TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. TANTTAttY .10. 'laftfll
Nebraska Llvo Stock Interests to Bo
Protected.
A BREEZY TIME IN THE BOARD.
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travngnncR AgnliiHt ( he Utato
Fair MnniiKunient The
Case.
frnoM Tim nun's IINCOI , J IUMIKAU. ]
General Thnyor yesterday issued tlio
following proclamation in accordance
with the recommendations of the Ne
braska Livestock association , published
yesterday. After quoting the resolu
tions the governor says :
In ntpordonco with then-commendations of
the Nebraska Llvo Ktock uiHoi-lation , aiut'by
vlrtun of tlio Authority vented In mo , I , John
M. Tlmycr , governor of the state of Ne-
hranka , do hereby Is.suo this , my proclama
tion , establishing a iuaiantinu | upilnat nil of
the Btatc.s , districts , rountlca and territories
named In tlio foregoing resolutions , and pro
hibiting tlii ; liMM | > rlation Into this fltuto of all
catllu from nil or cither of the above named
places.
This proclnmntlon Hlinll t.ikn effect nnd bo
In fon-o from anil after the 1st day of Feb
ruary next , and the iiuarntitino KO rstuhliHlicd
anil declared will do onforrad by tlio live
Block agents and the state veterinarian.
On the taking effect of this proclamation
all previous quarantine proclamations of
tills state wlll.Htand revoked.
In testimony whereof I hnvohorounto set my
Ininil anil caused to bo afllxcd the great
scat of the state of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this 18th day of January ,
A. D. lbS3.
By the governor : Jou.v M. THAI EH.
G. L. L\WH , Secretary of State.
CIIAWJKS or KXTHAVACJAXCK.
The morning session of the state
board of agriculture was devoted to the
dincuH.-iion of the report of the com
mittee to which was referred the
report of the secretary. This
( j'jiiiiuHtco consisted of Messrs.
Slaughter , North and Holt , and their
report brought out a great deal of dis
cussion on Homo of tlio secretary's
recommendations. The recommenda
tion that Homo plan should be adopted
by the committee by which certain and
reliable statistics could be obtained for
the different counties was , in the re
port of the committee- , referred to a
committee to report a plan of work. A
number of the recommendations of the
secretary wore of a leHislativo character
and the discussion developed into the
noodsof legislative action and thoncccs-
Biirv laws to bo paused at the next gen
eral session. The question was dis
posed of by instructing the forthcoming
board of managers to draft u hiiitable
bill to bo presented for approval at the
next annual meeting of the society and
then to be introduced in the legislature
for adoption. Tlio unanimous opinion
was if the , state board presented to
the legislature just what tliuy desired ,
it would be granted them.
The committee appointed at the even
ing session to take tno long libtof names
nominated for membership and select
fourteen as the members mot at the
Windsor hotel in tlio morning. This
committee consisted of Austin Humph
rey , of Lancaster ; Fred Gordor , of Cass ;
W. M. May , of Dodge ; Henry Fryo , of
York , and E. N. Grennoll , of Washing
ton. After the conclusion of the long
debate on the secretary's report , the
hour had arrived for election of officers ,
but it was poccHMiry to first fill vacancies
on the board. The committee reported
.the names of the following , who were
unanimouMly elected to membership :
L. A. Kent. Minden , Kearney county ;
Edward Blowott , Fremont , Dodge
county ; J. I ) . Macfarland , Lincoln , Lan
caster county ; Ed. Mclntyre , Seward ,
S.oward county ; J. B. McDowell , Fuir-
b'ui-y , Jefferson county ; J. M. Leo , Ox
ford , Furnas county ; M. L. llayward ,
Nebraska City , Otoe county ; S. ll' . Web
ster , Ord , Vallov county ; A. J. Loach ,
Oakdalo , Antelope county ; William
Rolxjrtson , Madison , Madison county ;
A. Peaskio , St. Paul , Howard county ;
W. R. Bowen , Omaha , Douglas county ;
R. R. Greor , Kearney , Buffalo county :
11. B. Windham , Plattsmouth , Cuss
cou/ ' .
couV Mdont Barker then announced the
elf . .ion of olllcors as the special order.
S. f\ \ . Barker , of Silver Creek , and Eli
A ' Barnes , of Grand Island , wore
placed in nomination for president.
At tliis stage in tlio proceedings Chris
Ilartmnn , of Omaha , took the floor. lie
ttaid that the past administration had
boon an extravagant one , that while the
fair had been tlio greatest kind of a
success nothing had been saved finan
cially , lie reviewed his long career on
the board and said that le ] had always
aimed at economy , that Mr. McTntvro ,
the present chairman of the board o !
'managers , had always stood between
the treasury and extravagant expendi
tures and Mr. ilarliimn tho'ught that
Mr. Barker , as president , had boon ox-
trr.yngant , and cited the fact that , as ho
1 claimed , the board had expended ovoi
C5,000 en the grounds. This the city of
Lincoln should have expended.
This brought Mr. Muefarliiud to his
feet , who declared that Lincoln hail
done much more than its pledges
called for. lie defended Mr. Bar
ker nnd the board and showed the
enormous increase in the expenses ol
the fairs nnd the character of the o.v
hlbits made. lie believed that the or
gan I/at ion should not bo used solely as
a money-making one , but that it tfh'ould
give the people all they paid for.
Mr. Melntyro , of Seward , chairman ol
the board of managers , said ho was
fairly appalled at the expenses of the
past year , but while ho continued to
btrivo for economy unavoidable expenses
would come. He instanced the fact that
on the opening days of the fair exhib
itors from Illinois and Iowa poured ii :
with line block , and the managers dii
not oven have a hitching post to supply
'thorn with. They had either to turn
the stock away or build stalls , and they
expended $2,000 for stalls.
Secretary Furnas defended the admin
istration and emphasized the fact that n
ireat show cost money. Ho boliovci !
with Mr. MeFarland , that the object ol
the society was not to amass funds in
the treasury , but to glve'tho best show
possible consistent with the receipts ,
lie said the Nebraska state fair oscolkul
anything in the west , and elted in com
pnrloon the her o entries ai
the Nebraska state fair ani
the Illinois state fair. The
entries of Porchorons were 111 for
Nebraska and 11 for Chicago. Frond
draft ontriob for Nebraska ! I7 , Chicago
iM ; sliiros , 75 for Nebraska , 55 for Chicago
cage ; Clydesdale , 00 for Nebraska , 75
for Chicago.
Mr. Hartman denied any Intention o
rmikiug any jer.oual attacks in his re
KHU-ks , but still insisted that reform wa
necessary.
'Mr. Barker spoke in his own bohal
nnd compared nis individual expenses
with Mr. HartmanV , and cited the worl
done and the absolute necessity for ox
pcnditurcs. Ho ntood by his board o
managers in every i u-tlcular. The re
suit of the ballot for president resulted
S. M. Barker 41 , Eli A. Barnes 12 , E
Mclutyro I. Tlio remaining nlUeer
voro quickly elected as follows : E. N
Grinnoll , Fort Calhoun , first vice president
ident ; J. B. McDowell , Falrbui-y , second
vice president/ ; Lewis A. Kent , Miu.len
Irtiuaurcr ; Robert W Furnas , . Browu
1116. secretary. The afternoon bession
\'as dovotud to the rcadingof the papers
irepnrcd by Prof. Bessoy , Prof. .Ilicks
and W. E. Taylor , of Peru.
A CONTKST CAHK.
The supreme court was engaged yoa-
orday afternoon in hearing the argu-
nont In tlio mandamus ease brought by
Candidate Davy , of Dakota county ,
igainttt Candidate Wilkinson , of the
Bamo county. The former Is a demo
crat , the latter a republican and the
> lum the treasurer's office. Wilkinson
8 the present treasurer and at the elec
tion the returns showed a tie. Wilkin
son claims fraud in that Omaha Indians
voted the democratic ticket without re
gard to ngo or clti/ciiHhlp. Wilkinson
refuses to turn over the ollleo on Davy's
claim that it was guttled by casting 'ols
m the tie in which he claims he WIIH
successful.
riiK TiiorTfNoQimiinDr.KS , MHKTINO
Closed Us sobslon yesterday after w > -
locting tlio following officers for tlio
year : President , M. L. llayward , Ne
braska City ; vice presidents , W. II.
Abhloy , Beatrice ; D. S. Mount , Omaha ;
T. 1) . MeFarland , Lincoln ; secretary ,
D. T. Hill , Syracuse ; treasurer , D. D.
lohnhon , Minalarc ; board-of censor. J.
D. MeFarland , D. T. Mount , D. T. Hill ;
committee on combination salo. C. E.
Mayno. W. II. Ashley , D. S. Hill. The
executive committee prepared a list of
races for tlio summer meeting covering
Nebraska bred block of different age ,
which will bo printed and supplied by
the secretary.
iNsuiuxc'K nr/rtmxR.
The following additional returns have
been received at the auditor's ollico of
business transacted by different firms in
the state the past year : Rockford. of
Rookford , 111. Premiums , $3,127.21 ;
losses incurred , $ . ' 5,080.11 ; losses paid ,
$ . ! , ( ( ) . ' ) . ( ; . Security , of Now Haven
Premiums , $ -1,028.17 ; losses incurred ,
$1,299.00 ; looses paid , &WO.GO. West-
chcstur , of Now York Premiums ,
88,216.07 ; losses incurred , $3,720.78 ;
hwnes paid. $1,010.110. Mechanics , of
Philadelphia Premiums , $1,818.51 ;
losses incurred , $ ; i,118.r > 2 ; losses jaid ,
SiiU,08. : ! ( ! Merchants , of Newark Pre
miums , $0,071.C > 8 ; losses incurred , $3,70- ! )
78 ; losses paid , $ ; j..r > 05.11. Hartford , of
Hartford Premiums , & ! 9,400.r > 0 ; looses
incurred , $15Gr > o.GO ; losses paid , 811-
545.15 , Aetna , of Hartford Premiums ,
$21,533.75 ; losses incurred , $18,710.2. ! ;
loRses paid , $21,727.7 ! ! . American , of
Newark , N. J. Premiums , $ -1,580.21 ;
losses incurred , $3,491.19 : losses paid ,
$ . ' ! , J)5.04. ! ! )
"Ilrowu'n Ilronelilal Troches" are ex
cellent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly effective.
Cliristaia World , London , Eng.
Monopoly Arrogance.
annul Island TiuUixnilent.
The Union Pacific railroad company
has assumed a position of unbearable
arrogance , by suing out injunctions
from the United Stupes circuit court
against the order of the board of trans
portation to open its embankment below -
low the town of Waterloo , nnd against
all meddling with the rates charged by
the Union Pacific for transportation of
freights or passengers. The Union
Pacific rests its claim on the pretence ,
that is not subject to the legislature of
the state , but only to congress , because
congress granted its charter.
In disputing the validity of the state
laws the Union Pacific sots in fact up
tno claim , that is superior to all state
power , that is a state within the state ,
superior to our stato. If the granting
of its charier by congress exempted the
roads from obedience to the laws of our
legislature , it exempted the same also
from subjection to our courts and our
executive.
Tlio Union Pacific then could bo sued
before our courts , and need not follow
the orders of our state government.
Quarantine measures adopted would
have no force for tlio Union Pacific , and
no investigations into the railroad af
fairs could bo had by any of our ollicors.
It isaquito new and prcposterousclaim ,
sot up by this impudent corporation ,
and one to which the whole former con
duct of the same gives the lie. Forever
over twenty years this corporation has
acknowledged the right of our legisla
tive bodies to make laws for them as
well as for all other citizens. If it had
not , it would not have been compelled by
fair and unfair means to prevent "hos
tile legislation. " Whatever this may
mean , tlio fear of such legislation , ac
knowledged that they know they wore
bubject to such legislation. All the expensive -
pensive oil room arrangements , and the
iiigli salaries of their high-toned man
agers would have been superfluous , if
they had been exempt from our laws.
Neither have they ever disputed the
jurisdiction of our courts or our state
officers. They , on the contrary , have
acknowledged oven the authority of our
old railroad commission and have car
ried around in great state through the
country the dummies , who wore satisfied
with being dined and wined , and show
ing their authority by inspecting rail
road pumps and privies.
They wore very willing to acknowl
edge tlio authority of a Gore and similar
men , because they themselves were
again the masters of the Gores. But in
doing that , they have acknowledged the
principle , that they are the subjects ol
the state , and that they cannot claim
the right of being exempt from the jur
isdiction of the state , like the ambassa
dors and representatives of a foreign
nation.
Their demand for exemption is made
only , because they boo that not every
man in this country is willing to be
their slave , and that there is not as
much fun in handling the present board
of transportation as there was in mak
ing fools of the former railroad commis
sioners.
But it is a demand so contrary to all
our institutions and so disustroiis in its
consequences that no sensible man will
admit it.
About the legal side of this question
we bliall give our views another time.
Old pill boxes are spread over the lanil
by the thousands after having boon
emptied by suffering humanity. What
a mass of sickening , disgusting medi
cine the poor slotnaeh has to content'
with. Too much strong medicine.
Prickly Ash Bitters is rapidly and
surely taking the place of all this class
of drugs , and in curing nil the ills aris
ing from a ill-ordered condition of the
liver , kidneys' stomach and bowels.
The performances of "Parsifal"
Burouth : have heretofore been mru-rocl
by the bad Intonation of the chime o
bells ii"od. Accordingly , when it was
definitely arranged that "Parsifal1"
should bo done again next summer
Capollmolstor Levi , tlio celebrated
Waguoriau conductor , wont to England
rnd ordered a new sot ut the Coventrj
foundry. The bells , when completed
were hung in the Technical college ai
South Kensington , where Levi and oth
ers carefully teslcd them. They then
were taken to Doirouth , where tlioj
have jiijit been tried , Mine. Wagner be
ing enthusiastic over their sweetness
and accuracy of pitch.
Ten largo black bears were seen ro
eontly \Veymouth Brook , three miles
from Olenn , N. Y. Dogs were bent
after them , but the brutes killed one
dog and broke the back of another , then
took to the wood * .
MODERN MONOPOLY MONKS ,
Union Pnclflo Wreckers Mnariuorad-
Ing in the Garb of Honosty.
A CHANGE IN NAME ' ONLY.
False Clnlnm nlnn "Hntipit nml Intel *
llpcnt" MniinRcmrint Hiding Its
Sinn Under the Clonk
of Adams.
Philnduliihia Record : The
cltilin advanced in favor of the exten
sion of the tlmo for the payment of the
debt of J. > ; > ,000,0X ( ) duo by the Union l'u-
eiflc llnllwny company to the United
Slates frovorninunt in the assertion that
the property ia now under honest and
Intelligent mtuingoment. Prior to 1881
Sidney Dillon acted an president of the
company. Ho piled up a floating debt
$ ii,000,000 ; , and when ho had dnitftfod
the company to the verge of default ho
mndo way for Charles Francis Adams.
who still holds that ollleo. The majority
of the racillo'railway commission , -vhilo
condemning in strong terms the conduct
of these who controlled and directed
the construction amldovolopmcntof the
other roads aided by congress , huvo
made tin exception in favor of the
present administration of the Union
Pncilio company. They say :
Woni-o satisflcJ that this administration
has dovotcd itself honestly and Intelligently
to tlio herculean tusk of rescuing the Union
Pacific nilhvny from the Insolvency which
seriously threatened It at the Inception of Us
work ; that it has duvoti-d itself Ity rl'id (
economy , by Intelligent riiiinagomcnt and by
the application of every dollar of the earning
capacity of the system to its improvement
and hcttarmont , to placing that company onn
Bound nnd enduring financial foundation.
Notwithstanding this flattering in
dorsement , the vicious practices of this
railroad company in its relations to
shippers , to communities , to other rail
roads and to the government , have boon
mprp pronounced under its present ad
ministration than under preceding ad
ministrations. The active and real
managers of the company , with the ex
ception of Jay Gould and Russell Sage ,
are the same to-day as they wore in the
halcyon days of big dividends and cor
rupt purchases Klisha Atkins , R Gor
don Uoxter , Frederick L. Ames , E. II.
Baker and Sidney Dillon arc to-day the
master minds of the company. "
UN.DEK A NEW ALIAS.
The olccUon of Mr. Charles Francis
Adams to the presidency of the company
did not change the leopard's spots. The
management is practically the snmo as
it had boon , but it now travels under anew
now alias. Even the majority report
questions the honesty of the five direc
tors referred to. Messrs. Anderson and
Littler , on page fi'J , say in referring to
the agreement made in Jay Gould's par
lor at midnight on January 14 , 1S80 :
"Tho parties to the above agreement
( Ruhsoll Sago , Jay Gould , Frederick L.
Amos , E. II. Uakor , F. G. Dexter , Sid
ney Dillon nnd E. Atkins ) wore trustees
of the Union Pacific. They had no
right , without violating the principle
which should control tlio actions of
honest men , to make thin bargain in the
dark , without corporate action , and to
vote themselves largo personal advant
ages. " The only noticeable change in
the management consists in this , that
the former administrations made no
pretensions of being other than what
thoj ; wore , while the present adminis
tration hides its sins under the livery of
holiness.
VIOLATING DIIJKCT 1'HOHIHITION.
When the president of the Union Pa
cific railway company was confronted
with the question whether ho hud as
sented to the guarantee of the interest
ol the Oregon Short Line bonds and of
the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad
bonds , with full knowledge of the direct
prohibition of congress and of the crim
inal penalties that were involved in
these transactions , ho replied that the
counsel of the company was the keeper
of his conscience.
MAIIKIKQ UP TIIK COST OF A KOAD.
When his attention was called to mis
representations that appeared In the ac
counts of adjunct companies , as pub
lished in the annual report of the Union
Padilic railway company , by which the
cost of the Oregon Short Line was
stated at S2 < ,000,000 , whereas its real
cost was $18,000.000 , lie pleaded ignor
ance of bookkeeping.
When his attention was directed to
improper expenditures that had oc
curred in connection with legislation in
Kansas and Nebraska , ho setup cho plea
that ho was unable to supervise matters
in the legal department of his company.
UAILUOAI ) MKTIIODS TOO STKONO
for tlio president. When his at
tention was called to the abuses
of the rebate system , which
cropped out in tlio examination of the
allowance t < > the Omaha and Grant
Smelting works ( see pp. 1997 , 1098 , of
testimony ) , amounting to $570,000 in
live years , ho declared that the railroad
methods wore too strong for him.
When Senator Hill , of Colorado , and
other shippers complained to him that
they wore denied the same rights that
tlio Omaha and Grant Smelting Works
obtained , ho avoided dibcussion of the
subject by referring the complainants
to tlio general tratlic manager of the
road.
IMIKACHINO AND 1'KACTIOE.
When his pot theory , "publicity , "
came in con II let with the temporary ad
vantages of the company the president
quietly smothered his own professions
and allowed others to carry on , in secret ,
the vicious practices which ho was pub
licly condemning.
When questioned concerning the pa
per cost as distinguished from the actual
cost of the Union Pacific , ho responded
by asking ( see testimony , p. 892) ) : "Is
there a road in the United States that
has any different record ? "
MISSTATING TIIK KAHNINOS.
Upon superseding Mr. Sidney Dillon
ho ordered that from the gross earnings
of the company the sum of $227,00(1 (
should bo deducted to cover estimate of
losses on the Colorado coal sales and
Salt Lake City sales , bo that , when the
accounts with the government wore ad
justed , the gro-is earnings of the com
pany , through that single action , ap
peared to bo $227,000 loss than they had
been in reality , and the government , as
a matter of course , lost its installment
of 25 per cent upon that sum.
THK OIIKCION SHOUT LINK.
In building an extension of the Oregon
gen Short line Mr. Adams entered into
a contract with one .1. M. Eddy , by
which Eddy was paid $1,500 for the usb
of his name as a dummy. In considera
tion of that sum , and for the further
consideration that the Union Pacilio
railway company would advance the
funds for the performance of the con
tract , Eddy-agreed to transfer to Charles
Francis Adams , tin trustee , the stock
and bonds , amounting to $10.000 per
mile , which were to bo issued on ac
count of that work. The actual cost of
that extension was less than $16,000
pur mile , but by this juggory , in which
Mr. Adams was a central figure , tlio
property was capitalized at $10,000 per
milo § -0,000 in bondb and $20,000 in
stock and the Union Pacific company
was obliged to pay interest on $20,000 per
mi l.o in bonds , though the actual , cost of
construction did not exceed $10,000 per
milo.
CUUSniNO OUT TttK MfNRIlS.
To the commission Mr. Adams repre
sented ( see p. 811 of testimony ) that ho
was in favor of the company adhering
slricting to its business lus a common
carrier yet ho was the author of the
Bchomo by which all pf the coal pales In
Colorado , nouth of Greoloy.on the Union
Pacific system , was handed over to the
Marshall Consolidated Coal Mining com
pany upon condition that the Union Pa
cific would have the option , in a given
period , of buying a proportion of the
stock of the company. By his ac
tion of making that contract
the president of the Union
Pacific railway company gave such
great advantages to the Marshall com
pany an to deprive live or six other coal
companies in northern Colorado of any
opportunity of reaching the market.
Tlio contract was in restraint of trade ,
a violation of the company's public obli
gation and a criminal conspiracy , for
which all the parties engaged in it
should bo indicted. One of the worse
features of that transaction was the se
crecy which attended its execution and
consummation. The competing coal
minors roali/ed that the Marshall com
pany was obtaining advantages , while
their appeals for equal rates wore re
peatedly mot by denials from the olllcors
of the Union Pacific company ; and Mr.
Adams admitted to the commission that
ho had made no effort to inform other
operators of the terms of that contract ,
though pleading in extenuation of his
action that ho would have made
the same contract with other
shippers on the Bamo terms.
A TKLKOIIAI'II MONOPOLY.
Another evidence of the "honesty and
intelligence" which are dwelt upon by
Messrs. Anderson and Littler may bo
found in the records attached as ex
hibits to the report of the house com
mittee on postollices and post roads , No.
ittOl , second session Forty-ninth con
gress , wherein is disclosed the corre-
bpondcnco besweon D. II. Bates , ropro-
renting the Baltimore & Ohio Tele
graph company , and Charles Francis
Adams , ropre.sonting tlio Union Pa
cific Railway company. For six months
tlio officers of the Baltimore < fc OhioTcl-
ograph company wore put oft upon friv
olous pretexts by Mr. Adams.while they
wore demanding that the Union Pacilio
Railway company comply witli the obli
gations imposed upon it by congress
and "convoy messages for all pel-sons
alike. " At the expiration of that period ,
finding that Mr. Adams manifested no
intention of doing his duty under the
contract of incorporation , an appeal was
made to department officials at Wash
ington ; and , when the hearing occurred ,
General Wagner Swayno presented him
self boford the commissioner of rail
roads , not for the Western Union
merely , but "for the contract between
the Western Union company nnd the
Union Pacific railway company , " this
appearance being in pursuance of an
agreement entered , into by the Western
'
Union telegraph compa'ny and the
Union Pacific railway company as part
of an arrangement by which the West
ern Union tologq'iph company ob
tained exclusive control of the
telegraph service on the Union Pacific
lines. Had Mr. A'dams done his
whole duty , it is probable that the
Western Union Telegraph company
would not have boon , able , as it was , to
embarrass its rival , to ovontuallo de
stroy its competition , and to place the
entire country at the mercy of a tele
graph monopoly. Wag this'"honcbt and
intelligent" management ?
DIVIDKNDS TECLATtED.
The Central Branch'of ' the Union Pa
cific comtmny is controlled by the Union
Pacific railway company , through the
ownership of about 85 per cent of the
stock that was unloaded on the consoli
dated company by Mr. Gould in 1880.
As a part of the bargain made at that
time , Mr. Gould insisted that the Cen
tral Branch should bo leased to the
Missouri Pacific company , which ho
then controlled. Mr. Adams entered
into now agreements with Mr. Gould
respecting the lease of the Central
Branch , and the condition his company
imposed unon Mr. Gould was that in
consideration of the valuable traffic de
livered to the Missouri Pacific company
by the Central Branch company , Mr.
Gould would not encroach upon the ter
ritory appropriated or claimed by the
Union Pacific company in Kansas and
Nebraska. In 1885 nnd 1880 the Central
Branch , by the vote of the present ad
ministration of the Union Pacific Rail
way company , declared dividends
amounting to $150,000 , and 85 per cent
of that sum wont into the coffers of the
Union Pacific company , though no pro
vision had been made for the payment
cither of the first mortgage bonds of
that company or the government claims ,
or for the overdue coupons of the first
mortgage bonds , amounting to $ ( ( ; iO,000 ,
which are hold in abeyance by trustees ,
and which may at any time , upon the
default of tlio Central Branch , bo used
to foreclose on that property , thereby
wiping out all of the government's
claim for principal and ac
cumulated interest. Is this "honest
and intelligent" management ?
UKLKASINO TIIK CltEIMT MOIULIKH.
On March 31,18SO , additional releases
and transfers wore made by the Union
Pacific company in connection with its
relation to the Credit Mobilior transac
tions , thus raising addition bars against
possible action by that company or by
the government in its behalf to recover
the moneys of which it was plundered.
Is that "honest and intelligent" man
agement ? Is that fair to the govern
ment ?
CHEATING THE GOVEUNMENT.
In its dealings with the government ,
the Union Pacific company has been in
dulging in all sortsof pretexts to dimin
ish the amount of its annual payments.
It has contested the claim of tlio gov
ernment to a percentage of the
earnings of the Omaha bridge
and of the Pullman palace cars
which are run on the Union
Pacific linos. It has made an improper
distribution of earnings on the aided
and unaided portions of the Kansas
Pacific lino. It has made its gross earn
ings appear loss than .they really wore.
It has paid out largo.fcums to tlio Pncilio
Mail Steamship company to destroy the
competition of the water routes. It has
paid subsidies to the "Northern Pacific
company and to the Oregon. Railway and
Navigation company to keep those
companies away from San Francisco and
to ' give it a monopoly of certain traffic in
Montana and Idaho. It has expended
large bums to influence legislation in
Nebraska , Kansas and Colorado. It has
paid excessive amounts , to carry bond
elections in its favor in various counties
and to defeat bond elections in favor of
other companies in the western country.
Are these evidenced of "honest and in
telligent" management ?
bliLUXO UNPATKNTED LAND.
The Union Pacific company has sold
off about five million acres of laud for
which no applications for patents have
been made to the general land ollleo. It
has prevented the collection of taxes on
lands nominally owned by it , but really
owned by bottlers who purchased the
properties. It gave its guaranty of in
terest payment to bonds of the St Jo-
beph < & Grand Island Railroad company ,
amounting to nearly $7,000,000 , in order
that it might enhance the value of
bonds hold by it to the amount of less
than $4,000,000. So that for every del
lar of temporary advantage it obtained
for itself it incurred a liability cf more
than $1.00' It that "honest ami intelli
gent" management ?
ni'YINO A WOUTHLERS KO.\T > .
The Lonveiiworlh , Topeka it South
western railroad (40. ( ! M ) mlof ! ) , in the
words of Mr. Adama , was a "bankrupt
and irresponsible road that was lying
around lee o. " So he arranged with the
Ati'hisnn , Topokti & Sinitu Fo railroad
company that the two should buy it
jointly to keep any other railroad com
pany from getting hold of it. Ho says
the road IH of no importance to the
Union Pacific , but the union Pacific has
nevertheless guaranteed J.0)0 ( ! ! ) ( ) ( ) of Its
bond * . Is that "honestand Intelligent"
management ?
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS TO.irNIOU LINE" .
Under the present administration of
the Union Pacific company no sluicing
fund has boon provided for the * first
mortgage bonds of the company ; and
the policy of anticipating tlio payment
of liens subordin tie to the government ,
or of securing them in such manner as
to make tlio government lion practi
cally subordinate to a fifth mortgage on
the property has been steadily pursued.
Under the present administration tlio
policy of pooling all traffic lias boon
fostori , and nuno of thu olotuunls of
publicity , locality or responsibility for
which Mr. Adams has eloquently con
tended in public wore ever in
jected into tlio combinations as
actually formed. Under the pres
ent administration the monopoly
which the Union Pacific company pos
sessed has boon strengthened ; addi
tional coal lands have been ncquircd by
fraud , and { { uiirrymon near Fort Collins ,
Colorado , have boon driven away from
their business. Is that "honest and in
telligent inanajjonicnti1 Under the
present administration the policy Df ex
tortion , partiality and plunder , which
has been practiced upon shippers and
communities that were tributary to the
Union Pacilio lines , has been condoned
on the ground of sou-preservation.
IlANKUUl'T.
If forced to operate its road in accor
dance with its obligations as a common
ciUTior and in accordance with the
;
obligations imposed upon it by the laws
of the United States , the Union Pacific
Railway company would bo unable to
meet its interest obligationsand would ,
in short , bo bankrupt. In the face ol
this evident fact , it , is incomprehensible
that any members of a government com
mission should assert that the present
management of the Union Pacific is
"honest and intelligent. "
Olio Fact
Is worth a column of rhetoric , said an
American statesman. It is a fact , es
tablished bv the testimony of thousands
of people , that Hood's Sarsapnrilla does
euro scrofula , salt rheum , and other dis
eases and affections arising from impure
state or low condition pf the
blood. It also overcomes that tired feel
ing creates a good appctito , and gives
strength to every part of the system-5
Try it
A Neat Thing In Ilobbcrlcs.
Now York Times : George W. Taylor ,
a clerk , was robbed of $77at ! ) 2.45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon in the presence of
all the clerks in the Kings County Bank ,
at 1U Court street , Brooklyn. Ho had
gone to the bank to deposit some $2,500 ,
and had two packages , ono consisting of
bill to the amount of $1,700 , while the
other was a bag containing $770 in gold
and silver coin. Ho was standing on
the line before the receiving toller's
desk , when a woman who
had come in after him dropped some
small change on the marble lloor. Tlio
pieces of silver rolled in every direction
and young Taylor laid his bank book
book and packages of money on the shelf
while ho stooped to assist in picking up
the woman's change. While ho was so
engaged she hurriedly loft
the bank , and when Taylor
rose to his feet ho found that
his bag of coin was missing. Leav
ing the big package of bills on the shelf ,
ho rushed out of tlio bank door after the
woman , but she had dibappoarod. A
carriage that a moment before had flood
in front of the bank was being driven
rapidly toward Fulton street and the
next instant disappeared around the
corner. The boy returned to the bank
and reported his loss , but , although half
a do7on people wore within as many
feet of him , no ono had seen the bag of
gold vanish.
An investigation by Cashier Denton
disclosed the fact that the woman had
had a confederate in the person of a
tall , dark man , with a heavy black
beard , who entered the bank just after
her and loft it just before her exit. IIo
was standing behind Taylor when the
woman dropped her change , and walked
rapidly out of the door as soon as young
Taylor had btooped to the floor. This
man was soon to enter the carriage
waiting outside , but which did notdrivo
oil immediately. When it drove up to
the door a few minutes before the porter
had seen the man with the black board
leave it and outer the bank. Another
man remained in the carriage. Tlio
woman had gone in a second boforo.
The Stewart Fortune.
Philadelphia Times : The fortune of
A. T. Stewart , gained at the expense of
no end of hard work and bhrewd man
agement , seems to bless no one. After
the death of Mr. Stewart his widow was
made miserable during the remainder
of her life by the various efforts to got
her money , including the stealing of
her husband's body. The magnificent
business built up by Mr. Stewart fell
into decline and was finally wound up ,
and Mrs. Stewart died , leaving the mil
lions to be fought over by greedy heirs.
There are suits now pending , each of
which seeks the invalidation of Mrs.
Stewart's will. One is that of Prcscost
Hall Butler , who asks the partition of
the real Cbtato owned by Mrs. Stewart.
The second is the suit of Mrs. Sarah M.
Smith , a niece of Mrs. Stewart , who
asks the removal of Judge Hilton as ex
ecutor. The third in the list is that of
Miss Rosalie Butler , a bister of Prescott
Hall Butler , who asks for the revocation
of the will on the ground that it was ex
ecuted under undue inlluenco and cir
cumvention.
If Mr. Stewart could have foreseen the
uiibcemly bcramblo of would-be heirs
and others for the millions ho piled up
so laboriously , ho would hardly have
denied himself sleep and neccbKiry reht
to accumulate money that would do so
little good to anybody. These who die
leaving little behind them in this world
have at least the consolation of know
ing that lawyers and quarreling heirs
will not engage in disgusting legal bat
tles over their savings. The history of
the Stewart fortune might , if well con
sidered , lessen the desire for the ac
cumulation of great wealth , which often
curaes more than it blesses.
False 1'retenccB.
Venders who by specious representa
tions as to worthless articles for the
teeth , induce the unsuspecting to use
them fruitlessly or with positive injury
to the enamel'should bo punished. Buy
SOZODONTonlyescapo their snare-sand
beautify the teeth.
Ioncost and Shortest llallrnadr ) .
The longest railroad , including all
divisions and branches , is tlio Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway , whose
total length of Hues operated December
11 , 18SO , wab 5,2'J7.7l miles , though its
main line in only 420 miles in length ,
but the longest single line of road'oper
ated by one company Is. the line of the.
! fortuoru Ptwillu from Duluth , Minn. ,
to Wallula Junction , W , T. , ' a stretch of
1,007,00 miles. The emallea't regularly
lticorH | rated railroad in this country ia
said to bo the Now York Central , , lfid- (
wm River & Fort Orange railroad , built
for the purpose of carrying freight 'to
and from the Fort Orange Paper com
pany's works. The main track 1st but
3.108 feet in length , and the rolling
block consists of a locomotive and one
passenger coach. The road , however ,
lias a full t-ot of olllcor.s and Iniard of
directors , and issues a yearly otllcial re
port. The gro-u earnings of the rn.nl
amount to nearly & ! ,000 a year ; but all
of tills , except about $20 or so , is con
sumed in paying the expenses of the
road.
While two horses wore being taken
across the Muskcgon river on a raft the
frail structure parted and loft the ani
mals struggling in the water. One of
them easily reached the shore , but the
other swam tea high bluff , wlioro it
could not make a landing. Thereupon
a dog sprung into the \\utoi- , t-ei/od the
horse's halter in its teeth mid dragged
tlio lloundoring beast to a spot where it
could got out on the shore.
IN superior excellence proven In millions of
homes for more than n quarter of n cuntui-y. U
IH lifted by the UnlU-il Blates ( loveniment. Kn-
ilorsral bv the hriulH of the preat universities , us
tliu BtronKi'nt , I'lirest and Moit Healthful , Ir.
I'l-ico'H the only llaklni ; Powder that does not
contain Ammonia. Minn or Alum. Sold only la
CailS. I'HIUK 1HK1NO 1'OWUBIl CO. ,
Now York. Chicago. St. Louis.
DON'T BLAME
a man for groaning when he has
Rheumatism or Ncaralgia. The pain
is simply awful. No torture in the
ancient limes was more painful than
these hvin diseases. Hut oughtn't
a man to lie blamed if , having Rheu
matism or Neuralgia , he wont use
Ath-lo-pho-tos , when it has cured
thousands who have suffered in the
same way. It has cured hundreds
after physicians have pronounced
them incurable.
"The * 1tll | of live phy'lcljnt could not
cure me of Rheumatism which had settled
in the hips , neck and shoulders. So in
tense was tue tuin that sleep was almost
impossible. The first dose of Alhlophoros
gave me relief , and the third enabled mete
to sleep for four and a half hours without
waking. 1 continued its use. and am now
well. Ruv. S. II. TKOYKR.
New Albany , Ind. "
THE ATHLOPHOROS CO. . 112 W IISt.N.Y.
BITTERS
. IT IS A PURCOr VEIETABU PRIPAHAIKJN
SENNA-MANDRAKE-BUCHU
It hat stood the Test of Yean ,
in Coring all Diseases of the
JBLGODiLIVZB , 8XOM-
lAfJH , KIDNEYS.BOW-
| KL8,4o. ItPurifiesthe
] Blood , Invigorate * and
Cleanses the By stem.
DYSPEPBIA.CONSTI-
CUKES IPATION , JAUNDICE ,
AUDlSEWESDFTHEi I BICKaEADACHE.BIL-
UVER jIOUSCOMPLAINTb.&c
I disappear at once under
KIDNEYS ] iti benefleial influence.
STOMACH It it purely a Medicine
AND ai its cathartic proper
ties forbids its n 8 at a
BO beverage. It is picas
ant to tno taste , and as
easily taken by child-
I ren as adults.
j PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CC
PRICE InnlLAnlfl HoloJ-ropriatom ,
ST.LoDiBanaK iHAaITT
DRUNKENNESS
Or ( ho Liuuor Habit , Positively Curodb
AdiiiiiilsterliiK Dr. Unities' ( jolden
tit It can lie plven In a cup of coffee or tea wltho
e-the knowledge of the pei on taking It ; absolut
illy harmless , nnd will etlect it permanent nil
r speedy cure , whether the pntlentH a modnrat
{ drinker or an alcoholic w reck. Thousands o
druukaids luuu lieen made tumpernto men who
havu tnki'ii Coldeu Speellto In the Ir cotleo without -
out thi-lr knowledge and to-day Iwllovethev quit
drinking or tliulr own fivu will. IT NRVKIt
KAILS. The Kynteni once Impregnated with thu
Sperllle , It becomes an utter impossibility for
tliu liquor nppctUti to oxlht. For Milo liy fCnhli
Co. , 15th and Douglas gts. and Ibth nnd Cinn-
Ing sis. . Otnuhu , Nub. ; A. i ) . 1'onter & Uio. ,
Council lluns ! , Ja.
Dr. OTTERBOTTRG
13th & Douglas
Streets
: ,
Omaha , Neb ,
SPECIALIST.
Nervous , Mental and Private Diseases
Prompt attention given to rorreHpondence , I y
enclosing post age ,
Ollleo hours 0 to 12 a. m. , 2 to 5 nnd 7 to 8 p. in
= - linunj. , inllJ , I'Killilnjcijrrtnn of
' llfdlrtcUy lhr..ujt , ill nk | .irtl.rKlor >
. --.to hfilih and VlfurouiStr.itfrib. UrUl4
-f.ll Initially or furf.lt ti.Ctt ) In f ih.
'ovrmtntiovtr * M othfr tirlii vrorilraic.ptr *
riKiirniij rund In llir inoaUii hrl.il jtn.phlet4 . clamp
the Sanden Electric Co. 169 LaSillc < ) . , Chic > aa
ir. J.
Surgeon and Physician. .
Omco N. W Corner llth and Huiulus St. Olllce ,
telephone , 4C3 ; Healden 'u tuleplume , 'M.
WEAK , UNDEVELOPED PARTS
Of tti Itoilr enlarctd am ! Hrf ncthrncd. Kull purlieu-
Un iriit icalea ( . Kldl ! tIKII. CO . llumui , N. r.
SUFFERERS' " " HEBVDUSHESS JftTO'Kf ' ;
remit ul ocr-WoU , luUUcrtiloij , etc. ! aUdrcu abort ,
' . t ' . . . . . , ' . . % > j . . " *
Health is Wealth !
DII. I' . 0. WILT'S NKIIVK AMI IliuiN TUB AT.
MKNr , B uiiri > iitocil ii.H'inc for ltHrrlit | , IMr.r.1.
n * s , t'oiiviilMoiw , Ills , Ni-rvoin .N'riinilKta
llciulnrlic , Nervonti I'ro.stmtloa rniKftl by tlia
HSU of uUvhol or tolmcco , U akc'fulii ( " > , Menial
Ht'iui'sslon. Srtftonliurof Hie llrnln rosulllnj ; In
InsanitynmllMcllnKioml 'ryilpr y anil ilwith.
I'lpinntiiro I'Mw ' ' . lliim-iini'M , I.OSH of POHIT
ini'ltlicrsov , Involuntary Limps nnd sprrnut-
unhii ncninmlliyntt'r pxprtlon. ofthtttirnlnaplf-
nbiiRo or ovpr Iniliitupiipp. Kuril Imv pontaliu
imp month's trrntinont. II txia l > ox. or six IKIXPS
forf.M i. wilt by mull ] iri' | > itld on wt-lpt of price.
\VK ODAUA vl'l.r. six IIOXICM
Topuninnyi'ftso.Vlllirmli onU-r lomtvoil by
US for HlX i'OVCM ' , IUCOIII | > Hlllt"lltll Ik'i.lMTOWtlt
setnl HIP piirrlminr our written ctinrnntpo to re
fund tnu money If tlio trpntniont docn not i'ITft
cure , Uimr.iatcos Issucil only ) > y r. 1' . ( ( ) ( > -
MAN , Druggist , Solo Agent , IlUI Minium at. ,
Umahti NP.II
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