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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
