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W.- M C A. Building,'; Corner
Chwan, where the Torts have been disman
tled. Furthermore several railway struc
tures between that. City and Kin Cho
have been blown up.. These are sura prooU
of a determination to soon sjiva tne nnisti
Inf stroke which all friends of Russia are
inert! nr. ' -
"This reason alone would account for the
Immobility General Kuroki. If ho ventures
bravely to offer battle', his front spoeed to
his oppehent. General Kouropatktn will at
length, hava the opportunity he so much ae
Ires of measuring himself with his enemy
In conditions nearly equal.' If the Russians
win. they can than think of relieving Port
Arthur If they are beaten, they will
MiMlMalT have to leave Mukden unpro
tected and retire jtortbv "The consequences
of auch .a : retreat wouia oe- mcaiouiaoie.
KverytHfng depends, therefore,1 at the pres
ent time on the Issue of the battle which
appears to be at Hand, If It la really true
that Kurokl is advanolng toward Llao
Ysng."
RISK RECRl'ITS . TO KOt'ROPATKIJI
Raisal reers at Reservee 1st Twe
i DIMrMi o Ike Bast.
ST. PETERSBURG, May .-The rein
forcement . prepared tor General Kouro
patkln are being hurried. The last stage of
the mobilisation of tha Tenth and Seven
teenth army corps has been signalised by
the calling out of the reserves In the Mos
cow and KharkoA provinces. They will go
to the .front, thue placing, another lOO.toft
men at Kouropatkln'a disposal.
The announcement of the mobilisation of
four army corps along the Volga, which
will follow In July or August, Is expected
next month. The reserves of each army
corps Involves about ft90u men, an army
corps In time of peace numbering 10,000 men
and In war time S9.O0D. An army corps on a
war footing Includes three 'infantry divi
sions of four regiments, each of three bat
talions; a division of cavalry, consisting of
three regiments of six squadrons each: one
Cossack regiment, a. brigade. or eld artil
lery and a, brigade pt horse artil ry of 120
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neers and sappers.
Hy 'the departure of these troops the
.tusalan European army will lose six out of
thlrtr-one army corps. The previous drafts
of troops from European Russia have bean
formed Into Siberian rifle battalions, with
out changing the organisation of the em
peror's forces on this side of the Urals.
The present units will be transferred bodily
to. Manchuria, retaining their present offi
cers and staffs.
CALM FERVAILS IN FAR EAST
War Commission at ft. Feterafcars;
Reports No Fresh
Collisions. '
ST. PETERSBURG, May lO.-The war
Commission adjourned at a lata hour this
morning, but did not make public any dis
patches from the far east. This Is accepted
as an Indication that no fresh collisions
have occurred. The Cossacks In touch with
the Japanese are simply small detachments
which are observing the ' movements of
the enemy In order' to keep General Kouro
patktn Informed.
The strict censorship prevented the St.
Petersburg newspaper from receiving dls
patohes today, and the lack of Information
gave rise to a fresh crop of rumors, In
cluding one that the armored cruiser Rurlk
had been destroyed. The officials deny that
any Information of this character has been
received, saying that the latest reports
showed that the Rurlk was undamaged and
was In the harbor of Vladivostock.
CHARLES BRYAN PROPHESIES
Telia New Orleans People What
Nebraska Democrats Will Da
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NEW ORLEANS, May s.-Chartea W;
Bryan of Lincoln, brother of William Jen
nings Bryan, said- In an Interview today
that the reports of dissension -In the Ne
braska democracy are wrong and that hie
brother will head the delegation i St. Louis
unitedly to vote for reaffirmation of the
Kansas City platform. r .
MEET IN 'iJJEW': YORK CITY
and Rest'aarcat .Employes, and
Barkeepers' Itseaga)
ROCHESTft; N T.. Maj' .'-fha' twelfth
International, convention of the. fcriataurajn
and Hotel Employers' alliance and Mia Bar
tenders' league, of America, opened here to
day, with S00 delegates , present. ' It . Is
claimed that the unions represented at thla
convention number 66,000 men. Mayor Cut
ler delivered an address of welcome.
Methodist Minister Stricken.
MARSHALLTOWN. - la,.- May t.-Sud-denly
and without a moment's warning to
the large congregation whose heads were
bowed while the minister prayed for their
welfare, Rev, O. R. Newell, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church here, fell
stricken with paralysis In his pulpit. For
a moment the parishioners were dumb
founded and the form of the stricken pas
tor was allowed to pitch headlong to the
floor. Ha was removed to his home, but
Cannot live. '
Wrestllnar Match a Draw.
HOOPER. Neb.. Mav 9. rRnM-lal i
very interesting: wrestllna- match wu h-M
at the KnlKhU of Pythlaa hall on Saturday
smiling-, oui on account ot a raKe match
here several yeara ago, the attendance waa
not larae. The match waa between J.
Amnursi, a local strong man, and Prof.
K. R. Moraan of Omaha. Tha local man
was about sixty pounds heavier than his
opponent, but the latter clearly - showed
superior speea ana science, ana won the
flret fall after four mlnutea of fast work,
while the local man won the second fall
In about tha same length of - time. The
third fall waa not wrestled on account of
the local man not having reduced his
weight to 1A0 pounds as agreed. Between
tha two rounda a couple of local man. In
terested the spectators with a little spar
ring exhibition.
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BEBEL TALKS FOR JAPANESE
8ooialUt Leader in Eeickitag- Would B
IltaMd with lniftn Defeat.
EXPECTS LIBERALITY THROUGH REVERSE
tars beranaay la Disliked by Other
Xatlons Deeaase it Pays Too
Msfk Attention to
Warfare.
BERLIN. May I lburing the discussion
following the third reading of the budget
bill in the Reichstag today, 11. rr Bebel, the
socialist leader, referred to Emperor Wil
liam's speeches at Carlsruhe and Mayence,
remarking that tha pointed allusions to
France had caused great surprise, coming
so soon after the emperor's return from
Italy, where President Loubet had been
received with hearty ovations. Tha em
peror's words, the speaker added, were en
hanced in importance through the fact that
he telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas from
Sicily, on the occasion of tha sinking of
the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk, as
follows:
"Russia's mourning Is Germany's mourn
ing." Herr Bebel, continuing, said:
"I deny most emphatically that the em
peror's telegram reflects the sentiments of
the German people. In my opinion German
sympathies are far more on tha side of
Japan than on that of Riisakt."
This statement caused murmurs of dis
sent on the right.
"The lend In which such things can hap
pen as recently occurred in Russia," con
tinued Herr Bebel, "stands upon such a
low level of civilisation that all the rest
of Europe has the most lively Interest In
seeing the sun of civilization rise upon It.
' Defeat May Brine; Liberal Um.
Herr Bebel then alluded to the special
reforms Inaugurated In Prussia after the
defeats of 1806 and Austria's defeat of 1861
had brought It Into the ranks pf constitu
tlonal states. The overthrow of Napoleon
mads Prance a republic, hence It can be
assumed that the defeat of Ruesla will
have similar result.
The socialist leader next referred to
Chancellor von BueloW'a statement that
Germany has only the slightest oommerclal
Interest In Manchuria, and read a report of
the Hamburg chamber of commerce, set'
ting forth that if Manchuria passes Into
Russian possession It would bo a severe
blow to Germany's trade,
Herr Bebel claimed that western Europe
has special reasons to rejoice If Russia
loses the war, for "the more Russia Is
weakened by tha struggle the less likely it
becomes that Ruesla will mix In the af
fairs' of western Europe."
The speaker referred to "the far-reaching
antipathy of certain nations against
Germany," alluding to the Emperor Fred
erick monument, "unpacked in some corner
of Washington, and the Goethe monument
In Rome, but .not. yet set up." Horr Bebel
did not deny Chancellor von Buelow's ex
planation that this dislike of Germany was
"partly commercial jealousy and envy."
The chief cause, however, said Herr Be
bel, of the dislike of Germany was Its
growing military equipment on sea and
land. Germany had been moving fast In
the International race for military and
naval armament, especially since 1888. Tha
civilised nations had grown heartily tired
of this eternal struggle and rivalry.
Cost' of African War, '
Herr Bebel alluded to his former predic
tion that the Hererre'o rising 'would cost
Germany ,412.500,000 te 116,000,000, iwhlch, he
added, the members of the right-party then
hooted, $fpw,''. .he'aald, t"yoi, would be
quite' contented . t we stopped . with $12,
tOD.OOO," '. v .
The. Hererroes had shown . powers of. re
sistance,. (sald .Herr Bebelc which he had
nojt then , anticipated. The socialist leader
assin went Into the causes of the upris
ing! giving much attention to, the violence
of the Germans toward, the native woman,
disregarding the native Ideas of marital re
lations. Chancellor von ' Buelow, In his reply, be
gan ' by deprecating the Idea that he in
tended to enter Into a lengthy discussion
of Internatlon politics with Herr Bebel.
He pointed out that the quotation bf the
emperor's words waa 'incorrect. The em
peror's telegram, he said, expressed warm
sympathy on account of the great calam
ity by which so many brave men had met
death In the discharge of their duty. The
chancellor added:
"I am convinced that this expression of
human sympathy corresponds with the sen
timents of the majority of this high house,
and also that with, those of the majority
of . the . people of Germany." Applause
from the right party followed this, state
ment, after which. the chancellor expressed
hla regret at the manner In whloh many
of the German newspapers, especially the
comic publications, had utilized the recent
calamities of a neighboring and friendly
power as the basis for malevolent, spiteful
and rldloullng articles and caricatures,
'which have affronted human feelings and
are lacking in political tact"
No Acts of Violence.
The chancellor denied that the antipa
thies ot the world were against Germany.
They existed in a measure, as Herr Bebel
had deacribed, but, he added. If so, "that
would only be a reason for maintaining our
military equipment, so as to calmly an
ticipate any eventualities of the future, for
no other means have been discovered to
disarm unjustifiable hate and envy for hate
and envy against us la unjustifiable, since
our policy has been for thirty-three years
eminently peaceful than to keep the sword
sharp."
' Dr. Stuebel, referring to an Inquiry of
Herr Babel's recently made as to whether
a command had been given to . the .South
African troops not. to give Quarter and
not to. take prisoners, said s telegraphlo
Inquiry, on 'the subject had brought forth
the answer that no such order had bean
given. There had been no firing upon
women .and children. No wounded prisoners
had yet bean taken; even the wounded
men always continue firing until rendered
helpleaa.' Dr. Stuebel continued reading
the cablegram i
There have bean no acts cf violence to
native women now or former.'y. The Her
reroa formerly were cruel to women, but
not now, becauee we spared ninety-six Her
rero women on our first military expe
dition. .
STORY OF YALU TlCHTING
(Continued from First Page.)
than the dry bad of the river. It Is a low,
sandy plain, only a few feet above the
level of the water and without shrubbery
or eover, sxoept on Its southern half.
Infantry lay with stacked arms across
ths Island, awaiting their work. Ths sol
diers wers spread out In their black lines
three miles long, from a point on ths
Island opposite the village of Chlu Lien
Cheng on the weat to the a point opposite
the extremity of the Tiger's Head on the
east. The division of ths Imperial guards
occupied the center of the line, another
division was en tife west and a third on
the east of the line.
The Tiger's Hesd forms a peninsula pro
jecting into the river almost parallel to
tha south bank. Tha Japaneas division
which executed the - flanking movement
from tip stream yesterday, with almost Ha
full foroo present, was soar on the saads
north of the Tisrer's Head. Four field
batteries wen! behind the Infantry e Its
extreme flanks, concealed by the shrubbery
Two batteries began the action by throw
ing shells to the Majichutian side of the
river for half an hour while the sun was
rising. They . sprinkled with .shells the
embankments whence the Ruvelan guns had
been firing for the lsst week, but no re
sponse to their fire was forthcoming, and
It looked as If the P.usslans had removed
their batteries during the night. It seemed
as If the enemy had withdrawn entirely,
as no signs ot life could be seen on their
works.
Japanese Advaaee.
Boon after T o'clock the Japanese began
to advance. The distance from the Corean
to the Manchurian bank of the Taiu Is
about two miles. The Japanese troops
spread out In extended formation as they
went forward. When they were a few hun
dred yards from the hills on the Manchur
Ian side they threw themselves prone on
the ground and began volleying. . In the
meantime the Japanese batteries searched
the hills with ShrapneL
Ths Russians now could be seen at- la
tervals where the road was exposed, hur
rylng In small , squads along the hills.
These exposed stretches of the road made
fine targets for tha Japanese gunners. A
fierce fire was 'concentrated ' on one open
space, half the shrapnel thrown bursting
over a small area with wonderful precis
Ion. There waa -a perfeot shower of puffs
of white smoke at this place,, snd the ob
servers could see ths work of an ocoa
sional shell as -It dug a great hols in the
earth and scattered quantities of rock.
SU11 the Russians remained silent. There
was no answering fire from them until the
first Japanese line was within a few hun
dred yards of the river bank. Then sharp
volleys burst almost simultaneously from
several trenches, and the' attacking Jap
anese found themselves under a heavy and
continuous fire at easy range from covered
positions high above them. They lay be
hind the sand hillocks, replying bravely
and hotly to the fire, white their own bat
teries pumped Shells over their heads.
The Japanese officers sat on their horses
or walked along their lines. They were In
no way sheltered nor protected.
A few stretcher bearers coming back to
the field hospital Indicated that men were
being wounded.
The Russian smokeless powder waa ex
cellent. Its use made H impossible for the
Japanese to discover the exact position of
their enemy or to .estimate their number
Russians la Retrent.
Boon after.,! o'clock the Russian fire was
largely silenced by the combined artllery
and infantry attack of the Japanese and
parties of the enemy's troops could be keen
hurrying upward over the mountain roads
in retreat. .:.
Two regiments of Japanese troops, one
directly opposite .Wlju and another near a
village on the west, ran to tha river, stop
ping to fire now and then as they pro
gressed and giving ahrill cheers as they
hurried forward, which echoed clearly over
the plain, . Their formation was closer than
that kept by British or American troops
and it looked as though their losses must
be . groat. They, waded the river, ran on
across the sands and climbed up the steep,
rocky hillside like a swarm Of ants, their
red and yellow cap bands gleaming in the
sun. One Japanese soldier in one of these
regiments carried something white with
him. This was seen" and It caused a shout
to. go up that the Russians had surren
dered. But upon reaching the top of the
first Russian trench," 100 yards up the hill
side, this .man sti'ook out a Japanese flag
and waved It to and fro. A storming party
on ths west side of ' the advance mounted
a htU ooinmdmg(.the Jtusslart 'retreat,
Just as the inen. were bunched thickly on
the crest of this 111. it wo , Japanese shells
burst among" theinvuThe had fallen'Short.
When the1 fctjabjre tiaft " cleared away a
dozen bodies' .could,; be . even lying where
ths shells had exploded and ths remainder
of the' storming "party ;;were". clambering
down, the hill to, escape this 'unexpected
Are from their rear..- - ;
Japanese Flag; on Rnaalan' Works.
The sound tot the rifle firing soon passed
on over the hllts "a'the Japanese pursued
the " retreating enemy. One column of
weary soldiers, who had been almost two
days wlthput rest; .was trudging down the
river toward Antuiig, where the .Japanese
gunboats were shelling the Russian works.
At o'clock a solitary- soldier, cllmblna-
ahead of his 'comrades, unfurled a huge
Japanese flag 'on the face of the top
most Russian ' forC oh a ridge 1,000 feet
above the plain. He marched back and
forth along the parapet, waving the ban
ner, find then, for. the first time, the Japa
nese on the walls of Wlju broke the im
passive silence witH which thev ' had
watched the battle and Shouted "Ban tail"
Already foot soldiers, batteries and paok
trains were streaming on to the Island by
every road and tonight the entire Japanese
army will be in Manchuria.
Official estimates of the Japanese casual
ties are not given out, but the correspond
ent saw 800 Japanese and seventy Russian
wounded In one field hospital.
PROMOTED TO PRESIDENCY
Private Secretary en One ef (he Goal
Lines efnree' Position with Ar. '
kansaa Central.
ST. LOUIS, May . At a meetln' nt K.
directors of the Arkansas Central railroad
held here today, John W. Wright, private
secretory to C. O. Warner, vice president
of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
railroads, was elected president of the Ar
kansas Central, to succeed C. E. Radoliffe,
who resigned to engage In other business.
Mr. Wright's headquarters will be at Fort
Smith, Ark.
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THIBETANS SHOW ABILITY
Comtrnot Strong- Defensive Werkr, bnt
Abandon Them Through Cowardioe.
IlirUS ARE BEING MADE AT LHASSA
la Eaa-asrenient with British Katlves
Demonstrate Knowledge ef
Improved Arms and Good
System of Espionage.
NEW TORK, May (.Details of the bat
tle of May between the British expedition
and nstlves of Thibet, recounted in a dis
patch from tha Times correspondent at
Kaio pass, Thibet, show that the action
took place 16,000 feet above the sea level.
It was the outcome of an attack on Colonel
Tounghusband and his escort at early
dawn on Thursday by 800 men from Dong
tee. The attacking force arrived at Yang
tse at midnight, the approach being with
the utmost secrecy.
The garrison, under command of Major
Murray, behaved with great gallantry and
beat off the attack successfully, although
the pick of the men and nearly all the
senior officers had been taken for an expe
dition to Karola.
It Is noteworthy that the attack was
delivered shortly after ths Karola force
movsd . out, proving that the Thibetans
had good informatln.
When Colonel Brandes with his rifles
camped on the pass Thursday night, 1,600
Thibetans were holding a wall three miles
ahead. Their position was well flanked and
elaborate preparations had been made for
the hurling down of rocks from both sides
ot the gorge. Seven hundred of the men
were from Kama and ths remainder from
Lhassa and this locality.
. t Fla-nt In Hailstorm.
Ths enemy, after obstinate resistance,
were cleared from the wall. Two Pangara,
well defended, held back the advance two
and a half hours, during most of which
time a pelting hailstorm was in progress.
The general plan of attack was an out
flanking movement by one company of
Ghurkhas and a direct attack by pioneers.
Ultimately it wss found necessary to de
taoh a small force of pioneers to scale a
precipice 1,X0 feet high.
The gallantry of both Sikhs and the pio
neers on both flanks was conspicuous, as
the resistance was stubborn until the
flanks were turned. When that occurred,
the enlre Thibetan force fled from the wall.
The casualties of the Thibetans during
the actual fight were about seventy-five.
and probably as many again were lost
during, the pursuit by mounted Infantry
who have not returned. Captain Betbune,
who was among the Ave British killed, fell
while leading his men to the attack on the
wall. t . .
The construction ot the wall and the
choice of tho spot where it was built re
flected credit on the Thibetans, so much
So that Its abandonment must have been
due to sheer cowardice, as it would havo
been almost impossible to take It by frontal
attack, the enemy , largely using Lhassa
made rifles and cartridges Instead of
matchlocks.
argue un railroad values
(Continued from' First Page.)
sldlary railroad companies held, and the
vaiue oi me siocks ana ponds of industrial
companies held. The balance shauld rep
resent the value of the Union Htclflo rail-
mad.
raa-e 7. union Paclrc 1903 reoort, ihnwi
v mims nurone union facinc or a, lis. TO.
But from a footnote and, from information
elsewhere in the renort w learn that tho
Leavenworth, Kansas A Western a Sepa
rate rorpuraxion, - owns lrw.ao mnes, leav
ing I.W1.74 miles of rallroal owned by the
Union PacldiV :
Stocks and bonds of Union Pactflo Rail.
road company: ,
Common stock, 1108,Tia,900; market value,
10. MH. I92.049.064.CO. -
Preferred stock. Pi.MD.VIO; market value,
fO.Dl. tn.tW.sil.oO.
First mortgage bonds, etc, 1100,000,000;
market value, 4-04H, J104,126,000.00.
First Hen convertible. t87.2S7.0OO: market
value, tO.mi. tW.820,716.00.
TOtal, .4KKi.MIU.UUU.
Market value total cardtallzitlon Union
Pari no company, a374,34l,173.0O.
The value of the subsidiary stocks and
bonds owned by the Union Pacific Is 1,
827,609. The income accruing to the Union
Paciflo because - of ths Industrial stocks
and bonds, W)7,M.60; capitalised at 6 per
cent, shows value of tll.7D2.830 The state
ment would then be: Union Faclflo stocks
and bonds, $374,341,178; market value, or if
no market value, then faoe value of sub-
ll..u atAnk. A K A - ,1
827,609; value of Industrial storks and bonds,
il.VOi.38U, a Otai OI i05,DI,S.
Value ot 2.96U.74 miles railroad. 1235,761,834;
value per mile, $79,675; o.e-fifth, or assess
ment, )1S,916.
Value of Praaehlses.
Mr. Rosewater dlsqusset at some length
the matter of a franchise bnd showed that
there was a difference In a newspaper and
a railroad and that the ralVroad franchise
should be taxed. The railroads have
power to compel people to patronise them
and the newspaper haa not. As to bow
to get at the value of a franchise he cited
that tho Verdigris branch of the Elkhorn
had been built for $14,300 a mile, but now
having been merged into the Northwestern
It was worth Just as much as the North
western. This road pays on a capitalisa
tion of $30,000 per mile, and the difference
between that and the coat of construction,
he said, represent the value of the fran
chise.
In discussing the assessment to be placed
on the Elkhorn, Mr. Rosewater said that
it would be an easy matter for the board,
for the reason that when the Northwestern
bought it, ths eoat was $23,100,000, and a
bonded debt of $7,746,000 was assumed, mak
ing the total near $31,000,000. Mr. Bidwell
took exoeptlon to this statement and said
the bonded debt was lnoludad In ths pur
chase price, which brought on a vigorous
argument.
Another matter ' that Mr. Rosewater
called to the attention of the board was
the fact that the roads, though spending
rouoh money on betterment. Invariably de
ducted tbes; amounts from ths gross earn
ings Instead of returning the Improvements
for taxation. He called attention of the
board to the reports of other states, which
showed railroads were asssssed higher and
paid a much higher taa than In Nebraska.
He closed with an argument to the board
to distribute the value of the terminals
over the different lines at something like
their value instead of making a farce of
the matter as had been the practice- He
showed that ths city of Omaha, on a valu
ation ot leas than a third, paid more taxes
than did all the railroada in state, county
and municipal taxes. Based on the re
turns made on the rolling stock of soma
of the roads, Mr. Rosewater stated that the
tax agents were better aeoountants than
machinists, as he found engines valued at
from $10,000 to W.600, when an engine costs
from $17,000 to $18,000.
tatea Railroad Case.
In reply to Mr. Rosewater, R. D. Pol
lard, tax agent of the Burlington, ssld all
It was nsoeasary for ths board to do waa
to And the value of the railroad and divide
It by Ave to arrive at the aaaesaed valua
tion. To assist the board, he Aled the testi
mony of L. B. Wakefield In the maximum
rate case, to the effect that a railroad in
Nebraska fully equipped could be. built at
a eoat of $18,4.1 a mile. The general su
perintendent of the Burlington, he said,
stated that U per oent. should be added,
making $24,6dS per mile for a new road.
He also called the attention of ths board to
the showing In his report that the road waa
using steel twenty-els years eld. He scout
ed the Idea of s railroad franchise being
worth anything, and said any one could
get a franchise by applying to the secretary
of state and paying the fee. And he told of
the other roads that were In existence when
the Burlington was built In Nebraska.
Based on a valuation of $36,000 a mite, he
ssld the rate of Interest msde by the road
west of the Missouri river was as follows:
1893, .OS 1-10 per cent.; 1894, .0$ $-10 per eent.;
1895, .01 1-ie per cent., and In 18M, .oT-l
per cent. This was earned after paying op
erating expenses, and, according to Mr.
Pollard, the road would have gone Into the
hands of a receiver had It depended on Its
business west of the Missouri.
He contended that It was unfair to as
sess a railroad on a stock and bond basis.
He said the board could not get at the
value of the Northern Pacific road on Its
stocks and bonds for ths reason that for
two days In 1901 stock sold for as much as
$1,000 a share, when the real market value
was about $100 a Share. The average value
of the Burlington, he said, for eleven years
was $101. ?7 a share. Taking the average
value of the stock as reflected by the mar
ket quotations during the eleven years the
approximate value of the entire stock,
1.108,891 shares at $109.27 a share, $113,8TS,
148; bonds, $168,060,900; less securities and
cash awaiting investment held in sinking
fund, $13,493,133, $142,667,667. makes a total of
$265,91.'!,1)16. Deduct tangible property as
sessed locally throughout the eleven statee
through which the road runs, such as gen
eral offices, buildings,' etc., making $2S,O0u,
000, leaves $280,912,916.
For the year ending June $0, 1903, the net
earnings from operation on the road east
of tha Missouri river were $li.4;l,7M.92.
miles owned, 4,016.27; earnings per mile, net,
$3,862. The net earnings for the sams period
from operation on the lines west of the
Missouri river were $S.634,149.1; miles
owned, 4,097.60; esrnings per mile, net.
$2,107. So that the lines west of the river,
Mr. Pollard stated, earned only 89 per cent
of tho total of the system; 89 per cent of
the value Of the stocks and bonds, as given,
via., $230,912,916, gives $30,05.I87. divided by
the main track mileage of 4,097.60 shows the
average value of tho lines west of the Mis
sour! river to be $21,980 on this basis.
Mr. Pollard especially called ths attention
of the board to the statement that only 21
per cent of the earnings of the Burlington
In the state was from purely local business
and submitted that the board had no right
to consider tnterstste business.. In con
elusion Mr. Pollard urged It upon the board
that the Burlington lines were worth less
than $26,000 per mile.
DEATH RECORD.
M. Pleske.
LONDON, May . A dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph company from St. Peters
burg announces ths death there at 9 o'clock
this morning of M. Pleske, late minister
of flnanoe.
M. Pleske, who was born In 1863, wss the
son of a Russian general of German extrac
tion. He entered the ministry of finance
when 20 years of age and was credited with
being a disciple of M. DeWitte, whom he
succeeded as minister of flnanoe. In De
cember last M. Pleske became seriously ill
as the result of an Injury to bis spins In a
carriage accident some time previously
and was obliged to undergo an operation,
and in January of thla year was said to be
dying, peritonitis having set In. He was st
that time relieved from his duties as mln
Ister of finance and transferred to the coun
cil of the empire.
Mrs. Cynthia Brown.
DAVID CITT, Neb., May 9.-(8peclal.)-
Mrs. Cynthia Brown, one ot the oldest set'
tiers of Butler county, died st her late res
idence In thlo-eity-yesterday- morning st
the'fcge Of 80 years. Her hut be no. Dr,
Samuel Browji. died, eight .years, ago.
Mr. ul Mrs.' Brown came to Butler county
In 1879. - They resided on a homestead near
David City when the town waa platted.
In 1878 they removed to town, where Dr,
Brown practiced hla profession until about
1890, when, owing to falling health, he re
tired from the praotloe. Mrs. Brown leaves
two sons. Dr. Lewis snd George L.a and
one daughter, Mrs. O. W. Stroud. Funeral
services will bs held Tuesday. '
" ' John G. Whltelock.
ASHLAND, Neb., May 9. (Special Tele
gram.) wnne reading a newspaper on
his porch st 7:46 o'clock tonight John O.
Whltelock, a pioneer resident of Ashland,
dropped over dead Into the arms of Col.
J. K. Clarke, who was sitting near. Heart
failure caused his sudden death. Uncle
John, as he was best known, wss aged 70
years. He enlisted In the First Nebraska
regiment in the civil war, and on his return
waa elected the first sheriff of Saunders
county. In !87, as a republican. Since that
time he haa resided in Ashland, except a
short time spent In Omaha during the
Transmlsslsslppl exposition.
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ONAWA, la.. May (.(Special Telegram.)
Tha big ditch cases which Involve the
Monona-Harrison ditch, a continuation of
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court before Judge Oaynor on appeal from
the Monona county Board of Supervisors.
The chief objectors, Addison Oliver of Du
buque and Bloux City railway and the
Northwestern were represented by their
attorneys. After a general consultation
Judge Guynor made the following; docket
entry: "By. consent of parties this oausa
dismissed and the action of the board es
tablishing ditch and of the appraisers Is
hereby- set aside and held for naught and
Judgment against defendants for all costs."
Under decision of supreme court case of
Smith against Peterson the whole of section
1946 of the code of Iowa was declared un
constitutional and void, thus knocking out
all ditch legislation. About $2,000 expenses
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