Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 04, 1905, Page 7, Image 7
THE OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY. .FEBRUARY 4. 1903. FLEMING'S ANNUAL REPORT l it j Tax Commissioner Mates Some Pointed 8iggetioni foi Befom. DOUBLE TAXATION UNDER PRESENT SYSTEM Assessment of Stock In Foreign Cor porations and I luting of Mort t'kM Pro Me ' of Much Aggravation. City Tax Commissioner William Fleming, in his annual report for &X, commends the proposed consolidation of the city and county tax departments; says that the Assessment of shares of stock in corpora tions whose capital stock is not a.isensed as a whole in Nebraska drives out citizenship, and recommends a compromise agreement between states on '.he matter; declares that the assessment of mortgages is one of the worst forms of double taxation; asserts that Without the enforcement of penalties 'or 'failing to return proper schedules the imessment of personal property Is a fraud nd a farce and suggests changes In the lawa to make foreign insurance companies Py just taxes. Parts of the report read: A movement Is being made to change the 0 ty charter to abolish the tax commis sioners department. This Is In the line of economy and convenience to the people and Is desirable If It can be done without risk ing a loss of the gain of the last eight years in the equalisation of the assessment i Property, and 1 have drawn the attention or the charter revision committees and sev eral members of the Douglas county dele Ifation, siiKgpstlng that due provision is tnade against this loss. Since the establish ment of the office of county assessor with i. -r Pwer the scheme of consolidation is more practical than ever bfore. While I 5Vt,?om doubt whether the advantages iZf. .in 0no Bld6- 1 hve not opposed the proposition. Value of Real and Personal. It may be proper to give a glance at the changes in the relationship of the assess ment of the two main clnsses of property. Z '- real estate and personal, since 19j0. 1 nere Is no doubt hut that real estate bore the burden of taxation for ten years or more succesdlng the boom experience and ?XfrcymatM " value, were natural, Since i h year of the Omaha exposition, real estate has been slowly but steadily Im proving In value, and, considered with the ract that the assessments on realty have been greatly reduced since 19u0, warrants. I believe, the statement that the value and assessment are In much better relation ship, and but little cpnrt except in Isolated irstancea. The assessment of personal prop erty In the same vara has been materially increased, so that personal is 43V4 per cent ofthe real In place of per cent. a In IWK). The totals are now. In round figures. 1.11. 000,000 personal to $71,000,000 real estate. About one-half of the Increase has come from the personal property assessment of the franchlsed corporations, whose fran chises have been assessed at something like their worth for threo years past. The other half of the gain on personal prop erty has been general, but In no ln;mre that Is material has the Increase been with out warrant of real value and there is yet room for great Improvement. Assessment of Foreign Stock. The assessment of shares of stock at full value In companies whose capital stock Is not assessed In Nebraska, Is per haps the next most aggravating form of excessive taxation, especially where the corporation has a branch or plant in Ne braska, but whose capital stock Is assess able In the corporation's home state. This form of taxation will tend to drive out citizenship A reduced compromise tax on the basis of the rights of the two or more states to be Interested In the tax, If not prevented on constitutional grounds, would bring better results financially. I believe. The assessment of hidden personal prop erty by the conscientious, honest taxpayer becomes an unpleasant duty to the assess ing officers when the paltry results or ag gregate of nil of that class of, property Is considered, and when one thinks of the fact that there Is nearly as much assess able money In Omaha hanks alone as the entire assessment of personal property of all klndH whatsoever on the assessment rolls of the city, and that, too, In the face of an increase In the total of personal of 76 per cent In four years. Cost ef the Department.-' The commissioner shows that the opera tion of his department cost $14,073.42 In 1904 and that the total assessment rolls for 1906 amount to $101,862,019, of which $71,066,910 Is on real estate and buildings and fcM.79o.10S on personal property of all kinds, lnclud , lng franchises. The assessment to be gained by taxing mortgages he pronounces Inconsiderable. The bulk of the mortgages on Omaha prop erty are hold by nonresidents. The tax Imposes an excessive burden on the bor rower and Is denounced by the commis sioner as unjust. "It Is less honest," says Commissioner Fleming, "to keep on assessing with such faulty results than to openly provide for . the assessment of only such tangible prop erty as can bo seen by the assessor, regard less of the owner's co-operation, if the law Is not made more practical in Its operation than at present. A way should be found ' to enforce the law as to assessments and practical penalties should be imposed. It seems to me that provision could be made for Imposing fines equal in amount to 60 per cent of the value of the property, to be turned into the school fund, thus obviating the unconstitutionality of the present law." If the amounts of money In banks can only be ascertained, the commissioner thinks nearly all other forms of covered property could be obtained for assessment, as well as Increasing the possibilities for a local assessment of railroad property. Without some such help as Indicated," be says, "and other helps I have in mind, I call the assessment of personal property practically a fraud and a failure." Appreciation is made of assistance from the Real Estate exchange and J. H. Mcintosh. CENTRAL LABOR UNION MEETS Bills Pending; at Lincoln Get Con sideration at Hands nf Organ ised Labor. The general subject for discussion at the meeting of the Central Labor union last night was house roll No. 124, which is known as the new garnishee law, and house roll No. 49, which provides for the making of binding twine in the Nebraska State penitentiary. Considerable opposition was manifested toward the garnishee bill and a motion to disapprove the measure was adopted. The union went on record as favoring the old garnishee bill In preference to the measure now pending In the legislature. The binding twine bill, house roll No. 49, was very generally discussed, motion pre vailed that the Central Labor union does not oppose the manufacture of binding twine at the penitentiary as Inimical to organized labor, providing that it be labeled as being made In the prison. A bill providing for the labeling of all prison-made goods as prison made, prepared by President Guye, was read and endorsed. It was further recom mended that measures be at once taken to have the bill Introduced In both the Ne braska house and senate. James F"ullerton was formally admitted as a delegate to the union to represent local No 2, Omaha Pressmen's Assistants' union. President Ouye announced the following standing committees for the ensuing year: Law Christ Heine, chairman, Brewery Workers' union; Robert Rupert, Carpenters' union; A. W. Young. Plumbers' union; James Anderson. Structural Iron Workers' I union. Organization Ed Glenn. Horseshoers' union; Oeorge Crow, Walters' union; Ed Illrch, Printing Pressmen's union. Arbitration J. F. Sullivan, Barbers' union; John Korff. Painters' union; William Qulnlan, Stage Employes' union. Home Industries and I'nlon Label M. N. Griffith, Typographical union; Ernest Far rell. Laundry Workers' union; William V'olf. Boot and Shoe Workers' union. Press B. C. Burkett. Typographical union; F. Goodall, Street Railway Men's union; James Johnson, Hack Drivers' union. Education Robert Punlop, Stationary Firemen's union; B. J. Keegnn, Team Driv ers' union: F. T. Klnkade. Street Railway Men's union; Edward E. Hall, Blacksmiths' union: Thomas Granville, Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' union. STREET RAILWAY CAMPAIGN Summer Work Includes New Car Barn for Council Blnffs and Other Changes. A number of Improvements for the coming season are under contemplation by the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company, although all the plana are not out yet. It Is Intended to put up a new car barn nt Council Bluffs, but the slxe of the building and other details have not been de cided on. Ten or twelve new open cara for the coming summer are to be added to the system. These cars will be of the larger pattern and modern and up-to-date. It la probable that w.hen the orders for the coaches are placed the company will also place its orders for next season's cars. It Is the Intention," said W. A. Smith, general manager of the cofcipany, "to put on about twenty or twenty-five closed cars for next winter. These will be ordered some time the present season. I can't tell yet what we will do In the' construction line. We have no plans mapped out be cause wa are waiting to see what the city la going to do regarding pavements and our work along this line will be governed a great deal by the paving Improvements that the city decides to make the t coming season." The company has Just finished the paint ing of Its new car barn at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets and it Is already occupying its new power house at the corner of Fourth and Jackson streets. The plant is not yet finished and it will be some time before everything will be work ing smoothly and evenly. For the reasons given the street improvements will be held In abeyance for a time. Invest Conse nt OU siocx. sol N. T. Life. Kew Printing; Company. The J. H. Roberts Printing company has filed articles of Incorporation with the county clerk. The Incorporators are J. H. Roberts, M. T. Swarts and R. B. Anglln. JgL COCOA la distinguished from all othert by I I its full flavor, delicious quality and I absolute purity. 14 War Rtnipt IkImI MM The Wtltar M. Umy C. Sottas, Nut. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA CLEVER PIECE OF ?EN WORK Raised fS Bill Pronounced One Only to Be , Detected by Experts. A raised $6 silver certificate was Inno cently passed at Ed Maurer's restaurant Thursday morning by a traveling man. The bill was raised from a $1 bill and the work Is pronounced by expert money handlers as one of the very best specimens of raised notes ever seen In this city. The bill from which It was raised Is of the 1899 series. The chief figure, an eagle with outspread wings, surmounting pictures of Lincoln and Grant, has been carefigly re moved with the pictures, and there has been substituted therefore the large Indian head characteristic of the $5 bill. Tho re moval of the $1 feature of the bill has been accomplished by erasures with such con summate skill that they can only be de tected with the aid of- a strong glass. The words' "one" In the margin of the note have been carefully erasted and the stipple and lathe work restored with the aid of a pen. The fraudulent nature of the note was de tected at the Merchants National bank, where It Is also pronounced a marvelous piece of work. The traveling man who passed the note, being notified of Its bad character, promptly made It good, and hla Innocence of any fraudulent intent was very readily established. Ho remembered re ceiving the note at St Paul, Minn , from a railroad office. The note will be sent to Washington for the Information of the se cret service bureau of tha Treasury department ENJOINED FROM COLLECTING Water Company Km ploys Railroad Tactics la Settling;. Taxes with the County. County Treasurer Fink has been served with an Injunction from the United States court, at ths Instance of the Omaha Water company. The effect la'to prevent him from seeking to collect the amount of personal taxes alleged to be due from tha company for the year 1904. These .taxes now amount to $21,090.44, counting Interest on $20,828 originally levied on an actual valuation of $4,000,000 and an assessed valuation of $800,000. Under the law the county treasurer could have Issued a distress warrant against the company on February 1, but he gave them until February S to pay up. Friday the com pany tendered to Mr. Fink $13,064 in full payment of the personal property levy. This the treasurer refused to accept, and the Injunction came in shortly after. GRAIN COMPANY INCORPORATES Farmers' Grain Exchange Files Arti cles with Coanty Clerk of Doaglas Conaty, An Omaha end to a Kansas and Missouri grain and elevator company was provided for by filing in the office of the county clerk of articles of Incorporation by the Farmers' Grain Exchange, with a capital stock of Jjuu.OuO. The Incorporators ara James Butler and W. T. Redmon of Kan sas City, Mo., 8. H. Allen of . Shawnee county, Kansas, and 8. W. McComb and C. Vincent. The business of the company is to be to deal in grain and produce on commission, and to own, lease and operate elevaiors and warehouses. The principal place of business is to be'in Omaha and ths highest amount of Indebtedness to which tha company Is to be subject at any eoa lime Is I130,0u Cold Wtathar ana the Condition cf Lire Stock on Baige. LITTLE LOSS EXPECU0 BY THE EXPERTS Cattlemen Generally In Position to Provide Shelter and Plenty of Food for Animals Daring told Period. Reports from the ranges tells of the gen eral depression to live stock because of the continued cold weather. At the local mar ket many stories of severe trials are re lated. On the whole, no great amount of distress is reported in the northwest, where the weather Is coldest Stockmen report that their stock is well housed and that there is plenty of roughness upon which to feed all the range stuff well. Shippers who are farmers are Jubilant at the snow. They rejoice that It has coated mother earth so evenly, and that It remains a perfect blanket of protection to the winter wheat. Many believe that this snow will mean the making of the winter wheat crop. In some places In the western part of the state the snow Is deeper than here, though for the most part shippers say that while the snow Is far more drifted In the west, there Is not nearly so much of It. Stockmen from all parts of the state' and adjoining states west express the utmost confidence In the coming season. With ranges full of good stock and an abundant harvest in prospect, they predict a big year for the live stock and agricultural interests of the vast territory tributary to the local market. Comparatively few cattle are being fed In Nebraska this winter, and those who declined to do so are especially glad since the arrival of the cold spell. Those who are feeding do not seem to be disappointed, for they have every prospect of doing well. It will probably require a few days of moderate weather for the stock market to become normal. Traffic Is badly delayed by the cold, and stockmen are naturally reluctant to ship. German-American Democrats. Members of the German-American Demo cratic club at a meeting last Sunday elected the following officers for the ensu ing year: President, F. J. Freltag; vice president, George Rahn; treasurer, Paul Wetzel; secretary, E. E. Elster; assistant secretary, A. Hawervlch; watchman, Jo seph Splrl; members of the executive com mittee, A. F. Mertens, Fred Johneshelt, J. Levy, M. Yost, Henry Oeest, F. Christman, Dr. Faulk and J. G. Benderhaupt. Police After Thugs. The local police are after the parties of the stripe arrested Tuesday night and will camp on their trail until the offenders are forced to leave town. Chief Brlggs said yesterday that It was positively set tled that the two bawdy houses complained against could not reopen under the same management, and that a lot of loafers and thugs who make those places their hang out have been forced to get out of the city and county under penalty of rough treatment. The chief asserts that most of thlH clement has gone, but that a few of the Smooth lads who make a living without work still try to exist in South Omaha. Plans for Sewer. Plans for the proposed new sewer sys tem are being made right along regardless of the pending legislation at Lincoln. It will require several months perhaps for the Job, but every precaution Is taken to have them perfect plans when completed, so that, If the sewer Is constructed the coming summer It will be a thorough sys tem In every respect. City Engineer Beal Is also very busy with all kinds of work and his office force Is constantly employed. Maalc City Gossip. Mrs. D. L. Holmes Is reported to be re covering from an attack of the quinsy. Mrs. N. M. Graham, wife of the principal of the high school, Is reported on the sick list. The death of Nathan Gordon, a former citizen of this city, Is reported at Los An geles. Mrs. J. B. Kendall, formerly of this city, Is dead at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., accord ing to a telegram. The funeral of Mrs. Matilda Reed will be held In Omaha this afternoon and Dr. Wheeler will conduct the service. The members of Phil Kearney poBt, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Women's Relief corps will meet Saturday night at the Masonic hall. Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Towle have gone to housekeeping in one of the Parks flats, 1416 North Twenty-fifth street. The groom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Towle and Is emp.oyed by the Omaha Packing company. The entertainment of the Bon Temps club given lust evening at the Workmen temple was well attended and greatly enjoyed by all present. A share of the receipts, which were quite large, will go to the South Omaha Hospital association. The union revival services will be con tinued this week at the First Methodist Episcopal church, with Rev. Mr. McDowell of the Emmanuel Baptist churchTbf Omaha In charge. The last meeting at the Presby terian church under Mr. Moore was held last evening, with a large congregation present. f Announcements of tbe Theaters. Matinee and night performances at the Orpheum today will bring the bill for the present week to a close. Miss Mabel Mc Klnley, the niece of the late President Mc Kinley, will be the stellar attraction for the week commencing with a matinee Sun day, February 6. Her voice, which was cultivated at Berlin at the suggestion of the president, la said to be very pleasing. As a composer she has met with success, "Anona" and "Karama" being among her popular publications. Thin will bs her first appearance here and on the program that appears in conjunction with her all tha artists save one come for the first time. They are: Willy Zimmerman, an Imper sonator who shows life portraits of cele brated composers; Wolflng'a dogs and horses, Including tha famous pair of Ara bian boxing stallions; Van Forsen and McCauley, black face comedians; the Tex ana slsVers, rifle experts; Irving Jones, the funny little man who writes his own songs; Murphy and Francis, In "The Real Coon Habits," and an entirely new series of klnodrome pictures. The coming of Otis Skinner to the Boyd theater next week la ah event of Interest In Omaha, where Mr. Skinner has been gaining In popularity sines his first visit here some years ago. He haa fairly estab lished himself in the front rank of Amer ican actors, and the announcement that he will be seen here in what is generally pro nounced his best role adds to the Interest. As the gypsy rover in "The Harvester" he haa given the stage world a new type. The piece is a translation from the French, but Mr. Skinner has localised it to some ex tent by laying ths soene among the French Canadians. His company la composed of expert players, and haa been pronounced entirely competent by eastern critics. Tha dates for Omaha are. Tuesday and Wednes day evenings and a special matinee on Wednesday. First-class watch and Jewelry work at A. B. Hubermann's, cor. 13th and Douglas. Harry B. Davis, undertaker, 411 S. 16th. See Sam'l Burns' reduction sale. DIED. OARI.SON Dorathy Henrietta, aged 4 years. 2 months, beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Carlson. February I, liw6. Funeral Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock from family residence, 2717 Chicago street. Interment. F"4-t Jawu etmettry. Friends Invited. KELLY & KELLYMUST SETTLE Coanty Attorney la Asked to Bring Salt Against Topekn Bond Firm. Once more has trouble raised its wrink led front across the path of County Treas urer Fink. This time he Is going to shunt the Initiative in laying the worry onto the legal depsrtment of the county and allow Judge Slabaugh to ride a tilt with the firm of Kelly A Kelly, bond attorneys and brokers of Topeka, Kan., which the same firm seems now destined to become quite famous in the financial history of Douglas county. The Top.-ka firm induced the old board of county commissioners, along about the end of 1903, to refund an outstanding Issue of bonds. Out of this deal Kelly A Kelly made a very good thing; but aside from that they collected advance Interest on forty coupons for three-quarters of 1 per cent, which coupons were printed separ ately from the forty coupons attached to the bonds In the regular way. Now, this deal was based on 119 bonds and the bond brokers got action for tlulr own bank ac count on all the Coupons printed serarately, as stated. Despite all this there are still two bonds of the old Issue outstanding which Treasurer Fink cannot get hold of for cancellation, and they are 6 per cent bonds. The Topeka firm cannot deliver the bonds now to Mr. Fink, and tho sup position is they knew at the time of the refunding action that they could not deliver the two bid bonds, because they have since admitted that they did not know where the bonds were. Why, then, asks Treasurer Fink, should Kelly & Kelly have cashed the extra coupons for the undelivered bonds as well as for the 117 they turned In? It Is In answer to this question he will now seek for tho more than 'leventh time. And County Attorney Slabaugh Is to be requested to put the question this time In a way to secure a satisfactory answer or the two old bonds. These are located at Lincoln Just now, but they are held fast there by some obstruction Mr. Fink has not been able to overcome. DYBALL WORSE, BACK BETTER Condition of the Omaha Conncllmen Who Are Confined to Beds by Sickness. The physicians attending Councilman R. W. Dyball of the Seventh ward have pro nounced his Illness hopeless and say that his death Is only a matter of weeks. Mr. Dyball la a single man and Is confined to a room at the home of his brother at 2510 Poppleton avenue. He was attacked about a year ago with Brlght's disease and since then has made a stubborn and expensive fight against the malady. He spent a long time In a Chicago hospital this winter, but a few weeks after returning home he became almost blind. Since then his decline has been rapid and he now requires an attendant constantly at his bedside owing to occasional mental eccentricities. Councilman Peter Back Is seriously ill with inflammation of the bladder at his home In the First ward. He was sick last week, but disregarding the instructions of his doctor, dressed and came up town Satur day. The result was a relapse. Reports are to the effect that he Is considered out of danger and growing better. " LLEWELLYN TOOK MIDDLET0N Incident In Nebraska's Earlier His tory Recalled by a New Mexi can Appointment. The appointment of W. H. H. Llewellyn as United States district attorney for the district of New Mexico recalls one of his early experiences as a deputy United States marshal for the Nebraska district, nearly a score of years ago. It was Deputy Mar shal Llewellyn that effected the capture of Doc Middleton, who was wanted for the alleged murder of a soldier at Fort Sidney. Middleton was tried and escaped conviction on the grounds of self-defense. Middleton was then In the zenith of his fame as a bad man, and his capture by young Llewellyn, then but a boy in, his twenties, wis regarded a a very nervy achievement Llewellyn went to New Mexico and has risen to affluence and distinction. Doc Middleton, in the meanwhile, has become a respected citizen up In northwest Ne braska. He Is living In quietude In the Pine Ridge country and is frequently seen at Chadron and Valentine. n - fa Fifteenth and Farnam . flfleenth and WArU g-foi These Vigorous Reductions Today RfiOn'O QllifQ A great variety of Fine Suits that Gold up to R 7R IV I U 1 1 U OUIlU $12.00 choice tomorrow U-I J Rflnn'n QllitQ Jll9t four hundred and eighty fine worsted and Q Kl IwlCII U OUIlU cheviot suits sold up to $15.00 tomorrow for. UlUU RniJO' QllltO Tomorrow yur choice of 700 fine boys' suits that I RH BUjO OUIlU Mlduptot8.00-.for HlJU Rnuo' fliornnsto Just exactiy 820 by8' dd vercat3 at y hf DUjU UVuluUdlU sold up to $4.00 tomorrow for &lUU Men's Underwear Jfnaiu:!!-"-"" IVES ENTERS FULL DENIAL Omaha Man Snya that He Has Not Been Asked to Go . to Chicago. . D. O. Ives, general freight agent for the Burlington, has returned from St. Louis. He denies that he has been appointed as sistant freight traffic mr iager to succeed Oeorge H. Crosby. Mr. Ives said the place has not been offered to him and that noth ing has been said to him In any way, shape or manner regarding such a position. Mr. Ives was of the opinion that the office of assistant may remain vacant. "A general traffic agent may be appointed to look after the business west of the river, but I do not believe the office will be filled now. The Chicago dispatch saying that I would have the office was premature. I am satisfied to stay here." RIDGLEY COMPANY EXPANDS It Moves Into Place Vacated by Dllsa In Order to Have More Room for Business. The H. R. Rldgley Merchandise company has taken a lease of the three-story build ing at 1417 Douglas street, Just vacated by M. H. Bliss and his crockery stock. Mana ger Elmer Beddeo expects to use the lower floor for an enlarged stock of clothing and the other floors for furniture and carpets. The company began business March 1 at 316 South Fifteenth street and began mov ing into Its new quartera two days ago for the better location and larger room. The company has Its headquarters In Dei Moines and has eighteen branches, one of these being in Sioux City and another In Lincoln. Low Chicago Rates. Via the Northwestern Line, February t to 10, good until February 14, account meet ing American Motor League. City offices, 1401-1403 Farnam street. Tha only double track line to Chicago. Her "Alibi" Falls. Ida Woods, colored, living at 1124 Capitol avenue, has been bound over to the district court oi the- evidence offered at ths pre liminary hearing in police court. The woman was charged with larceny from the person of James Gllliiui. It Is said she stopped Gillian last Sunday evening, grabbed his watch and threw the time piece away when the man demanded its return. The watch waa later found In the snow near the scene of the alleged theft. The woman maintained Glllain approached her first and auked her to take a walk with him to a pawn shop. Funeral of Mrs. gnaua-nnessey. The funeral of Mrs. Ann L. Shaughnnasey, wife of Wlllmm R. Shaiighiicwey, was held yesterday. The service . a- i,r'A at Ht, Phllomena's cathedral and Interment rnartu at the German Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Bhaughnessey died at her homo at l"i3 South Nineteenth street snd Is survived by her husband and au Infant 1 uioma of age. CRIMINAL DOCKET IS HEAVY County Attornay Hai Plenty of Work for Ooming Term of Court. SLABAUGH AND ASSISTANTS FIX PROGRAM Prisoners Now In Connty Jail and Cases Involving Children Will Come On for Early Hear Ins; Before Jnry. County Attorney Slabaugh and his assist ants are busy preparing izc the opening of the new term of district court next Monday. February 6. The Intention of the county attorney is to bring to trial first the persons now in the county Jail on various charges. Following these, or maybe Interspersed with them, Judge Slabaugh desires to try the cases where children are Involved, as charges of assault, because he feels the testimony of these should be secured before the facts get too cold In their memories. The most Important of the cases of this character is that against Horace Clark, the barber who is under arrest on the charge of having led astray and contaminated two young daughters of the woman in whose house he boarded and where he was treated like one of tho family. Another case where most of the witnesses are children Is that against the Breckner boy, who shot and killed young Kuhn at South Omaha about a month ago. The coroners jury has held Breckner guilty of criminal carelessness. Other Murder Cases. Besides the Breckner case there are three other trials to be conducted in which the taking of human life Is Involved. They are: John Hrock, accused of manslaughter, for the killing of his father In June last while the latter was abusing his wife, the mother of the accused. Hrock Is out on ball. No date set for trial. Mrs. Jessie Starkey, accused of murder In the second degrte, for the killing of her husband by cutting with a knife - while they were driving in a sleigh near Benson. Mrs. Starkey Is a woman well along in years, who has been out on bail since February, 1904. No date set for trial. George von Haller, accused of murder In the first degree, for the killing of the Mis souri Pacific station agent in North Omaha while attempting a robbery. , Von I"aller is In Jail. His trial Is set for February 20. Following is a list of the cases scheduled for trial next week: State against Mclntyre, burglary. State against Nolan, burglary. State against Smith, burglary. State against Nelson and Carroll, grand larceny. State against Bruton, Incest with sister. State against McCarthy and Karten, hav ing In possession burglai'ous Implements, with intent to commit s'irglary. State against Decker and Neiby, daylight breaking and entering. State against Kenyon, grand larceny. State against Beck, forgery. State against Allen and Goodwin, day light breaking and cnterli.g. State against Bailey, burglary. For the week beginning Monday, Feb ruary 13, the following cases are set down: State against Smith, robbery. State against Carahar, burglary. State againBt Arnold and Luellan, bur glary. State against Thompson and Johnson, robbery. State against Urban, robbery. State against Singleton, grand larceny. State against Miller, criminal assault. State against Nolan, larceny from person. It having come to the knowledge of the ' Omnlia Press club that a nartv la sollcltlns I cartoon portraits of business men in Its name, the club desires to have it known that the party has no connection with the club and Is not authorized to use its name. J. D. WEAVER. President. E. L. PLATZ, Secretary. Omaha, Feb. 2, 1905. Plan Sjow for Your Son Buy him an irrigated farm in the Big II om Basin or In the North Platte Valley. There are no crop failures in farming irrigated lands. Do you know where you can buy farm lands in the region of rainfall at $25 on acre, where a paying crop is absolutely insured from year to year? You do not. But you can buy irrigated land now under a full water supply at that price, today. The Big Horn country Is as large as the state of Massachusetts and is a coming commonwealth; one of the greatest surprises in the West's development will be unfolded in the next few years in the Big Ilorn Basin for the coming generation of farmers and prospectors. Get Inttrtstei; make lnqulriea; read Big Horn literature; watch that locality and lta Irrigation enterprises. Compare the annual crop returns from the forms up there with the present cost of an Irrigated farm. When you realize the absolute certainty of farming by Irriga tion, you will get Interested. Where and how will the next generation got good farms In this country? Seven hundred thousand emigrants come annually to our shores; add to that our natural Increase, com pare this growth of population with the limited acreage of new farm lands and It ought not to be difficult to figure out the future value of a good farm. Addrts, V. W. WAKELET, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb. Low Rafss South and Southwest ' The Rock Island System offers the following low round trip rates from Council Bluffs and Omaha on FeBhiary 7th and 21st and March 7th and 21st; Amnrillo, Dalhart, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Houston, Galveston, Austin, San Anton la, Beau mont, Corpus Chrlstl, and many other Texas points. New Iberia, Crowley, Jennings, Lake Charles, Alexandria, and many other Louisiana points. Dawson, Tumumcaii, Santa Rosa, Torrance, Alamagordo, Roswell, Carlsbad, and othei New Mexico points. El Paso, Texas, and Demlng, New Mexico.... $18.85 SI8.85 $23.85 $30,35 On these dates the regular Homeseekers' rate of ene fare plus 2.00 will apply to all Oklahoma and Indian Territory points If less than $18.85; otherwise 118.80 round trip rate will apply, Also rery low one way rates to all points on Rock Island and Frisco Systems In Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado, on sale February 21st and March 21st For further information call or writ ; F. P. RUTHERFORD, D. P. A. 1323 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB. Marrlasre 1 Icenses. The following marriage licenses were Issued up to noon February 3: Name and residence. Age. John Kufrasa, South Omaha 2fl Catherine Wojclk, Omaha 20 William M. Shaw, Florence 28 Emma Pleines, Seward so Oeorge K. Bauman, Nebraska City U Jessie Felthoueer, Nebraska City ft) Charles D. DuComb, Sutton ffl Delia Bailey, Omaha 25 Edholm, jeweler, letn mid Barney. . (Silts If all the housewives used Ghirardelli's Ground Choco late in their cakes and pastry, think of all the compliments they'd receive I Best as a beverage. Refreshing, warming, delicious. Steam A L- Domestic 1 If you are burning Hard Coal in your furnace, befpre you replenish your stock let us send you a sample of our BON ANZA ARKANSAS SEMI-ANT HACITE COAL. Bonanza is KING among FURNACE COALS, keeps your house co2y and warm, and costs $3.50 per ton less than hard coal. Can be controlled to suit the weather. CENTRAL GOAL & COKE COMPANY Phone 1221-1695-4718. 15TH AND IIARNEY STS. JOY WANTED A r in every town to sell our new Saturday Bee. We will send any boy the first 10 COPIES HIEE For Full Particulars Write to The Omaha Bee. 0mahat Nebraska