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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1896)
12 THE OMATFA DATLY BEE : FIUDAT , OCTO1JJ3K 0 , 1800. HARD COAL' RATE ADVANCED One Dollar Added , Bringing it Back to th Old Figure. RATES ON OTHER COMMODITIES RAISE Itnllrniitt Tri-lntit Men of llic Opinion ( lull llic : \ MV TnrlirVIII llccoinc Alioul UK ; 1'liwt of ; < > xt MDntfi. Coat dealers who hnvr been holding eon on ordering their winter stock In the ex pcttatlon that the coal rnti-fl between Ch cage and Oir.aha would go still tower fc cold chills run down their backs this morn cold chills run down their backs ycsterda mo-ulng when they heard It rumored tha the freight rates on hard coal were to be n < vanccd from | 2 to $1 per ton. When th tut In rates was announced a short Urn ego It was confidently expected by man coal dealers , and more consumers , that th rate would ngnln bn cut. Some eve thought that thu $1 rate , which was I vogue last bcason , would again bo reachei Hut Ilio result of the freight confcrenc held In Chicago Wednesday shows that sue peoplero doomed to disappointment. Th rate on hard coal Is to bo restored to $3 rtml the change will bo made some Urn prior to November 1 , Coal dealers about town say that the will ha forced to advance their rates $ per ton In order to meet the liu-reascc freight rato. They say that coal cost them S5.S5 In qiilcago , and that It 1ms cos them $2 for freight nnd SO cents more fo Unloading and delivering , bringing the tola cost up to $8.35 , If another $1 Is to b aiMed to thin cost they cannot contlnu to take orders for coal at tha rate of $ a ton. Just when tha coal rates will b raised Is not yet determined. It depend upon the date when the now freight rate bcconto opciallve. The coal men hope that this will not bo before November 1 as they need all the time they can get to s'cure their coal nnd bring It hero at the present freight rale. The railroads couli make the now ratn of S3 effective Octobe IS , giving ten days' notice to the InterBtatc Commerce commission , but It la not likely that the Increased rates will go Into etfec before November 1. The freight tr.ifflo managers of the varl ous western linen wcio In continuous see slon nt Chicago Wednesday. They met , no ns members nt the Western Freight assocla tlon , whose death and burial has been duly noticed , but as freight ofliclals of roads tha could no longer stand the terrltlc rate war that hns been on for the past two weeks us ofllcialsslio worn anxious for an arnica bio agreement. Freight Trafllo Manage Mimroe- the Union J'aclfln returned fron Chics go yts'ordny morning. He did not attem the morning session , when most of the ad vanccs were agreed upon , as that meeting was given over entirely to the officials o roads between Chicago and the Mlssour river. The representatives of roads \\cs of the Missouri river met In the afternoon They agreed to make corresponding changes wherever any change was nindo by the roads east of the river. The date for the new tariff to become operative was not de cided upon , but It Is commonly believed that It will bo close to November 1. MANY HATES GO UP. The most Important action of the roads east of the river was the decision to ad vance coal rates to | 3 a ton from Chicago and other lake points to Omaha. The rates on a number of other commodities were also raised , but such elevations are not o ECI great concern to the public. Apples were advant cd from 22 to 27 cents. Qrapcs on which the rate at the beginning of the season was 01 cents and which moro iu cently has been 37 % cents , were raised to 45 cents. Soft coal was fixed at $2.25 and coke was advanced from ? 2 to $2.30. Beer was talscd from 20 to 25 cents , and cannei ioods ; from 12 to 27 cents. Sugar , which 1ms been carried at all sorts of rates , was fixed nt 27 cents. The local ngcnts of the various Omaha Chicago lines all appeared to bo wel pleased with the advances made. Most o : them received advices nf the general ele vatlon o rates fioni their Chicago head- fiuarteis yesterday morning. General Frolgh : Agent Snyde.r of the Hoik Island , the road that has been foremost In the it-cent series' of reductions , said that hi * thought thai there would now be a lively movement ol coal Into Omaha , There has been a gooi shipment of grain caht for the past ten days AVhllo these shipments liavo not been c.v recdlngly heavy they have had the effect of crowding most of the cars at the ecsl end of the line. These cars will now be pul Into bcrvlcc to bring back the coal that the local dcalcis will all rush to get in before the advance In freight rates. Mr. Snydei fcald that ho presumed the agreement b > which the rates had been raised WHS general among the olllclals of the western roads , otherwise the Hock Island would never have cone into It , ' COAL MEN WARNED. General Freight Agent Nosh of the Mil- wnujeco was greatly surprised to learn of the advance In coal rates to $3 a ton. Ho had thought that the rates might bo raised to ? 2.fiO , but he was rather Incredulous as to the $3 rate. The Milwaukee also reports Inrcc shipments of grain of late , nnd is be ginning to scour the country for cars to handle- the grain that still remains unmoved. General Freight Agent Hltchlo of the Northwestern says that the real dealers , though wanted for some time that they had bettor get In their coal whllo the rates weio down , have tmllcd nnd declared thr.t the lales would come down still lower. He believes that thcro will tfo time enough to got In plenty of coal before November 1 , but Is of the opinion that If the now rates mo made effective much earlier than that the coal men will bo badly crowded , in epcftklng of JJic matter further , ho nalil : "If llio coal could bo put right on the cars uhlcli wo have sent east with grain It would bo all right , but It can't. The grain Is cent Into Chicago , but the coal Is loaded at docks nt other lake points. This causes considerable ! delay. Yes , thcro Is plenty of grain moving and the question of obtaining fiufllclont earn Is getting to bu a serious ono. The coal ulll bring back many of these cars , nnd the movement from now on until the dnto when the new tnrlff beromcs cf- fcitlcn wlss as fast as the cars cau be loaded. " Superintendent Ilucklnghnm ot the Unl- , F.iclUc'a car sorvlou says his load Is not at all pressed for cars and regards the re ported Hcsrolty of car ? on other lines as rather fnm'iful. Tlio Union Pacific's grain uuslncB.i Is not-Ko heavy na It was last week , \\hcn on ono day It handled 1,000 cars on Us Nebraska division but it is by no means llgM. GUAIN RATES TO STAY. There was a rumor that grain rates were to bo raised many notches , but the prevail ing opinion among fmlght men Is thnt they will not go up very far. In the chocking up ot the grain rates It la thought that the rate from Omaha to Chicago may bo ad vanced from IR to 10 rents. This slight elevation will not materially effect either the grain business or the tratllc , fiver ancc the lines between ChtcnKo and Omalm madu the cut In their coal rotes from $3 to ? 2 a ton thcro has been a bo iler , moio or less general , that tha rates vest from NIIW Vmk and Philadelphia would llkeulae fall. Nothing has como of the repoit so fur. Thcro was to linvo been a meeting In New York Wednesday to consider < t reduction otejtbonnJ rates on nntbra- clto coal , but it was abandoned. It Is pros timed that the New York roads are In favor of the cut and that they are being opposed by the Philadelphia lines. The former roads will not act without the co operation ot the latter , and now the matter ( tend * In statu quo , The advance lu raU'd on packing bouse product * and ou freoli meats , If made , will concern only the Wabasti road between this city and Chicago , While the rate war \\as on the Omaha-Chicago lines jnailo no cuts on this class of freight , but the Wabash put In a ratr of 13 cents on packing house prcilunta and ID' cents on fresh meats , front Oinalui io Chicago via St. Louis. At the tame time It made a rate pf 8 cents on pack ing .house products , uud 10 cents on fresh meat * from here to St , LouU. There has been a rumor afloat that the Wabaih would dvince these rates Sunday next , October 11 , but It l not believed that the rates ta soy kind of commodities will be advanced until the general elevation along. ' ' _ -f' The frolRht-oftTctalg of the western lines are stilllh session In Chicago. Several of thvl6cal offices of Omaha-Chicago line * re ceived advices of the Increased rates yester day morning , but none of the dispatcher gave the date on which the new raten would become effective. The Missouri Pacific late yesterday afternoon received a tele gram from J , Vt'i Morse , commer cial freight agent of that road nt Chicago , saying that two dates for the now rates to go Into effect wen ? under consideration. These were October 20 and November 1. IIOO.STIM ! UP TIIK rilKIflltr ItATIiS. ( i nil ii * mill I'll ck I n ir I Ion * < I'rniltirtN from ( lie Mlmtottrl Illtor Haul. CHICAGO , Oct. 8. The traffic managers of the western roads gave freight rates an other boost today and then adjourned until next Wednesday. They decided on the fol lowing rates at their meeting today : From Omaha to St. Louis Wheat , 17 cents ; coarse grain , 12 cents ; flnxsccd , 2 cents higher than wheat , nnd the rates to Chicago nrc to be Ji cents above these rates. From Knns&s City to St. Louis Wheat , 10 rents ; corn , 7 cents. KansnsClty local : Wheat , 11 cents ; corn , 10 cents. The rates to Chicago will be 5 tents higher than these tales nnd fn.\sced ! will be " cents higher than wheat , Un packing house products nnd fresh meats the rate to Chicago from ( ho Missouri river will be 2,1 U cents and to the Mlsls- Rlppl 1814 cents. The rate on cattle nnd ho s to Chicago was fixed nt 23Vi cents. , No date \\aa fixed for these rates to be come effective , but It will not be later than November 1. iMtnss AM ) TIII : UOI.UHII > IIACI : . HCV. .1. \VlllllltllN IllKLMIKtOH 1 N Af- ( lluilc TiMtnrtl Afro-Aitivrlriuis. OMAHA , Oct. 7. To the Editor of The lU > e : My attention has been called to an editorial in your Sunday Issue , In which > ou courteously dissent from certain views of mine recently published In the Omaha Knterprlse. You have very grave suspicions that , like the good Scotch minister who had a favorite sermon on Samson and the foxes , In which he gave the foxes caudal ap pendages of extravagant elongation , I have made the foxes' tails too long , But , when you understand the sense In which I use the words , "speaking broadly bul not too broadly the American press , secular and religious , Is hostile to the Afro-American , " you will find that I will not have to take many Inches off of the foxes' tails. Kdltorlnlly , thcie Is rarely ever an uttcr- auco In the American press , that Is to say , the northern American press , that rc- tlects adversely upon the Afro-American. In the southern press I have seen most dam nable and scurrilous Jlbels published with editorial comment and sanction. The hos tility shows itself , however , In news Items and headlines , which frequently convey sneers , slurs and Innuendoes , which do more damage than open attack. Ridicule and satire aru keen weapons , and these the American press uses against the Afro-Amer ican. ican.Three Three weeks ago I saw In a reputable re ligious journal a slur at "an old darky woman. " It would have been much better to have said "an nucd colored woman. " ANew Now York paper fell under my eye not long ago with a rather blase article on "Colored Swelldom. " "Colored Rowdydom" would have been a more accurate caption. An other example : Not long ago a minstrel show visited n certain city. A cake walk was one of tie features of the show. The local press stated that the elite of the col ored society of that city took part In the cake walk. People of questionable charac ter were the chief participants. The "elite" were at home , where they belonged. Yet the report was given currency , and It was believed that "the best colored society of the city participated. " I cannot tell what you would call this , but my name for it is gross misrepresentation. Thb headlines ap pearing In some of your exchanges will show that , as touching the. Immediate point at Issue , I have not stretched "th ? facts to nn unwarranted degree. " The attitude of the press Is changing , but still , in many quaiteis , thcro remains a disposition to put all Afro-Americans In the same cate gory , and to confound "colored swelldom" with "colored rowdydom , " the vicious with the virtuous , the oes't with the questionable , This appears to mo to bespeak a spirit of hostility rather than of friendliness. I In- velgh against this disposition. I do not wish to do the press , at whose hands I , personally , have iccelved many marked courtesies , for which I am deeply grateful , any Injustice ; nor docs the ar ticle from which the Icxt upon which you romment is taken do this. May I point out where "In an unwar ranted degree" I think you have made a misleading statement ? It Is In your con lentlon that "no more potent factor con tributed to the abolition of negro slavery In the United States than the press. " What press ? Certainly not the press as the press. Uumly's "Genius of Universal Emanclpa- .lon , " Guirlson's "The Liberator , " Doug Ins' ' 'North Star , " nnd' a few other aboli tion Journals , with fearless nnd consecrated crated editors llko Lotejoy , Dlrney , Hlbb ind Holly , constituted "tho press" which was "the potent factor" In "the abolition of legro slavery In the United States. " The nflucutlnl Journals of tha day threw all heir strength against these "fanatics. " If you say tbo abolition press , I admit your 'ontcntlor. . 'If you say the American press , deny ! t. Your statement , unqualified , is crtnlnh' "stretching the facts to an un- vnrranted degree. " Again as to the attitude of the northern > rc s "In Its denunciation of southern out- agcs upon the colored voters. " I have no- Iced that generally Just before nn exciting presidential election tbo northern prci > s , or i certain portion of It , becomes very "fear- ess in Its denunciations of southern out ages upon the colored voters , " and I have urther noticed that the same press loses ts indignation immediately after election. Uils hns always left mo with the perfectly groundless biisplclon that thcro must bo a ncthod in this madness , or that it is only a clever political coup d'etat. Recognizing , as I do , the pros ? as such u mtcnt factor in the uplifting or the over- Ill o'Ing ot a people , I agree In the main vlth what you say , nnd have pointed out \ herein I dissent , JOHN ALIJHRT WILLIAMS. iioiuircn nv HIS mill Tolls tin- Location of OnMinify. . J , Sloaiburg. a butcher and grocer at 223 North Thirteenth street , has very little faith n bunks and deposit vaults. Ho has been li the hnblt of concealing sums of money about his place of business. Ho recently ilaccnl $ SO In blllo In a tea cannlster , and a ew days ago hla faith In his system of bank- ng was given a shock when be found that ho money bad disappeared , Thu only other person. In Slossburg'n cstabllNhment who had any knowledge of ho whereabouts of the money was one iVIIllam Baker , a clerk. He , however , stcad- 'astly ' maintained his Innocence of the theft and advanced ( lie theory that the store had jer n entered by burg la re , who had taken the noiipy. This idea appeared to have some oun'latton ' In fact , as tlieio were indica tions about the store on the morning that thu money was missed that the place had been entered during the night. Suspicion , nevertheless , nas directed to- vard Jlaktr , and it was strengthened VeilnfBday when detectives discovered hat the man had sold a pair of gold spectacles which had been left in the toro by a customer as security for some purchase. Daker was arrested for the lar- eny of the spectacles , and the detectives evoted all their energies during tlie after- 10011 to an effort to connect him with ho theft of the missing money. All their fforti were unavailing , and yesterday morn- ng they had practically abandoned the case. \nother detective then took the- prisoner In hargo and subjected him to a severe sweat box examination. The result of the rate- hUiu was that Daker confessed that be had tolen the nionoy , going to the toro during bo night and leaving behind traces which \ould lead the police to believe that the toio had been entered by burglars , Ilakcr further Informed the officer that he lad given the money to Mrs. Otto Meyer , vho lives at Thirteenth and Chicago streets , or iafe keeping. The woman was visited ml EUO readily turned over the entire sum o the police. Linker Is to be charged nlth < ranrl larcenv ! IIORBACH GETS THE PROPERTY Supreme Court Confirms His Tltlo to ft Valuable Piece of Real Estate. LOUIS SHIELDS' SUIT HAS BEEN DECIDED Dcfcitilnnt AVI it * In ( lir Siiitrrine Cour A HIT n CinUfxl tluil linn Con- tlmifil for More Than Ten Ycnri. Among the > decisions handed flown by th supreme court Wednesday was ono Inn cas which has been In the courts ot Dougla county for the past ten years. The cas Involves the title to n tract of land contain Ing three and one-fifth acres In the north ern part of the city , on what Is known a the "Paul Street show grounds. " The files in this case show that this trac of land was purchased from John A , Horbac by Louis b'chlclds lu 1SG4 , at a time when al the country north of Cumlng street wa nothing but wild prairie. Schlclds bough the land on a contract , as hs alleges In hi petition , agreeing to pay $1COO. Ho erected two buildings on the land , ono a dwelling for himself and the other n house for a number o ! men employed by him In opcrat Ing a brick yard , which ho established 01 the north end of the tract. Schlelds nllcgci that he paid Hcrbach In full for the lam by doing work for him , erecting ccvera buildings , among them the residence no\ occupied by Horbach , and turning over t Horbach several accounts owing to Schleld by various paitlcs. Schlclda alleged that h paid Horbnch In full previous to 1873 , and that at that time demanded from Horbac ! n deed to the land , He nlso alleges tha Horbach refused to give him n deed am that , whllo Schlclda was under th Influence of liquor , Horbach tool from him his contract and gave him a lease to the property. Schlclds further state thnt when ho sobered up the next day h went to Horbnch nnd upbraided him , am that then Horbach gave him another con tract , in the nature of nn option , alleging that there was still about ? 900 duo him Schlclds further alleges that he paid th nmount claimed by Horbach and In 1SS demanded n deed , but Horbach refused am alleged that Schlclds had been holding undc n lease. Schlelds then went Into court to compc Horbach to comply with the terms of th contract. The district court decided ngnlns Shields , Judge Wnkelcy presiding , nnd a suit to eject Schlclds was started. At thl point Mrs. Schlclds Intervened In the sul nnd set up the claim that she had not been Interested In the previous litigation am that she had a homestead right In the prop erty , of which she could not bo dcprlvei without her consent. The case was do elded ngnlnst Mrs. Schlelds by the dlstrlc court and was appealed to the supreme court. The supreme court affirmed the decision ot the lower court and ruled that prevloii" to the passage of the homestead net In this state In 1877 the failure of the wife to Join In n conveyance of the homestead , the title to which was in the husband , did not render the conveyance void. ATTOIIX13V CIIAHCRI ) WITH FRAUD. CUMC RrorVH Out of a -ipiiiiKC Suit AgraliiMt Soulli Oiui lin. A petition was filed In the'dlstrlct court yesterday in which a South Omaha nttorney is charged directly with fraud nnd deception towards his client In a case against the city of South Omaha. The case -entitled John M. Shanahan , administrator of the estate ot Catherine Driscoll , against the city of South Omaha and Mary G. Madden. The petition re- cltca that yV. " L. Sutton was engaged by Mrs. "DrlscoH' to prosecute a suit against the city ot South Omaha for damages caused by being Injured on a defective sidewalk. Mrs. Driscoll was removed to her honie at Neola , In. , leaving the conduct of the case In the hands of Sutton. The latter , BO the petition recites , made overtures to the city council of South Omaha for a settlement and a special committee was appointed by that body nt Its meeting April 3 , of this year , for the purpose of effecting a settlement In the case. It Is alleged thnt nn agreement was reached whereby the city council was to authorize Its special attorney , n. D. Montgomery , to confess judgment In the district court , where suit had been brought. In the rum of $2,500. It Is further alleged thnt at itho meeting of the council on April 10 Bufrh nctloii was taken nnd settlement authorized on the bnsls agreed upon. The petition states that on that very day , April 10 , Sutton went to the homo of Mrs. Driscoll , at Neola , where she was confined to her bed by reason of the Injuries on .iihlcli the suit was based , and Informed her that her claim against the city was not worth much and advised her to sell her clnlm , offering her $400 for It , con cealing from her entirely everything about a settlement. It Is alleged that Mrs. Dris cell was In a feeble condition and was not able to properly transact business , but re lied wholly on tbo advice anil counsel of her nttorney , nnd , nftcr some hesitation , con sented to bo guided by his suggestion , nnd she thereupon assigned her claim to him in consideration of the amount named. It Is further alleged that the city council , as had been agreed , took the action referred to nt Its meeting of April 10 , and the next day a confession of Judgment was entered in the case In the sum of $2,500. This petition further states that Mrs. Driscoll died July 3 , and the plaintiff , Shnna- han , was appointed administrator of her estate by the county court of Douglas county. It Is alleged that Mrs. Madden was not known In the entire transaction , but now claims the assignment. The court Is asked to declare the as signment fraudulent and fictitious , nnd set aside all claim to It on the part of Mro. Madden or Sutton , nnd the court ia also asked to enjoin the city of South Omalm fioin paying the judgment to Dither of these parties and to order the city to pay the money to the plaintiff. .HII.III\T is AKAIXST- TUB CITY. for the Ds-oirnliif ? nf K Ulclini'ilN. The supreme court Wednesday affirmed n case In which judgment was recovered against the city for $2,850 by the mother ot a 10-year-old boy who was diowncd early in July , 1S91 , while playing on a raft made on a section of wooden sidewalk which was floating about on a pond of water on Twenty fifth street , Just south of the Mason schoo The mother of the boy Is Mr * . Fannie E Richards , nnd she brought ult against th city for $5COO for the loss ot her boy , re covering a judgment In the sum named The city appealed the casn. and the actlo of the supreme court fastens the Judgmen on the city. The pond in which young Richards wa drowned was caused by the grading of th streets , the contention of the plaintiff 1 the ease being that the city had cut oft natural water course without providing a outlet for llic water , anil was , therefore responsible for the accident , nnd the Jur took a llko view of the matter , as did th supreme court. MOMKV TO PAY Hl VTU KAIH H1JUTS Prculilotit lliiriirH > 9iiRK ( > NN I'lnn * fo i\liimltloii Vi-nr. President Uarnesi ot the State Hoard o Agriculture state yesterday that all thos who were awarded premiums at the Ncbrask. State fair would soon receive their mono In full. "Wo haroinever yet lapsed In ou payment of premiums nnd we do not Intcn to do so this ycaf.V Mr. Harncs added "Just after the fair I closed the board wa doubtful ot results , but vc cow have th money In the bank'In Omaha and will sen out warrants drnwn mgalnst our deposit t the premium holders , paying them 100 cent on the dollnr. " The board was In 'session nil day Wedncs day and did not adjourn until lat In the evening , after a prlvnt conference with the Omaha Fa I and Speed association. Mctst of the day was spent In auditing bills. . Some $50 ot accounts , the presentation of which ha been delayed , wcro nudttc.l anil allowed Several bills of considerable proportions are still In dispute nnd the board expects t receive additional accounts to a limited ex tent up to the January meeting. In spite of this the members of the bean maintained yesterday morning tha when nil that Is owing the state boaid Is paid thcro will bo plenty In the treasury. At any rate , Mr Unrnes states that over $0,000 ot premium will bo paid off without moro delay. Thu far the speed men , who drew some 30 pe cent of their money on account of the ex penses they had been put to , are the only ones who received any considerable part o their premiums. When the board adjourned It was to mec on November 10 In Omnhn. Hope was ex pressed that the election being over debtor of the board would find It convenient to settle tlo up. At the Pimual meeting In January Presl dent Darnes will Include In his annual re port a recommendation bearing on the qnca tlon of holding the State fair during tin Transnils lsslppl Exposition In 1S9S. So fa : as formulated , his plan will be to reconimem that the contract between the citizens o Omaha and the board be continued one yea longer , nnd that during 1S98 no fair be held but Instead the usual efforts made for tin holding of the fair turned toward making the Nebraska state exhibit something worthy of the state In magnitude. One of the members of the State Board o Agriculture , Milton Doollttlc of North Plalte who had been In attendance on the rcsslon In Omaha , savs that great Interest Is beln shown In Lincoln county In the success o the Nebraska Irrigation fair which meets at North Platte next week. This fair is organized to give some Idea of the success ot irrigation in that region , and as It Is a district fair , it is attracting attention throughout the western portion of Nebraska Do not let your dealer palm oft on you any new remedy for colds. Insist on having Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. MARTI.Y JOIIXSO.V IS I.SWISUCX. . What WIIN SUIMIOMCII io He a Murder Myntury Clpiiroil Up. The mystery surrounding the disappear ance ot Martin Johnson , or Jensen , \vho suddenly dropped out ot sight the latter part of February , has been solved. Johnson Is In Sweden , his old home , and has been enjoying himself while his friends in the vicinity of Omaha , have been scouring the country for some trace of his dead body , and rewards , have " beoni .offered for Information lending to the arrest and conviction of his murderers. Mnrtln Johnson Is a. Swede about 28 years of age. who rented a farm n short distance west of Soi th Omaha. He sold hogs and corn and other farm produce to South Omaha dealers and ivns rather prosperous In a small way. I During the month of February of this ( year Johnson made ar rangements to rent a. farm In the western part of the county and signed a note for the rent of the farm 'for six months. The last time he was seen by his neighbors was on February 23 , when he hitched n team tea a farm wagon and Bald ho was going to a neighbor to secure -assistance in moving goods to his new farm. It has since been learned that he came to Omaha and drew from the Nebraska/Savings bank $350 which 10 had on deposit. He had his team fed at a down town stable and started south on Sixteenth street. He was last eecn at the corner of Sixteenth nnd Lcavemvorth streets , and from that point all trace of him \\.is ost. ost.Johnson's neighbors became alarmed about him when he did not return and his stock and other property about the farm showed signs of neglect. It was then that a search was started which went as far as he corner of Sixteenth and Leavenworth streets , where the trail ended and no further race was discovered until yesterday , when Deputy Sheriff Louis Grebe , who has been on a still hunt for Johnson ever since he disappeared , received n letter from a Swe dish minister at Mollne , III. , Kev. P. A. 'raid , who had known Johnson In the old ountry. Mr. Frold nays lie has learned from n letter received from Sweden that Johnson s all right and Is well. No Intimation s given of the motive which caused the young farmer to take a trip to his old loino without making provision for the care t his stock or Informing his friends of his ntcnttons. _ lC I'DNMPHKlOII nf IIlH E. M. Cohen has been arrested on the hargo of stealing and leading away two lorses , Cobon alleges that the horses be- onged to him and were being herded by Adam Klpflnger. Hu says that he was nablo to pay the charges for pasturage and liat Klpflngcr therefore held onto tint horses ! , ; ohon thought that the herder had no right o do so , and consequently ho took forcible losspsslon of the animals n few days ngo and or this Klpflnger caused his arrest , AKT13K A DAY'S HARD AVOKIC. Take Homfiiril'M Aclil I'hoHphatc. It makes a delicious drink , and relieves atlguo and depression. A grateful tonic. MANY -ARE WANTING OFF1CF Lively Times Are Anticipated nt the Pri marics Today. PROSPECT OF SHATTERING THE COMBINE AffitlrM Snlil ( n lie Soini-Tihiit Coin Itllcnfcil la Mailof tinVaritn _ \oai-l > All Ciinillilntus lla\u it 1'lKlit on llnml. The primaries to select delegates to th republican city convention will bo hch today and the Interest In the local flgh takes temporary precedence over state am national Issues. The situation Indicate that the councllmanlc combination fur ic election will be shattered In several places In the opinion of shrewd observers Conn oilman Mercer Is the only man who hns tb chances for re-election In his favor. The .prospects ot Cadet Taylor and F. U Konnard tor re-election are not Improving In the nighth Taylor Is charged with hnvlnu catered for the support of both gas com panics nnd satisfied nclllicr. U Is know : that the promoters of the new company hnvo been actively working for Tnylor's re election , nnd It Is said that this Is knowi by the officials of the old company , to whom Tcylor U Bald to have nlso pledged nl Icglnnce. The action of the two councltmci In connection with the Holln defalcation when they persistently concealed the fact from the public for months , has also opcr ntcd to secure them the opposition of many voters. Two or three things that have occurred In the last day or two materially encourngci Hcchcl In the Fourth. When Kommrd at tempted to force action Tuesday night 01 the appointment ot John T. Clarke as chair man of the Doird of Public Works he an tagonlzcd some very Influential elements Ho has asked for re-election on his recon as against the corporations , but this Is takei with several ounces of salt by voters who are nware of the fact thnt the head ot n corporation that now has a thirty-year fran chise pending before the city council pali Chairman E. P. Davis of the ally centra committee the amount required to place KrnnarJ's delegation on the ticket. In the Second and Thlul wards , where Antoi Kmcnt and Sol Prince arc endeavoring to succeed themselves , nil the candidates agree that the fight \\II1 be close. O'Malley has a strong following in the Third and Klewlt promises to give Kmcnt a Garrison finish In the Sixth nnd Seventh the situation re mains as complicated as ever , and with such an array of candidates that the man who can corral 200 votes is billed to win. In the Sixth Adam Nell Is coming up with the leaders and Is hiaklng It warm for Ucttcr- man and Karr. while down in the First Pete Hack nnd Ernest Stuht are still telling their friends what a cinch they have on doing the other fellow up. The plan of placing the names of al councllmanlc candidates at the primaries tomorrow on the official ballot will largely simplify the task of counting the ballots In most of the wards there Is only one dele gation In the field , so all thnt will bo necessary will be to count the ballots and then count the votes received by the vai candidates for the council. The man who gets 'thd 'most votes is presumed to receive the unanimous support of the delegation. As th'dMifcntfty of the successful candidate for the cifti'ncllmanlc nominations from the various Awards will be settled at the primaries , the city convention Saturday night will bea very tame affair. The convention will simply ratify the choice ot the ward delegations for councilman , and the only- contest will be the selection ct the caml'datc ' ? for members c-f the Doaid of Education. It Is not cspoctcd that there will bo any difficulty over the selection ot the new city central committee. As there is some controversy over the requliements necessary to vote at the pri maries today , the following extract from the rules adopted by the county and city- committees is quoted : "A qualified elector at the republican primaries shall bo a per son well known to be a republican elector n the ward In which he represents himself to vote and shall swear , it required , that at the last general election held In the pre cinct in which he resided he supported a majority of republican candidates or that 10 will nt the ensuing election support the republican candidates for picsldentlal electors , congressman , governor , a majority of the republican state ticket and a. ma- orlty of the republican county ticket. Pro vided thaLt the vote of any person present- UK hlmstlf/to vote at such primary election shall beilujdcted It challenged , unless such proposed voter will swear that he Intends o support at the ensuing general election In said county the republican nominees for icesldentlal electors , congressman and gov- jrnor. " IlcalliiK I" Half TmlliH. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb , , Oct. 7. To the Editor of The nee : Will you let n gold tnndard democrat ask n few ques- lens about the once republicans vho are now working for Bryan. Vhen a witness goes onto a stand to tes- ify he is sworn to tell the truth. Half the ruth Is purjury. I have read many speeches and letters from Dryan and his friends , in vhlch they tell that silver legal tender was lemonetlzed in 1873 , and thnt It was an normoue crime , hut they neglect to tell that t was remonetlzed In 1878. Why do the Jryan speakers forget to mention this ? Is lalf the truth a crime In this case ? Their ndignatlon slept twenty-nine years , till Mr. Iryan was running on a free silver plat- orm. Docs not so much talk about the great crime of ' 73 have In It a great deal of lumbug and dcmagoglsm ? The bill that enionetlzed silver was so nmblguoun that Grant overlooked its nature , It was a great rime , but nobody was hurt by it , I have , ved In this state since 1SC1 nnd have never icard a man say thnt ho was hurt by this jlll whleh pricks Mr. Dryan nnd his friends o badly. I should think they would get Ired kicking so much against ono bhnrp hlng. Not half the people Icnew the bill vas passed until It was rescinded. Hvre U nothcr humbug , where- not half the truth s told. The governor of Texas wrote to Ilsinarck , asking him his opinion on bi metallism for this qountry. Hlsmarck save o thinks It would bo good for this country , Vho has ever disputed It ? Whcro Is tbo re- ubllcan or sound nionoy democrat who does ot believe In bimetallism ? They believe In avlng ( our metals for legal tender. A man an now pay a debt of any size In cold or liver dollars. Ho can pay a debt of $5 In subsidiary coin mich s half-dollar * , quarters nnd dimes. Ho can pay ft debt ol GO cents In silver 3 cent pieces , ho can pay $1 debt In nickels nnd a < cent debt In copper pennies. The governor of Tcxa * Is now sending ItUmarck's reply In circulars to deceive the Oermnns , Insinuating that the republicans nnd gold standard democrats are opposed to Bimetallism. He knows that his Insinuations are false , and black as the coal banks of . The republicans nml gold standard demo crats wish four metnM used as legal tender , but they want gold to bp the standard of measure , because It has fluctuated In price less than nny other material In the last 2,000 years , nnd will In the future- keep Its good name. When they paved Iho streets of IIoAvcn they knew what was the brst ma terial. All cloths nro measured by one standard , the same with grain. The watches of railroad employes arc nil s t by one standard. No two things can be kept at parity. One sUndarJ. will save mudi double , na It will always bo nt parity with Itself The most Illiterate of the free silver party- believe that the republicans wish to de monetize everything but gold , and their papers nnd orators tnko no pains to enlighten them , The ammunition used by Hryan ami his friends Is misrepresentation , and they have a supply of that article. They will never get out of amiiiuntlon. I could men tion many other cnses whore they tell halt the truth , but It would cover many pages of The lice. I llko tbo populists for one thing , they wear no mask. Their platform Is not ambiguous. They come out plainly In their platform and say that they \Mint congress to legalize theft. They wish the privilege of buying good property and then paying for It In worthless tlnsh called flat money. J. V. DODO. S ( IltOU'IVO KVritf.SI ISTIC. Tlionotinilii AUrtul ( lie MrHIn ; ; " Vil- ilri'iHt'il liy Senator KoraUor. Councilman Jim Allan came In jcsterdny morning from the western part of the state , confident that Nebraska will be solid for the republican ticket. Ilo attended the meetings which Senator Fornkcr addressed nt Glbbor nnd Grand Island. Speaking ot the mctH < Ings Mr. Allan pnlcl ; "Gibbon Is n town of about l.COD Inhabitants , but more then 7,000 people came litto hear the dla Unfinished speaker. Soind of the farmer : drove sixty miles' , nnd more thau 1.000 voter lined up In the parade. In the precinct o Cameron , Hall county , thcro wcro sis re publican votes chst last year. Fifty votets came In a body on horse- bnck to join In the demonstration Wednes day. They are mostly German farmers nnd the precinct will cast an almost eolk vote for McKinley and the republican state ticket. " DufTalo county has never been reckoned In the republican column , but Allan says I Is sure to be republican by 200 majority this fall. The meeting at Grand Islam ! was also a hummer , and Hall county Is expected to give McKinley COO majority. Councilman Allan declared that any ono who thinks the farmers are all for llryan Is badly fooled The majority ot the big crowd that heart Forakcr nt Gibbon was' composed of farmers and no more enthusiastic republicans could be found. MAXV CANDIDATES , KEW POSITIONS \Vonli1-llu JiiNlicfH Mnpt C < > 1 OIT tin County Clerk RcdQcld has called the at tention of the- chairmen of the several county committees to the fact that each of the county conventions placed In nomination two candidates for election as justices of the penceto fill vacancy , whereas , by the action of the district court In reinstating Justice Crosby there la but ono vacancy to be filled. Certificates have been flleJ with the clerk by the ofllcerri of each of the con ventions , certifying that the two men named on the ticket v.ero nominated ns candidates for justice of the peace. The county clerk recommends that the committees each with draw ono of the candidates and notify him of their action , In order that he may know what names to place upon the ticket. It generally understood In political cir cles that the democrats and populists have fused on Justices of the peace , the same as they did on the balance of the ticket , but no announcement of that fact has been made , and there nrc now six candidates filed for the ono vacancy which exists , without Including several candidates who declare they are going on the ticket by petition. 0X13 OFFICH I3XOUGII KOil OXH MAX. .11 lit SlatcH tlit * IMitlform Upon AVliIoh He .S'lnmiN. "I entirely agree with the position or The Dee that ono city office ought to be enough or one man at ono time , " says Secretary V. J. Lunt of the republican county com- nittee , "and I want it fully understood that f I secure the nomination to the city council rom the Fifth ward I shall nt once give ip the place I am holding on the Hoard f Education. I had my resignation ns mcm- jer of the board ready to be tendered at he last meeting , but was persuaded by rlends to withhold It. Should I be nonil- lated to the council , as I nm confident I will jo , I shall announce my retirement from he Board of Education BO that the city onventlon cnn name my successor with out difficulty. The duties or councilman are uch that a person could not divide his at- cntlon between city nnd fcchool district and o both justice , nnd so far as I am con- crned , I would not nttempt It , even If It % ere good public policy to unlto the two iwiltlons In ono man. " Sixth \Vnrcli-r AVniiiH < o Know. OMAHA , Oct. 8. To the Editor of The Bee : I see In your paper n long account f the proceedings In court In the case of he Everest Switch Signal company. The vldcncc seems to show that the Insldo ring f the directors has been engaged In the n est barefaced fraud on Innocent stock- loldcrs. According to your report the judge lad KO little confidence In the offlccia of the ompany that he required all the books and ocumcnts to be turned over to him , so that icy could not manipulate or falsify them lending the conclusion of the hearing. What I want to ask is this : Is the H , C. ettermnn who Is Implicated with J. H. Ylnspcar In this transaction the nanio Uct- erman who wants to be nominated for the Ity council by the republicans of my ward ? f It Is , would It be eafc to put n man in the nanagemcnt of the city's affairs who has a mismanaged the affairs of this pilvntc orporatlon ? If n man would try to defraud ellow stockholders In a switch signal romany - > any , what Is to ho expected of him if glvn 10 opportunity of a councilman ? Do the Ixth ward republicans want a man In the ouncll who Is under the thumb of Win- pear , n innn who Is a democrat today and republican tomorrow , just as thu prospect f ofllco or revenue stilkes him ? SIXTH WAIlDCIt , THIEF BAILED UP Df A BOX Olovor Plan of Ohicngo Orooks for Robbing Freight Oars. TRAPPED BY AN OMAHA EXPRESS AGENT ( JniilT llin ( linn Warl < rit llctitcrtt Oinalui nml < lic KnMt fur n Year Land IM | lit Jill ! n ( From the Chicago end of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad comes Iho report of the arrest ot some members ot n gang ot freight car thieves , who during the past year or more have stolen thousands ot dollars worth of property from the freight cars of all the lines running between thta city and Chicago. The police authorities of both cities nnd the rallr > ud detective * both In Omiba nnd Chli have worked on the case , but uutll n , -ir skill has been bafllcd. During the post year freight cars have frequently nrrUed In this city with portions of their contents missing. The robberies , however , were not commuted In the usual method adopted by cnr thieves , who brcnk Iho eenls nnd open the doors at pomp stop ping point nnd throw out alongsidetha track Iho goods thnt they cnn lay thrlr hnnda on. Holes were found In the bottoms ot the rnrs , which showed plnlnly that thd robbers had cither entered or left In this manner. The evidence of the holes , however , helped the detectives but little. They were unable to figure out how a thief , expert as ho might bo , could enter lh < > cari without brcnklng the seals. Neither were they nblo to see how the hole could he sawed Into the bottom of the car from the outside In the- few mlnutca thnt the trains stopped at any tatlon. Last Friday a train was made up nt Chlcngo on the Northwestern for this city. Just before ono of the freight caw , loaded with merchandise and household goods , wno closed n wagon drove up to the depot with a box of "household goods" consigned to " \V. T. Johnson , Omaha. " After the box had been properly billed , the thice men who had brought the box , placed It In the freight car with considerable care , but nothing waa thought of the circumstances nt the time. The train arrhed In this city last Sunday morning nud It was then discovered that n hole had been cut through the bottom ot the car containing the box consigned to "Johnton. " The aperture was nbout four teen by sixteen Inches In dimensions , and when It was exmalncd by mechanics it xvas declared to have been made from the Inside , The contents of the car were examined , and It was learned thnt boxes had been opened and largo quantltea of goods stolen. A day after the arrival of the car the American Express company In this city re ceived n telegram from Chicago from "W. T. Johnson , " requesting that the box that had been consigned to him to this city bo returned to Chicago by express. The ro- tmcst was an unusual ono and bccamo of a suspicious character when the express com pany ofllclnls learned of the looting of the car. They reported the circumstances to the railroad ofliclals , who saw In It a possi ble solution ot the mystery. The box was shipped back according to icquost and when It i cached Chicago It was seized and examined by the authorities. It contained $800 worth of boots and shoes and In addition It furnished the key to the mystery ot the car robbers. In the bottom \vas found a saw , a chisel , a candle , nn auger and scraps of food. On the sides wore arranged straps to which the occu pant could hold. A number of air holes were bored into the aides. A cleverly con cealed door allowed egress. From this evi dence it was apparent that when the box was placed in the car In Chicago on Friday It contained no "household goods , " but a man. After the train left the man got out of the box , rifled a couple of other boxes of their contents nnd placed them la the box of which he had been the occupant nnd then nailed up the three boxes again. Then ho sawed a hole In the bottom of the car and dropped out at the first stopping place. Later In the day the box was called for by the same three men who had brought It to the freight depot , ono of whom called himself Johnson , They were arrested and were put through a sweat box examination and finally divulged the name ot the man who was placed In the box. The latter , J. C. Miller , was arrested and confessed his part In the scheme. It Is said that moro ar rests will follow , particularly of men who disposed of the stolen zootls. CONVERTS TOMAl.lIS TO HIS ( MV.V USES Vvvriunii Arrcsd'il fore ( Accoiiiidnir for .SiimlnlolirH. P. Newman has been arrested for stealing pork chops , Wienerwursts , lint tomnlos , chicken and other supposedly edible sand wiches from Joseph Uubensteln Newman Is a hot tomato mun , and Rubinstein Is an other , but the latter runs a manufactory oj the products of the hot tonialc trade at 207 North nioventh street. Rubinstein says that Newman has been In his employ anil lies carried around ono of the hot tomalo cans. ICacli evening ho funded out to Nc\wnnn his stock for the night and an accounting was had the next day. Ilublnstcln alleges , however , that whllo waiting for his can to be filled New man had liron In the habit of Binding sundry stray sandwiches of various Itlndfl In hli overcoat pocket , which later he transferred to his can und sold , keeping the proceeds. Newman had evidences of guilt upon Ills person. In a pocket of his overcoat ivtro found a number of hot tomalos and lorlc chop sandwiches. Ho Is charged with larceny. IVnrlc nt AVIllixv SprlnKH DlNtllli-ry. The Willow Spr'irs dlBtlllery has Increased ts output. The amount of corn used per lay has been Increased from iOO to 1,500 jujhels , and In consequence several extra men are required to handle the product , two if the force being government employes. Due additional ganger and ono additional jtoro keeper have heuii Eut to work. About 100 head of cattle mo being fed on the waste product , Totter , cczoma and all similar sltln Lioublca arc cured by the use of r > e\VItt's Witch Hazel Salve. H soothes at once , ami restores the tissues la Ilielr natural eon- llr'.ou , and nevrr falls to euro piles. f WOULJD A.DAM RExOOONIZEX US MUM AN S NOW ? It's the Blsht tlmt wo maku ( 'ood-n tln-ro's tjoineUiInjinoro'to our Kilit } flt- tliiK than a Hliowcaso of spectacles from which to choo o your ( jjxc your glosses If ItoiiKlit lion ; iini Krouiid to ( It your hlglit there's no iu-ss\vork uboit It our expert optician makes a thorough examination ami when his gets tlirnuph you liuve yliissiw tliqtnru llttoil sdiuilllkally. Aloe & Penfold Co Izn of Ills luii In front. 1408 Farnam The smoke conmmicr thnt attaches to the "Acorn Oak" ' burns np t\vo-tlilr < ls of the Kiiioko tlmt uxiuilly escapes through the chimney this Hinolie anil KUS l thu best part of tlul fuel nnd the Kinoko coiiKiuner restillsi In n great wiving on the conl bill It atlilrt cleanliness to ( lie stove ns the greu < er pni't of llio soot Is con-sinned the1 "Acorn Oak" Is abso- sutely alr-tlght nmltliolilH llro three days \vlth soft coal. John HusBie " # ; Co Consider our ' little prices. 2407 Cumitig "Wo wish now we'll priced those new winter tans and enamels for men at ifS.OO wo could have just ns well as 1 not lint wo Htartcd them at ? 1.00 anil , we will slick ( o It razor or round toes Ko il warm heavy weight the very best shoe In Omaha When you'vo bought $10.00 worth of shoes at our store como In and get one of those Im ported china souvenirs. Drexel Shoe Co. Bend for our illus 141D Farnam trated catalogue , The Klmlmll piano continues to be 11m most sought nflcr of all musical Instru ments of coulee the price IIIIR some thing to do wllh It bill not all-i'or aside from being the Jowcnt priced-It Is the highest grude-swectubt toned piano lu existence was awarded the highest honors at the World's fair after a spir ited contest with all the pianos Known to Ije pf Hood repute Knsy terms. A. Hospe. Jr. JliiblcaiidArt 1513 Douglas Quite as mnch has quality to do wllh' carpets as the price It's sold for there's no house In America can quote lower prices thau wo upon the name or equal grades-bul we will not handle cheap deslgiiH at any price we make It n point I to secure the new designs when these no house In America can iiiuili- lower you are never able to get behind tha times hcie. ( Omaha Carpet Co. 1515 Doclgo