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THE OMAHA DAILT JiEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY J, 101. 7 IV I TIP A Tift V Kfntcst attention during tho year In the U ill 11 1 lull 1 lull senratlonnl way wns tho suit brought by tho Htnto asalnst.Hcv. Itoland Hills bo- foro Judgo ilaxtor In Washington county NotaHeract b Connection with Bn.ln. 'Van KSnS 51 " 01 JJlltnttt UOUrt. tho degree. I.I,, I)., at Cambridge and tho decree, M. A., at Durham university. For ten venra hn wnt vlpnr nf nn ttinrlliih EXPANSION' MAKES MORE COURT CASES parish and curate of a parish in tho samo GUERNSEY EXTENSION IS SIGNIFICANT country. Ho left n wlfo In England and RAILROADS MAKE A RECORD Lines Operating Into and Through Omaha Have a Big Year of Business. shortly after his arrival hero ho married Miss uoiilc rowoll of Florence. Ho ivns arrested In Tacoma, Wash., hrotiKht hack on n requisition and sentenced to tour years In tho penitentiary. Thoro was ono case before Jtidgo Ilaxtcr In which tho city had an Interest above all others, for the reason that nn adverso do- cislon would havo cost tho municipality about $1,000,000. it was tho caso of Law rence Connors against tho city of South Omaha to recover for taxes paid under tho belief that the assessments woro local, court de- , , i ... . ,, , , jj na I -" t..,.,.. 1., i, VJ (..III uuu tUiUl 1 liU tuu- .'vr,1 m , i; pimi m tho cs0 was mar uuw .-. , : . " . " when taxes were paid, not under protest, court worn. " " but In tho Innocent belief that they were tho community and not to any laxity or I. . . ... ... lawr and Judge I'nniTll Su AuKiuc-iitiitlon of Li'kiiI Illiniums In t'lilmiUMiolinlile Utlcleuvc of (li'tirrnllj 1'ros-IH-roiiN Cnuilltloii, A hotablo fact In connection with tho business of the district court during tho last year Is an Increase In Important liti gation. The old foreclosure cases that have occupied the tlmo of the courts for many Incrrnxr In Toiiiimkc llnttiltril the Vnni Tivolte .Mouth I'rnvrn lUIslouuc of rr)KnTll- Tlirounliout Tcr rllory Nerved liy Hontls. yearn since tho hard times are beginning V Z ! L t. fa,, oft in number, being succeed by 0 Un andhh ,n ,ob In the instances .of these utMthcy were declared Illegal. Tho decision 1 It Is this feature that Is lntcicstlng of , com WM ,u fnvorBof the (lefcn,anti western part of Iowa, and consequently of advantage to Omahn In tho opening up of new territory tributary to this city. Ilulldlng operations conducted by the Itock Island havo been confined to the southwest, Important extensions having been made In Oklahoma and Indian Tor rltory and others now being under wny that will add to the Influence of that sys tem and Increase Its Importance as an Omaha line, because of tho fact that this city Is Its gateway to tho southwest. Mil til potent fircutly Improved. Tho Milwaukee and Missouri Pacini: rail roads havo enjoyed n year of great pros perity and havo Improved their service, equipment and roadbeds In a marked measure. Tho Omaha & St. I.ouls road, de- Tho year lust closed has been marked SDii0 the fact that It has gone Into re- lather becauso of tho large and growing colvcrshlp during tho last year, has been volume of business dono by thn railroad"! forging to tho front and has Improved the operating Into nnd through Omaha than lor physical condition of Its line, uIbo adding achievements In other directions. Keep- to the efficiency of Its servlco by the pur- lug pace, however, with this lncreustd chaso of much now equipment. business has been constant Improvement In Indicative, of the Incrcnso In pnsscngcx the. physical conditions of tho various roads trafllc and tho consequent Increase In bus- ami tho expenditure of much money lor incss nnd revenue sustained by the several sunn, purposes. President Horace O. Hurt of tho Union Pacific concisely summed up the I nl 1 1 ond situation ns It has oxlstcd during the last railroads Is tho Increase In the number of passenger trains operated Into and our of Omaha dally. One year ago the number of trains arriving dnlly over all' the railroads ns being nn Index of progress Judg, Fnwcctt explains tho expansion of Important litigation by saying that It Is owing to prosperity and to tho movement of population cityward. "Take It when tho peoplo In tho country districts nro becoming better settled." he said, "nnd In tho city of South Omahn there Is about $300,000 which has been paid Into tho treas ury in this v,uy. In Omahn there has beon nearly $1,000,000 paid, which would havo had to bo refunded hnd tho court ruled tho other way, It was before Judge Kawcctt that n case year In n recent report to tho directors of into tho threo depots was forty-threo and hb eompnny by stating: "Tho y?ar has been one of great prosperity throughout tho entlru ttansmlssourl territory. Tula pros perity is fully reflected In the Increased tonnage nnd revenue of tho railroad the number departing forty-four. Today fifty passenger trains arrive nnd depart dally. Travel to and from Omnha has been facilitated to a marked degree by reason of this Incrcnso in the number when tho residents of the city arc being n whch ,Io thmtnt fluntcaCQ on rl,coril Influenced more by competition along every line, social as we, 1 1 as commercial, ami It is easy to understand why eases In court grow more numerous Tho business In the rural districts falls off and In the cities came up. It wns In Washington county. A one-armed lnd was brought boforo tho court on tho chnrga of theft, having stolon $j from a comrade. The inouoy had been re turned afterward and tho boy had been In operating In this section. Theso favorable of trains dally operated. A comparison be conditions have not been confined to ono tween tho present train servlco nnd that paillcular industry, but have been enjoyed a year ago follows: It piles up In proportion. Prosperity makes ja thrco wcc,)(H T1)Q wlghcJ ,o tf commcrco moro voluminous. Competition -niiiv. .t..,i i.v.i i..r i i.i. .i,t nnd friction among men becomes keener ,f ho ,l, wouM K(jt U)rty da.g ,n ,hc um nuuiiivi u .u.uuiu iuvvi., ...... " county a . Thn lnd tiondfred null i) and mattor of consequence tho lawsuits are ..,, ..,,. nf th ,hra. moro numerous nnd of moro Importance. innnmueb nn ri.rinmn wn hut n fow "There Is considerably moro litigation nt ,,.. Jn ,..- ,,-....,. r,ntort him tho present tlmo than there was a few years -ml said that thn uontetiea would be thirty minutes Instead of thirty days and he gave tho sheriff permission to turn his watch back twenty-nlno minutes after tho boy waB taken to Jail. That made tho sen tence Just n mlnuto In duration, Tho case Involving tho largest sum of mcney on record In tho court during tho year was that of, Orandln against tho First National bank of Chicago, In which tho nlnlnllrf smith! (n rnrnvrr J I fiful fifin nl. niun.ujri. u uuu nuiK .iv imi... iUCjr i loRitiK that tho bank had been raado a pre ago when hard times were rife. In this way litigation Is nn Index of prosperity. Tako It when money Is Hcarce, the dc feudant class of people do not care ns much whothor Judgments nro rendered Rgatust them ns they would If they know they had to nettle them forthwith, In the samo way the plnlntlff class does not enro i;o much for Judgments ns If they were as good art cash. In tunes of this kind tho not so ambitious, and so It operates throughout, to restrict litigation." The dt vorca business continues without much change, according to the opliijon of tho Judge, there, being a slight increase in tho number of cases to tally with the Incrcnso of population. Foreclosure t.'ntu" on tlip Wnnr. Deputy District Clerk Stccro Bald that the mortgage, foreclosure cases are on the wnnc, nnd that It Is only a matter of n short tlmo before they will cease to be n factor In tho business of the courts, "The .cases that grew cut of tho panic of 1 S03 nnd 1891," ho said, "are pretty well on tho dockets now. In a short tlmo litiga tion of this kind which has busied tho courts for, tho lant few years will be down to Its normal amount. Divorce suits hold their own. They come In flurries. Home times thcro nro only a few in a week, nnd then uguln thero will bo clusters of them every day. They nro like marrlago licenses, being moro numerous In certain months, fercd creditor of S. It. Howell of Omaha, when tho nBsets should havo beon sold to satlEfy the claim of other creditors. KEPT COUNTY ATTORNEY BUSY I.t'Knl IIccmIicpnn Comipptfcl trltli Oilier U'iin llt-uvlrr 'I'll tt ti I'm n nl. HI Tho county attorney's otTlco has had more than the customary amount of legal business to transact during the year of l'JOO. The twenty-ono caso3 of Krank K. Moores against the county, involving $30,000 In fees, were tried and a:o now pcudtne a decision. Likewise the two cases of tho County against Moores to recover Judgment for witness fees and lower court costs. In theso cases thcro wcro 150 points Involved. Ono, ns a test case, was tried before Judge Daxter, and tho others being similar will In agriculture, stock-raising, mining nnd all the other Industrial pursuits of a thriv ing nnd rapidly developing country, re markably rich In all the natural elements of wealth.' So far as tho Omaha roads arc concerned building operations havo been confined largely to tho Uurllngton, Itock Island and Northwestern. During tho last year tho llt.rllngton has done much building of a slgnltlcnnt character. From Allluuce, a division point In tho western part of Ne braska, it has extended two Important branch lines ono from Alliance to Urush, Colo., connecting at both termini! with tli-; through lines of tho system nnd per mitting tho operntlon of a greatly Improved set vice between Denver nnd Deadwood, rciognlzcd as the mining metropolis of the Itccky mountain nnd lllack Hlllii districts; tlm other, from Alliance to Guernsey, Wyo., a distance of approximately 140 miles. Through to Salt I.nkp. It Is to this Ouernsey extension that the greatest significance attaches. It presages the building of tho Uurllngton through to Salt I.ako City, n western terminus which tho. executives of this Bystcm have long been known to covet. No definite state ment has as yet 1ieen authorized 'rom Uurllngton ofllclnl sources that such nn extension Is likely to bo Immediately con summated, neither Is tho report of such a plan unqualifiedly denied. At tho present tlmo surveyors nro In tho field for tho pur pose of locating tho most fcnslblq route and It Is not unwarranted to presume that building operations will begin during tho coming year. Operations nre now In prog ress for tho building of a lino from Toluca, Mont., to Cody, Wyo., by tho Uurllngton, which will bo open for traffic by July 15. This extension will nlTord railroad facili ties to a splendid sheep, cnttlo and farm ing country In the heart of the rich Dig Horn basin of Wyoming. In Omaha the Uurllngton road has ac complished a number of improvements in its train service, facilitating traillc be tween this and adjoining cities, and has appropriated $10,000 for the enlargement Jan. 1, Jnn. 1, ito:. iflOi. Iturltngton Station , Number passenger trains artiv. 12 lri Number passenger trains depart K 13 Union Station Number passenger trains nrrlv. 23 r,0 iNumner passenger trains ucimn ;i Webster street station- Number nnssenircr trains nrrlw 3 R Number passenger trains depart S 5 S7 100 VOLUME OF BUSINESS LARGE lU-i'ordu ot County CicrU Show Thnt the I'nitt Year tins lleeu ci limy One. Tho old year has been a busy ono In tho office of County Clerk Haverly and tho records show n considerable volume of business. In comparison with last year thoro Is a decreaso In both collections nnd disbursements, but tho figures nro greater than in tho ycnr 1S9S. Over 1809 there. 1b n loss of $18,227.70 In tho collections nnd less disbursements by $50,000, according to tho figures for tho eleven months. When the December accounts arc made out, how ever, tho clerk expects that thero will bo but little difference In the two years. De cember was not taken Into account In ths year 1900 for tho reason that tho accounts on tho county clerk's books have not been entered up. Following Is tho assessed valuation foi 1000 and 1809, fl3cal years; also tho levies: Fiscal Year. Fiscal Year. ISaS-lSOD. 1S39-1'JOO. Asesseil valuation.. $21, ti,2H.fil $21,T45,gn.6( Levies W3,y09.30 KI7.125.5j llondcd indebtedness 973,000.00 973.OW.00 For tho calendar year ot 1S99 nnd tho flrBt eleven months of 1900 collection fig ures nro as follows: bo prosecuted or dropped accordingly as but thero is a slight Increase from year thero Is a decision for or ngalust tho county to year, being tho result of tho growth of Another caso that efforts of tho county tho city." attorney brought to a settlement was tho Judge Ilaxtor said that tho Judges of the county's claim analnst tho Midland State district have under consideration n plan bank, which was compromised by the pay- an'l Improvement of Its general headquar- Having in view expeumng mo wont tieroro mct 0f $5,000. Well up on tho list of lm- lcrs- lo wnicn cnci worn is now in rapid jury Jud.gcs, as well ns fiavlpg .the county portnnt cotes was tho suit brought to compell Albyn Frank, tho former district clerk, to pay over all fees In excess of $5,000 collected In tho office during the sec ond part of his Incumbency, or after tho On hand Jan. 1, 1S99. ,$39,7li0.S9 .. 10,lfifi.5l) .. a,343.J2 89(1.42 415.78 soveriil thousand dollars In Jury fees ovory year. Tho plan Is to have thn thrco eqult Judges In whoso court rooms thcro arc no Juries tnko tho benches In tho counties In tho district outsldo of Omaha. Thcro are Just as many counties as thorn uro equity judges. .The plan would leavo tho Jury Judges who have been tending to tho out- progress. ltevUlou of .llnln Line, The Union Pacific has devoted Its ener gies to tho revision of its main lino in Wyoming, wheroby tho operation of trains Funds. General County road.. Krldgo Ilniiil Rlnklmr. Soldiers' roller. Douglas ml judgment ,,. tS3.500.S3 S32C.020.7S S4I1-.21.C11 Less collection feetc .'!,.., 0,706.03 Collections nnd transfers 1S99. $Ko.t;ia2r, 2S.U0O.29 40,129.34 4.'.,.W.8i 0,391,23 Total, $239,401.13 XS.IM.SS 43,472,75 4ll.4Sl.2J 6.S07.01 30,927.73 ti,274.S 37,202.39 Net Funds. flcneral paBBago of a law to this effect. Judgo might bo facilitated and In tho building of county road Kutcllo heard tho evidence and decided that the law of 1890, requiring the trnnsfer of theso fees to the county to bo illegal. Tho side work free to complcto tho cases on C!lS0 was tnkcn ,0 Ul0 guprorao court aml their callt. here without Interruption. At piesent It frequently happens that n jury Judge must u band on tho work In tho Doug Ins county court, house to go to tho county nuthldo nsslgned to him. This Icnves a panol ot Jurors, numbering nnywhero from thirty to Bixty, ldlo nnd drawing jalury for their services nt tho rate of $2 a day. In the course of a year tho proposed plan would save tho county nearly $5,000. S-nnnt tntinl Suit of Clio Vcnr Trotoably tho case that attracted tho A SOUR STOMACH. reversed. It Is now pending a hearing In tho higher tribunal on a motion for a re- tilnl. doublo tracks where tho exigencies of train servlco demanded. Tho work of track rovlslon has been practically completed arid tho saving In distance and In tho elimination of grades and curves has war ranted tho enormous expense cutnlled In tho Improvement. Iletwcen Howell nnd On hand Jan. 4, . 1900. ,.$12,012,08 .. 2.232.14 Urldgo 4,G41.0ti Hands, sinking. 2.261.18 Soldier' relief. 327.70 Douglas nd- juugmcni .... iu,i;i7.u2 Collections ti nil transfers 1900. $210,533.21 28,937.78 fiS.06l.3t! 49,034.ri C.931.91 .$101,815.58 Total. $222,347.29 31,170.22 59,705.42 51,896.11 0,239.61 0,261.93 22,199.33 Less collection fees $391,078.23 7,390.33 Tho year. Just passed has been notable Bryan tho cut oils hav.b been completed and In Often thr llcul C'nusc- of Sour Ti'in- Iirr. That tho condition ot tho digestive or pans has a marked effect upon tho charac ter or disposition Is a truism ns old us tho hills. Old Den Johnson wisely snld "tho pleasure of living depends upon tho liver" nnd It la ii fact which nono may dlsputo that n sunny disposition moro often results from a healthy digestion thnn from any other cause. Acid dyspepsia, commonly called sour Btom.ich or heartburn, Is caused by slow digestion of food; Instead of being prompt ly digested nnd converted Into blood, bone nnd muscle, It lies in the stomach for hours, fermmting and decaying, creating gnB63 which cause pressure on tho lungs and hiart, short breath and general discomfort nnd Irritation. Such half digested food Is indeed poor nourishment for tho body, brain and norves nnd tho reisult Is 'shown In Irrltnblo torn pors, unaccountable headaches and that do pressing condition usually called tho "blues" but how quickly all theso disappear when appetite aud digestion nro restored. Laxative medicines only Irritate tho al ready Irritated stomach and bowels nnd havo no effect on actual digestion ot food. Tho senslblo course to follow Is to mnko nso of slmplo natural digestives like Rtu rt's Dyspepsia Tablets lifter meals until tho stomach has a chnnco to recuperate ino natural uigcstivcs wnicn every healthy stomach contains nro peptones, dlnstaso aud Hydrochloric nnd luetic nclds mid when uuy of thorn aro lacking tho trou ble begins; tho reason Stuart's Dyupopsla Tablets aro bo valuable nnd successful In curing Btomnch troubles Is becnuse thoy contain, In a pleasant concentrated tablet form all theso absolutely necessary essen tials for perfect digestion and assimilation of food. Henry Klrkpatrtck, of Lawrence, Mass., says: "Men and women whoso occupation precludes an active outdoor life should make It n daily practlco to use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals, I hnvo dono so myself and I know positively that I owo my present health and vigor to their dally use. From the tlmo I was 22, 'when I graduated from school with broken health from over work, until I was 34, I scarcely knew1 what It was to bo free from stomach weakness, I hnd no appetite whatever for breakfast and very llttlo for any other meal. I had acidity nnd henrtburn nearly every day and sotnotlrnes wns alarmed by Irrenu lurlty and palpitation of the heart, but all this gradually disappeared after I began UBlng Stunrt's Dyspepsia Tnblets, and 1 can cat my meals with rollsh and satisfaction which I had not known since I wns a grow log boy." Tho success and popularity of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is enormous, but It Is deserved and ovary druggist In tho United States, Canada and Great nrltatn has a good word for this meritorious preparation for Important murder cases In tho criminal court, In thrco of which tho stato secured a conviction. John Kerr, who killed John Heed In July, 1898, at Valley, Neb., was found guilty of murder In tho first degree nnd sentenced lo life Imprlbonment. Col lins, the man who murdered "Shorty" Groves, In a saloon at Thirteenth and Dodgo streets In December, 1899, nlso was found guilty of murder In tho first degreo nnd sent to tho penitentiary for life. Harry Floth, whoso trial Is ot bo recent n date thnt It will bo readily remembered, was convicted and sentenced to threo years' for tho murder of Edward Feo, on the night of August 22. Among other Important criminal cases that havo made tho year notable was tho bribery caso against Arthur Cowle, tho former member of tho school board. It will bo remembered thnt tho caso came to naught becaiiBo under tho stato laws the crlmo of bribery must bo completed In the stute. It was shown that Cowle made tho proposal to bribe lu Illinois and not hero, so that by this technicality ho avoided a trial. Tho similar cases againbt Hoss and Sears woro never carried to a successful conclusion owing to a statute which declared against conviction by de tect Ivo testimony. Another murder caso that failed of conviction was thnt of tho stato against Charloy Moore for tho killing of John DeMollns two yenrs ago. It was dismissed on n technicality. nro now In uso as tho malu lino. An Idea ot tho value of this track rovlslon can be gained from tho following table: Net $3.86,687.88 Disbursements of county funds for 1899 and cloven months of 1900 nro explained in tno subjoined figures: J! . a n a a o a 3 a i ft a e. a a 2 I f s : a p a c t) P 3 u a e c p o o X o c MAILS ARE GROWING HEAVIER Klocn r Itnllttny .Hull Clerk Added mill ItiixliirNK Twenty l'er Cent lllKRcr. In no branch ot work Is tho comparative business of the country better shown than tu the Postofflco department of tho United States government, and In no part nf this department li tho variation in business moro apparent than with tho rallwny postal clerks, who, In this .district, handle the mail from all parts of tho country. Dur ing the last year there has been nn in crease of eleven in the pormanont force of men who run on tho routes under tha di rection ot tho Omaha office, tho total num ber now being 118. In tho InBt year ono new railway mull routo was established out of Omaha, over tho Illinois Central railroad from Omaha to Fort Dodge, In., a dlstanco of 113 miles, Two mall trains and three express trains pass over this routo each day. Those In position to know say thnt tho Increase lu tho volume of mall handled on tho routos under the Omaha otltco has been 20 per cent. o i5 on l' t tj 2 B S iil ie 8 2 Si 23 8 b h li p b O a a y 2 $ o p o X 3 JJ n sr Oencnil fund Koncl Bridges Bonds. Blnkttiir Soldiers' rollef ,. Douglas adjudgment.. 1899, .$219,450.66 . 23.903.95 . Mi.3fi2.7n . 15,837.50 . 0.O14.10 . 2,096.89 1900. $199,152.68 28,522.29 49.351,71 23,040.10 G.540.O3 187.33 Totnls $351,693.80 $300,797.17 Comparative resources that Is, tho bal ances of county funds subject to warrant on tho first day of December, 1899, nnd 1900, as ioiiows: Funds. General Koad Bridges Hoiule, sinking DoucIhs iiilludcmnnt. Soldiers' rollef Road Improvement... Exposition bond Funding bond -Balanrcs- Dec. 1, 1&!K). Deo. 1, 1900. .. $83,881.1)3 $45,757.66 .. ju.iH.irj ovcr S7l6.rS) 2S.352.67 61.9H5.8K 34,476.60 4,970.06 6,010.53 529.73 472.88 27,668.47 CS.2S8.80 9.753.M 5,151,71 2,703.80 , Hudyan Cures m wasting diseases mm I senoral weakness, f Impaired digestion, W HI paTpUacfn of the heart, II HI nervousness, ! HI headaches, IH ftl sleeplessness, mm HA painful or Irregular menstruation, AT HA dragging or bearing-down pains, l-W pale or sallow complexion, Jm tired and worn-out feeling, im FIFTY CENTS. jM Wasting diseases are those organic and functional diseases that rob one of bodily strength and energy, that reduce on la flesh and nerve force, that produce pals and wan complexions, that Impair one's mind. Among the more common or wasting die cases are thoBe that rclato to dlgcstloa and assimilation, nervous dlsordors, and those diseases that aro peculiar to women. Stnco HUDYAN is a reconstructor of body tissue and acts pon every nerve and fiber In the human organism, It Is a capital remedy In tho treatment of such diseases, dyspepsia, bllllousness, ntrvous exhaustion or weakness, and female weakness are promptly relieved nnd cured by HUDYAN. HUDYAN cures all wasting diseases with certainty. ,,... n HUDYAN will restore strength rapidly nnd uninterruptedly. Ladles In delicate health or who are feeble will find that HUD YAN will restore them to perfect health. HUDYAN possesses remedial Tirtues that nre peculiar to Itself. HUDYAN CUHKD MIIS. WM. BONNER, WACO, TEXAS. . Dear Doctors- I owe you moro than I can ever repay, for your valuable Hudyan has restored me to perfect health. I suf fered for many years with Female Complaint and Nervous Dyspepsia. I was so weak that 1 could not do my own housework. . rivtst t.iit frtr tnn m nnrv di il i wduiu uul hiiutv um i. a ;. um vwu -' ' J1(U Hi V, UUU UllC W -w - -- - Hudyan cur Totals Interest paid on 1899 wurrants $8,061.27 merest pain on lim warrants (U ....$230,731.20 $158,488.41 montlis) Labor receipts redeemed, 1S99. Labor receipts redeemed. 1900. 8,215.13 2.8.V1.M! 4,016.23 Tax Levy fur 11)0(1. Mont liiiuurtnut Cutoff. Tho most Important of tho cut-offs In point ot tho elimination of curves and the reduction of grades aro yet In prog- rees, ono between Uuford and Larnmlo, wiicre tho steep Sherman hill will bo tun ncled, and tho other In western Wyoming between Lcroy and Hear river, whore a tunnel 5,900 feet in length Is being driven. Tho former cut-offs will not bo entlroly completed beforo Juno 1, 1902, while the latter will probably be ready for operation during tho coming spring, Second main lino tracks, entailing an ex pecdlturo of $83,770,31, havo been built for tho purposo ot relieving the congestion of tiatftc at maln-Uno district terminals. They nggregato In dlstanco forty-one miles and are located between tho following points Benton and Columbus, Lockwood and Alda, lluda and Stevenson, all In Nebraska, and Cheyenne and Dorlo In Wyoming. Tho Illinois Central mado Us formal ad FORMER RECORD SURPASSED County (.'nmnilNNlouem Make fJooil ShoirliiK lu Mutter of (ieiif-rnl Improvement. Tho county commissioners burpasBCd the good record of 1899 In tho matter of road repairs, bridge building, general Improve rucnts nnd tho maintenance of poor pco pie.. This was duo to no small extent to tho splendid weather of tho present fall, when the gradors and workmen wcro sol dom compelled to rest becauso of stormy days. Tho commissioners let a contract for 100,000 yards of grading, but thoy werci compelled on nccount of finances to re tunch on about 25,000 yards of tho lm provement. For tho construction of bridges nbout $35,000 has been expended, this sum being nbout tho samo as tho oxpomllturo ot tho preceding year as nearly as has been com puted. There are twenty new bridges under contract, many of them being lurgc, band aoino, steel structures, notably those over tho Klkhorn river between Elk City nnd Fremont and over tho l'apllllon near Mil lard. Thoro aro few bridges In localities HUDYAN CURED JOHN O'BRIEN, FORT MEADE, 8. D. Dear Sirs: I am again a well and hearty man, and this good health I owe to Hudyan. Hudyan cured me of Dyspepsia and Heart Complication. I wns greatly run down nnd weak, and thought that I never could sur vive my troubles. I can assure you that Hudyan Is tho greatest remedy on earth. I am thar.ktul for ray recovery. JOHN O'BRIEN. HUDYAN CURED MISS AMY NEWCOM1S, 8PRINOFIELD, ILL. Dear Doctors: I used to suffer with se vere headaches and was very nervous, all due to Indigestion and Constipation. My appetite was poor, and I became thin, pals and weak. Hudyan relieved me within two days, and It was but a short tlmo until ev ery symptom ot my disorder had passed away. I have a friend who is taking Hudynn and it Is benefitting her also. MISS AMY NKWCOMB. HUDYAN CURES ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND NERVES, NERVOUSNES8, WEAKNESS, EXHAUSTED NERVE VI 'TVL1TY RHEUMATISM SCIATICA, LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA, PARALYS1B, SLEEPLESSNESS, HEADACHE, DESI'ONDENCY. MFNTVL DEPRESSION' HYSTERIA, NEURALOIA, PAINS IN BIDE AND BACK. EPILEPTIC FITS, PALPITATION OF HEART, NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA. INDIQESTION, MENTAL WORRY, EARLY DECAY, CONSTIPATION, ALL FEMALE WEAKNESSESS, PALE AND SALLOW COMPLEXIONS. mm. , HUDYAN la for sale by drugglsts-50c a package, or six package for $2.50. If your druggist does not keep HUD AN, lend direct to the HUDYAN REMEDY COMPANV, Cornor Stockton, Ellle and Market streets, 8an Francisco, Cal. YOU MAY CONSULT THE HUDYAN DOCTORS ABOUT YOUR CASE FREE OF CHARQBr whero there were nono before, most of them being to replace structures which havo been worn out by long use, In tho matter of providing for the poor tho commtsoloncrs havo expended more than ever before, owing to tho custom of other cities In tho west whipping paupers to Omaha and to the habit of tlioso who overseo tho railroad grading camps nut west sending men 111 nnd unfit for work here for treatment. The commissioners have no nltcrnntlvo than to provide for these men, ns many of them aro unablo to work. This Is particularly true of the Union Pacific grading camps, which, the commissioners Bay, send four or live men every month to tho county hospltul here. Tho last report shows that thorn nro 593 families dependent moro or less on tho county for shelter nnd provisions. On many days tho bills for provisions show purchases of 1,300 pounds of edibles. A year ago thero woro only 445 families lo bo cared for and tho provisions seldom reached tho 1,000 pound murk dally. Dur ing tho year tho commissioners havo paid out nearly $1,000 for transportation for paupers. The books In tho office show that about $200 In ensh has been given to vari ous deserving persons, Theso sums aro greatly In excess of those of tho preceding ycarB. A renson for tho lncreaso in tho transportation nccount is to be found In Iho fact that tho commissioners send fur ther on tho peoplo shipped here by other cities. wns confined to tho point ot origin. The total value ot buildings and contents which were endangered by llro was $4,260,730. LABOR UNIONS PROSPEROUS EFFICIENT WORK BY FIREMEN I.oshcn lu IIIOO HciIiiccmI to nil .ntou- InIiIiikI)' l.uiv I'luurc duly One Hilt' l'lie lluriiiK Your. Omaha's flro department may well take prldo In tho (.mail loss- that tho city has suffered from flro during 1900. The total loss wiis $88,192, ns against $374,541 In 1899. During thu yoar thero woro 363 alarms turned In. Tho Omaha Tent nnd Rubber compnny's llro wns tho only one of Import ance and tho total loss caused by that flro was $37,725. Six persons died from burns, teven persons were painfully burned and two persons were slightly burned dur ing tho year. Nino mcmbors of the lire department wero slightly Injuicd, but there were no fataltlrs among tho firemen. Five flromen woro killed In 1899, nnd thero were sixteen persons who died ns tho result of Injuries received lu flros. In 1900 Omahans paid $160,000 In pre miums on $2,709,525 worth of lire Insuranco and companies paid $74,895 In Icsecs, leaving $13,297 In loss which was not covered by Insuranco. In tho past six yeurn Omahans havo paid $2,700,000 Is prcmlumB and tho losses paid by companies havo been only $735,617. Gasoline and keroseno were responsible for flfty-thrco fires, Chlldron nnd matches caused soventeen nnd un equal number was supposed to havo been Bet by Incendiaries. Thirty-seven fires wero of unknown origin and sixteen wero caused by sparks from chimneys, In 28 of tho fires tho blaze Illw Ailviiocr In Ay n h on nml l'lruly of Work Muiiy Sew 'OrRnnljn tlcnm Kltccteil. Tho year of 1900 will ho marked In red letters In tho history of tho labor union movement In tho city of Omaha as tho one In which tho highest degree of pros perity wns attained to tho present time. During the year wages, especially In tho building trades, have been advanced to a point beyond tho expectation of tho most sangulno who wore In tho movement, five i yenrs ago and thu spirit of unionism has gone out nnd drawn Into the movement trndes which a year ago had no Idea of organization. In tho year Just closed there hnvo been comparatively fuw strikes and all thnt havo been inalntnlned over twenty-four hours havo boon for higher wages and with ono exception every ono has been successful. May 1 thoro was a demand on tho part of tho carpenters for wnges of 40 cents per hour. Three years before the samo nun wero working for 25 rents and mnny ot thoin wero willing to tako 17 V6t but could find no work. Tho contractors for n tlmo would not ugrco to tho advance and wodc was gonerally stisponded for nbout two weeks. Then the advance was granted and feeling between employers and employed In this line was never better. I About tho same tlmo tho agreement bo-1 tween tho boss painters and tho union went into effect, by which tho workmen received S cents per hour advance. A 1 llko advanco wan received by tho brick layers, making their present pay 63 cents per hour. Tho only lost strike wns that of (he woodworkers, an lll-ndviscd light, mado not for a rnlso in wages, but for the recogni tion of n union label, In which they wero not supported by tho other unions. The planing mill owners offered nn advanco In wnges, bu, this wns not accepted nnd tho strlko failed for lock of Interest on tho part of the other building trades. As u general thing tho men nil returned to work and nro now receiving the wages they previously demanded. During the spring mouths thcro was an nwukenlng in tho ranks of unorganized labor, with tho result that six now unions were organized, Imlng tho mcatx cutters, tho barbers, tho team drivers, tho lco dcllverymou, tho steam engineers nnd tho structural Ironworkers. Immediately upon their organization tho lco dollvcrymen nsked an ndvnnco In wages, which wns Im- (Continued on Eighth Pago.) vent Into Omaha enrlv in the vnnr nnrl hnn I'or r.'UU, llio conSOUUated tax levy WHS lnrn Wn ilnlni? n himlnens rnllr.tv on. tf ...lll . Lrtn ..Hft rt ... .... . " i.i muia, u cw,iii.ow. ui mis me siuie BfD(,iorv to Its exenutlvo nfllc nln nnrt nf. levy or (, mills amounted to $163,094.80, fordlnit accommodations ndenuatn n thn dim wie i-uuniy levy oi i(.-- mills amounted to $374,030.75. Tho school tax for tho sixty-two districts outside of Omaha amounted to $57,628,24. The bonded In debtednots of these sixty-two districts Is $27,125. The totul school bond tax for 1900. wns $1,174.66. The $975,000 bonded Indebtedness of tho county Is segregated as follows CiafH. Per cent. .Amount. When due Refunding , 5 Fundluir improvement Itefundlncr .. Kxpuxlllon , uousius uu.. 5 4i $2S6.11. 10W, 160.0.11), H9.0.V), 100.010, July 2. 1WI7 .1 ui v i. r.'ii July 1, 191i Jnn, 1, 1915 jun, 1. 1 us Our Bicycle Man Will mnko calls on Now Yonr'n ilay tliunklUK you kindly for tho liberal liatronaixo wo havo rocolvt'il from you during tho past year anil soliciting tho coutlnunnco of your trailo for tho com lug year wo nlso deslro to Inform all now coiners or citizens who aro not no demands of Its patrons. cituiinteil with our business thut wo Keop Krrmoiil, Klklmrn A Missouri Valley. " '08t complete) Stock of repairs for With tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri cooking and heating stoves, ranges, fur- Valley railroad, tho western branch of the ftorinwcsiern uno, tne year lias pecn a prosperous ono. Dy reason of Its Increased business and added rcvenuo a number of Improvements havo been wrought. These ha been largely In the betterment of the road's physical condition aud tho replacing ot most of Its bridges with structures of greater stability. Tho parent system the Northwestern has added to its mileage 240 180,000, Jun, 1, 1913 1 miles, sipe of which hs been In the uuces, gasolluo stoves and hot water nt tachments wo aro prepared lo do all kinds of work for repairing stoves and furnaces. Wishing you ono aud all a happy and prosperous Now Year. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS Telephone 000. 1207 Douglas Si, DO YOU USE ONE? If you do we would like to bare you come to our stoic and tee how much we enn snre you on supplies. Our stock Is most complete ovory known rellablo camera all the different developing nnd tonlnjj bnths troys printing framcB mountfl, etc. Wo develop am print nt reasonable prices. THC ALOE & PENF0LD CO., Amateur Vhotographle Supplies. 1408 Farnam OMAHA. Op. Pazton Hotel. Closing Out Prices This week on all our pianos and or ganspianos in handsonio cases, full sly.e, lino tone, for $107 cash, or .?10 cash and ?r per month; original price $205 Our ifllOO pianos for ?J85 on easy pay inonts -?nr( pianos for ?'-iri-$i00 pianos for $1250-bargains in organs from $15 up, on easy payments If you want your piano tuned call on us--wo have expert tuners wo make reasonable charges. A. HOSPE, Minlo ui Art. 1113 Dautllt Drex L's Special- I'or Its style and durability and swell appearing shoo In both light weight calfskin and genuine vlcl kld-wlth tho new military heel or tho common sense heel, if you llko It better both with tho extension sole that makes them an Ideal shoo for winter wear this woman's $3.50 specials hnvo been u great seller with us from tho start It Is hard for us to show tho value or for you to see It wearing alono? will con vince you that they aro moro than tho ordinary ?3.50 shoe. Drexel Shoe Co., CiitalOKiie Sent Free (or thn Aakiuir. Omutaa' lt-to-dute shoe llouia, 1410 FAHNAM HTllKtW.