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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
VALUES OF THE RAILROADS
Mundsy's Compilation Furnishes Some
Figures for State Board.
MOST OF THE LINES SHOW AN INCREASE
supreme Court sustsins COnteHtiOn
of City of Omaha Regarding
Special Election TO Vote
Fire House Bonds.
tkrom a star correspondentl

LINCOLN. May special)-Inasmuch
as the State Board OF Assessment begins
its annual meeting next Monday, at which
the railroad property of the state is to be
assessed considerable interest is now being
taken in the value of this class of prop
erty.
That the amount of money being earned
by the corporations will have considerable
to do with the value of the roads as found
by the board there IL little doubt Should
this earning capacity of the roads be a
factor in determining their value, there is
little doubt some of the systems will come
in for an increased assessment this year
over all previous years.
An interesting compilation just at this
time has been made from figures taken
from ''Munday's Earning Capacity Of Rail-
roads," and unless 1t can be onset by the
railroad agents who will come before the
board II will be of material aid to the
members of the board and will be used by
them.
The following table shows the net earn
ings per mile of the various roads for
1905, capitalized at 8 per cent. as compared
with the net earnings per mile capitalized
,f 1905.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
PAT GROVE CASE GOES OVER
Prisoner Does Not Appear for Trial in
Police Court.
HAZEL MEADOWS TELLS HER STORY
Gives Bee a signed Statement, ReIRt-
Ing Her Attitude Toward Grove
in the Past, hut IgnOr-
ing the Future.

Pat Grove was the chief attraction in
the police court Thursday morning, when
lie appeared to answer a charge of dis
turbing the peace. the complaint having
been sworn to by George A. Warner,
groceryman. 231S Mason street, at which
address Mrs. Hazel Meadows stopped since
her recent breakup with Grove. Mr..
Grove. who was out on a S25 cash bond,
furnished Wednesday evening by himself.
expressed desire to find Attorney Eng
lish who defended him in the kidnapping
case, and left the court room twice 20
find Mr.. English. but evidently did not
succeed, as he did not return after the
last trip Police Judge Crawford and City
Prosecutor Lee held court until 1880 ex-
pecting Grove would return as he tele-
phoned he would, but when the eleventh
hour Of the morning hours began to draw
nigh the court was adjourned and the
case set for Friday morning
Although Mrs. Meadows was in the
matron's room across the hall from the
police court Mr. Grove did not call on
her She did not even see him Thursday
morning. The woman is still staying with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

KEARNEY. Neb., May S.-(specisl Tele-
gram.)-while engaged in filling the reser-
voir Of a gasoline stove Kelley Irwin, the
1S-year-old son Of Mrs. Anna Irwin. was
seriously burned through an explosion of
the fluid this morning. The accident hap
pened in Youngs barber shop. where the
boy has been employed as a porter. 1t
was reported at the hospital late this
afternoon that the burns were not as deep
as was first supposed and that the boy was
getting along nicely.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
GROUNDS
BEAUTIFYISG NORMAL GRO,
students Plant Trees and start a
Lawn.

Lawn.
KEARNEY, Neb., May 3.-(Special Tele-
gram)-A half holiday was taken by both
faculty and students Of the State Normal
school this afternoon and the entire force
turned out to beautify the grounds by
planting trees and preparing a lawn by
clearing the campus and sowing II with
grass seed. Work in the garden was done
by the model school students, who planted
both flowers and vegetables. The agri-
cultural department OF the school was also
out in full force and its garden also showed
the result of their work. Every member
OF this department has a block in the
garden for his or her exclusive use. In
addition to the general tree planting each
class planted a tree TO be known as its
class tree.
The same was done by each member Of
the faculty and the Young Mems Christian
association and the Young Women's Chris
tian association, each planting a tree for
their respective associations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

BEATRICE. Neb.. May 3.-Cspecisl Tele-
gram.)-At a meeting OF the city council
Of Wymore last night an ordinance was
adopted by unanimous vote repeating the
franchise Of the Home Telephone company.
which entered the city several months ago.
The repeating ordinance recitss the propo-
sition filed by j. Henry Meyers Of the
Home company. lie stated that the Erick-
son company was back Of the proposition,
would build central station TO cost $4,000
and would install automatic phones. The
repeal Is based on the ground that the
company has failed to comply with its
part of the contract The company is
given thirty days in which to remove its
poles and lines from the streets. II is be-
lieved that Mayor Archsrd will sign the
ordinance
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Reatrice win. Debate.

BEATRICE. Neb. May s,-(special Tele-
gram. )-Beatrice won the high school de-
bate with Humboldt here tonight. The
question was, Resolved, that American
municipalities should own, operate and
control their street railways" The affirm
atiye was upheld by Humboldt. the de-
baters being Miss j. Draper. Messrs Her
bert Ford and Patrick WEIGH. Beatrice
was represented by Messrs. Clifford Phil
Ups, Ernest Hahn and Charles stoll.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Farmer Commits Suicide

Charles Wilson, aged SO years, a farmer
residing near Emerald, took his own life
at an early hour this morning by hanging
himself He arose at $50 o'clock. after
which Mrs Wilson got up to get break
fast. When her husband failed to come to
the house or answer her calls for him,
Mrs Wilson searched the outhouses and
found his body hanging. The dead man
suffered sunstroke some time last sum-
mer and II affected his mind. He was
children.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Kner what She We. About.

During a conversation on the subject the
woman said: Il went into the whole thing
with my eyes open. honestly thought
to make a better man of Pat Grove and
my every aim and effort was directed
along that line. / suffered much for him.
II the public, press and pulpit had done
one-third as much for him as have done
he would have turned from the errors of
his way and all this last trouble would
never have happened 1 knew Mr.. Grove
in Omaha many years ago; in fact, as far
back as the time when he operated the
first motor car over the Sixteenth street
viaduct."
Mrs Meadows did not care TO say any
thing regarding her future associations
with Mr.. Grove.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Effect of CapitnIizlns Earnings.

Should the board adopt the theory OF
finding the value of railroad property by
capitalizing the net earnings OF the net
income the big systems would be materially
Increased in value while some of the
smaller systems would get a slight reduc-
ton. The board. of course, will not take
the figures as shown in the above table as
it's sole guide. but these figures will be
seriously considered, as IT. has been held
one Of the safest ways by which the value
of a railroad property can be determined
is by captalizing its income.
Last year. after the board used both OF
the above methods, as well as others, in
considering the proposition of assessing
the railroads, It found the systems worth
per mile as shown in the following state
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

Leonard A. Davis, an architect employed
by the South Omaha school board for
period of one year to superintend the con-
struction OF buildings and draw plans for
the same, will not have to pay back to the
school district the sum of 81, 800 which the
district brought suit to recover. While
acting as architect for the board Davis
drew plans for high school building,
which was not erected during his term OF
once. For his plans he was paid 1880. or
per cent of the cost of the structure.
After Davis had severed his connection
with the school board suit was Brought on
behalf Of the district to recover this
amount of money. 1t being held that the
board had no authority to pay It to him.
The lower court held for Davis and the SUI
preme court today affirmed that decision.
The court said contract will ordinarily
be construed as It was understood and con-
strued by the contracting parties.
LivinEhOuse Gets New Trial.
william Livinghouse OF Wayne county.
convicted in the lower court of statutory
assault upon the person Of Maude MeRob-
erts, aged Is years, today secured re-
versal OF the judgment in the supreme
court and will be given a new trial. The
court held the evidence was not sufhcient
to sustain a conviction.
Point in FraternaI Law.
In the case of the Loyal Mystic Legion
OF America. plaintiff in error, against
Emma A. Richardson, from Hall county,
the court lays down the general rule that
where 1t appears from the constitution
of a beneht society which insures the life
of its members that an initiation and the
payment of one advance assessment Is in
dispensable 20 membership, the fact that
the persons application has been accepted
and his petition prepaid will not entitle
his benehciaries to any insurance in the
event of his death before he has been
initiated and paid the one advance assess
ment required"
Omaha bond Election Legal.
The action OF the city Of Omaha in call
a special election for the purpose OF vot-
ing bonds for the purchase Of a site and
the construction OF FIRE house at lot u,
block I, Armstrong; First addition, was
ratified by the decision In Isabel Linn
against the city Of Omaha An action for
/ injunction was Instituted By the plaintiff
/ TO restrain the city ohnoials from executing
CT selling the bonus VVts0 m special
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
NERvY WOMAN FOILs JAIL BREAK
Mrs. Bauman Uses shotgun with Good
Eject

Eject.
FREMONT, Neb.. May 3.-Mrs. A Bau-
man, wife Of sherif Bauman, headed on a
jail delivery at $50 tonight by seizing
shotgun. dashing 20 the jail and driving
four prisoners back into the corridor. Mrs.
Bauman fired one shot into the air and the
men hastily retreated. The prisoners who
made the attempt TO escape are Frank Ira
gard, awaiting trial on the charge Of
bigamy; Eddie Penn, a federal prisoner
serving a years sentence here; John How
ard serving thirty days for stealing cloth
ing and John Spencer. held on suspicion.
Armed with two knives and a stove poker.
the prisoners broke the lock OF the feed
gate TO their cell and climbed out through
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey

n to pass the century mark and to enjoy
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
All Are United

In saying that tor all stomach. liver or
kidney diseases, there is no remedy like
Electric Bitters. SOC. Guaranteed. For
sale by Sherman & Mcconnell.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Net Earnings Net Barnin

The following table is a comparative
statement Of the value Of the various sys-
TENS in Nebraska based on the net income
for the two years, capitalized at per cent.
The result is the value per mile:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

II. From the corridor they climbed to the
tower. where they pried open an old door
The noise attracted the attention OF Mrs.
Bauman. who cowed them with the shot
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

For assessment purposes, under the law,
these figures had to be divided by FIVE, as
the above figures are supposed to have
been the actual value of the system In
Nebraska. The following table shows the
mileage. net earnings and net income per
mile Of the various systems operating in
the state.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Mrs. Sargent Praises Duffys

given die by the family DOCTOR but
Is without ache pain thanks TO
stimuant Duffys Pure Malt Whisky
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Hazel Meadows Position.

Thursday morning Mrs. Meadows gave the
following signed statement to a reporter
for The Bee:
AS for Pat Grove trying to make the
public think that ne is ut" personifed, he
Is lsboring under an hailucination. IL he
were Pat Grove 10000 times and he or his
accomplices were standing ready to cut my
throat as leave this station l would
say that he is coward
Won his love? Ha! Ha! 1 admit 1 was
caught in his meshes, and l say 1 am not
seeking public sympathy. / am a woman
and alone in this world and 1 do not pro-
pose that Pat Grove nor any other Grove
will put me down and out" to use Grove S
favorite expression. He may have friends
to help him out, and do not suppose the
world would cease its revolutions II / were
put "out of the way" | think that he has
been confined behind the bars so long that
he is not accountable for some things he
does, but when he turns down the only
friend that stood by him when he was in
trouble / think It is time the public was
made aware of the fact that there is one
who is not afraid to expires her opinion.
He can make light of my attentions now,
but the time was when he sent me message
after message craving them. l say again
am not seeking public sympathy, but
only that protection that is due even the
lowest dog on earth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair and Cooler Today in Nebraska
Iowa, south Dakota, Missouri
and Kansas.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 3.-Forecast
Of the weather for Friday and Saturday;
For Nebraska, Kansas and South Da-
kota-Fair and cooler Friday Saturday,
fair and warmer.
For Iowa and Missouri-Fair and cooler
Friday; Saturday, fair.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

In 1905 the reports OF the net earning
capacity per mile of railroads showed the
folIouvinR. Earn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
ANNOUNCE MENT
TaIkO-PhOne Stock is Today The Best Paying
Safe Investment Offered the Public

The Tak-O Phone Company of Toledo Ohio. manufactures
the latest and most improved talking machine the market
Leading music the the
orders thousands in of the output.
The original capitalization of the Talk OPhone Company
limited this the the factory,
the increase of capitalization from 100000 to $LO0O0OO The
additional capital production machines
and each machine profit of $500 each Figure
yourself the earning when invested
in the o
A SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND, PAYABLE IN JULY,
PER CENT HAS BEEN DECLARED, and the dividend
in January WILL believe considerable than this
Stock purchased will participate in the July dividend
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

Matron Gibbons on the grounds, as she
said, that she was in fear of her life
Looking for the Negro.
Deputy County Attorney Foster had the
Grove matter in hand Thursday morning
and when he left the police court, said
the question of filing charge of breaking
and entering against Grove was still being
considered. The police have been trying
to locate the colored man said to have
been with Grove Tuesday evening at the
Warner place and who was said to have
stopped Bert Elements with a revolver,
while Grove went through the Warner
house in search Of the Meadows woman.
After Mrs. Meadows had presented her
self at the police station Thursday for
protection the following note was received
for Der by the Warmers on Mason street:
Dear Hazel: I wish you a long and
happy life. am still your friend. If you
want a IS or so bill just ask your old pal,
Pat. Goodbye and good luck.
p S.-You have loved and you have lost.
/ will always be your friend. Life is a
losing game. Follow your spirit wherever
It leads you. / am in Iowa and you In
Nebraska. Goodbye, love.
The note was delivered by a colored
man, who also brought an empty suit
case which belonged to the woman. The
note and suit case were sent from the
Warner place to Mrs. Meadows at the po-
lice station.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Local Record.

OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA. May S.-Ofhcial record OF tenn
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding day OF the last three
years. 1905. 1905. 1904. 1903
Maximum temperature .. so "a G. 81
Minimum temperature &c. 81 50 IS IS
Mean temperature ....... IS g. 40 20
Preci pitatiOn ......-........ 90 90 90 ~
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March l.
and comparisons with the last two years:
Normal temperature ...-..................., IS
Excess for the day............-.......... l
Total deficiency since March i............. 81
Normal precipitation ............ .l3 inch
Deficiency for the day.............. i8 inch
Total rainfall since March l....5.g inches
Excess since March 1.............. SO inch
Deficiency for cor. period 1905. As inch
Deficiency for cor. period 1904.... so inch
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
Looking for the Negro.

Matron Gibbons on the grounds, as she
said. that she was in fear Of her life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04

Reports from s
Station and State Tenn
~ Weather In y

rs'' w sfss OF rS sssif'PR, dSsasa.r
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
The Earning Capacity of the Company
Increases Every Day

Having secured the entire issue stock offer
A LIMITED NUMBER SHARES $1,000 PER
SHARE predict this stock will be worth $500 July s
thoroughly investigated the management of the
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-19
Cloves In Church.

when was boy the whole fam
fly went to church," says Kansas
City man. Eve lived in tie country,
and every Sabbath morning the family
coach was pulled out, team hitched
to it, and the family was piled in. The
roads We're awful, but that made no
difference; he had to go.
II well remember that mother put
on her Sunday dress. 1t was black
silk, and somewhere in it there was a
pocket and in the pocket handker-
chief and in the handkerchief some
cloves. When we got to the church l
remember we went up in front, where
my father had pew.
when the preacher got going also
remember that some of us children
would begin to get sleepy, and then l
know that mother would take out that
handkerchief and give out a Glove to
each one of us youngsters to keep us
awake. l was thinking about it just
the other day, and just wondered If
a child or man in these modern times
would take Glove out Of his handker-
chief or pocket in church and put it in
bis mouth what in the world his neigh
Dor would think of him. kansas CITY
Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-19

rel he had sworn to shoot copperthwait
on sight The quarrel had occurred in
the morning. That afternoon Copper
thwait had just left the Eagle hotel to
mount his mustang tied to the hitching
post in front, when Dull,. happened to
turn the corner.
Here comes Duke.' a bystander en-
claimed. Copperthwait started and
caught sight of his adversary. Duke
stopped short and put his hand behind
him, and Copperthwait, quick as a
flash, fired once and put bullet be-
tween Dukes eyes He had offered no
resistance to arrest and now was in
the rough little Jail near by while the
twelve good men and true deliberaSed
in the hot back room under the tin roof
of the courthouse.
II guess my hands are little too
soft to play" said the judge good ma
turedly, feeling Il dualm as to the lp-
preparedness of his joining actively in
the sport, "but I'll be umpire if you
want me-"
The two teams We're quickly formed.
the Comanches against the Sioux. Tho
Sioux won the toss and took the field.
and the Comanches We're struck out in
onetwo-three order. When the sides
changed, Hardy, the prosecuting attor-
ney, took the box, and Blake, the jun.
Tor counsel for the defense, caught him.
After much urging the judge had con-
sented to preside over first base, since
Mr.. Hackett had positively refused to
play and had been made umpire by
general acclaim. AS soon as his honor
found himself coatless and on the field
he threw himself into the battle with
the greatest enthusiasm.
There was many an evidence of
"softness' in the condition of the play.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-19
Underwent nnd chills.

The reasons for the flannel under
wear preventing chilling are these:
The material is a bad conductor Of
heat; hence it retains In itself the heat
acquired from the body, and this heat
is largely given to the moisture absorb
ed FLANNEL also absorbs more mois-
ture than an equal thickness Of cotton
OF linen, and it retains moisture better
than either. Now, the passing away
OF moisture into the air always means
the cooling of the surface from which
1t passes. Taking an ordinary thin
garment of linen or cotton, the loss of
moisture may be so rapid as to cause
a very great cooling. amounting, so far
as the skin itself Is concerned, TO a
chill.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-19

ers and noticeable tendency to let
swift balls go by rather than grapple
them with fingers unused to the hard