Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1902, Page 8

| ! THE_OMAHA DAILY BEF: . SATURDAY, NEWS ' OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. HEDCE TO- SHIELD HORSES Oitissus Plan Umbrageous Fenos Aleng the Great Western Tracks. DEVICE T@ PROTECT SOUTH AVENUE Mass Meeting Results in Adoption of Vartous Recommendations to Be Inwerted In Right-of-Way Ordinance, The meeting of cit'zens intcrested ig the Protection of South avenue, the thorough- tare threatened by the paralleling of the tracks of the Great Western rallroad, last pight in Farmers' hall in the county court- house, was well attended. Oscar Brown presided. Mr. Brown had Interviewed President Colt of the Mason City & Fort Dodge rall- road on his recent visit to Council Blufts and stated to the meeting that Mr. Colt ap- peared anxious to meet the wishes of the cltizens as far as possible. He sald that Mr. Colt had expressed himself as being willing to move the tracks back at least seventy-five feet from the highway and to erect a fence or shrubbery if thought de- sirable. He also stated that a letter had been received that morning from President Colt, in which he stated full and mature consideration would be given the petitions presented him in the matter of South ave- nue. In his letter President Colt stated that the policy of his road was to endeavor to have the friendllest relations with the citizens of those towns through which the lne ran and that it bad no dssire in the slightest to be in any way antagonistic to their interests. A suggestion that the Great Western be asked to lay Its tracks along the highway of South avenue and that thoroughfare be moved to the right of way purchased by the railroad was declared not feasible, ow= 1ng to the large sum of money expended by the railroad in securing its right of way. Atter the matter had been discussed at length the meeting decided to request the clty council to Incorporate these provisions 1n the ordinance providing for the vacation of certain streets and avenues in the ‘in- nrell. of the Great Western: That no tracks of said rallroad, run- nln‘ parallel with South avenue, shall be nearer the easterly side of sald avenue than seventy-five feet. 2. That sald rallroad company be required {o.plant. the present vear, a Cclosely grow- ing hedge on or near the easterly line of South avenue, beginning at a_point 100 feet southerly’ from the point where sald siclan for Norwalk township, his remunera- tion of §25 not to include smallpox cases. J. J. Fergusen, reporter of the superior court, submitted his bill for $545, balance due him for 1888, 1899 and 1900, which was referred to the county attormey. Liguor Money. Sam H. Ford, a former saloonkeeper of this city, has brought sult in the district court against John Linder to recover money pald him for liquor from June, 1896, to No- vember, 1898. The amount that Ford seeks to recover is $579, and he bases his suit upon the pecullar construction of the lowa liquor law. Ford alleges that \between the dates men- tioned Linder sold liquor contrary to the provisions of the mulct law in & place, the location of which is not stated in the pe- tition, where there were pictures on the wall, seats and tables in the room and more than one entrance. He said that he demanded a return of the money he had pald Linder, but that he had refused to comply with the request. Linder until recently was in the whole- sale liquor bust: in this city, but re- moved his business to Omaha. Personal Injury Damage Suits. The personal injury damage suit of John Walker against the oity of Council Bluffs was given to the jury yesterday morn- ing and at a late hour last night the jury bad not returned a verdict. The sult of Captain H. L. Henry against F. J. Day, administrator of the George Metcalfe estate in Judge Green's court, went to the jury at noon yesterday and mo verdict had been roturned last night. In Judge Thornell's court the trial of the personal injury damage suit of James Jacobsen against E. L. Shugart was begun. Sues to Ree: FOR BIENNIAL ELECTIONS Marper Joint Resolutien for Oenstitutional Amendment in £enate. SIMILAR ‘TO MEASURE LOST IN COURT es Made to Remove Objection- able Features of the Former Bill (From a Staft Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Feb. 14.—(Special.)—The Harper jolnt, resolution proposing a con- stitutional amendment for biennial elec- tions came up as a special order in the senate and after some discussion was sent back to the judiclary committee to make sure that there are ro flaws in it anywhere before it Is allowed to go over to another legislature. Ex-Senator Titus was present, an interested spectator. Senator Harper called it up and spoke briefly in defense of the amendment. He sald it was sub- stantially the Titus amendment, which had been adopted by the people at an election and was Icet In the supreme court. Some changes had been made. He and Mr. Titus had gone over it carefully and afterward it had been submitted to Senators Hubbard and Courtright. He belleved it was abso- lutely unobjectionable no A change bad been made to provide for a sion of the legislatur$ in 1908 and in 1907, Instead of omitting one session, had been contem- plated before. There had been a Cchi made also to cover the point that there wi uncertainty as to which set of officlals had their terms extended because of the termin- ation of some te n December and others in January. He said that it would save money, that $500,000 is expended every year at least In elections and this would be Jacobsen was formerly janitor in the Shu- gart bullding and sues for $10,660 for in- jurles received In an elevator accident. Judge Green returned to his home In Audubon yesterday evening. Davis sells glass. Ofcers of Trade Labor Assembly. These officers were installed at the meet- ing of the Trades and Labor assembly,last night: President, E. B. Gardiner; vice president, Gus Lots; recording secretary, G. R. Scott; financial secretary, J. R. Dief treasurer, J. F. Knuth; sergeant arms, O. T. Smith; trustees, Frank Marlowe, J. D. Schroeder and Willlam McKinley. N. Y. Plumbing Co., telephone 260. Team for Sioux City Contest. The preliminary deb: at the High school last night resulted in Charles Campbell, line Intersects Tostevin street and extend- ‘oodbury avenue, which sald hed‘h shall be permitted to grow ten feet hi and be kept properly trimmed and main tained by sald raliroad company at that height, protected by a wire fence. Also, that the same kind of hedge and fence be eNcled lnd ‘malintain sald rallroad pany along the west line of Third nmt owo-lla the property of sald rl IrM tolnrl line nl'lrowlnl forest troes lanted irty feet apart and "flu '.E:f by sald ralifosd company 0f street an’ wérly curb line of South ave- 'III. tween Tostevin street and Woodbury avenus e. i That electric light shall be maintained d rallroad company at ti street ot Fourth street,-Ten 'l'oncv t and, T e AU the city council may deslgnat hat a talneq at the crossings o Whd Tostevin street and st such Mreet. crossings us. the city. codncll ‘may. trom time to time designate. b ol Dance tonight, Hughes’ hall. Ladies free. OPPOSES TERMINAL BRIDGE Mayor Jenmings Objects to EI n of Team and Foot P: wenger Privile m ’l‘ll\th lvenu- Mayor Jennings is much exercised over the fact that a number of the city coun- clilmen have attached their signatures to & pelition now being circulated indorsing the bill introduced by Senator Millard, which amends the original bill granting the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Rallway company the right to construct a bridge mecross the Missouri o as to exclude teams and pedestrians. This petition, which ‘when sigued, 1s to be sent to Congressman Smith, asking him to indorse the passage of the bill, Is being circulated by Presi- dent Hart of the First National bank in the interest of the Illinois Central rail- road, which has obtained control of the bridge. The Terminal company’s bridge is prac- tically the only communication between this cfty and Cut-Off, a portion of which is in the Incorporated limits of Counclil Bluffs. In the event of the Terminal com- pany's belng permitted to reconstruct the ‘bridge so as to exclude passenger and team trafic, there would be no aecess to that portion of the city except by way of Omaha. Mayor Jenmings s of the opinlon that the rights heretofore enjoyed over cl{s bridge should be retalned so long as Cut-Off re- anains & part of the city of Counctl Bluffs. Mayor Jennings, it is expected, will bring ‘the matter up at the mext meeting of the clty councii. J. P, Greenshlelds of the firm of Green- shields & Everest, by the Great ‘Western to secure ité right-of-way through Council Bluffs, said the petition was not 10 the Ioterests of the Great Western. ‘Whereas the Great Western had figured on wsing the Terminal company's bridge, the matter was now, since the control of the ‘dbridge had been secured by the Illinois Central, very much in the air, and there ‘Was a strong pos: ity of the Great West- ern’s using the Pacific bridge. Dance fllnt. Hughes' hall. Ladies free. Plumbing and heating. Bixdy & Son. Davis sells 'M Board of fln--'y lI"r sors. Routine business occupled the attention of the Board of County Supervisors at yes- terday's session. B. A. Larson, auditor of Montgomery county, presented a bill for expenses in- curred in copuection with the death of Clarence Flelds, negro, former resident of Council Blufts. The bill was $79.95. The claim was referred to the county attorney. Tom Callaghan, & former member of Mayor Jennings' police force, has been em- ployed as special officer by the Union Pa- cific Rallway company and his appointment as a special deputy sheriff was approved by the board. Callaghan's bondsmen are John M. Galvin and Pat Guapoude. He werves without espense to the county or A. O. Wyland was appointed county phy- Bluffs at the Sioux City contest next month. A. Hanchett and Maud Hart were chosen as alternates. The debate attracted 500 people, Dance tonight, Hughes' hall. Ladies free. Shoemaker's Yarn is Frayed. The story of Minard Shoemaker, alias Ed Smith, that he was present in the Rich- ardson home in Savannah, Mo., the night that Frank Richardson was murdered, has, as was generally expected, proved to be a pipe dream. At the tme of the murder Smith was an inmate ot the Nebraska peni- Richard Organ and Fanny Davenport being | ‘B¢ %608 selected as 4s the team to represent Councll |\, ohyent and reform to make an fnvesti- tentlary. p Real Estate T naters. These transfers were flled yesterday in the abstract, title and loan office of J, W. Squire, 101 Pear] street: John O. Bennett and wife to.the Towa Deposit and Loan company, lot 4, uduo 8 Subdiv of lot 4 “Gree add, 1 . D. Tobey, lot 9, block land, w. d. 300 James 'P. Alexander and w(r: to lot 18, block 13, Car- 450 d 7, block 1, Gates” add to d Pope and wife o Mary Cratt, oty 6 and 7, block 1, Gates’ ndd (0 Oakland, B William Fiizge d and wite to Chi- k d & Pacific Rallwa; that part of lot 8, blocl X0 w lrol , 4 ki Arnd, lots 1 and 32, {Iu& 1, 8tul man's 1st add, con. » 1 N“l:n-:l:nun lna wl:’a to Hans P. el ne iy r and el swij n.\i 3150 Chi 6,610 l'l.llph Wesley Clayton ‘and wi i) Mary C. l:lnbm undiv % nwig lnd nis swig 2 e 1,260 John Btno and v“e to G. A Weber, 105, Original plat, w. d............ 1,200 Total, twelve transf Davis sells drugs. 3R Stockert pets and rugs. Metz beer at Neumayer's hotel. iman, sctentific optician, 409 B'way. City Engineer Etnyre is expected home from his trip to Cuba Sunday. New novelties in picture frames. C. E. Alexander & Co., Broadwa; C. & W. Woodward, arcHitects, room EA 3 Everett block, Council_Bluffs, I Missour! osk body wood, .U cord. Wil dam wncn 23 N. Main street. Tel. 128. The chaj inet Willlam Rolph for shooting At his” brother Guy wia’ with: drawn in police court yesterday morning. years, died The body Mrs. A . Ingersoll, aged 92 lllll g ning at 227 Avenue E. laken to LeMars, Ia., this morning. llr- Clarence Searight lnd daughter have been called to Bt. Joseph by the death of lrl Selfl‘hll brother, Andraw Isaacson, A. Custer ll. Grlnd Army of (M Republic, and Reliet corps of Omaha will ‘be the guests of Abe L4 coln post this evening. The Delong lndmflu school will meet this afternoon at 539 East Broadway at 2:30. Fifty valentines dun‘lm by Cltlwrlnu Robbins, a u-yur-uld l:rl&[:k Tl of Noda- way. la., wili be distrl among the children. Ariel Lathrop, harnessmaker, of Deflance, Ia., has flled a it in bankrupte: Il the United States d facmm Ris ta- bilities h Sia madets amount to $1. all of whlch are claimed s exempt. Rose Winthrol, 211 Seventeenth avenu was reported to ‘the Board of Health ve y as suftering from smallpox. 3 ust streets, Omaha, was also reported to be down with the discase, A rear-end collislon of two cars occurrad Yejscrday morning on the motar company s idge. A defective brake was the cause. The rear damaged gistform of the frent car was C. Hansen and B. J. Parks |lll’l. Neb., and 18! e'"h' were thrown from llklr seat: rul The funeral of Heanry Hoist, from the tamily residence on Benton street. yester- day afternoon, was attended by a T number of friends of the deceased and of and church, conducted the services. Mre. ert Mullls, th Mcintyre, Charles Haver- stock and' W 8. Rigdon sang. Burial was in Fuirview cemetery. rama “Kidnapsd For a sensa melodra In New York," ‘lhlrh comes 10 the Dohan: theater tomorrow hight, is sald to be muci above the average. Not only is the plot carefully drawn, but, he company f’ of markable quality. lece 1s full of lhflllln( lll\ullonl lnd Nll t d‘ll e and exceptionally well acted, Mr. jmo hulvln. l-.eu the it _avallable tal aved every other year, that this does not include the personal expenses of candi- dates, that elections cause turmoil and ex- cltement and it would be better not to have s0 many. He sald thirty-five es now, have biennlal elections and he read ‘from a letter by Governor Van Sant of Minpesota to the effect that the system has been satis- factory in Minnesota and that there is no mention of ever golng back to the other system. Senator Molsberry, successor of Senator Titus, criticised the ‘measure on several grounds, calling attention to supposed de- fects, among them being no mention of dis- trict officials. He suggested that the resolu- tion be postponed, that more time might be taken to consider it. The resolution was finally sent to the judiclary committee with- out objection on motlon of Senator Hazel- ton. Anothe: important matter considered by was a resolution by Trewin In which he directed the committee on re- gatlon and report as to why certain state officers and commissions had falled to com- ply with the provisions of a law of the last general assembly providing that they shall make sworn statements as to their ex- pen: The resolution laid over under the rules. The senate debated at some length the bill to allow savings banks to I money outside of Towa. This is the same bill that the house defeated last week by an over- ‘whelming vote. The senate refused to pass the measuré, the vote standlng 1 to 20. The sepate passed a bill appropriating $1,260.86 for Inauguration expenses, a bill to pay.a deficit in the fund for express and cartage, and a bill affecting the raising of taxes for the Muscatine library. For Expert Insurance Appraisers. ‘The house spent most of the time on the bill to require that expert insurance ap- praisers must live in the county where the loss occurs. It was strongly opposed and many excuses offered why the bill should not be passed. In defense of the bill it was oxplained by Langan of Clinton that it would put an end to the profession of expert insurance adjuster. The bill was lost, 47 tor, 37 agalnst and 16 not voting. Bills were passed to prohibit the use of labeled bottles and casks a second time, to change the time of meeting of bLealth boards and to make it a crime to sell grain on which there is a landlord's lien for rent. The last named bill was asked for by the grain dealers of the state and is intended to prevent losses to elevator men from the purchase of grain and sfterwards the landlords claiming the same on rent. The house made a speclal order for mext Tuesday morning of the bill to provide expert examining accountants for the county offices of the ttate, three in number, to go from county to county and examine all books, and providing that uniform systems of bookkeeping shall be employed. A special order for Wednesday morning was made of the bill to prohibit giving of ‘This bill passed two ago, but mon is stronger opposition this ti New Measures Proposed. ‘Senator Maytag proposed & law to re- srrange the work of the state labor com- missioner, to give him suthority to inspeet tactories and hotels and order fire escapes, and to fix hig salary and that of a deputy and clerk. A secomd bill requires the use of safety applisnces of yarfous kinds in factorles in lowa and prescribes eanitary regulations where numbers of persons are employed regulafly.’ Young persons are not allowed to clean wachinery in motion, blow- are to be provided for ‘emery wheels and similar regulations are proposed. Senator Trewin bas a bill to place the traveling libraries of the state under con- trol of the Iowm library commission, also to extend. th ers of the commission aud make an -pprnrln\on therefor. Senator Classen introduced a bill to ap- propriate $25,000 for an lowa monument in memory of the Towa soldfers’ who died at Andersonville prison. To License Opticians. Representative Fields introduced a ‘bill to regulate the practive of optometry and license opticlans, create & board of examin- ers and jssue certificates to opticlans. Representative Sweeley introduced three bills reldting to telepbones. He would place long-distance telephone systems un- der the control of the stat road com- missioners, the same as express companies, and provide that connections shall be mads between them. He would have clties regu- late the charges for telephone rates and would provide that towas and cities might own and operate telephone plants, Representative Hughes proposes that there shall be a uniform time for com- mencement of the fiscal periods in ti state. Representative Springer introduced the appropriation of $03,200 for the Hospital for the Insane at Independencs A bill to provide for sheriffs’ salaries, in- troduced by Mr. Boysen, was reported back from the committee today with some amendments. In its preseat form It is sat- isfactory to the sheriffs and to the mem- bere of the house. It provides for salaries of $3.600 guaranteed to sheriffs in counties baving more than 45,000 population, $3,000 in counties oved 25,000 population, and $2,000 & year in all counties. It also pro- vides for a salary to the chief deputy of from $600 te 31,000 & year Lo De pald out of the fees of the office, ana salaries of other deputies to be guaranteed by the county. The bill has been given a great deal of thought among the members of the house and it is believed it will pass in this form. The fish and game committees are at work on measures to revise the game laws of the state. It is proposed that there shall be two absolutely closed seasons when no game of any kind can be killed, and that hunters take out licenses, the funds derived from this source to be used in prosecutions. It s also contemplated that spearing cer- tain soft fish shall be allowed. To Enforce Strict Quarantine. A mass meeting of citizens was held at the city hall tonight at which it was de- clded that the city officials should be helped in every way to enforce the quarantine reg- ulations. There have been rumors for sev~ eral days that the city of Des Moines would be placed under quarantine and that this would afféct the legislature now in ses- slon, but the officiale deny any such in- tention. The legislature will tomorrow take a trip to Knoxville and back. The mayor has now employed eleven physiclans to work on the smallpox cases and has thirty- three employes to assist in enforcing the quarantine. Issues Two Requisitions. Governor Cummins today issued a requi- sition on the Governor of Montana for the return to this state of Marcus Westrum, under arrest at Butte and wanted here on a charge of forging money orde the governor of Kansas for George Burns, under arrest at Fort Scott and wanted on & charge of larceny at Mason City. Decides Case. The decision of the Iowa supreme court today In the case involving the Iowa Home- stead confirms the onder for the of the property and an accounting between the persons comprising the firm owning the same, but the eale does. not include the auxillary papers published by the same company. The case has long been fought in the courts by the partners and grows out of a conitract with one of the partners for work as advertising solicitor at a high salary. Supreme Court Casem. These are the decisions of the supreme court rendered today! German Savings bank against Francls Geneser, lpg,elllm. Polk - county, Judge A 11 inst Chi c! jan, a ant, l“n!! o Cago & Norlhvesiern i Comp-n 5 Cafroll county, Judge Biwood: affirm Armour Packing Company Moloes Pagking oniias county, Judge Holmes; af Ansigument of Lewls Inveatment 'Com- J.) Edwara Bailey, appellant; Polk Judge Holmes; affirmed. Bosquet, appellant, against Ward W. O'Farrell; Polk county, Judge Bishop; rme: L. H. Wnpler et al against City of Du- buque, appellant; Dubuque county, Judge O'Bonnell - amrmed. Mahlon Russell against Lou Halder, ap- pellant; Marshall county, Judge Burnham; affirmed. B ainst Lel J. Foley, ag: Brewing Company; Polk county, Judge inst M. T. (,(;l;rld afirmed. udge Freich- P. Porter, appellant, a gelhnt. n;-xnn irappelia m.. Pnlk pany, county, Jutterfreed; Cedar county, B, Lambe, treasurer, Charles McCormick, and o Alto county, Judge Bailie; “reversed inst The e Becke et unty, Judges Wolfe: ey Homestoad ny, "fi Holmea and Willlam C. Central R.llwl roe county, Ju foan MARRIED MAN ASSAULTS GIRL Edward Davidson Arrested for the Crime and Narrowly Escapes Lymechi OSKALOOSA, Ta,, Feb. 14.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Ed Davidson, aged 28 years, who has been married twice and lives in Peka: southeabt of this city, is charged with hav- ing aseaulted 12-year-old Katie Gallagher near Eddyville Thursday evening. He was driving in & buggy when he overtook the girl going to her home and asked. her to ride with him. The girl escaped from the buggy, but Davidson pursued her. After the ult he drove to his home, wher he was arrested later. The child w picked up and carried to her home and medical attention' was given. She is in a precarious condition, Davidson was ar- Tested and taken to Bddyville. The story of the crime spread and a mob of enraged cltizens gathered during a couple of hours this morning end thireats of lynching were made freely and the leaders became bold when it was learned that the prisoner had been epirited away through the rear door by the sheriff, who was summoned hastily from Ottumwa, where Davidson is now held. DISTURBANCE AT A WEDDING Chairvari Party’s Disorderly Con- duct Leads to Warrants for Participant LE MARS, Ia, Feb. 14.—(Special.)—W. M. Parker, a young farmer living west of town, swore out warrants for the arrest of nineteen people charging them with riot- ous conduct. Parker was married on Wednesday night to Mrs. Josie Clary of Mount Pleasant and a dance was given in the Adaville hall. A charivari party ar- rived and, on belng forbldden entrance, started shooting, barred the doors of the hall, stopped up the chimney and pro- ceeded to smoke out those inside. The eaves of the hal] were riddled with bullets, the windows broken, and when the chari- vari party finally broke into the hall they spit tobacco juice on the women's dresses and started a free-for-all fight. Warrants were sworn out for Ray Wbristowe, John Fredericks, Blalne King, George Buler, August Hendricksen, Raymond Fletcher, Will Bristowe, John Pegler, BEdward Fletcher, Claud Forbes, Walter Fletcher, G. Mann, Peter Brown, H. F. Fisch, B4 Tal- bot, Charles Talbot and Lewis Mann. All those Indicted are young men. The trial is set for Saturday afternoon. Nervousness,“Tired Feeling™ | Exhaustion of Body or Brain Instantly Dispelied by One ORANGEINE TRY IT NOW. N T e w.':‘-‘.".-‘-'" e O T e A A e BT Sold by Druggists n 10, 26 and §0s Packages. FEBRUARY 15, 1902. MERCER AND LOCAL TIE-UP Pesl Batwoen Ohlnp-finh Line Foross Hand of Union Paoifie. ILLINOIS CENTRAL THEN BECOMES OUTLET History of Co ton with North western Ree eations Point at Present. A week ago a Union Pacific officlal an- nounced that the Northwestern-Union Pa- cific trafic agreement would soon be aban- doned and that the Illinols Centrai would asgume the place held by the Northwestern in such an agreement. The spme day a fast-growing rumor of a merger between the Northwestern, Rock Island and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul roads took definite shape and was served to the public in the prints with great prominence and consid- erable ado. Though the first of these moves i1s much the further toward consummation, that each will be accomplished is wjdely believed in each explains and almost com- the other. The imminence of such a great wave of reorganization and recon- struction of rallroad relations which so vi- tally affeet Omaha has started a thorough upheaval and rehearsal of the long-disputed terms of the agreement between the Unlon Pacific and Northwestern. There have always existed strong differ- ences of opinion as to what was the impetus of this agreement, what its real extent, pur- view and Importance, and how strong its binding power. There are many different versions. Most railroaders have maintained, however, that the Union Pacific would never have entered into such an agreement had not the Northwestern used as a club its possession of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mis- souri Valley line, running out to Casper, Wyo. Threatens Coast Trafiic. With Ogden but a comparatively short distance away to the southwest, the North- western was able logically to threaten a line of its own to the coast if the Union Pacific would not make the overland ar- rangement. So the Unlon Pacific gave i, though other interests impelled it in an- other direction. At least, this is a common beltef in regard to the mnatter, and It is apparently supported by the fact that till the - Northwestorn secured the Klkhorn it could not get even so much as a hearing with the Unlon Pacific. A prominent Union Pacific official, how- ever, Jaunches a totally new explanation. man who lived through the entire affair right In Omaha and he says he is familiar with the situation from the ground up. “The Casper “line had nothing whatever to do with that agreement,” says this offi- clal, “and simply for the reason that the overland trafic was never thought of when this arrangement was first made. It was the Denver business that the Union Pacific was endeavoring to care for and it was with this end only in view that the agree- ment was made. The overland affair was the outgrowth of the other and did not fol- low for some time. Due to Denver Trafic. “Why did the Unlon Pacific take in the Northwestern? That's eomething which s still a closed secret. We do not know. But the way it happened: The Union a matter of fact, having just de- termined that the Denver matter must be attended to immediately, had made the offer of such a connection to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. The St. Paul people did not accept at once. They were not very anxious and were considering it. Meanwhile President Marvin Hughitt of the Northwestern heard of the offer. He rushed to Omaha, was closeted with Presi- dent Charles Francls Adams of the Union Pacific for not more than an hour and came out and announced ‘that the Unlon Pacific and Northwestern had made the agreement. It was all so sudden it took our breaths away, but it was done. and it hes stuck. “Every one thought the § . Paul road would be the second party to the agree- ment. It was the logical first choice, for the same Interests that dominated it con- trolled the Union' Pacific, the Rockefellers. And the situation is still the same today, by the way, despite all they may say. Rockefeller interests are dominant in the Unlon Pacific. “However, the Northwestern was a logical second cholce, for physical reasons. It does not get into Kansas City, as the other roads do, s0 Omaba is its natural outlet. Just what led to its cholce in the agreement, however, I cannot state. Freight Traffic Distribution. “There is another great misunderstand- ing relative to this arrangement. That is in regard to its real extent and importance. On the passenger side, of course, It is ab- solute and complete. Through trains make it so. On the frelght side it does not mean so much. As a matter of fact the treight has always been pretty well dis- tributed between the St. Paul and North- ern, and since the Illinols Central has come that bas had its share. “I will go further than that. I will say that in all those years since the agreement has been in effect the St. Paul has had even more of the Union Pacific freight business than the Northwestern. Coming west they have broken about even, for in that case the Northwestern derives an ad- vantage in soliciting from the fact that it can cite its close arrangement with the Union Pacific. This has its effect. But, going t, the St. Paul has had a litt the best of It always. As one exampl there has been many a month to my knowl- edge during fhe frult seasons when the Northwestern has carried the Union Pacific loads from California on east from here three days in the week and the St. Paul had the other four. +“This state of affairs has not been brought about by the Union Pacific. That road would doubtless have made the balance of division hang the other way if it could. But it sim- ply could not control its freight, and the St.- Paul stood stronger than the North- western with people who could control it. ated by Character of Fretght. can prove this. The great bulk of the Unton Pacific freight is commodities of three descriptions—grain, ores and stock. Grain comes to the Omaha elevators, so Is out of Unlon Pacific power Ores go to the smelter and is likewise lost. The smelter can ship the product out over any road it pleases. Stock no road can control, s hag been often proven. It is a commod- ity that can readily Le moved fifty or 100 miles on foot, and if the shipper prefers a rosd that is farther away than another he will go to 1t in this manner. So you can see how the St. Paul has been able to keep its hand in good and strong despite any agreement. “As regards this Illinois Central tie-up, it is the only thing possible if the St. Paul merges witl the Nortbwestern and Rock Island. The St. Paul is still she logical road for the arrangement, but such & com- bination will bar it at the same time that takes the Northwestern out, and there is only the Illinols Central left.” Laramie & Hahn's Peak Work. M. J. Greevy, fiscal agent for the mew Laramie & Habn's Peak rallway, was in town yesterday on Snancisl business for the company. Not & foot of track has yet beea laid on this road, but grading is progress- ing and tracks w s00a. It 18 backed " by the firm of Isaac Van Horn & Co, of Boston and will be pushed earnestly” “This road Is being bullt to give outlets for the mining districts of Wyoming and Colorado that are now unplerced by rail- roads,” sald Mr. Greevy. “We will weave a network of trackage throughout that see- tion. With two excellent connections, one with, the Union Pacific at Laramie, Wyo., and the other with the Denver & Rio Grande at Dillon, Colo., the line will be able to do a wonderful business, and it s there walt- ing to ba dome.” OBJECT TO THE CLERK FORCE Economieal Senators Com n of Bx- travegance in Extra Cleri- cal Hire, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—A little furry was created in the senate today over the employment since the beginning of the sslon of a score or more of extra clerks and messengers to committees. The charges of extravagance made induced the reference of the whole subject of clerical employment to a committee for investiga tion and report. The bill creating a permanent census bureau was under consideration for a time, but was not disposed of finally. After the passage of a large number of private pen- sion bilis, the senate eulogized the life and character of the late Representative Bro- slus of Pennsylvania. The bill to provide for a permanent cen- sus office was taken up- at the instance of Mr. Quarles, chairman of the committee on cens: Mr. Alllson, chairman of the committee on appropriations, made an argument against the committes amendment increas: ing the salary of the director of the census from $5,000 to $7,600 per annum. He polnted out that the salary of the census director was below that pald any officer in Wash- ington, below that of a cabinet officer. Mr. Quarles made a defense of the amend- ment, and in response to a question by Mr. Hawley sald he did not think con- gress should impose such a bumlliation on the director of the census as congress im- poses on its members—the acceptance of a salary entirely jnadequate to the services perfdrmed.. Mr. Allison moved to make the director's salary $6,000 instead of $7,600. The motion was refected—1 to 32. The committee amendment was rejected. At 3 o'clock the senate began considera- tion of the private pension bills. In ffty- five minutes the calendar was cleared of pension bills, 127 being passed. A bill was passed authorizing the presl- dent to appoint Willlam B. Franklin, for- merly colonel of the Twelfth United States infantry, as a colonel and to place him on the retired list with that rank. Another measure was passed granting a right-of- way through Oklahoma territory and the Indlan territory to the Enid & Anadarko Rallroad company. Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania then pre- sented resolutions expressing the sorrow of the senate at the death of M. A. Brosius, late a representative in congress from Pennsylvania. Eulogles were pronounced by Mr. Penrose, Mr. Gallinger, Mr, McComas and Mr. Spooner, and the senate at § o'clock adjourned. THINKS “PANAMA THE BETTER Otvil Engineer Noble Regards the French Canal Proposition ¥ ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Alfred Noble, civil engineer and a member of the Isth. mian' Canal commission, was before the senate committee on interoceanic canals to- day. Mr. Noble said it would be necessary to have absolute control of Panama and Colon In order to control sanitation., He thought the conditions were favorable for yellow fever during most of the year on the isthmus, though he was not a sanitary engineer. There was no yellow fever in Nicaragua, so far as he knew. Mr, Noble said the technical engineering features of the Bohio dam on the Panama route were more difficult than those of the Conchido dam on the Nicaragua route. * As to harbors, he thought both routes about equal. Senator Foster of Loulsiana construction of the Pani depend on the safe construction and per- maneney of the Bohio dam. Mr. Noble re- plied in the afirmative. Senator Foster then asked if the Bohlo dam was actually safe and practical. Mr. Noble sald the work had not been exactly paralleled, but a similar class of work had been used as would be used at Bohio, He had no doubt of the possibility of constructing the Bohio dam. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. John H. Kellom. Mrs. John H. Kellom, & pioveer resident of Omaha, and wife of one of the founders of this city, died at 4 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Adams, in Tistin, Cal. She had at- tained an advanced ag Mr. Kellom was especially prominent in this city as an educator, the Kellom school being named for him. At the time of his death some years ago Mrs. Kellom went to Californfa to make her home with daughter. John R. McKnight. John R. McKnight, formerly of this city and prominently connected with the social and religious work of the First Methodist Eplscopal church, and who recently went to California for his health, died Thursday last at Redlands, Cal. Town Destroeyed by Flames. CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—A special to the Daily News from Norfolk, Va., says: The town of South Mills, N. C,, near the Dismal Swamp, was practically destroyed by fire today snd at last report the flames were heading toward the swamp. The fire started in a negro shanty and spread rap- idly. The town has no fire department. Four hundred families are reported home- less. A rough estimate pla the loss at $160,000. 0! Cennty Board Makes it Neosssry for Auditer te Dismiss Entploe. TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON SUPPLIES ty Stors Will Ne Made on Informal Received Over A resolution introduced by Ostrom and adopted unanimously at yesterday morning's meeting of the Board of County Commis- sloners brings matters to a show:-down ba- tween Halfdan Jacobsen and W. R. O'Shaughnessy of the ‘county auditing de- partment. Both e continued in the office since the rearrangemént and the se- lection of Peter O'Malley “as chief of the office, but the Ostrom resolution calls for the heads of departments to cut off all extra help, and Mr. O'Malley knows just as well as anybody else what that means. He did not immediately announice his selection between the two, but it is thought that Mr. O'Shaughnessy will be the one to stay. The resolution that created most com= ment by the commissloners, e of It be- Ing of a rather heated nature, ‘was one by O'Keeffe, requiring that hereafter blds for supplies at the county store be made for periods of six months Instead of one week, as has previously been the practice. The resolution was adopted and the bids are to be advertised for at once and be opened at 10 o'clock February 2. Connolly Makes it Personal When O'Keeffe introduced the resolution Connolly leaped to his feet and declared that 1t was only another reflection on him as chairman of the committee, and that he declined to let it go through, without com- ment. He sald that the ageéft st the county store has a habit of snubbing him and treating his inquirtes with cofld disdain* every time he goes out {here storekeeper 1s also “‘knockiny tinually to others. that he couldn't see thé wisdom of plan as a protective measure ‘agalnst dis honest bidders and declared that there was not a grocery firm in ' Omaha fthat would not enter into a secret arrangement with the storekeeper, if it could. The comment made O'Keeffe torrid under the collar and he led the discussion to al- leged former thefts at the county farm by employes there, and Conxiolly, in de! of the board, declared very audfbiy that one man out there had beeh “fired when he was discovered to be knocking down money that should have gonme to thé county.” The O'Keeffe motion finally passed, with only Connolly dissenting, and it was agreed be- fore the meeting closed that hereafter all business dome by the bolrfl shiall be in public. Wants Authority for Work. O’Keeffe introduced two other resolu- tions, which were adopted. One, requires that ‘“on and after this date any work ex- ceeding $26 shall be authorized by a motion or resolution Introduced at s regular ses- The other s: “The county clerk 1s hereby instructed to notify all those officials whose office supplies are furnished by the county that all requiei- tions for the same must be midlé by them direct to the county clerk &nd not through any eolicitor, and that the county clerk must have all such orders endo) by some one of the commissioneps before hav- ing the same filed.” The explanation of this. flru ruqluuan is found In the discoyery. that O'Keefte mads yesterday that plumber is dolng work at the county farth that: will eost:82,000; and on which $500 has already been allqwed, but for which there is no. scrap. of to show that he has any contract or any authority to perform. The new membeér ls prodding into this with & very long pole, but bis so far failed to discover any. very tisfactory solution. Another resolution of Ostrom's, which was adopted, directs that the superintend- ent of charities, before’ ordering goods for the supply at the charity store, shall obtain & written order. from the committee having charity matters in charge. e The event that had been counted on to furnish the livellest feature of the meeting ala not materialize. It was the hearing on the application of John Sarenscn for a license for a saloon at Irvingten. The sign- ers of the protest by the-temperance people of the town outnumber Bbis signers and he withdrew his application before the meeting was called. He is preparing, hmum-. to renew the effort later. B on Preacriptio The bids for furnishing the prescriptions written by the assistant ceunty physiclan at South Omaha were opened, but referred to committee of the whole, The bids ranged . from 10 cents te 50 =ants per prescription. The board accepted the report of 'thi finance committee approviug.the report of County Treasurer G. Fred Bisasser for the period from July 1, 1601, to January 8, 1902, It also granted the G. W. Hull company the contract for furnishing the “county, sand, cement and sawer pipe. The pay roll for the judges and clerks of ' the iast election - disclosed that some of them were caught for 337299 delinquent . taxes. The net total was $2,547.75. Dr. Van Camp advised the board that Frank Storck, who was present ia the room when the letter was read, was subjecy to epllepsy and a permanent county patient. 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