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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 19,'. 4906. WESTERN LEAGUE AVERAGES Pmidut O'leil Oirti Out His Ing 117(1 Fignres. SURPRISES 10 THE LOCAL FANATICS laiu'lstakafcie Errors la Compntatlea . n Omlnlci of Essential lofor- . ' mtlloa tho Feature the kw Ins; Mai far UK. 4'resident Norrls ONell of tlia Western league has at last. given out the official record of the players for the aeaaon of IMP. ,It eoraes months after all the other league Hrvb made their showing, and In sueh form as will he a distinct disappoint ment 'to the fan of the circuit. Te begin with; the official record is notable more for what It doesn't tell than for what It does. The main features of the work of the play ers; ore left out entirely. In the batting hyer.sgr only' the bare points are given, without a figure on stolen bases, sacrifice hits and similar Information so dear to tha follower of the game and so essential to tli formation of a Judgment on the work of the men at the bat. But this omission is a minor one compared to the way the Molding averages have been treated. Here rothlrig but the bare percentage's are fur liirfhrd. Not a word In said of the oppor funltls each man had. nor' anything else an to the method by which the data were obtained. No analysts 'of the pitchers' work tn given and nothing Is said of the team work at bat or In the field. In fact, about everything that could possibly be of inter est, to the public is omitted. i ' Mistakes Plainly Apparent. . The mistakes are so plain that it Is hardly worth while here to pass comment on them. Hill f?ehlpk for example, who played In 154 championship games, four of them being tics. Is credited with taking part' In 143. Carter plnycd In 144 and Is given credit for U". Welch played In 151 and Is credited with 1.19. So It runs through the whole Omaha list. If this same condition holds Hood for the other teams of the league the conclusion that the figures given are value less IS easy. " i . Last season the same thing was true of the official averages sent out by President Sexton. . Tt .. would seem , that somewhere gross l awlessness exists. No good reason Ik apparent why the official record should ilot'be 'closed within a week after the sea son ends.' The president of the league Is responsible for the official . scorers, just as lie is for the umpires. If he finds an official scorer Is not keeping up with his work he should take the needed .stops to see that the, matter Is corrected. The league pays for tlw service and is entitled to good work, both from tho president and from the scorer. This It has, not had. Both 'Players and public suffer under the existing state of affairs. , The figures' sent out by President' O'Nell are here published, just to " show how worthless some statistics may be made: Ratlins; Averages. 5 i a 5 ' Player -s nd Club. Rossman.' Tes Moines.. Jarrott. Sioux Citv ...1M 840 105 229 .357 ... 88 113 13 39 . 346 Town, . Pes Moines... .. 61 16S 26 67 .341 Hogrlever. Des Moines. ...148 606 122 1D6 .SiJti Baseey. Omaha. .. 16 nS 12 19 .321 Oanley, Des- Moines.. Noblit, Bioux .City... Srhrlvor, Pueblo 55lnk. St.' Joseph.:.... lxmg, Des Moines.... Bisk". Pueblo... La wler, . Sioux City,. Pirrlhe. 'Dea Moines. Weed.- flloujc City.... .....123 62o 112 W .817 144 649 M 174 .817 77 ESI) 32 87 .310 44 161 26 60 .310 11S 476 78 14(1 .307 8 836 68 103 .304 16 62 S 19 .306 .....139 627 88 161 .30S .....140 660 92 171 .806 146 6TO 104 177 .WO 137 608 69 1S3 .801 Hartcel, Denver gulllsn, St. Joseph elehanty, Pueblo Quick. Omaha 40 133 1 9 40 . 300 Wakefield. Des Moines 3tt 3i :1 ft", xcm Schllx.vSt. Joe-Des Moines. 71 2HI 48 84 .298 Newton. Sioux City. 126 460 67 137 . 297 Andrews, St. Joseph 100 887 86 114 . 297 Randall, . Denver .....131 604 96 149 .296 'Mott,, Pueblo... BR 8S9 63 106 . 29o Coffin. Des Moines 128 688 99 172 . 29.1 Shugart. Des Moines...' 117 404 61 118 . 292 Bllworth. . Pueblo 22 83 18 24 . 2K9 Douglas, .St. Joseph 68 239 20 69 . 28 Knahe, Pueblo 93 880 60 109 .287 Steele; Des Moines 82 84 10 24 . 2tn Wilson, Sioux City 19 60 6 17 . 283 Dexter, St. Joa-Des Moines 38 119 106 33 . 277 Starnagle. flloux City....;. 130 415 44 116.277 Collins. .Sioux Clty-St. Joe.123 441 64 1 22 . 276 Messltt. Pueblo 68 218 17 60 . 275 Belden, Denver 142 622 83 142 .272 Wolf. Des-Moines 49 166 20 4fi .271 noisKoeuer. uenver Cook; Pueblo.. McHsle, Denver I.aWler, Omaha ". Howard, Omaha ,...11S 453 63 123 .271 .... 83 310 61 84 . 271 ....146 Of 94 161 .266 86 139 17 37 . 266 ... 80 98 12 26 . 265 Mooillvray,. St. Joe-Des M. 68 242 40 64 . 264 ncnipae, umana Slaler. Denver Pulslfer, Sioux City Dunn, St. Joseph.... Welsh, Omaha Carter. Omaha ....143 641 76 142 .263 ..... 19 42 4 11 .261 91 352 49 92 . 261 38 133 9 84 .256 139 618 70 132 . 25 .135 486 75 122 . 263 Baerwald. Sioux City 66 176 1 2 44 . 260 McNIchols, De Moines. ...103 360 39 89 . 248 Kheehan. Sioux City 132 533 76 132 . 248 naaer, meDio Dolan, Omaha.- Klchem. St. Joseph.... O'Hira, Sioux City Chappell. Des Moines.,. Fislc. Des Moines Thlel. Omaha 91 840 SO 84 . 247 .130 616 66 126 .245 .114 446 62 109 .245 .113 892 47 96 . 245 . 37 103 16 25 . 242 . 36 133 22 32 .240 .125 461 81 110 .239 Brown. St. Joe-Des Moines 46 139 14 33 . 237 Reynolds. St. Joseph 38 133 12 31 .2.13 uumi, ' r-uenio 23 S2 7 19 Henllne. St. Joseph-Omaha 30 117 12 27 Thomas, Omaha fc .338 48 78 93 I Hi1, L,ucia,- uenver Fleming, St. Joseph. 96 332 '34 76 .Z.-9 68 234 19 63 .'tX N.wllne, Sioux City 28 89 8 20 .226 ronansn, uenver 63 206 23 46 . 224 Robldoux; St. Joe-Denver. ..AO 6 13 4 .217 Mulineaux, St. Joseph 40 152 10 33 .217 Freese, Omaha 68 180 18 39.217 tlonrtlng.' Omaha....: 109 361 40 78 .216 Mltce....Publo-6t. Joseph.. 81 121 9 26 . 215 Everett,. Denver 108 329 29 69 . 210 Vollendorf, Denver 29 81 10 17 .209 Pennell. Puebto-St. Joseph 46 178 23 87 .108 She 8loux Clty-8t. Joe... 32 101 13 21 .208 J.letmarat. Omuhs-Bt. Joe. 29 98 7 20 .204 Carney, Sioux City 84 109 8 8 .101 Miller, Fueulo Kg 135 11 I.lefleld, Des Moines 34 87 8 Houders. St. Joseph 15 4! S Jones. St. Joseph 38 111 t l.lndsley. Pueblo 23 75 4 F.yler St. Joseph 32 IOS 4 27 ,SU) 13 .194 8 .190 21 .189 14 .187 30 '.1SS Martin. Omaha 106 331 47 62 .16 zinran. BU josepn-Oenver.HA 397 3 7i .1S1 'irtis. ruenio lt bi 7 ' Hickman. Denver 28 84 11 Manske. Des Moines 49 133 12 11 .iso 15 .13 3 .173 Mnale. Denver 48 13 19 28 .17' Maunders. Omaha 16 49 4 8 .15 Pftelster. Omaha 36 117 S 19 .12 Hchsub, Denver 31 K6 14 14 .1a McKay, dps Moines J4 73 5 11 .ISO Morrison, Des Moines 16 41 3 McClosky. Omaha 41 138 11 Hatch, Sioux City 23 73 T .148 Cadwallader. Sioux City... 38 112 14 15.134 ntimmei, t'Ueuio.. 26 8t 5 11 1 Moves, tsioux ( Ity-bt. Joe.. 11)8 173 15 46 .11 Peer. St. Joseph 23 73 2 8 .109 Fielding Averages. ' . OUTFIELDERS. lUigtfey ', Hogrlever Noblit Collins .., Cook WMen Coffin Pulslfer WIk1i lanler Newtoq OHsra Oanley '.....:, . , Kelchoiu Tnwne 'loading 7.inran frees 1 tester Raerwald .... rVhrlever he Lucia .. 10G8Bluk .. .98 I.asott .. .S3 Pennell .. .978 McHale .. .978 McOllvray ... .. .971 Randall .. .Si5 Reynolds .. ."60 Molineaux ... .. .954 Carter .. .564 Fleming ' .. .940 Thlel .". .. .944 Kll worth .. .92 Curtis .9U CATCHERS. ' .. .998 Brown .. .9X5 Noyes .. .15 ukeneld .... ... .94 Mrsaitt ...... ... .93 Btarnagle ... ... .975 Wolf ... .!W!4 Metza ....... ... -2Bmslr ... .969 SHORTSTOP. ... fCn Tawler .9411 .fW9 .S7 .906 .K13 .9a .ftiS .915 .9W . . .897 .S75 .955 .948 .art .962 .965 .94 .934 .9U0 1xlan .. O'Hara laMlg ... Thiel .., Bader . Newton .909 . H .MS .871 .915 HoelHkowtter .93 Quilliaa .S16 Plske .911 Robldous .... .U Wilson FIRST BASE. Wt relehany WS Thomas .. r3 Pulslfer .. Carney ... Btarnagle iHiuglns .. Rossman . Everett ., Schrlever i Peer ' . .971 . .975 . .971 . .92 . .ST . .m .12 Pols n 7. Ink Uohnnon .877 SECOND BASK. 9t Howard Martin .M Ph I Is '.. Shugart 95(ii Knabe Weed Perrine 94 Noye .SM 94M THIRD BASE. S9 McXlchola ... .... .H1 Schlpke ... .940 Andrews .... .... ,W Hogrlever .. 84l - PITCHERS. ... .991 -Cadwalladerj .9751 Vollendorf .. MS' Hatch 967 Quick 9S3i Minor 9m Hickman .... .sSl Schaub . !li8tlmmel , Wl'Jarrott 947 Llebhardt .... 947 McKay .)' . ,' Delehanty . Bheehan ... Ifartsel .... Qulllan .... Mutt Sanders ... Jones ...... Rngle Llndsey ... Chappell .. flouders ... Newlln .... McCloskey Mnnske Hohunan .. Eyler Uefleld .(Ml .8! .m .941 .!S1 ,9M .K)4 .926 .9J3 .13 .! EVENTS 0 THE RISSIXG TRACKS Sorrel Top, VI to 1. Wlee Fourth Roe at Emeryville. KAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18.-Kfjrrel Top, of. the lucrative odds of 12 to 1 made her field look cheap In the fourth race and won as she pleased at Kmeryvllle today. Modicum lost tho place to Olenarvon by tho best part of a length. The favorites did not have a bad day, winning four events. The rain fell incessantly and only the regulars were In attendance. The track was sloppy. Re sults: ; T First race, five furlongs: Isolation won, Santa Rey second. Prominence third. Time: 1:03. - '- Second raee. five and a half furlongs: David Boland won, Tramoter second, Yo Ban third. Time: 108H- Third race, six furlongs: Entre Nous won. Swift Queen second, Melar third. Time: 1:16'. Fourth raee, Beven furlongs: Sorrel Top won, Olenarvon second, Modicum third. Time: 1:294. Fifth race, one mile and fifty yards: Dixie I,d won, Baker second. Chestnut third. Time: 1:4714. Sixth race, one mile and a sixteenth: Critical won, Eshirn second, Hilee third. Time: 1:494. - T..O8 ANQKLES, Jan. 18. Results at Ascot: First race, five furlongs: Wee Lass won, Neatness second, Daruma third. Time: 1:02. - Second race, three and a half furlongs: Silver Stocking won. Horace E second, Bweet Kitty third. Time: 0:434j. Third race, one mile and an elxhth: Gentle Harry won, Duclan second, WU-field third, 'lime: 1:5814. . Fourth race, one mile: Chimney Sweep won. Incantation second. Rubric third. Time: 1:42. Fifth race, one mile and a sixteenth: Duti ful won. Chickadee second.- Pachuca third. Time: 1:60. , Sixth race, six furlongs:- Crowshade won, Bauble second, Sir Binkley third. Time: 1:17V,. . NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 18. Results at fair grounds: . - First race, five and a half furlongs: Son net won. Ancient Witch second. Grove Cen ter third. Time: 1:09. . Second rare, six nnd a half furlongs: Rather Royal won. Fancy Dress second, Sea Voyage- third. Time: 1:22. Third race, five and a half furlongs:-Doctor Coffey won, Al Russell second, Joe Col son third. Time: l:60'i. Fourth race, one mile and a sixteenth: De Reszke won, Macbeth second, Bullfinch third. Time: 1:484. 1 Fifth race, seven furlongs: Whlpporwill Won. Southern Cross second, Columbia Girl third. Time: 1:28. Sixth race, one mile and seventy yards: Aurumaster won, Ravlana second, Bronae Wing third. Time: 1:48. - Results at City park: - First race, three and a half furlongs: Odd Trick won. La Thorpe second, Ronay third. Time: 0:42i. Second race, one mile and a sixteenth: King of the Valley won, Helgerson second, Merllngo third, Time: 1:48A. Third race, - seven furlongs: Bell Indian won, Bellestome second, Naxll third. Time: 1:27. Fourth race, six furlongs, handicap: Emergency won, Lucy Young second. Care less third. Time: 1:18. Fifth race, six and a half furlongs:. Marco won, April Showers second. -Miladl Love third. Time: l:a. Sixth race, one mile and seventy yards: Beecher won, Fonsoluca second. Big Box third. Time: 1:46. Seventh race, six and a half furlongs: Monochord won, Libation second, Telepathy third. Time: 1:21. . OMAHA FIELD CUB THE PLACE Gets Traaamlsalaslpal Golf Associa tion Meet la Jane. The Tranalmlsslppl Golf association has accepted the invitation to hold the annual tournament at the Omaha Field club course in the latter part of June. This was de cided by a vote taken by mail Wednesday. There are fifteen directors In the associ ation, and eight of these voted for Omaha, five for Rock Island and two did not vote, thus giving Omaha the choice. This privi lege was ofTered to the Field club after the St. Louis meet last year, but the directors did not expect to have the new course in readiness and were backward about accept ing, preferring to hold the meet next year on the new course. The Field club directors, however, changed their minds and decided to Invite the Transmlssippi association to meet here and the play will be on the old Field club course. . .- WITH THE BOWLERS. The Meti Bros, team won two games from tho rtenos last night. Johnson won high total for the Bluffs boys with 671 and Den man had the high single game with 231. Scores: MET 21 BROS. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. ..172 169 158 49!) 179 170 169 518 179 169 184 . 532 ........174 206 181 561 ...231 149 181 661 Brunke Potter Huntington Zarp Denman .... Totals .935 BENOS. 1st. 184 161 00 154 179 863 873 2,671 -2d. 207 173 207 164 . 190 8d. 161 166 160 134 in Total. 552 ,600 676 . 4T,2 646 Frush lempke .Tohnbon Nicoll i keiing Totals ...S87 . 941 7D8 2.626 On the Intz & Williams alleys the Stephens V Smith's were defeated by the Thurston Rifles, the Rilles capturing two out of three. Score: RIFLES. 1st. 2d. Sri. Total. jBaehr..... .........157 147 170 474 Solomon 201 147 S0 561 ' Paxton 154 184 11 499 Havens 134 193 155 42 I'tt '.163 175 208 543 Totals .:.. 846 893 ' 2,549 STEPHENS SMITHS. 1st. 2d. Sd. Total. ! Henrirks - 143 1 75 166 484 Hamblett 168 199 lhS 531 ' Rice 130 143 160 483 Drlnkwater 183 155 ITS 510 Coughlun U0 141 144 515 Totals 834 833 807 2,474 'Varsity Wlna at Basket Ball. . IOWA CITY. Ia Jan. 18-(8peclal Tele gram.) Iowa took a lonar steD toward the 20 .145 state basket ball championship this after 10 .137 , noun by defeating the fast Orinnell college nve Dy tne score 01 a to is. ne game was filled with eensational playing. Iowa only : ooa tne ieaa late in ins secona nan. r i ne i for Grinnell and R&insell for iowa were stars. Lineup: Iowa. Position. Orinnell.' right forward Dehxan 1 urimtii. Barton left forward Norton Rainsell Center Wilder Uuckner right guard Fisher Morrissey left guard Rrundage Coals from field: Barton. 4: Fisher, 6; Ramsell. 6: Dehaan. t: Wilder, 1; Morrissey, 1, tin nun. 1. uoais irom tree throws Finher, 1: Wilder, 1. Points awarded: luwa, ; Urlnnell, 1. Iowa Man Oppoaea Knot Ball. IOWA C1TT. 14.. Jan. IX. iSiwkMu! Tle. gram.i Prof. A. O. Smith will reDresent tha muie university 01 low at llie meeting of me university conrej-enue on root ball to morrow. Smith is reDreaentlna tha unlver. ally sen t at the conference rather than the board of athletic control. He has re reived no instructions and the vlrws he ad vances will be his own views. He will at tempt to aeoure the complete abolition of the intercollegiate conteat in foot ball as wrll a all other college aports. It haa been his pet theory for the naat vaar that all a the evils ot the sport could be ascribed to uomesis netween colleges. The university ui urge aoes not Deiiwe in this policy at all. Iowa Man Downs Virginian. Wr.RBTER CITT, la.. Jan. lt-Special Tvlee-ram.) Young Carson, champion mid dleweight Wrestler Of Vhinl Inat m K M Nicbols of l til city toiilglu, the lalu." win- nine- two' falls straight In sixteen and fifteen f minutes, both with bridge holds. Nichols now claims the championship of the two etntes, but will meet I'lergue of Port Dolge ngaln to definitely settle the Iowa standing. Attendance at tonight's boitf. 000. ROIRKR I AFTKH IIKRM4S l,0H Wants 1 ttr Veteran to Handle Hta . Team This Year. W. A. Rourke, base ball magnate of this eltv, has returned from Chicago, where be lias been In attendance upon the meeting of the base ball louRiies. He said thut all of the base ball managers of the country were most enthusiasts over the prosjiecls for the coming season and anticipated the banner ear in the historv of base ball. "We will open our season later than last year." said Mr. Rourke,"and that will carry us on Into the fall festivities.-when we w'lfl be able tb do our share to entertain the crowds which will came to Omaha. We will open May '2 and close October 1. I am trying to ar range ii splendid series of exhibition games to be played lieforo the opening of the sea son, which will Include the Chicago Amer icans, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Milwaukee. "Tebeati and Griffiths were sat upon, as I had predicted, but nevertheless they were largely Instrumental In getting the single man urait rule tnrougn. I remained in cm cago to try to get Herman lxmg to handle my team for me. 1 think that he can act more out of a team than any other man cm ager that I would be able to get, and this was aemonstrateu nisi year with the team which he kept up for Des Moines and the new men that lie broke Into the game. Even if he were unable to play much of the time I think that he would he worth the money to handle the team. "The big leagues fear Class A managers because there are some pretty strong -.men in the minor leagues, such as Stalling, Mur ray and Tebeau. whom the other fellows must pay some attention to. "We are to have a fine league. Pueblo Is building a park right In the center of town, a block from the postofflce, and this will be Instrumental In drawing good week-day Crowds. 1 liave several trnrleB IneilKutlnar which will materially strengthuu the Omaha im. 1 FATAL PRIZE FIGHT I KKW YORK Kl Goog) Goea Down aad Emtlrely j , Oat in Seaond Round. i NEW YORK. Jan. 18-"Kld" Goog. k prize fighter, was killed In the second round of 'a three-round bout toniirht In a nlar known as George McFndden s club on Third avenue.' Tiie mar) with whom he was fight ing escaped and the police are looking for him. 1 Goog's real name was Nathan Roseberg and his- opponent was known as "Kid" Sis. .Each were 18 years of age. There were about 150 spectators present, and when Goog was round to be dying there was much excitement. Four arrests were made of men alleged to be connected with the affair. In a clinch in the second round Bis. It Is alleged, gave Goog a short arm hook al most over the heart. When the men broke Goog fell to the floor unconscious. A hurry call was sent in for an ambu lance after the crowd began to disperse and Dr. Berliner responded. When he ar rived he pronounced Goog dead. WORK ON MAJOR LEAGVE SCHEDULE Johnson nnd Pnlliam Will Attempt to . Arrangre Xonconflletlna; Dates. NEW YORK, Jan. 18 Ban Johnson and Harry C. Pulliam, presidents of the Ameri can and National Base Ball leagues, re speetlvely,- did not have their proposed con ference today as o the opening of the coming base ball season. The delay was attributed to the nonarrival of Important papers from Chicago. The presidents of the two leagues will meet here tomorrow, and an amicable agreement as to noncon flicting schedules is looked for. President Johnson today appointed Clark Griffith of the New York team; Connie Mack, Philadelphia, and T. C. Noyes, Washington, as a committee on rules to meet Hanlon. Murphy and Dreyfus, a simi lar committee of the National league, so that they may come to a mutual agreement at the schedule meetings of the big leagues next month. , I Sporting; Brevities, The two larger base ball leagues have se cured 487 players for 1906, either by pur chase, draft or reserve. Rube" Waodell hus placed himself in the hands of a specinllet to Insure the return of his pitching arm In the spring. President Bartlett of tho Colorado Auto mobile club has arranged to tour Cuba this winter ln-hts machine. He will consume six weeks in going over the island. Sam Crawford, one of tho ten American league player to participate In 1&0 or more games during the last season, better known an Wahoo Bam, Is still in the city. He is Keeping in condition ry long wlks anu roller skating. Dean L. W. Hoyt, chairman of the ath letic committee of tne t Diversity of Denver, passed througn Omnha this ween enroule tor Chicago and otner m:dwest cities to confer witn fetaijg, tost. King and others to consider the possibilities of securing a big game tor Denver Thanksgiving day.. Manager Gillan has announced a 1 tiler' skuie race for newspaper men tor next Tues nay nignt.. The first prize win be tickets to tne Damroscn conceit tne toilowing u'cuis day, the second prize a commutation ticket, the third prize a box of cigars nn.l tho fourth prize a silvery dollar. The L'a in road, tickets were donated by the advance agent. " JJuoky Holmes, the new magnate of the Lincoln base ball team in tne Western league, la all puffed up over his chances 101 tne Coining uai. ana on his return froiu tne -minor imue meeting in Cmctgo gave out this-interview on his chances lor thla year; "I am more tnan sutistied with my new berth.- Everything has come my way, and I am sura I can put my team well up in tne raee and maxe it a financial success as well. Lincoln is crazy for a real base ball team, and 1 think 1 wi.i be able to deliver the goods. It Is a booming tov.n and has many wealthy men interested In the game. When 1 accepted the place I was given a, year's lease on tne para ana more man enougn with which to fit It up in good shape. I bought' the entire team troin tit. Joseph, .ia from what 1 have seen of the. men 1 do not see how it was possible for them to niiisu so tar uown in me race as uiey aid. There must, have been something wrong witn the management, as the men I have now would never keep a team in' last place ir tney were nanaied properly, ay the way, 1 have the best player in the Western league on my ltt. 1 won't aay who he is, but 1 recently received six oner is as many days for hlin. The fact that he played with a taiiena team caused mm to De over looked by tne major leagues in the drafting. He sureiy is a comer, und 1 feel that wim my present bunch of players Lincoln will be in tne money at tne end ot tne next west ern league pennant race." This talk of Ducky s refers to (Juillon, who will play short for him. INSURANCE MEN ARE TO MEET Saperlniendent Drake off Washington' Says Urge Convention Will Be Held There. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Superintendent of Insuarnce Drake of this city, who Issued a call a month ago for an Insurance con- actua, value of M rei, estate and per vention In Chicago February 1. has mailed! , Dropariy locally assessed; a second nPMila Ultar aA vlulna- rlalntrn tat 01 mt A " ..... a circular letter advising delegates regard tng hotel arrangements and saying the prob. abilities are that seventy-nve state officials at least, will be in attendance. "This," says Mr. Drake, will be more than double the. number of officials, Includ- deputies and actuaries, that has ever been In attendance at any national convention of insurance commissioners, besides there will be many prominent Insurance agents and officials, representing the several kinds or . insurance, iruiu au porta, ui tne country, several eminent lawyers, inter ested In uniform state laws, and repre sentatives of the leading insurance Jour nals. I would suggest that you be on hand as early as possible on the 20th instant and have prepared drafts of such bill or parts of one as you would like to have con sldered.by the committee on laws and leg islation of the convention." HYMENEAL Wells-Andrea. Wednesday evening a pretty wedding waa solemnised at the home of the bride's pa rents. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Andres of Omaha, when their youngest daughter, Selma, was united In marriage to Mr. W. Albert Wells, of Council Bluffs by Rev. Luther M. Kuhns. Ths groom Is a promi nent business man of Council Bluffs and the bride is well known and popular among a large circle of friends in her native city. It was a quiet wedding, only the relatives and Intimate friends of the contracting parties being preaent. The bride was unat tended and was simply but becomingly gewned in white. A supper waa served to i tha guests later In the evening. rROM HISTORY TO TAXATION Ms.tisg of Stat Historical 8ocitj Dir cum Prtiant Day Problem. . N0RRIS BR8WN ON .RAILROAD VALUATIONS rraf. Rosa of state Inlverslty Uovrtaor .Miekey Also Deliver' Addresses oa the Same . So elect. tKruni a Staff CurrenpoudenL) LINCOLN. Jan.: 18,-MSpeclal.) The meet ing of tha State Historical -society at St. Paul's church tonight was devoted to a discussion of revenue and railroad taxation, each of the three papers read being on some phase of this all absorbing question. Tha church was crowded by people from all sec- tlons of the state who are. hare-attending the agricultural meetings, and the deepest Interest was manifested. Following the set program a general discussion of the subject occurred. ... Prof. E. A.' Ross of the State university, in discussing ' "The Problem ' of Railroad Taxation," argued thst the railroads should pay their proportion of the state taxes, and In arriving at the value of railroad prop erty the franclil should be considered as a very valuable asset. - Attorney General Norrls Brown, who has just won the railroad tax cases In Ne braska, and who Is thoroughly familiar with all the details of railroad taxation in Ne braska, explained in his address the various ways of arriving at the value of railroad property. He discussed at length the stocks and bonds theory, the net earnings theory and the valuation by considering the phys ical property only. The Nebraska State Board of Assessment 'had used all three of these methods In arriving at the valuation of railroad property in Nebraska. Governor' Mickey gave an address on the new revenue law and its workings. The governor explained the 1ax system of -as sessment under the old law and the greatly Increased assessment of all property under the new law. He then gave a -sketch of the new law as It has been' Interpreted by the State Board of Assessment a,nd Equaliza tion. ' ' - ' ' ' ' '" During the evening B. B. Gillespie gave a baritone solo and Howard Klrkpatrlck gave an organ solo. ' , " Problem of Railroad Taxation. Prof. Edward A. Ross of the University of Nebraska read a paper on the "Problem of Railroad Taxation." His points were: Capital invested in railroads Is as able to contribute to the support of the government us oilier lunna 01 caoiuii. - . . . I The fact that a certain fraction ot tne 1 '' . umc total mass of property In the commonwealth, torlly, and that at this time he saw no owing to the ease of concealing it,- utterly . 8crou, defects to be rectified. It was found escapes - the assessor and- evades, taxat or , i llmw , constitutes no gooa reason ror aiivw.ua 1 the railroads a corresponding offset. If without legal warrant the habit . has , tactlly grown up of assessing prppert at, mnalriBrnhlv am Ihnn lis true Value. I. .CO before entering It upon the assessment role. a corresponding deduction must ire nmo" from the true value of railroad property scientifically sscertalned. . The monev vnlue of a railroad is not the estimated price of its rails, ties, roadbed and equipment separated and considered ,,- tm, thair line-but it Is their aggre gate vnlue as a, going concern yielding profit as a raurosa, noi u . i,,,.- The nonphysicitl property of the railroad, commonly known as, the franchise, Is founded not on the Investment of capital, but on the possession of traffic -not exposed to competition. Far from being less able to hear taxes i is morr nuii -than most other forms of property. - The market price of the stocKs and bonds Of a railroad, as It is based on the capital ization of prospective ramw irun i. j Ml! ' SoOTr p2rP'on.7.d o control: I is not entirely ssiisractorj r ...... T--un nuicui- of the value ot .railroad property. , ment and a residue for the gradual extln- hv capitalizing' at a low rate of Interest The governor then referred to the addl the average net ln:ome from, opeiatlon tlonal work placed upon the State Board of ln,r."f.h 5 JZHlV'ylTl yra7iroad 'property ' Equalization In preparing and issuing new thus scleiitlnoally ascertained should be -1 hr th. Kiat alone for state pur poses nnd at the sam- rate as that borne bv other forms of property taxed. -"t., i railroads are to contribute as now In most states to local as well as to 11-. ...h t-urria roundhouses. renal ??"J2rnvjm. repair iioi.ii nan, offices, etc. should be assessed by lo.-al assessor and taxed at the local rate. Main line, rolling stock and franchise In a word, all the rest of rail road property-ehould be assessed by state officials at so much per mile and assigned to counties, towns and precincts in pro portion to mileage.. If railroads are taxed on the gross earn ings Instead of on property, and conse quently at a rate distinct from and higher than that Imposed -on property generally, the difficulties connected with valuation are avoided, but the public mind Is con fused, the tax on gross earnings Is Invaria bly fixed too low and the railroad com panies bear far less than their Just burden. Railroad Taxation In Kebraaka. Attorney General Norrls Brown had' the subject, "Railroad Taxation in Nebraska." and discussed It chiefly as to the right of the state to tax franchises and the meth ods provided for finding the value of the property of the companies. The. right of the state to tax railroad properties -within its borders is found la the constitution. Section 1 of article lx provides: smaWn valuatlon. so that every person and cor ! ..oration shall pay a tax In proportion to j jne value of his, her or Its property and franchises, the value to be ascertained In such manner as the legislature enau uireci. Mr. Brown paid Some attention to tne passage of the present revenue law and its provisions, especially ins constituting 01 the State Board of Equalization and As sessment, which is composed of the gov ernor, auditor, treasurer, secretary of state and commissioner of public lands and build ings. To this board the railroads are re oulred by law to make a sworn return. showing the amount of capital stock au- thorized and tho number of shares; the amount of capital stock paid up; the mar- ket value or the true value of such stock the total amount of all indebtedneas, ex- ... tf -nmtnt nneratlon: the location return relating to the value 01 stoegs ana bonds covering the entire property of the railroad; a third return calls for the earn ings, gross and net, for the year previous to the assessment. Under this the board ia enabled to have three tests of valuation: First, the physical values, established by the tangible property of the railroad; sec ond, the value tested by its stocks and bonds; third, the value tested by its net earnings, Obtaining the Valuation. How to obtain the valuation under the physical test was explained by Mr. Brown, who used a Nebraska road tor example. This return showed the value per mile In Nebraska of thla line to be 820.009. By the stock and bond test, the value per mile of this road In Nabraska was found to be 8102,000, and by the net earnings test it was found to be (tD net earnings being capitalized at per cent). These sums averaged give a valuation per mile of road In. Nebraska of t62.U0. but the state board fixed the figures at $56,000 per mile, allowing a very liberal discount. The stock and bond test of valuation is held to be the fairest of the three. It depends entirely on the seining value of the securities and rents on the rule enun ciated -by Justice- Miller of the United States supremo court In 1875. when he laid down the principle as follows: It ia therefore obvious that when you have ascertained the current cash value of the whole funded debt and the current cash value of the entire number of shares, you have, by the action of thoae who above all others can best estimate it. as certained the true value of the road, all It. r.rnn-n v ii m faniLal Stock. and its Vij ant nines; fur tbaan are all represented by the value of Its. bonded debt and of the shares or Its cspttsl stork. Xehrnskas ew Revenue Low. Governor Mickey, who spoke of "The Revenue Law and Its Workings," said that the new revenue law was born of necessity; that while the law of 1879 was Just and comprehensive as originally pused. It had been so amended and emasculated by suc ceeding legislatures that It waa no longer suitable for the requirements of the state: that It became the rule to measure the abil ity of the aaxessor by. the low returns ht made of the value of property within his district and boards of equalization were powerless to correct the lists In a manner to. produce equitable assessment. Relief from this condition bad long been agitated, many of his predecessors calling attention to the subject and that he. In his first inaugural address laid stresa upon the point, particularly railing attention to the large Increase In the state debt, far In ex cess or the constitutional limit. He said that other legislatures had attempted to pasa new revenue laws, but failed, and It remained to the legislature of 1908 to puss the hill now known as the "New Revenue Law," and that since It had been In effect over two assesmenta. It could be said that the law possessed some merit. Kot a. Party Measure. The bill at Its Inception, suld the gov ernor, was in no sense a party measure, and expressed sorrow that in Its later stages It developed Into a partisan question In which the fuslonlsta were arrayed against and the republicans supporting It. The feature of the law which occasioned the most criticism waa the provision re quiring the listing of all property at full cash value, which was no different from the old law, the main difference being that the new law provtded a punishment for non compliance, while there was no penalty un der tha old statute.' He said that under the old system assessors met Just before start ing to make assessment and decided a rate of asessment regardless of the terms of the law, discounting the true value, and assess ing property at . from one-eighth to one twelfth of . actual cash value. To argue against this, provision of the new law, said the governor, waa simply to argue for the nonenforcemept of law. The governor said that no valid objection could be taken to the assessment of prop erty at full value, as it would be easier to correct mistakes and produce equality. One of. the -most admirable features in the new law as seen by the governor is that which permits the State Board . of Equalisation to equalize assessments in counties, keeping the state; levy equal In all and changing the assessment rolls on the different classes of property to conform with the facts. This provision :ls an amendment made in 1906 to the original law. The other points In which the new law varies from the old, 1, , , . takes were made, chiefly because the local a,uthortlea failed to understand the terms .fa,f. ,, ... of the statute, and some crltlcsm aimed at the law because of this fact had now dis appeared. Law I pheld Every Time. "As an indication of Its strength as an equitable, legal proposition," said he, "it has been vigorously assailed by those who thought themselves aggrieved in the district, federal and supreme courts, and ihat In every instance the law has been upheld. Some of the best legal talent In the country lias been arrayed against It, butdn no par ticular has It been weakened. It has re sulted In the increaae of our grand assess ment roll from $184,000,000 In 1903 to 8-Wi.OOO.OOO In 1905, the latter figures being on a one-fifth basis, and has provided the necessary funds , schedules, educatjng assessors, construing the law, bearing special interests and similar work and said that the hoard feels that It has accomplished a reasonable degree of aUcoe.a. and thst the law will Increase In Popularity as the people become more famil lar with It. Capitalised Too High. The net earnings test Is based on the capitalization of the net earnings at t per cent, that being the rule fixed by the i courts. Mr. Brown contends" that the fig ure is too high, and holds that the net earnings should be capitalized at i per cent. This, because the roads are operated on a 4 per cent basis, the bonds bearing that rate of interest, and that being the dividend paid. This makes a difference in value per mile amounting to the difference between fl,66.$6, the capitalization of $1,000 at per cent, and 125,000. the capitali sation of 11,000 at 4 per cent. Offleera Aro Elected. At the business session held last night the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Oeorge L. Miller of Omaha; first vice president, R. L. Harvey of St. Paul; second vice president, Dr. O. E. Howard of Lln- nfklnf traaatirar fl T. nl.thaMl T .in. I -"V W. Caldwell. I. D. firtni 01 r.enesaw, ueorge t. snedd of Ashland and Mrs. Minnie P. Knotts of Lin coln were chosen as the new members. Previous to the election of officers the meeting waa devoted to eulogies of former ! Governor Furnas and H. H. Shedd, both of whom died within the last year. The trib ute to Governor Furnas was read by H. H. Wilson and that to Mr. Shedd by George C Shedd, a son- Hardware Men Keep Busy. MITCHELL. S. D., Jan. 18.-(Special Tele- gram.) The hardware men's convention ad- j Journed this afternoon after one of the I busiest of sessions. The morning session was devoted to an Interesting talk by M. L. Corey, secretary of the national associa tion, on the catalogue house business. The following officers were elected: President, E. D. Hawkins, Vermilion; vice president. Otto E. Muller, Aberdeen; second vice pres ident, F. J. Pixley, Montrose; secretary, Noah Keller, Woonaocket; treasurer, B. G. Wattson. Chamberlain. Executive commit tee: E. Gregory, Alexandria; F. J. Buken baum, Scotland; H. E. Johnson. Redneld; F. Rummel, Sioux Falls; M. H. Gosche, Mitchell; John Reper, F. O. Steensland, BeresCord; Noah Keller, Woonsocket, and B.. G. Wattson, Chamberlain. Messrs Hawkins and Keller were selected as dele gates to the national convention, which meets in Chicago In June. Aberdeen was selected as the place for holding the con vention In 1907. Shirt Factory Paya Well. YANKTON, 8. D., Jau. 18 tSpecial.)- Through Hon. W. M. Powers of this city it Is learned that the 8tate Board of Charities , and Corrections, of which he Is a member. Is well pleased with the state shirt factory started at the Sioux Falls penitentiary. This Institution, which cost the state the sum of $8,000, is paying a good profit, and Mr. pow ers said It was Immeasurably better than setting the prisoners to cutting stone for which there was no demand when it was cut. The factory now gives steady employ ment to 120 prisoners, whereas, under the old arrangement, very few could be given employment. Snow Dees) la Wyoming. GREEN RIVER, Wyo., Jan. 18. tSpetlai. Reports from the Interior to the nertl state that the country la waist-deep ir snow. 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STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1808 Farnam 8t, Between 18th and 14th SU., OMAHA, NEB. LAMBERT REFUSES TO SIGN Bays Ee Woild Kot Fat Name U Suts- aent Whetlsr Wtitsd. PREFERRED NOT TO. CONVICT ' HIMSELF Main Wttnesa In Ware Caae Rnne the Gamnt of Direct and Cross Examination and is Sot . . . Throngh. "X was . called into the office of Secret Service Agent Wheeler the day , before Thanksgiving, about 10 o'clock In., the morn ing and asked by Wheeler to .sign, a cer tain statement. I refused to sign the state ment, aa I had already pleaded guilty to the conspiracy indictment and did not want to convict myself any further, ' said Frank W. Lambert in his cross-exxunlna-tlon Thursday afternoon In the Ware case In the federal court. "I was out. on ball at the time and upon my refusal . to sign ths statement I was placed under heavier bonds and taken to Jail. - I had seen Mr. Frawley and Mr. Ware in the . meantime. At that time I had -partly mode up my mind to go in with Mr. Ware and Mr. Frawley. The statement was claimed to be a statement of facts 'and it was the wording I objected to. The words objected to were: 'Was to become a part of the Ware holding.' I did not say the state ment was not true, but that I would not sign the statement that way. .1 nave not signed the statement yet. I have not been in Mr. Wheeler's office since then. Only In Mr. Rush's office. Wheeler was present on one or two occasions but for a short time only. "Yes, I have entered a plea of guilty to the Indictments against me, but-have not been sentenced yet.' My uncle, Elmer Fehn of Council Bluffs,' has been to see and talked with me and has advised me what to do. He told me he would talk to Mr. Rush." ' All of Thursday afternoon was devoted to the cross-examination of Lambert. But little of Importance waa elicited beside the Incident stated above. -' Severed Relatione with Ware. "My business relations with George G. Ware were concluded about February 20, 1906, as I had made up my mind to leave Mullen," said Lambert,' Thursday morn ing. "I had a talk with Ware at Mullen before I left and told him I had made up my - mind to leave. I said to him that G. H. Cramer would carry out the work. A balance of 120.20 was due Mr. Ware which I turned over to Cramer at the Mullen bank, ware sata ne isai obliged to me and that settled It, as It was the best thing he could do. He told me to go ahead and turn over the list of names and memoranda of entries to Cramer. "Cramer was not present when I had the talk with Ware. I afterward explained the business to Cramer. Ware said he did not like to see me leave. I did not talk to Ware after this. I had written to him previously and received a reply, but have destroyed the letter. He stated in that letter that he wanted to know who he could get to con tinue the land business. 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S.; write us about your case and let oui physicians advise you and send book on the blood; so charge for either, JW SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, CA& ' rm Lambert's testimony by questioning him with regard to conversations he is alleged to have had with various parties at Mullen rel ative to propositions he had made to them for procuring filings for them on the same terms of his agreement with Ware. The essential point to be brought out In these alleged talks was that Lambert had said to several of these parties: "No arrangement was made with Ware by which the titles to the lands should be vested In the IT. B. I. Ranch company, or with Ware, after the entrymen had made final proof on their claims, but that Ware was merely to hava use of the lands while the entrymen were proving up." Lambert denied having told of any sucn an agreement, and denied that any such an agreement had been made with Ware. He further denied many of the alleged conver sations attributed to hint . in whole or In part. The men with whom he is alleged to have made the statements were Elijah Hewett, H. B. Gardner. R. H. Schimmln, F. M. Cuddebeck. Billy Rector, Peter Knud-sen,- Elmer Mercure, A. F. Hants, H. J. Lowe. G. II. Cramer and Walter Harding, all of Mullen. . , Lambert's cross-examination was con cluded at 6 o'clock and he will be recalled for re-direct examination Friday morning at $:30. - . .. .- -,' ..-, ,,; .. ; Charles McKlbbon Entry. The matter of the Charles McKlbbon en try, final proof and subsequent deeding of the claim to M. M. Wheeler of Deadwood, by direction of Ware, was gone Into exten sively This being the only case where the alleged' conspiracy had been completed and where the 8150 had been paid for the deed. In this particular instance, however, the: land deeded by the soldier, McKlbbon, la located In Thomas county, near the Hooker county line. The defense has all along objected to the Introduction of the McKlbbon trans action on the ground that the land alleged to. have been deeded In completion ot the alleged conspiracy is not mentioned in tha indictment, which alleges that all these transactions occurred in Hooker county. However, Judge Munger has reserved his ruling on . this objection for the present and permitted exceptions to be noted in the record. The McKlbbon transaction is similar to those of the other old soldiers from the Grand Island home, the expenses of trans portation, filing, hotels, final proof, etc., being paid by Lambert, and for which he was reimbursed by Ware. . ' How Deed Was Made. Referring to the concluding transaction of deeding the property over, Lambert said: "Mr. Ware wrote me to have the Mc Klbbon deed mijde out to M. M. Wheeler of Deadwood and to have the transaction carried on through the bank at Mullen. About this time (September 23, 1904) ho sent me 8350 for miscellaneous purposes, $150 of which was to be paid to McKlbbon on the execution of the deed. This 1150 was left in the bank and I told Cramer to pay It to McKlbbon when he gave tho deed. Cramer and I drew up the deed and witnessed it. The deed wss dated Decem ber 7, 1904, to which Cramer and I wera witnesses. The deed was then formally executed before a notary publio and Mo Kibbon was paid the 8150." ' WATCHES, f renxer, loth and Dodge. Bnlldlngr Permits. The city has issued building permits as follows: Mrs. Annie Larson, $1,000 frame dwelling at Forty-sixth and Burdens streets; Elmer Carson, $1,500 frame dwell ing at 3406 California; Mrs. Francis R, Smith. $2,400 frame dwelling at 128 North Forty-first street. WO YEARS I w
