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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1903-TEN PAGES.
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CASH IS DEMANDED
Gormany TelU Bowen $340,000 Mirt Be
Paid Before Arbitration.
BERLIN SETS ASIDE SIGNED AGREEMENT
Bafntei to Beoogniie Count Ton Quadt'i
Aotioni in Venenelan Matter.
CASTRO'S ENVOY MAKES SHARP REJOINDER
Promiiei to Pay in lull if Con fee ti on of
Bad raitk it Made.
OTHER POWERS CAST KAISER OVERBOARD
Eitni. Regret at Actio Taken and
AtTree to fttupd hp All Arrange
ments Made an Their Behalf
Darin negotiations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1L Germany has
Ignored its previous engagement, made with
Mr. Bowen by Count A. von Quad-Wykradt-
Iny and Insisted on a cash payment of
$S40,000, or a lien on the customs receipts
of one of the Veneiuelan ports until this
la paid. This Information was conveyed to
Mr. Bowen tonight by Baron Ton "tv-
berg,
Mr. Bowen Immediately refused to j. ''
' the receipts of any port prior to The Hague
decision, but left the matter of a cash pay
ment to the German minister to determine, j
"If Germany ran afford to confess that
It does not stand by agreements signed by
Its duly accredited diplomats," replied Mr.
Bowen, "I am willing to guarantee pay
ment on the day the protocol Is signed of
the total amount asked In the original
ultimatum."
That reeponse bas been cabled to the
German Foreign office.
Other Allies Desert Germany. .
Great Britain and Italy have renounced
any responsibility for the action of Ger
many and have Informed Mr. Bowen that
they will stand by all agreements made
with him and will not be Influenced by the
actio of Germany.
With tbe exception of the demand for an
Increased cash payment the German proto
col, in all essential respects, conforms to
that of Oreat Britain, but Is more concise.
All three protocols provide for the Imme
diate return of all vessels seized by fhe
blockading ships. 0
It Is stated that the action Of Germany
In asking for $340,000 Instead of contenting
Itself with 6.600, Is due to a misunder
standing of oertaln atepa In the negotiation
which had been passed on by Count Ton
Quadt before the arrival of Baron too
Sternberg.
In the original ultimatum addressed to
Venezuela by the three governments 15,800
bolivars was demanded by Great , Britain
and Germany and 2,500,000 bolivars by Italy.
A paper was signed at the British em
bassy by the three representatives of the
allies, tha British and Italia axobaasaaor
and the German charge. Count Quadt, and
by Mr. Bowen, by which the allied powers
agreed to accept a caeh payment, or an
adequate guaranty for the eventual satis
faction of their claims, as a condition
precedent to the raising of the blockade.
Mr. Bowen offered 30 per rent of the
customs receipts of Puerto Cabello and La
Ouayra as a guaranty for the payment
"of all claims." Later he consented to
give tbe British government 5,500 cash
In view of their contention that they de
sired Immediate satisfaction for outrages
committed on British subjects. No objec
tion was made at the time by the Italian
ambassador or the German charge. The
three powers accepted the guaranty of
fered as entirely satisfactory.
It Is expected an answer will arrive here
tomorrow regarding the final representa
tions made, and that the protocols will
then be signed.
Orders will then be dispatched to the
blockading ships to withdraw from Ven
ezuelan waters.
Mr. Bowen tonight gave out a statement
with reference to published statements that
Venezuela or people In that countky were
paying blm for his service here. , ,
He said:
"I absolutely refused to take any fee for
my services as representative of Venesc
ela; but 1 agreed, aa 1 cabled to the De
partment of State from Venezuela and an
nounced on the first day of my arrival here,
to accept 16. WO to defray my expenses. In
the same way. If by chance 1 go to Th
Hague I shall accept a reasonable amount
for my expenses there. I see no reason
why my expenses should not be paid, and
I have a good reason for not paying them
myself, I cannot afford to do so."
Powers Wll Sua Together.
LONDON, Feb. 11. Mr. Bowen's formal
acceptance of the British protocol Is not
believed here to be likely to hasten to any
great extent the conclusion of the Venezue
lan negotiations.
The allies' ambaasadors have been strictly
enjoined not to aign any of the protocols
until all three powers are satisfied with
the terms, when the slgnstures will be
simultaneous.
When the question of separate treatment
f the allies Is brought before The Hague
court of arbitration, the triple alliance will
appear as one power, their Interests being
regarded as Identical.
Then arose the question as to the Inter
pretation of the term "all claims." Mr.
Bowen declared It meant the claims of all
nations sgalnst Venezuela, and the allies
that It referred exclusively to their claims.
It vis then derided that the question of
preferential treatment be referred to tbe
Hague.
Bawea Offers Ion. rash.
Mr. Bowsn Informed the Itrllsn and Gor
man representatives that he would make
them the same cash payments offered Great
Britain, aud an agreement was signed by
all concerned accepting a sufficient guar
nty in lieu of the cash payment demanded.
Last Friday a cable arrived from the
Berlin foreign office asking about the pay
ment of the $340,000. Mr. Bowen produced
the signed agreement renouncing thlr de
mand. The matter since then has been a
subject of correspondence beteween tho
Sermao foreign office and the German min
ister, the latter urging Germany not to
press the matter.
Tonight the foreign office refused to re
linquish immediate possession of the $340.
00 mentioned, though pressed to do so by
both Baron von Sternberg; and Count von
Quadt, who feel greatly embarrassed be
:aus of the previous understanding aod
ihe orders which they must execute.
Experts Are Testing- Colas.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. U.-The sassy
:ommlsloii appointed by President Rouse
felt to lest coins in the I'nlted States mint
egan today to examine specimens of the
annua cuius manufactured. Ths coinage
it Ihe mint was comparatively small this
ear and the commlion will probably be
through aliii lis work by tomvrrew ulgUC
PRINCE GIVEN A DIVORCE
Closing; Chapter In the Elopement of
Crown Princess Loalse with
Usgsace Teacher.
DRESDEN, Feb. 11. Crown Prints uf
Saxony was today granted a divorce from
the former Crown Prlnceaa Louise after
several doctors had furnished expert testi
mony In the rase.
Tbe decree reads: "The ties of tbe mar
riage of the parties are dissolved on ac
count of the adultery of the respondent
with M. Olron, a teacher of languages. Tbe
blame attaches to tbe respondent, who Is
ordered to pay the costs of the proceed
ings." Although the special court declined to
take Into account the contention that the
princess was deranged, this theory will
be put forward In public by the Saxon
court.
The legend will be nourished Indeed un
til, so far as Saxony Is concerned, It will
become historic truth.
VIENNA, Feb. 11. Aa Interview with Dr.
Zehme, the lawysr of the former Crown
Princess Louise of Saxony, Is published
here today. After denying that M. Giron
had been paid to break off his relations
with the princess, Dr. Zehme said Giron
was mainly actuated by personal vanity.
The princess, be said, was quite free at
the sanitarium at Nyone, Switzerland, and
was allowed to go on excursions to various
places In the neighborhood.
According to the Zelt, the princess would
have left Olron when her brother. Arch
duke Joseph, went to Geneva In an en
"vyor to persuade her to return, but for
'.''"'I... , that the French teacher threatened
-s O .'"volver.
FLOGGIiw,., AUSES DISGUST
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Government May Institute Investlasa.
tlon of Gaards Regl.
meats.
(Copyright. 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Feb. 11. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The dlsclos
ure of flogging practices among Grenadier
Guards' officers baa evoked wldearpead
amazement and disgust, and It Is believed
that the government, to allay public Indig
nation, will volunteer an Inquiry Into the
subject when Parliament meets.
That Grenadier officers have been flogged
with every circumstance the most galling
to personal humiliation is not denied, bu
Admiral Cochrane's statement that the
punishment continued until the blood flowed
la declared to be exaggerated.
The system Is actually justified by some
tory papers and the Globe warns the gov
ernnient against Interfering with a practice
hallowed by tradition. The Guards' offi
cers don't live In barracks like other regi
ments, and It Is urged that some special
means Is neceassry to maintain discipline
among them. Extraordinary stories are
now circulated as to Indignities inflicted
upon subalterns condemned by these Illegal
regimental tribunals.
BULGARIA CALLS OUT TROOPS
Tarklsh Soldiers Massed on Frontier
Canaea Little Nation to
Torn.
' SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 11. The govern
ment Is contemplating calling out two army
divisions, Sofia and Phlllppolls, to furnish
one each. The concentration of Turkish
troops on the Bulgarian frontier Is given
as tbe reason.
LONDON, Feb. 12. According to a dls
patch to tB,e Standard this morning, the
sultan is resolved to fight rather than ac
cept reforms calculated to diminish bii
authority In Macedonia.
The Macedonians, however, will not wait
and Turkey will almost inevitably be drawn
Into war with Bulgaria.
VIENNA. Feb. 11. Dispatches from
Sofia say martial law will be declared in
several locations.
There are rumors of conflicts between
the Turks and the revolutionists, the
Turks losing many men. The revolutionists-are
reported to be gaining a number
of recruits.
OFFERS TO GIVE MONEY BACK
Steamship Company Attempts to Effect
Settlement with Shipwrecked
Ksearalonlats,
HAMILTON. Bermuda, Feb. 11. Captain
Frazer, the second officer and the pilot of
the wrecked steamer Madlena, remained by
the ship all last night in a wbaleboat. The
vessel was pounding heavily when the tugs
left here yesterday and tt Is feared Its bot
tom Is destroyed. Tbe agents do not an
ticipate saving much of the cargo.
The Quebeo Steamship company hag of
fered the passengers tickets to New York
and to refund the money they paid for the
West Indian trip, on condition the passen
gers sign an agreement not to make claims
for damage.
The captain and the second officer of
Msdisna were on the bridge of the steamer
and the third officer was at ths masthead
looking for the channel light when the ves
sel struck.
SUFFER FOR WANT OF SLAVES
Germnn Colonists Try Compulsory
Labor Ordinance When Times .
Aro Hard.
BERLIN, Feb. 11. Major Count von Goet
sen, governor of German East Africa,
speaking today at a banquet to Che colonial
secretary, described tbe depression in the
colony as being due to the abolition of
slavery and to the diversion of the Ivory
trade through the Congo State and Uganda.
.The governor added that he had passed
a forced labor ordinance requiring the na
tives to give twelve days' labor a year.
One-third of ths proceed! went to ths chief.
another third to the pariah and the re
malning third to the government.
I
I Appeal to Orajaalsrd Labor.
TORONTO. Ont.. Feb. 11 The National
Trades and Labor congress of Canada has
Issued an appeal to organixed labor to join
with It in advancing ths Interests of Can
adlan labor. The aongreas Is a new body
arising from the action of tha Qomlnion
Trades congress In favoring International
as against national unions. "Ths great
objection to international organisation in
Canada," tho appeal says, "Is that strikes
are fomented and carried on in the United
8tatea to ths disadvsntsgs of Canadian
enterprise."
To Be Snereeded by Yorkes.
LONDON, Feb. 11. At a meeting of the
shareholders of ths London United Tram
ways company todsy the chairman. Mr.
Whits, announced his' approaching resigna
tion and said he would be succeeded b)
Chaxlat I. Yeraea,
FEARS COLOMBIAN WAR
Senator Moreran Tb nki Canal Treaty Will
Precipitate Religions Strife.
COMMERCE BILL FINALLY DISPOSED OF
Conference Report Is Adopted anal
Measure Will Sow Go to Presi
dent for His Slarnntare
and Approval.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Mr. Hanna
(O.) today called up the conference report
on the department of commerce bill, which
eras agreed to without debate.
Mr. Morgan (Ala.) almost Immediately
after the opening of the session resumed
his remarks on the ststehood bill, but
branched off to discuss the proposed treaty
with Colombia. He referred to the con
cordat of Pope Leo IX, which constituted a
part of the organic law of Colombia, and
sstd tha. the United Statea intended to
put the heel of Ignemlnloua contempt upon
It. He predicted a return of hostilities
between the old church party In Colombia
and the liberal party.
Mr. Depew (N. T.) spoke In opposition
to the statehood bill, but Cld not conclude.
Gives Alaska Homestead Law.
A house bill wss passed extending the
homestead laws to Alaska.
The statehood bill was then taken up
and Mr. Morgan resumed his remarks in
its favor.
Taking up Mormon Influence In politics.
he referred to the election of Mr. Smoot
as senator from Utah, and said he would
never think of opposing his entry to the
senate because he was an apostle of the
Mormon church, because religion was in
tended to be free and Intended to be pro
tectee. Reverting to the treaty with Colombia,
he said the United States Intended to put
the stamp of Ignominious contempt on the
organic law of Colombia with respect to
religious freedom and trample It under
foot.
"We are treating with those people," he
Id, "with the intent and purpose of de
stroying that law or else under such cir
cumstances as to disgrace the United
States."
He asked who was to reconcile the two
propositions when the Colombians con
tended for their organic religious law and
the United States tor its own constitution,
and who would prevent a return to hostili
ties, now apparently closed, between the
all-church party, who maintained thoae
dogmas, and the liberal party, who had
been fighting them in every couutry.
Depew Opposes Statehood. '
Mr. Depew followed In opposition to tlie
omnibus statehood bill.
After speaking a short time Mr. Depew
yielded to Mr. Hanna, who called up the
conference report on the department of
commerce Introduced yesterday, and It was
agreed to. This passed the bill, which now
goes to the president.
Mr. Depew, continuing, said the head of
the Mormon church was in a position to
say to the leaders of both political par
ties: .!What will you do to protest Mormon
Ism?" If there was any fallibility In the world.
he said. It was the judgment at election
time of the political leader of any party.
"If that is true," Interrupted Mr. Pat
terson (Colo.), "why did the republican
party two years ago make a greater bid
for the Mormon vote than the democrats
did?"
Mr. Depew explained that both parties
made every possible bid, but the democrats
trusted the republicans. He charged the
anti-polygamy section of the statehood
bill as a shsm and said there had been no
proposition from the democratio side to
strengthen It.
Mr. Teller (Colo.) said that if a day
were set for a vote the democrats would
Join in strengthening the provision re
ferred to.
Mr. Depew had not .concluded when, at
4:10, the senate went Into executive ses
sion, and at 4:55 adjourned.
HOUSE VOTES BUILDING CASH
Anthorlsea Extension of Capitol and
Erection of Office Strnetnro
'for Members.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. The bouse
made fair progress today with the sundry
civil appropriation bill, covering eighty-six
of Its 150 pages.
The amendments of which Mr. Cannon
(Continued on 8eoond Page.)
TAXATION OF
Opinion of Nebraska
What we have heretofore aald with re
spect to the assessment of railroad and
telegraph property, and tbe necessity for
uniformity In valuation with property gen
erally throughout the state, applies more
psrttcularly to assessments provided for by
the general revenue laws
It Is contended
by the relator that the State Board of
Equalization altogether failed to take Into
consideration, in placing the valuation on
property by it assessed, the fsct that under
certain assessment laws with respect to
municipal taxes In cities of the metropoli
tan class and those of the first class having
a population of over 40,000 a much higher
standard of valuation of property for as
sessment purposes prevails then the aver
age standard obtaining generally In assess
ments under the provisions of the general
revenue laws, it is tn evidence tbat in
the city of Omaha, a city of the mefVopoll-
tan class, ths standard of value In the
valuation and assessment of property for
municipal purposes is 40 per cent of its
market value; that In the cities of Lincoln
snd South Omahs. which hsve a population
bringing them within the other class men
tioned, property Is assessed .for taxation for
municipal purposes st its actual cash value.
Tbe lsws authorizing the assessment of
property in munlclpslitles of the classes
mentioned for municipal purposes provide
that the properties of the railroad and other
corporations required to be assessed by
the Bute Board of Equalisation shall be
returned for assessment for municipal pur
poses In tbe municipalities referred to and
to the municipal authorities, and taxes
levied thereon at the same valuation as
fixed by tbe State Board of Equalisation.
In respect of all other property subject to
taxation Values are fixed by the taxing au
thorities of tbe respective municipalities at
an assessed valuation, as hereinbefore
ststed. t is obvious from wbst haa Just
been aald that the rule of uniformity is
broken regarding the properties of the dif
ferent corporations required to be assessed
by the 8tate Board of Equalisation when the
sama jwoperti at tha aaua value la assessed
TWO NEBRASKA APPOINTMENTS
Reg-later and Reeelver of Sidney
Land Ofllre Xamed hy tha
President.
(From a Btsff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. ' It. (Special Tele
grsm.) The president today nominated
Harry E. Wads worth of lender, Wyo., to
be Indian sgeat at the Shoshone agency,
vice Captain H. G. Nlckeraon. who Is ap
pointed allotting agent to allot lands In
severalty to Shoshones and Arapahoes.
The president also Dominated James L.
Mcintosh to be register of the land office
at Sidney, Neb., and Rjhley D. Harris re
ceiver at the same ptaee.
The house committee on public lamia to
day decided to report favorably the t.'ll
providing for the sale of Isolated tract 1 of
the public domain. Fenator Gamble se
cured the passage of this bill In the eona'e
last week and It Is probable it will gat
through the house also. ' . .
Representative Hepburn tcday Introduced
a bill providing that the pension o.' Jona
than R. Cox be Increased to $30 per month.
The poatofflce at Argo, Brookings county,
S. D., has been discontinued, mall to To
ronto. Harold M. Blram has been appointed a
rural letter carrier at Oedar, la.
Durwald Wisdom of Omaha, Neb., has
beeen appointed a stenogrspber snd type
writer In the land office, Helena, Mont.
The gross receipts of the Omaha post
offlce for January were $43,H72. against $40,
259 for tbe same period last year, an In
crease of $3,713.
At Des Moines the receipts were $48,472
snd $37,639 respectively, an increase of
$8,833.
These rural free delivery routes will be
established March 2:
Iowa, Klron, Craw- I
ford
four
county, two routes; area covered, fifty- J
,. .... - ... - ...
square miles; populstlon, 1.152. 8outh
Dakota, Big Stone, Grant county, one route;
area, forty-one square miles; population,
600. . :
SNOW STAYS UTAH TRAINS
I'nlon Faclac Easlbonnd Cars
Five and Sla Honrs
Behind. ,
Are
SALT. LAKE CITT. Utah, Feb. 11. Over
eight inches of snow tell in Salt Lake City
today and the storm la still raging with un
abated fury. This is the ne.ivieat snowfall
here In fourteen esrs. Street car traffic
wss almost at a standstill.
The storm extended over southern Idaho,
western Wyoming and northern Utah, and
trains on all roads are more or less de
layed by. the snow, 'vhlch Is reported drift
ing badly In some plscea.
OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 11. About four Inches
of snow has fallen since I a. in. and it Is
still snowing.
Union PsclDc trains going east are flva to
six hours late.
EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Feb. 11. The Ohio
river Is stationary tonight at 29.8 feet.
It will probably begin to fall by Thuraday
morning. The Wabash and White rivers
are falling slowly.
HAZELTON, Ind.. Feb. 11. White river
baa been higher tban for years and much
corn baa been lost. The 'oss to farmers
along tha Ohla river baa Ucn great. .----'-
RAILWAYS VAINLY SEEK PEACE
Rate Situation Between Chicago and
Twin Cities Is Still
Chnotle.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11. The Record-Herald
tomorrow will say:
The rate situation In passenger business
between Chicago and the Twin Cities r In
a worse condition than It has bean for
years.
The meetings which the lines have I oen
holding every two weeks have utterly ft lied
to secure harmony. It Is thought the pres
idents may take hold and try to smooth
matters out.
BAUM QUITS KANSAS CITY
Omaha Parties Dispose of latereat
In Iron Firm at that
Point.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 11. (Special Tele
gram.) Alexander Massey and - the Baum
Iron works of Omaha have sold the Massey
Iron works, located at St. Louis avenue and
Santa Fe streets to C. E. Fsetb of Sioux
City, la., and the Nichols, Dean Gregg
Iron company of St. Paul. The capital
stock of the company will be Increased
from 1100.000 to $200,000 and the plant will
be extensively enlarged.
RAILROADS FOR
Supreme Court in State vs. Savage
by the different municipal taxing author!-
ties for municipal purposes. When all other
property is assessed at 10 per cent of Its
fair cash value In one of the municipalities
mentioned, and at Its full falr cssh value In
the other two, and the railroad and other
corporate property assessed by the State
Board of Equalization Is vslued at one-
sixth to one-tenth its full cash value,
an Inequality In taxation la shown to
exist, which Is repnicnnnt to the moat
rndlmentary principles of Justice.
Such Inequalities are not to be wholly un
expected when laws more or less local and
special In their application are enacted by
the legislature to conform to tbe wishes
of each municipality whose needs are sup
posed to require a law peculiar to itaelf.
If there are many taxing Jurisdictions
operating under different laws. It is quite
probable that the standard of valuation
will greatly vary In different localities. It
Is at once apparent that tbe State Board
of Equalization cannot in one assessment
conform to all these several standards. If
varying; and If an attempt should be made
to compromise by tbe ascertainment of an
average standard, the rule of uniformity
would be broken as to all, and would con.
form to none. The legislation with refer,
ence to tbe assessment of railroad and tele
graph property by tbe State Board of Equal
isation was evidently enacted with the view
of having all such proeprty assessed by
one assessing body at s uniform value for
all property on a mileage basis, and In
harmony with values as fixed for assess,
ment purposes on other kinds of property
on which taxea are levied for general reve
nue purposes, and such valuation appor
tioned throughout the stste where the lines
of such corporation extend. If certain mu
nicipality, under laws applying only to
tbem, assess property at a much higher
rstlo than that as made for all other pur
poses, it will readily be seen tbat the
board cannot, under tbe law as It Is at
present constituted, conform to such valu
ation without violating tha rule of uni
formity a to all other proper! assailed
MORE POWER THAN RINGS
American President Haa Greater Authority
Than Soeptered Monarch.
SHAW OUTLINES EXECUTIVE'S WORK
Wauree War, Ilamh'.es Xatlons, Ac
aulres Territory, Sets Is Statea,
Brlnas Peace to Troahled
Peoples of the East.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Secretsry Shaw
was the chief speaker at tonight's annual
dinner of the Silk Association of America.
Mr. Shaw, who responded to the toast,
"The President," said In part:
The president, while properly a most
potent Influence In the realm of legislation,
Is the executive. No sovereign hn greater
'.authority and few an extensive powers.
Think what the president has done in the
last six years. I speak of the office, and
not of the Incumbent. The president called
an army Into existence, collected a navy,
then as commander-ln-hlef of both, suc
cessfully prosecuted a war. Then, throtish
his secretary of war, he took possession of
Cuba, pacified Its people, stood guard while
a government suthorlsed hy rongtess was
created, a constitution adopted, an Insular
congress elected. Then, through his secre
tary of war, he aitid: '.'Are you ready'''
and when the answer came, "Aye, aye, sir."
he replied: "Hoist away," and a new fla.
fresh from ths womb of liberty, sprung
forth.
The president, through his secretary of
war, took control of the Philippine archi
pelago, and with such consumate wisdom
and patience have the afTHlrs of thou!
Islands hern administered that the people
i both weep and petition at the report that
the present representative of the president
is likely to return to the states.
Da von rhnrie me with h ivlns said noth
ing of the present Incumbent of that office,
which w-e Americans believe to be the
highest ever filled by m""7 Then l a
all that I have raid tallies with tn
rep,lons the aspirations and the e
nswer.
con-
earnest
endeavor of him who Is giving eignieen
hours per day as the chief servant of
BtMWO.OOO people. ,
I have only sought to exalt our Ideals but
I add that the requirement of the times
are being as fearlessly, aa ccnsrlentlously
met by Theodore Roosevelt as have similar
requirements of othertlmes by any of that
ralH.xv of great men who have preceded
him and by the aid of whose wisdom and
devotion we have grown to what we are.
FIGHT M0VEST0 T0PEKA
Trainmen's Wage Demand Will Be
I'osght Ont with Santa Fc
Railroad.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 11. P. H. Morris
sey, grand master of tbe trainmen, and
A. B. Garrettson, assistant grand chief of
the conductors, are coming to Topeka to
work with the conductors and trainmen's
committees now In the city.
Mr. Morrlssey and Mr. Garrettson have
been in St. Louis conducting tbe fight for
higher wiges ever since the presentation
of the demands.
Fifty-two committeemen from tbe coast
and the gulf lines of the Santa Fe lines
are In the city. General Managers Nick
erson of the Banta Fe aV Gulf, Wells of
the Santa Fe Coast lines and Mudge I
the 8anta Fe system and Third Vice Pres
ident Kendrlck will be here for tbe con
ference tomorrow.
Th. wivga.-aqestlon will Include a con
sideration of the conditions of the entire
system.
Whatever action the Santa Fe takes will.
it Is said, be the model on which the roads
which are yet holding out will act.
ARSENAL DESTROYED BY FIRE
Flames Barn Sl.ROO.lXK) Worth of Mil
itary Eqnlpm'ent at Rock
Island.
ROCK ISLAND. 111., Feb. 11. 8hop "A."
the principal Issue storehouse at the Rock
Island arsenal, was destroyed tonight by
fire.
Cavalry and Infantry equipments of every
description, and a million rounds of Krsg
Jorgenson smokeless ammunjtlon, were con
sumed. The contents was wortn it.Dixi.ouu.
TRAIN WRECK KILLS BRAKEMAN
Qalncy, Omaha and Kanaaa
Paaseaarer Derailed Hear
Plattsbarsr.
City
PLATTSBURG,. Mo., Feb. 11. A passen
ger train on the Qulnc7, Omaha sV Kansas
City road wss derailed near here today,
causing tbe death of Brakeman Fred Eaton
Of Milan, Mo.
Engineer Sklmerhorn was badly scalded
and Baggageman Henry Dean's arms were
broken, no passengers vera hurt.
CITY PURPOSES
et aL 9 J N. W., 737.
for general revenue purposes. If these
higher valuations obtaining In the munlcl
palitles mentioned were taken Into account
In the assessment of railroad properties
by tbe State Board of Equalisation, and a
higher valuation placed on such property
It would be distributed over every mile of
road within the state, and but little would
therefore, be added to the valuation of the
property situated In such municipalities,
and subject to municipal taxes. We know
of no rule by which the State Board of
Equalization, under the present law, can
value railroad and telegraph properties in
municipalities having taxing laws of their
own at a uniform valuation with other
property therein, when the standard of
valuation is different from that prevailing
under the general revenue laws. Section
( or article Ix of the constitution declares
that "all municipal corporations may be
vested with authority to assess and collect
taxes, but such taxes shall be uniform
with respect to persona and property
within the Jurisdiction of the body impos
tng tbe same." The observance of this
rule of uniformity In tho assessment
of property for municipal purposes ta
as obllajatary on tho Iner-maklasj
hody and the taslnsj authorities
are the provisions of section 1 of the
same article, which we have heretofore
discussed. Whether the provisions of Isw
requiring thst the assessment as made by
the State Board of Equalization shall be
taken and accepted as tbe correct assessed
valuation for taxea for municipal purposes,
when' a different stsndard of valuation pre
vails as to all other property, is In contra
vention with the section of the constitution
quoted, we should not tn this action, and
do not, decide. It Is sufficient to ssy that
for tha purpose of this esse, and In de
termining the issues before us, ws csn con
sider only the assessment of all other
property throughout the stats for general
revenue purposes In determining whether
the fundamental law requiring uniformity
tn tba valuation of property la vlolaud.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska-Fair and Colder
Thursrlay Except Know in Southwest
Portion; Friday Fair.
Temperatare at Omaha Yeaterdayi
Hoar. Ues, Hoar. Ilea.
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a. m SO a p. m U
T a. m .tit " II p. m an
n a. m r.t 4 p. m ...... 3 1
B a. m .12 It p. m HU
lO a. m a.t II p. m 3i
It a. m a.1 T p. m 32
12 nt. ........ 311 n p. m...... at
9 p. m 0
BISHOP 0'GORMAN IN . OMAHA
Dlstlng-aUhed Prelate Who Will l.ee
tnre Friday Klaht on Father
Merqaette.
Rt. Rev. Thomas O'Gorman, bishop of
Sioux Falls, who U to iut ture on the sub
ject of "The Life of Father Marquette" at
the Boyd theater on Friday evening under
the auspices of the Omaha lodge. Knights
of Columbus, arrived In the city last night
at 9:10 o'clork and went Immediately to the
residence of Bishop Scannell, whose guest
he will be while. In the city.
Bishop O'Gorman was at Rome when the
Taft commission was discussing the Phil
ippine friar land question at the Vatican,
and took part In those discussions, which
were later transferred to Manila.
"The questions be(ween the church and
the commission will be settled without
trouble," said he. "I see by tho press
dispatches that there has been developed
a new feature by reason of the attempted
transfer of certain lands by tho friars to
corporations, and I understand that some
of the members of these corporations are
to receive large fees if the friars succeed
in holding the land. I do not believe that
the pope will recognise, these transfers, as
bey seem to be an attempt to evade the
operation of any agreement which may
be reached by the commission and the
church. They are apparently not bona fide
and I do not believe they will stand.
I bear from the commission and from
the authorities of the church having the
matter in charge and believe that progress
s being made In the direction of a pleas
ant solution of the questions of the friar
ands and the religious and charitable
trusts which were created during the
sovereignty of Spain in the Islands."
This evening at the Her Grand Bishop
O Gorman will the guest of honor at a
banquet to be given by the Knights of
Columbus. E. W. Slmeral will be the toast
master and after an address of welcome by
Bishop Scannell, Bishop O'Gorman will re
spond. The toasts following the response
by the bishop are: "The Catholic Lay
man," John Rush; "Catholic Knighthood,"
Rev. P. A. McGovern; "The Catholic CItl
sen," T. J. Mahoney. Preceding the ban
quet there will be a reception which vtlll
begin at 7:30, and tbe meal will be served
at 8 o'clock.
Admission to the theater Friday will be
by invitation, and the committee of the
Knights of Columbus having the matter in
charge reports that all available seats have
been filled and that the requests for in
vitatlons exceed the capacity of the build
lag. . -
MAILLY READYF0R ' HIS WORK
National Secretary of Socialist Party
Opens His Headquarters la
Omaha.
William Mallly, secretary of the social
ist party, who was elected to succeed
Louis Greenbaum at the laat meeting of
the national committee of the party, ar
rived In Omaha yesterday and in a day or
two will be established at the new national
headquarters of the party In the Arlington
block. The records from the old office In
St. Louis will have arrived by tbe time
the office has been furnished.
Mr. Mallly comes from Massachusetts,
In which state he has conducted a news
paper for some time. Previous to that he
worked as a miner. He says that during
the coming year the socialists will make
especial efforts to spread their doctrines
In the Urge cities of tbe country, and that
Omaha will hear several of the most promi
nent of their speakers.
The iorV at national headquarters will
be under the direction ' of a committee
called by the order the "local quorum,"
which for a year will consist of J. P. Roe
of Omaha, Samuel Lovett of Aberdeen, S.
D.; Ernest Untermsn of Glrard, Kan.;
George H. Turner of Kansas City, Mo., and
John M. Work of Des Moines.
BORING FOR 0ILNEAR OMAHA
Work of Patting: Down Well In the
Valley af tho Mttle Papplo
Benina.
The Omaha Petroleum, Gas and Coal com
pany's machinery on the H. G. Glissman
farm nine miles southwest of Omaha, was
started with much fomallty yesterday and
the Initial oil hole put down thirty-five
feet.
In addition to members of the company,
there were present County Commissioners
Hofeldt, Harte and Connolly, County Clerk
John C. Drexel, George H. Lee, H. K. Bur
kett. Thomas J. O'Brien and F. II. Dun'on
of Omaha; John Beno, W. J. McCune, A.
C. Kellar, W. S. Cook of Council Bluffs; N.
West and W, B. Ollson of Denver and about
125 furmers who have become Interested In
tbe prospect for Douglas county developing
Into an oil field. Mr. Glissman acted rs
host and lunch wss served the visitors.
FUNDS FOR THE AUDITORIUM
Committee Is Quietly at Work
Hopes to Announce gome
and
Progress goon.
The executive committee of the Audi
torium company met last night snd dis
cussed matters In relation to the construc
tion of the building. While nothlug was
made public as to the progress of the work,
a member said: "We are not apparently
making much progress, but there Is a lot
of quiet work going on, and you need not
be surprised If t-'5,000 to $40,000 in sub
scriptions are reported almost any day.
The commlttte may be quiet, but It Is not
Idle."
Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb, 11.
At New York Arrived: Ryndam, from
Rotterdam and Boulogne Bur Mer; Trve,
from Genoa. Naplts, etc.: Canadian, from
IJverpool. Hulled: Oceanic, for Liverpool;
Taurlc, for IJverpool.
At IJverpool Arrived: Westernland from
Philadelphia. Sailed: t'edrlc, for New York
via (jueenstown ; iinhenuan for New York.
At Ant werp Sailed: Switzerland. for
Philadelphia.
At Southampton Hailed: Kron Prtnx V!'.
helm from Bremen, for New York vlt
Cherbourg.
At Hong Kong Arrived : America M.iru.
from Ban Vranclsco via Honolulu and Yoko
hama. At Cherbourg Arrived: Patricia, from
New York vis Plymouth, for llawburg, aud
proceeded
COME OUT OF COVER
Lancaster Delegation Finally Showi Its
Hand on Railroad Taxation.
ALL BUT ONE STAND WITH THE RAILROADS
Commercial Club Member of that Oity Not
Slow to Express Themwlveg.
HAD EXPECTED BETTER THINGS OF THEM
Platte County Member EzprtMiea His
Opinion on Berenns Bill
FIGHT ON THE MERCHANDISE SALE BILL
Members of the Senate of Oplalasl
the Measure ts Loaded and Rsm
quest the Commltte ta
Amend It.
(From a Btaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 11. (Special Telegram.)
With all but one member of tha Lan
caster delegation arrayed agstnst the propo
sition of equitable taxation of railroad
terminals, the burden of responsibility tor
the passage of house roll 171 falls on the
Douglna county delegation. Senator O'Neill
Is tho only Iancaster county man who did
not align himself on the side of tha rail
roads In this matter. Tbe rest of tha dele
gation, Ignoring the urgent appeala and de
mands of their common constituents, placed
'.hemselvci on record as against dlrsct tax
atlon of railroad terminals on a fair cash
basis, as contemplated In house roll 171,
and confirmed the popular belief that they
would, when tho test came, come out In the
open and show their railroad colors. They
did this In spite of the pretentions for
mally made to the Lincoln commercial In
terests that thoy were favorable to house
roll 171.
Senator O'Neill said this morning: "I
was for this method of terminal taxation
at the outset; I am for it now. I did not
repudiate my convictions last night. I In
tend to be for House Roll 171 to the last."
Ten Eyck of Douglas, who introduced the
bill, expressed a regret at the Lancaster
men's action, saying: "We needed and
relied on their help and votes."
The Douglas dolegstes this morning
chafed under the insinuation that their
espousal of this measure is so luks warm
as to be ineffective. They assumed a de
gree of Indignation when a Lancaster man
said If they really were sincere they would
go after the bill and snatch it out of the
bands of the house revenue committee.
Commercial Club Disgusted.
The Commercial club of Lincoln Is dis
gusted at the position of the Lancaster
delegation on the question of taxing rail
road terminals for city pur pones and mem
bers of the body aro making no bones of
expressing opinions. "We have Just laid
down," said one member, "and the reason
is that tbe Lancaster delegation refuses to
help us. All we hsve got out of them," he '
said, "was jjromltiPto as'Bt In wiping
out the ward lines In the city of Lincoln
and nominate and elect counrtlmen at large.
They turned us down cold on the tax ques
tion and the reason they did it is because
it is a railroad delegation, elected for the
benefit of the railroads, and there was no
further use of us wasting any more time
trying to convince them that railroads
should pay their share of the city tjxos.
We have shown them that while .the taxes
of Individuals have been Increased, that of
the railroads remain the same. But it
does no good. They don't want to see It."
A Douglas county member tonight let the
cat out of the bag In spenklng cf H. R. 171.
"That boosting committee from Omaha need
not waxta Its time coming down here," he
said. "This bill is a dead one. Nothing
can revive or resuscitate It."
With this sort of gloom and despair per
vading the ranks of the Douglas delegation,
certainly It means a stupendous fight to put
this Important measure on its feet In either
bouse. Naturally Omaha's men are looked
to champion Omaha's interests, but If they
acknowledge defeat without putting on
their armor the fate of those Interests,
forsooth, is doomed.
Kansas Bill Rejected.
The status of impending revenue legisla
tion has changed but little today. Tha
committee haa been hard at work and con
sequently has made some progress toward
completing the measure. A conservative
member said tonight he really believed the
bill could be Introduced Monday, n the
subcommittee ought to flush compiling It
by Thursday night.
After all the hubbub over adopting tha
Kansas bill as a basis for constructing the
Nebraska law It became known tonight
that this has not been done. The efforts of
John N. Baldwin te force this bill on tha
committee and the inarch stolen by a mi
nority of the committee to this end, there
fore, have come to naught, except that tha
Kansas bill la being used for padding pur
poses that Is, to fill In gaps but the Ne
brsKka law forms the real basis.
Tbe committee slmly had to reject the
Kansas law as a foundation because It la
verbose end unwieldy. In compiling the
new bill the work of the vsrlous subcom
mittees is being adopted In the main, with,
of course, such minor changes as a combi
nation of all tha parts may suggest or ren
der necessary.
Omaha Charter Bill.
Tbe Omaha charter hill, which mail is a
number of important changes In tho man
agement of city affairs, doubt!s will be
Introduced in the bouse tomorrow.
The house militia committee tonight de-
cided to recommend H. R. !r, by Ten Eyck,
providing for conformance of the Nebraska
militia law with tbat of the United States,
approved January 21. The bill places tha
adjutant gentral on the aame grade as a
captain In the regular army. Increasing
his salary from $1,200 to 1.800 a year;
makes one assistant a major at a salary of
$1,200 Instead of $800, and the other a cap
tain at $1,000 instead of $oc a year.
The bill In the house which provided for
an Increase of $) for notarial commissions,
which was amended to not Increase the fee.
will likely have rough sailing In the senate.
From the office of the secretary of state
comes the argument that the fee should
be changed to $2 and that this would put
between $700 and $soo In the atato treasury
every year and not work a hardship on any
one. "A person who is wlll.r.g to pay $1
for a commission," said an attache of the
secretary's office, "would readily pay $2
aud not be overcharged, either. No person
Is allowed to do business as cheaply as he
who la allowed to become a notary. Just
think of it, he gets a commission authoris
ing him to do business for alx year and
only pays $1 for It." One senator at least
has taken up the matter and will make a
fight for the original bill.
Way TnlLa u Revenue.
During tba discussion of tha bill provld
log for tha calling ot a constitutional ooa-