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THE OMAHA DAILY UEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1902. CLUB DINES ARCI1BISI10P Isans is Honored by Prcninent Oit'Ris of Omaha. PRAISES WESTERN INDEPENDENT SPIRIT Bays la AH to Come Men Will Honor Ploaeers Who Solved Hard Trob. 1ms n Caased Rare to Frctmi. On o( tbe most pleasant functions ever held at the Omaha club was the compli mentary dinner given last night to Arch blahop Keane of Dubuque by a number of citizens. Tbe dinner was nerved at 8, and at t:30 the addressee began. C. J. Smyth acted aa toat master and In hla opening remarka paid tribute to the high character, great work and powerful Influence of the guest of honor. He told of the moetlng of all religions at Chicago, where the archlblthop represented the Roman Catholic church, and of the address he delivered In the Omaha cathedral, upon which occasion the auditors were so harmed with his eloquence and power that, forgetting the Bacred place, they burst Into applause. He closed by Introducing Bishop Scannell, who, responding to the toast, "Welcome to Our Guest," aald In part: We hear a great deal about selfishness and the an-p-rvudtnK commercial, spirit of the day, and much is said In justice. Men might certainly be wiser and broader In their sympathies and have higher aims, but on the other hand, they could be narrower and more reltlsh. I believe the type of manhood today is much higher than often before. American men make money magnificently they spend It magnificently, if not always wisely; they ere not micers ana that te a good thing. This Is an lndiratlon of a step In the right direction. Another evidence of Improvement la that we are beginning to estimate a man by what ho Is and not by the accident of birth. When a man suc ceeds In bringing out the best that Is In him no one asks who was his grandfather. We honor men for what they have dine and are able to do. It la not material re sources that make a nation great or happy, these are but means to an end; but it la men and women that make a nation. There lore, tt Is, that 1 am delighted tonight to see manifest the spirit which honors men who have ehown themselves to he men. It Is that spirit which has brought you here tonight to honor a man known throughout the country, a man of warm heart who Is doing his best to promote the welfare of his fellowmen. Keane Makes Reply. The next speaker was Archbishop Keane, who responded to a toast lu his honor. He aid in part: I am glad It waa my privilege to rep resent Mother Church In that convention where men of all beliefs met to protest against all forms of disbelief, and 1 also thank the toastmaster for referring to my uddress at the cathedral, where men were so Impressed with the justice of the cause advocated that they burst Into applause In that sacred presence. I thank the men who made this meeting for having us all Kractlce what 1 preached that day. I have een practicing my teachings ever since 1 began to talk, and think my dinner agrees with me as well aa the dinner agrees with those who wash the food down with whlxky and beer. I look back to those days with pleasure. At that time that 1 was here 1 was repre senting something which was- a national Idea the Catholic University of America. Catholic the grand old church of the ages; university the greatest of schools; Amer icawhere God has given to humanity tho chance for Its highest development. The three Ideas fit together and complement ach other. The providence of God iruns I or ted me from the Atlantic coast and gave me work on the banka of the Mississippi. Through His providence I have been per talited to again come to Omaha and to look still further west and see what a ountry, what opportunities. It does me nood to meet men here tonight who tell their experiences In pioneer days, when It 1 took 117 days to travel from here to lion, tana; but there were men here brave enough to do It, and that Is what has made this country. The further west you go the broader gauged men are. Ttake the old world- no man can be broad-gauged there. There they live under old secular traditions; they lire environed by the traditions of cen turies. On the eastern coast we come lose to the old world we have many old world ways and old world notions. 7 ha further west you go the more you can utretch and feel that the mind and tho heart have horiaona without limit. Ma a Always Evolves. This puts me in mind of something I read some time ago "Some men think that man Is evolved from the ape or from an animal of some other kind." We know today the entire history of the horse, the dog and the elephant, and love them for the Intelligence which Is In them. We sea what the horse, the dog and the clenhant was 5,000 years before Christ. There has been no evolution In them. The dog wants a bone and a place to sleep the norse a place to sleep and his food. A man may be flung out on the western prairies with the wolves and Indians. He mukes a dug out and lives something Ilk? the wolves and Indiana by which ne Is surrounded. Neighbors come and a village is built round the dugout. The vllluge grows to a town, the town to a city. The pioneer becomes the mayor. As the town grows the. man expands. He Is not content with the hole In the ground. He lives in The best house. Hoon he wants a school; then a high school; then a col lege; then a university, a theater, an opera house, a club, scientific lectures. He develops his tastes. He climbs to the hilltop of all that cultivates and re lines, then looks still higher and aska whence comes the perception of the good, the beautiful and the true. Where does It all come from? From the mountain top he looks up and says: " My God, Thou art my beginning and my end. Why will peo ple forget T" My friends. Is that not common sense? Have you not gone through that here? What will this country show In the twenty-first century, looking down and patting tne twentieth century on the head, saying: "You did well." I was thinking of these things this morn- The stomach is a larger (actor in " life, liberty and tbe pursuit of happiness" than moat people are aware. Patriotism can withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. The confirmed, dys peptic "is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils." The man who goes to the front for his country with a weak stomach will be a weak soldier, and a fault finder. A sound stomach makes for good citi zenship as well as for health and happi ness. Diseases of the stomach and other organs of diges tion and nutrition are promptly and rermanently cured y the use of Dr. Ilerce's Golden Med ical Discovery. It builds up the body with sound flesh and solid muscle. After I received the Hre wkich yon gave mc la reran! to my raiment, writes Geo. Horner, Eq., of 191 Ailatkt 6tmt. Baltimore. Marylaad. M used font Gold a Medical Discover? ' according to atroetlosa. After uaing four bottles 1 considered myself cured, aa I save nut silt any symptoms iocs. Had tried si must all remedies that I hears of last were good for dyspepsia, but with out fcliff. Finally. I became discouraged, and wrote te you for advice, with the above result. The dealer who offers a substitute for the " Discovery " is only seeking to make the little mora profit realised on the sal ( leas meritorious preparations. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of uiaihug only. Send SI one-cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound. Address Dr. &. V.Pierc. Buffalo, N. Y. I In? when T read the president's mice, Which contains so murh for humanity and so little for mpre politics. There was no Imperialism In that message, but we are told whs.t to do at home. I read with most intense Interest an ac count In the North American- Review of the opportunity possessed by the premier Halfour, and .duration wns the theme. Gladstone In his last days eatd: - Since in I'rt years from now the American republic will certainly have a population of &. tam.iriO, and power grown in ennual propor tion, nothing will compare with it- The question is not what sort of a producer, but what sort of a man the American Is to be?" It is our duty to make the Amer ican of the future the kind of a mn he should be. I think I have common sense enough to rectgnlze that man Is made by bis en vironment and Influences. Kngland has gone through what we are now facing. The old world Is a little ahead of us and tinkers and blunders with "problems which are left for the rew world to solve. We will adjust the Industrial conditions of our country, and show the old world, how It should he done. Not with the Manchester school of lalssey filre. nor the French school of paternalism and maternallsm. but by giving the freest field to individual and collective Industry, saying: "Go ahead; what you cannot do slnglv do bv association, and if one asso ciation cannot do It. let others Join, but remember that In this country irresponsi ble power cannot exist. Every power must he responsible, and true liberty Is to be Vnown only by the observance of law. Take to your hearts the words of ash Ington: "I'rosperlty depends upon mor ality, and morality depends upon religion. After the response of the archblshoo. brief Impromptu remarks were made bv O. M. Hitchcock. Rev. M. P. Dowllne. E. Wakelcy, B. F. Ttefs, T. J. Mshoney and Dr. George L. Miller. Those present at the dinner were tho most Rev. J. J. Keane, Right Rev. Richard gconnell. Very Rev. A. M. Colanerl. Very Rev. John Jeannette, Rev. M. P. Dowllne. Rev. James Ahearn. Rev. M. Bronsgeest. Rev. D. J. Harrington, Rev. P. J. Judire. Rev. P. A. McGovern. Rev. T. OCallashan. John A Crclghton, E. Wakeley, George L. Miller, Luther Drake, E. P. Klrkendall. T. J. Mahoney, A. W. Riley. C. J. Bmvth. John Bush, Victor Rosewater. Frank Morl arty, Joseph Hayden, William Havden. John A. Schenk. George Parks. J. M. Calvin of Council Bluffs, O. M. Hitchcock. Joseoh F. Lowe, T. J. O'Brien, Mel Uhl. F. J. Mc Shnnc, Z. T. Llnd ey, G. W. Wattles. Thomas Kilpairlck. Rev. E. F. Trcfi, Judge J. J. Sullivan, T. J. Nolan, W. M. Bushman. E. C. Ryan, A. V. Klnsler, C. W. Hamilton. F. T. Hamilton, T. C. Heafey, T. J. FlU morrls, John R. Frenzer, John d'Hen. F. A. Broadwell, John M. Daugherty. D. C. Bryant, C. H. Pickens and F. J. Uur'.i-ley. FIGHT OVER A POSTMASTER (Continued from First Page.) Ing the suspension of theso entries in the Chamberlain land district at hand within a few weeks. Tbe pcstofDcea at Brookevllle. Jefferson county, Iowa, and Big Springs, Union county, South Dakota, have been ordered discontinued. The comptroller of the cur rency has approved the Iowa National bank of Des Moines as reserve agent for the First National bank of Cen'.erville. Ia. The postmaster general today Issued an order for the establishment of free dellverv service at - Centervllle, la., on March 1. with four carriers, two substitutes and thirty street letter boxes. Miss Stella P. Odekuk of Osage. Ia., has been appointed teacher at Riverside Indian school, California, and Andrew Nelson was appointed carpenter at Pine Ridge. 8. D.. Miss Lucy N. Bayless of Seward. Neb teacher at Grand Junction. Colo. A rural free delivery route will be es tablished January 1, at Cromwell. Union county, Iowa, area covered, thirty-three square miles, population served. 480. The postofflce at Nevenvllle to be supplied by rural carrier. Nebrnsknn Wants Reinstatement. Congressman Burkett called ' the atten tion of the War department today to a most Interesting case and roe In which appar ently a great Injustice has been done by that branch of the government against a Nebraska citizen. C. II. Rlckards of Falls City was up to last August quartermaster at Fort Wlngate, N. M. He bad served through the civil and Spanish-American wars with credit, and two years ago was sent to Fort Wlngate as quartermaster. During his service at Fort Wlngate he was sent with a number of mules to a distant point. He returned by rail, and Instead of being allowed to get off at Fort Wln gate he was carried to Guam, N. M., a dis tance of fifteen miles from Fort Wlngate. After a great deal of persusalon he finajly succeeded In getting an Indian to drive him to the fort, and at the end of the Jour ney offered to pay the Indian for bis serv ices. The Indian refused to accept any money for the service and so Rickards gave the Indian feed for his horses. The action of Quartermaster Rlckards was learned by those In authority and consequently Rlck ards was asked to resign on the ground of carelessness and lack of discipline In tho care of the government's property. The officials at Washington could hardly believe the evidence submitted by Mr. Bur kett and at oqcs ordered an Investigation Mr. Burkett today secured the reinstate ment of William Lewis of Collegevllle, Neb., In the rural free delivery service, with station at Washington. Lewis orig inally entered the rural free delivery serv ice In this city. Later he was transferrer to San Francisco, where be bad some diffi culty and resigned. Mr. Burkett was in terested In behalf of Lewis and todav brought about his reinstatement. Tbo Chief of neaicrs. Old sores, ulcers, piles, fistula and Ilk stubborn maladies soon yield to Bucklen's Arnica Salve or no pay. 23c. For sals by Kuha Co. Omaha Usardi Elect Officers. At the annual meetlne- of the nmih Ouards last night the following officers were eiectea: nev. i nariea 8. Young, chap- mm; jviHjur x-,11 HouKiiis. ireaaurer: t . M Whitney, clerk: A. D. Falconer, financial recretary. The election of other officers waa postponed until Monday evenlnu- mere are now sixty-two members and ine civil organization is in gooa condition LOCAL BREVITIES. Judre Day yesterdav aranted dlvoreA tn John from Minna lllus on the ground of crueitr. In dlatrict court Charles E. Adv has sianea sun against jonn Hteel. W. M. Gil ier, i. o. iuiawen. r: l.. weaver, Herbert Mcuoy, i nomas iioctor and J. M. Mer chant to collect on a promissory note for t.M and 8 per cent Intereat, which he al leges tney executes to mm October 31. lKtS. to run twe years and en which he says nothing has been paid except tbe Interest to uay t, 1 wi. Hattle Horn petitions for divorce from risna. wnom sne marnea at Uretna, Neb February 7, Mart. Bhe alleges that for ; long time he provided no support and tha after ho went to work for William Haney at a waae of t1 rer month, with hp housekeeper at the Haney place, he grew so cruel thnt he finally literally drove her and their 17-roontha-old baby from the house, bidding her never return. Bhe asks alimony. Aioert T. Davis, one of he leading stock breeders of the west, is In Omuba, having uiuuim iv me ouutn umtm market a large shipment of cattle. Mr. Davis lives at Hyannla. being the first settler tn that county, where he has succeeded In amass ing a fortune. Mr. Davis attended the State university at Lincoln. Neb., for sev eral years. Although a bachelor, he has one of the best equipped houses and ranches In the west, where he entertains his friends sumptuously. He Is a great hunter, and has a large pack of blooded hounds. He also la a fine horse breeder, keeping for his own use many Imported German horses. Mr. Davis claims times were never better or money more plentiful, and cattlemen and merchants In the west were never more prosperous than at the present time. Mr. Tjavla. In rnmoanv with Javis, Colonel Ashley, the mayor of Hvannla. and bis son and Thomas Stansble and Attor. hi .... . .. ru . ... - - . ney Julius 8. I'oolev mads uu a box i-nJ at Boyd s Tuesday nlgbu VALUE OF TELEPHONE PLANT Board of Beview Gets Some Evidence, but Kot All It Want CALLS FOR A STATEMENT OF EXPENSES Chairman of Board Seek to Figure Oat Value of Omaha Property On fiesta Different from l,avyer Morsman's The hearing on the complaint of the Tel ephone company before the Board of Review developed the fact that the company's rev enue from telephone rentals In Omaha ag gregate $2r0.000 a year; that the operating expenses foot up approximately $126,000 a year, leaving the remainder to apply to general administration. Interest on Invest ment and earnings on franchise value. E. M. Morsnr.an, as secretary of the Ne braska Telephone company, and W. W. Morsman. as attorney, appeared before the Board of Review by appointment yester day In support of the company's application for a reduction of its assessment ss fixed by the tax commissioner. The argument was entirely upon the valuation of the per sonal property of the corporation, there being no wide difference of opinion as to the valuation of 1S8.000 placed upon the real estate owned In Omaha. The argument was made by W. W. Morsman, who referred to tho fact that the company had made a return to the tx commisloner showing In round num bers $378,000 or personal and $88,000 of real property In Omaha. This return, he said, had been prepared by tho officers, acting conscientiously with a full knowledge of the cost and condition of the whole prop erty of the company and its earning ca pacity, based upon twenty years of experi ence and with the earnest purpose and endeavor to place in the hands of the tax commissioner a fair statement of the true value of the property at this .time. Then Mr. Fleming had, arbitrarily, as the speaker understood, and without any knowledge of the facts and conditions or facilities for accurate Information, added $120,000 to the figures as returned by the company. Mr. Morsman said he had no doubt that Mr. Fleming had acted con scientiously In this matter, but as an offi cial act to establish a batils of taxation he considered the increase unjust. Taklns; Valoe of Stork. Discussing the method employed by the officers of the company In placing their val uation upon the property the attorney sub mitted that It was a recognized principle In such computations that when a company had no bonded Indebtedness the value of the stock was the necessary test of the value of Its property. This company, he said, had at the time of making the return about $1,800,000 of stock which could not fairly" be valued above par, as this company's stock never had sold higher than that. The sum of $1,800,000 wsb therefore taken as the In flexible basis of the value of all the com pany's property. Including franchises, and from that was then subtracted the value of all property outside of this city, including that at Lincoln, Council Bluffs, Hastings and South Omaha and the Black Hills. The officers had also computed the value f its property, uaing the earnings and cost as the basis, and had arrived at practically the same result. He had, he declared, re peatedly said that the company wanted Its property assessed at Its true value ir an other property In the city was to be as sessed In the same manner, but he consid ered the addition of $120,000 by Mr. Flem- ng to be a great Injustice.. . After being sworn, E. M. Morsman, in re ply to questions from Mr. Victor Rosewater, chairman of the Board ot Review, said tne company had for years paid per cent divi dends on Its stock, but he could not say as to what surplus that had left. There were numerous other questions that he could not answer at that time, but In the course of the examination he stated that on Septem ber 30 the company had 4,778 subscribers and the yearly average was 4,286. The average gross rentals for the Omaha office per month he gave as $19,080, which did not Include the tolls, amounting to about 13,000 per month, or the long distance tolls, which he did not believe would run over $1 per dayt Tho operating expenses, he said, averaged $2 per Instrument per month. Local Operating. Expenses. When asked to state the monthly ex penses of the Omaha office. Mr. Morsman said he had no figures with him from which he could give that information. The board then requested him to furnish It a state ment of the monthly expenses, showing the salaries paid to executive officers and their expenses, attorneys' fees, cost of supplies and the proportionate amount ot all general expenses chargable to the Omaha office. Mr. Rosewater said that the company had deducted the value of all of Its other property, leaving Omaha as the residuary legatee, so to speak, but tho board wanted to go the other way around and figure the value of the Omaha prooertv first, leaving the residuum to the oroDerty outside of the city. In the course of the examination Mr. Morsman declared he could replace tbe entire Omaha equipment ot the company with the latest Improved material for $450,000 and It would then be worth 50 per cent more than the present plant, which he valued at $300,000. In reply to a question from Mr. Fleming he said he considered the franchise n thu city of Omaha, taken alone, as being worth not more than $75,000 and that he did not consider the franchise In this city to be worth any more In proportion to the In vestment than those In Lincoln, Council Bluffs or South Omaha. Mr. Morsman said his company had paid dividends of 6 per cent upon Its stock for a period of about eight years, but most of that time that interest was not considered to con stitute an attractive Investment of money Tbe stock had seldom sold In this city, but principally In New England and the east. Before adjourning, the chairman of the board said while decision was reserved, the telephone company would be required be fore action on its complaint to furnish the missing data that had been asked for, out Mr. Morsman intimated mat ne was uncertain whether he would comply with this requirement. WATER COMPANY ASSESSMENT There May Do Xo Complaint About It Beore Board of He view. The Omaha Water company probably will not appear before the Board of Review to protest agalnat any assess me nt which has been or may be reported by that board as to the assessment of the property ot tbs com pany and the course may be followed by 1 the managers of several other ot the pub lic service corporations Yesterday morning E. M. Fairfield, general manager of the water company, said: "We probably will make no appearance before tbs Board of Review, for by the time ws will be able to tell whether we should ob ject to the assessment as fixed by the board tha board will have adjourned. Ws do not object to the figures as st present fixed, snd our only objection will be as to tho rela tion they bear to tbs total assessment. Ws do not propose to pay any more money In taxes thsn we paid last year It we can avoid It, and we believe that If all property sssessed upon the basis fixed for our property this will sot be necessary. Be- Why Syrvpof Fk$s the-best fcmily laxative- It is pure. It is gentle. It is pleasant. It is efficacious. It is not expensive. It is good for children. It is excellent for ladies. It is convenient for business men. It is perfectly safe under all circumstances. It is used by millions of families the world over. It stands highest, as a laxative, with physicians. If you use it you have the best laxative the world produces. ' - 1 mMMaiaaaAsssssaassa .,,jMiyM)t,MMsassi "'1 fore this can be determined exactly, how- I ever, the total assessment will have to be I determined. It will take comparatively J little more money to run the city next year I than tt did last year, and as soon as the j total assessed value Is known the rate may De aeterminea. ir mis rate is reaucea rela tively In proportion to the Increased as sessed valuation we will have no objection, but if It Is found that we must pay more this year than we did last we will cer tainly tnter objection. This action cannot be taken before the Board of Review, as by that time the board will bo out of ex istence and we will have to go before the city council sitting as a board of equaliza tion. "So far It appears that the board is mak ing an honest effort to secure, an equitable assessment, but It has so far been dealing with real estate, something which can be seen. The real test will come when it takes up the review of tbe personal assessments. Then we csn see If it will be able to get property on the rolls which has heretofore escaped, and by that we may have some In dication of what will be necessary In the matter ot the water company's assessment. There Is no doubt that many of the mer cantile corporations have taken advantage of the tax commissioner and boards of re view and equalization In times past." REPORT OF TAX' COMMITTEE Real Estate Mea Want Railroad Property Assessed at Fair Casta, Value. . t .... - At the meeting of' the Real Estate ex change yesterday the tax committee sub mitted the following report: Your tax committee begs leave to report progress. We find that the assessment of real estate for 19u3 city tax Is at full cash value. We have not been able to carefully ex amine the assessments of personal prop erty for the reason that the personal tax rolls have not been comnleted. A number of returns examined, however. Indicate that a spirit of fairness exists. The motto of the tax committee, f.quallty in tuxation, seems to pervade the community and we believe the way is opening up for a fairer assessment for V.W& than any made In re cent years. f rom ail we can learn tne trancmsea cor porations are willing to pay on a full as sessment. From information at hand we believe the railroads have nut in rust years paid their share of city taxes. For the year 1902 the Union Paclrto terminal property. Includ ing main line, terminal tracks, freight and paisenger depota. right-of-way and west half of the Missouri river bridge, all In Omaha, waa assessed at t67,6jo, and the 1!2 city tax on It waa l-i.62b.6u. This waa txou.50 leas than city laui lax on f irst isatlonal Bank building. The state board assessment for this year remaining about the same as last, and the tax commissioner making the lvv3 assess ment at full value, cuuses even greater dis parity, as win be seen from the following comparisons: II state board assessment must be used from the tax 011 the First Na tional Bank building would be three and one-half times the tax on the Union Pa cific Omaha terminals, depota and bridge. The llioii city tax on the Chamber of Com merce, where thld meeting m nela toaay. would be two and a halt times, and the New York Life Insurance company would nay almost ten times as much tax on its building at Seventeenth and Farnam streets as tne union rannc iianway company would pay on its Omaha terminals, depots and bridge. Similar conditions exist in the assessment ot the other railroads. Many Omaha cm sens will pay more taxes on their homes than either the Nurtnwestern system or the Burlington system will pay on its Omaha terminals. It method of former years is adopted. We therefore commend the tax commis sioner for disregarding the charter pro vision requiring him to take the state board's assessment of railroads, choosing rather to follow the provision of the con stitution of the state of Nebraska, which Is as follows: "But such taxes shall be uniform in respect to persons and property within the Jurisdiction of the body Imposing the same." The state board assessed all railroad terminals in Omaha "except Omaha bridge and terminal property" at la.US. The tux commissioner, aiming at cash value, as seehed the same at $13 617,Wu. In view of the fact that the Union Pacific Railway company made it appear in Ita testimony In the maximum freight rate cases that its Omaha terminals- alone were worth $15,000, Wiu, and the fact that the Chicago, Bur lington at Qulncy Railroad company In the same cases valued lu Omaha terminals at $7,803,142, It Is readily seen that the tax commissioner's asstxMiiienta on the rail roads do not approach full value. In view of the foregoing facts your tax committee believes the tax commissioner's aSKesjmenta on railroad terminals should be materially Increased. The following resolution. Introduced by O. O. Wallace, was adopted: ' Whereas, The report of the tax committee A Weak SitomncEi Indigestion Is often caused by over eatlng. An eminent authority says the barm done thus exceeds that from the excessive use of alcohol. Eat all tbe good food you want butdon'tover load tbe stomach. A wealc stomach may refuse to digest what you eat. Then you need good dlgestant like Kodol, which digests your food with out the stomach's aid. This rest and tbe wholesome tonica Eodol contains soon restore health. Dieting unneces sary. Kodol quickly relieves the feel ing of fulness and bloating from which some people suffer after meals. Absolutely cures Indigestion. Kodol Nature's Tonlo. Prepared only by E. C. DsWirraOo..Cblcag Sits s! eouls Geaulasl Unas taetoo. also. Indicates necessity for prompt action in the matter of tho railroad terminals In this city, therefore be tt Resolved, That the Real estate exchange ask the co-operation of all taxpayers and citizens and hereby direct said committee to take all lawf.il means to bring said assess ments up to fair amounts. The question of merging Omaha and Soulh Omaha In one municipal government was taken tip. W. E. Selby said that he believed that the South Omaha corporation would not now offer the objections which they have made before. The address of the day was delivered by Horace C. Plunkett, who said that Omaha needed more diversified Industries snd that a municipal league should be formed which would employ a permanent secretary whose services might be secured for $5,000 a year. in order to solve questions ot municipal government. Speaking of the effect of the resolution adopted by the exchange, F. D. Wesd, chairman of the tax committee, said that the committee would now seek legal ad vice as to the necessary way In which to proceed, but could give no outline of what it Intends to do at this time. The Children's Favorite. One ot the greatest difficulties encoun tered when children are 111 Is the objection they have to taking medicine. Tbe remedy must be pleasant or the patience of the par ent Is exhausted before It Is successfully administered. Mr. O. O. Wagner of Spring Grove, Pa., overcomes this annoyance by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says his little boy slways asks for It when ever he cstcbes cold. This remedy has be come the children's favorite, as It is pleas ant to takb and It always cures and cures quickly. FIELD CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Not Much of st Contest Develops and Some Are Chosen by Accla mation. At a meeting of the Omaha Field club. held In the rooms of the Omaha Commercial club last night, officers were elected for the ensuing year. The election was without much of a contest snd In some cases the officers were chosen by acclamation. Tbo choice for the presidency lay between W. C. Sunderland and Charles P. Urkhart, tbe former being nominated by Harry Morrill and the latter by M. C. Peters. The result of the count shewed Urkhart elected by 103 to 63. J. Foster was nominated and elected vice president by acclamation. An effort on his part to resign was overruled. The five new directors elected who will act with Directors Murphy and Kennedy, whose terms have not expired, are Henry T. Clarke, Jr.. William E. Rhodes, Byron Hast ings, Harry Morrill snd John P. Lund. Harry Morrill was named secretary and Phillip Potter treasurer, by acclamation. Lysle Abbott reported that he had suc ceeded In obtaining a decree ot the court which secured for the club tha forty-acre tract west ot the grounds proper tor use as a golt course. A prepared and printed statement of re celpts and expenditures from March 1, 1902, to December 1, 102, was submitted to the club members. Under the head of receipts these figures are given: Cash on band, March 1, 1902, $511.22; membership account, $2,882.60; lockers, $548.50; snnual dues, $9,065.; an nual dues, 1903, $760; bills psysble, $1,000. In the table of disbursements, smounttng to $14,747.22, these entries are found: Fenc ing, sodding, grading and alterations and improvements on buildings and grounds, $11,478.76; bowling alleys, $444.47 (after ds ducting a credit of $572.25 by T. J. O'Brien); I . 1 ffltkl OR I - K.ll n - balls and bats, $95.83; tennis (miscellane ous, $228.20; tournament, $175), $403.10; golf, (labor, cutting grass, $1,415.17; ma chine repairing, cards, etc, $291.47; seed, $52.63), $1,759.47, minus a $44.87 credit by hay sold; employes, including $375, salary ot golf Instructor, $1,460.40; expense mainte nance, $1,365.23; music, dancing, etc., $:80.50. Amfal Loss of t-ts Follows neglect of throat snd lung dis eases, but Dr. King's New Discovery euros such troubles or no psy. 60c, $1.00. For sale by Kuhn Co. OUTPUT OF PACKING HOUSES Offerlagys of Hoars Increase Over Pre ceding Week aad same Week Last Year, CINCINNATI, Dec. 8. (Special Tels grsm.) The Price Current ssys: Tho offerings ot hogs have Increased to ss unlooked-for extent. The totsl western packing Is 635,000. compared with 660,000 the preceding week and 610,000 last year. Since November 1 the total Is J.300,000, against 2,996,000 a year sgo. Prominent places compare ss follows: 1902. 1901. 1.0-6.000 3i,000 240.000 laO.OU) 2a.0fiQ lK.&iO 113.OJ0 65.00 W.IM) II. OK) 15.00 J7.00U Chicago Kansas City ., South Omaha Ht. Louis St Joseph .... Indianapolis . Milwaukee ... Cincinnati Ottumwa , Cedar Kaplds Sioux City ... fit. Paul ...8a),0fi0 ...240,(mo ...166.UUU ...lbo.OuO ...140.0O0 ...n.ti ... 96J ... M. ... 27.(iii0 ... iO.ixi ... 75.UO ... Ju.OuO The new kind ot General Arthur clgsrs will please you if you cars for good cigars, Becaousc Its component parts are all wholesome. It acts gently without unpleasant after-effects. It is wholly free from objectionable substances. It contains the laxative principles of plants. It contains the carminative principles of plants. 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In view or tbe persistent movement among railroads for a general increase In freight rates It may be Interesting to ob serve from official reports that the gross earnings ot tha railroads of this country for last month are far In excess of tbe earn ings for the same month last year, and It should be borne in mind that the month of November, 1J01, was a banner month In railroad earnings. This makes all the more significant the fact ot the enormous In creases this year. These facts will be stud ied with considerable Interest, since many, If cot all, the railroads have entered Into an agreement to advance freight rates the first ot the year on the plea that tbe sources of revenue must be enlarged to enable the railroads to psy the advanced wages which they have agreed to do. Union Paclfla offlolals resent tbe Imputa tion of an arbitrary Increase In rates snd Insist thst all they and their associate lines Intend doing Is to advance tbe rates on a certain number of commodities which have been lowered by unusual circum stances. But despite these assertions tbere Is a tenacious rumor, which refuses to down, that a general advancement ot rates will ensue, and that the western ss well as the eastern roads will be In on the deal. Back ot the rumor is the claim that tbe roads ire determined to make the people pay for the Increases In wages grsnted to tbe employes. The official reports show that the heaviest gains In transportation revenues made dur ing this period ot unprecedented earnings were by the western roads, and it Is unoffi cially reported that as a rule the heaviest Increases made In wage schedules were on the eastern roads, so that It would seem from this thst some ot the roads bad takes a position which might be hard to defend. . But while the largest percentages of in crease In gross earnings are those ot the western roads, It la a fact that tha roads In the esst snd other sections have mads heavy gains. The general volume of traf fic, passenger aa well as freight, has been unusually large, not only tor the month of November, but since the first ot the year, and official records show thst as a result of this heavy transportation many roads have suffered serious congestions In freight cars. Few If any roads have Idle cars and many lines sre not only unable to care YOU CAN EAT MALTA-VITA WARM. By eating the thoroughly cooked, malted and toasted whole wheat flakes nil The Perfect Food. Wheat contains all the elements necessary to sustain life and is recognized the world over as the chief food for mankind the Proverbs say "The Staff of Life." IJaltaita Pure, Wholesome, Delicious. A delightful winter breakfast Served with warm milk or oream. ALL OROCIRS 1 i! 11 JO Ml I 1 for all the orders given them, but setuallv have instructed their solicitors to refrain from hustling new business until some re lief from present conditions warrants it. This tabulated report shows the gross earnings of the railroads by geographical groups for last month and their cercentace of Increase over the earnings for the same month last year: Oross Per cent Roads. rarnlncs. Increase. Central western. Southwestern ... Southern Trur-k Grangers .$ 8.KVM16 5 3 9 5 . 7.2M.i. . 6.820.630 . 3,"'.,'.9"9 t9,564 7.0 3.8 Ts 11.7 37.1 8.8 Total V. 8. roads 821.610.1M Canadian 2.74i'i.nnn Mexican 2.141.129 Grand total.. ...$:, 497,23 DEATH RECORD. 1 ' Dies Away front Friends. KEARNEY. Neb., Dec. 8. (Special Tele gram.) A. O. McChesney, died at the h.t pltal last night, a'ter an illttss of len dnvs from brain fever end tert c. mnllcatlons. He was 31 years of sge. His home Is In St. Louis. 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