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tn OMAHA DAILY BEI& TUESDAY. MAY 21 ; 186U - -re i 1 i UNDEE ACE. i if , . * ) 1,1 , . ( t ) * ' * n Be careful ; make no mistake. See Dundee Place , "before you select a liome. Ask anyone who lives tliere , or who has bought ground there , about it. Dundee Place is in the Western part of this city , on the hills , less than 15 minutes ride from the postoflSLce. . t v t .1 , .If you desire to put your money in a home , the place to buy is in Dundee Place. Many desirable homes are now built , others are building and a number of new ones will be started this week. Why pay rent when you can buy on such terms -as we offer ? One-third of the price of the ground cash , and a loan sufficient to put up a building. Remember there are no city taxes ; no assessments to pay at Dundee Place , as every improvement is provided and residents there will soon have all the advantages found in Omaha. The ground is now selling for $25 per front foot. No less than 10O feet sold. Every house must be built 25 feet back from the street line. No house to cost less than $2,500. No liquor will ever be sold in the limits of Dundee Place. No * stores except on one street designed expressly for that purpose , for neighborhood business. Call any day and go out to Dundee Place , and you will see the most beautiful site for homes and the best property for Investment. Terms to purchasers of ground , One-third cash , balance 1 , 2 and 3 years. The Patrick Land Company , SOLE OWNERS OF DUNDEE PLACE , Room 2S Chamber of W. H. CRAIG , President. N. D. ALLEN , Vice-President. W. K. KURTZ , General Manager THEY DON'T ' DISCRIMINATE , The Iowa Bo ad Representatives Treating South Omaha Justly THE BURDEN OF THEIR STORY. Henry Villard Tolls flow Ho Saved the Oregon Trailscontlnoiitial From Failure Other Uutl- way News. A cent NasJi Protnsts. the Milwaukee road , " said Mr. P. A. Nasli , general agent , "I say there is no truth in the statement that the stock yards at South Omaha are discriminated against bj our lino. Shippers over our road in lowu are furnished facilities In the way of cars and the handling of their stock regard less of tlio destination of their shipments being South Omaha or Chicago. Li. "As a matter of fact , it la not to the inter . est of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railway haul to Chicago as against South Oniahr. under tlio present application of Iowa state rates. "Neither has any stock been delayed on our tracks before reaching the transfer. The failure of the arrangement to bring stock to Council. Bluffs so that It could bo cent to South Oinsha in ono solid train , and got the reduced bridge rate , was duo to the fact that shippers In Iowa did not wish to orrivo at the stockyards in the evening , corn- pulling thorn to remain over night at that jilnco and causing additional expense. "Then , after penetrating n certain dls- tanco in Iowa , South Omaha comes Into competition with the packing points of Sioux City and Cedar Rapids , which prevents con trol of stock from those localities except under dor very fuvorablo circumstances. "It is a matter of record that the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Hallway company has for the past llvo years , at the peril of great interests , fought the battle of the packers of South Omaha In connection with Its Hammond mend contract , nnd has done more to build up the packing business of that center than all the other interests combined. This com pany is equally interested with the packers in fostci ing and increasing the present busi ness or the yards , and tlio charge that South Otnahu is being discriminated against by the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Hallway company la extremely unjust. "I think this is true of the other Iowa lines. There need bo no fear of serious dis crimination on the part of the lowu lines against South Omaha as long as the situa tion remains as It Is at present. Both the Rock Island and Milwaukee roads have no extensions In this section west of the Mis souri river , and It is clearly to their interest to coucontrnto stock business at South Omaha , forcing the other lines to a similar course of action. "Ilio management of the stocityards has been us good us could bo expected under the olrcumsnnccs. The difficulty has been that the business has grown beyond expectations , nnd ttmt It was almost Impossible to keep puce in facilities with its growth , " \V. N , Uubcock , general ugout of the Northwestern , said : "I do not think that any of the llvo stock shippers can complain of our road in the matter of reaching South Omaha. Wo have inado niioclul train ar rangements taking in 100 miles of our terri ; tory east of the river in order to accommo date llvo stock shipments to South Onmhu. \Yo have a deeper interest In the develop ment of South Omaha llvo stock trufllo than nuy other , as South Omaha Is a local port. I think much of what has beou said is un warranted. " Speaking on this subject , S , S. Slovens , of tlio Uock [ stand , said. "Wo do not discrim inate iigainst South Omaha for the purpose of getting uloug haul to Chicago. The fact Is that the shipments to South Ouiaha are BO light that neither wo nor any of the roads have rt'uular lira stock trains to that point , and wo have to bring the shipments in u fuw earn ut a time , Should the South Omaha trafllo warrant special live stock trains wo \voulu bo glad to accommodate the demand. " An attache of the general freight ofllco of the Burlington said : "Wo make our haul 'rom Paclilo Junction to South Omaha , a dis- , anco of twenty miles , at $3 per car. From pronts In Iowa to Pacific Junction wo base our rate on the distance of Iowa , but the r.ito from Pacific Junction to South Omaha is .ower proportionately than a similar dis tance would bo with Iowa tariff. Wo have no feeling in the matter and wo furnish cars to the shipper no matter to what point ho is desirous of shipping his stoclt. " The main noint in the deal , the Iowa lines claim , is in the Union Pacific charging fO per car for hauling from Council Bluffs to South Omaha , a distance of about six miles. To this General Traffic Manager Mellon of the Union Pacific , when questioned said : " \Vo charge $0 per car because wo receive the cars , ono at a time or perhaps two or three. As soon as a car of live stock arrives wo liauo to take an engine and haul it to South Omaha , which makes fourteen miles ol mileage to a trip. Wo do not make any money , so to speak , on this. If the Iowa lines would run in so as to brim ? the stock to Council Bluffs at a specified time and all be put into ono train wo coula transport the cars across the bridge and to South Omaha at a much less charge , and wo would bo glad to roJuco our rate if the Iowa lines would only do this. As it is they bring in a few cars at a time ana the rate wo charge barnly covers cost of operation. " The Hock Island. S. S. Stevens , general accnt of the Hock Island it this place , stated that to the best of his knowledge there was no truth in the re port that the Hock Island was about to le.iso the Union Pacific line from Omaha , to Bea trice. The Hock Island reaches Beatrice and it is Is thought anticipates the construction of a line from that point to Lincoln , but Mr. Stevens stated tnut owing to the decrease in traffic ho was of the opinion that the road would do but little track building this year. However , the opinion Is that In case the Uoclc Island enters the union depot project hero It will effect n lease of the Union Pacific be tween Omaha and Beatrice , and build from that/ point to Lincoln. This movement has already been considered In a contoronco be tween the Hock Island and Union Pacific of ficials. Union I'no llo Slat Ions. Assistant General Manager Dickinson , of the Union Pacific , has issued a circular an nouncing tbo appointment of D. M. Collins general agent at Sioux City , and the opening of the following stations on tbo Union Pa- cillo run between Lincoln and Sioux City : Bollwood , Hope Siding , Ilosklns , Winsidu , Wnyuo , Wokollold , Kmcrson , Simons Sid ing , Hubbard , Coburn Junction , Dakota City , Covlnu'ton and Sioux City. The trains commenced running on the line yesterday. KnllroiKl Notes. Assistant General Manager Dickinson and Superintendent Hossoguio , of the Union Pa- cillo , will leave to day for a trip of in spection of the system east of Choycnno. The Union Paoillohns receivedfournowoa- gincs from the Providence locomotive works. Assistant Ynrdmastcr Holtzcr , of the Union Pacific , who was struck by an engine in the yards at this place and Hoveroly in jured , about four mouths ago , resumed work yesterday. _ J1IQMIY VltiljAltU'8 KIGIIT. The Financier Talks urOrOROn Trims- continental Affairs. Nr.w Youic , , May 20. [ Special Tclcgiam to TUB BKE.J In a talk with nronoilcr today - day , regarding the Oregon Transconti nental affairs , Henry Villard said ; "In the last days of August , 1SS7. Elijah Smith and several other dircctois of the Oregon Transcontinental company , and a prominent Boston banker suddenly up- pcarcaln my Gltico ono Friday afternoon , They Informed mo in a great state of excite ment that Elijah Smith needed money badly and that several millions of call loans duo by the Oregon Transcontinental company were being culled right and loft ; that e\cry effort had been made to-respond to tbo culls but that the company was not abio to raise an other dollar nnd that unless it had Immedi ate relief U would be obliged to go to the walL "Tho danger was represented to bo so grave ana urgent that my immediate personal in tervention with some of tbo holders of call loans was urged. Elijah Smith implored mete to interpose. Ho offered to resign immedi ately the presidency of the Oregon Trans continental company , the Oregon Railway & Navigation company and tno Oregon Im provement company in uiy favor , nnd to place all proxies ho and his friends had gathered of the Northern Pacific company for the Impending election three weeks later , unconditionally , in my hands. Smith had sold 1,000,000 of the Oregon Railway & Navigation company's 5 per cent consoli dated mortgage bonds to a prominent banking firm , nnd had taken a personal interest with them. The banking firm was given n certain time to take them up ana pay for them , but found itself unable to sell or take them up , owing to the high rate for money. " 1 was told that $5.000,000 immediate cash was needed to snvo the company and to pre vent a panic In Wall street , which the most experienced banners thought would surely take place if the company became bankrupt. I made the strongest possible appeal to my foreign friends , nnd within forty-eight hours I was furnished with $5,000,000 , actual cash by cable transfers. This enabled mete to place sufficient cash in the treasury of the company by the purchase of securities which nobody clso was willing to buy at the time , and thus save it from actual failure. Neither Sidney Dillon nor A. L. Amos , who were then directors of tno company , offered to put up n single dollar for its salvation. "Prom that time forward it was urged by personal friends of the original Oregon Transcontinental stockholders and others that it was my auty to tuko charge of the company's affairs. Knowing that I could not comply with their wishes without strong financial backing , enabling mo to take care of the floating Indebtedness of the company and to provide it with a working capital , I would not consent until I had personally consulted with my friends abroad. Having received their consent , we purchased for joint account with our American friends ! > 0,000 shares of Oregon Transcontinental stock in open market , making us the largest stockholders at that time and over since. "Wo bold nearly * 302,000 shares of the outstanding Oregon Transcontinental company's stock , and , in addition , I nave already proxies in my hands for about 5,000 more shares. I am sure the public will agree with mo that the fact that myself and friends have in vested our $7,000,000 in thin majority interest is the best possible proof of the earnestness of our purpose to rehabilitate the company and also the strongest possible guarantee that wo cannot do anything contrary to its best interestwithout hurting ourselves more than anybody else. Wo have done nothing to bring about the present corner in the Oregon gen Transcontinental stock. The corner must bo simply due to the foolishness of the shorts In soiling more stock than there is. I am very anxious to put an end to the dis tressing state of things at the stock exchange - change , and I am thinking somewhat of pro posing to the other sldo that each snail con tribute 100,000 shares of our holdings for the relief of the market , of course under proper conditions and restrictions. " A Humored Compromise. NEW YOHK , May 20 , The sensation caused by the sharp corner In Oregon Transcon tinental last weolr appeared to bo gradually dying out to-day , but both parties to tho. con test for control kept interest in it alive by their manipulation for the purpose of liquida tion. It Is ruuiorod ttmt u compromise was arrived at Saturday by which the Union Pacific will contlnuo to pay a 0 par cent divi dend on Oregon Navigation stock and retain control of thu road. This would eliminate all bitterness from the election and leave nothing for the Villard party to ilght for. In the afternoon the stock was decidedly heavy , and selling by the insiders forced the price down to lit ) , a decline of 6 per cent from the opening. Villurd was offered 0,000 , shares with proxies by Governor Ames , of Massachusetts , but declined to buy them while Oregon Transcontinental stock was bolug sold. Brokers Identified with Villurd bought Northern Pacific heavily , and caused an advance of 2 % per cent. Humored tir-usn Itopmllatod. CHICAGO , May 20. fSpaci.il Telegram to TUB HK3.J A telegram xvas received In Chi- carro , this * mo ruing , from Omaha , saying that tbo Hook Island road bad leased the Union Pacific line from Omaha to Beatrice , and also surveyed the line from Council Bluffs to Beatrice. President Cable , of the Rock Isl and , was seen in regard to the matter nnd said there was not a word of truth In cither statement. Ho hud not even heard the mat ter mentioned. A Great Battle Is continually poinp on in the human bystora. The demon of impure blood strives to gain victory over the consti tution , to ruin health , to drag victims to the grave. A good reliable medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla is the weapon with which to defend one's self , drive the desperate enemy from the field and restore peace and bodily health for many years. Try this peculiar medicine THE PljUMKEUS STRIKE. Masters Killing the 1'lnces or the Journeymen A Cowardly Blow. The Hussoy-Day company had ton men at work upon tbo plumbing in THE Bin ; building at 8 o'clock yesterday morning , independent of the gas fitters. These wcro all master plumbers except ono or two helpers. Tno twenty carpenters who walked out on Saturday wore on hand this morning when the whistle blew , but as they made no move to go to work , Superintendent Baker ordered them to leave the building. This they did , but remained about the outside throughout the morning. The striking plumbers were also on hand , and ono or two efforts wore made by representatives of the union to get past the guards nt the doors , but in this they wore unsuccessful. Members of the union are watching the entrances into the city closer than ever and quicltly bear away to their head quarters the fact of tbo arrival of any plum bcr who comes from outside. They are being troubled to a considerable extent by tramps , who pass themselves oft as plumbers and succeed in obtaining rations and tobacco ireo , the union taking care of them In order to keep them from going to work , supposing thorn to be what they represent themselves. Ono fellow was found the other day who , when asked what ho wanted to get out , blushed nnd modestly said : "Nothing but anew now suit of clothes , $50 in casli and u rail road ticket to Seattle. " The union after wards discovered that ho was u fraud and kicked him out. Mr. Hosowator yesterday notilicd all the contractors in the building that they would bo expected to finish their work without delay. Charles Burns nnd Pat Fahoy , the plaster contractors , donned their overalls yesterday and went to work them selves. ' 1 ho union cah'/lnd no fault , under the constitution and by-laws , with this , PS Burns and Fancy Imvo a right to work for them selves if they BO desire. Tbo , painters are all at work and say they will not walk out on the plumpers nccouut , A largo number of rarpcntcrs ore still at ' work and nearly as rapid progress is being' ' niado as before the trouDlo began. ' ' Neither the master nor Journeymen pluinbr ors have uiada an attempt to arbitrate thclo difficulties and dcclarq they don't Intend t do 60. The journeymen plumbers say that the Free lines must'-bo paid , } COO must bo paid them in addition to pay for the t'.uio lost and the master plumbers must agree to reu- ognlra the union , IK The uuintcrs in TUB' ' Ben building refused to take part in the walKout , and HO do the ten union carpenters , .who have boon em ployed by TUB BKB Bufldlng company. They say they have bcou fairly treated ; have been regularly paid the wages fixed by their unions and work the stated hours fixed by their unions. "Wo have no grievance , " said ono of the painters , "and don't think we would bo justi fied iu quitting work and damaging Mr. Hobowalor , who has always been friendly to thu laboring peotiio. The constitution of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators docs not justify or countenance strikes until after arbitration has failed to bring about u settlement. "J'ho Journeymen plumbers had right on their bidu when they struck in u body after they were notified Wednesday that they would bo locked out. But they can't gain anything by waging war upon Mr. Hosewatcr and drawing off the other union workinguien employed in Tar. BUK building. He ban done till he coula do In dealing with his plumbing { and gas fitting contractors. Ho can't ' bo expected to do anything that will lay him liable to damage suits from the contrac tors. The plumbers have no right to ask us to strike because Hussoy &s Day have put non-union master plumbers to work in the building. Last spring , when the bricklayers were on n strike , the union plumbers and gas-fitters kept right on in the sauio building when Coots had imported scabs to finish his contract. Mr. Rosewater was as powerless then as ho is now. Ho could not stop Coots from employing what men ho pleased , but when Coots' contract was up ho let Withnoll Bros , finish the building above the granite story with union bricklayers. " "I am in sympathy with the Journeymen plumbers. " said ono of the carpenters at TUB BEE building , "and I hope they will win. But I can'tfortholifoof tnoseowhatthoyaro to gain by keeping us Idle. I think that they have made a great mistake in damaging Mr. Hosewater , who has taken sides with them publicly. They ought to have taken his advice and tried to arbitrate with the master plumbers. There is no sense in stand ing and refusing to have n conference with the other side. There must bo some conces sions made on both sides. Lots of carpen ters , plasterers and masons have been out of work nil winter , nnd even now there isn't work enough for half the mechanics in town. I ao hope that this matter will bo amicably settled. " Mr. Hussoy says that "within three days the plumbing work will bo far enough ad vanced to turn on the water throughout the building , and after that three plumbers can finish the work in two weeks. " The plastering in Tun Ben building Is so far advanced that the force heretofore at work would have finished within two weeks , The carpenter work is nearly all done in the seventh , sixth , fifth aud fourth stories. Had the full force continued , tbo entire work would have been finished in twenty days. During the noon hour yesterday a drunken plumber named Hiley demanded admittance to Tun BBC building. Ho was very abusive. Upon being told that ho could not enter , ho flow nt the dooi keeper , a young boy , and hammered him about the head until ho bled profusely. The lad was injured by a fall last summer and Hlloy had him at his mercy. After battering the boy up ho slipped through ono of the entrances and escaped arrest. The officers of the plumbers' union stated last night that Hilc.v was not sent to the building by plumbers , and that the men with whom ho was drinking during the fore noon wore not plumbers. Hiley caino here from Kansas City two weeks ago. Charges have been inailo against him In the union for being disorderly , and a meeting will bo liela soon to consider tils case. Advice to Mother * . Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should al ways housed for children teething. H soothoa the child , softens the gums , allays all pain , euros wind co'ic. ' and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 25cou ts a bottlo. Delay In Public Work. Ycsccrday morning a man met a reporter nnd said he wan on his way to the office of the board of public works to register a kick. Ho said ; "A contract was awarded J. E. Rlloy , last October , by the board of public works , and approved by the mayor and council , for luy- ing 42,000 yards of stone paving. The con tract seems to have been very loosely made as far as the city is concerned. No time for the completion of the work Is specified , and it is unaccompanied by n bond , something rather out of the ordinary in the matter of letting contracts. Dally complaints uro re ceived from people in front of whoso prop erty tlieso sidewalks have been ordered , bo- caubo they are not laid. The prices to bo paid are very good , and ho has no excuse for not finishing the work. Ho is umv engaged in building u hotel at Plattsniouth , and seems not to be inclined to hurry himself. He was ordered several days ago to finish thu walk about Jefferson squaio , but has made no attempt to do so , " J'or NervoiiH Use Horsfoid's Acid Phosphato. Dr. F. G , Kelly , Alderton , W. 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