THE OMAITA DAILY BEEtlfFRtDAY , DECEMBER 27. 1S05. I OMAHA'S ' DEPOT FACILITIES Btato Board of Transportation Considering the Matter , BEARING OF THE UNION DEPOT PROJECT nml Union I'ncldc Admit lip AllcRitlloiin 1'oMlllotin of the Other lloiulw Unit The question ot depot facilities for Omaha waa taken Up again yesterday by the State Board of Transportation at the Tooina ot the Commercial club. The mem bers of the state board present were Attor ney General Churchill , State Auditor Moore nnd Secretaries Fnrrell and Sutherland. The board took up the propositions as left at Iho meeting In November , when the answers ot the various roads to tha com plaint ot Omaha citizens wcro received and filed. Attorney W. S. Strnwn , representing the Hock Island , opened the meeting yes terday by making the claim that the BUto Board of Transportation had no au thority to decide upon the location ot a depot , but had only the right and authority to require the various roads to provide ade quate facilities. Attorney Andrews , representing a number ot citizens who are the complainants before the board , asked If the board desired to receive evidence as to the Inadequacy ot the proswnl depot facilities. Attorneys for the Burlington and the Union Pacific admitted that allegation of the complaint. The Elkhorn - horn company denied that It was not furnish ing proper depot facilities for Its business. The Milwaukee denied that It was operating a railway In Omaha and the Hock Island made no answer to the charge that It did not provide proper depot facilities for Its passenger traffic. On this showing the board ruled that evidence would bo taken to dc- tcrmlno the truth ot the charge as to the In adequacy of the present depot facilities ot the companies In question. John L. Webster addressed the board on the propriety of Its right to suggest or roc- ommotvJ that the railroads untto In a union depot project. Ho said that the confessions of the Burlington nnd the Union Pacific that their present depot facilities are not adequate left the states beard nothing to do In their case but to accept the confessions nnd order the companies to provide suitable and adequate depot facilities. Ho Mid It was a proper nubject of Inquiry for the board to determine whether other Interests aic prepared to go on and provide accommoda tion B for the various roads at a fixed rental or annual expense. Ho did not contend that thp board had a right to order the roads to enter Into nn agreement with any other roads to occupy or build a union depot , but the board did have the right to order each road to provide proper facilities for the accommo dation ot Its patrons , and might well and with propriety recommend the use of a union depot , If such a structure wore found to b ? In waiting or In process of construction , with facilities ample for the roads affected by the order of the board. LEAVING RIGHTS OF WAY. Charles J. Greene argued that the board had no authority and that the legislature had no authority to compel the Burlington road to go off of Its right ot way to run Into a union depot belonging to some other corporation or to build ono of Its own , except on Its right of way and on Its own property. He said that the Union Pacific and the Burlington owned property adjoining and could jointly build a dapoi , but could not bo forced to leave their rlghts-of-way to run a half mlle away Into some other depot. J. n. Webster , answering Mr. Greene , said that , ln case a railroad only owned a right ot , way thirty feat , wide through a town and' had .a double .track on that .the road could not , according to Mr. Greene's contention , bo 'compelled to build a depot , because It did not own ground enough for that purpose. He stated further that the Burlington did not own a right of way and had a track to the proposed depot on Mason etrect , but did own a right-of-way and had a track to the proposed depot site at Ninth and Farnam streets. Jmlgo Kelly of the Union Pacific said that It was the duty of the board to first ascertain If the present passenger depot facilities In Omaha were adequate. If they were not It was then the duty at the board to make an order requiring the various roads complained against to provide proper facilities. "If it appears to the board , " said he , "that the railroad companies are In good faith con sidering propositions to voluntarily go into the proposition to occupy the union depot at the foot of Farnam street , or elsewhere , thun It might work a damage to the railroads and to the city for the board to make an order requiring each road to own Us own depot. In other words , an order of the board might prevent the roads from voluntarily going Into the union depot by compelling them to take some , action. It Is conceded that the depot facilities are at present In adequate an.l It Is conceded that the people of Omaha want a union depot. If the board finds that the railroad companies are honestly making an effort to go Into such a proposition voluntarily , would It not bo best for the board to allow the rail roads the- privilege of doing this without preventing.them by an order ? " ' Attorney General Churchill announced that the board would go on and receive testimony In answer to the claims of the Milwaukee and Elkhorn roads that their depoj. facili ties were adequate. Then the other ques tions would come up. He Intimated that the board might have authority to decide upon the location of a depot. Whllo the statute did not give mich authority In express terms It did glvo the board authority to require the construction and maintenance ot depots for the accommodation of the public and ho thought that the accommodation of the pub lic might bo materially affected by the loca tion of the depots. At noon the board ad journed until 1:30 : o'clock. SOME TESTIMONY TAKEN. In order to get the < matter Into the official record , the afternoon session of the board was opened by the telling cf a very old story , the .Introduction of evidence to show that the depot facilities at Omaha are In adequate. Joseph Barker was first called and .described the building us.nl as a passenger depot at Tenth and Mason streets' He described It as a shed , rusty , rotten and dilapidated , without accommodations Inside , and so cTose to the tracks as to be dangerous to stand onttldg ot It during the arrival and departure of trains , "What would you toy about the ventilation of the depot ? " asked the attorney. "There li no ventilation In summer and nothing but ventilation In the winter , " re plied Mr. Barker , and the laugh that fol lowed wag Joined In even by the attorneys wh are opposing the step * on foot looking to a betterment of the depot facilities. Mr. Barker told ot the lack of accommodations for passengers at the Webster depot , particu larly complaining of the lack of room In the building for the accommodation ot passen gers and the absence ot train sheds or other protection on the platforms and outside of the building. The testimony of Mr. Barker was corrob orated and supplemented by the pictures ot the depot structures painted by John L. Webster , A. P. Tukey , ex-Governor Satindera and Dan Farrcll , Jr. , who wcro called as witnesses. The attorney for the complainants offered to bring a few hundred witnesses ad ditional It the board wanted cumulative tes timony , but the showing made was consid ered sufllclcnt for the beard's present purposes and that closed the showing made by the complainants on that part ot the question at Issue. General Attorney Sterling ot the Elkhorn stated that the Elkhorn people thought they would be able to show that the depot facili ties offered by that company were ample and would ask leave to Introduce evidence on that point. So far as the Chicago & Northwestern W49 concerned , ho claimed that the North western did not operate a road In Omaha and could not be bound by any order ot the board In the matter. The company , however , wat > not opposed to the union depot project In any manner and would not enter any kind of objection to the furtherance of the pro ject. Arthur S. Potter , vice president nnd gen eral manager of the Omaha Bridge and Termi nal Hallway company , was called to the stimd. Mr. Strawn objected to the admis sion of Mr. Potter's evidence on the ground that the company represented by him was not a party to the proceedings before the board. It was shown that the company was In the proceedings and had filed an answer to the complaint , and Mr. Potter's evidence was admitted. Ho testified that his com pany owns and operates a line of railroad be tween Omaha and Council Bluffs , conne'cttng with the various railroads In the two cities , and owns a bridge , built by the company In carrying out Its general plans. The com pany had offered to build a union passsnger depct In Omaha for the use of such roads ao might deslro to come Into It. Mr , Potter then went on to explain the plans of the com pany and the terms of the contract by which the .depot will be placid at the disposal of the different companies. He stated that the Union Pacific receivers had endorsed the con tract and proposition to lire the depot , and that the matter was now waiting for thi > rati fication of the courts. He had also private assurances from Mr. Cable , president of the Hock Island , and from Mr. Miller , president of the Milwaukee , that both these roads would use the depot It It were built as planned and occupied by tha Union Pacific and other roads. POSITION OF HOCK ISLAND. N. A. Lowe of Chicago , general attorney of the Hock Island road , was In the audience. lie wanted to know about that promise of Mr. Cable to US3 the Union depot. Mr. Potter - ter stated that ho had received that assur- anca from Mr. Cable a number of times within the past year , and the last time less than four monthsago. . Mr. Lowe stated that the Hock Island had no track In Omaha. It had an arrangement with the Union Pacific which was now the subject of a suit In court. The Union Pacific was In court also on fore closure proceedings , and the Hock Island company did not know what day Its contract with the Union Pacific sni Sir right to run Into Omaha on the Union Pacific tracks might be cancelled. Under those > conditions the Hock Island would not assume any obli gations to use a depot. If the Union Pacific went Into the union depot and the contract between the Union Pacific and the Rock Is land was found to be 'valid , then the Rock Island would be at liberty to consider union [ depot propositions , but would make no new I contracts and consider none under the pres ent conditions. Then some ono wanted to know what as surances Mr. Potter had from the Milwaukee company , and ho produced a letter of recent date from President Roswell Miller , In which Mr. Miller stated that If the depot were built according to the proposed plans the Milwaukee company wculd occupy It on equal terms with other roads. The rest ot the afternoon was taken up with the Introduction of evidence showing that the plans of the Omaha Bridge and Termi nal company for the proposed union depot are entirely feasible. Engineers were put on the stand to testify to the plans for the approaches preaches to the depot , and the architects of the structure explained Its dimensions and plans for the purpose of showing that the building will be large enough to accommodate the passenger traffic of a dozen railroads at Omaha for the next quarter of a century. The beard adjourned nt 5 o'clock to re sume the hearing ot the case at 9 o'clock this morning. _ IlKCEIVUIl IS NOW ASKKD FOIL Latent PluiNi * of tlio Florence Lund Company Litigation. The Nebraska National bank and Rachel Crever are the Joint plaintiffs la a recent application for a receiver for the Omaha and Florence Land company , which has been rnado prominent In tha courts on account of the number of suits brought against It on various kinds of lions. It Is alleged that the property Is being frittered away by exe cutions , and that what remains cannot be sold for moro than $80,000 under forced sales , although Its real value Is $000,000. Inasmuch as the company Is Insolvent and there Is no one to care for the property It Is argued that the beat thing that can "bo ilcno Is to appoint a receiver. In the application a brief history of the company la given. In 1SSO or the following ysr five men , Andrew Qllchrlst , Milton Hen- drlx , Victor G. Lantry , Hugh G. Clark and 'George J. Hunt , formed a pool for the purpose - pose of buying land on speculation. A com pany waa later formed with a capital stock of 1200,000 , of which one-fifth was held by each of the men. The scheme did not pan out after the boom days , and since that time the stock ha ? become , scattered , the holders cither dying or transferring their shares. Ilpport of Iloei'lviT Receiver John Lewis of the Heyn Photo Supply company has Illod a report. In which ho announces that ho lias Bold the stqck of the company and collected some of the book accounts. The proceeds - obtained tained were J5.I3I.80. The liabilities exist ing against the company , go far an can bo ascertained , amount to $11,000. It Is diffi cult to find the exact Indebtedness , as the entire , embezzlements of Cashier Coodo have not been discovered CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS i Annual Gleaning Up at the Session Last Night ACME BEATS THE SUN VAPOR COMPANY Illiln for Clly Fnniln Dr | > i < l < Will llr Ankrit for Annlti I'lnnn for Clt > - Unit I'ollcp Stn- tloti Adopted. More than 100 documents were considered by the city council last night , and about 90 per cent cf them were or no general Interest. Twenty or thirty applications for reduction of taxes were placed on flic , and a lot of back number routine matters were dragged from commlttoa pigeon holes and disposed of In cleaning up the business of the year. The bond of the Klopp & Dartlctt company for city printing In 1896 was approved. Sim ilar action was taken on the other supply con tracts and bonds. Among the communications was a proposi tion from James Stephenson , who Sias In vented a very novel plan for paying taxes. Mr. Stephenson represented that he owed the city about fSOO In taxes wjilch ho was en tirely unnblo to pay. Therefore he- wanted to have some of his teams given employment by the city , two-thirds of the amount thus earned to be applied on his back taxes. The communication was referred to the ! finance commlttoa and the Hoard of Public Works. Mercer wanted the sidewalk repair gang abolished as a useless luxury. He opined that the police force could hunt up and report do- fectlvo spots In the sidewalks , and then flotno one could bo sent out to repair them. Ills resolution encountered a vigorous op position and was finally referred to the Board of Public Works. On recommendation of the nuance com mittee , all bids for the custody of tlifi city funds were rejected , and the comptroller was Instructed to rcadvertlse. The banks put In a uniform bid of 2 per cent on dally bal ances , but the committee suggested that they paid 3 per cent on the county funds and tliero was no reason why the city should not obtain equally favorable terms. The special committee recently appointed for the purpose submitted plans for the changes necessary to establish the police court and city Jail In the city hall. The plans WCTO as outlined In a previous Issue of The Doe and contemplated an expenditure of 11,890 , of which $1,035 was for plumbing. The report was adopted and the comptroller In structed to advertlso for bids. The committee on gas ami electric lights recommended that the gasoline light contract for 189G and 1897 be awarded to tlie Acme Lighting company of St. Paul on Its bid of $17 per annum on the moonlight schedule. Prlnco protested on the ground that ho did not believe the outside company was re sponsible. , Taylor moved that all bids be rejected and the comptroller bo Instructed to readvertlso for bids on a moonlight schedule. Ho flg- urcd that the adoption of the moonlight schedule woul < \ save the city $3,700 far year under the present contract. Howcll thought ho saw a schema to allow the Sun Vapor company to continue lighting the streets at a higher price than was now before the council. The mo'tlon to refer was lost by a tlo vote and the committee's report was adopted. Kment's ordinance levying a tax on bi cycles was referred to the committee on Ju diciary. The amended ordinance defining the duties of the city treasurer and regulating the con duct of his office was passed. Piles of people have piles , but Dewltt's Witch Hazel Salvo will cure them. PERSONAL , PARAGRAPHS. Bank Examiner McQrew of 'Hastings Is at the Paxton. . " Mr. and Mm. W. J. Biles of Hastings are at the Mercer. Mr. and Mra O. E. Cox of Sheldon ore at the Dellone. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sproll , Decatur , 111. , are guest : ) at the Paxton. Mr. and Mro. Phil S. Benney of Logan , la. , are guests at the Mlllard. President Barnes of the State Board of Agriculture Is at the Mercer. Ten members of the Pudd'nhead Wilson company are at the Barker. Mr. J. W. Parker and wlfo of Denver , Colo. , are registered .at the Barker. Brn H. Cowdery of Lincoln and n. B. Wohl- qulst of Hastings are registered at the Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. n. E. Oaborn of Ellensburg , Wash. , ore at the Mlllard , on their wedding trip. trip.Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Ben S. Brlco of Lincoln are spending the holidays with friends In the city. Ed A. Brown , proprietor of the Nebraska City Press , Is at the Dellone. Mrs. Brown la with him. Nearly 100 members of the Damrosch Opera company are making their headquarters at the Hotel Barker. Mr. L. A. Ward. Mr. Ralph Unthank , Mr. C. J. Shipley and Mr. Ed Perry are registered at the Barker. J. S. Clancey , telegraph operator at Schuy- Icr. Is at the Dellono with his bride , who wao Miss La Patch of Albion. Mrs. Alexander , wlfo of W. n. Alexander , the Union Pacific agent at Wahoo , and MM. C. W. Sanford are at the Murray. nt this HotclH. At the Pnxton Jnmea A. Cllne , Mlnden : P. P. Neal , Lincoln. At the Murray-John Bratt , North Platte ; H. H. Longbrldge , Grand Island : G. F. Dirger , Lincoln. At the Mlltard Mrs. Dave Ilnum , Mrs. Jake Ilaum , K. W. Lowe. Norfolk ; W. B. Sheldon , Hustings ; S. J. Titus , Holdrege. TiAtithanellono William lilschof , C. L. Barber , Nebraska City ; J. W. Perry , Ord ; h. S. wolsh. Tobias ; A. Mclntyro. Haul- Ings ; J. H. Parkinson , Plntto Center ; J. 13. Cobbey , Beatrice. r.AtrthfriMereer ; Wl E > Clnrko. Lincoln ; F. W. Williams. Hastings : H. J. Holmes Grand Island ; John H. Cryer , Cremona Jfarmj a. W. Miller. Wood rtlvor ; J. B. Dallas , C. H. Paul , Hasting * . At the Arcndo August Suckstorf , n. II. nrodhagcn , William Prahl. F. I'rahl. Pierce ; J. C. HoRen. Onl ; Frans Nelson , Hartlng- ton ; V. Golst , West Point : W. H. llavdan , Hastings : P. S. Hcacock , Falls City ; fc. G West Gothenburg ; J. W. Kelly , Grand Island ; J. Hustle. Auburn : Charles Schwlnke. O. A. Jesaen. Nebmukti City ; A. n. Terwllllgcr , St. Paul ; F. Stewart Cedar Rapids. i n > I PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY AND POINTEDLY PUT. b f VO , SIll-DON'T TALIC TO 3113- You never went near Albert Calm you thought who taught you to think , anyway Borae competitor told you he waa high priced and you believed It you never went to BOO for yourself every man who buys decent furnishings buys them of Cahn , and. Wlmt'a more. I know that his prices nro as low as anybody. If you expect to bo for given you watch hla ads from now on you'll want Iota of thlntrs-Bhtrts , collars , loves to wour on your Now Year's day rounds. Albert Calm , Wcn'b Fiirnlsbor , 1322 Faruam , AUK YOllIl SKATKH AXY GOOYJf In all the world there's no skate as good as Peck & Snyder's that's what skaters have been saying for the last 25 years. Now that we ore cloulng out a line of theue celebrated skates at such ridiculously low prices your opportunity has certainly come. 30o for tha COo ones and ( So for 11.00 ones ; M.10 fkates nro worth } 1.60 and Jl.SO for JIM ones ; J2.20 for { 3.00 skates and J2.SO for JI.OO ones. Everything In the sporting line , Including guns and ammunition , at 'way down prices now , Columbia Metal Polish. Mall orders filled. Cross Gun Co. , Sporting Good * . 116 S. 15tk St. HAVI3 YOU AN 15AU POH MUSIC f Wo are the sheet muslo headquarters of the west always all the popular titles on hand. "Paying Toll" Is the leading attrac tion Juut now. Thousands and thousands of pieces at ono cent on up. A slightly used 10-stop Klmball organ octavo couplers better than any other new orcan-l7.00 45.00 down and 15.00 a month , The Klmball piano Is the lowest priced high grade In strument on earth , We rent It , trade It or sell It on the easiest kind of terms. Piano stools , U.OO. A. Hospe , jr , Music aud Arr. 1613 Douglas St TUB MOIISIONS Intcrrlntr With ; One of tlio tllnhnii of the OrKnnlintlnn. KANSAS CITr.'ftMi. 26. A special to th Journal from Toncka , Kan. , says : Hlclmn W. Hart , bishop pfjf/ie / Mormon church n Salt Lake City , member ot the terrltorla legislature and a practicing lawyer of som note In his region , flopped over at Newton to visit some relaVrvcs yesterday while en route from his honftf to1 Georgia , To n repre scntatlve ot the lodil' paper he granted an Interview. In whloht ho expressed some opln long which will b , rccelved with astonish mcnt by people \ > hp had supposed the Mor mon church had permanently nbandone < polygamy. Acconllngtto Mr. Hart's view o the situation , the church will at once tak up the practice when Utah has been nd mltted as n state. He says : "There doe not seem to be n clear conception of wha Utah Intends doing after January 4 , when th proclamation will be .Issued declaring Ilia she Is a state. There seems to prevail an Impression that the church has abandonee alt control , and that the political parties ar to take the place of the power that mnd a garden out ot a desert. No greater mils take can be made. Thcro are In Utah flv of our people to ono gentile , and In thirteen of the twenty-one counties there Is not . slngto man ot any other faith than ou own. Whether democrat or republican ther will not be a ftnto officer ot other than ou faith , either elective or appointive , unles wo so will It. Thcro will not be a dlstrlc judge who can escape his responsibility t the Latter Day Saints. With two exception there will not be a sheriff In Utah who Is no of our number. "You ask If plural marriages have beet abandoned. That ordinance was of Clod , am as ono of his commandments must b obeyed. President Woodruff , by divine In structlon , suspended It , but did not repca It. In statehood , when wo are free fron federal Interference , the temple will wltnes the solemnization of marriage rites that Imv heretofore been suspended. The penitentiary will no moro bo filled with me : > fcr obcylni Qod's law. "Those who have endured persecution to having plural wives nnd raising up children to the Lord have provided for their owi all thesis years , and hereafter their sacrei family ties will be , renewed. "This subject of plural marriage Is much misunderstood. Not more than 15 per cen of our members have mors than one wife As a man prospers the church admonishes him to take unto himself additional wives according to his prosperity , and he obeys as a religious duty , always with the advice and full consent ot his first wlfo. They live happily together , for It Is the Lord's will. ' UOUXDINfi W JOUXTnill'-ISITKIlS Xlno Alronily Cnittureit mill Two Mori of Them I.orutril. ST. LOUIS , Dec , 20. Dy tomorrow th last of the daring and most skillful gang of counterfeiters and shovors of the quse that ever operated In the United State will be behind the bars. Two remain to b apprehended , and both are well known am so situated that they cannot get away William P. Hazen , chief of the United States secret service , Is In the city for th purpose of making' final arrangements fo rounding up thatgiinB for trial. There were efcv&n , men Implicated , nln of whom have already been captured. Thej are George W. Dlcb , Kansas City ; Thoma Ford and Edwartl1 A. Sentzer , Omaha ; J W. Miller and D. H ! Davidson , New Orleans J. E. Keener , AllaHta ; William Graham Paola , Kan. ; and _ Lovell and Bcnfleld , St Louts. The other two , whose names are no given , are In St.5'uou'ls. Chief Hazen wen before Judge Adams In the federal cour today and asked ( for -tin order to take Dice the leader of the-igang , back to Atlanta for trial. 'From St. > ' Louis Chief Hazen 'wll go * to Topeka , wberes. he expects to get an order' for the renlovaHof Graham to Atlanta whore It Is claimed > tfiere Is strong evidence of his guilt , i S t _ THAIX CUKW m OHEYI3U OIlDKItS An ri hcnult Trec | Mon } > : , erc , Klllcil ini IPonr _ Vttierit Injured. , . . ATLANTA. aa. DEC. ZO.In a head end col " ' ' "ilslon , w'hl'cri occurred this morning at 1:30 : a m. between Chatahoochee and Peyton on the Georgia Pacific division of the Southern rail road between two freight trains , two firemen and a brakeman were killed , one engineer was perhaps fatally hurt and three tramps received painful hurts. The point where the wreck occurred Is about ssven miles from At lanta. and Is this side of the Chatahoochee river. The colliding trains were the , thlrd section of No , 51 , which was outbound , and an extra freight , which was Inbound. Fire man D. Wood of the third section of No. 51 and Fireman W. 0. Shell of the Incoming train were found with life extinct In the wreckage. Engineer Roberts was severely , and perhaps fatally Injured. Three tramps on the extra were more or less seriously In-- Jured. Fireman Wood lived In Birmingham and Fireman Shell In Atlanta. The blame for the accident Is said to Ho with the crew of No. 51 , who disobeyed orders. SKSTTENCED Ii < ORI3M3CTION , FRAUDS. ICitiixiin City JiulRc of Rlrrtlnn filveii Thruu MontliN la tinI'rnltontlnry. . KANSAS CITY , Dec. 26. Judg ? Novllle , special criminal Judge Pitting at Independence In place of JudgeWoodford , formally sen tenced Hc-nry A. C. Jeffrey to three months' Imprisonment this morning for ballot frauds , the sentence to date from the verdict , which was returned three weeks ago. Jeffrey was the election judge In the Sixth precinct of the Second ward. The case of Thomas C. Tuck , clrk In Dr. Krnegor's drug store , who waa a judge In the- Second ward , was continued on application of the , defense until March 19 , The caws of Ow ley. Brlstow , May , Moran , Plorco and O. W. Krueger were set for trial on Tuesday of next weslc. The defense re fused to say whether It would be ready for trial. filrl'H Molit > r CoiiNuntoiI to . CHATTANOOGA , Deo. 20. William Bar low , a whlto man 22 years of ag ? , was ar rested this morning for outraging little Dosha May Purdy , a white girl aged C years , who Is now In the hospital and It Is expected ivlll die nt any moment. The girl's mother Is also In Jail as an accessory to the crime , The news of the fiendish net has not become generally known here , but when It Is n lynching la not Improbable , Mother oC Tivi > nty-Plve Clillilren. LAFAYETTE , Ind. , Dec. 26. Investigation following the murder last Sunday of Hester Curtis , an aged woman of this city , developed ths rather remarkable fact that eho hod been th * mother of tivei'ilyrJlvo children , including seven pairs of twlnj. n t ! 1 > l.r HOW AUK YOUUUlioV'S HHOKHf Do you. have any luck In making them last any length of time or don't you care ? A shoo made of Iron , with riveted soles und brass tips , will wear longer than the Itoytf shoes that wo sell for 2.50 , sizes 2J4 to 6 , and for J2.25 , youths' , H to 2-but there' ! nothing In leather that will give half as Bood service nor look near BO well. These are the genuine quilted bottom shoes that every parent will buy a second pair of when the old ones wear out. Too early yet to talk about the wearing out they are new to the shoe trade even , Drexel Shoe Co. , 1419 Fartiam. ONE ENGINEER IS RILLED Driver of a B. & M. Freight Loses Hi Life at Seward , COLLISION WITH A PASSENGER TRAIN MoothiK 011 ( tip J tn I n IIn ntN One Ilfc nml Ucunltn In Connlilrrnlilc IMni-omfort to Other * . LINCOLN. Do ; . 2C. ( Special. ) Thcro wa a serious wreck at Seward , on the Burling ton , today. H occurred about 11:30 n. in Oil Inspector uTkmlsttn , who was en th train , says ho was seated at the time wit his feet on the scat In front ot him , an was not very severely shaken up. Anothc passenger In the same" car who was stand Ing In th ? aisle was thrown forward quit a distance and severely Injured , It wa thought Internally. A little girl was throw against the steve and bruised. The en glpcer of the freight train , Into which th passenger ran , was , killed outright , and the passenger engineer was Injured. It ! the opinion ot Mr. Edmlsten that the train was running about five times as fast a the law allows whllo within tlu limits o Scward. He believes It was going fully thirty miles nn hour , while the law pro scribes but six miles within the yard limits The attention of the police was this morn Ing called to a probable case of sulclds li a small hut at the west end of the 0 stree vladuat. Tha victim was an old Dane named Thomas Christiansen , who has lived alone In the hut for twenty years. Ther were no signs of foul play , but a bottl wa found that had recently contained quarter grain morphine pellets. The face of the deceased bore the yellow hue of the mor phlno fluid , and It may bo that an over dose of the drug caused death. Appearance Indicate that the man had been a miser His hut and a couple of adjacent sheds were packed to the roof with a motley array of useful and usslcss articles. Money to tha amount of $9 was found In a pocket book and a slip of paper stated that $10.5 was concealed In a cigar box. There were about 100 cigar boxes In the placJ , Th premises will bo thoroughly searched by the coroner. Whtthor or not there be mticl money concealed about the place , there ar treasures for the curiosity hunter. Sevcra weapons of ancient make nnd a blblo bearIng Ing His date of 1632 have already been un earthed. Evidently the old man bellovei In carrying homo everything ho picked up Twenty boxes full of buttons of every con celvable kind were found , and of old clotlus there were van loads. At the time ot his death Christiansen was , apparently , " 0 years old. So far as known the deceased hai no relatives. His "curiosity shop" will be dlspos'd of to whoever will buy. In the district court today new trials were granted In the cases of Krug Brewing company against Ottens & Oberfelder am Raymond Bros. , against Richardson Drug company. Now trials were refused In Bal against Holmes estate , and Qulncy Natlona bank against H. H. Blodg'tt , while a new one was ordered In West against Hunger. J. C. Crooker atks damages against the city of Lincoln for $1,000 by reason of the city entering upon his premises near Ninth and S streets , and tearing down abou 240 feet of fsnco , some fine shade trees ( loners and shrubbery. He also claims tha the city has appropriated a portion of his lot for Us own use. The city council has refused him any satisfaction. Notwithstanding the fact that Comptroller of the Currency Eckels complimented K. K Hoyden In speaking of the latt.T's appoint ment of the receivership of the German Na tional bank , there Is considerable expressed dissatisfaction among1 the depositors am : stockholders , They dtslre that Prcstdcnl Boygs bs placed In charge under dertlo federal law , as the request of a certain officer of a fallei ! national bank shall be permitted to wind up Its affairs must be made the unanimous wish of the depositors and stockholders , and this cannot b ? brought around In the case of the German National. Other objectors are democrats who believe that receiverships should bo passed around among the party , and that ono of that political faith should lOt be given all the good things In that Ine. Ther ? are , also , other objectors. Cap- tal City bank depositors , who think that Mr. Hayden cannot do Justice to both In stitutions with profit to each defunct bank. The probability Is , however , that Receiver Hayden Is safely moored to both. Omaha people In Lincoln : At the Llndell Gcorg ? T. Moore. E. D. Cummins J. S. Stanford , Richard Smith. At the Lincoln f. S. Brown , Jacob E. Market , John C. Wharton , John E. Wagner. HOW CIIUISTMAS WAS EVJOYKIJ. Rcnortx of Coleltrntlonx In Jinny IVo- liniHkii TOIVIIH , EXETER , Neb. , Dec. 26. ( Special. ) The Congregational Sunday school gave a very flno entertainment In their church Tuesday evening. The various exercises-were beauti ful , and were performed by the little folks without a single blunder. Old Santa Cla.us came In at the clos ; of the exercises , with ils pack loaded with snowballs filled with popcorn and candy and many other little gifts for the whole school. The Baptist school had a taffy pull , which was greatly enjoyed by the children and old 'oiks. ' The Methodist school rendered a very ex cellent literary program. Th ? money which md bi.cn set aside to purchase candy , etc. , 'or ' the school was put In one collection and now singing books will be purchased for ho school. The Catholic people did not celebrate until Wednesday morning. By 6 o'clock a. in. over 200 were at the church for early mass. There were three trees , which wore loaded vlth Ilttlo gifts" for the young folks. Alto gether Christmas was very appropriately ob- lerved at this place , FAIRMONT , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special , ) Christmas was obssrved here In tbreo of the hurchoo. At the Methodist Episcopal church here was a cantata by the Sunday school scholars. After the speaking and singing by he Ilttlo folks a Santa Claus came riding nto church on a wheel loaded down with candy and pop corn for the children. All vho had the courage went to him and got liolr presents , and those too tlmM were waited on , In the other churches about the Dime program was carried out. LA PLATTE. Neb. , Dec. 26. ( Special. ) The young folks of La Platte held their big octal party cf the season on Christmas venlng. Bellevue , Fort Crook , Papllllon nd other places were represented , NEBRASKA CITY , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) 'he holiday festivities are In full swing In his city , Christmas eve Herbert Brown ; ave an "Illuminated pumpkin" party to a arge number ot his young friends. Each ; uost was presented with a gift taken from mammoth hollowed pumpkin , and the young host demonstrated hit ) ability as an entertainer , The Sunday schools of the Baptist , Meth odist and Cumberland Presbyterian churches gave entertainments on Tuesday evening , all f which were largely attended and very en- oyable. Christmas trees were provided for IB amusement of the young people , and andy and nuts distributed by a fur-clothed Santa Claus. Last evening the Lutherans , Congregation- lists and Christians bad their Sunday school ntertalnment. firaftnn JVolcx nuil GRAFTON , Neb. , Dec. 2C , ( Special. ) ( arrled this morning , In the Roman Catholic Imrch , Father Corcoran officiating , James j nyman and Miss Magglo Brady , Miss StraUr of Cortland , Neb. , arrived his afternoon on a visit to her brother , Ir. Strater. Joe llurko came from Omaha today to pt-nd a week with his parents , Rev , John a Iff en , divinity student In the malm Presbyterian seminary , came In Mon- ay for a week's visit with his parents. The Methodist church gave a phonograph intortalnment last evening , which was argely attended and enjoyed by all , Huri' Han ti Viital HEBRON , Neb. , Dec. 26 , ( Special Tele- ram. ) Late last night fire broke out In the ppor floor of Janthon WIIIU' music store , auted by the overturning of a lamp by Peter Bennett , who was under the Influenc ot liquor. Dennis Cannon and ono Hartne were trying to put Bennett to bed when th accident happened , Bennett's face and hind nn very badly burned , and It Is feared tha he cannot recover. The flro was soon extln gulfhcd , and did but Ilttlo damage. OOSSIl * Fit 0)1 TIII3 ST.tTH IKM'SK Rrnornl Colli > - t'lrnxpil Will tin National < ! iiiir < ln < .Stiitu * . LINCOLN , Dtc. 26. ( Speclal.-BrlgAdle General L. W. Colby , commanding the Firs Brigade , Nebraska National Guard , has sub mltted his report ot the Hastings encamp mcnt of the guard to Adjutant General Barry In his report General Colby pays a hlg compliment to Major Fechet , U , S. A , . In structor of the guard , nnd to Major Stark Judge advocate general , for their work dur Ing tlio encampment. Otherwise the rcpor covers much the Mine ground us that ot Mnjo rochet's to the adjutant general. In con elusion General Colby saya : "I wish t commend the officers nnd men of the Firs brigade for their earnest efforts , and to con gratulate them on the high degree ot mill tary proficiency attained. Never has th brigade been .In a condition the better t merit the confidence of the state ot Nc braska , and never , I bellev ? , liave the peopl been moro ready to rely upon their patriot Ism , valor and efllclcncy In the hour of dan ger. " C. W. Murdock , captain cf battery A , Wy more , has been re-elected to that position This makes Captain Murdoch's service 1 this position continuous slnco the organlza lion of the battery In 187S. F. A. PJarrou , convicted of highway rob bery In Douglas county anj sentenced t three years In the penitentiary , has nppealci his case to the supreme eaurt on error , H wan convicted December 21 , the charge bclnp that , In company with Pat Ford and Jamc Gallegcr. ha assaulted nnd robbjd Augus Volter , on the night of September 24 , o $20.75. A suspension of sentence wa granted. Governor Holcomb has Issued a roqulsltlot for J. D. Wlpo , who Is under arrest a Wathcna , Oonlphan county , Kan. WIs ? I the man who represented hlmwlf In Omaha as an agent of the Ladles' Homo Journal and as such committed a number of forger lea. The requisition Is Issued In response to a telegram received by W. A , Debord fron C. D. Kennedy , Wathcna , raying : "Ge out complaint from Omaha. Have Wise safe. ' The agent who will go for Wise Is Detective Hudson cf Omaha. Oil Inspector Edmlsten today presented E W. Nelson of the gjvernor's ofllc ? with a handsome gold pen and cape. Sevornl MnrrtiiKc" In CIIMN County. PLATTSMOUTH. Dec. 20. ( Special. ) Th following couples were married In Cass count > yesterday : William H. McDanlol to Miss Mary C. Root , both of Murray ; Robert Schel of Lincoln to Miss Orphla Bryan ot Elmwootl Charley Barker of Missouri to Ella Stlonhour of Richardson county ; George Stotler to Miss Nettle Dye. to'h cf Ne'iawka ; ShcUon C. Gor man to Miss Martha Funk , both of Plaits mouth ; David B. Robinson of Cedar county to Mloj Edith Schrador of Eight Mlle Grove Charles F. Kr-glow , Manley , to Miss Minnie Shocman , Loult'vllU ' ; F. B. Hubbard to Miss Nettle Jamison of Weeping Water ; Mogens Peterson , Harlan county , to Miss Anna Mogcu- DOII , of Weeping Water. Among those spending Christmas In this. city were : Miss Alice Macomber of Omaha with Perry Walkw and family ; Mr. and Mrs Charles Colcman of Omaha , with A. L. Coleman - man and family ; Ed Emery and family , ac companied by Miss Lot-one Murray with the latter's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Murray ; Mrs. A. E. Oliver and daugh ters of Lincoln , with C. D. Bails and family E. J. Strught ot Lincoln , with parents , Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Strught and family ; George R , Chatburns and family ot Lincoln , with Byron Clark and family ; II. W. Lloyd an1 family of Union , with M. L. Lloyd ant family ; Frank Hawksworth of McCook , with D. H. Hawksworth and family ; J. P. Retels- dorf and wife ot Malvern , la. , with Mrs. Tom Murphy and family , while * those leaving here who ate their Christmas dinner out of town were : Miss Ella Rultner at Nehawka , Hay Waterman at Crete , Mlsj May Patterson at Lincoln , Frank Llvengs at the capital , Mrs. Joe Lloyd and daughter at Omaha , D. K. Barr at Cedar Rapids , la. , Will Myers at South Omaha , John Davlcs at Glcnwood and Gus Hyero at Chicago. Dentil of 11 llllzznril Victim. FREMONT , Dec. 26. ( Special. ) The re- nalns of Dennis KHIeen , who died at the asy- um at Lincoln , were brought to Fremont yesterday and burled. Mr. Kllleen waa a Brother of Thomas Kllleen , ex-county clerk , and became Insane from the effects of cx- posuro In the blizzard of January , 1SSS. Yesterday afternoon , whileWaldo Wln- tersteen and another gentleman were out riding the king bolt ot the buggy broke and .ho horses became frightened and ran. Both were thrown out and badly bruised. Mr. Wintersteen's wrist was quite seriously sprained. _ Captured n IlnrKlnr nt Grnntl iHlaiiil. GRAND ISLAND , Dec. 26. ( Special. ) Early yesterday morning a burglar was caught whllo In the act of going through ilayden Bros. ' general merchandise store. 31llcers Fehan , Harrison and Smith made the capture. The man has not yet been ar raigned , but Is held In the county Jail for safekeeping. He Is supposed to have had a pal In a suspicious looking character who was found to be hiding In the cellar of ho Koehlcr hotel , from which ho was thrown cut by the engineer. St. I'niil KnliflitM Templnr Celolirnte. ST. PAUL , Neb. , Dec. 26. ( Special. ) The Knights Templar of Mount Ararat command- cry No. 23 assembled In their asylum at 11 o'clock today for the purpose of doing honor o their grand commander , after which they repaired to the Episcopal church , whore a splendid sermon way preached by Rev. Mr. .lalmann. After the church service the Cnlghto and their families returned to their asylum , where an elegant banquet had been prepared , which was heartily partaken of iy all. _ _ _ ii County .Scc-urcH u Verdict. TECUMSEH , Neb. , Doc. 26. ( Special Tele gram. ) Judge A. H. Babcock of the district curt today gave a verdict favoring th ? cunty In the case of Johnson county against ho bondsmen of D. R. Bush , ex-county roaaurer. Bush had between $7,000 and ft.QOO of county securities In the Russull : Holmes bank hare at the time of Its bllur * and lost It. The case will bo taken o the tmpremo court , Safe nrnokcrit nt Kiilrjletil. FAIRFIELD , Nob. , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) The safe In the office of S. H , Lewis & Co. , umber dealers , was broken open Tuesday light and Its contents , consisting of $16 , akun. ChrlMlniiiH WeililliiK llt-llN. ASHLAND , Neb. , D. c. 26 , ( Special. ) At noon the Schell-Bryan wedding waa sol- mnlzcd at W , R. Bryan' * residence In Cass ounty , Prof , Beatty of Cotner university performed the ceremony. Fifty-five gue tu No Nerves Quaking No Heart Palpitating No Dyspeptic Aching MAIL POUCH TOBACCO Nicotine Neutralized wire present , ( ill reUtlret , and A long Hit of beautiful and useful presents ttstlfy the worth of the young couple Among their frlemli. They will mtko Dewltt , Neb , , their home , At 8 o'clock Charle * IX Keetb and Mlu M. Lizzie Ho ? } were married t the residence of the bride's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Caleb It. Hole , by llev. T. A. Campbell of Klmnood. The groom Is a well-to-do young farmer and the beautiful bride I ? the daughter of Caleb Hose , a wealthy itockman. New remedies arc being constantly lnlro duccd to the public , but Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup still maintains Its pre-eminence. Nntitrnllnt lllliicx' Dlneovorj- . LA PLATTi : , Neb. , Doc. 2G. ( Sptcl.il. ) Asldt > from studying and Investigating th soils and sands and fossils of Snrpy and adjoining counties La PUtte's looal amateur scientist , Jasper Illlnc. ' , will Investigate' tint branch of Inpect life which la knovVn AS the periodical cicada , or the so-called locust. Certain brooJs of this Insect appear In certain localities every thirteen or seventeen years. To this naturalist belongs the honor of hav ing discovered as late as August 15 a live cicada septcndeclm In C.us county. This was reported to the late Prof. C. V. Hlley of the National museum , who pronounced tha discovery of a cicada so Into out of their normal time as a very noteworthy event. The periodical clcadi la n perfectly harmless Insect nnd enjoys the distinction of belonging exclusively to the United States , and of being the longest lived Insect of the world. Travel across the Platte hero Is practically suspended. As this Is the usual condition of affairs for at least half ot the year It Is quite evident that one of the enterprises demanded Is a good wagon bridge , Omaha would profit greatly by this means to connect the city with Cass county. SAVED FROM NICOTINE , Father and Son Sot Frco at Ashvillo , North Carolina , Iilttlc Clinrley KoKleinun lined To- lineeo Since Unliyliooil , nnd llln Father Smoked mid Ulierved for < he TiiNtO Yearn , "Is this Into ? " asked the News man at Pclham's pharmacy , as ho laid down a letter In the presence of a dozen Interested cus tomers. "Yes , It Is , " promptly answered the pro prietor. "It was written here on ono of our letterheads and signed by J. C. Foglcman , who lives at No. C Buxton street. Wo all know h Is a man of his word. "I am glad to hear It. You will ngrco with me that It Is almost to ) good to bo true. " This Is what the letter said : Oltlco of Pelham'u Pharmacy , 24 Patton avenue , Ashevllle , N. C. , September 12 , 1894 GentUmen : My Ilttlo boy , now 8 years , began chewing tobacco when 3 years old by the ndvlco of our family physician , in the place of stronger stimulants. Four or flvo weeks ago I began giving him No-To-Bac , which I bought at Pelhain's pharmacy , and to my great surprise , and , It Is needless to say , my delight , No-To-Bac completely cured him. He does not seem to care for tobacco and Is very much Improved in health , cati heartily and has a much better color. "Finding such remarkable results from the use of No-To-Bac , I began myself , and It cured me , after using tobacco , In all Its va rious forms , for a period of twenty years. "I Uko pleasure In making this plain state ment ot facts for tha benefit of others. ( Signed ) J. C. FOGLEMAN. " "What's that ? " asked chief of police Haw kins , whosfi manly form , attired In the new police uniform , like Solomon In all his glory , came to the door. "Why , Nc-To-Bac cures ! " "Cures ? " Why , I should say so. I have used It myself. , U has cured me. " "Would , you object , to making a statement of the fact for publication ? " "Certainly not , " and the chief wrote as follows : "Ashevllle , N. C. , Sept. 25 , 1894. Polham Pharmacy I bought ono box of No-To-Bao trcm you soaio Itmo since. After using NoT - T < > Bac I found I had lost the deslro for to- jacco. I was cured. "I have usd tobacco chiefly chewing for eight ( S ) or ten (10) ( ) years. "H. S. HAWKINS. " Everybody looked astonished and wondered what would next turn up. "Supposa It don't cure ? " scmo ono asked. "Then you got your money back , " replW the druggist. "No-To-Bac Is made by the Sterling Remedy 03. of Chicago , Montreal and New York , and as sterling In character as In name. By them every druggist In America Is nuthorlzd to sell No-To-Bac un der an absolute guarantee to cure or money refunded. They always do the squire thing. Here , read their famous booklet , "Don't To- rncco Spit and In It. " HiifTt-'nM'H may obtnln v.imaM ) iminplilnt by uncloliiv Htjinp to Coilmiin , ciiomlcnl Co. , WiiBh- iizlou. D , C. No euro , no pay , Tlila concern la reliable. AMUHKMKNTS. Boyd's New Theater Do ; . 20.27-28. D. AV. HAYMSS Tlio rrmnnRemcnt nC this theater tnlic.i plcaaure n announcing the cniai ; ( > ment of the 0 Under the direction of Mr. Walter DamroBCh for three performnncea of WAGNER OPEKA IN GERMAN. .can MargulU's. . . . . Ilualnen * Manuiftf Tonight ( Friday ) at 7:45 : o'ciocX "Die Walkttre" With tlio following caHt : elginund . . . . . Hcrr Huron Ilorthald ielgllnJn . Frl , Jrtuloc Mulder { umllng . . . . . . .Ilerr Julius voii 1'utlltu Vulnn , , . llerr Demeter I'opovlcl ilcka . , . . .Frl. Marie Muurcr liunnhllda . Frau Kathorlim lohiKlHfnl < y Icriill.la . . Krl. Minn HclillltnK lolmwlKU . , . KM , ainrln Htoll Ortlllnclo , . . . Frl. Itliu KllmiscliueU Valllunito . . . , . . .FH , Murlu Muurcr IrKrune . . , , , . Frl. Marie MullfUM Ichwrrtlelfa . i. . Frau Lena llnrtrnunn 'oiuuoliige . . . FH. Mathilda Dcnncr Saturday Afternoon at 2 o'clock "Lohengrin" /olienKrln . . . Ilcrr Max Alvary Cl.ia . , . , , . . , Frl. Jolianan tlailtkl ( Ing Heniy . Ilcrr Conrad lithium Vlramund , , < . , .llerr Demclcr loimilcl Oitrud . I'll , lllzn I lr > i-nttcliu tj lerrufcr . . . Hrrr Wllhrlm Merit-in Be New Yori Symphony Orchestra Grand Chorus. NeatM on b'ulu lit lloyd'n IfU.OO , Ifll.OO , IjCl.no , If ( .1)1) | llox Hi-iilu--51.00 uiul tf.OOt fiiillury AiliiilMnloii , l.OO. I.uilK'n and tliono with cicorli holding gallery IcUflu will bt > admitted through tlio main il > ir lorn CMS to 7:15 : ; after that liaur Ihrouvli tin fnular nailery pntrancx. Atlfndants will lia In charge to check car- . 8TB1NWAY PIANOS UHKD. TcL 1531 Paxton K UurKoss , Mz , EXTRA ATTRACTION Hire * Nights Communclng TONJOIIT at 8:15 : , FRANK MAYO And lilt UUnted Company in Mi Uical Hucceu , Pudd'nhead Wilson ONI/T MATJNKK HATUHDAY. I'rlces-J-uwtr Itoor. 11,00 and 11.00 ; balcony , A > and 7Sc ; vallery , Z3c. Itullnto iilc ZJo , Sc , too , 7Jo and 11.00. Cjiulag Pec. 29-Jan. 4 TUB TOIINADO.