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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. DEORMRlilR 30. 1RW. T THE DAILY BEE. E. ttOSBWATKK li-uirort. I'UULISHED EVUrtY MOBKINO TFUM8 OP Bl'ilPCllll'TION. Dally nnd rfutulay , One Vuar , . , . . .tin td fix months , , . . . . . . . . n 00 Thri'O iiiontni , , . , "M Pitndny Hoo.Onp Vonr . 200 Weekly lice , OnoYcnr. . 1W oiTtonst Otnnhn. Tlinlm Ilulldlnt ? . ( niitliOtnnhn , Corner N ntidinth Streets Council ninfTs , tSI'cntl Htrcct. Plilcnuo Onlco , illTChnmliurof Comtnorco. Now Vork.Koonu 13,14 nnd l.M'rlliuno llulldlnj Wiifihlngton , 513 ronrtt.'cntli fetrtot. COIlHKSPONI > nNOE Alt commnntcntlons roliitlni ; to news nnd rdltorlnl nmttur ! > ) iould bo addressed to ilia Kdltorlal Department. . . , All 1niAltir H Inllcrt nml rctnlttnncoi should I o nddrcfwil to 'I ho Urn I'libllsliliw Cnnipnny. Uniahn. Drafts , checks nml posloftlco orders to tMiinnclaivnblu ] ) : to tlio onlur of the ooni linny. The Bee PiiljIisWng Company , Proprietors , The lleo H'ldV. I'lirtinni nnd fcevcntconth Hts EWOIIN bTATIJMKNT OK CIltOULATlON btnleof Nolirnslti. I County of Oouulns. f 8" Ornrito 11 , 'JVschiick. frcrclnr.v of Tim lice I'uMMiInz romnnnv. OOPS nnlcninly tivroat that llio nctiiul clrntilattnn of TIIK IUU.Y I1K * for the WICK ending Deo. ! TT. IbflO , wns a fol- lOVTBI Hnnelnv. Dec. 21 . 20.015 Monday , Deo. 22 . SS.IH3 Tnosriny. Poc si. . 22.7IS Wcdnonclny. Jcc.2l . 2-J.KP ) Th nod n v.l lee. Y < . 22,1V ) Frldnv. lo < ! .2 ( . 22,770 Buturrtay. Dec. 27 . . . .2V.OT1 Avcrnpo . 2. Oconon 11 , T/SCIIUCK. Fwnrn In If fore inn n nil untjieribfld In niv tircsrnro tills 27th rtnv o' DocouiDcr. A. 1) ) . . 189) ) IFKAUI N. 1' . 1'r.iu Motary t'ubllo- ttntoof Nrlirnskn , t County of DoiiRln ? . f B Ocorpo II , Tjsrliuck , tiolta duly svrnrn , rto- roM-sntid unys that no Is n-cretary of The lleo I'tihlltliltiRt'nnipnnv , that the iictiuil nvornk'o dully olrcnlntlnn of Tin : DAit.v HER for tlio month of Ilcrcn'l rr. IPS1 * , wns 20P S copies ; for January. IfWt. ICAVicoplcsi for rclirunry , IS'JO , ] 1 > , 1 cnifp ) : for March. JSOO , T0.81S roiilc' : for April , IriKt , W.fC-lo ulosiforMny ItfO , a.K roplps ; for.Iunc , If-ro , OT.rol roplrs ; for .Inly , IfrO.in.trs copies ! forAucnst. I'lic.SP.T..ncoiilo . ! ! for tcntrnil ur. 18r0.23 > 70 copies : for Octolior , UOO. 10.7C3 coplcn ; for November , 18SO , 22.OT copies. Ornnan 11. T/.srntiCK. f-norn to I'Ofore. inc. nnd n 1) rrll > cd In niv rrctcncc , thihCthoay of noconlior. A.I ) . , WJ. N P. 1'nr. Notary Public. TilK Runiitor who declared "Gonor.il Grant needs no monument , " touched tlio popular chord In Now York. Tim country will not shed many tears If the treacherous murderers of Citptnin Wallace nnd his men nro sent to keep company with SittingBull. . s took no holiday recess , but mnnugod to lnivo a vacation just the eanio. In romiiinetl nominally in session and inoamvhlio f.tiycd sit liomo and enjoyed - joyed the comforts of the season. THK fnct that somolhlny moro thnn eight hundrodnnd fifty million dollars passed through the clearing houses of the United States last wool : indicates that there is still a little money In cir culation. IT IS snld that Randall democrats nro oxtinot. That is because their great loader is in his grave. It is no credit to the party , however , that men of the Samuel .T. Randall typo are scarce. Ho had many virtues und they live after him. Tin : petition of the chamber of com jncrco of Portland , Ore. , in favor of a national bankrupt law , la peculiarly im- prcbslvc , taken in connection with the collapse of local railroad schemes nnd the wild erica of workmen for $300,000 hack wuy. GENKKAL DAVIS has found u way to utilize the glll-cdgcd carpal knights of the Washington ballrooms. He asks the president to send thcm'to South America to invite our southern neighbors to altoud the world's fair. The loss of the Washington ladies will bo the gain of the South American belles. Incidentally the worlU's fair will got a boom. Tnnnn should bo no moro truckling In dealing with the murderous Sioux. Every reasonable offer had been made to the hostllos to avert bloodshed , hut with characteristic treachery they spurned nil for the warpath. Tlio time has come for the government to deal vigorously with outlawed bands and by disarming them prevent n , recurrence of trouble nnd bloodshed. Title creditors of Konn's remarkable Chicago bank are wishing that the as- Bets could bo distributed "according to the principles of the biblo. " And they would even ho reconciled to the performance formanco of a miracle , by which tlio total could bo Increased to enough to go around nnd leave something to spare But the moral Idea of banking1 does not extend that far. BUT little Is really known of the terrible - riblo struggle the nntlvo Soudanese nro making1 to maintain tholr independence. For over live years they have battled against tlio greed of European powers , who , under the mask of civilization , are waging a war of conquest anil ox tormina lion in that country. Famine now adds now horrors to the strife , hut.tho nv ; lives , with n devotion that is admirable yet disastrous , pro fur to die lighting or of hunger than live under the invaders Tltn democratic end ot the senatorial contest In Illinois is bathed in cold Bwont. Complications are continually bobbing up and battering down partj hopos. Legislative contests nro as thlel ns the waters of Chicago river , but tlio crowning assault on the party's ponce o mind is the story that the republicans propose to buy up the hosts of Palmer , body und hoots. The truth is the repuh licans do not need democratic votes hal as much ns the doinocr'ifj ' ueod republi can money , and the story was evidently etartod to show that the democrats wore lu the market at the usual price. DON CAMKIION'S onoinlea are making n mighty effort to defeat him for re election to the senate from Pennsylvania. It is little wonder. Although a com- . parntively young man , ho has boon In public life- for a great many years tini lias accomplished very little for Ins etato , or his own reputation. lie was a member of ono of the Grant cabinets und hns boon n senator for twelve years All this time ho luia simply douu busi ness on his father's name , .to which ho has added nothing by hla own achieve wonts. It is tlino that the great stati of Pennsylvania had a higher order o to represent her In the senate. THK FIIIST KNCOUXTnn. The ilrst collision between the millJ tnry In the Slou.x rosorvntlon nnd the ndlanj Inn taken plueo , nnd the possltr blllty of a prolonged conflict must bo nor copied , This change In the situation vtis sudden anil very generally unox- ) cctod. The Indications up to Sunday nvored the vlow tliat the most serious Innger hnd hoen averted and thnt graduit ally the hostiles would return to the agency and resume peaceful relations. So far as there were any outgivings 'rotn ' military sources they were of a rew character up to the last hour at which dispatches wcro Bent i-orn the scone of disturb ance Sunday night. General Miles was reported ns confident that the trouble was about at an end , nnd if a llfTorcnt opinion was hold by any of the nilltnry officers In South Dakota It was carefully withhold from the public , riioro wore some , however , who did not , nko this optimistic view of the situa tion. The following sentence , prophetic n vlow of what hns taken place , was in 1'nn BUB'S special dispatches from the camp on Wounded Knee , printed yes terday morning : "It looks as If the surrender ( of Big Foot's band ) was not * wholly in good faith , inasmuch us the prisoners make no offer whatever to jive up tholr rllles and knives. " It Is now shown that the surrender was not In good faith , and it is made clear also lliat ftom the first a largo portion of the liostilos have intended to fight whenever the opportunity offered. In the absence of accurate Information us to how many Indians are In the Bad Lands and what condition they are Jn Tor prolonging hostilities , ! , no prediction : is to tlio probable duration of the con flict can have any valuo. Wlntt is known Is that the region where the hostiloi have .concentrated is very difficult of access , offering great advantages for de fense , and it is understood that the Indians are well supplied with pro visions , arms and ammunition. The military force immediately available for operation againbt them is about Hired thousand , including all arms of the service , nnd under command of the veteran fighters , Generals Miles and Hrookc , aided by a number of &uboru - ruito officers experienced in Indian war fare , may safely bo expected to do vigor ous and oll'octlvo work. The nearly universal public sentiment undoubtedly will bo that the military authorities nt Washington should now put forth the full power of the government for the summary suppression of this In dian revolt , and that accomplished , should deal uncompromisingly with its instigators und loaders. Granting that there have been faults in the treatment of the Indians which gave thorn just rea- bon for complaint , since the uprising the government has shown an earnest dcsiro and purpose to remove , ag far as practi cable , the causes of complaint. Tlio re sponse to this , a& appears from the facts at hand , iaa treacherous resort to hostil ities which has cost the lives of a num ber of feoldiors and may load to a pro longed conflict. It is plainly the duty of the government to stop dallying with these enemies , who evidently have never had nny ether purpose than to fight , and to vigorously employ all the force necessary to uromptly faubjugalo and punish thorn. SOUTH A3IK1I1CAN KXPORTS. The development of reciprocal trade between the United States nnd tlio re publics of Central nnd Soutli America goes on with every evidence of good ro- suits. There is ono point recently brought to light by the state depart ment that hns not received the attention it deserves. This is the revolution of the fact that American merchants must first learn the art of exporting before they can supnlmit their European rivals , even under the most favorable treaties. In n recent volume of consular reports our representative at Kingston furnishes u letter written by a wido-tiwako Yankee who wont to Central America to look up the prospect of business for a Massachusetts house. This inquisitive individual discovered that three-fourths of the goods imported into those coun tries can bo produced in the United States from itntaxed or indigenous raw material , and that for all these goods the United States Is the best nnd cheap est source of supply. Thoho are lioavy manufactures of wool in hluiikots , cloths , felt , hosiery , carpets , up holstered furniture , nnd the like. Ho found also that moro steamers uro" running regularly from our ports to most of those countries than are running from Europe. In spite of these facts , so favorable to American merchants , this country gets but $12- 000,000 of patronage out of a total im port trade of § 500,000,000. And the chief reason for this state of things the Yankee investigator stated to bo as follows : In Control America and several other coun tries duties on manufactured goods nro by gross weight the box , barrel or case , nnd contents alike subject to duty ranging from CO cents to 81.50 per pound. Native mer chants who hail boon beguiled Into giving or ilora to United States business houses showed the heavy , clumsy boxes In which the goods caino. Duty on thorn wai ( V ) cents per pound. The unnecessary weight of the box added il per cent unnecessary cost to the contents. ( Joods are packed up without any considcnv tlon of the Internal means of transport. Packages of COO pounds weight nro imulo up , where the only means of transportation Is by panlen on mules. Because Europeans are well Informed hew to pack , sou then merchants suppose tlio American solicitor for his bu5incss Is also. Tlio Amorloan shipper , not having Insttuctlons , ship ; as bo would to Ublcaqo or St. Louis. All over tbe south ono hears complaints against Amorloan ways of fonvnr.llng. In Guatemala or in Ecuador ono Is on uallysuro to hoar , "Yos your prlcos are low : hut noouo can tell whnt United States yooJs will cost until they nro on the shelves. " This is a very practical point for American exporters o study. It un doubtedly suggests a lesson that inus bo learned before wo Bliall reap exten sive advantage ; ) from the labors of Sec retary Blaine In establishing the system of reciprocity. The wonder Is that wo have not scon and remedied this error before. The latest reports from the sta to de partment are very encouraging. The now Pan-American bureau , under the chnrgo of William K. Curtis , who Is exceptionally coptionally Well ocjulpped for the service , Is doing excellent work in arranging business relations between our mor- J cliants and those of South America. There can bo no doubt that our forolgn rado will enjoy a great expansion ns a result < of the persistent efforts of the present administration. THK Dim * Or TIIK MAYOR. Mayor Gushing lias a duty to perform it bohnlf of the taxpayers and citizens of Omaha. The agreements made between the city and the Union depot company , under which the people voted $150,000 in bondi to aid in the construction of the viaduct nnd depot , require compliance with certain essential conditions before the bonds are delivered. It is stipulated that a liquidated bond for SSOO.OOO.slgncd uy tlio Union Pacific nnd Chicago. Bur lington & Qulncy railroad companies , shall bo given to the city , guaranteeing the use of the union depot to nil rail roads on equal terms. Another bond for alike amount must bo givoa by the Union Pacific railroad company condi tioned thnt the company "shall grant tlio use of its bridge and approaches In Omaha nnd at Council Bluffs" to all rail roads desiring such privileges , and In case of disagreement as to the Imrgos for the USD of tho. bridge ntid approaches , the question shall bo submitted to a board of three arbitrators , the decision of which shall bo binding on the disagreeing companies. The action of the Union Pacific In blocking the entrance of the Milwaukee trains into Omaha shows a purpose to ignore its compact with the city. The authorities of the city are bound to see that the company complies with every condition entered into before ono dollar of the bonds voted are turned over to the company. The bonds have not yet passed from the control of the city and should bo securely locked in the treasurer's vaults until the railroad proves beyond the possibility of a doubt that it will fulfill its obligations in letter and spirit. If the Union Pacific Is justified in blocking the bridge to all railroads un less they agree to onerous exactions , the city is equally justified In refusing to de liver the bonds. The time has come for the city to assort itself by insisting that the Union Pacific shall demonstrate by practical results its honest purpose to abide by the contract made by its ofii- cora with tlio city. The bonds cannot legally bo delivered to the company until the mayor certifies to the fact that the viaduct is complete : ! and $150,000 expended on the new depot. These condition1 ? are trilling compared with the vital obligation of unrestricted access to the city for all railroads willing1 to pay for the use of the Union Pacific bridge. The Milwaukee and Rock Ibland roads have made terms which were at first acceptable to the Union Pa cific. Now that the Union Pacific vir tually abrogates these contracts and deliberately blocks their en trance into Omaha , the people of Omaha Insist that Mayor Gushing shall withhold the bonds until tlio ob structions to the city's commerce are effectively removed. The duty of the mayor is clear , and ho will bo hold to strict accountability should ho fail to protect the vital in terests of the city in the present crisis. ItAILUOAD Dissatisfaction with the relations ex isting between the people and tlio rail roads was lavffoly responsible for the re cent political upheaval in Nebraska. It is expected that the coming legislature will take stops to put those relations on a fairer basis and relieve the people from burdens at which they have ro- boHcd. But how Is this to bo done ? The moro enactment of moro laws will not cure the evils of which the people complain. Relief cannot bo had by the moro passage of a law , but In the en forcement of it. And no state in the union has a larger amount or sterner quality of railroad legislation on its books than Nebraska. If the laws now in ' the constitution and statutes of this state wore rigidly enforced the relations between the people and the railroads would bo a model for the times , exorbitant rates for freight and passenger traffic , divi dends on watered stocks and inflated issues of bonds , and all ether existing forms of injustice would bo impossible. Before proceeding to pile up now laws , It is worth while to examine the stock wo have on hand. Attorney General Loose makes the ad mirable suggestion that railroad earn ings shall bo limited by law to a fair in- torostonthoinvcstmontln cash , property nnd labor. But the constitution already says , ( article II. , sections ) : No rulhoad corporation shall Is < mo any stook or honds , except for money , labor or jirop- eitu nctnnlly received und applied to the pur poses for which such corporation was created , nnd nil stocks , dividends anil ether lletltlous Increase of tlio cupltnl stook or Indebtedness of nny such corporation shall bo void. The capital slock ot railroad corporations shall not ho increased for any purpose o\eopt after nnlillc notice for sixty days in such manner as muy bo urovldcd bylaw , To make sure that this law Is conv plied with , both the constitution and the statutes provide that every company operating more than ton miles of road hi this state shall maintain an ollico here , with complete records of its issues of stocks and bonds , together with the amount received therefor , the dividends paid , the surplus fund , the cost of operat ing , the value of property , equipments and franchises , and all ether details essential to a thorough understanding of the facts on which equitable rates should bo based. The law also makes It necessary for corporations to report those facts annually to the auditor of public accounts , and for failure to do so provides the severe penalty of forfeiture of all right to do business in the stato. Having thus provided against nil fic titious capital nnd padded accounts , the constitution conford power on the legis lature to absolutely limit charges to a reasonable figure by maximum rate laws. Those sound laws have boon in the constitution and state statutes of Ne braska for fifteen years. During that very period the worst abuses of railroad manipulation liavo grown up. The watering of sleeks and bonds has devel oped into a fine art , and so confident have investors become in the jutlont docility of the people and tholr willing ness to pay dividends on fictitious cap ital , that they now invest as readily In those alleged "securities" as in govern ment bonds. Tn.tlio face of these notori facts the pjopYcjshould not bo led te believe that they | iavo only to puss a law to bringigUiVbolng the millennial era of justice ijPf.alrnc89 between the public and the hmtpads. Tlio provisions { jjuotcU nro not the only railroad laws thatfpractlco has rendered null nnd voliU Tlio same is true of many ether parts d f the statutes thnt might bo full of usefulness to the people if honestly enfo/ccu. There Is no doubt that the taxation of corporations Is loosely manage , phd that the railroad ? escape a largo snare of tholr just bur dens. There is no pretense that they pay taxes on thofr Valuable franchises , which tlio constitution intended should ho a source of Inrgo Income. What means does the state possess ot knowing that the milongo and. sidetracks , the now Improvements and the right of way nro properly reported for taxation ? How do the counties know' that they re ceive precisely \yluitls duo thorn as their share of an honest assessment of rail- roads passing through their territory ? A very simpro nnd effective way to pro vide ngainst deception on this source would bo to require county surveyors to make returns each year of the mileage and improvements. Wo have good railroad laws in Ne braska nnd plenty of them. The vital feature of railroad reform must bo to find a method of enforcing' our laws. First , if the legislature should avail itself of its power to fix maximum rates on freight nnd passenger traffic , it must provide heavy pemilitics to secure the enforce ment of this and all existingregulations. . If a way is found to make the laws wo have vital and living realities , the prob lem will bo as far solved as it can bo under present conditions. But back of all legal provis ions must stand honest and in corruptible public servants. Mon who uro willing to betray the people ple , for whatever consideration of per sonal advantage , can defeat the best laws that legislatures may enact. This is a lesson which the people of Nebraska have learned In bitterness for the past twenty yours n lesson which Tun Bnn has pointed out during all that period before such men hnd run the gauntlet ot tlio convention and the polls. As wo .have always known anil always said , without fear or favor , honest officers are essential to tlio proper enforcement of the most perfect laws. The legislature can apply no effective euro for the evils of railroad manipula tion that does not carry with it the means of enforcement. SERD Foil Tin ; s The next legislature will undoubtedly ho asked to make an appropriation for the purchase of sued to bo distributed among the fanpers of the drought- stricken portions of tie | state , and we as sume that such a request would en counter no opposition. Wo cannot say what amount wquld , bo necessary for this purpose. Tlio region in which the drought ol last summer practically de stroyed the crops embraces eight or ton counties and the number of farmers who have little or nothing to plant is several thousand. Tlio practical question of ascertaining how much seed will bo re quired und its coal cannot , however , bo a ctifllcult ono , and It should bo one of the first duties of the legislature to ob tain this information. Tlio stnto of Nebraska can afford to supply these unfortunate people with seed for their next year's planting , and there should bo no hesitation in doing so with roa&oimblo liberality. Tlio farmers of the western and southwestern coun ties who are destitute from uo fault of tholr own are among our moit deserving citizens. They are industrious , thrifty and honest men , who have done all that was possible to them under most adverse circumstances , and having' fought an unequal figh\ with nature and lost , it is the Imperative duty of their follow citizens to render them such substantial assistance us the circumstances require to enable them to regain at least in part what they have lost and put themselves oil a self-sup porting basis again. Their immediate necessities are being provided for through private contributions. They will got over the1 winter without serious hardship or privation. But they must not bo loft to depend upon what may bo obtained in this way , nor do they desire to bo. They are not mendicants , but hard-working' people who nro willing to labor for nil they get , and only ask tlio opportunity for the fullest employment of their energy and industry. This must bo given them , and the most certain and practicable way of doing so is for the legislature to appropriate n sum suf ficient to purchase for them an ample supply of seed for the next year's plant Ing. So far ns wo are aware there is no legal obstacle to this being done , and there certainly has boon no case In the hislory of the state which presented a more meritorious claim to legislative aid. THK proposition to raise the salaries of councilmen from $000 to $1,000 a jcar will hardly moot the approval of the taxpayers , it simply means that the city pay roll slmlUw increased by $7,200 a year without the , least benefit to the city. Six hundrgd dollars a year will got us jubtas good material for the coun cil as wo would get for 81,000 a year. Members of the , Aboard of education servo without pay and yet there Is a scramble fpr "the places every year. For business capacity the school board will compare favorably with the council. THE BEK always has favored and always will fatfor good pay for good work , but there is such a thing as crowdIng - Ing the mourners.tt Tlio pay roll of the city Is altogether too .hlirh now. If the charter can bo omqndcd so as to dis pense with one-half of the council wo should bo in favor of doubling the pay of the ether half. Unless this Is done the present allowance is high enough. ANOTIIKH year has been added to the span of Mr. Gladstone's marvelous life. At eighty-one , physically and mentally vigorous , ho is at once the most inter esting and most respected public man of the times. IP republican bouators wore booking partisan advantages bololy they would cheerfully allow the democrats to talk themselves to death. Itut vital public Interests domnml attention nnd justify the ndoptlon of necessary measures to put nn ontl to obstructive tactics. The business of the country must not bo Im perilled by Bountorlnl windmills. RKCKNT events emphasizes what Tun BKK Ims proclaimed for yours , that the Immediate welfare of Omaha demands llio erection of nnothor railroad urldgo regardless of cost. IT Is now reported that Treasure ] Huston has deckled to withdraw Ills res ignation , but tliero Is no vlslblo evi dence that Mr. Huston over seriously resigned. TIIK charter bhould by all moans bo amended to as to do awiiy with all star chamber work. Commlttoo mootlnps should bo holtl at stated periods and in public. SSSSSSS SSSSES Tin ; perforator of Pegloff Griffon is not scouring Council Ululls for weird olooLlon fakes , but for im cxcuso to pocket the money there Is in It , GE.NT.UAL MAN-Anm Ci.AHic assorts ho will gimrd the iutorosts.of Omaha always provided they do not conflict with interests of the Union Pacific. TUB Nebraska Central bridge man agers might learn something to their advantage by consulting the Milwaukee and Rook Island companies. YKAUS may coma und yours may go , but the Union Puclflo bridge- embargo goes on forovor. Tun only big thing about the state contest is its bill of expanse. TlilH IH Ilr-linhlc. Chicago Inttr-Occan. The Now York Sun rotors to the tariff reform banquet glvou by Tammany as "tho finest piece of humbug" over displayed in Noxv York. "If you sco It in the Sun it's so. -o- BIr. Rliprmiiri is Not ISlTitslvc. St. Louw Glnhc-Dcmncrat. The country will notice that tbo man Du- vnlt who extracted aifts from several semi- tors by writing them that ho had named a bnby aftsr them did not got anything out of John Sherman. "WhatVo ICiiow About Injuns. " WorliMIornlil , Moniliyi WorM Ucrald , Monday Mornlnn : Evening : HreiySntimHr for six A llelit took plnro with weeks tl.olnUu lrloii nml HlKKout'ntmnil tills morn- Itunulnntlvn wnr dirroIni : . vrhlki < ll < nrmlrptlipin , 91'oinleiit * h.ivn prcillrttMl Cniitnln ficurco 1) . Wai- n"tlCTfOonl lilovtlr butIn of tlia Puvonth rnv- tluwlthlliu In.lliinHKomi'nlry wai klllol nrnl I.lcu- tlnio before Mmiltiy tenant Krnctt A. ( Inrllnii- inornlnilien Mon- ton wounded In the arm dar comes tliero h not Sovornl * ol < IIcr * wcro oren nlilnt of any trouliluiklllcd nnd wounded. A nnd now the much Im-isront uiiiiiy Indians wcro iwert iinm"rFuflliigpnlkllluil | , The lUlit took lie , " which lin so iifton pliico nonr I'orcuplno boon feared without crook , twenty miles cnst cnuau , Is In a position tOuOf the UJTOIHT , rleinanilifawambul'incos ! There worn nhont ono { nit of wounded Holllars'lmndreil ' nndtwonty buck nnd n tU curnlUMiiii'iit ol Indlnns In the band nnd ( load Imlluns Ixif.irc lip-iDJQ cavalrymen ngnliitt coming orcn illglitlr lu-'lliorn. ' The Indianfought tcrestod. from desperation nnd know they would be over powered. of Tin ; x Nebraska. Alhlon haaheen offered a paper mill for a bonus of S."iOOU nnd a suitable slto. A rail foil from a cnr lu Pluttsmouth nnd struck A. 0. Stephens , a section hand , break ing his ISK- Solmylor electors will vote Fcbruarv 10 on a proposition to bond tlio town to build waterworks. The business men of Oakland have raised $3.000 to establish an inOepsudent anti-pro- hlbition papor. Suhuyler Oddfellows will give n charity hill JCcw Year's cvo for the benefit of the drouth sufferers. The flouring1 mills of Wells & Nicmnn at Schuylcr are being relltted with machinery of the latest pattern. The hardware store of Georpo II. Maslior of Grand Island lifts been closed on mi ut- tnchmcnt in favor of Rector , Wilhclinv & Co. of Omaha. A runaway team at York ran into and over 0. J. Nobes , ex-warden of the < ? tate peniten tiary , breaking the bonus in hU lituid and otherwise bruising him. The hoirsof the late Major Darh ofVnhoo have succeeded in having his will sot asida on tlio Rrouud that ho wtis of unsound iniud when the instrument was drawn. Dean PittlnRor , n ten-year-old boy at Crab Orchard , was bitten on the foot by a horse live mouths ago. The ether day a physician took out several pieces of brolccu bo'no. While Edward Mutnford , residing near Cortlnnd , was Koitifj to church on horseback lie was thrown Into n baru wire fence nnd so badly Injured thnt It Is believed bo will die. The Stnto ilee Keepers' association will meet in annual convention at Lincoln , Janu ary 13 , II nnd 15 at the same time m the stnto horticultural society. A good mooting Is expected - pected nnd mutters of importance will bo transacted pertaining to the oxlilblt at the world's fair. I own. Mr. WilllnmH , the Independence horseman , Is reported to have cleared ? 10,003 this year. William Y.oung Webb , n well known citi zen of Dickinson county , is dead , in his sixty- fourth year. Hev , J. U. Chase hns resigned the pnstorato of the Congregational church at Hull and will go to Iowa Falls. The enterprising mayor of Creston assessed tbo joints and Uivcs in that city ? 125 each to pay for n new flro engine. David Sweet died at Independence on Christmas , Ho was cighty-throo years old nnd hail lived in Buchanan county since 1S53. The Lodger announces that it will publish a picture of the next jury In tlio Duhuquo district court so that the people may see the "professionals" who liavo been ( 'ivinc judg ment there for the past llftccn year.s. The veterans of the Mnrshnlltown soldiers' homo had u great spread OH Christmas day oyster- " , turkey , cranberry sauce , vegetables , plo , cake , fruit , coffee and uigan a sharp contrast with the bardinol ; and prk of the service and a still greater ono with the star vation faro of the rebel prisons. The Dubuque Telegraph says s "Koss , the vcnoraolo ex-mayor ot Tort Worth , Tex. , who has spent much time in jail rc < .untly , called on sovornl Main street merchants Christinas eve \vlth 'wilto-ups'of theirbusiuoss , couched in doggerel rhyme , and which ho sold ho \\ouldlnscrtin Harper's Weekly gratis. Oa the strength of this ho wanted the loan of 25 cents to tide him over temporarry embarrass- ruonts. The merchants couldn't see it , " ThnTwo Dnlcntiifl. ICollogg i WnlUrou , general merchants , of Hnzol , have failed. North Dakota ranks as the forty-flrst state In point of population , The Aurora cbeeso factory shipped 12,000 pounds of checso last week. Huron boasts that it has moro school ch lid run than uny other to wa in South Oa- kota-OiO. KilltU Valentino , who lately shot herself to dcatfl at Seattle , was formerly a variety actresj at Doadwood. A pretty story comes from Pennsylvania that Udwurd Kntisiu-of Suxony is in South Dakota liuntlnir his brother , wlio was dlsln- herltoil by his father forty yo.in ago. .Ed ward want * to divide a fortune of $1,000,000 with him. Mrs , Wlllielralna Kcharat , sentenced to four years In ttie Sioux Falls penitentiary for killing nor nusbmul. has been declared tnsann , and on the order of ( Jovornor Mcllctto has been transferred to the hospital for the insane - sane at Vankton , The receipts of the South Dakota state farmers' alliance lust year wcro f 11,50:1.63 : , nil of which was expended , The two chief items of cost wora the support of the Uunillst nnd the pav of orpinizurs. Thcso absoibod es&e.l. ( < 0 , und thuro U > 102.711 still duo thorn. Tbo alliance Is iu the holu about $1,20J , , NO SENSATION DEVELOPED , Final Testimony In the Contest Qnlotly Taken nt Lincoln , A RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST INSANE , A Waulcl-Ilo Itrlltcr Seeks a Pardon A Mttlo Chilli FYlglitcnciI to Dcnth An Aflllctcd Kninlly Lincoln Noto.s. LINCOLNNob. . , Doc. 2 ? . [ Special to TIIK Bnn.J Today ends the taking of tastlmoupy hi the election contest and up to nooti no surprises had been spninp on the contostcca. Only two witnesses wcro ex amined. The llrst was a colored man named James A. 1 Urown. Ho tostlllcd that ho wiu nn Omnhn burlier out of n job and tbnt when bo was south ho hail often repeated , Ha had attempted to repeat in Om.ilm election day but fulled. Ho saw a dozen or llftocn iwoplo repeat tholr votes but could not ulvo thoJr names or the description of any of them. 1)v C. G. Hulloclc of Lincoln icsUllcd that be went to Oinulm as n sclf-anpoltttcil emiinor- ntor to tnko n census of the Third ward , as bo behoved ) thnt Tom Uoolfo's report wus padded. IIoHWoru that the report that tliero wcro ii'.lKX ) In thnt ward . persons win Incorrect , as lie coulil only Unit 7fiUO | > crsoiis there , liII submitted n Iht of 400 nnturnllrod persons In South Omnhn whoso llrst pnitors hail been pild for oy the ] Ju l- ness Men's anil Hankers' association and who hail voted in South Otnnhn. This testi mony was ml m I tied under proton , as tlio copy presented by Bullock had not boon certified nnd consequently nilphl bo incor rect. Adjournment was then taken until 2 p. in. 1 hillock was cro33-oxamlneil this afternoon and admit ted tliut his enumeration of the Third ward was nil guess woik. Ho did not enter any of the houses and merely allowed a certain number of persons to a bouse accord- in ; ; to its slzo. Mr. Wallterof Hcntrice , ono of the judpes of election , testified that while the ether ludRos were away at dinner nnil hovailoft in charno none or the ballots were tampered with In any manner. Adjournment was taken until 7 p. in , Lamb saying thnt ho ex pected on important witness from Omaha. It was thought by the attorneys for the con- tostce that something was to ho sp'-miRcon- corning Uoyd's citizenship , but at" p. in. the attorneys for the contestants failed to ap pear anil thus the Inking of testimony in the great election contest undnimntirally ended. On Wednesday the testimony will bo read. BID CASI : or issSITV. . Quito n sensation was cre.itud In St. Paul Jlcthodist Ivplscondl church yesterday after noon , during the tlmo tno Sunday school was In session. Just as Superintendent Atkinson was about to close the exercises of the day a heavily veiled lady attired In black , with a largo cloalc on , cnmo in , and without speak- Ins a word proceeded to the platform , ftom which she began stuping a weird religious hymn. The woman's voice was not attuned to melody , divine or otherwise , mill tlio su perintendent requested her to desist. With out piyliitf the slightest attention to him she went on with tier Incantation , whereupon Mr. Atkinson gently led her to a scat ami com pelled her to sit down. No sooner hud ho ro- Ic.isod the woinaii than she again arose and walking to the front of the platform pro ceeded with her song. She was allowed to llnish It tin molested , and without speaking to nuy ono deliberately walked down thonlslo nnd out of doors. Precisely the snino per formance was gone through with at the Christmas tree entertainment nt the St. Paul church on lost Thursday evening , with tlio exception that she was not molested in her son ir. Tlio woman Is the wife of a butcher named "Wedge , living In East Lincoln , anil she hns been a follow er. of Uov. Mlncunrt , whoso pe culiar religious views and mothodi of con ducting church ceremonials created such nn uproar in church circles about two years slnco , and which resulted In the reverend gentleman's being suspended by the confer ence after a sensational trial. Tlio woman who created the sensation ns nbovo detailed has gone insnuo on the subject of rollftion , nnd for weeks has been conrlnoU to the house under the loving care of friends. She eluded their viffilenco on the days mentioned and apparently went on a proselyting tour. A brother ol I'.istorMineliart also \\eat Insane and ono night was found in u clump of hushes praying. It is lelntcd also that when a bill for groceries was presented him on one occa sion ho tokl the collector to take it to the Lord. IIo Is said to bo nn Inmate of tlio asy lum nt Columbus , 0. , ntthe present time. A PAUDOV. This afternoon Governor Thnyor pave a hearing to the application of George E. Mc Donald , an architect of Fremont , who asks fora remittalof his fine of ? , ! 00 for attempt ing to bribe W. C.Vllley and II. St. Martin , the county commissioners of .foffcrson county. An indictment was originally found against McDonald for bribery , but when it c.uno to trial bo vlead guilty to the charge of attempting to bribo. John Janscn appeared for McDonald to- Oav , while 0. 13. Lcttan , county attorney of Jeltorson couutv appeared to enter a protest npalnst the remission of the line. Kvidenco both in the shape of letters and verbal statements was produced , showlngthat JNlcDonalil nnd St. Martin hail been thick bo- Joro the tiino of awarding the plans , , and the treasurer of JutTcrson county and Mr. Tully overheard a Job being put up by McDonald Ht. Mm tin and County Treasurer Converse to get AVilloy to join with St. Martin In vet ing McDonald the plans. 1 1 was agreed thut St. Martin and \Villsy wora to get fSOO for their votes. Next day while the commis sioners were poing Into the room to Inspect thu plans a roll was slipped into "Willey's hands by St. Martin , -which , It was claimed , was S300. Hoth Wllloy nnd St. Martin voted for McDonald's plans , while Huron , who had got wind of affairs , protested against any plans being adopted at that time , That night McDonald , Willoy nnd St. - Martin were arrested , the lint on the charge of bri Lory nnd the latter two for accepting n hrlho. Willoy and St. Martin resigned tholr posi tions , nnd McDonald plead guilty to the charge of attempting to bribo. The onlv Co- fcnso offered today were two petitions , signed by prominent cltlicns of Geneva nnrl Fremont. Hut n potltlon signed by 7W ! i > or- sons was pttxentcii asking that McDonald suffer punishment , ( lovornor Thnyor severely denounced Ilia action of Converse In tlio matter nnd declared thnt a county or state ofllclnl who would In duce another person to commit ncrlmo wns n scoundrel , ami dwelt for some t'mo on the mattor. The governor took tbo ulTiilr under advisement. WAS rnioiirn.vr.HTO MATH , Mablo , the two-vcnr-old daughter of Mr. nnd Mr * . A. 0. Chandler , living nt 710 O street , died utnn early hour this morn Im ? of meningitis. The homo of the family nt Thlnl nnd A streets was burned to the ground u few days ngo , and the family rendered almost homeless , n portion of tbclr householil gooiU being nlso consumed by the ilnmoa. The nnr. row escape frlRht'.Mied her so badly that she went Into lit * , nnd thosn convulsions have followed ono another in such rapid succes sion thnt meningitis sot In , uud her young life was ended this morning. T1IVT XUimrn. . The ottso of the state vs Kendall fi Smith , a rrtmlnnl case in which the defendants are charged with maintaining n nulsaneo In tlio shape ot a dam in ICnst Lincoln , which U dangerous to tbo puiillc health , came up bo fore Judge Stewart in the county court this morning. There Is an imnionsu- array of \vltnossos and thn hcarliiB will probibly extend - tend over several days. The dam Is across Salt creek , east of the city , nnd boyotut the point where the scwcrnuu of the city enter * the creek , The state claims that by the act of defendants la maintaining the ilam the current Is stopped nnd the ollluvln of the back water causes sickness. The defense Is that the dam was there bo- foio the sewerage system and thut tbo sickness and stench Is not caused by any act oT theirs , nnd. therefore , scok to nvold per sonal responsibility thcrelor. IT1. J. Hush , the complaining witness , testified that ho lives some distance from the creek , but that iu summer ho hns had to shut up the honso on several occasions In order to broatlio freely. lrs. Everclt and GlfTon thougntthat the ilnwnilni : of the crcelc had greatly h > - creased the number of cases of diphtheria , typhoid fovcr and scarlet fever. Thotii'H Hyan had smclled the effects of the damming up of tbo creek's wntor as fur south us the asylum. He believed that If the dam wcro removed there would bo sulllclent current to carry off all refuse , and the crook would not then be adorned all summer with a gram scum. AX APrMCTHI ) FASttt.T. The family of Anton Horncky , a hukor liv ing at 3 411 street , Is n stirtly nflllcted one. On ChrlstmaJ day two of their cherished llttlo otuxs , ngcd live and sovcn I'espcctivclv , died of membraneous croup , nndvero bulled atone time the following day. This morn , ing their remaining child , a b.ibo of scarce n year In ngo , died of the same disease , mnkliig the third death in the family In four days. STATE TCACllr.IlS * ASSOCIATION' . Tomorrow the nnnual session of the teach ers of tbo state will commence nnd already school ma'ams and pedagogues from various poitlons of the stnto are beginning to gather. The session Is to continue three days. Samuel Chesterfield , for whom the pollen have been watching for some time , was ar- rcstod today for selling a mortgaged butch er's outllt. Ho wai taken before .lustleo Foxworthy , but waived examination nnd was held to the district court In tlio sum of &JOO. MOItr. AID ASKHI ) . This evening Dr. G. W. Martin , of the state relief committee , issued n call for moro aid for the droughtstrickcn farmers in south ern Nebraska. STATn HOl'Sr. .NOTTS. Articles of incorporation of the Barnoslnn Ilorso company wore filed with the secretary of state today. The company starts in witli a capital stock of $ ) ,00 ( ) . Secretory of Stnto Cowderv , State Auditor Bcnton and Land Commissioner Steen ar rived last evening from a delightful Jaunt to Now Orleans. Governor Tlmyer issued notarial appoint ments today to the following gentlemen : G. W. BorfiO of Lincoln ; G. S. Ilurfonl of But- tlo Crook , J. L. Cleaver of Falls City and J. K. Hart of Grcshum. Onus AXl ) ENDS. Among the statesmen In Lincoln today .wcro the following from Omaha : Senator " "Warron Swit7lornnd Uoprescntntlvcs George .T. Sternsdorff , George B. Dcrtrand and James C. Brennan. Jtoucrt Drakeof West Lincoln left his watch , a coat and vest in his Kitchen nt West Lincoln yesterday nflornoon % vhllo ho was at work. Some light-lingered follow camu along nnd took possession , lleneo llobort's appjar- nnco at the police station today. J. D. LoicUlidur , nn ISast C btreot grocer , was closed thU morning by Hsyinond Brothers , wholesalers , , but the embarrass ment. Is only temporary. Another attempt was made by tlio elcctrl line people this morning to mnkotho tious at Twelfth mid O streets , and a fight vnu Imminent , butasijund of police quellud thoriot. The company evidently doesn't care for orders of court. Nobrnslca and Iowa 1'onsloiiH. WASHINGTON , Dec. 20. [ Special Telegraia to THE Bun. ] Pensions wcro granted today to tlio following Nebraskans ! Oilclnal William A. Verloy , Harwell ; Igimtz Skaln , West Point ; GoorRo Sliapland , Sownrd : Thomas Cranco , Waco ; Johu A. McICInnoy , Grant ; Silas W. Allan , Ncllgh. Increase William n. Bousor , Hnyden ; Noah C. Gwln , O'Neill ' ; Benjamin A. Boltz , Omaha ; Joseph G. Bayles ? , Seward ; Thomas li1. llosltitt , Superior ; William \V. McCov , V i.sta ; William . Klsor , Lincoln ; Albart Frouch , Tekamnh ; Tamer A. Howard Itoynoldi. low-as Original Nephi Schumutc , Dun- lni > ; Sylvester Trout , Tynor. Increase John LtOmio , KdUysvillojVillIam T. Inelo , Altoonn ; John V. Yowell , I'rairlo City ; Henry ParUh , Kddysvlllo ; Ls3ter Bonet , Cluir ; AbrahamL.Coffman , Lebanon ; Jiunci Dickinson , Brighton ; Fnxl W. Dlclcman , Ivinc-ston ; John Q. Loach , Colfnv ; Williini Cable , New Hutnpton : William Scrltchlield , Cincinnati ; Aaron Wiseman , Steady Jinn ; John U. Sullivan , Cobourg ; George W. Kol- -lins , Council Bluffs ; Patrick I'Vrrts , Lovillu ; Solomon Peterson , Ionia ; William ( Iroonly , Cottage Hill ; .lamos G. Duke , Kmerson ; Alex M. Flnloy , Morning Sun. Jlcissuo Lucien A. Butts , Kusscll ; itnubon II , Davis , Seymour ; Norvol U. ISbcrlmrd , Kcosauqua. Original widows Amanda A. , widow of Absulom Williams , Porto City. Highest of all in Leavening Power. U. S. Gov't ' Report , Aug. 17 , 1889. PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST , WEST , NORTH'and SOUTH 1302 Farnnm Street.- Harry P. Deuel , City Passenger and Ticket OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Guaraufiud Capital..t 1'ala lu Capital . 850.000 lltiyi and solh stock * : iud bond * ; nogotlntoi ooinnturclul paport receives nnil oxoi-nloi triutsjnctB ns tmiufcir aKimt nnd trustee of corporations , taVtos chuntu o' property , ool- lecta taxes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK : . S. E. Cor. lOth and Douglas Sts. mid in Onpiui . . . I Rubscrlhod ami Guaranteed Capital , , . . 100,001 Liability of StooUboldors . 200,000 , 6 1'er Cent Intercut 1'ald nn Deposits. KltAMv J. I.A.NUK. Cashier. onicenl A. U , Wymnn , president. J. J , 11 row n , vloo-prusldcnt , W. T. Wymnn. trouinrvr , Dlrooton : A. U. Wymnn , J. ll.Mlllurd , J , J. Ill-own , Uuy 0. llurtou. K.V. . NuaL , Tbouiu * L. ICliuDnJl , Guorto U. Laku.
