Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 10, 1895, Page 7

“HE FOUGHT WITH GEN. CROOR And Feasted on Emaciated Horse and Sne- oulent Prairie Dog. RECCLLECTIONS OF THE '76 CAMPAIGN The Varled Experience and Thrilling Ad- ventures of an Indlan War Corr | spondent—Editor Storey’s Opin- fon of General Crook. Ex-Congressman Jobn F. Finerty ot Chi- cago 18 booked for a brief visit to Omaha during the week, and will be the stellar at- traction In an entertainment to be given at Boyd's opera house on Wednesday evening under the auspices of the South Omaha Couan- cll of the Young Menis Institute. M:. Finerty Is not a stranger to Omaha, having visited the city frequently fn the past twenty years, He has here a host of friends and admirers, not only among those of Irish birth and descent, of whom ho Is a dis- tinguished representative, but among those who admire unaffected ability, sterling man- hood and charming companionship. To many of the older officers of the Department of the Platte, the visit of Mr. Finerty Is a source of gratification, as it recalls from truant memory the days of General Crook and the tragie Indian campaign of 1876, Thero is crowded into the forty-nine years of Mr. Finerty's life several volumes of ro- mantie adventures and thrilling experiences in war and peace. in field and forum. Spring- ing from a family of journalists in Ireland, and educated in the Dublin university, he find not reached man's estate ere he provoked tho wrath of the Castle government. At the age of 16 he was the “young man eloquent™ of what was the recrudescence of the Young Ireland movement, whence sprang the Fonlans or Irish Revolutionary Brother- hood. He plunged into the movement with the enthusiastic recklessness of youth, and became 8o dangerous (o the ruling powers that his liberty depended on emigration. Coming to the United States early in 1864, ho found amplo opportunity to employ his talents as a journalist. The profession proved too tame for his fighting blood, and as there was an abundance of fight to be had for the mecking at that time, Mr. Finerty enlisted in the Ninety-ninth New York volunteers, and followed the fortunes of the command until mustered out at the close of the war. Like thousands of his countrymen who served in the union army, Mr. Finery be- lleved that they Who would be fres, themselves must strike the blow, and readily joined the Fenlan rald on Can- ada In 1866. The inglorious ending of that movement evidently convinced him that the frecdom of Ireland could not be wrung from Canada, for when the subsequent fizzle of O'Nelll occurred on the borders of New York and Vermont in 1870, Mr. Finerty was a nontombatant, but was at the front in the capacity of correspondent of the Chicago Republican. Mr. Finerty was one of the staff of bril- Mant young journalists with whom Wilber F. Storey surrounded himself in the palmy days of the Chicago Times. As a correspondent- at-large, Mr. Finerty traversed the western halt of the nation, from British Columbia to the Gulf. Every expedition against the In dians of ‘any moment, from the Rosebud campalgn of 1876 tb the retirement of Sit- ting Bull to Manitoba In 1880, were followed by Mr. Fioerty and sketched by him from start to finlsh. It is Interesting to recall tho fact that Mr. Finerty, when about to Join the expedition against the Sioux and Cheyennes in the spring of 1876, begged per- mission to follow the fortunes of the gallant Custer. You are golng with Crook’s column,” said Mr, Storey, with his customary decisiveness and rapldity. T understood 1 was to go with Custer,” rejo'ned the correspondent; “I know Genefal Custer, but am not acquainted with General Creol That will make no difference whatever, replied Mr. Storey. “Terry commands over Custer, and Crook, who knows more about Indians, is likely to do the hard work. Custer is a brave soldier—none braver, but he has been out there scme years already and has not succeeded in bringing the Sioux to a decisive engagement. Crook did well in Arizona. However, It s all settled that you go with Crook, ‘To Mr. Storey’s decision Mr. Finerty Is in- debted for having his scalp intact teday. “Let me warn you,” sald Mr. Storey as a parting salute, “that you will find General Crook a hard campaigner. Subsequent events justiied the prediction of the veteran editor. From the start at Fort Russell in May until the junction with Terry on the Yellowstone in August, the frult- less joint chass for a hot Indian trail, and the march to the Black Hills In September, thero were a succession of indecisive engag: ments with the redskins, perilous marches, thrilling. adventures and hardships unsur- passed ¢n border warfare. Besides General Crook, there were with the expedition such brave officzrs as Royal, Bourke, Reynolds, Merritt, Mills, Stanton, Henry, Pecle, Ran- dall, McKenzie, »Sutorious and others well known in the Departwent of the Platte.. The campaign lasted six months and was marked by tragedles and privations almost unparalleled. Besides Mr. Finerty. there were with the Crook column ag correspondents Messrs, McMillan, Strahorn, Wasson and Davy- etport, and with Terry Messrs, O'Keily, now @ membor of the British Parl‘dment; Phoclon Howard, cne of the old-timers on the Omaha Herald, and Charles Deihl. Speaking cf the expadition of 1876 and Mr. Finerty's part in it, Colonel T. H. Stanton, paymaster of the Department of the Platte, says: ‘“The war against th: Sloux was about to begln, and in May, 1876, Mr, Finerty was sent by his paper to accompany the expedi- tlon which General Crozk was then organiz'ng to go nto the hostile country. Finerty's ad- dress and bon homio commended him to Gen. eral Crook, and he was gladly invited to ac. . company the command. General Crook's es. timate of men was rarcly astray, and he never regrotted that Mr. Finerty became a part of his command during cne of the most memorable campalgns ever undertake United States army. g7y “Finerty jolnod the command at Fetterman (n May, 1876. A sevore campaign, Which had attracted the attention of the whole country, kad just by completed, but not with tho wuccess that had been sought, new effort was to be made, and while Success was necessarlly a matter of con- decture for the time, it was known that there could be hut one outcome, The Custer massacre was one of the incldents of the :ll:;l:‘llnenl to open up a vast reglon to civili- “Flerty accompanied General Crook's command, and was with it at the battle of the Rosebud, June 17, 1876, General Crook's little army bravely held s own on that duy and remained master of the field. But @ week later the enomy annidilated General Ouster's command, that s, all of it which went with him into the contest. ‘General Crook was obliged to walt for re- Inforcemonts, and camped about on the site of where the town of Sheridan now stands. While waiting for reiaforcements a number of daving scouting expeditions were made, the most notable of which was that of Lieu- tenaut Sibley, Sccond cavalry, with twenty- five wen, Mr. Fincrty belng one of the party, along the base of the Big Horn moun- tains. These mountaing at that time wore an unknown reglon. They ross vast aud sub- lime from the plains, und were as lmpressive @8 the Alps of Switzerland. This seoutin party bad a most thrilllng experience, ans only escaped from the Indlans by abandon- ng thelr lorees, which gava them an 0p- portunity to b from the ememy and eventually to find their way into camp. “‘When the second movemont began, after reinforcements had arrived, Mr. Fioerty con- tinucd with the command, and was a wel- me guest In evory m in the Nttle army. s wit, courage, brightness and intellcetual ce, made him ths most companionable of ‘men, and every campfire seemed bappler when way present. Bvery soldler was veady o whare his last pices of emariaind borso steak with bim, and would even gladly d‘-u- with him a roust prairle dog. “Mr. Fiuerty's lotlers to the Chicago Times, during this and the campaige follow- After Sitting Bull, under General Miles, Fort such wide and merited attention hea he returied to Chicago he was 8 S B R L 5t of Amerfeans, and is today one of the most brilliant orators and genial gentlemen in the country." Among other noteble exploits of Mr. Fin- erly as correspondent were the Pittsburg riots of 1877, and the greaser guerilla war on the Rio Grande in the fall of that year; the boomers' invasion of Indian territory, and the sclentific expedition to the Bad Lands of Dakota In 1878, He was with General Miles at the last battle with the Sioux in Milk river, In July, 1879, followed and interviewed Sitting Bull in his camp in the British pos- sessions, and in the fall joined General Mer- ritt in the expedition against the Utes. Mr. Finerty's activity as a_correspondent- at-large practically closed with the death of the founder of the Times. During the past ten years his energies have been devoted to the publication of the Citizen, a weekly champlon of protection, progress and plenty, with Incidental twists of the lion’s tail, LA ) —— DID NOT PLFASE JENKINS, Firea ...cause He Said He Would bo Him Up. The Board of County Commissioners trans- acted a large amount of routine business yes- terday afternoon, and, although considerable kicking was made by the members, the meet- ing on the whole was harmonious. The bi mest flurry, although ft was somewhat sup- pressed, occurred when Commissioner Jen- kins introduced a resolution asking that the services of Fred Bugbee as assistant at the county store be dispensed with, The resolu- tion received no second. Both Livesey and Stenberg arose and stated that they could not second the resolution, as they had always considered Bugbee a competent man, and had never heard that there was any clash between him and Jenkins. Stenberg then moved that the resolution be referred to the charities committeo to be investigated. After somo pause Jenkins seconded it, saying that ho was compelled to do so. Jenkins then moved that W. E. Stockham be appointed assistant at the store, but he could obtain no second. Jenkins stated that the reason he had for introducing the resolution was that Bugbee had threatened to “do him up' as chairman of the charities committee. The county attorney delivered an opinion to the board to the effect that it had no right to cancel’a special levy. A petition had been received from one of the school districts ask- ing that the special assessment which had been levied for the purpose of paylng bonds be cancelled on the grounds that it had money enough to meet the payment of the bonds. The judiclary committee, to which the petition had been referred, recommended that the district be exempted from paying the assessment, as It had been found that it was unnecessary. Stenberg objected to the report, claiming that the board had no right to cancel a special assessment. Livesey, who is chairman of the committee, stated that he had looked into the matter thoroughly, and he remarked that he was getting tired of the kicking of some members, who acted like school boys in the board meetings. Stenberg made a few soothing remarks, and then called on the county attorney for an opinion. Tho latter supported the objection, saying Bugbes Not that when a special levy was made the board had no right to cancel it, although it could be transferred into tho general school fund of the district if it was not needed for the purpose for which it had been levied. The matter was recommitted. A petition was received from a number of citizens who claimed to be the owners of the majority of front feet facing on Leavenworth street, west of the city limits, asking that the street railwvay company be allowel to lay a double track electric lina along the road to tho West Side association grounds in case that it was decided that the state fair should be held there. If the line was constructed on or befora September 7, they waived the right to demand that the road should be paved by the company between the rails and tracka. County Clerk Sackett reported that during the month of January 716 tons of coal had been distributed among the poor of the county at a cost of §1,999.22. Over $900 was saved under the new ‘system by which the county THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: POOR NOT CRYING IN VAIN Omaba's Destitute Known to Those Who 8t ivo to Bupply Wants, BEING HOW IT I3 1 CCOMPLISHED Associated Charitios is the Directing Agency and Reliet from the Wearines: of the Barden Is sorely Needed—Some of the Detalls of the Philanthropy. ““Well, this is tough on the poor devils who haven't any coal,” said a warmly mufled citizen, as he walted on the corner fir his car one of those cold evenings last week. And probably nine out of ten of those who luxu- riated In the comforts of a cosy home, warm fires and ample larders said the same thing, or s'mething very like it, while the cold north wind was sweeping over the city and tho mercury was losing itself in the bulb of the thermometer. But it is doubtful If theso same sympathizers with the suffering poor had any idea how many men and women there are in Omaha who are employ- Ing either the whole or a part of their time in relieving the distress that is known to exist in Omaha, as well as in other great cities, There is probably no city in the United States where there is more perfect and extensive organization for charitable pur. poses than there is in Omaha this winter, Many lessons were learned last year and fore- most among them was the utter inadequacy of all efforts at relief unless there was a per- fect understanding and_co-operation among those who were engaged in the work. The result was that early this year an earnest and successful effort was made to unite all hands under one organization, so that the entire territory could be covered with justics to all who neéded and deserved assistance, When aid was being given through several different agencles it was usually the case that some received more than they needed while others, who were equally deserving, wera entirely neglected, or else, after belng abundantly supplied for ‘a brief interval, wers subsequently left to suffer without relief. In many cases well meant efforts at relief only served to complicate the problem and the resultant confusion tended to pauperize some While others were entirely overlooked. HELP READY AT HAND. It may be truthfully said that in spite of the fact that there is more real destitution and poverty this winter than ever before there Is not a single family in Omaha that needs help that is compelled to do without It. This conclusion was reached by a Bee reporter after a careful canvass of the situa- tion as regarded by upwards of a score of the most active and observant workers in the cause of charity. The matter was brought up the other day in the office of Assistant City Attorney Cornish, whera Mr. Cornish Wwith half a dozen councilmen and others, was discussing the advisabllity of some action by the council to assist in the work of rellef. The question arose with the mention of Coun- cilman Prince’s soup house resolution, and opinion was very equally divided as to the duty of the city in the matter. It was urged on one side that an emergency existed in which the city was in duty bound to take some active steps to relieve the existing con- ditions. Others contended that such action would be productive of harm rather than ben- cfit. The minute that it was known that the city council had undertaken the work of re- lief, scores ot benevolent people, who now be- lieved it to be a part of their religion to do something for the poor in their nelghborhood, would at once leave the fleld on the plea that fnow that the city had taken it up they were relleved of all responsibility. It was also as- serted that the only way to reach the de- sired end was by co-operation with the organ- ization that already had the matter well in hand, and that if the city was to take any buys and distributes the coal. The petition of E. R. and J. G. S. Meyers, asking that the county lay out a right of way through adjoining property to their land In the western part of the county, was denied on the opinion of the county attorney, who stated” that the petition was’ defective, as it i not say that the adjoining preperty owners had refused the petiticners a right of way. The Soldiers’ Relief commission reported that during the last month it had been awarded amounts aggregating $468.95. Charles B. Bonta was admitted into the Soldlers’ and Sallors’ home. e DEATH OF MRS. BROWN, Great Loss to tho Womnn’s Club Movement in the United “States. - The loss of Mrs. Chasloite Emerson Brown to the Woman's club work in the United States fs a serious one, though, as the work s greater than any worker, it will go on and upward. Mrs. Brown was o woman of healthy, vigor- ous life, both physically and mentally. The news of her sudden death from pneumonia at her home In Orangg, N. J., on Monday last, was a shock to her many personal friends, as well as the host of women who knew her only as the first president of the general fed- eration of women's clubs, She held this im- portant position for two terms, and was suc- ceaded last May by Mrs, Henrotin of Chicago. Mrs. Brown was a practical woman of splendid judginent, an cloguent public speaker, and one who did not allow"her sym- pathies ' to mislend her. Sho was first a woman, then just, and finally loving. Her name is known in many foreign lands as well as all over Ameriea, for she was a travelez and a woman who felt at home in any land, on account of the largeness of her sympathies and extended knowledge of coun- tries and of people. At the time of her sudden death she was engaged upon an - claborate and exhaustive history. of the Woman's club movement, as It cxists at present, She left this incomplete work In such form as will enable other hands and brains, albeit inadequate and less quali- fled, to glve this book to the women of her country who were looking forward to its pub- lication with such interest. Tho Omaha club was yesterday officially notified of her death through Its president, Mrs. F. M. Ford, who was a personal friend of Mrs. Brown's. At the next meeting the club Wil pass appropriate resolutions in honor of this first woman in the land, from a club standpoint. Mrs. Brown was the third prominently philanthropic American woman to pass away during the past month, two of whom were counccted with the Woman's Christlan Temperance union. e e LOCAL RREVITIES, Lew Raber has issued some artistic fire l-||-u-m box cards for distribution to the pub- e Judge Duffe will held court at Platts. mouth on Monday and Tuesday. On Wedne. dl‘y morning he will preside again in this elity. Herman Moore, tho noted vocallst, will sing at the First Congregational church this morcing. This will be in addition to the regular choir. Mrs. John Reed, mother of Lewls 8. and Harry D. Reed of this city, disd at her home in Darien, Wis., Friday evening. . Mrs. Reed was 68 years of ag Members of the State Board of Agricul- ture will arrive in the ety tomorrow to confer with the members of the local or- ganization relative to the grounds and the fmprovements thereon, There will be a mass meeting of the citi- #ens of Omaha at the Commercial club rooms at 4:30 Monday afternoon to adopt plans to relieve the destitute in this community. BEverybody s Invited to attend. The chief of police received a telegram from the father of Katle Boyce of Tekamah yesterday, requesting the chief to tell her to come home immediately. Katie is supposed to be stopplng at 2016 South Thirs tieth street, Next Tucsday evening, under the auspices of the Bt. Vincent de Paul assoclation, the Emerald Dramatic company of Creighton college will produce the Irish drama, “Shaun Aroon,” In the college ball. The proceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to the cause of charity Max O'Rell lectures In the star c urse series of the Young Men's Christain associa- tion next Tuesday eving on “Her Royal High- ness, Woman.” Max O'Rell, or M. Blouet, has been called one of the mast brilliant bu- morists aad satirists of the age, and it has been sald that in this lecture, which 1s his tavarite, he is a whole company of comedians in hinself, aud every actor a star, part In_the work, it could be best accom- plished by holding up the hands of those who were acquainted with the situation and. its. necessities, and’ alding thenr’ by ‘some $ub- stantial means, ON HUMANITY'S PLANE. After some further discussion it was unani- mously resolved that is would be a good idea to investigate the matter a little before the council met again, and the reporter and one of the coucllmen started out on the quest. They were surprised to find how ‘methodical and’ thorough was the work now being done by the Assoclated Charities and their as- sistants. Here was one cause where sect and creed were entirely buried, and all joined hands in an earnest effort to relieve the wants of distressed. humanity. ~Under ' the head of the Associated Charities was found or- ganized all the churches in the city. Catholics and Protestants, Jews and Gentiles, were working enthusfastically. and harmoniously in a common endeavor. Besides the church organizations there are many independent workers, who are in the field from pure be- nevolence and who co-operate in most cases with the main organization. Tho entlre city was first districted, and each district is In chargo of a subordinate head, who in most cases |s a clegyman. A house to house can- vass has been made in each case, and if there 15 a destitute famlily in the city whose condi- tion Is not known to some one of these work- ers the distress has been ingeniously con- cealed. Not only are those assisted who are willing to be helped, but hundreds of in- stances have been discovered where the needy were too proud' to ask for. assistance, and these are helped in & manner that relleves their distress without humillation. As a rule no record s kept of the names of these people. One of the most actlve workers stated that she had twenty familles in her territory whose names were known to no one but herself, and she regarded it as a sacred confidence. They were people whose condition had only_been learned in spite of themselves. They would rather die than have their neighbors know that they were suffer- ing, and she obtained supplies of food and clothing on her own responsibility, which were distributed among them. SCHOOL TEACHERS AS ANGELS. Forem:st in the charftable work were found a_number of the school teachers of the city. With a very few exceptions, all the principals of the schools are devoting a large part of their spare time to investigating and relleving cases of destitution among the fam- llles whose children attend their schols, At one or two of tha schools the entire corps of teachers Is organized into an active char- itable soclety and hundreds of grateful hearts all over the big city testify to the earnestness and tact with which they have conducted thelr campalgn against poverty, These teachers are also working under the general supprvision of the Assoclated Charities, but they reach many cases that would otherwise nover be known. They are accust:med to study their pupils, and when a child comes tu school breakfastiess they are not long in finding out the truth. The child is questioned and immedlate steps are taken to relieve the wants In the family. In many cases this has to' be accomplished in a roundabout way, and their innate womanly tact renders these teachers capable of relleving many families who would be to) proud to accept assistance it it came in the ordinary manner. Th> Cass streot school furnishes onc instance of the manner in which this work is conducted. Miss Mary 1. Simonds, the principal, has been in that territory for the past elght years and Is personally acquainted with most of the families in that district. If this cas but comparatively few of the familles a am-'ng the patrons of the school, but the teachers have organized a plan of systematic work under which twenty families are belng provided for at the present time, Huge bas- kets of food are recelved every morning from two or three hotels and boarding houses and these are judiciously distributed during the day. Miss Slmonds related a number of in- ting anced-tes to illustrate the manner in which the work is accomplished. NO ONE KNOWS IT, In most cases she is the only person who knows that a particular family s belng as- sisted. Just before the.closing hour the child s given a basket f food and allowed to slip away ahead of the rest, so that none of them Wil know _ that charity is belng dispensed. When a coat Is given to a little boy the buttons are changed, and when a girl is pro- vided with a dress the tr'mming rearrange ! %0 that the former owner caunot identify his property and know that* the wearer is the reclpient of charity. Through such methcds as “theso many people are assisted whose scruples could bo overcome In no other way. The same work 15 belug dous to & greater or tesa degroc in nearly every school fn the city. BEven In the Central school, Which is ll"lfl{ atetnded by the children of well-to-do parents, one or two cases have 0 discov- ered where assistance was nuda:’:nfl glven. Witkin o stone's throw of Judee Thurston's residence on Farnam Street there Is a family that was at the yerge of starvation. The children were well dragsed and thelr school- mates would have hean, the Iast ones to sus- pect that they were fiterally suftering for food. It was one pf those numerous cases where poverty had come to a_door that was A stranger to Its presepce. The unfortunate family stubbornly cencealed its condition un- til & warm-hearted school teacher penetrated its secret and at length succceded in induc- Ing it to accept the peeded ald, In all these cases the teachers preserve the secrets of thelr work inviolatg,-and nothing could in- duce them to revea), the identity of those whose wants they ara§p nobly relieying. 1t was the unanimons nssertion of the workers who wore seed, that never was char- ity so well deserved as this winter. A large proportion of those who are being assisted are people who are mow for the first time brought face to face with want. Many of them are the families of men who have always worked régularly but have been thrown out of employment and have been reduced by sickness and continued misfor- tunes to absolute or partial destitution. Some of these are the owners of real estate. One man was discovered who owns a farm in the western part of the state and several lots in the suburbs of this city. Notwithstanding this, his family was in real distress. He Lad been sick for three months and could not raiso the money to even pay taxes on his lots He was supposed to be in comfortable cir- cumstances and it his neighbors knew that he was recelving assistance from the Asso- clated Charitles they would be astounded. But this is only one of several similar cases that are vouched for by those who are de- voting their energles to this work. NO SOUP HOUSE WANTED. As far as the soup house question was concerned, it encountered nothing but oppo- sition. Not a single worker whe was ac- quainted with the situation advised such a step. It was asserted that there was prac- tically no case of destitution in Omaha that was not being judiclously relieved. The es- tablishment of a soup house would do no good, and it might do much harm by attract- ing a horde.of tramps, who would be a use- less burden and absorb that which should be given to those who were more deserving. Ono or two of these opinions reflect the sen- timent of all. Rev. T. J. Mackay said that in his opinion the soup house plan would be a mistake, There was not one tramp in the clty now where there were fifty a year ago when Rescue hall was offering a standing in- vitation to the shiftless and good for nothings to come and make their camp. If a soup houso was established all the tramps in Nebraska would turn their faces toward Omaha. If the council was to take any action it was thought it should be through the organ- ization that was already covering every point. All that the Associated Charities needed was sufficlent support, and the poor would be better taken care of than they could be by any other means. Secretary Laughland of the Assoclated Char- ities said that if the councll wanted a_soup house it could easily be accommodated. There at the headquarters they had everything ready but tho material for the soup. It the council would supply the meat and vege- tables he could have a soup house running in just fifteen minutes. He believed that this plan would be wiser than a separate estab- lishment, as the bureau had a labor test in connection with the: soup department, and they were better ableato discriminate between those who were worthyland those who were not. They have tickets printed which en- title the holder to.one soup dinner. Two of them are good for; a night's lodging. More than $100 worth of -these. tickets have been sold and aro being-dlapensed by citizens to those who apply te-them for ald. Arramge- ments have _beem ‘mtde With a cheap restaurant to honor:these tickets, but the facilitles are all ready to furnish the soup at the headquarters as sion as the funds are obtaineble to purchase tle materials. The organization needs help. 1t is now caring for every case of dbstitution, but the load is a heavy one for a few, while there are hun- dreds of citizens who. wpuld never miss what would go a long way, in the worlk of charity. ———— "DANISH MASKED BALL. It Was Attended By Adout Three Hundred o7 YRjGue and, Pleasing Featares: The members, of the Danish assqciation gave their twenty-third annual masquerade ball last night in Washington hall.. Although it was purely a family gathering, thero were present about 300 persons. The hall was very tastefully decorated with a number of Danish and American flags hung all around the room, and above the stage, upon which Prof. Norden's orchestra discoursed the sweet- est of music, was suspended the flag of the assoclation, with the c:at of arms of Den- mark emblazoned on.its center. A charming effect was produced by an innumerable num- ber of Chinese lanterns dangling from ths celling, The costumes. were very varied, a noticeable and pleasing feature’ being the number of little children of all ages, who, dressed up in all gorts of fantastic hablil- ments, presented an exceedingly pretty pic- ture. To vary the entertainment there were a number of living tableaux presented, the first of which was a statue of a Danish soldier in full uniform. This was followed by a pathetic scene, that of a soldier dying on a fort in the arms of a comrade. Then came a figure of Uncle Sam side by side with Hr. Soren- sen, the national character of Denmark. A humorous piece of human statuary was then given, calléd “The Fcur Fly Catchers,” the whole of this part of the program being con- cluded with a realistic representation of an ordinary meeting of the members of the Danish assoclation, The following gentlemen served on the va- rlous committees: J. Kyhl, Jacob Jensen, Leuls Bolsen, Williim Petersen, H. Ras- mussen, Sophus F, Noble, H. Mathiesen, John Rasmussen, S. Petersen and R. Tofteman Frederiksen. ——— Bar BlL Was Good, Speclal Master in Chancery Cornish of the Union Paclfic road has passed upon the case of Fred Fuller against Willlam D. Boyd. Boyd was a railway fireman and contracted a bar bill at Fuller's place. He refused to pay, alleging that the bill was unjust. Judge Cornish heard the testimony, and in declding the issues held that the bill was Just, and that Boyd should pay into the United States court 10 per cent of his monthly wages to liquidate the claim, be- ginning with January. e PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. H. 8. Jihnson, Laramle, Wyo., is at the Dellone, B. R. Millard, Los Angeles, Cal, Is at the Dellone. i F. Zehrung, manager Funk opera house, iy at the Barker. 5 G. E. Lemmon, Rapid City, 8. D., Is a Paxton guest. i ¥ Anthony B, Lamdbr’ ¢f Papillion was in Omaba yesterday, ~—— J. F. Brown of Widdd Island was In the city last evening, n P. McGrath, F.!'B- McGinnis, Hastings, are at the Barker.1: s Postmaster Anton #: Lange of West Point Is an Arcade guest. J. Bokie and wife,, Jost Cabin, Wyo., are guests al the Paxiqn, W. C. Miller, wife,and sister cf Lincolu are registered at the, \yeade. R. J. Dolsen and:Wii B. Dolsen are regis- tered at the Barken fsom Silver Creek. 8. D. McAlllstery, X W. Appleton, C. H, Ward, B. G, Spender |, H. Clark are regls: tored 'at the Barker-from Kansas City, Mo, B. 8. Smith, G, A, Arthur Ware of Cl ; J.'8. Shaub and L. D. Cralg, Lout g Ky.i A C. Penole, Jamestown, N. Y., aré commercial men regis. tered at the Barker over Sunday. At the Mercer : R. H. Spencer, Burlington . Kirk, Pittsburg; M. Burget, Chicago; G A. Bush, New York; J. B. Atwood, Madison, Wis.; C. D. Gaussen; St. Louls; Edward B Rose, Chicago; C. L. Graham, St. Louis; Ira Mallory, Grand Taland; George Barnes, Rochester, N. Y.; J. D. Colt, New Ycrk; R, 8. Fleming, St.'Louts; Benjamin ¥. Bailey Lincoln; J. 'W. Story, Ctnelonati; D. Morron, Hartford; Bdgar Howard, Papi MeNitt, Red Cloud; Albert Tupp, Urbana., E. R. ln:l the Millard—G. .M. F. Leflang, Lexing. At the Dellone—A. Rouan, H. 12. Babeock; Qrdi M. W. Windiey, Nortolic; W. G. Houm, At the Arcade—W. G. Baker, O, . - il Creighton: A G, et l"revmunl.u ey A oln .« J. Bolster, i C. . Grinnell, Waverly. Wy SR At the Merchants—R. C. Hasson, Wi m&hfl. 1. Goold, Okaiatia; 3 1. Chandis 3 H Walt aford, i &u "?::' | Banfor ,h.mm“, ice, J, W. Brown and | UNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1895 7 MODERN RAILROAD METHODS Remarkable Progress of a Quarter of a Qentury, FEATURES OF THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Greatest Tmprovement m the Capacity ot Freight Cars aund the Magnificence of the Passenger Conches and Other Kolllng Stock. Few people outside of railroad circles are aware of the great change that has taken place in the means of frelght and passenger transportation In the last twenty years. The large exhibit of locomotives and cars in the Transportation building at the World's fair attracted tremendous crowds, for it was really the first object lesson the public had of the vital changes going on in the railroad world, changes that would be still unknown had not 80 exhaustive a display been made. The increased carrying capacity of frelght cars commenced about 1875, Previous to that year 20,000 pounds was the maximum welght allowed to a full car load, and very stringent rules were in force to prohibit loading beyond that welght. There was even an inflexible rule In force on some railroads charging dou- ble first class rates for every pound in excess of the maximum limit. But all this has changed with the changing conditions of rail- road management. The averago weight of box cars in those days was 20,000 pounds, and the weight of car and load was 40,000 pounds. The load limit was first increased to 28,000 pounds, then to 80,000, and for several years 40,000 pounds was the maximum. Shippers, however, began to see the great possibilities of the carrying power of cars about this time, and to meet the demand for larger capacity the railroads adopted a 50,000 pound capacity car, and at the present time few cars are bullt, except those having a capacity of 60,000 pounds. The car of this capacity is today regarded as one of modern make and weighs from 32,000 to 85,000 pounds when empty, and when loaded to its full capacity it weighs 95,000 pounds. With theso figures before one, it is readily seen that the modern car carries three times the load of freight as Its prototype of 1875. Previous to 1875, 300 to 330 bushels of wheat was the limit of cargo allowed in a car of that time; today the modern car carries 1,000 bushels, and very few are loaded less than that. PROGRESS IN OTHER LINES. The change, however, s not confined to box cars, but to all classes of equipment, flat cars, coal cars and stock cars. New coal cars are of 60,000 capacity. The stock car has increased from twenty-eight feet in length to thirty-six feet, and all stockmen want a thirty-six foot car for stock ship- ments in these closing century days. The incrense in the number of packing houses and the keen competition engendered has called into service a refrigerator car, while a special car is required for fruit ship- ments, the overland journey from the Pa- cific to the Atlantic coast making such a car absolutely necessary for the proper hand- iing and keeping of oranges, bananas and other fruit. The refrigerator car usually carries 40,000 pounds, and holds 6,000 pounds of ice, the welght of the empty car being 45,000 pounds, while the weight of the car and load reaches nearly 100,000 pounds. Special freight cars are bullt to carry a load of 80,000 to 100,000 pounds, and the car and load Vvery often welgh from 120,000 to 140,000 pounds, But these are not the only new features of a rapidly increasing service. The ship- ment of furniture, wagons, bugegles, agri- cultural implements and other light articles occupying large space, necessitated the con- struction of the furniture car. This car is forty feet long, eight feet ten inches wide and nine feet high in the clear. While not sa radical as the freight equip- ment, the increase in size and welght of passenger equipment is also_very marked. Ordinary passenger cars have grown from 50 feet to 60 feet in legnth, from nine feet wide to ten fet four inches, from 50,000 pounds In welght to 80,600 pounds, while Pullman coaches are frequently met with having sixteen sections, A Pullman car twenty-five years ago, weighing 60,000 pounds was consldered a very heavy car, but teday they welght 100,000 pounds and are seventy feet in length, A coach or sleeper now is not modern un- less equipped with Pintsch gas, steam heat, quick action automatic air brake and auto- matic alr signal, the latter device replacing the old bell cord, and on a train so equipped by pulling a cord In any car signals the cngineer by blowing a small whistle located In the engine cab, In crder to run an equipment of this size and weight the locomotives have Increased correspondingly. In 1870 the largest part of the freight and passenger traffic was han- dled with 16 by 24-inch cylinder engines, weighing _about thirty tons. . These gave.| way to 17x24-inch cylinder engines, weigh- ing about thirty-five tons, and today the standard passenger engines on a number of roads are 18 by 24-inch cylinders, engines welghing fifty tons, The increased speed called for {n the last four years has brought out the 19 by 24-inch cylinder engine, weigh- ing sixty tons. In freight service particu- larly the extreme s greater. Then ten-wheel elgine used in freight serys ive in 1870 welghed from forty-two to forty- five tons and a consolidation engine weigh- ing fifty-fivo or sixty tons was considered a monster. Ten-wheel engines are mow used welghing sixty tns and the consolidation has grown o an engine welghing elghty tons, the above weights not including the tender. The latter class of engines, with tender full of coal and water, welgh 250,000 pounds, or 125 tons, and some few engines have been built in the last two years welghing more. The standard elght-wheel passenger engine and tender on a great many roads welgh 180,000 pounds, or ninety-fiye tons, A frelght train of twenty-five cars in 1870 welghed, when loaded to its capacity, 600 tons, A modern train of twenty-five cars weuld welgh 1,180 tond, This heavy trafic has cansed an increase in the welght of ralls used, Twenty-five years ago fifty-two pounds to the yard was considered all right by a great many rallway managers. Then came the sixty-pound rail, then the sixty-six, sev- enty, seventy-five, efghty and ninety-pound rall has been adopted by some eastern roads as the null‘;m;r(l and the question 1s now un- ler consideration <f ueing rails welghil 100 pounds per yard. ax And yet, strange-as It may seem, the cost of building these cars has not fincreased with the years, tbe keen competition, labor. saving tools, making the cost of construction nearly the same, EARNINGS OF UNION PACIFIC, Overland's Business for ght Months End- Ing June 80 Last. Special Master In Chancery Cornish of the Union Pacific filed a report on the recelvers' reports of business for the months of No- vember and December, 1893, and January, February, March,” Aprll, May and June of 1894, yesterday In the cffice of the clerk of the elrcult court. The special Master In his report mays; *1 respectfully report therecn that I have, with the ald of competent accountants selected and employed by me, carefully examined sa'd re- ports, and fhe account of businoss of said re- celvers for the periods named, as tho same are_recorded and found in the books, state- ments and youchers of said recelvers, and that I have made such further examination of the accountants and employes of the rece'vers as seemed necessary and that the®several state- ments of cash recelpts and disbursements contained in sald reports appear upon such examination to be correct Summary etate- ments of the cash as recelved and disbursed by eaid recelvers” He further reports that tie financlal operations are framed and stated upon the same methods and in continuance of the same similar rules of d'vision and dis- tribution as -were employed by sald - corpora tien prior to the appointment of the recelyers The report of the m clause, wherein he expl whereas, the results of the operatio shown by the atements of the recelvers are a correct accounting for the several months reported upon, the wiethods of distribution of various charges, deficits, etc., may be, 8o altered by subsbquent decrees of the court as to materi< ally aftect succeeding statements, such changes or alterations necessarily appearing in.the later accounting of the several props erties. The report of the recelvers is at- tached: The report for ‘November, 1803, covers & consolidated statement of the cash receipts and cash dishursements. The cash receipts for the month were $3,852567. the cash on hand October 81, 1893, being $1,136,848.24, making a total of $4,080,410.34. The totai disbursements, including payment of ma- terial, employes' ealaries, and other features, amounted to $2,074,814.88, leaving cash on hand, $2,014,605.46, after providing for $13,- 631.41 In transit from Omaha, For December, 1893, the total receipts were $3,704,202.87, which, with the cash on hand November 30, left a balance of $5,718,708.33, The disbursements for December amounted to $3,866,909.04, leaving cash on hand De- cember 31, 1803, (excluding $28,427.97 to pro- vide for Omaha drafts in transit), $1.851 §80.20. In January, 1894, the Union Pacific’s total receipts were 6 which, with the cash on hand T , left a_total of $4,738,348.41. The total disbursements for this month amounted to $2 8, leaving cash on hand, $820,876.13 The receipts for February, 1804, amount | to $2,067,020, which with the cash on hand | January 81, °gave a grand total of $3,777 896.94. The disbursements for this mont amounted to $3,014,043.15 company's favor of $763 For March the company earned, including on hand from the preceding month, , with dishursements of §3,460. a balance of $419,475.06. In April of he earnings of the company were $3 660,385.01; the disbursements, $3,262,603.8 balance of $206,691.21. In May (he earn ings were $3 the disbursements 2 7.68, a balance of $841,21118, In June the earnings amounted to §3,761,453.04; the dishursements $3,711,423.78, leaving a bal ance on hand of $1,050,020.26. The earnings of the Union Pacific company proper, the constituent lines and miscellancous com- panies, which give an fdea of what busi ness has been done for eight months, from November, 1893, fs as follows: vember, $567 surplus, Decmber, $120,650.25 deficit. January, $472,158.36 deficit. February, $120,084.88 deficit. March, $46 08 defieit. April,” $165,330.92 surplus, May, '$182,467.74 surplus. June, $63,078.73 surplus. Theso several ftems of defleit and surplis includo the fixed charges, such as taxes and interest paid during the months reported uphn. CULLING EASTBOUND RATES, h balance In the Chicago-St. Paul Lines Responsible for the Demoralization. NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—The recent reduction of the grain rate between Chicago and the seaboard from 26 to 20 cents has not had the expected result of preventing all demoral- izatlon, nor are the lines heeding with any great care the positive injunction of Chair- man Blanchard of the Central Traflic associa- tion that “Hereafter the grain rates must be rigidly maintained.”” The recent cut in the rates from Minneapolis and St. Paul to Chicago has had the effeat of making the lines east of Chicago shade thelr tariff sheets in order to hold on to thelr share of the business. It was Intimated very strongly by the St. Paul-Chicago lines that they had no intention of cutting rates and of paying to the eastern roads the same rates as be- fore. The eastern roads were quick to take the hint, and as a result there has been a Dbearish feeling in eastbound grain rates from Chicago that is likely In a few days to bear fruit in the shape of open cuts. The affairs of the Western Trunk Line committee continue to brighten, and it Is now believed that the worst of its troubles are over. A conference between the trans- continental lines, at which both the Rio Grande Western and the Union Pacific will be represented, will ba held here during the week, and it is the general opinion that it will end in such a manner as to permit these roads to become members of the. com- mittee. With the Union Pacific on the in- side, 90 per cent of the difficulty of forming the committee will be ended. The Missouri Pacific will come in on the heels of the Union Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas will, it Is expected, follow suit at once. With these three lines and the Rio Grande Western as members the committee will be able at once to begin operations. This, however, Is the rosy side of the matter. If the Union Pacific flies off at a tangent again, as it has done so many times al- ready, the patience of somo of the other lines will hardly hold good against the temp- tation to punish it for the trouble it has caused. TALKED WITH RECEIVER M'NEILL. Projecy for the New Orlental Steamship Line Under Discussion, PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9.—J. G. Davidge, representing Samuels, Samuels & Co. of Yokohama, has- arrived here and held a consultation with Receiver McNelll of the Oregon Rallway & Navigation railroad re- garding the proposed steamship line between this city and the Orient to be operated in connection with the Oregon Railway & Nav- Igation company and the Great Northern It fs understood that mo agreement was reached and that Me: Dzvidge will leave with- out signing a contract. He asked for a guaranty of $6 per ton on flour six months after the line was started, but Mr. MeNeill considered this exorbitant’ inasmuch as the rate would be liable to be cut in two when- ever another line is started. HITCH IN THE PROGRAM. Atchlson Reorganization Plan Not Mnde Fubllo as Expected. CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—It is thought there Is a hitch in the reorganization plan which the Atchison jolnt executive committea of bond and shareholders had had under consideration for several days past. Tho new plan, which was to have been made public yesterday, has not yet made its appearance. This is coupled with the fact that Recelvers Walker and Me- Cook, who have been on a tour of inspection over 'the company’s lines, returned suddenly and took the first train for New York, Their trip of inspection has not been coneluded, and it 1s understood that they will return from New York and make an Inspection of the company’s lines west of Albuquerque. Awaiting the Gow 's Slgnatare, MONTGOMERY, Ala.,, Feb, 9.~The bill seeking to require tho stockholders of foreign corporations owning stock in Alabama rail- roads to hold their meeting in this state, hay paseed tho house with the two senate amend- ments. It now only awaits the governor's signature to become'a law. No measure that has been before tho Alabama logislatura for years has attracted such wifespread interest as bas this bill. The effcct of it will bo to legislate the Alabama Great Southern rail- vead rurning from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Meridian, Miss., from the control of the Cin- cinnatl, Hamilfon & Dayton, and into the hands of the Southern system. Cancelled GUAYAMAS, Mex., ad- vices have been recelved here announcing the cancellation by the government of the Im- portant concession granted Miguel L. Cornefo, capitalist, for a railroad from Lapaz to the mining district of Del Trenfino. The de- posit of the $5,000 which the concessionaire mado with the government is declared for- feited. 2 Removed from Memphis to (hicago. MEMPHIS, Feb. 9.—J. Kemprldgley, new district passenger agent of the Loulsville & Nasbyille, with headquarters at Memphis, has been appointed general northern passenger agent of the Mne with headquarters at Chi- cago, vice George L. Cross, deceased. Feb, L Seutl e SR WEATHER FURECAST. Fulr and Frobably Sightly Warmer with Varlable Winds, WASHINGTON, Feb, 9.-~The forecast for Bunday is: For Nebraska and South Dakota—Fair; probably slightly warmer; variable winds, For Kansas—Falr; probably slightly colder {n the eastern portion; north win lowa and Missouri—Fair; varlable Local Hecord OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Feb. )~Omaha record of temper: ature fifl;‘ lxll‘nhl(l. ‘cl:‘umpar‘ea; with the cor- espon y of the past four ye: ¥ , 7 % mrl: 1593 Maximum temperature... 14 7] Minimum temperature. 4018 4 S B 2 16 . Tl 0L Condition of temperaturc and preeipitation areh 1, II!NDMI for the day and since 1894: Normal temperature Deficlency for the day, Normal precipitation - Deficiency for the day R‘l‘ll precipitation uince X iciency #ince Murc i AW S OB Y 455 FROM SOUTH OMAHA. Two Hundred Dollars of United Workmen Money Went with Petorsen. Since the notice In yesterday's Dos re- garding the disappearance of Peter Petetsen tha police have been at work. If reports are true Petersen was treasuret of Antlent Order United Workmen lodge No. 66, and left the city without turning over $200 which was In his possession. Members of the lodge refuse to talk about the affair, but still they do not deny that Peterson had some lodge money when he disappeared. Mg v Rev. J. Frank Ross will preach at the ourth Ward Mission this afternoon. Miss Sadie Mack has reported to the police that her purse containing $§ was stolen from her at the postoffice yesterday after- noon. The Mission services will be continued In the Fourth Ward Mission church during the woek. Preaching every evening at 7:30, ex- cept Saturday, Tho second entertainment of the series by the ladies of St. Bridget's Guild to raise tunds to furnish the pastor's house, will ba given In the new Young Men's Institute hall on Monday evening, February 18. 1t will ba in the form of a calico party, the ladies wearing calico dresses, and the gentlemen calico neckties. Mr. P. A. Valentine, ono of Phil Armour's right hand men, has been in South Omaha for thoe last three days, and it is understood that he has the plans for the big packing house which Armour will bufld here this year. Mr. Valentino left for Chicago last evening with a pocketful of maps of prospective sites, i P South Side ¢ The South Side Impro last night appointed the following committees: On Depot—J. N. Cornish, J. F. Coots, Herman Kountze, T. J. Lowry and R, Stuht, Street Raflways-Dr. Hanchett, Lee Hs- telle and John Powers, Parks ar Bou ards--Mark Hansen, Joseph Metealfe M. MeHugh, rket Houw ik J. Kaspar, Hans N Buck and Joseph Kavan. AMUSEMENTS, BOYD’S To-v1eaT- This (Sunday) Evening, Feb, 10 And for the two following evenin, A Frollesome Feast from Fairy Land, D. W. TRUSS & €O, Present A ramous cast or 60 In a Superd Speetacnlar Produetion ot 60 W A NG, The Greatest of all Comic Operas. THURS. , FRI. and $AT, FEB. 14, 15, 16. MATINEE SATURDAY. America’s Favorite Comedicnne, SADIE MARTINOT SUPPORTED DY MAX FIGMAN AND STAR CAST, In B. C. Stephenson and W, Yardley's Comedy, “THE_PASSPORT.” ats on sale Wednesday at usual prices, 5 ——GRAND—— Concert and Lecture ——AT—— BOYD’S THEATER ning, February 13, 1895, s of the Y. M. T. Hon. John and M. J. Murphy, the emis esentiheir unique enters 0 Songs of Ireland.’ A rish histor, The The 0 pros tainment magnifies ch gems of Irlsh melod and pleasing entertalnment ever ted on & lecture platform. _General admission tickets, 6ie; reserved seats, T All parties desiring re- served seats must wall carly and secure same at’ ©. A, Meleher's, South Omaha, and Heafey & Heafey, Omaha. EMPIRE { Tel, 1681, agrd W. J. BURGESS, Manager. Week commenciug Metisnce Today, 2:30 Tos night, 8:18, Grand production of UNCLE TOM'’S CABIN —by— RUSCO & SWIFD'S Great company, MIDWAY ISANCE. AT THIE ARMORY, 1NTH and CAP- ITOL. Tues., Wed.. Thura., Fel, and POPULAR PRICES, Sat. nighin, Fob. 12,15, 14, 19 & 16, 150 " Veopie in_coutume: Ko Wheel, Ciunel £odan Clate; Him Bum Candy. Trinh Villag of Catro, isliomny Vil Paluce, Bonuy Show. zaar, Ol Vienna, Do rocesslon. Doors op: Parade ot 9, Children, 13 Stroets oorish o Ro~ ng Bridal aty. Grand Admission, 25 centh. o, £ THE PHENOMENAL WONDER, JJAGGA (— er froe, A sit~ it ngs 5001 ek, suc The Prophet and Mind Render has tests for three duys on the fol 1 WIIL tell you your you the month and date, Wil tell Yours oF your friends nam arther and convincing partious lars at office. Don't fail (o cail. He advises you on all the affairs of life. 1203 DOUGLAS T., OMAHA. Come ard got a t i, N e on sale this week a nelc lne of ¢ draperles, lace curtains, shades, ete., contain- ing the finest goods and the most beautiful color combiuations ever shoyn. - These goods have been bought under the new reduced tariff, and we are prepared to make the We are now in a positon to do the finest drapery and shade work obtainable, snd the werkmanship will be equal to our fore mer high standard in this line. Will you not see our beautiful collection before the stock s broken? our present reduced prices will carry them off very quickiy. CHAS SHIVERICK & CO, FURNITURE AND DRAPERIES, Twelfth aud Douglas Streets, ®