Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 17, 1889, Page 5

WHAT A CONTRACT IS WORTII [T W— An Engineer Who Has Been Dis- charged Makes Protest. ASKS DAMAGES FROM THE B. & M. Now Enterprises Being Inaugurated- Arrangements For an fxposition, ‘With All the Extras - Personal and General Notes. LIXCOLY BUNEAD 0F TR ONAmA Bm 102 P STRERT, LixcoL¥, Feb, 16, A case of no little importance has just been sommenced in the district court. The pre- liminary pavers were filed to-day, Henry Webb, plaintiff, joming the Chicago, Bur: lington & Quinoy railroad company, party defendant. The petition alleges that the P ntiff is a locomotive engineer of twenty ye ' experience; that he operated enwines on some of the principal y thorough fares of the United States, and until March, 1844, Lived and resided in the city of Hart- ford, Conn.; that the defendant is, and has becn, a corporation operating in the state subject to the laws governing the same; that the defendant controls or owns a road run- ning, inter alias, Omaha, Plattsmouth and other points in Nebraska and Colorado, with numerous branches and lateral roads, and is @ common carrier. 1or firat cause of action, the plaintiff com- plains of the defendant, that on or about the Gth day of March, 188, the defendant soughtand found the plaintiff at his resi- dence in the eity of Hartford: that defendant persuaded plaintiff to_come to Nebraska to enter the Butlington’s seryice s a locomo- tive engineer; that the inducement was steady and pormancnt employment, at the rate of # per day, until aschedile time table was adopted, and thereafter £1,50 per day 80 long a8 the plaintiff should remain in" the employ of the road: that in consideration of the undertaking on the part of the road, plantiff furnished the defendunt satisfactory testi- monials from former employers, roported for, and stood examination as to his sualifica- tions by the defondant’s expert in th Chicago, when and where_h accepted as A locomotive enginoer, March 19, 1883, and was ordered to report for immediate duty at Lincoln, Nebraska, with which orders the plamtifl promptly complied and continued in the cmploy of tho road until Decomber 23, when without previous motice or & and without just ¢ or provoca- ondant discharged plaintiff from ser- vice on the road; that, notwithstanding this, plaintiff has ever stood ready to perform his his contract with the defendant, and has regularly and daily tendered his services, for the wages sot forth, Plaintiff further alleges in consequence that he hus been cented from ontering the sery parties and remained out of employment for time in days set forth. i%or u second cause of action plaintift represents that the defendant was so_ well satisfied with his work that he was induccd to remove his family from Hartford to Lin- coln, then agreeing to continue the plamtift in steady and_permanent cmployment; that the expense of moving his family to the west was croat, and that regardless of this plain- Ut was discharged peremptorily as stated, and that by this act alone he was damaged in the sum of $2.500. JFor further cause of action the plaintiff siys: The defendant knew that he was a sicillful engineer, of oxperience and stand- ing in the ranks of his calling; that he main- tained a good name, and held the res his former employers and cailroad men gen- erally in the locality where he lived; that on account of a great strike, and refusal to worlk o the part of a large number of engi- neers and firemen, in the employ of the road in this state and clsowhere, commencing on the 27th day of Iebruary, 1858, plaintiff was induced to enter the service of the road and to remove his family, thus.changing his resi- dence from Hartford'to Lincoln, but with the pledge of permanent employment, which has been broken and violated in_every pa ticular. Plaintilf, therofore, asks judgment in damages for the sum of '$5,000, interest and cost of su COMING BTATE EXPOSITION, Pursuant to call the managers and ofticers of tho state board of agriculture met in session at the Windsor last_ovening. Present: Chairman Henny, J. B, Dinsmore, Eli A. Barnes, Ed. Melntyre, R, R. Greer, Scerotary Furnas, J. Jensen, Frank N. Young and W. C. B3ristom. ‘The coming state fwir was the chief topic under consideration, and a good deal of the preparatory routine was in the grind. A committee was appointed to arrange a speed circuit with Omaha, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Des Moines, and the following gentiemen comprise it, viz: W. H. Barstow, J. B. Dinsmore and Ed. Melutyre, of which Mr, Dinsmore is the chairman. The following gentlemen were appointed the purchase and_supply committee, which will het for the year: 3. 13, Dinsmore, K. W, Far- nas and Ed. McIntyre. The board will in due time aunounce a plan for supplying scholurship in the New York veterinary col- lege, which it has at its disposal for some worthy young man of the state. The secre- tary was instructed to enter into correspond- enco to secure attractions for the coming ox- position and ulso expert judges, At this carly date plans are formulating to make the next state fai he greatest attraction of the kind over scen in the west. IMPONTANT ENTEKIRISES, The rocorder in the ofiice of the scerotary of state finds plenty to do. Four new com- panies filed urticles of incorporation this morning, and they have entered the business arepa under thorough sanction of the luws of the stat “The South Beatrice Street Railway com- peny organized with an authorized camtal stock of £20.000, commeneing M and will continue fifty years from that date. ‘Phe company coutemplates the construction of u system of street railway, south of Court wtrect, to trend the principal streets of that part of the capital of Gage county, and the enterprisc is mancd by Warren Cole, W. 1. Nicholls, N, N. Brumback, J. S. Garth, J. F. Bearer, 8. 8. Green, S. K. Davis, A, L! cen and H. A, La Selle. The Beatrice RReal Estato and Trust com- any commenced to negotiate loans, buy, oIl and convey real property and transact all attonding business, Janua 1850, and continues thercafter firt Article 3 stipulates un authorized stock of £200,000, fully paid up at the date of the is- suance of the'shares, which _are £100 each John Riley, N. N. Brumbac and L. E. Spencer, orcanizers and incorpor- ators, attest the solvency of the company ‘Thé State bank, of Loup City, incorporated by L Pl Jaager, ) AR Ramsey and H. 15 od busi- ness January 24, 15 1'unless sooner dis. solved o five yours. Article 2 designates Loup City as the priveipal and only pluce for the cowpany to transact general bunking busi on un authorized cupital tock of #0,000 of which 20 per cent was paid in hand at the date of organization, The Favmer's and Merchant's bank of Red Cloud, began a general banking business April b, 1550, and at this late duy makes its record good 1n the oftice of the secretary of state. The authorized capital stock is §100,000, and the following gentlemen sub- seribe 10 its articles of incorporation: Anson Higby, W.S. Garber, J. E. Smith, 3 Smith, J. W. Moon, Silas Garber, Geor Hollum, 1. i3, Smith, D. C. Newhouse, aud + Georgo O. Yeises. CITY NEWS AND NOTES. The district court heard motions until noon to-day und adjourned to Monday morning, when the law docket will be called. Judy: Capuian and Pield will hear causes through out the week: ‘Ihe Cook-Labaro-corpses larceny case was continued to-day until 9 o'cloeis Monday morning. It is thought, however, that Judge Stewart will be able to dispose ' of the dis graceful affair on that day, It cost a Bennett farmer 8300 to indulge in a drunk night before last, He came Lo lown with that sum of moacy aud proceeded to “howl up,” displayed his roll and was robbed by some one of the sueaks that infest the city. Willian Randall, 8 young man with 10 visible occupation, was arrested on susbicion, and search reyealed that he had considerable money on his pecsou. He un- swered 1o the charge of having committed the theft Lefore Judge Honston w-day, but it couid not be proven. Still, on ‘“goneral principles,” if nothing more, o was sont 1o the county Juil for ten days. 'Seaton returned home teis afternoon & sadder but much wiser man. The building comwmittes of the Clristian THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1880, ~TWELVE PAGES, Sl = =i ST T church met to-day to open bids and con sider propositfons for the erection of the superstructure of the unl- versity_at “‘Bethany Heights," near Line coln, ¥ E.T. Gedd, C.C. Munson and J. 7, Briscoo. it is learnod that they will place the contract on the 1stof nest month, “The management of the univer. aiso conten s incorporating the plat into a village at an enily date. Dean Whitmarsh, of Norfolk, will attend the twenty-fitth anmversary colebration of the KKnights of Dythias, in this city, on the 10th. He will address the members and pub- lio at St. Paul's Methiodist Eviscopal church at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Among the other speakers eneaged are A. Morrison, of Ashland, Joe Critchfield and W. J. Bryan, The evening programme will be given at Bo. hanan's hall. 1t is said that the parade of the day will eclipse anything of the kind ever witnessed in this city. - - WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. Views and Interviews Canght Hotel Corridors and Elsewhere. A tall, smooth facad, fine looking man is Judge M. P, Kinkaid, of O'Neill, and his friends say that some time in the near future they propose to make him a congressman, The Judge arrived in Omaha last evening and while in conversation at the Millard with Bk reporter one very ardent admirer made the declaration then and there that he eould have been a successful candidate st fall, against Dorsey, for the nonunation, 1o this remark he smiled significantly, but said never a word. “Yes,” remarked the judeo in reply toinquiries, ‘I can truthfully ‘state that O'Neill and Holt county are making ex tensive proparations to tuke every advantage of a prosperous and booming year. Tne town is improving right along, our farmers pect the Sioux City & P cific railroad, no complaints are heard from business men, and the courts are full enough of cases to keep me closely employed neariy all the time,’ The mutual friend put in lis oar assert that Mr. Kinkaid tries cvery year that any other two distr in the state. His circuit includes 1 ties and iv takes him four months the rounds, “18 there any foundation, Judge, on which 0 base hopes that the proposed railroad you spoke of Will ever bo constructed ““I'here is. 1 am sutistied it will be built, and feel confldent that the route to be selected finally will bring it by way of O'Neill. Two lines have been surveyed. The second one 8es to the south of us ubout twenty miles, but ours is the easiest, most practicanle, and bound to be selected, When we get that rowd then you will hear'of O'Neill going to the front. Like all the northwestern portion of No braska county division is also agitating the people of Holt. They stook @ votoon the question last fall and it was defoated.by % votes, but those who favor division not given it up. They propose to try a Holt county is larce enough to muke four, and that is the proposition. The Judge was asked for his opinion as to how the people in that section would vote on prohibition in case the matter is submitted to them, and after some roflection replicd 1 can hardly say what the result would be. However, as between probibition and high liconse, if the double proposition is sub- mitted, Tam inclined to think that a « many who otherwise might support prohibi- tion would vote for high license.” A gentleman recently from New York, and out here prospecting with a view to in- vesting big capital, said last evening that to him the situation indicates_greater prosper- ity for Omaha this year than ever before +On coudition that "my name shall not by mentioned, I will give you a few pointers that very few people know anything about. one of them s to the effcct that the ercction of & $L,000,000 hotel, nine stories high, fire proof ' and com: plete in_all modern improvements through- out, would be commenced this spring. The man who proposes to put it up has the money, ana he will not sk nssistance from anybody. He is simply waiting; for the gov- ernment building to_be located and when that matter has been settled will proceed at once with the enterprise. I also know, that within one year Omaha_will have another bunking institution with a capital of $1,500,- 000. The parties are monied men of Boston, they are ready 1o come and would have boen here now had not a few men, whom I could name, discouraged them." esont rain to ne coun to wmal John Bradley, a citizen of Denver, who struck Omaha yesterday morning very 'soon foupd occasion to enter comvlmint against the street car company for uov kecping their cars ventilated. Evidently he rode up town from the depot in one. In his_argument to a reporter lust evening he said: Do you know that in Denver, Kunsas City, ana_some other places the smallpox is raging! People are coming to Omaha from ities all the time and they ridein your cct cars. They are very liable to carcy germs of ‘the disease and by going into a crowded air tight car might iuoculate fifteen or twenty persons. I have noticed coming here that the ventilating win- of these cars are kept closed. That should not be allowed. No matter whether the weather is cold or hot, they ought to be open all the time." Kor Billy Moran. Commissioner Mount went down to Lan- coln Thursday to sce Billy Moran, the late clerk of the ooard of county commissioners, who is now at the insune asylum. Speaking of his protege’s condition to a re- porter yesterday, Mr. Mount said: Bil no better. He is allowed, under the rules of stitution, to reccive newspapers and and these seom to huve a derogatory upon him. He received a bunch of from the superintendent the other day, and immediately handed them back to , suymg: “If there's any news in these give itto the news| evidently im agining himself back at his desk in the coury house. effect Person C. S, Perr, ray. C. C, White, of Crete, is a guest at the Millard. M. E. Taber, Murray. A. L. Towle, of Niobrara, is a guest at the Paxton. 0. 8. Marden, of Kecarnoy, is stopping at the Paxton Charles Wasmer, of Grand Island, the Paxton. J. L Wash, of Lincoln, was at the Millard yesterday. H. A. Warner, of Philadclphua, is stopping at the Murra, Ewing J. Manatt, of Lincolu, at the Paxton. A. P, Budger, of Lincoln, was at the Mur- ray yesterday, J. W, Hitcheock, of Hastings, is stopping at the Millard. J. M. Gillam, of Liucoln, registered at the Paxton last night. George N. Foresman, of Lincoln, is stop- ping ut the Millard. Chris. Schlotfcldt, of Grand Island, was at the Paxton yesterday, M. P. Kincaid, of O'Neill, registered at the Miliard lust night. John K. and E. L. Stout, of Lincoln, were at the Millard fast night. J. H, McLeod, of Lexiuton, Neb,, the guests at the Paxton. 1. L. Spencer and wife, of Kearney, reg is- tered at the Paxton yesterday. A. S, Maxwell, of Grand Island, was one of the guests at the Millard yesterday. 1t Doesa't Look Right. Cowplaints have reached Tie Bee that & certain physician who is practiciug in this city, had registerod as having graduated from the University of Graz, Austria, when in fact he is not a graduate of that seut of learning In this connection the following letter has been handed Puk Bex for publication, by the gentleman to whom it was addressed : Guaz, Austria, Jan, 32, 1880.—Dear Si I answWor 1o Your inquiry of last August, we beg to inform you that no ene by the nume Alfred Matter has ever studiod or graduated at this univorsity. Dg. Ler, Scuvsten, Rector of the University of Graz, Austria. An Infant's Death. Freddie, infant son of Charles and Della Showers, died Wednesday of brain fever, ‘The funeral occurred from the family resi- dence, No. 721 Pacific street, Friday morn- ing. al Paragraphs. , of Cincinnati, is at the Mur- of Buffalo, is a guest at the is at is stopping among OUR BRAIN AND MUSCLE, What They Are Doing and Propose to Do tho Present Year. JOURNEYMEN'S AGREEMENT. An Attempt to Unify Labor Organi- zations — Next Scason's Wages— Millions For New Struotures— Local Labor Associations, Master and Journeyman. There will be a meeting nextiMonday night of the Builders and Traders exchange, said & member yesterday, “‘but it will be a meeting solely for the transaction of our own business, because we are a private organiza- tion as well as any other in the ecity. Of course there are some things we do which will be of interest te the community, and these things will ba given in proper time to the public, At our last g there was quite a largo attendance of all the clements of cur organization and it was decided that no wages other than those paid last r would be paid the present season. The brick contractors were well reprosented and said that thoy proposed to pay &30 for nino hours' work per day, including nine hours also on Saturday. The other industries gave exvression theough their rep resentatives, and held that they were pleased v also the ruling wages of last y will be no mistake this year. Eyer body, master uud journeyme bent upon putiing shoulder to shoulder' and luboring for Omaha's prosperity, and the contentment and success of its citions The leading teades o city are us foliows: Carpenters” and Join ers’ union, Brotl wod of Locomotive En. gineers, Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen Builders', Contractors' and Material Fara ishers' Protective association, Cigarmak union, Castom Tailors’ union, 11 union. Iren Moulders’ union, M ors' association, Omaha Clothing S association, Omaha Lathers' union, Omaha Typozraphical union, Pressmen’s, Ste reotypers’ and ctrotypers' union, She Metalworkers™ union, Switch men's Mutual Aid association, i union and tho Helpe News relating to these or mterest to the laboring me of Omaha, will appear in thi Sunday. Ofticers and mewbers of the o ciations are repectfully requested to the collection of th V' nd thew will be greatly Work practical Ihirty-sc nizations of this eforts has now ToLe ents ast job, n s Ryan & Co., hav- days amo. The during the past five v closed, the ond strect by J ing been completed - fow contractors kept thei men g the chunging woather of months Mujor McAuley, the veteran coutracto has returned from Chicago and set a few men at work on a siall job, which will keep them enzaged until the opening of speing. 1t seemed that sprime had come, until the biack flag went up b Every body med to feol th ots of the awak g of the year and it looked as thoueh buil i- ing operations wouid be res: 1 imme But a cold wave destroys wmany e has been leas sufforing in this city mploved and poor people the. pres winter than there has been any year, the population being relatively consiaered, in a preceding year in the history of Omai. ‘Ui BEE reporters have made a par canvass of the work outlined by Omaha ar- chitects for this yeur and thus far nave as. certained that buitding ready been ordered which will cost 3, The past. week a number of leaders of labor organizations in the country met in Philadel phia to bring about an am:cable understand- ing between all national and_internationul ovganizations. It is said that Powderly and ire were brought together by mutual It is"also stated that the undertak avored by P. M. Arthur, of therhood of Locomotive aad Chief Wheaton, of the Ord ¥ Conductors: Girand N the Brotherhood ¢ grand master of the railroad bral Wilkensen; Sumuel Gompers, of the Amalzamated Federation of - Lubor, and othier labor leade “There is one thing,” sai U ploye, “Cushing won't play any around the shops, and he his put” an end to all over time. The men all fare alike now and work nine hoursa day with five on Sat- . but before there used to be fow men —Lwon't say they were favorites, but it looked that way—wio were continuall putting in over time, They would work ur il o'clock instead of quitting at and could always find something to do on Satur- day afternoons. 1twas the same in all de- partments and some of the men who worked were old_enough and rich enough to know better. Now, that is all stopped and the; have to quit with the rest. Ot course, if an engine comes in and is wanted out in a hu some men will be put on to seo that she gets out, butit will be in u case of emergency, and not an every day occurrence.” I don’t think there will be any eight-hour demonstration in this city,” saida prominent union man, *‘although they is going to beone in Chicago on the :2nd of this month. 1 haven't heard of any more being made in that direction by any of the Omaha unions. But there is one thing you can sy, that, us faras_our union (the’ plasterers’) is con- cerned, and { think its the same with ul other, everything points to a better seaso than ever before. We have uple alivad, and are not exy ‘I'he bosses aud men understand e better now, and ave working mor mony than eve ) alittle ‘give and tuko' thrown in. n have done more work this winter than ever, as the we: wild and a lot of large buildings were being finished. "Phe regular season will open about tho 1stof April, and, as | said before, the prospects were never brighter,” Friday night the stationary ‘engineors met in their room in the Sheely block. As a rule the members thoroughly indorse the action of Boiler Insp Standeven. *What we want and what he 1s trying Lo get," said one of them, *Is a thoroughly competent class_of men, Our union is for that purpose. We don’t udvocate strikes, but anything that will raise the standard and the interests of the enginoer. It wants just as good a man to attend a boiler for heating ||\|r‘(mw L does to run an engine, and yet half the busi- ness men i town think that any scrub can mako a fire and ‘steam up.” There ought to be a heavy penalty attached to the man guilty of putting those thoughts into pr tice, because, us ugeneral thing, ther more life ut stiie in an ofice building or res- idence flats than there is around a planing mill or factory. I know of one hotel man who has only one boiler and refuses to let it bo blown out lest the house may get cold; and yet, that boiier must be half full of mud. Now that boiler is going o scale some day; and if the scales crack and drop off, the cold water will hit the hot iron and there will be troubie. If the inspector can make the ex- anunation more rigid, and the penalty for employing an incompetent man u heavy one, he will be doing a good thing uot only for us but for citizens generally, South Omaha workingmen believe in edu- cating the masses, and tho local assembly K. of L., and the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners have appointed a joint commit- tee to arrange @ serics of meelings for the discussion of questions beariug on the sub- ject of labor. The members selected for the work are W. H. M. Collester, L. C. Dole and M. Smith, of Union 112, and Alfred An- derson, Edward Elster and Willism Hughes, of local asserbly 8610, Denver hus boen selocted as the meeting place for the anuual convention of the Intor- national Typographical union, and the first weelk in June will find the delegates from all parts of Canada aud tue United States us- sembling there. Owmaha typos will send two representatives, and are already beginning 10 wove in the matter, ive candidates ure now in the field and, so far, the choice lies between Jones, of ‘e Bre, Hartley and Corwin, of the Republican, Fisher, of the World, and Hogan of the Herald. The elec- tion will be held tho last Wednesday in March. ‘The annual election of oficers for Typo- Fruplncul union No, 100 will be held on the last Wednesday in March. Tho Central Labor union is down on J, M Woife, publisher of the Omaha city dir tory, because he has given the contract to Gibson, Miller & Richardson, who are run- ning a non-uniou office, The tventy-two switchmen employed by the Union Stock Yards company wre ail wewmbers of the union. P.em- avorites AMONG THE COURTS. The Motor Cdfmpany Gains a Victory of Imnortance, The motor eompany has gained a victory in the courts, Yestorday moruing Judge Doane dissolved the temporary injunction obtained against it by the city to restrain the Omaha motor railway company, and Thompson: Houston electric light company from erect ing overhead wites in the streots, by which the motor cars wre propelled. The decision by Judge Doane lengthy After roviowing the case, the arguments, the occupation of streets’ with poles and wires, the transmassion of electricity through the wires, the franchise, and an ordinance regulating the construction and operavion of street railway the court held that the motor people | would be warranted in using anch appliances as had been demon atrated to be of practical value at the date of the passage of the ordinance, if they did not interfere with the ordinary purposes of thoroughfares, At that time, the overhead wire was the only successful electric motor system, T'wo other methods which may eventually supplant al other means were then being experimented on, the conduit and storage battery But, from the testimony, those fwo systema are still in the exparimental stage, 1t wonld o unreasonable to inform the company, the court thought, after it expe a0 large an amount of moncy and tak o franchise s aranty with the overhe S\VSte] as the only known successtul method, that it should put in conduit system, necossit i the taking up of 1ts tracks, and such an - utterance would impose a hn ship and unroasonable ¢ 1t SCeme to the court the cit cnters upon the abolish ment of the polos and wires now pying the st st adont n general and notice o all r methods was quite that wh 1S o th of conveying without dist the count these ro Judae W of Metor tak.an application for the uppointm ver. e docided that the mortga question are honest, were given for m roc and that in them there was no in tent 1o defraud creditors, The for cortain creditors s undispu however, to me,” sad his hooo whether in tois stat L under cirennstancss o exceution of this one, is void o: I'he application for a recolver was grant peoviding the defendants refuse to se Plaintiffs for the pavment of their claim. During ation Judtee Grofl i the areument 2t for damages, touch reat water power sys. W at e et 835,000 13 He has by i to do so on for (Cearney 1o Tuesday morning court Mon 1 leave turn home by there wil 15 nour. con. inan vs Pandt vs Shivericl and Nail comp 330 pany i vs City Waterworks com- Bry & Co. vs Steele & Co acing vs Somanck & Co. . County Court. Judge Shields heard the Baker-Brucker case yesterdhy. This suit was instituted to requiro the defendant to turn over £00 stake money ou a shooting match. The court held that such a bet or wager was not untuwful for it wus not hazerdous gambling. Accord ingly the n 20 to the one for whom the refer Followin James ¢ al, 10 4. m, J. H. Balwin vs J. P, “for Monda, ton Hospe, jr., ju Smith. At The amusement feature of the present week will be the production of Willard Snenser's popular opera, “The Little Ty coon," by a much stronger compauy than presented 1t during the engagement here lust autumn, The addition to the company the well known comedian the origmal Geaeral Kuid Mamie Cerbi, the original Dolly materially strengthened the « other principal parts of the casis ar. hands of such capable artists as Ca Linyard, J. Aldrich Libby, Lloyd Joseph Mealey and J. K. ‘McGover remarkable success of “The Little Tycoon, whichr had the phenomenal run of oie year in Philadelphia, whea two weeks is the usual limit, has made it a favorite and much soughtafter attraction by managers. One reason for its popularity is doubtiess the fact that it is strictly an American wor! cither ideas, music, dress or scenery wo imported. ‘The music of the score is pret and melodious, and the dialogue is r with rollicking fun and bright’ humor, the staging of the opera is considercd mag niticent, The comvany comprises fifty-two people, and the orchostra will be lirgely augmented du engagement at the Boyd. Mr. Spencer's new topical song, “Now That's What I Think, Don’t You!” is one of the hits of tho season. The dates of ““The Little Tycoon’" are Friday and Satur- day of this week. Wilsox, The Stotson’s Unele Tom’s Cabin will hold forth at the New (irand opera house Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday, and o natince Wednesday afternoon. As_cveryone ku this is one of the oldest,mst populur America, and this fact s led mor and ono-horse companics to undortake any other production ever put on the stuge. No one knows this b than Stetson and he nas, therefore, at bense, gathered together such an a reinstate this oid piece to its forme The Kden Musec has an excollent pro- gramme for the coming week. The e brated Kincheart family will appear in their original musical comedy entiticd +The Ir Governess.” In addition to this w Moore's canine_paradox, 20 sagacious dox who are marvelously well traimed. In all parts of the house attractions are ond and the sumne popular price of one dime will ad mit to all. v us to position, The members of the Unity Shakespeare club ave busily engaged in reficarsing half o n scenes from as many of Shakespeare’s s for un entortainment which they will ive in a few weeks. The best readers in the club, which includes several professional cutionists, will impersonate the different characters, "THE stago accessories and cos tumes will réceive especial care and atten tion, and will be lstorically correct. Al the persons who take part are being fully drilled; and are excited by genume en- thusiasm for the works of the great poet, and a determnination to do justice to his creations. ‘Phe programme will comprise the scencs that dre best adapted for sof te representation from “The Merchant of Venice, “Henry VIIL" “Macbeth,” “Julius Cawesar’ and #Othello: Nearly all theater-golog people have a pleasant remembrance of Efie Ellsler, the clever little getross who made such u reput tion as “‘Hazol Kirk.”" Next Thursday, Fr day and Saturday nignts, with Saturday matinee, shefwill play an engagement at the Grand. ' She will present for the fivst time her latest siccess, “Judge Not,” also gypt” and “Keep Sake!” Miss Ellsler ouglit to draw big audiences. The West Virginia Deadlock. Cmanigstox, W. Va, Feb. 16,—During the senatorial vote to-day, Carrand Kirk loft Goff, for whom they declared yesterd ay, aud voted for the uniou labor favorite, Harr, who voted for [Kenna, deserted him and voted with Carr and Kirk. Kenna lost Ford who, with Dorr, voted for () The r sult of the frst ballot was Goff i), Kenna i Neal (labor) 3, Chie necessary to eleo- tion, 42, Al L A Mother's Crimiual Carelessness. Pour Hukox, Mich., Feb. 18.—Mrs, Beeter locked her three children, aged two, four and six, in the bouse while sho went to town. In some way the children set fire to the house, and when rescued by neighbors were unco scious. The two youngost died last night, aud the other is not expected W live, ON THE ROAD TO HEAVEN Itoms From Sacerdotal Loaders Gar- nered by Reportorial Pilgrims. EVANGELISTS'ATTACK ON SATAN. COhanges in the Pulpit—Entertain- ments in the Sanctuary- Kleemo- ynary Entorprises for tho Hoa- then and the Sufforing. Tho Way of the Lord. me time ago the Rev. Dr. Lamar was given a unanjuous call from the First Bap tist church at Sioux City, He intended mak ing a visit there for the parpose of viewing the situation. The other day a committeo of trustees of the church of this city called tuvon him to induce him to remain with his Omaha con gntion, After considering the matter Mr, Lamar said that he would d e call and would not Omalin i usiderable personal ae 1o hin sopt the invitation, ho had been so we od in Omahn and his church had stood so heroleally by him, tha » did not have the heart 10 loave lis parish At Bantist chureh, strangors’ Sabbath aching at 1620 4, m, and 780 Morning theie, “Christ’s Toxts—Where Got Them," Evening, Heroism rthe Times.” Sunday school at 12 m Prayormeeting Wednesday and Friday oven ings. od. S it all serv is postponed f dosirg ats resignation of th m the pastorate of the Swed ish Lutheran churclh, Tweifth and Cass stécots, the Rev. M of Rock Island hias been g congregati sent it is doubtful who will bo Mr. Lnst Tuesday th ter went to Holdredge, N eb, 1 the interest of the Immanual Hospital and Deaconess in- which is now in_ course erection, U he will manage, He will roturn iny. Mr. iFogelstsom contemplites ast for w three month's trip in t U During his absence the Rev wnd 10, OIS SUCCOSSOT pital as pastor of the chureh Mr. 10d 10 take exclusive elin anual hospital project resi e of the Tm st of A American ranizer wi sty 1 i This is racter of the charter the trustecs chosen to manage the institu tion. Thirty thousand dollars has alread been subscribed, the southern wing is coin far as the exter stri e but years of and much 11 be needed for the entire building wd itis hoped next fall will oponed, |l iment, u cosmopolitau traini: strated in the eh as a pastor in Larope, and feo praven as iu Brooklyn wnd O el BlnE R on, HiBEAY: enterprise to complet Kev. J. A, Headerson, pustor of venue church, has commenced moof a4 missionury monthly. Day who was r Iy il resumied his mimisterial duties at the uth Tentn Street Metbodist chureh. est in the meetings at Hanscom Park ist church is growing, and over a united with that congregation on probation within the last week The Ladies' Missionary socicty of the Pirst Methodist chureh will” hold a_bazaar and poer at the chireh, Seventeenti and Dav- cnport sty 8, next Thursd night “The Hebrew Tabernacle’ will v theme of Elder J. B. Johnso Walnut Hul Christian church” The witl be iilustrated by oil pumtings, “Christ Before Pilite” and “The Cruci ixion,” paintings known as the “Huiskamyp on exhibition at the Yo Chiristian as: ation roomns next we The ladies of the *Open Door," mes hursday on. It was led by the meetings will the the be the At the bjcet afternoon at the Mrs. Doolittle bo held manthly Sunday senool workers of the North v confercnce wiil_meet at the thodist church March 5 for the purpose of g a Conference Sunday Sehool asso. instit In futy o al chur an ional lecture Ir night, at the Omaha commercial college, His subject was ace, Gumption and Grit Dr. Lamar, pastor of the First Baptist arel, recently read a paper on “Christian cience’ before the Methodist preache meeting in this city. It will soon be pub- lished in pamphlet form. Mrs. B. Spurlock, of Plattsmouth, Neb,, nt u few fuys of last week in Omaha or s auxiliaries of the home missionary canizod at Seward South Tenth, Triity and Hanscom ' Sam Jones, the Georgia revival s leased the Colossenm building May. 1t is said that there is ding in the eity large enough to hold the crowds he usually” attracts. He is now in California. Young M Coristinnassociat rship is i Asing, At i weeting it reached 400, r montuly meeting, which' was held Monday ning, there were 102 new names prescn for membership in the associa I Evangelists Potter und Miller will de ture to men only at the Young Men's Christian ussoc ion rooms this afternoon at 4ol AU last Sunday afternoou’s meet- ing wmen were turned away. There w about five hundred present. To-day the sociation has made preparations for uccow modatiag 100 people. The Child" ud of the Second Presbyterian church, g a very interesting mnent at the church list Tuesday A large audicnce was present und time was experioneed. The re devoted to the Home and 1's iy d at the a deligh Ipts W « A mau nawed J. H. Haan, is dispensing linuors over a bar at Seward county, without a Yester day afternoon United States Commissioner Auderson 1ssucd o warrant for the illicit dealer's urrest. A deputy marshall was dis patched to Milford, where the man will be taken into custody. It is expeete at Hahn will be brought to Omaha to-day, and itis likely that he will 0 oa prelimin- ary examination before the commissioner to WOrTow. uccused Milfo license. The Droslen Con The Droslen gave a concert and dance at Washington hall last evening, that was weil attended. The concert consisied of selec tions by the M ical union orch i, zithel s0los by the Droslen chorus and humorous selections in the Danish tougue. At the close of the concert dancing commenced and continued until a late hour. -~ Cox Appreciate Feb. 16.—Representative Cox, who offered siccessfully a series of in- structions to the house conferecs on the ter- ritorial bill looking to the immediate admis- gion of South Dakota, has received letters from Fargo, Duk., signed by Chairman Ryan, of the democratic territorial commit- thanking him for his effort on behalf of statelood for the Dakotas and other terri- tories, and saying that, rightly or wrongly, the impression nas been created that thé democratic party is responsible for denying the people of Dakota their undoubted right to come into the union as_two states when possess all the qualifications: that the ple of Dukota are practically unanimous or of division and statehood ; that it is 38 to waste time in taking another vot ou division, and asking for statehood at once, ~— “Is it your man who delivers pavers av my house!' asked u clothing salesman of the collector he was paying a newspaper bill I believe 50, was the response. then, 1 wish you would find out why in the -— — doesn't deliver my Christian ln- dicator on time, will you!" " The collector said that the wmatter would be attended to forthwith, all the yholesale AS TO DISORIMINATION Omaha Packers on the Protest of the Chicago Board of Trade. Owana, Feb. 15.—To the Editor of Bee: The existing classification which the Chicago board of trade is protost ing 8o vigorously is not the r of chance or accident. 1t was adopted, and has for tho past six month been maint ed by the roads against vigorous aud persistent opposition from the same quarter, These rates stick bo- cause the roads find it to their intorest to classify the two commodities Inquestion, in this way, On live hogs the average weight carried per car is 15,000 to 19,000 pounds, and packed product from 25,000 to 40,000 pounds, tho cost of hauling to the railroad being the same in both cases: but the risk and care of rting the live logs {8 much greater than the packed products. — [ncase of wreck must suffor cortain loss in or crippled animals, and the 1088 is al they must also furnish transpor. tation both ways for an attendant for every three cars of | Besides all this, they must at all times give proference wnd right of way toall trains carrying live stock: so that tnquestionably the present classificn tion is tho outgrowth of the principlo of solf- protection on the part of the roads, In the second place, the Town andMissouri river packers are satisflod with this classificatic and beliove it to be just sud reasonable, The inter-state commerce commission under this condition of affairs will protect the existing clussification, judging from the views they cxpressad in their reportof lagt Decombo They suy: “Every ratlroad serves u cortain territory, and overy part of the country hns to somwe extent interests to be served which are special and peeuliar to it, * * % * and it is always possible for the railroad manager in making rates to_vield something 1o the specinl interests of his section. - % Pho carriors, it may be assumed, have primarily consulted theic own' in tercsts, - but they have also at the samie time consulted the local feeling and the local interests and have commoniy found that the whn i ats wer best subserved in doing so. * * * + Theyulso say that uni form classification must be approached with caution and that so lon the carriers pear 1o be laborinz towards uniforn classin cation with reasonable diligence and in good faith, it is better that they should be encour- ‘and stimulated to continue their efforts n that the work stould be taken out of their hands, and that they have u knowledge of the local interests which are represented in existing classifications, and their practical expericnce gives them special fitness for ar. ranging such classifieations.” Under the interstate law the Chicago board of trade must make its fight on the line of uniform classification under the inter state law, but in doing 8o thoy must be pro pared for any burden-ome_changes of rutes upon other comuodities which way be made As _the comuissioners say in “Unifying the classification savily the placing of the same ticle in the same class for the purpose of z in all sections of the country, with the effect, as to some of thom, of lowering the rates greatly in some sections while per- hups advaneing them m the ke proportion in others; so that in the s 039, while one dealer wight be greatly benefitted, another might be ruined. And what would effect injuriously a singie dealer would in like manner offect all in_ the same e of Dbusiness in the same seetion of the country and to some degree the country at large as well."” The inter-state commission are a hoard of bitration or court of equity and are judges f the law and the fact 0w let us con. sider the position of the Chicago bourd of trade: ‘yhey say that by reason of the fact there is a 1oss of 28 per cent n turning the ive hogs into the packed product, that the rate on the 1 hog should be only 70 per cent of the packed prouuct. This argument 18 misleading. _They leave out of account the fact that 85 to 90 per cent is shipped as packed product by the westoru y when boxed the total weight is 105 per cent, and besides that the railroads get the benefit of hauling the materials used m packing, amounting to thousands of tons of coal, salt and other commodities which wmust be brought this v Tu addition 10 this, if the principle of protection 1o new und valuable interests in varions sections is Lo be observed ¢ the inter-state commission, consid cration must be taken of 'all the drawbacks and disadvautages incident. The Missour: river and lowa vackers areat a dis- advantage to the amount udditional they ¢ for cooperage, coal salt and tho less skilled labor, ete., over what is paid by the Chicago packers. Iuis awell known fact that the western railroad managers are meeting with great dificulty in urranging a uniform classifica- tion. In fact it is reported a failure and it is thought it will be necessary to enact an amendment to the inter-state commerce | waking it the uncquivoea duty of the inter- state comnmissioners 1o arrauge o uniform classification themselves. In fact the com- wissioners have shown plainly in- their re- ports that in the absence of such an_amend- ment they wilt be slow to interfere with local interests where the carriers and community arcin accord; and it may be safely con- ciuded that they will not take action _on the exparte statement of the Chicago board of trade with- out first giving duc nouce to the westorn packers, To do so would be_coutrary to the purposes of their creation—to act as 4 board of arbitration or court of equity. Assume that the demand of the Chicazo board of trade be ted io—that the live hog rate be made 70 per cent of the packed produc then as the live hog rate is already low enough the rate on the packed product must rder to reach the pro nanded the rate must be advanced ts per cwt—i0 per cent of which ent live hog rate. 'The logical r . of the appeal of the Chicago NLerstALe commeree. coumis outrageous diserimination pstern puelkin nd the nnihilation of their business. before this Tnr against sult Sion wou gainst w practioal And again, all interests 1l be prote ke. Most certuinly it would be bad policy for the packers to defend any other intcrests than their oy o in other words to employ counsel to defend_the interests of the raii- voads as proposed by the lowa packers. It would have the appearance of a combination of interests not identical und give foundation for the int it nothing else would,of the board of commissiouers besides giving unnecessary promiuence to the conflict between the Missouri river and lows pack- crs and Chicago. it OMAIA PACKERS ASSOCIATION. RESOLUTIONS adopted by the puckors of February 14, 13%, Whe Combla court South Oma; its andpetitions are now pe g befc the inter-state cor meree commission, and others arc proposed o i I 15 10 sook ling by’ said comnission concerning the ative rates on packing house products and live animals, between the cast and tho west, more favorable to shipment of Live animals than the product; and Whereas, Such efforts arc in dizect con flict with the rights and interests of western packers, and if succossful witl greatly injure them and impose unnecess; burdens on both producers of animals and consumers of products, for the benetit of packers less (- vorably situated: therefore bo it Resolved, Thut we firmly protest against any proposod change of existing relative rates, cither on the packed products or liv animals (in car lots) for shipment from Mis souri 1 points east, us tending Lo unjust discriminasion and consequent demoraliza- tion of our {ntercsts, for the reason that the Omaha packers are alrendy ata disadvan- to tho amount additional they must p: 1or all comwmodities, including coal, salt, cooperage, ote., rauging from 20 o 30 po cent more than is paid by the Clicago pacic ers; also, by reason of loss prices for offul and higher wages for less skilled labor, OMAla PACKING Co Annoti-Cuoany Pack Gro. H. HawsoNn & Co., Swier & Co. The Sit lagher has not yot reccived the blanks necessary to be filed by propert owners who intend Lo offer their property for the new postoflice site. No further word has been heard from the goveanment agent who witl roport on the proposed site, but it is hought 1ie i8 on the way: Held a Meeting. The railroad committee which was recent- iy appointed by the board of trade to confer with railroad ofiicials and capitalists for the burpose of teying Lo secure @ company 1o uild a union depot and bridge held a ciosed niecting yesterday aftornoou at the board of r ade 100 Postmaster Ga IN PERDITION'S ANTE-ROOM A Nebraska Town Which Rivals the Iniquities of Gomorrah. HOW COVINGTON IS CURSE Creaturss Which Shame the Name of Man and Woman—Mocking at Decency —Little Chilaren Taught to Drink, Diabolism Rampant. COVINGTON, Nob., Feb. 10.—{Corre- gpondence of Tie Ber.]—There has been a great many hard things said of this place within the past fow months, but it is extromely doubtful in my mind whether the truth has been over- vonchod in a single instanoce. While there are some very good, ve- and law-respecting eitizons residing within the limits of Coving- ton, they ave fow indood, and ouly ro- main beeause of their inability to dis- pose of their property at suitablo prices. om the very moment the rumsellers of Sioux City became convineed that they could no longer afford to fight the prohibition laws of Towa, thoy removed 1o this side, and buildings sprang up in every diroction and to-aay the place that for years has been aught but a sleepy, slumbering hamlet of a haif score of dingy, weather-beaten dwell- ings, has somo sixty or more good- appearing buildings, all occupiod. In one corner of several of the sa- loons nre lunch counters, where there are usually congregated drunken men and womoen of overy age and color, There are about the same number of houses of ill-fame, among the worst of which might be mentioned the “Boys’ run by a notorious woman named Mag Willis, whose past history in the city” across the Big Muddy is scarcely equaled by the rkost dyed gistor of o) demi monde. A 1aveey plainly painted sign hangs out across tho wall in front of her infamous den, “The Boys' Home." In the lower story of her place a saloon is run by her “solid man,” and the sights to be seon there at any hour of the day or night cannot be pictared by an ordinary pen. Lounging about in corners and hanging over the bar may be seen bloated, blear- eyed bums whose last hope of reform has been buried in the long ago, while here and there will be observed a well dressed youth, apparently being enticed to cnter for the first time the most damnable den in which a young man may stumble. The state of growing worse with cach Decent, peoplo whe pass through héve on their way to or from Sioux City are subjected to Slurs and insults from the blasphe mous lips of brazen-faced sirens of every color and nationality and their iccherous, inebriated companions, of which the drunken, degraded rum- sellers, who call themselves the *‘busi- ness men” of the town, speak and boast with supreme satisfaction. This can bo readily explained in a few lines, and perhaps will be of inter- est 1o 1 'rs who do not fully eompre- hend why Covington whisky-sellers should be meaner than others engaged in the same occupation. I'll tell you: Almost every man to-day doing business in this place has been driven from low the prohibition laws, after having = sacrificed almost every dollar he possessed on earth in fighting the measure, This has developed in him all the meanness to which man is heir, and vir- tually destroyed what few inclinations he may have once possessed for doing good instead of bad. He glories in vio- Tating the luw. by keeping open on the abbath and selling to the wminors of God-fearing people and seo them reeling homeward to saddon the hearts of indul- gent fathersand loving mothers who would a thousand times prefer seeing their boys lowered to their last vesting pluces. Yaur correspondent was in one of these gin-mills the other morning when a young lad, perhaps eight or nine voirs of age, entered with o basket popeorn. He was a bright, ndsome little fellow, and very talka- tive, and soon made known his busis ness. Tho man behind the bar, a big coarse-looking hrute, whose scarred and uneven fentures made his swollen, blood-shot eyes resemble two holex burned in a quilt, offercd to pur- chase a dime’s worth of nis corn, pro- vided the little fellow would take his pay in dvinks. The boy told him that he did not drini liguors of any kind; that he gave his money to his mother to help buy * bread and clothes for himsell and a little sister who was three years younger himself. The saloon man finalty ht two pupers of popeorn and gave the boy ten cents, who started on his way toward the door. The bartender called him back, and taking about three poons of whiskey, one of sugar and perhaps twice as nuch hot. water, he mixed ivup, and prevailed upon the boy to drink it, telling him that it was good for colds. Inanswer to the ques- Tions as to whether he liked it, the little blue eyessparkled with joy, as he answored *you bet,” and departed, The fiend in human form who admin- istered the poison, explained his object in doing so by saying: ou'see the prohibition eranks and I fanatics are doing all in their power to injure us, and unless we con- tinue making drunkards of the young, they will soon have them all on their side, and another thing: If that boy keeps on selling corn and blacking shoes on this side of the y it will not be three weeks until will buy drinks of me. They learn casy when young,” and he laughed heartily. The blear-cyed scoundrel went on to cnumernte the many dillerent boys whom he bad taught to drink in the sume way, one of whom was the six- vear-old boy of o widow at Le Mars, In, This one, he said, he taught purely through spite. Tho mother of the little fellow had prosecuted him for selling liquor to her husband prior to his deuth, and he punished her by teachin her ehild to like the taste of liquor, an: at fourteen yeurs of age he was & con- firmed drunkard, and ut scventeen he died. 1 asked him if he was not afraid that he would get into touble by furnishing liquor to children, “Who am [ afeaid of in this place?” he usked, with a contem ptuous sneer, And echo answered, *Who?" JuLivs, spectable this town is dangerons affairs in and more - r Repaiving. Articles of incorporation of the M anufuo- turcrs® Stove Repair com; nywere filed e ¥y with t county clork, he capital stock of tho concern is w00, aud the com- pany will have an existence of fifty yeurs, Tho tncorvorators are 13. L. Parkor, F. Shels don, J. . Vickers and Thomas £, Dupuis. arviage Licenses. Following are the anly marriage licenses is- sucd yesterday in the connty court by Judge Shiclds Name und Residence § William Reha, Onaha i Rosie Biair, Omaha. . { Edward Barrett, Omaha ., i Norah Kelgalion, Omabia Age. . - Y19 2 h W