Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1902, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APR IL 22, 1902. PACKERS HAVE ACREEMENT Why Meat Prices Advance Regardless of Qost of Live 8tock, FIGURES TO SHOW PROFITS OF COMBINE Estimates Indicate that Packer Gets About Ten Dollars for Killin Dressin, d Manditng Each Steer, B0 far as can be learned the “meat trust" #s it exista locally amounte to an agree- ment between the packers as to the price of meat and the methcd of handling the busi- Dess between the packing houses and the retail dealgrs. There is no middleman in the dealings between the men who kill the animals and the men who sell the meat to the consumer. The local dealer purchascs direct from the packing houses and the meat s delivered dafly. All sales are made on the basis of weekly payment, the prices being uniform for each grade. There are, however, different grades of meats, so that carcass beef may be quoted from 9 to 12 gents a pound and the retall price will vary With the quality of the meat. It is claimed that one of the most dlsagreeable things about ‘the combination is that it quotes dif- ferent prices in different cities, and that while the price in any town will be uni- form the price at Omaha will be higher than the price made to dealers in smaller towns. All bllls against local dealers are pay- able on Monday following the sale. All Mealers who fall to pay on demand are ‘moted and at a meeting of collectors held on Wednesday at the office of one of the com- panies in South Omaha lists are made of the delinquents, each company being sup- plied with one of these lists. From that time the man on the list 18 required to pay eash on delivery for his goods uptil he settled the mccount for which he was r ported. Cash Basis Justified, The third time the name of a dealer goes on the list of those who fail to pay, that dealer Is forever barred from buying on credit from any of the parties to the agree- ment. Buch a condition has forced several small shops out of business, but it does not bring much complaint on the part of the average dealer, one of whom sa: ‘“The meat business should be a cash bus- fness from start to finish. It is so far as the packer is concerned at this time. When he buys a bunch of cattle he must pay the cash to the farmer or the commission man before the stock is delivered. When the meat is ready for the market he insists upon the dealer paying cash within a week. | ‘This is as It should be, but then comes the trouble. The average meat dealer will trust his customers from thirty days to eternity and the profits are so small on meat, at this time especially, that the fallure of two or three customers to meet thelr obligations promptly will cause him to fall. If the local dealer will use the same judgment as that shown by the packer who kills and the man who sells to bim there would be few fallures and the ight not be 8o high in some Profit to the Packers. It bae been claimed that at present vrices packers are losing: money on their products, the persons making this claim taking the average price of the wholesale market and the ‘age price of cattle and allowing the usual amount, 45 per cent of the weight of the animal, for loss in dress- Ing. They say that the price of the dressed beet will not more than equal the price of the steer on the hoof. The pricg of steers at South Omaha Baturday was $6.40 per 100 pounds for prime stock, which is quoted at about 12 cents per pound in carc The cost of an §00-pound steer to the packer would be $51.20, and his return from the retall dealer about $62.80. In addition to the profit on the sale of the carcass the packer makes a profit which amounts to more on the sale of the by-products. This been estimated to be about $9 per car- cass, the figures being: Brains, 13 Ibs. at s Tongue Heart S 1k saets Liver, 12 ibs. at 6c per Ib. Kidneys rom which sausage is m at 10¢ per Ib., about 20 Ibs s, at 6c per ib ';;'er , o oisie Suet, used in compound lard, 12 Ibs. at 6c per Ib s Totals L8845 These figures do not include the profit re- selved from the sale of the bones, the hoofs and horns and the other parts of the animal which are used in the manufacture of fer- tlizer, so that the total of §9 per carcass is considered conservative. No Prosecution Here. Speaking of the proposed prosecution of the beef trust 8. R. Rush, assistant district attorney, said: “This office has received no fnstructions from Washington to tak y etops against the trust. We understand that such orders have been received by the attorney for the Uniteldl States at Kansas City and at Chicago, and it 1s the government will make those points and then proceed against the Nebraska institutions if the cases are suc- cesstul.” . Local meat dealers say that the higher price has had little effect op the cash re- celpta, but has curtailed the volume of business and has increased the demand for per cuts and grades of meat. Tbe high price of meat has increased the demand for fish, canned fish and eggs, so that the mar- ket on these provisions as well as on poul- try, Is firm, with slight advances on the part of the retall dealers. MRS. NATION IN CITY AGAIN ‘Visits Several Saloons, but Her Tongue More T Her Hatchet. Works T shall spend the day resting and writ. ing,” sald Carrie Nation In her front room af the ller Grand yesterday, but just then she glanced out the window and saw a knot of young men in front of John Dahmke's sa- loon across the street making taunting ges- thres at her, €0 she forgot her plans for Candidacy of Governor Savage Polk County Republican: Bince it has become apparent the present governor will be defeated for renomination, the woods are tull of men who are anxlous to fill his shoes. North Nebr Eagle: Regardless of the fear of Bartleylsm or fusionism, gubernatorial timber is springing up over the state Ifke mushrooms. There are some pretty good men among them. Home Record: Governor Savage Is un- derstood to be threatening rallroad cor- porations with an extra sesslon unless their forces support him. That will not nomi- nate him, and would defeat him if nomi- nated Elm Creek Beacon: Savage will use all the leverage on the rallroads that he can to secure his renomination. It's no us The rallroads do mot like to be coerced, and It he was nominated he would be defeated by any candidate by petition. Savage had better retire. Norfolk News: It would be fun to have a volume of the compiled excuses of Gov- ernor Savage's friends when they attempt to explain the situation to him after the republican state convention has met. Probably they will be wise beforehand and keep their names off the delegation from their county. Pawnee Chief: According to Governor Savage Bartley Is soon going to turn over $181,000 of the money he embezzled from the state. We hope so, Mr. Savage, and we 150 hope he will not stop at that, but will return a few hundred thousand more that was miseing from the strong-box when he was checked out of office. Aurora Republican country pre The fight of the against Governor Savage and Bartleyism has at least done one good thing. It has brought out some mighty good, square, honest men as candidates for office this fall. At the rate good candi- dates are coming In, it will be difficult work to put up anything but a good ticket. Grand leland Independent: If it is really true that Governor Savage threatens to call An extra seesion of the legislature for the purpose of passing a new revenue law, if ho is dot given a certificate of nomination by the republican convention, it would simply be an additional inducement to the repub- licans of the state—if such were needed—to nominate some other man, some new, strong ma; Kearney Hub: The Grand Island Inde- pendent recalls the following statement made by Governor Savage when he first paroled Bartley: “If he does what I ask him to do I will let him out of the peni- tentiary; but if he does not, then he will have to go back.” He went back on the demand of the republican state convention. The rest of the story is familiar to every one in Nebraska. All of the most talked or the republigan guberna- torial nomination live within 100 miles or less of the Miesourl river. Why cannot the west furnish a candidate? Surely there are men of ability, brains and in- tegrity in the west as well as In the . We are surprised that Buffalo county, with all its enterprise and ambition, has not been heard from before this. North Platte Tribune: The list of pos- sible gubernatorial candidates s growing with such alarming rapidity th: delegates In the convention, and Uncle Ezra and Brother Joe wink their eyes, punch each other in the ribs and say the more candidates the greater the chances of Ezra slipping in. How many of the announced candidates are brought out in the interest of Ez and Joe? York Republican: St. Bartley went to Denver. It is said that he gave it out that he was going some place else. Shortly after Redeemer Savage went to Denver. It is sald that he gave it out that he was going some place else. By accident, of course, they met in Denver. In a short time the Denver papers were out with articles describing the big mining deal on foot, with the names of Bartlage and Savvey among the prominent promot- ers. One of the papers explained the pecullar relations between the great promoter and the renowed peculator, and remarked that it could see as far through a millstone as anybody. That is a safe position, because, as many people are no doubt aware, nobody can see through a millstone at all, unless there should hap- pen to be a hole n it. Kearney Hub: In Custer county. there will be a contest between Governor Savage and Senator Currie, the latter wanting a delegation for congress, the former for governor. There ought not to be any ques- tion as to the result, and there is no reason to belleve that it Currie should get his delegation any particle of his Influence would be loaned to renominate the present incumbent of the governor's office. Wausa Eagle-Herald: Governor Savage still insiste that he is in the fight for the republican nomination tor governor. He cortainly is a “blind robin’ If he cannot see his finish on the ‘wall at this time. Savage doesn't stand a ghost of a show for the place and it would be well if he stepped aside altogether. Savage, as gov- ernor, is only an accident, and the good people of the state have certalnly bad enough of his work since he became goy- ernor. Superior Jourmal: Governor Savage's threatened war on the railroads 1s a per- sonal affair. If started it will he to give the rallroads trouble and get revenge. But there would not be any great kick made it the falling out of the governor and his raliroad triends resulted in making the rafl- roads pay thejr just proportion of the taxes. Governor Savage hae done the state of Ne- braska and his party enough evil. We would be glad to see him switch onto the right track, even though his motive were nothing higher than pique. Auburn Granger: Since Mr. Stowell of the Post dreamed that Joseph Bartley rented a farm and engaged in the lucrative business of raising corn, hogs, ete., and in one year made so much money that he was able to pay back every cent belonging to the state, with interest and compound in- terest, ever since that time some of the triends of Governor Savage have been day- dreaming and telling tbat Bartley s golng to put it back, notwithstanding the gover- nor says he has no reason to hope that he will do so0, and that he never Intimated that he expected the money would be re- turned. Bloomington Advocate: In a recent in- terview Governor Savage s reported to have sald that he was proud of the fact that he pardoned ex-State Treasurer Bart- ley. Well, suppose he is, the governor ought not to do a thing he is ashamed of and no person is looking for him to repent his act. That's one of the reasons why Savage will fail to be governor any more. The people are not in accord with him in this act. They do not believe that in the pardon justice has been done or that any go0d results will accrue to the state there- from, and the more the governor climbs upon the housetops and reports that he is glad that he did what he did, the less admirers he will have in the state. Tilden Citizen: The dally newspapers quote Ezra P. Savage as still speaking confidently of his prospect for nomination tor governor by the next republican con- venlion. If the delegates to that com- ventlon are so lost to all self-respect as to thus stultify themselves it will be time for a radical reorganization of thé frepub- lican party In Nebraska. Republicans of this state have too long followed their lead- ers blindly and without reasoning, but the happenings of the last few years ought to open their eyes to actual conditions ana lead the rank and file to the very sensible resolution of jgnoring every man known to be in any manner connected with Joe Bartley, either as treasurer, a criminal or a pardoned convict. Scotts Bluff Republican: It is now cer- tain that all the state officers will be before the republican state convention for renomi- nation when it convenes in June. With the exception of Savage, the Republican does not know of any reason why they should not be remominated and re-elected. They bave certainly cenducted the affairs of the state in an economical and business- like manner and should recelve the united support of the party. As for Savage, it he has any respect for the party he will not come before the convention. We have been patiently walting to hear of his withdrawal from the race. But as he has not, it Is time for him to "o ‘way back and sit down,” for he s ounly courting defeat and disappointment for himself and friends, ana is aleo endangering the election of the nominee, by staying in the fleld. The fight on governor will be a hard one at best, on account of his (Savage's) action in the Bartley pardon, and he should no longer endanger the election of a republican by being a candidate. Grand Island Independent: The result of the county repuBlican convention up in big Custer will be looked forward to with more than the usual interest. Custer is Savage's own county, or rather home county. The republican press up there has been as de- cidedly opposed to Savage, since he de- livered Bartley from the greenhouse of the penitentiary, as have the journals of that party in other counties Furthermore, Senator Currie lives up there and fs an active candidate for ocongress from the Sixth district, which is regarded as pretty surely republican this fall. Custer doesn't want both the congressman and the gov- ernor, and, Currie and Savage both wanting control of the delegation, it looks as “if things might be doing” when the forces meet to decide. As between Currle for congress and Savage for governor there | ought to be nb question as to the outcome | it Custer would retain the good reputation | it has secured in the last few elections by wiping out its fusion “reform” majorities. Columbus Telegram: ~The managers of Governor Savage's literary bureau are out with a threat, directed- against the great corporations. In fine the decree reads that unless the corporations fall into line in behalf of the governor and secure for hig a renomination he will call a special session of the legislature for the purpose of enac ing a new revenue law, calculated to make the rallroads and other corporations pay a fair share of taxes. For the good of the state the Telegram would like to see the threat successfully executed. But there Is no hope. Even though a special session should be called, what might the public expect from such hands? The record shows that the members of the present leglal ture, or a safe majority of them, are the pliant tools of the corporations, and might reasonably be depended upon to enact just such a revenue law as the rallroad po- litical managers might recommend. But the agitation for a new revenue law will bear good fruit. It will some day lead to the election of a legislature whose majority will be solemnly pledged to enact a revenue law which will fnsure the taxa- tion of raliroad property in harmony with the tax levied against the homes of the people. Wisner Free Press: Governor Savage, it is alleged, will spring a surprise along about Jume 1, to the discomfiture of the critics of his executive judgment and honor. It the governor has any leadpipe cinch whereby he can wring $200,000 of stolen state money from Bartley or his friends we see no, reason for waiting until June 1 to do it. Under the governor's averment that the republican party is big enough to do justice and bring restitution, so ought he to maintain his magnanimity and good sense under the fire_ of thé many who do not consider his a creditable transaction in the light of justice or good for the Interests of the republican uny’%na fiot sulk llke school boy until. Juie 1,:Just to get ‘ev. a great many .qennot believe that better to let Bartley out and get some money back, and raised a dickens of a storm about it, is no. excuse for the governor walting to make_the restitution, it he can. Ever since tha parole of Bartley Governor Savage has held out the idea that this would be done. The criminal is shame- lessly howsting _himself. by this slimy pedestal Into political prominence. If he can restore any of the lost funds he skould do it an. “go way back and sit down.” If it was his misfortune.and not his fault the future will divulge. 1f Bartley was ever able to make restitution and was prevented by the prosecutions of an over- zealous “reform” party, using him for a leverage to break into the offices, now that he 1s at liberty he certainly can do some- thing to show his sincerity and clinch the argument by deeds. the afternoon, snatched her hatchet from the table and rushed downstairs and across to the “joint.” A crowd quickly gathered and Mrs. Na- tion first begged pleadingly with the bar- tender, George Hite, to let her smash the place. Not receiving his consent, she then beseeched him to abandon the path to hell. This being also of no visible avail, Mrs. N n delivered to the assembled gather- ing an invective against drinking, using her hatchet as a frequent high sign. Meanwhile men drank at the bar and & few of them entered into wordy conflict with her. In the matter of argument, how- ever, Mrs. Nation had no trouble in putting | all comers down and out one by one. She visited eeveral other saloons during the afternoon. At 7:45 she left over the Illinols Central for Rockford, Ill, where she will lecture Tuesday night. She will be busy in Illinols and Michigan till May 2, when she returns to Kansas for trial on charges of destruction of property and housebreaking. “I shall go before that man, Judge Hazen, whom I always call ‘Your Dishonor' in court. He will send me to jail and I shall serve time. I am now planning a mission to be bullt in Ka City for the benefit of those who have been injured in the liquor trafic. TWENTY THOUSAND NICKELS What Steven Hill Wants Street Car Company te Pay Over to Him. Steven Hill has had a falling out with the Omaha Street Rallway company as a result of & throwlng off. Two of the com- pany’'s employes were the throwers and Steven the throwee. Now he has petitioned the county court for $1,000 judgment. As Steven relates it, the incident oc- curred January 25 last, when he was rid- ing over to South Omaba to engage in the aceful occupation of doing » day's work. He alleges that he pald his fare when he first climbed aboard, but that when they reached Twenty-first and Vinton streets the conductor *‘roughly lscourteously’” de- manded fare, asserting “loudly, rudely and o insulting manoer” that he hado't pre- viously produced. Steven's narrative them reaches the climax of the inecldent, for he avers that when he “‘courteously reminded" the conductor that he had paid, the lgtter called the moterman to his assistance and the two together threw Steven far out to- ward the rising sun and a stone curbing. His collar was removed in the melee, he says, and his coat, shirt, hat, dignity and peace of mind and body so disturbed that it will cost the $1,000 asked to make It right with him. —_— Indigestion is the direct cause of di:ease that kills thousands of persons annually. Stop the trouble at the start with a little PRICKLY ASH BITTERS: It strengtbens the stomach and aids digestion. | | PLANS FOR PALATIAL HOME| Magnificent Features of House to Be Built by G. A. Joslyn. |OLD ENGLISH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE | Span Mahogany Dominant in the Interior Finishing—Oval Formed Dining Hall to Open on Large Porch. The plans for George A. Joslyn's $100,000 | residence, to be erected on two blocks of ground between Davenport and Cass, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets, were filed yesterday for approval of the bullding inspector. This, when completed, will be the most palatial home in Omaha. With a ground plan of 70x90 feet, exclusive of porches, it will be bullt of Silverdale lime- stome of light buff color and will abound in | | the embattled towers and massive arches which characterize ite architecture as the old English gothic style. It will stand well back from the streets, in grounds em- bellished with shade trees, shrubbery, stat- uary and fountains. As to outbulldi; there will be a stable three stories high, following in material and general lines the style of the residence; also a palm house, which will connect with the conservatory by means of & covered avenue. The plans were drawn by John McDonald, architect. The basement will include the following: A wine room, billard room, bowling alley, smoking room and laundry. A ment of Main Floor. Entrance to the first and malo floor fros the carriage driveway is through a port cochere, which opens iuto the vestibule. This vestibule is to be finished in marble wainscoting, with mosalc wal Then comes the maln reception ball, which will be finished in Spanish mahogasy, and Span- ish mahogany, by the way, seems to be the dominant feature of the ishing. It is found In n principal rooms. The diaing room is one of the exceptions te this rule. It is a lary high-vaulted, alry room, circular or oval in form, to be finished in quarte sawed oak. It opens upon an elaborate porch with gothic coiumns. The accessories to the dining room are the kitchen, 16x12 feet, and & retrigerator room. The morning room will be finished in quarter-sawed white oak and the library in Spanish mabogany, as will the den be- hind the lMbrary. The conservatory com- ! mands a north and west vi and overlooks |the palm house. The drawing room, which is 21x18 feet in size, will be finished in white poplar. The servants' dining room concludes this fnventory of the first floor. On the second floor are four large cham- | bers, With individusl batbroome and dress- ing rooms, a sewing room and housekeeper's room. The main hall on this floor will be finished In Spanish mahogany. The third floor s occupled very largely by an amusement hall, suitable for a bail room, and by the servants' quarters. These are beautiful rooms, lighted by high corner windows of curved glass. The mansion, when completed, will fm- press one with its appearance of massive- ness and strength, a quality to which the to s contribute not a little. Of these there are two, one at the southeast corner and another at the northeast corper. Each is five sories high with the basement, and the tops are Indented after the style of the ancient castles It will be as nearly fire- proof as is possible in this kind of a struc- ture. E. O. Hamllton, the contractor, is now at work on the foundations. COLD BLAST FROM HIS WIFE What C. E. Friend Says He Got While He Was Prospecting in Alaska, Charles E. Friend has filed his answer in the suit for divorce brought against him by Wellmina B., who has been his wife since April 7, 1872 He not only denles that he ever choked or -otherwise abused | her, but alleges that she turned cold to him at,the very time when he most needed the warmth of her affection, to-wit, while he was in Alaska trying to pan out a family fortune with the mercury clear down below the surface of the ice. He affirms that when he left home he gave her $260 and kept 3240 for his expenses. That he sub- sequently signed a deed that she sent him, to make posssi another sale that she wished to make, and that at all times prior to this their letters had been affectionate. When she wrote that she didn't care if he never came back and that she intended to sue for divorce he came home and they patched up differences and lived together for & time. —_— How Cheap Baking Powder Is Ma The Health department of New York has selzed a quantity of zo-called cheap baking powder, which it found in that city. At- tention was attracted to it by the low price at which it was belng sold In the depart- ment stores. Samples were taken and the chemist of the Health department reported the stuff to be “an alum powder,” which apalysts showed to be composed chiefiy of alum and pulverized roek . The powder was declared to be dangerous to health, and veral thousand pounds were carted to the offal dock and destroyed. It is unsafe to experiment with theee so- called “cheap" articles of food. They are sure to be made from alum, rock, or other injurious matter. In baking powders, the high class, cream of tartar brands a most ecotomical, beécause they go fart! in use and are bealthful beyond questioa, i SOME FAST TRACK LAYING Work of Placing Heavy Rails on Elkhorn Goes On Rapidly. MILE A DAY IS THE RECORD TO DATE Burning Out of Bridge on Unlon Pa- eific, N Stiver Creek, Delays East Bound P Seven Hour enger For three weeks past 300 men have been working on the main line of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley rallroad west of Stanton, Neb., relaylng it with standard steel ralls of the seventy-two-pound size. No information concerning this work leaked out, however, till yesterday, when the gangs started in on the fourth week after having completed twenty miles of the ninety they will rebulld. Elkhorn operating officials are proud of | Sald | the progress which has been made. General Superintendent Hughes: ““We bave lald a mile a day so far, which fncludes not only the actual setting of the stéel, but entire new ballasting with gravel. We will rebuild more of the main line this vear than In any year since we began the substitution four years ago, and will relay almost as much as the entire four yea previous work has accomplished. “The reason for this especial effort is that we need the rails on this trackage at pres- net for use on the Verdigris extension. They are sixty-pound rails, plenty heavy enough for that line. The ninety miles | of them which we will tear up on the main line will easily furnish seventy miles necea- sary for the Boyd county line. “This new trackage will extend from Stanton west to O'Nelll, and when It is completed the entire line from Missourt Valley to O'Nefll will be lald with this heavy steel, 191 miles in all. The portion from Missouri Valley to Stanton has been put down eection by section each year since 1897, “This plece of track which we are relay- ing has been lying on the prairfe, on dirt ballust. Nebraska soil is peculiarly adapted to ballasting and Is really good enough. That is because of its dry,*hard clay composition, which makes it solid and firm. But we will put gravel under our heavy track. On the Verdigris extension we will lay the track on the prairie.” Bridge Burns Out. The burning out of a small bridge on the Union Pacific main line in Platte county early yesterday morning coused some delay in passenger and freight trafic. The bridge was fifty feot long and is three miles east of Silver Creek, a small station 100 miles west of Omaha, between Columbus and Cen- tral City. Passenger traln Ng. 4, eastbound from Ogden, passes Silver Creek at 4:19 in the morning and was caught there by the gap in the line. It was thought at first that it would take till late afternoon to rebuild the bridge and there was talk of sending No. 4 around on the Burlington to Omaha via Lincoln. Later, however, it was seen that the repairs were not such a great task and at 11 o'clock the line was opened and No. 4 sent on. It reached Omaha at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, seven hours late, No westbound trains were delayed. The Overland fiyer, No. 1, found an open track by the time it was ready to pass Silver Creek at 12:31 yesterday afternoon. The fast malil, No. 101, was similarly treated at 12:10. A few freight trains were caught and held for different periods of time. Changes in Burlington Time. Advance proofs of the new time cards for the Towa and Illinols divisions bhave just been received at Burlington headquarters. They show that No. 13, the mew through train for Omaha, will leave Chicago at 9:15 a. m., reaching Galesburg at 12:43 p. m., Burlington at 1:50 p. m. and Ottumwa at 3:28 p. m. This will make it a fast train to Ot- tumwa, and from there on to Pacific Junc- tion it will do a local business, reaching Pacific Junction at 10:10 p. Couneil Bluffs at 10:45 p. m., the Transfer at 10:50 p. m. and Omaha at 11. Ten minutes later it leaves for Lincoln. This train has here- tofore been fast to Creston and local from there to Pacific Junction. Now, however, ite local feature begins at Ottumwa, east of Creston. To correspond with this, No. 9, the local daily except Sunday from Galesburg to Creston, will after May 4 stop at Ottumwa, reaching there at 1:20 p. m., as No. 13 will do the local businéss from there on to Creston. No. 14, also eastbound from Council Bluffs to Ottumwa, will after May 4 run only to Creston, reaching there at 8:45 p. m. No. 13 will make its first trip through Omaha on the night of May 4. It has been running around by way of Platts- mouth and Oreapolis. First Summer Excursion. The Wabash road brought the first of its summer excursions from eouthern points into Omaha Sunday. The inauguration of this weekly scheme was a great succ 450 people from Missouri and Iowa points being carried in here on a special trfin at 10 o'clock The train was started at Stan- berry, Mo., and picked up recruits all along the line, there being & greatly reduced rate. The visitors ecattered over the city, attending the churches in the morning and the ball game and theaters in the afternoon. They were taken out at 7:30 at night. There will be an excursion similar to this one every week. Trip for Shriners. Taogler Temple of the Shriners has al- ready reserved two speclal Pullman cars for the trip to the Imperial council at S8an Francisco In June. The Burlington road is the official line for this temple and will reserve additional cars as fast as required. It has planned a little touring trip for the Shriners follows: Leave Omaha at 4:25 p. m. June 4; reach Denver the next morn- ing and run down to Colorado Springs and spend the day: go on to Salt Lake City and spend all of June 7 there; reach San Fran- clsco at §:45 on the morning of June 9. The council opens on June 10, lasting through the 14th. Rallway Notes and Person John Mel for the Chiel in_the city. C. A. Rutherford, for the Chicago, Rock road, has gone to Chica, E. E. Benjamin, traveling passenger agent for the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley liroad, is in Omaha. n of General Mana- Bidwell' at Elkhorn head- quarters, is kept home with a sudden fll- ness General Py "nfitr Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific raliway has returned trom Chicago after ai of three weeks. spent in conference with Mr. Stubbs a other traffic beads of the Harrima tems REV. JAMES HAYNES IS DEAD Patriarchial Me: traveling passenger 0 & Northwestern raflw er agent nd & Pacific rail- ger Rev. Jaumes Hayn & resident of Omaha since 1576 and well known to the Meth- odists of Jowa and Nebraska, died st noon yesterday at home, 280% Poppleton ave- nue. He hag been suffering with stomach trouble since December and the end came more abruptly than the family bad antiei- pated Rev. Haynes was born in Brooke couaty, 1 Jap Rose trasse wasn) Soap one-sixth pure glycerin, and containing vegetable oils, 1s transparcnt. Carries the perfume of nat- ural flowers. for toilet. Most delightful A trial of it will convince you that nothing better can be made for use on skin or hair. s JAMES §. KIRK & COMPANY Kirk's Rain Water Maker —Softens the Hardest Water Send ten cents postage for free sample _— West Virginia, seventy-six years ago and came to Omaha twenty-seven years ago this month from Albia, which had been his home for a time while he wi presiding elder of northern and eastern fowa dis- tricts. His health failed and he abandoned active minlstry to bulld his body anew in | outdoor work, taking up contracting. He was, however, a member of the lowa com- ference at the time of his death. He leaves no close relatives other than the members of his immediate family, who are Mrs. Haynes, the wife, and their sons, D. W. Haynes of New York, J. B. Haynes of hington, D. C., Charles M. Haynes, George B. Haynes and Fred C. Haynes, all of Omaha. OPENS HAM AND BACON BIDS Chief Commissary + Officer Propos er Receives from Omaha Pack- Army Notes. Bids were opened yesterday by Cap- tain Groves, acting chief commissary off- cer of the Department of the Missouri, for ham and bacon for the use of the United States army. The bldders were Armour, Cudaby and Swift, and their prices were: Armour & Co, 15,000 pounds of ham at $13.54 per hundred; 15,000 pounds of ham at $13.70 per hundred; 25,000 pounds of bacon at $12.90 per hundred, 25,000 pounds at $13.05, 25,000 pounds at $13.10. Swift and Company, 30,000 pounds of ham at $14.21 per hundred pounds; Cudahy & Co., 30,000 pounds of ham at $13.60 per hundred. The awards will not be made until the bids re- celved at Chicago and Kaneas City on the sume ‘commodities are known. Colonel 8. C. Mills, recently appolated in- spector general of this department, arrived in Ban Francisco Sunday and is expected in Omaba somc time this week. Captain Willlam H. Wassell, Lieutenant Charles H. Bridges and Lieutenant Wil- Ham 8. Neeley have been ordered from Fort Crook to joln the third battalion of the Twenty-second infantry, now at rifle practice on the Winnebago agency. While the orders recelved yesterday from Washington regarding the assignment of troops to the Department of the Missourl, published in telegraphic dispatches last week, specify that in case of necessity old Fort Omaba may be put into use by the department for troops there is a feeling at headquarters that this will not be done. There will be no necessity for additional space until late in the fall, as a battalion of the regiment at Crook will be on the rifie range for several months. The two companies of the regiment at Fort Niobrara will be brought to Crook to make room for troops to arrive, but until the regiment is recruited to greater strength all can be accommodated at that post. When the number becomes too great for the butld- ings it is belleved that the regimental com- mander will prefer to put the surplus un- der canvas at that post ratber than to nd them to Fort Omaha, where there are no buildings which e used as barracks. FOUNDATION WORK BEGINS No Ceremony Marks the Beg! Actual Construction of Auditorium, Work on the foundation of the Omah Auditorium . started. yesterday, when a torce of men employed by A. J. Stanley, the sub-contractor under Henry Hamann, began to remove the trees which stood upon the line of the north wall of the bullding. The stakes had been set for the grading Saturday and the force of men marked out the distances. The contractor will put a force of twenty-five men, with the neces- sary teams, to work and expects to have the gtound ready for the bricklayers within a month. There was no demonstration at the time the first work was done, but a photographer was present to take a picture of the start, He found nothing to warrant a pleture and folded up his camera. Tts is White, The standard among champagne Moet & Chandon brand, which h: fled the palates of comnolsseurs for a cen- tury and & balf. Moft famous in America 1, Epernay, of 1893, which is perfection in a dry, dellcate, deli- clous champagne.—Adv. 'KEXSOR LECTURES FIGCITE Says Sbe Has No Right to Disturb Family with Her Shouting. REFUSES DIVORCE DECREE TO DONAHO0S Court Not Disposed to 'Asvist Figgs In Creating Strife and Break- " ing Up Families—Case to Be Appealed. “It !s a part of my religlous hellef that God would rather see a happy household than anything else on earth’' declared Judge Keysor vesterday morning, when he declined to grant Laura Donahoo, a Figgite, divorce from Albert Donahoo, and dis- missed the ¢ase At the defendant’s cost. The judge contessed to having taken more than usual interest in the case and in give ing his decieion he discussed the rellgious phase of it quite fully, saying “I don't think Mrs. Donatoo came Into this case entirely blameless. A wife has the right to worship God in her own way, but not to the disturbance of her family. It she felt it was her duty to shout she should have gone to her place of worship and shouted, but about the home she should, like every other member of a household, respect the wishes and peace of the others. I belleve she has been too largely moved by a strong religlous Influ- ence that is not so respectful of the com- fort and peace of others as soclety has come to demand. -8he shouid bring up her children and she should go home to do so. Same Spirit Moves Bo ‘““Her husband struck her, it may be tru, but the ‘madness’ that influenced him was in this case very nearly the same thing as the ‘spirit’ that moved her fo abuse and berate him publicly. I cannot give Mrs. Donahoo divorce and the children, for even should I give her all her husband's patri- mony of $11,000 it would stfll be insuficient to sustain her and provide for the proper rearing of the children until “they are of age. Nor can I give it to a husband who |bas struck his wife, no matter what the provocation may have been. I shall, there- fore, dismiss the case at defendant's cost. “It the Figgs wish to create strife and break up famlilies 1 suppose they are at lberty to try, but I am not disposed to assist them. I don't think I ought to take from Mrs. Donahoo the privilege of some time returning to her husband, taking her children in her arms and again becoming a good wife and mother. It she still declines to do this after a lapse of two or three years Mr. Donahoo might then sue on the ground of abandonment, which would be a very good ground.” Decision Not Wholly Satisfactory, The decision was not wholly eatistactory to the attorneys, but they concede that it may eventually bring about a reconcfliation of the principals, which they would be glad to see. Mrs. Donahoo sald she is wiiling now to go back to her husband In their home at Gretna If he will cease his “per- secution.” Her husband answers that he too, s willing for reconciliation, but fe to dlsmiss the alleged ‘“persecution” be- cause it might prove only a move brought about by the Figgs to relieve themselves of the $7,500 judgment which he got against them in Sarpy county for allenation of af- fection. The Figgs' attorneys say that this case I8 to be carrled to the supreme court with that tried before Judge Fawcett. Mr. Donahoo eaid that Judge Keysor's ruling of Monday morning was satistactory except that it tles up business deals in which he is interested as administrater of the estate of his father and thereby delays the division of the estate among the heirs. Worthy of Concideration, An editor's opinion is alwa: worthy of consideration, for he is accustomed to giv- ing a matter due consideration before ex- pressing his ideas of it. David R. Forbes, editor of the Sun, Quarryville, Pa., says: ““The uame Chamberlain is synonymous with everything that is good. Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy I can particularly endorse, having used it myself quite fr quently with the best results, whenever bothered with a cold." When you are In Rome do as the Romans do; America ditto. Have the best; Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne. 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