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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1898)
ft IfttiI : i . OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JTWE 10 , 1871. CXMAUA , SATURDAY MOHSTINGJANUA11Y 15 , 185)8 ) TWELVE PAGES. SIN OLE COPY ITIV.E ( J1DNTS. S BARGAINS TODAY THAT ARE ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF Has Froven the Mightiest , Swiftest and Surest Way of Selling Out Our Wiiit3i * Stock TODAY BEGINS THE SECOND AETD GREATEST WEEK OP THI , THE GRANDEST SAX.E , EVER TAKEN PLACE IN OMAHA s , Ltidles" " and ChilUrou's UNDERWEAR AT U PRICE AT PRICE THE HIGHEST GRADES OP MEN S ATSTD BOYS' OVER A THOUSAND novs' iL'.ro SUITS , 300 boys' knco pant stilts In broken sizes and small lots , ages 3 to 7 , go at Wet Hi J2 t.oo : iiovs' SUITS , , < ti.rio. Your choice today of any boy's wool suits , ngcs ) to It , that have been selling tit $3 , go at Wortli $1O $11.50 and $12.50 Worth J3.00 $ .1.00 now stiT ; h'osi ia no. Suits all made up in the latest style , single or Your choice of any bays' nil , double breasted All wool Cassimere and Imported wool suits In our store , In nil ported Scotch jjBI TCOQ made of Chin- styles , from 4 to 15 years , go at Cheviot ULy I Lliw chilla , Melton Wortli $3.00 and Frieze , all sizes , all go today sjtr novs' i.o.vo PANT STITS , ! ? : t.r.o 140 boys' casslmcrc and cheviot viet all wool suits , ages 12 to 19 , regular $7.00 suits , go at Wortti S7.00 HOYS' 9IO I , ( ) > ( J P.VVP SLITS , Your choice today oC all wool easslmcro nnd funcyt and cheviot long pant suits , from 12 to 19 years , go at Wortli 810.00 tflU I1OYS' 1'1 > STKIIS AT . -.00. Your choice today ot thcg $25.00 Men's Suits finest ulsters boys' and and overcoats young In rnen's our house , In ages 12 to 20 , sold ais ( * Overcoats $12,50 as high as $12.00 , to lay at i-ian. - Worth 812.00 The Moat Extraordinary Offering Ever Made # 5.410 1HIYV rVIMJ OVKItroVTS , tfl.no. ' ' Your choice of - - A - All odd sizes and broken lots any in Men's'Clothing of boys' capo overcoats In man's Suit , Overcoat or Ulster in our great es ages 3 , 4 and 5 years , go at. . Worth $5.00 tablishment , without any exception , no matter ' how line , no mutter wlmt prieo they have been soiling for , BOYS' KEEPERS including suits worth $20.00 , $22.00 nnd ? 2. > .00 , your Worth § 25 At less than % Price choice today $12.50. $1.50 boys' re2fers at 50c $15.OO Men's Suits for $5.OO Men VA11 Wool Hoys' Reefers $ i.30 Chinchilla nnd Astrakhan $1.23 J3.03 highest grade of Chinchilla and $7.5O Your choice todav SllitS $2,5O Your choice fancy cheviot reefeis , go ut $2.5C of any of , our mon's striped $13 , today of over Boys' 250 Knee Pants 12Ac nil wool suits fancy ' 'iOO nil wool Cussimcfo and worsted suits , all ' wool mid plaid casslmeio and Imported Cheviot Suits , all styles Boys' SQC Knee Pants 25c Scotch cheviots ; and clBlit and t-11 sixes , go at S2.50. ' Knee Pants 50c dlfforeiit styles of oyeico.its . Boys' si.oo . . $ ! all today v orth > nnd ulsters , BO CORN RATES TO "TIDE WATER Qaotofl Tariff and Actual Oharpes Said to Vaiy RAILROAD MEN ON A M X D SITUATION Conu.i-dlloii of the Xtirlh South U'lU'H Illl Ol 0ll AllMlllOC \VUluli Tliorc IH a I' ulr I'l'otevllou. There waa to have been a meeting of the freight tralllc olllclals of western lines this ' altuatlon and the'graln rate week to dU-cuas taku flomo action on the much disturbed rates , but the meeting has been postponed until Wednesday of next week. January 19. It Is alleged by some freight men that tbo reason for thu postponement of the meeting la that the freight olnclals of the Kansas City. 1'lttsburg & Quit railroad are busy con. tnctliiK for all the grain In the west and arc anxious to complete negotiations for carryIng - Ing all 'tho ' grain that will move during the next two months befoio they go Into any conference ; on the situation. The report that the Kann-j City , Plttsbucg & aulf read Is contracting to carry corn to tlio gulf at the 12 cent rate has been denied by President Stlllwcll and by Chairman Midge- Joy of the freight tralllc association to which that road belongs , Since the denial the Chicago cage papers that started the report that the Plttsburg & Gulf road Is carrying corn to tlio gulf for 12 cents have salil that the i-oad Is doing It surreptitiously , but not openly. It is the general opinion among the freight men hero that no such rate has been put In. As sistant General Freight Agent Hntrokln. who Is located hure , says be IMS not received any Information of a cut in corn or other grain ratca. Thu whole controversy , however , has suc ceeded In advertising the southern outlet for grain and his emphasized the fact that Kraln cun bo carried to the gulf cheaper than It can bo carried to the Atlantic seaboard. The officials of the east and west lints do not deny the cheaper rates offered by the north and south Hues , but content them- i > lvo9 with maintaining the Inadequacy of tlm southern terminals , elevators and steam ship lines to proxo the superiority of the east and west lines. Despite thu assurance of the freight men of tlui loua lines that their lines will continue to get the bulk of tlio grain business at the rates now In effect , there Is a general feeling that the rates from the Missouri river to thu Mlhslsslppl river may bo reduced. TARIFFS AND TARIFFS. On January 1 the lines eatt of the Missis sippi river , which carry the grain and other k , western shipments through to tlio Atlantic K seaboard , cut their rate on corn from 22 ce-ntt to 17'.4 cents , The rate from the Missouri river to the Mississippi river wa not corre spondingly reduced , but was maintained at 12'i ' cents , making the through rate on corn from Omaha to New York 30 cents. With the mto from here to the Atlantic seaboard 30 cents anil the rate on corn from hero to the aulf of Mexico but little moro than half that there would be a natural change In the movement of corn from cast to south were It not for one thing. The pub- Us tied tariffs show the ccslbound rates oo corn from the Missouri river points to be 12& cents to the Mississippi river and IT'.S cents from there to the Atlantic eeaboird , but It takes neither a prophet nor the cou of a prophet In railway circles to learn that these ratiw arc not maintained , Thu great bulk of the corn out ot Nebraska , as prac. Mcally all the grata out ol tbo tr o - mlssourl territory , Is shipped ' not by the farmers who grow the grain , but by the representatives of the great grain and eleva tor companies. The contracts for the trans portation of the grain are Invariably made by the reprezentntives of these companies and not by the farmers. He who would sug gest that these companies pay tfce full tariff nitcs to the railroads for the movement of corn and other grain cut of this part of the west would bo laug'ied to scorn In railway and olfcvotor circles and would be Immedi ately EH3t down by the knowing ones as a veritable tyro. According to published tariffs the southern lines have a big advantage over t > io eastern Hoes , but the published tariffs ore a .snaro and a delusion , and the advan tage exists only on paper. lltirlliiKlon Sli-fi > lnK Cur SiTvlee. At a recent conference of officials of the Ilurllngton Route and of the Pullman Palace Car company held ut Burlington , la , , con tracts providing the operation of Pullman sleeping-cars and Pullman dining cars for the next three years were approved and signed. The contracts are for all lines of the llurllngtcn Bystem , and are for the years 1893 , 1S99 and 1900. The Pullman company was represented at ) ( lie conference by Presi dent Lincoln urt Wco President and General Marugcr Wlckes. The Uurllngtcn was repre sented by President Parkins , General Solici tor Dlyttio , General Manager Drown and Treasurer Peasloy. DlviilriKl on l.iikiI5rl " .t WcHlprn. NEW YORK , Jon. 14. The directors of the Lake Krlo & WojterD railroad have des'a-ed tbo regular quarterly dividend of l',4 per cent on the preforrc'i ] stock , payable Febru ary 15. y * l\bti'fi ; ami I't Assistant General raenger Agent Fergu son and General Agent Kuhn of the North western have returned to Omolia after a short trip. P. J. Tapp , commercial ogent , nnd William FlEcmclly , traveling passenger agent , of the Louisville , Kvansvlllo & St. Louis Consoli dated railroad , are In the city , President Horace G. Hurt of the Union Pa- clfla has expressed , avlslr that the testimo nial 'banquet ' being planned In his honor by the Omaha Commercial club bo abandoned. Western and southern lines are voting on a proposition to put In a rate of 1 cent a mile to New Orleans and return era account of the Mardl dras festival there February 22. This uiis the rate made for that occasion laet year. Colonel Henry laman , author of "The Santa Fe Trail , " was a caller at Union Pacific head quarters yesterday , He said that ho had finished a now work , "Tho fait Lake Trail , " which will bo Illustrated by Remington , and as Interesting as Its predecessor , S. F , Randolph of St. Louis , traveling pas- sln er agent of the Baltimore & Ohio South western , Is In the city on hla bvltlal trip , Ho has been appointed successor to George Taylor , who has been transferred to Vln- ccnnes , Iml , Horace G , Burl , president , and Oliver W , Mink , vice president of the Union Pacific rail road , will leave this evening for New York. It Is understood that they will there attend the first meeting of the directory of the re organized railroad , I ) . I , Shontzc , commercial agent of the Port Arthur Route at Qutncy , III. , das rtulgned his position. The duties of that office will here after bo attended to by Assistant General Freight Agent Ulukcrlcc. U. N , Hume has been appointed city ticket agent at Qulncy , Colonel E. 12. Clougb , chairman of the board In charge of the South Dakota soldiers' homo at Hot firings , was a caller at Klkliorn head quarters yesterday. He Is working hard to secure an appropriation from congress fee the establishment of a national soldiers' homo at Hot Springs , 8 , D. Tbo Wagner Oar company has started wbat may prove to bo a general reduction In the sleeping car rate * ID tourist or occond clan sleeping cars. The rates from Chicago to BoUon and from Boston to ChloigD have been cut from $2 to $1.50. The rates from Omaha to New York , Boston and Buffalo h ve been made $2.CO , the same as the rate to Cleve land. At a meeting of the executive committee of the American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents , held In Cin cinnati , It was decided that after January 1 , 1900 , no railroad In the association would accept any ticket for passage which was not printed on the safety paper adopted several months ago at the meeting In St. Louts. The paper adopted Is furnished In several tints. Us merit lies In that any alteration of the ticket by means of acid or erasure Is shown by a change In color of the paper when written on again. Every safeguard has been adopted to prevent the counterfeiting of the tickets printed en this paper. All paper furnished any printing firm must not only 'bear ' the watermark of the manufacturers , but In addition the water mark number of the firm to which It Is Issued. Printing firms must be licensed and assigned a number by the association before they can secure paper. They must also give a bond and agree to keep all paper In their possession In a place of safety ; also to account for all sheets which may bo spoiled. KUDI3HAI. COURT MMSCIAU TEIIM. JnilKO MmiKor Dt-plilcH on 1111 MHliiK for Oiiuilm In Mnrrli. A special term of the federal court will bo held In this city , commencing In the early part of next March. Judge Munger called the law docket yesterday and dis covered that there would bo enough cases ready for trial to warrant the calling of a Jury. The exact date cannot bo fixed as H will depend upon the length ot the coming term nt Lincoln , but It will nrobably begin either In the first or the second week In March. The majority of cases which will bo tried tbcn , as Indicated 'by ' the call of the docket , will be personal Inquiry cases. Among the others will be the case of the Modern Woodmen of America agalhst the Union National bank of this city , which was few days ago. put oor the term a The special term Is the result ot a dcslro on Judge Mungor'B pirt to clear up the docket , which became heavily encumbered during tlm long Illness of the late Judge Dundy. Judge Munger hopes to bo able to catrfi up In this manner. The term was fixed for this city be cause the majority of the attorneys In the cases arc residents of Omaha and naturally desireto have tlio trials take place here. Yesterday was the last day of the term heco and during the afternoon court adjourned skio die. .NATIONAli IIlin l VS TOUIl.VAMKXT. I'rcxlilent Wood of the Io Amtocln- tliui MaUi'H a SiinHt'Ntlon. Fire Chief Redell has a letter from Fred the Iowa State president of A. Wood , Firemen's association , Cedar Rapids , la. , toward holding a asking his support national firemen's tournament In this city during the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. President Wood savu that at the last con vention ot the International Association of FIre Engineers , held at Now Haven , Conn. , last August , the subject of holding a tourna. mcnt In connection with the annual conven tion of firemen was discussed and favorably commented upon. The next convention of tlio International > body went to St. Louts , but Pretldcnt Woods contends that a tourna. mcnt might be held In this city the same year aud that the fact of the exposition being - ing hero would prove an additional factor In having ithe tournament take place In Omaha. A meeting of firemen will bo held In Chicago cage during the early spring , and It U the intention of this meeting , which will be at tended by fire officials from several states In the Transmlsslrslppl belt , to settle the loca tion for holding the tournament. Chief Redell will do his utmost In having Omaha selected as th next meeting place. All our $3.00 fine , stiff hats , In black and bro\\n , go at ! . $1.RO All our regular $2.00 men's stiff bats , go at : . . $1.00 All our new style nnd new colors , ? 1.GO ' Fedora hats , go nt . . . , 75c ' All our $2.00 Fedoras . . . _ . 9Sc All our $3.00 Fedora hatq go at. . . . $1.EO All our new , staple nlidjrullroad shape hats In black , brown nnd gray , worth $2 and $3 , go nt 9Sc and $1.50 All our finest fur caps' , , iu all shapes , so in three lots : $2.00 fur caps OSc $2.50 fur caps 41. . . . ' . $1.25 $4.00 fur caps f $2.00 All the finest silk'Phlst ! and silk lined cloth caps , worth SI.OO to $1.50 , go In two lots ut I lie and C9o. ' All the heavy , warm astrakhan , cheviot nnd corduroy winter caps , that were 50c nnd 75c , go nt 25c and 3'c. All odd lots and broken sizes In heavy winter caps go In two lots at 5c nnd IDC. Our 50c men's natural gray , lioavr ilbbcd and cotton fleeced underwear. B2Sc Our 75c men's heavy wool , natural gray and camel's hair underwear , at . . . . 37c Our men's $1.00 all weal underwear COc * Our men's $1.25 and $1.50 all wool ribbed , plain and fancy striped un derwear % i C2 c Our men's EOc unlaundercd shirts , slightly soiled , all sizes 25c Your choice of all our men's white laundered shirts nndswhUo liundar.ed shins with C9lorcd bg oAs and fancy colored laundered shirtsijgo nt . . . . . . . EOc FIVE MILLS THE ; | EAST LEVY Estimate of Receipts. qnd Expenses of Crmha chools. SCHOOL BOARD ON ITS PRESSING WANTS I'roNliIuiit Jordan anil en ( I'l-arHc I'olnt Out Ilive - ccNNlty fur ItnUliiKji IMVKI' H n in of .Hoiie > . The proposition of membera of the city council to reduce the proposed school levy to 2 mills Is regarded w Tin'"undisguised disfavor by members of the Ucurd of Education. These latter officials assert that If the : Is done the only result cam be a .material addi tion to the already burdensome deficiency or closing up the schools at the cud of the- first seven or eight months. President Jordan ol the Board of Education says the board will certainly Insist an the full amount of $150- 000. This will bo the ifcst that will answer to meet the running expenses bf the schools. establish the s'nklng fifhd and1 pay off a part of the deficit. The running eixperacs of the schools as now constituted amount to about $400,000 a > car. Proeldtnt Jbrdan eajs this * amouiiUcan scarcely bereduccJ without load of cfllclency In vlow.of . tho'largo Increase of pupils which Is likely to'ccjfitlnuo for several months ahead. Hla Information is that the revenue from saloon licenses lll not exceed $250,000. Ho thinks that $30.000 Is a liberal estimate of the receipts from other Hcentxa and trat the police court llnra cannot posal- bly exceed $20,000 additional. This leaves $100,000 to bo piovlded for ta addition to the J20.000 which must bo eel aside for the Incu bation of a olaklng fund , This will require a levy of 4 m.llls , loivlns the additional $30- 000 available for application on the deficit. Superintendent Pearso declares that If only 2 or 3 mills Is allowed the board must in evitably run behind. Ho contends that it will require the proceeds of 4 mills aud possibly 5 to run the schools through the year. The largo Increase In the mfinbershlii Involves a largo additional expense la addition to tlio ad ditional amount which must be raised on ac count of the sinking funii. Ho says that the last report shows an lilcrcaeo of 1.100 pupils and during the next few ijioiutis tMti la llhcly to reach 2,000. Tim consolidation scheme baa been carried to the limit ] anil the board has reached bed rock as fir ] as this form , of economy Is concerned. Tine present per cap ita cost of education per oupll Is $27 annually and on the basV of an Increase of 2,000 pu pils the expendluces will , be Increased to tbo ox t cot of at least -$59,000. In this case the board will require $70,000 ; in addition to what was neccficiry a year ABO and even with a 5 mill levy little. If anythlije , would remain to bo applied on the deficient ; ) ' . M\HI-V AT AN KMK C'oriioriitloiiN Olijt'i-r to the ANNVHNiiifiit FIxtMl li > - ConitiilHhlonor. Vcstcriay was the'fifth day ol the sitting of the city council as a board of equalization and the work Is not half flnlstiud. H has been Informally determined ( bat the entire council will sit today and MdnJay In order to hear all complaints before Monday night If possible. No action will ba lanen In any criBu until all complaint * have been heard and then the beard will determine oa the ex. teat to which reductions will be made. The electric light company Is making a vigorous effort to have the valuation of Its personal property reduced. The tax depart- EVERYTHING IN OITR Must go at once at less than Half Price. That is why we have made such immense re ductions in the prices of Ladies' and Children's Jackets , Capes , Furs and Tailor Made Suits , as shown in our large window and outlined in the following items : $15.00. Ladies' Silk Lined Jackets $4 98 Ladies' iine silky curl Boucle Jackets with _ cloth straps , siilc lined all through , our price here tofore has been $15 , to close them out they go at WnrtH 315.OO An Excellent $8-00 Jacket at $3.50 Ladies' line English Kersey braided shield front and turn over storm collar Jackets , all sizes , at , Beautiful $15.00 and $18.00 Jackets $7.50 An assorted lot of ladies' fine Mode Jackets in superior finish English Kersey and lined with two toned or fancy taffeta silk , Our Regular $25.00 Jackets at 810,00 200 to choose irom in Ladies' Blouse Jack ets , satin dnchcsso lined throughout , Ladies' Velour Jackets , trimmed with real marten and briiid < 1Ead1iea'.Uox Cout3tun , black , l r > cbn..2uul , ltiyyiv < ii1iq ! } of these have over boon offered nt less than $25.00 ; in this sale 810 00. Worth 825 ' MISSES' JACKETS Misses' Jackets in a sp endid assortment of styles and material , in boucle and smooth goods , many of them silk lined throughout , trumt' 815.00 Worth Children's and Misses' Jackets that were $5.00 now ment assessed the company $25,000 for Its franchise , $95,000 for Its personal property and $14,000 for Its real estate on n oae-thlnl valuation. The company Is satisfied with the valuation of the franchise and real estate , but contends that the personal property. in- cludlnR freight charges , did not coot over $140,000. Its officials offer to accept a valua. tlon of $150,000 on the personal property , which would make the aesessment $50,000 , a reduction of $45,000. Tax Commissioner Sackett says that under the new law the property of n concern maybe bo taxed according to Its earning capacity , and that the assessors arc not bound by the actual cost. . Ho holds , for Instance , that the property of the electric light company Is worth jnuch more than It would 'bo ' if there was another company In the field offer ing to sell light at half the rates which the prevent company Is receiving. The board has not acted on the matter yet , tout several of the councllmen are In favor of making Bomo reduction ( n the valuation. The gas company Is also fighting- assessment , but so far has not made a detailed ehowlnc of the value of Its property. LOW IIIDS OX I'K'UIKlXnVT WALKS. Co.i true torn Mnlir Their Offer * to llniiril of ij'iilillr U'orkx. After the permanent sidewalk contracts for 189S have been awarded there will bo little ex cuse for the coiwtructlon of the unstable and Illuslvo wooJcn affairs that continue to dlo- flguro the suburban streets of the city. Dur ing this year at least property owners can ruvo brick walks at a coat that Is very little In excess of that of wooden walks and from now on the most rigid measures will bo un dertaken by the Hoard of Public Works to prevent the use of wood as a sidewalk mate rial. rial.The The bid ? on the various kinds of permanent walks were opened by tlio board yesterday afternoon. While no contracts were let it la announced that they will go to the lowest bidders. These arc W. C. Morris on artificial steno at 14,73 cents perequaro foot anil 0. H. Ciaiidall en brick at 7.4 cents , Otner bidders were as follows : Artificial stono. Grant Pav ing company , 15 cents ; Connolly & Shaw , 14.8 cents ; J. M. 'McGowan , 15.G cents and Ford & Huso , JO cents. * On brick , W. P. Mumaugh , 7,5 cents ; ( Mcdouan , 8.25 cents and Ford & Huso , 8.5 cents. Hlds were also received on paving Twenty- fifth street from Cum'ug to Indiana avenue. Twenty-sixth avenue from Half Howard street to St.Mary's avenue , and Patrick avcnuo from Twenty-fourth to - Twenty-sev enth streets and repaying Wlrt street from Shenran avenue to Twenty-fourth street end Dodgd street from Sixteenth to Seventeenth stlecto. On the new vavlng , dais n , J. n. Smith was the lowest bidder on asphalt In eacli case with a uniform bid of $1.70 on No. 1 , $1.07 wi No. 2 and $1.37 on No. 3. The bid of the Harber company on No. 3 was $2 15 , Hugh Murphy , $1,48 , Grant Paving company , $1.40. On brick the DCS koines Drlck com- par.y was Ionat $1.11 , On the repavlug. clans C , Smith was low on Wlrt street < U $1.38 and Murphy on Dodge street at | 1.30 , The Omit Paving company was low on curbing at 53 ceu's. lliilvornKy of ( 'nliroriilii , Mayor Moor en hus received the planter cast acid plans of the grounds for the new build ings of the University of California and they have been placed on exhibition with Secretary Wedges of ( ho llullders' nnd Traders' ex change. This la for the convenience of any of the local architects who may wish to enter the competltlMi for the plans for the build ings. After this purpose ha been served tht > material will bo permanently turned over to the public library , .Vow Teli'i'lioniiiiiiuiny A < tllv < < . The now telephone company which niadd an unsuccessful effort to secure a franchise last year Is now In the field for another chance , Its agents are circulating petitions through the city asking the city council < c call a special election to submit the question whether the desired franchise shall bo granted. Under the new charter the company will bo required to put up the expense of the election and If the required number of signa tures is obtained the election will probably bo called. Members of the council tate cm phatlcally , however , that from now on no franchises will be granted except those which Include a provision for a substantial royalty for the city. for I , ! , . , . , . , No now applications for saloon licenses have been filed during the last few days and the total number of applications still remains 228. Of these only eighty-two have been granted and the remaining fees are held In the sus pense account pending the action of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Mean while the Board of Education In paying $30 a day In Interest on tile warrants which the money In the suspense account would redeem If the licenses were granted. Mortality . The following births and deaths were re ported at tiio health office durltig the twenty- four hours e ndlng at noongycBtcrday : Births Fred S , McFarMnd , ' 2109 Hamilton street , girl ; Ka tonv\n1erson , 2310 Klin , girl ; Schuylcr Smith , 708 South Sixteenth , girl ; Henry Snethen , 1820 South Nineteenth , girl. Deaths Henry Bieser , 60 , 1577 Cumins. Prospect Hill. PO.STPOM3S TAKI.VJ THSTMIOXV. ClIHC AKIlllINt ( IIII.IVP .Slock K\- cliiniKv ( loi-H Over Ten DllyH. T.IO taking of testimony In the case of the United States against the Southj'Omaha Live Stock exchange , which was begun before Kx- amlner in Chancery Battln Thursday after noon , has been continued until a week from next Monday. This was the decision reached by the attorneys on both sides after a con ference. The action was taken In the liopo that by the tlmo set the supreme court of the United States will bo ready to render some decision In the Kansas City caae , which Is now pend ing In that court. The latter caao was very similar to the South Omaha caso. It wag tried bcfo.e the circuit court of the United States and a decision was rendered , declaring the exchange unconstitutional. The de cision was au'calcd to the supreme court. The latter body Is expected to render the final decision In sixty daja at the most. The poitponemont of ten days In the South Oir.ara case was taken fop the purpose of al. lowing the attorney general of the United States to consider the advUablllty of await ing the decision It ) the Kansas City caao be fore prosecution against the South Omaha exchange Is begun , United Status District Attorney Sawyer had expected logo on again with the Introduction of testimony ami had subpoenaed some of liU wltneisefl. but they weio excused after the postponement was determined upon , l.iicntcStolen liooilN , The detectives by means of a search war rant located yesterday a quantity of stolen property In the house of Anton DC rmiker. ululated just south of Courtland beach. Two netH of double lwrnenn stolen from S. Frulden , 3SOO North Sixteenth strr-et. were iccovercd. together with a sleigh which wriH Etoleii come time ngo from the warehouse of T. G. Northwall. Ilerniikcr was placed under ancst nnd taken to Coun cil muffs , where hci will Imve to answer In police court for a number of thefts which arc credited to him. liernaltcr In Bald by the po'.lce to have maliilulneil a "fence" for Homo time past for n number of thieves who make his hnuno thflr headquarter ! . For SfciilliiK ( 'mil , John Quint * and 0 , Alpln were arrested by Special OltlcT Luku wlillo stealing crml from curs of the liurllngton company , near Nineteenth utrcet , Judcu Gordon lined each $10 and costs , > u , / , , Choice of any of our $25.00 Pat tern Hats at. Worth $20.00 Choice Trim meet Hats , formerly j sold at $10.00 , ntN Worth $10.00 Choice of our $5.00 Trimmed Hats Wen th JD.OO In order to close out all EF1 of our Utitrimmsd § ljP HiltSvo ' 23' ' Is' , \vo giv < ) vein the choice of our &Uc Foil lint-lilt. Wrtb fOc Our si. oo Hnts , all shapes , ladies' and children's , at. . . . Worlhtli00 , Our $2.50 flats all shapes to close them out . _ , , WnithgLMJU All of our Cow Boy fgffj Hath leather trim- vs tbut bavo liru'tiifo o , BUlel ,111.00. go lit. . . . Worth $1.01) . 5LT SEQUENT TAX Chance to Settle a Matter That Invjlvo Some Money. CCMPROMISE OFFERED THE COUNTY CoiifVrcn llrtivrc-ii I lie COIIII > IHH | < UI er * mill I he Coiiiiuuiy Over Hie Dinpulcil I'olulN l.ciiilN < u II 1'roiioNllloii , Thomembers of the Board of County Com. mlasloncrs met as a committee of the whole yesterday and were In executive session n greater portion of the forenoon considering the assessment iiiestion ] icMtlng to the licit Line Hallway company. The tax commis sioner of the Mlhsourl Pacific Hallway com- paciy mot with the commlfeloncrs nnd gave his views upon the matters under considera tion. tion.Kor Kor years the county commlculonrrs have considered the licit Line Hallway company a local corporation and have aasCHsed It uc- cordlnKly , placing the valuation of the track at some $9,000 per mile. The state board baa considered It a part of the .Mhtourl I\iclflo sjstem and haw osseiseJ It .it J5.0KO per mile. On the latter valuation the company has paid a tax. Some tlmo ago the tax commissioner of the .Missouri IMcIflc communicated with the county commlsHloncrs , requesting a Joint meeting for the purpose or reaching some conclusion relative to the disputed question. As a rcault of the eommiaiicaiion the meet ing was called for today and the dellberatlocB were had. Thu tax commissioner for tlio Missouri Pa cific not only contend ) ) that the Melt line Is a part of the general ajatem but goes beyond thin , and urges that the road begins In Douglas county and paeaes Into Sarpy county , letiirnlng Into Uotig- Ins county. This being so , ho urges that It Is a matter with which the county commlhalonera have nothing to do. On the other hand , the county eominlFHloncrs hold that tlio road begltib and cmUi In Douglas county , and that , therefore. It comes under the control of the county coimnlKslancrH for assessment purposes , and la a thing over which the sluto boahl lias no Jurisdiction , During the last seven or eight years the licit Line has paid the tax levied by the statu board , but hati Ignored tbo levy made by the county commissioners , ThU morning the taic commissioner wax disposed to meet the county commissioners half way. He pro. posed a compromise and said that If It WUH granted , the company would pay Its tax to tbo county , Inxtcad of to thu Htato treas urer. urer.Upon the convening of tiio. hounl In the af let noon , the tax coiuinUslonir lor the run ! expressed hla willingness to have tin county ni'Jko the amOfum'nt , living the name value * ns that of the ntato bcurd , T4u > commUtlon- cra did not feel like < * itorlng Into an agree ment and consequently postpmed action un til next Tuesday In order to eonflult with 'lia county attorney. During the afternoon tbc quoatlun of cou ty omployes anl the annual adjustment of < iil- arles was taken U | > , but not completed. Tim Eovcrul county olllclula rrro called bcforn the board and questioned cciicernliig the help that would liu required In their rwpc.nlvo olllccs during the ensuing year. It Is likely bat the help and the salary queatln i\IU bo udJUHtcil at nn open meeting that will beheld held thin morning. N'o UBO to deny tbo fact that Salvation Oil U fast taking the place of all other