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CAPITALCITYCHAT BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HOLD ING HEARINGS. IT WANTS INFORMATION Trying to Get the Knowledge That Will Enable It to Arrive at Just Valuation of Railroad Property To Asscco Railroads. Tlio sfato board of equalization ai(d nHHQKHinont has beon holding meetings tlio past, week lo ascertain tho valuo of railroad and car companies for the pur )oho of assessment. Meetings will bo liold from tiny to tiny until tho railroad property la val ued for nyHoaHinoiit. On tho third Mon day In July tho board will meet to oqunlizo the assessment of property, aa returned by county assessors. Gov oruor Sheldon, being tho flrt member of the board named In the Hat In the statute creating the board, presided aa chairman, Georgo D. Bonnott, wlio has "served aa aecretary of tho board hIuco it waa organized, was re-elcctod. There la llttlo or nothing In tho way of rnmora as to whether tho board will change the valuo of railroad property aa determined by tho board one year ago. The board last year Increased tho valuo of tho Union Pacific about $1, (100,000, but made no other material change. The total valuo of all rail road property In the state la now $17, 000,000, and tho total of all property In tho atato, Including railroad proper ty, la $113,000,000. Tho mombers of tlio board have not formed any Idea at yet In regard to railroad property, and will not express themselves until thoy obtain personal knowlodgo of tho situ ation. Thore has bnon no. rumor of any Increase Tho increase made by tho form or boarda have been unhelp by tho highest court in tho United States. Railroad Rate Men on Hand. Railroad rate men and attorneys and tax commissioners wore at the slate house kiBt week in unprece dented numbers to attend. Tho assessment board, Govornor Sheldon chairman, heard representa tives of tho Sioux City branch of tho Wllmar & Sioux Falls road and tho Hock Island road. The board alao heard Mr. S. L. Highleyman, of tho Mlsouri Pacific, T. A. .Polloys of tho C, St. P., M. & O., and P. F. Craiulon of tho Northwestern road. Other roads also had hearings. AH tho members of the assess ment board aro taking a dcop Inter est In the work before them and cvlnco a desire to gqt all tho informa tion poHslblo to enable thorn to arrive nt ft just, valuation of railroad prop erty. Tho tax commissioner of tho various roads havo beon asked to sub mit their statements In writing so that tho board may digest their argu ment when tho time conies to list property for taxation. Tho board com prises Governor Sheldon, Secretary of State Junkin, Treasurer Brian, Land Commissioner Eaton and Auditor Searle. Burkett Gets Appointment. E. R. Harper, acting , governor of Colorado, has notified Senator Burkett of his appointment us a member of the program committee of the "Pub lic Lands" convention, which bns been called for Denver, Juno 18. Henry M. Teller Is chairman of tho program com mittee. Tho convention will consider future land laws, and propositions looking to the early development of the vacant lands In tho west. Governor Issues Requisition.' ' Governor Sheldon has issued a requisition for tho return of David Mc Murty, n married man of Burt county, charged with a statutory offonco agnlnst Effn Silvay, a girl under olgh teen years of age, alleged to liavo boon committed Mnrch 10. McMurty is aald to havo left the stato tho next day and is now nt Lamar, Ta. Light Company Incorporates. Articles of Incorporation of tho Havelock Electric Light company wore filed in the ofllco of tho county clerk. Tho capitalization of tho company Is 115,000, and tho Incorporators aro F. H "Whellon, J. O. Aspigen, T. C. Ballard, Cornelius Moran, H. M. Eaton and C. Cv Johnson. Prohlbs Getting Busy. Tlio stato oxecutivo committeo of tho prohibition party mot to lay plans" for their campaign. The dates for a stato convention wore fixod for July 110 and 31 at Lincoln. 'Plans to banquet tho prohibitionists of tho state on the ovon Ing of July 30 mot with favor. Sec retary H. T. Sutton reportod activity In all parts of the state visited by him. Bryan'a "Speech Income." Tho State Journal has this to any of V. .!. Bryan's speaking engage moats; "Mr. Bryan will stay at homo for a week or ton days and then an other call to ruah away on a apeak lug tour will havo to be answered. Ho h now sought aftor more eagerly than any other man who Is uvallablo for platform work. Whenever It becomes known that ho has any vacant time tho work of caring for the correspond onco on that subject bocomoa a real burden to tho folks In tlio Commoner ofllco. If ho filled all demands for dates ho could talk, llko tho bands In Uor Hit, 'mornings, nights and afternoons, and Btlll leave the public unsatiafled. "Mr. Bryan's Income from these en gagements is very I urge, but It could be made much larger If he did not uso lectures aa an aid to getting his political views before tho country. When ho makes a political speech or uttonda a banquet he pays his own oxponsos. The sermons that attracted ho much attention in Washington, Sprlngileld and Boston were given freely for tho public good. Hut when ho goes on ouo of those trips ho ac cepts enough lecture engagements to cover the cost of tho journey and per haps to leave him a little profit be sides. The paid lectures aro thus only Incidental to tho main purpoBe of tho visit. "Mr. Bryan's financial arrangements for his lectures aro slmplo. -Ho takes one-half or tho proceeds and the poo plo who manage the lecture take tho other half. Ho refuses to lecture for an Individual nianagomont, always in Hinting that the local share shall go to some organization or "cause." People havo tried to estimate Mr. Bryan's in come from lecturing but it is doubtful If he knows himself." About W. J. Bryan. A recent Isbuo of the Springfield Re publican said of tlio closing days of Mr. Bryan'a eastern trip: "Mr. Bryan did not quite completo his program on Wednesday, but It was tho fault of a late train. As It Was, ho moroly arrived In Now York at fl o'clock, spent an hour receiving his friends, ' donned his evening clothes, and rushed to Harlem to deliver a lec Info, was back at a downtown restaur ant lo attend a 10 o'clock supper in his honor, and an hour lator was on his way to Newark, N. J., to deliver a speech at midnight. Ho is duo to speak tonight in Chicago, and will get home, on Sunday, planning to help plant his farm. That farm ought to get planted pretty quickly if Mr. Bryan tackles tho job in the way ho has been lecturing." Liquor License in Lincoln, Tho written opinion In the case of Julius Reusch against the city of Lin coln waa filed Friday, tho court, hold ing that. county boarda may not grant license for a tofm exceeding a calen dar year, but municipal authorities may grant a license for a municipal year, which may be either longer or shorter than a calendar year. By tho term "municipal year" as used In thy Slocumb law, Is ordinarily meant the political year as by so construing tho term tho princlplo of local option Is convoyed and applied. By tho amend mont made to tho Lincoln chartor In 1905, by which biennial elections in stead of annual elections were pro vided for, the legislature did not in lond to abandon the policy of local option. In tho case before the court tho Baloon koopors of Lincoln claimed tho right to sell liquor on their licenses for thlrteon months because the terms of the city officers had been oxtonded ono month. A tost case was filed and for eight days tho saloons were closed. Regents Institute Test Case. Regent Charles S. Allen obtained leavo of the supremo court to file a mandamus suit against Auditor E. M. Searle. John J. Lcdwlth, who has a claim amounting to $25 for services as instructor in tho university for tho blennlum, is the relator. Tho suit was fllod to tost the. legality of tho ajnto auditor's ruling that no warrants on the stato troasury should bo Issued whon thera aro no fundB In the fund on which tho warrants aro drawn. Tho fund in quosllon Is tho one dorlveil from a 1-nilll levy for tho support of tho unlvorslty. Mr. Ledw.lt If b claim Is on tho temporary university fund. Tho petition of the relator asserts that tho auditor has ruled that no warrants shall bo Issued whon thore Is no mon ey on hand. It cites sections 1, 2, and 3 of chapter 93, complied statutes, to show that It. ts to duty of tho stato treasurer to reglstor warrants when funds in tho treasury aro insufllcient to pay the samo. By reason of this It Is alleged that It Is tho duty of tho stato auditor to Issue warrants against tho appropriation authorized by tho legislature, whether or not taxes aro actually collected at tho time tho war runs aro applied for. Tho peti tion of tho rogent8 says tho law auth orizing tho collection of a 1-mlll levy for tho maintenance of tho university was passed by tho legislature In 1899, tho proceeds to constitute n fund to bo expended under the direction of tho regents for tho maintenance and for buildings and permanent Improvements. NEBRASKA NEWS WM. FRANK, OTOE COUNTY FARM ER, IS BURNED. HIS DEATH IS PECULIAR Found Lying In the Road With Cloth ing Completely Burned From His Body Othar News' of . the State. "Williams Frank, an aged retired farmer, living ono and one-half miles south of Syracuse, was found lying In tho road with his clothing burned from his body. He had beon in Syracuse during tho day -and three hours be fore ho was found had left for home in his buggy. Ho was smoking a cigar at the time lnat seen and it is believed, since ho complained to aomo of his friends of not feeling well, time ho diad of heart failure and that his clothing caught lire from tho cigar ho was smoking. Mr. Frank has lived in Otoo county for twenty-five years. Ho leaves a son, John Frank, whose homo is in Nebraska City. Thinks -Boys Were Drowned. Tho coats of Frank Dewey and Roscoo Wortnv.m, who disappeared from homo on tlio UStii of last Decem ber, liavo been found under a culvert of tho Burlington track near tho point whore Suit creek empties Into tho Platte river. These two young men went skating on Pawnee creek on that date and disappeared and not withstanding tho vigilant search of their parents have never been dis covered. The parents advertised ex tensively and although several clues to the boys' whereabouts were found they always proved misleading. At the tlmo many people thought the boys had beon drowned In Pawnee creek as the day was warm and the ice soft. Tho finding of tho coats under the cul vert again leads to tho belief that tho boys were drowned rather than that they ran away. The garments were found near tho spot where Charlen Mansfoldo, a young attorney of Omaha, was drowned in tho summer of 1905. Animal's Skeleton in Ciay Pit. A complete skeleton of a buffalo was recently found sixteen feet under ground at tlio clay pit in Sarpy county, near Ashland. Tlio bones were dis covered by workmen engaged in dig ging into tho bank and were thought to bo those of a buffalo by tho skull, horns and size and thickness of the bones. When taken out the bones crumbled to dust upon being touched, but other parts not handled soon hardened aftor being oxposed to tho air. Some persons who have exam ined tho bones claim that they belong to a prehistoric period before the time of the buffalo. Cut His Throat on a Train. An unknown man about 30 yours old cut his throat on a Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy train shortly after It loft Napier, Mo. He was alive when the train reached Falls City, Neb., but died soon after being car ried into the depot. He had a ticket dated "May 7, Kansas City to Denver, and $138.50 in money was found in his clothing. He was well dressed and apparently had been In good health. Church Opposes Street Fair. The official board of the First Moth odlst church, Fremont, held a meotlng nnd after discussing the street fair question poBsed a lengthy resolution bearing upon such forms of amuse ment and severely condemning them. The board expresed ' its sentiment against any possible proposal to bring a street fair to Fremont tills year. Tho move has boon taken evidently to head, oft any such enterprise of the Kind that may bo started. No Saloon for Madison. For tho fl,.8t tlnio In twenty-elght years Madison Is now without a II Ai?SOd snloon- Fomor Senator W. V. Allen, by his attorney, M. S. McDuf c, appoared before tho city council and filed a remonstrance against four of the five saloonkeepers, charging violation of the Slocumb law. Tho council took no action on the one Petltin on which a remonstrance was not filed nnd ndourned. Ashland Light Plant Burned. Tho plant of tho Ashlnnd Light, Mill and Power company, located on nhoo creek, north of town, burned down. The origin of tlio flro to un known, as the plant was all right at 12:30 when tho night engineer loft. Repairs aggregating $3,000 have ro contly beon mado and bring the loss P to $10,000, with $3,000 Insurance. The town will bo In darknoss for sov oral month. Omaha capitalists are Interested in the company. PEARSON IS NOT CONVICTED. Alleged Murderer at Hastings Secure Acquittal. Aftor a deliberation of ono hour and thirty minutes tho Jury in tho Barney Pearson murder case at Hastings brought In a verdict of acqulttul. This ends ono of tho most interesting mur ders In' the history of tho state. Per son Was charged with the murder of Wulter McCulla, who was killed by a shot fired through tho rear window of Pearson's home after tho midnight hour, July 29 last. McCulla died the following day and Pearson was tried on the charge of murder last Decem ber. The jury disagreed In the first trial. The county has paid Judgo Batty $1,000 In attorney fees to assist in tho prosecution which is only a small portion of tlio cost to taxpay ers. Woman Nearly Cremated. Mrs. Leonard Hollenbeck, tho wifo of a farmor residing west of Nebraska City, hand a narrow escapo from being cremated. She was preparing a meal and desiring to pour vinegar into a hot Bklllet got hold of a bottle contain ing turpentine, Instead. Th fluid no sooner struck tho hot skillet than the wholo was a mass of flames. Her hair and clothing were ignited, She was alono In the house and rushing out of doors jumped Into a barrel of slop. She was badly burned about the body and her hulr was burned from her head. Kearney Man Gets Appointment. James Leltch, a Kearney student ol the stato normal, has been tendered the position of assistant to tho United States consul at San Salvador. TJiis is a position under tho civil service Iregulutlons and though Mr. Leltch feels gratified in having been tendered It, he has taken the acceptance under advisement owing to tho remoteness of the place, but will decide in a few days whether or not he will accept the same. At Work on New Hotel. J. E. Mendenhall has a big force of men at work razing tho old A. F. Smith livery barn on the slto of Fairbury's new $50,000 hotel. Everything will be ready to commence excavations for tho now hotel within a week. It is the desiro of the promoters of tho new hotel the Boone Hotel company to havo the now hostlery open to tho general public some time during the coming fall. Building a New Road. Actual operations In building tho Omaha-Hastings electric Hue aro soon to commence. Tho company's agent, J. C. Baker, signed the contract Sat urday. C. D. Conover, of Omaha, and scrapers, grader, etc., are now en route to Hastings. Conover's five car loads of grading tools will be unload ed at Blaine siding six miles north east of tho city. Treasurer Baker will soon leave for New York to con fer with capitalists. Fire in Cambridge Hotel At Cambridge fire was discovered in tho second- story of the Metropoli tan hotel. A large crowd rushed in and with some difficulty succeeded in putting cut the lire. The building was damuged considerably and also some of the contents, all 'being covered by insurance. While the origin of tho fire is not known, thore is considerable evidence to show -that the fire waa not the result of mere accident., Robbers Loot Postoffice. The postoffice nt Alda was robbed recently. The burglars gained en trance to Knox Brothers' store, in which the postofflce is located, by use of a, skeleton key, and rifled tho safe which contained about $30. Fif teen dollars in stamps were left un touched nnd money orders and other valuable papers were undisturbed. Sheriff Dunkcl with dogs fs on tho trail. New Brewery for Hastings. Ground has beon broken nt Hast ings for tho now brewery building which is to be built In the near fu ture. The site purchased some time ago is an excellent one, giving snip ing facilities over two railroads, and being located near tho business sec tion, and far enough from the resi dence section as not to prove detri mental to property holders. Met With an Accident. Mlko Bauer, chief of the Nebraska City flro department and ono of tho oldest firemen In tho state, met with quite an nccljlent. He was driving a spirited colt and when in tho western part of tho city tho animal turned suddenly, throwing Mr. Bauer out of the cart and injuring him severely. Ho will bo confined to his room for some lime. Lorton Is Now Dry. Lortou, Otoo county, for the first time In Us" history has gone dry. Tho proprietors of the two saloons op nosod each other and tho rosult was that neither received a sufficient num ber of signers to their petitions. LIKED IN ENGLAND DAINTIES THAT ARE POPULAR ACROSS THE WATER. Sweet Potato Buns Something of a Novelty Cinnamon Cake Good " for Change from. Universal Currants and Seeds. Sweet Potato Buns Aro very tasty, nnd are made ns follows: Tako three largo succt potatoes, one and a half pints of flour, pinch of salt, ono and a half tenspoonfula of baking pow der, ouo pint of cream. Boil tho pota toes, rlib them very fine with cream. Sift together flour, salt and powder, and add lo potato preparation. Mix into rather firm, smooth dough, form into round pieces tho size of n small egg. Lay on a greased tin and bake in a hot oven 20 minutes. Home-Made Tomato Sauce. Two pounds of tomatoes, two tableapoon fuls of butler, two tablespconfuls of flour, two cloves, and a slice of onion. Cook tomatoes, onion and cloves ten minutes, beat the flour; whon smooth and brown, stir into tho tomatoes and cook ten minutes; season to taato with salt and pepper, and rub through n strainer. Serve witli fish or mac enroni. Cinnamon Cake Is a decided change from the endless round of "seeds" and "currants." Take three quatters of a cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, threoeggs (well beat en), ono cupful of milk, one teaspoon ful of ground cinnamon, four cupfuls of sifted flour, with ono and one-half tea spoonfuls of baking powder. Bake In long or square pans. Havo ready one-quarter cupful of melted butter, with sugar and cinnamon mixed In stiff enough to spread. Put it on tho cake as soon as it is taken from tho oven. Fig Pudding Is. always a popular dish. A simple recipe is: A quar ter of a pound of figs, chopped fine, two cupfuls of breadcrumbs, ono cup ful of brown sugar, a quarter of a pound of suet, chopped fine, two eggs, tho grated rind and juice of one lemon, ono dessertspoonful of molas ses, half a nutmeg, grated, one table spoonful of flour. Steam three hours and serve with lemon sauce. Chicken Salad in Jelly. Add to the water in which tho chick en or fowl is to be boiled a small onion, three wholo cloves, a table spoonful of salt, and a little celery or parsley. When the moat Is tender re move all the flesh from tho bones of the bird and chop It very fine. For two and one-half cups of this chopped meat which has been very carefully freed from bones and skin and sea soned to taste with paprika and salt, allow one and one-fourth teaspoonfuls of granulated gelatin. Soak the gela tin In cold water, and then dissolve It In a cup of the hot chicken stock. Add tho gelatin to the prepared meat, and turn into, molds. If one has not tho proper molds for this, a baking pow der tin may be used and the meat cut In slices when removed, or the mix ture may be molded in small cups. Tho meat should be packed very solid ly in the mold, which has been dipped in cold water, and stand for several hours in the ice chest before serving. Arrange on lettuce lenves and serve with a good mayonnaise dressing. Washing Flannels. Flannels that have become badly yellowed through neglect may bo whitened in this way. ,Boll four table spoonfuls of flour in four quarts of wa ter, stirring free from lumps. Pour one-half this mixture over the flannels, cover and let them Btand a half hour! Rub with tho hands, but uso no soap. Rinse the flannels In clear water of tho same temperature, then heat tho remainder of the liquid and iiour over the flannel again. Proceed as before, rlnso thoroughly, then hang out to drain and dry. Never hang flannels In cold or frosty air, as that always shrinks them. Preparing Salad. Pick thoroughly and it is most im portant that all green salads, such as lettuce, cabbage, celery, chicory or cress, should be thoroughly cleaned and looked over carefully, in tho stems and under tho curled up leaves small bugs aro frequently found. Wa ter cress especially should have great care, for in tho leaves small snails aro hidden. Tho despot uproots tho tree; tho wiser master only prunes off tho su perfluities. Alfonso. X. India's Great Problem. To make India absolutely safo from famine, at least 35 per cent of tho land should bo brought under irrigation. This per cent would amount to an area of 74,000,000 acres. Of courso, this presents a great and difficult prob! lorn, but what has boon dono gives ample guaranty that tho problem will be solved. Parchment from Wolf 8klns. It is not generally known that the parchment used on tho best banjos lg made from wolf skins.