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
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raiment, writes Geo. Horner, Eq., of 191
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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
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to pay expense of uiaihug only. Send
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
It contains wholesome aromatic liquids which are
agreeable and refreshing to the taste.
All are pure. '
All are delicately blended.
All are skillfully and scientifically compounded.
Its value is due to our method of manufacture and to
the orginality and simplicity of the combination.
To get its beneficial effects buy the genuine.
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FOR SALS STALL LEAD I SO DBU0QIST8.
IMMENSE GROSS EARNINGS
Bailroad Revenues for November larptui
Bifc Record of Last Tear.
FREIGHT RATES GO UP NOTWITHSTANDING
la Faro of t'nprecedented Returns
Masrnates Insist on Larger Tar
iffs to Offset Advance In
Employes' Wages.
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. He csme to Kearney two or
three weeks' ago, and obtatnod tmplov
ment In a restaurant. Hla brother was
notified of his illness snd death, but no
reply was received and If he does not di
rect what disposition shall he made of the
remains they will be sent to some medi
cal college, to be designated by the state
authorities, as directed , by law.
Mrs. C. II. Kenyan.
BEATRICE. Ntb., Dee. . (Special.)
Mrs. C. H. Kenyon, died yesterday, after
a week's Illness of pnuemonls, aged 40
years. She leaves a husband and six chil
dren to mourn her loss.
HYMENEAL
Ballon-Tar penning.
ASHLAND. Neb., Deo. $. (Special.)
James Ballou and Miss Daisy Tarpennlng
were married st noon todsy at the homo
ot the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Tarpennlng, by Rev. L. A. Hussong
ot tbe Christian church. They will begin
housekeeping on a farm north of Ashland
at once.
It will tickle the palate of the
fastidious. The champagne you
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry.
most
want.
Marriage Licenses. (
Marriage licenses were Issued yesterday
to the following:
Name and Residence. Age.
John T. Peterson, Oakland, Neb 25
Helen M. Kennerfeldt, Oakland, Neb.... 23
Charles Basberg, Springfield,' Neb 25
Stella Nelson, Springfield, Neb 24
Elmer Bets, Lincoln, Neb 27
Eleanor Gillaapy, Omaha 19
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fsahloned buckwheat flour Is pure.
old
Save Your
Health
Sweeten Your
Temper
Prolong Your
Life
Original
Flaked
Food.
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