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Tin ; : OMAHA DAILY BEE : VKID.VY , PECKMIVBK aa , isonv DEFEND ADVANCE IX HATES Ohalruun of Olaailfiontion Committee Says Railroads Need tha Revenuo. HIGHER PRICES EVtRYWH-RE THE CAUSE of rnrrl 'rn I "Ilitf Hie ( Mllclnl fliiiilllfiilliin 'IV11 ItriiNimi fop liili-nili-il liii'ri'it-d' lU-ur- liiK ill U'liililiiKloiii WASHINGTON , bee. 21. A hearing was begun , today by the Intrrstnte Commerce coinhiltolon In the matter of changes In freight classification and advances In freight hy carriers using the olllrlal classification. Many complaints hsve been filed with the commission alleging that discriminating changes'In freight clo 3lllcatlon by cnrrlrrs IIBVO bron ngreed upon to tnke effect Jan uary I , lf'00. ' To determine this question the hearing of today wna held. Mnny of the must prominent railway freight oilldnls In the rastgru part of the country attended the hearing nnd repreaentatlvw of largo ship ping Interests In the same section v/cro nl.'o present. At the opening of the hearing C. 15. GlU of Now York , chairman of the oillclal classi fication committee , said the railroads were without knowledge of the persons who had rerUtrtod | the hearing nnd asked that they bo cnllod upon to stnte wherein the proponed changes were ttnjusl. Ho maintained that the proposed advances In freight rates were due lo the Increased cost of railroad plants and maintenance nnd the mlvancca hnd been applied lo clnssefl of frelghta that could well afford to pay them. Mr. Glli's cotilonllon that shippers ho first Interrogated was overruled and he himself wns put en the aland. Ho said Ihat Ihe consideration of all protests would bo considered by the clafslllrntlon committee , but the committee wns satisfied the proposed advances were necessary on account of In creased cost of railway operations. He In timated that for the same reason otlll fur ther nJvnnces probably would have to he made. Upon many articles Mr. GUI main tained that existing rates of freight were un- Juallflably low. HoldN Ailviitirr \4''rNNiirv. In the course of a long explanation by W. A. Day , attorney for the cwnnilltcc , Mr. Gill gave no reasons for the proposed ad vances upon ppcclal articles or classes ol freight except the general reasons which applied lo all freight. Ho maintained that the proposed now classifications , generally speaking , were restorations of freight rates which prevailed In times past when com mercial ami trade conditions -voro similar to what they mw are. Ills replies to a Ions Borlua of questions Indicated that his own belief nnd that of his colleagues on the classification committee was the recent marked advance In the price of railway equipment and operation In steel rails anil nil forms ol steel nnd Iron , etc. rendered It necessary for the railroads , In a degree proportionately to advance freight rate * ? . Ho said frelghl rates had been on a gradually descending EC ale for about twenty years , but ho was unable to say whether the proposed new rates would bo higher or lower than the rates which prevailed In 1S02. hi a statement to the commission At torney Day said a comparison of the/ proposed rates on certain specific articles showed that the new rate would be higher than had ever existed since the commission was created. Srij-H IttillronilN Xocil llir llfvenue , Judge C. A. Prouty , n member of the com mission , Instituted u line of Inquiry , the questions nnd answers Indicating Ihat In 1SS7 the railroads paid nioro for steel rails and other articles of equipment than they hnd to pay now. In view of these facts he dcflred to know why the classification com mittee deemed It necessary to Increase thu rates. Mr. Gill replied , as he hnd previously , that In the Judgment of the committee artl- rlc on which advances were made could well olund t lie in and Ihat Iho railroads needed the additional revenue which the advances would glvo them. He Indicated by his answers that the present prices of articles nnd the prices in 1SS7 had little If anything to do with the action of the committee , except thai In a general way the commltleo felt the artlc CH on which In creases had been nuidu couM afford to pay them. While protests again'.t the proposad rates hnd been received fr , m shippers the shippers had not been piforded an oppor tunity to bo heard by lue conimltlee , ns It was not the practice f the committee to accord such hearln < : . > . As chairman he hcnril the protests < mil communicated their sub stance to the committee. Protests ngalnst the proposed classification had not been con sidered by the committee nnd would not be until after the classification had gone Intc effect. The committee then took n recms until I o'clock. At the opening of the afternoon session William H. Corwlne , representing the Mor chains' association ot Now York , suggestei that If n postponement of hearing could bt hud he believed the shippers and the car rlurs might conic to n reasonable ngreemen upon the proposed classification which wcmli provo satisfactory to all concerned. Hi maintained that the Interests of the mcr chants and those of the railroads were conv mon and that the two bodies 'must statul 01 fall together. Ho was assured In conversliif with uoveral railroad representatives that i readjustment of the proposed classlflcatloi could be brought about , nnd that therefon the complaints later to be considered woulc bo reduced lo a minimum. Anl llxlciislon of Tlnu' , N. H. Kelly , secretary of the Trailo leagui of Philadelphia , oald that what the. shipper wanted was that the new clnsalllcatlon should go Into effect April I , Instead of Jnn nary 1 , 1300. If the railroads would council to this propcsltlnti ho anticipated no trouble Other representatives of the shipping Inter < vHs seconded Kelly's proposition , but ns n representatives of the railroads present hai authority to accept the proposition It wen by default. Mr. ( ill ! , who was on the stand during th morning session , protested agnlnbt being ex nmlncd further , n ho wan not prepared to g Into the iiic | tluii of all the classifications I detail. Ho did not approve of Kelly's propo sltlon that the daesitlrntlons should not g Into effect until April 1 , us that \\ould de prlv > > the railroads of Hu > iul < U'd rt'vcmu * fo three motiths IIo asked fr u thirtiuinut Dizzy ? Then your liver isn't acting well. You suffer from biliousness - ness , constipation. Ayer's Pills act directly on the liver. For 00 years the Standard Family Pill , smal1 doses cure. 25c. All druggists. W ut ruur muu ucl't > or tcuril beautiful drown or rich black t Tli a u ; BUCKINGHAM'S ' DYE MSr * rn > 'f of tbp hfarlng In order that he might consult the railroad men present as to the action they rhould take. A. J. Vanlandlngham , representing the St. Louis Tralllc bureau , snld that thp question Interested not only odlcl.il classification ter ritory , but the cnllto United Slates. "Changes in western cl.iflglflcntlon have already been made , In line with thopo of the oinclil classification , " said he , "but they are not so Mdlcdl as In this territory. A western railroad vlco president said to mo n few days ago : 'The changes In official classification , particular ! the great spread between car loads and Icis , are revolutionary In char- cater and , in my opinion , should not bo mado. ' " Mr. Vnnlandlngham believed that If a post ponement of the date when the official class ifications would be effective could bo ar ranged the western lines would take similar action. Mr. 0111 withdrew his request for ft recess and , although protesting ngalnst what he bo- llrved was the Irregularity of the proceed ing , again went on the witness stand. IIo was questioned by several representatives of shippers , but in almost every Instance de clined lo glvo detailed replies. He declared that the liirreiiKed rates would not. In his opinion , compensate tlio railroads for the In creased cost ot transportation. DlMi'rliuliiiitCNKiilnM Small Shipper * ! ' . S. Monnett , attorney general of Ohio , questioned Mr. 0111 ae lo the cost of ship ping petroleum , endeavoring lo elicit ftom him some statement lo the clfect that the Standard Oil company was favored by the railroads nt the expense of the email ship pers. Mr. Monnett said that on less than carload lots of petroleum the proposed classi fication Increased the rate 2C3 per cent , de pending on the distance. This , ho said , wns a discrimination which would break up the email shipper. Mr. 'Gill explained that his committee had nothing to do with the carload rates on petroleum and that the changes In the clas sification ot less than carload lots had been made by the committee on a suggestion of J. A. Tucker , chairman of the Central Freight association of Chicago. A few questions we o addressed to Mr. Olll by other representatives of shippers present , but no further information of Importance was elicited. Nathan Oullford , trafllc manager of the New York Central and lloston & Albany railroads , made a statement to the commis sion. In the course of which he said that he did not care to defend the proposed clas- Glflcatlons , bceauso ho realized there might bo Inconsistencies and mistakes In them. Ho declared the readiness of the railroads , however , to correct any Inequalities or In justices that might bo found to exist. Ho did not think the railroads ought to be asked to lose three months' revenues from the new classification , because operating expenses of maintenance were constantly maintained. He said his company was now building 10,000 cars , for which they would have to pay nearly double the amount they formerly had paid for car construction. The increased cost to the railroads ot transporta tion made it absolutely necessary for them to secure Increased revenues. While the revenues of many railroads had Increased for months , the net earnings had not pro portionately Increased , because of the heavy Increase In operative expenses and In main tenance. When his attention was called to the state ment of the earnings for the last quarter of the New York Central , as corresponding with the quarter one year ago , showing an increase this year of the net earnings , ho said the railroads had not felt yet as they would feel the Increased cost of operation and construction of plants. Without any action the commission ad journed until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. A meeting was held tonight at which thlrty-ono shippers , some of them holding proxies as representatives of a commercial organizations were present , and It was de cided to introduce several witnesses to morrow before the Interstate Commerce commission , .for the purpose of showing the injurloua effects of the new classification and advance In rates. SAN FRANCISCO RATE WAR Hones for AmlrnMr Si-t tli-iiti-n t ot TrmililiCriMvIni ; Dim Committee AiioliiU'il | to Co ISnnl. CHICAGO , Dec. 21. Hopes for nn amicable settlement of the dllllcultles that have risen from old differentials nnd differential squab bles down east are dimmer now than ever be fore. The sltuallon has Inken another turn for the worse nnd It is not impossible that the second-lass rate Irom this city to San Francisco soon will be ehaved , If not ac tually slashed. Local passenger men have discovered Uoston-San Francisco tickets In the Chicago market which are being offered at rates lower than Iho regular Chicago- San Francisco rale. For the first time since Ihe trouble took on Its present phase the Vandcrbllts and their western connections have openly ex pressed their determination to secure the same rate from New Englnnd points to Pa cific coast points ns thnt offered hy the dif ferential lines. They have taken the stand that there Is no Justifiable reason why the differential lines should bo permitted to un dersell them on the second-clnss tickets. At a inc-atlng held by representntlves ol transcontlnentnl lines today n conimltlee composed of E. O. McCormlck nnd Edward Hnwley of the Southern Paclflfic , George T. Nicholson of the Santa Fc , P. S. Eustls of Ihe Burlington , II. Knlskern of the Northwestern , John Sebas tian of the Rock Island , George H. Hcafford of tht > St. Paul , Robert Kerr of the Canadian Pacific , F. II. Lord of the Great Western and Frank I. Whitney of the Great Northern was appointed to meet with representatives of the New England lines Jnnunry , in Bos ton , nnd report the result of the meeting tc the transcontinental men's meeting in this city llvo days later. The chief object ol the lloston meeting IK lo determine the strength of those who want to settle the trouble amicably. In today's meeting tha Burlington , Roclt Island , SI. Paul and Northwestern , the lines that are boycotted by the Beaten & Mnlne and the Fltchburg roads , give all other roads to understand that they would stand by the IloMon & Albany If the Snnta Fe , Alton anil Missouri Pacific continued lo give tlielt support west of Chicago to the lloston & Maine. ( iii.v.vr it.Mi.HOADS siviMo.vms , InliTNliili- ill mi1 ! ! CiiiiiiiilHMlon K\- liMids Tlmilor Safely AI > IIIII | I > N , WASHINGTON , Dec. 21. The Interstate I'ummcrco commission today , In an opinion prepared by Commissioner 1'routy In the matter of applications of carriers for exten sion of time beyond January 1 , 1000 , wltblr which to comply with the requirements ol the safely appliance law In using automatic couplers and power or train brakes on frelghl cart ) , the commission baa extended the time to August 1 , ll'OO. ' It wan admitted by representatives of tin railway runployes that some additional time should bo granted and the commission , upot full consideration , arrived at the conclueloi that an extension of eo\eu months would b < proper. ( irniTiil Miinuicrr Cliaiiprll HHIrc * CHICAGO , net. 21. Vlco I'resldent am ! Ueni'riil Manager C. II. Chnppcll of the Chi- oapo & Alton road , a forecasted several days ago. today announced that he had decided to retire from the active dutlca of his olnce No uiiccptojor will he appointed , I'reeldcnl Pellon nBfiuniliiK the work of the genera manager's ottlco In addition to his own. .lolilirrit A Ueil tuMeet , ST JOSEPH. Mo. . Dee. 21St. . Joseph Job. bcre , nt a meeting here today. Issued a cal for representatives ot Missouri river cltiei lo n'tcnd n mecllng nt the Kansas City Com mercial club. December 27 , nt 11 a. m . to tnko measures to rrslst the advance In rail way freight rates announced to be In ef fect some time between Jnnunry 1 nnd 10. CLOVER LEAF TO REORGANIZE I'lnn I'o nil n I n led lo lip I'reaeiitPil lo Ilomllioldcrfl' Committee > ! - IIIK DccrinlxT 211. NKW YOHK , Dec. 21. Announcement was made today that the bondholders' committee of the Toledo , St. Louis & Kansas City rail road ( Clover Loaf ) , of which John C. Have- nicycr Is chairman , will hold a meeting In this city December 29. H wns nnnounced alto that the committee had formulate. ! n plan of reorganization , the plan to be sub mitted at the meeting on the duy named. It Is understood that the plan contem plates the formation of a new company with the Issue of $12,000,000 of first mortgage per cent fifty-year semi-annual gold bonds , $2,000,000 ot which shall bo reserved for fu ture use , $6,000,000 of i per cent non-cutnu- latlvo preferred stock and $0,000,000 common stock. A voting trust consisting of H. 0 , Armour , Simon llcrg , Charles Parsons , C. A. Shcpard nnd OUo Uannard will be appointed to servo for ftvo years. These trustees may. nt their option , terminate the trust nt any time. It ! Is proposed to reserve the right to rcdesm the preferred stock at par In cash at any time. If this can he legally done , nnd to provide - ! vide that no additional mortgage shall bo placed upon the property without the consent of n majority of the preferred stockholder * , j who shall bo cnllod together for that pur pose. REORGANIZING GULF ROAD Coiiiinlttrc Will illly In I lie I'lttNliiiric A Oiiir Mm * anil Klei-t XtMV OlllcorH PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 21. Although no oillclal announcement has been made , H Is Btnlcxt today on good authority that a large I majority of all classes of securities of the | various companies have been deposited under the modified Kansas City , Plttsburg & ( Julf railroad consolidation plan. A mem ber of the committee says this means that Iho reorganization Is practically accom plished. The time for deposits expired yesterday. H Is said that over $23,000,000 of securities of the various companies were deposited by holders In Holland. A mooting of the reorganization commltteo will bo held In New York , probably tomor row , when It Is expected definite announce ment will bo made of the securities depos ited. Certificates of deix > slt are bolng en graved and these , will bo listed in Phila delphia nnd New York. Steps are also being taken to foreclose the mortgage upon the road , so that It can bo bought In by the conimlltoo and turned over to the- new company , which will bear Iho same or a similar name lo Ihat which the road now bears. There will be changes In officers , hut no Intimation has been given as to who will bo the president. HAISK T1IR CHAIN CAIl WvMtcru Aci'iils Can .Muki' Contractx for ShliinicnlH Unul of Clileauo. CHICAGO , Dec. 21. Notices have been Is sued by a number of roads running west from Chicago to the effect that the grain-car blcckndo among the lines westbound from this clly during Ihe past two or three months has been lifted nnd that western agents may make contracts for shipments east of Ihls cily. The dissipating of Ihe jam In Chicago and at the Cook county licit Line junction were agreeable news to thousands of shippers , particularly grain dealers , whose business had been embarrassed by the inability ol the railroads to furnish cnrs or to haul them after Ihey were loaded. Old railroad men say Ihat the blockade , wna the worst In local history. Though the blockade is lifted , the demand on all lines continues unusually heavy. TO K.V.I01 \ THIS SAMS TO I'UM.MAX. ' \Vnmiier Dlrri'lur Sroklniv to t'rrvi'iil the Ilia : CoiiNoIliliiCloii. NEW YORK , Dec. 21. Justice Deekman In the supreme court today heard the argu ments and reserved decision on nn applica tion to restrain the directors of the Wagner Palace Car company from carrying out nn agreement entered Into with Ihe directors of the Pullman Palace Car company to sell to the latter corporation their property ol all kinds and their good will nnd to dissolve the Wagner Palace Car company. The action for the Injunction Is brought bj William H. N. Francis , the holder of IOC shares In the Wagner company. K. W. Vnnilvrlillt Miuli ; n Dlro.-liir. NEW YOUK , Dec. 21. Frederick W. Van- derbllt wns elected n director of the Canadu Southern Hallway company today , succeed ing his brother , the late Cornelius Vander- ' bill. Charles F , Cox , formerly vice presi dent , was elected president nnd his plnct wns tnken by Edward A. Wicks. Frederlcl Mlddlebrook was elected treasurer. Itni-o Wnr la MlNH MERIDIAN , Miss. . Dee. 21. Word hni Just been received of a light between i party of whites and blacks on the Kempei | county overland road , about six miles north 1 Ono white man , Oscar Ford , wn ? mortal ! ; i wounded and two others were more or less I ivrlously injured. A posse , consisting o the sheriff and twenty-live deputies , Is be | Ing organized to go In search of the mur derous blacks. There Is much excitement Trm-lKTN1 LuiMure Cournt * . The second lecture of the teachers' coursi will bo given Monday night , January 1 , bj I Inspector Jamex L. ITughcp of the Torontc I putillo schools at thp Kountze Meniorla l church. Subject. "Tho Hmlth Children. ' J.Mr. Hughes is one of the llrat school inei 'In ' America. Hi' Is also nn author of sonn repute along educational lines , "The IVda i goglcal Laws for All Teachem" "How t < Secure and Hold Attention" being nrnom his works. In kindergarten principles ho li suld to be onu of the tn-Bt authorities amont American educators. Siili'il lijriilciiKro DftrotlvfN , Two Chicago detectives wandered Into tin Trorndero Thursday night and spied J'ctci Carroll , who they think Is wanted in tht Windy < * ! * v for some misdemeanor. The ) gave Sirgcunt Whnlen and Detective ! Dcmpscy ami Jorgensen n tip and the oil ! . CCTHwent over to put him under arrest The young man showed light nnd there wa. quite a tufislo before he was Ilnally lander In the patrol wagun and bundled to thi station. Ho will bo held until nn Investl. tiU'.on may be made. I'Vila Mny Iti-riivcr. John Fydu. who was shot by Kranl Pyfzka In a saloon Imbroglio at Soutl Omaha Wednesday night. Is res-ting cony a St. Joseph's hospital and Dr. Ixird eays i 110 computation * arise the man will recover At thiv present time his chances are good The bullet has not been removed from tin I wound , any nttempt tn locate It helm fraught with too much danger , nnd It wll 1 bo allowed to remain where It la unless i .causes some disturbance. THIS lli\I.TV MAHKIST , INSTRUMENTS placed on record Thurs day , December 21 , W ) : \VnrriiMly Pi-din , W. A. Hooper lo O. If. Payne , trus tee , e IS feet lot 4 and w 10 feet lot 3 , block "C , " Prospect Place $1,60 Pauline Hector and husband to J. A. Kelly , lot 11. Park View add U\ \ J. P. Flnley and wife to . It. HastIngs - Ings , undlv H lot 15. Plcrson's tub- dlv 50 ( lull flnliu IdM-iU. B. U. Dufllo and wlfn to Ella Gould , lot 1 , block 6 , Itedlck'a wibdlv 8.EC F. P. Gould und wife to K. U. Ouflle , name S.&J DlM'llM. Sheriff to Charles Handle , trustee , lot 9. block , Improvement association add 3.SC Same to ftum- . lots 1 Va It , block T. Fayette park Total amount of transfers , . HISTORY OF FINANCIAL PLANK Drafted by President McKtnley's Friends Before National Convention Mot. FORAK5R HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT Stuti-liiftilN li > llnmui. l'n > iif , .MerHiim mill I'roclor rurnUli Iniiiortniit Coiilrlliiillon to lll < orjof Pill n in-1 n I liHlMtiitliiii ; > i _ j WASHINGTON , Dec. 21. Senator KerI - akcr publishes ! some llmo ago a long arllclo I , concerning the origin anil adoption of the gold plunk nt the rcpulillcnn national c n- ventlon of 1836 In which he maintained tint the plnnk w.is prepared by the cotninlttco on resolutions , of which ho was chairman , after much discussion ntul out of dhersa ma terials. 11. II. Kohlsaat , editor of the Chicago Times-Herald , published an nrtlclo In reply , In which he clalnjcd the "gold plank" win framed hy friends of Governor McKlnley at a eonforcnco held In Mr. llanna's room at the Southern hotel , four days before tha meeting of the convention , and therefore long before Mr , Koraker vvns electoil cither n member or chairman of the committee oa resolution H. Mr. Kohlsaat claimed , furthermore , that there weru present nt this conference Messrs. Ilanna , Henry C. I'aync , Senator Proctor , Myron T. Hcrrlck , former Governor Mcrriam , M. 1C. Stonennd himself , and that the Bold plank prepared hy them was sub mitted to various republican leaders nnd ! i also to the committee , on resolutions by which It was adopted with minor changes of phraseology and presented to the con vention. Tim following statements by Mcssr ? . Uamin , Payne , Merrlnm and Proctor furnish an important contribution to the history of the cold plank : The original draft of the so-called gold plank was taken to St. Louis by Mr. Ilanna. It wnti Iho subject of onrnust consideration at th < > hands of Mr. Ilanna. Myron T. ller- rlck and myself , who were In St. I.ouls some ten days before the meeting , ami closely assisted In guarding the Interests of Governor McKlnley. After many Informal mal discussions the plank was entrusted to mo for the purpose of drafting ; a sub stitute for the original and several substi tutes were so drawn and discussed. Soon Governor Merrlam of Minnesota and Proc tor of Vermont Joined this Informal com mittee of Governor McKlnle-y's friends who were endeavoring to phrase this particular feature of the coming platform. Many olmnges were made In phraseology and probably a dozen different forms weru discussed at th < - various meetings , until at the meeting of Friday morning 1 submitted the text of the gold plank whleh was sub stantially the one Ilnally adopted by the convention. At that meeting Mr. Kohlsaat , who had arrivent ! St. Louis that morning , was present and was strenuously Insistent of a plain unequivocal declaration for the gold standard , and his Insistence did much to eml any division of sPiitlment which might luivu previously obtalni.il among the friends of Governor McKlnley as to the wisdom of the course. A copy of 'the resolution as tints agreed upon was shown on Friday to Joseph II. Mauley at Matnu and Governor \V. Murray Crane of Massachusetts , who were at the convention In the Intercut of Speaker Kcetl , and It was also submitted to I dge of Mas sachusetts and 1'latt of New York , who all gave to It their unqualified approval. The resolution as agreed upon was given to Myron T. Hcrrlck ot Cleveland , who telegraphi" < l it in full to Canton for the approval ot Governor McKlnley , which was soon obtained , ami then a copy was given to Governor Merrlam , who had been se lected a member of the committee on reso lutions , and lu wns authorized to say to that committee that ! the resolution as pre- s-entcd ) > y him luul been drawn by imme diate and responsible friends of Governor McKlnley and approved by him and to ask that It be adopted by the committee. HENRY C. 1'AYXE. I liavo carefully read the foregoing ac count of t'he ' origin of the gold plank as adopted by th e ttUrtlblloan national conven tion at St. Louis in ISM and 1 Ilml it cor rect. In addition to the facts brought out In It 1 wish to add that oilier republicans weru earnest and Inlluentlul In their advo cacy of a gold platform , among them llob- crlV. . Patterson , the Illinois member of the committee on resolutions. M. A. HANNA. The foregoing statement accords with my recollection of the. factR.The copy of the resolution referred to was given to me and 1 submitted It to the committee on reso lutions. Previously thereto I showed a copy of this plank to ( Senator Fonikor , Senator Platt of New York and Senator Lodge , and conferred with them about It. \V. H. MKIIHIAM. I was consulted about the financial iilank of the St. Louis pint form by Mr. Payne and others , live or fix days previous to the meeting of the convention.I remember the conference which took place Friday morn- Inir in one of Mr. llatma'H rooms at the Southern hotel. There were present Messrs. Payne. Merrlam , Herrlck , Kohlsaat , Stone nnd myself. Mr. Ilanna was In nnd out oc casionally , but gave the mutter little atten tion , as he was more Interested In making a president than the platform for him to stand on. He , however , expressed himself us ready to ngreo to anything we formu lated and did agree to It tit the close of our work. ' Mr. Kohlsnat had jnsu arrived In town and was very active and earnest for the gold standard and his forceful Inslsti nee came at nn opportune moment for settling the matter In the right way. I was surprised to llml some of the western men so s'rong for gold. Of course , substantially , all east ern republicans would favor It , but the credit of leading In the matter belongs to the western men 1 have named. It was known that Senator For.iker waste to bo chairman of the committee on resolu tions and the plank was shown to him and met his full approval. It was submitted to President McKlnley by wire and received his approval. It wan also shown tu the different delegates , but especially to those delegates who were to be appointed on the committee on resolutions , nnd It was known soon that It was to meet with the approval of a good majority of the committee. IlIODFIKLD PHOCTOR. DEATH RECORD. < ) nc < - hi'iilcMicci ! to Iliuin ' ' > " TroiiNOii. HUNTINGTON , Ind. , Dec. 21. Colonel It. P. Mllllgan died at his homo In this cl y today. IIo was 87 ycnrs old nnd his nnmo Is fiimlllur in national history. In 1SGI be was arrffited on the charge of treason nnd placed In a military prison nt Indianapolis. A military commission found him guilty and be was sentenced to bo hanged on May 1' ) , 1SG5. The gallows was erected , hut before the execution the Hontenco was commuted to llfo Imprisonment. Later the case was pre sented to the supreme conn : nnd James A. Gaifield jnado Ono of the argument ? In Colonel nel Mllllgnn's behalf and the prisoner was released. Ho returned to Huntlngton nnd resumed the practice of law , In which he continued until 1SU7. when ho withdrew from the bar because of defective hearing nnd other In firmities. John Uomlii'rifi ( Mil .Ni-liniHliii Sclllrr. FHKMONT , Nob. , Dec. 21. ( Special. ) A telegram was received hero this nftcrnDon [ { announcing the death at Houston , Tex. , ot . John Homhcru , a former member - ber of the County Hoard of ' , Supervlsom and for thirty-two years a rcfildent of this county. He WBH born ' In Germany In 1630 and cnmo to this coun try In 1SC3 nnd four years later to Dodge county. Ho leaves n widow , three tons nnd ono daughter. Itomhcrg was an active dem ocrat and had held n number of township olllccs. Ho was elected to the county board In 1SU7 and refused lo stand for reelection tion this fall. Ho belonged to the Masonic lodge at Scrlbncr. MTM , .1 , II , ( .unmix , Mrs. J. H. Loomls died Thursday afdr- * noon at her home , 2fil7 Charles street , from Ilrlghl'a disease. The funeral will be held tills afternoon from Calvary liaptlut church. The deceased was well known In Omaha. Her Illness first became serious about three wecka ago. 1'iirlinT llnldnlii l.oconuill * < Wiirl.n. TOUT ATKINSON. Win. lire 21. A trl- ' I cgram from Santu Ilarbaia. Cjl ami .uocea 1 the death of Dr. Edward \Villuuin. . Demur partner cf the llnldwln Ixx-omotlvp works of Pennsylvania. Death wa duo to heart trouble. Dr. Williams was prominently . nrcted with rnrly railroads In Wisconsin. IIo wns knighted by the king of Norwny nnd Sweden. Portlier Mlniittirl Adjutant ( iiicriil. ST. LOUIS , Doc. 21. General'James M. Lewis , a well known 'attorney former vice president of the Police Commissioner' board nnd former adjutant general of the stale of Missouri , died nt his homo In this city tonight of peritonitis , nged 41 years years. General 1.1'wls lind been 111 only n tow days. t'nliiiii-l > iiiii1iMin Ilimrdnimi. KOND tU ) LAC , WIs. , Doc. 21. Colonel ' Napoleon Hoardman died nl h' ' residence this afternoon , lie was 75 yrnls old nnd n resident of this city since 1S72. Ho Is sur vived by n pen , Adjutant General C. H. Ilonrdman of Oshkosh , nnd a daughter , Mrs. George C. Ynnch of Seattle , Wash. CclclirnU'd MuoliMtt Comlm'tor. PARIS , Doc. 21. Jean l.amoure.xux. the celebrated musical director , died today after n two-days' Illness. He Introduced llande1 , , Dach nnd Wagner to French audiences. | FIRE RECORU , T\vo Driiil In Smeller Kin- . IOLA , Kan. . Dec. 21. At Lcllarp , five miles southeast ot loin , lire today dostroycl two-thirds of the Lanyon Zinc company's plant , causing n loss rstlmale.l at $50,000 , i fully Insured. Two workmen , Jessn Matthews - I thews nnd J. J. Schaub , both married , we.ro ! crushed lo dealh by a falling smokestack. | The town Is almbsl entirely without water supply. The plant , which Is ono ot the most extensive ot Its kind In the world , will bo rebuilt at once. fiiiKi' CdiinljKIIIMII lloiino , I115ATUICK , Neb. , Dec. 21. ( Special Telo- gram. ) The farm house of W , S. Wymorc , one mile west of Harneston , In this county , burned this afternoon. The fire was caused by n defective Hue. Nothing ot value could bo saved. The total loss Is $1,000. Th ; house was Insured for $500 nnd the contents for $300. HYMENEAL lilltVlOM-UllllOIIII. NEW YORK , Dec. 21. ( Special Telegram. ) MHJ | Jessica Duncan , formerly of Hur- llugton , la. , now nn operatic singer of some note , wns married today lo Manager Howies , who has had Iho management of various theatrical companies for a number ot years and Is now directing the Alice Nlelson Opera company. The bride Is a daughter of Mayor Duncan ot Burlington. Doing frequently called upon to asslsl In amateur perform ances on the stage , she showed ability of such a high order that n position was of fered her in a traveling company. She loured one season with "The Gayest Man hattan" company and made n hit. The mar riage was a surprise to friends of both par ties. The ceremony was performed in "The Little Church Around Iho Corner. " When Mies Duncan came here Gho first , joined the Alice Nellson company. LOCAL BREVITIES. A public meeting of those Interested In the Omahu Jewish hospital will lie held In the Crount.0 block on Sunday afternoon. William Cox , captured In Council lllurfs and brought to this city to answer the charge of assaulting Addle IJurcb. has been boiiml over to the district court under $1,500 bonds. The populist eounty central committee at Its meeting Saturday evening will inaugu rate preparations for a repetition of last year's dollar banquet ot the. Peter Cooper club * on a more elaborate scale. C.irl Hrown says that he sought entcr- lalnmcnt Wednesday night In a house- run In- Bertha Glover and Bessie Weathers on North Ninth street and was robbed of ? rj. Tl-o women have been arrested. Pat Burup wns caught Thursday night bv Detective Savage and Dunn. The young nian is wnntid at Lincoln on the charge or stealing some cloaks and articles of wenr- ? nR apparel which lie was attempting o "ell Detective James Malone ot Lincoln gave a. description of him to Omaha police and a search was made for him. The Junk shop between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets , on Burl , was broken Into Wednesday night and a quantity oC brass goods was taken. Yesterday the Ihlef made the inlslnku of attempting to sell the stuff nt a shop further downtown which happened to be managed by the samman. . The goods were recognized nnd the thief was arrested. QBAIN-0 ! GBAIN-0 ! S i to take the place of coffee. Sola ff nil Wet feet or a Blight cold Is all that Is needed to bring your darl ing to death's door and perhaps , over tjo ! threshold , with terrible , slrangllng croup. will prevent Ihe croup If tnken nt bedtime. It will release the croup's clutch If at hand when 'the ' child awakens , gasping for breath nnd crying for Its mother. "I have never found anything to equal Dr. Kay's Lung Balm. The children sometimes have croup symptoms , breathe hard , cmigh tight , but a bit of a tablet , dissolved In the- mouth , makes It all right. Tor ) niurli cannot ho caid In favor of Dr. Kay's Lung Balm. " writes IlovV T. Evans. MInier. III. "Just , IH good ' is i.i.i Dr Kay s Lung Uulm .Slum ub.sil'utt-s If not .i' ' druggists wi- will send It pont- imM "i > ri i'it | "f prii-e Dr Km s I.IIIIH n.ilm ! < nnd 25. Ailvl.-o nani- plr and Ij-iOk fret- Address Dr I ! J Ka > Mtnii > ul l'f > . S-jratjgn , Springs , N V sia Cure Digests what you eat. K artificially digests the food and aids Nature In strenKthcnlni/ recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. 11 , is the latpst discovered digest- lint ana tonic , isu other preparation can approach it in elllcioncy. It in stantly relieves and permanently cure ? Dyspepsia , Indigestion , Jlearlhurti , Flatulence. Hour S'omach ' , Nausea , SIcklleadache.Gastralgla.Cramps.and all other results of imperfectdlgestion. . C. DeWItt ft Co. . Cbicaao. Leaves Omaha at. . . . , 8:50 : a , m , Daily Arrives San Francisco SI5 : p , m , Portland 6:45 : p , m , Afternoon of Third Day , ONLY TWO NIGHTS ON THE ROAD , . Cnrn , Menl * Served ii-lu-uiiHc llulTcl , Siiiokliie mill l.llirnrjCurt > vlli ( llnrlipr Shop HoiililiDrmrlnit HOIIIII rnlni'o Mlrc < i > l"K t'nrn 1'lntnch Unlit Strum Ill-ill Ilrond Vrntlliulfil \ < i elia 11 nr. 1'iiMNCiiurrn tnkliiK "Tlio Ovrrlnnil II m 11 i-d" for llir I'nclllu Connt unit tnrt nflcr lircnkfiint III ( lie mornliiK mill rvncli their iluntlimtlon UN mum \ nn thoMp who leave vln ntlivr line * the day licfor. City Ticket Telephone 316 The prizes to be awarded to the ten-women who secured ( he greatest number oj White Russian soap wrappers closed on Wednesday , December 20th , 1S09 , at 2 o'clock the advertised date and hour. The contest began in the latter part of July , 1S99 , and continued five months , llelow l the result : FIRST PRIZE A genuine XXXXX Alaska Seal , London dye , 20-Inch long Jacket , the finest $250.00 jacket money can buy , with the very finest trimmings and best salln lining made to measure , perfect III guaranleed , was awarded lo Mrs. A. DeWalt , 312 South 18th , Omaha , who collected the greatest number of White Russian e : > ap wrappers , SECOND PRIZE Choice of $23.00 collarette , made of marten , beaver , krlmniDr or grebe , was secured by Maria Wall , 2223 Dudley street , Lincoln , Neb. , who collected the second largest number of White Russian soap wrappers. THIRD PRIZE Choice of $23.00 mult sealskin or stone marten , or choice of $25.00 fur set. consisting of collarctle and muff or scarf and muff , was presented to Miss Lllllo A. Ragatz , Columbus , Neb. , for collccllng Ihe third largest number ot White Ru - slan soap wrappers. The above prizes have been displayed In the show window of II. K , & K. Huher- niann , the well known furriers , 118 Soulh ir.lh street , Omaha , ever since the first dny the contest began. The first prize , the sealskin Jacket , exactly llko the one displayed in the window , will be mndo to order for the winner , while the second and third prizes are to bo selected from stock. FOURTH PRIZE Mrs. 12. P. Duffett , 2312 St. Mary's avenue. Omaha , $10.00 In cash. FIFTH PRIZE Mw. E. A. Pippin , South First St. , Council Illuffs , la. , $10.00 In cash , SIXTH PRIZE Mrs. J. B. Router , Crete , Neb. , $10.00 in cash. SEVENTH PRIZE Mrs , R. L. Bennlson , 1520 South 25th avenue , Omaha , $10 In cash , EIGHTH PRIZE -Mrs. Geo. G , Marigold , Hcnnlngton , Nob. , $10.00 In cnsh. NINTH PRIZE Mrs. C. W. Hennlson , David Clly , Nob. , $10.00 In cash , TENTH PRIZE Mw. E. W. Hclun , Ilex 99. Long Pine , Neb. , $10.00 In cash. Wishing ono nnd all of our millions of cuslomers' a very Merry Chrislmas nnd a Happy New Yenr , wo are , Very rsspectfully , JAS. S. KIRK & . CO. , Factory nnd Main Office JOG So. lith St. , Omaha. . CHICAGO , 111. Make your selec tion of Holiday presents until you see our vast assortment - ment of novelty Furniture , Oriental and Domestic Rugs , Statuary , Lamps , Vases , Jardinieres and Toys , Thous ands of useful , ornamental and inexpen sive Holiday pieces , Open evenings until 10 o'clock. * ORCHARD & WILHELM CARPET Co. * ' 1414-16-18 Douglas Street. ' ' * '
