Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 16, 1901, Page 2

2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, Teiephones 615604 Specia On Monday we ported mer in choice styles, at This is not a catch pric these Foulards wi They will sell quick though, so be on hand early. Other items of Our 25¢ imported Irish Dimities in figures Mon- per yard, day at 17 2 choicest assortment of fi ne lawns in | yard, Batiste at 15¢ yard., Egyptian Tissues, 25¢, Embroidered Tissnes, 25¢, Big line of Dimities in all the new desirable colorings, at 15¢ per yard All « duced from 18e, WE CLOSE SATURDAYS AT 6 P, M. AGENTS FOR FOSTER KID GLOVES AND MeCALL'S PATTERNA THoMPSoN, BELDEN 3. Co. A. BUILDING, COR houses, bridges, smelter, stock yhrds and other big concerns ought to he raised to at least 10 per cent of their actual values, and 1 am in favor of immediate action along this line. The packers say they can’'t stand heavier taxes and that other citfes are ready to pay their bonuses and exempt them from taxation, but 1 don't take any stock in that kind of talk. The franchise cor~ porations claim that they are the making of the town. They may be &0, but it is equally true that they live oft the town. There Is no reason why a millionaire con- n should be taxed less proportionately than & poor citizen is tuxed. Depreentes the Disparity, Commissioner Peter G. Hofeldt—Practi- cally all the property i my precinct is assessed at 16 per cent of its actual value and I think all other taxayers ought to be treated the same, I am in favor of raising the assossments of the packing houses and big corporations to the same percentage at which other assessments are made. Their Assessments are ridiculously low and thelr | assertion that they can't and won't stand | a raise is all a blufr Commissioner Thomas Hoctor—I am not familiar with the value of the property ot the blg Omaha corporations, but I know that the South Omaha packing bouses are | anscssed at a great deal lower percentage than other property. The packing houses, Bowever, are the backbone of the city and the state. They employ about 16,000 men and ‘we would only be standing in our own | light It we raised their assessments to | any considerable extent. 1 don't think it would be good policy to ralse them, ex- cept, perhaps, a little bit. I they should | be assessed s high as 10 per cent of thelr actual value I don’t think they would pay thelr taxes. It Is Just as easy to slaughter and pack meat in a house with delinquent taxes as it {3 in one with taxes paid and 1 don't belleve there would be anyone ready to buy in the packing houses at a tax sale. Decr e in Ten Yei During the: last ten years the total as- sessed luation of taxable property in Douglas county has decreased nearly $4,000,000, Over $2,000,000 of this decrease has been on real estate, although millions ot dollars have been invested in improve- ments. The following table shows the total assessed valuations for ten years: s1e1se ooy 1 7| 25,475,832 1901 24,701,140 *Estimated; county tax clerk has not yet nade up total for 1 v It the projerty of the big Institutions Which now escapes the impost were listed for taxation gquitably with other property the increase 1n the total valuation would be $3,682,952, or nearly enough to restore the total valuation of ten years ago. The following table tells the story: o duLIIYIA ten od 91 “-anqua passos ~se Jussaid | Packing houses Stock yards Franchise cof Smelte i Bridges . Totals ' tof properties the tax revenue of the county would be increased $85,600, as shown in the following table PROPERTIES. Packing houses 8tock yards ... ranchise corporations Smelter oy y Bridges Totals 1$110,496/821,996 588, 500 rosper udes Asne .., The Bee has already shown, in articles published Friday and Saturday, how the packing houses, stock yards and franchised corporations, If assessed at 16 per cent of their actua! value, would add $3,517,92 to the total assessment valuation of the county, It now shows that $165,000 more might bo added by assessing the smelter and the bridges at the same percentage at which property is generally assessed. The following table gives the approximate value of ihe properties, the amount that each would be assessed at If it were assessed Disfigured Skin wasted .muscles and decaying bones, What havoe! Scrofula, let alone, Is capable of all that, and more, 1t 1s commonly marked by bunches in the neck, inflammations In the ey - erized Poulards-regular 35¢ quality, ght, black or navy blue grounds at 10¢ per our embroidered dotted Chambrays now at 123c, re- Bee, June 16, 1901 | Sale place on sale all of our five im- rd. for Monday only, but until all are sold. . 95 20 11 be interest are: ne Dimities at 18¢ yard. 16TH AND DOUGLAS STS. the wame as smaller properties, and the amount of tax that would be ylelded in that event: PROPERTIES. ot 15 powoesy | $1,000,000 $160,000/§: 800,000/ 96,000 300,000/ 48,000( 1,185 250,000 40,000 988 | 2,150,000/ 834,000 88,406 Omaha 8. & Ref (o fon_Pacific bridge st Omaha bridge Omaha & C. B. bridge Totals Valuation as Returned. The assessors, however, have placed a total valuation of only $179,000 on these properties and unless the assessments are raised by the Board of Equalization they will yield only $4,419 in taxes, as shown in this table Omaha 8. & Ref Co... fon_Paclfic bridge st Omaha bridge. . Omaha & C. B. bridge....| atals ) 000(#4,019| The city assessment on the smelter is| 258,000, which is 40 per cent of $720,000, but it is not cliaimed by the city tax partment that the property was ever as- sessed as high as 40 per cent. One million dollars is considered by those who are fa- millar with the property and’ its earning capacity as being a very light valuation. The smelter stands on leased ground and thore is mot a dollar of real estate tax agalnst it. Ten years ago the works were essed as personal property by the county at $86,050. This assessment was reduced to $60,000 for six consecutive years and in 1000 {t was advanced to $75,000, at which figute it remains. The Union Pacific railroad bridge is easily worth $1,200,000, the East Omaha bridge $600,000 and the Omaha and Coun- cfl Blufts bridge $500,000. Only one-half of each bridge is assessable in Douglas county. This property has been assessed by the county during the last ten years as follows: e -aSprq a8puaq ‘g D ¥ wyrwo o cagpuq yrwo 55 3322 ouovd tojus szpeaes g: F5zzEss ES 23552 { a;gzszs!;?§ : f Anucanorat Peculiar Reanoning. By some peculiar process of reasoning the ‘assessors have made the Union Pacific bridge decrcase In value and the Omaha & Council Bluffs bridge increase in value during the last ten years. As a matter of fact the earning capacity of all the bridges has increased during that period of time. The East Omaha railroad bridge cost at least $100,000 more than the Omaha & Council Blufts wagon bridge, but it s as- sessed at less than one-sixth of the amount placed against the wagon bridge. Mistake County for City Assessor OMAHA, June 15.—To the Editor of The Bee: Permit me a little space to correct some impressions as to the city assess- ments of personal property, that your arti- cle entitled “Vagaries of Asse:sments would naturally make. The following named firms are mentioned as having been ussessed at a larger figure by the county than by the city: Johason Hardware com- pany, Marshall Dental Manufacturing com- pany, Omaha Merchants' Express, Schlitz Brewing company, Omaha club, Paxion & Vierling and E. H. Sprague. It is true they are assessed as you say they are, but in the case of the first five mentioned complaints have already been fled, or will be filed, against the county assessment, and will be heard next week 1 am Informed in four of the five .cases mentioned the partles either understood they were makiag returns for the city or thought the proper thing to do was to make returns the same as if for the city. This Is not correet, but it 1s not an un- usual thing, because for forty years we had one and the same assessment for city and county and people are confused on the matter of assessment and taxes. In the Paxton & Vierling case T cannot Teport uow, on account of the absence of Mr, Vierling. In the case of F. H. Sprague my assessment wi $18,600, und had it so remained no fnconsistency ‘would appe agalnst county, of $7,260. Personal property s assessed by the county assessors at about one-sixth of its truo value, while the city assesses at 40 per cent of its true value, so that the city assessment should be nearly two and one- balf times as much as the county upon the same property. WILLIAM FLEMI ‘Tax Commissioner. Finds No Signs of Trouble. LEAVENWORTH, Kan,, June 15.—Colonel Jease M. Leo returned to Fort Leavenworth from ‘the “scene of the reported Indian troubles in Wyoming. Colonel Lee fully Investigated the reported killing of sheep- herders by Indians on the Maddy and pepsia, catarrh, and general debllity, t Is olways radically and permanently cured by 18 all humors, cures all erup- ind bullds I? the whole system, T young or ol upe liver i1s7 the Ron Trviiatng and o Faparifla, found it to be without foundation. ~The story i been started, according fto Colonel Lee, oy a man who said he ha reported 1t “just to have some fun Calonel Lee states that there \s no dan. whatever of an Indlan uprising in section and no indications of trouble. or that UNION PACIFIC INVIOLATE Ita Territory, Including ®outhern Pacific's, Not to Be Disturbed. RAILWAY MAGNATES MAKE THEIR DEAL nacontinental Systems Arrange to Parcel Out the Burlington's Busi- neas=Exact Percentages to Be Apportioned, CHICAGO, June 15.—(Special Telegram.) Ratlway magnates representing the trans- continental systems took the initial step today toward placing in effect and carry- ing out the plan agreed upon, when an amicable settlement was reached regard ing the recent Burlington purchase, During the day conferences were held in the office of President Felton of the Alton, which were attended by the following ofi- clals: E. H. Harriman; Charles M. Hays, president of the Southern Pacific; J. C. Stubbs, third vice president and general traMe manager of the same road; Horace G. Burt, president of the Union Pacific; Dartus Miller, second vice president of the Great Northern; J. J. Mitchell, president of the Hiinols Trust and Savings bank; J. N. Faithorn, president of the Chicago Terminal Trahefer Rallway company, and S. M. Fel ton, prestdent of the Chicago & Alton. Vice President J. Hill in the conferences and spoke for the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Burlington So far as could be learned no official of the Burlington was present during the ees- slons, and it was not necessary that the Burlington should be represented, sinco its ownership by the two northern lines Is an assured fact While it was impossible to learn the details of the sottlement recently made in New York harmonizing the North- ern Pacific and the Union Pacific interests, it was stated on unquestioned authority that in a general way plans were outlined whereby the idea of community of interests a8 represented my that settlement could be carried to fruition. Community of Interests Aw 1t is therefore immaterial, so far as the public Is concerned, whether there is to be a Unlon Pacific representation on the North- ern Pacific board of one or two more indi- viduals. The community of interests prin- ciple is an assured fact in the western rail- road situation and apparently has come to stay. In a general way it is known that the Morgan-Hill and the Rockefeller-Har- riman-Vanderbilt interests agreed that the Burlington purchase should be handled in such a way that the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific territory should be heid inviolate for an indefinite period The purchase was originally intended to divert all the Burlington's immense trafic to the northern lines to Hill's great steamers salling from the northern coast. Under the amicable settlement made there will_be no extension of Burlington lines into Unfon Pacific territory and no exten- sion of Union Pacific lines into Northern Pacific-Great Northern-Burlington territory. Parceling Out the Burlington. To preserve harmony and community-of- Interests principle, the Burlington's com- petitive traffic will be parceled out among the transcontinental lines. To work out the details of this generul plan was the pur- pose of the the meeting of Mr. Harriman and his lleutenants with the representative of the Morgan-Hill syndicate. 1t is understood that an effort was mado to settle upon the amount of the Pacific coast and oriental trafc that' will have to pass through the varioms gateways under the settlement, to satisty all interests con- cerned. The Alton, having a line to Kan- sas City, and. being a Harriman property, is deeply interested in the result, and it is understood that in the plan tentatively agreed upon this line will be glven valuable concessions. When arrangements have been completed it is stated the exact percentage of Pacific coast business that shall be routed by the way of various gateways will be de- termined. How Diviston Will Be Made. CHICAGO, June 15.—The Tribune tomor- row will say: To the southwest the Santa Fe will operate hand-in-hand with the Southern Pacific. It will be a “community of intercst” plan and provides that the Pacific Mail and Occidental Steamship lines, controlled by the Southern Pacific, shall take care of the Santa Fe's trans- pacific business. The other move directed by Mr. Harriman was the practical provision for the trans- fer of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul to the Harriman syndicate and the turn- ing of this line into a link of the Union Pacific system. This plan was arranged at a secret conference held at the Auditorium annex, attended by many railway men and a number of bankers. Little doubt is en- tertained that the syndicate has acquired control of the Milwaukee & St. Paul on practically the same limes that J. J. Hill secured control of the Burlington. The stock of the St. Paul road will be taken over by the Union Pacific at the October meeting. It is reported that the stock- holders of the former line will be offered 3200 of 4 per cent bonds for every $100 worth of stock and that the bonds will be guaranteed by the Unlon Pacific, the Southern Pacific and the Missouri Pacific and the Goulds, who are said to be parties of the transaction. of Two Billions, June 15.—The Tribune to- morrow will say: The report was current in Wall street yesterday that a rallway combination had been organized with a capital of $2,000,000,000. The combination was sald to include the St. Paul, Burlington, Chicago & Northwestern, Great Northern, Nortern Pacific, Wisconsin Central, Union | Pacific and Southern Pacific. J. P. Morgan was sald to be the financial backer of the combination, TOURNAMENT ENDS IN A TIE Golt Champlonship of United States Lies Between Anderson and Alexander Smith, HAMILTON, Mass., June 15.—Probably never before in the history of golf has there been such a remarkable and exciting finish in an open tournameni as took place at the Myopia Hunt ciub today, where, after A seventy-two hole contost medal play, the open champlonship of the United States resulted in a tie between Willle Anderson of Plisfleld, Mass., and Alexander Smith, formerly of Chicago, but now claiming his old home, Green Canoustie, Scotland, as his halling club, Bach took 331 strokes in covering the eighteen-hole course four times and on Monday morning they will play eighteen more holes to decide which is the champion golfer of the country and entitled to recefve the $200 prize money offered by the association. Willle Smith of the Midlothian club of Chicago, who took third money today, was close on the heeis of the ‘leaders, with a score of 433, with Stuart Gardner of Garden City, L. I., a fine fourth at 334. Lawrence Auchter- lonie of Glen View, Chieago, and Bernard Nichols of Boston were In another tie for the fifth place at 3 while David Brown of Brooklyn was a good seventh with 336 red. Cap NEW YORK, Drowned at Lake Co BT. JOSEPH, Mo., Jun: pont, & soclety ‘oung lfl n of Bt. Joseph, was' drowned ‘while bathing it Lake Con- drary, neap thiy city, at noon today. ry. 18.—John F. Du- and the little golfer from Brookline, Alex- ander Campbell, nicknamed “The Nipper,” brought up the rear of those in the mone: It was & genuine blanket Anish, with the ’ Miller represented James | | | Wilking, leaders running neck and neck and the place winners at each others' saddle girths The rest of the fleld were strung.out, with ihe only amatewr, in the tournstent, A G. Lockwood of the Allston club, Boston, tled with two others for the seventeenth place, just twenty points behind Anderson and Smith, MAIL CONTRACTS AWARDED Town Men t Business They Waut and South Dakota Bank s Approved. WASHINGTON, June 15.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Mail contracts were awarded today as follows: Krom National burg, Ia., to C. D. Anderson of Natfona from Fonda to Rush, In, to George G Simpson of Fonda. The application of Donald Grant, Francls | M. Rote, Thomas Gardner, George R. Frees- man, Harry P. Beckwith and others to or- ganize the First Natlonal bank Point, 8. D, with a capital of §2: today approved by the comptroller of the currency. Geoige G. Moser was appoiuted temporary elevator conductor fn the public bullding at Dubuque, Ia Prot. Mead, who lost an arm street car, continues to improve. Minister Conger, accompanied by his brother, Dr. Conger of Pasadena, Cal., was at the White House today for a conference with the president. The minister also called at the Stato department and went over the Chinese situation with Acting Secretary Hill. After concluding his conference here he will go to Boston and Michigan, return 1ng then to his lowa home before starting back to China, INDIANS VISIT HITCHCOCK Secretary Recelves Them Courteously, but Leaves Their Complaint to the Courts. under a WASHINGTON, June 15.—Lone Wolf and twelve or fifteen other Indlans represent- ing the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes today appeared before the secretary of the Interior and made a verbal protest against | the opening of any part of their lands in Oklahoma to settlement under the act of the last sesslon of congress. They declared that the agreement for the cession of their lands had not heen secured by legitimate methods. Judge . Springer presented the complaint of the Indians in detall. Secretary Hitcheock told the Indians that he had recelved them only as a matter of courtesy and under no circumstances could he receive their presentations while their case is pending in the courts. It Is under- stood the Indians will not be received by the president on account of Mrs. McKinley's condition. PRESIDENT CANNOT ATTEND Verlines Quart Dy Invitation to Black Centennial Celebration dwood Next Month. Hills nt WASHINGTON, June 15.—Accompanied by Commissioner Herrman of the general land office, William S. Warner of the Black Hills Pioneer soclety called at the White House today and presented to the presi- dent an irvitation to attend the quarto- centénnial of the first settlement of the Bl Hills, to be held at Deadwood, July 3 to 7. The invitation was engrossed upon & gold tablet. The president declined with regrets. COMMANDER BELKNAP DEAD Navy Department Recelves Telegram Announcing Death at Baltimor: of Naval OMcial. WASHINGTON, June 15.—The Navy de- partment received a telegram this after- noon announcing the death at Baltimore of Commander Charles Belknap of the navy. PENSIONS FOR WESTERN VETER 4 War Survivors Remembered General Government, WASHINGTON, June 15.—(Special.)—The following pensions have been granted: Issue of May 31: Nebraska: " Additional—Luther W. Bell, Friend, $8. Regewal and increase—Anthony Martin, “Imperial, $12. Increase—Francis Carroll, Christopher Sieftord, by the Odell, $. lowa: Additional—Abraham Rickard, Du- buque, $12, Increase—ksdgar C. Cobb, kuk, $30; Alanson Baker, Akron, $10; W, Case, Eldora, $12. North Dakota:’ Increase~Thomas 8. Els- berry, Rock Lake, 3. Colorado: Additional-Hans Rahn, Den- ver, $8. Restoration and increase—James M. Nicholas (dead), Greeley, $30. Original widows, etc., reissue—Martha E. Nicholas, Greeley, $13° War with Spain, orfginale John H. Everhart, Las Animas, $24. Incren 1 hilippine Reve WASHINGTON, June 15.—An Increase of $930,915 In the customs revenues of the Philippines for the first quarter of 1901 as compared with the same period of 1900 1y set forth in a statement made public to- day by the Division of Insular Affairs of the War department. The total revenues for the first quarter of the current year amounted to $2,199,304. Jonn px of Towa Renigns, WASHINGTON, June 15.—Jullan Phelps, United States consul at Crefeld, Germany, has resigned. He was appointed from lowa in 1807, Buying in Bonds, WASHINGTON, June 15.—Secretary Gage today purchased $36,150 short-term 4 per cent bonds for $113.8450 and $60,000 at $113.8508, the latter deliverable Monday. Miguel A. Otero Reappointed. WASHINGTON, June 15.—~The president today reappointmed Miguel A ernor of New Mexico. His term expired olera and dy popular medicine in It zever fails Is the best use for bowel and is pleasant to take of Rosslyn, Ky., says: "I have handled Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for twelve years, have never sold a bottle that did not give perfect satisfac- tion and it 1s the best selling diarrhoea medicine that 1 handle.” Aruggists. and most complaints. has recelved an abundance of rain in the past eighteen hours, the precipitation being over two and & half inches and four inches since Tues- day evening. The ground has not been mo thoroughly soaked and wet down so deep at this season of the year for ten years, Farmers feel encouraged over the pros- pects for a erop of spring grain Negro Laborer on the Jary, ELDORA, Kan., June 15.—One of the furymen already accepted for the trial of sle Morrison for the murder of Mrs Castle 18 a negro laborer. The attorneys for the state have decided to make this trial much shorter than the first one and will_introdace only that evidence bearing directly on the tragedy it —_— Your grocer is glad to return your money if you don't like i%els-Naptha soap, It saves the worst half of wash-day. Fels & © makers, Philadelphia. to Farmers- | i| NEW YORK, of Elk| 000, was | Otero, gov- | Mr. R. Woodward | For sale by all | JUNE 16, 1901 ONE DEAD AND SIX MISSING boat Collision, BOTH CAPTAINS HELD FOR TRIAL Magistrate Declares Lives of Pa ®ers Are Endangered by K Monta=Government en- June 15.—After more than twenty-four hours' search for dead bodies in the Staten Island ferryboat Northfield after her collision with the Jersey Central ferryboat Mauch Chunk on Friday evening, | only one body hus been found. How many other deaths resulted from the accident is not known. Six persons are still reported missing. The dead man is JERE V. WRIGHT, teller of Oriental bank of this city, residing at New Brighton 81 The missing are | General Charles G. Bartlett, 65 yoars old, of Hart Park, Livingston, S. I. General Bartlett has been librarian of (he criminal court building. He left his office at 4:30 o'clock, Friday afternoon with his sister- in-law, placed her on a to a store in Nassau street. | pected home at 7 o'cloc | there, terryboat. Juan Aboy mond, 8. 1. A. G. Clark, Brooklyn gone to Staten Island. home. Charles Dickinson, 556 years old bert avenue, West New Brighton, § - Imhoss, commissary sergeant U \ of Governor's Island Was on his way to | Staten Isiand, having left the barracks in time to cateh the ill-fated boat. Beaumont Stevens of New Dorp, 8. L. Divers went through the ferryboat today, but found only the body of Mr. Wright It 1s impossible to tell whether any other persons were drowned and their bodies i"nlhv‘d out into the river. Half a dozen horses and wagons were taken out of the sunken vessel by wrecking crews, aided by divers. The boat was being partly broken up by the tide, but ft will be raised tomorrow or Monday and it s said she can be repaired. | In court proceedings, when Magistrate | Crane beld Captains Griffin of the Mauch | Chunk and Johnson of the Northfield, he denounced the running of old boats and en- dangering the lives of hundreds of people. The two captains were held in $2,500 bail each for examination June 25, and were balled. Each declares he was not to biame for the accident and Captain Grifiin stated that he had sent word to the Staten Island ferry authoritics at different times that boats were run out of their slips too quickly. The Jersey Central Ferry com- pany had nothing to say about the accident, | but the Staten Island Rapid transit officials, | who own the Northfield, held an investiga- tlon and exonerated from blame all its of- ficials and employes. The Central raflroad officials are investigzating, as are the police The government, through the local Board of Steamboat Inspectors, will hold an examl- natlon next week. Divers Resume Thelr Work. NEW YORK, June 15.—The divers at work in the wrecked ferryboat Northfleld kept at their task until 6 o'clock this morn- ing without finding a human body in the boat's cabins. to work again. He was ex Benitez, single, of Rich- Is believed to have Has not returned of Bg- 1 The first undertaking of the divers was to make fast lines to pull the wrecked bpat around so it would lie abreast of pler No. 10 and they were unable to search the cabins during the night Until carly this morning there were many inquiries at the Old Slip police station and the station of the harhor police for rela- tives and friends who are supposed to have gone on the Northfield and who had not | returned to their homes at a late hour at night, Captain Johnson of the Northfield was ar- rested a fow hours after the collision, but e refused to make any statement about the colllsion. He was locked up on a charge of criminal negligence and held | without bail. He will be arraigned in po- lice court today. Captain Frank Grifin of the Mauch Chunk | went to his home in Jersey City last night. No effort was made to arrest him, as offi- clals of the Jersey Central railroad prom- ised that Captain Grifin would be produced | In court today. Storles Are Conflicting. The majority of the passengers who were | | rescued were more or less hysterical and | the stories as to the loss of life wer flicting to a great extent. Many w the opinfon that Hundreds of lives were | lost, while others thought that but a few were drowned. As this dispatch fs belng | sent the divers are searching all the cabins, the engine and fire rooms and other com- partments of the ferryboat for bodies. It is known that all of the crew got ashore in | safety. | The body of a boy about 10 years old was found floating in the river. The body had | been in the water but a short time. The | coroner's office attributed the death to the | | Northfield collision and the pelice recorded | |1t as the first known death. | Captain Daniel Guilly of the tugboat | Mutual sald today that many persons must | have been drowned. “I saw the two boats | | when they crashed,” he said, “and I am pos- itive that 200 perscas were drowned.” “I saw more taan thirty jump overboard | as the Northfield was drifting from the bat- tery to pler 10-~that was on the aurbu‘rd‘ side and I cannot tell how many went over | from the port side. I saw more than fit- teen in the water when I ran up to the Northfield and many of them went down. It, as the ferry officials say, there were be tween 800 and 1.000 passengers on that ferryboat, not more than w0 to 800 got | ashore in safety General Charles G. Bartlett, 65 years of age, of Hart Park, Livingstone, Staten | 1sland, is reported missing. General Bart- | lett was librarian of the criminal court | | building and was in infirm health. He | usually crossed from Manhattan to Staten Island by the 6 o'clock boat Genernt art t Misning. A report from George says that all of the residents of Staten Island known to have been on the Northfield have been ac- counted for except General Bartlett and J V. Wright of Tompkinsville. Mr. Wright | was engaged in business in New York and | it was his custom to return home every | | evening on the & o'clock boat. Repeated | inquiries were made by members of ing the night and early today, but no news of him could be obtained, Police Inspector Thompsca sald many In- jured persons had been rushed to the hos- terryboat that the police did not have chance to make any systematic list of them, A census of all patients In hospitals re- cely last night will be taken and the in- spector sald he expected to find some of | the missing In the hospitals. The tuspector | A4 not think many were dead, but he said it was possible that some bodles would be found among the wagons and horses on the | main deck of the ferryboat The district attorney bas assigned an as- sistant to take charge of the cases against the captains of the Northfield and Mach | Chunk. Captain Grifin of tne latter boat | gave himself up early today | bouqu Revult of Rearch fyr Viotims at the Ferry- | car and then went . but did not get | Friends are positive he was on the At 9 o'clock they went back | | Wright's family at police headquarters dur- | pitals 5o quickly after the stranding of the | a | poss: | UNION PACIFIC | 1 Greater ‘ Union ablin | Do not make a mistake, Ntate Reached via the Uiion I% ‘ Pacific ilroad AP OF UMION PACIIC RAILAOAD ne connucrions Abrahamson of the Northfield was ar raigned, ordered a policeman to make an aMdavit charging Abrahamson with crimi- nal negligence. During the forencon Captain Griffin of the Mauch Chunk, came over from his home in Jersey City and gave himself up to the police The body of a man about 50 years old wase taken from the wreck of the North- fleld shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. It was thought to be that of J. V. Wright, teller of the Oriental bank of this city, who was among the missing Hix Party SHREVEPORT, La., June 1i.—Nothing new has transpired at Benton, La., where “Prophet” Smith and his party are in jail A strong guard s maintained around the Jail. Early today a telegram was received from Greenwood, fourteen miles distant, thut a negro belleved to be Edwards, who killed Foster, has been located in a thicket there. Heavily armed posses from Shreveport are now scattered in the woods between Greenwood, La., and Laskum, Tex., search- ing for this man. A telegram has been re- ceived from Waskum asking for dogs and saying that it Is sald Edwards spent the night near Waskum In the woods. IRUN COMPANIES MAY BE SOLD Specinl Meeting of Stockholders of Bethlehem Concern Called to Corasider Ofer, PHILADELPHIA, June 1 At special meetings today of the boards of directars of the Belhlehem Steel company and the Bethlehem Iron company a call was Issued for gpecial meatings of the stockholders of both companies to consider the sale of these companies. The meeting of the Bethlehem hem Avgust 15, and the meeting of the Bethlohem Steel company will be held in this city August 16. The plan of the pro- posed sale of the companics to Interests represented by Charles M. Schweb will be submitted to the stockholdere at these meetings. County Teachers' Examina .. Examinations for Douglas county teach- in room 37 at the High I building Friday and ‘Satur program for Thursday Composition, 9 a. m.; ntal arithmetic, 9:45 a. m.; orthography, m.; penmanship, 11 a. m.; reading, m.i grammar, 2:45 p. m. Following the program for Friday: Arithmetic, ¥ m.; geography, 10:45 n. m.; physlology m.; history, 2:45 p. m. The sub- for ‘Saturday’ will be as follows: Theory and art and algebra 3ot government and botany, ; book- keeping and geometry, drawing and philosoph; « Ben, Goyernor Savage and staff. accompanied 175 business men, are coming from Lin- on n speclal train Monday evening will arrive fn Omaha at 6:30 o'clock They will be the guests of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Hen. The governor and staff will' dine at the Omaha club Immediately after arrival. The entire party will attend the Relletedt concert. which” Is to com mence at 7:30 instead of the usual time At 9 o'clock the famous trip to the far north will 'be made at the den of Ak-Sur- Ben. Al Omaha Knights are requested o be present to assist in giving the visit- ors from the capital city a royal reception. coln and rnament. The se open champlor Myopla Hunt v, n cold HAY and last day tournament of opened with un o west wind. The shortly after 9:3 the last pair ha Mass., nd of the n started 11 o'clock OR BRIDES. ing Castoms Given Jolt One of last week's brides caused ssme- thing of a sensation, re New York Sun, by draping her veil In Eliz style and wearing clusters of flowers behind cach ear atter the fashion of the Japaues She also carried a big feather fan inst of the usual bouquet. This is an innovation | that might well be followed by brides of the season. It has often been remarked that a girl | never looks worse than on her wedding day and one reason for this is that in varlably she is robed exactly very other bride without any regard for own personal pecullarities of face and figure Custom has dacreed the same ubsequent most draping for the vell, the same arrangement | blossoms, the long sleeve and high neck for every young woman who goes to the altar irrespective of whether she s tall | thin or inclined to 15 & very trylug color and few bride | daring enough to rt from the white which Is the most severe of ull Modistes study the type of thelr | mers when they make their house walking gowns and ball tollettes, but whe it comes to a wedding dress there are cer- tain rules that seem to he unalterable, { The bride who dared to depart from the conventional fastening of her veil and the which vays such an awkward fon duriug the ceremony Is he congratulated for setting & fashion which may inspire others to do the same thing in copying the fushion which was so toutness are dey ivory custo- frg out what particular little individuality they can give to the most Lwportant gown Magistrate Crane, before whom Captain of thelr lives. NEGROES ARE STILL GUARDED | Iron company will be held in South Bethle- | Reached Rout™ | made for many years are now put in effect by the Union Pacific, en- | ne 1 | bethian | | phasized the right | cessity COLORADO, One of the most charming States in the Union for Health and Pleasure. “The Overland excursion best by Lowest rates tourists to reach the Rocky Mountain regions without unneces- sary expenditure of time or money. All West- Points of Interest le Inconvenienc cifie, and with st New City Ticket Office,1324 Faraam. Tel. 3I6 Union Station 10th and Marcy, Tel. 629. Nebraska Towns. O'Hanlon, general organizer of the American Humane assoclation, left Omaha today after having epent several weeks in addressing the children of (he higher grades in the city schools. While here he ad- dressed more than 14,000 children. He em- of all living creatures, whether human or of the lower creation, to enjoy mercy and justice In speaking to the O'Hanlon lald particular stross upon the ne- of harmony between men of all classes and urged that there be more kind- R J school children Mr. | ness and gentleness in the troatment which | the members of the human family accord each other. He urged that strong men be- come the protectors of the weak and pro- vide for them the means of enjoying the beatties of nature From Omaha Mr. O'Hanlon went to Lin- coln. He will also address the school chil- dren of Plattsmouth and Nebraska City be- fore returning to his home in Milwaukee. PICNIC FOR JOB PRINTERS Snturdny Afternoon Outing dulged at Krog Park. Plenss in The employes of the job printing houses of Omaha enjoyed a plenic Saturday after- noon at Krug's park and scemed to be making a good time of it in spite of the showers that drove them indoors every now and then. There were about 250 adults, who were permitted to devote themselves to the bowling alley and kindred recreations while Manager Cole constituted himself the chaperond of the 150 children in the party, showing them the pleasures of the pony and dog show, the merry-go-round and other attractions so much relished by children. Those who participated in the plenic de- clared their intention of enjoying another outing of the same variety another day when the weather is more propitious. BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING Melnt, Re a Paper and Mr. Heller Gives Select Read- ingw. Mr. The regular meeting of the Omaha Bar assoclation at the Commercial club rooms last night was well attended. Mr. Mcln- tosh read an Interesting paper on a legal topic and Willlam 8. Heller gave several readings. William A. Dillworth and H. A. Frank were elected to membership. After the business session 1ight refreshments were served. Eulogles were pronounced upon Winfleld Scott Strawn and Daniel D. Gregory. R olutions extrolling their virtues were adopted and an address was delivered by J. H. McIntosh. reet Caunes Scalp Wound. irth Sxteenth street pavement got in some’ work last evening and lald the basls for a damage sult against the elty. James Pasmore, u carpenter 1ving at bl North Twenty-seventh street, waw driving spring wagon and when i’ front of No. the wheels dropped into one of the or which the street s noted, throw: e over the dashboard. 'He sui seall nd and was re- od o the poli where Dr. F.) glun attended b more was taken tractor Knowles, The » 514 holes I wiag Stanley n Frane he will by December 18 r He is a month ahead of schedule —_— FOOD FOR MEMORY. ! 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