Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1887, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, THE COMMISSION IN IOWA. 1he Sioux City & Pacific Under Inves- tigation, Srovx Ciry, la, June 20.—Willlam F. Fiteh, general manager of the Sioux City & Pacifie road, testified before the Pacific commission to-day, He had mot heard of any complaints of diserimination by the company. He thought the road ought to vay its fixed charges, based on a reasonable cost of construction. George D. Perkins, editor of the Sioux Uity Journal, said the road had always been regarded as one of the best lines in this section, The principal eomplaint by the peoplo alonk the line arose trom their in- ability to send goods to the far west, owing the fact that Sioux City was not regarded ipetitive point of the Union Pacific Mayor Cleland testified in the same . 'The witnesses all spoke of the remark- able increase in the population and prosper- ity of the country tributary to the road since its construction. Replying to a question by Governor Pattison, witnessea thought the effect of the government taking the road if the nlur‘khull}hli abandoned it, would be beneticial, proyided it maintained the present connections and added to them. Towa Supreme Court Decisiore, Drs MoiNes, Ia., June 20.—|Special Tele- gram to the BEe.|—The supreme court filed the following decisions here to-day: Mathias Chlein vs I. Kabat, appellant, Du- hu‘r}ne cireuit. Aflirmed. " J. Unton & Co., appellants, vs J. R (l;nxloln and John Ramsey, Story circuit. Af- rmed. J. C. Murray et al vys Jones county, appel- lant, Jones circuit. Affirmed. Jacob Guise, sr., et al vs D, Carr Early ot \ sl appellants, Sac district, Aflirmned. . 0. Barker vs D). Carr Early, N G. Wil gon et al James F. Wickershain' ot al A, B. Bruner et al, “three cases,” Sac district, ~ Af. firmed on defendant's appeal; modified and aflirmed on plaintifi's appeal Edward H. Buckley vs D, John Grey, appellants, Sac district. firmed. Adelia M. Hoop vs Sac County bank, ap- peliant, Sac district. Afirmed, J. K. "Tobin vs Webster Mutual Aid soclety, appellant, Lucas ciruit. Reversed. Sophronia Gillespie vs George See and A, R. Plerce, appellant, and J. L. Carney, guardian, vs same appellant, Marshall cir- cuit. Reversed. State of lowa vs Charles Emmons, appel- Iaut, Mahaska district court; Charles Em- on's va C. Woodrafl, sheriff, and Charles fanley, appellant, vs Thomas Morgan, sher- riff, appeal from an order of John W, Har- Doy, fudgo of the distriot court of e Third judliclal district. Afirmed. arr Early and Af- The lowa Jobbers. DURUQUE, Ia., Juno 29.—The Iowa Jobbers and Manufacturers association in convention to-day, adopted resolutions protestingagainst discrimination against Towa business, and askea the state railroad commissioners to take ateps to enforce the same; also against Increased mileage, and asking the legislature to establish a uniform passenver rate of two centsi also to secure consiruction of the Inter-stato law: and in favor of the Henne- in canal. The new ofticers are: President, W. H. ‘Torbert, of Dubuque; secretary, W W. Alnsworth, of Des Moines. Chinch Bugs Destroying Orops. D! June20.—-| Special Telegram dyices from Story county state that the county s overrun by chinch bugs to the numbers of millions and trillions. The ‘wheat crop is irretrievably ruined, oats are beainning to suffer and corn will' undoubt- edly go. e county is badly eripplea aud farmers are in despair. Killed in a Well, MECHANICSVILLE, la,, June 20.—|Special Telegram to the B —James Young, a well digger, met with a very sad accident this afternoon. e was down in a well and the men ahove let the bucket fall, which giruck Mr. Young on the head. He was !inkan out unconscious and brought home. h‘he‘:ouurs say he cannot live twenty-four ou Heavy Cattle Firm Failure, DexTER, Ia., June 20.—Special Telegram to the Bre.|—Clark Brothers, for many years prominent cattle ieeders of this place, have been obliged to turn all their propert; over to thelr creditors. The liabilities will ?mhlbly exceed §100,000, and ata fair valua- lon the assets will b as much. The depre- clation in price of cattle and heavy losses in the Texas Cattlo company are responsible for the fallure, Killed By a Horse, MENLO, la,, June 20.—|Special Telegram to the BrE.|—Malcolm Frank, a boy of fif- teen, was kicked by a colt Sunday, who struck him in the bowels, and now has’ died. et il The Afghan Rebellion, BoMBAY, June 20.—Natives state that the eader in the Ghilzal rebellion gave battle 1o the Ameer's troops before Ghnuznl, killing 180 of them. IMLA, June 20,—Gholam Haider Khan defeated the Ghilzais near Istadeh,and killed a lm;re- number of them. Advices from Afghanistan report to-day fighting in the Bukar district, The Ghilzais wero defeated the first day, but the second were victorious, and at last accounts wero pursuing the ameer’s troops, et The Tory Mudscow, LoxpoN, June 20.—Cardinal Manning wiites to the Times protesting against the eirculation of the statement from Rome that $the Irish iission of Monsigners Perisco and 8lul|l| has been revoked at the instance of inal Manning and Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, and branding the latter as two active promoters of separatist intrigues.” R Lansdown Evictions. DunLiy, June 20.—Threo orders for the @jectment of tenants on the Marquis of Lans- downe's estate obtained to-day. Lord Lans- downe’s counsel said the tennants in ques- g&:&wuuld not be evicted it they paid the i o Ferron's Propos Rejected. Panis, June 20.—The commission of the chamber of deputies appolnted to examine and report upon proposals relative to the :lr:ir., submitted by General Ferron, the new tor of war, rejected them to-day, The rejection caused a sensation, ——— Queen Natalie Not Wanted. VIENNA, June 20.—King Milan of Servia has Instructed Premier Ristics to take meas- nres mrre\'ent the return of Queen Natalie to Servia. A cabinet crisis Is expeoted if the premier refuses to obey the order. R — A Royal Garden Party, Loxpoy, June 20.—The queen’s garden party at the Buckingham palace this after- n0on was a great social event, Seven thous- fnd Invitations were issued. All royal vis- tors who came toattend the jubliee were present. e Chinese Miusions, SHANGHAL, June 20.—The Chincse lega- tlons at Paris and London are to be united. Hung Syn will be the new Chinese minister 80 Germany, Austria, Russia and Hollaud, - WAYWARD GIRLS, Xhey Are Found by Lheir Parentsin a .. Wall Known Crippy Block. Tho Gladstone block on Douglas street 48 notorious as a residence quarter for that rater large olass popularly known Setppies.” The block has recently been the scene of several sensational episodes. ~ About ten days ago a young girl named Katie Crandall disappeared from her . home on California street, near the ~ shops. The girl was inclined to be way- - ward. and was a source of great trouble © fo her parents, respectable people. Yes- terday they traced th irl to the Glad- ~ stone block and amost affecting scene en- sued. The parents besought the girl to poturn home 2nd all would be forgotten d forgiven. Sho promised better be- . bavior, packed her effects and returned ‘it is hoped to better girl, * At the foot of the stairs of the Glad. _ ptone block an old lady in agreat state of xcitomentt was demanding her daugh- wi said, was inveigled from by a railroad man and was in one i the rooms of the hnuuflnf. A luri rd gathered and after a time the old lady was taken up- to look through the rooms. The girl in the meantime had disappeared down the rear, accordin, to the inmates, and the disappointec mother retired, The girl’s name is Mary Caruey. s For Its Celebra- tion About Completed, The executive committee of the Knights of Labor having in eharge the arrange- ments for the celobration ot the Fourth of July held quite a lengthy ses sion last ‘nmight in Julins Mey- er's rooms on the corner of Twelfth and Farnam streets. The line of march and the positions of the bands, the labor organizations and others who will take part fn the procession were dis- cussed, although these matters will not be finally determined upon until Satur- day evening, when the committee will meet again at the same place, The following notice to all labor unions was issued by the committee: Any unijons in this city which have not received an invitation to take part in the parade of July 4 will please consider themselves invited and will kindly elect an assistant marshal and instruct him to report as early as possible to William Coburn, marshal of the day. This notice becomes nessesary because some invita- l:un.;m.sy have miscarried through the mail. A motion was adopted to the effect that layor Broatch be requested to 1ssue a proclamation asking that all business men in Omaha, especially along the line of march, to decorate their buildings and every residence to display the American flag Iroad companies decorate all trains coming in and going out of the cityi that all church bells be rung morn- ing, noon and night ; that the police be instructed to arrest all suspicious char- acters about the city before the Fourth, all disturbers of the peace on this day to dive double pumshment; that the police be further instructed to clear all streets and sidewalks of vehicles and obstructions of every description by Saturday evening, July 2, and that on the Fourth no street cars or vehicles of any kind be allowed to interfere with the procession in any way; that the mayor detail all the police- men he can spare from the force to re- port to the grand marshal, and that they be instructed to do such duty asthe grand marshal details them to do; that the mayor instruct the strect cleaners tosweep all streets clean in the line of march, and that no street clean- ers or sprinkling ons be allowed on the streets after 6 o’clock of the morning of July 4. Examining Teachers. This 18 the last day’s session of the city examiners who have been engaged since Tuesday in examining applications for positions in the city schools. The num- ber undergoing examination this year 18 thirty-five, which is five more than the highest number ever examined before. Among them are six graduates of the Omaha high school. The rest come about equally from lowa and Nebraska. The chairman of the examining committee, W. G. Keysor, is in charge. The com- mittee will completethe work of exam- ination and announce the names of the successful candidates by Saturday morn- ing. Want an Elevator, A petition is in circulation among the lawyers and others doing businass at the court house, requesting the county com- missioners to put an elevator in the build- ing, to be reached by a tunnel from Far- nam street. The petition already has a large number of signatures. Too High. The building committee of Goodrich lodge No. 144, I. O. O, F,, held a meeting up stairs at No. 108 North Fourteenth street last night for the purpose of pass- ing upon bids for the erection of an Odd Fellows’ hall at the southeast corner of Saunders and Paul streets. Nine bids were received and all of them rejected as being too high, New bids will be ad- vertised for. ek FITTING THE FAIR FORM. Girls Who Dare Not Sneeze in Getting Measured For Gowns. New York Letter in Cincinnati En- quirer: [ met fora moment yestera: while calling upon a distinguished tress, a celebrated cutter of - tumes, one of a handful of men who have studied under Worth in Paris and have come to America to get in their fine work. Tasked the actress when [ had an opportunity why men were employed to cut the dresses instead of women, and in what the particular art consisted. aid she: If a woman measures you for a dress you have to go back about three times &nd pass through the operation of being measured and your dress let out or taken up, whereas these men who have served apvrenticeships and applied men's minds to the problem of woman'’s shape make 50 many marks and cut according to them so accurately that the first time you are fitted; and it is the first time you wear a dress that you get in or out of conceit of it. “Said I: It seems tome that a man measuring a lady at so mnnf points in order to get a sure thing puts her in the situation of that m(creuliufi woman who submitted to be measured by Joel Hart's patent contrivance, at Florence, for taking n half an hour every measure- ment required by a sculptor, which gen- erally had taken two or three weeks and twenty sittings, He made a machine something like an iron mask, out of hoops, which was locked over the woman’s face, and then little needle points were screwed down to tho eye- brows, 1ips, chin, ears, the bridge of her nose, the point of her nose, ote., and the were marked by a httle screw. In all there were perhaps one hundred of these things. Poor Hart, who was a good sculptor, was avaricious of money, and he wanted to get the busts of the ng Americans who would stop over in Flor- ence a few days, and _had no time to be measured with the dividers, He locked this young woman in_there, surrounded by her friends, and, feeling these little needle-pins all around her head, she ex- claimed: ‘Bless me, Mr. Hart, suppose one should sneeze! " “Well,” said the actress, ‘it is plain that you have neyer been measured for a dress. Any woman will go through an hour or two of misery at any time 1o have a better fitting dress thau anybody els Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Clulblams, Corns and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or no pay re- quired. It iz guaranteed to filva perfect satisfaction ormoney refunded, = Price 25 cents per box. For sale by C. F. Goodman. e _Great arnual sale of clothing at 1014 Faruam st. e ————— Rather Dull Just Now, And for that reason those two tracts of 80 and 40 reres, respectively, near South Omaha can be bought for less money than will be asked a foew weeks later. Acre property has proven the foundation of fortunes for families who now wear diamonds and stove-pipe hats and carry canes. Call on Bell & McCandlish, 814 So. 15th street and ask them about these bargains. Engineer: ewfinn‘l. ‘Uransits and Levels. at A ROW AND A RUMPUS, Why the Herald Attacks on Chiet Seavey Have Stopped. For several days the attacks on Chief of Police Seavey in the columns of the Herald have been notably less, and those that have appeared have been without the venom which has erstwhile characterized the utterances 1n that newspaver. The reasons for this sudden change leaked out yesterday. As the story goes, when Governor Thayer was in Omaha in attendance upon the laying of the corner stone of St. John's church, there was a long conference between the governor and John A. MeShane, propri- etor of the Herald. Previous to thiz con- ference, a reporter for the Herald had an interview with Mayor Broatch and also with Commissioner Hartman, each of whom particularly requested that their names should not be used. This was agreed to. In passing upon the reporter's copy, however, the city editor not only used the names, but tacked on a great deal to the mayor’s in- terview whicli that oflicer never uttered. This breach of confidence led to a pro- test to Mr. McShane on the parl ot the mayor. This, in conjunction with the conference with the governor, caused Mr. McShane to issue forcible injunctions to his editor-in-chief. The interview be- tween Mr. McShane and his editor is said to have resulted in a notification that the editorial management of the paper would be reorganized. Further, it created a great row and rumpus among the stafl. The editor-in-chief alghted upon the managing editor in no gentle terms, the mmmmnF editor as- sailed the city editor about the Broatch interview and the city editor bestrode the neck of the luckless reporter in par- ticular and the local force in general, 'his led to the departure of one of the reporters on Tuesday night, another yes- terday afternoon and a third will follow ina few d; Certain it is that there is more or less commotion in the oftice and that two of the staff suddenly quit, al- though the causes which led to this ruction are denied by those who ought to know. For the |n|rfposu of getting at the true inwardness of the rumor, a reporter for the B sought Mr. Mc ne and Mr., Morrissey. The proprietor of the Herald was found in the Paxton rotund “Mr. McShane, will you confirm the rumor that, owing to a diffcrence be- tween yourself and Mr. Morrissey about the attacks on Seavey, there is to be a change of the Herald management?" “It's a d-d lie!” said the congress- man as he lighted a cigar, “Have you had a conference with Governor Thayer or Mayor Broatch whl{h Icnusod a'let-up on Seavey?” “No “But, Mr. McShane, wasn't there some conversation between yourself and the mayor in reference to a Herald inter- view in which Mr. Broatch claimed to be persisted the reporter. WVho told you so¥”’ demanded the Herald proprietor. B “I have it on good authority."” “Well, there ain't anything in it and I wish you wouldn’t say anything about it."” Mr. Morrisey was grinding out double- leaded minion for his morning issue. The rumor was briefly recited to him, and he was asked if he kad received an order from Mr. MeSh: o discontinue the attacks on Chief Seavey. it is absard,”’ was the response, “Mr. McShane has not issued any such order, 1 voluntarily quit discussing the Seavey matter the day after the commission rein- stated him, and I finally issued the order myself to have no more of the Seavey stuffin the per."’ **Has there been any musunderstand- ng which will lead to "a reorganization of the editorial staff’ of the Herald?” ““There has never been the least mis- understanding between Mr, McShane and myself. Our relations have been pleasant and harmonious. His instruc- tions have invariably been carried out to the letter whenever he had any in- structions to give. If there is to_be any reorganization of the Herald staffor any alterations in the same 1 have not been aporised of the fact and I probably would be mformed if anyone was.” *‘Are you aware that Mayor Broatch had a conference with Mr, ‘McShane 1n reference to an interview in the Herald and that perhaps there was 8 conference between Governor Thayer and Me- Shane?" “1 know nothing about such confer- erences. I never Eeflrd of them before and if they were held they were not af- fairs of mine.” Notwithstanding the unqualified denial of Mr. McShane, it is_asserted on good authority that Mayor Broatch made com- plaint of the putting of words in his mouths which he never uttered. Mr. Morrisey admits an order was issued to discontinue the local attacks on Seavey after the discussion of the chief editor- ially had ceased. It will be recollected the local assaults have but recently ceased. Mr. Morrisey assumes the re- sponsibility for the order. There is good authority for the statement that the Broatch interview created trouble in the office, the interviewer refusing to be held accountable to the city editor, and will therefore leave the sheet, while two of the reporters have already departed for other fields of labor. -Year-Old Whisky. appetizer. Weak or over- worked women find_great henefit by tak- ing & wineglassful before meals, $1.25 for quart bottle, — Personal Paragraphs, Henry Torpin, Esq., of Fremont, is among the guests at the Millard, Messrs. C. E. Yates, C. Thompson and Jno. D, Doty, of Lincoln, are at the Mil- lard. Mrs. W. F. Vaille, of Wymore is wisit- ing her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Heth, Judge J. B, Barnes, of Ponca, is in the city. He is counsel in & suit bofore the United States court this morning, Mr, George W. Hawke, of Nebraska City, and W. B. Conklin, esq., of North Platte, registered at the Paxton yesterday morning, Mirs. Adolph Meyer and son have gone to Spirit Lake, Iowa, where they will spend some weeks, They will be joined by Mr, Moyer, and subsequently visit Minnetonka, General and Mrs, Dandy and family bave vacated their residence ou Park avenug and will be guests of the Millard hotel for a week, when the family expect to go east for the summer, Brevities, Collections at the internal reveuue of- fice yesterday amounted to $7,22¢.67. County Judge McCulloch yesterday is- sued a license authorizing the marriage of William H. Washington and Miss Kittie Condon, both of Omaha, Wessic Duval was arrested on a charge of assault and battery yesterday on a warrant sworn out by a man named Callaban. The Callaban boy and the Duval boy quarreled, and the arrest is result of & neighborhood quarrel, Frank L. Reeves has received the con- tract for building a hay barn for the Union Stock Yards company at South Omaha. The new building will be con- structed of brick and iron and will be fire proof. Its dimensions will be 150x36 feet and it will have a capnmt{ for several hundred tons of hay, It will be located on the ground where the old barn stood which was burned several months ago. ———— Ge e Bargain, New house, eight rooms and lot in ex- cellent locality, Has elegant interior finish and modern conveniences;, a per- fect gem, Address box 557, city THE PACIFIC: COMMISSION. Mr. Edward Roswater Gives His Testic mony Before the Members, A PITHY AND POINTED TALK. The Editor of the Bee Fxamined at Length Upon the Affairs of the Union Pacific Company. Mr. Rosewater's Examination. At the meeting of the Pacific railway Commussion Tuesday afternoon, KEd- ward Rosewater, editor of the I appeared in pursuance to a special sub- pana. In response to the question asked by Governor Pattison-as to what he knew about the management and policy of the UnionPacific, Mr. Rosewater testified to having only a al Knowledge about the Union Yacific business management and its methods of influencing legislation. Since 1872 and 1878 officers of the Union Pacific had manifested more or less activity in con- nection with state politics. Nebraska being a republican state, most of the energy of the railway manage- wment was direy toward con- trolling the machinery of that party, though very often democratic con- ventions were munipulated snd influ- enced. Oficers and employes of the road were in attendance at conventions, both as delegates and lobbyists, The railroads have for twelve years been an important factor in all potitical contests in Nebraska. ‘“‘An incident," sai Rosewater, “that occurred back for which I was censured, shows wh power the railroad managers were ex- erting in local politics. The day before the election that fall, an ope in the Union Pacific office called on me and handed me a message to 8. H. H. Clark signed by A. J. Pop- pleton, in which Clark was urged to di- rect the Union Pacific shop men to yote for Henry Grebe for sheriff. 1 published this message and appealed to the work- ingmen to assert their independence, which they did. I was charged with stealing that message off the wire, be- cause Iam an operator and read by sound, when in fact 1 not only saw a copy of the message but the man brougnt me the original copy with Poppleton’s hand- writing with which I am famihar,” Here Mr. Poppleton asked that the copy of the dispatch be produced, which Mr. Rosewater promised to do. “In the year 1875, continued Mr. Rose- water, ‘‘a number of Omaha capitalists and businese men. organized a corpora- tion known as the Nebraska Central rail- road. narrow guaged, which was to ex- tend from Omaha through Saunders, Butler and Polk counties, to Grand Island or some pomt further west, A proposition to vote §125,000in bonds to a1d this road was submitted to the voters of Douglas county. At first all the Omaha papers and all classes of citizens favored this project but the Union Pacific entered the lists” agaiost it. The Omaha Herald ~ ‘and Republican flopped, and all fedaral officials from collector to postal clerk rallied under the lead of 5 Uplon Pasrio:allzons smeptagos. 10 defoat the bonds, | o SrPloyes to “This was the first instance in which the railrond managers pooled with the political leaders of the party in power. And from that time on the issues between the railroads and their followers on one side_and the people on the other, were carried into the campaign. The nar- row gauge bonds were defented chiefly by an organized raid through the county pre cinets, and the threat lefi:grnplu’d by Gould to Dr. George L. Miller™ that the Union Pacific shops would be moved from Omaha if the bonds were voted. After the defeat of the project the Umon Pacific managers organized the Republican alley branch, and built it throngh rthe counties through which the Nebraska Ceatral had been laid out, The next year, in 1876, an attempt was made to control the congressional and senatorial nominations. Jay Gould and Dilion were in Omaha while the republi- can cconvention was in session at Lincoln, After four days contest the U. P. forces which were marshalled by Clark and Kimball in person,at Lincoln, carried the day, and nominated their men, That convention bought up. W hen it first met, there was a round majority against the U. P, At least twenty delegates must have been bought, and General John C. Cowin who was then a candidate for congress, openly charged in the convention that that body had boen corruptly influenced by Union Pacific officers.” Judge Littler asked the witness whether he knew of any delezate being bought. Mr. Rosewater repled that he knew of several. One of them received $100 from John M, Thurston, This man elected against the Union Pacitic, voted with them. Pat O. Hawes, who was on the ground, had given him some of the names of tl boodlers. “The continued the wit- this convention was notoriously It was at that s the Union Pacific ‘Uil Rooms were opened for the first time,”’ “‘What s an oil room?"asked Governor Pattison. **A room in which lobbyists and legisla- tive boodlers drink whisky, champagne and brandy, vlay eards and tell n stories,” replied ‘the witness. ‘It these rooms that railroad lobbyists in their work on men after they are made pliant with liquor. )id you know whetre the ‘oil rooms’ located?’ asked Judge Littler. “During the session ten years ago,” said Mr. Rosewator, *‘the ‘oil” room’ was in room thirty in the Capitol hotel. Last winter they had’several ‘oil rooms’ in the same hotel. One ofithése was room four- teen, was lodged {n room sixteen, next door to it one night,and the gang was so boisterous that I wascompelled to tinally, at 2 o'clock, rise and request the clerk to change my room.” 1 » “Why do_ they c4ll these rooms ‘oil ,' and who gave it that name:"’ od Governor Patfisdn. “I think Frank Hgnlon first called it the oil room, because members were lu- bricated in those rooms and the machive oiled up to keep it going.” In response to the question as to the methods of the railroad lobby last winter Mr. Rosewatersaid he did not, of his per- sonal knowledge, know of money being paid to members, but it was notorious that corrupt influences had_been used. “Four or five years ago, Roberts, the cbairman of the railroad committee, tes- tified before the legislature that he had been offered £5,000 to make a report ad- verse to a railroad bill. “‘Besides receiving passes members were accorded all sorts of favors in the shape of reba Such was the case with Lieu- tenant Governor Carnes, of Seward, who was doing a lumber, coul and grain busi- ness. Often members are given employ- ment after the session is over. ‘The rail- road lobbyist exert their influence on members in all sorts of ways. Tuey we drink with them, they gamble with them and take them to houses of ill-repute,” “Who were the railrond cmployes in the last legislature?” asked the gov- ernor, “Tracy, of North Platte, Garvey, Mathison, Knox and Young, of Omaha There may have been others, Great pressure was brought upon these men to defeat proper enilroad legislation, One of these men, Young, said to me during the session, ‘L wish I had never come down here, [ would not advise any man employed by a railrond to serve in the legislature, iu a terrible thing when a man has to choose between his duty and bread and butter.” Governor Pattison here asked the wit- ness to state whether he knew of any dis eriminations against shippers, “There were,” said Mr. Kosewater, “a great many complants, notably from points west of Columbus, on account of coal rates, which were u< high at Sidney and North Platte as at Omaha 400 miles further from the mines. There was much complaint about the lumber and grain moaopoly. Some years ago an elevator man at Grand Island in. formed me that the superintendent of the roud flatly refused to give him accommo- dations and equal rates with his rival, for the reason that he, the shipper, be- longed to the opposite taction in politios, When asked whether the threat de hy Jay Gould to remove the shops m Omalia was the only instance he knew of where communities had been intimidated by threats, Mr. Rosewater said that some years ago the people of Columbus were asked to vote bonds to the Atchison & braska or B, & M. road, Jay Gould, while passing through Columbus,stood on the platform of his car and publicly threat- encd to destroy the business of that tow if they dared to vote the bonds. did vote the aid and the Unton Pacifi started a new town three or four miles further west, and made it the terminus of the Nebraska branch, but aflood came on the following spring, washed out the junction and compelled the Union Pac managers to re-locate their terminal tacilities at Columbu: That was what you call Providential,” remarked Judge Littler. “It may be,"” said Mr. Rosewater, ““but they managed to squeeze 25,000 out of the people of Columbus to kelp Provi- dence along."” “Do you know of any large i ments in lands by the Union Pa; Governor Pattison, cannot recall any copting the purchase of 1,200 acres by Syduey Dillon on the other side of the river, " They tried to build up a rival town. I have called it Dillonville, but they made no success of this speecu- lation.” Being asked about the building and management of the rond Mr. Rosewater said that the bridge was not_believed to have cost nearly so much as the companp claim The charges for going over the bridge were exorbitant. Yor a long time they charged $10 per car and 50 cents por passenger, although the dis- tance from Councii Blufis to Omaha over the bridge is only a mile and a half. Mr. Rosewater made comH int at the quar- termaster general’s office and found that the government was charged the same rate. A dollar per ton extra was charged on ull conl shipped into Omaha from the east, Equally outrageous charges were made on all _ cattle, wheat and other kinds of grain this amounted almost to an embargo on eastern traflic. Various attempts were made in congress to pass bills reducing tho tolls but as fast as the bills got through one house they were killed in the other. This county paid i:n(»,rm toward building the bridge so that it couldn’t have cost nearly what the company claimed, The witness said that the bridge con- {roversy which had for years been gomng on between the citizens of Omaha anc the road has brought out the fact that for seven or eight years the bridge earned trom $800,000 to £700,000 annually. The managers charged from $150,000 to £200, ?gfl per year as expenses for operat- ing tho bridge. It is palpable that this pretending op- erating expense included not only the transfer expenses but many other items that do not pertain the bridge proper,”’ added Mr. Rosewater. The examination by Commissioner Pat- tison of Mr. Rosewater was continued as follows: Q—Have you considered the various bills introduced in congress during the last session, and from time to time, as to methods of settlement with the Union Pacific railway compan; A.—I have considered all propositions that have appeared from time to time, trom the company or from government directors—or from congressinen that con- template a refunding of the company’s debt at a low rate of interest, and peared before the committee on judi of the United States senate two y. to protest against any such funding bill being enacted. think it ~ was the Hoar bill, 1 can can express my views on that question if desired. By Commissioner P.--I want your views as to the effect of the settlement of the railroad company upon the communities through which this road passes. A.—I claimed that it was a great injus- tice and would operate us a great hard- ship on the people that are compelled to be patrons of the Union Pacifie, and not only the people that were patrons of that road, but the patrons of other rallroads, to refund the Union Pacific debt, it is now known, and extend its paym for sixty or eighty years or otlh time. My reasons for opposing this proposition are that a large amount of this debt was fraudulently ereated and contracted; that it represents quadruple and perhaps quintuple of the amount for ~ which the entire railroad can be built, and 1 believe that another railroad can be built to duplicate this system for one-fourth its pres- ent deb that in funding ~ the indebtedness — the government of the United States provoses. to rocoz- nize and validate the Credit Mobilier frauds and thefts of the company und various managements, the recklessn of the managing officers of the company and the reckless extravagance that has characterized it under various ini trations, and in recognizing as valid these fictitious and tlegal obligati the government proposes to pl mortgage upon the earnings of the ple, & burden not only upon this gene tion but on the generations that aure to follow us. My id vings from a de- sire to see the people free from the in- ibus chiefly caused by the dishone and mismanagement of these adminis trations, and for that reason 1 say would be a great outrage and injustice to compel the people who patronize this road to go to work and take one hundred and fifty millions of this indebtedness, or about that sum independent of the one hundred million or perhaps more which aready incumbers this com- pany, on n il mortgage, It would be a great injustice to say to the people of this western country that they shad! be obligated for sixty or eighty years to pay the interest upon this enorm- ous indebtedness and then to pay gradu- ally every dollar of the principal and then also to pay a reasonable ineome upon the fictitious stocks which these companics are now holding as represent- ing what they pretend to be railroads owned by themselves. If the people of this western country and of the whole United States are to contribute to the liqndation of the enormous sums of money borrowed and stolen by those companies, 1t 1s saying to the people that the government doesn’t care for their in- terests as much as they do for the parti who now are owners of that stock. Now, if tms stock 1s in the hands of innocent parties, as has been represented time und _Again; if it is in the hands of orphans and widows, ‘the respousibility should rest on those who made the purchnses The men who would invest the trust placed in their hands for widows and orphans in stolen property—property that has been ncq\lu’w‘ by every schemo that confidence men ean exploit—are er tirely untit for such trusts, and they should personally be held 'responsible and not the )vm-‘\lc of this western coun- try. Now my idea about these stocks is simply this, that in the first place they represent only what h: actually been paid m—what the company has actually received in honest values. ~ If thisis true, and as [ am informed not much more than ten cents on the dollar has ever been paid into the compuny—the exeess should first be collected from the holders of ecapital stock and that ninety cents on the dollar appliedto the liquidation of the debt. If, for instance, a national bank organized under national should bo robbed by one of its it would hardly be expected that they should ask the government to levy upon the patrons of the bank and make them pay losses sustained by the bank through " dishonest management or theft or misappropriation. What everybody would expect from the bank oflicers would be that the stockholders would first bo compelled to pay these losses, ana then if they could not pav, the stock would be liqmdated and finally tho offi- cers and directors of the bank would be held responsible in their persons for every dollar of the funds that have been dishonestly divested and they woula be compelled to re- store what they have stolen, 1do not see why the functions of con- gress shonld be used to rob all the peo- ple of this country by levying upon them & continuous tax upon_fictitious values. And further than this, I claim that the extension of the debt by these railroads will extend and continue during the same period, if not perpetnally, the ex- tortion and high rates of transportation which are now cl d by competing companies, because the Union Pacitic, weighted down with the enormous debt, would be compelled in order to meet its fixed charges, the interest upon its bonded debt and a reasonable dividend upon its stock, to pay up the high rates; and the other roads now competing with it, such as the Burlington and the Sunta Fee, would match them as a mere bus ness proposition; they would keep un the same _ rates, = knowing that the Union Pacitic_could not charge a much lower rate. They could still cut under the Union Pacific and the Union Pacific could not meet them, thus mak- ing it a mere matter of time until the Union Pacific would be driven out of the business, I believe the Burlington alone as been extended west of Nebraska ¢ out of the profits made in Ne- braska—I believe the entire Burlincton system west of the Missouri has been paid for by government subsidies and bonds from counties, pre and cities, and that large sums of money ex- pended in its extension were from its surplus earnings. But if the Union Pacific to-d was rid of these encum- brances—if the road went throngh a process of liquidation, or whate may call it, so that it down with 1ts stocks to the ual value of what it being in the public market to-day, that road could reduce its rates from 50 to 100 per cent, and still earn a_reasonable in- come upon 1ts ivestment. That would be u great relief to the country. That woulll be justice after all these” yoars of extortion, It is not beeause this western country i8 poor to-day—it has been en- riched by building railroads, as I frecly admit—but it would have been three times as rich if it had enjoyed fair railroad tolls, The wealth in the whole of Ne braska to-day would be three times what it 18 had it not been for the enormous contributions we have been compelled to pay to the railroads for bringing in what we want and taking away what we do not want, By Commissioner Littler: Q.—What do you propose as a method of settlo- ment? A.—The first proposition I would make would be this: To do just the same as any business man would do if he found bimself compelled to meeta note, on which he was an endorser, and which the ]wim-mnl is unable to meet. (Discussion iere ensued as to what Mr. Rosewater should say.) In this case the payment is to come from the people. By Mr. Popyleton—That must not be lost sight of. Comissioner: Q.—What is vlan? Mr. Rosewater-- general ideas on the subj issi Pattison read a_section from the net creating the commission to the effeet that 1t was the duty of the commis- sion to ascertain the ideas of different persons as to the methods of the sottie- ment of the debt.) By Mr. i your t plan would you in mind? s private interests of sommunity and especially of Omaha it might be best to go on and keep up this _inflation period, and perhaps let the management go on just as it had done, recklessly squandering everything they have; but, asa proposi- tion for the people of the western coun- try and ot the United States who are to pay this money, my idea would be-—first to “attempt: to' recover every dollar that has been improperly taken out of the rond by its former managements, if, as I believe, millions of money have been in various ways misapplied by the builders of the road originally and Dy parties who have coutrolled 1t since. 'I'he govern- ment should in the first place attempt to get all that it can out of them. In the they should sce if there are x millions ot stock in the Union at 10 per cent paid in—that would ,600,000—and the difference en that amount and stock represented on its * on the stockhold l it was not so paid in, the stock should be wiped out entirely. By Commissioner Littler—That with- out regard to the fact that the present stockholders probably paid one hundred cents on the dollar? A--Yes, sir. By Mr. Poppleton—Do you not_know that the snpreme court of the Unitel States has deciared that that canuot be done? A.—Idon't clared sre what the supreme court I thinke this stock repre having b men who agersin the firstinstance, inno ¥ must sufler just as they would in inv in stolen property. Lhey should not stand between the men who own the property. By Mr. Lattler—We will assume that 13 all s0; give our plan, y mortgage would be the first thing to liguidate.” 1 presume the first mortgage boundholde woula come in and elaim the road, or rather put it on sule, If the road, on such ), does not bring the amount due, why then e bondholders lose the the sezond wortgago is wiped ont entirely. l‘w Mr. Poppleton—And the govern ment goes withost its money? Mr." Rosewater: Yes, and the peo- ple are relieved from the extrs unt railroad tolls, If on the other hand the first mortgage is satisfied there is no necessity for the foverniant fo_ contra- dict this partners! nir business any fur- ther. 1 would not have the government force the road to a sale for more than it will bring. By Mr. Poppleton: Then its debt to the government would have to be do- nated to the west? Mr. Rosewater: There are thou- sands of people now residing east of the Mussouri who tra out here us a8 western people and if you reduce the rate here you reduce the rate for all the peonle. £ By the commission.—~Huve you any other plan or suggestion or opinion te offer to the commission? A.—There is a great deal of informa: tion that I could give though I could not give it without finvinu my attention called to it. Leaving the lvlu;\ of getting the money, as said, didn't exaggerate very much when said that I should et in” this case as if had been an endorser on my wife's note.. regard the government relutions to the road in that light, that is to say that it is now wedded to it and when the di- voree is granted 1t shoula be perpetual, and inasmuch as tne people are to pay this money 1t is unjast and unpolitic to enact a law that will tax the produots and industries of this ccuntry eighty years to pay fraudulent delts or m any manner to authorize the jeople to be robbed for cighty years. There are people all over tae country who ride on this road and fumish or buy our products. Let the road by sold and operated honestly on what it is worth and you will reduce rates and tariff, By Mr. Littler—Can you tell me how & road can be sold under foreclosure 8o long as the company pays the interest upon its first mortgage notes? A.—1 can not tell you, butthere 18 no necessity for the government to tinker with this road any longer. | have been in favor of the building of branch line and am yet, under proper restrictions; but there is no necessity for any of this funding legislation that is contemplated. When 1897 comes and congress meets and finds itself in the condition of the second mortgzage holder, it will be time enough to let the road go to the wall and be sold, but 1 an idea that under the showingz you were going to make that this rond” could betold out sooner. I have an idea that there has been enough information gathered to show that there is good reason why the government should put a stop to “this sort of thing; but if it 15 not done I believe there would be no great harm to let it go on until 1807, 1 don’t see any necessity for selling the road until 1807, I don’t see any necessity for the govern- ment doing anything particularly now. The objection to this bill is that it recog- ni and legalizes fraudulent debts and compels us out here in the western country to pay high tolls to pay off a debt that we should not be compelled to ner—Have you further to suggest? No, sir, Mr, Poppleton then asked the witness whether he did not believe that forcing the Union Pacific to be sold under the hammer and operating it at rates based on its auction sale value would not drive all the competing roads west of the Mis- souri into bankruptey? Mr. Rosewater did not believe it would, because most of these roads are bond to the men who own the stock and were reaily built out of subsidies, stealings and earnings, he Southern p d, “wis notoriously built the millions stolen by the Cen- Pacific construction ring. The road did not cost much and can reduce its tolls without going to bankruptey. It is much the same with other trans-continental roads. tition by the foreclosed Union Pacific operated on an auction sale basis, might reduce their dividends, but 1t would not nccessarily drive them to the anything out of tral ket Basket. While the markets are supplied with an abundance of all the delicacies of the season, that could not help pleasing the most fastidious, there is very little aside from what was mentioned last week, The general prices are high, especially s0 on berries, which are scarce this season. Strawberries are practically out of the market, but an ocensional lot can be found at 25¢ a box, Black rasp- berries are now 1n their prime, and as low as they are apt to go this season. The choicest can be had at 20c a box. Red raspberries, which are very large and fine, are sold at 25c a box. Blue- berries are quite plenty at 20c a quart for the best. ‘alifornia peaches are still high, the price at retail for the best bein 20c a pound. Apples, which are sti small and green, are sold at 75 a peck. There is the usual supply of vegetables, Crook-neck squashes ~ are sold at the rate of §1 per dozen. There is plenty of new cabbage on the Land 1f is very crisp and tender an be had at 10¢ a head. Cauli- which 18 always a delicacy, is sold at the rate of 0 per dozen heads. romatoes are sold at 10¢ a pound, which iy quite reasonable for them when it is considered that they are brought from the far south. In addition to these, there is the usual supply of wax beans, peus, radishes, new beets and turnips and a number of other variety of vege- tables which are becoming more plenty and cheaper as the season ndvances. 5 in_Ambier wherry-roan pony, which was un- well | HACAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM, For the ¥uce, Neck, Armu and Ha: i n matehican §ha Guariuteed Pur Hirictly B Instantly ‘dpplied and Ve ully Bwooil, ieute Skin, Jou tiged vith the i is 1 ' refreshied After USIDg S ehouid Bever bo without ik | Cor.13th & Dodge Stz, Omaha, Neb. 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