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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 5, 1910. D Time Brings Many Changes in the Destiny of Omaha Railroad Men ERHAP8 tvsry youth who enter the. service of a railway com pany bulldi castles, more or less, wondering how long In the ka leideseoplc shifting of fate It will be before he becomei a gen eral manager, a general passenger agent, a general freight agent, a general aollcltor or general something else. Ambition la a part of the makeup of every youth In free Amer ica, the land of poaalblllties, and the many high station In railway service are a goal much longed for by beginners. Some wise men say that luck plays a part In the game of railway life, as In everything else. Others perhaps equally'' wlit, pooh pooh the luck theory snd hold that merit and haid work combine them selves into a pass key to promotion. Be that bh It mny, there are not enough Job carrying the prefix "general" to go around. Homo aspiring novice must be distanced In the. race. ' They ciijnot all bo high offi cial. So, after all, there is an element of clntncci In tho proposition. An old photograph recently unearthed In Burlington hcadquurters brings up the story of what happened to a group of em ployes who wers In the service of that load twfnty years ago. Some of tliem high in tin; service, are wi;iilrig Burlington should r strap t iduy. O her have dropped Into other lines of vol I;. Ami still otherj are pegging an ay at the snme old stand. But back to the story or tho photograph In the summer of 1SW u photographer happemd to visit the Burlington headquar ter and proposed taking u croup plcturo of all the employes of tnc building. Homo were enthusiastic and other Indifferent, but the entire force of sixty-eight men marched lu fruit of the building and hal their pictures taken. Today, when but ninteen of the original force aro employed at the headquarters, where 630 men are at work at various oc cupations from general manager to elevator man, the plcturea are highly prised. Flvo of the group are dead and the whereabouts of four ara unknown. Thqee who are dead are Frank Smith, W. W. Wells, T. Han son, F. H. Jones and George Cole. The missing are A. Sterrett, Elton Hull, N. W. Glover and J. Fltzslmmons. The following whose faces appear In the picture are still "with the Burlington: J. Hodge, J. E. Kelby, F. B. Thomas. N. J. Nelson, R. E. Hayward, H. J. Ross, K. Montmorency, O. H. Vaughan, O. B. Welty, Bob Hayes, E. F. Vlnqulst, A. J. Prohaska. W. Whitehorn, F. O. Elmlgor, ' . . - "'T7if'J - JWK-Ll I . ' ' " j-..wmw 4rT' ' 1 t--mnmi mm U'ni'i.' - -11111111 11 ,n 1 , " ' 1 -T?TW1 J" -J JMVVn , -lI I f v. ii v.j - - 4.' 4 . "i ?:P" it ft I if o v vi V 4 I vv if i . n e i a . a T . k. ' '' 1 1 - vX" f Hodge. J. E. Kelby, F. B. Thomas, N. J. Nelson, A. V. Brock, V. W. Thomas, O. B. Welty, B. Trussell, J. O. Hold. G. H. Vaughn, F. Montmorency, C. Hull, I. Hale, Bob Hayes, V. H. Brotchie. J. Gustafson, B. F. Vlnqulst, A E. A. Elmiger. C. Ekstrom, R. E. Hayward. C. Mahanna, W. Frank, R. Hanson, John Brown, E. W. Black, ... Colo, TT. rearman. Radekin. F. Haver, R. G. Ross, J. Fltzslmmons, F. Cole, T. Hanson, G. A. Dunn, G. Troniler, C. Wilkinson, N. W. (Hover. Ellon J. Prohaska. W. Whitehorn. W. W. Wells. F. Q. Elmlaer. R. Copley. A. Summon, je. II. JoneH. H. J. Koss. J. mancis, j. M. Guild. C. J. Canan, O. Blakeley, C. Hardy, 8. 8. Smith. A. Bterrett, A. J. Diiteher. T. J. I'enell, C. R. Davidson, W. H. Vaughan, Frank Smitn, K. . I-lvsey, v . yavmaon, c. w . Aiiadrson, j. 11. Lsmpoeu, J. F. Buckingham, R. W. Taylor, E. McBrlde, C. C. Elnugor, D. T. Beans, J. Richard. GROUP OF BURLINGTON HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYES PHOTOGRAPHED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO. In a hank at Billings. Mont., while Carl Former Chief Clerk I. Hale has given up Ekstrom, a clerk, is now a leading the- railroading to engage In the wholesale gro alrlrnl man t.lnvlnir out of New York, cerv bUMiness In Philadelphia and J. M. C. Mahanna. who was employed In the Guild, the present commissioner of tho selling cigars more prof itablo and enjoyaiite passenger office. Is now with the Railwav Commercial club, was formerly a freight than railroad work, so he .resigned some Contracting company of Los Angeles. E. clerk. time ago from the staff of the freight ir T3iu . i..i, ,h ,,it-3 4 t nntdior a nnp-timn nnHscnucr office. C. C. Elmiger, E. Trussell, T. Han- left the Burlington for the Union son, J. M. campueii ana r. C. J. Canan, W. R. Vaughn, J. E. Buck ingham, C. W, Anderson and J. Richard. Out of the former clerks at the office, T. J. Penell, discovered that he had mu sical talent and went abroad to Italy to atudy music. He no longer adds up col umns of figures, unless possibly it Is the various sources of his Income, as he Is at present an Instructor In the Conservatory of Music at Seattle. A. W. Brock, who was chief clerk In the general munugtr's office, Is now a general manager himself, being, In charge of the American Llnsccd Oil company of Chicago. F. W. Thomas, ont of the stenographers, is now holding down an Important position Paclfio and tsenger and quarters at at present Is traveling pas fieight agent with lie.id Chlcago. E. McBrlde found office, a 'Is now newspaper man in Omaha, clerk, Cole are at the present time working for the Cudahy ( Packing company; O. Radekin and O. - A. Dunn are employed at the X'nloii Paclfio headquarter. D. If. Brotchie, a former clerk In th auditing department. I now a bookkeeper for Hugh Murphy of Omaha, while 3. Gustafson, janitor, I now the manager of a tannery business in Stockholm. Sweden. R. Copley, a clerk In the freight auditing department, I at present working for tha Adams Express company In Omaha. S. 8, Smith, a former freight clerk, Is now try Ing his luck as sgent at South Omaha for the Chicago Great Western Railroad corn pany, while C. R. Davidson, who was con nected with the ticket office, is now as sistant general passenger agent fur the Chicago Alton at Chicago. W. Davidson, who was cashier In the ticket office, is now connected with a landseeklng establishment In Omaha. One of the clerks, G. Blakely, Is now In the United Ftates army, stationed at San Francisco. R. G. Ross Is at present con nected with the Booth Fish company at Columbus, O. F. J. Francis, a clerk. i now with the Rock Island at St. Louis, as rat clerk. Many of the men who re mained with the Burlington since the pic ture was taken twenty years ago ara holding Important positions In the depart ments, where they then were mere clerk. J. K. Kelly is now general solicitor; J. E. Buckingham, who was chief clerk in the general passenger agent's office, la now as sistant general passenger agent, while E. F. Vlnqulst has been promoted from a cleric in the auditing department to a special ac countant. Ralph E. Hayward, who was a clerk In the paymaster'a office. Is now con tracting freight agent In Omaha. Fred Montmorency is now assistant general freight agent, but when the picture waa taken ho was a clerk in the claim depart ment. G. H. Vaughan now heads the, audit ing department, but twenty years ago ha was a clerk In the office of which ha Is now the head. A. Simpson has left the general office, but not the service of the Burlington, and today he is division clerk In the auditing and ticket department at Denver. Twenty years ago C. W. Anderson was rate clerk In the general offices, but today he Is city passenger agent at Denver. C. Wilkinson, who was In the freight department, is now working In Detroit. H. Pearman now K -resents a business concern as traveling agent out of New York. J. G. Hohl has given up railroad work and ia now at the head of a prosperous business In Prague. Gossip About Noted People ox Eugene Field Tamed the Tables. UOBNB FIELD could appreciate El a joke as well as any man, even I when the joke was upon hlm- National Monthly. One time he turned the table upon a friend no sought to play a Joke upon the gentle poet, completely to his friend's undoing. Mr. Fluid showed a lack of utter Indiffer ence when It came to be a follower of the fashions. His clothes were always neat and tidy, but they were not made after the prevailing fashion; he had not con sulted Worth, and this was agonizing to at least one of his most fashionable friends, One day. In an off-hand manner, so as not to be offensive to the poet, Mr. J. inquired of him if he would wear a suit of clothes if he would buy it for him. Con trary to expectations, Mr. Field replied that he would be only too glad-o accept the suit and to wear it. In a few days Mr. J. had occasion to be at Jeffersonvllle transacting soma legal business, when he had a happy thought. . By some means he procured a suit of clothes msde by (he state for one of Its . citizens. And the state does not believe In changing fashions, manifesting a decided predilection for those patterns that are characterized by broad stripes, black and gray. On his return to Chicago the suit went with him In a telescope and Pandora's .box never held more trouble to the square Inch. In a neat little speech before a crowd of his friends called in to observe his triumph and the crestfallen Field, the suit was duly presented.' When, lo! to the surprise of all, it was smilingly accepted in an ex tempore speech that made Mr. J.'s studied effort, with Its set phrases, seem like "tink ling brass and a sounding cymbal." It was nearly noon next day. Mr. J. sat In his elaborately appointed office, busy with some financial matters, when one of his friends rushed frantically up the stair way, entered the room like the house was on fire, and asked him what he meant by allowing a convict to hang around about his office, even if he was an old friend; it was a dead give away, and waa the talk of the whole town. He told him the convict would even accost persona inclined to pass, In order to tell them that he was out on leave and had coma to pay his respects to his old friend; that he ought to get rid of him at once, and the sooner the better. If his reputation was not already ruined. 1 1 1 " Mr. J. made haste to investigate. It was the genial Field, who had dressed up in the suit presented to him the day before. Nor would he leave till Mr. J. had paid mm most noerauy. Hooaevelt and Piatt. In the Chapter of 'the autobiography of the late Senator Piatt, which was pub lished in the June number of on of the magazines, there purpbrts to be explana tion of the manner In which Theodore Roosevelt was compelled to accept the nom ination for vies president upon the ticket with McKinley, In 1900. Like many auto blgraplHoal statements, writes a correspond ent of the Philadelphia Ledger, the report is true as far as it goes, although It is apparent to Governor Roosevelt that Mr. Piatt and some others planned politics which would take the governor from Al bany to the serenity of the vice president's chair at Washington, Roosevelt met a few friends at the Union League club In this city. He then declared that he would not permit the New York politicians, supple mented by the report of William C. Whit ney, to shunt him from Albany to Wash ington. When the governor made that state ment he 'had no idea that any politics might be developed which would compel him to accept the nomination. He went to Phil adelphia fully determined not to accept It. Those who were closest to him and who were permitted to see him In his rooms at the Hotel Walton had no doubt tha't he would do what Silas Wright of this state, once did peremptorily refuse the nomina tion, If It were made. But there came unex pected and overwhelming demonstrations with which . Senator Piatt had nothing to do. Delegation after delegation from west ern states, particularly from Kansas, came to him, representing their determination to nominate him, making It clear to him that this disposition was a sincere one, inspired by the personal popularity and confidence which he had gained in the west. These were the demonstrations which first led Governor Roosevelt to waver, and at last to say to his friends, "No man can refuse a nomination for vice president, made as these delegations propose to make It, and have any hope for a public career after ward." It so happened that these great bodies of western delegates were uncon sciously and without any political strategy acting In perfect sympathy with the ma-, chlnatlons of Senator Piatt and Senator Quay. The Coast of "Badwelser." The Count Bresky von Blrkenfela of Bo hemia, doesn't mean much to Americans, but when one knows that he Is a $50,000,000 magnate of 'Budwelser and owns all the Budweiser that goes Into the Imported beer bottles and that, he is a widower and Is stopping at the Hotel Knickerbocker well, that gives his name added Interest, says the New York American. The delightful old nobleman for. he says he is an old man, although his looks so belle his words that the interviewer asked him for the recipe of "eternal youth"i-is here in the interest of 'his business and like wise for a change and pleasure. He doesn't want to marry, as he says he Is too old to again choose a wife, but he looks so young that a girl In search of a fortune title need look no further. He smiled when the subject of an Amer ican marriage waa broached. "But there are plenty of younger and handsomer men In Bohemia who would gladly marry your American girls, but they have too much good sense to marry an old man either for title or money or for both, and I 'have too much common sense ever to think of mar riage again, although I must admit that it makes my heart feel young to look upon so much beaufy and so many wonderfully gowned -women. No women in the world that I have seen dress so well as yours. Their taste and style is superb," added the count enthusiastically. Mrs. Champ Clark s Favorite. Democratic leaders are assuming im pressive proportions in view of recent events and their personality 1 a fruit ful theme even over the tea cups, says the Washington Bur. Every state may pERprq xoio Gtax) xj-jktt rrsr g Qmo? Children Needlessly Blind NE of th greatest classes in the history of Peru is about) to be graduated from the normal. The class is very large and the Individual members are strong. This la evidenced by the fact that already about one-half of the class are IOJ elected to positions paying an average of 30 per cent higher salaries than those paid (j any previous class. The class officers are Miss Mattle Cook Ellis, adviser: A. J. Stoddard, president; Agnes Van Driel, vice president; Margaret Btetter. secretary; R. W. Whitfield, treasurer. The class publi cation, volume three of the Peruvian, is ing portraits of all the faculty members one of the best annuals published in J,he and members of the various classes and state. It Is edited by Varro Tyler and is organizations. The book also contains a bound In brown morocco and printed on strong alumni department The cost of glazed white paper. The material in the the publication Is about $2,000 and the sub- bcok represents all the school activities scrlptlon list has already reached the 575 and it is elaborately illustrated, contain- mark. 11 T IS an astonishing fact and one not generally known outside the medical profession that one quarter of all the children in the schools for the blind of this country are needlessly blind. tittM children ara doomed to lifelong dark ness because at the time of birth their eyes were not properly washed and treated by the attending physician or midwife. The causa of this preventable blindness Is ophthalmia neonatorum (ophthalmia of th new born), commonly known as "in flammation of the eyes of the new born," "babies' sore eyes" or "cold In the eyes" on of the most dangerous menaces to vis Ion when treatment la neglected or de layed. "It is a veritable world plague," says Dr. Lewis. "It occurs everywhere, and no country has yet succeeded In getting it un der control." From New York to Japan, from Japan to Australia, from Australia to Couth Amer ica Its cases are scattered. In Mexico It ia the common cause' of blindness, and that country claims at least i.W) victims. In tbe New York Stat School tor the Blind at Batavla 80.7 per cent of the children ad mitted in 1W7 were victims of ophthalmia neonatorum. At the Pennsylvania School for the Blind, at Overbrook, the average In l'J0 was higher M per cent At the Sheffield School for the Blind (England) Dr. Simeon Buelt report to the British Medical esao clstlon 137 cases out of 3 Inmates 12.U per cent, and still higher, the Henshaw Schoel fur the Blind (England) reported In 1908 that M out of tot chlldrcn-45 per cent UUuA from this disease. "Two cents worth of nitrate of sHver solution and two minutes of the nurse's time Is tha cost of prevention in eases of ophthalmia neonatorum," says the same writer. "As for cures, they are very rare once the inflammation is set up. Unless prompt measures are taken the disease is nearly always fatal to the sight of one or both eyes', and In . the majority of oases the little victim becomes a charge upon publlo or private charity. "In tha New York State School for the Blind at Batavla the per capita cost of maintenance and education Is MOT. 43 a ear, as against the $30 a year that It costs to educate a normal child in the Buffalo publio schools a difference $777.43 for the blind child that must be met by state ap propriation. "This total of mora than $60,000 In tha Ohio State School for the Blind, the Batavia School for the Blind, and the New York Institution for the Blind that might have been saved annually does not take . Into account the blind In private institu tion or those remaining in their own homes. "It is estimated that tha total cost of tha needlessly blind throughout the state of New York exceeds $110,000 a year, and if the blind citizen Is a dependent for IJfe the cost of his maintenance will be not less thati $10,000. These figures do not include money paid out In pensions under the pen sion system obtaining In Nsw York City, Ohio, Illinois snd Great Britain or special appropriation for buildings." Tha failure to us the slmpla precautions outlined 1 laid at the door of the mldwtves, who. In th citlea with a large foreign population, attend most of th births. Mo Clurs'a MagazJo. Peru State Normal School, Class 1910 Nellie Anderson Aker. Howard' Kathryn Allen, Tecumseh. Ethel Belle Armstrong, Fllley. Lota Baer, Firth. Ethel Florence Ballance, Platts mouth. Rosa Bell Banks, Wausa. Mary Opheia Barnes, Auburn. Edna Florence Barnes, Auburn. Manie Barnhart, Louisville. Charles Gordon Beck, Peru. Wilhelmlna Beckord. Utlca. Janet Holland Beeilsnn. Ashland. Eugene lielden, Fullciton. Leora Myrtle Benneit, Randolph. Mary Neva Best, Homer. Esther Edith Ulunkenshlp, Peru. Paulina Belle Bolejack, Hum boldt. Wilbur S. Boslder. Peru. Frtnces Fern Broun. Spring- Bruner, Ran Beutlcr, Weep- vlew. Mabel Agatha dolph. Mildred Mary ing water. Goorge Edward Campbell, Os ceola. Sarah Wright Canfleld, Tecum aeli. Barbara Wilton Cardwill, Omaha. Lillian Agnes Carlson, Omaha. Ay is Darleene Carse, Peru. Lewis Coalo, Bennett. Clarence L.ien Culborn, Hardy. Robert Dill Cole. Peru. Helen Roberts Co)eman. Auburn. Mary Elizabeth Cun v. Harvard. Myrtle F. Dalllng, Lincoln. James Burton Iiennl, Peru. Elhel Helen Doty, 1'liger. Ethel Gray Dunn. Lincoln. Myrtle AlblrU Easley, Salem. Inez Eaton, Aurora. Dora Km. wall. Florence. Gertrude Catherine Ely, Otk. Jennie Belle Emery, liuiiilolph. Esther Eujrenia Evans, Seward. Elisabeth Kversun, Alma. Emma Mary Falter, Platls mouth. Laura Leone Fields, Crete. Genevieve Kathryn Ford, Mars land. Rolla Thayer Fosnot. Daven port. Leola Hannah France. Syracuse. Lena May Frelduv, Rising City. Theo. A. Frye, Chester. Lewis F. Garey, Beaver City. Bessie Frances Gasklll, Valen tine. Frances Amelle Oilbert, Johnson. Arthur Oilbert, Johnson. Joseph Goldstein. Dawson. Marlea Grafton, Western. Charles Leonaid Crimes. DIll'T. Mabel Gustafson. AlnswDith. Vera Johannah Haeffetin, West Point. Annie Myrtle Hahn, Valentine. Frances Hale. Table Rock. Carrie Christine Hansen, Ho mer. Christina Dorathea Hansen, Plattsmouth. -Grace May llaiman, Beatrice. Helen Gertrudo Heacock, Springfield. Hettle Josephine Hennke, St. Edward. Mau:le Henderson, Superior, tiara Edith Hendricks, Wahoo. Elizabeth Mullen Henderson, Wahoo. Goldie Charlotte York. KKa Hill. B'alr. Frank D. Hughes. Lola Belle Hunter, Alice Mary Hunt, Lena Mary Jackson, Friend. Kalpli Oliver Jackson, Upland. Frank Jennings, Peru, llarrv Walter Johnson. Oak land. Dora bee Glen Jones, Peru. Judd. Rising Blue H 1 c k m i Fllley. . Guide Rock. Fanbury. Myrtl Louise City. Viva Juniata Kinney, Springs. Lela Florence Kite, Peru. Marie Helen Krunibach, Shelby. Arnold Christian Kuennlng. Cook. John Wesley Lang, Cordyon, Indiana. Minnie Lansdown, Auburn. Grace Mabel Lawrence, Brown Wile. Florence Irene Lee, Nebraska City. Oren Ellsworth Lincoln, Peru. Bessie I-onxfellow, Peru. E. W. Lown. Wilcox. Frances Ella Lynch, Peru. Mary Louise Lyon, Glenwood, Iowa. Bernlce Beulah Marker, Ina vale. Susie Ellen Mathia. Greenwood. Ward McDowell. Hardy. Ieah Eleanor Elizabeth McEl hiney, Lexington. Augusta Mi Grew. Auburn, Stella Blanche MrNare, Arabia. Darleue Corey Merrick, Osceola. y.ella Hope Messenger, Fair bury. Missouri Monier. Lincoln. William Thomas Moore, De Wlltt Flossie Dell Morris, Exeter. . Venns Fredericka Mueller, Omaha. Audubon Henry Neff, Rural He treat. Vs. Clara Helva Nickel, Western. Frederick Clary Nellson, Dan- iiebrog. George Henry Nelluon, Dan llebruW. Harriet Elizabeth Nolle, Long Pine. Marv Novotny, Center Point. E. E. Odell, Farragut, la. Stella Opp, Par.illlon. Anna J.eota Paine, Boise, Idaho. Nona .May Palmer, Bradshaw.; Mabel Parker, Pender. Celia Parker, Wilsonville. Glenn Allen Parriott, Peru. Wlnnlfred Perkins. Mullen. Edison Pettis Peru. Edith Lucile Phlliipe, Peru. Winona Orinda Proper, Ne- City. Robinson, Hum- braska Gertrude May cox. Theresa May City. Esther Emma Raabe Quade, David Stanton. Lee Wlllard Kedfern, Peru. Winifred Orvcllo Reese, John son. Opal Marie Rlre. Sterling. Evelyn E. Richards, Beaver City. Edna Elizabeth Rincker, Craw ford. Edna Elizabeth Rlngswald, Peru. Mary Adelaide Robertson, Peru. boldU- Gertrude Ixule Purlnton, Wll Marion Geraldine Rosa, Platts mouth. Ellen Ada Scheldt. Friend. Jacob Qcbhart Bchott, Peru. Adeline Schulls, Tobias. Coia L- Sehwenker, Western. Hattle May Schwer.ker, Western. Davis Shackelton, Be- Murri'l Shaffer, Fair- Harriet atrlce. Eulalie bury. K o r a h Stuckey Shambaugh, Omaha. Clyde Jewett Skinner, Peru, Ada Snyder, Alma. John Burget Bloat, Harvard. Cora Smith, Murdock. Mabel Spafford, Adams. Ora Spencer, Wood River. Besaie May South, Nebraska City. Ermlna Bertha Spear, Seward. Mildred Spencer, Dakota City. Lillian Oliver Stephenson, Falls City. Margaret Carley Stetter, Val entine. Alexander J. Stoddard, Auburn. Minnie Belle Sublc-'jie, Nebraska City. Mode Sudik. Wahoo. Bula 11 Swan, Fairmont. Pearl Adelle Sylvester, Surprise. Delia Tartaeh, Plattsmouth. Jennie Ruth Thompson, Falls City. Olive Thompson, Falls City. Victor Hugo Trukken, Peru. -Rex Truman. Peru. Varro Eugene Tyler, Auburn. Irene Tyler, Auburn. Louise Arfgeline Upson, Odell. Arthur Monroe Vance. LiiKaMn. Agnes Cecelia VanDrlel, Malmo. Inez Adell Wachtel. Falls City. Nellie Stelle Wagner, Randolph. Pearl Warwick. Oukdale. Daniel Harry Weber, liarnston. Cecelia Welirs, Milford. Eu a Dolores Wester, Panama. William Russell WhiVleld, Peru. Dalti Urainard Whitfield, l'eru. Emma Elizabeth Wllkins, Hub bard, Everett C. Wilson, Wahoo. Horner Q. Wrlghtsman, Peru. Edgar 8. Wycoff, Wilber. Mary Ardella Wynn, Rural Re treat. Va. Vivian Alice Young, Wood I.kw. Mabel Irene Zentz, David City. have its favorite son, but in Washington Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, the leader of the minority on th floor of the house, commands unusual atteptton. Those who know Mr. and Mrs. Clark best say that it was reckless prodigality of tha fairy godmother to have placed two such brilliant and witty people in the same family. Either would ha.ve made the repu tation of a large circle of kinship, with' something to spare. Mrs. Clark is one ot the public-spirited women of Washington . officialdom, and she has been devoting much time to the Congressional club, with, the end of having that unique organization realize its potential mission. "It appears at first glance ralher an Im posing task to make the Congressional club responsible for the uplifting of thai entire Caucasian race," said Mrs. Clark. "But this Is my ambitious project, and in it I am aided and abetted by the think ing women who make up what 1b locally known as the congressional set, " "If the women who make up the families of the members of the lower house have done nothing since they banded together for social intercourse and domestic im provement except their efforts In regard to the memorial services In the house and senate, that Is something to point out wltlj pride." Harriman's Work Goes On (Continued from Page One.) structionthen he withdrew from the or ganization and his name was soon almost forgotten. There is pjetvy In the subllmo scenery through which the rond winds Its way-i the Pacific coast rocks and rills and vfr dant valleys and plain, forming a con tinuous pictorial punorama enroute. But there Is prose real, practical prose In the story of how the business of the Union Pacific has grown. Look at these figures, study them, contemplate the contrast they show, and then you will have a mind pic ture of Union Paclfio earning expansion. Here follows official statistics: Freight earnings for year 1870 were $3,0"l!l. 614.71; freight earnings for 1909, $.12,965,. 099.62. Passenger earnings for the year 170, $3,818,627.65; passenger earnings for 1909, $9,719,646.12. Mall earnings for the year 1S70, $274,513.5i mall earnings, 1909, $2,070,342.70. Total earnings, Including parsenger, freight, express, mall and miscellaneous 1870, $7,625,277.13; total earnings, same sources, 1909, $47,710,2(12.39. An increase of $40,000,000 in annual earn lngs! Is It any wonder the Union Pacific IS seeking more commodious headquarters? By way of keeping tha record straight It should be explained that the 1870 figures are for the calendar year, while the 1909 figures are for the fiscal year, taking a part of 1908 and a part of 1909. For the purpose of comparison, however, accuracy Is preserved, for the reason that the num ber of months in each instance Is the same. A perusal of the foregoing figures reveals the interesting fact that while in tha early days freight and passenger earnings were of about equal Importance, freight in the present era outstrips tha passengeif business by far. Thus Is explained th ' why of the general freight agent' gradually growing importance. Th pas senger agent may be tha flower of th flock, but the freight man gets th money. Much has been written of Union Paclfio history and the story of how It construc tion was interlaced with federal govern? ment affairs, has been written and re written until every school boy know It. Further, the story of th Union Paclfio receivership, a process of elimination and filtration, is an old story. No other road was built under similar circumstances. No other road ever attracted so much atten tion in its lnclpiency. No other road so featured Itself in the destiny of th west. The name of Omaha suggests Union Pacific. The name of Union Paclfio suggests Omaha. They both come In th same breath; they are linked by a comta bond. i T Wherefore, all Omaha rejoices to look on with hearty amen, while workmen lay the foundation for the magnificent build ing on Fifteenth1 and Dodge streets. I'ofated Paragraphs. Tl season for heated arguments Is now open. The ainner Is in no hurry to collect hi wages. Inquisitive people acquire a lot of Infor mation that isn't so. Only those who have no worries csn af ford to look worried. . 1 Any man who looks for troubWU'bllnd to his own Interests. Must men would be ahead of th g) if thy could exchange what they know fur something different. Chicago New. . X Hi 1 r