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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08

At Sunday afternoons meeting Of the
Society OF PhiIanthropic Protest. opened at
the usual hour in Hammerstein's hall, X.
N. oeker said;
I'VE who understand all about every
thing cannot but be distressed by the pres
ent tedious and wholly unnecessary pro-
eesses Of assessing for taxation the be-
longings Of citizens OF Omaha. The tax
commissioner worked on the wrong theory.
The Board OF Review has approached its
task by a wrong route. I should find not
the slightest difheulty, for know a cor
rect and speedy method.
"As q basis OF assessment I would take
the number of minutes required by an in
terviewer in reaching the capitalist or the
head Of the corporation to be assessed.
Twenty minutes, 81, 900. 900; forty minutes,
81, OO0. 900; fifty minutes. s10O0O,O0O: sixty
minutes. $40; all over sixty minutes, so
cents. To get at an income / would igure
on a basis OF the number OF sons and
daughters away at college. the number OF
years they have been there and the number
Of serapes in which they have required bail
money. II that don't show up the paternal
income, nothing can.
ITO ascertain the ready capital of each
man. either In coin or clothes, would
multiply the number OF times his wife gets
into the society columns by the number oi
times his brother-in-law gets into politics
and divide by the number Of times he him
self gets into trouble with his employees
Realty holdings I would ascertain by not
ing what he does for the tax committee o.
the exchange.
The franchise. OF course, presents
somewhat more perplexlng problem but on
quickly disposed of by my method. woul'
use, as a basis, the valuation given II by IL
holders. multiplying the same by the mum
Der OF times they have rejected that hgur
ana dividing by the square root OF tn
valuation given the franchise By the aver
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Loses Foot Under Cars.

TABLE ROCK, Neb. Dec. 7.-(Speciall-
Howard ]. Chapman, wealthy farmer and
stockman living six miles southeast of
here was the victim Of a railroad accident
in the yards here Saturday. which cost
him his left foot He had Just received
a carload of cattle from the western range
and was going across the sidetrack to
look after them. As the track was blocked
with long string Of cars he crawled under
the bumpers and at about the same time
the switch engine started up, too soon for
him to extricate his foot, which was cut
entirely off. He is now resting as easily
as could be expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Give old FoIlks the slip.

BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 7,-(Special)-
Word was received here last night by the
police that William Hattersohl and Miss
Bartels, who reside near Plymouth, Jefer-
son county had eloped, with the intention
of uniting their fortunes in the holy bonds
Of matrimony. AS the young woman is
only 16, the old folks objected, hence the
flight. 1t is reported that the young
couple started for Beatrice, but the au-
thorities have so far been unable to locate
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
MISSOURI CHANGES CHANNEL
Takes water supply Away from Ne
braska City, Carrying IT
to Iowa.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. IA sud
den shifting of the main channel OF the
Missouri river to the Iowa side has left this
city without a water supply.
Tonight the water works mains are
drained and every basin is empty. The
electric light plant is shut down and the
streets are dark.
1t may be days or weeks before pipes can
be extended to the main channel, and In
the meantime every mandatory In the city
dependent on steam or electricity must be
shut down.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
HYMENEAL.
BartheI-wackIe.

WEST POINT, Neb., Dec. 7.--(speciAl.)-
John A. Barthel and Miss Kate Wackle
we're married on wednesday in this city,
Rev. F. w. Leavitt, pastor Of the Congrega-
tional church, ofleiatlng. The young couple
are children Of our oldest settlers and will
60 to housekeeping in this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Don't Accept COunterfeits.

For piles. skin diseases, sores, cuts
bruises, burns and other wounds nothing
equals Dewitt's Witch Hazel salve. Don't
accept eounterfeits. None genuine except
DeWitt's. "I have suffered since 1865
with protruding, bleeding piles and until
recently could find no permanent relief"
says ]. F. Gerall of st. Paul, Ark. FINALLY
tried Dewitt's Witch Hazel salve. which
soon completely cured me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Girls Banquet Foot BaII Players.

BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 7.-(Special.)-
One Of the most brilliant social events in
the history Of the high school was the
Junior and senior girls banquet given last
night to the high school foot ball team OF
this city. About 100 guests were in at
tendance and the affair was brought to a
close about midnight by an elaborate spread
given-by the young women in charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
FATHER AND SON REUNITED
Separated Since Son Was n Child and
Father Supposed to he
Dead.

PLATTsMoUTH. Neb., Dec. 7.-(special.)
Charles Fisher, young man who until
recently was. soldier in the Philippines,
and who has been making his home in
Plattsmouth since leaving the service. went
to Kansas City yesterday to visit his
father, whom he has not seen since in
fancy and of whose whereabouts he knew
nothing until a few days ago. Twenty
three years ago the Fisher family resided
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
johnson County Mortgage Record.

TECUMsEH, Neb., Dec. 7.-(special.)-
During the month of November there we're
eleven farm mortgages filed for record in
Johnson county, aggregating s27, 100; seven
teen we're released. amounting to sS2,274. 35.
During the month four city mortgages,
amounting to $1,S25, were placed on rec
ord, and six were released, which amounted
to s3,125. In the filing of chattel mort
cages the record was broken. Forty-fve
were filed, amounting to S29,317.31, while
forty-three were released, which amounted
to but IS, $685.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
TALES OF THE WEATHER MAN
Thermometer FIirts with the Zero
MsrE at BOtA Ends of the
Day.

When tho newsboy got his papers yes
terday morning 1T o'clock the thermom-
eter registered degrees above. When
the hired girl brought the household copy
In on the front porch at o'clock the
weather tally was 3 above. When the head
Of the house settled down to do his reading
az noon the mercury had climbed or up to
the . mark. When the foot of the table
settled down to do hers. at 4 p. m, the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08

he regards as one of the leaders of the anti
vivisectionists in this country.
He says: .-...---,-.-... ...-..-
/ deem 1t my duty TO call your attention
TO the case of Midshipman Aiken of the
United States Naval academy, who was re-
Gently injured in a foot bali game. My
reason for doing so Is 70 show Jou by a
by q single animal examination is boon
TO humanity and therefore such expert
ments should be heartily encouraged.
The facts of Mr.. Aiken's caN are;
/. When l first saw him, three days after
the accident he had been unconscious for
piained bitterly OF headache, which he
located always In the forehead.
2. Soon after the accident he began 10
hours after l saw him ne had twenty-four
of these attacks, all limited in the right
g. There was no fracture of the skull. The
only physical evidence of any injury was
slight bruiEe at the outer end of the left
Had seen this case before 1885 should
have been unable to explain why the
| right arm l should have teen justified In
! lnferring that probably the front part or
! his brain was injured at the site OF the
Had I opened his skull at that point I
and have missed the clot. The young man
would, therefore, have died whether his
skull had been opened or not.
Experiments Give knowledge.
In 1902, observe the difference. AS a re-
| suit of knowledge derived from expert
| ments upon animals reached the conciu-
| sion that there had been a rupture of a
blood vessel within the head and that the
! situation cf the clot should correspond to
| the ."arm center" Its position was hxed
| absolutely as a result of experiments upon
| animals.
| AS soon as the skull was opened at this
| point the clot was found, its thickest point
| being exactly over the arm center and the
| blood was removed, with the result that
/ the patients life was saved.
| This Is only one of hundreds or cases In
/ which a similar exact localization has been
made by many surgeons both In Europe and
4 America.
/ The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have frequently
I denied that surgeons have learned any
/ thing from such experiments. ! state with
i the greatest positiVeness that without the
/ knowledge derived from experiments upon
| animals which have demonstrated the facts
| OF cerebral localization / should never have
been able to locate the clot in Mr., Aiken n's
head and remove II.
In view, therefore, of the evident and
positive benefit Of such experiments,
trust that you will be willing to deslsl
from further efforts ut such repressive and
as / regard II, most inhumane ana cruel
legislation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
George H. Converse Coming.

George H. Converse, whose reputation be-
came known through his association with
rive in Omaha next Monday TO assist Rev.
Mr. jerks, pastor of the First Presby-
leading evangelists in the Presbyterian de-
nomination.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Costs Money to Display Knife.

TECUMsEH, Neb., Dec. 7.-(special.)-
The village OF Vesta, in this county, had
some little excitement last week. A Young
man named Bert Schofer paid fine in the
justice court for drawing a knife on DR..
c. H. Ziegler. DR.. zlegler is the postmas-
ter at Vesta.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
musical Event Mt bertrand.

BERTRAND, Neb.. Dec, 7.-(speeial.)-
An exceptionally enjoyable musical enter
tainment was given at the Congregational
church Friday evening by home talent. The
church was crowded and the various num-
bers were well received
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08

sick with pneumonia. Two OF them, twins,
died and we're buried today In the same
casket. The other child is still in a very
critical condition. A large concourse Of
relatives and friends were in attendance
at the funeral. which was a very sad AFFAIR.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Very Near a Crime.

To allow constipation to poison your
body. DR.. Kings New Life Pills cures 1t
and builds up your health or no pay. 26c.
For sale by Kuhn a Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08

All who have severe lung troubles need
Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
II cures or no pay. soc. s1.OO. For sale By
Kuhn 4 Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Twins buried Together.

FRANKLIN, Neb., Dec. 7.-(speoial Tel
egram. )-For the last week three small
children of q. N. Fagers have been very
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08

The funniest fun is Ping Pong. Tables
are 80 cents an hour. Bee Building par
lors, 214 South Seventeenth street.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
VIVISECTION SAVES LIFE
Surgeon Claims Aiken Would Have Died
but for Animal Experiment,
SAYS REPREsSNE. LAWS ARE INHUMAN
Pleads in Letter 60 Senator Gallinger
to Cease Efforts Towards Closing
Laboratories where Doctors
study Such Things.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7.-Dr. William
w. Keen, who was summoned to Annapolis
to operate on Midshipman Aiken, attributes
the success OF his operation TO knowledge
gained through experiments in vivisection.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Saved by Vivlsection.

DR.. Keen has addressed letter setting
forth the facts to Senator Gallinger, whom
he regards as one of the leaders of the anti
vivisectionists in this country
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Gu.taf.on noaras at Jail.

John Gustafson, a native of Polk county,
but recently employed in the Union Pacific
shops in Omaha, has been a charity boarder
at the city jail for the last two nights.
When 0ustafson first appeared he reported
10 the Jailer that he had been robbed OF a
large sum Of money. He said the checks
were certified and had been cashed at a bank
in South Omaha. This was proven false by
an inquiry at the banks. The police say
that Gustafson looked more like a tramp
than anything else and that he ate the Jail
food as IL he had not had square meal for
some days
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
Eagles New Omcers.

Aerie No. 154. order OF Eagles, met yes
terday afternoon and elected these officers:
Frank Murphy. president; Edward Copen-
harve, vice president; Richard Berlin.
treasurer; c. e. Thompson. secretary: VIII
liam Cole, chaplain; trustees, Bernard
Quinn. Fred Parks. Charles Alstadt; con-
duetor, George Hines; inside watch. James
Van Arnum; outside watch, c. L. Limpert.
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26
MARCONI TALKS
ACROSS THE SEA

Halifax. n s., Dec. 22.-After eight
experiments, conducted with the great
est secrecy, Marconi announces that
he has solved the problem of wireless
trans oceanic communication. and has
successfully transmitted wireless mes
sages from the shores of Canada to
the coast of England. The formal an
nouncement of this achievement was
made by the inventor himself yester-
day, when he stated that wireless mes.
sages had been successfully trans
mitted and forwarded from the gov
ernor general of Canada to King Ed
ward VII. of Great Britain and to the
King of Italy.
DR.. George R. Parkin. principal OF
Upper Canada College, trustee of
Rhodes scholarships. was present
when one of the successful tests was
made
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26
Attacking the Rush Amendment.

Denver. Dec. 21.-Briefs covering
more than 200 printed pages were yes
terday afternoon filed in the Supreme
Court by the attorneys who are con-
testing the validity of the Rush amend
ment, which establishes the city and
county of Denver and provides HON =
rule for cities. The replication of the
Municipal League. upholding the valid
ity of the amendment, was also filed.
The briefs against the amendment
were filed by Clay b. Whitford and
Fred w. Parks for Sheriff Seerie. II.
NJ. Orahood. Charles j. Hughes. Jr..
and Calvin p. Butler, for City Treas
urer Sours, Thomas L. Waters for
the town of Montclair and r. D. Rees
for the town Of Elyria. Though the
four briefs cover to some extent the
same ground, they were prepared sep
arately and each of them raises some
Independent points.
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL OF THE
WIDOW OF GENERAL u. S. GRANT

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 21.-In the
Guiding President Roosevelt some of
his cabinet, many senators and repre-
sentatives and most of the army. navy
and marine officers in the city in their
dress uniforms, funeral services over
the remains of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant
the widow of the former soldier-presi-
dent. were held in this city yesterday
morning. and the casket Immediately
afterward was taken to New York on
train which left here at II o'clock.
All of the family of Mrs. Grant were
present except Jesse Grant, who will
reach New York in time to attend the
ceremonies there. The members of the
family and relatives who attended the
service follow:
Mrs. Sartoris. General and Mrs. Fred
d. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, who
arrived during the service at the
church; u. S. Grant, Jr.. Miss Sartoris.
MIR. and Mrs. scoville. Miss Julia
Grant. Lieutenant Commander and
Mrs. Alexander Sharp, Nellie d.
Sharp. Mrs. James F. Casey.
Miss Casey. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Casey, MIR. Jules Casey. Miss Annie
Dent, Mr.. and Mrs. Garrish Smith,
Grant Smith and Lieutenant Gray
Those who accompanied the remains
to New York were General and Mrs
F. d. Grant, U. S. Grant. Mrs. Sartoris.
U. S. Grant, Jr., Miss Sartoris. Com
mander Sharp, Grant Smith, Midship-
man Jesse Sharp, Mrs. Scovel, Miss Ju-
liza Grant and Miss Mary E. Coffey, for
many years the faithful maid of Mrs
Grant. Preceded by a short service at
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26

the Grant home. the main service was
held in the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church,
where the family worshipped during
the Grant administration. y
The President and Secretary Hay oc-
cupied the front pew. Back of them
were seated Secretaries Moody and
Hitchcock. Postmaster General Payne
and Secretary Cortelyou. The next was
the family pew. draped with the ma
tional emblem, and occupied by the i'm
mediate family and on the extreme
left by Commander Cowles, U. S. N.
and Col. T. A. Bingham. U. S. A. The
Rev. DR.. Frank M. Bristol. pastor of
the church, ofiiciated, and opened the
ceremony by reading the Scriptures as
he walked down the aisle. followed by
the honorary pall-bearers, consisting of
senators, the speaker of the House and
others. The pall-bearers were seated
just back of the stricken family.
The casket was covered and the pull
pit was banked with floral tributes
The choir sang Lead. Kindly Light"
after which Dr. Bristol offered prayer.
Following this the choir sang Nearer,
My God, to Thee" and the service was
closed.
During the entire service the chimes
toiiNu anu iNht hll iiipi sol'lllhief
to the OCCASION The different bells in
the chimes are named after prominent
people who were instrumental in hav-
ing them placed in the church tower.
One of the bells, the first tolled in the
morning. is engraved with the name of
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant. who assisted in
securing the chimes during the pastor
ate of the late Bishop Newman at the
Metropolitan Church.
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The House. on the 18th inst, passed
the Senate bill for union railroad
station in Washington to cost $4,000
900. The station is to be situated
north of the present site of the Balti-
more & Ohio depot at Delaware and
Massachusetts, avenues, and in front
OF 1t is to be large plaza park. The
Pennsylvania railroad by the terms
of the bill, is to remove its tracks
from the Mall and reach the site OF
the proposed station through a tunnel
to run between the capitol and library
buildings. The government is to pay
the Pennsylvania railroad $1.500.000
and the Baltimore & Ohio $500,000 In
addition to providing for the plaza
park. The House also passed an ur-
gent deficiency bill, which carried,
among other items, an appropriation
of 100000 for eradicating the foot
and mouth disease in New England.
and 100000 to cover deficiencies in
the rural free delivery service. Under
suspension of the rules, bill to allot
the lands of the Indians in New York
in severalty was passed.
Mr. Bartlett. a Georgia Democrat.
during consideration of the legislative
appropriation bill in the House, Of
S25O,0O0 to enforce the Sherman anti
trust law and to direct the attorney
general to proceed to the prosecution
of all violators of the law Although
such provision was plainly amenable
to point of order. not a member on
either side of the House raised objec-
ton. Both sides wheeled into line and
all agreed, that some such action was
advisable. Some of the Republicans
raised objection to the looseness of the
language of the amendment, and Mr..
Hepburn offered as substitute for it
the language of the bill he introduced
the opening day of the session to ap-
propriate $500O00 for the enforcement
of the law. This was further strength
ened to make the appropriation imme-
diately available, and as amended the
substitute was agreed to without di-
vision. The legislative bill was passed
practically as it came from the COM
mittee, except the amendment.
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26
ANNOUNCES STATE
APPOINTMENTS

Denver, Dec. 22.-It is announced
that the following appointments have
been decided upon by Governor-elect
Peabody:
State dairy commissioner Mrs Mary
Wright of Arapahoe county. Mrs.
Wright keeps a dairy at Broomfield, in
the northwestern part of Arapahoe
county.
State oil inspector, II. w. Hannum
of Denver Mr.. Hannum was formerly
deputy clerk of the District Court and
has recently been engaged in the lifs
insurance business.
State game and fish commissioner,
]. NJ. Woodward of Pueblo. Mr.. Wood
ward is a man of some means. an ar
dent sportsman and president of the
Pueblo branch of the Game and Fish
Protective League, which comprises
most of the sportsmen of the state.
Warden OF the reformatory, A.
C. butcher of Eel Paso county. Mr..
butcher was formerly warden of the
reformatory and had an excellent rec
ord.
Warden of the penitentiary, John
Cleghorn of Rio Grande county. This
appointment was announced earlier in
the week. and was re-announced Sat
urday. Mr. Cleghorn held the Office
for several years under Governors Nc
Intire and Adams.
Commissioner of mines, e. l.. White
of Teller county. Mr. White is min
Ing engineer of the gold camp, and is
said to be a thoroughly competent
man for the position.
Boiler inspector. Charles Taylor of
Teller county. Mr.. Taylor is resi-
dent of Victor a competent engineer
and had the highest endorsements and
recommendations from the people of
Teller county.
Dr. Peter Oliver Hanford of Ell Paso
county, surgeon general of the Nation
al Guard DIR. Hanford is now health
commissioner of Colorado Springs,
Mr. Cowie. newly elected secretary
Of state. as announced the appoint
mept OF Edward NJ. Mitchell of Central
! City as chief clerk in the office of the
secretary of state. Mr.. Mitchell was
| chairman of the Republican county
committee of Gilpin county.
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26
Protecting Range Cattle.

Denver, Dec. 22.-A morning paper
says:
City Marshal A L. Burdette of Fort
Morgan, locally known as High Pock'
cts" Burdette because of his height,
has started in on his winter campaign
against careless cattle owners in the
Lower Platte valley. Burdette is an
agent of the Colorado Humane So.
ciety, and last winter nearly precipi.
tated a cattle war by his Intervention
in the affairs of local cattle owners
He took up and fed and cared for sew.
eral hundred head of cattle left out on
the winter range. The owners had
him arrested on charge of running
off their stock, but he was released
and brought suit against the cattle
men. He won and made the owners
pay him for feeding the stock.
Yesterday Secretary Whitehead of
the society received a telephone mes
sage from Burdette The agent re-
ported that he had again found a large
number of cattle along the river with
out proper food or shelter The
drouth of the past summer has left
no winter range, and Burdette said
the cattle were starving. He took up
the cattle and provided proper shelter
and food, after which he notified their
owners. To his surprise, they replied
that they were glad he had taken this
action and would pay all charges. The
agent was so surprised that he could
not wait to report by mail.
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26
BIG SAN LUIS VALLEY COLONY
WILL SETTLE NEAR ALAMOSA

and will locate the new town in the
center of their combined purchases.
The name of the new town has not
been selected. The purchase price for
the land is said to be in the neighbor-
hood of 100000.
The plan of the new owners of the
land is to bring out large colonies Of
farmers from their respective states in
the East, and locate them on tracts OF
farm land, which they will operate on
shares until they are able to acquire
it outright. The land is about eight
miles from Alamosa on the Creede
branch of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad. The railroad runs directly
through the property.
Mr.. Amber is one of the members
of the company which intends to erect
beet sugar factory near Alamosa. He
says that work on the factory will be
begun probably about January 10th.
The contracts for the construction of
the factory have not been let.
The Springfield herald., 1902-12-26

Denver, Dec 22.-The Republican
this morning says:
A new town to be peopled with In
diana. Illinois and Iowa farmers is to
be located in the center of large tract
of land near Alamosa by syndicate
of capitalists. which has just pur-
chased 10000 acres of land from the
Southern Colorado Land Company. S.
T. Amber of Alamosa, Colorado, rep
resenting that company, who is at the
Brown Palace hotel. said yesterday af-
ternoon that the deal for the property
had been closed and several members
of the syndicate, who have been eX-
amining their new purchase, would ar
rive in Denver this morning on their
way East The leading members of
the syndicate are Peltere Hill and E.
c. Bickel of Elkhart. Indiana; Peter
Sumner and p. w. Sumner of Peoria.
Illinois, and John NJ. Schaupp of Fort
Dodge. Iowa. They have made indi-
vidual purchases of land, all adjoining,