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THE OMAHA DAILY BBE : SUNDAY , JANUARY It , 1891 SFXTEEX I1 AGES , PREACHER SANDBAGS OMAHA former Pastor of Southwest Presbyterian Olmrch Gola Into Print IIGNS AN ARTICLE FULL OF FALSEHOOD lutoinciit * nil to Ilnd .Mur.tl nnd Mnterlnl C'onditliiii of tlio City Refuted \ty \ Jtucts Olvon by Ilusl * licit Aloiii ffov. Thomas C. Hall , formerly of tins city , but nosv occupying n pulpit In Chicago , Is Iho author of ail attack on Omaha realty ind religious interests , which was published In n recent Issue of the Outlook , n Nosv Yorlc iscokly periodical. In an article entitled "Gambling in Heal Estate , " ho sandbags the tosvn In a manner that causes amazement ind Indignation among these who are fatnll- hr svlth facts svhlch dllTer widely with the icntlmcnts oxpicssod by the writer. Among other things , ho sajs. Houses are us en nosv falling to pieces Trlth- mittuimntH. Ministers left pulpits logo Ir.to DID rim I ostnto business and are no v Hit indcd und discredited , Imwldni ; books or ulcUIng up a precarious existence Hint rellccts no credit mi their calling. Others found tlmmsuhcs so loaded with dtibt that all further religious In- llnencu thiiro SMIS Imuosslblo. * * * Huslnoss utoppud The town now lies like a poor , liemhlln ! ( debauchee , puraly7ud and sulToiliiK nftiir the mad uxeltuiiient ot thu boom. It Is Ihn hardest Held for religious svork knosvn lo rullKlons tcuchors StntlAtlm ol "Monil Decrepltudo. " With relation to Mr. Hall's alarm nt the tillcKcd moral decrepitude of Omaha , sta Til. tistics shosv that there aio nlnotv-tsvo churqhos and ten missions in this city at present. The former uro accredited to the follosving denominations Baptist 10 , Catholic 11 , Chilstlan i , Congregational U , Uosiltutionisi 1 , Episcopal 11 , Evangelical U , livangellc.il Lutheran 10 , Jesvlsh 3 , Latter 1" ) > y Saints 1 , Free Methodist 1 , Methodist npisjopal 1'J , Preabytcrian 17 , UnltaiianU , Unlvorsallst 1 , Silvatlon Army 1 , nnd boventh Day Ads enlists 1. A local canvass among the cloigy develops the fact that Mr Hall's theory has no ad vocates In this city. The only church In net ions financial straits Is the Southwest 1'iosbytorlan , of which Mr Hall was the former pastor. The veracitj * of flguros , especially these of official record , has long been pro- vciblal. The assertions of Mr. Hall are io- futed by the records of city finances and dealings. An examination of the figures in the city treasurer's oflleo josleulav rovcalea the fact that the regular tax collections for 1887 wet o $170,855 fili , while the collections for IS'.U reached the ptatifjlng aggregate of 5775,741 83. The lotal assessed valuation of jnoperty In Omaha for 1887 vvas $10,111,744 , svlulo the assessed valuation for Ib'JJ ' svas $20,472,010 , an Increase of $ JS)7,27J ! ) during the period when Mr. Hall stiid that gloom und apathy reigned supicme. Tbo assessed valuation is about one-twentieth of the ac tual value of property. The balance on hand in the city ticasiiiei's ofilco on December 31 , lb'J.1 , was587,378M ) , Bank clearings have long been regarded ns a basis for the business activitj of a com munity. Mr. VV. H. S. Hughes , managnrof the Omaha Clcai lug House association , jcs- tetdav stated that the clearings of Omaha in 1887 woiol 7,2 ) ,5H. while in 18U ! they i cached $310,410,87J Mr. Hughes expressed surprise at the stupendous ignorance of / facts manifested by Mr Hall in his article , especially that poitlou which convejod the Impression that the city was in a helpless condition. lliistiirsi lion Talk. The follosving intorvlosvs were obtained jcstorday by a DEB ropoiter , and they como from men who know whoicof they speak. W. H. Hoborsou , Manager of U. G. Dun & Co's. Mercantile Agency Mr. Hall has jovidcntly dashed off a fesv ideas without ptoper consideration either of their truth or their effect. Ho is traducing a tity svhich \lias \ suffered less than any other of its size from the effects of the depression. Omaha has lost some of its popularity , but so has every other western city , There have been comparatively fosv shrinkages in real estate , nnd these instances' have boon in unim proved roaltj' located outsUo , Conditions liavo been hard , hut foreclosures have not r.eaohcd half the number recorded for Kan- saa City and other cities. Omaha compaios favoiably in real estate activity with Min neapolis nnd other progressive localities of tno west. Mr. Hall should knosv If ho made the Investigation , that Omaha's excitement ceased about ono year before the limit was reached In either of the other cities , nnd the reaction w as cor respond Ingly less so vore. Omuha has never had a bank failuio except the llttlo Omaha State bank , and this occurred moio than three years ago , and be fore the beginning of the piesent , "suffering after the mad excitement1 ' as Mr. Hull puts it. The American Savings bank is in the hands ot n receiver , but it svill liquidate Its liabilities to depositors and probably pay BtocitholuciB. Omaha's jobbing growth has * boon more rapid since , than before tno boom , ana all her finest business blocks as well as her splendid street tiausit sjstom have been constructed since tlio so-called real estate collapse. The Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge , East Omaha railway entoiprisos and Omaha's great packing industiics , svhlch have made her the third stock and packing center In the union , have all grosvn up alnco the epoch of vvhlcli Mr. Hall complains. The boom had its drawbacks , but it brought into Omaha millions of dollaia and lOO.tXX ) people sslth all their thrift and commoicial activitj' . Slnco the boom all but y our of the Kieatest and best chuich buildings m Iho city have been constructed. Our local mlnlstcilal biothicn say that every church in tlio city , with two exceptions , has In * cieased in membership Jn fact , Omaha has improved moially anu spiritually if higher pi Iced talent , laiger cdilU.cn , moro plpo 01 gaits and Increased membership are anv criterion upon which to biso such a con clusion. Instead of being paialj/od , as Mr. Hall Booms to think , Omaha is , in fact , doing better flminciallj- , morally and industrially than olsosvhcio. Nosv for some llguiesoti failures : In ISM there weia. only fifty-live in this city , with estimated liabilities at f.S7,1(11 ( ami assets at oOOiwO. In IbU.l the number svas llftj'-soven , an incroasoof only tssoduilng the dopicsslon. The estlmaled liabilities of the falluios for lb'.M sscro $55,1- BtH and the assets fSKVJOO Tno b ink atato- tnonls published on December 1U shosv an "JJ > itrvro 130 In deposits. Omaha Is all light , nnd Mr. Hall evidently does not knosv what ho Is talking about ss ben ho writes to the L'ontuiv Iti-illty Itogaulini ; llo tllty. Geoigo W Amos Records of real estate tiansfois In this city utterly tofuto the non sensical and vicious statemeuis o ( Piciicher Hall. The grosvlh of cities mgulatos loalty values and thu city of Omaha has niown largely alnco Mr ll'ill ' left it I rei'ard his mack on Omaha as eltlioi tlio svoik of a fat w Vie or a v leloun stab nt u community Uiat BIICO tcnvo him a living. It is ically beneath the dlgnlt.s of notice , but to people who are ant familiar with the true condition of af fairs his attack might do some liaim If nllovsed to go umm reeled. Intho Ural place thcru never was any mad oxcitcment In real rstate deala , it svas an active and profitable peculation , but uvery man kept his bead , with the exception of a fosv , pos- nblj like Mr. Hull , svho lost ; oath tholr heads tiul | their money di Homo deal , and nosv seek rcvongo by sand bagging ttio tosvn. The values of re il estate 'ji ' Omaha for good pioperty aio on the iscondtsuoj instead of dccllniiit ' , . For In- ilanco , Just u finv svcoks ago A J , Ilanscom Dought thiuq Jots at Twanty-flf th avenua and l-'arnam street for $10 000 , ss hlch Fred Davis originally purchased lu IbSl for # , ' .400. Does that look as K Omaha was lying hol'ilessi riio assessed valuation of Omaha In lbU3 ssas r O,4J,010 , about ono-tsspntioth of its actual value Of thU assiwsud valuatlou HO.ulS.'jy . svas on realty and fl,5. > 0,777 on pcisonnl property , svhlch was a largo In- ircaso over prccndlni ; jotiis Geoigo N HtcksValucs have not dropped Good property U ulssnys in demand - mand Dunug thu depression svhich swept over the onlli-y couutry Ouiuhn itsuliy su- fered loss than loalty elaosshoro. Not onll nous Ouaahn property hold Us osvn , but s Koulu Omaha property is also stilctljMn it. . , * Values aroicguhUod by locallou ovgrywheio. t Ithluktlmt Mr , Hairs statouifnt Is faUp und not bused on the vcstlgaof a fact , \Vo huso no trouble In renting houses Good houses aio alsvuj tu dcmaud Chris Harimaii OniahuSioal estate has not ueg iuoratcd or tukou uy tumble , as some pcoplo would have eastern capitalists boliovc. I think Hint such nn article as Mr. Hall's Is Inspired by a thirst for notoriety a falling that soaio preachers havo. So far ns losing money In real estate Is concerned , it can ho lost there the same ns in tiny other venture If not Judiciously placed. Money nas been lost In mining , but that Is no Indt * cntloif that none Is made. The snmo applies to real c talo. It Is the basis of all wealth , and Omahn realty never svas In better shape than now , although capltil Is naturally timid nil over the country during the finan cial depression. There Is als < , aj" an aotlvo demand for good property and plenty of ten ants. Especially docs the demand exceed the supply for modern houses to rent. Mr. Hall's nrtlclo Is the vorlos1 , rot. Mr. A. P. Tukey , Ocorgo H. Bogzs and other prOmlnonc realty doalcts echoed the sentiments expiossed In thcso intorvlasvs. Two Ueit .Molneit l.lttlo Ono ( Cnimiuiotl Whllo Thnlr McilltnrV | Alucnt. Drs Moixr.s , Jan. 13 [ Special Telegram to TUB UEE ] Two children of Mr. and Mrs Phil Hobson , XoJo and Mabel , aged 2 nnd i jcars , sscic burned to death in the destruc tion of their homo by flro this morning They svoro loft nlnno for a fosv moments by Mrs. Phillip Hobson. who on returning found tno house In flumes. The children's files ssero heard , but all efforts to rescue thorn svoro futile , The mother is neaily crazed with uriof. lown Hey .Shot Whllo Hunting. STANIIOI-B , la , , Jan. 13. [ Special to THE BPK. ] Yea lord ay two boys , Walter Wilson nnd Junior Bllllngton , started to co hunting. Doth h id 'U calibre rilles. Wilson placed his rlllo on his Ice , and svas driving the car tridge in with his knito svhcn It exulodea The ball pissed dosvn his leg nnd under the knee cap svhoio It was taken out. I'nvnrulile to DBS MOINKS , Jan. 13 [ Special Telctrratn to THE Bun. ] The directors of the State Agricultural society today recommended to the governor the appointment of J. H. Sago as director of the Iowa weather nnd crop service bureau , a position bo has hold for two years past. To ( In v > lu nt ,1 not Ion , Sioux CITT , Jan. 13 f Special Tolegiam to TUB But ! ] -Judgo Ladd , In the district court , todaj' ordered Uecoivor Thompson of the Sioux City Ennlno works to sell the plant at auction February 3. The pioperty of the company is estimated to bo svorth § 120,000. _ SVii 1 utility Injured. Cciuu lUl'ins , la. , Jan. 13. [ Special Tele gram to THE BKB J John Kozlovsky , an aged saloonkeeper , who vras stabbed bj' William Kline , svhom ho svas trj ing to nut out his place , died this afternoon of his injuries. _ A TOOTHSOME TALE. A lion , a Mink , it sin ill Hey nnd His 1'iithor. Simpson Chumard is a farmer * living in Losvor Damascus tosvnship near Honosdalo , Pa. Ho has an eight-year- old sou , und minks are plentiful thorea bout. The other day the eifcht-year-old bo yvvas pliivlng in the yardand hoard a great commotion among the chickens. Ho ran to bee svhat svas the mutter , and found that a mink had caught u hen by the neck. The boy grabbed thomiuKnot because ho svauted the mink , hut to save the hen. The mink took his jaws off of the hen and transferred them to the boy's hand. The hey kicited and yollo-l , but the mink hold on to his hand. Fanner Chumaid , hoarinsr the boy's erics , hurried to the spot. Ho grabbed the mink , not because he wanted it , butte to save the boy. The mink dropped the boy and set his teeth in Farmer Chumard'a hand. The farmer ran to a pool and tried to drown it. Thn mink wouldn't drown nor lot go of thq far mer's hand. Then Chumard tried to choke the animal to death , but failed ; so ho got a elubund hammered the mink on the head until ho had killed it. Tho- . $1.50 for the mink's skin will not be gin to pay the doctor for patching up the hands of Farmer Chumard and boy. o Western Tensions. WASIUVOTOV Jan. 13 [ Special to TUB BEE. ] The follosving pensions granted are announced : Issue of December 30 Nebraska : -Original widosvs , otc Cathetlno Beird , Omaha , Douglas ; Bertha Meyer , Omahn , Douglas ; ElUaboth T. Cure , Ornaha , Douglas. losva : Uoissuo George A. Androsvs , Cieston , Union Survivors of Indian wars William T. Nowcom , Dulolt , Crasvford. Widosvs of Indian svnrs Lodolska P. Cod- ulngton , Magnolia , Harrison. South Dakota : Additional Martin T. Cross , Moutroso , McCook. Thulr 1'liin or Itattlc. s WASHINGTON' . Jan. 13 At the close of the session of the house today n number of re publican leadeia hold an informal caucus. The plan Of procedure next SVOOK , w hen the taiift bill Is to bo taken up for amendment , vvas talked over. No exact plan vvasagieod on , The republican members will oiler amendments whenever opportunity offeis , and may insist at all times that a quorum bo maintained. Made nn A l turnout. MiMVAUKEE. Jan. 13. E. H , Paine , presi dent of the defunct Commercial National bank , made an assignment to John Camp bell at noon today. The assignee gave is bond for $50,000. Mr. Paine is one of the bondsmen of tlio bank to indemnify Milsvau- koo countj' against tno loss of Its funds. Judgment ( or > uvunt uii Millions. Nnss YOIIK , Jan. 13 Judgment for $17- 813,84555 against the Richmond kt West Point Terminal Ilnilsvay nnu Warehouse company In favor of Anthonj K. Thomas , Chailos V. Foster and ( Jeorgo Shoimun vvas entered today by default. HurKhir * I'riRlitoneil Awit } . S. Mortenscn's tailor shop , -101 North Six teenth street , svas enteicd by buiglars some time last night , but they svero frightened away bofoio getting anything. The untiance vvas effected by cutting the panel of the rear door , KnUorsnd Pardoner Altgulil. Ai.HAsy , Jan 13 The totnto Federation of Labor has passed resolutions'endorsing Governor Altgelu of Illinois for his action in Itboiatlm ; Oscar Noobo , Samuel FJeldcn and Michael Schsvab , the Chicago anuiclilsts , Iteliisiul u Chartor. Toi'BKA , Jan. 13 Secretary of State Osborn today i Of used to issue n charter , to the Wage Workora International Military association of Hutuhitibou. \Vonlitii Mllli llnMtroyed by L'lrc. WoosbOCKET , U. f. , Jan. 13. The Harn- sonvlllo woolen mills have boon destro'Vod by lire , ' 1 ho loss will bo $ .100,000 , 1'alr nnil Voliler l \ \ hut Nrlirnckn May i\poct : Today. WASHINGTON , Jau. 13. Forecasts for Sun day : For Nebraska Fair ; colder by Sun day night ; south to SYCSI winds. For losva Fair ; except shosveis In southeast east pot lion ; south svinds. ForKouth Dakota UoncraHy fair ; colder : south shifting to west winds , Local Jteooril. QmcisorTiis WBATUEII numutj , Qsuiu , Jan 13 Omaha record of toniporature and rainfall compared with corresponding dtiy of past four years ; 1804.1893 1892. 1801. Maximum tnmporatuio 63 = 133 HO aoc Minimum temperature 30 = * 3 = 103 lie AvortiKOtotupurntnru 4-2 49 2s uoo I'roclptlatlon , , , Qi ) ,00 , OU Oil HUloment showinjf tlio uomlltbu o ( turn , pon.turoand prootpltdtlouut Ouiatia for tha day awl slnco M.UVU , 1 , IbUJj Normul temperature , . , . , 16C l.xcoss for the iluv i7O ! Duilcluncyslncu Murcli 1 H'ioN Norimil proclplfulnn . . , . , OJInch Dotlcli'iicyfortliudiy OJ liicit UulUlencyHlxccilarcli 1 , 1 * D&Ulnclio.s llohisv torn dm t Hu-sr , Loci l K..rc ! .t Ulllo.al. TO FORFEIT THE CHARTER Kansas' ' Attorney General to Tnstituto Quo Warranto Proceedings Against M. K , & T , HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW Uonnrat Odlcori of the Corporation Ilnvo Not Keen Maliitnliiail lit the Pop. ultit Stiitc , Ilonco the 1'ro. posed Action. TOPBKA , Jan , 18 Attorney General Llttlo svill institute proceedings In quo ssarranto to forfeit the charter of the Missouri , Kan sas & Texas railroad. The suit svill bo ( Hod in Neosho county by Judge M. B. Nicholson of Council Grove , svho is assisting Mr. Little. Mr. Llttlo chlms that for the past six months the company has failed to maintain Its general oftlcca In Kansas , ns ptovided In Its chatter , and that this Is good and stifll- clont reason ss by its charter should bo for feited. Ho asks for a receiver to bo ai > - pointed to take charge of the pioperty and svlnd up the affairs of the company. AIU. Compromise Union Depot Ordinance and SShit It Alouni. General Solicitor Thutston , in explaining how hccamo to offer a nosvordinanco relat ing to the Metropolitan Union Depot com pany ns a substitute for the ordinance nosv in the hands of the judiciary committee of the council , said : "When President Clark examined the ordinance introduced by Coun cilman Saunders ho raised some objection to it on t'io ground that it was not specific enough and I was called upon to redraft the ordinance. Hoprcscntlng thu Union. Pacific company as I do 1 had no other iccourso than to Introduce the safe- guaids svhlch are embodied In the nosv ordinance. Ttio ordinance intioduced by Mr , Saunders is most general In character and relates only to the quieting of title in the present depot grounds There have boon other questions raised as to grounds nosv occupied by the Union Pacillc , and to remove from controversy these lands In which a legal title Is vested In the Union Paclllo I huso sought to have the svhoio subject forever bet ut rest. "I have no interest in tills matter ono way or the other , but as thorepicsentativo of the Union Pacific rallsvayi my only object has buen to svlpo off the slate and start afiosh. " "Some objection Is raised , " said the re porter , "to the nosv ordinance , on the ground that if the present shop > aids are included in the quieting of title it svill romovoono of the s ifcguards svhlch the city insisted upon In the old days , that the shops should never bo removed fiora Omiha ' "That idea about the shops remaining for ever In Omuha is puioly a mjth ; It only ex ists In the minds of men , " said Thurston. In the deeds of grant to the lots and lands in question theio Is no mention of continuing the shops In this city. 'Iho deeds provldo that the grounds shall bcuaodfor railsiay purposes The Union Pacillc could operate a single shop on thcso giounds , in fact put down rails simply and yet hold an absolute iljrht in the proportj' . JL'ho clause of re version is explicitly stated that sshouosertho grantee shall fail to occupy the lots fonrail way put poses , then the lots aio to revolt to the giantor. So long as the Union Pacliic pot formed its pat t of the contract so long can it hold against all corners But the question aside , it is the purest Collsto suppose the Union Pacltio svill ever abandon its piesont svstcm of machine shops or head quarters in Omaha. It would moin the out lay of millions of iiolltus and thereto ] o i3 not to bo considered a moment. "In the discussion of this question it must bo ooino in mini that the Union Pacilic can get along svith its present depot lacilitics vet Y much cheaper tti.-.n to go into a nosv depot at the foot of Tarnam atrcct. It svill coat an immense amount of money to got Into the depot from the Union Pacillc. bridge. The settlement of this question caunot be one-sided , for the Union Pacific is giving up a good deal moio than it receives , as svill , I thinlc , bo granted by ovary .fair minded man who studios the question from ovorj' aide. Wo only aim in the otdinanco framed by myself to forever set at rest all bicker ings and potty dissensions We only seen to como into our osvn and have laken this means to remove from the field of contio- soisy all questions affecting our right to the lands and lots occupied by the Union Pa cific company , " * ' \\AN1 SCHKUUI.iJ'S ItnUOUNIZCU. I.flort to IIiiTO Union 1'nclfln Receivers Cnrrj Out Agreements with l.nlmr. An effort will oo made by the American Railway union to have schedules formeily agreed to by the Union Pacific lecognized by the receivers The plan is to fllo svith Judge Dundj' petitions from lailsvay union cm- plojcs along the lino. The petitions , the Hist of svhich svill piobablj' bo filed in a fcsv dajs , are in this foi in : "To Ho.s. EI.MPII S. DUJJDY , Dlsltlct Judge Eighth Circuit. United Hlulos Court , Oniiihi , Nob. : DEAII SmVo , the umleinUngd , om- ploscs of Uio Union I'acldc Hillway comniny and members of the Amuilcan Hallway union , an org inl/atlon composed of all classes of i.illssay employes and basing foi o'io of Its pi line objects tno cultivation of harmonious relations hot srciMiuniployoi and employe , svlth a slow to the adjustment and lo ul itlon of all dllTciencos that m ty at lie , without re- tnur-,0 to btrlKus , svhlch wo dnptecato us costly to both ihle- < and Inlni louto the public ut l.iigc , ic peutfully putlllon your honoi.tblu com t as follossa : ' * \Vo apprehend that the oWoct of appoint- in ! ; aiccclvei Is to nmn ige thu pioputty fet the boil Interests of all concainml It Is sc uc"ly reijulrod to s ly Unit strlUcstuo In the na tni ti of cal unities , and should I HI avoided In nllcaaosvlicn o It Is possible ID do s Woe I to thociisaof the Chlr igo , Itnrllngton X Qiilncy , which cost nrgnnl/iul labor l,000ooi > bc slucs hundreds of thousands of doll in In loss of SSIIKUS. The cost of the compins lias btun ostlmilod at 10,00,0 ( ) ( Its stock , \\iitn the stilUo ssas tnaiiKiiralud , svas uoith 130 , non It Is iinotud at UJ , and U nosui has , lnco the strike , boon at u.ir. "I'lio I.ehlgh Valley strike , recently olosud , cost , thp employed at luastlUUUMl ( besides si ages lost ami the company at least 4300,000 , besides loss of business. "Theioforo , Unit ullp irtles may fully under stand tholi ilk'lilami duties , and to present the possibility of a mlMiijderstnndlni ? , svo ic- spoufully potltion your honor hlu cnint to outer the lucolsets of the I'nlon 1'aclilo lall- ssnj tu rccu nl/u during Ihu tei in of tliuli re- CDl\uisip | | the lurcoinuntH and bcliodnlu ) iuiu- lofoieonleied Intoliy thenft'ccrsof nitd com pany , copies of the kamu btilng htiiin * lib sub- milted for thu Inspection of the conn. " MIV.Y UNION DKl'Or IMrlioj Ueprfsunllni ; ( 'umpany mid Oily Council VSIII 31 rut r'ronldi'iit Cl.uk , Yestoiday afternoon a committee of the incor porators of the Motiopolitan Union Depot company , consisting of Hotmail ICouutzu , II. F. Smith and C. W Hamilton ; the city council committee on Judiciary con sisting of Messrs Hascall , Calm anu Holmes ; Cltj Attorney Council mid Councllmon Bochol , Hois ell and Parker1 hold u mooting at Ilia Fust , National bank to consider the metropolitan depot otdinanee The otdinanco sstis lead in full , and after discussion it sras found that some of the propositions In the nicasuio sveio- not , sur rounded by the piopor safeguards , it ss-as decided that a committee consisting of the uieuibcis of the company and the inomboi.s of thn city council judiciary committee wait on President Clink svitti u vlusv to teaching an agreement as to the conditions of sottlomontoetweon the Union Pacific and thu city. The commlttoo expects to moot sslth 1'icsldunt Claik at 10 o'clock .Monday lrniixfoiitliivni.il ' 1 rniililt'x , _ pclyate telegram received by a vroll known rnllioad man jesteiilay from Chicago It ( a IcMrnod thattlio confcrouo of tramcuntincntal lines whlcji ss-as adjourned , sine die thla week , is very likely to bo re- o | > eneU in the near future , Oener.il Traft'o ' Mnna r Oporgo Qlds of tlio Canadian Pa- clilonoi bcjjig altPBether sailslled with the unpi-oduotlvfiicss of the mooting Mr Olds , it is asserted , lb not altogether sure that the Canadian Puclilo und Its allj , the "Soo" line , can piuscoutoa rate svar ugalnst the unnbiueiLopposltlon of the tranaeontlnentni uoll aa liocs l thpVoaloi n ifcrasiOti'ition , and' to a friend ho | alleged , 10 hU ! J l.id ( jp tijrdny th4 ( ls ( niq'tlo In the tr.inscontinontnl situation1 was to mnko haste slosvly In vlosv of the serious riatliro of affalra it Is thought General Passenger Agent Lomnx of the Union Pacific , who was made ohnlr- ii'tui of the last conforon < i , will call thn roprosentatlves of the 'transcontinental ' lines together next vvcok for another gnat the question , a much b'oUor fooling being discernible frldnv in Chlo.Ago after the rumor was In cliculallon that Mr. Olds had rccautod " | ust n llttlo. " NIIUAHICA unicor lor tlio Nor th - Ajouth Itiillroiitl iirol Ml. TOPKKA , Jan. 13. The directors of the Qulf & , Interstate Uatlroad company , known as thn JNorth & South" line , last evening elected the following oftlcors : President , K. 12. StoddarJ of Wayne , Neb J vice president , H. M. D.ilto of Brookllcld , Mo. ; secretary , Prcd J.CIosoof Topekaj treasurer , Alfied Grlfliti of Manhattan , ICan. ; general solicitor , Noilt Allen of Topeka - peka ; auditor , U. 11 Carpenter of lluion , D. LJi Illtllnic thn V , I' . Iliirtl. Ciucvoo , Jan. 13 The question of hand ling emigrants , on sshlch Petqr McDonnell of Now York and the advisory committee of the Nesv York Immigrant clearing house have been conferring for tsso dajs , has boon set tled in favor of the Western Passenger as- soclation. .McDonnell and the other heavy Nosv York agents have agreed to deal exclusively with tlio associa tion lines m routing business nnd the lines have agreed to deal onlj with such emigrant agents as nro a pirtj to this agi ce ment This contract hits the Union Pacific hard , as it Is not a member of the associa tion , and its light to scout o control of the San Francisco business lias gone for noth ing. There la no Intention , how over , on the part of the association lines to cross d the Union Pacific or divert from it any business to svhlch it is justly entitled , To UlflciiMH the Depot Bonds. A mooting of the residents of the First , Second and Seventh wards has been called for Monday evening at 8 o'clock at Moti hail , South Thirteenth street , for the purpose of discussing the $ T > 0,000 depot bonds proposi tion A special invitltion is extended to the councilmcn by the committee having the meeting in chai go I'he call is signed by J M. Motcalf , A L Caison , Gustaf Ponies' , Will- lam Sogolice , li F Nelson , L Leo , George Hames , sr , William Dillon , James Sallj , Gust tlammcl , John B Canto. D C Hosvaon , II Bock. Dan Kennedy , William Maionj- , Maik Hanson , Edsvard Cillohan , Charles Hanley. J. N Cornish , John H. Butler , Joseph Kent , II F. More.u tj n Ono Turn Kuto. CHICAGO , Jan 13 The eastern committee of the Westoin Passenger association de cided to make a round trip late of ono fare for the convention of the National Educa tional association to bo held at Duluth in Julj . The time is fixed at four daj s. Itiiliwm Nules. Captain W. r. Tibbots of the Denver & ttio Grande was in tosvnesloiday B C. Hoss-ard , goncial agent of the Occi dental and Oriental Stmaalup companv- , also the Pacific Mall Steamship company , resident at Yokohama , accompanied by his niece , was a caller upon President Clark of the Union Pacillc jcsterdaj. Mr. Hosvara Is euioulc home South Dakota Union Minor * Determined tu Adopt Stringent Measures. DnADSsoOD , S. D , Jan. 13 [ Special Tele gram to TUB Bee , ] The minors ot Load Cltv , Central Cttv nnd surrounding mining camps held a mass meeting this ovonmcr in Central City. Resolutions ssero adopted de nouncing the Dcadsvood Business Men's Pro tective association because that organiza tion has pledged Us auppprt to the South Dakota Mining cqaipany jjains. ! the " organ ized laboriug men who ha.vc fatelj'"used vie leuco tr > accomplish their ends. / . The miners present at the mooting pledged themselves to bovcott all Dcadsvood business houses and do all in their posver to injure all Deadss'ood onterpiisos , and to make every effort to have the county seat removed , either by state authority or dynamite. Tno cillions of Dcadsvood held a mass meeting tonight relative to the matter. The laboi question hoio is becoming verv threat ening , and sctious tesults are foiled. South DnKutii i'lriiirion .SIoat. YAMCTO.N- D. , Jan. -Special [ Tele gram to TUB BPK 1 The annual meeting of the boird of control of the South Dakota Fiemcn's association will bo held In this city Januurj UO. At this meeting the time and place for holding the ne\t annual touina- mcnt svill be decided upon. Mull I'ntioli Killed. Sioux FAF us , S. D. , Jan. 13 [ Special Tele gram to Tun BEE.J The man In chaigo of a mail pouch svaitmg for the e\piess this rnornim : at Wcsslngton wdut to sleep and some one cut open the pouch , stole the rcg- istcied letters , stressed other mail around the platform and skipped out. The amount secured is unknown. > Liodc ! : ! Due to ICrmorsu nt Having Helped Hungr Koscon 1'arker * Wisuii'sruu , O , Jau 13 A remarkable suicide was committed here last night by Jesse Possoll , a ssell-to dc ; bachelor fanner , sshohloss his head off ssith a shotgun after wilting a letter in which ho stated that his deed ssas the result of lomotso at having as sisted hi thu Ijiiehtng of joung Hoaeoo Parker near \Ves5 Union night hofoic last. SV'jonunvr 1'iistni istel Adjudged Ins inn. HASSMSS , Wso , Jan 13 [ Special Tolo- ( - i.im to TIIR Bpr J Gcoitro M Mead , post master at Pen-is , fortj-lise miles notth and the Junction of the Ssseet Water route , has been tnnipeiinir svlth thu mail for s > omo tsso months , besides aetlng queer Onljr a fosv dajs a o he saturated his HttUi stock of goodH uith keioseno , ns svcll as his osvn clothes 'Ilia an ISM ! of a nnighbor piu- vcnlcd him fiom soiling fhe to liiuiscl' . Yestciday ho ssas potsuidoo. lo como to Raw lias Ho wnb pi von a hem ing today befoio a commission of lunaey , adjudged ilia ino and sscnt this aftet noon to tlio stito asjltnn at Ev.inston riitfiil l.\ilrcii | Him Slnntll. WASIII.SOTOS , Jan 1 ! ) The patent on the olcclric tolegtaph in the Boll telcjihouo patents svlli expire January ! O This is ono of the most Important pitonts svhU.li sill cM'iioduting ' tlio year It svas Illod Janu- nrj 1.1 , 1SS7 , and ssas ( hcTT67th ( ) patent issued ' 1 ho patent ssas > Mn\plvod in ono of the o ises decided in thu famous telephone suits before the Octobcr'term of United State * supre.mo court1 In IBs" at which U w.ib held to bo a valid patent { i i | J I L Will Not .Vjljonrn. Dis.Nsnn , Jan lli Afl r 'dobaltiig the ques tion of adjoin nuicnt , of ibp oxtta session of the Icglslatuio all dav.tljQ house of lepie- bcntailves refused tonlght by a vote of 2S to US , to adjourn snu > die The .somite Is ovoi- svhelmingly against the * evtr.i session being continued and , sshilo It cafiuotjiljoutn without - out the concunonca of Iho "house , can defeat anj legislation > a > . o . Will Kuril ui ) tlul.JU'lluvaro , PniLADhi.i-iiu , Jtm , 43. It is practically settled that Iho annual eight-oar luco be tsveon thocrosva of thoUnlsoralty of Penn ajlvanii and Cornell vrlll bo tossed on the Delasvtuo rlvor nojir heio in Juno. The Ithaca oarsmen have signalized u wlllint- ncj > s to rosv hero. An excellent straight- nsvay course of four miles hua. boun C'o | > l for Luck ut Ordern. HAi'ri it | u , Jan , l5- ! The last fuin e.Q of the Maryland Stool company ut Spanous Point baa closed , throsvlng l&O moro men out of employment. Thu nianagctnent claims lackoi ot dors tiecessitntcd such a com so. A I ! Jan. Ul.Thlrty inqralwof } the Chicago llus ais , tha vvoll } < n xvn luIUUi-v , has resigned bec iiso of the the anUUl4tB * FUUhOU49 , CHRISTMAS DAY IN ROME Oolcbratine the Great Festival in tbo Etar- nnl City , ENCHANTING SERVICES IN THREE CHURCHES Gro.it TliriuiBH or Woralilporn nnil Surpm- IIIR iMu lc St. L'otrr'it nnil the 10)10 ) Sunsfit from Uno of the Sovoil lllll * HOMP , Dec. 26 [ Correspondence of TIIR BKB. ] Hftvo you ever thought to visit Homo for Christum tiny ! Yes , castor , auuvo , overy-day , inotlcni Homo. Tlio city of nil uthors in the world w hero the glotmus sun- slilno tin Ills ono with now life , whoio to outer Its portaH.ls to fling \vldo open till the li.ii ts of the mind to now a nit marvelous thoughts. iloto Hfo's mcnt.tl cunontlsn now stream. clear nnd invigoiating , fioni which ono quaffs deep draughts. 1 lot o tire association , poetry , suggestion , art , history a pel foot carnival of thomcs , either to atudent , dicnmor , traveler , any ono. But \vltlioutn thought of tiny of those tlicio Is n sort of chnrtn , n strong niul uttoily hroslst- Ililo feeling that soUes ono on en tot Ing tlio Ktornal City. Since September 1 northern portions of the country have been visited , inch as paits of Gcuminy , tluough Belgium and much of Holland , \vhcio nave buen found very much of Interest In the different people anil lliolr customs. \rlntorapproauhudoito thought to lea rn much of their outdoor sports anil pleasures Incident to the season , but so far there has been only a little Ice and not a tlalto of snow. Of thcitors , to drums , flosscr shows , faltaand the like , one soon tiros. Tim boulovnrdes ha\o been rather g.tj' , but ouch day is a reputltion of the ono before. The great gallei ics of Amstontam , Antwoi p and Big < > sol ! > have bcon seen ; ttio palaces anil principal plates. u The Hague , the cuiious city of Bruges with its queer snoots , m my In Wees , sc\cral notable convents , lion chinches atul Innnoiiso buildings visited ; along ssith many of the chief Industrie * of thososeial places. In Ainstculuni there is diamond cutting , also linen , cotton and silk uorks to mtuicst ono , aside fiom the \\otidotfnl old city. The cltj , cicsccnt-shapctl , Is built upon about ninety islands , the cnual being ciosscd and tccrossod by moro than . ' 100 bridges 'Iho i ampuits of the city ai o covered \vlth tiees and llttlo parks and converted Into boule vards of exceeding beauty , along seine of \rnich mo to Ii3 seen Homo of the i Idlest , the most elegant , and , in somn i aspects , the near est matchless buildings in all Kuropo In Biussels and Mechlin arc the lice in- dustiies and tapestiy woiks rich in mtoiest , also bleaching and linen ssoiks in 1'noHague , and also in sovcial Belgian towns The lounil of industilos has been inauc , oecupj- ing e\ery moment until neatly Ctiiistmas time , and only a few words heard of the Joy ous scison. Although amidst an almost w holly Catholic people It Is decided tu \ Isit the counti v leasr like our own as to customs 01 cotcmonv , oloisures and all , relating to the Christmas holidays. Knrotito. Leaving all inospect of the season's gaieties among the few fi lends made , wo loft billllant , busy Biussols for Home. It is a long Journey. Six hours to Paris gay , sunny and blight as over , though lacicing in show of commoicial activitj , oivlng to the curtailed pecuniary lesourccs of the people thososoveiely tiaid times The next day is spent between Paris and Lvons , the second rltv in Fiance as to population , and lust in industry , a Journey intensely interesting by icnsoii of the diversity of the country. 'Iho third to Marseilles , oveiy hour noai ing the picit buio sc.i , whoso wunn hi oaths glvo to so much of Fiancoand lovely Italy their in- compilable climate At Mat sollles , the gteat bustling seaport , rich commojrcial center and nourishing old city as it is , ot.o gets tha llrst view ot the huibor.Thosuu down - is shining on count less \cssels , their irasts presenting J perfcot bowlldoimcnt , as one discovers vessels fiom almost q\cry country Ono look out over the dancing blue wateis of the majestic s > ea is snftjeient to dash away oveiy thougnt of the beauties of Nice , that sun-kissed queen city or the Mcaitenanoan'sshoios , beautiful Genoa , Sp'vzia and the glorious beauties of the Gull of Genoa , as they would bo soon entoute fiom Marseilles by tail , aiound and down to Homo , and passage is taken by steamer to Civita Vccoliia , only a short dis tance by rail fiom Itoino. That voyage ! The AIpclttorr.incHii acii , HKO another great feature of this wonder ful world , has its time of fury aim calm of wind and wave , but these two days have been all of calm , warm , sunny weather. The great sea in whoso wateis all the states of Europe continually sttug- gle to Iteop war vessels , is never picttior than under a winter sun. Wo sKlrtea the outer lim of Genoa's gulf on down between the famous islands Elbi and Coisica and neaicd Italian shoios at the old poitabovo mentioned. Shoitly wo tire in Homo again. Hoina ! Caia , Uon.al Ilie l.tonml City. While jou in America nro planning for homo jojs , plea 3 in 03 of loved ones , stoking out and mhiistoime to jour poor , now listening to the great toaoneis as they u.41 "And wo know that the Son of God is come , " ' Though lie weio a Son \et Icained Ho obedience by the things which Ilosufleicd , " or "Tho day spuni ? fiom on high haUi vis ited us , " the gi cater number of people on this side of the water are engaged fur dif- foionllj. While it was In the c ist the com ing of the Messiah was looked for as the ono who would bring peace and justice into nsulToiing woild then rcmaikabln foi op- piession thcie aio ut this moment lands for which the prayer lor these blessings might well be offered Ccitaln it is that Chiistianlty has done much for mankind , though U seems almost mockery in this time ofpolitUal und social contiovciav to apeak of the spit it of peace , though \estorday the pope gave expression to those words If ponce and chailty h no disappeared bcciuso the sight of ho. u on has been lost no must not despair * * for Chiist does not ub union the humanity Ho redeemed " Of couiso this all lofcis to Kuiope. svhero it can scarcely bn said that the new jcar will Jiml her dlftYiciit peoples , though happily still at peace , display ingveij much good will or Kindness towaul one another Hach state la aimed to the tenth , sot futther engaged in adding to their military and naval powois , and weio it not fiom fear that a ncluiibor vscro becoming stiongcrso\oial state * would fall to pieces because of their domestic dlstui banco. Fiom all those facts It is voiy oas'y to dis cover that the Christmas holidays promise not too much of festival and nietrimc.it. Under such Influences , with this knowledge of the state of things , ono goes forth in Homo , a cltj of chinches , to see and learn hervlou * In the Churches. A very long time 8gj ono of t'.io ' popes designated three churches in Homo for the mass , namely , Santa Mm la Maggloro , for the night service 01 midnight mass , Santa Ashunabe for the moinlhg 01 early mass and St. Potgi's.for thodav servicoor high mass , though now ncaily all the Cathotlu chinches iclchiato the three masses It is soon found tliat all of Christmas , or ncaaly all , In Homo U ( 'cjotnatcd in connection with the churches It is of son ices , theicfoio , I write. For the midnight mass , of course , ono goes to Hnnta Mttggloio.and , anticipating the uouds. aoca oailv. that la at 10 ! ! 0 All thochuichcs vvino ciowdcd , but none to equal this immense pile the second chinch in abe In Home , us it Is in ago. Hundicds and hundieds camoand wont , being unable to ilnd even standing loom Ono is told tneio la not much icilgion In Kqtno now , and then ssouders whj all these people ate so anxious tu enter hoi c. It is found that Mils ( hutch , along uitn Its other mat km ) fea tures , piii'ti as alia , richness , etc. , Is no ted for Us supot lor instrumental and vocal music. It was In this church lust August where svo hoaul " ( K ) of the llnpsl mule ftlngeiH of Homo at the fetes of the shower of vyhito ( lowers Then it was a brilliant day and glonpus music ( veiled through Iho threat ediilcc , while fiom the loof of onq of the gtcat chapels mined down whltu ( lower leaves It was an cncliantuiK bceno. llut.toulght it U the full notes of the K'r < ; .it choir , as the sublime and- almost Inspiring HoO'd of sound Is joined by the glorious harinouy of * the great organ that cu- chntns ono The half-lluhtod churcli , ihn allont thousands , the nv > slcil > > iM somothlni ? between the lights and the shadows of the church , and the brilliant white light in the quiet not hi outside , lend an Impression nol eiisil } imaalncit. The gisj.it organ continues Us sound Hood , accompanied by the soulful voices of thoshiKcrs , almost unlntciruptedly from II to U o'clock. Then the thousands piss nut Into the streets of the city In travctilng the length of the gio.it nave ( seine ! . ' & > feet long ) ono cannot but nntlcu Iho very simple and vi-ryciand Interior of this church , with Us long line of nut bio colunu.s on each side , surmounted by u ilch fiie/oof mosaic pictures , Its trold paneled ceiling and romaikably rich ttoors of precious .stone. ) and colored tumbles , all In intricate mosiiu. The Homan thousands nro treading homeward - ward for repose or to await the dawning of another morning. After the wolrd and in- tcroitliig scene wltbln one Is almost Indlf- fciont to light , to the chilly night air or to the boiuty of night iui.suheio , though sensible of the need of rest. Leas ing tno hotel at the early hour of 4 iW a m for moinlng mass ut 5 , ono does not ace the 3.uno number of pel sons moving chut chw aid , as ssns the case a rosy houis airo The balls aio oserywhoio softl.v poallng whllo ssoishipora , mostly ssomen , hasten to the churches The old chuich ssas ssoll llllcd sshun , at i" , the celebrants cnteicd and music and eng commenced. Hundreds of ssomen wont foi ward to the en inccl foi thu sacrament and nit oscr thu chuich , bill- llantly lighted as it ssas , ssoio Uncellni ; him- dicds. j oss and then a man and suinotlmes n oungboy would go for.saul sslthdossn- cast , pious look and folded hands , pel haps ono man to tssenty-llvo svomou For ono hour this service of song and music , ptajur , listing and kneeling continued , and then on p isslng out all Homo seemed astir as ttio people passed homcssard for catly bieak- fasts. Christum * Morning. Kvoii to a lonely soul theio is no fog , no gloom , no sensation of fading assay fiom ov- Utonco because alone amotn ; strangeis this irloi Ions morning The hour of sunilsunnd the light of nosv day Is lauidly lending a billliancy to all suiioundlngs Cliilstmas moining dawns with n lustic that londa to Ufa a now sensation. The sioild seems almost nosv No other city In the ssidc ssoild can so Intoxli ito OIIO'D miiid. It Is ti uly said b.s some one that one dioimsof Von 100 as It lies binning under bolt sun ia > s , with its gliding gondolas , Its poetry and song , ono loses Iloionco as a ihaiming thing of Ufa , of undoing giaco and bc.iuti. Yes , this Is tuto ; ono dioims ot \ on Ice , ono loves Florence , hut jou must ssoiship Hamo But there Is poiitucly nothing else to think of or do today but to go to chuich , hear thu music and watch the people , nut commenc ing at 10 ! ! 0 the night bcfoio it would seem one's prospects for seeing and knossiny ssoto good bo at U 30 a m wo aiu irossing thu gieat squiio in fiont of St Peter's , sshilo there looms up before us thocathodial of the ssorhl St. I'utnr'ri. Just as thcto comes up In the life of os'cry man , hoio and there along his citcci , a ssomanwho sslclds a posser ) thoimh she may not knoss it ) I fancy this gtcat cuthe- dial affects a person on Hist beholding it It makes ono think It ohinns , it giscs ono ambition and nosv ideas , it stits one's being until there is left sm ill wonder that Cithollcs ssoiship it. Under the scintillating golden lisht the pi cat pllc.at once a palace and -l mausoleum , Is iiiesistlblj atliactiso A fe\v moments spent in svatching the people cuter will give ono an idcaof iLi gieat si/o. Fullj 8,000 poisons must ness h.uo cntcied within , sshcio the scene picscntcd ssas most btilliant. Usury ono in the gioat mass of people scemoJ to appear In his best diess , and svith the glorious sunsliino , the white anu gold of the church , ssith its wealth of cnloi In its ptctiues of mosaic , the delicate blue and light of thu dome , the hutuucds and hundreds of lights sjtuumd- ing the altar , rich Imuiois hung he1 e and tboto , the handsome scstmcuts of the great oOlceis of the chinch , all presented a m.ig- nilkcnt sDoctaile. When at 10 o'clock tno ( Clcbiants entered in their rich lobcsof sshlle and gold and the attending hois in svhito and red , all bearing the golden in signia of oftlce , the singing commenced , One can bc.ucel > imagine a hei\cn ituhoi in melody or songchaim The scene is Indescribable - scribablo , so also Ss the music. It seemed all the song of Italy , nil the music ol Uomo greeted the listening , attends c thousinds. Bossed heads and riguros os'ei.ysshoio , bum- Ing inccnso culling in snfrsapois in m tiadb of cloud-foims fiom ssithin the chancel , ( loating out . above and through the mgsic-llllod space as U to boar the mubic hcavptisvard It is all sobwent , so solemn , bo ilch that ono foigots details When the last note is hoard ssavciingon onotuins tollndrho gicac thiong mosini ; quietly dossn tluough gallciies and trlkunci , through chapels and nave , out into the bill haul day. The spell of It all U brolion. It must h.ue been the tlmoof a dieam Christ mas in Homo and Christmas music in St PetiVs , Thoio may bo for all moio glonous scenes , uioro insinung sounds , but as tor our ambition , it has boon satisfied. A I'lipnl Itoci ptloli. Yestoiday , in St Peter's , the pope said mass in the presence of lopicscntatlvcs of the chief Horn in Citholic societies , as the telegraph has alieadv told jou Thu fcoblc old man was carl led to Iho throne in a sod in chair , svhoio ho beheld a lemautably biil- Itant assembly , consisting of many caullnuls in ioj.il robcbof ollko , diplomats and insited [ lot501 of distinction , sslth n plentiful sptinkling of the Sss'iss guaid In their led yellow and blactt , ailc'h and lare uniloim , unllko any other , and numbers of ponrillcal gcndatmcs , as ssell as Homan citi/ens and city police Whllo thcio ssas o\ori pomp and display and thousinds of eager spectitoi- > thcio svas jctukiml ol pulietic gt it.dour lent to it all b\ \ the pieseneo ol the fi ill teoblo old pnpo , | > ale and neisous , ssho icall.s Boomed sseighted doun bv his simple set rich robe , us ho arose fiom thu thiono nnd leaned forwaid with an oiitsiiotchol hind , delicate to nlmost trinspaion j , nut give the benediction His gcstuio svi to sbs and metsutcdand his feeble inlcu , sotuulv audl bloslx feel assaj. jot thousands sseic made liappy by the slu'lit of the gieat man , bj manv gioot d the popc-'iin/ Ulnt .scone of jcbtoidaj' was billllint jet soiiosslul 'J ho popo'b luply to the Chlistmas Kicotinr'3 picsentcd ssas rcad In an appointee and , ol couise , ssas nn iblo papnr , dssclllng us ho did upon Chintiin gloucb , the dcstlnj of the litutnal Cltv and lirajhig that none woulil sjck to toviso I'aganiiin to thus dopilvo Hoiflo of hcrdli- dtiin , svlth which ho chilmel fed ! had ciosvncd her at the hands of St Pctci Ho dcclaicd that sseio anv people to do so thoj would ho llghtiiu : s'ainlj iigaln t ( .0,1 Almlghtv'a dcc-icu Today wo had not this nienl il feast , but a hold feast of muskami a night of the intiU.ite and saried litesol the chuich. pcifoimcd admidHt litting splendor This ended the chuich aiTuiis of todaj , though it ssould bo delightful to hear thu singing of the nuns in the alstlno chapel at the satini : . .it 5 o'clock 'lllii ClilUtm IMimrr , Threading uosvn through Iho crrvrjs of the great squaio ana stiou a , a the ght sur- inlsmgly near ono of li tcica oncJrning Uhiistm.is dinner is impcllln f us tosvai'l the liolol It is neudless to say , thougn , tnuo svaa a line dinner ; that anjihuig was Xound , unless it ssoio svlno , tliat ssouU ic- ininn QUO of an Ameilcun C'hilstmas dinner. Theio svas i T tutkoi , no ci.mbeiry sauce noroscn a plum pudding. Yobtciduy Iho maikots svoio visited to Ic.irn svhat tempting things sseio dlspl ijcd bcfoiu thu Homan epicure. For a tlmo the poott s and mental llfo of Homo svoro forgot ten and maikots svcio buauhud lor eatables Wo found turkey In vqry small numboia , though theio svaa.i tlmo when thcso aplun did blids , ssith their ilch trulllcs , each ono so cooked 'icing worth innny lire , weio tfUon .0 the poor. Then c-anio u tlu.o svhcn goose , atuffod with marrussti , ssoio so sorsed the unfortunate , svhilo ness they uio lucky lo iQioivo patssiilc ! ! ; , or llttlo sweet cakes , as glftu of Chilstmis Of course much mcit , bucli as tjuof nnd mutton , sscro found , all si-gotahlcs , some sety unf.i uillar , neatly ail frulta , ami In many places svoio liny llosser maikots , Tlio shops sveio found to bo brilliant , but .here ssoiu not many puichasois. Passing tl.iough sotno aide aticots sso found child ten it play much the snmo as In Amorua Lltllo pills wllh dolls , bjnio Jumping rope , and a fosv aniall bojs playing at nutibl's Tlioio sscto found bofrgais osoij\sliero , on all the church stops ami at nearly ou-ry corner , as i reminder that the puoi aio ovciy whcio , or il nays svlth us In the late .tfte.-noon the Corso svas biilllant svlth gay life , but not equal to the Piucian hill , toacho I b , > a slop ng road up the hill , whcro past nloriL' manj stuilents from thovailona inonastiu schools or-A-olleges , nosvn procoaalon In scarlet roues , then ono In black , to bo followed soon bj ono ( n bluo. Hero sa found n gamultltu lo , to\llv \ modern , Hnnan lifts In all Its varlets , brlghtneas and cl.'f"i Tlu'ro nro beautiful cairlagei , boautifi.'w ' uon , Hno horses nnd amoncst the carrliujs are in my hcirlng the Insignia of foteignurs from every ellino All this hoauly Is taken In etc the HUH dipped behind St Potur's. the momant for svhlch wo ss'allnt tliU iit h paint to sco Homo.it sunset on fhrlsiin is eve Tiiolov Is of the turbid current of the Tiber ( loss Ing in gloss Ing luster In the. still sunset light ; of the round roof of the nohlo Pantheon of nuns' columns , of the ruined Colls3um , as It towon the most mignlllcimr of ruins ; tllocapltnl , the uroat palu-oof the Qiihlnal , all in soft rod ami gohhn cleams of fadltir ( d i.v ; to the west looms the gi eat c ithedial in almost nsvful m ijesty bo tsvi-oii thod uic pincM of Monte Motto. All the o look f.iroU , thounh thu city ltutour feet : ns darkness brltiRAti straugo sllonco , the stars como pooping doss n on the scone , nnd tliom.srl.ul3 of light bugln to glimmnr out os'er the city so ssell knoss n to all thu readers of the wet Id , "this shiino nnd conlor of hum in history " AM.III C. \ Vn.iui > . incur * nnn .ii'oriKX\ ' > lion. T. Dwlu-lit 'llmlrluT I'liriiiocloiis nnil Nut l.llu'h tu iirvlvi * . TOI-EKV , Jan 11 Hon. | T. Dssight Thatcher , ox-stato printer and ono of the best knossn of ICaimrs , ssas stilcken svllh apolc\j | * and U still unconscious The doctors say he cannot tocos or. I'ollro llrloli. Jtm Llndsoy svas lined $ 'M ' and costs in police court yesterday for assaulting fa im ( Lit rincr , a comluctoron the Sherman avenue line 1'ihlay night it ssas pild Chris Piahin's bond In the sum of JJ'i.OOO ssas approved , and ho Is out of jail to assait lilil In district court Olllo roigienes was lined ? 10 and costs. Shu was cointctod of taking D II Hall's diamond The caao will probibly bo ap pealed Pat Clancs" nnd .Totry Kern .in each got thirts dass In the county Jill for larecnj Thmn.is O'DiM , general scciotaij of the hilcklisors oiganbitfon in cons-ontlon huio ssishcs to dens the published statement that S Ais , attested for drunkenness and ills ordoily conduct , was a member of that or- ' ml/atlon rtiittrinV IIH in Court. HSMII.TOS , Jan 13 In 1-5VJ William Canny- bull , estate senator , sued the late Colonel Loss is D , Campbell , foi inerly congressman nnd minister to Mexico , for $2,702 on piom- issorj notes bo u ing 10 per cent. After nine boilings the pliintift sostculay seemed n fisor.sblu decision Tno costs aggicgated $17,0)0 ) The defendant dleil scars tigo. Both putlcbsscio uncles of oxGoseinor Camp- boll. t. r.n : tit'iis. . II .1 Mant7 of Chicauo Is In the city lj A Temple of Lo\injjton is at the Paxton - ton Ij B. Baker of Battle Crook Is a city visitor John HIncs of Wuhoo is spending Sunday in Omiha. T .1 M ilono of San Francisco is a guest at the Mcichints. O N Hoscnofflc of Milssaukeo is in the city on business J A Ware , a i lilioad contractor , sstth a residence at El HJIIO , Is in the city. .lamed Waul and A lj. Batr of Stanton aie sisitmg In the cltj' Amos Valentino of Blilrsvas among the Millaid guests jester lay AtthoMoicor H B Johnson , Davon- poit , ChmlcsV Shisol , St lyjuia. J H Neil is , Chic igo , IJr. M J. G ihin , Grand Island , G F Hummell , I'lomont : H It. Uurnoll , Cincinnati , Buix Fiiosclben. bt Louts ; ti L Moore , ICuisis City ; V C Schickloy , Geneva ; A H Moolloi , Lincoln , James W , Lusk , C H Vnniin , W , A. Wcigo , Chicago ; D 11 Mouon , Hailford , Conn ; K rtuiiK. Yotlc , C. S Y.uuor , ClaiksJoi ; Whceloi , Dos Moincs ; K J IIuon. Chicago ; Miss M. M Phillips , Duluth AMU3U1MBNTS. l5ihST.TH aT R , ODAY AT fiHTIXKB , 1 HE GREAT LONG LAUf , ! ! , 9I I ICH IN HERRV SONG , j | RIM FULL OF DAINTY DANCE , y HDESGRIBABLY FUNNY , ADIES1 MATS , , Wed and Sat. | AST Chance to see'toes funny ssa 1'inj. BOYD'S ' w.w JAN. 14 Tlio 1 < > rls l > enl of tlio ' o isnn. ICIMBALL OPERA OOBtiaUE CO. In thu ( iniini Spool i"iiinr I'roiloutlon of ha llnrlesquq Opor.i-llontfo , HENDRICK. HUDSON ' vII imtdai' Hpun nh Tnmimuriuo und I'l luniSoiui and Danuea , ul j Muiiilo In bii'in ulus , Tlio OlltUrlnif M u > lt > t tin I'jiiiDu fulr-ss lcirt p 'ifuimol l > y 'll buiitlful v ) i u mi n iMtnm > I In tin ili-li Ml iiiiir.ii n l n.itr HIM un Hi i Hifw ill ) 11mi < nn'41 inn MuifHi , h'trxiiK. I ) mc'i'M Hid Din k < t in TS I i th > i > i u 'it opjii Siimliy lit IIH i il pile t ' ) l Bi-itsalfillooicli BOYD'S Jan. 18 ONE WGHT ONLY. 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