THE OMAHA DAILY REE! TUESDAY, MATICIT 20, 1004. IF IDE WALLS COULD SPEAR Ttey Wonld "a Til TJa'old" OalouUud to Harrow Up Soma Sculs. ASSING OF THE OLD CAPITOL HOTEL A Llacola Inatltatloa Where Political Hopea Were Renllaed and Shat tered and Heck Medicine Mixed. ft The ReaB Reason r LMSPIKETE EES ALL, STRAIG11 FRQN MODELS BANCROFT DENIES THE YARN Baj Beport of Buckingham Going West is Absolutely Without Truth. OUT THERE TO CHECKUP TIME SCHEDULES Announcements of Appointments Fvbllahed In The Bee Are Con. firmed from Went for Second Time, Thero la absolutely no truth In the report published Saturday to the effort that Mr. Buckingham will go with the Oregon Short Une." Such vna the reply given by General Man ager Bancroft of the Union Pnclflo to a question as to whether B. E. Buckingham will go with the Short Line aa general su perintendent..' ' Mr.' Buckingham is at present in the west," continued Mr. Bancroft, "for tho fiurpone of checking up time schedules with the Oregon Bhort Line, and when his work is finished thero he will return to this city to resume his diUiee, so far as I know. I do not believe that such a move as the articles published seem to Indicate ever has been under confederation." As Mr. Bancroft Is vice president and (reneral manager of the Oregon Bhort Line, In addition to hla being general manager of the Union Pacific, It la generally conceded that he would know If It were the Intention to place, Mr. Buckingham In the position of general superintendent of the Bhort Line. If he were so placed his appointment would be at the hands of Mr. Bancroft. Bee's Revort Asrain Confirmed. The report again comes from the went that the appointments as announcod in The tlee Saturday to take effect on the Hani tnan lines are correct. It la added further, in an Intervlow reputed to be with Julius Kruttsahnltt, that all the changes wblcb are contemplated at present have been an nounced. It Is said that Mr. Kruttscbnltt and Traffic Director Btubbs soon will go to Portland to 'make arrangements for the transfer of Mr. Mohler to tbia city to take charge of the Union Pacific as vice presi dent and general manager, and also to pre pare for the assumption of authority over the Oregdn Railway and Navigation com pany by B. E. Calvin, who. It Is said, la elated for a similar position with that line. It la believed that Mr. Kruttschnltt and Ml Btubba will return to Chicago after then arrangements have been completed to takt up their regular duties there. At last reports they were In Suit Francisco. Roclc Island Gets Busy, If reports which como from Chicago are true, there la another active factor In the lek Headiebe and relieve til th tronbles Ib. dent to a Mloos ataie of the .yalem, each as Dia stases, Jtanea, DrowalnoM, Diatn-a. after sating, Pala la the tirta, Ac While their moat remark, able euooass ha bca shown la curing mil Hedara,r lartm'al.ittla Li ret pulsar, stjoalla valuable In Conattpation, curing and preventing this annoying tuoipUlnl, whli. they also correct all elaor4er. of the stomach, .tlmulate the liver and reguUis thabuwali, Kten if ihry only cured 'LHIEAB) Aeh they would W alwopt pricelea to those wee Sutler from this diureaaing complaint; bat forta stalely their Koodntaedoe not end nt-re, and tboea Who one try tianiwill find three little rill vein able In e many wm' that thry will not be wUUag tedowituoatiheia. But after all .c head I. the bane of so many Iitfs that h it where wa Snake our (treat boael Our fills cure It woUa Others do not. Carter's Little LI" Pills are very small sad ' very eaey to take. Oneor two pilii make a dose. Tory are atrictly vetMlible and do not gripe or urge, but by Ihrir grin act. on plraee all who saotbem. In viale at Viicente; S. for SL. Buld ay druggist, everywh'jra.or sent by ata'L ; CABTEK MEDICINE CO., Mw York CltJ Jk SKIN OP BPAITV H h JOY FOPEVFR. B, T. FKM (rOl ltAlO'S OKIFNTAL ' 1 lib AM. UK MaaVUICAU BKAUTirifcK KfinoTft Tin, Plnipl.w.Frerklf, anifui i ma, iifB, tuuu, JUKI risUa pa lavutv, ani 'I D3 fvrm. ana i tut II to m iirt) 1 ii iro(-rlyuun4r', 04,iit no cuuntejp. fut of ttiutUr mnM. lr. l A. b.VIcI Ull tO Uijf of the hauU A yon l41c vli UM) Uein. 1 Mionnu .liuriutfi tmi1 k tb leMt harmful .f all th rttn irvpantioiia. it avl tf all ImiKyixU od Pavncy O-imU IxMUcrt lo thai I, g., (nAilu. nil Laroa. HM. T. HOHUNS, Pref r, 17 6iat 1M SL, . t CLOSING OUT , . ALL OUrV- Buggics, Carriages and Wagons FREDRICKSON " I tfUenth ao4 Ccpitel Ay. Band our spaclai ad" ovary Sunday and Wadnaaday la Tba Baa. J). CARTER'S r C 5 ps ej "v I a M, -t r ,c M I 1 grain rate situation, and that factor Is the Bock Island. It Is said that line has met the ratea of 4 cents on wheat and S cents on corn recently announced by the Oreat Western. Commercial Agent H. A. Perkins of the company says, so far as he knows, bis com pany has made no better rate than 8 cents on wheat and S cents on corn. Upon in quiry at the Board of Trade It waa learned that the Rock Inland Is busily engaged In contracting grain undor tho new rates and that several hundred carloads already have been scoured. Reports from the east seem to Indicate there Is no Immediate prospect of cessa tlon In the grain rate war, unlcsa the North western grows tired of the fight and weakens. It seems to be up to that line to call the fight off. Following Is an inter view which Is attributed to P. E. Btohr, who hoa Just become general freight agent Of the Great Western, and which was given out In Minneapolis: "The Northwestern, becnuse of Its heavier grain Interests, has paid a larger share ot the oost of the war than our line. I hardly think that lino will care to contlnuo the fight much further. "I am of the opinion that when rates are restored they will go to tho old figure, The former tariffs were Just and reason able, although I suppose we will find the peoplo for years who will contend that because we hauled grain for tho present rates, that any rate that Is higher Is un just." Why Sutherland Deellned. The reason why R. R. Sutherland did not accept the position of superintendent of the Nebraska dlvlHlon of the Union Pnclflo whon It was recently tendered him has at last coma to light. Mr. Sutherland has Just been appointed superintendent of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, which road la owned by the Rock Island and re contly has been merged with that line as a aeparate division. In hla new office Mr. Sutherland will have charge of about 1,200 mllea of Rock Island trackage, and It Is said he will be virtually general man ager of this portion of the Rock Island system. At the time of his appointment to the new office Mr, Sutherland waa assistant superinten dent of the Kansas division of the Rock Island with headquarters at Topeka. The report does not state where his headquar ters will be In the new position, but It Is supposed they will be In Memphis. Mr Sutherland was for a time superintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pa cific, and while In this city made numerous friends who are rejoicing to hear of his substantial promotion. Booat for Hlajglna. Word has been received at Union Paclfio headquarters that Samuel Hlgglns, who Is superintendent of motive power and ma chinery for the Southern railway, has been appointed general superintendent of the New York Central. Mr. Hlgglns was for a long time connected with the Union Pa clfle In the position now held by Mr. Mc Keen, that of superintendent of motive power and machinery. Itallvrar Kotes and Personals. A. A. Schenck. division engineer of the Nebraska and Wyoming division of the Northwestern, will leave for Chicago. W. J. Robinson, agent of the Union Pa cific at Kearney, Is in the city visiting of ficials at the headquarters of hia company. Oeorge Dennis, general agent of the Northwestern at Dradwood, wiia a caller at the local headquarters of his company. Harry Moise, general passenger agent of the New York, Chlcuav & Hi. Louis rail way at Kansas City, Is In town. He Is calling at the local offices of the various companies. Two large mortars to be used as coast defease guns passed through over the I nloii Paiittc. They wero loaded upon flat cars and are very heavy guns. . It la said that they will be Installed at the Prrsidio. The new . western freight classltlcation which was adopted at the Little Hock meeting In January will go Into effect April 1. There are numerous changes from I lie. old classltlcation affecting dif ferent com modi lies. A wreck was reported on the line of the Union 1'aclilc HuuUay, but nothing could be laruel at iniun iaciiiu neuuquurier. with the exception that a car Jumped the track and that a trainman named Mcin tosh was slightly hurl. Mclntueh lives in Council Bluffs. John O. Taylor, formerly freight auditor of the I'nlon 1'HuilK, but now truffle nun- uger of Nelson Morris & Co. in I'hlcugu, spt-nt riuruiay In the city. Ho bit this morning for a Bhort visit In l'upllllon, where lie has relatives. It Is exm-oted that he will return to Omaha thl afternoon. The Burlington has announced the fol lowing summer tourist ratea to be effective from June 1 to rVptemb-r 30, all from the Missouri river: To Denver, Colorado KirlnKH and Pueblo, 11. 5", round trip; to tirdeii and Salt I.ake City, 130 50, round trip; to Dean wood, lid o, round trip; to Hot Springs. tiSto, round trip, and to Cus-tt-r lli.oo for the round trip. The ticket will 1 Bold every day during the mtlre jutiod. Revival meetings by Evangelist Mlsa Maud Cretors at the mission, COO Caal street, beginning March IS and lasting ten days. CASE NOW IN FEDERAL COURT Old Action of Kant Omaha Partlea Aajalnat Water Company la Traaaferred. The old case wherein a number of Eaat Omaha partlea seek to enjoin the Omaha Water company from shutting off the water supply there to make Some repairs, which has been pending In the district court, has been transferred to the federal court. The litigants are: The Omaha Box com pany, the Omaha Saddle Tree company, Rex Stock Food company. Western Fur nace and Foundry company, Charles Ash, i George Ash, John Knapp, Tilly Lowell and others, against the Omaha Water company, j The petitioners state they are now and have been patrons of the Omaha Water company, and If deprived of the right to use and buy water of the defendant com pany that their business will be Irreparably Injured and their residences rendered val ueless; that the defendants. In utter dla- regard of the rights and lntereata of the plaintiffs and without any Just causa or excuse, have threatened to and will shut off and dutconllnue the water eervlce and supply of plain una luueea rwatramed by The final passing of the old Capital hotel and Ita reopening as the "Capitol" Is a matter of a good deal of Interest to the older politicians of the city and the war horses of the earlier days In the state out side. The existence of the old hotel covers a period practically coincident with the epoch In state politics that extended from the admission of the state to the beginning of the populist movement which led to tho temporary downfall of the republican party. With the exception of the short time at the beginning when the Tlchenor house, known to later comers aa the Ori ental, situated at Thirteenth and K streets, was the rendexvotis of the politicians, the Capital hotel was the center of political activity In the state, and continued so un til a decade ago. A history of all the po litical pi ota and counterplots that were hatched tinder the old roof would make material for talk till the end of another epoch. If only these stories could be told. There waa so much excitement In political life In those daya that the participant apparently had no time to remember de tails, hence material that might have served aa the groundwork for a good po litical novel has been lost. Origin of the Hone. The name was not always the Capital hotel. The original building was erected In 1869 by a man named Douglass and wns named for Its owner. This building waa brick, and Its nine or ten rooms occupied the corner of the block, where the latter formed the nucleus for the building of the present day. J. H. McMurtry was In the real est.ite and loan business In the city In those days, and furnished a part of the money for the building. Soon after Its erec tion the corner was sold to a druggist named Scott, who occupied the ground floor with his drug store. To Judge from what followed, the hotel business did not prosper In Lincoln In thosn dnys. The mortgage wss not paid when due, and the property was put up at sheriff's sale. As the holder of the mortgnge Mr. McMurtry was forced to bid it In for his own protection, and for fifty-two days the real estate man waa In the hotel business. It was an expensive experiment, according to Mr. McMurtry'a account. At the end of fifty-two daya he had run behind a little matter of tl.600, and had hid enough of hotel life. Fortunately Just at this time J. J. Imhoff appeared on the scene, bought the building, rented the furniture for $76 a month and moved In as landlord. Mr. McMurtry took in pay ment for the building some land In Butler county and a few city lota m Lincoln. The Douglass house had now become the Commercial hotel, and the advent of Mr. Imhoff marked the beginning of Its great ness. The rambling old Tlchenor house could not hold the statesmen after the Commercial began to pick up, and the scene of political activity waa removed to the corridors and back rooms of the Com merelal. Political Medicine Mixed. The making of senators was a favorite pastime of the politicians in those days, and the Capital hotel was the scene of many hot campaigns during legislative ses sions. Mr. Imhoff had early enlarged the building, and In 1880 extended-It to Its present sixe, making room for ail the can didates and a reasonable number of "oil rooms." At the head of the north hall way of the second floor were two rooms, Nos. 28 and 29, which were favorites as headquarters for candidates, and eo many made a successful canvass from these rooms that It came to be regarded aa an earnest of victory to obtain their use for a campaign. The "oil rooms" were located further down the hall. This hall In later years acquired the name of Hogan'a alley, in honor of the First ward with those statesmen It became a favorite retreat in later years when Its glory as a state head quarters bad passed away, and the old place ,waa glad to shelter the city and county political headquartera. C. H. Van Wyck waa one of the first senators whose medicine waa mixed at the Capital. Ho had for opponents Judge O, P. Mason, A. 8. Paddock and John M. Thayer. It was an exciting contest and a profitable one at least for Mr. Imhoff. Van Wyck had IS and 29 for his headquarters, how ever, and eventually won out. Two years later Charles F. Mandcrson made hla first campaign for the senate, and by the aid of rooma 28 and 29, with whatever other force he could muster, won against a field In which A. J. Weaver of Richardson county, deneral Thayer and John C. Cowln of Omaha were prominent figures. A Famous Fight. In 18S7 Senator Van Wyck came forward for re-election. His old antagonist. Pad dock, had stolen a march on him, however. by securing the mascot rooms on the sec ond floor. This may not have been the deciding factor In the contest, but in the end Van Wyck returned to Nebraska City and Paddock went to Washington. Through all these years the Capital hotel was the only place tor a politician who valued his future. No politician who had any regard for his standing among men of politics would have thought of making hla headquartera anywhere but at the Capital, and the reporta indicate that Mr. Imhoff understood his position so thoroughly that there waa not the slightest danger of his running the hotel at a loss, as Mr. McMur try had done. During senatorial contests in those daya a small room on the second floor was considered cheap at 2S a day. and the candidate with a suite paid as high aa SCO or !. It la told of Senator Van Wyck that the bin for rooma 28 and tfl at the end of his successful campaign was a little matter of 12, 50). Upon hia mildly protesting to Host Imhoff the amount waa Indulgently reduced to $2,250, which was paid. As political matters became a little more settled In the state and senatorial cam paigns somewhat leaa exciting, Mr. Imhoff tired of the hotel buslneea and sold out Charlea Kitchen waa the buyer, and the price waa $80,0u0 for the building and $30,. Out) for the furniture, spot cash. Mr, Kitchen spent still moil money in remodel ing and refitting the place, making It in every respect a flrst-olasa hotel for the time and place. The business did not meet his expectations, however, and with rare foresight for that boom time, b aaw the hard tlmea coming and aold out to W. H. B. Stout, the famoua prison contractor. The consideration waa $115,000, $80,000 of which remained against the property aa a first mortgage. On the Dam Grade. The tlmea changed aa Mr. Kitchen had foreseen. Two new hotela were built, the Lincoln and the Lindell. These ware made more attractive than the old hotel could be and political business at once began to withdraw from the Capital. To add to hla troubles the hard times came, and they were hard times Indeed for the Capital. Etout had leased the hotel to E. P. Hog- gen, a former secretary of state and picturesque politician of the time, hut the business declined rapidly. Rsggsa had J ipat hla standing In politics and could not The Crackle You Hear Is the Sign They are Tresh hold any of the old-time trade, aa nothing political remained bjr the oounty political headquarters, which were comparatively unremuneratlve to the hotel. From the daya of Proprietor Imhoff, when the profits during one term of the legislature are re puted to have been over $50,000, the busi ness dwindled till It was' a hard matter to pay expenses. Before matters had reached low ebb, however, the place had been sold to Harwood & Ames for $00,000, a little more than half the price paid by Stout. Matters went from bad to worse from this time on, and when the hard times struck In earnest the mortgage was foreclosed and the building came Into possession of an estate In Iowa. Dick Johnson, now of the Dellone In Omaha, managed the hotel for several years for the heirs of this estate. Later O. C. Bell came Into Johnson's place as manager for the heirs, and he was later succeeded by John Harrop. The wolf had been at the door now for several years, becoming all the time more threatening, and finally the heirs gave up In despair and sold what waa left of the hotel, now badly out of repair, with the furniture that had served In the daya of Van Wyck and Paddock atlll In use, to Alex Bergcr for $20,000, $10, 000 less than the furniture had sold for twenty years before. The leasing to the National hotel company and the complete rearrangement and fitting for a modern second class hotel marks the end of the Capital hotel as It was from the begin ning. The most exciting of the political fights of the days when the Capital was the center of all things political will probably never be described. Many of the men who engaged In the political wars of those days are dead and some of the Incidents of the time have been forgotten, for men's memories are treacherous after thirty years. Where the Oil Flowed. There was more money In evidence In the campaigns of those times than comes to light nowadays, anj) the oil room played a much larger part than It has at any time since. In the campaigns of the 7us and 80s, especially when a railroad fight waa on, "champagne flowed down Hogan'a alley like water down a mill race," to quote a political war horse of the time. It was during one of these railroad cam paigns that Senator Van Wyck enunciated his famous policy of foraging off the en emy, the railroads, by the liberal accept ance of passes. As the enthusiastic op ponent of railroad dictation in politics the senator was expected to refuse any favors at their hands. Hia friends were deeply shocked at one time to learn that their champion was In the habit of riding with out paying fare, but the discovery did not phase the senator. He Immediately pro pounded the doctrine that riding on passes was foraging off the enemy, and one ot the means of warfare that muBt be used against them. The flowing champagne of those times occasionally caused a good man a world of embarrassment. In one of the sena torial campaigns of the early '80s a candi date from the First dlstrlot came forward as the exponent of purity in politics and demanded among other thtngs the disuse of liquor in political campaigns, or any where else. It Is hardly necessary to say that he did not get enough votes to make him senator. Later In the evening on Which the election had finally been settled the politicians were aasembled In a noisy crowd In the lobby of the hotel when the vlrtuoue but defeated candidate came roll ing In. Ills hat waa off. hla clothing awry and he had the unsteady motion that told without worda of too long a atay at the cupa. The sight waa too much for Church Howe. He sprang upon a table, gave an exultant whoop and ahouted: "Gentlemen of the First district, here's your prohi bition candidate; put him to bed." Lin coln Journal. see thateaa INtcaae. Paul Patake has brought suit In the United Statea circuit court against the Union Pacific Railway company for $25,000 damagea. The plaintiff waa run over by aa angina of the defendant company at tb Jackson street crowing of the defendant railway cxauijwnx oo cteptember Z, 14 avod THE Real Reason Unooda Biscuit are the best soda crackers in the world is because they are clean and good through and through. They are made of good, clean material, and in a good clean manner There is not one feature in the process of making them that could displease the most fastidious taste 5 it.il? nr are always fresh and crisp. The air-tight package keeps them so Dust moisture or germs can not reach them The best proof of the good ness of Uneeda Biscuit is shown by the enormous demand We fell short on orders for a while but are again able to supply all needs NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY lost a leg thereby. The petition maintains that tho engine was running at a high ra4o of speed and that no effort waa made to signal Its approach, anil that the point where tho plaintiff was injured was a pub lic highway. Since his injuries he has been Incapacitated from making a living and therefore asks ihunngcs In the sum named and Judgment for costs of suit. 18-K Wedding Kings. Edholm,' Jeweler. NO DATE SET FOR MEETING Time for Holding; Democratic Con. arresalonal Convention Hot Yet Decided On. F. A. Broadwell, chairman of the demo cratic congressional committee, was asked when he would call a meeting of the com mittee to arrange for a congressional con vention, and replied that ho did not know. "I have given the matter no particular thought," he said, "and am glad rou called It to my attention. It Is early yet and I have heard no desire expressed as to the time of the convention. I don't know what the sentiment Is and have no Information to offer on the matter." Settlers' Rates To point's In Minnesota, North Dakota, Mnnltoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and A slnabola. Tickets orf aale by the Chicago Great Western Railway every Tuesday In March and April. Fpr further Information apply to George F. Thomaa, general agent, lf12 Farnam at, Omaha, Neb. MANY WANT TO BE TEACHERS Forty or Fifty Young Women Will Take the Examination Thla Week. From forty to fifty young women will take the examination for a certificate of eligibility to teach In the Omaha schools at an examination that will begin at the high school Tuesday morning and continue three days. 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