Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1903, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY JANUARY 18, 1903 On Monday morning we start a special sale on sheeting and muslins, and you know that a special sale | ving gone up, we will sell shecting at our s and muslin in this sale at special cut prices—in many ¢ WE CLOSE SATURDAYS AT 6 P. M. Extra Special Sale on Muslins and Sheetings. tore means a big saving to you. In spite of market pri ses below the mil Bee, January 17, 1903, 1 price. It will pay you to lay in a supply of sheetings and muslins, for after this sale even the old prices must be advanced. 44 BLEACHED MUSLINS— Auto”—in this sale—at 4c yard 1n this sale—at yard. in this eale—at 6%c yard dale—in this at 7e yard Utica N—in this sale—at 7%c yard. Fruit of the Loom—In this sale—at 7e. Pride of the West—in this sale—at 123¢ yard, Hill—1d this sale—at 8¢ UNBLEACHED MUSLINS Aurora C—in this sale—3%c¢ yard, Fairmount LL—in this sale—dc yard. Continental—in this sale—6%c vard Pepperell R—in this salo—6ie yard. Aurora B—In this sale—4%c yard. WIDE SHEETINGS—BLEACHED. 10-4 Dallas—in this sale—20c 9-4 Dallas—in this sale—18%c yard §-4 Dallas—in this sale—16%c yard 42-inch Dallas—in this sale—10c yard. inch Dallas—in this sale—11%c yd. 10-4 Lockwood—in thls sale—22%c yd. 9-4 Lockwood—In this sale—20c yard. 8-4 Lockwood—in this sale—18c yard. 42-in. Lockwood—in this sale—10%¢ yd. 5-1n. Lockwood—in this sale—11%c yd. 10-4 Pequot—in this sale—24%c yard 9-4 Pequot—In this eale ¢ yard. 8-4 Pequot—in this sale—20%c yard. 42-inch Pequot—in this sale—12c yard. fnch Pequot—in (his sale—13%e yd. Half bleached at the same prices Unbleached from 1lc to 2c less All other widths in proportion READY MADE SHEETS AND PILLOW ES at greatly reduced prices. January Linen Sale— rd. vard. Embroidered Linen Pillow Cases— $2.25 Embroldered Pillow Cases—In this sale—$1.10 ‘per palr. CRASHES! CRASHES! 4% Brown Linen Crash—in this sale— 3%c per yard. 16% Bleached Linen sale—12%c per yard. Crash—in this Study this price lis MSTITCHED SCARFS Hemstitched S sale—2Gc each. TABLE CLOTHS— $1.75 Bleached Table Cloths—in salo—$1.00 each. $2.25 Bleached Table sale—$1.64 each $3.00 Bleached Table Saletu by Ghehi $5.00 Bleached Table lo—$3.28 each. $4.00 Bleached Table sale—$2.98 each. 50 Bleached Table sale—$5.00 each. NARKINS! $8.50 Bleached 3-4 Napkins—in sale—$5.00 a dozen. $6.00 Bleached Napkins—In this sale— $4.38 a dozen. $3.60 Bleached Napkine—in this sale— $2.38 a dozen, $3.00 Bleached Napkins—in this sale— $2.00 a dozen. Bleached Napkins—in this sale— $1.60 a dozen. TOWE] TOWELS! 45c Hemstitched Huck Towels—in this sale 2c each. 40c Hemmed Bleached Bath Towels— in this sale—25c each 25c Hemstitched Huck Towels—in this sale 19¢ each. SCRUB CLOTHS— $%c Scrub Cloths—in this sale—je each. WASH CLOTHS Special sale on Wash Cloths—1%¢ each. BED SPREADS— $2.00 Fringed Bed Spreads—in this sale $1.50 each. Fringed Bed Spreads—in this sale $1.25 each. Sweeping Reductions in Dress Goods Remnants— Snip! Snip! Snip! H b rfs, 18x45—In this this Coths—in this Cloths—in this Cloths—in thie Cloths—in this § Cloths—In this NAPKINS! this $ Scissors | Sale, have been merrily busy during! this Great January Clearing| Consequently, it has left | us with a great many remnants, and short lengths. Now they are all to go at sweeping reduc- tions in prices. - Remember this is an opportunity that comes but once a year. Never mind the weather, when you can get such values as these—On Sale MONDAY MORNING, 8 A. M. NEW ETAMINE SUITING—In ehade ot mode, 50 incheés wide, regular price $1.00 per yard, 7% yards in remnant —for $3.19. NEW MISTRAL CLOTH—In new blue, 50 inches wide, regular $1.00 per yard, 4 yards in remnant—tor $1.98. FRENCH GRAY ETAMINE—50 inches wide, regular price $1 per yard, 6 vards in remnant—for $2.80 MIXED BROWN CHEVIOT- inches wide, regular price $1.25 per yard, 5% yards in remnant—for $2.19. DARK GARNET BRILLIANTINE— Regular price 50c per yard, 6% yards In remmnant—for $1.19. BLACK AND WHITE NOVELTY—50 inches wide, regular price $1.50 per yard, 4% yards in remnant—for $2.89. BLACK AND WHITE HAIR STRIPED KERSEY—52 inches wide, regular price $1.50 per yard, 6% yards in remnant—for §: ALL WOOL VENETIAN—Regular price G per yard, 4% yards in remnant— for $1.19. FRENCH ZIBILENE—In garnet, regu- lar price $1.75 per yard, 3% yards in remnant—for $1.98. Tronrsen., BeLpEn &Ce Y. M. C. A. Building, Corner Sixteenth and Douglas Sts GARNET ETAMINB—AIl wool, 4% yds. In remnant—for $1.19. MELROSE CLOTH—In shade of mode, regular 50c per yard, 5% yards in remnant-—for $1.13. REMNANTS OF PRETTY WAIST GOODS— POINTILLA NOVELTY—In red, regular price 50c¢ a yard, 3% yards in rem- nant—for $9e, WOOL CREPE DE CHENE DOT—In new green, regular price 7Gc a yard, 3 yards in remnant—for $1.05. LACE STRIPE NOVELTY—Very new, regular price 75¢ a yard, 3 yards in remnant-—for 98c. BEDFORD CORD NOVELTY—Light blue, with white polka dot, regular price $1, 27 yards In remnant—for $1.39. PRUNELLA WAISTING—Plain colors, regular pri c a yard, 2% yards in remnant—for 9Sc SATIN FINISHED PRUNELLA—Regu- lar price 75¢ a yard, 2% yards in remnant—for PARISIAN NOV Sc a yard, 3% for 98e. BLACK AND WHITE STRIPE NOV- ELTY—Regular price 7c a yard, 2% vards In remmant—for 9de. REMNANTS OF COLORED SILKS— All marked at next to nothing in price, odds and ends of colored silk, colored sating and China silks, etc, not a large lot, but fine value for those who come early. They are marked at the rate of about 19c a yard. REMNANTS OF BLACK SILKS— Many beautiful pieces—the lot includes black taffetas, black peau de cygne, black peau de sole, ete. We call your attention to a few prices selected at random: BLACK PEAU DE SOIE—Regular price $1.25 per yard, 4 yards in remnant— for $2.69. BLACK TAFFETA—Regular price $1.25 per yard, 27 inches wide, 3% yards in remnant—for $2.09. BLACK PEAU DE CYGNE—Regular price $1.25 a yard, 4 yards in remnant —for $2.19. LYONS BLACK TAFFETA—Pure dye, 50 a yard, 3% yards . TY—Regular price ards in remnant— regular price $1. in remnant, for $2. tries made last year, it Is eafe to state that approximately 4,700 homesteads, nggregat- ing 760,000 acres, were taken during ihe year 1902, and if there were any fraudulent entries made they must have been fnsti- gated by the persons so anxious to have a leasing bill passed, but it is not believed that & very great number were not taken in good faith by persons then without homes, but who are desirous of securing | . homes under the generous provisions of the homestead law. ‘While % great hue and cry ‘has been ralsed about homesieads not being made in good faith, a close examination of the proof papers on file at the various land offices #0 far visited shows by sworn testi- mony of three persons, the number of wit- nessea 'equired ‘'when making proof, that substantlal improvements are on the lands and’in every instance good faith must be apparent from the sworn evidence before the proof papers can be approved. It ls also found that at every land office visited tnat a number of speculative homesteads have from time to time been rejected and the entries canceled. It is quite probable that these are the class of entries com- plained of as being purely Speculative, and, anyway, If fraud has been committed along these lines it is well recognized that euch fraudulent entries were instigated by the very persons who are so ardently push- ing the leasing bill. DEATH RECORD. Dr. Frederick J. Bancroft, DENVER, Colo., Jan. 17.—Word has just been received here from San Diego, Cal., of the death from heart failure of Dr. Fred- erick J. Bancroft of Denver. Dr. Bancroft was one of the most prominent physicians In the state and has a national reputation for his writings upon the effects of climate upon certain diseases. Dr. Bancroft served as a surgeon with union forces in the civil war. He was born at Enfield, Conn., 1834 and came to Colorado in 1866. Three children survive him. The remains will be | brought to Denver for burial. Jacob Schuck, BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 17.—(Special.)— Jacob Schuck, for many years a resident of this county, dled yesterday at Newton, Kan., at the advanced age of 94. mains will be interred at Blue Springs. Quintin Hogg. LONDON, Jan. 17.—Quintin Hogg, founder and president of the Polytechnic inatitute and editor of the Polytechnic Magazine, died suddenly today of heart discase. He was born in 1845, Centenarinn Wom FOSTORIA, O., Jan. 17.—Laura Foster, mother of former Governor Charles Foster ot Ohfo, Is dead, aged 100. Her husband founded Fostoria and from him it took its name. Princess Gives Up Titles, BERLIN, Jan. The legal representa- tives of the crown prince and princess of Saxony have arranged the tesms for their separation. The princess abandons all titles, rights and dignities appertalning to her thrqugh her marriage and resumes her malden name. The crown prince has ex- pressed his willingness to pay her $7,500 yearly. The agreement does not mention the right of the crown princess to see her children. in' The re- | BILL ~ PASSES with COMMERCE House Oreates New Department Oabinet Minister at Head. | LABOR BUREAU IS TO BE TRANSFERRED President May Place Interstate Com- mission Under New Office Should He Deem Such Aetion in Public Interest, WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—At the end of & struggle which prolonged the session until after 6 o'clock the house passed the sub- stitute for the semate bill to establish a department of commerce and labor, The vote stood 137 to 40. All the republicans and twenty-nine democrats voted for the bill. In committee of the whole the democrats and a sprinkling of republicans, led by Mr. Corliss (Mich.), struck out the section providing for a bureau of insurance. By a plece of parliamentary strategy, Mr. Hep- burn (Ia.), chairman of the Interstate Com- | merce commission, sought to have this pro- vision restored, but the opposition stood | fast and he was overcome. The democrats then attempted to recommit the bill with instructions to report back a separate bill | for a department of labor, but the motion only obtained the support of two demo- crats, | The only other substantial amendment was one to authorize the president to transter the Interstate Commerce commis- sion to the mew department. Differs from Senate Bill The substitute as passed by the house differs from the senate bill in important particulars. It leaves the life-saving serv- ice, the marine hospital service, the steam- | boat inspection service, the bureau of navi- gation and the shipping commissioners under the control of the Treasury depart- ment, but authorizes the president to trans- fer other bureaus for the collection of statistics and the Interstate Commerce | commission to the new department. It places under the nmew department the na. geodedic survey, the bureau of statistics, the census bureau, the bureau of foreign commerce, the bureau of immigration, in- | cluding jugisdiction over Chinese immigra- tion and afso creates the bureau of manu- | tacturers and corporations. | At the opening of the session Mr. Mc- Cleary (Minn.), from the committee on ap- propriations, reported the District of Co- Jumbla appropriation bill and gave notice that he would call it up at the earliest possible moment The house then resumed consideration of the department of commerce bill. General debate having closed, the bill was read for amendment under the five- minute rule. Mr. Richardson (Ala.) moved to strike out the words “and labor” fn the title of the new departmect, “Department of Com- merce and Labor.” He sald he was not | individually opposed to the creation of the | department of commerce, but objected to the Incorporation into it, and the subordi- A SLIP OF, THE KNIFE AND BLIND FOR LIFE. No knife or drugs used in Vitaoy ® entment * Mothing put ‘in- e eye. All eye VITARATIY diseuses cured. & Dr. Chas.l. White, M. H. & V. P. 8 Farnam St., Omaba, Neb., P. 0. Box 48. | | | information regarding | tional bureau of standards, the coast and ! nation of the independent bureau of labor. | labor was | (Teon.), Napben (Mass.), Padgett (Tenn.), Mr. Mann (Ill) denied that opposed to the bill and read a letter from Chicago to the Federation of Labor, ex- pressing the hopg that it would pass. Mr. Richardson's amendment was feated—56 to 103. Mr. Corliss (Mich.) moved to strike out the provision making it the duty of the de- department to “foster, promote and de- velop the insurance business of the United States.” The motion prevailed, 70 to 65. Mr. Cowherd (Mo.) moved to decrease the salary of the director of the census from' $6,000 to $4,000, arguing that his responsi- bilities were greatly reduced under this bl The amendment, was lost, 56 to 23. Trust. Regulation Opposed. Mr. Sulzer (N. Y.) offered as an amend- ment the comprehensive bill he had intro- duced to create a bureau of corporations, which would have extensive power to com- pel publicity of matters relating to cor- porations. Mr. Mann (I1l.) called attention to the fact that the bill contained a prnu_l-lon for a bureau of corporations. “It seems to me,” observed Mr. H. O, Smith (Mich.), “that that section gives no power to compel corporations to make re- ports.” “That is true,” replied Mr. Mann, it 1s intended to supplement this legl tion with other legislation that has been thoroughly digested hy the judiciary com- mittee. We cannot accept a crudely drawn section like thi Mr. Thayer (Mass.), sald he was willing to follow either side or any leader who proposed to do something to “clip the wings” of the trusts. He thought the amendment presented an opportunity to-do something. Mr. Sulzer denied that the bill he of- fered was crude. He said it had been drawn by one of the ereatest lawyers in the country and was generally supported by the labor organizations. The inotion was defeated, 75 to 90. A motion made by Mr. Corll (Mich.) to strike out the provision for the creation but | ot a bureau of insurance led to a pro- tracted discussion. Mr. Hepburn declared that tla purpose of the bureau was to collect and disseminate the business and solvency of companies in which the people of the whole country were interested, The amendment carried by 98 to 87. The section relating to the bureau of corporations created no comment. It was amended without debate to make the chief of bureau an appointee of the president, President May Aet. Mr. Overstreet (Ind.) offered an amend- ment allowing the president, in his dis- cretion, to transfer the interstate com- merce. commission to the department of commerce. After debate it was adopted, 99 to 88. An amendment was adopted providing that transfer of the old bureaus to the new department should not take place until July 1, 1903. When the committee reported, Mr. Hep- burn (Ia.) by a parllamentary maneuver succeeded in bringing the house to a direct vote on the original resolutions, relative to the bureau of insurance. Instead of moving the adoption of the amended sub~ stitute he moved the adoption of a supst! tute which he offered, and that substitu was the original, with the insurance bureau sections restored. It also Included Mr. Overstroet's amendment authorizing the | transter of the interstate commerce coms mission to the nmew department. Mr. Hepburn's motion was lost, 63 to 88. Mr. Richardson (Ala.) moved to recommit the bill as agreed on in committee of the whole, with instructions to report it back | amended, so as to create two departments, one of commerce and one of labor, and to incorporate Mr. Sulzer's provision for & bureau of corporations in the former. This_motion was lost, 85 to 115, a party vote with the exception of Mesars. Alpin (Mich.) and Tompkins (0.), republicans, who voted aye, and Me Howard and Maddox (Ga.), democrats, who voted no. The substitute was adopted and the bill passed by 137 to 40. The republicans voted solidly for the bill and the following democrats with them: Messrs. Brantley (La.), Breazeale (La.) Coney (Mass.), Feely (1lL.), Fleming (Ga.), Glass (Va.), Gordon (0.), Grifith (Ind.), Johnson (8. D.), Lamb (Va.), Livingston (Ga.), Lloyd (Mo), McAndrews (IlL), Me- Clellan (N. Y.), McCulloch (Ark.), Mahoney (I1.), Maynard (Va.), Mickay (IlL.), Moon Patterson (Tenu.), Robertson (La.), Ryan (N. Y.), Lowell (N. C.), Sulzer (N. Y.), Thomas (N: C.), Wiley (Ala), and Wil- ltams, (11L). At 6:05 the house adjourned. SOME HOPE FOR GONZALES Doctors Now Consider it Possible that Feud Vietim May Not Die. OOLUMBIA, 8, C., Jan. 17.—After a day of anxiety to the friends of N. G. Gonzales, reports tonight' from the hospital are en- couraging, though not fully assuring re- covery. During the afternoon there was grave apprehension for the life of the wounded man, and at one time practically all hope had been abandoned, but there is now some indication of a favorable out- come. Dr. W. Gili Wylle of New York, who was called into consultation, late this afternoon left for Rock Hill, stating that he was better ‘satisfled with the condition of Mr. Gonzales than he had been since he first saw him. The chief concern this afternoon was caused by an obstruction of the intestines and it was considered at possibility that the wound would have to be reopened. It was practically determined to resort to this treatment if improvement did not appear in a short time, but soon afterward the doctors found that the reme- dles they had spplied were having effect and decided that if they completed the pur- pose of their administration there would be a chance of saving the lite of the pa- tlent. One of the most satisfactory features of the case is that after nearly sixty hours there has mot been the least indication of peritonitis. Danger of this development will have passed practically after seventy- two hours. Colonel Tillman says he has recelved a number of offers from lawyers to undertake his defense without fee. His room contains several handsome bunches of flowers, which he says were sent him by friends. COLUMBIA, 8. C,, Jan. 18.—At 1 o'clock Mr. Gonzales' general condition was un- changed. He was resting quietly, with oc- ceslonal attacks of nauseau. His pulse was 130 and temperature 100, Captain Streeter Sentenced. CHICAGO, Jan. 1 aptain” George W. Streeter, Henry Hocldtke and Willlam Mc. Manners, recently convicted of man slaughter, were today given indeterminate sentences in the penitentiary, a new trial having been denied by Judge Chetlain. A forty days' stay was granted to allow an appeal to a higher court. In the meantime the three men will remain in the county | Jall. DID YOU EVER KNOW That Improper Food Often Causes the Liquor Habit? It's a great proposition to get rid of a taste for liquor by changing food. “About three years ago,’ writes a man from Lowry City, Mo., “my appetite falled me and my food disagreed with me. 1 got weak and nervous and felt dull and entirely unfit for business; them like a tool 1 went to taking liquor to stimulate an appetite. For a time that seemed to help and I congratulated myself on find- ing so simple & remedy. But, alas! I had to take more and more all the time until 1 got 80 that I could not get along without the whisky, and I was in a pitia- ble condition. “I tried to quit but sible as I needed nourishment and my stomach rejected food and the more whisky I drank the worse I got. I kept fighting this battle for more than two years and almost gave up all hope. “I noticed an advertisement of Grape- Nuts in the paper and concluded to try it. 1 found I could eat Grape-Nuts with a relish and It was the first food that I found nourished me in & long time. Soon my stomach trouble stopped, my appe- tite increased, the craving thirst relaxed until all desire for drink was gome. I have used Grape-Nuts constantly for over & year and I am now strong and robust; entirely cured from drink and able to work bard every day. My gratitude for Grape-Nuts {s unspeakable as it has saved my life und reputation.”” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. that eeemed impos- one time as a | SHAW WELCOMES DELEGATES Becretary of Treasury Speaks at Customs Oengress in New York. AMERICAN REPUBLICS ARE REPRESENTED Speaker Sugges nks Woul s Changes He Pr eneficlal ond « Attention Neglected Commercinl Advantages, NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The first | session of the International C gress was opened here today dress by Mayor Low He was followed by Leslie M. Shaw, &c | retary of the treasury, who said in part The pe of the United States with greatest cordiality the distingy representatives of the Amesican of which this congress Is com; | errand which brings you Is we to strengthen the bonds of h &0 naturally unite us. is congress Is call he interest stoms 1aws ns th several republics. That no time may consumed in A program well calculated facilitate your deliberations has been pre d,by & commitiee appointed at an in- lorial conference which convened in formal with an ad- welcos s fri mph! two of th | como under consider. always been t and it fs al ize the importance of subjects that are to this body. It ! of (b the lnw, as again and [ ed by the courte—to dissolve favorabie doubts in favor of the im I presume the same rule applies in all 1 apply, 1 think with referénce to ¢ wholé drawback scheme h oit in the interest of the exporter. People may differ upon the proposition whether the tariff is or is not a tax upon the do- mestic consumer, but all concede that it Is a burden upon the tures from imported material |once conceded, therefore, that the govern- ment does not desire to profit at the ex- pense of its import trade, then customs officials are justified in construing draw- back laws as liberally as thelr language will permit and legislators, I think, are justified in liberalizing these drawback laws as far as possit Frauds Upon the un with _especial awbacks. The been worked of manufac- When it is exporter. toms. Another subject to which I desire to call special attention s that of appraisement. A large percentage of the frauds upon th customs revenues of a country are com mitted on consigned goods, and it has al- ways escemed o me that the fact that goods are purchasable only in the domestic market ralses a strong presamption that they are beinz undervalued. This prac- tice not only drives the domestic importer cut of business, but it prejudices the dc tic manufacturer who produces compet- ing goods. Another difficulty in the way of the ap- praiser arises from the fact’that nearly all forelgn goods can be purchased for ex- r than for domestic consu T t that gonds are sold for ex- { port cheaper than for the domestic market | trequently work t hardship upon the importer. He j s abroad and, pre- suming that he has paid the ordinary for- elgn market price, invoices at the price he has pald, but frequently finds himself sub- jected to an advance of from 10 to 75 per cent with statutory penaities and no Te- I do not mention this of the well nigh European practic ing goods abroad cheaper than at home. 1 refer to it only as affording one of the difficulties of the customs laws when it 18 sought both to protect the revenue and also to protect the domestic competitive producer, and at the same time avold un- duly punishing an {mporter who has fn- voiced his goods at the actual price he has pald. Chance to Increase Commerce. But I must not unduly detain you In enumerating difficulties familiar to you all, and which are inherent. I hope you wili pardon the suggestion, which may not be wholly germane to a customs congress, that, in my judgment. the commerce be- tween the countries here represented might be very largely iIncreased and to our mu- tual advantage. The United States ‘imports $1,000,000 a Qay of tropical and semi-tropical products, This trade constitutes a very valudble prize, for which our neighbors may compete. The countries entitled to representation in this conference annually import nearly $500,000,- {00, largely food products and manufactures, For this prize the country I represent should compete with more earnestness than it _at present manifests. The means ot intercommunication are very unatisfactory. To what extent they will be improved in’the near future no one can predict, but that they can be materially improved, and with very moderate expense to any of the countries represented, must be apparent to every thinking person. Predicts a Common Languan, You will perdon the hope, which I ven- ture to expres: that the time will come, and perhaps sooner than we dream—for commerce |s (he g veler as well as the | greater civilizer and great educator—when | the peoples represented here will be speak- ing a cuommon language, and if so, then that !anguage will be the most conveni language of commerce; when these people: wiil have uniform standards of welghts o measures; but If these stan rds shall ever be unified the choice must & of those most convenlent to comm n stand. ards of value and denominat f money | #hall be uniform ana internationally inter- | changeable, but if this is to be realized the | adopted standard must be the best and the | denominations the most convenient; when standards_of wages shall be measurably uniform, but if this shall be ever accom- | plished ‘then that standard must be the Righest. Honduras Delegzate Feliel General N. Pollet Peraga, delegate for Honduras, in behalf of the visiiing dele- gates, responded to the address of wel- come. He referred to the first Pan-Ameri- can congress which met in Washington | thirteen years ago, presided over by James G. Blaine. It was that inftial assembly of repre- sentatives of the sister republics which laid the foundation for all the good feel- ing, good works and hope that since then have brought about the several successful meetings of the American family. It was gratifying to find in the words of Mr. Shaw the same spirit of fraternity the same tone of familiar intimacy which characterized the words of Mr. Blaine at | the opening of the first Pan-American con- gress, The committee on rules having reported, officers were elected as follows: General 0. L. Spaulding, assistant secretary of the treasury, president; F. G. Plerra of Cuba, first vice president; Kenneth Bernhart of Chicago, second vice president; P. M. Del- paso of Mexico, first secretary; E. T. Cham- | berlain, United States commissioner ot navigation, second secretary, | Montgomery, attache of the American | bureau of republics, assistant secretary. President Spaulding appointed a com- mittee on organization. RACES SIDETRACK Epworth Convention May ¢ Date to d Clash with Trotting Meet, subject In criticiem tes. LEAGUE Ave DETROIT, Jan. 17.—The local committee of arrangements for the national convention of the Epworth league has decided to rec ommend that the date, which was to have been the week of July 12, be changed to the opening days of that month, including the Fourth of July The original date confilcts with the grand circuit trotting races and the reunion of the veterans of Santiago, which the presi- dent and several prominent army and navy officers will probably attend. RI0 GRANDE REFUSES RAISE e OMcers, Last Tralnmen Consult Exeen but Look on Strike a: Re: DENVER, Jan. 17.—J. A. Edson, manager of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, has refused the request of the trainmen for a 20 per cent Increase in wages, and the United | of sell- | and W. P.| i | ! po trainmen have laid the matter before the executive officers of the Gould lines at St Lonis. It is understood that mo further action will be taken until a definite conclusion is reached at St. Louls, and a strike will be declared only as a last resort. TOTAL OF TAX ROLL (Continued from First Page.) | necessity of facilities for inter-communica- tion and the importance of the rallroads to the general public welfare. He spoke of tho | attitude assumed by the government toward rallroads and argued that although the rail- roads were operated by ptivate eveporations they were uréer tho come .\ 6f the govern- ment and to a great extent publlc property. Says It Becomes Pablic Highway, A plece of property acquired for railroad purposes, he said, immediately ceases to bo property and becomes & part of the pub- lie highway, and its value does not depend upon its use for any other purpose or in any other respect. As an Integral part it s no value of its own any more than a rt of a locomotive. Therefore the value of any part of a railroad depends upon the value of the whole. This idea, he argued, should be practically applied and the value of the whole should be determined and not the value of its parts. The policy of rallroad taxation followad in this state, he sald, gives Douglas county its distributive part of the taxable value of railroad property and it Douglas county loses by that plan it is not the railroad company that is the gainer, but Sarpy county and the other counties of the state. He contended that railroad property should not be treated as the property of any pri- vate indlvidual, subject to the condition and the fluctuations of the market. At the close of Mr. Greene's address the board overruled the Burlin®on company's protest against its jurisdiction. Then on suggestion of Mr. McIntosh the cases of the railroads were called each in turn and as there was no further argument on the part of thelr attorneys the protests were promptly overruled by the same ai firmative vote of 8. The board then took up the case of the Union Pacific railroad, and atter hearing evidence on the value of the property, do- ded to let the assessment as fixed by the Board of Review stand. Other Protesis Overruled. When business was resumed after the noon recess the cases of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolls & Omaha and Burling- ton roads were taken up in turn, on the protests of George T. Merton. In these cases the taking of testimony was out short by dispensing with the reading of | the records of the printed records of the federal courts as presented by Mr. Mclne tosh. In each case Tax Commissioner Fleming was questioned as to his informi tion “regarding the value of the railroad property in question and permitted to say that he belloved the assesement as re- turned by the Board of Review to be just and equitable. In each case the board by a unanimous vote of the eight members present found the assessment as returned by the Board of Review to be equal and just. There was no complaint on the part of George I. Morton agalnst the assessment of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missour! Valley road and its property was not speclally considered by the board, so it was left as valued by the Board of Review. The Omaha Belt rallway came up for consideration on the protest of the com- pany, J. F. Stout appearing as attorney. Mr. Stout called C. L. Ransom, civil en- gineer in the employ of the Fremont, Elk- horn & Missour! Valley road, to state that the track of the Belt line could be replaged for $13,000 per mile and the road had ten miles of track. A. P. Tukey and C. F. Harrison were called as real estate ex- perts to state that the land in the right- of-way would average from $1,000 to $1,200 per acre. There was some discussion be- tween Mr. Stout and Mr.'McIntosh as to whether elghteen miles of switch track should not be Included in the assessable property at the same rate as the main line and whether the franchise should not be assessed. All discussion was cut short by a motion from Mr, Zimman that the assess- ment of the Belt line be reduced from $494,000 to $400,000, and the motion pre- vailed, Mr. Burkley only voting.in the negative. R Following are the railroad assesments as they were fixed by the state board and as they now are: rond Assessmen State Present Board. Assessment. .367.649.40 $14,583,260 - 12,924.00 86,000 11,310.00) V17615000 7,863,140 8,00 2,500,000 400,000 Unfon Paclfic & . P, M. & O. Belt Line. 0 The case of the Pacific Express company was argued at some length between Mr. Hascall and Tax Commissioner Fleming as to the right of the city to tax upon the capital stock of & company incorporated here. Finally, on motion of Mr. Zimman, the assessment of the company was raised from $115,000 to $5,000,000, Councilmen Burkley, Trostler, Zimman and Karr vot- ing in the afirmative and Hascall, Mount and Whitaker in the negative. Soon after 6 p. m. the board took a re- cess and returned later in the evening to approve the minutes and adopt & resolu- tion approving the rolls as they had been equalized and corrected by the board. EXPLOSION KILLS TWO MEN| Others Are Injured and One Will Probably Die as Result, Two WEST NEWTON, Pa., Jan. 17.—A boiler exploded at Bell's mills, wrecked a saw- mill, killed two men and injured two oth- ers, one probably fatal. The dead WILLIAM HUNTER. ROBERT PORE. The injured: A. B. Hunter, Pennsylvania legl will probably die. James Dick; will recover. It is thought the explosion wi by low water. GREENVILLE, Mich,, Jan 17.~Two boilers in the Ranney Refrigerator factory, known as factory A, blew up today, killing two men and injuring more than a dozen others and causing an estimated money loss of $26,000. Dead CHARLES PRICE, engineer. R. A. STANTON, fireman. Seriougly injured: Ed Hammond. Matt Bailey. REDSKINS- TIRE OF RATIONS Ask President to Provide Them with Work and Pay Them Wages. former member of the ature, badly scalded; caused BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 17.—J. O. Monteath, Indian agent of the Blackfoot reservation, has left for Washington with a party of Blackfoot Indlans to ask the president to stop the ration system and put them to work and pay them wi They belleve that they are getting out of the condition of ignorance and depend- ence where the ration system was the only practical method of treating them. | which during the last (OAL DEALERS INDICTED 0.icago Grand Jury Returas True Bills in Forty Oases. FINDS THAT ILLEGAL COMBINE EXISTS Decides (0 Place Fuel Merchants onm Trinl in Criminal Court for spiracy to Raise Prices in Ilinols, CHICAGO, Jan. B7.—Forty indictments have been voted by the special grand jury, week has been in- vestigating the shortage of coal in this clty. No names were given out, it being declared by State’s Attorney Denecen that inasmuch as the indictments had been merely voted and not returned, no list of the aceused men would be announced bes fore Monday morning It is sald that among the men indicted are many who stand high in the business and soclal world. This fact was given by the state’s attorney as one of the reasons why no list of the accused men would be publistfed tonight. The decielon was reached by the grand jury shortly before 11 tonight. An adjourn ment had been taken from 6 until 10 and when the panel met at the latter hour it simply went over the list of names and voted to return indictments. Find Illegal Combine. Early in the afternoon it bocame evident that the jury had made up its mind that true bills should be brought, upon which Mr. Deneen ordered all his men kept at their posts for an emergency, while Ase sistant State's Attorney Barnes, who Is the indictment expert of the office, was locked in his private room with a stenogs rapher and a pile of legal blanks. In analizing the evidence the jurors bo= leved they had found a combination ex- Isting between the operators, the jobbers and wholesalers and the retailers, cover- ing the course of the coal supply from the mines to the consumer. They also came to the conclusion that an understanding existed between the operators of the vari- ous states, the Illinols Coal Operators’ as- sociation, the Northern Illinois Soft Coal association being in collusion with the In- diana Coal Operators’ association in an at- tempt to govern the whole bituminous sup- ply of the two states. What application the conspiracy act could have to the local dealers and opems ators, in face of the fact that the combina- tion was general, was a hard question for the jurcis, but the attorneys explained that as soon as the coal was brought into Ili- nols the possessor who in any way re- strained trade was amenable. Folice Guard Coal Trains. The retall dealers’ association of Illinols and Wisconsin was the subject of long ex- amination and consideration. This associa~ tion consists of the smaller retall dealers around Chicago, but the members denled that there had been any agreement concern= ing the maintenance of a schedule. The object of the organization, it was urged, was to arrznge for an equitable supply and to furnieh reports of the credit reputa- tion of consumers. Alabama Gives Coal to Poor. DIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 17.—Citizens of Birmingham have contributed fifty carloads of coal to relieve the distress of the poor in New York and Chicago by reason of the fuel famine. 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