The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JU2sE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, E1MDAV ISIOJKXIXG, JU2s'K 11, 1001 TEX PAGES.
SIXGLE COL'V FIVE CENTS.
J
fjteporttd Control of St. Paul 3tads Up
Btock of Both Roadi.
TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS IN ONE FAT BLOCK
ftaid to Hit Pamd from " Silant" u
John D. RcckefilUr.
HILL'S EMISSARIES AFTER PENNSYLVANIA
Two Emdred Thouiand Sham May Bo in
Their 8trong Btz.
NOTHER VAST CONSOLIDATION IN SIGHT
OlrnntTlillr Missouri I'ncltle In Uracil
iliRT Out Moth Kiml mill Went Klnnl
Term of Ten Piicllle: Ahxnrp
tliin to llr K Mint ii .l oitIn '.
NEW YORK, June 13 (Special Tele
Brain. i The rumor was circulated In Wall
trret, whether for itock Jobbing purposes
or not remains to be noon, that the Unlnu
Pacific has got control of the St. Paul by
the transfer to John I). Rockefeller of $2.V
000,000 worth of St. Paul Mock by an un
named holder, supposed to be James Henry
Smith, known ns "Silent" Smith. Tho
Btory was denied by St. Paul people, but
ah It had th! effect of hooding Union Pa
cific up f 2-S points and St. Puul up over -i
points, both Ifruen were heavily dealt In
According to the story. Smith mil his
bsocIhIcs haJ In their pi ..cession $2.".00i),
000 worth of St. Paul stock which has for
years been locked up. Recently J. J. III1I
wanted to control the road In connection
'with the Omit Northern, and IcarnlliK thai
the Smith coterie controlled t.early a third
of tho capital stock, which Is 881.520 shares,
or $SS, 152,000, he made overtures looking
toward the nrfjulhitlon of their shares.
Smith could not be pcisuuded to sell.
Btid Hill took the Chicago. Hurllngton &
CJulncy road. Then followed the fight over
the Northern Pacific, which resulted In thi
recent panic. .Mr. Rockeiiller Is now sup
posed to havo Induced Mr. Smith to sell
his sharcK. It !s said that anion Smith's
nssoclatc.i were two of the St. Paul direc
tors. Illur llti) Iiik f I'eiinwyl vnulu.
Persons representing Jatuos J. Hill, auto
crat of tho Great Northern, have been buy
Ins Into tho Pennsylvania In a bis way. The
lllll holdings of stock In the Pennsylvania
nrc said by bankors In a position to form
close estimates to be approximately 200,000
full Hharcs out of a total pre6cnt capitaliza
tion of $151,000,000. Tho time occupied In
leaking the purchases extends over a pcrlcd
of at last thirty days.
Whether ho has acquired his full linn Is a
question no one In Wall street can answer,
and as for Mr. Hill he Is In the west. If he
worn In New York probably he would de
cline to satisfy popular curiosity on Hie
point Indeed, ho might truthfully say, an
jbe did In tho case of tho Burlington, that hn
never bought n hhnra of Pennsylvania Jn hU
life. The holdings are not In his name any
more than worn the shares of Uurllngton
purchased for account of the Hill party, hut
thoy are nono tho less under his ahsolutc
control.
The voice of technical denial might com
plicate tho situation, but the hairy hand of
the Great Northern Esau Is the hand that .
dors the business,
Tho fart of Mr. Hill's Immcnso Interest In I
Pennsylvania Is not generally known In '
Wall stiYot. The announcement will come
ns a scnmtlonnl surprise nnd will set tho
tongue of speculation nnd conjecture run
ning wild. There, will be a general desire
to know tho meaning of the movement In
the Hill behalf and the extent to which lh"
wonderful giant of tho northwest Is seeking
to Ingratiate hlnifolf Into the control of the
ralroad system ho admires more than nny
nthcr In tho United States, not excepting
his own.
That a motive stronger than mcro ad
miration has actuated Mr. Hill In getting
possession of an enormous block of Penn
sylvania is n, proposition upon which all
IVVall street will bo unanimous.
tilKnntle Coimoltilntloii I'oNnllile.
Tho wild men in Wall street will Jump
to tho conclusion that tho Pennsylvania
and tho Hill combination In the northwest.
Great Northern, nurllngton nnd Northern
Pacific, will presently consolidate and bo
run under ono management.
Tho wise men will bo loth to believe that
Mich a thing Is among tho possibilities
even In this age of aBtnunding combina
tions and amalgamations, but It can be
ftssumcd with entire safety that tho two
great systems havo In Immedlato vlow tho
establishment of closer relations than have
yet existed between them and they have
never been widely nt variance In their
dealings with each other.
Tho Pennsylvania and the Hill parties
already control Atchison and they are
vorklng harmoniously In that quarter. That
tho Great Northern magnate should find It
to his further Interest to take a more Im
portant position than heretofore In tho
camp of his established friends Is only
natural.
Tho Identification of Mr. Hill with tho
Pennsylvania railroad calls attention anow
nnd sharply to tho fast following steps
being takou In tho development of the com
munity of Interest plans, not the spurious
brund, but tho genuine article. Tho fact
that tho move Just uncovorcd Is In nn un
expected placo will not detract from tho
Importance of the discovery.
BRIDGING THE M0N0NGAHELA
rtVnlinnli lloilil to !et nn Kntrnni'C
Into IMUilnir Tln-e e-Mllllon
Dollar (onlrnct.
riTTSnUHO, June 13.-Preldent James
Ilnmiay of the Wabash railway today au
thorized tho advertisement for proposals
for tho erection of n bridge across tho
jftonrngheltt river here and the construc
tion of twelvo miles of railroad south of
Urldgevllle for the Pittsburg & Carnegie
railroad. Tho total cost will be $3,000,000.
Tho construction of this line means the
entranco of the Wabash Into Pittsburg.
CHEAP RATES TO THE COAST
Trnt)'-One lny lloiucureker' Kxcur
a In n h to lie Hun UurlllK Mini
nier Month".
SAN FRANCISCO. June 13. The South
frit Pacific Railroad company will make a
homeseckers' round trip excursion rate of
one first-class fare, plus $2, effective on
Tuesday, Juno IS, Rnd the first and third
Tuesdays of July, August and September,
from eastern territory to California. Rate
from Chicago Jfil.bO; St. Louis, New Or
leans and Memphis, $59,1,0; Omaha, Kansas
City nnd Houston, $52. Tickets are good
tor twenty-ono days,
GOES GUT TO EACH OCEAN
MInmhii-I I'nelllc Interest Are llcnch
Iur i:nn nml Weil ami Ahxnrh
llIK Te.lllx I'ncltle.
NEW YORK, June 13.-The Mall and Ex
press has the following: "It was stated
today on seml-otllclnl authority that two
matters which will be taken up by the
Missouri Pacific directors at the special
meeting next Monday ato the declaration
of a dividend and the final settlement of
the terms on which tho Texas Pacific Is to
I, absorbed by the Missouri Pacific.
ft ' iiner question or importance to tne
c ns a whole Is expected to be
set. , ' In a few days. It concerns thu
propbx 'sh ami Wheeling extension
Into I'ltu - ! uid an outlet to tidewater.
Mr. (lould hi. 'had further conference with
tho Pennsylvania officials.
"Mr. Gould's probable ultimatum will
possibly bo that hn will build the line to
Pittsburg, thereby getting n entrance to
tho valuable mining regions, and he will
agrco to enter Into a traffic arrangement
with the Pennsylvania railroad for his
southern outlets to the seaboard. Instead
of building to Ilaltlmore. as ho intended to
do. Mr. Oould will Insist on receiving
from the Pennsylvania railroad a large
(jharo of the Pennsylvania railroad's west
bound tonnage. The latter. It Is thought,
won disposed to turn over much of Its
trafllc. Inasmuch as the Burlington, with
which It formerly exchanged a great deal
of buslnesi, has become a Morgan-Hill
road and will send much trafllc by other
routes. The Mlrsourl Pacific system. In
cluding the Wabash, can glvo the Pennsyl
vania railroad nil the facilities it needs
for most of tho far western ond south
western business nnd beyond the points
touched by tho (lould linos trafllc would
bo turned over to the Union and Southern
Pacific, in which Mr. (lould is Influen
tial." MODERN WOODMEN PARADE
Cnnipx of Mimy Stutex .loin In I ti -luctixe
I'mccxxliin ThniiiKh
Mlrectx of M. I'lllll.
ST. PUL, Minn., Juno 13. Tho Modern
Woodmen of America hold no business
session today, all delegates and visiting
members Joining In the parade Tho parade
was ono of the largest over seen In this
city anil the day was perfect. The showy
uniforms of tho degree teams, the floats,
tho carriages and tho marching men con
stituted a pleasing spectacle. Governor
Van Sant, Mayor Smith of St. Paul, Mayor
Ames of Minneapolis ami other distin
guished guests were with tho head men of
tho Woodmen In the reviewing stand.
Tho parade was headed by Captain G. S.
Holmes, chief marshal, followed by Head
Consul Northcott, Major Hawcs, General
Mitchell and tho encampment staff. Fol
lowing wcro tho uniformed foresters from
Camp Northcott, under General Llgott. The
camps of tho dlfforent states wcro led by
their degree teams and bands and followed
by stato floats. Tho Kansas girl band led
that division. Whnloback camp of West
Kuperlor had a float of a miniature whale
back vessel. Rock Island camp represented
the Woodmen head ofllce In miniature. Tho
Royal Neighbors, the sister socloty of the
Woodmen, rode In carriages and on floats,
robed In the colors of tho order, purple
and white.
TWO MISSIONARIES EATEN
(MV (illlllt'lt Null rx IllltlllUP III Awful
Oritle nml Their Vlllnncx Are
DcM roynl,
VICTORIA, II. C June 13. The steamer
Mlowera brings the news from New Guinea
via Sydney, Australia, of tho massacre of
Hcv. James Chalmers nnd Rev. li. F. Tom-
kins and fourteen native teachers by can-
nlbals. Tho white men were eaten.
Tho scene ol the cannibal orgie was seen
by the troops sent out to Investigate the
massacre, and n portion of n Jaw and thigh
bones of tho misslonnrles were found, to
gether with their hats and portions of
trousers which belonged to Mr. Chnlmcr3.
Tho expedition punished thn natives, de
stroying their vlllnges and canoes.
Some prisoners taken during nn attack
made by tho natives on the troops told the
awful tale of tho massacre and cannibalism.
As the result of tho publication ot the
stories of tho prcsenco of bubonic plague
In San Francisco, Dr. Abhburton Thomp
son, quarantine officer at Sydney, refused
to allow the steamer Ventura to go to tho
wharf.
WHITE H0USESICK REPORT
IMiyNlcliiim Hi-port Mm. Mi'Kliile)'x
Cnnitl t Inn Con I III tie to
I in prut .
WASHINGTON. Juno 13. After the usual
morning consultation of Mrs. McKlnley'H
physicians tho following bulletin was is
sued: Sirs. MoKlnley'fs physicians report that
her condition continues to Improve.
All tho reports from Mrs. McKlnley's
sick room are encouraging tonight nnd
plans are being mndo for her removal to
Canton as soon as sho Is In a condition
that will s.ifoly warrant It. When that
will he Is still problematical. Great care
Is taken to guard Mrs. McKlnloy against
overtaxation of her limited strength. Sho
has experienced no discomfort from tho
heat and the complaints causing the most
apprehension continue to ylold slowly to
treatment.
FRISCANS GET MEAT TO EAT
Itetittl lliiti'licrx, linn over, Tnlk of
I2xtiilillxliln v MuiiKliter
Unimex,
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 13. Tho only de
velopment In the butchers' strike today Is
a proposed combination of union retailers
and Journeymen to establish slaughter
houses of their own, making them Inde
pendent of tho wholesale butchers. Thus
far tho strike has caused no diminution In
tho meat supply of the city.
Doth union nnd nonunion retailer have
been nble to supply customers with a fair
degree of promptness. Of tho iJOO retail
shops In the city l"0 display union cards.
SEVEN DEATHS FROM HEAT
Continued IIIrIi Temperature a ml
Iliiiulillt) Produce Terrible
.SuirerliiKT In (iilcnuo.
CHICAGO. June 13. Heat ond humidity
couscd seven denths todny. The dead are:
Patrick nuckley, John Carlson, Thomas
Curia, Otto Hckcr, Frits Stabler. W. Whlto,
Mrs. J. Wolocoskl
MRS. PULLMAN WANTS DIVORCE
Aiipllex for l.i'unl !-rini'atlin from
(Seorue M. I'ullmuii no liruuitilx
of Itexertlou,
CHICAGO, June 13. Mrs. Lyn Pullman
today filed suit In the Cook county court
for dloive from Georgo M, Pullman on
tho ground ot desertion.
TWO OMAHA HEN ARE KILLED
Anothor Oae Injured BoTertly, bit Will
Probably Recovor.
BOILER ON LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES
Accident Happen While I'ttxt FrelKltt
'lial ii in it Vi'W Mllcx Out ot
CiurWx EiihIuo One of
the IIIk One.
COLUMBUS, Neb., June 13. (Special
Telegram.) As a result of a boiler ex
plosion uu a Union Pacific engine this
morning two men uro dead and a third
fatally Injured.
Tho dead:
ENGINEER CHARLES J. FULMER,
Omaha.
FIREMAN DAVID JENKINS, Omaha,
injured:
William Fleming, head brakeraau, Omaha,
severely t cabled, leg broken; may recover.
The engine was one of tho largo class,
No, 1,831, drawing troln No. 17, lu charge
of Conductor Wallacu and Engineer Ful
mcr. When about four miles east of
Clarks, the boiler exploded without a mo
ment's wanrlng. Thu engine is said to be
completely destroyed. One car was de
railed and trafllc delayed nbout tour hours.
Parts of the wrecked cngtno wcro fouud
10u yards from thu track.
licurlnu .iuii.v Che llebrl.
CLARKS, N'b., Juno 13. iSpeclat Tele
gram.) A gang ot uicn is at work clearing
uway tho debris of this morning's wreck.
The boiler, which was found tlftceu feet
or more ftom tho track, half burled In tho
soft mud and Its pipes and sheathing won
derfully twisted, has been dug up and sub
jected to a careful examination with u
view to determining If possible the cause
of tho explosion. This, however, Is still u
mystery.
There was an affecting scene here when
Joseph Fulmcr, father of tho dead en
gineer, arrived from Columbus and received
tho news of his on's dcnlh. Joseph Ful
mcr, himself an engineer, was lu the cab
of his engine at Columbus waiting orders
to proceed with u local passenger train to
Omaha, when a switchman who had heard
tho news from Clarks shouted to hltn:
"Charllo is In tho ditch at Clarks, and
pretty badly hurt, 1 guess."
Demi Ho)'n Father Is (Murcoiuc.
Tho senior Fulmer nt once climbed down
from his engine and said he would have to
go at once to his boy, and that someone
elso would havo to tako the train to Omaha.
A sub was placed in charge ot his locomo
tive. Mr. Fulmer did not know that his son
was dead until ho arrived In Clarks, and
was then almost overcome by tlto Intelli
gence. Ho accompanied the body to Omaha.
There was considerable delay at this
point In securing medical aid for tho In
jured fireman, but Drs. Campbell and Rob
inson of Clark3 and Ronton of Central City
were summoned and did what they could
for tho sufferer. It was thought when
ho was put on board tho relief train that
ho would not survive tho trip to Omaha.
BRINGS DEAD AND INJURED
Heller Train It mix to Scene of IH
IiIiinIiiii fiom Onuiliii mill
llnek AbiiIii.
Early yesterday morning the Union Pa
cific sent a relief train from Omaha to the
sceno of tho wreck, carrying several physl
cluns. At 1 p. m. yestcrdHy tho relief train
returned to Omaha bearing tho dead and
Injured. Iirakcnnn Fleming was removed
to St. Joseph's hospital. Illn Injuries aro
not as serious ns wero at first reported and
thcro is believed to bo n chance for his
recovery. Hn Is a widower and has several
children living at 1311 Plcrco street. Ills
wife died nbout a year ago. He Is scalded
about the body In several places and ono of
his legs Is broken. Being under thu Influ
ence of opiates when ho was brought here,
he could not glvo any Information concern
ing tho wreck.
Coroner Swanson was at Union station to
tako charge of tho dead bodies, but If an
inquest Is held It will be In Merrick county,
where tho accident occurred.
No relatives of the dead wcro at tho sta
tion when tho bodies wero brought In. Tho
dead nro badly disfigured, and tho under
taker will mnko them ns presentable as
pobslblo without delay.
Seeonil Aeelilent of Itx Klml.
It Is said that this Is tho second jiccldent
of the kind that has ever occurred In tho
United States. Numerous boiler explosions
havo occurred, hut railroad men say that
never but once before has tho boiler of a
locomotive been blown up while a train was
moving along with such apparent smooth
ness as this one was.
W. S. Bishop of Omaha, a Union Pacific
brakemati, was riding in the caboose of the
freight train on which the explosion oc
curred. "Everything seemed to be running
along In correct manner," said Rlshop,
when, without a moment's warning, tho ex
plosion came. I heard a deafening roar and
felt a terrlblo Jar. On examination I found
that the boiler had been lifted entirely off
of tho running gears and had been carried
perhaps fifteen feet away from the track,
whore It was Imbedded in tho ground a dls
tanco of six feet or more,
"Death must havo been Instantaneous for
tho fireman and engineer, and a horriblo
death it was. How Ilrakoman Fleming es
capor n similar fate Is a mystery to me,
ror ne was very near tne boiler when tho
crash came."
Full to Account for It,
Railroad men nro at a Iojs to account for
tho explosion. Tho engine was new, having
been In use only nbout four months, it was,
so far ns could be seen, without a llaw it
Is said that tho train was Jogging along at a
twenty-mile clip.
Tho explosion demolished tho engine and
threw two cars from the track. None of
tho other members of the rrew worn in.
Juied and the conductor sent a brakeman
to Clarks, from where a report of tho
casualty wns sent to Omaha. The train
following the fast freight ran to the , eno
of tho nccldent and the engine of this train
pulled the fast freight back to Hinena
where It was sidetracked until an . ngine
could bo sent down tho line to take it est
Trafilo was delayed for about three hours
as a result of the explosion.
The train crow In chatge of the fast
freight was composed of some of thf old
est men tn the service of the road rn
glnccr Fulmer has been with the com
pany for twelvo years or more nnd was
considered ono of the most compete- mon
In the service. He has surviving h m n
wifo and family who reelde In c n,i
Dlulfs. uac"
David Jenkins, the fireman, resile in
Omaha with hla wife at 1103 Iu!n, s,re0t
Michael lllnex lllex of Injun,.,
Michael Hlnes. who was sevnr."v 'in
Jured by an explosion In the i nlon i-ann,"
shops nt Cheyenne three weeks aci ,i et
yesterday afternoon In St. J,sern hn,
WRECK ON THE R8CK ISLAND
Way 1'rclnlil ('rtilie Into Work Train
Senr Wnlniil Knulner McDiinlct
uf Council HtulTaWiiiiirril.
ATLANTIC, la.. Juno 13. (Special Tele
gram.) A wreck occurred on the Rock
Island, a mite east of Walnut, nt 1:30 this
afternoon, which blocked the road up until
9 o'clock tonight. Tho wreck was the re
sult of a collision between way freight
No. 55 and the work train doing grading
near Walnut. The work train was standing
still and the local freight crashed into It
while going forty miles an hour.
Engineer T. J. McDanlel ot the freight sus
tained bad Injuries, both legs being broken.
Tho head brakemati was also badly bruised.
McDanlel lives In Council Hlufts nnd was
taken home by the train rrew of No. 41.
Next to tho engine on the freight was a
car of brick, and larther bark In the train
were four cars of stone on coal cars. These
cars were smashed to kindling wood. The
engines were badly demolished. It is dlfll
cult to state where the blame lay, but It
Is said that there was a misunderstanding
of orders. Tho track was cleared at 9
o'clock tonight and tho wrecked engines
and cars were run on the sidetrack nt Wal
nut. No. 21 has heen lying on the side
track here all afternoon. AH trains are
from four to ten hours late.
BOTH FIREMEN ARE KILLED
Ciixtliniiud PiiNxeiiKcr Trnln unci Wet
IiiiiiiiiI I'rolKtit 'I'D' lo I'uxx
on Mime Truck,
LOS ANGELES, CM., June 13. Two are
dead and four Injured an the result ot h
head-end collision on the Santa Fo this
morning, six miles cast of Williams, Ariz.
Tho dead:
LEE PERKINS of Williams, fireman.
JIM MONAHAN of Wlnslow, fireman.
Tho Injured:
M. M. Mlcklrs of Wlnslow, chair car por
ter, arm badly bruised.
J. W. Cahart, sleeping car conductor,
Chicago, wrist broken.
C. S. Wudsall, fireman, Seligman, Ariz.,
fractured skull.
Charles Wood, engineer, Wlnslow, shoul
der wrenched.
Tho passenger train was going cast nt
a lively rate when It crashed Into n
double-header freight, westbound. The
lending engine of the freight train was
badly wrecked. The cab was torn com
pletely away, although tho engineer was
unhurt. Monnhan's body has not been re
covered from tho debris. The other vic
tims were taken to Williams, whero tho In
jured arc being attended In tho railroad
hospital.
WILLING TO BUY FOR CASH
John Wntutmnker Oiiimixpn the Free
(illt of Vnltitthle Street Cur
Fraiiclilxen.
PHILADELPHIA. June 13. Mayor Ash
brldgo late tonight signed the ordinances
passed by the city councils yt3terday grant
ing franchises for city railways, surface
elevated and underground.
Ex-Postm.tstcr General John WnnHmakcr
todny sent a letter to Mayor Ashbrtdgo
offering to pny to tho city $2,500,000 for
the powers, rights and franchises granted
and intended to be grants" by fourteen
ordinances of council now awaiting tho
mayor's approvnl. Thcte fourteen ordinances
glvo to a number of capitalists the right
to construct underground and elevated
railway on streets now occupied by sur
faco railway companies and to build sur
face roads on those streets not o:cupled
by other compTiilcs. The speed with which
tho enabling acts were passed by the legis
lature ond tho passage by rlty councils in
three days of the fourteen ordinances havo
aroused opposition In certain quarters.
It has been understood, but not officially
announced, that tho Union Traction com
pany, which occupies most of tho streets
of the city, would contest the granting of
tho privileges along with Albert Johnson,
who desires to construct .street railways and
charge 3-cent enres. Mr. WnnRtnnker. in
his letter, says ho believes the franchises
grafted by these ordinances nro of ennr
mou money value: that tho people will
get lr.tlilng for these franchises, passengers
will have no cheaper transportation nnd
thnt the only gainers will be those finan
cial y Interested In the projects. Ho urged
tho mayor lo veto the ordinances In order
the. now ordlnnnces might be drafted con
ferring the franchises in question only on
thn payment of a sum of money Into tho
pulllc treasury commensurate to tho valuo
of tho grant.
Il order that tho offer might reach the
major before he signed the ordinances, Mr.
Wtimraaker prepared two letters. Ono wns
sert to tho mayor's prlvato residence and
the other was personally handed to the
mafor by Mr. Wanamaker's secretary dur
In? the exercises nt the opening of tho
no mint building. Tho Instant tho mayor
recognized the handwriting of Mr. Wana
nu.ker, hn threw the letter Into the crowd
without reading It. The mayor nnd Mr.
Wsnnmnker am not on friendly terms.
NEGROES ARE WELL GUARDED
Slronc l'osxe Wnteliliiu; the Men Ini
plleuteil In the Munition of
Yoiiiik' l'nter.
SHREVEPORT, La.. June 13. This city
aid Its vicinity havo been In a state of
fiverish excitement nnd unrest since yes
t'rdny. when John Gray Foster, a prominent
planter, was shot and killed by Prince
Fiwards, a negro employed on the Foster
p.antntlon. flvo miles east of this city,
rmed posses of white men havo been
scouring tho country for miles nround In
9n attempt to rapture Edwards. A dozen
or moro negroes urn under arrest In Ken
nebrow's store and what fate may havo In
Moro for them tonight Is unrcrtnln.
Shortly after midnight the guards ngaln
ptnrted for Denton with their prisoners.
They hope to moke tho placo by daylight,
hut It Is feared a mob will wnylny them
and tnko forclblo possession of tho ne
sroes. LET GOVERNMENT BUY CORN
(ieorKe II. Phllllpx Sintnoxtx n Tnx on
the Crop "d Iniineiixe Stor
ne IJIe utorx.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 13. A limited num
ber of members of the Farmers Alliance
listened to a short address tonight by
Georgo II. Phillips of Chicago nt tho West
hotel. Tho address dealt principally with
.corn and corn "corners." "Let the govern
I ment," he said, "tax the farmer a cent n
'bushel on his corn crop nnd with the money
i build elevators In which to store 100,000,
, 000 bushels of corn nnd pay 10 cents, Chi-
cngo basis, for It, nnd the world will pay
Ice. There Is not so much of
It that wo need worry nbout nn extra largo
crop or two. With the government ready
to pay 40 cents for It. the farmer can bor
row 30 cents from hla country banker If ho
needs the money, nnd carry tho surplus for
Eoven years If need be."
lllliiolx lloiiorx W. .1. llr) nn.
JACKSONVILLE. III. June 13. -William
I llrynn was tonigni f civu un oiumni
trustee of Illinois university.
WHERE THE ASSESSORS FAIL
One Ronton Why tho Couity Has a Growing
DoGoit.
CHAPTER ON PACKING HOUSE VALUES
Some ntiilile Inxtiinccx In Which the
Apuralxeincut for iniatlnii 1'alU
Fur Short of the Limit
of Kiiult).
Most of tho South Omaha packing prop
erty is assessed for taxation by Douglas
county nt only 2 per cent of its actual
value. Tho county nlms to levy an equitable
assessment of all property at IS per cent
of its actual value, but tho records of the
tax department show that tho assessors
fall lamentably to como anywhere near
Iho mark lu tho rase ot the packing houses,
the stock yards, the bridge and terminal
companies and tho big tranchlso corpora
tions, During tho last seven or eight years the
total assessed valuation of taxable prop
erty in Douglas county has been reduced
by more than $5,000,000. and the tax revenue
has of lato years been inadequate to
liquidate tho running expenses of tho
county. There nro today unpaid blllc
ngnliist Douglns county lu the sum of $S5,
000 awaiting tho collection of tho tax now
being levied. From year to year thcro Is
an overlap, nnd It will continue until the
total assessment Is Increased so as to per
mit the county hoard to raise sufficient
funds to wlpo out thn deficit.
"A fnlr and equitable assessment," said
n member of the Hoard of Equalization,
"would enable us to take care of our cur
rent expenses nnd avoid a continuous ad
dition to the Interest-bearing debt of the
county. If this ovortap of debts, for run
ning expenses from year to year continues,
It will bo only a question of tlmo when
refunding bonds will have to be Issued.
How aro we going to Increase the assess
ment? Don't ask tne."
Where the Trouble Men.
The nssebsmcnt rolls that havo Just been
made up by tho assessors nnd the records
of the tax department will, however,
furnish nn eloquent answer to the commis
sioner's question. The rolls show where
big properties have been assessed as low
as 2 per cent of their true value nnd tho
records show thnt the totol osncssmcnt of
tho county has decreased rather than in
creased In proportion with the vast and
permanent Improvements made within the
last seven or eight years.
Tho following table shows tho nraount
of tnxes that would bo yielded by these
South Omnha properties if they wero as
sessed and tnxod at 16 per cent of their
real valuo:
Hi :! is;
- 3 $. u u S
CONCERNS. ig, . "
ft g ;
Cudaliy P. Co
Armour S: Co
Swift nnd Company.
Omaha P. Co
Hammond Co
Uglon Stk. Yds. Co.
Totals
$ 3,000,1)00 $
4K0.nnn;$u
3,tXl,0l
2.000.0W
Mm.nno
tt.VA
1,97ft
2.IWI
21.577
320,CHV
SO.0U0
120,0110
T5O.O0O
r..t69,000
S73.600
J14,710,O0O:$2.353,tWi$5S,i:Vl
Tho following tablo shows the present
assessments of thn snmo properties and
thn amount of tnx to bo derived from
them, provided tho rate is the samo this
year ns it was Inst, viz., 21.7 mills:
ii3
-'g
5:
: p
: x
; v
a 5
u
W ft
"n
r- r
CONCERNS.
L7U
$ l!2.Wi2
Cuilahy Packing Co
Armour & Cn
Swift and Company....
Omnha Packing Co
Hammond company ...
Union Stock Yards Co.
0It'$l,f53
2!) 1.B96
171 2,r-j
S7j 72r
RSI Sitt
,7 2,0,10
tlx. 700 2.
29,373 5
ns.no t
R2,195l
Totals
$3S1.SS5 $9,i22
Tho amount of county nnd state taxes to
hn collected from these South Omaha con
cerns, if tho assessments returned by tho
ward assessors remain as they are nud If
thn tax rate Is not changed, Is shown to bo
$ff,122. If tho properties wero assessed at
16 per cen'. of their value tho amount of
tax would be $58,133, or an Increase of
$48,711.
Home ftlnrltiR' IrrPRiilarltlex.
The assessment of theso properties Is
not only ridiculously low, but It is re
markably Inequitable. The Cudahy nud
Armour plants nro set down nt 2.09 and
2.29 per cent respectively, of their actual
value, while tho Swift, Omaha and Ham
mond plants are assessed at 6.17, 6,8" and
4.68 per cent respectively. The stock
yards company escapes with 1.5 pv cent.
Tho actual values of the packing houses, 11s
stated In this article, are tho conservative
estimates of the leading real estate meu
of South Omaha. Tho Stock Yards com
pany Is capitalized at $6,000,000, and tho
last quotation of Its stock was 91; there
fore, tho valuo of the proporty must be
placed nt $5,460,000.
The following table will indlcato that the
actual values of tho packing houses are
not overstated in this articlo:
ft
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r. O m ti
CONCERNS. 2
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: i Is
Cudahy Packing Co...
Armour & Co
Swift nnd Company...
Omaha Packing Co....
Hammond Co
23.9."
21. 1G
21.21
93.00$K,0i-o,0n0
SO. 2! .'.),fl,("l
36.50 20,OrO,CKl
31.001 ll.OHOUO
(0. CO I 15,001 WO
2SJ.75'$M,t,Oui)
S.lBl
6.31
Totals
81.60!
A Rco reporter Interviewed threo of the
best poKted real estate men of South Omnha
In regard to tho real value ot tho parking
houses and they agreed that tho properties
easily represented a totat Investment of
$9,2:0,000,
"Ten million dollars would not come
anywhero near being enough capital," said
ono of them, "to consolidate the packing
houses of this clt. I should say that
$9,210,000 Is a very conservative estimate
of the amount Invested In ground, bulldlngj,
machinery and stocks. Tho ground alono Is
easily worth $10,000 an acre for the pur
poses for which it is used. Tho packers
themselves claim an annual output valued
at $100,000,000 and U seems to mo that
properties producing that much In manu
factured products every year could well
afford to pay morn than $10,000 a year In
county and state taxes,"
No liiorciixe In nlnrx,
Another notable feature In relation to the
county atsessment of the South Omaha
packing houses and tho stock yords Is the
(Continued on Third rage,)
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forcuist for Nebraska
Friday nnd Saturday
Showers and Cooler
Varlablo Winds.
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PROFESSOR HERR0N REPLIES
Sax II Ix Marriage Wax eminently
Proper and Regular In 17ter)
'articular. '
NEW HRUNSWICK, N. J.. Juno 13.
(Special Telegram. )--Prof. George D. Her
ron today made the following statement in
answer to nn attnek made In nn open let
ter by Howard MacShcrry, n lawyer. In
which Mr. MacShcrry advised criminal
proceedings to rid the country of him:
"l do not wish to make any reply to the
letter written by Mr. MacShcrry, which is
no douht written from tho best motives of
civic Interests. I will only say thnt his
letter Is based on an entire misunder
standing of whnt took place. Ho has been
misled by the wild Hood of newspaper sen
sationalism. "My wifo and I wero married regularly
and legally. Tho ceremony differed from
thn usuol form In that the officiating clergy
man used tho word 'announce' Instead of
'pronounce' nnd each of tho guests prcsont
was Invited to contribute to tho occasion
by some word of greeting In prose or
poetry.
"Tho statement that wo merely announced
to the company that wo took each other
to be companions Is n pure Invention, llko
almost everything else that has been writ
ten on tho subject."
TESTIMONY IS RULED OUT
Dcfeiixe In Mm. Keuneily'x Trlnl (ict
n Sethnek ArKtimeutx to
llonln Toil 11 5.
KANSAS CITY, Juno 13. The case of
Lulu lrlnrc Kennedy, who killed her hus
band In January last berauso ho refused to
llvo with her after n forced marriage,
will probably go to the Jury tomonow even
ing. Tho tnklng of testimony was finished
thin afternoon and arguments will begin
tomorrow morning.
Today tho defonso suffered a second set
back, when Judge Wofford ruled out n
conversation with Kennedy tending to cor
roborate tho evidence offered yesterday to
provo that Kennedy had admitted having
ruined Lulu Prince.
Further expert testimony to provo that
tho defendant wns temporarily Insane nt
tho tlmo of thn shooting was offered nnd
Hert Prince, ono of the quartet of alleged
conspirators, ngolu took thu stand, this
time for tho defence, nnd to provo an alibi
for himself and to deny thnt ho had pre
dicted Kennedy's murder.
Mrs. Kennedy nppeared much distressed
and cried frequently during tho day.
BUYS TOLEDO STREET CARS
1
l'3 erett-Moore .Syndicate Mftkea n
Mne-Mllllon-Dolliir ttrnl and
In .Still XcKOllntlntc,
CLEVELAND, June 13. Announcement
Is made today of the purchase by the
Evorctt-Mooro syndlcato of nil tho street
railway lines of Toledo. Other negotiations
nro In progress which, when completed, will
glvo the syndicate control of electric rail
roads between Detroit anil Cleveland. Every
electric railway In northern nnd southern
Michigan will also bo morged, with tho ex
ception of the Pomeroy Interests and tho
Llttlo Consolidated Street railway of Clove
land. E. W. Mooro nnd Henry A. Everett nro
In Now York In conference with Now York
bankers, Tho purchase price of tho Toledo
lines Is said to be $9,000,000. Tho purchase
embraces nil the electric lines In that city
known ns tho Toledo Traction company,
consisting of nlncty-nlno miles of track.
FEARED TO BECOME BLIND
J. A. Tuttle, Well Known Itiillrouil
Mini, MiootH HIiiiKeir After Con-
tiltntlou nith UtMlllNt.
HUTCHINSON. Kan., Juno 13. Hccauso
ho believed ho was going blind J. A. Tuttle,
traveling freight agent of tho Rock Island
railroad, for many years traveling auditor
of the Memphis road and widely known
among rallrond men, committed suicide In
this city this morning by firing a bullot
through his head. Ho left a letter ad
dressed to his wife In Kansns City and
another letter addressed to R. C. Fisher,
ngent for tho Rock Hland here, Tho latter
letter contained a check for $200 to defray
tho expenso of buying a casket and ship
ping tho body to Kansas City. Tuttle re
cently consulted an oculht, who told him
that ho would lose his eyesight In tho near
future.
TUBBS' REQUEST IS IGNORED
I nlvrrxlty Autliorltlcx Do .Vol tirnnt
Keiiuext for 11 HenrlitK on
CharKe of llerexy.
SALINA, Kan., June 13. The executive
commutes of the board of trustees of tho
Kansas Wcsleyan university has Ignored
the request of Dr. F. D. Tubbs, charged
with heresy, for a hearing before witnesses
friendly to eaih side and there seems llttlo
probability thnt his request will be granted.
Tho doctor Is being flooded with letters
from all over the country, many requesting
that ho lecture on "Evolution." He is no-"
proparlng to roturn to his homo In New
York and tho case hero Is probably ended.
FILE SUITS AGAINST PILOTS
WltlorvN nml Children heek Iliiiniiuex
for DrinruliiR of Ilreml
vt Iniierx.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13. In tho United
States district court today two suits for
$60,000 each wero filed against tho Pilots'
association ot this port by relatlns of two
men who lost their lives In tho wreck of
tho steamer Rio do Janeiro. Tho com
plainants are tho widows and children of
Thomas nrady and Juscph Smith, second
assistant engineer nnd wnter tendor, re
spectively, on tho Rio.
BLACK SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
Terrible, I'alnl Dlnenxe ItnKluK In tho
Country Alinut to lie Opened
for .Settlement.
WICHITA. Kan., Juno 13, A dispatch to
eelved tonight from El Reno, O. T., states
that Dr. Whlto has returned from the
Kiowa and Cnmanchn country, where ho
had been sent to Invnitlgato smallpox
rumors, and reports that an epidemic of
black smallpox, fatnl In nearly every In
stancs, Is raging among tho Indians, This
Is thn country soon to be opened for st-tlcAynt.
SALTER AT THE HEAD
Firt Departmint Appoiotad by Major and
City Council.
REDELL'S NAME IS NOT CONSIDERED
List Simply tho Old Paywll Without
Bicaloitraut Ohiif.
ACTION CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL
Fh Memben Vote for It nnd Only Two
A'ainit.
NEW CHIEF TAKES HOLD WITHOUT DELAY
Mn)or .Volltlex Milter of Mix Selection
mill the Latter limiieillutel)
As.Mintes Cliiirue of tho
Department.
Assuming that tho tlectslon handed down
on Wednesday by Judg. Eetolle means'
what It says, the mayor yesterday ap
pointed a tire department for Omaha and
tho city council approved uud confirmed
tho appointments. John licdell's namo does
not appear on the list.
Charles Salter was named as chief of tho
department and nil other members wore left
In the positions occupied prior to tho an
nouncement of the court's decision In tho
Injunction suit. Tho action taken waa to
avoid the condition ot anarchy precipi
tated by the Judicial ik-Inratloii that the
nppolntlw. power rested In the mayor and
city council and uot In tho Hoard of Flro
and Police Conimissloturs. Pending tho
ruling of the supreme court 011 tho enuncia
tion by Judge Estolle. the city was left with
only a do facto flro department. Tho head
of this wns at odds with Its members, and
neither was responsible to any duly con
stituted authority. To rcllexo this 'situa
tion, the mayor asked for u special meet
ing of the council yesterday afternoon, nt
which time ho submitted his list of ap
pointments for officers and members of thu
department.
Hlght members of the council wero pres
sent, Whltehom, from tho Fourth, being
out of tho city. Flvo of the eight voted to
npprovo tho uctlou of the mayor, two voted
against It. and one, Hurkley of tho Eighth,
declined to voto at all.
Salter Is .otllleil.
When tho vote had been announced nnd
Chnrlcs Salter had been duly declared the
legally elected chief of tho Omaha flro de
partment, Muyor Mnores prepared tho fol
lowing formal notlco informing tho new
chief of tho fire department of his ap
pointment: OMAHA, June 13, j0.ll 15 o'clock p. tn.
Charles A. Halter, Esq., Chief of Fire De
partment City of Omnhn-Donr Sir: You
urn hereby untitled that you havo been fo.
leeted and appointed by tho mayor and
council us chief of tho fire department ot
the city of Omnha.
You nro nollil-d nnd required at once
upon receipt of thin communication to enter
upon the dlHclmrgu ot your duties ns such
chief of the lite nepui Iniont, nnd ull'ofllcorH
nnd men of the depiirtnimil aro required to
obey your orders uh mich chief. You nro
further notified and required to make de
mand upon tho Into acting chief of the lire
department, John Rcdell. for nil property
n his possession or under his control be
longing to the city of Omaha or to thn tiro
department of wild city. Respectfully.
F. U. AlOOltES, Mayor.
.Notice Sent Heilell.
John Rrdell was notified of his condition
ns a prlvato citizen In (he following:
OMAHA, Juno 1,1, 1901. ii o'clock p. m.
John Redell, Ksq.-Dcar Sir: You uro
hereby luitllleil that the mayor nnd council
of tho city of Omaha havo nelected ami
appointed Charles A. Salter u chief of the
tire department of wild city.
You siro untitled nd required nt onco
upon receipt of thin communication tn tutu
over to Chnrleri A. Salter, chief of the llru
department of the city of Omaha, nil prop
ert.v In yout possession or under your con
trol, or which has como Into your posses
sion by reason ot being acting chief of thn
tiro department belonging to tho city or
Omaha or to mild tire department. You ato
further untitled that wild Chillies A. Salter,
chief of tho fire department of the city of
Omaha, has assumed his duties ns such
chief nnd Is now ready to receive nil &ucli
propert). Respectfully,
F. E, MOORES, mayor.
Suiter Taken liinrue.
Chief Salter assumed tho duties of his
position nt once. He notified tho cnptnlns
and lieutenants of their uppolntmont aud
mndo arrangements for tho earo of tho
city property under his charge. Ho filled
In tho blank In tho list of nppolntmcntn
made by tho rcnynr by naming Martin J.
Dlnccn ns first nsslstnnt chief. At 7:30
Chief Salter was In full command.
Mr. Rcdell declined to say anything
nbout yie matter, saying ho wanted to
see his attorneys beforo talking to any
body. Klrxt Fire t'mler Xev lleulme.
Chief Salter and Acting Assistant Chief
Dlneen had their first flro at 10:10 las',
night. It was n small ono In tho two-story
frame dwelling at 815 Plcrco street, ownod
by City Attorney W. J. Connell. Tho houso
was unoccupied and tho flro was set on
tho inside, presumably by small boys, who
had been seen playing nbout tho placo
earlier In tho evening. The damage was
nominal.
COUNCIL NAMES A NEW CHIEF
Mil) or Appoint ( I Ulcer x mid Member
of the City I'lre De
partment. A special meeting of tho city council was
held yesterday afternoon at tho cull of tho
mayor, tho purposo being to name ofllcor.i
nnd members of tho lire department In
conformity with tho decision of Judgo
Estelln taking Iho matter out of the hands
of tho Hoard of Fire and Pollco Commis
sioners. As soon as the call was read thn follow
ing message from tho mayor was read:
OMAHA. June, 13, IMl.-To the Honor
able, tho City Council of tho City of
Omaha
Whereas, Judgo Lee l-Mello bus declared
that the several provisions relating to thn
Hoard of Fire nnd I'ollco Commissioners
which authorized nld busird to appoint ami
removo uitlcerx nnd men nt tho flro and
police departments Is void nud that tho
power and nuthotlty to make such ap
pointments and removals aro vested in tho
mayor and council ; and,
Whereas, If such be the law It Is proper
nnd necessary that officers and men of iho
pollco and lire departments should Imme
diately be appointed by tho mayor nnd
council; and,
Whereas, An emergency exists by reason
of tho conflict and eoutrovurHy between
the nctlng officers and men of tho flro de
partment anil tho acting chief of said de
partment and by rciison of their lack of
authority to net
Therefore, I. Frank E. Mooros, mnyor
of the city of Omaha, mibject to the ap
proval of your honorable body, do hereby
nominate and appoint ofilenrn and men ut
the lire dcpnrtm'iit of tho city of Omaha
iih follows, to-wlt:
Chief of tho lire department, Ch-irlos A.
Salter.
First HHHlstont,
Second uwdstmit chief, (ioorge I'. Wind
helm. Department secretary, John C Farrlsh
Captain No, I, Jrrry Sullivan, lieutenant
No I Michael J Cuff, engineer No. 1,
Klcliurd J. Uraiit, ausljitsnt cuclnccr No,