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AUDITORS ARE INDEPENDENT
Account * of the Various Vanderbilt Lines
Kept Separately ,
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF THEIR UNITING
Jtcjiort from Clilrnco of n ronr-llorul
C'oiiililiiiillon oftiilltltiR I > <
jinrlinriHx Credited
. i In Oinnlin.
Concerning the rumor from Chicago to the
effect that the auditing departments of the
Union Pacific , the Northwestern , the Elkhorn ,
thn Sioux City fc Pacific and the Omaha
roadfl would be consolidated within a very
etiort ttmo and would bo placed under the
Immediate supervision of M. M. Klrkman ,
eecond vice prceldcnt and comptroller of the
Nnrthuraiorn eystem , local railway men , In
cluding attaches of the Union Pacific , the
No.ihwcstern , the Burlington and other big
rjclems , unite In expressing the belief that
cuch a consolidation would be the very last
thing to happen under the reorganization
of the Union Pacific system.
It la appropriately pointed out that the
auditing diartmenti. . of the northwestern , of
the Elkhurn and the Sioux City & Pacific
railroads havn been one and the same for
many ycarc. In charge of the same officers , lo-
rati" } at Chicago. The auditing department
of the 0 null a road has been kept distinct and
nejiaratc [ Tom that of the Northwestern sys
tem proper , and the auditing officers of the
Omaha road art- located at St Paul. Even
should the Northwestern secure ccutrol of
the Union Pacific , which Is not altogether
conceded , It Is believed to bs very Improbable
that the auditing departments of such an 1m-
OWtunt hue aa the Union Pacific would be
removed to Chicago. The policy of the Van
dcrbllts In all their .Ines has been to main
tain separate headquarters and operate each
raad with a separate set of officers , although
the various raids might cajoy the closest
possible traffic relations.
CO.SJIMIT1O. \ I2A&ILY UMHSJISTJIOD
K n ii Kiin Cll > , PHtxliurcr .t Gulf Coin-
lilctlnu It * Northern ijyxtriii.
The announcement yettcrday of the
cbnrptlun of the Omaha , Kansas City &
Eastern and the Omaha & St. Louis railroads ,
constituting what iias been known for six
months as the " 0. 1C. Houto , " by the Kansas
City , PHtsburg & Gulf railway system , wus
na surprlto to Omaha railroad men. It was
en cvont tiat ! had been anticipated ever
slnco the conjunction of the Omaha & St.
Loula railroad with the Omaha , Kansas City
& Hastem. i
Since the Omaha R. St. Louis road passed
out of tht- hands of the court It has been
controlled by the same financial syndicate
that IB the controlling power In the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas Trust company. This trust
company practically owns the Kansas City.
Plttsburg & Gulf railroad. The act of tak
ing In the line between Council Bluffs to
Qulncy. 111. , has been expected for some
time. It w < iB confirmed here yesterday by
the visit of a number of the leading officials
of the Kansas City , Pittsburg & Gulf rail
way. They came up from Kansas City to
Council Uluffo In the private car of Pres
ident Arthur E. Stlliwell ciad went directly
from Council Bluffs to Milan. Mo. , where the
new hoadnuarters of the Quincy line are In
process of construction.
It Is believed here that the general head
quarters of the entire system -will be located
In Kansas City , where are also the offices
of the Missouri , Kansas & Texas Trust com
pany. The Quincy line will be managed as
a division of the new system , and Its main
olllcps will be moved from Qulncy , 111. , the
pastern terminus of the line , to Milan , Mo. ,
the central station of the- line between
Quincy and Oouucll Bluffs. With the adop
tion of the Qulncy line by the Plttsburg &
Gulf system the prospects for the construc
tion of a line connecting this system at
Qulncy with the Baltimcro & Ohio South
western system U Beardstown , 111. , become
brighter.
The conroletion of the entire scheme of A
E. Stlliwell Involves the entrance of the
Plttsburg & Gulf system Into Omaha , the
rperatlon of a through line from here to Port
Arthur , Tex. , and the connection of Omaha
and other Missouri river points with another
eastern trunk line through Beardstowu , 111
The various events that have recently hap-
pencd show that considerable progress Is be
Ing rcada In carrying out the plans Incidi-nta
to the entire scheme , but It will probably be
many months yet before the last act of the
greet railroad projector shall have been com
pletcd.
WILL Jl'ST Id NO It 12 TIIC ORDER ,
Itiillroiuls Inclined to CUniiKe the
Live Storlc IliiKls.
While the railroads here have given out no
statements of their Intentional disposition of
the order of the State Board of Transporta
tion to change the basis of live stock rates
from cents per hundred pou.ids back to dollars
lars per car load. It Is the general sentlmenl
among the freight traffic men of the Ne
braska railroads centering bure that the
order will not bo observed. On Sunday the
order was eupposcd to go Into effect , and If
It wcro compiled with all live stock rates
would , after that date , bo In dollars per car
load. The Indications are , however , that the
railroads will keep right on charging for live
stock shipments In cents per 100 pounds , as
they have done since August 10 , 1897.
Sill ) TV III tillDfpOtN. .
The snow was piled high oa the platforms
of both depots yesterday afternoon
At the union depot a gang o
Vhovolers was put to work and a
fast as the snow was stacked up between
tweon the tracks It w-ae loaded upon flatcar
and taken several miles south on the Bur
llsgton. It was then dumped Into the river
In this manner the platform was kept mod
crately clear. All work upon the Burling
ton's now depot has stopped. This la duo
partly ro account of the weather and parti )
through lack of Iron , which has been de
layed while enroute Irom St , Louis.
. \iio < Iitr Gilt In Colorado Kitten.
CHICAGO , Dec 3. Colorado freight rate
reached rode bottom today. The overlaud
lines from Chicago and St. Louis mSdo rate
the same tq Colorado points as arc In effcc
to Missouri river points. The last reduction
jiuts the first class rate dowu to SO cents
and the second class to 05 cents from Chicago
cage , and CO cents for first class and 45 cent
Becond class from St. Louis.
it n i I-H for < in-
CHICAGO , Dec. 3. Thtiwestern roads hav
agreed upon the rates for the iiolldays. The )
will bo onn and one-third faro where th
rate ta 3 cents per mile and where It 1
over 3 cents per mlla the rates will be on
and one-fifth faro. The ticket * will liavo u
final rctura limit of January 4.
Inert-Hi. ! * In HoeU Ikluiid
CHICAGO , Dee , 3 , The estimated gros
earnings of tbo Rock Island system for th
month cf INovember wcro { 1,644,731 , un In
crease over the estimated earnings of th
eatuu month last year of $43,095.
KT of WfHtrrn Iloiidn.
CHICAGO , Dec , 3 , A meeting of the west
ern road * has boon called for next Tuesda
to complete the settlement of tbo Chicago
St. IViul rates , ucoompllehed at the meet In
of thU week ,
Hill I 'vn > .Vole * null I'crnoiinli.
O. E. Googlrr , foreman of the Union Pa
clfio machine shops In this city , Is serious !
ill with rheumatism. During hU absent
from the chops hla place is being filled b
Johii A. Tuttle.
The Kansta City , Tort Scott & Memphis
railroad has announced that on and aftc
Saturday a through sleeping car Hue * L
l ) established between Kansas City au
Jacksonville , Pla. . via Memphis , Uinntus
ham , Atlanta and Macon ,
James McAvoy , for many years audlto
of the Grand Island railroad. Union Piclfi
eystcni bos txen taken to the St. Joseph SIs-
iturs' hospital , a victim of parcsk. He U wel
and favorably known among railway me
throughout the country.
J , E. Mark el. lease * end proprietor o
the Union ? cifio hotel department ; Jo-
iifph H SUllard. t former dt lor t' he
Vnlon Patine ana Rdward W Nash * e rt
Ury of the Omaba & Ornt Smelting tvorka ,
have returned from a fortnlghfa trip
through the cast.
William D. Cornlth , nmter-In-ehanrery
for the Union Pacific receivership. Rlvrs m > -
tlco that the holder * of : he first mortgage
bands of the Union Parlflc railway. dat d
November 1. 1SC6. will be p ld their princi
pal and Interest on those bonds at tbo ofncs
of the Mercantile Trust company , New York I
illy. January 10 , 1S9S.
Ilecelver S. H. H. Clark of the Union Pa
cific recently eald to A St. LouU reporter
with reference to i statement to the effect
that he had declined the presidency et the
reorganized company. "I can simply an
nounce that J shall not be the president of
the new company. Although my health Is
much Improved , I expect early In the new
year to go to a milder climate and shall re
main away for the balance of the winter. "
Prosperity comes quickest to the mas
whose liver Is In good condition. De\Vltt'
Llltle Early niesrs are famous little pllli
lor constipation , biliousness , Indigestion and
all Btomnch and liver troubles.
AVKAK A XI ) STIIOM3 MCX I'.UIl O1'I\
I -iI > - DcfcntH Sutton. nml Sclincttur
Oti < | ilnjM It en.
NEW YOUK. Dec. 3-The same this
afternoon In the billiard tournament nt
Madison Square Gordon concert hall
jrought out Mnurlce Duly nnd George Sut
ton , both of whom up to date had lost all
their games. Daly won the same. There
was considerable Interest manifested In this
exhibition by the spectator * , owing to the
'act that the losing man would occupy last
losltlon In the tournament nt the close.
Sutton nt times put up n brilliant game ,
.iut as on his previous exhibitions during
the present series , In a cent ral way , he was
erratic. The Fame might be said of Daly ,
though he raude one ot the best runs of the
entire s-rle ( seventy-three points , Score :
Daly-3. 13 , 12 , 0 , C , 0 , 22 , 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 73 ,
S , 3 , B. 10 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 9 , B , 24 , 2 , 2 , 1. 14 ,
4 , 13 , 0 , 4. 8 , 8 , P. C. in. S. 16. 5. 10 , 10.
2 , 0 , 1. 2. 1. 0. 1. 0. 32. 5 , 4. 12 , 1 , 2 ,
24 , IS. 32 , 12 , 10 , C , 10-500.
Sutton-1. 17. fi , G. 52 , 2. 4. 7. 25 , 1. 0 , S , 1 ,
0. 0 , 0 , 14. 4. 3. 1. 10 , 1C , 0 , 0. 0. 2 , 0 ,
0. 12 , 4 , 10 , 0 , 0 , 0 , G. 5 , C. 13 , 4 , 1 , 0 ,
1. 0 , 0. 0 , 0. 4. 4 , 17 , 10 , G , 4 , 0 , 9 , 0 ,
13 , 3 , 3. 4 , 0 317.
Averages Daly , S 12-G1 ; Sutton , 5 12-G1.
Highest run-Daly. 73 ; Sutton , 52.
It was n. new champion against the old
tonight Ives against Scharfer. nnd the old
champion won. By far the largest crowd
that hns yet attended any game of thu
tournament saw the game , which was
worthy of the two experts who crossed j '
pues. There were several brilliant runs In
the grime nnd Schaefer topped the list with
eighty-five. Score by Innings :
Ives 0 , 4 , 0 , 4G. 1. G , 0 , 3 , 1. 27 , 0 , 0 , 40.
18. 2S , 24. 9 , 48. 3 , 33 , 0 , 0 , 32. 1 , 1 , 20. 12.
IS. G , 0 , 0 , 0 , 4 , 12 401.
Schaefer I , S , 0 , DC. 2 , 20 , 15 , M , 8 , 3 , 19 , I
2. 83 , 8 , 15. 51 , 1 , 43. 1 , ,0 9 , G , 37 , 0 , 0.
D , 17. 0 , 0. 34 , 0 , 24 , 5-COO.
Averages Ivcs , 12 5-33 : Schnefcr , 13 5-33.
Highest runs Ives , 53 ; Schaefer , S3.
Koot Hull Caiitiilm
ANN ARBOR , Mich. , Doc. 3.-J. F. W.
Bennett , Chicago , ' 9S , was tonight elected
cuptaln of the University of Michigan foot
ball eleven for 1S9S.
XoiV Klvi MileItcpiinl. .
DAYTON. O. . Dec. 3.- Earl II , Klser
iroke the flvo mile record here tonight be
fore un audience of 2,000 people. He made
he flvu milfH in 8:13. : Jncquelln of France
previously held the record at S:2S.
Costs more worth more , because pure
Wight's pure old-fashioned buckwheat Hour.
1'LAXS OF THIS X13W "XV1HE TllUST.
liny Otitrlulit All the IMuntn In
tlie Country.
PITTSBUnG , Doc. 3. The Leader published
oday the details of the proposed wire trust.
'he facts gathered , It Is asserted , are from
n authoritative source , and arc vouched ferny
ny parties Interested In the deal. The com-
ilnatlon will have a capital of $ 0,000,000 , and
s backed by J. P. Morgan & Co. of New
York. It will take every wire , wire rod and
vlro nail plant In the United States , aud he-
Ides these , two blast furnaces , one of which
ms Its own ore supply , and three steel plants
vill bo included In the deal. The proposl-
Jon Is to buy outright every plant which Is
n any way interested Jn the manufacture of
wire In any shape , paying two-thirds of the
mrchase price in cash and the other third
n stock or tJio new company. Appraisers
are now at work fixing the value of the
different plants which are to be bought up
and they are expected to get through with
heir work by February , when the consoli
dation of tbo Interests will probably be
finally effected.
SUIT AGAINST Tlin UMOX PACIFIC.
Former Conductor Set-kM to Recover
Henvy DmiinHri'fi.
DENVER. Dec. 3. A special to the News
'rom Ogrden. Utah , says : Following up the
vcrdlo : in the court of Judge CllfTwd In
Chicago November 18 , awarding damages
pguinst the Chicago & 'Northwestern railway
to one Fred R. Kotcham In , the sum of $21-
300 because of 'blacklisting ' which prevented
ils securing .employment . , there was filed In
the district court at Ogden "tonight the com
plaint of John O'Hara against the Oregon
Short Line railroad and receivers of the
Union Pacific company , claiming damages to
the amount , of J30.000. O'Hara had been a
conductor and torakeman for twenty years at
Lho timeof the American Railway union
otnlke In 1894 , and has been unable to get
steady employment since ihat itlme. There
will bo about thirty cases filed here on. the
same basis.
OliJ - 'tH to Auiurluuii SUler-In-lJiTT.
LONDON , Dec. 3. Tbo Dally Chronicle
says It has good reason for believing the
khedlvo of Egypt will refuse to allow his
brother , Me Pashl , to marry EC Amer
ican , In view of the fact that tbo child to
which the Uhedlvah recently gave birth Is
a girl , and Mchmet All is still the heir
apparent.
It's Just thirteen days now since TVC
be uu closing out the Council Bluffs
Music Co.'s stock at prloes never heard
of before While we've sold the largest
part of the stock , there's some mighty
peed buyer magnets yet on the Jloor
wo're not going to continue this -10 per
cent discount sale a day after Saturday
nnd If you want to pick up a bargain In
a Hallet & , Davis Mason & Hnuilln
Hush & Gerts Illuze McCaminon
Whitney or Klmball piano you will
have to come now tiie high character of
these pianos Is unquestioned but we'll
give our personal guarantee on them if
you want it You can pick up a bargain
In an organ from this purchase with
your eyes shut ,
A. HOSPE ,
fiUSlC 00(1 ( E I51S Douglas
How are your teeth this cold , bliz-
zardy weather ? Uefore they get to hurt-
lug you too bad you had better consult a
dentist we're dentists and If you'll
come here we'll make a careful exami
nation absolutely free sometimes a lit
tle filling is all that is necessary the
examination will tell that we're experts
at lilling teeth of course there's > ome
Inconvenience and poshlbly a little pain
in lilling teeth but you're not handled
roughly hero Besides , our fillings siay
whore we put them and we use only
the purest of gold small gold fillings are
$ U.K > we also use bilver aud gold alloy
they're only i1.00-lf ? your teeth have to
come out It's easy 110 pain no gas-
Just 00 cents Lady attendant
BAILEY ,
13 Yrnra 3d Floor Pnxtou Illlc.
Experience. 101U uuu Furunin.
.NESS AT SlUU } illlb
Bejort of tha
InUrittis ? FcU
FiGin-S ON RClr $ , VO SH'PMi.NrS
l'i > 11 r llunilrril Million IlollnrV Worth
of Mit * M < ) < ! . - llnnillril IH'rc
tlie Ynrili Wrrt ?
Oppnpil.
The Union Stock Yards company of Soutli
Omaha has Issued a booklet of some forty
pages , reviewing the live Block bus'oess for
the year ending November 30 , 1S97.VhUe
unpretentious In appearance and with almost
no reading matter , all Information being
con\cyed tht < uRh the medium of figures , It
contains much matter of vital Interest to the
lu ; plo of Omaha.
After a brief Introductory , cxplalalng some
of advantages offered by the South Omaha
market , which comprises all the reading mut
ter In the book , thirteen pages are devoted
to the receipts and shipments of live stock
over the various reads entering South Omaha.
The figures are given for each month of the
ye&r , and will be of great Interest to rail
road men. The general public , however , will
be satisfied with the grand total for the
twelve months :
RECEIPTS.
Heads Cattle. Hoes. Sheep.
C. . M. & St. P ' " ' 19.H5 042
0' & St. t , . . . . . . 'I 2'CH 70S
Missouri Pacific . . . 45.814 * E9.1S2 21.S7G
Union Pacific IKi.iilG 344.40S 331,587
C. & N. W 4,257 7,42.1
F. . E. & M. V. 1G2.G17 3G2.SM
S. C. & P 7.1S1 11.792 307
C. , St. P. , M. & O. ri.310 101.W4 3.S94
15. & M :4nf,5G 454,373 10G.21S
C. , B. & Q fi.318 75.47(1 ( 4,091
K. C. , St. J. & C. 13 I7.27G 17.W4 13,011
C. . n. I. & : P. ( E. ) . 9.237 3S.397 772
C. . R. I. & P.V. . ) . 1C.1SP. 30.S47 24.743
Driven In 11.431 S9.SI1 9,470
Total S2JG > 1.D94.03S G12.S03
SHIPMENTS.
Roads. Cnttle. Hogs. Sheep.
C. , M. & St. P 25.G09 34S72 42,001
O. & St. li 9,003 HW
Missouri Pacific . . . . 9,718 1.279
Union Pacific 5S.728 1,219 II.71H
C. & N. W 44,403 3.SG3 89.60S
P. , E. A : M. V 47 , 3S 0,533
S. C. & P 4)9 ! )
C. , St. P. , M. & O. . 34,021
U. & M 41.S19 1,011
C , , 13. & Q 5S.441 14,015
K. C. , St. J. & C. 13. . 19.373 23.42G
C. , II. I. & P. (12. ( ) . . 3S.DSS 1,3 < > S
C. , II. I. & P. ( W. ) . . 3,747
Total 3C2.413 S1.279 163.034
Pram the above It will bo uoted that the
B. & M. leads all other roads In the number
of cattle and hogs brought Into the yards ,
while the Union Pacific had the lead on
sheep. In the matter of shipments the Chicago
cage , Burlington & Qulncy distanced all oth
ers In the number of cattle hauled out of
i the yards , while the Chicago. Milwaukee &
| i St. Paul got the most hogs and the Chicago
& Northwestern the big end of the sheep.
FIGURES FOR EACH MONTH.
Leaving the railroad phase of the question ,
the book takes up the subject of iccelpts
and shipments by months. These figures
show that September was the big month of
the year In cattle receipts , June the big bog
month and March the big sheep month.
These figures are :
RECEIPTS.
Months. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
December 38.993 150.GS9 G5.SC9
January 4S.9G4 113.50G 41,094
February 47.13S 112,294 51.059
March f. 52,917 110,448 77"ttJ
April 51,811 10S.S50 OS.S29
May 55.804 11,9,977 76,214
I June GS.1S3 17C.03S 3S.401
| July 59.833 131,483 ! ! . " , 0 J7
'August ' 71,013 143,839 33.72S
September 139.337 2S,7. > 3 4S.74G
October 112.102 103,364 OC.OHl
November 78,332 121.SG3
Totala year S23.GS9 1,094,033 C12.S03
SHIPMENTS.
Months. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
December 23,071 1,071 13.17S
January 20.3S2 2431" 7.K2
February 19,878 2.207 4,774
March 20,173 3,1)52 24,439
April 19,942 230 23,999
May 1G.140 C.121 33. WO
Jun0 23 , ! 3 3.32G 11,375
Jul- 22,340 14,2.19 1,899
August ai.G3J 24,310 7,015
September GS.515 15,933 13.E3
October G1.093 G.37S 31.693
I November 34,238 1,571 17.GSS
Totals year 3S2.415 81,279 203,034
The beat opportunity for making compari
sons Is affordt d by the figures representing
the receipts for each year since .the opening
of the stock yards in 1SS4. A fact that Is
brought out with great prominence Is that
there has been a steady growth In the busi
ness of the j-ards. Almost every year thei *
has been a gain. Jn 'the receipts over the pre
vious year. Twice , however , in the history
of the ynrds unusual conditions , as the
partial crop failure in , 1S90 and the big crop
failure of lb'J4 , have occasioned excessive
marketings of stock , with the result that
the receipts showed abnormal gains , followed
by the resultant backset. Thus , In 1894 , the
farmers of Nebraska were forced to sell al
most all their hogs , nearly 2,000.000 arriving
at South Omaha that year. As a result of
this clccDing up process the receipts iaf 1893
and 1896 fell oft almost one-half , but are now
beck to about worms. ! . The same was true of
cattle receipts In a somewha't ' less degree ,
as ithe yards are not ; eo dependent upcn Ne
braska for a eupply of oattlo as of bogs. The
great gain in the receipts of sheep In the
last year IB due to the "improved " facilities for
handling sheep at this point.
The figures for each year ore :
RECEIPTS.
Years. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
18S4 SO.S9S 1.8C3 4.1J.S .
18S3 114,163 130,807 1S.&S3
3'.3.33 !
JWT MUM f li-XB . j
18.1H11S 2ClS,99i
SH1KM1JNTS ,
Years. q j& < * HOR * . Sheep ,
'
' ' ' ' " ' ' ' " " "
. . . . . . . . ; : ; ; m.m 71.51 ? I'm
m " ! 1 7. * 17 755
1M. n ll6M " * ° 'T20 S8'4 < 4
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " " '
H . . . . . . . . . . . . "ii.'itTTiSft 179.910 IMtlSnO
1S03 . . . . . . . . . , , . . . * Ur 90 275.GI ! P4 454
l Rl . . . . " GTiTSO 21n,01G .416
1W ! d2eSB aSl.723 S8.4(5 (
18W i f77G 3S3.11G S1.S14
ISM Stl.CK 400.MO 113,764
IWi . . . . 7.810 100.871 1137D3
18fl 235.421 7S.790 131.434
1S97 3C.415 M.279 203,031
Total 3,104.5GS JMO,7ci 1.SM93
The grand total of receipts since the yarda
were opened naturally suggests the question
as to how much money bis gone bock Into
the country In exchange for live stok. While
It Is Impossible to answer that question with
absolute accuracy , it Is possible to ctrlke
nn average that will not miss the mark very
widely , and In this way U is determined
that the stbck received at South Omaha in
fourteen years was of a value exceeding
J400.000.000.
AMUSEMENTS.
Stuart Robe-on Is not playing "The Juck-
Ins" at present. The piece Is In process of
reconstruction , crd will eoon bo restored tea
a conspicuous place In the comedian's
repertory. Meantime he Is appearing with
ill his old-time success In those former fa
vorite plays , "The Comedy of Errors" and
'Tho Henrietta. " The former will be pre
sented on Monday nnd the latter on Tuesday
evening at Boyd's. Mr. Rozsan Is supported
thla season by an excellent company. In
cluding Mrs. Robson , who has returned to
.he stage after a somewhat protracted
absence.
The engagement of "The Widow Jones , "
with Flo Irwln , Ada Lewis , George W. Bar-
num , H. Daniel Kelly and others of an ex-
celloat company , will end with a matinee
today.
"Hogan's Alley , " a farce comedy which Is
lulling out some exceedingly lurid paper
'llustrathe of the adventures "
of the "Yel-
iow Kid , " will bo the attraction at Boyd's
tomorrow , opening a half week'f engage
ment with an afternoon and evening per
formance.
Of Plays nml Plnyrrn.
. Dr. Frldtjof Nunsen will lecture In Omaha
In January.
Andrew Mack has apparently pleased New-
York with "An Irish Gentleman. "
E. H. Sothern will produce "Henry Es
mond" In Chicago early uext year.
They are complalniug In Chicago because
Annlo Russell and Blanche Walsh ure not
In the company whlrti Sol Smith Russell has
brought west.
Frank Daniels is making a great iiit with
his latest comic opera , "The Idol's Ej-e. "
John Drew is said to despite his profession
of acting and to prefer to be regarded as a
club man. /
Walter Jones etlil retains his lifelike Im
personation of SOUEO. In his performance In
"One Rcund of Pleasure. "
Alice Judson has joined DeWolf Hopper
in place ! of Nella Bergen , and another inter-
esfng domestic episode Is closed ,
Strauss' latest .operetta. "Waldmelster , "
was produced Monday evening In German at
the Irving Place theater , New York.
Richard Mansfield has announced that be
will produce next sj > $ ns In New York a play
based ou Stevenson's posthumous novel , "St.
Ives. " _ _ ' i
Charles Frohmori and Al Cunby will pro
duce a new English 'niuslcal comedy , "Little
Miss Nobody , " at the 'Garden ' theater , New-
York , In January.
The 'New- ' York Commercial Advertiser an
nounces that "Stuart Robsoa will soon play
Augustus Thomas' dramatization of Ople
Read's The SuckllnE. ' "
Humors of discord in the "trl-etar" com
pany are not confirmed by the appearance of
the three luminaries , in appare-nt harmony ,
In Chicago lost Monday.
Beatrice Cameron ( Mrs. Mansfield ) has
made one of the most effective successes of
her career as a Presbyterian minister's wife
In "The Devil's Disciple. "
Stanislaus Stange and Julian Edw.ards are
to collaborate on a musical comedy to be
called "The Courtship of Miles Standlsb , " to
bo produced by John Mason and Marlon
Manola.
The Daly season opened -Moniiy night In
New York with a performance of "The Tam
ing of the Shrew" and William Winter Is
sued from his retirement long enough to
write an appreciation of uhe event for the
Tribune.
Joseph Herbert , well known as a writer of
burlesques and as a comic opera comedian ,
has become i member of Daly's company ,
which also Includes this year Wilfred Clarke ,
a son of John Sleeper Clarke and a nephew
oj Edwin Booth.
Lottie Collins has again burst upon the
admiring gaze of New York with a new-
budget of songs and dances. The songs are
entitled , respectively , "I Went to Paris with
" " ' Who ) Loves . Good
Pupa. "I'm a Olrl a. Jolly
Spree" and "I Am a Widow , " all presum
ably of the same elevating type.
I iiflt * Jim uml Illicit' Hilly.
Bret Harto's story , which appears In this
Issue of The iBce , will be concluded nejct
Saturday.
The ice is getting thicker the suow
deeper we're prepared for them both
for we've a full line of the world-famed
Peck & Snyder skates and we believe
its the largest line of skates shown In
Omaha some as low as 35c others
higher but It's all on account of the fin
ish and style nothing but reck & Suy-
der skates , however Then sleds you
never seen so many different kinds at eo
reasonable a price they've all enough
red paint on them to tickle the vanity of
any boy or girl Our store is the ac
knowledged headtruarters for skates and
sleds and a little later on wo're going
to display a full line of holiday goods.
A. C. JRAYMER
BUILDERS ; HARDWARE
1514 Farnam St.
Wlille you aredown 1own doing your
Christmas shopping suppose you step
into our btore and have our expert eye
man make a practical and thorough ex
amination of your * -eyes It won't take
very long tlmt "liKnlaclio you have fco
often may be caused by over-worked or
defective eyes and properly fitted
glasses will give you Immediate relief
we are manufacturers and grind the
lenses right here to suit the ca > In hand
the frames are titled with an exactness
that assures you tlie full benefits of your
glasses our work is all guaranteed to
be the best that can \ > 2 produced.
Columbian Optical Co
AUTISTIC , SCJKNTJFIO AND IMIAP-
TIAL OI'CTICIAXS ,
IJEVVEII , OMAHA , KA.VSA3 CITST ,
1613 Champa. : u 8. Itth BU 1U Mtlo.
South Omaha News.
City ord'can. ' m are cot held iti awe by the
P putacc hero to any great 'extent To bo
sure , onro In awhile an effort Is made by the
police I to carry out some of the many laws
now on the books , but It's always a sort of
Fixismcuilc cruradehlch Is o er In a few-
da } s. There is an ordinance on the books
now to which no attention Is ever p < ld , end
yet for a violation of It a person could be
fined ? 1CO. This particular ordinance refers
to the condition of the sidewalks. According
to tills production of the city lawmakers It
shall be unlawful for any owncrpr occupant
of property to allow any snow , Ice or pud , to
accumulate ca sidewalks over which he l-as
control. Continuing , this ordinance provides
that all walks shall be cleaned of snow within
one hour after the cessation of a Btortn. In
cnae the snow falls at nlpht the property
owner or occupant Is given until 9 a. in. In
which to place his walk la a passable con *
dltlon. Going further , this ordinance tiro-
vldes that walks abutting vaunt or unoccu
pied property shall bo cleaned by the street
commissioner and tbc cost taxed up against
the property. Upon conviction of a violation
any owner or occupant may be fined not to ex
ceed $100.
There Is another ordinance pertaining to
sidewalks which la never enforced , and that
relates to the blockading of the walks with
merchandise or signs. Last summer an order
was Issued to the police to notify persons
using tht walks to confine their display to
the four-toot limit , and the order was com
piled with for nearly a week. Now In some
places piles of merchandise nearly crowd
pedestrians Into the streets.
Stuck Ynrcl * lint PH.
Telegrams from St. Louis yesterday an
nounced the fact that the directors of the
Dirt St. Loute Stock Yards company had
ordered another reduction of feed charses.
This time there Is a cut of 23 cents on IPO
pounds of hay and ID cents on a bushel of
corn Only a few days ago the Kansas City
Stock Yards company reduced the price of
hay and corn to feeder cattle , but no reduc
tion on regular consignments for market
was made. A commission man at the cx-
chtage said that from these reductions he
would Infer that the stock yards south of
here were making a bid for some of the
business which Is now coming to this mar
ket. Of late the South Omaha yards have
been getting a great many hoge from com
petitive points In Missouri and it is thought
that the reductions in conn have 'icon made
to Influence this trade.
So far the maragers of the stock yards
here have taken no action toward a corresponding
spending reduction of rates , but It Is thought
that If the rates now In vogue at the mar
kets mentioned remain permanent a reduc
tion here will follow. It Is possible that
the matter may be taken up by the directors
of the company , which frill follow the an
nual meeting of the stockholders on the
13th.
Mop * Outiliiiir Work.
Yesterday's severe storm put a stop to all
kinds of outdoor work. No attempt was
made to do anything at Armour's , but at
Cud-ihy's men were kept at work on the
Interior of iho sausage factory. The caow
drifted badly and some of the cress streets
were well nigh Impassable. Even with snow
plows , the street car company had a hard
time to keep Its line to Omaha open. The
Q fctreet and Albright cans succumbed early
In the morning and mo effort was made to
clear these tracks There was a delay of
about an hour in the morning just when
hundreds of people were trying to reach
hero In time to go to work. Complaints were
heard en all sides regarding the stopping of
the stub lines , but it is more than probable
that the street car people had their hands
full in keeping the main lines open. Motors
were run without trailers and consequently
the cars were crowded more than usual.
Telegraph and telephone wires all over the
city were more or less mixed up , but the
service was continued with serious Inter
ruption.
i
Mncrlc City GotHlp.
E. C. Bennett is confined to his home with
a severe cold.
Mrs. Plerson , Twenty-sixth and E street ,
Is seriously ill.
The stub line cars have been supplied
with vestibules.
Viola Wilier , Thirtieth and B streets , Is
sick with diphtheria.
A number of sleighs were seen cm the
streets yesterday afternoon.
II. "W. [ Matthews of Lincoln twas a business
visitor In the city yesterday.
A. II. Newman was registered at one of the
hotels from Long Tine jxjsterday.
W. D. Cox has returned to Clinton , la. ,
after spending a few days with his family
here.
here.Prank
Prank Gallagher , wholes been quite 111 for
some time , 'was ' reported ilightly better yce-
terday.
W. C. Humphrey of RaganOolo.was In the
city yesterday leaking after his property IQ-
terests.
The degree team of Workmen loige , No.
CC , will give a inask bill Thursday evening ,
December 9.
E. A. Steams , market editor of the Drovers'
Journal , went to Sioux City yesterday to at
tend the session of the National Live Stock
exchange.
Tfco Young Men's Christian assochitlcn con
tinues to g-aln in membership and an un
usual amount of interest Is taken. In the dif
ferent classes.
Unless It Is too stsrmy a civil service ex
amination for positions In the postal service
will be held at the High school Ibulldlng to
day. Nine candidates for government posi
tions have applied for examination papers.
On account of the storm the Alaska-Yukcm-
Klondlke lecture to have been given at the
Young Men's Chrlstlin. association was post
poned. The lecture will be given at the
First Methodl&t Episcopal church tonight ,
LIEBIO
The essence of nil that's best in beef.
parts of the best cattle , raised on the com
in Uragt ly. That's why it is the best
years unnpproachcd for purity nnd fine fli
Genuine has / / j * /y
this signature Vf ijC * & .iL *
In blue : 0 * $
and all ( persons holding tickets for last
eight's entertainment will be accommodated.
Thanks to the introduction or Salvation Oil ,
young bicyclers need not tear a fall. 25c.
1M t n fl > 1 1 I" > 11 ! t \
I'lsAR ' lllh Bid
( Continued from First Page )
the latter , and have decided to submit all
he points In dispute to the several unions.
The conference between the representatives
nave been unable lo acccpt the proiicsals of
of the engineers nnd of the employers will
tic resumed December 14. The employers
decline to recede from their position respect
ing the management of their business by the
unions , and emphatically pronounce against
a reduction In the hours of labor on the
round that such a diminution would mean
diminished output and Inability to meet
foreign competition.
HILL VUTOKI ) IIV TIIE IMIHSIDEVr.
\oii-Cn41iollc MnrrlnBFM > "ot Yet LCJIH !
In IVru.
LIMA , Peru ( Via Galvcston , Tex. ) , Dec. 3.
The correspondent of the Associated Press
earns from a private source that President
Pelrola vetoed the bill recently passed by
congress legalizing non-Catholic marriages
and that he Is about to present to the special
session of congress now lu progress another
proposal dealing with the subject.
GEIIM.YX A HTI M.iI3Il Y FOU CII1X\ .
iitriitM of Mm mill Ouii * for
Oroii | > 'liic : l orer.
BERLIN , Dec. 3. The Naval department
has sent instructions to Kiel to dispatch " 00
artillerymen with field guns and 1,000
marines to China.
Mmof Ilir Crow AUxslniT.
BORDEAUX , Dec. 3. The French bark
Benne Jcsephlue Captain Lecarf , from Bor
deaux to Granvllle. has been sunk in. a col
lision with an unknown vessel. Nine men
of Its crew who took to the boats ale miss
ing. The French bark Benne Josephine was
of 222 tons gross register. It was built at
St. Male in 1SG7 and was owacd by M. Jac-
quot of Granville
Clini(7CH In rtiloiilnl CJovcTiunenl.
BERLIN Dec. 3. The colonial council yes
terday , fit its final sitting , recommended the
formation of councils composed of the m st
prominent Germans In the various protect-
oiates of the empire , to act as advisory bodies
ies to the governors uf the colonies.
Drillh Dueto Affluent.
LONDON , Dec. 3. The coroner's jury
which has been Inquiring Into the dumb of
Cecil Barnard , the well known society en
tertainer , who was killed on AVednesday
evening last , by falling from a second floor
window of the Savage club , midercd a ver
dict today of accidental death.
Ilcilucc 'Hinton ' Oil.
ST. PETERSBURG , Dec. 3. The railroad
tariff committee has reduced the freight
rates on kerosene between Bak and Koume. on
the Black sea. from 19 to 12 IcopeUs per
peed , with a view of encouraging exports.
Knir for Snfrty 'of StcTiim-r.
LONDON. Dec. 3. It Is feared here that
the British steamer Bordeaux of Glasgow ,
which , left London on. Saturday , for Methlll ,
Firth of F rth , and which has not been seen
since , has foundered with Its crow ot twelve
This is the kind of weather that iiiaUes
-old feet the little feet will need fihue-
iiiR as well as the biff ones aiid Drex
L. Shooman says aiid he knows that
we have the bast shoos for the boys tlmt
was ever made aud they're only ? l.r.O
a shoe that for school wnr cauuot be
beat better than any $ l.IK ) shoe wove
over sold and we've always sold the
best $1.50 boy's shoe ever sold In Oinuhii
we know these shoes will outwear any
two paiiat the sitine price and out
wear lots of shoes tlmt you'll have to
pay more for we've a way of glvliiK
value with our shoes that others have
failed to catch they're in all toss-all
widths.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1.J19 FAKNAM STREUT
New fall catalogue now ready ; mailed
for tbo asking.
TO TIIE CHRISTMAS WATCH
DUYEH
Let ns ( 'ive you a llttli1 advice we've
learned from experience that delays aio
disappointing don't delay the selection
of the watch you intend to buy for your
wife your husband or perhaps a friend
but come In now make your selection
while the stock Is the most complete
we'll lay it a < , Ide regulate It and you
can pay for It when you gt't H any time
before Christmas our show windows are
lighted until 30 o'clock every evening
we keep the store open until 10 on Satur
days 1K ( ) engraved visiting cards with
copi r plate for $1.50 our work Is the
we guarantee it as such.
C ; S. RAYMOND CO. ,
Jewelers ,
Say yousc fellers wat sell de Stoecker
cigar fur five cents ami make buckets
full of de dow and give do fellers dnt
.smoke dem de best hiiiake of dire lives
wanter ter look fur dls kid in de Sunday
15eo again my dad's goin' ter give yer
de bargain fer yer life den next Mon
day an' It's only good fur Monday's
buylu' so yer don't want tr miss It
not If yer want ter dubble do capital
stock of yer company dero will lie a
bigger rush den dere wus lafct Mondny
wlmn all de dealers In d'.s town caim ; to
my dad's store fur de cut price terback-
crs bay , dat was a great day fur my
dad.
1404 DOUGLA.S.
oQe *
Extract
IJ of Beef
from ttio best
ipnny's grazing fields
, nnd for over thirty
lavor.
,
It eocs a Ions way.
men. The BorUwiux IB an Iron vessel ,
built nt Lclth In 1SS4 and Is lf.4 tons resin *
tcr. U halls from Glasgow and U owned by
Qlcnn & . OA
Sole Sun U or of Hie
LONDON , Dec. 3. According to a dispatch
from Dlyth , Northumbcrlandshlrc , the baric
Vrsta IIEB landed there a Scotchman named
nice , who Is the solo survivor of a crow of
four of the Ketch Maud , which was lost In
the North sea.
J. A. Pcrklrs of Antiquity , 0. , was for
thirty years needlessly tortutcd by physi
cians for the cure of eczema. He was
quickly cured by using DeWltl's Witch Hazel
Salve , the famous hnallng Enlvo for piles and
skin diseases.
DISCUSS iMtisov uutou riioiu.nM.
Xew Yorlc Men llcf ' < l 4IIP Law 1M
Poree In tlmt Stlllo.
AUSTIN , Tex. . Dec 3. The opening busi
ness srss-lon of the great Natlrnal Prlsoa
c-ngrcss was he'd in this cl y toOay. Captain
Joseph Nicholson , of Detroit. ( Mich. , was de
tained at home by sickness and Klrst Vlc
President Edward S. Wright of Michigan
prtId ( d over 'the meeting. Warden Oth §
Puller of lena , iMIch. . road an Interesting
paper on "Prlpoii LabaLegislation" : In favor
of avoiding the working of oauvlcts or. every
pcsslhle Industry by the state. His paper
brought up a discussion of the New York
convict law. Several of the speakers took
exceptions to the law. assorting that it miaa
against DIP Interests of honest labor. The
New York delegation inHsted that the lawr
was all right , having been dtecldcd BO by
the laboring cMssrs of New York , and.
ad pted at tbrlr Instarfo and that Its opera
tion was satisfactory to nil intrcstcd.
A lengthy discussion wan also had oa
"Wbat Is the Ilest Solution of the Convict
Labor Prdblem. " The debate was opened by
J. W. French , warden of the federal -ponl-
tcnt'ary ' at Port Leavenworth , who was la
favcr of establishing schrols in connioctlon
with every penitentiary In the land , BO aa
to Individualize each convict and assist hU
1110:1 : ! progress
The most Important subject discussed.
Judg.ng from the Interest manifested , waa
"The Abolition of Corporal Punishment. ' *
This subject excited so much Interest that
the chaplains at their afternoon session al
most forgot the object of their meeting and
drifted Into the matter again , and It was oa
at the time of adjournment. The only two
men who came to the rescue of the corporal
punlshmtat e.xstem were Superintendent
Whatley of the Texas penitentiary and Su
perintendent Hcyt of the Colorado reforma
tory. Both said that demerits and dungeon *
might work in the erst , but the Texas and
Colorado horse thieves and robbers had to
be dealt with moreseverely. . Mr Whatler
was In favor of "the lash , " and Mr. Hoyt
advocated a "spanking paddle. " Quito a
number of wardens. Including J. "W. French ,
ct Port Leaven worth , were opposed to cor
poral punL'hnicnt.
At the afternoon session of the congress
the chaplains held their meeting. Nona was
received of Ihe death of George II. Hlckox
of Jackson. Mies. , and the association drafted
suitable resolutions of rcppcct Inasmuch'
as the death left a vacancy In the presidency ,
the first vice president. Hev. William J. Rait
of Junction , Mass. , was elected as his suc
cessor.
The night scc-slon was devoted to general
debate by the wardens on corporal punish
ment and the reading of papers. The committee -
mitte-o having charge of selecting a place
for meeting for next year have Invitations
from Philadelphia , Omaha , Indianapolis ani
Columbus , O.
