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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1903)
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1003. iUIlRQADS' BUMPER 'EAR rncli Hijh TTj'.t'r Mark In ExiJtnsioa and Lo jl'ub is Contraction. iru lines numerous; failures few tnakf -.ter Sprrrer Than In Former tr nil Hrvnlt nf General Pros rUy that Una dwelled J nnf nun. F.t months bc,o, when the Railway Age PttMished Its summary of railroad building tcr the first half of l!fi2, It nppearcd evi dent that the now mllrsfro for the e-ntlro yesr would exceed 6J'jO miles, but the In cessant rains during July and August, and In some portions of the country during September and October, seriously Inter fered with grading and tracklsylng, and the tl-lays thua encountered, coupled wilii the "llltlculty, so widely experienced, of secur ing; rails, have prevented the realization of our expectations. However, the new tnileagn completed during 1SGJ exceeds that of l'jfll, when 5,222 miles of track wore laid, and la greater than that of any year since IH'.iO, when 5.570 mile were built, according to the Railway Age. Tha returns for the year Just ended are still incom plete,1 and when they are all received It Is quite possible that the figures for 1890 will be eclipsed. As the record stands to day, It shows a total of 5,549 miles of track Jald on S4D lines In forty-four state and territories from January 1 to DeoemLer 81, 1902, exclusive of second track and sldlr.gs and without taking Into consideration i&any private lines and logging roads which have been built for temporary use. RulMlnar by Sections Considered 'with reference to grouping ot states as arrnnged by Poor's Manual, tha new track la distributed as follows; New England states 9S. OS miles MUdle states 219.00 miles t'etural northern states 667.34 nilies 'outh Atlantic states 633.15 miles Uulf and Mlmlsslprii states .... 481.67 miles Southwestern states 2,670.11 miles Northwestern state Z 9.39 miles Paclnc stutes 42S.44 mile The greater part of the work of tha laat year haa been carrlod on by the large ays terns, which continue to build branch lines Into new and undeveloped territory, and Users haa been llttlo parallel building, one rotable exception being tha Chicago Oreat Western, which haa completed alxty-alx and a half miles of It 130-mile extension from Fort Dodge. Ia., to Omaha. The Chicago, Rock Island ft Pacific system. In eluding the Choctaw, Oklahoma ft Oult and other acquired lines, has expanded most by construction and haa added. 628 miles In Oklahoma, Indian Territory, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas. The Bt, Louis ft San FranelBco and allied lines have built. 609 miles In Missouri, Arkansas, Texas. Indian Territory and Oklahoma, and te Santa Fa system haa completed 185 nfte In Arizona, New Mexico, Texaa, In IIhh Territory and Oklahoma. Some of the other large ayatema have built new lines as follows: Great Northern, 194 mile In Minnesota, North Dakota and Washington not counting the extensions built In Can ada; the Southern Pacific, 1G5 miles In Louisiana, Texaa, Nevada, California and Utah; International ft Oreat Northern, 129 miles In Texas; Chicago Oreat Western, 112 rjtles In Minnesota and Iowa; Chicago ft .Northwestern, Including the Chicago, St. J'aul. Minneapolis ft Omaha and the Fre mont, Elkhorn ft Missouri Valley, 178 miles In Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota; Chicago. Milwaukee ft St. IHulr- 95 miles in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota; Illinois Central, 74 miles In Mississippi, Kentucky and Il linois; Missouri, Kanaas ft Texaa, 80 miles 'In Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Missouri; Texas ft Pacific, 63 mile in Louisiana; Missouri Pacific, 137 miles in Louisiana, Missouri and Arkansas; Oregon ' Short Line, 58 miles in Utah. Other New Lines. Important new line which do not seem 1o be Identified with any of the great sys tems have laid track as follows: El Paao ft Southwestern, 161 miles In New Mexico, Arizona and Texaa; Ozark ft Cherokee Cen ' tral, 132 mile In Arkanaaa and Indian Ter ritory; Fort Smith ft Weatern. 66 mile In Vidian Territory; t. Louis Valley. 100 miles in Illinois; Iowa ft St. Louis, 60 miles In Iowa and Missouri; De Moines, Iowa Falls ft Northern, 63 mile In Iowa. The two important Independent lines which have a large projected mlleaga each the San Pedro, Lo Angele ft Salt Lake sod the Kanaaa City, Mexico ft Orient have accomplished but little In tha way of track laying, the former having completed ihut thirty-one mile In California and the latter but forty mile In Kansaa and Okla homa and twenty-eight mile In Mexico. However, the Orient line ha finished a large percentage of It grading and pro poses to push the work of track laying early in the year. Tha following table Indicate new con struction by yea re alnc 1887, Inclusive: Year. Miles. Year. Miles. W7 12.983 1! 1.813 1St8... 7,16 IKS 1.848 1SM.., 6,2W 1SS7 1.8W) 1! 6.67i lWSt I.OM l-flll 4,21 1: 4.SSS ! 4.12 19U0 4.437 1W. l.Ktt 1901 6.222 ISM 1,W 192 5.549 The main line mileage of the United States at the close of 1901 waa 198,787 miles, according to "Poor' Manual," and the ad dition of the 5,549 miles completed In 1902 brlnga tha total mileage of the country up to 204,336 mile on January 1, 1903. Bankruptcies Art Few. , The low water mark of railway bank ruptcies which waa reached In 1901. wheu only four receivers wera appointed, haa scarcely been ralaed during the laat year. only flva companlea being placed under re celvershlp on account of Insolvency p 1902 and theao succumbing to difficulties of long standing. No road ef auy Importance haa fulled to meet Ita obligations. The little New -York ft Pennsylvania, fifty-two milos, was put through the reorganizing processes Always tho Sarao Good Old ii LB IS liU Tha Prlds off Milwaukee Band Postal Card for New Brochure which tails why BLATX BER R1CHT BLATZ UALT-VIVINE (NON-INTOXICANTi TONIC FOR THE WEAK All Druggist or Direct VAX. BUTZ MtWLNG CO . Mllwaukt OMAHA UKAJCU. lata DuTt TmX- J 111 ATI of receivership and foreclosure In throe month v with great financial Improvement; tho Chicago k. Southwestern. Mhlch had been la a chronic statu of lmnernnloelt7 for rear, haa ktes bought br a strong cotnpany and placed under a receiver for the purpose of atralghtenlng out the title, ond the three oiher little roada In the Hat liad never been successful. The record of mileage and obligation la at follows: ROADS r LACED UNDER RECEIVERS I.N Bonded Iebt. t (no.niiA J'..') 450.1 ) K,0(X 46.0W Capital Stock, t 6".) t2,5"0,ni') 4'T0,'X 46.000 Miles. S. T. ft Pennsylvania 62 Chloe 8. E UT Carolina Northern 40 Georgetown St Western 60 Kansas & Southern.... ( Total five ronds 278 11 femono Li At nnn Total bonds and stocks 5,835,000 - e.t:maiea. t Autnorlze1. The capital stock of the Chlcneo ft Routh- eftHtern Is placed at the amount authorised to nn is.iued. no further Information being obtainable; but a murh smaller Azure than I2.5 0.eOi) would better, represent the value and thus materially reduce the total In that column. Only twenty-two roads, aggregating 1,270 miles out of the 204,000 miles of rail way In-the United States, are now being operated by recelvera on account of failure to meet their obligations. The record of foreclosure sales alao shows rapid progress toward complete reconstruc tion and solvency. In 1902 there were sold, and reorganized eighteen roada, aggre gating 693 mllea and representing a nom inal capitalization of nearly $40,000,000. Prosrress of Reorganisation. How rapidly the coatly work of reorgan ization haa gone forward la ahown by a recapitulation of annual foreclosures, be ginning with 1878. The summary shows tne number of roads to be 670, total mileage Involved, 115,107, and the amount of money In stocks and bonds, $6,795,047,000. The record of thr year In car and loco motive building Is nearly equal to that of last year, when all previous records were surpesd. The necessities of the rail roads are more clearly indicated by the order which have been placed for new equipment than by the number of cara and locomotives actually built during the year, since the latter figures are merely a state ment of the capacity of the various build ing concerna. 1 The Railway Age haa compiled from lta weekly records a statement showing that during the year 1902 order have been placed for the building of 186.000 freight cara, 4,700 locomotives and 2,700 passenger equipment cars of the various classes, In cluding baggage, mall and express. The figures have been corrected and additions made by officials of the road concerned and by the manufacturers, and are pre sented In detail. A corresponding record published by the Railway Age on January 8, 1902, showed totals of 193,00? freight cara, 4,340 locomotives snd 2,879 passenger car. May Yet tt saita. All who have severe lung trouble need Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It cure or no pay. COc, $1.00. For sale by Kuhn ft Co. WATER INVADESTHE HOUSES Many Families Rescued from Par tially Subnterared Houses in White Rlrer Valley. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 4. White river overflowed It bank near O'Drlen station, fourteen miles below Seattle at 8 o'clock this morning. The people of the town were awakened by the water In many cases creeping Into their beds. A relief train wss ordered from Seattle and on arriving with boats the rescuing party found several families, the women and children of which were huddled on chairs and tables In order to keep from the water that was more than two feet deep on the floors. All persons were taken to places of safety. No lives are reported loat, but much property haa been ruined or loat. Tonight the floods are subsiding and no further danger Is feared. Not since 1869 haa there been such floods In the White river valley. The present one waa caused by the recent nine days' rain and the chlnook winds which melted the heavy snow In the Caacades. Announcement was made today by the Oreat Northern that the Madison bridge would bs repaired Monday evening and the first break In the traffic blockade would be made during the night by the arrival of an overland train. It will carry four days' mall. There Is no telling when the Northern Pacific main line will be open, but prob ably not for several days. Tonight the Portland division was cleared and the first train in two days came in from the south. All the coast lines from Seattle north, with the exception of the Whatcom line, have been cleared and this latter will not be in operation until some time tomorrow. Large forces of men are at work on the Una between Seattle and Tacoma. The announcement 1 made tonight that it will be opened at noon In a temporary way. The Seattle-Tacoma interurban line prob ably will not be In operation for several week so great is the damage. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. J. H. Holt, a ranchman from Miles City, Mont., is at the Paxton. ffeorge Uofrart, a banker from Shenan doeh. Is at the Paxton hotel. Mrs. H. Sues Arts and A. Arta of The Hague, Holland, are at the Her Grand. W. A. Follett and wife of Atlantic, la., are spending a day or two at the Millard. John P. lileeg of St. Louis Is among the late arrivals for the Implement dealers' convention. P. A. Sarg and W. H. Dechant of Mld dleton, O.. prominent In the tobacco world, are registered at the Millard. E. T. McCarthy of Camhria. Wyo.. who haa enticed the smile of fortune from out a Deadwood mine. Is at the Millard. P. A. Sorg of Middleton. O.. Interested In the Millard hotel, and W. L Deekanty of the same town are at the Millard. Messrs. James. M. F. and V. Dumnnd are a trio of vaudeville artists with this week's Orpheum show who are at the Mil la rd. W. A. Irwin of Red Oak, la., and M. J. Powera of Beatrice Neb., are merchants atopplng at the Murray while In Omaha on business. John 8. Hogan. Pender; Leo Tobln. North Platte: A. C. C'roe. Shenandoah: S Hur ls and H. L. Webster, Tekamnh, are among rirunni ii inn niercnanm lintel. Captain W. M. Wright, acting Inspector 3i inn wpinnwm, will go on a tour or iiiKDivuon tnia w to include Fort Hill, Jefferson Barracks and Fort Leavtnwor ih. Henry O. Nllsson has returned to Lincoln to resume his studies at the university, after trending the holidays with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. NUseon, 171a Jout truiii linn. A. Wllley of Chicago. R. W. Thomas of Anacnnua. Muni., ;. ii. inaw or H'.vhmoml Va., anil Charley K. Alberts of Minneapolis are a mom business visitors reglHtered at liiw iter laianu. w. i. i:iovt or cozart, Albert Stern of iAgin. m . r I,, uinann or Hllver City in., ana w. r. Retell and YV. Hansen of w rrmuiii are ai n Ari'Mn lor the Im plcment dealers' convention. LOCAL BREVITIES. Tom Wilson of Cattlson. N. J., and Jamea Purk of t'hicayo are held at th city jail Frank Warring, son of Court Reporter Warring, will this morning he taken by SherlnT Powera to Lincoln fur recommitment to the Insane asylum. Warring has bwn out for some time on psrole. b.n f,im,,i to te in a condition which did not allow of ma iiovny. . r-imir nrnisiey or eoum Omaha wss last night arrrdtnl and will aniurr to th r charge nf jsraait and better). It la sup posed that he is the man who struck 1-ouise t'oheii of luiij t'aidtol avenue In the eya and tr!.-d to choke her tiaturdar night. The rr tit I.ul mere awellt-j , shut, a that she could not st for a num. I her til hours, MEN IN THE CABS COME NEXT Firemen and Engineer on Union Facifio Will Demand Mow Paj. TO FOLLOW CONDUCTORS AND BRAKEMEN Strikers Claim the Trainmen anal Tel earraphers Are Profiting; at ghosx men's Expense and Score tha Engineers. The Union Pacific engineers and firemen have mounted the band wagon, taken up the refrain, "more pay," and are preparing to meet the officials the first part of Feb ruary. First It waa the telegraphers who asked President Burt for more money. They got It. Then came the switchmen and their stipends were Increased. Now the con ductors and brakemen are In the city and today will confer with the officials, with the lattor's consent, as to an advance In wages. That they will get it Is not doubted. The engineers and firemen have all their plans laid and have even gone to the ex tent of engaging quartera at the Arcade hotel February 1 for tholr grievance com mittee, twenty members. In the meantime the shopmen's strike, which began over six months ago, drags wearily on, and If the men get more pay and are not forced to do piecework It will be because the company's power to resist these demands longer has been vanquished and It Is compelled in Its own Interest to yield. The action of the trainmen and teleg raphers b.vi lta origin In that national move ment planned some montha ago and orig inally published In The Bee. It engaged the trainmen of every trunk line In the union west of New York. It contemplated a general Increase tn wages on the grounds, primarily, that the cost of living had gone up disproportionately with the standard of wages. The englnemen also complained that the Increased capacity of locomotives worked a hardship on therm The propo3l tlon waa that all roads should grant the demands or a general strike would ensue. The scheme Is working with good results. Most of the roads approached have yielded without delay. Profit at Strikers Expense. The claim of the Union Pacific strikers, the machinists, boiler makers and black smiths, that their long and expensive struggle with tho company has facilitated the efforts of the other employes of that road In securing their demands doubtless Is entitled to serious consideration. With the motive power shops tied up the com pany finds Itself In the midst of about all the labor difficulties It can handle. There la a strong feeling among the shopmen against the engineers, as a body, not indi vidually. "They are a set of autocrats," says Pres ident John McNeil of the boiler makers. And a prominent local leader yesterday said: "Among the engineers are many good fellows, but as an organization they are nothing but leeches. They take all the help we can give them In this Indirect way, but never offer to help anybody else." The eighteen members of the trainmen' grievance committee, representing the con ductor and brakemen, expect to meet Su perintendent Buckingham of the Union Pa clfic today. 5lp Them In tne Boa, If you have loss of appetite, headache, constipation or biliousness take Electrlo Bitters. It cures or no pay. Only 60c. For sale by Kuhn ft Co. MOROCCAN WAR NEARS END Saltan Recognises Ills Brother and Pretender's (ante Loses Sap porters Immediately. TANG4ERS, Morocco, Jan. 4. According to official pews received here from Fei the adroit move of the sultan in bringing his brother, Mulal-Mohammed, to the cap ital has attained the desired object of de priving the pretender to the throno of his preotlge, and the latter has retired, dis credited, to Taza. He haa been deserted by a number of local tribes, who dispersed to make sure of their booty. Buhamara, the pretender, having claimed the Intention of enthroning Mulal-Mohammed, his rebellion has no longer any reason to continue, as the sultan has publicly reconciled himself with his brother and Mulal-Mohammed has made a solemn entry Into Fez, acclaimed by the populaoe. The sultan haa announced the appoint ment of Mulal-Mohammed as governor of the province of Fez, thus disproving the rumors that Mulal-Mohammed aspired to the th.'one. When this had been done, ac cording to the official authority for theae atatements, the tribes sround Fez swore fidelity to the sultan and denounced Bu hamara as an lmpoater, whom they would prevent from coming to Fez. All immediate danger has disappeared. The routes from Fes to tbs coast are open. It Is said the aultan Is now preparing a large expedition with the intention of crushing the rebellion. Advices received here from Fez, under date of December 29, are to the effect that the members of the Halna tribe, who were fighting for the pretender, have declared their allegiance to the aultan. Twenty thousand troops have reached Fes from the Sue district. The sultan has placed his brother, Mulal- Mohammed. In command of the expedition against Buhamara. ONLY ONE PERSON WAS KILLED Wrerk on Southern Railway Causes Injury to Twenty-Seven People and Death to Engineer. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Jan. 4. A passenger train on the Southern railway, bound from Atlanta to Birmingham, left the rails laat night near Weema station. The baggage and mall cars rolled down sn embankment and were demolished. Although the train was filled with pas sengers, ELglneer White was the only per son kiileJ. His mangled body waa found under the locomotive. Twenty. seven passengers were slightly injured. A relief train brought the injured to Birmingham. The passenger coaches re mslned on the ties. The derailment occurred on a curve and waa caused by the spikes In the rails be ing pulled out by a preceding freight, which had gone three miles with one of the wheels on the ties. When the loco motive pulling the long train from Atlanta struck the Insecure rail It left tha rails and turned over, crushing Engineer White to death. The combination express and mail car split tn two lengthwise, part of It falling against the wrecksge of the bag gage car. The wreckage was cleared and traffic re sumed today. Bribery Trial Brains Today, BT. IX)CI9. Jan. 4 The rase of Chsrles F. Keltey, form-r speakvr of the house of delcicites. charged with bribery In con nection with the auburban dee I, will be called In Judgs Douglas' dlvUl m of the criminal court tomorrow morning. Kelley la also Indicted on charges of bribery In connection, with the Unuug bill and perjury. We never tire of telling the story of Uneeda Biscuit. We do not believe that lovers of good, whole some food ever tire reading it. Unesda Discuif are the result of two ideas. That soda crackers could be made better than they had ever been made before. That it was pos sible to convey them to the home fresh, crisp and clean. The importance of the soda cracker as an article of daily consumption, made this worthy of extraordinary effort. True, many people laughed at the idea of so much thought time labor capital, being devoted to a soda cracker. But the greatest industries of the greatest country in the world have been developed from smaller things than a soda cracker, and so it seemed worth while to make the best soda cracker that could be made and to place it on the table as good as it had been made. To do the first required the selec tion of the best materials, of the best equipment, the highest skill. To do the second upset all traditions. The oldest bakers said there was no way to keep a soda cracker good. WHEN BEN HUR CAME TO TOWN Bust Night for Stage 'Hands and the Company in GeceraL PEOPLE HUSTLE FOR PLACES TO SLEEP Omaha, Hotels Already Filled nnd the Subjects of the Great Caesar Have Hard Time to Find Beds. Mr. Ben Hur of Jerusalem, Palestine, ar rived la Omaha from Minneapolia at 7 o'clock last night, accompanied by his mother, his sister, Tlrsah, his erstwhile friend, Messala, old Arrlus, the galley mas ter, the three wise men of the east and four coach loads of other folks. With him there came also seven baggage carloads of the Roman empire, four 100-to-l shots from the running stable of Shtek Ilderlm, eight other, but less speedy, chariot horses from rival stables In Rome snd Louisville; four camels for the Journey of the wise men; sixteen property men with a reputation, and a fierce, electric-wired stage manager with an Insatiable desire for work and worry. Awaiting these arrivals there were at the Boyd theater fifty special property men under Stage Manager Clark; an orchestra enlarged to twenty-four pieces; two sixty horse power motors perched high In the fly balconies; sn army of 125 supernumer aries of sizes adjusted for every Impersona tion from flower girls to Roman soldiers, and a stage bared to accommodate sixty drops (four times ss many as the average well staged production); four carloads of set pieces snd the cradles, tracks snd three panoramic canvasses necessary In the reproduction of the chariot race. Sunday Work Was Plenty. All Sunday morning the musicians played and replayed pieces, new to many of them because written especially to convey the spirit of the scenes of the Wallace book. All Sunday afternoon and for aeveral hours Sunday evening the captain of supernumer aries drilled his raw recruits, the Roman soldiers at the Crelghton hall and the flower children at the Schllts hall. And all day Sunday and for eight hours Sunday night the stage crew worked, placing the settings In the order In which they w'U be needed and experimenting with the chariot cradles on the stage tracks, during one of which experiments a ball-bearing roller slipped from Us groove snd created general havoc. This morning this whole little Oriental world Is to assemble on the Boyd stage at an early hour for the most atupendoua snd quaintest full dress re hearsal ever seen In Omaha. The newspapers snd the general public have been making considerable fuss over Mr. Hur and his folks, yet notwlthstsnding this and the additional fact that be has always been very particular In hla cholco of companions (except, of course, while in the navy as an oar stroke), some of bis closest companions had difficulty last night In getting under roof In Omaha. LoilKlnir I'larrs Wfr Scarce. Ben himself was sll right because be Is getting $100 rr week now and can afford to pay for the braid on a bell boy's clothes, but some very distinguished Roman sens tors bsd to give up to some very obscure Nebraska Implement dealers Who had (poken to the hotel men first, aud tbs three wise men of the Eaat had to give up to three still wiser men of the same na tionality, but from points less far east ward, such, for Instance, as New York, Vtlca .and Tonkers. Amrah and Tlrsah found accommodations finally, but some of the other women snd girls bad as much hard luck as If the leprosy were not al out of their systems, and they tramped about from hotel t boarding house unti' well Into the night before the laat fouuo plate. Meanwhile (be common, wart- A Siory Worth Telling NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY banded cornshellcr, salesman and railroad grievance committeeman looked on in com fortable security and speculated on how often they could stand for the show at its somewhat altltudlnous prices. ROADS ARE YET BLOCKADED Northern l'arlllc and Great Northern Trains Stalled by F. fleets of Chinook Still RaulnK. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 4. There was nothing doing ou tho Northern Pacific to day, not a train leaving the city, and the railroad officials are unable to make any laennue statement as to me luture. The Chinook still prevails and water is pouring down tho Cascades In torrents. At 1 11 '- cted that tae Judiciary committee. Martin, on tho past side of the tunnel, ' whlch ' composed of Welsh. Quccnan and there Is a washout of nearly 360 feet. O'Connor. IU turn In a report on the while several places between the tunnel ordinance Introduced a week ago In relation and Ellensburg are under water or the , l vacation of certain atreeta and al tracks covered with mud. I ,n the wp8t.ern Part 5 ,t.he clljr- " To sum up the difficulty the Northern Pacific Is struggling with, there sre five washouts on the main line between Castle Rock and Kelso. There are Innumerable allies all the way from Cosmopolls to the terminus on the Gray's Harbor branch. The Auburn cut-off la under water tor miles. Nearly a mile of track la gone In one place on Green river. Five or six minor washouts are reported between Les ter and Palmer. The big washout at Martin Is followed by a succession of washouts and landslides all the way to Ellensburg. The South Bend branch Is under wster and covered with tildes from Willapa to the terminua. The company has two passenger trains tied up st Maywood and la taking tbs best " ti... . . '. . slides ahead and washouts behind, and ar rangements are being made to get supplies to the trains. There Is no way to get the passengers out at present, owing to the washing out of all road bridges In that section. ' Not a county road can be followed a mile in any direction. One passrrgi r train Is bound up at Les ter, where the passengers are being cared for by the railroad. No communication la possible til her way until the water shall have stated. The Great Northern Is in exactly a sim ilar position. Trains were directed over the Northern Pacific because of the bridge I hla place. This report was practlclly verl ht M ado w Brook being carried away, but i fled by telegrams from Chicago yesterday. before they were gotten through Northern Facific was also blocked. the i GODFREY HUNTER THREATENED Knew of Conspiracy Asralnst Ills I.ITe and that Is Why He Killed W. II. FitsareruM. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Jan. 4. A relative of former Minister Godfrey Hunter of Gua temala haa received a letter from Sam Cas tleman, formeily of Chicago, but who ia now tn Guatemala, saying that Godfrey Hunter. Jr., who killed W. II. Fitzgerald in Guatemela City, had been threatened with assassination prior to the killing If he refused to leave the country. Accord- ... . .. '""V. " , . T L at the Investigation of the shooting by the In- n Mm i" . I m n n O.I.(n al. . I . Guatemalan government aay that aix men bad formed a conspiracy to shoot Hunter. None of these men, the letter says. Is now In Gustemala City, while two sre no longer In the republic. Mr. Castlemsn further says that tha shots which killed Fitzgerald were fired In self-defense. He also says that Secre tary of the Legation Bailey had been threatened by the alleged cousplratore. Charged with' Bank Robbery. siai u.-. so., jan. . Four men. bus- week of a Vnion: Mo.Vb was secoren, were arrested here tonight. Kred Rawlins, one of the men, surrendered to the sheriff and betrayed his aliened con federates, because "they had refused to divide fairly." The other three men din tilm any knowledge .of the robbery. Oris of them gave hla nam aa Thomas Nea of at. Paul and another gave tha name of i. W. bower of Kansas City. That no one expected it any way. That people were satisfied to eat them stale, as they had been in the habit of doing. And so it fell to the lot of younger minds to do this unheard of thing to keep a soda cracker good until eaten. The result was the! creation of the In-er-seal Package with red and white seal. An invention that kept out the air, moisture, dust germs, that first retained the natural flavor of the bis cuit, keeping it crisp and fresh until it reached the table, and so Uneeda Biscuit became a reality. The little thing that seemed hardly worth while became a great thing that seemed hardly possible. To-day over 300,000,000 packages have been consumed by the thought ful people of this country and the de mand is ever increasing. That is the story of Uneeda Biscuit Some day we will tell it over again for the benefit of those who are still "satisfied" with the stale and broken crackers that come in a paper bag, when they can get Uneeda Biscuit whole, fresh, and clean AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Oosnoil Committee Expected to Report Upon Important Measure.' PROPOSITION OF THE BURLINGTON ROAD Indications Are that the Council Will Favor the Plan, Whirli Means Kztenalon of the Rail road Yard. At tonight's meeting of the city council is understood mat tne nurnogion roan wants to trade a patch of land on Boyd street for a strip along Thirty-sixth street. Some alleys In a gully are alao Involved. Just what the committee will report Is mere conjecture, but it has been inferred that the council will favor the ordinance for the reason that It will mean an ex tension of the railroad yards In the west ern part of the city. At the present time a steam shovel Is working night and day, making a cut 400 feet In width through the bill west of the yards, for the purpose of laying tracks from tha Burlington yards at Thirty-sixth and L streets direct to the new cattle yards at the stock yards. It Is understood that more room is needed by the Burlington 1 'or Its sidetracks, and therefore It has i nuked the citv to vacate Thirty-sixth street from I to L streets. A railroad official stated yesterdsy that the vacation of the street snd the alleys asked for will mean some active railroad construction here in the spring. The Idea Is to run tracks down from the Burlington yards right into the cattle yards, thua making a short cut, saving not only time, but giving shipper much better service. Manager Manrhee Transferred. It was reported several days ago that T. D. Manchee, manager of the Swift plant in thta city, was to be transferred to Chi cago and that an eastern man would take Mr. Manchee has been the manager of the plant here for several years snd It Is said that he waa quite popular among the em ploye of the company. The change In management will. It is asserted, take place about the middle of the preaent month. Howe Gets Vacation, Robert L. Howe, general manager of the Armour Interests here. Is going south for a months's vacation. In hla trip Mr. Howe will visit most of the principal southern cities and he may go aa far as the City of Mexico. While Mr. Howe is away W. E Pierce, head of the beef department of Armour's at Chicago, will remain here and act aa temporary manager. Petition for Copenharve. petition is being circulated In South Am J, ,,,.,,.", !,,. ..,.. Omaha recommending to Judge Lee Eatelle the appointment of W. J. Copenharve as bailiff of the criminal court. The petition now has a Urge number of signers. Anna Fltle's Funeral. Funeral services over the remains of Miss Anna Fitle were held at the First Presby terian church at 2 o'clock yesterday after noon. Rev. Dr. R. L. Wheeler delivered the addresa. The church waa crowded with friends of the deceased. Beautiful floral offerings from friends completely covered the caaket. Dr. Wheeler spoke most feel- " r'tl " tloned the esteem In which she was held by her many friends her. Hs spoke also of the sad blow to Frank Fitle, foater father of tha deceaaed. The music was specially arranged tor the occasion and Miss Jeaale Carpenter sang on or two e lection. Interment waa at Laurel Kill cemetery. The pallbearers were: A. ' Miller. Colonel A. L. Lett, J. L. Kubt James Murphy, J. H. Loecbuer and P. i Bock. All of the pallbearers are mcinberi of the Board of Education. Week of Prayer. The week of prayer will be observed by the Protestant churches of Fouth Omaha by the holding of union services The first of the series of meetings will be held at th Baptist church, Twenty-fifth snd II streets, this evening. Dr. R. L. Wheeler will deliver a sermon on "The Church Militant." Tuesday evening services will be held st the Presbyterian church, the subject being "Missions," with Rev. M. A. Head aa leader; Wednesday evening Di sciples' church; topic, "Special Work Among the Young," Rev. Andrew Renwick In charge; Thursday evening, Rev. Loan der Lane will conduct services at United Presbyterian church and will preach on "Nations snd Their Rulers." Services on Friday evening will be held at the Method ist church, with Rev. George Van Winkle In charge. Hla subject will be "Ministry of the Gospel." These services will com mence promptly at 7:30 o'clock each evening. Must Build Sewer. Members of tho city council and the city engineer hsve agreed that two catch basin and it aewer 400 feet In length must be built from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-fifth street , on H street. Aa Inspection of this ground wss made a few days sgo by a committee of tho council. In company with the engi neer, and the opinion of all was that an emergency existed, snd that in order to save the street from washing out and caus ing damage to abutting property the storm water would have to be taken care of by the construction of a couple of catch ba sin and the building of a sewer. Plana are being made now for this work and opera tion will commence as soon as the weather will permit. Reaulnr Board Meeting?. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education will most likely be held this evening. For the past sit weeks the meetings of the board have been few and far between and' It may be that to night's session will be short. Arrange ments were made prior to the holiday va cation to pay December salaries, so that only ordinary claims will hsve to be con sidered tonight snd such rew business as may be brought up. Mnalo City Goaatp. Guy Collins Is home from a two weekn' southern trip. The city schools open today after the usual holiday vacatlop. Mrs. Ienna Allbery has returned from a week's visit with friends In Iowa. Homer Peyton is here for s few days from St. Louis. He is visiting his parents and friends. Albert Miwlre and Joseph Milrer came from Uni'iln yesterday to attend the fu neral of MU-s Anna Fltls. Rev. A. M. Head of the Methodist church preached a sermon last evening on the topic. "The While Horse and ills Rider." The Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, Twenty-Hlxth and N ntreets. was buried at Bt. Mary's cemetery yesterday afternoon. MAY SEEK THE FEDERAL COURT Packer at St. Joseph Aaalnst Whom Flndlnar of Pries Compart la Made May Appeal. ST. JOSEPH, Mo , Jan. 4. An effort will be made by the packers of this city, alleged to be In a combine to maintain prlcea, to get their cases into the federal court If state authorities make au attack on the charters of the corporation. The finding of the master In chancery that a combine exists gives the attorney general an opportunity to administer a nominal fine. He baa not Indicated what further action he will take. Tesaa Don or Shot. WALl.KH. Tex . Jsn -lr. J. J. Aron dala was shot and killed during a quarrel with T. Urt.tford. The cause ut th quarrel is not known.
