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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
STATE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
Convention Called for Lincoln 10 Meet
Night Before state Com
VentiOn.

Gurdon w. Wattles, president OF the Ne
braska State Republican league, has issued
the following call for the league conven-
ton;
A state convention OF the republican
clubs Of Nebraska is hereby called at the
Auditorium in Lincoln, Neb., at s o'clock
y. IN. on August n, 1906 for the election
OF officers of the State League OF Repuhli-
can Clubs and for the transaction OF such
other business as may come before the
convention. Each republican club In the
state OF Nebraska will be entitled TO one
delegate for every ten members OF its
club. You are urgently requested TO send
a fun delegation to this convention. After
the business of the convention has been
transacted, prominent speakers will ad-
dress the meeting 10 which a general in
vitation to all republicans In the state is
extended.
The railroads have made a rate for the
state convention OF one fare for the round
trip. plus 30 cents, sale 10 begin on the
morning OF August p, and tickets good
70 return, leaving Lincoln not later than
August "a
G. W. WATTLES. President.
DAN J. RILEY, Secretary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
CONFLICT OF STATEMENTS
Local Grain Men Insist Central Granaries
Elevators Are Sold.
LINCOLN DEALERS SAY THEY ARE NOT
state Capital Crowds Denial il
Likened to Its Attitude when
Updikes bought Out the
Ferguson Company.

Although the officers of the Central
Granaries company at Lincoln fatty deny
that the concern has been sold TO the Nye-
Schneider Fowler company, Omaha grain
men most interested in following the do
! ings of the Fremont house say they have
knowledge that the sale has been made.
| They say the Lincoln company's holdings
| have been bought outright, although n
man from Lincoln brought the report
Tuesday from that city to the grain men
here that some of the largest stockholders
had sold their shares to the Nye-Schneider-
Fowler company giving it control.
In connection with the rumor of sale /;
was limited that ye-Schneider-F Fowler had
stopped construction on their 100000
busheI elevator in Omaha. This is not So
as work is progressing rapidly on the
foundation of that structure, and large
amount of material for the superstructure
| is on the ground.
! Grain men say the Nye people have no
need Of the big terminal of the Central
Granaries at Lincoln. just as Updike had
no use for the terminal of the Ferguson
Grain company at Lincoln when he bought
| that company's line. They bought the line
on account Of tho necessity for more feed
ers Tor the two large terminal elevators al
Chicago of Nye 4 jerks, the interests oil
which are interviewer with those of the
Observation-Disclosures company.
Much OF the concentration of business
at this city by the large concerns has beer
brought about since the establishment OF
the Omaha Grain exchange. The exchange
also attracts the grain of the smaller line
elevators and the single houses. In the
state are 1900 elevators, owned by about
400 companies. forty Of which are lin,
! houses operating upwards of FIVE stations
| OF these elevators $50 ship to their owl
| Omaha terminals.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
COUNTY ON A CASH BASIS
Gets Twenty-Five Thousand by Compro-
mise with Water Company
LATTER DROPS SUIT TO KEEP DOWN RAISE
Agrees to Dismiss Appeal on 1904
Assessmcnt Case II board
VIII Make No In
crease.

Under a promise of the Omaha Water
company that 1t would dismiss the appeal
now in the supreme court affecting the
S236OO taxes assessed against 1t in 1904 the
County Board of Equalization yesterday
afternoon voted to leave the valuation of
the water company at S5,50O,OOO as fixed
by the assessor.
The proposition to leave the assessment
at this figure IL the appeal was dismissed
instead of raising It was made to j. +.
Stout, who appeared for the company at
the morning session. Mr.. Stout said he
would give an answer at O'Clock. At that
time he appeared before the board with the
announcement the company would accept
the proposition and would take steps to
dismiss the appeal at once.
This will give the county almost $500
B taxes and interest which has been tied VI
by the appeal. II will practically put the
county on a cash basis.
The board had intended adjourning yes
terday afternoon, but so much business re-
manned unfinished 1t was decided to hold
another session this morning at O'Clock
Packers Enter Protests.
Three Of the South Omaha packing com
. paniss entered protests against their as
sessmeRts Tuesday. w l.. Seby, repre-
senting Swift and Company, objected tC
increase Of the personal valuation OF thu
company nom S557 500 on which it was as
sesscd last year, to $4,000, returned by
Assessor Reed. The real valuation, h'
says, Is S4S1 900, making a total Of Sl,0S G0
Mr. selby pleads that by the building o.
fhe Q street viaduct the surface crossinl
on that street is closed and Railroad ave
nue.. on which the buildings are located, q
twenty-five feet below the viaduct Thes
conditions. he says. have resulted in grea
damage to the property. Therefore, h
argues the personal assessment should no
be raised.
Mr.. aelby makes the same argument il
behalf. of the Omaha Packing company
The company Is assessed at SS25,0oo on f.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27

committee. when they get through cSri-
tatng the council may order the citv cIor,,
to advertise the bids and give the nroror,,,
owners thirty days to designate material
TO be used In any event the thirty DAYS
must be given, and several more weel,s
are needed to complete the technicalitios
In other words, there is no possibility NJ
getting this paving started before the end
of August.
ms associates are wondering why the
energetic Pete failed to show up at The
general committee meeting Monday after
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27

personal property and $4,000 on real es-
tate, a total of $4,000. MI selby says the
personal assessment is at least $4,000 too
high and should be $4,000.
Thomas Creigh pleads for reduction Of
the appraisement of the Cudahy plant from
$4,000, Assessor Reeds figures Last year,
he says. it was $3.50 300 The company
made a return of S5s5 S26, which. he says.
was an accurate valuation Of the property.
No action was taken in the case of any
Of the packing companies
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27

n contralto solo by Mrs. Alma l.. Welty,
after which came the chorus, "Hark Hark,
My Soul" from Shelley, by the choir, with
Mrs. Arthur b. Stokes as soloist. Fred
bers when Miss Rose followed with an
other reading. Mrs. J. r. Smith gave a
soprano solo, after which Miss CleVe gave
another violin rendition. The tenor and
baritone duet. "'rhe CrucifX," from Faure,
by MeSsrs. Pates and Graham was one OF
the charming numbers Of the evening. The
program closed with the chorus, Good
Night My Beloved" by the choir All Of
the numbers were enCOred.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
Concert at Trinity Methodist.

Trinity Methodist Episcopal church at
Twenty-first and Binuey streets was
crowded with an interested audience last
night to enjoy the concert given under
the auspices Of the choir OF the church.
The program began with violin solo BY
Miss Emily Cleve, with Miss Ella May
Patton as organ aCCompanist. w. Il. era
by Miss Beatrice Rose OF Chicago with a
reading, The Pink Carnation,' Mrs. Wal
ter J. Hammil gave the Waltz Song by
plano accompanist. This was followed with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
TAXES ARE COMING IN FAST
Thirty-Five Thousand DoII.r. NJ,
Into City Treasury Monday,
Fink Reports.

CITY taxes are coming into the municipal
strong boxes ri rate pleasing to Treas
urer Fink. The total amount turned I'm
Monday was $4,000 and this is expected IN
increase daily to the end of the week. On
Monday the current personal and real es-
tate taxes become delinquent and are sub
Ject to penalty of l per cent a month
until paid.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27

secretary Clyde Clay Cissell. d. D.; cor
responding secretary, G. w. Delamatre
membership secretary DR.. l. s. Leavitt;
treasurer, John H. Bextcn; superintendent
city missions. William Gorst, D.. D.. heads
of departments and vice presidents, mis-
siOns and church extension, Rev. j. h.
Priest, H. o. Chapman; city evangelization,
Rev. William Esplin, c. w Miller social
work, s. w. Lindsay, Rev. F. NJ. Sisson
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27

Herman Lenser, 1920 South Seventeenth
girl; Ernest Lundgren, 527 South Twenty
seventh girl; Edward Moravec, 1910 South
Fourteenth, girl; Mathew McGrath, 1923
Franklin, girl
Deaths-Susie Morgan, 252S Lake, 30; Peter
Johnson, 7l9la North Sixteenth, AZ; Mrs
Peter Gergen, Shickley, Neb, so.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
MORTALITY statistics.

The following births and deaths have
been reported to the Board Of Health dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon
Tuesday:
Births-E. G. Wnmoth. 26l4 Bristol boy
Nens Jorgensen, 29l3 South Twenty-fourth
girl: Fred ]. Elliott, ir., 2023 Ohio, girl. F
W. Carmichael. 1915 Davenport. girl; Vac
Law Blaka, 1909 South Fourteenth, boy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
HYMENE AL.
kOnteckN-Adnn

NaclaY kontecky and Miss Anna Adam
were married Monday evening by Justice
william Altstadt at the home OF Mrs. Jen-
nlnss' 1881 south Fourteenth street The
nup'iaIs were according TO Bohemian GUS
and dancing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27

are many who develop lung trouble. DR..
Kings New Discovery will cure them.
Guaranteed. SOC and 800. For sale BY
sherman & MGConneu Drug GO,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.

18th ana Dodge sts
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FrenEied With rear

G. W. WATTLES. PresideI
DAN j. RILEY, Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-11-14
HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ONE FOR
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
WAS DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE
Father Ordered Her Fiance from the
House, and Daughter Has Not
Spoken to H:,, ~ Other
Man Since.

New York-The vow taken by the
beautiful Caroline Osborne 25 years
ago, when a stern father forbade her
marriage to her betrothed, that she
would never look upon or speak to
a man again.. has been kept so re-
ligiousiy all these years that the few
remaining people of the once pros
porous village of Baskerville, in the
Litchfield hills, near Waterbury,
Conn, no longer regard her with GU
riosity. They have come to respect
the sad consistency of the recluse,
whose beauty has slowly withered
under the blighting influence of her
great disappointment.
They say in Bakersville that Cal
lie" Osborne, as she is known, will
20 to the grave without taking the
slightest notice of the existence of
the father whose opposition to her
marriage scared her soul and caused
her to renounce the world. He passed
from her life that fateful Christmas
in terrible anger he ordered her
sweetheart, Arthur Lumpkins, from
his door, and told him never to seek
his daughter again.
Albert Osborne, the father, is now
re years old, and if he has ever re-
GREETED the act he has not given
sign of it to his neighbors. The
daughter lives with the father, but
in separate apartments. When she
appears on the strteet she is always
yelled and hooded. She never looks
at man, and the times she has
spoken to her girlhood women friends
can be numbered.
More than so years ago Albert Os:
borne married Caroline Baker, the
second daughter of Anthony Baker,
then the richest man in Bakersville,
and the son of Scot Baker, who about
100 years ago founded the hamlet
which bears his name. Upon the
death of Anthony Baker his daughter
Inherited most of his wealth.
To the Osbornes was born a daugh.
ter, who was christened with her
mothers given name. Caroline Three
years after the baby came Mrs. Os.
borne died. The mother left her for
tune in trust for the daughter.
Thus it was that Caroline Osborne
became in later years the heiress
whose hand and heart were sought
by the eligible SWANS of the neighbor
hood. Early she gave promise OF
beauty, and as she blossomed into
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A Quaker Whisky Cure,

William Penn was once urging a
man he knew to stop drinking to ex-
cess, when the man suddenly asked:
Can you tell me of an easy way to
do it,"
Yes" replied Penn, readily, cit is
just as easy as to open thy hand,
friend"
Convince me of that" the man ex-
claimed, and 1 will promise upon my
honor to do as you tell me-"
We'll, my friend" Penn answered,
whenever thee finds glass of liquor
in thy hand open that hand before the
glass touches thy lips, and thee will
never drink to excess again
The man was so struck by the SIM
plicity of the great Quaker's advice
that he followed it and reformed
Ladies' Home Journal.
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The Little Girls Mistake.

The amateur photographer had
alighted from his automobile In a
country town TO get certain view
Just as he had his camera arranged
an ice wagon swung into the thorough
fare. While the man with the camera
and his friends in the car were wait
ing for the Earring note in the land
scape to pass out of sight little girl
walked down the road. She would
have been conspicuous anywhere BY
her unusual plumpness. AS she was
passing by the photographer one OF
the men in the car called out, what
are you waiting for?" and the artist
replied, For the ice wagon to pass
A moment after he spoke the peo-
pie in the car observed that the little
girl was saying something to him that
made him laugh uproariously. Then
the little girl went on her way, walk
ing with an air of offended dignity.
What do you suppose she said to
me?" cried the man between gurgles.
His companions gave it up. "She said.
she wasn't no ice wagon"
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Making Good Use of cinders.

The street railway operating plant
of Portland, Ore, which employs
sawmill refuse as fuel, has adopted a
cinder-separating plant with great
success. A powerful draft from a
steel fan forces the furnace smoke
through steel plate flue into YER
teal steel cylinder 80 feet in diane
ter. The bottom is a cone-shaped
hopper for receiving the cinders, while
the smoke, after losing its velocity,
slowly energies through an aperture
at the top. AS the gases lose velocity
the cinders, being heavier, drop into
the hopper, whence they are conveyed
back to the furnaces to be completely
burned. Besides abating the nuisance
the boiler economy is increased.
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ginia Carteret, would figure as the
Delilah triumphant.
She rose, tingling to her finger-tips
with the shame of it. went to her
stateroom and found her writing ma
terials. In such crisis her methods
could be as direct as a mans. Win
ton was coming again that evening.
He must be stopped and sent about his
business.
him he must not come-a note man.
like in its conciseness, and yet most
womanly in its failure to give even
the remotest hint ofsths new and bind
ing reason why he must not come.
And just before luncheon an obliging
| Cousin Billy was prevailed upon to
undertake its delivery.
When he had found Winton at the
shale-slide, and had given him Miss
Carteret's mandate. the Reverend Bill
| ly did not return directly to the Rose
mary. On the contrary, he extended
his tramp westward, stumbling on
aimlessly up the canyon over the m
surfaced embankment of the new line.
Truth to tell, Virginia's messenger
was not unwilling to spend a little
time alone with the immensities. TIC
put 1t BADLY. he was beginning to be
desperately cloyed with the sweets OF
a day-long Miss Bessie, ennuye on the
one hand and despondsnt on. the other
Why could not theS Cousin Bsssfes
see. without being told in so many
words. that the heart of a man may
have been given in times long past
to another woman?-to Cousin Vir
ginia, let US say. And why must the
Cousin Virginias, passing by the life
long devotion Of a kinsman lover
throw themselves--if one must put II
thus brutally-fairly at the head of al
acquaintance of day?
So questioning the immensities, the
Reverend Billy came out after some
little time in small upland valley
where the two lines, old and new, raj
parallel at The. same level. with low
embankments less than a hundred
yards apart.
Midway Of the valley the hundred
yard interspeoe was bridged by I
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practically nothing at all. accoD-
piishet on the otheh side OF the can
yon- When you marry. my deah,, you
shall have block Of C. & @. r. pre-
TERED stock to keep you In pin,
money"
"I?" she queried. But, Uncle Som.
erville. l don't understand"
The Rajah laughed.
THAT was very pretty blush. my
deah. Bless your innocent soul, IL
were young Misteh Winton, Pm not
sure but I should consider the game
well lost
She was gazing at him wide-eyed
now. and. the blush had left a pallor
behind 1t.
You mean that THAT L"
81 mean that you are helpeh worth
having, Miss Carteret. Another time
Misteh Winton won't pay cou't to a
claiming young girl and try to build
railroad at one and the same mo-
ment, 1 fancy. Hah!"
The startled eyes yelled themselves
swiftly, and Virginia's voice sank to
its softest cadence.
Have I been an accomplice in this
this despicable thing. Uncle Somer-
ville?"
Mr.. Darrah began little to see his
mistake.
"Ah-an accomplice? Oh, no, my
deah Virginia, not quite that. The
word smacks too much of the police
cou'ts Let US say that Misteh Win
ton has found your company mo- at
tractive than that of his laborehs, and
commend his good taste in the mat
teh.'
So much he said by way Of damp
ing down the fire he had so rashly
lighted. Then Jastrow came in with
one of the interminable cipher tele-
grams and Virginia was left alone.
For time she sat at the deserted
breakfast table, dry-eyed, hot-hearted,
thinking such thoughts as would come
crowding thickly upon the heels of
such a revelation. Winton would fail;
a man with honor, good repute, his
entire career at stake, as he himself
had admitted, would go down to mis-
cradle oblivion and defeat lacking
some friendly hand to smite him alive
to a sense Of his danger. And. in her
uncle's estimation, at least, she, Vir-
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hastily constructed spur track start
ing from a switch on the Colorado and
Grand river main line. and crossing
gle. On this spur, at its point of In
tersection with the new line. stood
heavy locomotive. steam up. and
manned in every inch of its standing
room by armed guards.
The situation explained itself. even
to Reverend Billy. The Rajah had
not been idle during the interval of
dinner-givings and social divagations.
He hads acquired the right Of way
across the Utah's line for his block
aiding spur; had taken advantage Of
Winton's inalertness to construct the
track; and was now prepared to hold
the crossing with live engine and
such show Of force as might be need
full
Calvert turned back from the en-
trance of the valley, and was minded.
in a spirit of fairness, to pass the
word concerning the new obstruction
on to the man who was most vitality
concerned. But alas! even Rev
ClCuu may uOL always rise SUI
perior to his hamperings as a man and
a lover. Here was defeat possible
nay, say rather defeat probable, for a
rival, with the probability increasing
with each hour of delay. Calvert
fought it out by length and by breadth
a dozen times before he came in sight
of the track force toiling at the shale-
slide. Should he tell Winton, and so,
Indirectly, help to Illustrate Mr.. OAR
rains well-laid plan? Or should he
hold his peace and thus. indirectly
| again. help to defeat the Utah COM
! pany?
He put 1t that way in decent self
respect. Also he assured himself that
the personal equation as between two
lovers of one and the same woman
was entirely eliminated. But who
can tell which motive it was that
prompted him to turn aside before he
came to the army of toilers at the
slide; to turn ard cross the stream
and make as wide a detour as the
nature of the ground would permit.
passing well beyond call from the
other side of the canyon?
The detour took him past the slide
in silent safety but it did not take
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GIRL KEEPS VOW
TO IGNORE MEN.

womanhood the promise was full
filled. Caroline was of vivacious
temperament. with rosy cheeks and
fair hair. Some said in those days
that such a blithe, care-free girl was
bound to have some great trouble in
her life. Caroline laughed at these
I'm going to enjoy youth while it
lasts" she had been heard to say.
There will be time for serious trou-
BILE later
There was change, however, when
Walter Lumpkins came along. He had
been used to city life, and was unlike
the men of Caroline's acquaintance.
He was a handsome fellow, about two
years older than she, and wore clothes
that looked and fitted better than
those of the young men of the vii.
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lage. In few months time she and
Lumpkins were accepted lovers
Finally the young people became
secretly engaged. The village people
say it was upon Christmas eve that
Walter Lumpkins asked Albert Os-
borne for the hand of his daughter.
1t is said that there was a scene
which ended in the father ordering
the young man from the house, de-
spite the pleadings of the daughter.
Il will never speak to you or any
other man again. Neither will 1 look
at or allow any man to see my face"
were the words that Bakersville peo-
pie say Caroline spoke to her enraged
father.
A long illness followed, and when
she grew we'll the roses had fed from
her cheeks, never to return. For
many years the girl did not leave the
house.
Lumpkins is now a wealthy mer-
chant in a city not far from New
York, and has a wife.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
as much show of zeal as a cat exhib-
its in the same pursuit These chick
ems have not only rid his fathers barn
of mice, but they engage in hunting
expeditions in the neighborhood.
Mr.. Ramsey is the son of Col.
George c. Ramsey, we'll known poll
tician, and a big tie and timber con-
tractor. He resides with his father
in the southern part of the city, and
is great chicken fancier. He says
he will pit his old game rooster against
any cat in the country in the matter
of killing mice, both in number of
mice killed and in quickness in catch.
ing the same.