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Fhe Omaha Daily Bee 1 VOL. XXXVI-NO. 235. OAIAHA, TUESDAY M OK XI NO, MAKCII W, lfK)7-TVELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY T1IHEE CENTS. I 1 V Z V VI 4 7 j JAIL FOR LAND MEN !cnnt? Pritoa Teirai aid Tinei Imposed bj Judge W. H. Winter. RICHARDS AND COMSTOCK GET HEAVIEST One '.ear and Fifteen Hundred Dollars Each is Ibe'r Sentence. FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT MONTHS OTHERS Charlej 0. Jameson and Acquilla Triplett Tall Heir to This Fate. ALL GIVE NOTICE OF APPEALING CASE Moat Important of Uini Frand Frose rntlonn, In Course o( W hlrh Two Federal OfJleere Lose Positions. Judge W. II. Munger overruled the mil lion for a new trial In the ease of Rartlett Rlrhar1. Will O. Comstock, Charles C. Jameson and Aqullla Triplett In the United Btatea district court Monday morning nnd sentenced tho accused aa follows: Hartlctt Richards, a fine of $1,500 and one year In the Douglas county Jail; Will G. Comstock, 11,600 fine and one year In the Douglas county Jail, and Charles C. Jameson and Aqullla Triplett, $.V0 fine and eight months each In the Douglas county Jail. The attorneys fur the defendants at once gave notice that they would file a petition In error, which Is equivalent to an appeal to the United States circuit court of ap peals for the Eighth circuit. The appeal hand was at once fixed at 15.000 In the case of each defendant, which was promptly (riven. i Judge Tnlke Briefly. The preliminary remarks by Judge Mun ger hefore passing sentence were very brief and dwelt upon the questions raised by the attorneys for the defence relative to the empaneling of the Jury and the character of the evidence produced during the trial. "The question was formally asked of each Juror regarding his knowledge of the law," said Judge Munger, "but there waa no error In that. The question of the disposi tion of the land and the intention of the entrymen was fully gone over In the evi dence, nnd the fact that It was the Inten tion to secure soldier entrymen who hnd served Ion nest bore out a possible under standing as to tho ultimate transfer of the land. For these reasons the motion for a new trlnl is overruled and the defendants are given the usual exceptions," All the defendants and their attorneys were In the court room when the decision was handed down. Among other specta tors were Thomas M. Huntington and T. Ij. Hord and several of the attorneys for other land and cattlemen who have cases tendlng before the court. Judge Munger then asked the defendants they had anything to say as to why sentence should not be passed. Comstock Makes a Speech. Will G. Comstock arose and, approaching the bar. said In a clear and distinct voice: "It Is possible at this time properly to explain my position In these matters. Inas much n when this case waa tried no de fense waa presented. In these land transac tions we are acting under and by the ad vice of our attorney, who not only stands high In his professlson. but. possibly by reason of his familiarity with the practice and customs of the land office, was more capable to give an opinion on the United States land laws than any man In th state. His advice waa that we were not only clearly within our legal right, but also our moral right, as having prevailed In the Interior department for the lajt thirty years at least. This opinion of his was corroborated by the Interior depart ment Itself In Us action in the Pea.man case. In this case an Investigation was made by a special agent of the government in an affidavit obtained showing U.e exact parallel condiUon to tlus case. In which we have been recently tried, and the Interior department acting, aa I understjod at fie time, under the special direction of Secre tary Hitchcock, Immediately odered a pa lent Issued for tho land. Felt He Was Doing Right. "Relying on thla opinion from two different sources, I felt tliat I was doing nothing but what was clearly within my rights, for certainly the further thought from my mind was that in any of theee transactions I was disobey ing the laws of my country. For we feel that we have a right to dupend upon our legal advisers, as well as the Interior de partment ltsolf. It has been my desire to so live that when my allotted time should come people would say that I had always tried to bo fair and Just and do what waa right. You, the Jud,e of thla court, la carrying out your Cuty, cannot InfUct a punishment that wHI cause me to feci more deeply the humiliation, and this brought about without any Intention on my puxt of disobeying any law. I would especially ask for your leniency becauss one of the defendants, Mr. Jameson, who Is not ft free agent In these matters, sim ply a subordinate, but doing what he be lieved was right, knowing and relying upon the opinions I halt outlined. No man of mv acquaintance has a greater sense of honor and Integrity than has he." Jndae Crll'ta Adda a Word. After Mr. Cumsioek had concluded Judge X. W. Crltes of counsel for the defense suld: "Your" honor, I wish to corroborate all that Mr. Coms.ock has said. It has been the practice In that country for more than twenty-five years to acquire land In the general method with which the defendants j are churged. ' I know this to be a fact j from many years" resilience in that section : and as a former land otflclul. This prac tice has been observed with the cognisance j and knowledge of high officials and with ; the approval of the government. I have I known theno lending defendants for many I years nd their people before them and I ' have been associated with them In a busl nesa way for many years. No men .can j be farther from the Intent of wrong-doing. These practices having been tolerated for many years by the Interior department, these defendants supposed they were doing right. Tbe case referred to by Mr. Coin stock Is IdentUal In character with that of whUh these defendants are charged, and , .,11 ...... thai th... - .... I -1 II IB IHU"" " 1 " ' .... - " uvi loiiiu, have been accepted as the hauls of the land i Una. We cannot attack the verdict of the I Jury because your honor will not permit It. j Xll these defendants wanted to Know wus what Is the law and how to obey It." Judge Muviger thereupon passed sentence and the fifth chapter of th famous laud rase passed Into hlsturv. Most Famoue of tho lsi Cases. Public attention from all parts of the ountry has been attracted to thla rasa (Continued on Second Page. SUMMARY OF TUE BEE Tuesday, March 19, 1WOT. 1007 March 1907 sua MOM rut WIO t 3 10 17 2 4 II 18 5? 5 6 12 13 I 2 7 8 9 AI5 16 19 2r. 22 23 H, 25 20 v" 28 29 30 rV."N dlTXIB. FORECAF N i' A N klURASKA Rain Tuesday . voider In west portion. Wednesday . and colder. HiRKCART FOR IoWA Rain Tuesday and warmer In east and central portions. Wednesday fair and colder. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg. 6 a. m M 1 p. in 46 6 a m S3 2 p. m 7 a. m X.1 3 p. m 4S 8 a. m M 4 p. m 9 a. m 37 6 p. m 01 10 a. m 30 6 p. m 6.' 11 a. m 42 7 p. m 51 12 m. 46 Dp. m Co ( p. m 61 XiEOXS&ATXTIl. The house at Lincoln passed the state wide open primary bill by a vote of '.'3 to 14, with thirteen members absent. Fag 1 Lee's bill for the annexation of riouth Omaha by Omaha passed the house at Lincoln. Fags 1 The senate at Lincoln In committee of the whole divides twice on the maximum rate bill, the vote resulting In a tie ench tlmo. The bill waa put over for further consideration at a future date. Pags 1 Fusion members of Nebranka legisla ture hold caucus on terminal tax bill, but no definite action was tuken. It Is evi dent, however, Tom Allen will be unable to hold them In line for the railroads. Fags 1 Figures published In Lincoln papers, purporting to exhibit workings of term inal taxation, shown to bo misleading bo cause only part of facts are stated. True condition Is directly opposite the expert's published conclusions. Fags X DOMISTIC. Prices drop on Wall street and bank ers declare they do not want sudden re covery as on Saturday. Fag 1 Arguments In the Thaw case will be pln Wednesday and a verdict Is expected by Friday nlttht. The Hummel aflldavlt Is read In full to the Jury. It contra dicts testimony of the lawyer concerning It. Fag 4 The Ohio river Is rising at Cincinnati, but may not reach expected stage. Fag 1 Vice President Fairbanks makes four speeches at Chicago, speaking to students, newspaper men and an Irish society. Fag 3 FOKEICm. Several ships are ashoro oft British coast and two, the Suevlc and Jebba, are total loss. Passengers and crew are aved. Fag 1 Two theories exist as to cause of ex plosion on French warship Iena. one hold ing discontented sailors responsible and other claiming electricity from wireless telegraphy caused accident. ' Fago 1 HXBBASKA. Frark Hanxellk, aged IS, la ahot by Androw Cauasen, near Niobrara, while play'.ng soldiers. Faga 3 Extra Burlington freight crashes Into a pile driver In Tecumseh yards. Fags t John Burner, who struck boys for whistling and threatened to shoot per sons making a noise near his room. Is adjudged Insane at Fremont. Faga 3 John Wyman, Sewnrd county farmer, starts to buy a horse and drops out of sight. Fag 3 Broken Bow men organize Tho Brotcen Bow & Western Railroad company, and citizens give enthusiastic support. Fag 3 WASHIHOTOIf. Stockmen refusing to pay grazing fee are warned they may be denied privileges on the forest reserve. Fag 3 Fred Dennett of North Dakota Is ap pointed assistant commissioner of the general land office. Fag 3 X.OCAX. "America for Christ" Is the slogan of the convention of the Northwest division of the Methodist Board of Home Mission.) and Church Extension which opened yes terday afternoon at the First church, at tended by dignitaries of the church. Fag 1 Judge W. H. Munger of federal court sentenced Bartlett Richards and w. a. Comstock to fine of $1,600 and year in Douglas county Jail; Aqullla Triplttt and C. C. Jameson, $500 fine and eight months for conspiracy to defraud govern ment out of nearly 600,000 acres of pub lic land. Appeal will be filed. Fag 1 Omaha ranks third as primary grain market of the world, outranking Kan sis City and outranked only by Chicago and St. Louis. Fag T 8FOXT. Fight for prealdency of American Bowling congress between R. H. Bryson and Garry Hermann Is waxing warm. Vandersyde of Chicago makes highest in dividual score of tournament so far. Fag 4 Base ball commission at request of Washington American team re-opens case of Catcher Starnagle. who Is reclaimed by Lincoln Western league club. Faga 4 Thla la the adi 4-ROOM apartment strictly modern, to man ini tit; private bath; pr vate porcnes; in resident of owner. Aadres E h 833. Bee. tl6i Mstu'll. care It raa oboo. Zt oost only a (aw onta. Wouldn't YOU spand a tuarter to rsnt your house or rooms or fill a want about which joa have beau worry, lag? Bring th ad to TBTB ail offioa, ITth and Fanuua, or tak It to tb aeaxeat drug tor. Wlthla Everybodr'g Boaoh. Beh Everybody. 17 Replies AMERICA FOR JESUS CHRIST Bloean Urst Contention Northwest Division Methodist Borne Mission fioaid. CMAHA IS THE BASE OF NEW CAMPAIGN Dlcnltarles of Chnrch Gather In Thla City to ttlvo Good Start to Militant Movement of Extension Work. "America for Christ" Is the theme of the first convention of the northwest division j of the Board of Home Missions and Church Kxtenslon of the Methodist Episcopal church. The sessions opened Monday after noon at the First church with a splendid program and a good attendance of church dignitaries and representatives from this section, and another Interesting program was given at the same place last evening. The conxentlon will last today, with ses sions morning, afternoon and evening. The public is invited to these meetings, where It will be given an opportunity to hear some of the best speakers of the Methodist church. By a recent action of the commission on consolidation the boards of administration of the benevolent work of the Methodist church have been reduced fn number and reorganised. The convention besides arous ing enthusiasm in the work of spreading tho gospel in the Tnlted States, will ex plain how the changes affect the success of the church In the I'nlted States and territories and also how It affects the con tributions. Rev. William Oorst, presiding elder of this conference, presided at the afternoon session, and W. P. Harford In the eve.n Inir. After a quiet hour with Rev. V. W. McOregor as leader, Dr. Gorst gave the address of welcome. Rev. O. W. Isham was unable to be present and his paper wilt be read later In tha convention. Dr. Gorst Strikes Keynote. Dr. Gorst said he believed the keynote for home mission and churcn extension Is "America for Christ," and Is the most Important battle cry before the church. We put special emphasis on the tremendous responsibility It is to f.-vre and convince the foreign people coming to America. He also spoke of the problem to maintain these extensions. The home mission and church extension work Includes two great fields, evangelistic and church building. He fur ther spoke of the hundreds and thousands of dollars which have been appropriated among the native people In every state and territory in the union for evangelistic and church building purposes and also the pro visions made for reaching the non-English speaking races that are playing such a con spicuous part In the western domain. Dr. Gorst emphasized the fact that the Meth odist Episcopal church has always been the church of home missionaries above all other denominations. Dr. Georsre Klllott Speaks. Dr. George Elliott of Chicago, field secre tary of borne missions and church exten sion work, was not on the program for Monday afternoon, but waa called upon by the chairman, and said: -' "The Justification of the charch In the reorganization . of the missionary wnrk Is apparent. The church Itself haa hardly been awar of the work done, but It Is now being brought to tho vision of the church. Most money raised for missionary work has been raised on the strength of the appeals made for foreign missions, with the de mands for world-wide missionary work, and yet half has been spent at home. The time has come for the declaration of a holy war, for the complete evangelization of America. We have onlv been playing at the work of home missions. No church Is so necessarily a home missionary organi sation from Its very constitution as the Methodist Episcopal church. There Is needed an evangelical revival within the chiirch Itself in regard to the work of the church." Jason I.ee, First Missionary. Jason Lee was the theme of an address by Rev. J. A. Spyker, D. D., of Fremont, who drew many lessons from the work of this first missionary to the great northwest. "God Almighty was Incarnated In man," said Dr. Spyker, "and If He Is not now to be found In good men He is surely lost to the race. If we would know of a great missionary movement we must know the men, for they are the principal parts of a movement of this kind at Its Inception. So we find Jason Lee, a hero of righteousness, who worked In the wilderness of the west. He was born In the first part of this century and when Jackson was president he crossed the Rockies. The great west had been forgotten In the work of the church. There was but one foreign mis sionary at that time, and he was In Liberia. "Jason Lee had a burning passion In his soul that he ought to be a missionary to the Indians of America. "The result of the work of Jason Le and such as he opened up many new place of settlement where towna sprung up. Ten years after Lee went to Salem the town had 3,000 people and twenty-five years after wards Oregon waa admitted as a state In the union. "Le had the true missionary spirit, the spirit of self-sacrlflce. It Is a man's busi ness to be a convert before he tries to convert others, and Jason Lee had the right sidrlt He strove to lead men to liberty whose lives were In bondage." Tribute to Bishop MeCabe. A beautiful and 'loving tribute waa paid to Bishop C. C. McCabe by Rev. E. K. Ilonman, who said: "He can truly be called a master mis sionary. God bestowed upon him special gifts and he used these special gifts for the full benefit of his fellow men. If ever a man paid the full price for his hard work It was this man. He was not self-centered, but rather went out of his road to help others. When a boy of 30 In charge of his father's store In his home town he was one of the principal leaders In a great re vival In his own church. His work so Impressed the bishop that he was advised to quit the atore and study for the min istry. This he did by Waning Immediately for college. "When one met Bishop McCabe he was at once Impressed that here was a man not centered on self-Interest. He often sacrificed his own comfort to help ?lergy- ! men In trouble and gave of his private I funds on occasions too numerous to men I tlon. I "He paid the price of thought and at tention to his speclfio phase of work. Hi had but one object and that waa to get on with the work of apreadlng the gospel of Jesus Christ. He always worked hard on his addresses and sermons and showed he had a thorough knowledge of condl tlons all over the world. His thought waa centered on the one thing he was striving to accomplish Ood's work" Christ Wants Americana. The last speaker of the afternoon was Rev. C. M. Bwell. D. D., of Philadelphia, assistant corresponding secretary of the (Continued on Third Pago.) BRITISH STEAMERS ON SHORE While Star Liner 9itIp and Demp ater 1,1 a er Jebba Total Losa on Rooks. LONDON, Marcn 18. Details received this morning of the disaster to the White Blar line steamer Suevlc, homeward bound from Sydney, N. 3. W by way of Cape Town, with nearly &XI passengers and crew on board, show that it struck the Bran dies roi kc, under The Lizard lighthouse, at about 10:30 last night and probably will be a total wreck. Lifeboats and tugs from The Lizard and Falmouth soon reached th scene and, together with the Suevlc' own boats, landed the passengers. The women and children were first sent ashore. There were no fewer than 1) children on board, many of them being babes In arms, whom the local fishermen and their wives lifted out of the boats and carried through the surf to nearby cottages. A high wind, a rough sea and fog ham pered the landing operations earlier, but the fog lifted about 7 o'clock this morning and from thence forward boats loaded with passengers were sent ashore In quick suc cession. By 1 p. m. all the passengers had been landed, but the crew was still standing by the wreck. Captain Selby, commirnder of the Suevlc, had been at sea for thirty-nine years and this was to have been his last voyage. Tho North German Lloyd line steamer Kaiser Wllhelm II during the morning passed close astern of the Suevlc, which was then thronged with passengers. The wrecked steamer's bow was low In the water. Its fore compartments were full and It seemed to be pinnacled on the rocks. ! As plenty of assistance wus standing by, I the White Star line steamer Kaiser W'll- 1k lm II, which had been going slow for ten hours, owing to the fog, did not stop, but proceded for Plymouth, whore It ar rived shortly after 10 a. m. Steamers, some of which are described as being large, are a&hore near Rye, Dun geness, Dover and Cuckmere. The vessel ashore off Cuckmere is the British steamer Newstead. from Novoressysk, Black sea. Its position Is serious. LONDON, March 18. Almost within sight of the White Star line steamer Suevlc the Elden Dempster line steamer Jebba, from Calabar, Lagos and other West African ports for Plymouth and Liverpool, ran on the rocks under the cliffs near Prawle Point In the early hours of the morning. Its seventy passengers, many of whom were soldiers invalided home from the went coast of Africa, and Its crew were safely taken ashore by the breeches buoy. Heavy seas are breaking over the steamer, rendering the lifeboats which are standing by the vessel useless. The Jebba will prove a total loss. EXPLOSION SAID TO BE CRIME French Sailor Arrested for Expres sing Pleasure for Disaster to the Iena. TOULON, March 18. The explosion which destroyed the battleship Iena, It Is now be lieved, may possibly have been due to a criminal - act. A Bailor has been arrested for having spoken In gratification at the disaster and the commander of another warship has tecelvrd a letter threatening a similar catasrophe to his vessel. Naval officers are demanding that sailors affected by the antl-mllltarlst propaganda be promptly given shore duty. M. Naudln, the wireless telegraph expert, has advanced a new theory regarding the csuse of the disaster to the batteleshlp Iena, whose afterpart was destroped by the explosion of a magazine March 12, result ing In considerable loss of life. He says that at the time of the explosion It was noted that powerful wireless currents were passing and he believes that the vessel's Isolation In the dry dock resulted In the accumulation of secondary hertzlan waves In the "B" powder magazine from the Bhtp's wireless apparatus and that an out side current communicated a high tension spark. PEASANTS FIGHT IN RUSSIA Several Killed In Conflict with Troops Stolypln Orders Ar rest of Aaltators. ST. PETERSBURG, March 18. With the opening of Parliament March 6, peasant disorders recommenced In several provinces and apparently are the result of organized agitation. In addition to an outbreak In Vladimir province, where BOO drunken peasants wrecked the government aplrlt stores before they were dispersed by vol leys fired by the police, resulting In eight peasants being killed, fatal affrays between peasants and police occurred In Saratov and Kiev provinces, where attempts to take possessslon by violence of private estates were renewed. Premier Stolypln has sent a circular to the governors, enjoining them to arrest all agitators, even members of Parliament, and to take the strictest measures to stop the disorders and protect the rights of property. Negligent officials will be held responsible. NICARAGUA CAPTURES PORT Hondnrana Leave Piece of Artillery and Xnmber of Hides with Ammunition. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 18. The port of TruJIllo, Honduras, has been cap tured by the Nlcaraguan naval forces. The Hondurans left behind them a piece of artillery, a number of rifles and a quantity of ammunition. WASHINGTON, March 18. A dispatch dated March 16, received today from I'hllip R. Brown, secretary of the Amor Ican mission to Honduras and Guatemala announced a report at Tegucigalpa that Trujlllo was being stormed by Ni.-a-raguan war vessels. VICEROY INSPECTS MINES German Prince WU1 Make Personal Report of Accident to tho Emperor. BERLIN, March 18. Prince Hermann voi Hohenlohe Langenburg, viceroy of Alsace Lorraine, has arrived here to make a per sonal report to Emperor William on the mine disaster at i Forbach. The precise cause for the explosion, by which seventy four persons lost their lives, has not yet been decided. Word waa received today from Forbach that aeven of the twelve Injured miners are dead and the other five are dying. Persian Grand t iller Realarna. TEHERAN, March 18 -The shah haa ac cepted the resignation of the grand vliler, Muohlr Ed Dowleh. Cruiser Baltimore at Saes. SUEZ, March IS. The United Statea cruiser Baltimore arrived her today from Singapore- RAILROAD FIGURES FALSE Statements Published in Linooln Do Set State the faoU Paper TAX EXPERT TABLES UNDER SCRUTINY Annlysla Shows His Conclusions to Re Far from Correct, aa Towns Will Gain and Connty Will Sot Lose Voder Law. (From a Staff Ourrespondent.) LINCOLN, March 1R- (Special. )-Anothr tax expert, not In the pay of the railroads, has given out a statement for publication In answer to the railroad argument against the terminal tax bill published In Lincoln papers last Saturday. This expert said: "The whole question of .whether a town will gain or lose by assessment under H. R. ISC turns on three Items of property bulanced against what may be distributed for terminals. Divide the tangiMe railroad proerty into five Items and they will In clude all of It. Roadbed and main track, not Including right-of-way; rolling stock; right-of-way; building and structures; side and spur trackjs. "The value of the roadbed and main track and rolling stock, whether In country or j city and village, will be the same. But right-of-way in cities and villages to much more valuable than right-of-way In the country. Nearly all buildings ami struct ures are In towns: nearly nil side and spur tracks arc In towns. If the greater value of right-of-way In a town added to value of building and structures and valuo of side and spur tracks Is greater than the towns' proportion of the terminals dis tributed, the town will get a larger assess ment under H. R. 192. If these three Items added up total less than the towns' share of terminal distribution, the town will get a U-J! aasesMment under H. R. 192 than under present system. Of course, franchise value distributed on main line or attached to property where found must be consid ered. ' "Take tho Burlington system. It haa 2,611 miles of road In Nebraska and ,but two considerable terminals. The terminals at Omaha are possibly worth $f,ono.ooa The terminals at Lincoln are ptHlbly worth $3,000,000, though half of the amount would cover It, Total terminal value for distri bution. $10,000,000. Thla spread over the Burlington's 2.U11 miles of road gives less tluui $4,000 to each mile. What town on tho Burlington system with a mile of fin main line but has more within its own limits of extra value of rtht-of-way, buildings and structures and side and spur tracks than the $4,000 lt8 mile of main line gits from distribution of terminals? The Union Pacific aays the reconstruction valuo of side and spur tracks Is $4,000 por mile and that la cheap enough. Inlon Pacific Distribution. "This same comlltlon la true of all roads In Nebraska except the Union Pacific. It will be noticed that the $4,000 per mile dis tributed Is full value. Including franchise, so any subdivision having pno mile of the road gets only one-fifth of $4,000 or $W upon which to levjc. taxes. How good the rail roads are to school districts, township and villages! "The distribution of Omaha terminals of the Union Paclflo over Its Wl miles of lines In Nebraska Is worth talking about, and It is the only one the railroads dare tHlk about. The question as shown above does not affect state, county, school, township and road district taxes. The question, how ever. Is 'Will assessment of rallroud prop erty within the town by local assessor give as large assessment as it now gets under unit systemT" "The Union Pacific last June said Its 9tll miles of road in Nebraska terminals and all could be reproduced for $19,700,000. But the state board valued the property at $r,8, 165,000, an Increase for franchise value of $38,466,000. That Is. the state board said that If the tangible value of the Union Paciflo system In Nebraska Is $19,700,000, tho franchise value Is almost twice that sum. The only way to get a value In Omaha sufficient to give a distributive value out of Omaha of $15,000 per mile Is to give the property In Omaha the propor tion of the franchise value It is of the tan gible value. If this rule Is followed the towns on the Union Paclflo even do not lose under H. R. 192. How it Would Affect Fremont. "Take Fremont for example. Fremont hua the following Itema of tangible prop erty within Ita limits, aa valued by the Union Pacific officials, and the aforesaid tax expert used exactly these flgun-B: Main line, 1.7 miles, at $1B,Sfi8 $ 26,636 omc ami seconu iracK, sue miles, at $4,1100 Right-of-way, 2A.S8 acres, at $2,0n0.!i." Tool house, 10x14 feet Stock yards Watchman's house, 5x7 feet Two standplpws Passenger depot Freight depot, 40x100 feet Tool house, 8x14 feet Pump house, pit and machinery Repair sliop, 14x18 feet weii Water tank, 16x34 feet " Watchman's house, 5x7 feet Section house, 24 x 24 feet Cool house, 8x10 feet Tool house, luxlt feet ), Water softener " Lime house Old passenger depot Watchman's house, 6x8 feet Coal house, 12x16 foot '" 21.320 61,7611 40 loo 15 S.Ojii) 2!, 7,215 15 tlM 50 6") 1,600 15 250 10 40 9,V1 1M) 7-m it 125 Total value of tangible property In Fremont $150,130 If we add franchise valuo, giving Fremont the proportion of fron chise It has of tangible value, we give franchise value of 3nn.?40 And Fremont's assessment would be 400,360 If we give Fremont the franahlae :t la entitled to, the franchise being distributed over the main line, we would adil to tangible lfi2.0no And Fremont's assessment would be 252120 Franchise Value is Omitted. "Fremont's assessment now Is $154,679. The trouble with the list of figures showing lossea to towns in the tax expert's figures Is he has in no case Included franchise value. Fianchlse value, according to the state board and the supreme court. Is the largest Item. This put In In either of above ways will give every considerable town a much greater assessment and will give all small towna at last as large as sessment as It is getting now. The follow ing shows how the towns will fare: Present New Assesnm't. Asseasm't. North Bend $;,3 - . 74.212 iClarks 67.3H) 71.421 Central City lld.iss fi7Xi2 Islington lls,2S 246. 2W7 I "It Is difficult to predict what assessment the various towns will get under H. R. 172. The aforesaid expert did predict, but If attention be given to detailed figures for Fremont, I am willing to state that no local assessor would dare put the figures as low, and bo the expert'a figures utterly fall. But he falls no more In that par ticular than he falls when he says that flono goes out of Omaha for tha benefit I of each mile of Union Paclflo system In Nebraska, for If you will turn to the (Continued on Second PageJ EXCITEMENT ON 'CHANGE Rrrak of Dlstnrblna; Proportions In Trie of Stocks on Opealsg of Market. NEW TORK. March lS.-Exclteniont wns revived In the stock market by a break of disturbing proportions In the opening deal ings. The outpouring of stocks was at tributed mostly to a rush to realise at tht buoyant recovery which had been achieved on Friday and Saturday from the extreme depression of Thursday. Speculative senti ment was practically agreed that the re covery hnd been too violent and too rapid to be healthful. The wide declines regis tered In London before the market opened here shook the nerves of many holders who had fairly weathered the storm of last week. Large reductions of the short ac counts resulting from the rush to cover on Saturday also deprived the market of an element of support and there was reselling of stocks bought at the decline merely for the purpose of supporting the market. The conspicuous declines were Northern Pa cific and Anaconda, S; Canadian Pacific, 3: Union Pacific and Reading, 2; Great Northern preferred. 2; Smelling, 2't; Southern Pacific, 2V Atchison. 21; Amal gamated Copper and Sloss-Sheffield Steel, 2, and a long list of the most active stock from 1 to 2 points. Prices rebounded al most immediately 1 to 1H and, while the recoveries were not fully hold, the excite ment abuted largely. In banking quarters the rapid recoveries of last Friday and Saturday were deprecated and there were Intimations that repressive measures might be used to prevent other than a gradual and orderly recovery. Tho steol stocks were heavily sold by commission houses, reports crediting much of the selling to Pittsburg, Cleveland & Chicago. LONDON. March 1R- American securities opened weak today. On a light volume of business prices during the first hour de clined 1 to 2H points below Suturday'a New Tork closing. Union Paciflo led the downward movement. There was a recovery In the first hour to about parity, the market showing ac tivity. At noon realization caused a setback of a point In United States Steel, Union Pa clflo and Southern TacHlc. Continental sell ing further weakened prices, but a reaction In New York prices came In the close, which was steady. YOAKUM CALLS ON PRESIDENT Rock Island Man Visits White Hons Second Time In Ten Days. WASHINGTON. March 18. The presi dent had a conference today with 11. F. Yoakum, chairman of the board of direc tors of the Rock Island railroad. This Is the second conference the presi dent has had with Mr. Yoakum within ter days. Mr. Yoakum has heretolora declared himself unreservedly In favor of close co-operation between the railroads nnd the federal government, and today he emphasized his previous statement by saying he was In favor of the closest possible relationship. He declined to dis cuss the purpose of his Interview with the president Mr. Yoakum left at midnight for New York. Just before his departure h mad thla statement: "I cannot talk about any conference which occurred at the White House. I came here on my own initiative and merely continued a conversation which I had with the president and the Interstate Commerce commission last week. That la all I can say about the matter." FUSION CAUCUS ON TAX BILL No Definite Action Taken, bat Ail Cannot Be Held by Allen for the Railroads. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, March 18. (Special Telegram.) The fuslonlsts met in secret caucus at the Lincoln hotel tonight and discussed the terminal taxation bill with G. M. Hitchcock of Omaha, the principal speaker for the measure. While the fuslonlsts took no definite action, It is plain that Tom Allen and hla railroad friends will be unable to vote the thirty-one minority members against the bill. A big crowd of people came In tonight, but It Is Impossible to separate the railroad lobbyists from the defendants In the lumber suit, which begins again tomorrow, and from the many lawyers who are here to attend supreme court. Burlington Lobby ists Frank Young and W. A. Dllworth and Tax Commissioner Pollard of the Hill road were doing the honors at the Llndell for the railroads. DAN ANTHONY FOR CONGRESS Leavenworth Editor Will Succeed Charles W. Curtis, Who la Sow n Senator. TOFEKA, Kan.. March lS.-Darrlel R. Anthony of Leavenworth, editor of the Leavenworth Tlmea, will have no opposi tion In the race for the republican nomina tion for congressman from the First Kan sas district to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Charles W. Curtis, now senator from Kansas. All other pros pective candidates for the nomination withdrew today. The primary election will be held March 29 and the apeclal election May 21 The district Is overwhelmingly republican. CHICAGO CASH IS COUNTED Sixty-Two Millions In Snbtreaanry Checked Over Without Trace of Mining Amount. CHICAGO, March 18. The counting of the $62,000,000 In the local subtreasury to determine If the shortage of $173,000, dis covered February 20, was due to a mistake In bookkeeping, was finished today without the discovery of anything to explain the shortage, other than that the money had been stolen. Captain Porter of the federal secret service siild tonight that hla de tectives had learned nothing new about the disappearance of the money. MARVIN BOY IS FOUND Police of Erie, Pan Believe They Have the Child Kidnaped In Delaware. ' DOVER, Del.. March 18 The authoritlee of Erie, Pa., snt for Dr Horace Marv'n tonight and notified him by telephone that they believed they had llttlo Horace, the child who was kidnaped recently. Neither the Marvlne or the detectives would di vulge any of the conversation. The boy, It has been learned, has been shadowed from Canada down through Port Huron and finally to Erie. MAXIMUM RATE BILL Senate Divides Twice on Measure with Tit Vote Pach Time. FURTHER CONSIDERATION IS AGREED TO lire Abrentees Hay Cbaite EesnH at Another Time. HCUSE PASSES OPEN PRIMARY BILL Measure as Amended it Sent Over to Eenate for Action. TERMINAL TAXATION BILL AGAIN Senate Measure la Received and Rend First Time and Will I.tkrly Tnka Place of House Measure on Calendar. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March 18. (Special.) Tb senate this afternoon took up for tha first time the question of maximum freight rates when the Aldrlch bill. 8. F. 326, was discussed In committee of the whole. The bill provides for a hori zontal cut of 20 per cent In s'l frelvnt schedules In force January 1. The mil allows the rnllroads to go before the nil way commission and show that any ral-i Is nonoompensntory andermlts any ship per to show that tho rule Is unjustly high. It provides a penalty of from $10. 000 to $25,000 for violations. After a bitter debate in which mem bers charged ench other with being rail road tools the committee of the who) found Itself tied on tho bill. Two vot were taken, both resulting 14 to 14. Fl'-" members were absent, and the opponen? of the bill assert they will win out by a small majority with a full senate. Thomas and Saunders of Douglas both voted against the bill nnd Buck of Oto was the only one of the five fusion mem. hers who opposed It. He Is being charg-4 by the other democrats with repudiating the promises made by the party during the campaign. Patrick of Sarpy and Burns of Lancas ter clashed late In tho debate, nnd the words "demagogue," "railroad tool" and similar epithets wore hurled buck an! forth across the chamber until the chair man had to rap for order. There were also other minor clashes between mem bers during tho discussion. The first vote was taken on a motion of Epperson of Clay to Indefinitely post pone the bill, and It stood 14 to 14, Chair man Saunders declaring It lost for want of a majority. The vote on the motion of Aldrlch to recommend It for passage was the same and that motion was de clared lost. Then Wilcox of Thayer moved to rise and report progress and asked leave to take the bill up at another session, and this motion waa carried. Why Aldrlch Offers It. Aldrlch supported hla Mil on the around It provides speedy relief for unjust rate and would leave to the commission the power to adjust inequalities In the law. He presented petitions from shippers In his district who, he said, represented $5,OOO,0ui) worth of property,' asking the law be en acted. Clarke of Adams opposed the bill, de claring the methods looked "ragged" and, the legislature should be "modest" In Ita demands on the railroads. King supported the measure, citing aa an lnatance of Inequality the fact the rate from Oeccola to Omaha Is practically the same as the rate from Omaha to Chi cago, five times as far. He said the bill would require the roads to go Into court and show the Justness of their charges. Patrick In a speech supporting the bill cited figures comparing Iowa and Nebraska rates on wheat. For a five-mile haul, he said, the Iowa rate was 4.6 cents, and the Nebraska rato 6 cents; for a 100-mlle haul the Iowa rate Is 8.1 cents and the Ne braska rate 13 cents, an increase of 60 per cent over the Iowa rate. Other comparison showed similar percentages In favor of th Iowa rate. Epperson of Clay declared there Is no demand for a maximum freight rate law, and he believed the matter should be left to the railway commission. He said any rate law passed by the legislature would hamper the commission. Ashton of Hall favored the bill, declaring It would equalise Inequalities between rates In the Interior towns and Missouri river towns. McKes son, Gould, Burns and Wilson ' opposed action by the legislature. The senate this afternoon attached an other amendment to the Aldrlch bill con ferring new powers on the department of oommerce and labor and then again rec ommended the bill for passage. The bill originally perm'tt th governor to order the Investigation of any corporation, but by an amendment offered by King thla power la now restricted to corporation "la which the publlo haa an Interest." Primary Bill Passes. Tho state-wide primary bill, amended bo that any person may vote at any primary without telling his party affiliation, passed the house this afternoon by a vote of 73 to 14. with thirteen members absent. Several of those who voted against the bill ex plained their votes, and with the exception of one each opposed it because of the open primary amendment, which was adopted In order to secure the fusion votes for the measure. After the amendment had been adopted an effort was made by those whi opposed It to get the amendment recon sidered, but It was unsuccessful, and no further effort was made today to hinder the progress of the bill In Its present form. It is generally believed, not only by those republlcanB who favored the amendment, but by those who opposed It, that the senate will eliminate this feature and It was this belief which led many of tha republicans to vote the bill aa It Ij smtud d. The vote waa aa follows: Yeaa Aflttna. H(riBlr.er, Qutckanbtuh, AKlernuo. Hrrloa. hftpcr, balrd, Hurt, K-dmoD4. Hr, Hrv. liej, h, htiM. riMiry, H.-hr-r, R.L. Jrnt.oa. Baundars, &chott gar, avu-l lr. Shubart. Smiih, Rpyder, 8'uii, Talhot, Talaa-n, Tuckar, il,h, aaroa. Wtilia. V, hlihiai, Wilson, Worthlux. Mr. BiMkar Tt homon. Ji.nn.ou. Drown, E. W., Jonoa, brown. E. P., Klt-r. llurklrr. KIIKn, HT.m. Knowles. (larks kulil. Con, Lhnr. ruirtire, Lcier, iMxJga. I, l'linr&n, I.i-i1on. Kllr, Mil ul.ouh, Krnc, M Mtillw, KH. k'r. FunX, Mrh. Oilman, Miar, Olalui, MurWif. Grolf. Nuaa, Nay Baroaa, Hill. Spring (arlla. Wtwe. fcarl.tt. Hialna Kona. 4 f.