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The Omaha Daily Bee ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1873. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1902. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. BUILDINGS IN RUINS Tr Larp Itnoturei in Reiioei te Cntafcllif Utu, COUAfSE WITHOUT Ar.'w . 'T CAUSE DtMi 0tchn Fire end ii Left .ut, ' Sit ing Ember, - FtBTUNATELY THERE ARE NO LIVES LOS, Disaster Ocotrs Whin All Werkmea Art E.l..l. toVl.tl,'. !.. nj7g SaHbath s Kelt. EVIDENCES OF POSSIBLE GAS EXPLOSION iPnn Hundred niul Fifty Thntisiinil Dollar DitmiiKn U Estlninteil In Wholesale District Property Owners Affected. DETROIT. Mich., Jan. ID. Four build- lngs, each four stories high, located In the heart of tho wholesale district of this city, collapsed at 8:30 o'clock without any ap- parent causa nnd all that now remains is a smouldering heap of ruins. Tho buildings were a part of the block bounded by Jefferson avenuo and Shelby and Grlswold streets and were occupied by five concerns, nnd their stocks are a total loss, which la estimated at $152,000, ex- cliwlvo of the loss on tho buildings, which amounts to SSO.C00. Tho buildings Joined each other nt tho corner of Jefferson av- tral bund, n. state organization of German enun nnd Shelby Btrcot. The llrst and see- societies, has adopted a resolution requcst ond floors of tho building nn tho corner Ing thu mayor and city council to extend wero occupied by the Mnddocks Olovo com- pany, manufacturers of gloves and mittens, nnd tho two upper Moors wore used by tho Imperial Cap company, manufacturers of hats and capfl. Tho loss on tho stock of tho glove company was estimated by Mr. Norman Maddocks at $25,000, and he stated mltteo to prepare an address to bo pre that ho believed tho loss to tho Imperial Rented to Prlnco Henry on his arrival In Cnp company to bo $15,000. New York. This committee, will remain In This latter llgure could not bo verified tonight. I. (inn u 'I'ntnl. 1 Adjoining tho Maddocks Olovo company's uunuing wna mo nroKorngu urm oi r. Nuhoff & Co., who carry n largo stock of commission goods. Mr. Nuhoff said his loss, I IKU iUU u mum, n (la lunu (lint aiiivuuivu m $8,000, with about .7,000 Insurance. In the samo building with this firm wns locuted a stock of commission goods which he carried for Hills Bros, of Now York and which .Mr. Nuhoff said was valued at $7,000. Tho Michigan Produco company also oc- cupled a part of this building and Us loss wrh cstlmatod by Mr. Nuhoff at about $7,500. Tho third and fourth buildings were occu- plod by Crusoo Uros. (limited), wholesale grocers. Ii. F. Crusoo, president of the company, said ho won unable to glvo exact figure), but stated that they carried about $9,000 worth of stock, which was fully In- .aurpd, - No ono seams to Know what caused the I collapse of tho buildings. On Sunday night that district Is practically deserted and the few who wore In tho vicinity say that the buildings seemed to fall Into a heap without apparent cause, making n nolso llko tbo rumbling of distant thunder. ISvlilenees of Kxnlolon. Thero are evidences of an explosion. The walls of tho rear part of tho Maddocks Olovo company's-bulldlng aro still stundlng to the height of two stories, hut tno roof of this part of tho building lies turned bottorasldo upward in tno middle or Shewy street and a largo Iron smokestack lies on the sidewalk on the opposite side of tho street ns If driven by force. Experts from tho Detroit Oas company s omce made an examination of the ruins, out said they woro unablo to find ovldonco of a gaB ex- plosion. It wm fortunato that tho wreck occurred on Sunday night. Had It happened during business hours tho Ions of life would hnve been appalling as mere wero approximately 200 persona employed by tho various firms. They would havo been caught In a veritable UUBlu-intw uuu ujuBiii-u aim uuiucu utuuru thoy could nave neon rescued. The buildings couapsoa into a neap and in a nuurt djjuuu ul iiiiiu uiu imjaiuiuuuia 1 ,l-rl.l flr frnm tho l.lrn.. used for heating tbo buildings Thero wero no watchmen about tho prem- Uet and thore will bo no loss of life. No ono was Injured. ENGINEER SLEEPS AT POST inim to Atvnup in 'rime to i-rcveiu tho Collision ot Tno Trnlim ivainoab win, Jan. l. westDouna Missouri Taclflo paBsongor train No. 3 mat leu t. iuis nt 7 o clock last oven- Ing collided hendon with an eastbound iroigni train one rallo east of Etlah. Mo., at ia:i& this morning. Tho wreck proved n costly ono for the roau. cngiuoer wiuiam Aiasco or tno freight train had fallen nslccp in hla cab and ran past Etlah, whoro ho had boon oruereu id uioci me passengor. 'tno pas- train i-nn M....I I ., . ,,.. . , ... vmv. ..m... vwv.,vvi itmiaua IUIU 111IB afternoon Only ono person was Injured, Judge Elijah Hoblnson of Kansas City, who es- - 1 ...1,1. . . . . 1 . . . I .. . I , CBVC mm ..ib uruira, no continued iu v.'1 nu,e lo E 10 ma home unassisted. Half a dozen othor pas- sengers worn shaken up. Engineer Mnseo, when he awoko and realized that ho had passed Etlah and that It was too lato to pull back, stopped his train nnd, running ahead, ondeavorod to flag the passenger train. The passenger train was upon him, however, beforo ho succeeded. CMniM(?CD ini ATCC nonCD L..-.U..T.I.I.II ,iuni usj miubn While Heller!., Kxlinnsleil Klrrmnn Trnlit In AVreekert nnil Two irm..i msirrncniTnn r- t. m r... freight trains met In head -end colllsou on tho llnltlmore & Ohio railroad six miles north of hero today, killing tho engineer nnd fireman of one train and Injuring tho brakemen on ench train. Ten enrs worn piled up and both engines wero almost dc- mollshed. Dead: ENGINEER, WILLIAM SOItllELL. FIHEMAN, OSCAR SHANNOK, Injured: J. W. Woods, brakemnn. S. V. Shelburne. brakeman. Sorrell had orders to pass nt Vienna Idlng, hut ho was relieving his fireman, who was new and exhausted and pasacd thp elding without knowing it. PRINCE HENRY LIKES HIS HOST t'rtiaslnn niul llrnr Ailinlrnl Itoblry 1). Hnn Are DM Snllor Friend. BERLIN, Jan. 19. Prince Henry pf Prus sia, In talking over his plans of travel with United States Ambassador White nt the dinner given last night by Baron Klchtofen, tho German minister of foreign affair, to I'rlnce and Princess Henry, tho American ambassador nnd Mrs. White, John I. Jack , on, Rccrctary of tho embassy, and n nutn ?, of other distinguished persons, said he v "i especially pleased with President - --"ivolt's detection of Hear Admiral Rob- 1). Evans to receive him In the United States, as thoro was nn old Bailor's friend- h'P botweon them. Bngllnli wan the only language employed , . . .. . . . . . , already mentioned, nil tho principal per- jrrVMtedlutrTere"0 Prince Henry, who Is considerably taller than Kmporor William, will bo Btirroundcd on hla trip to the United States by very largo and tall men. Admiral von Tlrpltz, the German secretary for the navy, who will accompany tho prince, will glvo the Impression of moro than six feet tall, while General von Plcssen, a member of tho cm neror's military household. Is enuallr as un. Vlco Admiral von Sockcndorff. who will also bo of tho party, Is six foot two inches tall and very large of framo. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. A meeting of rep- rcscntatlves of various German societies of New York nnd vicinity was hold horn tcdav to take action concerning the coming to thin country of Prlnco Henry of Prussia, An cxecutlvo committee of twenty-flvo was appointed, but It was decided that It was too early to consider pluos. Another mcet- Ing will bo held next Sunday. ST. PAUL,, Jan. 19. Tho Minnesota Ccn- Inn Invitation to Prlnco Henry to visit St Paul on his forthcoming visit to tho United Stnten. PITTSBURQ, Pa., Jan. 18. Reprcscnta lives of 3,000 veterans of the Franco-Ger- man war met today and appointed a com Now ork and tako part In the ceremonies incident to the occnslon. Another com m it toe was appointed to urge upon Pltts- hllrtr rnlinrtln In mnbn nn nffnrt fn havn iirnpn tinrv vii, ,1,1, ritv .im-ln.. i.l. stay In this country. -Lp OF THE TOWN WIPED OUT Terrible l.ons of I, If.- nnil Property In ('mined !)' Holler r.x nlnnloii. BARCELONA, Jan. 19. Tho explosion of a boiler of n spinning mill near Manrosa Saturday destroyed halt tho village of Ponto do Vlllarum. The hospltnl Is filled with tho Injured Sixteen mutilated bodies of working people. burled In the debris have been recovered These Include the manager of tho spinning mill nnd his two sisters. Of tho persons Injured thirty aro not "expected- to-re cover. Tho dead included many children. Tho queen regent has wired her con dolenccs Tho boiler exploded In tho evening when tho mill hands, many of whom were nc- compnnled by their wives and children, wore eating supper before commencing their night's work. Tho buildings of the mill collapsed entirely and tho dotiris was hurled In all directions, destroying other buildings and killing nnd InJurlnc the nco pi0 in tho vicinity. Owing to tho darkness tho work of extricating tho victims oro- ceeded with great dlfflculty. During tho work of rescuo thero were heard the groans 0f tho victims, whoso mutilated limbs were pinned down by tho ruins. A long line of carts and carriages wbb engaged In con- voylng tho Injured to tho Manresa hospital five miles distant. This morning tho In- habitants went among tho ruins, seeking tho remains of frlendB nnd relatives, while tho priests in tho oncn air administered tho laBt rites of tho church to the dying. it is now estimated thut sixty persons woro killed and 100 Injured SERIOUS COMBAT IS REPORTED InmirKentN nnil finveriitnent Troops of v.. ...i- w.-t, !.... Is lt!torlOUM til Untitle tit lidrfl. WILI.EMSTAD, Island of Curaco, Jan. 19. (Via Haytlen Cable.) Tho Venezuelan Insurgents who havo concentrated on tho peninsula of Paraguana (on tho east sldo of th0 0u,f of Marnca,b0) yestpr(li' - incnt. The Inaurcenta In tho vicinity of Uehlro hnve also beguu operations against President Castro. l ' reported hore that serious cngago ments between tho Insurgents and the gov ernment forces has taken nloce not far from llarnuislmoto. In thn state of Laru. in which the insu'reonta wero victorious. and that there has been nchtlnir between tho Insurgents and thn soldiers of tho gov- ernment In tho streets of Maracalbo. NIIMRFR (IF nFAD NP.RFASFS Iloilles Arc Foiiml In DolirU of i:rtli- muikr. Wiileli itrntMitn ... ... . It MlOeU, MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19. A telegram to the government observatory nnnouncos that I V. - 1 1 .. .. I I . ... .. ...... 1 nM,.. 1 I i" -.....u " u " ' -wciiiiuu ' "'"(nml t,o matter was pormltted to drag provalcnro of seismic phenomena. Earthquake shocks were reported rrmn various parts of the country this afternoon and a slight tremblo of tho earth was felt here. Governor Mora ot Guerrero has per- sonally tnken charge of tho ruined city of Chllpanclngo. The populace Is camping out guarded by troops and perfect order reigns. Tho city will havo to bo thoroughly rebuilt Moro bodies continue to bo found as the deorls l8 CXamned by soldiers. SCHLEY BOMBARDS FORESTS I Ailinlrnl More lli'lteil Over Kllllnu Deer Tlimi I'lrlnur on Spnnl-.li rirri. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 19. Admiral Schley's hunting party returned this after noon from St. Catherine's Island. Thu party secured n large bag of game, Ad nilral Schley Is credited with having brought down one deer. It was his first deer and a member of the party said the admiral was more excited when he pulled the trigger than off Santiago. Tho weather during the hunt was superb. 1 Admiral mid Mm, Schley will leave this city tonight for Washington tomorrow aft ornoon. The admiral said tonight that he had not authorized tho statement sent out from Chicago that he would discuss his case 1 beforo tbo Hamilton club ot that city, BOOT BLOW TO RAILROADS Dtoiilai f Biprtma Cairt flm fraad Jirin Caatral. NEW SAFEGUARD OF PUBLIC RIGHTS I'rlnta for Kxtnrtlon May 1'nllon- li'ii- Junt niul Httiirllotintp :iuirK- int liiiior(nnt ItiillnK In Vcnm, Si)h Uenernl Miiuilfrson, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 19A(Speclal.) Not In years has tho supremo court banded down a moro important opinion, especially one that so completely safeguards the rights ot tho citizens, as in the so-called Louisville & Nnshvtllo cases, rendered early In Jnn uary, wherein the court, by an opinion ot Chief Justice Fuller, upholds tho constitu tionality of a recent act passed by tho gen eral assembly of the commonwealth ot Ken tucky outlining the powers nnd duties of the railroad commission ot tho state. This net, which was designed to prevent railroad companies nnd corporations owning nnd op erating a line or lines of railroads, and Its olllccri, agent.-! or employes, from charging, collecting or receiving extortionate freight or passenger rates In Kentucky! provides also for the manner In which railroad com panies operating in the state should bo brought to an account by the railroad-commission. While these provisions do not differ ma terially from maximum rate laws as adopted by other states, notably Nebraska and Min nesota, the act, whese loiiBtltutlounllty Is now upheld by thu highest tribunal of tho land, contains one striking clause which may bo engrafted upon tho statute books of other states. This clause Is as follows: "The circuit court of any county Into or through which tbo line or lines of road car rying such passenger or freight, owned or oporated by sad road, nnd the Frnuklln circuit court, shall havo Jurisdiction of the offense ngalnst tho railroad company or corporation offending, and tho circuit court of the county where such offense may bo committed by said officer, agent or employe, shall havo Jurisdiction In all prosecutions ugalnst said officer, ugent or employe" Duties ii f Itiillroud. Conniilsnloii. Filrther on the net defines the powers nnd duties of the railroad commission and provides that If after careful Investigation "tho commission falls to exonerate tho rail road or carrier from tho provisions of the long and short haul sections, an order In writing to thnt effect shall bo made by tho commission and n copy thereof delivered to tho complainant, and tho railroad or com mon cnrrlcr, and tho same shall be pub lished ns a part of the report of the com mission; and after such order, it shall lie the duty of the commission to furnish a statement of tho facts, together with a copy of its order, to tho grand Jury of any county, the circuit court of which has Juris diction, In order that the railroad company or carrier may bo indicted for tho offense, and tho commission shnll use proper efforts to see that such company or carrier is In dicted nnd prosecuted." . Herein Is the body blow to the rail roads nnd the protection to the public, tor If the railroads can be prosecuted beforo the grand Jury of uny county, as tho supreme court has decided they may be, thero seems to be redress in sight for somo communi ties that has suffered for years at , tho hands of tho railroads by reason of unjust discrimination. (i en i' ml MiiihIithoii'n Common t. "Not In years has thero been such an Im portant ruling," said ox-Scnntor Mandcr sou, now general solicitor of the Ilurllugton & Missouri Hlver Ilallroad In Nebraska, who has been In Washington for the last week, "nor havo the railroads received such n setback as given in this decision." It Is a well known fact that tho railroads In many states havo dominated legislation luumug io meir coniroi, particularly in the matter of maximum rates, but tho supreme court has by Its opinion given a new nnd much more simple method of redress than has heretofore been devised, at tho same tlmo laying down tho rule that a railroad company may bo tried before a local grand Jury fot extortion, should the laws of tho stato so direct. This decision, coming at tho time It did, was eraphazlsed In a most unexpected man ner by the court permitting the attorney general of Minnesota, opposed to the mer ger of n number of railroads ot tho north vest Into a company to be known as the Northern Sccurltle cpmpany, to lllo briefs that raid merger was In restraint of trade. From these rulings It appears that the most eminent bench In tho world Is stand ing onco moro for the masses ns against tbo corporations. SeiiNiitlnmil llillliiliic Incident. The scnato committee on Invalid pen slons, of which Mr. Galllnger of New Hampshire Is chairman, has begun an In vestigation which may bring out a sensa tional incident of the Phlllpplno campaign. This Investigation grows out of the ap pointment by tho president of M. S. Met ealf of Kansts to bo pension agent at To peka. Tho selection of Metcnlf was in tho nature of a compromise and ended a contest full of bitterness and acrimony. A few months aftor Mr. McKlnley be camo president. In 1897. ho appointed as pension agent Cyrus Iceland, tho Kansas member of tho republican national com mittee., l.eland made a good official and as ho was popular with the old soldiers of Kansas, Mr. McKlnley last spring decided to reappoint him. As thoro was no no cesslty for htste, a second commission was not made out at tho end of Inland's term along until tho wrok before tho president left. Canion for liuffnlo, when Mr. McKIn ley wroto tho Interior department to fill out the commission and send It to Canton for his stgnnturo. This was done, but tho commission did not reach Cantun until tho day after the president left for Dulfalo. (.'rl t leUeil by .Si-nntor Hour. President Roosevelt wns placed In pos Besslou ot thoto facts and at first an nounced that he would reappoint l.eland but later, upon tho request of Senator Bur ton of Kaunas, who has long- been un friendly to Leland, changed his mind and appointed Metcalf. The latter served a colonel of tho Twentieth Kansas regimen In tho Philippines, When his nomination camo up In tho senate for confirmation It was criticised sharply by Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who stated that he had re ceived affidavits purporting that Metcalf had deliberately murdered a Filipino by Bhootlng him whllo tho man was on his knees pleading for his llfo, Mr. Hoar ndded that It this statement was true Mot calf was not fit for public office. This vlow was taken by other seuators and tho nomination was sent back to tho committee on pensions with n request that tho charges bo Investigated. A sub. committee, consisting of Senators Scott of West Vir ginia, Simon ot Oregon and McCumber of (Continued on Second Pago.) MAKE RICH HAUL ON DIAMONDS Itntilier. Areoiniillsh Ilolil llrnl nnil Kucnpe wltli Tlielr Vnlunble lluoty. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 19. A Pioneer Press spcclnl from Olondlvc, Mont., says' Hobbers secured betwo'en $10,000 nnd $20, 000 worth of unset and sot diamonds today by stealing two trunks from tho baggngo room of the Northern Pacific station and breaking them open. Nothing Is missing from the trunks ex cept n bag of unset diamonds and 300 or -100 rings mounted In gold settings. A tray containing twenty-four set diamonds was overlooked by tho robbers. Tho trunks wero the property of C. I?. Clausen, traveling representative of S. H. Clausen & Co., wholcsolo manufacturing Jewelers ot Minneapolis. Mr. Clausen arrived from tho cast last night and left his trunks In charge of the baggagn agent. Tho robbery was nn unusually bold one, ns four men wero In tho upper story of tho station asleep nnd tho express ngent slept In n room adjoining the baggage room. None of them heard thn robbers at work. Tho windows of the baggage room woro forced open and- through It the two trunks, which weighed about 250 pound ench, wero hoisted out. They wero taken only a few feet from tho station, where they wero broken open nnd the diamond taken, They wero found early this morn ing. Local officers havo made ono arrest upon suspicion. Tho robbery undoubtedly was committed as tbo westbound train wns at tho dopot at o'clock, as at that hour tno express agent Ib busy attending tho train nnd Is absent from his oiucc for at least twenty minutes. That the robbery was committed by pro fessionals Is evident from the fact thnt they know which trunk contained the Jew elry, nnd it is also evident that moro than ono man wns concerned In the crime. Tho nuthorltlcs havo arrested Jimmy Mc carty, nn ex-prlzo fighter, on suspicion. WOMAN KILLS TWO MUSICIANS Colored Inrbrlnte Shoots Ileennse Slie Wan Anxious for Her IlnRtliite. MONTGOMERY. W. Vs., Jan. 19. .Wil liam SlauEhtor and William Johnson, col ored musicians, wore shot and Instantly killed, and Powell Calloway, white, mor tally wounded nt Morris ureeK, mis county, last mldnleht. Lillian Williams It was who used tho revolver with such deadly results, each of tho four bullets she fired taking effect, savo !. Tho scene of the tragedy was at a dnnco six miles south of here In the heart of tho mining regions. Yesterday was payday at the mines, and as usual tho monthly dance was given, colored people coining for miles around nnd even many whites dropping in to wit ncss the festivities. About midnight tho Williams woman en tered tho house, evidently under tho Influ ence of liquor. Proceeding to the centor of the room, she orderedthe musicians to play Bottlfi ragtime - muti and -,fcly It nulck. When her demand' was not com nlled with she whipped out a revolver and began firing at the orchestro. Slaughter nnd Johnson wero almost instantly Killed, the former getting a bullet In the mouth and tho latter one In the left breast. Calloway was an onlooker at the dance and one of tho bullets Intended for n mu sician penetrated his back. Physicians pro nounce his wound fatal. The murderess escaped lynching only by the timely nrrlvnl of officers, who sue ceeded In getting nor nway and lodging her In Jail at this place. HAVE RIGHT MAN IN PRISON Olllvers Kntlslleil Hint fSretna Mnn Kern, tbe Jewelry Tblef. , NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 19. The roan un der arrest at Gretna was not Identified today as Kern, the alleged fugltlvo New York Jowolry thief. Mr. Thcabaud and Detective Kelly aro satisfied the right man Is In Jail, but wore confronted by a squabble over tho roward and decided not to go over to the prison across the river until tho matter Is settled. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Captain Titus to night received tho following telegram from Detective Kelly, who went to Now Orleans accompanied by Paul O. Tbeabaud, to ns certain If tbo robber held by tho Now Or loans pollco Is Edward Kerns, who rohbci' Mr. Theabaud's house of Jewels valued at $50,000: "Sheriff wants reward: won't show man Have Oovernor Odell wlro governor of Louisiana to ndvlse Sheriff Marrero ns to his duties. Man under arrest Is Kern.' LOSES VALUABLE MONEY BELT Syrlnn Is Itobbeil of KlKht Thonannil Ilollnrs niul Fellow Country men Are Arrested. KASSVILLE. Mo., Jan. 19. I. Solomon, a Syrian living nt Keokuk, la., was held up last night and robbed of a money oeit con talnlng $8,1100. Solomon ha'd sold out his business In Keokuk and was looking for a location here. Two fellow-countrymen havo been nr rested, charged with tho robbery. Solo mon says ono of thorn hold him whllo th other cut the bolt from hla waist. Tho money was not rccovorcd. CAPTIVES IN GOOD HEALTH MIhr HI one mill Mine. Tsllkn Aro llenril from nnil Hnrly lie. IrHNe Hxiieeteil. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 19. Reliable news 1ms been received hore that Miss Ellen M. Stone, tho captlvo missionary, Mme. Tsllka, her companion, and the lat .-.. I- - 1 . . I. X- . t I ., I ... 1. I .. 1. i. is expected will result In the early and snfo return of tho captives, are In prog H-an TnVtn A T nlarinni Mm tiAU Aiiiah .in ner here. U now directing the no - gotlatlons. Ho declines to say anything I tor publication, but ndmlts there Is ground for the above report, FATAL END OF LOVE MATCH Itejeeteil Suitor SlioutN rilrl 'ITi in Kills Himself vtltb I'd I no II, nnil CLEVELAND, Jan. 19. Miss Sophlne Zan tiny was probably fatally shot on tho street tonight by Alexander Moore, her lover Moore left tho girl where sho fell, went to his home, took poison and died within an hour. Tho couplo wero engaged to be mar ried, but tho girl recently broko the engagement. IEADY FOR THE INQUISITION Oltitui Galled ta Kakt Bhawlag a Aiimi Hinti Are Prepared. AVE RECEIVED NO OFFICIAL NOTICE pvcrnl Express Hope thitt Present AKltnllon 'Will Kqiinllse lliirilrns llcttvren Owners uf 1'ernoiint Property unit Hunlty. Some of thn citizens who expect to bo summoned to appear before tho City Hoard of Equalization to show causo why their per sonal usscismcnts should not bo raised havo a desire to cscapo tho Inquisition pre pared for them. A large number of tho people would not talk, preferring to make their statements directly to thu Doard of Equalization. Many refused to discuss the matter nt all, and ono or two took It as a personal affront, On the whole, however, those who were Interviewed admit that thero Is a marked discrimination In favor of tho owner of personal property as compared with tho treatment accorded holders of real estate, nnd moro than one defended his present assessment on tho grounds that ho was 'paying ns much as the other fellow on the same class of property." Thoso who would talk on tho subject ex pressed themselves as follows: G. W. Wattles I will go It I get notice. It looks to mo llko a fight of tho Kilkenny cats. As tar as I nm personally concerned njy money Is principally Invested In enter prises whoro It Is already assessed and In real estate J. C. Cowln It looks to mo llko this ef fort on tbo part of tho council Is taken to divert tho attention of tho pcoplo from tho real Issues which aro beforo tho coun cil. As to my personal course, 1 cannot say, but I am no tax shirker. There aro no delinquent taxes charged against mo and J believe that I am paying ns mucu tnxca us anyone else on tho amount ot property I own. WlllliiK (o Mlniiil llnlse. Charles Metz I am willing to havo my personal assessment doubled It tho assess ments of tho corporations aro doubled. My personal assessment Is $IS0. I believe tht-j to bo a fair assessment on my personal property bb assessments on personal prop erty In Omaha go. If all other porsonul assessments tiro raised, I am perfectly willing to havo .nlno raised, but I will re sent nny increase It othor assessments nro not pushed up too. J. II. Evanii I have received no notice to appear before the Hoard of Equalization to defend my personal ossessment. In fact, I do not know tho exact amount of my as sessment. I mado no return, but told tho assossor to fix tho sum at tbo samo amount I paid taxes ou last year. This sum I be lloved to be a fair assessment. I havo al ways believed that tho franchlsed corpora tions wore not paying their sharo of per sonal taxes and hope the Board of Equali zation will make an Increase In tho as sessments of tho five corporations. W. A. raxton Probably ono in my posi tion' should not 'say:nuch" on' thoSutijeetTT will appear if I am summoned, but no serv ice has yet been made on me. It looks to mo llko thb business has been Inspired by tho water company, which Is monthly tak ing n fortune out of Omaha and is not dis posed to pay Its Just, proportion of tho ex penses of tbe city government. Tho peo ple gcnornlly ore taxed enough. Theso re ports which are circulated aro doing much to Injure tho city and while they cannot bo suppressed they should bo given as little, prominence as possible. Aicltiitlnn n fSooil ThlnK. V. B. Coldwell I do not care to talk upon tho subject part'lcularly, but this agitation may be n good thing In that It will result In getting on tho tnx rolls much property which now escapes taxation. Jamee Crclghton To my mind tho state ment of the Real Estate exchange is vory nearly co-rect. Real estate Is assessed -10 per cent of Its value, while franchises aro assessed only from 5 to 19 per cent of nc tual value at IcnBt, so I am given to under stand and as long as this condition exists we will continue to havo Just such trouble ns wo are having. Tho two kinds of prop erty should bo assessed equally. There should bo v.o partiality shown between them and It should bo the duty ot the Board ot Equalization not to take sides as some of tho members havo dono and aro doing, but to see that each class bears its Just propor tton of tho burden. Thomas Swift Tho owners of franchises should bo required to pay In proportion to what their property Is worth that's what I have to do. It Is unjust to saddle, all tho tax upon real estate. Tho real estate Interests aro bringing pcoplo hero, and tho owners of franchises are profiting by ft Thoy should bo mado to pay for tho privi leges thoy enjoy. S. E. Schweitzer They should all pay tholr Just proportion ot taxes, and tho only question Is, how to get nt tho values of tho various kinds of property. This Is a knotty problem, nnd I haven't studlod tho tax ques tion enough to bo able to suggest a remedy. Itemlr to Defend Himself, R. C. Peters I noticed by tho papors that I am to appear before the Board of Equal I zatlon to show why my personal assessment Bhould not be raised. I nm paying tnxes on a fair valuation and can defend my ns Bessraent against any Increase. In fact, I think I am paying moro personal taxos than many people who havo much more personal property than I have Goorgo E. Barker In my opinion thero Is an unequal nssehsment of porsonnl taxes among tho corporato Interests of the city Somo of tho companleB aro paying on a much greator porccntngo of their aotunl valuation than others. I shall appear oe foro the Board of Equalization If summoned to show why my personal assessment should not be raised. Compared with other personal assessments I think mine Is fair John S. Knox In my opinion tho por sonal assessments In Omaha aro not In proportion wit h tl ose roado on realty and 1 K own persona, asse.sment at present My statement will be mado before tho Board of Equalization. Let tbe l.lulit Nliine. Georgo P. Bcrals If thore Is anythln the matter with my assessment let It bo shown up. Let the light bo thrown on all of us, and let the results be what thoy may, This Investigation Is a grand good thing and I am glad that It has boeu brought up In the wny lhat It has. I don' think the taxes aro equalized properly, and tho heaviest of the burden seems to bo falling on real estate. So far as corpora tions aro concerned, I will only say, as I hnve long said, thnt tho publio utilities should bo under municipal control, for that plan would result In the reduction of tho (Continued on Fifth Page.) CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska: Snow Monday: Colder In West Portion; Colder nt Night In East Portion! Tuesday Fair; Winds llecomlng Northwesterly. Teniterii(nre nt Ouinliii Yesterdnyi Hour. Dei. Hour. Dcff. r n. in liU I p, m...., -It (I II. in.,.,.. V!S 11 p. in '- 7 n, in,.,,,, lid it p. in t H ii. in ) . ),, m I'-! it n. iii iis a p. m '- t n. ii :n it p. in i- 1 1 ii. in :in r p. in 'I l- in.. ;to m p. m. i.... :u p p. n :t JANUARY'S FIRST WHITE GLOVE Cost Into Omitlut'-, l'nee In llolnteroim I'lmlilon After Three llnlmy Weeks. Snow that was predicted for Sunday by tho government weather bureau was de layed a little, but arrived In Omaha about midnight. It was a soft, wet, clinging snow, such ns Iho farmer loves, nnd it clung wherever It struck. Tho air was full ot the cold down through tho night, and a bolBtcrous wind drovo tho fat flakes with force Into people's faces, but no one resented tho storm, ns all realized It mennt protection to the whentflclds and additional Btorage of motsturo for spring time. The snow wns still coming down at o'clock 'this morning and thero was no prospect of nn Immediate, break. I NURSE GIRL KILLS BABY Uomestlo Doesn't Mite Child's He- linvlor, Ho llnnu It nnil Tnken tins. CINCINNATI, Jnn. 10. Whllo Mr. nnd Mrs. W. H. Whlttakor woro out calling this evening their bnbo was left with Annie ,oge, a domestic. When they returned Miss Logo was found upstairs In an un conscious condition from asphyxiation, Sho had turned on the gas nnd Inhaled It from tho Jot. Lator Mr. nnd Mrs. Whlttnker found their dead babe hanging to a gasplpe In tho cellar. Tbo physicians say tho woman cannot survlvo tho night. As she Is not expected to recover consciousness, tho story of tho doublo tragedy may nover bo known. Mr. Whlttakor is a prominent member ot tho Cincinnati bar. Mr. aud Mrs. Whlttakor left for Cam den, O., forty miles from this city, this morning, to spend tho day with tho parents of Mtb. Whlttnker and left their 5-year old Bon, their only child, with Annlo Logo, who had been with tho family only n short tlmo. Tho Indentions nro that the woman had trouble with the little boy and hanged him early In tho dny and that sho Inhaled gas Just previous to the return of Mr, nnd Mrs. Whlttaker tonight. Sho was dying nt midnight. DRISC0LL KNOWS HIS MAN UulItiiNser Ulentlfles Sunpeet One of Poolroom Itnlders. - KAN8A3'OlTV-,aiinM0.-.-Wllllnra Uambo saloon man arrested at Kansas City, Kan., today. Is being held on suspicion of being ono ot tbe two men who last Mon day evening held up five men in a race horse pool room In Delaware street and got. awny with $1,500. Jimmlo Drlscoll, tho baso ball player, a clerk in tho poolroom, who was struck over tho head with a revolver by ono of tho robbers, Identified Rambo today as ono of tho two men. The pollco say thoy havo other ovldenco that tends to prove Rambo'8 connection with the uffnlr. A detective left tonight for Denver to bring back Al Green, under nrrest In that city, suspected ot being ono of thu rob bcrs. Green and Rambo nro known to havo been friends in this city. REPELS LOVER WITH A GUN frnte Fntber Kills Ills Dnnitli t rr'H Persistent Suitor nnil Tben Snrremlcrs. t VAN WERT, O., Jnn. 19. John Garwood was thot and killed early today by John Bauman, a neighboring farmer. Bauman has a daughter about 16 years of ago to whom Garwood has been paying nttcntlon Garwood came In a buggy, accompanied by nnother man, and knocking repeatedly on the door, domanded admittance Bnuman says after ho had repeatedly re quested Garwood to leave, ho opened tho door with his shotgun In his hand nnd do manded that Garwood leave tho premises which ho refused to du. Bauman says he then saw Garwood draw n revolver. Ban man raised his shotgun and fired Into Oar wood's left breast, causing lnstnnt death Bauman gave hlmsolf up. ELEVEN PRISONERS ESCAPE Ilenileil by Notorious Connterfelter, Titer Tlrenlc Federal Ilnrrlers. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 19. Eleven pris oners, hoaded by Morlarty, tho counter feiter, escaped from tho federal prison at McNeils today by burrowing through a cement floor Into tho alrplpes, A largo posse Is now In pursuit. McNeils island Is ton miles from Tacoma and thoro is no wuy of getting to It ex cept by launch. United Stntes Marshal Ido, with n large force of deputies, left hero at 5 o'clock on rocolpt mf bare nollco ot tho escape, and It Is posslhlo ho may not return tonight, A Ledger reporter ac companied the party nnd will return to night If thero Is any moans of doing so. SHOOTS DEAD THE WRONG MAN Oklahoma IteNlilent MIMfike Pnrty Who CnlU nt Ills House for line my. SHAWNEE, Okla., Jan. 19. B. B. Hunt ot Huntsvllle, Mo., was Bhot and killed hero today by John Seville, who mistook him for on enemy. Hunt went to Sovllle's home and demanded admittance Seville had experienced trouble Saturday with other persons and supposing that thoy had returned to open tho quarrel refused to admit' Hunt and shot through tho closed door. Hunt dropped dead nn the stops, Movement" of Oeenii VeNNelN, .Inn. JO, At New York Arrived: Gcnrgln, from Genoa nnd Naples: Mcnaba, from London: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam nnd Boulogne, At Quecnstown Hailed: 1'mbrla, from Liverpool, for New York. Arrived: Sax nnla. from Boston, for Liverpool, and pro ceeded. At Liverpool Sailed: Llvonlan, from Glasgow, for Now York. Arrived: Taiirtr, from New York, At Iilidon Arrived: Menomlnle, from New York. At Southampton Sailed: Kensington, from Antwerp, for New York. At Plymouth Pnsfeil Minneapolis, from New York, for London. CAN COUNTY COLLECT Bait i Whlaa I old rablio Konej Liable fer Interest Theriea. CONTRACT IMPLIED IN ACCEPTING DEPOSIT Fmiiieae of Law Oanaot Be Ifnered bjr Treasurer aad Baa ken. TITLE TO MONEY RESTS IN PEtPLE Treainrer ! Merely Ouitcd'aa ef Fnadi Eatrnited to Him. MP0RTANT OPINION ON TWO PINT! County Attorney WeUlt Tells Commix- sinners of Wn lie Count)- They Cm llooowr from lliiuk 1,'mIiik Pnblln Money. WAYNE, Neb.. Jan. 19. (Special.)-, Wayno county Is Just now having a lltllo cxpcrlcnco In tho handling ot county funds which will bo lnterintliig to several other counties similarly situated. During the Inst two years the banks havo refused to pay the rate of interest on county funds prescribed by tho depository law (.1 per cent) nnd ns n result no contract wus made nnd tho bauks furnished no bonds to secure tho deposit. Tho treaeuror deposited tho money In tho banks, however, nnd tho banks havo had tho use of it. Both the bankers and tho treasurer deny that any Interest hnB been paid on this money, tho trcasuror asserting that It was deposited In thu banks because ho had no safe place In which to keep it. Littlo wns said about tho matter, how ever, until tho cnmpalgn last fall, when W. M. Gue, tho republican candidate for treas urer, mado tho churgo that hla opponent, who was then treasurer, had given a guar antee bond to tho county for which tho bankcrN paid. Tho old treasurer was re elected, but when the county board met In December it decided to tako a hand and seo if thoro was not somo way In which tho bankB could be compelled to pay the county Interest on tho deposits aud also to collect from tho treasurer tho amount of thu guar- nntco bond premium which It Is alleged tho bankers who had tho county deposits paid for, Tho county aftorney wns called upon for an opinion on both of thetso points. Holds (be IliinkK Liable. When the board met ngaln In January tho county attorney sent In a written opin ion on both questions. Ho held thnt the failure of tho banks to glvo n depository bond would not estop tho county from ro- coverlug Interest, providod i contract to pay Interest could bo established. In the matter of recovering from tbo county treas urer tho amount of tho guarantee bend, tho attorney held that It it could bo Bhown that It was paid for by tho banks with tho un derstanding they woro to have tho coupty money on deposit, that the county could re cover, ujt it -wna In that'.asaln ttn.rwnu category as recelVlri'g Interest on cour.ty money. Following is tho text of both c.plnlans: WAYNU, Neb., Jnn. 0. 1J.12.-To the Hoard of County CommlslonerH of Wayne, County. Nebraska ficntlemeti: In eiim- pllancc with your request tor nit opinion hh to tho liability of banks to pay In terest on county money deposited with them by the county treasurer, wbero thti bank 1ms given no bond ns provided by law, I will say that tho determination ot the (iii'Htlon depends: First In whom was tho legal title to tho money nnd fund so deposited by thu county treasurer? Second If any title was In the county, nro thn banks llablo for Interest thereon whoro they fail to glvo a bond or fall to inukn an express contract to pay Interest thereon? Tide lo tbe .Honey. Our supremo court In First National bnnk against Gnndy (11 Neb. 431), Wayno county ngnlnst Dressier, and it number of other case? bus held that tho legal tltlo to the public money which comes Into tho treasurer's ofllco Is In tho treasurer, that ho Is not tho trustee of such funds, but ho Is the debtor of tho body of which h ic an official for tho funds paid Into his olllcn. These decisions nro based upon tho enso of State against Kelm (8 Neb. 03), which expressed tho rule us follows: "An unauthorized or unratified loan or deposit ot public monoy constitutes no cause of action in tbo rinmo of the state." In this oase tho stnto brought stilt ugalnst somo bankers to recover money deposited by tho stato treasurer with them. Slnco the ntiovo cases were decided our supreme court, ns well as tho court of other stutes, lui severely criticised ths cuso- of Stnto iisjlnst Kelm. Borne of our supremo Judges havo In writing their opin ion said thnt It should bo overruled. Our present law for the depositing of ccunty money In bunks lias boon paused Mnco tho decision of tho above mentioned cases. In view of later decisions ot our supreme court find our present depository law, I nm of tho opinion that our court would now overrulo Stato against Kelm and hold that tho treasurer was not n mora ilobtor of tho county, but that ho wiw u trusteo of tho funds In his hands hh treasurer nnd that tho samo could bo followed ami re covered by tb? county from anyone, who had received tho samo knowing them to bo county funds. Comll tlimeil nn u Contract, I do not think tho failure to glvn a de pository bond would In Itsolf prevent tho recovery of Interest on county monoy de posited In a bnnk, provided a contract to pay Interest could bo established, Tho bond by virtue of our statute Is glvon to sccuro tho monoy deposited and Intorost. in order to constitute a contract It is not necessary that tho terms thoreof or tho assent of tho parties be expressed. Tho contract may bo Implied in law, even though ono of the parties does not assent thereto, nnd expressly says ho does not ussent; such contracts ura routined upon ii statutory or official duty, Tho law has not been settled by decisions of tho courts bearing directly upon tho question you ask, but lha principles bear ing thereon aro woll Buttled. Tho bankH aro required to know that tho law pro hibits them from receiving such county monoy on deposit excopt on payment of nt least 3 per cent Interest thereon, It Is my opinion thut tho courts would hold that the nccuptanno by thn banks of county monoy front tho county treasurer, Knowing mo huiuu io imi county money, created a contract implied In law lo pay Interest thereon nt the lowest rate by which tho bankB could legally recelvn such deposit or that It created such a contract to pay for the usn of such money what It was reasonably worth. Tlmro Is a tendency of late, In tho con struction of statutes relatlvo to tho keep ing of ''monoy" In thu vaults of thn treas urer, for tho courts to hold that thn term "money" tnclutles certificate, of deposit or other vouchers for money deposited In solvent banks. In Wisconsin thero Is a statute which provides thnt tho governor at stated times shall seo that all "money appearing by tho books of thn secretary of statu and treasurer as belonging to thn several funds Is In tho vaults of thn trjnl,Htfitn against McFetrldgo (CI N. W. Hep. 1) the supreme court of Wisconsin holds that "thu treasurer Is not required to keep In legal tender coin or currency nil thn public funds In his hands In tho vaults of thn treasury " Certlllciilc I : 1 1 1 nleiit in Money, III arriving lit this conclusion tho court H"'Certlllcutet of deposit or other vouch er.! for monny deposited In solvent banks, payablo on demand, nrn ii most convenient medium of nxclmuge nnd are extensively used In commercial nnd financial trnnt artlnns to represent tho money thus de posited anil as equivalent thereto, Hencu tho same aro money within tho meaning of section U9, and Its requirements In that