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THE OMAHA DAILY BBS : rSATUEDAY , JANUARY 31 , 1801. In reproscntntlvo hall this evening to con- older matters relating to the relief of west ern settlers. Ono cnmo from Uov. Luther V , Luddcn , secretary of the state relief com mittee , nnd the other from y. M. Kldcr , speaker of the house. The meeting will bo Informal , ' .The senate took no notion on the invitations. Ttw chair announced Senators Stevens , Illll , E'Rlo ( ton. Mattes and Woods as thu committees to investigate the mutter of fees and fuilnrloi allowed ofllclnls in this state and report on the advisability of reducing Mich allowances. On recommendation ol Its committees the senate killed HanJull's bill providing that the btiver of a proml'sorv note must take It HUblccito any defense thnt might have been made against the original holder ) also Dysnrt's bill ranking It tbo duty of ttrnnd Juries to Indict usurers ; also Hannah's bill to umko It it misdemeanor for assessors to undervalue real estate ; also 1'oyntor's bill for the relocation of county scats. The committees recommended tno passage of Stevens' hill to Increase llio snlaries of county attorneys In counties of small popula tion ; also Helper's bill for a stnto otllcer to examine thu accounts of county treasurers ; also Heck's bill to compel railroads to main tain crossings ; nlso Chrlstofforson's bill relative to homestead associations ; also the memorial urging the foreclosure , of the goV' eminent mortgage on the Union I'ncillc. Senator Dysart offered the following : Unsolved , As there was a committee np- pointed to usuertnln theniiitdier of clerks and employes uml tliey reported sixty-six to DO nil Hint wi.s necessary forllm soiiatoU tin- dwstiintl tin-to aroMiveiity-llvo at the priii- tMit time ) I Hiieguat thai the conniilttco that wai niipolntt'il to asourlaln the number tin aw pointed to HCU If tblt report Is cnrrcoU If so , I bo u n necessary clerks and employe.ho dla- eliariid. The suggestion or resolution was adopted. The chair announced that the coinmlttoo re ferred to was u temporary body , nml Senator Hwltzlcr Introduced another resolution : HcsolNod. That the secretary furnish the HPii.'ito n Hit of tlin employes , who employed tliem. the salary cadi received and the date of employment. A resolution by Dysart to discharge all pages hut four was laid over on objection of Senator Moore. Senator Poyntcr Introduced another bill on the relocation of county seats. Tlio ncnuto finally passed Swltzlor'w hill to relieve the supreme court from writing out opinions on points that have been settled previous cases. Also Knnilnll's bill requiring countv clerks to account for fees for making tax lists. MHO the memorial to confess as hi tie for 1IOCO,000 for the drouth sufferers. Urown , 2Mattcs and Swltxlcr voted against It. AFTBIIXOON Sn.fSIOX. The senate went into commltteo of the whole and approved tlio following bills : Ily Heck itetiulring railroads to maintain crossings on all highways. Hy Dysart To enable owners of land to associate , issue bonds and borrow money thereon , Hy llrown Authorizing supervisors li counties under township organization to divide any township into two or more election districts. A letter was received from the secretary of state , slating that thcro wcro but Ilftcen copies of the statutes of ISS'J ' in print , nnd that it would take two weeks to 1111 the bal ance of the senate's order. Senator Swltzler raised the point that If the book was out of print it might cost a larco sum to get the other eighteen copies , Ho therefore moved that the secretary enquire as to the probable cost before having the order filled and report to the senate. Adjourned until morning. Tlio Number Pnlil to Already Far Ex oocd the Liimlt. LiKCOLX , Nob. , Jan. 30. [ Special to THE Dr.i ; . ] The upper house of this reform legis lature seems to hnvo followed the example of its extravagant predecessors In appointing a horde of clerks and employes , inanv of them with , llttlo to do but draw tholr generous salaries. Two years ago the senate had 111 employes on its pay roll , and thn legislature passed n law limiting the number in the future to sixty-six. Already : if reports are true , the sonata has exceeded tlio logul limit Senator Dysart openly charges that there are seven- ty-llvo employes and ho has Instituted an in vestigation. Ho says ho went to the room of the committed on enrolled nnd engrossed bills and there found twelve clerks sitting about and doing nothing. Five of these were ap- polntod early in the session , nnd hnvo had next to nothing to do , for up to date , only seven short bills have been engrossed. The ether seven clerks have been put on the pay roll tu sotno mysterious manner Uuring the past wcclr. Senator Kooutz was chairman of a commit tee on employes , and his list shows only sixty- four. Ho was absent several days , anil it is charged thnt the additions were made during that time. Wo will probably luivo an author itative report of the number of employes from the secretary tomorrow. Incidentally it may ho remarked that some of the senntors may hnvo been moved tomako this investigation because they have not had iliclr share of tlio spoils. There were sixty- six places and eighteen ludependentsonators. The honorable gentlemen decided in caucus that they would appoint employes hi rotation. This arrangement would glvo twelve sen ntors four appointments each and six sen ators three each. Some of the honorable gen tlemen tmvo not secured the number of plums they were entitled to under thU arrangement , nnd , in the language of the day , they are "kicking. " Senator Dysart himself should have liad thrco or four places to fill , and ho had -willing con stituents here to take them. Ho seems to have been Juggled out of a part of his per quisites , for ho lias only been able to ilnd places for two patriots. Of course ho is ' 'kicking , " and so are a number ether gentle men who failed to got the number of posi tions nllotcd to them. Stoolcynrdh1 . LIXCOI.K , Neb. , Jan. 30. [ Special to THE BEK. ] Tlio hill introduced in the house by IJoprosontatlvo Hlnkle , No. 35 , * is attracting uttontion throughout the state. It Is sup posed to bo hi the Interest of the stock rais ers of the state , aim assails some of the charges demanded for the handling of stock hy btockyitrd corporations and commission men. Under the provisions of this net the following nrlces are demanded : ' For yarding and weighing cattle , 1Q cents per head ; hogs , 4 cents ; sheep , It cents. It i declared unlawful for the owners or proprietors of any stockyards within this state to charge n greater price for grains nnd hay than tno following ; Tor corn , oats , hay and all ether grains don bio the market price in the village or city \vhlclutno stockyards nro located , It Is also made unlawful for the proprietors of any stockyards to deliver at tlio rate ol less than 2,000 pounds as a ton of hay and less than seventy pounds of corn In the car ixsr bushel nnd less than llfty-aix pounds ol ( ballad corn for a bushel. it is ulso made unlawful /or the proprietors of any stockyards to prohibit the owners ol nny dead stock In such yards from soiling to nny person or persons to whom the owners may dcsiro to soil the safho. It is also made unlawful for commission men to charge greater than the following prices per car for the sale of stock out of the yards : Cattle , $ S iwr cur ; hogs , N ; sheep , fcI. For thu ilrst violation of any of these pro. vLslonsaJlnonf * U)0 ) iray ho Imposed : for ( ho second offense a line of not less than f IOC iior more tunir ! 00 ; fora third offeuso not less than SAM nor more than KWX ) . The advocates of the hill claim that foi yarding and weighing the following is nov , charged : Cattle. US cents per head ; hogs. Scouts : sheep , per cur ; th.it hay , whici ! costs about- per ton , is furnished them nt the ratiof about $ t for sixty pounds , or ati profit of nearly 800 percent , and that com ami other grams are In proportion. The ) ntso claim that the commission churned foi ( ho Bale of stock U excessive , being no cents per head nnd not to exceed 1U per car foi cattle , | 6 for hogs , and the same price foi sheep. The stockyards men claim thnt horu is sc much money Invested In tuo business it li impossible to conduct it on tlio basis o ! smaller charges , as also bucauso they an compelled to hlro almost an army of uion to conduct the work. Tbo commission mon claim that none o them make money , oven on the present busts I The competition U very great nnd frnjuoatl y ] to continue the patronage of certain shipper they are compelled to advimco money , mon or less of which eventually falls to return ti them. Ono of those agents suys ( hat in twi years ho t\n lost more than fJ.OOO in tbi jj manner. There U .u" > lo'nhy hero yet rspraicn ting tin stockyards people , but the slate live stock commission has a couple of men ou the ground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i'rolit * of Hoot Untturo. Ltxcoi.x , Nob. , .Inn. fli ) , [ Special to Tun line. ] Mr. John Jenkins , deputy commis sioner of the bureau of labor statistics , has received a roiwrt from Hall county regarding the romunenuMvo naturoof sugar beet cultiva tion. The report says that when the un favorable weather of llio lust season Is taken Into consideration , .especially the scvero drouth which prevented a full crop , hopes are entertained thnt thu cultivation of tlio sugar beet will bo highly profitable. Thu trreatcst average yield was SlO.liO. This was experienced by K. C. Duniiormnu , who also states that two ot the five acres ho put under cultivation , yielded $53 per acre. Another farmer , Peter Fran in , reports an average yield of 1-.JJ9. All llio work was done by hand. Thu report closes with the statement that with systematic work and Improved machinery , the colt of production will by greatly reduced nnd the profits greatlv increased. Appended to the report are the names of a number of farmers together with the num ber of ncres they had under cultivation , tlio amount they received for their beets and the average return per acre. Tlio report also goes Into statistics showIng - Ing Hint the population of thu state In round numbers is 1.037,000. , The consumption of sugar per capita is placed at llfty-llvo pounds or-lt,007tons. To produce this amount of sugar would require ten factories with a capacity of 300 tons per day , employment to UfiOO persons , rendering necessary the dls- busoment of f 5UUO , and an outlavofy,5X ( , - 000 for the erection of factories. To supply the boots required for these factories would require the cultivation of 123,000 acres and the distribution among planters of $1GOO,000. Appended , also , Is a tublo showing that the number of ncroa of corn planted in 1SSO was 1,007,007 ; the number of bushels of corn raised , 149,5i,000 ; ) ; vnluo of the same , ? ii- ( r-JiUl : , and the average Income per acre , 9D.25. Figures- upon the same subject for 1SOO show that the average income per aero from the cultivation of corn In thnt year was $3.81. These figures nro intended to show that more money may bo made by cultivating beets than may bo hv the cultivation of corn. Mr. II , Stolt , who Is third on the list , says that ho worked his live acres without help , save on two days , when ho engaged in weed ing. ing.Mr. . Oxnard has agreed to pay to each farmer tx ) cents per ton , in addition to the regular price , this year from the state bounty when the necessary appropriations arc made. This would increase tlio profit from $ , " 1 to $3 ou a crop of ten to liftoen tons per acre. Mr. Oxnard has also ugrced to procure the ' most improved machinery and Implements from Europe nnd 16an tlio same to all the farmers engaged In the beet culture at i small rental. State Itollnf CoiiiinlsHloT ) . LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 30. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bin : . ] Loss than llfty persons attended the mooting of tlio stnto relief com mission In representative hull tonight. John Fitzgerald was called to the chair. Rev. I _ . P. Luddon , secretary of commission , rnado a report showing the amount of supplies of various kinds forwarded to the drouth suT fercrs. Ho estimated the value of voluntary contributions nt $15,000 , , while donqrs valued the same ntfiO,000. It was distributed over thirty-six counties. Ho explained the man ner of work , how requisitions wcro made by county clerks and commissioners , and how receipts were ou llio for every article given out. None of these goods were bought by state money. Secretary Luddeu estimated tlio coat of seed erain , on the basis of ton bushels to each family reported in need , nt $ ' .15,000. , It was suggested that many farm ers would bo glad to take seed grain us it loan , to bo returned next fall , rather than accept alms , nnd a discussion followed on that lino. Louie Meyer reported n grain linn that proposed making such u loan , a reasona ble amount of grain to bo returned as inter est. Hop'reseutativo Moan said that $300- 000 worth of seed grain had hcon loaned Dakota sufferers in thnt way. Ho suggested that counties might issue bonds bearing. 2 per cent interest , sell them to the state permanent school fund , and use the money to loan to farmers for seed grain. Church Howe suggested that the railroads - roads might bo induced to advance monoy. , and if necessary , lot their taxes stand as an offset to the loan until paid. Representatives Oakley , Howe and Shrader.nnd Judge Mason and A. . ! . Sawyer were appointed n commit tee to draft n bill authorizing counties to raise relief funds. Secretary Ludaen says that about 20.000 worth of supplies have also been sent , in anticipation of the state appro priation. StHolder's Railroad LINCOLN , Nob. , Jan.,30. [ Special to TIIK HKK.Tlio railroad committee of the house held another meeting today , or rather they gave audience to V , O. Stricklor of Omaha to oxplatn the hill ho Is soon to present to the legislature with the endorsement of this com mittee. Among ; the unlquo provisions of the bill is the following : "All lines of railway built within two years after the pussngo of tlUs net shall ho exempt from its provisions for of flvo . " Another a period years. pro vides that If nny railroad shall show before the supreme court that the rates estab lished bv this bill are unjust aud unreason able , the court may Increase the rate. The committee has taken nodolinlto action ns yet and a largo majority of the members honestly desire to enact a law that will bring about a radical reduction in freight rates , and be Just both to the railroads nnd the pee ple. Strickler advises the committee tomako 11 radical departure from thu Iowa law , al though that statute has never been success fully assailed in the courts. It will bo some days before the bill is finished and reported to the house , and If thcro are not some radi cal changes inado In the measure no relief from extortionate freight rates will bo af forded should the hill beeotno a law , Inexperienced Clorks. LINCOLN , Nob. , Jan. 80. [ Special to TIIK Dun. ] The senate Is laboring under some disadvantages , due , in part , to the inexper ience of employes. Complaint has been made several times of a failure to supply senators with printed bills. On the consid eration of a hill this morning Senator tiwitz- ler had to cuter the saino old complaint. Poyntor ( ind ) Over on this sldo of the house our liles are complete. It would bo a small matter for the gentlemen on the other side to band their files to the pages and send them to the hill clerk to bo filled. Kolper ( dem ) Wo have employes whose duty it is to lc-p ( the tiles lllled , and It should not bo necessary to constantly remind them of their duty , > Swltzier ( Jem ) The gentlemen on the other sldo [ moaning thu independents ] Have nil aptitude for getting Just what they want in this legislature. Mattes ( dom ) Some of us on this side have never have files oven. Later iu the morning session two or thrco bills came up for the ilnal vote on their passage - sago , but wcro laid over because the printed amendments had not been laid before the senators , . Growing Tired of Harrows. LISCOI.X , Neb. , Jan. 30. [ Special to TIIK ? , ] Burrows comes out In bis paper to day and declares that Thayer Is the legal governor of the state aud urges thotndopcnd- cuts to present the concurrent resolution lix- ing the data ot the Joint convention for henr- ing the contest cases to Thayer for his signa ture , and not ( o Uoyd , This advice Hnds no answering response in thu house except from n few radicals , It U not likely that the house wilt pass any formal resolution recognizing Boyd as governor , but wnen the concurrent resolution pusses the senate It will bo quietly presented to him by the proper commltteo. Any ether course would lead to an open rupture between the independents in the house and tn the senate , nnd hopelessly divide the independent forces. There is n largo ana constantly In creasing nutnbar of solf.rospcctiug members in both houses who cannot be induced to follow Burrows and tha prohibition lawyers into doing any further violence to the consti tution against tholr better judgment. i 'or Pooling Knrnis. LIXCOI.NNob. . , Jau. 30. ( Special to TUBs DKK. | Senator Dysart1 * bill for pooling land and borrowing money tbereou embodies a novel proposition and Is Intended , ho says , to enable fanners to save commissions In mak ing loans. The bill provides thnt any number of per- sons not exceeding twenty may Incorporate for the purposes named therein , Eacli mem ber la to c6nvoy to the corporation at least fortv acres of unencumbered land , which ' shall constitute the capital stock. Each member Is to receive the vuluo of his land In stock , which value Is to by ascertained by appraisement. The corpora tion Is to hnvo authority to issue bonds on Its real estnto and borrow money thereon for the use of its members , No person shall bo a member unless he owns It ) fee simple at 1'iast forty ncrc-j of land In the county nnd no bond ? shall bear a greater interest than 7 per cent. No member shall hold more than9iUO ( ) worth of stock. The corporation may assess and collect money from its members to pay the Interest on the bonds. Another Unllrniul Mill. LINCOLN' , Neb. , Jan. 30. ( Special Tclo- gram to Tin : llr.it J A new railroad bill is being quietly prepared , embracing the prln clpal features of the Iowa law , which will bo sprung upmi the legislature tn n foiv days. This bill , it is said , Is lining drafted with the groato.'it euro hy able attirrnoys , and will betaken taken up by thu Independents and rushed through. No names In connection with this measure have yet boon revealed. A Humor. LINCOLN' , Neb. , .Tan. 30. [ Special Telegram to Tiu : BEI : . ] Thcro is an apparently well founded rumor afloat that Governor Uoyd has in tlinn ted that unless hols formerly recog nized b.v tbo lecislnturo in tlio usual way ho will not sign any bills or the concurrent reso lution providing for bearing the contest. Notes. Senator Swltzlor hopes to Introduce the Omaha charter bill In the morning. Senator Collins piloted tno commltteo of the whole from the chair this afternoon. Mayor Gushing of Omaha was a logNIntlvo Uitor today , the guest of Hon. P. E. White. Ex-Senator Paul Schinlnko of Nebraska ity was observed on tlio lloor of ( ho bouso .his morning , shaking hands with his numer- us friends. Hepresentativo Alden ( rep ) of Pierce is 'ast nehlcving the reputation of being a prac- , lcal Joker. Ho sees tlio funny sldo of things t a glance , and frequently convulses the houso. "Tno gentleman from Nemaha , " said Speaker Elder this morning , -when Hon. ohn C. Watson uroso to address the chair. 'I will exouso you this time , " said the mom- > er from Otoo , with a broad grin , "but plcaso don't make the mistalco again. " The senate voted to lot the newspaper cor- csponucnts have n llttlo cheap urlnt paper " 'or their legislative renorting , "but T. II. ? ratt , nn officious young man in the socre- .ary's ' ofllco , says ho will bo blanked If the crlbo3 got nny copy paper , and ho Is acting m that declaration. It Is only fair to say hut all the employes are not of his stripe of martnoss. The hill introduced by Bredeson dnd ) of Poln , limiting the amount of land that may bo hold by ono owner to 3-0 acres , never got beyond second reading. Mr. Gardner of Douglas said ho did not behove in spending , ho state money in printing such bills , and .ho house taking the sumo view of the mat er , the bill was hustled off the files without any ceremony. When the concurrent resolution fixing the Imo for hearing the contested cases for gov ernor nnd other executive Dfllcos was called up for lltial passage , it being a few minutes past noon , it was reported that n clerk of the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills hnd put the bill in his pocket and gene to dinner. Ac order was immediately Issued ' .hat nil employes shall remain nt their posts f duty until the legislature adjourns. 1AT ALL'S IXJVItKD. Whllo Drunk He Fulls Down Stairs in n MnHon City Hotel. MASON CITV , la. , Jan. ! . ( Special Tele gram to THE BKE.J Lleutcnnut Schwatka , rctic explorer and lecturer , was proba bly fatally injured In this city today. Ho had been drinking heavily during the past three days , nnd was today beastly drunk. Upon returning from a drive ho was assisted from .ho carriage , and in ascending the stops of vho hotel , when near the top , foil backwards over the baluster to the floor beneath. Tlio Supreme Court. DBS MOINES , fa. , Jan. 30. [ Special Tele gram to Tim Bun. ] The supreme court filed the following opinions today : C. D. Goldsmith , appellant , va H. L. Wil son , sheriff , otal ; Sac district ; dismissed. J. F. McMurray , appellant , vs D. L. Iluchos ; Lee district ; alnrmed. Ed Sweeney vs II. C. Traverse , , judge , cor- tlorari : proceeding dismissed. Caroline Do Voro , appellant , vs N. M. Tones , sheriff , and A. M. Boyiner ; Cass dis trict ; reversed. Mahaska County State bank vs .T. M. Christ and C. L. Smith , appellants ; Hamil ton district ; modified and affirmed. Joanna Spry , guardian , appellant , vs Hueh Williams , guardian ; Warren district ; af firmed. William Silvers vs H. C. Traverse , Judge , ccrtlorari ; original proceeding dismissed. AVItneHsps In the Mavis Will Case. OTTU.MWA , In. , .fan. 150. [ Special Telegram to Tuu BKI.J Twcnty-fivo witnesses in the will contest case of the millionaire A. J. Davis , now being heard ntBultoCitv , Mont. , left hero last night with Joffarson Davis , the illegitimate son , and his attorneys. The will Is declared to bo a forgery.and the testimony of these witnesses is necessary to procure Jefferson's allowance. The witnesses ore mostly from Van Buron county , whcro the deceased millionaire once resided. An Editorial Convention. la. , Jan. 30. The Fifth dis trict editorial convention is tn session in this city this evening. An address was delivered by President McClelland of the Cedar Rapids Times on "Pioneer Journalism in Iowa , " after which the feasibility of the scheme pro posed by the Northwestern Iowa Editorial association for co-oporntion in printing tholr own patents was discussed. They Carry Things AVItti a High Hand In Hoi miula. BOSTO.V , Mass. , Jan. , 30. [ Special Tele gram toTiiK BUK. ] A Halifax special says : "A letter from Bermuda says the Leicester shire regiment , stationed at that Island and which is under orders to relieve the Duke of Wellington's regiment nt Halifax , contains a largo number of rufUnns who have cre ated a reign of terror in Bermuda. They brutally attacked some men-of-war's mon when the native Bcrmudlans rallied to the support'of the sailors and defeated the sol diers. The latter. In revenge , attacked nnd nearly killed n native , and inst night sixty non-commissioned olllccrs nnd men , armed wltn sticks and , lron bars , laid In am bush for the thirty native workmen in the dock yard , but the colonul , hearing of the dcslf n , sent n Urong escort of troops , who took the riotous soldiers prisoners. Dr. Outorbrldgo , a member of the colonial parlia ment , was waylaid and robbed by two of those ruftlans. Twenty men of the regiment are down for trial by court martial. Thrco Pomona Huniod to Death. FiSDLAr , O. , Jan. 80. The business portion tion of the town of Cygnet , thirteen miles from hero , burned early this morulng. Three persons were burned to death Leon Maloney and his three-year-old daughter and Michael SlatUsry. All the buildings were occupied by families and the occupants barely escaped in their nlcrht clothes. Three or four persons are In u precarious condition from injuries received. The total loss is &H,000 , ; Insurance small. A Pan to in Ccdulnn. BUENOS AVIIES , Jau. 33. ( Special Cable gram to Tut : DEK. ] Thcro is a panicky feel ing In ccdulos and there Is much anxiety ex pressed as to the position of the Provincial mortgage bank. The government has noti fied thu bunk that it must depend upon Its own resources to pay coupons , so fur us Its receipts allow , and mis ordered it to glvo bonds with 1 per cent amortization for the balance. Siilaldcd Wlillo Insane. KiNHAs CITT , Mo. , Jan. 30. Edgar B. Bowo of Cooperutown , III. , wai found dead hero last night. Papers found In bli pookoU tend to show that ho was Insane and suicided. ' TOASTS. m RESOLUTIONS , Ir.Bt Day's FrocS dings of the .Nebraska HE GAVE wAlFE CARBOLIC ACID , Serious .111stnko of n Itontrlco llus- band TrcoiJKcddlors In Trouble A I'nllct : > n l-Veo Tlilnkcr DcdLntcs n To in pic. > \ DKATiiicr , Nch. , .Tan. 30. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tiii : BBC. ! The nineteenth minimi meeting of the Nebraska 1'ress association closed this evening in a blaze of glory nud Is regarded as the most successful In Its history. Today's proceedings comprised a visit by special train to the several manu facturing establishments of the city , most of which Ho contiguous to the railroads. Upon the return to town an In formal business session was held at the Beatrice club rooms nnd the question of leg islative Interference in thoostabllshod rates for lepnt printing was discussed. A commit tee , consisting of two each from the republi can , democratic nnd alliance papers , was ap pointed to look after the interest of the pub lishers of the state Iu the matter of legisla tion. The following resolution was there upon adopted : Resolved , by the Nebraska Press nssoclft- lenin , nnnunl convention assembled , That wo nter an unanimous protest against pending cgislatlon to reduce the rates of legal print- tig In the state , from the fact that the legal rates ere already less rcnumcratlvo ( hau in ithcr states nml that nn attack on the press if the state is nn attack upon the medium hat Is doing the greatest work for the up- mlldlng and prosperity of- the pooplo. At 1:30 : o'clock the visitors wcro shown ibout the city in carriages for an hour and , it 3 o'clock , the business session was ro- mined at the Paddock. Resolutions were idoptod thanking the citizens of Boa * .rice , the local committee and overy- ) ody , for the hospitable reception giv en the association. The election of ofllcers was then proceeded with md resulted ns follows : President. F. O , Simmons , Seward Reporter ; vice presidents , J. M. Huchnor , Nebraska City News ; S. U. { azco , Curtis Courier ; Judson Graves , Ne igh Advocate ; secretary nnd treasurer , Uosa * j. Hammond , Fremont Tribune ; delegates .0 national press convention to be held nt it. Paul , Minn. , iu July , J. V. Kluotaeii , jlncoln Free Press ; J. D. Stlno , Superior fournal ; L. Wcsscll , Jr. , Ldncoln Courier ; II. \l. \ Bushncll , Lincoln Call ; Gcorgo P. Mar vin , Beatrice Democrat. Alternates T. 13. Sodgwick , Yor'.c Times ; M. D. Pollr , Platts- nouth Journal ; J. W. Johnson , Sutton Ad vertiser ; Edfjnr Howard , Papllllon Timos. Fremont , Nob. , was designated as the place of the next annual meeting of the state asso ciation. This evening the association was entertained by n literary nnd manunl traili ng exhibition by the pupils of the asylum 'or imbeciles at the Paddock opera houso. 1'ho exhibition consisted of tambourine drills , marchmcr. dancing and recitations and vocal nusio which would do credit to many pro fessional troupes , nnd reflects the utmost credit upon tho-superintendent and his as sistants nt the lustituto. Following this an informal business moot- ng was held at the Beatrice club rooms , ifter which the association was given a grand jnnquct at the Paddock hotel. Covers were laid for about ono hundred , nnd fullv this lumber was prcs"etif , including mftny ladies , doles' orchestra furnished the music during the banquet. Mrs. Blicody and Moirnrlnml Held. LINCOLN , Nob. , Jftn. 80-Special [ to TUB 3EK. ] The prcliinlrmry examination of the .hroo parsons accused of being. Instrumental n the death of itlohn Shecdy was adjourned oday to. the coubCiU chamber , qnd a cordon of police was noecsJriry to Jteop'otjt tho'cro * . ' During the afternoon a jiumbor , of sharf ' > assages' arms too place 'botwoon the op- losing counsel. The 'session had been ad' ourncd from yesterday until this afternoon .0 allow1 the judge to decldo ns to the ad- mlssihillty of McFarland's confession. Toany lie decided that it could bo admitted , ana Marshal Mcllck was put on the stand to tell t. As Tun Bun has already printed this several times , It Is unnecessary t6 repeat it. No material variation was noted. When Kev , M. C. Walsh , the well known Catholic priest , took the stand there was n craning of necks , nnd for the first time dur ing the afternoon Mrs. Shcedy throw aside her listless' air , nnd ns the reverend gentle man proceeded sho" leaned forward In her chair and fixed her dark eyes upon his face. Kev. Walsh stated that ho had been vlco rec tor of St. Theresa's pro-cathedral in this city until December 1 , when he was assigned to outside missions , but still remained in the city. Ho was removed from the latter posi tion by Bishop Bonacum on last Monday ov- cning'ln the county jail. On Monday last ho received a request , from Mrs. Shcedy fora private interview. Ho refused to go , ns ho thought his position as a witness for the state would bo compromised. The blshoi commanded him to go with Father Fitzgor aid , who was to take notes of the conversa tion , ana ho went under protest. The con versation was cot repeated , but in a sharp colloquy between the prelate and the attorney it was disclosed thai Mrs. Sheody had told Jilm that she wan tec him to modify certain statements ho hni nmdo nt the coroner's Inquest or showouli nmko It hot for him. Strode got baok at him by grandiloquently declaiming that Father Walsh was afraid to meet an Innocent woman face to face alone. An nttomnt was made ti Introduce the conversation which took plno tietweon Mrs. Shcedy nnd Father Walsh a the Shcedy house before the murder , but tilt was excluded as a confidential cotnmunica tlon between pastor and parishioner. This ended the testimony for the state , The court ontortnined'a motion to dismiss the case against Wulstrom and ho was dis charged. The other two , McFarlaud and Mrs. Sliced ) , wcro held , but for what crinio nnd whether they will bo allowed tu give ball or not the court will decide tomorrow , argu ment being sot for to o'clock. A Hnnlmnd's Serious mistake. BEATRICE , isob. , Jan. 80. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tnn BEE.J Mrs. M. S. Nowcomb of this city was given a teaspoonful of car- bolloacld last night by her husband through a mistake- , resulting in inllicting frightful burns that may end fatally. Though still alive the woman suffers fearful pain. The whole Interior ofher ) mouth und throat is one horrible blister. J. A llocijjlvfir for " BnoKEN Bow , Nob" , Jan. 30. [ Special To- ! cgrnm to TUB BEE. The creditors ofV. . H. Cline , who modoWpfisslgtimont recently , mot hero todav and Cu'aVjes IClomnn of the hank of Kloman k Arhhfd wns appointed ns ro- colvcr to close out Ofo stock In lots to dealers , The liabilities art ) .aooutSCO.OOO ; assets about $10,000. "t DruggiHtf ) GENEVA , Nob. , Jan. J30. ISpoclat Telegram to THE BEE. | Dtfd ) , ' Uejin nnd Frank Hams- dell , druggists , of lifter , were arrested yesterday - torday and brought Jiero for soiling liquor without license , aim the cases were con tinued until MenU , > yv A Now TfSitljco Itoom. GENEVA , Neb , , Jan. 30. [ Special Tele gram to Tun HEB.J The Oddfellows and Knights of Pythias in joint session last night decided to build a $15UO ( > hall amllodgo room , nnd adopted ulans. ' furnished by George B. McDonald. ' Afior ttio Klro llugn. GENEVA , Nob. , Jon. M. [ Special Tele gram to Tut : BEE. ] The Insurance compan ies 'aro hot after the parties who started the lira last Saturday night. Some startling de velopment ) may bo expected la n day or two. Ilenth'ti Trouble1 * . MULLCX , Neb , , Jan. 30. [ Special Telegram to THE BBK. | On Sunday afternoon a train load ot railroad laborers , returning from the Black Ullla extension of the B. & M. , ar rived bore and laid over until the next morn ing. The superintendent of the gang , which numbered about two hundred , advised W , H. Heath , ( ho proprietor of n drug utoro saloon- to close up nud avoid trouble. Ho dlsro , gardod the advlca and during tbo evening a light broke out among the drunken navvies , during which Heath wns repeatedly knocked down and kicked for half a block along the sU'eot. Ho w.is severely bruised nnd I mil ( o bo carried homo by frlemls. A deputy Unlled Suites marshal U now in town looking for him to nimvor to a charge of selling liquor without license. _ Movement of Troop * . VAI.BXTIXC , Neb. , .Tun. : iO.-Speclnl [ Tele gram to TIIK BEK. ] Lieutenant Colonel Smith , commanding the Klghth infantry , with headquarters' band nnd Company F , loft hero ( his evening by special train for Fort McKinnoy. At Craw ford ho will bo joined by Company A and take tlio Burlington for Merino , llio present terminus , and march ir ; > miles to fort MctCimiey. Major Wright , the Indian ngenf , nrrlved this evening from Kosobud. accompanied by Interpreter Richard mid Chiefs Ho Dog , Good Voice , Hollow Horn Bear and Trick Bear , all fricndllcs whom hn takes \Vnshlngon to Interview the great fattier. About ono hundred and fifty of the hostile ? were returned to Uoscbtid yesterday under escort of u detachment ( if ( ho Sixth cavalry. Major Lee , Ninth Infantry , who has been detailed by General Mlles for duty nt Uosobud , will leave Pine Kldgo with about ono thousand hostile Urules for Hose- bud tomorrow. Six troops of tlio Sixth cnv- ulry urooxi > octcd to arrive at Fort Niobmm on Sunday from the front. Plntt.qmoiith'n Court House. Pi.ATTSMourn , Neb. , Jnn. 30. [ Special Tele- gmm to Tin : BRI : . ] Tlio county commission ers decided today upon the site for the county court houso. The slto selected Is upon the corner of Main nnd Fourth streets , nnd includes the lots ou which the present county oftlces nro situ ated and thu old residence of U. H. Whcclor. The selection does not meet , however , with the unanimous approval of the citizens , the chief objection being to the limited space. It is only half n block , wtillo thn citizens think that the building should occupy a whole block. It Is nlso somewhat too much down town , nnd there is some talk of requesting a reconsideration of the selection. Half of the site , not already owned by the county , will bo donated by the citizens. This U n " sere spot with "somo of the citizens , ns the down-townors stele a march on tuo up- townors. Tcinplo ol' Mliorty. Fur.t.nnfo.v , Neb. , Jan. 30. [ Special Tclo- grnmtoTim BIK. : ] The now building Just completed byJohnBnrron Mount Jclui , Pul- lortou , Neb , , was dedicated to free thought and the lloerty of reason , January 20 , by celebrating Thomas Palno's anniversary. The programme consisted of music , orations and dancing. Mr. Barr presented- some of the characteristics of Thomas Pnino and was greatly applauded by the ntidicnco. DAKOTA CITV , Neb. , Jan. 30. [ Special to Tur. Br.K.J A largo crowd of sports gath ered in the roar of McGoftln's saloon hi Cov- ingfon to sea a brutal fight between two one- Icggod men , ono Smith from Wisconsin nnd the ether a resident of. Covington , named "Williams. The men iought live llerco rounds , when Williams was knocked out after being badly punished. Ho win injured in the fall and did not come to for some time. All In aVcolc. . GENEVA , Neb. , Jan. 30. [ Special Telegram to TIIK BEE. I George Sanders , purporting to como from Thayer , Mo. , and to bo a capi talist in scach of n location for a wagon fac - tory , arrived here last week : married ono of our young ladles whom hound met before : lived with licr two days ; borrowed ? IO of her , all the money she bad , and left for parts un known. Some of our citizens would like to sco him also. Tree AgeniH ArVcstecl. TECUMSEII , Nob. , Jan. flO. [ Special Tele gram to THE Br.E.l On information sent from the sheriff of Franklin county , Iowa , Sheriff : Zutnvoru today arrested Victor Nobles mur O. It. Hid ! , two 3-oung fruit trco agents , who are charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. XO CHOICE IS ILll\OIS. Two 31oro Ilnlluts Taken Yesterday "Without HcHiiIt. 111. , Jau. 30. The Joint'as- scmbly of the legislature , after Inking two ballots for "United States senator , adjourned until 110011 tomorrow. Investigating Taiilicnroir. SrnixoriEU ) , 111. , Jan. 30. Itumsoy , Part ridge and Moore , siib-comaitttco of the Tim beneck investigating committee , who nro to investigate the report that Taubencck is the same man who served a portion of a term in the Columbus , O. , penitentiary for forgery , loft for that city tonight. Taubencck ac companied them to afford nil facilities for identification. A Truce Ajjt-ccd Upon. Si'iiixonrsi.n , 111. , Jan. SO. Members of both houses nro leaving the city for homo to- xilRlit and thcro will probably not bo u dozen present tomorrow in the joint assembly. A truc.0 has been agreed upon which Is to last until Tuesday. All the momooM concede now tbnt the senatorial contest is likely to bo prolonccd through raan3' weary weeks. John P. Steclo , who It Is said will , bo taken up by the Farmers' Mutual Bcnoflt'associatlon rep resentatives , Is In the city. In an Interview ho said ho docs not consider himself a possi bility ns n senatorial candidate. It is likely that beginning with next Tuesday n great number of ballots will bo taken each day. Cockrell ( Farmers' Mutual DonelK nssocla- tlon ) said tonight that ho menus to urge upon the republicans that , beginning Tuesday , bal loting should continuo day and night until somebody Is elected , Chairman Fuller of the republican steering committco favored this plan , nnd Mr. Rood of thu democratic com mittee said this evening that it wns Just what tlio democrats had been trying to do for two weeks. _ South Dakota Legislative Bribery. PIBIUIE , S. D. , Jan. ! ) . The report of the bribery committee will bo road in the house tomorrow. It contains much Interesting tes timony. Representative Ctirlstcnsen said that Clarke Korapaugh offered him 500 to vote for the Drown county contestant , Hcp- rosentntlvo Dahlersaid Dr.Brown of Yankton agency offered him anything he wanted in theslmpeof money or position if ho would vote for Moody. Uepresontatlvo Stevens said that Uaorpaugh offered him n $ lr , < 00 position if would net with the re publicans. Representative Kelly said a man named welch offered to get him $1.000 If ho would vote for Moody and for ro- tnliiing the Lawrence county contcstcos. Kcprcsontntlvo Hall said James Irwm offered him f 1,000 if ho would stay out of the repub lican caucus. _ A Itcsiilutloii Condemning Cnmnroii. HAHUisnruo , Pa. , Jan. i0. ! A resolution was offered today In the house condemning Senator Cameron's course on the sliver quoi tlon aud elections bill and calling upon htm to adheru closely to his party principles or resign from the United States senate. So much opposition to the resolution developed , howpver , that Representative Thompson al lowed it to drop. ItVjin Unnutliorzcd. : ' , Mo. , Jan. ao , A letter Is published hero from Secretary Beaumont of the National Citizens' Alliance , organized at Ocnla , Fli. , saying the convention held nt Topeka was unauthorised. A dispatch from Topeka says , arrange ments Imvo Ixtcn completed for holding u third party convention May ID , One linllot Tnknu Without Cln\ii o. Piititnr , S. D. , Jan , 30. The Joint assembly took ono ballot for United States senator to day witnout material change. TlicCnl-.l Wnvo Klgnnl. The following dispatch from Washington was received at the signal onico In this cty lastmghtr llo'Hloold wnyo felximl. Temperature will full to about ten degree * above- zero by Sun day morning. CJiuii.v : , _ _ Hon. E. P. Koggcn la in the city. GOOD LUCK TO THE FARM , So Says Eobsrt 0. lugcrsoll In an Interview nt Chicago. N JAIL ON THE EVE OF HIS NUPTIALS , Uncnmnirtnlilo KxiturlrnccnCii Young llloml IVoni New York tt'orlil's Fair I'rcpiirat IOIIM ICt tic ) Towno's Ij.itc.st Move. CHICAGO , Jan. 30-fSpccltil Telegram to I'nr. UIK. : | Colonel Kobert O. lugersoll , no- coniimnioil b.v his wife , arrived In the city his morning from the cost and will leave Ills evening forliutte , Mont. , to content the famous Davis will. During a brlof cliftt lie- fore n grate lire in hit room nt the Grniul Vfl clilo the colonel , In answer to n question ns to the probability of Uovcniot11111 being the n-csldontlal canillilato In ISO , ; , now thnt ho md hecn cloctoil to thn senate , said : "Woll , you know , once that n man becomes a presidential canaidate , ho ales ono. Illll wns otm In 1888. " " \Vhnt \ are the presidential probabilities In New York for 18ft2J" "I have not lived In Now Vorlc longciioiigh to give n good guoas. 'I'ho sUite U ropuulican when the Issue Is important enough to got nil .110 voters to the polls. Let HB hope ( lint the ssuowill bo important in 180'J and that the weather will bo fair. " ' Should Hilt heconionn active e.itullihito Is t thought thnt Cleveland will eonscnt to enter the race , It belli ? coinmonlv supposed that Hill can have the solid Now York dele gation } " "I think ( tint Cleveland Ims entered the race and it looks now n * though ho hnd a lead , It is none of my business , but of oourso I hope that Hill ami Cleveland will light It out to the bitter end , 'Go it husband , poll bear. " ' "Will the farmers' nlllnnec over succeed in fainlng sulUclcut prestige to successfully launrh n presidential candidate In ttin Held I" ' The fnnnors ought to set n candidate in the field. In many things I sympathl/o with the farmers. They nro ubout tlio best people wchavo. They work hard an < l Imvo few of the luxuries of llfo. Lot them unlto and do what they can for themselves. They may ask for more than they can get , but I hope that they will get something. 1 hope that our farmers will never become peasants. Of nil people they should bo Independent and they should hnvo the courage of their convle- tions. They can afford to talk , IMO matter what they may say , corn will grow for them nnd they can laugh at opposition , Good luck to the fanners. " A I.OVEH'S 1'HKI)1CAM1XT. A cold cell nt the Armory police station on the cvo of ono's nuptials is probably one of the most depressing experiences it man could have. Yet that is what a prominent young mnn named Kobcrt II. Cramer underwent last night. Ho Is n son of John Van Hens- seiner Cramer of Now York , a former minister to Switzerland , and part ner of Thomas L , . .Tainos in the management of the International bank of Now York. Mr. James was formerly post master of the metropolis. Cramer , Jr. , en tered Into partnership with Willis Hawkins , an old newspaper man of Chicago , to publish a magazine. Tno venture was u failure ami Cramer attributed Ids arrest , which took pluco last evening , to the fact that several advertising nconts miido a great mnny contracts for space for which they had received money which nionoy they kept after the magazine fluked and were then unaulo to inako their contracts good. William I'enn Nixon , editor of the Inter Ocean , went ball for the young man In the amount of # 1.000 this morning. Being askea what brought him to Chicago , Mr. Cramer Hushed , hesitated and then ad mitted that ho had cotno to arrange the de tails of his marriage to a well known young society lady of. this city. Tin : m > niiAi , BximitT. The irovonmicnt bonrd of control this after noon selected n site for the federal exhibit. The building is to bo placed upon a plat of fifteen acres on the lake shore In .lacksoti park , opposite Fifty-ninth streot. The main building will cover four acres. The descrip tion uml location of theother buildings of the federal exhibit has already been published by TUB HUB. KINO KKI.LT OOKS TO CIIICVOO. It would seem that Chicago is to have with It onso inoro as Its own , the only Michael .1. Kelly. Boston has began overtures to Chicago cage and has offered to mvap the king for llttlo Duffy , and the chance. ) arc that Captain Auson will make the exchange. ITIIII : : , TOWSIJ AGAIN. A dispatch of sumo length from Cincinnati ( rives the details of the arrest there of Kthul Towno , known to fame In Omaha and Lin coln as Helen Anthony Kogcra. This morn- inif she was taken before Colonel Deltspti , where she told her story In an Impressive way , When she went tkero a few days ago she put up at the Hotel Kmory and at once sought employment. This she claimed , to have obtained and after working a day , she was discharged , her employer Hmlltif ; out who she was. Pen niless and nlonc , with $1 In her pocket , she loft the Hotel and calling a haekinau gave him the money and told him to take her to n snorting house on * Lungworth street. At this place no ono know her until a few days BRO , when the prose cuting attorney of Terre Haute and a party of friends called there , recognized nor and told who she was. Lieutenant of I'olivo Earning of this city wont there , nr- rested her and took her to the house of de tention. This morning she was discharged and the notion of the lieutenant in causing her arrest will probably bo Inquired into by the commissioners. COXFr.llKNXT. OK NASHUA ! . ! , MAfl.VATKS. L.eaguo Presidents SpnlditiK of Chlcnpo , Uobison of Cleveland , Hrush of Cincinnati , Ucach of Philadelphia , nml O'Neill of Pitts- hurg held nn informal mostlng hero todtiy. PresidentsThurman of the American asso ciation and I'rlnco of the Uoston nssc.cia- tion club will nrnvo tomorrow. Those two1 form a special committee to decide upon us- tnblUhingaa. Association club in Chicago , Uobison and Hrush will report progress in Cincinnati , and final action will bo takon. O'Neill nnd Thurman will argue thoHier- bowcrcnso , Hrusli and Itohis'on upholding the league's claim nnd Kench agreeing with Tim rm a n. A TA1II.KT TO MIIS. HA VM. Luov "Webb Hayes' memory will bo pre served In a tablet to bo created In the now fifteen-story toinpornm-o temnlo hero. A Hr- cular is to he Issued asking that 1 cent Lo collected from each member of the Woman's Christian Tumporapco union the coun try over for the purpose of erecting the tablet. The aggregate sum thus obtained will be .sufttcicnt to erect n Imndsoino tablet containing a record df tlin life , virtues nnd achievements of the wife of the ox-presMont. MIMA Aimorr'ii Bt'ccr-ssoii. Kmma Mubcllu linker , wife of Gcorgo Hrodcrielf , Is not to take Kriiinu Abbott's' placoln the Abbott opera company , although such an announcement has been mado. Mrs , Uuorge , Itrodurick is n contratto , and now wltnthu Lottii company. Kniimilirodcrlck , wife of AVIlllnm Hrodcriek , Bonrano , la the ouo who is to succeed Kmma Abbott. WKSTKUX pHon.i : i.v cniCAno. Among the westerners in the city nro the following ! At the Auditorium Mr. nnd Mrs. .7. 11 , Uumon and J. I * . Lutnncr , Omaha ; Charles T. Line. Lognn , In. At the Wellington II. Manlsor , Hcatrico , Isob. Isob.At At the Palmer Mr. nnd Mrs. A. II , Har rington , Hoono. la. Atthodrand I'aclllc C. n. Woodwcrth , S. U Wiley , Ocotgo M. Tihho , Omnhn. Hev , Amoroso ( ' . Smith of Parsons college , Pnirlleld , la. , preached the funeral sermon of the lute capitalist , I ) . II. Campbell , lioro to day. Tlio Injunction IH I'orjiotual. DBS Moixns , In. , Jan , . ' { 0 , In the certlarnrl proceedings from Wapcllo county In the cast ) of William Silvers v Judge Traverse , the supreme court today decided that an in junction against n building under the lown prohibitory law remains In foiru after the- original party abandons the placi * . The in junction therefore is binding on his suc cessor , and perimtunl so farasthn building I * concerned. The decision U repanjetl as u great victory fort ho pra A UNION [ c-ONIIXfKD ritOM KIIIST I'AOK.J provisions. H authorized the rnllronil to build a wngon bridge ami toll bridge and to issue bonds ( herofor which It ouuhl not have done in tlio ahsoneo of this law. It author \ ized tlio railroad to levy and collect tolls for freight ami passengers In addition to tlio charges for local travel , and finally , congress / reserved to itscll thu right to regulate the / tolls niul charges for the services aforesaid. This bridge was authorized for the purpose of making n more perfect connection of any raliroiuls tlinn uro or shall uo constructed ( o the Missouri river , at or near Council UhilTs. la. , nnd Omaha , Nob. ' % The loeid travel liorr-lnbeforo provided for , " 1 lake It , is that which Is made up of the ordlimrv vehicles , horses , cattle , footmen , ettv , etc * . , usually found passing to and fro , and from _ . place to plncn , whlUt ( ho freight and pnssoiii * " get- clause refers to freight and passenger * transported cu cars , whether belonging to the fiilon P.vllle or some other ro.ul. It in in effect n public bridge , with tlio right re served to the railroad to collect tolls for the use of the same and nt sui-ti reasonable rales n * the road , in the exercise of Us Judgment , may presrrlbo until congress sew. proper to regulate the rates us It tins reserved the right to do. Now , the Union 1'aeille Is empowered , governed and limited by ( ho provisions of the said net of .Inly iB , iNJif , so far an the use and operation of thubitdgo is eoiicerned. The Ilrst section of the act of congress of .luly M , ISiW , before referred to , nmlics it lawful for any persons or corporations having authority from the states of Illinois nud Mis- sourl to build a bridge cross the Mississippi river at Qulncy , 111. This section declares that the company or person no building thu bridge shall have au thority to lay ou and over sidfi bridge , rail way tracks , for the move perfect , connection of any railroads that nro or shall bo am. , smtotcil to thosnld rlvernt or opposite said point , nnd that when constructed all ( tains of all road * terminating nt said river nt or opposite said point , shall bo allowed to oroin said bridge for reasonable componsaUon , to be umdo to the owners of said bridge , under the limitations and considerations hereinafter provided. Tlio ether parts of this act pro- viilo for building other bridges , regulating their construction , etc. , nud need not bo quoted hero. It will bo seen that , the Union I'nciilo hridgo company must rely fortho"UMo nnd protection. " nnd Is empowered , gov erned and limited by the provisions of the said net of July JJJ > , 18(50 ( , so far as the sumo nro applicable. All railroads terminating at Quincat the time the law was passed , and such as infill thereafter bo constructed , hnd the right , under this law , to use ( ho bridge try making Just and reasonable compensation for the use of the same , That was ouo of the conditions of the grant , und the brlilgc company was bound and "gov erned" thereby. Hero again wo find ovl- denco of the Intention of congress to provide for the moro "perfect" connection of rail roads. The said net of congress of IS71 starts out by saying : "That far tlio more perfect connection of nny railroads that are or shall be constructed to the Missouri river nt or near Council Blurts , In , , and Omnhn , Neb. , " the Union Pacific rail road company shall have the right to Issue bonds , etc. , to build the bridge ; but in the use and protection of ( ho bridge it should ho empowered , governed nnd limited by the aet of congress of July 23 , ISilrt , before referred to. This being so It follows that railroads terminating nt Council DlufTs or Omaha have a right to the use of the bridge v at those points over which ( heir ( rains may jf run , under proper rules and regulations , cs- ' tablishcd U.v competent authority , subject to tuorlghtof the Union Pacific railroad com pany tolovy nnd collect tolls which shall con stitute n rousonnblo compensation for tlio use of the hridgo and its approaches. If such railroads are denied this right and refused the privileges of using the liride-j - for the purpose of crossing the river with their trains , or if the rate of compensation v for such use cannot bo agreed upon , or if v , proper ( line tnblo or schedules cannot bo arranged - > , , ranged by proper nutlvonty without resort to the courts , then It is altogether probable that a court of equity will point out n remedy and compel the performance of a duty whli'li ought to bo voluntarily performed. 8. II. ir. Clark on tti ; SHnation. S. H. H. Clark , general manager of the Union Pacific , lust night in speaking of the decision of .luilgo Dundy , said : "This decision -was no surprise ( o mo , as I know all the tlinn that we bad the law on our side , and this decision . fully settles the question that the old document was not n contract. "Wo stood ready nnd willing from the ilrst to allow the Kock Island and nil oilier roads to enter Omaha by way of our bridRe. Wo were also willing for them to como Into the union dope * , though wo were losing money by the opera tion. Thn Hock Island wns'topny $3,7."iO for tills privilege. This amount would not begin to pay llio expense of keeping the traelc nnd yards in repair. The only point whcro wo could not agree was on the use of terminals. They wanted to run bcvoifd tlio depot , nnd wo objected , as wo need all that truckage for ourselves. "Regarding future action , T can only snv that the Union Pacific Is still ready and will ing to do all that Is fair. Wo will lot the Hock Island and all other roads pull tholf trains over the bridge and into the depot whenever wo can atrrco upon n fair nnd equitable basis. I renli/o that it would be a great bonoflt to Omaha to have these roads como to this sldo of the river , and I want tn state that I would bo tlio last man who would place a straw In the way to iujuroor impair thoprosporlty of this city , notwithstanding thn fact that our road would bo injured by such a deal , us it would force us to divide the trafllc. " The liluyuln Race. The score nt the close of the bloyclo race nt the ColUuum last night was as follows : ; Miles. l'-ips. ! Heading 2.T ! i Martin U.ir 1 ncrwlng - . ii'iT Ashltifc'cr 'J55 0 Colonel Champion S. Chase nnd Clement Chase left for Now York yesterday afternoon. Both tlio method anil results when Syrtip of FIga ia tukcn ; it is plcimiuit anil refreshing to tlio tusle , niul acts gently yet promptly on tlio Kidneys , Liver nud Dowels , clonuses the sys tem cflbctually , ( Hands colds , head aches nnd favors and cures Imbitiml constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy oi its kind over pro duced , pleasing to tlio tnslo nnd rtc- ccptulilo to the Etonmcli , prompt iu its notion and truly licnclicinl in ita effects , prepared only from tbo moit healthy and ngreeahjo substances , its many excellent qualities commend it to all nnd hnvo made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale In fiOo and $1 bottles ny all leading drug gista. Any reliable druggist who may not Imvo it ou hand will pro cure it promptly for any ono who wishes to try it. Do not accept nny substitute. GALIFORHtA FIG SYRUP CO. SKH fHANOISCO , OAl. [ OUISVIUE , M. NEW W K , Hf.
