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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1896)
THE OMAHA "DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY HORNING- , JANUARY 18 , 189 TWELVE PAQ-E3. SINGLE COPST FIVE OI3NT3. HOLDING SUPERVISORS IN Commissioners Will Limit Expenditure for Road Improvement , ONLY NECESSARY WORK WILL BE DONE I'roio e to Pit rune n I'Inn Whlelt linn Heretofore Worked Welt Con ference In Cnlleil for Toitnj- . Commissioner Williams will Introduce a resolution at the mooting ot the Hoard of County Commissioners to bo held today , providing for a meeting between the btard nnd the twenty-five road supervisors of Douglas county , to be held ttt the court liouto early In February. The purpose of this meeting will bo along the line of retrench ment , It being the Intention of the commis sioners to fully explain the condition of the road fund , A plan will bo discussed for con centrating Improvements on a few of the main roads of the county , where some heavy cuts and fills arc required to place these roads In better condition for traffic , and al lowing the less Important roads to get along with as llttlo Improvement as will bo con sistent with the policy of the commissioners to keep the roads of this , county In god con dition. Under the statutes of Nebraska the road supervisor Is supreme In his district. He nlno decides when and whcro work shall be done , and how much shall be expended. The commissioners , however , have taken the bull by the horns and have refused to allow bills In excess of on agreed amount. In 1892 , operating under the old plan , the road super visors of Douglao county expended about $24,000. In 1893 the commissioners Inaugu rated a system of restriction and the super visors expended only about $12,000. This was not done without great opposition on the part of the supervisors , who relisted what they regarded as an Invasion of their vested rights. In 1894 a resolution was pawed early In the year , limiting each supervisor to $175 , and the amount actually expended during that year reached about $4BOO. Last year the amount , was still further reduced , and the supervisors averaged less than $150 each. These supervisors are entitled to $3 per day , each , for the > time actually employed on tlio roads. Under the system adopted by the commissioners , they may employ men and teams up to the amount set aside for their respective districts. All work , done on the county roads Is under their supervision. The work Is almost entirely done by the voters In payment of their poll tax. The county iisy-ssors are required by law to levy a poll tax of $3 on each man In the county between the ages of 21 and CO years. Some of the taxpayers prefer to pay their poll tax In money , but the large majority work It out on the roads. They are allowed $3 per day for themselves and team , or $1.EO for a day's work without a team. "During the past four years the roads In Douglas county have been Improved Until they are In better condition tliah any oth'er rords In the elate , " remarked Commissioner Ster.berg. "There arc COO miles of roads In the county and one-half of these roads , or about 300 miles , have bee'n " 'piked. ' " As this term Is used In this section , It means throwing up the dirt from ditches at the sldo until the crown of the road Is well rounded , tnus shedding the 'voter readily and causing the ditches at tno side to act as drains. No stone or gravel Is used , but the road Is kept In good condition , by the supervisors after It Is one ? made. " The purpose of the commissioners Is to limit the supervisors to only such work ao Is absolutely necessary In keeping these roads In shape nnd using all the money that Is to be- expended for road purposes In reducing the- grade on those roads where truvel Is the heaviest. Ij ? 1'EGACY OF TIIE DORMER COUNCIL. IT Street * Ordered Grnded lint the Work ' ' - Will Not He Done. One of the legacies of the old council Is laid away In a pigeonhole In the desk of Chairman Munro ot'the Board of Public Works. According to Mr. Munro's opinion it will stay there for same time to come. It Is an ordinance which was Introduced by Councilman Kment and passed during the last days of the old council. The members now assert that they did not know what the ordinance was. If they had , they say they wauid not have voted for it , but It is a law just thedame. . The ordinance briefly provides for the grading of a number of small pieces of streets In Griffin & Smith's addition , one-half ot the cost to be paid by the city out of the 1896 road fund. Tha grading Includes Thirty-third street , from Poppleton to Wool- vrorth avenue ; Thirty-fifth street , from Pop pleton avcnuo to Hickory street ; Thirty- fifth avenue , from Poppleton to Woolworth , and Woolworth avenue from a point 100 feet west of Thirty-second avenue to Thirty- fourth street. It Involves 32,102 yards of excavation and 10,395 .yards ot embankment. The dirt that Is to bo removed would have to 1)0 hauled some distance , and It Is esti mated that the entire cost of the Improve ment would reach nearly $4,000. Chairman Munro said yesterday that ho bad refused to let the contract for this work and should not do so unless it was In obe dience to mandamus proceedings. He said that the law declared that the Board of Public Works could not let a contract until the comptroller had certified that there was money In the fund to pay for the share of .the city. The comptroller'could not regard money that wan expected to be available Bomo time next fall as money now available , and consequently ho should not take any action on the ordinance. THEY WANT IIOTII MEMIIERS. South-Idem Auk for Two Councllnien from the Flmt Ward. Members of the South Side Improvement club held another meeting Thursday night and discussed the question of tilling- the vacancies in the city council. Following out the In structions of resolution Introduced by Ed Cornish , Isaac Hascall , Tony Back , Ernest Sluht , R. K. Paxton ' , R. P. Gordon , R. E. Patrick and J. B. Ayres wore appointed a committee to appear before- the city coun cil and request that the successors of S. I. Gordon and Samuel DuBols , In the council , bo appointed from the First ward. The club resolved against the removal of gas and gasoline street lights from the re mote dlitrlcts ot the ward , A committee will present the resolution to the city coun cil. m Culled While the Doctor WIIH Away. While Dr. Dlythln , the county physician , was out of his office Thursday afternoon , seine vandal broke open hla derk and ab stracted everything In sight , A pocket care of surgical Instruments belonging to the county was taken as well as several boxea of campaign cigars , but the imst valuable article , in the eyes of the doctor , was a meerschaum cigar holder which be had treas ured lor many ye-irs. A reward of CO cents is cffered for the return ot the cigar holder , The doctor was engaged yesterday in en deavoring to induce the county commissioner ! ' to offer a reward for the return of the In struments. Ho was utrongly of the opinion that the presence of the cigars would reveal themselves. Clrent Field for , Rohbrm. In speaking of the recent robbery cf the ticket cfllce at Falls City , Assistant Passen ger Agent Phllllppl cf the Missouri Pacific road said yesterday that such occurrences - , rences bad been reported with alarming frequency during the past year. During tlut time ( be Falls City office had been robbed throe- times , and no less than a half dozen hold-up affairs have been reported alcog the Central branch during that period. IX TIII5 I'XITUI ) STATUS COUHT. Jnilfrc A Kill it Tel In the Lawyer * They Miint Hurry. Today la the last day of tlio local term of the United States court , and lawyers who have endeavored to profit by dilatory tactics arc evidently going to get lett. Heretofore It has been the common practice to put off tlio final settlement of cases , on one pretext or another , until the last day , with the hope that theruth In closing the books tor the term would bo such could Induce the court to hold over matters , which , by a llttla energy and promptitude on the part of attorneys , could have been cleaned up and disposed of necks before. But Judge Dunily has determined on a new method , and from thin on It must be n valid reason that will Induce htm to transfer Important matters from one term to another. Yesterday Urn attorneys for C. M. Humcs- ton , convicted tome wcehs ago nf sellIng - Ing beer at wholesale , came Into court , all cocked and primed for a lengthy argument In the Interests of a new trial for the de fendant , but they reckoned without their host. host.HumeUon HumeUon , It will bo remembered , was the Adam's express agent at Hastings. The com. pany held a license from thn city of Lin coln for the sale of beer , lull Humcston stretched this Into Including Hastings and encompassing territory. So he canvassed the list of dealers , took their orders and sold them beer at wholesale and under the protective rights of the com pany's Lincoln license. The 'Jury concluded this was going a little ten far and found him guilty , but Ills attorneys differed with the Jury , and filed a motion'for a now trial. It was to have been argued the first of this week , but wa put off until Thursday. In stead ' cf appearing In court at the designated hour , the attorneys tent word thot they would not bo ready to argue the case until Saturday morning , when they would bo en hand. Judge Dundy , however , was weary of the delay , eft ho sent back word for them to appear yesterday , or they wouldn't get a hearing. They were en hand , rully prepared for the program they had arranged for today. Cut It was not to be ; the court Insisted on speedy and succinct statements , and the result was the motion was denied and HumcMon was mulcted In the sum of $50 and costs , which means a nice little piece of money when once the et ceteras arc all figured up. An exception was taken to the Judgment and thirty days granted for prep aration. In the case of Ebsnczcr McDonald , the man wanted for perjury In a rear estate deal down In Oklahoma , extradition papers were granted and the United States marshal started gultward with the prisoner In the afternoon. There Is also another Journey mapped out for today , when , under the chaperonage of Deputy United States Marshal Thresher , L. M. Blore. the embezzling railway clerk , and Fran ! : Barrett aud Mike Tlerr.ey , the counterfeiters , will start for Sioux Falls , where Blore and Tlerney will enter upon their fourteen months' contract with the gov- prnment. and Barrett for two years. In Juclge Shlras' court there Is an Inter esting trial In progress. It Is that of Lester Calkins of South Omaha against the Swift Packing company. It seems that Calkins was employed by this company to assist In cutting and packing Ice last winter , down In Ashland. Ho was thus engaged one after noon , when a ton or so of the crystal fell from one of the runways by reason 'of the negligence of the Swifts , so the plaintiff avers , and catching Mr. Calkins In the back and loins , all but extinguished the vital spark1. As It was , he sustained Injuries that have kept him out of a Job ever since , and are llablo to for some time to come. In con sequence of these damages , he asks- and prays for the modest llttlo sum of $10,000 and the costs. HKtiAY DISGUSTED JUIIGE IIAXTEH. niiticaii-Ijemly Content Put Over Until Next AVeek. In the Duncan-Lemly election contest yester day morning Judge Baxter became disgusted at the dilatory tactics pursued by the con testant In not producing his witnesses and sirrmarlly adjourned the hearing until next Tuesday , at 10 a. m. Witnesses were sum- moi.ed to Identify the ballot boxes In the several districts , but when they were ex amined they did not prove to bo the persons who had delivered the boxes to the city -clerk. Thr-y could not Identify the boxes as being the ones which had been delivered. At the time of the adjournment , fifteen districts out of the seventy-six In the city had been counted and the total result showed that Lemley had gained one over Duncan , making his majority eighteen , Instead of seventeen. If the case Is continued , along the lines laid down , there will have" to ho about 100 wltressos summoned. The witness fes In the county court Is $1 and the service of summons Is fixed at about 85 cents. This will make the expense amount to nearly $200 , which will have to be paid by the party losing the contest. THEY OII.IECT TO THE DEAD ROOM. To 11II11 tx of n lllock Seoiirq nn In junction AKiiliiMt the Coroner. Judge Keysor Issued an order yesterday aft ernoon restraining Coroner Burkct from main taining a morgue In the building at 1C1S Chicago street and from holding Inquests therein. The Injunction was granted on a petition filed by the owner of tlio building , Colonel R. C. Clowry , In which It was al leged that the maintaining of a morgue would destroy the value of the property for renting purposes for a large number of rcaiona which were set forth In detail. Among other things It Is alleged that the noise made by receiving the bodies of per sona who had died by reason of acts of vi olence , said bodies being mostly received In the night time , would , break the rest of the tenants In the block. The morbidly curious crowd which would be attracted by Inquests on tlio bodlea of victims cf acts of violence was urged as another reason why an In junction should bo granted. It wag al leged that the mere fact that the morgue contained the mutilated bodlea of such vic tims would have a bad Influence upn the entire neighborhood. COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT. llalniieeK In Vnrloiix FnnilM fur I-nut Six MonlliH. The psml-annuol statement of the county treasurer for the last fix months of 1895 and up to and Including January 9 , 1896 , was completed yesterday. The balances In the coveral funds were found to be as follows : State fund , $586.91 ; county general fund , $709.33 ; county road fund , $1,977.20 ; Omalia road fund , $1.162.91 ; South Omaha road fund , $40.91 ; county bridge fund , $20,686.05 ; bond sinking fund , $2.966.67 ; soldiery' relief fund , $429.92 ; hospital Judgment fund , $783.51 ; In- cane Judgment fund , $316.01 ; Iniune fund , $1,069.56 ; Douglas addition Judgment fund , $1,801.00 ; tchocl bond , special and app'r- tlonment. $17,848.87 ; village fund , $363.20 ; Omaha city fund , ' $ j46.26 ; South Omaha city fund , $23.19 ; redemption fund , $2,643 ; hos pital building fund , $17C5 ; refunding bond fund , $2,680,58 ; road Improvement fund , $37- 644.30 ; fee fund. $1,631,91. The total amount of the'w balances Is $95,928.93. Treasurer Helmrod elates that the amount reprcoentM by these psveral balances has been turned over to him and he has receipted therefor. IloirlNlrr' nf Heed' * llnliiiieeK. Register of Deeds Elt-asatr filed his reptrt for the last quarter of 1895 with the county commissioners yesterday , showing a surplus of receipts over expenditures for the entire year of $522.85. In the summary the showing by quartern was as follows ; Receipts , fir ft quarter , $2,565.50 ; second quarter , $ ,579.PO ; third quarter , $1,873.05 ; fourth quarter , (2,208.95 ; total receipts , $9,227.40. Expenditures , flrtt quarter , $2,250 ; occond quarter , $2,267 ; third quarter , $2,092.20 ; fourth quarter , $2,095.35 ; total expenditures , $8,704.85. Surplus , flnt quarter , $315.50 : second quarter , $312.90 ; fourth quarter , $113.60 ; deficit , third quarter , 1219.15 ; net surplus , J522.M. FORGES COUNTY WARRANTS Gcorgo M , Glark. a Loan Agent of Wilmot , 8. D. , Under e. Oloud. HE DISAPPEARS WITH HIS PLUNDER Trtttttcri Anrcnt of Nrir York Itrokern Itlflefi n. Wnrrnttt Hook , SellM the I'roodedn anil SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Jan. 17. ( Special Telegram , ) Wilmot , Roberts C3unty , Is stlrrad np- over the night of George M. Clark and the discovery ot some heavy forgeries ot county warrants , believed to have been stolen and manipulated by him. Clark was the agent of J. W. Drown & Co. , the big Investment brokers and loan agents of New York , and has always berne a high reputation , making large loans In the county and handling many se curities. Ho recently disappeared. At about the same time there were presented to the county treasurer for payment four warrants aggregating In amount $3,300. These warrants bore ev idence of genuineness on their face , had on their backs the stamped notice that they had been presented at the treasurer's office , but not paid for lack of funds , and also bore the seal of the county , and wcro signed by M. J. Ireland , county auditor , and J. C. Hilt , chairman of. the county board. Itws found tliat tlio numbers , however , were much higher than any notes Issued and this led to an Investigation. It was dis covered that flvo blank warrants , constituting ono page of the warrant book , had been ab stracted some time before and that those- were four of the five. The" numbers had all been raised and the amounts filled In. The seal was a clew Imitation of the county seal and the rubber stamp endorsement on the back was a copy of that used by the treasurer. Suspicion pointed to Clark , since the warrants v.eio made payable to his firm In New York and were presented for payment "by It. It was also found that before leaving he had cashed at the bank drafts for $600 and $800. and that he had given a bill of sale for all of his property to a woman in Minneapolis. The bank , however , placed an attachment on his property before the bill of sale was re corded. The other warrant has not turned up yet , but was undoubtedly cashed. Several blank county bonds are also missing , and It Is sutmlsed that Clark abstracted these at the rame time. MANY PLANS FOR SAVING MONEY. ProiiOHltloMM for the Coiixolldntlon of the City OllleeH. There Is a good deal of uncertainty among the appointive officials In the city hall In view of the problematical action of the ad ministration relative to the consolidation of offices In pursuance of the much advertised economic policy. There Is no doubt expressed that at least one or two of the offices will bo done away with , yet no definite un derstanding has been reached ao to where the , axwill strike. So far the plany In this direction are In a chaotic state , as each councilman has his own idea of how the re forms t-liould -accomplished. . It Is ex pected that a definite announcement of what will be done will not be made until after the special committee of business men and cquncjlmen which was appointed a week ago haj been heard from. The're Is only one office which seems fairly sure to be dispensed with. Abolition ot the boiler Inspector figures in nearly every plan of reorganization that has baen suggested , and the Job will prob ably . ba consolidated with one of the other offices. One plan that IB succested Is to place the boiler Inspection In charge ot the gas Inspector. This plan proceeds to glvo the city electrician charge of the fire and police alarm system In addition to his present duties and concludes by turning over the plumbing Inspection to the Board of Public Works. Some of the councllmen favor a somewhat moro radical plan. They propose to abolish both the building and the gas Inspectorship. As the office of building Inspector Is created by charter , they will avoid Interference with the charter provision by making the city electrician building Inspector , with full charga of the building and electrical departments and the gas Inspection. He will have a clerk' to" attend to the routine of his work and by this means It Is believed that he will b able to perform the duties which are now divided among three men. This scheme Is supported by members who Incline to the opinion that the boiler Inspector Is a necessary adjunct of the city government and could not bo 'safely dispensed with. Which of the various schemes that have been suggested will be favored by Mayor Bratch Is the conundrum to which the In terested office holders are endeavoring to ob tain an answer. So far , however , the mayor has refused t commit himself'beyond the statement contained In his Inaugural , which was to tlio effect that he proposed to lop off all cxpenDSB where the Interests of the city wculd not bo endangered. He eays that ho has not had an opportunity to thoroughly consider the subject yet , and In the mean time the holdover appointees are continuing to draw their salaries. Went to Olllclntv nt the Fuiiernl. Rev. W. W. Evarts , pastor of the Beth Eden Baptlst'church , left for Chicago yester day morning to officiate at the funeral services of Margaret Evarts Holden , which will beheld hold In that city on Sunday. Mrs. Holden la better known to the news paper world as "Amber , " having written short stories for the ChHcag : > Times-Herald and other papers under that title for many years. Mr. Evarts will return to this city Tuesday. His pulpit will be occupied on Sunday by Rev. J. S. Clark , the state mis sionary of the Baptist church. DchH ClinlleiiKex Arthur to Debute. CLEVELAND , O. , Jan. 17. The Central Labor union has Issued a challenge to Chief Arthur ot the Engineers' Brotherhood to meet Dabs In joint debate on Saturday even ing. ' The challenge was Issued on the au thority cf DCUJ , who rays that If Arthur will meet him ho will chow him up In such a way .10 to drlvo him from the labor move ment. Debo says the Engineers' Brother hood Is simply an annex of tha railway cor porations. Thus far Arthur has Ignored the challenge. for nil Injunction , The hearing on the application for a tem porary Injunction restraining the Prospect Hill Cemetery association from using the strip of ground adjoining the cemetery on the south for burial purposes , cumu up be fore Ju' < gs Sco'.t. It Ing In chambers ye lordly morning. The entire case , which has been thoroughly ventilated several times , was gone over , th ? arguments on which will probably consume a couple of days. SerlouM Glinrife Aunlnxc the CourlM. NEW YORK , Jan. 17. A 'special to the World from Managua , Nicaragua , says ; A committee of representative citizens of Gra nada has presented to the supreme court an accututlcn ( gainst the. court of appeals of Granada , charging It with deciding cases In favor of those who pay the highest price , re gardless of justice. Took a Full Out of Hoctor. County Commliwtoner Hector slipped on the pavement when alighting from the- etrcet car on bis way homo Thursday night , and sustained a severe fracture of the right wrist. He was about the court house ) ret- tcrday morning with the Injured member bound In spllnU , attending to his duties as uiual. HXPKIUMI2NTS WITH rtAKFIH COHN. South Hnkoln Fn rin em Think It Rood ' Feed. " CHAMBEIlLAlN.'S. D. , Jm W.MSpeclal. ) Ono of the Important- topics ot discussion by the farmers.of South Dakota Is the much- lauded Kaffir corn , and the question of Its adaptability to this climate. Last year and prior a few farmers in the state procured small quantities of seed and experimented with It , and the- results of these experiments , as drawn out by Jho present discussion , arc Interesting. T. B. Strong , ft farmer and ranchman on White river , wqst ot this city , had a field of corn which yleldcjl fully up to expectations. Ho declares that It Is the very best kind of feed for any kind of stock. P. * J. Gerln , a Chamberlain business man , experi mented last season with a email field , each of ordinary , Indian corn and Kaffir corn. The ordinary corn was Irrigated several times , while the Kaffir corn recelycd only the natural rainfall , which was , , much below normal. Still the Kaffir oorrt grow fully as well as the other , was grefln and healthy looking during the very driest periods of the summer , proving , In this Instance at least , that It can withstand drouth to the degree claimed for It. , In referring to a newspaper statemuit warning farmers to go t4ow In going Into the culture of Kaffir corn , F , D. Hycr , a prominent farmer of Hanson county , says that three years ago he risked a dime In seed. This year he has ten bushels of seed , and next spring will put liunll ha can culti vate. He declares that ho , finds nothing that excels It for feed and nothing that stands the dry , hot winds , and always keeps growing like U. His exccrlcnco shows that the corn should be put In the ground as early as other corn , and the moro It Is cultivated the better ; 'that It can bo cut throe times for feed In early summer. Several .ranchmen near Uapd ! City propose giving : It a trials the coming season. They argue | hat It ( Ho corn makes good focd for hogs It vould bo worth raising , as there are many small farms and ranches In that section onv.mch . a few hogs might bo kept , wlth little trouble and much profit , If a crop of something for feed was sure of being raised. While there seems to be a good. dealt to be said In favor of the new corn , there are ; of course , two sides to the question. Some experiments last season are said not to have produced very favorable results. However , the experiments with the corn the coming season will' ' be conduclcd with more care than fornaor experiments and are expected to demonstrate to a cer tainty whether or not the corn is suited to this climate. AMUSEMENTS. ' ecocceccecccccee'ccffcooceco John Kernell- supported " "ty a competent company , will op6n a fouc nights' engage ment at the Crolghtonylth n , matlnco tomor row , presenting Scott Marble's lateyt com edy ; "The Irish Aldermani' This produc tion Is said to be a travesty ot New York politics , treating in an arousing manner of the dark and devious ways' ot the ward heeler. John Kernel ! will be well remem bered by his many local adndirers from his former success in this clty his last engage ment herobelng with "The Hustler. " "A Happy' Little Home" ' < I/s / the title of George'W. Monrae's new-conuj4yr76atlre which he will present af Doj'J'sSunday , night. "A Happy 'Little Home" | s 'Said to he the most Irresistibly funny play ' ( hat 'tfco fat comedian of "My Aunt Bridget" has ye Jraen scon In. The author of the new cocnedfyvjEts from * 11 , accounts .furnished a book -wjiich''for crlspl Witty sayings and up-to-data' ' Dialogue , T is fully equal,1'f | not'superior , jto most of the comedy successes lately presented on the American stagp. , ' y ( In all probability one of the cleverest mem bers of Mr. Monroe's qompany \ Adaleno Cott/l. Miss Cotton Is jtbe-'daughter of the well known minstrel , ( Ben. Cotton , -from whom she Inherited her mimetic gifts. Her Imitations of famous actors and actresses , which Is Introduced in the third act of "A Happy Llttlo Home , " are said , to be remark ably accurate. Miss Cotton's work Is on the order of Vesta Tllley's- the young English girl who created such favorable comment at Kcster & Blal's music ball , New York , last season. x "A Happy Little , Homo" Ttlll be seen at Boyd'ti for three performances , Sunday , Mon day and Tuesday , , January ? J9 , 20 and 21. Scats for the entire- engagement are now on sale. . " > Vt > \ "Laughter , holding both Jte , sides" will bo practically Illustrated at.vBoybsVtheatcr next Wednesday and Thursday , January 22 and 23 , the occasion being the appearance hero of the Madison Square theater , Success , "Tho Rajah , " with Henry M. ; Pltl In the title role. Prominent In the castare Miss Ger trude Swlggott , Annie Allt. . Elizabeth Gale , Louis Bishop Hall , Edward1 M. Phlllpv , Charles Donlse- , Henry Haynes , and Alt John son , all of whom have parts' ' that flt them llko the proverbial glove. | During the engagement , ) ' of Frederick Wardo at Boyd's.next week.Mio will repeat hlu success of two years' agp'ln "The Lion's Mouth , " presenting that strong play at the Saturday matinee. "The Mountebank" will bo the bill on Friday evenjng. and "Julius Caesar , " with an excellent cast , will close the engagement Saturday night. "Incongruities , " which Is ono cf the short playo to bo given by the Crplghton Theater School of Dranvatlc Art Sajturay , January 18 , at Crelghtnn theater , la aboriginal sketch by Mr. Frank Lea Short , burlesquing the emotional drama , , The sketch la undoubt edly clever , and Judging by a. recent re hearsal , the good points .will come out all the stronger for not being In the least ex aggerated. Mr. Short himself will take the part of "leading manJ > Misa Mabel Bal- combe "leading Udy" and Mr. Harry Sharp ci van t. Daniel Sully , the well known comedian , is booked fcr a three-nlght | engagement at the Crelghton , opening Thursday , January 23 , when he will present Ipr the first time to a local audience his latest'production , "A Bachelor's Wlveo , " which Is Mid. tot have achlovedt-a decided successful : ) season. The company la announced tq be , a good cue , ana Includes the well known .Qetman comedian , Dan Mason. $ HEAT OUT HUH 1IHAIN3 WITH A CLUII _ _ _ _ _ K j Nlckenlnur TriiHreily Heiiujrtril .from u Tf'imoHXee Settlement , LOUISVILLE , Jan. 17. 'Ai special from Nashville , Tcnn. , says : , JAl letter from Flynn's Lick , In Jackeon cQunjy , brings news of a horrible murder cjnmljfed near tint place. Five masked men ; 'entered the htuse of Jossph Day , an old farmer , who was re puted to have money hidden away , and de manded his treasure. Day refused to- give It up , and after numerous threats wja taken out of doors and hangej to a tree. The brutes then attempted to , make Mrs. Day tell wbero the money was hlddeniod when she refused beat her brains cut with a club. They then ransacked the house , but failed to find tbo money. No arrests b'viVe-tbeen mado. Troubles In the IuHiueN Wurlil. MONROE , La. . Jan. 17. Elder S. Davis , general merchant , yesterdjy fljed an applica tion for a respite of onevon two years. As- Bete , $97,000 ; liabilities , $60,000. .The largest creditors are the local banks , * 00,000 being due them. The court ordered ! a , meeting of creditors February 19. * ' NEW YORK , Jan. 17. Henry 0 , West & Co. , rice and coffee brokers , tcday aligned to Martin S. Katenhohn , The firm Is cam- posed of Henry C. West and Edwin S. Web- rtcr. The schedules la the -irlgnment of Harriet II. Tracy , dealer In t-ewlns machines , rbow liabilities of $11,842 ; nominal assets , S28.C10 ; actual aspets. $7,250. COLUMBUS , O. . J n. 17. TheFarmers' National bink at 1'ortf.nouth , O. , suspended payment today by the order of the comp troller of the currency , No statement by the comptroller I * yet permitted , bat claim Is made that depositors will be paid in full. RUN DOWN BY AN ENGINE Oanght in a Out Where There Was No Ohanco to Escape , WOMEN GROUND TO PIECES ON THE TRACK Three Other * So limit- Injured thnt They Mny Not Heeover AH Were I5niiil > 'CN of the Hull- ronil Company. YORK , Jan. 17. A light engine ran Intb a crowd of car cleaners , who were walk ing on the track of the Now York , New Haven & Hartford railroad at One , Hundr&J and Forty-second street today , killing two women and Injuring two other women nnd a man so badly that they will probably die. This ly the list ot the , dead and Injured : Dead : LIZZIE BECKER , 3C years ot age. DELIA MAHAN , 3G years old. Injured ; Maria Druff , 65 years old ; Internal In- jtries. Maggie Traccy , 35 years old ; right leg cut off. Louis Yender , both legs broken. At the point whcro tlio accident occurred the road runs through a cut , on the went side of which there Is a high embankment and on the cost side a high stone wall , on the top of which there Is an Iron ratling. The car cleaners had met at Mott Haven station of the road and were on their way to the car yards at One Hundred and Sixtieth street , and Vanderbllt avenue. Yender , Tracey and Druff were employed by the New York Central , the Mahan woman by the Wagner Palace Car company and the Becker woman by the New York , New Haven & Hartford road. They had reached Ono Hundred and Forty-second street when the Chatham ex press on the New York. New Haven & Hart ford came thundering down and the cleaners stepped asldo to let It pass. The train was a long one and Its noise drowned all other noises , so that a light engine coming upthe northbound track was unobserved. Just as the express passed , the engine struck them. A chorus of horrible shrieks was the first intimation the engineer had of the calamity. The Becker and Mahan women were ground under the wheels of the engine and the others were thrown against the wall. WITH A HUN.VWAY OAK. Fifteen 1'iiHNi-iiKerH lujnreil , Some of Them Fatally. VICTOR , Colo. , J-an. 17. A frightful acci dent occurred on the Midland Terminal rail way. The train was enroute to Denver and Colorado Springs , and was just above the city limits of Victor. Fifteen paremngers were Injured , six sarlously , one or two of whcm will probably die. The 4:20 : p. m. train for Colorado Springs was backing out of the main track onto the switch and reached a point on ths main track In the cut , when It was met by an empty runaway box car , which broke loose near Independence station , abut three-quarters of a mile above where the collision occurred. It struck the first coach on the passenger train with ter rific force and threw the latter from the track. Both box car and coach > voro tele- .pcope.d for about fifteen feet. . , -iJs't pfthe Injured : Mrs. . F. H. L'ghtfcot , Jewel CityICan. . , slightly. D. C. Renard , bruised on head and left arm. arm.R. . C. duff , 213 Huerfano ctreet , Colorado Springs , leg and body badly Injured. O. A. Alexander , Colorado City , civil en gineer Midland Terminal railway , seriously and probably fatally Injured. Mr. Garrison , Denver , severe bruises , head and body. T. J. Kallam , Topeka , Kan. , seriously bruised about head. W. A. L. Thompson , Topeka , Kan. , Injured In back and legs. Mrs. D. C. McGregor , Victor , badly cut In face. face.D. D. W. Partridge , cut on head and neck , In juries not serious. E. V. Bogart of Bogart mine on Raven hill , cut In head. Robert Davidson , Colorado Springs , bad cut on head. Dr. S. M. Morrison , Colorado Springs , cut on head. There are ten others who received slight Injuries. All of the Injured people are quartered at the Hotel Victor. HEATH AVATCIIES AT COUNTY JAIL. Four Men Arc Staying with Mortran mill Hoover. . When the new judges of the district court assumed the judicial ermine , Judge Scott , who became a judge ot the equity court on that day , Issued an order to the sheriff , di recting him to place a death watch on duty night and day to watch George Morgan , and another death watch , to keep tab , night and day , on Claude Hoover. Actlnc In accord ance with this order , Sheriff McDonald placed Joseph Hummel and Fred Hoyo on duty In the room occupied by Morgan's cell , and John Croft and Fred Larson to perform a similar duty for Hoover. One man Is on duty In each room during the day , and the others servo during the night. When the county commissioners learned that this had been done , there wcro strong Indications of a storm brewing , and two of the commis sioners expressed themselves very strongly as being In favor of not allowing pay foi- these men. The action of the late criminal judge Is regarded by habitues of the court house as something of an Innovation , There have been death watches established in some caws , but It has been the- exception , rather than the rule. Several cases are cltoJ where- no watch was established , The Barney McGinn case Is cited as a parallel. lie was sentenced to bo hung , but Immediately ap pealed the OJSB to the supreme court , as Morgan and Hoover Intend doing. Tran scripts have been made In both cases , and an appeal will oa taKtn. wo aeain waicn was established over McGinn. ' Judge Baker was asked whether he In tended canceling the.order ot'Judgo Scott , seme of the commlsloncrs having asked him to do so. Ho replied that the request placed lilm In a rather embarrassing position. IK- liad not decided what ho would do , but sold lie had no doubt but that the CIMKS would scon roach the supreme court and an order l > e made by that court suspending the sen tence , In which case he should recall the order , as ho did not think It was really necessary. In reply to a question as to the authority of an equity judge over criminal matters , Judge Baker declined to express himself. Ilouil Foiinil In Ciooil Condition. P. J. Nichols , general superintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific , re turned yesterday from Salt Lake City , where ho left Genera ] Manager Dickinson's party of Inspection. Mr. Nichols reports his division of the road In good condition. Ho said tha trip was a most enjoyable one , fine weather with mild climate being met with all along the route. He was afraid that ( he trip north from Salt Lake > and Into Idaho might prove too cold , however , and declined the In vitation to remain with the party. He re tried that the Ice crop In the western part of tbo state wan beginning to be moved , Driver Helpi-il Hob the Stawre. DENVER , Jan. 17. A special to the News from Colorado Springs says : Rcbert R. Smith has pleadej guilty to Implication In .he robbery of the Wells-Fargo express edict of $16,000 In Grauy gulch , near Victor , romp nontbs ago. Smith was driver of the wagon.- He says hlo confederate was George Smith , recently killed In Victor , Gray and Welch , ' who broke jail bore come time ag ) , and a man named Mayo. Smith vita sentenced to vlx years' Imprisonment. UKAIHXC ! CONGUF.SSIONAI * KVIDHNCU Coat of the California llonilfi Taken Under ConMilerntlon. SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 17. When the prcceedlngs wcro resumed today In the United States circuit court regarding the Injunction suit of the Southern Pacific company to pre vent the California Railroad commission from fixing freight rates , counsel for the commis sion Introduced as evidence the testimony taken concerning the Southern Pacific com pany by the congressional commission of 18SG-1SS7. Thetcrtlmony of C. P. Huntington - ton wag first read , relating chiefly to the expenditure of money during the period when the Central Pacific railroad was being con structed and to the subsequent expenditures for Its maintenance. Questions wcro asked as to whether some cf the expenditures had not been made In Washington for the benefit ot members of congress and others , and In reply the witness stated that there had prob ably been seine expense attending the en tertainment of such persons. The testimony of Edward H. Miller , Jr. , formerly secretary of the company , was also read , It related chiefly to the contracts entered Into for the construction of various eectJons of the Central Pacific railroad. NI21-i > AN OPI3HATINC MANAGUIl. Henort Snyn D. II. Hohlnxon Will Go to the llnltlinore t Ohio. CHICAGO. Jan. 17. Present Indications point to the election of D. B. lloblnsxm , first vice president of the Atclilson , .Topeka & Santa Fe , to the position of president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway company. A pri vate circular , Issued by a news bureau to Its subscribers , says : "Wo understand that the Baltimore & Ohio management Is consider ing the desirability of offering the presi dency of the company to D. B. Robinson , first vice president of the Atchlson company. The preference hat < been expressed for Mr. Robinson , because of his ability as an oper ating manager , which is what the company particularly requires. The financial man agement will rest with the board of directors or with the financial committee. " Mr. Rob inson was seen regarding the report last night , but he refused to cither affirm or deny It. FrelKht Trnllle oil ( it-ami Trunk. Fred S. Capron , traveling passenger agent oi' the Chicago & Grand Trunk road , who Is In the city , was yesterday asked the con dition of trade with his road. He replied that although the pawanger traffic was ex tremely light , the freight traffic showed some Improvement over that of the corresponding period of last year. For the week ending January 4 , the shipment out of Chicago amounted to 114,000 tons , while for the" same week one year ng ? , the amount of freight handled was IBM than 100,000 tons. Mr. Capron said that there was but llttlo grain moving , ulthsuch recently considerable nuan- tltles of hay and oats have been shipped fiom Iowa to Connecticut. The amount of coal that hao been carried so far this season io unusually small , due probably to the mild winter and the high prices that have prevailed. See hut I.lttle I.l lit Aheiul. The prevailing complaint among freight of ficials lstiat _ ! hard times and low prices form a barrier to the moving of freight in any considerable quantities. Scarcely any grain Is being moved , coal Is nlmcst at a standstill , and the jobbers are said to be doing a hand-to-mouth business , which means that there Is little traffic to bo expected fiom them. Just \\hat will follow this ptrlod of depression Is hard to tell , but there arc a few frelghtmen who are sufficiently optimistic pg-to"predict a bettc ? corTaiiruri of > affairs la the Immediate future < A. II. lie Clercii PiiMNex Away. Much regret was heard among local rail road men yesterday at tlio death of A. H. de Clercq , who was for a long term of years prominent in railway circles. For a long time ho was connected with the Illinois Central railroad , but had besn on the re tired list for some time. He made his home with his son-in-law , A. H. Mitchell , depot ticket agent of the Elkhorn road , In this city. The remains will be taken to Bloomlngton , 111. , for Interment. Settled the Hate War. CHICAGO , Jan. 17. The fight between the Union Pacific , Denver & Gulf and the Atchl son over coal rates In Colorado .has been settled , and the demoralization In passenger rates which resulted from the dl.spute has been stopped. Orders were issued today for the immediate restoration of the passenger tariffs to the figures which were effective before the cut was made. The agreement was reached after a two days' conference between President Rlpley of the Atchlson and Re ceiver Trumbull of the Union Pacific , Denver & Gulf. No Heclxloii Expected nt Oiiee. WASHINGTON , Jan. 17. The supreme court justices who have been engaged In the consideration of the proposition to unify the Northern Pacific railway receivership will probably not announce their decision for several days. One of them said It would bo necessary to dlcposo of some of their regular court business before again taking up this matter. City OIllelnlM AcMiultted of Contempt. HURON , 8. D. , Jan. 1C. Dispatches from Pierre state that Judge Thomas In the cir cuit federal court today acquitted Mayor Myers , Attorney Wilmarth , Marshal Buz/y and fix aldermen of contempt of court In taking possession of the city water works. The people here are happy over the city once more getting possession of the water works , Adviinei'd HateN Seventy Per Cent. SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 17. The Pacific Mall Steamship company has Issued a new tariff sheet announcing an advance of 70 per cent on the freight rate from this city to Now York. The rate affects all Im portant commodities. ItiiHvruy Notex and I'erxoiialx. Freight Traffic Manager Monroe of the Union Pacific Is In St. Louis. Traveling Freight Agent Royster of the Mobile & Ohio road Is in the city. J. A. Bent , traveling passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific road. Is In the city. H , A , Gross , general eastern passenger agent of the Northwestern roid. Is In the city. city.General General Passenger Agent W. B. Knlsker : : of the Chicago & Northwestern road Is In the city. General Eastern Agent Tenbroeck of the Union Pacific Ejstem Is In the city from New York. 3. A. Hutchlnson , general traveling agent of the Union Pacific , came In from Chicago yesterday. Title Examiner Say reef the Union Pacific has returned from a trip to Hastings and Grand Island. Frank Trumbull , receiver for the Denver & Gulf road , passed through this city yes terday afternoon cnrouto far the east. 8. K. Hooper , general passenger agent of the Denver & Rio Grande , stopped over a few hours In this city yesterday enrouto to Chicago. At the Unity club meeting this evening "Lo Tartufo" ( "Tho Hypocrite" ) will bo csn- tldcrzd. Mlt'j ' Kate McIIughwill glvo thu Introductory essay , General Solicitor Kelly and Mat > ter-ln- Clmncery Cornish , of the Union Pacific , are In St. Louis In consultation with Walter H. Sanborn , judge of the United States court. C. F. Roddmgtoii , secretary to General Manager Burt of the Elkhorn reid , has fallen Into line with numerous other tall- ioad men and Is confined to his homo \\lth an attack cf Influenza. A new poBtofllce has jut < t been established on the- Burlington road , up in the Illack Hills of South Dakota. It Is called Orevllle , and Is In Pennlngton county , between the towns of Custer and Hill City. Receiver Clark of the Union Pacific and 3 < T.eraI Manager Doddrldge of the Missouri Pacific have about completed their tour nf Inepectlon ot the Gould lines In Texas. Au- ilctant General Passenger Agent Phllllppl heard from them yeiturday from Gulveatou. CHICAGO MEN ( NOT ELATED Location of the Democratic Convention There Creates Little Talk. SOME DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE DATE Ijrmlern nf the I'nrly 11 ml Hoped It Would lie Held Hi-fore the lle- linlillcnii ( iiitherltiMT No Ititnh to Secure AccoiunioilnlloiiN. CHICAGO , Jan. 17. News of the selection of Chicago as the place to hold the national democratic convention was received locally with no manifestations of excitement , The hotel men smiled when the news came , they being the chief beneficiaries of the crowd that the convention will bring to town. Strangely enough , however , there was no Hood of telegrams asking that quarters be reserved for the national leaders ot the democratic party. Itcqucsts for rooms from metropolitan newspapers In different sec tions or the country , made through resident correspondents , were about all received by any of the hotels last night. At the Palmer house requests were received by telegraph for rooms for the Maine and Oregon delega tions , the number desired being fourteen and eight respectively. The Chicago Chronicle ( democratic ) , In Its local columns today , said : There was omo disappointment among local democrats nt the action of the democratic national committee In fixing the date for July 7. In view of the fact that the republican convention will bo hold June 6 , It w-as felt that the demo cratic convention should have followed es tablished precedent and called Its convention In advance of the republican gathering. HELPS A WKSTEUN MAN. The democratic leaders In this city bcllcvo that the holding of the convention here will have a stlmulatlng'effect on the local politi cal situation. Some of the managers said last night the location of the convention In Chicago would have the effect of help'ng the candidacy of Colonel W. H. Morrison for this presidential nomination. Others Boomed to think It would bring Vice President Stev enson to the front as a presidential quantity. Ex-Mayor Hopkins , In speaking of the late ness of the date of the convention , said : "I regret that the national committee decided to- hold the convention so late as July 7. Tho. democratic party is in control of the na tional administration , and It 1ms always been the rule of the party In power to hold Its convention first. It looks like cowardice on the part cf the democrats for them to hold , their convention this year after the re publicans. However , that Is a matter for which the national committee alone Is ro- spons'ble , I am gratified to know that we will have the convention In this cty ! , and the local democrats will do all they can to mnko things agreeable for the thousands of vls- Itcra who will be here next July. I think It will be a very Interest'ng convention , and I have no doubt the delegates will bo nblo to agree upon a ticket and a platform that will sweep the country. I think It will bs a big convention , and one of the most Interest ing In the h'story of the party. " HUNTING A HALL. Tiio convention will doubtless bo held at the Coliseum , but that la a matter which Is to be determined by the national democratic .comnx'tlej. . The democrats who went to- Washington took with them plans of both the Coliseum" and * Tatter-sail's--Either 'of these buildings will be available , but It la thought the national committee- will select the Coliseum on account of Its superior nr- rangcmcnts , and because of Its larger BeatIng - Ing capacity. Comptroller of Currency James H. Eckels of Illinois did not think the place of holding : the convention would have anything to do , ono way or another , with the convention's nominee , whether It was an eastern or west ern man. When asked what effect he thought It would have on Cleveland's alleged third term candidacy , ho said : "I do not wish to talk on that , for I don't think there Is any thing at all In It. I don't believe he's a. candidate for re-election. " "What effect do you think It will have on. bringing out a western man ? " "None at all ; any more than If the con vention were held In New York , or any other eastern city. " The hotel keepers do not seem to llko the. agreement made by the citizens' commlttco at Washington yesterday to the effect that no Chicago hotql will book any delegation for the convention within thirty days , or be fore the national commlttco engages Its , quarters , and do not consider it binding on , them. "Wo were not asked to give , nor did wo glvo , any such promise , " Bald a prominent hotel manager today. "There are not above flvo hotels In Chicago which are liable to bo selected by the national committee. Every other hotel In the city , knowing that there Is no probability of being so selected , will book every offer time Is made. Delegations and Individuals who may address communica tions to the few hotels within the limits of the national committee , and who , if Informed that they must watt until after the national committee makes Its selection , will make ap plication to Bomo other house. No hotel can afford to run chances. " "The national commlttco IB one body that knows what it needs , " he continued. "It Is in a condition to engage Its rooms Immedi ately. It ought to send some ono to Chicago cage at once. It will have to do so or scramble with the rest. " UNKAllTHEU A WHISKY FRAUD. ' North Cnrolliin Denier DlNCOVem m. Smooth Nelieme. RALEIGH , N. C. , Jan. 17. The closing of the wholesale liquor establishment of Lam- bath & Co. In th's city has caused a sensa tion. It Is claimed that a conspiracy to de fraud wholesale liquor dealers and distiller ? has been unearthed. George Lambeth came here from Greensboro three months ago. lie brought whisky In large quantities , and sold It in packages fcr less than the retail dealers could buy It by the half-dozen bar rels. He would rc-shlp .whisky from the depots without receipting for It here. Yes terday L. C. Younger of Itlchmond , to whom ho owed over $1,000 , came here to demand , settlement. Lambeth went with him to Greensboro , where he said ho could get the money from hU fam'ly ' , but eluded Younger and took a train for the south. Last night he wo located at Try , Ah. It Is claimed that he carried with him nearly $5,000 In cash. _ Aeqiilfled of ( Iu > Cliiirfrt * of I'olHOnlnir. KANSAS CITY , Jan. 17. Charles A. Mil- mon , ex-state representative , and a prominent local politician , has been acquitted of the charge of poisoning an election Judge In order , as claimed , that ballet box Bluffers might proceed with their work unmolested. The flrrt ballot of seven stood , cevcn to four for acquittal. Mllman Is ono of a > dozen politicians Indicted for alleged crooked work committed In the spring election of 1894. MeKinley Iliic-k nl HIM Olil Home. CANTON , 0. , Jan. 17. Ex-Governor ana Mru. McKlnley have arrived hero and have taken up their residence In the cottage In which they first kept houe. A vast throng of citizens greeted il.cm at the railroad sta tion , A formal reception will bo tendered them In the near future. In a short speech at the station the ox-govrcirr rtatoj that h Intended to practice law In Canton. Corliett Hfartw H HueliiK HIII 111 e. NEW YOHK , Jan. 17. Four blooded her c belonging to James J , Corbett arrived at the Morris Park race track yesterday In care ot keepers. It Is Bald Corbett purchased the norms from the stock farm of Gideon & Daly at Holmdel , N. J. The lion-en , it In further stated , are to bo the nucleus of racing stable that Corbett U about to estab lish.
