Nebraska Newspapers

    ARGUING LIVE STOCK RATES
Dealers Complain That tbo Hundred-Pound
Bnto is Wrong.
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QUESTION OF FAIRNESS OF NEW SYSTEM
Slnlc * Honril of Trnnnportntlnn Han n
-ScNHlon Tvllh llir Ilnllronil Mnn-
UKern. lint llritcheiio
* . . i ConcliiMou.
The much mooted question of the fa'rnefs
of charging 'Stockmen rates based on weight
rather then on carloads for the shipment of
their live stock has bobbed up again. This
time the State Hoard of Transportation of
Nebraska will take a shy at the matter.
What the outcome of the Investigation just
begun will be Is not known , but none of the
railroad officials are very greatly worried that
the State Beard of Transportation will order
the new rates In cents per 100 pounds rather
than in dollars per carload anciulled.
There was a conference between the sec
retaries of the State- Board of Transportation
and the general managers , freight traffic men
and attorneys of a number of Nebraska rail
roads at the B. & M. headquarters In this
city. Arguments against tbo new rat TO per
hundredweight from a number of Interested
shippers of live- Mock were presented and
duly considered. The consensus of these ob
jections to the new syrtem of basins I've '
stock rates was to the effect that they op-
crated against the long distance shipments
of live stock and dlscrlm'nated In favor of
ehort distance shipments.
The conference decided to call for a com-
piratlvo table from each railroad In the
Elate.- Those tables will show the cost of
' making a shipment of llvo stock under the
old system , dollars per carload , and under the
new system , cents per hundredweight , from
nil shaping points In the state to the market
joints. It IB expected that these tables will
be prepared within the nevt fifteen day * . The
railroad managers were also Instructed to
prepare table * showing their re-elpts from
the shipment of live-stock In Nebraska dur
ing the months of September , October and
November. It Is raid these tables will show
the railroads are receiving less money from
the system of rates in cents per hundred
weight than they would were the old system
In vogue. Until those Investigations shall
have been completed the matter will remain
as at present. The railroads will continue
to charge for shipments of live stock In cents
ver hundredweight until the State Board of
Trantoortation decides otherwise.
The Kansas Beard of Railway Commis
sioners recently considered this subject be
cause of many complaints from stockmen
that the adoption of the rates based on centa
per hunderdweight had raised their live
stock rates. The matter was thoroughly con
sidered and both aides were fully heard.
There the matter has been allowed to go over
until 'February ' , but the railroads were or-
do'ed to charge for shipments of live stock
In and through that state in dollars per car
load until the fairness of the new system
could be proved to the satisfaction of the
board. It Is probable now that the matter
will be disposed of In Nebraska before a
final decision is reached in Kansas.
RAILROAD LMAN'S OPINION.
Speaking of the conference held to con-
siJer the live stock rates , a railway official
who attended that meeting yesterday after
noon said :
"The matter Is to be thoroughly explored
by both the railroads and the ijtato Board
of Transportation and the roads have been
requested to make a showing of all cattle
shipments for the months of September , Oc
tober and November , 33 as to see whether
there has been any increase or decrease of
rates by reason of the change of method.
The September exploration has already "been
made by some of the railroads and taking
the amount received by the charge of cents
per hundred pounds and what would "have
b ? n received on the same shipments In car
load lota , shows that the railroads have lost
and the shippers gained By the change. It
is quiti ? probable that this average of loss
to the railroads results from the change
from carload rates to hundred pound rates
bcms favorable to shippers having a short
haul and perhaps a little disad/antageoua
to tic shippers making a long haul , but this
matter can only be ascertained by a thorough
a"l careful investigation.
"The question of the change of method
ts oe that U exciting considerable interest
with stock shippers. Stork shippers buy and
s il their cattle by n eight and not by load
an-1 all ether commodities than live stock
ae charged by weight cxrept such matters
pa household gooJs which when loaded In
carload lots are charged by carload rates.
JUDGE COOLEY'S OPINION.
"Judge Oxiley when a inemoer of the In-
c-rjtato Commerce commission tcok up this
question and la an elaborate cninion said :
'The system of charging by weight for HVP-
ick is mere Just than any other. It is the
c i < > system whereby the charge is made
1 vortlonato the cervices rendered. It
is the only system whereby Inequalities as
b-twecn shipper * resulting from the differ
ences In the size of the cars can be obviated.
s long as thcne differences exist there Is
a I nays room for favoritism , unless the car
load charge li accurately apportioned to the
o'ze of the car , and this we think hss never
been atte-mpUHl , far the reason , doubtless ,
tlat because of the great diversities It was
ssen to bo Impracticable. The reasons ought
to he very liiporatlvb which would require
the nbollbhincnt of the nile which excludes
favoritism to make way for another which
not only admits of but Invites It. The
charge by hundred pounds is not only prlma
facie most JJBt , but It Is In accord with the
general practice of the carriers In making
rate blia.'ts for other commodities. '
"This matter has bc-en discussed at very
cns > del able leugtb by the Kansas State
board and while by n compromise between
tha shk > pws and the leading railroads of
Kansas the carload rate Is to continue in
effect until ne.\t February It Is for the pur
pose of Bottling fully the question of what
will bo an even rate with the present car
load rate when the change Is made to cents
per hundreJ poundi. The Kauris State
b ard Is decidedly of the opinion ttat It is
beat for the shippers to have the cents per
hundred pound rate. The carload rate leads
to all sorts of favoritism and dishonest
nhirperR have the advantage over their
honest neighbors. The complaint of some
thu It makes delay to weigh the cars and
tlio cattle Is of little moment because of the
Improved methods adopted by railroads for
the weighing of livestock.
"The question Is a very Interesting and
important rno and It would be an act nt
supreme folly to act hurriedly or without
full Investigation and thorough knowledge of
lha subject. "
i MON I'Aciriuvi : 1,1 ,
HUM It * Cam mill Kniiln.-H Klttnl irlth
Snff ( > - AilplltilifCN.
J. H. McCotwiell , superintendent of motive
lower and machinery of the Union Pacific ,
bis completed the Investigation of the con
dition of tbo equipment of that railroad
with reference to carrying out the provl-
Binu of the national law requiring all cars
ni d eiiln to be equipped with automatic
couplers and airbrakes on or before January
1 1895. His report shows that the Union
Pacific hss made further progress coward
carrjliiK out tbo provisions of the law than
ID 31 western railroads.
In the entire Union Pacific system , as It
6-iind today , there are 10.000 cars. Of
these 6.S7J arc now equipped with < be safety
appliance * tbat are required by the national
jaw on the subject. This Is a percentage
of C9.73. which Is considerably higher than
that of a number of railroads that have
elrpady made their reports. Superintendent
ycConnell estimates that by December I
llie Union Pacific will have 9.H5 of lit
30.000 cars fully equipped to comply with
tlio provisions of the law. This Is a per-
c ntage of 9MS , which leaves tout B&5 per
CV it ft the Union Pacific cars to he equipped
with the required safety appliances during
the month of December.
A report embracing theie figures has been
nlcd with Secretary Moieley of the Inter
state Commerce commiulon at Washington.
On Saturday of thla week the commission
will tit at Waxhlngtoa Tor the purpose of
hearing arguments ( or nd tgatnit the post
ponement of the day on which the national
law requiring safety appjkncei oa all r U-
oQ.ulpma.t bu been order * 1 to become
operative. All the railroad * have aak < * J for
an extension of time Jn thu matter but It
Is underttooJ that the t'alon Pacific ihe
UurHngton. the Northwestern and teveral
orhcr big i > ysterea have aaked for the exten
sion not because they -will not be able to
comply with the provisions of the law on
and after January 1 , 1S9S. but because they
are afraid of receiving oars from other rail
roads not fully equipped with the safety
appliances. If any railroad should handle
any car at all in the .Interchange of traffic
that was not equipped with the nccessirj
safety appliances It would render itself liable
for a heavy fine and that la given as the
reason why the railroads th t have nearly
all their equipment in shape to ctmply with
the law have still asked for atv extension erf
time in regard to the operation of the Isrw.
There 13 just one other feature of th's ' mat
ter that U bothering the railroad companies.
It Is the law of the state of Nebraska which
alswj requires the to .l equipment of all
railroad companies In the state to be fitted
out with the safety appliances in question
on or before January 1. 1S93. The national
law may be postponed , but as the legis
lature in this slate drc not meet till next
year the railroad companies can hardly see
their way clear to getting tt postponement
of the atate law. It is understood they have
abaut decided to run the risk of meeting the
state law In the courts.
u.vio.v 1'Acino c.vusns Tnouiir.i : .
Intcrfrrr * nlth Sottlrnictit of Irmiil-
Krnnt Trnlllc IlunliiPHn.
CHICAGO , Xov. 1C. The western lints
have struck a snag In the settlement of
their Immigrant traffic troubles. U was
thought by the executive committee of the
Western Passenger association that all
would bo smooth sailing In this direction
from this time on , but It seems that the
committee his made n mistake. The Union
Pacific has refused To go Into the latest deal
with the steamship companies , > by virtue of
which the emigrant clearinghouse ot the
western roads Is to have the routing of all
the immigrant business.
Just how < he Union Pacific Intends to get
its chare of the 'business ' the other lines do
not cee , for their agreement Includes all
of the steamship lines and these lines arc to
turn over to the clearing , house all of the
Immigrants that they carry across the At
lantic.
It is reported also that a small snag has
bect > struck In the French line of trails
Atlantic steamships , which hss expressed
a desire to pull out of the arrangement. It
is generally thought , however , that the
French lines will ho kept in the agreement
without much trouble.
In case , however , that the agreement with
the steamship companies falls to the ground ,
the roais ni'.l not allow the steamship
agents in N'qw York to route their business
for them. They will handle it nil through
the clearing house and will not let the
steamship companies have the say regard
ing the way in which it shall be routed.
AUVUKSC nucisiu.v HM-RCTCD.
Outcome of the Uriiltrc Cnii-
Iiolntlne , but Not Miri > rtliiK.
Secretary Utt of the Commercial club Is
somewhat disturbed over the information im
parted in The Bee's Washington dispatches
that In all probability an adverse decision
would be bended down In the Omaha-Council
Bluffs bridge case by the Interstate Com
merce commission at Washington next
Thursday.
"This , like other reports that have been
circulated , may not be true , " he said , "but I
am afraid that ; t is. It would not surprise
me , aa I never thought that Omaha had
much of a show before the commission. "
This seems to be the prevalent opinion
of the merchants of the city , all of whom
arc 'aterested ' In the case. They seem to beef
of the belief that as the railroads wanted
the opinion In their favor the commission
would certainly give it to them. Said a
man prominent in business circles , on the
matter :
"Two of the commission are all right , but
the others are tied up with the railroads.
The result is that the decision will be favor
able to the railroads , eincc the latter
want it. "
Kallroml MnriVrltci > a Starr-
Francis Lynde , a former Union Pacific pas
senger man and well knonn among local rail
road men , has just completed what Is termed
"a mil way story by a railway man. " It
title is "A Romance in Transit. " It is a
railway story pure and simple. It begins ,
continues and ends oa a moving train , with
a traveling passenger agent for a 'aero and
the president's daughter for a fceroine and
thorn are no heud-end colllslors between even
numbered trains. Lynie was city passenger
agent of the Union Pacific in Denver ten
3cars ago. Then he was traveling passenger
agent at St. Paul. Later he bobbed up at
N'ew Orleans and then at Chatoinooga , and
then was statlor.oJ for a > ear at St. Joseph ,
Mo. Recently he has taken to literary work
and U putting to g Od use the many railway
stories he picked up while on the read.
V.mt to nicluinKC Stuck.
CHICAGO , Nov. 16. The directors of the
Atchison road have referred to the executive
committee the advislbllity of buying up the
stock held by the minority holders of the
preferred stock of the Southern 'California
road. The Atchison road now owns the ma
jority of the stock , but thre are about 30,000
shares in the hands of individuals. H is the
idea , to exchange this stock for preferred
stock o * the Atchison company , but it is not
known whether tbe stockholders will be will
ing to sell on this basis.
CliikHllIciitton Committee lit Sc-ssloii.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark. , Nov. 16. The west
ern classification committee , J. T. Rlpley ,
chairman , met at the Arlington hotel in this
city today. About fifty members were pre-
nent , representing the freight departments of
eighty wwtern railroads. A subcommittee
has been at work for several days consider
ing petitions for a change of rating on. vari
ous commodities. Thcro are over 200 of these
pstitlons anil nearly every line of trade is
Interested. The committee will not complete
tha docket before Friday.
riih i > iiu 'r Itatox llfiitornlizril.
CHICAGO , Nov. 16. The rates between
Chicago and St , Paul and Minneapolis are in
as bad a situation as they can be without a
declaration of open war between the roads.
The business is now being carried on prac
tically on a basis of J3 for one way , and tbe
passenger flxi-s his fare just about as many
times as the railroad men from whom he
purchases his ticket. The competition Is so
keen that Inducements are offered to pur
chasers of tickets even at the low rates that
are being made.
IIvpt-c'nN Coniiuiiilc * Mukc Itpiluctlnn.
JEFFKRSON CITV. Mo. . Nov. 16. Re
cently the Missouri railroad commissioners
ordered all express companies doing business
in Missouri to file schedules ot rates with
the commission to show tbat they had com
plied with an order of < tie commissioners
to reduce rates 10 per cent on general spe
cials. The- commission Issued a statement to
day , showing that It finds a general reduction
Ins been madu in general specials of IS per
cent , according to schedules of rates filed.
Hallway \nt ' mid I'emnnnlH ,
II. W. Darter , who represents the Union
Pacific at I'ortland. Is at headquarters con
ferring with his superiors.
The Union Pacific weather report yesterday
morning showed snow on the Wyoming di
vision , with the thermometer 10 degrees
above zero from Granger to Green River ,
Wyo ,
Tbe Baltimore & Ohio railroad has aban
doned its freight offices at Kansas City ,
Mo. , and at Qulncy , III. The Omaha office
will rem-iln where It Is and Hiram C. Pic-
ulell , commercial agent here , says he ex-
pecta to continue to conduct business at
the old stand.
The curren tissue cf Corn Belt , the
monthly agricultural publication of the Bur
lington system , is devoted almost exclu
sively to Nebraska farming maUeu. It In
cludes ho summary of The Bee's report on
the cropi of this state for 1S37 , It also con
tains a cut of ona ot the exposition build-
in C8 ,
Fire Takes n Oorn.
Fire broke out In the barn of Henry W.
Snyder , SJ3 Brown street , at noon yester
day , and before the department arrived
the building and a tilled adjoining were
consumed. The cause of the fire Is un
known. The losa nas about KO ,
Dr , 'Bull's ' Cough Syrup I * the beet in the
market. A filagla bottle will caarliiC4 you
of itt exctUeact. Xrjc & > ,
'
If tbo Transmlsslssippl and International
Exposition is not a howling s Jewess It will
be simply because the people cf the country
are not appreciative of all that Is novel tad
i entertaining. The great exposition at Omaha
Is to have a spectacular lntrodutlon that la
1 not only astounding In its departure from
precedent but promises to be the most mag
nificent of carnivals ever given in this coun
try. Recognizing the possibilities of an Ice
carnival upon the exposition grounds they
immediately arranged with Mr. Richard Nor-
rls of Chicago , a well-known amusement
manager , and James II. Love of fan Fran
cisco , prominently known frm his manage
ment of the " 49 Mining Camp" at the Mil win
ter Fair , in Sin Francisco , Cal. Within two
i weeks after the whole Idea was formulated j
the entire population became flrc-d with en-1
I thus.acm. A voting contest was commenced ]
on Sunday. October 21. and In two wceka ]
over 60.000 cf The Omaha Bee coupon bai-1
lots were cast for prominent ladles to be
made Queen Polaris , the relsilng sovereign
of the carnival. Some idea of the Interest
taken can be gathered from the fact that
there are no lets thin 250 candidates strug
gling for the boncjr. Every town of im-
yortance within a radius of 150 miles of
Omaha will have through its principal news
paper a similar contest for the purpose of
selecting a "icald of honor" to represent
that city or town in the Queen's retinue.
The carnival proper will be held on Jan
uary IS , 19. 20 and 21. 1S9S , and the follow
ing program has been partly decided upon ,
commencing at 8 30 each evening :
January is The coronation of Queen i
Polaris , conferring the order of knighthood
upon tbo 230 maids of honor : the delivery
of the keys of the city to her imperial maj"-
esty , Polaris ; the receptirn by the governors
of the Tracsmississippi states : formal instal
lation of the queen in the Palace of Ice ; bril
liant electric Illumination of the palace end
lagoon ; bal masque and imperial grand
march on the "Mirror. "
January 19 The appearance of "Pele , the
South Omaha News
The Nebraska Telephone company will
make extensive improvements in Its plant
here this winter. About January 1 the tel
ephone exchange will bo moved from its
present cramped quarters to the Brandes
block at the northeast corner of Twenty-
fourth and N streets , the entire south half
of the second floor of this building having
been leased by the telephone people. This I
floor will be divided into an operating room , ! i
manager's cfflce , storage battery room , power1 '
room and terminal room. The operating room
will be large and airy and will contain a ne *
switchboard with a capacity for 600 sub
scribers. This switchboard will be some
thing entirely new and of the latest im
proved pattern. When this new board Is
placed in use the method of calling centi-al
will b2 accomplished b ? simply removing the
hand telephone from the hook on the side of
the Instrument. That will signal the oper
ator by an entirely new system and the ring
ing of bells will be entirely dcoe away with. |
All oral supervision of subscribers' conncc1 1 j
tlons will cease and there will be no inter- 1 I
. ruption of a conversation by the opeiatcr i
j asking If you are through. Another feature ! j
ill be that subscribers who are talking will I
not be disconnected in the roldu of con-
versnita. This is accomplished by a new-
clearing off system. When subscribers are
talking both hand telephones will be off the
hook and the cords at the central office will
show that the 'phones are in use. In case ] j
one subscriber hangs up his hand telephone
for a moment , intending to resume the con
versation , the cords will show caly one tel
ephone in use. then when both hand 'phones
are hung up the cords show the line is out
of USB and the operator will take the con
nection down. One great advantage of th's
system will be that the connection will be
discontinued Immediately after conversation
ceases , thus making it possible for sub
scribers to get the maximum amount or use
out of the telephone on account of not being
connected a greater part of the time. With
this new system the present force of cper-
ators will be enabled to handle double the
number of subscribers , with considerably Icbs
work than under the present method.
In addition to this the telephone lines
throughout the city will be gone over and
placed In first-class condition. All wires in
the Immediate vicinity of the central sta
tion will be placed In cables , thus reducing
noise , cresses and other sons of trouble tea
a minimum.
It Is estimated that the Interior work on
the new exchange , including the cost of the
new switchboard , will be J2.DOO. The equip
ment of every subscriber's telephone will
have to be changed and this will cost $7
each , making a total cost of (1,500. Then
the cost of the outside work projected will
be In the neighborhood of $1,500 and moving
will cost $500 mrre , making a total of tfi.OOO.
which the telephone company will spend In
this city between now and the first of the
year.
Ciulah > 'a Telephone I'lnnt.
A system of fifty private telephones Is
being placed In the Cudahy Packing com i
pany's plant In this city. The work is being
done by the Nebraska Telephone company ,
nd It Is cx-x > cted that the new system w.ll
bo complete and In working order in a short
time. Of the fifty telephones to be u ed ,
twelve will bo for
arranged Intercommunication
cation between the Omaha and South Omaha j ! '
exchanges , besides all of the telephones
a tout the pUm. The balance of tbo 'phones
In this s > fitem will bo used only for com
municating with different parts of the exi i i
tenshc plant. This will be the first common i i
battery telephone tyetcm In use west of ' !
Chicago , and will be strictly modern in every I |
respect. . | i
Th cystero is bclag placed In tervlce for j
the purpose of expediting builnr-fs and pre- I I
vontlog the necessity of heads of department ! j I
being called from their ( Juiici. A short
tlrao 3fo 9. system of prllo telephones was i I
placed In service at the stock yards end has ;
proved to be entirely satisfactory. Swift and
Cornpeny are already using a private tele
phone system , and find It advantageous in a
greit many wajs and especially m regards
the saving of time.
.letter Donate * the Slri'rt.
Batth&s Jetlcr and wife have dedicated to
the city a strip of land In the Third ward
for Btrect purposes. The strip dtdlcated U
known as Thirtieth street and Is near the
brewery- For a number of years U has
been ueed for street , but had never been
dedicated. A year or more ago Mr Je'ter
hid come trouble with the city council about
what ha claimed was discrimination In tax
ation and he fenced up hii land thus cut-
tl&j OJK ir T9l oa JbtrUttb street
Goddess of Fire ; " the demand of surrender
and the- refusal ; the marshaling of the
foices ; grsnd parade of the uniformed to
boggan clubs around the lagoon ; the defi
ance , the attack , storming and repulse ;
armliticp declared ; costume cotillion on tbo
"Mirror-
January 20 "Saturnalia ; " magnificent
electric effects and novel illumination of the
pclace ; artificial Aurora BorcalU ; prize pa-
mde en mtsqac ; the reception by Pcle fen >
hct throne of fire ; bal masque on c'.sates.
January 21 The storming and capture of
the palace ; abdication of Queen Polaris ; the
surrender' the destruction of the palace by
flre : the triumph of Pele ; parole of ptison-
ers.
ers.The fireworks will be under the Immediate
direction of Norrls & Live and many now
effects wlli be produced.
The site where the carnival is to l > c held
Is an ideal one. The handsome laipon with
the magnificent cxp-sltloj buildings which
will faca upor > its bread banks ; the Govern
ment building at the weot cad of the mirror
with Its srjl-circutar colonnades ; the msg-
rificent palace of Ice on the Island opposite
the Administration arch and the Arch of
States ; the ornate toboggan sl.de with its
3i\iftly-fljing Hashes of col r. will together
be like a vision of fairy land.
The ice palace will cover the eatlre Island
and will be 110 fee : In height , the design
"s shown above and gives a faint idea of
its beauty. During the carnival the struc
ture will be b-llliantly Illuminated.
The entire lagoon vtill be illuminated by
electricity in tbe carnival colors , blue and
gold ; while fcstoona ofv-vhite incandoscents
leaped up by stare olablue and gold will
decorate the "Mirrqr. " i
The totcggan slidr- will accommodate S 000
people per hour and ; wjfl give a ride of 1,353
feet , n little over a quarter cf a mile.
The railroads centering a' Omaha uro go
ing to quota a low ijate , f , r the excursionists ,
and as the season of the year is such that
the out-of-ov. n people ; J ? n well spare time
for a few cays of m rry-mallng. it Is esti
mated that the crojvckj will equal anything
ever seen in the Espcsltior. City.
I of S street. For a long , time people coming
from the south r.cre coiupallod to go arounJ
by Albright In ordjoc u set into the city ,
but finally Mr. Jctter j.eYcn-.eJ and took clown
his fence. Now helxas deuicaEd thla strip
to the city aad residents on the southern
limits will rot inconvenienced / agein by a
fence across the strfcst.
City Will Ciinvi-1 Tnxeii.
A number ef years ate Dthss ! Jetter noti
fied the city that he would allow it to erect
a fire ball on one of his lots on , R street in
the Third ward and would not charge a ccat
for the use or the ground. The citv accepted
the offer and for the last six years fire lull
No. 2 has stosd on Jettcr's grcund. A few
dajs ; go while g-iag over his list of pro e ty
Jctter found that ho had bc n paying luxes
oa th ? lot used by the city. He called me
attention of the authorities to the matte.-
and City Treasurer Broadwell his bajn iu-
structed to cancel the taxes en this piece
of property.
H prune the Rebate.
The city council has refined to refund .to
Charlen Heino and F. V > " . Havslik a rebate
on the occupation tax paid by them last July
when they embarked in the saloon business.
For some reason these two salocu keepcro
dropped out of busings and now they want
the city to rebate a plrt of the $100 occupa-
tlon tax. The request has been refused on
the ground that such action would set an un
desirable precedent.
Woninti'H Mlr.sloiiarjSociety. .
Thursday afternoon the Woman's Misslon-
ary society of the First Presbyterian church
*
will meet with Mrs. C. M. Schindel. The
foreign topic will be "Tho Influence of
Christianity on Social Life and Civic Insti
tutions of Heathen Lands. " Home topi ? ,
"RornanUts and Mexicans. " LeadersMrs. .
William Berry , Mrs. A. J. Caughey , Mrs.
R. B. Montgomery.
llnKlu City n < ( li. |
J. 0. Eastman has been appointed a tagger
In the Bureau of Animal Industry.
James Gallagher , brother cf Deputy Treas
urer A. M. Gallagher , is quite sick.
A son has been born to Mr. end Mrs.
George Hicks , Sixteenth and Y streets.
John 0. Owens , Twen'y sixth and C sires s.
has returned from Chicago , where he visited
relatives.
D. Jetter paid special and general taxes
at the city treasurer's cfileo yesterday
amounting to $4 , 08.20.
John Rahni , who was arrested here a few-
days ago for forging tbo name of H. P.
Marquardt to a check for $15 , was tried at
Fremont yesterday tnd sentenced to one jcar
in the penitentiary. Rabm worked for Mar
quardt on a farm near Snyder and in some
way obtained possession of bis employer's
check book.
St. I'eter'M CJjuri-li Knlr.
Extensive preparation are being made for
the holding cf St.'Peter's Catholic fair in
Crelghton hall for The -period of nine days ,
beginning Thursday of this week. Those
having the matter In charge are sparing no
time or pains to malte the fair complete.
The 'booths will preaetit a beautiful appear
ance when finished' , each being draped in
delicate colors In an artistic manner. One
of the features of tho' display will be tbe
electric Illumination of the booth devoted to
South Omaha. Ycri-Jcolored Incandescent
globes will be ueed which. Intertwined with
the bunting , will flvo ; a mwt beautiful ef-
feet. Numerous fi/au/es cf amusement for
each evening of the w"4ck have been planned
and will bo announced later by the com-
mlttee in charge Among them la the Fort
Crook band. Prof. Ernil Reichardt leader
Tills musical organization will render a concert -
cert program every evening , starting at S
o'clock. The band will alto play special
music for the "cake walk. " which will be
one of the amusing specialties of the fair
In connection with the musical portion of
the fair It Is probable that a number of we1 !
known vocalists will be secured and that
the band concerts will be Interspersed nightly
with solos and selections by quartctt. Fol
lowing out the pHn of last year , tableaux
have been arranged 'for &nd several neat
comedy sketches will also be given.
Hunt tu Tell How II 3Iuy Cnil ,
Serious disorders of the bawels often de
velop from a. mild c&se of diarrhoea that c'uld
at the start have been cured by a single dose
of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Any unusual loosens *
cf the bowels should always have promt *
attention , as when neglect-ed no one can f 'i '
what the result will be. This remedy ran
always be depuided upon and is pleasant and
eifo to take.
Bubsrlbe { or The Sunday ute and read
Anthony Hope's great story "Simon Dale. "
LAYING BRICK FOR ARMOUR
SuperHiuotDrj of " TOT Ooolar Gets
Under i. . . , .A\j ,
WORK FOR HUNDREDS OF ARTISANS
Contractor * Ijxpcct tn 1'ixti tlic Con-
ntrticllim if the .ViMV
I'lnnl tilth All l'.i l
lilt. lltii
Brick laying on the Armour building at
South Omaha will commence th'a morning ,
u-tess the wetther proves too stormy for out-
of-door work. The walls of the hog cooler
house will be started on first , s the founda
tion for thla building was completed yester
day aftcrnora. Some little time willbe oc
cupied In locating corners and the running
of lines , but It Is expected that by noon the
walls will commence to rise. Yesterday was
spent In laying heavy cap stones over the
wall pll'ng and with the completion of thla
work everything Is ready for the brick work.
The pl' s upon which the piers will rest
In thl : building have not been sawed off jet ,
but ! circular saw operated by steam will
commence on this today. Whoa this Is done
ix cement bMe over the entire cellar , which
Is 150x155 fcc-t. will be laid. Rocheford &
Gould , the contractors who will erect the
building * , said > csterday afternoon that the
ccmtiit aid Mcd for this work was already
In Council Bluffs and would be brought
over today.
Several wagons were engaged yesterday
Is hsuling Irlck to the site and by night
In the nelghborheod of 200,030 brick were on
the ground. It Is thought that from twenty-
five to forty bricklayers will ha employed on
this building. In case the weather remains
favorable more brick mrtons will be given
employment. In all between 200 and 300 men
will fird work on this one bulld'ng. The
csntractors said that 11 wad their Intention
to 'ncrease the wcrkirg force as fait as It
was pcssible In order to enclose the building
before ex'remely ' cold weather sets In.
Two , -liedrivers were at work yesterday
nfterncon placing piles for the ccat will , of
the beg hanging house , which adjoins the
hc-3 cooler house 03 the west.
A number of scrapers * are leveling the
ground for th beet house and workmen
commenced jesterday digging the trenches
for the west wall foundation of this big
building. Superintendent Simpson returned
from Chicago jesttrday , J. Ogdoa Armour
accompanying him. Mr. Simpson has let the
contract for the freicht c-.svators . to be uced
In the buildings to the Smith-Hill Elevator
compsny of Qu ncy. 111. Ten largo freight
clEVa'or.1 will be needed and the contract
ca'.ls for the latest improvements In eleva
tors.
tors.With good weather It is thought , that sev-
orl of the buildings can So placed ucder
roof before Cbristmcs. Several dozen car
penters were. a * , work yesterday afternoon
stiap cs heavy timbers to be used ! a the con
struction of the hos coo'.er house , and It is
thought that more men will be put to work
befare the week I.i out.
Two steam shovels a-e rtil ! at work cx-
einating along the rorth side of the tract ,
although the Diggest part of the grading hss
been done.
IICUTIM ; OF Tim nisurmcK ci.rn.
OrKniitzntioii Ili-t-iilrs to" MnUe UN
IH-lnH in ruhlli- .
Last evening at Haydcn Brothers' music
department the Derthlck club hld a most
: uccessful meeting. Nearly a hundred mem
bers were present cad much important bus
iness was accorcnlishcd. The meeting was
called to crder by the president. Mrs. Peck ,
and the secretary's report V.MS read by Mis. ?
Kimball. Alter Us adoptlou Mrs. Peck read
a long letter from Mr. Derthiek In which he
oiado seven ! suggestions to the cjauase-
nietfl of the club meetings. Ono of these
pe.Uined : o a most Impor'cut feature of th ?
club's UEOfulnc-rs to the city of Omaha aud
ona already considered by lta rcaniqcrf.
namely the giving of publi : meetings at
which artists c > f natlonil reputation shall ap
pear. By 01 unanimous vote It was deicr-
mlned to give a performance on Saturday
evening. November 27 , to which tha pjhllr
Bh.ill be admitted. William H. Shcrv.-ooi will
at that time civo a piano reclMl and , as is
his custom , intersperse the numbers of the
'program with brief verbal descriptions. The
program 'ast evening was under the direction
ct Dn Long and consisted of selcctioas from
the works o the great pianist composer.
Rubinstein. The eaalyse ? were read by M , s
Slra Macomber. The Melody in F and the
Etude in C were puycd ! by Mr. Long. Miss
Edn-a Williams saas "Thou'rt Like Unto a
Flower" and Miss Lllllin Terry and Miss
Getty contribute.1 the dust entitloj "Tbe
Angel. " Mr. Adelmann plajed the Romania
in J3 ftit and Miss Terry sang "The Ara "
The ucxt meeting , to be he-Id two weeks
heuoe , will be under the dlrectlcn of Miss
Holtorf and the composer will be Samt
Siena.
riniiuliii ; for Muuil ( Innin- .
The cstnmittcca having in charge the lee-
turo to bo given at Boyd's theater by Miss
Maud Gonne November 26 held a mtvlins
at Ilcsfcy's undertaking roomi last eveniti ?
to further perfect arrangsmcnts. John M
McMahon acted as chairman. Tie cxtensivo
instrumental and vocal program which will
form a portion of the entertainment wa °
vart.ally revised and other m'nor details per
fected. The women's coramittee. acting in
conjunction with the other committees , alto
held a short meeting in the I'axton hotel
priors yesterday afternoon. Plans were dis
cussed but left undecided until the next
mectiug of the committee , which takes place
Thursday evulng. All details will be set
tled at this meeting and tne completed pro
gram will then bo made public.
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