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Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
VETERAN FREE MASONs MEET
Annual Gathering of Nebraska Vet
crnn Free MnsoBs Held in Omaha
Tuesday Afternoon.

The annual meeting OF the Nebraska Vet
orau Free Masons was held in Masonic hall
in this city Tuesday afternoon. The presid-
inr officers we're George w. Lininger. pres
dent; d. H. Wheeler. acting secretary, and
Thomas \. Creigh, treasurer. \ large at
tendance Of members made the meeting one
of the most successful in the history Of the
organization.
1t was decided to lower the membership
zee from so to So annually. c. X. Coutant
f. r. White and II. c. Akin were appointed
as a committee to revise the constitution
and report at an adjourned meeting OF the
association to be held in Omaha June g..
The stewards were authorized to arrange
for luncheon to be given during the semi
annual meeting which will be held next
June the expense not to exceed 90 cents per
plate. The memorial committee, appointed
for the purpose Of preparing a memorial for
all members Of the association who shall die
during the ensuing year. consists of c. X.
Coutant, d. II. Wheeler and Robert w. Fur
mas
The following new members were admit
ted Frederick 4. c. Lefrert, Charles De-
Marry. West Point: Arthur F. Chaplin, Win
side; Carol d, Evans, Columbus; Daniel b.
Sargent Henry a. Haskell Omaha.
II c. Akin, Omaha president; r. w. Fur
mas, Brownvile first vice president; j. b.
Dinsmore, Sutton, second vice president; NJ.
Durham, Omaha, third vice president; r. II.
Oakley, Lincoln, fourth vice president; j.
L. North, Columbus, fifth vice president;
f. L. White, Omaha, secretary. Mr.. White
was elected to the secretaryship to succeed
the late William II. Bowen. d. H. Wheeler
had been acting as secretary since the death
of Mr.. Bowen.
The meeting was attended by j. b.
Kuony, n. r. Wilcox, w. n. NasCn. II. c.
Akin, j. II. Brown, Jacob King, William
Cleburne, Charles l.. Thomas, Edwin Davis,
c. X. Coutant, W. j. Mount, o. S. Woods
Henry Brown, L. NJ. Anderson, George w.
Lininger, d. II. Wheeler, Thomas A. Creigh,
f. e. White, Omaha; Isaac Wiles, Platts-
mouth l. b. Slothower, Papillion; e. N
Grnnell, Fort Calhoun; j. e. North, Colum-
bus Frank II. Young, Broken Bow.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
THREE YOUTHS IN TROUBLE
Desire to Have Some Fun Causes n
Trio to Fetch Up at the
City Jail.

Three young men of usually good habits
and sobriety commenced a drinking bout
early Tuesday morning and before midnight
the trio was behind the bars of the city
Jail, arrested one at time during the
day for three various crimes. The names
of the young men are Sam Davis, John SUIT
are peddlers. Delbridge has been working
lately with his father, who is employed by
the city on construction work. About 6
o'clock Tuesday morning the two peddlers
went to the Delbrdge home as Frank was
starting for his days work and lured him
away from the path of duty by the dis
play of much money and the promise OF
hilarious time. The three spent the day
in drinking at the various saloons. At 6
O'clock young Delbridge was caught at
tempting to steal large sack of sugar from
in front of a grocery store at Twenty
fourth and Seward At the station he said
he had been induced to attempt the act by
the other boys that they might have more
money for liquor. A few hours later
Sam Davis was arrested at Eighth and
Leavenworth on the charges of being drunk
ard reckless driving. The rig he had was
a peddlers wagon which he had rented from
julio Althouse. Shortly before midnight
drunken man staggered into the police
station and requested to see the captain.
When his name was demanded by the SER
geant he admitted that it was John Sut-
ton and he was given a berth in cell, both
for being drunk and for having a possible
connection with the crimes accused of the
other two.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
COL. NOISE AND HIS GAvEL
They StiH Rising Tempest with
ProvcrbinI Neatness and
Dispatch.

The democratic committee met Tuesday
night at the rooms Of the county democracy
and succeeded in fixing up the lists of pri-
mary officials without an open row In fact,
the utmost quiet prevailed, as the county
democracy had the lists pretty well ar
ranged The Jacksonians were given two
of the three officials in wards in which they
had a majority of the three committeeman
and tho county democracy had the majority
In the other wards.
A motion that no one be allowed to go
upon the ticket as "A delegate who had not
| registered as a democrat was laid upon the
| table by a vote of to 10, This motion
was proposed by "A member OF the county
democracy, as was the motion to table it,
and after the latter had passed it was re-
membered that nearly every Jacksonian
present had voted for it, whereupon some OF
the county democracy leaders were very
angry because the motion had not prevailed
evidently thinking that there was something
unfathomable behind the tabling of this mo-
| tlOn.
lust as the meeting had completed it's
! work John Sheehan Of the First ward pre-
/ s,pted the resolution adopted by the First
ward Democratic club last Wednesday de-
manding the seating of John Hroch ana
Fritz Utrecht as members Of the committee
from trat ward and denounciLg Walter
Noise for trying to ring in new members IN
their stead, but Chairman Noise nonchal-
autly remarked that the meeting had no
! time for consideration Of little things like
/ that" and declared it out of order. while
I Sheehan was madly charging toward the
1 chair with documentary evidence to sus-
. tain the action Of his club
motion to adjourn cut snort what
promised to be an interesting continuation
! Of the session.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
FIFTH WARD REPUBLICANS
They Meet, Elect officers and 0rganz, for
the Municipal Campaign
ADDRESSES MADE BY SEVERAL SPEAKERS
d. :. Bcnnwn, Candidate for the May
orally, Gives His Reasons why
lie ShouId he Elected TO
thc Onicc.

Republicans OF the Fifth ward organized
themselves into fighting trim for the coming
municipal campaign Tuesday night by elect
ing a new set OF officers and at the con-
cluson of the business session a rousing
meeting was held The officers chosen are:
w T. Nelson, president; r. W. Richardson,
vice president; p p. Seward, secretary;
G II. Parker treasurer.
Addresses were made by Fred j. Sackctt
tax commissioner, who is candidate for
reelection; Deputy City Treasurer Charles
l.. Saunders. who seeks the republican nomi-
nation for treasurer David Christie and w.
H. Mallory. candidates from the Fifth ward
for the city council; w. r. Nelson, w. B.
Christie, Hugh Meyers, X. W. Richardson
and Louis Baird.
G. s Benawa. candidate for the rcpub-
lican mayoralty nomination, also delivered
an address. He said: THE municipal cleo
tion this spring is of paramount Importance
because Of its bearing upon the national
election in the fall. If we elect a repub-
lican mayor in Omaha in March our party
will be led to success in Douglas county
next fall. If we nominate a man for the
head of the ticket who will go down to
defeat | believe it is safe to say that Frank
Burklev will be the next mayor of Omaha.
II Burkey is nominated for the mayoralty
by the fusonists-and think he will be
it will take a strong man to beat him.
Il have to work for living. | think you
will endorse me when l say that this fact
brings me in close touch with the laboring
man. ] split rails for a livelihood when |
was "A boy and for sixteen years worked
as a mechanic. Who can be closer in SYM
pathy with the mechanic, with the man
who works for a living than the man who
has worked himself? / want to be mayor
of Omaha and am going to get the office
if | can If l am nominated | am sure OF
an election and l will endeavor to give the
city an administration that the republican
party may look back upon with pride and
of which | will not be ashamed"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
WORK OF THE ROYCROFTERS
Elbcrt Hubbard Explains ii in Detail
in the Presence of Large
Audience.

A meek, childlike little man is Ebert
Hubbard, who ectured before large audi
ence Tuesday night in the First Congrega-
tional church. His style is kindly, gentle
and artless Not particularly prepossessing
in appearance, he INDUCES in no flights of
oratory, no eloquent periods, no impassoned
rhetoric. His voice is too high-ptched to
be thoroughly masculine; his discourse is
rambling and unstudied and at times he
seems to grope for the right word, but all
these defects-if defects they are-were
overlooked by his auditors. Before he had
spoken fifteen minutes he was thoroughly in
sympathy with them.
His subject was The Roycrofters," de-
sCribed as "a small band of workers who
| make beautiful books and things" By a
peculiar coincidence among these "beauti-
ful books and things made by the Roy
crofters" is the "Philistine," a little maya
zine of which Mr.. Hubbard is editor and
| publisher. But no one who heard his lee
ture could accuse him of having in mind the
mercenary advantage which might accrue
from the advertising. The real motive
| seemed to be to call attention to the fra
ternal co-operation-the philanthropy Of
business which obtains in the little COM
munity East Aurora, n. Y,
ION my way here from Chicago" he said,
| 81 met a man on the train who asked me
several questions.
"'You travel considerable, Mr.. Hubbard?'
he asked.
| "I told him | did.
I'm whose care do you leave your busi-
| ness while you're away?'
THE question startled me- l really had
never thought of that and had never ap
pointed anyone to represent me. My boys
and girls all know what to do and they do
it Just the same when I'm away as when I'm
there. But the man to whom the rest of
them naturally go for advice is one who has
served a term in the penitentiary at Sing
Sing He is the guiding light of the Roy
crofters."
The Hubbard lecture is one of the series
given under the auspices of the Omaha
teachers. He spoke to a crowded house.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
ARRANGING NEW TRAIN SERVICE.
Illinois Central aud Union Pacific on
Clnls Inmfcr Ahnmt Vow Trnins.

Illinois Central aud Union Pacific OH
cinls Confer About New Trains.
Second Vice President J. T. Harahan OF
the Illinois Central, accompanied by other
officials Of the operating department. ar
rived in the city yesterday in a special
car over the Milwaukee. They have been In
consultation with General Manager Dickin-
son. superintendent Baxter OF the Union
Pacific, and the manager Of the Bridge and
Terminal company relative to the operation
OF their passenger trains into Omaha. The
new Chicago Omaha and Omaha Minneapolis
service will be inauguratcd next Sunday.
and after that time the Illinois Central trains
will be a daily feature at the union station.
Assistant General Freight Agent Weitzell
and City Passenger Agent Brill. who will
have charge of the freight and passenger
affairs of the Illinois Central In Omaha, eX-
cept to get into their new Office at Four
teenth and Farnam streets Wednesday or
Thursday. The interior furnishings Of the
office are now being arranged w. L. Smith,
formerly with the Illinois Central at De-
catur, has arrived in the city and will be
the local ticket agent at the uptown office.
f. u. Hadley, who has been travelling pas
senger agent of the Illinois Central for the
last twelve years at Sioux City, is also in
the city and will make his headquarters
here,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
MAYOR MOORES is ENDORSED
Enthusinstic Meeting of Republicans
in Sixth Ward at which Several
Succchcs Arc Made.

Republicans of the Sixth ward, more
than 100 strong, assembled in hall at
Twenty fourth and Franklin streets Tues
day night to discuss the impending munich
nal campaign 1t was a Frank E. Moores
meeting from start to finish. Mayor Moores
was in attendance and as he entered the
hall he was loudly apDlauded. In response
to repeated calls for "Moores" he made a
brief speech. in which he set forth repub-
lican doctrine in his characteristic style
Speeches were also made by County Com
missioner Henry Ostrom, H. 7. Leavitt,
Robert Houghton and others, Enthusiasm
prevailed and in the aggregate it was a
highly successful meeting. While there is
a club organization in the ward, this meet
ing was held informally and was simply a
general outpouring of republicans. Ed Null
lery presided.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Frank Fowler of Fremont is at the Mil
Lard.
c. l.. Valentine of Aurora is at the Mer-
chants
T. Jennings of Van Meter, Ia, is at the
A. p BurlSley of David City is in Omaha
on businesss.
II. NJ. Boyer of Kansas City is registered
at the Millard.
Frank w, DOder of Seward Neb., Is at
the Merchants
Tol Tairegh of st. Joseph IL registered
at the Her Grand.
Otto j. Bruce of Crown Point, Ind. is a
guest of the Murray.
S. b. Thompson of Broken Bow is regis
tered at the Merchants.
w. c. Henry, an implement dealer of St
Louis, Is at the Murray.
NJ. Yatsuga, a Japanese tea merchant, is
registered at the Murray.
Harry X. McCaiderson and d. Conall Of
Nemaha are at the Merchants,
w. e; Hill, an insurance adjuster OF
Des Moines, Is at the Millard.
II b. Hard. a stock dealer of Central
City, Is transacting business in Omaha.
q. NJ. Payne of Kansas City, an officer
of the Missouri Gas company, is in the
city.
DR.. George II. Robinson and w. l..
Flower of st. Louis are guests at the Her
Grand.
T.. w. Wilder formerly Swift employe
now in the cattle business near Neigh is
in the city.
Miss Avery of Buffalo, ~ y, who has
been visiting Miss Florence fitzpatrick. re-
turned to her home yesterday.
Mrs. J. b. Keyes of San Francisco
stopped at the Milard for day She is
on her way to New York city.
Charles ID. Thompson is i'm Lincoln in
| attendance upon the annual meeting of the
| Nebraska Press association. Mrs. Thomp-
! son accompanies him
j. f. Prentiss, who represents the New
York Life Insurance company I'm western
! Nebraska, Is in the city TO meet his wife
| and children, who have been visiting in La
Grange, Ind MIR Prentiss will make his
/ future home In Omaha.
DIR. w. IL. Hanchett has returned from
| Chicago, where he has been during the
| past week. He was invited by the president
| and faculty of the Chicago Homeopathic
| Medical college to lecture before the gradu-
| ating class. 1t has been the custom of this
| medical school TO have course of lectures
! from prominent members of its alumni
! from all sections Of the country on practi-
/ cal subjects during the college course. DR.,
Hanchett spoke on the subject, Twenty
/ Years General Practitioner The doctor
i says the college was never SO prosperous
/ and that a number Of the graduates will
locate in the west, and that they are highly
educated young men and viii be a credit 10
. any community
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
STILL HEARING PROTESTS
Trunk Line and Classification Com
mittce Receiving More Complaints
from Shippers.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Seymour n. Forbes
secretary of the Buffalo Merchants ex-
change, was the first representative of the
shippers heard today at the meeting Of the
eastern trunk line and classification com
mittee. Forbes spoke of the unjust classi-
fication of tinware, both nested and Grated
and stamped ware Under the old classified
tion the Buffalo merchants had spent con
siderable time and money working up &
trade In the western states that under the
new classification could not be retained ex.
cept at loss
p. F. Yogel of the St. Louis Car company
told of the difficulties his concern met witt
under the new classification in shipping
electric cars. Representing the carriage
and builders trades. Morris Woodruff en-,
tered protest against the present classi-
fication which he said worked a great hard
ship upon the carriage manufacturers.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
FOR TWENTY YEARS.
+. w. Burdett Held Captive for Two
Decades, Released by Dodd's
Kidney Pills.

4 Victim of Kidney Disease, Aggrn-
waited by BIecdinE Piies--SuRcred
for Nearly Quarter of II Century
Dodd's Kidney Pills Opened the Way
10 Health.
EDGERTON, MINI, Jan. 23-F. w. Bur-
dett OF this place is a mon of seventy five
years of age He has completed the al
loted span of three score and ten with five
moro years to the good And he is today
stronger and in better health than he has
been since 1880. This is owing entirely tc
Dodd's Kidney Pills, which have cured him
of kidney disease and that most distressi ne
aiment, bleeding piles
Few men at the age OF Mr. Burdett have
vitality enough to resist disease and II
speaks volumes for Dodd's Kidney Pills thai
Mr., Burdett not only resisted it, but threw il
off entirely. This case is especially note
worthy as significant of the wonderful cura,
tive power OF Dodd's Kidney Pills from tho
fact, moreover, that the kidney trouble was
aggravated by piles. Both diseases have
been safely gotten rid of, however, and MIR
Hurdett stands today freeman aftel
twenty long years of captivity to pain.
Mr., Burdett gives the following letter fol
publication:
EDGERToN, MINI.
The Dodd Medicine Co., Buffalo, ~ Y.
Kind Sir: / am seyenty-fiye years ole
and | have been troubled with kidney dis
ease and bleeding piles for twenty yeau
until / began TO take Dodd's Kidney Pills
which was several months ago, | hay,
not been troubled since. Yours With man!
thanks +. W. BURDETT
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
NEW RATES co INTO EFFECT
Western Classification Will B,coms Opera
tive January 25.
TARIFFS INCREASED IN MOST INSTANCES
western Railroads Provide for Higher
TRANSPORTATION Charges by Shift
i'm Freight shipments Into
Higher Classes.

The western classification, revised and re-
arranged in such manner that freight ship
ments OF nearly every description will here
after carry increased cost OF transportation,
will 20 into effect January 25, The new tar
IFS will become operative on all the railroads
ia the west. The classification applies to all
shipments westbound from Chicago orig
mating in that city and applies on shipments
west Of the Mississippi river, provided orig
ination is east of Chicago 1t was originally
intended that the new classification should
become effective January 10.
The increased rates which have been de-
cided upon from time to time during the last
few months by the freight officials Of west
err roads are all included in the new tarins.
There are few mercantile pursuits that are
no, affected by the freight advances. Whole
sale and retail dealers In the articles for
which higher transportation rates will be
charged state that the burden Of the increase
will ultimately rest with the consumer, as
the selling prices will gradually be raised in
proportion as the freight charges are in
creased
In most instances the advances are pro-
vded for by the changing OF classification
and the increasing Of minimum weights.
Shipments which heretofore took the third
third class rates applying instead of fourth
class, and many commodity rates have been
abolished and higher class rates substituted.
Some Of the principal changes effectng
Omaha shippers are enumerated in the new
classification as follows Agricultural i'm
plements windmills and vehicles returned
for repairs have been lowered one class and
full rates will be charged each way instead
of the present half tariff rate Original
shipments of agricultural implements have
in most cases been raised one class. Grain
tariffs will be raised from the special COM
modify rate to class b. Candy, which here
tofore has taken third class rate in any
quantity, will take second class for less than
carload shipments and continue in third
class for carload shipments with a minimum
weight Of 10000 pounds. Shipments of new
furniture continues in third class, but the
minimum weight is increased from 70 900 to
10000 pounds. Coffee in carload lots is in
creased from fifth to fourth class and in less
than carload lots from fourth to third class
Building and roofing paper in carload is
raised from class B to fifth class, and in less
than carloads from fourth to third class
Potatoes are raised from fourth to third
class. Bugges, carriages, hearses, sleighs
and other passenger vehicles take the same
class rates as formerly, but the minimum
weight is increased from $1,000 to 10000
pounds. Wire rope and parafinc wax the
latter used to considerable extent by the
packing houses, are raised from fourth to
third class
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24

CHICAGO jan 29.--It is said there is nc
present prospect of the general passenger
agents of the western roads reaching an
agreement to restore rates to points in the
west and on the Pacific coast. At the meet
ing today another effort was made to in
duce the Great Northern to withdraw the
$25 tourist rate to North Pacific coast points
but General Passenger Agent Whitney did
not feel authorized to make the conces-
sions asked resolution was introduced
TO advance rates via the Missouri river gate
way to normal tariff and ignore st. Paul
competition. This met with opposition from
Missouri river roads, which claimed that
such action would force all the North Pa
cifc coast business via st. Paul. Tomor-
row a resolution is to be presented that the
restoration of rates be referred to the execu.
tive officers of the various roads,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24

The Eighth Ward Republican club held
a meeting Tuesday night at VOLTS hall,
Twenty-second and Cunning streets. About
seventy five members were in attendance.
R. c. Rowley acted chairman. G. S.
Benawa. candidate for mayor, came over
from the Ninth ward and made a speech.
He announced his candidacy in modest man
ner and solicited support.
C. J. Anderson Major Furay, E. c. Ed
ling and C. f. Bruner, candidates for the
council from the Eighth ward, were in at
tendance and each made a speech Har
mony prevailed and it was the sense of
the meeting that the strongest man should
win and that in his winning he would have
tho unanimous support of the Eighth ward
republicans. EX-County Treasurer Heimrod
also made an address, which was highly
complimented Another meeting Will be
held next Tuesday night.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24

The Young Mems Republican club OF the
First ward met at Schroths hall, Fourth
and Pine streets, Tuesday night and adopted
the following resolution endorsing Mayor
Frank e. Moores' denomination unani-
mOusly:
Whereas Hon. Frank T. Moores, as mayor
of Omaha for the last three years, has at
all times carefully guarded the interests of
the taxpayers and defended the interests or
tine labOring man, and
Whereas. We believe him to have made
the best mayor Omaha has ever had, there
fore be ii
Resolved, That the Young Mems Repub-
lican club pledges him its hearty support
and promises to use all honorable means to
secure his denomination and reelection.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
Thurston Riaes, Dance.

The Thurston Rifles club gave the third
of a winter series Of formal dances at the
armory, Seventeenth and Douglas streets,
Tuesday evening. The Omaha Guards. who
were the guests of the evening and the
Thurston Rifles drill team were attired in
their fun dress uniforms, which gave the
affair a military dignity and splendor
Nearly 200 couples enjoyed the evening s
entertainment. Before the dance. an in
formal reception was held i'm the club
rooms and the trophies Of war that hang
everywhere from the walls were reviewed
with admiration by the numbers Of fair
women. The committee responsible for the
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
The craving for stimuIants

This question has lately attracted great
deal Of attention from the medical profession
The use of stimulants seems to he increas-
irg. This clearly shows an exhausted con
dtion of teh nerves and blood, which may be
only by strengthening the stomach
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will do this for
you 1t brings all the energy of a stimulant
with no injurious effects 1t cures dyspepsia
and nervousness.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24

CHEYENNE. Wyo,, Jan. 23.-(Special) y
According TO a plan adopted by the Union
Pacific some time ago of furnishing build
ings as club houses for employees at the
several division points along the road, the
company will soon commence work at this
point fitting up rooms in the depot building
as club, reading, gymnasium and sleeping
rooms These rooms will be equipped with
baths and the appliances of well regu.