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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1897)
THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 1 , 1897. CLARK S CHANCE SEEMS GOM Little Likelihood That He Will Again Be President , BUEF : THAT HE WILL LEAVE UNION PACIFIC Welt I'nutcil Ilnllrnod Mm Kxpcct to Sec i .Vow Jinn nnil n Yonngcr nt the llrnil of the llonil. ri M4i t S. II. H. Clark of the Union Pa- cM raflwsy system did not come to Oraiha yesterday , bad b cn exp eted. It Is now not quite certain when h will be here , but cer tainly not tor a lev days and possibly not until next week. Jt t what caused a change In Site plans is not known , but It Is currently rammed tbat bte physician opposed his risk ing Mattel f ID tbe cold weather now prevail ing hereabouts and Inilsted on his remaining in St. Ixmte. Within the last week there has been a won. ,1 dental change of sentiment at the Omaha , heidqtiartnrs of the Union Pacific and la other railway circles In this territory regardIng - Ing the head of the reorganized Union PiclDc railroad. Ever since the foreclosure tale be- cano an assured fact up until Mr. Clark's return from the New York meeting with the receivers and the reorganlraHon committee the only talk about the presidency of the new company one heard ! n Union Pacific cir cles was that the Incumbent's name would bo Clark. Several events that happened In New York and teveral things said by men prominent In reorganization matters during the last week have tended to change this widespread opinion. The men who loy ally said "Clark" for a couple of months now shake their heads and say It Is hard to tell who will be president. The few who have inflicted nil along that Mr. Clark would uever bo president now contend 'hat they were right from the start and with some what more earnestness than heretofore man ifested. WILL DE A BIO JOB. A men unusually keenly Killed in fore sight regarding railway matters s-iys : "I m y be wrong , but 1 can eee the handwriting on the wall. 1 think tint the change of the Union Pacific to Its new owners will be fol lowed by a complete reorganization. The iwirchisers of the Tnion Pacific were forced to t y $13,000,000 more for the prcpcrty tlwo they bad counted on. The only war they can get thit hick Is to work It out ct the prof erty. To successfully accomplish this tremendous task a reorganization of the railroad will be absolutely necessary. This reorganization uwy bo gradual , but it's bounJ to corne. I dn not say that any of the officials now here will go I hope not but they ore very apt to bavp tbelr authority curtailed by the plac ing of new nven over them. There Is a good deal of talk about a Northwestern man to take charge of the cwoperty. I presume this is ha&efl on the fact that Marvin Hughitt. president of the Northwestern. Is the only tirtlve railroad nan on the committee having tcimarary charge of the road. But Winslqw S. Pierce , attorney for the Gould interests , is also a member of that committee. To my mind Jacob S. SchlC. the eminent financier of Wall street. Is the most powerful member of the committee. What he says Is likely to have the greatest weight. " TWO CANDIDATES. There has been a gre-it deal of talk about the probability of the election of Horace G. Burt , third vice president of the Northwest ern. to the Union Paciflc presidency. This talk is largely based on the fact that he is a known favorite of President Hughitt. who has pushed him to the front very rapidly. Mr. TSurt was formerly stationed here as general manager of the Elkhorn. and his return as president of the Union PaclSc would , lnrt od , be a singular coincidence. Thes9 who predict Burl's election argue tfcat President Huphltt wants to take care of H. H. McCullough. general traffic manager of the Northwestern , by making him third vice president to succeed Mr. Curt. Edwin W. Winter , formerly president of the Northern Pacific : Is still named by those very familHr wltb railroad re-alters of an executive nature. They predict the election of Mr. Winter either as president of the reorganized Union Pacific , or as chairman of the board of directors. The lifts are filled with a .half dozen candidates , and In the order of reasonable probability they seem to run like this : Edwin W. Winter , Horace O. Burt , S. H. H. Clark. Edward Dickinson. William H. Truesdale .ind Oliver W. Mink. Knclneer Dli-kson'M I'rldo. Edwin R. DIckson was the most prominent personage about Union Pacific headquarters yesterday. He Is the engineer who pulled the null train from Grand Island to Council Bluffs Monday afternoon in record-break ing time In order "to &ive the company the payment of a heavy fine to the government To a Bee reporter he said : "The rawt exas perating things always hapen on a fast nia. 1 was called out of bed an hour before start ing and did not know anything about a desire to make fast time till I was well along on the road. I had no time to fix up the engine and we lost eeven minutes In two stops to fix the tank hose. At Millard we were laid out nearly five minutes. I am sure the run can be done In twenty minutes better time than we made yesterday. I'd like to try It over again. " , rtni-Ic Ixlnnil Ilon.l Soli * Homls. NEW YORK. Nov. 30. The -bankers con cerned In the matter anonunccd today tha : the Rock Island road has Fold to Speyer & Co. a block of new 4 per cent bonds suQ clent to retire all the collateral and exten sion and debenture bonds , and the bonds maturing in 1S9S. This will leave only J12.000.000 6-per cent 6onds outstanding not provided for In the refunding scheme. Knrnlnus of tinllurllnxtnn. . CHICAGO. Nov. 30. The net earnings of the Burlington system for the month ol October were Jl , 141,604 , an tacrease of $129.- 313 over the same month of the preceding year. The net earnings for tbe months from July J to October 1 were 13.269.356 , on In crease of { 1.222.034 over the same period of the preceding fiscal year. nvot - nnil I' < T oniiI . General Manager Edward Dickinson went over to Chicago tasr evening. . Freight Traffic Manager Muaroe of the Union Paclflo has gone to Chicago. General Western Agent Fred A. Nash of tbe Milwaukee oamo In from Chicago yester day morning. Assistant General Freight Agent Lane of the Union Pacific Is In Kansas City attend Ing another conference on the question of live stock rate. ! . Traveling Passenger Agent McNutt of the "Kity" read is In town , and announces that hu road will after this run a ti rough Wag ner tourist sleepUig tar from Kansas Oity to Texas points on tbe dated of homeserkers' excursions. The freight men reported no further breaks in the rates to Colorado points yesterday and it Is expected tbu 25 cents will remain th rate on the first four clatted and 15 cenU on the othw classes from here to Colorado rado for tome time to come. It is 4 ( insular fact that eome of the Omaha railroad companies received their notices ot the State Hoard of Transportation ordering a rrturn to stock rates in dollars per carkud Monday morning and other railroad oomjunUa bad no : received their notices up until noon yesterday. Rwt ami west lines are beginning to notice the dropping off ot freight traffic that always occurs In the latter part of November. There Is not much live stock being bandied , but tb * westbound merchandise continue * good. This movement Is undoubtedly stimulated bj tbe lovr rates prevailing to Colorado points opeely aud to Missouri river points cur- roptltl usly. That the railways east of Chicago are be ginning to read tt > handwriting on tbe wall and are learning to appreciate the impor tance of southern competition in the grain- carrying business has been demonstrated by the fact tbat tbe presidents of a number ol lines eest of Chicago have Juit met In Chicago cage to consider tin advisability of reducing Ibe ratra east of Chicago. No action has yet been taken. Regarding th eiptcted reduction In pas senger rates from Chicago to Omaha and other Missouri river points , a dispatch from icago ay "Any oumbw of report * wr current today of reductions In tbe passenger atra between Chicago and tha Missouri Ivcr. All of the road * have admitted that his waft likely to come tt any time since he trouble broke out In active shape be- ween tha Chlcago-St Paul line * . Some of h strong line * bare been seriously consid ering the invisibility of making a redaction retween rhlrnco and the Missouri river but t Is not likely tbat anything will be 'done antll after tha meeting of the lines on Wednesday of this week " AMUSEMENTS. Do Irwln , after an eb * ncc of several rears from Omaha , will appe-ir at the Crelghton tomorrow night , beginning a half week's o&sagemeGt In "The Widow Jones , " the -rery amusing comedy with which Omaha heater-goers have b en made familiar through the medium of Flo's sister , May. j'ntll three or four years ago , whea May Irwln began to Appear here In connection with Peter-P. Dally and the McNally farces. : he eteters were equally well known awl . Iked In the we t. Both are artists and both { sing "coon" congi with the same unction This year Flo Irwln has taken up her buxom ! slster'a old part In "The Widow Jones" and has made a decided hit la It , She U sur rounded by many members ot the original company , prominent among whom are Adi L < ewls ami George W. Darnum. The engage ment Is announced to end with a matinee on Saturday , but It is hojxM that arrange ments may ibo tnado for a Saturday evening performance. Homer Moore has Just made a contract with the manager of Mme. Lillian S'ordlca , the great prima-donna. soprano , for a con cert at Boyd'a theater Friday even ing , December 17. Everybody will re member the magniflccnt performance ? lven last year with Mme. Nordlca , dor company and the Orc-ina. Musical society , under Mr. Moore's direction. It U Intended to give fully as fine a per formance this time and It Is likely tbat only the great artist and her company will ap pear. Mme. N'ordlci is engaged for the Datarosch Opera company , but by special arrangement she will sing -at a limited num ber of concerts In the west. Mme. Nordlca has scored a continual triumph ever since she returned to her native laad last Septem ber. She Is In better voice than ever and bus aaontahed evea her old friends by her marvelous versatility. The FKzsimmons engagement at the Crelghton ends with a. matinee and evening performance today. Stuart nobson plays at Boyd'a Monday and Tuesday of next week , presenting "Tht Comedy of Errors" and "The Henrietta. " Of IMuy * nml Plnycr . Francis Wilson has secured the rights tt > "La Poupee" and will probably produce H this season , with Lulu Glaser In Anna He'.d's place. Lillian Russell will produce "Peg Wofflng- ton" on an elaborate scale next season. Arrangements have been completed for ac early American tour of the famous Berlin Philharmonic orchestra , under the direction of Arthur Nlklsch. Sol Smith Ruisell made his long deferred production of "The Taming of the Shrew" in Buffalo last week. Marie Jansea Is ia her eighteenth year on the stage. Frederick Paulding has joined the Alcazai- Stock company in San Francisco. Odell Williams' debut In vaudeville wils be made in a comedietta called "The Judge's Wooing. " . Charles Hoyt and Deamaa Thompson are to collaborate in writing a play for the lat ter. Margaret Mather , with commendable dex terity , escaped two attachments la one day recently In Jersey City. Anthony Hope's new play , which E. H. Sothern will shortly produce , is called "The Adventure of Lady Ursula. " London Truth says that the Chinese plays Imported from America were preceded ( ) y the worst farce se n for "years oa the Engl' h stage , and adds : "We have too many bic pljya of our own to need any borrowlns from China proper or Chinatown improper. " J. E. Dadson having been Invited to lec ture before a certain dramatic school en "The Art o ! Making Up , " some of his en vious rivals are calling upon him to tell how ho makes up all those pretty anecdotes sjbout thim/elf which serve to keep his name quite prominently before the public In the newspapers. The earliest American theaters were la New York in 1723 and in Philadelphia In 49. 49.A A Minneapolis paper Is authority for tht statement that "a theatrical company i& devastating N'orth Dakota with 'Oihello' and an lago that Is shot at In six towna out of ten. " The paraphrase of Aeschylus' "Prome theus" for Its Impending production in Eng lish , as well as the choruses , hive been written by George Parsons Lathrop. Rose Cosblaa Is playing the leading role In "The White Heather" In Xew York. " Charles B. DUlfnghain. Julia Marlowe's man-iger , Is quoted as affirming that the professional return of Miss Marlowe to her maiden name makes an increase of at least 5600 or J700 a week In the box office re ceipts. Which is "Important If true. " Frank Pollock , the young tenor who sang the role of Robin Hood with the BcMjtonUn ; a couple of years ago. has been engaged for the production of Sousa'a new opera. "Th Bride Elect. " which Is to take place In Bos ton about tbe first of the year. Little Hope Ross , formerly the Ingenue of the Frawlcy company , has made a pronounced hit as Caroline Mllford In "Secret Service. " nil. HLTLEIl AUDIIHSSKS YOL'XO MEN. Sppakx on "Your dinner" nt the Y. M. C. I. I'lirlnrp. Dr. S. Wright Butler delivered an address entitled "Your Chance" to a goad audlenc * In the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation auditorium last evening. Tbe lecture was given for the benefit of the Young People's society of the St. Mary's ave nue Congregational church. The speaker dwelt upon the many oppor tunities given the American boy of today. The democratic country In which he lived was conducive to the cultivation of both mind and muscle. A strong constitution first , together with an educated Intellect , were the great requisites to success. Glv'ii these two qualities there was nothing which the American young man could not accom plish. Shoulder to shoulder and all on a plane of equal rights none could claim partiality at the bands of fortune. The speaker said that royalty was at a discount In the land of liberty , for every young man was himself a sovereign. No condition of life or previous servitude was against him In tbe strug lt to ward the pinnacle of fame. Thn greatest men had sprung from tbe lowest ranks , as witness Lincoln. Grant and a soore of others of the United States' most famous sons. Dr. But ler laid stress upon the power of education in the development of a young man. It was his right to obtain this against the greatest odds which poverty might iupoi ? . The fact that the young man's parents mll.t ; bo wealthy did not always lmp > > that he raad the best uses of tbe condition at hie dlifuwnl. Tte young man who educated him self wss usually > te one who m < u } < 9 : he tw.vt use of hl > acquirements. The new worlj r- qulred new metbajx. A raac , y mi a was needed , and he who utad his abilities to : b : b st advantage In the pursuit whiefa nature designed for him was the one who cam * out uppermost in the struggle In lite. Tcgether with education and ability the yuun ; man must be oquippJ with good morals and In no eae should be swerve from the dictates of his conscience.The Godly roan , he who was true to hU creator and to bis friends , was the one who achieved A lasting success. IIli ! Illkhoprtviuuii Pnrrnrll , A business and social meeting iwas held In the parlors of tha First MtHbodUt cftureh Uft night. A Urge number of the member ship was present and Hishop John V ' New man was irtvwi the inrtinp Brwtloss 'of the congress , ton on fal * Intended d * * > arure to day for tb * I'aciric eo * t. The finance * of the church were brougiH up for considera tion and In tbe matter of current expanses ir0111 ? ' " found to w " an excellent condition. The mortgage on the church was al j disu&sel and a i-onid.Tibe ! amount subscribed , to be appl.c-d upau it. NEEDS HEAT AND FURNirURE Essentials to Ocmfort Tet Lackinf in Government Building , POSTOFFICE NEARLY READY TO OCCUPY Superintendent I > ntrnsrr Ittiiliem the \V rU of Infttnlllnc the llrntltic Plnnt. lint the Furniture Is Crrntlr Delnycil. The cotd snap now prevailing 1 > tending to hastes the work on the new postoQce talldlag to tbe point where the structure will be ready fer occupatcy as much If not more than peremptory orders from Wash ington. Hett Is absolutely necessary to keep the Interior QBlsfclng In good condition and the cold wettber is bringing this fact out very prominently. In the last few days a streak of moltture has appeared on the Interior of the sorth wall from the basement to the roof. It Is absolutely necessary that this moisture should be dried up to preserve the wall. Moreover , with the continuance of the cold weather. It would fee but a matter of a short time when the Interior woodwork and evea the marble would begin to warp. The heating apparatus of the building , which if one of the finest In the country. Is now being put In , but the work will not be completed for some time. Superintendent Lateneer , however , will in the next fc days heat tbe building with what U termed "temporary heat. " By the first of the year the permanent heating plant will bt so far arranged that It will be in runnnlng order for the basement and the first or postoffice departmeo : floor. So Superin tendent Latenser has reported to the au thorities In Washington In response to the orders to get the ( building In shape for the postofflce department by the first of the year. The heating plant is about the only thing that is lacking to place the first floor ! o a condition for occup ncy. The Interior work is practically entirely finished , although there are a few odds and ends to be looked tefer yet. Thus if the furniture were osly on hand the ponoSce might move into the new building by January 1. This matter of tha furniture , however , is bothering Postmaster Martin considerably and will probably postpone the removal until the end pf January. It had at one time been all settled that the furniture should have been on hand in this city by the talddle of December. This plan was all changed , how ever , when the first announcement was made from Washington that the postofflce depart ment would no : be moved until the entire building was completed. Since the postmaster general , however , has revoked this decision and has onle-ed that the building should be pushed along so that It might be ready for the local postoffiee de partment by the first of the year. Postmaster -Martin nas again written to uasamgion re garding the matter of furniture and has not as yet received an answer. Since It was 8g- urpd In the first place , however , that the furniture could not bo secured in less than six weeks after ordered. It seems likely that It cannot get here until the middle of Jan uary. It would be possible for the department to get Into the new quarters by January 1 by moving the old furniture , but Postmaster Martin does no : care to do this. WILL. AnilHASICA HAISC CAX.VIGRCf Secretary I'tt Propounds the ( | uestion In Clinncfllor MiicLrnu. The Commercial club and Secretary Ut have set to work with determination to dis cover whether another product as valuable as chicory and sugar bec'3 may not be added to the list ot Nebraska crops. This is canaigre pronounced "kah-nah-gray , " and raeinlng the plant commonly known as sour- dock which bids fair to revolutionize tbe in dustry of lt-i'her-anning. It is believed that the product can be raised upon the arid plains in the western part of the state , as it is now -being grown upon the deserts of New Mexico. If this should be fo-nd to be the case , land in west ern Nebraska would be as desirable as in the other prts , siace there Is considerable profit In the crcr ? . An account of the obnt and Its risibilities was published In The Bee last Sunday. The matter o ! investigating whether canai- zre could be raised in this state was taken up by : ae Commercial club some tlize ago but i. as drcope-d without much progress be ing made. Ons result wis discovered , how- -ver and tbat was that the plant flourish ? ' ! sn Cu : 02 island , a resident there havtar raised a crop. Tbe matter was again brought up before the Commercial club by Secretary Utt at the Ust rnestlng of that body and he was instructed to write to the University of Nebraska , requesting that ex- oerlments be made with the plant. In pur suance of these Instracticns Se-yeUry Ut : as sent the following communication to Chancellor MacLean : OMAHA. Nov. V ) . George E. MacLean. Chancellor University of Nebraska. Lincoln Dear Sir : This club has considered the cultivation of canaigre In Nebraska. The conclusion is that is shouH be done : ne comin ? season in an expjrimenial way and that fiere is a fair possibility of success. There is some evidence that the plants car. lw raised in this state ; the roots are planted and harvested about the same a sweet po- atoes , acc-ordlns to Information at hand. It Is stated the cost is JOOper acre , the prod uce Is twenty ton per acre , the value JT5 per ton ; the figures seem ln reMble. It is further stated that th- . plant con tains 40 per cerx of tannlc acid. The demon s' ! ration of our ability to produce cnnalgre would ba beyond computation in value to our state , for many reasons ; our farmers to be prosperous must have diversity of crops ; cMcory and sugar beets are of sreat value and < ! rill produce great results , but the bene fits do not compare -a-l li tbose arising from the successful raising of canaigre. The time is fast approaehlns when sheej. and cattle will be slaughtered-In this state- by millions ; th < ? hldeis of cattle are taken to sections where tan bark Is available ; it has been deimonstra/ed that the tan bart : cannot be hauled to th hides , so that our hides may b nude into role leather In Ten nessee and a Ipped to Massachusetts and the manufactured shoe worn later In Omaha where the animal was slaughtered. This 1.4 all a question of tannlc acid ; In addition to the larjre percentage of tannlc acid In the roots of canaisre it Is c'-tirr.id it will make more desirable leather than tan hark ; also tha : tfc ? hlde-s remain In ihe so lution only twelve hours , while It requires tnree morrths w re tan bark Is used. So i must appear that the material for tannins hides ivoulJ be cheaper in Nebraska than el.xuxhere. If the pUn : can be raided , and as hides are cheater here. Omaha -xould have the cheapest leather of any point in the wortd. Tnla belnz true , tanneries would lie In opvTi-lon anj following t > - ie wouM be factories .that consume kat-er la making art'clt ' * that are used In the west. Aira'.n the plant grows on the arid ground * of New Mexico and California , so that It is poRslbte our vas : acres of land In western' Nebraska , ( It only for grazing , would be just 'he section where production ot car.3l.rre would be successful. Finally , Is it not i-lthlnfr the province of the Agricultural college to consHer this que : ion at once ami endeavor to Introduce the plant thU coming year , so tbate may not only be convinced of . he facts but show th * > results at t > te exposition. It inlg.il be the experiment. If made , rhou'.d U on the college farm as ivll as in the western part of the state. Please let tne know what your views are on nt ubjr < ? t and will you pro- 6cne the matter to an IceueT With deep roiocct. your * truly. JOHN E. UTT. Secretary. ( inuld In Oiinl | llc. Mr. H. L. Goold of OsaUala. Neb. . ia s U through Omaha yea f rday on his -way aomo from the east. Mr. Goold is one of tbe re- Kfnts ot tbe state university and is .vail inform - formon the political ultuatlou in ihe t-xn ! district. "I think the outlojic la .he Sixth district Is excellent for f.e republicin > to regain control within another yrar on tie nzla tickt-i. Tbe majority of tbe futlo.a * s lu th dUtrlct a cut down to les than I.O'O and a popular candidate on the repub lican tickttt next fall can make it very inter esting for CongTv * man Grrt-ne. In every oouivy in ttw district , with two txc j > : lons. the republicans gained either part or all of the local ofrie - * . This is doing pretty wwll for a district aupposWl to tx Irretriev ably populUt. " IUcu Athletic Curiilval. A meeting of the Youn ? Men's Christian Association Athletic tueoctation was held In the parlors of tbe organization Last night to discuaa { trtparatlocs on foot for the ioJ lc erf an ataleUc carnival in tUj city dur the Tnxnsmlss'ss'.r'tJ ' y-a. ' ' Instructor f hr HSM. a1 ewrvu ltt rh irman. 'auvi * frxn li-i.fvu * . .niece. > lie Turners ftrnl Omaha wm t t WIT , ? pTfs r > Letters were rroetvetl njid read from l > oana pollute. HiMinis roll o. tfc * g a c unlvrr- Mty and others , each enOorgine the project ami pled < rin their fturoort. The commit- tew rmvl.ig the nwtter In chsr e wert In- Ftructed to continue i7 : r rc'-'a che' ar l to report v the next tr fein ; < in the Young Men's Christian association p ri-irs , w icS will take place about tb * middle of Decem ber. CI.VDKIl StUI'ACIJ roil IIOll.K.VAHD. Pnrk Itonril npclilp i on Iniprovlntc 5o-rrnl IllorU * nt Once. At a meeting yeste-Miiy atterao a the Board of Park Commluloners decided to clader the boulevardleading to the exposi tion grounds. Tbto was the only method of Improving tb driveway tbat could be sug gested tbat did not Involve a larger expense than the > board considered Itself able to af ford. The four blocks lmrcedntey ; north of Cumlng street have already been K'.ven a coat of eladers , with fairly satisfactory re sults and the cost of continuing the Improve ment to the exposition grounds will be from Jl.KW to Jl.SOQ. On behalf of the owners of the abutting property. J. H Dumoat offered to deed to the city the strip of ground oa Lafayette avesue. from Thirty-fourth to Thirty-eighth street , which has previously leen deslgcatod as a private p-srk. Some years ago the prop erty owners contented to have this cectlon of street widened from Mxty-tlx to 100 feet 03 condition that a etrlp In the center twenty-two feet wide should be improved by planting trees and shrubs. At that time the city was not ready to acquire the parked strip acd the title has never been p > is ed. The west two blocks have already been pirked and the property owners propose to deed the strip to the city if the board will Improve the remaining two blocks. The mat ter was referred to the committee on desig nation of grounds. The matter of the purchase of a new boiler for the Hroscom park greenhouse was re ferred to a spe-ckil committee , with power to act. The committee will make a persoaal Inspection of the greenhouse this foreaooa and If thn teller is found to be necessary It -luthorized to make the purchase without further action by the board. South Omaha News It was suspension night with the city coun cil at Irs meeting last evening , a number of ordinance bing rushed through under a suspension of the rules. The ordinances passed by this ccocess all pertained to the laying of sidewalks in the following locali ties : on the south side of M street , between Twenty-fifth street and the first alley tus , ; on the north side of F street , between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-seventh streets ; on the west side of Twentieth street , be tween S and U streets ; west side of Thirty. first street , between R and T streets ; west side of Thirty-third street , between I and J streets ; east side of Seventeenth street , bc- twe-jn Mails "a and Munroe streets ; norU eiue 01 .Munroe sreei , oeineea i-tjieena aaa Seventeenth streets ; cast side of Fifteenth stree-t. between Manroe and Polk streets. In. all of these ordinances the council was era- oawered to levy a special tax for the payj ment cf this work. Tbe old question of' the electric street lights at Twenty-sixth and Q streets and Twenty-fifth and M .streets , csrae up from the report of the committee on finance. This committee recommended that the city settle the claim of the lighting company , it bslog though : better to do this than to stcnd a taw suit. Every member of the counil had some-thing to say. either for or against the report of the committee and wtfen It cams to a vote on the adoption of the comraittesj report it was lost. After the vote had been announced the mayor safd that tome action ought to be taken and that the council oupnt ta either order the lightn So legally or e-se dispense with the service. Just before ad- lournment the matter was again called up and tbe claim was ordered raid. Chairman Vansant of. ths committee on police reported 02 the ; unsafe condtticn of the city jail and recommenced that tte prison be given a geseral overhauling. The report was adopted and the committee was gives time la which to obMIn estimates of the ccst of the proposed repairs. Ordinances were read for the firs : time providing for the issuing of bonds to pay for the ( Twenty-fifth street sewer ard the grad ing of Twe'ity-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets The sewer will cost Jl.iOO and the priding of Twenty-sixth street the E-izae amount , while it will ccst the property owners $3,300 to grade Twenty-fifth street. A petition signed by sixty resiie-M ask ing for e'.c-ctric street lights at Eghteeta : i3d S streets ad Eighteenth and Q streets vas read -mi referred to the lighting com mittee. Property cr-ner < 3 en Twenty-sixth street , fram F to G street , petitioned for the priv ilege of having tfca : block graded. They agreed to make their own coztract with tbe graders and to pty cash for the work whea it was completed. Appended to this wia a statement from Cash Brothers agreelrs to < ! o this grading for $4S. There w.is considerable discussion en this question , and after the matter had been referred to a committee it was again taken up Just before adjournment and the city attorney was directed to draft an ordinance allowing the work to be dose la tbe manner described by the petitioners. At the requee : of the mayor , the city at torney handed in a written opinion on the question at to whether the gzs company had forfeited its franchise by leaving the trenches on N street opeo. In his opinion the city attorney quoted from the franchise wherein 't r.as tspcciilly provided thct not more than COO feet of pavement te torn up at once. It wss shown that over 1.350 fee-t of pavement bid been removed , leaving open trenches for several weeks. Taking this is the meet serious violation of the contract entered into between the city and the gas company , tbe attorney decided tbat the fr.-a- cctse tad been forfeited. In tbia connection Urex L. Shooman might dig a hoiIn the ice at the" lagoon and see what the seepage amounts to In twenty-four hours but that wouldn't have anything to do with our ladies' $ . ' ! box calf shoes There's no seepage of water In to these slices they're the Ideal wet weather and winter . hoe made for good hone > t hard service genuine box calf uppers with extra heavy soles just such a sheens ns you would expect to keep your feet warm and dry all winter Ions You'll need just such a shoe before the winter's > ver and these are no rlusiuy affairs- lint a neat dre sy shoe that you can be proud of Such a she < * usually sells at iM.UOor STi.o1 * but you din't have lo pay but ? 3 for this genuine box calf sho. ? . Drexel Shoe Co. , 1410 FAK.VA.M STREET New fell catalogue now ready ; mailed for the asking. ' t You can rave motley here all the time but you can save \aaiv \ money now oa a stove purvha-3 than you could have done last w-.ek ( Jr " $ uy time before We've only a few. Jpwul base burners left and we want to tit them oit ) of the wajr so wo can properly display our Christmas goods You can buy a S30 stove for ? 45 $12 one for $40 a $ KT one for $30 A $ ! . toft coal Jewel Oak Heater for $ 'J < > You can't get the reck & Snyder skatt ? anywhere els * in Omaha but we haven't put the prices up You should s < v litest skat us and Colour price * It's just as easy to > ret the best "while you're a plttou" and the best is the Peck & Snyder Everybody that can skate will tell you the same thin ? . A. C. RAYMER UUILDEKS * HARDWARE 1514 Farnam St. National Clothing Co. Being Closed Out by - If you are one of those that haven't attended this sale since its beginning you can glance over the following and perhaps get a littlei idea of what this has been to those that have bought here. The stock- is rapidly disappearing , variety and sizes are growing less every hour. Delay means smaller stock to select from , therefore if you are buying clothing this season let us see you this week. These chances are only for a short while , as this is a forced sale by the creditors. Time is limited. Here's a Few Items : Underwear , overshirts , collars , ties , handkcrbhiefs , socks , gloves , caps , hats , suspenders and all other furnishing goods of this bankrupt concern for Less Than Wholesale Cost , All The National's S6.00 Suits and Overcoats . $3. 85 All The National's $8.00 Suits and Overcoats . $5.25 All The National's $10.00 Suits and Overcoats . $6.75 All The National's $ 1 2.00 Suits and Overcoats . $8.50 All The National's $14.00 Suits and Overcoats . $10.00 editors' Corner Fourteenth and Dousr.as Sts- , the mayor said that at the next meetiig he . would present to the council a communica- . tlon co this subject. He thought th-it as the contract had been violated It would leave ths j j city free to fill the trenches and recover from j the bondsmen of the gas company t ! After deciding to meet as a Board of' 1 Equalization on December 10 and 11 , to equalize sidewalk repair taxes , the meetins , aijomned until cext Monday night. ) ImprcM I'lnont * by tlie Cittlnliy * * . Building permits were taken out yesterday by George Parks , superintended of construc tion of tbe Cudahy Packing company , for two new buildings and repairs for one. Work has rcw commenced on the new brick barn which the Cucahy's . -will build oa. Thirty- third street near the stand pipe. The ex cavating has been done and the lumber ar rive ! yesterday. According to the dimensions given ia the permit this barn is to have a frontage of 55 feet and a depth of 100 feot. It will be cf brick arnl two stories In height. Although the ne-w sausage factory has reached the height of f : > ur stories the permit was not issued until yesteTday. This build ing Is 9Sx60 feet and five stories high. One of the pe-rmits called for extensive repairs to the cooper shop. Supenncj < Jeat Cameron of the Cudahy companj sail yesterday afternoon that the sausage factory would be ready for the roaf next week. ( By this additional building and the improved machinery which will be placed ! In It air. Cameron fald the capacity of the ' I rausage plant would be doubled. Now only : about 50,000 pounds of sausage Is made dally . but when the ne-n- plant is in operation 100.- 000 pounds -a-ill be turnesd out every working : day. Tbe latest improvements in siusage- maklns .machinery will be used. Between the new sausage factory an-I the big sm'ke , house is a space atout twenty feet inwidth in which fix new smoke houses will bo sus ! pended. The work of placing hea-y iron girders for these was commenced yesterday afternoon. AVlth these additional smoke housEs tbe capacity of the plant will be materially Increased. ! Improvements are also being made at the soap factory. The capacity of the factory Is cow 900 boxes daily , but by the addition of Ircprsved machinery the total capacity of the i j factory will be run up to 1.500 boxes a day. i ; A large amount of new machinery has been ordered for the soap factory , which will be placed in iKsltior as scon as It can be un ! loaded from the cars. Tils increase In the . capacity of the soap factory necessitates an 1 Increase In the glycerine works and plans are ' j now belcs made for enlarging this portion of the plant. Glycerine is a. by-product of a i I soap factory and that produced here is sold [ principally to manufacturers of nitro , j glycerine. i The work of building three additional I I stories on the neutral building commenced yesterday afternoon. While one sang of meo j I were taking off the roof others were engaged | i ' In strengthening the foundatlors and piers of I this building. As sson as a sectlcD of the | roof was torn away bricklayers ciramenced ; running up the wails. Almost every inch of available space in this larpe bulMing was , ! occupied by workmen engaged in the re- I modeling process. Several hundred brick- masope , carpenters and laborers are now em- ployed on the Improvements being made by tbo Cudahys. Aside from this work here In the city the company commenced yesterday the erection of a large Ice house at Seymour lake. It is the Intention to enlarge some of the ice houses now located there , as well as build an entirely new structure. Sleek Kvi-lmiiKf IpI > Knte . A delegation from the South Omaha Live Stock exchange to the annual convention ot the National Live Stock exchange will leave today for Sioux City , whre ihe meeting v\ill be held. The delegation is corr.poso.l of J. S. Knox , T. D. Perflne. J. E. Qy ra. Edward Beaton. W. I. SUphen , Levi Cox and Colonel A. L. Lnt. It Is understood that the delegation - , tion will work for Omaha for the next an- i nual meeting , the delegates having been in structed to dowhat they could along thst line. The Sioux City Live Stock exchange h-is arranged to banquet the visitors at the Mondamln tonight. Exchanges to be repre sented are : Chicago. St. Louis. Kansas City. Fort Worth , South Omaha , Buffalo. Sioux City , SL Joseph , Louisville and St. Paul. Jlnclc CMOo ! | i. C. C. Clifton has returned frora a business trip to Lincoln. Edwin Cameron , Sixteenth and N streets. Is sick with diphtheria. . John N. Thornton of Slo'ux City. Is here the puest of C. A. Melcher. Alfred Martin of York was a business visitor In the city yesterday. Harold T. Carpenter. Thirtieth and V streets , died yesterday from diphtheria. E. A. Cudahy. vice president of the Cudahy Packing company , has returned from an ex tended eastern trip. Knoxall council No. 1454 Royal Arcanum. will meet tonight for tic election of offlcers for the ensuing year. The new Schlitz block at the west end of the Q street viaduct has reached the level of the strest and the ground flooring was belns laid yesterday. The south wall of the two Armour bulU- ' in = s now under course of construction , was laid up to the height of the east and north walls yesterday. George Parks , superintendent of conitnic- tion of the Cudahy Packing coai : > any , leaves this evening for Sioux City , to take charge of the erection of tie new Cudaby plant at that point. John r. Burin rn - Tlironcli. John F. Egan. who is touring -he country with Miss Maud * Gonne to interest Irlsh- .Vmerlcans in Ireland's struggle for liberty. Time flics and you would almost thluU those pianos we Iwusht from the receiver of the Council Bluffs Music Co. . had \\-lnjrs-tbe way tlhy fly out of our store and little wonder when we sell a brand new guaranteed § iVo piano for $ lV ( > and $30U pianos for $1SO and $ : ; - . " , pianos for § ' "jrand a $3STj piano for SSll-aml it doesn't take all rash either to pet one of these set riht ! In vour own parlor Just $ i" , cash and MO a month buys any piano in this purchase nearly a dozen different makes to se lect from and any one a llrst class in- strument-The fact Is we're making second end hand prices on new pianos N ere not jrolus : to do it after the > e are j jio _ so If von want to save -10 per cent this is th < - one opportunity you're RoliiK to entire room tit- liave for doln-4 It-One voted to this sale. A. HOSPE , 1513 Douglas CHAFIXC ; DISHES- \VeIl , you will thinU all the Chafing Dishes In Omaha have In-en gathered together in our store when you see Ihe Immense display we are making of the new ones just received these are the most perfect working the handsomest de.-lKU.s-In fact the most elegant ever shown here They make such an appro priate and useful wedding or Christmas present We've so many that we can't price them at all but we've them at all kinds of prltvs Uring us your engraved plate We'll print you 100 cards in the up-to-date Htyle for ? 1.00 or we will furnish you the copper engraved plate and 100 visiting cards for $1X0 Mall orders always receive our careful and prompt attention. CS. RAYMOND CO. Jewelers , passed throu&h thn city last evenlnsr on his way from IVr.ver to Minneapolis. Hv was met nt the 1'nion deiwt by a committee con- pisttniof ThoT.us Tal'.on , James J. Casey. ' P. r. Hraft-y , P. J. Cumlng- and John C. McMar.oi jmlas escorted < o the Webster rtreet di'pot. Th < > committee was dlap- polnteil in not also meeting Miss Gonne. The latter , houc-'ver , proceeded from Denver to Cripple Creek and will meet Mr. Ecstn along the line of the Nort--rn Pacific. The two will then proceel to San Francisco and the coas : on their mission. litirinl tif All ix Ken Mi i-r. The funeral of Miss Annie Kealbcr oc curred at MilHr.i , Neb. , yesterday after noon. Mirs Kealber was 14 years old and the daughter of Christian Kealbcr. one of the oldest and most Influential citizens of the community. The public school ? were closed In her honor and a procession of slxry car riages conducted her friends- the irrave. The family has been particularly unfortu nate tlurlng the last year. Mr. Kealber has lost during that time his wife , son an l daujvtT. The pallbearers were old se'tlera of the community ami long-tlma friends of , the family. IJU A I/TV MA11KCT. INSTRUMENTS placed on record Tuesday , November Z > : WARRANTY DEEDS. Matilda Baumer and husband to County of Douglas , north S3 feet neH net S-lC-ll . J IS C. E. Rincqulst to C. E. Sirroner , lots G. C , 7 and 11. bock ! 9 : lots W and 11. block 10 ; lots . 7 and S , block IS , E. V. Smith's add . 12.COO S. A. Coop = r and husband to C. A. E. Sunrtberg. lot 10 , block 1J. Park Forest add . 230 Cecelia Johnson to B. M. Johnsan ct al. , s ® lots 1 and ± , bloc'i Co. Credit Foncier'adtl . C. W. Downs and wifp to F. B. Erick- fen , w & nw .j 33-10-lZ . S.COJ John Masuire and wife to S. L , Price. teli 13 , sw swU ! * nwU ne i n- 1J-19 . 7 , A J. T. Drake and vrlfe to H. D. Glbbs. lot 2. block 1 : lot S , block J : lots 7 anel S , block 9 , Reed's first add ; und % lots 13 and 14. Reed's sub. ; und * a of part government lot 1 In 23-15-13 . J M. M. Wbltney to B. F. Thomas. trustee , lots 1 and 2 , block 3 , Cloverdale . 130 QUIT CLAIM DEEDS. Atlantic Trust Co. to Lombard Liquidation Co. . lots S. 9 and 10. block 1. Leavenworth Terrace . 1 DEEDS. Slaster in CSancery to Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. , lot S , bock : 237. Omaha . I3 , < X T. H. McCasue , receiver , to G. W. L1ningr. lot 3. south 30 feet lot S. and north C feet lot 4 , block 72 , South Omaha. . 7.0SO Sheriff to M. M. Whitney , lots 1 , 2 and 3. block 3 ; lots 1 to 4. block 4 , lots 12 and 13 , block 1. Cloverdale add . 7S Total amount of transfers