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Show V DAILY UTAH STATE JOURNAL, LROADS 1ST di- UNION PACIFIC AND BURLINGTON MAKE LARGE KICK. - Want to Pay All tha Coarsy's First Official Act Wcc Dont Taxes Down in Neta Appoint City Treasurer braska. and Was Confirmed. ilMVor OMAHA, Jan. I The first meeting ot the new council was called to order by President Chambers at 1:87 oclock. The new members made a good showing for and punctuality, as Thomas. Fly rare In ones to first the were put powers and Dr. Dickson appearance, an showed up a few moments later. Then came President F. W. Chambers, followed a few moments later by Austin, Paine and Emmett. Craig, the member, was out of the absent only Moyes, city. Immediately upon the convening of the council the president dispensed with the reading of the minutes and for communications from the and the recorder read the resignation of James E. Halverson as communicity treasurer, followed by a cation from the mayor appointing R. A Moyes to the position. The resignation was accepted and the appointcalled mayor, ment of Mr. Moyes confirmed. The president then appointed his standing committees, aa follows: On Laws and Public Improvements Craig. Chambers and Moyes. On Claims Moyes, Flygare Powers. On License Dickson, Thomas ; Chambers Flygare. Fire Paine. Emmett and Austin. and Streets Moyes, Austin On On Chambers. On Sanitary Powers, Dickson and Paine. On Sewerage Dickson, Moyes and Powers. On Public Buildings and Grounds Flygare, Chambers and Paine. Thomas and On Police Chambers, Paine. On Water Supply Emmett Moyes apd Austin. Craig and Engrossing Austin, On Emmett. Taxes Emmett On .Craig. . On Pains Lights Thomas, On ' and Dickson Flygare. ' and Railroads Powers, Thomas and Dickson. On Sidewalks Austin, Powers and Flygare. Upon motion of Paine It waa decided to proceed under the rules of the old council until other rules were adopted. The poll tax collector reported collections for the month of December of 9211. The Judge of the municipal court reported collections aa follows, for December, 11,191.45. The poundkeeper made hla report for December, which waa filed. The report of the sanitary Inspector was also received and filed. Judge Murphy appointed Miss Nell Tackett as stenographer of the municipal court which . was confirmed. Judge Murphy also appointed David Jensen as clerk of the municipal court ' and he waa also confirmed. Auditor Stanford appointed H. W. Naisbett aa eputy auditor and the name was confirmed .during the plea sure of the council. A petition waa received from the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, asking that the salary of the city electrician be Increased to 9100 per month. The matter waa laid on the table. Carl J. Renstrom applied for the position of Janitor of the dtr hall. The Clearing Sale Ladies Shoes I all shoes counted will be A GREAT MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER THE IBS SHOE SALE A FEW DAYS AGO. WE WILL PLACE ON BALE AGAIN SOME OF THE SAME BARGAINS, SO DONT LOSE ANY TIME IN GETTING YOUR SIZE. 20 per cent White E Bed Spreads FATHER CUSHNAHAN DELIVERS NINETEEN PEOPLE KILLED BY A LANDSLIP. ADDRESS TO LABORERS Brickmaksrs and Shopmen Killed by a Serious Shift of Landscape. If there is any one in the city, who thinks that the laboring men of this citj do not know how to entertain, he should have attended the smoker given by the Trades and Labor assembly in Union labor hall last evening. It waa one of the biggest successes of the kind ever pulled off in the city, there being fully 800 people In attendance off and cm during the evening. When the time came for the festivities to begin. Grant Cyphers, past president of the Trades assembly, called the meeting to order, and the mandolin club rendered a pleasing selection, after which a quartette, composed of Messrs. Emmett, Ford, Byphere and Mo wry, rendered a vocal selection, at On Sale HAVKKBTRAW. N. Y.. Jim. 9 Sixteen it rsiuia are believed to liave perished in a landslip which otvuiTrd here about 11 o'clock last night. Ucioris this ni Tiling ire to the rffeut that the dead were from prominent families in the l'lwn, The landslide occurred at the end of Rockland street, and eight houses were carried over a clay bank into the brick excavations, dropping down one hundred feet. The slide la supposed to liave been oaused by the fact that those working in tlie brick yards dug too close to the end of the street. Most of the people were in bed when the catastrophe took place Immediately after the slide the houses took fire, and the persona who went down perished lit the tlaiuea, it ia eblieved At 2:45 o'clock this morning tlie fire was atill burning, and it was impossible to ascertain definitely the number of dead. The great slip of clay carried away the water main which supplied tlie fire hydrants, and when the firemen arrived at they found no water with which to extinguish the blase in the ruins of the houses which had o auddeuly fell over the bank. This afternoon, as near as could be kerned, nineteen persona lost their lives, most of them being employes or woikmen in the small shops adjacent to the place. At ABOUT TWO HUNDRED SPREADS IN ALL AMONG THE LOT IS A VERY LARGE LINE OF SAMPLE 8PREADS BOUGHT AT A BIG DISCOUNT. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR SELECTION. THEY ARE PILED ON BIG TABLES READY FOR YOUR CHOOSING. COME AT ONCE. , . the conclualon of which Rev. Father P. M. Cushnahan was introduced and delivered the address of the evening. Rev. Cushnahan, noted for his humor and oratorical ability, was never in better form than last night, and kept the audience in rapt attention from the beginning to the end of his hour's talk. Mingled with the serious, there was Just enough of the humorous to keep the audience in the beet of spirits all the time, and as one expressed it afterward, We could have sit there all night and listened to him." Father Cushnahans address was confined entirely to questions of Interest to the laboring man, and in proof of WE ARE CLEANING HOUSE, MAKING READY FOR A BIG the fact that he struck a responsive SEASON'S BUSINESS. THIS IS THE GREAT WEEK OF BARchord was the hearty cheers that GAINS. greeted him from time to time during P his address. He spoke of the great Reward for Dog 'toners, work organised labor was doing for The petition that haa een circulatthe working man. and also of the trou- ed in Deadwood among the owners of bles that it had to contend with, and in interests you and how to proceed to dogs haa resulted In tv raising of every case showed that he was thor- 9600, which amount Is n be used In attain best results. his subject, and oughly familiar with Hours. 10 a. in. to I p, m, dally and treated it in such a way that it furnishing a reward for the capture Sunday. In and the of the legal dog poisoners CLAIRVOYANT. brought enthusiastic applause from his hearers. After he was through he was Service needed to proseente the cases. d reader MORTGAGE LOANS on Improved besieged by hundreds who wished to A number ot very valuable dogs hare PROF. PYO, the farms or city property. Hunter 4b , hoBroom of at tlie llfe'a In mysteries, different congratulate him, and he was the hero been poisoned recently room 6 First National Kennedy, 18. Can be consulted upon tel, room of the evening from that time on. parts of the city. The petition Is Hank building. of life. Business affairs matters all Mr. address Cushnahana Following signed by nearly every business man may worry you, your home life may came a song by Harry Wise, and an- In Deadwood. 8t. Paul Pkmcer Presa be unsatisfactory; erhaps troubled other by Joseph Hall, entitled, "Get Which in love affairs, future changea in Your Money's Worth, which were American "The be location battleship," cried work or undecided, may mandolin the and appreciated, highly Ths Ruling Passion. r faith In others may be wavering, ef- the orator, is an absolute club concluded the program with anJaggers Did you wife die a natural forts toward success, happiness power! ' other selection. "Absolute or obsolete?" whispered The conclusion of the program was death? probably disappointing; If such is your position, call on PYO, get hla the mas at his elbow. Cleveland the signal for a stampede for the sandWsggers "Indeed she did. She was aid and advice. He will tell you the Plain Denier. . There talking when the end came!" Clevewiches and coffee and final ending of any question that were slxty-tw- o gallons of the latter, land Leader. that is, there was at the beginning of the stampede, but there wasn't sixty-tw- o drops after it was over. They forgot that Becker said he would send up more if they ran out About one thousand sandwiches were consumed, and atill they appeared to be hungry. During all this time a quartette, composed of Messrs. Hall, Campbell, Wise and Byphera, regaled the crowd with selections that were highly appreciated, and the crowd broke up along in the "wee ima' hours" the happiest bunch you ever saw. the-soen- e : 'i ; world-fame- after-dinne- . A Triumph SPECIAL . CLEARING SALE. CLARK'S STORES H69HW6M999999H I MEN The LANCASTER, Fa, Jan. ennial convention of the Grand ' vision of the Brotherhood ofRallroad Freight and Baggagemen of America opened here this morning at the Grand division headquarters wfth a large sU tendance of delegates from all parts of the country. President Robert P. Neil opened the convention and delivered his annual address Many important matters will come up for consideration during the three days of the convention. j A BAGGAGE 9. LINED WASH. A Over Obstacles. Her first ventures at cooking dinner In her own home had passed successfully, and they sat In silence at opposite ends of the table, wondering at the novelty of It nil, and gazing at each other. "Honeatly, honestly on your word of honor did you like It, Fred?" she matter waa referred to the buildings asked, finally. and grounds committee. "Never enj ed anythin so much In A petition was received asking for my life," ho slid, and swallowed a the appointment of James Aheam aa a lump. The patrolman on the police force. matter was referred to the police com to"Everything everything from soup pudding?" ml t tee. "Every monthful, from soup, to pudThe claim of H. T. Snyder, city Jailor, for prisoners' board, 140.40, was or ding." he said bravely, "Oh, I'm so relieved, then," she said, dered paid, and the council adjourned as a huge sigh escaped her. "You see, for one week. I forgot to order the sirup for the STOCK GROWERS MEET. sauce for the pudding, and I had to have something, so I took the cough Railroad Rate Question Will Bo Up sirup, and I waa so afraid youd tasta at Today's Session. It! Exchange. 9. conThe Jan. 'DENVER, Colo, sideration of the railroad rate ques tion will be one of the most Important subjects to be discussed at the second annual convention of the American Stock Growers' association, which met here this morning. The matter is of great Importance to the cattlemen of the west and the new association recognised this fact by sending Its legal counsel, B. H. Cowan of Texas to Washington, for the purpose of attending the hearing before the senate comTHIS IS THE PLACE FOR mittee on the railroad rate question. Mr. Cowan has returned and will YOU TO SAVE MONEY ON submit a lengthy report on the subYOUR OWN CIOTHE8 AS ject, which will probably be discussed AS THE BOYS WELL some the cattlemen That at length. CLOTHES. In general recognise the Importance ALL THE OVERCOATS, of the matter aa much aa the mem hero of the American Stock Growers SUITS AND EXTRA PANT8 association, la evident from the fact WILL BE DISCOUNTED 30 that the Cattle Growers' Interstate ExPER CENT. THINK OF THE ecutive Committee has decided to co SAVING YOU MAKE BY operate with the American Stock Growers' executive committee and has v PATRONIZING OUR STORE placed all Its funds at the disposal of DURING THIS SALE. the latter committee for the proeecu YOU GET KOHN BROTHERS tion of its purposes. x FREIGHT AND AND 2356-58-50-- BIG T ! SLIPPERS WILL E DISCOUNTED. FUR TOP UPPERS FOR 75c. AND UP. ' I ESS Mmmmmm Tuesday and Wednesday Only Mm $5.50 CABINETS i WE ALSO HAVE A NICE LINE OFSjOO, 3B0 AND A FEW 4B0 GOODS WHICH' WILL GO IN THE 2M LINE DURING THIS SALE. ALL THE FLEECED HAVE PAGE FIVE Overcoats and Suits dis- BUT SOME SPECIAL LINES WILL BE ON THE TABLES AT VERY LOW PRICES. H0E8 Nearly GREAT . . ? 9. IN School Smoker Given by the Trades and Labor Assembly Last Evening Was a Huge Success of the district schools of Nebraska will be compelled to curtail their terms by several months this year and eventually they may have to quit altogether the result of a fight between the tax department of the state and the two principal railroads, the Burlington and the Union Pacific. Net only are the school revenues affected but the income of .very county and municipality in the state has been decreased. The railroads of Nebraska pay more money every year for the maintenance of schools in almost a third of the districts of the state than anybody else therein. This is due to the eyatem of taxation In vogue in some of the western states. The total value of a railroad la computed and this la divided by the number of miles. The Union Pacific main line, for instance, la taxed at 110.000 a mile, and each taxing district has the benefit of so many miles of road at 110,000 a mile aa are contained within lte boundaries. Out in the western part of the state the road runs for many miles through districts where the 610,000 a mile valuation makes the larger proportion of the entire property valuation, and the maintenance of schools therein is dependent almost entirely upon the prompt payment of taxes by the railroads. Both the Union Pacific and the Roth the Union Pacific and the Burlington have refused to pay taxes until their assessment la lowered, and have secured injunctions in the federal court preventing county treasurers from levying upon their property. The first injunction was secured a year ago, but the state officials looked upon it ae an attempt to compel them to lower the valuation and this year they increased them a little. The result haa been a second Injunction, and another year's taxes have been tied up. Aa the railroads announce their intention of enjoining the collection of taxes each year that their assessment is placed at the present high figure, the prospect ia that within two years many of the schools in western Nebraska will have to close entirely or the legislature will have to empower the trustees to set a greater rate for taxation than is now allowed by law. In one district in Lincoln county, the Union Pacific valuation is 180,000 and the remainder of the property is valued at 620,000. The trustees levy taxes to the full limit of the law, 25 mills, and thus raise 2,500 a year, of which the railroad pays $2,000. With this 62,000 a year withheld by the railroad the schools will suffer. The state officials declare that they will not recede from their position. Within the past three weeks mass meetings have been held in six coun ties, at which resolutions denouncing the railroads were adopted and it was decided to withhold business from railroads refusing to pay taxes. The Union Pacific and Burlington managers assert that the assessment ia unjust and outrageous and they have been securing figures to prove that other property in the state ia not assessed at the same proportion of lta value as theirs. his Mayor Conroy performed first official act last evening when he appointed Robert A. In the Moyes as city treasurer XL Halverson, James of place acresigned. Mayor Conroys tion was unanimously confirmed by the council. Emmett On Finance Craig, UNION THE SIC HOLLER SESSION was brief and meeting RECT TO THE POINT. Milt TUESDAY. JANUARY 9, 1906. ! biDi- HORACE 8. FOSTER, . .., Notary Public. Both phones 644-- 1 ring. Utah State . Journal office. 2 CLOTHING FOR YOURSELF AND THE OLD RELIABLE KANT WEAR OUT CLOTHING FOR THE BOY AT THIS LARGE DISCOUNT,. WE RESERVE NOTHING.'-WWILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL . WINTER GLOVES AND MITTENS AT THE 30 PER CENT DISCOUNT. x WASH. AVE. We Have 9 Just Received a Car of Kitchen Cabinets and make this Special Price as an Inducement, for January Buying. mmmmmmmm CLARK'S STORES 2356-58-60-- - i Mmm.rnm Farmtire Co. .t 1 |