Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1002.
PACKERS HAVE AGREEMENT
"Why Meat Price Advance Regardless of
Cost of Lire 8tock.
NGURES TO SHOW PROFITS OF COMBINE
4, . ,,
Eillmain Indicate that Parker Get
Aboat Tea Dollars for Kllllaa;.
Dreaalaaj aad Handling
' F.acb teer
Bo far a can be lerned the '"meat trut"
a It exist lex-ally amount to an agree
ment between the packer aa to the price of
meat and the method of handling the busi
ness between the packing homes and the
retail dealer. There ti no middleman in
the dealing! between the men who kill the
anlmala and the men who aell the meat to
the consumer. The local dealer purchases
direct from the packing houses and the
meat la delivered dally. All sale are made
oa the bade of weekly payment, the price
being uniform for each grade. There are,
however, different grades of meats, so that
carcass beef may be quoted from 9 to 12
cents a pound and the retail price will vary
with the quality of the meat. It la claimed
that one of the moat disagreeable things
about the combination Is that It quotes dif
ferent prices In different cities, and that
while the pries In any town will be uni
form the price at Omaha will be higher
than the price made to dealers In smaller
towna.
All bills agalnat local dealers are pay
able on Monday following the Bale. All
Jdealers who fall to pay. on demand are
voted and at a meeting of collectors held on
Wednesday at the office of one of the com
panies In South Omaha lists are made of
the delinquents, each company being sup
piled with ona of these lists. From that
time the man on the Hat Is required to pay
cash on delivery for hla goods until he has
settled the account for which be was re
ported. Cash Basis Justified.
The third time the name of a dealer goes
on the list of those who fall to pay, that
dealer la forever barred from buying on
credit from any of the parties to the agree
ment. Buch a condition has forced several
small abopa out of business, but It does not
bring much complaint on the part of the
average dealer, one of whom eays:
"The meat business should be a cash bus
lness from start to finish. It Is so far as
the packer la concerned at thla time. When
he buya a bunch of cattle he must pay the
cash to the farmer or the commission man
before the stock is delivered. When the
meat la ready for the market he insists
upon the dealer paying cash within a week.
This Is as It should be, but then comes the
trouble. The average meat dealer will
trust his customers from thirty days to
eternity and the profits are so small on
meat, at this time especially, tbat the
failure of two or three customers to meet
their obligations promptly will cause him
to fall. If the local dealer will us the
same Judgment as that shown by the
packer who kills and the man who sella to
bim there would be few failures and the
price of meat might not be o high in some
of' the shops."
Profit to the Packers.
It has been ' claimed tbat at present
prices packers ars losing- money on their
products, the persons making this claim
taking the average price of the wholesale
market and tb average price of cattle and
allowing the usual amount, 45 per cent of
(be weight of the animal, for loss In dress
ing. They say that the price of the dressed
beef will not more than equal the price of
tb steer on the. hoot. The price of steers
at South Omaha Saturday waa $6.40 per 100
pounda for prime stock, which la quoted at
about 12 cents per pound In carcaa. The
coat of en 800-pound ateer to the packer
would be 251.20, and hla return from the
retail dealer about $52.80. In addition to
the profit on tb sale of the carcass the
packer makes a profit which amounts to
more on the sale of the by-products. This
has been estimated to be about $9 per car
cass, the figures being:
Brains, 1V lbs. at 8c $ .12
Tongue 40
Heart 21
Uver, 12 lbs. at 6c per lb 72
Kldneya 07
Bweetbreada AO
Bladdera 26
"Casings," from which sausage Is made
and sold at 10c per lb., about 20 lbs.... 2.00
. tilde, 60 Iba. at 6c per lb 3 04
Tall' , 07
Caul fat, used In oleomargarine, 7 lbs.
at 6c per lb 42
But, used in compound lard, 12 lbs. at
6c per lb 60
Totals $8.45
Tbes figures do not Include tb profit re
ceived from the sale of the bones, tb hoofs
and horns and the other parts of the animal
which are used in the manufacture of fer
tiliser, so that the total of $2 per carcass
la considered conservative.
No Proaeeatlon Here.
Speaking of the proposed prosecution of
the beef trust 8. R. Rush, assistant district
attorney, aald: "This office has received no
Instructions from Waahlngton to toks any
step against the trust. We understand
that such orders have been received by th
attorney for tha United Statea at Kansas
City and at Chicago, and it is probable that
tb government will make teat cases at
those point and then proceed agalnat the
Nebraska Institutions If the cases ar suc
cessful." Looal meat dealers say that the higher
price baa had little effect on the rash re
ceipts, but has curtailed the volume of
business and haa Increased the 'demand for
cheaper cuta and grades of meat. Tbe high
prlc of meat haa Increased the demand for
fish, canned flah and eggs, so that the mar
ket on these provisions aa well aa on poul
try, la firm, with alight advances on the
part of tb retail dealers.
MRS. NATION IN CITY AGAIN
'Visits Several Saloons, bat Works
tier Tonga More Thsa
Her Hatrhet.
"I shall spend tha day re ting and writ
ing," said Carrie Nation In her front room
at tha liar Grand yeaterday, but just then
ah glanced out the window and aaw a knot
of young men la front of John Dabmk' sa
loon across tb street making tauntlnc aea
ttire at her, so she forgot her plana for
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Sherman & McConiull
UIU& b0 Oumha, Neb.
Candidacy
Polk County Republican: Blnce It has
become appsrent the present governor will
be defeated for renomlnatlon. th woods
are full of men who ar anxious to fill his
hoes.
North Nebraska Eagle: Regardless of
the fear of Bartleylsm or fuslonlsm,
gubernatorial timber Is springing up over
the stste Ilk mushrooms. There are some
pretty good men among them.
Home Record: Governor Savage Is un
derstood to be threatening railroad cor
porations with an extra session unless their
forces support blm. That will not nomi
nate him, and would defeat him if nomi
nated. Elm Creek Beacon: Savage will use all
the leverage on the railroads that he can
to secure his renomlnatlon. It's no us.
The railroads do not like to be coerced, and
If be was nominated he would be defeated
by any candidate by petition. Savage had
better retire.
Norfolk News: It would be fun to have
a volume of the compiled excuses of Gov
ernor Savage's friends when they attempt
to explain tbe situation to him after the
republican state convention has met
Probably they will be wise beforehand and
keep their names oft tbe delegation from
their county.
Pawnee Chief: According to Governor
Savage Bartley Is soon going to turn over
$181,000 of th money he embexzled from
the state. We hope ao, Mr. Ravage, and we
also hope he will not stop at that, but will
return a few hundred thousand more that
waa missing from tbe strong-box when he
was checked out of office.
Aurora Republican: Tha fight of the
country press against Governor Savage and
Bartleylsm has at least don one good
thing. It has brought out some mighty
good, squar, honest men as candidate for
office thla fall. At the rat good candi
dates are coming In, It will be difficult
work to put up anything but a good ticket.
Orand Island Independent: If It I really
true that Governor 8avage threatens to call
an extra seeslon of the legislature for the
purpose of psssing a new revenue law, if he
i dot given a certificate of nomination by
tbe republican convention, It would simply
be an additional Inducement to the repub
licans of the state If such were needed to
nominate some other man, soma new,
strong man.
Kearney Hub: Th Orand Island Inde
pendent recalls the following statement
made by Governor Savage when he first
paroled Bartley: "If he does what I ask
him to do I will let him out of the peni
tentiary; but if be does not, then he will
have to go back." He went back on the
demand of the republican atat convention.
The rest of the atory la familiar to every
one In Nebraaka.
Alliance Time: All of the most talked
of candidates for the republican guberna
torial nomination live within 100 miles or
less of the Missouri river. Why cannot
tb west furnish a candidate? 8urely
there ar men of ability, brains and In
tegrity In the west as well aa In the eaat.
We are surprised that Buffalo county, with
all It enterprise and ambition, has not
been heard from befor this.
North Platte Tribune: The list of pos
sible gubernatorial candidate la growing
with such alarming rapidity that th num-'
bar tbreatena to be almoat a great aa th
delegate In tha convention, and Uncle Ezra
and Brother Joe wink their eyes, punch
each other in the rtba and say the more
candidates the greater th chances of Exra
slipping In. How many of the announced
candidates ar brought out in the interest
of Ex and Joe?
Tork Republican: St. Bartley went to
Denver. It Is said that he gave It out
that he waa going some place else.
Shortly after Redeemer Savage went to
Denver. It Is said that he gave It out
that he waa going aome place else. ' By
accident, of course, they mat In Denver. In
a short time the Denver papers were out
with articles describing the big mining
deal on foot, with the name of Bartlage
and Savvey among th prominent promot-
the afternoon, anatcbed her hatchet from
th tabl and rushed downstair and across
to th "Joint."
A crowd quickly gathered and Mrs. Na
tion first begged pleadingly with tha bar
tender, George Hit, to let her smash tb
place. Not receiving hla consent, aba then
beieeched him to abandon tb path to hell.
This being also of no visible avail, Mrs.
Natloa delivered to th assembled gather
ing an Invective against drinking, using her
hatchet as a frequent high algn.
Meanwhile men drank at tha bar and a
few of them entered Into wordy conflict
with her. In th matter of argument, how
ever, Mrs. Nation had no trouble In putting
all comers down and out one by one. She
visited vral other saloons during th
afternoon. At T:48 so left ever the Illinois
Central for Rockford, III., where ahe will
lecture Tuesday night. She will be buay In
Illlnola and Michigan till May 2. when ah
returns to Kansas tor trial on charges of
destruction of property and houaebreaklng.
"I shall go befor tbat man. Judge Hazen,
whom I always call 'Tour Dishonor' In
court. He will send m to Jail and I shall
serv Mm. I am now planning a mission
to ba built In Kansss City for ths benefit
of these who have been injured In th
liquor traffic."
TWENTY THOUSAND NICKELS
Wbat Steven HUI Wants Street Car
Company- ta Pay Over
ta Him.
Steven Hill has had a falling out with
th Omaha Street Hallway company as a
result of a throwing off. Two of th com
pany's employs wr th thrower and
8tvn th throw. Now he ha petitioned
the county court tor $1,000 Judgment.
Aa 8tvn relate It. th Incident oc
curred January 25 laat, when he waa rid
ing over to South Omaha to engage In th
peaceful occupation of doing a day'a work.
He allege that ba paid hla tare when b
first climbed aboard, but that when they
reached Twenty-flrat and Vinton streets th
conductor "roughly and discourteously" de
manded tar, assarting "loudly, rudely and
In Insulting manner" that he hadn't pre
viously produced. Steven' narrative then
reaches th climax of th Incident, tor b
aver thst when he "courteously reminded"
the conductor that he had paid, the latter
called the motcrman to hla assistance and
th two together threw Steven far out to
ward th rising sun and a atoa curbing.
HI eolUr waa removed in th melee, ha
aays, and hla coat, shirt, hat. dignity and
peace of mind aad body ao disturbed that
it will cost th $1,000 asked to make it
right with him.
Indigestion I th direct caus of dl.-aaa
that kills thousands of persons annually.
Stop ths trouble at th start with a little
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS: it strengthens
th stomach and aid digestion.
of Governor Savage
era. On of th papers explained the
peculiar relations between the grest
promoter and the renowej peculator, and
remarked that it could see aa far through
a millstone as anybody. That ta a safe
osttlon, because, as many people are no
doubt aware, nobody can see through a
millstone at all, unless there should hap
pea to be a hole In It.
Kearney Hub: In Custer county, there
will be a conteat between Governor Savage
and Senator Currle, the latter wanting a
delegation for congress, tbe former for
governor. There ought not to be any ques
tion as to the result, and there is no reason
to believe that If Currle should get his
delegation any particle of his Influence
would be loaned to renominate the present
incumbent of the governor' office.
Wauaa Eagle-Herald: Governor Savage
still Insists that he is In the fight for the
republican nomination tor governor. He
certainly Is a "blind robin" If he cannot
see his finish on the wall at this time.
Savage doesn't atand a ghost of a show
for the plsce and It would be well It he
stepped aside altogether. Savage, as gov
ernor, Is only an accident, and the good
people of the state have certainly bsd
enough of his work since he becsme gov
ernor. Superior Journal: Governor Savage'
threatened war on the railroad Is a per
sonal affair. If started it will b to give
the railroads trouble and get revenge. But
there would not be any great kick made If
th falling out of the governor and his
railroad friends resulted In making the rail
roads pay their just proportion of the taxes.
Governor Savage ha done the state of Ne
braska and his party enough evil. We
would be glad to see blm switch onto the
right track, even though his motive were
nothing higher than pique.
Auburn Granger: Since Mr. Stowell of
tb Post dreamed that Joseph Bartley
rented a farm and engaged In tha lucrative
bualness of raialng corn, hogs, etc, and In
one year mad so much money that he waa
abls to pay back every cent belonging to
tbe state, with Interest and compound in
terest, ever since that time some of the
friends of Governor Savage have been day
dreaming and telling tbat Bartley Is going
to put it back, notwithstanding the gover
nor says he haa no reason to hope that hs
will do ao, and that he never intimated
tbat he expected the money would be re
turned. Blooming-ton Advocate: In a recent in
tervlew Governor 8avage Is reported to
have said that he was proud of the fact
tbat he pardoned ex-State Treasurer Bart
ley. Well, suppose he Is, the governor
ought not to do a thing he is ashamed of
and no person la looking for blm to repent
bis act. That'a one of the reaaona why
Savage will fall to be governor any more.
The people are not In accord with him in
thla act. They do not believe that In the
pardon justice haa been done or that any
good results will accrue to the stats there
from, and the more the governor climbs
upon the housetops and reports that he
is glad that he did what he did, the less
admirers he will have In th state.
Tllden Cltlxen: Th dally newspapera
quote Ezra P. Savage aa atlll speaking
confidently of hla prospect for nomination
for governor by the next republican con
vention. If tha delegates to tbat con
vention are so lost to all eelf-respect aa to
thus stultify themselves ' It will, be time
for a radical reorganization bf th repub
lican party In Nebraaka. Republicans of
this state have too long followed their lead
ers blindly and without reasoning, but the
happenings of the last few years ought to
open their eyea to actual condltiona and
lead the rank and file to the very sensible
resolution of ignoring every man known
to be in any manner connected with Joe
Bartley, either as treasurer, a criminal or
a pardoned convict.
Scotts Bluff Republican: It Is now cer
tain that all the state officers will be before
the republican state convention for renoml
natlon when it convenes In June. With the
exception of Savage, the Republican does
not know of any reason why they should
not ba renominated and re-elected. They
have certainly conducted 'th affair of
the atat in an economical and business
like manner .and should receive the united
PLANS FOR PALATIAL HOME
Magnificent Featnrei of House to Ba Built
by 0. A. Joeljn.
OLD ENGLISH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
Spanish Mahogany Dominant In tbe
Interior Finishing Oval Formed
Dining Hall to Open oa
Large Porch.
Th plan for George A. Joalyn'a $100,000
residence, to be erected on two blocks of
ground between Davenport and Cass,
Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets, were
filed yesterday tor approval of the building
Inspector.. This, when completed, will be
tbe most palatial home In Omaha. With a
ground plan of 70x90 feet, exclusive of
porches, It will b built of SUverdale llme-
I stone of light buff color and will abound tn
tbe embattled towers and massive arches
which characterize its architecture as the
old English gothlc style. It will stand
well back from tbe streets. In grounds em
bellished with shade treea, shrubbery, stat
uary and fountalna. As to outbuildings,
there will be a stable three atorlea high,
following In material and general line the
styl of th residence; also a palm bouse,
which will connect with tha conservatory
by means of a covered avenue. Tbe plans
were drawn by John McDonald, architect.
Tbe basement will Include the following:
A wine room, blllard room, bowling alley,
smoking room and laundry.
Arrangement of Mala Floor.
Entrance to th first and main Boor from
th carriage driveway ia through a porta
eochere, which opens into th vestibule.
Thla vestibule is to be finished in marbl
walnacotlng, with mosaic walls. Then
come th main reception hall, which will
be finished in Spanish mahogany, and Span
lib mahogany, by tha way, seems to be
th dominant feature of th intericr fin
ishing. It is found in nearly all of th
principal rooms. Tb dining room I on
of th exception t thl rule. It 1 a
large, high-vaulted, airy room, circular or
oval In form, to be finished tn quarter
sawed oak. It open upon an elaborate
porch with gotble columns. Tha accessaries
to th dining room ar th kitchen, 16x12
fret, and a refrigerator room.
Th morning room will ba finished la
quarter-aawed whit oak and lb library
in Spanish mahogany, aa will th den be
hind th library. Th conservatory coai-
j niands a north aad west view and overlook
the palm house. Th drawing room, wh.ci
I 21xl( feet in Hie, will be flnlahed In
whit poplar. Th aervanta' dining room
eoncludt thla Inventory of tha Brat floir.
On th second Boor ar four large cham
bers, with Individual bathroom and draw
support of the party. Aa for Savage, If be
haa any respect for the party he will not
come before the convention. We have been
patiently waiting to hear of his withdrawal
from the race. But aa he haa not. It 1
time for blm to "go 'way back and sit
down," for he Is only courting defeat and
disappointment for himself and friends, and
Is also endangering the election of the
nominee, by staying In the field. The fight
on governor will be a bard on at best, oa
account of hla (Savage's) action In tbe
Bartley pardon,, and he should no longer
endanger the election of a republican by
being a candidate.
Grand Island Independent: The result of
the county republican convention up in big
Custer will be looked forward to with more
than the usual Interest. Custer la Savage's
" own county, or rather, home county. The
republican press up there has been aa de
cidedly opposed to 8avage, since he de
livered Bartley from th greenhouse of the
penitentiary, aa have the journal of that
party in other countlea. Furthermore,
Senator Currle lives up there and Is an
active candidate for congresa from the
Sixth district, which is regarded aa pretty
aurely republican thla fall. Custer doesn't
want both the congressman and the gov
ernor, and, Currle and Savage both wanting
control of the delegation, it looks as "If
things might be doing" when tha force
meet to decide. A between Currle for
congresa and Savage for governor there
ought to be nb question as to the outcome
If Custer would retain the good reputation
It has secured In the last few elections by
wiping out Its fusion "reform" majorities.
Columbus Telegrarot The managers of
Governor Savage's literary bureau are out
with a threat, directed- against th grest
rorporationa. In fine the decree reads that
unless the corporatlona fall into line In
behalf of the governor and secure for him
a renomlnatlon he will call a special session
of the legislature for the purpose of enact
ing a new revenue law, calculated to make
the railroads and other corporations pay a
fair share of taxea. For the good of the
state the Telegram would like to see the
threat successfully executed. But there Is
no hope. Even though a special session
should be called, what might tbe public
expect from auch hands? The record shows
that the members of the present legists
ture, or a safe majority, of them, are the
pliant tools of the corporations, and might
reasonably be depended upon to enact juat
such a revenue law as the railroad po
litical managera might . recommend. But
the agitation for a new revenue law will
bear good fruit. It will some day lead
to the election of a. legislature whose
majority will be solemnly pledged to enact
a revenue law which will Insure the taxa
tion of railroad property In harmony with
tbe tax levied against the homes of th
people.
Wlsner Free Press: . Governor Savage, It
is alleged, will spring a surprise along
about June 1, to the discomfiture of the
critics of hla executive Judgment and honor.
If the governor ha any leadplpe cinch
whereby he can ' wring $200,000 of stolen
state money from Bartley or his frlenda we
see no, reason for' waiting until June 1 to
do It. Under th governor's averment that
the republican party is. big enough to do
justice and bring restitution, o ought he to
maintain hla magnanimity and good sense
under the fire, of the ,. many who do not
consider hi a creditable transaction in the
light of Just lc or good 'for the interests
.of tb republican party and hot sulk like' a
achool boy until. June lJust to getven."
Because a great many wannot belteve that
It waa better to. let Bartley out and get
some money back, and raised a dickens of
a storm about It, la -no excuse for the
governor waiting to make, the restitution, if
he can. Ever since tha parol. f Bartley
Governor Savage ba held out the idea that
thl would be don. Tb criminal 1 shame
lessly hoisting himself., by thl allmy
pedestsl Into political prominence. If he
can restore any of the lost funds he strould
do it anu "go way back and alt down."
If it was hi misfortune, and not hi fault
the future will divulge. If Bartley was
ever able t make restitution and wa
prevented by the prosecutions of an over
sealoua "reform" party, using him for a
leverage to break into the offices, now that
he la at liberty he certainly can do some
thing to show his sincerity and clinch the
argument by deed.
ing room, a sewing room and housekeeper's
room. The main hall on thla floor will ba
finished In Spanish mahogany.
Th third floor Is occupied very largely
by an amusement hall, suitable for a ball
room, and by the aervanta' quarters. These
are besutiful rooms, lighted by high corner
windows of curved glass.'
The mansion,, when completed, will Im
press one with Its appearance of maaslve
ness and atrength, a quality to which the
tower contribute not a little. Of these
there are two, on at tha southeast corner
and another at the northeaat corner. Each
Is five aorles high wttb the basement, and
the tops ar Indented after the styl of th
ancient csstles. It will be as nearly fire
proof aa ia possible In this kind of a struc
ture. E. O. Hamilton, the contractor, ta
now at work on th foundations.
COLD BLAST FROM HIS WIFE
anm
Wbat C. E. Friend Sara Ha Got While
He Waa froapectlag
In Alaska.
Charle E. Friend has filed bis answer
tn the suit for divorce brought against him
by Wellmlna B., who has-been bis wife
since April 7, 1872. He not only denies
tbat be ever choked or otherwise abused
her, but alleges that ahe turned cold to
him at.the very time when he moat needed
the warmth of her affection, to-wit, while
h was In Alaska trying to pan out a family
fortune with th mercury clear down below
th surface of the ice. He afflrma tbat
when he left borne he gave her $260 and
kept $240 tor hla expenses. That h sub
sequently signed a deed tbat she sent him,
to make poaaalble another aal that ah
wished to make, and that at all tlmea prior
to thla tbelr lettera bad been affectionate
When she wrote that aba didn't care If he
never came back and that shs intended to
sue tor divorce he cam horn and they
patched up difference and lived together
tor a time.
How Cheat) BaVlag Powder la Made.
Tha Health department of New Tork haa
etxed a quantity of to-called cheap baking
Dcwder. which It found in that -n At.
tentloa waa attracted to It by th low price
ai wmrn it was being sold in th depart
ment stores. Ssmples were taken and th
chemist of tb Health department reported
the stuff to be "an alum powder." which
aoalysla ahowed to be composed chleDy of
alum and pulverized rock.
Th powder wa declared to be dangerous
to health, and aeveral thousand pounda
were carted to th offal dork and destroyed.
It is unsafe to experiment with these so
called "ckean" articles of fowf T ---
aur to be mad from alum, rock, or other
mjurtoua matter, la baking powders, tb
high clasa, cream of tartar brands ar th
most economical, becaua they go farther
is. us aaa ar ueaitniul beyond qutatloo.
SOME FAST TRACK LAYING
Work of Placing Heavy Baili on Elkhora
Goes On Bapidly.
MILE A DAY IS THE RECORD TO DATE
Baralng Oat of Bridge oa taloa Pa
viae, Ittar Silver Creek, Delay
Eaat Boaad Pa eager
fevea Hears.
For three weeks paat 300 men have been
working on tbe main line of the Fremont,
Klkhorn aV Missouri Valley railroad west of
Stanton, Neb., relaying It with standard
steel rails of the aeventy-two-pound alse.
No Information concerning this work lesked
out. however, till yesterday, when the gangs
started In on the fourth week after having
completed twenty miles of tha ninety they
will rebuild.
Elkhorn operating officials are proud of
the progress which has been made. Said
General Superintendent Hughes:
"We have laid a mile a day eo far, which
Includes not only th actual setting of the
steel, but entire new ballasting with gravel.
We will rebuild mora of the main line thla
year than In any year since we began tbe
substitution four years ago, and will relay
almoat as much aa tha entire four years'
previous work haa accomplished.
"The reason tor this especial effort I tbat
we need tbe rail on thl trackage at pre
net for use on the Verdigris extension.
They are sixty-pound rails, plenty heavy
enough for that line. Th ninety mllea
of them which w will tear up on the main
line will easily furnish seventy miles neces
sary for the Boyd county line.
"Thla new trackage will extend from
Stanton west to O'Neill, and when It I
completed tbe entire line from Missouri
Valley to O'Neill will be laid with thl
heavy steel, 191 mllea In all. The portion
from Missouri Valley to Stanton has been
put down section by section each year alnce
1897.
"Thla piece of track which we are relay
ing hs been lying on tb prairie, on dirt
ballast. Nebraska aoll la peculiarly
adapted to ballasting and Is really good
enough. That la because of lta dry. hard
clay composition, which make It solid and
firm. But we will put gravel under our
heavy track. On the Verdigris extension
we will lay th track on the prairie."
Bridge Barna Oat.
The burning out of a small bridge on th
Union Pacific main line In Platte county
early yesterday morning coused aome delay
in passenger and freight traffic. Tbe bridge
was fifty feet long and Is three miles east
of Silver Creek, a small station 109 mile
west of Omaha, between Columbua and Cen
tral City.
Passenger train No. 4, eaitbound from
Ogden. passes Silver Creek at 4:19 tn th
morning and was caught there by tbe gap
in the Una. It was thought at first that it
would take till late afternoon to rebuild
the bridge and there waa talk of aendlng
No. 4 around on the Burlington to Omaha
via Lincoln. Later, however, it waa aeen
tbat the repairs were not such a great task
and at 11 o'clock tb Una was opened and
No. 4 sent oa It reached Omaha at I
o'clock yesterday afternoon, aeven hours
late.
No westbound tralna were delayed. Tb
Overland flyer. No. 1, found an open track
by the time it waa ready to pass 811ver
Creek at 12:31 yeaterday afternoon. The
fast mall. No. 101, waa similarly treated at
12:10. A few freight tralna were caught
and held for different pertoda of time.
Changea la Burlington Time.
Advance proofs of the new time cards for
the Iowa and Illlnola divisions have Just
been received at Burlington headquarters.
They show that No. IS, tha new through
train for Omaba, will leave Chicago at 9:15
a. m., reaching Oalesburg at 12:43 p. m..
Burlington at 1:60 p. m. and Ottumwa at
3:28 p. m.
Thla will mak it a fast train to Ot
tumwa, and from there on to Pacific Junc
tion It will do a local bualneae, reaching
Pacific Junction at 10:10 p. m.. Council
Bluffs at 10:45 p. m., the Trsnsfsr at 10:50
p. m. and Omaha at 11. Ten minutes later
It leaves for Lincoln. This train haa here
tofore been faat to Creaton and local from
there to Pacific Junction. Now, however,
lta focal feature begins at Ottumwa, eaat of
Creaton.
To correspond with this. No. 9, the local
daily except 8unday from Galesburg to
Creaton, will after May 4 atop at Ottumwa,
reaching there at 1:20 p. m., aa No. 13 will
do the local business from there on to
Creaton. No. 14, also eastbound from
Council Bluffs to Ottumwa,, will after May
4 run only to Creston, reaching there at
8:45 p. m. No. 13 will make Its first trip
through Omaha on the night, of May 4. It
haa been running around by way of Platts
mouth and Oreapolla.
First Slimmer Ezearslon.
Tha Wabash road brought th Brat of It
ummer excursion from southern point
into Omaha 8unday. Tha Inauguration of
thla weekly acheme was a great success,
450 people from Missouri and Iowa point
betng carried in here on a special train at
10 o'clock Tha train waa atarted at Stan
berry, Mo., azd picked up recruits all along
the line, thera being a greatly reduced
rate. Ths visitor- scattered over th city,
attandlng tha churcbea in tb morning and
th ball gsma and theatera In tb afternoon.
Tbey were taken out at 7:30 at night.
There will be an excursion almllar to thl
one every week.
Trip for Shrlnrr.
Tangier Tempi of th Shrlnera baa al
ready teaerved two apeclal Pullman car
tor the trip to th Imperial council at San
Francisco In June. Tha Burlington road I
the official Una for thl tempi and will
reserve additional cara a faat aa required.
It baa planned a little touring trip for th
Shrlnera a follow: Leave On?) ha at 4:25
p. m. June 4; reach Denver the next morn
ing and run down to Colorado Springs and
spend the day; go on to Salt Lake City and
spend all of June 7 there; reach Ban Fran
cisco at 8:45 on the morning of June 9. Th
council open on June 10, listing through
the 14th.
Railway Notes aad Peraoaala.
John Mellen. traveling pasaenger agent
for ths Chicago A Northwestern railway. Is
in th city.
C. A. Rutherford, district passenger agent
for the Chicago. Rock Island t Pacific rail
road, haa gone to Chicago.
E. E. Benjamin, traveling passenger
agent for the Fremont. Klkhorn at Missouri
Valley railroad, la In Omaha.
Chief I'lrrK Redlngton of General Mana
ger Uldwell'a ornc at Elkhorn head
quarters, is kept horn with a sudden Ill
ness. General Passenger Agent Lnmax of the
I'nlon Pacific railway haa returned from
Chicago aftr an absence of three weeks
anent In conference with Mr. Stuhha anil
other traffic beada of the Harrlman sys
tems.
REV. JAMES HAYNES IS DEAD
Patrlarehlal Metbadlst of Omaba Dlea
at Family Home, After Five
Heaths' lllaeae.
Rev. Jamas Hsynes, a resident of Omaha
since 1175 and well known to tha Meth
odists of Iowa and Nebraaka. dld at noon
yeaterday at hla home. 2609 Poppleton ave
nue. He haa been suffering with stomach
trouble since December and tbe end came
more abruptly than tbe family bad antlei
paled. Rv. Haynea was bora in Brook oHy,
rraas
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West Virginia, seventy-six yeara ago and
came to Omaha twenty-seven year ago
thla month from Albla, which had been bla
home for a time while be waa presiding
elder of northern end eastern Iowa dis
tricts. His health failed and he abandoned
active ministry to build his body anew In
outdoor work, taking up contracting. He
was, however, a member of the Iowa coa
ferenca at the time of hla death.
He leave no close relatives other than
the members of his immediate family, who
are Mra. Haynea, the wife, and their aons,
D. W. Haynes of New York, J. B. Haynea
of Washington, D. C, Charles M. Haynes,
George B. Hsynes and Fred C. Haynes, all
of Omaha.
OPENS HAM AND BACON BIDS
Chief Commissary Officer Receives
Proposala from Omaha Pack
ers-Arny Note.
Bids were opened yeaterday by Cap
tain Groves, acting chief commissary offi
cer of the Department of the Missouri, for
ham and bacon for the us of the United
Statea army. The bidders were Armour,
Cudahy and Swift, and their prices were:
Armour A Co., 15,000 pounds of ham at
$13.54 per hundred; 15,000 pounda of bam at
113.70 per hundred; 25,000 pounds of bacon
at $12. SO er hundred, 25,000 pounda at
$13.05, 25.000 pounds at $13.10. Swift and
Company. 30,000, pounds of bam at $14.21
per hundred pounds; Cudahy A Co., 30,000
pounda of ham at $13.90 per hundred. The
award will not be made until the bids re
ceived at Chicago and Kanaaa City en th
ea"m commodities ar known.
Colonel S. C. Mills, recently appointed In
spector general of this department, arrived
In San Francisco Sunday and I expaoted
In Omaha aomo time this week.
Captain William H. Wassell, Lieutenant
Charles H. Bridges and Lieutenant Wil
liam 8. Neeley have been ordered from
Fort Crook to loin tbe third eattullon of
tha Twenty-second Infantry, now at rifle
practice on tha Winnebago agency.
While tha . order received yesterday
from Washington regarding the assignment
of troop t6 the Department of th Missouri,
as published In telegraphic dispatches last
week, specify that In caaa of necessity old
Fort Omaba may ba put Into use by the
department for troop tbera la a feeling at
headquarters that thl will not be done.
There will be no necessity for additional
space until late In tb fall, aa a battalion
of tb regiment at Crook will be on th
rifle range for several montha. The two
companies of the regiment at Fort Niobrara
will be brought to Crook to make room for
troop to arrive, but until the regiment Is
recruited to greater atrength all can be
accommodated at that post. When tha
number becomea too great for tha build
ings It Is believed that the regimental com
mander will prefer to put tha surplus un
der canvas at that post rather than to
send them to Fort Omaha, where there ar
no building which caa ba uaed aa barracks.
FOUNDATION W0RK BEGINS
1)4 Ceremony Marks the Beginning- of
' Aetaal Conatraetloa of
Aadltorlnm.
Work on the foundation of tha Omaha
Auditorium . atarted. yeaterday, when a
tore of men employed by A. J. Stanley,
th aub-contractor under Henry Hamann,
began to remove the treea which atood upon
th line of ths north wall of the building.
Tbe stakea had been aet for th grading
Saturday and the force of men marked out
tbe diatances. The contractor will put a
force of twenty-five men, with the neces
sary teama, to work and expects to bsve the
ground ready for the bricklayers within a
month.
There waa no demonstration at the time
th first work wa don, but a photographer
waa present to take a picture of the start.
He found nothing to warrant a picture and
folded up hla camera.
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KEYSOR LECTURES FIGGITE
Eajs She Haa No Bight to Disturb Tamil;
with Eer Shouting.
REFUSES DIVORCE DECREE TO D0NAH00S
t'onrt Xot Dlapnseil to 'As'lst Floraa
In Crratlnar Strife and Break
Ins l p Families (sue
to Be Appealed.
"It !a a part of my religious belief that
God would rather see a happy household
than anything else on earth," declared
Judge Keysor yesterday morning, when he
declined to grant Laura Donahoo, a Flgglte,
divorce from Albert Donahoo, and dis
missed the case at the defendant' cost.
The Judge confessed to having taken more
than uaual Interest In the rase and In giv
ing his decision he discussed the religious
phase of It quite fully, saying:
"I don't think Mrs. Donahoo came Into
this case entirely blameless. A wife haa
the right to worship God in her own way,
but not to the disturbance of her family.
If she felt it waa her duty to shout she
should have gone to her place of worship
and shouted, but about the home she
should, like every other member of a
household, respect the wishes and peace
of the others. I believe she has been too
largely moved by a strong religious Influ
ence that is not so respectful of the com
fort and peaoe of others as society has
come to demand. "She should bring up her
children and ahe should go home to do ao.
Name Spirit Move Until.
"Her husband struck her. It may be tru.
but th 'madness' that Influenced him wai
in this cai very nearly the same thing at
the 'spirit' thnt moved her to abuse anil
berate him publicly. I cannot give Mrs.
Donahoo divorce and the children, for even
ahould I give her all her husband patri
mony of $11,000 It would still b Inefficient
to sustain her and provide for the proper
rearing of the children untll'they Br of
age. Nor can I give It to a husband who
has struck his wife, no matter what the
provocation may have been. I shall, there
fore, dismiss the case at defendant's oat.
"If the Flggs wish to create strife and
break up families I suppose they are at
liberty to try, but I am not disposed to
asit them. I don't think I ought to take
from Mr. Donahoo the privilege of soma
time returning to her husband, taking her
children In her arm and again becoming a
good wife and mother. If ahe (till declines
to do this after a lapse of two or three
yeara Mr. Donahoo might then aue on the
ground of abandonment, which would be a
very good ground."
Derision Not Wholly la tlsfaetnry.
The decision wa not wholly aatlafactory
to the attorney, but they concede that It
may eventually bring about a reconciliation
of th principal, which they would b glad
to see. Mrs. Donahoo aald she Is willing
now to go back to her husband In tbelr
home at Gretna if he will cease his "per
secution." Her husband answer that he,
too, la willing for reconciliation, but feara
to dismiss the alleged "persecution" b
cause It might prove only a move brought
about by tbe Flgga to relieve themselves
of the $7,600 judgment which he got against
them In Sarpy county for alienation of af.
fectlon. The Flggs' attorneya say that thl
caae Is to be carried to the supreme court
with that tried before Judge Fawcett.
Mr. Donahoo said that Judge Keysor's
ruling of Monday rooming was satisfactory
except that It tlea up bualnesa deala la
which he i Interested as administrator of
the eatate of hi father and thereby delay
the division of the estate among th heir.
Worthy of Consideration.
An editor's opinion I alwaya worthy of
conatderatlon, for he la accustomed to giv
ing a matter due consideration before ex
pressing his idea of it. David R. Forbes,
editor of tbe Sun, Quarryville, Pa., ssys:
"Tbe nana Chamberlain Is synonymous
with everything that is good. Chamber
laln'a Cough Rrmody I can particularly
endorse, having uaed It myself quit fre
quently with the bst results, whenever
bothered with a cold."
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