Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 27, 1891, Page 4, Image 4
THE DAILY BEE E. ItOSEWATEll EIIITOII. PUBLISHED EVEUY MORNING. THUMB OK SiniSCHIITIOM. Dalljr nn < l Sunday. Ono-Ycar. tto m Fix montln , f > CO Tlirpoiiinnth.0 M Hiinrtny I lie. Ono Year. . . , . 2 00 Weekly HOP. Quo Yciir. . . . . 1 , 00 OITICKSt Ornnlm. Thn Hoe HulMliU. Son Hi Oninlm. Corner N nnd 2 < ith Streets. Coiuicll Illunx a IVarl Struct. Chicago Olllcc.ai * Clumber of Onnmorcfl. Now York , Itooitu 1IU ; nnd ir.TrllMinolJulUlInif Washington , 5111 Fourteenth ntu'el , COHUESI'ONDRNOK. All rotniiiiinlottt.loni relating to news ann filltorhil iniitllr should bo addressed totho Kdltorl.il Pup.irtment. ItWINESrf LKTTKIUS. All Im.iliipss letters and rwiillt.T.ncnishould lie aildrcsx'd tuTliolIco Publishing Company , Uintiliii. Drtift * , check' * antl pottolllru orders to Uomndo payable to thoorder of the com pany , The Bee Publishing Coinsany , Proprietors , The llco H'ld'g , rurnam and Seventeenth Sts BWOHN- STATEMENT OF OIHOUhATION. fit a to of Nebrnslm , ! Couiityof Douglas. la * Oe-orzo [ I. T/scliu < % Bccretary of THE HRR PuhlMilni ; company , does Kilonmly swear that thn iictuulclreiiliitlon of Tin : ItAii.v llKr. for thaVCVK ending January SI , 1S9I , was as folloivn : Fiindny. January 19 3l. 5i Monilny , .limunry It ) 28.110 TII i-ailiiy. January 20 2H.-JH ) Wednesday , January 11 ' 27.iXI Tlinrslayliuiiiiii-y ( I' ' . 27.M7 I'rldajr. January'.SI 27.170 Saturday , January Jl .27.i47 Average "H-t I" GKOUnF ! II. THSrilUOK. Sworn to before inu nnd niilncrlliml In my presence this "lib clay of Jiinuiirv A. 1) . U9I. N. 1' . l 'Eit , Notary 1'ublla. Btatoof Nebraska , I , Coiinlyof IioiiRlns , f RuorKU II. Tzsohuck , bcliiK duly sworn , do- posrs und Bays tluiLho Issecretury od'HKllEK rubllslitiiiU-oinpany. that , tboncMinl nveracc daily circulation of TUB DAILY I IKK for tlio month of Jnntinry. 1800 , IcJ..V ri coules ; for February - ruary , 1800 , IH,7il ; copies * for Miircb , IH'Xt. 20.81.- . copies ; for April , IMfl , S0.5M copies ; ftrr May , 1BW ) . 20.1KO copies ; for Juno. 1 0 , ! X > , 'M copies ; lor July , I8 ! ) , saiaa topics ; for AniMiHt.lS'JO ' , S0.7WI copies ; for September , IbOO. L'O.WO copies ; for October. IKK ) . 20,7U ( copies ; for November , ] 8'IO. Kiyo copies ; for Decemlior. 1MW , K1.47I copies. OKOKOK II. TZ CIIL'CK. awnrn tobeforo mo. arid Hiilnorlbcd In my rrcscnue , this Olstdayof Docomlier. A. I ) . . 1890. N. I1. KKIL. notary 1'iibllc. THE legislature has begun to discuss the relief hill. Tlmnk God for that. JUDGH CATUWF.LT. , Is In line with pub lic demands for a curtailment ol official foos. TIIKHK Is nothing snail or penurious uboiit the estimates o ( the atato relief commission. IAVK lit LT , at least lists the consola tion of proving that a good many pa triots would lllco to ho "shelved" on a lonntorshlp. LiJKK all successful business mon Un do Sum appreciates the -value of print ers'Ink und patronizes it to the extent of a million a year. ' weather Rots rnoro nbomln- nblo us the season proprcssos. As for Nebraska , it is moro HKO the golden cli mate of Italy lliun ovorboforo. TJIE dainand for the election of United States senators by the people receives nn impetus from the scenes now bolnp enacted in several state legislatures. AT/rnoua n eighteen day of the legis lature are past , the only bills that have reached executive ofllcors wore private bllla for temporary loans on salary ac count. SOMK of the silver pool pitch was found on Don Cameron's fingers , but not until after ho had boon ro-olectod. Six years hence , when ho nsks another ro- oloctlon , \vllldoubtlcs3 bo forgotten. IT was eminently fitting that the authorities Hhould defend the Into'rests of the city in the bond case. Omaha simply demands the fulfillment of obligations entered into by the party of the second part. IOWA is making elaborate prepara tions for her representation at the world's ' fair. It is not yet certain that the Nebraska legislature will got fully organized for business by the time the world's ' fair opens. Tim Allantlo blizzard wns a sorlous surprise to Jersey City , but It was a greater surprise totho residents to dis cover , w.hllo Isolated from the outside world , that this old plnnot moved on its axis as if nothing had happened. SPBAKKH UBED promises that the democrats shall not obstruct the public business to the extent of crowding out the appropriation bills. This illustrates tho.ailrnntn.go of having power in the speaker's hands when ho happens to bo a man with good horse sense. TllK crash of senatorial hopes in sur- roundlncr states , the deadlocks , the nu- moroua defeats of veterans nnd the ola- vation of unknowns , are eulllclont to Warrant the Nebraska senators In bless ing-tho fates that shaped their terms beyond the roauh of the political rocks of ' 1)1. ) AflUEEAUlA' to pledges made during the fall campaign , the now treasurer of Colorado proposes to cover Into the treasury nil revenue derived from deposits - posits of publio funds. Fop the first three months the treasurer estimates Iho profits from Interest a.t $20,000 , or at the rate of $80,000 a year. This is very Buggosti vo. IT is stated at Washlnirlon that this congress will have no time to consider the postal telegraph bill. If this congress - gross had taken moro tlmo to consider measures that the people want , and loss to consider thobo that they don't want , many of Us members would not possess the nbuudaut leisure that tlio people re cently decreed they should have nftor March . - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ONK of the resolutions of the real es tate eocchiingo concerning the bridge charter rollccts unjustly on Senator Paddock. The umomliuonU suggested liy the senator are not olulructlvo , as the oxchnngo declares , nor does ho In sist that tlio bridge bo completed in ono year. IIo wants active work to begin within ono yonr nnd the completion of the Btructuro within two yours. The morabors of the oxohungo should post themselves on the fuota and not swallow assertion for truth. /i or TIIK DESTITUTE What Is the real number of settlers In Nebraska who.se predicament IB such as to call for asslstanco frora the stale , either In the form of supplies , or of nocd for the next crop ? it is very desirable that this fact should be definitely under stood before final provision Is intulo for the relief of such destitution as exluta The estimates of the relic ! committee are being constantly increased , and yet ilclhilto facts und figured nro not Jur- nlshcil , Dr. Martin , under the direction of Governor Thayer , mtido a careful can vas of the drouth-stricken dis trict nnd reported thnt 2,000 families were in need of food and fuel , and that crimps more than tluit number would iced assistance In the ihapo of seed , riio publio has been furnished with no bolter or moro reliable faotathan those obtained by Dr. Martin. It was esti mated that a state appropriation of $100,000 , with such further assistance In the form of seed supplies as might bo secured - cured irom the agricultural department at Washington , would bo suillclont to meet the nued.s of the case. The chairman of tlio relief committee now comes out \vilh a statement that 10,000 families , c ual to between 60,000 and 00,000 people , must bo assisted nt a C ( t of $805,500. Ho gives no oluo as to the source of this definite in- 'ormatlon , except to hint that it s based on letters received , which are constatly accumuliitinir. Who hnpwsbutat this rate the state may not soon bo called on to provide 32,000,000 or $3,000,000 for the emer gency ? Moans should Immediately .bo taken to ascertain from responsible olllclal sources the ox tent and nature of the ex isting need. Public sentiment throughout the sUto is doubtless In favor of the adoption of : neans for the relief of every man , woman and child who needs it , but a sentiment thus prompt and generous ought not to bo abused. There s no peed reason to believe that 10,000 families stand In need of the quantity of supplies on which .he . chairman has based his estimate of BSijf"iOO. ( Before spreading this damag- .ng statement further every reliable source oj information should bo ex hausted and the facts systematically compiled. Cannot tlio various county officials report - port exact figures in the amount of ro- iof needed. Cannot the counties thom- solvo's provide for a portion ot their own sulTorors , as Buffalo county hasdono dur- .ng the past weak by appro urluting SS.OOO ? Cannot stops bo taken to dispose finally of the charges that many people who have no just claim to finan cial assistance are attempting to take : idvantage of tno prospects of a largo 'und to better their tortures ? In Dawson - son county , for instance , It is a standing jolto in local newspapers tnat the way to got rich is to ' 'coino to Dawson county : ind play the destitute farmer act. " It is Imperatively necessary that stops should bo taken to definitely ascertain the real extent of the destitution. COHVEXTIOX , The eleventh annual convention of the National Farmers Alliance assem bles in Omaha toduj. It will bo an In teresting body of mon , diroetly repre senting the producers of Nebraska , Mis souri , Iowa , Now Yon- Minnesota , Ohio , Michigan , Oregon , Wisconsin , In diana and North ami South Dakota. If there is a full attendance the convention ought not to bo inferior in Interest to that of the other branch of the order which recently mot at Ocala , Flo. , and attracted national attention. Thorois a peculiar Iltnoss inthoehotco of Omaha as the place of meeting for this body at this timo. Moro than almost any other largo city in the United States , the business interests of Omaha are de pendent for prosperity on the condition of the grout agricultural class. The city has boon built in the very heart of the corn and cattle halt of the conti nent. It is the central point of the vait agricultural region included in Iowa , Kansas , Nebraska and the Kakotaa. It is the metropolis of the richest agricul tural district in the world. It is In this region , of which Omahala the natural metropolis , that the Farm ers' ' Alliance has the developed most nu merous following. For those reasons Omaha Is properly the place of mooting at a time when the Alliance is still a promising faction in stuto and national politics. For Omaha nnd Nebraska THE HUB extends a warm greeting to the dele gates , nnd expresses the hope that their deliberations may pave the way ( .toward . improving the condition of tlio pro ducers. jvor ur aorjSKtrMENX AID. A correspondent suggests that Irriga tion can only bo developed In Nebraska by aid received from the general nnil state governments , and that the legisla ture should pass a law authorizing coun ties , townships or precincts to receive such aid , THIS BEE does not deem , the sugges tion practical. A.ny great public im provement intended primarily to benefit individual - land owners that depends for Its development on the assistance of the government Is certain to bo slow In maturing , and is in much danger of do- feat. Furthermore , such moans should never bo resorted to unless It becomes absolutely necessary. It has not become so yet , nor does It scorn likely to. It Is true that the farmers In Nebraska chiefly to bobonoflttod by works of irri gation are unable to contribute much In the way of capital. Hut it Is also true that most of the capital invested In the development of the state thus far , In the opening up of the country , the con struction of railroads and the building of towns , has come from outside. It Is sure to bo the same in the in into rot irri gation. In fact capitalists already stand willing to invest in such enterprises If the Jaws are amended in n man ner to make such Investments secure. It la to this state , rather than to the national government , that the Ir rigation movement must look for the capital It needs. The difference between the condition of things in the arid regions of Colorado and these of Nebraska is strikingly ex hibited at this tltno. In Nebraska" rollqf committee la calling for nearly $1,000,000 to assist the dojtituto. In n smaller area in Colorado the farmers raised , by the help of irrigation , prod- ' nets which brought $4-1,000,000 , in the market. \VhonfnctJlikethc8ccan bo pointed to private capital can bo depended upon to embark in the enterprise. T//B TllKASUHKll'S I'.ll * In his annual report to the commis sioners , County Treasurer Sn.vdor pleads for nn ndvanco in the salaries of his ilopu- tiusandassistants. ETopoints tea surplus of $ .1,010 In the fee fund , after paying all salaries , and urges this surplus as a rea son for the increase nskccl , A glance lit the salary list will show that Mr. Sny- dor's ' clerical force receive very liberal compensation for the work po'rforinod. According to the troasuror'a showing the ngcregato salary list of hlsolllco is $8,800 per annum. The total business done by the otlico last year was $335- 140.14 , including a balance of $ , ' 109,820.10 from the preceding year. Lot us sop how this compares with the business and expenses of the city treasurer's ' ofllco. During 1890 Iho total receipts of the city treasury amounted to $ ii,578,9tf2.'J2 , or nearly five times the business of the county treasury. The total salaries ol the treasurer's olllco paid by the city for the year \vas $7,8SO. In other words , the city treasury does nearly live times the business of the county treasury for $020 less per year. The city treasury has 1-100 , ledger accounts counts- * takes care ot the school fund , which almost oqtiuUi the entire county business , and Is oblighed tokoop distinct accountsof paving , curbing , grading and sewer districts , collect a vast number of special tax levies , besides the regular levy , and in addition the accounts of pormiincnt city funds. This vast amount of business is handled at less expense than the county's financial affairs. The county treasurer does not collect special taxes for public worksor other purposes , and the accounts of the ofllco are divided Into less than a score of funds , requiring no extraordinary ability on tlio part of accountants. The question is , why should the county Increase the treasurer's roll pay , justbo- cause there is a surplus in the foes col lected in his oil ! co ? UKVA2'HIOTIO ACTION. The legislatures of a number of the southern states have declined tor oto ap propriations for exhibits in the Colum bian exposition pending action by con gress on the elections bill. They have thus in otToct declared their intention to boycott the fair In the event of that measure becoming n law , and thereby do what they can to make it a failure. And unquestionably if the states of the south wore tounito in ignoring the exposition - position the effect would bo damaging. It Is of the first importance that every portion of this country shall bo liberally represented there , and that it shall draw support from the whole people. It is uncertain to what extent European countries will bo dis posed to pa rtloipato. None of thorn has yet manifested a very hearty interest in the event , and ills possible that condi tions may arise within the next year that will causa some of them to fool less friendly toward it than at present. Cer tainly if a largo section of our own people plo refused to tnko part in the exposi tion the inevitable tendency would bo to dlscourajio foreign countries from having anything to do with it. The suc cess of the undertaking as a world's fair obviously dopands upon its having the united , hearty and generous support of our own people. The exposition is a great practical shiQKS project with which politics should have absolutely nothing to do. Ks purpose is to show to the fullest ex tent the industrial and productive re sources of the country , its development of science and art , its educational progress - gross and its position among the nations on all the lines of modern achievement. The sentiment that inspired it should Interest every American , but Its card inal object appeals to the patriotism of all citizens.Vo \ have invltod the na tions of the world to send the boat they have for the inspaction of our people and all that may come will b3 wolcoiuo , butwhilowo cannot bo sure of any favor from other lands it Is in our power to make such an exhibit of our own products and auhlovamonts as will assure the success of the great enterprise - priso without foreign , aid. The duty to do this is incumbent upon every section and itato of the union. The honor and credit of the nation , in a patriotic sense , are Involved , and no portion of the coun try can be justified in disparaging these on the ground of objection to a political inonsuro. The people of the south would not refuse to sell to northern mills and merchants their cotton and iron in ease the elections bill bocitno a law , and there is no valid reason why they should decline to exhibit them In a world's fair hold in n western city/ It Is a very narrow and a very un patriotic spirit that prompted the action of the several southern legislatures in relation to the nvvttor of appropriations for the Columbian exposition , nnd demonstrates that sectional political fooling there still dominates so strongly as to overcome all considerations of national pride and honor. THE AMERICA. * ' IIOQ IAT Wfi/JJUAT. The vote in the Gorman reichstag last week on the motion to repeal the pro hibition ol the Importation of American pork , doubtless bottloa the question for some time to come , The motion was de feated by a majority of 30 in n vote of 233 , thus showing a strong opposition to the policy , but inviowof the fact that there has boon a widespread popular demand In Germany for the ropaal of the prohibition , it is hardly to bo ox- foctod that these who favor it will at present gain any additional strength. The opposition to the motion fet repeal defended the prohibition as a sanitary inoasuro.'ono of the epaakors assorting that not a slnglo consignment of American pork entering Germany by way of the Russian frontier had yet proved free of disease. These who fa vored the ropual did so in the interest of lower prices to the people for moat , the loader of the socialist faction declaring that It was not the question of the profits of small dealers * which led the govern mont to cuulrtafei the prohibition , but the interest of the largo owners. The Btiuomont that t recent cnno of trichino sis nt Cologno/1 / was attributed to the use of Americana pork which had licon smuggled lit fftin Holland seems to tiavo been acoaolusivo argument against repeal of the prohibition with a majority of the rolch9tKtjAa.lthotifh ( the eotirco of the disease wtls-u innttor of pure con jecture , i , { j The prospects of a. modification ur re moval of the French restriction upon the importntlSn'of American poilc is no moro favornblu. ttnidmbor of the govern ment having recently assorted that at least 7 per-cent of this pork was dis eased. It does not appear that ho had any authority for such" a statement , but none the leas it Is tolerably t sure to bo accepted despite the fact that our minis ter to Franco in correspondence with the minister of ngrieulturoshowodns plainly as diplomatic language would permit that the claim that American pork Is diseased was simply a pretext. Minister Phelps will now liavo an opportunity to talk in a Like strain to the Gorman government. Ho can show that the agricultural de partment has furnished Incontestable proof that no diseased moat is being exported - ported from the United States and ho can point to the inspection law as evidence ot the purpose of the govern ment that nouo shall bo exported. It is to bo expected that ho will do this , but it Is not at all probable that It would accomplish anything. There Is mani festly a fooling of commercial unfriend liness towards the United States which no sort of argument can overcome. The question is , what course should this government pursue when Convinced that all overtures for redress of our grlovzinco in this matter are useless ? The WOslOent is authorized to exclude from our markets certain products of coun tries which discriminate against our products , und this power was given him with particular reference to the policy of Franco and Germany in excluding American pork. It is highly probable that tlio question of commercial retalia tion with respect to these countries may soon engage the attention o'f the admin istration. _ _ Tills real estate oxchnngo makes a great blunder in Bonding out any docu ment that bears on its face an exaggera tion of the population of Omaha or any ether statistics that nro at variance with well known nnd established facts. To claim for Omaha a population of 100- , 000 in face of the national census figures which nro now * embodied in every alma nac and conimnrcinl directory is a species of 'booming ' that cannot but react ito < the disadvantage of Omaha , Fnlso.ln ono , false in all is a common ndags. When a document purporting to . .give reliable statistic * about the rcsoursts of Omaha starts out with a bonus , claim about her popula tion , woll-infonmed oooplo will throw it aside as being , unworthy of credence. Tlio truth about ? Omaha's actual growth within the past on years is as good an advertisement as this city needs , and thqjo is jiothing tp ; justify an p tion. THIS national board of trade has mem orialized congress in favor of the estab lishment of a permanent census bu roau for the collection of general statistical information , apart from the enumeration of the number of inhabitants. The mnmorial of the board suggests that while it may bo sulllciont for all prac tical purposes to take a census of the population once in ton years , it is of great importance that statistics of the industries and commerce of the country should bo taken moro frequently , and doubtless practical nnii generally- will concede this to bo the case. It is possible to estimate from year to year with tolerable accuracy the growth of population , but this cannot bo done regarding industrial and commer cial progress. There are good reasons in favor of a permanent census bureau , but the subject Is not likely to receive attention from the present congress. the prohibition colonels un loaded a second-hand conspiracy on the Independents it was known to these on the Inside that there was other consid erations than the $1,200 paid in cash. These considerations are in the na ture of obligations , the payment the colonels are now loudly demanding. A recount of the ballots cast in the state was the first , but this absurd proposition was promptly repudiated. The last but not least is a painful effort to galvanize the corpse of prohibition by the enact ment of u prohibition statute. If the in dependents can shako off the colonels and rid themselves of the blundering shysters , the Alliance members would bo in position to act sensibly and ac complish something for the people. A STATEJIBNT prepared by the Doug las county clbrk shows a total of $13 ! " > ,037 delinquent on personal taxes on the books from the year 1859 to 188-3 , and for the past five yoai # Iho amount duo from this source Is estimated at $200,000. A comparatively siiiatl amount of this sum is collectable. diponal taxes are the mostdinicultof alltaxosto collect , for the reason that much.o'f the property disap pears between ' tutifssinont and delin quency. It onauJojJtho transient element to escape their HJjaro of public burdens , and permanent residents are thus obliged to boar an unjnsYproportlon , The law should bo ohang jheo as to make taxes on personal property collectable within at least six montlia > after assessment. IT is clalme l''thnt ' Hnnsbrough of North Dakota obtained hla senatorial honors by signingji written agreement relating to the distribution of patronage , and that hoalsq subscribed to several ether promises. A ecnatorshlp obtained on such terms is not Jn proud honor. It is no worse than a BontUorshlp pur chased with money , nor ifi It any bettor. THE defeat of Gilbert Pierce for a second term In the national Benato from North Dakota shows that faithfulness Is not always rewarded. Mr. Pierce do- Borvod better treatment from the people of the state. As governor of the terri tory and later in the halls of congress , ho has zealously advanced the interests of the state and of the west , but In carry ing out the policies which contributed .o the welfare of his constituents , ho In curred the 111 will of the gang nnfl was sacrificed. The conflicting powers which dictated his successor , extorted pledges which will mal < o the now senator a nonentity in the political councils of the intlon , or a mnn who makes pledges only to break them. Hr.w 1'rnlilliltlon "Works. liiiftnn ll < ml < t. No leas thnn twenty-ajno stales hnvo now cgtstntod against cigarettes , and the clga- etto business was probably never moro flour- shlnff thnn It Is today. Prohibitory ICRlsla- .lon ninilnst cigarettes seems to operate very nucu lllco the sumo sort of legislation against drinks. KflVct of l/o\v Ijlcenso. Jin ( on Gel | > . The great mace of the sorgeant-at-arms of ho house of representatives \ioascssos a won derful made Is quelling rows , brawls nnd disturbances In the national bear gmtlcn. Sa- 0011 keepers who nro troubled with fights In : helr barrooms would do well to keep a umco lice this behind the bars. Drink In Idaho. Salt IM } ( & TrUmrif. Vto notice that a bill has been Introduced .nthoTdnho legislature ) entitled "A Bill to ItcRulato the Sale of Liquors In Less Quantl- : ics thnn Ono Quart. " Wo do not see how thnt Is ( tolng to concern the average Idaho mnn much. Perhaps the intention of the bill is to compel the average filaho man to always buy at least n quart. Ilnuly for Snorilluca. San 7'Ynitcfdco Chronicle. If wo want to put California In her true Igbt before tlio world tit the Chicago oxposi- .ton wo must make some sacrifice , and thcro can bo no bolter way to economize than to put aside our state nnd district fairs for two , 'cars and put the tnonoy which they would cost Into a magnificent display for the bcnettt of the whole state and the world's fair. n or Illnckmall ? San Franctscn Ktamtner , , of the corruption In our legislative jodles , state nnd municipal , comes from oavhiR too many points of contact between mbllo nna private business. If semi-public corporations railroad , telegraph , telephone , jas , water and the lllto coulu bo abolished , caving nil public functions In the hands of .ho government on the ono hand , nnd all strictly private business exclusively In that of private citizens on the ether , there would jo fewer opportunities for blackmail and bribery. _ _ Progressive Utnli The frequent changes in the ownership of [ Jtah newspapers are n sigaillcnnt Indication of the political , social and religious trans formation now going on In Utah. No Indica tion Is bolter. The day when the sermon of LUo Sunday previous was the leading feature of tho.country weekly Is past , nnd something more worldly , something moro newsy Is tak ing Its placo. An awakening- Interest In the afTuin of the nation Is manifest oven in the bulwarks of Ignorance , and therein lies the best sigh of promise for the future. Any paper In Utah thnt recognizes the signs of the times will prosper , while nny paper thnt de liberately shuts its uyos to them will con tinue changing until it passes out of exist ence altogether. fASSMXtl JESTS , New fork Herald : lirown I never hit a mnn wbnn bo Is down. Smith-'Probablo not , unless ho Is tied down. Epoch : For the sake of the American girls who marry Into the British aristocracy , ex changing their dollars for a name , ills to bo reprcttcil thnt the uamo is not always us good as the dollars. BInghnmton Leader : It seems a llttlo strange that a mmi mny bo downright and up right ut the sumo tirao. Milwaukee Sonlinol : Never spealc 111 of nnvbody ; you do just as mucu execution with u shrug of the shoulders or a significant look. Now York Herald ! Belle May Bagloy Is n crank. Tom Is thnt so ? After hearing nor talk the other night I thought she was a wind lass I Epoch : The Minister Never fight ; Tommy , ills wicked. Tommy That's what I told your lild yes terday when he liclioil mo. Buffalo Express : Far ho It from us to com pare n student of Groclc to a hog , but no ono can fall to observe that both are very fond of roots. Atchlson Glebe : Between the ages of ton nnd twenty n girl will do moro laughlnpr and break more dishes than during the remainder of her life. A Cllnolmr. Spare J/omcnfs. A young man homo from college , wishing to inspire his llttlo sister with nwc for hU learnlnir. pointed to a star , and said : "Sis , "do you see thnt bright llttlo luminary 1 It's bigger than this whole world. " "No'UmVsaidsis. "Yes , His , " declared the young collegian. ' 'Then why don't It keep off the ralnl" was the triumphant rejoinder. Ton Full Tor Utterance. Kpic'i. Good Minister Your llttlo son nskod mo what the McKinley bill was. IIo bald ho aslccd you nnd you referred him to mo.Vhv didn't ' you explain the bill to the llttlo fellow yourself I Deacon Do Good I wns afraid I couldn't without swearing. ONE A. 31. De JJ'flt Stcrry in Judge. BlufT blows the wind against the panes And Vattlo loud the sashes , In chimney-pots howl -wclrdost strains , Or fan tlio uourtustonoashes ; I mildly doze above a book That lacks u fotchlug savor. Or with n vague and careless look Watch how the pipe-clouds waver. .Agatn'I vlaw a green-gown vale Hemmed in by sky ami meadow ; I hear the whistle of a quail Behind some leafy shadow ; And where the silver waters stray Uy hedge nnd rock with laughter , Mv willing senses slip away To follow idly after. The brown bees revel in the bloom , The gentler winds nro wooing , And in the cool ot thicket gloom I note a wood-dove cooing ; Till , drunken with the swcnt henrtacho Ttio shallow brook is singing , I dream , half drowsy , half awake- The pipes of Pan are ringing. Gene now the wanntli of summer days , ( Jrim winter's wand it waving ; Snowdrifts obliterate the ways The weary clt Is braving. And why should I forsake the town , Since none mav love it better ) Fond girl , it wus the blossoms brown You folded in your lottor. When Haliy war. sick , wo K VO her Castorla , Wbcn shovroH a CUM , tlio cried forC&atorta , When slio became Miss , the clung to Ciutorla , When > h * hod CUlUrun , die gave Uieiu Castorta , MRS , S1IEEDY IS ARRAIGNED , Blio Figures na Principal in Three of tlio Four Counts. THE CASE CONTINUED TO WEDNESDAY. Several Inimrnnco ComimiilnH Kilo lie * ports With the State Auditor Hu lncHHTrnnsnatoil tlio 1'nnt Venn LINCOLN , Nob. , Jan. 20. [ Special to Tun HEC. ] The equity court room In the court house , selected by Judge Houston as the most avall.iblu place for holding the prelimi nary examination of Mrs. Mary Sheouy , Monday McFnrlnnil and A. II. Wnlstrom , charged with the murder of John Shocdy , was crowded to the very doors nt 2 o'clock this afternoon , the hour sot for the hearing. Many well dressed Indies , imxlous to see the fair dofo.ndant , wore present. On motion of County Attorney Sncll the case was contin ued until 9 o'clockVodnosJay morning. The prosecution added three counts to the criminal information. The first count charges Mrs. SheoJy nnd Monday Alct'iirland as principals In striking the blow and by poisoning , and Walstrom as accessory. The second count charges Mrs. Shcoily and Monday McFarliuul as principals In 'kill ing with the cane und Walstrom as acces sory. The third count charges McFarlaml with killing with the cnno and Mrs. Shcedy and W'nlstrom as accessories. ' The fourth count charges Mrs. Shcody ns principal in the poisoning nnd MoFnYlnnd and walstrom as accessories. MOllB INSOIUNOI ! HIU'OIITS. The following Insurance companies have filed their reports in the auditor's ' ofllco showing what business has been done by them In Nebraska the past your : It appears from the foregoing report that the Hamburg and Denver companies did a losing business in Nebraska. A WAltllANT I'OH WOODWA11D. A warrant was issued this afternoon by Judge Brown for the arrest of Attorney Walter M. Woodward. The complaint was made by George M.Vobb , nn engineer on the liurlington , and nlloges thnt Woodward aided , assisted and nhuttcd in garnishing the exempt wages of Webb nt the uult of Samuel U. Nosblt before Juctpo Foxwortny. Chapter io ! of the laws of 18SO makes it a criminal ofTcuso to gamishco or aid In gar nishing the oxcmntvngcs ot laborers , and was passed principally because of the under handed work of a lot of sinall-calibred at torneys , who were In the habit of assigning the clnltn to a Council Bluffs attorney , who collected them from tlio railway company because of the fact that Iowa ha ? no exemp tion law. Hon. P O.Cnssldyhas hocu retained to prosecute the suit. The friends of At torney Woodward do not believe that the charge is correct , as ho is a lawyer of high , standing. THE 8MAI.I , DOO WON , There was an exodus of Ijincoln sports , that is , men , whoso sporting blood runs rich , to the llttlo suburb of West Lincoln this morning. Tlio objective point was the stable where the long pending light between the bull dogs owned by Frank Pnrkington , bar tender at Lindsoy's saloon , and Joe Epps , proprietor of a snloon in West Lincoln , waste to take place. The light was to have come off Saturday , but was postponed until 0 o'clock tbis morning , nt which tlmo it finally occurred. The mutch wns for ? 100 a sldo and there were numerous hots placoil , 1'nrklng- toa's dog being the favorite. Parklngton's ' dog weighed but forty pounds to his oppo nent's fifty-two. At the cndof forty minutes the West Lincoln dog g-avo up the light and hU owner pulled him oil to avoid bciiigkllled. The dcloated doe was pretty badly chewed up , but will probably recover. CIIAUOUII WITH rr.iuunr. Charles Snyder of Koya Pah a county is be fore the Unltod States court to answer the chiu-go of perjury. Uoydur is n farmer , and It is alleged that when ho came to making an affidavit concerning the land on which ho was living ho swore to tilings which uro thought to bo untruo. Mr. Siiyder declares that , the charge against him is false and ho ha never intended committing a felony. BOt.D LIIJUOII TO VlirBllAN ? . Charles Harris was arraigned before Judge Dundy today to answer the charge of selling spirits at the late Grand Army reunion with out the necessary license. Harris acknowl edged his misdemeanor , and ns he thereby saved the court considerable time and trouble Judge Dundy lot him oft with a } 10 line and a fatherly lecture. SMASHED TIIK MAII , WAOOX. Sam Dryden , n farmer living near Cul- bortson , wns arraigned today In the United States court ou the charge of obstructing the malls. Tbooffunso was committed two or three years ago. It appears that Uryclcn objected to the mall waeon crossing his farm nnd ho discerned the vehicle crossing despite his objection , ho partially wrecked It and cast the fragments off bis land. IIo wns flncu $ jj and costs. Mr. James Mauonoy , the managing editor of the Journal , was the victim of a cowardly assault by unknown persons. Ho wus passIng - Ing by Lindsay's restaurant nt Eleventh ami P streets , when some personsuddcnly jumped out from behind the gate und beat him into Insensibility with a billy. Tbroougly gushes were made ou Mahonoy's head nnd when ho recovered sensibility ho called a cab und was taken hdmo. Ills injuries are not serious. 01)1)3 ) AND KX11S. Q. W. Tate was enjoying the peaceful re- EXCELSIOR'SPRINGSHO ' : Nilure'i Tonic , Diurtlio and Uric Solvint. BOM ) ONLY IN DOTTLES 11Y C D. MOORE & CO. , Agtt. ISIS Dodge 81. NEBRASKA National Bank U. S. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , NEB. Capital , - - - - $4OOOOO Surplus Jan. 1st , 1890 , - B7.BOO . Onican and DlrottflrJ HonrjV. . Yntci , Preililent ) I iwIiH. Uoo.1 , Vlcu-1'rualdenl ; Jumn.i U'.Hovaxu.V V.Murno. Julm H , Culllni , II. U Uuililiu , J. N. II I'Jlrlck. W. 11 , 8. lluglim , taililer. Tl-llil IRON BA.NK , Corner I2tu aud Kurnuru Hli. A. Ocuoral Huuldns lluslucss Transacted nose that nrrornpnulcs n clear conscience , at his homo nt 1031 M stroot. lixst nlaht , or tnoro strictly si > euklni ? , .1 o'clock this mornloR , his oycs opened ho was greatly astonished to nnd tnll younp man wearing n brown derby lint by his bodsUto. The youiiK man was no- comtiiinioil by n revolver bjr means of which ho silently comiwllod Mr. Tnto to kwii still. Tlio Intruder slowly faded nwny. Ho tcolt , with him a lot of clotldnu , watch nnd chalnT poikctboo ! ( niul other valuable nrtlclw. \ The atori ) of S. M. llyort's , nt U-JI 0 street , A wns entered by the front door yostonlny aft ernoon , and a lot of pocketbooks , cheap ji-w- clry and .second hand rovolvcrs taken. The . rubbery Is supposed to have bcca committed by boys. A dummy In front of C. L. Wilson's ' estab lishment on North Tenth street wus robbed of a $17 milt this mornliiR. Tomorrow or next day n sensational dlvorco case will probably bo llled In the district court. Tlio complainant is ftn elderly man of moans , who recently nmrrlcd dnshhiff young widow , ngnlnst the wishes of his rela tives , Thcro Is n oltfsonsntlon ahead , - _ - John Pearson complains to tlio district court that lie needs a dlvorco fram tils wife , Clirlstcna. Tlioy were iniulii one in April , 1S78 , In New Wlnsel , Mciver county , Illinois , but aftur n few years of wedded life Clirlsto- nil's heart IH-RUII bentlug ns Its own aguln. Not only did she quit loving him. but In April , 18SO , ho assorts she assaulted him with n table fork , Inflicting a dnnccrous wound In his loft , tiand. She treated him cruelly fora number of year * , and Dually , in December of last year , she quit him forever and ho known not where she is. Judge Stewart was ciiKngad toilay la hoar- Ini ; the somewhat famous case brought by the banker , A. P. S. Stuart , against the mayor and city councilman for $ . ' 00 damages for tcnrlnK down nn old lire trap belon lnx to platntllT thnt stood at Twentieth mid I' streets for some tlmo. The defendants say that they will i > rove not only the clmraotur of the resort , but the further fnct that Stuart hud previously sold the building. Licenses tovid were issued today to tUa following : Joseph A. Harris , 87 , nnd Miss May U. Tibbies-JO , Lincoln ; C. I ) Herr , SI , mid Kva 0. Sterns. W. Raymond : Albert Dlet/'Jl , nnd ChottloM. Sltinncr. Ill , Flnli Scott Brothers , the druggists , nt Four teenth nnd O streets , hnvo been closed under undent mortKUKo held by the Clarke dnitf company. They may bo able to reopen. 1J , F. Kcllly. n salesman , was arrested at Eleventh nnd O streets this momlng by Oflleors Klnnoyjnnd Carniihan. Hollly hail been drlnklni ; loud nnd lonp , and was en- gaped In lUJitliK Imaginary snulcos when ho was corralled. Ho gave thooQlcora coiibldor- nblo trouble , Hurnoy Fllzslinmons , formerly of Lincoln , who served a term In the pen for lillllnira frail female named Pearl , at Moll In mill's ' old P street resort , was dangerously shotyoa- torday nt Creston , la. In the district court of Holt county Sarah r. Hlntt recovered Judgment against Cortol- vou , Kpo it Vanzandt for tlio sum of f3OI)3.t3. ) ! Today the defeated parties nnpcalod the onso to thosuiiremo court , In tlio same county Justin McCarthy , sr. , recovered judgment for $ l.ll ! ! > .25 from the samodofciidunU This also has been appealed. J. II. Strone lias been honored with being appointed as a'do-do-camp to Commundur-ln- chlof S'easoy of the national order of tlio liiiuul Army of the Hepubllc. General Mummer Clarlc. GencrnlJUnnaper S. II. II. Clark ol th8 Union Pacltlo arrived in the city from St , Louis yesterday morning and is stopping at the Mlllard. IIo was asked by Tin : Ben what truth thcro wns In the report current that Acting Superintendent Bliclamsderfor wns to bo suc ceeded by P. J. Nichols of this city. "I llrst neard of this rumor wlu > 'n I arrived In the city this morning nnd you may say there is 110 foundation for the report. It probably originated from the fact that Mr. Nichols wns connected with the road a few years aero nnd was and is a friend of mlno. " Speaking of the rqport that the olllco of Konoral trail ! c malinger was to bo abolished and thnt Mr. Mullen was to bo retired , while his assistant , Mr. Munroo , was to bo made general freight agent , with the present Incumbent of that oflloe , N.V. . Whitney , as his asslstaut , Mr. Clark said this also was unfounded. Them were no changes on the tnpls , ho. said , except those in the opor.itlug dupart- mQiit which had been published uomo tinii ) ngo. ngo.Mr. . Clarlc stated that ho would rom.ilu la the city about Lhrco wuults. A Malt IMiint AsHiirod. A deal has been consummated which In sures another larco enterprise for Omaha. Uy the deal , Mcsan. 11. Peterson , Fred Wnymuller nnd n Council Bluffs capitalist have secured possession of the Fairbanks lard reflnory pinnt , at the corner of Second and Hickory streets , paying therefor the sum of $10,001) ) , which they will entirely relit und operate ns n malt factory. The plant has been Idle for the pastyenr.but the work of remodeling will begin nt oneo , and a largo cold storage building will also bu built. The now factory will bo of nmplo capacity to simply malt for all the Omaha breweries , nnd It will bo in oporntlon as soon as the nec essary chamrcs can bo rnado. In a I'lillmnn. TVcui Vorfc HeraM. Passenger ( reflecting ) I am sure I had a ' $5 gold piece among the change in my pocket , ( To porter ) I say , porter , did I give you a jj gold piece uloug with these nickels and dtmost Porter ( calmly ) Yessahl What about It , sahl Wasn't ' it good I I'lllCMHK. JVfio York llcmlti. A wily politician hud a daughter with n bcnu , With whom It didn't ' pleusu him to liuvu the maiden go ; So their love ho gerrymandered , nftor mnturo reflection , By sending her nway to school till she made a now election ! JIIHI Lilco lioston. Iln ton Oiurler. Miss DecoUutto I leiirti from the papers , Mrs. Prim , that dross goods are going up. Mrs. Prim The good. Lord bu praised. I ullus did approve the ol1 lash loitud style of having'em come right clean up to the neck. Highest of all in Leavening Power. TJ. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889. OMAHA. LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and duarantaod Capital..1300,005 Paid In Capital KW.Oi * Ituys and soils stooliH and bonda ; ncKntliitni commercial -paperi receives and oioautci trusts ) aoU in transfer uncut and trustee of corporations , takes clmoo ; of property , col- lee In Uxes. Omaha Loan&TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts. I'ftld In Capital I 55.000 Subscribed and Ounrantoud Capital. . . . 100,00) ) Mublllty ot Stockholder * LVO.OCO 6 f er Coat Inturest Puld nn Deiioslts. 1'ItAMC J. I.A.NUK , Unililbr. Oflloersi AU. . Wyman , prusldunt. J. J. lirown , "v vlco-proslrtcnt , W. T , Wyrnnn , tronsuror. Directors : A. U.Wynmn , J. II. Mlllard , J. J , ' lirown. Ouy O. Ilurlou , 12.V , Nub. 'i'htMuu It. KliuUall , Ouoruo It , Laic