THJi ! OMAHA DAILY BEE. , TUESDAY , DECEMBER 2 , 1890.
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Notary Public.
IN Cuss county politics , "Wheelerwas
always it tool of corporations.
TUB close corporntion controlllnfj
work on the oily hnU hti ) bccoino so no
toriously corrupt tliat public intercuts
tlciniiml a clinnpo.
TiiK explosive support of the jackass
battery is easily accounted for. The
combine furnished the ammunition in the
form of fat printing jobs.
IlAVK not the franchiscil corporations
received every puhlic privilege they
nakou for ? Do they want n perpetual
on the city government.
Wheeler wns treasurer of
lodge No. 1013 K. of II. at Pliittsmoutli ,
its clmrtcr had to ho surrendored.
"Wheeler's Investigation was hushed up.
TriK fool friends of Tim Conwny are
pushing that young man to ruination.
His worst onciny could not do him a
croiiltir injury than to elect liim to the
council.
Tun republicans of the Third ward
should stand flnnly by Spl Prince , the
council nominee , who ia in every way
qualified for the place and entitled to
their support.
\ViiUN' candidates for the council
squander a year's salary to capture the
primaries nnd a like amount on election
day , it does not follow that they will
work for two years for glory.
THE silk stocking1 organ of the democ
racy dosorta the party and joins the
council boodlors. It is a dreary day
that Wo , Us ft Co. cannot swing the
jackass battery to suit its jobs.
KEEP the rascals out of the council ,
whether their names begin with an H
like our old acquaintance , ITascall , or
with aW. the "Watch dorcv. , . wlth'u
D , which stands for Duplicity Davis.
MR. MKIVIIJK ItKDPiiiLD is a young
man deserving the active and undivided
support of republicans In the Second
ward. Ho Is no ringstor , and will liavo
no part with corrupt schemes and hood
lers.
WIIKKLKU'S inaurancobuslness.thanks
to his Industry in the councilhas reached
n point requiring his entire thno.and the
voters of the Fourth ward will sfo to it
that his so-called "sacrifice for the pub
He" are brought to a sharp close.
BIRKIIAUSISK ia openly working for
ChafTco , and lie will vote for him and
against the candidate of his own party ,
nnd so will Major Dennis and all the
other tax-oatlng cormorants of the
democratic persuasion that live in the
Seventh ward.
CONOUESSMAN LODGK propOBOS n rad
ical restriction and regulation of immi
gration. In the light of his radically
reduced majority , Mr. Ledge could em
ploy his tlmo more urofitably in dovie-
liiff measures that will reunite the re
publicans of his district.
Till ! Fourth ward contains more , than
nn average number of ollico employes.
Yet Wheeler ignored this vast con
stituency and imported from Plutts
mouth a family pot to work on the tax
list at fifty cents an hour. As the niajov
wont to Plattsmouth for a copyist , the
clerical voters of the ward should invtto
him to go to Plattsmouth for his votes.
Mil. QUKALKY'S deep Interest in
Chaffeo has cost the taxpayers of Omaha
about ono thousand dollars. At that
rate Mr. Quoaly can afford to put in
several days as partial judeo without
pay. The voters of the Seventh warden
on whom forced contributions have
bcon levied to pay Chaflfoo's ' political
debts will hardly feel like endorsing
Chaffeo's business methods.
THE desperate fight which Is being
made by the favored corporations for
Davis , ChalToo and VS'hoolor can only bo
interpreted to menu ono of Uvo things.
Those corporations nro cither trying to
pay off faithless nnd dishonest men for
doing work inimical to the interests of
the taxpaylng citizens or oleo they liavo
Echotnoa of plunder in view to which the
triumvirate has mortgaged itself eoul
end body to put through. Possibly botk.
Tin : rn tswKA'va MESSAOE.
The second annual mosanRO of Presi
dent Ilnrrisiri is n comprehensive ro-
vlowof the uffnirs of the government
during the past year , It Is pervaded by
expressions of satisfaction with existing-
conditions which ought to bo reassuring
and encouraging to the country. Its
opinions are Intelligent nnd thoughtful ,
end Us recommendations generally
sound and judicious. In a word , It is a
candid , straightforward presentation of
facts , views and suggestions which
ought to receive the attention of every
citizen , nnd which are made in a spirit
that should command general rocpect.
The president refers at the outset to
the success of the administration in
transacting the vast business of tlio gov
ernment so oa to have almost wholly es *
caped unfavorable criticism , fidelity nnd
Integrity marking to an exceptional de-
grco the operations of every department ,
for nil of which the credit is given to the
chiefs of departments nnd the faithful
olllcers and employes under them , it Is
n signal tribute which is thus paid to all
connected with the administration of
the business of the government , and the
popular judgment will not full to accord
to the chief executive Ids full share of
credit for tlio honorable record of faith
ful and honest performance of duty. Uy
reason both of example and Inlluonco ho
Is entitled to a largo measureof the
honor. 1'a.sHlnc over the review of our
relations with foreign powers , which are
universally .friendly , and the refer
ences to the several department
reports , the recommendations of which
are concurred in , the president fays of
the now silver law that f-omo months of
further trial will bo necessary to iloler-
inino the permanent cITeet of the legis
lation upon silver values , but ho regards
It as gratifying that the increased circu
lation secured by the act has exerted
and will continue to exert a beneficial
Inlluonco ujior. business and general val
ues. While it has not been thought
host to seek an international conference
regarding silver , the situation abroad
has been carefully observed nnd no fav
orable opportunity will bo lost to pro
mote a full use of silver among the na
tions for coinage at a uniform ratio. A
ra-oxiunlnution of opinions on this sub
ject the president thinks is not unlikely
to bo suggested by the recent
monetary disturbances In ling-
land , and if our largo supply of gold is
not lost in impulsive legislation In the
supposed interest of silver we shall bo in
a position ot advantage in promoting a
permanent and safe international agre.c-
mont for the frco use of silvoi1 as n coin
metal. In this the president clearly im
plies that ho does not favor frco coinage.
Regarding the now tariff law the presi
dent is distinctly in line with those who
believe it should not bo Interfered with
at the present session of congress. Ho
declares that there Is neither wisdom
nor justice in the suggestion that the
subject of tariff revision shall bo opened
before the law has had a fair trial and
expresses the opinion that "It will
justify the support of these who believe -
liovo that American legislation should
conserve and defend American
trade and the wages of American
workmen. " The whole argument of the
president-is dircctodaguinstuny changes
in the law at present , and it is entirely
safe to predict that his views will bo
sustained by the majority in congress.
Approval Is givqn to the reciprocity
clause of the tariff act , and the right of
the nation is maintained to make special
reciprocal trade concessions , which it is
hold docs not impair either the comity
duo to other powers or what is known
as the favored nation qlautio of interna
tional treaties , Regarding this much
discussed question , the president holds
that what Is given to ono nation for an
adequate , agreed consideration , cannot
bo claimed by another freoly. It is
stated that the indications thus far
primer f iitvorablo action by the
countries from which wo receive our
large imports of colTco and sugar are
very hopeful , and it is believed that if
steam communication with those coun
tries can bo promptly improved and en
larged the next year will show a most
gratifying increase in our exports of
breadstuft's and provisions , as well us of
some important lines of manufactured
goods.
The president makes an argument for
the "development of the existing law
providing 'for a federal supervision of
congressional elections , " from which it
Is to bo InforVed that ho would approve
the election bill which has pasbed the
house and is now in the senate. The
passage of au apportionment bill at the
present session is recommended , and
alto legislation for the development of
American steamship lines , for tlio
relief of the supreme court ,
for affording copyright protection -
toction to foreign authors , for requiring
railroads engaged in interstate com-
inoreo to use uniformly the safest train
appliances , for enabling ttio postolllco
department to test by experiment the
advantages of a-postal telegraph system
and for securing a national bankrupt
luw. The message concludes with a
proper and perhaps necessary admoni
tion to congress to exorcise uaro in the
preparation of appropriation bills and
not to waste the brief time remaining
for the consideration of Important legis
lation.
TJIK TUIIKK lliilSK ; ( . < C'fKDCOUXlLMKK !
Mr. D. II , Wheeler in the Fourth ward ,
Mr. CuafTeo In the Seventh and Mr. Davis in
the Ninth , bavo earned by their faithful and
intelligent service of the people In the council
a return to tliat body.
They are the republicans and nave the re
publican nominations In the wards named.
Ordinarily they would bo elected , as their
wards are republican. Because they have re
fused to become the tools of tlio editor of Tins
BEE ho has commenced and is carrying on a
furious light against them. The usual vitu
peration and Insanely hitter Uenunclatloo nro
employed to blacken their characters and defeat
feat them.
It would le unfortunate If any man , whether
editor or party boss , should bo allowed to
drtvo from the council faithful servants of
tlio people , merely because tuoy had refused
to surrender their manhood nud Independence
of action at his dictation.
It Is qulto likely , -therefore , that tnrpayorsl
workingmcn and thoughtful voters generally ,
regardless of party , will largely RVO ! their
support to tbosa three men who have boon
tuo lending spirits in the present council am ]
who nro known to bo men of Intelligence-
good character ia the busluoss world.
World-HeralJ.
The mask hue at lat dropji ed and Mr.
Hitchcock exhibits himself to the people
ple of Omnlia in his true light as the
champion of jobbers and corporntion
tools and as the mainstay of the conspir
ators who have for the last twelve
months carried on their bold and un
scrupulous machinations with boodlors ,
contractors nnd dlshoiicst city bfllclals.
lie has the impudence to endorse as
faithful servants men who have not only
betrayed every trust , but have foisted
upon Omaha the star-chnuibor and
Tammany methods. Persecuted , Indccdl
So have burglars.-pickpockots and foot
pads bcon persecuted by the police. So
wore Tweed and his gang persecuted by
the papers and law olllcors of Now York
who brought them to justice. So wore
Mcdarlglo and the Chicago boodlors
persecuted by the cltlzonj' committee of
Chicago which drove them from power
and sent several of thorn to the peniten
tiary and Canada.
What did tills gang over refuse to defer
for Tun 13r.K ? Only two weeks ago
they inndo proposals to the editor
of this paper , through ono of GhalToo's
most ardent supporters , who is con
nected with paving and sidewalk con
tracts , to do anything ho wanted and
work with him politically nnd withdraw
their "libol suits providing Tun BKK
would drop the light and remain neutral
during the city campaign. It is hardly
necessary to say this tempting olTor of
friendship and good will was not ac
cepted.
TUB BISE has no axe to grind with
councllmen. It has no interest in the
council excepting such as it has in com
mon , -jWitn all other citizens and tax
payers.
The most charitable construction that
can bo made of Ililchcock's collusion
with and support of the leaders of the
combine gang is his insuno ambition to
antagonize Tun BKK and his idiotic no
tion that ho can only succeed by block
ing every measure which THIS I3KK ad
vocates.
And this policy ho has pursued ever
since ho inherited his paper , regardless
of public , welfare and rog.irdloss of
common decency
T11K SEVENTH IIVIrtD.
The scandalous and lawless manner in
which largo numbers of republicans wore
disfranchised at the Seventh ward prim
ary has aroused a great deal of resent
ment , not only among supporters of M.
L. Iloedor , but among republicans who
wore not very partial to tliat gentle-
man.
man.Tho
The only fitting rebuke that can bo
administered to Chaffeo and his hench
men is to repudiate his fraudulent nomi
nation. This can bo done effectively by
rallying to Mr. Roedor's support and
defeating Chaffeo at the election.
Mr. Roedor is a republican and was
loyal to the party when ClmlTco joined
the conspiracy hatched and carried out
by the Twenty-eight club. Nobody can
question Mr. Roodor's ability to repre
sent "the ward. Ho is an energetic ,
ontorprhing and public-spirited citizen
with an ambition to gain prominence in
political life. Ho has made some per
sonal enemies by his persistency , but it
takes a man of great persistence and
backbone to light down such a combina
tion as has been at the back of Clmffoo.
The only way to do up the combine is
to beat it now and keep it under the po
litical sod. In the language of a great
Indian fighter "a dead Indian is a good
Indian. "
THE prosperity of Omaha workingmen
rests on the up-building of homo indus
tries. "Patronize homo institutions" is
the slogan of every well managed labor
organization , because it means steady
employment for workingmen , and neces
sarily the ability to moot their obliga
tions and provide the essential comforts
of homo life. This principle should bo
rigidly uphold with regard to public
works. It is an outrage to send abroad
any part of the taxes paid by Omaha
property owners. It is an insult to
worlcingmen and an outrage on mer
chants who are fully capable of supply
ing the needs of the city in any depart
ment. I ut the combine controlling tlio
affairs of the city have ignored Omaha
bidders and given contracts to foreign'
firms , thus depriving local merchants of
business which legitimately belongs to
them , and robbing Omaha workingmen
for the benefit of Chicago. The out
raged taxpayers are In honor bound to
resent at the polls this scoundrelly be
trayal of local interests.
ED O'Coxxoit'S anxiety forrenomina-
tion caused him to rip open the bag and
lot out the combine cat. "I am in the
hole thirty-live hundred , " lie said to his
followers in the Fifth , "and if I can got
back to the council I will square up ac
counts * nnd come out ahead. " O'Connor
knows what the combine can do. If ho ,
as a passive member of the gang , could
squeeze out thirty-five hundred in two
years , in addition to campaign expenses ,
It is apparent that the leaders would
easily double the sum. The revelations
of the defunct combiner should rouse
every taxpayer to a sense of his duty and
provoke a storm of indignation which
will drive the corruplionists from power
TIIK report of bam : clearings for the
last week of November is but a repeti
tion of preceding weeks and months.
The tendency is upward and onward.
The v'olumo of business as roilectod by
the transactions of the banks is practi
cally unaffected by tlio recent specula'
tivo raid nnd consequent failures of brok
ers and a few wild-cat banks. The in
difference of legitimate business to the
machinations of stock gamblers is ono of
the gratifying evidences of national
strength. The country has reached the
point whore Its commercial foundations
cannot bo shaken by the wild yells of
the lambshoarers of Wall street.
TllK assertion frequently made that
the public domain in Nebraska is ex
hausted is not berne out by the facts.
The land department reports 11,220,584
acres of vacant government land in the
Htato. In other words there are 140,332
farms of eighty acres each , or 70,102
fnrnib of ono hundred and sixty acres
each , which settlers can secure for a song.
TnK.outrnges perpetrated at both dem- -
ocratlo and republican primaries nb'
solve party men from any obligation to
support the nominees. In all wards
wlioro the council combine concentrated
its gangs , the legal voters wore over
whelmed by non-residents , the law Ig
nored by the totfli employed as judges
and clerks , reposing and ballot-box Bluf
fing openly practiced and the will of the
people ovorturt)0l.r ( Under such circum
stances , every . holiest citizen nnd tax
payer Is in duty bqund to vigorously re
sent the scandalous assaults on the pu
rity of primaries nnd work for the elec
tion of decent ine'n'to the council.
ALL things being equal homo institu
tions nro entitled to precedence in the
award of publj'p ' contracts. But Davis ,
"Wheeler nnd Ohaffeo , who engineer the
city hall work , do not bcllevo in homo
institutions onlyso , far as they subserve
their personal gain. The trickery
shown in rejecting Pltimbor Howe's bid ,
although the lowest , nnd the division of
the work between Davis' man Friday
nnd a Chicago firm , was the most shame
less specimen of favoritism shown in the
city hall job since the fcclectlon of the
architect's plans.
TiiKfrnnchlsed corporationsot Omaha
are deaf to the lessons of experience.
Instead of uniting with property owners
having the interest of the city at heart ,
they solfjshly combine with the boodle
elements and follow the tactics which
precipitated in ether states vigorous
restrictive laws against corporations.
Similar acts of reprisal will follow In
Omaha if the corporations persist in
their efforts to foist corrupt otliclnls on
the public.
EVEKY honorable republican owes it
to the party and tlio city to actively as
slst in driving from oftlco the infamous
combine , which not only bnboly betrayed
the party for democratic money , but
multiplied texcators , dictated the ap
pointment of disreputable and incompe
tent olllcinls , encouraged and sanctioned
jobbery in public works , and squandered
public moneys for the benefit of an oath-
bound political club.
IT itKMAlKKD for Wyoming to furnish
a genuine specimen of the ofllcoholdcr
who preferred death to resignation.
'Eirs or Tin : x
N'ohrnttkn.
Tlio farmers In the vicinity of Ilerwyn ,
Ouster county , have organized n club and a
relief : association.
Judge N. P. Coolt , an old ttmo citizen of
Cifadron , died recently la the insane asylum
at Vunkton , S. D ,
Iiluo Springs will vote December 30 on a
proposition to bond the town In the sum of
, -100 to build waterworks.
Treasurer-elect Hcnton nnd Commissioner-
elect HooRititis of Ucd Willow county have
been served with a notice of contest.
The commissioners of Hitchcock county
have made arrangements for the proper dis
tribution of supplies shipped in for the needy.
The fifth annual state convention of the
YOUHK Women's Christian association of Ne
braska will bo , held at Ashland December 4
to 7.
7.W.
W. W. Bank , rcsldlnp near Lexington ,
tripped on a barb wire and fell to tno ground
with such force/ , that Internal injuries were
received which produced death.
H. O. Stewart ; Ino ; democratic-alliance can
didate for statd'fieriitor In the Fourteenth
district , has served1 Notice tliat bo will con
test the election of W. W. Wilson on the
ground that the lattor's narao wns put on
democratic ballots with a rubber stutmi In
stead of being written.
The settlers on 'Big' Bordeaux creeir , six
miles east of Cliftdron , held a meeting last
week to organize fordefenso iicainst the Pino-
Hidgo ngencjliuituns. . A dispute arose among
thorn In regard to tlio plan of defense and P.
M. Strickland was shot by Marion Thornton
with u thirty-two calibre revolver. Strick
land Is recovering slowly.
J OWtl.
Bromcr county farmers have lost thousands
of dollars by bog cholera this year.
The 1S11 convicts in the Anamosa peniten
tiary had their photographs taken the other
day for future reference.
Two brothers were wrestling n * , North-
woou when ono of them was thrown with
sucb violence that his neck was orokcu.
C. L. Poole of Now Albion , aged ono hun
dred and lour years , walked to the polls on
election day and voted a straight republican
ticket.
Three hundred marriage licenses were Is
sued In Mnhaska county during the pastyeaii ,
anil twenty-live divorce cases uro now oil the
docket of the district court.
William Scott , n Kcokuk colored man , has
been presented n silver mcrinl by tlio humane
society by stopping a runaway team of horses
at the risk of his life- and saving a little boy
from a terrible death.
At Lake City an old stable In which Will-
Iain Ford's team was standing caved In , kill
ing ono of the animals nnd so badly injuring
the other ns to inuko its recovery doubtful.
The team was valued at $3.YJ.
W. K. Follott of Malvorn , Mills county ,
this suason harvested a crop of 7,000 bushels
of apples from 3.000 trees , occupying forty
acres of land. Ho sold the crop for S4,500 ,
the returns for his land thus being over $100
per acre. Mills county Is rapidly becoming a
great orchard , many trees being set every
year.
Andrew McElhoncey , ono of the oldest nnd
largest Innd owners iu Tama county , lias
been indicted and arrested on the charge of
perjury -in giving iu his property to
llio assessor. At the September term of
court Judgment was found against him for a
largo amount found duo to the county. Tuo
case will doubtless bo a closely contested 0110.
Walter Kills , a member of tlio local board
of health of I'enn township , Jefferson county ,
writes to the state board of health about a
hydrophobia scare that Is now holding forth
in that section , causing much lojs of Itfo in
the canlno race. Ho states that several dogs
anil cattle have been bitten bv a rabid dog ,
but that they will bo at once killed and every
precaution taken.
An unusual case occurred during the sit
ting of the district , court at Nowtou last
week , A cnso had been on trial for two
days nnd was given to tlio jury , involving an
expense of about $2SO. Alter the Jury had
retired to deliberate It was found that ono of
the Jurymen was very drunk. Tills was re
ported to Judge Lewis , who 1 mined lately dis
charged the jury afld ordered the case 'to bo
tried over again. " _
TlioTwd'Dukotni.
Dell Unpids Is "organizing
bf b n Knights of
Pythias ban J. 1
Work on the artesian well at Chamberlain
will begin this week.
The proprietors of all the gambling houses
In Deadwood are utulcr nrrost. *
A Norwegian farmer , living a few miles
northwest of Madjupn , became ovonnllatci ]
with prohibition } > qozo whllo In town the
ether night , nud us a result was tin-own outer
or fell out of bis > vagon , breaking ono of his
arms.
The decision of the supreme court In sus
tabling tlio verdict In the case of J. J. Whlto
vs the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way company practically brings to n close
one of the most protracted and most stub
bornly fought legal contests In Dakota's his
tory. In the fall t > f.188r ; > u llro was started bj
a locomotive at a point about throe miles cast
of Flundrau. It wns a very windy day and
the llro spread with sucb raplditv that it had
reached Elkton within t.wo hours from tl.o
time that it started. A largo number of per
sons were heavy lo era by the fire , Mr.
Thomas Peart alone being damaged to tlio
extent of about $ 'J,000. The railway company
denied its liability and refused to pay the
damages , Some twenty-live actions for dam
ages wore commenced , The legal contest -
test has bcon on from that day to
this. The railway company has ex
hausted every resourceof legal acumen to
thwart , nnd discourage tbo plaintiffs , and has
undoubtedly expended more money In de
fending the suits than it would bavo taken
to pay the iliunagea. lllco Brothers o :
Flundroau conducted tbo coso on tbo part o :
the plaintiffs.
THE SCHOOLS OF NEBRASKA , '
Their Growth nnd Development During the
Past Two Years.
MRS , LEIGHT6N AGAIN IN COURT ,
Some Interesting Figures From tlic
Itcforin School Boss Stout'H Cred
itors Mrs. Whli | | > lo Is Krco
Tampered with the Mail.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Dec. 1. [ Special to THE
BEE. ] Prof. George-B. Lane , superintend
ent of public instruction , lias about com
pleted tbo work on hU second annual rex | > rt
nnd the major portion of It has gene to the
printers. Among some of the interesting
facts are the following comparison of llgures
with the report of 1S8S :
VI.VANCIAI , UECF.I1TS.
1883 , IbVO.
In tlio linnd.i nf district treas
urer * nt lipnliinliiKor jcnr . f WV-.7S.VRR t fittUIMT
llpvulvrd from county lrei ; < . . l , 73,7U.7u z.-Jiii.iaut
JlpcolTiHl from imlo ol ills-
trlct tmnclj 6C7.eW.lffl
llt'fnlvpcl from tuition
, lion-
residents
cl ( mm all otlior
ource's I.OOO.U0.75 OIO.S4l.02
Totnl receipts , IncluJliiK
ninoiint on liund ll.0.57 < .m
KXI'UMHTt'llGB.
lh S.
I'nlil mnlo Icnclicm M7.IIS.87 C.M.Vit.09
1'nld fcuinla Inu'tiers 1.141,1 70.74
1'nlit ( or ImllilliiKs , furniture ,
ota HICiSM.i ! > 7
I'nlil for ntlirr ImlpMctno.is. . . 174.3in.CO I'.H.ISJ M
rnlil for nil other | iu pose s. . . .
Amount on Imtiil nt closu of
ycur 7IUial5
Tfltnl expenditures , Indue-
( UK nmoiuit on hand
Kxi ; ncllturo.i , less nuiount
on liniul.
STATISTICS OK TKACIIKIIH.
ItW. ISM.
Totnl number of mnlcs om-
ploved . 8,752 2,801
Total nil in tier of ( umiilvi em-
lilojrril . 7,131 7.001
nyn employed ,
SW03
< lnya employed ,
fenmlps . filJ.880 751,509
Total wiit'L's | > nld , male * . B57.1liJi7 : njl.7ifi-.13
Total wiiKca I'likl. foilmle.i. . . . 1HOT0.7) ,
AvoniKO monthly \VIIKUS ,
33.18 43.00
Avcriico monthly WIRCD ,
( uniiilu. . . . . 3.VM 37.02
I'LTtLS.
| _ 1W ) . I IMU
Totnl enrollment , Imys III.Mil
Tutnl enrollment , Klrls llli : :
Total enrollment Z1S.SSS
Attendance nvcrngp ytjnm
.So. enrolled umk'r llro years old l.UI',1 Vltl
No. enrolled ever twonly-mio yi'nrn old 118 475
1H8TIIICT.S.
Whole numl'Cr ' of illMrlcta
Wliulo nuuiber of mnloteachers
Wliuloniliuljor nf foinule tenchcrB om
Now lieu u.-t built 473 332
TOTAI , UUCEII'TH.
Totnl receipts for school ycnr 1(117-8 ( JI.KI7.Cli7.Wt
Totnl riM-t'lpti for school yenrlSSII-Sn ) I.3I5.IMUU
UMIOOI , HOL'SKS.
| IMP.
JII19. MSiaHTOX AGAIN .
In the district court this afternoon tbo cel
ebrated case of Hattlo Watson vs Harriet
Leighton Is on trial. This is n ? 5,000 ( Inmnge
suit for slaiulor , nlthougu plnlntilt has once
offered to compromise for 5150 , but defendant
stood nt $100. Mrs. Watson was formerly
matron of the Wlllard hospital at Seven
teenth and Q streets , and Mrs. Lclghton a
member of the board of. managers. In the
spring of 18S8 an attempt was mnilo to oust
Mrs. Watson because of charges against her
repuluUon-but she { ilucklly bold on until the
trouble caused tbo closing of the Institution.
Soon afterwards Mrs. Watson Hied tbo suit
claiming that Mrs. LeighUm had called her
vllo names In the presence of various mem
bers of the board.
Till ! ICUrOIlM SCHOOL.
The fifth biennial report of the state re
form school nt Kearney , was submitted to
Land Commissioner Steen today nnd among
the interesting Items worn tbo following :
Since the opening of the school In July ,
1881 , there Imvo been 471 boys ana 110 girls
committed to the school , making n total of
KM ) . During the same period U81 boys and
sixty-seven girls have left tbo institution by
parole , legal process , escaped or have been
pardoned. There have been only thrco
deaths , ono girl nnd Uvo boys.
There are now in attendance 1S3 boys and
eighty-ono girls.
11033 STOUT'S ciinniTons.
M. E. Wheeler , referee in the celebrated
case of M. H. Dnvoy vs tlio county of Lan
caster , filed his report this afternoon. Ho
llnds that there is duo Contractor Stout for
his work on the county court house about
$20,000 , nnd the clnlms against him aggregate
nearly $11,000 , .TudRo Chapman liavtnir
previously decided tliat nil claims must bo
pro-rated , the referee lliuls that each claim
ant is entitled to17.7 per cent , of his claims.
An order to that effect was entered.
Tin : wiurri.ns AIU : nivoitcnn.
Mrs. Mary II. Whlpplo told .Tuilpo Chap
man tills afternoon In Hie district court how
menu her husband Fred bad boon treating
her for years. She also declared Unit sbo
wns nearly starved to death by him , and this ,
coupled to the abuse to which she was con
stantly subjected , inado married life unbeara
ble. She wns gnuitod n ilivorco ana the cus
tody of her two children ,
IJIKII FIIOM TUB INMUIiinS.
Boverloy Morrison , the oiplit-.voar-old son
of .John E. Morrison , who was run ever by u
streetcar la front ot his homo last evening
and wns terribly crushed , died from his
Injuries about 1 o'clock this morning.
TAMIT.Ur.ll WITH TIIK MAIL.
George W. Hill was arrested hero today
by OflluorSnlaln on the charge of tampering
with the United States mails. The order for
his arrest caino by wlro from Paclfle Junc
tion , where It Is alleged the crime was com
mitted.
_ _
Tito I'nlillo Debt.
WASHINGTON , Doe. 1. Following Is .the
statement of the public debt :
Aggregate of Interest boarlng debt , exclu
sive of United States bonds Issued to the
Pacific- railroads , 80 > 'J,492,5K ' ! > .
Debt on which interest 1ms ceased sluco
maturity , $1W"H5. ( !
Aggregate of doht bearing no interest , In
cluding the national hank fund deposited In
tbo treasury under the act of July 14 , IS'JO ,
.
Aggregate of ccrtlllcates offset by cash In
tbo treasury , fjll TJt.S'Jfl ,
Aggregate of debt , Including cortificalos
nnd notes , November . ' 10 , 1SK ! ) , Sl.WO.auil.liil' .
Decrease of bonded debt during the month ,
$ I.014 , : > 2I.
Total cash in treasury , $ rr.i,8rXlS."i. )
Debt , less cash In the treasury November
ao , 1890 , * ir.vir : > , oui : ,
Debt , less cosh In tbo treasury October 31 ,
1890 , tSOT , 0.,120. .
Not Increase during the month , fOV30S19.
Clearing llio Cliurokno Strip.
AHKANSAS Crrv , Kan. , Dec. 1. Lieutenant
Wnlto , in command of the cavalry ordered to
clear the strip some days ngo , bus returned.
Ho reports that the cattlemen liavo suc
ceeded in getting nil the cnVtle save a few
stray bundles out of the strip. Thcso were
conliscntcd. Thousands of dollars in Im
provements on the ranches revert to the
Cherokee Indians.
Tlio HuiMr Triint Onsn.
NEW YOIIK , Dec. 1. Judge Cullcn , of tbo
supreme court has rendered a decision In the
sugar trust case continuing the Injunction
staying the receivers during the pendency of
the trustees' appeal from the order creating
the receivers. The apjical will bo urgued
December 8.
< ) an giro Must Hn Klcutrocntuil.
NKWI-OIIT , Uoo. 1 , The Japanese murderer
Juuglro woa rcscntcncod today to bo exe
cuted by electricity at Sing Hlng during tbu
week beginning January ! ' . , IbUl.
A QVKSTIOX OF
Statistic * .Showing ttio Need * of tlio
Country Tor tlio Coming Yen P.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. The secretary of the
treasury sent to congress today the following
estimates'of expense * of tbo government for
the fiscal year ending Juno' 1)0 ) , ISM : Legis
lative establishment , $ aWi : , ( Wj executive
cstnbllsbtncnt , (31,109,553 ; judicial establish'
incut , $1(1.1,100 ( ; foreign intercourse , JIOt'V
COo ; military establishment , lOu.ldO.OM }
naval establishment , $ .IWMW,204 ; Indian
affairs , $ dSU'M > 3 : pensions , fKtri.SGH.OS1
public works , $1(1,701,704 ( ; postal service ,
fcy.HSC-J ) ! ) ; miscellaneous , ( il-.uri.OSl ; per
manent annual npproprhitlons , $1'J',4 0-
803. Grand total , $ lor,077in.1. Tno
estimates for 1S91 were $ tll-l2 ! ! < ,93 and ap
propriations SIH i'i.GM. For 1SU1 the esti
mate for pensions was something over f'.H-
f)00,0lO. ) ( while tbo appropriations were nearly
tlMOQO000 ! | neccssltntcd for the new meas
ure. Tbo public works estimates were $19-
( K)0,000 ) ; nearly SIS.OOO.OOO were appropriated.
The estimates for { imminent annual appro
priations were about JIOJ.OOO.OOO ; the amount
appropriated was about f PJ7.000,000. A com
parative statement prepared by clerks of the
house and scnnto committees shows the total
estimated needs of the government for the
next llscnl year to be flSlKl'Jl'i'J ( ( , nn Inerenso
of $7.'i,4iOWU ; over last year and not including
anything for rivers nnd harbors. The total
estimated revenues for tbo current year nro
$4llli" ( > r > , oil ; , making an excess of estimates
appropriations ( exclusive of dollcloncles nnd
miscellaneous ) over the estimated revenues
of $31,077,11)1. )
Its AVorkln s Shown by the Annual
Itcpoia ol'thu Commission ,
WASHINGTONDec. . 1. The annual report
of the civil service commissioners shows
thnt the classified service has grown to In
clude over thirty thousand of the nppolntccs
who came Into departmental service through
civil service examinations during Cleve
land's administration. A Ilttlo over S per
cent were removed or resigned during the
first year of the present administration ,
Similarly , of the appointees who entered the
scrvico through these examinations during
President Arthur's administration between
7 nnd 8 per cent were removed or resigned
during President Cleveland's llrst year.
' 'When wo turn to the customs
nnd postal services , " says the report , "tho
result Is less satisfactory , because of the neo-
cssarify less rigorous Inspection , "
After n further review of the operations of
the commission ( luring the fiscal year the report -
port says : "It cannot too often be reiterated
that while tlio law may not work with Ideal
perfection actual experience for seven yours
has shown that It prottuccs on tbo whole a
better governmental administration than does
the patronage system. "
The report recommends the amendment of
the law prohibiting assessments by outsiders
through the device of letters sent to clerk's '
residences.
Will I'nss the Apportionment. Hill.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. After a lengthy dis
cussion this afternoon the republican sena-
ntorial caucus agreed that the election bill betaken
taken up tomorrow with the understanding
taut it bo kept before , thnt body until finally
acted upon. Furthermore , to guard against
expected opposition from the democratic mi
nority in the line of dilatory tactics , a com
mittee of five senators wns appointed to co
operate with the republican members of the
committee on rules In the preparation of a
rule to secure a closure of debate when de
sired by the majority. The old caucus commit
tee on the order of business was rcnppolntcd
and Instructed to prepare a programme to
govern the proceedings of the senate nftnr
the elections bill was disposed of. It Is stated
no votes were cast ngalnst these determina
tions of ttio caucus.
About thirty republican representatives
got together this afternoon after adjournment
of the house nml informally discussed the ro-
npportionment question. Nearly all republi
cans were present. The only conclusions
reached were that for the present tbero was
no reason to hold a party caucus , and the
census committee should bo loft free to deal
with tbo matter. Severn ! of those present
said no derision was reached as to whether
the apportionment bill should bo passed , but
each ono personally insisted the bill unques
tionably would bo passed.
I'eniiHylvaniii Ilanlc Fnlls.
Pa. , Dec. 1. A special from
Indiana , Pa. , says the Deposit bank has
failed. The liabilities ana assets are not
known.
The assignment- caused by tbo failure
of Jamison & Co. of Philadelphia. The latter
hnd In their possession cash nnd securities of
deposit of the company amounting tolf > ,000
at the tlmo of the suspension. Olllckls say
tbo deposits ncwcgntc $141,000 and assets nro
thrco times ns largo as liabilities. An early
resumption Is confidently expected.
Hosclgetl by Depositors.
Fiin.AncM'iiiA , Dec. . 1. Owing to rumors
afloat several days , along line of depositors
stood all day in fvont of the Keystone Na
tional bank , awaiting their turn to get their
money. So far all checks have been paid
and tbo ofllelnls say that every demand will
bo met.
Snlvntlini Army
CmcAno , Dec. 1. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : HKI-.I The Salvation cohorts are gath
ering in the city preparatory to the Western
Interstate congress , which Is to begin tomor
row evening. A number of delegates from
various states arrived today. Commissioner
Booth and Mrs. IJooth will reach Chicago to
morrow morning from New York. The llrst
meeting will bo bold tomorrow evening. It
will bo drecodeil by a street pnrailo , In which
about ono thousand men nnd women will take
part. _
"Winter Wontlirp on the Continent.
LONDONDec. . 1. Sevcro frosts and snow
nro reported on the shores of the Mediterra
nean , something unknown for twenty years.
Very severe snow storms nro reported In
Spain. The Pyrenees uro im passable. Tlio
German rivers are full of dangerous drifting
Ico. Eight persons were drowned at Harinen.
The damage at Klhcrfcld , Harmon and Poscn
amounts to 3,000,000 murks.
Morc'ImntH no Under.
, BOSTON , Dec. 1. Wlnslow , Hand & Wat
son , wholesale dealers In teas , coffees and
spices , hnvo assigned. Mr. Wlnslow says
tlio immediate cause of the failure Is the
stringency or the money market. Ho has no
lucaof the amount of liabilities and assets.
KKonpi : .Hu > eplng GunrdH.
( itrriiKii : , O. T. , Dec. I. There wns a
genuine Jull delivery hero Saturday night ,
nnd some of the most desperate characters in
the territory nro nt largo again. . Tbo prison
ers escaped while the guards were sleeping.
Two Tlioiisnnil XVorkninn Idlo.
KnciitiSTRii , N. Y. , Dec 1 r-Tho great shoo
lockout went Into effect this morning. Two
thousand workmen uro out of employment.
Many I'oiiKlons.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. The house commit
tee on appropriations tins completed Ibu pen
sion appropriation ulll of $1115,039,785.
DANGEROUS USEOFSTRONG
PURGATIVES.
Most pills aiulptirgatlvcs whleh ncUiulokly
upon the bownls , Irritate und ofttm ( I us troy
the mucous coals of the Htomnch and bowels.
Indeed their cathartic action ia directly
caused by OKI Irritation of tbo bowel , which
they produce. Tholr action should bo soothing
and stimulating InitiMid of liTllatlnj , ' , A cnn-
tlinird usu of suc'li reined o-t iirodnco chronic
Inflammation of tbu stomach urn ) bowel * . Thin
often ends In udiiiKurnuHdlieaHu. Tin ) usunf
thOKi'iitilno imparted Carlsbad Snrmlul Hull
Is highly reeomnu'iidod as an aporlcnl , luxtt
thoand diuretic , beouinn Its action Is dim
solely to Us solvent and stimulating proper
ties. Ithoothoj und ulliiys Inflammation , und
Is thorofnru much preferable to nil 'btio
purgative * .
Ilownronf Imitations. Ir ) Tobolt'H looturo
oo Carlsbad Sirndel | halt and pamphlet nmll-
sil freo. I'lsnor fc .Mewlidnon Co , , MiluagunU
Jturcluy Struot , Nuw York. 8
VOKITlCtt.
liowry'o Certificate.
OMAHA , Nob. , Dec. 1. To the Editor of
Tm : UKE : I ECO by the papers that a party
railing Itself the democratic central commit
tee mot Sunday evening twenty-four hours
nttcr the voles were counted nnd the result
declared nnd resolved Hint Lowry was en
titled to the certificate of the I'lrat ward and-
that thirty-one Indejiondcnt votes wist for
Kennedy were thrown out. How did they
11 ml that out with nil the tickets ulromly
counted the evening previous nnd Itnmedl- '
ntcly destroyed by .being burnt up In tha
steve In the presence of both candidates and
their friends ! What right had the city cen
tral committee to meet and Interfere with
matterahvaJy settled ) Too thin , Tom. You
had bettor stick to vour llrst resolution nnd
run Independent nud deelaro yourself
n third-termer. That certlllcnto Is
n fraud nnd won't hold water
There Is a strong feeling against thin ! term
candidate * , mid when you didn't make It with
nil your available machinery nt tbo primaries
you can't make It at the polls tomorrow
Learn to bo a mnnTom , and submit to the In
cvltnble. Your friends nro bragging on the
street corners that If It takes $10,000 you nro
bound to win. Kennedy will beat you with
only the expense of printing the tickets.
Your boast about all YOU have done for the
ward Is. moonshine. You liavo tlono good
work for I.owry In thu council for four years.
The voters of the First ward say you must
stop down and out and your future political
prospects depend largely upon the way you
behave yourself tomorrow. Respectfully ,
ANTI-TIHUII TIHMIU. : :
ANOTIIKIl AFFIDAVIT.
The following affidavit on this matter bus
also been presented :
Stnto of Nebraska , I
County of Douglas f 3
J. 1' . Mulvolilll. being first duly sworn , de
poses and says that ho Is n resident citizen
and qualified voter of the First ward of the
city of Omaha , in said county and state ; that
lie was present nt the tirlmnrv of the demo
cratic party held In snfd wnni on November
2'.i ' , A. 1) . IS'.K ' ) . nnd was present when the
votes cast nt said primary were counted and
assisted In making said count.
Afllnnt further says that Thomas J. Lowry
ono of the candidates for nomination at said
primary was present at said count ; that the
total number of votes cnst at sniil primary
was 1,1111 , of which number Mr. ,1. J. Ken
no'ly received 5711 nnd Thomas J. Lowry
570 ; that when said count Wns completed
the said Thomas J. Lowry stated V
to this afllant thnt said count was
correct , that ho was satisfied therewith and
that the result of said primary gave the nom
ination of the democratic party of-thosafd
First ward of the city of Oninlui , for the
ofllco of councilman , to bo voted for nt the
election to bo hold In said city December',1 , to
J. J. Kennedy ; that before'the counting of
said votes , this nlmuit heard the stild Thomas
J. Lowry say to.I. J. Kennedy : "Kennedy ,
I am beaten ; you have mo biiaJcn , " and afk'r
said count wns completed , showing the ro-
snlt as aforesaid , whereby tbu said Kennedy
received K73 nnd thu said Thomas Lowry "i70 ,
the sold Lowry then saltl : "It was ns fair
and squara a count ns I ever saw , " and
further this nflittnt salth not.
JOHN P. Mi'i.vnmi.i. .
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 1st day of December , A. O.
1SW. GIIAUI : M
Notary Public.
Notice.
Inasmuch as several candidates for onion
nt tbo election today request that they hnvo
permission to bo present personally or by
representation nt the several polling plnros
during tbo canvass , I Hud the law nn the
question to ho :
Chapter 20. compiled statutes , "Klectlons , "
section ! l.'l ' 'When the poll Is closed tlio
judges shall immediately proceed to canvass
and ascertain tlio result of the election. "
Section ai "And the canvass shall bo pub
lic , " etc.
Chapter" . " ) , section 9 , compiled ordinances
"Tho Judges of election shall possess full
power to maintain onlor during tbo canvass. "
In reference to section ill , I would respect
fully request that the Judges permit nt least
two representatives of encb candidate to bo
present during the cnnvim ; by MI doing tbo
spirit of the law will bo fully carrieil nut.
U. C. CI'SIIINO , Mayor.
AVIiccloin Iloonrd.
An old resident of Cnss county , now In
business In Omaha , was discussing the mer
its of Major Wheeler yesterday "I have
known him for a long time , " said the gentle
man. "Ilo was elected mayor of Platts-
mouth in ' ( id , and after serving ono term was
retired and could not oven bo elected consta
ble after that. "
" \Vbyi"
"Gecuuso ho lied tn his best frlends.docf Ived
thorn , and was always in for dollars anil
Wheeler. For n long tlmo ho was known as
Convcntio'i Dan , ns it wns said ho was pretty
handy making nrrangoinents for men who
would and did helphlm ,
"When Wheeler was treasurer of Ledge
l.OIH , Knights of Honor , it became defunct
along about ISS'J. The Investigation of the
affair wns a secret matter and was naturally
kept quiet. But to say the least It looked
bad for Wheeler. "
Vanity Knlr.
Messrs. Cotton and Bon/Inger of Lincoln ,
editors and publishers of the Vanity Fair ,
were in the city yesterday to plead to the In
dictment returned by the federal grand Jury ,
charging them with sending Indecent matter
through the mails. They were nut nrrnignc'd ,
but were put under bonds to appear when
wanted.
_
link : uiilio Kiiim.
Major St. A. D. Halcomlie , formerly chnlr-
man of the board of public works , has con
sented nt the request of n number of demo
crats and republicans of the ICighth ward to
run as an Independent candidate for council
man In thut ward.
IiiiodiMIn tin ; Third.
Ed Leeucr has announced himself ns an in
dependent candidate for the council In tlio
Third ward , Leodor has but recently re
moved to the Third ward from Saddle crcok ,
wheru ho has been In the saloon business for
several years.
New York Stoulc llritkorn
Ni'.w YOHIC , Dec. 1. Arthur and Kotclmin ,
stock brokers , have nsslgnnd.
1'rom a Catholic Arch *
bishop down to the
Poorest of the Poor
H oil testify , not only to tbo
In ' virtues of
ST , JACOBS OIL ,
The Great Remedy For Pain ,
buttolUtupcrlorlly over nil ether ruuicdlcf ,
( xpres-s.d Ibus ;
It Cures Promptly , Permanently ;
which means strictly , tliat tlio pnln-itrlrltcn
ecclc n prompt relief with no letnrn of Ilia
Iialn , and tills , Ibey ( ay , St. Jacobs Oil will
give. This U Its excellence.
OMAHA' '
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and CJiKirunUml Capital..K 0.000
I'nld In Capital BM.OOO
llnya uiiil solU stock * and bnnd i riesnthitos
ooninierolul papnri roeulvcs anil oxeoulon
Inista ; aotHtiB transfer n''unt und trustee ) of
OMpiirutlons , tnkuH cbarKo of property , ojl-
leutstuxus ,
" ' " - * "
*
Omaha Loan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th nnd Douglas Sts.
I'nld In Capital t-11.000
Kubscrllioil and Guaranteed Oupltul. . . . iuo.001
Mubllity of fitookhuldura. , , - . . SuO.OOO
01'ur Cunt Inluri'itI'uld on Ilonoslu.
HlAMiJ. LANUK , t'ushlur. '
Ofrlcers ; A , U , Wrinnn , prusldunt. J. J. llrown ,
vtw-pro ldont , W. T. WyniRn. Iroamircr.
llroctorA. ) : . U , Wyinun , J. II. Mlllurd , J. J.
llrown. Ony O. lliirtini , K. W. Niui ,
L. ICImDull , Quorfiu U , I.ak-