Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 29, 1902, Page 4

BOARD MULTIPLIES BY FOUR Increases the Assessment of Ten Corpera- tions 432 Per Oent, RAISE OF OVER A MILLION AND A HALF Commisstoners Lines Ta promises—Assessors’ Heturn for County Total $22,381,702, Practieally Follow of Committee’s Com- As a result of an action of the County Board of Equalization, Friday afternoon, the stock yards company, the five packing com- panies and the street rallway, gas, electric light and telephone corporations will pay taxes In 1902 on a personal assesement of 1,973,700, which is $1,602,961 more than the same concerns pald on In 1901, when the total for the ten was $370.730. This is an increase of 432,8 per cent and, figuring an & basis of 24.5 mills, which was the levy last year, it means an increase of $39,272 in taxes. The board also approved an in crensed realty assessment of the five pack- ors, the increase amounting to $12,085. Total From the tax department last night came the announcement that the assessors’ books for 1902 show a total assessed valuation for the entire county of $22,856,854.82, in- eluding the state assessment of § Last year the total, even after the board's “equalizing,” was only $22,381,7 ing a state assessment of $723, the bank assessment, which was The board accomplished more during the day thau was promisel by the morning session, which was entirely consumed by & barangue from Attorney F. T. Ransom, pepresenting the stock yards company, on the inequalities of taxation; by an argu- ment between Attorney McIntosh and him Assessors’ Valuation. on a question as to whether the company'a | agreement with the tax committes of the Real Estate exchange had had a proviso that other companies must be similarly ralsed; and by a quiz of Robert C. Howe, general manager at South Omaha for Ar- mour & Co.; W. L. Selby, representing Bwift & Co.; T. A. Creigh, representing the Cudahy and Omabs companies, and A. L. Sutton, representing the Hammond com- pany. Packers Shoot the Chutes. At the afternoon session the board dis- posed of some minor matters and then went &t the packers with a jump. Connolly pro- posed a list of assessments on their personal property. Harte seconded the motion, Mr. Selby demurred mildly. Attorney Melntosh urged. Chalrman Ostrom placed himself on record In ‘advance as opposed to the assessment which he sald he considered a great deal too low; Hofeldt said that he thought the tax committee must have informed itself | could be relied upon; | protty well and 0'Keeffe sald the figures looked high enough to him—and the vote was taken. All voted aye, except Ostrom. The ease with which the thing was done when they finally tackled it encouraged the commissioners and they took up the realty of the packers. Harte moved to let the assessors' returns stand as the assess- ment and Connolly seconded the motion. Again Ostrom's was the only dissenting vote. Stock Yards a Bncouraged still more, they turned to the stock yards matter and Connolly moved that the tax committee's compromise fig- ures of $400,000 on personal and the as- sessor's return of $122,700 on realty be ap- proved. The motion carried unanimously. “#Well, lets olean 'em up,” said Harte, and in_another minute the board had unani- mously approved the compromise, figuring on the personal assessment of all the fran- ised corporations, except the waterworks, which will be disposed of after the realty sessments are Investigated, a complaint baving been filed agalost it by a citizen of Florence. The water company made a re- turn to the assessor of $476,010, which the tax committee thinks high enough. Last year its personal a: ment was $152,600. The following table shows the net results of the afternoon’s work: Personal Property. Corporations Next. nt— 2. Difference. § 385,81 61,875 53,836 63,7 18,376 10,548 | 535,490 3533 hd Totals.. 31,002,901 4370, Per cent of increase, 432 Increase in taxes, fllurlnl on 1901 levy of 245 mills, $39,272. Tax Committes Amusea. When the votlng was over the board ad- fourned for the day, the members pat- themselves on the back in a modest, The members of the tax committev went out into the hall and gig- gled, The board had accepted the commit- s figures on everything except the pack- s and had raised its total on these only about $11,000, or from $262,333 to $273,300— and this despite the largs talk that was in- duiged in last Monday, when the committee first presented its compromise proposals to the equalizers. The committee and the board both expect comparatively easy sall- Ing frem now on. To guard against any possible future attempt to kick over the traces, Attorney MclIntosh drew up for the board a model of the journal entry to be made In each case, the wording of which will, he says, defeat any effort to retract on the part of the parties taxed, because it makes the board’s action stand as a judgment ren- dered in legal and oficlal manner. Bankers Appear Monday. The next task lald out for the b the assessing of the banks, which bave been done by the assessors. This will come up Monday at 4 p. m. Subsequently the board will have to copsider the realty of the franchise corporations, which has been returned by the assessors, tollows: Street rallway, $32,025; water works, $87,- 180; gas company, $42,000; telephone com- CHIC E THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JUNE pany, $9,500; 250, The following table shows what was done yesterday to the South Omaha companies’ realty: electric light company, $14,- Renl Estate. —Assossment— 901, 902, | Armour | 8wl Cudany Omaha P'k'g Hammond Totals........$237, $12.9 Today is not likely to be an eventful one with the board, but next week there will be abundant business, as notices were be- ing sent out yesterday, Instructing the ap- pearance ‘of the Omaha Belt line, Omaha Bridge and Terminal company, the Barber | Asphalt company, Hugh Murphy, Carter White Lead works, Lawrence Shot and Lead company, Lininger & Metcalt, the laundries, the telegraph companies and about 200 others. Packers Have Thelr Say. The representatives of the packers were | certain about the things their companies | didn't own, but woefully ignorant of the | things they did. In substance, Mr. Howe said that the value of the Armour com- pany's personal property in the county is $487,000; that the plant has a capacity of 7,000 hogs and 1,200 cattle per day, but kills on an average only 2,000 of the former and | 200 of the latter; that he doesn't know | what insurance the company carries and | couldn’t easily find out, as the insurance | clerk s resident in Chicago; that all cars used by the company belong to a s te compeny in Chicago; that he hasn't any | 1dea of the number of cars in use by the local plant April 1, and that he had never agreed to any assessment figure, but had [ told the tax committee to first see if its | figures were acceptabls to the board. To this last statement Mr. Selby added | that his only agreement with the tax com- mittee was based on its figure of $262,000 | for the five, and that individual figures had | not been mentioned. Chalrman Ostrom called thelr attention to figures in an editorial in The Bee, showing that in the census report the companies’ investment was glven as $15,635,418, but they attempted to explain this by saying that the figures must represent the accu- mulated investment of all the years the companies had been In business, while much of the machinery, for Instance, represented in the total of $1,225,869 had been worn out and discarded long ago. Harte asked if the South Omaha figures were glven by Mr. Howe and the latter replied that they were Commissioner Fitz- gerald’s, Witnesses Under Oath, Chairman Ostrom eald it had been de- clded to swear all parties, and put Mr. Creigh under oath. The gentlemen re- sented this mildly because the jobbers were not sworn, and Mr. Howe left. Chalrman Ostrom sald he would have him recalled {and placed under oath. ~ Mr. Creigh said that $470,000 represented the value of the Cudahy plant; that its capacity was about the same as Armour's; that it has 200 cars, 150 of which are assessed elsewhere than Douglas county. The Omaha plant, he sald, in generalizing, could be rated propor- tionately with the others. Mr. Selby, belng sworn, sald that $400,000 represented the fair value of the Swift plant; that its capacity is 4 per cent less than Armour’s; that it owns no ears and that he knows nothing of its insurance. Attorney Sutton, also placed under oath, pleaded that the Hammond plant contains not a dollar's worth of personal property, all having been sent to St. Joseph. The bollers and engines, he thought, would be rated as realty, because they &re bricked into the walls. When all had testified the board adjourned, instructing them to call at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the board promised to pass on the assessments of thelr compantes. - FIVE YOUNG WOMEN GRADUATE Mount St. Mary’'s Seminary the Last of Convents to Close School Year, The last of the convents to conclude its year's work, Mount St. Mary's Seminary, celebrated its annual commencement Fri- day afternoon, the bishop, the clergy and a large gathering of friends being present. The exercises were held in the chapel which was hung with the class colors, green, lavender and gold, and decorated | with ferns and cut flowers. An irteresting | program of music and recitations was fol- | lowed by the conferring of awards, honor | ribbons, laurel wreaths and medals being | given. | The graduating class consisted of five young women: Misses Ella Kelley, Margaret Breslauer, Veronica O'Connor, Lottit Frick and Christene McDermott, their essays all touching upon the same subject, *“Woman, which had appropriately been chosen as th graduating them The awarding of the bishop's medal for domestic sclence was of especial interest, as this is the first year that it has been glven and the high standing of four women in that branch made It necessary for them to draw for it, Miss Riley proving the fortunate one. The exercises concluded with an address by the bishop, a luncheon for the bishop and clergy following. Throws Out the “Patrick” Wil NEW YORK, June 28.—Surrogate Frank Fitzgerald this afternoon handed down hll formal decision and decree in the litig: tion over the two alleged wills of the mu dered millionaire, Willlam Marsh Rice, mll'l ludrruh!le the will of Se lembfl‘ under which the Rice institute of Hounnn Tex., 18 the residuary legatee and den ying r\l’oblta of the alleged wll of J\mc 900, commonly known as the “‘Patrick’ \\III under which Albert T. Patrick was the residuary legatee. The surrogate holds simply that Rice did not on June 30, 1900, or at any other time sign the Instrument dated January 30, 1900, and ‘‘that the signa. ture of William'H. Rice was not written by the sald Willlam M. Rice Gans Puts McFadden Out. SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.—Joe Gans of Baltimore knocked out George McFadden of New York in the third round beforé the Hayes Valley Athletic club tonight. fight was an_un ctory first two rounds MeF did nothing but block. In the third landed a sUff left on the jaw, followin, with a right in the same place, putting Fadden out. Gans FFECTS In every ladies’ colffure are heightened by the occasionsl use of COKE DANDRUFF ~ CURE Keeps the scalp healthy and imparts to the hair that “fluMine: tyre and touch so much desired and ofl or deleterious ingredients, and cure for hair and scalp allments. of tex- diMcult to secure. It contains no is guaranteed to be the only positive Don’t weccept imitations Get the genulne Coke Dandruff Cure In two sizes, 50c and $1 Coke Cream Foam [*;% brush is all you need. Antiseptis. FOR SHAVING A gaves time, Makes finest lather im- mediately, Leaves the skin soft and velvety. Sead 10¢ for shave tube to A. R. Bremer Co., Chicago, \third and H streets to be torn up. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Board of Beview Passes Finally on This Year's Assessment. TOTAL OVER SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS Rumor that Corporations Will Cone test Assessments in Court Seems to Lack Found Magle City Gossip. After twelve days' session the Board of Review concluded its session at 6 o'clock last night and the reports will be ready today to be turned over to the proper off- cials. The valuation as returned by the board {s $16,127,844.86. Despite the fact that ninety-four complaints were filed with the board which had to be considered and acted upon the work of the board was comn- pleted in the same time it was last year. Reductions from the returns of Tax Com- inlssloner Fitzgerald to the amount of $80,- §03.72 were made, had been predicted, above $16,000,000. Tho deductions made were $61,310 on realty and $20,683.72 on personal property City officials are of the opinion that with the valuation turned in the city will be able to get along on an 8-mill levy. There has been some talk of a contest by the cor- porations, but so far no one here seems to know anything about such a movement, the city officials are in hopes that the val- uations as returned by the board will not be contested. It is asserted that in the event of & contest the levy would be tied up and that all city employes would have to go without pay until the courts decided the matter. More Complaints Agninst Miller. It was reported to the city officials yes- terday that Street Foreman Miller had caused the brick sidewalk in front of the property at the northeast corner of Twenty- Miller asserted that the walk was below grade. City Engineer Beal visited the locality and made & survey and found that the sidewalk was exactly on grade, but that the street was a little high. After the walk had been torn up and the brick piled in the gutter about half of the brick disappeared. The owner of the property is a non-resident, but his agent in Omaha is figuring how to get the walk relaid without additional ex- pense to the property. In all cases where permanent walks are lad the city engineer sets the lines, but these lines evidently a1d not sult the street foreman. New Heating Apparatus. Blds will be opened by the Board of Edu- cation on July 5 for the purchase of a forty-horsepower boller to be located In the Lincoln school, Twenty-sixth and F streets. A tubular bofler is desired and it is as- serted that some radical changes in the heating plant of this school building will be made. As In other cases the board re- serves the right to reject any or all bids. A certified check for $50 must accompany each bld. It is understood that the board desires to let this contraét 800D A8 pPOS- sible in order that the bullding may be placed in first-class condition before the fall term opens. Needs More Ho: A request has been made by Chief BEtter of the fire department for the purchase of more hose. The chief says that at the present time the department has 1,200 feet of rubber hose in good condition and 400 foet in fair condition. The recommendation is made that 1,000 feet of hose be purchased as soon as possible. At the present time the city has three hose wagons in op tion and in order to fully equip these companies the chief wants more hose. Magle City Gossip. Wallace D Godfray returned yesterday from a week's fishing trip. Mr. and Mrs. D, 8. Clark have returned trom an extended weatern trip. o preparations have been made so far 108 & Baliration ot avy Mnd on Tilv'e. JiJ Burt is feeding 170 head of sheep at his farm at Forty-fourth and I streets. The heavy rain yesterday morning did very little damage to the unpaved streets. B. Wyman has sold out his business and s now employed at the local Burling- ton frefght depot. The city prisoners are now at work cut- ting weeds on the streets and alleys, in- stead of breaking rock. Shippers coming to this market say that there will be an early movement of cattle this summer on account of the high prices. The Modern Brotherhood of America wili give a box social on the evening of July 4 at the hall in the South Omaha National bank bulldin "The funeral of Helena Mella will be held {his afternoon from the family residence, Fortieth and W streets. Interment at St. Mary's cemetery. Lieutenant Bruce McCulloch of the South Omaha cavalry troop I8 minus & gold hat u bat the finder return the same to him and receive a rewa Several workmen are now engaged in cleaning up. the machi e Ham- mond plant and this is -upwod to {ndi- cate that the plant will soon be reopened. HONOR TO JOHN A. CREIGHTON Lodge of Elks Presents Him Gold Uertificate of Life Mem- bership, At a meeting of the Elks' lodge Friday night Count Jobn A. Creighton was pre- sented with & gold card of life membership, the presentation address belng made by Judge J. M. Woolworth. The count re- sponded with brief remarks. About 200 members of the order were present at the time, and the recipient of the honor was glven an ovation. The card is of solid gold, and is beauti- tully engraved with the lodge seal, encir- cling the head of an elk. These words ap- pear in the seal: “Grand Lodge B. P. O. E., U. 8. A, Cervus Alces.” Other wording appears as follows: “Honorary life mem- bership card, Omaha lodge No. 39, B. P. O. Elks. This is to certify that Brother John A. Crelghton is an honorary life mem- ber in sald lodge, having become 80 on the 30th day of May, 1902. Frank Crawford, E. K., Frank A. Furay, secretary, John A. Crelghton, signature of member." The morocco case containing the card bears this device in gold letters: “Initiated September 28, 1884. Elected life member May 30, 1902 CORNISH IN THE SIXTH WARD Talks About Candidate Who Le Hereditary Form of Gov- ernment, E. J. Cornish was the principal speaker at Friday's meeting of the Sixth Ward Republican club. The attendance was not s large as usual, but the hall was comfort- ably filled. Mr. Cornish devoted his time to talking of his candidacy for congress. He #aid, in part: “Ten years 0 we went around town carrying cards bearing the words ‘Give the boys & chance. Vote for Dave Mercer.' It was a good argument them, and now the other boys want a chance. If a man has been in congress for ten years he ehould bimself of his opportuniti When be has been there that time he bas had ten years to do many little favors which cost bim nbthing. In ten years he should be versed in all political history. He should have ideas on live political questions. If he has traveled twice around the world in government transports at government ex- pense he ought to have by observation learned enough to warrant his belng led fnto party consultation—to be called by other public officers to decide grave ques- ] leaving the valuation, as | and | tions of state. I do mot know of an argu- ment you could make in favor of the ten years' plan that would mot be better in the case of twenty years. If a man Is to hold his position for life what is more nat- ural than to take the son which has grown up under that father’s care to succeed him. This child is best equipped, and from the first term he gets a tenth or a twentieth term, and in turn hands the office to his soo—then you have a government by hered- ity. But this is opposed to the American idea. We claim that it is the duty of every man to study public questions. Out of all of our people there are many men who can represent the people. We belleve the officer should keep in touch with his constituents and that it 1s your thoughts | and not his which are to be incorporated | into laws. “It there is one man only who can represent your ideas he should be honored | highly, but In making that test I would have you place your standard hign—along | with men llke Blaine, Edmunds or McKin- ley—anything less than this lowers the standard of American statesmen. “To come back to the point: When you come to decide upon the man who Is of such extraordinary ability that he can keep trom the contest your wardsman, Mr. Pratt, you must show what he has done for tne laboring man, for the cause of freedom, for the republican party, and not advance the argument that he got a public bullding at_Blalr." Mr. Cornish was followed by W. B. Christle, who made a speech calling for good judgment on the part of the party in selecting its candidates for offices. In response to calls short talks were made by N. C. Pratt, who took occasion to re- | turn the fine compliments pald him by Mr. | Cornish, closing by touching upon national issues, and by E. E. Morearty, who referred to the state tickets now before the people. MORE PAY FOR PARK WORKMEN Foremen and Laborers All to Re- ceive Better Wages After July Firs Beginning with July, all employes of the park board will receive an increase in | wages. This was decided upon at the regu- lar monthl§ meeting of the board Friday afternoon. A month ago the pay of Su- perintendent Adams was advanced from $100 to $125 per month, and that of Cbarles Fricke, foreman at Riverview park, from $45 to $50 per month. This caused a gen- eral demand among park employes for more money. The foremen at other parks con- tended that they were just as much entitled to a raise as Fricke, and the board at its meeting Friday seemed to share in this view, The result is that J. P. Lowrle, John Mullen, Fritz Bondesson, Charles H. Oliver, Ben Hart, G. H. Cralg, Samuel Waterman and C. Olson have been advanced from $45 to $50 per month, and the pay of fourteen day laborers has been increased from $1.60 per day to $1.76 for eight hours® work. Mr. Lininger called attention to the fact that the park board had been paying lower wages than any other department of the city government, that many of the park caretakers had been in the employ of the board for ten years or more; that they were skillful and careful in their work, and deserved more pay. The vote for the ralse was unanimous. A resolution was adopted signifying the willingness of the board to co-operate with the county commissioners in the paving ot Thirtleth street, from Fort street north to the city limits, providing that the county furnishes the funds and that the park board get not less than $17,000 this year s its share of the county tax. It was stipulated that the street should be paved with macadam, with a driveway elghteen teet wide. The qontract for the paving of Eleventh street with asphalt, from Mason to Willlam street, was let to the Grant Paving com- pany for $1.67 per equare yard, which is said to be 20 cents cheaper than any for- mer contract for asphalt paving ever let in the city. A petition signed by Bishop Seannell and twenty-eight others, calling attention to abuses practiced in| Bemis park, was received and placed on /file. The petition sald that women cannot go to the park in the evening without being insulted, and that 1t is frequented by drunkards and toughs. Additional police protection Wi wanted. It eaid also that the park was in an unsightly condition, and not well kept, and that the present force of one care-taker should be increased to two. It suggested furthermore, that two large flower beds be added to the present floral lsplay, and that one be placed at each end of the park. TALK OF PROPOSED CATHEDRAL Bishop and Priests Discuss Subject, but Make No Definite Plans. The annual retreat of the Roman clergy- men of the dlocese of Omaha came to a close Friday evening. Yesterday morning at Crelghton college there was held a synod of the dlocese at which the priests of the jurisdiction were present, including secular and regular. Matters relative to the rules of the dlocese were discussed, but nothing done of interest to the laity. ‘The proposed cathedral was discussed at the retreat by Bishop Scannell and th clergymen, and it is understood that the which is $5,000 in cash. contest for a cash prize. 999 other prizes. oG ! ”"“"T']fll Auditorium Stock Free From July 1 until October 28th, with every fifty Diamond “C” soap wrappers pre- sented at our Premium Store, 304 So. 16thstreet, we will give one share of OMAHA AUDITORIUM STOCK, fully paid and non-assessable. This certificate of stock in addition to making you a stock holder in the Omaha Auditorium, entitles you to a guess in the Auditorium voting contest, capital It also entitles you to a guess in the semi-monthly guessing This offer IS IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR PREMIUMS, which are given for Diamond “C” Soap, and to which you will be entitled the same as heretofore, Wrappers from out-of-town people will be accepted, and certificates issued there- for, if this ad is enclosed with the wrappers. Sample stock certificates and guessing blank will be mailed to any address on re- quest, or can be obtained at the premium store. You get stock in the Auditorium; have a chance to win $5,000 or get one of the Furthermore you Patronize Home Industry when you use prize in building will certalnly be constructed, al- though the bishop is not ready to make any positive announcement as to the time 1t will be started. ANNUAL PICNIC OF NEWSBOYS Committee Appointed to Make rangements for Outing at Krug Park. Preparations have begun for the annual plenic of the newsboys of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs. The boys held & meeting Friday night and selected a committee on arrangements. It was de- cided that the fun should occur at Krug park, on July 24. The newspapers wlll again be asked to contribute the ny Sak sxpemass,. the moibare and feiends good things to eat and the merchants the prizes to be contested for. A committes of the veterans of e street corner. will canvass among the business men shortly, but will accept no money from them. STRANGE MANNER OF SUICIDE Jean Fiset Built Fire and Plaaced Gun in Flames, C; Explo- sion and Deat ST. BAZILE, Quebec, June 28.—A strange- ly determined sulcide took place here to- day. Jean Fiset, 27 years of age, loaded an old rusty musket, put the muzzle to his head and pulled the trigger with his toe. When it did not explode he bullt a fire, placed the gun in the flames, with the muzzle against his breast, and walted until it exploded. Are Dillon and Davitt Comin, DUBLIN, June 25.—A meeting of the dl rectory of the United Irish 1 held this afternoon. John Redmond, chair- man of the league; Joha Dillon and Micl Davitt were nominated to represent the home organization at the convention of the American branches of the American league to be held in Boston next October. Con- siderable progress was reported at today's meeting in the formation of -branches and an addrees was adopted demouncing the land bill and urging open deSance o the coercion courts, GET INCREASE IN WAGES Employes of Uliud States Steel Corpora tion to Receive Ten Per Oent Advance. APPLIES TO UNION AND NONUNION MEN Deeision, Which Has Just Been Reached, Means the Addition of $4,000,000 to the Annual Pay Roll PITTSBURG, June 28.—The largest vol- untary increase ever known in the wages of 100,000 men has been decided upon by the United States Steel corporation. They will recelve an advance of 10 per cent, which will increase the annual payroll of the steel corporation by $4,000,000. The advance applies to union well non- union men. Strictly speaking, the advance applies to non-tonnage men of every con- stituent company of the corporation. This decision has just been reached by the ex- ecutive committee of the Unted States Steel corporation after numerous conferences with the highest officials of the underlying con- cerns. The first men here to profit by the increase were those of the Carnegle com- pany who are not already working on & private scale. The next advance will come to the employes of the American Steel and Wire plants. The advance has already gone into effect in the Chicago and Jollet, 1L, plants. In the Pittsburg district something like 30,000 men will be entitled to the increase. Chief among them will be the blast furnace workers, all day men, laborers and ma~ t turnace workers and day men of the Edgar Thomson and Homestead steel workers and all furnaces operated by the Carnegle Steel company will be debarred from this advance, as well as all coal miners, coke workers, rod men and tube workers. It is estimated that out of the total num- ber of employes of the corporation one- ‘NebraskaTeachers’ Special third of t It is expected that the lar steel and iron producers of the company will grant their day men, laborers, machin- ists and blast furnace workers a similar advance, CHANGES ON NORTHWESTERN Superintendent Ashton Pro- moted and Others Advanced Along the Liue, Ge SIOUX CITY, Ia., June 28.—The Chicago & Northwestern rallway bas decided on s number of important promotions &nd ap- pointments which will be effective July 1. Richard H. L. Ashton, general superin- téndent, will be assistant general manager. He will be succeeded as general superin- tendent by Willlam Cantillon, at present assistant general superintendent. Thomas A. Lawson, superintendent of the Wisconsin division, will succeed Mr. Cantillon as sistant general superintendent. The following appointments will be made: |F. R. Prine, superintendent of the northern division will succeed Mr. Lawson as super- intendent of the Wisconsin division. W. D. Beck, assistant superintendent « the Towa division, will succeed Mr. Princ as superintendent of the northern Iowa di- vision. G. W. Dally, trainmaster at Clin- ton, will succeed Mr. Beck as superintend- ent of the Iowa division. WABASH GETS TO TIDEWATER Buys Interest of City of Baltimore in ‘Western Maryland Rail- BALTIMORE, June 28.—Baltimore city's holdings in the Western Maryland Rallroad company were formally transferred to the Fuller syndicate, representing the Wabash rallway system, today. The check in pay- ment for the securities was for $8,517,370. Various Baltimore banke and financial fn- stitutions bad arranged to borrow this money at about 3 per cent and it was lmme- diately turned over to them. In addition to the purchase price the Fuller syndicate de- posited $500,000 in furtherance of the agree- ment requiring a deposit of $600,000 that the Train MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Saturday, July 5th, at 8.30 p. Via ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. This train is for the special accommodation of the Nebraska Teachers and their friends who will attend the N. E. A. CONVENTION. The equipment of this train Will consist of Free Reclining Chair Cars, Tourist and Standard Sleeping Cars. Low round trip tickets, sleeping car reservations and particulars at Illinois Central City Ticket Office, 1402 Farnam Street, or write ' W. H. BRILL, Dist. Pass. Agt. I1l. Cent. R. R., Omaha, Neb., will properly conduct the busi- Colonel Myron T. Herrick sald today that the board of control to be established In charge of the Western Maryland will only be a temporary one. The plan Is to con- solidate the Western Maryland with the West Virginia Central, which the syndicate also owrs. Then a board of directors will be chosen to manage the consolidated prop- erties. Until this is accomplished, 4 Color Herrick, the detalls as to the cap- italization cannot be completed. The temporary organization was effected this evening, when the following directors were chosen: Edwin Gould, Winslow 8. Plerce, H. B. Henson, Lawrence Greer and ‘W. H. McIntyre of New York, Jchn M. Hoed, former president of the road; Leon Green- baum, George R. Gaither and S. Davies Warfleld of Baltimore and F. 8. Landstreet of the West Virginia Central and Pitisburg rallway. Winslow 8. Plerce Is mentioned for the presidency of the consolidated road. NEW DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN United States Cast Irom P Foundry Co ¥ Hol Annual Election, NEW YORK, June 28.—Announcement was made today of the election on Wedne last of these new directors of the Unl States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry come pany: P. J. Goodhart, Carpenter. George B. Hayes wi president, succeeding Bamuel Thom. retired because of {1l health. Mr. Hayes had been the practical head of the company for the past year. The other office: e: First vice president, @. J. Long; second vice president, A. F. Calla- han; secretary and treasurer, B. F. Horton; exccutive committee, Colgate Hoyte, A. C. Overhill, B. R. Thomas and Antbopy N. David Giles and W. T, O, elected who ISLAND OF ST. HELENA, June 28.—~The first consignment of Boer prisoners, num- bering 478 men salled from here yesterday for South Africa. After taking the llth of alleglance to Great Brital oners marched to the boats singlag th- nas tional anthem.