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TELE CHVJUIHA DAILY PEE.WEDNESDAY , . , DECEMBER 17 , 1890. THE DAILY BEE. E. KbsEWfATBU burton. EVERY A1OUNINO TKNMS OK HUBOUiraON. Dally end Eundnfi Ono Year . 110 no Fix month * . , . 600 Thrcu inonllii . t . . . 3 GO finndny Ikt-.One Year. , . 00 Weekly Jloc , Ono Year. . . . . . . . . 100 OI'KICES : Omnhn , Tlio Hen DulldliiR. Houtli Omnlm , Corner N nntl th Street * Cnnticll ItlnlK 121'on.rl Street. Ohlcnco Ofllcc , ai ? Olmmhor of Commerce. Now York.Itooma 13,14 nnd l.'i , Tribune llulldlng Washington , G13 I'ourtocnth iUrcct. All communications rnlutltiK to now * firm rtlltorlnl tnnttor Miould bo addressed to tbo L'lllorlat Department. 1IU8INKSS LKTTT.nS. , All business letters nnd wiilttnnccs shoula Us HddrcsMNt lo Ilio HIMJ Publishing Company. Omnhn. Drafts , checks nnd nostonico orders to ! > o in H do payable to the order of tbo com puny. The Dec Publishing Company , Proprietors , The llco IJ'ld'p. I'nrnnm mid tuventcenthHta fWOHN STATEMKNT Otf CtUUULATlUH flnleof NelirnMth. 1 County nf DouKlan. f " Ocnrcp ll.Tzschock. srcrctnry of The Hco rubllMiInir romtmnv. noes noleinniy swear that the nctual clroulntiou of THE lUn. HEK for the w eeic cndluR Dee. U 1SUU , was as fol- lorts : Hundnr.nee.T . a.ono ) Monclnv , Dep.8 . 2.friO ! Tui-sdnr. IH'O 0 . . .2i7ii : Wtnltic-sdiiy. Dee. 10 . 2WVU Tlitirsdny.Doc. 11 . 22,021 Friday. lco.2 ) . S.GR5 Buturd'iV. Dec. 13 . . . . . .g.8au Avcrago . , . 33,213 OCOItflR n. T/SCHUCK. Fworn 1o roforo mo nnrt nlsorihed ) In my prcnonoo tnis 13ih < lav of Deccmbar. A. D. .1890 IEKAI.I M. P. 1'r.iu Motary 1'ublla ftutcof Nobrnnko , I. . . Connty of DouRlas , | ss' Goorpo II. TrscluicU. liolns flnly sworn , flo- roscs nnd snys that lie Is secretary of The Boo I'ulillolilni : Ciitiiimnv. that thniicliinl nvoroco diillv clrculalion of THE DAILY HER tor the month of Doicri'l < r. 18S9 , wnnSOH8 ( copies ; for January. IFUO. IP/iKicoplcsj forKclirunry , IfcOO , 30 , 01 coD'rsi for March. IK , 10.815 noplos ; forAprll. IfOO , EO.riM'vlrs : forMny.lMo.SO.lSC- rnplrs ! for June , JWC , 'J0.a01 topics ! for July , lHO'JOrfi2 copies : fnrAucust. im".al,759cqplos : for trntrmler. JttO. 23.KO copies : forOctobnr. 16PO. M.7CS copies ; for Novpmlicr. 1W. 22.130 conies. Oronop. n. TZSCIIUCK. tnornto loforo me. imrt niilnurlbctl In my presence , thuCtliQay o ( Dcccrulirr. A. D. , 1803. N P. FKH. Notnrjr Publlo. Mn. BULI/S taking oil wns an Al Btillto. Now forTwoStrlKOS and out. Ai'TKU all a ration of loud , properly directed , 1ms no superior as a porsuadoi1 of "good" Indians. . TUB provuiling Messiah craze will furnish a well filled docket for the pro posed court of Indian depredation claims. IT is in accord with the eternal fitness of things to chnngo the county hospital to a poor houso. It wus designed and built that way. TIIK distinguished John L , . Sullivan is singularly retiring just when his abil ities are inpressing demand in the "gem of the ocean. " SENATOK PJSTTIQKBW says ho favore the total extinction of the seal. This is a very elaborate and roundabout way ol Baying ho can't afford to give his wife a sealskin sacquo nt present prices. TUB efforts of democratic organs to keep the party in touch with the resur rected Hat money crazo. serve to meas ure the lengths .to which unprincipled politicians will go to secure ofllco. A SEN'snof virtue that can ho satisfied with nothing loss than the destruction of an 318,000 picture is too delicate u thing to exist outdoors. It should he plan ted in the penitentiary conservatory. IT might not bo out of place for the in dependents now in session at Lincoln tc pass a resolution-stating what they think of Church Howe's candidacy for speaker. They should remember that ho is now an anti-railroad statesman and the farm er's friend. IT is likely now that the independent party will behave itself. The double- ender broadly intimates that it will cul its acquaintance entirely if It doesn't , And that would moan tho" total wrccli of the 'friendly attitude , " which exists for revenue only. Tun rapid decline in the supply 01 natural gns in Pennsylvania and Ohic has stimulated prospecting for now tun us. Strange to say the prospectors do not encroach on the District of Co lumbia , whore the gas indications are uncommonly tempting. IF by any possibility Hon. James E Boyd were declared not eligible to tin governorship , on account of his foroigi birth and failure to bo legally natural ized , Tom Majors would bo governor. I is understood that Church Howe lioi awake nights praying for this result. TUB plea of Emperor William for mon common sense in the common school would have proved very popular but foi his fatal error in coupling' with it ai attack on journalists. The dead lau guages could not hit hack , but the livi newspaper mon could. And they did. TUB tragic end of Sitting Dull Bug gests a now field for the Indian. It wai the native police who were sent to arros | the defiant old law-breaker and did no t return without him. What sort of po I Hcoinon would the Indians make if the ; I wore called into civilization and orderoi I to arrest gontloinon of the Eubo Bur rows stripe ? The redskin may turn ou i to bo useful , after all. IN justice to investors and prospoctlvt builders , the council should promptl ; act on tno flro limit ordinance. Then is no rational excuse for further delay Important interests are involved. Th security of the city , the permanency o ita buildings , nnd its future clmractorn a solid , progressive community , doinani Buoh a i-adlcal change in the law as wll secure these essential results. A Koca hospital Is tlio latest prc posed addition to Colorado's attraction as a health resort. The vast throngs o coughing humanity Hocking to tha region annually in search of Improve ! caskets are to bo filled with the 1101 ollxor of life. Judged by the results ot talned from the treatment ofconsump tires with the lymph in Berlin , the wis owner of dismembered lungs will leav lila measure with the undertaker befor submitting to the injection. It wll eave ooiifidorablo anxiety to the frlbnd of the deceased. TIIK AL.IAKOH CONVENTION. The Btnto AUlanco la In session at Lincoln. It is In ono rospcot the most linportantsopsion the body hivs over hold , bocauBo It hag now the responsibility tlint goes with political power. A majority in both branches of the legislature Js composed of Its members. It is understood that a part of the busi ness of this session -will bo to outline the legislative policy which this body will pursue. The Alliance can do great good or great harm by the manner In which it uses tills opportunity. It can allay the apprehensions which exist in regard to tlio possibilities of the near future , or it can iiicreaso thorn. Tlio whole state IB Interested iu the outcome , nnd those who know best the sturdy elements which underlie the movement an ticipate no radicalism that will undo the work of years. They predict that the spirit of wise conservatism will prevail , and that evils will bo righted In a manner to secure real benefits to the people and avoid the dangers that lurk in haste nnd pnsaion. The dispatches state that Jay Bur rows Is meeting with a determined op position in his desire to continue as dictator tater and to succeed Mr , Powers as presi dent. This is a good symptom. The Alliance needs no dictator. It needs no oiliclal organ. It needs no pope to pro mulgate bulls of excommunication against those who personally displease him. What it wants , and what it must have to live and prosper , Is n broad and brotherly spirit that will attract rather than repel supporters , nnd that will wol- coino the assistance of mon and newspapers who are friendly to any part of its programme of reform. It needs leaders who will in crease its power by those methods and not decimate its strength with their per sonal quarrels. THE BKB does not seek to press its advice upon the delegates at Lincoln , though perhaps no ether influence in the state has done more , in the past twenty years , to keep alive the antimonopoly - monopoly sentiment on which their movement is based. Uut it sincerely hopes , in common with all patriotic Nebraskans - braskans , that the work of the present session will inspire confidence in the judgment and purposes of the great body of producers whom the Alliance represents. THE BEE'S record is ono of consibtcnt support of many of the re forms which the producing and indus trial classes are seeking. IWUA'D TO MAINTAIN ITS ItlO'lTS. The police commibsion is supposed to bo noiipartisan. Its duty is to enforce the law regardless of political bias. Now the Slocumb law expressly requires that all applications for liconeo shall bo pub lished in the paper having the largest circulation in the county. The ordi nance relating to the same subject re quires publication in the paper having the largest city circulation. THE BEE has both a larger county' and city circu lation than all other Omaha dallies com bined. It circulates to bonafldo sub scribers in Omaha fully 5,000 more pa pers than the World-Herald. For ; nine years , over since the Slocumb law went into ellect , THE BEE has held tlio position as the recognized paper of largest local circulation , and no paper has dared to dispute its claim In the only legal way , through sworn statements backed by the publishers' and carriers' delivery books. Xast year the police commission made a formal demand on all dailies to submit statements of circu lation. THE BEE compiled. The World- Ifcruld never put In an appearance. This year , by some sort of hupgor-mug- gor the police commission omitted th(3 inquiry. THE BEE submitted its sworn statement as usual , but the World-JIentld has In an underhanded way , which is its usual policy , sought to.'imposo upon ap plicants for lloenso'by a typo-written , unsigned circular , in which it claims to have a larger local circulation than THK BEE. Now , if its publisher believes that his paper has the largest circula tion , why has ho never filed a sworn statement with the police commission ? How does It come that the World- Jlemld allowed THE BEE to retain its position as the paper of the largest cir culation , which , under the postal laws , is designated to publish the uncatlod-for letter lists ? They certainly had a very friendly ally when Mr. Gallagher was postmaster , but they never dared to con test THE BEK'S standing. They could do so now under Postmaster Clarkson , who has no option under the law to dls- criminate In favor of anv papor. THE BEE is determined to assort its richts in the premises , through the courts if need bo , not because it cares for the paltry amount involved , but ho- cause its 20 years' continuous battle ir behalf of On.nha and Nebraska , coupled with its enterprise and unstinted o.v pomllturo of money to build up a great metropolitan dally , have placed It in t position far in advance of all cOnteuv porarlos. Like the champion athlete who carries the holt , it will only yleW its position when it is overcome by t rival that can procure and hold a largci share of public confidence. OOVIiD AXD TUB TRANS-MISSOURI. Jay Gould gives assurance that It wll not bo his policy to ralso tariff rates 01 the Union Pacific between the Missour river and the Itocky mountains. Mr Gould misses ttio point. The intorostinf question is , will it bo his policy to lowei tariff rates in this territory ? Nebraska is paying higher ratea that surrounding states and there can bo ni question about the disposition of the legislature islaturo to cut them down. The Alllanct platform , on which'a majority ot hot ! houses were elected , demands the roduc tlon of charges to the Iowa standard The republican platform asks that tin rates bo made to accord with tlioso li states adjacent. The democratic plat form also calls for reduction. It will b < strange if , between these triple mill stones of public opinion , Mr. Gould' ' tariff of Nebraska railroad , rates is EC ground down to a pretty fine point. I ; view of these facts the humor of Mi Gould's remark to the effect that "rate will not bo raised" b soon to bo delight f ul. It is altogether probable that the ; will not be. On the ether hand , the railroad quoa tlon will bo a very so'rloua ono for tin legislature to deal with. It is not ro colvlnjf the amount of discussion that 1 demands , nnd tlmt THE BKK hoped to tltnulnto when it opened its columns nnd Invited communications on this anil cltidred subjects , llaato and prejudice nust bo guarded against In the euUlo- nont of n problem that involves honest grievances on ono hand and , on ttio other , largo vested interests that have done and may Bllll do much for the do- I'olopment of the stato. It is n many- Bided business question and the results of this winter's legislation may bo far- reaching. It is to bo hoped that sound public opinion will make itself hoard hoforo the legislature la called upon to not in regard to this nnd other vital problems. DEATH Of SITTING HULL. The death of the famous and implaca ble Sioux chief , Sitting Bull , will give n Bcnso of relief1 to the whole country ind u fooling of security to the people of northwest that was never complete during his lifetime. Always hostile to the white man , ever the foe of civiliza tion , ambitious to retain the power ho ind won by whatever moans , possessing devotion to his nooplo which among civilized mankind is called patriotism , nest capable of devising mischief , and exerting proat Influence in bringing ils people to accept his views , Sitting Bull was a loader whoso Ifo was a monaco to the ) cace , tlio lives and ( ho property of the white population of a arge region of country , whoso influ ence was n bar to the progress of civili zation among his own people , and -whoso example had a demoralizing effect upon .housands of Indians besides his imme diate followers. Few chiefs , if any , vrought greater trouble and mischief , ostly in life and treasure , than the frim and rebellious old Sioux veteran , ivho laid down his llfo resisting to the ml the authority of the government Tliero was probably not nn hour in his .Ifo since ho attained to power among lis people that ho was not plotting to naintaln n spirit of hostility toward the 'ovebnment , and so far as ho himself vns concerned ho was virtually always on the warpath. There can bo no question that , ho career 6f Sitting Bull con stitutes a notable and thrilling chapter n the history of the Indian race on this continent , but these who have been most familiar with his clmrnstor and conduct do not accord to him any of ; hose heroic attributes which history tolls us distinguished the character of Tccumsoh , Logan , Black Hawk and some other of the great Indian chieftains of the past. Indeed there are still living several Sioux chiefs who are credited with greater courage , if not more shrewdness and ability , than Sitting 3ull possessed. General Crook , the value of whoso testimony will not bo questioned , had a complete contempt 'or Sitting Bull as a warrior , and in sisted that ho had not the slightest : laim to that title.Ho was , ac cording to this and ether mill- , ary tcstimonyn'mcdioino man orproph- ot , rather than a fighter , nnd was never known to 'thrust himself % lin the mraincnt deadly broach , " or incur any danger that ho could avoid. But wheth er ho had courage or not. ho unquestion ably was a trusted and powerful loader , who evidently maintained his authority to the close of his life , and this ho could not have done without the possession of some strong and commanding qualities. No sentiment should bo wasted upon the death of Sitting Bull. Whatever the circumstances of hhj taking off , ho de served his fate as a rebellious and implacable - placablo enemy. ' Great leniency , of which ho was utterly unworthy , Jitvd aeon shown him by the govern ment , and ho not only failed io , appreciate it , hut grossly abused the privileges and. opportunities it gave liim. Ho' was a savage without any sense of grtitltudo , and ho fell in- loriously while in revolt against the authority which had spared his life when justice demanded its sacrifleo In atonement for the muny crimes ho had incited , if , not committed. His death removes the most potent disturbing In fluence ampng 'tho ' Sioux , and there is every reason to hollovo will bring the existing trouble to a speedy termina tion. It cannot fall to have a salutary effect on his bloodthirsty followers. THOSE When the prohibition swash-bucklers found themselves beaten out of their boots in the late campaign they sought to explain away the landslide under which they had boon buried by raising the ureconrortod cry of fraud and mob rule. Inasmuch as they vrero ever twenty-five thousand votes short of a ma jority outside of Douglas county their claim that Nebraska on a fair and free ballot would have gone for prohibition is too preposterous to bo worthy of at tention. But the prohibition lawyers who have for two weeks boon engaged in a fishing expedition after facts , that would sus tain the claims of Mr. Powers and the independent candidates to places to which they were not oleotod on the face of the returns , are laboring desperately to confirm the false reports sent broad cast by unprincipled scoundrels that Omaha was under control of a mob or mobs on election day , and tlio over powered police had given up the city to mob rule at noon on election day. Almost every witness cited by the mercenary lawyers , who have made cat span's of the independents , is asked how ho got away from the mob , what violence the mob had committed on him or others , nnd whether ho con sidered his llfo in danger from the mob'/ Now what Is a mob , nnd wore there any mobs in Omaha on the fourth of Novem ber. According to Webster a mob Is n riotous assembly of persons. Every per son who Is voluntarily a part of such a riotous assembly is properly chargeable as holng ono of the mob. A lawful as sembly of citizens at a polling place does not constitute a .mob. If it does , then every city and village whore an election la hold is u filleted with mobs in the neighborhood of voting places. No witness BO far examined in this farcical contest has stated that electors were kept from voting by the terrible mob , or that any man who sought tc vote was interfered with by the crowds gathered around the poll. The only per sona that claim to have boon mobbed arc non who woroTpedilllnji tickets' and elec tioneering "Wound " the poll. In otlior words thoyurfoDtlo themselves purposely part of tholAob and it Is admitted by all of them thatj [ heir attoinptrf to election eer for the prohibition amendment pro voked abuil\fh talk nnd disturbance. There was no , , bloodshed and there was no riot < The progtjijnmo of the prohibition enders was from the outset .o promote ' 'and ' provoke any acts of violence , * ' lawlessness that would afford thorn a pretext for throwing out .ho . vote of Omaha , which they know vould ho nlmo'st ' ton to ono against pro- ilbltlon. But when the lawyers try to nako witnesses testify that Omaha was n the hands of tv mob , they nro guilty of ho most despicable pettifogging and mposturo. TITE LESSON Of TIIK CONTKST. The ridiculous contest ever the gov ernorship of Nebraska has but ono pos sibility of good to he credited against tlio heavy charge for expense it In volves. This Is the fact that it furnishes an incontrovertible argument in favor of ballot reform and the Australian sys tem. tem.Tho The central Idea of the present farce s that gross election frauds were perpetrated - potrated in Omaha and that hundreds of men who wanted to yoto for Powers voro bulldozed into voting for somebody else , or not voting at all. Not a word or n syllable has boon produced to BUS- ain the claim , but that makes no dif- oroneo. The contest will cost the poole - ) lo oJ Nebraska as much in the actual expenditure of money , and the shock to mblic confidence caused by uncertainty , is it. would If the charges had boon proved. And therein lies thu evil of the present system. It lacks the guar- uiteo of fnirnoss which Is essential 'O ' populnr institutions. It has therefore > eon necessary to waste time and mouoy 16 prove that fairness actually prevailed ind that the reckless assailants of No- n-nska's reputation are political knaves. Under the Australian law each , voter approaches the ballot box alone and narks his choice for olficors with a pou- cil. Nobody can molest him , and neither ho boss ho works under or the political > oodlor can find out how ho voted. Therefore there will bo no votes bought or sold. The lesson of the contest is that a hal- ol reform law should bo nasSed by the icxt legislature and all foolish contests ind costly assaults on the reputation of the state rendered Impossible hereafter. IT is really too bad , in the opinion of a , jroup of w uld-bo moral reformers in , his city , that THE BEE did not remain silent while they were assaulting the in- .egrity of the1 people. According to heir notion' of things , THE Bun was a n-e < ; der of anarchy. As a mutter of act all the nliarehy was on the otlior side. Duty to Omaha and to the &tnto lemandod the exposure of the consplr- icics orgnnizqd in this city by men who nckod the moral courage to own or dis own them , hnt conveniently shifted the responsibilityou disreputable nonresidents dents brought hero to'do the dirty work. THE BKB ventilated their schemes , mncture'd'their bubbles and aroused the people to a sense of their danger. It Is strnngo that these solf-stylod purists iavo nothing to wiy about tho. assaults on citizens , the falsehoods nnd forgeries lorpotratod , nor a word of condemnation 'or the villains who reported Omaha in iho hands of n bloodthirsty mob , her po lice overpowered and prostitutes bossing the election. VARIOUS visionary schemes will doubtless bo sprung on the coming leg islature for the purpose of diverting at tention and preventing necessary ro- lOrms. The membors-eloct shouldthere fore , prepare themselves for the fray. They should acquaint themselves thor oughly with the primary needs of the state and stick to n line of action whioh will sharply reduce the expenses of state Ejovornmont , enforce economy in state institutions nnd relieve the bullions of the taxpayers. Eoducedtaxation is the most important problem demanding at tention. A majority of the members of both houses having boon elected on that issue'thoy will bo hold to rigid ac countability if they fail to give the people ple the desired relief. ONE of the most dillleult things to accomplish is to loosen the grip of iv pat ent right monopoly , especially when the government is a patron. The contract for furnishing mail-sack locks is hold by a concern which has grown rich nnd saucy on the proceeds. Despite the fact that tboro are superior locks on the mar ket , the bonolleiarios of this monopoly have go entrenched themselves that competitive manufacturers cannot got a hearing. To muko the snap raoro se cure , congress is asked for authority to fnvito "Improvements on the lock , " not for new and bettor looks , and what is inoro significant , subordinate olllcinls are working congress to that end. Of course they h'avo no seliish interest in the lock monopoly. THE official'pul for representatives to witness the birth of the third party in Pittaburg nq.xt February comprehends ton organizatlp'ns afllictod with political aspirations.Tho select are the inde pendent , pcoj lv s , union labor , federal and confudorntqijsoldiors , Farmers' Alli ance , Fanners'--Mutual bo'iioflt , Cltizuns' Alliance , Kt Jits of Labor , Colored Farmers' Alliance , and such othnr par ties us subscrMB'to the St. Louis agree ment. The un on of these diverse elo- roonts is a tusk . whioh few healthy mon would undortiilto for a llfo work , but the fact that thtT Readers enjoy liberal sal aries from ti r respective associations impels them to render some equivalent tor the cash. OMAHA is entirely too modest' In push ing her claims for an adequate force of letter carriers , to which the city Is entitled - titled by reason of business nnd popula tion. THE opposition of a fanatic to "Tho Return of .Spring , " is a costly hut effec tive advertisement of the art exhibit THK cloud on Cleveland's present prospects has no silver lining. GENKHAI , TEUUV passed quietly away yesterday In his native Btnto of Connecti cut , from which ha cnmo forth , nearly Lhlr.ty years ngo , as a volunteer for the union. His career In the civil wnr showed him to ho n natural soldier , nnd ho supplemented his gnllant services in that conflict with good -work as a coiqmauilor In the regular army for almost the whole of the rest ot his llfo. The story of Terry's career fills many bright pngos of his country's history and his memory will bo long cherished. lie was for many years identified with this part of the west , and no section will more sincerely mourn him. ' Tlio Ideal Winter UcmirU KniiM3 Citv Tina. While the Missouri valley is enjoying n reg ular tropical winter , stories of people being frozen to death coma from tbo cast. Iu Wc.it Virginia two men puns bed Saturday. Will the Inhabitant ! of the semi-polar regions of America never become wtsto and migrate to this region 1 t "Will Jay Open Ilia Purse ? St.rfitih QlotC-r > cmncrat. Ono day lost week Jay Gould until to ono of our leading St. Louis merchants , whom h'o happened to meet In Now Yorit , that whllo money was "tight" just now tt weald bo so plentiful before the middle of January tlmt it would no utmost impossible to llnd cbances to loan it then. FanUi-itlu K Jftmrnipol/Ji Journal. In adopting the St Louis platform with nn amendment favoring government control df railroads In nn experimental manner tbo na tional nlllauco commits Itself to all tlio va garies of Gcorgo , Bellamy nnd the cheap money advocates. Adherence to these dog mas , a horrible undigested , mass , will make the alliance very sick some day. I OK-'JK Of 'fllti STATK VltESS. Columbus Telegram : When will tbo pro- tiibltlonists trot out some evidence boariug on tbo contest crises 1 As yet wo have soon none , although wo have road all the testimony so fur produced. Kearney Hub : TIIK Bun urges the ap pointment of Judge Grotl to the vacancy on the interstate commerce communion that will soon occur. Judge Grott has given general Bnttsfastton ns commissioner ot the general land ofllco , nnd would bo equally acceptable on the commission , Hastings Nebraskan : The daily edition of tbo World'Hornld is a good enough BoJ-d pa per for Its Omaha readers , but the weekly edition is carefully revised to suit its country readers who llnd itlias a decided leaning lor Powers. Dictator Burrows has caught on to the sell o mo and lias soumleil a warning to tbo nil inn co to bo on their guard for this treach ery anil deception. Grind Island Independent : If the coming legislature permits the prohibition fanatics to consume all of tbo session in contests , with what kind of a face can tbo alliance people ask the people of Nebraska to trust them again ) if the party wants to prosper it must accomplish something in the Interests of tno people. If anything is accomplished in tbo interests of the people prohibition fanatics of tbo Yoico-Wolfcnbarger stripe must bo shaken off. Falls Citj- Journal : So far as the testi mony 1ms been given In the contest for tbo state ofllces it Is the veriest rot. There Isn't a line of evidence that would have any weight with nn ordinary court. They have shown that people who po Idled prohibition tickets in Omaha had a bard row to boo. But that hasn't anything to do with the contest and It strikes us'as being very foolish to offer that kind of evidence in this kind of a caso. If tha contestants have nny evidence they would do well to Introduce it. Pliittsmoutu Herald : The attempt of young Mr. Hitchcock of tbo Omaha World- Herald to bitch his wagon to the alliance star has bean nlppod iu the bud by Boss Burrows. His proclamation denouncing the \Vorld- Herald and warning the brethern that young Mr. Hitchcock is a traitor to the c.iuso of the honoit farmers , has boon duly issued nnd another cold corpse drops with a dull splash into tbo consomme. Ono inoro friend.of . the people adorns the priv.itc graveyard of Citizen llobcspicrro Burrows. Phelps County Herald : This paper sup ported John H. Powers for governor nnd hoped for his election ; tt opposed James E. Bovd nud hoped for his defeat ; but this paper has no sympathy with the alleged con test now in progress. The wbolo thing is in .tho l aiids of the prohi bitionists. and the evidence shows that tills Is actually tbo only question la tbo contest. Nearly ah the witnesses for tlio contesting side nro third party man , nnd the testimony so far fall ? to prove that any voters ers were prevented from casting tlicir ballots for the candidate of their cbolco. All the lawyers aud notaries employed by the con testing part appear to bu rank prohibitionists. Tliero is nothing ' -independent1' aboutit xvbntcver. Kearney Hub : The Oiniha "World-Her ald has made an arrangement with one well known T. II. Tibbies and the Ponca Indian mamon , "Bright Eyes , " whom ho married , to interview the Sioux Indians "on tbo sub ject of their treatment by the government nnd the real causes of the Indian troubles. " Now the public can look for something sen sational , if Tibbies is tbo same all around romancer that ho showed himself to bo fif teen years ago when ho was working the re lief racket for Nebraska after the famous grasshopper visitation. The harrowing tales ha .told through out the cast how uones of famished men nnd women were bleaching oa the plains ot Ne braska and other tales ot want nnd woo nnd destitution and ntarvatloa harrowed up the feelings of the eastern people as never bof oro" norslnco. Voryllttlo of it was 'tho truth , and the reputation of Nebraska suffered inoro from his falsehoods that it ever hus from all other sources. If ho comes co nearer telling the truth In regard to the Indian troubles bis statements will not bo worth reading. MX IMr.V. Oliarlcfltoivn Prlsonoru Polled In a I'lnu to Rsonpc. BOSTON , Mass. , Doc. 10. [ Special Telegram to TUB ncR.j On Sunday afternoon the guards oa the state prison walls at Charles- town.rcportcd that John Farmer , a recently liberated ronvlct , was hanging around out- sldo watching the ventilator on tlio prison roof. This aroused suspicion and a search was made , which revealed I that the Irou pad lock on a door leading to the attlo over the chapel had been sawed on * . In the attlo was found John Carton , who Is serving a twelve- year sontcnco for manslaughter , twisting .yarn into a ropo. Ho liatl 100 feet of rope and two suits of clothes. It was learned that Kd- ward Colduum , who bas served throe years of a ton-year sentence , was in the plot The orison choir was rehearsing- the tlmo , nnd it h supposed that nil intended to escape from the roof by means of the ropo. The St. Paul Kill Won. NEW YOIIK , Deo. 10. Jemmy Murray of Now York , nnd Hogan , tbo "St. Paul kid , " light weights , fought with skin gloves to a finish at Kpckaway Beach early this morn ing. 'Ilogan won the match la the thirteenth round. _ _ JIE WAN "XOT IX IT. " Cto'l.itr awl A man from tlio wust , nt n feast , .Mot a charnilnK yoiuiK girl from the east , He naked for hur hand , Hut she tioornod his demand , Fur the poor fullow'a pants were uotcreaied. KNIGHTS OF LABOR CONFER , A Bcorot Mooting of the Executive Commit tee to bo Hold in Lincoln. BELIEVED TO BE AFTER BURROWS' SCALP , A. Cnno of Dlptliorla Ilcportoil at tlio Capital City A. Question of Quarantine Duncan A li mits Ilia Guilt. LINCOI.X. Nob. , Doc. 10. [ Special to Tin : Bun. ] The slnto executive commlttco of tbo [ Cnlghts of Labor assembled In Labor bull in Ibis city this nftcrnoon , but no quorum being present , adjournment was taken until tomor row. row.Tho The session will bo a secret ono and the object of tbo meeting 1ms not been announced , although it is believed tlmt It 1ms some con nection with the session of the slnto ulllnuco. It is nsscrtcd that Burrows lias nt every turn snubbed the Knights of Lnoor clement ot tbo Independent party and treated tlio knights ns If tboy wore hangers-on instead of tUHes. tt is claimed , therefore , that tboy nro after its scnlp and will demand n fuller recogni tion of the mechanic supporters of the inde pendent ticket. Among tbo matters tn ha considered nsldo from politics is theconilltlonof persons suffer ing from the effects of the partial failure of crops in the western part of the state. Mr. J. H. Craddoclc , atato secretary of the Knights of Labor , has received a letter from n brother knight , P. C. Hitch cock of Trenton , in which ho declares that n very small portion of the supplies sent to Hitchcock county got any further west than Culbertson. Mr. Hitchcock oslcod Mr. Crad doclc if some arrangements could not bo made to have coal furnished at reduced rates and sold to the people nt Trenton. 'J'ho Ancient Order of United Workmen Is said to Uo doing good ehnrltablo work In that county. Mr. C rail dock recommends that In case there is no branch of tbo Ancient Order of United Workmen nt Trenton to receive supplies , that the secrotury of the Ancient Order of United Workmen counsel with him ( Craddock ) . WKKB LIVING IS 111MB XOVKL STVLE. Onicor Klnnoy yesterday discovered a lot of youngsters comfortably onsconsed in a cave they had made near Lowrcy's mill. The cave was quite roomy , well ventilated nnd ( Hied up with n stove , card table and other comforts * Some of the scions ot our host families were found thcro , playing cards nnd carrying out other dlmo novel theories of en- Joymont. The door was torn oil by the officer and the plnco will bo destroyed. ACKNOWLEDGED HIS GUILT. Frank Duncan , the young man who was brought back from Sioux City Sunday charged with raising n checlc from $3.3 ! ! to SO.'Jtt , Has discharged this inornlng for want of prosecution. Duncan acknowledged that ho haa committed the forgery , said ho was drunk when ho did it , nnd intimated that some fellow put him up to it , but refused to soy who it was. Mayer Brothers were the complainants , nnd Duncan mil Jo good to them the amount they bad lost nnd also paid the court costs , amounting to over $30. As the young man had 318.J whan arrested , ho hasn't a very largo caoital to begin on again. OHOiinr. DID HOT JUTEAII. ' Hobecca Patterson sued for a divorce today from her husband Goargo. In her application shechanrud him with being guilty of almost every tiling provided In tlio statute nnd ho was evidently too ashamed to appear against lief to refute the charges. She wua there fore granted a divorce , MAY OO TO JAII , Frank Bidders of Tllckinun , who Is charged with the responsibility of Miss Mabel Var- noy's infant , was tried by jury in the district court today and the judge ordered him to pay to Miss Varnoy $1,000 in monthly payments of & 3.JJ5. Hovas ordered to give $ I'JUO bonds so to do orsutter perpetual imprison ment. ruiisuis'fl nEnnETHiTEn. Catherine Hnarala suns Einnnuol Van pompon for ? 1'J50 , damages on tbe > grounds of betraying her. Miss Haamla claims that her ruin was accomplished under promise of mar riage , and that , later Van Compon married another young lady , buo further declares that Van Coin pen has anticipated this suit and has disposed of ull his property to his brother. JL QUESTION" OF QUAnAXTIKC. A case of diphtheria was reported in room 10 of .Brown Brothers' O street block this morning. Tbo patlont is a fourteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Wilson , In room 10. Health OBlcor liurtr.un was in n quandary as to whether to quarantine the whole flat or just the room. Mayor Graham gave strict in- strutions , however , to simply quarantine the room , but to use till disinfectants necessary , have all the transoms closed , nnd to tuko all available precautions to prevent the spread of the disease io the thickly populated block. A riUUDULENT SIGXATUUE. Judge Stownrt and a Jury ended the case of the Howell-Jcwott lumber company vs the Fort Morgan lumber company bv giving tlio plaintiff n verdict , for MOO. The plaintiff sued defendant for $3.10 for balance of ac count , but ttio latter put In a rather sensa tional defense. P. W. Kruno , who appears to bo the only survivor of tlio Fort Morgan company , testified that his company was in debted to plaintiff and to secure them gave possession of their yard nt Fort Morgan. Col. Ho also stated that the company hail sold nut the lumber to a larger amount than tbo debt by 5),714. ICrusu's father testiflod that his signature to the contract was ob- tulncd by traud and deceit. TUB liEAI. CUU'KIT CAl'TUllCO. On .Tune 34 last Irnan Klomlst , a Russian Jew , was arrested In this city by Dotqctlvo Pound , chnrcoa by .T. F. King of David City with having run off some mortgaged prop erty. Klomlst's friends secured lils release on a writ of habeas corpus , but immediately thereafter ho was npnln arrested by the sher iff of Butler county and taken to David City. It was afterwards proven tint they had the wrong man , nnd Klpmisfsued tbo parties for damages for false imprisonment. Detective Mnlono received worJ List night that tlio real culprit'hnd been located nt Salt Luke City , nnd his arrest was ordered. ODD ? AXD uxns. The fall term of tbo Central law school of Lincoln ends on Friday. The winter terra commences January C. J. C. Hyan , a young carpenter , while on a drunken spree wandered into the Ivy Loaf Baloun last night anil stole four balls from n pool table. The balls wore soon missed , and when Hynn was arrested were found In his possession. Tlio man was lined Si and costs and ordered sout to the county jail this morn ing , but before ho was taken up his young wife cnmo in and paid his tine , and took him homo. John 1C. Bnrr brought suit In county court yesterday ugalnst .1. H. Mc.Murtry. Ho sets forth tlmt ho sold some lots in Manchester addition to F. O. Kills of Jiruiulreo , Mats , , for $ ! JO. Ellis sent his note to McMurtry , . who had it discounted , so Burr says. Ho also asserts that McMurtry refuses to hand over the money to him , nnd has converted the same to bis own USD. Ho wants the court to order It banded over. Johnny Sherman , who lives at Cortlant , while helping his father load some goods at a wholesale house In Lincoln today was kicked by one of tbo horses and knocked fu < nsoluds. His Injuries hro not thought to bo fucal. George Cook clulms that in tuo settlement of a partnership between himself nnd I. H , Johnson a mistake of $1,000 was made In Johnson's favor. CookuaksthodUtrlctcourt to compel Johnson to make nn accounting of all his transactions that led to the claim. Hucci'H Great Fatting Feat. New YOIIK , Dec. 10. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. ] Bncci has broken ills own record and likewise the fasting records of the world. Ho has passed the forty-day murk and Is away on his task to abstain from food BIX days more. The fitstcr was In good humor all day and became qulto gay MS ( ho end of tils fortieth day drew notir. Owing to the quantities ot water he swallowed tliero ivm no.dllTorcnreln his weight between Sunday morning nud Mommy morning lOT i pounds. Illimn Up by Glniit I'owilcr , ASHLAND , Wis. , Doc. 10. By the explosion of a box of giant imwdcr Suniluy In the Italia mlno at Wakcjlcld , Mich. , two men vroro killed aud u uumbor of others fuUlly Injured. A'KIIV * WfTIlti XOltTHirKttT. Nulirankn. Tbo Eagle grist inlUucuir Ktvorton has been destroyed by lire. - , Tbo Falls City creamery has been sold to Strong Brothers ot New Yortt dty. Ono linn nt Froumnt uhlppodt.OOO pounds of drosied chicken to Denver during the full , The Scluiylor sons of votoratm hnvo coin- pletod their organization by clouting oflltjors. Attorney J. S. lllshop was recently Btrlcken wltb paralysis , but is now on the road to ru-x- covory , / Tho.lunlatn schools , which were closed S\\ nccount of a case of diphtheria , have ro- opcncd. Governor Tliayor is rocolvlnR nunwrous calls from nil parti of tlio state to deliver hit lecture on General Grant. A raluahlo trotting borso belonging to Joseph Ivocltluirt of Hltdrotb , vrns cremated In bis barn the other night. An' incendiary did It , Tlio farmers' nlltmico of Hayes county lias organized a cooperative loan associa tion , It has the assurance of eastern money at 0 per cent. Ghouls la human form desecrated thu Catbollo cemetery nt Tecumseh the otlior night , overturning thirteen tombstones and breaking nnd disfiguring monuments. Dr. P. S. Billings , Into stuto veterinarian , disposed of bis Interest in hit remedy for , . hog cholera to George A. Scavcrns of Clif-1 cage , wbo will continue to manufacture tl.o romouy. Walter IJcddoo of Orleans killed n jack rabbit Hint weighed eleven pounds. Itniu two foot , seven Inches long , stood eighteen inches bljfh nnd measured fourteen inches nround the body. Frank Palmer of Dorp. Gnndv county , was bitten by n tarantula which bad been snipped to him in a box of fruit nud fora time bis re covery was despaired of. Two doctors , how ever , saved his llfo. The alliance members of ICcnrnoy , Phelps , Harlnu nnd Franklin counties are consider ing the question of starting nn alliance bunk nt Wllcox. Tlio projectors claim tlmt enongli have already signified their willingness to tuko slock to tnako it a success. The wife of Barker , tbo Lyons barber who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by tlio district court last week for shooting ntil , wounding Kil Lotfls whllo bo ( Barker ) wan In a drunken ill will sue the Omatin saloonkeeper - keeper who sold her htisbtmd liquor for dam ages. The amount asked is $10 iwr week for the term of Imprisonment. U being alleged that Barker could earn that much nt Ills trade. Lewis , the wouudod man , will also * ' sue for damages , lown. Eldora 1ms organized a business moil's as sociation , Dubuque has a meat inspector at a salary of $ . > 0 per month , lied Oak authorities have suppressed tha gambling houses , William Cooper , aged eighty-two , n resident of Keokulc for ever a quarter of a century , Is dead. .T. E. Northup of Melbourne was the winner In tbo Drake university oratorical contest. A timber wolf wnsshot within the territory that It is proposed to talco into tlio corporate limits of Dubuquo. Dr. Hollmolstcr has a few bcfirliiK orange and lemon trees ul Fort Madison. Ho plc'iti d several dozira palatable oranges this season Albert Jasperson , n cd nineteen , of Forest City , was killed whllo rauliit bunting thu other day. Ho pulled his gun toward him by the muzzle. Daniel Carpenter , on early resident of Tama county , died lately nt tbo homo of bis daughter , Airs. Kstclla Uico , in Chicago , ucod soventy-oit ; lit years. The school board of Cherokee has rondo a law compelling their teachers to bind themselves - solves not to marry for one year from tlino of contract , and If they do they forfeit on month's pay. The Two liakotas. Yankton county has seventy artesian wolls. A wagon factory to employ fifty men Is to bo established at Sioux Falls. An old-fashioned circular wolf bunt Is pro posed for Christmas nt Blunt. Twelve per cent more tban bnlf of tha taxes of Turner county go into the sclioa ) fund. Sheriff S. L. Payne of Sanborn county Inherits $13,000 by the death of a dlstunt relative. A wholesale liquor man of Chicago took orders for seventy barrels of whisky in oua day in Sioux Falls. It is said that there Is not a lawyer In tha legislature of North DunoUi and 1)0 ) per cent of that body are farmers. In Clark county 'ho Brotherhood of PUCS. pose has several Indictments ngalnst uInTgo number of persons on the charge of usury. Ono usurer has boon convicted. Worn-out , "run-down , " feeble women , need Dr. Pierco's Favorite Prescription. It builds them up. It's a powerful , restorative tonic , or strength-giver frco from alcohol and injurious drugs. The entire system is re newed ancl invigorated. It im proves digestion , enriches the blood , dispels aches and pains , gives re freshing sloop , and restores ilenh and strength. As a soothing nervine , it allays and subdues hysteria , spasms. . and all the nervous symptoms com monly attendant upon functional and organic disease. 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