dubuque was struck by a brick which fell from the fourth story of the new opera house and knocked into the cellar. Ho will recover. A family numod Jensen living near Moore- head , Monoiin county , last week suffered the loss of three children from diphtheria , and now the parents are down with the disease and no one will go near them except the doe- tor. tor.The The landladv of the Central house at Mom- ing Sun took in a tramp the other day , fed him , warmed him , gave him a place to sleep , and awoke next morning to find that ho had loft on an early stock train , dressed in the old mau's best suit of clothes. Vermin Everest of Grinnell , a student in a Chicago medical college , has mysteriously dis appeared. About two weeks ugo he loft the college for the purpose of sitting up with a sick man , since which thm nothing has been soon of him. His father has gone to Chicago and will institute a search for the missing boy.A . A double olopamcnt in which all nirtlcs concerned are yet of tender age , took place at Vinton the other day. Fred Thever and Clarenck ICnnpp , two youthful Lotharios of Vinton , hired u livery rig , mid with Lilly Bowen and Altio Mahcn , drove to Shellsburg , whore the trail was left , nnd the four took the first train for Cedar Hapids. Hero they registered under assumed names and re mained over night. The next night the boys returned to Sliellsburg and took the team back to Viuton. They then boarded the train for CoJar Kupiils , whore thov met tlio girls and started south. Meantime the father of ono of the girls swore out a warrant for the arrest of tlio party and an officer was dis patched to Cedar Hapids to capture them , but arrived too late. Ho trucked them to Colum bus .lutictloii , where ho found them lodged in a hotel. Tears and entreaties proved of no avail , nnd the officer started back to Vinton with his string of youthful elopers , whom they will have to square accounts with their respective parents. Wyoming. The children of the liawllns public school will soon give un entertainment to ralso funds to purchase u fiag for the school building. Buffalo pays Its mayor ? 100 per year und its cihincilmon $50 , a certain proportion of which Is deducted for absence from the reg ular meetings. Galvin Storta , a ranch owner near Sun dance , committed suicide by cutting his throat with u pocltut knife. It is thought he had bccoino jn.suno through worry over a note of $100 which wus about duo. . Charles Itaestatter , a member of the firm of Bolla ft Haostattor of Douglas , has sud denly left the country with several hundred dollars belonging to the firm. A great storm visited the Savory country last week aud snow Is four foot on the level. In ono band of lao horses nil perished but LIUUU. Jin uuraua mm cttuiu 111 mill UlSlflCl are suffering severely , and but few of thorn will survive the storm , John David left Cheyenne the other day for tlio Big Horn basin. The Lender says : "Ho goes to Omaha , then to St. Paul , thcnco on the Northern Pacific to Billings , Mont. , traveling overland from that place. This seems an odd way of crosslhg Wyoming , but as Mr. David remarked , it is the cheapest , quickest and best. Time will come when u Journey from Choycnno to Big Horn basin will nut bo via Nebraska , Iowa , Minnesota and Montana. " A robbers' cave has been discovered out In the southwestern wilds of Wvomlng. James Ti-ufitt , a raifchman who explored the ren dezvous , rcjiortcd the find tit Green Illvtir last week , Truntt was out gathering cattle with a couple of cowboys and the trio had , In following up a stream , ponntrutcd a very nigged region , Their attention was arrested by a trail on a ledge of rocks nnd investiga tion disclosed u well defined path. This led to the half concealed mouth of the robbers' cave. The chaml > cr was ubout fifty feet square with high ceiling. About the floor was plied an Immense amount of miscella neous plunder , Much of the booty was iden tified as the property of raiielmien. It Is more than likely that the Itawllns road agents made their notable ) raid from thcso Isolated headquarters and took refuge In the cave whba pressed by officers. At uny rate the hiding place has afforded shelter nnd immunity from law to a troublesome and dos- jK'iiito gang. Three days after the discovery Trulltt led a largo force to the cavern. It had been hastily vacated. The stores re maining wore returned to the owners. This rendezvous wus so located that a ride of u few hours would curry the traveler from Wy oming into either Utah or Colorado , FROM THE CAPITAL CITY , The Non-Partlwn Prohibition Convention Resumes Its Delibsrations. SOME BITTER THINGS B ? SPEAKERS. The lloolc Inland Itond Mukes a Prop osition to thn City of Tdiiuolu State llouae Gossip N'ows Notes. Lixcor.x , Neb. , April 17. [ Special to THU Bnn.Clinlrurm ] Atkinson called the non- p irtisan prohibition convention to order this morning at 1) ) o'clock , nnd the deliberations of yestcrdayoworo rammed. Hov. John Power of Blair was called.upon and led thoconven" tioa la an Impressive prayer. Williams Brothers the * noted South Dakota campaign singers , followed la n splendid som ? sen-Ice. Hev. Jordan , the "Texas Cyclone , " also added to the musical part of tlio exercises. Speeches were then made by Hon. John A. Dempster , Thomas Darnell , J. W. Mil ler , Judge. Cessna and Erie Johnson. But n synopsis of the addresses of these gentlemen Is hardly necessary. They attacked the saloon , the license system , the proposition that prohibition does not prohibit , the methods of the liquor traffic and liquor men nnd declared the opinion that the state was going dry at the coming election. Tito word painter can supply the clothes in Imag ination that created outbursts of enthusiasm and gave the assemblage , the appearance of n convention , for in this souse only was it such. The morning and afternoon sessions wore not largely attended , although the report of the committee on credentials indicated the at tendance of 503 delegates mid representation from flfty-oiio counties. It delighted the convention to smile audibly at the thrusts of some of the speakers at Tim BII : : and its policy , reminding its repre sentative that another contribution might besought sought , but ho didn't bite. Hev. Hand of Exeter exhausted his store of Invectives on Tin : Bui : . Ho stated that It was a falsifier , a moml leper , too cowardly to publish the truth , and that the minister or prohibitionist who react it or supported it was serving satan and falling short of his duty. But the tirade oC the reverend gentleman fell fiat. His grief was duo to an article published in Tun BII : : recently , purporting to show up the condition of affairs in Exeter under n dry regime. Hand stated that an affidavit had been sent to Tin : Bin : denouncing the article in question , but that it bad been shamefully suppressed , thereby damaging the town. It Is certain that Hand outreached himself and that a largo ncrccnt of his auditors were not in sympathy with his silly twaddle. Ho talked , evidently without having cast Ids anchor nnd taking his bearings. Jake Hoofstctler , of Sterling , 111. , and Kov. Kyau of Lisbon. N. D. , made the speeches of the afternoon , but the work of the conven tion is manifest in the following platform and resolutions : We , 11m Non-T'iirllSan Prohibitory Amend ment Li-agne of Nebraska In convention as sembled , adopt the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas. The use of Intoxicating liquors as u buvorngu has beconio the ( nvntcst evil known to modern civilization , de bauching thu morals , destroying the intellect and wrecking the bodies of vast numbers of our people annually ; and Wfientas , An Insatiable greed for sain , coupled with the modern facilities for manu facture nnd distribution , lias In ( lie last quar ter of a century Increased thu consumption of alcoholic Illinois far beyond the Increase In our population ; and , Whereas The licensed stiloon Is today the greatest enemy of society known lo our civili zation , deinaiiillii thu protection of , yet con stantly violating the law , seeking hy corrup tion , Intimidation and fraud to control nomi nations toolllccs , hl h and low , from ward as sessor to juilKU of highest court , demanding that others support , candidates roKardluss of fitness , yet ever ready llself to repudiate the obligation wlicru Inteiv.st rtuiy require , de manding loyalty from others , yet guilty of treason itself , a standing menace to the sta bility of government and the common breed ing ground of criminals ; nnd , Whereas , The present llennin law , so fur as It purports to provide pioteetlon to the com munity from ( lie evils of the trallic by renderIng - Ing all the saloonkeepers liable for all ( lam- iies and costs accruing to slate and conntv from the prosecution df civil und criminal suits growing out of and attrllmtable thereto , Is a dead letter , no suit , over having been brought In the state to recover thu same ; and Whereas , Thu Inw gives wholly Inadequate protection to widows and orphans , made such by tlio saloon , bucauso Insults brought , toon- force such . protection , saloon loafers are thu most ( ( minion witnesses , pcrlnrcd testimony Is suborned , jurors are brllicd and Indues threatened with political homicide , while the recovery. If any , Is larsoly consumed In pro longed litigation In widen tlio weiiknessof vic tims becomes an easy prey to the conscience less Htrcnglh of this modern iloloch , therefore bit It Kesolvod. That wo Invite the people of Ne braska , without regard to sex , nationality , party alllllutlon or religions belief , to Join us In one supreme oll'urt to forever banish the licensed saloon from her soil. Kesulved , That experience has shown that license. cttheuhlKh or low , IIIIM no tendency to decrease ( lie consumption of nlcohollo liquors , and Is tltereforu Incirectiial as a remedy for iiovorty. Insanity and crime , and tlio resulting burdens growing out of the liquor trallic. Resolved , That a thorough test has shown that It Is moru ( lllllciilt to unfdreo the restric tive nnd remedial provision of thu Nebraska license law than U Is to enforce absolute pro hibition , and Unit extermination Is thu only eirectnal reini'dy. Unsolved , That experience abundantly proves that.prohibition can bo enforced anil that Its enforcement promotes the material prosperity of a stnte and puts the control of her atl'alrs Into thu hands of thu sober , vir tuous. IntolllKOiit and law abiding portion of Its people. Ittisolvcd , That It Is bad business polloy and poor llnanolerln for any community lo pay to llm saloonkeeper $10 on condition that he contribute * ! thereof tu the support of thu schools. Ill-solved , That wo heartily welcome the uf- forlsof any and all parties , soclollos and or ganizations for adoption of the prohibition amendment , whether acting with us or not , and extend to them a cordial fraternal greet ing. General A. B. Campbell of Topeka , Kan. , delivered the closing address to the conven tion tonight , Bohanan's was well 1111.cd THK HOCK ISLAM ) . Lincoln lms.u proposition from tlio Itock Is land folks at last. Itiscvident , too , that this railway has its oyu on the main chance , and that it does not preposo to strike the city with out u consideration. In a word , the road proposes to commence the construction of its extension nt once providing the city will do nate ? .10,000 nnd the right of way along Eighth street , from S to M or L streets , thence swerving southwest. 1'rcsldoiit Lowe made the proposition to proper representatives of the city last uvuning , und mildly suggested that if it was rejected the iir.id would Imvo to ucccia 11 in uuxb num iniiig , imi. mat under no consideration would ltonsont to como In out side of the Burlington nnd Union I'nclllc. There might , however , ho said , be a remedy in securing the road and sidetracks of either of the roads Into the city and the free use of the present union depot. There are negative votes to the proposition , and some of the penny-wise scum to bo con fident that the road would tap Lincoln with out thu donation of a dollar , but the majority of the city's progressive business men think that It will not do to hazard chances , und tlio matter Is securing Immediate attention , Kav- iiiond Brothers and Hargrenvos Brothers , wholesale grocers , however , ntato that they will onjoln the use of Eighth street ns a thor oughfare for any railway company. They btato that It Avould Injure their shipping mid platform facilities , ami therefore hurt thulr business. But it goes without saying that the use of the tracks nnd depot suggested , or the street , will bo secured. O.vriTOl , INTIJI.MOKXCK. The case of Frederick Foucko vs Andrew J. Oustafson , on.crror from the district court of Lancaster county , was filed for trial In the supreme court today , Howard B. ( Iraham of Ashland and B. J. Graham of Superior were cominUsIoiicd notaries public today bv the governor. The Omaha Planing Mill Company filed ar ticles of incorporation In the olllco of the sec retary of state Unlay. Capital stock , ? I5,0X ( ) . IncoriionitoM : Lovl F. Gardner. Charlo.s K. Miller , Andrew Frcman and Edwurd M. Brlnsor. Statistician Adams of the Interstate com- incrco commission a ks the secretaries of the state board of transportation to furnish the commission the names of the railroad em ployes at work In this state and their salaries jn'r month from superintendent down , George . Lowloy of Howard U the guest i of Attorney ( iciioral Leese. Mr , Lowley win Mr. Locso's old law partner. Hon , John Jenkins of the bureau of labor nnd Industrial statistic * expresses tlmoplnlon that Mr. Oxniuil will idiandon IhoOratid ! * , land .sugar beet iilant IT coiijiv\ss | / ' ploees sugar on the five list , or even makes it ruinous irlft reduction. Mr. A Jenkins is very solicitous regarding i the sugar r Industry In this state. Hon. .lames U'Jiitchcnd , deputy collector of / Internal revenue of the 1 , Fifth . . . , . district . of Nr/ .1 i.- biuskn , was at the cupltol this morning. Mr Whttohcud was o delegate to the non-part t san prohibition convention and took an nctivo part In the deliberations of that Iwdy. Hnyinond Leese , eldest son of the , attorney general. Is still a sufferer from Inllammatory rheumatism and ( cars are entertained that nil abscess Is forming on his left arm that will complicate his disease. There will he some record-making nt tlm next meeting of the state board of trannpor- tnllon. Knough Is known now to wurnint the statement that the meeting will bo thn sharpest innl most Intensely Intcro-stlng over held by the board. The attorney general and state treasurer are wldo nwnko. A well known politician nt the state housii today remarked that U. CJ. Hecker of Colum bus was being pilshed for auditor of puhlio accounts by idllaiico republicans in that part of the state , nnd that If the pressure of friends availed anything ho would yet bo In duced to make the nice. Ho said , also , that Hcckor kept a sealed lip regarding lib Inten tions. c.itr J.T.WS AND xotr * . The annual meeting of the Lincoln board of trade will bo held tomorrow evening at the real estate exchange rooms. The LcIghton-CIark case has been taken under advisement by Judge Field. This case held the attention 01 the court nine full daj s It was submitted on briefs. Tlio committee appointed to solicit aid for needy western farmers reports that over l"M in casli has been raised ns well us several out standing pledges * . This subscription Is due to the efforts of the real e.stato exchange. Hon. Erie Johnson of Holdrcgo is In Hie , city , and during the day was an Interested visitor at the non-partisan prohibitory con vention. He states that I'lielm countj 1.1 alive with alliance men and unit they are uctlvo in their own interests. Work has commenced on the new Ad- vcntlst college southeast of the city. Tlio management of this institution and work states that the building will bo up so that the first term of the Initial college year can com mence early in tlio month of September. THIS MONEY SIIAKKH. OMAHA , Neb , , April 10. To the Kdltur of Tun nr.i : . This is the heading of the leading editorial in the last St'.vii.iv Ur.i : , in which the following incidental passage appears : Hut this Mlpcrahiiiulniico of money affords no relief to the western farmer. When Im mortgages his farm ho Is made lo pay dunhle Interest. Tbo broker who negotiates his loan makes him slKn a ninrtKHgu at S per cent nnd then eliai-ROS him a commission of 4 per cent which be embodies Into a note and places on record as a second mortgage. This is ono species of pen pictures of the western farmers' distress , which are so read ily reflected by the eastern press und produce * alarm cries like the following recently re ceived by the writer of this communicationi from a European investor In Nebraska farm mortgages : Do you know that people In New Vork and ' I'raiiKfort write mo bad accounts of \\e-tein farm mortgage * ? They say they won't Ion , h themA great ( leal of money Is helm ; | < mt m them and block exchanges In the east have ir- f used to them. quote Farming In Nebraska is ilcsurlhcil as hoItiK In a tcrrlho slate. I \\i-li you had given us bondson city and not fuim mortgages. Now , it would seem to bo n questionable service to the farming community , and ( pies tlomtblo patriotism , to create an impression abroad that tlio chief Industry of the state was in a languishing condition , oven if Ui\ . , facts justified it ; yet this the pretending "friends" of the farmer arc zealously doing Is It really true that farming in Nebraska is in u terrible.state i Is it n fact that the Nc braska farmer is the victim of the "high m tercst shark { " Show mo n "farmer" in Ne braska who submiti to such tniitinent as n depleted in tbo above extract from TIIK Uii : 's Sunday editorial and 1 will show you ono with whom farming is Un experiment or a make-shift , or whoso farm is a sand hill or a swamp , which he consider- , well sold as soon ns ho succeeds in procuring u loan upnn it at any Interest rate. C.insucJi ' farmer.s" ho set up as the representatives of ( lie agricultural class of the state ! Fact is that the intelli gent and thrifty farmer nnd the majority of the Nebraska diviners nro of this class can obtain cheap money from the trust companies oven more readily than the iiitellmcnt and thrifty merchant obtains It from the bank. Let mo .show you a more cheerful picture and one nearer the truth than those painted by the pretended friends of the fanner , who actually do more to weaken their capacity to command cheap money than to enhance It. Thu loan record of the luijnilalilo trust com pany of Omaha , the oldest institution of its Icimi in the city , showed Its Nebraska farm loans , aggregating SI.1) ' . ) , ; ! ! ) ! ) , maturing April 1 , ItJ'.K ) . Interest on nil these loans had always been promptly paid , and the company oirered to renew those loans for a now period of ttvn years at the rate of per cent without addi- tlonal charge of any kind whatever. If the mortgagors had been in distress anil the rul ing rato8 per cent Interest andI per cent , commission this offer of 7 p r cent money would certainly bo considered a boon to the suffering. What are the facts ! OftliesolTS loans 101 were paid off in full , six in part nnd only seventy-ono renewed , indicating that tlio mortgagors wore prosperous and are so yet , o ( that other money sharks offer to renew tlio expiring loans at oven lower rates than 7 pci' cunt. Grunted , however , that oven the best fann er Is not laying up treasure at present anjl faster than the generality of our merchant , the balance cannot with justice be attache. . ! to the agencies that supply hlirr with worhmtf capital and interpose then-guarantee heUvoei borrower aud lender. Is it not rather an evi deuce of the fact that our farms produce too much of the food staples that are most o.isily grown in this region more than can li HI- sinned from year to year ? A greater \ anety In crops will do much to make I'anniii' ' , ' more remunerative ; our budding beet sntrar Indus try will prove the boirlmilng of a new era of prosperity und other Industries will develop in good time. t' . ! * H- A Vnmlly of Sl.v .Suicide. Moscow , April 17. A sad tragedy result un ? from extreme poverty has been enacted in this city. The widow of an army officer w was In dire want became discouraged and sh and her five daughters locked themselves in a room and turned on the gas. When found all six were dead from suffocation. Myor * ' Ho ly .Sent to Denmark. NF.W YOIIK , April 17.-Tho cask euntmniii' ' , ' the body of the Danish clerk , Myers , who was murdered in Copenhagen , Ueiiiinirk , li.n been sent back bv direction of the Danish consul , to whom it was turned over by tlio United States customs officials. IN-orlii'H City Council .Iniiiill" * . CIIICAOO , April IT.-Tho city fathers < > f 1'eoria are hero Jiiuking an Inspection of th Ih-ound jHilico departments. Thi e\enin they will leave for Now Vork. ) Ho Jinn Two Million * . V ! CIIICAOO , April 17. MUIVUH Stcarus , ex- > , Mayor Harrison's father-in-law who mm- milled miioldo. loft an ostiilo of. ? ! , ( > . " ' " "ll guvii It nil tu tlio inombern of his family- I OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Kubsm-lbedA : Guaranteed Capital 1vw.'i"i ' I'ald In Capital : ' " ' IluyH and sells stocks unit lionds ; iinjotiuti'i comniurclsl paper ; receives und oxiN-uiej trustx ; aetM us transfer UKimt anil irnslee " " eurijoratlonsj takes churxo of prop-'rly ; c- Icclh luxea OmahaLoan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK S. E. Cot1. 10th nnd Douglas Si- Paid In Capltul ' . * ' ' ' " , ! Kiibnerllieiljinil ( iuariinleed Capital . 'J , " ; 6 Per Cent iniVmtht i'iilij on DIIH | | I . I'ltANK J. I.ANUK. C.i-hl'- ' Olllcurii A U. Wyiimn , uru l < lunt ; ,1. J. llrown. " pruiililunt ; W.T. Wxuinn , treminur Dlructun ; A. It. Wjriuiin. J. II. .Mllhir.l , J J llruwn llur ( ' . llurtoii , K , W. Nu l , Tliouitt * J. Kliulwli. ( iuuriiu II. l.ako. Loans In ( iny amount iniido on City A I anu I'roperty , 1111110111'ollalerul Sooudty , ut l.uw- tot ratca curiuuu
