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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1897)
TILE O IAHA DAILY BB32ijrilTDAT : , JTJ'N'E 4. ISSKf. - > SORE OVER THE SHORT USE TInion Pturffio OfEcials Do Hot Like the Treatment TUOJ-'TO Bcceiveil. ACCUSE THE OREGON HOAD OF BAD FAITH Think. It Mliinil.I Sot Hnve UliiNfil Cun- trnol.H with .liiutluir Llin * U'lillo Ulikirlnuwith ( hi ! Union I'ualllu. NEW YOltlC , Jutle 3. The following at to. m at la made at the Union Paalllu railway uin&o reganlhiK thu braaktin ; up of the rc- hittons which have exlRtnl betwi n the Uhlon Paeinc and the Oregon Short Line : It to true that the Oregon Short Line ban bcootne an opi'ii ronil and nlwi tnat Hif un IBII Pnallle ha mnde a new irntllc amiiiKe- mcnt by which It mtiy runic bimlne-s dif ferently from lu-i-ftofiiic. It In wull known that under thn arrangement former y HXlst- IIIK the Orncon Short Llmwaf allowed f-on- .itructlve mfli-nifp in the adjustment of rates , tvoplvln * nmilt of li miles for ouch no- ttial ml . Tim nnsnlvpni Hllotveil thin iir- mne iiiunt to i ontlnututirt It HUH ln--n In fur i ) until iiultf rt > cuntly. It wntt illfcon- sttiuitl bM'auw ItVIJH rlalmixl thnt th Oregon gen Short Lltiu had made other traltlc al- liurcex. \V do nut iiun-ftiim thu right of the Oregon Short Line to make other connvrttunH , but WK have bfvn dlHHi ; < 'd to crltlrire tlic furmii- UHTI of mien t' < jiiiiiMMloiiH wlilli' nt' otltitlun.H with Uiu t.'nlon I'ai-lllc wuro In proKr 9j > . while thi1 cnnntruci'vc mllcunu HOH ! i tng nlloiviMi nd whllp the Union Pacilli wns un der ahllgalliuiH to nlvp iindlvldi-il auinnirt to the dhui" bltiiW'hfii the pnllry of the Shiirt I lni ! bi-fump iiptmreiH wo vt about malilui ; n w runttectluiiH unit tlit-y nr now u tnt > ! | PhHl. The i > xiMlng cunilltlona do not at all prvt udu our giving tm ! > ltHM to the Short Llm > or Inking bui-liu-'M from It. but of.countp , the i-piiMlnicllve mllongp. whlt-h wa ipiltu an Important factor In thu uasie , oaiiHtai to exlft. The Short Line , of P'mrso , IntHliilH to tiuikp lit * cniine-Mlon with the HIo Gttindi' WpHlpm. but whether this will prove an adviintiigooiiM an the armngeme" ' which hit * been In existence with the I'n.jn Pn- cllli % remnlliM Ui be PPH , We ahull gpt a little longer haul nn Paclilc coaHt bii8lnens by rlollvprlng line Osden than wii have had by delivery to the Short Llnu at Grnuger. General Manager Dlcklntion of the Union Pacific was sLnwn Uip abuvc dispatch by a re porter late ypstarday afternoon. He road It ulth conshlcrable Intarost , ntnpplng uftcr CKuh ImpovUnt atatcmcnt to coullnu or cor- ract it , or to add snmu coin in tint thurcon. In spifiklng of thu matter he said : "In the main this story IB correct. Thn part that Is not right Is tl.ut which says : 'The Union Pa cific bus made n new tralllo arrangement by which it may routp buslnpsfl dllferpntly from heretotore. ' An I explained ta The Dee yes terday , thu Cnlnn Pnr.lflc bus oppmul no nuw route. We have always had the choice of two routes to Portland. Formerly we sent most of tliu btiEltc-ss over the Short 1.1110. and only such liiminoss .is was conslgnpd that way went via Sacramento. Nothing but business niarJsMl 'via tliu Southern PaulHc1 went that way. Now. we are emphasizing that route. We are punning all our tratnc that way. At the rocelvera' olllce they appear to thiuk wf. are opening a new route , but we are not. Wu are simply umplmsizlng an old route that wu have always had by now sending all our huslnfss that way. " When thn general manager reached the portion of the dispatch readingVo : do not iiuiuUon thu right of the Short Llnu to make other connections , but wu have been disposed to criticise the formation of such connections while negotiations with the Union Pacllh- warp in proRrcss , " he lookfid up and said : "That's it. That's the fore pot. What made u feel bad waa that thu Short Line people should go out aii'l make other tralllc arrangements whllo Hiey were stilt negotiating with the Union Pacific. Wo regarded It an act of bait faith. Wo didn't expect such treatment. " This statement of General Manager Dick inson given a cue to thn whole trouble and shows why there Is a marked unfriendly aplrlt existing between the Union Paclllc and the Oregon Short Line. Several offi cials of the Union Pacific have recently stated about the Hamu thing , but refused to allow such a statement to be printed. That the Short Line officials uliuulil close their negotlatlona with the Rio Grande West ern , making a close contract with that road , while the iH'Kotiatlonti with thu Union Pa cific were mill pending la generally regarded as aim of the worst exampk-s at bad faith that has appeared Jn railway circles In many yeara. After having been shown this statement from the office of the rccelvero , another olfl- cial of thu Union Pacltlc xaiil lout evening : "We feel that the Short Line people acted toward ua In a meat treacherous m'lnner. Thu Idea otf their closing contracts with an other reid while they were still dickering with u maluw me hot. Onu might expect such conduct from a lot of hoboes , but to have a crowd ol decent railroad men bleak faith like this makes a man auspicious of mankind. These very samu men who made that deal for tlio Short Llnu with another road , while at tbu simu tluio tiicy wera ne gotiating with nn , could not be In their pres ent positions had It not been for the Union Pacific. They were nil Union Pacific em ployes for years , got their entire living from this Union Paclllc , and Jumped Into their present places hy the aid and influence of the leading officials of the Union Pacific ; for what ? Jus : to turn around and knife thu Union Pacific wlillo they were still negotiat ing with us over tratnc arrangements. Oh , yes. wc'ro nero on them , and we've KOI a perfect right to be. I think. " Off THIS IlllIllCK TOLLS. Kxiilniiiill'MiVniiteil Why tinCIIH SliiiuliI Hi * Tli-.l Up fur Two Y'enrs. Within the uuxt fuw daya tliuro will be Inaugurated a dutermlnud movement In be half of Omaha shippers to have tlui case concerning thu Omaha and Council HIufTs bridge tolls brought to Uiu attention ur thu Intorstatu Commercu cuirmiisaioii without further delay Tim casu relates to an alleged unjust discrimination ugaititit thu shippers of this city on their business destined tu Iowa pnlntn. It waa laid befora thu Inter- utatu Commercu commission two years ago. Although Ua importance was acknowledged at that time , numerous cases nt later origin have been givou preferouuu lu consideration. Thu rate committee of thu Omaha Cora- murclal club , componed of tbu representa tives of fount-tin of tbu largest shipping and mint Important Omaha tlnna , hoa just * de- clilud to Inveatlgato why this casu hus been hung up by thu commission. Under the present syatum of freight tariffs Oouncll DluiTs shippers unjojr tha same rotes to Nebraska points on do OmcSa sblnpera , while , nu the othur hand , tin Omaha ahlp- pera are compulled to par * brid 'G toll on shtpmunta Into Iowa , making their rates tu luwa pointa convldurabl/ higher than thuiiu Krantud thu shlppera of Council 13luffs. Thu result It a atuady lusa to tbu Omaha bualnctui luiusea doing business In luwa. Tbo tosa during tbu two years past , wbilu thu matter has bwu buns up by the Interstate Com- raercu commission , la said to run up well into thu thousands of dollars. Aa chairman of the business men's commit tee. John S. Brady boa Just written to Con- Krcjmnim Mercer , requretlng that hu at onca take up the quuitlon of an early hearing \\-ltlr Uiu cou-mltilnii and eniloavor to have thu cane ettlt l wlUiout further delay. The pwrniutuut refusal of thu commission tu consider thu Omaha and Council Dluffa bridgti toll ecse , wbllo m ny caiai apparentlr of Inferior moment have brou dl pr ed of. bun Bmntly uliakcn th faith of the Omaha shippers In Uia Blflcacy of tha commisilon a at prraent constituted. This U ouu reoaon why thu Oitalia Commercial club baa not , 'ulneil uther ulmllar bodies tUrougbout thu country In petitioning congrnw to Kraut tha commUdlun further power. Said oun prominent shipper to a. Dee re porter yeaterduy. "The reuon why the cdinmUalun baa hung up onr bridge lull case la , not. hard ta flnJ. There a na tcroat ilia- poattion an the part of the coinmliBlon to pltcu Nebraika ou aaveo baxli with Iowa , or to call down Uiu Iowa , railroads. Every onu knoira that omt of tbu commbalonora woa a. mpieiieulativ of the Iowa railroads at Dra Molcei before be weut on thu Inter state Coinii erce oomaiUaioii. What'a mure agalnHt Omaha la that our beat friund , thu fa I real and nquir ut man on the board , William. II. Murtisoa. will probably retire from tbu cpmtnitolon this fall. It wo don't cut thia matter ettUuL now , I fear U will bu all over with uu , " 4 > v p . P. C. Gar. Seuera ! freleht agent , and R. 3chollar of at , Jojeyi , gunermJ vgaat of thn freight dppirtmont , both ot ttio Santa Fo ayatem , were In the city yMtcrrtay. Omnha WM recently added to Mr. Dachnllor'n terri tory , and he la hero looking ornr hli new fluM. This llstrlct waa foranrly iratcheil from the Chicago heailquartern , but thn frolirht offlcials became eonvlnced that It would bo tnora mtlafaotory to shlppera to have aman In charge nearer the city. Doth vleltorn report that Uio frflsht truffle on thu Santa Fe In unusually good. TO 1'itonuciJ TIIK tinoics. of StiiciU YnrilM Connirtny Illouka nil ItlTeilluntlfin. CHICAGO. Juno 3. J. C. Denlson , secre tary and trcasurrr of the Union Stock Yards and Transit company , blocked the Investiga tion of the Interstate Commerce commission today by refunlnR to produce before the com- mlttcu thu books and records of bis corpora tion. tion.Mr. Mr. Nnwlln of the Texas Cattle Growers' asHoclatlon demanded the bonks and asked the commission to Issue a subpoena to com pel the secretary to produce them. At torney Bahcouk asserted that Uie Union Stork Yards and Transit company was an Illinois corporation , doing business entirely In Cook county , and that the commission had nothing to Jo with Its affairs. Chair man Morrlnon was of a different opinion and wanted to lssu thn mihpmma , but after a conferenc-n with CnmmliiBlnncr Prouty and other aspociatehe announced that the subpoena would not hn Issued. Hu said hu eonsldered the Union Stock Yards and Transit company , although an Illinois cor poration , doing business entirely In Cook eminty , was handling interstate business and henrp wns subject to an Inquiry by thu commtsBlon , Ho said , however , that his as sociates did nut cgrce with him and Jiunce no subpoena would be Isimed , The object of the order Is to bring In the bnokn and records of the Union Stock yards and show that thn rallrnadB formerly held thu stock and organized the stock yards company , and Mr NVwlln was desirous of showing the relations of these roads and Mils company at the present time. Secretary Dcnlson stated that the Stock Vnrda company had no contracts with any of thu railroads and so far aa ho know never had any. ! ! said ho would gladly furnish thu names of thu organizers and directorates down to the present and Information In regard tu capital stock , etc. Thu railroads In their defense of the terminal clmrgc Hied a transcript of the evldencu submitted hy the defense In the suit brought In the United States circuit court by commission men against thu re ceiver ot thu Atchlson , Topeka & Santa Fo railroad. HIH RIISIIiXATION JS ACCEPTED. L < VimU AViiMliIiiiru < lul < n tli > Union I'ttrlllc Ilntvl lluimrtmiMit. Frank Washburn , general superintendent of the Union Pacific hotel department , has Just handed In Ills resignation , and It has been accepted. He han been connected with the department since 1SS9. For a number of years hu had supervision ot the hotel and eating houses oj the Union Pacillc along thu Oregon Short Line. Just before that line left the Union Pacific system Mr. Waah- burn was promoted to the general auperin- tendency and hla headquarters removed from Salt Lake City to Omaha , He Is well known In this city , and he hao a host of friends al along the "Overland Route. " No appointment has yet been made by J. E. Markel , lessee and proprietor ot the hote5 department , to nil the vacancy. It Is said thai no appointment wil be made , the. posi tion being left vacant and a portion of Its duties nasumud by Mr. Markel himself. With the loss of the Short Linn the hotel depart ment baa become much smaller and does not require such a largo farce to operate ) It. HEHOr.DTIOJfS AI1IIDT n.UI.WAY3. \ < -TT York Clininlier at Commerce Voice * Two OpInloiiM. NEW TOIIIC , June 3. The Chamber ot Commerce adopted a resolution today recog nizing "the Importance of an early en actment of a proper pooling bill so that railroadr. may exercise tbu right which all other corporations and citizens enjoy , to make contracts with each other. " Another resolution adopted declares , that "tbu feature of Imprisonment for Infractions of thu Interstate commerce law is calculated to defeat Its object of equality In rates , for the reason that railroad ofllcers ami shippers will hesttatu to Incriminate their fellows , but will not hesitate to complain of a corporation liable only to a pecuniary penalty. " Clilfiitfii .fc n'orllnvt-MiiTH Annual. CHICAGO , June 3. The annual meeting of tbu directors of the Chicago & North western road was held today , and , although the financial showing of thu road was not as good as that of last year , the directors worn able to declare a quarterly dividend of 1 % per cent on the preferred stock and a half yearly dividend of 2Vfe per cent on thu common stock. All of. Uie old officers were re-elected. The not receipts of the road from traffic during thu last year were SI .352.131 , and other sources of Income made the total nut revenuu ot thu road 34.188,301. Dividends amounting to $3,518J50 ( were paid during the year , leaving jl.170,271 as the surplus of the year over all charges. nnrnliiKM .Silo TV Increni * . CHICAGO. June 3. The general passenger agents of the larger western roads are feel ing-more hopeful than at any time during the post year. For the first time In many months tbu earnligs of their departments have been showing ail Increase aver thu same period of last year. For a long time after the first of the year the earnings fell behind and finally crawled up to that point where they were equal with those of last year. Now , however , they have begun to go ahead , and with -all the summer business to coino the roads are feeling very comfortable over the outlook. Itoelc. Ixlttml CiniMH CHICAGO , Junu 3. Estimated grow earn ings of thu Hock bland system for thu month of May are ; i,202,4 0 , an Increase of $1,2J7 ever tbu estimated earnings of thu system for the ttamu month of lost year. Itnllxvny IVoti'H mill 1'er.toilillH. Traveling Passenger Agent 13 < * > ch of the Minneapolis & St. Louts waa in thu city yes terday. John n , Manchester , general claim agent of th Union Paclttc , has gone to Now York City on a builnras errand. Freight Traffic Manager Munroe of the Union Pacific wont aver to Chicago lnut even ing to attend a freight conference. Unluo. I'nlllc CluniM-rH Mrrr-t. The regular anuunl. meeting of tile Union Pacific/ pioneers waa held Wednesday at C. A. Leary'ruhop In the Union Paclttc yarda. The following- officers were elected : W. L Daker. president : C. L. Whitney , lirat Tlce1 president ; John HamfonL , second vice presi dent ; John M. nice , treasurer , and William J. Knar , secretary , each responding with a abort Impromptu speech. A motion was made and unanimously carried , thanking J. A , Lllllu ami CanAxford for the faithful serv ice performed as president and secretary , re spectively. A resolution from thu citizens ot Logan. la. , was read and ordered to be entered In the records at tbu association. The nuHttlng adjourned to meet at tha same place Junu 9. at S o'clock p. m. TUIIX1TII.K3 FOR THIC STATE F.V1II. Bnnril nf Mnnmier * Lrnnr One Domcn for T i ! Yrnrn. The Board of Managers for the Slate fair belt ! an extended session at the Mlllard hotel tret evnnlng anil considerable routine busl- neioi In connection with the fall exhibition was transacted. There were present Pres ident Donllttle , Secretary R , W. Furnan. John D. Dlnsmoro. chairman ot the Board ot Managers : 3. C. Ba.imtt , E. L. Vance , W. A. Poynlcr and E. A. Barnes. A proposition wan renelvml from Messrs. Miller & Decswlck ot Norfolk to equip the gaten of the ground with a new patent lurn- I attic. Twelve stiles wilt be ustd and the | board agreed to the uw of them for three yearn at a price of $200 for that period. President Dnnllttle of thn music commit tee reported that he hail hired the McCook Military band at $3717 for the period covered hy the fair Mrs. Ida Humphrey of Pawnee City wns appointed aa an expert judge of articles In claaa G , women's exhibit. Theodore Hughe * of Trenton. Mo. , and W. S. Rusaell of Otturawa. la. , were selected as judgpR for tha poultry exhibit. It WRH proposed to plan an extensive pro gram of bicycle races during the fair , but decisive action In the matter was postponed until the next meeting of the board. Numerous privllege-a were urantod for nmatl exhibit * and booths and a. quantity ot bills audited. This morning at 9 o'clock several mem bers of thu board will visit tin- fair grounds In company with Superintendent Smith anil Secretary Goodrich of the street railway company anil will consider plans tor Improv ing the street car service to thu grounds this fall. Secretary Pumas staled last evening that the prospects for a largo attendance and a profitable exhibit this year were excellent. So far the applications for space had been unusually numerous. The farmers through out the state were looking forward to a large crop this year anil were enjoying moro prosperity than for several years back. Ho considered It an amured fact that they would turn out In largo numbers to the fair and would swell the attendance over last year 20 per cent. Among the novel exhibits in the cattle line this year will be several flue specimens of the Brown Swiss bulls nud cowe. These cattle have been but lately brought Into the state and hove proved a valuable acquisition to the fanners. The board will finish KB biu'lness at the morning session today. D.VVIS n.vsc ; iiEiiN > 'iM : TO TEACH. Dm * Arrest mi l Mure Property Uir- t iivir il IIH tt H * Mitlt. Roily McDonald was arrested last night on Information given thu police by one ot the Davis gang ot burglars who hi at present conllned lu the county Jail on charges of burglary. Thu Informant stated that ho know of several thefts whlclf had been com mitted by "Holly" and his pal , Channel ! , the last named being also In the county Jalt for burglar Ho stated that the two had stolen a harness valued at $125 trnm a farmer who llvea nine miles south of Paplllion. They had also taken a buggy from Liveryman McCormick - mick , whoso place of business Is In this city near Fourteenth and Harney streets. The harness and buggy had been disposed of to a farmer named John McCarthy , a brother of Vic McCarthy , near Paplllion. Yesterday the police located the harness at McCarthy's farm and brought It to the station. The buggy , however , was miasini : as .McCarthy admitted that he had disposed of it. A warrant will be made oul for Mc Carthy's arrest today on the charge of re ceiving stolen property. Chariea Davis , the luader of the so-called Davis gang of thieves , who made their head quarters near Thirty-first and Jackson streets until broken up by thu police , told Captain Haze yesterday that his wl o knew of a largo quantity of harness and stolen property which waa still hidden. He said that ho had directed her to take the officers to this place , and tt in expected that considerable valuable property will be recovered today , JOHN nilYD TUACHEll A WITNESS. H Fully VerllI M u Btniiuti- AVarliPN Fair Ainiril. John Boyd Thacher la laconic and de cisive In his statements. Aa chairman of thu executive committee on awards at Uiu World's fair he adopted this positive and sententious way in which to verify In an official letter , the high honors wan by Dr. Prici/s Cream Baking Powder : "I here with enclose you au official copy ot your award , which in due time will be Inscribed In the diploma and forwarded. " Thus the question respecting the award , raised by an envious New York rival , Is settled be yond cavil. The same rival , by Uie way. Is widely advertising an award for Itself. The official records prove this claim wholly false , as they show the New York pretender -was' ' not so much as an exhibitor at the World's fair. With all their claims no medal is shown. On another page of today's Issue will be found the medal awarded to Dr. Price's. .MACCAJ3EE3 TO HAVE A EiiiiitKli Vote * PItMlureil to Mnlct 3uu-- IM-HM AnHiiruil , W. H. Hubbard , deputy supreme com mander of thu supreme tent of the Knights ot Maccabees , and Charles A. Tracy , who went to Minneapolis a few days ago to at tend a district meeting of thu Maccabees , have returned home. The object ot their trip was to secure the endorsement by the district convention of a scheme to have the grand supreme tent appropriate a sum of money for a building to be erected on the exposition grounds next year. They were entirely successful , and returned enthusiastic over thu outlook. Thu district convention was for thu states of Minnesota , North and South Dakota , and thuvotes thus secured now almost assure thu success of the ap propriation. "The supreme tent ot the Maccabees will meet at Port Hurnn.'Mlch. . In July , anil thu amount ta bo uukcd for will be $5,000. Thu plan proposed calls for a building in thu shape at a tent symbolic of the order and to be two stories high. The intention Is to have the building tittod up by thu women of the order. _ ILACE TIIAC1C IN FIXE CONDITION. Hrlulit Ontluiilc. fur u SucreunNfuI Ilm- Thu executive committee of tho- Fair anil Speed association held a meeting In thu par lors of the Commercial club last night to complete Homo of the final arrangements for the June racu meet at the new fair grounds , which will begiut on. nuxtTuusday , A multi tude of detalla were arranged for , the work lielng parceled out to the members ot the' committee. A number ot privileges on. the grounds were awarded. Reports were made that the track waa In the finest condition tt ever has been. It IB hard , smooth and solid and fast time will be maiiu on it If thu woatbur remains good. Ar- mngpmenta are to be made to have a roller go ovar It Juat before the bicycle races come- off in order to give a smooth track to the "cracks. " All the boulevards ta and In thu grounds are aluo In tlrat-elasa condition. After mapping out tbeie arrangements the committee went Into executive session to consider tbu speed entrlei. Wo've ijot mare orsnn linrgnlnH thtm you over saw bi-fore every one lu per- Cuct condition slightly used JiiHt what you want for practicing' a. flue Instruc tion book , and stool with each ouu thu- prieu Is em y * o are thu tunuu 1.00 to $5.00 down ami thu snmu amount each month Wu'Vfl jjot onu Su-rlintj organ Kl stops for $47.00 It's worth twice aa much today waa sold for three tltm-n Uiu amount wlu > u uow Its (1& ( feet high and 1s aa good aa msw We've got more Just as good bargains. A. HOSPE , Jr. , Music ani Art 1513 Douglas. . MUCH WORK ASD SMALL PAY Experiences of Jfanjr ( Heanoia in ffomo Mission Begiona. SOME TRIALS OF fTEBffASKA MINIS FERS II t-T. HnriiKin Ilronn fltu-nkn tit tlio Work In tinVVftltrn Plrlil Churclic * MtriiKfjllnir Tu- vrnril SAnATOGA , X. Y. , June 3. General O. O. Honranl presided at the second sonslou of the Congregational Home Missionary clety'a seventy-first annlvorsary tmlay. I There ivas an mcteniled general discussion ' relatlro tu thu fluanctal conillttnn of tlin so ciety. which has Ireen considerably altoetcd by tbo business depression duriui ; tun past year. Secretary Washington Choato of New j York City read a paper cntltli-d "Flxuil | Factors In Homu illrslons. " Amung other j things hu said : "Let thi > mt-nuco of our cities In thulr masses nil untouched by guapol ll ht or sav ing grace , tliiuld world hunlcu still comlun i and bringtiii ; their bigotry , degradation and j Illiteracy ; thu great areas of our land lot these conditions stand hefara our vision and ! thu need of the nation as a present factor i ' In htnnu m.sslona IB read In character's dark. est hue. " Continuing , he said : "It was the organized body of Christian bellevcro that illd the constructive work In the Christian upbuild ing of thu nation and 1L wan the work of this society to organize such bodies. Thnt patriotIsm - Ism whose dominant factor Is .1 recognized divine purpose In this country's future alone j could overcome the national problems whose i signs are MO clearly visible today Although j public benefactions to philanthropic , educa tional and benevolent purposes wore of grand dimensions , yet the agencies of the church missionary languished under crippled lluau- ces. " HARD WORK IN NEBRASKA. Rev. Harmon Bros . D.D. , of Lincoln , Neb. , spoke as follows : Wo are trying to save our churches during these trying times by combining the Minnesota seta Idea and the Nebraska plan. The Minnesota pltm Is to starve the ministers. the Nebraska way Is to worK them to death. Wu cannot very well combine both these. plans an the same Held , bnt we are trying to make a Judicious selection. We have allowed mir Istors to Tinve their salaries re duced from * SuO to $700. from J700 to $000. from $ GOO to $500 , and some of them are trying to eke out nil existence on $400 a your. When we get heart-sick over this way , then wo combine two or three or tour churches and make one man pastor at them all. In tlilH way one man preaches three times every Sunday and nnves twenty-live miles over a. rough road ; another man's par ish has been seventy miles long by aavldu as hu could make It. The growth has been In the enlargement of churches already organized and In the development of out-stations into churches that call for no nuw workers. In this way three or four promising churches have come into being. In thu absence of , v regular evangelist , pastors have been their own evangelists , und then have helped each other. In one case the evangelist of an other denomination cama into the community where our church was pastorless , and our own Christian Endeavor society turned In and worked like laborers in the harvest Held. , Two of the churches organised in Decem ber wore the outgrowth of revival work conducted by the pastor or our Ognlalla church , and at one polntu thirty-one united , and at another twenty-four. Our contribu tions exceed $400 or KUW those of the previous year. There are very' feW | blanks in the col umn for home minslonary oifermgs. TWENTY-FOUlt TIS UIS' WOHK. T have been In Nebraska nearly twenty- four years , and the most of our IK ! churches have been orsanlznl since I came. Aa nearly every church In the state hus been planted and nourished by thV-Home Mlmtonary so ciety , the whole Ctingresrujonal common wealth la a. .good Illustration tit the work wrought under thn auspices of the society. From thu beginning of our one lltlle church of nine members In 1E5G. with Father Guy- lord at Its head , we have grown to be a community of 1H2 churches with about 14.COO members ; nearly 20,000 in our congregations and as many In our Sunuay schools. Our churches have been struggling- toward self- support. many of those upon the self-sup porting list having , reached that point through great sacrlilce on the part of pas tors and people. We shall never know , much less appreciate , the privations , the self- denials of our pioneers : thorn who go before and do thu work for thu rest of us. We organized a. church the other day out on thu prairies of western N hraali , four teen rnili-s from any other Christian body of any denomination. Our homu missionary pastor had gonu out from his own church ; he'd some special meetings and therverfc twenty-tour to unite with , the -church ; a good Sunday school ; a good Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor , and a good warm feeling of Christian fellowship. Plain simple , hard-worWiig , Intelligent people they are ; people who ne l Uiu gospel und are so eager to hour it. W wont from there to another point where the same home missionary noytor had held meetings , and there were thirty- two ready to be welcomed to a Congrega tional church. There is no other church In the community That homu missionary pas tor. In his home church und at these sta tions. had only J300 a year home missionary money. money.3ACIUFICIAL WORK. About a year ago tliero came to my homo In Lincoln , after we had corresponded ub mt the matter , a young man from Massachu setts , ready for his work In the ministry. Did we need him In Nebraska ? Certainly : wo had JIIHC the place for him. In the whole county tlier- wan one little church organiza tion , no house of warship , but the ono which had been built by this people. If hn went he was ta be the only resident minister In thu whole county. Hu visited the Held , and not only had the ca:1 : of thn uhurch , hut felt also the Lord's call to this work. This people ple came to th service for miles around. Fourteen miles away wna another com munity where , unable to build a frame church , they hud constructed a ne-it anil attractive sod liouso for worship. That was part of his Held ; another out-tunton was es- i and another H wns to n * mar ried to a Mainejtlrl a mrmbpr of the Ma.no ' Missionary tmna. n nlpau < lf fl v IX Hirs of Inn Mniwuatiupftts Ministerial Imrpini , Wwton. The brnvfl little womnn r-nmtt all the way from Mulnp tu N.ilira > ku by her eof that thn two might unite Ihnir henrtH anil llvoa In the work. Where -mould tliry be married , 1C not under thu roof of the home missionary superintendent" They have bf > n on thn tlwd nlno tnnnttm. The neoplp nm In lovn with thum nnrt ihey are m love with tinwork. . Thlrty-thife persons havp been hopefully converted and united with the church. Both nf them together , for she ilons an much Mark aa he. have the mag- nlllcent snlnry of SflPO ; half of which Ts mined , l > y the hardy pioneers on the Held and the rest furnished ny the society. If there In a noblp Christina work going on under thr aim surely It Is them on these prairies. Now in throe mnnthn the nppllcn- tlon will come in for another grant of jaw. Whnt * hall we say * That Congrefrntlonal- l mi In ton poor to help iny longer ? j Whern I ipent the Sabtmth three xvorka ' ago wn have a little nhttrrh organization , the only one In the whole county. When the young man reaches there from Oherlln in a few days ho will bo the nnly resident pastor In thn whole county. We urn trying to build a churc-h and pnrwinngo. When that little ehurch asks for Help for a short time to support the mlnlstor slmll wo sny that Consregatloimllsm has gone out of huslnexii and can da nothing mure ? Think how economically wo are doing thin work , 12S Phurrhes with seventy-nine pastors , receiving LUW persons to ehurch membership In a year : sustaining Sunday - - and maintaining stand * schools : nieatlngand n ard of religion , morality , patriotism and righteousness In ax ) oommunlllos , and the whole plant costing less In home mission ary money than half of tne running ax- pensea of ono of our city schools. The cur rent expenws of one of our city churches are said to be over jnoinw , and our allow ance for the wholn state of Nebraska for the pretent year (9 ( only $14,013. $5,0i > l of which wo art ) to raise In our own churches. EXTENT OF BUILDING OPERATIONS. Thu treasurer. William 11. Howlaud , re ported aa follows : Debt April 1. 1SD8. $51.700 : special gifts to. ward liquidation of debt during year , $17- 422 ; balance nf other debt remaining , $32 278 ! other contributions , JHG.4U7 , .is compared with Knn.117 last year : legacies , J1S2.U4 , as compared with SUnMO last year ; Income from invested ninils. JU. S ; Income from home. mlsslonan * and leallets. SV ) ; an hand at beginning of year. J11SS9 : total resources. $332.670. Thu recelpto from the treasurerr of auxillurv so cieties were RM.iKO , as compared with J103.ISS last year. The uspemllturpi for mlasionurj * labor and oxnetihi" ! were $4"1,273 , as compared with $460.718 last vear. The total iiayments for the year were S445.SW. leaving a net debt on the year's work of $ n ? , :6. : In view of the falling receipts and the In- evltnblu addition to the debt In prospect when the estimates for the year 1M7-8 wern considered In December ! ast , the executive committee reduced the apportionment for 1U97-8 by cutting down expenditures on the Held $ TA21S and reducing the general ex penses $ a.oGS. ) aa compared with thu Previous year , making a total reduction of $73,783. REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS. Rev. Superintendent T. W. Jones of Con gregational home missions In New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Maryland , Virginia and the District of Columbia , told of thu history of the Welsh population of Pennsylvania , thu centennial of which Is to be observed Juno 22. The whole district has 172 churches , with about 721.000 members. Welbh , Scan dinavian. German and Jlav. Rev. L. P Broad of Topeka , Kan. , super intendent for Kansas , said there were 1S1 Congregational churches In Kansas , with 13,000 members , ICO church buildings and eighty-four self-supporting churches. Additional remarks on work In mission ary fluids were made by Superintendents A. 1C. Wray of Missouri and E. H. Hackman of Now Mexico and by W. H. Sthrall of Huron , S. D. , T. W. Jones of Philadelphia and T. Grataiu of Ashland. Wia. The closing session of the seventy-first anniversary was held tonight. Addresses were made by Rev. John L. Scudder of Jer sey City , N. J. , and Rev. Dr. A. H. Brad ford of Montclalr , N. J. General Howard also spoke. Thu selection of the next place of meetIng - Ing was left with the eiecutlve committee , to be announced later. Either Hartford , Conn. , or Detroit , Mich. , will , < n all proba bility , be selected by the committee. Tonight Rev. Dr. Frank T. Bayley of Den ver , Colo. , offered resolutions , which were unanimously adopted , expressive of thu ut most conildenco in the operations , conduct and management of the society. During May , 183H , the receipts of thu society were $ nSOO , but during May. 1SD7 , Just ended , the re ceipts were $17,000. UnlU'it Ilrctlin-ii In Cnnfiri-ni-e. RICHMOND , Ind. , June 3. Bishop Halleck Floyd of Indiana presided over the session of tie United Brethren general conference at Dublin thto morning. It waa voted to elect general officers tomorrow .morning. A com mittee of ten was appointed by the board of bishops to make nominations. A motion to close the sessions Saturday afternoon was voted down. Rex * . Barclay of Oregon was appointed pastoral delegate to the National Christian association at Chicago In May. The committee on boundary recommended some annual confercncea be rande larger hy con solidating ; alfa that Oklahoma mission and Impahre mission. Africa , be made mission district ! ! to be presided over by one bishop. rii-Cjinm-il PrenliyteriariH Adjourn. BEAVER FALLS , Pa. . June 3. At the Reformed Presbyterian synod Dr. McAllister read a paper , thanking the synod for dis missing the charges against him and said ha would submit to the request , but will not go on publishing his paper , thu Christian Statesman , under any such restrictions. H will be suspended until such time as the synod will reconsider Its action and with draw the restrictions , o that he can write with freedom. After clcslng np a number of matters of routine business , th'e synod adjourned to meet In June , IS98 , at Walton , N. Y. Dozen MtMi Drui\n. SAN FRANCISCO * Cal. . June 3. The loss of the British bhip Zei.lka , bound from Nuw York for Wellington. N. Z. , resulted In the death by drowning of twelve men. The Zelllka. went ashore at midnight on Good Friday , in Palllser bay. on a rocky shore. ThB crew numbered twenty-one , of wnom uinu managed to reach shore. "We're not doclora , but we are Hciuntl- Hu nml pru'tl il optlchuiHVo liuvc iinuli ! this liiHlin > .srf our life HtndyVu can ftiHt your eyes lu u proper manner tlu-n wti ( 'riml tilts luinws yon iic 'il Yon sou w are inuniifnuturinK' apticiann only ones in Oinnlin Tliun we furuiHli you thft frruim jou uuml cornjctly Ht- twl B > ' ouiniug' lieru you : set tins best puHsll > It ) rc'HiiHii for ic IH our hiiHimis.i to slvo jou .satisfaction ; every time It won't cost ou'i ' nythiiij- ! Lava na r' tt'at your eye : j' ni Columbiap Optical Co AJ.Y AUTISTIC ; iKTiiric AND 'A ' . \ I'UACTIU.iJi OITICIAXS. / A Dfnvnr. Kansai Cr. > 'ow that oiu tfftults are packed and we are rcadyutonutart on our Htimnu-r outiut ; t wlll lml have tlie clrcnla- ' ' ' tlou department'o'i' Uie "Omaha Bc " send HH thu evouiiifr and Sunday ptipur Uicy will chuirjfls the addrcsa : u * often .is wo notify th m aml tliuy only auk scvimty crnta a. month jnst think how llttlu it costs to hitvu all thu UUWB from homo evcrjdaj - in the we t if 11 bwit all tinliitU'rs papa- and my uiri frimids can wrlt I'd utw thn tvlupliaai * liit th r nay rtmy ml lit get th artdnwa TmraR-Hind I don't know what \ws * l do if wo dldu-'t yet Tli Bee. The Omaha Daily Bee ClrculationDepartmanfc 17th and Farnim : Bee Building : Three things worthy of your attention , com bined in these suits we put on sale Saturday - Quality , Style and Price. Firat insures good wear , the second good appear a. ice , the third economy , All these for 34.00 , aside from the fact that you have your choice of 10 distinct patterns and designs , and the advantage of having the suit to fit you as you want it. Our tailors take considerable pride and care to carry out your suggestions , in order to lit you correctly. These suits are worthy of care in fitting because they are not the tr.ishy kind , poorly put to gether sort , yet the price you pay here is less than some concerns charge for trash. THE SAME PRICE TO ALL Cor. 14tli and Douglas Sts. If you live out of town our mail order de partment is at your service. DURRANI IS BREAKING DOWN Murderer ofVBlnncha Lament Begins to Lose Hia Norvo. GUARD KEPT CONSTANTLY WITH HIM For thu I'-lrit Time SI HIMIlln Arrext the Coinlniinil linn IH IlcstluNH AVIllIl ! SIlM'I > l"W VIH ! 1 tu SuiiriMuu Ciiurt. SAN QUENTIN. Cdl. , Juno 3. Theodore Durrant aceius to be breaking down. A member of the death wutch was soatud at bin tiida last night looking down upon him as ho tuased and tumbled In his rcstlosj sleep. The warden was at OL-CO notllled of the change in Durrani's demeanor. Orders were issued to increase the death watch and maintain the vigil with greater care than before. Captain Edgar commanded that a guard ba stationed every mlnuto ot the day and night In the cage with the con demned man. Whatever Durrani may do the eyas of tha guard will be upon him. Three men will watch "him until bo dies on tha gallows. Durrant'a father carried to the condemned man ytutcrday the news that the United States district court had denied the writ ot habeas corpus , and that the next fight for life must be made at Washington before the supreme court. A special messenger will hurry across thu continent , but he can not reach Washington before next \VoJma- day. Hu will have the greatest good fortune - tune It ho receives an audience from the supreme court that day. It is probable that a hearing will nut bo grunted before Thurs day of next week , and on thu following day Durrani must dinit , th < national tribunal docs not exert Its authority. The elder Durrani wept yesterday aa ho told his son the story , hut be badu the con demned man to bo of good cheer and not to lose heart until the lo t hope Is gone. If the journey IB made without accident , a return , staying the execution , may be served by telegraph on the warden. The son said ho would be brave. AH he .spoko to his father a wire screen and wooden bars sepa rated them. At 11 o'clock this morning Durrant'H attor neys will ask tbo circuit courl for permis sion to appeal to the United States supreme court. If this request is granted they will be satisfied , for they contend that It will act OH a stay of execution. MEANS SIX MONTHS' DELAT. SAN FUANCISCO , June 3. The attorcoyn for Theodore Durrani again appeared before - fore Judge Gilbert In tlu ; United States circuit court today and applied for a writ of supersedeas for the purpose of staying thn execution of the sentence , but this was denied by the court. An application for leave to appeal from this decision tu the supreme court of the United States was then granted , although it id an open question whether. In view of the denial of the writ of supersede-as , the order of the court acts as a stay of proecedlngs. Attorney General Fitzgerald wired to War den Halo to take no action In the premises pending thu appeal. As the United States court does not meet again until October next , this virtually means a rcspitu for six months at least. \Viinli-il's CiiMf for HiipriimCourt. . SAN FHANCISCO. Juno 3. In the United States circuit court today Judge Gilbert de nied the application of the attorneys of Salter - tor D. Wonlpn , the condemned train wrecker , for a writ of habeas corpus. A. motion was then inadu for Ii-avu to appeal to thu su- promu court of ttiu United States , ami It was granted. Warden \ull swld this after noon that hu was looking far an opinion from thu attorney general , and It it was a pusltivo onu hu xvould act upon It. Warden Aull of Folsom prison telephoned this I'vnnlng that ho had received tele graphic mintages from tne attorney general advising him nut to proceed with thu bung ing of Warden tomorrow. Acting upon tills advlco thu execution will not take pluco aa Intended. Warden Aull fays hu has natl- tlitlVurdun anil has had the gallaua taken down. I'rlHiin Hiviilt UniliMl. SAN QUENTIN , Cal. . Junu 3. The great revolt among the convicts at San Qituntln Is practically at an end. Captain Edgar , the guardian of the prison yard , boa tha prisoners under hu complete control , anil has won a signal victory over thu men In. stripes. Yesterday afternoon nearly 100 men. were released from solitary oonllnuinont , anil are now willing to go to work In the Jute mill. TAKEN Ttl THE SOI'REME COURT. CunMtltiitiuiiiility of MiinlKlitnl Court JLinv to He Tpntutl. Proceedings In quo warranto worn com menced In the auprcmo court yesterday to tc3t thu constitutionality of thu mu nicipal court law. Thu supreme court wo naked to compel George A. Maguey. John D. Ware and Harry E. Burnam , judges , and Fred H. Cosgrovo , clerk , to show cause why they should not bo ousted from the of Hues they preteud to occupy. Thu suit Is a. fricudlv one. and tha de fendants hava waived utimmuna In order to hava a speedy hearing ? The case Is brought In the name of thu state. J. J. Boucher ot this city , appearing for thu relators. Dl'Iltll.M Of ! l Oil } " . CHICAGO , Juno 3. William H. Crawford , a well known breeder and owner of trotting horses. Is dead. Hu once owned tbo famoun Patclien Wllkes stock farm near Lexington , Ky. Mr. Crawford managed thu J. I. Case stable Jay Eye See. 2:10 ; Ptmllas , 2:13 : % , ami other star attractions on thu grand circuit In 1883-84. Hu was 51 years old. NEW YOHK. June 3. Samuel L. Post died on the floor of thu Stock exchange today. llo was seized with hnart disease and suc cumbed in a few minutes. He had b * en a member of the exchange since 1S63. D train era wns Immediately suspended and not resume ! until noon. ( FRANKLIN , Neb. , June 3. ( Special Tele gram. ) Mrs. Nettle Carpenter died thil morning of quick consumption , having been : sick lorn than anu year. Shu was onu at the best teachers In the county , and bad to gtvo up her school last fall , when her sick ness carao on. The funeral Tvlll be next Saturday. _ Ht-liI o < Iu DlHtrlct Court. Mlnnlo Melklo. a 14-year-old girl , was yes- terrlny bound over to the district court t > r ' Judge Gordon under $300 bonds to answer : { to thu charge ot Incorrlgibillty. The action , I waa taken at the Inutanco of a slster-ln-law ! and frlemlH ot the girl , who aay Uiat bn ! ungovernable. Thn girl's mother la dead and her father ia living In a town In Iowa , , Sim wan sent to frirmls In this city becauuo her father could not properly care for her. Thu friends were unable to manage her unit therefore placed her In a home lain Septem ber. The officials of tnis plucn have rn- peateilly tried to place her In some privatu homu , but sbu will aot remain. " wlitit a muni ! what a shoe us this Sprocket IH to tliu blcy- clu HO IH the "Sprockut" to tliu man who rldi's a wheel or walks the streist iniuli1 Hciontillually with a Ilixililisolo and hand snvwd ItH color IH a dark will brown RiihHia and ItH eoinforlH am uvor- hiHtintf. It IH worn In tfio vast to tliu exclusion of nlmom anyothur HIOI | > , both for walkfntr and ridingpurpoHc.s It in ciirtalnly a grandly K l Hliiw Drux L. Shooman wears them anil hu knows LTicw Is uleo , too ll.OO. Drexel Shoe Co. 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