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Fhe Omaha vSunday Bee FART OST NEWS SECTION PACES I TO I ADVERTISE IN THE OMAHA BEE BEST IN THE WEST VOL XXXVIII NO. 21'. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVF 15. 1908 SIX SECTIONS THIKTY-SIX PAGES. sixgm: copy five cents. FURORE OVER AN INN SUMMARY OF THE BEE Is He Still Looking Around? COUNTY FINANCES OK V Bandar, Morember 15, 1DOM. TAFT MAKES REPLY President-Elect Answers Questions Regarding Philippine Catholics. NO SPECIAL FAVORS GRANTED Friars' Lands Paid for Oat of Insular Treasury ARE BEING SOLD TO TENANTS Action Necessary to Prevent Second Uprising of Natives. Two Countifi of Ireland Upiet on .. Liceniinj Small Tavern. LAW AKD CLEEOY 15 THE TURMOIL Army of Magistrates Vex Their Sa pient Legal Minds. GRAPFLE IN VAIS WITH PROBLEM Catholic and Presbyterian Protest the Renewal of License POPULACE 13 IN GREAT STEW All Thle Civil, rlltlrl and Religion Hubhuh I Created Orfr on Little Inn mm Country Read. Money Matters Shown by Comptroller to Be in Good Condition, QUARTER MILLION BALANCE LEFT Outstanding- Warrants Taken Up for Investment by Sinking- Fund. AVAILABLE CASH IN ALL FUNDS In the General Fund Warrants $32, 800 and Road $13,636. NO OBLIGATION WILL GO BEGGING 1908 AdTMna& 190S sux jwy rrz, nta mf m . &t I j2 3 4 5 6 Z 8 O IO It 12 IS 14 15 16 1Z IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2Z 28 2930 - r " -1 I 'i W 1 t' 1 i i DUBLIN. Nov. 14. (Special.) Not since the rebellion of 1793, -when Henry Joy Mc Crarken let the men of Down and Antrim (Inst the English troops, has there been uch excitement In the two counties as hd been crested during the last few weeks over th proposal to rellcense the Goat Inn l MUtown, County Down. Nothing else has betn discussed In, the two counties for weeks, and when th magistrates met at the Newtownards Quarter Sessions a few days ago to arrive at the momentous de rision It seemed as If half the population of the two counties had come to the town to see the final atruggle. Of one thing there can be no doubt. and that Is that half the magistrates of County Down came to take part In It. Down is well supplied wllh Justices of the peace. There ara about 230 of them all told, and usually a doren or so appear to serve at the Quarter Sessions. .This time 131 magistrals p prared o.i the bench to decide on the fate of the Goat. That Is to say. they were nominally on the bench, but actually, of course, the bench would not hold them. They filled the well of the court, crowed he' counsels' benches and overflowed Into the corridors and dressing rooms. Most of them, of course, heard nothing of the argu merits by the twenty odd barristers and solicitors engaged In the case, but that did not matter, for every magistrate had Ills mind made up how he was going to vote before tie left home. Vp to the last moment motor cars. Jaunting care and wagonettes were dashing Into the court house square bringing belated magistrates, Merest MttI la. Tha cause of all this bother was a modest looking little Inn on the main road, 'just five miles from Belfast, and Ha geogrophl- al position had everything to do with Ita Importance. Under the Sunday closing law liquor ran only be served -on Sunday to bona fide travelers, who have traveled five m!lv from the place where -they Slept on the Saturday night, and the Goat did a roaring Rttnda trad. A fine of street para had Us terminus' there, and at interval of d few minutes all day long on Sunday trol-' : cars, laden to tha footboards, aet down tlul- -loads of thirsty passengers at the door of the Goat. The scenes about It be came o dlgrneeful that the .license was revoked n couple of years ago. ' Witnesses declared that It w surrounded all day Sunday by crowd of drunken, fighting dies. and there seldom was half an li'iir without n dog fight In the road In front of the 'Inn. People lay about the "roadside for a half miles on each aide of the (lost in a nude or arml-nude condition, end the r"'H''e dcrlaryl that they were, helpless becalm.- Hip nearest station was three miles away and they could not take A man who wss flsjhtlng drunk so far. letters were received by the matfstrates protesting against tr-a renewal of the lic ense from the Catholic and Anglican blsh ops of Down and Conoor and from the moderator of the Presbyterian general as sembly, as well as from all the clergy of all denominations for mllea around. The owners cf the house, a large firm of Bel fast distillers, were represented by famous counsel. Hvfntualh the magistrates de cided agalnrt renewing the license, by a vote of 1C1 against to 29 for, Several Collision Oi-ear. Ti er- Were several collisions between the U a; lies a :ul Ctc antl-Goatttet In the btrnts of Newtowrnnrds after the decision, and eventually the police, who had been strengthened l'y drafts from all pari a of th ccuntry, cleared the town and drove the partisans out into the country, where they were allowed to fight It out to their hearts' content. A proposal Is bring mads In certain union 1st papers to reduce the representation of Ireland In the Brlttah Parliament, and It Is . based on the apparently specious ground that Ireland Is very much over-represented in proportion to Its population. This Is tru, but the decline In population la due to urn lan misgovernment and when It was uuder-reptesentrd In 183 and a proposal was made to increase the number of Its members of Parliament It waa defeated then on the ground that the representation was fxed by the aet of union and could not be altered without repealing (hat' act Another pnpnaal which may r much more likely of realisation la that the nxt union 1st government should gve Ireland horot ruls In all but imperial affalra, retaining the Irish members at Weetm'nater. but re dac.iig their number to correspond to the pjpuUUon. This would probably not ' be bjaited to T much, and It la pointed out that If tha real seat of Irish government were In Dublin, the Irishmen would b very Seldom eu In lxxicon. Ukar Party tutes(.. Another aUn of the change which is com li g over pol tlral feeling In the north Is thi smiounccnient that tha labor party has ar ranged to contest the nest parliamentary tactions In North and Kast Belfast. These divisions have been strongholds of unionism and NrangUai, but they ara largely work ing class, and the worklngmea of Lister arc getting tired of being used to pull tha landlords' chestnuts out of tha fire. The Jabor representative who have been nomi nal! d are Protestante. but home rulers, and while the fight will not be made on na tional lasura, but purely on the labor quea-lio-i. they can be trusted If elected to vote with tha Irish party on all questions X Ustlug the restoration of Ireland to Its I roper position amung tha nations. The Donegal Islanders who ref jae to pay tuxes ara again to the. tor. At the UfforJ quarter doh a few daya ago Mr. Ed- ward Mtr'adden, the tax collector, applied ti the judg to allow blm to serve aum man MS fur nonpayment of rates on the Inlanders of Oola. Iniahmtln and Inlshover by post. lie declared that ha round It almost Impossible to get a toatman to take him to tbe h lands to serve tha summonses, .Continued oa Becood Page.) , J TKl WXaVTaTXB. FOR OMAHA. COt'NCII.. BMTFS AND VICINITY Fair Bunday. not much change In temperature. FTJR NEBIIASKA-Fair Bunoay, muc h change In temperature. ITJR IOWA Sunday generally tair. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Doc. 6 a. m... ti a. m... 7 s. m... 5 a. m... 9 a. m... 10 a. m... 11 a. m... 'i m 1 p. m... 2 p. m... 3 p. ni... 4 p. m... 6 p. m... 7 p! ir....'."...! 27 DOMESTIC. San Francisco was stirred by the at tempt on the life of Prosecutor Ileney to its depths. The victim, it Is thought, will survive. X, Fag 1 President-elect Taft was orator of the day at the dedication of the monument to the prison ship martyrs at Brooklyn yesterday. X, rage a Governor Shallenberger will be a guest of the Jackson club of Chicago at a ban quet tendered to democratic governors re cently elected. X, Page 1 John D. Rockefeller will take tho wit ness stand in the suit of the government against the Standard Oil company. X, rare 1 The St. Louis National Bank of Com merce has been consolidated with the' Commonwealth Trust company, molting It the largest financial Institution In the j west. X. Vag X Dr. G. Brlngly, a prominent Episcopal clergyman, was struck by an automobile at New Haven, Conn., and fstally In- j Jured. X, rage 1 President Roosevelt telegraphed his sympathy to the wife of Prosecutor Ueney at San Francisco. X, Page a The court is hastening the details of the Lamphere trial at Laporte, Ind. X. aga I Judge McPherson has been compelled to adjourn the 2-cent fare case for two weeks. X, Page X The Methodist bishops have appro priated $100,000 for the wrecked churches in San Francisco. X, Fage 1 The Pullman company has won for a Second time In the circuit court of ap peals Its case against the Railway com mission of Texas.- X, Fage 1 President-elect Taft In a letter '- to Minnesota pastor ' reviews church ques tion In the Philippines and denies that there was any favoritism shown to Cath olics.' X, Fage ro&riaaT. Announcement was - made yesterday definitely that the Chinese emperor was dead.- The dowager empress Is niortslly 111. ... . 1 Two counties of Ireland are In ,a tur moil over the question of licensing an Insignificant Inn out on a country road. X, Fage X Mrs. Johnny Ward becomes the social llotiesa of London, even the king deferring to pay her homage and setting the pace for the rest of royslty. ' IX, Fage S ITZBBA.BXA. Burlington freight trains collided at Sutton early yesterday morning, causing the death of Fireman Quick of Lincoln. X, Fage 3 Councilman John Hasburg of South Omaha Indicted on the charge of so liciting a bribe. X, Fage 4 George W. Leldlgh of Nebraska City enters his name In the contest for speaker of the house. X, Fage A. H. Anderson, member of the grand Jury, Is discharged by the court and cited for' contempt on the allegation that he acted Improperly In connection with case brought before the Jury. X, Fage 4 Iibor Commissioner Ryder advocates a larger appropriation for the bureau. XX, Fage Latest news among the musicians and music lovers. XX, Fage Gossip of plays, players and the nlay houses. , . Fage T Happenings of the week In the Omaha social world. . MT a Matters qf Interest to the real estate men and home builders. !, Fage 5 latest' hints In fashions for men and women. TX. Fage COMIC BZCTXOIT. Buster Brown and Tlge do a fortune telling stunt. Page of good things for the little folks. Effect of expulsion of Chinese lsbor on the Rand gold mlnea. Activities of women In home and busi ness. Fluffy Fuffles still troubled with a legion of admirers. Four Fagee AXr-TOaTK SEOTIOV. What' annual inspection of the I'nlon Pacific shows. What former presidents have done after retiring from office. Hanson's new cafe beautiful and some thing of the man who created It Four Fage COmU&CUL AKO IBTDTBTaUAi. Live atock markets. TX, Fag T Grain markets. TX, Fag T Stocks and bonds.. TX,Fag7 If OTSMXaTTB OF OCXAJf STEAM BKXPS. Saliva. NEW YORK.... UVKRHMiU UVKKPOOL LONIMIN HOTTERDAII ... OBNOA SOUTHAMPTON L Savot. , VlctnrUa.. . Baltic. Imp. at BrtUla. , Lka Mlcfcl(aa. . Hyndam. . , Lombard it. LIBERALS HOPE TO WIN OUT Cakas Election Held Under FaTorabl Aasolcce, with Two Ticket In the Klein. HAVANA, Nov. 14.-The third contest at th polls In the history of tbe Cuban re public to elect a president, sen mors and congressmen . promised to pass without serious disturbance or disorder. . Two tickets are la the field, the liberal headed by Joae Miguel Gomes and Alfrede Zayas, candidates respectively for the presidency tad vice presidency, and the conservative with General Mario Menocal and Dr. Rafael Montero as candidate. It la prob able that the vote will tie the heaviest yet recorded In Cuba. The Indications of a liberal success are increasing. Th followers of Jose Miguel Gomes. In the city of Havana, begau a celebration at a late hour lint night lo an tldvalliu of tae expvc'.ed victory of today. ffi Ml PROBLEMS DIFFICULT TO SOLVE talon of Cfcarch aaa Stat l'ae Former Ciovernwieat Presented New Isanea. Which Were Fairly Met. ST. PAUL. Minn., Nov. 14. -The Dispatch in Its morning edition will print the fol lowing correspondence which passed be tween Rv. Magnus Larson, pastor of the Swedish Bnptlat church of this city, and (Judge William H. Taft. The letter from Mr. Larson wss directed to Judge Taft through the1 republican headquarters In Bt. Paul under date of September J8 last, and the answer by Judge Taft waa dated Cin cinnati, O., October S last. Neither of the letters have heretofore been made public. The letter of Rev. Mr. Larson to Judge Taft says: "Dear Sir: Pardon a few questions from a humble St. Paul preacher. I wish, how ever, first of all to state that I have beet an admirer of President Roosevelt and have considered him In many respects an ideal president. Notwithstanding this. It seems to me that he has put you In an em barrassing position when taking upon him self to be your protector and telling the people of this country what you are and what you will be. "The questions I wish to ask concern your work' in the Philippine islands, and your attitude towards the Catholic church. Was it on your recommendation that $7,000,000 was paid to the Catholic church out of the United .ates treasury, and that the pope was consulted regarding this deal? Did such a deal voice the . sentiment of the Filipinos? Was the uprising In the Philip pines mostly against the Spanish govern ment, or against the Cathollo friars? Catholics In Philippines. "In a speech in New York soma time ago you made a plea for the Roman Catholic church In the Philippines, making the state ment that the church waa very poor. Is it not true that half the population, or S,000,0i0 people, are not Roman Catholics? "1 understand that the present governor Is a Catholic. "Are you aware of the attitude he Is taking against Protestants,, especially the teachers of the public schools, who are forbidden to take any interest In any Prot estant work, such aa teaching in Bunday schocla or taking' part in religious serv ices? "Have not thousands of dollar been paid to friars for libraries they have claimed to have burned? Is it your conviction and policy that Catholic dignitaries and the Catholic church ahould have' greater con sideration from a public, official and es pecially from the chief executive of our nation than any other recognised religious body? "The questions are asked In all sinoerlty with a view to get Just and right In my political attitude. "I have not one word to say against the Catholic church or any other denomination, but I do contend that- the one shall not have any more favors than the other. Al though I am at present confined to tho hospital, I ha.ve decided to use my influ ence both with voice and pen In favor of the man who is ready and willing to up hold, protect and promulgate the true spirit of our constitution and religious as well as conwm rclal, industrial and social orders. The Swedish-Americana are . not so great In number, but they are loyal cltlsena and I am quite sure they will be heard from In the coming national election. "Thla letter la not written for the pur poso of making you believe that the writer is a person who has some wonderful In fluence that would be a great vote getter for any political party. This is simply personal letter I have no ob jection to making It public and If you choose to answer, well and good, If not I take It for granted that you do not care to go on record concerning tho question, and in any event I am answered. I am not a politician, but I am intensely Interested In the welfare of our country, and ahall lend all the Influence and power that I have to see men elected to office who shall feel the responsibility of the confidence placed In them by a sovereign people. With greatest respect, I am, very truly yours, "MAGNUS LAJISON, "Pastor of the Swedish Baptist Church, St. Paul, Minn." Answer of Jadse Taft. Judge Taft's answer follows: "My Dear Sir: I have your letter of September 29. Tou ask me whether $7,000,000 were paid to the Catholic church out of the United States treasury, on my recommendation. I reply that It waa not. The friars' agri- I cultural landa In the Philippines, 4I5.U0 acres, or about that amount, were pur chased from the corporation formed by the three orders of the Friars In tho Phillip pines, and the money waa paid from bond Issued by th Philllppme government under the authority of congress, and Is a charge upon the Philllpplne Islands. The pur chase was approved by the Filipinos. "The uprising In the Philippines waa agalns. the Spanish government, and the Spanish friars, whom tlw government used as policemen In attempting to stamp out the sedition and political discussion among the Filipino. "In a speech in New Tork I did not make a plea for the Roman Cathollo church In th Philippines, except to say thla: That th Influence of all the churche In tha Philippine wa necessary for th uplifting of the people, and therefore, that every one would desire the prosperity of all the churches, and that aa the Roman Catholle church had the largeat following, everyone, Protestant or Catholics, would deslr it prosperity; that It wa In a deplorable condition due to th change In the situation tn which th government paid It expensea to on.' In which it wa bound to look to It parishioner for support, and that they were in the habit of deriving benefit from the church and 'not contrlbut ing to It. It made a difficult situation for the Roman church. Rellajlon of rtlintne. "It ia not true that half of the popuU- (Continued en Second Pag.) Front the Cleveland Plain Dealer. CITY IS STIRRED BY CRIME Attempt on Life of Prosecutor Heney Deliberate Act. PROOF HAAS PLANNED THE DEED Cltlaen In Mnss Meeilnc Call Upon the Pnblle to Protect (he .Canse . of Jnstlce Victim May HecoTer. 8AN FRANCISCO, Nov. II. Francis J. Heney, who wa shot down In the court i room yesterday while conducting the prose cution of Abraham Ruef, will recover from the effects of his injury unless the predic tions of his physicians fall. At the end of an anxious night In the Lane hospital, where his wife and several relatives awaited the first news of a change in his condition, it was reported tfiat he had displayed symptoms most favorable; that he had slept long and well, and that there had been no recurrence of the nausea that last night followed the shock and pain of Ills wound. HI Intimate associates united In the belief that the indomitable energy that ha char acterised his work a, a prosecutor In this city and elsewhere would contribute toward hla recovery and In this the attending phy sicians, while speaking guardedly, appeared to concur. . . M : I ';' . . j . The gravest danger sppeara to be from blood poisoning and today an effort will be made to locate the bullet' and the eaact course of the wound. Mr. Heneyiwan knot In the right side of th head a he ljnod forward over a table. Tho 'bullet entered half an Inch in front of the right ear, ranged downward and lodged In the mus cle on the left side of the neck. ' . -s ' Haas 1 In the county .Jail at Ingleside. Abraham Ruef Is alio 1n the Jail, having been locked up m the fear that he might be mad the victim of some renewed vio lence. Morris Haas, th man who ahoot Heney, I a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, and resided here since 1876. He Is 48 year old and for nearly, ten .years, or . ever tine his release from the penitentiary, where he served a two-year aentence for embes slement of his employers' funds, h boa been engaged In the retail liquor business. Prior to his committal to San Quentln prison in 188R Haa wa given employment as a traveling salesman by Schleslnger Green, wholesale cigar dealers of thla city. On trl first trip he wa given account aggregating $1,000 for collection, and the testimony showed that ha turned In two fictitious orders. The collection of $276 In San Bernardino, Cal., for which no ac counting wa ever mad, led to a warrant for hi arrest on a charge of embessiement. Haas had disappeared before the cmbes tlement became known and was arrested nearly a year later In Philadelphia. While he at first contended that he wa entitled to the use of his collection It) order to cover expense, he pleaded guilty in the superior court and was sentenced to two years In the penitentiary. In the course of a lengthy statement made to the police after his arrest the prisoner declared: "Heney pronounced his own death sen tence the moment he denounced m In th court," Thla, a far aa appears from the fact now made public, appeara to be th atti tude of Haa. He allude constantly to the shame and disgrace he has experienced since Heney, several weeks ago, con fronted him as he sat In the Jury box be fore a crowded court room with a photo graph of himself In convict stripes. He ha expressed a desire to be shot or hanged for what he has done; be has accounted for his movements of yesterday 1n a mors or lesa straightforward manner and he ha steadfastly declared that no one except himself knew of his preconceived deter mination to slay th man who had exposed his sin of the past. No effort was made In the statement as made public to asso ciate 'any other person with Mass' attempt, but it Is believed the prisoner, in the seclu sion of the county Jail, was during the early hours of the morning, subjected to a more rigorous examination. Prominent cltlsena and atlomeya of the city gathered last nigh( at a meeting where spirited addresses were delivered, calling upon the public to protect the cause ot Justice. The outcome was a call for a mass meeting to be held tonight In Dream land pavilion. The call Is as follows: To the Cltlaehs of Sun Franclaco: Francla i. Ileney lias fallen by the hand of an assassin, shot from behind wnlle fighting at his post In the cause of Justice for the people ot this etiy. He would be the first man to appeal to the calm reason of the citisen lo preserve order and proceed only by Che process of law, to look not for vengeance, but to demand rwlft Justice through the courts. W make the same appeal. The prosecution will proceed. We are as suivd Ihat the trial of Abraham Ruef will continue tomorrow and Monday morning without interruption. The Clllxrns League of Justice calls upon the cltlsena of San Francisco to lend their aid to the cause of Justice, and to that end a mass meeting of citizens la hereby called for Saturday evening, No vember 14. at Dreamland rink, at S o'clock. We rail upon every citisen to be present. TH a CITIZENS LKAliL'B OF JUSTICE. Hiram Johnson and Matt I. Sullivan, two ot the attorneys who spoke at th gather ing last night, announced that they had offered their services to th district at torney aa substitutes for Mr, Heney. , Svhil (Continued on Second Page.) HURRYING LAMPHERE TRIAL Proseentlon . Kxpect to Prove Beyond Donht Mr. Gnnneaa' Death. TA PORTE. Ind., Nov. H.-For the pur- pose of taking advantage of every op portunity so a to finish the trial ot Ray Lamphere before Thanksgiving, the circuit court continued In s?sslon today. Prosecu tor Smith was well satisfied with the prog ress made yesterday. Ho said: "We have shown by the testimony ot Coroner Mack, Sheriff Smutzer and Pre. Wilcox, Long and Gray that two rings, In troduced by us In evidence, were taken from the fingers of the adult femnle body found In the fire. Sheriff Smutier swore they were similar to rings he had seen on the fingers of Mrs. Gunness during her life, but we will establish their ownership without question by the testimony of Her man Elbogan, a Jeweler,- who had them in hi possession for cleaning and had several tlmea seen them on Mrs. Gunness' fingers. Neighbor also will support the testimony. This we will follow up with the introduc tion of the dental work found in the ruin rlear the bodies, and by the testimony of Dr. I. P. Norton we will, prove that the bridge had been made for Mrs. Gunness and fitted In her mouth." Dr. J. L. Gray, who yesterday testified that In his opinion the cause of death of the adult female body found In the ruins wa asphyxia, resumed the witness stand today for completion of his cross-examination. ', , , .. I , DELAY IN MJSS0URI CASE Two Weeks' Postponement of Trial Owing; to Nerenaltr of Judge Golna: to lown. KANSAS CITT. Nov. 14. a delay of two week In the-Missouri rate case was an nounced till morning by Judge Smith Mc Pheron In the federal court. Judge McPhereon declared he was com pelled to return to his home district In southern Iowa, owing to crowded court dockets there.. At th end of that time, he said, he would return to Kansas City and finish the rate case hearing without fur ther delay. Judge McPherson said he ex pected ' to finish here within two weeks after the rase I resumed, and If necessary would hold night seaalons of court. - ' WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Rite U Selected for New Federal Building; at Reek Springs, Wyoming-. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 14.-(Spec!al Telegram.) Th eeretary of the treasury today decided to purchase the site offered for a public building at Rock Springs, Wyo., by Robert Mulr at $10,000. This site Is located at the corner of Fourth street and A and B atreets. The last congress ap propriated fiS.000 for the purehase of a site end the erection thereon of a public build ing. The site having cost $10,000 there Is $64,000 forth actual construction of the new building. CARMACK MEMORIAL SERVICES Nearly Kvery City and Town In Ten nessee to Do Honor to Former Senator Today. . NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. It-Most of the Important cities and town In Tennessee will hold Carmack memorial service to morrow In which some of the most promi nent men and women in the state will take part. There have been no developments In the Carmack case today although the air Is filled with rumor. Robin Cooper, who shot Senator Carmack, haa not yet been removed from the hospital to the jail. His condition Is not considered dangerous. D0LLIVER WILL NOT 'RESIGN Senator Bnya He Has Xot Announced ' That He Will Healan and Does Xot Expect To. LAWTON, Okl.. Nov.' 13.-"I have nevei announced that I expect to resign as a senator from Iowa' and I "do not Intend tt mak such an announcement" said Senator J. P. Uolllver here tonight when ques tioned regarding a statement attributed to him In a speech made In Hobart last night. UNCLE OF CZAR IS DEAD Grand Dak Alexia of Rnssln Suc- enmb to Pnenmonla In Parts, Whrr He Lived. PARIS, Nov. 14. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, an unci of Emperor Nicholas, died In this city today of pneumonia. The grand duk has lived in Paris almost con tinuously alnce hi retirement from the position of Russian minister of marine. SHALLENBERGER CLUB GUEST Wewly Elected Exeootlv of ehraakn to Be Cntrrtalaed with Other Democrats. C1UCAOO. Nov. 11 (Special Telegram.) Tha Iroquois club will banquet the new democratic governor. Including Governor hallenberger of Nebraska on Jackson day. TOTAL OF THE ASSESSMENT Property Valued at Almost Three Hundred Ninety-Two Millions. ! SIXTY-TWO MILLION INCREASE Shipper Will Get No Belief from Commission on Baling That Fall Name of Consignee Mast Be Placed on All Packages. - (From s Staff Correspondent.) ' LINCOLN, Nov. 14. (8peclal.-Th as sessed value of the state of Nebraska la $391,735,484 against an assessed valuation of $329,413,349 last year. While the valuations of the railroad companies have been certified out to the various counties long ago not until today was the final assessment roll made up and the value of the various classes of property totaled.. The assessed value Is one-fifth of the actual value of the property. Following Is Nebraska' grand assessment roll in detail for the years 1907 and 1908: Assessed Value , Property. Lands Improved... Lands unimproved 19.7. 19l .$iw.3.:d:. $i4o.ox:.s . lrt,fir1.4 19 9if.tit0 . 4?.401.4 J8.tiM.29! . 4.114.389 :.M3.,39 . 12,63.47 11.gx.-l.7t3 . 1.162,003 l.SWil . 11. 602.876 10,rxi.741 229.40 213.IWI . 3,73a,6S 2.71.0 . Mol.bxa 1.40 ,IW I Hits Improved Ia.Hs unimproved Ilorsea Mules Cattle Slieep ; Hogs Carriages and wojans.. HI cycles Watches end 0i-ka.... Cnsli n glslers Pictures and engrav ings Telephones Billiard table Pianos Organs Firearms Steamboats, etc Patent rights Kh fes Dogs Stands of bees Siuhs Sewing machines Threshing machines.... Btenm engine Typewriting machines. Typewriters Adding mnehlnes v. Corn sliellcrs...'. Annuities Bond Note secured by mort gages Other notes Book accrunts Money on hand or dep. Money loaned Judgmenta Money Invst. tax sale. Money paid B. A L. assoehtilon Stock In corp Mdne. on hand Artk-les pure, etc Mfg., tools Agri. tools Mechanical tools Housliold furniture ... .Diamonds Prop, of eat, houses Of flee fixtures Prop, of pawn brks. .. Imp. on leased lands.. Int. In state lands .... Frsnchlse Stock in nny co Stock in nat. banks.... Stock In state banks ., Property of ins. cos.. Proepty fran. corp.... Property pipe lines.... Prop. e. and tel. cos.. Capital ' of elevator.. Jewelry ware Nursery stock Harries and saddles... Cream separators Poultry Automobile Hhv and alfalfa SI .871 19.' 03 X.Vf - S3I.4T. 48.540 5.r.l - 6. .34i 60.117 '9. m "S.B ' -91,946 . 13.740 Mi. AM U,0 IW.hCl 63.174 ftSati .9 6,273 5,301 4.W7 47.300 50. 172 110.B47 H3.n-.Tt 21.180 2H.Ot2 4.1.961 o5..: 2oS.f, '249.1S2 170,(i70 . lK.3'j S4ti.;-ji 373. va M.m 32.37 39,37.1 .TH.iWS 6.74X 5.179 K.i; f;.754 7.273 10.67.) 169.0 1.-73.&1 5.469.745 s.tKil.995 2.2fi4.2U 2,Rl!i,(m7 19.790 r,7,Rl S.ita.lltt 4.9S0.791 lJfi.SSg 157.33 27.310 tt,M4 4,lu2 2S.5U 2WU41 27.173 233. 4K7 22-1,042 9.D.fil B.lbtj.674 292.4.16 3,845 4Hi.7i3 6U.4S8 1,821 , J.t4.5w 142.193 lu3.K7 $.42.07l 3,4M.92 81.114 81.713 44.574 4I.9U 282.74 416.5tr7 2. oat 2,918 1.1"7.9d3 1.JO.9i 589.382 AS,7i 148.000 Ul.fctf . 316,0n8 587.238 2.6i2.102 2.90. 0i 1.915.9H7 2.1X7.794 541.28 617,a S,679.tr,9 M79.904 M.225 23.816 1.187.439 1.211.237 810.113 247.649 34.31T 37.990 9.2flf, L',771 544.841 . S79.M4 1Mi.32 IM.sM 367.922 3hW8 K.'i69 191.7 233.570 Uj.5Ki 3.94 S.047 B4r,.3 916.5M 3,532.0I ,OJ7.0i 10.5 14,437 572.717 478,67? 1.887 1.i3 10.045 11,195 r.4i2 24.14.1 &82 984 8.13i 14,41 53.aifi,7i.", 53,S97.72 116.791 117917 140.105 141',2) 137.610 tn 429 1.154.487 8o4,24? Broom corn-hemp Wheat Corn Bye . Oats Kaffir com Barley Potatoes Fluxreed OrsHS seed Property of railroads.. Property Pullnmn Co.. Private car companies. Credits not listed other- wise All other property To'"1 $329,413,349 $391,725. 4SI Jostlne Hnllna; of Bond. The shippers of Nebraska who are com plaining because the railroad are en forcing their rules to compel them to write the full name and address on pack ages, instead of the Initials of the con signee, will get little relief from the Railway commission, to which it is re ported they Intend to appeal. A member of the commission was asked uuoui me proposea appeal on the part of the shippers this morning and he re plied that probably the cuing. Ission had no Jurisdiction over such a question "But If th commission has Jurisdic tion," he said, "I am satisfied it would not force the railroads to ariaept mer chandise for shipment when the address of the consignee was not written on it In full. "It Is a wonder that more packages are not lost by the railroads than there are, when the matter of the address la con sidered. I have seen packages come Into a town addressed only with the Initials of a firm. The initials may stand for a half dosen firms. In my opinion the railroads are Justified In forcing full names and addresses on shipments of less than car load lota." Wants Quarantine Hals. R. W. Mctilnniss called on Governor Hlieldon this morning and requested lilm to raise tha quarantine against bnthrax (Continued on Second Pag.) Except for snall Amount of Cash on Hnnd Balance Is In Depository Banks Instead of lo Warrants. With all of Its outstanding warrant taken up for Investment by the bond link ing fund, with n cash balance or $?SC,987.1? in the hands cf the countv treasurer and lergo available balances In every fund, Douglas county la In a financial condition wl lch Is entirely satinfctory to those In charge of Its money matters. The county has $41,447.7 in warrants out rtunOlng. but all of thtse have been tnkei up by Treasurer Furay aa Investments for tho bond sinking fund. In this amount nr $32,81120 of gcnentl fund wnrrant nd $ir.63t.56 of rond wart-ant. These condition are shown In a report mode by County Comptroller Solomon lo the county board setting out the condition cf county flnutices on Novemlier 1. There Is still more money in the bond sinking fund which can bo invested In county warrants If necessary, tut In th opinion of Mr. Soloim n It. will not be neces sary to register warrants at least tin' II March or April. Even then, he believes, the county will be able to pay its warrant as fast as they are issued. Balances Subject to Warrant. The statement of.bulunccs available for warrants on November 1 la aa follows: Oeneral fund $189,997.52 Hoad fund lSlC.0 Bridge fund 4H.222.M Bond sinking fund 104,2iil.27 Soldiers' relief fund .o2.47 Permanent read fund 114.0-'2.4I The;e sums represent the unexp ndt d por tions of the levy and are the amounts which may be drawn on by the commis sioners. County Treasurer Furay, at the close of business October 3, had collected $739,100.74 of the 1907 levy, or 83 16 per cent of the total. Tho collections for Octobwr and the total amount of . money In : the hands of the treasurer Is shown by thla statement: Balance on hand October 1 $29.6fl.0j Tax collections during iionth Ih.884.4& Miscellaneous collections 13.9-.r2.OS Tc4al.. '....' Disbursements ....$327,4M.iW . 70.4U8.43 Balance o:i hand November 1...$23fi,$7.l7 Where the Money ' Is. . KxKcpb for a smult amount--of caeli on. hand this balance Is cither In depository banks or invested In warrants. The dis position ' of the funds Is shown by the tollowlng statement: Omitlia National bunk Merchants Niitltmal Imnk. ........ . Flint National bunk...... .$ 26,795.97 . 14.096.77 . 27.3!i.l3 . 25507.0.. . s.838.70 . !7."0.i)i , isi.flttnu . lO.dOO.IX) , 2,5no.(x , 1.6Hi).0i . 4,fti0.0l 9,fmMt . 1.9KVO) . 1.ft.04 . 4,Kb7.4 . 8;'.81l.2 . 13,636.66 33.34 .$756717 l ulled States Nutlemil bunk Nebraska National batik Packers Notional fcunk feotitTi Oniatiu Natlnnjl bank Live Stoi-k National bink J. i. Brnmlei & Sons fitlaens Stat bank Bank of Wuterloo Farmers and Merchants bank Bank of Mi'iimni Bank of Florence Cheeks for deposit Cash in drawer Investments In general fund Investments In road wnrrant Error treasurer's cfflee reported. Total... MONEY FOR 'FRISCO CHURCHES Hundred Thousand Dollars Approprla nted to Rebuild Ruined Strnrture. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 14. The committee of the home missions of the Methodist Epis copal church today appropriated $100,000 toward the rvbullldng of the churches dam aged and deatroyed in the Ban Francisco earthquakes. It was suggested that $100, 000 more was badly needed. It Is not expected that the division of the sUtj funds will be completed before Monday. ST. LOUIS BANKS CONSOLIDATE Katlonnl of Commerce anal Common wenllh Trust Company Join to Form Largest Institution. BT. IXilUS, Nov. 14. It 1 seml-offtclslly reported that the National Bank of Com merce of St. IxjuIs ha taken over the ac counts, commercial and banking, of the Commonwealth Trust company ot St. Louis. The consolidation makes the former Insti tution tha largest In point deposits, out side New York and Chicago. The newly, acquired deposits totsl about $9,000,000. PULLMAN COMPANY WINS AGAIN Inlted Slntea Circuit Court of Ap peals Rule Aajalnat Texas Commission. NEW ORLEANS, I.., Nov. 14. In th United Statea circuit court of appeals this afternoon the case of the Pullman com pany against the Texas railroad commis sion wss again decided in favor of th Pull man company. The esse Involved the order of the Texas eommuwlon ordering a reduc tion of about 23 per cent In Pullman tat" rhurges. Glltli I.K EM HOME WITH WOMAN Note to Parent Kay the I Golaaj to Colorado. HURON. 8. D., Nov. 14. (Special.) Mis Irma Wyant mysteriously disappeared from the horn of her parent In thi city. She I a pleasant appesrlng girl of about 16 year; hasel eyea, auburn hair and weighs about 130 pound. Th last seen of her was Wednesduy titght, when sh talj her parent tint she was going to prayer meeting with a neighbor. Failure to return caused uneasiness and starch waa mada f or her. Thursday a letter was discovered, iddressed to her mother, telling thst she had started for Colorado end California, lilt a woman named Gray, whom ahe was accompanying as a companion, Mrs. Grey claims to bo prominent member of the Mart abet s, but locvt number of the i.rder haw no knowledge of her. It ha been Itarned that the two purchased tick ets al the Northwestern station here and ocarded Lie truln Wednesday night , for Kapld City, but up to this evening no trace of them lias been found, althougli Sheriff Young la In telegraphic ttmitiunl . cation with neighboring olUso.