Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-02
Nebraska

an acceptance OF the petltion tlleu III MS
behalf A search of the record shows
the protest is well founded and the county
clerks have been instructed to leave his
name off the ballot. This leaves the
democrats without a candidate in that
district.
New Accident Associa ton.
J. II. Grosvenor Of Aurora today filed
With Auditor Barton organization papers
of the United Workmen Accident Associa-
ton of Nebraska and the auditor has
them under consideration. The Workmen
have no accident insurance at present.
The plan is a mutual assessment one
with no capital stock.
Fire which started at O'Clock this
morning did sc,Ooo damage TO the Funke
block. Twelfth and o streets, and several
thousand dollars OF damage to tenants
1t started in the kitchen Of the Inn res
taurant and worked up around the eie-
vator. which is in the center of the build
ing. 10 the roof, One popularity of the
fire lis the manner in which 1t burned in
between the partitions and floors, leaV-
ing them with the appearance of little
damage, while in fact they were simply
shells.
Several accidents happened to tenants
who entered the building today by falling
through floors which appeared 10 be all
right. butu which were really burned out
underneath. The fixtures OF the restau-
rant are largely loss. amounting to
1900 The total loss of tenants is placed
at s55,Oo0 to sio,oce,
The heaviest loser among the tenants
was tho Barnes ladies tailoring esta6-
lishment on the top floor. whose stock
was practically a total loss with no in
surance. The other losses, vnichhhhhhh
surance. The other losses. which are
fairly well covered by insurance, are: l..
Hallet. jeweler. $3.50: Doyle, Holmes, De-
lacy and Fullerton, attorneys, books and
paners damaged by smoke and water a
number Of doctors and dentists also suf-
fered from the same causue.
Five firemen. Captain Stover, Pearl
Huff. Pearl Knowlton, Harry sain and
George Briggs. were overcome by smoke
and carried out unconscious by comrades.
They are all rapidly recovering and Sc
rious consequences are not anticipated.
Burlington Meets Competition.
The Burlington road has been granted
permission by the railway commission 10
make a number Of changes in its passen-
ger fare in this state. One class Of
changes is where the changing of its own
or other lines has shortened the distance
between competing points and 1t is de-
sired to make the fares equal cents
per mile on the short-line mileage. the
fare TO no intermediate point TO be more
than that to the competing point
Another change is where such short
line rates have been in effect, but have
not been used as basing rates for points
beyond the competing point, which the
company is now permitted TO do. These
changes in practically all instances
amount to slight reductions in fare, but
in one instance the change Of line brings
about an increase of , cents, viz, from
Omaha TO David City.
old rate. sis2. The new rate is via Ger
mantown. SIS, and via Milford, H.s0;
from Omaha to Kearney, old rate, S.it
reduced to N.72 to meet Union Pacific
short-line mileage; Omaha to Wahoo, old
rate, % cents. new rate. IS cents to meet
Union Pacific short-line mileage: Omaha
20 Grand IsIand, $50, reduced TO s2sS to
meet Uunion Pacific short-Iine mileage;
Omaha to central City. reduced cents
for the same reason, and the new rat"
TO be a basing one for points north Of
Central City: Omaha to Plattsmouth,
rate Of g cents, In effect heretofore. to
be a baslng one for points beyond; the
Scent rate from Lincoln TO David City
to be made baslng one Cor points be-
You'd and the same with the sl.96 rate
from Lincoln to Schuyler the slo4 rate
to Fremont, the sl.61 rate 10 Hebron and
the sO-cent rate from Lincoln to Beatrice.
BY this change the rate from Omaha
to Columbus is reduced 3s cents and that
to Bellwood the same amount. Short
line rates to Schuyler. Stromsburg,
crawford and all other competing points
are permitted to be used as basing rates
for points beyond. Altogether. the
changes amount to several hundred I'M
der this phase Of the order, which goes
into effect May Is.
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