GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRON
fetturJij'i Rtialti Only Ime ti Fnrthtr
Oonfut Dtpimaktri.
'WESTERN GUES3ERS HOPELESSLY AT SEA
tothfnsr fun Me Made of the OntlouL
He? nnd the Fn Hint the I, cm
of Williams Has Crippled
"f ' -
fun Moat Jnill.
i Saturday: foot ball games between col.
leges the fcpurttry ivtr were In the west
productive of a strange paradox and In tho
east of an Interesting opportunity to con
trast thojjiwork of Yale and Princeton.
.These were,, the principal features, though
others abound.
In the wpst' tho paradox occurred In the
caso of th University of Iowa team, which
for some reason mostly unknown was over
whelmed by the Illinois men,,!" to 0. What
.makes this so astonishing U the faot' thn't
Northwestern university defeated Illinois
o easily two weeks ago, that Iowa played
such a Rood gapio against tho Minnesota
giants, that Illinois laid It over Chicago so
terribly, and that IbsJ of all Chicago Sat
urday came within one point of tying
Northwestern In their annual game,
There is a muddle of progress and retro
gression within the short limn of n fort
night that has seldom been equaled In a
foot ball season. It shows plainly that the
harrlng frorn the game of Captain Williams
of Iowa for professionalism has simply an
nihilated that team. It has removed the
center ok pcrlphery( as It were, of the en
tiro eleven,. , Williams was fiuartorback and
exerted ami unusual moral force over his
..mon, whlflh was a big factor In any con
test. Since his definite removal the play,
ers have Jost heart and It Is doubtful that
they will recover from this blow at tho
vitals of the team this season. If they do
not, the Thanksgiving game at Chicago
will be a pitiful walkaway for 'tho Wolver
ines, Other Team Hi-versr Pnrm.
Just what else these games Indicate Is
difficult lo. determine, but It is probable
that Chicago Is Improving greatly, with
Northwestern about on ti level with its
previous, form. Illinois, too, must have
braced greatly since tho Northwestern
game. The championship situation, mean
while, as r'egards Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota.. Is unchanged. No new light ap
pears on he situation, for Minnesota played
no game -tit alt Saturday, and the Badgers
merely ato up tho Ames team by about the
same score' the Nebraskans would havn
made against the 'Agriculturalists hsd tho
field nt Lincoln been 'Other thau n mud
puddle op the day they' played.
However, this week wjll end the sus
pense ln,.ono particular Wisconsin and
Mlnnesqta play nt Madison next Saturday,
and one or the other will fall out of the
race. Thla will bo by far-,the greatest col
lego gamt) of the middle, west this year, and
coaches from every big school will bo thero
with some of their men, especially captains
of teams, ,
After jhinklPK a record (In scores Michi
gan looms to-bo, resting on Us oars. Tho
.newspapers express themselves as greatly
disappointed in the team for not defeating
6hlo worse than 21 to 0, but It is very
llkoly that Coach Yost Knows what he Is
doing and will have his team on deck In
Chicago on Thanksgiving day with Its full
strength.
niir I'onr Lose n .llrmlirr,
j Th'a'rthe,vJllg' Emir of (he east is hardly
to be called that this season is now ap
parent. Big Three should be the title,
is Pannsylvanla. seems hopelessly outclassed
by tho others. The fine trouncing by Hnr
rard on Saturday was a bitter pill for tho
Quakers; but it was only to be cxpocted
fter, the showing tho Utter have made.
Meanwhile all Interest centers In the
Vale-Prlnccton game of November 16, and
the tie. game which Princeton played West
Point Saturday was most opportune) as a
gauge, for Vale and West Point also tied
i short time ago. This would seem to In-
Slcoto that Yale has tho better chance for
winning, however, ,as it is history now
that tho nines always reach their very
best Just at the las't ten days of the season.
3o Yalo Is probably better now than whVu
It played the soldiers. Out it will be a
srand flght7
After making such good showings against
11 the teams of the Dig Four the team of
Columbia university became careless and
llsgraco resulted. Syracuse took tho New
Yorkers in tow to the tune of II to 6.
Away out wcBt tho University of Call
tornla has defeated Stanford only 2 to 0
ind It wl'l be of great Interest to see how
the Michigan team will match up with
thnso two teams, which seem to be so near
of a class.
RAH-RAH BOYS STAY OVER
'elebratlon of the NelrtnWn Victory
Lasts Vn to the l.lmlt
of Tickets.
Though both the teams of husky foot
ball men that contended nt Young Men's
Christian association park yesterday nftcr
noon 'had departed from the city of con
flict today, their footers had not gone
with them. Of the thousand University of
Nebraska students nnd others who came
up 'from Lincoln Saturday morning by far
the greater portion remained In the city
till tho various Sunday trains,
The latest train down to Lincoln Satur
day night left Omnha at 10-30 and few
of tho enthusiasts cared to cut short at
such an early hour their expressions of
Jubilance and pride In the great victory
scored by their team. Therefore It was
tho Sunday trains that met with the highest
favor. For most of two cays the Oate
City was a foot ball town and nil traces
of the affair nro not yet gone, This morn
Irig's trains down to the' capital rlty will
still carry a good round number of the
Cornhusker adherents. Other reminders are
the.remnantB of. scarlet nnd cream colors
and big chrysanthemums scattered about.
All tho Nehraska players came through
the game In good shape and enjoyed tho
vaudeville performance at night, but they
were very Jirctt. They pinyert a bard game
nd-soma Jot them went to sleep In tholr
seats at tho Orpheum from sheer exhnus
tlom Crandall and Cortelyou, Omaha boys
did not return with the team, hut remained
over till Sunday night vlBlting their homes
here.
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stockholders' meetings, etc., to The Nee
Wo will give them properjegal Insertion
Telephone 238.
HASON RIDES IN TRIUMPH
Winner of sn Klrpllnn Bet (Jets it
Short Trip tin a
v r I'liloycle,
A "freak" election bet n paid Sunday
afternoon In the First ward of Omaha, and
to see that the terms were compiled with
about 100 of the friends of the parties t
tho bet were invited to be present, while
attracted by the crowd 300 or more In
terested persona gathered to see the per
formance.
8o'me daya previous lo the election James
Zesnlsk and Anton Hason discussed th
relative) strength of 8. I. Gordon and Loul
Berk esndldates for police Judge. Zeiu-
lak was a strong charnulen of Gordon, .
whlle Mason as earnestly believed In th?
powers of Judge Hcrka to draw votes, As
a result of the argument Zerulak offered
to push Haton In a wheelbarrow from
Sixth and Pierce streets to Third and Hick-
ory streets, in case Uerka should re-
celve more votes than Oordon. The battle
of the ballots went against Oordon and the
bet was raid Sunday afternoon
The word went out to the friends of the
men and by .1 o'clock 'there were assembled
between 300 and 400 persons at the corner
of Sixth and Tierce streets. Zeiulak had
already made his preparations. A new
wheelbarrow decorated with bunting and
flying two United States flags was stand-
ng at the corner, A few minutes tafter
he hour n procoslon headed by a brass
band of twenty-one pieces, with flags flying,
came to the corner bringing the partici
pants In tho triumph of the republican par
tita ti.
As the band began a wild march Hason
took his scat in the vehicle and It started
over the course. Ily the terms of the wager
Zczulak was to provldo a keg of beer each
time the wheelbarrow was upset along tho
course, but the crowd was disappointed, as
the trip of ten blocks was made in safety.
W. J. Shlvely, natesvllle, O., speaking of
Marnier Salve, says: "I used it for plies
nd It hss done me more good than any
alve I havo ever used ' '" "
TWO FIRES BLAZE ON SUNDAY
Minor Damage llraiilta to Severn!
It ii 1 1 f ii ikk sa the Otilonnip
t nt ."perks.
Fire of unknown origin was discovered
Sunday forenoon In a frame barn at 1P19
South Twenty-first street, usod by Haar
mann Bros, as an adjunct to their vinegar
factory. Several head of hones were
tabled In It at the time, but these were
safely removed. The building, which wan
worth $300, was damaged to the extent of
about $100. Fifty dollars' worth of feed
was destroyed,
Tho flames were communicated to a
frsmo d "veiling at 101 South Twenty-first
street, owned and occupied by James M.
Faxon and family, but this escaped without
serious damage. The shingles were burned
through in several places.
An hour later another alarm of fire was
turned In, this time from the neighborhood
of Twenty-seventh and liard streets. Hot
ashes piled against the side of a frame
building at 053 North Twenty-seventh
street, used by Nels O. Nelson as a car
penter shop, ignited tho structure and did
about $50 worth of damagi.
SOFT, ttl.OSfV tiAin.
It ('nil Only lie llnrt Where There In
y.n DnmlrufT.
Any man or woman who wants 'soft, glossy
hair must he free of dandruff, which causes
falling hair. Since It has become known
hat dandruff Is a germ ''disease the old
hair preparations, that were 'mostly scalp
Irritants, have been abandoned and the
public, barbers and doctors Included, hare
taken to using Newbro's Herptclde, tho
only hair preparation that kills the dan
druff germ. R. Oodd, Dickinson, N. D.,
says: "Herptclde not only cleanses tho
scalp from dandruff and prevents tho hair
falling out, hut promotes a new growth.
Herplcldo keeps my hair very glossy."
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
N. M. Ttenner of Iluffido. W'yo.. Is at the
Murray.
P. Bartlett of Dee Moines Is Kt the
Mlltnrd.
J. It. Hronson of Oratid Island is at the
Dcllone. ,
aeorae A. Pembcrton of Bnearflsh. 8. D..
Is In the city. ,
T. J. Donahue of Hock Island Is a patron
of the Mlllnrd.
Mrs. Edwnrd nurkc of Wnlnut. In., is
visiting In the city.
J. W F.lder and I. C. Dean of Chicago
are qunrtered nt the Mlllnrd.
J. Mclaughlin, stockman, of Cedar
Rapids Is a patron of the Dellone.
Mrs. F. W. IleusInK and daughter, Jessie
Belle, of Uncolii are nt tho Mlllnrd.
Andy Lewis and wife of Chicngd,
now
playing nt the Orpheum
are stopping nt
me uenone.
A moll. Pene Cnlcn 'T'Hie-.nimcent little
sopruno now singing 'rtt tho Orpheum, is
registered nt the Dellone.
Colonel K. J. McClernand of the Depart
ment .of the Missouri and wife llnve gotio
to housekeeping at 2137 South Thirty-third
street.
Jake llosenthal Is back from Buffalo,
looking as urbane tin ovtr. nnd Is busy
telling tils menus now tug ne in io kt.i
bnck to Omaha. Hn will resume the man
agement of the Trot-adero,
Albert Sbepard of Red Onk. IOi, nnu
R. W. Kretchmsui of Coburg. la,, are ut
tv,., inrt'fiv nn ihplr return from KansnK
City, where they attended the meeting of
the retail implement dealers of Missouri
nnd Kansas.
rnnv" Monro, who ilurlnc the last year
recruited from their native heath a band
of US Filipinos nnd exhibited them nt the
Pan-American exposition, has returned to
Omaha, where he will resume his former
work ns press agent of the Boyd theater.
Major firndner D. 8tauBhter..nccomnanled
by John Ixittrldge, his son-in-law and chief
clerk, and Mrs. l,ottrldge and Mrs. Gamble.
his daughters, lort aumiity aiiernqon im
Ban Francisco, whence they will snll No
vember 16 on the transport Meade for tha
Philippines, where Mnjor. Hiaugnier win
servo fur two years us paymaster in mo
Cnlted States army. The'depnrtment order
transferring the pay department from
Major Slaughter to his successor was issued
Sunday, the affairs of the riffle? having
been settled lata week
Tim Ormsby
"What are you goln' to do for n llvln'
when th' supreme court knocks out th' flre
an' police board?" asked Tim Ormsby of
the desk sergeant.
"Don't know, Tim; maybe I can catch on
as a block watchman somewhere,''
"Thought after readln' what Josle( Flint
said about you In th' AVhoop-Holler that
you'd buy out th' city waterworks or open
up n townslte company. Ain't you been
stowin' y,er rake off theso last ten years!"
"There's not much left of It, you know,
after wc divvy with the heads of depart
ments. But what do you think about that
supreme court business?"
"(Jive It up. A supreme court's a good
deal like a Jury; you can't tell what they'll
do. I sometimes thinks they decides their
cases with the dice, 'cause they can never
get such funny results fllppln' a coin. I
has a friend once that's palntln' th' root
of a house, nn' th' ladder slips, lettln' him
fall on th' cocoaunt of a presldln' Judge
that's pussln'.
" 'What made you do that?" says th' court,
rubbln' his thought Incubator.
" 'Th' law of gravytatlon,' says my friend,
" 'Well, it's null and void,' says th' couru
'It's onconstltootlonal, an' your case Is re
manded for n new trial. Go back to th'
roof an' try It again.'
"But without wlshln' you any bad luck,
sergeanf, I'd like to see th' gov'ner hie
th' power of appolntin' the flre and police
board, 'cause lt'd make no end o' fun for
th' reporters and give th roudyvllle shows
a lot o' new gags. S ppose sometime th
people elect a main works from Coiad
or from nrewstrr-ln-th'-Sand-HIUs then
Omaha can get along with a town mar
shal, an a deputy to help him carnival
week.
"We has an A. P. A. police force once
that's a James Dandy. U runs in some
guys from out In th' residence district for
(sprlnklln' their lawns after curfew, while
THE OMAHA DAILY "BEE: )!OM)AY, 2s OV IvM 11EU II, 11)01.
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i NO ASSESSMENTS LEVIED BY CITY MACHINE
A .Member of City Ksemtlve Com
mittee Victor llnsennter Proposes
Direct ninlnntlnn of rlioiil
Hoard Candidate.
"Before the campaign Just closed Is en
tirely passed over several things brought
up In It demand attention, so as to remove
false Impressions," said Victor Itosewater
of the executive committee of the repub
lican city committee. "I refer particu
larly to the school board campaign In
which the opposition to tho republican
ticket made their chief capital by charging
tho ticket to be a creation of the city
machine and charging our committee with
being the organization of the city adminis
tration. As a matter of fact the school
board ticket was made up of men (with
one exception) who have at no time been
actively Identified with the city administra
tion or Its politics. All hut one of these
candidates received tho popular endorse
ment of tho republicans of his own ward
at the school board primaries and it came
with poor grace for republicans to oppose
them after they had been nominated, whp
themselves had either helped to carry the
primaries for them or neglected to partici
pate in tho primaries at all.
Sehool lion r (I Dominates Committor.
"So far as the city committee Is con
cerned It is really more of a Bchool board
machlno than a rlty administration machine.
The chairman of the committee, Mr. Herlng,
Is the attorney for tho school board, and
two members of the school hoard, Mr.
Maynard and Mr. Johnson, are members of
the executive committee, which Is the gov
erning body. Another member of the ex
ecutlvo committee, Mr. (Jrlmes, is the cus
todian under the school board. A fourth,
Dr. Hnnchett, Is the close personal friend
of Mr. Stubbendnrf of the school board and
Is responsible for the nomination of Mr.
Barnard on the boaid. A fifth member,
Mr. Ornham, Is a nosom friend of Member
Robert Smith, and a sixth. Mr. Kennard,
Is very close to President Hnyward and
Members Wood and Nason, the delegation
that made the fight for Hayward's protege,
Mr. Bates, A good majority, therefore, of
tho executive committee of'tho city com
mittee Is directly or Indirectly connected
with tho schools and more under sthe In
fluence of tho controlling majority of the
school' board than under the Influence of
Mayor Moores nnd his appointees.
No Assessments Levied by Mnrhlne.
"The story put In circulation to the ef
fect that the city committee ns the agent
of the city machine was assessing all the
city employes for campaign purposes and
explaining Its anxiety to elect the school
board ticket on the ground that the city
machine wanted to be In position to levy
campaign assessments upon teachers, Jan
itors and school board employes is an ab
solute Action. Tho city commlttco did not
Impose a single assessment upon anyone
except tho candidates nominated upon the
school board ticket. It did not spend much
Over $100 In the wholo campaign, nnd that
was used for printing, postage and legltimnto
ornce expenses, while I am not now a
member of the county committee, yet aa a
member of the state committee I happen to
know that, tho only assessments made upon
republican city and county officers and
employes in Omaha during the Isst cam
paign were levied by the new county ma
chine, whose members In past years had
made such nn ado about the exactions of
the old committees. Having served on
county committees for three years I can
sny that never before this year was the
assessment business carried so far as It
has been under the now county ma
chine, which collected money from city em
ployes drawing small salaries In minor po
sitions, who were never solicited before;
from police officers, from saloon keepers,
brewers nnd gamblers, All this will come
out lu due time when the report of the
treasurer is filed. If the names of the con
tributors to the new machine's csmpalgn
fund are properly set forth. Instead of the
city committee being chargeable with these
Impositions the responsibility Is all with
the new county machine.
About DlapoaseBNliiK PrlnclnU.
"Two other stories manufactured for po
litical purposes against the republican
school board . ticket should be corrected.
One Is that the city machine had con
cocted h plan to dispossess all the women together with many freight cars and con
principals of the public schools and sub- tents, were burned today. Loss over $100,
stitute In their places men who could be OCO.
made useful in politics. I was accused
of being the author of this plan and of
having discussed it with several members
of the present school board. This story
Is without foundation. I never dreamed
of any such plan and never proposed It to
any member of the school board. The
nearest I ever came to it that I remember
was to suggest that perhaps the schools
might be run more economically and money
saved to the taxpayers by requiring the
principals to put In part of their time at
teaching, as they UBed, to do when I at
tended the very same schools,
"The other fabrication spread In the
secret meetings held In the Interest of
the democratic candidates sought to ex-
three-card mon(e sharks Is sackln' th' town,
Now maybe we'll come in for a pop force,
with so much whiskers leakln' out o' tholr
mugs that they has to wear their stars
on tbelr pants legs, or for a dtmocratlc
force, lookln' like they'd slept all their
IIvcb curled up In aahbarrels. Or, 'as I
said before, maybe th' gov'ner from Brew-ster-ln-th'-Sand-Hllls
Ml think we're put
tin' on too much dog with a police force,
an' make us worry along with a town
marshal.
"I can see him now, makln' his private
secretary read th' moinln' papers to hlra.
" 'In my capacity as gov'ner of Omaha
an' mayer of Newbraska,' he sayB, 'I de
mand to know what's new In th' village
by I'jplo crick,'
" 'They was" two cases o' plain drunk
an' a petty larceny last night,' reads th'
secretary.
" 'Was they arrested?'
" 'They was not. This piece In th' paper
says they's no police protection.'
" 'It's scandalous! It's outragous!' says
th' govSncr. 'In my town o' Brewster th'
marshal always gets up nights to make
a pinch when they's call for It. Th'
Omaha marshal Is layln' down on his Job,
Hr's -glvln' too much attention to his pri
vate business o' stretchln' carpets an'
settln' up stoves, nn' Is neglectln' his
public dooty. What else does th' paper
say?'
" 'It says a greengoods man Is run lu
for sellln' a peck o' sawdust to BUI Chaw
bacon.' " 'Did he get his money for th' saw
dust?' "'Yes; th' plecs says he got 200 cold
tamnlcons for It,"
' "Wire them to turn him loose. Anyone
that can collect money from Bill Chow
baron ts too good a man to waste his time
In th' booby hatch. Bill Is from ray town,
ship. Oo on with th' readln'.
" 'A school teacher Is on th' carpet for
V
I,n the firm stand lk n by The He
n,ain.i qlmrintnrfnt r m kv an al
leged oersonsl difference between myself
and Prof. Waterhoue I have met Prof
, Waterhouse but three ni four times and
'have never discussed an' thing with Mm
nn which a difference of or nlon was brought
out 1 have had no perjnal controversy
with him, although I ha e criticised his
methods and expressed Ihc belief that the
new unit system of Instru Hon. w-lth which
he Is experimenting In the High school, was
proving costly and Impra. tlcable.
turret I'rltnnrlr for school llonrrt.
"For myself, Inasmuth as the people
have been misled into the Idea that a po
litical machine wants to capture the school
board, I am In favor of a new departure
next year when school board candidates
are to be nominated. 1 am In favor of
nominating the republican candidates by
direct vote at the primaries, making every
aspirant run the gauntlet of tho repub
lican voters of the entire city. If the can
didates are thus nominated by a mnjorlty
voto of the rank and file of the party thoso.
who persistently fall to participate In the
primaries will have no valid excuse for
raising oby-ctlons after tho ticket Is made
up. If'they then organize a bolting brlgado
It will be not because they are fighting
an Imaginary machine, or to keep politics
out of the schools, but because they are
really democrats at heart and 'want to turn
the schools over to the democrats."
nnd Cold
are quickly cured by Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It acts on nature's plan, loosens
the cough, relieves the lungs nnd opens the
secretions, effecting a permanent cure. It
counteracts any tendency of a cold to remit
In pneumonia. It Is pleasant to take, both
adults and children like It. For sale by nil
druggists.
FIRE RECORD.
Fsrmhnnar nt Trenton.
TRENTON, Neb., Nov. 10-(Special Tel
egfam.) The residence of Sam Coffman, n
farmer living three and one-half miles from
town, wss burned to the ground this morn
ing. Mr. Coffman arose about 6 o'clock nnd
built a Are In the kitchen stove. He then
went to do tjls usual morning work out
doors, leaving his wife, who wns III In bed,
alone In the house. While Mr. Coffman was
working he heard his wlfp screaming, and
looking up he saw their home In flames.
He ran td tho bouse and carried his wife
to a cornstark nearby. . No help reached
there until the building' was almost com
pletely burned. He removed llttlo of the
furniture. Neighbors reached the scene In
time to help remove the last available
thing, a refrigerator. Tho loss Is esti
mated at l$no, partly covered by Insurance.
Mrs. Coffman wns taken to the home of n
neighbor. Mrs. Sldell. Mr. Coffman will
rebuild as soon ns arrangements can be
made,
Tecnmsrh Fair llnrns.
TRCUMSEIf, Neb., Nov. 10. (Special.)
Fire was discovered In the barns at the fair
grounds about 2 o'clock this morning. Thi
alarm wan sounded and the hose com
panies turned out, but the combined
length of all the hose on the carts would
not reach the blaze by a block. Tho fire
started at the west end of n long row of
boxstalls for speed horses. Men early
on the srene got the two or three horses
out of the barn, together with tho sulkies
and cutters, and by chopping out one of the
stalls Just in front of the fire nnd pulling
over the burning timbers nearest the open
ing, with ropes succeeded in stopping the
fire and savins half of the barn. Fortu
nately the wind was In the southeast nnd
thero was no nearby building to the north
west of the fire. The lobs to the Fair .As
sociation is about $350, i with no insurance.
Tho cause of the flre Is not known.
lee I'lnnt nt NeiTcnutlr.
NEWCASTLE. Tn., Nov. 10. The plant of
the Lawrence Ice and Storage company was
completely gutted by fire this evening. The
damage amounts to $150,000. The plant wns
only completed and operations began this
fall, and all the expensive machinery wns
destroyed, only the bare walls bolng lelt
standing. More than SB.000 pounds of
ammonia was stored In tho plnnt and the
fear of explosion hindered the firemen. The
flre started In the ollroom and the watch
man tried to tight the blaze alone until too
late.
Cliicliinnll Krrlnht Minis.
CINCINNATI. O., Nov. 10. The shipping
freight shed of the Kentucky Central di
vision of the Ijoulsvllte & Nashville rail
way and the freight bouse of the Chesapeake
& Ohio railway at Third and Rose streets
Cohrn-llincler.
A wedding took place at the residence of
the bride's parents, 1117 North Seventeenth
street, Sunday afternoon at 2, the con
tracting parties being Deputy Sheriff
Charles Cohen and Miss Maude Urn dor. A
numbed of friends and invited guests at
tended. Justice W. S. Shoemaker performed
the ceremony.
Kills Missouri rnelflc KiiKlnrer.
PAOI.A, Kan.. Nov. 10. A Missouri Vn
ctflc train crashed Into a freight car at
tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas crossing
near here late Inst night, killing Engineer
Bowers of Ht, Ixiuls nnd seriously Injuring
the fireman.
Some Queer Things that Might Happen
to Omaha If the Governor Appoints
the Fire and Police Board.
not recommendln to her scholars th' kind
o' patent medicide sold by a member of
th' board.
" 'Raise her wages.' says th' gov'ner. 'an
tell th' member If he ran't boost his dope
by hangln' pastern in th' school rooms like
otner fakirs I'll reduce him to a beat.'
" 'But this is th' school hoard.
" 'I don't care If It's a checkerboard. I'm
th' gov'ner of Omaha 1
"An that's th' way lt'd be In Omaha with
a man runnln' it that can't And th' op.
poslte side o' th' street, We'd -have cop
pers plnchln' messenger kids for blowln'
up their tires without a permit, while th
crackaman In th' basement below Is drlllln'
th' safe. They'd be a lot o' red-necked
terriers so green they'd try to cash u street
car transfer, thlnkln' it's a certificate o
stock In an oil gusher. lt'd bo more fun
than a chrlstlnln' an' that's why I say I'd
like to see th gov ner name th' board.'
"But It would be too bad to change tho
present Are department," said the desk
serceant. ,
"For folks that don't enjoy secln' a good
fire, yes. But things has been pretty slow
In conflagration circles lately. They ain't
been a fireman knocked down since Jack
Redell left his case Mn th' hands of his
friends, an' I'd like to see him back again
He's th' most successful fireman fighter
we aver had. He's a holy terror, an' when
th' gong sounds it takes th' whole police
force to referee him. An' lies kind-hearted
too always tryln' to fix it so th' families
o' th' laddies can collect their 1 If el Insur
ance.
"Yes, sergeant, I II be glad to see th
change, an' I'm glad that Whoop-Holler re
porter happened to be standln' around
while th' supreme court was shootlrt' off
It's mouth."
LAND TAX AND OTHER TAXES
6utemti of Frof. Ran Are Called Into
Qieitlaa, -
HENRY GEORGE'S CONCLUSIONS DEFINE0
I J.ltnlnhy Presents Ills VleiT of the
Problem, Conteudlnn for the
Direct Impost on I. unit
Valors.
OMAHA, Nov. 9. To the Editor of The
Bee The Economic league ts to bo com
plimented for It b work nnd congratulated
on Its success in securing tho capable ex
pounders ot economic problems it has. The
nddrcss of l'rof. Kdwaid A. Ross on "Taxa
tion" Thursday tvas n pleaslug and Intelli
gent one, but some of his statements rela
tive to the theories of taxation ns pro
pounded by Henry Oeorgo were so mislead
ing that 1 beg to submit n few corrections.
It Is uufortunato that nnyouo discussing
Henry (Icorge's doctrlno ot taxation should
ever allude to It ns a "tax on land." It Is
nothing of the sort. That exposition ot
his theory has led many honest fnrmers to
think It a scheme whereby the burden of
taxation was to he shifted onto their
boulders, since they control so much Innd.
Prof. Ross himself made tho declaration
that "the farmer would hardly consent to
having tho taxes removed from the busi
ness bfock In tho city and placed upon his
farm." Neither would Henry George or
any of his followers consent to such a
thing. That Is not oven a shadow of tho
doctrine of Henry Ocorge. Henry George
proposed n tnx upon land values, and land
allies bi'o In the rlty, not In the rural
district. I have In mind a single Instance
In one of the large cities of this country
where a business site Just sixteen feet
front rents for $3,500 a year, and under tho
conditions of the lease the building which
the tenant has put upon that land will re-
ert to the owner of the land at the expira
tion of twenty years. That Is an evample
of ground rent. I have noer heard of a
farm, though there'' may be such, renting
for such n consideration.
Kffrct of I'rmrnt fjtem,
I wish to cmphaslro thn fact that now.
under our present system of land tenure,
everybody who rents Is paying for that
privilege practlcnlly upon the same plan
as Henry George proposed only what they
pay goes to a landlord, whereas, under
Henry George's plnn, It would go Into the
public, trensury nnd thereby obviate the
necessity of levying other taxes. It would
destroy the speculative value In land, true,
as It should bo destroyed, for thero Is today
no form mf monopoly not directly or In
directly trnceablo lo tho speculative value
n land,
A tnx upon land values Is an economic.
tax; it costs llttlo; It Is definite nnd cer
tain nnd it cannot be shtrtcd, ns nil In
direct taxes are. l'rof. Ross mentioned the
cheapness ot indirect taxes. He wns con
sidering only the fiscal side of that ques
tion," for a moment's reflection will show
any one that no Indirect tnx can ho either
certain or definite, nor can It be econom
ical, nnu it is always sniiteu irom one to
another, until It finally rests upon the last
man who buys the nrtlclo upon which It la
levied. And in Its ramifications from tho
man who originally pays it until It reaches
the consumer, who finally pays It, it aug
ments Itself. For Instance: Tho manu
facturer who pays a tax upon the product
of his factory charges tho wholesaler for
tho trouble he has been put to to pay It,
together with an advance for the usa of tho
money he has spent In paying the tax: the
same operntloji Is repeated with the re
tailer on down, and when It Is finally
paid by the consumer It Is probably five
or six tlrrfes greater than when It was
originally livlod. In short, for govern
ment to adopt a system of Indirect tnxntlon,
such ns we have. Is for It to surrender to
corporate Interests its sovereign power of
taxation, for under It tho real tax collector
Is the seller of the goods wc buy, and he
n turn pays over to government ,t small
portion of what wo have paid him. Like
all indirect actions, nn Indirect tnx Is dis
honest and leads to corruption; It Is ex
pensive nnd paves the w.. for cxtravn
ganco in public expenditures, which the
people would never permit if tboy were
paying their taxes direct.
Itl'S II It Of 'I'll X II 1 1 II II .
Furthermore, Indirect taxes are n tax upon
labor, nnd a Check to production. Everybody
knows that a tax upon clogs tends to re
duce the number of dogs. If that be so,
how can It act otherwise upon the pro
duction of food and clothing and the other
things that nre a blessing to mankind? A
tax upon land values would tend to reduce
and check land values, while It could not re
duce the amount of land. It would thereby
mako it possible for tho people to own their
own homes, which they do not now. It
would make a nation of home-owners In
stead ot tenants. It would wipe
out that parasite, the landlord. "Would
the single tax of land values work?" has
been asked. "Yes, and so would the land
lord," hns been the proper reply.
A direct tnx upon land values could not
be shifted and lied about, as Is done In
almost every tax return. A friend went to
pay his personal taxes here In Omnha. They
were $3.90. A clerk remarked, "Why, Blank,
I know a man who can buy and sell you a
dozen t)mes who doeBn't pay that much."
The remarks of City Engineer Rosewatrr
at tho meeting were correct and to the
point about our tax dodgers.
Questlnn of Ciuillscntloii.
Prof, Ross erred; too, when, after, confess
ing that land values were the result of the
enterprlso of all the community and not of
the lnndlord, he asserted that It would be
confiscation for the community to take that
which It had created. On tho contrary, It
Is confiscation by tha Individual of that
value created by tho community under the
present system. Nor ran this confiscation
be Justified, as Prof. Ross contended, by the
fact that custom has for so long a time
recognized it. If that is so all the wrongs
under which the peoplo ever groaned would
havo become right. If they had only wnltcd
instead of producing revolutions. "Time
may make ancient good uncouth," but It Is
a question If it can ever make an ancient
wrong a future right.
But Prof. Ross Is correct In emphasizing
tho Importance of the subject of taxation,
nnd in his prediction that the people will
eventually turn from the vagaries and ab
surdities of the socialistic doctrines anil In
vestigate the question of taxation, for tax
atlon Is the foundation of the structure of
human society. U J. QUINBY
DEATHREC0RD.
John A. Johnson of Mndixun,
MADISON. Wis.. Nov. 10. John A. John
son, president of the Fuller & Johnson
Manufacturing company, agricultural man
Ufacturers; president of the 01 Molt Machine
company, president of the Capital City
bsnk and one of the foremost and wealth
lest Norwegian-Americans In the north-
west,, died today of stomach trouble after
a year's Illness. Hn leaves a widow and
several grown children.
A. Nelson, T.ehnnnn, Mo.
LEBANON, Mo., Nov1. 10. A. Nelson, res-
Ident director ot the Ozark Plateau Land
company of Buffalo, N. Y., died at his home
In this city today, aged 71 years.
Makes the Hair Grow
"About a year ago my hlr was
coming out very fast. 1 bought a
bottle of Ayer's Half Vigor to stop
this? It not only stopper! tha
falling, but made the half grow
very rapidly, until now my hair Is
IS Inches In length and", very
thick." Mt. A. novn-uoM, At.
chUon, Kant.
Always Restores
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
lehoal Board Penion Promises a Lot of In
tersitinf Bmineii.
TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE TO HAVE' A HEARING
Iteport of the Kxperts Vhq CherUi-il
l'l thr llecorils nnil the Com
plaints AKfllnst Teachers
CoiiiImk I l.
An adjourned meeting of the Hoard of
Education Is on the call for tonight. At
this session It is expected that tho two
expert accountants employed some time ago
to check up the books of the district will
mako n detailed report. Rumor has It that
several discrepancies In the records have
been found. In addition to receiving the
report of the experts the hoard will transact
rout Inn business.
It Is reported that n number of rltlzerta
claiming to represent the taxpayers will ba
present and demand that Miss Agnes O'Cnn-
r.or, thn supervisor of music, nnd Henry
Plaussen, the commercial teacher, be com
pelled to secure certificates or else resign.
A number of Omalin musicians assert that
Miss O'Connor Is a competent musician. As
for Mr. flaussen. he Is reported to be per
fectly able to mdnnge tho commercial de
partment of the High school, A, member of
he board snid yesterday that he had heard
that somo of tho members of the so-called
Taxpayers' league desired the dismissal of
Miss O'Connor In order that the nlaco
might be filled with nn applicant who has
mora political pull than haH the present
Incumbent. .
Tho state law provides that In case the
board employs Incompetent teachers the
members nre liable for any salaries paid.
Talking on this strain n member of tho
board remarked that If it came to a test
ho was confident that Miss O'Connor could
hold her own In musical circles with any
of tho applicants who are anxious to secure
her position.
Slrnnitrr I'nlls Demi.
Yesterday forenoon a man was found dying
In thd rond on West Q street, neAr the
city limits. When first discovered thA man,
who Is a stranger In these parts, was seen
walking nlong the road. All at onco he
fell to the ground and before1 assistance
coilld bo secured he had expired, As he
foil he wns seen to throw away n handful
of Virgin Mary medallons. Where he sv
cured theso Is not known. When searched
at Brewer's morgue nothing was found on
his person to Indicate who he was or where
ho wns going. Not a cent of money was
found. His only assets consisted of three
lead pencils and a few scraps ot paper.
The dead man la about ".r years of age,
medium height, light complected and with
light hair nnd sandy moustache. The
coroner will make an Investigation today,
Iminlry About Library.
A letter w-ob received yesterday by J. F.
McReynolds from Pntton & Miller, Chicago
architects, making Inquiries about the erec
tion of the proposed Carnegie library. This
firm ot architects statts that during the
present year it has drawn plans for eight
Carnegie libraries In different parts of the
country. Three photographs of library
bulldlnas were enclosed tor Inspection.
Slessrs, Pntton A Miller asked Mr. Mc
Reynolds for the names of the directors
of the present library and' these have been
sent. As now made up' the board U com
posed of Mrs. Josephine Carroll, Mrs. O. T.
Talbot, Mrs. Lnne. J. W. Hastings and T.
J. Nolan. It Is understood that the city
Men's $2.50 Box Calf- '
This choo hns tho grntilnt box calf
tipppi-s no Bide lentliftr with Ronulue
vveU PolPH of liont qiinllt.v onk ton olo
lenthor Wo linvo aoven dlfforont etyl
of inrplinnlcH lionvy shorn nt ?2.50 nil
of them ninile with the cxtrn heavy roIpa
nnil plump iipnern mndo for hard sprv
Icp .yet with. Kootl ntylo and lots of com
fort -Wn can ifiiarnntco theso ahopa tn
give evpry cent-nnd morn than you pay
ns In ratlHfactlon-You arc money In
pocket If you but look nt them.
Drexel Shoe Co..
Omaha's Up-to-dnt Shoe Hons.
1410 FA II ' AM 8THERT.
Nerr Fall Cataloara Now Randy.
Thi Art of Framing
Picture have reachefl the hlghent
point of perfection with us. CoDltant
attention to the little detail In frame
and mouldings, the careful selection of
noveltlen, together with nn unswerving
ambition to always frame the picture,
whatever It may he, In the most artistic
manner possible. Is the secret of our
success. (Twcnty-seven years before
tho public as leaders In all that per
tains to ART, gives you the assurance
that wo will satisfactorily frame your
ptcture-and the prlco? ALWAYS
niqiiT.
A. HOSPE,
MusloandArt. I5I3-I6IB DmdM.
Color to Gray Hair
Stops Falling of the Hair
"My hair was falling out very fast, was
rapidly turning gray, and was Very harsh and
dry. I tried several hair preparations, but
they did me mote harm than good. I then
tried Ayet's Hair Vigor. Soon my kalr
began to bp soft and glo.isy i In a short time
It stopper! falling out, and all the old color
was restored. Then It commenced to grow
very rapidly, and it is now five feet five
inches long." Mrs. l.YDtA KuYKE.vriALt,
Claremont, 111.
II.M, Alt irtulitt. J. C, AVER CO., Ull, Mm.
may select Its own architects In tho work,
the only stipulation being that the cost of
thA building must, not exceed $50,000.
When It Is ascertained Just how the vote
on the bonds stand the council will Issuo
bonds for $5,000, to run ten years and
drAw ft per cent Interest. Bankers say that
there will be no difficulty nbout selling these
securities. Clerk Shrlgley has already re.
eelved a number of Inquiries about this pro.
posed istue. When this preliminary work
Is done the council will advertise for bids
for n site, the cost not to exceed the
imount of bonds voted.
As soon ns the site Is choyen nrrange
ments will be made for the drawing of plans
and then next summer nn appropriation
will .be made for the maintenance of the
building. A sinking fund to take up tho
bonds when due Is also proposed.
Cnnnrll .Herts Tnnlulil,
A meeting of tho rlty council will be
held tonight. There Is considerable busi
ness of Importance to bo transacted and
the session promises to be a lengthy one.
Tho vote on the library bonds will be can
vassed nnd In one or two precincts thn
votes will be counted In order lo mako
sure that tho returns are correct. A num
ber of petitions n'nd 'communications are
now on file to be read by tho clerk. Prop
erty owners nre still requesting improve
ments In the shape "of electric street lights,
flre hydrants and sidewalks,
Milrtrnll.il A limit Cutiiilitril.
Within the next day or two the permanent
sidewalks on Twenty-fourth street and on
N street will be completed. When this
work Is done the contractor will move his
force to Q street and lay brick walks as
long as the weather will permit. A major
ity of the wnlks laid on Twenty. fourth
street nre of brick, nlthnugh a few prop
erty owners have Inld artificial Btone. The
completion of this work makes n great
Improvement In the appearance of tho
streets tntntloued. ,
.llnnlr. tity (Jo.nlp.
.Mike Dillon, the.. well known druggist,
left lust nlijht for n three weeks' eastern
trip.
Tonight members of Washakie .tribe of
the Red Men will give nsmokor at Work
man ball. ,
W. M. Clnrk Is up from Lincoln, spending'
n dny or two with his parents, Mr. nnl
Mrs. O, W. Clark.
Rev. Father John Williams of Omnha
nsslMed nt the evening services nt 1.
Martin's church yesterday.
It Is understood that the doctors Inve
ngreed to meet nnd recommend one of their
number to be city physician,
The King's Dnughters of the Presbyterian
church will give nn entertainment In the
church imrlurs this afternoon.
The paved streets In the hut.ieH por
tion of the city nro still dirty nnd the snmo
mity ho said of the nlleys, Thero Is no
money on bund to pay for street cleaning.
Has Another Hun unity.
TRENTON, Neb., Nov. 10. (Speclnl Tel
egram.) J. W. Heltr. experienced a run
away this morning when driving to town
from his farm. As ho drove on to tho
bridge across the Rcpubllcnn the tugs
came loose from the wagon. Mr. Hertz
railed to his 12-year-old son, Earl, who was
In the -wagon with him, to, climb out nt the
back of the wagon. Tho boy started to
Jump, but caught his foot nn a rod and
fell. He was dragged several feet ond
rendered unconscious. The boy wns taken
home, Dr. Thomas was summoned and con
sciousness was soon restored. No Injuries
were sustained except scratches to tho
face and hands. This is the second' run
away Mr. Hertz has had recently.
Kmlly Taylor la Broken I'p,
MENOMINEE. Mich., Nov. lO.-The
schooner Emily Taylor whs wrecked nt
Zelzcr bay, twenty miles "north of here,
last night, nnd the crow, consisting of Cup
tain Stone nnd five men, wns rescued hv
fishermen. The schonner Is manned b'v
Cuptaln fitono and halls from Gladstone,
