Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15
FREICIT RATES DISCUSSED
Rspswsutativss Of Various Roads Confer
viSh the Stats Commission,
oRifcHOaTO CUT Of HFTTEN PER CENT
Et.As Beard Of Assessment Makes =
smaD Raise In the Assessment Of
ths PuI1man Gar Oon>
pany.
OFom a star Correspondent

CBFom q STAN Corfespondent)
LINCOLN. May 1A-CspeciaL )-several |
freight men representing various railroads |
doing business In the state met with the |
State Railway commission this afternoon
70 discuss the maximum freight rate law
enacted by the recent legislature. During
the discussion Attorney General Thompson
sent 10 the commission two opinions on the
bearing the maximum freight law and
the law providing for a reduction In express
charges had to rates made by the COM
mission. m each holding that inasmuch as
neither law had gone into eject the COM
mission should take no notice OF either.
but after three months from the time OF
adjournment these laws would go into effect
and remain in force until modified by the
commission.
among tho railroad men here werei J.
A. Munroe and Charles Lane OF the Union
Pacific, 8. +. Miller OF the Northwestern
II. II. EmbFy of the Rock Island ]. o.
Phillippi and Charles Knight Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, Lyman sholes and Mr.. Pierce
Of the Minneapolis and Omaha, @. f.
Stoher Of the 81. Joe & Grand Island. c.
r. spens o. T. Dickson and j. e. Kelby
OF the Burlington and e. q. McVann Of
the Omaha Grain exchange.
The railroad men showed a disposition
very much adverse to that IS per cent re-
duction as provided for in the maximum
freight rat law and Mr.. Munroe sug-
gested that the state be divided into dis
tricts. the. reduction i'm the eastern section
being IS per cent in the central part of
the state t2k per cent and In the western
portion 10 per cent. The meeting was just
an informal discussion, the railroad men
trying TO find out what the commission is
going 70 90 and the commission just as
studieusfy refusing to let them know.
sfippefs Getting Anxious.
Representative Keifer of Nuckolls county
was IN Lincoln yesterday and. among other
things, ne said some Of the shippers out in
his section Of the state were getting little
bit restless because the State Railway COM
mission was doing nothing to get reduc-
ton in grain rates and better service in
moving live stock. While the shippers re-
alize the commission was up against hard
proposition. Mr. Keifer said they were OF
the opinion that matter of freight rates
should have been taken up first and the
passenger rates later. as the former is of
the greater importance.
Increase in Pullman Assessment.
The State Board Of Assessment has as
sessed the Pullman company at Si15. u477,
an increase over the return made by the
company OF $7,e55.T The Pullman returned
its standard cars at value of S11,6l5 each,
and the board boosted this to S125O0 The
tourist cars were returned at a valuation
of t7,6l1.71. and the board valued these cars
at 5000. THE total assessed value fixed by
the board last year was S104 1885, 49, making
thus the value this year an increase over
the valuation Of last year OF S1O.74s.Ss.
The board has practically concluded to
assess all the other car companies at the
same figures as last year.
The board spent the afternoon talking
with President Foy. owner of an interur-
An line In Dakota county. which is used
" the people there to cross the river and
Eget 10 a good fishing place Mr.. Foy said
has road had paid SIS taxes before he
bought It. and so far had proved a losing
venture. II cost him about $4,000
May IS has been set apart as day when
any taxpayer is welcome to come before
the board and produce evidence 70 offset
the arguments OF the railroad representa-
I lives. This meeting will begin at 1890 a. m.
Eight Indicted by Grand Jury.
The grand jury, which has been in ses-
sion for several weeks ground out eight
indictments, including two Judges and one
clerk Of election in the First ward. These
are charged with knowingly permitting H.
legal voting. They arc william r. Bennett,
clerk, and Morltz Adler and John Harrop.
Judges Twenty-one counts were found
against the men.
At noon John Harrop the third mem
Der OF the First ward election board had
not been served with a warrant Deputy
Sheriff Gabel tried to find Harrop and serve
q warrant on him, but learned that he was
not In the city having left two days ago.
Two counts charge that thu members OF
the election board put two ballots i'm the
box and wrote the names off one w. G.
wnke and H. J. Smith on the books a.
having voted when they knew that these
men did not vote ana did not nave the legal
right TO exercise the franchise in that pre-
eInct.
An indictment was brought against Mrs
Mary c. LeFever, charging her with black
mail and extortion. It,is declared that on
April S she threatened to file remon-
STRANGE against saloonkeeper Sol KsenslSS
before the excise board unless he paid hei
SiOO Mrs. LeFeveF appeared before tbs
court this morning and offered DR.. William
]. Adamson as bondsman for her appear
ance later He was accepted and qualified
IN the sum Of 500
Fairbanks Looks 90 Nebraska.
A confidential letter has been received IT
Lincoln asking what chance Vice Presiden
Fairbanks had OF securing delegation
from Nebraska TO the next national con
vention The letter was from persona
friend OF The vice PRESIDENT ana ne re
auested the exact political situation on
here regarding a presidential candidate.
Tenn Benton Goes 10 California.
Ton Benton. representative Of the Pull
man company, left this afternoon for 10
Angeles for a summer vacation on Jun
s the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Bentol
will be married in the California town
hoard 20 Ask New Bids.
The State Board OF Public Lands an
Buildings intends 10 re-advertse for bid
for supplying tho penitentiary with a ne'
engine and a dynamo. Bids were receive
several days ago and the contract we
tentatively lot. but as the specifications di
not can for dynamo and several Of III