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ASSESSMENT ROLL
Peculiarities of Personal Tax Sched
nlei in Nebraska Shown by
State Reports.
BONDS AND BICYCLES DISAPPEAR
Annuities Few and Amount Small on
- Tax Books.
NEBRASKA'S NAVY LOOMS UP BIG
Nearly Four Hundred Boats Ply on
Waters of State.
FIREARMS, DIAMONDS AND CASH
Plrit of ( heap Gone, Fctt firms and
Only little IHanrr In Hank,
According to Assessor
Man.
l'erxonal tax schedules In Nebraska, as
In oilier states, are almost a peculiar as
the heathen Chinee who wm so popular
that hla Innocent sleeve leaked winning
hands.
Bonds for example, for a personal pos
sslon
mate t
ition, have gone out of style, along with
cs. On the assessment roll of the
for the year 1SUH the total holdings
of bonds listed was JlfiH.Cl ; yet In the
simple popular mind some men are credited
with having a tight hold on wads of gov
ernment and other bonds big enough to
tlinke a double barn door.
Otoe county la rolling In bonds, com
paratively, with IJtt.noO worth. In DougUia
county some frank and open taxpayers
confessed to having bonds to the amount
of $n.29l. while Lancaster the bondholders
got quite chesty and fell only a, trifle short
of doubling that amount, turning In $IX,
093 worth of the real thing. 8eward county
bondholders can show 19.030 worth, but
the Scott's Bluff county thrifty ones are
only a little behind, with SS.9S9 worth. At
first thought Scott's Bluff countywouldnt
be considered In the same class with Doug
las ami Seward: but Irrigation, and perhaps
aome old-fashioned conscience, brlnga the
wayout border county up front.
I'ass Cnnnlr Oirm JSone.
IllchHrdson county coneased to $7,210
of bhnds, and Hamilton to I'i.OlO, while
Douglas county moneyed men hold only
$1,740 and the "Kingdom of Oage" Is rather
poor, with S2.1W0 worth. Platte county, rich
and fat. doesn't run to bonds, only $753
worth being held In its confines: and pro
Uric Viirk has Invested in not quite $:i.O00
wnrih. tiH 'comity folks own no bonds,
tluit t ii y a j- tuxes on. and the same is
tin,' of tc.o residents of Merrick, though
both aru lilg-vnlue counties. Some person
In Furnas county lists a hunch of bonds,
probably of the "come-on" variety, at $8.
but In Nemaha, great for wealth, only $4
iorlli could be found.
At 4 or even' & per C'?nt per' nntunti the
lulereM. on the bond holding of all. Np
'hmka as returned for taxation, wouldn't
piy for one hlowout of a group of broera
at tt Frottdway cafe.
tnuultica Are Light.
Annuities are paid In Nebraska to the
amount of $10,675 a year. The highest
umoiint goea to Antelopo county, ll.MO.
Boone annuities total $1,124. Saunders,
$1,109; Iijit. $1,089, while in Douglas the
annuities drawn amount to but $1,020. In
Lancaster, aparently, the meanly sum of
$308 la paid in annuities. Considering the
development of the annuity feature in In
surance and the popularity of that form
of Investment with people of careful habits,
the showing of the state Is rather discour
Agln from the standpoint of taxation.
Bicycles Vanish.
Bicycles have fallen into disuse In a
wonderful way, taking the tax roll as a
measure rf their popularity. In a popula
tion of probably fl.llM.Onw there are but
B.TTiO owiilirg these machines. Lancaster
still has 74J, Buflalo, Sttf; Douglas, 2SS;
Merrick, 2tw; Ouge, 213. All other cojntiea
fell below the 100 mark except Dodge with
133 and allmilton with 110. Nine blryclea
In Blierman county are valued at $23,77
each, while the 2 In Merrick get on yie
tag roll at an average value of 44 cents,
and the thirty-four In Richardson county
"fc 47 cents. Hamilton county hikes carry
Hll" average value of $2!.9, Gags, $15.89;
Franklin, $12.11; Douglas, $i.20; lAncaater,
$3. JO, and Garfield's four, $1 each.
Boats Are Plentiful.
Ni bi aska boata quite a navy, for an
Inland state, being able to muster JS6 boa la
In all that may be called seaworthy. Doug
Iss, as the' n1r.nt likely center of conflict,
has a fleet of f49. big and little craft.
They ara listed at an average value of
$2 90. but the twenty-thres voata in th
ljncster county fleet are put in the
Dreadnought class, with an average value
of $252. and Otoe'a fleet of nine shlpa are
given a rating almost as high, $22.44 each.
Cherry county's fleet of twenty barges
and fish chasers are not regarded aa very
efficient, being valued at only $2.25 ca:h,
hut the one ship flying the flag of tho
piinciiality of Merrick Is rated at $30, and
Knr.x can put into service eight boats with
tho highest value of all, $5$ each. Suumlera
also has A high opinion of its Bailing craft,
rating them at $41 curb. Out along tho
ct .ant line a very few ships are scattered
here and there. During a consultation now
tn progress Admiral Phallenberger and hl
fieri captains will review the Nebraska
tiavy, with b view to a more thorough list
ing of its rtrength and vshie.
MhoMitlu' Imns Are Scarce.
Kor the land forea there are enough
firearms listed to in some fashion equip
thirty-seven regiments of I.iimi men each.
They are valued at $.H2 for the whole
number. No county is entirely unarmed,
although Pawnee due not make return of
the numter of weapons on hand, simply
rtatlng l has worth. Custer counts
1 3f.9 guns of all 'calibers, carried on the
rolls at an average value of $124; Lancaster
Is second In efficiency, with I.1J pieces of
oillllery. at an average valuation of $1.51,
while Douglas haa on hand but 401 weapons,
valued at $1.81 each. At different times
tumors have been circulated to the effect
that certain martial men of high standing
us mai'Kuen pnsst-ssea wpcnt vi - v. vot
ing merit, valued at several hundred dollars
h. Howevwr, It appears such statements
ere mere idle boasts. No woupon of any
gnu u r value 'than $234 Is carried on Ihe
slat rolls, and that figure la reached only
In Anltuope county. In MePherson the
Cvuunued uo Jr'ourto Page.)
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Haskell Loses
Point in Land
Fraud Cases
Court Practically Sustains Charge of
Fraud by Overruling Motion
in Civil Suit.
MfSKOGKR. Okl., May . Federal Judge
Campbell here today overruled the demur
rers of the defendants In the so-called Mott
civil Creek Indian land suits, brought by
the government agatnsi Governor Charles
N. Haskell and other prominent Oklaho
mans. The decision, Involving as It does the le
gality of millions of dollars' worth of lots,
created great consternstlon here. Not only
Is Governor Haskell and associates In
volved In the charge of fraud, but about
l.oflo subsequent purchasers of lots are vi
tally Interested. Judge Campbell an
nounced, however, that aJI Innocent pur
chasers would be protected.
These suits were brought by the Vnited
States government for the Creek Indian
nation to recover for the tribe Muskogee
town lots aggregating 3,000 acres of land
and alleged to have been obtained by Gov
ernor Haskell and the other defendants by
the fraudulent scheduling of "dummies."
Judge Campbell overruled the demurrers
of the defendants to the petition of the
government, practically deriding the cases
on their merits against the defendants, on
the allegation that they obtained the lots
by fraud.
Out of thfse civil suits grew the criminal
prosecution against the governor and six
others for which they were once indicted.
These Indictments were quashed at Tulsa
recently, but a aecond grand Jury has been
called to meet In that city on Monday next
to reinvestigate the charges.
TULSA, Okl., May 8 It was announced
here today that Judge John A. Marshall
of I'tah will preside over the grand Jury
Investigation Into the Muskogee town lot
frauds, Involving Governor Haskell and
others. The cases will be taken tip In the
federal court here Monday next.
Million Dollar
Robbery Foiled
Clerk in Russian Bank Hears Sound
of Excavating . and Dis
closes Plot.
GORI, Russia," May 8. A daring plan to
rob the treusury of Gori. in which $1,000,000
Is kept, was discovered last evening. The
scheme of the criminals, five men and a
woman, was, to dig a tunnel into the
building from the outside. They had pro
gressed a distance of 360 feet and hod
reached a point directly below .the cellar
when a bookkeeper heard sounds of ex
cavating and summoned the police to In
vestigate, with the result that all six were
captured. It seemed, the criminals relaxed
their precautions owing to the fact that
yesterday was a holiday. This waa the
?ond iii.ilui allaa'itj'.lu oi this treasury.
This Town WuT '
Have Sane Fourth
Business Men Join with Ministers to
Observe Natal Day with Re
ligious Services.
JOWA FALLS, la.. May S.-It lias re
mained for the citlxena of Radcllffe In this
county to become the pioneers in the
matter of a real sane and patriotic Fourth
of July. As the fourth falls on Sunday,
this year, the citizens of the town have
decided to celebrate the nation's birth on
that day. The business men will co-operate
with the ministers and other people
of the town In arranging a program that
will be at once sane and patriotic and
wholly In keeping with the birthday of
the nation and the Sabbath. Thla is. ao far
as known, the first town in the atate to
announce such a celegratlon of the anni
versary. WALKER IN COAST HOSPITAL
Governor of iura, on War to Wash
ington, Has Revere Nervous
Attack.
IOB ANGELICA, Cal.. May S. IJeutenant
Commander J nines E5. Walker, United
States Navy, who left San Francisco two
weeks ago for Washington, D. C, la suf
fering from a severe attack of nervous
trouble at the Pacific hospital here.
Walker registered at a prominent hotel
April 26 and had apparently been in the
best of health up to the early part of this
wek. On Tuesday he became quite ill and
was removed to the hospital here, where
the dor tors say he will probably have to
stay for several days. Lieutenant Walker
will be on hia way to Washington from
Agana, Guam, where he aurreeded Com
mander Taussig as territorial governor
ome months ago. ,
AKINS ST. LOUIS POSTMASTER
President Taft Appoint Treasnry
OMeial na s accessor of
Mr. Wyman.
WASHINGTON. May 8.-President Taft
today appointed Thomas J. Aklns aa post
master at St. Loula. Mo., to succeed Mr.
Wyman. Mr. Akina Is assistant treasurer
of the Vnited States at St. Loula
Dr. Connell Tells How to
Make Omaha a Flyless Town
Nn flies on Omaha.
This will bs a literal fact and not a mere
figure of speech if the efforts of Health
Commissioner Connell meet with that meas
ure of success which he hopes will reauit
from orders he has given his seven In
spectors. Fly cops" r the name the health com
missioner lias given his inspectors Brut he
has enjoined sll of them to "cop" out the
files on all occasions and to look upon th
insects aa special emisarles of disease and
therefore chief among their enemtra.
"Ninety per cent of all fllea are born and
bred In atables and by keeping all the waste
products of these siables cleaned up every
day we can get rid of thla ft) per cent In
short order," said Mr. Connell. .
Xt this theory the health commtseione
has Instructed his Inspectors to give orders
te the owners of all livery and ptvaU
-or
M BIG STRIKE
Government and State Employe Are
Marshaling Forces for the
Impending Struggle.
CITY BECOMES ARMED CAMP
Soldiers and Police Guard Post and
Telegraph Stations.
CLEMENCEA IS STILL SICK
Premier Says He Will Resign Before
He Wil Make Terms.
TERROR TERMS USED BY MEN
Manifestos Declare They Are Mar
tyrs to .Liberty Going; to Execu
tionRailroad Employee
Mar Support Them.
FA RIB, May 8. Both the government and
the state employes, including the men of
the Department of Post and Telegraph,
are today rapidly marshaling their forces
for the impeding struggle.
Premier Clemenceau Is still confined to
his room by sickness, but he Is in con
stant communication with his colleagues
and declares he will resign rather than
make terms.
Troops and special police reserve were
disposed this morning to guard the central
post and telegraph station, the switchboard
machinery, and the exposed lines leading
to the provinces.
M. Barthou. the minister of public works,
Is of the opinion that a considerable pro
portion of the state employes will stick to
their posts, and that with the aid of sold
iers and the co-operation of the Chambers
of Commerce and the Hotel Keepers' as
sociations, who are organising auxiliary
forces, the public services will be main
tained. One hundred and fifty thousand
carrier pigeons, trained for war service,
have been placed at the diaposal of the
government-
Revolollonary Tone la Manifestos.
The strike committee of the postal em-'
ploys ridicules the measures adopted by the
government and promises big surprises. It
Is understood the committee does not In
tend to declare a strike until next Tuesday
In order to give Parliament, which wljl re
assemble on Monday, a chance to Intervene
In the employes' favor. The committees
manifestos, which are couched In the
phraseology of revolution, read as if the
postmen were martyrs to liberty. For In
stance, In announcing the refusal of seven
postmen to appear before the council of
discipline today on the ground that to
comply would be an interference with their
liberty, these men are described as "going
to the execution in 'Charrettes,' " a term
employed In the day of The Terror to
describe the carts, which oonveyed the vic
tims of the revolutionary tribunal to the
gullloitlne. ' . .
Many of the groups of railroad men In
the provlfea have, voted , sympathy with
the postmen and announced their support
of the revolution of the railroad men's con
gress to go on etrlke if Parliament does
not vote a pension bill.
In the meantime, notwithstanding the ex
citement and the apparent approach of a
criais, Paris Is as gay as ever. The social
season Is at Its height, and the boulevards
are filled with pleasure seeking crowds.
One newspaper describes the situation as
follows:
"We are standing over a volcano, but
Paris, as usual, only amuses Itself."
Match Coins in
Suicide Pact
Bodies of Man and Woman
I Found in Room at St.
Louis.
Are
BT. LOL'18, May 8. The bodies of Mrs.
Anna Reed, aged 30, and Joseph Baker,
aged 86, were found in a room here today.
Both had been shot through the head, evi
dently the result of a suicide pact. Em
ployes of a restaurant formerly kept by
Baker tnld the police that they had fre
quently seen the coupe match coins to de
termine which should kill the other before
committing sirlclde. Raker formerly was
a county officer at Flat River, Mo. The
woman's husband Is being sought.
IJMA, O., May 8. That a suicide pact
existed between them is the belief of Mrs.
William Reeves, who found her daughter,
Bella and Ralph Hlgglnbotham of Toledo
hanging suspended by the same rppa from
a rafter In the girl's bedroom today.
Neither will die. Hlgglnbotham Is an em
ploye of a ehlpbuildlng company.
Dr. Benjamin Bansman.
'READING, Pa., May 8. Rev. Dr. Benja
min Bauaman, one of ths most widely
known ministers of the Reformed church
In the Vnited States, died today, aged M
years. Dr. Bausman was for years a
trustee of Franklin and Marshall colleges.
Seaem. Cast re In Spain.
8ANTANDI0R, Bpaln. May 8.-Senora
Castro, wife of the deposed president of
Veneiuela. arrived here today on the
steamer Guadeloup from the West Indies.
She was met by her husband, who came
down front Paris..
stables to clesn up their premises daily or
to provide tight-fitting boxes which can
not be entered by flies.
Out on West Dougiss street a teamster
with several head of stock has his stable
where awarms of files become a pest and
menace to neighbors and Dr. Connell will
have this plaoe watched with eapecial care.
Dr. Connell la also of the opinion that
householders should put up their door and
window screens now without daisy. He
says that the few flies now to be seen are
busily engaged In laying eggs and the best
nay to keep them from depositing these
tn the houses is to keep them out in the
first piece.
"Keep the stables clean. ' garbage cans
tight, screens on sll doors and windows,
sad Omaha will be a flyltss town," saiii
the heallb commissioner.
PARIS MENACE1.
From the. Philadelphia Inquirer.
BRAD D, SLAUGHTER DEAD
Paymaster in Army Here Dies ' of
Heart Disease.
MILITARY AND MASONIC FUNERAL
Prominent In Both Circle ' and
Active in Political Affairs of -Nebraska
for Long; Term
of Years.
Major Bradner D. Slaughter died at his
home, 2022 Wirt street, at S:30 Saturday
afternoon after an Illness., of heart
trouble of about three weeks' duration.
The funeral probably will be held Mon
day, with interment at Forest Lawn, cem.
etery. The funeral probably will be both
Msaonlo and military, but complete ar
rangements win not be made until this
morning. '
Major Slaughter was born In ' New
York. November II, 1849. He came to
Nebraska tn the early '70s and was more
or less Identified with the political his
tory of the state from that time up to
his appointment to the Unled Sues army
In 1S99.
His first employment In Nebraska waa
aa a solicitor for the State Journal com
pany of Lincoln. In 1879 he removed
to Nance county, settling In Fullerton.
Prior to his removal to Fullerton he waa
ulted In marriage to Miss Ada Dorsey,
who with four daughters and two sons
survive him.
Long Time a Mason.
Major Slaughter became identified with
the Masonic fra'ernlty In hia first years
In Nebraska and wkas grand master of
the grand lodge of Nebraska Masons
from June 19, 1901, to June 17, 102. He
was also a, member of the Nebraska Vet
erans' association.
In the later '70s he waa reading clerk
In the Nebraska house of representatives
and waa chief clerk of the house of rep
resentative In 1884, 1888 and 1888. He
was made chairman of the state republi
can committee In 1888.
He was appointed United States mar
shal for the district of Nebraaka In 1889
and after svrving four years waa suc
ceeded by Francis E. White.
He served fqr one term as grand mas
ter of the Masonic fraternity of . Ne
braska. His military career begsn in 1899, when
on February 2 of that year he was ap
pointed to a second lieutenancy In the
Second United States Volunteer Infantry.
He waa discharged upon the abolition of
the volunteer establishment In Marc.
1899 and was reappointed to the pay de
partment of the volunteer service.
Entered Resalar Army.
He entered the regular army as cap
tain and paymaster February 8, 1901. He
was transferred to the . Philippines. . re
maining there for three years, and, re
turning to the United States, was as
signed to duty with the psy department
at the headquarters of the Department
of ths Missouri, with which department
he has since continued. He was pro
moted to the rank of major September 4,
1907, and haa been acting chief paymas
ter of the department for over a year
In the temporary absence of Chief Pay
maaler Major H. B. Lord at Washington.
Major Slaughter Is survived by his wife,
four dsughters and two sons. His chil
dren are: Mrs. Webb Wheeler of Wash
ington, D. C; Mrs. Annella Gllmore of
Omaha, Mrs. Grace Lottrldge of Omaha
and Mrs. tlra'-e Gamble, now studying
music In Paris, France. His sons ars
Denton Slaughter of Boise. Ida., and
Samuel D. Slaughter, a atudent of the
University of Nebraska.
The signs of spring
are before us -house
cleaning, moving
and gardening.
It is most always a bother to
find some one to do this work
for you. . The want ad. pages
are a great help. You will find
people easily by looking under
the j roper classification.
What's more, they are people
who want to do your work.
They are the ones to patronize.
Hare you
today1
read the - Want Ads et
Can Mahomet Go to the Mountain?
. ' ' Y w G WW 0 Ff TO H E J
Patten on His
Way to Chicago
Wheat King Leaves Trinidad Im
proved in Health and Traveling
Under Assumed Name.
-TRINIDAD. Cblo., May . Refreshed
from two weeks hunting and fishing Is
the northern New Mexico hills, sunburned
and , apparently greatly Improved phyal
cally,1 James A.' Patten,, the Chicago wheat
operator, Is today speeding toward Chicago
over the Santa Fe railway. This was con
firmed "today. He is due to arrive In Chi
cago tomorrow morning.
Mr Patten reached Trinidad at 6:46 last
flight from the Bart lett ranch near Ver
Vnejo.' Springs, and 'went to a hotel,' where
he rested' quietly until train time. He reg
IstrtrejJ.aa . "Ed Jones,. Chicago," and took
very precaution' to keep his -Identity from
ths press, pledging the hotel employes and
also the trainmen (to secrecy:-- '-'
: Mr. Patten took" Santa re train No. t for
the east, leaving hers at 7:45 p. m. He la
due at Kansas City at 4:30 this afternoon.
CHICAGO, May 8. -Bears on the Board
of Trade, encouraged by favorable weather
for' the wheat crop and attaching no Im
portance to the fact that James A. Fatten,
the bull leader, Is speeding beck here after
his vscstlon, . took another drive at the
market today. July wheat closed 8c lower
at 81.141.14s. September 22Ho down at
I1.08H and December with' a like loss at
1.0Sl.06H.
Roosevelt Party
Reported Well
Expedition Still . in Camp at Pease
Eanch May More Next
- Week.
NAIROBI. British East Africa, May S.
Th Roosevelt expedition Is still tn camp on
the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease, at a point
near Machakoe. All ths members of the
party are well. It' Is reported that two
more cases of smallpox have been discov
ered among the porters of the expedition.
Mr. Roosevelt will proceed to George
McMillan's Ju Ja ranch some tims be
tween Msy 18 and May 90 He will be ac
companied by P. H. Perclvel, a brother of
Major Perclval, one of the assistant game
wardens, and C. D. Hill, a settler.
WANTS TO JDIV0RCE STAR
'Qneen of Monlln Ronsre," Former
f'bnrrh flnlolst. Defendant
In Salt.
ST. JOSEPH, Me-. My.8.-3uJt for di
vorce from Bertha Mills of New Tork, star
of "The Queen of the Moulin Rouge," OOTO
pany, was filed here today by Frank J.
Davey, her husband, ' a railroad . man of
Los Angeles. . Desertion : Is ths charge.
Mrs. Davey was formerly solotnt In a fash
ionable church hers. '
Ice Damages Steamer.
ST. JOHN N. F., May T.-The steamer
Iks Charoplaln, bound from Liverpool to
Montreal, put in here today, leaking from
a hole stove in Its bow by heavy ice off
Cape Race yesterday. There are about
1,000 paaaengera on board.
Chinese Gross Border Hid
in Dining Car Icechest
CHICAGO. May 8. In . connection with
the arrest gt El Paso. Tex., ef three mem
bers pf a dining car ' crew charged with
assisting In the smuggling of Chinese Into
this country. United States District At
torney Sims stated todsy that between
200 and 300 celestials had been brought
from El Paso concealed In a dining oar.
, "Two Chinese a -week were brought to
Chicago," said Mr. SSms. ,
"One crowd smuggled the celestials across
the border where they were turned over
to the dining rsr crew. This car made one
trip a week and on each trip carried two
of the Illegal passengers, : ons concealed
in tba ics chest and ths others In a linen
press.
At Chicago another set of eonvptretors
composed of Chicago Chinese took charge
of ths importations.
"The smugglers were paid S4O0 rr Jfi by
cacb Chinaman brought la, and of this.
CUDAHY EXPERTS MAKE PLEA
Head of the Bi? Packing Concern is
Now in Washington.
ASKS REMISSION OF HEAVY FINE
Penalty for Alleged Coloring of Oleo
margarine and Affixing; Wrong
Stamps Involves Possible
Imprisonment and Fine.
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 8-Barneat
efforts to get clear of the government's
clutches for nlleged violations of the oleo
margarine law are being made by the
Cudahy. Packing company. .Friday there
arrived In Washington a number of at
torneys and experts of that concern headed
by Mtohael Cudahy, one of the elder mem
bers of ths firm.
" On Monday Mr. Cudahy snd his assist
ants will meet the secretary of the treas
ury to tell why they think the oleomar
garlne tax of 182,700 which the company re
cently paid to the collector of Internal
revenue should be returned.
In the department of Juatlce. the Cudahy
people will alao make a plea for immunity
from that part of the oleomargarine law
which calls for a fine and Imprisonment for
having affixed Improper revenue stamps to
their imitation butter product.
I Among treasury department officials the
Cudahy are looked upon as being in a
rather serious plight. If it can be proved
that they put artificial coloring matter In
the oleomargarine snd affixed one-fourth
to 1 cent revenue stamps to the packages
Instead of stamps denoting a tax of 10
cents a pound they are hardly likely to
get any of their $82,709 back from the gov
ernment, nor are they likely to escape trial
on the Indictments which the grand Jury
at Topeka found against them.
The Cudahy company, however, appar
ently la taking a hopeful view of the mat
ter, as it Is reported that they hone to
compromlae the whole case for a matter
of about J20.000, probably on the plea that
the oleomargarine aelaed by the internal
revenue Inspectors tn different parts of
the west wss colored elsewhere than In
their factory. They are even hopeful, on
proper showing, of escaping the crlminsl
proceedings which the department of jus
tice Is preparing to Institute.
The hearing which la to be granted at
the treasury department on Monday, it is
pointed out by officials. Is allowed only
I gs a result of a promise which Commis
isioner of Internal Revenue Capera ' ap
parently made to the Cudahy concern be
fore he was taken 111.
The alleged Infraction of the olemargar
Ine law by the. Cudahy company Is the
Isrgest case of that sort with which ths
Internal revenue department haa had to
deal.
ILLINOIS WINS FIRST PLACE
Iowa Fnnrth la List at Interstate
Oratorical ' Contest at
Cedar FalU.
CF7DAR FAIiA la., May $. (Special.)
At the Interstate Oratorical contest, which
took plsce last evening at State Teachers'
college here, the Judges gave first place
to Illinois, seoond to Wisconsin, third to
Kansas and fourth to Iowa. Missouri Is
the other state in the league.
SM went to the trajn crew. The scheme
has been working for two or three years,
but I believe we have now broken up the
traffic."
SYRACUSE WEJJJN NEW PLAN
Astl-Treat Katlee Will Be Pasted and
All Violations Prosecated
by Board.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Msy S.(8rs
clsl Telegrgm The v'llage board of 8yra
cure has decided to grant saloon licenses
this esr, sfter being "dry" for s year,
and has adopted a new ordinance govern
ing the saloons in which It Is made an
offense lo treat or to give sway liquor.
Conspicuous notices sie to be pasted sll
over the saloons, lor a violation means the
revocation of the license. Ouly two sa
loons are to bs licensed.
BUMETT AND
ALDJUCH TILT
Lively Exchange Between Nebraska
Senator and Chairman of
Finance Committee.
DRAFTING OF BILL CRITICISED
Senators and Public Given No Infor
mation by Senate Committee.
ALLEGES STAR CHAMBER METHOD
Nebraskan Also Charges that Bill is
Loosely Thrown Together.
COMPLIMENTS FOR MR. ALDRICH
Mr, BorUett ays Ilhode Island Sen
ator 1'nderatands Situation Wo
Thoroughly that He Thinks
Everyone Does.
(From a fltaff Correspondent.!
WASHINGTON, May 8 tSpeclal Tele
gram. 1 During discussion of the
schedule relating to the duty on pig
lead In the senate today a lively tilt
occurred between Senator Burkett and
Senator Aldrlch. chairman of Ihe finance
committee. In which the Nebraskan camu
off with honor, causing very considerable
chagrin to the Rhode Island tariff sharp.
The burden of Senator Burkett'a remarks
was to the effect that the tariff bill now
under consideration by tho senate had
been loosely thrown together; that no
opportunity had been given those Inter
ested In various schedules to be heard.
"Hand It not been for the exhaustive
hearings held by the wsys and mean
committee the country at large and In
dividuals In particular would not have
had even an Inkling of what was being
attempted to be done In revising Ihe
tariff."
Mr. Burkett complained of lack of In
formation given to the public, and even
to the senators themselves, by members
of the flnsnce committee aa to the Im
port of various schedules snd the effect
their passage would have upon trade.
Those interested have been otliged to
waylay members of the finance commit
tee In the corrlodrs or upon tho public
streets to gain even a glimmer of light
upon such scehdules as they might be
Interested in.
"I am a protectionist." said Sensor Bur
kett, "In my rplnlon the people of this
country are protectionists. I am certain
that the epople of Nebraska are protection
ists, but In my opinion, people, of Nebraska
do not expect us to In form ourselves upon
these schedules before we vote upon them.
The senator from Rhode Island complains
because I have suggested that they did not
have Information such aa hey m!&ht have
had had the committee been -"more, frank
and open In Its consideration' of the soiled- .
ules."
Bsrh Wire Schedule a Speelmen.
Senator Burkett cited "the barb wire
schedule a example of sharp practice
and proceeded to tear to flinders the com
mittee proposition that a rate of $2.70 per
100 should be charged. He said that
as to this particular manufacture of wire
the senators from states where It is chiefly
produced, Pennsylvania and Alabama, had
not been consulted, bat now a tacit agree
ment haa been reached which he believed
will eventually place a rate of fl per
100 upon this product.
In conclusion Senator Burkett thus paid
his compliments to Senator Aldrlch and
the members of his committee on finance:
"I have agreed that tlie members of this
committee are the best, posted men In this
body. The senator, Aldrlch. by reason of
his long service and acquaintance with this
particular subject, la absolutely the best
posted man. I have said, more through
charity for him than by way of complaint,
thai it is because he does not understand
these propositions so well that he falls, to
realize the Importance pf getting the evi
dence before ua that the rest of us might
have information he knows Intuitively."
Senator Lafollette, according to report.
Is loading up for a further scorching of
the finance committee, and his speech may
take high rank In the list of latter-day
efforts In Invective. It will be made In
cident to a talk In favor of a tariff com
mission. Mr. Dolli.-er's great speech, one of the
very ablest delivered In twenty years,
served to break down a goo ddeal of the
traditional reverence for the Infslllblllty
of Aldrlch In tariff making. Mr. Burkett
today added smart to wounds left by Dnl
liver's surgery and now lafollette is go
ing to take a hand at "knifing" the pres
ent tariff bill.
Aldrlch Answers Burkett.
Replying to Mr. Burkett, Mr. Aldrlch
said with great earnestness that If tho
senate stayed In session until sll the sen
ators understood every schedule In the
bill, they would not only be there all sum
mer, but for ten years.
The republican members of the commit
tee on finance, Mr. Aldrlch said, had
worked sixteen to eighteen hours dally in
framing their amendments to the tsrlff
bill. A vast number of people had called
on members of the committee and 899 out
of every l.MW of them had come to obtain
increases In the duties In which they wets
Interested.
"The senstor from Nebrsska," he con
tinued, "talks about the couaumers not be
ing represented before the committee on
finance. Who are ihe consumers? Is there
any class except a limited number who are
consumers and not producers? Aare they
entitled to more consideration than any
body else? The consumers of Nebraska are
more Interested in the preservation of the
protective system than they are in auy
other public policy which is Involved in the
work of congres-s "
The property of the people of Nebraska,
as of the country generally depended, he
aid, upon the maintenance of the pro
tective tariff. "I have seen productions of
Nebrsska and other agricultural states
mount year by yesr until the increasing
cost of living In this country Is oalng al
most entirely to the Increase In the price
of sgrlcultural products," he added.
Mr. Aldrlch said he had not Intended to
show any Impatience toward senators who
had sought Information concerning ths
schedules of ths tariff, but he was anxious
to dispose of the tariff bill aa quickly as.
poskible.
Hrgnera Name Hate.
Mr. Clay took exception to a statement
by Mr. Aldricl, thai he had given prudomln
auce to s'alemfiiu by the lead prod'-eeri ua
to their needs for a duly on lead and de
clared thac It that course wr purauej,
the refiners of sugar woul-l name the rate
to be fixed on that fu-eduot ana UXms