Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 22, 1892, Page 8

FIGHTING FOR A TAIR DEAL Packers and Shippers Trying to Have the Texas Discrimination Removed, HOW OMAHA'S BUSINESS 1S HINDERED Extreme Injustice of the Present Differ- ential In Stock Shipments from Texa: —Efforts of Interested People to Have it Adjusted. The exocutive committen of the South- western Railway and Steamship assoclation which will meet at St. Louis Thursday will consider a matter that is of vital importance 1o the interests of tais city and of Nebraska. That is the demand of the stock yards and packing interests of South Omaha for an adjustment of rates on stock shipments from Toxas points that will give this city an equal chance with Kansas City to securo the im- mense shipments from northern and western Texas. This demand 1s heartily secondea by the T'exas Live Stock association and Texas Railway commission. Over a year ago it was seen that the demand for certain grades of light cattle at South Omaha was incrensing more rapidly than the supply. Itig well known that the packers have often been obliged to buy these cattle in Kansas City when the supnly was low at this market. They were convinced that this was not because South Omaha did not have access to a sufficient grazing area, but becauso tho prosent freight rates from certain points discriminated so largely in favor of Kansas City that it was impossible for the shippers to bring their cattle to this market. Thoso heavily interested lost no time in insugurating ‘a fight for a more equitable vdjustment. Ed A. Cudahy, John S. Knox, gencral trafic manager of the Cudahy ¢ympany, and Manager Babcock and Traveling Agent Skinner of the Union Stock Yards company have spent a great deal of their time in working upon the matter over since. It has been a long, hard fight and 1t 1t not over yet. Rates That Rob Omaha, The most glaring instance of injustice is in as rates and as tho Texas cattle were of the grade most needed, attention onco turned in that direction. A year ago Mr, Skinner made a trip to the pan- handie district of Texas, He found the cat tle owners anxious to ship their catile to Omaha if any fair rate could ve secured. One of tho peculiarities of the system on which the Texas rates have been adjusted is shown by the following wonderfnl exhibit of arbitrary discrimination against Omaha: Joint tarifm, Missours, Kansas & Texas. lissour ilic, No. 841-C; effo o1, and supplements up to Ne 1, show the following differentials £ enttlc From Taylor, Tex., ana points north thereof: t. Louis 6 ceiits per 100 pounds above s City. licago 1014 conts per 100 pounds above s Oity uli 194 cents per 100 pounds above Kunsas City and St Joseph, om points south of Taylor, Tex: St. Louls, same as to Kunsas City, To Chicago 10 cents above Kansas City. To Omaha 13} cents ahove Kansas City.d As the distance to Omaba is only 130 miles further than to Kansas City and St. Josepb, the railronds practically charge shippers 1315 cents per 100 pounds or about §25 per car for that 130 miles. This practically shuts Omaha out from any competition in the Texas cattle trade. "he matter was brought before the railroads at a meeting held in Chicago last year with no results. Mr. Knox went before the Southwestern Railway and Steamship association at 1ts meeting at St. Louis on January 20 of this car, and offered nn exhaustive argument in ehalf of this city. He carefully reviewed the existing tariffs and presented the in- ustice douo to Omaha in its strongest light. o asked for a difforentiul of § per car, or 4 conts per 100 pounds, over Kansas Cit; and camo very near carrying his point. Out of the eleven roads be- longing to the association ouly one stood out against a measure of which they could not deny the justico. As the business of that road was alm clusively with Kansas v, its motive was not deeply hidden, The rate committee was unable to reach a decysion on this accout as the unaninious con- seat of all the roads was necessary to any alteration of rates. The matter then went to the executive committee which will meet at Bt. Louis, Thursday of this week. Its de- cision will not ve known before March, Why, the Request 1s Reasonable, “Wo argue,” smd Mr. Kuox to a Brr roporter, *that in equity weo ought to have the same rate as Kansas City, but we offered the compromise of §7.50 per car because ono of the lines which will handle most of the cattle proposcd that as a basis of settlement. The point I want to impress on the public is that we are making this fight not for our benefit alone, but for the general commercial inter- ests of Owaha and of the state. The pros- perity of Omaha depends toa considerable extent oun the live stock interests of South Omaha, und whatover tends to cripple these ndency Lo cripplo the general and commercial in of Omaha, “Kew people realizo the enormous disad- vantages under which Omaha labors in the matter of rates. Kansas City brings cattle from the northwest during the fall at the samo rato as Omaha, although the distance is 200 miles greater. Reverso the matter und wo have to pay 25 per car more than Kansas City to bring cattle from the southwest, when the distance is only 130 miles greater. Aud that is not all. Kansas City ships her products to northwestern points through Omaha at equal rates, while Omaba has to pay 15 1o 825 per car differertial to ship her products to southern, southeastern and south- western points through Kunsas City. “I nave been asked if tho phenomenal growth of South Omaha is not an indication of fair treatment on tho part of the railways, My answer is, that until recently wo have used only the livo stock naturally tributary to us and tberefore haue not been much bampered by adverse rates, Now, however, with the incroase of business it is necessary 0 widen our circle of supply territory, and particularly necessary to have southwestern cattle during the interim bevween the run of the native or home cattle and those from the northwestern ranges. Otherwise for soveral months we will be at o comparative stand- sull and thus cripplo the entire business interests of Omaha, and in & reflex way injure all the railway lines with whom we bave dealings.” Manager Babcock's idea of the situation was much the same as that of Mr, Knox. He attributed the discrimination of the railroads in favor ot Kansas City to the fact that of the eleven roads belonging to the association ouly one (the Union Pacific) had an outlet at ()nmhn', while all the others ran into Kansas City, That favoritelsm existed was proved by tho fact that an extortionate differential was demanded from Omaha on shipments of stock which would take just so much from Kansus City, while lumber and other com- modities were rated at about the sawe fig- ure to both places. Skinner Made a Speech, On the 4th of this month Mr, Skinner went before the Texas Live Stock association at Austin, Tex., for a second time to ask its earnest co-operation in the effort to secure them equal rates to Omana. He was invited 1o aadress the convention and replied as fol- lows: “Mr, Chairman and Gentlemen : that what I have to say and the proposition [ have to lay before you may be considered of interest to the gentiemen of this convention, 1 bave drafted what I will call & proposition from the packing industries of South Omaba 10 the Texas cattle producers, so that | may be al to refer to anything I say if not clearly understood at the first reading. Through the courtesy of tuis convention I & enabled to appear before you and repre- sent an interest that has possibly received very little attention from a great many of you: and an interest that has grown up with wavelous rapidity ull it is now recognized as the third largest packing center in the United Btates, 10 glve those who are not familiar with the South Omaha market an ideaof what we are and what we are doing, I will say that we have four large packing establisn- wents locatea at these yards, viz: Ham- moud, Swift, Omaba Packing company and Cudaby Packiug company, as well 4s buyers for export for Chicago aund eastern trade, wlso buyers of feeders from the states ot Nebrasks, Iows, Missouri aud Dakota. was at Feeling l Our markst grew up and has prospered from what might be termed local territory; never until the season just passed have we spread out into new _flelds that might be said not to be on direct railway connection with Owaha, and then only in the northern part 6f New Mexico, on the line of the Denver, Fort Worth & Texas railroad. We were enabled to do this by tho aid ex- tendea to us by that part of the Union Pa- cific railroad, naming rates that would allow u!shiymem to our market, In tbiy cognec- tion 1 will eay that I have letters from the live of this new section that tney have received from & to & per head more at Omaha than they had been in tho habit of receiving from other markets. This can be accounted for from the large receipts of this class of cattle at other markot centers and tho scarcity at Omaha, I might say that the demand for feedors at our market is greatly in excess of the supply Rank Injustice Plainly Shown, 1 have come here directly from waiting on the members of the Southwestern Rail way association in session at St. Louls, where | have been endeavoring, together with the trafiic manager of the Cudahy Packing company, and the general manager of tho South Omaha yards, to make the members of this Association see the great injustice that their lines are doing tho live stock shippers of Texus and the packers of South Oimaha, by the exces sive rates that they charge on live stock to that market from Texas points, the differ- ential iu rates being §25 per ear more than to Kansas City aud to St. Joseph—common Missouri river points, If you take the milege difference from the fi point from Omaha, where this differential exists, it is only 130 miles further to Omaha from Texas territory, and you are asked to pay per car more for this 130 miles in order to reach our market. You are all no doubt aware that the low prices obtainablo at the market cen- ters now accessible 18 occasioned somewhat by the overcrowded condition of those mar- ke No doubt you all know that an im- mense number of cuttle were being turncd loose in various parts of the state after being rounded up for purposes of shipment on ac- count of the low prices prevailing at the market centers that you are compelled to patronize. 1t surely looks like monopoly when any one undertakes to say what mar- ket you shall sell your cattlein and what markets they willnot allow you to patron- izo. stock shippers have tlemen, to say to you that _oue packing indus- try aione at South Omaha stands ready to buy 50,000 of your class of cattle an- nually; provided tuat rates arc mude that will allow you to get together. You must seo that this will relieve you of quite a sur- plus annually. I do not hesitate to say that it would be a question of a_very short time by the expansion of the packing industry and an increased demand for feeders, which is bound to come to South Omaha, as wo are in the heart of the groatest corn belt in the United States; that wo will doubls or eve: treble our demana for cattle. This may allow those who may feel that they are not geographically well situated to reach Omaha handily, a botter market than they now en joy at the market conters they now ship to. Suffer Through Selflshness. T understand that our request for rates met with tho approval of all the Texas lines of railway in the association, but that some petty, selfish interests at Kansas City, insti- gated by some of the packers and the yard company at that point, defeated our attempt tosccure just rates for you and thus throw open another market for you. As I have stated, all of the Toxas lines have conceded the justness of a readjustment in rates that will place the Scuth Omaha markot at tho disposal of the Texas producers, yet selfish interests keep you out. We have learned that the rate committee of the associa- tion © has referred our request to the exccutive board of said associa- ton with a view to have it pass upon it, and as this is the lust tribunal, except an appeal to the Interstate Commercoe commssion, and you all know that takes a long time. [ want to ask you in convention to take action leading ‘to'a request of this executive board for a square adjustment of rates that will open the South Omaha market to you, either in the shape of a pe- tition to that body or through a petition to your honorable body of railroad commission- ers of the stato of Texas, asking them w0 se- curo for you such ratesas they in thewr wis- dom think just. “It might pe inferred by some of my listen- ers that, owing to my conaection with tho South Omaha yards, [ am talking for revenue only for my company. This is not truo, as what cattle we are now compolled to pur- chase at the Kansas City stock yards and ship to Omaba, to keep pace with orders for that class, pay just tho same money to us as though shipped direct by you to Omaha. Apart from all this, my interest in the ad- vancement of tho cattle industry of the United States is too well known in the northern section of this country to be con- siderad on such anarrow guago as this, I stand ready at all times to point out any matter of interest to tho cat- tlo men of any section that [ may think of value to them. T havodiscussed the maiter of our attempt to secure just rates with some of the cattle men from the north- orn part of this state and it met with their hearty approval, and they have constantly urged us ou in our offorts to get these rates, I have been through two hot fights for the rates before the Southwestern association, und I now askassistance of the cattle men of Texas in a demana for them,” Plain Talk trom Stockmen, 1mmedlately on the conclusion of Mr, Skinner’s remarks the board of dairectors of tho Texas Live Stock associstion met and adopted the following preamble and resolu- tions : Wherens, The fact has been made known to this association thut certaln railroads are diseriminating in rates on Texas live stock insttne South Omahu market, and that shippers of live stock from this' suate are forced. in order to reach suld market, o puy adifferentlal of 25 1 Whereas, Sald differential 1s cxcessive, ex- horbitant and unjust, und is. in_our opinion, kept in force by the influenceé. and at the in* stigation of competing markets and stoc yards, to the detriment of the live stock in- dustry of this state; and e Wherens. 1t {s th h and to the Interost of the stockmen of \s that the markey of the entire country shull be free and open, without discrimination or excessive charges on their products: therefore, be it Resolved, by this bourd, That the It y and Steamship xyard ompaniesand chungos of Chicago, Bust St. I sus Clty, and the railroads ge il 'to withdraw not only their opposition ir, just und equitable rate on Texas live Kouth Owihia, but thist they be and ure hereby carnestly requested 1o use thoelr fnfluence “to s udjustment of rates. such us will give to our 1ive stock the e of the South Omuha market with freight r based on un equituble busis, Resolved, farther, That the secretary of this associition be instructed to eorrespond with the parties above referred to and furnish them with coples of this resolutfon and to further urge them to do us justice in the vremises. GEORGE B, LOVING, Secretury. Texus Men Want Justice, In discussing the feeling of Texas cattle owners iu regard to Omaba, Mr. Skinner smd: *The Texas cattle raisers feel that they are handicapped all over the United States by adverse rates and quarantine re- strictions. They are organized for the pur- pose of trylug 1o improve their condition and their cattle, and the able maunner in which they conducted their business at the convention shows that they mean business, The courtesy which they extended 10 e as the representative of Omaha and the feeling that they displayed in favor of the Omaha market indicates that our united efforts will result in mutual bene- fit to ‘lexas cattle reisers and Omaha packers. Some of them had never realized the maguoitude of the packing industry at South Omaba, It was a source of wonder to them that we had developed so rapidly and they are ready to do business with us us svon as rates are agjusted.” There are now 2,353,000 cattle feeding on what is known as the grazing line of southern Texas which will be available for the South Omaha market when the desired rates are secured. This number will be largely in- creased by the projected modification of the quarantine law and over half of the entire herds of Texas will be brought witbin reach of the South Omaba packers. The result would be, according to the opinions of leading packers that South Omaka would pass Kansas City 1n a cantor and become at once the second packing cen ter in the country, If the decision of the executive committeo is unfavorable; the whole matter will be laid before the Inte state Commerce commission as a last resor ‘The views of the South Omuba packers upon the subject were asked and thes were enthusiastic on the subject Will Need More Cattle, Mr. Ed A, Cudaby said: “Io view of the saditions thav will be wade to our plant dur today, 50,000 to 70,000 more cattle than we can possi- bly buy at this market under the present condi- tion of affairs. We want to kill 100,000 moro cattle next year than we have this, and ia order to obtain the requisita supply we must reach down into Texas. This we cannot do under the present unequal rates. In order to get theso cattle we have to got Kansas City rates from Toxas to Omaha or very near it. This we have been endeavoring to do for over a year, and as what we are asking for is only & fair adjustment we should be able o carry our point. There is a large cattlo area in Texas not quarantined which can be controlled by this morket if the disadvantages in_rates under which wo are now laboring can be dore away with,' Superintendent A. C. Foster of Swift & Co. who make beef a specialty, was also seen, Ho agreed with the other packers that the proposed equalization of rates would be a great benofit to South Omaha. “We are now killing,” said he “about 150,000 cattle per year. The addition of the Texas trade to the prosent resources of the yards would mean an increase in the number of cattle killed by us of at least 15,000 or 20,000 per year. Thescare the minimum figures, An increase in the number of cattle handled by the yards would give the packers a better as sortment to choose from and they would be better ablo to select those grades which they wanted to use,” Superintendent Noyes of the George II. Hammond compary : “I'ne adjustment of these rates on a: impartial basis would bo a great victory for South Omaha. We have a Iarge western and southern trado which demands a supply of light cattle. For about threo months in spring and early summor we can- not huy theso grades here'and are forced to buy them at Kansas City and Chicago and have thom slaightered there to suvply the trado that belongs to Omaha, If we can get hold of the Toxas cattlo all this will bo done away with. We can then buy the cattle hero and a good slice of tho business that we aro now obliged to do at other points will come to Omaha,” R Our Better Halv Say thoy could not_keep houso without Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, espec v for tho children. In a cuso a few weeks since at the home of a neighbor the attending physician bad given up a case of what ho called dropsy. Mother happening in, told the parents that in ber mind it was A caso of lung fover and advisod the use of this cough syrup, which they did. Result, the child is well and the parents happy. = Chamveriain’s medicines are used in more than half the homes in Leods.—Sims Broe, Leods, la. This remedy is not iutendea for lung fover, but for colds, lagrippe, croup and whooping cough. 1t will loosen a cold, relicve the lungs, and provent the cold from resulting in lung fever. 50 centand $1.00 bottles for sale by druggist e f s SOUTH OMAH A, Major Willlams® Funeral, The largest gathering of people that ever attended a funeral at South Omaha met at the First Presbyterian church yesterday in respect to the memory of Major Warner L. Williams. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity, an_eloguent testimony to the position which Major Williams held in the esteem of all who knew bim. Robert Livingston post of the Grand Army of the Republic turned out in full force in honor of their dead comrade, and the Sons of Veterans were also present in 8 body. Rev. Robert L. Wheeler, who fought side by side with Major Williams during the war, “spoke with great oloquence and feeling. Ho re- ferred to the record of the deceased as a brave soldier and officer and added this 'to the history of a long life full of good deeds. The remains were borue to their final resting place by Comrades S. W. Dennis, I, Parkers G. Morrow, G. W. bos and I, Daly of Robert Livingston post. Only a few days before his death Major Williams was talking with Rev. Wheeler apout the new church and remarked : *I wonder whose will be the first funeral to pass the doors of our new church, It may be mine, but I guess the old major 1s good for o few years yet.” But tho words spoken in jest became only too true and the grey haired soldier was the first to be borne through the aisles of the new church, Her Stove Exploded. A gasoline stove exploded in the restaurant of Mrs. Jennie Tyler on Twenty-sixth street, near M, last ovening. A firc alarm was turned in and the blaze was quickly extin- guished, The damage to carpets and furni- ture was about §30. NG Waren, Neb,, Oo 1800, Dr. Moore. My Dear Sir: I have just bought the third Yottle of your Tres of Life. It is indeed a *“Tree of Life.” Dr., when ¥ou so kindly gave me that first bottle my right side was so lame and sore and my livor enlarged so much that I could not lio upon my right sido at all. There wus a soreness over my kidneys all of tho time, butnow that trouble is all over. 1 sloep just as well on one side as on the other, and my sleep rests aud refreshes mo and 1 feel tho best I've feit in fifteen vears, and I know that it is all due to your Tree of Life. Yours vory truly, D. F.Dub —_—— SEVERAL POINTS SUGGESTED. What Sternsdorfl Advises for the Sosslon's Work, In response to GGovernor Boyd’s letter ask- ing for opinions of members of the legisla- ture as to the advisibility of calling an extra soss jon, the Douglas county delegation was to have met yesterday afternoon at the Del- lone hotel to discuss the matter and malke in- dividual recomwmendations or to take action as a body and then form the governor as to what had been done, but as State Senator Warren Switzler was absent from the city, no meeting was held, Relative to 'the matter Hon., George J. Sternsdorff was seen at his home, Tiwenty second and California streets, last night. He said the extra session would be called to con- sider the reduction of freight rates among other things. He thought there was aun united opinion to reduce them 40 por cent, and not 10 10 20 per cent as Governor Boyd had mentioned in his lotter, “Ho can only make & maxunum rate,” said Mr, Sterndorff, ‘‘and the members of sthe logisiature will specify the amount of the r duction of rates. Other matters to receive consideration are the reapportionment of the state and the restoration of the bounty on sugar. 1 would also advise that the extra session be callea to revise certain clauses in the city charter. Another important ques- tion is the electoral bill, *Senators Thomas and Woods of Cass and Pawnee counties respectively, insisted me this afternoon, and told me that thoy did not deem it advisable to hold a special or extra session of the legislature, but if the governor should call one they fayored the restoration of the bounty on sugal C-— One Minute, One minute time often makes a great dif ference--a oue minute remsdy for bronchitis choking up of the throat, lungs, etc., fo ourse is @ blessing. Cubeb Cough Cure is such a romedy. Ior sale by all druggists. Cubeb Cough Cure—Oneminute, Wash 4 Lincols Following is the program of the entertain ment, commemorative of Washington and Lincoln, to be given atthe Grand opera house tomorrow eveuing, Judge C. R. Scott pre- sidiu Amerle iy 3 By audience aud the S¢ T b iy Washinzton o Stur Spangled Banner... o Address ... CWilifam @ Raily Round the Flag, /0000 Hinid Barbara Pritcher Recitation i German Version, ¢ Winte lag und Constitution .. o . Hon! J Gurley. 3. Steadman . Band Hon, R. V. King T, K. Quartotte . Band Rov. M. Boles Musio (selected).... | Wy Liand Address U Dl svabrook Musie (seiocted). . SR Quartetie Our Puture...... < Bishop Newuian Tenting on the Old Canp Ground, Yankes Doodle i ¥ oy .. Band Led) - VanHouten's Cocoa— Thestaudard of the world, A disease, treated as such and perma nently cured. No publicity. No infirm ary. Home treatment. Harmless and effectual. Refer by permission to Bur- lington Hawkeye, Send 2c stamp for pamphlet. Shokoguon Chemical Co., ing the coming seasvn wo will wanl lxoml Burlington, la GRAND ARMY DEPARTMENT Brief Biographies off Two Prominent Ne- braska Veterars, THEY FIT WITH SYKES AND SHERMAN Participated 1n Scorexof Battle and Ralds — Death of Two ow Organiza- Nebraska, Skirmishes od Among the notable Grand Army of the RephYlic men who have been identi- fied with the early history of Nebraska, and esvecially the founding of the city of Kearney, is Cotonel W.W. Patterson, who resides in Kearney and is & membes of Sedgwick post No. 1. The subject of this sketch was born at is the son the late William Patterson of W saw, who died in 1838, while & member of congress from the old Genesee dis- trict. His mother died soon after, leav- ing him an orphan at seven years, Afterwards he resided with relatives, most of the time with his uncle, ex- Governor George W, Patterson of West- field, N. Y.. who was his guardian, until o entored the Genesee Wesloyan sem- inary at Seneca, where his education was completed, After leaving school he was for oral years an officer in the Sixty-fivst regiment, New York state troops, and when he leit New Yorkfor Minnesota in 1856 he was commanding oflicer of the regiment. Durving the time he was with the y-first rogiment he was undor the instruction of Major Horatio G. Wright of the regular army and after- wards General Wright, commander of the Sixth corps during the rebellion. Colonel Patterson enlisted in Twelfth regiment United States army in 1861, when it was organized. For ices rendered at Chancellorsville, 1 R. B. Ayres, who commanded sion of the FRifth corps, placed him upon his staff with the rank of cap- tain, at the battle of Gettysburg, where he received two wound After reco ering from his injuries, General George Sykes gave Colonel I on a H)usilinn upon his staff with the rank of licuten- ant colonel, and assigned him to the command of all the pione of the 1ifth corpa. In the first day’s fight of the battle of the Wilderness, Colonel Patterson was so badly injured that he was sent to Brundy stition in an ambu- lance, and from there by rail to Wash- ington. After six week’s confinement in a hospital, he resigned his commis- sion and returnod to Minneapolis, and after reeovering, he engaged in the real estate business, and became one of the leading public spirited men who laid the foundations of and preached the feasibility of manufacturing in the twin city. Inthe fall of 1869, on account of failing health, he left Minneapolis for lowa, and went into the employ of go, Burlington ana Quincy rail- wd founded the city of Creston, vemaining there until the winter of 1871, when he came to Nebras for the Burlington, for the purpose of selecting a site for the junction of that road with the Union Pacific. He sclected the prosent site of Kearney, ran the bed for the Kearney canal, reported to the com- nd his selection was adopted. sev- the s ord, One of the prominent and popular members of the Grand Army of the Re- public post here is David W. Simms. He was born 1n Saiem county, New Jer- sey, August 15, 1840, and moved with his parents to Illinois in 1855, enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam in Decem- ber, 1861, at Farmington, Fulton county, as a member of Company B, Elev Illinois cavalry. The company w tered into service December tain Watson, U. S. A,, the famous Rob- crt G. Ingersoll being 'the colonel com- manding the regiment. In Feb 862, the rogiment moved from Peor] .. to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, where it was fully equipped and forwarded on trar to Crump’s Landlng, Tenn., and assigned to Major General Lew Wallace's division. After a three day’s rest the regiment was sent out via Adamsville to Shiloh where they were actively engaged in battle on April 7, and in many bloody skirmishes on their route to Corinth, Miss,, and again enroute from Pittsburg Landing to Memphis. The regiment went from here on a scouting expedition to Her- nando and Coldwater, Miss.,, where many men and horses were captu 021 July following Simms v corporal and with his company partici- pated in many skirmishes, raids and bat- tlos in the far south, losing heavily in killed, wounded and prisoners, When the term of enlistment expired in De- cember, 1863, only thirty of the original In February, 1864, the company joined Sherman and participated in the battles of Bolt Brandon, Juckson, Meridan, Enterprise, Quitman, and three distinet fights at Canton under McArthur, and at Yazoo and Benton, Miss. :skirmishing and destroying bridges, stations, etc., on the Mississippi Central railrond; was out with Asbond’s expedition to Woodville, capturing prisoners, ete. In October it assisted in the capture of a large num- ber of prisoners in Avkansas and Missis- i In November, art in de- ng bridges on thirty miles of the ssippi Central railtond, burning large amounts of commissary stores, threo stations und other property of the encmy. In Decomber, under General Grierson, fought the enemy at Iigypt station, and again on_ Jan- uaty 8, 1863, at Franklin, Miss.; latér in January went again with Osband through Arkuns; and Louis- inna, traveling through low, swampy land, and captured a rebel steamer on Bayou Bartholomew. Louisiana, louded with cotton, provisions, cte., taking all on board prisoners. After doing duty at various pointe in Mississippi, Louis- iuna, Arkansasund Tennesseo, the com- pany was finally: mustered out at Mem- phis, Tenn., September 30, 150: Mr. Sim:ms received but one wound in his nearly three years of service—that was at Lexington, Tenn., December 18, 1862 He cmigrated/to Ne tled on @ raska and = set- homesteud six miles southgast of Strang in Awpril, 1871, and is there- iore closely identificd with the early sottlement of Fillmore county. e lived on the old homestead until two years ago, when he rented his furm and e am LR Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Staudard, ent into the furniture business at Strang. He has remained a bachelor so far in life. In both business and social circles he is well liked by all classes of our paople, Nebraska's New Commander, General C. J. Dilworth, the recently clected commander of the Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1830. He re- ceived an ordinary common school edu- cation in the Ohio schools. He then removed to Iulton county, Illinois, where he vpractised law until he en- listed in the service of the United States government. On August 12, 1862, he was mustered into the army as lieu- tenant colonel of the Eighty-fifth Iili- nois infantry, His regiment was first stationed at Louisville, Ky., but on October 1 they saw their first uctive service in the field in the “Bragg cam- paign, General Dilworth’s first fight was in this campaign o week later. Following this he again met the enemy at Perryville and then was stationed at Nashville. He took an active part in the battle of Stone river, In ptem- ber, 63, he was sent with his regiment to Chicamau, at Mission Ridge,Dalton, Rome and Pumpkinvineand in the almost constant battles around Atlanta General Dilworth was an active combatant. At Kenesaw on June 27, 1863, he received his appointment as brigadior goneral, his command consisting of the Bighty- fifth, Bighty-sixth, One Hundred and Penth, One Hundred and Twelfth Tliin- ois, the Twenty-second Indiana and Rifty-socond Ohio regiments. In his capacity of general he was in the battle of Penchville and participated in the siege of Atlanta. At the second battle of Jonesborough, on September 1, 1864, the general was wounded in the neck b; a musket ball. On his recovery he was en o brigade at Chattanooga and then one at Cubbington. In July, 1865, ho was mustered out of the service. General Dilworth returned to [Fulton county, Illinois, where he continued his law practice with S. 1%, Shope, now chief justico of the state of Illinois. ns his avtner. In the fall of 1870 he located in Nebraska at Lincoln and in 1872 in Phelgs count, While a resident of that county served two terms as district attorney and two as attorney general of the siate. General Dilworth was married in 1853 to Miss Emily Phelps. His oniy son, Will is now one of thesee- retaries of the State Board of Trans- portation. neral Dilworth is a member of the law firm of Dilworth, Smith & Shocky, and is recognized as ono of the leading practitioners of the state. He has been a resident of Hastings for several years, and has always been recognized as one of the most respected and public_ spir- ited citizens. The honor conferred upon General Dilworth at Columbus is re- garded also as a compliment paid to his home city, Death of neral McClelland, neral McClelland, commander of the Pennsylvania state troops, who died recently in Philadelphia, was born March 2, 1842, at Mount Jackson, Law- rence county, Pa. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the Mount Juackson Guards, which became Battery B, First Artillery Pennsylvania Reserves, and in February, 1865, he. became captain of his company, sorving in the First and Pifth army corps, and participating in twenty-two battles fought by the Army of the Potomac. After he returned from the army Gen- eryl McCleliand was admitted to the bar. In 1870 he was chosen by the demo- crats as their candidate for congress in the Lawrence district, and was elected over J. B. Donneily by a majority of 772, In 1873 he removed to Pittsburg,where nhe engaged in the practice of law. He vas chosen sceretary of the democratic state committee several times and was chairman during the campaigns of 1 and 1877, He @ member of the st executive committee for several years and during the last presidential cumn- on he was one of the secretaries of We Kellet Corps. A Woman’ of corps was ory d at Norfolk, Nob,, last week. 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