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THE OMA3TA DAILY BEE : TTTUTJSDAY , T > ECEMT5F/R 2S , 1H)0. ! )
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OPPOSE ADVANCE IN RATES
Missouri Valley Shippers Orcanis ? to Protect
Mutual Interests
FORTY DELEGATES MEET At KANSAS CITY
OrKtitilrnllnn IM I'crOi'lotl li.v Illectlon
of UfllccrN A. C , SnlHIi of
Omnlin Clio-ieil Dili' of Hit1
Vice I'
KANSAS CITY , lice , 27. ( Special Tele-
pram. ) Forty delejcates from tlic Commer
cial clubs of Omaha , St. Josjph. Atchlson
nnd Kansas City met lu executive nesskn
In the Commcrrlal club rooms hero todny
to formally pretest egalm-l the proposed In
crease of freight rates by rnflannlflcatlon.
The licit-gates were selected from the trans
portation committees of the various clubs
nnd thi purpose nf the meeting was n unhn
of the Missouri river cities In n permanent
organization for mutual protectlui. This
purpose WIIH acrcaiplifiled by the organiza
tion of the Missouri River Shippers' associa
tion with headquarters In Kansas City.
Thr.se otfi.-eri were elected : W. W.
Wheeler , St. Joseph , president ; vice presi
dents , J T. ttlohnrds , Kansas City ; Kd 13.
Pmlth , St. jriHf-ph ; A. C. Smith , Omaha ; W.
F. Dolan. Aldtlson ; W. N. Todd , heaven-
world ; 0. 0. Fullorloii , Sioux City. W. P.
Trli kett of Kansas City was elet-ted sucro-
Inry and treasurer. The executive committee -
too rcwslMs of those named and In nddl-
tlnnal. Snmiicl M. Nave. H. M. Hnnlr-y , St.
Joseph : O. V. Wllpnn , Jacob Ilnrzcn. Frank
A. Faxon , Hucllil Martin. C. H. Plckens. F.
P. Klrkendnll. The details of the organiza
tion were left to the executive committee.
The St. Joseph delegation Included K. ( ' . .
Kmilh. .1. C. Letts , II. W. ParncII , 13. F.
Westholmor , \ . J. Warner. Louis Motler ,
J. J. Sheridan , J. L. Davidson , C. K. Woodbury -
bury , T. C. Byrne. W. W. Wheeler. K. M.
Wray , Robert Winning. H. M. Hunley , Jr.
J. Moss , F. W. Maxwell. John Donovan , jr.
nnd C. A. King. Atcblson was represented
by Arthur Klnney , W. F. Dolnn , J. C. Postlc-
wallo and D. B. Oood. Omaha was repre-
Dented by A. C. Smith and J. B. B.uim.
A telegram was hont to Attorney General
Orlggs adding the weight of the association's
Influence to the movement to block the at
tempt at reelasBlflfallon and strong rosolu-
tloim were adopted protesting against any
Increase In ratcn , which will be fought with
nil the power of the association. The dis
cussion was all in line with tho-opening
address of W. P. Trlckctt of the Kansas
City Transportation bureau , who said the
principal complaint against the Increase In
freight rates In the proposed classification
was that the widening of the difference be
tween carload and less than carload 'ratings
would result In loss of business to nil trade
centers. Ho explained this by saying that
the 'traffic of all Jobbing points was practi
cally In less than carload lots and the higher
the rate the greater the tendency to restrict
the trade area of the Jobbing confers. This
has the effect of driving the country mer
chant to the nearest market , thus depriving
the Jobbing centers of the patronage that
the rates now In force Insure.
M3W IIATI3S U'll.l , iO IXTO
Trunk Mnc OlllclnlK Will TaUo I'p
.Matter ivllli Merchant * Later.
NBW YORK. Dec. 27. As a result of the
protest of merchants against the roclasslfl-
cutlon of merchandise by the railways anil
of Interviews of members of the .Merchants' '
nsEodatlon In this city with trunk line offi
cials , the latter have said that this classltl-
cayoQ..wlIl gp Into effect January. .Imt , athej
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have'-promised Hint the mn'tter of a read
justment of classification which It Is claimed
by the merchants will hurt their business ,
will bo taken up again by the tralllc olllclalt
and executive officers of tire roads , who will
Hlft every grievance to the bottom anil
meet the merchants half way In making
proper readjustment.
The merchants have asked the classifica
tion committee to call n meeting of thai
committee for January 22 , for the purpose
of taking this matter up and consldcrlnf
grievances. They have put It at that date st
tin to give three weeks' operation to tlu
now classification , by which time each mer
chant ought to know Just how this roclasslll-
cnllon will work In practice and the rail-
roadK ought to have some more definlU
knowledge ns to how It will affect thorn.
It.lTH CASH IS I'l' Tt UltUiCS
Tt'Ktllliony About Coiuliliinl Inn to III-
orciiNc I'reliilil Hale * Submitted.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 27. The Interstate
Commerce commission decided today to com
ply with the request of the shippers o !
freight to transmit to the attorney genorai
of the United States a transcript of evidence
taken before the commission last week 01
tlu > Increase In rates on classified freight bj
the official cluMslllc.UIon commission.
The shippers In tholr petition urged thai
the testimony taken showed a violation o
thf Sherman anti-trust act. Their desire Ii
that the attorney general shall take actlor
by Injunction or otherwise to restrain tin
roads from putting the classification Intc
effect on January 1.
OUTSIDE LINES MAY JOIN
ern I'liKHeiiuer ANHiielntloii Meed
( n Auree to u IMvlxloil of
( he
CHICAOO. Dec. 27.General passenge
ngcntti of all ( he lines In the Western Pas
monger asHoolatlon and the > four outsUl
roads. Iho Wisconsin Central , the North
western , Minneapolis & St. Louis , ani
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul , mel her
todny lo Keltic. If possible , the ChU-apo-St
Paul rate dlIle ( > ultbt > nnd to reach an agree
incut on the division of business , the chic
mumbling block lu the way of the alllllatloi
cf the outside lint's \\lth the association. 1
Is considered probable that this object ivll
have been accomplished before the iiu'cllm
adjourns , as the Wisconsin Central , whlcl
heretofore has steadfastly rc'uve'd to joli
tbo association bun announced Its \\illlng
ness to conic In uilli the other roads , pro
vidlng it Is given a fair proportion of th
buttlncffi. No serious trouble IH anticipate
iu reaching un agreement on this ijucttiun.
wiscosiCITHAI , IKII , ns
Only lloinl I nullllnu Id .loin U'l
CHICAOO , DeiL1" . Oeneral pa
n eniH of the Chlcago-Bt. Paul lines of th
Western PaBhcnger nssoi'lmion tpday rte
elded to recommend to the executive oil )
ccrs of their lines that the "gentlemen'
aKHcinent" to maintain normal tariffs bo
twecn Chicago mid St. Paul be o.Mondcd I
cm or the llrsl month of the year. The no >
ogicement was bated upon honor ami wu
to have uplrodlth Hie present year.
The general pat > nontyr agents Instructc
Clniirman McLcod tn continue hlg elTorts t
lime iho outside linesthe Wlsuoinsin Ccn
Ira' , the flivwit Western uml thf Mlmieapoll
& St IxiulH brought Into the fold. Tim S
Paul tins expressed tin willingness to rcjol
the asBocliitlnn 113 Keen , us the three com
ju-tiions become nunnbers.
The WIscoiiHln Contra ! senvms to ho th
only road to hold buck at this time , hut tli
prjigj.cc'tti for UK taking up membership at
brighter now than ever before.
The Hrrat Weairrn and iho Minncapol
& Ht. Luuib si > tu\v | arc ic.ul > tr jlllx th
lo an UKrecm.-nt if ihu Wis. oiisl
obligates iii < rf | 10 'lie , i-nHii\ttn
1'prs Ii m siii.t that whil" tin \\iM-niif.
Crii'l ' r Icrnu have 1101 boeti vbuugrd il.
ttioclitloa roidt look upon thtm lu
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mor * > kindly manner than they did when the ,
hostilities were at tholr height.
I'Al I. MOItTO.V TllJMP.S A HHI'tUtT.
.No ( l Me I'ri'xlilfill of ( lie llcoruiin-
Ired I'ldxhurK .V : ( Julf.
CHICAGO. Her. 27. t'nul Mttttti. eecnnd
vlrc president of tht > Atchlaon , Topeka &
Pnfltn To road , today denied moat positively
thn' lie Is to bo president nf lh > > reorgalilzttl
ICannac City , Plttsburr ; ft Oulf road. Mor
ton sain tliero was not a particle cf truth
In the published reports to that ulfcct.
OVER RIVEFoFsfREET CARS
UII'MO.V ' lloute MnUe * A rriitiuoinciit *
for TrmiNnorlnl Inn ( if tin
A. J. Handy , general passenger agent of
the Omnha & St. Louis railway , Is In the
1 tlty from Kansas city to perfect nrrange-
j incnta for transportation of passengers
j for Omaha coming over the Omaha & St.
I Louis local train fram Qulncy. This train
! runs only to the Union Pacific transfer In
[ Council Hi'iffs , and heretofore passengers
j liavo boon brought to Omaha via one of the
I Union Pacific dummy trains. As ihls norv-
Irc will bo discontinued after January 1
I other arrangements necessarily had to bo
! made. Speaking of this matter Mr. Handy
nld :
j "Our local train from Qulncy arrives In
Council muffs at S35 ; In the evening nnd
' passengers for Omaha have been brought
j over the river on the Union Pacific bridge
train , which left Council BluflV Immediately
after our arrival. I had a conference with
Union Pacific officials regarding the contin-
j Utttiru or this train , hut could not promise
! them sulllclent business to Justify the ex-
' ponsc necessary lo continue Us operation.
Our pafwcngora will not suffer any Incon-
! venlencq , however. , ns they can bo brought
, ' tn Otnaha via the Omaha and Council Bluffs
| street car line. A street car leaves the
Union Pacific transfer In the Bluffs shortly
I after the arrival of our Qulncy train and
passengers for Omaha will Use the car In-
I stead of the dummy train. They will bo
transported at R Iws expense than at pres
ent , ns the faro charged by the bridge train
Is 25 cents , while the street car fare is only
10 cents. This entitles the passenger to u
j transfer to any point In Omaha and conoe-
qucntly Is a tMVlng of 20 cents to the ma-
I I jority of passengers. "
AliNiirliN Ttvo Indiana Hull road * .
CHICAGO , Dec. 27. A special meeting of
I the stockholders of the Chicago & Kastorn
Illinois railroad was held today , nnd propo
sitions submitted and agreed upon for the
purchase of the capital stozk , railway prop
erty , corporate rights and franchises of the
Kvausvlllc , Terre Haute & Chicago Uall-
way company , and the Indiana Block Coal
Railroad company. The Chicago & Eastern
! Illinois had operated both roads for fome
time under a ninety-nine year lease. Both
roadet wore heavily mortgaged.
t'liirk < o Maiinuc Iowa Central.
MAUSHALLTOWN , la. . Dec. 27. The
appointment of Thomas K. Clark as gcn-
i oral manager Of the Iowa Central railroad
will be officially announced tomorrow and
will bo effective January 1. Clark has been
trainmaster nnd general superintendent of
the Minneapolis & St. Louis road for the
last eighteen years , with headquarters at
Minneapolis.
DlNf-iisN TraiiMcoiitlitcntal Hatcn.
CHICAGO , Dec. 27. Transcontinental pas-
sei.gor men met In this city today and dis
cussed the dilllcultics that have risen from
the old differential question. The meeting
went to show that the prospects for an ajn-
Ic.iblu settlement of the troubles are as dim
now as they over before have beep.
I-aNC Itoacl to \ < > iv VorU Central.
BOSTON , Dec. 27. The Boston & Albany
stockholders today voted In favor of the
j lease of the'road to the New York Central ,
the vote standing : Yes , 1SG.G52 ; no. 15,197.
iiy .Votes nnd I'ernoiinlN.
Charles Clifford , general agent of the
I'nlon Pacific at Butte , Is n visitor in the
city.
city.A.
A. 12. Carter , iiRont for the Sioux City &
I Northern In Sioux City , IB n visitor In
i Onialui.
I General Agent J. A. Kuhn of the. North
western has returned from a business trip
to Chicago.
The HurlliiKton had two extra cars at
tached to Its Lincoln train yesterday
They were occupied by teachers enroute
to attend the educational convention In
Lincoln.
W. X. Babcock , general western freight
agent of the Delaware. Laekawannit , t
Western , Is In the city from Chicago , visit
ing his friends. Mrf. Habcock accompa
nies him.
J A. Mtinroo , freight traffic manager of
the Union Pacific , returned from Kantian
City , where lie had spent Christmas with
'relatives. ' lie was accompanied by Mrs.
I Mil in oe.
I William O. Carr. traveling freight agent
I of the I3rle Dispatch , with headquarters nt
Indianapolis , Is in the city visiting Henry
, P. Potter and other friends. Mr. Ciirr WIIH
formerly connected with the local ollk'O or
the Krle Dispatch as contracting agent.
It In leimrted that Omaha will be In
vaded ( luring the prunent week by n num
ber of the officials and representatives of
llu- freight and passenger departments of
the Illinois Central. Their visit Is for the
purpose of becoming acquainted with
Omaha railroad and commercial men.
THK ILLINOIS CKNTHAL RAILROAD
COMPANY Is now open and ready to re
ceive nil classes of freight and forward
with despatch , to all points In the NORTH ,
KAST and SOUTH. Freight depot located
at r'levonlh and Chicago streets. O-r.aba ,
and on Ninth street , between Broadway and
First nvcnue , Council Bluffs.
I AniioiilieemciitN.
I "A Colonl.il Girl.lth Mr. Howard Gould.
1 i ho who made such a goo 1 Impression on
1 theater-goers lust season In "Tho Prisoner
nf X.cndu. " will bo ptesented at Boyd'n Ihe-
' . ater tonight nnd for the remainder of the
wick. The p'euo Is n Frohman production
, and telltt a story of colonial tlmcii , the
hcio being an olllcer In thn continental
' army. Almost all the male characters are
' military men , either British or American , n
; fact Hint will lend brilliant coloring to n
' ntnge picture.
Tonight will be Omaha Guards night at
thh Crelghton-Orphi'iim. management
having decided to give n benefit performance
to.1 this popular military organization. A
lurni- number of tickets Imvo been gold by
Iho members of the company anil tin ex
ceptionally largo audience Is assured. To.
morrow night will bo amateur night. Medals
will bo awarded to the host amateur pn1--
fnrniDts. Among the amiueurs uho will
appear are the following : W. 1C. Cornwell ,
Webster and Leltoy , Harry and Lee , lllandir
Wordwnrd , J. T. Owens , Billy Murphy. Andy
J. Cochran and F. Klbbcn. Klsa Anita Bee-
nit-r nnd the thrco Garneol sisters ,
utted about 10 yoirs. Several days ago , It
In suited , Mr. Juhiwon kidnaped the c.
Yertt-nlay Jiff. Johnston dls < overcd her BOII
ana took lilm teu-k to her hotel. LateIn
the nlshl Johnson secured u wrli of liubean
corpus fmm JudKC Cook , which I'mirr
Sheriff Martin norviil .1 little after mid
night. t UI K noyKPsulon of the boy , who IF
to bo proJuci-d In court. The husband ,
wife and tllll'l ' passed the night at th.
puliu'c- hotel , the boy being In custody Q |
Iho t-horlff , who did iwn ilcslre Iti take him
to prUui ) .
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"I nm Indebted to One Minute Cough Cure
I for my health and life. It cured me of lunf
s umible follo'vlng grippe. " Thousands out
r tbt-lr lives to the prompt action of this , novn
> fulling retn-ilv It cures coughs , colds
i iu UP luoni'hltis pneumonia , grippe ant
i thrnai and lung troubles Its early use pre <
0 vents consumption It IB the only barmlefli
1 remedy that give * Immediate results.
AFFAIRS.AT . SOUTH OMAHA
4
Another Democratic Candidate for Mayor
Makes His Appearance ,
COUNCILMAN CLINGEN WANTS PLACE
Itniiibtlcnitft Tnke Ailvnntnuo of tin'
DUeoril In DemocraticUntil. . *
tit l.ny Their I'liiti * ( d
AVI u ( he KlKht.
Another democratic candidate for mayor
has made his appearance. This time U Is
Councilman Harry Cllngon , who figures that
he can secure the undivided support of the
packing house , where ho Is employed , and
ho thinks that his personal friends in the
'
other wards will see him through. Tom
Iloctor Is also casting his eye at the mayor's
chair , and If reports are true ho la not
averse to making a run for the ofllco , pro
vided he can got the nomination , As usual
Kd Johnston of the fourth , ward In In the
race , but then Johnston U always running
for some otnce , and his friends are not In
clined to seriously consider his candidacy ,
The Twenty-fourth street paving deal , which
Johnston la credited with having manipu
lated. is one of the topics uppermost In iho
taxpayers' minds Just now , and that is why
Johnston may be relegated to the rear when
the time for making nominations comes
around.
Krom what can bo learned several delega
tions will undoubtedly be In the Held nt the
spring primaries. The reform members of
the democracy are figuring on putting up a
delegation , while of course the Hoctor-John-
eton faction will name a delegation , ns well
as the Knsor faction. It Is predicted that
the fight to be mndn at the primaries will
he between the three factions mentioned
and fences are already being fixed tip for
the contest.
The republicans are taking advantage of
the discord In the democratic ranks and are
quietly laying their plans to elect a repub
lican mayor , clerk and treasurer. At the
present time It looks as If the choice of a
candidate for mayor lies between Dr. W. II.
Slabaugh , Councilman W. A. Dennett and
J. 13. Watklns. These men are favorably
known , and any one of the trio can undoubt
edly be elected If the campaign Is properly
handled. For city treasurer the republicans
have virtually settled upon City Clerk Car
penter , and party leaders are casting nbout
for n suitable candidate for city clerk. The
financial condition of the city demands that
a thorough business man bo selected for
mayor , and this the republicans and reform
forces will try to do. While the city Is
acknowledged to be democratic , It Is thought
that by making a hard campaign the whole
republican ticket can be elected.
I'reiinriiiKT f r l > err' Hearing.
Assistant County Attorney Dunn spent
some time In the city yesterday looking
up witnesses and evidence In the Dorr-
Flaherty shooting case. Hyan and Conroy ,
who roomed at the Uerr Hat , are out on
ball and can bo had at any time. The
other witnesses to the shooting have also
been located. Coroner Svfanson caused an
autopsy to he held on the remains of Flah
erty yesterday , and the physicians con
ducting the same will be among the wit
nesses nt both the inquest and the pre
liminary hearing. An effort will be made to
hold the Inquest today , but Coroner Swanson -
son stated yesterday afternoon that the data
could not positively be set on accouut of
the many engagements of the county at
torney. In case It Is found Impossible to
hold the Inquest today it will be held Fri
day.
day.The
The county attorney will not file an In
formation against Dcrr mull after the In
quest Is held. While the Inquest will be
held In Omaha , Dorr's preliminary hear
ing will bo held In the police court here.
Dcrr Is very anxious to get out on bond
and his friends have been Importuning Judge
Dabcock to Issue an order for his release.
Judge Dabcock cannot do this until a com
plaint Is filed. Friends of Dcrr assert that
he will have little trouble In securing ball
after the preliminary hearing is over , pro
viding the complaint Is one that admits of
bonds being taken. Mrs. Derr Is distracted
over her husband's Incarceration and Is
urging her friends to take steps toward
securing his release.
Coriifed ( "alllc Iae In Coming.
This Is the dull season of the year at the
stock yards and packing houses. On account
of light receipts packing house employes
are working on broken time , and It will be
fifteen or twenty days yet before heavy ship
ments of corn-fed cattle will commence to
arrive. On account of the fine condition of
the ranges last summer fall cattle were
held back nnd allowed to harden on the
cured grass. This holding back of range cat
tle caused the feed lots to be filled a month
later than usual , and consequently very few
corn-fed cattle are now ready for market.
Live stock dealers hero figure that February ,
' March and April will be the heavy months
for corn-fed stock , and a largo increase in
receipts over the corresponding months of
1S98 Is looked for. In connection with the
I cattle business , Thomas A. Darling , a promInent -
| Inont cattleman of northern Montana , said In
a recent interview :
"Wo arn coming to a serious point In the
' cattle buslmtis in Montana. During the dull
; cattle market of thrco years and more ago a
j largo majority of stockmen were forced to
dispose of their young stock. The last tbreo
i years of prosperity have brought us to a re-
' alizatlon of our mistake , even though wo had
; to dlspo.se of other properly to make ends
j meet. There Is not n cattleman In Montana
i who Is not trying to buy young breeding
, stock , and thousands of head will bo Im
ported from other districts the coming year. "
{ \Vnrlt ( in SlilcMvnlK" Sonii'cl.
A couple of weeks ago the city council
passed a resolution Instructing John I.kin-
liiin to proceed nt once with the laying of
permanent sidewalks on Twenty-fourth
! ntrcct from X to Q nnd on Q street from
, Twenty-fourth west to Thirty-third. Just
after this resolution was passed cold weather
, set In and iow this work will have to go
' over until the float Is out of the ground.
' City Knglnccr Heal says that there Is no
| uo In trying to lay permanent walks now
' an the ground Is too hard to bo worked ,
and a smooth surface for sand nnd brick
cannot ho obtained. With the opening of
1 spring this class of work will bo pushed
, and several now permanent sidewalk dls-
, trlcts will bo created.
for I'ulilliLibrary ,
Director Deck of the 1'ublic Ubiary Hoard
, Is preparing a catalogue of the hooks now
! in the library and when this Is completed
i the work of nelecting hooks will ho greatly
facilitated. Additions to the catalogue will
, be made as often as now books are received.
i Quito a number of people are now borrow-
I lug books from the library , and several
] dozen have made applications for cards ,
I Within a short time the library will be run-
1 nlng In first-class shape. While donation !
, of books are not solicited , the director *
will fppl grateful for gifts of books at
periodicals.
( ' . W. Martin Is recovering from his re-
com fdckitrKK.
JiibtiiM'-i-lprt TuMwell l preparing to open
.in otlo ! In the Pinner block
Mr , IIK | Mrs 'M IxMir.Thirtieth ami It
streets , rctioit the lilitll "f I PHI
Harry Chriftlp is gdtli , ,1 Mule better ,
but ix still t online , ! to his roi < m
Mif < Alum Hunt , r a tpaclur lit the iiublir
ch' > ols I * reported to lie quite Uk
On Friday evening MIPS I'lark und
Kdna. VanJkrmuu will tntirtaJn tht
atlnr class of 'W at Twenty-fourth nnd K
ftror < s.
M1 .H < Virw Gosiipy will reslBtt her iwsltlon
In the imbllc schools about Jnmmrr 1
A daughter has born born to Mr. and 51r .
Thnmns McNnmaru , Thirty-first nnd H
street * .
Putrl < k J. Harrott. ex-member of the rlty
council , has retired from the icnl cstnte
The live stock market here will be open
for business on New Year's day the some
us tmtial.
SIlss Jennie Grftlmtn , Twenty-third and
J stroetc , is conllneil to her home with n
severe cold.
Mrs. 15. Stansbery , who. died nt Fort
Crook yesteWny. will bM-Jurted at the Helle-
vue ccliU'Ury this afternoon.
Mlis Laura llttdersdo : f ami Miss ISdlth
Dennett arc up from l.tnroln spending the
holidays with their imrents.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred drcen of Atlantic.
Ta. , urn the guests of tholr dniiBhtors , Mrs.
A. J. Caughey nnd Mts. Lon 1'lnnoll.
Colonel J. C. Sharp , secretary of the
Vnlon Block Yards ocmrpuny , hns returned
from West Uaden , I ml. , where ho spent two
weeks.
The Ladles' circle of the First Methodist
Kplscopal church will meet' tula nfternoon
with Mrs. Ocorgc Chncc , Twenty-third nnd
K streets.
o. A. Brown of Topeka , Kan. , has been
rdnced In charge of Cudnhy's phnnnncentl-
cnl dopnrlinent , which will be * reopened
uhmit January 1.
Tuesday evening Judge Habcork married
Henry 1C. Swelgard and . .Miss Mury Jlndnr
nt the IIP.W homo of Ihu couple. Thirty-sec
end and 11 streets.
H Is reported that the rudnhy I'nckltig
company 1ms placed an order for half u
dozen automobiles , to ho UPPI ! In delivering
meats In this city nnd Omah.i.
1' . O. nnnham of Dnnlun , la. , hml the
hnnor of shipping the first load of stock to
this * market over the Illinois Central rond.
'J ho hogs came across the river over the
Kiist Omnha bridge and arrived nt the yards
In good lmpo.
The cold snap has put a stop to work on
the now si'liool .building . at Twentieth nnd
O sireots. Atvhltwt Ivlowlt said yesterday
that with one week of mild weather the-
bricklaying ; can bo completed and the Htruc-
ttire will then be ready for the root' .
Ills 1,11V XVni Snvoil.
Mr. J. 13. Lilly , n prominent citizen of
Hannibal. Mo. , lately had n wonderful de-
llvcranco from n frightful death. In telling
of It ho says : "I was taken with Typhoid
Fever , that ran Into Pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. I wnn so weak I couldn't
even sit up In bed. Nothing helped me. I
expected to soon die of Consum ; > tlon , when
I' heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. I continued to use
It and now nm well and Btrong. I can't say
too much In Us praise. " Tills marvelous
medicine Is the surest nnd quickest cure In
the world for nil Throat and Lung Trouble.
Kogular sizes KO cents and $1.00. Trial
bottles true at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store ;
every bottle guaranteed.
I'll In ( < I-M ! : ! < < ! OlllccrM.
Painters' union , No. KXI. n-.et for election
of olllcors Wednesday night In Washington
hall. 'Iho men who will guide the Interests
of t'ho ' vigorous oriRinlZtitlon for the coinIng -
Ing yenr are : Nell Svi-ngaitrd. president ; T.
F. Ollllum , vice president ; Don Hush , re
cording" secretary ; .1. < - ' . Hussell , lliiutielal
Hccretnry ; John KorIT , conductor ; John
Gouttsehe. warden. W. II. Hell. Nell Svon-
Knaid an'.l ' J. C. IlUFsell were chosrn to rop-
lesent the body In the Central I ibor union.
A. O. Smith was re-elecU'd dclcsato to the
BulMlncr and Trades union. W. H. Hull ,
delegate to the national convention , made si
verbal report of his trip cast , which was
listened to wltli muth interest by the mem
bers of the lodge.
LOCAL BREVITIES ,
Burglars entered the barber shop ofV. .
A. Allen , l.'IK ! Dodge street. Tuesday night
und curried uwny several razors and hair
clippers' . |
Mabel jMlkcnson. the girl who ran away
from Sc Bernard's hospital In Council
lilullH. ( ras captured by the police on this
side of the river and reuirned.
Five boys were arrested Tuesday after
noon In a cave near Fifteenth and Ohla
streets. They are charged with helping
themrelves to a chair und * ofa train
Reed's barn with which to fix up their
cave.
Two runaway boys. Max Glcsuner anil
Rudolph Morravoy , who were brought into
the police station , are found to bulons In
St. Paul. Their parents ho.ve notified tbti
police to hold them until they send Instruc
tions.
Yesterday was St. John's day In Masonry ,
.the biggest anniversary among members of
that order , and several Omaha. Masons
went to PlaltHinoutb In the evening to aid
in the celebration of the festival by Plntts-
mouth lodge No. 0.
C. K. Smith , a traveling man from Tip-
pecnnoe City , O. , has had an express driver
named Henry Omstead arrested on the
charge ) of stealing : three whips from a
sample case given by Smith to deliver to the
Webster street ptutlon.
A daughter has been born to William R ,
Lighten , the author of "Sons of Strength"
and numerous short stories. Mr. LlRliton ,
who lived In Florence * , Neb. , for several
years , now resides at 1303 South Twenty-
ninth street In this city.
Quito a number of business inon who have
manifested an Interest In the now home
patronage ! bureau of the Commercial elulj
assembled nt the club rooms lust evening ,
but thu place was not lighted and no prep
arations bad evidently been made by the
officers of the bureau for n mooting.
At the meeting of Nebraska lodge No. 1
of Masons held on Tuesday the master's
degree was conferred upon John Q. Goss.
X. R. Wilcox. William Robinson. F. K.
t 'aid well , D. H. Wheeler , sr. , J. R , Stafford ,
K. 11. Duific , O. R. Allen , B. F. Thomas ,
J. I ) . Howe and AV. S. Felker. After the
close of the lodge room work member. nml
visitors to the number of nearly 200 marched
to the banquet rooms , where a sumptuous
luncheon was spread.
AVork on the now Cnss school Is being
puflied rapidly ami nine rootmi of the
building will be ready for occupancy when
school reopens next week. The plastering
is all In place and the Interior Is being- rap
idly dried by artificial heat. While the new
building bus been In course of construction
tlu > pupllH linvo occupied rooms nt Kleventli
and llnrney streets. The quarters have
boon occupied jointly with pupils of the
Dodge school , now used as the city Jail.
Secretary Utt of the Commercial club has
gore to Kansas City to attend the meeting
of Mlirourl river jobbers to protest ncalnut
the proposed Increase In western railway
tariff : ! and the * raising : of classifications.
Omaha Is not understood to be making any
protest , as the advance In tariffs Is mild to
be chlelly on shipments In small lots , which
may not bo n disadvantage to Omnhn Job-
licrs. but Secretary Utl attends the meetIng -
Ingto learn anything that may develop.
Joseph Delenlck. a laborer , whose homo I ?
near Fourth and Walnut ntreots , was
brought Into the city from P.ixton , Nob. ,
Tuesday , whore be has boon Muttering from
an accident , received near that town De
cember 1ti. Dolt-nick attempted to boanl
a moving Union Pacific train nnd fell
under the wheels , crushing one foot and
Hovering one toe from the other fool. On
his arrival hero he was taken to St ,
Joseph's hosiillal.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ,
W. J. Cox of Kl Paso. Tex. , la an Omaha
Ubltor.
William Moser , a Chicago shoo man , la it ;
the tlty.
II. W. Grant , an architect of Beatrice , Is
In town.
Joseph M. Cudahy , from Chicago , la at the
Her a rand.
{ ' , M. Bolts , n St. Paul horseman , Is vis-
Itinjin the city.
Mr. nnd Mrs. II. H. FlHher are guests ol
Mrs. Arthur TInto.
It. M. Allen , Interested In the Amos heel
Kvear factory. Is in town.
If. II. Miller , u drugfilst from Lincoln , I :
In the city for a few days.
II. C. Ilountreo of Lincoln la In the clt >
calling on nome of his friends.
M. J. Felt , u prominent wentern stockman
U registered at the Merchants.
Ueorge L. J'liitt nnd < - ' . K. Tobbetts ol
Houtrlco are visiting in the city.
tjoiirgo T. Odoll. presenting the Illinois
Ct utral railway , IB in the city on business
ve mu > cte < l with the road.
P. 1) . Kennedy , representing- Cudnh >
Pat-kin ? company In Florida. Is In town 01
luisinci-H coniiLM ted with the firm.
U. A. Smith , assistant eei-rt-tary of tin
Vuung Men's Christian association u
tirund Ihlaiul , is In the city \lsliliiK Hen \V
Kean.
A. U. Smlt'h ' ami wlfo of New York tire
at the > Mlllurd hotel. Mr. Smith b one o
the eastern representatives of the Armoui
PackliiB company.
Madumo Nevada , and party.onsl < tlnff o
her husband , Dr. llay P.tlmer. Mist )
Palmer , charlfD t ; . Young , manager ; l nili
Blnimeiib.ra. 'telllst ; rieldcn M Pralel
plunlxi ; maid .inel valet nn ai the vMiliaic
hutil-
Mr- < Kit u art Hrl'U-nbrckcr ' ha- > 'ie.n verj
ill iii' c the t > Tl ! > ot .1 son laht Thutiidu )
and srave fears arc ciuertnint'l for her re
ccvery Mr and Mrs Bridenueeker > n4k (
their home at the Bachelors ) gunners ui
street.
Two notnile ; r\onts ( . musical InterrU
transpire , ! Wednesday in the Hnyd theater ,
one being under the rcs'ilnr management
and the Bprond in connection with the
popular Y. M. C. A. course.
Thp size of the nudlptiee which assem
bled to greet Madam Nevada , the Rreat
and renowned singer , who wn the star nt
the mntlnce , was no partlcttlnr credit to
the refined musical taste of the city. The
fact that the ens < wmont was for one mat
inee only docs not excuse the sllmness of
Uio house and It Is to be hoped that the
customary complaint nbout lack of superior
attractions will not bo heard on this occa
sion , inasmuch as It 1ms again been proved
that there are not enough people In Omaha
to patronize n wtperb artist more than
nbout once n year ,
Nevada Is n mngnlQccnt exponent of the
pure old-master style of Italian singing.
Uarcly , It ever , has It fallen to the lot of n
resident student of voice culture to hoar
such n carefully trained , well poised and
thoroughly beautiful voice , together with
the nemo of brilliant coloraturo and the
dollcney of tone production. The woiuler-
ful manner In whloh she developed the
tone quality from a still , but resonant
pianissimo , to n ringing forte , was In Itself
example worthy of the average singer's Imi
tation.
Her program was well selected and her
responses to the Insistent demamlH of the
discriminating nudlettoo were most gra
ciously given. Mr. Blcumenberg , u 'cellist
of well-known ability and professional
standing , contributed some interest Ins
numbers. The accompaniments , which were
played by Mr. Selden Pratt , a finely talented
pianist , were gems of nitlstlc heanty and
his nolo playing was acceptable.
At the ovenlng concert Iho theater was
%
packed to Its titmosn capacity and
scnrcH of people were refused admission at
the box cilice , whom the sale had been
discontinued some time before the hour of
beginning the program.
The chief feature of the program was
the pianoforte of the very popular William
Sherwood. Mr. Sherwood Is not n stranger
to the musical people of Omaha and the
applause accorded to him many limes dur
ing the concert testified that the people
wanted him more Uian ever. Whether It
was due to the immensity of the audience
and the consentient enthusiasm or the
mood of the artist , deponent sayeth not ,
but the great American planlft seemed
greater than ever. His technique , his
style and his absolute finish are suIUclently
well known and approved and require no
extended gratulatlon. The numbers se
lected by him were sucli ns appealed to his
audience.
Mrs. Clara Murray , harpist , was enthusi
astically received and contributed a great
amount of enjoyment.
Miss Van Fursch , n violinist , who made
her first appearance here , was given a
splendid reception. Her tone was rich'und
her technique satisfying. She plays with
much sentiment.
It was somewhat of a disappointment to
tie obliged to forego the soprano solo work
of the program , but Madam UngnnLlnno was
suffering from a severe cold and the num
ber which she lld offer was not a criterion
of her work.
The concert was an educational and in
teresting contribution to the musical collec
tion of the season's presentations.
MOTHER KIDNAPS HER CHILD
' After Twelve Ycar.s" Aliaiicloiiiiient
She HIIIIH A- vi.vvith Her
UiitiivhOr.
Thirteen-year-old Naatle Hanson \vas
kidnaped by her mother Tuesday afternoon
and taken to Lincoln. The bright , Ha.x < ! ii-
haired , blue-eyed girl remonstrated to such
a degree that some one notified the police
and the couple were stopped nt the Lincoln
depot and held by the authorities there
until the girl's friends lien : could bo
notified. Since her first birthday N.intlo
Hanson has boon abandoned by her mother
and hns lived with Miss Orngerson at 1138
Wcsterlleld avenue , in this city. The child
has boon occasionally visited by her
mother , but it has never been suggested
that she be taken from Miss Oragorson's
care.
Tuesday the mother called on the girl
and asked that she be allowed to take hoi-
down town und buy her n Christmas pres
ent. Miss ( Jragorson gave her consent
nnd that was the last seen of the couple.
Miss Gragerson hns become very n.ucb
attached to the child during her r.welvo
years of adoption and says that she > vill
make every clemand for her return to her.
SoiHIitvcsl lniiroeiiiinl f'lnli.
The Southwest Improvement club met
Wednesday night. In Its hall at Twenty-
fourth nnd Leavenworth streets. The
greater part of the evening w.is given over
1 to the -discussion of thu widening and
j slralfthtonlnK of Twenty-fourth between
: Jluson anil Pacific streets and a committee ,
consisting of Councilman Mount. J. F.
I Hebm , William Mulvahlll ami Byron H.
Hastings' , was appointed to present the mat
ter to the dry council , with u reiiucst that
the Ktroet be straightened before the bulld-
, ing of t'iie ' Twenty-fourili street vliduct. A
; set of resolutions was adcvtud thanking the
retiring pri-sldent of the dub , W. II. ( Jrce-n ,
for his services In presiding over the club
l ami his efforts In Its ln-h.ilf. A loiter was
i read from ( Jeorgo N . 'Hrown ' , u mtmber nf
I the club now In California for hlH health.
In which be cominondod t'lut objects of the
eiiilh and the way ! n which it was con
ducted and spoke highly of Its possibilities.
It was decided that the next mee-.tlna , Jan-
. nary W , would -be devoted to the discussion
of the miinlciiNil ownership of water works
anel that a good speaker would be usked to
present the subject.
Lltemies for marriages were Issued ns fol
lows Wednesday :
Name and Residence. Age.
Hey Noycs. Missouri Valley Jl
Fannlo Crowdor , Missouri Valley.'I
Carl F. nerginnn. Omaha ? iiii
.Mrs. Solle Peterson. Omaha 'M
1 Obo J. Wright , Gle-nwood , la Zl
imlly c. Hlurk. ( Hen-wood , la 22
Jnmcs A. Wells , Shawnee , Oklu 27
HHza'both ' .M. Wells , South Omuha 27
Paul Jack , Albright 22
Anna Wotsjoi , Pouth nmahu is
.Siniill T'li-e.
The fluffy cotton , bespangled wlih dl.i-
end dust to represent snow , lu line of the
windows of Jolin lliihsle-'s hardware > tin , .
at11(7 ( i'timing sue , i C.H.KIII iin In home mi
ace-oiinl j bin maun * r \ \ e ilnejil.i\ i \inii
HJIOIIt l" ) ll'cl'ick ' allcl lileli- , ls , | ti'iM
e unlluKrutlon nf .1 few iiiniiuiitn'ilurai on
MOTrlLrtS.
Dorden's Condensed MHU Co , , N.Y
fc'r the noln-tfl'lnn nf Vi9 | tnR lieil
'I IIP Mre department wn. ciilloil out , but the
ilun.ige Wrts i ( intlneil tn rt few to > s nl
t-'tne f. tn-y nrtl.-les worth but n small sum.
RECEIVED STOLEN PROPERTY
illllik Dcnlrr N Arresti-il nil ( lie
I' IIIU-KO ( if llujliiK Milieu
! . . Harding , who runs a Junk shop at
Twenty-third and Ixnrrt street" , was ar
rested Tuesday night , charged with receiv
ing ami concealing stolen property. Tim
trouble was caused by the pollc-e finding In I
his possession two brass soda tanks lately
stolfn by a tny named Albert Mi-Lain. j
Harding , the police say , was warned alt.nu
a year ago to buy nothing more from Mc-
Lntn. At that time McL aln stripped the fix
tures from the soda fountain belonging to
C. 3. Canons at the Twentieth street entrance -
trance to the exposition grounds and sold
them nt Harding' * Junk shop , where thry
were traced by OIlleefB Johnson and Olb-
bons. Last spring MeLaln was arrested on
n complaint filed by Harding on the charge
of stealing Junk from n freight car. He was
found guilty In the pollco court and placed
under ? 700 bonds. With Ilardlns'a knowl
edge of these affairs the pollco say that his
buying tanks from McLaln that were
stamped with the name of the Star Hottllng
works will make quite a serious charge.
Strengthens
System
Body
Brail
and Nerves
VIII VM \ \ IM .1
Illi r ) > pini , 111 n\or re i'i\"l
so main \nluit.iM t. i iDuniitil-i tioni i IIM
tietit people in llu- world f.imous Man.ml
Wine. Agree.tble and la lliiB
Hefore Meals APPET12-ER
After .Meals DIGESTIVE
At AllTltues TONIC
Sold by nil druggists. Avoid mi
Marlanl * Co. , f > 2V. . ir > th si. . New YoiU.
publish a handsome book of endorsement
of Kinporors , Kmpross , Prince * , ( . irdliiil : ,
Archbishop * unit other dl lttiK\ilshed in-r-
sonnKos. It IH pent Kratt.i and postpaid IM
nil who wrltu for It
Leaves Omaha at , 8:50 : a , m , Daily
Arrives
San Francisco 5i5 ; p , m ,
Portland 6:45 : p , m ,
Afternoon of Third Day ,
ONLY TWO NIGHTS ON THE ROAO ,
DIuliip ; CnrN , McnlH Served ii-ln-ciirte
IlutTet , SmoUIni ; and lll > rurr Cnri
vrlth Ilnrlicr Shop Double. Drawing
llooin I'lilnce Sleciiliii ; Cnrn 1'lutncli
l.lBlit Stcniu Ilciit Ilrond Vcnllbnlcd
No cliaiiKC.
1'nNNcnBcrM tiiltliiK "The Overland
Limited" for the Paellle ! Coaisl can
dirt after lirenkfast in the iiiuriilntc
and rcnuh their di-Ntliintlou an oou
nn tboHc who leave via oilier linns
the day liefois
Telephone 3fS
DOCTOR : "I just Btcppccl In to Bay thnt whtn I order ConVp I want this IUKRK'S
PKI'.MIUM Coi'rnit. nml it'you try sttbstltutini ; nenin you will tilmply lute my trade.
I can't tiiiilcrstand why you allow yourself to -without It , even for n day. "
Tht b t trade demands the bett-BAKER'S PREMIUM COFFEE
Imoortcd and RoastzJ by B KER & COMPANY. Minneapolli , Mina.
&KWVttr 'l3TX ! < ! $ KWllTW 3- * * *
Dr. Davis , Experf Specialist.
! , of tbo Ul-id'lcr. Mdnoy . Heart
Hoinucb and l.lver. All prlvutn dlhenses of
linthtcMb. Piles , l-'IMuliis , l.'lcurit , libeumu-
tls.ni , Klnoil I'dlbon tall hta csi , vrlthout tnn
of injiirlinis iiicillciiiufi. Viiricurnln. II y-
( ' ocele. unnatural clrulim fioni wlmtov r
t-nusu pri'inptly cuieil. ( itiaraniea nlvou lu
nil i .ibi-h uctitcU | , L'.ill on or wrlto
OR. DfiUlS , SPECIALIST.
St. . opp. 1' . O. , Cor10th St
OMAHA , Mill.
All Correipcueloni-n Mnctly UonfldentlaL
I DINS I I.TA'I IO.V l''ltiiJ.