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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTAHLISHED JUNK If), 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY 3IOKXIXG, JANUARY 20, 1903 TK2T PAGES. SINtlLi: COlY T1IKEK CENTS. TRAINS SLAY SCORES IoTa Men Dead and Maimed in Northwest era Smash. TWENTY-ONE LOSE LIVES IN NEW JERSEY Wreck on Jersey Central Surpasses Recent Eastern Eecordi of Disaster, FIRE ADDS TO HORROR, BURNING VICTIMS Expresi Tlowi Through Loci', Carrying Death and Des'.mction to Many. SOUTHERN PACIFIC ALSO PILES CARS Twenty Bodies Takra from Debrla of nnifl Limited and Other are nnpniiH to Hare Per ished In Colllalea. CHICAGO, Jan. 28. Four persons were killed, four seriously Injured and eight slightly hurt In a rear-end collision be tween stock trains on the Chicago Northwestern railway near Laflx, 111, this morning. I)'Hd: CHARLES X. COE of Woodbine, la., Im prisoned In the debris and roasted to death. B. LANE of Vail. la., pinned down by wreckage, and burned to death. A. A. AMEY of Scranton, la., badly burned; died an hour later In the station at Lufox. ' J. PETERSON of Ilattlo f reek, la., badly burned and died before medical aid ar rived. Berlously Injured: H. Johnstone, Clinton, la. William Kochslms. Fchleiwlg, la. Evt-rs Nellson, Hchleswlg, la. Albert Tlayman, Dunlap, la. The trains came together In a dense fag. r1ha killed and Injured were for the moat part stockmen in charge of stock on the way to Chicago and the east. Train Hons Into Fnnrral Car. CAIRO, 111.. Jan. 28. On the Illinois Cen tral railway near Pulaski early today the Chicago fast train No. 3 crashed Into the rear of St. Louis train No. 203, which Is duo here at 1:17 a. m. Both trains were late on account of the dense fos and the Chicago train was run ning at the rate of sixty miles an hour, , while the St. Louis train was making thirty miles an hour. The last car on the St. Louis train was tho private car of the late Judge W. O. Fentress and family of Chicago. Judge Fentress, who died in Chicago Monday, w-as the head counsel of the Illinois Cen tral and his body was in the car enroute to Bolivar, Tenn.. for burial. The rear half of the car was demolished and the coffin brokon open. The family of the Judge was badly shaken up. 'Three of the train crew were Injured, but none will die. None of the pasengers were, hurt. Twenty-One Dead on Jersey Central. NEW YOR5, Jan. 2One of tie most appalling railroad wrecks' that has occurred In the vicinity of New York for many year took place last night at Qraceland, on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, when an express plowed at top speed into the rear of a local train. Up to noon today the total loss of life was believed to be twenty-one. Of theso fourteen bodies had been identified and even were held at rialnfled for identi fication. From the wreckage twenty bodies were taken, and Thomas McCarthy, fire man, died In a hospital today. More than fifty pcr-ona were injured, orne of them severely. The hospital reports today were, however, that with perhaps one or two exceptions all would recover. i The blame for the accident la placed by the railroad officials on Engineer Davis of the Philadelphia Y Reading express, and, according to a policeman who took Davis from the smashed cab, Davis admitted that be had taken chances and disregarded tha danger signals because he expected to aee the red and, green lights changed to white as he n eared them. They did not change, but it was too late to stop and In an In stant the crash came, carrying death to more than a score.' A policeman who aided In the work of rescue made this statement today concern vlng Davis: , lL-"I assisted In carrying Davis, the en gineer, from hia engine. Ha was terribly Injured. He said: 'I am responsible for the accident. I saw the danger signal, but ex pected it to turn white.' " The statement made last night that It was a Royal Blue express that ran into the local expresk was erroneous. This train as not in the wreck. Statement of General Mannarer. W O. Heller vice president and gen- nanager of the Central Railroad ot', ral ma Nsw Jersey who made an Investigation of the wreck, gave out a statement today In which he said the accident was due to the "element of human fallibility" in railroad operation. "The company," he said, "has Installed What la known aa the elertrlc-pneumatlc-automatlc syatem of block signaling, the Iguals working before, during and after accidents. "The signals were working all right be fore uud after the accident, as we found on investigation. It see ma then that along came the Philadelphia express, one of our bourly tntius between New York and Philadelphia, and. flying past all the warn ings, was driven by Its englnner into the local train with such force aa to tele scope three of its coaches. "So far as I csn ascertain, the only explanation Davla, engineer of the ex press, gave is that he did not see any red lights. But he was in such a critical condition that he barely knew what be was saying. Davis was a thoroughly com petent eugiuecr am had a very good record. "Soon after the wreck the Somervlllle local came through ou another track and Ita cars were scratched a little, but the .reports that this train raa Into lbs wreck 1 xe and caused further loss of life are f5lly fulae." PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 28. A number of rbllad.lphlans who were oa the express train arrived here today. Their stories describing tbo scenes which followed the collision were pitiful. M. M. Hardt, a traveling aaleaman, said: I was In a day coach: my roach was the Second In the train. We wcr going at sixty miles an hour whop. I felt a terrific shock and I waa thrown from my seat, as wre ail the others In the car. "The first shock a followed, by a second, almost as hard a the first, and when we came to a I ' l we were on the aide of a car that had I In, r:ly plowed thtoiiah our cur Before I I could get out a train from Philadelphia 1 1 t'UkiM'd In the ippoali direction on the far urn. t'"'"oiB otiuuin iii w mauve or ur truin utui the one we had run Into (Continued on 8cond Page.) HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE ( nnodlan Baronet Rxplalas How America Will Keen re Domln'n la Ala.ban HI VANCOUVER, n. C. Jan. 28 Plr Cm. ' Illbbert Tupper. In speaking of the roft. miislon to settle the Alaskan boundary I question, said It simply meant that the I'nlted Pta es was to euchre Canada out I of Its rights. England would never fight the Cnlted States for one Inch of Canarllan territory. The I'nlted Ftates knew that and was sure of lis ground when It arbitrated with Great Britain over Canadian qmstiens. That hid been proved by three similar arbliratlons. For Great Rrl'ain there would b? one and perhaps two Englishmen who were disposed to lean toward the I'nlted States on the ground .of Justice, the merits of the case or strict Impartiality. They were also care ful as to the legal phase of the question. On the other hand, American Jurists on an arbitration commission never swerved a hair's breadth on any ground. If the ?nvl(tl tlirlMtfl favnrad th Americans 1 Canada would lose. If each side hold Its ! tln the llns of the public lands In Ne ,.,i.i i f... 1 braska for grazing purposes. The intent legal procedure the cane would fall to the ground and leave the Americans In pos- session of the disputed territory. The United Statea would then say: "Canada could not prove Its case and we have the territory." So the I'nlted States would doubtless win in any event. PRINCE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Theory of Marder So Looser Enter tained by Friends of the Dead Man. N NORDHAUSEN, Prussian Saxony, Jan. 28. Piince Wolfang Zu Stolberg-Stolberg, who was found dead early yesterday morn ing In the park bf bis castle at Rottle bcrodo, probably committed suicide. His father lay dead In the castle of Stol berg and the son started to drive from his castle at Rottleberode to spend the night with his father's body. The prince took 1 a hunting rifle with him. As the family explains, it was his custom to shoot itama during his driver. While the carriage was still in Rottle berode park the prince told the driver to atop, got out and walked, carrying his , rifle, into the thick woodB. , The driver later heard a shot and waited for a long time for the prince's return. Then he searched the woods and found the prince shot dead In the head and his hands clutch ing the rifle. The body lay In the wood five hours whilo a coffin was being brought to the spot. The prince, who was 63 years of age, was a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords. His father was elevated from the rank of count, to that of prince this year. The bodies of the Son and father probably will be burled side by side today. CHINA IS TO PAY IN GOLD Mlalatera Draft Kote Sarins; They Are Satisfied with Attltnde of Pekln Government. PEKIN, Jan. 28. The foreign ministers, with the exception of Minister Conger, at a meettng; today, drafted hot rn "reply to the Chinese note of January 19, express ing a satisfaction with China's admission that the Indemnity was on a gold basis, saying that China's regard for its obliga tions was so scrupulous that they had no fear it would fail to meet them. The ministers called attention to the nec essity for soon Issuing bonds to the dif ferent governments for their shares of the indemnity, to replace the single bond given when the peace protocol was algned, and said they were unable to discuss the questions raised by the recent Chinese note until the bonds had been issued. The ministers, including Minister Conger, Joined in another note requesting a more strict compliance with the protocol In proclaiming the suspension of examinations In districts where foreigners had been massacred, and protesting against the num erous appointmenta of blacklisted officials to offices. TO EXPLORE JTHE BLUE NILE St. Loola Man la Soon to Leave on an Importnnt Expedition In Africa. LONDON. Jan. 18. W. N. McMillan of St. Louis. Mo., has planned to leave Lon don In a few days for Asia Abeda, capital of Abyssinia, whence, with Colonel John L. Harrington. British agent at the court of King Menelik, and Ialdor Morse of Bos ton, he will lead an important expedition to explore the course of the Blue Nile. The expedition will consist of 100 camels, forty attendants and an escort of armed Abyssinlans and a flotilla ol specially con structed boats. The object of the expedi tion is to ascertain the navigability of the t i . . 1 1 a n tvmAa rnula trnm rontrnl la to the Mediterranean, J" . ,, ...,,.,, ... . . ' n! "a? r''v' ."Jl . "v. lllS "i. ... , . j..r . .... expenses. He expects to launch the flotilla at the aotirce of the Blue Nile in June and hopes two months later to reach Khartoum, 1,000 miles below, at the Junc tion of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. AUSTRIA RAISES THE TARIFF BUI Before Relrbarath Increases Dntlea on ni porta. Materially Moat VIENNA, Jan. 28. The complete new tariff laid before parliament today. The duties on manufactured articles are generally lucreaaed, specially high dutlea being imposed on the nurat grades. Among the principal rhangea cotton yarns raised bO per rent; finest woolen articles 31 per cent; leather, 20 to 3d per cent; shoes, 20 to 80 per cent; fancy leather goods trebled; raw tobacco raised to $21 per hundred kilograms, about 2S7 pounds; textile machinery, 50 to 100 per cent; electrical dynamos and motors, 10 to 35 per cent; electrical apparatua dutlea doubled, and on agricultural machinery raised 20 per per cent, with the exception of steam plows and threshers, whlcM are not changed. To Try Divorce Case, DRESDEN, Jan. 28.- Tha apecial court assembled to try the suit for divorce brought by the crown prince of Saxony against his wife, who eloped some Jims ago with Prof. Giron, met In camera today for aeveral hours and then adjourned until February 11. la Critical Condition. GENOA, Italy, Jan. 21 Hubbard T. Smith, the vice and deputy consul general at Cairo, who la at a hospital here, baa become unconscious. The latest diagnosis shows that be la suffering from cancer of tha kidneya. ' BURLESON IS IXOUISITIYE Introdncei Two Resolution Calling for Information Regarding Land. . ' . ' ' Sur' ' AIMED AT THE CATTLEMEN Is to Altdlty la the Hear Case 1 of Indlaa tale of rol. Tair "oath Dakota. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (Special Tele gram. ) Representative Burleson of Texas, who has the reputation of endeavoring to quickly get at the mejit of a proposition and who also believes but very few mat ters should be withheld from the public, today Introduced two resolutions In the house which are the Immediate outgrowth of efforts being made In congress to work UD sentiment favorable to a bill permit J of both of Mr. Burleson's resolutions Is I the same. One Is a concurrent resolution demanding certain Information of the sec retary of the Interior and the other a simple resolution "requesting some Infor mation." The information sought at the hands of the secretary of the Interior by Mr. Burleson's resolution is: 1. What s'epe have been taken to prevent illegal fencing of the public domain in New Mexico, Wyoming and Nebraska? 2. The number of applications or filings for a part of the public domain in Ne braska ami Wyoming during the years 1901 and liK'2, under what Is commonly known and called the desert land net, and, fur ther, how many persons who have made said applications or filings are actual bnna-flde settlers on said land and how many have fraudulently used said acts to secure color of title to said lands for the purpose of transferring the same to others? The resolution further sets out that when aid report Is made the attorney general of the United States be and he Ik hereby Instructed to immediately Institute or cause to be instituted suit or smts to declare all fraudulent applications of said land by vir tue of any action taken under said home stead act or desert land act void and for a Judgment restoring said lands to the pub lic A i m n I Tl an In n n avant aYiall ttiora ha refunded any purchase money una been paid to the government where pur chase was to fraudulently acquire said lands. Mrs. W. E. Andrews of Hastings, Neb., wife of the auditor for the Treasury de partment,, was at home yesterday to her . many friends in this city. Mrs.' Andrews ' was assisted in receiving by a number of i Nebraska women. I Suit Over Indian Tnxea. j The case of the United States, appellant, i vs. James A. Rlckcrt, as county treasurer J for Roberts county. Smith Dakota, appellee, on appeal from the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit Is , docked to be heard before the United ' States supreme court thiB week. Senator Klttredge and W. D. Lane will appear as solicitors for appellee. This suit was brought by the United States at the Octo ber (lftOO) term of the United Statea clr- cult court for the ((strict of South Dakota to restrain the defendant, James A. Rick ert, aa. county treaaurer of i the. county t Roberta, the collector of taxes under the law of that state, from seizing and sell ing certain personal property belonging to certain Indians for taxes assessed against such property for the years 1839 and 1900. Kehraaka lillla In Conscreaa. Representative Mercer today introduced in the house Millard's bill to Increase the pension of, Louis Webber to $25 per month. Representative Burkelt today introduced a bill to Increase the pension of William F. Thompson to $30 per month. The Joint resolution which passed the senate January 24, extending the time for construction of the Akron, Sterling & Northern railway. In which Omaha capi talists are Interested, was favorably re ported to the house today. Routine of Departments. James H. Wise has been appointed post master at Raymond, Blackhawk county, la., vice W. W. Scott, resigned. These, rural free delivery letter carriers were appointed today: Iowa. Rockwell, regulars, George W. Tanner, Karley E. Brown; substitute, D. C. Shults. South Dakota, Alexandria, regulars, Walter J. Crouch, Fred C. Loomer, Max U. Graves; substitutes, Vernin R. Benedict, James E. Graves. Artesian, regulars, Milo J. Strong, John P. Dlgro; substitutes, Frank B. Whitney, Sivert Braa. Astoria, regular, GuBtave O. Halveraon; substitute, Henry Halverson. Canova, regular. Earl F. Sweet; substitute, Sylvester H. Sweet. Dell Rap Ids, regular, Alonxo W. Hunt; substitute, Benjamin Porter. Romona, regular, Henry C. Corlls; substitute, I. J. Corlls. Tabor, regular, Frank W. Beeaman: sub- ) stltute. Homer S. Beemer. Toronto, reg ular, Peter A. 1'eteraoo ; substitute. C. O. Peterson. Ward, regular, Thomas Caaaidy; substitute, William Cassldy. The post office at Pella, .Lancaster county, Neb., haa been ordered discontinued. Peter Peterson has been Kppolnted tem porary janitor In the public building at Council Bluffs, la. Fllando B. Kingsbury has been appoint ed carpenter In the Omaha public build ing. Ray W. Connell has been appointed sub stitute letter carrier at Waterloo, la. Oscar V. P. Stout of Lincoln, Neb., has been appointed hydrographer in the geo logical survey. WOMAN ACCUSED OF CRIME Deathbed Confcaalon of Man Read a Talplt l.eada to Her Arreat. In APPLETON, Wis., Jan. 28 Charged with setting the fire which caused the destruc tion of the village of Bear Creek, Wis., lust July, entailing a property loss of ton.OiH), Miss Lucille Cobert haa been arreated aa a result of a letter addressed to a Catholic prleat at Bear Creek, which was read from the pu'plt, and which purported to be the deathbed confession of a man in a Chicago hospital. He claimed to have aet the fire through a desire for revenge, the letter alleging that he was Miss Cobert's jilted lover. Mias Cobert Is held under 32.000 bonds. She was proprietor of a millinery store In whirh the fire started, and for which abe collected $300 Insurance. HARD W00DPRICES RAISED National Asaoelatloa Decldea to Ele vate Charges by Ten to Flf. trea Per t ent. CINCINNATI. Jan. 18 The National Hardwood Manufacturers' aasoclation today decided to Immediately Increase prices from 10 to 15 per rent on the various gradea of lumber produced by the member. QUAY TAKES BOLD step , Tacks statehood Bill Onto Jlraiarei by Wo? of Amendment. Many WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. A few minutes lefore Senator Lodge (Mass.) suspended his speech In opposition to the omnibus statehood bill today, Sensor Quay (Pa.), in charge of the bill. Introduced the state hood measure as an amendment to each of the appropriation bills, tbo agricultural and the civil sundry bill. The document was handed In quietly, and the occurrence attracted no attention at the time. The amendments contained in each case all the provisions of the bill, as it came from the house and provided for the admission of Oklahoma, New Mex ico and Arlxona as states of the union. Senator Quay would not discuss the pur pose of this step, but his friends prac tically admit that it Is the Intention so to join the measure with the bills voting money for the conduct of the business of the government as to render It necessary to accept statehood in order to secure the passage of the appropriation bills. This purpose Is made more evident by the fact that Mr. Quay requested that the amend ments be referred to the committee on or ganization and conduct of executive de partments of which he is chairman. A rule of the senate requires that In order to prevent being thrown out on a point an amendment to an appropriation bill must be reported by some committee of the sen ate, t Mr. Quay's committee Is composed of nine members, a large majority of whom are favorable to the admission of all the territories, and, although It Is a com mittee which has not had a meeting for years. It Is contended that It 1b perfectly competent to pass on any measure that may be referred to It for consideration. In the usual order of business amend ments to the sundry civil bill would have been referred to the committee on appro priations and to the agricultural bill to the committee on agriculture, but tbis was not done because those committees are certainly not so favorable to the statehood propositions. The Intention is to have the committee called together at an early date to con sider the amendments. It Is understood that the decision to take this step accounts for Mr. Quay's motion to adjourn at an unusually early hour today. John L. McDonough, formerly secretary of state of New York, has been consulted by President Rooserelt with a view to his appointment as associate Justice of the su preme court of the United States. The letter written to Mr. McDonough amounts practically to an. offer of the place if the latter desires to have It. Mr. McDonough has replied, expressing his appreciation of the offer, but at the same time. It is said, not definitely accepting. A positive state ment of Mr. McDonough's Intention was not obtainable in official quarters tonight. The vacancy la caused by the promotion of Colonel Jcmes F. Smith from tha position of associate justice to that .of a member of the Philippine commission, .to fill tte vacancy caused by the retirement of Com missioner Mosea. , WILL FIX MINERS'. WAGES epemtnr' alnd Men Mer at 'Indian polls to Arrange Terms for Central District. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Jan. 28. The coal operators of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and western Pennsylvania and representatives of mining Interests in twenty other states began arriving in Indianapolis today for the Joint wage conference with the miners which begins tomorrow. Between 250 and S00 operators will be In tho city. The conference between the operators and the miners' wage committee only baa to do with arranging the scale for the cen tral district. This settlement, however. Is of national Importance, for the settlements In all of the other bituminous districts are based on the terms reached In this one. Most of the operators that arrived today refused to talk for publication. A few of them Indicated that the opera tors would take the stand that the miners demand too much. The miners, on the other hand, seem determined to stay by their demand for a rise of 12H cents per ton mined. If no agreement le arrived at It will mean a cessation of work In the mines of the competitive district on April 1. MITCHELL DECLINES OFFER Cannot Join Illinois Arbitration Board, aa Miners' Union Takea All Ilia Time. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 28 John Mitchell today declined the invitation of Governor Yates to accept the place allotted to a representative of labor on the Illinois State Board of Arbitration. Mr. Mitchell said he was heartily in. favor of boards of arbitration and that he heartily appre ciated the offer made by Governor Yates, but his work aa president of the miners' union took ip all bis time. STOCKMEN BECOME ALARMED Cattle Will Soon Starve to Death Un less the Snow Melta Enough to Get Grass. CREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 28. Thore is much alarm among the stockmen north and east, who say they are threatened with greater losses than In years. At Norrls, Mont., extending from Chinook east and north to Centrnl City, there was a heavy snowfall two weeks ago. This has hardened on top ad the cattle are unable to get at the grays. One stockman says the snow is crusted so bard that it will bear up a wagon and unlejs a chlnook comes very soon the' leas will be enormous. WALLACE. Ida., Jan. 28. Moro than fourteen Inches of snow has fallen during the past twenty-four hours in the Coeur d'Alenes and the snow is fourteen feet deep in .all of the country near St. Ro- gent'a and Lookout Mountain. Ths anow is said to be packed upon the sides of the Northern Pacific tracks higher than the tops of cars. BABY BOY SHOOTS MOTHER Palls Trlssrer of Carrleaaly Held Ride and Immediately Slays 1'areat. BOONVILLE. Mo., Jan. 28 Mrs. Alice Hoeffer, wife of a prominent farmer living near here, was accidentally shot dead to night by her 4-year-old son. Mrs. Hoeffer and ber husband were shoot ing out of the window at English sparrows and their aon pulled the trigger of a rifle while his mother held it pointing at brr left breast. UNIVERSITIES MUST TEACH Yale President Defines Duties of Profes lioial School Toward Country. RESEARCH SHALL NOT BE SOLE AIM Discoveries Are Not to Be Under rated, bnt Creation of Men to Do World'a Work la to Be Borne In Mind. CHICAGO, Jan. 28. In the presence of an assembly of educators and alumni from all parts of the country. Northwestern uni versity's new professional school building at Lake and Dearborn streets was formally dedicated today. In connection with the ceremony there was a celebration of the fifty-seventh anniversary of founders' day. Dedicatory exercises were held In tne assembly hall of the new building. At their conclusion Arthur T. Hadley, presi dent of Yale, was tendered a reception in the rooms of the law school. The cele bration commemorative of the founding of the university waa held in the Auditorium tonight, when Dr. Hadley delivered an ad dress on "The Place of the Professional School In the Modern American Univer sity." Trachlnar Kqnals Research. Mr. Hadley Bald: , There Is In these days a tendency to exilt philosophical Investigation at the expenee of teaching. Far be it from me to say one word which might seem to depreciate the value ot research. It is a thing of great Importance t'i the rnmmunlty, and those engaged In it often rind themselves better ti'uclnrs on that account. Hut we make a mistake If we tlx our eyes too exclu sively on research at the expense of teach ing and estimate the value of a university solely on the former basts. It may be true that one renl Jurist Is worth I'M or dinary lawyers; thjit one medical discov erer does more good ttinn l.tmo physicians; that one prophet Is worth 1U,000 preachers of the conventional type. Nevertheless, the Institution which tries only to make Jurists or discoverers or prophets will fail to give the country the lawyers, doctors and ministers which It wants. It is In the power of the professional school to be more than a mere professlon.il school, but not by neglecting Its plain duty of technical training. To emphasize the needs ot practical life was the original function of the organized professl mnl school In university affairs, and amid all the changes which have taken place In Its position and Influence It Is still charged with the same duty and invested with tho same privilege. The annual banquet of the alumni of Northwestern university at the Auditorium hotel tonight was made the occasion for conferring a number of honorary degrees on men who have distinguished themselves" In professional education In this country. Among those who were so honored were: James Barr Adams, dean of the Harvard law school; W. W. Keen of Jefferson Med ical college, Albert B. Prescott of the dental school. University of Michigan, and Deau Edward C. Kirk of the dental school. University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kirk was given the degree of Doctor of Science, the others that of Doctor of Lams. BUY PERJURERS CHEAPLY New York Tax Flera Pay a Few Dollars for False -Affidavits. NEW YORK. Jan. 28. Philip Kaer, li brarian at the city hall; Moses R. Springer, Nathan Springer and Walter H. Sawyer, the alleged tax swindlers, were arraigned today. Applications for separate examina tions was refused. District Attorney Jerome announced that Sawyer had been accepted aa a Btate wit ness and partially exonerated Moses Springer. William K. Secor, a detective, was thn first witness and said he was introduced by William Harcourt to Nathan Springer and Baer as the man who was to impersonate Monroe B. Bryant. "Springer gave me a list of figures show ing Bryant's valuations," he continued, "and I learned them by heart. Then Baer catechised me three tlmea on the list, com plimented me on my memory and said that I would do." After that he went with Baer to the tax office, where, as Monroe B. Bryant, he signed and swore to an affidavit reducing Mr. Bryant's assessment by 370,000. For this service Secor said he received $5. DEAD FREIGHT IS REFUSED Eastern Lines Will Only Carry Per lahable Gooda and Coal, Ow Inar to Lack of Cars. CHICAGO, Jan. 28. Nearly all eastern roads centering in Chicago have served notice on western connections that until conditions change they cannot accept any more "dead freight." Until further notice efforta of eastern lines will be concentrated upon moving perishable freight and coal. The traffic' conditions are said by east ern men to be unprecedented. Western railroads which are not suffering so much from lack of equipment and power, are materially Injured by the congested condi tions of their eastern connections, as they could move a much larger percentage of traffic than they are now handling. If there were eastern connections to turn it over to. Strenuous efforts were made by the board of trade to Induce the Lake Shore and o'her main eastern roads to make some additional provision for the move ment of grain. Tbey were told that the Lake Shore alone could use 10,000 more cars than It possesses. ROOSEVELT WILL AID FAIR President la to Dedicate St. I.onla Bnlldlna-a and Grounds In April. FT. LOUIS, Jan. 28. The grounds and buildings for the world's fair will be dedl- j cated on April 30 by President Roosevelt, ; when an address will be delivered by Grover Cleveland. The grand marshal of the day will be Major General Corbln. The military page ant will precede the program of dedica tion. The column will include all branches of the service and be composed of two brigades cf regular troops and several of national guards. , A display of fireworks will be given in the evening. REFUSES WOMEN THE VOTE Kanaaa Seasite Throwa Ont BUI Giv ing" Female Saffrasre la that State. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 28. The state sen ate today voted down the woman suffrage bill, but received a' report favoring the use of vottng marhines, which the house has already approved. Th" general opinion is that the Austra lian Sai'.ot system at present in use is too cum' rwiut. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Temperature at Omaha lutentajt llnnr. .1 a. lira. . !t:t . a:t . : . :ti . :i . :t.i . ;ti Uouf i p. Iri .1H a- a :i! :t a :. M t lO II 12 t p. at . told Wave Coming. Forecaster Welsh of the Weather bureau announces the approach of a cold wave. He thinks the temperature will fall to xero by Thursdnv evening. The wind will change to high northerly and will be ac companied by snow. FAULT WITH CAR ""SERVICE Sonthwest Improvement Club Has Rnnlneaa with the Street Rail way Company, A large number of members of the South west Improvement club, were present at the meeting held last nlnht to hear reports from the committee In charge of securing signers for the petition to change the grtde of Twenty-fourth street. Fred Zotr mann reported that a number of property owners were absent from the city, but a number had signed. It wne stnted that 510 feet of property had been signed, whilo about 700 feet is necessary. It was reported that the city will take charge of the widening of Twenty-fourth street between Mason and Pacific streeta s soon as a majority of the Interested prop erty owners sign the petition for tho change of grade, so that there will be nothing In the way of having the street car tracks laid as soon as tho street is graded. George M. Nattlnger raised the question of street car service on the Park line, Bay ing that during the busy hours of morning and evening the service Is not adequate; that In 1897 eighteen regular trains were operated on the line, while now only six teen are operated, with fewer extra cars now than then. On motion of Mr. Nat tlnger a committee, consisting of O. M. Nattinger. Hugh Williams and R. W. Dy ball, was appointed to take tho matter up with the management of the company. It was suggested that the traffic from West Leavenworth street should be handled sim ilar to the extra service on the Walnut Hill line, nd for the purpose of getting the proposition before the company S. E. Howell was added to the committee. The club adjourned until next Wednesday evening. " CITY. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS KuniiKh Members to Make Qooroin Respond to Call for Special Meet in B. As was expected, thre was no difficulty In getting a quorum of the city council for the special meeting of yesterday after noon and the roll call showed Messrs. Karr, Ilurkley, Zimmau, Whitehorn, Has call and Troetler present. The business specified In the call was gone through in a formal manner and but a few minutes were consumed ln.,'ho proceedings... . Tax Commlsalonor Fleming was not yet ready to submit his certificate of the valu ation of taxable property and was allowed until Monday to complete It. The resolution completing the formalities in tho recent sale of $200,000 of city bonds to Spltzer & Co. of Toledo was adopted, and the appropriation ordinance providing for the payment of December bills was passed. The forms of tho tax levy ordinances were given their first and second reading by title. None of the estimates from heads of departments as to their expenses for the coming year had been received, but it was reported that some of them had been placed In tho hands of the mayor and could bo secured at any time. After some discussion It ras decided that tho mem bers shall meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock to decldo upon tho apportionments to be made to the various departments and determine the amount It will be neces sary to raise by taxation. GROWTH OF DAIRY BUSINESS John Frnncla Snx-a It la Beeomlns; Great Factor In Nebraska Enterprises. "There Is no general realization of the enormous growth of the dairy business in Nebraska recently," said John Francis, general passenger agent of the B. & M. railroad. As It is now, our passenger trains carry cars solely for milk every day and I prophesy that it will not be long before we will be running entire trains for milk alone. Take a town like Beaver City, for Instance. I have Just received figures for the milk bUBlncus there of 1902. In that year 1,057.500 pounds of milk were shipped from there and from thin 50,657 pounds of butter fat were extracted by tho separation process. Undoubtedly tho dairy ing Industry is to become a vast factor in Nebraska enterprises and it Is one that muat be reckoned with in considering tho resources and possibilities of this state." UTAH IS IN,ST0RM'S GRASP Snowfall Rsceeda Recorila for Thir teen Yenra on Monntalna, ManaYea ami Desert. SALT LAKE CITT, Utah. Jan. 28. The heaviest January storm for thirteen years has been raging In the Inter-mountaln region for forty-eight hours and shows no sign of letting up. The mountain gorges are packed with snow to a depth of many feet, while on tho ranges and desert the fall has been almost unprecedented. At Winncmucca, Nev., thirteen Incb'w of snow has fallen. The telf graph service wept of Ogden has been demoralized for two days and ail trains are more or less delayed, but no serious tleups are reported. Movements of Ocean Veaacla Jan. ItH. At New York Arrived: Iiluthcr. from Hamburg, Boulogne and Southampton; I'rliinaMn Victoria Lulse, from Hamburg. Hiilled: Sicilian, for lieiiou jiud Niplta; Rotterdam, for Plymouth and Boulogne; Calabria, for Marseille and I-glmru; Fries land, for Southampton; Celtic, for IJver- pool. At Antwerp Failed: Pennland, for Phila delphia. At The l.lx ird-I'.issed: I .a Sivole. from New York, for Havre; Philadelphia, from New York, for Southampton, bwltxerland, for Antwerp. At Que nstown Sailed: Merlon, for Liverpool. At Naples Arrived: Pulatla, from New York. At tJlasgow Arrived: KurneHla, from New York. At Liverpool Arrived: 1'Honla. from Boston. At Ult rj'tar I'aum d : lleaixTla. from New York, fi r Marnciiit-s und Naples. At II tut Kong -Arrived previously: Bhawmut. from Tucorna via Yokohama. At Movlll Arrived: Coiinthlan. from 8k John, N. ii., and liullfajt. lur Liverpool. lISTEN TO TAX TALK Joint Bevtnno Comiritte of tie Legislature Holds Open Sf ision. SEVERAL OMAHA MEN ADDRESS MEETING Victor Kosewater Spoaka oa Double Taxa tion of Mortgages and Proparty. WOULD LIST ALL IN ONE ASSESSMENT J. II. Mcintosh Addresses Himielf to Bail road Taxation in Cities. ARE NOW ESCAPING MOST OF BURDEN Perry Resolution Concerning; I.oIm bylata la Tabled In the lloaae Move to Dlapenae with Printing? Board. iFYnm a Ftaff Correspondent. LINCOLN, Jan. 28. (Special Telegram.) The Joint revenue committee held Its first pftiblle meting tonight in tho as sembly room of the Ltndell hotel. All members of the committee were present, likewise a number of other legislators and many outsiders. It was noticeable that no regular or official representatives of the railroads, who had been especially invited, was present to submit the views of the corporations. In the audience, however, wero many Identified as railroad hench men. Victor Rosewater and J. H. Mcintosh of Omaha, the latter attorney for the Omaha Real Estate exchange, and W. J. Lamb, and attorney of Lincoln, addressed the meeU lng. Mr. Lamb, the first speaker, confined his brief remarks chiefly to the mat ter of delin quent taxes, saying they should be made a state fund to pay state debt. All taxes five years delinquent, he thought, should be bid In by the state. To the end that no question should arlee as to the municipal ities' claims to pay certain bonds, ho said, let the cities bid tho taxes not redeemed. Within two years he would turn over to the state the property with absolute title. Mr. Lamb, though a "de voted friend" of the present revenue law, thought It rould be amended to embody these provisions with profit. Avoiding: Doable Taxation. Mr. Rosewater, on Invitation of tha chalrmnn, addressed the meeting, dwelling chiefly on the subject of double taxation of property, euch as securities for mort gages, loans and debts and the notes, bonds, etc., and In the hands of the lender. Ho pointed out that these securities ton. stltuted no addition to the taxabla prop, erty, but were simply evidences of part ownership, citing tho Illustration of cattle paper, which represents a share of the holder In tho cattle by which they ara ae. cured. To avoid double taxation, be ad vocated the unit system of assessment whereby the property and the mortgage or note would bo assessed together as of ni j.uw nH-auuu oi i Qn preperie. He submitted to the committee a draft co eflng this part as follows; Where any property within this state' la mortgaged, conveyed or pledged for the security of a loan or debt then owing, the said property and the notes, bonds, mort gages, deed of trust, trust deed, contract or other conveyance shall be assessed as a unit, and as one and the same, and aa of one value and an the value of said prop erty so mortgaged, pledged or otherwise conveyed only, and any such notes, bonds, mortgages, deeds of trust, trust deeds, con tracts or conveyances shall not be other wise returned or assessed: provided, that In no case shall any property so mortgaged, conveyed or pledged be asseBsed for less than the market value of the loan or debt then owing for which It Ih security. If the owner in possession of any property within this state so mortgaged, conveyed or pledged for the security of a loan or debt tfcen owing, falls or neglects to pay the taxes thereon or permits said property to be aold for taxes, the mortgagee or holder of any conveyance or pledge for which said property Is security may pay such taxes or redeem said proerty go sold for taxes; and on payment of any such bond, mort gage, note or debt, or any action to en force the name, the taxes so paid may bo demanded, with Interest thereon at the same rate specified in the mortgage, note or conveyance, and the name shall be in cluded in any Judgment rendered thereon and any taxes so paid by the holder of tho mortgage, note or conveyance shall be a Hen on the property by which It Is secured until the name shall be paid. Takea Up Knneaa BUI. Taking up the Kansas bill and the re port of the Kansas tax commission, Mr. Rosewater declared that, while It bad BJme good features that ought to bo adopted In Nebraska, on the main polnta it was Inap plicable to this state because of constitu tional limitations. While in the main points of double taxation and corporate taxation It was vicious and under the fea tures embodied In it, which he thought wero worth copying are: 1. County nsseHsora Instead of precinct assessors, centering responsibilities and avoldiiiK IneiiunlltleH; making of provision for removal for failure to enforce the law and the appointment of a successor from the same political party in case of such removal. 2. Full value assessment. 3. Assessment of merchandise and va1a lii personal property at the average for a yenr. 4. Assessment of brokers and commlseloti men on the average catdtal Invested. !. Assessment of express and car compa nies on a proportionate capital employed In the state, represented by the ratio of grot earnings In the state. 6. Assessment of railroad property for municipal taxation by municipal authori ties. 7. I,cBH frequent assessments of real es tate, at Intervals of four or five years. Mr. Rosewater replied to many ques tions brought out by bis remarks. Pleads for City's HUM. Mr. Mcintosh addressed the meeting at some length. He, too, was kept busy answer ing questions. Mr. MclntOHh la the author of H. R. No. 171, tho bill designed to give the Omaha tax commissioner the rlfM to levy a direct assessment on the railroad property within the corporate limits, In stead of accepting the figures of the atata Beard of Equalization, aa at present. His remarks were largely along this line of thought. Mr. Mcintosh's main point was that Omaha's tax commiaaioner baa this right under the constitution, and he plead for the enactment of the law which would enable him to exercise this right. He showed that the universal senUment of Omaha d-riun1ed this law. He said Ne braska's revenue law was good In the main, and Its enforcement was all that waa nec essary to affo-d adequate relief. He insisted that the railroads of Omaha, using the Union Purine as un example, are not paying their Just share of city taxes under the prehent law. He completely dls- t i-elled that old illtiHlon palmed off on thoughtless people by Union Pacific attor neys and lobbyists that, as every other county In the state should share in the valuation of the Omaha terminals it would be double taxation and therefore upjust to Increase the local taxea In the city of Omaha. Like parking houses. Jobbing bouaoa and all othur eoncarna dtpaadaat