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    THE OMAfFTV PAIiV.' T1EE: TUESDAY. FEBRTWRY 0. 1004. v
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WAS! HESS1SCS ENJOINED
rernig-n Fire iMnrtne' Companies Ait 8a
premt Court to Etio Tax Collections.
OUESTION REVENUE LAW PROVISIONS
Alleee that It Discriminates Pflwn
Foreign aad Domestic Companies
ad j la Sot Tn 0a
Property.
'From a Htaff f 01 respondent.)
T,INCOI,N. Feb. .-i8pcl,-il.)Judge Sul
livan, erstwhile JudJ'ln) champion of the
new revenue law, t-iday tonk a' decided
land with the attai king parties by filing
In the supreme court a petition asking for
an Injunction Hgalnst City Treasurer Hen
rilngs to prevent the collection of tha gross
premium tax on foreign Insurance com
panies on the ground that the Insurance
section of the new taw are Invalid. He
appears as the counsel for the Provident
Paving Ufa Assurance society of New
York, which claims that In the year IW'2.
for which the assessment was made, 10.(K5
In premiums were collected In Omaha.
There was, however, at the time that Tax
Commissioner Fleming made his rounds of
the city I74&M In the hands of the Omaha
representatives of the company and on this
amount It Is willing to pay the city taxes.
The petition alleges that City Treasurer
Hennlngs refused the 10.5 offered In pay
ment of tha taxes by the agents of the
concern, and asthe petition alleges, threat
ened "to proceed by coercive measures to
collect the whole of the sum assessed and
levied against the plaintiff's property with
out due process of law, contrary to the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution
of the V-nlted Btates. The main allegation
of this petition la to the effect that the
gross premiums en which Hennlngs Is seek
ing to collect the city levy for 1904 Were
collected In 1902, ahd were out of the Juris
diction of the state long before the assess
ment was made, or the new law In force.
The gist of the argument is that gross
premium receipts cannot be used as a
measure of value.
It Is Insisted that a tax on such a basis
Is an Income tax and as applied to tha in
surance company, a plain discrimination
between the citizens of different states,
forbidden by the fourteenth amendment to
tba federal constitution.
It Is generally understood that all of the
foreign life Insurance associations doing
business In the state are Interested In the
prosecution, which will determine whether
they are to contribute from ten to twenty
times what they have formerly paid In
state And county taxes.
, All Fire Companies Join Hands.
A great host of foreign companlea In
corporated under the,, laws of many other
Btates and nations Joined hands this morn
ing Jn suing for another Injunction against
City" Treasurer Hennlngs to prevent him
from collecting taxes on gross premiums
under the provisions of section 68 of the
new revenue law. The supreme court is
tha scene of action in this case, too. The
petition filed by Greene ft Ureckenrldga
of Omaha, who Jed tha former fight
against th whole revenue measure. Is full
of allegations against the soundness of the
Insurance section of the law. Each one of
tha many plaintiffs alleges that It has ten'
dered to the city treasurer of Omaha taxes
on the actual money on hand at the time
of tha assessment last fall, but protests
as Judge Sullivan does for his client that
thla will not satisfy Hennlngs and that
an Injunction' will be needed to prevent
him from violating the fourteenth amend
ment. ' , . ,
, This petition aeta up tha exemptions for
mutual fire, indemnity vand fraternal com
panies contained tit section 1 and calls
attention to the exemption of home Are
stock companies from taxation on cancel
latton and reinsurance, which they are
permitted to deduct from the gro.s pre
miums when making returns to the taxing
officials.
, This, It Is alleged. Is a plain dlscrlmtna
tlon contrary to the state and the federal
constitutions. It Is slso urged that tha
premluma on which it Is sought to levy
'taxes have been sent to tha company
headquarters out of the stats and are
not subject to taxation. The attorneys
In the petition urge that tha law does not
provide a property taxation, but leaves
the companies not subject to any tax, the
allegation being made that there is nothing
else In the wet providing for a tax on gross
premiums or upon any other special plan
or basis.
The petition alleges that section 68, pro
vldlng for the assessment of companies
on their gross premium receipts. Is uncon
stitutional and void also, because It lays
A tax on "Income of a previous year with
out regard to actual exlatence within the
state of any taxable property."
Flgurea are adduced to show that as
against the total premium receipts of the
lira companies of fl.614.4M In tha state.
tha exempt companlea. Including fraternal
beneficiary societies, collect 1 tt.714.0T8 In
premiums on which they pay no tax what
ever.
The court has not yet fixed a day for
the hearing of. these case. It la ex
pected, however, that It will take place
Within a few weeks.
'lataeela We, man Hills Sett,
Yiftulse Klusman. a 0-,.ar-old woman
committed suicide at the hme of her slater,
Mrs. Mark Wllber, SOI J street, this morn
ing by swallowing strychnine. Bhe riled In
tha doctor's arms a few minutes after ha
arrived. It Is said the girl had had undue
relations with William V. Ramey, a former
employe at the asylum, who lived at the
home of his uncle, W. B. Lynch, where
the girl worked as a domestic.
Ramey married Csoella Murphy, an at
tendant at the asylum. Saturday. When
the Klusman girl beard of this she began
brooding,
Milkmen Killed by Train.
Two men were killed In a crossing colli
smn on the Rock Island at Twenty-sev
enth and B streets this morning at 10; 30.
Will You Write a Posta
- . 5o Sick On nay Oct Well?
Bans' so monay simply a aiatal card, git lag lha
sua o( torn oas ka neada b.ls. Tall n. Ik book
la .
Thtn I IM do this I vlll a rrsn as llh 4rui
Ik r him m that as may lass all botllaa I
Bhooe a Rrsiurali Ha may laka It a moulk at my
risk II tt auc-sada. tka row la iU. It It fa I la. tha
ntgtaa a-tn kill tka roat 10 ma.
Thai month a taat will ahnw you what tha ramady
eaa so. It la tha sastaat way 10 roovlara you. U
la 1 ha acly way la Insure all who sawd kalp la ac
tapt It
I majia kla offer to multiply my euros, ana I a
srilllos to trust ths cure oaas la ba lair with mo.
la Ihs pax II fosrs I hss fsrwl.kad my Roatora
tie to kuodroda of thouaanda of airk or so o Just
tfco Isrms. and W out ol so hare paid aladly. bo
rsase Ihsy s wsll. I pay Just aa willingly wksa
ass sas I klva fallsd
Tho remedy la ajy diarnyan'. I ho roan It of a llts
ttoM'a work. I haa porforisd It by watrkmg results
. la thoksaado of tka moat dimrull raneo that phy
iriaoa avor moot. I kuow what It will do.
My su-rosa ojarfi from atrvnathsnlng woak tnalds
BSTioa, aau my Rrstoratlva is ths only rented that
dooa that When aa orgaa la waak I brlag bark tha
ksrva power wklrk a loos oporatsa avsry vital orgaa.
It la Ilka giving aa otiglns mora steam. I glva tka
weak orgaa powse to do lta duty, aad tkrra la ate
olhor way ba asks g weak orgaa wsll. -
t'aa yuw coo,oits of a alrk ooo who will koglart
ausb a treatment, wksa I tsks tka snttrs risk?
t-lVsao tr. kon. 101 Rarlns. wis.
ild rosea, sot rkroatr. ara oftea curad vita an ar
tkO botllaa At Arugf .ata.
IJ)r. Shoop's Restorative
Saak t oaj frrtpepata.
-ok far Won
lux I as) ike Heart.
aWog I m Ilia Kidarya.
Book I for M.s aM4 I
frook i os Rksuatausoi
sit the Doctor's Risk
E. M. Cole and J. N. Cape, employes at
Knelgn's milk farm, were riding home In
one of their employer's wagons when they
were struck by a southbound passenger
rain as they were making the crossing.
Cole was thrown a distance of 150 feet with
the wreckage of the wagon and was man
gled until almost unrecognisable as a hu
man being. The other man was caught by
the cowcatcher of the engine and terribly
mangled. Cape's skull wa badly fractured
end his collarbones broken, while his body
was badly bruised elsewhere.
Both men were single. It Is said that the
frost on the windows of the wagon pre
vented their seeing the aprroarhlng train
and led them to wander on the track ahead
of It.
For Hide Practice.
For the purpose of fostering the develop,
ment of rharpehootlng In the state Adju
tant Oeneral Culver has Issued an Invita
tion to the volunteer rifle clubs of the
state to co-operate with the companies of
the National Guard at target practice. Ho
expects to have an entry of ,Nebraskam
at the National Ouard competition, which
will be palled off at Seagirt. N. J., next
summpr. The more important organizations
of the country take part "In the events
pulled off at that place.
Twelve of the best men In the guard will
go to enter Into "competition with like num
bers from other states, for the chief prize.
which Is SLOW. This national tournament
has had the effect of Increasing the Interest
n rifle shooting. Most of the compar.lei
of the National Guard have rifle ranges.
but heretofore Nebraska has not been rep
resented In the national competition be
cause no one led the way. The action of
the adjutant general Is expected to give
new 'life to target shooting among the
members of the guard. By getting the
members of the volunteer rifle clubs to take
part In the field practice It Is hoped that
the militiamen may be encouraged to shoot
more, and at the same time It may bo pos-
Ible to pick out some good timber for the
.guard.
Tried for Wife Desertion
John Bell will have to support his young
wife and child or servo a term In the
penitentiary. This waa the ultimatum that
Judge Holmes Issued to the defendant when
he faced the court thla morning. ,
"If you will give a bond for $2t that
you will take care of your wife and In
fant child and that bond Is satisfactory
to the court," said the Judge, "you are a
free man as long as you obey Its provl
slons, otherwise you must servo out
term In prison."
The defendant, who. was accompanied by
his father, signified hie Intentions of giv
ing bond for the amount indicated with
his parent as surety. ' The bond has not
been approved yet, but It Is understood
that It will be.
The court ran against a snag In tha
limitation of a one year's sentence fixed by
the statutes, when he sought to fix It at
thirteen months and therefore took this
tack In disposing of the case.
Fines and Imprisons Him.
"If you had much manhood about you.
you would never have taken the woman'
money under any clrcumetanc.es."
That was what Judge Holmes satd re
provingly to a fair-headed youth who
stood before him to plead guilty to & charge
of fornication. The culprit waa D. Frank
Rice, a lad of nineteen. Ha had offered
some excuses through his attorney, but
tha court thought his conduct had merited
about four months' seasonable reflection
In the county Jail and a fine of $10 and
costs.
Rice was arrested December 13 last, at
the Instance of Mrs. Cora Frank'.ln, a
comely, woman rather under middle age.
who has been living In Lincoln about two
years. She told the police that under tne
spell of a seemingly promising love affair
he had beaten her out of nearly fl,C0
She had been previously married, ajid whan
a court had severed the links that bound
her to her former spouse "It healed the
wound with a liberal allowance of alimony
for the support of herself and the two
children that were awarded to her custody.
LOOKING AFTER LIQUOR SALES
York People Propose to Get After the
Express Companies Who
Bring It In.
YORK, Neb.. Feb. 8. (Special.) At ths
meeting of the city council, a part of the
time was taken up In discussing the best
means to prevent the Illegal sales of
whisky In York. A request Is made that
tha druggists of the city make a monthly
report of all whisky sold. The druggists
are required to keep out on show cases In
plaln sight, their liquor register, and to
register every sair. At tne council meet
ing two druggist permits were hung up
until tJ next meeting, two permits were
granted that had been taken away one
year ago, owing to remonatrar.ca filed by
tha temperance people and one druggist
permit waa taken away because the city
council beileved it had been abused. On
of the great sources Is the exprens com
panies and the city attorney with the as
sistance of the temperance people will at
tempt to secure evidence of Illegal aa'a
of liquors by express companies who re
ceive dally from twenty-five to 1U case
and sealed package and before closing
hous every case and package are dis
posed of. It is stated that for years
every express company In York and York
county has acted as agents for liquor com
panies 'in Lincoln, Omaha, Kansas City,
St. Joseph and other cities. To avoid the
law It Is alleged tha liquor companies send
to York and other towns In this county
every year thousands of rases and aea'ad
packages addressed to fictitious ramie,
which are Fold by expreas agents for ex
press charges. It Is claimed by many tht
already there la evidence recured In this
county which will be presented to the
federal grand Jury.
Changes Mind an Dltoh.
FREMONT. Neb.. Feb. 8 -(8rclal.)-Thomrvs
J. Castle of North Bend, who was
one of the plaintiffs In tha case Involving
the right of the- county to construct the
central cut off ditch, has paid the amount
of his assessment Into court and will
withdraw a t plaintiff. The cause of bis
change of front la that laat summer Mr.
Castle and several others petitioned the
board for the construction of a. ditch
emptying Into the cutoff ditch but the
board refused to grant It on account of
Castle's position on the ditch question.
Now that he has paid his assessment and
wlthdrswn from the litigation hls-petlt'on
will probably be granted.
iMtmrm Hand la lb redder.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Feb. 8.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) The 30-year.old son or William
Meeker, who resides four miles south of
this city, met with an accident Saturday
evening which cost him his right hsnd.
He waa operating a corn ahredder and as
the machine became clogged he reached
In to pull out an ear of corn when ths
knives caught his hand and mangled It so
badly that amputation was found neces
sary. District Conrt In Platte.
COW MBl'S. Neb., Feb. S (Special.)
Judge Rerder of the district court met with
the members of the bar here thla morning
and assigned the docket for the February
term, which conveneo next Monday. The
docket contains ninety olvtl and twelve
criminal cases, and there wl'l probably be
work for a Jury about two weeka A large
number of the cases were found ready for
trial and were assigned. Judge Harder will
nrbeWy ptwslde st tka Urm.
MURDER VICTIMS BURIED
Church it Bed Olond Crowded by Tho'e
Who Come to Eorrices.
FRANK BARKER WEAKENS ON SUNDAY
traces t'p on Day Following and
lews Remains of Ills Brother
Wtthoat Mans of Excite
ment.
RED CLOlD, Neb.. Feb. ..-(Special
Telegram.) The funeral services of Daniel
and Alice Barker, the victims of the Feb
ruary 1 murder, was held this afternoon
from the First Methodist Episcopal church
of this city, conducted by Rev. Hauptman
of the Congregational and Rev. Hutchlns
of the Methodist Episcopal churches. Long
before the hour for services to begin the
church was crowded to Its utmost capac
ity. A large crowd was here from Inavale
and a larger one would have been present
had It not been for the weather.
Frank Barker," the alleged murderer,
showed some signs of weakness Sunday
morning, but Is In good spirits today. He
was taken to the undertaking establishment
this morning to view the remains, but gave
no sign of grief or excitement.
Child nnnajerooaly Hart.
HARVARD. Neb., Feb. ".-(Special.) An
accident occurred at the home of 8. J.
Rice late Saturday evening In which a
daughter 1 yeirs of age was seriously In
jured by the act of herself and an older
sister. 14 years of age. The two girls were
about the barn, the elder girt being en
gaged In pitching straw In at the stable
door, when suddenly the younger girl
started to come quickly out of the door,
neither knowing the other was there, and
came In contact with one of the sharp
tines Irf the fork, which penetrated the face
In the eyebrow of the right eye In a slant
ing direction toward the nose., fully one
Inch in depth. Just escaping the eye and
brain. The child has lain In a stupor most
of the time, with occasional spells of per
fect consciousness, and at this time shows
some little Improvement.
Hospital Benefit a Success.
KEARNEY. Neb.. Feb. g. (Special Tele
gram.) The hospital fair, which was held
all last week, terminated Saturday night
and It was a success, both socially and
financially. It was given for the benefit
of the new hospital In Kearney and the
proceeds exceeded the expectations of all
concerned and amounted to over 12,000. Do
nations of all kinds were received from all
over the Vnited States, some representing
cash. The new hospital Is one of the finest
equipped Institutions In the state.
Doctor Sot at Fault.
ALBION, Neb., Feb. 8 (Speclal.)-One f
the hottest contested law suits ever tried
In this county has Just been terminated In
the district court. The action waa brought
by James Brown against Dr. J. H. Thomp
son, charging the latter with msJ-practice
and claiming 15.000 damages for the treat
ment of a fractured clavicle. Four daya
were consumed In hearing expert test!
mony and - witnesses from different parts
of the state were examined. The Jury re
turned a verdict yesterday for the defend
ant, "no cause of action."
Inspecting llavelock Shops.
HAVELOCK. Neb.. Feb. 8. (Special Tele
gram.) Dan Wlllard, who succeeded How
ard Elliott of the Burlington road, ac
companled by G. W. Holdredge, T. E. Cat
vert, R. D. Smith. "Ed Bfgnell and I. S. P.
Weep. Inspected the llavelock shops this
afternoon. Many Improvements may be
expected in the spring, among them the
brass foundry from Plattsmouth and the
Lincoln lumber yard.
Lifting Chnrrh Debt.
FREMONT. Neb., Feb. . (Special.)-The
congregation of St. Patrick's Catholle
church last week succeeded In raising
enough money to pay off the balance on
the $5,000 mortgage now on their church
property. The debt has been a troublesome
one for years and It's satisfaction will be
celebrated by the burning of tha mort
gage at an early date. .
J. E. Green Stricken.
ALBION, Neh., Feb. 8.-(SpeclaJ.)J.' E
Green, one of the oldest settlers of Boone
county, was stricken yesterday with para
lysis and for a time hta condition was
such as to cause grave apprehensions. The
attack was without warning as his general
health was exceptionally good. Mr. Green's
condition Is better this morning.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair, with fnow In Sonth Portion of
braaka and Enstern Por
tion of Iowa.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 Forecast:
For Nebraska Fair In north, snow In
south portion Tuesday; Wednesday, prob
ably fair.
For Io ara Fair In northwest, snow In
east and ebuth portions Tuesday; Wednes
day, fair In extreme east, snow In central
and eastern portions.
For Illinois Cloudy Tuesday, probably
snow; Wednesday, snow, fresh northwest
winds.
For Missouri 8now Tuesday; Wednes
day, rain or snow.
For South Dakota Fair Tuesday, not so
cotd In extreme west portion; Wednesday,
fair.
For Kansas Snow Tuesday; Wednesday,
-probably fair.
Local Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA. Feb. 7 Offlclal record of tem
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding d.ty of the last thres
years: .
1804. 1803. 1XW. 1901.
Maximum temperature.... 7 a 13 17
Minimum temperature is 2 n
Mean temperature 1 2 5 IS
Precipitation 04 00 T .
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for thla day and since March L
IMS:
Normal temperature tt
Deficiency for the day 21
Total excess sines Msych 1. 18 43
Normal precipitation 03 Inch
Encesa for the day .01 n,.n
Precipitation since Mch. 1.. 1903. . .32. 0 Inches
Excess oince March 1. 103.. l.M tnchtg
Deficiency for cor. period. 1 HI Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 19u3.... 8.23 Inches
Restarts froaa Stations at T P. M.
CONDITION OF THE S p
WEATHER. : fi : 3
: 1 : - 0
i :?
Omaha, snowing
Valentine, clrar
North Platte, clear....
Cheyenne, c'oudy
Bait Iake, snowing...
Rapid City, clear
Huron, snowing
Wllllston, ciear
Chicago, snowing
St. Louis, clear
St. Paul, clear
Pavenport. cloudy ....
Kansas City, cloudy..
Havre, partly cloudy..
Helena, cloudy
Bismarck, clear
"I .04
10 .110
Is .(S3
14
?4
Si T
h 32
T
14 1U
.08
..J in a
T
10' .00
...I U'l 1? T
2 .(
4; -s .00
1? 14; .00
. 14, at .00
: s .00
-1. .00
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
Indicates below aero.
U A. WELflH. rorooastar.
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY
While the prnfrram for the St. Ixiuls Bi
ennial Is by no meaua complete as yet. the
announcements that have been made from
time to time Indicate an arrangement that
promises to be a real delight, particularly
to those women who have served as dele
gates to previous biennials. In the first
place there are. to be hut two sessions
day, these to be held In the morning and
evening, leaving the afternoon free for the"
women to attend the exposition. Discus
sion will be allowed at the morning sessions
following the regular program, but there
will be none after the evening program.
According to the Federation Bulletin of
Massachusetts, which seems to be on the
Inside so far as biennial announcements are
concerned, the evening of Mav 17 will be
given over to literature, with Edward How
ard Griggs as the principal speaker. "'Child
Labor" la again to have an Important part
in the program and the evening of May 18
will be devoted to that topic. Miss Jsne
Addnms of Hull House will preside and
Edgar Murphy of Alabama will deliver an
address. The Louisiana Purchase celebra
tion will take place) the evening of the 19th
and the evening of the 20th will be derated
to education. Miss M. Cary Thomas, presi
dent of Bryn Mawr college, to be the
speaker of the evening. The evening of the
21st will be replete with Interest. "The In
dustrial Conditions of Women" to be -the
subject. Mrs.' Frederick Nathan will pre
side and John Graham Brooks of Cam
bridge. Mass., will speak on "New Avenues
of Industrial Education for Women," and
A. O. Spencer will speak on "Home De
stroying Industries." The library exten
sion committee will occupy Monday even
ing and the remaining evening session will
be devoted to art ar.d to "Presidents'
Night."
The fact that there Is to be but one ses
sion st a time brings Joy to the heart of
the delegate and to the press representa
tives, many of whom, though professional
newspaper women, are cluh women as well.
One prominent club woman has likened the
last three biennials to a three ring circus
and those who attended them In any c&iv
city can appreciate the comparison.
No more fitting assurance has yet been
offered that the work of the woman re
former has not been In vain than the plac
Ing of a statue of Frances Wlllard In
Statue hall at Washington, which is soon
to take place. While Miss AVillard- has
been dead but six years, a number of me
morials have been erected to her, while like
tributes has been paid to other women lead
ers of other reform movements, several of
whom are still living. Miss Wlllard's will
be the only' woman's statue In Statue hall
for the present at least, and hers Is one of
the two statues to which Illinois Is en
titled, an appropriation of 89.000 having been
made by the Illinois legislature In 1899.
Other women who have been similarly rec
ognised are: Captain Molly Pitcher, a rev
olutionary heroine; Harriet Beecher Stowe.
author of "t'nele Tom's Cabin;" Susan B.
Anthony, a pioneer of the woman suffrage
cause, and Clara Barton of the Red Cross
society, busts of these four women orna
menting the column caps of the grand
staircase of the New York stata capital
building.
Last Tuesday's edition of the San Fran
Cisco Bulletin was edited and gotten up
entirely by the members of the California
club, the leading woman's organisation of
San Francisco. It Is a twenty-four-page
edition and is altogether creditable. Miss
Mary Falrbrother, formerly, of Omaha, and
who served - pity editor, when the Omaha
Woman's club Issued , tha May day number
of The Bee. acted. s telegraph editor for
the woman'a number- the Bulletin. . With
tha exception of the tehegraph matter, the
paper was gotten up entirely by the women,
and It has been suggested by a local club
woman, one who has hat) experience with
"woman's editions," that an account of how
the women did It would doubtless make as
Interesting reading as anything that the
San Francisco papers had to offer that day.
Here Is what Mrs. Reginald DeKoven has
to say of the western woman:
There Is one statement that may safely
be applied to the women who represent the
best development in all the western cities.
Given the same origin, the same stock,
which Is for most part very purely English,
and from which the American type as It
now exists has been evolved both west and
east, the woman who has passed the forma
tive years of her life sn the westproflts bv
her experience. Particularly Is this the
cane when. In common with, her eastern
sisters, part of the western girl's eduoatlon
Is obtained abroad.
The western woman poasessea without a
doubt, a more accepted Individuality and
oftentimts a refreshing breeziness which.
J however, rarely oversteps a conventionality.
Thus she has a force and vivacity lacking
in ner less original eastern sisters. Tms
individuality and force she never loses, no
matter where the 'events of her life may
lead her.
FIRE RECORD.
Warehouse? at Crete. s
CRETE. Neb.. Feb. 8. (Special.) At an
early, hour yesterday morning the night
watch discovered that a wagon shop be
longing to Frank Fisher was on fire. The
alarm waa turned In, but the firemen ar
rived too late to save the building. The
blacksmith shop standing beslds the burn
ing building was sheeted with corrugated
Iron and through tha efforts of the firemen
it waa saved from total destruction. The
destroyed building has of late been used
as a storeroom for Implements and ma
chinery, .all of which burned. Tha origin
of tha fire Is unknown, though It Is
thought to have been the work of an In
cendiary. Tho loss will ba small, as the
buildings were Insured.
Kaaaaa City Onosmtor Fails.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. . A special to the
Star from Independence. . Kan., says the
failure of M. L. Look wood, one of tha
largest operators in the Kansas oil fields,
is announced. The liabilities. It is said.
probably will reach H0.ui0. The assets are
statea 10 oe close 10 iiw,uw. sir. iocs
wood. who also la a heavy operator In the
Pennsylvania oil Sieida, formerly was a
senator In that state.
Drive Vnlon Leader front Town.
KANSAS CITT. Feb. !. vice President
Dwver of the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, who came her from the east
on Saturday night to direct the local strike
of carnage drivers, waa oraerea rrom tne
city today by the police. The officers e
he would be arrested. Two hundred driv
ers tre out. No violence has resulted as
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They escape the croup. Run no risk from
bronchitis. A doctor's medicine for all
affections of the throat, bronchial tubes, and
lungs. Ask your own doctor about it.
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ALL IN BUT NORTHWESTERN
Remainder of Omaha-Chicago Line Meet
Great Wtwtera Bate.
MISSOURI PACIFIC BACK IN THE ARENA
Annonnees Proportional to Tidewater
to Benefit Omaha and Take
Effect Thnrsdnr Mlekney
Mill Stand Pat.
The Burlington and the Missouri Pacific
are the last' railroads to shy their castors
once more Into the arena of rate slashing
and secure Omaha's place on the map.
The Burlington meets the Great Western's
latest cut on grain rates from here to Chi
cago, Mississippi river points and Minne
apolis, and the Missouri Pacific announces
a proportional to tidewater. This leaves
only the Northwestern of all the Chicago
Omaha line yet to adopt the Sttckney rate
and Its action Is problematical.
The Missouri Pacific's rate announced
yesterday Js said to be In favor of the
Omaha market, so far as shipments to
tidewater are concerned. Effective on Feb
ruary 11, the Omaha proportional will be,
according .to this schedule, as follows:
Wheat. Com.
rtautlnallnn. CtS. CtS.
St. Ixitils. Csrondelet and E. St. I 8
4
Memphis. Cairo and Belmont
10
Tlelmrint frtr anuthenst em terrltorv 8 7
Galveston, New Orleans for export 15 14
For local purposes the New Orleans rate
Is 2 cents higher. This cut neutrallies the
isortnwestern rate Dy mailing inc uiidubu
rate the sum of two locals.
Tiovr Comes the Bnrllngton.
The Burlington announced yesterday
that the proportional rates on grain an
nounced by the Chicago Great Western
to the Mississippi river and Chicago have
been met. All lines running east from this
city now have met the rates with the ex
ception of the Northwestern, and that
line hns steadily refused to name propor
tional rates east In the past, but has per
sisted In reducing Its through rates from
Nebraska territory to keep pace with the
reductions In proportionals made by other
lines.
John A. Kuhn. assistant general freight
and passenger agent of the Northwestern,
was called to Chicago Sunday evening by
officials of his line to take part In a meet
ing which Is being held In that city with
the object In view of securing a general
restoration of grain rates In western ter
ritory. A preliminary meeting with this object
In view was held in the offices of Paul Mor
ton, second vice president of the Santa
Fe, In Chicago Saturday. It is under
stood that the executive officials of the
various western lines have grown weary
of the action of their subordinates and
have arrived at the conclusion that some
thing must be done or it will be but a
question of time when the rates will be
reduced to a point where the roads will
secure nothing for carrying the business.
Sttckney Will Stand Pat,
The best posted freight officials state
there Is no hop of Inducing President
Btickney of the Great Western to abandon
the Omaha grain market to Its fate. Ha
may, however, be forced to make soma con
cessions from the stand he has taken in
order to reach a compromise and secure
the desired stability to the rates, which
are as necessary to the' upbuilding of a
local grain market, according to the best
posted grain men, as favorable rates are,
An effort will bo made by Mr. Stlckney to
Induce tho Interests which are opposing
the upbuilding of the market to view the
matter In a different light
It Is ssJd that the Northwestern was rep
resented, at the Chicago meeting Saturday
and thai the stand taken by that line In
the rate war was made clear for tha first
time. Just what the explanation made by
the Northwestern amounted to was not
made public, but It Is understood that since
the war has been In effect the officials of
that line have changed their views ma
terlolly and are now ready to negotiate
terms of peace.
Traffic officials state that while tha grain
market Is good as at present, there would
be a large volume of this class of freight
move naturally even at high rates of freight
and It is playing the part of suicide for
the railroads to haul the business at a loss,
as they have been doing.
G. A. LUIKART LAID TO REST
Large Xnmber Attend tho Obscejoloo
la Spite of the Dlsaarreeable
Weather,
NORFOLK, Neb.. Feb. . fSpecIal.)
Wlth a bitterly cold wind blowing from
the north the funeral of tho late Hon. G.
A. Lulkart was held In Norfolk at Z o'clock
this afternoon under the Impressive cere
monies of the Masonic fraternity. Inter
ment waa In Prospect Hill cemetery. Dep
uty Grand Master C. E. Burnham of Tllden
waa In charge of the service. Many visit
ing Masons from Tllden were present, Mr.
Lulkart having remained always a member
of the Tllden lodge, and the funeral service
being performed by the local lodge at re
quest of the Tllden lodge. The floral trib
utes were magnificent, having coma In on
all trains from every portion of the state
and from hundreds of Norfolk friends be
sides. The Elks sent a committee to the
homo yesterday with an expression of sym
pathy, and this afternoon with the Odd
Fellows participated in the funeral. The
Citlaens' National bank, of which Mr. Lul
kart was president, remained Closed from
the moment of his death until after the
funeral. Every business house In the city
was closed from 2 until 4 this afternoon
out of respect to the departed cltlsen.
Miss Stella Lulkart, the second daughter,
has practically collapsed since the death of
her father and tha entlme family Is of
course prostrated with grief. Nona ha
suffered more from the death of Mr. Lul
kart, perhaps, than August Schults, whoa
horse ran over the banker on that Satur
day afternoon. H is almost erased and
has been Irrational for days. No blam
whatever, however Is attached to htm.
School Bond Valid.
TORK, Neb.. Feb. .-(Speclal Telegram.)
Every ward In the city voted a majority
In favor of school bonds. The amount of
bonds ara $28,000, at i per cent. The vote
was very light owing , to cold, stormy
weather and waa 423 for, and SOS against.
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