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Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

ducts while the other had cars whenever
he called for them.
What the people OF Nebraska and the
people of the United States need is the
policy of Theodore Roosevelt for a square
deal-not that they have got to depend
upon any one man, not that they have
got to depend upon any one man for gov
ernor or president; the people must de-
pend upon themselves alone. Those who
would be free themselves must strike the
blow.
Let me admonish you, therefore, fellow
citizens and ladies and gentlemen, to Sc
riously consider your individual rights and
privileges and seriously consider the ne
cessity, the imperative demand of the hour
that every man that represents you in pub
lie life shall be your servant and nobody
else's servant that he shall do justice by
all, do justice to the corporations as we'll
as to the individuals, and that he shall
not, because OF special favors and brides,
given in any form whatever, disown you.
disfavor you, wink at corporate aggression.
wink at oppressive and outrageous ex-
actions, because he himself has been spe-
clally favored at your expense and with
your commission.
In conclusion want to read to you a
Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg. 1t APP
plies fully and forcibly to your present
condition. 1t applies as much to those liv-
ing at the present time as It did to those
living during the civil war. 1t applies not
only to the grand army, but 1t applies to
every American citizen, whoever he may
be, because 1t is of the utmost Importance,
for the next generation and for all future
time. that the principles which we have
fought for shall be preserved, and that we
shall be as free from all the influences that
go to enslave people as were the slaves
after the emancipation proclamation.
will read just this short extract:
'It is for US, the living rather to be
dedit ated here to the unfinished work thai
they have done. 1t is rather for us here
to be dedicated to the great task remaining
before us, that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion to the cause
for which they here gave their last full
measure OF devotion, that we here highly
resolve that the dead shall not have died
in vain, that the nation shall. under God
have a new birth of life and freedom; and
that the government OF the people, by the
people and for the people, shall not perish
from the earth"
l thank you for your attention. l think
have said all that is necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

VERY business hour since the divi-
dend declarations on the nth ult.
Wall street has discussed Edward
II. Hartman and his railroads.
The discussion OF the man and
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02
Improving the Food Supply

II there have been times when 1t seemed
as If the various measures for the pro-
lection of life and health from the iniquities
OF certain food manufacturers were doomed
to defeat there is reason for hope at pres
ent. The Corn Products company, having
fallen heir to something like 500 suits for
supplying sulphur dioxide to candy makers
in glucose, in violation OF our state law,
has withdrawn all bleached glucose from
the market, not merely in New York. but
the whole country. Indeed. some of the
candy makers may not impossibly resume
the use of sugar. And in Chicago 5000
cans of spoiled or adulterated food have
been publicly burned therein offering up
an incense to the nostrils Of the god OF
trade that may not be wholly grateful, but
that will have its sanitary value none the
less
Chicago will lose nothing from this burnt
sacrifice. On the contrary the confidence
which 1t will restore cannot but rebound
to it's credit. 1t is no secret, on the con-
trary It Is a patent and agreeable fact,
that when II was discovered that she was
cheating, her trade fell off immensely. 1t
fell under the ban that is always imposed
upon dishonesty. 1t is significant that a
local hardware dealer whose sales OF can
openers used to average 5000 month Is
now selling 1000. This means nothing less
than that Chicago's meat packers invited
a boycott and are getting it, But open
confession of the right of the law to pro-
tect the public is made in the destruction
of fraudulent goods that a few months
ago would have been sold and eaten.
Nothing will stimulate honesty better than
to prove that It pays. And when the mer-
chants and manufacturers whose departure
from the ways of our ancestors has aston
ished and shocked the world begin to realize
that there is money In goods that are pre-
cisely what they pretend to be-meat with
out filth, wine without logwood milk with
out formalin, cheese without animal refuse,
favors without coal tar synthetics. ketchup
without dye and turnips, ice that weighs
as much as it seems to. and drugs that are
not "just as good" as those the customer
supposes he is paying for-they will be
sorry that they ever darkened the pages
OF their personal history by acts Of dis
honor. For the successful man of business
in future is going to be the honest man.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

ern is held in so close accord with e. II.
Hartman and the Union Pacific that no
resolution hostile to his interests can pass
Its board of directors. Every one knows
also that the Illinois Central is within his
grasp, when he wants to make a serious
effort to take 1t. Almost every one con-
cedes that a treaty OF peace IL in force be-
tween him and the Vanderbilt interests in
New York Central He is a director of the
Erie the Baltimore & Ohio, the Delaware
& Hudson and many other railroads that
have nothing to do with the Union Pacific.
Surely the field is wide enough. Into
what part of II is the genius of E. H. Har-
riman to be thrown? In the treasury of
the Union Pacific there lies a fund of over
s1OO000,ooO in cash and securities that are
for sale at current prices 1t is to be in
vested under the direction of q. H. Harri-
man. 1t is to create, under his guidance.
new equity for the stockholders of the
Union Pacific. What is 1t 10 be?
CHANGING back over the investments made
under his regime by the Union Pacific it is
singular to note that there are few such
possibilities today as there were when these
purchases were made. Northern Pacific
common at, say, 1907 Southern Pacific COM
mon at say, 90; where are their duplicates
important system Is either, held by rival
powers, or else its shares are paying big
dividends and II Is highly developed prop
erty. The Hartman genius for creating
wealth from poverty, for building fortunes
upon bankruptcy, lacks a world in which
to labor.
Perhaps, therefore, he intends to fulfill a
prophesy made by himself not many months
ago. I'VE are running into an era Of COM
petitive railroad building, just as we have
passed through an era Of competitive buy
ing" Perhaps the Union Pacific extension
to Seattle is merely beginning. Perhaps
the $40,000,000 Southern Pacific project in
Mexico is the index finger pointing to the
Hartman future. Even the most intimate
friends of Mr.. Hartman confess they are
not certain what he intends to do. He him
self is absolutely noncommittal.
At any rate Wall street, the financial eye
of the United States. gazes upon a specta-
Gle today not particularly conducive to
sound sleep at nights on the part of rail-
way executive officers and owners who lie
within the Hartman sphere of influence
II is the picture of E. H Hartman bereft
of his pet vocation. standing amid a pile
of money and capital, s10O00O,0O0 cash, s10o,-
900 Union Pacific preferred, 800, 900 000
Northwestern preferred, $50 10000 Southern
Pacific preferred, and unlimited capacity
for the issue of bonds-and signing, as
Alexander sighed, for other worlds to con-
quer.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

citizens municipal ice at cost; Cincinnati
o., dealers indicted under Valentine law
Mt Vernon, N. Y, mayor plans to or
ganize a company to manufacture ice and
compete with alleged trust; Philadelphia,
officers of alleged ice combine subpoenaed
to appear before the grand jury; Great
Neck, L. l., residents building ice plant
of their own.
Ashtabula, o., indictment resulted in
dissolution of City Ice Delivery company;
Austin, Tex, city council considering
legislation fixing maximum price of ice
per 100 pounds at 80 cents; Schenectady,
N. Y, investigation of alleged ice COM
bine by committee of council.
Hartford Conn, petitions to revoke
charters; Columbus o., indictments re-
turned against dealers. Newark, o., in
dlctments returned; Troy, N. Y, prose-
cutting attorney investigating.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

way. II had a lot of things It should not
have had, and had not a lot of things It
should have had. Most OF the branches
were mere suckers. Huntington had II at
his mercy through the control of the San
Francisco route. Gradually this disability
was overcome. Some branches were sold,
others traded. Control of the oregon lines
was finally clinched in 1882 securing at
least one Pacific outlet.
From this dates the visible working of
the Hartman railway policy. For, from
the outset, It was E. H. Hartman that ran
the Union Pacific. The policy was drastic.
Definitely, he committed the Union Pacific
to a policy of concentrated growth, Having
obtained his terminals at Portland, Omaha
and Ogden, he made the Union Pacific a
main line between those terminals. He
risked the antagonism of the western press
and people by refusing TO diffuse the
strength and energy of the Union Pacific
in the building of branch lines in new ter
ritory His gospel was that the Union
Pacific, as a railroad, must devote its ener-
giles to becoming the most perfect main
line of traffic from the Missouri river west.
and must trust to alliance or control of
other lines for its supply of traffic. and
for its new development
All energies were bent to the improve
ment Of the Union Pacific main line, and
the purchase OF stocks of connecting COM
panies. No money was spent on branches.
The mileage Of the Union Pacific in 1899
was actually greater than in 1906.
To show at once the method
and the results OF this policy, the
following compilation is made, being a COM
parison of the results on the whole system
in the year 1890 and In 1905:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

The keynote of the Hartman policy Is
struck pretty clearly In this compilation.
His aim has been to Increase the surplus
earning capacity OF each mile OF railroad
He has been content to watch the Moorcs,
]. ]. Hill and even George J. Gould buile-
ing new mileage for their systems. He has
been content, on his side, to bring the sur
plus earnings of his Union Pacihc from
81 200 to over $500 per mile of railway,
Perhaps, indeed probably, the rights OF
stockholders of the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific have been trampled upon
during the years Of this slow building.
Certainly II has required patience. Each
year the stockholders were asked to APP
prove appropriations made by the directors
for improvements and equipment. Almost
every year they were also asked to approve
purchases of stocks of other roads. 1t was
a process of mixed methods The growth
of the Union Pacific Itself was carried cut
conservatively, SLOWLY surely, with the
least possible element of risk. The growth
of its holding company capacity was ac-
complished by the most daring, spectacular
and dangerous acts In the history of high
finance.
An executive officer must be judged by
the results of his acts. His methods are a
question of the day. His results are for all
time The executive methods of e. H, Har-
riman have been assailed at almost every
step. James r. Keene attacked in the
courts his administrative methods on the
Southern Pacific. Financial critics, great
and small, have called him a public enemy
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02
I-Harriman the Man.

In the early spring of 1898 the new board
of Union Pacific directors was elected, and
down about the middle OF the list, appeared
the name Of Il. H. Hartman. In such a
list the name was unlmportant The names
Of James Stillman. Marvin Hughitt. presi-
dent of the Northwestern; Roswell Miller,
president of the st. Paul; George ]. Gould.
president of the Missouri Pacific, over
Swallowed 1t. The only question in mems
minds was whom this Hartman rep
resented.
Yet, in the next year e. II. Hartman
was chosen chairman of the executive COM
mittee. He stepped at once from the ranks
and assumed the power Of command. In a
community of interests railroad there is
always a mind above all other minds. In
this case the master mind was that OF e.
H Hartman.
In the eight years intervening the policy
of the Union Pacific has been the policy of
e. II. Hartman. 1t has been a daring
fearless, confident policy. without bound
less prosperity in the country at large 1t
would not have been possible Because he
has worked hand-in-glove with fate and
fortune, this man has done in eight short
years task equal to the labor Of the life
time Of James J. Hill, Lord strathcona or
any other Of the builders.
For E. II. Hartman is not a railroad
builder. He is not a pioneer. He took the
labor on the hands Of other men, Crockci
Stanford, Huntington, bought in a lump
the life labor of these men, greater, per-
haps, than himself. and reared upon their
hard-built foundations a structure Of his
own planning-the Hartman system. Here
and there, in Arizona, Mexico, Oregon, he
allowed his lieutenants to break into the
wilderness, but for himself he followed The
path blazed out by the great pioneers
followed 1t and built 1t over anew upon a
plan and scale of marvellous perfection
Therefore, Mr.. Hartman has missed the
romance that clings about the names Of
Leland Stanford, Coils p. Huntington,
James ]. Hill. Lord Strathcoma and the
rest Of the coterie OF daring men who led
the first struggling cohorts of capital and
civilization into the grim, forbiddlng will
derness So It is that even today, IL Mr..
Hartman were inclined to say of the
Union and Southern Pacific, 10, this IL
the work OF my hands," there would be
half thousand men on his own payroll
who, In their hearts, would answer him:
1T is not yours-it is OF the giants who
went before you, who plotted 1t all and
planned 1t all and gave their lives and the
labor Of their hands to the breaking of the
fields from which you reap the harvest
You are a son OF the New York stock ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

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MIS- methods mas been international, for
that matter. but the Wall street debate has
been particularly keen and searching,
highly complimentary on the bull side and
the reverse on the bear. side. Between the
two interested extremes is a large field for
dispassionate consideration OF the president
of the Pacific railroads. and therein the
Wall Street Journal takes position to view
the man, his methods and his aims.
The Journal review Is comprehensive and
instructive, as BELTS the man whose rail-
road operations directly AFFECT the western
half Of the nation. In three chapters the
review follows:
The Washington times., 1906-12-31
DARING HOLD-UP
Of PULLMAN CAR
BELOW RICHMOND
Lone Masked Bandit Sc
cures $500, Shoots
Conductor, and
Escapes.

RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 3I-At 2.4C
O'Clock this morning. as seaboard Air
Line train No. 81 approached Ia Crosse.
Va, about seventy-five miles south of
Richmond, one Of the most daring hold
ups that ever took place lu Virginia
occurred A passenger. apparently about
twenty-five years OF age who boarded
the train at Richmond. walked into the
Pullman car, and took q seat in the
smoking compartment. The conductor
and porter Of the Pullman were III the
day coach AT the time. As the porter
returned, the stranger placed a pistol
TO his head and forced him 20 lock both
doors OF the sleeper. after which mask
ing himself, he went through the car,
holding up half-asleep passengers at the
point OF his pistol.
He had secured $500 from q passenger
when the Pullman conductor forced his
way in and attempted 20 arrest the
thief. Quick as a fash the rObber shot
the conductor. and pulling the en-
ergency brake cord, stopped the train
and disappeared in the woods The
conductors wound Is not serious. only
having been shot through the arm.
The Washington times., 1906-12-31
SPEECH WITHOUT THouGHr.

Captain BrunsWig. OF the Princess
Victoria LIise. blew out his brains
Count Boni De Casteliane. victim Of a
far worse shipyreck, didn't So there
you are. The Teuton showed Gallo
eXCiJability. the Gaul showed Teutonic
phlegm. Possibly the German was a
descendant Of Gauls who had anCiently
crossed the Rhine, and the Frenchman
a descendant OF Germans who ancientiy
crossed over into Gaul. But that's not
the point The point Is that We make
very elaborate fools OF ourselves. as a
rule. in our little experiments In racial
psychology. It's so easy TO speak OF q
nation in an offhand coCksure way, as
being volatile or stOlid or humorous or
some other unpleasant thing. II saves
thought.-Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1906-12-31
DEAD OR ALIVE,
RAISULI SOUGHT
Sultan Sends Soldiers to
Capture Wicked Ole
Bandit.

IANGIERY Morocco. Dec. S.-RaisuIi
the notorious bandit chief. who has ter
rorized this section Of th4 country foI
so long. is al last fleeing into the in
terror a fugitive with a price on his
head
Every available soldier has been or
dered forward by the Sultan 10 be used
In pursuing RHisulL The reward for
him viii be paid either alive or for
his head
have deserted his cause. He is still
strong with many OF the patiVe tribes
men, and Is expected 70 try to recruit
new followers FOR the holy war he has
eigners.
The Washington times., 1906-12-31
ZANGWlLL DENIES RUM0R
OF COLONIZING HEBREWS

NEW YORK. Dec. S1.-Israel Zangwill
denies that n scheme is on foot to es-
tablish d colony OF Russian Jews at
Galveston. Texas. He says SChiff. the
banker, has not contributed $500 for such
a purpose.
"All we are doing" he says. is to i'm
press upon our people the advantage of
entering the United States by way of
that port. There are four hundred thou
sand Hebrews in one square mile ~
New York city. IN November. lS3. .76l
Hebrew immigrants reached New York
and never got any further"
The Washington times., 1906-12-31
Miss Gilman Meets CoTeU.
Wedding Soon at Paris
Affair to Be Quiet With Possibly Two Outsiders
Present Steel Trust Head May Bring Bride
Across in February

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-W. Ellis
Corey. muIti-milIiohaire. president OF
the United States Steel Corporation
viii marry MabelIe Gilman, the beau
tiful prima donna. before the new year
is more than a few days old. ac-
cording 10 cable dispatches today from
Paris.
Mr.. Corey has arrived in the French
capital from London. where he debarke ed
from one OF the ocean liners on Sat
urday. He had sailed from New York
under an assumed name the week pre-
ViOusly. Mr. Corey was met at the
railroad station in Paris by Miss Gil
man, and her mother. who accompanied
him TO his hotel.
The Washington times., 1906-12-31
VETERANS WILL GREET
PRESIDENT TOMORROW

Commander B. p. Entrillin, OF the De-
paTtment OF the Potomac, >. A. r.. to-
day Issued orders to the several posts Of
the department instructihg them 20 as
semble at lil2 Pennsylvania avenue al
ll:S0 o'clock tomorrow morning for the
purpose Of paying their respects 10 the
President An amendment 70 the rules
and regulations, promulgated in general
order No g. creates the ONCE OF post
patriotic instructor, who is to be ap-
point by the post commander. when the
officers are Installed
The Washington times., 1906-12-31
TAKES DRINK OF WATER,
COUGHS TO DEATH

NEW YORK. Dec. 3l.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Russell coughed herself to death To-Day
at her home 18S North Tenth Williams
burg The woman arose early 10 get a
drink. Some Of the water went down
the wind pipe. and nearly strangled her.
She could not stop coughing. Several
physicians who were called refused 70
respond, and finally an ambulance was
summoned from Eastern District Hos
pital. Before it reached the house, Mrs.
Russell burst a blood vessel in her head
and expired.
The Washington times., 1906-12-31

The adyices from Paris state that the
wedding OF the millionaire and the
actress will ba a quiet affair. one re-
port has it that it will take place at
Miss Gllman's rooms. in her hotel. and
that probably the American consul gen
eral VIII be the only outsider present,
with the possible exception of Jean de
heszeke, the famous tenor, whose pupil
Miss Gilman has been for ali the time
she has been abroad.
A well authenticated report IN Paris
Is TO the effect that the steel king and
his actress bride VIII return 20 America
shortly after their marriage. II is stat
ed that the couple will arrive in New
York some time In February.
The Washington times., 1906-12-31

MISS El4itl Roosevelt ana ntT ChAiii,
Miss Landon, of New York, Theodore
Roosevelt jr-. Kermit and Quentin
Roosevelt who have been spending tho
past few days al Pine Knot with the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt returned
To Washington last night about 9
o'clock.
Mrs Barney entertained at s7't
musicaIe yesterday afternoon.
Rear Admiral and Mr~ CowIes We're
hosts yesterday afternoon Informally al
tea in compliment 10 the American AM
bassador 10 Great Britain and Mrs cid.
The Baroness Hengelmuller. wife of
the Ambassador from Austria Hungary
is confined to her bed with an attack
of the grip. and has been obliged TO
cancel her social engagements for the
present
Airs. Oscar Straus will begin her series
Of weekly receptions on Wednesday.
January ?. and on February - the
Secretary and Mrs. Straus will en- ar
tain the President and Mrs. Rooss', Il
at dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh were
hosts a a dinner of twenty-eight covers
last night. They are also entertain iUs
a house party which includes Miss va
Gilbert and Philip Mills. Of New HCrS ,
Major Bentley Mott T. s. A, and Miss
Lillian Hurd, OF Denver.
Miss Anna Byrd Barr will receive New
Year day with Mrs. 5, NJ. BOycer lall
Nj street. from to Il p, m
Miss Ina Virginia Hotchkisz viii re
ceiye al lgl NJ street. from 20 II ,. IN.
The ladies of the Potomac Literary
Club Will receive at lo-l NJ street north
west from 10 II ?. m.
The Adelphia Sigma Nu Phi legal fra
ternity will entertain the members and
friends at the fraternity house, l0l6
Thirteenth street nOTthwes tomorrow
from ! 10 p IN The receiving CON-
mittee will be Charles r. Carusl, Charles
Kegwin 5. ID. TruiJt. Henry Dennis, }.
Fill R MoultOn. J. d. Finch, J. Monroe
Britt. J. II. CroXdale r. Burgess. I. E
Neal, Leroy Glider, T. +. Elton, Z. d.
Hamel, \. r. Bevington. +. NJ; Rosen-
quest, D. u. Caldwell. g. c. Heylmuu,
j b. Hoge, ". =. Werkam. Paul Y
Waters, c. d. Drayton, J. A. Bailey.
J. d. Finch, J. L. Cassin. and jackson
II. Ralston.
The LineaI Society OF the Spanish
War viii receive from 1 10 p. N. TO-
morrow at the residence Of Mrs. l, y,
DOlph, 1894 COTcOrau street
The Bishop OF Washington, Mrs. Sat
terlee and Miss Satterlee viii receive on
New Year Day at the Bishops House
from % g.
Mrs. Arthur s Gray, lS33 Vermont
avenue northwest, viii receive on New
Year Day. from to 10 p m, assisted
bv Mrs +. p Clark, Misses Alice NJ
Nelson. Lula Allan. Marie L. Williams,
of New York. and Sadie f. Askin,
Florence, Mass.
Mrs. Siia Boyce. 1Jll VI street north
west. VIII be at home January /, 1907.
from 10 IL o'clock.
Mrs. Della A BOnitZ and Miss Hide
garde BonitZ. lO1 NJ street northwest.
will receive January !, 1901 from TO
II p. IN.
Mrs. Rosie Morris viii receive from
S 10 10 D. m at 1T42 + street northwest,