Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1903, Page 1

ESTARLISHED JUNE y TRAINS SLAY SCORES Towa Men De: and Maimed in Northwest- ern Bmash. TWENTY-ONE LOSE LIVES IN NEW JERSEY Wreck on Jersey Oentral Surpasses Reosnt Eastern Records of Disaster, FIRE ADDS TO HORROR, BURNING VICTIMS | Express Plows Through Looa!, Oarrying Death and Destrnction to Many. SOUTHERN PACIFIC ALSO PILES CARS Twenty Rodles t Taken from Debr) of Sun Limited and Others pposed to ished in Col CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—Four persons were killed, four wseriously injured and eight slightly hurt in a rear-end collision be- tween stock trains on the Chicago & Northwestern rallway near Lafix, Ill, this morning. Dead CHARLES X. COE of Woodbine, Ia., im- prisoned in the debris and roasted to death. B. LANE of Vall, la., pioned down by wreckage and burned to death. A. A. AMEY of Scranton, Ia., badly burned; died an hour later in the station at Lafox J. PETERSON of Battle freek, la., badly burned and died before medical ald ar- rived Serlously injured: H. Johnstone, Clinton, Ta. Willlam Kochsims, Schleswig, Ia. Evirs Nellson, Schleswig, Ia. Albert Playman, Dunlap, Ta. The trains came together in a dense fog. The killed and injured were for the most part stockmen in charge of stock on the way to Chicago and the east. L ! n Runs Into Faneral C CAIRO, 111, Jan. 28.—On the Illinole Cen- tral rallway near Pulaski early today' the Chicago fast train No. 3 crashed Into the rear of St. Louls train No. 203, which s due here at 4:1 m. Both trains were late on account of the dense fog and the Chicago train was run- ning at the rate of sixty miles an hour, while the St. Louls traln was making thirty miles an hour The last car on the St the private car of the late Fentress and family of Chicago. Judge Fentress, who died in Chicago Monday, was the head counsel of the Illinols Cen- tral and his body was in the car enroute to Bolivar, Tenn., for burial The rear half of the car was demolished and the coffin broken open. the judge was badly shaken up. Three of the train crew were injured, but none will dle. None of the pasengers were hurt. Judge W. G Twenty-One Dead on Je NEW YO Jan. 28~One of tae most mppaliing d wreoks that has occurred in the vicinity of New York for many years took place last night at Graceland, on the Central Rallroad of New Jersey, when an express plowed at top speed into the rear ot a local train. y Central. Up to noon today the total loss of life | ‘was belleved to be twenty-one. fourteen bodies had been ven were held at Plainfied for identl- fication. From the wreckage twenty bodies were takep, and Thomas McCarthy, fire- man, died In a hospital today. More thap ffty perions were some of them severely. The hospital reports today were, however, that with perhaps one or two exceptions all would Fecover. The blame for the accident is placed by the railrond officials on Engineer Davis of the Philadelphia & Reading express, and, according to a policeman who took Davis from the smashed cab, Davis admitted that he had taken chgnces and disregarded the danger signals bgcause he expected to see the red and, green lights changed to white s he neared them. They did not change, but It was too late to stop and in an in- stant the crash came, carrying death to more than a score.’ A policeman who alded in the work of ue made this statement today concern- ng Davis “I aseisted in earrylng Davis, the en- ineer, from his engine. He was terribly injured. He said: ‘I am responsible for the accident. I saw the danger signal, but ex- pected it to turn white,' ** The statement made last night that it was & Royal Blue express that ran into the Jocal express was erroneous. This train was not in the wreck. Ot theso identified and injured, / t Statement of General Manager. G. Heller, eral maoager of the New Jersey, who made an investigation of the wreck, gave out & statement today in which be sald the accident was due to the “element of buman fallibility” in railroad operation “The company,” he sald, “has installed what is kuown as the eleetric-pneumatic- sutomatic system of block signaling, the siguals working before, during and after accidents “The signals were working all right be- fore aud after the accident, as we found on iuvestigation. It seems then that along came the Philadelphia express, one of our hourly trains between New York and Philadelphia, and, flying past all the warn- fugs, was driven by its enginner Into the local train with such force as to tele- scope three of its coaches. So far as 1 ascerlatn, the only explanation Davis, engineer of the ex- press, gave is that he did not see any red lights. DBut he was In such a eritieal condition that he barely kmew what be was saying. Davis was a thoroughly com- pelent engiueer and had a very good record. “Soon after the wreck local came through on another track and its cars were scratched a little, &rpurll that this train ram into the wreck- vice president and gen- an age and caused further loss of life are Bolly false.” PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.—A number of Philadelphians who were on the express train arrived here today. Thelr storles Qescribing tho scenes which followed the collision were pititul. M. M. Hardt, & traveling salesman, said: I was in a day coach; my coach was the cond in the train. We were going at xty miles an hour whes I felt & terrific shock and 1 was thrown from my seat, as were all the others in the car. *The frst ghock was followed by a second, almost 48 hard as the first, and when we came to a #10p we were on the side of & car that had Merally plowed through our ear. Before T could get out a train from Philadelphia passed in the epposite direction on the far track. plowing through the wreckage of eur trulf and the one we had run into (Continued on Second Page.) Louis train was | The amily of | Central Raflroad of | the Samervillle | but the | THE OMAHA 19, 1871. [HEADS | WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE Canndian Waronet Explaine How Ameriea Will Euchre Dominfsn /, in Alaskan Dispute. VANCOUVER Hibbert Tupper. n to settle question, eaid it United States was of its rights Eogland would never fight the United States for one inch of Canadian territory. The United States knew that and was sure of its ground when it arbitrated with Great That had B in ., Jan speaking of he Alaskan boundary simply meant that the to euchre Canada out 288 C the cohy sion | Britain over Canadian questicns, been proved by three simiiar arbiirations For Great Britain there would be one and perhaps two Englishmen who were disposed to lean toward the Unjted Sta the ground ,of justice, the merits of the case or strict impartiality. They were algo care- ful as to the legal phase of the question On the other hand, American jurists on an arbitration commission never swerved | & hair's breadth any greund, If the English jurists favored the Americans Canada would lose. If each side held its own, Canada would lose, for, according to legal procedure the case would fall to the | ground and leave the Americans in pos. session of the disputed tarritory. The United States would then say “Canada could mot prove its case and we have the territory.” So the United States would doubtless win in any event. on PRINCE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Theory of Murder No Longer Enter- ned by Friends of the Dead Man. NORDHAUSEN, Prussian Saxony, Jan. 28.—Prince Wolfang Zu Stolberg-Stolberg, who was found dead early yesterday morn- ing in the park of his castle at Rottle- berode, probably committed suicide. His father lay dead in the castle of Stol- berg and the son started to drive from his castle at Rottleberode to spend the night with his father’'s body. The prince took a hunting rifle with him, As the family | explains, it was his custom to shoot game during his drives While the carriage was still in Rottle- berode park the prince told the driver to stop, got out and walked, carrying his rifle, into the thick woods. The driver later heard a shot and walted for a long time for the prince’s return. Then he | searched the woods and found the prince shot dead In the head and his hands clutch- ing the rifle. The body lay in the woods five hours while a cofin was being brought to the spot. The prince, who was 63 years of age, was a hereditary member of the House of Lords. His father was elevated from the rank of count, to that of prince this year. The bodies of the son and father probably will be buried side by elde today. Note Saying They Are Satisfled with Attitude of Pekin Government. PEKIN, Jan. 28.—The forélgn ministers, with the exception of Minister Conger, at & meetfng toduy, drafted a note M Teply to the Chinese note of January 19, express ing a satiafaction with China’s admission that the indemnity was on & gold basis, saying that China's regard for its obliga- tions was so scrupulous that they had no fear it would fail to meet them. The ministers called attention to the nee- essity for soon issuing bonds to the dif- ferent governments for their shares of the | tndemnity, to replace the single bond | given when the peace protocol was igned. | and sald they were unable to discuss the | questicns raised by the recent Chinese note | until the bonds had been issued. The ministers, including Minister Conger, Poim-d in another note requesting a wmore etrict compliance with the protocol in | proclatming the suspension of examinations in districts where foreigners had been | massacred, and protesting against the num- | erous appoiutments of blacklisted oficlals | to offices. [To EXFLORE THE BLUE NILE Soon to Leave on an nt Expedition in Aftrien, LONDON, Jan. 28.—W. N. McMillan ot | 8t. Louts, Mo., has planned to leave Lon- | don in @ few days for Asia Abeda, capital ! ot Abyssinia, whence, with Colonel John L. Harrington, British agent at the court of King Menelik, and Isidor Morse of Bos- | t0 sxplore the course of the Blue Nile. | 'The expedition will consist of 100 camel | forty attendants and an escort of armed | Abyssinians acd a flotilla of spectally con- | structed boats. The object of the expedi- | tion is to ascertaln the navigability of the | Bjue Nile as o trade route from central Abyssinia to the Mediterranean. The Aaglo-Epyptian authorities are aid- ing Mr. McMillan, who is defraying the expenses. He expects to launch the flotilla at the sowrce of the Blue Nile in June {and hopes two months later to reach Khartoum, 1,000 miles below, at the junce tion of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. AUSTRIA RAISES THE TARIFF BN Rel Increnses Dutles on Mo Before ports, VIENNA, Jan. 28.—The complete new tarift was lald before parliament today. The duties on manufactured articies are genérally increased, specially high duties being imposed on the finest grades Among the principal changes cotfon yarns raised b0 per cent; finest woolen articles 33 per cent; leather, 20 to 30 per cent; shoes, 20 to 80 per cent; fancy leather goods trebled; raw tobacco ralsed to $24 per hundred kilograms, about 267 pounds; textlle machinery, 50 to 100 per cent; electrical dynamos and motors, 20 to 35 per cent; electrical apparatus duties doubled, and on agricultural machinery raised 20 per per cent, with the exception plows and threshers, whichi changed. are not Te Try Diverce DRESDEN, Jan. 28.- The special assembled to try fhe suit for court divorce inst his wife, who eloped some f{ime o with Prof. Giron, met in camers today for several hours and then adjourned uatil February 11. n & © Condit GENOA, Italy, Jan. 28.—Hubbard T. Smith, the vice and deputy consul general at Cairo, who s &t & hospital here, has become unconscious. The latest diagnosis I;ho'l that he Is suffering from cancer of | the kidneys. ca ’ oy Prussian CHINA IS TO PAY IN GOLD| ton, he will lead an importsut expedition | ot steam | brought by the crown prince of Saxony | DAILY BEE. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNI Xy NG, JANUARY | {BURLESON IS INQUISITIVE Introduces Two Resolutiors Oalling for Information Regarding Lands - ‘RE AIMED AT THE CATTLEMEN ! \ Supre s s to Hear ¢ Aty Indian the State of South Dakota. . volv ot Taxes in 1 (From a Staff Correspondent.) ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Representative Burleson of Texas, who has the reputation of endeavoring to quickly get at the meat of & proposition and wh also believes but very few ma ters should be withheld from the public, today introduced two resolutions in the house which are the immediate outgrowth of efforts being made in congress to work up sentiment favorable to a bill permit- ting the leasing of the public lands in Ne- braska for grazing purposes. The intent of both of Mr. Burleson's resolutions is the same. One {s a concurrent resolution demanding certain information of the sec- | retary of the Interior and the other a stmple resolution ‘‘requesting some infor- mation.” The information sought at the hands of the secretary of the interior by | Mr. Burleson's resolution is: | gl What stepm huve been taken to prevent logal fencing of the public domain in W Mexico, Wyoming and Nebraska? the public domain in Ne- nd Wyoming during the years 1901 under what is commoniy known and called the desert land act, and, fur ther, how many persons who have made sald applications or filings are actual | bona-fide pettlers n sald land and how | many have fraudulently used said acts to | secure color of title to said lands for the purpose of transferring the same to others? The resolution further sets out that when sald report of the United States be and he i hereby ipstructed to immediately institute or caus: | to be instituted suit or sMits to declare all fraudulent applications of said land by vir | tue of any action taken under sald home- {stead act or desert land act void and for | & judgment restoring said lands to the pub- i Mc domain, and in no event shall there be | retunded any purchase money which has been paid to the government where pur- | chase was to fraudulently acquire said lands. Mrs. W. E. Andrews of Hastings, Neb., wife of the auditor for the Treasury de- partment, was at home yestgrday o her many friends in this city. Mrs. Andrews was assisted in receiving by a number of Nebraska women. Suit Over Indian Taxes. The case of the United States, appellant, vs. James A. Rickert, as county treasurer for Roberts county, South Dakota, appellee, on appeal from the United States circuit court of eppeals for the Eighth circuit s docked to be heard before the United States supreme court this week. Senator | Kittredge and W. D. Lane will appear as solicitors for appellee. This sult was brought by the United States at the Octo- cuit court for the @strict of South Dakota to restrain the defendant, James A. Rick- ert, county treasurer of .the connty eof Roberts, the collector of taxes under the law of that state, from seizing and sell- ing certaln personal property belonging to certaln Indians for taxes assessed agalnst such property for the years 1899 and 1900. Nebraska B in Congress. Representative Mercer today |1in the house Millard's bill to increase the | pension of, Louis Webber to $25 per month. Repre: a bill to Increase the pension of Willlam F. Thompson to $30 per month. The joint resolution which passed the scnate January 24, cxtending the time for construction of the Akron, Sterling Northern railway, in which Omaha capi- tallsts are interested, was favorably re- ported to the house today. Routine ol Departments. James H master at Raymond, Blackhawk county, Ia., vice W. W. Scott, resigned. were appointed today: Iowa, Rockwell, regulars, George W. Tanner, Karley E. Brown; substitute, D. C. Shults. South Dakota, Alexandria, regulars, Walter J. Crouch, Fred C. Loomer, Max U. Graves; substitutes, Vernin R. Benedict, James E. Graves. Arteslan, regulars, Milo J. Strong, John P. Digro; substitutes, Frank B. Whitney, Sivert Braa. Astoria, regular, Gustave O. Halverson; substitute, Henry | Halverson. Canova, regular, Earl F. Sweet; | substitute, Sylvester H. Sweet. Dell Rap- ids, regular, Alonzo W. Hunt; Benjamin Porter. Romona, Henry C. Corlis: substitute, I. J. Tabor, regular, Frank W. Beeaman; | stitute, Homer S. Beemer. Toronto, ular, Peter A. Peterson; Peterson. Ward, regular, Thomas Cassidy substitute, William Cassidy. The postoffice at Pella, Lancaster county, b., has been ordered d:scontinued. Peter Peterson has been appointed tem- porary janitor in the public building at | Counctl Blufts, Ia. Filando B. Kingsbury has been appotnt- carpenter In the Omaha public build- regular, sub- Teg- ed 1ng. Ray W. stitute letter carrier at Waterloo Oscar V. P. Stout of Lincoln, been appointed hydrographer in logical survey. WOMAN ACCUSED OF CRIME Deathbed Confession of Man Read in L Ia. Neb., has the geo- a Pulpit Leads to Her Arrest. APPLETON, Wis., Jan. 28 —Charged with seiting the fire which caused the destruc- tion of the village of Bear Creek, Wis., last | July, entailing a property loss of $25,000, | Miss Lucille Cobert has been arrested as |8 result of a letter addressed to a Catholic priest at Bear Creek, which was read from | the puipit, and which purported to be the deathbed confession of & man in a Chicago hospital He claimed to have set the fire through |8 destre for revenge, the letter alleging | that he was Miss Cobert's jlited lover. Miss Cobert is held under $2,000 bonds. She was proprietor of a millinery store in which the fire started, and for which she collected $300 insurance. HARD WOOD PRICES RAISED National Association Decldes to Ele- e Charges by Ten to Fif. teen Per Cent, CINNATI, Jan. 28.—The National Hardwood Manufacturers' assoclation today | decided to lmmediately Increase prices from lumber produced by the members. | of applications or Alings | is made the attorney general | ber (1900) term of the United States cir- | introduced | ntative Burket( today introduved | &| Wise has been appointed post- | These_rural free delivery letter carriers | substitute, | Corlis. | substitute, C. 0. | / | Connell has been appointed sub- |QUAY TAKES BOLD STEP Tacks Statehood . Bill Omto by Way of Amendme Many casures WASHINGTON B/—A ftew before Senator Lodge (Mass.) suspended his speech in opposition to the omni statehood bill today, Senaotr Quay (Pa.),| in charge of the bill, introduced the state- hood measure as an amendment to each of the appropriation bills, the agricultural and the civil sundry bill The document was handed in quietly, | | and the occurrence attracted no attention at the time. The amendments contained in each case all the provisions of the bill, as it came from the house and provided for the admission of Okiahoma, New Mex- | ico and Arizona as states of the union. | Senator Quay would not discuss the pur- pose of this step, but his friends prac- tieally admit that it is the intention so to | join the measure with the bills voting | money for the conduct of the business of | the government as to render it necessary | to accept statehood In order to secure the passage of the appropriation bills. This | purpose is made more evident by the fact | | that Mr. Quay requested that the amend- ments be referred to the committee on or- ganization and conduet of executive de- partments of which he Is chairman. A 1utes Jan N 29, 1903—TEN PAG USIVERSITIES MUST TEACH| Yale President Defines Duties of Profes- sional 8chools Toward Country. RESEARCH SHALL NOT BE SOLE Allfi; Discoveries Are Not to BHe Under- rated, but Creation of Men to Do World's Work is to Be Borme in Mind. CHICAGO, Jan. 28 In the presence of an assembly of educators and alumni from | all parts of the country. Northwestern uni- versity's new professional echool building at Lake and Dearborn streets was formally dedicated today. In comnmection with the ceremony there was a celebration of the fifty-seventh anniversary of founders' day Dedicatory exercises were held fn tne assembly hall of the new building. At their conclusion Arthur T. Hadley, presi- dent of Yale, was tendered a reception in the rooms of the law echool. The cele- bration commemorative of the founding of the university was held in the tonight, when Dr. ‘The the Place of the Prof. Modern American esstonal in Univer- rule of the senate requires that in order | to prévent being thrown out on & point an | amendment to an appropriation bill must | be reported by some committee of the sen- ate. g Mr. Quay's committee fs composed of nine members, a large majority of whom are favorable to the admission of all the erritories, and, although it is & mittee which has not had a meeting for years, it is contended that it Is perfectly competent to pass on any measure that may be referred to it for consideration. In the usual order of business amend- ments to the sundry civil bill would have been referred to the committee on appro- priations and to the agricultural bill to| he committee on agriculture, but tils was | not done because those committees are certalnly not so favorable to the statehood | propositions. The intention is to have the committee called together at an early date to con- sider the amendments. It is understood that the decision to take this step accounts for Mr. Quay's motion to adjourn at an | ynusually early hour today. John L. McDonough, formerly secretary of state of New York, has been consulted by President Roosevelt with a view to his appointment as associate justice of the su- preme court of the United States. The letter written to Mr. McDonough amounts | practically to an. offer of the place it the | latter desires to have it. Mr. McDonough | has replied, expressing his appreciation of the offer, but at the same time, it is sald, not definitely accepting. A positive state- ment of Mr. McDonough's intention was not obtainable In official quarters tonight. The vacancy i= caused by the promotion of Colonel Jemes F. Smith from the position of associate justice to that of a member of the Philippine commission, to fll the vacaney caused by the retirement of Com- missioner Moses. WILL FIX MINERS’ Operators dna e apol com- | | | | Mewd ot ‘Twdian- to Arrange Terms for Central District. 1 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 28.—Thé coal | operators of Indiana, Ohio, Illinols and | western Pennsylvania and reprosentatives of mining interests in twenty other states began yarriving in Indianapolis today for the jofnt wage conference with the miners hich begins tomorrow. Between 250 and 200 operators will be in the city, The conference between the operators | and the miners' wage committee only has to do with arranging the scale for the cen- tral district. This settlement, however |!‘ of national importance, for the tlements I'in all of the other bituminous districts are based on the terms reached In this one Most of the operators that arrived today refused to talk for publication. A few of them indicated that the opera~ tors would take the stand that the miners demand too much. The miners, on the | other hand, seem determined to stay by thelr demand for a rise of 12% cents per ton mined. If no agreement is arrived at it will mean a cessation of work in the mines of | | the competitive district on April 1. |MITCHELL DECLINES OFFER Hlinols Arbitration s Miners’ Unlon Takes All His Time. | Cannot Join i ‘. s | INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28.—John Mitchell | ‘lnflny declined the invitation of (ifl\'l—rnnr‘ | Yates to accept the place allotted to a representative of labor on the Illinois State Board of Arbitration. Mr. Mitchell sald he was heartily in favor of boards of arbitration and that he heartily appre- ciated the offer made by Governor Yates, | but his work as president of the miners’ | | union took up all his time. STOCKMEN BECOME ALARMED! Soon Starve to Death Ilh‘1 Cattle Wi less the Smow Melts Enough to Get Gra: Mont the GREAT FALLS, much alarm among and east, who they are threatened with greater losses than in years At Norris, Mont., extending from Chinook east and north to Central City | 8 heavy snowfall two weeks ago | hardened on top aza t {to get the grass | One stockman says 80 hard that it will bear up unless a chinook c | will be enormous. | WALLACE, 1da., Jan. 28 | tourteen fnches of snow has the past twenty-four hours d'Alenes and the snow is fourteen feet !deep in.all of the country near St. Re- | gent’s and Lookout Mountain. The snow |#s sala to be packed upon the sides of tracks bigher than the Jan. 28.—There is stockmen north | | say ! | there was This has cattle are unable at the snow is crusted | gon and soon the loss aw | mes very More an fallen dpring in the Coeur the Northern Pacific tops of cars. | BABY BOY SHOOTS MOTHER! | Pa Trigwer of ] arclessly Held Rifle and Immediately Slays | | Pare ‘ BOONVILLE, Mo., Jan. 28.—Mrs. Alice | Hoeffer, wife of a prominent farmer living near here, was accidentally shot dead to- night by her 4-year-old son. Mre. Hoeffer and ber husband were shoot- ing out of the window at English sparrows and their son pulled the trigger of a rifie | i | left breast. i { With the same duty | ing | ant Tenching Equals Research. Hadley said: There Is In these days a tendency to exa philosophical {avestigation at the expense of teaching. Far be it from me to say one word which might seem to depreciate the value of research. It is a thing of great importance to the community, and engaged in it often find themselves better teachers on that account. But we make u mistake If we fix our eyes too exclu- sively on research at the expense of teach- Ing and estimate the value of a university solely on the former basts, It may b true that one real jurist is worth 100 or dinary lawyers; that one medical discov- erer does more good than 1,000 physiclans; that one prophet is worth 10,000 preachers of the conventional type. Nevertheless, the Institution which irles only to make jurists or discoverers or prophets will fail to glve the country the lawyers, doctors and ministers which it wants is in the power of th 1 to be more than a mere pre echool, but not by neglecting its 1 of technical training. To emph needs practical life was the function of the organized professional #chool in university affairs, and amid all the changes which have taken place in fts position and influence it is still charged and Invested with the Mr. sslonal ain Juty size same privilege. The annual banquet Northwestern universit hotel tonight was made conferring & number of on men who have distinguished themselves in professional education in this country. Among those who were so honord were James Barr Adams, dean of the Harva law school; W. W. Keen of Jefferson Med fcal college, Albert B. Prescott of the of the alumni of at the Auditorium the occasion for dental school, University of Michigan, and | Deai. Bdward C. Kirk of the dental school, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kirk was glven the degree of Doctor of Science, the others that of Doctor of Laws. BUY PERJURERS CHEAPLY New York Tax Fixers Pay a Few Dollars for Falxe Amaavit NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—Philip Baer, 1i- brarian at the city hall; Moses R. Springer, Nathan Springer and Walter H. Sawyer, the alleged tax swindlers, were arralgned today. Applications for separate examina- tions was refused. District Attorney Jerome announced that Sawyer had been accepted as a state wit- ness and partially exonerated Moses Springer. William K. Secor, a detective, was the first witness and said he was introduced by Willlam Harcourt to Nathan Springer and Baer as the man who was to impersonate Monroe B, Bryant. “Springer gave me a list of figures show- Bryant's valuations,” he continued, and I learned them by heart. catechised me three times on the list, com- plimented me on my memory and sald that I would do.” Atter that he went with Baer to the tax office, whers, as Monroe B. Bryant, he signed and swore to an afdavit reducing Mr. Bryant's assessment by $70,000. For this service Secor sald he recelved $5. DEAD FREIGHT IS REFUSED Eastern Lines Will Only Carry Per- ble Goods and Coal, Ow- ing to Lack of Cars. CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—Nearly all eastern roads centering in Chicago have served notice on western connections that until conditions change they cannot accept any more “dead freight. Until further notice efforts of eastern lines will be concentrated upon moving perishable freight and coal. The trafic conditions aro sald by east- ern men to be unprecedented. We rallroads which are not suffering so much from lack of equipment and power, are materfally injured by the congested condl tions of their eastern comnections, as they | | could move a much larger percentaga of | trafic than they are now handiing, if there | were eastern connections to turn it over to. Strenuous efforts were made by the board of trade to {nduce the Lake Shore and o‘her main eastern roads to make some additional provision for the move- of grain. They were told that the Lake Shore alone could use 10,000 cars than it possesses. ROOSEV ident is Dedieate St. Buildings and Ground April, to Louix ST. LOUIS, Jan. 28.—The grounds and buildings for the world's fair will be d on April 30 by President Roose whe address will be delivered Grover Cleveland. The grand marshal of the day will be Major General Corbin. The military page- will the program of dedica- The column will include all branches service and composed of two s of regular troops and several of national guards. A display of fireworks will the evening. REFUSES WOMEN THE VOTE Kansas Senate Throws Out Bi ing Female Suffrage in that State. precede tion be given in TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 28.—The state sen- ate today voted down the woman suffrage bill, but received a'report favoring the use of voting machines, which the house has already approved The general opimion is that the Austra 10 to 15 per cent on the various grades of | while his mother held it pointing at ber | llan “allo' system at present In use is too | cumix e, Auditorium | Hadley delivered an ad- | those | professional | the | original | honorary degrees | Then Baer | e ELT WILL AID FAIR| | has | unprecedented SlN(il,i‘] COPY THREE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER erday Temperature at Omaha Yeat Hour. [} Dew 1t ». . ». » ». » ». » v - as a8 Cold Wave Coming. Weather bureau of a cold wave will fall to zero The wind will erly and will be ac- Forecaster Welsh of the announces the He thinks the temy by Thureday evenir change high companied by snow FAULT WITH CAR SERVICE mthwest Tmpro Club Has Business with the Street Rall- « approac rature to or ement way Company A large number of members of the South- to hear reports of securing meeting held last night from the committee in charge signers for the petition change the grede of Twenty-fourth street, Fred Zotz- mann reported that a number of property owners were absent from the city, but a number had signed. It was stated that 510 feet of property had been signed, whilo about 700 feot is necessary It was reported that the city will take charge of the widening of Twenty-fourth to ! soon as a majority of the Interested prop- erty owners sign the petition for the change of grade, so that there will be | nothing In the way of having the street car tracks lald as soon as the street is graded | George M. Nattinger raised the question | of street car service on the Park line, say- that during the busy hours of morning and evening the service is mot adequate; | that in 1897 eighteen regular trains were | operated on the line, while now only six- teen are operated, with fewer extra cars now than then. On motion of Mr. Nat- tinger a committee, consisting of G. M Nattinger, Hugh Willlams and R. W. Dy- ball, was appointed to take the matter up with the management of the company. It was suggested that the traffic from West extra on the, Walnut Hill line, @nd for the purpose of gettin the proposition before the company 8. E Howell was added to the committee. The club adjourned until next Wednesday evening. . CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Make Quorum {1lar to the service | | pough Members to espond te Call for Special Meeting. As was expected, there was no difficulty In getting a quorum of the city council for the special meeting of yesterday after- noon and the roll call showed Mesars. Karr, Burkley, Zimman, Whitehorn, Has- call and Trostler present. The business specified In the call was gone through in o formal manner and but a few minutes were consumed n_the procgedings Tax Commissloner Fleming was not yet ready to submit his certificate of the valu- atlon of taxable property and was allowed until Monday to complete it. The resolution completing the formalities in the recent sale of $200,000 of ecity bonds | to Spitzer & Co. of Toledo was adopted, | ana the eppropriation ordinance providing | for the payment of December bills was | passe R The forms of the tax le¥y ordinances were given their first and second reading ¥ title, | None of the estimates from heads of | departments as to their expenses for the { coming year had received, but it was reported that eome of them had been placed In the hands of the mayor and could be secured at any time. After some discussion It \vas decided tbat the mem- bers shall meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock to decide upon the apportionments to be made to the various departments and determine the amount it will be neces. sary to ralse by taxation. | been | |GROWTH OF DAIRY BUSINESS | John Francis Says it ix Becoming ka i Great Factor in Nebr: Enterp: “There s no general Fealization of the enormous growth of the dalry business in Nebraska recently,” cald John Francls general passenger agent of the B. & M railroad. “As it 1s now, our passenger trains carry cars solely for milk every day and I prophesy that it will not be long before we will be running entlre trains for milk alone. Take & town like Beaver City, for instance. 1 have just recelved figures for the milk business there of 1902. In that year 1,057,600 pounds of milk were shipped from there and from this 50,6 pounds of butter fat were extracted by the tion process. Undoubtedly the dairy- must be reckoned with resources and in considering the possibilities of this state |UTAH IS IN STORM'S GRASP ceeds Records for Thir- Yenrs ow tall Mountain, more | Ranges avd Desert. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 28 heaviest January storm for thirteen years been raging in the inter-mountain reglon for forty-elght hours and shows no Th | stgn of letting up. The gorges are packed with snow to a depth of many feet, while on tha ranges and desert the fall has been almost At Winnemueca, Nev., thirteen incks of snow has fallen The telegraph service west of Ogden has been for days and all ! trains or delayed, but no serious tie mountain demoralized two 1e ported are more are Movements ean Vessels Jan. 28, At New York—Arrived Hamburg, Boulogt Prinzessin_ Victoria terdam Plymou abria, for Marseille Southampton L h and and Legh ind_ Naples for' Liver twerp—Salled: I nnland, for Phila Lizard—J New York, for H New York. for 8 for Antwerp AL Que-nstown Liverpool At N York At Glasgow ! York At Liverpool E re; Philadelphia ithampton; § fr fr Salled ¥ [ Merion, for Arrived latla, from New Arrived: Furnesia, from New Arrived: 1 trom soston. | At Gfbra'tar—Passcd York, for Marsellie At Hong Kong—Arrived Shawmut, from Tacoma via Yokohnma At Movill:—Arrived: Corinthian. from Bt | John, N. B., and Halifax, for Liverpool. Hesoerla, from New and Nuples. reviously west Improvement club were present at the | street between Mason and Paciflc streets as | | Leavenworth street should be handled sim- | ing industry is to become a vast factor in | Nebraska enterprises and It s one that | W(' ENTSE LISTEN T0 TAX TALK Joint Revenue Comr ittee of the Legislature Holds Open Session. SEVERAL OMAHA MEN ADDRESS MEETING Victor Rosewater Speaks on Double Taza- tion of Mortgages and Property, IN ONE ASSESSMENT iJ‘ H. McIntosh Addresses Himself to Rail- road Taxation in Oities. WOULD LIST ALL ARE NOW ESCAPING MOST OF BURDEN Resolution neerning ts 1 Tabled in the Move Lobe onse— | | | | with to Dispen Printing Board. | (From a Btaft Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, Jan. 28.—{Speclal Telegram.) The joint revenue committee held its | first public meting tonlght in tho as | sembly room of the Lindell hotel. All membere of the committee were prosent, | likewise & number of other legislators and | many outsiders. It was noticeable that no regular or official representatives of the rallroads, who had been espectally invited, was present submit the views of the corpora the audience, however, ified as railroad hench- In 1dent many men Victor Rosewater and J. H. McIntosh ot { Omaha, the latter attorney for the Omaha Real Estate exchange, and W, J. Lamb, and attorney of Lincoln, addressed the ing Mr. Lamb, the first speaker, confined his briet remarks chiefly to the matter of delin- quent taxes, saying they should be made a state fund to pay state debts. All taxes | five years delinquent, he thought, should be | b1d in by the state. To the end that no | auestion should ariee as to the municipal- | fttes’ claims to pay certaln bonds, he | satd, let the cities bld the taxes not two years he would J meets redeemed. Within turn over to the state the property with :h'mfl)\”l‘ title. Mr. Lamb, though a “de« voted friend” of the present revenue law, | thought it could be amended to embody | these provisions with profit. Avolding Double Taxation. Mr. Rosewater, on invitation of the chairman, addressed the meeting, dwelling chiefly on the subject of double taxation of property, such as securities for mort- gages, loans and debts and the notes bonds, etc., and in the hands of the lender. He pointed out that these securities con- stituted no addition to the taxable prop- erty, but were simply evidences of part ownership, citing the illustration of cattle paper, which represents a share of the holder in the cattle by which they are se. cured. To avold double taxation, he ad- vocated the unit system of assessment whereby the property and the mortgage - or note would ho assessed together as of jone valug at the location of the preperty.- He submitted to the committee a draft covs efing this part as follows: Where any property within this state is mortgaged, conveyed or pledged for the security of a loan or debt then owing, the sald property and the notes, bonds, mort- gages, deed of trust, trust deed, contract { or other conveyance shall be assessed as | & unit, and as cne and the same, and as of one'value and as the value of sild prop- | erty so mortgaged, pledged or otherwise | conveyed only. and any such notes, bonds, mortgages, deeds of trust, trust dee con- tracts or conveyan #hall not be other- | wise returned or assessed; provided, that | in no case shall any property so mortgaged, | conveyed or pledged be assessed for less than the market value of the loan or debt then owing for which It 18 security. | "I the owner In possession of any property | within this state so mortgaged, conveyed or | pledged for the security of a loan or debt | then owing, falls or neglects to pay the taxes ther permits said property to be sold for the mortgagee or holder | of an: vance or pledge for which sald property security may pay such taxes | or redeem sald property so sold for taxes; and on payment of any such bond, mort: | Eage, note or debt. or any action to en- force the same. the taxes so paid may bo | demanded. with ‘interest thereon at the same rate specified in the mortgage, note or conveyance, and the same shall be in- cluded In any judgment rendered thereon and any taxes so pald by the holder of the | mortgage, note or conveyance shall be a ! llen on the property by which it is secured | until the same shall be paid. Takes Up Kanoas BilL | Taking up the Kansas bill and the re- port of the Konsas tax commission, Mr Rosewater declared that, while 1t had some good features that ought to be adopted in Nebraska, on the main points it was inap- | plicable to this state because of constitu- | tional limitations. While in the main | points of double taxation and corporate taxation 1t was viclous and under the fea- | tures embodied in it, which he thought | were worth copying are: 1. County nssessors instead of precinct assossors, centering responsibilities and | avolding ‘Inequalities; making of provision for removal for failure to enforce the law {and the appointment of a_successor from | the same political party in case of such removal Full value assessment Assessment of merchandise and va.ia- personal property at the average for year Assessment of brokers and corhmission men on the average capital invested Assessment of express and car eompa- on a proportionate capital employed the state, represented by the ratio of arnings In the stat nt of railroad prof taxation by municipal 88 frequent assessments of real es at intervals of four or five years. Rosewater replied to many ques brought by his remarks. [ Olty's Right, addressed the meeting at He, t0o, was kept busy answer Mr. McIntosh {s the author 171, the bill designed to glv tax commissioner the right to ¢ on the railroad corporate limits, in- fizures of the state as at present. His largely along this line of Mclntosh's maln point was tax commissioner has this and he plead law which would exer this right. He universal sentiment of this He sald Ne was good 1n the roatn was all that was mec reliet. the rallroads of Omaha Union Pacific as an example, are aying their jus of city taxes the present law completely dis that i palmed off on by Union Pacific attor- that, as every other should share in the valuation of the Omaha terminals it would be double taxation and therefore upjust to increase the local taxes in the eity of Omaha. Like packing houses, jobbing | bouses and all other comcerns dependent | ble |a 4 | nies |in gross 6. Anse municipal erty authorf | tate | Mr tions out ads for Mr. Mecintosh some length | ing que of H. R.. Nc the ( a levy a di property stead of Board of | remarks thought that right tor th | enable showed om bra and assessment within the accepting E ization, were Mr Omaha's under the enactment of the him to that th d rue la s enforcement afford ad insisted that constitution law s rove He using not under pelled houghtless y6 and lobbyists county 1o the share He old n ol people