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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

session of the track the Southern Pa
cific has laid on the right of way of
the Texas & Pacific through New
Mexico and Arizona" He then left
the office.
"a suit was accordingly instituted
in New Mexico for that purpose. This
occurred shortly before I entered on
the duties of governor Of that terri
tory. Judge Bristol, in whose court
the case was brought, on a full hearing
held that the track belonged to the
Texas e Pacific appointed a receiver
to operate the road, retain the earn
ings in excess of the expenses, to be
disposed of in a final judgment in the
suit.
This put a new phase to the ques-
tion. Huntington was a man of In
finite resources and he sought Gould
with the object of bringing about a
friendly arrangement The outcome
was an agreement called "the Could
Huntington agreement" which was
approved by the directors of all the
Interested roads. 1t provided for a
pooling of earnings on traffic between
Ell Paso and New orleans, the South
ern Pacific receiving sixty per cent
of the net and the Texas e. Pacific
forty. The latter road was given the
right to run over the track of the for
mer between Sierra Blanca and Ell
Paso. Thus both roads have a track
between New Orleans and FL Paso.
The Texas & Pacific transferred its
land grant from I1l Paso to San Diego
to the Southern Pacific. About eighty
per cent of the business between lei
Paso and New orleans was done by
the Southern Pacific. This arrange
ment had been going on from 1881 in
the summer up to and including 1887.
In December 1885 the Texas & Pa
cific passed into the hands of re-
CeiverS, who We're Governor John G.
Brown of Tennessee and myself. Brown
had been general attorney for the Mis-
souri, Pacific, which was a Gould prop
erty and consequently he was fa-
miliar with the legal matters of the
systems. 1 had no knowledge on the
subject. My appointment came un-
eXpectedly and l was notified of it the
day ] arrived in Cleveland from New
Mexico, where [ had embarked in the
practice of my profession.
I met Governor Brown in st. Louis
by appointment and returned to Cleve-
land to take my family to New Orleans.
dispatch from Brown said Gould
would like to have me visit him in
New York. Gould, it seems, was deep
ly interested in the men who should
be appointed receivers. He wanted
Brown to be the sole receiver, but the
circuit Judge at New Orleans decided
to have two.
When the telegram to Gould an
nounced my appointment it happened
that Judge Stevenson Burke of Cleve-
land, o.. was in Gould's office. 1 read
law in the office of Judge Burke, who
had known me from boyhood. Through
his commendation of me Gould seemed
to be satisfied.
I met Gould, who treated me very
cordially, and we talked over the con-
dition of the road which was very bad.
He requested me to call the next morn
ing which l did and then he showed
me a power of attorney to Judge Come
of New Orleans executed by himself
and Russell Sage to become sureties on
my bond. L said to him L was well
acquainted in New Orleans and I could
get responsible men there to become
sureties for me.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

church" One can almost see him in
imagination sitting in his pew and
ChucklinS in advance over that pro-
vision. And there was a man in Ohio
not long ago who founded by will an
infrmary for homeless cats and took
good care to specify that proper sport
ing grounds" we'll stocked with rats,
should be provided for the inmates.
She Had to Remarry
Far removed from his kindly feeling
was the Bostonian-although there may
have been something to be said for him
whose will left his wife penniless un-
less she married again within five
years, giving as reason that he want
ed somebody else to find out how hard
it was to live with her. In this coun-
try such post mortem spite, however,
easily defeats its own ends, and no
American jury would expect either a
good natured trustee or an impersonal
trust company. acting in the same ca
pacity, to enforce the conditions.
Pleasanter TO think of, although
sometimes equally absurd in detail, are
the wills now and then made by testa-
tors who aim to promote virtue and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

Governor Brown was not as fortu-
nately situated in New Orleans as I
was and / obtained ample sureties
there. Brown suggested that he must
rely on Gould and Sage and desired
that they should be on my bond too, to
which 1 assented. Gould never inter
fered with the business of the receivers
by note or otherwise.
All In a Pool
In those days there were traffic as
soCiatons that regulated rates and pre-
scribed the divisions among the various
roads that participated in competitive
or distributive traffic, especially to the
Pacific coast. All though tranSCon-
tinental lines were represented even as
far north as the Northern Pacific.
Among the duties particularly assigned
to me was attendance upon the meet
ings of the traffic associations. The
most strenuous contests were between
the Southern Pacific and Gould sys-
TENS, the one represented by Stubbs
and the other by w M. Newman, now
president of the New York Central.
Both We're bright men and well in
formed in traffic matters. Stubbs was
the better talker but Newman was
more adroit and generally was more
successful. The position of receiver
gave me my first insight into railroad
business. 1t Is complicated and as
managed discloses more sleight of hand
than gambling games.
1t was a duty Of the receivers to OBJ
tain a settlement of the Gould-Hunt-
ington contract. A considerable sum
seemed to be due the Texas & Pa
cific Brown had sole charge of that
matter as he was familiar with it, The
differences We're submitted to arbitra-
tion and the hearing was to be in Chi
cago. At Browns request | went there
but supposed he would take control Of
the management. The evening before
the day set for the hearing he said L
must argue the case. I spent all the
time I could in Informing myself and
made the best argument I could. At
the conclusion of the hearing it seemed
certain that our side would win, but
after adjournment Brown and Stubbs
met to prepare a statement of the
points that the arbitratOrs We're to pass
upon. Brown proposed, to insert some
new items and Stubbs then added some
himself. There We're questions pre-
sented on which no proof had been
introduced and no argument presented.
The case therefore was adjourned for
future and further hearing.
Brown then asked me to prepare the
case. l spent some time in going over
it in all the twenty-four details and
the evidence as probable, and wrote an
elaborate argument, a copy of which
now have.
Brown was loud and frequent in his
claim that Gould had overreached
Huntington. After full examination
and consideration of the case l said
to Brown: "You think Gould got the
better of Huntington in the Could
Huntington contract but you are mis-
taken, and l will express my opinion
by telling an illustrative story:
"In the early days in Ohio the woods
were full of raccoons. and they gen.
orally We're hunted by the settlers.
Many of them had dogs trained to that
work. One of them possessed a dog of
unusual skill and it's name was Ky
one day the dog ran coon into a
hollow log and went in after it. The
coon showed fight and a struggle en-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
BY Ex-eov. Lionel A. Sheldon

The project of the Gould railroad
system to build to this coast and en-
ter SAM Francisco, and the recent talk
here about building to this city by
Gould, and also the contest he is haV-
ing with Hartman or the Southern
Pacific system, calls to mind con-
test between Jay Gould and Coils P.
Huntington in Texas and New Mex
leo TWEEN ty-five years ago.
The ehler Gould and Huntington
were very able and ast2Ite men and
remarkably industrious. In roalroad
affairs in, their day they were more
ambitious and successful than any of
the men engaged in the railroad busi-
ness L knew them both and had some
connection with the bone of conten-
ton between them.
When the Texas & Pacific Railroad
company was chartered l was a rep
resentative i'll congress from New Or
leans and as the people there were
deeply interested in the matter L eX-
erted myself to secure the enactment
of the charter AS in Texas the gov
e1nnleDL OWnPL Iu lttllu IL NpuiNl piiiS
aid the building of the road by a grant
of lands In New Mexico, Arizona, Cal
ifornia and to a. branch from Shreve-
port to New Orleans in Louisiana. San
Diego was made the western terminus
of the road.
While Gould was building through
Texas the Southern Pacific was build
ing from this city through California,
Arizona and New Mexico Ell route to
New Orleans. 1t had no federal
charter and no grant of lands. The
Texas &, Pacific had plated its right
of way from FL PaSo to San Diego,
and had prepared to build through to
the latter point as rapidly as possible.
c. p. Huntington was the master mind
in the Southern Pacific and the utmost
energy was put forth to reach Ell
Paso first, and that was accomplished
by the time the Texas & Pacific
reached Sierra Blanca, east of FL Paso
about ninety miles The Southern Pa
cific built on the right of way of the
Texas & Pacific through Arizona and
New Mexico a high-handed and des-
perate proceeding Huntington was
not lacking in audacity.
Gould's Habits
Judge Dillon was Gould's counsel in
all important matters. He told me
that when Gould found out that he
had been outgeneraled and outenter-
prised he came into his office for con-
sultation. He said Gould was a man
of direct purposes and few words and
when in consultation he walked about
and had the habit of tearing paper into
small bits and throwing them on the
floor. One day he entered the office
and before making his business known
he indulged in his habit, but soon pre-
sented a hypometical case by asking:
"If a man builds house on my land
without my consent whose house is
it?"
'It is your house." Dillon answered.
Il want to bring suit for the pos
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
The Mild Winter

OF all the things this government has
ever undertook
The weather bureaus bout the neatest
chapter in the book.
1t set up it's machinery, and figured
year by year,
And never minded all us folks that
stood around to jeer.
1t kept a-peggin' at it, till our winters
got so small
That pretty soon it's likely that there
won't be none at all!
The billiards an the freeze-ups was
most common in the past,
But the weather man has fought 'em
till he got 'em down at last.
L used to be suspicious, but I'm comm
to believe
There isn't any limit to what science
can achieve.
We've conquered scale an weevil at
reasonable cost,
An We'll keep experimenting ana ex-
terminate the frost.
washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
In Provence

(After Jean Aicard)
'Tis love always in Aries the old
An earthly love or Gods dear Word;
Within the church the chants are told
BY the door is laughter heard.
And the lads awaiting after mass
The promise made by ardent eyes
Or lashes dropping as they pass,
Come there as to a paradise.
-Thos. Walsh in The Reader.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
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y" merchants and statesmen are
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
OFFICIAL COUNT IN KANSAS
Indications that Complete Figures
VIII show Election Of Hoch by
About Two Thousand.

TOPEKA, Nov. 1o-The oficial election
returns as they come in continue TO cut
down Governor Hooh's plurality. but there
is scarcely a possibility now that they viii
bring his total plurality below 1000
Official returns had been received tonight
at republican and democratic headquarters
combined from seventy-siX counties. and
those, combined with the unofficial returns
first received, gave Hoch a plurality OF
1922. In a majority Of instances the Official
count has decreased Hoch's plurality by a
few votes
The few official counts for the entire
state ticket indicate that the greater por-
ton Of the ticket won by a plurality OF
from 500 60 5000. In nearly every county
from which the count on the entire ticket
has been received Hoch ran far behind
NEW YORK, Nov l0-John Smith. Sec
rotary Of the Kings county republican, com
mittee, said today that in the neighbor-
hood of 5000 additional votes had been dis
covered for NJ. Linn Bruce, republican can
didate for lieutenant governor, which, he
said, will undoubtedly elect Bruce.
Chairman Connors said today that no
further action will be taken on the resoiu-
ton adopted by the committee yesterday
TO investigate p. H. McCarren. democratic
leader Of Brooklyn, and member Of the
committee. until after the state vote has
been canVassed. e-.
A. S. Gilbert, law partner of Attorney
General Mayer. announced today that as a
result of Investigations which he has made
he will appear before the board of can
vassers next Tuesday and demand that all
the ballot boxes be opened. so that the
void and contested ballots may be counted.
In Queens county, he declares, that the
police slips says the plurality for jackson
for attorney general was 1857. while II Is
! something more than 1000 by the pub
lihhed figures. The police figures OF the
vote for Lieutenant governor, he said, are
/ 1887 against Bruce, while the published
reports gives the figures OF the plurality
I against Bruce as nearly 1900
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
BOSS M'CARREN WILL FIGHT
Brooklyn Democrat VIII Appeal to
Court ~ Attempt f. Made
to Gust Him.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1O.-Patriek II, Nc
Carren. the Brooklyn democratic leader,
whose membership in the democratic state
committee is questioned as the result OF a
resolution 70 investigate his conduct dur
ing the recent election, which was adopted
by the state committee yesterday. declared
today that the state committee Isl without
power to depose him or any ether member
and that he will take the matter into the
courts II necessary to prevent such action.
McCarren contends that democratic state
convention is the only body which has the
power to remove committee member.
The state committee Is a creature of
the state convention and in itself has no
standing in court, said he.
III the committee should adopt resolu-
ton expelling me from membership would
carry the matter into the courts at once
and the courts would not sustain It's action
for a minute"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
LOCAL BREVlTIES.

The Daughters OF Zion will give q NAV
and dance Thursday evening at Metropoii-
Judge sutton, Judge Estelle and Judge
Howard Kennedy viii address the congre-
cation az Trinity cathedral Sunday even
ng az 1880 on Some OF the Civic Prob
ems OF Omaha. The public Is cordially
There will be meeting OF the Mems
fellowship league at the First Raptist
hurch Tuesday evening. November rs Al :
o'clock. DR.. W. o. Henry will sneak on
How Can the Church BE More Practicai
It's Appeal to Menu" Light refresl,-
nents ana good singing.
An organization Of the men Interested IN
'iymouth Congregational church has besn
ormed, called the Mems Club OF Plymouth
church. with J. ]. Smith a. PRESIDENT
Harry LaWrle vice president and Franz
lNfOru secretary treasurer. The club VII
ave monthly social meetings. enRaRe M
.aTious activities and help 10 MAKE me
i've
Charles 4. Williamson began mandarin,
lroceedings IN district court saturday
ifternoon against County Treasurer Fini
10 compel him 70 issue 10 Mr. Williamson
a. tax certificate for lot ~. In McCandiIss
place The certificate was sold under ths
caVenger law 20 the Commercial Trusl
company, but Mr.. Williamson says ne ten,
dered the purchase price and Interest
within the eighteen months limit provided
for IN the statute and he demands ths
certificate be given 20 him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
MOUNT VESUWUS in ACTION
Earthquake Causes Part of Crater 10
FAN I'm and shower Of Ashes
Follows.


NAPLES, Nov. 10--At noon today Mount
Vesuvius and the surrounding villages were
shaken up by a kind of earthquake. which
was accompanied by detonations and fol-
lowed by a considerable fall OF ashes. es-
pecially over Ottajano. which was destroyed
during the eruption OF last April and is now
in course of reconstruction, The phenom-
enon caused great alarm. Investigation
showed that part OF the crater of the vol.
cano had fallen IN.
During the afternoon there were three
more slight shocks In the Vesuvian region
and further discharge of ashes. which
was blown in the direction of Pompeii and
Ottajano. Thus far Naples has not been
affected by the eruption, but dark column
OF smoke can be seen from the city hover
ing over the crater.
Prof. 'Matteucci, director OF the Royal
observatory on Mount Vesuvius, in an in
terview with the Associated Press said
II do not believe this is a new eruption,
as all the phenomena preceding such an
event are lacking. I think the rain OF
ashes was caused by the slipping down OF
the superior lip of the crater and that
the earth tremblings were due 20 water
from the recent heavy rains having reached
the fire zone inside the volcano, producing
an internal explosion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
BOY OBJECTS TO ANARCHIST
Youth Says He Left Home Because
His Father sheltered
a RED. @ ss

Morris Rather. the boy whose pathetic
appeals to the sympathy Of casual friends
first got him into trouble with the juvenile
authorities, told a remarkable story 10
Judge Sutton when he was taken before
him Saturday. Morris declared his father
was boarding a full fiedged anarchist at
his house and as Morris objects to associa-
ton with reds" he refused to go back
home when given the chance. Owing to
his previous record as a romancer little
credence is given his story, but 1t may be
investigated
He says the man who is now living at
his fathers house came to this country
several years ago, but was denied adn,is-
sion because OF his anarchistic views. Mos
ris says be came back again q short time
ago under an assumed name and succeeded
IN gettign in. His father refused TO FIRE the
boarder In question and Norris decided he
would go back to the Detention school.
Five boys between the ages OF Il and l6
were arraigned in court charged with fire.
quenting pool halls They were all dis
charged but two. who are held for further
investigation. One OF the pool hall men
who is accused of allowing young boys TO
frequent his place was arrested under the
name OF John Doe
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
FACULTY 70 FETE STUDENTS
President Bowling and Associates
VIII Entertain BiEht Hundred
Young Men of University.

The 500 young men who make up the
student body Of Creighton university will
be the guests Of President Bowling and
the faculty Wednesday night at a reeep-
ton to be given at Edward Creighton in
sutute on Nineteenth street. All the stu
dents from classical, law. medical. phar-
macy and dental departments OF the uni
versity are invited. Aside from speaking
ana refreshments, dancing will be INDUCED
IN by those so inclined and the evening
VIII be devoted TO the cultivation OF the
social intercourse between students and
faculty. II will constitute a precedent I'm
The history OF the institution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
aBishap- McInturH Loses Ranch.

BPOkANE WASH, Nov. lO--(Apeclal. =
Deserted by all but a handful Of his fol-
lowers, Bishop David N. MoInturn Of the
Peoples United church. which he split by
attempting to establish q colony In the
wilds OF north idaho. Is now bereft of the
ranch ZOE which he traded the church build
ing Ia Spokane Thomas Hye, the original
owner OF the tract OF 100 acres OF land
and the trustees Of the church having come
TO an agreement for the re-exchange OF the
properties When the bishop established the
Alamo. colony forty members Of the r'1urch
followed him. the dissehters instituting suit
for title 20 the church, This was granted
By the court and the re-eNchange followed.
leaving the hishnp out Of the deal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
Dress Trimmings

At this busy department we are showing
an almost endless variety of trimmings
for all kinds OF gowns.
Much In demand are the plain diamond
pull braids which come In various widths
at &c, Sc, lOc 15c and 9Oc, yard, with reduc-
ton by the bolt.
Fancy braids too. are selling well from
&c to soc a yard.
Persian band trimmings for Jacket fronts
from 15c to $3.50 a yard.
Fancy colored applidues for dressy gowns
and evening wraps, in exquisite coloring
range from T5c to $3.50 a yard.
Laces In Real Point, Duchesse, Princess,
Irish Crockett, Baby Irish, Point Gaze and
Point Venise, all play an important part
in dress trimmings
Make It a point to see the new lace a?-
plique for trimming lace waists Ask to
see our new drop ornaments and tassels
for dress trimming. The new December
style books are here. You are welcome to
make free use OF them.
Main floor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
Fnir Am Cnrtrres cnmn.

George Cook post, Grand Army OF the
Republic. Friday night held fOrtf
at TWenty-fOurth and Apnes ave
nue. in one OF their regular camT
fres. While the old veterans were warm
ing their toes and unfolding a few ream'
Of old stories the enemy broke over III
breastworks and captured the camp. Blu
as che enemy was a hodv OF fiftv women
laden with good thirPs 10 eat. the veter
ans proved 20 be willing captives. let
ter was read from the Mrs. Tanner Mem
Orial associs ton at Washington askine
the most TO participsts IN the erection -
a monument IN memory OF the late Ms
Tanner. wife OF Corporal James Tanner
recently counu'a ndeT-in-chief Of the Gran
Army OF the Republic. A motion nrevaile-
that the post contribute substantially
the fund
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
FALL LAND BUSINESS Good
eoysrHmsnt DispOsss Of LARGE Amount in
OH. Western States -- .-.-.
NEBRsAXA FURNISHES LARGE SHARE
indian Inspector Denies stories Of
DePredations ny the Utes
while the Indians Were
In wyoming.
lFrom q Sian Correenondent.O

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.--(speciai TEL
egram)-w. A. Richards, commissioner
Of the general land office, today issued a
statement showing the number Of entries
and receipts during the first quarter ended,
September 80. 1906, Of the various land
Offices Of the United States from the sale
OF public lands. The total number OF
land entries Of all classes was 5s,6f6
acres, an increase of 12,sss acres over
the first quarter OF the preceding fiscal
year The total receipts for the frst
quarter of the current fiscal year are
12,153,004, an increase Of s7S9,666 over
the first quarter of the preceding year
The work Of the land Offices in Nebraska
Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming fol-
lows
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11

left for Fort Riley, where he VIII spend
Sunday.
Asked how he liked the results of the
election. he said:
They were most satisfactory. There were
certain spots which might have Jared bet
ter, but as whole the result was re-
publican victory. regret thatthe democ-
raCy seems TO have triumphed In Missouri
but ! am glad the republicans have been
victorious IN Kansas Il was q tight against
great odds and being an ''on year. made
Il doubly dangerous
The secretary refused TO discuss the
possibility OF his own nomination for the
presidency in 1893 or the possibility OF
President Roosevelt being renominated.