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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1902)
MERCER CETS A HARD BLOW Color! Voter. Ad.pt feaolntioni Deaoun cinj Hit Carter in Congress. HIS DUritCITY TOWARD DR. RICKETTS Maa Meeting; at Washlncton Hall Largely Attended ana laaalmon ia It Rebake to the Non resident ((itunia, A rousing rally of tbs colored republican voters of Douglas county at Washington hall last night was addressed by E. J. Cornish, J. P. Brcto and Nelson C. Pratt, eandldatea for congress; by Edward Roue water, Robert Fink, candidate for the legislature from the Sixth ward, and A. If. Willis. Congressman D. H. Mercer had been tnrlted, formally, aa were the other congressional aspirant, but did not deign to honor the colored men with his time and sent Victor B. Walker to apeak for htm. This the assembly took as a slight and re sented by paining, with only seven dis senting votes In a room nearly full, the following resolution; Whereaa, As David H. Mercer has spent ten years In congress and has never shown any disposition to recognise the colored voters of the district which he represents, notwithstanding the fact that the colored people voted with the party as a unit In 11 of his campaigns In the paat. and Whereas, Aa we have sufficient evidence to prove that when a committee of col ored men went to him to ask the appoint ment of Dr. M. O. Rlcketts. a representa tive of our rare, they were not only re fused, but were not asked to have seats In hi dice, and Whereaa. It being the wishes of the majority of the beet class of colored clt Iservs of the district to have this man appointed In recognition of our loyalty to the party, Ml. Mercer expressed himself In plain language that he would' not ap point a negro, and Whereaa, As he has apent ten years In congress without paying any heed to the negro plea for recognition until near the close of the last congress, when he realises his growing unpopularity with his own people, he hastens to give one colored man a Janitor's Job for a few months, which we look upon aa an open Insult to our people, therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the colored voters f Douglas county, do hereby urae the re publicans of this district to nominate a canaiaate wno is Known to tx sincere in rmnathv with our Deonle and will rec ognise their right to their due share of republican patronage: be It further Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be published In the leading papers of Douglap county. Walker Hot Among Friends. Victor B. Walker and John Long, a Mercer ally, ateempted to block the pas sago of the resolution, hut were received la coldness until the former said: "Now, nr friends, I wish " "Don't call me your friend, shouted a colored man In the back of the room. "No, nor me!" echoed another. "Nor met" chimed half a dosen others. nd Walker gave up In deapair. The reaolution waa drawn up by J. G Pegg and signed by W. M. Cannon, Rev. J. H. Cluke. W. H. Houaley, S. H. Baxter. C. M. Johnson and T. P. Mahammltt Others wished to sign, but more namea were con sidered superfluous in view of the prac tice.!!y tlBSElnse?!! fiction of the assembly. A vary pleaaant feature of the evening waa the singing of a quartet compoaed of Jesse Greene, tenor; Prank Chllda, second tenor; . Walter Bell, baritone, and Rufus Anderson, bass. They shared with the apeakera an aplause that was invariably hearty and cordial. The meeting waa called to order by J O. Pegg, who explained that It had been called for the purpoae of giving the candi dates opportunity to address the re pub llcan voters at one time and place, and in t reduced T. P. Mahammltt. editor of the Enterprise, as chairman. Mr. Mahammltt at once Introduced Mr. Cornish, who had other meetings to address later, but who, unlike Mr. Mercer, had found time to attend this one. Cornish on Real Friendship. Mr. Cornlah deprecated the Idea of buy ing the colored man's favor with tips and debasing gratuities in a campaign, but as serted that the only real friend was the constant , friend. He read extracts from apeeches made to various white audtencea years before he became a candidate for office In which he had made constant plea la the negro's behalf. He aaid: "I want no privileges of government that are not the privileges of all. I have been aylng this for eighteen years and I feel that I am entitled to your aupport." Mr. Breen, next called upon, said that he had supported Mr. Mercer in previous eampalgna with donatlona of money and with hla voice when asked to, but that In return Mr. Mercer waa now aending over the county contemptible cartoons showing his congressional figure off to the beat ad vantage and picturing him (Breen) and other candidate aa little cure barking at hla heels. Merrer I'ses Hla Frank. "I had not." Mr. Breen said, "Intended to speak of these cartoons again, but I have learned today that Mercer la abusing his franking privilege as a congressman. Hs sent a full box of these cartoons to ths .postmistress at Arlington aa government bualneaa. If hs were going to attempt to defam and belittle me and thla before I had ever aaid one word la criticism of him he might at leaat have had the courteay to pay the poatags on them. But the AMJuNCmvJS; of his winning; a race, but a question of being able only to keep afloat Tbe man whole suffering from malnutrition is like the fettered swimmer. Hi stomach and its allied orrans of digestion and nutri tion are diseased. It is not a question with him of winning in the race for bust neas but of simply, keeping up under any circumstance. Whenever disease affects tbe stomach it is affecting also tbe blood and tbe health of every or- fan of tbe body, or blood ia only food converted into nutrition and nutri tion ia tbe life of tbe body and every organ of it. Doctor Pieree'a Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of tbe stomach : and other organ of digestion and nutri tion. It purine tbe blood and enables tbe perfect nutrition of tbe body which means perfect health. For si loag year I suffered with Indlge tioa sad my liver snd kidneys, which hsflltd l .s ' best doctors in our country. writes E L. Rso sll. Ksq . of Woolsey, Prince William Co.. Vs. 1 suflered with my stomach and back for a loug tint, and after taking a 'cart load ' of meu-iua from three doctors I grew so bad I could hardly do a day's work. Would ha death-like pain in the side, and blind spells. 1 began Ukiua Pr. Fierce' Golden Medical Discovery and 'Pleaaant Pellet.' hesW had tskc half of the aconnd boul I organ to feci relieved. I got ia more bottles sod used then, sad ant happy la any I owe my hie to IXv Pierce. Accept no substitute for "Golden, Med ical Discovery." There ia notbiag "just as good" for diseases of tbe stotnacU, blood and lungs. The Common Sense Medical Adviser, lento large pages, iu paper coven, is sent frt on receipt of tl one-cent sumo to pay expense of mailing nly. Address) , Dr. Bm V. fierce, Buffalo, N. V method la In keeping with the character of a man who would father aucb aa attack on former friends merely because they as pire to the office be holds. As for Mr. Rorewater, who la pictured aa another of the dogs, you know yourselvea that he ia amply able to take care of himself. I am neither his close frlead nor his enemy, but I will ay that he does more in a single year for the laboring men of Omaha than David H. Mercer haa done In his ten years in congress and, the buildings Rosewater gets for Omaha ara paid for from hla own pocket, not the government's. "8omebody haa aaid that I am a sort of free lance In this campaign and that I don't car a d d whether I am or am not elected. I do care, but let me sav that when you vote for a congressman von m be voting to auatatn or change the policy of the nation, and If you consider some other candidate stronger than I vote for him." Mr. Pratt spoke very briefly, emnhaalnir the record of the party and Its work In be half of colored men. Mr. Rosewater was called for and In re sponse to msny repetitions of the Invita tion walked out of the audience to the chairman's side and spoke a few minutes, interrupted constantly by applause and laughter. Ha aaid In part: Helped Colored Men to Vote. Nebraska went Into the union with "Equality Before the Law" written on Its ahleld. but at first there .were some who were inclined to deny the negro full prlvl legea. There were those who ventured to declare that 'no nigger should vote unless ne rought his way to the polls.' I waa one of several white men who formed a com pany and went out against the crowd to Insure the negro his privilege. We formed a guard and made it possible for th col ored men to come In squads and exercise tneir franchise. I lived In Tennessee for some years snd I don't believe any man present has been witness to more of human slavery than I. I was a friend then and I am a friend now. John M. Langston was the first lawyer I ever employed. "Now, a man must bo ludaed bv what h does by what he has done. It doesn't mat ter what hla grandfather did. I believe In helping the negro as much after election as before. Don't rely upon a man who takea you up onto tha mountain and shows you the premised land afar off. Neither rely on a man who gives no attention until election time and then makes dazzling promisee for the future. Beautiful promises don't buy groceries. "Congressman Mercer Is the public's ser vant, not the public's master, and If you wished him hero tonight to give an account of hla stewardship he should have been here. Ho should make himself available for the men whoae votes he expects. We do not. as he Implies, ask him to bo her all the time. When be has buslneas In Washington that Is the place for him, but we do object to hla taking long tours about the world, 'deadhead or at government expense,' when the people of hla district wish to see him We do not approve of tha sentiment that hla family ahould have nothing In common with Omaha neighbors. If this la hla home, why baa Mrs. Mercer been resident elsewhere ever since Ave days after his return to Omaha a few weeks ago?" Duplicity of Mercer. Mr. Rosewater also again explained the fallacy of the old story about the army neaaqusrtera and the quartermaster's de pot. He recalled the time, too, when Mercer aspired to be speaker of the house Instead of Henderson of Iowa, and how, when ha re alized the utter hopelessness of It, pretended to have been "with" Henderson all along thla to Mr. Rosewater, who had In his drawer at that time a letter from Hender son not three days old asking him what Mer:er meant by hla attitude and request ing Mr. Rosewater to take car of the un certain congressman. s "Go out anywhere in thla district and you will find ten men who can testify to Mer cer's faithlessness. There are twenty-flve In south Omaha who still wonder why their promised appointments aa postmaater never materialised. The paramount Issue with you voters Is: 'Do you want for the future a man who haa served you as this one has In the past?'" An emphatic "No!" cam from a dozen mouths at one. Mr. Fink almply announced hla candidacy for ths legislature and Invited the support of the colored voters of his ward, tb Sixth. Because of the lateness of ths hour A. H. Willis confined himself to a few remarka on the abuse of the negro's constitutional rights. M. F. Slagletop waa slated to speak, but declined to longer detain the audience. FIFTH IS AGAINST MERCER Ward Clnh I'nanlmoaalF Votes In Favor of Anti-Mercer Dele, station. At a meeting which completely filled Toung's hall. Sixteenth and Corby streets, last night the member of the Fifth Ward Republican club unanimously decided that they did not desire ths nomination of David H. Mercer for congress. Joseph Redman moved that It be the sens of the Fifth Ward Republican club that an anti-Mercer delegation be sent to tbe congressional convention, for the rea son that Mr. Mercer haa entirely Ignored ths club, although Invited many tlmea to attend It meetings. The motion waa unani mously adopted. Tb club will meet again next Wednesday night. The first business transacted waa the en dorsement of th candidacy of George Red man for member of tbe legislature and Wit Ham Arnold for county commissioner. Tb motion to endor Mr. Redman waa made by W. I. Klerstead and that to endorse Mr. Arnold by George Redman. C. W. DeLamater waa present for th first Urn since hi return from a visit to Ohio. He spoke encouragingly of th pros pects of the party In Ohio and predicted republican success all along th line. He made hla Initial remark aa a candidate for nomination for the office of county attor ney and aaid that be waa la the fight to win. W. R. Homan. candidate for nomination on the legislative ticket, made a ehort talk. aaylng that while the congressional cam paign haa been attracting considerable at tention. It la Important to Omsha to secure good member of th legislature, aa Omaha mutt have th right to local aelf-govern ment. At th conclusion of Mr. Homan'a re marks tha club adjourned subject to tb call of th chair and a caucus waa or ganised for th purpose of selecting delegate ticket to be submitted to th county primaries September 19. Upon motion th following ticket waa unanimously chosen: Bryc Crawford, W. B. Block bam. Tony . Donaho, Thomaa Whyter, Charles Johnaon, O. F. Shepard. B. H. Keith, Albert Bamuelaon, Harry Asber and J. C. Holt. The petition to hav th names p'acsd on tb ballot waa then signed snd tb caucus waa adjourned and th club meeting waa resumed. Hot daya followed by cool nights will breed malaria In tb body that la bil'ous or eostlvs. Prickly Ash Hitters Is very valuable at thla time for keeping tb stomach, liver aad bowel well regulated. Covort Lg No. It, A. F. and A. M. Th brethren are requested to meet . at their hall on Thursday. September 11, Jv02, at 1:M p. an., to attend the funeral of Past Master Washington I. Baker. FREMONT C CRA1Q. W. M. At last: EBEN K. LONG, Secretary. THE OMAHA DAILY MEMBERS CALL FOR MEETING County Executive. OommiUss Will Convene Friday Afternoon. DEMOCRATS WANT MERCER NOMINATED They Figaro that Nomination of the Nonresident Candidate .Will Barely Win Their Bets on Hitchcock. Chairman Charles A. Gss has called a meeting of the republican county executive committee for Friday afternoon, Septem ber 12, at 2 o'clock. This call haa been Issued as the result of a request handed to Mr. Goss Tuesday night and signed by a majority of the members. The request waa for a meeting Thursday afternoon, but Chairman Goss said that he made. It a day later In order to give the two country mem bers an opportunity to be preoent. The committee la to meet for the purpose of checking up and verifying the registra tion lists, which proved defective at tbe last primary election, and to transact such other business aa may be necessary In connection with the arrangements for the primary election cf next week. Political apeculators of tbe democratic persuasion are getting ready to make a great demonstration by offering all kinds of mcney on tbe election of their candldri for congress, O. M. Hitchcock. Said one of thla class: "We think we have a chance to make easy money by putting up our coin on Hitchcock this time. Of course we prefer to have the republicans nominate Mercer, for that would give a dead cinch. He couldn't be elected now even If The Bee, the city administra tion and all the other machinery of the re publican party ahould turn In to help him. The Bee has shown htm up In great shape and knocked holea In hla pretensions that can never be patched up. What Tbe Bee haa been aaylng about Mercer cannot be unsaid and now that the eyea of the people have been opened to the graft Mercer has been working they cannot be closed or blinded by anything that might, be aaid for him In the future. That Mercer la owned, b'.dy, toul and breeches, by the railroads has been proved beyond contradiction. Hla hostility to organized labor can no longer be concealed and the working men are wait ing to get a chance at him. We figure that If Mercer Is turned down the Mercer men would refuse to aupport any other republican nominee. They are telling ua that already, and I think they mean It. At any rate I'm willing to put up my money on that chance when the time comes. The fettowa who are backing Mercer hav not been voting repub lican ttcketa for years, except so far as members of their gang were on It, and they won't hesitate to knife the ticket again It Mercer Is not landed." The Mercer contingent haa shown It band In tb Sixth ward and N. C. Pratt, candidate for congress, who Uvea In that ward haa been given a practical Illustra tion of th fact that many political prom ise can be made without thought of their fulfillment. When Mr Pratt announced hi candidacy a few montha ago one of the firat to offer htm promise of support was John McDonald, Broatch'a business part ner, chief of th faction which aeeks to dominate the ward at any coat. Mr. Pratt accepted tbe proffered aid and until re cently considered that upon hla candidacy at leaat there waa no opposition In his home ward, all of the contending Interests being united upon blm. From time to time his personal friends told him that McDonald was trying to "give him the double, cross," but he was steadfast In bis trust to the word of the former sheriff. Tbe protestations of good faith on tb part of McDonald were so strong a to deceive soma who were aware of his true char acter, and many of them believed that he would, for one at leaat, stand up for a homo man without seeing some chance for peraonal aggrandisement In hla action. The belief of these trusting mortals and of th Sixth ward candidate for congress waa rudely ahattered this week when It waa dlaeovered that McDonald had almply been working a little harder at his uaual practice, and that while proteasing loyalty to Pratt he waa assisting Dare Mercer' campaign. Thla was discovered Sunday when McDonald and Mercer apent ths greater part of th day together election eering. They visited places In the Sixth ward where it waa believed work could be done for the non-resident candidate and then wont to the Second ward to repair fencea. It la aaid that since that time Mc Donald and Mercer have UUed country precinct for th purpose of "getting the boys In line," and that the campaign haa been aomewhat of a disappointment. When th matter waa mentioned to Mr. Pratt he aaid: "I refused to believe that McDonald waa trying to throw roe until I was convinced of Its truth. He had given me every assurance that h waa my friend but now I ae that he waa deceiving m all th time." Today la th day set for the prima ries of tha populist party In thla county, but even the chairman of th "pop" com mute doesn't know where the polling placea are. The "call," which waa Issued several weeks ago, merely named th day and let It go at that. Such little details ss the selection of Judges and clerka and tha deaignation of polling placea do not seem to hang very heavy on the pop ma chine. Th object of today's primaries la to elect delegatea to a county conven tion, and the object of the county conven tion, although not officially stated. Is to put tbe local pops" In line for conference with the democrats a to tbe division of the spoils In ess any democrat lands an office. Although nobody knows where these primaries are to be held there will appear from tbem a sufficient number of delegatea to make up a county and a congressional convention next Saturday. Aa a matter of fact the dalegatlona will be mad up privately by the aeveral gentlemen who make It their business to draw salaries from county office by being member of tb people's Independent party. Th democrat io Judicial convention will probably b called for a day early In Octo ber. Thla statement waa made yesterday morning by Ed P. Smith, chairman of th Judicial commute, who added: "Before tbe resignation of Judge Keysor and at tha time tb delegatea to the Judl clal convention wer choaen It aeemed tbe general purpose of th democrat to endorse th candidacy of Judge Read, but now that ther ar to ba two vacancies, th demo crata may wlah to nominal a man of their ewn fall or possibly two men. I shall call the commute together aocn and then if some of our men want the nomlnatoa they probably can get It easily. For myself, I am aomewhat Inclined to favor endorsing co:h tb republican Judicial nominee thla year If they be good men and then next year holding an early democratic convention and nominating th four present republican Judge who ar xpeetd to run again and three democrats In th top of having tb democrats endorsed by tb republican aad thua electing a nonpartisan, or rather a bi partisan Judiciary. Th bench ahould b nonpartisan In It makeup and thla seems to m a atep In that direction. However, I won't know what will be desired until w get th commltt together." As yet ther seem no abundance of dem- ecrata aspiring tor ths plac, but E. C. Page and Lysis Atbott hav both been mentioned HKEt TIUTKSPAY, SKPTKMnElt 11, 1002. FIRST AND SECOND UNITE Rrpahllraa Voter of Two Wards Hold Waa Meeting; and Cheer Sneaker. Deafening applause from hundreds of re publican of the First and Second warda greeted Edward Rosewater when he ap peared to address th Joint meeting at Thir teenth and William streets last night It was one of the biggest republican meetings cf the campaign, those of the Second ward having met In their hall at Sixteenth and William streets and come over In a body to Join their neighboring brethren. Mr. Rose water was the principal speaker of the even ing. He eald. In part: "This Is not the first time I he-vs ad dressed you republicans of the First ward In thla hall; It wi'.l not be the last; yet' I wish you to heed my words tonight as If they were the last I were ever to utter on thla earth. I appear before you tonight aa. first, an American citizen; second, a a re publican; aa an American because I am en dowed aa the rest of you ar with all the privileges and rlghta of free apeech and ac tion; as a republican, because that party waa founded to protect those very princi ple, and Is maintained along the aame line. But It Is better far that the freedom of American be maintained than the integrity of any party. "I come her not as a candidate for any office, but with a wish to awaken the con sciences of voters. I shall dwell on princi ples that go to the bedrock of free govern ment. So let me assert that the man who hires himself out to an employer doea not thereby aell hla conscience nor his right to vote aa he will. No employer can demand this. I hav never done It, yet I have apent millions of dollars In wages among you. In those years I have employed hundred of democrats, but not one waa ever coerced In hla vote. I consider that there are Juat two places on earth where the poor and rich are exactly alike, one .at the ballot box, the other In the grave. "Now I am told that the attorney for a certain great corporation have insinuated here that tbe republicans of this ward must vote for a certain candidate for the congres sional nomination, under penalty of losing your Joba If you do not. Thla la monstrous. Only cowardice and fear will prompt any man to allow such espionage to be exerted ever him. A man who would permit It de serves to be disfranchised forever. I shall fight such methods to the last. Omahans should resent this Interference with their elections. We want cltisens, not slaves. ''The candidate for wbom thla effort la be ing made has represented you In congress for ten years. If you wast him to go there again ycu have a right to have him. But he has no right to force hla way there through corporation Influence. I trust that every voter of the First and Second ward will exercise wide freedom of conscience In thla matter, and allow no man to dictate a course." Among the candidates for different offices whi were present and heard wer Judge Blair, A. C. Troop and Judges Holmes for district Judge; J. L. Kaley and W. A. De Bord for county attorney; Nelson C. Pratt and E. J. Cornish for congress. The latter was In his own borne territory and waa given an ovation when he arrived, which was late. He offered a strenuous appeal for the support of his own neighbors, and waa assured it with cheers upon cheers. He di lated especially upon! the proposition that the republlcana should nominate a man who can be elected, and asked "Why do the World-Herald and the three democratic pa pers In Sarpy county all boost Meroer If It Is not thst they know Hitchcock can beat him?" Later resolutions wer adopted endora- ng Mr. Cornish, and another pertaining to home rule, which read: Resolved, That republican principles sane tlon home ruler that tbe citizen of a mu niclDalltv should be allowed to choose the omcers tnat rule over mem; mat a siaie commission appointed to govern a munici pality against the will of It Inhabitants la un-American and contrary to the principles upon which our government la loundea. At the meeting of tbe Second ward re publlcana early In the evening It waa de elded to bold no caucus, but that all who wished to serve a delegatea should submit their names on petition. A. C. Troop was accorded th privilege of naming his own delegation to th judlclan convention from this ward. FIXING AN ELEPHANT'S FEET On of the Delicate hot necessary Indertaklaga In Connection with a Menagrerl. Elephant hav tender feet. Their toe nail hav to be pared and treated con stantly or they will grow Inches of hang nails. They are terribly sensitive about tbelr extremities, and at tlmea will get craiy mad If touched with a knife or aaw. A horse haa to have hla feet trlmmod when he goes to a smith and an elephant wears down his toes, but they do not get enough exercise for that here, so their feet get tremendous corns, which hsve to ba pared. When an elephant has gone through the operation a few time, with tb Intelli gence of hla kind be senses It aa for hla good and will submit readily. The hang nails are clipped with a big pair of abears and then th toes are worked upon with a raap especially made for the purpose for an hour or two. Then cornea the ticklish part. A large drawknlf Is used to cut a couple Inchea off the sol of each foot. When It ia cut down pretty fin th rasp Is used. Every little while th surface is pressed bard with the thumb and when tbe elephant wlncea th quick I known to be near and tbe work ia atopped. A single raap on the quick and ths elephant Is kill ing mad. Ther la one elephant In the Rlngllng herd so tender on her feet snd so nervous that, ao far. It haa been Impossible to treat her feet. It was tried a week ago and ahe nearly killed the chiropodist at the first rasp. She needa attention badly, but ahe doesn't appreciate the fin point of pedicure and tblnka It la up to her to kill all who try her. 8he will not II down when told and wilt not stay down when she Is put ther. 8h utterly refuse to put her feet on the block and ah gets frightened to death when tied. Her keeper say that he will Bx her next week and cut her corna and brush and rasp her natla If he baa to call out the militia and her howla are herd In Honolulu. After the corna are cat and nalla pared tbe feet are soaked In hot water and then softened with oil. After that they feel is comioriaDie aa tnouga wearing carpet slippers. But the feet must not be oil 3d except In warm weather. Elephant get cold eaally. They have rheumatism, too, th worst way, and It ' takea Untment by me barrel to rub tbelr lam muscles. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Dr. Parker haa returned from a ten daya outing at Kannard, Neb. Mr. and Mr. M. H. Collin left last nignt lor Kansas city and Chicago. Mis Winifred Rmlth of Denver Is In vroana visiting rnenaa for a few daya. Superintendent Horton and Manager But ler of th western Union at Denver were in vmana yosieroay on business. Judge H. D. Holsmsn. mayor of Guthrl center, la., who Is attending the conven tion at Council Bluffs, waa in tha rliv laat night, th guest of Jullu 8. Cooley. Judge nuisman waa a resident or umana for a number oc year. Mr. and Mra W. N. Bahrork of Chi rago ware In the rtty yesterday and last evofilna". air. Babcock comln to &ttnl tha luncheon' given the execuUce committee of me. i ranamisaisaippi exposition directory , They return to CbJcagu thla morning. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Taxpayer Prop Ftviig en If Street in front of fosteffice. COST TO BE COVERED IY BOND ISSUE Dr. J. A. Kelly vVIn Damage Salt Asralaat City Bltamlnon Coal Price to Be Hednced by tMal Dealer. "While the city Is voting th bonds pro posed." said a taxpayer last night to a Bee reporter, "It might a wll Include the cost of paving M atreet from Twenty fourth to Twenty-fifth atreela. This street would have been paved long ago had It not been that It was Impossible to obtain the consent of the government. When Hon. David Anderson took the matter up some tiros ago and wrote to Congressman Mer cer he received a reply to th effect that th government had erected a building In South Omaha and that It did not propose to buy any pavement. It will, therefor, be necessary for the city. If It desires the street paved, to vote bonds In order to pay for tb portion of the street on which the government building ha a south front." It haa been suggested that a portion of the sum proposed for bonds for the psvlng of Railroad avenue b directed to the pav ing of M street. Thla may be done, pro- j vldlng that the lnue Is submitted to the people. So far there haa been little or no com ment on the proposed Issue, but when the people understand what Is on foot there may be aome lntereat taken In the matter. Aa for th paving of M atreet It la badly needed, but It cannot be done unless the municipality assists the property owners In the payment of the costs. Dahl floe Back. Detective J. H. Noel arrived In the city yeaterday for the purpose of taking back Albert Dahl who waa arrested here some daya ago for violating hla parole. Tbo officer presented his credentials to Chief Brlgga and Dahl was turned over to him. Th pair left last night for Chics go. Kelly Win Ont. Dr. Jame A. Kelly filed a claim some time ago with the city council for 113!), alleging injuries to himself, his horse and his driver on account of the wretched con dition of Thirty-sixth avenue. City At torney Murdoch offered to settle the case for $35, but Ir. Kelly, through hie attor ney, Henry C. Murphy, refused. 8ult against the city waa brought in Justice Caldwell's court snd Judgment tor $180 was rendered. City Attorney M unlock and hla assistant, Mr. Cohn, were present at the trial, but offered no defense. It is under stood that the city will take an appeal and apend more money than the original claim amounts to in fighting the case. Bltosnlnone Coal Cheaper. Notice waa received yeaterday by local coal dealers that the price of bituminous coal wa to be reduced. In accordance with the arrangement made between the dealera and the transportation lln.S Rock Springs coal waa put down to $6.50 per ton and Hanna nut to per ton. Ttis is a reduction of $1 in each of the coals men tioned. As aoon as the public became aware of the fact that there waa a drop In coal orders commenced to pour in. Deal era say that there will be a largo amount of soft coal used here thla winter. Three Inspector Go. After a conference with the commis sioned officers of the cavalry troop yeater day at Lincoln, Governor Savage decided that It waa not advlsabl at this' time to march th troop overland In order that It might participate In th maneuver at Fort Riley. Inetead, It was deemed best for tha governor to commission Captain Holland and Lieutenants McCullOHh and Tagg aa Inspectors. This will be dune and It la presumed that these officer will go to inspect tbe maneuver as representatives of the Nebraaka National guard frow South Omaha. Oanntbn Line Proposed. It is understood that tb Burlington offi cials are looking for bids for a 1i-us Un to operate between tbe central portion of the city and tbe depot at Thirty-sixth and L streets. Thla line haa been contem plated for some time, but It looks now as If something would be done, aa blda have been asked for. There Is considerable travel at the depot mentioned and there la no means of transportation to or from the depot th company now propoaeii to put on a line of 'busses to meet tho trains which stop at tbe little station. If Vladaot Prospect. Railroad officials glv no hopes of a via duct across th tracks this year. It appears that there la a hitch aome place and that, while the appropriation has been made, no effort will be mad this year to build the bridge. Some of tb city eouncllmen ar diffident about granting the conceasions desired by tbe railroads and th railroad officials are Juat aa diffident, ao It was given out yeaterday that there would be no via duct this year. Ilyaanl Carnival. Yesterday H. Clin of Hyannla was a visitor in th city. He said that all prep arations had been mad for a big tlm at Hyannla during tbe cowboy carnival. Mr. Cllne aaid: "There will be roping, racing, shooting and other amusements. We ex pect a big crowd." In addition to ths sports there will be a reproduction of th holdup of the Deadwood stag coach mad famoua by Buffalo Bill. Maarle City Gossip. Councilman Mike Smith Is back from a trip to Denver. Mrs. Frsldland of Crete. Nob., la here. in gueat of Mra. J. ts. welkins. The Boutn umana nooiai cluo rave a very enjoyaoie aancing party at ine troop armory last nignt. Relative of A. R. Kellv look for him home today. He ha been at hi Wyoming mines tor aome time. Julia, daughter of Mr. and Mra. L. Law- son, 111 North Twenty-second street, I leported to b sick with carlt fever. Mra. W. B. Cook will entertain tha Magic City Klnga Daughter thl afternoon at her home, lis Worth Twenty-second street. CITY CONTRACTS FOR COAL ear A nth me It at f 11. BO Per Ton aaa Soft Coal at D1 AT re at Price. Tb Advisory board yesterday awarded contracta for fuel for city ua during th coming winter, accepting th bid of Cou tant de Squire to furnish anthracite coal for $1L60 per ton. It I catlmated that tbe quantity to be purchased throughout tb sntlr winter will not exceed twenty-five ton. Th contract to furnish tha various kinds of soft coal, which Includes about 1.500 tons to bs used for steam purposes fifty tons for the election booth and 225 tona for uae at the engine houses, waa awarded to th Nebraaka Fuel company. One Locomotive In Japan. American locomotivea hav found favor with th Japanese railroad officials, because they ar cheaper and batter than those mad la England, which I another very Important victory for American producta. In medicine, w also hav tb beat remedy for stomach liver and bowel complalnta that aclence haa aver been able to produce, namely, Hoa- tetter's Stomach Bitters. It will cur any one suffering from dyspepala, lndigeatlon, belching, Inaomnia. nervousness, or malaria fvr and ague. A trial will convince you. ACTIVITY 0NPICKET LINE Striker Kspect tlot Koaanlea Men Will Mnh Tronble Sear hops. Vnususl activity was manifest along the strikers' picket line surrounding th Vnioa raclfle shops last night. A large number of picket wer on duty and every man waa wrought up to a high tension In view of a rumor which waa said to hav emanated from the shops during th day that some of the nonunion employee, who wer paid off yesterday, intended to make a trip "over to town" at night and while out of tbe shops "round up the pickets." What truth tbe report contained waa not known, but It was evident that the strikers gave It considera ble credence, for they were manifestly pre pared for emergencies, aa a visit to tbe haunts disclosed. I'p to a Iste hour In the night no trouble had occurred and the men, who drew their regular monthly envelopea during the day, were still on the Inside of the yards. It Is believed that If such a threat waa made by any of the men In the ahopa It came from some injudicious parson and did not represent the majority sentiment, for the "scabs," as the strlkera term thoae who bave supplanted them, have thus far shown very little aggressiveness or disposition to "pick a row" with the strikers, whom they sre said to regard as rstber a formidable lot. In view of the reported threat every gate at the yards was kept under cloee guard last night. Tbe police fores still haa a man at each entrance day and night and the officers were In evidence last night aa uaual. None of the policemen had heard directly th re port, but they ore constantly on the lookout for such things and especially on pay day nights, when there Is a restlessness among the men Inside to get over In the city and t locae some of their earning. Aside from watching for the rumor to ma terialize strikers looked for a serious de fection In the ranka of the nonunion em ployes last night aa a result of pay day, but In this they were partially deceived, though not entirely. If reporta given out laat night were correct. It was aaid by those who had been at the galea throughout the day that fifteen men quit the ahops up to aundown. No new onea went In. Strlkera are encouraged over the financial prospects which confront them. They de clare that their resource are greater now than they have been at any time since the trouble began and that with returns from plana recently laid they will have ample means for carrying on the fight and supply ing their demanda for the entire winter. President McNeil of the boiler makers said yesterday that his organization had levied a tax of tl per capita on the entire membership throughout the country and that this when met would net $25,000 to the strikers' fund for the boiler makers alone. Other organisations involved In the fight are exerting similar efforts. Presi dent McNeil addressed the boiler makcra yesterday, during which he assured them of the undivided and ceoaeless aid of the International body and expressed great favor with the manner In which the men had been conducting their affairs. He thought continued progress had been made since the Inception of the struggle and saw no caune lur lu icail avypieueuSiun aa to the ultimate outcome; In fact, he waa certain the undaunted attitude of the strikers wa a good omen of aucceas nd saw no reason why the company could not be defeated. First Vice President P. J. Conton of the machlnlata talked to the local members of his craft at Labor temple yeaterday and spoke along lines similar to thoae pursued by Mr. McNeil In addressing the boiler roakera. The machinist and boiler mak er are encouraged over the presence of their leadera, who are here to give per sonal attention to thi promotion of tho strike. ' CAUGHT WITH STOLEN PLUNDER ne of Borarlar Break Away front Patrolman, hat the Other Is Landed. Loaded down with plunder, two men war captured at the Fourteenth street opening of the alley between Farnam and Douglas streets laat night aa they wer teaitfig away from tb seen of their bouie-break-Ing th Dunning Hardware company, 1405 Douglaa atreet. One of the pair escaped at the patrol box at Fourteenth and Doug laa, but the other, giving hla name aa Cbarlea Cavanaugh of Sioux Falls, 8. D., was landed in the atatlon. Officer Flynn, who made the arrest, came to tbo alley Just aa the men came out carrying two large bundle. Ha ordered them to com with him, which they did, but at the patrol box, aa he was calling tor the wagon, they mad a determined effort to escape. Flynn man aged to hold Cavanaugh and keep tho stolen property, but tbe other man wrenched loose and ran north on Fourteenth atreet to the alley. A description of thla burglar haa been aent to Council Bluffs and other points. At the station the bundlea were found to contain rasors, knives, scissor and similar artlclea and In the pocket of the prisoner were four rasors and $10.11, taken from the cash register, and a loaded re volver. Cavanaugh aaid that he had become acquainted with tbe other man during the afternoon in a barber shop and they had drank and eaten together. They then planned tho crime and examined the prem lses. They made an entrance by climbing tb fir escape at th rear of Cliff Cole's aa loon, crossing on tha roofs and going through a skylight Thay came out tbe aame way. Tha prisoner ia a atranger hare. In the patrol wagon he tried to get at hla revolver, whether to shoot or only to throw It away. Is not known. MISS PETERSEN BARELY ALIVE Sargeons Rnrprised at Her Vitality, Recovery. Mary Petersen showed no sign of cbsngs at St. Joeeph'a hospital laat night. At 1:80 those In charge could not say whether or not she would live until morning. Th vi tality shown by th young woman la aur prising as such a wound aa aba received Is usually considered fatal In a few hours. No attempt haa been made to locat th bullet, but Dr. Olsh consider that It Is probsbly lodged In the muscles of the back. Up to this time ths police hsve made lit tle progress in the pursuit of Peter Olsen Captain Moatyn haa heard from the erewa of th Missouri Pacific tralna Which passed the Junction near Ruser's Park at 11:60 and 6:60 o'clock on thf night of the shooting, and they aay that thay did not carry an auch peraoo. Thee two are th only tralna which atopped at the crossing that night It Is potalble that the fugitive may hav crawled under a car unobaerved and ridden on a truck, getting away at som stop msde before daylight. The report that Olsen was seen near thla Junction haa been found ,to hav originated In tb Imperfect English of a Polish section hand. This man heard that Olsen bad been aeen at Ruser's sad tried to tell ths section, boss sbout It and waa mis understood by th latter, who Informed th police that the workman had aeen Olsen near tha Junction. If the man Intended to eacapa th police think It odd that h did not col lect th money due him for work from Nell son and for railroad work. Hia appearance at Ruser's Is also hard to explain. It has been ascertained that he had two friends living near Fremont, aad in eaa he may have gon ther th authorities of that city hav been asked t Investigate, NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENTS What Is ?apra Say lUgtrdinf- lailroad Taiatioi Question. WORTH READING, WO'TH REMEMBERING Interesting Extract Prom Papers flepresentlns; the Dif ferent Political Parties. (lasued I'nder Authority tif the Rnllroads of Nebraaka.) Numerous comments have been made by the press of Nebrsska over th question of taxation, which haa been agitated the laat few months by some parties of thla state. In the matter of the payment of taxea. It must be considered that thla Is a form ol aerifies which Is made for the public good, and It la evident that corporations having property that la known and whoso value la easily ascertained, ar naturally th first class of property which sttrscts attention In such Instances. We give below aome extracts from news papers of different political complexion, showing their view cf the question wblcb has been presented. The following from the Clay County Patriot: "Th Juat taxation of corporation prop erty Is tbe paramount. Issue In the state election this year, the republicans generally contending that railroad and other corpora tion asaessments are now high enough or too high, while the fuslonlst demand a higher valuation of thla class of property. The discussion ao far haa been confined chiefly to this phase of tbe question, but gradually It will broaden out until th whole problem of taxation of all property win do consiaereu. 'Thla Important matter ahould receive the undivided attention of the people of the atate and of the next legislature until It la adjuated In an equitable manner. Tho railroad are not tbe only tax dodgers by any means, in this county, sna prooeoiy In other aa well, there are men who apend tbelr entire time at lelaur and at eaae, never working a day ao far as anybody knowa, and are reputed to have thousand of dollars In bank and at lntereat, yet tbelr aasessment schedule show them to be worth only $12 to $15, and that Invested In household furniture. What thess leacbel live on la a deep mystery, but perhsps the balmy air of Nebraaka or the feaat of glory from paat honor la sufficient to keep them and their farolllea alive. 'Tha taxation question should be care fully atudled by all. Those who pay the most taxes ara the ones who should be roost deeply Interested, as an equitable, taxation of all property will result In lessening the taxea of those who already glvo a lull ana complete report of their property to tho assessor." The Minden Gazette publishes the fol lowing: Tha disturbance being created by too Omaba Bee over the assessment of rail roads In Nebrsska Is, In the opinion of the Oasette, something of a grandstand play, but It haa been the means of aome In vestigations aa to the assessment In our own county. People kick, or aome of them do, about the aasessment of the railroads. yet the rallroada are prompt In the pay ment of thetr taxea and we know of In atancea in this county where school dis tricts have had to wait until the railroads paid their taxes before the district could pay their bills or have achool. Thla Is not, however, what we started out to aay. 'Take the assessment for this year on , the farma of Kearney county. The highest assessments on lands Is In Mirage aed Hayes townahlps, at $2.75 per acre. On March IS tbe aaseasora, and all bat on or two of tbem are farmers, met and fixed a baala of valuea for real and personal prop erty. Land in Hayea and Mirage town ships was fixed at $3 per acre. " Peraonal property, outalde of grain and certain kind of live stock, wss to be aaaessed at One fourth value. The county board changed some of this. Now does any sensible msn think that $2.75 per acre tor . (arms In Mirage or Hayea townships represents one- fourth, one-sixth or one-tenth evn of th value of almost any farm In either of those townships? Is there a farmer In either of them or In any other township In the county who will com In and aay that ha haan't been aaseaed high enough? Would any farmer In the county aell hla farm tor four, alx or ten tlmea per acre what It haa been assessed for? "The railroad aaaessment per mile has been fixed at $4.79. Now as compared with the aeaesament of farm lands in Kearney county, and of personal property too, lan't ths thing about aa near equit able a you could get It under th present laws? You couldn't buy th Bee property nor the railroad property, nor the property of the people of Kearney county at four. alx or ten tlmea the assessed valuation of It, and all thla stir of ths Omaha Bee la simply a piece of buncombe on the part of Mr. Rosewater to pose before tbs people aa their champion, when, aa a matter of fact, It Is simply done to further the polit ical lntcresta of tbe aame R&aewater. There la absolutely nothing In it further than tbe cold-blooded, selfish ambition of the man, and the motive Is so plain that the dulteat man outside of an aaylum for th weak minded ought to aee and under stand It." From ths Nebraska State Journal of Au gust 24th: "The Omaha World-Herald la trying to rattle the farming community by showing from the records of fsr western counties that during th past ten yeara or ae the aaaeasments of farm and other property bava Increased, while the assesamenta on rallroada hav decreased. Thl Is natural enough. Notwithstanding th Increase in ths valu of th real estate and other property in Nebraska by almost 100 per cent during the lsst ten years, as shown In the census reports, th aaaessed valu haa actually decreased. However, In tha counties In th west where there wa noth ing particularly to assess because th landa had not been taken up or Improved ten years ago tbe Increaa In the value has been so great that the assessments aggregate mora than they did then, but th baata of th assessment haa been low ered ther th earn a In tb older coun ties. Tbe phenomenon to which tbe World-Herald calls attention with ao much loudneaa ia very common place. xhe baala of aasess ment of 'other property' established last year by the county assessor is , lower than that established for railroad property by tha State Board of Equalization, ae la conclusively shown. jo matter how It la figured, tbe result la about th aame providing the census re ports are to be taken as approximately accurate. All pretenses to tb contrary ar pure demagogury." t relation' Foot Ball Team. Th students of Crelghton university held an enthusiastic meeting In th reading rcom yesterday afternoon. Manager rlis gerald of th foot ball team prealded and endeavored to arouse the student body to an active aupport of the braves on tho gridiron. Dan Hurley mad a rojelng speech and called forth great applause. Coach Elllck Joined th speakers and asked for more of the heavy men to oppose his regular team. The Thief mt na:er. Old sores, ulcers, piles, fistula snd Ilk stubborn zcsladlea sooa yield to Buckltn's Arnica Saiva or no pay. 25c.
