TnE OMAnA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1903. .
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ROB PLEASANTDALE BAM
by Mr. Otlson and an officer from this city.
Ten years sgo, when Mrs. Llttls aecured a
divorce from her first husband, ah waa
given th custody Of th child, and after
producing the necessary paper upon her
arrival her yesterday she wa promptly
given th custody of ber son. She will re
turn to Omaha tomorrow. Mra. Little Is
now living with ber third husband, to
YOU GET UP .
WITH A. LAKE BACK?
Ta!TM Blow Opan Safe nd Gtt Thlrtj-
rirs Hundred Dollar
GOVERNOR VISITS TROOPS
Clisf Eieoutlrs of Xansaa Qaest of Officers
" at Tort Riley.
DAY DEVOTED TO DRILL AND LECTURES
Operations la tha Field Will Ba Re
sassed This Meralag with All
af i Stata Oaards Tak
ing Part.
V ' ft
POSSE QUICKLY STARTS IN PURSUIT
Raaakor af Shots Ara Fired at Barglar
whom she was married threo week agaw '
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Fcr Breakfast, Luncheon, or Supper
. , the Unequalled Beverage.
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DISCUSS NEW REVENUE LAW
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nssasssa
Stat Board Vat Inolinsd to Adviss Omaha
. i Ccmmisiionorpn Duties.' '
S'SCCYCR FLAW IN NORMAL SCHOOL BILL
, Peaasylvaala , luwuti Company
Fraposea ta Fight th Reels-re-aal
Tajr oa luiraaei Cans
aaales. ;
.3HCOLN. Oat. 20.-(Rpeclal.)-The Stat
j Board of Equallaatlon and Assessment will
meet tomorrow in special aeaalon with City
Attorney Wright and Tax Commissioner
Fleming of Omaha to dlacuaa tha paragraph
in the itaw revenue law enacted by tha lata
legislature regarding credit and debit ss
esameni, No, provision waa mad In tha
law for tha deduuUori of debit fror credits,
which fast haa1 caused tha pwopi af Omaha
no end etf worry i Tha metal from Omaha
are anslpu for ,tb Poerd of equalisation
to paaa upon tha paragraph, or to give them
aoma Idea how to proceed. It la likely, how
aver, that tha. board will. tell tha Omaha
officials to do aa they aea fit and that tha
courta will act them right If they ara wrong;.
jAt leaat that s the opinion of Governor
Mickey, who will call tha meeting.
-"I don't aaa that -wa' can do other than
follow out the law, whatever It la," aald the
governor, "and If there la any question
about It then tha courta will have to decide
that" .. , , ,,,..
, While1 trie Special revenue committee that
framed the "new law made no provlalon for
a riMtllclfnn rf r1Kf t If wwa Im nnlnlAfi a
the board to asses all notea at their value.
In explaining thla Representative Sweezey
of Adama county aald: "If a man holda a
nota for tt.OOO and tha assessor knows that
It Is not worth more than 1500 then It la his
duty to assess the note at 1500 or assess It
for If W that Is all It la worth. If the holder
of the note will make oath that It la worth
leaa than tha face' cull for then it should
be assessed at Just.tl. amount tha owner
aid It waa worth.',,
Flaw l 'ntrnil Bill.'.
A prominent ' attorney 'from the north
part of tha atata was In tha city thla morn
ing looking up tha. matter of the Kearney
normal school. Tha attorney found a flaw
of sufficient importancs to be the founda
tion of an Injunction suit, should anyone
care to enjoin. The flaw waa this: When
tha bill was recommended for passage by
tha committee,. o the whole In he -house.
It xontaVuvd .n junetidment that "the town
securing tha. school, budding should put
up a bonus- of 110,060,' besides tha twenty
acres of land. The 'enrolled bill does not
contain.' that amendment. The failure to
vote: on . tha bill as ' recommended by tha
committee of the whole, thla lawyer said,
would certainly Invalidate It. It la pre
sumed now, that, the defeated towns will
get busy, as contemplated some time ago,
to the end that tha matter can be kept In
the courts until the 'next legislature cuts
off tha appropriation. '
. Odd Fellows' Grand Lodge.
', The first session of tha grand- lod?e of
held this morning at the rooms of tha local
.- order and waa attended' by over 100 mem
bers. T.Ma session waa in a sense merely
preliminary to-the big meetings which' be
gin tomorrow. Tha day was aper.t In nam
. fng committees and hearing the reports of
tha grand patriarch and tha grand maater.
Among those who took the grand encamp
'ment lagrse 1 were: 1 C D. Nell, G. L. Ed
wards, Jacob Marks, ' Z. B. Jackson, E, W.
Burrith. W. H. Boeey, R. H. Miller, 8. F.
Dunn. B..H. Wills., I. T. Ward, N. J. Bto
cypherW, G. Chapman. E. E. Howe, B.
F. Berear. H ' A w a s.ii..'.b
II. T. Van, Woolrand, L. D. Packard, A.
N. JefTrey, B. U McCrea, W. H. .Fly nil,
N. M. JJelsoJV T. Uddecott Williams, Mo
Alllstefv J. J. Cloose, B. Ouensel and F.
B. Berry. Tho representatlvea from the
arlouS orders that attended today's ses
sions are: C. W. Caratens, C. N. Nell,
. E. Jackson, B. B. Hall. O. Falrchlld.
F. p. Btock. Thomas Llddecott, J. J.
Cloose, J. F. Bchmolsred, A. J. Means,
B. R. McFariand, B. N.,Mllla, U. B. Breh
rer, L. O. Larson, J. p.- Bratth. R. H. Mr.
Alester, A. DeAUemand, E. E. Howe, W.
A. Ratllsack. U- A. Jarrts, A. M. Anderson,
U. Q.' Puroell. A. N. Jeffrey, A. C. Berry,
K. 1m McCrea, F. R. Bmlth, W. W. Cooper.
W. H. J Iron. N. M. Nelson and Allen Hop
kins. , . . . . ,
At the meeting held tonight at the cap!
tol building tha work of the order waa
exemplified. - -
Test It eeiroeat laearance Law.
. A friendly ault haa been begun In the
auprenie court to test the validity of tha
reciprocal tax. Tha petition wna filed- by
Attorney General . Frout thla morning
against the Insurer)? Company of North
America, a Pennsylvania company doing
business in Nebraska, to compel the com
pany to pay ) per cent of its grosa receipts
provided for by the Insurance laws ofNhs
state. , ,
With tha petition the' answer of tha com
pany waa set up alleging that the law
upon which the auditor's. Insurance dep
uty relies In levying the tax is unconetitu
tlonaU and that the section- relied on was
repealed. la ISA when the atalutes were
amended. , .
In the petition fled Mr. Prout seta up that
tha company did a large bwataeaa In tha
For CONSTIPATION Drink
, CN ARISING HALF
WHY f Because it will positively cure it, with more safety
than any other remedy known to the medical profession.
Be cateful, however, that you get Munyaal Jano. as some concoctions
ara put op and represented to be 'Hunyadi Water hu.b. are not only
worthies, but are often harmful. Your physician will recommend
Hunyadi Jauo. Lt mt A Ubtl, it is Bint .ilk KtJ Center.
4te4Mme
stats In the past year tsklng In the sum
of. $10,141. ft In premiums. The statutea In
vogue In Pennsylvnila are quoted showing
that a tax of t per cent Is levied on foreign
companies by that state and a demand
made that the company be made to pay
tha amount of TOSI In taxes for the cur
rent year, that sum being S per cent of
the total premium receipts In the utaje
for that period. Aa a basla for tha claim
that the' company Is liable, section S3, chap
ter xllll, providing for the Imposition of a
I per cent tax 'on foreign oompanlea having
headquarters In the states levying a spe
cial tax on Nebraska companies operating
therein la cited. :'.''.
Tha answer filed ' by tho attorney for
tho company alleges that the act Is un
constitutional because It la In contravention
of the provisions of tha federal constitu
tion, since it Imposes a heavier tax on com
panies having headquarters In foreign
giaies ants cumnn m-iii u uum
panies. It is also claimed that It Is In de
rogation of section 1, article Ix of tha state
constitution providing that taxes shall be
equal on property of tha same class.
ThaallitaUo ia made, too, that tha act
relied on. which wms adopted In lttt waa
repeated by the revenue aet of 1FT, which
provided a new mode of assessing such
companies and made no special mention
of the tax mentioned In tha earlier statutes,
The latter act, it Is claimed, Is complete
In Itself, providing a new mode of raising
revenue and therefore tha implication la
that th legislature Intended to. repeal .the
older conflicting act upon which tha state
la now relying for tha collection of these
taxes.. -
Stat Board af Charities.
The Stat, Board of Charities and Correc
tion met this afternoon in the office of the
governor, with these members present:
Governor Mickey, Secretary John J. Davis.
Rev. Clark of the Omaha Child Saving in
stitute, J. W. Seabrooke, Father Reusing
and Mrs.. E, C. Johnson. ..Commissioner
Follmer was abaent. . In the report read by
Secretary Davla of his trip to the prison
conference at Louisville, during which he
visited the Insane asylums In Kentucky,
Illinois and Indiana, It waa stated that th
Institutions of Nebraska were In every way
better than those visited. The buildings
were newer and better, and the manage
ment was more buslness-Uk and secured
better results.
Father Reusing and Roy. Clark were ap
pointed a committee to , aulTmlt a plan
whereby the investigation of private insti
tutions that cared for homeless children
and dependent would be systematic It ia
the Intention of the board to make an effort
to get the legislature to place all such In
stitutlons under the law that governs state
institutions., Tha matter ot looking Into .the
condition af th Geneva institution, waa left
entirely with, the governor. , The board will
max an effort to secure the national con
vention of charity workers to ba held la
1906. ........
Approve Oaard . Bleetloa. .
Acting Adjutant General Mary Greer
today approved tha election of these offi
cer by Company F of Lincoln: William
Under, captain; Charles II. . Dean, flrat
lieutenant, and ' John H. Turner, aecond
lieutenant
Raral ' gefcaol Coasolldatloa.
Superintendent Fowler haa received from
the printer his pamphlets on the consolida
tion of school districts, the centralisation
of rural schools and the transportation of
pupils at tha publio expense. The pamphlet
contains reports from the counties of th
state where the consolidation Idea ha been
tried and tha report of trials in other
states. - Mr. Fowler la a strong advocate of
the Idea and much of his tlm has "been
apent during hi term of office In bringing
th school boards and patrons of the state
around to his way of thinking. In his
pamphlet he ha several page of argu
ment In favor of consolidation, submitted
with which is argument against It
Harta'AaawAra Oaaaaeat at Beatrice.
BEATRICE,. Neb., Oct. SO. (Special.)
Hon. C. F. Reavl. republican candidate
tor district Judge, waa In tha city yester
day In the interest of his candidacy. Mr.
Raavur addressed a large crowd at Cort
land Saturday night and an effort la being
mad to have him apeak In Beatrice aom
night thl week In order to give him an
opportunity to refute th charges mad
against him by th fuslonlsts. Mr. Reavla
foi very much encouraged over his pros
pects of election and he will certainly re
ceive a splendid endorsement at thepolli
In this county,
Storage Plaat Chaages Owaers.
NEBRASKA CITT, Neb., Oct 80.-Spe-ctal
Telegram ) It ia currently reported In
thla clty( today that th Prelbe Slmater
company of St. Louis haa taken over the
business of the Weatern Cold Storage com
pany at this place. Mr. J. 8. Prelbe of
tho new firm waa In the city and It is
learned upon good authority that tha
change will take place thla week. It la
understood that E. P. Ray will have tha
management of the new concern and that
th plant will be mad of even greater im
portance than in the past
Railroad Chg at Beatrice.
BEATRICE. Neb Oct . (Special.)
W. II. Bock, who haa been traveling freight
and passenger agent for the Burlington
road for 4 he past few yeara. having made
his home In Beatrice, has been made sta
tion agent at Tecumseh. Mr, Bock will be
succeeded her by Jamea Mendenhall of
Wymor. Th change will taka Place No
vember l .
TVMBLXRFVL
Fleclag; la Baggy, bat rreaa
bly Wltaoat Aay at Thesa
Taklag EaTeet.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Oct. JO. (Special Telegram.)
The safe of the First State bank at Pleas-
antdale, fourteen mile west of here, wa
blown open with nltro-glyceVlne shortly
before 4 o'clock this morning and U.ioO
stolen.
Th burglar escaped in a buggy, followed
by a crowd of cltltena, who were awakened
by. the explosion. Over a dosen shots were
fired at them as they drove down th street
of the town, but whether any of tha shot
took effect I not known at thl time. Lin
coln and all the surrounding towns wer
notified and the sheriff. Detective Malon
and his bloodhounds and the police were In
the search for the men before o'clock. '
. It Is supposed tho Job wa done by three
men. Entrance was gained to the bank by
unlocking the front door with a akeleton
key, after which the vault door was picked
and the men got access to the safe. Her
they drilled a hole and used nltro-glycerln.
; Every Hease la Tawa Ihskes,
The explosion smashed a hole In th Bid
of tho safe and Jarrrd nearly every hous
In tha village. Mr. Ackerman, who la aa
officer in the bank, with a number of neigh
bor1 who heard the explosion, rushed to
the bank Just as the men started down the
street In a buggy. Tha pursuer cut across
a field and came Into the road behind a
buggy, which wss going at breakneck
speed, th occupant lashing th team Into
a run aa the pursuers approached,
Th command to halt wa given and was
answered by a ahout at tha horses. Acker
man and his men then fired at least a
doaaa time at tha flaatng buggy, using
shotgun ,' and revolvers. Th rig kept
going and were soon lost to sight. A poss
of cltlsens was then organised, but It waa
Impossible to follow the trail, owing to th
darkness, and much valuable Urn wa lost
waiting for daylight.
In the meantime Ackerman notified the
police and sheriff here, at Seward, Mllford
and other town along the way, - It wa
supposed the men had headed this way.
Malon and his bloodhounds started for th
seen before daylight and, with a crowd In
pursuit. It 1 belloved th men will be over
hauled. Follow . Wrong Baggy.
Th buggy, which was so relentlessly
pursued by the posse, did not contain th
robbers, as waa at first supposed, but was
occupied by George Murdhenke, his wife
and two daughtera. They arrived In Lin
coln this morning and the rear end of th
buggy testifies to the good marksmanship
of . the . shooters. It is riddled and the
wheels are marked In a dosen places.
Murdhenke and his family .reached Pleas
nntdale from their home near there about
I o'clock, enroute to Lincoln. They wer
driving slowly past the saloon when som
on called out for ' them ' to halt Mra.
Murdhenke said "drive" and th bead of
the "house did.
He slashed up- the horse, and Just then
he was Intercepted by a crowd of men
who Jumped out , In front of tho team.
They yelled halt, and th frightened man
gav tha horses th whip. For over a
mil be ran the team, and finally stopped
In at a farm house and told hi story.
Tho scared, woman-anLchlldren were taken
1 'tha hoase and Murdhenke went with ,th
team to th barn, i , , , .
While In there two of hi pursuer came
up and with drawn revolvers arrested him
a a bank robber. On kept him a pris
oner until t he other went back to town
and brought out the posse on th handcar.
Then Murdhenke wa released.
Every member of the family 1 still badly
frightened, and upon his arrival here th
first thing Murdhenke did wa to report
to th police. Nona of them waa struck
by th bullets. . ' -
BANKERS OFFER A REWARD
Pat lata Effect Hale Adeated Last
Week la Fleasaatdala' Bask '
Robbery.
Tha first ransom for a fugitive bank rob
ber to be offered by th Nebraska Bankers'
association under tha rule adopted at Its
annual meeting in Lincoln last week to
offer t&OO reward for th capture and con
viction of. criminals of tMa class, ha been
placed on the heads of the robber who
got away with 13,600 in. money from th
bank, at - Plaasantdale early yeaterday
morning. In addition to thl offer of th
banker association is on of $100 mad by
tho Ocean Accident and Ouarante cor
poration, ,
In placing Into practical operation tha
rule it adopted tha association, through Its
secretary, ha issued this circular:
NEBRASKA BANKERS' ASSOCIATION.
OMAHA, Oct. 21. To Membera Nebraska
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Officers: Early in the mornlna- on tha ait
Inst an attempt was made to burglarise
the bank of Pleasant dale,
Thla association offers a reward of tMa
for the apprehension and convlcliun of the
persona engageo. in mis burglary, offer to
remain In force for one year from data of
thla notice, and to be paid under the rules
of the aiwoclation.
In addition to the above, the Ocean Ac
cident and Uuarantee corporation, in which
the bank waa insured, offers a reward of
1100. making a total reward of SOUO. for th
capture and conviction ol the parties en
sured In this robbery.
If Information is obtained that might
leaa to tne arresi ot one or more or the
burglars, wire this office, the sheriff of
Seward county at Seward, and the chief of
police, Lincoln, at our expense.
H. R. OOULD. Secretary.
No more active Is tha crusade of robbers
upon the banks of the country towns of
the middle west than tha campaign now
being waged against them by the Nebraska
Banker' association and others who have
determined to exterminate this band of
burglar that seems to. b Just now In
festing this part of th ' country. - The
action of th banker' association In offer
ing these rewards haa been very generally
commended and It la said It will be the
meana of stimulating the efforts to rid
th west of this class of bandit.
Goes ta Calaa aa Mlsalaaary
FREMONT, Neb.. Oct . (Speclal.y-Dr.
J. Kelley waa ordained to the ministry
of to Presbyterian church ban last even
ing, and though appearing upon th roll
ot th Preabytery aa associate pastor of
th Fremont ufauix-h, hi active duties will
be performed aa a missionary at Hainan,
China. Tb hwvIcm were held at th Pres
byterian church and th ordination sermon
waa delivered by Rsv. Dr. Moore of Omaha.
Th charge to th pastor was delivered by
Rev. C. W. Wever of Fremont the charge
to tb people by Rev. R. M. U Braden of
Omaha. Dr. Kelley, who Is a graduate
both la theology and medicine, is sent aa a
missionary by th Fremont church.
Osaaaa Waaaaa tecarca Her Child.
BEATRICE. Neb., Oct ML (Special Tele
gram.) Mra. Walter Little of Omaha,, for
merly Mrs. Eliza Coburn of this cltjk, ar
rived in town thla morning and In company
with Constable Leary visited th home of
Jess Ullson, her nrst husband, who lives
eighteen miles north aest of Boatric. and
aecured her 14-year-old son, who was kid
naped from her a short time ago la Lincoln
Bala Cat Mesaaaslfel.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Oct . (Spe
cial.) A letter from A. C. Osborn, first
lieutenant commanding company C, Twen-ty-slsth
Infantry, at Fort Mcintosh, Texas,
to Andrew C. Fry of Plattsmouth convey
to the father snd other relatives and
friends here tha full particulars of th
death of Frank L. Fry. From th letter
It (a learned that at the time of his death
he was a member of tha post guard, but
after being relieved walked the post from
1 a. m. to I a. m., went Into a back room
and took his life by using a m sirs sine rifle,
while suffering from ' mental depression.
This condition. It ts thought was the di
rect result of a murderous assault mad
upon him by a bolothan In the Philippines
shortly before the regiment set sail home
ward bound. At that time the boy In com
pany with other member of th company
rounded up a party from the enemy's ranks
and during the encounter he waa struck
on the head and knocked down by a bolo,
one of his ears being almost severed from
his head. No other cause could be attri
buted to his actions. '
Charged wit If Wife Desertloa.
FREMONT, Neb.,' Oct. 20. (Special.)
John Kelley waa arrested at Valley Satur
day evening on the complaint of Supervisor
W. H. Mead charging him with deserting
his wife and seven small children, all under
the age of IS yesrs., He wa arraigned In
justice court snd acknowledged that he
had left his wife and children without con
tributing anything to their support, and wss
bound over to the district court for trial.
In default of bail he waa committed to alL
Kelley Is the man. It Is said, (hat has been
living with. tha family of a woman named
Elmore, an applicant for relief from fhe
Douglas county poor authorities, and I
chsrged by Mrs. Elmore with having stolen
0 from her. Mr. KUey wag preeeat la
ooart and wad a Scene bat did not ash
to have her husband released. Thl la th
first prosecution, hero under the new law,
and tha case 1 a very, aggravated one.
Child Attacked by Dag.
LEIGH. Neb-. Oct (Special.) Tester
day morning at 11- o'clock a vicious bull dog
attacked the (-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs.H. H. Schaefer and almost killed
It before the child could be taken from th
dog. F. F. Lee, th owner of the dog, had
him tied In a shod and the child was play
ing about when It cam within th reach
ot th dog. 'Th throat and face of th
child waa badly lacerated and It Is doubtful
if It ever recover.
Stepmother Changes Mind.
BEATRICE, Neb., Oct. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) George Whltcomb, the young man
lodged In Jail yesterday charged with at
tempted assault by his step-mother on her
daughter. Miss Miller, waa released today
at the Instance of Mrs. Whltcomb, who
decided not to prosecute him.
Increase la Telephone Stock.
NEBRASKA CITT. Neb.', Oct -(Special
Telegram.) The Nebraska City Tel
ephone company filed amended article
of Incorporation with the county clerk In
creasing the capita stock from $50,000 to
$100,000. ' V.;? .
. Karly Cora Preaelsa Gaod Yield.
PEATRICE, Nebl i.Oct .' 20. (Speclal.)
A few farmer In thl Motion have started
husking, this year' Jdrh. erop. The, early
corn promise to lnakt ' fair yield, but th
late corn will fa(l , far' below an average
crop., . i . '..
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Two Day, with Fair Skies Premised
Over Entire Nerthwestera
Country.
WASHINGTON, Oct . Forecast:
For Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois
Fair Wednesday and Thursday.
Laeal Record.
' OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, Oct . Official record of tem
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding day of th last three
yeara:
. 1KTT. 191. 1900
Maximum tempera tore... 74 71 , T4 67
Minimum temperature-.... 47 4 45 U
Mi-an temperature...,...,, 00 SI 60 S3
Precipitation 00 ' 63 00 .06
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and sine March 1,
1901: ,
Normal temperature , 62
Excess for the dsy S
Total exceea since March 1 II
Normal precipitation . OS inch
Deficiency for the day 08 Inch
Precipitation since March 1 20.44 inches
Lxcem since March 1 1,04 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1902.. 1.00 inches
Deficiency for oor. period, 1901.. t. 78 Inches
Bog-art (rasa Statloas at T P. M.
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CONDITION OF; THII ;: 9
WEATHER.. , : c C
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Omaha, clear 6ft 74 ....
Valentine, clear C4 80 ....
North Platte, clear..., 68 so...,
Cheyenne, clear U 70...,
Salt Lake City, clear..... r 66....
Huron, partly cloudy 68 76 ....
Wllilston, clear Mi In ....
Chicago, clear - 66 6H ....
St Louis, clear . 70 76 ....
St Paul, clear 66 60....
Davenport, clear 60 7n....
Kansas City, clear 70 741....
Havre, clear 6ti 62!...,
Hflena, partly cloudy 62 61....
Hlnmarrk, partly cloudy (0 62!..,.
Galveston, clear 6X 7u....
U A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
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FORT RILET. Kan.. Oct. .-A visit t
General Bate by Governor Bailey of Kan
sas and tho bursting of a steam connection
between a dynamo supplying light for th
officers' mesa tent and th boiler, wer th
most stirring event of today at Camp
Banger. Th former waa th more Impres
sive, but th latter bore oft th palm for
excitement.
Governor Bailey attended by hla staff,
arrived at Camp Clanger about I o'clock.
He wa met at th station by a squadron
of oavalry, which escorted him to and from,
th camp. General Bates, attended by all
th officer of hi staff, was awaiting th
governor, and after greetings had been
exchanged, th entire party visited the
tent of General Bate. Th governor, after
a Short1 stay with th general, returned
to hi carriage and was driven to the
camp of th Kansas troops, where he wa
received with all th military honor due
hi rank.
Th steam connection between th dyn
amo and th engine parted shortly after
t o'clock and produced a - violent sound
that threw th colored waiters and cook
into a panic. Th big mess tent was filled
with steam, exciting th waiter for a
few minutes, -all of them fleeing, aa they
thought, for their live.
Th day waa barren of Incident as far
military matter were concerned. Drill
wer held In th evening and the afternoon
waa devoted to lectures on medical hy
giene and discussion of the military prob
lems presented by th maneuvers already
held.
f ontrrw th actlv Wetk In tha field
will be resumed, th members of th na
tional guard participating.
During th avenlng Major Fuller of th
ordnance department delivered an address
on prolectlle.
NEBRASKA'S NEWREVENUE LAW
Tax Cosssalsslaaer Fleming Write a
Rosaaaso ta Heary W. Tate'
-' Letter.
OMAHA. Oct. .-To th Editor of Th
Bee: Answering Mr. Tate' letter In this
morning's Be, I would say: "Tea. It would
be prepoeterous tb assess a national bank
as he Illustrates It." Tho fact that the
schedules for banks, loan, trust and Invest
ment companies, prepared several weeks
ago, call for an assessment practically the
aam aa heretofore, as far as result are
concerned, .is tha best evidence of th In
terpretation put upon tho section relating
to banks, etc, by tho city attorney and
commissioner, and not as Illustrated In his
axticla. Mercantile incorporated oompanlea
are not, however, In that class or of tb
same nature.
Tha vital question Is: "Shall credit be
aasessed without regard to what, a man
owes?" Th old law said "No, you must
deduct bona fldo debts, at leaat to th ex
tent of th amount of the credits, and only
that.". A person owing 110,000 and having
good accounts of a value of $S,000 could
cancel $5,000 assessment of his credits, but
oould not reduce his assessment on. any
other Alas ot property and aa he . paid tax
on tt.000 of debt- Th merchant who con
fined hi 1 business to strictly cash sales or
no credit system, but who used hi credit
standing to enlarge hi stock of merchan
dise, say to 175,000 or to th extent of 60 per
cent beyond th capital Invested In his
business, was assessed for his stock 176,000
or 60 per cent more than ilia net worth.
That waa. rank discrimination. .The new
law means ,to treat any and everybody
alike so far aa assessment of property In
possession and control, regardless of what
Is owed on It. real estate Included. I do
not have to justify th law. It Is my busi
ness, however, to provide for it enforce
ment, unless perhaps, as In soma such
strong case as th railroad case, on th
ground of being unconstitutional. Th
assessment of credits, ignoring debts, may
be a sufficient and a good case of thl kind.
II debts ar to be considered, notwith
standing th repeal of tha section that
mad limited allowance for them, to what
extent will they be allowed nowf A be
fore T Or where shall it stop? will It be
confined to som credit or will It be cred
it of every class T Will the owner of real
estate have an allowance for his mortgage
Indebtedness? Will th constitutional re
quirements of uniformity of taxation be
met Nlf credita In th ordinary turn ar
reduced by exlating Indebtedness T Th
franchlsed corporations can look aftsr
themselves and I am not called upon to
champion them. To what extent would
they allow th assessments of credit (and
possibly other property) less Indebtedness T
Th Ideal law would be, possibly, to start
on th basis or principle that a person or
company be asseased for net worth and
build a law around that principle. That Is
not what th framers of th law, or legis
lators that gav their work authority,
meant to do. It waa to assess property of
every nature In whosever handa It waa, re
gardless of the relationship to other' as
sessments, at least, so It seems to me.
Every new law has to run the gaunUet of
th courts. Tha sooner It Is begun and
prosecuted the better and tha sooner w
will have a good law, If we I attend to our
knitting faithfully,, and the year or ao to
elapse before electing another legislature
to consider amending the law will have th
benefit of th decisions of th court in th
meantime.
I may be wrong and I fully realize th
Importance to tho city of Its Jobbing in
terest and have no desire to Injure them
On th contrary, r realise fully that roai
estat and very other Interest wUl suffer
If the Jobbing Interests ar crippled by un
duly Urg taxation. Develop what la right
and constitutional as soon a possible. Th
Held of doubt i greater than any on In
terested claaa seem to see and each class
of property holders ar mora or less selnsii
WILLIAM FLEMING.
Tax Commissioner.
R. V. COLE. W. it. ladCAT.
Cola-McKay company, undertaker gag
e nib inters, 1K7 Capitol ava. Tel 464,
Cartlgeate af Deposit.
W Issue certificate of deposit for I, or
11 months, bearing 4 per cent Interest,
Checks on all hanks cashed. J. La Brandela
A Sons, bankers.
Aa Old Saldler's View.
ASHLAND, Neb., Oct. It. To th Editor
of Tha Bee: I have Just read an article
written by G. R. Rath bun In regard to th
old soldier, which is all true. In thl state,
aa well aa In nearly ail ot th northern
slates, th old soldier 1 looked upon as a
thing of the past and shoved one side.
You may tak Omaha for Instance. How
many of th old boy have easy snaps
that they could hold Just as well as not?
Take your police force, there ar lot ot
old soldiers that could do that Just as well
a som young able-bodied man. I will
venture to aay you hava not on old soldier
oa tho forva. Then tak th postomce.
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W. L. HADING. An Old Soldier.
Bam'l Burns 10 per cent off Llbbey's Cut
Glass this week.
There will b a masa meeting Friday
evening after services at Temple Israel
for the purpose of arranging for a fair, to
ba given for the benefit of the Wise Me
morial hospital. Everybody is Invited.
Boga .Tea Dollar Koto..
A new counterfeit 110 United Btstes treas
ury note has put In its appearance. It I
of the series of 1901, check letter C, plate
No. ". J. W. Lyons, register of the treas
ury; Ellis H. .toberts, treasurer ot the
United States; portraits of Iewis snd
Clarke. The counterfeit Is well executed
and Is a lithograph production on a good
quality of bond paper, but the silk fibre Is
not imitated. The color of the seal, num
bering and large X, with the supervmboa
sed "TEN" on the fare of the note is pink
Instead of carmine. -The lathe work on the
lack of the note la poorly executed.
DIED.
ERICKBON Christine, widow of C. I
Ertokson, Monday morning at 5:30 o'clock.
Funeral Wednesday afternoon at I o'clock
from residence, ta North Twenty-seventh
s venue. Interment t Mt. Hop cemetery.
Friends invited. a i
FISHER Mrs. Julla at the residence of
her daughter. Mrs. ' Morlts Meyer, 2110
Douglas street. Funeral Thursday at 2
p. m.
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