Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1902, Page 1

OMAHA, MONDAY MORN BODY BLOW TO RAILROADS Deoision of Bupreme Court @ives @rand Juries Uentrel. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, INGLE COrYy CAN COUNTY COLLECT anks Whieh Mo'd Publio Monay Liable fer Tuterest Thereen. CONTRACT IMPLIZD IN ACCEPTING DEPOSIT NG, JANUARY 20, 1902, READY FOR THE INQUISITION INCE HENRY LIKES HIS HOST Robley MAKE RICH HAUL ON DIAMONDS BUILDINGS IN RUINS|™ russian and Rear Admiral D. Evans Are Ol Satlor Friends. [CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Robhe sh Bold Deed and for Ape with Thelr Valuable Booty. Forecast Nebraska: Snow Mopday e Colder In West Portion; Colder at Night in East tlon; sday Fair; Winds Becoming Northwesterly Omahn Yesterday: Oitizens Oalled te Make Showing on Assens- monts Are Propar HAVE RECEIVED NO OFFICIAL NOTICE Four Large Struotures Are Reduoed te Orambling Mass, ST. PAUL, Minn, Jan. 15.—A Ploneer Press special from Glendive, Mont., says NEW SAFEGUARD OF PUBLIC RIGHTS | ) 0 o ocured between $10,000 and $20, i — 000 worth of unset and set diamonds today fals for Extortion May ¥ | by stealing two trunks from the baggage Tube Charges— | 700m Of the Northern Pacific station and breaking them open. Most Important Ruling in Years, Nothing s missing from the trunks ex- Says Genernl Manderson, cept a bag of unset dlamonds and 300 or 400 rings mounted in gold settings. A {tray containing twenty-four set diamonds (From a Staff Cor tent.) | was overlooked by the robb LINGTON, Jun. 10.-(Special)—Not | The trunks were the property of C. B in years has the supreme court handed down | Clausen, traveling representative of 8. H. a more important opinion, especially one | Clausen & Co., wholesale manufacturing | that &0 completely safeguards the rights of [ Jewelers of Minneapolis. the citizens, as in the so-called Loulsville [ Mr. Clausen arrived from the east last & Nashville cases, rendered early in Jan- | night and left his trunks in charge of the | uary, wherein the court, by an opinion of | baggage agent. | Chief Justice Fuller, upholds the constitu- | The robbery was an unusually bold one, tionality of a recent act passed by the gen- | as four men were in the upper story of eral assembly of the commonwealth of Ken- | the station aeleep and the express agent tucky outlining the powers and duties of [slept in a room adjotaing the bagrage the rallroad commission of the state. This [ room. None of them heard the robbers at which was designed to prevent railroad | work. The windows of the baggage room | companies and corporations owning and op- | were forced open and through it the two erating a hine or lines of raliroads, and its | trunks, which weighed about 250 pounds officers, agents or employes, from charging, | each, were hoisted out. They were taken collecting or recelving extortionate frelght | only a few feet from the station, where | or passenger rates in Kentucky; provides | they were broken open and the diamonds also for the manner in which rallroad com- | takon. They were found early this morn- panies operating in the state should be |ing. Local officers have made one arrest brought to an account by the railroad com- | upon suspicion. misslon, The robbery undoubtedly was committed While these provisions do not differ ma- | ag tho westbound train was at the depot at terlally from maximum rate laws as adopted | 4 o'clock, as at that hour the express by other states, notably Nebraska and Min- | agent Is busy attending the train and is nesota, the act, whese constitutionality is | absent from his office for at least twenty now upheld by the highest tribunal of the | minutes. lund, contains one etriking clause which | That the robbery was committed by pro- may be engrafted upon the statute books | fegslonals is evident from the fact that of other states. This clause s as follows: | they knew which trunk contained the jew- The circuit court of any county into of [ elry, and it is also evident that more than through which the line or lines of road car- | one man was concerned in the crime rying such passenger or freight, owned or | The authoritics have arrested Jimmy Mc- lempernt BERLIN, Jan. 19.—Prince Henry of Prus- #la, in talking over his plans of travel with United States Ambassador White at the dinner given last night by Baron Richtofen the German minister of foreign aftairs, to Prince and Princess Henry, the American ambassador and Mrs. White, John B. Jack- i on, secretary of the embassy, and a num- i of other distinguished persons, sald he €8 ally pleased with Presideot svelt's selection of Rear Admiral Rob- . D. Evans to receive him in the United States, as there was an old sailor's friend- ship between them. English was the only language emploved at this dinner, at which, besides the guests already mentioned, all the principal per- sonages who will accompany Prince Henry 1o the United States were present Prince Henry, who is considerably taller than Emperor Willlam, will be surrounded on his trip to the United States by very large and tall men. Adwiral von Tirpitz, the German secretary for the navy, who will accompany the prince, will give the! impression of more than six feet tall, while General von Plessen, a member of the em- is equally as Vice Admiral von Sockendorff, who will also be of the party, is six feet two Inches tall and very large of trame. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—A meeting of rop- esentatives of various German socletics of New York and vicinity was held here tcday to take action concerning the coming to this country of Prince Henry of Prussia An executive committee of twenty-five was appointed, but it was deeided that it was too early to consider plans. Another meet- ing will be held next Sunday. ST. PAUL, Jan. 19.—The Minnesota Cen- tral bund, a state organization of German societies, has adopted a resolution request- ing the mayor and city council to extend an invitation to Prince Henry to visit St COLLAPSE WITHOUT Ar«, 'T CAUSE 4, s Debris Ontches Fire and is Loft l.:ll, ing Embers. RTUNATELY THERE ARE NO LIVES LOS, Disaster Oconrs When All Work Bojoying kabbath's Rest. EVIDENCES OF POSSIBLE GAS EXPLOSION low Un- Sev Axt al Express Hope that Present tion Will Equalizse Burdens Between Own Property and Realty, and Extortionate of Law Cannot Ignered by 2 Treasurer and Bankors. . . LOVE mahn's Face in Bolsterous Y F TITLE TO MONEY RESTS Treasnrer is Moraly Oustcd'an of Funds Entrusted to Kim, OPINION ON TWO POINTS JANUARY'S FIRST WHITE G IN PEOPLE Some of the citizens who expect t0 DO | (e yuge e S summoned to appear before the City Board of Equalization to show cause why their per- soual assessments should not be raised | have a desire to escape the nquisition pre- | 3 pared for them. A large number of the! Snow that was predicted for Sunday by people would not talk, preferring to make | the government weather bureau was de- their statements directly to the Board of | jayed a little, but arrived in Omaha about Equalization. Many refused to discuss the midnight. It was a soft, wet, clinging matter at all, and one or two took it a8 & | gnow, such as the farmer loves, and it personal affront clung wherever it struck. The alr was On the whole, however. those full of the cold down through the night, interviewed admit that there is | and a bolsterous wind drove the fat flakes discrimination in favor of the owner of | with force into people’s faces, but no one personal property as compared with the |resented the storm, as all realized it treatment accorded holders of real estate, meant protection to the wheatfields and and more than one defended his present | additional storage of molsture for spring- assessment on the grounds that he was|time. The snow was still coming down at “paying as much as the other fellow on |3 o'clock this morning and there was no the same class of property.” | prospect of an immediate break. Those who would talk on the subject ex- —_—— pressed themselves as follows: NURSE GIRL KILLS Dom TREY &po . WA 2 Are Fas er Three Ralmy Werks. IMPORTANT One Hundred and Fifty Th Dollars Damage is Estimated Wholesale District Property Owners Affected. il County Attorney Welsh Tells Commin- . sloners of Wayne County They Cav Recove to | who were W Banks Using a marked Public Moneyx. WAYNE, Neb, Jan. 19.—(Special )= Wayne county Is just now having a little experienco in the handling of county funds which will be interceting to several other counties eimilarly situated. During the last two years the banks have refused to pay the rate of interest on county funds prescribed by the depository law (3 per cent) and as a result vo contract was made and the banks furnished no bonds to secure the deposit The treasurer deposited the money in the banks, however, and the banks have had the use of it. Both the bankers and the trensurer deny that any interest has been ald on this money, (he treasurer asserting that jt was deposited In the banks because he had no safe place In which to keep it. Little was sald about the matter, how- DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 18.—Four build- ings, each four stories high, located in the Reart of the wholesale district of this city collapsed at 8:30 o'clock without any ap- parent cause and all that now remains is & smouldering heap of rulns. The bulldings a part of the block bounded by Jefferson avenue and Shelby and Griswold streets and were occupled by five concerns, and their stocks are a total loss, which is estimated at $152,000, ex- clusive of the loss on the bulldings, which amounts to 00. The bulldings joined each other at the corner of Jefferson av- enue and Shelby street. The firat and sec- ond floors of the bullding on the corner were occupled by the Maddacks Glove com- BABY Doesn't Like Child's So Hangs It and Takes Gas. G. W. Wattles—I will go if I get notice. | It looks to me like a fight of the Kilkenny cats. As far as | am personally concerned | y money Is principally invested In enter- prises where it is already assessed and in real estate. J. C. Cowin—It looks to me like this ef- fort on the part of the council is taken to divert the attention of the people from the real issues which are before the coun cil. As to my personal course, 1 cannot say, but I am no tax shirker. There are no were o He- havior, CINCINNATI, Jan. 10.—While Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Whittaker were out calling this | evening their babe was left with Annie Loge, a domestic. When they returned | Miss Loge was found upstairs fn an un- consclous condition from asphyxiation. She pany, manufacturers of gloves and mittens, and the two upper floors were used by the Tmperial Cap company, manufacturers of hats and caps. The loss on the stock of the glove company was estimated by Mr. Norman Maddocks at $25,000, and he stated that he believed the loss to the Imperial Cap company to be $16,000, This latter figure could not be verified Paul on his forthcoming visit to the United States. PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 18.—Representa- tives of 3,000 veterans of the Franco-Ger- man war met today and appointed a com- mittee to prepare an address to be pre- sented to Prince Henry on his arrival in | shall have jurisdiction in all prosecutio New York. This committee will remain in New York and take part in the ceremonies oporated by sa.d road, and the Fraukl circult court, sball have jurisdiction of t offense against the rallroad company in he or corporation offending, and the circuit court of the county where such offense may be committed by sald officer, agent or employe, against euid officer, agent or employe.” Carty, an ex-prize fighter, on suspicion. WOMAN KILLS TWO MUSICIANS Colored Inebriate Shoots Becaune She Was Anxlo Ragtime, for Her delinquent taxes charged against me and 1 believe that I am paylng as much taxes us anyone else on the amount of property 1 own. w Charles Metz—I am willing to have my personal assessment doubled if the assess- ing to Stand Raise, | had turned on the gas and inhaled it from the Jet Later Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker found their dead babe hanging to a gaspipe in the cellar. The physiclans say the woman cannot survive the night. As she is not expected to recover consclousness, the story of the double tragedy may never be | known. | ever, until the campaign last fall, when W, M. Gue, the republican candidate for treas- urer, made the charge that hle opponent, who was then treasurer, had given a guar- antee bond to the county for which the bankers paid. The old treasurer was re- elected, but when the county board met in December it decided to take a hand and see ments of the corporations are doubled. My personal assessment is $450. I belleve this to be a falr assessment on my personal property as assessments on personal prop- erty in Omaha go. If al other personal assessments are raised, I am perfectly | willing to have mine raised, but T will re- | sent any increase it other assessments are not pushed up too. J. H. Evane—I have recelved no notice to appear before the Board of Equalization to defend my personal assessment. In fact, 1 do not know the exact amount of my as- sessment. 1 made no return, but told the assessor to fix the sum at the same amount 1 paid taxes on last year. This sum I be- lleved to be a fair assessment. 1 have al- ways believed that the franchised corpora- tions were not paying their share of per- sonal taxes and hope the Board of Equall- zation will make an increase in the as- seasments of the five corporations W. A. Paxton—Probably one in my posi- tion 14 not say ‘much on the subject. T’ will appear if I am summoned, but no serv- ice hae yet been made on me. It looks to me like thic business has been inspired by the water company, which is monthly tak- ing a fortunc out of Omaha and is not dis- posed to pay its just proportion of the ex- penses of the city government. The peo- ple generally are taxed enough. These re- ports which are circulated are doing much to injure the city and while they cannot be suppressed they should be given as little prominence as possible. Agitation a Good Thing. V. B. Caldwell—I do not care to talk upon the subject particularly, but this agitation may be a good thing in that it will result in getting on the tax rolls much property which now escapes taxation, James Creighton—To my mind the state- ment of the Real Estate exchange Is very nearly corect. Real estate is assessed 40 per cent of Its value, while franchises are as sed only from 5 to 19 per cent of ac- tual value—at least, 50 I am given to under- stand—and as long as this condition exists we will continue to have just such trouble a6 we are having. The two kinds of prop- erty should be assessed equally. There should be ro partiality shown between them and it should be the duty of the Board of Hqualization not to take sides as some of the members have done and are doing, but to see that each class bears its just propor- tion of the burden. Thomas Swift—The owners of franchises Duties of Rallroad Co Firther on the act defines the powers and duties of the railroad commission and provides that If after careful investigation “the commission falls to exonerate the rali- road or carrler from the provisions of the long and short haul sections, an order in writing to that effect shall be made by the commission and a copy thereof delivered to | the complainant, and the railroad or com- mon carrier, and the same shall be pub- HNshed @ part of the report of the com mission; and after such order, it shall be the duty of the commission to furnish a statement of the facts, together with a copy | of its order. to the grand jury of any county, the circult court of which has juris- diction, in order that the railroad company or carrier may be indicted for the offense, and the commission shall use proper efforts | to see that such company or carrier is in- | dlcted and prosecuted. Herein is the body blow e the vail-| roads and the protection to the publie, for if the railroads can be presecuted before the grand jury of any county, as the eupreme court has decided they may be, there seems to be redress in sight for some communi- tles that has suffered for years at the hands of the railroads by reason of unjust | discrimination. Mr. Whittaker is a prominent | of the Cincinnati bar. Mr. aud Mrs. Whittaker left for Cam- den, O, forty miles from this city, this | morning, to spend the day with the parents of Mrs. Whittaker and left their 5-year- old gon, their only child, with Annie Loge. who had been with the family only a short time. The indications are that the woman had trouble with the little boy and hanged him early in the day and that she inhaled gas just previous to the return of Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker tonight. She was dying at midnight. DRISCOLL KNOWS HIS MAN Llent! ot Poolroom Raiders. member | If there was uot some way in which the | banks could be compelled to pay the county interest on the deposits and also to colleet from the treasurer the amount of the guar- antee bond premium which it is alleged the bankers who had the county deposits paitd for. The counts aftorney was called upon for an opinion on both of these points. ds the Banks Liable, 1! N tonight. b MONTGOMERY, W. Va., Jan. 19.=Wil- llam Slaughter and Willlam Johnson, col- | ored musicians, were shot and instantly | killed, and Powell Calloway, white, mor- tally wounded at Morris Creek, this county, last midnight. Lilllan Willlams it was who used the revolver with such deadly results, each of the four bullets she fired taking effect, save one. The scene of the tragedy was at a dance six miles south of here in the heart of the mining regions. Yesterday was payday at the mine as usual the monthly dance was colored people coming for miles around and even many whites dropping in to wit- ness the festivities, About midnight the Willlams woman en- tered the house, evidently under the influ- ence of liquor. Proceeding to the center of the room, she musicians to play some ragtime - musy. wnd play it quick. When her demand’ was not com- plied with she whipped out @ revolver and began firing at the orchestra. Slaughter | and Johnson were almost instantly killed, he former getting a bullet in the mouth and the latter one In the left breast. Calloway was an onlooker at the dance { and one of the bullets intended for a mu- sician penetrated his back. Physiclans pro- nounce his wound fatal. The murderess escaped lynching only by the timely arrival of officers, who suc- ceeded in getting her away and lodging her in jail at this place. HAVE RIGHT MAN IN PRISON Officers Satisfied that Gretna Ma Kern, the Jewelry Thief. incident to the occasion. Another com- mittee was appointed to urge upon Pitts- burg councls to make un effort to have Prince Henry visit this city during his #tay in this country, Lows is Total. Adjolining the Maddocks Glove company’s building was the brokerage firm of F. B Nuhoff & Co., who carry a large stock of commission goods. Mr. Nuhoff said his loss, Ilke the others, was total and amounted to $8,000, with about $7,000 insurance. In the samo bullding with this firm was located a stock of commission goods which he carrled for Hills Bros. of New York and which Mr. Nuhoff sald was valued at $7,000. The Michigan Produce company also oc- cupied a part of this building and its loss was estimated by Mr. Nuhoff at about $7,600. The third and fourth buildings were occu- pied by Crusoe Bros. (limited), wholesale grocers. L. F. Crusoe, president of the company, sald he was unable to give exact figures, but stated that they carrled about $9,000 worth of stock, which was fully in- aured, No one seoms to Know what caused the collapse of the bulldings. On Sunday night that district {s practically deserted and the few who were in the vicinity say that the bulldings seemed to fell into a heap without apparent cause, making a noise ke the rumbling of distant thuuder. Evidences of Explosion. HALF OF THE TOWN WIPED OUT Losas of Life and Property Is Cansed by Holler Ex- plosion, When the board met again fn January the county attorney sent in a written opin- fon on both questions. He held that the failure of the banks to give a depository bond would not estop the county from re- covering interest, provided a contract to pay Interest could be cstablished. In the matter of recovering from the county try urer the wmount of the guarantee bend, the attorney held that if it could be shown that 1t was pald for by the banks with the un- derstanding they were to huve the county monoy on deposit, that the county could re- caver, uf It wes in that case (n the smng category as recefVIfg inlerest on cou:ty money. Following Is the text of both ¢pinfons WAYNB, Neb., Jan. 6, 1% Board ot County Commisioners of W County, Nebrask: entlemen: In com- phiance with your request for an opinioa as to the liability of banks to pay In terest on county’ money deposited witly them by the county treasurer, whers the bank has glven no bond as provided by law, I will say that the determinuation of the ' question’ depends First—In whom was the legal the money and fund so deposited county treasurer? Second—If any title was In the are the banks liable for interest where fall to glve a bond or muke an express contract to pay thereon BARCELONA, Jan. 19.—The explosion of a boller of a spinning mill near Manresa Saturday destroyed half the village of Ponte de Villarum. The hospital Is filled with the injured. Sixteen mutilated bodies of working people | burled In the debris have heen recovered. These include the manager of the spinning mill and his two sisters. Of the persons injured (hirty are not ~expectod to- re- cover. The dead included many children. The queen regent has wired her con- dolences. | The boiler exploded In the evening when | the mill hands, many of whom were ac- companfed by thelr wives and children, | were eating supper before commencing their night's work. The bulldings of the mill | collapsed entirely and the dobris was hurled in all directions, destroying other | bulldings and killing and fnjuring the peo- | HOL 10 YEAS has 4 ple in the vicinity. Owing to the darkness | FOTtant rullng,” said ex-Senator Mander- son, now general solicitor of the Burlington the work of extricating the victims pro- | s ’ ceeded with great diculty. During the | & Missourl River Railroad in Nebraska, Norl of reacus (here were heard the gronns | 210, Bas been in Washlog(on for-the las of the victims, whose mutilated limbs were | MeOK: oY Wave the l“‘:;'l’":; vecelved pinned down by the ruins. A long line of | UF 8 JCCORE 8 K ;A:'lnlhnl“lh;rrl:ll‘l,:ln.nds carts and carriages was engaged 0D ‘Wy'“ . “"“ur:’""‘” i ;{"'.':‘rf:n’ n’:m'l:‘; |in many states have dominated legislation ; | looking to their control, particularly fn the five miles distant. This morning the in- habitants went among the ruins, sceking matter of maximum rates, but the supreme the remains of friends and relatives, while | COUrt hae by its opinion given a new and the pricsts in he open alr administereq | UCh more simple method of redress than the Tast rites of the church to the dying, - | Bas heretofore been devised, at the same Tt 18 now estimated that sixty. porsons | e 1a¥ing down the rule that a ratirond i i, company may be tried before a local grand jury for extortion, should the laws of the state 8o direct. This decision, coming at the time it aid, wae emphazised in w most unexpected man- ner by the court permitting the attorney general of Minnesota, opposed to the mer- ®or of a number of rallroads of the north- west Into a company to be known as the Northern Securities company, to file briets that sald merger was in restraint of trade, | From these rullngs It appears that the most eminent bench in the world is stand- ing once more for the masses as against the corporations. Seusationul Phil The scnate committee on fnvalid pen- slons, of which Mr. Gallinger of New Hampshire i1s chairman, has begun an in- vestigation which may bring out a sensa- tional incident of the Philippine campaign. This Investigation grows out of the ap- pointment by the president of M. §. Met- calf of Kansis to be pension agent at To- peka. The selection of Metcalt was in | the nature of a compromise and ended a contest full of bitterncss and acrimony. A few months after Mr. McKinley be- | cam wsides 9 ;,..,,:;,,,"'r:R:,',:'"c;:,,,,” ,Z;,:,fd "‘l'::f"",'(':m:: | Jast night and robbed of a money belt con- member of the republican national com- | tMPINE $8.500. Solomon hdd wold out his mittee.. Leland made a good official and | :’“”i‘f": l""‘r:("""“k and was looking for a [ as he was popular with the old soldiers of | 1002t/08 e - o D e the old soldiers of | Bo (" allow-countrymen have been ar- j | Kansas, Mr. McKinley last spring decided MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19.—A telegram to | 0" T ACTHRIEY (st wpring 4| Lested, charged with the Tobbery. Solo- the government observatory announces that | o FUPREINL R B8 TRCRe Wi Nl"" "¢ | ion says one of them him while the the Voleano of Coltma s again active aud | o mon ) %o i e toray | Other cut the belt from his walst. The sclentific men connect thix fact with tho | i MRS UL L0 60 OF AR t8r | gy oney way not recovered prevalence of seismic phenomen SIOAE Anl} thaieaak Deflis’ tha — et a for Buffalo, e Mok | CAPTIVES IN GOOD Balltosser One es Suspect as KANSAS OITY, Jaw: 10.~-Whliam Rambo, a saloon man arrested at Kansas City, Kan., today, is being held on suspiclon of being one of the two men who last Mon- day evening held up five men in a race- horse pool room in Delaware street and got away with $1,500. Jimmie Driscoll, the base ball player, a clerk in the poolroom, who was struck over the head with a revolver by one ot the robbers, identified Rambo today as one of the two men. The police say they | have other evidence that tends to prove Rambo's connection with the affair, A detective left tonight for Denver to bring back Al Green, under arrest in that city, suspected of being one of the rob- Green and Ramho are known to have been friends in this city. REPELS LOVER WITH A GUN Trate Father Kills There are evidentes of an explosion. The wails of the rear part of the Maddocks Glove company's-building are still standing to the height of two stories, but the roof of this part of the bullding lles turned bottomside upward in the middle of Shelby street and a large iron smokestack les on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the etreet as If driven by force. Experts from the Detroit Gas company's office made an examination of the ruins, but sald they were unable to find evidence of a gas ex- plosion. It was fortunate that the wreck occurred on Sunday night. Had it happened during business hours the loas of life would have beon appalling as there were approximately 200 persons employed by the various firms. ‘They would have been caught in a veritable death-trap and erushed and burned before they could have been rescued. The bulldings collapsed into a heap and in a short space of time the inflammable material caught fire from the furnaces used for heating the bulldings. There were no watchmen about the prem- laes and there will be no loss of life. No one was {njure ENGINEER SLEEPS AT POST Falls to Awake in Time to Prevent the Collision of Two Tratns, “Not in years has there been such an m- title by to the county, therean fafl to Interest Title to the Mo ourt (11 In Our supreme ank against Gandy unty against Hre cases has held that t e public money which ¢ 18 In the trustee of roof th the funds pald fsions ar in First Neb. slor, and Natlonal 431, Wayne + nimber of legal titls b et Hin NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19.—The man un- der arrest at Gretna was not identified today as Kern, the alleged fugitive New York jewelry thief. Mr. Theabaud and Detective Kelly are satisfied the right man 1s in jall, but were confronted by a squabble over the reward and decided not to go over to the prison across the river until the matter is settled. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Captain Titus to- night rccelved the following telegram from Detective Kelly, who went to New Orleans, accompanied by Paul G, Theabaud, to as- certain it the robber held by the New Or- | ghould be required to pay in proportion to leans police is Edward Kerns, who robbed ' what their property Is worth—that's what Mr. Theabaud’s house of jewels valued at|I have to do. It Is unjust to saddle all 50,000 the tax upon real estate. The real estate “Sheriff wants reward; won't show man. | interests are bringing people here, and the Have Governor Odell wire governor of | owners of franchises are profiting by ft. Loulsiana to advise Sheriff Marrero s | They should be made to pay for the privi- to his duties. Man under arrest is Kern." | leges they enjoy. 8. E. Schweitzer—They should all pay LOSES VALUABLE MONEY BELT thelr just proportion of taxes, and the only question is, how to get at the values of tha Syrian ix Robhed of Elght Thousand Dollars and Fellow Country- various kinds of property. This {s a knotty men Are Arrested. Surrenders. tnto hus based upon the fm (8 Neb. ), as follows: una or unratified loan or deposit_of public money constitutes no cause of action In the name of the state.” In this case the state brought sult agalnst some bankers to recover mone deposited by state treasurer with o the above cases were decided our supreme court, as well as the court of other states, ho o severely critiefsed the case of Stat nst Kelm, Some of our supres > Ve In writing thetr opin- fon it should be overruled, Our law for the dopositing of ccunty money In banks has been passcd since the decision of the above mentioned cases. n view of later decislons of our supreme court and our present depository ‘law, | am of the opinion that our court would now overrule State against Keim and hold that the treasurer wis not & mere debtor of the county, but that he was a trustes of the funds In his hands ag treasurer and that the same could be followed and re- covered by the county from anyone who had recelved the same knowing them to be county funds. Conditioned on a Contract. I do mot think the faflure to give a de- | pository bond would in itself prevent the Tecavery of interest on county money de- posited in a bank, provided a contract to pay interest could be established. The hond by virtue of our statute is glven to secure the money deposited and nterost In order to constitute a contract it |s not necessary that the terms thereof or the assent of the parties be expressad. The contract may be implied 1n law, even though one of the partles does not assent thereto, and expressly % he does not assent; sach contracts are founded upon 4 statutery or officlal duty has not been settl ris bearing dir VAN WERT, 0., Jan. 19.—John Garwood | was shot and killed early today by John Bauman, a neighboring farmer. Bauman has a daughter about 16 years of age to whom Garwood has been paying attention. Garwood came in a buggy, accompanied by | another man, and knocking repeatedly on the door, demanded admittance. Bauman says after he had repeatedly re- quested Garwood to leave, he opened the door with his shotgun in his hand and de- manded that Garwood leave the premises, which he refused to do. Bauman says he then saw Garwood draw a revolver. Bau- man raised his shotgun and fired Into Gar- wood's left breast, causing instant death Bauman gave himself up. ELEVEN PRISONERS ESCAPE Hended by Notorious Connterfeiter, They Brenk Federal Barriers, Innurgents and Government Troops of Venezuela Fight Stubbornly—Reb- Victorious in Battle of Lara, WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curaco, Jan. 19.—(Via Haytien Cable.)—The Venezuelan insurgents who have concentrated on tho peninsula of Paraguana (on the east side of the Gulf of Maracaibo) yesterday In- | augurated a movement against the govern- | ment. The insurgents in the vicinity of | Uehiro have also beguu operations against President Castro. It Is reported here that serlous engage- ments between the insurgents and the gov- | ernment forces has taken place not far from Barquisimoto, in the state of Lara, in which the insurgents were victorious, and that there has been fighting between the insurgents and the soldiers of the gov- ernment in the streets of Maracaibo. ine Incident, KANBAS CITY, Jan. 19.—Westbound Missourl Pacific passenger train No. 3 that left St. Louis at 7 o'clock last even- ing ocollided headon with an eastbound trolght train one mile east of Etlah, Mo, at 12:16 this morning. The wreck proved a costly one for the road. Engineer Willlam Maseo of the freight train had fallen asleep in his cab and ran past Etlah, where ho had been ordered to moet the passenger. Tho pas- wonger train reached Kansas City late this aftarnoon. Only ome person was Injured, Judg Elljah Robinson of Kansas City, who es- | caped with severe brulses. He continued | to Kansas City and was able to go to his home unassisted. Half a dozen other pas- sengers were shaken up. Englneer Mas when he awoke and realized that he ha passed Etlah and that it was too late to pull back, stopped his train and, running ahead, endeavored to flag the passenger train. The passenger train was upon him, however, before he succeeded ENGINEER VIOLATES ORDER While Relleving Exhausted Fireman Train 1s Wrecked and Two Are Killed, problem, and 1 baven't studied the tax ques- tion enough to be able to suggest a remedy. Ready to Defend Himnelf. R. C. Peters—I noticed by the papers that I am to appear before the Board of Equali- zation to show why my personal assessment should not be raised. I am paying taxes on a fair valuation and can defend my as- sessment against any Increase. In fact, I think 1 am paying more personal taxoes than many people who have much more personal property than I have George E. Barker—In my opinion there 1s an unequal assessment of personal taxes among the corporate interests of the city Some of the companies are paying on a much greater percentage of their actual valuation than others. I shall appear be- fore the Board of Equalization if summoned to show why my personal assessment should not be raised. Compared with other personal assessments I think mine Is fair John 8. Knox—In my opinlon the per- sonal assessments In Omaha are not in proportion with those made on realty, and [ hope the council will see fit to make many changes. 1 have nothing to say concerning my own personal assessment at present My statement will be made before the | Board of Equalization | Let the Light Shine, | George P. Bemis—If there 1s anything FATAL END OF LOVE MATCH |the matter with my assessment let it be shown up. Let the light be thrown on all and |of us, and let the results be what they { may. This investigation is & grand good | thing and 1 am glad that it has been brought up in the way (hat it has. I don't think the taxes are equalized properly, and the heaviest of the burden weems o bo | falling on real estate. So far as corpora- | | tions are concerned, I will only say, as I|{ have long sald, that the public utilities | should be under municipal control, for that | N plan would result in the reduction of the NUMBER o?"g{p'mcnsnses Bodies Are Fo aquake, TACOMA, Wash,, Jan. 19.—Eleven pris- oners, headed by Morlarty, the counter- | teiter, escaped from the federal prison at { McNeils today by burrowing through a | cement floor into the airpipes. A large posse is now in pursuit. McNeils island Is ten miles from Tacoma {and there 18 no way of getting to it ex- | |cept by launch. United States Marshal Ide, with a large force of deputies, left | | here at 5 o'clock on receipt of bare notice of the escape, and it Is possible he may not return tonight. A Ledger reporter ac- | companied the party and will return to- | | night 1t there 1s any means of dolng so. SHOOTS DEAD THE WRONG MAN owing th e 1o Oklahoma Resident Mistnkes Party ated"a contract impl 'ho C t “thereon he Whe Calls ot His v the bunks could legally = re for Enemy, Rich deposit it ereated such contruct 10 p use of such moncy What it wos reasonubly worth. Mhere 1u & tendency of late, in the con- struetion of statutos relative to the kee ing of 4money’ In the vaults of the treas- \rer. for the courts to hold that the term Honey” ineludes cortificate of deposit or other s for money deposited in Solvent In Wisconsin thers s Ktatute b provides that the governor Bt Stated times shull see that all money figg by the books of the secretary troasurer a8 helonging . to funds 15 In the viulte of the wgainst McFetridge (4 N, W, supreme court of Wiseonsin “the treasurer I8 not required legal tender coin or currency funds in his hands in the treasury KASSVILLE, Mo, Jan. 19.—1. Solomon, a Syrlan living at Keokuk, la., was held up n Debris of BEarth- Which Repen Its Shock, stion thereon are w are required to Know hibits the m re money on deposit exc at least 4 per ce 1t I8 my opinior hold that the acc county money fi that the law pr: ving such county ment uf "HEALTH na Tullka Are from and Early Re- pected, k;l”ml""’w ;m;.-m w':: l:: is :‘(l: ,"”::: left Canton for Buffalo, when Mr. McKin- various parts of the country this aftern ley wrote the Interior department to fill | ::"““ :,““'f‘ ""'{‘l["" ‘“r ‘("":e'r""'“rf“ i f‘" out the commission and send it to Canton | S8, HAvernoe Mary B P | for his signature. This was done, but the | sonally taken charge of the rufned city of | " ' e e | Chilpancingo. The populace Is camping out | gt Ae o S0 FOT “‘"l’ SOSIR AR e day after the president v 1 guarded by troops and perfect order reigns, | 18Y 8fter the p ett for Buffalo The city will have to be thoronghly rebuilt oise More bodles continue to be found as the debris is examined by soldiers SCHLEY BOMBARDS FORESTS Aa Mine S Wenr ne Mme. he courts’ would by the banki ounty treasurer, county money, a in law to lowest that A m the TANTINOPLE, Jan. has been recelved here that Miss Ellen M. Stone, the captive missionary, Mme. Tsilka, her companion, and the lat- | ter's baby are well. Negotiations, which It | l CON 19.—Reliable by Senator Hoar. news President Roosevelt was placed in pos- | sesslon of these facts and at first an- { nounced that he would reappoint Leland, but later, upon the request of Senator Bur. | I8 expected will result In the early and ton of Kansas, who has long: been un-|safe return of the captives, are in prog- triendly to Leland, changed his mind and | r2ss. John G. A. Leisham, the new Amer- | appointed Metcalf. The latter served as| ican minister here, is now directing the ne- colonel of the Twentieth Kansas regiment | got'ations. He declines to say anything in the Philippines. When his nomination | for publication, but admits there is ground ame up in the senate for confirmation it | for the above report was eriticised sharply by Senator Hoar of | Maseachusetts, who stated that he had re- | vived aMdavits purporting that Metcalt had deliberately murdered a Filipino by shooting kim while the man was on his knees pleading for his life. Mr. l(lmrl added that If this statement was true Met- | calt was not fit for public office. This| view was taken by other senators and the nomination was sent back to the committee on pensions with & request that the| charges bo investigated. A sub-committee, consisting of Senators Scott of West Vir- ginia, Simon of Oregon and McCumber of (BOUF. The couple were engaged to be mar- ried, but the girl recently broke the en- gugement, SHAWNEE, Okla, Jan. 19.—B. B. Hunt of Huntsville, Mo, was shot and Kkilled here today by John Seville, who mistook | him for an enemy. Hunt went to Seville's | home and demanded admittance. Seville had experlenced trouble Saturday with other persons and supposing that they had | returned to open the quarrel refused to | admit Hunt and shot through the closed | the several | door. Hunt dropped dead on the steps eaauey. Rep. 1) the holds that to keep | all the public | vaults of the ral More Deer T ited Over Killlng Iring on Spanish Fleet, PARKERSBURG, W. Va. Jan. 19.—Two treight trains met in head-end collison on the Baltimore & Ohlo railroad six miles north of here today, killing the engincer and fireman of one train and injuring the brakemen on each train. Ten cars wern piled up and hoth engines were almost de molished. Dead: ENGINEER, WILLIAM §C FIREMAN, OSCAR SHA Infured: J.W. Woods, brakeman. 8. V. Shelburne, brakeman Sorrell had orders to pass at Vienna siding, but he wae relleving his fireman, who was new and exhausted and passed the siding without knowlng it N Ga.. Jan. 19.—Admiral arty returned this after- | Catherine's fslapd. The party secured a large bag of game. Ad- | miral Schley s credited with having brought down onme deer. It was his first deer and & member of the party sald the admiral was more excited when he pulled the trigger than off Santiago. The weather during the hunt was superb, Admiral and Mrs. Schley will leave this city tonight for Washington tomorjow aft- ernoon. The admiral said tonight that he had not authorized the statement sent out trom Chicago that he would discuss his case | before the Hamilton club of that clty, SAVANNAH, Schley's hunting noon from St of Relected or Shoo Girl Then Kills Himself with Poison. | Movements « ean Vesne At New York—Arrlved: Georgla Genoa and Naples: Mcwaba, fro | Rotterdam. Rotterdam and 13 At Queenstown—Salled: verpool, for New York m Boston, for Livi from ondon Mlogr from Arrived: Sax- | 0ol, and pro- [ Ivulent to Money CLEVELAND, Jan. 19.—Miss Sophine Zan- tiny was probably fatally shot on the street tonight by Aloxander Moore, her lover Moore left the girl where she fell, went to bis home, took poison and died within an rriving at this conclusion the court Liverpool Livonian Arrivy deposit or ers for money depositc abla on demand, are i of exchanke other vouch- in_solvent banks, « most convenient and are extensively | ised in ‘commercinl and financiul trans- | kations 1o represent the money thus de- posited and as equivalent thereto, Hence the same are money within the meanin of section 159, and its requirements in thal a vk from Salle 3 Tauric, ew Y m At London—Arrived bw Yo At Southampton—Salled trom Antwerp, for New York At Plymouth—-Passed: Mtnneapolls, from New York, for London, Menominte, from Kensington (Continued on Second Page.) v (Continued on Fifth Page.) ¢ 14