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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1890)
r THE OMAHA T > MLY BffR , MIIDAY , DEOE1VIBEB 10 , 1890. THE DAILY BEE. E. UOSEWATEU PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TrKMB or 8UJ1SCHJPTION. lially nnd Sunday , One Year . tin CO Ex ! montlis. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . f > 00 Thrro montliH . . . . . . . 260 Pundny Mco.Ono Year . , . . . 200 Weekly Hcc. One Year. . . . . 100 OFFICES ! Omnlio , Tlio Boo Unlltllng. KoutliOninlm , Corner N nnrt 9th ! ElreoU Council Jlliiffs , l'onrl Strrct. Chicago onicc , 31 ? Chamber of Commoroo. Now Vorlc.Iloonn 13,14 and jfiTrltiuue Building WuslilnRton , GlU Fourteen th BtrocU COnUESPONDESOR All communications roliitlns now * and fdltorlnl mnttor should bo addressed to the Editorial Department. IIU8INESS I.KTTnUS. A11 business letters and remlttancrs liou1d bo addruMcil to The Hco PiilillMilnR Company , Omaha. llraf t , chccki rind mwtolllco orden to 1)6 [ undo payable to the order of tbo com paiiy. The Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , The Ilco ll'ld'ff , Furnnm und fcovcntconth 8U eWOKN fcTATEMKNT Off OIKOULAT1UN neo orn fc. County of Uouclnif _ . . O rorce ll.Tzscliuok , secretary of The Bee rtiWMiInz compunv. aoes solemnly svreur tbat tbo actual circulation of Tnc DJUI.T Iln Tor the wee * onuhiR Deo. U law , was as rol- "Bnnfl'ur.'ncc.T . . . SVOtO Monrtnv. Dec. 8 . " ' .MO Tucsdny. Pec. 9 . 22.711 "Wednesday. Dec. 10 . 2 ! . < H3 Thursday. Uee.ll . 22.CS1 Krldar. l > r < M2. . g.K" Saturday , Doc. 13. . . . 2,830 HM WMI Average . 2 : ,2ii : OEOIIDR B. TMCIIUCK. f > orn lotefore me an < l subscribed In my prcsenoo tnis Uili davof Uecemner. A , I ) . .1800 liEAL.1 N. l > . FKIL , Notary I'ublla etuteot NcbrnuVa , I County of Douglai , Is Georfjo II. TzschucU , being duly sworn. < 1e roRft nnd snys tliiit no Is secretary of The Bee rulillsliliij ! C'ompan v. that the notiinl Average dally clrculntlun of THE TUir.v HKK for the month of December. IKW. was 10,041 copies ; for January , 1(00. ( ] P,56T copies ; for February , 18X ! ) , jn. Cl ron'ri : for March. J800. 0.815 copies ; for April , 1FOO. 20,56-lt , Dies ; for Way , 1800 , SM.lSt roplei ; for June , 3SflO , 80.1101 coti'cs ' : for July , JHOSOrfl2 copies ! forAuirnst , lH)0.IP,759cojjlcs ) ! for frpntrintar. JBCO. ZUi70 coplcii for October , 3BOO. 20.TC2 copies ; lor November , 1889 , 22.13C copies. Groiine n. TZSCHOCK. fcwnrn to lioforn mo. and subscribed In my pretence , thin cth a ay of December. A. D. , 1891 N P. Km. _ Notary Public. Tun liostilca have Ono Bull too many for their health. THE Fnrmors' Alliance pays a snup prlco for its prohibition whiatlo. GlVK the dictator rope and ho will Bpcedlly tranglo his party. Tim Argentine ccdulns , orflatmonoy , were issued against the products of the country , on a plan similar to the "sub' treasury Bchomo. " And the republic is now a bankrupt. THBRB is enough Important work tc to done by the next legislature to sat isfy the most ambitious reformers and keep the most dangerous one out of mis ehiof. THE raoro J. S. Clarkson talks , the moro evident it becomes that ho is af flicted with tin enlargement of thomoutli with a corresponding1 reduction of graj mnttor. OMAHA'S packing industry steadily ' maintains its progressive pace in nrod- " uct , and what is moro important to the stock growers , the market prices crowd these of Chicago , freight-added. THE apportionment bill bag passed th ( house and may bo expected to go through the senate easily. It should not bo de layed nday beyond January los the leg islatures which deal with the tnattot next have not fallen into the bad habil of sitting all summer like congress. JUST what bearing the election ir Council Bluffs has upon the election , ir ' Omaha is locked up in the bosom oi Dictator Burrows , yet tnnt owlish jaj bleeds the farmers for $200 to pay detectives - toctivos for scouring that city. Meanwhile while many farmers in the wosterr counties appeal in vain to the dlctatoi for , help _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE suspension of banking houses ii booming Washington cities is to bo ro ffrottod , but they give point to the remark mark that Nebraska .men are bettor of at homo than in that ovor-crowdod ani over-advertised state. Washington ii all right but it can't oroot a metropolitan tan city at every cross roads , or mak < every man rich before breakfast. THE implement trust is still insisting that it has no intention of raising th < prices of farm machinery. Nevertho losstho people willfool a good doa safer when it Is no longer possible foi one sot of men to corner the market anc defy competition. In the meantime the trusts will consult their own interests by not crowding1 the public to the wal with high prices and thereby raising its dander. the prohibition inquisitors an itruggllng to got nway with the Farm ore' Alllanco surplus by browsing arouni * on the suburbs of the campaign , it ii proper to Inquire how much of the pro * hlbltion campaign fund , estimated a ninety thousand dollars , was sqnundcroc ln Douglas county. Such infomrntloi would form a thrilling chapter of election tion history and a fitting close to a rip roaring farco. Tim true Inwardness of the prohtbi tlon contest is coming to light , and wha a charming moss It is to bo sure. Tin gang whoso schemes the farmers ro pudlated at the polls , successfully palmi oft a second hand conspiracy on the in dependents and scoops 91,200 out c the Alllanco treasury as a reward fo the job , Not since the days of Canudi Bill has a bunco game boon as emoothl ; and effectually worked in Nebraska , FOR many years there has boon a dc nmnd in Nebraska for state aid to farm era' Institutes , which nro conceded to b the best means for encouraging intolll gent methods in the cultivation of th Boll. Thla year there is hope that pro vision for this aid will bo mado. At th suggestion of ox-Governor Furnoa th officers of the state board of agriculture the state university , the horticultural the Dairymen's und Live Stock nssooln tlons have agreed on a bill , which make provision , for institutes throughout th etato , the publication of tholr reports nnd au appropriation of $0,000. "Wlti Btich Inlluonco bohlna' a measure man ! festly so important there can bo no doul about Its 8UCC033. It will confer grcn good upon Nebraska's uprlcultural it tero3t& 1J\K \ I'UnLlOSGHOOT LASDB. A matter of Tory considerable 1m- Tortnnco to which the next legislature ihould give attention la that of the pub ic school lands and the funds derived from thorn. Contracts for school lands sold or Iqascd SOyears ngo have matured and tire maturingand the Elate board of public lands will bo compelled to on- 'orco the contracts nnd demand pay ment for the lands unless the legislature shall provide for the extension of the contracts. The effect of enforcing pay ment would bo to largely diminish the temporary school fund , for the reason that the interest heretofore paid on pur chases will coasu , and the principal being paid into the state treasury will remain idle , -as a part of the fund do- rlvod from this source now is owing to the lack of suitable and lawful securities In which to invest it. Speaking of this matter , Attorney General Lccso remarked that ho could not sco why the state should demand the cash to bo paid on sale contracts that nro now drawing interest , when in vestments of a proper kind cannot bo found for the cash now on hand , and ho suggested that a law should bo passed extending- payment of all maturincr contracts. This Is obviously a practical view of the question to which wo can bee no serious objection. If the money de- Tlvod from these educational lands can not bo satisfactorily invested , and it ap pears that the state board has boon un- nblo to make such Investment of it , it would clearly not bo in the line of sound business policy to increase the unem ployed fund by compelling payment of sale contracts. It appears that the board has raado Investments in bonds bearing 4 } per cent interest , but while this is bettor than to allow the money to Ho idloin the treasury , it Is moro profitable - able to the state to got the 0 per cent in terest which is paid on contracts. The matter is not at all complicated , and simply requires the application of good business principles. It is suggested that not only should provision bo made for the renewal or extension of existing contracts , but that it would bo a judi cious policy to entirely discontinue soil ing the school lands , retaining what re mains for leasing only. The idea of this is that it is desirable that the school lands still the property of the state should remain so , yielding from year to year a steadily increasing income for the school fund. If this wore done , it is argued that no question of how to invest the principal of the fund would over arise , nor would there bo any danger oi its loss or misappropriation. In all clr cumstanccs It'would remain intact , and as the lands grow in value of course the revenue from them would increase , Those suggestions merit thoughtful con sideration from the mombors-oloct of the next legislature , who ought to bo im pressed with the importance of this subject joct in its relation to the future interests of the schools of the state. DVItnOWS A.HO TUB JlBZrlSF FOND. Jay Burrows' ' stock-in-trado is his so llcitudo for the welfare of the Nobraskc farmer. It is upon this capital that h < has done a considerable business as ( loader of the Alllanco , a newspaper pub Usher and a dealer in pewter badges ant other campaign supplies. It is interesting osting to study his course in the proson convention from this standpoint. It happens that there nro just now i number of farmers in Nebraska wh < stand greatly in need of somebody's sub stantlal solicitude. They arc the resident of the counties in the western and south western portions of the state , who an suffering for the necessities of lift on account of the crop failure of last summer. Presumably , the ; are mostly members of the Alllanco anc as such have contributed of their scant ; moans to keep Jay Burrows in paten outsides and groceries while enacting the role of farmers' friend and moral ro former. It is not unnatural , therefore that they should look to him and his or ganlzatlonfor- - part of the assistanci which they must have in the hour o their great need. At Tuesday's session of the convontioi General Van "Wyck introduced a rosoli tion appropriating the sum of , $5,001 from the Alllanco treasury for the rolio of the stricken farmers. To everybody' surprise , Burrows and hishonohmon vc homcntly opposed the propositionstatin ) that the Alliance had other "uso fo Its funds. It subsequently transplroi that the other use was the payment o lawyers' foes in the farcical state con test and the liquidation of obligation assumed during the campaign. Ja' Burrows proposed to have the convention tion turn its back on its brothers in ills tress in order to 'carry on his post humous prohibition campaign. Gonorn Van Wyck persisted in hlsolTorts to pro vide for the needy farmers on tin frontier and the result was a comprc inls.o on the sum of $2,500 , which -was ap proprlatod. The .incident exhibits Jay Burrows blatant love for the farmer in its tru light. Ho would leave the destitute ti the charity of the public and spend th money on which they have a right t call In time 6f need to pay prohibltioi lawyers for blackening the reputation o the state. It is true that the convontioi did not sustain the dictator in his ox traordlnary attitude , but that will no save him from the contempt of docon mont or the scorn of the needy farmers GtlOWDRD COURTS. Among the many Important problem the Douglas delegation must press to solution in the legislature , that of n Having the courts takes high rank Ir deed , there are few matters of groato interest to the people. The prompt trio of civil actions is as essential to publi welfare as the speedy trial of criminc cases. Yet honest litigants , forced int court to enforce tholr just claims , are pu oft from year to year and subjected t nocdloss expense and aunoyunco. The district court as at present cor stltutod was do&lgnod to moot the wanl of a district of 70,000 pee pie. Omah alone has double that number of poopl now , and if wo add the balance of Dou las county , Washington , Burt and Sarp counties , the aggregate number equal 00,000 , or nearly turoo times the popu lutlon of the district when the number e judgoa was increased. Litigation kop pace with the growth of population , um the docket of the court , especially i ) cniglas county , In now so crowded that t la almost impossible to roach n case Tlthln two years nf tor filing. This delay s burdensome nnd unjust to honest liti gants. It puts a premium on dishonesty , for with trifling oxp6uso claims may bo shelved In the courts and tholr pnymont staved oft for two years. Add to this the two years ro- lulrcd to secure action on nn appeal to the supreme court , and It will bo soon hat justice Is a long distance behind the tlmoa.Vlth the prospect of four years' delay in reaching a final doclelonj bun- irods prefer to sulfor pecuniary loss rather than waste valuable time in the courts. It Is not possible to enlarge the supreme premo court by statute , but it is possible io Increase the number of district judges so as to promptly dispose of rapidly ac cumulating business. An independent criminal court should bo established , and also an intermediate court to ills- pose of the vast number of cases which ire now very conveniently appealed from justices of the peace and burled in the district docket. It is immaterial what form the relief Lakes provided n suiHclont number of judges are secured to reduce the limit [ rom two years to six or eight months. It is a matter of vital imoortanco , and the bar association and delegation should got together nnd unite on * a measure cal culated to expedite the administration of justico. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DAXOKItOUS SPUED OF TRAINS. Reference was rocantly made to the arrest of a locomotive engineer in Min neapolis on the charge of manslaughter. The hearing and disposition of the case brought out many important points bearing - ing on the responsibility of train opera tives under the law und the rules of the railroad company. Engineer Kotchum had charge of ar Omaha train running between St. Paul and Minneapolis. In approaching n suburban station , nt which another train was discharging passengers , Kotchum ran down and killed three persons. The company sought to ovndo responsibility by charging the engineer with running his train at a high rate of gpood in viola tion of the rules and the city law * The coroner's jury acquiesced in the vlow of the company and returned a verdict charging Kotchum with criminal negli gence and manslaughter in the second degree. At the preliminary hearing it was clearly shown that Kotchum ran the train at a higher rate of spaed than the law allows tea miles an hour and thai the rules of the company coincided with the law. The schedule of speed estab lished the fact that the distance bo- twcon the two cities could not bo covered ored short of a 2-3-milo rate. Another important point was brought out. Kotch- urn's predecessor was relieved of the train because ho would not or could not roach the speed required by the sched ule. ule.Tho The court made a careful examination of the scone of the wreck , together with the testimony , and decided that Engin eer Kotchum was not guilty of criminal nogllgonco ; that his error , if any , was one of judgment , and "that the blame rests on the shoulders of. tho" railroad company tbat required him to operate his train at such a high rate of speed in order that Minneapolis mightbo reached on time. " The decision is based on sound com mon sonso. It punctures the transparent ont mask of rules which railroad com panies take advantage of to shield thorn solves from responsibility for accident and shift blnmo on train operatives. It is a notorious fact that trains running within the city limits of Omaha , roach r speed of 35 miles an hour , yet in case nf accident the companies appeal to the law nnd instructions to employes tc evade responsibility , whereas an exam ination of the schedules will show that trainmen are obliged to take the risk of violating rules and law to make the time and retain their positions.In placing the responsibility for dangerous spoee on the snouldors of the company , the Minneapolis court displayed coramondu bio penetration and rendered justice to the bravo men of the footboard. JVBBJDKD INSURANCE LAWS. The inadequacy of the insurance lawi of this state is'ono of the urgent inatton which should receive the early nttohtioi of the legislature. Under the proson law the interests of the business publii are not only neglected , but nctuall ; made the prey of lawless companies anc agents. There is hero a field for a reform form which will confer its benefits upon every patron of flro , accident or lifo in surnnco. It is known that a largo number o wildcat companies are doing a flourish ing business in Nebraska. Forty-four o them have recently boon called to the attention of the auditor's department where it is freely admitted that the lav is powerless to protect the people fron the evils of this irresponsible insurnnci business. Those wildcat companlo exist in doflanco of the statutes. The ; make no statement of their resource and liabilities and rccoivo no cortlflcati authorizing them to do business in No brnska. When a citizen trusts the pro toctlon of his property , or his legacy ti his family , in the hands of these lawlosi companies , ho . has no moans o knowing that the sacred trust wll bo carried out. It is highl ; important that all such concerns shouh bo spotted and driven out of business it this stato. But this is only a part of tin work that needs to bo done. The roforn should go deeper than that. What is demanded is a thorough revision vision of our insurance laws and the ore ation of a department exclusively dc voted to this branch of public business In Massachusetts , Now York and otho states the Insurance commissioner is on of the most important and useful ofll clals. It is his duty to see that the strlu gent laws providing for the oxuralnatio : of companies are compiled with ; tha agents of companiesdolngbusinoss with out authority are swiftly prosecuted um punished ; that Insurance rates are no raised to oxtortlonato figures by com binatlons of undorwrltors ; and that th interests of policy-holders , nro HO jeopardized by reckless financial man ngomont The introduction of sue' methods would nayo thousands of dollar to the people of Nebraska every yea and lvo a nflngp of security to orcry parson who hqWs nn Insurance policy. The need of'Worm in our insurance laws Is so obvl2ift that no Opposition to legislation of Uita character is to bo an ticipated. I M i ' THE The plan ngrtSod upon by the republi can senators feh'u relieving the financial stress will un'doYibtodly , if adopted , do something tcny iru ! effecting that result , but It is not fiiKSfrom ; serious objections. It proposes tlmt > the government shall buy , with corllp , atos , In addition to the purchases now ; authorized , 12,000,000 ounces of silver during the calendar year at a rate not greater than 8,000,000 ounces n month ; thatboyond the amount of silver then to bo purchased and that required to bo bought under existing law , the treasury shall , if possible , buy enough sliver to replace the reduction of bank notes under $180,000,000 ; that the amount of bonds required to bo de posited by national banks shall bo reduced and the banks allowed to issue notes to the par value of the United States bonds deposited as security ; and that there shall bo f roe coinage whan silver Is maintained at par for ono year. The proposal to issue two per cent cur rency bonds , piyablo at the discretion of the treasury , up to $100,000,000 , was rejected. Of course this plan , llko all such schemes made for on emergency , Is a compromise , in which these who are least concerned for the preservation of the character of the currency got rather the best of it. The extreme silver mon took another stop forward toward the attainment of tholr wishes. The most objectionable feature of the proposed plan is the pro vision it makes for compelling the gov ernment to promote silver speculation. If it stooped with requiring the treasury to purchase the 12,000,000 ounces of sil ver now hold by the speculators , that provision might bo excused on thp ground that the pressure of tbo exigency justifies it , but the treasury is to go beyond - yond this and buy so much silver as maybe bo needed , If it can bo obtained , to replace place the reduction of bank notes uudor $180,000,000 , which Ja about the amount now outstanding. Manifestly such legis lation could , not fail to greatly stimulate silver , and were It certain to bo adopted the price of silver might bo expected to rapidly bound up to the highest figures reached after the enactment of the existing silver law , aneb Qrhaps beyond. It maybe bo said that Infthc" event of the adoption of the provisiiiiia relating to national ban KB there would b'o no danger of a further roductforijin the amount of the notes of the panics in circulation , nnd therefore the ovjjrumont would not be called upon to purchase silver to replace such notes , bul 'this does not help the character of thcfTprovision or diminish the dangerous .tendency that such legis lation would haVd. A covert invitation to sliver speculation is soon in tha pro vision for free tjoinago when , "silver is maintained ' at paVffor ono year. AU tins is not in 'tho interest of a sound and healthy finaicjal.systpm ) , ' 0 There' can r ef.no . ; CLUosUon : that > the financial situation * is stramod. All departments partments of business realize this , jBul there is reason to believe that this state of affairs is duo far moro to a lack ol confidence than to an insufllciont teupplj of currency. The 'truth is that the volume of currency is larger at this time than it over was before , the amount pot capita of the population is greater thar at any previous time for a nurabpr o ! years , and there has boon no extraordi nary demand , the moving of the crops the present yen * requiring an amount ol currency not materially larcor than thai of last year. The only rational or satis factory explanation of the existing trouble is that aJargo amount of mono ) is being withhold from circulation because cause its owners are fearful of legis lation that would impair the value of the currency in otlibr words , as was stated in a recent interview by "Senator Sherman - man and art the statistics show , gold is being hoarded. Whether such relief as that proposed by tboVopublican senators will' restore confidence remains to bo determined torminod , but there Js reason to doubt that it will have that effect. THEKK does not appear to bo any gooel reason why the time for the payment of duties on imports entered before the passage of the now tariff law should not bo extended , as the importers have asked congress to dountil , July 1 of noxl year , instead of requiring all duties or such goods to bo paid by February 1. The practice until thoTn'osont law was passed was to give importers a year in which to withdraw goods and pay the duties , and it is. not claimed that this policy operated to the disadvantage ol the govern mont. It is claimed that il the proaont requirement Is not changed most importers will bo a goot deal embarrassed in paying the duties , while they will suffoi loss In being compelled to put goods or the market before there is a demand foi thoin. The republicans in the house are disposed to mnkgi the extension , and ti resolution for tto.it purpose , Introduced several days ngcfi would doubtless have boon promptly pusaod but for democratic obstruction. Thbj jfconor > il sentiment IE not heartily in sympathy with the im porters , but thl fjj a matter in whicl the mlschlovous ljfccts almost certain t < ensue from adhopjng to the law as ic stands would oxje l beyond the import ing business , an ' . ndor present condi tlons it is tholjifrlporatlvo duty of congress gross to removes , na far us it is in it : power to do , whatever tends to ombar rasa any branch'tff1 "business or to kooj alive tHe fears which are chiefly rospon fllblo for the existing state of 'finnnola affairs. ' PENSION laws were made to inure te the benefit of deserving soldiers am sailors , not to foster an army of ponsioi agents. For that reason congress shoult make the business of fleecing the voter nufe unprofitable as well as discreditable M Mn. DUBOIB has not yet been able t < got a through ticket from Idr.l-o ti Washington and ho still refuses to go b ; the Union Pacific route. MEASURED by the sentiments of tin democratic press , the Cleveland boon towers above Hill's as a mountain towon nbovo the surrounding plain. A canvass of loading party papersmudoby the Chicago Times showed 100 for Cleveland , 12 for Hill nnd 103 scattering. This calcula tion does not Include the Podunk Hattk- ax , which recently clove to the fortunes of David , bringing his total up to IB. Tin : sad possibility that Parnoll may become physically blind will remind the world that ho has appeared both men tally and morally blind of lato. Buuitows is a great follow. Ho com plains that his favorite morning newspaper - paper , Tun BEE , publishes altogether too much news. THE prevalence of hyperborean bliz zards In the east proves that as regards wont her this is the favored section of tbo footstool. IT is qulto likely that Sitting Bull has already made a disturbance in the happy hunting grounds. A Crnnk Prom Gniwlllo. A'miKtg Cttu Tlmrs. Artesxhlbltors ought to know better than to take iholt ulgb priced pictures to Omaua , anyhow. A Ilulc-or-UuIn Policy. St , Joseph JltraM. Tlio rallying cry of the I'arncllltcs once was "Homo rule for Ireland I" Now it seems to bochangod to "Ilorao ruin for Ireland. " Tlio llinid to Success. Chicago Intcr-Ouaii. No ( In miswor to n correspondent ) , there Is scarcely nn instance of failure nmonff the regular and larffo advertisers. There uro necessarily exceptions to all rules , but the man who advci Uses , nnd then sells honestly as ho promises , generally succeeds. William , Don't Do This ! Clilcaao JVciM. Emneror William has taken to play Ing upon wind instruments. Tlio young commander Is evidently determined to leave no stone un turned in preparing for a conquest In Europe , out the laws of humanity ought to dolor him from planning to annihilate nrmios by mur derous and wholesale processes. Abolish the Illooil-Suekers. Cincinnati Uummcrctal-Qatittc. Tbo pension agents should go. They should not stand upon the order of their going , but go ntonuo , and the government should see to it that they do go. As a rule tbo professional pension agents are a lot of frauds nnd blood suckers , anil many n thousand of dollars , do- tinted by a liberal nnd patriotic people for tlic amelioration of tlio condition of Indigent veterans , has been diverted lute the pockets of these cormorants , who use the money to live well , [ lobaucli legislation , nnd build Qno residences la Washington. Corgress'should sco to it that the lemons in that business are squeezed do\vn to a Hgltimnto basis. SEWS Of THE XOKTMnVEHT. Nebraska. A now Baptist church has been organized nt Jnmcstowii. Fremont's Younp Men's Christian associa tion lias a membership of 13S. The "First Baptist church of Alranwill be dedicated next Sunday frco from debt. The Nebraska City distillery baa increased its capacity from GOD to 1,200 bushels of corn per dny. Knox county has another newspaper , the Bloomflold Monitor , published by Needham Brothers. Three farmers have been arrested nt North Plntto for helping themselves to coal on Union Pndtlc cars. One thousand tons of hay belonging to J. J. Moycrs near North Platte were destroyed by flre started by u spark from an cngitic. The old Contra ! bouse nt Edgar was dam- ngcd by lire the other night to the extent of 81,503. The waterworks did uoblo nervico. An nrt loan exhibit will bo hold nt Fremont during holiday ivock under the nusplcos of the Women's Christian Temperance union. A. Iiofmeister's hardware anil grocery store at Wallace has been closed under a chattel mortgage. Tnc liabilities are un- icnown. Postmaster Black of Pender has resigned his position and will return cast. The rea son given for tbat action is that no is about to bo married , but his intended refuses to located nt Ponder. Mrs. Wilson , living elsjlit miles east of Lyons , ono of the old bottlers ot the county and past eighty years old , Is at the point of death from blood poisoning , caused by freez ing her feet several years ngo. Samuel Newsomo , residing near Gering , Scotts BlulTs county , was found dead In the timber near his homo the other day. He had boon hauling lc < gs , nnd ItMs supposed that ho overexerted himself and died ot heart failure. The next division encampment of the Sona of Veterans will bo held at 1'lattsmouth in Juno next. This will bo the first field en campment of the Sons of Veterans ever held in the state and will bo composed of 400 dele gates , chosen from the lli ! camps which malco up the state membership. Iowa. Hyannus Gulnn , who has lived on a farm near Bella Plalno since IS40 , is dead. E. II. Shopnloy , n Dubunuo merchant , is under urrest for keeping his store open on Sunday. There arc 200 saloons in Cedar Rapids , ac cording to the count of Dr. McCloUaii of the Times , a prohibition paper. Morton & Co.'s shoe factory will ho moved from New Vionnn , O. , to DOS Aloinos. The latter city gave it a bonus of 32,5'JO. Two members of the Madison county grand Jury wcro arrested and lined for drunken ness , Just after they had concluded their labors. There are 41f ! convicts in the Fort Madi son penitentiary. Twenty-two are In lor lifo. The oldest convict Is Joe .Matthews , sent from Jefferson county twenty-three years ago for killing his wife. Ha is eighty years old. Mrs. Frances Bywater has sued Uov. G. E. Scott , pastor of the M. E. church , of Iowa Falls , for $500 damages for slander. The alleged slander wns spoken In a sermon by the preacher. Mrs. IJy water is a widow nnu a zealous member of the Baptist church. John S. ICilllnger of McGregor Instantly killed his grandson , aged eight years. The little follow was playing about while tno grandfather was chopping wood. Ho got under the ax and received the blow full on top of tlio head. Tbo old man is feeble , deaf and partially blind. The glucose works at Mnrslmlltmvn are running only half time , about ouo hunched and twcuty-Dvo hands being laid oil on account of a dull market. Marshall town factory is the only ono of n similar kind that had been running a full force of men for the past six weeks , and tha majority of thorn had shut down altogether. The appointment of W. I. Buchanan ol Sioux City to bo chief .of the ugricultural bureau of the exposition leaves n vacancy on tholowncommission , it Is thought this va cancy will bo filled by the promotion oJ Colonel Joseph Eibocck , who is now Mr. Iu- chanan'8 alternate , but this la not dellnUcly known. Colonel Eibocck is ono of tha leading - ing Germans of the stato. Is editor of the Slants Anzeiger nnd would inako a very couv potent ofllutal. aim Two Dnkotns. A typographical union will bo organized nl Huron. Yunlctou has returned to gasoline for street illuiiinant. Captain W. V. Nelson , whoso memory I ; unfriigrant In MadUon , loft u nlne-year-oU daughter there unprovided for when no tool his departure. D. Hornboreor , a Ynnkton boot and she < dealer , has disappeared. His stock has beei taken uosscailon of by George Wagner undoi a chattel mortgage. . When a dormitory bccamo a necessary ad Junct to the state normal school thocltvo Madison Issued bonds for the construction ol the building. Now the two states of DoaoU have sbouluorcd tbo > burdun of $11,000. WAS HORNED TO TOE GROUND , A Mfatako in an Alarm Calls the firemen to tlio Wrong Place. ANOTHER BRACE OF YOUNG BURGLARS , A niogrnphcr Demands Pnjr Tor Work Intended Divorce News A Printing I'roin Cnso Other Lincoln Nona. LINCOLK , Nob. , Doc. 18. fSpoolal to Tim BEA flro occurred at 0:15 : this morning at Third and A streets. Its origin Is not pre cisely known , but It Is supposed to have caught from a defective Hue. The alarm was turned In promptly , but a mistake was tnatloln transmitting it to the different onRluo houses. The central station nt Q nnd Tenth streets got It correctly , but the otbor two sta tions on F nnd O street * got it nt Twenty- third nnd A streets. The chemical onglno is kept at tlio F street house , nnd its absouco is responsible for tbo entire destruction of the houso. When CUiof Nowbury arrived on the scouo the flames were Just bunting through the roof , but the Inck of water prevented tlio company on the ground from making nuy hoadwuy against thorn. Tlio hook nnd hinder corps were sot to work nnd the structure was torn down. After the other companies had circled around the Fitzgerald mansion on Twenty- third nnd A streets and found no flre they re ceived word that it was nt Twenty-third and J streets , nnd down there they rushed. After the loss of valuable time thov received the correct location , but when they arrived the damage was done. The house is a two-story nnd n half struc ture , nnd Is owned by Frank Chandler. Mr. Chandler occupied one-half of the house , and John Cram , n well digger , the other npart- nient. The neighbors assisted in saving a portion of the household goods , but both men will lose rather heavily for them. It Is not known whether Chandler had the house In sured , but ono report places the amount at $1,000. The loss will reach about * 3,000. A CLB1UC TIMN3 nCllatAll. W. J. Wheeler , who gives his occupation as a clerk , but wdo lias not been working In the city since his arrival at the boarding bouso nt 1144 P street , wns arrested by Ofliccr Kinney about o'clock yesterday afternoon , charged with being Implicated In the robbery of liny C. Merrill's room at that number. Later in tbo evening Detective Malone arrived from South Omaha with W. C. Snuford , the other young fellow , who it is said , has confessed to the crime. WnoelornnaSnnford have been partners , the pollco claim. At any rate they wcro seen together before the robbery and " after It also. Sanford told the Omaha "pol'c ' ° whore ho had pawned the watch , nnd It was therefore easily recovered. The trial of the young men comes up tomorrow afternoon. 4 Sanford has told the police that Wheeler came to his room of tor ho had taken the watch and § 11 from Merrill's room. It wns after midnight and Wheeler spent the balance anco of the night with him. They first hid the watch in the Lecdwith block , and Sanford - ford waa given it with the Injunction to sell and then whack up. It was pawned in Omahu for fS. John Molson , a youth was arrested this afternoon on the charge of burglarizing the room of Harry Campbell in the Zehung block about n mouth since of f85 worth of clothing. Detective Malone has been after him for some time. A BIOORAPIIEIl WANTS PAT. , The county court was engaged this morn ing In hearing the testimony in a case en titled Ada Smith vs estate of Dr. H. K. I'nintor. It appears from the testimony that Miss Smith was formerly an assistant of the doctor , a part of the time during the war. That she cnmo hero in Juno , 188'J , to make her homo with the doctor and write up his war record. Before anything of importance was accomplished the doctor w as taken sick and died. The suit is for $500 , compensation for alleged services rendered. The divorce case of Aduio Wesson vs Her bert C. Wasson was referred today to Joseph Wurzburg to take testimony and report find ings. In the dlvorco case of Kohomcnia Rasmus- sen vs George Rasniussen , the plaintiff's nt- tornoys have filed nflldavits asking that in addition to the $30 u month G cargo Is now compelled to pay , that ho also hand in J30Q for attorney fees. Laura E. Gilbert has filed a motion to set aside the nppcarnnco of her husband , David H. Gilbert , in the * pending dlvorco suit. She says that whereas David wns ordered to pay 5 a week for her support , ho quit after pav ing four times , and in fact bos sold his prop erty nud left the town. A X EVt SPAPEn VJCTOllT. Judge Stewart and a Jury have been on- gaired for two dnys In hearing the case of the News publishing- company vs the Bagloy- Bowoll company for S&OO. ' The plaintiffs had purchased a $1,400 press from defendants , 'which wns warranted by defendants to run at the rate of 1,000 impressions an hour and to bo perfectly good in material and work manship. Tbo plaintiffs adduced ovidcnco to prove that the press would not run that fast , was deficient in make-up and was In the Jiabit of breaking down at critical moments. Also that it was as llublo to print on both sides of the paper as on ono and was a con stant source of oxpensc fnr repair. Tbo de fense was principally depositions to the effect that tbo press wns as good , ns guaran teed , but the Jury thought differently and guvo the plaintiff $ T 30. ODDS AND ENDS. T. H. Nagel reports that some fellow stole his beaver ovorcoct while he was filling him self up with eatables at Odoll's ' restaurant last evening. Ho valuer it at W. Health Officer Bnrtratn was busy this morning attending to several coses of destitu tion. Ono was on North Sixteenth street , where a child had died last eveninir , and the parents hud not a cent in the bouso to pay for the burial of their little ouo. Fred Boswlck and John Uhykort , the two boys who -went on the warpath and were nr- rostcd at Princeton , charged with numerous peculations , wcro brought to the city last evening by Deputy Sheriff McFnrland. Bes- wiclc is fourteen and Khykcrt sixteen. They will stay iu the county Jail until sent to the reform school. The Thompson will case carnaupthis morn ing. but was continued until December 'M. This is a cnso where the father loft two wills , ono of which gave his property to his son John and the other to bis son James. Tlio ono to John was executed llrst , but it is claimed was revoked by reason of John's iu gratitude. The cnso of the South Bed wagon company vs E. M. Lewis is an trial before n Jury this afternoon. Plaintiffs sue for $22. > 50 on a note and the defense Is that the wagons sold them were no good. In proof thereof they have brought into court one of the wagons , which wns in n dilapidated condition- The case of l > . C. IJurr vs F. L. Hose , was concluded this morning. Defendant had given plaintiff a note for $25 to secure the release lease of u certain mortgage. Burr secured ttio release , but wouldn't hand It over until the note was paid , nnd Itose wouldn't pay the note until the release was handed over. The Jury gave plaintiff ? 20. The casu of F. L , Dunn vs W. J. Brown , for forcible entry and detainer of a certain house on Ninth and L streets is now occu pying the attention of the district court nnd Jury. The jury will bo discharged tomorrow for the terra. Tno { Woodburry milling company of OtC filed articles of incorporation today , Today Judge Chapman ruled in the case nf footing the widening of Fourteenth streol from A to South street , that the street com mlssionor could not widen the street as or dcred. The property holders on that Btrcol objected to being deprived of thnir fronl yards nnd nro Jubilant over the decision , F. W. Little , at the head of the now Lin coin street railway syndicate , arrived yester day from Now York ilothcd in authority from his business associates to close a con tract for the purchase of tlio Bethany Heights street railway , tbo consideration of which h the perpetual operation of that line by elec tric power and tno cars of the snmo shall be In complete running order on or before June 1 , 1891. Mr. C. N. Mayborry and other citizens' ol the town of Mayborry , I'uwuoo county , wort before the board of transportation today in the rehearing of the Mayberry station vase. After the former hearing of tlio caio the board ordoied tbat the railroad put a flag station at Muyberry. Tbo testimony pro sontod today favorol the ro14ont of Ida town and there la no doubt but that the town will have a station as it Is believed they do * servo to hnro. TIIR 1'UINOi ; OP THI3 STUDIO. Albert IJIorfltadt , the Gront Aj-ltut , 'i Bojourns In Onmha. tA Mr. A. J. Smith of Now York city , the director of the great art exhibition now In Omaha , mid Albert ItlcrsUult , the eminent jf * \ artist , arrived Wednesday from Denver. f The former visited that city for the purpose - \ pose of making arrangements for an exhibi tion there when the time contracted for in Omnlm shall have elaptod. Speaking ot the prospects for nn exhibition in the the metro- polls of the Kockios , Mr. Smith said : "I had nrratigomonts almost perfected for an exhibition Iu Denver. Bishop Warren and a number of the enterprising people out there nro ilecTply Interested nnd very anxious to have this great collection brought there for a month or two , but the niutlliatlon of tills superb work by Hougucremi fell upon - us llko n clap ot thunder from a clear sky. That pleturo was ono of the pieces they wanted to see by all means , and when they heard that . U was destroyed the negotiations catno sudcw dculy to n stand still. The picture can bo repaired , but It will require several months to do It. Considering tno missile used nnd the desperate- and malicious intention of the mnu , the reuts uiaao nro tuarvolously fortu- jiato. What I mean Is that the rents happen to bo In places where the mo t dcllcnio lines of the painting nro not to bo found. Had tha unprincipled vandal , who committed that depredation , struck the face of the principal llguro it would have been utterly ruined. Had these tears been across the elbow or across the face of that cherub the nrtistlo perfection of the picture would hnvo been Ir revocably marred. As It is , I think it the most fortutmto misfortune. If you will excuse the paradoxical phrnso. that I hnvo ever seen. The thing for the J people of Omaha to do is to buy the picture , have it restored nnd place It on exhibition In some suitable place. It will bo n paying in. vestment at $18,000 and after while it will bo a inugnlllcent pleco in a largo collection ot artistic work. The man who mutilated that painting Is not n safe man to bo nt liberty. Ho might decide to murder pcoplo because they did not live as ho thinks ouo should. Ho is an assassin in embryo. ' ' Mr. Albert Itlerstadt , the eminent Now York nrtist now in the city , Is considered ono of the greatest artists of modern times. Ho has painted moro great pictures of Ameri can scenery for tlio roynlty of Europe than any other nrtist. The work of his hand may bo soon in the palaces of klugi and emperors side by side with the work of the great masters ot ancient and modern times. Mr. Bicrstadt's work forms a most distinc tive. feature of the present exhibition in this city. The moro prominent pieces by Blcrstadt now on exhibition hero are : "Moonlight Moose Hunters , " "Autumn In New Hampshire , " "Lake Louise" nnd "The Last of the Buffalo. " In fnct , everything that ho docs is n masterpiece in iu way. Mr. Bicrstndt is a portly gentleman , nearly six feet in height , with a well shaped head and a pleasing , thoughtful faco. Ho Is ex ceedingly polite nnd unostentatious. Ho wears n moustache , which , with his hair , shows the touch of advancing ycnrs. The nrtist appears to bo about flfty-fivo years old , is evidently In good health nnd speaks in a low , earnest tone , expressing himself in the choicest language. "I am agreeably surprised , " said Mr. Bior- stadt to a reporter for THE Bnn , "at this splendid exhibition. It la equal to our exhi bitions ia New York , This is a mngnlflcent collection. The models are excellent and the subjects are varied and commendable. I am also very much pleased with the evident in terest that your people hora ore manifesting in this exhibition. It speaks well for Omaha to see this lanro gathering of cultured people here iu this art hall. The good results of tnis exhibition will not nil bo seen at onco. H makes people bettor to look upon such a col lection of art. as you have in this Immense building nnd the Influence ) of such. an experience as your pcoplo now enjoy is J ur-rcnchinp. Au art school , too , iu Omaha would bo of Inestimable vatuo to the pooplo. Some say that the nrt schools of this country turn out a miserable sot of bunglers who produce nothing but hideous daubs. Tat is not true , bat even if it were the cato tno art schools would bo a benefit. It im parts a knowlcdgo and appreciation of real art and it makes pcoplo better to study art , oven if they can't ox < : cll in what they at tempt themselves with the brush. " In" answer to a question ns the possibility of having Bougucrcau's "Return of Spring" restored Air. Biorstadt snid : "O , yes , that picture can be rr.ito will require considerable time and expense to do it , but it can bo done. I snw a largo pic ture in New York that was repaired after having a Saratoga trunk thrown through it. It was res tared so perfectly that no ono could detect the places whora it had been torn. I restored ono which fell against an easel and was torn very badly. The mutilation of this picture hero was a very unfortunate affair , but it is something that might occur uny- ivhero. It was the act of a crazy man or an anarchist and you can not icnowwhen or where sucti pcoplo are llablo to uttompt some act of vandalism. " Speaking of his own great paintlntr , "TUo Lost of the Buffalo , " Mr. Blcrstadt , said the scone was selected on the Wind river and ho began the study of the work prior to 1860. There are moro than three hundred different studios iu the painting , some of them rcauiring months nnd years of careful consideration before ho finished them. Mr. Bicrstadt has boon spending several months in California , gathering sketches and notes for some Important work that ho 1m ? contracted for European parties. Ho will remain in Omaha but a few days and will no doubt bo tendered n reception by the artists and art admirers of the city before ho leaved for Now York. The Ijocomotlvo Engineers. Tbo members ot the emergency committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers , now in session in the city , are rushing their work. Last night they commenced holding evening sessions , in order to complete their labors and adjourn before Christmas. Several" changes iu the constitution are proposed , but up to this date no business of public interest has been transacted. A. O. II. Ilnml Concert. - The members of. tLo Ancient Order ol Hibernians band gave the second of tha winter series of parties at St. Louis hall last night. It was a very pleasant affair nud wui attended by 100 couples. From now until tbo close of winter the parties will uo given on the first nnd third Thursdays of each month. Oh , Can It He ? St. Joseph Ueralil. Oh , can It bo some secret woo , That clouds her lovely face ) Or is it fever's beetle glow That leaves its dreaded traccl Perchance , from strange and sudden fright Her mind thro' chaos drifts ; But no she's sitting down to write A list of Christmas gifts. OMAHA LOAN AND TRU.ST COMPANY. Subscribed and Qunrantood Capital..S500OCO 1'ald in Capital aTO.000 Huy and soils stock * and bondnt negotiates oommorulal paper ) roeotres and executes trusts ; acts ai transfer usont nnd truitooof corporations , takes charge of property , col lects taxes. Omaha Loa n&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts. > 'Ald In Capital I W.003 Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital. . . . 100,001 Liability or Stockholders 200,000 S Per Cent Intercut 1'ald on Deposit * . KUANKJ.hANOK , Custilor. Officer * ! A * U. Wyman , president. , ! . J , Drown , vlce-prusldent. W.T. Wjrmnn , troniiiror. lrootoA. . U. Wyman , J. H.MIllard , J. J. Ilrowo. Uuy 0. Hurtnn , E. W. Naau < L. UltaDall. Ooorjo II. Lako.