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:
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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.
