Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 28, 1889, Page 2

CHARLES CITY SENSATION. The Faith Cure Treatment Soores Another Vietim. INDIGNATION AT HIGH PITCH. An Investigation Ordered Which Re- sults in a Severe Condemna- tion of the Practice of Ohristian Science. Another R ond Projeot. Crestox, Ia., Mareh 27.—(Special to Tnr Ber]—The Creston & South Eastern rail- road com pany not being able to make satis ctory arrangoments with the Keokuk & ‘estern rallway company for an eastern outlet, has been lookine clsewhere, but has finally settled upon the old original plan which is to arrange for a line through Cres- n connecting it with Council Bluffs, Sioux iy, Quiney and St Lou's, the nro‘mlod ino 'to the southeast to run through High- and nnd Sand Creek townships, Union a\mw‘ thenoe to Leon, Ta., and on to Stahl, 0., there connecting with a road now oper- ated to Quincy and St. Louis. To the north- vost the 1line passes through Spaulding wnship, entering Adams county about two miles southeast of Novinville on through Cass county to Council Bluffs and Omaha. ‘\ committee appointed by the officers, will rive over the proposed route at once and ar- ange for a survey to be commenced April 2. E{ this projoct be darried out. Creston will be division station and the main adyantages to be gained will be a direct line to St. Louis and the great coal flelds of eastern Missours. ——— Killed By #aith Cure. Masox Orry, Ta., March 27,—| Special Telo- gram to Tur Bes.|—Another victim falls &t the hands of christian science treatment, and the affair produces a profound sensation at Charles Civy, where the death occurred. Mrs. A, S. Graves had been ill for several Qays, and believing in the eficacy of ohris- bian healing, refused to have a physician and relied on the treatment of the healers, who lurged her to stand out against doctors. Mr, Graves, who is a traveling man, was away from home, but was telegraphed that if he svanted to see his wife alive to come at once. Immediately upon his arrival, seeing the criticalf condition his wife was in, a doctor was summoned, but too late, for the last !}P"e was gone and the poor woman died. he indignation of the citizehs was aroused tosuch a pitch that a coroner’s jury was am[:nnolod, and after spending two days in aking an examination made a report se- erely condemning the healing, or faith cure, treatment. e L0y Altogether L'oo Ounning. Des Morxes, In,, March 27.—[Special to . Tnr Bee]—The pharmacy commissioners bave just prosecuted to a successful com- letiona new kind of a case under the pro- ibitory law. An habitual drunkard at eon, in Decatur county, applied at a drug tore for some whisky, but was refused. He went over and asked an’ accommodatini farmer named Elmer Holhn?er to go_in unfi E" him a pint. Hollinger did so, and signed he usual blank that the whisky was to be used for medicinal purposes, and took it way and gave it to Mr. Drunkard. The ‘harmucy comimissioners heard of the trans- Betion and prosecuted Hollinger, and he has ust been fined $20 and costs for the false tatement he made. An Outrageous Act. Des Moigs, Ia.,. March 27.—[Special Telogram to Tiz Ber.]—A specia) from Os- cools, Clark county, says that while the 16- yoar-old boy of Thomas Debord was out walising near tho narrow gauge track a cou- ple of men grabbed him and triod to_ get him tell where his grandfather, a wealthy oit- fzen of that placo, kept is money: T’ by tubborniy refused to do_this, when, throw- jng him to the ground, thoy stuffed his mouth full of dirt and tied a cloth over his piouth and then piled a, couplo of pancis of now fence on top of him, where ho was ound a fow hours after almost suffocated. t is thought that he will be able to identify he porpetrators of this fiendish crime if they Bre apprebended. Set Fire to a Freight Hous Des Morsns, Ta., March 37.—[Special Tel- gram to Tz Ber]—A bold attempt was ade 1ast night t rob and burn the Chicago, E\lrlingmn & Quincy freight house in this . Burglars entered the office and tried blow the safe, but failed. They then iecmed to be determined to do some spite ork, and tore open the desks and destroyed ills, correspondence, ete., and even tore out he leaves of an atlas. Proceeding to the rsifht room they set fire to a lot of house- old goods, which was aiscovered by the ‘Watehman just in time to save a great fire. e A Criminal Assault. ArLANTIO, la., March |Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—Sherman McCrary com- mitted the crime of rape on'the eleven-year- old daughter of William Robinson, on Maple street, and gho now lies in a dangerous con- fition. McCrary came from Griswold in a livery team and sold the team this morning {D Thomas Meridith for $101. He cashed the heck, went on foot to Marne, and bought & sicket for Omaha The marshal at Walout Arrested him and telephoned Sheriff Jones, Avho landed him safely from the “Flyer" in She Cass county Stbrouded In Mystery. Sioux Ciry, In.,, March 27.—[Special Tele- “Bm to Tur Bee.l—The body of Dell right, & young man twenty-five years old, pas found in the river this evenivg. He Pisappeared on the 20th of last October. Ho as last seen that night going with a man amed Denton to a Hatboat moored in the lver, He had some monoy and there was a Bl:ph:lnn hat he had been jtoully dealt with nton is still here. The coroner's inguest will be held to-morrow. Quarrymen Blown Up, TirroN, Ia,, March 27.—[Special to Tue PBue.|—~Workmen ata stone quarry eight miles from this place were preparing for a blast yestorday afternoon, when their owder melLureky exploded. Three of he men were badly injured, one having th arms broken, The injured are John unda, Peter Nelson and John Sampson, It thought that one of them will die. They were takon by special tram to lowa City for treatment at the medical cotlege hospital, - A Btock Dealer Murderad. Das Morxes, Ia.,, March 27.—[Special Tele- to Tus Bee.]—About 11 o'clock Mon- night, Dick Garrott, a wealthy stock flealer of Columbus, was waylaid and shot Mrhile onhis way to Frodouis, a small vil- one and a half miles east of there. It supposed that robbery was the object of assault, as Mr. Garrott often carrics large sums of money on his person, although L Ofl.ld none with him on this ocousion. ¥ » e A Liquor Neizure, . Foxpa, Ia., March 27.~[Special Telegram 10 Tus Bes. |—-Three places in Fonda, where dnwoxicants were supposed to he sold, were pulied this afternoon ard cight barrels ot the lest kind of cider scized. At Guftey ros., tive barrels were captured; at Rath- furn & Co's. one was found with a quan tity of aicohol, and at John Dumuvicy's two bar- Tels were found. ——— Sulclde at Davenport. Davexrort, Ta., Marck £7.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee.]--Max Klovpenberg, a ‘well-known merchant, aged fifty years, sent @ bullet through bis brain, with futal effect, flw“' 1li-health is the supposed cuuse suicide. Inan adjoining room to thut E;m the deod was committed were the four u&h of the dead mun, who were notified @ crack of the revolver, ok s The Corporal In Command. WasmiNerox, March 27.—Corporal James Tanner to-day took the prescribed oath of ftice and entered upon lis duties as commis- oner of pengions. His onl pointinent was that_of George ly uires, of N. Y., as his coutidential scee- * STILL UNSOLVED. —_— The Omaha Postoffice T.ooation Ro- mains in Statu Quo. WasniNaToN, March 97.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.]—~The Omaha postofiice site problem still remains unsolved. Secre- tary Windom, in response to the eall of Gov- ernor Saunders, Congressman Connell and Mr. E. Rosewater, stated that he would de- for action until the matter could be re- forred to a new supervising architect of the treasury and his views upon the subjeot ob- tamped. In the meantime letters and tele- grams continue to pour in upon the seoretary of the treasury from prominent business men and citizens of Omaha, urging the se- lection of the site on Eighteenth and Far- nam streets, or at least that no ao- tion should be taken until a full expression of the views of the business interests of Omana shall be received. The fact that the Nebraska delegation is divided upon the question, and that such a strong concensus of business interests is opposed to the adoption of Mr. Linton’s report, jowns in making Sec- rotary Windom cautious of moving in the matter, While Senator Munderson is firm in urging the adoption of Linton's report for the Planters' hotel site, Mr.Connell is equal- dy determined in insisting that no action shall be taken until the secretary is convinced that the honest opinion of the citizens of Omaha has been expressed and heard. Senator Pad. dock consistently refuses to take any part in the controversy, on the ground that it is an Omaba matter in which it would bo unseem- ly for him to interfere, BETTER THAN A GOLD FIND, A Large Slice of Mexico Sald to Be- long to the United States. SAx FrANCIsco, March 27.—A special from Ensenada, Lower California, says: A dis- covery is reported here which is said to be filling the International Land company with dread. It is said that by a mistake in the English maps at the time of the treaty the Guadalupe-Hidalgo boundry line between the United States and Mexico was placed sixty miles too far north, and that the real bound- ary terminates on the Pacific ocean at apoint some distance south of Ensenada. The treaty prescribes that the line shall cut the mouth of the Colorado river, but the English maps— the only maps extant at that time—had the Gila river, whose mouth is near Yuma, incor- rectly marked as the Colorado river, The mouth of the Colorado riveris sixty miles south of Yuma, at a point near Isabel, and if tho boundary line were to be drawn at that point it would place the Meaneadero, the town of Ensenada, and all the country north g(t these places within the limit of the United States. S THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. Resumption of the Debate on the Jesult Question. OrTAWA, March 27.—In the commons to- day Dalton McCarthy resumed the debato on tho Jesuit question. He said that the act should be disallowed, whother the legislature had authority to pass it or not. The disal- lowanco of the bill is a matter of public policy. McCarthy read a recital in connec- tion with the bill, which, ho said, was un- heard of in tho history of the British parlia- ment. It's a disgraceful spectacle, he said. He would show that the Jesuits’ estate for a century belonged to the publio domain. The award was simply misappropriation, The Jesuits had no legal existence in Canada and their properties were vested in the crown. 1f the supremacy act is in force, no foreigner, whether spiritual or temporal, should inter- fore with legislation. He denied the right of any persons to keep silent on a question like this, even whon assured that the Jesuits were under the wgis of the pope. Queen Vibtoria’s Tour. SAN SEBASTIAN, March 87.—Queen Vie- toria paid her expected visit to, San Sebas- tian to-day. Her majesty was accompanied by Prince and Princess Henry of Battenburg and members of her suite, including Lady Churchill. Sir Francis Ford. The British am- bassador at Madrid, and representatives of the Queen Regent Christiana met tho royal Yisitor on the frontier, where a train was waiting to convey hor majesty to San Sebas- tian. Upon arrival of the train the queen was greeted with salvos of artillery and vol- leys from the troops that lined the route to the royai castle. The queen regent, accom- panied by the Duchess of Bailen and Coun- tess Sastago, was waiting at .the station, to- gether with numerous officials and deputa- tions. The queen, upon alighting trom the train, kissed Christiana on both cheeks. After mutual presentations the two queens entered the state carriage and drove to the castle. As the royal carriage passed between a long line of troops on either side of the roadway, military bands played the national anthem and the populace cheered enthusiast- ically, In the second carriage were the Prince and Princess Henry, of Battenburg, while five others were occupied by Spanish ficials and members of Victoria’s suite. Luncheon was served at the castle and shortly before 4 o'clock the whole party re- entered the carriages and were driven to the town hall, where & sumptuous throne had ween erected. Here Victoria formally re- ceived the mayor of the town. Her majesty afterwards witnessed @ series of basque dances and games, When the entertainment concluded the party drove to the railway station. Tha queen regent, with her suite, entered Vie- toria's carriage and accompanied her majesty to Irun, where affectionate farewells were exchanged, — Union Pacific Earnings. Bostoy, March 27.—A special moeting of the board of directors of the Uniun Pacific railway was held this morning, A draft of the annual report was submitted, and in ton- nection with it the question of a resumption of dividends was considered. It appeared that the Union Pacific had earned during tho year 1885 in the neighborhood of $2,400,000, Which amount has been reduced by about £800,000 through the failure of the St. Joseph & Grand Island railrond company, the Ore- gon Railway and Navigation company and the Central branch to ocarn tneir fixed chargos, the money to meot which the Union Pacific had advanced. - On motion of Cook it was unanimously yoted that owing to the existing circumstances of the rairoad sitia- tion it was inexpedient to resume pay- ment of dividends at present, A draft of the report was then roferred back to the ex. ocutive committee to be perfected and sub- mitted to the stockhoide He Appealed in Vain, [ Copyright 1859 by Jam:s Gordan Bennaet.) LoNvoy, March 27, —[Now York Herald Cable —Spevialto Tur Bre.|—Ignatz Reinitz, the American forger who was arrested at Qucoustown on February 4, is to be sent buck to the United States in charge of Detective MeChiskey, 0f the staff of Inspec- tor Byrnes, of New York. Remitz has been bafore the magistrates on an extradition warraut several times since his arrest. Sir James Ingham confirmod the warrant for his extradition at the Bow street police court, but the prisoner’s counse! appealed trom the decision of the mugistrate to the lord chief justice, and Mr. Justice Hawkins denied the appeal yestorday. Looking For the Woman, 81, Lovis, March 27.—~Last night a well dressed man ubout ifty years of age, accoin- panied by a zood looking womuu, registered -l,rw Hotel Parle as 8, M. Walte and wifo, o 1Plorida, The couple hiad supper in their rooms, and during the night Waite drank o lenl of boer, This morning the woman oft the hotel and did not return. Later Waite was fonnd in the room in a dying con- dition with » bottle of morphine near hi He died in a short time, and the police are scarching for the inystérious woman. No Defiaite Polley Decided On. Wasuixgron, Murch 27.—Attorney Gen- eral Mitler said to-day, in answer 0 an in- Quiry on the subjoot, that he had not outlined any a:nlcrnl vlan or polioy in regard to tte narshals and aistrict attorneys appointed by the last administration, So far u’n he ml)- concerned, Aach case would be considered on its own merits. He did not look on partisan- shin us a very serious thing iu itself, pro- vided the official was eficient and geutle- manly. THE OMAHA DAILY BERY IMHURSDAY, MARO 28, 1889, CHI10AGO'S GREED. Freight OCommissioner Mahoney Is Proparing \o Organize Opposition. Freight Commissioner Mahoney, of Sioux City, arrived in Omaha yesterday, with & view to enlisting opposition to the movement on the part of the Chicago packers for a ma- nipulation of rates on live stock, bringing the latter rates bolow that of paoking house products. When seen at the Paxton 1ast evening Commissioner Mahoney said: “This is a matter that is of importance to the ontire western packing industry, Iam from Sioux City, but the question does not inyolve Sioux City alone. 1t takes in Omaha, Atch- ison, Des Moines, Piattamouth, and every pdcking house ' west of Chicago. - In view of the demand ot the Chi- cago packers that ‘is now in the hands of the interstate commission for a rate on live stock from these pointa equal to 79 per cent of the prosent rato, and oven below that sf packing house products, it behooves every western packer and western merchant to take a decided stand against it. . Our rea- sons for doing this are opon, If even the live stock rate is eaualized with the packing house product, it means a death blow to the packing industry of every ocity west of Chicago. At Sioux City, and I may say at every point in Iowa, wo have raised our voice against auch equalization of rates. And now that an issue is coming we must, produce facts that will justify our position, We hayve learned that the railroads will take o neutral stand on the question, ond for this reason we must com- bine our grievances and lay them before the commission in rebuttal. Thatsomething in this direction must be done to prevent an enoroachment upon our imstitutions openly resolves itself, and a lack of energy on our part may be accompanied by dire results. It appears to me that Omaha should do some- thing in this direction, as it is largely intor- ested in the packing 'business, and +has a bright future in this direction before iv." Mr. Mahoney is laboring untiringly o up- set the scheme of the Chicago packers, and states that in all probability their scheme will be frustrated. To-day he will confer with Hon. John A. MoShane and several other individuals interested, in view of en- listing them in the struggle against the Chicago monopoly. The Investigating Committee. A foeling of uneasiness pervades the po- tent minds in the headquarters of the Union Pacific as the timo for the arrival of the sen- atorial investizating committees draws near. What will be unearthed by the envoys of the government is a matter of much conjocture, but that a largo sized skeleton will be jerked from the institution is what is pretty gener- ally expected. It will ba remembored that several days ago Tik BEm contained an ac- count of the way the management of the Union Pacific was equipping its proprietary lines. The irregularity was traceable largely to the administration of . H. H. Clark, for- merly general manager of the Union Paoific. The present incumbents took occasion to dony the report, but when _given an = opportunity to produce - figures to the contrary failled to do so. It is thought that the investigating committe will have this in view and that it will thoroughly considered. Another matter for thelcommittes will bo to look into matters connectedjwith the Belt line 1t will be remembered that at the time of 1ts construction about $100,000 worth of material was furnished by the Union Pacific, which was disputed and vhe report is that not one dollar of the money has ever been turned over to the Union Pacific, President Adams, of the Union Pacitic endeavored to obtain control of the Belt line, but he ran against & snag in S, H. H. Clark, and instead the Bolt line was turned over to tne Missouri Pacific. Although at the time Mr. Clarke was asso- ciated with the Union Pacific, he said to have, in this case, played into the hands of Jay Gould, and that he is now being re- warded for services rendered Gould while he (Clark) was general mazager of the' Union Pacific. However, that & vast_quantity of material, together with labor furnished by the Union Pacific in the construction of the Belt line has not been paid for is a matter of no secrecy, Retrenchment in Lahor. “There are just 11,720 men on the pay roll of the Union Pacific, ‘which includes G. M. Cuming, at the present time. Those that were of the opinion that ‘‘retfenchment''was not the password and policy of the Union Pacific have in this indisputable evidence of the facts. At no time for a period of years has tne force lowered to this point. The av- erage number is about 14,000 men. There are seasons of the year when the force of trackmen is reduced, but the lopping oft of over 3,000 heads is a rare featurc even of the Union' Pacific. It is intimated, however, that the company will soon re-employ a iarge number of trackmen and crcws that have been idlo for nearly the entire winter season, but following up this is a_report that a cor- responding reduction will be made in the men employed in the shops at various points on the system. As yet no material reduction in wages has been instituted, but such a move is momentarily expected. The pay roll of the Union Pacific, including auxiliary lines, now reaches about 700,000 per month, a large portion of which is gobbled up by the big fish. Western Classification. The western classification committee has issued a new pamphlet superseding that is- sued Janu: 1. It will apply on all ship- ments April 1, aside from the sections which effects the advance in rates, the latter to take effect April 10. The shipment of ada- mant, which has in most cases been regu- lated by a commodity tariff, takes fifth class rates; agricultural implements, whivh have been handled largely as second class, takes to a great extent firstclags. Numerous other changes afé made in most instances advanc- ing in classification, which ‘mneans a corre- sponding advauce in freight rates. Railroaa Notes. Assistant_Superintendent Touhy, of the Union Pacifie, has returned to North Platte. Superintendent Rosseguie is considoring the matter of establishing his headquarters in the room of the depot now used as a saloon. Trainmagler Foley, who Zhas been in Omaba for Several duys making up the pew time card for the Union Pacific, has returned to his post at Beatrice. » The Union Pacific has received two new engines from the Providence works, Nos. 649 and 641, o two from the Schenectady works, Nos. 628 and 020, the latter to bo put in service on the Lincoln & Colorado branch. Vice President Holcomb, General Trafic Manager Mellen and_Superintendent Resse- guie, of the Union Pacific, left for Sioux City yesterday morning in a speeial train to arrange for terminal fucilities at that place for the Union Pacific, which will comprise passcuger and freight depots and yards, o —— Killed While Hunting. Lirrie Rock, March 27.—News reached here from Carlisle, Ark., to-day of the acci- deotal shooting of Alderman Samuel Weller, of this city, while out hunting with a party of gentlemen from Little Rock, The parly were driviug through the woods when the horses vook fright, throwing*. B. Cortney to the ground. ~ His gun struck the wheel and was discharged. The contents entered .\‘Neil:l"l head, resulting in instantaneous 2uth. The Lydecker Court Martial. Wassinarox, March 27.—~In the Lydecker court martial to-day, Expert Saunder Spar- row and Contractor Quackenbuck testified in regard to defects in the construction of the Washington aqueduct tunuel substantially to the same effect as 1o what was brought out 10 the senate investigation. The Rhodo Islan 4 Senatorahip. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Maroh 27.—One ballot for United States senator was jaken in the legislature this morning without result, and adjournment was then taken until to-mor row. If you are about to make a pudding, a jelly.a cake or other article of pastry, don’t, my dear madam, if you have a due regard for yeur husbaud’s, your children’s or your own dl'[e-uon, use any other than Van Duzer’s Flavoring Extracts. They contain no deleterious chemical ingredients. The steriing favors numed are in every way worthy of your confidence, since they ure deli- cious, pure, and highly concentrated. Grocers everywhere sell it WHO OFFERED THAT STUFF? The Oity Counolimen Propose to Find Ouf! About It * e VIRTUE SPURNS ALL BRIBES, v Proposing to'dMake the Situation Very Wn‘fi\ Yor Some One and Meanwhile Keep- Iiik"umn. appnien Who is the Briber ? Wednesday night,” at a meeting of the council, Mr. Davis rend a lotter from A. Schillinglaw, electrician at Armour's in South Omana, which led to an animated discussion and finally to the appointment of & committes on investigation, consisting of Messrs. Burn- ham, Bailey, Bedford, Ford and Kaspar. The letter is as follow: Citicao, Tk, Marol 10, 1880.—[To Messrs. Chaffec and Davis, Omaha, Neb.,|—Gentle- men: In reply to your request to render our assistance, if possible, while inveatigat- the Dorset subuway system, I had quite @ conversation with Mr. Dorsét, who objected to some remark I had made while discussing the morits of the underground aystem now in use throughout the country. After malk- ing inquiry as to whether I was intorested, financially or otherwise, with any telephone, telegraph or electric light company, and find- ing that I was- not interested, ho said that my romarks were objoctionablo to the in- terests of the company he was trying to organize in Omaha, and wanted my assist- ance, guaranteeing me a position as superin- tendent of construction of the Omaha sub- way system, provided the franchiso was grantod by the council. He assured mo that the council, that is, & majority of the coun- ofl, had been fixed 80 that there tvas no doubt but the matter would be accepted by the council, and the franchise granted. He ' furthermore stated at & previous interview, that he had made satisfactory arrangements with their man, Kitchen, who was In charge of tho party now investigating the system, to_take me into the company financially it "addition to my position as suverintendent of con- struction, Now, gentlemen, while this is not directly bearing on the subject of sub- way systems, it is beyond all question of doubt carrying out my original conversation with their agent to the effect that the com- pany and their system was not what it was putup to be, and that their system would not stand a close and impartial investigation. If my surmises have been correct, it will bo borne out by the investigations you have just made, Gentlemen, you are at liberty to use this letter, as may seem advisable in your judg- ment, and if necessary, Lam ready to appear before your city council and make oath to the above statements, Very truly yours, A. SHILLINGLAW, Electrician Armour Company. The surprise of the council was aroused when Councilman Lowry stated that he had boen offered a block of stock by the Dorsett ocompany. 3 Later in the evenjjg another communica- tion bearing upon another phase of the same subject was read fromiMr. Dorsett. 1t was addressed to A. M. Kitchen and is as follow: CricAGo, March 25, —My Dear Sir; I in- tended, before going to St. Louis the fore- part of this week, to, wrrite you fully in re- gard to my conversation with the electrical gentlemen who figuredso conspicuously with the Omaha delegation, This man, whose name sounds like Shillinglaw or Shillings- leigh, came to me th@ first day you were all here, and, after I had gone over the Chicago system with the delpgation, he said he had missed the forenoon; in¥estigation on account of having had to goto his family after he had arrived in the morning; but that he had heard several of the delegates discussing my system since or during dinner, and that they nearly allseemed to beifavorably impressed, but, that there were two or thres of , the council ‘present who would rely wupon his judgwent and do as he desired them in the matter of granting the Omaha franchise, as he had spent about one- half of his time in Omaha for several years past, and had had business relations with several members of the council, He said” he had an electric light plant in South Omaha, and was devoting his time exclusively to the electric lighting business, independent of any particular’ company. He asked about the Omaha company, amount of capitalization and what we proposed to do in_case the com- pany secured a franchise. After I had told hint all that I thought nocessary in reply. to his questions, he remarked “that he could be of great service to us in getting the ordi- nance passed, but that like most of the peo- ple in Omaha, he was not there on account of his health:” but if he could get into the deal on the bottom he would do all he could to assist us in getting a favorable report of the committee. I told him I would talk with you about it, but you know I was so busy tho next day that I never speat over fifteen minutes with any of the delegation. I never saw the electrical gentieman again until the morning you took the train, when he came to me aud insisted on my telling him just how and where he was to come in on the deal. Itold him he coutd arrange all this with you after the ordinance was passed,and that 1 had no doubt he could get all the stock of the Omaha Subway company be could pay for, upon the sawme basis as anybody else. He'secmed quite disappointed, that I would Dot make some prowise of & gift for his in fluence with two or three of the councilmen whom he claimed to controi completely. Our Mr. Cooper infornied me on Monday after- noon that he saw the same gentleman on our streets in company with one of the Omaba councilmen that he claimed to con- trol 8o completely. My opinion is that this man is trying to wedge himself into the deal by pretending to control two or three of the members of your city council who, in my Judgment, are above' reproach and whose characters, as I judge men, are head and shoulders above that of this gentleman, Still you are in & better position to find out his worth and ability to control or conviuce these men thau I am. “Ido not believe it wise or necessary to reach such men as compose your council through agents of this kind, and I believe that neither you or your asso: ciates would councct your names or lend your influence to assist any enterprise in the securing of legislation except in the most open and honorabie manner possibie. Yours truly, D. H. Donserr, Toward the close of the meeting the feel ing of indignation became intense and it was thought that a personal encounter would take place between a couple of the representa- uves of electric companies who were present. Yesterday morning Councilman Burnham was seen and sald the investizating committoe appointed Tuesday night; was already taking the proliminary steps.toward a thorough ex- amination into the ntriducies of the conduit imbroglio, but nothing waterial could possi- bly be accomplished: before to-day or the day following, Mr. Schillinglaw had been seon and provision had been made for his re- maining here for cxamination before the committee, which he would have done with- out any solicitation ou.the pait of the com- Dorsett, who is 1 St. Paul, was telegraphed ta s7come here forth. with, and the opportuaity will be afforded the gentlemen to tell thair little tales to the committee, Mr, Burnbam did not feel in- clined to advance his ideis, either as a pri- vate citizen or & me) of the council, in regurd to the matter, b this time, owing to 1t8 extreme seriousn d the prospect. of the high old time it Is likély to occasion But that he has opinions, d1id Vigorous ones t0o, there isn’t the sligh! doubt, und r porter gathered suficlent from his casual re- marks to convince him that the commiltee already is in possession of much inforwation. Upon #he nature of this information, how- ever, Mr. Burnham declined to expatiate. Councilman Davis, was next seen, and said, inasmuch as the papers had a somewhat mixed report of the work of $he committee sent to Chicago to post themselves upon the practicability and expense of the different conduit systems, he would like to explain just what they did do, hefore touching upon the alleged boodle propositions “'The cost of the Dorsett system,” he said, “put down _was ubout 16,000 in- stead of #22,000. The iron pipe system cost pei foot or r ,000 per mile. The latter 1s the system toat prevalis in the city of Chicago. After arriving in Chi the committee was shown three manholes, all carefully swept and cleaned that morning by order of the city electricain, as they subsequently learned “This oficial, we were told is & large stocl holder in the Dorsett sysiem in Chi e oon. we drove out and ad at the waterworks, and here two or three of us g0t some pointers relative to the lllegal way of getting & framchise, and we at once . proposed to Investigate the other side of the quostion a8 to the practicability and workin, demon- stratéd by the different companies using the sameo. As a result, wo got tho different members of the committee together that night and canvassed the work lmd out for the next day, because, being the guests of the Dorsett Sompany, we determined to give them the whole of this day for further in- vestigation into whatever they had to show us. But they did notsec fit (o show us any- thing further, consequently we started out on @& tour of investigation on _our own hook. We visited the telephone company and got their estimation of the different subway systems. The electrician of the Western Union telegraph company, who had nothing more to say against tho Dorsett than some other aystems, but de- clared the iron-pipe system to be the most successful of any thoy had tried. The Chicago Are Light and Powoer company owns and controls the Dorsett systom for Chicago, and we were told by the lurrullr{ that while they owned and coutrolled the Dorsett sys- tem, they had not laid a foot of it since four and 'one-half years ago, but had put down many thousand feet of the iron-pipe system. He was asked why they did not lay the Dorsett tem, and his reason was that it was entirely too ex- pensivo to keep in repair. While the iron pipesystem cost more as un original expense, it was much cheaper and more practicable and satistaetory every way in the long run, He was asked for the approximate expense of these repairs to the Dorsett system, and he produced his books and showed us that for the past nine months this footed up just $16,- 000, This expense was entailed principally in tearing up tho strects to got 8t the defective portions of the system; replacing pavements, etc., and repairing manholes destroyed by explosions of sewer gas, conducted from these defective conduits into the manholes. That is the sum and sub- stance of our Chicago expedition. ““Now about Mr. Schillinglaw,” continuea Mr, Davis,” “I can heartily indorse him as an honorable and square gontleman in the fullest sense of the expression, and take no stock whatever in the Lorsett letter, which is an effort to impugn s reputation and square dealing with the members of the council. We received the letter from Mr. Schillinglaw before we left Chicago, and I know of my o per sonal knowldege thal Dorsett sought an introduction to Sshillinglaw him- self, and he got it in my presence, and in- vited Schillinglaw to his room, stating that he desirod to falk business to him. Schill- inglaw asked the members of the committee whather they thought it advisabie for him to g0, and we said yes, and he went, and i1t was at this meeting that Dorsett made the propo- sitions to him puplished in your report of the council proceedings. Now Dorsctt's letter to the home company is dated the 25th, just two days ago, and was probably actuated by some knowledge he has obtained as to the threatoned expose of this whole business, He endeavors to make it appear a8 if Mr. Schillinglaw sought him, and that he made all propositions of a boodle- 1sh character, wanting o be paid for using his Influence upon us and all that sort of thing. But we can clearly disprove all of this. Mr. Schillinglaw was one of our party, and we were famiiar with his every move and all he did. He is absolutely above re- proach in_ this matter, as will be’ completely proven in due time. {‘About Lowry! Well, I don’t want to talk about that matter, now that a committee has it in hand. It will be ventilated, never fear, and it looks to aman up a tree as if somebody was %:Jing to be cinched.” Councilman Lowry was seen but refused to talk. Mr. Shillinglaw was sought by a reporter, but succeeded in keeping out of his reach. The matter was the one theme upon the streots to-day, and councilmen and politic ians are gatliered n little knots on every streot corner, and much loud talk and gesti- culation is going on. TO UU“—I:} THE SICK. Seven Young Men Given the Right to Try It. The eighth annual commencement of the Omaha medical college was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Boyd's opera house. The degree of doctor of medicine was con- ferred upon seven young men. They are F. L. Burbank, C. E. Coftin, E. D. Cummins, G. A. Yates, F. A. Graham, A. P. Haynes and W. T, Mason. Dr. J. C. Denise, dean of the faculty of the. college, presided over the -commencement exercises, Upon the stage with the gradu- ates were the faculty, in which the following named gentlemen are included: Dr. Ewing Brown, Dr. S. Leisenring, Dr. W. 8. Gibbs, Dr. J. B, Summers, Dr. James Carter, Dr, Donald McCrae, Dr. F. L. Thomas, Dr. W. J. Galbraith, Dr. Joseph Neville, Dr. R. C. Moore, Dr. J. C. Denise, Dr. G. H. Peebles, Dr. Milroy, Dr. L. K. McKenny, O. P. Sew- ard and F. M. Miller, Other distinguished gentlemen upon the stage were the Kev, D, R. Kerr and the Rev. Dr. Duryea. The scenery, in front of which the doctors were seated in a circle, was a_drawing room in the first act of the *Still Alarm.” The parquette of the theater was fairly well filled with visitors. After the orchestra had played *“The Sum- mer Festival,” the invocation was pro- nounced by the RRev. D. R, Kerr. Thesweet strains of the “Flower Song"” were then rondored by the orchestra, and the degrees were conferred upon the graduates. Mr. Denise gave a little history of the medical eollege and reviewea the require- mgnts of a student on his examination before no could be eligible for a diploma to practice medicine.. He said the seven young men had filled the requirements referred to and he was glad to seo them get their diplomus, "The degrees were conferred by Dr. L. F. McKenna, president of the board of trustees, after a brief talk to the young students. Under the laws of-Nebraska they wereabout to receive a_certifi ould entitle them to practice medicine anywherd in the United States. ‘They had studied hard for them and were entitled to them. The aiplomas gving the youngdoctors tho liconse w0 get out into the world and administer medlcine to sick people were then handed to the graduates. Shortly after friends of the yourg men presented each one of them with beantiful houquets of flowers. Dr. Depise stated that Prof W. S. Gibbs had offered a prize to the student bost versed in physiology. und that it would be presented to_Ur, Mason, one of the graduates. ‘The Rev. Dr. Duryca was introduced by Dr. Denisc and delivered an appropriute ad- drcss to the graduates and tho colloge. He knew that the public considered tho impor- tance of physicians and thought that the people, once i year, should go to such exer- cises and 1n & commendable way show their appreciation of the efforts of the students and the teachers. A largo city like Omaha shonld reach out a friendly hand to any in- stitution like the medical college. People wanted health and would sacrifice anything for it. No oue courted death unless he or she was in despair. The physician and nature combined could do much 1o alleviate human suffering. Dr. Duryea's address was quite le but ke entortained his auditors with h quent talk, interspersed with humor, without being tiresome. At the gonclusion of his remarks the or- chestra played the *Dance of the Nympbs,” and the benediction was prouounced. — Question of Uement. . The clty engineer and the paving and gut- tering committeg held a meeting at the room of the board of public works to discuss Mr. Lowry's resdlution concerning & ocertain amount of stone being used in making con- creto pavements. As tho absorbent qualities of stone differ the plan was thought to be impracticable. It was decided to recommend that the board of public works, und not the chairman alone, in_conjunction with the cit engineer shouid huve charge of all such work. If contractors do not put in the pre- scribed amount of tar in pavements, they will be docked accordingly. An Absolute Cure. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT MIEENT is only put up in lsrge two ounce tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old sores, buros, wounds und chapped hands, and all skin eruptions. Will itively cure all Kinds of piles. Ask for the ORI L AB- IETINE OINTMENT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co., at 2 cents per box—by mail 80 cents. oA i A Prospective Heir Disappears, CnicaGo, Mareh 27.—Arthur Kruschaurk, @ fourteen-year-old lad, and heir to a fortune of $30,000, hus disappoared, and his father believes that he has been abducted fov the Duroese of extortiug @ ransowm. THE OITY COUNCIL. iy It Will Look Into the Bribery Busi- ness this Afternoon. . The committee appointed by the city coun- oil to investigate the charges of bribery connection with the Dorsett franchise, will open for business at the cotmofl chamber at 8 o'clock this afternoon. The committeo re- ported at last night's meeting of the couneil that staps had been taken to secure the at- tendance of witnesses, Councilman Davis wanted the matter post- poned until Saturday, as he has a case in court to-day. Mr. Lowry sald he wasn't backing down a blamed bit from his original position, but he had to go out of town and wanted the case continued pntil Friday. The couneil could not £ee it that way and the in- vestigation will be commenced at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The committee was author- zed to securo a stenographic report of the testimony offored at the investigation. Councilman Bailay, ohairman of the com- mittes on paving, curhing and guttering, to which was referred Councilman Lowry's res olution relative to paving specifications, ro- ported sevoral amendmenta to the resolution. he amendments proposed prescribo for the exaot amount and proportion of sand and oement to be used, and provide for the re- ocovery by the of for any failure by the contractors to carry out the specifications of the contract. Ordinances wore passed as follows: FEs- tablishing the grade of Twenty-fifth street from Pacific streot to Rees street; establish- mg the grade of Lake street from Twenty- soventh street to Thirtieth street; changing the grade of Thirty-third street from Frank- lin street to Hamilton; changing the grade of Pleasant streot from Paul stroet to Nich- olas street; changing the grade of Chicago stroet from Twentieth street to Twenty- third street; widening Thirty-third street from Leavenworth streev to Park strect; vacating part of Clinton street in Greenwood addition. A number of grade ordinances were intro- duced and referred to the committee on grades and grading. An ordinance providing for the payment by street railway compames of their share of the cost of pavement when tracks are laid on streets already paved was referred to the committee on judiciary. i MAHONEY'S OASE OLOSED. The County Commissioners Will Visit the Poor House. Thero was considerable surprise manifest- ed by the spectators to the investigation of John J. Mahoney aud wifo when their attor- ney announced this morning that he had ex- hausted his witn resterday afternoon, and their surprise was augmented by the fact that neither of the dofendants topk the stand in their own behalf, notwithstanding the fact that Mahoney with ominous shakes of the head had _frequently boasted during the investigation of what he would show when he took the stand. This morning the case was continued until Monday to give the stenographer time to transcribe tho testimony. On that day the arguments wili be heard and on somo day in the meantime the commissioners will visit the poor farm, having given the superinten- dent ample notice of their intention to do so. SOUTH OMAHA. The Work of Tramps. The large prairie fire to the south of the clty Tuesday evening was the dastardly out- rago of two tramps. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Parish had been away from home during the day, and when Mrs. Farish returned she found two men trying to break in the house. Refusing to depart when warned by Mrs, Parish, she went in the house, got a revolver and drove the invaders away by firing at thom. Later they came back and set the grass on fire, with the ntention of burning up tho buildings. They then wegt to the barn und would have gone in there but she, re- volver in hand, came to the defense of their property and by firing twice at them drove them away from the barn. By this time neighbors, attracted by the fire, began to ar- rive, and the vandals made a hasty flight. The {riends arriving had too to do to fight the encroaching fire to fol- low the men, When Mr. Parish arrived ho telegraphed the sheriff of Sarpy county, giving a description of the men. Had not timely assistance and many persous arrived to fight the ¥ire several houses would have been endangered and much property burned. The description of the dress of the mon is as follows: One had on bluish black chinchilla coat and vest, light striped trousers, and the other a light suit resembling jeans with a stripe down the side of the trouser legs, and both wore black slouch hats. Notes Abour the Oity. Superintendent'C. F. Rossique and Assist ant Patrick Touhey, of the Union Pacific railroad, were in the city Wednesday, Mr, Ressique states that the company will not appoint a depot policoman, but will clothe one of the depot employes with police pow- ers and require him 1o perform polico auties, In regard to the electric light at the Q street crossing nothing definite was done although_ the prospects of getting the company to put up the much-needed Light at that place is quite doubtful. The company will likely pay half the expense of paving Railroad avenile from Q to M streets, German Count Teutonia I. 0. O. I, will meet in Knights of Pythias hall this evening. Mrs, David Anderson, who spent the win- ter in San Diego, California, has returned. The new lodge of Daughters of Rebecca will hold o meeting in the [ O. O.F. hall Friday evening and will compiete the list of affairs and the officers will be installed by Grand Master John Evans, of Omaha, About sixty members of Ruth lodge No. 1, Omuha, will'be inattondance. A banquet will be served at the Reed hotel. The general com- mittee consists of Messrs. J. B. Erion, H, Heyman and George Clark. Elaborate prep- arations are being made for the occasion. The passenger coaches for the dummy trains will be improved with platform rail- ings and locked gates. The new time card for the dummy trains will be n great improvement for South Omaha people, The last train at night will not leave Omahba till 11:50 o'clock, Mrs. M. A, Tillotson and daughter, W. C. Tillotson, of Kearney, are in the city visiting Mrs. 'Tillotsoa’s son, Mr. Tillotson and daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Saxe. A gang of six Omaha detectives spent the last few days and election day in South Omaha spotting reporters and other law violators, The total democratic vote at the demo- cratic primaries was 1,025, The friends of Patrick J. King say that they will run him as an independent for police judge and will elect him, Wednesduy was the banner pullding permit, day, Inspector Breen baving issued seven permits for building, One to Albert Burch, Twenty-fourth, near I street; one to M. §. Lindsay, Thirtieth aud Hoffman strects; one to John McNee, Twenty-third and H streets: aoeto A, V. iller, Twenty-first and N streets, and Chas. A. Howe, Twenty-third and J streats. —— Winter Whea Torexa, Kan,, Mareh 27,—[Special to Tue Bee. | retary Mohler, of the agricultural department, stated to-day that the reports which he had received from all sections of the state as to the conditron of the wheat crop indicated that the state would have a larger yield of winter wheat than It ever had before. He says that the reports, with- out exception, show the crop to be in most excellent condition, The acreage s very lurge, particularly in southern Kansas, kel Some More Treasury Ohanges. WasnixgroN, March 27.—SeMbetary Win dom has appointed M.V, Bell superintendent of public buildings at Chicago, vice Hailey, resigned. Boll was formerly supervising architect of the treasury. Windom has directed the removal of Wichard Lancaster, suryeyor of the port of St. Louls, and has recomimended James O. Churehill for the ap- pointment as his successor. e Adjourned Without Action, New Youk, March 27.—The board of di rectors of the Northern Pucitic raiiroad held special meetiug this worning for the pur- pose of takiug aclion on the proposed agree- ment with the Wisconsin Central railroad Yourd. They adjourned, after a uricl scs sion. withoul taking auy action. much to- ROADS ARE STILL POOLIN Ohloago and Omaha Lines ?-lnmn a Trafflo Agreement. DEFYING THE INTER.STATE LAW, The Live Stock Ihdnstry and the Dressed Meat Interests Partigu- larly Affected By the Pres- ent Arrangement. Where Is Judge Cooloy? Cngeaco, March Special Telegram to Tnr Ber,]—The impression has heretoford prevailed that since the adoption of the in. terstate commerce law ali pooling between railroads has boen abandoned. 1t transpires, however, that pooling is still being prpcticed by the roads betwoen Chicago and Omaha, covermg all freight trafio between theso points, The arrangement was made botween the general managers of the various roads immediately after the adoption of the inter- state law and great precautions were taken to provent the matter from leaking out. Un- dor the arrangoment the chairman of the western division of the Western Freight as- sociation is authorized to even up shipments by diverting freight from reads that had secured more than their allotted percentage of businoss to roads that had run behind. This division of trafiic has been made up to the present time and is still boing made. But 1t is probable this pool will soon be terminated, not because the railroads en- gaged in it are afraid of the law, but dis- sensions have arisen botween the lines in in- terest. But for this quarrol the fact that vooling is privately being carried on be- tweon swestern roads would not have leaked out yot. In proof of tho oxistenco of the pool, correspondence is to-day made public ctween President Miller of the Milwaukeo & St. Paul road and Chairman Faithorn of the Western Freight association. In a letter President Miller complains that as to oast- Dbound business from Omaha he finds 1t has been impossible for his road to divert dressed beef, except that of Armour & Co., which they wero only able to divert by roason of a per- sonal roquest to Mr. Arinour. Tho othor par- ties absolutely refused to divert. This, ho says, places the St. Paul road in an embar- rassing position, and he can 8¢e no prospect of relief, as the movement of grain from Omaha has fallen far short of expectations, in consequence, principally, of its diversion into other chaunels not anticipated when the agreement was made. Under the oircum stauces President Millor foels that his com- pany cannot undertake to continue the agree- ment and gives notice that it will terminate March 20, Ho will, however, continue to di- vert doad freight to make the other lines g00d on the excess the St. Paul has carried up to that date. iller suggests that the question of a new arrangement be lald before the presidents’ association. His Throat Out. Porr Huroy, Mich, March 97.—Two strangers came to Smith's Creek, a small station about twelve miles from here, last evening, aad engaged a room at the Lindsay house. Onc of the men was about fifty years ofage and the other considerably younger. 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