1
INQUIRING INTO THE COST
Cercxntrcial Olnb Wants, to Emw About
TcUpbost Eats.
COMPARLS NOTES WITH OTHER CITIES
Committee Will lip Apiinliitrd lo Make
AiTfumrj- I in eMiKntlon Nctr
Member Are Taken Jntu
lb Cluli.
Telephone charge In Omaha are to be
the subject of an investigation by the Com
mercial club with a view ol ascertalnln;
whether cr not the price charged hero tor
service It reasonable as compared with
those charged in other cities. The execu
tive committee of the club so decided at Its
meeting yesterday. The subject came up
when a letter vao read by the secretory of
the club trom C. H. Judson of the Twin City
Telephone company of St. Paul and Mlnne'
apolls. The writer declared that he under
stood that there was a movement on foot
in Omaha to secure cheaper telephone
service and If no he wanted to be counted
In It. He pointed out the equipment of the
Plant of his company In tbo twin cities and
aald that It was now operating 2,2t0 tele
phones theie. It hopes and expects to have
S.000 by spring, when It expects a battle
royal to take place, but Mr. Judton did not
specify with whom
It was stated in the committee that for
merly telephones were furnished Omaha
business houses for $5 per 'phone per month,
but now a charge of 17.10 a month Is made
for -phones on a metallic circuit, while no
business telephones can be secured except
upon a metallic circuit. It was stated that
metallic circuit 'phones are furnished In
St. Paul and Minneapolis for 12.50 and 3
per month.
After brief discussion the subject was re
ferred to a committee of three members yet
to be appointed, for investigation and re
port. -Tr Club Member.
II. B. Peters and Edward M. Fairfield
weer elected to membership In the club.
Secretary L'tt called attention to delays
experienced by Jobbers of this city in the
delivery of freights shipped to points in
Iowa, suggesting that he be authorized to
get out ft book for the use of Jobbers telling
them Just when freights can be shipped
each day over the various lines and the
times at which they ought to be delivered
at the various points, to the end that Job
bers might obviate delays by persistent
work with railway officials. He was di
rected to get out such a book.
Y. W. Umttted called attention to the
ten days' outing to be given the poor women
and children of Omaha by the Salvation
Army, saying that Senator Millard has
agreed to take the matter up with the War
department with a view of securing the use
of Port Omaha. He said that $200 ha been
raised and that $250 more will be needed,
and suggested that members take the con
tribution lists and allow their employes to
put down small amounts In aid of the funds.
-He circulated lists among the members toi
that end.
MiiXMcll Talk Irrigation.
George H. Maxwell, the noted Irrigation
exponent, outlined the plan of organiza
tion pursued in Los Angeles, where a com
mittee of 25P of the most prominent busl-
ncss men has taken hold of the project
and will push It every way possible, among
others by interesting every eastern firm
with which they do business. He said
that the time has come for more positive
and crystallized action thnn has yet been
taken. The national irrigation association
stands for three things Just now. Ono Is
an appropriation of $2f0.000 a year for
geological surveys and the preparation of
estimates and plans for construction of
storage' reservoirs. The second Is an ap
propriation for the construction of a reser-
voir at some point yet to be selected on
the head waters of the Missouri river.
Third, the passage of the Hansbrough-New-lAnds
bill Introduced at the Ian session
of congress, providing for the reclamation
of arid government lands by means of
reservoirs and the recoupment of the gov
ernment by the rales of the lands re
claimed. This would prevent the feeling
In the east that the people of that section
were being taxed for the Improvement
of the west. He thought that If the work
Is organized In Omaha. Kansas City, St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago as It Is in
Los Angeles It would bring an enormous
Influence to bear. All that he asked was
that the plan of organization be endorsed
by the club, which was done by the
adoption of a motlcn by C. H. Pickens.
Mr. Maxwell will go to Chicago on
Wednesday, but will return In two cr
three days and begin the work of organiza
tion. Tornadoes
The destructive tornado which desolated
a portion of the Keya Paha valley in north
ern Nebraska last week mado quite a con
tribution to the list of freakish capers
which Invariably characterize straight and
rotary blows. Four horsis wcie. drawn
Into the vortex of the storm, thrown
against the ground feet foremost several
times, each contact making sets of post
holes, and )ct the animals were not seri
ously Injured. A cat had Its tall shaved
to the hide, but the hair on Its body was
not disturbed by the mower. A teaspoon
that Sew with the gale was bent double.
Many 'ilmllar Incidents of the storm are
relatot', some of which tax credulity, yet
so common are they in the history of tor
nadoes as to leave no room for doubting
their correctness. In nn Iowa town, two
year ago, a piece of one-Inch board was
driven endwise through tbo trunk of a tree
and nearby a stove shovel was embedded
in a tree stump. Four years ago the most
remarkable of Kansas freaks took place
near Sallna. A baldbeaded man, while run
ning for shelttT from tornad.o, was struck
by what proved to be a woman's hair with
such force that the ends were driven Into
his faee, neck and crown of his head, se
curing a luxuriant crop of hair which
restoratives'1 failed to produce in the pre
ceding ten years. This story was uni
versally scouted, but the fortunate Kansan
secured photographs of himself before and
after taking and confounded tho doubting
Thomases,
Five parlor chairs were lifted by the
tornado from the Kardell house wreck st
Rcdburt. Minn., In 1E17, and placed in a row
uninjured at tho rear of the lot. Every
thing else was crushed to pieces beneath
tho sandstone. The tornado at Klrkvllle,
Mo., latt year played some strange pranks.
A 2-year-old child was carried 400 feet
from Its home, which was destroyed and
some of the Inmates hurt, but the child
was not Injured, The residence of J. T.
Coonfleld was picked up and carried over
100 feet and dumped against a hill, though
not completely wrecked, Coonfleld ahj
family going with It. All were badly
shaken up, but none of them was much
Injured, The Webster family of three were
carried a greater distance, their csttagi
was destroyed In its flight, but none of the
lmnates was badly hurt. John McCall,
holding on to a tree at tho verge of the
tornado's track to save himself from being
swtpt into the air, caught a 12-year-old
boy as he came down out of the sky. The
biy, whose same was John Oebgardt, was
carried from his house, two blocks away,
the bouse was leveled to the ground, but
INCREASE ISVERY LIGHT
Totnl Airrd Valnntlou of Douiiln
Connt)' Tmnlilf Property.
The total assessed valuation of taxable
property in Douglas county as returned
by the precinct assessor this year is J21.
8r2.261.08. The total for the country pre
cinct were published several day ago, but
It wa not until noon yesterday that Tax
Clerk Solomon completed hi figures for the
city wards. The valuations as returned by
tho assessors last year and this year are as
follow:
1S00. 1901.
First ward UJ 1.016,879 Of. l.O'j.S1! J4
Second ward 1,J:U27 C5 1.3M.7C7 16
Third ward B.V70.001 20 6.2C.7:6 07
Fourth ward 2,6(6,121 00 2.014.3JS CO
rifth ward 1,1'.22S S 1,234, ".Sif M
Sixth wird 1.330.144 W l.Kl.SM '0
Seventh ward 3.K6.1R9 1.41S.2S3 97
Eighth ward l,:wi,57o 0) l.S7:.25 0.
N'lnth ward 1,015,034 EC 1,707,757 59
Total city 116,576.097 00 J17.372 M2 91
S. Om. and country. 4.147.737 CI 4,Em.72 5
Total county $21,326,031 64 r-1,92,2Cl 03
Thb Board of Equalisation latt year In
creased valuation!, to the. extent of J41P,
939, making the total equalized assessment
$21,745,973. The total of the valuations re
turned by the assessors this year Is only
JHC.2&8 In excess of the revised total for
last year.
Ten years ago the total assessed valu
ation of taxable property in Douglas county
was $25,737,091.
The assessed valuation of the shares of
stock of th banks In Douglas county Is as
follows:
Omaha Banks 1930. 1901.
First National .....M3.O0O S3.2M
Nebraska National 49.2JS 50.15$
Merchant' National t.S.2."i9 GT..O01
Omaha National .134,139 337,015
t'nlon National 41.301 41.931
Vnited Stateo National ,. M.Ml rs.M
Commercial National..... 50.252 41.34S
South Omaha Banks
Packers' National 16.244 17.723
South Omaha National 35,032 5S,4fi2
South Omahn Savings 1M
Union Stock Yard. National.. 50,427 D5.:iX
Country Banks
Mangold & Olandt 1,924 J.BSS
German Bank of Millard 1.M7 . 1.76
State Bank of Elkhorn 3,03(1 2.119
Valley State bank..... SS2 1.S40
Returns have not yet been made from the
National Bank of Commerce and the Omaha
Loan and Trust Company Savings bank.
SUN GOD STRIVES FoTrECORD
High Score fnr Thirty Jntie Bill
Klr to lie Ilroken Mercury
Mount Ditcher 12!sei lie re.
The sun god girded up his loins yesterday
morning and went after a record. The mer
cury had reached 97 degrees on Monday and
the high mark for thirty Junes was only 98.
The weather ofllce promised a cool breeze
from the west which would ameliorate the
lot of earth dwellers, but In some way
tapped the wrong keg and Instead of
Zephyrus out came Auster, the hot, dry
wind from the south.
The weather olUclnls admitted that It was
very warm. At 8 o'clock the score stood
at 07. with gocd hope of going higher.
There is less prospect of a drop In mercury
than there was Monday, Observer Welsh
rays, and no change Is probable for twenty
four hours or longer.
Humanity should not consider Itself
abused, however, as the humidity common
In the Ohio valley and lake region Is not
felt here.
WATERMELONS ON MARKET
Carload of I.ulon Fruit from Tcaa
I Offered In
Oninuu.
Watermelons made their debut In Omaha
yesterday. A carload of Texas melons
was offered on tho local market and found
a ready sale at $6 per dozen. The melon
were of excellent quality and did not suffer
In shipping. Arkansas melons are due In
two or three weeks. Next week will prob
ably brlns large quantities of melons from
the far south Into the market.
Nebraska melons do not come Into the
market until the middle of August, about
the tame time Rocky Ford and other Colo
rado points begin to flood the melon mar
ket. Set en Venr In lied.
"Will wonders ever cease" Inquire of
the friends of Mis. L. Pease of Lawrence,
Kan. They knew she had been unable to
leave her bed In seven years on account of
kidney and liver trouble, nervous prostra
tion and general debility; but, "Three bot
tles of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk,"
the writes, "and In three months I felt like
a new person," Women suffering from
hsdache, backache, nervousness, sleepless
nosz, melancholy, fainting and dizzy spells
will find It a priceless bletMng. Try It. Sat
isfaction is guaranteed by Kuhn & Co., only
50c.
Freakish Work
he was not hurt. Edward Kellogg, lying
flat on the ground to escape the storm, was
picked up, carried 200 feet across houses
and trees and dropped Into a pond, whose
water was sucked up Just as he struck
It, and he was left, covered with mud, but
otherwise in sound physical and mental
shape.
In Bola township, Itlley county, Kantas,
In 1R89, the house cf Robert Reed was lifted
as easily as a feather and without at flrit
cracking a timber. So quickly was It dont
that before Mr. Reed, who wa's within, knew
of his danger, the house bad risen to a
height of twenty-five feet or more. The
house being then enveloped In darkness and
not knowing what had happened, he started
for the door, thinking In time to make
on escape, when, instead of stepping out
upon the ground, as ho expected, ho It'll
the above named distance, Injuring himself
severely. Persons who watched the progress
of the tornado along thts portion of Its
track state that the demoniacal fury of the
cloud was appalling; whirling with most
frightful rapldty, the intense black column
would at times seem to level the whole blufl
as It disappeared from view within the
rolling mast of darkness. The eastern
bank, covered with a luxurious gTowth of
timber, would, as the cloud moved along,
successfully emerge from Its awful baptism
swept clean to the soil. While this ter
rible manifestation was going on along the
stream, westward over the valley a dis
tance of sixty rods only a gentle wind was
experienced.
The Dclphos (Kas.) tornado of May 30,
H9C, started In Saline county, Kansas. On
the farm of Peter Bock masses of lpe as
large as a man's head fell to the ground,
breaking into pieces. One measured thir
teen Inches in circumference another fif
teen Inches. T. W. Carter took refuge in
V strawstack which was scattered In every
direction, leaving him to the mercy of the
storm which lifted him how high be does
not Know. While In the air be came in con
tact with the tall or mane of a horse, whlcn
he grasped, but was torn from it, coming
down to the earth with hat In one hand
and hair In the other. This statement is
fully substantiated. The horse belonged to
Mr. Kline of Belolt and had been hitched
near the barn a few moments before the
tornado. The wagon was never found and
the horse was killed. Mr. Carter was
slightly Injured. Chickens were stripped of
their feathers and carried miles away.
The St. Louis tornado. May 27, 1S96, per
formed many strange capera. Henry Col-
THE OMAHA DALLY BEEt WEDKESDAY,
UNCLE SAM WILL TRADE BACK
Fedira.1 GtTerantnt Standi Sttdj to B
detm Doctmtatirj Stamp.
CERTAIN FORMALITIES ARE TO BE OBSERVED
llnnk mid Stationer Mutt lie Bonn
Klile Owner of Mninji Xrtrly
Aitiiolnteil Collector of llev
enue ltevleit the Ground.
J. E. Houtz, collector of Internal revenue,
has received a ruling from Commissioner
J. , erkcs in regard to the redemption
of documentary stamps after July 1. The
circular sets forth that banks or stationers
cannot act a agents for the presentation of
claims fcr their customrs, but my purchase
I imprinted stamps which they had prevl
ously secured and sold. As the bona fide
owners thereof they may present claims In
their own names for the redemption of such
stamps without regard to the number pur
chased from each customer.
In presenting claims for the redemption
of stamp a number of formalities will have
to be gone through with by the applicant,
In all cases where claims are made by
banks or stationers for the redemption of
stamps thus purchased it will be necessary.
In addition to evidence now required In (up
port of claims, for each claim to be accom
panied by a certificate duly signed by the
party from whom the stamps were pur
chased, setting forth the absolute sale and
transfer of said stamps to the claimant.
Urttill Mut He (ilven.
A schedule must also be prepared by the
claimant showing as to tho stamps pur
chased from each customer, the name of the
person from whom the stamps wtre bought,
the date of order upon which they were Im
printed, In whose favor tho order was is
sued, the name of thv collector who Issued
them and of the contractor who Imprinted
the stamps and the number of stamps con
tained therein.
Any number of purchases may be covered
by one claim, but each lot of stamps pur
chased from a customer should be wrapped
separately and the package so marked that
It can be identified on the schedule and by
the certificate of sale, and all the stamps
covered by one claim should be placed to
gether In one package and be marked for
Identification and forwarded as In other
cases.
A'o Immediate ClianKf Impend.
Elmer B. Stephenson of Lincoln, who will
succeed J. E. Houtz us Internal revenue
collector July 1, Is In the city preparing to
take charge of the ofllce and assume the
discharge of Its duties next Monday.
"I know nothing as yet about prospective
changes In the forco employed. I am not
contemplating any immediate changes, and
will not know much on that subject myself
until I become familiar with the workings
of the office. Efficiency In the conduct of
the work is to be tho watchword and aim.
It after I have taken hold of the office I
find that the machinery rubs anywhere 1
shall not hesitate to make sue hanges as
may be calculated to make It .un smoothly.
"There Is no scarcity of good material
from which to make selections to fill any
places needing filling. Something like 200
applications are on file from parties who
want places. I believe there are ten people
In the office besides the collector and a
messenger, who draws a small salary. The
chief deputy, I understand, draws SI. 800 a
year, the cashier $1,600 nnd the other clerks
ricelve salaries running belcw those figures
down to $1,000. Two of the clerks, I am
told, are under the civil service. Thcro
are also Beven division deputy collectors
located at different points la the district
who get $1,200 each. There are seventeen
gaugcrs and storekeepers who are, I un
de i stand, under the civil service. I am not
really sure that I am right about the num
ber and salaries of employes, as I have not
looked Into that matter very closely yet.
But I know that 1 have not yet definitely
decided upon a single change."
Mr. Stephenson was among the many who
were at the Omaha National bank during
the morning to see Senator Millard, who
had Just arrived from the cast.
AS GOOD AS DRAWN BLINDS
Von ii r Sinn Paints n Street Lamp to
Shut Out Public
Gnsr.
Frank Elsworth. an eligible young man of
progressive Ideas, painted one side of the
gasoline street lamp so that the front
porch of his girl's house out on North
Nineteenth street would be shrouded in
gloom. Thcro was a hammock on the frost
Several Remark
able Specimens.
line was standing In a saloon In East St.
Louis, with a glass of liquor In his band.
Suddenly the roof fell In, he was tumid
over twice or thrice and landed on his feet
with the glass still In his hand and halt
of the liquor still In It. He quaffed the
liquor with relish, as his collarbone had
been broken in the crash and he needed the
stimulant.
A paperhanEer was decorating the walls
of a saloon opposite the Four Courts,
when the front of the restaurant blew In
and scattered debris through the house and
Stewart fled to the cellar. When his two
assistants decided to follow him a few
minutes later they were convulsed with
laughter at observing him stretched prone
upon his back in the damp cellar, the water
reaching nearly above his arms, with two
heavy stones across his breast, which be
had placed there to prevent the wind from
blowing him away.
In South St. Louis there was a house
whose entire north wall was torn out save
a support under one of the windows and
the window itself. The frame wa not dam
aged and not one of the pants of glass was
broken.
A bed with Its mattress In place was
thrown from a houfe on Missouri avenue
to the center of Lafayette park. Two pil
lows fell not far from It. but they were cot
the pillows belonging to this particular bed.
A mlddleaged German mechanic was
walking along the railroad tracks eait of
Twelfth street. Just after the storm, be
moaning the loss of his little daughter. An
other child, who was with him, found a
bonnet that was recognized as belonging
to the missing girl. The father thought
that It was conclusive evidence that his
other youngster was lost, when the little
one ran up end shouted that she wanted to
get In the bouse, boeause It was getting too
wet for her.
The Irony of fate wa never more forcibly
illustrated than In the case of a dwelling
house located on South Broadway, the en
tire front of which wa swept away, leav
ing the interior with furniture exposed to
the elements. The furniture and bedding
were piled In a confused mass upon each
floor, while upon the rear wall of the second-story
bedroom was the legend, "Good
Luck."
Two young women who were on a Fourth
street cable car at the time of the atorm
were entirely denuded. They left the car
stark naked and were cared for In a house
nearby.
porch, but, unfortunately, no climbing vines
to shield the occupants from the vulgar
gaze of passersby So he got a bucket of
paint and a stepladder, and the broad efful
gence trom the lamp was changed to a
goblin green obscurity.
This would havt worked all right had It
not been for the protest of the man next
door, one O. T. Franklin, who, as he ex
plained it to the city prosecutor yester
day, "paid his taxes for that street lamp
and didn't propose to have It snuffed out to
promote the love affair of bis neighbor's
daughter. He wanted the young man ar
rested for defacing city property. Modera
tlon was advised and the citizen , with a
grievance finally agreed that It would be
better to have a heart to heart talk with
the offender before filing a formal charge
against him.
CAPTURE HIM IN CHICAGO
Clmer Holme of PlnttMiioutu 3Int
Stnnd Trlnl for
Perjury.
Word was received by the police yesterday
trom nattimoum to the effect that Elmer
Holmes, wanted there on a charge of per
jury, had been arrested In Chicago and
that an officer with requisition papers had
been tent to bring him back. Holmes has
an extensive police record in Omaha. Three
months ago he was arrested here, charged
with stealing several hundred dollars'
worth of brass from. Burlington rolling
stock, but he made a strong fight in police
court, and, through the testimony of
friends, was discharged.
From here he went to Plattsmouth, where
he was soon arrested on the same kind of
complaint. Several witnesses from Omahi,
among them "Hank" Dlsbrough, a waiter
In Moore's restaurant, were sent to Platts
mouth to testify In hi behalf. They es
tablished an alibi for him and again be
escaped Justice. After Holme and all
the other witnesses for the defense had
dropped out of sight DUbrough openly
bragged that It was upon his "fake" tes
timony that Holmes was discharged. He
was arrested, tried for perjury end sen
tenced to tho penitentiary.
Since then the police authorities of
Plattsmouth have been searching for
Holmes with a view to prosecuting him on
the same charge.
GASOLINE STARTS A FIRE
Uarly Momlnfr Illnre Sllclitlr Dam
hkc DoiiKln Street
Clitnr Store.
Ignition of gasoline is given as the
cause of a fire in a Uory-and-a-half frame
building at 1320 Douglas street, occupied
by Mary Turner a a cigar and news stand.
At 6:05 yesterday morning a neighbor saw
a flash of fire through a side window of
the building and an Instant later heard a
loud explosion. He at once turned in an
alarm.
When the department arrived the Games
had made considerable headway, but were
soon extinguished. The damage, which will
amount to about $100, was fully covered
by Insurance. Early In the morning of
April 24 this same building was discovered
to be on fire and this time rats and
matches were ascribed as the cause.
FENCE LEADS TO TROUBLE
Charlra Sent Snrnn Oat Pence War
rant In Police Court Agalnat
Xelclibora.
Charles Segl, 4029 Decatur street, has
sworn out a peace warrant in Justice
Altstadt's court against his neighbors, Mr.
and Mrs. F. L. Murray, who live on an
adjoining lot, alleging that he has reason
to believe they will, -kill his wife and chil
dren. Tho trouble arose. Mr. Segl says, as
the result of his building a fence between
the two lots and denying to the Murrays
the privileges of his well and pump. Since
then he says they have been throwing
brickbats, beer bottles and other bric-a-brac
at his family.
The lack of energy you feel, the back
ache and a run down condition generally, all
mean kidney disorder. Foley's Kidney Cure
will restore your strength and vigor by
making the kidney well. Take no substi
tute. Seasonable Fashions
38 Tucked Walat
32 to 40 In. bust.
Woman's Vutfced Uaui, :o. SB42, to Bs
Made with or Without the Fitted Lining
All white waists are not alone exceedingly
popular, but are almost universally be
coming as well, 'ihe ery charming ex
ample illustrated comblnrb crepe de ch:ne
with guipure lace and Is made over a fitted
lining, but the deslgu is equally well suited
to such fabrics as batiste, madrak lawn,
Swiss muslin, mull and the like, which
can be made without the lining and to
become washable In fact as well as
name.
The foundation Is cut in four pieces and
1 fitted by means of tingle bust darts,
shoulder and underarm seams. On It are
arranged the portions of the waist proper.
The back Is laid In three groups of tucks
that extend to the waist line, where they
are drawn together to give a tapering
effect The fronts Include five groups of
tucks, two of which fall free at about mid
way of their length, to form solft, graceful
folds as the waist approaches the belt.
The sleeves are cut after the latest
model, with deep cuffs nnd tucked over por
tions that form puffs at the lower edge.
To cut this waist for a woman of medium
size 4 yards of material 21 inches wide,
2V4 yards 22 inches wide, or 2 yards 44
Inches wide will bo required, with 4H
yards of insertion and 1 yard of edging
to trim as Illustrated,
The pattern 2842 Is cut In sizes for a 22,
54, SC, 38 and 40-lnch bust measure.
For the accommodation cf The Bet'
readers these pattern, which usually retail
at from 25 to 00 cents, will be furnished
at a nominal price, 10 cent, which cover
all expense. In order to get any pattern
enclose 10 cent, give number and cams
of pattern wanted and bust measure. Al
low about ten days from date of your letter
befor berlnnlng to look for the pattern.
Addresi Pattern Department. Oaiah. Be.
JUKE 2U, 1901.
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
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TRIBULATIONS OF A REAL PRINCESS
Storj- of Earn Calne Untr rtalntnu
Story by Chnrle K. Lnh Home
Tlit.ncul Picture of London
LlfeXetherlnntla Itotnnnce.
Isabel Richer could not ! ..i,4 .
better or more appropriate name for her
mue volume of verse than the one which
appears on the title page, "When Love Is
King." This is the second volume of
poetry published by Mrs. Riehev. h. flrot
having appeared some three or more year
ago under the title "A Harp of the West."
Tho first volume met with a mot favor
able reception, to which cause is doubtless
due this favor of a second volume, which
gives promise of bringing the writer still
greater praise. There Is something about
Mrs. Rlchey's verse that appeals strongly
to the reader, in the first plac, the
language Is simple and direct, and clmre
all, natural, while through the whole thir
Is a vein of human sympathy and love that
appeals directly to the heart. Hen. J.
Sterling Morton contributes a preface to
the present volume which describes so
Justly its merits that one can not do bet
ter than quoto a portion of it. He says'
"The following volume Is replete with good
teacntngs and the best and highest aspira
tions. It plants thoughts as others plant
trees nnd they are beautiful, pure and use
ful. It is a satisfaction, after nearly half
a century's residence in Nebraska, to tee
the transmutation of prairies to human
borne and to behold groves and orchards,
foliage, flower and fruit where the Indian
and his commissariat, the buffalo wan
dered when the vast plains were firit opened
up to the white race for homes In 1&E4.
But tho change In Intellectual conditions
has not been less marvelous, nor tbe de
velopment of the mental resources of the
state less satisfactory. The author of
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Senator Millard returned yesterday mort
lug from his visit to New York, where, it U
understood, he has been, along wKh the
heads of several local corporation con
sulting over the proposition for extensive
consolidation. The senator preserves the
same discreet silence as hae the other
gentlemen who were in New York at the
same time concerning the resuit of the
meeting. Unlike Mr. Nash of the electric
lighting company, however, ho did not
attempt to specifically deny that he bad
been east on the business indicated.
"I can tell you absolutely nothing about
consolidation," said tbe senator. "I am
6orry that I can't, but Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Nash or Mr. Wells may be able to give,
you something."
When It wa suggested that Mr. Nash
had denied that ho was In New York on
that business, Senator Millard hedged
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thought ho was. I knew he was In New
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tric light company I thought he was thero
on that business."
Thereupon Senator Millard froze up and
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who have been east with the gcntlemea
named, have returned, but have not dis
closed nnythlng as to the result of the
New York meeting.
D. H. Goodrich, secretary of the Omaha
Street Railway company, professes to know
nothing nbout the matter. "The whole
thing la In the air yet, as tar as I know,"
said Mr. Goodrich, "and the published re
ports indicating that consolidation has been
effected are all rot as far as I have been
Informed."
President Murphy of the street railway
company Is not accessible to reporters.
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