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-
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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-
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to slvo jou .satisfaction ; every time
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I'UACTIU.iJi OITICIAXS. /
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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-
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Hciontillually with a Ilixililisolo and
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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
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Shooman wears them anil hu knows
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