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1 THE OMAHA DAILY HEEi WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1003. 2 ...TBI HHIIT CQ-1 THE lMPEKIAL COMMISSION AITOINTED BY . THE EMPEROR (COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE REICHSTAG AND HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF THE FATHERLAND) NOW TOURING THIS COUN TRY, WILL VISIT THE BENNETT COMPANY'S STORE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 O'CLOCK. THIS DELEGATION FORTY-FIVE IN NUMBER REPRESENTS NEARLY EVERY GERMAN PROV INCE AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FROM WASHINGTON. OUR STORE IS THE ONLY STORE IN THE TRANS-MISSISSIFFI COUNTRY TO BE; HONORED BY A VISIT FROM THIS : DISTIN GUISHED TARTY, WHOSE MISSION IT IS TO RE PORT TO TnE KAISEH AND THE REICnSTAO THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS IN AMERICA. we HEARTILY INVITE EVERY BODY AND ESPECIALLY EVERY CITIZEN OF GERMAN bLOOD . TO. MEET THESE ILLUSTRIOUS VISITORS AT BENNETT'S THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 O'CLOCK. THE STORE WILL BE ELABORATELY DECORA TED AND KAUFMAN'S FAMED ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY THE NATIONAL AIRS OF THE FATHERLAND. nnur urimnpifcn vmt Tntntl rir uj-kf EjtenaMaSkataSa th vwtan of vacant building: from rent ing room In th city of Omaha to members of the Mnlon to open restaurants and en gage In business In competition with said defendant : that defendanta are Importing laborer Into th city.. lor the purpoae of breaking- up the urlidns; that the defend anta threaten and Intend to brine a multl pllclty of suit to haras and annoy cross. complainant and other, and for this rea son th temporary restraining order 1 asked. Tsxt of Restraint; Order. . Th order signed by Judge Dickinson 1 a follows: Upon th application Of the cross-petitioners, Omaha Walters' union No. 23, for to Injunction upon their petition duly veri fied, and It being necessary that these de fendants to the cross-petition should have notice of the application before an Injunc tion Is granted. It lc therefor ordered that aid cause b set for hearing on the 26tn day of May. 1903, at 10 o'clock a. m., at room No. 7 In the Bee building In the city ef Omaha, Douglas county. Nebraska, and that cross-complainants be required to notify defendants of the time and plan of said hearing, and that until the further hearing of the court a restraining order be allowed against eacn or me aeienaanis above named, upon cross-complainants ex ecuting a bond In the sum of J600, as re quired by law. Until decision of hearing each of said defendants Is restrained: ' First From In any manner threatening to Injur the business or person of any employer of member of complainants' union or member of labor unions or any person who may employe or desire to employ such union men or from refusing tn el) commodities and supplies of mer 911 chandlae to employers of such union labor and from niscriminaiing asainsi sucn per sons in tne prices cnargea tor any sucn commodities. hecond From threatening or Intimidating In any manner any person Into Joining the said Business Men's association or any n.rr.ninitinii tn destroy labor unions.' .Third r rom mreaiening or inuraiusun. f any person who may Have become a mem- ber of said association or organisation If ha emnlnvea a member Of organized labor or recognises labor unions. Into dlqconttnu- In A,,Ah .mnlnvmant. Fourth From Imposing any fine upon members or sny person for violating any agreement not. to employ organised labor or not to recognise a labor union. Fifth From receiving or paying out any money whatever in pursuance Of any agree ment to break up labor unions, excepting attorneys' fees. Sixth From paying or offering any money to any officers' or m jmbers of labor unions directly or Indirectly as a bribe to do or not to do any act In pursuance of any agreement of any of said defendants against such unions. Seventh From Importing or engaging agents and servants to import any laborers Into the city of Omaha or state of Ne braska In pursuance of any plan to destroy labor organisations or under any similar or new arrangement or plan. Eighth From bringing any other Injunc tion suit or actions In pursuance of any Eeneral plan of prosecution to break up ibor unions or any new or similar plan connected directly or Indirectly with any such existing plans. Business Mea's Meeting;. Persons present claim an attendance of MO or 900 at last night secret session of th Business Men's association in th Bchllta roof garden at Sixteenth and Har ney. ;.' ;'. , . Euclid Martin, as chairman of th con ference committee, reported on th hearing which that committee -and a committee representing th unldn had with Governor Mickey at th Millard hotel Monday. Th report, which wa verbal and wa intended to) cover th argument presented to th governor by each faction, with 'the gov ernor 1 comments, was received, but not otherwise acted upon, while the7 committee was continued for a second conference whenever called by th governor. Of tha remaining session, which lasted two and a half hours. Chief Donahue oc cupied m .part with a report on th police work being done and the handling of the extra force. - The rest of Ui time wa given lover to a diarusslon of the general situation After the meeting J. A. Sunder land Of th press committee said: "There is a matter w wish th paper to Emphasise, and that Is our contradiction of the rumor that w hav blacklisted strik ing employes. There has been no such action, nor is any such action In contein pUllon." ' "Was any resolution of any kind adopted tonight, or any definite action taken on anything?" was asked. "Welt. I don't car to say as to that While our meetings are secret, our policy is an open one and we hav nothing to keep back, but of course w don't car to show our hand any more than th other (el . Iowa". "Waa any action taken or comment made on th waiters' restraining order?" "Why. Is there such aa order?" was Mr. Sunderland's only response. From remarks mad tn other quarter It I anderstood that the blacklisting matter was given considerable attention, th dis cussion evidencing a willingness upon ths part of tha business men to take back all employes In th union without prejudice. a Individuals, but not by agreement with th unions. Speakers urged, however, that aa a 'precaution no employer tajte back The Gorham Guarantee GORHAM Sixver Polish Is guaranteed" by Tha Gorham Co. Produce a poliih that endure All reepeasibl .weia.s keep It ) cents packag qsqt union employes without notifying th ex ecutive committee of th association. The restaurant mn, who had a side I meeung ,or a.scu.sion. alter tn general meeting, maintain that they can get all th help they want at any time by simply "touching th wire." Th association' next meeting I to be Saturday night at the same place. Unlet Day for Itrtkers. Another quiet and uneventful day ha transpired In th progress of th local strike. Littl change can be observed. Th striking force are maintaining their picket line and looking out for th general details of th affair as usual, their head quarter being a buy canters a vr. No disturbances have ooourred to mar the a-ood - - " record that has been mads thus far. The lasuanc Monday of th district court I Injunction against th waiters and allied unionists has not become much of a tea- tur. President H. E. Wads of th Walters' union say It la not at all oppressive, a It simply enjoins th men and women from violating th law, which they hav not don and do not Intend doing. They are still maintaining their picket work, keeping 100 feet Instead of sixty feet back from th various restaurants, as specified In th re straining order. Th importation of nonunion force ha not reached th proportion expected. Th restaurant man hav not - ytt brought In any and th transfer companies did not do - . , r o yesterday. Those pilgrims landed Sunday and Monday are being shipped out of the city fast as th union teamster can get them out. Th great majority de serted -th transfer 'Companies on their ar-t rival ' j Several mora teams were at work yes terday. All that., wer on. th streets are' moving as usual without any Interfere one. The Btirllngton freight, depot ha ae- I cured . enough freight handlers to relieve th congestion, .. ,. . More Trotl-tor Meat Catteva. ' Further'' complication hav arisen In the meat cutters' affair 4lnc the union meet ing Monday night. Th master butchers, It seems, have drawn up a scale which they propose submitting to th union' and th union propose not to submit to. Accord Jng to Local Secretary Bradford ef the union this scale has caused three meat cut ter at the Oeorg Hood shop at Twenty' fourth and Cuming to quit and may lead to other walkouts. On of th union men said "Oeorge Hood, who I president of th Re- tall Butcher' association, presented the scale to his men and said that It would b uniformly presented throughout the city. Th three men, at work there resented Its provisions and walked out. This was don by Hood, notwithstanding that he was on of th first to sign our scale. We don't think that the butcher' will repudiate their action In signing the union seal and carcely look for the precedent at Hood' to stand, but If It does alt h meat cutter will act In unison." ' Watsea Favor Arbitration, On th horse. hoe ri' kltuation W. A, Wat son of 1413 Harney street, state organiser for the Master Horseshoe rs" National Pro tective association, make this statement: "Monday a meeting of the committee appointed by th master horseshoers to con- fer with Mr. Rodney Kewieham, secretary ana treasurer 01 tne international journey men Horseshoers' union, who represented the Journeymen horseshoers, was held at the Murray hotel. Mr. Kenneham Sub mitted tha following proposition: 'A board of arbitration consisting of three members, none of whom shall be a member of the masters' or Journeymen's unions; one to be appointed by the masters, ons by th Jour neymen and the third by the two members selected by the contending parties.' It was rejected by ths committee. Believing that boards of conciliation and arbitration afford ths best remedy for all disputes between employers and employes. to the end that the business Interests shall be affected to the least degree possible, that the efficiency of th services rendered th patrons shall be beat - promoted by friendly relations between masters and Journeymen, and that Inasmuch as Mr, Kenneham plan to submit the disputed point Involved to a board of arbitration composed of disinterested persons waa ap proved by me, I decided to open my shop this morning, pending action In th direc tion ef securing th board In qaostlon. when I shall cheerfully accept th decision of the three business men selected, and cognixent of the fact how difficult It Is to pick up strangers at random and have good work done to the satisfaction of my pa trons, j nave retained my former employe. wno hav been familiar with th work for period ranging front five to fifteen years. My shop has been closed sine last Wednes day, and th pressure of business has been such that It was simply Impossible for me to undertake the work requiring the serv. Ice of six men. I sincerely hop that th general demand for arbitration aa th best means to settle the present labor troubles troduced calling for two new fir hydrant. doubtedly b, on the grand medical exam In our city will result In a speedy solution NeteBth "d Spring streets and , for mcn ther- j- ths greatest array Dt the nolnta under dlanute." I tn ther w7 between Spring street I , -.! The resolution to bar th r W i ...eri.. tM K..O.A. Laundries to He-Open. According to the proprietors of th .l.kt... l..-.jAtA .1 A Wu . I. . . J 1 - 1 v'smiowu wuuu.iwa wmwwu vr ui. an these place will ' reopen for business Thursday morning with nonunion help. Tha laundries were closed Monday, when th employes struck on refusal of the pro prietor to cease doing work for establish ments declared "unfair" by organised I la Ur. "We propose to conduct our own business I and do work for whomsoever we please." I said a laundry proprietor; we cannot af ford to suiew our employe te dictate t I us.' We hav large um of money in vested In our plants snd must be the arbi ter of our own business (fairs. W are willing to continue paying our- help well and treating them fairly. No complaint ha been mad on either of the scores. We are simply asked to make discrimina tions as to work, serving only such patron a are acceptable to the union. We poel Uvely refuse to acctd to this demand. On that ther will never be ny comprom ise. Our stand is absolute. W will oc cupy th same position, too. 1 might add that a minority of ah laundry worker are In thl union." The 'laundry proprietor held a meeting Monday afternoon and another on yes terday afternoon to finally . shape their plan for resuming business. Walters Play Another 'Card. ' Officers of the Walters' union believe they will be able to more than offset any advantage th. employer' alliance may have gained when It secured th order re training th striker' pickets from stand' Ing within 100 fet of an "unfair" house to distribute carda and from Interfering with the delivery of provision. An officer of the union yesterday said: "Without Ice the restaurants cannot get along and practically all of those that are unfair have been depending on Shackelford Sl Dickey for their supply. Today ws have found a way to reach Shackleford Dickey and It won't take long to tie them up. W find that this firm deals .only In coal and ha not In recent years at least had anything to do with th Ice business until lately. It has no reservoir of Its own,' but has been buying from the Crystal Ice company. We have seen the Crystal lee company's', principals and they hav promised us that ao soon a we can show that Rhackleford ,t Dlekey, have served uniair house, the Crystal Ice company will cease to serve Bhackleford & Dickey. "W feel pretty good over this. It more than evens up for that restraining" order, which, by the way, simply backs our pick' eU off forty feet farther, from the doors of th unfair house and make it a little more difficult perhaps to check th fur nlshlng of provisions." Terms Irons Employing- Batchers. The master butchers of the city met last night at Washington hall and at the close th following Statement was given out We declded that ,n p,aoe of our employes conduct our markets we are going to conduct them ourselves- snd for that purpose th following rule' were adopted r.mpioye are required . to work until ' 10 p. m. on saiuraay nnd the cay preceding Thanksgiving and Christmas and until 7 p. m. on, weetc iaye. ftom May 1 to No. vemDer i employes are required to. work mini iv a. m. on Bunaay. On the following? hollriAva amnlovie art required 'to work until 10 a. m Decoration day, Fourth of July, Labor day. Thanksgiv ing, Christmas and New Years. a competent meat cutter shall not be re quired to work for less than 112 per week. employers agree to give tore days' notice of discharge and employes are required to 'Y? thre W notice of their intention tp quit worn. Th employer sure- to siva trn dave' notice In case of reduction of. wages, and the employes are required to give ten days' Employer. i'Tsotv ThiTt'toUchaTke wunoui notice any emDlove who is found guilty of any conduct unbecoming a gentle man. No discrimination shall be made as tn whom an employer may employ for his service, eitner union or nonunion. ! Any violation of above rules shall be re ported to the secretary of th Omaha Retail tiuicners union. These- rules, with the excentlon of that permitting the employment of union and nonunion men, are nut little different from those given out by the meat cutters' union May 1, and where there Is any It Is In favor I 1. 1 it lain ai vr ii (in l ii v iriH tn fi g r 1 1 1 1 mrm iininn i or me employes, rne agreement made by I inriii otbj i viuimea Dy .mem way B, 1 uy lnc rrIUH1 OI ie employes xo cui meat I for nearly ail of the hotels and restaurants of the city, and for that reason the em ployers who signed feel that the aereement signed at that time is not binding upon them. If the men desire to return to Work tney can do so. without recognition of the union,, and we give them ' these rules - to go by, . ; ' : lloloa Httdag. Uit Mgbt. Th freight handlers met last night In special session at 1416 Farnam .street; At th conclusion of the session it was given out that nothing had been done except to Initiate about twenty new members. No additional case of strike or lockout in th last twenty-four hours was reported. At a special meeting of the Horseshoers' union last night It was reported that with the flv firms who had signed the scale all but six of the members of the union would be employed and that nothing new had developed. The carpenter expected that Sidney Kent, former commissioner of labor of the state, now an ' organiser of the Interna tional brotherhood, who ha been In Color rado for some time, would arrive before their meeting. He failed to put In an ap pearance and the evening wa devoted to routine business. Nothing' new' waa brought out at th meeting of the hod carriers. At th meeting of the Steam Power' council, which consists of five delegates from 'th Stationary Firemen's union, flv from the Stationary Engineers' union and flv -from th Teamsters' union, reports wer received from the different office buildings and factories as to th condition of the fuel supply. In some cases this supply was said to be short, and It' was predicted that within a week there Would be more or less trouble over the delivery of coal by nonunion men. The secretary of the council said that the body had no power to bind the members of the con stituent unions, and that all action -taken h, thAt ,,. tA ,.,.bj to th three unions for action before it be came binding. It was said that the public service corporation are not likely to be Involved In the strike, as all . fuel la de livered to them by rail, while many of the factories had sufficient coal on hand to run from one to alx weeks. CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS (Continued from First Pags.) communication nominating him by the water board was read. Councilman Has- cau naa a nonconcurreni resolution aireaay preparea wnicn aeciarea Mr. Alvorrt naraeu. seincicu, uaiegaieu ana appointed appraiser. The corporation of th city of Omaha will pay th teamsters th scale of wages and abide by the conditions that the union is now imposing. A resolution to this ef fect, introduced by Councilman Harry B. Zlmman, was passed with but on dissent ing vote, that of Councilman Hascall. This means that public work will be resumed tomorrow after a week's stagnation. Settle Old Damaug Salt. Elisabeth V. Van Brocklin. after several years' effort by her attorneys, will receive $H09.96 from the city as damages for an Injury alleged to hav been sustained by her slipping on an Icy sidewalk January 11. 1899. A resolution agreeing to pay the sum In consideration of th withdrawal of a 31S.000 suit In the federal court was adopted by the council without dissent Councilman Hoye had a resolution In- I ..J rjnnUua.il 1 A .A - . S , . A. V. " " I committee on fire, water and police, which has recently turned down several request 1 I . L. A . - . 1 , ... i ivr . iiDi ujuiKuis- vii u mat na water board has now complete Jurisdiction over this matter. Councilmen-elect Nicholson, Huntington, Back, Bchroeder, Evans and PybaU at- tended th meeting, evidently to school themselves In their work as city officers. which begins May . Carl C. Wright C. H. Withnell, A. C. . Koenig. Robert W, Dyball. H. B. Zlmman. C. 8. Huntington and P. C Bchroeder filed bonds and oath of offlom, TO END UNION PACIFIC WAR OtufarenM Call! in Chicag on Eaturday to Bettla Strike. HA.RRIMAN ' AND BURT TO MEET UNION New York Builder Cambists to Break Labor Orsjuelsatleus, While way Excavators Decide to He tara to Wark Today. KANSAS CITT, May 12. -John McNeil, grand president of the Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron SI) Builders of America, whose headquarters are In Kan sas City, Kan., said tonight that a con ference will be held In Chicago on Satur day, aiming at a settlement of th Union Paclflo machinists' strike and th differ ence between the Southern Paclfla and its boiler makers, , Thl conference will. be attended by E. H. Harrlman, H..Q. Burt. John McNeil, H. J. McCracken of Sacramento, CaL, treasurer and secretary of District No. I of the Brotherhood of Boiler Maker and Iron Ship Builders of America; E. F. Ken nedy of Omaha, president of District No. 4; James O'Connell, Washington, D. C, president of the International Association of Machinists; Thomas L. Wilson, Omaha, fourth vice president of the International Association of Machinists, and a represen tative of th National Civic Federation. - Mr. McNeil, who has just returned from Alamogordo, N. M., has notified the boiler maker of th Southern Pacific that they are to remain at work at least until May 26, pending developments. He believe en agreement 'will be reached before that time and says he ha - delayed calling out the men In th Southern Pacific, shops at th urgent request of Bl H. Harrlman, who, according to McNeil, la most anxious for a settlement. Vote 'on Sympathy Strike. MILWAUKEE, May Ji-The machinists' convention proposed today to leave the matter of a strike on th railroad era- ! braced in th Harrlman system. In sym pathy with the striking boiler maker on the Union Facfle, to th men themselves, Th railroad commute had th floor all day and In a report which they submitted to the convention, a recommendation was embodied to leave the matter of ordering a strike with th president and th new ex ecutive board, which will be elected this week. The rep6rt was discussed in every phase, but it was finally decided this even ing to leave It, to a vote of the machinists Involved. According to Vice President P. J. Cono- Ion, It will be at least a month before th result of th vote wilt be known. The lodges Involved will vote separately and the result will-be-forwarded to th execu tive -board, - whose headquarters are at Washington. In case a majority decided In ! rVr ' srmpathMro .'tpUt' VwU1. b ' uiwu. Employers to. Break 1'nlona. NEW YORK, May lt-The BulMi Trade association have decided to com bine for united and aggressive action against the labor unions. u oruuiija an understanding was reached between a committee of th Cen tral Federated imlon" and the leaders f . . . . tn rockmen -ind excavators that tn. men on tne euoway shall return to work tomorrow. The governor of th n..ni , . . : -. - - . - Building Trades association met today and practically decided W form' a union similar to the labor unions.'1 Ths ' meeting was at tended by all the governors df trie asso ciation with butwo exceptions end the sentimen in f avoryit ftggressl v action wa unahlMotis. ""'''s ' " A' -.' - Aa a result the- followmg letter was sent out .to.- every laboe employer engaged In building la Manhattan and th Bronx, num- bering between 1,000 and -3.600. i.w'iI.mrhiS.!iSri?.-Jfrr 52pV?.yf serious situation and a meeting will be h!ld",d the. distribution of th value of term on Friday, May IS. at' 8 p. m. at the Build- Inal facilities had never taken place. Aa You are earnestly requested to be present a- w.wvisk, resident The trades to be -effected have a mem- bershlp of more than 180,000 men. Most of these are already out of work. Xonuuloa Men lis Trains. MOBILE, Ala., May 12.-Th ultimatum Issued by General Manager Clark to the effect that all striking employes must re- turn to work this morning or their places ..j u a..-a a.A.j J T .. would be filled failed of effect here, as j none of th men returned. A freight train left, this morning for Oko- lona, Miss., and waa manned by nonunion men nd "ri' kt officer. Eight non union men arrived last night from Meridian and West Point, Miss., and are awaiting orders of th company J. J. Anderson of West point. Miss., head brakeman of the freight train which ar rived last night, claims that h waa shot at three times as the train passed through Whistler, flv mile north of Mobil. An derson la a nonunion man. - Driver Btaad by Walter, KANSAS CITT. Mo., May IX. A new feature In th waiters' strike In this city la th refusal of the bakery driver to de liver to nonunion restaurants. Th order will affect every member of th Restaurant Men' Protective association, of which ther are forty-eight. Small restaurants who buy all their pastry rom the bakeries will suffer most, aa the larger concerns bake most of their own supplies. Arbitration Is Proposed DUBUQUE, Iaij'May It (Special Tele gram.) Th Union Electrlo company ha sent a communication to Mayor Berg pro posing arbitration of the street car strike by Archbishop Keane, Judge Bhlraa and Jurira O'DonnelL I Th. ,tret car strikers on th arrival of I th. resident of their National organlxatlon today will answer the Union Electrlo com 1 panyi arbitration proposition by proposing art(tration according, to tnelfl constitution. This provides that each party shall select ons man and these two a third. It Is believed th company will accept WORKMEN START BUSINESS (Continued from F1rt Page.) W. D. Shield. H. A. Worley, F. A. Marsh, F. E. Way, Robert E. McConoughy, Dr. McDonald. A. R. Van Byckle, Oeorg B. Dent George E. Armstrong; trustees. 1. W. Alter, T, J. Buckmaater, A. .M. Beres ford. E. D. Jackson, W. R. McAllister, J. F. Sumney; supreme lodg representative, Jacob Jaskalek and all past grand work men; committee; on laws, H. M. Waring, J. C. Port C. H. Denny, B. A. Searle, E. A. Cook, R. D. Sutherland, A. R. Hum nhrey. t-v, a mna intarostinsr corneal win un corneal win . I V .... I grand lodge officers from noiding a secona rL .n..4. Th resolution to .... , , mnA medical axamlner VU V- FiGPRUNE Cereal Tastes like Coffee 'Better than Coffee. The seoet & perfect blending and roaatinc of fruit and train. SOLO BIT aU GROCCRSw from to cent to X cent w under dis cussion when th grand lodge adjourned for the day. VALUE OF . RAILROADS (Continued from First Page.) way of showing th earnings of any sep arate mile. Denies t fcjust Taiatlnu. ' Th asertion made by th railroad that they had been taxed unjuetry was) denied. Th report of th auditor for 1802. Mr. Rose water said, showed that' the Union Pa cific had 1,090 mile ofnnaln line, while th net earning were $4,711 a mil. Thl cap italised at 4 per rent would mak th value of th road 1117,500 per mile for th main line. Assessed at one-sixth It would be I19.RSS; assessed a one-seventh, tl4,C37 as sessed at one-tench, 111,750. The board last year assessed- th main line at $9,800 per mil and th branch line at 13.600 per mil. This, th apeaker tild. would make an av erage assessment of the entire system of $4,427 per mil. In discussing th bulletin Issued by th railroads last year, Mr. Rosewater said he could take th figure of th railroad and how that twenty year ago they were as sessed at mora per mile, and there was less mileage than at th present time. He con tended that th railroad of today1 were not to be compared lv. value to the railroads of that day. They had Increased tn value and at th asm time their assessments had been decreased In proportion. Figure were produced to show the In creased earnings of the various railroad over former years, H advised th board not to consider th reports of any previous year. "That la den every year," he said. "Last year th board worked on the report of th year before, the year before that th board worked on the report of the previous year. Do the work yourselves and pay no attention to what other boards hav dona, It wilt be th only way that Uses will be come equalised." Compared with Lail Value. Considerable time was spent In th aft ernoon discussing whether lands wer taxed on a less per cent of thetr value than were th railroads. Th board had secured from the various county clerks a table of th land sales which the board believed ex pressed th afflrmatlv of the question. Mf. Roaewater had also secured statements j from the various county clerks, and his table covered land sales for a period of six months on nearly all of the land that was brought In question either by the speaker or members of the board showed the as. sessment on a basis of one-sixth of the value of the land. In some Instances, how ever, this was not true. That land tn the western part of the state was assessed at a greater per cent was not questioned, and Mr. Roaewater showed that one-half of tha lands In tha state taken as a whole, were assessed on from one-sixth to one-seventh of It value. The shrinkage tn tots, he said, wa. due In . measure to the many city lot that In former year wer laid out In cornfields 'and now were again cornfields. Between th question fired at him, par ticularly by Mr. Weaton. regarding the assessment of land, Mr. Rosewater got tn some good arguments against the record filed by th railroad attorneys. He showed that from 1889 to th present time there wa an Increase of 670 miles lt mileage, and by taking the same mileage tn th two years a decline of over $7,000,000 In valuation. Ko Distribution of Terminals. He showed that the earning of the rail roads had doubled sine 1884, and he held that If they wen assessed fairly In 184 they should have their assessment mate rially Increased In ISO1' Th Burlington sys tem, he said, sold for $365,000 per mile, and this vitus. t km - should ' be distributed throughout, the state, because 'Nebraska roads wore feeders for the system. And he believed that the valuation should be dis tributed along all the lines of th roads and all branches, without, discrimination. JturUngton system Mr. Rosewater IP the Southwestern, fifty and one-fourth , miles In length. In 1889 It was assessed at no, 400 per mile and" now la assessed at ; ir 500 per mile. I'd to 1898 the Burllnrtnn ; had no terminal facilities. Mr. Rosewater said that $2,000,000. at a low estimate, had been spent In terminal facilities, whit th whole assessment was much-tees. "And the Elkhorn," continued Mr, Rone- water, "has Issued a statement that It had 1 .am vwk rnt 1 1 . . , ; "', f """ noum Omaha. Where Is It? Instead of there being art Increase there his been a de- I crease In the assessments. If this had 1 been taken Into account It would give dag. Cass, . Saline and other countlei more money, though Douglas would hav secured little." ' Mr. Kose water expressed the same opinion of jthe Union Pacific. "The whole presumption that they are distributing the value of ths terminals Is negative by the records. Railroads should pay In propor- tlon to their value and not according trj other property." Ha then called attention to the high as sessment of the railroads In Kansas and showed that land was assessed aa low 80 cents per acre. He told of the agitation of the railroad taxation question through out th country and of the increased as sessment made In Minnesota, Montana Michigan and .other points; and he In stated that there was no excuse whatever for railroads in Nebraska to be assessei lees now than they were In th 'tfs and early 'SOs. Weitoa Is Inquisitive. Considerable debate occurred during th address of Mr. Rosewater and the mem bers of the board, particularly Mr. Weston and Governor Mickey, displayed a great deal more of an Inquiring mind than they did on th occasion of the talks by ths railroad attorneys. Auditor Weaton, In par ticular manifested a disposition to Impress upon Mr. Rosewater that railroads wer being assessed on a greater per cent of their valuation than were lands. Frequently Mr. Weston declared certain statements made by Mr. Rosewster were not accord ing to the records, but In every instance verification showed that tha statements did conform to ths records. Every little while A. W. Scribner, th tax agent for th Union Pacific, wa called upon to say a word that would assist th railroad aid of the argument When Mr. Rosewater called atttentlon to the discrepancy of ths values placed on locomotives by the dlf ferent railroads, Mr. Weston said he had sent out a separate blank and had asked the railroads to value their property, Governor Mickey was sur this discrepancy was due to a misunderstanding of the blank by the railroads, as to whether it waa the value of the aasossment value that should be given. At th conclusion of th argument of Mr. Rosewater Auditor Weston said: "I hav never contended that railroads wer not assessed too low, but th t-uth Is we are all tax shirker. A representative of the Omaha Real Es tate exchange will address the board Thursday and until that Urn th board tands adjourned. IB t FELLATAI1S FALL AT LAST Britain BeaU Unoonquered Triba and Annex 100,000 Eqnart Xilea. NATIVES FIGHT WITH FANATICAL COURAGE Thousands Fall Before Kluse Trwepa Beat ieml-ClTlllsed People, Who Have Puaaled aad Defied Euro peans for Centuries. LONDON, May U-Mr. Chamberlain an nounced In ths House of Commons today that aa a result of the British mlUtary operation around Sokoto and Kano dis tricts, ending with the capture of th emir of Kano, 100,000 square mile had been added to northern Nigeria and would b administered by th government of that detail hav been received her of the capture of Sokoto on March 14 by 600 British troop under Colonel Mor land. Th engagement lasted two and a half hours. Ths British had four quick firing guns and four Maxima Th enemy's force was estimated at 6,000, th riflemen being armed wtth modern rifles and using smokeles powder. British Overcome Hardships. The British camped during the night of March 13 one and a half miles from Sokoto, after a hard march of .100 miles from Kaura. with but little water and after passing through a difficult country. At daybreak, on March 14, they formed In a square and marched toward the valley In which Sokoto Ilea . . Immediately they reached th crest of the ridge the Fella tans charged with fanatioal bravery, un deterred by a withering Maxim and rifle fire. . They had no proper leadership, but th isolated bands continued to advance over heaps of dead and dying, single In dividuals often reaching within a yard of the square, where, refusing quarter, they were shot down, shouting "Allah" with their last breath. Th main native body was finally routed, leaving a remnant of about thirty chiefs, sturdily guarding the emir's great white flag. These chiefs were defiant to the last and their corpses were found hedging the standard when th British entered th city, whence almost the entire population had fled. A few days later, - however, the people returned snd the Fellatahs tendered their submission to Commissioner ' Lugard, who arrived on March 19 and Installed a new emir. The British then retired toward th coast, leav ing a garrison of two companies of In fantry. Possess Many Civilised Traits. Sokoto 1 built In Moorish style and has for many centuries been the second city in the Fellatah empire, whence come th famous Hausa cloth and where. It Is prob able, the majority, of th famous Hausa writings first had their origin. Its now half-ruined walls are seven mile around and are pierced by eight gates. The Fel latahs are a very different people from th surrounding negroes, on whom they look down. They are th only African race, ex cept the Egyptians, which has a written language of Its own, and are among the best native soldiers In th world. CONSUMPTION Arti t, una. I was afflict will all 4ke symptom et Bret an Mon4 Mac of enumplln with h.naor rbaa of th lun.s. 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