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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1897)
H THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SATURDAY , APRIL 10 , 1897. STIR UP RAILWAY CIRCLES Appearance of Ex-3ccrotury of War Lamsnt iu Western Kailnml Oirclcs. TIE-UP OF TWO BIG RAILROADS DISCUSSED Union Pnclllo Olllclnl Tall : * of Krli'iully llclnllouM I'xIfltltiK He- f\rccu Hie .Northern 1'nclflc ami tlic Grcnt ? The startling eventu of the vtl few dajs In connection with a partnership between the Northern Pacific nnd Ihe Great Northern railroad have been witched with great In terest by tbe olfielrtls of nil lran cotitincnlal railroads , the Union Pacific not oxcoptcil. It Is now rvtaidcd as nn absolute tf.il that Daniel S. Lament Is to bo the new president of the Northern P.Ultlc nml that a new' policy of railroading In the great northwest territory will be Inaugurated tht reader. It has bcuti known for aevcral months past that strenuous efforts vcio being cxuitcJ to ward a union of the Great Northern asd the Northern Pacific for the pooling of all busi ness received from territory now rsRSided as competitive. Since the recent decision of the fcui-re.no court , piactlcally prohibiting combinations of lallroad companies , railroad nibti doubt If the play contemplated cm be made , unless congress should repeal the autl- pooling clause ot the Interstate commerce act. Speaking of the matter n TTn'.on I'aclfic ofilclal said : " 1 do not aeo how tarso two roads can uclunlly combine , but I do believe that the resent turn uffnlis have taken means that they wll'i In the lulure conduct busi ness according to a most irlrmlly agreement. There will bo no cGiiipetlUi.il. to spe-ak of between the linen nnd they will liavo us close rclatlohs .in possible under the new rulings of the supicme court. This combination will not hint the Union Pacific ; It v/111 be more of a bcacllt. Its effect on us will not bo great , however , flncc the most luciatlvc portion tion of the traffic ot these two lines Is the westbound wheat out of Minnesota and ad jacent loriitorj' . Thcj- can go ahead and combine all they want lo on lhal business and It will not Interfere v rlth us. " While the effect on traffic of transconti nental lines Is the feature of the new deal that Is mcflt discussed , there has Just ap peared an Incident In connection with the mailer that Is canning a great deal ot talk It Is a fact that the Oregon Hallway and Navigation company Is Interested In ths deal For a long tlmo past , befoio this company came out of Its receivership , Edwin McNeil , then iccclver and general manager and now president , had cnilavoicd to effect a cloua union betvvean his company and Iho Great Northern. Ills close relations with President Jamej Hill ot the Grcal Northern are known throughout railway cliclc-i. From a bona fide letter received in this city today from n prominent lallioart official of Portland , It Is learned that President McNeil waa unable lo swing the Oregon Hallway and Naviga tion company over to the Great Northern because cause of opposition within l.ls own company. In the1 mcanllme Ihe Northern Pacific hni > tied up with the Great Northern and has prevented a Ihrce-cornered deal lhal would take In the Oregon Railway and Navigation company. The loiter goes on to elate that President McNeil , dl-nppolntcd at his failure to break Into the combination , announced that he vvas going away where no one would hear of him nnd seek solace for his wounded feelings. The letter is genuine , and from an official whose word canniot be doubted. His etalcMncnts appear to be borne out by the Btoiy of the president's Indiscretion sent out from Rochester last Saturday night. nvF co.\ci2ir\ix n vrns. Attnrurj N Sny WuNtcrn OomjiaiilcN May Rrniit Hriluccri Karc . CHICAGO , April 9. The legal advisers of the western roads have advised the corarall- tee now working on the new agreement of tlio "Western Passenger aBsocIatlon lhal Ihere la nothing In Ihe decision to prevent the roads from granting reduced rates whenever they choose , and that the roads can make or maintain any and all kinds of rates as long os the rales do not Interfere with the con venience of any Individual load. They base this assertion upon the supreme courl deci sion , which slated that tbo reasonableness 01 unreasonableness of Iho rates did not enter into consideration at ell. Thcro could nol bo any ngi cement which did not to a certain extent Interfere with the freedom of action of all the roads par ticipating. Just In proportion to the ex tent which It did so Interfere with Indi vidual * actlon It vvas a rcstrlcllon of Irade , and Iherefore unlawful. Therefore , no agiee- incnl of any kind affecling competition rates could legally bo mide. Now the lallroad altornejs reason that nny agreement that does not rcstrlcl Ihe ac tion of Iho roads Is not unlawful and lhal it docs not become unlawful until It does BO reslrlct. Under this advlco Iho old agree- mcnt of the Western Pa senger association can be alloncd to stand with the exception of the clause regarding the maintenance of rates and that providing for the division of tiaffic for lho purpose of maintaining rates. The western roada are cxpjctlng trouble over their emigrant rates. The euprema court decision has knocked out the emigrant clearing house on a controller of rates , al though the roadsi have ben advised that It can be kept In effect as a solicitor of busi ness. Thcro ihas alwajs been much trouble over this clans of business and the roads of the Western Passenger association have had great trouble with the Southern Pacific , which they declare was pajlng commUalonu lee ihlgh for the provisions of the agreement. There Is now very little hops that the western roads will bo able to Induce the Soulhern Pacific to lower Itn commission rates , and the Union Pacific and ono or two of the other roads arc becoming rcutlvo under the situ ation. All the roads are looking for demor alization In lho emigrant bulnran In the near future and Uioy BM no means of avoiding It. HlN Term of Olllce I.IU.ljto He Short. The appointment of John T. Dressier to the government commission of the Union Pacific railway wait a subject ot considerable comment In local railway circles yester day. While no dissatisfaction Is openly ex press CM ] , the facts that ho Is not an Omaha man , does not llvo an the line of the Union Paclllc and Is not conversant with railway Affairs have caused considerable adverse com- tneit. The nppolntmcnl Is ftar a year , but It Is doubtful If Mr. Dressier will serve out his full term. According to General Cow In , spe cial attorney for the government In the matter , the forccletniro of the government's mortgage on the Union Pacific will undoubt edly take place during the coming summer. The terms ot all government commissioners Will ccaeo with the termination of the receiv ership pf the road. The position pays $10 a day , whllo the government commissioner Is actually on duty , which Is very few dajs In the year , but tbo chief advantage of the Most Torturing , Disfiguring , Humiliating Of Itching , burning , bleeding , scaly skin and scalp humors is instantly relieved by a warm bath with CUTICUIU Seur , a single application of CUTICUUA ( oint ment ) , tbo great skin euro , mid a full dose o [ CUTICUIIA lUsoLVBNT , greatest ot blood purlllors and humor oures. speedily , permanently , And s , economically cure , when all else falls 1 PotTIBl > lCUi l > CmM COir . Palt lr | . , llMI Ion. I wj 'llov to Can tTtrj Bkla .a4 lllaud Humor , " lit I * . PIMDIV CflPCQ ratlixi > nd ntiutieM / rlnirLT rHutj cuncuiu aim- . ofllro In the past h.ii been the ability of a ; ovcr.iment director to obtain tranpportatton 'or himself and friends and the use of private cars for blmsclf and family. This Is ibe first Inntaneo on record wbcra the Nebraska nppolntii.cnt of a Un'on ' Pacific government director has gone outside ot Omaha. The apt'Olntmcnt aim gives the republicans on the a majority , TIM IISTOX OltDKItv PRIVATE CAM. .Vclirnxkn'fl fi-nnliir Mnkri n Itcmnnil Ij'lion tlic 1. ' n I on I'nrlflc. One of the private cars of the Union Pacific 6) stem will be thoroughly renovated and Irl'nmcd up vvlthlu tbo next fen days for Lno exclusive life of Senator and Mrs. John il. riiurstun. Tits tar will bo sent to Wash ington , where It will be met by the former Union 1'fl U fie Rcncml solicitor and his wife. They will Ihcn take possession of It , and leivc for riorlila , through which state they will travel for the following Ihreo weeks. The older for the ear has not jet been officially Issued , but will bo within a day or two. Advance notlco to comply with the request of Mr. Thurston has already been given. H has nol yet been decided vvhloh car will bo Pent south for the use of Senator Thurston , but It will probably be the hand somely nppolnlcd one , known as No. 010. M vrns rou SOMI : SIMIIMJ MIJUTINOS. IlitllronilN Con tin mtn Miilntnht Their nxciirxliui Itnli'H. A bunch of circulars announcing reduced rales for several special occasions have been received by all vvcntern railroads. The cir culars arc not stamped "Western Passenger association , " as formerly , but they ore all alike and are sent out from the Great Northern building , 77 Jackson streel , Chicago cage Among the rates agreed to are the follow ing : Ono faro for the round trip from all polnta In Iowa , Iowa Teachera' assoclallon , Sioux City , April 20-May 1 ; convention ot Royal Neighbors , Uock Island ; Presbyterian Hoard of Torelgn Missions , Fort Worth , Tex. , May 2-5. Hutlviiiy ISolfM ntiil Chief nnglneer George H. Pcgrom ot the Union Pacific system was Thursday evening unanimously clwen president of the Omaha Technical club. W. P. McMillan , general agent ot the Durllngton route al Sail Lake Clly and formerly n resldenl of Omaha , la In lho clly on n business errand. Krelghl Irafflo on lho greal lakes was opened for Ihe ecaaan Thursday , nnd pas senger traffic between IMrolt and Milwaukee will be Inauguraled today. AMUSEMENTS. Judging from Ihe size of lho audiences al- lendlng lho performances of Ihe Woodward Theater company at the Crelghton , lhat well known organlzallon has lost none of Us popularity. "That Cheerful Liar" wai the bill last night , pleasing a large audience. Lltllo Marie Snow den repealed her pro nounced success of Ihe night previous. Two performances will bo given today , "The Collon Spinner" being the bill at the matinee , when souvenirs will be given each child atlendlng. "The Ocloroon" Is an nounced as lho evening bill. An elaborate producllon of "The Two Or phans" will be given Thursday night , thirty persons appearing In the cast. Two now plajn will bo presented tomorrow. As the result of years of abuse , counter- fell productions , cheap mounting and cheaper performers , the fine old play of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has of late years been looked upon with pity by many who read Mrs Stowe's great story and felt all the power and pathos of Its lines ; bUt others and these are the majority have ridiculed It and laughed at Its very mention. In thealrlcal clrcleo It has fallen Into puch bad repute that to belong to a "Tom show" is to class an aclor as "fcors de combat. " To under- lake , In Ihe face of such , discouraging con- dlllons , lho producing ot lho play In a man ner Vorthy of Its story , and to hope for Us approclallon by Ihe Ihealer-goers al large , vvas almost to atlempt the Impossible. Salter - ter & Marlln hive taken the play as it was originally wrlttcm , engaged a company said to bo made up of competent players > and surrounded them with what Is described as beautiful and appropriate scenery. They have also engaged a number of pickaninnies and Creole girls , who appear In the planla- llon scencj In old-lime songs and dances. The company will open , a four days' engage- mcnl at the Boyd Sunday. A very appreciative audience witnessed "Driven from Homo" at Boyd's last night The engagement of the Paytons will be brought to a close today. At the doll mati nee this afternoon "Braving the World" will bo the drawing card , and tonight when the blcjclo will bo given away , for which the correct number must bo present , "A Much Man led Man" will bo repeated. The mov ing plclures will be a fealuro of bolh per formances. UflN : i I'alr of Itiililicr IlootH. Jllko O'llrlen vvenl inlo Ilnydcn Uios' ttoro last evening , and while the clerks wore nol looking helped himself lo a pilr of rubber boots. Ho then made a sneak , but nol quickly enough to escjpe detection O'Hrlen Is something ot a sprinter , but was c.iptiind before ho had gone .1 block The bools were recovered and Mike was locked up. Attaeliniciit I'rocvcillnivH IlroiiKlit. W. W. Stewart has commenced an attach ment suit In lho district courl agalnsl Jacob S. Shinier for $207 on a promlFeory note , and A , N. Wolf has commenced an nllachmenl ault against the same party for ? 292 50 , al leged to be due for cigars. IMettire IlroiiKlit 11 Gooil Price. At the Easter sale by Ihe women of the First Congregational church last evening n beautifully executed water color copy of the famous painting. 'Tho Fortune Teller , " WIIH purchased by C. N. Dletz , the price paid beiiiK fJO The picture was made by Miss I. J. Sprlgff and vvas gic.itly admired. PKIISOXAI. I'AKAGII.VIMIS. John Kclley , Grand Island , Is registered at tbo Barker , W. M. Gentry , Qulncy , III. , Is registered at the Barker. Mrs. J. C. Dahlman and daughter , Chad- ron , are In the city. A. J. Wilson and J. Hart are Chicago ar rivals stopping at the Barker , Ed Falrfleld , formerly of this city , novof Lincoln , was In town yesterday on business. Dr. Max Axelrood , a prominent Russian physician from San Francisco , Is In the city. Clint B. Slater , representing the Kansas City Baking Powder company , is at the Barker. Dewey Heywood , advance agent of the Alba Hoywocid company , Is registered at the Barker. Guy C. Barton and wife , who have been on a tour through Italy for six months , re turned homo last night. C. S. Eastman , sheriff , residing at Hot Springs , S , D. , was In Omaha jesterday whllo on his way to Kansas City , J , F. Richardson , local superintendent of the Pullman Car company , left for Lincoln and paints further south last nlghl. Michael Uavllt. M. P. , London , EUR. , was In the city je terday while en louto from New York City to San Fran cisco. cisco.Will Will M. Barry , the business manager of Suiter & Martin's Uncle Tom's Cabin com pany , which cornea to Boyd'a tomorrow , left for Chicago laat evening. . Charles A , WIe-be , one of Hall county's representatives In lho legislature , spent last night In this city , ami thus avoided the con fusion Incident to the last night oJ ! the leg islative ECbslon , Colonel W. F. SwIUler , editor of the Mis souri Democrat at Boonovllle , Mo , Is visit ing In this city with his son , Warren F. Sultzler. The colonel has been engaged In the newspaper business for flfty-fivo years. Nobroakans at the hotels : John O. Lilly , Norfolk ; F. Curry , Dodge ; M. L. Dolan , Giand Island ; R. Bruasch , Norfolk ; George Holder , Grand Inland ; John Proud , Cam bridge ; A , J. Keatler and J , C. Gumme ) ! , Stockvlllo ; J. II. Laraon , Axtcll ; F , L. Bur- rell , Lincoln ; Jolm Shannon , Hosklua. ASK FOSTER TO WITHDRAW Seventh Warders Meet and Adopt a Scries of Resolutions. CALL ON THEIR NEIGHBOR TO BE LOYAL Apiicnl to Him ftnt la Stniul nn n Cniullilntc for Mnjor , but " ( Jl\c III * Support to Moori-i. "Whereas , A petition has been filed by certain Individuals , placing our worthy neighbor , A. C. Fosler , on the ballot as * a candidate for major , and "Whcrcai , All reputable citizens Interested In the welfare of our city must recognize that the Interests of the city , demand lho election of the entire republican tlckel , and "Whereas , The candidacy of Mr. Foster would only result In benefit lo the fusion gambler candidate , nnd "Whereas , Wo know Mr. Foster to be a good citizen , and "Whereas , Mr. rosier was a member of the city convention , and Is morally bound lo supporl Ihe candid-lies there named , be It "Resolved , That this mcellng rcquesl Jlr. Foslcr to withdraw his name and give hla support to the candidates who respect the ballot of the people and who will not legis late In the Inler sls of lho gamblers , and be II further "Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions bo scnl lo Mr. Foslcr. " A. C. Fcslcr , whoso name vvas presented as Independent candidate for mayor In a petition filed wllh lho clly clerk late yes terday afternoon , Is a resident In the Seventh ward. His friends and neighbors In the ward , assembled In mass meeting last night , unanimously passed the above resolutions , calling upon him lo have Ibc petition w lib- drawn , The rcsolullons were Introduced In the mid dle of the meeting. They were carefully read. They aroused but lltllo comment. A half-hearted motion vvas made lo lablc them In view of lho facl lhal 11 was not known whether Mr. Foster had given his sanction to the filing ot the petition , bul this was lost by a big majorllv , lho "noes" being liardly distinguishable. The resolutions wore then passed unanimously , nol a dissenting volco being raised agalnsl them , The meeting which took the action was held In the headquarters of the Seventh Ward Republican club at 1212 Park avenue. The gathering was a large one , the half be ing packed. It was also a representative one , voters from as far as Shceleytown lo lho north llmlls being picsenl. It was some what uniqueas a political gathering , Inas much as there were a number of ministers In the audience. It waa a harmonloui one de spite the efforts of some of the dlsgruulled elemenl , who allempled lo Inlerrupl the speakers , but who were quickly squelched by vigorous evidences of dlssatisfaclion they aroused. II vvas an enthusiastically repub lican and Moorcs mooting. The first speaker of Ihe evening vvas Clly Attorney W. J. Connell. Ho laid bare the course lhal had been pursued In Ihe leg islature by Howell , who Instead of working to advance the Interests of the exposition , had engaged In a political conspiracy to seat himself and his friends In the city offices of Omaha at the coming election. He polnte 1 out the defects In the charier Uiat had not been considered In the haste to get Its main purpose accomplished. He spoke of the part Howell had taken in disfranchis ing the people ot this counly when the leg islature threw cut the duly elected repub lican electors. Tills legislative record , ho asserted , disqualified Howell from elecllon. In conlrasl he spoke of Ine career of Frank E. Moores , saying that the charges against Min had wholly a political purpose. He staled further that he did not believe thai A. C. Fosler would ever permit his name to bo used for the purpose of defeating Moores and placing a man like Howell In control of the clly government John C. Wharlon also made a pertinent comparison of the two heads of the tickets. He arraigned Howell on three different charges. The first was that he had failed to secure a dollar lhal Ihe cxposllion board could use. The second was that ho had passed the Iniquitous city charter , by which ho might legislate himself and his frlencVi Into city offices at Increased salaries Thirdly , hd had made himself the champion of the gamblers. "If It had not been for the timely efforts of The Bee , " staled the speaker , "lho gam bling bill would have gone through. I like a man lo lell whal ho Is. If he Is a gambler , let him say that h3 Is a gambler. How is It with Hoxvoll ? He fathered the gambling bill , bul he passed it lo Miller for Intro duction. Miller saj-a he Introduced the bill by request. The bill waa given a decepllve llllc. II appeared lo suppress gambling , when , as a matter of fact. It threw the gambling dens open. More than thai It gives no adequate punishment to the men nho debauch and fleece the young men of the city In the gambling hells " Mr. Wharton then spoke of Ihe war record of Frank E. Moores. Ho louched upon his career since ho has been a citizen of Omaha. He mentioned a mimb-sr ot Instances of his liberality and charity. Ho continued : "Whom shall wo trusl ? This open hearted man or lho man nvhoso letlcr appears In The Bee today ? A px > r man worked In the Interests ot Houcll for three months last fall. Ho fell on hard luck. Surely How ell 'would help him. Ho applied for a ton of coil , promising to pay for It out of the first money he received. "I belong to the coal triMt , " responded Howell. "Tho coal trust tells only for cash. " anil he refused the request. Mr. Wharton was Inlerruptcd by a number of disturbers In the audience. So alee wan the next speaker , A. C. Troup. Tlwe In terruptions ceased only after the meeting emphatically discountenanced them. The following candidales also spoke : E. M. Sluht , W. G. Edwards , S. I , Gordon , Tom Crocker , Myron Karr , W. W. Dlngham , D. T. Mount , John Westbcrg and Beechcr Hlg- by. 1'itoniicu piiicns i\ Tim mourn. Tiilci * IL Xc-iv 1,1'iul 111 Tli lr Aided by a brass band , lho democrats , populists and fuslonlots of the Eighth ward managed to drum up a crowd of thirty or forty people laat night. They gathered them at Sanders' hall where the speakers discussed politics , finances and prices of commodities for a. couple of hours. The meeting was billed to commence at 8 o'clock , but at lhat time the hall was deserted and { ho Janitor staled that If the crowd did not gather shortly , ho would turn out the IlghtD and charge the expense to profit and low. After this announcement was made , Dr. Savllle and othera of the Eight ward fusion push hustled and hired a band to play In front of the hall. The music was very good and had the effect of drawing a crowd. Another se lection waa rendered and then it waa an nounced that ( speeches would bo made In the hall above. The leader of the fusion movement climbed tbo flairs , followed by a dozen en thusiasts , after which D , Clem Teavcr vvas Introduced tas the orator of the evening , Clom talked to the empty benches for a time and until the band was prevailed to go up Etalrs and play. After the selection had been rendered , Clem reviewed his speech , taking up the theme of national polities , touching upon tbo former republican admin istration ; warming up to some extent when ho got down lo city matters. He eald that he could swallow the whole of lho fusion , bul failed lo dlscuta the merits of the sev eral candldate-s. He eald that It was enough to know that they had been nominated by the populists , the democrats and the sllver- Ites. This , ho declared , was the only en dorsement that the men needed. nUWAILS THE FLOODS. Harry Miller was called upon and re sponded with a vigorous speech , yet before he commenced , ho said bis extreme modesty would prevent him from appearing before a. gathering of hla countrymen , Mr. Miller howled calamity and attributed the heavy mows of the past winter end tbo floods to the fact that the republicans were victori ous last lall. Leading off on anolber trend. he talked of options , straddles , margins end puts and calls. He declared that bo had been In business for twenty years and had never ecea such hard times 09 prevail. This statement gave htm A thought and he launched charge after chsrge of hot phot at the republicans admlnlstratljil nd the party leaders. At their door0heiald the blame for the low prlco of coTn.'vv-li at and all kinds ot produce. Some man ilni the audience laughed , \vhllo a couple --W nt out. Miller never noticed this , but kept right on , talkIng - Ing on the same line , lleflquoted prices In wheat , corn and -barley , hosf sheep and cat tle , after hlch ho furnished quotations engrain grain , and llvo stock at blber periods in the past. Comparisons follfivrlQ and then the speaker made the startling1 announcement that had Mr. Bryan beta wccted president at lho election last Nov'fcmMr prices would now be going skjfward.1 Ttireo men and a boy cheered Ihe statement , whllo a man who was on the front scat said lhat ho did not bclievo anything of tbe.klnjj , venturing the opinion that supply am ] , demand , had some thing to do with prices. Before concluding Miller took up the can didacy of A. C , Foster , a petition candidate for major. Ho was glad that Foster was In the field , as If It would help Howell. All that ho rcgrctlcd ] vvas that there were not a dozen republican candidates for the office. Dr. Hippie and oomo lesser lights spoke of local affalrs.Thcy praised the whole of the fusion tlckel and Intimated that with any kind of luck , moat of tbo men would be elected. _ SCANDINAVIAN HlU'Ulll.IOANS. MeeUiiw AHiMiileil lir n Number of Voter * . An enthusiastic meeting was held last night at Patterson's ball , Seventecnlh and Fnrnam streets , by the Scandinavian 'Repub lican club. Theodore Johnson acted as chairman , with E. T. Peterson as secretary. The hall was well filled with Scandinavian voters , who applauded the speeches made by I. II , Andrews , Charles Winters , Gustavo An derson , John Westberg , DoechcT Hlghy , T. S. Crocker , D. H. Chrlslle , Earnest Stuht and E. Q. Edwards. Several entertaining selec tions vvas rendered by Prof , Edgrcn's quar- lel. The meeting was kept within the hall until 11 o'clock , and many voters were con vinced of the worth of the republican clly llcket and pledged their support at the com ing elecllon. 1M3T1TION CAMJII1ATK FOR MAYOH. \nine of A. C. 1'onlcr lla Ileen for n 1'lnci ! oil the TluUo * . Al 5:20 : o'clock lasl night , John Dale , late prohlbllloni candidate for governor ; John C. Thompson , editor of Ihe American , official organ of lho A. P. A. ; and M. G. McLeod , an associalo of Thompson's , wended Ihelr way lo Ihe office of lho clly clerk , whcro Ihey filed n petition , nominating A. C. Fos lcr as an Independent candidate for mayor. The petition carried fifty-eight names , thai of John L. Kennedy heading lho 1'st. ' SKUi Ward Itt'piilillciiiiH. The Sixth Ward Republican club will hold a meeting tonight at Idlewlld hall , Tvventy- fourth and Grant streets W. F. Gurley , Judge Fawcett , A. W. Jefferles , W. I. Kler- slead and Leo Estello will speak. FIND MISSING 1IOV IX THE UMKU. to Hnc Ileen Miirdcrcil mill Itolibvil. CHICAGO , April 9. The mjstcry con nected with the disappearance In November last of young Arthur E. Wallace , eon of Rev. T. D. Wallace ofhe , EIghlh Presby terian church , has been partially cleared up. The body of a man fduml In Ihe river near Ihe Madison street bridge was Identi fied by Rev. T. D. Wallace as that of his son. When the body vvas found the overcoat and watch were gone , -amJrfrom this and other Indications it Is supposed thai young Wallace was waylaid , m\irdtred and thrown Into the river. ArlhuU E. ' Wallace , lho dead youth , wan 1C j-fc'ars'i'of age. For something llko a year "be tad bcn a stu- ddnt In the military School at Delaficld , Wls , where he had won.seyeral medals , and before that ho had attended the public schools In Hannibal , MOL'from which town his father came to 'this ' ? Ity Viine jears ago. IMPORT A LAUGE AMOUNT OF SUGAK. " " " It * * * " * * J 'IrtiKt 1 > Keeiilii * ? lUolf Tinny In Gcl- tltiKlie.til of tli'o , JlliiKTloy Illll. NEW YORK , April 9. The Pr6ss Bays ; "Thero Is great actlvlly em Ihe part of the Sugar trust to Import large quantllles of sugar before lho enactment of the Dlngley bill. In order to handle Ihe products Col lector Kllbeth received yeslerday len addl- llonal weighers and olhers will be employed The payment of duty on sugar has been more than $580,000 this week. At other ports the movement Is correspondingly largo. " A dispatch from Boston , received In Wall street yesterday , staled lhat thirty ships laden with augar , wool and other merchan dise from European ports are scheduled to sail for thai port with In the next few dajs All this sugar is entered as "directed shipped prior to April 1. " Hence the duly Is col- lecllblo according to the schedule in the Wilson law. o JUDGMENT FOR A DEFICIENCY Decree AfinliiMt the St. Jonepli mill Cr.mil iNlimil. ST. PAUL , Minn. , April 9. Judgment for $5,523,983 has been ordered by Judge San- born In the Unllcd States circuit court against Ibo defendant In the case of the Cenlral Trust company of New York agalnsl the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad , and execution Is to Issue on the Judgment at once. The complainant has the Judgment ad lho Irustco for lho holders of first mort gage bonds of Ihe road. The sull was broughl for a deficiency which existed ) after foreclosure by the same company. Under the foreclosure the road was sold In Novem ber for $3,000,000 to a committee of the stockholders. WAYLAID IN A LONESOME PLACE. Two Men Attempt to AxMaNHlnate H ClileiiKO INiIltleliui. CHICAGO , April 9 L G. Marlalcne , who lives al 78 North Clark street , was shot In. the left side near the heart last night at the foot of Chicago avenue by ono of two men , who , ho sajs , decoyed him to that lonesome spot by a false Invitation to a reception of the Delaware Boat club , Mataleno resisted the attack and as his acsallants weio attempt ing to escape fired two shots at them. Ono of the mon fell and Mutalene Is of lho opinion lhat he was wounded. Matcleno has been active In politics , and his assllanls arc ihoughl to bo men who have lost positions as a result of his efforts. AVI It hueceeilx.FnlrcIilIil. MANHATTAN. JCnn. , ADrll 9. A decided stir was created hero today when It bc- cnmo known tlmt Prof ? George T. Pair- child , who , nn preBldenUJias been nt the hend of the KaneaH Aurcluullurul college for clehleipii years , hiulJWen FUcomilta an president by Prof. Thomas n. Wilt , vvbo came to HID collects fiom Harvard univer sity two ycius UKO , iia professor of cco- nomlcH. Prof. Wilt. vUio ! no "new and nd- vnnccd Idena of political t-conomj' , " la nliout JO jrurfl of nve. Tor m/piy / montlm he his found pirtlculnr favor In thy * ejca of popu list leaders , but todny's autloii by the re gents of the university camp as a decided " surprise. f"t Fire Heeoril for T Day. POUGHKI2EPSIE , N. Y. . April 9. The Poughkeopsle Glass worKs 'Kire completely destroyed by fire today. | The only parlof _ lho factory that the , fir m40j were able to tuvo was the office and jsctrne eheda , under which now goods were tttyftt } The loss ap proximalce about $100,000nsurance ; , $90,000. FIRST WARDERS ARE ACTIVE Republicans There Are Enthusiastic in Their Support of the Oity Ticket. INTEKESTING MEETING LASF NIGHT Tell ll < m lloivell nnil Ilim- the i\iioxltloit to ' 1'llPlllhOll CM llllO Olllec. Another rouKlng republican meeting In connection with the local political campaign was that held at Forest halt , SKth and Pierce streets , last evening. It was n mccl- Ing of the First Ward Ilcpubllcan club , and upwards ot 200 voters turned out to hear the speakers. I'etcr Itojscn presided ovei the meeting , nnd Intioduccd the tpcnKcrs. An Interesting feature of the occasion was the singing of a couple of very excellent selecllons by the Scandinavian , Olco dub and a solo by Mr. Do ) sen. i Hon. William P. Ota ley was the principal speaker of thp evening. Ho tinned the lighten on the dcmo-popullstlc candidate for major , and exposed numerous weak points In Mt. How ell's makeup. Ho especially ciltlclsod his record In the senate during the present session , hla part in tht unseating of Evans , his lack of Interest In exposition matteis , and his greed for a new tlty charter , which should give him an opportunity to inn for mayor , being recited as points In the hulict- mcnt against him. Of the republican candidate for mayor , Frank E. Moorcs , he declared that Ills stand ing nor ability cotild bo questioned. "He has been a resident of Omaha , " continued Mr. Gurley , "for nioic tl..ui twenty jeais. During that time he has bcin a mosl hon orable citizen. Ills icpubllcanlem Is of the Irue-bluo order. Ho hua ahvajs been ready to contribute to the buccess of the parlj. His generosity , especially to the poor and the unfortunalc , has known no bounds No man , bo ho ever so poor , has over applied to Frank E. Moorcs for aid and been turned away without It. In all icspccts he Is a man such ai might be wished for to pre side over this city us Us chief executive , and I bclievo that on the twentieth day of this month Iho voters will rally round him and elect him by an overwhelming majoilty. " THEY DESEUVE UE-ELECriON. "Concerning the rest of the ticket , I want to say thai all the candidates are good men nnd deserve jour supporl. Moreover , 11 la but fair play that they should be le tallied In their respective otllces , for which they have been nominated to succeed themselves The voters ot this city elected Ihcse men lo ofilco for Iwo jears , to servo until Decem ber , 1897. Certain membcis of the legisla ture , In violation of their oaths of omcc and against the 'will ' of the majority of their constituents , went down to Lincoln and there forced upon us a new city charter , which had been drafted by them for Ihe sole purpose - pose of having themselves elected to odlce and In order to allow them lo receive Ihe emoluments thereof. " Harry C. Uromo of the Slxlh ward poured some more hot shot Into the populists He raised the query why Ihls campaign ihad been forced upon thq people at a time when they could 111 afford Ihe expense Xhe only re ply that was forthcoming was lhal How ell , Ransom and others might legislate them selves into odlce. He eaid that while Omaha was passing through a period of depression a gleam of hone appeared to Its citizens In the form of the Tranomlsslsslppl Exposition , which 'would ' give work to the laborer , bene fit the merchant and do the city Incalculab'e good. For this IL was necessary that the legislature act promptly and liberally. Dut Instead of walking for this end How ell ami Hansom had served their own endu by post poning the exposition bill and taking up the tlmo of the legislature with an effort to steal the seats of republican members who had been duly elected. The exposition had been relegated to the rear In order that the eclflsh Interests ot Howell and Ransom might be served. Ho gave HowelJ credit for admitting that ho did not like to steal the seat ot Sen ator Evans , but ho condemned him for sell ing 'his ' vote at the dictation of the popullntic caucus , which refused to pass Ills Omaha charter bill until Evans' seat had been stoln. No association of business men , no labor organization , not even any political party had asked for a spring election. No ono wianted It , but It ihad been forced en the taxpayers nevertheless by the corrupt popul'sts who represented Douglas county In the legislature. Every citizen , every organ ization of Douglas county had said to Its representatives , "Go down to Lincoln and work for a liberal appropriation for the ex position. " Instead they Jiad merely labored for their own selfish Interests. The speaker said that the citizens of Omaha owed It to themselves to administer a stinging rebuke to such men. POPULIST CARE OF THE POOR. J. J. Rouoher spoke of the bill providing for a municipal court that had Just been passed by the popullstlc legislature. He said that this waa another Infamous measure that had been developed by the party that pretended - tended to bs the poor man's especial friend Ho said that In the present courts of Justices of the p ace , any man , no matter how poor , cooild institute a suit , against even the Union Pacific or Durllngton railroad. Under the new law , instituting municipal courts Instead , It would be necessary for any man to employ an attorney before Instltullng a suit and bo put to endless bother and expense that vvras not Incidental to the present svotom. He defended Moor s from the outrageoua at tacks made by a local newspaper. He said that three of the county commissioners had told him that Douglas county would be mighty fortunate If It could compromise with Frank Moorcs by paying him the sum of $20,000. He said It was a well known fact that for every dollar Moores owed the county the county owed lilm five. Ho raid If ho owed the passenger department ot a railroad $1,000 , and the freight traffic department owed him $5000 , ho would never pay over that $1,000 until the freight traffic depart ment had effected a settlement with him He said that this was exactly the position of Frank 12. Moores In relation to Douglas Hutu's Gibson of the Fifth ward also highly commended the republican nominee for mayor , and declardo that Mooros and the whole republican city ticket would sweep the city like a landslide on April 20. I.AHC.I : MFIJ ivsimA.Non I'oi.icn MrM. I.Haiul fctnnforil SlKiiH Coiitriicl for a ItlxU of If 1 , < MM > , < MK > . SAN FRANCISCO , April 9 Mrs. Leland Stanford today algncd the contract by which her life Is now Insured for $1,000,000. The policy Is said to bo the Inrgcot over Itnucd , Hy the terms of the contract Mrs. Stanford Is to pay an annual premium of $170 , OOC and upon her death $1.000,000 will bo paid by the company to the Leland Stanford , Jr. . university. Should eho live ten years and continue her annual payment of premiums the university will receive at her death $2,000,000 Instead of $1,000,000. VETO MUV VOHK'S MJW ( MIAUTDH Major .Slroiin mill Major Win-ruler Jlolh IlN iirm . ALBANY , April 9. The Greater New York charter has been returned to the legist it ire with the disapproval of Major Strong ol New York and Mayor Wuewtcr of nrooltljn. Mayor Glcasou of Long Island City approved the charter , The only hitfh Grade D&kin Rowder Offercd-af a moderate price CALUMET ciiAucns or Seiinntlonnl Mctrlntliiim Mmle lie-tore ToprKn Int oMIiintliiRr Committee. TOPUKA , April 0.- Speaker Strict of the Kansas legislature produced a pensallon today when ho testified Ir. the bribery In- tretlgatlon , Ho said : "Hanyllsr.n , whom 1 was told was the agent for the Amoilcaii Uook compiny , fild ho would pay me $1,000 In cash If I would apply the Uo-lhlrds ruts necessary In ad- \nnchif ; bills f.galiisl the f'hool book trust , nud $2,500 it the bill wai d featcd. Ho placed n $ JOO-blll In my lap. I told him I didn't cire for the money at tt.at time , and would lake the mallei under consideration. LateIn reply to letters from him , I wrote on one of them , which I returned to him , that 'I could bo of no wmlee to him ' " Senator Titus swore that Ptmtor l.cwelllng took him to a room In the National hotel and said Unit theie "wag Bomcthlng In It foi both of them Jf they could Ret a cub- ttltuto adopted for the oilglnal tc\t book bill. Ucpmmtatlvo Dlngm cf hlnn c-mnty r.woro that lupres-cntn'lvc no.vlc of lUpub- lie eounly Vail offtrtil .ilm < 250 If ho would ccasi Ills ! lght on the tcU bool : bill. ] ) r Frank Smith , reprMeanilvo from Sherman county , tlrmand d n rlglil to tea- tlfy. He e > .ilil the ht.itemi'iit" madu jcMenlay by n < n > rrsr > nUMvo t'lark of Thomas county that ho ( Smith ) had offered Clark $ :50 to oppos'o the llr.ckntv amendment to the mil- road bill wcro utterly fuUc. The- only con versation ho n-mombercd having lied with Clark wai when Ulaik had told , him that ho needed ? JOO. "Did he Rel the money ? " Smith wts asked. "I do not kno\\ . I liavo heard that ho did. Mr. Clark could piombly enllRhtcn the commlttco In rcginl to his \otu on the oleo- margarlno bll ! . " M't-3 Nnlllo Dennett , clerk of the house committee on cngrcw-cd bills ( Smith's com mittee ) , testified as to a coin creation In the committee room between Clurk and Smith. Clirtt tuld tlic.ro ought to bo "something" In that railroad bill , that ho needed $200 or $300 ami asked Dr. Smith If ho thought there \u.3 an > thing In It. After Clark hail left the room Smith sild toitncu thit Clark wna ono of the men Urown of Pratt was count ing on as foi sale. Senator Jumper told of the attempt by ono Tucher to biibo him to 'vote against the stock jaida bill. Tuchei' waa arrested when the Kcaml il lli"t came up Jumper later cald that Horace Juiesu of Topeka had also approached preached htm. Speaker W. D Street again testified , say ing ho wished to add something In explana tion His testimony was not in answer tea a question and took the foim of a defense of his action as speaker of the house. Kair- chilil was recalled at his request and pur sued the same line of defense to such an extent that Grimes , the republican member of the committee , asked that the testimony of these two be expunged from the records. HU letjuest was refused The list of wit nesses h.ivlng tun out , the committee ad journed until tomorrow. Dies In tinMini. . VntlMILLlON , S. D , April 9. ( Special. ) A sad ending to a charivari party occurred at Westor.vllle , this county , last Friday night. In the evening a number of joung men from the neighborhood gathered at the homo of Ale Wcstre to celebrate hla wed ding , which occurred that day. Intoxi cating liquor was dispensed freely , among those who partook too frccely being a joung man named Ole Oleson , about 19 years old. At a late hour the company started for their homej Young Oleson became separated from his companions and wandered away from the road into a field , where he sank down In the mud. Ho was not missed until the following morning , when a searching party found him deep in the mud , dead. The young man was not given up to Intem perate habits , and waa ono of the promising voting men In that neighborhood. There Is some talk of prosecuting the parties who furnished the joung man the liquor. Trntcl IN Slow in Smith DnUnin. VERMILLION , S. D , April 9. ( Special ) The fates seem to bo agalnat the holding of the spring term of court In this city. Court was to 1 ave convened last Tuesday morn ing. Judge Smith has been vvaterbound at his homo in Yankton and has very small prospect of getting out for several weeks. Some of the experiences of the Jurymen who came from the northern part of the county to attend court were exciting , ami the news that court had been adjourned for a week was not very pleasant. One delega tion from Riverside was twenty-five hoi'rs on the road , a distance of twenty-five miles. There Is scarcely a bridge left In the county , and travel by team Is almost Impossible. South Dakota Itnllrunil CoiiimlNHlnii. PIERRE , S. D. , April 9. ( Special Tele gram ) Railroad Commissioners Tompklns and LaFolletto reached hcie this evening and the con mission will meet for the trans action of important business tomorrow. A militia company with over fifty mem bers was mustered in hero tonight by Lieu tenant Frost , military secretary of the gov ernor. ItillliniH Object to the TnrlfTH. NEW YORK , April 9. Louis Contencln & Son of this city has received a cable dis patch from Rome stating that the Italian government has authorized its ambassadot to file a protest wilu the secretary of state against a prohibitory duty being levied on oranges and lemons. The chambers of com- nitico of Naples , Palermo. Rome and Calania l.avo al o communicated with the subcommittee of Iho commlttco on finance on this subject. .Minor Count ) TonchiTH' Institute. HOWARD. S. I ) . April ( ( . -Special. ( ) The Sllner County Teachers' Institute closed n successful Erosion totlaj. County Superin tendent Ilrst has been ussletcd In conducting It by Prof. C. 13. Holmes of the Howard Grammar school. Prof , Hunter ofVoon - sockel and Mrs. Hartley of Sioux Tails. Fortune Cnnim tit n 1'niuirr. SPHINOKIKM ) , 111. , Apt II ! ) . Arthur Qulnn ot this cll > , who Is at ptcsent an In mate of the poor farm at Hloomliinton , li heir to a fortune of $30,000 by the death ot his brother , 1'iank Qulnn , In Philadelphia five jears URO. and the latin's \vlfe , who died recently In Pcnnijlvanta. fur n VMV Itiillronil. T1UUCICULPA , Honduras. April 9 ( via GalvcslonCongrctK3 ) li.-.s decided to grant a conccs lon to n Honduras syndicate , acting In conjunction with a p.-my cf New York capitalists , for an lntcro"panlo lallroid from Puerto ( "cuter on the Atlantic to Amapala on thu Paclllc. Ini UPN KtiiK fifoi KI- . NASHVILLE. Apill 9. The executive com- mltteo of the C < ntennlal oxpcflltlon adopted a ii-Eoliitlcm Inviting the king of Giecco and roval family to vltdt the exposition and ex- pleasing sjmpathy with Greece In the pr 33t crisis. _ _ LOCAL nitr.vi rins. C. A. Dlomberg was granted a peimlt jet- terday for a two story frame dwelling at 135 North Thlrtjfirst avenuo. A couple of horses belonging to Hat's Nel son , who live1 ! a mile went of Florence , vvcr ttolen from hio pasture Thursday night. J. N. Comfort was ai rested jcsterday on the charge of Piiallng four rolls of tar paper from the Lewis Roofing company. Ho Ins been In the employ of the company. The lecture by Rev. L F. Drill , adver tised lo be delivered al the Young Men's Christian , association last night , was not dtllvored owing lo the absence of an audi ence. The Nebraska Hiih commkslon met at Bchlltz's hotel lat owning , with Superin tendent O'Hrlen and Comml sloners Maj and Oberfelder present , and transacted routine bulsliicus. Postolllco Inspectoi Sinclair received word jrstculaj that the postofilco at Header- ton was robbed laat night. The burglars blew open the oafc and wcro rewarded by finding $1 70. On Easter Sumlav an entertainment will bo given bv the children of the German school In Gcrmanh hall. II will be under the aupplccs of the Ladles' lurnvereln. The proceeds will go to the school. A coupl" of nights ago burglars broke into the postoITlceat Argentine , Kan , cracked the t > afe and went off with about $ S2 ! > worth of postage stamps and $350 In money. They also took a considerable quantity of hard ware out of the store In which the postofllco was located. AMUSEMENIS. ROVTVQS I LAST TWO DU I JU O | PERFORMANCES. PAYTON COMEDY CO. MitlnccToday I Toiiljhtnt 8slS Braving the World | Much Mirried flan. 12 JollH Klvcn nv\ay. Illcjclc K cn away Cor rect numlicr mint lie prcfpnt 'J I3N O1INTH TrloRrapli iowlnB lAMinnl-CushlnK prize right. I'nxtou & THF . rRFIfiHTftN . . . . Halngers Tel. 1331. The Woodward Theater Go. TODAY AT 2 30. Tim CO'1V1 N TONIGHT AT S lii , TIII : : - Sco the Sfsipnlscope. Seats on sale , 10c Matlnco Sunday. BOYD'S I 10c , 20c , 30c. I L M.CrawforJ , Mifr. Four Mgl'ts. Openlne Matlnco , Sunday , April II , SALTEU & MARTIN'S Mammoth , Orlclnnl , Host of All , UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. HOTELS. When you come to Omaha etop at the MERGER HOTEL THE IIEST $2,00 a day house in the West. 100 rooms 12 CO per day. DO rooms with tath. J ! 00 per dny. Special rates by the month. AVIMC TA1 1,011 , Manager. BARKER HOTEL. THIIITEU.NTII A.M > JOMiJ , ST11EETS. 140 rooms , batns , ctinm licat and all modern conveniences. Hates , } 1 M and } 2 00 per duy. Table unexcelled bpeclnl low rates to recular boaidcrs. DICK S.M11JI Monnuer. STATE HOTEI , 108-10-12 Douglas W. M. BAIUl Manager. 100 well furnlsicil rooms iuroj > ean or American plan. IIATKS Jl 00 AND Jl M I'in DAY 3PECIAIIIATUS nv THU WI3131C Oil AtONTTT , Street car lines connect to all carts of the city. Special sale of Dining Room Furniture and Iron Beds We have some most attractive things for you. Dining tables that are a pleasure to look upon , the newest effects , and at great reduction too from our former prices , a polished top solid oak , rope turned legs , extension table ; reduced from 12 to _ six-foot Extension Dining Table , braced &M Prt beneath -KirBO quarter tmvod onk , In round or miu.irc . , beautifully carved , Square. Round $22.53 Solid Mahogany Table , with modern decora tlons . Special cat.es of low prices on our Dlnlntf C'lmlra nt , each $1.00 and For a fine Cluilr wo nro allotting n very tf line leather neat lit , , , , , . , . . , v Bamo In cane . ' , Sfc 50 SIDEBOARDS We boldly say that for $24,00 we are showing a new oak sideboard than is a marvelous bargain. Its all oak , French plate mirror , and artistically decorated. For$3S a lar e swell front extra si/ce compartment fine oak side board that would be priced at $65 by many. We start at the lowest price , we are willing to sell goods at , and don't maka individual reductions , ORCHARD & WILHELM CARPER GO. I4I4-I4I6-I4I8 DOUQUS STREET ,