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DEATH OF JOHN B. BENNET.
John Bradbury Benuet , a resident of
Colorado for 26 years , died at his son's
residence in Jefferson county , yesterday
morning , of pneumonia , after an illness
of two weeks. He was a brother of H.
P. Bonnet of this city. Ho was born in
Maine , April 2 , 1821. He went to Ohio
when a boy , and later to Missouri , where
ho was married. He removed to Ne
braska in 1855 , living near Nebraska City ,
and during his residence in that state
served in the upper house of the legisla
ture with Judge D. D. Belden , a Color
ado pioneer , who died some years ago.
Mr. Bennet was one of the builders of
the Midland railway , from Nebraska
City to Lincoln , in which enterprise he
sunk every dollar he had. He removed
to Colorado in 1875 , and , after a few
months in Denverlocated the large farm
at Palmer Lake , afterward bought by
"W. B. Daniels. When Mr. Bennet sold
the farm he went to Colorado Springs
and engaged in sheep raising for some
years. He next removed to Jefierson
county , where he resided until his death ,
except for a few months , which he spent
in Denver. He leaves a widow , five
sous , Washington T. , Hamilton , Byron
L. , W. R. , and Cadman Bennet , and
one daughter , Mrs. Lizzie Shope. All
but one of the children reside in Cole -
rado.
rado.Mr.
Mr. Bennet was one of a family of 11
brothers , of whom Judge H. P. Bennet
of Denver is now the sole survivor.
Denver Republican , April 27 , 1901.
The foregoing will be read by the
survivors of those who came to the ter
ritory of Nebraska in 1854 , with pa
thetic interest. Mr. Beunet was known
to all of us and respected by all who had
the felicity of his friendship. His was
an active and useful life and he earned
a good name and long remembrance.
BURLINGTON'S COMBINATION.
BOSTON , April 24 , 1901.
My Dear Mr. Waite :
Will you let me try to correct a mis
apprehension about the proposed sale of
Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy stock to
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railway companies ? It is not by
any means the "passing away of the
Chicago , Burlington & Quiucy , " as
described in some of the newspapers.
On the contrary , there will be no change
iu the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy
name or management , and the alliance
of the properties will greatly benefit all
of them , and all of the people they serve.
The Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy
company will continue to do business
precisely as heretofore , with Mr. Harris
as president and the organization un
changed. But it will be assured of ,
what it does not now possess , a perma
nent connection by the shortest line
with the great northwest , rich in
minerals and lumber , with its markets
for agricultural and other products , and
with the commerce of the Pacific Ocean
by way of Pnget sound and the Colum
bia river. On the other hand the
northern roads will be assured of a per
manent connection by the shortest line
with the agriculture and manufactures
of the middle west , and the markets to
be found there for the products of the
north and the commerce of the Pacific.
No argument is necessary to show that
this assured permanency is of the great
est importance to all of the interests
concerned , the people as well as the
railroads.
As to the management , there is not
only no intention to make changes in
the official staff and organization , but
the strongest desire on the part of those
who are proposing to buy the stock , to
hold onto Chicago , Burlington & Quncy
men and Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy
methods.
The whole effect of the combination
will be beneficial. Please look at a map
and see for yourself how the lines of
these corporations fit into and supple
ment each other. And when doing so , it
will interest you to trace , and compare
with these railroads of today , the line of
march of Lewis and Clark , who took
possession of the Louisiana purchase for
the government of the United States a
hundred years ago.
I expect to return to Burlington in
the course of two or three weeks , and
hope for many years to occupy my
office in the Chicago , Burlington &
Quincy building and continue my
interest in the affairs of the company
with its enlarged opportunities and
possibilities. Yours very truly ,
C. E. PERKINS.
AN ASSURING STATEMENT.
The letter of former President Per
kins of the Burlington , addressed to the
editor of the Burlington Hawkeye , with
reference to the impending change of
ownership of the Burlington system , is
an assuring statement for people of Ne
braska , and other states served by that
railroad. The interest of these states is ,
that the road bo operated as a distinct
line and managed with a view to the
development and upbuilding of the re
sources of the territory it traverses.
Mr. Perkins insists that the proposed
sole of stock by no means constitutes
"the passing away of the Burlington
system , " but on the contrary that there
will be no change in name or management -
ment , nor in the method of doing busi
ness.
ness.What
What has made the Burlington
strong , has been its policy of expansion
and its identification with the country
from which it draws its traffic. The
growth of the Burlington , and the set
tlement of these states has been simul
taneous. The future of Nebraska , as
the past , depends largely upon the ex
tent to which the railroads co-operate
in building up its industries , and it is
gratifying to know that the Burlington
management , no matter what the
change in ownership may be , realizes
that its prosperity is inseparably bound
up with that of the people along its
lines.
Mr. Perkins expresses the belief that
the union of the Burlington with the
Great Northern and the Northern Paci
fic , will greatly benefit all of them , and
all of the people they serve , by giving
the Burlington a permanent connection
with the great northwest and opening
to it the commerce of the Pacific Ocean ,
by way of Puget sound and the Colum
bia river , while the northern routes
secure permanent connection by the
shortest line with the agricultural and
manufacturing communities of the
west. He draws an apt comparison of
the combined railroads , with the line
of march of the famous Lewis and
Clark expedition , which took possession
of the Louisiana purchase for the
United States , 100 years ago. If this is
the natural traffic route , the union can
not fail to be a strong one.
It is sincerely to be hoped that Mr.
Perkins" expectations , so far as the ben
eficial results to the territory , girdled by
these roads are concerned , will not bo
disappointed. His assurances , coming ,
as they do , with the highest authority ,
can certainly be relied on , as indicating
the real views of the men behind the
movement. Omaha Bee , April 29.
PENSIONERS' DISABILITIES.
The discovery made by Secretary
Morton , during the last Cleveland ad
ministration , that some of his clerks
were drawing pensions for incurable
ailments , although the life insurance
companies had taken them as first-rate
risks , after a most searching investiga
tion , is recalled by a conversation which
Representative Loudenslager of New
Jersey , Chairman of the House Com
mittee on Pensions , had with an old
acquaintance in a street-car in Phila
delphia the other day.
"I wish they would make you Com
missioner of Pensions , as has been sug
gested in the newspapers , " began the
acquaintance. "I have always wanted
them to turn Evans out. He won't give
me a pension. I know that if yon were
Commissioner you. would decide favor
ably in all such cases as mine. "
"On what ground do you expect a
pension ? " asked Mr. Loudenslager.
"For a disability. "
"What is it ? "
"Bad eyesight. "
"What is your occupation ? "
"lama locomotive engineer.New -
York Evening Post. * *
