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TIIE OMAIIA DAILY J1EE: FRIDAY, .TUNE 10, 1002. 7 SEW BOORS AND MAGAZINES Mi P.ttiooats," a Hew and ' Charming Ko?el by Twigtit Tillon. "MARION MANNING- EDITH EUSTIS' LATEST the) Book Drain with Social and Po litical 1.1(1 In WaahlaatoeAMarr Hallork Foot Write a tory ( Western Life. "Mis Petticoats" is a nw and charm ing novel by Dwight Ttlton. Mist Petti coats, tbe heroine. Is a girl who works la a mill aod lives with her grandfather In an old whaling bark tied up at one or the wharve of "Old . Cbetord," a locality In ths novel which many readers will recog nise as tha old New England whaling town. New Bedford. She la atormy, passionate, proud as Lucifer. but wsrm In her af fections, brave, honest aod truthful. Inci dentally she Is beautiful. Having done a great service for an aristocratic woman of the town, the girl Is taken Into the proud fcouaehold. On her departure from her grandfather he tells her the story of her mother'! life, which was one of great dis appointment and suffering, though mar lied Into a family of rabk 1n France. Under the care of ber benefactor, Miss Petti coats receives the best of education, her Instructor being a young and popular min ister of the town. Ehe has an unusually atrong mind for buslneaa and the world of finance, which In tfce last chapters of the book gives her a power to ruin financially. By and by slander, malice, Jealousy and tbe Insulting love of a young society fa vorite combine to form a tremendous climax In the young woman's life, from which she merges hardened, embittered and bent upon revenge. She travels In Europe tor her health. While there ahe Inherits- a large amount of wealth, from her father's house. Fortune at last makes her a crea ture of power, beauty, brilliancy and great resources and then the one ambition of her existence seems- noar Its. fulfillment, aa ehe has returned to New Tork and has worked a plan in the atock market by which ahe can bring financial ruin upon the person who practically drove ber away from her childhood home. But at this time her girlhood Instructor (the young minister) wins' her aa hi wife and the thought of revenge, assisted by a series of Incidents, la turned to one of good deeds and Miss Petticoat is again living happily In her home In "Old Chetford. C. M. Clark, publisher. . "Marlon, Manning" is a novel of political and social life in Washington by Edith Eustla, daughter of Levi p. Morton. Tbe heroine, Marlon Heverll, Is a young Vir ginia girl, enthusiastic and generous. She marries John Manning, a politician whose motives are all governed by self-interest. Bhe loves him devotedly, but the revela tion finally come to ber that he has mar ried for money and to assist hla own am titlous plana, and that be haa loved another woman In tbe past, Mr. Walford, a mar ried woman whose fauaband died before Mannlng'a mercenary marriage to Marlon. Mr. Walford reappear at Washington and Marlon by accident overhears a conversa tion between Mrs. Walford and Manning, wunu uiiuiiniDoi ner wun regard to ner husband. She is heart-broken and goes back to her home In Virginia, but her bus band persuade her to return and 'Mr. Walford goo abroad. Manning meanwhlo makes a brilliant speech in congress and 1 a rising man, when he la attacked by ty phoid fever and, though faithfully nursed by hi young wife, he die. .. Another poli tician, George Hood, who ha oppoaed Man ning's view In congreaa and Is a man of high moral tone, has long engaged Marlon's interest, and eventually he provea to be a man worthy of her respect' and affection. HI devotion finally win her. The story Is full of Interesting' incident. There are cene In New England and In Virginia, but chiefly at Washington. . Harper ft Broa., publishers. "The Desert and the Lawn" la a new novel by Mary Hollock Foote, who has written several capital stories. The scene of the novel ehlfta between a military post In tbe west and the Dutch farming country near Newburg-on-the-Hudson. In Paul Bogardue, the hero of the story, the author gives an Interesting study of character and heredity, Paul's mother wan the daughter of a rich and obstinate farmer on the Hud son. HI father waa the "hired man," and after vainly trying to win her father' con sent to their marriage, they run away to gether, she being confident of her father' forgiveness later. The father . proved ob durate, however, and tbe young couple suf fered many, hardship. Finally they went west and the husband wandered away into the mountains one day and waa lost. No trace of him was ever found and his wife ultimately returned to New York and at last Inherited great wealth from her father and uncle, and Paul haa a great desire to turn philanthropist and use the money to help tbe poor. Aloys, tq whom he Is en gaged, is unwilling to Interest herself In the poor man as a generality, though in dividually she Is prepared to sacrifice her. elf to any extent. Moya father 1 an army man and much of the story trans pires at the post where he Is stationed. Paul goea with some friend on a hunt ing trip, they are overtaken by the winter snow and he and one of the aulde. left ' behind by the other, come near losing tneir live. In the close acquaintance thus brought about and from chance word pbken by the older man In Illness, Paul learn tnat this guide Is hi father, bo long supposed dead. The development of the different character of Paul, hla mother and Moya, under the influence of this discovery, la most Interesting and sat isfactory. Published by Houghton, Mifflin Co. i "Chlmmle Fsdilen and Mr. Paul." by Ed . ward W. Townsead. crystallise the doings of the favorite dramatis persona of the uura rauaom ueccnea or nve year ago Into a connected love story, revealing the sentimental relation between Mr. Paul and Mlsa Fannie. Each of the twenty-seven di visions In the book relates new and vary ing Adventure In m-hl.-h lPtilmn.l. scheme are abetted or thwarted by "the durbess," "his whiskers," Miss Fsnnle, Mr. Paul. "Wily Wtddy." the atalwart Mn Murphy and several new - characters. As the title of the new collection shows. Mr Paul plays the most important role In the preaent series, after "Chiwmle" himself; very much as he did In the stage version of "Chlmmle Fadden" in Its three years' "run. The author has evolved a social pull osopher In Mr. Paul, whose views, even In his own vocabulary, xuight 'make aa inter rr Always Something Novr to Chow You. Society Stationery Our displ l too largest Our good tbe proper thlnx- .Society Btttloaero, 1X t. esttng volume, but as tranolsted by "Chlm mle" gain In piquancy and lose nothing In depth. "Chlmmle" himself, recording knowledge which frequently pussies or amaze him. yet which he illuminate with the light of his mother-wit. hss modified his dialect, so tht he now addreasea the ye a plainly as the esr. But his Idiom nd eccentrlcltle of expression remain at quaintly characteristic as ever, In spite of thst modification of dialect to be expected after hi five years' service In the honse hold of Miss Fannie. The Century Co., pub lishers. Dr. H. H. Kane of New Tork has given to the American public translation of Pierre Foncln's "Pays de France" under the title of "France." It treate of the physical formation of the country, the history of the nation, Its Institutions, re sources, literature, science and are; the temperament of Its people and of the colo nies of the republic. The book follows the program of the Alliance Franealse, an asso ciation which devotes itself to encourag ing the thorough study of the French lan gusge and literature, and, consequently, to spreading abroad accurate and impartial notions in regard to Frantfe and her people. Published by International Publishing Co. Several timely end Interesting essay are contained In a new volume entitled, "Leeat Appomattox, and Other Paper, by Charles Francis Adams. They cover a wide range two are upon the wr Just closed In South Africa; one Is upon the need of a higher tone In our political discussions; another deal with "The Treaty of Washington, and the closing paper, "A Plea for Military History." Is a criticism of the. detective treatment of military operation by his torian. The paper on "Lee at Appomat tox" was read before the American society at it annual meeting In Worcester, Mass., Wednesday, October 30, 190L But all the papers are weighty with tbe wealth of ex perience gained by travel, by the practice of great affair and by association with statesmen and other In whose hand ret the heavy responsibilities of commerce and diplomacy. Published by Houghton, Mifflin Co. "My Captive," by J. A. Altsholer, 1 a tory of the revolutionary war, giving in an interesting manner a soldier experience with a lady prisoner. "My Captive" haa a charm all it own or her own for the caDtlve" 1 a young woman of the revolu tionary war Tory who 1 charged with being a spy. But a her captor la the nar rator, we shall ask him to tell us about it: I looked at the prisoner, and I was vexed by doubt She returned my gase with great. pure eyes, which seemed to say I wa a villain, a monster; yet I bad been doing my exact duty, that of a faithful aoldter In the cause of the continental congress and freedom. I waa angry ather for meddling with war, and angry at myself for being .forced Into a situation so full of troubles. And trouble indeed there were inside of the first half-hour. She was seated on her horse, and my horse. Old Put, the most wonderfully Intelligent animal that ever existed wa standing by', when she sud denly gave him a cut with her whip, and oft be dashed riderless in, on direction, while she drove her horse furiously off In the other. And I first had to catch Old Put and then her. Then we both were captured by guerrlllaa, from which we escaped after a terrible ordeal, and once she wa captor and I captive. And o for several days and night we had many adventure until we caught up with Morgan' command. How did It turn outT Wall, I must admit I fell In love but she waa a Tory, and in her eyea I wa a rebel. o that complication naturally ensued. But it wa truly an ex citing period." D. Appleton- 4k Co., pub lisher. The Government; What it Is; What it Does." by Salter Btorrs Clark, revtsor of Young's Government Class Book," and au thor of "Clark's Commercial Law," la a volume which la entirely different from the average cut-and-dried text book In civic. It 1 more like an able teacher' verbal presentation of the subject to hi class than like anything else to which w can com pare it The etyle 1 clearcut, forceful and full of life. The matter U presented sug gestively and th pupil i ted to draw in ferences for himself. Comparisons of our government with tho of other countries are frequent; the Illustrations of tbe actual workings of the system are detailed and vivid; and government 1 shown to be a clence, a complete system, which ha a practical fart in our everyday life. Sup plementary work, giving question which will force the pupil to think over what he ha studied, are appended to each chapter, and a complete index to each chapter and a complete Index is included. Published by American Book company. The above booka are for sale by ' the Megeath Stationery Co., 1308 Farnam t LOCAL BREVITIES. Judae Munser of the federal court haa excused the member of the petit jury until Monaay. In Victor B. Walker'a ult against the Slor Brewing company a Jury has given the plaintiff 3750 damages. A permit ha been Issued to W. R. Wie ner to erect at Thirty-second street and Lincoln boulevard a frame dwelling to cost 1.000. ' Republican of Dundee will caucus at S o'clock Friday night In the tire engine houae to nominate delegates to the state and Judicial conventions. The caaes against the Pan-Amtariran shows, brought by its former employes for salary due, have been postponed to July It at the reuqest of the defendant. An awnlnar In the front of the Burling ton railroad headquarter was destroyed by tire Wednesday afternoon. The blace wns extinguished before any other damage waa none. lxnils Cohen, a sroeery clerk of South Oman, ha applied to the l'nlted States district court to be declared a bankrupt. His asset are and his liabilities 11.244 81. The Capttol avenue market house plana are being corrected aa to detail in the office of the city engineer, and bids for the construction work will be advertised lor by the middle of next week. ' Purglare who evidently Intend to have a high time broke Into th bakery of Wil liam Wlckes. S4o Cumin- street. Wednes day night and stole four- pounds of yeast and a rasor. an vaiueu at . Members of the High school graduating clans are busy trying on their new (owns and suit", preparatory to the commence ment exercises of Friday evening, and such of them as are to appear on the program are rehearsing their essays and oration. The claa now number an even IjO. ... The wed Jin; of Alice Elisabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Howes, to Thomas Herbert Tracy took place In St. Barnabas church Wednesday evening, June 11, Rev. John Williams performing the ceremony for the very pretty private wedding. Both are old residents of the city, the groom belonging to the cigar firm of Tracy Bros, company. The building Inspector will bea-Jtlfy Nonh Elcventn street Friday by tearing aown an oia iront ouuaing at o. ill, which for thirty years ha been a landmark of the locality, it la occupied now aa a lirnk shop, old frame structures adjoining u on ine norm ai no. in ana int nave been removed under ortier from the building in spectors. The annual banquet of the aenlor and Junior ciaases of Crelfhton university was held at the Dellone hotel Wednesday nlKht. Kesponsea to toasts by students and their guest, the members of the faculty, com prised an interesting poat-crandlat nro. gram. The bamiuet took on the nature of a fa re w II to the seniors and a Dleaaant evening wa passed in exchanging lellclta tlnna on the happenings of tha college course. ' Judge McPheraon of th federal court ha ronnrmed the sale or- the Continental Clothing company stock. He orders that Harry S Rcberaon, the receiver, transfer to 11. E. Berg, in conatderatlon of II U. all of the company' furniture .and nature, and to th Jones Dry Goods company. In condderailon of til.&0. the Arm a (tork or auods. 1 he receiver, after bavlna taxes. is to hold the proceed, of th el, subject NO QUORUM FOR MEETING letsios of Western Car Service Association Heceisarilj Postponed. CHANGES IN BURLINGTON AGENCIES Railroads Conveying; Plcnle Partlea to Iowa Groves llonarcleaalng at the I'nlon Pacific Headqaarter. Because of a failure to secure the quorum necessary to do business the annual meet ing of the Western Car Bervlce association, set for yesterday morning, wa put off till some date in the near future to be chosen by Manager A. C. Jones,' at which time It will be possible to get together a sufficient number of representative of th different railroad of tbe association. The transportatiou and operating officials who did make their appearance had their Journey to Omaha for nothing. The office of General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific' railway was the place designated for the session and at the appointed time there met with Mr. Dickinson: H. S. Cable of Topeka, Kan., general superintendent of the line of the Chicago, Rock Island ft Pa cific weat of tbe Mtssourl river; O. E. 81mpeon of Chicago, superintendent of transportation of the Chicago. Milwaukee ft St. Paul; O. W. Loomls, chief clerk to General Manager Holdrege of the Burling ton; H. C. Cb,eyney. general agent of the Chicago A Northwestern, Lyman Sholes, division passenger and freight agent of the Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis ft Omaha, and A. T. Abbott of Falrbury, Neb., dl vtslon superintendent of the Chicago, Rock Island ft Pacific. The matter of chief Importance to come up at thta meeting Is tho election of offi cer, or rather of the executive committee which manipulate the affairs of the asso ciation. This embraces not men, but rail roads, the make-up of the committee at present being the Burlington, the Union Pacific and the Fremont, Elkhorn ft Mis souri Valley lines. Will Move to Omaha. J. W. Williams, who has been for some year local agent of the Burlington road at Longmont, Colo., ha just been appointed traveling passenger agent out of head quarter, and he will move at once to Omaha, making this hi home. Hla terri tory will be east or the Missouri river. Mr. Williams succeeds S. R. Drury, who Is advanced to be city passenger agent at Denver. Mr. Drury, in turn, aucceeds Colonel Joe Mllner, who becomes depot passenger agent at Denver. Mr. Drury is well known In Omaha, having been con nected with tho Burlington here for a long time. Plcnlo Time ia Here. The' time of the fraternity summer plcnio is at hand. Pleasure outings of this sort are being organized now with a frequency very pleasing to railroad men, and tho first one of the aeason went to Glen wood. I., over the Burlington yesterday. It wa the Ancient Order of the Son and Daugh ter of Jerusalem, and there were more than 800 of them In the party. The throng traveled in a special train, and wa re turned to Omaha In the same conveyance last night. Meanwhile the Omaha dlvlaion of the In ternational Union of Stationary Engineer ha set next Sunday for its picnic affair. Jeffrie Grove in Iowa ha been chosen aa th cne, a place twenty-five mile from Omaha. The Illinois Central haa been dubbed official route and the engineers, with their feminine accompaniment, will be taken out of Union itatlon on a (peclal train at 8:15 Sunday morning, .returning late that night. I'nlon Pstetfle Hoaseeleanlna". Certain portion of Union Pacific head quarter are torn up as badly aa the home of the most fastldtoua housewife these days, all due to the rellntng of the entire build ing with a coat of cementico. The floors and room are being taken in turn, begin ning with President Burt' office; tho wall craped and a coating of light green ap plied, which will greatly improve th light In tbe building. This had become very poor in ome of tho rooms of recent year because of accumulation of dirt on wall that were once of a Hght hue. Just now General Freight Agent Wood, with his stenographer and corpa of three assistant, 1 camped In the small privat office of General Passenger Agent Lomsi, amid a chao of desks and chair. All the large force of clerka in the big general room of the freight office, meanwhile, ha been as signed to the private office of Assistant General Freight Agent Lane, where they are amotherlng that official. Rate Lower in Oregon. Information ha been received at Union Pacific headquarter that the Southern Pa cific railroad ha finally reduced it trans portation rate in Oregon to 3 cent a mile fiat in all section of the state. Thla I a marked reduction, aa mileage there has been from 4 cent to a high as 6 In differ ent parts. Tbe change does not alter rates from this part of the country out there. as the railroads here all have blanket rates over all that territory. Special for Race Meeting;. The decision as to special railroad rates to Omaha on the occaaion of the meeting of the Omaha Driving club wa announced yesterday. A rate of one and one-third for the round trip haa been given, good comtng to the city June 25 to 23 Inclusive, return ing June 30. Tickets at this .rate will be sold at all stations within 150 miles of Omaha In the state of Nebraska and within 100 miles of Omaha east of tbe river. It Is aid that there are now nearly 300 horses entered for the races, which will take place on the track at the old exposition grounds. Episcopal Confession of Faith Again. OMAHA, June 11. To the Editor of The Bee: May I have the -privilege of cor recting, for the sake of Qeneral Mander on himself, the error attributed to him by your reporter at the banquet the other evening. I am quite directly informed that the general' ecclesiastical training In bis youth and his memory of that train ing were such as to utterly preclude the possibility of bis falling into tbe error of attributing to the Episcopal church or to any confession of faith possible for It, a declaration as to the bishop of Rome, which It would deem to be utterly alien to every thing rightly belonging to a' Christian creed. While I thought thla to be the case when I wrote my former letter, I did not of course know thst It was, and so I felt it due to the Episcopal church to correct an error that would lead poorly Informed people to think that the Anglican church allowed ecclesiastical passion to get the better of it Christian reason, to put In It creed what could properly be no part of the Christian faith. As for what I said abeut tbe possible effect of hts. after dinner surroundings upon General Manderson' memory, of course that waa a mere pleas antry, a jest, not eo much on the general himself as upon th staid character of th ecclealsstlcal banquet, where he waa aa honored guest, though not more honored than h 1 in th heart of all hla towns men. I would have loved to have seen every possible risk of after dinner tempta tion at that banquet myself, and would have seen It had I been able to accept the courteous invitation extended to me. Aod so, sir, I move tbe eourt of public opinion to nolle the case against General Mender- on, even though be 1 unable to prove an alibi. JOHN WILLIAMS. OBJECTS T0J3AS RESERVOIR Fred (lehllmme Say Bin; Tank Ha Damaged ma Hanae aad Ineeme. . Before Judge Blabaugh yesterday the rase of Fred Srhllmrae against the Omaha Gae company waa on trial. In this rase the plaintiff seek to recover damage because of alleged Injury done hla property on Boutb Twentieth street, by reason of tho construction of a reservoir by the gas company on an adjoining lot In 1S97. He allege that the noise of the movement of the separate part of the tank make It Impossible for hi family and hi tenant to enjoy the Blessings of a home, and for that reason, as well as because of the noxious and pungent gase which artse from the retorvolr, It la impossible for him to secure the returns from the prop erty which he had done previous to the construction of the gas reservoir. South Omaha News, Tax Commissioner FlUgerald stated yes terday that Saturday he would complete the work of making the city assessment. On Monday the Board of Review will meet and review the assessment made by the com missioner. This board Is composed of Tax Commissioner Fitzgerald. John F. Schulti and A. L. Bergquest. While no definite fig ures have been given out for publication It I understood that there ha been an in crease In valuation all along the line. The Improvements the corporations have made during the last year will add largely to the valuation. Last year's valuation was about 12,500,000 and It Is fully expected that this will be more than doubled this year. What tbe Board of Review will do with the tax commissioner's returns remains to be seen. Heavy taxpayer are deeply inter ested In the work of the board. It Is pre sumed that the board will hold it meetings In the council chamber. Howe Get Throngb. City Treasurer Howe completed the task of paying out May claims and balancing his books for the school district yesterday. For the month of May $56,731.12 was paid out for the purpose of redeeming warrants Issued by the Board of Education. It has been quite a task to figure up the books. Issue the call for these warrants and then check the paid ones with the warrant reg ister. All of this work is forced on the treasurer, a be is by law made the treas urer of the school district and be serves I without compensation. Several attempts have been made in the past to have the board allow a reasonable sum for clerk hire to do this work and It will have to come before long, aa the city business now occupies all of the time of tbe treasurer and his deputy. With one more clerk In the treasurer' office the record of the Board of Education could be kept up to date and It is more than likely that a re quest for an appropriation of this kind will soon be made. Police Want Appropriation. Every day the member of the police force, and especially the detective depart ment, are spending their own money In securing evidence against criminals to be used in either the police or the district court. No appropriation has ever been made by the council to pay these necessary expenses, but It Is understood that Chief Brtgg will soon make a' request that a reasonable sum be set apart each month for the payment of the expense of th de tective department. " 'Annual Closing; KxOrolsea. The fifteenth annual cloelng exercise of the Eighth grade of tbe publlo schools were held at the First - Methodist Episcopal church last night. About 125 pupil partic ipated and at tbe next term of school will be eligible to membership in the High school. Thl program waa carried out: In vocation, Rer. George Van Winkle; chorus. 'Voice of , the Wood;" recitation. Ml Delia piark; vocal solo, Mis Ange O'Con nor; address, "Opportunity," Dr. W. O. Henry; vocal aolo, "Bonnie Sweet Bessie,"' Mr. Frank Mortality ; presentation of cer tificate, A. V. Miller, president of tbe Board of Education; song, "Anchored," by tbe class; benediction, Rev. Dr. R. L. Wheeler. Class Erferrlse Tonight. The exercise of the High school gradu ating clas will be held at the troop arm ory tonight. Those who have been given places on the program are Clara Tombrlnk, Stella Williams. Clara Freltag, Leta M. Mead, Julia Wlllard, Luc lie Dennis, Alia Gilchrist, Maud McDowell. John L. Rob ert. Harriet Smith, Eunice Eneor, Leo S. Legrot Harvey Renwlck, Herbert Cole man, Oliver C. Ryan and Mary Moore. Tbe program I extensive and include a farce, to be participated in by those mentioned. A number of additional chair have been procured and it 1 expected that the arm ory will be crowded. Officer Elected. S These offlcero have been elected by Lodge No. 66, Ancient Order of United Workmen: C. D. Geddis, foreman; Charles Avery, over seer; G. S. Kennedy, recorder; C. M. Rich, financier; C. W. Miller, receiver; George Fogle, guide; J. Helkes, watchman; L. Meyer, outside watchman; J. Kennedy and A. E. Spear, trustees. The Installation of these officers will occur on July L. Case of Destitution. In his round yesterday Sanitary In- apector Jones discovered a sad case of des titution. O. Harding, who lives at Twenty fourth and Monroe itreeta, ha been 111 for some six weeks and as his wife I blind she is unable to take care of him. The fam ily. Inspector Jones says, Is in need of as sistance and charitably Inclined persona are asked to Investigate this case. Maarlo t'lty boaslp. Rev. Irvlna- P. Johnson left last niaht for his home In Minnesota after a visit with trtendj here. The 3-year-old daughter of Georaa Rchwer, Thirty-second and X streets, was buried at Laurel inn cemetery yesterday afternoon. The class day exercises of the senior class will be held at the troop armory on Thursday evening, June 12. The proceeds will be donated to the High school library fund. f lkv'H Q rilt.la. haa vim. n TW . . .. after spending a week or two with Mr. ani Mrs. iiarry lrumuie. Morn Yost ha been robbed again anl this time a negro has been charged with the crime and ia In Jail. Notice has been given out that an Im portant meeting of the Tribe of Ben Hur will be held on Friday evening. Del Cary Smith, grand worthy president of the Kagles, will be here Thursday and attend the meeting of the local lodge. Mis Mamie Btum, aged 2i year, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Parks Twenty-fifth and D, last night at il o'clock.' Funeral notice will be given later, BAKER CRAZED BY THE STORM Illinois Man, Maddened Throe. Kb Krlgnt, Trlea to Mevaev HI Family. , - 1 PEORIA, 111., June 12. During the great storm last night Joseph Baker ehot aod Instantly killed hi stepson. Martin Chrkt- topber, 22 years of age, badly wounded the other tepon, Webster Christopher, I year old, and would probably hav killed hi wife had ahe not succeeded In getting away from him. Baker wa arrested and held to tb grand Jury without bait I( I thought that bakr became sadden) derang 4. ACTION OF BOARD OF EQUALIZATION EXPLAINED Reduction in Valuations by County Assessors Obliged the Board to Make Similar Reductions in Railroad Valuations. Careful Investigation Shows that Nebraska Railroads Ara Stilt Asesad Too High, Compared with Ail Other Property in tha state, Notwlthstaud inn Reductions Made by Reform Boards ia the Latter '00s. (Iae Inder Ike Anthorlty of For year past It haa been quite generally contended "that the ralloada should be required to bear their Just hare of taxation." Nebraska has hud a sucreaalon of reform administrations, who used thl argument - as one of the eaentlal plunks of the platform on which . they were elected. There has been a succession of changes In the political complexion of what Is known as the Board of Equalisation, composed of the Governor, Treasurer and the Auditor qf State. Turing these euc cesmlve canvasses the railroads have not presented their side to the people, but In each case have waited un til the parties whom the people should select were elected to office, and then presented the question of railroad taxation to them when they acted as officers of I Governor. Party Thayer .. Poyd Crounse . Crounse . Holeomb Holcomb Holeomb Hdlcomb Pdynter . Poynter . Savage .. Republican . Democrat Republican Republican ... Populist . ..Populist ... Populist ... Populist ... Populist ... Populist Republican From this statement It will be seen that the railroad and telegraph property had a valuation In 1901 10 2-10 per cent less than It wa In 199, and that lots are also assessed for 10 3-10 per cent less, while the value of personal property has decreased 17 per cent In that same time. The only property that. appears to show any Increase whatever Is In the Item of lands, which show an Increase of 7 S-10 per cent. However, we give here a statement of the Increase In quantities asseseed In the following Items reported In 1X99 and lWd. which should be considered along with these apparent Increases and decreases In assessment: Per Cent Assessed In 1899. Assessed In 1901. Increase 10.S74.1RO acres Improved 17.8R4.770 acres Improved 62.7 13.557,727 acre unimproved 14.fw,84S acres unimproved 5 1.624.327 cattle i.813.918 cattle 42 179 29 sheep 410.H23 sheep 130 1.828.M2 hoas 1.460.777 hogs IS 6,032 miles railroad 6,702 mile railroad 13. Now, how are all these decrease nd variations In assessment brought about? Tn 1S93 and 1894 the assessors through the various counties so materially reduced the assessment of lands, lots and personal property that the railroad valuations given by the Hoard of Equalisation In prior years was away above that figure which would obtain an equality in taxation with other property. Owing to the popular cry of Increased assessment of railroad corporations, the Board of Equalisation waa deterred from materially reducing the same In 1R94, and In that year the railroads paid practically twenty-five Ser cent more tax than the y In Justice should have one. No one accused Governor Holcomb of being any more friendly to the railroad corporation than the law would require him to be, but In 1S96 the preentatlon was made to the board In such a manner that a material reduc tion wa made In the assessment of the railroad In Ne HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SIGHT Naught-Two Member. Present a Unique Program to Friends. PLAY, PROPHECY AND DRILL COMBINE Orpheara Theater the Scene of Enter tainment at Which Wit and Beaaty of Clas I Given Full and Free Show. Mother, father, lter, brother and friend of tbe 148 member of the High chool claa of 1902 were all t the Orpheum theater lat night for the claa exercises. The young person who are Just completing the four years' coure wlhed to celebrate and to have their "folk" In for the fun, o the latter went It waa a novel and a somewhat gorgeous spectacle that wa presented. Young- men who resembled pickings from Ellen M. Stone' own story mingled with other young men In mailed torso and with flower girls and gentle shepherdesses. Red and white, the clas color, predominated everywhere and tbe theater's tuoit picturesque setting were used. The program wa la two part, the first representing the claa on trial In th Forest of Arden to prove If It be worthy to re main there. Tbe king (Wation Smith) as sembled hi court and subject In the forest and there sponsored a battle Of the wit, in whirh there waa a seneral Interchange of sharp questions requiring sharper an swer. Soma Whe Were la It. The cartlcloanU and principal figure In this were the lord hlch chamberlain (How ard Barrett), the herald (Clyde Moore), tbe Jester (Arthur Kelkenny). Folly (Nsuie Connelly), and the Misses Mary Stearns, ionise White. Mildred Slater. Ethel Part ridge, Mabel Parker, Marie Manger and Nannie Eldrldge. Minnie HUler, a tne court historian, Walter Standeven, as the .nurt minstrel and Harrv Kelly, as the court prophet contributed Individually and very uccesfully. The recitation were-oy: May L. Brown, Charlotte Roe, .Alt a Huklll, Emma Schrleber, Anna Dietrich. Lord and ladle of the court were: Myrtle Cloud, Claire Northrup. Mary 8trlngfellow, Her bert Stubbendorf, Howard Wareham, Rob erta Wilson. Florence Grime. Alice Ranee, Cecelia Wilson, Harry Smith, William Weit, Mary McNamara. Nellie Sprague, Percy Powell, Clarence Wiglngton, Ruth Thomp son, Fredrlca Mcintosh. IMrtarea Presented. , The nleture were a trifle marred by awk- miar mnnlnnlatton of the llchts. but were nevertheless a much applauded part of the amtertalnment. They were- ocenes from honUa read bv the class In recent months. The first and second were from Cotnua, representing tbe before and after effect or the growth of uncanny, heads on beautiful shoulder. Webeter Sutherland wa Co mm. Blanche Roe "The Lady" and for hi followers there were Ann Cunningham, Joephine Bllxt, Harriet Borglum, Albert Helmrod, Wilson Buchanan, Mabel risner. Earle Marsh. . Jessie Nason pictured the fidelity of Tennyson's "Elaine- the fair, Elaine the Beautiful." In the scene from "Ivanhoe" Lawrence Sldwell wa Front de Boeuf, Gil hert stubb was Isaac of York and Bert Torglnson and Jay Fuller were Saracens. The "Iliad" eelectlon was enacted by Gray don Fox as Hector, Alfred Gordon as Paris, Rdna Damn aa Helen and Mary Bedwell as a Oreclan maiden. From "The Merchant of Venice" there was selected the scene of Portias avowal to Bassanlo. Florence Morden wa Portia and Will Coryell was Baaaanlo. The attendants were Erie Eten- berg, Carl Porter, Hildur Hartman and Marie Ryan. Drill of Color. Tbe second part opened with a rally of tbe red and white, under the leadership of Alma Beckett, Edith Wright, Florence Deverell and Cecil EllltL The class song, s tuneful setting of bright lines, wa Sung and a general drill given. The cloelng feature wa a special May pole and color drill by Marlon Connel), Pearl Lester, Edn Jenaen, stay Weeks, Fay Hooton, Ruth Hammond, Zola Dellecker, Mary Dallas, Gertrude White, ' Beaal Taylor, , June Phelps, Fay Town, Jeanne Rlddell. Daisy French, Bessie Moorhead and Nell Brinker, led by Laura Congdon. The music was furnished by tbe High school orchestra and Junior and sopho more were much In evidence. Tb class 1 to b graduated at t. aavi theater Fri day night. tae Railroads af Nebraska. this Poard of Kqunllaatlnn. Thu It come that during the past ten years there have been republican, demo cratic and popouMst governors and member of thl bonrd in ucceselon. These men elected to office have been representative cltlsens and men of Integrity and honor who have taken an oath to do what they considered right In the Interests of the people, and In suheiTlb Ing to this oath, they at the same time aw ear to do their duty in accordance with the law. The following table will show tbe relative assess ment of each administration for the past twelve year, showing the amount assessed against lands, lots, per sonal property and all property In the elate during tho Various administration: Year. Lands. I Lots. I Per. Prop. W9 $74,215,749 IrtMlfi, 40.rB,71 1W 7S.WS.4n6 40.l4S.So4 M.SH9.US im 7.HM.1M 40.721. R44 ir7.TW.24S UM M.047.61U. S9.ni2.1 J2.4M.OCS 1S95 M.4S.in ' M,J4.76 2t.77S.S02 1 M.4S9.3K7 s4.KW.ni 2S.mi.r6 1W 7!U!t4,6f 83.574. JR 28.4o2.Sin 7.M.M1 S3.fl49.M2 r.(tS!.W 1!9 77.R9n.fll7 J2.7M.423 SJ.11.8'-S 1900 78.044. 1S5 S3.14S.4" M.112.7M 1901 79.675.195 ( 34.4S8.9oO 83.473,fjf9 braska. That board acted In this matter tinder their oath, which obliged them to equalise the assessed value of the railroads and make that assessment conform to valuations placed on other property. The assessment made at that time wa only fair to the cnmpiinie and put them back near to where they should have lieen placed. However, the local assessor continued to reduce the valuation on lands, lots and personal property, until lDS. the railroad were again paying twenty-rive per cent, more tax than they, under the constitution and law, should be required to do. Blnce 1898 the local assessors have Increased the valua tltin a little, but as waa shown In a former advertise ment, the railroads were assessed 11,169 per mile more value than thev should have been In 1900, and are atill paying more than their fair portion of taxes. During the years of hard time In Nebraska the rallroada accepted thl Injustice and paid the taxe charged, hoping by the assistance thus rendered the poorer countlea of the elate to tide over the unfor tunate condition of affairs, and In many Inatancea they paid the tax charged ing, i Ina- several memoer or rne nnrn or rquaiixaiinn mi have ben elected In the last ten years were honestly Impressed with the belief that railroad corporation were not paying their Just portion of tax. but when tha facts have been laid before them they in each Instance, Irrespective of party, respected their oath and went no further in taxing the railroads than they could go and till In their conscience believe that they were giving that equality In taxation guaranteed under our constitution. In our next article we will give some of the details regarding the chances made In valuations for a series of years. These figures will be given, not to antag onize any Interest, but merely as Information. Some corporations may not be paying their share of taxes, but an Investigation will show that they are not railroad corporation. AUTOMOBILE CLUB TURNS OUT First Ran of tho Omaha Horeelea Vehicle Come OS With, out Mishap. Crowd of people lined the curbs of the streets and the sidewalks of the boulevards laat night to watch a string of the smooth running horseless vehicles scud by In a silent line. It was not that they bad never seen an automobile before, but they had never seen so many at one time. It was tbe Initial run of the Automobile slub of Omaha, and never before bad so many of the swift little conveyances been assem bled In thla city.- . . There was none of the pushing vehicles uphill and Into town last night about which so much scoffing la don. If any pt the tnachjnes that participated in the run ever compel such antios on the .part of their chauffeurs .they showed no such symp toms at that time. Every auto ran smoothly and well, there being not a moment's delsy from start to finish, and no throwing up of hands because of a stubborn "balk." Tbe first run of the club was in every way a succe. About 8 o'clock the sutos started out, all type and size, all make and motive powers. As they spun along ths asphalt pavements they made a fine showing in their variegated colorings, their bright hesdltght. their yellow sidelights and their chauffeurs with the tlp-tllted automobile caps. H. E. Fredrlckson led the procession in his large gasoline road machine. . Th course extended out Sixteenth street and Sherman avenue, over to the Nineteenth treet boulevard, back In on that, then out south over the Park avenue run and return. The club will now enter upon a aerie of trip, . some short evening runs like tb first one, others of mors extent. WORDS FOR THE CORNERSTONE Andltorlnin Committee Decides on Inscription to Bo Handed'' Down to Posterity, At the meeting of the Auditorium com mittee . yeaterday the cornerstone lay ing furnished the principal topic of dis cussion. . It was announced that Governor Savage, Mayor Moore. Mayor Koutaky of South Omaha,. Mayor Morgan of Council Bluffs and other municipal dignitaries will be present. The cornerstone will be laid by President Sanborn of the board, while the principal address will be delivered by someone not yet announced. The inscription which will Sppear on the stone wks selected. On one side will be the words, "Omaha Auditorium, 1901, John Lateuser, Architect," and on the other, "Erected 1902, For the People, By the People." Invitations tot those who will occupy the seats on the platform will be sent out wltbin a day or two by the com mittee In charge of tbe affair. The corner stone will be laid on the afternoon of Sat urday, June 28. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. W. 8. Clapp of Kearney. Neb., 1 In Omaha. Hon. O. W. E. Dorsey of Fremont Is In the city. City Engineer Andrew Rosewater ha re turned from a trip a. Judge Smith Mr-Phcreon. who ha been fireaidlng In the l'nlted states court here, eft jemerday for De Mulnes, la. t'hurlen I.. Hart, bookkeeper in the office of the building lltsnertor. started for Qales burg, III., yesterday, where he wa called by the death of hi mother. Nebraskana at the Merchant: W. V. Pearne. Grand Island: John V. Hrnlili. Fall Cltyi Frank Kohl, Hastings; Joe Young. Ieigh; J. C. Byrnes, Columbus; Frank L Fox, Lexington. Frank A. Chapin of Anderson, Ind., state agent for the New York Life Insurance company, accompanied by hi wife, lias arrived in ine cny irom i oioraao Borings and ia the guest of N. P. Swanann and wife at bl J Suiith Twenty-second street. Waltham Watches. '"It is good to be sure." 'The Perfeded American Wich," in Mastrtitd took of Interesting information hoot nwdctes, will he sent free upon request.. Amerlcw Wallhjun Witch Company, WiJthvn. Ujou Railroad and Telegraph. All rrop. $1K2.7vt.ftt. lss.mzt 194.73TU24 193.717.49S 171.4.fn7 1K7.07K.27O 1.193.7:W 1R7.flin.7H5 1K9.105, 90S 17l,747.:93 174.4.I9.0SJ I29.S:.452, 29.tt,lM fH.Hrtl.873 208.H92 2S.91.fi;3 2S.W.20S 2S.8i'2.i:j 2..39.Mi 2i.34.10 m.44:,?9S M,8m,it91 while tneir stockholder got noth ABRUPT ENDING OF ROMANCE Hiswnrian Beaches Omaha in Time to Stop Danghter'i Marriage. ' HAS BOUT WITH THE GIRL'S YOUNG .MAN Old Gentleman Win the Fight, For grlve HI Daaghter and Take Her Back to Farm la Old Mlsaoarl. Somewhere In Omaha yesterday George Henderson, broken-hearted and bruised, was roaming around, a gallant 'but vanquished lover. In another part of the city James W. Wren and his daughter A ma, she who came very near being Mrs. George Hen derson, were awaiting a train to take them back to the green bills of old Masourl, their home. n Whether Ami should become Mrs. Hen derson or remain Miss Wren was decided by the two men In front of the Dellone hos tel yesterday morning by a . setto, which wa prevented from being, serious In a physical way- by Chief Clerk Johnson, who sepsrated the men. Tbe Verdict was . in favor of th father. Henderson and Miss Wren came to Omaha yesterday morning and went to the Dellone hotel, where they registered under their own names, from Kania City, and took i breakfast. immediately after break fast they started for th court houae to procure a marriage license. v They stepped from tbe Fourteenth street entrance Just In time to run into the arm of the girl's father, who immediately, cleared for action. Mr. Wren and his prospective son-, in-lsw did battle royal. Honors wors even until Ana, who ia a living example that blood Is thicker than water, started In to help her father. It was at this Juncture thst Clerk Johnson Interfered and tbe bat tle came to an end. , Yossg Man Give. I'p. . ., . Henderson, without speaking to his In tended bride or her father, with head erect, the picture "of outraged dignity, walked away. v He glanced back once, to eo tho daughter' arm around her father's neck, snd bad be been closer be would have heard her plead for her father's forgive ness. ' Henderson was formerly employed on the farm of Wren, said tbe latter, near Lexing ton, Mo. Three years sgo he was . dis charged because the father imagined bo wa paying more attention to hi 14-year-old daughter Ama than he was to farm work. After being discharged Henderson went to Montana, where he secured employ ment on a raneh. Two day sgo Wreu and hi daughter and the daughter of a neigh bor farmer went to Kansas City, fend Wednesday morning, unknown to tha father, Ama met ber lover of long ago. Love wa quick and tbe elopement'-was planned inatanter. Tb neighbor girl wjt left behind to break tha new to the father. She did. But ber Information came too quick. Tbe father Just had tie to rush to th itatlon and catch the Mis souri Pacific train which brought him to Omaha sbout the same time the eloping couple arrived. After vlslttug several hotels he went to the Dellone In time to put a dramatic nd to the- performance. Ama waa forgiven and promised ber futbt-r never, to run away jaln. . .am est Dry Dock In World. NEW YORK, June 13.-Among the enter. f rlses contemplated by the new shlpbuild ng combination I reported t be the build ing on the eastern shore of Btuten Island, near Quarantine, of the largest dry dock In the world. Plan already nave been pre- Sared. hut the exact location of U dock a been kept secret. The. dock will af ford accommodation which at present can only be secured In Europe for the big At lantic liner.