THE OMAHA DATTiYBEE : FTUDAV. TTrr ) : rRETJ 20 , 1SOD. n
GIUCGSNW HAS Till ! I'AI'KIIS ' '
In Froipht Olcaiificitions Referred
to Him ,
COMMISSION EXPRESSES NO OPINION
In Can InJimlliT 1 Iliinr ! i >
iif CliiHHlllrnlInn 'I lir > Arn
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< vent It.
WASHINOTON , Dec. 23. Today the In
terstate Commcrco Commission , in com
pliance with the request of the freight
Hhlppors and representatives of tbo com
mercial IntcrcstM , transmitted to Attorney
General Hrlggs n transcript of the evidence
given last week nl the bearing respecting
tbo now classification of freight made by
the official classification committee. The
proposed classification Is to bo made effec
tive on January 1 by all railroads using the
official plnHslfleallon ThoseImludp mom
than sixty lines cast of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. The
pplltlon of tbo shippers was that the com
mission should transmit the evidence taken
before It to tbo attorney ge'iicral with a
recommendation th it he- Institute legal pro
ceedings by Injunction or otherwise to re-
Hlraln the rallrondu from putting the new
classification Into effect To the request of
tbo shlpporn the commission In part com
plies The evidence and arguments are
transmitted to the attorney general , but
without recommendation The letter of
trnnsmlttal Is long , the commission eloslrlng
to place the case fully heforo the attorney
Koncral. After reviewing the proceedings
which led up to the- hearing the letter ,
which Is signed for the commission by Mar
tin A. Knapp as chairman , reads-
"In the course of this hearing the com
mission te > ok the testimony of C 13 (1111 ( ,
chairman of the official classification com
mittee Nathan Oullford , traffic mannger of
the Now York Central < fc Hudson Hlver
Itallrond company , nnd Prank Hnrrlott , n
member of the official classification com
mittee , who Is also the general freight traf
fic mannger of the Krlo rnllroad
"At the conclusion eif the testimony given
Tiy these witnesses an application was made
in writing by many of the shippers present
that such ttntlmony bo transmitted to the
attorney general of the United States , the
claim being made by them that the evidence
nhowcd a violation of the act of congress
commonly known as the Sherman nntl-trust
law
"In compliance -with this request the com
mission herewith transmits n copy of the
proceedings had at the , hearing of the 21st
nnd 22d Inst There IH also with this a
copy of the proposed new classification re
ceived from Mr. Gill , as above stated , to
gether with a copy of the official classifica
tion heretofore and now In use
itl ! IV-tltletiiM.
"Slnco the order made on the 8th Inst a
) argp number of petitions and protests have
been received from shippers In various parts
of tbo above described section nnd such
petitions have continued to bo received
down to the present time. These petitions
nnd protests will bo transmitted to you at
nry tlmo upon your request , nnd the com
mission will promptly furnish nny further
Information which can bo supplloel from the
records nnd flics In its possession
"While it Is ne > t tbo province of this com
mission to determine whether the testimony
nbovo referred to shows a violation of the
nntl-trust law , and no opinion Is expressed
upon that point , there are certain features
of the case to which we deem it proper to
call your attention.
"With eomo unimportant exceptions the
pcneral faet nppcars to bo that the class
rates at present In force , and which will
presumably bo applied tos tuo new classifi
cation , are now the same as , or higher than
they were in 1SS7 , when the act to regulate
commerce was passed.
"Almost all the changes shown In the
now classification are from lower to higher
classes. The result will bo , if the present
class rates are continued , that charges on
nny article advanced to a higher class will
Iio Increased by the differences between the
rates applied to the class In which the art
icle was formerly placed and the higher
ratcM of tbo class to which It has been advanced -
vancod This increase lb considerable In nil
tnsetj and very great in many cases , amount
ing In some Instances to 100 per cent or
inoi c.
< IninurM Miulc InorpiiHi' Chnr cx.
"Tho changes In classification nro to be
Hindu for the conceded purpose of increas
ing the rates on articles advanced and
thereby Increasing the revontto derived by
the carriers from the transportation of such
articles The number and variety of articles
advanced Is shown by a list of the same
nnncxoel hereto
"Tho protesting shippers assert that in
creases In rates to the oxtcnt affected by
these changes in classification nro without
jUHtlllcatlon nnd will result In cxccbslvc
chnrgpfi upon most If not all of the articles
In question. Tlmy nlbo allege * thnt hardship
and Injustice will result from tbo changes
uhlch will be made In the relation of rates ,
especially from tint Inci eases in the differ
ence ) between carload nnd less than carload
< hargos It the contention In these respects
It , well founded , as to which wo express nc
opinion , a wrong Is about to bo accomplished
which tbo commission Is powerless to pre
vent and for which the act to regulate com
merce affords no adequate ) redress. The factf
above set forth nro submitted for jour con-
Blduratlon. "
Attorney General Grlggs , who Is 111 todnj
has given , of cour , e. no intimation ns jol
what action , If any , bo may tnko In the
piomlbeti Nccebsarllj , be will have to re-
vluw the testimony before ho can reach an
intelligent * eoncliiBloii In any ovcnt , It it
tald , It will Ixi Hivernl day a before tbu mat
ter can bo determined
TO STOP TIM : \ii\n : r\n TIU vr
I'lllllllllll SlmUlmhli'illrln N Suit ti
soi ColiNiillillllliill \\nuiK-r ,
CHICAGO , Doc 2S The objection to UK
proposed merging of the Wagner PalaceCai
the Pullman I'alai'p Cat
lompauy Into com
pany on the ground that It will create n
trust In und n monopoly uf the sice-ping nnel
palace car business Is made In a hill Hied
today In the circuit court by Now man Lcltei
of Alton , III. , one of the nharchuldors of the
Pullman company
The complaint , after reciting in detail the
nets of the dlie-ilorfc and the stockluldeiK ol
both companies leading up to the proposed
tale of the Wagnpr company to the Pull
miiu rompmiy. asks tint the injunction o !
tbo court Usuu to restrain the i-oiiMimma-
tlon of the proposed purchase until the hear
ing of the suit and until final hearing , thii
a perpetual eirdor bo entered , rPRtinlnlns
the carrying out of the contemplated pur.
ibiibo or from Iwulng or delivering any ol
Us Block to tbo Wagner company or any ol
Its ngonts
The bill of complaint stales that the
value ) of the property of the Wagner com
pany , for Vtili'h It Is asbcrted stock of the
Pullman company of a face value of } JO. .
900.000 und a market value of J-1'J 000 000 li
to he c\chauttxl ; , dues not e\u < ed the him
of JIO.000,000 , and the difference bptwcei
the actual value of tbo prope-rty and tin
amount which t < ) to bo paid rc-pre&entii whn
IK to be paid by Ihe Pullman company fa :
Iho goodwill and thn eontrol of the busl
ne-ss of the Wagner company
The ulaueoB of the bill of complaint re
latlng to tbo basis of the milt nay ttut th <
proposed uct which U Is dc- lured has not jo
been completed will tend to crcatp u trust
That the proposed purchase front the salt
VVtifcner Palace Car company of all Its pr p
frty and goodwill Is for the purpose o
icabllag enld Pullman Palace Car compau ;
to control the sleeping and parlor rar busl-
no A done upon the various railroads , and
that paid punhnftp , If consummate ! , will
create a trust In and a monopoly of the slocp-
InR cur and parlor oar business , that said
purehime Is In direct violation of the laws of
the- state of Illinois and that the purpose of
until purchase In to enable snld Pullman
1'nlaco Car company to swallow up and nb-
porb Its only ouhMantlnl competition thnt
tbo snld purchase will ennblo the said Pull-
tnnn Pnlnco Car company to limit nn 1 re
duce the operation anil number of sleeping
cars and parlor cars operated on the various
railroads and enable It to regulate , at Its
will , Iho price for the use of the same nnd
to prevent competition In the manufacture ,
operation and use of sleeping nnd parlor
cnrs so ns to prevent n free nnd unrestricted
competition In violation of the statutes of
Ibo state of Illinois.
An application for the Issuance of the In
junction will be made In the near future.
roit i'iiisimvr : : OK ctn.r.
Siiii > rliitciiili < iit of I he Mll
\Nlii-il in Tn1 - ( lie PoilHim.
CHICAGO , Doc 2S Wallace O Collins ,
general superintendent of the Chicago , Milwaukee -
waukeo & SI Paul railroad , hns bpen aske-d
to accept the position of president of the re
organized Kansas City. Plttsburg & Gulf
load According to the he-st Information oh-
talnablei texlay there Is every loason to be-
llovo that Mr Collins will accept the post-
tlon and become the right-hand man of the
Harrlmau-Oatps-Uimbcit combination In
thp near future
When spoken to concerning the matter ,
Mr Collins said th it ho was not in a posi
tion to talk. He practically admitted , how
ever , that the Gulf people had made over
tures to him , but that tbo matter was still
In abeyance
lli-ririlsli.j slntril for Priitnol Ion ,
SIOUX CITY , In , Dee. 2S ( Speclnl Tolo-
grnm ) It Is rpported from Chlcnse ) that L
H Dcardsle-y , division superintendent of the
Chicago , Milwaukee St Paul , with head
quarters In Sioux City , hnH been slated by
President A J Karllng for a big promotion
Mr Ileardsley has been In the employ of thn
company for thirty-nine years and la said to
bo one of the best superintendents In the
country. When Mr leading was division
superintendent , w Ith headquarters In Coun
cil DluffK , llcaidsley was his assistant , and
IIH their relations nro very close such a
change has rather been anticipated It Is
said further that General Manager Collins
Is to leave the road to become vice president
of an eastern road.
rinl iif Hec'cH crohlil.
> T PAUL , Dec 28 Judge Sanborn In the
United States circuit court filed an order dis
charging the receivers of the Northern Pa
cific Hallway company All the lands nnd
other properties of the company that were
placed In the hands of the receivers have
been sold nnd the suits .against the company
for the most part have been adjudicated.
The property nnd affairs are tunied over to
the stockholders In the reorganized company ,
which succeeds the old corporation and bid
in its holdings. The receivers , Edwin II.
McHenry nnd Prank G. Ulgelow , nre relieved
of further duties , but nre retained as rocr-lv-
crs only to look after bulls commenced
against them as receivers that have not yet
been settle 1. '
Abxorlii-il 1 ! riMit > ortli < > rn.
CHICAGO , Dec 28 The Tribune says
Oa December 31 the Sioux City & Northern
latlway from Garretsoii , S D , to Sioux City
will pass from the hands of the co-rccclvers
to the control of the Great Northern railway.
It is stated that President James J Hill of
thi Great Northern contemplates some radi
cal chaugcB. The Sioux City & Northern ,
the Sioux City , O'Neill & Western and the
two lines which nro now part of the Great
Northern railway proper. It Is said , will bo
consolidated and made the southern branch
oi the Great Northern. Judge Warwick
Hough of St. Louis will bo appointed general
manager of the southern lines , with head
quarters at Sioux City.
i\ltert to Ailjuxt IMITeriMirpN.
PlTTSmmo , Pa . Dec 28 The executive
beard of the Pederatlon of Hallway Dniployes
Is conferring with the officials of the various
rallioads in this city on the wage question
The oilglnal demands of the employes have
been somewhat modified and the railroad
officials arc now figuring on them The entire
board will remain In the city until an answer
lias been received from the railroads. The
members appear to bo firm in the belief .that
there will bo no trouble and that the matter
will bo adjusted
KIIIINIIN Men-Union right tinllaUc. .
KMPOHIA. Kan. Dec 28 Kully 200 rep
resentative stock members of the Kansas
Llvo Stock association met Jiere today at a
called meeting to discuss and put Into effect
"allhonorable , means to light the advance
in freight rateb made by railroads In their
change from carload ratoa to hundred
weight " The ste > ckmen think that the ad
vance Is an imposition on them and while
lobbying before the meeting opened today
secured the promise of nearly $50,000 to light
thn railroads
lleiNtoii .V. Vllinil ) I.ciiNf Hllllllril.
ALBANY , N Y , Dec 28 The New Yoik
Central stockholders at a meeting at noon
today voted on MS.COO.OOO worth of stock
unanimously in favor of latlficatlon of tliu
lease of the Boston & Albany United States
Senator De-pew east the vote for the Amer
ican stockholder and George S Bowdoln of
J P Morgan & . Co for the nngllsh etock-
bolders
I'liui V nl.oii DlNtrlul Italian ) .
ST PAUL , Dee 28 A Winnipeg special
to the Dispatch snyn that the Dominion gov-
oiiimpnt apparently contemplates building a
railway from Great Slave lake to Cheater-
Held Inlet and through the Yukon district
A survey party Is now being fitted out and
one of the members IH now In this city
| { < -ln < iiii-i > t of . .InlineHurl.o. .
TOL13DO , 0 , Dot2S Tbo cloning of tbo
Ohio Central-Hocking Valley deal , officially
announced from Columbus today , means t'lu
retirement of Judge Slopbonson Hurke as
president of the Toledo & Ohio Centtnl
Judge llurko purchased the Ohio Central at
receivers silo fifteen years ago
SI. .loxe-nli .V. Illo ( Jrilllilc 1)U lili-lill.
NI3W YOHK. Doc 28 The dlroctors of
the St Joseph & Grand lalaml Uallrn.nl com
pany , have declared a dividend of 2 per cent
on Its first preferred stock payable Jnnuaiy
I This mnke-H fi per cent declared on this
Block for the year W )
J'riiMM'i l < for 11X111 ,
Indications every where- point to great
probporlty foi the coming year. This Is an
Invariable sign of a healthy natureThe
buccess of a country an ive-11 no tbo su -
ees of an Individual depends upon health
ITIIOIO can bo no health If tbo stomach Is
j wonk If jou have anj stomach trouble try
lliiHtelte-r's Stomaeh Hitters , which curw
djbpopsla , indigestion nnd biliousness It
make- " strong , vigorous men and women.
In Tutor or llarlj I lonlnu : .
C i : Hparku A M M Uormott and J
II Marrs. tbo committeenetlnK In eoojuiie.
tion with thw cVntnil 1-ibcir union la an
effort 10 brim ; about rails closing of the
retail Ntoies bavo lulPl v low CM ! the linn ol
Themti * in Hi ldin iCe with reference tc
v\bat liu * bt'ou the client of t losing at t
o < lock and the riply IH u letter In whlcli
tbo imminent 1 tieaitlls endorse * ! . It lx > .
liiK Mate-tl thit the e-arly downs' has In-
iieahiMl trade * and thnt thn genera ! ic-t-ultt
havt been gratifyIUK This committee-
t-iiKicetli In lib i riiMide apulnt-t long buur ;
for tltikti e-HiHM lully uonipn , und tbu work
ctmtlnuo *
F II Thlrkleld , health Inspector of Chicago
cage , sajs ' Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cannel
be re-commended too highly U cured me
oj bevere dyKpCf'ia ' It digests what yoi
cat and cures Indlgci'iou ' , heartburn and
all forms of dyspepsia ,
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
News of a Day Gleaned Amonsj tba Denizen
oftheMagioOity ,
FEW CALLS FOR CHARITY THIS WINTER
rcoiilc , nit n llnlci lln e IMpntt niul
Do > onttonl < o thi- CIO Aii-
tliorltlcN for Ile-llef In
Up to Urn present lltno very tow Indigent
persons ha\o applied to the city oluclnla
for food or clothing. Major Hneor said
yesterday thnt so far this winter he hid
Insult ) only one or two orders a week for
groceries or fuel , where formerly lu was
calle 1 upon to Issue from fifteen to twenty
orders a week The charity committee of
the council has had little to do ns jet , ci-
ccpt to ls uo orders for coal to a few of
the very poor The e who are now receiving
aid from the city arc known ns regular pen
sioners Very few new comers are applying
for help at this time , and tills condition of
affairs certainly ipeaks well for the con
dition of the clt > These employed In the
packing houses nro working on broken time
Jut't at present , on account of light receipts
of llvo stock , but the fact that so few are
asking for help shows thnt the money
earned during busy times his not been
wasted Very few Idle men nro to bo found
on the streets , nnd not nearly as many men
apply for lodgings at the citj jail ns for
merly. The building of the Armour ware
house In furnishing employment to iUlto | a
large number of men , thus reducing the
number of 'dlers considerably
I ocal charitable societies are not being
called upon n much this winter as last ,
which Ls considered an Indication that times
In South Omiba are much better than 0110
jear ago.
Coin pi I hipDrnth
At the urgent request of W A King , chief
statistician of the department ofltnl sta
tistics of the United States census ofllce ,
measures will be adopted b > City Clerk Car
penter to Insure the keeping of u complete
and correct record of nil deaths In South
Omaha during the jcar 1000 The jcar 1300
Is the pcilod to be covered b > the census
mortality ttntlstlcs and the census officials
are particularly anxious that n complete and
unlfoim nionl be kept in order that the
results mny be Included In the report of
the twelfth census
What the government particularly desires
Is uniformity In the tabulating of the death
record and to this end a number of blank
forms , the same ab will bo used in the
larger cities , Invo been sent to Clerk Car
penter to serve mi samples
In connection with the compilation of this
data Statistician King writes Mr Carpenter
as follows "Tho collection of deaths dur
ing the jcnr 1900 upon the form of ceittfl-
c.Uo sent you will make it possible for mete
to add your city to the list of progressive
registration cities , and also to have lie mor
tality data appear in all of the twelfth cen
sus tables nnd compilations Tills considera
tion , together with the benefits that will
accrue to jour city from a better knowledge
of Its healthful conditions , gained In this
waj' , should cause jou to take Immediate
and favorable action. "
Tor the purpose of compljlng with the
request of the census department City Clerk
Carpenter will have some new forms for the
recording of deaths printed and will urge
upon the physicians and undertakers the
necessity for filling in all the blanks , thus
making a complete record , which when llu-
Ishod at the end of the year 1900 will bo
transcribed and sent to the vital ° titlatlca
department of the census bureau.
The form to be used in recording deaths
Is > cry complete and calls for a vast amount
of information rirst , of course' , conies the
name , then color , sex and conjugal condi
tion. The date of death , date of birth and
ago follows Space Is provided for the filling
In of the occupation and place of birth o (
the deceased and also the birthplace ) of
father and mother. The cause of dentil ,
place of d'oth and late residence will altn
bo noted. Next come the name of the under
take ! , place of Interment , name of atjend-
Ing phjHiclan and number of the burial
peimlt {
Up to the time Mr Carpenter took rtharge
of the city clerk's office , nearly four/years /
n o , very little attention had been pile ! bv
eltj clerks to the keeping of an accurate
record of births and deaths Clerk Carpen
ter prepared books * for the purpo.se of keepIng -
Ing a iccord , and also Insisted that plijhi-
clans comply with the law In regard to re
porting all doa'hs upon postal cards fur
nished by the cltj
The doctors fell In with the Idea readily ,
and very llttlo trouble has been experienced
In connection with the keeping of these
records for the past few jears All the un-
dei takers have agreed to use the new form
of report as suggested by the ceinus de
partment and the phjalclans will be ap
pealed to in a day or two PO that the re
cording of denths according to the Improved
method may commence on Jnnuarj 1.
Speelul MiM'tliiK < > l nxeliniiKO.
A special meeting of the South Omaln
Llvo Stock exchange has been i ailed foi
Prltlay afternoon to consider n number ol
BiibjnctB , Delegates to the meeting of the
National Llvo Stock association , to bo held
at Port Worth , Tex , January 1C , will bt
named. It is also proposed to ellscuba the
Intended nddltlou to the inles lit regard tt
the finlo of subject stock Further than thlt
it Is proposed to consider thei advisability
of adopting a preamble and resolutions Ir
regard to freight rates to the southeast am !
southwest. The advisability of adopting n
memorial to congress protesting against the
adoption of a bill Introdced to govern the
manufacture nnd silo of olenmirgarlne wll
doubtless bo among the matters to bo con-
i I sldercil at this special meeting
CoriiuinlloiiH I'nj TII\ON.
A number of checks for largo amountt
were received at the city Measurer's office
jcsterday All the corporation * are payliif
tholr 1890 cltj taxes and ( ho treasurer' * ) ie-
celptH this week will run up Into tbo thou
sands. AH a general thing the corporation !
hold off the payment of city fixes until the
last week In December All city taxes become -
como delinquent on January 1 Many other ;
nro following the example of the big con
cerns and nro paying up just before the
commencement of tbo new jcar
Clt > I.ON | | I ,
Dan Murphy has re > tuine > d from n trip tc
Chlc-aso
A c-at-o of rcarlot fever Is reported at 10U
North Twoiity-llfUl street
Ku > W Hunt loft Ittbt nlff'it ' for Colorado
to Idol ; after his minim ; Interests
Al Hunter denies that bin Mhtcr Anna It
seriously 111 , as was reported yesterday.
II I. t'ohn baa returnee ! from York ,
whore he spent a few days with n-litlves
Minn Lydla WutlK of Coz.iel. Ne-b . Is th <
Kiosl of her nuut , .Miss Nellie Watts , at the ,
Hrod hotel.
The police are of the opinion that the
city Is pretty well cleared of disreputable
1clwracteis
I M K Campbell is home nsnln from a tor
lajtt' visit tn Hiitchliu-on , Kan. the homt
of his partnl *
i Thfl Bueats t the Ile > od hotel are prepar-
li. * lo Klve a denclng part } before the boll-
dajH uro eivcr
TI.U Ixitus < lub will give 118 next dancing
ami anl p.irtj u Mabonlc hill on the even
ing of Januarv 2
The heuiinp ipparntus in tb city hall Jiat
bfou thoroughly revmired and the building
is now nicely warmed
Tim Welsh Armours , , w buyer hdH re > .
turned from O'il , .
as. A iorc ho spent '
i hrltitmis-with frun-N
i Mitts t'lirk asrsMc.1 oj \ | n rina \ in-
1 Armai. will er'ertun t \ , | , .h f iJO , | . -r , !
uatlno- claw at Tvcnif afrS anU K itreeii
thi * ovrnlnfr MombTn nre rofuivl | vl to ar-
nenKe < ln prnphi- > to IIP roael at ibe
roernlan
Another car of hog < t arrived nt the yard <
yfterelny over fhe Illinois Control The
fchlpment was from Woodbine In
Work nt the new -brie k vnrd on We t I ,
rtroel In progressing nrapl'lly ' ns can be
expoetod , connlderlnff the weaher
Complaints nro still bolnt ; made nbout lb
> < prvlce rerwleroel liv the i lrcpt car eomixinv ,
Mnro tnilim OurltiB tbe > bu < y time of the
dav nre w anted
The annual re-rcotlon of the Young Men's
ChrlHtlnn a" orlation will 1 bold at the
n nclatlnn parlors from 7 to 10 o clock next
The YOUIIK I'eaplo's Christian un4on will
hold a corv-Jto at the Young Men's t'hrls-
tlan a soclntlon rooms next Sundav nfter-
noon Hov C r Cloll Of the Jian com
P.irk church will be tbo sjietike-r.
S C Dolntotir nntiouix'os- that tbo No-
lt\iska Urand ami Mark romntitolon ! now
In session at l < : neoln and will ronttnuo for
three or four weeks All farmers nnd htoek-
moil who deslro their brands to bo re-gli -
torevl nro neiuostcd to flip them at once , ns
the next j-o slon of the commission will not
be .hold until July.
Marrlnur Ilpon c .
The follow ln marriage licenses wcto ls
sueil Thur daj .
Nnmo nnd llosldonco A20
\\llllimO Hurrows. Omaha ,1J
Prance's llostor , Omaha U
William Shonunn , Omaha 81
Cora ( ia nev , South Orrnba 27
William P Ilonck. Omoha 21
Jennie .M Solfkoii. Omaha 2J
LOCAL BREVITIES.
C It pputwv Is mourning the IO SH of a
Jit ) overcoat taken from l.ls otllce , 521 Paxton -
ton bloe k
Ollloer Iiuw el1 ni routed John Wilson
AVediioselav ulgbt The man Is wantcel fern
n , tailor shop reibbeiy.
The Haunt Iron company of this cltv Is
opening up a branch Jobbing hou o In Kan
sas Cltv. and J i : Hiiuin Is now thcro
engaged In Hint work
Them will bo n Mutrli In tbis cltv Pcbru-
arv 2 and 3 between Frocl Pay ton , the wost-
e rn llftoon-ball pool phamplon , and Alfred
IJoro , the worlds e hamploti
Mr Hoylof presented cae b olio of 120
stude'iiU In iittemhince at the Hey IPS col-
Ipqo with a bpautlful leather covered ellc-
tiem iry as a. Christmas token
Mr' Huelo Nay lor ot Doeatur. Nob. was
robbed of a pocket book containing f5 ! anil
her inllvv ly tlpkot In a passeiiRoi coach at
the- Webster sttopt elppot Wednesday.
Thp chief of police at IJloomlnt'ton , 111 ,
has sent word to the police here asking
thorn to find a man named Leo or I/ouls
Dowltt. Ills mother flieres Is dangerously
sickWilliam
William U LIghten of this city , well
known ns a writer , has bppn appointed to
, i position on the ftalT of MeClilres maga
zine lie v\lll move to Ne-w York about
March 1.
'Ibo Omaha Curling club will have a
practice game Saturday on the- upper lake-
In Hienscom pirk nnd on Now Year' " day
tbo nnnual contest for the Trotin Point
medal will take iilaic
Nora Hrown.'fin ' infant In the keeping ot
the Nebrabka Children1 * Homo society , has
been adopted lyW S Urlggs and wlfo
The child was given to the homo Moelctv by
habeas corpus"- process some time ago In
Hurt county
Deputv Slioilff Stiykpr has taken to tbo
peiiltontlarv John Mc-Mabon , uho recentIv
plpieled BUllty to buiRlaiy , anel wa se-n-
teiice-d for one year bv Judge Ilakcr
JlcMnhon broke. Into a bo inline bouse In
boutb Omaha ,
Ainobl , the florl t , sent word to the police
ypstorday thnt burglars were trying to
puler bis liouso nt 1418 North niBlitepntli
stiect When the police arrlvcel It was ells-
covered tei bo a eluinken man trylnu tej
lluel his homo
OcorBo A Josh n Ins purchased the plant
of the Western Newspaper Union , including
the bulldlnj ; and boveral lots The price-
was SoGOOO H Is announced that thlf put-
ehase v 111 cau e no change In the opera
tions of the ctJinp my
Postmaster Crow has leeched from the
depnrtnie-it \Vabhlngton , bis official com-
mlb Ioii Althougli ne has hold the olllce )
eight months already , his commission wus
not dated until De-comber 14 and his term
extends for four yeais fiom that elate
The board of dlrectois of the Libor Temple -
plo Tilled to get a eiuorum Thurbel.iv night ,
so the meeting nclvertlseel vvas not held
eMr Clnik tbo secretatj , stated that the
finances of the tomplc were in a good condi
tion ami bo wou'J issue n statement In the
n ir ruturcr cove rirg1 'ho coiiellllon of tlic
Irstltution
A JIlss Nemek , sister of an Omaha bai-
koepei , vvas receitly ( found vv.inelerlng
about In Drown county , Minnesota. She
wus restrained temporarily nnd an effort
Is belli , ? inndo to have her biought to
Omaha , n" she Is a Nebraska charge W
\ Gate * of the Minnesota Stale Iloaiel ot
CharltlPS is In the city to make official at-
ransements ,
Tbo fire department made two runs yos-
terdav mjuiIliK Tbo Hist wa i at S 30 eit 1507
South Twenty-eighth street. An overheated
btove had started u llro In a one-story frame
dwelling ovvneel bj Mrs Lonaborry , nnd
eiec-'jpled bv Wlll'am Urnuhart Ibo dam
age was $200. The second run , nt 10 15. was
te > 113 Nor'b Tenth street A small bhuo
In .1 kitchen caused tbo alarm
Detectives DPIUPMM' and Jorfcen'soii ,11-
reuteel William McPberton Wednesdav
night as .1 Husplclous eheiactcr He vvas
wearing un oveicoat uud carrvlniT unothei
I'.oih answriod the eloscilptlem of stolen
property Ho finally confesbe- < l to having
tol"ii tlio cnnts , but did not know who
vv < > re the owners One of them vns posi
tively identlllul yesterday by Colonel
Ployel
The Douglas County Domoeiurv met
Thutsdny evcnln < r nt Its now club looms nt
, .I.-O South Pifteonth strout. formerlv eiccn-
I pled by thet Jncksonlan club and completed
arrangements for Its New Years reception
ai < L housp-waimlnB. It | ) roipo''os. to keep
open bnuso all < lay Moiulij and hnw pro
vided an appetizing- menu of refioshments
Twenty-live names were- added to the rolls ,
lucre islng the metrabers'hlp to about 100
Sadlo Holmes und Maiy Andeison , tvrvant
gli s , hive comnlalned to the jolleo couit
about Mis Nc'lson-Foulon's employment
agency on - ortb Sixteenth street The
MJIIIIK women allegeth.it they have been
defrauded by Mrs Toulon In inak'ng uppl -
iiitlon foi employment and paying the fee
In advance 'Iboy claim to have had nn
agiccmc-n whereby they wore tei lecovor
their money in e a e they failed to get the
jobs promised and that the agreement vvas
not kept
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
D J Burk of Alliance Is In town
a i : HaskoII of Lincoln Is In the city on
buslncsfl
H II Hood and vvlfe > of Lincoln are In
the cltj
Allen O KIsber of Children Is at the Mor-
e-haiitH1 hotel
H X White , a Chicago business man , Is
at the Her drand
P W Klomnn has returned from Chicago
whore lie pent his Christinas holiday
12 It .lohiiHon , a prominent merch int of
Lake City , In , Is a Ruest at the Merchants
hotel
William II Klnusloy , a prominent Denver
Insurance man , is nt the Her Grand for u
few days
U " Sheilil. mlnilnlBtratlvo BPPictary of
, ,
the Nebraska Htntet uulveisltv , is vlsitlm-
h
In Omaha
Howard Opulil and S II McQuIro of the
ol Vml 9' ' " t'omlnll > nr 'registered at
tne tiniiirei.
MIH Dr I'harlcs Hohowater and daughter
have rctuined fiom an extended tiln
tbrouKh the west '
Mrx J. T IloelBei" . C II Stc.iriiH , , ne1 P
IP HodKOH of .Sidney. In , are In the city , to
"
icniuln for a few days
II If .MiiKslcy. u ChlcaKo banker is
spenelliiB a few datp III the clti
nc-
'
'
comiinnUd by h's wile
Mr Chin le-s D Thompson ami wlfo have
roiurned from a we-ckH vlHlt urn ,
relatives at Maishulltown and Toledo la
Hd Svvpbo , won of Captain Thomas Swobo
rcturneel te. Chicago today , havl , B , H. '
' "P ° L'hrl.tmnii
Oma'lia hollUi > B In
Lieutenant Delnmore Skorrett will come
to Omaha from I'ort Hllcy , Kan Ji.uimr
been appointed aide , to ( Jonoral Xlerrlan
Port HHleyCe" | ' ' ° Tlllr < 1 a IHery 1
, J , AVrlKlu nl111 Mlss Kntlly C. Hlaek
both of Olenwood. la. were married n
Omaha Wo.liies.lay . b > HOV C N Uawson
After a trip to the Pnclllc coast , Mr ami
Mrt * Wrlsht will locate In Omaha
- , of I'alhouu came to
Omaha Thursdav night and was taken \o \
St Joseph's hofcpltul to u-ca\i > r from i ti-
vere. injury On ChrlMman day In a runa
way accident .Mis * ILiKey Husialneel n
broken arm and some bad bruise ? anil will
In connenucnce ) be confined tj the hospital
'
for tome time
iime-r Holben of Miller , S n. un \ the
elty. to lomuln H da , oi two with fr.enm.
llo Id the niiinr flor of a I > IOH roeii. L.M
erul store In Miller und If u \ .unj , bu ii r- ,
man ef c nisldeiablo abilli > He I tni-ru
reside ! In Luu uln vvluii
Iu w is i fa m ,
in unlvorxlty huiiPty m , < | w.li ki.owi i
inucual dales on amount of jus aiQaa
tu. u mincer.
.AMUSEMENTS.
"VI nloiiliel ( .Irl"
A tomnntlt ilnina In threv u 1 \ , i c
rurnlM md \ ! > .M \ S mi HUlnil-in pi
< luip < l for HIP tlr ' time In umibn it
Hoyd ihoatoi Iburxelnv nlsiu bv l'nnl I
Frohnian s company , be-adcil in lUiwni 1
Uould
TII13 CAST |
Godfrey Itemsoji a young American i
Hownril Oou d
Cillei. nn old sprvnnt . Albert l'tir\
Captain Antony Le > velne Rntocrt Cnnm i
Colonel Otrteret ChnrUs C HromU ,
Jack Osborn , an Atnerleati
Urn'ton Koniipdv
Sir Henrv Dnnvcrs , Hngllfth ollMfll In I
New ork . Dunenn Harris
Captain lloaufort tnnuan llnrrl- * ,
Lloutonnnt Kent Harton tirrvv
Lloulonnnt IV * > . . . Ueorse De long
I.leuteiuuit Tills PrtiiuU Moore
Lieutenant Iliton . . . . H r Hot. boll !
Sergeant Noivkes < > . W. Lvneh
Claik , n prlviitr . . . , Ilnrtun Drew
I'orter . . . KeUUn W Volgbt
Molllu HeeleUu , nn American girl
. . , Grace freeman
1/iely Sarah Koteltas . Helen King Hussoll
Lady Judith Darners , tleidfrey s cousin
Ijlt'tinor Cnrr
A splendid play , correctly mountcl nn1
costumed with attention to the minutest de
tails and splendidly Interpreted bv a rnptblo
compiny of players. This reads not unlike
the usual laud ilory notices , displayed upon
play bills and elsowhoie , which are very
frequently biso fibrleatlons In the cas--
of "A Coloitlil Olrl" It Is , however , truth
to the letter.
Iho play Is a well written , well knit
drama , boiderlng at times upon the molo-
diamatlc , with hero and there a Iraco of
comedy noticeable , and oven a bit of tiagcdy
at the flniilo In the shape iif a duel to the
death. The characters uio human , the
climaxes are effective and the scouei nro
never overwrought. Among the many pretty
pictured Introduced throughout the three
acts the daintiest and sweetest is that of
Molllo Heddln , the Hwoot , unsophisticated
country HRS , scitod at the splnnct , which
was the piano of u ceutuiy ago playing
upon the yellow keys the stoiy of her homo
llfo In chords that vary front Intelmtnablc-
ness of long Reams to the monotony of grey
knitting Chum was lout to the picture by
the fact tint the music was really ptetty
and quite suggestive of Iho word pictures
she painted foi her lover of her country life
The period of "A Colonial (3lrl" IB i evolu
tionary , 1770 , and the scenes with tbeli
colonial Btalrcaho clock , ( spinning wheel
splnnet and ancient plate , are laid In tb < i
then hamlet of Now York Godfrey Hom-
ficn is a young American just returned from
his estates abroad tc ; llnel himself jilted by
the woman of his hoirt In n burst of anger
and pique he marries u countv-hroel ! young
plrl , whom bo meets iu n well contrived
comedy ( scene His former leno , now a
widow , endcavois to part him from his
bride whom ho has learned to love- , and
finally accomplishes this by n stratagem In
which she loads Ileinsen tei think that his
wife has betrayed him to the Hritish who
aio looking for an American spy In the
service of Wnsbiiigton ( toelfiey. who reMlly
Is the spy , escapes fiom the house through
n seciot passage behind the old clock. cud-
Ing an apt with a iegul.tr meloelraniitlr
cllntnv. During his nbhc-nco Captain Love
lace , a Itrltlflh olllcer , and also n rogue
lure * Molllo the wife to the- house with in
tent to compromise hoi , hoping tint thus
she will bo an easy conquest Godfrey , heal
ing of this , comes there also , gilns aecess
to the supper room In the disguise ot a
foppish English cipt iln and lights a eluol
with Lovelace , killing him just as the news
arrives * that Washington Is at While Plains
and the "Liberty Hoys" are up In arms anl
In possession of thn town The curtain
goes down upon the reconciliation of the
young couple
The leading part Is played by Howard
Ooulel , a young romantic actor of great
promise Ho will be remembered as having
appeared here during the last two ec isons
Iu "Tho Prisoner of Zcnda " His superb
work as Rudolph In thls > piece has made j
him one of the coming btars Possessed of j
a Inndsome face , a manly , straightforward I
manner nnd a wonderfully Impiesslve voice
ho Is quito the Ideal hero eif romance nnd
has won a denervodly high phco among Iho
romantic actors of the day His clevci per
tiayal of the chuactei of the young Anioi
lean patriot in "A Colonial Olrl" ad Is dally
to hlb reputation as a competent actor
worthy of stellar prominence
Tbo rest of the company , which numbers
among Its mcmbeis nevcral pc-oplo who ap-
ppareel hero last season with Mr Gould In
"The Prlbonei of Xouda , " Is thoioughly
capable The engagement it , for throe-
nights and n matinee Saturday
\n n em HIM-m on IN ,
The amateur performance nt the Crelgb-
tein-Orpheum theater will begin Immedi
ately after the regular peiformanee this
evening Curtain ilscs at 8 o'clock Among
tbo amateuis will be W n Cornwell in an
original sketch , Webster nnd Lelloy in a
"lube" sketch , Harry and Leo In elancen ,
niancho Woodwnnl in songs and hpeciul
ties. J T Owen , armless wonder Hilly
Murphy club juggling Toe-bran and Klbbeu ,
reproduction of a portion of thp Jeffilo--
Shaike-y light. Ulba Anita Deemer , nnd tin-
thico Garneel sistcis In "A Hot Massige
Meelals will be awardeel to the best amii-
tours
In a few diys you blew enough urle acid
In your own body to produce death
Your kldnpys arp your only balvatlon
Dpcause when they are well , they filter
out this deadly poison
So , when your kidneys nro sick , you can
understand how quickly your entire body
Is affected , nnd how every organ Kooms to
fall to do its duty.
They are all being slowly poisoned
Uric acid poUon Irritates the nervcB anl
causes rheumatic pains In joints , muscles
nnd llnil > , hendaphu , backache stomach
nnd liver trouhlo , shortnesn of breath , he-art
trouble , dl/zlneas , nervousness , Irritability ,
lassitude , loss of ambition , wcnKncaH and
wanting away
ItcJ brick dust and similar sediments In
the urine are also caused by various salt1 !
of uric acid.
The cure for these troubles Is Dr , Kll-
mpr's Swamp-Hoot , the great kldnoy rem
edy.
edy.U
U Instantly rollovcE tbo congested , over
worked kldncjs , and gradually brings them
back to health '
Heallhj kldnpjs keep down the CXC-RS
of uric acid and you soon feel the benefit
In now health nnd strength. i
Swamp-Hoot should at once bo taken upos
the least sign of 111 health It will make
you well and is for sale the world over In
bottles of tuo eizoa and two prices , fifty-
cent and ono-dollnr i
Swamp-Hoot Is used by the leading hospl-
talb , re'commcndod by skillful phjsl fans In
their private practice , nnd In taken by
doctors thcmseilvp-8 who Juvo kidney all
inciita. bocnuaa they recognize In It th
greatest and most siicceMful remedy for
kidney and 'blaeldcr troubles
To pro\o tif > wonderful cfllcaey , ton ! uir
name nnd nddrcuB to Jr Kilmer f. e u
llinsliunion , N Y . mentioning thl | , jp
nhcn vou will rprchp free of , .11 lur i
a sun Ie bottle eif i-\ami > K t ni > < ! u >
uaUr touii by mnl fhi t. .
cou > i i > many of itie id i < > 1 jpt i ihj ,
ganJs of tftiinaeima' U11 re , e tnnJ ftuoi
aod wofiicn curcJ , i
Leaves Omaha at 8:50 : a , m , Daily
Arrives
San Francisco 5:15 : p , m ,
Portland 6:45 : p , m ,
Afternoon of Third Day ,
ONLY TWO NIGHTS ON THE ROAD ,
0s ! of Everything.
Cnt-K , MrnlN Srrvcd n-ln-curto
IlulTct , SutiiKliiK mill Library C'lirn
\\lt\t \ llnrlior MIOJI Dnulilp Dinvtliiu
Ilooin I'lilnvo SliM'i'liiK Ciim lMntncli
I.lu'it Men in llcnl llronil Vcadliulpil
.No cliniiRe.
I'ltftNpiiitrrii diking : "Tho Overland
Limited" for thp I'nclllc Count cnn
ntnrt nftrr brcnlcfnM In ( tic iiioriiliiR
mill ronrli thi-lr ileniliuttloii nit noun
.
n * thfmp Iio Icn.ro Alu other llnr *
the ilnj liufurt
Telephone 3(6 (
Are here for your inspection
in our fancy Goods Bept ,
lxtraordinary offerings in Lamps , Art-
ware , Statuary , Jardinieres , Wrought
Iron ware , Cloisonne and Japanese ware.
Special showing of Fancy Jar
dinieres at $1.00 each.
These goods must be moved before in
ventory , January 1st , and our prices
will make quick selling.
I4I4-I4I6-I4I8 DOUGLAS ST ,
ly Three By §
j j
to sell the balance of those
pianos at our
We had twelve left lUondaj , but nix have
been sold and they will go before Satur
day night. Thin will bo the hibt advertise-
inent of tliii * wile. .Better gel a "move"
on you if you want one of these six that
we're Kolling at aboui factory prices.
1514 Douglas Street.