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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 31 , 1890. THE DAILY _ BEBI E. ilOSEWATKH PUBLISHED DVEHY MORNING THUMB OP BL'IlfOHII'TION. BUI ! Sunday , Ono V'cur . ! in 00 Hlxmontlii . . . . . ! > m Tlirco nuintln . , . , , . . 2 f < 0 Bunday llro.Ono Yrnr . . . . 200 "Weekly Heo. Ono Year. . . . 100 Omnhn. Tlio lion llulldlnir. foutli Ornnlin. Corner N nnrt Sf.th Street * Council ninth , 12 IVnrl Blrrot. Oilcnno Odlco , 317 Cliamlior of Commerce. TVcw York.ltooni * 13,14 nnd l. > , Tribune llUlldliig WtutHlnjjUm , 6IU Fourteenth Sjtiuut. COnKESPONDKNOB All communlcatloni rrlutlne to news ami rdltorlnl iniittor should bo addressed to the Editorial Dcpnrtment , 1IUHINT.SS LETTERS. All biiMnpM lot tor < nnd rpinlttiincpi slionla "fceftildrcwdlciTlioItPO I'ulillihliiK Company , Onmlin. Driifli , cheeks nnd j t flleo orders to bo inwlo payable to tlio order of the com jinny. 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WIIH W.MS copies ; for January , IfPO , IP.iJK ) copies ; for robrunry , 1810 , 30 , 61 con'ri ! for March. ISM , 10,815 copies ; ' for April , lf > ro,20f MiolcM f < irMny(1RBOS ( , lK copies ; for June , JblO. WOI copies ; for July , JKOSO.f < 3 copies ; forAiUMliU 1HIO.SP.7BO copies ; for ( iMitrml er. 1810. 23.S70 ropiest for October. 3WO. CO.TC ! copies ; for November. IPS' ) . SJ.IIKJ conlpi. Oroitmi It. T78CIIUCK. Froni to bo'oro me. nnrt milrn'rlbcd In my presence , this Cth ony of Docoinlior. A. D. , 18&J. N V. TEIT. Notary 1'ubllo. Jilt. CrKVKLAND has lost 75 pounds of flosli , but his bump of solf-oslcem Is as heavy us over. A "WHISK from todny that biennial plant , tlio legislature , will bo in full blofim nt Lincoln. TIIK Indians who "would rather die tlmn lay down their arms , " and cease to inenaco Innocent settlers , nro being ac commodated. Tins Idaho Eonntora have swelled the silver contingent In the upper house and added tliolr shrill voices to the song of the bulllonalros. THE Bun war corrcBpondont wit nessed the flcht , not as a belligerent , but ns an historian. And , ns usual , THE _ DEB'S account surpassed all rivals. EVEN in Chicago , despite its political wickedness , the courts arc bravely de fending the few privileges of the pcoplo which the corporations have not seized. WniT.B sentimental lunkheads are shedding tears for the treacherous red- Blclns , a word of regret for the murdered army olllcors and soldiers is conspicuous 'by ' its absence. ONK of the most remarkable things ' recorded in the annals of Chicago hap pened Monday. The police caught throe . . ' hank robbers before the victims had i tirao to olTor a reward. SiitfATOit INGALLS proposes to plant Jhis sonatorinl tepee in the foreground of ntho fray in Kansas , utterly Indifferent to 'the ' consequences of cnmplnp on the lee ' ' Side of Sochloss Jerry Slmp3on. SITTING BULL is dead , Big Foot hns .pneumonia nnd Two Strike is wounded. 'But ' Tibbies , ho's all right. Nothing over happens to Tibbies. His iron cheek IB nn impenetrable shield agnlnst all weapons. refuses to endorse General Booth's schemes for the relief of Lon- dop's poor. The average man , however , will BOO moro good In Booth's method of making men comfortable while they are hero than in Huxley's studies on the Bubjcot of who"o they came from. IT is announced that "Secretary of Btato Cowdroy , Commissioner Stcon ana Jkudltor Benton have returned from a delightful jaunt to Now Orleans. " This Hounds like old times Cowdroy , Benton nnd StoonI A. delightful jauntl It-is" to bo supposed that they pnlii full rail road faro. NOW that Deadwood enjoys complete railroad connection with Omaha sorao roininlsconcos are in order. Dead wood was inado the metropolis of the Black Hills in 1870. A fleet of prarie schoon- fcrs supplied her with eatables and drink ables by the Sidney trail , then by Fort Pierre and now , at last , by through rail communication. Millions of wealth have boon taken out of it and untold millions yet remain to bo mined. Tnc city authorities of Bismarck have ndoptecl aggressive means to settle the trouble caused by prohibition. They give liquor dealers receipts for licenses And boldly declare that as the law can not bo enforced they propose to make it Jiclp out the taxpayers in the matter ol income. This is no bettor than South iCnrolina's aUomptat nullification , but it may servo ns a hint to the North Icotans to discard their fanaticism and replace it with some common sense. ACCORDING to statistics of railroai construction for the year , but one mile of road was built in the state of Iowa in 1S90. In the opin jlon of thoughtless corporation adVocates Vocatos , this result is duo to "hostile railroad legislation. " As a matter o : /act the great state of Iowa has ample railroad facilitioa for a generation. It is cross-sectioned with roads. It has at least six east nnd west lines , each wit ) prnnohoH extending in nil directions , ant three main lines running north ant Eouth. But few county scats in the state nro without railroad connection , am every largo town Has two or moro trunl Jlnos. The tljld Is simply covered. Hos tlio legislation , so called , has nothing to do with the practical cessation of rail road building in the stato. TIIK LKOlSLAlUIlEfS FltlS'l VUT1' . The first duty of tlio reform loglsla- uro of Kobraskn into slop the Bhaniolcss xtrnvnganco which hod been growing up In legislative sessions for the past o\v years and which reached the o.ulmi * mtlntr point of disgrace in 1889. The re- lord of the last session is n story of the 'ccklofls waalo of public funds , of the nulllpltcatlon of usolcsu oftlccs , of the addling upon the treasury of political oafcrs and hangers-on , of the payment f private obligations nt public expense jy senators and members to their rlends male nnd fomalo. Ills a record vhlch no legislature should dare ropent. The legislative session of 1835 cost the people of Nebraska $83,000 , and tlmt of 887 995,000. This WIIH certainly ninplo n vlow'of the fact that the last session n Kansas cost but $78,740. IJut all rec ords were broken In 1889. The expenses f the Nebraska legislature for that year nountcd to the unprecedented nltitutlo of $100,000. There were no moro mem bers of the semite and house than form erly , no more business to transact and 10 more legitimate demands for the ox- tendituro of money. And yet expenses voro increased exactly 100 per cent. I'lioro is but one explanation , and that 8 that the legislature recklessly squandered the irfonoy of the taxpayers n providing for relatives , friends and dependents. An analysis of the auditor's oport Issued HO long ago that ovory- > ody is expected to have forgotten it urnlshcs luminous evidence to this olTcct. First , the public should contemplate -ho oriental magnificence of the senate. That august bodv consists of 83 nombors , many of whom nro fru gal farmers from the frontier nnd nil of whom are supposed to bo self-reliant American citizens , capable of attending lo their personal wants. These H3 rep resentatives of the plain people struggled through a session of CO woruinp daya with the assistance of 109 employes , for whoso services the people paid the neat sum of $21,035. A few of thcso employes were doubtless necessary , but by far the larger portion of the extraordinary prlco paid for them represents a sheer waste of money. They cost much moro than the senators themselves , whoso aggregate pay amounted to only 80,000. It is interesting to study this list ol men , women and boys who danced attendance on the great men of the senate of 18S9. There was a secretary of the senate vvho in some mysterious manner received $4 per day for 150 days of a session lim ited by law to CO days , nnd obtained in addition $900 for "preparing journals for Die secretary of state , " which might rcn- bonably bo considered a part of his regular duty an senate secretary. Ho had the holpof an "assistant secretary , " who received $000 , or $4 a day for 160 day * , and this man , in turn , was helped out by u "second assistant secretary , " who received $330. Thcso 83 sena tors hnd also the luxury of a private postmaster nt $207 , who had an "assist ant" at $240 , who , in turn , had n "mall- carrier" at$2Gl. Besides a "clerk of the committee of the whole , " a stenographer , a chaplain , three sergcnnt3-ut-nrin& and three doorkeoueVs , who cost in1 the aggregate $2,038 , the senate had also those other supernumeraries : Ono enrolling - rolling clerk , $207 ; 12 engrossing clerks , at a total of $2,430 ; a docket clerk $300 5 "custodians " , ; , at a total of $1,053 ; a janitor , $300 ; 8 "assistant janitors" nta total of-l,01U ; 15 "pages" nt a total of 81,420.50 ; 32 "sonator's"clerks"nt a total of $0,818.50 ; a messenger to the lieutenant governor , $201 ; a messenger to the secretary of state , $201 ; 3 other messengers at a total of $702 ; a bill clerk , $201 ; a clerk to the auditor , $231 ; nnd copy holders , proof readers , copyists , guards , book keepers , night watchmen and assistant firemen all at $3 per day , or inoro. The grand total for the "employes of the senate , " as wo have said , is thus piled unto $21,055. Was there over a moro outrageous instance of reckless extrava gance on tbo part of a public body of 33 men ? Evo.-y voter and tax payer InNobavska can BOO at a glnnco .the folly of most of the expenditures in which the senate of 1889'lndulgod. Donbtlpss n secretary and nn assistant are needed , but compe tent men could boomploycd for .00 days for much less than $2,450 , which is what it cost to keep the record of the senate of 18S9 aud nrosqnt it to the secretary - rotary of stato. A chaplain , a sergeant at-arms , a doorkeeper and a stenog rapher , are needed , but why should'thoy 'bo multiplied by two nnd thrco ? What excuse can bo offered for the employment of two postmasters and n mail carrier for the exclusive convenience of 83 sena tors ? But the worst abuses are the ap polntmont of 32 "senator's clerks" nnd 12 "engrossing clorks" at $3 per day to servo throughout the session. There is absolutely not a shadow of excuse for tills waste of pub- lie funds. Senators hayo no use for private clorks. Engrossing clerks are not needed until toward the end of the session , nnd o could then do the work for which 12 are employed from the first day of the meeting. It Is an outrage on the taxpayers and only a little moro vivid than the rest of the expensive and useless legislative machinery , It maybe bo conceded that a janitor is needed in the soimto chamber , but why should ho have 8 as sistnnts at $3 a day ? Why 15 pages , and clerks , copy-holders , copyists , guards , and nil the rest of tbo useless paraphernalia ? The fact is that 10 competent moil would do the work that 109 miscellaneous employes were engaged for by the lasl senate , and that from $15,000 to $18,000 of the moro than $24,000 ex pended could bo saved , ant the actual sorvlco rendered fitll generously paid for. In the house of representatives ex- tmvagunco also ran riot. That redoubtable - doubtable patriot , Brad Slaughter , was chief clork. For his Valuable service the state paid the sum of $2,400 from January to April II. Of this respect able figure 5000 wUs paid him as clerk o Iho house , $350 for "preparing Icgislii tlvomanuals-and $1,460 for "propar inp journals for the secretary of state" hia own olllcjal records which he had been elsewhere paid for keeping a the rato. ' of $4 each for 16C days. AVhft boliovoa the work wa economical * ' done ? The house had in al 03 employes. They cost the Blato 3o,279.2.3 , exclusive of the speaker and nombors. Among them were M enroli ng clorks. 20 engrossing clerks , 21 lorks of commltteost80 pngca and 18 anltors. Besides these there were 2 mstmastors , 2 lottor-carrlora and a mi- norous army of messengers , copy-hold- r and other varieties of Imngors-on. n the house , as well as the senate , su- lornutnernrles were crowded Inns thick s they could stand , or hang to the win- o\v ledges. And the people of.Nobraska paid the bill. By the way of summary , 272 employes were engaged by the senate nnd house nd paid for a eosslon of 00 days , $59- 331.23. It Is probable that proper ocon- my would reduce the number to from 20 to 30 competent men and effect a sav- ng of from $10,000 to 815,000. And , here is apparently no reason why the vholo cost of the session , which In 1889 vns $100,000 , should exceed the cost of of Iho last session of the Kansas legisla ture , which was $78,710. In ether vords , the reform legislature can save , ho taxpayers $111,200 , if It can kcop ox- > onscs down to the Kansas basis. This will bo the llrst duty of the now ogislaturo which assembles at Lincoln icxt Tuesday. Lot It appoint a commit- lee on retrenchment and reform and pro ceed at once to restore economical methods in the halls of legislation. By so doing It will save the people a vast sum of money , clean out a worthless ? ang of political bummers , and render mposslblo a repetition of the private scandals that have always resulted from .lio indiscriminate distribution of ofllcos nnd salaries by the legislature. A VKllY LAME EXCUSK. General Manager Clark declares that the Union Pacific is ready to permit all trains to cross the bridge , but they must bo drawn by Union Pacific loco motives. A lame excuse is better than none. Every intelligent railroad man knows that the bridge can bo used jointly by all roads that tormlnuto on both sides of the river. For over a year the Burlington has enjoyed the privilege of running its Kansas City trains over the bridge , and the company has never Insisted on pul ling thes.o trains with Us own locomo tives. Is it reasonable to suppose that Mil waukco or Rock Island locomotives will damngo the bridge and approaches anymore moro than the Burlington locomotives ? For moro than llvo months the engines of the Milwaukee road have been nulling freight trains between the transfer'and South Omaha. Does Mr. Clark claim that the movement of freight engines over the bridge and approaches are loss injurious to the company's Interests than passenger engines ? Mr. Clark knows bettor. Ho is simply the medium through whom the diclums of Jay Gould are carried into effect. Mr. Gould is determined to mnko all Interests subordinate to the upbuilding of the Mis souri Pacilic , nnd nil contracts that are directly or remotely injurious to that company must bo thrown aside. This is the real object of tbo bridge blockade. Next to that is n clearly defined purpose to maintain at Omaha o. toll rate similar to that which crippled the com mercial interests of St. Louis until the oppressed merchants rose in their might uud smashed the bridge monopoly by erecting an independent free bridge. If Omaha would bo free and Indepen dent she must oniulnto the example of St. Louis. S OLUSIXO YKA.ll. The expiring year 1890 has contributed interesting and Important chapters to the world's history. There may bo wldo diltoronco of opinion as to how much real progress , if any , mankind has achieved during Its passage. For the United States the most nota ble events have boon political. The re sults of the state and congressional elec tions nro likely long to bo memorable as the most remarkable change in popular sentiment inour history. States hitherto strongly republican wore won from the control of that party , and not only was the republican majority in the national house of representatives swont away , but that party will bo In a smaller minor ity in the popular branch of the Fifty1 second congress than at any time during the post twenty-eight years. It is not necessary to consider at this time or in this connection the influences that wrought this result , but nt least eire of these cannot properly bo omitted from a rovlow of the political history of the year , and that is the part played by the agricultural class In a number of the states. The uprising of the farmers in protest against the old * parties and for the aggressive assertion of their demands is not n now experi ence in this country , but it never before attained such proportions or otToctud such widespread results as this year , This notable movement of a largo and most Important elomcnt of the people is commanding the profound interest not only of the statesmen and po litlclans o the country , but ns wollof mon ont'iigcd in largo financial and industrial enterprises. It is being widely discussed on all hands ns containing the promise of changes which may materially alter and modify existing conditions. In the matter o Important legislation the year 1890 takes precedence during the past decade ; in evidence of whluh It will bo sufllolont to clto the now turllt and silver laws though there has boon much ether leg islation that will have afar-reaching effect upon the national prosperity a welfare. To the urcsont year belongs tlio consummation of the schema of an all-American conference for the purpose of considering nnd proposing methods for enlarged and moro Intimate commer cial relations botwcon the independent countries of the American continents , from which It Is believed results of groa advantage to the producers of the United States will ultimately bo attained. Will rogara to the financial and commorola affairs of the country the year has boor fairly prosperous. The foreign tradi of the nation was grottor In value thai lor any previous year nnd the kilunco in our favor wns larger than for many your * The crops were less in amount than for Bovoral preceding years , but at th higher prices that have ruled thol value to the producer ) has not boon very , much bolowotlmt of years of groalos yield , The manufacturing Industrie have generally done well , aud if th trnnsporltitlon-jchmpanlos hive not proa- pored Iho rolCs % is famllmr to every body. For no\-fljl months financial af fairs have bcoh in u rather unsatisfactory condition , duo rnlhor to a lack of court- donco tlian n w"vjt of money , slnco the olrculntton of thkcount > * y waq never so largo ns now utfij the par capita grofttor only nt two or'.ithroo ' periods In the lust quarter of a contitry , hut there are Indi cations that thjti"situation " Is Improving nnd thnt Iho opening of the now year will bring n material change for the bettor. The yofiv , has been exceptionally frco from grcatUalntnttlos , with the ex ception of the ovontg of the last few days in South Dakota , which , however , may provo to bo of thnt class of misfortunes thnt bring largo compensation In peed results Looking abroad there Is a good deal to challenge attention , and not all of it is of a nature to reassure these who are concerned for the political and social progress of mankind. The nations of Eurono are still confronting each ether with vast nrmnmonts , and while there appears to bo no Immediate dungor that the ponce will bo broken , these enor mous military establishments are a drain upon the Industry nnd resources of the pcoplo which la severely foil by the mnssos. On the continent there are evidences of n vigorous growth of popu lar sentiment In a socialistic direction , and there are many who bollovo thnt the time Is not fur distant when great polltl cnl changes will tnko plnco in several European countries. In Great Britain the Parnoll episode has surpassed in popular interest and in real importance every ether event of tno year , and its damaging effect upon the cause of Irish homo rulb Is widely deplored. In South America , the Argentina Republic ap pears to bo in u fair way to find relief from the disastrous consequences of a false and fatal .financial policy , but the burden will ho likely to weigh heavily upon them lor generations. There is nn object lesson in the experience of Ar gentine which these people in the United States who are clamoring for a practically similar policy would do well to study. The republic of Brazil , in which the American people have a particular interest thnt is un doubtedly heartily reciprocated , seems to bo keeping firmly in the right path and developing a worthy nrabitlon to nd- vance to higher rank nmong the nations. On the whole tlio world la not worse off nt the close of 1890 , oven If no great gain has boon innao in nny direction during the your , and without indulging vain regrets for the mistakes and failures of the past , the American pcoplo have reason to look t6 the future with hope and confidence. OUIt MEAT I'UODUOTS .UIItOAD , There Is no indication that nny pro gress has bcon made toward Inducing Franco and Gormnny to remove or mod ify the roslriotjiorts on the importation of American moats into these countries. There nppearod some time ago to bo good promise , a& the result of the corre spondence botwo n Minister Raod and the French minister of agriculture , that the government pf.F aneo would materi ally modify , If it did not abrogate , the prohibitive regulations regarding Amer ican moats. There was no question that our minister most conclusively demon strated the insufllcioncy of the ground or pretext for such regulations , and when in addition tlio French government was notified of the enactment of a thorough inspection law by this government , ap plicable to moats for export , which pro vided for the most complete insurance against the sending out of moats unfit for _ human consumption , there seemed good reason to expect that the govern ment of Franco would show los unfavorable - able consideration for the United States in this matter , ovoii if it should con clude that the interests of Its own moat producers required that some restric tion should bo maintained. But no such disposition has boon manifested , and if a safe judgment can bo formed from the temper now being shown by a strong party of French legislators , there is extremely - tromoly little probability that American moats will secure nny bettor market in Franco during the next few years than they have enjoyed for the past ton. As to Germany there appears to boa stolid indifference to the matter on the part of the government ; and this is par ticularly romnrkablo from the fact that there has bcon a very vigorous popular demand In that country for n removal of the regulations against American moats , which has not boon the cnso in B'rnnco. The Gorman government has boon petitioned - tioned by packers , by steamship com panies , and by largo bodies of consum ers , to allow the unrestricted importa tion of American meats. The packers found no advantage from the. policy in practice , the transportation coinunuios necessarily logo by it , nnd the pcoplo are compelled to pay moro for their meats. But the pressure from all those sources scorns to have produced no ofToct upon the government , and the minority of moat producers , who alone profit by the policy , nro still amply protected against American competition. Very likely our"'tariff ' policy has had something to do with determining the governments of ' rnnco and Germany to adhere to their pj tioa regard ing Amer ican meats. Our ministers to both coun tries have oxprossud the opinion that such is the caspj.gml there can be no question that awcry earnest retaliatory spirit was evoked , hut in view of the fact thai the pjjlfcy of these countries regarding our floats was Instituted a number of years ago the bearing of the now tariff law ou. the matter cnnnol fairly bo given ivory great Importance. There Is at Ifcatt ono encouraging promise in rolliilon to our European moat trnao , and tnat Is that Italy ronj bo induced to abrogate the regulations prohibiting the importation of Ameri can moats into that country , nogotla tions to that end , it Is reported , being now in progress. This would mnko i material addition to our moat exports , and It would exert a more or Ions fa- vornblo Influence upon ether Kuropoar countries which exclude our moats , Mennwhllo the producers of moats It the United States will bo reassured by the fact that the foreign trade Is no declining , For the year ondlng Juno 20,1890 , the value of hog products ex ported was in round numbers $83,000,000 , which was exceeded In only two provi oua ybura , 1878 nnd 1SS1 , while the vuluo of hoof products ox-ported was the largest of record , $30,000,000. During the eamo yonr the exports of cattle reached the ilghost point In the history of our com- norco , $31,000,000. An enlargement of our markets Is very much to boaloslrqd , but nn annual foreign trndo In meats mil cattle amounting to nearly $150,000- 000 must bo regarded as highly satis factory , KO mSB.lSKD CATTLE. The Illinois board of llvo stock com- ulsslonors nro waging na unrelenting vnr on the sale of diseased cattle In the Chicago mnrkot , They claim to hnvo a- clonr ease ngnlnst ono of the big four uid show every Indication of nn honest ntontton to push It. The Illinois olllclnls will have the jcarty approval nnd support of the stock nlsors of the west in their olTortto hoop ho reputation of American boot above reproach. Too much Importance cnnnot > o attached to the caso. It comes at a time when our ministers to Gormnny and Franco have about overcome the ob- actions of these governments to tbo nd- ntttnnco of our moat products. If the ninttor Is settled in our favor now our stuck raisers will enjoy the bonoflts of largo nnd growing foreign mar- fot. If the greed of any of our largo packers at this line should lend them to Insist on put ting their opinion of lumpy-jawed cattle ibovo the laws of this and foreign coun tries the result is certain to bo Injurious vnd will bo felt for a long timo. It is undoubtedly the sentiment of a large nnjorlty of our stock raisers , shippers and packers that nny reasonable sacrifice ahnll ho made rather than that the reputation of our meat products should stiller. It is to bo said to the credit of tlio South Omaha market that there never hits boon any doubt about whore it stood on the subject of questionable cattlo. Every man connected with it , from the superintendent down , favors rigid in spection and the prompt rejection of cattle tlo that do not como up to the highest standards. Tlio public wants no diseased cattle at lioino , and surely it is not wise to send any abroad. AMONG the general duties of the state uulltor , It is provided ho shall adopt "such plans as ho may deem expedient tor the support of the public credit , for lessoning public expenses , for using money to the best advantage , for promoting meting frugality nnd economy In public affairs. " Also , that when called upon to register "village or city bonds , " ( See. 20 , Oh. 0) ) "ho shall examine all bonda nnd all proceedings relative thereto , " and if found proper and lawful , "shall , under his seal of olllco , certify upon such bonds that they have boon regularly and legally Issued. " There is not a shadow of authority In the code or constitution of the state making the auditor a me dium for the delivery of bonda submitted to him for registration. Yet , Auditor Benton assumes the right to sny that the Omaha viaduct bonds , given him for registration , must bo delivered to the parties for whom they are Intended , nnd Lhnl "thoro Is no power on earth that can dolor the delivery of the bonds. " This is u pretty state of affairs. By what authority does tlio auditor under take to say that the corporations have complied with the conditions essential to n lognl delivery of the bonds ? N the Milwaukee nnd Rock inland companies abandoned the now bridge scheme and accepted the terms ofTcied by the Union Pacific , THIS BKK warned them that they were placing their nocks in a strangling halter. Events fully con firm that prediction. Contracts or no contracts , Mr. Gould proposes to main tain the Union Pacific toll gate in all Its original effectiveness. COUNCILMAN MOKEAUTY is one of the loudest advocates of Increased salaries for members of the council. Yet Mr. Morearty resigned a position in the county court worth $1,000 a year for a $ COO job in the council. And the mem ber from the Seventh ward seems to have prospered amazingly by the change. TIIK Union Pacific prevented the con struction of the Nebraska Central bridge , nnd now supplements the job by denying eastern roads access to the city on tornis to which its officers had agreed. The question is , what dependence - pendonco can Omaha place upon pledges that are broken no sooner than they are mado. IF there are any moro city officials anxious for nn adyanco of salary they should not bo backward in urging- their claims on the council salary grabbers. THE tnxentors nro on deck once moro , nnd the so-called charter revision has degenerated into a wholesale raid on the taxpayers. To the nsbombled representatives of the soap trust In Omaha , greet ing : Hero's soaping for bolter times. TUB hand Is the hand of Clark , but the voice is the volco of Sidney Dillon , INOA u.s hns arrived at Topoka. Lot the battle proceed. Well , Hardly. Leavemcartb Times , Tlio campaign of ' 03 will not bo a repetition ol tlio campaign of 'SS. Prohibition and Crime. A'lll < U Citll TllllfS. Criminal statistics ollldally prepared by tbo county clerks of Iowa show that pro hibition's alleged enforcement 1ms increased mmiyfold tbo outlays and bas added vastly to the burdens of taxation. What U true of Iowa Is equally true of Kansas , except where tbo returns are doctored. Jew IM flue /Jujirli < n J "llnro In this dimly lighted room , " ( Thus spake u winsome lass ) "Enwrapped In solitude tmU gloom , TUe happy hours I p.iis In sweet communion nil tbo day \Vltb tlioaoold boolis my friends 1 .A net vtrhllo the golden tlmo away Willi dreams eui.li voluino londs. " "Ah 1" quoth her smlllnp auditor , As cuiclcssly ho took ( Tills duvotro a bachelor I ) Down from tbo shelves each boolt , "Thoso loaves are all uncut , I boo , I cannot comprehend How you" "O , sir , you kuow , " s ultb sue , I never cut a f rlcud I" THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST , Jiuitl Commissioner Steen Rcccmmouds a Central Supply Dapot , SUPPLIES FOR THE SUFFERERS SEIZED , Opening Scflslon of the Txvcnty-I'lfth Annual Meeting of tlio Ktnto Teachers' Association Odds nnd Kmls. LINCOLN' , Nob. , Doc. 80. [ Special to Tun In bis annual report to the governor L.and Commissioner Stcen makes the follow- ng Interesting remarks favoring the cstnb- Ishmoutof a depot of purchase and supply for tbo various state Institutions : "Tho present system of purchasing the supplies for tbo various stuto institutions , " says Mr. Stcen , "Is nt best expensive , objec- .lonnblo nnd radically wrong whoa viewed 'rom an economic standpoint , and the next session of the legislature should radically re- visotbo existing methods of making these purchases. "Under the present system of estimates and bids , \vbtlo it Is tbo Intention of tbo law : o solicit open competition , and every precau tion and measure posslblo is tnltcn by the Uoard of purchase nnd supplies to Induce tbo same , yet tbo bids are so manipulated by- local dealers that this object is practically de feated and the state conipollou to purchase these supplies at a prlco but little , if an } ' , under tbo regular retail prlco of the goods bought. , "Tho present manner of purchasing those supplies furnishes local dealers who have been awarded contracts n very strong Incen tive to attempt to 1111 contracts with grades of goods very much Inferior in quality to these called for in the contract , and in this way the state is very often imposed upon greatly to the detriment of nn economic ad ministration of the affairs of tuo public in stitutions. "Again , under the existing system of fur nishing supplies , the appropriation funds nro lee frequently used in keeping with that con ception of charity which declares that 'It bldctb a multitude of sins.1 Horns for luxu ries , privileges and conveniences that nro ulono enjoyed by tboofllclals nnd their friends nro too often cloaked la under a claim for 'board and clothing , ' 'fuel and lights , ' or some one of the other necessary funds appro priated for the maintenance of the Institu tion. tion."lly tbo establishment of n central pur chase anil supply depot for all state institu tions these various avenues of expense would bo effectually cut off , and the Institutions would bo well supplied with all the actual necessities of life and needed conveniences nt a much less expense to the taxpayers of the stato. "An additional and stronger reason for recommending a change la the manner of the Iiurclui.se of supplies for thu public Institu tions of the state is the fact that , if the pur- cnasos for the various institutions wcro all consolidated nnd made through one agency , they would nccrcgato to such largo amounts that they could bo obtained at the very low est wholesale and factory prices , tlicrobv saving to the state the wholesale and retail profits that nro now added to the cost of all supplies purchased. "Tho last legislature appropriated S115,9."S for the various state institutions for board and clothing , fuel nnd lights , furniture and bedding and pamts nnd oils. It is safe to say that the necessary supplies that should bo purchased aud furnished through a central depot would aggregate close to SioO.OIH ) annually. It will bo readily soon that this vast business would necessarily command the lowest possible prlco upon the goods pur chased. "I am confident that the establishment of a purchase and supply depot would save to the state from 15 to : iO per cent or moro of the amount that Is now expended annually in purchasing the supplies for the state institu tions over nnd above the expense of main taining and opcrutlng such n depot. " 1 dp not wish to bo considered ns criticis ing the nets of nny particular ofllcial or officials , nor as ccnsurim ? the management of any particular stfito Institution. The present luw is ucfcctlvn at its boil and falls of ac complishing the object for whicb it was designated. Many abuses and pernicious practices have engrafted themselves upon It until it scorns to mo an absolute necessity that other methods bo adopted that shall bo frco from tha defects and irregularities of the system now in vogue. I would thcioforo recommend tlmt the present law bo so amended that a central purchase ) and supply depot bo established under the direct management nnd control of thu boatd of public lauds and buildings , that the board bo authorized to employ a store keeper and such other assistants as the abso lute requirements of the business demanded , that all the state Institutions bo luriiishcd their supplies from such purchase ami supply ilepot upon the requisition of tbo steward of each institution , countersigned and approved by the superintendent , that all goods so sup plied upon requisition bo charged to tbo in stitution receiving them at their actual cost price and an accurate account bo kept with each Institution so supplied. Attorney General Lccso In his report to the governor most earnestly recommends the employment of a stuto purchasing agent , the arguments advanced coinciding with those given above by Stccu. 8TOLI3 Tim 8UITMCS. Aii act approaching outlawry is reported in connection with the dibtribution of supplio * , for the destitute from Chase county. A ear- " load of coal shipped from this city to tlio suf ferers mrlvcd ut its destination , Vonnngo , last Friday. Settlers to the number of about twenty , including a Justiro of the pcaco as leader , took the coal by force alter tno agent hail forbidden them from meddling with It while itas yet in the possession of the llur- llngton railroad , by which line It had been sent. The coal was consigned to tbo county clerli , but that oftlcial hud not yet lecoiptod for It , Notwithstanding this the people who were waiting forthocoal persisted In unload ing It , and when the agent demanded that they stop they threatened to shoot him if ho persisted. They tu ii loaded up their wngonn and drove away , The matter was loponod to tbo ofllclah hoi ; nnd Surorlntomlcnt C l vortof tlio Hurling : . . . Is Investigating . tha matter , nnd it Is iirobalilo tlmt the hasty action will result In tlioarrcit of tboso who forcibly took tbo c l. H. 11. llnmlall , ixs f siwulal roprojontntlvo Of tbo executive bonni nf the relief commission , was sent ( o tha front yesterday with Instructions to investi gate nnd report. Such nets may shut Chnso county out from receiving further mippllcij , thus compelling the Innocent to suffer for the vandalism of a fc\v as hns boon done In nov oral InMnnces where nbuso-s of tlio relief / work have nccurrcd. -jf'Vf THE THOMPSON WJI.T. CASH. gj .Tudgo Stewart was engaged this morning | i In hearing further testimony in tlio Vhomi > * if son will cnso , .lotm Thompson , the dovlseo * > - \ unilor the second will , occupied the stund thu v , Krcatcr part of tha morning , Ho said ttmt bis father told htm whoa ho loft James' house thnt bis wlfo had refused to cook for him , nnd they charged him with being cruel to their children. After bo loft James1 the first tlmo , bo went back nftcr Ids will and ether pnpcrs , but churned tlmt .1 nines de clined to give them to him. but Instead shook him. The will first executed , in which James gets the property , win nlso offered In ovluoucc , and testimony regard In ( fits validity and the condition of the old man's ' fncultlot whcu ho made It , is being taken this after * ' noon. A uonnuKCA.vTCiiRi ) . About n month ago Ilnrry Lee , Clnnloyoj In the barbershop of Nr.to'IIiuvk of 1'onio- roy , la. , skipped out alter robbing his em ploye of a lot of tools and personal property , having broken into the shop nt night tin.o . nnd stolen them. CnrJs wcro sent out by Hmvk nnd ono of these foil Into the hnnds of Dotoctlvo Mnlonc. Ho discovered that Leo boon in Lincoln for a short time , nnd then hnd Mnlono followed on Ills trial. This win done through n letter , and the dotcctlvo found his man was located nt Geneva. Last night ho dropped down to the Jefferson county metropolis , found his man nnd brought him back early this moriilnir. it was n clover ploeo of detective work nnd milotly done. Tlio sheriff In Iowa has bcon notified and ho is expected to arrive this afternoon , OlA'nilOL'S JIIXISTDItS. At a mooting of tlio various ministers ofrfj Lincoln yestciday It was unanimously re-v solved' by the clergymen that they tender * their services to thu legislature ) free of charga m nUciiJIng to the duties of chaplain , pro vided thnt the accustomed f500 snlnrv for tboso soivlccs bo donated by the legislature for Iho aid of the fanners suffering from the effects of drought In southwestern Nebraska , LOST AN KYI : . Lawrence , the eloven-yoar-o'd son of Mr , nmlAIrs. S. Crouch , llvlnir nt 11)39 ) N street , was ths victim of nn accident caused by in- oxeiiMiblo negligence on the part of some ono , and fjom which ho may lose the sight of his right eye. Ills mother hnd sent him over to the di ug store at Nineteenth and O streets nftcr some medicine , and thollttlo fellow was Hurrying along the sidewalk nt n rapid pace with n hottlu In his band , when between O nnd N on Nineteenth street no fell into an unprotected sewer ditch head foremost. Ills face struck against tlio bottle or n sharp atone , cutting his light check to the botio and injuring thu eye so badly thnt the doctor In nttcadancu fears the bov will lose his sight. At any rate his fnco will bo permanently dis figured , lie was assisted to tha aruir store , wild his injuries attended to. The ditch rim directly across the sidewalk , nud uo lights were out. STATI : inAcnnns' ASSOCIATES- . This evening the opening session of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Stnto ' .Teachers' association was bold in tbo stnto university hull. Nearly every county In the state was represented. IS. was nn exception ally flno appearing assemblage of ladies nud gentlemen. I'rof. A. IJ. Iluphos , presided. The open- hip prayer wns by llov. B. H. Curtis. Addresses - dresses of welcome were then made by Colonel nel 1'nce. W.V. . W. Jones , Chancellor Ues- soy nnd Mrs. Emma Kdwnrils. Mrs. Minn Ilopwood of Iloldrcilgo wade the response. The reports of the exocuttvo committee nnd treasurer wcro read , after which Prof. Hughes delivered an address. Announcements of committees were then mnilo , nftor which formal adjournment was made nnd an Informal reception occurred , Tomorrow's session commences at U n , m. The principal discussions duiitiff the morn- ingwiilbo "Shall the bUto Provide- Con ductors nnd Instructors for Countv Insti tutes J" "Shall the State Provide a Uoartl of Education , nnd How Sliull it ho Consti tuted ! " "Tho Hlght Use of Words" will bo : i concluding oss'iy hy Miss tjtncin Crowley of Umaha , Election of ofllcors will then follow. In the evening Hon..T. L. Webster will deliver an address on "Education from n Political Standpoint. " On 'IhuHday there will bo u morning , afternoon and evening session. ' TIIK IIAKI.ISM COMPAXr LVS7) SOLD. This afternoon T. C. Shatter , special mns. tor In chancery , brought an end to thu noted case of the Kit Carter cattle company ' Harlem cattle company hy selling at 1. , . . vcnduo the effects left after the canci latfon of entries. The rcslduo of i unity sjolil for $11,000. Thu laud Is in Hitchcock , Cbaso and Duuuy countie. ' ' . ' WON'T p.vr JSSUKAKCI : ON suiciiis. V The Travelers' Insurnnco company of Hart- j ford , which was sued to pay the $5,000 Insurance - f suranco on the Ufa of Dr. Hobblns , thosul * \ cldo , refuses to do so. In its answer the company alleges thnt on Juno 17 Kobblns cut bis throat with a scalpel and thnt under the terms of the contract or policy the com- pnnv is not liable for nny death , accident or liability resulting from such net , . , LIXCOLX STIIEET HUI.WAY WAIl. John Shoedy , who is fighting the Cnpltnl Heights railway company in Its attempt * * to lay u third truck on Twelfth street between N and P , asks thnt the Lincoln electric street railway company bo attached for contempt of court in utteniptiiiK to lay u third track dc- Bpito the injunction. Air. Shcudy contends that since the elcctilo company has absorbed the Capital Heights line it is culpable for dis obeying the Injunction of tbo court against Capitul Heights line , At the mooting of the council lost night it xvns decided to pcrompUiruilly put u stop to tbo laying of a third track in any street. 8TATK HOUSE XOTUS. The International Progressive association of Mansllcld , O. , has complied with the law governing secret societies nud is authorized to do business * in this st.ito. The stnto hoard of transportation will hear arguments .lummry ( I nt ID a. m. roiicornliiK its Jurisdiction In regard to the case of Homer vs the ChlciiRO. llock Island ami Piiclllo milJL , i- way company , in which a-prlvato crossing is f- - asked for in u Sarpy county farm. Highest of all in Leavening Power. U. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889 , LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Guarantied Capital..t-VM.OOO I'nldlu Capital 3.10.000 i Huy and uolli stooUe aud bonds ; negotiates ( commercial paper , rocolvcs nnd executes ( rusts ; nctH a * tr.tnster mont nud V.-u tooof n jrporatlons , takou churgu of propertjTi ool- PRINCIPAL POINTS loots tuxei. _ i Omaha Loan&Trust , Co SAVINGS BANK. EAST WEST , , S. E. Cor. lOth and Douglas Sis. b I'ald lit Capital f K.COO n NORTH and SOUTH Huliscrlbcil and Guaranteed Ojpltal , , . . 100,00) ) o Lluhllltyof Stookholdors. 00,000 I. 61'erOont Intortsrl'alrt on DepOHlU. l < KANK J , I.ANUK , Ca ! iler. 1302 Farnam Stroot. Onic ra : A. U. Wymun , ] irt > ldont. J , J. llrotvn , vloo-prcildont , VI , T. Wjrinan , troasumr , alit Harry P. Deuel . Ulructoiis-A. U. Wymun. J. ll.Mlllard. J , J. itti , Urown. Ouy 0. Ilurton. E. W. Nush , City PaMOURor and Ticket Agent. L. KliuDnll. Gcorao D. Laka.