THE OMAHA DAILY BEEb TUESDAY , DECEMBER 23 , 1890.
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Tun talk about nn oxtrn session of
congress la needless cruelty.
Tun ono important force bill needed
nt the present time is ono that will force
open the vaults of Beared bankurs and
restore conildonco.
TUB rainbow hues of Cul Brico'a
"bar'l" have the
not lightened Moody
Burroundlnjrsof the South Dakota sena
torial contest , so fur.
THK marked decrease in the number
of desertions from the urmy corresponds
with the improvement In the treatment
of privates by their suporiora.
A LAUOK assortment of Munitoban
days will cornonnd go in this quarter are
hopeful democratic aspirants capture
Iho chief star Jn the police firmament.
AcoNsrDKiiATK Jorsoyraan has turned
the hose on the eockloss congressman oi
Kansas. The winter of JIIH discontent
Is not us cheerless ns many people iin-
tigino.
Tin : people are going to take a largo-
elxcd interest in what the next legisla
ture does. And tlioro will bo enough
Borious business to keep it profitably
employed.
THK general stringency in monetary
affairs is sharply shown in the decrease
of bank clearings. The decline in the
transactions of Omaha banks is notable
because of its rarity.
i i THKKK is a rising clamor against
u Plattism in Now York. It i doubtless
well founded. The great republican
army in the Empire state needs leaders ,
but not bosses and dictators.
IT is announced on good authority
that King Kalakaua will roinniu porimi'
nontly in San Francisco , unless ho BUG-
coeds in borrowing the price of his re
turn faro. These are hard times for
royalty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NKW YOUK proposes to divide with
Omaha the honors heretofore enjoyed of
being a tempting bait for elnim-jumpors.
A few Connecticut Ilolfeustoins are about
to jump some Broadway lots valued at
8200,000,000. ,
HKNHYVATTKKSON has celebrated
his silver wedding. IIo is to bo congrat
ulated upon the fact that his domestic
affairs have pone smoothly for 26 years ,
In spite of hts conspicuous attentions tc
the star-eyed coddoss.
MAN killing couplers and defective
brakes have contributed the Uon'a share
of the -1,000 railroad employes killed and
crippled during the year. Yet congress
1ms taken no practical stops to diminish
this slaughter and mutilation of huuiar
beings. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THK Wyoming legislature has placot
on record a thesis on the uses and abuses
of water. The conclusion is that the
limited quantity In the state should b <
rigidly devoted to the irrigation of land ,
The fear of a radical change in the bev
erage of tbo residents is thus happilj
dissipated.
BY all moanB , give us light and plontj
of it on those luxurious furnishings o
the now poor houso. . Just what relation
loco curtains , brussels carpet ani
antique oak furniture boar to the prob
lem of feeding the county's wards ,
should not bo hid under the flicker ol
tallow and kerosene.
Tills Bun will forego publishing an
Illustrated annual edition , but it wil
print n complete compendium of tlu
trade , Industry , improvements ( publli
and private ) during the year 1800. In a
doing it has nothing to brag of , but II
only pursues its custom of kooplnj
Omaha to the front aa the uurlvallei
metropolis of the Missouri valley.
IT is , characteristic for our double
decker contemporary to claim that it i
the only paper that will print an Annun
Review of Omaha's business and mater
lal growth , just as though it had a copy
right on facts and figures that ore ao
cossiblo to everybody. As matter o
fact the annual reviews ( V ) that havi
heretofore boon issued by our enterprising
ing contemporary have boon the cheap
oat of knock-down furniture. It wouli
bo a great surprise to its patrons If the ;
nro civon nnythlnp else this year.
ABUSE'S
The annual report of Attorney General
Lcoso is n document of extraordinary
importance and interest.
Gcnoral Lcoso declares that the pres
ent system of railroad control inNobras-
ca through the state board of transpor
tation is a complete failure. Ho urges
the passage of a maximum schedule of
rates on the Iowa basts , arranged with a
lust regard for the difference in mileage
: ind tonnage and the expense of operat
ing. Ho would have this supple
mented by the appointment of three
secretaries by the governor ,
charged with the duty of
preventing violations of the law. This
arrangement , ho bellovos , will furnish
rollof and assure justice until nn amend
ment to the constitution providing for
the election of a railroad commission
can bo passed upon by the people.
Hut the attorney general would go
deeper , and attempt not only to remedy
the effects , but remove tlio causes of
corporate extortions. Ho would have
Nebraska loud in an effort to limit tlio
earnings of railroads to a fair profit on
the actual investment , as represented by
cost , labor and property contributed to
the enterprise. This ho would accom
plish by legislation , -which ho outlines in
very definite terms , as follows :
I would recommend a law forbidding any
railroad corporation from issulnc any mort-
HOBO bonds or stock until nn itemized ac
count of the cash , labor or property , duly
sworn to , has been presented to some olUcer
of the state for examination , aud If found to
bo n true account of the money , labor or prop
erty received , to register and certify tbo snmo
as issued in pursuance of law , nnd as consti
tuting a part of the capital stock of such cor
poration. Such a law would strike out all
fictitious increase of capital stock of all the
roads now in operation , at well ns nit these tc
bo formed hereafter , and with such a law the
rates of transportation could bo fixed so'that
an honest dividend could bo made ou an hon
est dollar invested.
This suggests a radical stop , but what
honest man or corporation can .object to
it ? Why should a railroad bo permitted
to mortgage Its property on any differ
ent basis than is enjoyed by the man
who mortgages his farm , or his rosi-
dcncoV Such a law as General Loose
suggests would lay the axe at tlio very
root of the evil. It would put a stop to
the reckless issuing of bonds and stocks
and give the people low rates by restrict
ing earnings to a fair profit on the actual
investment. And that would bo just tc
stockholders and public allko.
Unless such a measure as the attorney
general suggests is provided and en
forced there is nothing that will proven !
the systematic lloccing of the public by
the present methods. It is a real and
not a fancied evil. "For instance , a rail
road C5 miles in length was completed
in central Nebraska during- the past
year. It cost to build and equip it $13OOC
per milo. Bonds havb boon issued foi
$20,000 per milo and stock to the amount
of $1,000,000 , while bonuses for over
ono 'hundred thousand dollars
were obtained from towns tilong
the lino. The trafllo is expected to pay
interest on the bonds and dividends to
the stockholders. Meanwhile , the
profits of the projectors of the enter
prise will bo further swelled by the town-
ito business , which is absolutely con
trolled by them. That such a ono-slded
transaction can bo carried out in broad
daylight is a commentary upon our laws
and a justification of the term , "legal
ized robbery. "
If the legislature acts upon the sug
gestion of General Loeso it will put Ne
braska at the front of railroad reform in
this country. It will confer upon the
people of this htato the honor of having
taken the first stoo in a path that the
people are bound to tread , sooner oi
la lor.
The report comments with equal vigoi
on the subject of Union Pacific indebted
ness and urges the government to fore
close. The attitude of THK BEU in this
matter is vroll known. The report , as r
whole , Is ono which should command
great attention , not only in Nebraska ,
but throughout the United States.
TRAFFIC I'UOLINO ,
The now agreement of the wosterr
railway presidents does not provide foi
a system of dirout tratlic pooling , but ii
proposes what in effect would amount tc
such a system. The project is to croatt
an advisory board , composed of tin
president and ono of the directors o :
each of the roads subscribing to the
agreement , which shall have full power
by a four-fifths vote , to fix rates thai
shall apply to all the railroads con
eernod , nnd shall also have charge
through properly constituted representatives
tatives , of securing trafHcat compotitiv *
points. The obvious" purpose of this i
to provide for the distribution or divisloi
of tratlic on some basis decided by tin
board to bo equitable to all the roads ii
tlio agreement , and unquestionably thl
would bo in oiToct , tradio pooling.
The question is already raised vrhethc
this arrangement would not coatravom
the provision of the interstate commorci
act prohibiting pooling. The section o
the act relating to this matter declare !
that it shall bo unlawful for comtnoi
carriers to enter into any contract
agreement or combination for the pool
ing of freight of different and competinj
roads , or to divide between them tin
aggregate or not proceeds of the earn
lugs of such roads or any part thereof
It is understood to bo the opinion o
Chairman Walker of the Inter
Btnto Commerce Hallway "association
who was formerly a member of the interstate
torstato commerce commission , as it i
of sorno good rail mid attorneys , thai
the law forbids a money pool , but not i
physical division of freight , but it Is dif
llcult to sco how thisjiarrow interpreta
tion of the language of the intcrstati
commerce- act can bo sustained. Tin
pooling of freight is distinctly doclaroi
to bo unlawful as well ns the division o
earnings , nnd it is not easy to concoivc
of any plan for a division of tralllo between
twoon competing roads that would no
conflict with this provision.
This question will doubtless receive
coivo more careful * attention a1
the next mooting of the pros !
dents in January for finti
action regarding the now agreement
nnd it la not improbable that in th
meantime they may got some light o
the subject tlmt will load them to modif
the powura of the proposed advisor
board , so as to limit its authority to o ;
tnblishlng and maintaining unlfon
rates between competitive points and de
ciding questions of common Interest bet
ween the members of the association ,
low far or how long such limited
authority would bo offccUvo in provont-
ng the conflicts which the now ngroo-
nent is Intended to obviate , is very un
certain , but experience warrants the
conclusion that the results would note
> o what are hoped for. The olllcacy of
ho arrangements would depend , as did
hal of the former association , upon the
food faith of the railroad presidents nnd
heir ability to control the action of
heir subordlnatgg , nnd it has boon
lomonstratod that such dependence is
utterly Insecure.
The important rolntlon that the quos-
ion of traffic pooling boars to the rail
road problem is obvious , nud the pro-
> oscd amendment of the interstate cotn-
norco act so as to allow a system of
imlted pooling subject to the approval
and control of the commission ought to
ecolvo the early consideration of con
gress. It is to bo noted that the coin-
nlsslon , in recommending changes in
, ho law , docs not refer to this subject ,
.ml that is not a reason why congress
should not ylvo it attention. There Is a
wide difference ) between permitting n
synlom of limited pooling practically
under the control of the govornmontand
repealing the anti-pooling provision of
iho interstate commerce act , us desired
by the railroads.
ii ; niL-nKA D nn an.ixanns.
The scheme of an unlimited issue ol
currency by the government based on
real estate security , which Is championed
in congress by California's millionaire
senator , Stanford , is not universally ap
proved by the farmers of the country ,
for whoso special interest it was pro
posed. On the contrary , there is a vorj
large opposition to it among this class
of the producers.
Conspicuous among the associa
tions of farmers which re
pudiate this proposition is the
Michigan grange , which recently made
public a vigorous document against the
scheme of creating n system o
government loans to the people
whether upon real estate or tin
products of the farm. Tlioso Michigan
[ armors oxprcssetl surprise that any
largo body of intelligent citizens should
bo carried away by a clamor for what
in the very nature of things is the worsl
mishap that could befall them , and
which they are constrained tothinkorig-
inatcs rather in a demagogical ambi
tion for political preferment on the par !
of Its promoters than in any patriotic
aspiration for the public good. The im
possibility of putting the plar
into practice without promoting
favoritism , encouraging dependence -
once upon the government , and
so causing a relaxation of individual ef
fort , is stated in language so clear an i
vigorous that no doubt can bo felt of thi
earnest conviction behind it. It Is de
clared that the adoption of such a policj
"would create a fooling of helpless dependency
pendency upon government aid by those
whom it was designed to bcnofit , there
by relaxing tholr individual effort , de
stroying their energy nnd solf-rollanco ,
andn-ondoring them helpless mendicant !
of government charity , loading to thrift
less improvidence. " No practical man
with sufficient intelligence to understand
the character of this remarkable
proposition to reverse the true
order , which requires that the
people shall support the govern
ment nnd not the government supper
the people , can fail to see nnd ncknowl
edge "the wisdom and force of thesi
views of the farmers of Michigan. Ne
less forcible in the same direction wai
the address of the master of the Maim
state grange , whllo ono of the first reso
lutions adopted by the Now Ilampshin
gransro was ono opposing the sub-troas
ury scheme for loaning money by th (
government on produce.
Such expressions are reassuring in the
evidence they carry that there is a vorj
nrgo body of American farmers who understand
dorstand their true relations to the gov
eminent as citizens and cannot bo carrici
away by wild and visionary schemes , ovoi
when professedly devised In their special
interest. No class of the American people
ple is moro fully imbued with commor
sense than the farmers , who are brough
into daily contact with practical facti
and compelled to base their calculation
for the future on conditions which ad
tnit of no favoritism or partiality. Prac
tlcal and solf-rolinnt , they are not tin
men to ask for class legislation and pu
themselves In the position , as the Michl
gan farmers express it , of "holples
mendicants of government charity,1
while their love and loyally for the gov
eminent which they did so much to preserve
servo will not permit them to favor i
policy which would in time reduce thl
n.'itlon.to the condition of the Argentic
Republic. Senator Stanford's object ii
fathering this scheme Is transparent
IIo wants to bo ro-oloctod and seeks t
pull the wool over the eyes of the Call
fornla farmers whom lie has mercllessl ;
llooced by extortionate railroad rates
Stanford lias never offered to loan .air
part of his colossal fortune to the farmers
ors at two per cent or oven at eight po
cent , and lie has about as much sym
pathy for the poor farmer as his billion
alro partners of thu Southern and Centra
Pacific. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE SUOIIT-LIYKU SHORT LIKE.
After a brief existence , dotted will
spurts of much brilliancy , the Pacifi
Short Line drops Into the capaclou
arms of a receiver. The actual indobl
cdness of the company is well up In th
millions , \vhilo the assets include 10 (
miles of mortgaged road and a futun
of hypothecated promises.
The Pacific Short Line operated undo
a number of allasos , but the main objoc
of the projectors was to build a roai
from Sioux City to Ogden , Utah. I
was essentially a apaculatlvo road , not
genuine business venture. During th
progress of the work , the public "wo
frequently informed that the Illlnol
Central , the Milwaukee or the Manitob :
roads were successively backing the en
torprlso. Those announcements wer
evidently designed to urouso enthusiast !
along the chosen route and correspond
ingly swell donations of bonds and righl
of-way. And for that purpose th
Bohoino Arkod to perfection.
The outcome of the project clcarl
shows that none of the eastern railrna
corporations backed the road , financial !
or otherwise , Any intelligent railroad
man could sco that the road wae proma-
, uro. It wustwonly years ahead of the
country. "With four cast and west lines
lonotrnttng { j brnska and all having
liroct or indirect connection with the
Central Pacific at Ogden , the so-called
short line would bo as useful in a com-
norclal eonso as a fifth wheel tea wngou.
! t would simply divide with the older
inos tlio business of the region trav
ersed , whllo Us share of transcontinont-
tl trafllcjwould bo comparatively slight.
Competition is no longer n factor in
western railroads , hence roads are use-
ul only m developing local Interests dis
tant from existing lines. It , Is to the
permanent inlet-efts of the public to dis
courage tlto building of parallel lines
which nro undertaken to fleece counties
and towns and bo unloaded eventually on
.ho older corporations. As long as
.hero is a surplus of railroads and a lack
of traffic , rates will bo maintained at the
ilghest practicable figures , whereas n
onccntration of trnfllo must produce n
steady aocroaso of tariffs , as has boon
demonstrated time and again in the east
is well as in the west.
The suspension of the Short Line will
; invo no effect on the development ol
Nebraska. On the contrary , it will save
axpayors from the exactions of specu
lators , prevent a diversion of business
from existing lines nnd strengthen the
demand for an adjustment of transporta
tion rates on a basis just to the producot
nnd tlio carrier.
SOUTH AKD
The recent Interstate immigration con
vention at Ashovlllo , N. C. , is an object
lesson that should not bo lost upon the
west. When the south assembles sucl :
n representation of Its interests ant
throws its doors wide open to "homo
scokors and manufacturers from the
north nnd west , " it is time for the people
ple of this section to bo actively at work
in the same direction.
The unusual feature of the Ashovllk
convention is the fact that it included
all the southern states. Tlioro is n
force about an appeal emanating from
such a body that does not belong tc
ordinary immigration methods. In a certain
tain Bcnso it represents the roawnkoninc
of the whole southern people and th <
revival of that sectional pride whlcl
lias formerly boon both the strength ani
the weakness of the south. It is un
doubtedly an earnest effort to build uj
the material interests of the southori
states with now population and capital
Commendable as such a movement is
there are two reasons why it may not b (
expected to achieve great results. Ii
the first place , the south has boon vorj
heavily boomed in the last few years
Magic cities have sprung up at the June
tions of paper 'railroads , and innumerable
able Pittsburgh1 have been founded al
the mouths of "newly discovered mines ,
Thousands of town lots have been un
loaded upon credulous nor them investors
who , ns inevitable collapses have oc
curred , have become so many tongues
to decry the sotith. It will take a long
time to outlive the results of this reckless
less booming.
There is another bstaclcwin the way
of southern immigration that bids fait
to last oven longer. This is the facl
that northern mon have yet to bo con
vinced that they are truly welcome ir
the south , as they are In the west. The\
know that their dollars are \volcomo IE
Dixie , but they do not bollovo that the
descendant of the Puritan is regarded ai
the equal of the descendant of tlu
Cavalier. And they do not care t (
occupy any but the top floor in the ecah
of southern society.
The lesson of the Asheville convontior
is that western mon should stand together
gothor in an earnest effort to keep tin
tide flowing in its natural channel
which is over toward the setting sun ,
Wo need n revival of immigration methods
ods on a broad scale , and between nov
and the world's fair year they should bi
fully under way.
AFTKK years of agitation and tribula
tion , Douglas county is now providoc
with adequate facilities for ontortalninj
guests. The old county inflrmar ;
lacked those modern surroundings so os
scntiolto a proper "digestion of count ;
fodder , yet it wad a magnet of consider
able power in attracting transients ani
pormanents. Under the now dispensation
tion a complete revolution is effected
Instead of fly-blown surroundings , wi
have lace curtains , brussels carpets , firi
places , elevators to facilitate movomon
and railroads to transport the provcndei
from stall to stall. The favored
vorod wards of the county are ir
clover , and if they do not wax fat an <
beligoront , it will not bo the fault of i
generous public. When the full details
of the county's luxurious hotel an
thoroughly understood abroad , especially
in counties and states that have hereto
fore sent oxpicures to sample the publit
menu and incidontalslt , is safe to predic
that the hostelry on Douglas height ;
will bo taxed to its utmost capacity. Sucl
elegant fittings , however , must not be
marred with tajlow dips or korosnno
Nothing less tjiuti electric lights will adequately
oquatoly illun inl the internal beauty o
the now poor houso.
THIS is thejljuabon of the year whci
the energetic merchant usurps the col
timns of Tun Biu : and talks in thrlllinj
pica lines with the public. So great i
the prohsuro qf. those commercial "liter
ary fellers" that the regulars choorfull ;
abdicate in their favor.
S county's proportion of tin
state school JutTd amounts to $10,221
Omaha's share Jtvill materially lightoi
the weight of thk Paul street deficit.
UNI.KSS the street railway manager
promptly tighten the brakes on rccklos
motormen , the company will have
heavy Mil of damages to settle.
WITH $1COO of good Alliance mono ;
in the socks , the prohibition inquisitor
view the approach of Christmas will
boundless joy.
Tnotmujs multiply on all sides , bui
the prohibition contestants maintain i
cheerful grip on Burrows' boollc.
Asaspoclmonof that charming Chris
tlan spirit which animates the prohill
tion party , It should bo noted thu
Bishop Worthlngton , Dr. Duryca , Hov.
Tlnrshtt , Judges Uundy , W koloyClark-
eon , Dcnino nnd nil persona who testified
to the orderly conduct of the election ,
are officially denounced as liars , and
heavy villains beyond the hope of re
demption.
SPKEU consistent with safety ia ono
of the lost jewels of strool railway
management.
To THU asnlrnnts for 'chief of pollco :
First catch your governor.
The Coavlot'H Ailluii.
Purl.
As down the wall tbo convict slid ,
When bo for freedom tn.iko n break ,
Ho lutirmcrcd In the shadow hid
"Uxcuso the liberty I tako. "
NobrflHkn Stunils Alone.
St. LotJu GMc-lcmonit. )
Nebraska is tlio only state Hint gains three
conRrcssinon under tbo now apportionment ,
nnd It is to bo liopcvl that sbo icallzcs the fact
that nhois expected to fill the places with
three republicans.
The Dark llorko Wins.
CMcttoa Trtliunt.
Two men in Oregon , with a not that re
quired two horses and six or eight mon to
handle , "caught twenty tons of salmon In ono
haul at tbo mouth of Eel river" ono day
lately. This story coinos late , but it carries
off the honors.
OL' r/f/j Kt
Nebraska.
William DcnkitM of Ogallnla wont hunting
Sunday and 13 now minus a thumb.
Iho ilniT hotel at Alma has been closed by
creditors. Tbo liabilities are about $ J,600.
Gregory J. Cnnipiu , sr. , fonnoily n resi
dent of Detroit , Mich. , but recently residing
at Kodfcrn , Custcr county , is dead.
While tbo family was at church tbo resi
dence of C. Ho 'fjo ne.ir Auburn wa * entered
by burglars uncl a number of valuable niticlos
wcro tulfcn.
Hallroad interest at Decatur has again been
revived by un olllclal of tbo Illiuols Central
bit ) ing up real estate In that ; nclfrbboihood ,
investinR in lands heretofore considered
woithlcss.
0. W. Jones , a Dawson barbor. Rot on tbo
tralu to RO to Humbohlt , the next station.
When ho trot to Iliunboltlt bo found himself
minus SJO'.I ' , the receipts from tbo sale of liH
barber shop nad every- cent bo had on earth.
Diclc Moore , while dlgRiiiR a well on his
plnco nt Indlanola , found part of a human
skeleton ninety-four feet below the surlnce.
Tbo Jaw bone , collar bone , upper arm nnd
one tooth were In nn excellent state of pres
ervation. The eunmol was yet 011 tbo tooth.
A petition is being circulated in Pnlrbury
and extensively signed asking Judge Morris
to remit the ilno of ex-County Commissioner
"Willey lor offuring to accept a bribe. The
petition sots forth the previous peed charac
ter , tbo ao , the poverty of tlto cv-onlccr and
tbo childish credulity of Mr. Wllloy.
The motion for a new trial in ttio case of
Richards , an infant , vs Kilpntrlclc Bros. &
Collins at Chadron has boon overruled by
Judge Klrkland and Judgment rendered on
tlio verdict for $3,000. Tbis was a case in
which tlio infant sou of A. J. Utchnrds was
injured by the explosive used in excavating
tbo tunnel on tbo Grand Island & Western
Colorado railway south of Crawford.
The McCool Junction Record writes thus
of a bog tbief : A farmer by the name of
Bratchcr , living near Harvard , butchered a
hog recently , leaving it hang out over night.
Nc.lr . morning tbo dog was heard to bark ,
which caused Mr. liratclior to spring from
his bed , and grasping a loaded shotgun ho
silently stole toward the bunging porker just
in time to discover ft two-legged "critter"
carving a shoulder from the bog. The pun
was raised , the tripgor pulled , but the shot
was not largo enough to bring down the
game. Something "dropped , " however ,
which Air. Ur.itchcr found to bo a sack con
taining a half bushel of potatoes which had
been taken from hh cellar , and which would ,
in a short time , have walked off In company
with n shoulder of a bog had not tbo cruel
fanner appeared ou the scene just at that
stagu of Uio game.
1 own.
Alton citizens will petition tbo council for
waterworks.
James Dow , near Mallard , has a rain that
chows tobacco.
Samuel J. Kirk wood , Iowa's war governor ,
WAS seventy-seven years old last week.
A state bunk hiv * been orgauired ut Loko
Pavk with u capital of Si3OOD , and with John
W. Cravens president , and RI. D. Green
cashier.
There Is a man in the St. Joseph hospital ,
Kookuk , severely cut nnd stabbed , who refuses -
fuses to give his name or tell who his assail
ant was.
Muscattno has put § 20,000 , Into strcot im
provements this year , of which amount one-
half wai derived from what is ktiowu as the
"sfloou tax. "
Governor Shoup , recently elected United
States senator in Idaho , was a former resi
dent of Dubuque , and his brother , Prof. W.
.7. Sboup , is principal of the Fourth ward
school in the Key city.
Itov. C. N. toyman has tendered bis reslg.
nation ns pastor of tbo Coiicrepntlonal church
ntOnnwa , to take effect January 1. Ho has
served the church for twenty years nnd lajs
down the work of the charge for lack of
physical strength to carry it on. Ills res
ignation lias boon reluctantly accepted by the
congregation. Mr. Lytnan bos received a
number of calls to oihcr places.
John Sturdivan of Laurcns went to bed
the other night leaving bis wife writing a
letter. IIo awoke about midnight and found
her goiio. She left n note to her husband
saying : "Good-by. I am going away , God
knows where anywheio to got awny from
this accursed life. May the All Wise Father
deal with you as you ileal with my children.1
Search has failed to find her. She loft four
children , tbo oldest nged fourtjcn.
In thoLyon county district court Judge
"Wakofield dismissed the disbursement pro
ceedings against Attorney D. U. McCallum
of Sibloy. with an admonition to McOallum
to bo more careful In his business methods
and let oniccrs sign tbolr own returns. Mc
Callum was charged with makiug a false re
turn upon nn original notice with intout to
deceive tbo court In to the belief that it hail
been served upon the party defendant , Mc
Callum averred that G. L , . Van Eaton , the
complaining witness , brought the document
to him , said ho hail duly served It and re
quested him to nil out and sign the return ,
which ho did.
Tlio Two DakntiiB.
It Is estimated that 150,000 sheep have
bouu brought into North Dakota the past
year.
The water of the Vormlllion river has boon
found to be especially adapted to the manu
facture of linon.
Two hundred ana twenty-seven students
wcro enrolled at Vanktoti college- the past
year. Seven states wcro represented.
John W. Alien , a former prominent cltl-
7cii of the lilack Hills , died recently at Ju-
ucau , Alaska.
Mrs. J. A. Drake of Irlquoh has boon or-
dalued a Congregational preacher , the first
lady in tbo state to have that distinction.
One day last wcolc eighteen persons con-
lined in tbo Gnss comity , N. D. , jail , awaiting
trial , wore discharged because the witnesses
bad all removed from the county. Two days
after sixteen of the eighteen were again ho-
hind the bars , principally for stcalirlg.
Twenty-six convicts are now out of tuc
South Dakota penitentiary under tbo parol
low. Thirty seven weio set nt liberty , but
the tormi of imprisonment of cloven have ex
pired. The board of charities and correction
reports favorably on the operation of the law ,
but cautious nguinst its abuse.
Over HOU,000 was paid out in Armour thr
past year for farm produce , Iiicludlng37r > cais
of grain and 450 cars of cattle mid hogs , be
sides butter , URK i poultry , cte. Tlio Arniout
Herald gays tbo lavmoi-s of Douglas county
have paid over Sii't.OJJ debts during thoyunr ,
a sum cn.ua ! to $225 for every voter lit thi
county ,
Tbo DcadwooJ Pioneer says j "A new dis
covery wan mndo In the wind cave last wccb
by which opjiiliig * wcro found that took n
suvua hours' tramp to ono of tbo subter
ranean chambers mid rotufii. This ( rave 1 :
surpassing the famou i Mammoth cave of
Kentucky in mnimitudo , and will bo a princi
pal object of attraction to visitors to the
lilack Hills. "
BURROWS \YAS \ VERY SLICK ,
An Alliance Man Tolls How Ho Was Elected
on the Executive Board.
THE RESIGNATION THAT NEVER CAME ,
Goorjjo Bnyloy Sustains n I'Yaoturo of
tlio Skull Iroiii n Falling Brick
A. Defective Arrested
Lincoln News.
LX , Nob. , loc. 22. [ Special to TUB
IJrE.l " 1 see , " snys nn allttmco raan,4"thnt
tnsiuy persons think becnuso Burrows re
ceived so nmny votes Tor ro-oloctton on tlto
cxccutlvo coauulttoo ttiat ho was the most
popular person running , Now that ts n great
mistake. Burrows Is not popular but forces
the farmers to fcnr him by n manner ol bluff
ing that ho has cultivated. Besides , it was
ronlly an accident that ho ran ahead when it
catuo to voting formotnbors on the executive
comnilltco. You too there wore live persons
to bo selected. Most of the candidates wcro
not known outslao of tholr own coiiiumuity ,
and ns a general thing nenrly all the votes
wcro cast for persons well Uuown in ttio nlll-
nnco. I saw a number of the tickets and no
ticed that us a general thing the llrst thrco
names written were Uioso of promlnont mem
bers. The fourth was gonor.illy ttio most
prominent member of the alliance in the
county where the voter lived , whllo the name
of Burrows never tippourcd except ns the
last ou the list , showing that his uumo was
merely put on ns n makeshift to fill up. As
nearly nil the persons voted thus , Burrows
apparently received more votes thutt any
otnor candidate , when , in fact , ho was the
last choice of nearly ovisry man who voted.
"Now , I voted lor Burrow ? , and will uuvor
forglvo myself for it. I will toll you how it
was. After Burrows pot up and said ho
would not accept any oQlcC | 1 supposed , llko
the majority of the delegates , thai ho was in
earnest. That evening a prominent ulllunco
man carao to 1110 and salil : 'Burrows has
done n good deal for us , und let us repay Him
by giving htm n complimentary vote tomor
row. Of course he vill decline , but It will
imiko him feel peed , and thca wo will elect a
successor orlcttliu min who stimds fifth in
the uutuber of votes take his phico. ' I was
iiulto taken with this idea , nnd like hundreds
of other delegates put Burrows down as my
fifth choice.
"We elected him and have waited for four
days to receive lus resignation. It has not
yet been offered , and I am Just beginning to
realize that It never will tw. Burrows has
deliberately deceived us. Wo have been
suckers and ho lias worked us. If I had
thought that ho was putting such a game up
onus I would never have voted for him.
"Let mo give you u private tip. A plan Is
on loot by Burrows to have bis pnper sup
port Tun WIUKU : Dm : . Now I have sub
scribed for Tim \YEKKLI Bun for nlno years
and don't propose to be deprived of It , But
wait mid sco if you do not hear something
about this from somebody else
"Another tiling J want to tell you. You
know that the alliance appropriated $1,300 to
pay the expenses of the present ran test for
the state ofllcors. Well , it h expected that
the legislature will make nn appropriation to
pay nil the expenses of the contest and of
course will return this f 1,200. "
' II.OI'KU WITH A WHITE HN.
Oeorio Scraggtus , a colored man. com
plained this aftnrnoon to tlio police that his
wife , n handsome octoroon , who would read
ily pass for n white person , had eloped with
a young man named Paddoclr.
A HKTECTIVE AltUCSTBP.
Chnrloy Crowe , one of Lincoln's detectives ,
was arrested today on the ehargo of grand
larceny. It scorns that Crowe has got mixed
up in ncuso hi South Omaha in which tuo
moil , a father and son , were at loggerheads
over the proprietorship of a span of horses.
The steeds suddenly disappeared.
A CONF1HMEU T1111U' .
L.V. . Cosgrove , a notorious sneak thief ,
was nrrestod lust night on tlio charge of grand
larceny , which was" afterwards changed to
petty larccnyas It was developed that the
goods ho bad stolen were from different par
ties. George Smith , the white husband of n
colored woman who lives in the bottoms , had
been given clmrgo of the goods , tmrt ho was
discovered yesterday hiding the stolen stuff
under the house of Mrs. Newberry , near
Sixth and N streets. The stuff consists of
two lao robes , the property ofV. . A. Green ,
and which wcro stolen from his buggy Satur
day evening , and two bolts of dress goods.
Smith was locked up on the clmrgo of secret
ing stolen goods. The fellows will have their
trial tomorrow. Cosgrovo has just completed
two terms in tbo county Jail for potty thlev-
ings.
PHACTURED HIS SKULL.
George Bagloy , employed In the restaurant
H. " und brother-in-law of
of E. "Wheeler a - -
Deputy Sheriff Hoaglnnd , was seriously hurt
yesterday afternoon while passing
the now school house on North Twenty-
elphth street. Be was walking past the
school house leadlug his little child , when
some lioys playing upon tbo building cither
throw or displaced a heavy pressed brick ,
w hich struck Mr. Bngloy on the head. For
tunately for him ho was wearing a heavy
cap , but tlio brick nevertheless cut an ugly
hole in the scalp. Ho was knocked senseless
to the ground. Ho had to bo tukon to his
homo on Pear street , ] ust cast of Twenty-
seventh , in a carriage. IIo was reported as
considerably improved this morning , al
though the physicians say that ho lias suf
fered a slight fracture of the skull. Bo had
a very narrow escape from being killed.
LOORINO rou nun iwoTiinu.
Martha Crlss , n young girl of about four
teen or fifteen , was found wandering around
the streets at mi early hour yesterday morning
'
ing , with her baggage in her hand , 'looking
for her biotber , William Criss. Ofllccr
Hurry took her to tbo station , where she told
Sergeant Miller her story. Her parents live
in Elsa , Perkins county , nnd are among
those who are unfoitunatoly destltuto by
failure of crops. A party of farmers wcro
leaving the county to journey eastward , nnd
Martha came along with them to find her
biothcr. After telephoning to vuriousplacos
her brother was found living In Blodgott's
park addition , west of the city , and she was
taken out thore.
SHE I'llOVUD Iir.ll GOOD CIlAIlACTmt.
This morning the Judge guvo Mrs. Laura
33. Gilbert a divorce from her husband ,
David II. , on the grounds of abandonment
and cruelty. Gilbert hud filed an answer
charging his wife with infldclitv , but when
she biought forward ministers and laymen to
Bwearto her character , D.i\Id concluded dis
cretion was the hotter part of valor , nnd left
the city. Notwithstanding ho did not ap
pear he was ordered to pay his wlfo $330
alimony in lieu of all dower in his estate.
A VKIS Or 1'KKSll WATI II.
Councilman IZoyco is showing some 'very
'
strong indications that tbo experimental we'll
now being sunk about a half milo southwest
of the penitential y will bo a great success.
At a depth of twunty-lhreo feet a vein of
water bearing gravel was struck which extended -
tended down to a depth of seventy feet.
SIR MOHELL MACKENZIE
UXPISKIAIISNTKU WITH
PHOF , KOCH'S ' LYMPH ,
The results of his experiments vrlll bo
made public Hhortly. iioth Prof. ICooh
and Sir Moroll Macken/.lo have for years
'
used nnd recommended the Sodon 'Alln-
oral I'nstilles for Catarrh , Sore Throat ,
Cou jhs , Colds and all throat und lung
diseases.
Sir Morcll Mackenzie Bald In the Jour
nal of L.arnyffolo < * y , edited by him ( No
vember No. , 1887) ) : "The Sodon Mineral
PastllloH ( Troches ) , produced from the
Sodon Sprinpa by evaporation , are par
ticularly horvleoablo In Ciilarrhal In-
Humiliation , Sere Throat , Coughu , liron-
chitia and Lunff Troubles. "
Dr. Koch said : "A cough for which I
tried many other medicines , which had
not the Hlfrhtc.st ( effect , wion became hotter -
tor and has nnw entirely disappeared. "
The genuine Sodon > lnornl ( Pastille1 }
must have the teHtimonlal and ( denature
of Sir Moroll Mackenzie around each
box.
Although the well is nlluntcd on the banks o
Salt crock It furntsbos Rood frushvutor. .
1IKII .SKIOHIKMl'S ' SWINE.
JmlRfl Stewart liivs been listening to a num
ber of witnesses In thooaso of Mr . Oottchnll
vs Mr. lirunson. The parties nro neighbors
nc'nr CUorioy , nml thu plaintiff , who Is 11
widow , claim1 * Unit , lirunson allowed liU hogs
nnd calves to run riot in Uio cornAdil uno
tenderly watched over , Indicting damage
amounting to $100.
1118 ACCOUNTS n.Vlll.T MIXICU ,
The financial affairs of D. II. Nlcmann ,
latcintboKeiicr.il iiicrchaiidlso business at
Hlckinnti , nro nadly mixed up. 1'otltlous
wcro lltod by the Tlrst National bank In
the county court today against him and sev
eral men who h.ul endorsed bis paper , the
total aggregating nearly foOO. rilouiaun is
still among the missing. ;
NOTAinns rum.io.
Today Governor T buyer appointed the foi-
lowltii ! persons ns notaries publlo In tbo
counties in wblch they reside : John Sweu-
son , Siirtorla ; W S. Inmnon , Treeiwrtj W.
S. Clnpp , Kearney ; Kmanuel Koliitijwr ,
Catherine ; James V. Morton , Mrs , B. tt.
Wheeler mid J.V. . llaiiiler. Onmbti ; George
II , Burton , Hentricc ; .1. H. Wooloy , Grand
Island : Simpson M. Uav , Aurora ; J.
ninclf , Wlleox ; A. II. Oral-i , Lincoln ; II.V. .
Sink , Mticolu ; P. W. Bostrom , sr. , Multno ;
J. E. Orcutt , Mllford ,
Olltlfl AND KNDS.
II. P. Caves , n farmer living about seven
miles from the city , captured Charles Tib-
bolts In his eorncrib Satimhy night by
wielding a pitchfork , and brought the young
follow and the team hu bud in his possession
to the city. Caves was locked up. pending u
hearing. Ho has a young wife , who Is hoart-
Ln ok 011 over her husband's arrest.
The bearing of the youths Snnford nnd
Wbeclor , charged with burglary , was again
continued until tomorrow afternoon. Sun-
ford's father arrived lost night to give his
sou whatever nlil bo can.
Tbo case ngalnst John Hhykcrt , the boy
who would n-buntiiig for Indians go , Is up
before Judge Stewart this afternoon.
Judge Field is ougatfoil In the task of clear
ing up tbo dockets ptcparatory to closing up
the November term tomorrow. Judpo Chap
man arrived at , noon , and \\111 assist him. J
Tbodumurrorin thodamatro caos of the A
MIssca Mcloy vs tbo Jiilcn Musoo was with
drawn this morning , nud the defense givei * " * * W
ten days to file a motion to strike out certain
parts of plaintiff's ' petitions.
In the case of the Htato National bank vs
P. G. Hiuncr tlio answer of parnlshoo the
Union Savings bank wns Jlk'il to the effect
that it held forty-seven shares of bank stock
as collateral for a loan of $1SOO , and filed
court orders tlmt gnrtiisheo turn the stock
over to the sheriff , by Him to ho sold to sat
isfy plaintiff's Judgment. The defendant is
Judge Unmcr of Kearney.
Tbo following Kock Island odlcinls were In
the city today perfecting arrangements for
the starting of cars over tbo Hock Island
branch to Lincoln on ,1anunry4 : General
Passenger nnd Ticket Agent John Souastaln ,
C > ciior.il Trafllo Manager . M. Sago ana
General Stock Manager L. H. Gorlmm.
Morrlll , the grocer at O ami Twenty-first
street , wns swindled out of $5 today by n
youne follow who worked the old-fasbiouod
Him Hum game.
Tbe Kouk iHJniul'H Now Branch.
The now Lincoln branch of the Chicago ,
Hock Island & Pacific railroad will boopcned
next Sunday , and thu Inspection of the now
line lias called brigade of ofllclnls to Ne-
hraskn. The following promlnont mon with
the road wcro In Omaha yesterday and left
in the evening for Lincoln : W. I. Allen , ns-
blstnnt general manager , Chicago ; C. Duulap ,
geneinl superintendent , Topuku , Kan , ; John
Sebastian , general ticket nnd passenger
ngont , Chicago ; S. F. Boyd , assistant general
ticket agent , Topokn ; Hairy Fox , train mas
ter , DCS Moincs ; A. . II. Moffott , general
ticket ngout , Kansas City ; H. C. Rutherford ,
traveling passenger ngont , Topoka.
fa Ilemimo Business.
oNS. . D. , Dec. 22. [ Special Telegram
to Tim Br.E.J Foicfathcrs' day was celebrated
bratod with uppropiiato ceremonies by the
Huron Congrogatiounlists. A Now Buglaud
supper was served , speeches by Dr. Beaten
of Ucdftcld college , Hon. O. W. IJiilr nnd
others were delivered , all being enjoyed by
several hundred people.
Arrangements l.uvo been mndo with the
comptroller of the treasury at Washington
whereby the Huron National bank , which
suspended last week , will resume business In
n few dajB. J. M. Balloy of Sioux Kulla
made the arrangements.
Will Wntoli i\pnrtotl : Ciittlu.
NKW YOUK , Dec.3. . [ Special Telegram to
TIIU BUR. ] Dr. O. B. Mitchonor of the de
partment of agriculture ha Just established
la this city a branch of the bureau of nulig&
industry where with his osslstairtS'Iio'will
carry out the provisions of the act of con
gress of August hist relating to the inspec
tion and registration of all cattle exported
from New York and will also Inspect all cat
tle and food sustances arriving from other
countries , nad where disease or infection is
found will condemn them and have thorn
&out back or destroyed.
Clilppcwu Koscrvntlon Timber.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 22. The president to
day transmitted to the scnnto n commtinlcn-
tlon from the secretary of the interior in re
gard to the disposition of timber on certain
Chippevvn reservations in Wisconsin , together
with tlio draft of a bill prepared by the com
missioner of Indian alTairs. The secretary
says the provisions of tlio bill are similar to
thoHU on the calenders ou the snmo subject
and recommends that one of the bills puss.
Tlio Situation In ttio Ronnie.
WASHINGTON , Dec. " - . There does not ap
pear to bo any material change in the situa
tion in tbo scnuto and it is Impossible to pro-
diet ivhcn the ilnaiiciid bill will como up.
There are signs of a than go of some kind in
the treatment of Uio elections bill , and it is
possible tlmt the tioturo resolution will be
tmbmltted tomoirow , to lie upon the table
until its calling up is deemed uocobsary or
expedient.
Bllno H ( it tliii AVorld'H Fair.
CHICAGO , Dec. 2J. Governor Fifcr und the
state board of agriculture todny visited Jack ;
son park and sclerto 1 eight ncrcs of Innd for"
the Billion exhibit , at the vorld' fair. The
governor thinks the state legislature will ap
propriate | t,03 M'OO for the state exhibit if
deemed necessary.
or
Cures ?
STIFFNESS-
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and dtinrautscd Gni > ltul.K > f > 3,000
I'ald In Capital . \SM.W
IJuyi mid soils stocks autl bonds ! negotiates
commercial paper , rocolvou und executes
trusts ; acts as trunsfcr fisunt and trustroof
ourporatlons , taUos clmrgo at property , ool-
Omaha Loan&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sis.
i'nlcl In Capital . S tt.ooo
Ruliscrlbeil and Ouurantovd Capital , , . . 100,00) )
Utiblllty of Stockholders. . ttW.OOO
6 1'er Cent Inlorost. 1'aia on Deposits.
I'UAN 1C J. KANUli. UiiHhlor.
onioers : A. U. Wymaii , provident. J , J , liruwii ,
vlco-prmldont ) WT. VYynuin , traniurur.
llrectori-A. ) ; U. Wy.nun , J. H. Hlllard. J , J.
Urown. Uuy O.Jiarton. K. W. NuyU ,
it. KliuDull , Uoorto U. Lake.