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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , M-ApCH 29 , 1898-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
CUBAN COASTS AND PORTS
Kotablo Features Along the Shora Line of
the Big Island.
WEAKNESS OF HARBOR FORTIFICATIONS
Danircrit of TinvltcnUon Ainona the
ami Href * tlint ( lie Span.
lord * llnvc Siot MnNtcred
of Accei * .
It tha Spanish fleet that hits assembled
In Havana bay Is called upon to tight la the
defense of the chief port of Cuba , relates
the Detroit Frco Press , thcro Is no likeli
hood that the Spaniards will repeat the
stupid blunder they made In 1805 , when
'England floated her flag over the capital.
That was a llttlo before Trafalgar decided
the fortunes of the war between England
and Spain ; and when the Spaniards heard
; ' that a Drltlsh fleet was on the way to at
tack Havana , they prepared to defend the
city In a very remarkable manner.
Thrco war ships were In Havana bay , but
they were not destined to participate In the
tight ki the way war ships arc usually ex
pected to do. Before the British fleet ap
peared In the ofllng the Ingenious Spaniards
had knocked holes In the bottoms of thcli
'chips and sunk them In the narrow channel
° ; leading Into the harbor. They accomplished
' one thins at least. The hostile * fleet could
not enter the harbor until the obstruction !
in the channel bad been removed ; and II
would be a rather trying undertaking to at
tempt to clear the channel under fire from
the guns of La Cabanas and Morro Castle
So the Spaniards thought they had put thcli
' , war ships to the best possible use.
: Iut the Drltlsh did not carry out tbo parl
\ . of the program the Spaniards had arranged
for them. Instead , they landed on the sea
side north of the harbor entrance , scaled th <
heights to the rear of La Cabanas , capturoc
the fort without difficulty , then tunnclec
from the fort to Morro Castle , planted i
mine , blew a port of the castle lute smlther
centi and Havana was theirs.
The _ history of Havana for the year tha' '
lit was England's possession Illustrates li
a remarkable way what an Impetus Is glvci
to commerce by a government that maintain :
good order and fosters trade. In that tlmi
over 1,000 ships visited the harbor that hat
hitherto been deaertcd , anil agriculture ani
trade advanced by mighty strides. The ex
erlcnco , proved how prosperous Cuba mlgh
ecomo under the his'sj.ne jri good govern
cnt.
WEAK FORTIFICATIONS.
Some of the noble harbors of Cuba or
.lorably well fortified as far a stone wall
go , but they liavo peculiarities that will b
berne In mind It wo 1'ave occasion to knocl
, them to pieces. Ono Is that they almas
' .invariably occupy Jilgh elevations and thcl
Walls arc usually very high , and thes
'features , according to war experts , are
source of weakness rather than of otrengt-
' if they have to face bombardment from th
: guns that modern war ships carry. An
'other ' .Important fact Is that not even th
ithreo moit strongly fortified ports , Havana
Santiago do Cuba and Guantanamo , have 1
thctn armament guns of modern caliber , wll
the exception of the four guns which Wcyle
place * ! at Punta castle , across the chanm
from ftlorro , at the entrance of Havana nor
bor. With the possible exception of thcs
four guns every cannon on the walls-of over
Cuban coast fort may be dismounted an
the walls knocked pieces by hostile WP
ships while they ere etlll out of range c
Any cannon trained by a Spanish gunnei
' Th.'s being the case It teems hardly prot
&blo that Spain will expend much money I
v placing artificial obstructions at the er
jVtrancos to many of the numerous ports , ej
\iept Havana and Santiago do Cuba. Wht
would bo the use , when many of the bci
ports may bo reduced to rubbish hcapo b
modern war ships standlug out at sea ?
Besides , many of the Cuban ports rcquti
no sunken banters to prevent the cntrauc
of hcwttlo vcssls , as far at lea.it as wii
ihlpa nro concerned. The ports then
; solves are shallow and so arc the entranc <
! and our cruisers and battleships could IK
enter them under present conditions.
AN ATTRACTIVE POINT.
Ono part of which wo heard a great dc
a long as Cuba had any commerce worl
mentioning should be very attractive to i
If wo have occasion to look for an cxcelle :
harbor that can bo occupied without mu <
trouble or expense. This Is Cardenas , son
way CM * of Matauzas. The city lies on
paclous bay and the special advantage of tl
-port , In the 6vcnt a ! war , la that no fortlflc
tlons have been erected to protect the cl
from invasion from tlio sea. The Spanlan
have erected BO mo rudu defenses on the lai
Ide to keep the patriotic Cubans out of tl
town , but not a stone wait cor an antlquati
gun' faces toe MCH front to give some show
possible resbUnce to An cticmy opproachli
In ships. The failure to provide Cardeni
with ena defenses Is unaccountable , for It
the last excellent harbor and town of lari
Importance on the north coast toward tl
cast. Beyond Cardenas nearly all the 1 <
duatry and llfo of Cuba's seaboard la shltti
from the northern to the southern coast. :
time * of peace Cardenas docn a thriving trad
particularly In the export of sugar and m
lasses. The country west and southwest
It la the most fertile la Cuba and here we
most of tro larger sugar mills and reflnerl
cow In ruins.
It was at Cardenas that Lopez landed wl
111 * party of filibusters In 1S51 , when the Id
of annexing Cuba and Its halt million slav
to this country was encouraged by the ela
party of the south. Lopez expected to ral
the Cubans and slaves to bis standard , but !
iwaa unable to hold out more than two da
( n Cardenas and tie hud fifty of his followc
iwero put to the aword.
THE ISLAND KASY OF ACCESS.
Even before wo acquired possession of
Ingle Cuban harbor It would not be dlt
tult for ua to land on the island moro gu
and cartridges for the Insurgents than th
could carry to tha field , and ono of the fir
things to do would bo to put Gomez ai
Garcia In a position to gtvo ua meat e
fectlvo co-operation on land. Spain's <
fort * to "control Cuba's coast line and pi
vent the introduction Into tbo Island of an
thing she c.hoso to exclude began many yea
before the preac-nt war and have alwa
been ridiculously futile. The filibuster ! !
that has supplied Gomez , Garcia and Mac
iwlth supplies of munitions has been a me
bagatelle compared with the colossal smu
Kline that went on every month for ma
years after the official abolition of t
lave trade In 1S20. Spain had agreed wt
the other rowers to put an end to sla
Mealing and clave trading , but In spite
the penalties decreed for these crimes frc
thirty to elxty hlp loads of' negroes we
smuggled into Cuba every year. T
Spanish officials made a great show ot vl <
lance , but could not or did not prevent t
landing of about 500,000 slaves In Cuba aft
all the civilized countries of the world h
Interdicted the. trade. This Is ono of t
great Mandate that diversify Spanish h
tory ; and thene hundreds of thousands
laves were introduced just as guns a
dynamite have been placed within t
reach of Garcia. Cuba is lees than i
mile * in length , but there is no coart
the world that Is more difficult to trace
Its outline , because It is GO Indented wl
Intricate receraem and o fringed with coi
reefs and marshy tracts. The great numl
ot little IsUnda among which the flllbutU
liavo threaded their way to the coast , wh
the Spanish gunboats saw nothing , have
total of about one-twentieth of Cuba UPC
Filibustering baa been a great success t
cause the outlawed boats have cxr.erlc.nc
pilot * , who can make their way through t
labyrinth of Islets and reef * . The Spin !
bav less knowledge ot these shallow wate
It will be to our decided advantage. In ca
of war. that with the aid of Cubans we w
Star * far greater knowledge than the Sp.i
iarta % av acquired ot the intricate wnti
' tt Uat rwurkabU ooa t lint , wbet * ec
tour , with all Its Indentations , on Plchardo'a
largo map , actually exceeds C.SOO miles. It
Is a curious fact that In all these centuries
of occupancy of Cuba no Spaniard ever
circumnavigated the Island till 1801.
CUBA'S FINE HARBORS.
Magnificent as Havana's harbor la , one of
the finest In the world , It Is still surpassed
as a natural port by that of Clenfuegos , and
Is not much superior to the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba. Two causes have enabled
Havana to far outotrlp her rivals on the
south coast. The first Is that , among all
the Islets and reefs that veil the coasts of
Cuba , the most accessible stretch of coant
la that from Matanzaa to Bahla Hcyida , with
Havana almost midway between them ; hence
the Spaniards very tardily discovered that
Havana was most conveniently situated to
ba the seat of government and the business
center of the Island. To be sure the big
bays on the Poutheast coast are as easily
accessible from the sea , but their natural
communications with the Interior are far
Inferior. The second reason Is that Havana
Is meat favorably situated for commerce
with this country , which consumes more of
Cuba's products than all other nations to
gether. Ono of the causes of the present
war was summed up In the memorial sent
by the sugar planters to Madrid , declaring
that Grain's policy would lead to a tariff
war with the United. States , and that would
nocn the ruin of the Island.
If Havana had ample modern defenses none
_ f the great harbors of the world could bo
moro easily defended. As It Is , the Span-
jrds might without difficulty so block the
arrow channel leading Into the bay that no
hip could enter It for weeks after en enemy
iad planted Its guns on the heights that
ommand the city. Matanzas , the second city
tn the Island , stands at the head of a deep-
nlet which has become so shallowed by the
icdlmento from the five or six rivers empty ,
ng Into It that vessels of largo draught
lave to ride at anchor some distance away ,
ts harbor Is defended by cue very largo
ort. with a more elevated slto and loftier
, -alls than those ot any other Cuban strong-
.old. It Is n largo relic of antiquated fash-
ons In military architecture , and the few
lew guns that Weylcr planted on Its walln ,
, whllo ago , are not up to the standard
, f modern requirements. The vast basin of
ho clly of Nuevltas Is no less thnn sixty
iquaro miles In extent , and Us narrow , wlnd-
ng channel to the sea would give an In-
ader more trouble than Its flimsy fortlflca-
lona.
OTHER HARBORS.
On th'e southeast coast the very largo
.arbor of Guantanamo has fortifications that
.vould make a better show of defending the
ort th-in anything outsldo of Havana and
Santiago de Cuba , though there Is not much
hero to defend , for alluvium from the cntcr-
.ng streams has choked the bay till It Is al
most useless for trading purposes. A little
west Is Santiago , the third port of Cuba ,
with a magnificent harbor and fortifications
: hat are probably as strong as those ol
[ lavana. If It Is attacked the blow will
probably como from the sea , for the city la
not yet connected with the general railroad
ystem of the Island and approach by land
over the sleep cliffs of the Sierra Mcstra
would bo difficult for a largo force.
On the way westward along the coast tc
Clenfuegos ts the mouth of the Cauto river
now held by the Spanish general , Pando
hough the Cuban Rarcla'e camp Is only c
'cw miles up the river , and ho controls the
whole river except Its mouth. If we hel [
Cuba this year , a prominent feature of oui
program Is likely to be to send Pandc
skedaddling , for the river , In a strategical
cense , la the only very Important stream It
Cuba , affording , cs It does , a navigable high
way sixty rnllrt Into the interior.
The harbor of Clenfuegos la regarded a
the best though not the larg-sst In Cuba
and considering the commercial Importance
of the city , It would be astonishing that Its
defense had been so sorely neglected If ll
wore any oth'er nation than Spain that hac
had In Its hands the making or the marrlnt
of Cuba.
It Is needles now to apeak of the numer
ous other ports and natural harbors of Cuba
today of llttlo Importance , because the tyran
? ndRuinous sway of .Spain so stifle *
* i
tno
industrial and commercial life of a rlcl
anil fertile Island that even In Its best dayi
not moro than a tenth of Its aroi has cvei
been brought under cultivation.
SETTLING POOR FAUU JUDGMENTS
County Getting Rcnily to Turn Ovei
Cn h to Cr.MlUom.
The county commissioners are octlvelj
engaged In making
preparations to pay ou
the proceeds of the poor farm funding bond !
In liquidation of the claims against thi
county arising from the sale of the Dougla <
addition lots. The claims will bo Included li
an appropriation sheet that will bo pre
eented at the meeting next Wednesday am
as soon thereafter as the warrants can bi
drawn the money will bo paid.
The claims against the county growlni
out of the poor farm transaction are as fol
lows : Unpaid Judgments , J8J.147.72 ; Inter
cat , $23,840.98 ; claims filed but not In Judg
ment. $87,151.C3 ; Interest. 14,945.02 ; out
standing warrants , $9,760.35 ; claims untiled
$7.000 ; making the total liabilities $21G ,
S3o.C2. To meet these obligations the count' '
ihas $190,219.50 , the proceeds of the boni
rale ; $978 In the poor farm judgment fund
and $ oOO , the proceeds of the $500 checl
that was forfeited by Farson Leach & Co
th9 Chicago parties who originally bough
the bonda and then backed out.
While the county commissioners reallz
that they have not enough cash on hand t
take up all the claims , they are not In th
least worried over the situation.
Chairman Klerstcad , In discussing th
condition of the poor farm fund , said : "A
this tlmo wo lack a few thousand dollars o
having enough money to liquidate- of th
claims , Wednesday wo will begin payln
out cash on these claims and will contlnu
to do so until the last dollar Is paid. Taxe
will como la at a lively rate next month an
by the flrst or the middle of May , wo wil
have sufficient funds to pay all of thes
claims. Of course all of the claims will no
como 4n n bunch and by the time the proceed
of the bond sale have been exhausted w
expect to have enough of the collection fror
the poor farm Jcvy to take care of everj
thing that la outstanding against thi
account. "
IXSAXK 3IA.IIAMiS 1IIMSELI
George AntlerHnn Commit * Snleldo n
the County IIuHpltnl.
George Anderson , a Dane about 05 year
old. committed sulcldo at the county hos
pltal Sunday night. Ho has been demcntc
for some time , over the death of his wife
and has run away from the hospital an
caused considerable trouble. Last Januar
ho ran away and was found unconscious o
his wife's grave. Ho accomplished hi
death by tying a eheot about his neck an
hanging himself from the transom. He wa
found dead about C o'clock yesterday , an
his body -was Immediately brought to th
coroner's office. Coroner Swanson Is ex
pected homo from Chicago tomorrow , t
which tlmo the Inquest will be held. Andei
son Is not known to have any relatives , an
the only" person who knows anything aboi
him is Paul Kelson of Calhoun.
WII ouH < ! oe to Springfield.
James WIIsont arrested by Deputies Lew
und McDonald of the sheriff's office , hi
been taken back Ito Springfield , III.whe :
howilt ba rcqulroJ to nnswer to tha chan
of embezzlement. When ni rested the prl
oner stated that he hail embezzled fro
$3.000 to $10.000 from a wholesale commlEelc
firm by which he was employed. The oil
cer i who came after Wlleon said that tl
man had embezzled some monty , but th
an examination of the tlrm's books lndlcat <
that It 'wua -much smaller sum than statl
by the prisoner.
Cripple l ! r tv Kulfc.
Louis Sanpe , a cripple with a wooden li
nnd a crutch , 1 a prisoner at the city ja
and In police court ho ds charged with a
nauUlne Louis Kohn and cutting- him -wli
a knife. The complalnlntf wltness Is the pr
prietor of a lodging- house where fiaup ?
alleged to have madn trouble. Kohn a
tempted to eject him from the place , wher
! Ueced , h us d hlj kulie.
IMPEACHES POLICE BOARD
Charges Filed with trie Executive at
Lincoln Yesterdaji
CORRUPT COMBINATION AND ITS RESULTS
Itulc of n Year Under the DomlnntloB
of Hcrdmnn nnd the Demoral
ization of the Police
Force. .
Articles Impeaching the members of the
Omaha Board of Fire nnd Police CommLs-
stoncra were flled with Governor Holcomb
yesterday morning. The governor took the
papers nnd said he would examine them ,
promising to gtvo a reply Indicating his
action In a few days. Following Is the text
of the articles of Impeachment , with tno
charges and specifications , and a synorels
of the testimony :
Hon. Silas A. Holcomb , Governor ot Ne
braska : The undersigned , a citizen of
Omaha , Nebraska , respectfully represents
that Robert E. Lee Herdman , James H. Peabody -
body and D. D. Gregory of Omaha , Neb. ,
have been acting as members of the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners of said city
since March , 1897 , having been nt that tlmo
appointed and qualified as such members by
virtue of the provisions of the act of 1897 ,
provldlnc for Incorporating metropolitan
cities and defining , prescribing and regulat
ing their duties , powers and government.
That shortly after their appointment they
entered Into an agreement between them
selves that whenever expedient or ncessary
they would unite to constitute a majority ol
the board and control It and exercise Ite
powers and influence lor political ends , re
gardless of the effect or Influence of such
action upon the welfare of the departments
under their control and of the city.
That from thence until the present time
the program thus agreed upon has been
strictly adhered to and executed by these
members to the demoralization of the police
department , so that the laws and city ordi
nances of the city against vice and crime
have not been uniformly enforced nor have
the citizens of Omaha received adequate
protection from the acts and depredations ol
the criminal classes.
That tn executing the agreement and plar
foresald the members have dlregarded :
Their official oaths.
Grossly neglected their official duties , anc
Flagrantly violated many of the most 1m-
lortant and necessary provisions of law.
BILL OF PARTICULARS.
That of the many misdemeanors In offici
f which the said members have been guilty
he following are particularized :
Specification 1. That on orabout the flftl
duy of July , 1S97 , they appointed ono Jamei
C. Dahlman , chairman of the democrat ! '
itato committee , and a resident ot Chad
on , Neb. , to bo chief of police ot Omaha
lontmry to section1C9 of said act , whlcl
provides that all appointees to the polio
ilepartment shall bo electors of the city o
Omaha.
Specification 2. That on the 30th day o
August , 1897 , they appointed ono A. T
Slgwart , to the police force of Omaha , will
nil knowledge of the Incompetency of th
appointee , In pursuance of an unlawful am
corrupt agreement.
Specification 3. They a IPO , on the 30tl
day of August , 1S97 , appointed A. T. Slg
wart to bo a special officer , with the pa ;
of captain , towlt : One hundred dollars pc
month , in violation ot section 60 of sail
act , which provides that no officer of th
police department under the rank ot chle
or assistant chief shall receive a sum ex
ceedlng $90 per month.
Specification 4. That they have li
violation ot the law and of the rules o
the department pennltted A , T. Stgwart t
draw from the city treasury ot Omaha th
sum of $100 for alleged services for th
month of September , 1897 , before said Slg
wart was duly qualified to act as pollc
officer , by the filing of the required bond.
Specification G. That In violation of thcl
official oath ? , not to be guided or actuate
by political motives or Influences , and faith
fully , impartially and honestly to dlscharg
their duties , they permitted A. T. Slgwarl
Chief of police , on or about April 20 , 1891
unlawfully to detail Detective John I !
Savage to report at a saloon to one Charle
Fanning , campaign manager of the dcmc
cratlocandidate , for mayor , and to execul
hts orders as such manager , and have sine
retained both of mid officers on the pollc
force without discipline ot any1 kind for sal
unlawful act. -
Specification 6. That they permitted
T. Slgwart , chief of pollco , on or about Apr !
18 , 1897 , unlawfully to detail Patrolma
Samuel G. Ho ft to report at a place ot prl
vuto business to ono E. E. Ho well , demc
cratlo candidate for mayor , and to execut
his orders , and have slnco retained both c
said offlcors on the pollco force without disc !
pllno ot any kind for eald unlawful act.
Specification 7. That on November 2 !
1897 , without any notice and : without encase
case being on trial before them , and fu
the purpose of forcing saloon keepers to pa
tribute to their political organ , they passe
a ( resolution Instructing liquor dealers the
they would bo required to advertise thel
notlcea ot liquor license applications In sal
political organ In order to procure froi
them licenses to sell liquor for the ensutn
year.
PERiMIT GAUrBLING.
Specification 8. That for the purpose <
procuring support and contributions to the !
political combine they have permitted tr.
violation ot the laws of the state again :
the setting up or keeping or maintaining <
gambling devices and the keeping of gan
bling xesorts. |
Specification 9. That for the purpose <
procuring support and contributions to the
political combine they have permitted
violation ot tbo lawa of the state and U
ordinances ot the city 'relating to the kee ]
Ing and maintaining of disorderly resorts.
Specification 10 , That for the purpose i
procuring support and contributions to the
political combine they have granted ltcens <
to liquor dealers who have violated the la\
and were thus debarred under the law fro
receiving mich licenses.
Specification 11. That for the same pui
pose they have granted druggists' permt
to druggists who have violated the law ar
are thus debarred under the law from r
celvlng such permits.
Specification 12. That for the same pu
pose they have permitted liquor dealers
eell Intoxicating liquor without licence ,
violation ot the law.
Specification 13. That for the same pu
pose they have permitted druggists to sc
Intoxicating liquors without permits , In'v
olatlon of the law.
Specification 14. ThaT for the same pu
pcse they have failed to. revoke the llcep
ot liquor dealers when the licensee has be <
ccavlctod tn the police court for sellli
liquors to minors In violation of the la
and subjected himself to'revocation of sa
license.
Specification 16. That for the same pu
pose they have failed.to. revoke the llcens
of liquor dealers In connection with who
places ot buslneoa gambling resorts ha' '
been openly carried on.
JUGGLES THE RECORDS.
Specification 16.Agalrst James H. Pe
body : That eald James H. Peabody , , on <
about the 9th day ot September , 1897 , caus
to be made by the clerk of nld board
false and misleading statement , purportli
to be a true copy of the board's offlcl
record , and caused the came , to be publish' '
In the board's political organ as a true ti
certified copy of said records , for the pu
nose ot creating political capital , and
the demoralization and detriment ot the p
lice department.
Specification 17. ARalcet Robert E. L
Herd man : That eald Robert E. Lee Her
man has unlawfully , and In violation ot t :
rules of ald board , Ussued orders direct
to Ui member * ot tbo police departmei
without the authority or1 approval of said
board.
The undersigned respectfully requests that
a tlmo and place be abpeWited when the gov
ernor shall hear , at. Ooi4ha , testimony aa
to the truth or faulty jot those charges ,
supported by the accompanying affidavit ! ,
and that he will , lft sld charges are sus
tained by the evidence , at' once remove the
said Robert E , Lee Herdman , James H.
Peabody and D. D. Gregory , from the office
of police commUslontr w the city ot Omaha ,
as required by sectlodi 1(8 ot the act au
thorizing their appointment and removal.
Subscribed and sworn to by
VICTOR ROSEWATER.
BACKED BY AFFIDAVITS.
Accompanying the charges are sixteen ex
hibits in support of the different specifica
tions.
The flrst Is an affidavit relating to the
appointment and declination of Jim Dahl
man to be chief of police.
The scccud Is an affidavit setting forth
various steps by which Chief Slgwart was
forced to resign from his place at the head
of the police department , only to be reap-
polnted as eoeclal officer with pay of cap
tain In accordance with a secret agreement.
Exhibit three Is a certified transcript ot
the testimony of Detective Savage and Pa
trolman Hoff. given la the Cox case , In
which they detail the political work they
did for the democratic candidate for mayor
at the last city election. ,
Ono affidavit sets out the. Illegal resolu-
icii by which saloon keepers were forced to
ay tribute to the combine by inserting
heir liquor license notices fn the World-
lerald. and the Injunction Issued to prevent
ho consummation of this lawless purpose.
Two affidavits relate to open gambling and
Another to the connlvancc'of the pollco with
he automatic gambling machines. Two moro
iffidavlts relate to the failure of the pollco
o close the wine rooms , while another sets
mt the rcpcrti ot th'o police authorities
hcmeelvos upon the cxlstenio of disorderly
OUfiCS.
Exhibit eleven ts an affidavit relating to
ho llquar lU-entcs granted , over protests of
ho police cVscrlblng tbe placea so licensed as
! awless resorts.
Exhibit thirteen Is on affidavit setting
orth the course of the combine In granting
Iccnses to druggists and ealoon keepers In
Isregard of protests and testimony showing
hem to have violated the law. Another
ffldavlt sets out the caeca In which the board
.as refused or tailed to rcvpke liquor licenses
pea showing of U\v violation.
Exhibit fifteen sets out the action of Com
missioner Peabody In procuring the publlca-
Ion of falsified copies of tbo board's records ,
.vhllo . exhibit sixteen relates to the arbitrary
.nd unauthorized orders of Commissioner
lerdman to subordinates the police do-
artment.
The final exhibit Is an affidavit giving the
ormldablo list of the reported holdups ,
lurglarlcs and robberies elnco February 1 ,
898. '
K
OXC I.UGAI. POINT TO UK ARGUED. .
tit tlu Modern * Woodmen
.A Kit I ii Kt the Union Nntionill.
Although the case of thp Modern Woodmer
f America against the Union National banli
f this city will not comfc up for trial al
; ( ie presemt special termidt ; the federal court
an Important legal question In the case -wll
robably bo argued before Judge Mungei
before the term closes. \ >
In answer to the complaint of the necrcl
; rder the bank set up that the alleged cer
: lflcate of deposit , held os''proof of Indebted
r.csa , was not a legal certificate and that tin
money sued for was never deposited In th <
bank. In reply to this the-order set up thai
Head Clerk Zlnk , durlflgvwhoso terra thi
deposit IB alleged to have , ueen made la thi
bank , had given a bond irr IIBO.OQO , ' that 1
It had been known that the money tiad'uo
been In the bank the bondsmen might havi
been sued for the amount , that as a mattei
r fact the bank did not repudiate the al
eged certificate nt the end of ZInk's term
but simply postponed Its payment , Imply
Ing , therefore , that It had the money , tha
when the bank did repudiate the certlflcati
later tbo bondsmen had become Insolven
and could not ba held for tbe amount.
The order therefore contends that In Vie ?
of the fact that the bank did not at cnci
refuse to honor the certificate It cannot nov
set up the defense that the certificate wai
worthless and represented no money tha
bad been deposited. This Is the questloi
that Is to bo argued. It came up In thi
trial ot tbe case , but tbe action was dls
mlsced before It was decided.
DISMISSES THE Al'PCAb CASES
Judge SlnhnnKh Clcnm 1I1 Docket o
n Lot of Minor Charge * .
Cases In whlcti the city prosecutes vlo
lators of provisions of the municipal ordl
nances had the call before Judge Slabaugl
In the criminal court. The flrst one oallei
was that wherein1 Frank Tyson , a colorei
man , was accused of beating his wife. Th
city was represented by Prosecutor Millet
while the defendant conducted his own case
Although bo Is not a lawyer , he convince' '
the Jury ot his Innocence and ( ho twelv
'
men returned a verdict of 'not guilty.
Other cases as follow * were called an
dismissed and the defendants ordered dls
charged : Thomas Combs and Albert Bankt
resisting an officer : Charlca M. Sanford , as
Eault ; Lewis Bradshaw , assault and battery
Frank Broglln , disturbing the peace ; Wtl
Phillips , resisting an officer ; Eugene Jacksor
assault ; Paul Newman , 'Operating stear
boiler without a license ; James J. Walkei
obtaining money by false/ pretenses ; Patrlc
Ford , disturbing the peace ; Vina Callahai
fighting ; John Harrison , pellt larceny ; Harr
Hodges , disturbing the peace ; S. D. Mercei
keeping a vicious dog ; ! Archibald Gordoi
trespass ; John Fitznatrlck , drunk ; Charle
McVey , petit larceny ; John Pylo , operattn
a steam bolter without 'a license.
Cox Aurnlnnt Motor Company.
The case of W. W. Cox * against the Omah
and Council Bluffs Bridge and Street Rail
way company Is on trial , .before Judge DIcV
Inson and a jury. The plaintiff seeks t
recover damages In the , fum ot $20,000.
Last summer Cox wasa , < pacscnger on on
ot the motor trains and was on his way- 1
Council Bluffs. WbeaMiear the postoffice I
that town he , according to his versloi
signaled the conductor tpi.&top the train. Tr
conductor paid no attention to this elgm
and Cox pulled the bell cord. This was
violation ot the company's .rules and Co
was ejected from tbo car. J A fight followci
during which ono of Cox'4 abklee was brokei
He alleges that his Injucje * were due to tr
negligence of the men In charge of the car.
IIcrrelHnKer S Kf .Jlnmnnre * .
The case ot Harry S.JHettelflnger again :
the Richardson Drug compiny Is en trial 1
Judge Baker's court , the plaintiff seeking I
recover the eum of $10,000,1 alleged damage
Heffelfinger alleges thai In April , 1896 , he wi
charged by the defendant' ' with obtalnlc
goods by making false representations at :
that on the charges so made he was a
rested and thrown Into Jail , where ho wi
kept for several hour * . . He.eays . that at tl
hearing be was acqutttcdj Uy reason i
this arrest , ho alleges th t his reputatlc
has been damaged to the extent ot $10,00
the amount for which suit Is brought.
Kittle Owe Convicted.
Kittle Owens , charged' ' with being an li
mate ot a house of Ill-repute , has been co
vlcted by a Jury in the criminal court. 81
conducted her own case'1 and put up a d
tense that astonished eomo of tbe old pra
tttloners at the bir ,
Two Divorce * Granted.
Judge Scott has gran ted divorces In tl
case of Williams against 'NVIllldms and Cl
ment against Clement. , Desertion and fal
ure to provide were the charges proven.
Ileebea Plpd Not Guilty.
Dr. Charles E , Beebe an * his wife , Mn
A. Beebewere arraigned tn pollco coi
yesterday on a charge ot trespass ,
which they pleaded hot guilty. Mrs. lice
also entered a tlmltar plea to an accusatl
of nwault. The Jiearlntrwas set for ne
Saturday afternoon and Judge Gordon i
leased tbe defendants on their owa recogi
anc * .
QUEEN'S ' LACE HANDKERCHIEF
One of the Bare Relics of the Late Iran oh
Empire.
MOUCHOIR MADE FOR EMPRESS EUGENIE
Woman' * Ilonrcl "Mar' Secure a llc-
ninrknlilc I'lcco of llnndlirorU
for Show nt the exposition
\ During the Summer.
The Woman's Board of Managers hag re
ceived a proposition from Miss Helen D.
Williams of Nashville , Tenn. . to place on
exhibition at the exposition a lace handker
chief valued at $1,500 , and the women are
considering the advisability of securing the
precious article ,
The handkerchief has quite a history. It
was made In Ncufchatcl , Switzerland , about
1850 , by two poverty-stricken women whoso
eyesight was destroyed by the severe strain
of the work. It was Intended as a gift to
Empress Eugenie , but after Its completion
it passed into other hands than those of the
empress , and was exhibited at the Paris ex
position of 1S50 , and at the London exposi
tion of 1SC2. Jt finally came Into the family
of Mies Williams , and was shown at lift
World's fair and at the Nashville exposi
tion.
tion.Tho
The handkerchief Is eighteen Inchca square
and the lace work Is said to bo of remarkable -
able fineness and delicacy. In each ot the
four corners Is a small hourc. This le bul
one-quarter of an Inch square , but the vines
running over the cottage are shown with
xactncss and the shrubbery about the house
s worked out In all the details. Wild an-
mals In the woods surrounding these
ouscs are perfect tn every detail , the hall
n the boars and the spots on the leopard *
elng shown with distinctness. A troplca' '
orriU extends entirely around the handkcr
ihlef , and numerous wild animals are showr
unulng about between the trees. Danana
nd cocoa trees are shown tn full bearing
t Is caltl that the pattern for this wonder-
ul handkerchief was made In Italy and thi
attern was destroyed after this handkcr
ihlef was completed , In order to prevent (
The Woman's Hoard of Managers ts con
dcrlng the matter of securing an old matiu-
crlpt bible an an exhibit tn the educations
cctlon. The precious document belonga t <
he estate of the late Dr. Louis Loewc , mem
er of the Royal Asiatic association , Orients
ngulst fee the duke of Sussex , examiner ol
rlcntal languages to the Royal College ol
'receptors ' , etc. The date of the anclenl
lanuscrlpts composing the book Is unknown
xcept In ono Instance , where It Is relatci
hat the writer of the text finished hln labor !
n 1496 , but the absence ot lllumlnatei
nltlal letters leads scholars to conclude tha
ho manuscript Is very old. The book It
iound In tortobo shell covers with sllvc ;
laeps and ornamentation. H contains 491
eavca and Is of the following dimensions
'oven ' and three-quarters Inches long , flvt
nd one-bait Inches wide and two and one
f Inches thick. The arrangement of thi
looks Is different from that adopted for thi
nodern editions of the bible.
LllKAXSAS ETTI.\G AI.O.YG MCEI/V
coretnry Mntlipwn Writ en Kiilliu-lnn
( lonlly of the Prn-pcctM.
Secretary W. D. Mathcws of the Arkansai
Exposition commission writes most cnthusl
.stlcally regarding the progress In export
ton work that Is being made In his state
Ho sa > a the commission la meeting wltl
, ho meat encouraging responses In all quar
era to Its efforts to arouse the people ant
iccure funds and macrlals for exhibits am
ho state will bo on tlmo with an extenslv
! xhlblt In all lines.
Secretary Mathews and George Sengel r
Fort Smith visited St. Louis recently an
nterestcd the officials ot the Mlrsourl Pa
Iflc and the St. Louis & San Francloco rail
raay In the Arkansas exhibit , Inducing thos
oads to JO'Q with the etate commtslson li
makig ! a fliw showing. The railway offi
: lals agreed to this plan and gave the com
mleslon substantial assistance In the way o
unds. thus assuring a flno exhibit by th
itate. .
Mr. Dodge writes that he will have charg
of the display made by the Agricultural dc
partment , which ho says will bo ono of th
finest displays ever made by that branch c
.ho government.
The plan of selling souvenir buttons t
assist In raising funds has been adopted , an
n a letter to 'President Wattles the set
'etary ' Incloses one of the buttons. It I
about two Inches In diameter and the mo ;
itrlklng thing about It Is the lettering. A
.ho top appears the word "Arkansas" an
at the lower side appears "Omaha. " In th
center Is a picture of the former residents e
Albert Pike In Little Rock which has bee
adopted as the design for the Arkansn
building on the exposition grounds. Th
lecretary says these buttons are sclllu
apldly all over the state.
AHI7.0XA MAKES A GOOD STAR1
Exhibit for the Exposition ! Alrcnd
Well ITovliloil.
Special Commissioner C. E. Llewellyn <
.ho Publicity and Promotion department <
the exposition returned Sunday from Ne
Mexico and Arlzoaa , where he went to aroti :
hose sections from the apathy which seerac
to have overtaken them. Ho met wit
encouraging success In both territories ar
says that both ot these sections will It
handsomely represented at the exposlttoi
The governor ot Arizona appointed a stroc
commission of representative men nnd hi
agreed to ask the legislature to relmbun
subscribers to a fuad for making a Bta
exhibit. In this way It Is believed that r
difficulty will be encountered In raising a
the money that Is needed. The magnified
exhibit of minerals and other Imperlshab
articles shown at the World's fair Is utl
Intact and Is stored In Phcnlx. This will I
augmented by additions 1-a all lines and wl
make a splendid nucleus which will bo show
tosether with samples of agricultural at
horticultural products.
A prominent feature ot the Arizona e :
hlblt will be a large collection of onyx fro
a largo mine of that precious stone owm
by D. Heyman of Phenlx. The stone taki
from this mine Is of exceptional exccllcn
and Air. Heyman has promised to make
special collection ot samples for the sta
exhibit.
Show of Commercially lTncfnl Flher
Charles Richards Dodge , the special age
of the Department ot Agriculture ) In chan
of fibre Investigations , writes to Preside
Wattles that he baa been granted uuthorl
by the secretary of agriculture to loan
the exposition the thirty-two panels In t :
possession of the department which nlu
all the commercial fibres of the world. The
panels are contained In glass eases and w
be shipped In their cnsea with the otb
material contained in the exhibit made I
the Agriculture department in tbo Cover
ment building.
Theea panels will bo displayed In tbo A
rlculturo building In connection with t
extensive exhibit of commercial fibre a
fibre machinery which has been arranged f <
This display will bo under the charge
Mr. Dodge and will form a most Instruct !
exhibit ot the cultivation and uses ol vai
ous fibres.
Firemen' * Hoard tn Meet.
A meeting of the Doard of Managers of t
National Firemen's association has be
called to meet In Omaha , April 9 and 10 ,
discuss with the exposition authorities t
details of the proposed national tournnme
to be held In Omaha , during the \imm
President Fred A. Wood ot Cedar Rapids t
ksued the call.
PAST TIIAIXS WIMi STAV PAST.
Fnro Declnlon Will .Not ncmlt
In Their Itentovnl.
The new fast trains of the Union Pacific-
Northwestern and Of the Burlington roads
will not bo tajten off on account of the high
excess faro ( bat will to required ot all
through passengers on 'and after Friday ot
thU week , April 1. Such A statement Is au
thorized by the highest officials ot the Union
Pacific and ot the Burlington railroads.
The roads that have been designated by
B. D. Cald'vell , arbiter , to charge excess
faro on their now trains have already Issued
the necessary Instructions to their agents.
General Passenger Ageut Lomax of the Union
Pacific Mid to The Bee : "Wo have Issued
the circulars notifying our men about the
excess fares that \\lll bo charged on and
after April 1. Wo nro going to give the
thing a fair trial. Wo arc quite willing to
do this , but what the flnnl outcome will bo
I do not know. But our new trains will not
bo taken off. They are on to stay. "
General Passenger Agent Francis of the B.
& M. said : "Tho circulars notifying our
men to charge the excess fore have already
been Issued , so there Is but ono thing to do
and that ts to wait and note the result ot
the charges. But there Is ono thing you
may depend on , wo shall not take off the
trains. They are on , aud they are on to
stay. " i
The decision of Arbiter Caldwcll Is al
ready being shown up tn local railway cir
cles as farcical. To rldo In a first-class
Bleeping car from Chicago a man Is supposed
to pay an additional charge of $4 , or If In
the tourist sleeping car or a coach excess
faro to the amount of $1. But thcro Is
nothing to prevent him buying a ticket from
Chicago to Omaha , and , no the train etops
hero for ten minutes , getting a ticket hero
through to Denver. The sum of the fares
rom Chicago to Omaha and from Omaha to
cnver Is not greater than the through fiuc ,
nd as ho is not a through passenger when
o starts on his Journey ho la not compelled
0 pay any extess fare. Another way of
citing around the ridiculous ruling ts to
uy a ticket from Denver to a suburb of
hlcago , and tuko a local train Into the
tty station , or to do the came going1-Into
cnver.There are so many ways of break-
ng through the arbiter's decision that It Is
ow conceded that It will bo very Ineffectual
1 helping the weak lines at the expense of
10 strong ones , as was plainly the object
view.
ETTMXG KAIIE TO EXPOSITION' .
n 'iiK < T Men' ' "Will Hold an Im
portant ConmiUiitloii'ln Oiunlin.
There will ho an Important meeting of gen-
ral passenger agents In Omaha this
morning at 11 o'clock. The object of the
meeting Is to consider the report of the
ocal passenger committee appointed to
'ccommend ' reduced rates for the Transmls-
Isslppl Exposition.
The meeting will bo held at the Mlllard
iOtel. Those In attendance will Include the
ocal pafsenger representatives of all the
nca entering Omaha , nnd the general pas-
icnger agents , the traffic managers and some
f the general managers ofthe lines hero.
The meeting will receive the report of th
pedal committee , consisting ot the general
isscngcr agents ot the Union Pacific , ol
ho D. & M. and of tho.Elkhorn roads. This
eport will recommend a low line of rates
o and from all western railroads from unc
to November 1 on account of the exposition ,
t Is generally believed that the general
meeting will adopt the report of the special
ommlttee. If it does the TransrnlsslEdipp
Exposition Is promised the lowest rates giver
: o any exposition In this country. Wort'
has been received that the loading rallroai
men of Chicago are taking qulto an Intcrca
, n the question of low rates to the expost1
Icti , and a number of them will attend th <
meeting In this city.
nnrllmrton'M Ticket Seller.
Edward A. Elmlgcr has been appointed
Icket seller for the Durllngton railroad sta <
Ion at Tenth and Mason streets. Ho will b <
assistant to Chief Ticket Agent Fonda , am
after April 1 will be * on duty In the prcscnl
'ramo shed until the completion of the Bur
Ing-ton's new elation , when he will bi
ransferred there with the rest of the staff
For the last half dozen years he has beet
imploycd at the local headquarters of thi
D. & M. In the office of General Manage ]
loldrego. He Is young , energetic and popa
ar , and should make a success at his ncv
calling. His successor at the headquarter !
has not been appointed.
GcorRe Ilnynci * on HIM Trip.
Gcorgo 'B. Haynes , city passenger agon
of the Milwaukee road , sailed from Astoria
Oro. , for Liverpool , Eng. , on Monday morn
ng at 7 o'clock , and by this tlmo Is falrlj
started on his trip around the world. J
etter Just received from him by his co
workers at the Milwaukee office announce *
this fact. Ho has sailed on 'the Puritan , i
steamship recently built In England am
.ut't completing Its first trip to Liverpool
Mr. Haynes will return to Omaha after i
short trip -through England and Franc
about July 4.
Xo Settlement of Ilnt Troulilc.
NEW YORK , March 28. Railroad men I ;
this city eald today that they had receive
no word from London that a settlement o
the northwestern rote war had been effected
Officials ot the Trunk Line association sal
that they had no advices concerning the mat
tcr. There la to bo a meeting of the pas
senger agents ot the lines Interested in Bui
falo tomorrow.
THEIR 3IAXIA IS FOIl POUGEITl
Wllllnm Glbhonit nnd H. G. Chattel
Who Write OtherN * XnmoM.
Separata Informations alleging forger
have been filed In police court against Wl !
Ham Gibbons and H. G. Chaffce , both c
whom are said to bo Insane. They nro prl :
oners at the city Jail. Until a short tlm
ago Gibbons was messenger of the Paclfl
Express company on the Union Pacific lln
between Cheyenne and Ogden. His niln
began to fall , however , and this necessitate
his discharge by the compiny. Ho he
leen pronounced Insane by allen'eLs who ha\
examined him , and when < bcso facts are di
veloped It Is understood that ho will bo ser
to an asylum.
On March .6 Gibbons Is alleged to ha\
forged the name of Owen McCaffrey to tw
checks on the National Dank ot Common
for $5.75 each , and to have obtained therco
money.
Chaffeo Is alleged to have passed a wortl
less check for a small amount en the ' .Tat
ager of a local hotel , the signature to whlc
was a forgery. Ho Is ald to bo a mom
maniac for thla business , and repeatedly 1
has been confined to various retreats for tl
Insane after raising money In small sums c
forged checks.
Hob n TrnvoIliiB Man ,
A state warrant -was fllsd In police cou
against Annie Nelson , colored , tn which si
Is charged with ilnrceny from the pcrso
The complainingwltne la James Thoma
a traveling salesman , who alleges that whl
ho wns In the company of the woman la
Saturday night lau house on Dotlg * Htrec
between Eighth and Ninth streetu , si
robbed him of $70 In money nnd il ! aj > prm-
The Nelson woman 1 under arrest , ns
also Will NeUon. Thomas hai gone to Eldo
la. , but before leaving the city ho promts' '
to return to Omaha during the latter na
of the week to prosecute { ho case , wnli
has been continued until then. ,
hllcnt Connion dull.
The Silent Cosmos club met Friday evenln
Miss Estella Forbes favored the club wl
Shakespeare's "Pericles , Prlnco of Tyre
which was very Interesting. President Con
travo qulto a re ums of the toplci ot tl
times , dwelling chiefly on the disaster to tl
Malno nnd Cuban affaire. The club h
dropped Shakespeare for n while. The ne
meeting takes place April 8 at 4GQO Houleva
avenue.
Gold Import ! .
NEW YORK , March 28. Holdlebac
Ickelhelmer & Co. have $225,000 la gojd
gaged ton Import. ,
ORDERS FOR NEW BOX CARS
Western Eoads Adding to Their Boiling
Stock Equipment ,
PRESIDENT BURT LEADS THE LIST
Union Pnclflo to Sprtid Half n .Mllllo *
Dollar * In Sccurlnir l-"ncllHlv
i for llnniltlnK lt ( jrinv- . , - /
tug lluilncu.
Additional evidence of the return of proa *
perity to western railroads Is furnished la
the list of bids that are being asked by
the leading western lines for additional
rolling stock , especially freight cam. I'resl-
dent 13urt of the Union Pacific not long
slnco awarded contracts to two car build
ing firms for the Immediate construction ot
1,150 stock , box and furniture cars. Ho
recently asked for bide from the loading
cur building companies of the country for
1,000 moro freight cars. It Is announced
that tbo contracts will bo awarded by Presi
dent Durt this week.
The cars that are already ordered by the
Union Pacific are to bo delivered In this
city during t'ho coming summer. Tbo 1,000
earn for which bids have Juut been asked are
also to bo built at once , and are to bo
turned over by the firms building them to
the Union Pacific hero during the lute sum
mer and early fall. They are wanted in
tlmo for use In the fall movement of grain
and live stock. When the contracts are
given out for the building of 1,000 tnoro
cars , President Durt will ask for further
contracts for the building of both freight
nnd passenger care. The Union PucIQo
has been hampered for some tlmo by iho
lack of adequate and suitable equipment for
Its freight and passenger traffic. It Is the
Intention of President Hurt to remedy this
lack during 'tho ' present ycnr. Before ho
gets through with his car contracts It U
estimated that ho will have spent $ oOOOQO
In purchasing new equipment. None of the
now cars will bo built In Omaha or at
other shops of the company. It is stated by
officers of the Union Paclo that new car *
can bo built much moro cheaply by car *
building companies than by railroad com
panies.
General Manager Truesdalo of the Hock
Island railroad has Just given out a con
tract for -tho building ot eighty-five new
stock cara for1 the UBO of his line. Thcso
earn will bo constructed by the employes ot
the Uock Island road , and will bo built at
the shops of the company nt Horton , Kan. ,
and at Chicago. The new stock curs nto
to ba of the same pattern as tlioso recently
turned out at the Hock Island shops. The
same line will order additional freight cars
to bo built at Its o\vju shops an coon as the
latest orxlcr Is filled.
The Omabi road Is also greatly addingto
Its freight equipment. At the shops ot
: io Omaha road at Hmleon , WIs. , the shop
men are turning out an average of flvo
cw box cars per day. This rate of bulld-
ng new cam will , It Ls stated , bo kept Up
hroughout 'tho srrtng am ] summer , so that
y fall the Omaha line will have a supply ,
t now box cars adequate tn the demand.
XO OK nnT I'o
Traveling Freight Agent Hartsough of the
Loulsvlllo & Nafihvlllo railroad Is In the
ity.
ity.Horace
_ Horace G. Durt , president of the link *
'aclflc railroad , has returned from New
fork.
General Manager Dickinson of the Union
'aclflc ' rpeiit a few days of last week In
Chicago.
The Dutte , Moot. , Car Scrvlco association
as been organized with K. E. Calvin as
halrman.
Robert McMalns , a locomotive engineer on
ho Iowa Central , has been appointed travel *
ng engineer of that road.
General Solicitor Mandcrson of the D. Si
M. . and his private secretary , Charles Mar-
ey , have returned from St. Paul.
D. J. Palmer has been a ; > p'jlnte < 1 a member
if the Iowa rallrcad cominisslon to fill the
acancy caused by the death of C. L. Davld-
on.
on.D.
D. II. Drandow has been appJlnto-1 master
mechanic ot the Lcavcnworth , Kansas &
Vestern , with headquarters nt Leavcuworth ,
Can.
Can.Tho
The Independent Order of Railway Men ban
) eon organized and Is an outgrowth of tbo
Id Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association. The
icadquartcre of the order are St. Louta , Mo. ,
nd James S. Hardlci of that city Is president.
H. C. Archer has been appointed comraer-
-lal agent of the freight and paescnigcr do-
mrtmcnta of the Kansas City , Plttsburg &
Gulf and the other roads belonging to that
ystcm , with headquartera at Galvecton , Tex.
George J. Lincoln has been appointed com
mercial agent of the Milwaukee , with head
quarters at 400 Chestnut street , Philadelphia ,
llr. Lincoln recently retired from the sery-
co of the 'Baltimore ' & Ohio , and for many
years was connected with the Heading.
General Passenger Agent Heafford of the
Milwaukee road Is keeping up with tha
spirit of the times by the Issuance for free
distribution card pictures of the destroyed ;
battleship Malno and booklets containing
the national songs.
M. K. Fleming has been appointed general
Mggago agent ot the Kansas City , Plttsburg
Gulf , with headquarters at Kansas City.
\lo. \ Ho has hcretoforo been acting general
xiggago agent and was formerly general
'retght ' and passenger agent ot the Kansaa
Ity , Wyandotlo & Northwestern.
The ten-wheel locomotive which the Bald
win Locomotive works are building for the
Ivansoii City , Plttsburg & Gulf Is Intended to
[ jo used for exhibition purposes at the Trans *
mlr slsrtlppl Exposition. This cnglno Is to be
a duplicate In all respects ot the fifteen ten-
wheel freight locomotives recently built by
the Daldwlh Locomotive works for the same
read.
read.Tho
The now Northwestern brldgo across the
klleslmlppl has been completed In record time.
With the trestle work , the bridge Is nearly a
mile long. Work was begun December 24
and the old structure was removed and the
new ono put In place without Interrupting
traffic. Ifie four old pana were torn down
and tbo flvo new once put In place In flvo
days.
days.Tho
The rallrcad weather reporto show that
the fall ct snow on Sunday was heaviest In
the eastern tort of Nebraska. Some enow
fell along the lines ot the Union Pacific , ot
Iho Durllngton and of the Klkhorn in Ne
braska but In the western part of the state
It was quite light. The heaviest fall ot tha
snow was rapidly melted on Monday mornIng -
Ing , and on none of the roads was t radio
delayed to any extent.
It Is stated that financial arrangements
have been made to complete the Wyoming fif
Dakota road , which was partially graded < tv-
eral yeara ago from Dcllefourhce , S. D. , to
liarrett , Wyo. , eighteen and one-half in IM ,
end that work will be resumed In April.
The Crouch Construction company of Chlaaja
will do the work. The officers are : Ueorga
M. Nix , president , Dubuque , la. ; ll. S. Vin
cent , civil engineer , Dcadwood , S. D.
Secretary Taylor , ot the Kansas City ,
Plttsburg & Guf , says of the report that hU
road Is to build from Qulncy , III. , to Deards-
town. III. , to connect with the Dalttmore &
Ohio , that If such a connecting line Is estab
lished. It will not bo built by the Kansaa
City , PlttsburK & Gulf. However , this Una
may be built by the Omaha , Kansas City It
Eastern railroad. Tbo Kansas City , Pltts-
hurc & Gulf has no Interest In tbo Omaha ,
Kansas City & Eastern , but Mr. StlllweU
Is president of both roads and other Kansas
CltPlttsburK & Gulf people have an Inter
est In the Omaha , Kansas City & Eastern.
Mr. Taylor eays It Is the police of the Kan
sas City. PHtflburg & Gulf not to build cant
of the Mississippi , as It Is not desired to g
there and compete with roads In eastcrv
territory , but rather to ocerato In harmony :
wlU them.