THE OMAHA DAILY BEEr TUIflSJUA x. JNOYEMBER 25 , 1890.
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I ; is the grand young hero oi
Iho slego ol Greggsport theio warlike
limes V
Tun west IB not in a mood to cheer
fully submit to a radical ndvnnco In rail
road rules.
Ai-TKita sichtdf trouble tlio world's
fair commissioners have finally soLtlecl
fcu tlio site.
Foil some mysterious reason Man-
.Afrald-oMiis-Shadow is not conspicuous
in the gliost dances.
Tim revenue ol the Now Orleans cost-
crtico has fnllon ilat , but the express
companies are waxing fat
Tm : funny side of the Indian aflalr IE
that some people are trying to extort o
s presidential boom out of it.
A FI\V : moro original jiaekngos have
ticcii suited in Iowa merely to apprise
tlio residents tliat the conataWos arc
fchort of fees.
Tin : first JMlinneo senator may como
from South Carolina , vhcro Captain
? Tilluiin ! rules the roost without the aitl
cf ovoa'ji kitchen cabinet.
Ex-PirsriiNT ) : HAYES is ono of the
most tiscful and persistent of practical
lihikmtht'opists. V"cry So\v of the man
who revile him ever souprht anybody's
good but their own.
Tin : election ot a railroad politician tc
tlio United States sonata from Gcorgin
liy a lo hlaturo having : sixty-six major
ity for tlio Alliance causes n great deal
ol comment by the press oE both parties
throughout the country.
B the gallant Nebraska First
take ? the field the dashing Brigadier
Col by should rolioarso tlio famous charge
through tlio watermelon patch ol
"Wnlioo , wlioro BO many of naturo'e
iioblebt works were mercilessly plugged
with cold ateol.
Tun INIossiah rage has Its counterpart
In a long-standing suporstitioa among
the South American Indians. 1'hoj
liuvo been wiiltlng- thirty years for tht
Messiah to tlrivo out the Spaniards and
return to them the lands they once
owned. Thnt is tlio idea also of the
) > re sent rage on the frontier.rl'ho ngl
tatetl Sioux should know , however , thai
their brethren In South America art
utiU walling , and that it will hardly paj
for them to stop the How of rations Iron
the government until they pot more
t-ubstanttal evidences of reinforcements
from above.
A CouitKSCOSJDKOT at ValentineNob.
protests ng-alnst the wholesale condom
'jiatlon o ( merchants contiguous to th <
"Indiim reservation for soiling arras nn < ]
_ nmmunition to the Indians. There ha :
Jiovor been n sorloua protest against thii
practice , nor has there been any hones
Attempt to prevent , the Indians from oh
tiiinltig- arms and ammunition. On tin
contrary , it has been encourngod by th (
ngents cf the government who , froti
' jnotlvcsthat will not boar investigation
* ] iavo supplied tlio redskins with weapons
ons for an equivalent. To throw UK
Vlaino on adjacent merchants is ridlcu
lous , In view of the notorious fact thn
weapons of all kinds have boon supplloi
the Indiana ripht under the nostrils o
Mho armynnil the Indian agents.
AUGUST BBE.MOKT , whoso death ii
Just announced by telegraph , has fo
many yours boon a prominent ilguro ii
the fiauiiolul and political circles of tut
American metropolis. As the America !
opreBoiitntiro ol tlio Rothschilds , Hoi
; nont very naturally oxortou a wide in
JluoHco among the moneyed inon of Nov
York , nndwas recognlxod by tliom as i
It power In the land. Politically Mr
llelinont was lor many years ouo 'of tin
\vhcol-horses of the democracy , to whew
campaign funds ho always wtis a vor ;
lavish contributor. Mr. Ilolinon
wedged his way in among the blue
bloods of Manhattan island by inarryliij
the daughter of Oliver Hazard Perry
the famous naval here of the battle o
Lalto Erie. Through his political asso
chitloiiH Mr. Belmonf was several tlmoi
involved hi quarrels tuiil once or twlo
was compelled to maintain his honor b ;
fighting a duol. For tlio last ton year
Mr. Behnont 1ms lived in retirement
leaving- his eon , Perry Bohnant , to wli
his spun in the political arena.
lit ma
The latest advices from the scenes ot
tholmllnti demonfttmtions nro moro re
assuring. The distribution of rations
atlho IMnoKtugo agency , which com
menced ycstordny , had liocn anticipated
with grave approhonslon as llkoly to
bring about n crisis in the situation.
All reports from the agency for several
dnys agrcedln roprosontlngtho military
authorities as fearingsorioua develop
ments in connection with this event ,
nnd the fact that the duy onssed without
any now dlfllcully arising or nny ( rcah
oxlilbitlon ot a hostile purpose on the
part ot the Indians , warrants the presumption -
sumption that a conflict has boon
averted. Of course ( hero is still danger ,
and will continue to bo as long as the
Biivngos are congregated and continue
their dnncos. There can bo no reason-
nblo doubt that a hostile purpose
prompted their demonstrations , and it
would bo a mistake to suppose that this
iiiisbccn wholly abandoned. But the
prompt action of tlio military authorities
in mussing * troops at the threatened
points has taught thorn that tlio govern
ment Avns ready for the emergency and
Lhu experienced heads among them
know whaUhis means , The course pur
sued demonstrates the wisdom of im
mediate notion in an exigency of this
kind and tlio most effective possible dis-
pluy of tlio military power. A brief
delny In this case , or a loss formidable
show of force , might have resulted
in a prolonged conflict , costly
in life and money. As it is , oven should
there yet 1)0 bloodshed , thB Indians could
not long maintain hostilities , while the
opportunities Jor slaughtering defence
less people have boon greatly reduced ,
and every day Increases the security.
Q'hcfo is more or less complaint that
the reports of correspondents have given
a too sensational aspect to the pituation
and oxnggerated the danger. The best
answer to this is the activity ot tlio mili
tary authorities , General Miles , who is
thoroughly familiar -with the Indian
cliaraetor and has the best sources ot in
formation regarding the situation in the
northwest , has shown by his course that
ho regarded tlio danger us very great.
General Brooke , who Is on the ground ,
has indicated by his action that ho felt
the danger to bo so serious as to call for
all the soldiers the government could
feciid from other points to the scene of
threatened hostilities. The experienced
Indian agents and others have con
curred In the opinion that the Indians
intended to bring on a conllict , and that
the greatest possible precautions were
neces&ary. In the lace of all this and
other evidences of apprehension it is not
just to the newspaper correspondents ,
wlio have relied mainly upon the opin
ions ot army officers and others whom
tlioywere warranted in trusting , to
charge them with magnifying the
danger. They have manifestly not done
so it it. bo granted , us it is
presumed all Intelligent people
will concede , that the conduct
of the military authorities has been
wisely directed. It Is to bo expected
that this Indian demonstration will have
the effect to keep Bottlers away from the
country threatened , but this , could not
OXCUPO a suppression of the- truth ro-
g-nrding it. If a con Illet ia averted , as
now scorns assured , future settlers will
find ample assurance In sui'h an asser
tion oE the power of the government.
The military authorities have still a
delicate and , pot-Imps , dilllcult task before
fore thorn , but tlio indications are that
tlioy are now masters of the situation
and will bo able to carry out whatever
plans may bo decided upon without
bringing on a general conflict ,
KEEP IT ItEVOnR TUB TAXPAYERS.
During the last year of Jnmos E.
Boyd's administration as mayor of
Omaha a contract was made with Archi
tect E. E. Myers of Detroit for the plans
ot a city hall building to cost $200,000.
An iron-clad contract was drawn up by
which. Myers agreed tor the sum of
$5,000 to furnish the plans and specifica
tions and all detail drawings ; one-half
of that amount to bo paid when the
building should bo put under roof , and
the other half when the building should
bo completed and ready for occupancy.
If the cost of the building exceeded the
estimate the architect was under bonds
to make no charge , nnd in any event no
extras were to bo allowed him beyond
the $5,000.
During the last year of Broatch's ad-
nunibtration the contract with Myers
was abrogated and. by this act the con
tractors for the basement and first story
wcro practically roleu&ed from obliga
tion to finish tlio job in accordance with
the Myers' plans. This resulted in a
loss to the city of at least $20,000.
Then a contract for a now eot of plans
was awarded by the committee on pub
lic grounds and buildings of which
"Wheeler and Chaffco constituted the
controlling majority. Under thisbusl-
ness-Hko contract the estimated cost ol
tlio building vas not to exceed
$1150,000 , and the architects wore tc
receive 3i per cent of that amount , or n
total of 312,200. In other -vords the
nrchltects who would have been only toe
glad , for thoeakuof the reputation , tc
do this work for 2 per cent , or $7,000 ,
were allowed 1 per cent moro than
ilyors on the total estimated cost.
Scarcely had the outline sketch of the
building boon drawn nnd before the old
foundation of the building had been dug
up , Whcolor and Clialfeo gonerouslj
volunteered to pay the entire bill of the
architects as will bo soon by the follow
ing report , which Is a matter of record :
OMAHA , Nob. , Nov. D,18S9.-Mr.President :
Your commlttoo to whom was referred tli <
account of Messrs. Fowler and Dclndorf !
nave examined same and recommend ttiattlu
sum of f 12,075 be allowed In full of said uc
count , being ItJ per cent upon $315,000 , tht
estimate of said architects upon t bo cost o
said Imlldhiu and la accordance with tlu
lulos of tlio American Institute of architects
DiMKI. II. WlIKKLKK.
' Committee.
. - }
C. L. Ctuv-rER ,
Adopted Nor. r , I8b9.
J. H. SouTiuui ) , City Clerk.
This report \7O8 made nnd pullet
through just four weeks before the eltj
election , but the ecandal created by ill
publication caused a Blight hitch , ant
tlio buslnesri-lllco chairman of tlu
linunco commit too came to the rescue
with thcT followiuff official order to tin
comptroller :
OMAHA , Nob. , Nov. 12 , 1S30. 0. S. Good
rich , Esq. , Comptroller , Omaha Dear Sir
U 111 you please Issuou warrant for | S,0001i ,
favor of INmlcr A : Bclndorff , architects , on
ncrount.
They will , within thirty days complete tbo
insldo drawings , ( n small part only being un
done ) and then you will Issue warrant for the
balance , M.07D , allowed by the council.
Yours truly ,
( Signed. ) DAXini. II. WIIEELKH ,
Chairman Finance Committee.
Approved : W. J. BIIOA.TCII. Mayor.
On the face ot this remarkable letter
it is shown that the architect had not
completed his exterior plans , let alone
the interior details , at the tlmo when
the $8,000 were paid. And the sequel
showed that Major Wheeler was sadly
out ol time when lie predicted they
would bo finished within thirty days.
Jt is doubtful whether pll the interior
working dotnllsnre completed and ready
for the contractor at this dale.
But the architects very modestly con
tented themselves with the 38,000 until
within the past two weeks. On the 21st
of October a bill for extras wns audited
by tlio finance commit toe , nnd tlio fol
lowing report was submitted nnd put
through tlio council :
OvtAUi , Oct. 21 , 1300. Mr. President
( Chnffcc ) : Your committee to whom was
referred the bill of Fowler & Bclndorlt for
services on city hall , have Investigated the
Minio and recommend the pay men t of same.
. "E. P. DAVIS ,
DxKtEti II , WHEELER ,
Committee on Finance.
Mark this report. It was ChalTeo and
Wheeler last year , nnd it is Davis nnd
Wheeler this year. The third member
of the committee is entirely Ignored.
On the 4th of this month tlio archi
tects were given a voucher tor $3,088.03 ,
or $1,113.03 moro than was originally al
lowed them by Chaffeo and Wheeler ,
And the outer walls of the building are
B.U11 two stories below the roof.
Tills is an interesting exhibit of the
business-like methods of the combine.
Over thirteen thousand dollars paid to
the city hall architects before the build
ing is under roof I AH tills , wo are as
sured , according to the rules of the
American Architects' association. Would
any private corporation or capitalist pay
the architects in full before a structure
had got far enough under way to bo
placed under cover ?
But Chaffco. Wheeler nnd Davis Insist
that they are carrying on the city's af
fairs with economy and duo regard for
the taxpayers' interests.
WILL COXSERVATISa
The party that will have control of the
next legislature of Nebraska embraces
men wlio entertain oxtrotno views re
garding the legislation required in the
interest of tlio people of the state. The
result of the election has doubtless made
stronger their faith in the wisdom ot
their opinions and sharpened their zeal
to put them into effect. But thcro is
also a number of conservative men in
thnt party wlio , while ns earnestly as
the others desiring legislation that will
give needed roliet to the people , realize
tlio danger of overstepping a judicious
and safe limit and enacting laws that
would fail to produce tlio results in
tended and would have the effect only
of retarding tlio general prosperity and
progress. The radical clement ot the
now party which has obtained control of
the legislature is perhaps at this time
in tho. ascendant , but the more careful
and coiibcrvativo element is not so small
a minority as to render hopeless the
odort It will make to keep the party
under a discreet restraint and secure in
telligent , judicious and practicable legis
lation. The men who do not believe in
an extreme reactionary policy , and wlio
think that all legislation should have
primary reference to the general wel
fare , will not bo without influence in the
next legislature , and it will dopnnd very
much upon their exertions whether dur
ing the next few years Nebraska shall
advance ns rapidly in population and
wealth as the now favoring conditions
promise. Jt is a delicate and difllcult
task that will devolve upon them , be-
cduso not only must they overcome a
great deal of dcop-rootcd. prejudice but
much ignorance of sound economic and
business principles. A great deal of
work of a strictly educational character
will bo required.
Nebraska is likely to receive a'larger
share of the attention of the country
during the next few- months than any
other western state. Already the possi
bilities as to legislation here are
being widely discussed , nnd not without
expressions of apprehension that some
thing may bo done to jeopardize interests
which wo cannot afford to repel. Capi
tal , always watchful and wary , is being
admonished to await developments. The
revival of confidence since the defeat of
prohibition is marked , but there is
reason to believe it would bo much morose
so I'it were not for the fear that the
next legislature may bo unfriendly to it.
Tlio opportunities for profitable invest
ment in Nebraska are well known by
those who are looking about for Invest
ments , and there is every reason to ex
pect a largo inflow 6f capital during the
next few years if there is no radically
adverse legislation to repel it , but wo
cannot expect this necessary aid to de
velopment and progress unless wo are
prepared to test it as fairly and justly as
other states. A judicious protection ol
the interests of the people is entirely
consistent with a just consideration for
all forms of investment.
There is a most promising outlook for
Nebraska if these newly charged with
the responsibility ot law making shall bo
governed by conservative views. For
this growing state the policy to bo desired -
sired is ono that will promote progress
in nil directions , giving prosperity to all
classes of our people.
A OllAKGK OF MKX AXD METHODS.
It is altogether llkoly that the Union
Pacific railroad is soon to see n radical
change botli in the personnel and the
methods of its management. Jay Gould
and Charles Francis Adams differ on
many points , but nowhere moro notably
than in their Ideas of the internal or
ganization of railway systems. And Mr.
Gould , rath or than Mr. Adams , is here
after to dominate the affairs ot the
Union Pacific.
President Adams believes in divided
responsibility. Under his adrainlstrn'
tion the Union Pacific hns boon not so
much ono grout railroad as a confedora-
tloa of several roads. lie organized
each of its several brunches with a com
plete sot of general otllcow and made
each department responsible for itself ,
Under this "system a largo number ot
htgiily3ilarjrtiofllchls ! blossomed into
being , nnd ijheso gentlemen nro now
anxiously nwllltlng developments.
Tlio Gould jiqllcy , na illustrated in ( ill
ot his other properties , Is to concentrate
authority in wio general superintendent
and reduce thai hcadiof departments to
the smallest rdfcstblo limit. Wlicn this
plan is put fl orously into force a con
siderable number of lucrative places
will doubtless bo vacated and their
present incumbents will have no suc
cessors.
Worm hns' ufllcicntly advanced on
the Tenth street viaduct to bring Into re
lict its massive proportions. Bcsldo it
the Eleventh and Sixteenth street stmc
tures are pijnnies. it is at onccs broad ,
substantial nnd impressively permanent.
Tlio material and vorkinanshlp nro of
the best , and tlio remarkable expedition
shown iu Its constructional ! unitoin con
firming the wisdom of the city's liber
ality. The opening of this lone-needed
highway , which will occur within a tow
weeks , is cause for general congratula
tion ,
Tan oflortsof the combine to distract
nnd divide republicans In the various
warAs , have failed. The party realized
that division was a scheme worked by
the Twenty-elghlora to ride Into povor
and continue the system of public spolia
tion , which hiis made the combine
odious to honest mon. Unity and har
mony is now assured , and active worltat
the primaries and tlio polls by the
friends of honest government , vill place
city affairs in the Lands of refutable ,
progressive men.
QUIET reigns in tlio camp of the
Omaha guards. The call to arms , the
tramp oC marching hosts and rattle ol
martial drums finds no eclio in the si
lent corridors , while the industrious
spider vcaves an epic of peaceiu the
polished chambers of the Catling.
THE activity of the various inspectors
is amazing. Tlioy skurry from post tc
pillar watching the jiolitlcal interests ol
the combine with a zeal born of a desire
to hold their grip on the city pay roll.
THE vorkinginon of the Fourth
nro naturally enthusiastic tot1 the major ,
vhoso zeal for the tellers is not confiiici ]
to the bounds of the city. It extends tc
riattsmouth.
nnd O'Brien , the Irish pa
triots , are booked fora rcceptloa In Kan
sas City , December 10. What are the
friends of the homo rule cause in Omaha
doing ?
WITH the county hospital and the de
nominational hospitals under vay , the
wants of suffering humanity hereabouts
bo fully provided for within a year.
THE idea is growing to an actuality ir
the Fifth ward , that the interests ot the
people -would bo bolter subserved , bj
leaving the saloonkeepers at homo.
IK pop cent of increase in bank clear
ings Omaha fiteadjjy maintains the lead
> >
of liorYouldbo Tlvalbatwoen tlio Mis
sissippi and tho'Uoclty mountains ?
IT is a , subject of keen regret in naval
circles that none of our now and prottj
war ships can bo brought to boar on the
Indians , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE pernicious nativity of the con
tractors in behalf of the combine coun-
oilmen is un oye-opcnor for taxpayers.
OMAHA'S response to the call for as'
slstsinco from .the western countlee
should bo prompl and generous.
THE press of St. Paul , Minneapolis
and Kansas City is painfully silent on
the deficit in postal receipts.
THE republicans -whom Davis knifed
last yenr uro moulding his political
coflln.
IXDIAX yiK
Cleveland Leader : The Indians will doubt
less soon learn that they Tnay sigh In vain f 01
the Messiah who cannot deliver them.
Washington Post : Tuo present situation
should teach the government a lesson. What
the Indian reservations necil is a coinploU
system of overhead electric light wires.
New York Journal : The romance of th <
.American frontier lias never hod in it any
thing stranger thau tlila widely-spread craze
nmong the rcdmeu of the Dnkotas , ot No <
braslm , Wyoming aiul other sections of the
northwest over tuo immediate coming of an
Indian Messiah. It Is rumored that tin
Jlorraoiis are at the bottom of this prophccj
madness which has so stirred the Indians
The touch of tabemuclo twaiiffin nil tlio ac
counts ot the mystic proptiota I very percop. .
tlblo.
CUlcapo Tribune : As to this religious in
fatuntloa the whites liavo no rcasou to boas
their superiority. Thcro are whlto men am
women of presumably fair Intelligence win
believe In Scliwehifurth and o'hcr ' Mcsilal
humbugs and who Indulge in oth'er cqiwllj
silly nud fantastic notions in spite of the in
llucncca of centuries of education and clvlli
zatlon. Unfortunately , However , the whlt <
slmtiH cannot bo ruii into a guard-house as
easily as ttio Indraft , Flintl the delusion wll
have to go on utiiiM | its victims can rcallzi
their folly. ' * f
Washington Post : With reference to thi
threatened outbreak of the Sioiuc In the vi
clnity of the I'lno ; Uiilgo and Hosebud agoa
clcs , General Miles has acted v/itti his char
nctoristlo discretion' and alertness. Wliili
prudential reasons Undoubtedly dictated hti
course iaavoidlnq all appearance ot alarm
nnd in withrjoldini , ' any statement calculate !
to cxcito the publtoliiilndl or nciualut tin
Indians with his lutcudcil movements , hi
now admits that tfre'aituatlon was of a reallj
sorloua character , and ono that reqnlrei
prompt treatment , ,
Detroit Free Prf'S It to foolish to sa ;
that because thcnrbH not been a serious up
rising among the Inulans for many years
there will never bo 'another. The \vholo his
lory of the country shows that the Indian i
as rcchless ol his own life as he is of ttiat o
other * , nndvlthau added clement ot fanutl
els in , tucro is no telling what , hopeless up
rising may not bo attempted. Wo all Imov
that there la no uope ot ultimate success fo
any hostile demonstration on the part of tin
red men , bat there la on awful possibility o
rapine nuei camugo before tlio power of tin
govern meat can be brought to bear , Henc
-precautions now being- taken ro wise Ii
the highest degree.
Atlanta Constitution : Tlio case Is slmlla
to tliat of the negroes of Liberty couutjr , Ii
this. sUte , when ) they deserted the farm
and workslioju and fled to the wilderness ii
great eidteiuont , led by men claiming to bi
CUrljLs ; but of course the trouble Is inon
general among the Indians , and covers a
wider Held. Hut such disturbances could bo
easily ciuelled i a llttlo moro wisdom ixnd
forbearance wcro4 exorcised by their pale-
faced brothers. At thd moro mention of
trouble among tlio Indians , whole communi
ties are up In tinns and ready to precipitate a
fight. AVe read of orders having been issued
In different settlements , tit this early stage of
the trouble , to shoot down every ludlnn who
Is found without a passport , Indeed , the
declaration of wnr seems to bo altogether on
thosldoof the whiles ,
AtltS JO
JOm
Now York Morning Journal ! Succl ought
to bo nblo to bent a train because ho Is faster ,
Smith , Gray & Co.'s Monthlyt Money
mates the mara go' , but it can also make the
Jockey pull her.
Jewelers' Woottly : Chairman ( o a commit
tee of walking delegates ) Wo want a clock
fop a present to Mr. I'owderly.
St. Joseph News : Do Mascus Seems to mo
Cnrinencltn kicks higher than she used to.
St , Agcdoro Vcs ; McKinlcy bill , don't '
you know I
Chicago Times ! "I had a stomaoh-acho last
night , " a llttlo girl informed lior rather very
seriously ono morning , "and I lay on the front
of my back. "
Now Yorlt Morning Journal : "Did you
have n peed dinner last nlghtl" "Oh , yes ;
n regular roast. J Iy wlfo 'roasted' nio for
coming homo four hours late. "
Chicago Times : She complained of a pain
In lior foot the other nny , and when usked to
locate It she replied : "It Is In my thumb-toe , "
St. Joseph News : When you hear that a
mnn has passed in his checks , it Is not always
snt'o to Infer that ho Is dead ; ho may only
have overdrawn his bank account.
Spare Moments : Little Boy I say , mister ,
do you know why you nro llko water }
Fat Man No , my little boy , I do not.
"Because neither of you can run up hill. "
New York Herald : "Do you know , " said
the stocking , "I heard the shoo say , 'Bless '
my solol1 today ! " "Denr me , " replied tlio
rubber , "I always thought It\vas too straight
lacoa to malto use oC such an expression. "
Jeweler's Weekly ! Judge Stuffy Hnvo
you any thing to say before sentence Is passed
upon you ! Prisoner The ring 1 am accused
of stealing is not gold , your honor. It Is flro
gilt , JtidgeStuffy Ollt being acknowledged ,
I will give you only six years.
NcljrnHkn.
nov. C. P. Graves h.been Installed ns
pastor of tuoPresbvterinn church at Valen-
tluc.
tluc.The
The North Bond City Halt will bo completed -
pleted in two weeks if the weather remains
good.The
The contract has been let for the building
of a Ctiristiau church at Shubcrt to cost
J1.400.
Iho first issue ot the Herald , formerly of
Scotia , has made Its appearance at Grcoloy
Center.
P , A. Fafek has removed las cornice works
from Chadron to Crawford and erected , a
building ,
The Caster county ] ail has been started
overland for Moraa , where it will bo used as
a town jail.
A company of Chadron people have begun
operations to test the reported coal llud south
of town , nnd the exact state of affairs will
shortly be known.
Charles Golllc of Minden has been , fined
$1,000 and costs by Judge Gaslia for selling
liqor without a license.
Since his defeat forsecrctary of stntcFrank
W. Sprague has disposed of his newspaper ,
thoUitshvillo Sun , to E. W. Minor.
M'ho cattle men of southern Cherry county
have formed an association for the protection
of stock ana the extermination of wolves.
Mr. nnd Mrs. David Baker of Madison ,
Neb. , are the parents of the smallest baby on
record. .It is four weeks old und weighs only
four and n half pounds In its clothes.
rl'ho well for the waterworks nt Hebron
will cost an oven 81.000. It is to bo twenty
feet in diameter nnd thirty-four fcot deep. It
is encased in a stone wall two feet thick.
John HatllnT of Auburn was missing his
corn and tied a bull dog to the com crib door.
Tno thieves came , poisoned the dog , broke
open the door and carried away the corn.
Cattle thieves hove been operating at
Crawford. The other night .they stole a steer
from. Jack Pfost and the next morning the
hide ami part of the carcass of the animal
were found out on the prairie.
Miss Line Jones , a handsome young society
woman of Alitirien , has brought suit for$3OOU
for breach of promise of marriage agaiust
John Mnloiio , a resident of that place. Mr.
Mulouo was married ouly a , few days ago ,
Iowa ,
Jit Pleasant is talking of having a steve
palace.
O-sceola county employs eighty-four school
teachers.
Three veins of coal have been discovered
near Perry.
Cholera 3s carrying oft a good many Greene
county porkers ,
A strange cattle disease Is raging In the
vicinity of Moutczuuia.
The soldiers' homo at Marslmlltowu will
soon be lighted with incandescent lamps.
A farmer living nearAlgonaofforsa reward
of $10 to any ono who will secure him 11 wife.
The Iowa Central railway company will
harvest several hundred thousand tons of ice
in the vicinity of Mason Ulty this winter for
shipment to southern , points and will give
employment to a small army of men all
winter.
John. Fein of Haverhill , Marshall county ,
dlcil inst week of congestion of the biuiii ,
brought on while nursing his brother , who
dind a few days ago. By his brother's death
Mr , Fold fell heir to fcW.OOO , but did not llvo
to enjoy It.
Hov , N. B. Ralrden of Washington , Bap
tist state secretory , mot with a psiinful acci
dent the other day , having his feet badly
senldcd by the overturning of a vessel of
boiling water. Before hh stockings could bo
removed bis feet became literally cooked und
the flesh came off with them. IIu will bo
conllued to his homo for some time.
Mrs. C. J. Cole has commenced suit at
Lake City apainst Doty & Lane for 83,000
dnmaecs. claiming that they bad sold to C.
J. Cole , husband of the plaintiff , enough in
toxicating liquors to Justify her in doing so ,
Mendelssohn & Cohen , owners of the building -
ing in which the saloon is located , have also
been made party to the suit , which will bo
heard at the February term of court.
"Poor MnRgy , " an Insauo woman , died at
the Linn county poor house the other day ,
Although insane and without a dollar , she
Imagined that she was very wealthy ; that
the poor house\vaa herpalacoand its inmates
ter pensioners , She had a kind word for
every ono , and her face always bore the happy
sinilo that comes from a lovlnp heart. As she
lay in her coflln the Inmates all wept as they
ga/ed on the gentle and noble face they had
known so many years , and that never once
looked unkindly on a living creature.
Tlio Two DixkotiiH.
A school war Is rnglnc nt Planklnton.
Sioux Falls is after a straw board factory ,
Thirty thousand briok were used in buildIng -
Ing a smokestack for the Muulsou school
house.
Tbo railroad companies , under the now
law , have paid In taxes to Turner county this
year $0,038.33 to about $ J,000 hist year undoi
the gross earnings law. The Northwestern
paid J.B3J.2o and the Milwaukee | J,75fl.OT.
Hanson county has over thirty artesian
wells , ranging in depth from ion to 309 , feet ,
Some Bow hut n few barrels , others thou <
sands of gallons per day. None have tapped
the main artesian basin , consequently there
is no great pressure In uuy.
A. gas -well was recently struck on the
form of Q. S. Newton , near Bridgewater.
AYatcr , band and stones wcro thrown out
with torriuQ force , accompanied with con
siderable nolsa A test wns inadn which
showed that the gas would burn readily.
Thcro are now vhtco United States special
timber agents out In the wood camp , ncui
Ueadvvood , figuring the amount of timber
that has been illegally cut nnd taken away
They measure und count all tbo smal
stumps a * they go along , and estimate in
some way the whole iiumbor and tbo gross
value.
EAS SEEN THE GHOST DANCE
Onptaiu Fincli Tolls of Hia Experience
Among the Sioux.
POWERS TALKS ON PROHIBITION ,
Other Imillcs Wrote to Her Husband
Ultrrows nml Stnutttitcr
c Iiliiuulu r\o\v
niul Notes.
LINCOLN , Neb. , NOT : . 21. [ Special to Tin
HER. ] Among the numerous telegrams niu
lottcw received by Adjutant General Cole it
these troublous times is the following cplsth
written by a militia captain who lias boon ro
ccntly among the warlike linllwis nnd scci
their ghost danco. The letter written by hltt
is us follows :
IIvr Smi.vcs , Nob. , Nov. SI. Adjutant
Ocuorol Cole , Lincoln. Neb. My Dear Sir
I hiivo Just returned tills evening from the
1'lno Ultimo niioncy and rccelvod your tcle <
KruinscHtmo , I presumes In rospouso to tin
tcloKrnin of TUr , Uced , chnlrmuti of the vll
liifju board of tnistccs , asking foi
imimunltion. cac. At this time (7 ( p ,
in. ) yesterday 1 vas twenty miles nortu
of the URcney tittowllng the "ghost clanco" ol
the Indliuis that is causing so iiuicli oxcltu
incut both among the Indians nnd whites , Tc
sav the least they nro Kottliif * pretty wild ,
mid may go too far , but I do not niiprolmiiii
nil outbreak. The excitement of the Indian ?
Is almost entirely of it rcllpioua iiuture , uuii
while the oflictals nt the oucnoy thought wi
were tailing chances in going out there , I tic
not think after seeing them lit it for two 01
tlirce hours , and \io\ug \ \ right uniong then
with tm interpreter , that wo were iu imj
danger.
It is well , however , to bcs prepared , nnd ]
will endeavor to Intvo the company ready
should occasion require. Will acquaint you
with any new developments. Don't place U > (
much stock in the repoits sent by ncwspapoi
correspondents wlio uro "on tuo ground.1
Tliov nro at the agency , it is true , hut tliej
did not want to go and boo the dunce. Ho
spec t fully , M. if. FINCH ,
Captain Commanding Co. P , is , N. Q.
It is probable t bat the adjutant gcncrn
mav leave for the frontier tomorrow ,
Governor Thayer is worried with the mul
tlpllclty of telegrams from persons llvltif
near the ngcucy who are begging him , foi
guns and uumnition. The governor declare !
that the supply is exhausted nnd f urthci
that there is no appropriation to pay for nn.v
expense that nay be necessary to defend ttic
lives of tlio people living near the border.
Adjutant General Cole has sent twenty
SpringUeld rllles nnd 1.000 cartridges to Mot- ,
rium , Nob. , for use by the Mordant tillo club
In case of an Indian outbreak.
Tlio following appeal has boon received
froinMosscr :
MOORF.II. Sheridan County , Nub. , Nor. 22.-
IIU ICxccllcncv , Joliti M. Tliiiyor , Uovornor ol
Nebraska , Lmirolu Dear Sir : llurotvltl
pleiibn Mnd requisition for 100 stand of arms
Our situation Is a critical one In thu extreme
If tburo la an Indian outhn > : ik , aswo Imvt
ovoi-y reason to feur there ulll be. If you will
kindly look ut u map you will notice that
MosserU situated qultu near the I'lno IJIdRo
reservation. The country Is out up by deep
wooded ravines , just such a location as tin
liidlnn would natural I/ neck wlion on tin
warpath. Unr llnanulal condition Is sucli
that wo cannot roinovo our wives and
clilklron to n plnoo of safety , oven for a
short time.Ve must ranaln. pvrha ) > t to be
butchered , who knows ? Thotcmns iilonR the
railroad uro organizing , us wull they Ktiould ,
luit the towns will not need arms until tlio
hiit Isolated settler Is cleaned out.
Pardon mo for tlio urscnoy of our request ,
but If you con Id see thutorrorl7ed women and
grlcf-strlckon children In ouriiildst you would
coincide f Itli my vlow ot tun matter. Jcss
than four hours' notices ormmlzpil fotty-olirht
men. Wo will have 1U > , but wo didn't want to
lese imotlior Instant m ordering arms. Very
respectfully. Sin.vr.r U. Hiooi.9.
The reaiiNltlon IsslRnod by the forty-eight
volunteers nnd ccrtllled to by ( Jlinrles B.
Mays , clerk of the district court ot Sheridan
county.
Orders have been sent out to the following
places by Adjutant General Cole to return
the arms in their possession :
Normal school at Peru , the reform school
at ICcarnoy , tlio college nt York nnd the In
dependent companies at Kearney and
Osceola.
POWERS ox ritoiiinrnox.
John II. Powers , late candidate for the
gubernatorial chair , denies the allegations
that ho is an ultra prohibitionist. Mr ,
Powers says that ho dared not declare him
self for fear ho might .illennto the strong pro
hibition clement of the allianceparty. . He
now takes pleasure in announcing
that ho is in fnvor of local
option and not a believer , cither
in prohibition or high license. Ho says that
ho docs not bellaro timt the alliance legisla-
laturo will pass statutory prohibition after
the people ot the state have so emphatically
sot down upon the move.
Tbo Chicago Lover , one of the rankest of
prohibition organs , stated before election
that Powers had voted for Fisk , the prohibi
tion candidate , two ycnrs ago , and the letter
published over bis own name by Powers last
July In the Now York Voice , iu which ho declared -
clarod himself in favor of the prohibition
amendment would Indicate that Mr. Powers
has undergone a change of heart since the
election.
nivns sr.iUGiiTBiiTnc LIB.
' Jay Burrows says Brad Slaughter lies in
the story told by him about Bacr , the demo
cratic nominee for lieutenant governor , hav
ing a number of relations in 11 certain pre
cinct , but who ilare not vote for him because
they had been forced to talto an oitth nt n
bibia that they would vote a straight alliance
ticket.
Brad Slaughter was In the city last evenIng -
Ing nnd asked concerning the matter. Ho
declared that ho had not tola the story about
Uaor half as strongly us that gentleman him
self had told it. Ho further declared that
Buor bad sixty relations in Unit precinct , nil
formerly democrats , and not one of them
dared to vote for Baor for the fear of being
driven out of the country.
A shrewd politician remarked , today that
there was only one quality about Burrows lie
admired , and that was his ability to make a
good living out of the alliance movement.
TUA.Yr.im ox THIS INDIANS.
Governor Thayer was Interviewed in re
gard to- the Indian outbreak and expressed
himself as follows !
"Have you any news from the Indian er-
citomontf"
"No , I have nothing morethan what is con
tained in the papers , except calls from differ
ent points for arms and ammunition. "
"Do you anticipate that there may bo blood
shed 1"
" 1 have believed all along that there would
bo no bleed shed , but the dispatches of yes
terday nnd today look rather more wnrllko , "
"I notice that some people tiavo tendered
their services to go to the front. Have you
had many such offers ! "
"Yes , quite a number of them , "
"Aro you likely to call upon them for thelc
services } "
"I do not expect to IKJ obliged to. I think
the regular army will settle the < iucstion with
the hostile Indians. "
"Are thcro any funds with which to pay
for such services I"
"Not u dollar. I am wholly without any
means whatever to moot expenses If it be
came necessary to cull out the National
guards. I have already sent out nil the urms
on hand and distributed them between the
different towns along the northern border ,
together with a thousand rounds of ammuni
tion for each place. There are about twc
hundred guns belonging * to the state ; t
portion , of them being in possession
ot the company of cadets nt the 1'cru
normal school , say fifty ; forty In possession
of the York college ; forty more in posses
slon of the Independent company nt Kearney
noy ; about forty nt the Industrial school ol
Kearney , and a few nt Osccola , male
Uift about two hundred in all. This
morning I ordered all those to bo sent hen
by express nnd as soon ns received they wll
bo distributed among the exposed towns or
the northern bonier , and wo shall for
wurd ammunition with them. The means
of the state will then bavo been ex
\Yahavanotupennytotupcnd in
any way for military purposes or lor the de
fense of our people , not even to pay the express -
press charges for the transportation of tnes <
arms. %
" 1 have , issued no ordora for any membon
of the National guards to hold themselves it
readiness to march without any delay. ( ! cn-
oral Cole on last Saturday Issued nn order U
all the members of the National guards tc
forward Immediately their unuual reports
Ills object vras to enable him to make out hit )
own annual report , and Imil no reference tfl
the present Indian troubles.
"I unro tried to avoid creating any eiclu1-
mentor alarm. I do not wish to think thet
they nro liable to bo called away from themes
homes nml uuolncss nt n moments notice.
any extraordinary oinorsoiicy nrlsoi then wo
wilt endeavor to meet it and act as exigencies
nrlse. "
OTitr.n unins WHOTR TO HIM.
Mrs. Anna E. Taylor iwks the district eotirt
for u divorce from her" husbnnd , Orlumlo .1 ,
Tnvlor. She snys that she has been married / '
to him for four years , nnd thnt ho has been jf
guilty of extreme cruelty toward her. S\\o/ \
also demounts nt length on the ( act that ho ro
eclved numerous anonymous letters from
lady friends nnd was mean enough not to nt <
tempt to give his wife any explanation what *
over concerning thorn , She nbo tmys ho fre
quently told her Unit slio made htm very
tired niut that ho wished to get rid of her ,
She dually loft him nt his request , nnd ho
wiw so pleased with this action of hers thnt
ho never asked her to return , for thcso
reasons she asks for a divorce.
MiaXAl.l. AND CAI.VCUT AITIUL.
Jt will bo romcmbered thnt n few -weeks
ngo Ed Olgiiall nnd T. 13. Cnlvort of the 1 ! . . < s
M , railway company wore lined JX ( ) nnd $ M )
respectively for contempt of court in ob
structing the crossing of the 13 , & M. tracks
nt Twelfth and " \Vstrecta so that the Lincoln
electric street railway could not cross.
Today these railway ofllclnls appealed the
ease to the supreme court , .
*
imtTTltOIlt JM ! ! > IXSUlltXCI ! .
A query comes from F , B. Curly , cashier of
the Chadron tanking company , asking If the
Millers'national Insurance company of Chicago
cage Is nuth6rl7.ed to transact business in this
stiito. Deputy Auditor Allen replies that It
is not , nnd consequently 110 insurance can bo
collected by the persons Insured In case of
tiro. It was onlv u few months ngo In Chad-
ron thnt a mill , insured in nn unnuthorlzcd
company , burned down , and the owner never
has been nblo to collect a cent of insurance.
ODDS AXI ) ISNMIS.
K. P. Koggcn , ono of the proprietors of the
Capital hotel , Hindu application to tlio district
court today for the appointment of a receiver
for that hostelry , Mr. Kotrgon boa made ar
rangements to go into another business and
desires to get out ot the hotel enterprise.
Anson L. Hoot nnd 14. L. Parish secured
nn Injunction from Judge Field yostordav to
prevent II , W. Xlnk nnd Charles Wilson from jj
removing certain goods nnd fixtures from the
drug store at Twenty-fourth nnd 0 streets.
Deputy Sheriff MclTm-lnnd served the order
of the court yesterday , hut says that the de
fendants , presumably acting on the ndvleo
that an Injunction served on Sunday
docs not hold good , proceeded to remove the
goods. If this is true thcrowill bo o con
tempt of court tomorrow. Judge I'ield holds
that there is no reason why n person should
ho allowed to do any thing on Sunday which
would Interfere wltli the rights of anybody.
Judge Field wns culled to Kansas City last
evening and Judge Chapman is holding court
today. lie Is now engaged In lioailng to n
Jury the cnso of 1'opo & Lewis vs. .1 , L > . Kus-
sell. 'Ihe plaintiffs nro Chicago commission
men , who entered into n contract with Kus-
sell whereby they were to receive enough
grain In n specified time to give tnom
$1.000 commission. Russell , tlioy claim ,
failed to fiililll his part of the contract , nnd
they allowed the contract to bo extended
fourteen months , liussell failed oven then
to 1111 the contract , nnd they therefore sue for
SIM balance of $1,000. 'J'uo defense is that
the contract wns fulfilled.
I'rof. Kocli'n Discovery.
B HUMS' , Nov. 34. [ Special Cablegram to
Tun BKE. | An English patient with lupus
has been practically cured after five Injec
tions of Koch's curative lymph. In some
cases patients have shoxvn ccrobral disturb
ances during the treatment , necessitating
extra precautions and a reduction of tlio
strength of the injections. In n few cases
thcro have been relapses , ninklnirlt dilUcnlt
to llx the exact value of tlio discovery. An
English doctor declares that Prof. Koch's ' as
sistants have boon guilty of sunplyhig physi
cians , nnd have done a roaring trade without
the knowledge of Prof. Koch.
Emperor William Imndcil the red caRlo
decoration to Prof. Koch at the rondusion of
a long nudlcnco Saturday , at which the pro
fessor gave a detailed account of his dhcov-
cry.
The Stanlcy-Itarttclot Hcniulal.
LONDON , Nov , 24. [ Special Cablegram to
TiiuBKR.l The letter recently written by a
brother of the late Lieutenant Jnmcsou , in
which ho charged Stanley and Bonneywlth
abuse or his hospitality nnd breach of con
fidence , has brought out a reply from Bonnoy ,
who writes to tlio Times denying Jameson's
allegations. Bonney declares timt neither
honor Stanley Intended to allude to the mat
ters that have caused such n scrndnl , but
wcro forced to do so by Barttelot's brotnor.
The revolutions , ho says , -wore published be
fore ho entered , the controversy , lie denies
that ho has over stntcd that Stanley over
read Lieutenant Jameson's diary and made
extracts from it.
Ruined bjr the 'Jnrim
ST. PBTKiisnuno , Nov. 24 , [ Special Cable
gram to TIIK Ben. ] The wool export trade
In South Hussion and pen provinces have'
been ruined by the new American tariff.
Tbo merchants nro loudly complaining to the
government that they are unable to oven un
load their goods owing to the vexatious cus
toms formalities.
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