Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 6, 1894, Page 5

PROMIBS SELECT A TICKET Decide to Present Oandidates for All Places This Fall. MUCH FRICTION IN THE CONVENTION Chairman Richardson Offerod His Reslgna- nse He Did Not Like the Platform Adopted, but it Was Not Aceepted. LINCOLN, July 5.—(Special to The Bee.) ~The prohibition state convention was con- tinued at Representative hall yesterday afterncon with a fair attendance, In spite of the many Fourth of July attractions. A majority and minority report was presented by the platform committee, the report finally adopted embodying planks which declare that the liguor traffic is a public nuisance, and all regulating laws contrary to the bill of rights are unconstitutional; that women should have an equal right of suffrage with the men; that the money of the nation should consist of treasury certificates, ex- changeable for gold or silver bar:, coin to to be used for subsidiary purposes only; that banks should be owned and operated by the government; that the tariff should be for revenue a to protect the domestic manufacturers again:t the encroachments of protected foreign manufacturars; that- trusts should be abolis d that the government shoald own all coal lands Chairman Richardson did not like the platform and asked to have his resignation recelved, but was persuaded to withdraw from his position The ticket finally selected is as follows: jovernor, E. A. Girard of Platte county; lieutenant governor, Mrs, Belle G. Bigelow; treasurer, D. L. Pond of Holt county; sec- retary of state, Mrs. Octavia H. Jones of Hastings; eneral, John W. Long of Loup City; suj sndent, Miss F. Ber- nido Kerney ‘of auditor, Lem J. Smith of Lincol ates senator, C. E. Bentley. Two accidents marred the the Fourth of July celebration in Lincoln In one a young daughter of Dr. John L. Hodgman was painfully injured by a sky- rocket and a man named Billy Parrish lost his left hand from the explosion of a plece of gas pipe loaded with red powder. It is estimated that over 5,000 people saw the two ball games yesterday afternoon. Nearly all of the state officers were out of the city yesterday, and business at the state house today has been moving slowly. Adjutant General Gage has returned from Tekamah, where he has succeeded in put- ting the local militia company on a working basis once more. At the last meeting of the Lincoln Board of Education a motion_was adopted dispensing with all extra teachers, including those in music, elocution, drawing and kindergarten work. At a meoting of the Central Labor union, held yesterday, a resolution was adopted pledging the moral support of the union to the strikers, The report of the Board ot County Com- missioners, acting as a board of equalization, shows the assessed valuation of the city to be $450,000 less than it was last year. The United States experiment station here has made full preparations to help out the farmers who are troubled with chinch bugs this season. Last year the station showed what it could do toward eradicating this pest when it had a mind to, and it is willing to do the same this year whenever application is made for aid. All farmers who need re- llef should not hesitate to apply to Prof. Lawrence Bruner, in charge of the station here, for he will prove helpful to them. serenity of NOTES OF THE FOURTH. Delayed Reports of Celebrations in Several Nebraska Towns. TEKAMAH, July 5.—(Special to The Bee.) ~—Telamah celebrated the Fourth in the good old-fashioned way. At sunrise the booming of cannon awakened tie slumbering citizens. About 5,000 gathered here and en- joyed the features of the day. The parade by the business men made a very creditable affair, there being represented forty-four business houses. After dinner the crowd went to the fair grounds and witnessed all kinds of sports, from horse racing to the greased pole. Th orator of the day was James A, Powers from Omaha, who delivered a masterly address on what the Fourth of July really meant and the duties of citizen- ship at the present critical time. SURPRISE, Neb., July 5.—(Speclal Tele- gram to The Bee.)—The Fourth passed with- out an accident here. Surprise beat Ulysses at that place in a game of ball for $25. Score, 14 to 17. SUTTON, Neb., July 5.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—At the celebration yesterday Judge Hastings of Crete was the orator. The day's festivities were enjoyed by a large numbor of people and the program was a long and good one. FAIRBURY, Neb., July 5.—(Special to The Bee)=-Fairbury celebrated the Fourth with an old-fashioned, - orthodox outburst of pa- triotism. A parade of the fire department and other municipal bodles was followed by bicycle and wheelbarrow races, and floats Tepresenting the business houses of the city paraded the streets. J. H. Martin, passenger conductor on the Rock Island, was badly hurt by the dls- charge of a cannon cracker which a practical Joker dropped on the ground behind him. DAVID CITY, Neb., July 5.— Special to The Bee)—A fine day was splendidly ob- served here. Three thousand people met and were royally treated. The business houses and many private residences were handsomely decorated. The orations of Rev. Mr. Abbott and C. H. Aldrich were masterly efforts. The hose race was won by the Doty team of David City in 0:44, beat- ing the Fremont team by three and a halt seconds. FALLS CITY, Neb., July 5.—(Special to The Bee.)—Falls City celebrated the Fourth in royal style. Fully 3,000 strangers were in the city, and this included the city of Hiawatha, Kan.,, which sent halt of her population. The Falls City military band furnished the music. The speakors were l:ov. L. O. Ferguson and Hon. Frank Mar- tin. John Leslie, a half-breed boy, 11 years of age, living on the reserve near Preston, was killed by the premature dischurge of a cannon. During a fight at Arazo, this county, yes- terday, Mr. Smith, father of Postmaster Smith of Arazo, attempted to separate two men who were fighting, when one of them threw a rock, striking him in the head, from which injury he dled last evening, SEWARD, Neb., July 5.—(Special to The Beo)—The Fourth was celebrated in Sew- ard by a large crowd of people from all parts of the country. The races at the falr grounds and the ball game between Utica and Seward drew good crowds. While the salute was being fired in the mOrNing a can contalning over two pounds of powder exploded, badly burning Mack Anderson about the head, breast and arm LITCHFIELD, Neb., July 5.—(Special to The Bee)—A Fourth celebration took place here. Local speakers entertained the crowd during the forenoon, and r both foot and horse, and a ball game was the onter- talnment for the afterncon. A good raln yestorday went far toward making people Dpy. WEST POINT, Neb., July 5.—(Special to The Bee)—The Fourth celebration was an unqualified succes. Everything passed off pleasantly, The crowd was the largest seen here for many years. HARTINGTON, Neb., July 5.—(Speclal Telegram to The Bee.)—Hartington duly cel brated the Fourth, with Hon. John R. Hays of Norfolk as orator. During the afternoon & multitude of people went to Coleridge to witness the ball game between the L X. L.s of Sloux City and the Colerldge team. The score stood 11 to-8 In favor of Coleridge. PIERCE, Neb., July 5.—(Special to The Bee.)—The celebration here yesterday was & grend success. There was a street pa ade, representing the local business ente prises. Hon. John 8. Robinson delivered & Very interesting oration. At the Fremont Chautauqua. FREMONT, July 5.—(Spocial to The Bes.) ~—It was rather a small audience that list- ened to Mrs. 8. T. Corey and T. L. Mathews in the morning exercises at the Chautauqua masembly today. In the afterncon the large room was thoroughly packed to hear Hon. Roswell G. Hore on the tarift and money question. GIel Robbead by & Tramp. VERDON, Neb., July §.—(Special Nee.)—Mary Helneman was stopped tramp while on her way home from City yesterday. He demanded her and jewelry. Fortunately her watoh been “left fn the city for repairs, and amount of money with her was small, the tramp gained but little A carload of cattle was shipped Lakeside, Neb., to Dawson and across the country to Verdon and cffered for sale, The party who claimed to own them was suspected of stealing the cattle, and when accused of the crime left sud- denly for parts unknown. The cattle still remain here unclaimed. Miss Ella Conover dled yesterday of con- sumption at the age of 20 years. to The by & ‘alls money bad the 20 from brought Heavy n Neitl O'NEILL, Neb., July 5.—(Special Tele- gram to The Dee)—A splendid rain visited this section this afternoon. Abont an inch of water fell and it {s still raining. This rain will do much good to corn, which is looking splendid, and the prospects are ex- ecllent for a large crop. CHADRON, Neb., July 5.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—The frequent rains of the past two weeks assure a good crop for Dawes county. All sorts of produce lcoks fine, and the best crop in years will cer- tainly result. Demise of Frank L. Hull NORFOLK, Neb., July 5.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Tonight, while returning to town with a party who had been bathing in the Elkhorn, Frank L. Hull, landlord of the Pacific hote), was stricken with heart and before medical attendance could reach him, died. Mr. Hull was formerly connected with the Paxton in Omaha, and was very popular. Ma FREMONT, Special Tole- gram to The Bee)—J. D. McDonald and Miss Anna Nilsson were married today at the residence of the bride's mother. Rev. W. H. Buss officiated. J. D. McDonald I a wealthy contractor and one of Fremont's foremost citizens. The bride is a popular teacher. Rock Island Bridge Fire BE CITY, July 5.—(Special to The Bee)—An attempt was made yesterday morning to burn the Rock Island bridge at the outskirts of town. A lot of ofled waste was packed among the timbers and set on fire, but was discovered In time to save the bridge. PAWN. Clew to th Murderers. KEARNEY, Neb., July 6.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Near old Fort Kearney the horse and buggy used by the Holdrege murderers has been found. The horse rad been shot and the buggy piled up on top of it. Officers are at work on the clew. Chadron Reunton Concluded. CHADRON, Neb.,, July 5.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—The soldiers’ reunion at Bordeaux grove ended today. A rain yesterday somewhat marred the enjoyment, but on the whole the encampment has been a success. e CONCERNING PRISON REFORM. LINCOLN, June 30.—To the Editor of The Bee: In the Nebraska State Journal of Sun- day, June 17, there appeared the publica- tion of a lengthy article by T. H. Leavitt of Lincoln on “Prison Reform,” and to which I most respectfully offer the following in re- ply: Mr. Leavitt's paper, in the first place, forcibly demonstrates that he is totally ig- norant of the needs of the discharged pris- oner. Hypodermic infections of Christianity is not that which a discharged prisoner most desires. During my incarceration in the Nebraska state penitentiary I have carefully observed the general demeanor of the would-be re- formers who have visited the Institution, and, as a result, feel safe in saying that the prison discipline, also the discharged convicts' position, would be far better with- out thelr aid. The ‘‘brutal treatment and the shocking of the prisoners’ moral sensibilities by vulgar, protane and abusive language,” referred to by Mr. Leavitt, Is foreign to the institution, and as a prisoner I desire to Impress upon Mr. Leavitt's mind that Warden Beemer, al- though not a professor of religlon, possesses more genuine Christian principles than the score of “‘ambassadors of Christ” who are de- sirous to instruct him in the manner in which a prison should be run. The prison, in my estimation, would be better without these “sky pilots,” whose efforts are only successful in proving a detriment to good discipline. While Mr. Leavitt and his assoclates in the work of prison reform may be sincere Chris- tlans, 1 am confident that their objective point is nothing more than notoriety and office. Take these away and the prison so- cloty will soon be a thing of the past. It has been proposed that a school be or- ganized for the educational advancement of our convicts. While this would be most de- sirable, the idea was advanced only with the object of creating a new office and of placing one of the ‘“reformers” under salary. The office of state agent, too, has been agitated, It was suggested by the society that such an officer could materially benefit the prisoner by securing employment for the prisoners eligible to parole, as well as interesting himself in the prisoner's welfare when discharged. It is not the prisoner's welfare that keeps these good brothers awake 80 much as the dollars that would be realized by such an office. Any man whose business effort has been devoid of good judgment and proven disas- trous and unsuccessful is, in my opinion, but a poor person to advise another who has made a mistake in life. The state pro- vides in the chaplain a spiritual adviser for the convict, and unless he feels his duties too laborious and the need of an assistant, there s no need of the services of our good brethren from the Capital city. The Nebraska state penitentiary Is at pres- ent blessed with a kind as well com- petent warden, who reprimands where others have severely punished, who forgives past of- fenses, who encourages those who desire to do better, and who is ever humane in his treatment of the unfortunates placed under his cave. In Mrs. Beemer the prisoner recognizes a true Obristian frlend. Each and every in- mate of the penitentlary, no matter what their offense may have been, have the Christian sympathy of this kind-hearted, motherly, benevolent lady—one who expects no compensation for her many charitable acts, and for whom every prisoner in the institution would fight if necessary. If these consclentious gentlemen desire to reduce the criminal population of the state, let them treat the cause and not the effect. If they would confine their attentlons and de- vote their efforts to the care of the neg- lected street arabs with whom the streets of our citles are infested, give them such train- ing in their youth that would inspire the belief that punishment will surely follow crime, there will be no surplus time loft to devote to the present criminal classes, and which only proves detrimental and disas- trous to the officials in maintalning prison discipline. To Brother Leavitt I would say that there is a wide fleld for Christlan labor, and, al- though there may not be the much desired compensation attached to the office, there will be an ample amount of cheap notoriety. H. W. ELLIS, Ex-Conviet No. 2321, Nebraska State Penl- tentiary. _———— Two Fires. Boys, firecrackers and matches gave the fire department a couple of chases yester- day. The first alarm of the day was turned In from Twentleth and Spencer streets, where a barn was burning, the cause being boys and lighted matches in the hay loft. The barn was totally de- stroyed, the loss being $400. The property was owned by parties In Ohio. Just after the Spencer street fire had been extinguished an alarm was turved in from Twentieth and Spruce, and in re- sponding to the call the department was kept busy for an hour In handling a blaze in the barn and grocery store of M. Tharl at 1915 Lake street. At this place the loss on stock and bullding was $1,000, fully cov- ered by insurance. The origin of the blaze came -from the aftermath of the Fourth of July, some boys having some frecrackers which they were exploding in the bars adjolning the store. 3 THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY A Coupon Free with all purchases. Save them. They will get you a nice present, | OUR_PRE-INV It ENTORY_CLEARING SALE QUICK SELLING PRICES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Clip out whatever list of goods as may strike your fancy, bring it to the Big Store and you 2 GREAT VALUES. 2 |House JIN“ SIS Just received, 20 pieces new * styles Cheney:‘ | Bros $1 quality Printed Indias, on sale at 59¢c | ayard. Natural Pongee Silk, 75c goods, 27 inch wide, this week the price | will be 39c. new lot just in, regular Wash Dress Goods. Arnold's French challies, light colors only, 2%c; (12 yards limit.) Chiffonettes, worth 10c, now only 5e. Scotch lawns, warranted fast colors, 5e. Printed Swiss muslin, worth 10c, now only se. Dimities, 32 inches wide, worth 30c, now only 15c. French organdles, cheap at 30c, now only 15c. Duck suitings, 100 pieces just received, all the dots and stripes, in navy and tans, now only 12%c. Persfan silk effects, the nobby goods that s0ld this season for 29c, now ohly 15c. Imported French satines, thd 39c and 40c quality, now only 2Bc. Apron ginghams, all sfz worth 8c, now only 3%c. Scotch gingham, beautiful brocaded effccts, now only 123c. Park Hill zephyr, the 16¢ quality, now only 10c. Crinkle seersucker, the 10c quality, now only e. Crinkle seersucker, the 19¢ quality, now only 10c. Japanses cloth, the end of our line, dark colors only, worth 19¢, now only 10c. Linen Department. 70-inch bleached table damask, the regular 89c, to go now at 49c. 56-inch unbloached damask, the 49c quality, to go now at 29¢. 8l-inch bleached German linen, none bet- ter for wear, $1.50 quality, to go now at 98c. 56-inoh_Turkey red damask, worth 22c, to g0 now at 1234, 60-Inch Turkey red, warranted fast, 69c quality, to go now at 50c. Innumerable remnants in all qualities. Ta- ble linen at 50c on the dollar. Sheeting Dept. An extra fine quality bleach cotton, full 4-4 wide, worth 9c, to g0 now at 6c. 9-4 oxtra fine brown sheeting, worth 19c, to go now at 12%e. 4-4 extra fine brown sheeting, to go now at 3%e. in blue checks, worth 6c, Towels. A 12%¢c towel now only Se. A 15c tow now only 10c. A 25¢ towel now only 16c. A 36c towel now only 19¢. Our 39¢, our 60c towel, now only 25e. Our 76¢, our 90c¢ towel, now only 60o. Millinery. Ladies' trimmed hats, in blacks and colors, tastefully trimmed with bows, pins, this season’s style, such as you have been accustomed to paying $3.00 for, now $1.25. Children’s trimmed hats, In blacks and colors, we ordinarlly would get 50c for these, now 25c. CHILDREN'S BONNETS FROM 25C UP, FLOWERS IN GREAT ASSORTMENTS FROM 65C UP. Carpets All wool carpets, 45c and 50c per yard. Brussels carpets, 43¢ per yard. Velvet carpets, 75¢ per yard. Cheap carpets, 1215c, 15 to 25c. Curtains that sold for $1.00, now 50c pair. Curtains that sold for $1.60, now 75c, Curtains that sold for $2.00, now $1.00. Also a fine assortment, of better grades at greatly reduced prices. Curtain poles and trimmilngs complete, 15c. Rugs A fine assortment of fugs, in all qualities, from the cheapest to the: best. China Matting 20c matting now 12%e¢. 30c matting now 20c. 50c matting now 30c. Closing out balance of matting stock very cheap. ! flowers and | Furnishing Goods Mason fruit jar rubbers, Sigc per doze get them while they last. Jelly glasses, per dozen. Rockingham cream pitchers, each. 24 sheets, all colors, shelf paper border, e or Bet, worth 75c, per set, worth 8¢ ach. Terra worth 40¢ 0. Silver metal tablespoon, $1.60. Feather dusters, otta cuspidors, 13c each, 7 copper bottom wash bofler, worth 75¢, 40c. No. 8 copper bottom wash boiler, worth $1 0c. copper bot- tom tea Kettle, worth $1.00, No. 8 cop- per bottom tea kettle, worth 50c. A good tin tea Kettle, worth 50e, 15¢ extra heavy dish pan, worth basins, 3c, worth 10c each worth Sc cach. Ple tins, le, worth . Stew Kettles worth 18¢. Preserve ket- tles, 1lc, Bread pans, 10c, worth 20c Japanned dust pans, Gc, worth The Western washer, $: Don’'t pay other dealers from $2.00 to $3 more for the same machine. Hardware. FARMERS! Make a note of our prices on Farming Implements. If you want anything in this line do not fall to see or write us. We save you $10.00 to $15.00 on a mower and $20.00 to $30.00 on a binder. We have a large stock of binders' twine, all grades, at 7c, 7%c and §14c per pound. We carry a full line of scythes, swaths, rakes, scythe stones and paddles, water kegs, grain cradles, hay forks; in fact, everything used on a farm or in a harvest field. BUILDERS' HARDWARE. 1,000 kegs of best wire steel nails at 1%c por pound. Think of it! 1% per pound for best wire steel nalls. If you are in_want of buflders’ hardware don’t’ fail to call on us. We will save you about 50 per cent on same. Mortice locks, 14c, Rim knob locks, 14c. Hinges, 5e. Door bolts, 3c. In screen doors, wire cloth and poultry wire tom prices. In carpenters’, blacksmiths' and mechanics® tools we can beat the world. Note the following prices: 2-foot boxwood rules, 3 2-foot boxwood rules, brass bound, 16a. Double iron smooth plane Double iron jack planes, 40c braces go at 10c. 76c braces go at 2ic. 50c hatchets go at 25c. $1.00 handled axes, all sizes, job lot, go at 59c; no limit. Rubber and cotton hose, 7c, Sc and 10c per foot. RAILROAD AND MINING SUPPLIES. We carry a full stock of railroad and min- ing supplies at about 40 per cent under all competitors, including the following goods: Picks, mattocks, shovels, crowbars, claw- bars, powder, dynamite, caps, fuse, wheel- barrows, scrapers, carts, plows, rope, sheaves; in fact, everything used in the construction of a railroad or in a mine. Rallroad contractors should make a note of the above. We will save you money. An Wash sc window frames, screen netting at bot- Silver metal teaspoons, 13¢ | will-find all goods exactly as represented. Groceries. A Special Sugar Price. 24 pounds of Sugar for $l. 1t is only our buylng in large quantities that enables us to quote such low prices: We will sell you choice sugar corn, 6%¢ ) Choice can Early June peas only 9% Very fine erved can Cholce cut s Very fine salmon can Oil sardines, Mustard sa Mixed pickles only Ge bottle. ow chow only bottle. ost imported queen olives, 35c quart. Saville olives, bian olives, 15¢ quart French mustard only 2 rge pails of jelly, 30c ect chocolate, 3ike package. Condensed milk, 10c can. Corn starch, 3isc package. Rolled wheat (some _call breakfast food), b pound. Geod Japan rice, from § Baking chocolate only 17 1-1b. can fiberle: coannt, Soda cracker pound. Oyster Kers, Slae Tomato catsup only SO0A White Paris soap, laundry, 7 bars _for 2 Climax soap, 7 bars for 25c. Large bars of castile soap, 19¢ per bar. Mottled or white castile soap, 2 bars for Se. Coupons with every sale. DRIED FRUITS. headquarters choice solld* packed tomatoes only 9%e blackberries, 10¢ k salmon, 10c can. for 8%gc, 9l%c and 10c it Callfornia package. Tige. ¢ bottle. or the bath, tollet or We are California drled fruits. Choice n cured prunes, 7'c pound. Very best sweet Callfornia prunes, 8%e, 10c and 12%c pound. California raisin gra Fine London layer rai English currants, cleaned, 6% 25¢. Very cholce currants, 414¢, fic and e 1b. Blackberries, evaporated, only 9%e Ib. White cherries, 1ic Ib. Red cherri Yo 1b. Tartaran_cherries, very best, 13c Ib. TEA AND COFFE Basket fired Japan tea for 4Sc pound. Cholce uncolored Japan tea, 39¢, 48c, 50¢ and 60c. Tea nibs, 15¢ and 19¢ 1b. Tea_siftings, 10c, 12}c and Broken Java coffee, 15¢ and Fancy Golden Rio," 23c and old Gov. Java, 33¢ Ib. Best Java and Mocha, 35c, $1.00. Soap Dept. White Paris soap for the bath, tollet or laundry, 7 bars for 26c; Climax soap, 7 bars for 26c; large bars castile soap, 19¢ per bar; mottled or white castile soap, 2 ba for 5e. Coupons with every sale. ses only 3¢ pound. ns 5%c pound. ;4 Ibs. for 15¢ 1b, 17%c Ib. 25¢ 1b. or 3 lbs. for The Big Store, dollar is where your can do most good. | INDUCEMENTS IN Flour. To introduce Haydens' Il for a short time put in overy sack one f the following articles. The flonr s ware | ranted to be the best you ever used or monep refunded. One ai 1 ring. One gold watoh One $5.00 bill Ono set solid silver plated teaspoons, Ono ladies' rolled gold watch chaln, One ladies' cluster diamond lace pin 4X Minneapolis Superlative flour, $1.10, Valley Lily flour, 86c. ctor flour, 90c. Snow Flake flour, A good flour, 505, bost flour, we | w ne prices which be upon: Country butter, country butter, 15 for 18¢ and C. equal _our vinced. Meats. If you want the best in meats and lard at the lowest prices come to us. California sugar cured hams, fc; corned beet, Ge; pickle pork, Te; dried beef, 100, 12%c and 15c; boneless ham, 10c; bologna head cheese and liver sausage, 5o per pounds Cheese. Full crream brick cheese, fc per pound. Limburger cheese, 9c, 11c and 123c. Swiss cheese, 121g, 14c and 16c. Wisconsin full cream, 7lc, 10¢c and 12%o0, All other cheese away down In price. Crackers. Crackers, 814c per pound; fancy XXX soda crackers, Ge; ginger snaps, 10¢; sugar cookles, grandma’s cookles, frosted creams, molasses cake, oatmeal and city sodas, all at 10c; snowflake crackers, 7%c. We have about 50 boxes of lemon cream crackers that were formerly sold for 12%c, now go at 5¢. Also we have something new; nice pound package of oatmeal crackers, very best made, for 12%ec. Drug‘s and Patent Medicines Castorla, 25e. Benson's capcine plaster, 160, Ayer's hair vigor, 6oc. Paskola, large, 85¢. Paskola, small, 45c. Indian Sagwi . Port wine, 35¢ per bottle. Whisky, 60c per bottle. We compound all prescription carefully and eannot Improved 10¢, 1214c, and best i again our separator Is up There is no butter made to creamery; buy some and be cons BUSINESS OF THE RAILWAYS Statistios of Lines in the United States for the Year Ending June 80, 1893, CONDITION OF THE SYSTEMS A YEAR AGO Immensity of This Branch of Public Econ= omy, Now So Seriously Affected by the Great Strike—Some Interesting Facts and Figures. The sixth statistical report of the Inter- state Commerce commission, prepared by its statistican, being the complete report for the year ended June 30, 1893, for which a pre- liminary income account was issued in De- cember, 1893, has just been submitted, of which the following is an abstract: The total mileage of rallways in the United States on June 30, 1893, was 176,461.07, be- ing an increase during the year of 4,807.55 miles. The corresponding increase during the previous year was 3,160.78, from which it appears that there was some revival in rail- way construction during the year covered by the report. The state of Washington leads in construction with 556.32 miles; Mon- tana shows an Increase of 409.66 miles; Minnesota of 406.69 miles, and West Virginia of 365.01 miles. Th other states which show an increase in mileage In excess of 100 miles are California, Florida, Indlana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohlo, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin'and Wyoming. The states of Kansas, Oregon, the territory of New Mexico, and the District of Columbla, show a slight decrease in mileage, due to re- measurement of main lines or abandonment of small, unimportant lines. The number of roads abandoned during the yesr was nine- teen. The total length of line, including all tracks, was 230,137.27, which includes 10,051.36 miles of second track, and 42,043.40 miles of yard track and sidings. CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAYS. The total number of rallway corporations in existence June 30, 1893, was 1,890, being an Increase of sixty-clght during the year covered by the report. Of this number 763 were independent operating roads and 939 maintained operating accounts. The num- ber of subsidiary roads which maintained financlal accounts only was 778, of which 326 were leased for a fixed money rental, and 195 for a contingent money rental, the remainder belng operated under some form of traffic agreement not easily subjected to classification, The tendency toward some form of consolidation during the year has been quite marked; twenty-eight roads, rep- resenting 749.87 miles, have been merged; twenty roads, representing 1,732.79 miles, have been reorgunized, and sixteen roads, representing 1,469.19 miles, have been con- solidated. ‘These items are higher than the corresponding items of the previous year. A classification of raflways according ' to length of line operated shows that there are forty-two companies in the United States having a mileage in excess of 1,000 miles, twenty-six companies operating a mileage between 600 and 1,000 miles, twenty- three companies operating a mileage be- tween 400 and 600 miles, forty-one companies operating a mileage between 250 and 400 miles, and 902 companies operating a mile- age of 250 miles or less. The total length of line controlled by the forty-two companies operating an excess of 1,000 miles was 98,- 385.54, belng equal to B6.78 per cent of the total ‘mileage of the country. The second class of roads controlled 1120 per cent of total mileage, from which It appears that sixty-eight companies controlled 76.98 per cent of the total rallway mileage. CONCERNING EQUIPMENT. The total number of locomotives on June 30, 1893, was 34,788, being an increase of 1,652 during the year. Of these, 8,957 were passenger locomotives, 18,599 freight loco- motives, and 4,802 switching locomotives, the remainder being unclassified. The total number of cars owned by the carriers making report was 1,119,878, to which should be added 154,068 leased cars, making a total of 1,273,946 cars’ operated directly by the carriers. This shows an increase in the number of cars directly controlled of 58854 during the year. Of the total number of cars 31,384 were in the passenger service, and 1,047,577 In the freight scrv- ice. The number of passengers carried per passenger locomotive was 60,208, and. the number of passenger miles per passenger locomotive was 1,588,601 These figures show an increase {n the efliciency of pas- senger locomotives. The number of tons of freight carried per freight locomotive was 40,062 and the number of ton miles accomplished per freight locomotive was 5,031,880 These figures show no change in the efficlency of freight locomotives as compared with previous years. 7he num- ber of passenger cars per 1,000,000 pessen- gers carried was fifty-three apd the num- ber of freight cars per 1,000,000 tons of freight carried was 1,613, 'The increase In equipment fitted with train brakes, or automatic couplers, as compared with the increase in equipment itself, is not as marked as in the previous year. Thus, from a total increase in equipment duting the year ending June 30, 1893, of 60,606, the increase in equipment fitted with train brake was 42,158, and the increase in equipment fitted with automatic coupler was 77,904, EMPLOYES IN THE SERVICE. The total number of employes In the service of railways on June 30, 1893, was 873,602, being an increase of 52,187." ~Of this total of employes, 35,384 are assigned to the work of gencral administration; 256,- 212 to maintenance of way and structuros, 175,464 to maintenance of equipment, and 397,915 to conducting transportation, the re- mainder, 8,627, being unclassified’ by the carriers” making report. If the employes be assigned to mileage, It appears that 515 men found employment in the railway in- dustry in the United States per 100 miles of line, 21 belng assigned to general ad- ministration, 151 to maintenance of way and structures, 103 to maintenance of equip- ment, and 234 to conducting transportation. CAPITALIZATION AND VALUATION. The aggregate of property properly classl- fled as railway capital was on June 30, 1893, $10,506,235,410, which shows railway capital equal to $63,421 per mile of line. The amount of stock outstanding was $4,668,93 418, of which $3,982,009,602 was common stock, the remainder, $656,925,816, being pre- ferred stock. The funded debt outstanding was $5,225,689,821, classified as follows: Mortgage bonds, $4,504,383,162; miscellaneous obligations, $410,474,647; income bonds, $248,- 132,730, and equipment trust obligations, $62,- 699,282, The amount of investment in the railway securltles has increased during the year from $1,391,457,063 to $1,56: being an increase’ of $171,565,180. The amount of stock paying no dividends durlng the year was $2,859,334,572, being 61.24 per cent of the total stock outstanding. Ot stocks paying dividends, 5.25 per cent of the aggregate stock pald from 4 to 6 per cent, 11.62 per cent pald from 5 to 6 per cent, 6.24 per cent paid from 6 to 7 per cent, and 5.32 per ceat pald from 7 to 8 per cen The total dividends pmflj was $100,929,885, The amount of mortgage bonds paying no interest was $492,276,999, or 10.93 per cent of the total mortgage bonds, and the amount of income bonds paylng no intorest was $204,864,269, or 82.66 per eent of the total of income bon PUBLIC SERVICE. The total number of , passengers carried during the year ending’June 30, 1893, was 593,560,612, Passenger- mieage during the same year was 14,220,10L,084. The average journey per passenger.was 23.97 miles. The number of tons of freight reported by the rallways for the year was 745,119,482 Ton mileage was 93,588,111,583. The average number of tons in a train was 183.97, and the haul per ton for the entire country 8 miles, Passenger train mileage 618,770, and freight train mile- ago 508,719, EARNINGS AND EXPENSES The gross earniogs from operations on the rallways of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1893, was § belng an increase of $49,344,531 over gross earnings reported In previous Operating expenses during the yeir 527,921,220, belng an increase of $346,923,- 303 over the previous year. The Income from investments reported by the rallways was $149,649,615, while deductions on ac- count ot fixed charges and other analogous items were $431,422,158 The final net income available for dividends was $111,058,034, being a sum less than the correspending amount for the previous year of $4,907,157. After deducting from this amount the dividends paid, the income ac- count of railways in the United States for the year 1893 shows a surplus of $8,116,745, which s less than the surplus of the previous year by $5,019,311. The complete report shows a full income account for each of the ten territorial groups into which the country is divided. The gross amount recived from carrylng passengers was $301,491,816; from carrying the mall, $28,445,063, and from carrying express matter, $23,631,394. The gross amount received for carrying freight was $829,053,861 The passenger service ac- counts for 20.49 per cent of the earnings from operation, and the freight service for 68.23 per cent of such earnings. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. The number of railway employes killed during the year was 2,727, being greater by 173 than those killed during the pre- vious year. The number of employes in- jured ‘was 31,729, being greater by 3,462 than the number injured the previous year. The ‘number of passengers killed during the year was 209, being less by seventy- seven than the number killed the previous year, and the number injured was 3,229, being two In excess of the number injured the previous year. Of the total number of deaths to employes on account of railway accidents, 433 were due to coupling and uncoupling cars, 644 to falling from trains and engines, seventy-three to overhead ob- structions, 247 to collisions, and 153 to de- raflments, the remainder being due to causes not so clearly defined. An as- nent of casualties to the opportunity offered for accidents shows one employe to have been killed for every 320 men em- ployed, and one to have been injured for every twenty-elght employed, The most dangerous service is that of trainmen, and for these the statistics show ome employe to have been killed for every 115 trainmen, and one employe to have been injured for every ten engaged in this service. A similar comparison shows one passenger to have been killed for each 1,985,153 passen- gers oarried, or for each 47,688,966 passenger miles accomplished, and one passenger in- jured for each 183,822 passengers carried, or for each 4,406,659 passenger miles ac- complished. An assignment of accident statistics to the territorial groups shows great diversity In the relative safety of travel and rallway employment in the various sections of the country. gt A Rallway Notes. General Passenger Agent Francis of the Burlington will return from Hot Springs today. R. K. Smith has been appointed general agent of the Burlington company at Atchi- son vice B, C. Post, who has been appointed postmaster at that place. Auditor Ben:on of the Oregon Rallway & Navigation company and the clerks he took with him from the Union Pacific, Messrs. Gavin and Livingston, are blockaded some- where In Oregon, where they have been sinco last week. The Burlington took the following school teachers to Asbury Park yesterday: Misses Redfield, Vincent, McKoon, Jordan and Messero’ of Omaha, Miss Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. O'Connell, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stevens, Misses Bing, Ramsey, Dunn and Smith of Lincoln, Assistant General Pas- senger Agent Smith will go through to Chi- cago with the party. H. C. Dinkins, commercial agent of the Santa Fe at this point, will, on September 1, become general agent of the same com- pany in the City of Mexico, the present agent at that point, Mr. C Skidmore, being transferred to Omaha. Dinkins goes to Mexico to look after his coffee in- torests incidentally to the management of the freight business of the Santa Fe. AR Wom rrested for Stabblug. Mrs. John W t, wife of the colored saloon keeper at Twelfth and Dodge streets, was arrested on a warrant last night charg- ing her with stabbing with intent to kil al days ago Mrs. Wright met a white nan from Council Bluffs and accused visitor of being too intimate with Mr, Wright A wrangle ensued between the ended by Mrs. Wright into the shoulder of her , inflicting & painful wound, e E Mr. Pills that cure sick headache: DeWIitt's Little Early Risers. WHITE CITY IS IN RUINS Most of the Remaining Buildings De- stroyed by Fire Last Night. STARTED IN THE TERMINAL STATION Fire Spread With Wonderful Rapldity and Defied the Efforts of the Firemen— One Man Killed and Another Dangerously Injured. CHICAGO, July 5.—The World's Colum- bian exposition is a billowy sea of fire. The Administration bullding, the architec- tural crown of the White City, with its gllded and decorated dome, its supporting pavilions encircled with statuary; the ma- Jestic Agricultural buiking, with its tinted and decorated colonnades, with its beauti- ful statues of abundance, above which once wheeled St. Gauden's beautiful figure of Diana, the chaste; the beautiful Hall of Mechanical Arts, with its lofty fluted Cor- inthian colonnades, its superb ecircular- porched entrance and its figure tippea spl he light and airy Electricity build- ing, with its open roof lanterns, its curvi- linear recessed entrance, where erstwhile stood the statue of B the south, and Its gra ng ba on the north; the attractively Inornate, bu substantial looking Mines building; the mammoth Manufactures and Liberal arts bullding, with its large arches of steel en- closing " forty-acre lot and its lofty umphal corner and central arches; gether with a number of minor structures, hav ed into history at the wave of an y's bluzing hand. om the south colonnade to the Gov- ernment building, and from the lake to the golden door of the angel-guarded Transportation bullding, the world's famous White City i3 no more, As the evening's sun wi shedding his level rays for the last time on the erstwhile scene of life, movement and color they fell upon the famlliar outlines of these flowers of human handiwork, almost in their se- rene loveliness. Two hours later the new moon bent her pale crescent above them, shinning on a m of ruins wrapped in a pal of 1oke, save where the yellow of Dlazing timbers flared about the Dblue-black which covers the site of the White City and covers up all of the great departmental structures. The fire spared only the Transportation bullding, Horticultural bullding 1l ies building and the Art pala named Is now occupled by the blan museum, and the Fisher! 13 a mere shell skeleton, having molished by a wrecking company these, the Government bullding, Woman's building, the British building a all that remains of the hundreds of struc tures that once filled Jackson park. Even the polyglot glories of the merry Midway have departe Sie transit gloria mundi, CHICAGO, July 6,.—All the main bulldings of the World's fair_except the Horticul- tural building, the Women's bullding, the Art palace, the Machinery hall and the United States government bullding were almost entirely burned tonight. They were the property of the Columblan Exposition Salvage company, and had been purchased for urm\ll $90,000. The fire was discovered thin evening by several boys in the south- west corner of the first floor of the ter- minal station, When first seen it was but an inciplent blaze, and the boys tried to stamp it out for' several minutes. They were unsuccessful, however, as the flerc gale, which was ‘then blowing from the southwest, fanned the fire, Hefore an alarm could be turned in the fire had reached the second story of the bullding Owing to the distance which separated most of the engine companles from the scene of the fire there was considerable de- lay In getting a stream of water upon the blazing structure. The first alarm was im- medlately followed by a 1 call, nd this by a speclal call for engin By the time the first detachment of engines was fully at work the terminal station was a mmss of flames, and the fire had leaped across to the Administration building. In twenty minutes the dom bf this beautiful structure féll with a terrible roar, and sparks and blazing brands wer carried by the nd north and northeast to the Mining, tricity and Agricultural bufld. ings. 'The Electricity building was the first to take fire. In a few minutes It was in Aames, and at 7:30 o'clock the gl roof collapsed and the iron framework of the structure fell in. At 7:18 o'clock the east untouched Mining b ng fell in, and the me so0 that engine com- loned between the Blectricity and ildings had to fly for thelr lives. company No. 18 was forced to aban don their engine, and had scarcely time to cut the horses from the traces. One of the animals succeeded in getting away, but the other was suffocated. Several hundred feet of hose was also burned. The fire was communicated almost simul- taneously to the Transportation, the Manus tactures and the Agricultural bulldings, By hard work, however, the firemen suge coeded In saving the greater part of the Transportation building, but the other two buildings were soon enveloped in flames and by 8 o'clock the last of the framework of each had fallen in. When the firemen first reached the spot an engine was de- talled to prevent the fire from communi- cating with Machinery hall. For somo time the effort was successful, but with th four immense structures, th ermi bullding, the Electricity &nd. the Admints- time, end of th Mining n| tration buflding, on fire at the same tim the heat became 8o intense that Machine ery hall was ignited also. An unknown man was burned to death, He and a companion were buried under th roof of a conduit leading from the roof of the Electrical building to the McMonies fountain. ~One of them was burned to death and the other so badly that he may die. Both were spectator: e AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA., Paying Fourth of July Bills -Scalped by & Tin Can. The executive committee of fifteen busle ness men who had charge of the Fourth of July celebration met at the council chamber last night and allowed bills in the sum of $700. Another meeting will be held next Tuesday night, when all matters will be sets tled up. A special committee was appointed to secure the medals and have them appro- priately inscribed Scalped by a Tin C; Alexander Ruge, a lad 15 years of age who lives with his parents at 216 South Third street, Omaha, was taken to Dr. McCrann's office at a late hour in a painful condition, Alexander and a number of other boys were firing off powder in tin cans and havs ing a big time over near M and Twenty-third streets when the accident occurred. The boy had placed the powder under his can and was lighting it when the explosion came quicker than he had expected. The can struck him on the forehead and tore the scalp completely off back for about four inches. It was & narrow escape, but as soon as the wound was dressed the boy was able to be taken home and will recover, Magle City Gossip Attorney A. L. Sutton Is in St. Paul, Corbett won the half-mile foot race, with Quinn a close second. The South Omaha Democratic club will mect at Plvonka's hall Friday evening. Adam Schultz, manager of the Delmonico hotel, leaves this morning for a trip through Colorado, The funeral of Nellle Maxwell will be held at the famlily residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, Jucob Kousky had the first finger on his right hand blown off with a cannon cracker in Brown park. Assessor Samuel T. Shrigloy left last night for a month's visit with relatives in southern Indiana, Mrs. Adam Kurtz of Plattsmouth, whe was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Cashman, returned home last night. Corbett, McKinney and Sullivan, who were protested as professionals in the 100-yard race, will contest for the money Samuel Elkins, the man who was gashed by a strauger, ls improving, and Dr. Berry is of the opinion that he will recover. Two watches belonging to Carl Nelson and Nels Peterson were stolen from their room over the Home restaurant last evening. Mrs. Martha Hicks, aged 67 years, died last evening. The funeral will be held at the family home, Sixteenth strect and Berry avenue, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Elder A. H. Merrlll was elected delegate to the national convention of the Presbys terlan Young People’s Soclety of Christiam Endeavor, which meets at Cleveland. Mrs. J. H. Hasburg dled yesterday after noon after a painful and long sickness. funcral will be held at St. Agnes' cl Saturday morning. Her age was 76 yearm