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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1898)
TTTT1 OAfATTA TIATT/V IVTVlYWTISn A V. 'N'OVTP/MIVF/rc 1ft. 1SOS. CARROLL IS HELD FOR TRIAL * South Omaha's Obief of Police Bound Orer to District Court. END OF HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING Judge Busier llrcldeii the Evidence Anfllcleiit to Warrant Examina tion Before n Jury and Fis.cn Hall at * 1,20O. Chief of Police John C. Carroll of South Omaha hag been bound over to this term ot tbo district court by County Judge Baxter for aiding and abetting the Dipont-UurKcr prlzo fight of October 22. This was the mill In which Andrew Oupont kilted William Walker by a blow on the point of tha chin , U was charged against Carroll that ho got | 2S to let tbo fight go on. After the attorney * finished their argu ments , which took up most of the forenoon , Judge Baxter carefully reviewed all the tes tlmony offered In the preliminary examina tion of Saturday. Ho found thnt the testi mony of Samuel Walker , corroborated by his brother , John W Walker , as to Carroll's presence at the prize fight , positive enough to lead to a presumption of probable callsu cf guilt , particularly the statement ot Warkor to the effect that at one time , when A quarrel arose between the two seconds , Carroll mounted a chair and Bald : "This disturbance must stop or this fight cannot fie on. Ain't you fcllowa getting the worth of your money ? " The fact that Captain Btephen Allle and Policeman P. A. Morris- Bey did not see Carroll do this simply passed for negative evidence and couM not disprove W.alker's testimony. With regard to the $25 said to have been paid b/ Tom McGulro , who represented Dupont , to Carroll aa a consideration of police connivance the court did not conclder this circumstance proven by any evidence hn had beard. He was Inclined to doubt this charge because It seemed to him Im probable that McGulrc would give to a "big man with a black moustache" nil the de scription McGulre could give the money alleged for Carroll , the man hovlng never been eeti by McOulro before or since. But this was not a really material point In the case. Ho remarked that McGulre's state ment could be entirely eliminated. All Judge Baxter had to do , he said , was to find probable cause that Carroll had com mitted on Infraction of the law In having knowledge of the fight and being on hand , and ho so held. As ho made this ruling ho looked Carroll etralght In the eye and the latter winced eomo. Ball was fixed at $1,200. L. J. Carpenter of South Omaha became Carroll's bondsman. While fixing up his ibond Carroll remarked that there would not have been any prosecution of him but foi Walker having been killed. KOR SELLING BOGUS TICKETS. George DavU Charged vrlth Ncgotlat- 1 Ing Counterfeit Trniinportatlon. The trial of George Davis for having In his possession and disposing of a number of counterfeit Chicago & Northwestern rail road tickets has progressed along far enough In Judge Slabaugh's court to have Davis take the stand In his own defense. Davis admitted that his right name Is S. W. Stover , his parents living In ttie east. He denied that ho knew the tickets to have been of a bogus character , saying that a man named McMillan , a sort of curbstone ticket broker , gave them to him In this olty and be supposed they were all right. " Do ] tr County Attorney Day , who has Chorgo ol tha'case , has In possession fif teen of the spurious tickets. In the gen uine tickets the name of the state ot IOWH Hi printed In full and there Is the condition , "No stop-over privileges If limited , " while in the counterfeits tb name of Iowa Is ab breviated and the condition Is printed as 'No stop-over privileges allowed. " The state charges Davis with having had eighteen of the tickets altogetl or , of which bo is eald to have sold fifteen and tried to cell the other three. He/had sold some to A. J. PMk * nd Thomas O'Neill , a ticket broker , took hlra around to Park * ain , ac cording to the showing the prosecution has tried to make , whereupon Park became u plclous. An effort was made to sell a ticket to B. B. Slsson , but Slsson made short work of his business by leading him Into arrest. Neither O'Neill nor Blsson , however - over , could be here to testify , both having left town. A. Foreman , a ticket broker , bought some of the tickets and so testified. The other Important witnesses for the Btata were W. H. Bowman , foreman for Rand-McNally ; John C. Rlley , special agenl for the Chicago & Northwestern ; Allen C ClampUt , who has charge of the printing of the company's tickets , and Albert J Gage , an employe of the general ticket of flee In Chicago. All the tickets were torn ofJ , after the manner of this style of ticket , making the margin wedge-shaped , sa as to bavo them good betw on Council Bluff and Chicago. Davla has been around th country considerably. He says the only reason ho changed his name was to conceal his identity at the\tlme of his arrest. Ha Boucher In Contempt. Judge Scott he * another contempt case on now and facetiously remarks that courts ol error are on the increase , the proceeding In question arising out of a Justice of th- peace , according to Boott. attempting to re - view ft divorce decree made by him about a i week go In the cue of Mrs. Mary E. Hayes against Janwn P. Hayes of South Omaha In this decree the Judge awarded to th woman the property claimed by her , but asa the husband asserted his right to a buggy r replevin suit had been brought to recove It by Attorney J. J. Boucher for the elit fendant. Boucher says the replevin sul was commenced some time before the deem waa entered. At any rate Boucher succeeded - cttt ceeded In getting the buggy and Judge ScoU A PECULIAH H1SM13DY. ometblng Abont the New Discover ; ( or Caring Uynpepila. Tht R v. F. I Bell , a highly esteemei minister residing In Weedsport , Cayuga , Co . , , N. Y. , In a recent letter writes as fallows "There has ne.vcr been anything that I hav taken that has relieved the Dyspepsia from which I have suffered for ten years excep ( the new remedy called Stuart's Dyspeps ila Tablets. Since taking them I have bad no < distress at all after eating and again af'.e long years can Isccp well. Rev. F. I. Bel , Weedsport , N. Y. , formerly , Idalla , Colo. " Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is a remark able remedy , not only because It Is a cer tain cure for all forms of Indigestion , bu because It seems to act as thoroughly In > ld chronic cases ot dyspepsia as well as In 1 mild attacks of Indigestion or biliousness . A person has dyspepsia simply because 93.ho stomach Is overworked , all It wants Is harmless , vegetable remedy to digest tb food and thus give It the much necde This la the secret ot the success of this peculiar remedy. No matter how weak or how much disordered the digestion may be , Blum's Dyspepila Tablets will digest tbo . food whether the stomach works or not. New lire and energy Is given not only to the stomach but to every organ and nerve tn the body. A trial of thla splendid medicine will convince the most skeptical that Dyspepsia and all stomach troubles can be cured. 'hoi tablets arc prepared by the F. A. Stuart Co. , of Marshall , Mlrh. , but so popular has the remedy become that Stuart's Dynpepsla Tablets can now be obtained at any drug tore at 60 cents per package. Send for took ou itemacb diseases free. issued an attachment for contempt against llm and ordered him Into the sheriff's cus tody until he returned the bugcy. Judge Scott claims that' Boucher took the decree out of the office of the clerk of the district court before It could be recorded and then sued for the buggy. This In the Judge's eye * constituted another reason for con tempt , fo he cited Boucher to return the de cree to the court. As to nh.it he will do on this feature of the case the Judge Is unde cided. Boucher still remains In the custody of the sheriff. In the afternoon an order was served on Boucher giving him twenty-four hours in which to return the buggy. Boucher's ex planation cf the status of the rig l.i that Charles L. Alstadt. Mrs. Hayes' son-in-law , took It while standing In the street and before the decree of Judge Scott was made ; furthermore , that Hayes had purchased It after ho and his wife had separated , Judge Scott offered to dismiss the attachment pr ceedlngs If the buggy wens returned , but Boucher declined and last night was still In the custody of Deputy Sheriff Lewis. EXPOSITION CONTEMPT CASE. Zltonn Still on the Slnnd Undergoing CronN-K.va in I nation. The exposition contempt case still dragt > on and Zlteun is ctlll ou the stand. His testimony Is simply a repetition of n great deal of stuff of a dubious character not at all germane to the present proceeding. The whole forenoon was consumed with a ple thora of details as to the moneys Zltoun claims he paid to his counsel , Carroll Mont gomery nnd H. S. Hall , amounting to $2COO , In the litigation brought against the Streets of All Nations by the Streets of Cairo. i Several efforts of Mr. Hall to make the wit ness admit that the danse du venire b > "La Bella Rosa , " nnd other dances cou- stttutlng the lucrative feature of the Streets of All Nations , were not really Egyptian or any other kind of Oriental dances and , therefore , not nn Infringement upon the contract between the exposition and the Streota of Cairo , were frustrated by the court sustaining technical objections of Mr. Mahouoy. The court based his position on the admlislon of the witnesses , Akouii and Zltoun , that they had violated his Injunc tion. Finally the examination of Zltolin was anlshcd late In the afternoon and Bmll Lermy , the confidential adviser of the Streets of All Nations concessionaires' , was nut on the stand. Lermy was made to rc- Tate a great deal of conversation of a pri vate business nature between Akoun and Zltoun and their counsel at various places. Ho has been acting Interpreter for Zltoun. At Atlanta , Nashville , Atlantic City , Bal timore and other placesho was with the Streets of Cairo exhibit , but when the Ori ental Exhibition company obtained the con cession bore bo went In with Akoun , Zl toun , Nalmy , Benyakar and the others of the Streets of All Nations. Mahoney wants his testimony on the ground that he la an expert. The oM etory that Mr. Montgomery said privately that ho believed Judge Scott In capacitated for the bench by reason of his supposed lack of mental balance was gone over with several other Incidentals that served the purpose of swelling the testi mony. Ho eald Mr. Montgomery had once advised the Streets of All Nations peopfe to Bhlp their stuff away from town to pre vent attachment and also related an alleged conversation In which W. D. Beckett was to bo sent to Lincoln to get a supreme court order to protect the Streets of'All Nations. A trip to Council Bluffs for the purpose of having Zltoun depoe.lt some money there was also recounted. Mr. Hall objected to the evidence from Lenny on the ground that ho was not a competent witness and his testimony was Immaterial and Irrelevant. The court over ruled the objection , giving as , a reason that he proposed to let the examination go on In the Interest of the standing of the dis trict court. 1'hllpot Get * n Judgment. Justice Cockrell entered Judgment yester day afternoon against the Tranamlsslsslppl Exposition In favor of Asa Phllpot for $180. It appeared that when bids were opened for the International hall the contract was let to Mr. Phllpot , who afterward" discovered that through a mistake In the Bpeclflcatloni he had set the figure 'too law. Consequently he asked for a release before the contract was drawn up. He had already deposited with the management $800. Of this sum $625 was returned to him and the remainder withheld as a forfeit. In entering the Judgment Justice Cockren allowed the original sum with Interest from the time the money was deposited. Note * from the ConrtM. Albert F. Connett has brought n fore closure suit against Daniel Shull and other claimants over lot 18 , block 9 , Shull's second addition. County Judge Baxter has appointed Frank D. Brown administrator of tbs N. O. Leo estate and Emma Johnson , the widow , ad ministratrix of the estate of Simon N. Brown. A suit for the purchase price of 950 sheep has been commenced by the surviving part ners of A. H. Hill & Sons against the Adams & Burke company. The amount sued for Is $2,224.50. The allegation mode is that the draft of defendants' agent for the price of the sheep was returned unpaid. The purchase was made In Wyoming In August.c The suit of Nicholas Frederlckson acalnst i Hayden Brothers. Involving an obligation on i the part of the latter to pay for a lot of I paper patterns of the stock of the old Bell 1 department store , boa resulted In a Jury I Klvlng to the plaintiff a Judgment for f 161.61. j ' Hayden Brothers had refused to take the | patterns because they were out of date at the time. The suit of Mrs. n. W. Oaylord against the Nebraska FavliiRs and Exchange hunk to recover about $12,000 has btMun neforo Judge Dickinson. Mrs. Gaylord alleges that her snn. Ralph , hypothecated at the tmnk mortgages belonging to her und obtain ) J a loan for this amount for the benefit of Mulr & Gaylord. a real estate flrm lu which he i was a partner. j Ermlna A. Lowdell , n dressmaker at 2D21 Leavcnworth street , haa again Instituted divorce proceeding against George A. ' Lowdcll. A former suit was started May 25 last , but was withdrawn by Mrs. Lowdcll In the belief that her husband would reform his habits , so she alleges , and they lived together again. The parties were married ' ' In this city Juno 10 , 1S85. and have a llttlo girl , Cordelia , 6 year * of age. | | The Allan Bourne suit to foreclose the' ' mortgage on the homestead of Thomas O'Connor on Twelfth street near Farnani has been submitted to Judge Fawcett for decision. The mortgage given waa for > I J7.000. The argument for the defense was thnt the signature of O'Connor's wife to the Instrument had been written by her daugh 'I ' ter , There-SB , and had never been adopted . by Mrs. O'Connor as her own voluntary act ! up to the time of her death three years ago. Pltndi t nullty. J. Elroff , who. with Kdward Pence , waiter , is accused of having fired the build ' ( ing at 107. 109 nnd 111. North Ninth street to gain the Insurance money on the con " tents , waa arraigned yesterday afternoon In nollce court to answer to the charge of arson. Both men pleaded not guilty and their cases were set for hearing Thursday afternoon , Mr * . Hl hop' Ilenrlnir. The case against Delia Bishop , wife of the restaurauteur of that name , who al weeks ago fired a shot Into the head of BS Chllds , her husband's cashier , will have her preliminary hearing Thursday , November 17. , The case was set for yesterday afternocn , ! but was continued because the defense was i ' not ready for the hearing _ M - - M Gori tu DUtrlut Court. Francis Henry , the self-confessed burglar I who stole a camera and other photographic paraphernalia from the rtudlo of Proctor , the photographer , when arraigned yesterday In police court to plead , waived his prellm- luary examination and was held to the dis trict court la bonds of Jl,00 . m\ \ COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Railroad Aggression Bring ? Oat Some Tire Concerning Public RightSi FOURTEENTH STREET THE BASE OF ACTION Effort * nf Terminal Company tn Se- cnrc Entrance ntid Other Ilnen to Shnt It Out Hrlng Ont Home nen- olntlnns thnt Are llefcrred. As was expected , railroad matters and , In particular , certain little affairs In connec tion with the efforts of the East Omaha Bridge and Terminal company to secure a right of way for railroad tracks In the northeast part of the city , were prominent m tbo regular meeting ot the city council 'ast night Regardless of their Importance , I owever. they formed but a small portion f the work that was done by the city nthurs. Owing to the fact that no meeting , -as held last week a mass of routine busl- icss had accumulated and a long meeting vos required to dispose of It. The body ad- ournecl at a later hour than it has for a oed many weeks past. Among the most Important matters that amo up In a railroad way was a resolution ntroduccd by Councilman Burraester. which > asscd unanimously. It was the result of ho charge made at the committee of the whole meeting of the council oh Monday hat the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroad had laid tracks on Four- eenth street without authority a couple of weeks ago for the sole purpose of keeping he Terminal company from securing en- ranco Into the city. The resolution was as allows : Resolved , That the Brard of Public Works be and hereby Is directed forthwith to take up and remove the railroad track recently aid along .the west sldo of Fourteenth street north of Burl street , the name belui ; an unlawful obstruction and a nuisance on said Fourteenth street end having teou laid without any right , authority or permission rom the city. "My purpose Is'to ' learn whether a rail road has a right to lay tracks tn the city Ike this without the permission of the city authorities , " said Councilman Burmcster In oxplalnlng his motive for Introducing the resolution. "I understand that a road has aid several tracks < in this way , but tills one nstanco will do as a test case. " Slny Open * New Street. Another matter connected with the T r- mlnal company scheme was the Introduction of an ordinance by Lobeck declaring the necessity of opening Thirteenth street north from Izard. If this level thoroughfare to tic heart of the city is provided It Is be lieved that the objections of the north bottoms toms manufacturers to the entrance ot the Terminal company by way of Fourteen th street will be overcome. These manufac turers object to the scheme simply because they assert that additional tracks on Four teenth street will destroy the value of that thoroughfare and that they will 'therefore bo deprived of a level road to the heart of the city. The ordinance was read a first and second time and referred. Still another bit of Interest In connec tion -with this matter was a protest from Nils Lyon , a property owner living at 1323 California street , against the granting of the right of way. ito declared residence property in the eecttoa of the city affected would be ruined. Jimt Mild Hint. The expected preliminary step wa taken In the direction of prodding the Union Pa cific and Burlington railroads to commence work on the proposed new Sixteenth street viaduct , but Jt was a raVhor .mlM oije. Councilman Btuht offered a resolution that aa the city engineer reported several weeks ago that the plans for the viaduct were ready and as the present viaduct Is in a dilapidated condition , the city engineer be directed to report at the next meeting the condition ot the present viaduct and the prospects for the early letting ot a contract for the new viaduct. This resolution waa adopted without discussion. Another railroad matter was brought to the surface in a resolution by which money was appropriated for the use of the Board of Public Works for putting into condition and maintaining the city streets , sewers and sidewalks during the remainder of the year. As all the funds from which this money would regularly be taken are empty the ap- proprl'atlon was taken out of the Bolln bondsmen fund with the understanding that the money shall be returned to the fund as soon as the amounts due the city from the various railroad companies for the repair and maintenance of viaducts are paid Into tha treasury by the railroad companies. In this connection the special committee which was Instructed to see the- railroads about the viaduct money was mildly Jacked up. The committee has been appointed for some months , but has apparently accom . plished nothing. This body was requested to report at the next council meeting what progress has been made in tbo collection of the claims against the railroads. Money for Ilapalr * . The resolution gave the Board of Public Works $2,100 for general street repairs , $3,000 for sidewalk construction and repairs , $1,800 for street cleaning and sweeping and $1,000 ! for sewer maintenance. Items ' amounting i to $4,800 for tlmo checks given for : past labor were also allowed , making the grand total of the appropriation $12,700 , The board waa notified that It would get ! no more additional funds : during the rest of the year. Mayor Moores presented a communication , on the death of Colonel C. S. Chase , which was ordered .spread upon the records. The recent animated target practice In dulged In by a bunch of policemen in the northwoUern part ot the city almost re- suited In the setting aside of an approprl- atlon for the purchase.of additional amrau- nltlon In order to encourage the coppers In the good work. When Chairman Lobeck ; of the committee on public property and building * recommended the purchase of some bedding for the city Jail one of the.council- men remarked : "Don't you think you had ' bettor recommend the purchase of some new ammunition for those coppers who ueed up | all they had In the shooting soiree with a couple of crooks the other day ? With a couple of hundred rounds more they may be able to h't a balloon after awhile. " The matter was referred to a special com- mlttee with Instructions to see If some au- tomatlc , self-aiming and self-shooting Gat- HnB suns could not be secured at a bargain soraewnere. The bedding for the Jail was allowed. In answer to the request made to tbo exposition - position company that It turn over to the city the fire Apparatus and bouse on the cxposi- tlon grounds as recompense for the addl- -tlonal expense Incurred by the city In sta- tlonlng an engine company there for five months , Secretary John A Wakefleld wrote to the effect that the exposition Is holding the apparatus until It Is determined whether an other exposition is to be held next year. "U seems to me that the council ought to be satisfied with the tact th&t its request has finally been acknowledged , " was President Blngham's comment on this rathir unsatis factory response from the expodtion. Tremiinrer Short ot Money. In answer to a complaint from Council 1- man Rurkley that property owners are not being notified when their taxes become de Hnquent City Treasurer Edward * made another - other kick of the inadequate amount off money that was appropriated to run hla of- fico. He stated that a man should be hired for this particular purpose and asserted that tb additional expense would result In con ' omy In the long run. He said that not only onwe would the employment of such a man result In the collection of taxes that otherwise Inbe be delinquent but would also result In th collection of 60 per cent ot the delin quent taxes that ore now being earned on , the bcoks. The communication was ro- fcrred without actlou. The council did what It could to have the paving stones torn out of Parnam street betwon Ninth and Eighteenth streets and to repavo the thoroughfare with asphalt. It passed on the third reading the two ordi nances permitting the work nnd it now re mains for the adjoining property owners to petition for It. The ordinance to nar row Chicago street between Thirty-eighth avenue and Thirty-ninth street was also parsed on the third reading. In answer to a complaint from the dem ocratic and populist central committees , made before election , thit their two par- I tics were not represented properly on the registration board and a threat that the election ) of every republican would ba con tested ( If thla were not remedied , a epcelal committee reported that , aa the results of , the ejection Indicated , the councllmen could j i nnd very few populists and democrats to take up the Joba all former members of me tribes held Jobs under General Roys of prosperity and had turned republicans , So in c New Ordinance * . The following ordinances were Introduced , read a first and second time and referred : To grade South Sixteenth street from B to Phelpa , to grade Eleventh from Lincoln Avenue to Williams , to change the grade of j Thirty-sixth street from Pacific to WoolU worth avenua and Popplcton , Thirty-eighth j venue from Thlrty-flfth nvenuo to Thirty- seventh avenue , to issue about $45,000 dis trict Improvement bonds for street improve ments In various parts of the city that have been made during the last year. A. L. W. Begg made a somewhat peculiar offer to replace the street signs , many of which arc defaced and Illegible. Ho pro poses to erect free of nil cost to the city substantial oak posts on street corners with ' ' the names of Intersecting streets In 'bold ' letters and keep the lettering legible from year to year without expense to the city. He offered to explain his plan In detail on request. The matter was "referred. " An offer was received from the Clarkson Memorial hospital to grant to the city the us ? of Its newly purchased exposition ambulance In emergency cases on the call ot the city physician. A request was made that the council give the ambulance the right of way on city streets over all vehicles except these of the fire- and pollco depart ments. The matter was referred. On and alter December 1 one man Instead oftwo men will look after the heating of iho city Jail both day and night. It Is be lieved { " tlyit the fires can be banked so as to keep the building warm during the night without an attendant. Tht salary of the solitary fireman was ralscl I $ C3 a raonlh. A gas lump was located at Twenty-fifth and Grover streets In order to frighten away the burglars and tramps who have been j terrorizing that neighborhood. A resolution was pateed asking the expo sition company to open Manderson street across'the exposition grounds on Twentieth street for travel. The request of the Festival Choral society that It be permitted to use the assembly room In the city hall for rehearsals In prep arations for Ita May festival , to be given next year , was referred. A bill of $3,000 for special street Illumina tions during the Ax-Sar-Ben carnival was allowed. MONEY KOR TUB STHKET WORK. Council Will Provide Menn for Carrying on Rcpnlrn. The appropriation for eltfet and sidewalk work , which has been approved by the city council < and will bo' allowed , amounts to $12,500. This Is what City Engineer Rosewater - water estimates la necessary to put and keep the streets , sewers and sidewalks ot the city in good shape during the remainder of the year. Of this amount $3,000 will be used In side walk construction , repair and Inspection. This , more than anything cTeHe , Induced tha city , to make the appropriation asked for by \ Uie city engineer , as the city fathers have j ordered a large amount of wooden and other sidewalks to be laid and there Is no money , In the regular fund with which to do , the work. This sum will return to the city In the shape of assessments , as the cost of laying a sidewalk Is assessed against the adjoining property , but the tax cannot bo < collected until the wanes are laid and la therefore not available at once. Of the remainder of the appropriation , $4,200 will ba spent for general street repairs by filling up holes and washouts and In crosswalk construction and repair. Street sweeping and cleaning will cost $3,600 , newer maintenance will require $1,350 and $330 will bo needed for curb , gutter and paving repairs. City Engineer Rosewater succeeded In get- ting ! this money only by threatening that he would cease work on the streets at once and discharge all the city laborers unless the money was forthcoming. He has been com pelted to act like this several times dur- , lng the year In order to get necessary money 'to do required work , and once or twice has gone BO far as to discharge the city laborers. Regarding this the city engineer says : "This condition of affairs Is altogether due to the fact that the city council failed .to sot aside enough money for the various de partmcnts of the Board of Public Works. For example only $21,000 was set aside for street sweeping , when $40,000 Is barely enough. The consequence haa been that 1 have had to repeatedly ask the council for money to maintain the dr-irtments. This j has not only Interfered with the work and sometimes put a stop to It , but also has prevented the Board of Public Works from doing It as economically as It might have done bad It had the money on "hand so It could plan for the future. I propose to try to have enough money sot aside next year and do away with this slipshod way ot do- Ing business.1 WRECK1 ON MISSOURI PACIFIC William HeMer U IJndly Injured While Stealing a Hide Going to IIU Dylnir Mother. A eerlous wreck on the -Missouri Pacific railroad occurred at 1 o'clock this mornIng - Ing at Thirtieth and I streets , South Omaha , and Wlltlam Hester , a cook at the Continental restaurant , who was stealing a ride , was run over and crushed so that one of his legs and an arm will have to be am putated. The wreck was caused by the parting o train No. 132 , one section being left a Thirtieth and I streets , the other continuing to run four miles further , until Avery was reached. One of the brakeman also was In Jurcd. Hester was beating his way on a frelgh train to the bedside of a dying mother when the accident occurred. His mother resides at Louisville , Ky. FIRES SWEEPJTHE PRAIRIES Expoicd nulldlniri and Crop * Are De troyed by Flame * In In dian Territory. I. T. , Nov. 15. Pralrlo flrea which have been raging In this vicinity fo ; the last tbreo days have swept away crop ; and , lu s me Instances , farmhouses , causlnt , great damage. Farmers are organizing t f.ght the Ore and will try to prevent It from spreading to tbo more thickly settled com munltlet. INCREASES IN THE TAX ROLl Omaha's Total Valuation Again Shows a Very Healthy Advance , MORE THAN A MILLION OVER LAST YEAR Comnilmlonpr Snckelt linn theHooka AlmoHt llpndy tn Turn Over to ( lie Donrd of llrvlrvr , Which Met Ymlrrilny. Mr. Prosperity is leaving another mark of evidence of his . rcsenco In this city orC the 1S99 assessment roll which City Tax Commissioner Sackctt has aluimt completed and which will occuiiy the attention and time of the Board of Review during the next few wceeks. The total valuation for taxation for the coming year will bo $ l,2oO , . 000 , If not more , greater than thdt of last year and this Increase Is of such a character - actor ni would profit the trlbo of calamity howlers to study. Today Is the day upon which the Board of Kovlcw , according to law , was compelled to commence Us sitting and Tax Commis sioner Sackett under ordinary circumstances would have had the assessment roll com pleted. In the Rees Printing company flro of some weeks ago , however , the books necessary for the work were destroyed and the contract had to bo relet. The work of getting out thwo books was consequently delayed a full two weeks. The force In the tax commlmloner's office has almost suc ceeded In overcoming this delay , but It Is still a little behind and It may be thrco or four daye 'before ' the entire assessment roll Is completed. " As a conscquoaco exact figures on the valuation cannot bo given. Tax Commis sioner Sackett , however. Is confident of the ( soundness of an estimate that the total will bo In the vicinity of $34,250,000 and In this figure Deputy Edwards coincides. This will bo an Increase of over $1,200,000 over the total for the present year , which Is $33,049,503. Both these totals are 40 per cent of the actual valuation , as nearly as the assessors could approximate It. Of this Increase very nearly $500,000 Is tacked on to last year's assessment on city lots and lands. The remainder represents Increased valuation of other land and Improvement * and personal property. Where It Comen From , The tale of prosperity ns related by these figures Is found In the fact that , with the j exception of a slight proportion due to the raising of come assessments of last year that were considered too low , they prove that vacant houscB and stores have filled up wonderfully during the past year .Such U the opinion of Tax Commissioner Sackett. "This Ifl the conclusion I draw from the returns on personal property , for example , " 'says ' the tax commissioner. "To bo sure , I have no accurate figures on this portion ot jo assessment yet , but the number of ilanks Issued will form an accurate means f forming an estimate. This year wo have ent out about 13,000 blanks to bo filled In with valuations of personal property. This a about 2,000 more than we sent out last ear. Then , too , last year , on account of ho system In vogue , a good many dupll- atcs wcro cent out and this was not the case thU yenr. Consequently thp actual In crease U much greater. "Increases ara ehown In this way all along the line. Prom this but one conclu sion can bo diawn , In one year's Jtmo an occupied house cannot Increase much In value , and that this Is a fnct In .shown by the returns on such , which are about the same as last year. Therefore the Increase tu valuation must coruo from previously un occupied houses and stores c > r those which have been erected during the past year. The personal property of the oeupants In creases that branch of the assessment , the property Increases in value and the Im provements further swell the assessment roll. l " The assessments upon real estate have almost been completed , but the assessments on personal property , on Insurance com panies and on banks hove not yet been totaled. This work will be completed In the next few days. Despite the fact that the assessment roll was not completed , the Board of Review held Its Initial meeting yiwterday : morning , aa required by law. The board consists of John Rush. Harry Rec < l and Kred Sackett. A few matters wore dis posed of. The board will sit dally until It completes Its work. WILL TACKLEJJRIDGE TOLLS Commercial Club .Milken Itonily ( or Another llonni ! with the Arlil- Irnr.v Tax on The action of the executive committee of the Commercial club , which contemplates a ' vigorous campaign for the removal of the j bridge arbitrary , Is Inspired by Improved ! conditions , which sct'in to warrant the ex pectation of success. It Is understood that seme of the railroads arc beginning to con sider the proposition more favorably than they have before , ' and It Ir even Intimated that thcro Is a posslblllty that the obnoxious toll may bo removed within a very short time. The main factor that has operated to Induce - duce this alleged change ot front Is the action of the Port Arthur route , which abolished the arbitrary pome time ago. It Is understood that since then many Omaha shippers have Indicated their appreciation of this concession by diverting as much or their business ns possible to the Port Ar thur route , with the result that this Una haa gained very rapidly nt the cxpcnso of the older roads. It Is paid that the pros pective loss of n considerable amount of lucrative * business has been effective where all arguments have failed. The roads are said to bo seriously considering whether they will not gain by meeting the action of the Port Arthur people , and It Is believed that this Is a most favorable tlmo for re newing the agitation. It Is also known that some very Influential Interests have re cently been enlisted In behalf of the conces sion that Omaha shippers demand and they arc very confident that they will now win out. out.Tho The bridge toll of $4 and $5 a car has been ono of the most obnoxious regulations that Omaha shippers have had to contend with. Aside from Its operation as a handi cap on Omaha enterprise It absorbs an Im mense amount of money from Omaha and South Omaha every year. Conservative es timates Indicate that tbo shippers ot the two cities pay out fully $100,000 a year in bridge tolls , a charge that Is made against no other Missouri river city. The removal of the Incubus would bo welcomed as ono of the most fortunate- concessions the city tmi obtained tn years , GAY SCENtiS AT THE FAIR Incrrnurd Allfiiiliinotnnd ll\ely 111- trrrnt In tlu- Voting Contest nt Tlmrnton Armory. The jicaco Jubilee and fair held In the Thurttton lUlUe' armory was attended last evening by a largo crowd of people. Jt \\ai the second night of the fair's existence nnd bc.Mdcs the display of fancy goods anil the Interest of the voting contestn to at tract vldtors theiv wan an entertainment by the North Omaha Dramatic club that showed considerable talent on the part ot the members nnd created great amusement. The BparlouH hall , with Its bright-colored booths , polished floors nnd crowds of spec tators , presented a gay eccno. In the early part ot the evening the people pasted the tlmo Inspecting the goads that are dltt- playcd In every nook and corner for sale , later they found wnts In the eetnl-clrcln of chairs arranged lu front of the 'stage and watched the presentation of a farce- comedy and a minstrels by the dramatic club. club.The The title of the comedy was "A Paper for Salo" and those who took part were J. J. Ulley. Wllllo Cowan , Bart Ford , J. A. Bowler and Margaret Hlley. In the minstrels those who wore the burnt cork and beat tambourines or rat tled bones wore J. It. Conner , lV , Mill- cahey , J. P. Ncstlebush. James Nesircbtlsh and D. J. Hurley. The entertainment ended with a cake walk by those \slio luipcrsou- ated thn colored men. The three contests In which the Interest ot the crowd centers each evening are thu diamond stud contest to determine the mo.it popular young man In Omaha , the diamond mend ring contest to decide uhlch of several young Indies Is thu most popular with her friends and the wheel contest , In which thn winner , the moat popular boy or girl lit the city , win bo given a valuable wheel. Thu young men competing for the dt.unond stud are E. B.-Krug uitil I. J. Dunn. The young women who covet the ring are Mlw Clara Mcrgen , Miss Anna McNamara and Miss Emma Broughs. Thcro are two boy and t\\o girls In the race for the wheel. They are James Ncstlebush , James Silver , Nclllo Cannon and Maggie Browu. Chime After Criminal * Aliiindnnuil. The chaao after Kojal ( Hppuer and George Van Hnllcr. the t o cilmlnnU who successfully rcnlstrd arrest , attempted Mon- ilny noon by Cainlaln Coniul Detectives Sullivan , Dcmpacy and Itojsor , nnd who matlo their escape under cover of a fusil lade of pistol slio'.s , was abandoned la t nlcht nt a ptlnt not far bnyond Plaits- mouth. Two of thi > officers returned to thu city , while the other , with Captain Cox , took n , flying trip to Weeping Wntnr. H nns found that efforts to pursue the dre- pcradocs farther than 1'lattsmoutli would prove futile , as all track nf the men \vni : lost beyond that tolnt. DetectIves Sullivan nnd Kovfior arrived In the city late last night nnd Detective Dcmpsey accompanied Captain Cox to Weeping Water , wnoro Cieppnor bus relaitlvw , The pollco thluk that It Is pot Improbable that CJeppncr will try to obtain aid from these rulatlvt'fa. 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