TI1K OMAHA DAILY II EE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 10(3. T rrrnvi rnnnnnirinu ip it fo) Hsbruka T.lepboni 0 mpany Files Per usal Property Tex r-cbrdV.. L Jl LESS THAN AMOUNT FIXED LAST YEAR Other Corporal Ion Pall to Make He laraa and Thin I l,ast Hay oa Wblrh They Mar - Do to. Secretary K. M. Morsman of the Ne braska Telephone company has filed the ereonal property schedule of that cor poration with Tax Commissioner Fleming for the 1M city sn.xessrnent. He ucs a schedule of Ms own for the classifications. A total valuntlon of W.H. la returned. This la less thiin the HHoment for the company fixed by the autho. tiles last year. It wan taxed on a valuation of ItsO.O. although an eMimnted value of only $3TS,S75 was returned. The voluntary figure at which the corporation la willing to be as sessed thla year therefor la Increased $41,606. ' Secretary Morsman makes the return In a typewritten sworn alatement that "the um of $419. WO, In my opinion, la the fu':l cash value of all personal property. In cluding franchise, owned by said company and subject to assessment for taxation In the city of Omaha for the aesment of the year 1SC3." Iacrease la Capital. On February 12 of the present year the capitalisation of the company wan In creased from H.fOo.ooo to $2,400,000, the W. OoO additional aharra being placed Imme diately on the market. It was announced that th money derived would be apent during 1903 on extensions, enlargements and Improvementa In Nebraska, principally In Omaha, Lincoln and at Council Bluffs. The new exchango build!ng In Omaha, now nearly completed, waa estimated at UVt.OoO and the new automatic switchboard at 1125,000. The building will be taxed with the real estate of the company and the switchboard has not been Installed. Aside from the electric light and tele phone companies other public service and private corporations have not returned schedules to the tax department. The time for so doing properly expires tonight and delinquents subject themselves to the Rasa of Others. Saturday there waa a great rush of small property owners and business men to got their shedules filed. "The Board of Review will not be greatly hampered for ten or fifteen days, at least, by the litigation pending over the new rev enue law," said City Attorney Wright. 'The majority of the shedules are not affected by the questions at issue and those that are may be laid aside, to be taken up after the court Is heard from on November IV. There la no reason to faar that the city aaseasment will be crippled or Involved in such a way as to prevent a generally uniform and equitable, taxa tion. Candidly, 1 have arrived at the con viction that the new revenue law is a vicious measure and I believe that the city of Omaha is much better off taxed under the old law than it would be under the new law. I have scarcely the heart to plead very strongly before a court for certain sections of the new measure, but of course have done and will do' all I can to uphold its constitutionality.' Defense will find Its most vigorous expression, how ever, In attorneys, who will represent a lot of newly elected county assessors, who will lose '.Their jobs if the law Is knocked out." . The tax department la silent on the question ot railroad assessments. This1 la because It does not wish to invite possible injunctions that might pervert the plans In view. X i k t ASKS FOR HISJVEDDING RING Prisoner Wants Judge Tlnaonhalor to Recover Olft to Woman lie i ' Admlta Killing. ; X- O. need, who Is' In the county Jail awaiting trial for the murder of Ulenna liynes, haa addreased the following self explanatory letter to County Judge Vinson halor: '' COUNTT JAIL, City. Oct. M, li3.-To Hon. Judge D. M. V Irmonhaler, County Court, City: Learning from Coroner Bruiley that your honor la the legal administrator of the effects ,ai)d belongings ef the late Cora Criswell, alias Glenna liynes, formerly or 1403 Webster street, I beg to address your honor for the recovery of a amnll piece of property which 1 entrusted to this woman some time before the tragedy. It ia an 18-carat gold wedding ring, with my name engravea insme, wnicn l bought of H. W. Lindsay, leweler. Douelaa street. rtly. Thla ring 1 left with her In anfe Keeping until our wedding d:iy, which never anie, occause i inteniieu to wed her, not to kill her: however, In a fit of Jealous ram or temporary Insanity. 1 know not wh.ch. inn awtui irageny occurred. 1 numbly re your - honor to Issue an 6rde.r on Mr Bralley. coroner of Douglas county, for the retui n of the ring, which Is my Absolute legal property, held at present by Mr Firalley, who will send the ling at once upon receipt of an order from your honor. Kespectfully. JAMES QARDINP3 RBED, Mechanical Engineer, late of Union Pacific Railroad Company ONLY ONE CASE IS ACTED ON Progress of Federal Petit Jury alow Grand Jury Wltnrkat-a Co t Homo, The only caae upon which the federal petit Jury haa acted ia that of a suit In re plevin for dumagea. entitled the Omaha Cattle Loan Company against Oeorge L. Reed and W. A. George, which waa set tled Saturday by a verdict being ren dered for the plaintiffs and allowing them I cents damages. Suit had been brought to recover on a note for purchase of cattle, but of which only US had been paid. Plain tiffs claimed that they had been damaged 1500 and replev ied the cattle. The Jury 4 AskYour Dealer mm 1 rv--jr- VII SESS03 31, Grand Sale of Medium and Fine China Plates After nil Is said and done, what Is morn dexlrahle than nice china pistes? We have them in Ocrman, Austrian. Swedish. Bavurian and Japanese clilna: Havlhmd Co.'s. T. V. snd J Pouyat's elegant French china; DoultotVs, Coalpnrt and Wedgewood Kngllnh china. We will place on sale for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday a Una ot plates of recent Importation from all tlK world's greatest potteries. In the first lot sre Chop, C:ike. Bread, Dinner, Dessert and a large line of Fancy Plates prices ranging all the way from 11. &j to $2.50 choice The next lot are all of our regular stock and ones which we n sell regular from 75c to 11.60 lot three days they will go for I JtjLJ 98c each The next lot are a splendid specimen of our great sales they are values par excellence at from 6oc to Sl.OO-phut on November 16, IT and 1H you can have you choice for each The next lot are values from thirty cents to sixty cents some worth more but they are yours for this sale for only each ; We have some other specials on Plates for which space forbids us to mention. We have Plates from 10c to 115.00 each, and we will give for these three days a special discount of 15 per cent on all Fancy China Plates not in cluded In this mention, except our regular open stock patterns. 48c 23c SB Furniture Department Htocks won never more complete than now the furniture floor Is lilletl to orertloHlnK with neHMoiinlle goods the newest deaiRiis and cre ations of the furniture world. Mnslt: Cabinet In mahogany finish or quarter-sawed oak shaped Q OR legs and highly pollshed-ttt y J' Ladles' Desk made of selected quarter-sawed oalc with large 7 drawer and shaped legs neatly arranged interior M t u Rocker mahogany finish, beautiful design, shaped arms and fancy turned spindles Illuminated leather seat J tJ Combination Bookcase and Military Desk made of selected quarter sawed oak French beveled mirror in back hand .carvings polish 2fi fl flnlsh-at aSO.OU Couch frame of golden oak carved claw foot spring edges uphol- ff evp stered with best Arlington velour diep tufting. v sa.t 14.95 10.50 2.25 Sideboard golden oak serpentine front large beveled mirror lined drawer for silver hand carvings Extension Table heavy fluted post moulded frame and top highly polished best construction Dining Chair golden oak genuine box seat construction French legs wide slat back at Dresser golden oak finish 3 drawers large beveled French mirror 2 KQ handsomely carved u Corner Chair mahogany finished frame highly polished spring seat covered with Imported Verona velour or tapestry at .5.95 Piano Stool mahogany finish highly poll"hed four heavy turned O OO legs with brass ciaw foot and glass ball Banttary Couch heavy steel frame with close mesh fabric supported by heli cal springs on ends and spiral springs In center can be made into C Qta single or double bed -.rw Carpets. Draperies and Rugs On sale Monday 2Sx64-inch Fur Rugs ' at 28xfM-lnch Cured Fur Rug In p'-alh and colored borders pelts well tanned 36x?-lnch Kashlm Rug with fringe reversible regular $2.60 1.75 weave at - 30x3-lnch a high grade, reversible Rug 1.65 Most Gigantic Table Linen Sale tliatEver Happened in Omaha Happens Monday. Ten thousand dollars worth of Wm. Lid Jell & Co.'s world renowned Gold Medal Brand of Irish Linen. This linen Is made from f)ax grown on the Old Sod and is woven in the historic city of Belfast. LUldell's (lokl Mptfal Ilrainl lias a world-wide rt-putatiou; it mains as much to linen as the word sterling does to silver. It's u PUKE LINEN, free from any FIXING, PEKFECT IN FINISH, TEXTUKE AND WEAVE. Thanksgiving being so close makes this opportunity very pro pitious. No better chance for replenishing your linen closet ever came your way before, and Ave are inclined to think it will be..i long time before such a generous offer again comes around. . This Immense Purchase Goes on Sale Monday A Rare Thanksgiving Offer Finest Qru Bleached. C8 Inches wide regular 38c per 'IEm yard at Ol. 64 Incheswide regular 46c per 33C 48c 59c 69c 85c 90c 1 00 1 15 1 25 1 85 2.48 450 at Odd Pieces. 12Hc and 15c Mattings pieces containing enough for ordinary room 7q to clone per yard : Odd pieces of 18c, 20c and 25c Mattings to close per 12c yard Odd pieces of 28c, 80c and SRc Mattings In fancy carpet patterns also 7c hravy Jute warp China Mattings Odd pieces of 40c, 46o and 60c Mattings-all go to close 23C at Matting Samples 1, iW and 1 yards Jong Just the sixe for closets and Aq' small hall to close each 10c, 7c Watch Your Eyes We Give You Expert Trentmetit. Do Not Delay.. Time Is as Precious as Sight Itself -When Sight is Involved Our 'Prices Arc Most Reasonable. Fine damask Pattern Cloths In dot, fieur de lis and shamrock patterns Else 2x2 regular 12.60 special ' 7C sale 1 Sire 2x2ft regular 12.75 special Slw 2x3 regular $3.25 special g 50 4 ynrd Napkins to match all the patterns. Regular $3.00 value at per CR doen 1 00 Fine Damask Cloths a little heavier weight linen. We have these In dot, leaf rose, honeysuckle and moire patterns Sixe 2x2 regular $2.5 at Sine 2x24 regular $3.50 g 50 Sixe 2xS regular $4.00 2 Q5 M Napkins to match each pattern regular $4.60 value at per o OS dosen f i Very tine Satin Damask Cloths In dot, shamrock, tea plant, thistle, passion flower, chrysanthemum, fieur de lis and pin dots. Sixe 2x2 regular $3.00 Qg Sixe 2x2Vx regular $4.00 g 85 Sixe 2x3 regular $6.00 Q 25 24-Inch size Napkins to match all patterns. reguia dozen 63 Inches wide regular 60c per yarn at 04 Inches wide regular 75c per yard at 67 Inches wide regular Poe per yard at 68 Inches wide regular $1.15 per yard at T2 inches wide regular $1.25 per yard at 72 inches wide regular $1.8S per yard at 73 Inches wide regular $1.75 per yard at 72 Inches wide regular $1.85 per vard at 72 Inches wide regular $2.00 per 1 yard at 1 72 Inches wide regular $2.25 per f fiBL yard at 1 Nankins to match alt linens in bleached. 24x24 regular $!.:& per dozen 20x20 regular $1.35 per dosen 22x22-regular $2.26 per dozen lSxlR regular $1.60 per doaen 24 x 24 regular $2.35 per dozen. regular price $5.00 per f ost n " "- 98c . 1 10 .1 85 .1 25 .1 95 !4x24 regular $3.60 y per dozen -'- 24 x24 regular $4.50 OR per dozen " aSCJ 27x27 regular $6.60 A O "4 per doxen mJ 27x27 regular $.00 A QS per dozen zfJ A Carnival of Bargains in the Cloak Dept. Pioor Children's Cloak Department 11.95 2.75 A heavy cr at made of cheviot coating in blues and reds fancy collar and stole effects trimmed in pretty mixed braid Monday's special sale only . Millinery Millinery Unequalled Bargainsfor Monday Ciioica Choice Choice Choice Choice Choice one table Trlmmsd one table Trimmed one table Trimmed one table Trimmad one table Trimmed one table Trimmed Hats worth $10 Hals worth $6.00 Hats worth $5,50 Hats worth $5.00 Hats worth $4.00 Hats worth $2,00 4.98 3.98 2.98 2.SO 2.00 l.OO A Felt Draped Hat Trimmed in Braid for 25c Monday Bargains in Hardware Stoves Stoves Stoves ljirito Hnnl Coal Knap Humor- lina l.Vinch flrppot automatic lift cover to iiinKnxIno nickel work mul ventilated klte almpo bottom flues duplex Krnte slmkliiK rlnK Inrgre nnliimn E? lr"ce ..OyiOU llHKe Burner with 15-luclt flreiwt lnrjte channel flues S r? g well nickeled OOsOvl Soft Coal Onk Heater 14-Inch flrepot larjre ashpan 0 0 0 heavy nickeled "s"0 l'rrfeetloii (Ml Heaters bent to date non-Hinoklng flnely A Z.Q nickeled It's a gem worth fS.OO-Monday ! rlsOO Liberty Brand Ready Mixed Ball-Bearlag; Washer ...... M.M Palnta per rallna Bft Fl'LL 1.1 H OK BRUiiEl, "nrlalB Igtretcher OBo AKD IM)HIKS. 5 Salee Cablaet 4H wn." Mr.ch"eji::. "rr.e:.' are surprises In easiness. Hmall Chopping; Benli...... Ma Genuine Drug Money Savers Lilac Talcum Powders-pound can Armour's Fine Art Hoap QC 20c 15c A vory stylixh and. pretty coat quarter lined and seams all neatly finished with high storm collar, large full cape trimmed with 2-toned braid this is our regular M 75 coat for Monday, yours at... A pretty Zlbellne Coat extra heavy, with new style collar and cape new uiemup eieeve wiin sua euicnmi oanoa ana xancv sriK Draia on tape and sleeves this coat Is the $6.60 quality for this sale only A Great Bargain in Ladies' Coats A beautiful Black Zlbellne Coat made In Louis XIV style with very stylish belt miliary front handsome sleeve worth f 15.00 Monday only.. 4.95 10.50 Bargains, la the Most Complete Fur Department in All Omaha An Klectrle Seal Scarf 68 Inches long- nice smooth finish with two large fluffy tails the good three dollar kind Monday only A Canadian Mink Novelty with stock collar and tab ends Skin ner satin lined a very pretty neck novelty would be cheap at . $o.60 for Monday A beautiful Sable Fox Scarf Ci Inches long perfect blended dye with feet and large pretty tails a regular $12.60 scarf for Monday rt 1.45 3.50 6.50 Gibson Calling Cards Something new your name In Old Engllnh or Script one hundred Cards .' 59c cake Armour's Fin. Art Soap box Carter's Little Liver Pills per box AicOck's Plasters, 13c 0r two for saiJW Plao's Cur. at Chamberlain's Cough Cur. 20C Castorla at 9C ,aVn'8' Vermifuge 30C Hay's Hair Health 40C .. 68c 75c .1 14 85c 85c t sjJ JO uorsinoia t.uossna QQg 20c 25c Peruna at : 8. S. 8 small at 8. 8. 8. large at Gray's Glycerine Tonic at Tongaline at Pictures and Picture Frames Fin. Colored Pictures in gold frames up from Pastels elegant in two-Inch gold frames nicely matted Cupids tine carbon prints up 29c 98c 25c Christmas goods are arriving dally everything in pretty framed pictures from for everybody. Wood to Burn Rafts of It All Pyrography suppplles at little prices Picture Frames stamped On ready for your hand only scv Nut Bowls Up from 23 Cents A $3 00 Outfit for $1.98 Art Abounding. Bargain Oalora. Second Floor. was Instructed by the court to find for th. plaintiffs. There being no further cases ready for trial the petit Jury was excused until a. m. Monday. The first case set for trial Monday morn ing is that of iAjulae E. Dunn against the Aetna Life Insurance Company, un action to recover on a life insurance policy. The federal grand Jury took a receaa until $ a. m. Monday. It now looks as if the grand Jury will not conclude its work until December t. Most of th. witnesses In th. Hastings poetofflce case have returned horne, and there Is a general Impression about the federal building that no indict ment will be found In th. case. GRANT CEASES HIS REPAIRS (salts Work on Streets Kicept Few I Holes to Be Filled Next Week. Asphult paving repairs by the city In connection with John Grant and the Ne braska Ultullthlc plant have ceased, prac tically. 8 me work la being dune at the foot of llarrey street and a few of the worst holes will be filled next week, but the funds available have been exhausted and there Is nothing to do but to quit, al though the mayor declares that if the Bar . r Asphalt company declnes to finish the i, -pairs radical measures of some kind will be taken to put the unrepaired struts In passable condition. A hole In tho pavement at the csrneV of Fourteenth and Harney streets Js what bertha C. Best, 3t'36 California street, hol .s responsible for an Injury to her ankle sus tained November while stepping from a street car. Therefore she Inclines to the belief that the city should pay damage and bus filed a notice to this effect. COMPLETE THE PRELIMINARY Water Works Appraisers Finlsa First Labors an4 Depart (row the (Ity. Th. board of water works appraisers have finished the preliminary Inspection of tit. distributing system and left the city. More than a score of excavations were made and th. pipe pierced at aa many points. Thl general result, according to ttw city engineering department. Is that Ilia pipe was found in good con Jit ion. No evidences of electrolysis were found In sev eral examinations made near thu power house of the street railway company. The date of the Mr ml session in Omiba will be announced later, together with lut further program ot the board. It Is understood, although not verified, that the board will make reports separately on the value of the water works property In Omaha and South Omaha, so that If lit igation follows the valuation may be of service without a division of th. appraisal. Tou've heard some i'lismpagnes are goad, form an opinion of your own founded on taste. You U and Cook's Imper ial better. REFUSE TO EXAMINE BILLS Connolly', Hart, and McDonald Kailroad Chanty Hupital Olaimi Turough. VOTE DOWN MOTION F0RJNVESTIGATI0N O'KeetTe and llofeldt Attempt to Block the Action and Look Into Merits ( Mack Mooted Bills. 1 Tho session of the county commissioners yesterday was characterised by th. "railroading" of additional bills in connec tion with the alleged plumbing which was done at the county hospital. Since th. erection of the county poor building more or less trouble over the defective and high priced plumbing has been a feature of th. c mrrrfssloners' proceedings. When the de mand for an Improvement of th. plumbing at th. hospital became so strong that It could no longer be Ignored the commission ers authorised the repair of a certain por tion of the original plumbing. And when It had been Antahed the bills began to come In. aggregating nearly J7.000. One of theae tills wan before the commissioners, the amount being l,54.Sy. The bill waa sub mitted by Contractor Ca'fe and Hart, moved that the bill be allowed and a war rant drawn immediately for the same. O'Kxeffe said that such tactics plainly con stituted an effort to railroad the bill. Hrfaso to Investigate. O'Keeffe urged that the matter be In vestigated; that It would do no harm,, to lot the matter rest for a while until members o: the board could make an investigation. Thla view waa opposed by Connol'y, and when the matter was put to a vote it was favored by Connolly, Hart, and McDonald, while Hofeldt and O'Keeffe voted against It. A blind man, 8U years of age, named King, accompanied by his wife, 'made a pitiable spectacle when he appeared before th. board asking for assistance. He had com. to Omaha eight years ago with a little money, ajl of which he had spent in the effort to have hut eyesight restored. His sight was lost through the contraction of a heavy cold. The commissioners decided to give them a berth at the county hospital ui.tll some permanent disposition of their case could be made. Th. rare spectacle of a person vhoM taxes had been cancel'ed thanking the board for Its act waa deemed such an unheard-of Incident that th. clerk waa au thorised to read th. letter of thanks and It waa then ordered that It be spread on th. minutes twenty-two recruits were shipped to Ban Francisco yesterday. The recruiting party cloned its office and departed for Sioux Falls laat evening. ENDS A LONG ENGAGEMENT tkarlle Hark Units Islos PaclBe After Quarter Centnry for ' Great Western. Charlie Mack, who haa been with ' tha Union Pacini) railway in th. capacity of conductor and yardmaater for the past twenty-five years, has tendered his resig nation to that company. Mr. Mack has entered the employ of tho Chicago Oreat Western as general yardmaster, with headquarters at Council Bluffs. Fined for Assault. Edward Tuttle, better known as th. "Mayor of Bheeleytown," was given a hear ing in police court on the charge of com mitting an assault upon one Fni Rich, in Cusick s aaloon at Thirtieth Tnreet and Ames avenue last Sunday. Mr. Rich testi fied that the assault was entirely without provocation and that on being Introduced to Tuttle by a friend, be had extended his hand. exDectina- him to cordially shake, but ! instead he struck him a stinging blow on I the right side of the head, which rendered htm oblivious to an bdoui mm tor me spare of perhaps five minutes. Tuttle attempted no defense and was fined SI 2 and costs, which h. paid. Notes from Army Headquarters. Lieutenant Fred H. Bvenaon, Third t'nlted Btatea Infsntry, formerly located at Columbus. O., barracks, is In th. city. Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Hull. Judge ad vocate of the Department of the Missouri, was the only representative from army headquarters here at the dedication of the new post, Fort Des Moines, at Des Moines. Ia. Hids will be opened at the office of the chief quartermaster. Department of the Missouri. Monday for the construction of the new quai termaxter store house to be Imllt In this city. I'.ius win amo De opened Hrrrultlna- UMeo Closes. Additional enlistments for the I'nittd Btates naval service were: Chester '. Kiiuiitls, coal passer for machinist; Wymer Dressier, luiuiaman for. yeoman, of Howe. 2sb. ; Olier C Aruuir, landsman for truinlng. I elilt, Ia. ; Joniah Merrill, ap preuiK. tiiird eiani,, Atlantic, ia. 'IL4 for the gk-nil-annual supply of forage for the postr of this military deps department. Hettlr-d by Compromise. The suit of the United Btatea against tha Sioux City tk Pacific Railroad company to cancel the patent of certain laniis, aggre gating fcui.M acres in Washington and liurt countiea, Nebraska, haa I wen settled by compromise. The defendants agree to pay to the United Btatts the minimum piice of II 25 per acre for the land In dispute and which was a part of the grant of land al lotted to the defendant rai way company and upon which settlers hud homesteaded before tha grant was confirmed. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Hugo Brandels has returned from St. Louis. Dean Williams of Casper, Wyo.; W. E. Dixon of Oxford and C. C. Blambaugh of Uncoln are at the Merchants. Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Chamberlain and two children, of Honolulu. H. I., ar. Omaha visitors, registered at th. Paxton. Mrs. L. Blair of Sidney, Mr. and Mrs. V. C Cleveland, Fred W. Goodln of Idaho, F. A. Mullhiiger and Mr. and Mrs. Mayham of Denver are at the Her Grand. C. C. Bennett of Arapahoe. F. Whittman of Lincoln, F. O. Popenoe of Topeka. 1. A. Bianley of Hot Springs, 8. D . and F. U White of Bait Lak. l ily are at the Millard. W F. Brown, la Angeles: Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Bhepard. WinnliK-; Mrs C. Jl. Zcig ler. Mrs. I'. L. Ruthe.! and Miss Ada Os trandvr. Crab Orchard, and William Moeea, bvlisfwuri'h. ar. at Ut. t axtwa. The Life of A Rubber t The life of a rubber shoe or boot is short enough at best, but with the ordinary kind, of rubbers it's entirely too short. ' Selz Royal Blue Rubbers are made of the very best material and will last as long as you have any right to expect a rubber shoe or boot to last. They are better-than-usual rubbers at the price of the ' usual, plus the trouble of .saying "give me a Selz Royal Blue Rubber." Try them next time. trgwt ttakera of gooA la th mil.