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THE OMAHA DAILY It El: TUESDAY, DEC EM It Ell lit, 1002.
INCREASE OF TWO MILLION
Board of Review Approve Fleming's. Ai
M9nent of Fraichiae Corporation!.
WITH EXCEPTION OF TELEPHONE CONCERN
Valuations aa Appro rd Show an I n-
In Total Amount of Over
2,non.ON a a Comparerl
Willi Last Year.
ASSESSMENT OF FRANVIIIf F.D COR
PORATIONS r"iK W?..
1'iTwnal Heal
Property. KtHte.
Omaha Wtr Co ( i,l"."i J?j5.'
Omflhi 'Ob Co. 2..'!o,,.i'' it.'HN
Nebraska Telephone Co ... tvi.i;. M.ofu
New Omaha I honisfMi-
HouKton Eiectrlc Co s,') 3l.fi"0
Omaha Street Ry. Co t,(H.nO 2HO0
Totals 510.415. 4'.'i ITtT.OoO
With but one exception, In the case of
the. Nebraska Telephone company, the
Board of Review ha approved the assess
ment of the public service corporations as
returned by Tax Commissioner Fleming.
The board made a proportionately slight
reduction In the valuation of the personal
property of the telephone company as ad
Justed by the commissioner, although ths
figures of the board are still an Increase
over the return made by the company
Itself. The valuation as fixed by the board
on the personal and real property of all of
tbe franchise compsnles Is given above.
The total assessment of last year upon
the property of these companies was
SR,225,00O for personal property and $097,
000 for real estate.
The board yesterday afternoon adopted
the following resolutions:
Reeolved. That the thnnka of the board
be extended to the members of the com
mittee on taxation of the KhI Kstale ex
change for their aitHnee find co-operation,
at the same time expresfli.g the hope
that the memher of the committee will
continue In their efforts for tax reform be
fore the Hoard of Kqualizatlon to the end
that what has been nrrompllnheri In that
direction by this board may be held and
perfected.
Resolved, That the board commend the
conscientious and painstaking work of the
present tax commlfsloner and his assist
ants as evidenced by the record of his of
fice that have furnished the grand work
for the board's labors.
Realty Men Are jSatlafled.
"I think the Board of Review has done
better work than any body of like kind
which has been appointed In many years,"
said F. D. Wcad, chairman of the tax com
mittee of the Real Estate exchange. It
certainly baa shown good Judgment In Its
decisions and lack of fear in carrying out
what It believed to be right. With Its
action the Real Estate exchange can have
no reaaonable complaint, for It has done
Just what tho exchange has been striving
for ever since .It took up the question of
taxation."
In discussing the probable action of tho
tax committee from now on, Mr. Wead
said: "We will fight for the return made
by the Board of Review as long as we have
life. We are satisfied with the railroad
assessment and believe that the board had
full power to pass upon It. If the rail
roads attempt to secure a reduction beforo
the Board of Equalization we will be on
hand with evidence to ahow that tho
figures are correct and we believe that we
can maintain our position."
Mr. Wead then went on to show the prob
able effect of the Increased assessment
upon the owners of personal property
which baa been raised In assesed valu
ation. "If the railroad assessments stand,"
said he, "It will require only a 9-mlll levy
to run the city during tbe coming year.
Take the case of the M. E. Smith com
pany, whloh . probably had the largest
amount added to ' Ita assessed valuation.
Last year on a basis of 40 per cent the
assessed valuation waa $80,000 and the
amount ot tax paid under the levy of last
year was 12,400. This year the assessed
valuation Is $312,000. and at tbe 9-mlll
levy the total amount of taxes will bo
only $2,(08, an Increase ot only $408. Of
course thla la an Increase, but It Is not so
much aa would naturally have been ex
pected with the large Increase In tbe
asseased valuation.
"The effect of the Increased assessment
on the small home owner Is shown In a
case where a young woman owns ber own
home, which last year was assessed at
$1,600, and the total tax waa about $45.
Thla year the same property la assessed
at $3,600, and at the 9-mlll levy the total
tax will be $31."
Tbe tax committee held no meeting yes
terday, but a number ot the members met
nd congratulated each other on the result
of the work of the Board of Review.
BnrllnaTton Lawyers Talk.
"It la outrageous and Illegal," was the
reply of General Charles F. Manderson,
general solicitor tor the B. M. railroad,
when asked it he had any statement to
make regarding the assessment of his com
pany'a property in Omaha aa fixed by the
Board of Review. Tbe board fixed an as
sessment of $7,863,140 on tbe combined
Burlington propertlea within the city of
Omaha. They were assessed by the stste
board at $28,925. and this was raised by
Tax Commissioner Fleming to $2,892,500.
General Manderson and James E. Kelby,
assistant general solicitor, also regard the
assessment of the I'nlon raciflo as fixed
y the Board ot Review exorbitant and
uajuat. No expression could be obtained
A VCHAN'S PRAYER.
It la notable that in tbe despondence
Caused by womanly diseases, there seems
to many Buffering woman no way of
escape from pain except at the price of
life itself. It would be sad to record
such a atory of struggle and suffering ex
cept lor the fact
that in such dire
distress many a
woman has
UcUkntoheauS yfl if
and happiness by r- ZfVr
the use of Dr. 1 Ay
Prescription.
This great rem
edy for womanly
ills baa well been
railed " A god
send to weak and,
aick women." It
establishes regu
JV
larity, driea weakening drains, heals in
flammation and ulceration and cures fe
male weakness. It makes weak women
strong and aick wouien well.
Your medkine almot raterd ins from the
dead.' writes Mia. Kdwin K Carc.tier, of l.gy pt,
Plymouth to.. !.. U if "Mv urine waa
hk brk-a duet, and 1 hsJ r'" all over me sud
such a dragging Icclitig it aremed I could not do
bit hwH woi. I lied lo nit down to wanh I. it
duties, evro. In the year ia.17 I to o irk I
did aut care to liv sect graved mauv ti nr thnt
bod would Ukr me. ui't dv 1 l.mrd a little
book. 1 read it anil wrote to i)r. Pirrc. and in
a few dav received aa itir. I deciilrd lo trv
kia raertirinr. aivl Kvonv I am a wrll woman. 1
have a backache, no hc.i lehr, no pain at all.
I uard alwa lo have headaches previously to
the monthly period and uch pain that I would
foil OA Me flvM 111 iy-!l lv.(h i.,iv t'.i'..-
o( Dr rterre Favorite Prescription and three
of T.oldeK MedK-vl ri'overv ami firee vula
of Dr tierve a t'ivsanl I'cllcts, sad waa com
pletely lUied."
Aevept no substitute for " Favorite Pre
scription." There is nothing just as Rod.
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Adviser sent free on receiut of tamps
to cover expense of mailing only. Send
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from lh I'nlon Pacific legal department,
as tbe rf presentstlvrs are out of the rl t jr.
The Burlington officials refrained from
any dlsrusnlon of possible pinna by them,
snylng It was not Incumbent upon thern to
undertake any resistance of the board's ac
tion until the city council, acting In a
Judiciary capacity, psssed on the matter.
"We would not nay what we thought the
council would do." aald Mr. Krlby, "for of
course we would not anticipate the action
of a Judiciary body."
General Msnderson aald further: ' If any
railroad was conducted aa this municipal
corporation Is It would go bankrupt at
oner. Omaha Is run on a most expensive
bj'la and it la altogether inexcusable and
Indefenstt le. Before ral'lrg thla hue and
cry against the railroads It would be fell
to look about at some of the glaring de
ficiencies In the operation cf local matters
and see If there Is not where the remedies
re needed."
CONFER ON EVANGELIZATION
Dr. Chapman of ew York Meets Pres
byterian Ministers of Thla
Synod.
The evangelical conference of the Presby
terian churches of the synod of which
the churches of Omaha are members
opened at tho First Presbyterian church
yesterday morning under the direction of
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman of New York, the
aecretary of the committee which has the
work In charge.
In opening, Mr. Chapman gave a brief
history- of the movement, which originated
at a meeting of the elders of the Presby
terian churches of Philadelphia, at a ban
quet two years ago, at which the late Rov.
Dwlght L. 'Moody was present. Some re
marks by Mr. Moody led those present to
consider the advisability of the plsn of
an evangelistic movement, and at the
meeting of the general assembly of
the church in 1901. John H. Converse, who
had taken an active Interest In the matter,
succeeded In having a committee appointed
to take charge of tbe work.
Mr. Converse gave $25,000 to the move
ment and with this fund the committee
organized a force of evangelists, who were
placed In the field In a number of synods,
the force now numbering about forty. Dr.
Chspman, then pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian church of New York, was
called upon to become secretary of tbe
committee and since that time has devoted
his entire time to the work.
Since the organization of this committee,
he said, a number of other reformed
churches have entered the movement and
the evangelists of the different organiza
tions co-operate In their work. In con
formity with the plans of the committee
Dr. Chapman is now visiting the different
synods throughout the country to create
local Interest.
The session of the morning opened with
a conference of tbe pastors. Dr. Chap
man outlined the plana for the evangeliza
tion of tbe country and the members of the
ministry present asked questions tending
to enlighten the hearers as to what would
be expected of the local workers. Then
followed a conference over the subject ot
personal work, after which Dr. Carter,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church of
Kansas City, was Introduced. He told of
the plans adopted at the Kansas City
church for carrying out the work of the
committee.
The conference Is being held in the Sun
day school rooms of the First church and
will continue until Tuesday evening. Last
evening there was an evangelistic meet
ing conducted by Dr. Chapman in the
church.
Among the ministers from out of the city
present at tfi conference are Dr. Carter
of Kansas City, Dr. Boyd of Los Angeles,
Rsv. E. I. Davlea ot Tecumseh, Rev. E. A.
Enders of Creston, la., Rev. John Creigh
ton of York, Rev. J. M. Ross
of Shenandoah, la., Rev. J. M. Currens
ot Logan, la., S. T. Davis of Afton, la.,
Dr. Thomas Sexton ot Seward, Dr.
J. M. Campbell ot Pawnee City, Rev.
J. McAllister of Missouri Valley. Rev.
George Scarr ot Colon, Rev. H. E. Nicklen
of Woodbine, la.. Rev. Walter M. Irvin of
Shelby, la.. Rev. Joseph H. Salesbury of
Gresham, Rev. J. V. Findley of Yorktown,
la.. Rev. M. V. Hlgbee of Corning, la., Rev.
Albert Aston, Atlantic, la.
DRIOGISTS MIST BE CHARY.
They Sell All Kinds of Hair Prepara
tions, and Pear to Discriminate.
Druggists sell all kinds of bsir prepara
tions and as a rule (hey are wisely chary
of giving preference to any particular one
but many ot them have come out plainly
for Newbro'a Kerpiclde, the new treatment
that absolutely kills the dandruff germ. H.
Swannell It Son, Champaign, 111., say; "One
customer of ours who did not have a hair
on top ot his bead when he began to use
Herplclde, now has a fair stsrt toward a
good bead of hair. We believe Herplclde
to be by far the best preparation of Its
kind on the market." Hundreds of similar
testimonials from everywhere.
TWO MEN AFTER SAME PLACE
Conteatlaar Applicants for Saloon
License Take Ip Board's
Time.
Tbe meeting of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners last night was de
voted to hearing the matter ot tbe appli
cation of Henry Rohlff for a license to sell
liquor at 302 North Sixteenth atreet. The
hearing occupied over two hours.
In this esse Walter Molse It Co. had
made arrangementa for an application for
a license to be Issued to J. 8. Cross. The
evidence showed that the building Is oc
cupied as a saloon, operated by Henry
Keating, a tenant of Henry Rohlff s, and
that the Willow Springs Rrewlng company
had secured a lease on tbe building at a
higher rental than that formerly paid, and
that a contract had been entered Into with
Keating to handle tbe Willow Springs
beer.
Rohlff mslntsined that because of fall
ure to notify bim to vacate his lease would
continue for another year.
After the testimsny was In the board
went Into executive session, and after It
returned Into the open room W. J. Brostrh
and C. C. Wright voted to refuse the II
cense and J. W. Thomas and Lee Spratlln
voted for It. On the application of J. S.
Cross. Drostcb snd Wright voted yes and
Thomas snd Fprstlln no. Henry Rohlff an
nounced that he would appesl. The board
adjourned until Thursday night.
Announcements f the Theater.
Tonight the Oordon-Shay Grand Opera
company return to tbe Boyd for three per
formances at the request of the rouilclanj
and lnualc lovers ot the city. Four operas
will be sung during ths engagement. To
night a doublo bill will be given. "f'Pag
alaccl" and Mascagnl's "Csvalerla Rusti
rsca." Wednesday matinee "II Trova
tore" will be sung and Wednesday night
"Carmen." Miss Sbsy will sing ths prin
cipal role In all of tbe opera. In Mas
cagnl's beautiful and all too shirt opersa
the splendid singer will be vera to excellent
advantage. In "Carman" Miss Sbsy Is
seen to be a consummate acinsis as well
aa a singer. All of the operas are to be
splendidly stsged and costumed.
Wright" wrongs aa mas. VYright'a . old
fashioned buckwheat flour Is pure.
FRANCHISE FOR POWER CANAL
Andrew Borewato Bepliei to Interview
with President F. A. Hash.
NO MONOPOLY OF PRIVILEGE IS SOUGHT
Some Pertinent Qjrullon Asked and
Some. Pointers on the Position
of the Thomson-Honston
People filven.
OMAHA. Dec. 15. -To tbe Public: Eight
week ago an ordinance was Introduced In
he city counell providing for a franchise
granting the right to Andrew Rosewater
sell cheap electric power and
light to the people of Omaha,
subject to the following conditions: 1.
That the city shall have public lighting at
not to exceed 165 per arc light or 31 per
cent less than It Is now paying. 2. That
private consumers shall have power and
light based on maximum rstes, compared
with which the present compsnles rstes
are 300 per cent higher. 3. That for tho
granting ot the privilege of selling cheaper
light and power the city shall receive
15,000 the first year, with an Increase so
that after the fifteenth year It shall receive
1 15.000 per year.
Against the passsge of this ordinanco
the local electric light company, through
lta president, F. A. Nsah. has exerted the
most strenuous efforts after sending an
army of special employes and some of his
regular clerks to secure signatures of citi
zens for a so-called free-for-all franchlso,
intended as a choker ot the one now pend
ing. After securing the appointment of
committees of citizens specially selected
In his Interest as representatives of cer
tsln orgsnlzstlons to act as an advisory
board to the council In the preparation of
adverse legislation, after attempting to
placate organized labor against competi
tion and cheaper power and light, the
president of the compsny, Mr. Fred Nash,
appeals to the public through the medium of
published Interviews in The Bee and Herald
not to grant an exrlusive franchise for
power and light distribution in Omaha to
any one person for fear that It may drive
away all competitors.
Date of Conversion.
First of all, let me ask, since when has
this company become k convert to free-for-all
franchises? Is It since its presi
dent succeeded, on March 16, 1897, to over
ride Mayor Broatch's veto and thereby
repealed all franchises heretofore granted
and had passed an exclusive franchise to
his company In the very face of the char
ter provisions prohibiting such grant with
out the popular vote which had become a
law on March 15, the day preceding such
action? Is the company's conversion to
free-for-alls since Mr. Nash had sent a
special locomotive to bring a councilman
from his ranch and by his vote secured
the passage of the ordinance compelling
(?) the company to build conduits in
Omaha? Is It since this company Induced
our city council to vote down resolutions
to advertise for competitive bids for arc
lighting In the city of Omaha and let this
company dictate its own price for street
lighting? When did President Nash ever
tsvor granting a free-for-all franchise to
do lighting or distribute power in Omaha?
And now aa to hla statements aa to devel
opment of water power: Early in March
last. In order to secure the exclusive con
duit ordinance Mr. Nash publicly announced
that hla company bad $3,000,000 to begin
construction of a power plant provided
the city council would, give it a footing
here and ahow by Its liberality that tbe
people were not opposed, to corporations.
Since that time Mr. Nash professed that
his company waa anxious to secure the
benefit ot a new developed plan near this
city which I had drawn up and for tbe
basic water rights of which I had filed my
claims nearly a year previous. He asked
me to wait before going elsewhere until
the 1st of September, when bis company
would aend out Its best engineer to ex
amine and report upon that plan. I agreed
to wait. The engineer came and examined
not only my plans, but all the other float
ing projects hereabouts. About the 10th
of October following Mr. Nash called me
Into his office and read the reports and
rerommendationa informing me that my
plans were reported upon and recommended
as the most suitable to his company and
Involving the least outlay of money. The
same statement was made by Mr. Nash to
numerous other citizens.
Nash and Riley.
When asked the question direct whether
his company was not covertly backing up
the so-called Riley scheme he Btated to
me, "I may aa well tell you the truth, we
did give Mr. Riley $150 towards his enter
prise, not because we have any confidence
In him, but that we want to use his testi
mony In some future suits, as he was one
of the original lncorporatora ot tbe old
Thomson ft Houston company." He fur
ther atated that the Columbus people were
trying to finance their scheme, and, aa they
claimed a priority water right to the Fre
mont people, it became necessary to enlist
the Fremont company in a fight to break
the Columbus project, as It would give
Omaha a black eye to have tbe Columbus
people succeed. In the meanwhile the com
pany secretly set Its engines at work to
kill my enterprise by rovert attacks at Lin
coln on my rights in favor of Riley's. They
have thua been all things to all projects,
but alwaya against any one single project.
And now after having held caucus after
caucus with certain councilmen and bam
boozled a few business men to temporarially
come to ita aid and by well known meth
ods got a special meeting of a handful ot
worklngmen to secure by fifteen votes an
expression to appear aa that of the 12!)
delegstes of ths labor unions for the second
time Mr. Nash publicly protests agalnut
granting tbe franchise proposed and urges
In an ordinance which he knows hss no
validity.
Colnmbaa and Fremont.
As a last aid to the company's opposition
Mr. Nssh has had Mr. Babcock ot Columbus
here to appesr before a committee picked
to suit himself and to plead against my
franchise. This gentleman presented papers
and statementa to the effect that his com
pany has absolutely financed Its enterprise
by tbe backing of the General Electric com
pany, which controls your home company,
and that he had a contract with the New
Omaha Thomson-Houston company to aell
power st $2n per horse power. When I
asked thia olegenous bluffer why It was that
he appeared here to protest sgainst my
franchise if he already had financed the Co
lumbus scheme and had contracts with the
Omaha company and therefore needed no
franchise to tell here, ho stated that my
tow msximum rates If telegraphed
east and . I waa given a frsnrhlse
might dampen the ardor of h.'S backers.
Now, Mr. Nash, it this man la bscked up by
your company, which claims a franchise and
Is already physically entrenched In Omaha
with wires and cot .lulls, and It It be really
true that your company has Anally, to kill
off competition with my project, consented
"to give Omaha the black eye." how Is the
grsnting of a franchise to me going to
drive away the Columbus project? If the
Columbus people are to tike the Loup down
as far as Schuyler and cut off the water
aupply from the Fremont canal your com
pany and not the granting of my franchise
will hsvs driven Fremont out of the field.
As to the resson why I ask for a fran
chise It is to enable me to secure ths finan
cial support to build this greet enterprise.
No cipitallst will for a moment rut his
money Into a power plsnt If he rsn not
be ssaured In sdvance that, he will be
permitted to. deliver and sell the power
where it Is to be used. I do not wsnt my
enterprise to be msde dependent for Its ex
istence and Its market upon Mr. Nash
compsny, which, ss heretofore ststcd has
exclusive physiosl possession of franchise In
Omaha. I ask for no exclusive franchise
and If the city of Omaha really owned the
Thomson-Houston compsny electric light
works snd conduits, which they hsve a
right to appropriate under existing laws, at
actual value without paying for a fran
chise, since It hss no validity I would be
willing to sell electrlrsl energy st
the corporstion limits, to the city and
let the city distribute and sell current to
consumers at actual cost. If the repre
sentatives of t'je Thomson-Houston com
pany at tbe l.abor temple bad been as
anxious as they profess for sctual municipal
ownership they should have shown their
zeal by protesting to tho council when the
company's franchise ordinance was illegally
passed and afterward when its conduit ordi
nance was adopted without a single amend
ment. If Mr. Nash's company is really sincere
and desires equality and fairness It cannot
even object to the grant of a franchise for
electric light a -id power development by
stesm in Omaha under equal conditions and
terms which It enjoys, but everyone knows
that It would make even a more strenuous
opposition to such an ordinance than you
are making today against the one under
consideration. ANDREW ROSEWATER.
DINNER TO BISHOP M'CABE
Methodist rrelate Unest of the Min
isters at the Commercial
Club.
Bishops McCabe and Hamilton were ten
dered a dinner at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon at the Commercial club by tbe minis
ters and laymen ot the McthodiBt church
of Omaha and Council Bluffs. The presence
of Bishop Hamilton was a surprise. Dr.
Jennings explaining to those present that
the bishop had been caught on the wing ss
he was making his way east from his home
In San Francisco. Following the dinner
Bishop Hamilton was introduced by Dr.
Jennings and spoke briefly ot his
pleasure of being present and detailed
Instances which had come to his notice
illustrating tho growth of Methodism. Ho
was followed by Bishop McCabe, who told
of the wonderful growth of Methodism In
South America. The Methodists there, he
said, are disputing the ground with Roman
Ism. The meaning of the latter be found
he never knew until he visited the Hpanlah
countries. Romanian) there, he assertod,
waa made up of idolatry and superstition.
Methodism is pushing its wsy there with
ever Increasing strength, and tbe speaker
assured his hesrers that their church would
only need time and God s help to defeat
the Roman Catholics.
SEEKS KEY TO THE SITUATION
Demented Bill Collector Looks In
Vain for the Solu
tion. Maurice Sttne bas been taken from the
Douglas county Jail to St. Bernard'a hospi
tal in Council Bluffs by a brother-in-law
from St. Louis, who will have Sttne treated
In the hope ot curing him ot his mental
affliction.
Stlne'a one hobby 'appears to be a desire
for "the key lo tbe atluatioh.". He called
upon the secretary of 1 the atreet railway
company, and asked iqr it; be. called upon
several merchants and asked for It and fifty
times a day be would call to the Jailers to
bring it to him. Before'' becoming Irre
sponsible' h waa a collector.
A Wonderful tuinif.
Weak, sickly invalids are aoon changed
by Electric Blttera Into healthy men and
women. They cure or no pay. 60c. For
sale by Kuhn ft Co.
JUDGE FREES ALLEGED FAKIR
Refusea to Hold Draper, but Prosecu
tion Promises to Per
sist. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 15. In the court
of criminal correction today Judge Moore
declined to hold as a fugitive from Jus
tice William R. Draper, tie newspaper cor
respondent for whose arrest a warrant
was issued ou Saturday at Wichita, Kan.,
on a charge of criminal libel preferred by
the Philadelphia North American.
The Judge refused to hear any of tho
evidence which the North American was
ready to present, declaring that he would
not hold Draper, as the warrant charging
libel was issued subsequent to the pro
ceedings In St. Louis.
S. B. Amidon, law partner of the Wichita
county attorney, who refused to issue a
warrant on Saturday, appeared for Draper.
In court at the time were "White Buf
falo," the Indian, who was the principal
character of an allegel libelous story writ
ten by Draper and printed In the Philadel
phia North American; E. A. Van Valken
burgh and Emory Foster, editor and Sun
day editor, respectively, of that paper, and
Lieutenant Colonel R. II. Pratt, superin
tendent of the Carlisle Indian school:
Judge Gordon, speaking In reference to
the court proceedings, said:
"The action of the Judge today merely
delays and cbstructs our efforts. It will
be as temporary In Its effect, however, as
thA aetlnn of tha eountv flttornev at Wich-
! Ita In refusing to give us a warrant. We
got the warrant afterward directly from
the Judge and we will through other pro-
i cesa and other tribunals yet take Draper
back for trial. Tbe prosecution will not
stop until every lawful agency la em
ployed." HYMENEAL.
Sprerkles-IIantlnarton.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15. A notabls
wedding tonight waa that ot Miss Edith
Huntington and John D. Spreckles, Jr.. at
the Palace hotel. Archbishop Riordan per
formed the ceremony, asaisted by a number
of local clergymen of the Roman Catholic
church. The bride Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Willard V. Huntington and grand
niece of the late Collis P. Huntington, the
railway magnate. The groom Is the only
son of Johu D. Spreckles, the sugar king.
That Awful tulu.
And Its terrible cough ran soon be cured
by Dr. King's New Discovery for Connumn
tlon. Try it. No cure, no pay. 6(c, 11
For sale by Kuhn lc Co.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The fire department wss railed out Mon
day afternoon at 3:1 to extiPKulsh a small
M.ise which had started in the store room
of the thri-e-story brlik hulldinif located
at ir.'3 Smi'h Thirteenth etrect. The dam
age amounted to aoout -i
The United States Civil Service commis
sion announced the following examinations:
Kxpert freight rate clerk, for service at
Omaha, at tl V0 a year, examination to be
held Jnnuary 3", lWt. and Held matron for
the Indian rervice. st a month, examin
ation January 27. 13.
Kl U:HL fcOTH K.
FAIR Rev. Campbell, dean of Trinl'y
cathedral, at his Ik. me. gt. Marv's
avenue. Monday afternoon at 6.30 o'clock.
Funeral notice later.
STRIKERS NOT IN CONTEMPT
Judge Munper Decides There ii Nothing in
Union Pacific's Case.
REBUKES COMPANY FOR BRINGING SUIT
Court Intimates that Ral'road Lin
yera Should Hare Known Their
EvidVnre Waa Insufficient
to Sustain Allrarat Ions.
Judge Munger gave hla decision In the
Union Pacific strikers' contempt ease yes
terday, in which he denied the allegations
of the railroad company and discharged
the strikers. Although the case has been
one ot importance) attracting much atten
tion on account ot the positions ot the
parties at suit, there waa but little inter
est shown in the Judge's decision Monday
morning, because those who had followed
the case could see beforehand that It had
only one side.
In announcing his decision Judge Munger
said that the charges made by the Union
Pacific In the Firth and Tillman affairs. !n
which the railroad charged that strikers
had violated the Injunction In accosting
these men, had not been proven beyond a
reasonable doubt, as Is necessary In cases
of this nature.
In regard to the picket line, the court
failed to see from the evidence furnished
that the strikers had been otherwise than
peaceful In this regard. It had not been
established by any testimony thst any
thing had been done In violation ot the
injunction or In violation of the law.
These things being considered, he ruled
In favor of the defendants and dismissed
the case.
Judge Munger further admlnlatered what
might be taken aa a rebuke to tbe Union
Pacific for bringing the case Into court.
He said that he could not see why It
should believe It had a case against the
strikers without more evidence than It
brought into court.
Judge N. Baldwin, attorney for the
Union Pacific, waa absent this morning,
being in Ft. Louis before the court of
appeals. The railroad was represented by
Charles Dundy.
Unfair Competition.
An article of high quality Is always sub
ject to Imitation and unfair competition;
bence we are compelled to warn tbe pub
lic against deception. Our Budweiser is
sold under a well known label bearing that
name and tbe word "Budweiser" appears
on every cork. Patrons should Insist upon
bottles being opened In their presence.
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n. All or
ders promptly filled by George Krug.
manager Anheuser-Busch branch, Omaha,
Neb.
HEAVIEST SNOW IN YEARS
South Dakota Covered with front Sla
to Twelve Inrhea In Las
Few Days.
PIERRE, 8. D.. Dec. 15. (Special Tele
gram.) Snow has been falling over this
section of the state ever since Saturday
night, being a fall of about six inches, with
what came prior to that. The temperature
Is mild and there Is no wind.
MITCHELL, S. D.. Dec. 15. (Special Tel
egram.) Snow commenced falling here
yesterday noon and has kept It up with
but an hour's interruption until this even
ing. Twelve Inches of snow has fallen
since then. Fortunately there hss been no
wind with the snow and it has not drifted
at all. It Is tbe greatest snowstorm that
has visited this section In six years. The
thermometer bas stood at 22 degrees above
zero all day and there haa been somo
thawing.
Solillera Rob Hardware Store.
STI'RGIS, 8. D. Dec. 15. (Special Tele
gram.) Two privates of the Thirteenth
cavalry at Port Meade Iroke into a hard
ware store here early this morning and
took six revolvera and some money. They
ere found in a dance hall. They shot
twlre at the officers and fled to a vacaut
shed. One of the privates waa shot In the
leg by a policeman. Both are now in Jail
on the charge of burglary. All the revolv
ers but one were found.
Attorney Lands in Penitentiary.
SIOL'X FALLS, S. D., Dec. 15. (Special
Telegram.) S. H. Wright, an attorney of
Crntervllle, formerly state's attorney of !
Brule county, and three years a resident
of Sioux Kails prior to his removal to Cen-
ir s2S2w
fids piesarvtly.
cts BerveficiaJly,
cts Irvily as -a. Lax active..
yrup of Figs appeals to the cultured and the
well-informed and to the healthy, because its com
ponent parts are simple andholesome and be
cause it acts without disturbing the natural func
tions, as it is wholly free from every objectionable
:.i k. iv
AliiRPfiApG
Sh.rC fr.rce.o, Cfl.
Ky Mew York.H.Y.
U. drucJdfiAts. Price fifty cents per bottle.
Louisvill
for aja, hy
tervilln, was this afternoon placed In the
Sioux Falls penitentiary, where he will
serve a term ot one year for embezzlerm-nt.
He waa convicted In the state circuit court
In thia city a year ago, but appealed to the
state aupreme court, which affirmed the
verdict, and a few ('ays ago denied a mo
tion for a stay of proceedings so Wright
could perfect an appeal to the United
States supreme court, he alleging that
there was a federal question Involved.
INDIANS LIKE TO WORK
Voluntarily Relinquish Ration TIcU
' eta and Take to rick and
Shovel.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D., Dec. 15. E. J. War
ner, sub-agent at the Cherry Creek Indian
agency, on the Cheyenne river, aays that
contrary to predictions the Indiana have
taken kindly to the president's plan to
make them self-supporting.
In many cases they have voluntarily sur
rendered their ration tickets, asking that
they be given work by which to earn a liv
ing. They are paid 11.25 a day and one of
them Is a aon of Sitting Bull.
Several hundred miles of road and many
valuable dams have been built on the
Cheyenne and Rosebud agenoies. One hun
dred Indiana are now at work on tho Chey
enne agency and 500 on the Rosebud agency.
Heaviest Snow In Three Years.
HUHON, B. D., Dec. 15. (Special Tele
gram.) A snowstorm set in Monday after
noon and continued, except at brief In
tervals, till tonight. About ten Inches cov
ers the ground, and la the heaviest fall at
any one time In three years. There was no
wind. The temperature la mild and no
harm la likely to result to cattlo on the
open range.
DEATH RECORD.
Funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Taylor.
TECUMSEH, Neb. Dec. 15. (Special.)
The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Taylor, wife
ot L. T. Taylor, was held at the Long
Branch church yesterdsy morning at 11
o'clock, conducted by Ret. M. W. Dodge,
the pastor. Mrs. Taylor bad been aick for
IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT
As to what to give for a Christmas Present -We
Mave Just What You Want.
BOOKS AT
Donovan Pasha, by
Kindred of The Wild,
Twin Seven Shooters,
by General Mauderoi
' New arrivals of fine German China Cups and Saucers, PlHtes, Prlo-a-Prao, Mir
, rors, C'snrilestickH, Vases and Ornaments, Manicure Setn. Military Hair Itrushe In
t.oM y mui omanorn. rrii n one-iiiirn lower tnap for mmilur goous in oilier ulioj,
Stationery, Calendars, ping Pong B.-(. Ping Pong Tables, C O tf
regulation size, ttxb .JVl.UU
Other Bargains Too Numerous To Mention.
BARKALOW BROS.,
'
1 3rd Door West of 16th St.
1612 FARNAJ1 ST.,
quality or substance. In the process of
manufacturing figs ore used, as they are
pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal
virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained
from an excellent combination of plants
known to be medicinally laxative and to
act most beneficially.
To get its beneficial effects buy the
genuine manufactured by the
v
several months with a stomach trouble.
She was a native of Ohio and had lived In
Nebraska since 18X2, the family home bcliif
four miles southeast of this city. Besldei
the husband two dsughters survive her.
Mrs. Taylor was aged 64 years.
John V. F.ln.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15. John W. EU,
preildnt of the Civil Service Reform
league of Chicago, who was struck down
with apoplexy while attending the national
civil servico reform convention In thla city,
died today.
DIES FROM INHALING GAS
Roy Palmer Succumbs to Poison
Taken Into Hla System
Saturday.
Roy Palmer, a lad about 20 years of age,
who registered at the Metropolitan hotel
last Saturday morning and was found later
during the day lying unconscious In his
room which ,was filled with gat 'escaping
from an open Jet, died Sunday from the
effects of the poison he had Inhaled. Palmer
appears to bavo been a farm hand and, It is
now believed that be did not understand
the manipulation of the gas Jet.
Coroner Bralley Is undecided regarding
the holding of an Inquest. He has re
ceived word from the relatives of the de
ceased at Manilla, la., asking that the body
be held for them until their arrival in the
city. Palmer's home Is supposed to be in
Manilla.
Thieves Visit Hardware Mtorr.
WYMORE. Neb.. Doe. 15. (Special.)
Thlevea entered the hardware store of
Stephenson A Laaher Saturday night and
aucceeded in making way with about $100
worth of cutlery, guns and revolvers. A
reward of $25 has been offered for their
conviction, but so far no clue has been ob
tained. Ilasaar.
The George Crook Woman's Relief Corps,
88, will hold a aale of Christmas articles
at Twenty-fourth and Burdette streets.
Tuesday and Wednesday. Lunch will alia
be served.
cut
Gilbert Parker $1.08
by Chas. G. KobertB, 1.60
$1
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