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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1904)
tite omaita daily nr.r.: bunday, jitxe 2. isoi. I LOOKS FOR LOWER TAX LEVY AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Board of Eerie Oonohdet Its. Work of vate car this morning. He denied that en gineers had been running lines for the road In Nebraska. His brother. President A. B. Stlckney, is now In New Tork and probably will take a trip to Europe be C0IRT.5TAHnOPE Commissioner Fleming 8ajt Heit Tear Bate fore returning west EeTiaion on Assessment. Will Go Down. When asked as to whether the Union Fa cing, had closed a terminal arrangement TOTAL WILL STAND ABOT AS RETURNED with the Chicago Great Western General STATEMENT OF CITY'S RECEIPTS FOR YEARS Manager Mohler of the former company Said: Glvee Details of Taxes Daring His tory of Ills Offlee and la Re- Slight ChMffi Made la rinre ef the Tax Commissioner, Althonn Pre tests Are Made br the Pnblle erTlee Corporations. "I am ather surprised at Mr. Stlckney making such a statement as he did. That is all I have to say about the matter." Bnw n i -hw Wc illiiiitil INNES CONCERT LAST NIGHT Large Andlrnve at Andttorlnm Hears Reenests. The Board of Bev(ew devoted almost the entire day Friday to the hearing; of com plaints and the adjustment of assessments where complaints were made. At S o'clock the doors were closed and the board pro- ' ceeded to act upon the complaints. In every Instance the figures reported by the tax commissioner were supported by the board, so that the assessed valuation will remain practically as it wsa turned in on June 16. tlS.0Oa.406.6S. Protests were filed by the Nebraska Tel ephone company, the Omaha Water com pany, the Omaha Council Bluffs Street Railway company, the Omaha Oaa com pany, Clay, Robinson Co., the Omaha Cattle Loan company and the Omaha Cat tle Feeders' Loan company. These corpor ations each complained that their assess ments had been increased over that of 1903. No change In the value of the tele phone, water, street railway or fas com panies was made. Clay, Robinson A Co. was reduced from 136,000 to $30,000, and the Omaha Cattle Feeders' Loan company was cut down $10,000. Errors and Increases were found to fully make up for the two re ductions made. None of the packers nor the Union Stock Tards company filed any protest against their assessment this year. The personal assessment this year amounts to $6,837,890 and the realty to $U 166.615. making a total of $l.O0J,406. For 1803 the valuation as returned by the Board of Review was $17,568,000. In July the elty council will meet to make the annual levy and get ready for the close of the present fiscal year. As matters now stand, there Is money In every fund and the city will K out of the fiscal year with a balance on hand Instead of an overlap. Tax Commissioner O'Nell Is naturally gratified at the fact that the other mem bers of the Board of Review, J. M. Tobias and M. Maberry, sustained the figures as originally turned in by him. Corrections were made only where it was evident that there had been an error. Railroad Piles Plans. Officials of the Burlington road have filed plans of the proposed L street vladuot with the city engineer. These plana show that the bridge Is to be 1,000 feet long and thirty feet in width. A roadway twenty-four feet wide Is provided for and there Is to be a footwalk six feet in width. This struoture is to rest on stone piers and the trestle will be steel. Approaches will be of wood. It is estimated that the cost of the bridge will be $30,000. Work on the bridge has not commenced, but It Is understood that material has been ordered. James Tattle Dead. James L. Tuttle, for many years a resi dent of South Omaha, died at his home In Corrlgan Place yesterday, after a long Illness. Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon. All members of South Omaha lodge No M, Ancient Order of United Workmen, are requested to meet at the temple at 1 p. m. Sunday for the pur pose of attending the funeral. Degree teams in uniform and members of sister lodges are invited to attend, the. services, Interment at Laurel HU1 cemetery. , Kxtendln Water Mains. The Omaha, Water company has a large force of men at work extending mains and locating fire hydrants. Hydrants are now being placed at Twenty-seventh and W, Twenty-elghth and W, Twenty-seventh and X, Twenty-sixth and X, Twenty-sixth and T, Twenty-sixth and Z and Twenty-sixth and Washington streets. To all of these hydrants an eight-Inch main is being laid. It is understood that the company proposes to keep right at work extending Its mains until all of the hydrants ordered tome time ago by the mayor and council are located. Temperance Union Meeting-. Coastderable Interest appears to be manifest in ' the annual convention to be held today by the Woman's Christian Tem perance union of Douglas county. This forenoon's session will be occupied prin cipally by the reading ef reports, eta In the afternoon a program is to be rendered and in the evening the contest for the Demorest silver medal will be held. Alt those Interested In the work of this asso ciation are Invited to attend. JMaa-lo City Gossip. ti. B. Waltner has gone to St. Louis for a two weeks' stay. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. H. .B. Gross, 2414 A street Considering the heavy rain Friday morn ing very few washouts were reported. Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dow, 4004 V street, announce thi birth of a daughter. Catch basins on the paved streets were cieunea yeeieraay oy ins street depart' ment. Zack Cuddlngton has sold his grading outfit and will retire from busineas for awnuo. Those Indebted to Dr. Jumna a v.iiu are requested to call as soon as possible and settle. Willis DeLong and J. W. McKay of Syra cuse, Neb., are in the city, the guests of Floyd McKay, Twenty-third and M streets. The drill team of Nebraska lodge No. 227, Ancient Order of United Workmen, is requesicu 10 uieei si we lempie WIS even' ing Thomas Ford, a "doDe" fiend, was un tenced. to twelve days on the rock pile by Judge King. Ford was charged with being a vagrant. The funeral of C. 8. Toung will be held at the family residence, 238 South Twenty, eighth street, at $ o'clock Sunday after noon. Kev. George Van Winkle will of- nclate. I James Tuttle died at his home In Cor. rlRun Place yesterday. Deceased was a member of Ancient Order of United Work men lodge No. 66. He had been ill for a long time. START ON ELEVATOR IN MONTH General Manager Stlckney of Great Western Rays Building Follows Terminal Arrangements. "The Great Western has made entirely satisfactory arrangements with the Union Pacific for terminals in Omaha, and I ex pect to see at leaat one elevator put under construction within a month, said Gen eral Manager Stlckney of the Great West em last, night, after a conference with Union Pacific officers, "All I can say at present, however, Is about told In those words. A great deal of work remains to be done on our terminals here and making connections. Plans for ths freight house, which will be about 400 xas feet, were drawn last week and bids for the construction have been received and are under consideration. Omaha con tractors were given full opportunity to bid on the Job. Some grading remains to be done, but work on the freight station should start very soon. "Recent conferences with the Union Pa- clflo were mainly for the purpose of work- Ing out the mechanical phases of the con nections, which are not the easiest In ths world, requiring some viaduct building and a lot of careful consideration. "I am sanguine that several large ele vators wlU be built here before long and they will be erected by local capital. I am told also that a new elevator is to be built on the Burlington road near Olbaon." Oeneral Manager Stlckney spent the night la Omaha and went east la bis pri Closing Wagner Program by the Band. Even the most obtuse, who could not tell the difference between a Wagnerian program and a rag-time concert, could but have been thrilled with the musical splendor of the program at the Auditorium last night The evening was cool enough to make the Interior of the big building comfortable and the big audience was In the proper mood to enjoy the program to Its utmost. The "Faust" overture, which opened the evening, was greeted with en thusiastic applause and the delight was enhanced by the rendition of "Narcissus," as an encore. The Wagnerian feast began with "Par sifal," the "Vorspell" and the "Procession of Knights," which were given with good effect and rewarded with prolonged ap plause, and brought for an eneore "The Sextette from Lucia," Following a short Intermission, the over ture of "The Flying Dutchman" was given and for an encore the "Funeral March" by Chopin was played. The next Wag nerian number from "Die Walkurre," the "Funeral of Siegfried," was given with thrilling effect, and for an encore "Roc coco" was produced, which was one of ths gems of the evening. Mrs. Partridge sang Dlch, Theure Halle" from Tannhauser, and for an encore she sang "Spring Tims," by Beck. The program closed with "The MeJaterslngsrs." A program of eight numbers, with se lections from Blast, Mendelssohn, Voik man, Steck, Offenbach, Scharwenka, Tschakoff and Tschatkowsky, with a vocal solo by Mrs. Partridge, from Ardltl, and an original oornet solo by Kryl, will con stitute this afternoon's entertainment, and this evening a rag-time concert and dance will close the regular series of the con certs. ' LOWEST BIDDER NOT KNOWN Only Two sabmit Figures on Paving Twentieth Between Fa mam and Dodge. Only two bids for paving Twentieth street between Farnam and Dodge were received by the Board of Publlo Works yesterday and they came in such a shape that it is not yet known who is the lowest bidder for what the abutting property own ers want brick block. Hugh Murphy sub mitted a price of $1.16 a yard, but did not specify the slse of the brick, while Charles E. Fsnnlng bid $1.46 for IH-lnch block and $1.86 for 2-ineh brick. Under the caption brick block," the specifications admit everything of not less than t Inches In size, whereas brick block, as the term Is used, means a brick at least thi inches wide. Chairman Rosewater said: "Under the law we are required to ao- cept the lowest bid. I understand a pe tition calling for SVi-lnch brick block has been signed by the property owners, but it will do no good unless Mr. Murphy sub mits a paving brick of that slse. This is where the specifications are defective as well as In other particulars." Mr. Murphy also . submitted a price of $2.60 for asphalt and $1.80 for stone brick. Four bidders, John F. Dailey, Z. Cut- tlngton, F. M. Connolly and B. Besley A Company, . put in figures for constructing five district sewers. The total cost will be about $26,000. The result of the bidding will not be known until the figures are tabulated. The board will meet at 11 o'clock this morning to take action on the awards. Tax Commissioner Fleming has Just Is sued an Interesting statement concerning the ittatus of past present and future city taxes. He is positive the 106 city levy will be much lower than that for 104. The statement was Issued In response to many Inquiries for the Information and la as fol Since the establishing of the office of city tax commissioner In U97 the aversge city tax or levy on $1,000 worth of property at actual value, from 1898 to 1904, including schools, h been $11.10 per $1,000. The amount of taxes that can be raised for city purposes Is limited by city charter; therefore the attempt to locally assess rail road and express companies In 1903, Increas ing the assessment roll over $30,000,000, or about 86 per nt made it necessary that the mill levy pir $1,000 for that year be very low, vis.: t mills, or $8.76 per $1,000. The collection of the railroad and express com pany tax being enjoined and in court de prived the city of over a qua4ter of a mil lion revenue In 1903, making necessary a very high tax for 1904-14 mills, or $14 per $1,000. "Notwithstanding this, however, the aver age tax for the two years 190$ and 1904, is $11.87H Pr $1,000, which is sUll S2V4 cehta per $1,000 below the year 1902 and only TV, cents per $1,000 above the average for the last seven years. Will Lower the Aggregate. When the city succeeds In collecting In full or in part the Paclflo Express company and railroad taxes now in litigation the aggregate city taxes for the year following such collection should be correspondingly lowered. 'I have no doubt that the levy for the coming year will be about the average of the last seven years, and much less than 1904. Anticipating purchase of waterworks no levy was provided for water fund for 1903. Judgment however, was obtained later to cover the expense, about $100,000, out of the 1904 levy, which explains partly the great Increase for 1904. 'It 1904 tax statements or receipts do not show over 60 per cent increase over 1903, it proves that no Increase has been made for 1904 valuation or assessment of the property. 'For county and state purposes the av erage tax In the years mentioned has been $3.88 per $1,000 of actual value. This makes an average for these years of $16.18 per $1,000 for all city (Including schools), county and state taxes combined a lower rate than any city of equal else in the United States, with possibly two excep tions," SYMPATHY FOR THE MINERS Batchers' Union Directs a Strong Resolution to President Roosevelt, At its last meeting, local union No. 71 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers' Union of North America (American Federation of Labor), adopted the following resolution: To the Honorable President of the United States of America, Theodore Roosevelt: One thousand seven hundred members, as American citlsens, we appeal to you for humanity and justice in behalf of the Western Federation of Miners, condemning the aotlons of the military authorities and the rulings of Governor peaboay in Colorado. Exiling the union miners from their homes and families, and excluding them, from their constitutional rights, and leaving their wives ana rnuaren aesuiuie, is inuumau and un-American. We further condemn the mob rule car- lied on under the Instructions of Governor Pea bod v by an oraanlsatlon styled the Citizens' Alliance, which Includes the slums of Colorado. Looting the stores of the union miners, destroying and confiscating their provisions, with hungry and Inno cent .children looking on. Is a disgrace to the American people. It being In your ? ower to give this a thorough and fair nvestlgatlon. we believe in your sound judgment, that you will find the hard ships and injustice done to the miners Of said state can be redressed by your In fluence, and that you can restore to them their constitutional ngnts. CHINAMEN SEVERELY CUT Strangers Enter the Bon Ton Res tnnrant and Refuse to fettle. Two strangers entered the Bon Ton restaurant last evening and ordered a first class meal, hut when they finished eating they refused to settle. The place Is man aged by a Chinaman. The proprietor used all ths blandishments peculiar to the raoe In an endeavor to cajole the strangers Into paying the bill, but the men picked their teeth indifferently and started for the door, This movement settled dlplomatio negotia tions and war was declared on the spot The proprietor shouted to his assistant and armed with a butter dlah and a paper napkin they started for the pantry poach ers. The latter drew their pocket knives snd a bajtle followed. During the fight Sam, one of the Chinamen, was gashed in the neck, and John, his helper, received a severe out near the wishbone. Neither of the - wounds are dangerous, but they had to be dressed by a physician and the police are looking for the strangers. THE NOURISHMENT of the field grain brew ed into a delicious hot meal-time beverage, that's POSTUM net the little book, "The Road to Wellville" in each package. World's Fair exhibit, Bpace 103, Agricultural Building. WHEN A ROCK IS NOT A ROCK Wrapped In Handkerchief It Is Con- . eealed Weapon and Costly Article to Carry. "When is a rock not a rock?" asked the careful observer in police oourt when Da vid Welch, giving the wide, wide world as his address, was arraigned on the charge of being a suspicious character.; ,"When a man Is returning from Colorado with a rock In his pocket, then the rock becomes a specimen," replied the oldest Inhabitant who had dropped into the court room to see the new decorations. "But," he added, "when a man has a rock In his pocket, wrapped in a corner of bis hand kerchief, and is unable to give a satis factory acooun$ of h!s movements,' then that rock becomes a concealed weapon." Welch was fined $5 and costs on the charge of being a suspicious character and carrying concealed weapons, the latter being a rock wrapped in a corner of his handkerchief and carried at such a time and place as to suggest no good purpose. VERY WILLING TO SHOW THEM Man Arrested for Fighting Starts to Demonstrate His Blow to the Jadge. Joseph Knocknelghbor wanted to show Police Judge Berka In police court just how It happened at Sixth and Pierce streets about a week ago when a fight occurred in that locality. Knocknelghbor was ar rested on suspicion of bslng one of the participants in the melee, but was dis charged when the evidence showed that the defendant was not one of the principals. Grabbing City Prosecutor Lee by the shoulder Knocknelghbor said: "It happened ' this way, judge," but be fore the judge could be convinced according to the Missouri code Lee sidestepped and referred the witness to Officer Dan Bald win, the Hercules of the police force, who was standing a few steps away. But Baldwin refused to assist in the demon stration, so the world may never know just bow it did happen. TO HOLD PATRIOTIC MEETING Christian Citlsenshlp Committee of Bndeavor Society Arranges Session for J air 1. The Christian citlsenshlp committee of the Omaha Christian Endeavor union wilt hold a mass meeting In ths First Presbyterian church Friday evening, July 1. A num ber of prominent Omaha men, among them Dr. George L. Miller, will address the meeting. Dr. Miller's subject will be "The Making of a City." Judge Slahaugh will speak on "Our City's Future and What Constitutes Its Greatness." The meeting also will be the occasion of a Fourth of July citlsenshlp celebration, patriotism being given a place on the pro gram. C. H. Janssen, chairman of tha Christian citlsenshlp oommlttee, will preside. SETTLE TROUBLE IN COURT Man Whose Wife Says He Drew Re- Jndge Berka. John Blnkley of 414 Walnut street was fined $36 and costs when arraigned In polloe court on the charge of being drunk and abusing his family. Mrs. Blnkley testified that her husband threatened her with a revolver and pushed her off a porch. The defendant declared his wife precipitated the trouble with a broom handle, but the wife denied the allegation. Hew Doable Deck Car. A number of railroad officials visited South Omaha Friday to inspect the new double deck car Invented by John Her, live stock agent of the B. A M., and In which a number of local men are Inter eiited. The Great Western had an en gineer In the party to eaamlne Into the workings of the Invention and to make a report to his company of the probable post of building the cars. It Is said that the Inspection was perfectly satisfactory to thoae In the party and that It Is prob able a number of the oara viU be built la the sear future. With Victoria top. Also many other nobby and attractive vehicles made by Racino Wagon & Carriage Co. Raolno. Wisconsin. Organized in 1870. Annual outoiU 30,000 vehicle A mixnfaoturer stands back of his name It's a guarantee of the heat material and style. Save Money by Buying from the- Maker. Johnson & Daiifortli, Manufacturer' Agtnts, Sattley Bldg., 5. W. Cor. 1 0th and Jones Streets. Entrance from west side of viaduct Telephone S37. a. x 'for CM 03" Ton eannot be healthy If yon are anfferlng from a secret waste. "Hidden drains" work Imperceptibly, bnt anre. Their work of devastation Is terribly eer. tain, and the snfleror from this baaefnl and Insidi ous ailment, soon realises the ntter hopelesaneas of bis condition and alves np In despair. Every man who has tha least reason to suspect that he Is a victim of a secret waste should eonsult us without delay. be alone. The system unstrung, he has headache, backache, palpitation of heart, shortness of breath, dlsslness, deranged stomach, torpid liver, weak kidneys, poor circulation and Is tired, lifeless and worn out. He lacks ambi tion, confidence and courage, for the tremor of weakness and disease op- Calls his mind and shakes his body, nflt for business, study or marriage, the jeer of men and mock of women, he suffers in secret silence, brooding over his condition. Strange as it may seem, the strongest and most robust men are often those In whom the local disturbances are the most severe. A parent may transmit a weak sex ual organism to his offspring, but it is usually the result of abuse, excesses or overwork. Emissions once estab lished have a tendency to Increase. Day losses, waste In urine and marked sexual decline often follow, together with a train of mental and physical symptom, and the man passes from the boundaries of health Into the con fines of disease. He is very nervous, easily confused, absent-minded, forget ful, continually possessed of doubts and fears,' shy, suspicious, Irritable, hates female society and would rather For the speedy cure of these diseases that so Insidiously destroy the intel lect, strength and. very manhood, secure the services of the emlnnnt specialists connected with the State Medical Institute. They will stop these unnatursl drains with their terrible results and restore to sound health the pitiable vic tim of nervo-sexual debility, brain fatigue and wrecked manhood. - WB CURB QUICKLT AND THOROUGHLY: Stricture, Varicocele, emissions, Nervo-Sexual Debility, Impotency, Blood Poison (Syphilis), Rectal, , Kidney and Urinary Diseases, and all diseases and weaknesses of men due to inheritance, evil habits, self abuso, excesses, or the result of speclflo or private diseases. MM till TiTIM FRCP If you cannot call write for symptom blank. bUneULIAliUH mCC 0fflee boars- a. m. to I p. m. Sundays, 10 to 1 only. STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1303 Farnim St., Bit. 13th anl 14th 5trsts, Oaaha, Ns!. if 7 In the Rosebud Mian Reservation To lis Opened for Settlement JULY 5th TO 23rd Special reduced roundtrip tickets on sale Jolj 1 ' to 22 good returning till August 31 Apply at City Offices, 1401-1403 Farnam St., Omaha, for descriptive pamphlets. 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