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ESTABLISHED JUNE an , 1871. OMAHA , TILUHSDAY MORNING , JANUARY 27 , 1808 TW13LV.I3 PAG US. SINGL,13 , COPY .ITIVID 013NTS.
BATTLEFIELD OF ANTIEFAll
What Eos Been Bono in the Way o
Erecting Memorials.
FEW CIIANGiS SINCE THE WAF
A Vlotv or ( lie Kli'lil XVIuTcon I. M"'I
Plr * I liivitKlnn of I he .Vorllt i
\Vn * Cjlt'Ckl'll 'Itrl'firtl
of Otic lleKlment. ( |
Of the flvo battlefields of the war whlcl
have been set. apart for memorial purpoaeB-
AntloUm , Gettysburg , Chlckamauga. Shllcfl
nnd Vlcktfhurg the first named has ccrtali
Interesting fcatuicunot poo'csscd ' .by all. Thi
Increase of population and the march o
material prcgreFa have not disturbed Antic
tarn , euys a. wrlltr In the New York Pest
U lu In the rugged and picturesque moun
tain country of western .Maryland , whlcl
today looks iLbout as U did In 1SC2. line
farmlunmcij arc Bcaitlered at about the Kami
Intervals of space as on the daj. of the bat
tle. Not a mile of "pike" exists tcxlaj
which Wis irt here then. Uurn.3dc'B ; liyrldgi
ovw . . * SvctJ-m ! creek If Uio same ni'ruciturt
that saw the totrlblo alaughter thirty sl >
yeAM BRO , and thu Dunker chirc.h : . , aioune
\vhlcii tno sharpest of 'the ' conflict raged , U
E..I11 tlio ii-lace \\ort1ilp o ; the little saolct :
of Gcin'.an brt'tlirin. '
This maheu the battle mS'ps clearly Intelll
Bible , 'besides ghlns the vlrjtor the charm 01
Bocln.i . ; real tltintn. In&le3l ( of tclng eibllg i :
tci Interpret all objects as "standing when
ffMiii'tJilt-s else stood , " or occupying th (
cpaco where so-ati < d-i3u coulJ once have her
UDHCrvc'.l. I'or uhc hlttorlval stiMeot , there
fore , H Is fortunate that 'ihcre ' has 'been ' m
riirilj of -iiulaton ; ! to .ho poor farm cuiiirj
o' western Maryland. Even t'ho llttlo grlsn
mlllii uhlca Utound In thU region of < | Ulcli
nicua'inln strc i.tK are ge-neially dcaurUM am :
falling to pieces. Kato has decreed thai
A'litlctam ' shall remain as on the one. daj
which mailo the name memorable In ull the
world. In cnly a singlerewpcot has * the ' 'act
o : na-tuio t'hangeO ' , ar.il Ua.t . the baltlcflc'.J
cei.nniliMion r-iifpoi < ca to scit back as KO II u
It hca 'tho nieJins. 'Hie wools have ' 'Jccii
considerably cut off , and many acres aic now
cUated that were well forested In 18U2. IJ.K
the farmers uj\ ( raising thb u&.mi crops , aiui
ovcrjil'hlng ' In natutc lu.-ka Jt'At ns It did
then ,
TUB XCOIXTHY ! A-HOU-VD.
Antletam Is sulllclcntly ne-ar Washington
to make It a convenient place for leisurely
tourists to visit. Kcedysvllle , on the Ha-
gerstown branch of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad , about sixty miles northwest ol
Washington , Is the most accessible station ,
although the Norfolk & Western road comes
nearer the field at a station formerly called
Ehai'psbtirg , but now named Antletam. 15c-
twccn the villages of Sharpsburg and
Kcedysvllle lies the battlefield. Sharpsburg
Is on the Potomac , ten miles north of Har
pers Kerry , the village being about a milt
from the river , while Keclysville is five
miles inland to the north. The country Is
about as mountainous as the southern par !
of New Hampshire or the most rugged re
gions of Vctincnt Capland , where the wai
correspondents' memorial has been erected ,
Is only a few miles away , and along the
name Hagcrstown branch , while the clus
tered spires of Frederick , made famous by
Whlltlcr'8 verses , and the thriving city ol
Hagerstown arc distant but a few hours' '
drive. Gctt > sburg 'Is ' perhaps forty m.lcs
to the northeast. It should be recalled
that "Antlotnm" Is not the namo'bf a town ,
but of a small mountain creek which
empties Into the Potomac above Harper's
Ferry. The neighboring town Is Sharps
burg , by which southern historians designate
the battle. IJut It was along the stream ,
particularly at the Diirnslde bridge , that
same of the sharpest flRlHIng occurred.
TIH3 MEMORIALS.
lly comparison with Gettysburg- bat
tlefield memorials at Antletam do not
amount to much. They have cost the gov
ernment only $7G,000 thus far , and st-ate
governments and regimental associations
only a few thousands more. A million dollars
lars would not pay for the Gettysburg me
morials , and to visit them all Is a hard
day's work. 'Hut ' the battlefield of Antletam
Is a tUiot | afternoon's ride by carriage or bi
cycle. Near the village of ShnrpsbtirB , font
miles from the Kcedysvllle staticn. arc the
national cemetery and the observation
tower beside the Bloody Lane. About a
mile to the north ore the Dunkers' chapel
and the newly erected Massachusetts inoiiu-
runt , while Burnable bridge lies a mile south
of the village , and the most picturesque
scenery of yie Hold Is there found. All the
main reads , as throughout rural Maryland
and West Virginia , are turnpikes on which
the traveller who Is able to ride pays a toll
of 5 cents. There Is a. tollgnto just outside
of Kced > svllle rind one near the Dunkei
church. lu addition , the government hat-
built six miles of narrow " avenues , " fol
lowing Important battle lines , the cbjecl
being to make a drive by the Iron tablets ,
which state the position of the various corps
and other facts of historic interest. These
imrkers begin as soon aa the visitor leaves
KecdyHvlllc. The first one Is In a farmer's
cow yard , and paints to a rough lane wltti
these words : "U. S. A. route of the Flrsl
And Twelfth corps to the crossing of the
Antletam. " Hut tlio tablets are most plenti
ful along the battle line , especially uboul
I'lpcr'B corn tlrjd. and the Bloody Lane 0:1 :
the north side cf it. Tiiey nre painted black ,
with raised wh.to letters , and rest aslanl
on a low Iron post. In some places as many
an nine of these are In a ro > v , but the full
inscription IB Interesting to the student ol
military maneuvers rather than to the
general visitor.
A FAMOUS CIliritCH.
' The Hunker church Is a llttlo old-lnsh-
loncsl affair1 , which loo'w exactly like a one-
etory , gable-roofed country dwelling. Like
mwny of tlio etruotuies In the lowllty , It le
laillt of 'brick ' and whitewashed. M now
bears this 'n.'crlpllon ' :
"Tlio Dunker ehunh. < bullt In 1S53 by
Herman Baptist brethren. During the bit-
tlo the wMindrd of both armies sought anil
found oanotuary within IU wal's. The build
Ing was repaired aivd divine wcrehlp re-
tunned In the summer cf ISHI. "
IThls quaint little church was on 'thu ' edge
of the woo-to In 1SC2 , 'but ' now ls > In the mldul
of opei country. The conventional war
time picture of tlie br.ttle. of A iv : loin in Hhow
thin 'building ' with the v > 'o)3 : ) forming a
background. Tlieie are now two beautiful
mnminifilia only n chert distance awrO"e
Jr. a tall , slcnJcr atcne ereetrd * o the " "Y1
dclphla brigade. " as Seiutor Hiki.u i-
niento , the Sixty-ninth , Fovcnty-llrjt , Sev.
cnty-aeiond and One- Hundred and Sixth
Pennsylvania , which had In part seen serv-
Icn at Tlall's Bluff , were called.
The new Mnssu'luiscttij monument te n
innsplrtious work of art. lit lus Just been
placed In poMil'n ami will -proba'bly ' bo
formally dedicated In May. Adjutant Gen
eral Da Hem and Csiptain Charles U , Davu !
nre nuking the neceoairy arrangements. The
Kite Bclctnl u on neutral ground , aa be-
tfrocn the many Massachusetts regiments
which participated In the bloody 'battle , but
on the hlffhert land of llio whole field. It
bears thU Inscription :
"Erected ( by the Common wraith of Masa.
chusolts to mark the positions held by her
troops at the Ilitttle of Antletam , September
J7. 1SC,2 , "
TIIK DEADLY niUDOE.
Thi/lioil / of the state , encircled by a wreath ,
completes the story. Massachusetts was rev-
rrtontod In the Wsanl-
buttle by twenty-one , -
Mtlous of Infantry , artillery and cavalry , nnd
they were actively engaged , It U an Intw-
et-tlng fact that tlie first moument on the
field of Qcttysburg was erected by a Massa
chusetts regiment the SccctitU-to com
memorate their fallen comrades , and thh
monument at Antletam U one of the first to
bo erected by a state us such. At the Burn-
nldo bridge there ore other Massachusetts
( memorials. One of the abutments bears on
one BiJo ( bin Inscription ) "Lrected by Ltcu-
tenant Albert A. Pope , as a memorial of his
dtnd comrades. " Anil on onother face : "The
Thirty-fifth regiment of Mojeachusettfl vol
unteers crossed this bridge with Pcrrero'i
brigade , N'lntb Army corps , at noon , Septem
ber IT , 1S62 , and moved to the right up the
hill , where , at the lane , 214 of their officers
and men were killed or wounded. Gloria
Ml pro patTle morl. " The other abutment
of the bridge was created by the Twenty-
first regiment. Massachusetts Infantry as-
noclatlon , acid upon one side are the names ol
Its members who wcro killed near the bridge.
There nro few more delightful ? pots than
the Antletam creek at this old bridge. The
fitrcam , about thirty feet wide , flows almost
silently on Us way , beneath the old willow
trees , and with high bluffs a half-hundred
feet away. The scene Is one of absolute
quiet , disturbed cnly by the rippling ol
waters. H has been still here for ages and
en just one day this quiet was disturbed b ]
the horrlblodln of war , but that one day hai
given the little spot a place < xi the inti ) of
the world.
THB NATIONAL CBMRTBHY.
In the National cemetery , near Sharps
burg village , 4,671 soldiers , according to th (
old guide book , are burled. There is a stem
'lodge house for the "keeper , " nnd a bcautl
ful emblematical monument , surrounded oy
a heroic figure of the union soldier , faces
the entrance. The views on all sides fron :
the cemetery are of surpassing beauty
Within Its enclosure Is a , small mass ol
limestone , upon which It Is said Lee stood
to direct the battle. To the cast , at n d stance -
tance of about two miles , a largo brlcli
building n.ay be seen. This Is known as
I'ry'H house , around which the tents of . .Me-
Ulcllan's .headquarters were pitched before
and during the battle. This cemetery Is In
the ccncavo of the confederate battle line
when the fighting began. Iti the dl.iiaiu-o .
may bo seen the spurs of Maryland Heights
and thu stately South mountain range. Prac
tically the whole battlefield Is visible from
this point , and with Palfrey's 'Antietam"
of the "Campaigns ot the -Civil War" series
In harsl , the whole contest Is ns readily
understood us a foot ball Game.
The story of the battle Is familiar. II
was Lee's first invasion of the north. His
second was slopped nt Gettysburg , and. like
It , Antletam was substantially a drawn
game , except that for Invaders such n bal
ance of honors amounts to n defeat and for
dofcnders a victory. The union army doubt
less slightly outnumbered its'opponent , but
this advantage McClellan lost through his
disposition to nwult a condition of ideal
completeness In 'the way of preparation be
fore doing anything. The union attack was
successive , not massed , and many regiments
available were not brought Into actual bat
tle. Then the military critics say It was
fought one day -perhaps two days toe
late , and It was one of the bloodiest battles
of all the war. It n-IIl be recalled that Presi
dent Lincoln , In obedience to a predetermi
nation , when he heard' ' that the rebel inarch
had been checked at Antlotam , resolved to
lesitie his emancipation proclamation. Thus
Antletam holds an unique place among the
battles of the rebellion. It was fought
among people essentially unionist In their
sympathies. "Mountaineers are always
freemen , " and the western Mary-lander had
had no use for slavery. The Institution , al
though legal , was practically non-existent
In the region when the war broke out. That
Is why Lee's Invasion of western Maryland
failed to stampede the people of the state
to his support , as he had hoped and appar
ently expected.
M'KK.WA I.VmiCTEI ) I.NTO OIVJ'MOK.
VOPJ- Simple Ceremony AttcuiliiiK * lie
Kveiit.
WASHINGTON , Jcci. 26. Hon. Joseph Me-
Kenna took his seat on the bench of the supreme
premo court of the United States today na
an associate Justice. The ofllclal ceremony
Inducting him Into the Important olllce con-
Hiimed less than four minutes and wns simple
In the. extreme. Mr. McKenna had already-
taken the general oath of office beloro the
chief justice , when at one minute past 12
o'clock he walked Into the court room , bring
ing up the rear of the proc 5slon of justices.
Ho. like all Ihe other members of the court ,
wort a long , flowing black robe. The court
loom was crowded In anticipation of the
event. When he entered the chamber tire
ciow justice stepped at Clerk MeKcnnoy's
desk , w'.iere he remained while the other
Justices took ttiolr respective seats upon the
bench. Chief Justice Fuller a'rr.oniced ) the
yroeencc of the new justice , saying :
"It glvfis me pleasure to an-.ounce to the
gentlemen of ' .he bar that Mr. Joseph Mc-
Kcnna of California has been appointed an
-.ssoclate Justice of this court. "
The clerk handed Mr. McKenna a copy of
the judicial oath , and ho read It In a distinct
voice aad then waa escorted by Marshal
Wright to his seat on the extreme left of
the chief Justice , tlio court remaining aland-
Ing. Ho wni3 welcomed by a cordial shake
of the hand from Justice White , his nearest
neighbor , ccid by bows from the other members
bors of the court , whereupon nil took their
seats. With this ceremony concluded tlie
court proceeded with the business before it ,
this first case being that dealing with thu
Texas anti-trust luw.
rO.M'ISK OX CIMKRXCV IIICt'OUT
Ileiiitlilleaii Member * of Committee
Hold M Soc'ri't J-eNNloii.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 2C. The house com
mittee on banking and currency met today ,
but after a brlof session did not take action
toward reporting any currency bill. Con-
( ilderablo l-ntcreat attached to the meeting
In view of the recent extended hcurlngs and
of the present monetary meeting at Indian-
apalls. At the outset Mr. Johnson of In
diana , who Is regarded as favorable to the
monetary commission bill , secured the adop
tion of resolution for n statement from
each member as to his position an the gen-
err.l question of n revision of the curriuey.
.Mr. Broslus of Pennsylvania V.OT the first
one called u on , nnd ho stated that he wati
not ready to define his views on eo broad
a preposition. As the Inquiry promised to
Imd to some differences , Mr. JohnsDii with
drew the motion with a view to having the
republican members cativafs the subject
among themselves later.
In behall' of the minority Mr. Cox of Tenn
essee moved that olllclal ? ) rceeilln s em
brace f.io application for a hearing of Presi
dent Warner of the Bimetallic union and
Chairman Towne of the sliver republican
jommltlco and the refusal of the committee
ta hear them. The motion was defeated by
a party vote , with the exceptlcn of Chair
men Walker , who voted with the minority.
The committee then adj-jurne-d until next
Wednesday and the republican members
went Into secret session with a view of
reaching some common understanding If
possible.
' Ibllloiiiilluiiiil Conference.
rvriNNATI. Jan. 2A national cor-
u . .T..V of prohibitionists began a session to.
day , with nn attendance , of about COO from
nearly nil the states In the union. The con
ference 1 merely advisory , nt being a dele
gate convention. Thu presiding olllcer U
Samuel Dickie of Mlchlg.in. Among those-
present arc Joshua Levering of M.irylnnl ,
Unit ) Johnson of Illinois nnd many promi
nent men of the party. The day will lie
taken up In dlxi'iiasing Ionics relating to
temperance work. A banquet Is to be given
tonight ,
Itlvt-r Coiiilltliiiiii .More I'roniUIni ; .
MEMPHIS , Tenn. , Jan. 20. An Improved
state of affairs | s noted In the condl'.lcn of
the river today. True , a slight rise Is re
ported In the lust twenty-four hours , but
It only amounted to two-tnlnla of a foot
and Is much less than anticipated. The
weather Is clear nnd cold , admitting of
much delayed work on the breaks In the
lower levees , The Mississippi stands 31.iS
this morning.
JlrouUlyn til .loin Hie Siiniiilriin ,
NEW YOHK , Jan , 20. The armored
cruiser Brooklyn , It Is announced , 'Will nail
for Key West several days yooner than ex-
pevted , usj the necessary repalra can be com-
jiloted (0 ( admit of tulllng February 4. The
Brooklyn will join Admiral Slcard a squad
ron to take part In the evolutions.
For hoarseness , scro throat and cough ,
take Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup , tbo specific
for affections of tlie throat nod cUest ,
NEW UNION PACIFIC TRAIN'S
Special Hun Added and Old Huns Made
Shorter in Time.
OVERLAND GREATLY INCREASES SERVICE
- Oinnlin - Deliver Limited
AVlilcti .MnrkN un Kpocli In AVvnt-
CTII Triivi-l Other
In Time Soli
On Sunday , February 6 , there will be o
cotruleto reorganization nnd Improvement ol
the passenger train service of the reorganized
Union Pacific railroad , Two handsomely ap
pointed trains to run between Chicago and
Denver via. the Northwestern and the Union
Pacific railroads and another local to do the
work between North I'latte , Neb. , and Omnha
will bo placed In service , and Vtio running
time of all the express trains will bo con
siderably shortened , recent experiments hav
ing proved that the Union Pacific can run ItE
heaviest trains at as high a into of speed .IF
Is found co any railroad In the United States.
The two new trains bctweeu Ohleago and
Denver will be scheduled between forty-five
and fifty miles per nour , and this will
necessitate their Eilui ; run at the rate ol
fifty-five to sixty miles an 'hour. They will
consist of six new cars each , rivaling the
new trains recently put into service east oj
Chicago via the Pennsylvania and the Lake
Shore railroads. There will be cno com
posite library o.r , one ohalr car , one first
class coach , and two new sleeping cars. All
the cars will be built with the latest Im
provements , Including tiho wide vestlbuleJ
cars , throughout.
The westbound train will be known ao
"the Colorado Special , " anJ on the time
card will be No. 5. It will leave Chicago at
10 a. m. ; Council Bluffs , 11 MO p. m. ; Onv.na ,
11:55 : p. m. ; Fremont , 1:12 : n. m. ; Columbuu.
2:16 : a. .in. . ; Grand Island , SMS a. m. ; Kearney ,
4:49 : a. m. ; Lexington , f > :3D : a. m. ; arrive at
North Platte , 7:05 : n. m. , central time , ana
leave at C:10 : a. m. , mountain time ; Jules-
burg , 8:05 : a. m. . arriving at Denver at 1:30 :
P. m. The castbound train will be named
"the Chicago Special , " ar.d will appear on
the time card as No. 4. It will leave Denver
.t 3:30 : p. m. ; Julesburg , 8:30 : p. m. ; arrive
at North Platte , 10:30 : p. m. , mountain t.tne ,
and leave at 11:40 : p. m. , central time ;
Kearney , 2:02 : a. in. ; Orand Island , 3 a.
m. ; Columbus , 4:37 : a. 'in. ; Fremont , 5:40 : a.
m. ; Omaha , 7 a. m. ; Council Bluffs , 7:25 : a.
in.irrlvlng at Chicago at S:30 : p. m.
One of the two sleepers on each of the
new trains will bo an Oniata sleeper. On
the westbound train this sleeper will be open
to the traveling public at 9 p. m. , and per
sona bound for Denver need not wait until
the train leaves at midnight before retiring.
On the castbound train the Omaha sleeper
will te dropped la this city. The train
arrives here at 7 a. m. , but persons la the
Omaha sleeper may lie In their births at the
depot until S a. in.
SHOriTUNS OTHER TRAINS' TIME.
In connection with the Installation of the
new trains the running timeof the other
Irak * en the Union Pacific Is to be greatly
shortened. The "Overland Limited , " train
No. 1 , for Utah and California , will leave
Chicago at 6:30 : p. m. kistead of at 6 ? ) . m.
It will leave Council Bluffs at 8:35 : a. m. ,
receiving the connections from St. Paul ,
Minneapolis and Sioux City over the Omaha
road. It will leave Oir.aha at 8:30 : a. m.
instead of at 8:20 : a. in. It will make all
the stors through Nebraska that the "Over
land Limited" now makes , and In addition
will stop at Mlliard , Elkhorn and Waterloo ,
three towns that have long clamored1 for
this train to stop there for some time. Not
withstanding the additional stops and the
later hour of leaving Omaha , the Iraki will
run Into Cheyenne at the tame hour an at
preheat. 10'C p , in.
The tlmo of "Tho Fast .Mail" train , ' No. 3 ,
will bo considerably more shortened west of
here. The train will leave Chicago as liow
at 10:30 : p. m. , but It will leave Omaha at
4:35 : p. m. , Instead of at 3:30 : p. in. The
stops through Nebraska will be the same as
at present , but the train will go Into
Cheynine at the same hour as at present ,
7:10 : a. in. This -train will make connection
for Denver at Cheyenne , persons going on
this train arriving at Denver at 11 a. in.
A new passenger train to do the local
work hi Nebraska will be placed In service
on February 0. It will he No. 0 , and will
leave North Platte at 6:40 : n. in. ; Grand
Island , 11:20 : a. in. ; Omaha. 4:30 : p. in. , and
iirrlvo at Council Bluffs at 4:45 : p. m. This
train will come eastward through Ne
braska Just ahead of the castbound "Over
land Limited" train. No. 2 , and will do all
the local work. "The Overland Limited , "
eaEtbound , will make only the principal
steps. The olllcials of the Union Pacific have
been perplexed for some time about otcoplng
the latter train , which carries from thirteen
to sixteen cars , at every little point In Ne
braska , many times for one passenger. T\iey
have fkially solved the problem by putting
on a local train to run ahead of the fant
"Overland Limited" train. The tlmo of the
latter , which appears on the time card as
No. 2 will not be changed.
The "Kearney local" train , No. 5 , will bo
changed to be the "Grand Island local" train ,
No. 7. It wilt leave Omaha dally except
Sundays at 5 < > . m. , the same time as train
No. 7 now loaves here. The only chamgo will
bo that the tialn will run to Grand Island
Instead of throng' ] to Kearney. The return
train will be No. 8 , Instead of No. 6 , and wll )
arrive here at 12:20 : p. m. dally , cxcivt Sun
days.
HIS CO.VSVIUM'K IS A FKKAIC.
Ohio Mil n Who IN .Yearly Htend j fur
HIM AN.-eiiHliili Kolii-N.
John Francis , general pasengcr agent of
the II. & M. railroad , Is convinced that there
are some honest men In this world , nnd he
Is quite positive that the number of peni
tents who desire to contribute to the con
science fund of the II. & M. railroad Is
always largest BOOH after the Joyous Chrlst-
mastldo and the gooj New Year have just
passed by. Whether this Is duo to the good
sentiments naturally suggested at such a
season of tliu year Is not known.
Yesterday , the conscience fund of the D.
& M. railroad was swelled liy the contribu
tion of a check for $20 from a jnan In a
small town In Ohio , whoso conscience ap
pears to have given him no rest since he
ueed another man's pass in traveling on the
Burlington Route. His letter to General
Passenger Agent Francis follows :
In the fall of 1S93 I took a trip on your
road for a conl lor.ib'e distance , usln r a
pass belonging to another perron , thus vir
tually defrauding the railroad company of
my fam which would have been , 1 Judge ,
nb.mt $15. It ought not to be n hard problem
In ethlc.s for a rhrlxtlan man , but It took
mo a long time to get my conviction and my
will to po together In doing now what I
can to right the arong. HO I enelo'o here
with $20 as principal and Interest of the
ilelit Please acknowledge in diclosiU en
velope. 1'enltemly jvurn ,
OIMI.MN : ; A ito.vn i.vro OKLAHOMA.
KIIIINIIN Mlilllllill 1'iMiple Til Hi or llllllil-
IllK nctv Line
WICHITA. Jan. 26. Fallowing the oglta-
tlon for an extension of the Kansa.i Midland
railway Into Oklahoma to connect there with
the Missouri , Kanras & Texas railroad , the
Midland talked the proposition over with the
members of the Wichita Commercial club at
Its meeting last night. The club finally
passed resolutions favcring the ge'.icme and
signified Its Intention of offering all possible
aid for Its consummation. Ii orcseut ar
rangements can be competed work on the
branch will begin early In the spring. Many
of the Oklahoma townships along the pro
posed route have raised subscriptions to
cover their share of the guarantee.
llecliel In 11 ii ) n CM' I'lui-r ,
W. F. Bechel will take the pVico of George
V. llaynes , city passenger agent of toe
Milwaukee , while the latter Is nway on 'hi '
tour ground the world.
Ciiiinitlnii I'nrtlle to'Clinnure I'rewttlcuI
CHICAGO , Jan. 26. The Tribune says
From the best of authority It Is learned tha
at the next annual meeting of the Canadlai
Pacific Sir William V-n Home. K. C. M
O. . will resign as president of the road
The fact that the aanil.il parses for 1S9S am
the stationery for tnU > 'ear ' do not contalt
the name "Sir WIHIJim C ) . Van Home , prcs !
dent , " Is pointed to M nn Indication tha
ho means to step < lbwn and out. Sir Wll
Ham is net to retire Yrom the service of tin
Canadian Pacific Entirely , but Is to hi
electcO chairman of tkc boaw of directors.
sale will be In Individual parcels and the :
ns n whole. The collateral trust bonds on I
standing amount to $3,505,000. The terms
of fho sale require 10 for cent at the tlmt
of sale , the balance on delivery tthc next
day.
Ttnllwnyolen unit Per oiinl . .
It Is a significant fact that on the re
cently remodeled freight dcp ; t of the North' '
western railroad nt Ues Molncs , In. , now
appears a big sign with the words : "North
western and Union Pacific Kaltroads , " Tni
I-.ttcr rallroA'J does not nm within 141
miles of DCS Molncs.
The Omaha railroaders are well repre
sented at the meeting of stockmen In Den
ver. Among these present nre the follow
ing : General Manager llldwoll , General Su
perintendent Hughes > : nd General Freljjhi
Agent Morchouse of the Ellthorn ; Assistant
General Frelsht Agent Allan B. Smith
John A. Eylpr and W. B. Cheek , live stocli
agent at Soutli Omaha , of the I ) . & M.
General Superintendent Nichols nml Aa-
slstnnt General Freight Agent Lane of the
Union Pi.e' > flc.
Among the cn.rs which were wrecked
near Del Hio , Tex. , on the Southern Pa-rlflc ,
a few days ago , were live loaded * with Cali
fornia wine , In cases and barrels. These
five cars were smashed Into pieces and the
unbroken and broken bottles old barrels
of wlno were scattered over the right ol
way for a considerable distance. Advices to
the St. Loula Globe-Democrat from the
scene of the accident say that fully 203
tramps quickly scented the wlie : , and have
'been ' lioldlng tilgh revelry nt that place for
ecvcp'l days. No restrictions are placed on
their orgies , ns the place Is In a desolate
pant of the country.
Among the Omaha passenger men who at
tended the conference of passenger olllela'.a
on Alaska rates In Chicago yesterday were :
General Passenger Agents Lomax of the
Union Pacific and Buchanan of the Elkhorn \
Assistant General P > sscnger Agents Smith
of * thc B. & C\I. and Munn of the Elkhorn ,
and General Traveling Passenger Agent
Hutchison of the Union Paelfle. It was
agreed that rates to Alaska points , as pub
lished , should be maintained. No dlffciou-
Hals will bo permitted from western terri
tory. The Canadian Pacific railroad , which
has announced that It would put In a dif
ferential set cf rates to Alaska -points , w.s
not represented at the conference ,
IIIOH. CHILI ) 1II2M ) KOH HtA\OM.
lloilrit Illll. llrokeii lleiirt nnd llnliv'M
Crave All .III.veil fi > .
Mrs. Bertha Loonils , living nt Twenty-first
and Paul streets , tells Matron Bennett a
pathetic story. She says that about a year
ago from force of clrcinustancca she was
obliged to break up her home nnd work out.
She had a llttlo daughter , Pearl , from whom
she was obliged to provide , and after a time
sent her to the Benson home. Thinking a
few months later to make the expense less
Mra. Loomis took the child from the home
nnd gave her Into the keeping of Mrs. Kato
Ncary , who lives near Lyons. Kor the
keeping of the child Mrs. Loomis was to pay
? 2 per month. Several Installments were
paid , but after n time they lapsed , owing to
the fact that the mother was out of em
ployment. A short time ago .Mrs. Loomis
secured her present position , and then
thought It would be desirable to hnvo the
child with her once more.
Alter sending a portion of the money to
Mrs. Neary the mother last week went to
Lyons for her child. She was broken-hearted
to learn from the custodian that Po.rl hai
died a week previous , and had been burled
In the country grave yartl. As proof con
clusive , Mrs. Loomis was , shown the grave
of her child with a rough board Inscribed
with her name above It. After several days
of grief the bereaved motheo returned to tiiils
city. iTuesday night she says she uoooectedly
received a call from Mra. Ncary , In which
she demanded a small balance duo her fer
tile keeping of the llttlo girl , and then fol
lowed her demands with the announcement
that Pearl was not dead , but was In this
city with a friend of her old custodian. She
told Mrs. Loomis that her daughter would
be turned over to 'her ' upon the payment o :
$5 and not before.
Matron Bennet agreed to accompany Mrs.
Loomis to a pkce where a consultation may
be had with Mrs , Neary "and get the exac :
status of the case. A friend who accom
panied Mrs. Loornls to the station and who
was familiar with the case corroborated her
statements.
Mrs. Loomis cnllcd nt the police station
last night and reported that her child had
been restcrcd to her. She says that Mrs.
Ncary , the child's guardian , became fright
ened at the comment which her unusual
manner of forcing n collection had caused ,
and brought the child to her homo last
night.
DKOI.I.M : OFFISH OF CO.IIIMIOMISI- : ; .
County ( ommlHKloiierH Will Culleet
from Sn viler lloiulMiieii.
The county commissioners have about de
cided that they will not accept the proposi
tion to compromise the shortage of Adam
Snyder , ex-county treasurer , nnd nccept ? 4-
HOO In full payment of the judgment for
the sum of $8,303.55 which the county holds
against the bandsmen. They say that the
judgment is good as against a number of
the bondsmen , and that they do not fcol
that they could he justified In discounting
n good claim F.O per cent. They say that If
they do not agree to accept the compromise ,
they feel reasonably certain that the full
amount will bo paid within a year.
As yet the county 'commissioners have
done nothing In the way of allowing Sheriff
McDonald's bill of JliOO growing out of the
execution of Claude HocVcr nnd George Mor
gan. The delay Is due to the fact that there
Is nothing In the statutes' providing for allow
ing compensation for such services and they
want some legal advlco before passing upon
the bills. Sheriff McDonald contends that
the bills nro reasonable nnd that they con
tain nothing except for ' his services In
springing the two traps. ' As an argument
In hU behalf , ho calls attention to the fact
that seine years ag9 when Ed. Neal was.
hanged the county commissioners allowed
ox-Sheriff Boyd $500 for performing the same
services that ho now charges $100.
I.IIM renee IN UlM
Uruco I awrvnce , ulhiH Kill Howard , n bar
keeper for Jack Norton , who was arrested
i few dny ago on u charge of larceny
preferred by n. traveling- - > n named H. C.
-ogHwell , was discharged In police court
yesterday afternoon. The ovldence nhowe-d
tlmt whllo drunk , Ocg.swdl hnd displayed
-roods In n room In I lie. Arlington hotel to
llio value ofK nnd hud' left them there.
After he left , the stuff wan bundled Into n
trunk by HoAiird nnd e'nt luck to CogH-
. \ell'n hotel. If anything was stolen It wax
evidently done by other ptf.onH.
I'etei-Noii lleiivlly Killed.
Fred Peterson , the young ir.nn who raised
i disturbance In "M'CKy'a ' Place" last Sat
urday night and then attenlpted to termln-
itei Oillcer Hoclan's existence by a vlcloun
stub with a long-blade. ) pocket knife , ntiri
irralgncd before Judge Uordon yesterday
ifternoon. Ho pleaded guilty to u charge
3f assault with Intent tp do great bodily
injury , and was fined 0 and costs , .which
HI will bu obliged to serve out In the county
I all ,
WELCOME FOR THE NEW LEV1
Creditors Getting Ready to Swsip Down 01
Omaha's Cnsi ! ,
UNPAD CITY BILLS GETTING IN UNI
SiiInrli'H or Knuiloj e * ( lie Mo-.t I'ret
HlliK ClnlniN , hut There Are
Others \Vlileli Ili-matnl Ini-
iii < Ml I n tc Attention.
The first crflroprlatlon ordinance that wll
go before the council after the new levy I
tnsao will knock a hole In tfce funds blggei
than a house. As most of the funds wen
exhausted loeifj before the end of the year
bills have been , allowed to pile o and the :
will all eotno In In a bunch as soon as tin
now levy becomes available. The back sal
arlcs constitute the principal Item. Noni
of the members of the flro or police depart
incuts have yet drawn their salaried for No
vember and December and the other city of
flctals and employes ttavc receiver ! no mono ]
since December 1. This situation has bixci ,
bonanza lor the lean brokers , but decldcdlj
Inconvenient for the employes tiid the trades
men who have been coiuielled to carry then
while their salaries were held by the city
The greatest trouble Ifl experienced by tin
firemen and policemen , whose yay will bi
three months overdue February 1. Most o !
them have families and ns a rule their llvlnt
CM. enses oat up vetj' nearly their entire Ml
arles. Conscnuemtly t'.iey have now beei
nearly three months absolutely without tuuds
unless they wcro aolc to negotiate a Icon
While they have credits with the butchert
and bakers with whom they trade , these liavt
been severely strained by the prolonged lapse
of pay. Dozens of inquiries are rccclvcil
from tiadcfiinen , who want to know how
much longer they will have to carry t\ich
customers. Many of them are small dealers
anil they bay tl.at while the Ilreincm or JKJ-
llccmcn among their customers are per
fectly good , their faufllness Is on such a .small
scale that they cannot afford to carry UK
combined accounts any longer. There are
several cases In which city employes have
been put to serious Inconvenience , but an
effort , will be made to relieve them by pass
ing the annual levy ordinance as soon after
Its Introduction as
OK STU15KT MCiHTI.Vtt
( ins limpeetor Gilbert TiilUs About HI-
lleiiiirdiionl'N Work.
In cor.r.ectlcn with the municipal con
tract for gas street lamps It may not be
gcncnilly known that the amount per lamp
which the city pays to the gas company is
only a part of the expense. Under ordi
nary conditions , when an Individual or cor-
portatlon takes a contract to furnish a cer
tain necessity the contractor Is supposed tu
pay all expenses involved In the under
taking. The electric light company mus ;
furnish Its own poles and wires and the
water company its own mains and pumping
apparatus , but the Omaha Gas coinraii }
simply furnishes the gas and keeps tic
lamps clean and lighted. There are 792 gas
lamps In the city and In every case the posta
and lamps were paid for by the city in ad
dition to the cost of lighting. Each post
cost $8 , and each lamp $3.50 more , or $ ' . ) ,10a
In i.1l. In Udltlon to th'is the city pays for
all breakages and icpairs and this Item has
been as high as $10 a lamp per year. Last
year it aniouuied to $2.07 per lamp. The
cost of eac.h gas lamp to the city is $11.5U
In addition to the cost of repairs and the
$25 which Is paid to the gas company an
nually for keeping cadi lamp lighted.
It has been suggested by members of tic
council that 'it ' would be cheaper for the cltj
to btfy the gas at motor rates UKII to ente.
Into a contract with the gas company. Ac
cording to the present franchise of the gat
company , however , this would scarcely lit
a paying transaction. Each lamp burns 5.H
feet of gas per hour , or 20.SOO feet ,1 year.
The price of gas for public use is $1 per
1,000 feet and the ccnsequcnt cost of gas at
meter rates would be ? 20.SO per year. Bu ;
the expense of lighting and cleaning the
lamps averages $0.60 each pe'r year , so 'the
cost to the city under the propose. ! system
v.ould be $27.40 par lamp , or $2.40 more than
under the present system.
Complaints In regard to gasoline lamps
have been more numerous this month than
ever before. The new contractors are put
ting In their lamps In order to begin their
contract January 29 , when the contract of
the Acme company expires and as the men
employed by the old company expected that
their employment would terminate with the
contract they have made no effort to keep
the lamps lighted. Gas Inspector Gilbert
says that the great trouble with the system
Is that the lamplighters are not paid enough
to make them scrvlcable. During the last
few years a good many gasoline llgh's ' have
been displaced and those that remain are
considerably scattered. The lighters cannot
possibly make more than $ SO a month each
after paying for horse feed and the result
Is that they slight their work as much as
possible In order to cover more ground. In
many cases the man has to cover so much
territory tlmt ho begins to light some of
his lamp * early In the afternoon and the
first ones lighted are out ty midnight. If
a lamp Is in an Isolated locality they over
look It altogether and It Is stated that there
are lamps In tile city which have not been
lighted In a month. As the gas inspector
has twenty-six square miles of territory to
cover and la able to give only a part of his
attention to the gasoline lamps it Is mani
festly Impossible to watch every lamp In the
city every night and It Is a difficult matter
to keep the company to a rlg'd ' compllince
with Its contract. The new contract was de
signed to moro effectually protect the
city nnd If the Inspector finds a lamp not
burning at any hour of tlio night he Is
authorised to deduct for the entire night
whether It has been out five minutes or ten
houm. It Is expected that under th'B eon-
tract It will be poFnlble to exact moro sat-
Ififactory service In the future.
< ? < iiiiinll < ei < In Vlsll Cinincll.
President Jordan of the 'Board ' of Educa
tion has appointed Members Durgesn.
Thomas. Pcnfohl , Ircy and Johnson as r.
committee to appear before the city council
next Tuesd.-y night to urge the necessity
for a largo levy for school purposes. There
Ir no way of drawing a line on what the
action of the council will he , but at least a
strong minority of the members declare that
they will not vote to give the schools more
than 3 mills.
KNOWS \O SITU TI9IIM AS III/,1/ ! A It I ) ,
WinllicrniiiliVelHh TnllCM Alinul the
Spell JUKI I'liHHt'il ,
"No such term as 'blizzard' Is u.ied by the
weather bureau , " said Forecaster Welsh yef-
terday In response to an lii'i'Jlry ' as to wlwt
had bccomo of the oxnceted deluge of cold
from the north. "Tho public , however , fltlll
clings to the term and applies It to every
thing from a sun shower to a Hurry of snow.
In this way much Injury Is done thu western
country. People In the cast nad In the pa
pers of blizzards and immediately come to
the conclusion that we are rveczlng to death
out here , when In reality the weather Is
much warmer than It Is on t'.ie coast. When
we raised the white Hag with a bluck center
In It .Monday It wax to announcet.'io ' fact
that a cold wave was expeertcd. Wnsn the
red Hag with a black center also took ltd po
sition on the pole later It wss to warn people
that a norther was expected. A definition
of norther does not nece-fwrlly Imyly that
the mercury will freeze In the bulb nor that
the trains will be Etiowc.1 In. It doea mean ,
however , that there will bo northerly ' ( nd
and that they will bo accompanied by u
greater or leta fall of snow.
"Now thl Is precisely what has occurred
In Omaha In the last forty-eight hours. The
temperature did not drop rapidly at first ,
but I note today that there to a
'
of twrtity-throo degrees between thi
observations token yesterday noon am
this morning. In olher words. a
noon yesterday the thermometer stotn
31 degrees , while this morning n
(1:30 ( : It stood but S above. In the cold wavi
ar.d rentier which ha ? prictically Just p sC (
Omaha and eastern Nebraska were glvei
thlity-slx hours notice , whlb the weslerr
r > ortloi : of thr state received from elghteei
to twpntv-four hours' notice. I'p ' In tht
S. s'ratchcwan v.illcy , where the first observa
.lions or the rnhl wnvo Were taken , the ther
inonieter Is thh morning SO below. A
Nnrth Pintle- this mate It wna 0 below am
at Valentine S below. The cold wave ex
tended nn tar > oulh us Now Orleans , whert
there was a drop In the Inmpciuture of 2C
decree nr from (10 ( to About 40. The pros-
cut Indlcatonj are for clear nnd w.irmei
TIII : I'lttMiisi : OF THIS WUST.
.loll n W. Donne Seen ICvorj ItciiHon la
He I'lieonriiKcil n ( ( InOutlook. .
"Not only nm I hopeful of continued bus
IIHVM nctlvlty and Improvement throughou !
the nest , but I am confident of It. A :
sum us 1 c.in bo of anything In the future
1 am sure of the progress of the went , nnd
for that matter , of the whole country. "
In this confident way Mr. John W. Doam
expressed himself to n representative of tin
New York Times lit the WlmUor hotel Ii
n discussion of the general business out'
look.Mr.
Mr. Doiino needs no word of Introduction
rayn the Times. He in known In Wall streel
and the American buslnetn world IIH one ol
lt foienuwt representative men. With hit
wide cxperlenei nml his varied mtorcxts It
financial , railroad nnd niero.\ntllo cnte.r ; > rlM > !
he Is a min : of business uffnlrn In ever )
sens. ' of the term , and his nre exceptional
opportunltl for viewing the whole Amer
ican situation , for measuring anil gnUKliiF
'ho ' imtHiriann' ' cf its various factors and foi
ilnwlng roiirluslons which must eairy will
them slgnlllc.iucx ( i ! > well an weight.
"lion't write me down all enthiHlast , '
said Mr. Ho. me. "I am not one , 1 am sim
ply , u helle\\r In what seaunis to mo to in
ImiifiUed by tin sljn of the times .1 eontt-
di nt bellevt-r In the future of tbN country.
"In the last yeir much has been aeeom-
pltsliHl In American business , rmieh Im
provement him bt-fii brought iibout. Possi
bly theie iHTonipllshmmts and Improve
ments appc-ar greater than they reully are
lieenus'e of the extended depletion mil lean
tlniiv * with which they compire. Possibly
wn are given to ove.ie.sttinntlng the b.-tter-
ineMt Hut has taken place bceiiuse of the
bad conditions which prevailed for no long
nndwhich wo had begun to look upon *
natural-- almost nornril. Hut be this us It
miy ; , there H certainly warrant for assur
ance , nven for onthuMnnni , In the outlook.
It Is * not what li'is been done , hut what late
to eome , that mnkrri me optlmlstle on the
situation. What bus been accomplished Is
minis In fompirlMin with what the future
heMs In stole for us.
"You ask me particularly about the west
about tliei outlook for buslneH UK re. and
for the nil I roil ib . There Is no need of me
going over what has been saW ? o many
times about the Improvumnnt which Is : il-
reiiIy under 'nay In that section. That
there has IIEWI a material growth Ineir.in
business and a mateilal betterment ! hiM -
i rn eemllti us U plainly cv ( lent to e.viy uiie ,
This has been the natural outcome of .h > '
crop situation the bounteous yield * of the
fiirms , the grain famines abroad , the roiife-
quent high prlees for American cereals , and
the fact that the henetitK of these algh prices
eamo to tlin fanner hlinyelf and i.ot to the
speculator , .is has been the ease so .n.'iny
times before. All of thill.l oceu pointed
out over ard ovi r again.
"To my mlrd the slgn'.flcunco of this west
ern Improvement Is not so much In the faet
that it has been iiecomipllfibed , but In that "
It Is going on. that It Is keeping up stea "lly ,
and tluit It liis every Indleitl" " of ppnn i-
n > ney. T . outlook new 1 much l > tfr Hi in
It has been at any time during the progress
of that Improvement.
"The full effects Qt tliojO'entcr weilth tha :
has come to the we'.tt'irn farmer during the
last year liavo not been felt In the busiiveFS
community , nor will they be for some time
to come Of course , the Improvement n.l-
ready made In western buslnuss and a srent
part"of that made In the bu"lnen of the
country at large have been due directly lethe
the strengthened financial position rf the
farmer nut hs ! increase 1 wealth will ulti
mately have much greater Influence , upon
Indu'tilnl nnd commercial lines than h.-m
been shown yet. It taker ; time for money to
circulate nn-J to benefit the various hands
through which it passes.
"As to the i.vesitern railroads , they spnnK
for themirelvi'.i. ' Certainly no one can llrid
fault with the steadily increasing earnings
which nre being shoAii. During the lo-'t
m-ule far nvoro progress
year the railroad- have
ress than could have been reasonably ex
pected at ltn hcglnnlm ; . Air ! with the con
tinued activity and exrnrsion In general bus
iness throughout the west and throughout
the country which seems to me assured.
earnings will go on showing better things
and evidencing the Incieaflng prosperity of
the Amvrlciin r.il'.rond- .
"Tiere has been much talk of late re
garding the cutting of rates at competitive
points by the larger western nystems.
These reports have been. 1 think. , consider
ably ex.igBi'ratetl. Ollleertt of many cf the
roids which have been charged with mak
ing tbe.se cuts In rates have made specific
denials , and , III my opinion , there has been
much more talk aboirt the 'cutthroat' com
petition and the unprolitable rates now
prevailing In some parts of the west than
has been warranted by the actual condition
of affairs.
"Whatever rate disturbances there may
he now are by no means as serious as his :
been claimed nnd 1 feel sure tlmt they are
simply temporary and will last but frir a
short time. These mattern naturally adjust
themselves In most cases nnd from what I
know of the western railroad situation I nm
confident tlmt before very lang the roads
will arrive at understandlnga between
themselves wileli will remove the rnte-
euttlng bufuboo.
"Then , lee , proEfess Is being made with
the plan to secure Homo sort of leglala'.lve
action by which railroad Inteie.stH will he
allowed to work In harmony. legislation
to this end will certainly mean much to
railroad corporations and much to the own
ers of their securities ,
"Thero Is one development that Is sure to
come that will prove an hrixirtant factor
In western railroad business In the next few
months the rush of men and incrchnndlrit *
to the Klondike. This la irolng to ln-nollt
the northwestern rends particularly , but
all of the railway companies of the west
will feel Un effects. And It will not only
aid tie railroads , but It will help tin ; gen
eral business > ! that section ,
"Advices which I have lately received
fioiu Hi ft ncrthwem tell me tlmt It Is eon-
Hirv.itlve to estlnnto that l.'iOOX * people will
go to the Klondike this spring ami sum
mer. This mean an Immense' amount of
supplies ami merchandise of all kinds
which will give the rnllrondi enormous tr.il'-
floj. Already the north A-CM Is feeling the
effec'.s of the Klondike excitement. In the
Oregon and Washington cities ren ) esla'e Is
advancing In valuerapliKy , nr.U business In
urtlve in preparation f-.r the movement to
Alaski , which will Htart as soon , i > the
weiithei1 will permit ,
"Wholly apart from the Klon like d' vel-
opment , however , there Is ample- warrant
for entire confidence In the Immediate lutiiro
of the western country. There * Is a gener
ally healthy tone1 to western btiMmss .iff ilrs ,
nnd n generally excelluit outlook. The peo.
p'.n cut there hnvo : i confidence nnd a be
lief In the stability nf these new good tlmem
tlmt of Itself will be productive of bett-r
things. Tlie start toward business activity
nnd prosperity bus been made , and imi'lc
well. Having good mid piilMtnntliil found. i-
tlon. the movement will go steadily on.
"Hut progivxslll not ho Fi'ii'illonally
r.ip'd. I d > not look for a mu'hronm growth
In business nor would 1 feel hopeful of tin
future If I dl'l ' expect one. Dooms are a- !
WIIVH followed by catastrophes. We want
no boom. We want no unwarranted expan
sion of business. What we do want , and
whnt I believe we nre to h.ivi ! . Is stuidy nnd
stable Impr/vemrnt , even though It be flow
tha Improvement that will IIP brought
about by the iiottml development of under
lying conditions nnd of the real factors In
the situation.
"Not only am I hopeful of contl'iue-l busi
ness activity nnd Improvement tlu'ouchnut
thC'-ACHt. but 1 nm oonllde-nt of it. As mr
as I nm he of anything In the futf.ro 1 : im
sure of thlH proir * H of the we-nt. n.d : , for
that matter , of the whole country. "
Cutlery of ri
Assistant I'oytimifitcr Woodard IB workIng -
Ing on a scheme to Install In thu new jiost-
ofllco building H gallery containing the portraits
traits of all tha prjHtmaHttTH In this city
Ho has rc'qui'Utud Hupcrlritcndcnl I. n teller
to make nrmngvmentt ; for the hanging of
the pictures In the olllce.
Omaha lin * hud ten posunnMoi' * ulnce A
n. Jones first held thei olllce. It Is believed
that the portraltn of all can bu sturel
AHulKtant Postmaster Woodard ban fervcd
under seven of them. The gallery IK ex
pected to be a permanent feature of the
building and will bo adUui to ua more post-
mastcra corno and go , *
iMvripniro VftT iv \VPIMI
IJln\D ISSULS Ml IN D/UGlill /
Attack on Securities Will Llkoly Strcngthot
Ihcir in the End ,
ATTORNEY GENERAL SMYTH GIVES OPINION
llrllrvi'N tlit Siiproinr Cuurl Will Sum
tiiln ( tie ViilerN mi ( InI'uiir
Kill-in Piiiidlnu mill K\ .
linnltlnu Iliiniln.
While Attorney ( Icncr.il Smyth la not ab
solutely certain , ho fcols qulto confident thai
th supreme court will hnml down duel *
slons In tliu Douglas county bond cases at
tlio alttlng to lie held next Tucsdny and thnl
tlie court will hold that the exposition nnJ
the poor farm tuiulliiK bonds wcro legally
Issued niul Hint nil of the conditions wer
complied with.
Attorney General Smyth tmys that when
the eases were recently submitted to tht
supreme court n misconception arose In the
minds of some of the JudRes regarding tin
exposition bonds , limy Becmlng to think
that tln > bonds were Issued IIH n gift to the
exposition management and Unit the pro-
cccdu worn to bo used as such. In argu
ing the point , the attorney Kenor.it Is of tin
opinion that he convinced the Judges that
Douglas county did not propose to donate
one cent , but thai Instead the money
arising from the sale of the bonds wns to
bo used In advancing the Interests of the
county and In making n d splay of Ita great
agricultural and manufacturing Industries.
After making ttila point clear , the nttornoy
gt nontl says that the judges seemed to co
incide with his views and lean to the pasl-
tion which he maintained , although they
said nothing to Indicate what their
decision would be. Itogarillng the
poor farm funding bonds , the at
torney general says Hint ho presented
un argument showing that the bonds re
ceived the necessary number of votes , and
tlmt by their issue the Indebtedness of the
county would In no wise bo Incrcnsed. the
bonds simply providing tor the payment of a ,
tloating Indebtedness at a stipulated and
fpectiled time.
POLICE COMMISSION CASH.
In spoiklng of the Klrc- and Police Com
mission case. In which Judge Scott orlgl-
nallv ha ml od down derision , declaring nil.
constitutional the law under which the
present members of the board wr > rr ap
pointed. Attorney ( icitoral Smyth sayr ? ho
HIM no desire to prosecute the quo war"
ranlo. In the ahscnce of City Attorney Cou
ncil he acted in the premises , but now that
Mr. Conhcll 1st here , he Is ready to step out
nud allow him to proceed. If the city attor
ney docs not prosecute , the ottorncy general
snjs ho will go on with the case onj pres-nt
it. to the court. He docs not believe tint an
order of dismissal should lie en.ered. Tlio
case is an. Important one , raising imcatli ns
that al'oiild be illspo ed of for all time to'
come. If the case Is tried at this time , It
will end the strife and contention , hut If It
Is not dlspceed of now , the same questions
arc lilcelv to nrls ? at. any time and keep
munlcliinl affairs In a constant turmoil.
Kven the attorney general doss not krfnv
when ox-SUto Treasurer Hartley will betaken
taken to the ponltcntlarj. The supreme
court Ioa mnspl on the llndings of the lownr
court , holding that there was no error In tha
trial. If the 1'irlsoiier ' .wen out on bonds
the mandate of the supreme court wou'd have
Isjued at once , and prior to the ITluring : (
of the decision , Imt. as he l.s In Jjll It is
not likely that the document will bo scntt
out until the expiration of the forty days
fiom the rising of the supreme court , which
date will.be sorae time next mo-iih. It M
not. certain tl.-jt Hartley will g' to thpnn -
Itcrt'.l'iry even tlicn , aa after the etpliatlon
of the forty days the attorneys for Hartley
n.ttv file a motion for a rehearing , whHi
will suspend the carrying Into effo-t the
mandate until this motion Is disposed ofj
which mav be several weeks. Mr. ? myth
however , has no fears but that the ultimata
decision of the supreme court will be sus-
talncil. Ho knows that the case was tried )
very carefully liv the lower court and was
lo'ikcil after eqmlly ns carefully In the su
preme court. The decision of tlio supreme
crurt wtis prepared by Justice Norval and
the attorney per.o al feels very conlldnni * that
even If a rehearing Is granted , tlio original
findings will net ho dl-Imbed.
srus ITS FOHIIKIIITTOHNRV. .
Cllllliilllin InNiii'iiiMMCompiiny Socle
til lll'I'OVIT AllHIIIIll llf -Illlldlllelll
The. Western Assurance company of On
tario has begun a somewhat peculiar dam
age suit In this federal court ngnlnat c. 8.
Polk , an attorney of Plattsmouth.
In t'lo coirnlalnt filed yesterday it ii
sot out that In 1881 the company ( mured the
stock of Joseph Klein , a h-H and cap dealer
of Platlemouth. for $2,000. but It wan stip
ulated In the policy that Klein should earry
no more than $10,000 lnruran ? . In tiio
following year Klein's store burned and ho
promptly put In a claim for trio ninju'it of
his policy. The company rotnni'ii to pay It
on tlio grounds that Klein had violated hi , ?
contract by Irmirlng his stock for $14,000.
Klein therefore began null for the amount
against the company In the Cass county dn !
trlct court. The Insurance coni | * > iny de.-
termlned to flpht the case and alleges that
It retained 1'olk as ottornoy. Kleh Recure/i
Judgment by default. The ccne was carried
to the lAipremo court , but the judgment wax
affirmed there. Now tlio Insurance company
Is seeking to secure a verdict I'galr.nl I'olk
for the amount of the judgment , which la
$2,070.
WITH run univ.
No word has IK on received at Army head-
quartern coiircrnlng the whereaboutB of
Lieutenant Drlppfl , who dcherted his pjat at
Camp Pilot Unites recently ami Is nil.l absent -
sent without leave. What Is more , the
ofllrcrK do mot expect to heir frDin him
mil f MI ho voliitarily returns , li ; which event
he will be called lo account. .No effort will
ho rnailo to locate Llcutcrunt b-ir ia for the
s'mplu reason that If a c.nnnii.sali7.- : olilccr
defierlo It Is not coimldered a crlmo as hi
the iiiso of ,1 private , who departs without
permission. If ho Htaye away for a few
montlxi hi * name will bo dropped from tliu
rolls ccnl th.it will end Iho matter.
Lieutenant Hutchction , aldo to General
Copplnger , cotnnmndlr ofllcer of tno De-
| > irtment of the I'latte , left for the east last
night , where ho will remain for a couple of
weeks , looking after private 'buuinei'n ' mat
ters. During his absence Major Crowder
will act an adjutant , Lieutenant I'rrry look
Ing after thu mlllMry utores at the got'cni-
iiiuiit
on Sunlit Oiniiliii I'liitiilllei' .
There nro likely to lie p > nly of local
Iddilurn for HHI n < w Kouth Omaha pu ) nlll > ' < > .
There have been so ninny upplli-uilonn for
plans mid rie < rlllivitlaii ! < for the mru.-turo
that the Hiipply Kuporlnli'iidi'-iit h.r.i nher of
Ihu new building in thlu city hu < l on hand
II.'IH run outi rind he tlilH rnoruinu telo-
Kruphul for rnoru.
Allrii'il Stt I n ill I'm ArrillKlK'il.
Ot-orgu Beott and lid Mcliry. . Ideiiuflbfl
nH the men who visited tlio naloon of
Charles Stroll ! . Twenty-fourth and Kr nkllii
HtrcotH , Monday night nnd cheut.il ih bar-
ket > er out of $ .1. worn arrnlKiio I btfoia
Judge fronlon on n charge of petty larceny
They pleaded not guilty and their tiJ'il 'VMII '
sot for Friday ( it 2 o'clock.
llo > llnilly Hurl.
I.oster , the 13-ycfir-old won of I.nthcr A ,
Harmon , 2220 Ohio wtrc-et , was badly hurt
Tuesday night. He WUH eliding down a tobog
gan Hlldo conHtructea by boye In n neighbor' *
yard. One of the hoards hrok and n ullvir
pierced the , Inner Bide of hU right thth. ;
tearing the nosh terribly. The uttendlnij
oliyatciau bellovi'8 the Ifct' may bo tavul.