Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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
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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
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points.
New Iberia, Crowley, Jennings, Lake Charles,
Alexandria, and many other Louisiana
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Dawson, Tumumcaii, Santa Rosa, Torrance,
Alamagordo, Roswell, Carlsbad, and othei
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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. .
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