THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBEft 28, 1001.
THE SALE BEGINS SATURDAY
The greatest sale that has ever
taken place . in Omaha begins
today. This will be by far the
best money saving opportunity
that has ever been.presented to you
inn m kin r is
Never in the history of Omaha
has a sale of such magnitude and
importance been known.
DON'T MISS IT-COME TODAY.
$500,000 STOCK OF
HIGH GRADE MERCHANDISE
DAMAGED BY
SMOKE and WATER
WILL BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST OR VALUE
This stock was damaged Christmas eve by smoke and water. The insurance companies have ad
justed the loss and we will sacrifice everything in the stock without regard to cost or value. The
money -saving opportunities of this event are
buy the greatest bargains you have ever bought.
smoke. A little airing will relieve the articles of that smoke smell and you will be glad of
chance that enabled yoii to buy them for 1-3, 1-4 and 1-8 the real value.
marvelous. COME TODAY and prepare to
In most instances the damage is entirely by
the
This Sale Includes the Following Lines:
Cloaks and Suits
Men's and Boys' Clothing
Winter Underwear
Fine Footwear
Men's Furnishings
Women's Furnishings
Fine Handkerchiefs
NOTHING WILL BE RESERVED
Rich Silks
Elegant Dress Goods
Artistic Millinery
Jewelry, Watches and Silverware
Notions and Small Wares
Drugs ancl Sundries
Good Books and Stationery
THE FINEST GOODS SACRIFICED
Carpets and Rugs
Curtains and Drapery
Blankets and Comforts
Flannels and Domestics
Household Linens
Lining Materials
Lace and Embroideries
Muslin Underwear, Corsets
Men's and Women's Gloves.
Men's and Women's Hosiery
Ribbons, Fancy Goods
Veilings and Neckwear
Men's and Boys', Hats
Trunks and Valises
NO GOODS SENT C. O. D.
NO GOODS ON APPROVAL
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UNION PACIFIC'S REPORT
liilrokd Company VtUt lit An.a
Fiaaiaial ItaUmtnt.
REASON FOR ACQUIRING MORE MILEAGE
Control of Southern nnil Northern
I'liHtlc NeeeaiiHiited iim fiiifeKiinrd
AKitliiKt Future Coiitlilnntloiia
mill luereusfd Tr utile.
, NRW YORK, Dec. 27. Tlio onuual report
of the Union Pacific railroad, j;mbracing as
well a statement of tlm financial condition
of tho Southern Pacific nnd a Veforcnco to
tho part of tho I'nlou Pacific in tho atfnlrs
of tho Northern Pacific, was mailo public
today. Tho flimnclnl statement of tho Union
Pacific showed that tho cross receipts for
the yonr ending Juno 30 wero J 13.538,181,
operating expenses and taxes 121,587,145 and
total net Income $22,172,001.
' Tho. grotti receipts showed nn Increase of
J1,3P0,4S3, or 11.21 per cent, nnd tho opcrat
Iur expenses an Increase of $3,UO,930, or
15.65 pur cent. The surplUB was $5,178,173,
to which must bo added J7i)l,0S0 earned In
dividends between April 1 and Juno 30 by
the Northern Pacific stock held by tho Com
pany, i Tho statement of tle Union Paclfio
Included the operations of the Oregon Short
I.I no am)1 tho Oregon Hallway & Navigation
company. '
The ijtatement of ( tho Southern I'aclflo
showed A hut the gross revenuo was $77,211,-
S9S; npijrntlnR expenses and taxes, $50,879,-
Itals, betterments, sinking fundB and
, absorbed., $2I,60S,S67, leaving a
1 of $3,156,500. '
As to tho acquirement of control of tho
Southern and Northcru' Pacifies, tho report
said: "Developments In connection with
the constantly increasing trattlc of the
northwest nnd of the elates 'of the Pacific
slope and tho vital Importance of securing
for the Cnlou Pacific system Its due pro
portion" of tho tonnage and revenuo tribu
tary to Its lines, rendered it essential, In
the Judgmont of the board of directors, that
steps should bo taken to maintain and
protect tho position of tho system and to
safeguard Its future against combinations
of other lines.
In turthnrnnco of this policy and for the
purpose of developing, nnd extending the
business of tho system and opening now
channeU of Interchange the directors
deemed It necessary to acquire $75,000,000
par value of tho cnpltal stock of tho South
ern Pacific company nnd $78,108,000 par
valuo of tho stock of tho Northern Pacific
Hallway company."
Tho roport brought' out tho fact that the
tltlo to tho Northern Pacific stock had been
vested In tho Oregon Short Line company.
Tho latter provided for tho purchase by tho
isstio of purchase money certificates of In
debtedness which nro held by the Union Pa
cific Hailio'nd company. Tlje table of securi
ties owned Includes $61,000,000 of theso 4
per cent certificates, none of which are In
tho hands of tho public. Tho balance sheet
of Juno 30 contained In 'tho statement of lia
bilities nn Item of $23,202,247 as tlio current
liabilities of tho Oregon Short Line. A foot
noto explained that this was balance of In
dobtcduesB Incurred In tho acquisition of se
curities of other companies and In new con
struction. "Current liabilities of the Union
Paclflo were $6,775,130.
A map of tho Union Pacific system given
out with tho report contained a projocted
lino from Callp'nto, Nov., to Palm Springs In
southern California on the line of the SdutU
ern Pacific.
upon the old. Ho accepted tho 1 per cont
on account nnd brought suit to recovor for
tho stato tho remaining 2 per cent. Ho so
cured judgment In the Ramsey county dls
trlct'court, and this was reversed by tho
supremo court.
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Threat may result In an
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Consumption. For relief use
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL
Nothing excels this simple
j ooly. Joboiet.
REVERSES THE DECISION
Supreme Court llolila Purchase of New
Ulm & Southwrateru Waa Not
.a. Mr rue r. .
ST. PAUL. Dec. 27, Justlco Lewis of tho
supremo court today reversed tho decision
of the Ramsey county district court In the
case of tho MlnneapollH & St. Louis Rnll
road company, appellant, against August
T. Kollcr, stato treasurer, respondent.
Tho supreme court holds that tho pur
chase of tho New Ulm & Southwestern lino
by the Minneapolis & St. Louis In 1899 did
not constitute a merger and tho Minneap
olis & St. Louis Is not required to pay the
3 per cent tax on Its gross earnings.
The New Ulm & Southwestern paid a 1
per cent tax for 1897, 1898 and 1899 and
claimed the right to pay a 2 per cent tax
from 1900 to 1906 as a now road.
A. T, Korner, then stato treasurer, took
the sround that tho purchase of tho Now
Ulm & Southwestern by the Minneapolis
& St. Louis made the former a part of the
latter system and that a 3 per cent tax
should bo, paid upon the new line, and
MEETS AT APPOINTED ,DATE
Conference of NorthvrcHtor:i .Stutt
Not Proponed n:i Aucouut of Oov
ciinir HofcyV Dentil.
'
ST. FAUU Minn., Deo. 27. The confer
ence of representatives of northwestern
states at Helena next Monday will not bo
affected by tho death of Oovernor lingers
of Washington. Tho stato was to have been
represented only by Its nttorney general,
owing to tho governor's Illness, and tho
plans were porfectcd with those conditions
In view, Tho dato chosen has beon agreed
tcj by all concerned and cannot readily bo
changed at this lato hour. Oovernor Vnn
Sant told tho Assoclnted Press representn
tlvo today that the death of Oovernor
lingers was a great and unexpected shock,
but that matters wero so far along that
the conference would bo held as announced,
Attorney Oenorol W. 11. Douglas will start
far Helena tomorrow.
LAKE SHORE BUYS CONTROL
Reported I'lirrliuite of the Indlnnu,
Illluola nnil Iowa Hull,
road.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27 It was reported
In financial circles today that tho control
of tho Indiana, Illinois & Iowa railroad
had been bought by tho Uike Shoro. The
torms of tho deal wero not made public.
CLEVELAND, 0., Deo. 27. Relative to tho
report to the effect that the Indiana, Il
linois & Iowa railway had been purchased
by the Vanderbllts and would bo operated
as a part of tho Lake Shoro rood, Vlco
President and Ocncral Manager Rrown of
tho latter road today said: "Thero Is no
truth In the story."
Confer on I'.liutncmcn'a Wiiiiea,
ST. PAUL, Dec. 27. P. M. Arthur, chief
of the Rrotberbood of Locomotive Engi
neers, nnd J. J. Hanrahan, vlco grand
master of the Ilrathcrhood of Locomotive
Firemen, are In St. Paul lp. conference with
members of adjustment committees of the
Great Northern engineers and firemen and
officials of the system.. Their mission Is
to secure Increases In wages for the men.
President Hill and Superintendent Ward
were absent from St. Paul at tho time of
the previous visit of tho national Brother-
I
hood olhccrs. Tho roquests of tho" em
ployes will now bo the subject of a con
ferenco.
The demand Includes only wages paid to
tho englncmcn nn tho heaviest of the now
locomotives. Tho Great Northern recently
put Into servlco a largo numbor of cx
tromoly heavy locomotives on the, Montana
Central division. Thqy are hoavlor than
any other class of locomotives on the
entire Orent Northern system. Engineers
and firemen In tlio employ of this company
are paid according to tho size and class of
locomotives thoy servo. Thoy claim that
wages for tho now cIosb of heavy machines
havo never boon dcflnltoly fixed. Tho loco
motives being far more difficult to flro and
opernto, tho englncmcn claim the pay should
be accordingly greator. Tlio negotiations
probably will consume several days.
REDUCING RATES TO COAST
Northern Pacific nnil f.'rent Northern
Preparing Nrvr Tar I IT Sheet
on FrclKht.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 27. Tho Northern Pacific
will nnnounco a revision of Its principal
tariffs, covering tho territory between St.
Paul nnd tho Pacific coaat and establish
lower through rates. Similar tariffs will bo
announced at tho same Umo by tho Great
Northern. ,
Northern Paclflo rate clerks have beon at
work on tho revision for moro than two
months. It Is stated seml-ofnclally that the
feature of tho new tariffs will be tho ro
moval of discriminations that havo gradu
ally grown'for several years, and radical
changos, especially In local rates, that will
adjust many subjects of complaint from
shlppft-s. i The new Groat Northern tariffs
will be constructed on similar lines. Roth
roads, It Is asserted, will make voluntary
reductions In rates based on the Increased
earning capacity of their lines and tho
growth of revenue.
CHOSEN TO FILL VACANCY
13. ll.j Taylor Kleotcd Fourth Vlue
President h)- I'euuaylranla
llnllrnuil Lines.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27. The directors
of the Pennsylvania railroad lines west of
Pittsburg aj a meeting hore today elected
E. IJ. Taylor general superintendent of
transportation, to the office of fourth vlco
president. The election was held lo fill the
vacancy paused by the death of J. Irving
Rronks, second vlco president. Joseph
Wood, third vlco president, was advanced
to tho office of second vice president and
J, 3, Turney, fourth vice president, succeed
Wood. Taylor will havo charge of tho treas
ury and accounting department, Wood will
bo In chargo of tho traffic department and
Taylor in charge of transportation and real
estate James McCrca, first vlco president,
nssumcs chargo of tho law department In
addition to bis other duties.
A dividend of 3 per cent, tho first since
1894, was, declared.
RECEIVE RAISE IN WAGES
Ttallwar Company Voluntarily In
creases Remuneration of Six
Hundred F.mplo'ca.
GREENVILLE, Pa., Dec. 27. Six hundred
employes of tho Pittsburg, Ilcssemer &
Lake Erie railroad havo been notified of
an Incrcnso of wages commencing January
1. Tho ralso applies to conductors, brake
men, switchmen, engineers and firemen, nnd
waB voluntary on tho part of tho company.
Incorporated Tenia Itnnd,
AUSTIN, Tox., Dec. 27. Tho charter of
tho Oklahoma City & Texas Railroad com
pany has Just beon filed In the secretary
of state's office. It has a capital stock of
$500,000, and Is formed for the purposo of
building and operating a. railroad from a
point on Red river In Hnrdman county,
where a connection Is made with tho Okla
homa ft Western, south to Quanah, and a
branch lino from a point ono nnd n halt
miles from Its northern terminus to the
town of Acrao, Tex. Tho goncrnl offlco of
the company will bo located at Quanah.
Director Ilenlare Dividend,
PHILADELPHIA Dec. 27.-Tho bonrd of
directors of tho Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chi
cago & St. Louis railroad, tho Panhandle
system, met hero today and declnred n
semi-annual dividend of 2 per rent on the
preferred and 14 per cent on tho common
stock. This Is nn Increase of per cont on
tho common.
Nteuiimhlp Company Incorporated.
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 27. The Norfolk
& Southern company, capital $1,500,000, to
do a general steamship business, was In
corporated hero today. Tho Incorporators
are: Thornwell Mulally, Now York; Ernest
n. Hoes, Yonkora, N, Y,, and K. K. McLaren,
Jersoy City.
Meeting Once More I'natponed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Stockholders of the
Chicago, Rurllngton & Qulncy today voted
to postpono their annual meeting another
week.
Altrer rroicrrsiilnir Satisfactorily.
DETROIT, Dec. 27. Oneral R. A. Alger
was reported this morning to be In very
satisfactory condition after u very excel
lent night
COAL TRAIN RUNS AWAY
Baiiti Down Oradt at Eighty Miles
far Hear.
ENGINE AND CARS FILED ' IN A MASS
s
Track Covered tilth, Sleet and Snow
and Air Ilralces Itefuao to
Work Konr Men
Killed. .
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 27. An Ontario &
Western railroad coal train ran away on, tho
heavy down grndo on the Scranton division
east of Poyntelle, near ProBtort" PnrH- In
passing a switch it Jumped tho track, plung
ing down a hill for nearly 100 foot. Tho
cngtno and forty loaded gondola cars wero
plied In a mass.
Killed:
ENOINEER WHITTINO of Mayflold yard.
FIREMAN CHARLES MILLARD bt Car
bondale. TWO TRAINMEN", whoso names are not
yot known.
Conductor Smith escaped death, but Is
badly Injured. Tho track was covered -with
sleet and snow and tho air brakes rofusod
to work going down tho mountain. Tho
train passed Wtnwood at the rate of olghty
miles an hour.
LONG MAN HUNT REACHES END
Oklahoma Ttealdent Fnllorra Friend
Who .Jumped Ilnnd for Four
ThouaiMid Mllra.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Angelo Scalfla,
closely pursued by Antonio Segnlo, nished
Into tho arms of two detectives In this city
nnd begged for protection. It was tho sen
sational termination of a 4,000-ra.llo man
hunt, In which Scalfla had been followed
for throe months and had visited the prln-J
i i i . i .i. . .
viimi cities in ino eusicru males.
Both men woro taken to tho Harrison
street station, where Segnlo told a remark!
able story. Throo monthB ago, bo said,
Scalfla was arrested In Indian Territory
on tho chargo of Illegally suiting whisky.
Aftor spending a month .In Jul) ho(nppealod
to Segnlo, a friend and business man of
South McAlcster, and Upon assurances by
Scalfla that tho firm he represented would
protect him Segnlo mortgaged all his prop
erty and furnished $1,000 londs to secure
tho rclcaso of IjIb friend. Upon being ro.
leased Scalfla lmmedlMely disappeared,
Tho chase began nnd Scnlflu wns followed
from placo to place until, finally, tiring of
tho terrtblo strain, ho appealed to tho
Chicago detectives:
When tnkch In Segnlo held u rovnlvor In
his hand, and, notwithstanding tho fact that
If Scullla la returned' to Indian Territory
within llvo days his bond will bo saved,
Sognlp declared his real object In pursuing
Scalfla was revengn.
"I started to kill him, followed him for
thousands of miles and thon nt tha Inst
moment, ho escaped," ho said, 'Jit la hard.
i woum no navo it so."
bcalfla admits his idcntltv nnd nm.r.
nnxlous to bo surrendered to tho United
States authorities to escape a worso fato.
Oeta III Touch with HrlKaiula.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Deo. 27. Dlr.patchco
from Salonlca report that W. W. Pout,
treasurer of (ho MIsBlonnry sooluty ln'Con
stantlnoplo, has established communication
with tho brigands who hold Miss Illlon it.
Btono, coptlvo, and hopes that tho roleaso
of Miss Stono will bo accomplished within
a fortnight
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