SMASHES PASSENGER RATES
Excursions During Winter Months JBrin
About a Crash.
"HOMESEEKERS" MAY COME TO OMAHA
tlonnil Trip Tlrlcclit nt Hrilttrcil I'nr
lit I-nil a Cut In tin * < l no-\Vnj-
Jlnte to llciul Oi :
'Wwtem ' passenger rated took a tumble yes-
l > rd y morning.
"They're all dowti In one ollcy ; set them
tip again , " Mid a passenficr man In speakln
of the recent cut rate/ ; made for the holiday
and the announcement of further cuts In th
rates for western travel during the month
of January , February and March. In view o
Hio unexpected reductions ihcrc Is much bat
feeling among many of the western lines , am
a rite war Is In the Immediate prospect.
The trouble has urls'.o over the mootcc
question of homeseokcri' excursions during
the winter months , and It was brought to a
focus this morning by tbo announcement o
the Omaha-Chicago lines that they would flel
roundtrip tickets from Chicago to Omaha acx
re'ttirn for $15.50 and from Chicago to Coun
ell Uluffs and return for $14.50 on Uic llrs
and third Tucid.iys In the months uf Jitiuary
February and March. Thcno reduced rale !
In/in ChlcsKO to this city and return vrll
necessitate reduced one-way rates fron
Omaha 'to Chicago , passenger officials say. In
order to protect tile tickets from belnt ,
uculpcd.
Kor years the roads In the west have hat
their hoincscekors' excursions on certalt
da > a each month. The rated for three cxcur
Kloim have uniformly been one fare plus $2
and the excursions have been conducted wltl
the Intention of helping to settle the Irons
mlssourl farming country. The rates have
never heretofore applied to cities located on
the MUaourl river , but only to DID agrlcul
tural rrglons west thereof. Tw ! season th
Chicago Great Western led n vigorous flgh
against the homt'seekcrs' excursions during
the present winter at all. Tlio opposition In
alstrcl that no good could come from the In
Hpsctlon of snow covered prnlrlea by prca
poctlvo settlers and urged tbe.t the home-
Beckers' rates during the winter season wouti
only result In the regular travel being mad
less profitable. Hut the majority of westcri
roadn thought differently , and the homeaeek
ere' rules wcro ordered to bo put In on the
llrst and third Tuesdays of January , February
and March. Thereupon the Chicago Grea
Western announced that It would put In cor
responding rates to St. Joseph and Kanaa
City.
The Omaha-Chicago lines have followed by
putting the came rates Into Omaha nnd Conn
ell muffs. The result Is that the rcgula
passenger rates throughout thu west arc
badly disturbed , and the situation about a
bad an It has been for a long time. There I :
a meeting of the passenger representatives o
western toads In Chicago today and an at
tempt will ho made to Improve the existing
conditions. Some of the lines nro In favor o
having the homcseckcrs' excursion rates fc
the present winter withdrawn altogether , bu
thu bulk of the aentluicnt appears to be ii
favor of keeping them In , at least to points
In Nebraska and Kansas.
'AHOUT ' IIATHS l-'Oll T1IK IJXI'OSITION
I'asMt'iiKrr .Men Jlnvi1111 Opinion Con-
< M-niliiKT tlir Mutter. .
The matter of securing reduced rates fo
the Tranemlsslsslppl Exposition has not ye
been presented to the Western I'assenge
soclatlon , but piobably will within a shor
time. The matter has been considered n
meetings of the local passenger rcprcsanta
tlvcs of the western lines , but no recom
niendatlon has yet boon made to the genera
association. Tne passenger men Eay that ac
tlon will bo delayed until the outcome * o
thqlr fight for qn antl-scalploij bill is reached
They maintain that the exposition will re
colvo the lowest rates ever granted to anj
show. If the antl-scalping bill tccomco a
law. On the other hand It Is urged that tbo
absence of the ticket brokers hero next year
will prove a serious detriment to the ex
cursionists who will visit hero durtag the
months from Juno to November.
The frclgnt associations In nearly .ill parts
of the country have granted what amounts
to a one-faro rate for shipments of exhibits.
The passenger men eay that the early an
nouncement of the freight rates Is all rlghl
because there Is no danger of the frelghl
rates being scalped. It is generally believed
that the passenger ratcu will be the same an
or lower than prevailed during the World's
Fair year , which were as low as one faro
most of 1110 time and the remainder of
the tlmo much lower than one fare.
CI.OVKR I.KAK iK.Mll.UlUAS3ME.VrS
< lton < l May ] | < > AK" ! > I < ! ) lNi > < > Htd of nl
Fori'i-il Snle.
TOLEDO , O. , Jan. 4. According to a peti
tion filed In tbo United States court today , the
Clover Leaf ( Toledo , St. Louis & Kansas City
railway ) , seems to bo In danger of another
< fcrccd sale. Receiver Pierce , In asking In-
Htructlons how to proceed In the matter ol
claims owned by the American Surety com
pany , amounting to $34 : < ,909 , calls attention
10 the faot that the Interest has been paidj
but the payment of the principal was stay < l
until July 1 , 1S3C. Tbo company Is now
pressing thi > receiver for Its money and
threatens , unless paid , to apply to the cir
cuit count of Indiana for authority to retake
and resell the road 'to satisfy the claims.
The receiver sa > n $19.431 lias been paid , nnd
lie has $100,000 available from the earnings
to apply on the claim , and wants to know
what he email do about It.
'I'D SUCCEED 1IIIIIT.
for TliIril Vice 1'rt-iilili-nt nt
llu * Xnrlliix'Nlrm.
CHICAGO , Jan. 4. H. R. McCullougli , for
merly tralllo manager of tbo Northwestern
road , has been are ° lntcd third vice president
of the system to succeed II , G , Hurt , who has
accepted the presidency of the Union Pacific.
There will bo no successor to Mr. McCul-
lough as ( raffle manager and ho wltl con
tinue to manage the affairs of that depart
ment ns ho has done heretofore.
Mr. McCullotiRh ho/5 been with the North
western read for eighteen years , his first oo-
sltlon with the coirpany being freight agent
of the \Vlnc ia & St. Peter road , a branch
of the Northwestern road. Ho was ap-
IKilnted general traltlc manager fourteen
months ago.
< > r rn < > ( ior * to XlrUoI I'lnlo.
CINCINNATI , Jan. 4. The Times-Star an
nounces that William Til , Greene , general
malinger of the Ilaltlmoro & Ohio railway ,
will retire from that position 1o succeed S.
It , Galloway as 'president of the Nickel Plato
railroad ,
IIALT1MOHE , Jan. 4. William Greene , the
KCiioral manager of thu Ilaltlmoro & Ohio
railway , said today that there was absolutely
, icaly , llccJinu pnlmi , ilupclofi lmll ,
oud painful linger end. , pimple. . UlncUifadu ,
oily , mulliy Vlu.dry , thlu , nu.l fulllnc l"'r ' , Itcli.
IUB , oily * cul | > tBllIcld quickly to warm bMli *
v 111 CuTirmu 8.ur , nnd tcntlo onolntlnuj
with C'UTlctiu ( ointment ) , tba great ekln euro.
Ii toU Ibrcaihoul Ik. worll. CUIH
Vtmi * Sdl l'rv | > , lltfiton
Oj" " How u | * r iin son , Wkllt ll nd < , " fr .
ITCHING HUMORS ta rJSLfiS
no troth In or grounds for tbo report that h
In to give up Ins prcncnt position or that ho
contemplate * any change whatever In tils
prrnent business relations.
XKW DKAh IX \ \ IMMIASIA cn.VTn.AL.
Coininny 1'oriticil In llrnrnrnnlto the
( MILWAUKEE , Jen. 4. The Evening Wis
consin today prints nho following relating to
the tfMitus of the Wisconsin Central linen !
"That the properties of the Wlscons'n Ctn-
tral company and the Wisconsin Central U > itl-
way company will , within a comparatively
short time , be entirely reorganized nnd that
tlicy will para ta'.o other hands than thc o
of the rare who control the old company
seems almost certain. Thta belief U fortified
by the unexpected and gomcwbit mysterious
formation of . < io recently organized Wiscon
sin Central Railway company , whoso articles
of IncorpsratlMi were filed at Madison.
"That the proacnt movemtiit L ? a new one
and that It comes with a great surprint to
Rdw-ln II. Abbott , the present receiver of
the properly , and olhcns for years directly In
terested In the management of the Wiscon
sin Central lines ls quite apparent from the
mer.ncr In which the news of the o-cp lias
bctn received by them. It Is hln'ed In cer
tain circles , AUpponed to be fully conversant
with the affairs of the Wisconsin Central , not
the move Is n result of a complo'o failure of
the U'lscoiu'.t ) Central rcorRanlra'iloii commit
tee end the creditors of the Central lines to
complete satisfactory negotiations with niwln
II. Abbott. Mr. Abbott , the former president
of the Wisconsin Central Ilnta , practically
O\MM and cwitroto the lines from Jl.xnltowoc
Ito Chicago , it Is atflerteJ by some of those
who umlorsltnd the whole deal tuathe cn-
tlro property would have been reorganized
rlx months or a jcar ago had the gentlemen
back of the reorganization matter been able
to make a mutually catlsfatrtory agreement
with 'Mr. ' Abbott. U la said that ho held hla
latcrct'ts In the new ftlanltowoc Hue , as well
aa In. the road from SchlMlngcrvlllc to Oal-
cage , at a much higher figure than ( bo re
organization committee was willing to con
cede.
Articles of Incorporation filed at MaiMson
contain the mines of George I ) . VtaDykc ,
William 1J. VanDyke , W. H. Carter , Thomas
P. Carter , Charles McAndcraon and James L.
Normaa , who constltu'U > 'itie board of direc
tors for oneyear. . The articled also set
forth , as the objects cf the now company , the
acquisition by purchase or lease of the Wis
consin Central properties.
The copltal stock of 'the new company Is
placed at $25,000 , whldi Is merely a nomine !
sum , and mains nothing In connccllcn with
the proposed tnircnase MU ! control of the
Wlaconsln Central properties. This Is di
vided Into 250 oharcs of the par value of
{ 100 each , all of which Is to bo commco
clock. Of those shares elgh"ydirec are
taken by W. 13. VanDykc , eighty-two by
George D. VanDyke and eighty-two by W. E.
Carter , and the other directors named take
a Unaro each.
Hurt mi mi IiisiiL-clluii Tour.
GRAND ISLAND. Nob. , Jan. 4. ( Special. )
President Hurt , Vice President Mink and
their party were In this city this morning
on an Inspection of the shops , roundhouse ,
etc. They but glanced over the plant and
left fcr Kearney , whence they will go over
the lilack Hills branch.
Iiii'rriiM'il Hnllroi'.il Kuril I n KM.
MONTREAL. Jan. 4. The Increase of this
year's gross earnings of the Canadian Pa-
cine. over last year Is officially stated to be
$ .1,4(13,790. ( The Increase of gross earnings ol
t'.io Grand Trunk railroad during last month
over the same period last year was $111,738.
\OCH mill Personals.
John L , Ferguson , assistant general pas
senger agent of the Northwestern , Is In the
city from Chicago.
The special train of President-elect Hurt
of the Union Pacific went West over the
'main line of the read from Grand Island yes
terday morning. He Is accompanied by the of
ficials who left liere with him on New Year's
day , and will be Joined today by Freight
Trafilc Manager Munroe and Chief Engineer
Pegrara.
Among the financial reports of western
railroads for the first eleven months of 1S37 ,
from January 1 to December 1 , ' the following
Increases In gross earnings aro'note-1 : Union
Pacific , $ : ,1S7C12 ; Missouri Pacific. $2,034,731 ;
Hock Island , $1.140,225 ; Northwestern ,
$1.028,245 ; Milwaukee , $758,242 ; Illinois Cen
tral , $2,151,949. -
The annual meeting of the Nebraska
Southern Railway company and of the Omaha
Delt Line Hallway company , both allied cor
porations of the 'Missouri Pacific , were held
yesterday at the United States National
bank building In this city. The oflfccnr for
both companies were elected as follows :
President , S. II. H. Clark , St. Louis ; vice
president , C. G. Warner , St. Louis ; secre
tary. K. W. Irland , St. Louis ; and treasurer ,
A. 'H. ' Calcf. City of New York. The meetIngs -
Ings wcro mere form , the secretary casting
the votes of the stockholders , the largest of
whom Is the Mercantile Trust company of
the City of Now York.
DcalliH of ii Day.
NEW YORK , Jan. 4. Charles H. Bryne ,
who was president of tfto brooklyn Bcso Ball
club , died at his residence In this city to
day.
day.Death
Death -was duo to a complication of
diseases. Mr. 'Byrno ' liad been unconscious
slnco Monday of last wrnk and death had
been expected.
The history of modern base ball Is con
temporaneous with the active life of Charles
II. Byrne , and to him has been given the
credit Tor many of the features of the game
which have given It Its national character.
Mr. Byrne received his education at St.
Francis Xavler's college. After graduation
: io engaged as a nowspapcr reporter. In
1SS3 he branched out as a base ball manager ,
as a 'member of the firm of Byrne , Taylor &
2o. , which organized the Brooklyn base
> ull team and entered the Interstate league.
The Brooklyn club joined the American as
sociation In 1SSI. Mr. Byrne caused a sensa
tion In 1SS5 when , having associated himself
with Messrs. Abell and Doyle , ho purchased
the entire Cleveland league team , paying
therefor the sum of $10,000. Byrne also
secured Collins of Loulsvlllo and Burns of
Ilaltlmoro , two crack outfielders. Even with
thin aggregation , Byrne was not successful ,
and In 1RSG ho bought out the entire Metro
politan team. Tills deal was quickly fol-
owed by the "purchase " of Dave Fcutz ,
limhong and Hob Carruthers from the I3t.
Loufs team for $20,000. Byrne's liberality
and enterprise wore rewarded by securing the
lennant of the American association In 18S9.
\ftor this the Brooklyn club Joined the
caguc , when 'tho ' brotherhood revolt broke
out. By his honesty and enterprise Mr.
iyrno made the American association a
> ewer and forcoi the National league to meet
t half way In the consolidation agreement.
IJAU OLI.URE , Wla. . Jan. 4. William Careen -
eon , the mllllocialro lumberman , died today ,
after on Illness of several days , aged SO years.
Mr. Carson came 'to Wisconsin olxty years
ago. Ho was connected with \arlous business
enterprises and did a great deal towards the
jullcllng up of Ean Claire. Ho Is survived
> y five daughters and a son.
WEST POINT , ( Neb. , Jan. 4. ( Special. )
The death of 'Martin Stucfcr , sr. ( occurred
his morning. The deceased was one of the
ilik-Bt anil most prominent of the old set
ters of Cumlng county. IHo was aged nearly j
10 years , anJ for somu years has been living |
n retirement on his farm north of this city.
lo was prominently connected both by birth
and marrlago with the leading families of
he county , and was the father of Hon.
Vllllam Stuefor , ox-senator from Hurt and
Ciimlng counties , Martin Stucfer. Jr. , of Wcat
'olnt , Arnold 'Stucfer of Dadge , Paul Stuefer ,
a prominent Btcckman of AVest Point , and
I Us Pauline Stucfer and 'Mm ' , John Bysoug
f West Point.
ICNOXVILLR , Tenn. , Jan. 4. Dr. Robert
j , Dabney , one of the moat prominent educators
caters of the south , died at h0 ! home hero
( xlay. Dr. Charles Dabney , president of the
Jnlverslty of Tennessee , naj assistant snere.
ary of agriculture under President Clevc-
nml. U his son.
BARNWELL. S , 0. , Jan. 4. General John-
on Hagood died hero at 1 o'clock today , aged
9 years ,
NEW YORK , Jan. 4. Josephine Mcllln
outhwlck Ayer , widow of Dr. James C.
Ayor. died suddenly at her homo near the
lotol Dee Invalades , Paris , Monday last ,
god 71 years.
Wnlnon' * Slnyt-r benfriicrcl.
NEW YOUK. Jan. 4-Edward Clifford , a
ormor West Shore , railroad detective , was
entenccd In Jersey City today to be Iiangcd
here on February 1C next for the murder
t William Watson , a division superintend
ing of the "West Shore road , on March C ,
* " * *
SPREADING COD'S ' COMPEL
Bishop Qarratt Bevitws the Vork ttat lies
Been Performed ,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS CF MOTHER COUNTRY
ClirlMliitilt ) ' ItrliiRftliont ( irrnt Ho-
fomiH ! ) TenchliiK the Prlnel-
lilrs of Trtillii Honor
nnil Purity.
An eminently scholarly address , couched
In beautiful language and delivered In a cap
tivating manner , by Bishop Garrclt of the
Protestant Episcopal church , formerly of this
city and now a resident of the state of Texas ,
brought together a fair sized audience at
Trinity cathedral last evening. The au
dience \\as nut large enough to bo termed
commensurate with the value of the brilliant
aid forcible speaker.
In Ilia Introductory remarks Ulshop Gar-
rctt spoke of the Afferent work given to
different nations by God. "To England , "
salJ the speaker , "God has glVcn the heathen
for Its Inheritance and ithe high command to
colonize. Right uobly has England per
formed this task. It has never falVd to
iend the gospel with -colonists , and It has
selected for Iti religious work in Its colonltt ,
the very strongest uplrltual advisers to \ > o
the standard .bearers. Great nnd wonderful
Is the work of the mother country , for as
the work of colonizing still goes on we may
use the present tense. Nobly Is the mother
country carrying out Its religious work con
comitant with colonizing In Africa , India
and in its other colonies.
"In the United Mates God has given 'Ills
people a distinct and different task , but none
the less Important , 'than that assigned the
mother country. There Is more wealth
stored up In the land of this country than In
any other similar section of the earth.
I There Is nothing more remailiable In the
' history of the earth than the manner In
which this country has been formed. While
this Is called 'the new world' It Is really
'tho old world. ' Through uncounted millions
of years subtetTanean changes were going
on , all for one purpose , to make this the
richest country In the world. 'Years before
human feet stepped upon the earth God
was preparing tHs land for hla people. Provi
dence guaitlcd this country nnd held It In
trust until a people should bo developed for
this most-wonderful Held of action. The
greatest exhibition of providential handiwork
o\er seen \ \ s In "the work of preparing the
Anglo-Saxon people to take possession o :
this country. These people with 'liberty
for their motto wcro to undertake to do
things never before attempted In the world' ;
history. The Latin races were not allowec
to become permanent settlers here. It Is
th Anglo-Saxon people with their -Magna
Crarta of liberties and with their open bible
before them that has proved to 'be ' the great
est nation the world lias ever seen. It was
that they hhoultl establish the grand princi
ple of religious llbertj that these people were
prepared for this country.
WOMAN AND HER WORK.
"There Is another topic that we shall do
well to consider at this time. Since the be
ginning of the Christian era God has given
to woman a decided place lu His work. Be
fore the advent of Christianity womenwere
the toys , the tools of men , and the lives of
children were utterly disregarded , and they
are today In the heathen nation of the earth.
But Christianity has worked a great reform.
The children today have a right to live ,
their lives are now regarded with a sacred
care , their right to existence Is cs much con
ceded as that of the president of the United
States. What haa done this ? Some say
civilization. Not so ; It Is due to Christianity.
Our duty Is to found Christianity In the
hearts of the children. How ? By founding
Christianity In .the hearts of the mothers.
It Is right that we should have a reverence
for women , not on the grounds of chivalry
or of gallantry. Far greater than these are
the claims for reverence of woman baaed on
the teachings of science and the result of
Investigation , teaching the sacrcdness of
motherhood. It Is the purity nnd the no
bility of motherhood that I would emphoslze.
So wo today find woman's work In charity
and humanity spreading throughout the
world. All of humanity's tenderest feelings
she is able to fully sympathize with and ad
minister what Is most needed ,
"The educational Interests of this country
are of supreme Importance. > "o people on
God's earth now , or have ever been in the
prat , endowed with such opportunities for
educational work as are the people of the
United States today. But there Is great
room for additions to this noble work. The
higher work Is to teach the children to fear
God , to observe the principles of truth , of
honesty , of honor , of purity nnd of high
moral courage. If wo neglect such teach
ings , no matter how extensive and powerful
our educational system may be , wo must
look for the logical result to follow within
a few generations our children will grow
to bo a nation of atheists and sceptics. This
la a grave statement , but It Is none the le.sj
a fact. The best way Is to educate the
mother , and the future mother who shall In
tlmo teach her children , from the cradle up ,
with the highest teachings of truth and
purity. Such Instruction , placing Chris
tianity far above science , arts , literature ,
language or any other branch of education ,
Is what is most needed today to save the
daughters of our land. "
Prosperity conies quickast to the man
whoso liver la in good condition. DeWltt's
Little Early Risers are famous little pills
for constipation , biliousness. Indigestion and
all stomach and liver troubles.
Tcm'lirrs' A III AnHiirlntloii.
The Teacher's Annuity nnd Aid association
nt the annual meeting , held yesterday after
noon , elected the. following1 named ofllcera
and directors to servo for the ensuing year :
President , Mvra LuKuo ; llrst vice president ,
Jennie SI. SlcKoon ; second vice president ,
Sarah M. "McCheanc " ; recording secretary ,
Mnrtha Powell ; llnnnclal secretary. Eollu
W. Nichols ; treasurer. Emma AVheatloy.
Directors Anna Foss , MarffuretMcCarthy ,
Fannie Arnold. Lillian Llttlefleld , Ida K.
Mdolc , Nora II. Lemon , Slary II. Lucas ,
Kmmu Whltmore ; Frances Uuttcrlleld and
JInry B. Newton ,
I'clil for Trial.
The ease of Ed HlBhbaiigh , charged -with
the burglarof L. D. Holmes' residence ,
2o.T3 California street , was heard In pollca
court yesterday , Tno ring ivhlch had been
found on his person wa.s Identified nnd It
win described how the negro bad lurniped
from the twenty-foot bank ne.ir Twenty-
Kth and California streets nnd later hidden
n a mnnger to escape pursuit. Ho was also
recognized by the man who had discovered
ilm In the IIOUF-C. HUhl > augh wn bound
over to the distiict court under bonds of
$1.000.
_
Hull AKnlimt CliliHit County.
Hudson I , Morton , now of Michigan , han
Hied a petition In the. federal court asking
that < i Judgment of } SOVi.73 bo entered In his
'uvor nBiilnst Chase county. Ho secured a
ludgmt'iit for that amount In tiio district
court of the county several years ngo , but
os ho has removed to Michigan he. wants
one for the same amount entered In the
federal court.
Kiln Iloir C'onffHNCH.
Ella Bow , the colored woman who robbed
John Burns of J20 Monday night , was
brought to trial In police court yesterday
afternoon. She * consented to plead guilty tea
a clmiBO of petty larceny and was sentenced
to thirty dnys in the county jail. She ril.su
descilbcd the location of the money , which
\\us recovered and returned to Burns.
Trial In Kmlr.l.
The trial of Lee. and Harrington , the t-.vo
alleged robbers 06 the postodlce nt Stroms-
bun , ' , was brought to an end In the federal
court late yesterday afternoon and the cue :
wan given to the Jury , Tbo trial was com-
irenced on Monday morning ,
TII i : Jti\i/rr JIAUKKT.
INSTRUMENTS placed on file January 4 ,
ISM :
WARRANTY DEEDS.
John Connor mid wife to G. H. Kitch-
ott. nYi lot 4 , block 100 , Omaha . $3,000
Charles SchlfTbauer and iwlfe to F , P ,
Freeman , lot 11 , block 152 , So , Omaha V )
\ . L. Campbell , nsgned | , to F. II. Kur-
rlngton , trustee , lot Si , block 4 ,
J3rlfKS Place. . . . , 1
O. 8. Ambler and wife to ( P. J. Hren-
nnn , lot 10 , block 1C , Ambler Place. , KO
Total amount of transfers . 5,701
01' .A\MCK13 JK.VS IttCIIUI.
-ffl-
Tliliik Tlirr Cnti Jlcn l Tliolr Tllle
tlrar to Million * .
There were pothert'J ( blether In Washing
ton hull yesterday aflHoaon thirty men and
women who arc living hi hopn of oomo day
f&lllcR lie Irs to a pirT ot a fortune that It
approximated at someHMlii ; between $250.000-
000 and $300,000,0001' "ihcsc perple were
tnembfirn of the Annbfcoulcns Heirs Associa
tion of Ocat-i end they , were holding their
annual , meeting. . - .
The publb generally 'lias come to know
who the Annckc Jena'heirs are. Th y claim
descent from a klqg , yf Holland , one of
whc e > sons came over to this country auJ
bought MtinlMlb n island , upon which New
York now stands , ( or ia sans nnd some
whisky. The blnse t , nart of this property
p.issed away , so that , the hclrd cannot claim
I ownership , but they ntllf maintain that their
j tltlo to the Trinity * church property , right In
the heart of .New York City , can be proven.
I Tina property Is now worth about f t50.000.000.
i They assert I'jat they ETC also able to prove
1 their title to some prcycrty csnflsoitod some
j yiars ago by the government for chlpyards.
| They say that the purchase orlco of thto
Mud end Interest , amounting to some $30-
000,000 , Is waiting for them In the IMnk cf
Harlem. Finally they claim ownership to
about JSO.000,000 on deposit In the Batik of
Holland. The officials of the latter Institu
tion , It Is snld , have during the lust year
refused to jx > y omy more Interest on Uils sum
and bivo s3 notified the heirs , at the name
time requesting them to o > ovc their right to
the money and to come and get It.
The reports that were made at yesterday's
meeting were very encouraging. These
showed that the courts of New York have
practically decided that t'Jo descendants of
the Hollander are entitled to the property
the heirs claim. All that remains to be dons ,
therefore. Is to construct a genealogical tree
which will show uninterruptedly the line of
descent. This Is the task that the .iclrs have
before them and upon this the Omaha asso
ciation worked yesterday.
Although the body Is styled the Anneke
Jens Association of Omaha , It Is by no means
local In diameter. It has members in all
the states of the union. But there are other
associations of the same character acid the
diniculty has been that all have not been
working In harmony. It Is now the Intention
to combine all these various bodies Into one
and the Omaha body yesterday heartily en
dorsed this plan. Letters were received from
other associations also favoring It. The r.ielrs
aiso elected officers yesterday , oc rather reelected -
elected their old officers. These arc : George
II. Turner of Falrbury , In. , president ; Mrs.
O. A. Round of Omahi , vice president ; Mrc.
Mary Currcy of Topeka , Kan. , secre
tary ; T. C. Wallace of Indianapolis , Ind. ,
treasurer. The beard of directors elected Is
as follows : George H. Turner , Falrbury , la. ;
Mrs. Mary Currey , TopeUa , Kan. ; Mrs , O. A.
Round. Mrs. Lsulta Van Wagner. S. J. Van-
derback , Omaha ; J. R. Leo , McCoak , Neb. ;
T. C. Wallace , Indianapolis , Ind. ; Mrs. Cor-
yc'i , Greenwood , Neb. ; Mrs. Mills , Omaha ,
The next mcettag of the association will beheld
held In this city on June 21. Adjournment
waii taken last night.
Although there wcro only some thirty
members la attendance , letters of regret over
the Inability to be nrcscnt were received
from a considerable number of others.
I.VhTAI.I.ATMIX ( IF THI3 OFFICnilS.
CereinoiilpH Cimclmlc nidi a Sorlul
anil a l.um-li.
Grant post , Grand Army of the Tlepubllc ,
and Grant Relief corps held a joint and pub
lic Installation of ofllcers last night in 'Myr '
tle hall. The affair was of a very enjoyable
social character aijd- r\vas attended by as
many guests as the bg ( _ hall could comfort
ably hold. After the ceremony of Installa
tion a social hour "was1 spent and then an
excellent lunch was'served. Charles E. Bur-
incstcr Installed the following officers of
the post : S. T. Joslyn > C. ; John Jeffcoat ,
S. V. . ; L. A. Harmon , J. V. C. ; Conrad
Fisher , C. ; Robert Wllcox , Q. ; Dr. W. II.
ChrjBtle. 15. ; Dr. R.'M. tone , A. ; Charles E.
Burmeater , O. D. ; J. liberty , O. G. ; Lafay
ette Auderaon , S M.j-13. A. Parmalce , Q.
M. S.
Mrs. W. H. Christlojnstalled the following
officers of the relief corps : Mrs. Lllllai .Eddy ,
P. ; 'Mrs. Orlana Koch , a. V. P. ; Mrs. Sarah
E Lawton. J. V. IVMlrs. Sarah E. Potter ,
T. ; iMrs. Helen Jeffcoal , C. ; Mrs. Josephine
Xeely , C. ; Mrs. Eliza. , Eastman , G. ; Mrs.
Harriett A. 'Wllcox ' , S. ; Miss Lillian Wilcox ,
A. C.iiMrs. Marlda Rhyn , A. G.
Triune lodga iNo. 5(5 ( , Knights of Pythias ,
publlcally Installed Its ofllcers In the hall
la The Bee building last night and provided
an evening full of pleasure tor a largo num
ber of guests. After the Installation cere
mony a .lumber of entjrtalnlng gramophone '
selections were given -by Captain E. I. Davis. '
An hour was then spent about card tables
and ( finally luncheon was servoJ. The (
affair was a pleabu-able one. The following
oflicers were Installed by ! E. I. Davis as j
deputy chancellor commander : L. A. ! Mer-
rlara , C. C.V. ; . D. Eck , V. C. ; J. C. Brew-
tnston. P. ; J. S Stewart , iM. of W. : J. II.
of F. ; S. J. Droderlck , M. of E. ; D. L. Mor-
of P. ; S. J. iBroeJerlck , M. of E. ; D. L. Mor
gan , QI. at A. ; B. C. 'Adams ' , I. G. ; E. E.
Hanson , O. O.
Salvation Oil , the people's liniment. Is
guaranteed tlu > beat. It will cure you.
AttaoliH Snliof On * Ciiiuiiiiiiloi.
BOSTON , .Inn. 4. Suit was filed today
ngalnst the Boston , South Boston , Jtoxbury
and Bay State of Massachusetts Gas com
panies ; the Gas Company of Delawnrs ; the
Bay State Gas company of New Jersey ,
Albert C. Burragc of Boston. Henry H.
Uogers and John G. Moore of New York ,
tbo Now England Gns and Coke company ,
H C. Pruyn , Stephen Peabody , Henry Dim-
mock , Georfie C. Haven. A. N. Brady , Emer
son McMlllen. A. II. Patrct of New York ;
William F. ElkliiH and William F. Elklns.
Jr. . of Philadelphia : William Flynn of
Pittsburgh Henry M. Whitney , Rlcbarrt
Olney and Robert W. Lord of Boston. The
suit was entered by James E. Manning of
Lynn. TVio bill , which Is of jjreat length ,
contains apparently u uumiiiiuu innkui ut
pas tr.insiictlons since Novsmber 1 , IRDU ,
most of wlilc'b are referred to as belnpr by
unauthorized olllclals , nnd , therefore , ille
gal or fraudulent , especially the recent sale
of the Hrookilnu nnd Dorchester Gas com
panies to the Now Ens'.and Gas and Coke
company.
.Striving 10 .Save Dtirrimt.
SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 4. In the United
States circuit court before Circuit Judge
W. W , Morrow and District Judge De-
Haven , sittingon bane today. Attorney
ICtigene Uupn-y succeeded In obtaining leave
to present and to Illo a petition for n writer
or habeas corpus on behalf of W n-T. . ,
Durant , confined nt San Quentln. When the
petition bud been heard ami Attorney Du-
iirey had concluded his argument. Judso
.Morrow In a low voice announced that the
matter would bt- taken under advisement by
the court , nnd that a decision would be ren
dered at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
11ns i\ii KiiKllnli Wife.
NEW YORK , Jan.I.E. . J. lUitcllffo , the
Kngllsh actor under sentence of six months
mprlsonment on Blackwcll's Island , for
> eatns ! hl wife , Wosi interviewed In hla
Tombs cell today roKnrdlng the stpry pub-
lahed In the London Mull. In which It was
stated that the nc pr had another wife n i
England. Ratcllffc. denied It point blank. .
Assistant District Attdrney Gardiner today
authorized the statement tout Ratcllffo ,
night bo Indicted for perjury In statlnt ; that
m had nowife , but the woman ho married
u-re , i
No wlioro on oa'fl | ( 'can ' you find such
a vurk'ty of style < Hin < l prices us nt Drcx
L. Sliooiimn'fi tluJrp" IHIH always IIOL-II u
n'roat deimmil form ladles shou to retail
it ? U.no we've Ipfrisi ! < l our lines by
mMliiK two new oncH to this priced filioo
these have the style simp and dura
bility lo them In either lace or button-
coin toe patent leather or the kid tips
extension solos for wear there Is no
otter shoe while they have the tylc of
ho much higher priced ones this addl-
Ion wives us the lamest line of Indies'
2.50 shoes ever shown In our tore.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 FAUN AM STREET
Cost Price
No Consideration
The remaining stock of the National Clothing Co. will be closed
out completely and regardless of its cost by THE CREDITORS in
a very short while. There are quite a lot of broken sizes , odd pants ,
suits , odd h'at lots and furnishing goods left from the enormous sale.
Single articles for the individual the remaining complete lots are for the
merchant wholesale buyers. Here's a short list. Double Quick Prices *
About 75 $6,00 National Men's Suits $3.25
About 50 $7.50 National Men's Suits $4.25
About 100 $9.50 National Men's Suits $5,50
About 25 $10 SONational Men's Suits $6,75
250 pair Men's Odd Pants left from broken Suits , $1.25 to $2.00.
Every pair actually wortli from $2.00 to $4.25 a pair.
All the National's $1.25 Black and brown Stiff Hats . , . 80c
Any Overcoat left we will close out at 40c on the dollar.
Shrewd buyers , economical people and merchants will recognize an
opportunity now , as never before.
IT
.Creditors' Sale of the - " "
Cor. 14th and Douglas Sts ,
LAGOON AT TRANS-MISSIS3IPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. ,
The News of the Exposition
to *
Will be published in The Bee from day to day and the Sun
day Bee will chronicle the progress and wonders of the
great Exposition. Omaha and the Exposition have no better
advertisement than The Bee.
If you want to interest your friends outside of , Omajia tt |
the Exposition if you want to interest eastern prppety owners
if you want to interest prospective investors-r-if you want
to to make the Exposition a success and build up Omaha sen < cj
them The Omaha Daily Bee or The Omaha Sunday Bee
tote until after "v K.
to
tote tote / . THe Transnilssissippl !
and International Exposition. <
The Omaha Dally Tice Including Bun- . i
< lay. by mall llirco months J3.09
Tlio Omaha Sunday Dee. by mall one
year J3-00 '
OMAHA DAILY
LTim
The Omaha Daily or The Omaha Evrn-
Ing lice. Including Sunday , delivered
In Omahn , South Omaha or Council
I31uf a , per week lea
UIOWHEAT WAKI2IIOUSKS HUIIX.
Ten 'J'lioiixaiiil TOIIH of Ornlii Dc-
wtroyeil ill Stockton.
STOCKTON , Cal. , Jan. 4. At 12:10 : this
morning flre waa discovered In warehouse No ,
5 of the Fanners' Union Milling company ,
and before the department could get to work
the flames -were beyond control , The flro
quickly spread to warehouse No. C , and It
was soon seen that neither warehouse could
lie saved. The attention of the department
was turned to saving the warehouse of the
Navigation and Improvement company , which
was separated from No. C only by a lire
wall , and the Eureka or Crown mills ware
house , which had only the same protection
from No. C. ( Streams were withdrawn from
the central -portion of the doomed structures
and began work on the ends with some effect
and by continuous ilglitlng against the Iron
sides and roofs of the burning bulldlgs , which
appeared to shut them off , the firemen wcro
successful.
The warehouses were well filled with grain ,
for both the Union and Its clients lave been
among those \vho were waiting for the prlco
of wheat to advance. The lowest estimate
ontho amount of wheat destroyed Is 10,000
tons and many put It higher. There was
besides considerable barley and rye. Much
of the grain was the property of the Union ,
but by far the largest proportion wao held
In storagH by farmers. The loss Is placed at
moro than ? 500,000 , although the territory
covered by the Hro was not largo. ( The lessen
on tbo warehouses will bo lieavy , though
both of the buildings and the grain wcro
Insured for a reasonably large share of their
' value.
The flro Marled in the machinery of a
grader and cleaner. Tno warehouses are
built partly on a pile foundation along ithe
bank of the canal. Whllo * the firemen
were lighting the flames two other alarms
were turned In from other portions of the
city , but fortunately they amounted to noth
ing. The Btennicr ICllen with the barge
Cricket was lying alongside 'No. ' G taking on
a cargo , 'but was towed out of danger by
row-boats , The flro continued to burn In the
great plles of wheat -which are In places as
high as the warchouseB.thcniBclves and they
will continue to smoulder for days. There
lias been some slight damage In parts of the
other two warehouses by smoke.
I1I3AVIWI CITY , iNeb. , Jan. 4. ( Special
Telegram. ) The postolllco and general store
of Henry Williams at I'rcccpt , this county ,
wcro burned at 3 o'clock this morning. The
building was a mass of flames when the flro
-was - discovered and was a total loss with Its
entire contents , Including mall , stamps and
postal money. I oss ? 3,000 , no insurance.
Wo linvo nlwut ton or twelve moro
pianos than room for , Ihurofore for the
nuxt diiy or two , or until our stock Is
rcduci'il to nornisil proirartloim ii'aln ( , wo
will soil a fuw of thu lL-Ht ) or c'hcapuKt
pianos In our IIOUHO for less money than
they can bo replaced. A few bargains
In upright slightly used pianos , Mich tin
the Ilardinun , old ficalo Klniball , Fisch
er , Vose A : SOIIH , at ? ( M to ? ! ) S , on pay
ments of $15 cash and $0 to $8 a month.
Any now piano In the IIOUHO tills wool :
for ? , r ) cash and $8 to $10 monthly Our
line of now pianos comprises mich relia
ble liiKtrumentH as the Knahe , now Kcalo
Klmlmll , Kranlch tc Unch mid Hullet &
Davis planoH , In these the best Is repre-
Hunted , with a variety of tone to ex
actly suit thu most critical musician. _ ,
A. HOSPE ,
Utt OIU HI ISIS Douglas
The origin of the Jlro Is a mystery. TJioro
had < bccn no flro la the 'building ' for two
days.HUMnOLDT
HUMnOLDT , Neb. , Jan. 4. ( Special. )
Flro consumed a largo crib of corn cri the
farm of Kllhu Cox , five miles south of thin
city , on Sunday evening. The crib contained
about 1,200 buiihels of corn and was a total
loss , with no Insurance. The origin of the
flro Is unknown , but It Is thought to be thu
work of au Incendiary.
IlniiU 'ItCNiuni'N UN
NI5W YORK , Jan. 4. Tlio National Shoo
nnd Leather bank , which lost Its entlro sur
plus of 50,000 , nnd $101,000 In addition l > y
tl0 ] defalcation of Its bookkeeper , Bamue-I
C , Scclcy , In 1S01 , announced today that on ,
April 1 next , tlm payment of the quarterly )
dividends of 4 per cent will bo rcHutncd , In !
the last two years the bank's deposits luivu
Brown J2.0C3.W , nnd thorn Is now a mirplua
of 4100,000 and undivided proflt of SHlMv ,
Knroiilt * for .M
NKW YOUIC , Jan. I. Sirs , Julia San-
gullly , iwlfo of the Cubin general who was
yesterday In 7Iavana on board the Btt-amcr1
Haratoga , said today that her husband wn *
not on Iilu way to rejoin the Insurgents In ,
Cuba , but wu Buffering from rheumatism' '
nnd was on Ills way to Mexico In hope oC
llndlng relief thnro. General Hingullly wn *
released by the Spaniards from niorro c
on his promise not to return to Cuba ,
