Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-09
NORTHWESTERN BURNING OIL
Annual Report Shows to What Ex-
tent it Has Replaced Coal.
MANY MILLION GALLONS USED
Funeral of George FairchiId, who
. Died Mt WiIber, VIII he Held
Saturday Morning at
Columbus.
(FrOm a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, Oct S.-(Special. )-~Accord-
ing to-a report filed by the Northwestern
railroad with the State Railway soommis
sion this morning the operating expenses
of the road amounted to 1862. 1895 for
the fiscal year. The revenue amounted
to $,O12, O67.sS.
The repeft regarding the amount Of fuel
used by locomotives indicates that the
Northwestern company has gone into the
use of oil extensively as fuel for it's loco
motives. the report showing that S1,076sT1
gallons were used during the year The
coal used amounted to 1855 tons, while
wood amounted to $3.50 cords. In the
operation of it's engines they. covered
a. $1,000 miles, making about 1912 pounds
Of fuel per mile.
During the year there were sixty-eight
employees injured and one killed, twenty
two passengers injured, three postal
clerks hurt and twenty-one other people
injured and six killed.
The Missouri Valley g. Blair Railway
and Bridge company shows s.sS miles of
road, 2S6 being in Nebraska and the rest
in Iowa The amount invested in this
company is given as 5000, $685. 20.
Butte Man Declines.
j. r. Beatty of Butte, who received
the progressive nomination for the state
Legislature has notified the secretary of
state that he declines to be a candidate
of that party. He was candidate for
the republican nomination. but was de-
feated. lie says he is a republican and
does not care to split up the vote, which
might enable democrat to slip in, there
, fore, while an admirer of Roosevelt, he
cannot accept the nomination.
Sackett ON stump.
Harry f. Sackett: progressive candi-
date for governor. will put in all of next
week campaigning in Pierce. Madison
Antelope, Boone, Nance, Platte, Seward
and York counties On Monday night he
viii lspeak in Norfolk, Tuesday. night in
Neigh, Wednesday night in Columbus
Thursday forenoon in Seward and in the
afternoon at the fall festival in York.
Saturday will be devoted to Lancaster
| county. - -.-f g..
Comes BACK ON Visit.
w. S. Kirkpatrick of Atlanta, Ga,
former Nebraska newspaper man, but
now connected with the Hearst syndi-
cate of papers In the east and south, is
visiting in Lincoln this week. His home
was formerly, IN !Pawnee city, For. some
time he was connected with the State
journal of this city. but went from here
to Montana Since that time he has been
connected with papers at Kansps CITY,
New York and other large cities.
Fight on Hyers Fails.
Several attempts have been- made to
! connect up Sheriff Gus Hyers Of Lam
caster county with some sort Of "a deal
which would encompass his defeat. Suits
! have been brought in court on alleged
allegations that, Gus had not performed
the duties of his office according to law
but each time the suits. have. been dis
missed. Now again other suits have been
| started, but today it ts announced that
these too have fallen fiat because the
attorney who brought the cases did not
know which. court they SHOULD be brought
! in and picked the wrong place.
It is now alleged on reliable authority
| that the, democratic and. bull moose can
didates for Sheriff have framed up a
proposition to get the sheriff's goat. One
Of them Is going to, work republican dry
votes while the other is supposed to pull
the republican wet votes away from
| Hyers. 1t is figured II they can pull
/ dNds lNofiA ~
combination that one of them can slip
through.
FuheraI of FairchiId.
Tit funeral OF George Fairchild, state
examiner of'coVnty treasurers. who died
at WILDER yesterday. will be hid at Co
lumbus Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Auditor Howard will attend and the Of
flee force win give a, floral piece in
memory OF the loss of their fellow
worker. The office Of the auditor was
closed during the AFTERNOON while the
body was passing through the city and
the members assisted in the transfer OF
the casket to the Columbus train. Henry
Seymour accompanied the body from
WILDER TO Columbus.
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