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% i y mi - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JUNE 30 1887. TUB COMMISSION IN IOWA- llio Sioux City & I'nuiho Under litres * Siotrx CITV , In. , June W. William F , Fitch , general mutineer of the Sioux City & Pacific road , testified before the Pacific coramlf < slon to-day , lie had not heard of nny complaints of discrimination by the company. HP thought the road on ht to pay Its fixed charges , based on n reasonable cost ot construction. Uconte 1) . Perkins , editor of the Sioux Ulty Journal , said the rood Imd nlwnys been regarded as one of the best lines In this section. The principal complaint by the people nlnnctho line arose trom their In ability to send goods to the far west , owing to tlio fact that Sioux City wns not regarded ns n competitive iiolnt 6f the Union Pacific RyMpin. Mayor Olelanil testified In the sumo lino. Tlio witnesses nil spoke of the remarkable - able Increase In the population nnd prosper ity of the country tributary to the road since Its construction. Iteplyliu ; to a question by Governor Pattlson , witnesses thoiiKht tlio effect of the government taking thd road If the stockholders abandoned It , would bo bcneticlnl , provided It maintained the present connect 10us and ndded to them. Inwn Supreme Court Declslorto. Dr.sMoixns , la. , Juno 0 ! ) . [ Special Tele gram to the Ur.n.j The supreme court filed the following decisions hero to-day : Mathlas Chlcln vs 1 ! . Knb.it , appellant , Du- biKiuo circuit. Afllrmed. F. J. Upton & Co. , appellants , vs J. It. Paxtou and John Ramsey , Story circuit. Af firmed. J. C. Murray ct nl vs Jones county , appel lant , Jones circuit. Afllnnrd. Jacob dulse , nr. , et al vs I ) . Carr Karly ct nl , appellants , San district. Alllrmod. J. O. Barker vtO. Carr Early , N. O. Wll- BOII etalJnmcs \\lckeisham \ nt nl A. I ) . Uruncr et nl , "three oases , " Sac district. AC- firmed on defendant's appeal ; modified nud allirmed on plaintiffs appeal. .Kdward 11. Buckley va 1) . Carr Early nnd John Urey , appellants , Sac district. AC- lirmed. A delta M. Hoop vs Sac County bank , np- pcllant , Sac district. Afllrmed. J. F. Tobin vs Webster Mutual Aid society , appellant , Lucas circuit Ueversed. Sophronla Cilllesplo vs Georto See nnd A. It. Pierce , appellant , nnd J. L. Carney , guardian , vs same nppellant , Marshall cir cuit. Reversed. State of Iowa vs Charles Emmoiis , appel lant , Mahnskn district court ; Charles Em- inons vs C. Woodrulf , shcrllf , nnd Charles N.inloy , nppellant , vs Thomas Morgan , slier- lilt , appeal Irom nu order of . .JohnY. \ . liar- ney , judge of the district court of the Third judicial dlstilct. Allirmed. The lown Jobbers. DumrQUK , In. , Juno 20. The Iowa Jobbers And Manufacturers association tn convention to-day , adopted resolutions protcstlngngalnst discrimination against Iowa business , nnd nskcd the state railroad commissioners to takontops to enforce the same ; also against Increased mileage , nnd asking the legislature to establish n uniform passenger rate of two rents : also to secure construction of the Inter-state law ; nnd in fnvor of the llonno- pln canal. Thn new officers are : President , W. 11. Torbort , ot Duluuiuo ; secretary , W. W. Alnsworth , of les ) Moines. Chinch HUSH OoNtrnyine Crops. lEsMoi2 < KSIa.June2U.-SpcclnITelofrnm | to the DKK.\ \ Advices from Story county state that the county Is overrun by chinch bugs to the numbers ot millions nud trillions. The wheat crop Is Irretrievably ruined , oats nro beginning to suffer mid corn will undoubt edly go. The county is badly crippled aud farmers are In despair. Killed In n Well. MKCIIA.NICSVII.I.K , la. , Juno 29. ( Special Telegram to the UitE.J James Young , n well digger , met with n very sad accident this afternoon. Ilo was down In a well nnd the men nhovo let the bucket fall , which Biruck Mr. Younc on tlio head. Ho was taken out unconscious and brought home. The doctors buy ho cannot live twenty-four hours. _ Ilonvy Cattle Firm Failure. DKXTKII , la. , Juno 29. Special Telegram to the BEE. | Clark Brothers , for many years prominent cattle leeders of this plnco , nave bcon obliged to turn nil their property over to their creditors. The liabilities will probably exceed $100,000 , and ntn fair valua tion the assets will bn as much. The depre ciation In prlco of cuttlo and heavy losses in the Texas Cattle company are responsible for the failure. Killed By a Horso. MENLO , la. , June 20. | Special Telegram to the lm.J Malcolm Frank , a boy of fif teen , was kicked by a cell Sunday , who Btruckhlm in the bowels , nnd now lias died. TUe Afghan Rebellion. BOMHAY , Juno BO. Natives state that the cadcr in thoGhilr.al rebellion gnvo battle to the Ameer's troops before Uhuuznl , killing 180 of them. SIMLA , Juno 20. Gholam Haider Khan defeated thoUhllzals near lsiadchand killed n large number of them. Advices Irom Afghanistan report to-day fighting In the lltikar district. The Uhllzals were defeated the lirst day , but the second were victorious , nnd at last accounts were jmrsulnf the ameer's troops. The Tory JHuil.scow. LONDON , Juno 29. Cardinal Manning Wtites to the Times protesting ngalnst the circulation of the statement from Koine that 'the Irish mission of Monsurnors Pcrlsco nnd Gualdi lias bcon revoked nt the Instance of Cardinal Manning nnd Archbishop Wnlnh , of Dublin , and branding the latter as two active promoters of separatist iutriguos. " Ijanmlownu'H Kvictlons. Dunr.uv , Juno 59. Three orders for the ejectment of touants on tlio Marquis of Lans- downo's estate obtained to-day. Lord Lans- downo's counsel said the tenuants In ques tion would not bo evicted If they paid the rent Forron'g Proposals Rejected. PAUIS , Juno 29. Tlio commission of the chamber of deputies appointed to examine and report upon proposals relative to the army , submitted by General Ferron. the now nilnlstor of war , rejected them to-day. The rejection caused n sensation. h Queen Nntnllo Not Wanted. VIENNA , Juno 29. King Milan of Servla has Instructed Premier Ulstlcs to take meas ures to prevent the return of Queen Natalia to Servla. A cabinet crisis Is expected If the premier ictuses to obey the order. A Iloynl Garden I'arty. Losnox , June 29. The queen's garden party at the Buckingham palace this after- uoon was n great social event. Seven thous and Invitations were Issued. All royal vis itors who cauio to attend the Jubilee were present. Cliiuosn Mlttslons. SHAKOIIAI , June 29. The Chinese lega tions nt Paris nnd London are to bu united. Hunt : Syn will lie the now Chinese minister to Germany , Austria , Ku.sslnaml liollaud. AVAYWAUIl G1IILS. They Are Found by 'lliolr 1'iiroiits in a 1V II Known fl.tppy lllook. The Ghutatono block on Douglas street - is notorious as a residence quarter for that rnlt.or Inrgo class popularly known "chippies. " The block has recently been the scene of several sonsatiounl episodes , About ton dny.s ajjo n. young girl named Katie Crnndnll disnpnonrcd from her homo on California street , near the shops. The girl was Inclined to bo way ward , and was n source of great trouble to her parents , respectable people. Yes terday they traced the girl to the Glad stone block and. vmonnllectiug scene on- euod. The parents bcsouirht thn girl to return homo nnd all would be forgotten and forgiven. She promised better bo- ' havtor , packed her eflocts and returned , fcomo. it IB hoped to be u better girl. At the foot o ! thu stairs of the Glad- j 0tono block an old lady in a great state of exdtomonti was demanding her daughter - , tor , who , aho said , was inveigled from -fcorae by a railroad man nnd was in one of th rooms of the building. A large " XtfVd gathered and after a time tLo old ndy was taken upto look through the rooms. The girl In the mcantlmo had disappeared dd > v.n the rear , according , [ o the inmntcs , nnd tlio disappointed mother retired , The girl's name is Mary Carney. ' . . ' .FlUEUUAOKEIl , DAV. 7lnnl Arrangements For Its Colobrn- tlon About Completed. The executive cbmmlttco of the Knights of Labor having in charge the arrange ments for the celebration of the Fourth of July held quite n lengthy sos- Ion last ' night in Julius Mey er's rooms on the corner of Twelfth and Farnam streets. The line of nnrch nnd the positions of the bands , the ubor organizations and others who will ako part in the procession were dis cussed , although those matters will not bo finally determined upon until Satur day evening , when the committee will iicct acain at the sarao place. The following notice to all labor unions was issued by the committee : Any unions in this city which have not received an invitation to take part in the larnde of July 4 will please consider hemsolvcs invited and will kindly elect an assistant marshal and instruct him to oport as enrly as possible to William Auburn , marshal of the day. This notice jocomes nessosary because some mvita- .ions may have miscarried through the mail. A motion was adopted to the effect that Mayor Uroatch bo requested to issue a proclamation asking that nil business men In Omaha , especially along the line of march , to decorate their buildings and every residence to display the American flag ; that railroad companies decorate all trains coming in and going out of the cityj that all church bulls bo rung morn- ng , noon and night ; that the police bo instructed to arrest all suspicious char acters about the city before the Fourth , all disturbers of the peace on this day , to receive double punishment ; thnt the police bo further instructed to clear nil streets and sidewalks of vehielco nnd obstructions of every description by Saturday evening , July 2 , and that on the Fourth no street cars or vehicles of any kind bo allowed to interfere with the procession in any way ; that the mayor detail all the police men ho can spare from the force to re port to the grand marshal , and that they bu instructed to do such duly as the grand marshal details them to do ; that the maypr instruct the street cleaners to sweep all streets clean in the line of march , and that no street clean ers or sprinkling wagons bo nllowed on the streets after 0 o'clock of the morning of July 4. Exntnlninc Tenchors. This is the last day's session of the city examiners who have boon engaged since Tuesday in examining applications for positions in the city schools. Tlio num ber undergoing examination this year is thirty-live , which is five moro than the highest number over examined before. Among tliem are six graduates of the Omaha high school. The rest come about equally from Iowa and Nebraska. The chairman of the examining committee , W. G. Koysor , is in charge. The com mittee will complete the work of exam ination and announce the names of the successful candidates by Saturday morn ing. AVnnt tin Elovntor. A petition is in circulation among the lawyers and others doing busino.ss at the courthouse , requesting the county com missioners to put an elevator in the build ing , to be reached by a tunnel from Far nam street. The petition already has a largo number of signatures. Too High. The building committee of Goodrich lodge No. 144,1. O. O. F. , hold a meeting up stairs at No. 108 North Fourteenth street lost night for the purpose of passIng - Ing upon bids for the erection of an Odd Fellows' hall at the southeast corner of Saunders and Paul streets. Nine bids were received and all of them rejected as being too high. Now bids will bo ad vertised for. FITTING TH FAIR FORM. Girls Who Dnro Mot Biicczo In Getting Measured For Gowns. Now York Letter in Cincinnati En quirer : I mot for a moment yesterday , while calling upon n distinguished ac tress , a celebrated cutter of htago cos tumes , one of a handful of men who have studied under Worth in Paris and have como to America to got in their fine work. I asked tlio actress when I had nn opportunity why men wore employed to cut the dresses instead of women , and in what the particular art consisted. Said she : If n woman measures yon for a dress you have to go back about three times und pass through the operation of being measured and your dress let out or taken up , whereas these men who have served apprenticeships nud applied men's minds to the problem of woman's shape make so many marks and cut according to them so accurately that the first time you are littcd ; and it is the lirst time you wear a dress that you get in or out of conceit of it. "Said I : "It seems to mo that nman measuring a lady at so many points in order to get n sure tiling puts nor in the situation of that interesting woman who submitted to bo measured by Joel Hart's patent contrivance , nt Florence , for taking in half an hour every measure ment required by a sculptor , which gen erally had taken two or three weeks and twenty sittings. Ho made n machine something like an iron mask , out of hoops , which was locked over the woman's face , and then little needle points were screwed down to the eye brows , lips , chin , ears , the bridge of her nose , the point of her nose , etc. , and they were marked by n little screw. In all there were perhaps one hundred of those things. Poor Hart , who was n good sculptor , was avaricious of money , and ho wanted to got the busts of the llyinc Americanos who would stop over in rlor- cnco a few days , and had no time to bo measured with the dividers. Ho locked this young woman in there , surrounded by her friends , nnd , feeling these little nuedlo-nins all around her head , she ex claimed : 'Ulcss me , Mr. Hart , suppose ono should sneezot' " "Well , " said the actress , "it is plain thnt you have never boon measured for a dress. Any woman will go through an hour or two of misery r.t any time to have n bettor fitting dress thau anybody else. " lluoklen'a Arnica Snlvo. The best salvo in the world for Cuts , nrulses. sores. Ulcers , Salt Ilhoum , Fever Sores , Tetter. Chapped Hands , Chilblains , Corns and nil Skin Eruptions nnd positively euros Piles , or no pay ro- aulred. Ita \ guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price US cents per box. For sale by C. F. Goodman. Great annual sale of clothing nt 1014 l-'uruum st. Rnthcr Dull Just Now , And for that reason these two tracts of 80 and 40 rcres , respectively , near South Omaha can bo bought for less money than will be asked n foxv weeks later. Acre property has proven the foundation of fortunes for families who now wear diamonds nnd stovo-pipo hats and carry uancs. Call on Hell & McCandlish , ! U4 So. 10th street and ask them about these bargains. Engineers' Transits nnd Lerell. al A HOW AtfD A.RUMPUS. . Why the Herald Attacks on Chief Hcnrcy llnro Htpppcrt. For several days the attacks on Clilof of Police Scarcy in the columns of the Herald have been notably less , and Lhoso thnt have rippearod have boon without the venom which has erstwhile characterized the utterances in that newspaper. The reasons for this -sudden change leaked out ycstordaj' . As the story ROCS , when Governor Thayer was In Omaha in attendance upon the laying of the corner stone of St. John's church , there was a lone conference between the governor and John A. McShano , propri etor of the Herald. Previous to this con ference , a reporter for the Herald liad tin interview with Mayor liroatch and also with Commissioner llartman , each of whom particularly requested that their names should not bo used. This was acrecd to. In passing upon the reporter's copy , however , the city editor not only used the names , but tacked on a great deal to the mayor's In- lurvlow which that oflicer never uttored. This broach of confidence led to n pro test to Mr. McShano on the part ot the mayor. This , in conjunction with the 2onferonce with the governor , caused Mr. McShnno to issue forcible injunctions to his editor-in-chief. The interview be- Lwcun Mr. McSlianc and his editor is said to have resulted in n notification that the editorial management of the paper would bo reorganized. Further , it created n great row and rumpus among the stall' . The editor-ln-chicf alighted upon the managing editor in no gentle terms , the managing editor ns- jailed the city editor about the ISroatch interview and the city editor bestrode the nock of the luckless reporter in par ticular and the local force in general. This led to the departure of onu of the reporters on Tuesday night , another yes terday afternoon and a third will follow in a few days. Certain it is that there is more or less commotion in the oflico and that two of the stall' suddenly quit , al though the causes which led to this ruction are denied by tlioso who ought to know. For the purpose of getting at the true inwardness of the rumor , a reporter for the UEI : sought Mr. McShano and Mr. Morrlssey. The proprietor of the Herald was found in the Paxton rotunda. "Mr. McShano , will you confirm the rumor that , owing to a difference be tween yourself and Mr. Morrissey about the attacks on Seavcy , there is , to bo a change of the Herald managomentV" "It's a d-d lie I" said the congress man as he lighted a cigar. "Have you had a conference with Governor Thayer or Mayor liroatch which caused a let-up on Scavoy ? " "Nol" "But , Mr. _ McShnno , wasn't there some conversation between yourself and the mayor in reference to n Herald inter view in which Mr. JJroatch claimed to bo misquoted ? " persisted the reporter. "Who told you so ? " demanded the Herald proprietor. "I have it on gooil authority. " "Well , there ain't anything in it and I wish you wouldn't say anything about it. " Mr. Mornsey was grinding out double- loaded minion for his morning issue. The rumor was brielly recited to him , and ho was asked if ho had received an order from Mr. McShane to discontinue the attacks on Chief Seavey. "It is absurd , " was the response. "Mr. McShano lias not issued any such order. I voluntarily quit discussing the Scavoy matter the day after the commission rein stated him , and I llnally issued the order myself to have no more of the Seavoy stuff in the paper. " "Has there boon any misunderstand ing which will lead to n reorganization ot the editorial staff of the Herald ? " "There has never been the least mis understanding between Mr. McShano and myself. Our relations have been pleasant and harmonious. His instruc tions have invariably boon carried out to the letter whenever he had any in structions to give. If there is to bo any reorganization of the Herald staffer any alterations in the same 1 have not been apprised of the fact and I probably would bo informed if anyone was. " "Arc you aware that Mayor Uroatch had a conference with Mr. McShano in reference to an interview in the Herald and that perhaps there was n conference between Governor Thayer and Me- Shane ? " " 1 know nothing about such confer- erencos. I never heard of thorn before and if they were held they were not af fairs of mine. " Not withstanding the unqualified denial of Mr. McShano , it is asserted on good authority that Mayor Droatch made com plaint of the putting of words in his mouths which ho never uttered. Mr. Morrisoy admits an order was issued to discontinue the local attacks 911 Scavoy after the discussion of the chief editor ially had ceased. It will bo recollected the local assaults have but recently ceased. Mr. Morrisoy assumes the re sponsibility for the order. There is good authority for the statement that the Hroateh interview created trouble in the oflice , the interviewer refusing to bo hold accountable to the city editor , and will therefore leave the sheet , while two of the reporters have already departed for other Holds of labor. Belle of Hourbon Ten-Ycnr-Old Whisky. The croat appetizer. Weak or over worked women lind great benefit by tak ing a wlncglassful before meals , $1.25 for quart bottle. Personal Paragraph ! * . Henry Torpin , Esq. , of Fremont , is among the guests at the Millnrd. Messrs. C. E. Yates , C. Thompson and Jno. 1) , Doty , of Lincoln , are at the Mil- lard. lard.Mrs. Mrs. W. F. Vnlllo , of Wymoro is visiting - ing her parents Mr. and Mrs. John lleth. Judge J. B. Barnes , of Ponca , is in the city. He is counsel in a suit before the United States court this morning. Mr. George W. Hawko , of Nebraska City , and W. B. Conklin , esq. , of North PJatto , registered at the Paxtou yesterday morning , Mrs. Adolph Meyer and son have gone to Spirit Lake. Iowa , where they will spend some weeks. They will bo joined by Mr. Meyer , and subsequently visit Minnotonka. General and Mrs. Dandy and family have vacated their residence on Park avcnuo and will bo guests of the Mlllard hotel for a week , when the family expect to go east for the summer. Brevities. Collections at the internal revenue office - fico yesterday amounted to $7,220.07. County Judge McCulloch yesterday Is sued n license authorizing the marringo of William II. Washington and Miss Kittle Condon , both of Omaha. Wcssio Duval was arrested on a charge of assault and battery yesterday on a warrant sworn out by a man named Callahan. The Cnllalmn boy and the Duval boy quarreled , and the arrest is result of a neighborhood quarrel. Frank L. Reeves lias received the con tract for building a hay barn for the Union Stock Yards company at South Omaha. The new building will bo con structed of brick and iron and will bo flro proof. Its dimensions will bo 150x30 feet and it will have a capacity for several hundred tons of hay. It will bo located on the ground where the old barn stood wmch was burned noreral months ago. Genuine Bargain. New house , eight rooms and lot in ex cellent locality , Has elegant interior finiih and modern conveniences ; a per fect com , Addreis box 557 , city. THE PACIFIC .COMMISSION , i i Mr , Edward Rorowator Gives His Testi mony Before 'the Members. A PITHY AND JPOINTED TALK. The Editor of ilio'Uoo ' Kx/uiiliicd at Length Uou } jthc AfTnlrs of the Union J'Aclflo ' Company. Mr. Roscwatcr'B Kxntnlnntlon. At the meeting of the Pacific railway Commission Tuesday afternoon , Ed ward Kosowater , editor of the HUB , appeared in pursuance to a special sub poena , in response to the question asked by Governor Pattison-as to what ho know about the management and policy of the UnionPacilic , Air. Rosowatcr testified to having only n partial knowledge about the Union I'acillo business management and its methods of influencing legislation. Since 1873 and 1873 ofllccrs of the Union Pacific had manifested more or less activity in con nection with state politics. Nebraska being n republican state , most of the energy of the railway manage ment was dircoj'ifl toward con trolling the machinery of that party , though very often democratic con ventions were manipulated nnd Influ enced. Oniocrs and employes of tlic road wore in attendance at conventions , both as delegates and lobbyists. The railroads have for twelve years been an important factor in all political contents in Nebraska. "An incident , " said Mr. Rosowatcr , "that occurred back in ' 73 , for which I was censured , shows what power the railroad managers wore ex erting in local politics. The day before the election that fall , an operator in the Union Pacific oflico called on mo and handed mo a message to S. H. II. Clark signed by A. J. Pop- pleton , in which Clark was urged to di rect the Union Pacific shop men to yoto for Henry Grebe for sheriff. 1 published this message and appealed to the workingmen - ingmen to assert their independence , which they did. I was charged with stealing that message oft' the wire , be cause I am an operator and read by sound , when in fact 1 not only saw a copy of the message but the man brougnt mo the original copy with Popploton's hand writing with which I am familiar. " Hero Mr. Poppleton asked that the copy of the dispatch bo produced , which Mr. Rose water promised to do. "In the year 1873 , ' ' continued Mr. Rosewater - water , "a number''of ' Omaha capitalists and business men organized a corpora tion known as the Nebraska Central rail road , narrow guagbdj which was to ex tend from Omaha,1 , , through Saunders , Butler and Polk counties , to Gratia Island or some ppiii | further west. A proposition to vote ? 123,000 , in bonds to aid this road was submitted to the voters of Douglas county. At first all the Omaha papers and all classes of citizens favored this project but the Union Pacific entered the lists against it. The Omaha Herald 'and Itonublican flopped , and all fcdoral officials from collector to postal clerk rallied under the load of Senator Hitchcock fh conjunction with the Union Paeitio railroad employed to' defeat the bonds. "This was the first Instance in whic.h the railroad managers pooled with tlio political leaders of the party in power. And from that time on the issues between the railroads and their followers on one side and the people on the other , were carried into the campaign. The nar row gauge bonds were defeated chiolly by an organized raid throughthocountypro- cincts , and the threat telegraphed by Jay Gould to Dr. George L. Miller that the Union Pacific shops would bo moved from Omaha if the bonds were voted. After the defeat of the project the Union Pacific managers organized the Republican Valley branch , and built it through Ctho counties through which the Nebraska Central had been laid out. The next year , in 1870 , an attempt was made to control the congressional and senatorial nominations. Jay Gould and Dillon were in Omaha while the republi can state convention was in session at Lincoln. After four Uays contest the U. P. forces which were marshalled by Clark and Kimball in por.son.at Lincoln , carried the day , and nominated their men. That convention was notoriously bought up. When it first met , there was a round majority against the U. P. At least twenty delegates must have boon bought , and General John O. Cowin who was then a candidate for congress , openly charged in the convention that that body had been corruptly influenced by Union Pacific officers. " " "Judge Littler asked the witness whether ho know of any delegate being bought. Mr. Rosewater replied that ho know of several. One of them received $100 from John M. Thurston. This man had been elected against the Union Pacific , but voted with them. Pat O. Hawes , who was on the ground , had given him some of the names of these boodlcrs. ' ; The sanatoria ! contest , " continued the wit ness , "which followo/ this convention drew out the full strength of the Union Pacific at the legislative session of 1877. It was at that session that the Union Pacific 'Oil Rooms were omined for the first time. " "Whatis an oil room"asked Governor Pnttison. "A room in which lobbyists and legisla tive boodlers drink whisky , champagne and brandy , play cords and toll nasty stories , " replied the. witness. "It is in these rooms that railroad lobbyists got in their work on men after they are made pliant with liquor.1"1 , . ' "Did you know where the 'oil rooms' were located ? " asked-Judgo Littler. "Duriii" ; the session ten years ago , " said Mr. Hosownter , "tho 'oil room' was in room thirty in tlui Capitol hotel. Last winter they had'several 'oil rooms' in the same hotel. One oMhtso was room four teen. 1 was lodged.Jnjroom sixteen , next door to it one nghtv.and ! the gang was so boisterous that I was compelled to finally , at 2 o'clock , rise and ! request the clerk to change my room. " t J "Why do they call'1 ' these rooms 'oil rooms , ' and who gave it that name ? " asked Governor Patpson. "I think Frank honlon first called it the oil room , because members were lu bricated in those rooms and the machine oiled up to keep it going. " In response to the question as to the methods of the railroad lobby last winter Mr. Rosewatcrsald he did not , of his per sonal knowledge , know of money being paid to members , but it was notorious that corrupt inllucnccs had been used. "Four or five years ago , Roberts , the chairman of the railroad committee , tes tified before the legislature that ho had boon offered f 5,000 to make a report adverse - verso to n railroad bill. "Besides receiving passes members were accorded all sorts of favors in the shape of rebates. Such was the case with Lieu tenant Governor Games , of Seward , who was doing n lumber , coal and grain busi ness. Often members uro given employ ment after the Mission ls over. The railroad - , road lobbyist < i\ert their .inlluenco on , members in II sorts of ways. Tuoy drink with thorn , they gambln with them and take them to lipuses of Ill-repute , " " \ \ ho were the railroad employes in the last Icgislaturcf" asked the gov ernor. "Tracy , of North Plattc , Garvcy , Mathison , Knox and Young , of Omaha. There may have bcon others. Great pressure was brought upon those men to defeat proper railroad legislation. One of these men , Young , said to mo during the session , ' \\ishllind never como down hero , I would not ndviso any man employed by a railroad to survo iii the legislature. Its a torrlblo tiling when a man has to choose between his duty and broad and butter. ' " Governor Pnttison hero asked the wit ness to state whether he know of any dis criminations against shippers. "Thero were , " said Mr. Hosownter , "a great many complnnts , notably from points west of Columbus , on account of coal rates , which wore as high at Sidney nnd North Pintle as at Omaha 400 miles further from the mines. There wis : much complaint about the lumber and grain monopoly. Some years ago an elevator iiiuu at Grand Island ill- formed mo that the superintendent of the road flatly refused to give him accommo dations nnd equal rales with his rival , for the reason that he , the shipper , be longed to the opposite faction in politics. When asked whether the threat made by Jay Gould to remove the "lions from Omaha was the only instance ho ( snow of where communities had been intimidated by threats , Mr. Itosowntor said that sonic years ago the people of Columbus were asked to vote bonds to the Atchison & Nebraska or B. & M. road , Jay Gould , while passing through Coliimbux.stood on the platform of Ins car and publicly threat ened to destroy the business of tliat town if they dared to vote the bonds. They did vote the nid and the Union Pacific started n now town three or four miles further west , and made it the terminus of the Nebraska branch , but atloodcamo on the following spring , washed out the junction and compelled Iho Union Pacific managers to re-locato their terminal facilities at Columbus. "That was what you call Providential , " remarked Jtulsro Littler. "It may be , " said Mr. Rosowatcr , "but they managed to squeeze i } ' ' 5,000 out of the people of Columbus to help Provi dence along. " "Do you know of any largo invest ments in lands by the Union Pacific ? " asked Governor Pnttison. " 1 cannot recall any ex cepting the purchase of 1,200 acres by Sydney Dillon on the other side of the river. They tried to build up a rival town. 1 have called it Dillonvillo , but they made no success of this specu lation. " Being asked about the building nnd management of the road Mr. Rosewater said that the bridge was not believed to have cost nearly so much as thocompnnp claimed. The charges for gomg over the bridge were exorbitant. For a long time they charged $10 per car and 50 cents per passenger , although the dis tance from Council Blufi's to lmaha over the bridge is only a mile and a half. Mr. Rosewater made complaint at the quar termaster general's oflico and found that the government was charged the same rate. A dollar per ton extra was charged on all coal 'hipped Into Omaha from the oast. Equally outrageous charges were made on all cattle , wheat and other kinds of grain this amounted almost to an embargo on eastern traffic. Various attempts were mudo in congress to pass bills reducing the tolls but as fast as the bills got through one house they were killed in the other. This county paid $250,000 toward buildn\g the bridge so that It couldn't have cost nearly what the company claimed. The witness said that the bridge con troversy which had for years been going on between the citizens of Omaha and the road has brought out the fact that for seven or eight years the bridge earned Jrom $800,000 to $700,000 annually. The managers charged from .fl50,000 to 200,000 per year as expenses for operat ing the bridge. ' 'It is palpa'blo that this pretending operating - orating expense included not only the transfer expenses but many other items that do not pertain the bridge proper , " added Mr. RosoWator. The examination by Commissioner Pat- tisou of Mr. Rosewntor was continued as follows ; Q Have you considered the various bills introduced in congress during the last session , and from time to time , as to methods of settlement with the Union Pacific railway company ? A. I have considered all propositions that have appeared from time to time , Irom the company or from government directors or from congressmen that con template a refunding of the company's debt at a low rate of interest , mid 1 ap peared before the committee on judiciary of the United States senate two years ago to protest against anv such funding bill bcincr enacted. I think it was the Hoar bill. 1 can can express my views on that question if desired. By Commissioner P. I want.your views as to the ell'ect of the settlement of the railroad company upon the communities through which this road passes. A. I claimed that it was a great injus tice nnd would operate as a great hard ship on the people that are compelled to bo patrons of the Union Pacific , and not only the people that were patrons of that road , but the patrons of other railroads , to refund the Union Pacific debt , such as it is now known , and extend its payment for sixty or eighty years or nny other time. My reasons tor opposing this proposition arc that a largo amount of this debt was fraudulently created and contracted ; that it represents quadruple nnd perhaps quintuple of the amount for which the entire railroad can bo built , and 1 believe that another railroad can bo built to duplicate this system for one-fourth its pres ent debt ; that in funding the indebtedness the government of the United States proposes to recog nize and validate tlio Credit Mobilior frauds nnd thefts of tlio company under various managements , the recklessness of the managing officers of the company nnd the reckless extravagance that lias characterized it under various adminis trations , and in recognizing as valid all these fictitious nnd illegal obligations , tlio government proposes to place a mortgage upon the earnings of the people ple , u burden not only upon this genera tion but on the generations that are to follow us. My idea springs from a desire - sire to sou the people trco from the in cubus chiefly caused by tlio dishonesty and mismanagement of these adminis trations , and for that reason 1 say it would ho a great outrage nnd injustice to compel the peopln wiio patronize this road to go to work and tnkoono hundred and fifty millions of this indebtedness , or about that sum independent of the one hundred million or perhaps more which aroady Incumbers this com pany , on n first mortgage , It would bo a great injustice to say to the people of this western country that they shall bo obligated for sixty or eighty years to pay tlio interest upon this enorm ous indebtedness and then to pay gradu ally every dollar of the principal and then also to pay a reasonable income upon the fictitious stocks which tlioso companies are now holding us represent ing what they pretend to bo railroads owned by themselves. If the people of this western country nnd of the whole United States nro to contribute to thn liquidation of the enormous sums of money borrowed and stolen by those companies , it is saving to tlio people that the government doesn't earn for their In terests as much as they do for the parties who now nro owners of that stock. Now , if this stock is in the hands of .innocent parties , as has boon represented time und again ; if It is in the hands of orphans and ' .widows , 'the responsibility should rest on those who made the purchases. Tlio men who would Invest the trust placed .In their hands for widows and orphans In stolen property property that has boon acquired by every scheme that confidence men can exploit ard en tirely unfit for such trusts , nnd they should personally bo held responsible mid not the people of this western coun try. Now my idea about these stocks Is simply this , that In the first place thny represent only what has actually bcon paid in what the company has actually received In honest values. If this Is true , and as I am informed nut much more than ten cents on the dollar has ever bcon paid into the company the excess should first bo collected from the holders of capital stock and that ninety cents on the dollar nppllcdito the liquidation of the debt. If , for Instance , n national bank organized under national authority should bo robbed by one of its officers , it would hardly be expected that they should ask the government to levy upon the patrons of the bank nnd make thorn pay losses sustained by the bank through dishonest mnnngcmcnt or theft or misappropriation. What everybody would expect from the bank ofticors would bo that the stockholders would first bo compelled to pny these losses , ana then If they could not pav , the stock would bo liquidated and finally the ofll ccrs and directors of the bank would beheld held responsible in their persons for every dollar of the funds that have been dislioncstlv divi'Sted and they would be compelled to re store what they have stolen. I do not see why the functions of con gress should bo used to rob all the people ple of this country by lowing upon them n continuous tax upon fictitious valucH. And further than thi , 1 claim that the extension of the debt by these railroads will extend and continue during the same period , if not perpetually , the ev- tuition and high rates or transportation which are now charged by competing companies , because the Union Pacific , weighted down with the enormous debt , would bo compelled in order to moot its fixed charges , tlio interest upon its bonded debt nud a reasonable dividend upon its stock , to pay up the high rates ; and the other roads now competing with It , such as the Burlington nnd the Santa Fee , would match them as n more busi ness proposition ; they would keep up the same rates , knowing that the Union Pacific could not charge a much lower rate. They could still cut under the Union Pacific and the Union Pacific could not meet them , thus mak ing it a mere matter of time until the Union Pacific would bo driven out of the business. 1 believe the Burlington alone has been extended west of Nebraska en tirely out of the profits made in Ne braska I believe the entire Burlington system west , of the Missouri has been paid for by government subsidies and bonds from counties , precincts nud cities , nnd that largo bums of money ex pended in its extension were from its surplus earnings. But if the Union Pacific to-day was rid of these encum brances if the road went through a process of liquidation , or whatever you may call it , so that it was forced down with its stocks to the act ual value of what it would being in the public market to-day , that road could reduce its rates from 50 to 100 per cent , and .still earn a reasonable in come upon its investment. That would bo a great relief to the country. That would bo justice after all these years of extortion. It is not because this western country is poor to-day it has been en riched by building railroads , as 1 freely admit but it would have been three times as rich if it find enjoyed fair railroad tolls. Tlio wc'ulth in tlio wlioln of Ne braska to-day would be three times what it is had it not been for the enormous contributions wo have been compelled to pay to the railroads for bringing in what we want und. taking away what wo do not want. By Commissioner Littler : Q. What do you propose as a method of settle ment ? A. The first proposition I would make would bo this : To do just the same ns any business man would do if ho found himself compelled to meet a note , on which ho was an endorser , and which the principal is unable to muct. ( Discussion here ensued as to what Mr. Rosewater should say. ) In this case the payment is to como from the people. By Mr. Popploton That must not bo lost sight of. Commissioner : Q. Wliat is your plan ? Mr. Rose water Oh , I simply have gcnoril _ : ideas on the subject. ( Here com missioner Pnttison read a suction from the net creating tlio commission to the ell'ect that it was the duty of the commis sion to ascertain the ideas of dill'ercnt persons as lo tlui methods of the settle ment of the debt. ) By Mr. Pattison AVhat plan wouldyou suggest , or have you any in mind ? A. As regards the private interests of this community and especially of Omaha it might bo best to go on nnd keep up this inflation period , und perhaps let the management go on just as it had done , recklessly squandering everything they have ; but , as a proposi tion for the penplti of the western coun try nnd ot the United Stales who nx'o to pay this money , my idea would bo first to attempt- recover every dollar that has been improperly taken out of the road by its former managements , if , as I believe , millions of money have been in various ways misapplied by the builders of the road originally and by parties who have controlled it s nce. i'lio govern ment should in the first place attempt to get all that it can out of them. In the next plnco they .should .ice if there are thirtv-six millions ot stock in the Union Pacific at 10 per cent paid in that would bo $3,000,000 and the difference between that amount nnd the stock represented on its * fnec should bo assessed on the stockholders , and if it was not so paid in , the stock should bo wined out entirely. By Commissioner Littler That with out regard to the fact that the present stockholders probably paid one hundred cents on the dollar ? A Yes , sir. By Mr. Poppleton Do you not know that the supreme court of thn Unite I States lias declared that that cannot be done ? A. I don't care what the supreme court has declared. I think this stock repre sents nothing but highway robbery , and having been issued by n set of hmlnvay- men who called themselves railway man agers in Iho first instance , innocent parties must suffer just as they ould in investing in stolen property. They should not stand between the men who own the property. By Mr. Littler Wo will assume that is nil so ; trivo us your plan. A. Well , the first mortgage would bo the finst thing to liquidate. 1 presume the first mortgage bondholder * would como in nnd claim tiio road , or rather put it on Bitle. If the road , on such aulu , docs not biing the nmouiit duo , why then thu first mortgage bondholders lose the diflurmice nnd the sesoud mortgage la wiped out entirely- By Mr. Poppleton And tlio govern ment goes without its money ? Mr. Rojowutur : Ye.s , and the people ple are relieved from the extravagant railroad tolls. If on tint other hand tint first mortgage is satisfied there la no necessity for tlio government to contra dict this partnership business any fur ther i would not have the government force the ro.id to a sale for more than it will bring. By Mr. Poppleton : Then its debt to the government would have to be do nated to the west ? Mr. Roiowator ; There are thou sands of people now residing east of the Missouri who trarol out hern ns well as western people und if you rcduco the rate here you reduce thu rate for all the people. By 'the coUaniisaiou. lUve you any other plan or suggestion or oplnlgn to offer to thu commission ? A. There Is a great deal of 'Informa tion that 1 could give though I could not give it without having my uttention called to it. Leaving the plan of getting the money , as I said , 1 didn't exaggerate very much when 1 snld that I should not iti this case ns If I had boon an endorser on my wife's note. 1 regard the government' rotations to the road In that light , tint Is to say that It is now wedded to it mil when the di vorce Is granted it should be perpetual , and inasmuch as tno people are to pay this money it is unjust mil impolitic- enact a law that will tax the products nud industries of this cutntry eighty years to pay fraudulent dolts or in uny manner to authorize the icoplc to bo robbed for eighty years. There are people nil over t o country who ride on this road and funtah or buy our products. Let the road b. ) sold and operated honestly on what it is wortli nnd you will reduce raes and tariff. By Mr. Littler Can you tell mo how a road can bo sold under foreclosure so long ns the company pays tlio interest upon Its first mortgage milts ? A. 1 can not tell you , but there is no necessity for the government to tinker with this road any longer , i have been in fnvor of the building of branch lines , and am yet , under proper restrictions ; but there is no necessity for any of this funding legislation that Is contemplated. When 18l)7 ) comes and congress meets and finds itself in thn condition of the second mortgage holder , it will bo time cnoimh to let the road go to the wnll and bo sold , but I have an idea that under the showing you were going to make that tins road could bo sold out soonor. I have an idea that there has bcon enough information gathered to show that there is good reason why the government should put a slop to this sort of thing ; but if it is not done I believe there would bo no great harm to let it go on until 1897. 1 don't see any necessity for selling the road until 1807. I don't see any necessity for the govern ment doing anything particularly now. The objection to this bill is that it recog nizes and legalizes fraudulent debts mid compels us out hero in the western country to pay high tolls to pay oil'R debt that wo shouldnot bo compelled to pay at all. By Mr. Poppleton And you want the government to give that to thn people ? A. 1'cs , sir. Commissioner Have you anything further to suggest ? A. No. sir. Mr. Popploton then asked the witness whether ho did not believe that forcing the Union Pacific to bp sold under the hammer nnd operating it at rates based on its auction .sale value would not drive all the competing roads west of the Mis souri into bankruptcy ? Mr. Ro.scwaler did not believe it would , because most of these roads nre bonded to the men who own the stock and were really built out of subsidies , stealings and excessive earnings. "Tho Southern Pacific , " ho said , "was notoriously built out of the millions stolen by the Cen tral Pacific construction nne. Tlio road did not cost much and can reduce its tolls without going into bankruptcy. It is much the same with other trans-continental roads. Competition by the foreclosed Union Pacific operated on an nuction sale basis , might reduce their dividends , but it would not necessarily drive them to the wnll , llio Market Bnskflt. While the markets are supplied with an abundance of all the delicacies of the season , that could not help pleasing the most fastidious , there is very little aside from what was mentioned last week. The general prices are high , especially so on berries , which are scarce this season. Strawberries are practically1 out of the market , but an occasional lot can bo found at 25o a box. Black rasp berries are now in their prime , and as low as they are npt to go this season. The choicest can lie had atOc n box. Red raspberries , which are very largo and line , are sold at 2fic n box. Blue berries are quite plenty at 20c a quart for the best. California pcachos are still high , the price nt retail for the bestboincr 20c a pound. Apples , which are still Binall and green , nro sold at 75c n peek. There is the usual supply of vegetables. Crook-neck squashes uio sold nt the rate of $1 per dozen. There is plenty of now cabbage on the market , and it is very crisp and tender and can bo had at lOc n head. Cauli- llowor , which is always a delicacy , is sold nt the ralo of $2.50 per dozen heads. Tomatoes nro sold nt lOc n pound , which is quite reasonable for them when it Is considered thnt they nro brought from the far south. In addition to these , there Is the usual supply of wn\ beans , peas , radishes , new beets and turnips and a number of other variety of vege tables which nro becoming more plenty and cheaper as the s'cnson advances. " J7J7McClurc , wluTlivcs in Amble" ? place , is minus n slrawberry-ronn pony , with white hind feet , whl6h was un hitched and driven away from in frontof his premises. 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