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DAILY BEE: MOXDAY, MAY 16, 1904.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH" OMAHA
Board of Education jlnti Tim 'now Big
to Elect Tscbr
ONC HUNDRED NEW ONES TO BE CHOSEN
tmlr Tho Consider iMaftttit
W ill B Dtim4 j Corps Mad
Flrt-cia.s la Ertir
f liespect.
On Monday evening ia Board Of Educa
tion will meet and elect teacher. At pres
ent the payroll carries 124 teacher. Mem
bera of the teachers' committee say at
least 100 and possibly mora teachers will
b chosen Monday night. One member of
the teachers' committee said last night
that very few changes In the present list
would be made.
"The teachers to be dropped," said this
member, "will be those whom ws consider
Incompetent. Ws consider ws have a fins
corps of teachers now and the assurance
can be given that the majority will be re
tained." It la not the Intention Of the board to
elect janitors on Monday night, as Presi
dent Morrill Is In Iowa and may not return
In time to meet with the members for a
conference. Last year the janitor were not
chosen until Augast and It may be the
am this year. The Idea of electing teach
ers so early Is to assure those who desire
to go away that they will havs a position
upon their return from the summer vaca
tion. Nothing will be don for th time
about th selection of a superintendent.
Th contract with Superintendent McLean
oes not expire until June 10. This ques
tion of a superintendent will hardly com
up before the regular meeting of th board
In June. As to the result all of th mem
bratf th board are noncommittal.
Baeenlanvento Bersnon.
Thl evening at the First Methodist Epis
copal church Rev. W. D. Btambaugh, pas
tor of tb Letler Memorial church, will de
liver the baccalaureate sermon to the grad
uating class of the high school. Thirty
two? members compose this class, twenty
two girls and eleven boy. The closing ex
ercise of ths eighth grade will be held
Thursday evening, when Dr. Charles For
dye. dean of the Wesleyaa university of
Nebraska, will deliver an address. On this
occsslon Miss Catherine Rowley will de
liver a recitation.. Commencement x.
else for the high school will be held Fri
day evening of this week at th Methodist
church. Prof. W. K. Fowter will address
tb class,
Will Work Rax Wadaeaday.
8ecrtsry Bergqulat of th Fir and Poll
board said last evening that the new patrol
boxes would doubtless b In working order
by Wednesday. All but on of th nln
boas are now practically In use, but so far
the eight boxes are used only tor testa. By
Wednea4ay.lt I expected the cable line to
th jitnth , box will b trung and th
printed matter - ordered will b on hand.
Whn the board order patrolmen to call
up vry hour a record will be kept of
each call. This will aaslat th chief and
the night captain In keeping track of the
men. and will assist greatly In th main
tenance of discipline.
Additional Iwltrkhtarli.
'For a day or two telephone user hav
been Inconvenienced on account of slow
service. This has .been caused by the plac
ing of two additional swltchblocks In the
big switchboard at the exchange her. Re
cently a number of new cable were strung
to Omaha and this work of locating cables
Is extending all over the cMy. Now that
th new brock are In th service will be
batter than vor before.
Yard BalFdlnar Approach.
Th Union Stock Yards company Satur
day began th building of an approaoh
to tb Q street Viaduct to accommodate
Swift and Company. This approach will
be built on th north aid of th Q street
bridge and will extend from th west end
of th viaduct to th time keeper's gate
at Swirt's. Th grade la such that It Is
stated there will b no troubl In hauling
heavy loads up or down. When this ap
proach Is completed and the O Street via
duct built th railroad tracks will b fenced
from li street to U street.
Christian Association Note.
Th following are some Items from the
repot of the Young Men's Christian as
sociation for th year ending April W:
Cash receipts were $3,801.41, and expenses
$1,7a.86. The night school had forty stud,
nts and a total attendance of 1,637; for the
previous year thar were thirty-eight stud
nts end 978 attendance.
Th gymnasium was used tJHM time by
over ISO different men and boys; baths
taken. T.OSB.
. Th membership la 411, which Is six less
than on fear ago, but th boys' depart
ment has tb largest .membership It has
ver had.
More attention has been given to religion
work and more money spent for that de
partment than last year. About 160 has
been raised for the support of Mr. Lock
wond at Shanghai, China.
. Rev. Andrew Renwlck will give a Bible
reading at th meeting Sunday afternoon
M th toplo, "An Open Letter."
poetal Atteatloa.
For ten years w hav given special at
tention to abdominal belts. That w are
tnor than successful Is well Indicated by
ur large trad In thla line and by mnf
aliened customers. Our stock of ladle'
and men' belts now comprises every fea
ture of comfort and helpful convenience to
all forms of abdominal support. Ws aell
only guaranteed fits belts so fashioned
to perfectly fit the form takes th weight
Off the back and relieves that dragging
down feeling and will cur the usual sever
pains In the back and loins. Our belts
will make you comfortable. Then, w are
agents for two large manufacturers an
can always supply you with alt siaea an
styles. '
Our No. 174 C and 8 abdominal belt has
Id straps and gives direct lift-up sup
port to th lower abdomen and as It fits
th form so correctly ladles especially will
appreciate thla sty Is. It's at SIM and 13.60.
Seeley's Oriental thread, non-elastlo, but
wtth elaatlo fcends. Intended for extreme
corpulency, $3.00. Our apeclalty I Ware's
elastlo belt, fits perfectly, Serviceable and
guaranteed, p. SO.
Men, women and children' shoulder
braces In corset, lao or suspender styles,
all siaea, perfect fits. . W can correct
rounded shoulders with any of our braces
and our prices beat all competition. 76o ,
U.00. tl.tt. $1.60. D. S. CLARK, Th Lead
ing Druggist
Maajlo City Gossip.
William Ballerton, Fortieth and T street,
reports the birth of a daughter.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Llnholt. Twenty-sixth and ths county
Byron Bmlley came up from Lincoln yes
terday to spend a couple of days with his
parents. ,
Th.a E?"b.yt'rt?,!,,..K,n' Daufhteri will
M,ikT!,h ul w"" Kerr, jki K street,
oa Friday afternoon.
The high school alumni will meet on
Monday evening at til home of Mrs. ben
tils. A I alreot, ,
( Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. O, K. Pad
!" rVv,t;'.p,'o,, ia bono
Ira. U. W. Paddock.
Washington tent No. 67. Knights ot th
Maccabees, will give a dance at Odd FI
lewa' hall on Tuesday evening.
Mark Beet ha n left last night for Or-eley,
Colo., wbsr 1m will spend a couple ai
weeks looking after businrea matters.
South Omaha blve No. 14. Ladies of th
Maocabe, will hold a review at atasonlo
hall on W ednesday evening. May li.
Louis Soreaaoa. waa wag go bad buraed
QUESTION OF RAILROAD
Facts and Figures Presented by Edward Rosewater
the State
Address of Hon. E. Rosewater before the
Stats Board of Equalisation, held In the
govemor'a office, Lincoln, Neb., April ,
1404:
Gentlemen of the Board: The article to
which reference has Just been mad was
penned under the Impression that the pro
ceedings had begun with the hearing of
the representative of the Missouri Pacific
road and would be continued with all the
representative of the different railroads,
nd that they would exhaust the time of
th board and endeavor to Influence its
action In making the board reach a con
clusion snd a decision before the aubject
matter had been fully ventilated.
Governor Mickey Allow me to say that
the board was asked by the representative
of the Missouri Pacific to be heard because
he did not wish to return, and the board
ttended the hearing until Wednesday of
this week, and It was afterward changed
by ourselves to thla date, which occasions
the hearing occurring atthls time.
Mr. Rosewater I did not really think
that tax agents were or could be so
finical and so tender ss the gentleman
Who has Just been rienrd. I took It for
granted that they would have an oppor
tunity to be heard In the due course of
time. It seem to me that this board, In a
general way, la very much In the same
position as a taxing or assessment board
Of a municipality or a sounty. The first
thing these bodies do Is to ascertain the
volume and variety of business snd then
examine, Inspect and Investigate the re
ports made, by the precinct aaeessor; and
then If any owner of property or representa
tive of a corporation Is In any way dissat
isfied with th finding of the precinct as
sessor, or original aeseeament, they are per
mitted to appear and plead for their side
or present their views I don't see just now
where the representatives of other corpor
ate Interesta have any reason for appear
ing at present. The board has not yet
taken steps that would Indicate what It
would finally do, and this Is nothing more
than a dlscueslon before the board, unless
It IH one of the preliminary questions as to
whether railroads should be assessed as a
unit by system, or whether each ' of the
parts of a system should be assessed sepa
rately, which, of course, Is a very vital and
Important question. But preliminary to all
this, lind "without disrespect to the mem
bers of th board, I want to present som
elementary view.
Other Assessments Not in Question.
At former sessions of the board there
has always been more or less contention
over the alleged undervaluation of property
assessed by county and precinct assessors,
and th board seemed to be very much
perplexed, or at any rat was being im
portuned to believe that there was such, a
great variation in the valuation of their
property that they had to pursue a different
course In arriving at their conclusions; as
regards railroad property from that which
would ordlnsrlly be pursued If all. other
property was assessed at Its full value, or at
a fixed ratio of value to the full value, but
that condition does not prevail thla year,
Th board at this time, at this session,
cannot assume and should not assume, that
the county assessors or their deputies will
perjure themselves, or will make false re
turns, or will favor ar.y class of property
owners, or will discriminate against any
olasa of property owners. This Is now an
original assessment board- It should stand
as a model of law Observance to th other
boards that ar In session In every county
in th state. It should start out. Ignoring
altogether the question as to whether or
not any particular piece of property, or
any class of property. Is undervalued In
any particular locality. The function of
equalllcng devolves upon this board after
the returns have been made by the various
Oountle. Th law vary clearly prescribes
th method of assessment, and contem
plate an appraisement at Its full' value,
and k levy of taxes on one-fifth of the
valuation. For the same reason, this
board la expected and naturally obligated,
under the law. to ascertain the true value
of railways In Nebraska, and to assess
them at one-fifth of the par value, regard
loss of what any other assessor In any
county, or in any city, may do. It Is also
manifest, and has been time and again de
cided by the highest courts of the land,
that th omission ot any particular class
of property from taxation or assessment
doe not constitute a sufficient reason for
th undervaluation of other property. It
)oe not matter even If one-fourth of the
property In Nebraska was not returned
for assessment. This board cannot take
rtotleo-of that fact and must pursue It own
cours regardless of It. and appraise prop
erty t Ita par value and assess It finally
at one-fifth. Now, the question that
presents Itself first Is, by which method
Will the par value of railway property In
Nebraska be ascertained? The returns from
the various Vallroads of Nebraska, al
though' very much in detail and much mora
St th Madison school a few day ago. Is
getting along as well a can be expected.
886 pair men's low shoes, all styles and
color, In Stock. I want . 835 men to see
them the coming week. Will you b onT
C iey.
Frank J. Fltle returned to Lincoln yester
day afternoon after spending a day or so
In this city. Mrs. Fltle is her visiting
friends.
The Ladles' auxiliary of the Young Men's
Christian association will meet with Mrs.
William McBuruey. 2613 F street, Tuesday
afternoon.
"Why the Story of the Prodigal Son"
Wilt be the toplt. of Dr. Wheeler s sermon
At the First Presbyterian church this
morning. I
The Ladles' AM society ot the First
Presbyterian Church will meet with Mrs.
Lyon. 512 North Fifteenth street, Wednes
day afternoon.
, Every boy or girl wants something new
ih th line of shoes or slipper tor tit last
school day. My stock was never so com
blete and will pleas you In every way.
Creaeey, the shoeman.
William Weldon. foreman of the construc
tion and supply department at Cudahy's,
(las resigned. Mr. Weldon proposes going
nto buslues In Omaha. '
Mla lrme, G. Allen, special agent of the
Nebraska Children's Home society, will ad
dress th congregation at th First Presby
terian church this evening.
Th drill team -.of the Ancient Order f
United Workmen lodge No. 66 will give a
dance on Wednesday evening. May 25, at
Workmen temple. Refreshments will be
served.
Are you going to graduate In the senior
elasa or eighth grade this spring? You
will need something suitable in new shoes
ot slippers. I have many new things In ail
kinds of strap slippers, patent leather,
Oxford and shoes that you should not
fall to see. Creasey, the shoeman.
BRYAN WILL SPEAK IN OMAHA
rrles Leader" Is to Foiat Oat
HI Kaemle ana HI
rriaaaa.
While tb anti-Bryan democrat ar
busy with their Uttla plan th faithful
Of tb peerless on ar preparing for their
great big event next Thursday night, when
their twice-vanquished cbleftatn will bold
forth at tb Krug theater In his first really
formal oratorical effort In Nebraska this
campaign. Tb meeting Is being vary
widely advertised. Card sent through
tb nail tats
Mr. Bryan will point out th difference
between his friends and his opponents In
the noo ratio party In tbls county, and
what tike ! r between those who
stand with Mia for damoatatl pnaolples
aaa tfeoa who oamaad Utal the parly, suall
Board of Assessment in Stenographic Report.
Instructive than any that h-ive a yet been
presented here, do not enable you to take a
rational account of the valve of any of the
various links that constitute tb flv sys
tems of railways that now operate In Ne
braska. Take, for example, the Union Pa
cific, which make a return her of Its
entlro capitalisation. Its rolling stock, and
Ita earnings. It does not In any ahape or
manner Indicate what percentage or what
proportion of the traffic or .tarntngs belong
to the brsnch or what to ths main line.
The stock of the Union Paclflo cover
every Inch of Its line In Kebraeka. The
original Omaha & Republican railroad and
other lines absorbed by tho Union Pacific
had Issued their stock under their re
spective names. Today that stock haa all
dlsappesred, snd In Its plac we hav only
Union Pacific Railway stocks, snd no man
can tell what part of Ita capitalisation be
longs here or there. Where a system of
railway represents various branch lines
and a main line, the earnings represent
the sum total of ths capacity of the va
rious lines that contribute to the whole
and should, tnerefore, be appraised aa a
part of the whole, mile by mil.
I'nlt System Valeatlea.
Governor MJckcy If th valuation Is
taken of the whole system would those
lines each be assessed the same?
Air. Hose water livery inch of the railroad
should be assessed as main line, for there
Is no math line and there ace no branches,
ihere are no locomotives for the main line
dlnerent from the locomotives on th
branches. The rolling slock pusses over
all th lines aud can be used anywhere and
everywhere. It has been merged so that
It la difficult to tell one from the other.
Assume that there Were W7 miles of main
tine and buw miles of branch lines In the
Union Paclna tystem, formerly separate
corporation. The Union Pacltic Hallway
company In Nebruska constitute 9t7 miles
of road, very nearly 1,000 miles. You should
merge the great system which Includes
ihe Kansas Una as well as the Nebraska
lines, Colorado, Wyoming and L tan you
will see that they have earned an amount
tual to something Ilk over $6,000 net per
mile. If you are going to assess the Union
Pacific piece meal we still Insist that that
company shall pay Into Nebraska one
third of the value of the whole property.
Those 1,000 miles represent one-third of
the system, therefore one-third of its cap
italization, and therefore the state of Ne
braska is entitled to the taxes on the one
third value of that property as an entirety.
If, on the contrary, you are going to divide
It and treat one-half the mileage as branches
and one-half as the main line, then the
main line must get all the surplus over and
above ths total amount given to th
branches. For example, suppose the Union
Paclflo Is capitalised for $100,000 per mile
and earning Interest on $100,000 per mile,
represents one-third of Its entire prop
erty value of $300,000,000, then If the
branches are only valued at, we will say,
$60,000 per mile for 600 miles or $26,000,000 or
one-fourth of Nebraska's shar of th tax
able property, then; the main line must get
the difference. In other words, it must be
appraised at $150,000 a mile, otherwise the
state does not get what it justly Is entitled
to unless the road pays on a valuation of
$100,000,000, equal to one-third of the value
of the whole system.
gome Striking Examples,
Take the Burlington; tbt road has
2,611.23 mllea in the state of Nebraska; 191
miles are presumed to be main line. We
have for about twenty years known that
that was a farce, that there was no such
thing as 191 miles of main line. As origi
nally chartered, the Burlington and Mis
souri River railroad commenced at Pacific
Junction and terminated at Kearney. In
due course of time the road was extended
to Denver and the annual report ot that
company for tho last year,-1903, shows
very clearly, Burlington & Missouri River
railroad 643 miles from Paclflo Junction to
Denver. That Is what It means. You can
not take the line from Plattsmouth to
Kearney as the main line while the great
bulk of all trafflo does not touch Kearney.
The value of the whole system of 1,611.23
miles should be appraised upon the basis
of gross earnings and upon the capitalisa
tion of the road. You would have no way
of making a rational assessment by sep
arating tha main line and branchea be
cause there Is nothing here to give you a
clear knowledge or Information of what
the roads are worth that constitute th
system. If you asses the 2,436 mile aa
branch lines at lower figures then the 191
miles must be raised se as to make up the
difference in the value of th whole. The
Burlington road is capitalized and earns
at about $55,000 per mile.
If you want to assess the 2,611 miles of
main line and branch lines at' $56,000 Its
total value In Nebraska will exceed
$140,000,000. -
i
be delivered to Cleveland-Belmont and
other Wall street stool pigeons.
Mr. Bryan also will speak! in the new
Bohemian hall at Thirteenth and Dorcas
streets Friday night, following Mi speech
at tha Krug.
GROCERS GO INTO POLITICS
Mast Do This, Says Harry Fischer, to
Get Law They Need and
Want.
Secretary Harry Fischer of th Nebraska
Retail Merchant' association returned Fri
day evening from California, where ha
went as a delegate to the National Grocers'
convention. J. B. Hetdry of Lincpln was
the other Nebraska representative.
"It looks Ilk th grocers and other deal
ers were going Into politics," said Mr.
Fischer. "A great deal ot time was given
to the discussion of laws whloh affect the
retail merchants, and It was often said,
and seamed to be the general opinion, that
th retail' merchant must enter politic to
get the legislation h deBlres. On of tb
laws which th grocer want is a national
pur food law. Tha Hepburn bill waa en
dorsed at tha convention, and our legis
lative committee was Instructed to do all
It could for tha passage of thla bill through
th senate. A national law, no matter how
severe, would be fair to all dealer, while
now aa It Is, with some states having laws
and others not, and all of them conflicting,
many dealer suffer hardships.
"Mutual fir insurance companies also
wr favorably considered and ar consid
ered to hav saved In th states where
they ar In operation from 40 to 60 per cent.
A national credit bureau was proposed,
but not formed. Illinois has a state bu
reau, and the idea la to form state bu
reau with every state association and con
solldat these with the national organisa
tion. The object would b to follow debtors
all over the country so they could not vic
timise new dealera by moving from one
stat to another. Th Pacific coast grocers
ar not In elose touch with th jobbers as
w ar hero; In fact, they are on poor
terms. The retailers have formed co-operative
concerns for supplying themselves
without the intervention ot th wholesaler.
W war treated with th greatest of nua
pllallty. and I feel sure no delegates were
better pleaaed with their meeting ylac
than w wet'
TAXATION IN NEBRASKA
. I will not proceed any further along
this line, but go Into detail as regards the
general valuation of railroads In Nebraska.
In order to arrive at a rational conclusion
we hav to take two or three different
bases for our guidance. The Railway Age,
recognised as a standard railway publica
tion. In It Issu of November IS, 1903, prints
a table of the railway mileage In the
United States from 1R80 to 1903, inclusive,
and th total amount of capital stock Is
sued, each of they succeeding twenty-two
years, the amount of bonds Issued In each
of the twenty-two years and the per rnlle
of stock and bonds snd the total; and we
have here this Information that In 1880 the
railroad mileage In the United States was
92.147 miles and th total capital stock of
$2,708,673,375; bonded debt, $2.630.74,tf. There
were $28,396 per mil of stocks and there
was a bonded debt of $27,466 per mile, or a
total per mile capitalisation of $08,624.
Flffaree by Mileage.
For 1902 th mileage ha run up to 199,
686 miles; th capital stock, $6,078,201,596;
capital stock per mile, $30,439, with a
bonded debt of W,t6,2W,839. making a
bonded debt per mile of $32,377, being a
total capitalisation of $12,875,302, or per mil
$64,371. Thla Includes a floating debt of
about $1,500 per mil, and I have made the
computation on the bonded debt 'at $32,327
per mile and stock at $30,439 per mile, or a
total capitalisation of $62.16 per mile.
Tha mileage In Nebraska Is given at
6,760 miles, which at $62,816 per mile would
aggregate In value $301,770,110, and the as
sessment at one-fifth would be $71,554,032.
But It may be said that the stocks of the
railroads ar not worth par, while some
are above par and run up aa high aa 180.
In order ,to make a conservative estimate
I have computed the bonds at par and the
stocks at 75 per cent ot their par value,
which would be $22,832 per mile, and com
puting the bonds at par would give a val
uation at $55,207 per mile. At that rat tha
valuation of the Nebraska railroads would
be $317,992,320, and the assessment at one
fifth would be $63,593,464. There wo hav a
fair basis and liberal basis for th valua
tion and assessment of the railroads In
Nebraska based on their capitalisation, but
that should not be the only criterion. We
also have the earning capacity, and what
ever a railroad can earn represents a fixed
amount of capital. The earnings may
differ In different years, and so should th
assessment. The assessment at the pres
ent time might not represent the same
value as that five years hence, if there
should be crop failure or a general depres
sion In railroad traffic. Today, with the
earning power of the railways of Ne
braska and with the returns they have
made to their stockholders, there can be
no question that $317,000,000 represents at
lest $26,000,000 .. less than their earning
capacity capitalised at from 4 to 6 per
cent. It was stated here the other day by
th gentleman representing the Missouri
Paclflo that there are other franchises
a well aa railroad franchises, and he at
tempted to compare the value of a news
paper plant with that of the value of a
railroad for assessment; and In all
seriousness he intimated that tha same
principle that governs the assess
ment of a railroad franchise should
govern the assessment of a news
paper plant or any. other class of
business that Is well 'conducted and earns
a given amount of money. I want to call
your attention to th' vast difference be
tween railroads and ..other classes of prop
erty., t
Franchise Values in Railroads.
In the state of Nebraska, and It Is
true In every state of the union, taxation Is
based upon property values. It is property
that la taxed and nothing else. Take a
newspaper, a factory or a mercantile es
tablishment or a farm. No privilege Is
granted by government to them and no
monopoly can be enjoyed In any sense of
the word by them. If experience, brain
and Industry bring about a large earning
capacity In any particular establishment
these qualities are not subject to taxation.
It Is property alone. It is different with a
railroad. If I wanted to borrow money on
a piece of real estate, whether located In a
city or in th country, the money lender
loans It on 40 per cent or 60 per cent of its
presumed value; that is as far aa he would
consent to go. If he Is asked to loan money
to a railroad ho will loan the full cost of
construction and equipment, and often ven
more. You will note that the capitalisation
of railroads In the United States represents
$32,377 per mile In mortgages, and only 130,
439 per mil in stock. Why hav these
capitalists been willing to advance the full
amount of the cost of the road to the pro
moters of the enterprise T Because they get
a mortgage not only on the railroad but
upon the land and upon all the products
tributary to It, upon " the form, and the
orchard and the factory. It la a tax
OMAHA YOUTH IS DROWNED
Lorinaj Phelps Lose Lit la Texas
Stream Near Homo of Hi
Pa reals.
This Item of news Is . taken from th
Houston (Tex.) Post of May 9:
Yesterday from East Bernard news of the
death by drowning of young Lorlng, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Souring Phelps, wss
telephoned to friends of the ismlly here In
Houston. Lorlng and his younger brother
Walter wsre trying to cross the middle
Bernard In a small boat, The stream being
much swollen and the current very strong
the boat capsised. Th younger boy saved
himself by grasping the limb of a tree, but
Luring was born down th stream and
drowned.
Th young man whose Ufa has ended with
such tragic suddenness, though he came to
Houston less than a year ago, had many
warm friends amongst his teachers and
classmates In ths high school and in th
Christ church choir, of which he was a
valued member.
He waa a remarkably fin young fellow,
talented in an unusually high degree and
was of a most lovubl disposition.
Kev. Henry D. Aves has been wired to
coma out snd conduct the funeral, which
will take place on his father's rice farm at
section 4, near Chestervlli.
..The young man was th son of Bebrlng
Phelps, formerly residing at 4761 Capitol
avenue, Omaha, and now engaged in busi
ness in Houston. II had just begun hi
cours In th high school her th fall his
parent moved to Texas. He waa a choir
boy at Trinity cathedral and was very
popular among all his young acquaintance
by whom the news of his death will be re
ceived with much grief and sorrow.
Dakota Editors la City,
On hundred and thirty member of th
South Dakota Press association, headed
by C. R. Tlnsn, editor of the Kimball
Graphic, and G. M. Farley, editor of the
Maalson Outlook, met last night at tha
Millard bate), preparatory to visiting Bt.
Louis In a body. They will leave Omaha
at 6:30 p. m. toduy. Th party Intends to
stay In Bt. Louis a couple of weeks and
during their stop there they will attend the
World's Press parliament and the gather
ing of the forty press associations. Many
vt th members are accompanied by their
f ives. No set feature are aet during their
top In Omaha; each of the members
spending the day according to their Indi
vidual Inclinations,
laa at Be Hock.
Health, strength and vigor depend on
digestion. Dr. King' New Life Pills mske
It perfect, or no py. Only 16a For sal
by Kuha sV Co,
of The Bee Before
kvled upon all the people who a ant to us
th rood for transportation purpose. It is
a mortgage guaranteed by the products that
must be hauled over th line, and tho peo
ple that must travel over git, and It la that
element that gives additional value to It
and gives value to the franchise. When a
railroad Is chartered It la not only given
the right-of-way, but th sovereign power
to levy taxes upon the people and products
of the country. It has, moreover, power to
recoup Itself for every dollar of tax It pay
by Increasing the tax which It levies upon
th products of th country. Suppose you
or any other body of men should own a
farm In any county In Nebraska. The prod
ucts of your farm would sell at the market
price. If It Is grain the price Is fixed at
Liverpool; if It Is llv stock th market
price at South Omaha, Chicago or Kansas
City. If the tax upon your farm were
raised you will not be able to recoup your
self. You cannot aell your grain, your cat
tle or your fruit at a penny more than the
market price. But the railroad can turn
right around and rale Its freight rates by
cbsnglng classification. There Is the dif
ference between privat enterprise and cor
porate or franchlsed enterprise.
Railway Fronts Big.
I now wish to call your atten
tion to some facts to show that
the railroads have within the lost five
or six years been profitable to their stock
holders. You have noted that while the
stocks of railroads only paid 1.803 per cent
In 1894, 1.804 In 1896 and 1.804 In 1896, they
paid 2 per cent or 8.30 in 1902, or very nearly
3 per cent, on stocks in 1903, besides puylng
from 4 to 7 per cent on their bonded debt.
It shows that the great Income of the rail
roads has been constantly Increasing. I
do not have to go very ' far back to
confirm that statement i will simply take
up the Burlington, which has now the
largest mileage In the state of Nebraska,
and will call your attention to a few facts
in the way ot earnings of tha Burlington
system. Its gross earnings for frefght In
1901 were $33,662,221.06 tor the entire system,
but you cannot from th figures furnished
by the company's report ascertain how
much was earned by a part of the system.
In 1902 it was $34,072,079.68; In 1903 $42,782,
406.94. While the expenses of the Burlington
system were also Increased during, the
three years they did not Increase propor
tionately and their Increase In mileage
did not exceed 160 miles during that period.
The operating expenses of the Burlington
and taxes were In 1901 $54,068,907.97; in 1902
$35,682,875.63; In 1903 $40,542,472.76. In 1901
they paid Interest on bonds, $7,421,928; In
1902, $7,263,106.19; In 1903, $7,442,941,24. Now
compare the net earnings of the Burlington
system for the past three years. In 1901
they were $15,983,061; In 1902 $18,112,369.94; In
1903 $22,095,906.60. After paying Interest on
bonds, rentals and placing several hundred
thousand dollars In the sinking fund there
was a net surplus In 1901 of $8,230,471.47; In
1902 $10,083,110.76; In 190$ $13,326,108.15.
Some Sale Prices.
In 1902 the Burlington made a deal with
the Great Northern railroad by which $110,
000,000 of Its stocks were converted into
bonds. Two dollars In bonds for every $1
of stock. The bonds bear 4 per cent in
terest and they have paid the Interest
upon these bonds, making In all 8 . per
cent, doubling the capital as It were, and
they still have $5,326,000 of surplus for distri
bution. Yet I presume the gentlemen who
preceded me here will Insist that his sys
tem has been deteriorating very much and
that It I entitled to especially fair and kind
treatment at your hands. We would Ilk
to see It treated fairly. We all want to be
treated fairly. But there are others who
also pay taxes, who have no way of re
couping themselves. They . cannot levy
tribute on anybody. The merchant and
manufacturer cannot make people patron
ise them, whether they wish to or not, but
every railroad Is a monopoly. All railroads
compel patronage, whether people like to do
so or jiot. Atr common points, where two
or three railroads compete, the rate Is al
ways th same, but at every station where
no other railroad exists, the tolls are
arbitrary. At Omaha, for example. You
buy a ticket for Lincoln and you pay $1.65
over the Burlington, and the same price
over the Union Pacific, but the distance
from Omaha to Lincoln on the Union Pa
clflo Is about thirty mile longer than the
Burlington. If you purchase a .ticket at
Valley to Lincoln you will pay more than
you will at Omaha, to Lincoln, because
there Is no competition, and so at thou
sands of stations In th state of Nebraska
where the people are compelled to pa
tronise railroads, whether they Ilk It or
not, they have to pay such a rate aa the
railroad may establish. That make the
railroad a monopoly, and for. that privilege
they are expected to pay a royalty In the
shape of taxes. It la the privilege to exact
a tribute from the patron that constitutes
the value of their franchises.
KRUG PARK SWEPT BY FIRE
New Pavilion Destroyed and Flames
Spread to Other Straetare la
tho Groap.
Fir at an early hour this morning de
stroyed th new pavilion at Krug park
and at the hour ot going to press had com
municated to th bowling alley and
other structures In th group of
building. With the llm'ted means of fight
ing fire there was thought to be little hop
of saving any of them. Th pavilion, at
th tlm tha last report were received,
had been entirely consumed. This was a
new structure just completed at a coat of
$20,000. Other improvement to th build
ing and ground hav been made this spring
aggregating $35,000 In value.
Th Omaha fir department was tele
phoned to for assistance and sent th com
pany located at Fortieth and Hamilton
streets. It was a long run, however, and
th flame had every opportunity to spread
be for th firemen could reach th seen.
As last night waa th first tlm this
season that th light In th place were
turned on it 1 thought that defective
wiring was th origin of the fir. Th fir
started in th center of tb pavilion. An
other report I that th building waa set
on fire, but there Is nothing to prove this.
Th. los is estimated at $30,000. Besides
th pavilion, th stables and sheds, bowl
ing alley, band stand and about fifty trees
were destroyed. The saloon and residence
wer saved. The Benson fir department
and th park fir fore helped In putting
out tb fir.
Be Want Ads Boost Business.
Egworta Utfsa Natal Day,
Today la the fifteenth anniversary of the
Epworih league and local chapters will
celebrats the event. Ppeclal services will
b held at llanscom Park Methodist church
In the evening, brainnlng at 7 o'clock. The
president of that TeuKue, Dr. V. C. Clark,
will hav charge ot th services.
U-JC Weddlog King. 4 balsa, Jeweler.
ANTI-BRYAN MEN FIRE BOMB
Enooeit Leagui Ktmoi Count Craiebton for
eleg&te-at-Lfirg.
OTHERS SAY IT IS TRICK TO DOWN HIM
Bryan I-eader Declares Antls Do Not
Want Crelghton and Take This
Means of Kllmlnatlog
lllui.
With considerable enthusiasm the mem
bers of the Democratic Success league, tho
anti-Bryan men, greeted the name of John
A. Crelghton Saturday for their choice a
de)egate-at-largo to tho national democratic
convention. John H. Coad and Charles H.
Brown were named as district delegates.
Dr. A. H. Hippie made the announcement
ot the three as the choice of the executive
committee. He said they wcro staunch dem
ocrats who had always been democrats and
would receive the support of any man ol
that political faith.
Count Crelghton has been the choice nil
along of the Bryan faction for one ot tho
two district delegates from Pouglns county
and this fact has been very well advertised,
so well In fact, the Bryan men say, that It
was once thought to be tacitly agreed that
the antls would Join in for the count as a
district delegate. The Bryan men regard
th move last night as Insincere and done
for the purpose of trying to eliminate Count
Crelghton from the race entirely. One of
them, a very prominent leader, said:
"That was a very foolish piece of work
on the part of the gold men. They never
can elect a delegate-at-large, not even If
they carried Douglas county, which they
can't do. So their putting up Count oreign
ton for this position simply means their
opposition to hla going to th convention at
all. They thought this would be a good
way of eliminating him, knowing that we
had determined to name him as district del
egate, and that their naming him for dele-gate-at-lorg
could only mean a futile
fight."
Say Coad Bolted.
Aa to Mr. Coad, this Bryan man said:
"Mr. Coad is distinctly a gold man. H
did not support the democratic ticket In
1900. H would not be acceptable to our
side."
Mr. Brown Is a young democrat residing
in th Ninth ward and allied with the gold
faction.
Th meeting was not very largely at
tended and adjourned at 10 o'clock. In
formal speeches were rnadb by B. P. Berry-
man, W. 8. Gilbert, C. O. Cunningham, Dr.
Hippie, C. S. Montgomery, J. J. Breen of
South Omaha and Judge Shoemaker.
I am not a member of the league," said
Mr. Montgomery, " and am not engiDie De-
cause I did not vote for Bryan. But I hav
come back to the fold. Until a few day
ago I waa against the league, but Ttow see
tho league Is fighting wltn a gooa iaea.
There will be a close contest at St. Louis
and it is doubtful what platform will be
chosen. We may get one on which no man
can run for whom a self-respecting demo
crat could now wish to vote. I believe that
with th exception of myself, and I only a
an outsider, not one ot the forty men
pelledsfrom the Jacksonlan club la support
ing your league. If you work hard you
1762-1800
floarlshsd la Louisiana, and tb people wer largely indifferent a
to what nation ruled tnsm.
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St. Louis' Greateiit Bisht Is the Anheuser-Busch Br wary.
Se it while sttendip the Fair.
ought to elect your district delegate, aa
with John A. Crelghton you will hav three
men who will not veto for 18 to X at St.
Louis and will help to get a platform on
which w can elect a prvsldent."
J. H. VAN OUSENJS CHAIRMAN
Heads Autl'a Delegation to Lincoln
Arthur Sin lib. for Presiden
tial Klector.
J. H. Van Dusen of South Omaha will
bo chairman of the antl delegation from
Douglas county to the republican stat
convention In Lincoln Wednesday. 11 was
elected Saturday by tho delegation at It
meeting at th tiitanll club, which
was somewhat of a star chamber.
Besides tho election of the chairman, th
delegation gave Its endorsement to Lieu
tenunt Governor McGllton for renomlna
tlon, to Robert Smith tor nomination for
state auditor and Arthur Smith for presi
dential elector. Van Duscn uctcd as chair
man of the roaeting. G. W. Wattles, Her
mun Aye and 1L C. Brome wer named
to arrange for two coaches for the special
transportation of the delegation to tin
coin Tuesday afternoon, the matter ot
footing the bill being among those thing
not spoken nf In public.
The delegation selected 8. A. Searle, C.
L. Saunders, J. W. McDonald, James Allan
and J. L. Dakar for Its steering commit
tee, Mr. Searle being designated as chair
man. Ex-C'ongresaman David H. Mercer, who
came from his eastern home to vote at th
primaries, and Carroll G. Pears of Mil
waukee, were two of the principal speak
ers of th evening. Mercer' was a .tt
acteristlcally brief speech, while Pears
drew hi out. to some length, paying sev
eral fevered compliments to those who had
opposed him In his political exploits while
superintendent of the Omaha schools. T.
W. Blackburn also spoke. J. R. Wilson
of Sarpy county was a prominent out-of-town
attendant. He spoke and solicited'
th support of the delegation for land
commissioner at the convention.
The selection of th resolutions commit-:
tee and those on matters Incident to th'
pilgrimage to the convention city wer left ,
unfinished.
Bonajht Chamberlain'. Cuagh Rem
dy and Sent It Friends.
"A customer of mine waa so pleased with
Chamberlain' Cough Remedy, which she
had used for her children when suffering !
from colds and croup, that during a fort-'
night's time she obtained at my chop nine
bottles, which she sent to, her friends In',
different part of the state, telling them
how much good it bad don and advising
them to glv It a trial," says F. W. J.
Fletcher, a druggist In Victoria, Australia.
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Good work, Chicago Laundry. ' Phone 205.
Movement of Ocean Vessel May 14.
At New York Arrived: Furnesla, from
Glssgow; Philadelphia, from Southampton.
Sailed: St. Paul, for Plymouth; Neckar. for
Bremen; Kroonland, for Antwerp; L'mbrla,
for Liverpool; Anchorla, for Glasgow;
Pennsylvania, for Plymouth; Minnehaha,
for London.
At Liverpool Arrived: Sylvnnla. from
Boston; Lucanla, from Boston; Cretlo, from
Boston. Balled: Etrurla, for New York;
Vlotorlan, for New York; WInlfredlan, for
Boston.
At London Sailed: California, for New
Orleans.
At Southampton flailed: St. Louis, for
New York.
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