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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-01
Royal baking powder at Emmert's.
Visiting The Old Home.

If you have in mind trip to the old
homestead and have decided to 60 via
Chicago, remember that the Santa Fe
route runs three through trains between
Kansas City and Chicago, 1.-TWO at night
and onein the morning. so that if ticket
limits permit, little time can be spent at
Kansas City without being obliged to wait
twenty-four hours for the next train east.
G. T. Nicholson, q. ?. & 7. A., Santa
Fe route, Topeka, Kas. j. J. Byrne, A.
G.. p. x T. A., Chicago.
Potatoes that you can eat, at Emmert's.
Watch for the bargain list on Septem-
Der ! at Emmert's.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-01

Peter Powers, the hospitable landlord
OF the Pecos valley J. F. Cooper, of the
Pecos Lumber Co., and the veteran sold
Ter and pioneer, Capt. John Dalton, are in
from the Pecos country buying supplies
to-day.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-01
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars.

No change is made by sleeping car passengers
between San Francisco and Kansas City, or
San Diego and Los Angeles and Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
NEBRASKA'S LAW OF DEBT,

HOOPER, Ncb., May 26.-To the Editor of
THE BEE: In THE SUNDAY BEE you say in
one of your editorials, sit is in the power of
the merchants to compel the dishonest to pay
up by refusing credit"
can hardly agree with you on this point.
1t is easy enough for a merchant to refuse
credit to a man that has proven himself dis
honest (at the.expense of some one else), but
il is daily occurrence that some merchant
is beaten by men who were supposed to be
honest, who have carried honest names
in the community for years. Yes, they keep
their true character (or what is left of it, so
CLOSELY yelled merely because they know
when they have once gained n reputation for
honesty they can make all the more of a
legalzed theft That is virtually what it
amounts to. The law of our great state says
to the robbcr of confidence and neccssaries OF
life, if you can cvadc payment of your bills
for five years you may leap INTO the scales OF
the goddess of Justice and you Will not be
found wanting, and you will receive protec-
tion. Your bills are not to be payed; your
debt for merchandise is cancelled because
Won have cVaded me all of these long five
wears: go home and do it some more. If the
merchant is to be beaten or rather If
his goods are to be stolen without any
protection from our laws, then the thief that
enters my store at night and steals my goods,
is more of a man, in my estimation, than the
legalized one The former only takes my
goods while the latter takes both goods and
the confidence have placed i'll him.
| ask you and all fair-minded men in which
way are we driftingl Are our laws on this
point not educating u certain class of people
to dishonesty. 1t is not the honest consumer
that the merchants of Nebraska complain of.
Honest men will pay their bills even if they
are poor, while u certain share of Well-tO-do
ones will not pay, Whyi Because the law
says they don't have TO pay for merchandise
if they will only cvade our statutes for hyc
wears The only clause left for merchants with
such men or women is TO sue the account, get
a Judgment, pay all costs, have IL renewed
every five years, and then get it If you can.
If bill We're passed at our next legislature
as proposed by the merchants at the recent
convention in Omaha, il would not be benc
fit to the merchants only but blessing TO
the consumers that are always hanging onto
our law for protection.
They would not buy more than they could
pay for. II would be a road to prosperity for
them and would save thousands of dollars
annually which could be put into more useful
channels than being wasted by legalizcd
thieves as Is the custom today. Merchandise
could be sold at a closer margin, in
short it would be the greatest stimulant
TO trade that the state has ever experienced.
II would save numerous merchants from being
ruined and being closed out by the sheriff,
and they could all pay their bills more
promptly TO wholesalers
The BEE always seems to advocate what is
right and Just. l hope il will nov also stand
by the merchants and aid them in getting
laws that will be benefit to both consumer
and seller. A COUNTRY MERCHANT.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
Nebra ska and IoYa Patents.

WAsuGNGroN, May 27.-[Special Telegram
to THE BEE. Patents granted today AL.
vim j. Austin, Shelby, Neb., egg beater;
John B. Bartholomew, Des Moines, Ia, pea
Blee, Manila, Ia, end gate; Harmon
Bussel, Ross, Ia, end gate for wagon !;
Alex Caldwell, Essex, Ia, cultvator; Chan
dler Dudley, Whiting, Ia, saw sharpener de-
vice; John Dullenty, Waverly, Neb., cutiva-
excavator; Howard Hitchcock, Reinbeck, Ia,
draft equalizer; Adolph Lassack, Oxford
Junction, Ia, hay loader; James B. Morgan
Davenport, Ia, match box; George W. Sum
mons, Oak Grove, Ia, car coupling; Charles
G.. Wheeland, Brush Creek Ia, car coupling
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
Fremont Tribune.

FREMONT IiDUH
The climax has been reached. The gov
ernor has called an extra session of the legis-
lature. The twelve hundred thousand spec
tators in Nebraska who have been watching
this state house farce are dazed.
The people, we believe, demand a law pro-
viding for the adoption of the Australian bal
lot in this state. The system has already
been adopted in other states with satisfactory
results. 1t unquestionably provides for eff
fective and proper safeguards about the bal
lot box. Nebraska will have this system.
But inasmuch as the legislature will meet
next winter in regular session the people can
well afford to wait until then for this law.
The legislature which is now called together
refused to pass a bill at its session
of 1889, providing for the law. The
people prefer to wait ana have a legislature
consider the question which has been elected
with special reference to it, There is no
great amount of illegal voting in an agricul-
tural state like Nebraska anyway, But the
law is good one ana could be enacted at the
regular session. 1t will keep till then. The
second proposition is to give expression on
the silver question in order that the Nebraska
delegation in congress can be governed ac-
cordingly. The legislature has no jurisdic-
gress. All it can do is to pass a resolution
and it may be that Il cannot even do that If
the governor or tbeiptembers of the congress
sional delegation desired to know how the
members of the legislature stand on the sill
yer question it would be simple
matter to address an inquiry to each
of the 1873 statesmepy That would have been
much more expeditions and it would only
cost 81 66 to covertp6stage, instead OF any
where from 10000 TO $4,000 by summoning
the legislators to Lincoln.
Finally the rate question. There is wide
spread demand for a change of some kind.
The governors call necessitates the passage
of u maximum rate law 1t will have to be
that or nothing. Perhaps it will be nothins.
Perhaps it had better be nothing, There IS
a very grave doubt whether the people want
maximum rate law. 1t is historical fact
that states which have tried 1t
have abandoned it, II the governor
had in his call given the legisla-
ture sufficient latitude it might do
something practical If he had enlarged the
scope OF the call so that il the legislature
found it unwise 10 enact maximum rate law
IL might submit an amendment TO the consti-
tuition providing for railway commission TO
be elected by the people. Iowa has TINS sort
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
The Two DakOtas.

Spearfish is 1857 feet above the sea level.
A fire company is being organized at
Menno
Seventy-fve mon are at work on the Sioux
Falls packing house.
The prospects are encouraging for an enor-
nous wild plum crop.
The kick of horse resulted in the death of
Heinrich Butler near Silver Lake.
Among party of Russian emigrants who
arrived at Bowdle the other day was an old
lady who owns up to being 1876.
Two footpads held up a freighter between
Deadwood and Central the other evening,
but secured only a dime for their pains.
Work has commenced on the new Ward
county court house at MinOt The building
is to be of brickand stone and vii cost $4,000.
A Bridgewater boy na2led Largley swal-
lowed an open penknife few days ago, and
as yet no serious consequences have resulted.
The Dawson county Farmers alliance in
session at Mitchell instructed its delegates to
the state convention to oppose Independent
political action and not to endorse woman
suffrage
The stencil from dead cattle and horses ly-
ing along the Milwaukee tracks near YanlIton
has become so nauSeating that the county
commissioners have been called on to suppress
the nuisance.
A boy named Fieldsend was dragged to
death near Minnesota by a horse the other
day. He had tied one end of Il rope around
his waist and the other end was around the
neck of the horse
Michael Allen was bound over at Moor
head to await the action of the grand Jury by
Judge Titus for stealing a horse and buggy
from Doylc's livery stable at Fargo. He took
the rig to Hawley and tried to sell it. Allen
claims he was drunk.
Spotted Grow, the bad Indian from Bad
river, appeared before the United States
court at Pierre the other day and was bound
over for trial in the sum of $500. S. @. is
charged with hitting Old Sally, his mother
in-laW, ON the head with his little hatchet.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
COUNTING THE PEOPLE.
Some of the Inquiries to be Made by
the Census Enumerators in j une.

the Census Enumerators in j lne.
Hon. Robert p. Porter, United Stttes su-
perintendent of census asks The BE to pub
lish the following:
The eleventh census of the Unit States
will be taken during the month of me. The
census enumerators will begin thei work on
Monday, June ,, and will visit ey cry house
aud ask questions concerning every person
and every family in the United States.
The questions that will be asked call for
the name of every person residing i'll the
United States on the first day of June, with
their sex and age, and whether white, black,
mulatto, quadroOn, octoroOn, or Chinese,
Japanese, or Indian. Inquiry will be made
also of every person as to whether they are
single, married, wild owed, or divorced, and,
if married, whether married during the CEN
sus year.
The place of bir l of each person, and the
place of birth of the father and mother Of
each person, will also be called for as well as
a statement as to the profession, trade or oc-
cupation followed and the number OF months
unemployed during the census year. For all
persons ten years of age or over return
must be made by the cnumeratOr as to the
number able TO read and write, and also to
the number who can speak English. For
those who cannot speak English the partlcu-
lar language or dialect spoken by them will
he ascertained. For children OF school age,
also the number of months they attend school
will be recorded by the census enumeratOrS,
In the case of mothers an inquiry Will be
made as to the number of children they have
had and the number of these children living
at the present time This inquiry is to be
made of all women who are or have been
married, including all who are widows or
have been divorced l'oreign-bo males OF
adult age, that is twenty-One years of age on
over will be asked as 10 the number OF years
they have been in the United States, and
whether they are naturalized or have taken
out naturalization papers.
OF the head of each family visited the ques-
ton will he asked as 10 the number OF per-
sons in the family and whether his home Is
owned or hired; also, If owned, whether the
home is free from mortgage incumbranCe, II
the head oil the family Is farmer, similar IN
quries will be made concerning the owner
ship of the farm,
In addition TO these inquiries all of which
are made on the population schedule, the law
under which the census is taken makes pro-
vision for special inquiries concerning such
of the population as may be mentally or
physically defective IN any respect, that Is,
insane. feeble minded, deaf, blind or crippled
or who may be temporarily disabled by sick
ness, disease or accident at the time
of the cnumeratOr's visit. Certain
special inquiries will also be made concerning
inmates of prisons and refOrmat0ries and OF
charitable and benevolent institutions. Be
sides this a statement will be called for con-
cerning all persons who have died during the
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
STATE JOTTINGS.
nebraska.


The oalsdalc cornet band has been rcor-
ganized.
Hog cholera has appeared in the vicinity of
1ndianola
A lodge of Oddelflows is to DO instituted
at Neulaha City.
Coleridee now has one saloon and expects
TO have another shortly.
There is every probability that Catholic
church will soon be built at Superior.
Rev Silas Cooke has been installed rs pas
tor of the Presbyterian church Mt Hebron.
The union teachers institute of Nemah
and johnson counties will hold session ut
Tecumseh July 10.
GA young on of Charles Neal of Peru had
several ribs caved in by the kick of horse,
but he will recover.
The Leigh World has entered upon the
fifth year of its existence with bright pros
poets for long and useful life.
George NJ, Kearns, farmer near Loup
City, had one of his legs broken by the kick
of a colt which he was leading.
There is a maidstone at Rushville which has
proven efficaCious when applied to rattle
snake bites as well as to wounds produced by
dogs.
The remains of the late o. B. Willard, for
merly editor of the Loup City Times, have
been removed to Grand Island, where his rel
atives reside
preliminary organization of Sons of Vet
erans has been formed at OalIdale and the
camp will be mustered in in time to partici-
pate in the Memorial day exercises.
Fairbury has another mad dog scare, as
the result of which several fat cattle which
had been bitten by rabid dogs have been
killed, and u general slaughter of CANNES is
in progress.
John Shornsberger, a twelve-year-old
Genoa lad, was hit on the leg with shiny
club last February and so badly injured that
it was found necessary the other day to am
putate the limb.
The Tekamah churches Joined in a union
memorial service at the opera house, Sunday,
and the building was crowded with old vet
erans and their friends Rev. Mr.. Pugh de-
livered the address.
During saloon brawl at O'Neill Ernest
Weeks disfigured erom Terney for life by
nearly biting off the latter's nose. Weeks
was arrested and held in bonds of $50 for
trial in the district court
Mrs. Elmira Sage, living near Doniphan,
has been taken to the Lincoln insane asylum
for the fourth time Her condition was
caused by religious excitement and she re-
Gently attempted suicide by hanging.
An italian woman bound for Custer City,
S. D., gave birth to a lusty infant on an Elk
horn train near Chadron the other day. The
baggage car was vacated by the trunk
smasher in order to give the woman suitable
quarters, and every lady on the train assisted
in hn
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28

at once lifted from the very verge OF
bankruptcy 10 n most lucrative and
rushing business in manufacturing hy-
drants and lmaldng castings for the
waterworks company.
And Davis, ,othe venal traitor who pre-
sided at the Iininger banquet, wants
ten thousand for his damaged reputa-
tionl That is the coolest thing of all.
Davis is, If fauything, more thrifty than
McLearie. Although the charter makes
it high misdemeanor for any council
man to be directly or indirectly interest
ed in a contract with the city, or to fur
nish materials to any contractor, he has
in defiance OF the law repaired fire de-
partment engines, manufactured thou
sands of dog tags for the city, besides
doing a very paying business for the
street railways, to whom the council
refunded over twenty-five thousand dol
lars after it had been paid into the treas
ury for paving taxes.
And Wheeler, who has been holding
up everybody for "more insurance" and
is one of the leading spirits of the COM
bine, is awfully indignant that his repu-
tation has been assailed.
Are we in the hands of gang Of con-
spirators? Are men who band together
for plumber and patronage anything else
than conspirators? Are councilmen
who are soul and body the property of
franchised corporations conspirators
when they plot together to vote away
the peoples money?
Are men who belong to oath-bound
political clubs that set up jobs and
schemes against the welfare of the city
conspirators?
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
HEAVILY.ARMED BATTLE SHIl

HEIVIL Y-ARMED BATTLE SHIPS.
BY considerable majority the senate
on Monday voted in favor of constructing
three heavily-armed battle ships, to cost
four million dollars each, for the defense
of the principal seaports. The discussion
of this proposition occupied several days,
during which there was produced a
pretty strong array of facts to show that
such vessels were not needed and
could be of very little SER
vice should an emergency arise re-
quiring the defense of any of our seaports.
1t was shown that there are but two or
three ports on the entire seacoast, none
of which would be in serious danger
from n foreign enemy, into which ships
of the class it is purposed to build could
enter, the depth of water at all the others
being insufficient to float vessels drawing
twenty-five feet. These battle ships
would look formidable. but if
called upon for service would
be very likely ineffective. They
could not travel fast or be handled rap
idly and would be at the mercy of swift
and easily maneuvered ironclads. But
an influence in the navy was strong
enough to convince senators that the
country needed few heavy battle ships,
and the weightiest arguments were una
BILE to overcome this influence.
We do not know exactly what the
contemplated expenditure for additions
to the navy amounts to, but it is II
good round sum, not less than
twenty million dollars, and it
will be the duty of the house to cut it
down to the extent Mt least of the sum
proposed to be invested in heavily
armed battle ships. That body has pro-
nounced against such ships, and it
should insist upon its position. The
vote for this unnecessary expenditure in
the senate was given under the prompt
ing of naval influence; the duty of the
house will be to consider the interests of
the people in the matter. 1t is
quite natural that naval officers
should desire to emulate European pow
ers in having great ships of war, but the
people OF this country, who must pay the
bills, have no sympathy with this sort Of
ambition. Besides, congress is showing
a far too lavish disposition in appropria-
tions, and unless it is Indifferent to the
danger of II heavy deficit it must begin
to materially reduce proposed expendi-
lures, According to the latest estimates
of the cost of appropriation bills
passed and pending, leaving out of con-
sidcration possible appropriations for
coast deienses, the direct tax bill, and
other purposes not yet developed, there
is threatened deficit of not less than
one hundred million dollars. This might
not be, in the opinion of some, as objec-
tionable as accommodating surplus of that
amount, but great deal Of this mani
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
ARE THEY CONspIRA ToRsY

Seven members of the infamous council
combine have had the audacity to file
petitions in court against THE BEE for
alleged libel to their regulations because
we have seen fit to charge that they
have conspired to divide among them
selves and their corrupt associates the
patronage of the city government.
With suggestive unanimity each of the
seven common scoundrels have placed
their claim for damages at ten thousand
dollars.
How modest these fellows are, to be
sure. But why do they go into court to
resent the charge that they are conspir-
ators? Conspiracy is defined by Web
ster as "a combination of two or more
for an evil purpose" and to conspire is
defined as ''to unite or covenant to-
gether for an evil purpose; to plot to-
gether; to concur to one end.
Now the question is, are Chaffee,
Davis, Shriver, Wheeler, Olsen, Blumer
and McLearie combined together for
any good purpose on earth? 1t is COM
mon and customary for members of leg
islative bodies belonging to the same
political party to caucus and combine
upon the choice of officers of such
bodies and to act in concert
in support of certain policies which their
respective political parties are pledged
to carry out and vitalize. Was this the
purpose for which the council combine
was formed? There are ten republicans
in the council, which is clear working
ma ajority of that body. 1t was eminently
proper for these ten members to com
bine and organize the council. But these
seven republicans banded together with
five democrats, not for promoting great
principle or protecting the interests of
the Taxpayers but for the purpose of
controlling tn, municipal patronage,
ladling it out amc 1g a gang of barnacles
and boodlers who were banded to-
gether by w. j. Broatch to fasten
their grip upon the city government.
1t is notorious that an alliance with con-
tractors was formed to rope in
vulnerable members of tho council
by corrupt offers and promises.
To make success doubly sure and
give the combine supremacy the for
ty-fve thousand dollar gas claim was
engineered by Mayor Broatch, the most
infamous of all the conspirators, through
the late council and the last act of his
rotten administration was to approve the
appropriation for the gas claim then
pending in court. And while the gas
company was enlisted for the combine on
one side, the waterworlls company was
the other side. McLearie who
wants ten thousand dollars for his dam
aged reputation was swapped off like a
chattel to the combine for the chairman
ship of the waterworks committee, and
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28

Of commission and the Iowa freight schedule
satisfies the widest dreams Of an anti
monopolist.
The rate question is the only one Of the
three which affords any grounds for the
governors action. And the consideration OF
this question is so circumscribed by the gov
ernor as to practically nullify its effect. Now
then, what will the people get for the $1,000
per week they will pay for the legislative
farcel The people are about to speak their
minds on these questions by the election Of
legislature with special reference to each Of
these three subjects, among other things.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28

COUNCILMAN BLUMER still insists
that his partner must be made chairman
of the board of public works. What
possible object can Mr.. Blumer have in
trying to foist his partner into such a
position when everybody knows him to
be incompetent and inexperienced. Mr.
Blumer is evidently not in the combine
for his health. With his partner as
chairman of the board of public works,
there might be some very profitable real
estate deals and schemes worked up.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28
. GREAT MEN.

Prince George Of Wales, who will shortly
go TO sea in commend of the gunboat Thrush,
will act as chaplain as well as commander of
the vessel
Henry NJ Stanley is a believer In tho
policy of coloniling the Upper Congo valley
of Africa with cOlOred immigrants from the
United States.
Mr. Carlisle is said TO owe his senatorship
as well as his former political advancement
largely 10 the energy and popularity Of his
clever and ambitious wife,
The Belgian king, Leopold, is said 10 con-
template "a journey 10 this country In the
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-28

OLSEN and Shriver will fall by the
wayside like old dog Tray, whose fate
they ought to have remembered. The
only possible excuse they can have for
playing catspaw for the conspirators and
venal lawbreakers of the combine is that
they are chumps.