THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, "JULY 9, 1901. Advertisement for Kelley-Stigcr Half-Price Sale on pajje 4. See paige 4 Kcllcy Stivers Stock at One Half Price. YOUR UNRESTRICTED CHOICE E-HAL nil I I I M J f I . ' s ' j US ON FO J K -'i'''- marked price ' Every suit that will be sold is reliable, styjish clothing from our regular stock- You run no risk in buying. Half Off on Boys' $T.50 Buys liny boys' fiva dollar' suit. $'.75 Ages, 12 to 20. Half Off. on Children's and Boys' Suits Buys any boys' and chil dren' knee pants suits that havo been selling at (2.00. A $tl.50c Boys and Children's Wash Suits Latest styles at just half price. .MUM: NOT ALL REPORTED Bank Eeports and Figures of the Assessors, Do Not Tally. SAME CONDITION ALL OVER THE STATE Some Sensational Development Are Likely in Effort to Have Divorce of Chicago Man Set Aside. CFrom a Staff Correspondent.) ' LINCOLN. July . (Spectal.)-Nearly two thirds of the money and deposits of the . counties which have reported to the State Board of Equalisation so far will escape taxation. The reports from the various counties on the turn of money on hand, on deposits, 'etc, shows that the value Hated linger this Item range from one-third to one-tenth- of the actual figures shown by the consolidated banking report prepared - by the Btate Bureau of Labor from the last return of the state and national bank tor Hot. Nemaha county reports the actual amount of money and depoMta actually assessed at, $306,515, although the banks ' bad deposits of fK93.3u7.8e the first of the year. Washington county reports an ac tual assessment of moneys and .deposits at $397,890, while Recording to the figures of (he consolidated banking -reports the banks of that county had ll.lSl.Can.17 In deposits. The showing of Butler county Is on a par with It. Rut'er county assess ors found $319,816 but the banking report shows that the aggregate amount of de posit was more than four times as great Vis: $1,894,830.57. X In Cheyenne county, situated In the ex treme western section of the state, $29,552 of this specie of property was listed for assessment, although the bank statement credit It bank with $285,394.24 In depos its. - All the, return received so far at the office of the secretary of the State Board of Equalisation Indicate that the discrepan cies between the returns of money and deposit to tti assessors,' and the showing made by the bank In their statements to the banking board and the comptroller, will be found to be general throughout the state. The following table shows not the one. fifth or aaeaaaablo value but the value reported multiplied by five, to give the ac tual value. The second column of figures give the aggregate of deposits for e:ich county a shown In the compilation made RepairsHair Nature always tries to repair damaged hair. Some times she succeeds, very often she doesn't. She needs a little help Ayer's Hair Vigor. It , repairs the hair, touches it up, gives it new life, brings back the old dark color, and makes it soft and glossy. Cures dandruff, too. "I used only one bortlo of Ayer's Hslr Vigor and t completely stopped my hair from falling out." Mrs-C, ascnieia, new Tor tUty UM. AllsnutM. J, CATER CO Tomorrow we offer you any suit in the house Rogers-Peet make excepted at exactly one-half the regular selling price. This sale demonstrates the superiority of Brandeis' values. This year the stock offers greater inducements than ever before in the his tory of our annual half-price sales. Even our regular price was far below the real value of the garments. In reality the values are the most extraordinary ever quoted on really good clothing. $2.50 BUYS ANY MAN'S five dollar SUIT and Young Men's Buys any boyi' I $c.oo Keren dollar and a half all wool suit. Ages, 12 to 20. all Buys any boys' and 2 'children's knee cants f t suits that have been sell ing at 3.0U. by the labor bureau from the reports of state banks and national bank to the banking board and the comptroller of cur rency: Counties. Returns to Assessors. (Butler tni9 sis on Bank. Deposits. $1,894,830 67 87,760 7$ 2S5.S94 94 1,135.912 48 80$, SOt 64 1.646,691 $1 883,691 20 78,660 46 806,893 0 890.762 08 P9.3S1 02 763, S60 42 79.194 95 1,6?3.90 80 693.921? 79 807,587 63 992,307 89 191.608 17 14,191 62 Loup (.286 00 Cheyenne 29,432 00 Cuming 874,210 05 iJBKOta York . . . Sheridan Dundy ., Fillmore 68,101 86 46i..3&0 00 80.B70 00 26,800 90 867,400 00 200,779 60 Barpy Rock 28,717 00 Red Willow Sherman .... Madison .... Furna Greeley Nemaha .... Washington Thomas 246.753 60 . 49,070 00 833,230 00 199,735 00 48,23 00 30,515 00 397.990 00 3. 120 46 Washington County Valuation. The abstract of assessments filed with the state board today for' Washington county show that It valuation ha risen from $2,619,459.17 In 1903 to $4,082,640.92 this year. The main' Item of Increase is land, which last year was valued at an average of $7.36 for assessment, while this year It Is put dowh at $10.52Vi. The acreage has grown from This year 219,757 to 240,433.36. 9.193 horses are down at $11 a head, as compared with 6,888 at $10.28 last year. In 1903 21.238 cattle of all ages were listed at $4.07, while this year 27,696 are Ust.'d at $3.44. Last year 31,096 hogs were listed at an average of $1.06, while this year 3S.7J7 are assessed St an average of $1.14. Nemaha county reports an Increase In Its valuation from $2,790,968.84 to $4,473, 631.08 for 1901. The larger part of the In crease Is due to the addition to land values, the average assessment per sere last year being $0.60, as compared with $10.69 this yesr. Unesdoa Validity of Divorce. Action wtll b brought -In the district court of this county within a few day to annul the divurce of John F. Decker, a prominent Chicago business man, from hi wife, Addle M. Decker, ou the ground thut the uctlon of the court was secured through misrepresentations by the plaintiff a to his residence In the state. An attorney for the former wife Is In the city and papers' are being prepared for filing In the district court, In which It Is allmed the wife will show that she hud no notice of the divorce until her relatives caused his arrest for bigamy on the ground that he was married to his stenographer, Miss Pauline Wilkinson, a sister of Dr. A. D. Wilklneon of this city. All the time It wa claimed by the former wife's sisters the man had been living with Mrs. Decker No. 1 and supporting the family, leaving each evening about I or I o'clock for tha home of wife No. !, where he spent the nights. Charles Erbsteln, the Chlcsgo attorney who 1b looking after the interest of the llrst wife, Insists that his client' never knew of the action for a divorce, and that Decker had never been a resident of Lan caster county at the time' of filing his suit for a divorce, but on the contrsry had maintained Ills residence In Chicago. Judge Allen W. Field of this city ap peared for the woman to content the hus band's application, lie had received a let ter purporting to come from her. asking him to accept the retainer, lie had soma correwnondence with his supposed client. In which un iigreement was mad to accept sllKhtly In excess of $100 a month In all mony, with custody of the three children. The wife's drnlnl of any knowledge con eernlng the letter leave the authorship i n rertaln at present. The husband In his petition fr s divorce alleged that his wife was unconeenl.il and failed to treai Ms relative, especially hi mother, with re spect when they came to visit him. and that she had caused him to move from Nashville. Tenn., to Chlcsgo, without rea- All Men9 j Suits $3.75 BUYS ANY MAN'S seven fifty SUIT $7.50 BUYS ANY MAN'S fifteen dollar. $10.00 BUYS ANY MAN'S twenty dollar. SUIT $12.50 BUYS ANY MAN'S Twenty-five Dollar SUIT Suits 12 w20 Buy any boys' finest ten dollar rool suit. Ages, 12 to 20. Buys any boys' ad chil dren's knee pants suits that have boast selling at $4.00. son and at rr considerable financial loss. Decker Is tmslness manager and secretary of Sweet, 'Wallace A Co. of Chicago. He claims that his former wife's sisters are responsible for the suit to reopen the case. RMt In Wheat Crop. Alarming reports are reaching the gov ernment exptrlment station at the state farm concerning the development of wheat rust and thSj Injury promised from that source. The stories of damage came from several secttnn of the state, and In some cases almost total loss Is reported. W. 8. Holden and K. A. Holden of Burr, two of the largest wheat farmers in the state, having over 1,000 acres at Burr, have lost practically their entire crop. The field looks good at a distance, but a closer ex amination sltows that there Is no grain in the heads. Many farmers around Burr are plowing np their wheat and seeding the fields to millet. Reports from Normal and Pleassntdale are to the same effect. Prof. Lyons of the state farm state that the trouble Is due to a, scab or fungus growth, which appears both oft the stalk and on the head. It is a little whlto or reddish growth. There was some complaint last year, but nothing comparable to the damage done this season. Although the smoother varieties are most affected the Turkey red wheat grown in this section is not Immune from the fun gus snd fears are entertained that very serious damage has resulted to the wheat crop In the southeastern section of the state. Find nodr of an Infant. The dead, body of a baby girl was found in a shoe box at the Burlington depot this morning. The police believe thnt it Is a rase of murdar. The box had been at the depot since Wednesday. It was found back of' a stove on a Burlington train between Pacific Junction and Plattsmmith and placed In the depot awaiting trie owner. Coroner Oraham says the child was alive when placed In the box, and that It bled to death. Detectives sre seeking the parent. CORONER'S JI HY HOLDS CAR It Find that Charles Beat Came to HI Death at Hand of Prisoner. PAPILLION. Neb., July g.-(Speclal.)-The coroner' inquest looking Into the cause of the death of Charles Best at Barpy Mills was continued today from yesterday morn ing. It waa decided by County Attorney Pat rick and Coroner Armstrong not to call further witnesses but let the case go to the Jury as It stood as further 'testimony would but tend to corroborate that al ready given. The Jury wss out over an hour and re turned with the following verdict: That the said Charles Beet cam to hi death by a bu unet wound in the rlsht tern pie, two Inches below the outer angle of Ihe right eye. on the night of Julv 4 st a picnic given by the Manhattan Social Club of South Omaha, at Sarpy Mills Park, la Golnf for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Don't put yourself in tbis man's place), but keep a bottle of this remedy in your borne. It is certaiu to be needed sooner or later aud when that time comes you will need it badly; you will need it quickly. Buy it now. It may save life. flka, 25 CCUUj Urge sya, y0 fcSjjj. Your Choice of All Odds and Ends Rogers-Peet Suits a.t FIFTEEN DOLLARS This is a most important announcement for every man with good taste in dress. Never have these matchless suits from the renowned Rogers-Peet factory sold for such a bargain price. The high Vl grade of this clothing is known the country over. These suits are the finest ready-to-wear garments that money can buyioorth up to $n.S0 your choice of all odds and ends, at Barpy county, and from the evidence be fore the Jury we find that said wound waa made by a bullet fired from a revolver In the hands of Tim Carr and the ehootlng wns done with felonious Intent. Coroner Armstrong received a communi cation from Malvern, la., the former home of Bestt, with the Information that no relative of Best resided '.here, and that the man wl)o rained Best from childhood now lived In Omaha. The time for the arraignment of Carr has not yet been determined upon. HEAVY RAISS 1H NEBRASKA Crop Are Buffering In Many Part of State from Water. GRANT, Neb., July 8. (Special.) Grant and the surrounding country continues to be vtslted by heavy rains almost dally. 2 36-100 Inches of rain have fallen In July. Tuesday evening a severe hailstorm caused much destruction to may farmers about nix miles south of Grant, hnll stones as large as walnuts falling and the storm lasted nearly half an hour. Crops were badly damaged and screens, windows and shingles mutilated. Three horses and a cow ware killed by lightning near Grant the same night. Weather continues vary cool and frequently a fire is needed for comfort. AUBURN, Neb., July 8.-(8peclnl)-Heavy rains have prevailed for a week. The Lit tle Nemaha river is out of its banks and the entire bottom is Inundated, and Im mense damage has thus been done to the crops. Thousands of acres of corn, and wheat has been totally destroyed. The river Is still rising. Much damage has been done to wheat and corn on the up lands. The farmers cannot get Into the fields, and the weeds In many places are getting away with the corn. HUMBOLDT, Neb., July 8.-(Speclal.) The drizzling rains of the last few days caused the farmers considerable uneasi ness with regard to the wheat and oats crop, and from many sections comes com plaint of ravages from the rust, resulting from long continued wet weather. Todoy's sunshine Is welcomed with the hope that it may check the damage before It becomes widespread. HARVARD, Neb., July . (Special.) Little rain has fallen, elnre the Cth Inst., but during the week previous to thst over five inches of water fell. Winter wheat harvest and that of early oats Is progres sing as fast as the ground dries out to ad mit of the use of the harvester. If there ia no further rains to interfere with the cutting of grain no serious results will fol low and present indications are favoraable as toduy is cool and pleaasnt. Gasje County Assessment. BEATRICE. Neb., July 8 (Special.) County Clerk Plasters has prepared ths abstract of assessment of Gage county for the year 1904 for the state board which was taken to Lincoln today by County Assessor floott. The abstract shows the assessed valua tion of OaKe county to be $8,868,103.20. di vided as follows: Personal $2,7.!1.S0 J-ot" l.Of.6.434.00 Ianda . .u3ii.a.oo Below will be found a few Items taken from the abstract showing the average assessed valuation on dogs, hogs, cattle, horses, etc.: Number of dogs In county, $.222, average assessed valuation, $1.08; cattle, 40,003, as ressed valuation. $.1.44; hogs, 66,311, assessed valuation, $1.08; mules. 2,094, assessed valu ation. $15.55; horses, 17.89, asssessed valu ation, $10.76; pianos, 83fl, assessed valua tion. $21. . All taxable property Is assessed one-fifth of Its actual value. Condemn Depot nronnds. BEATRICE, Neb , July t (Special Tele gram.) Having been unable to purchase the rriinertv desired frtr tlm nr .l.tlin In this city, the Burlington company lust ' evening begun condemnation proceedings in the county court against Gage county, the city of Beatrice, Edna C. Phelps, Oliver Townsend.' Helena Jansen and Cornelius Jansen to force the sale of the property desired by tha company. Judge Bourne has appointed as commissioners to appraise tho property Involved F. E. Kimball, W. W. Scott, E. G. Drake, G. H. Johnson, C. L. Reed and H. H. Walte. They are requested to report to the court July IS. Arrest Alleged Kidnaper. DAKOTA CITY, Neb., July 8. (Special.) Deputy Sheriff John Kloster of Sioux City last evening brought to this place and iodged In Jail Claude Reeves, a young man who resides on Walker's Island, for whom a warrant was issued on June 27, out of County Judge J. J. Elmer's court, sworn to by William W. Sharp, charging him with kidnaping Mabel Munson, the 15-year-old stepdaughter of Sharp. Reeves was arrested in Sioux City by the officers of that place axid turned over to Deputy Kloster. .The girl Is now In a home for Incorrlgibles- In Sioux City. William Sal isbury, who was arrested as an accomplice of Reeves In the crime, was discharged at his preliminary examination. The date of Reeves' preliminary examination has not been set yet, County Attorney McAl lister being away, and It is more than likely that the charge against him of kid naping will be dismissed and one of crim inal assault substituted. Neman County Values AUBURN, Neb., July 8. (Speelal.)-The county commissioners as a board of equali zation has adjourned. According to the return of the assessors there are 249.479 acres of land In Nemaha county valued t $18,138,860. or an average actual value of $53.48 per acre. The assessed or taxable value has been placed at $268,670. The town or city lots are placed at $1,826,275, with a taxable valuation of $379 491. The actual. value of the personal property as returned by t'.ie assessor is placed at $3,823,455, of Which the assessed value Is placed at $464,491. Many complaints were made to the board but .lt did nut Interfere with the return made by the assessors except where evident mistakes were made; save only It lowered the assessed value of land In Douglas and Bedford prerlncts, and raised It In Washington precinct. Body Found In River. WEST POINT, Neb., July g.-(Speclal ) The body of Dominic Brszda, sr., who dis appeared on the night of the Fourth of July at the Riverside park, wss found this morning on a' sandbar In the middle of the river, about half a mile below the park. The body la badly decomposed snd It will be very difficult to determine the exact cause of death. Rumor of foul piny have been Industriously circulated, but the gen eral opinion seems to be that the death was' purely accidental snd thst the de ceased being very old and feeble wandered awsy In the darkness snd fell into ths river. An Inquest will be held this evening by Coroner Bummers to sscert.itn If pos sible the cause of death. Organise Oil and Gas Company. BEATRICE, Neb., July 8. (Special.) A stock oompany to be known as the Ameri can Central Oil and Fuel Company, Incor porated under the laws of Arlsona, hss been organised In this city with a capital stock of $&u9,000. Ths company has pur chased a tract of 240 acres of land in the oil flellds in Kansas, which it proposes to develop. The principal place of doing bus iness will be at Thayer, a small town lo cated not far from the company's property. Arrest Alleged Tlilef. I'LATIbMUlill, .eu., July 8. (Special Q. M. Buck waa arrested at Elmwood, In this county, by B. M. Cox. a blacksmith. A charge of horse stealing was preferred 1 in Stock on" ALLcMEdNess STRAW HATS ALL, THE FINE STRAW HATS in sallora, sat brims, 0 gr afSfXX Fedoras, Milan, Jap brala and rice straws, worth MR wff g JtVi!Sfsi' up to 11.60, go at V tjh ' ALL THE HiaHORADB STRAW II AT3 f Q ftV f PA that havo sold up to $4 in split straws FtSf K9 I ill Milans, Macklnaws, etc., go at.. vv mV VVilf ALL THE BANQKOK STRAW HATS "1 gQ Tj&hnrT ALL THE $10 QUALITY PANAMA HATS Z i0 J fflf go at xVo '- PMr All Our Men's, Boys' and Children's Straw Hats f ( worth up to 75c, goat, each IjV against him, and he is wanted for taking a team belonging to Frank Bartlett. He drove the team to Eagle and while there Imbibed so much liquor that the city mar shal put hint in the cooler. He had tied the team near a saloon and It was placed In a livery stable. When he was released In the morning he refused to claim the team, as there was a bill for feed against It and started toward Elmwood on the railroad track but was arreeted. New of Nebraska. FATRBURY, July 8. The school census of Falrhury, Just completed, shows a school fmpulntlon of 1.104. a frnln of about 100 dur ng the last year, divided as follows: Boys, 605: Klrls. B!9. YORK July 8 -Ed Vlnlna- and Ben Fast of Henderson are under $000 bonds each, slsrned by Mr. J. Gnth of Henderson. These parties are charged with keeping beer and whisky and selling all kinds of liquors. BEATRICE. July 8. While Henrv Melntz and family, who. live eight miles northeast of the city, were away from home tho other evening, thlevee raided their smoke house and stole their summer's meat and lard. There la no clue. PLATTBMOUTH. July 8-The little village of Nc-hawka, situated near the center of Cass county, has secured a large flouring mill, while Plattsmouth has at last succeeded In rapturing a genuine real estate exchange and a commercial club. BEATRICE, Jul 8. Armour & Co. have decided to close their butter, egg and poultry house In Beatrice for the present, and Krelg Brothers, who tinve been In charge of the business here for some time, have boen transferred to Davenport, Ia. HASTINGS, July 8-The work of put ting down a new airlift well at the mu nicipal water works plant wus Blurted to- c.ay. It is to be 350 feet deep and have a I capacity of -J.wO gallons per hour. When this well Is completed Hustings will have a water plant that can pump (jO.000 gallons per hour. FAIRIU'RY, July 8-Sherlff Case yester day arrested a man who gave the name of Harry Welsh and who had In his possi -slon a lars;e number of conductors' checks. He claimed to he on his way to Kansas to work In the harvest fields, but evidently his lay was to work the hnrvest hands with bogus transportation. He was held ten days for vagrancy. YORK, July 8. Frank Sheldon, the smooth farmhand who was found guilty of signing William Otto's name to a check LlMMMMMMl IHI HI IIIH Mill l Mil Kill III III A The Drink' Ideal For Every Meal. Made Instantly With Hot Milk. SUIT of $621 on the Bradahaw bank, was sen tenced by District Judge! A. J. Evans to five years' Imprisonment and a fine of $100. DAVID CITY. July 8.-The case of tha Htate against Ora E. Coffin, charged with statutory assault upon the 13-year-old daughter of William Wilson of Bellwood, was concluded in the district court this morning, the Jury returning a verdict of guilty. Coffin is a man about 46 years old. BEATRICE, July 8.-C. J. Hlatt, who owns a fln farm near Odell, this county, ha found water on hi place containing mineral substances. The water ha been analysed by the state chemist and Is so strongly charged with mineral properties that It Is said by eminent physicians to be s safe cure for many stomach and kidney diseases, and especially rheumatism. HASTINGS, July 8. During the month of June the mortgage record of Adam county was an follows: City mortgage tiled 21, amount $12,610.46; released 90, amount $12,348. Farm mortgage filed 11 amount $10,697.85; released 16 amount $8,602.60. Chattel mortgages filed 80, amount $101,404.13; released 58, amount $17,061.60. On of these mortgages filed was for the sum. of $.S0,oi)0 upon the Parker Amusement com pany stuff. TECUMSEH. July 8. The milling plant of the Wirt Milling company of this city Is to be sold at public auction. Bom time sgo there was a disagreement between tha partners of the company and the mill waa shut down while the matter went into tha court. Thosa Interested have now reached an agreement to let the property be sola tlmt the same may discontinue to lay In Idleness. The sale will be made In thl city on July tl. LEXINGTON, July 8 Rev. Harmon Bros of Lincoln, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republlo, ao cnmpanled by Andy Traynor of Omaha, enlor vice commander, made an official visit to Reno post of this city last even ing. An Informal reception was tendered the distinguished guests at the court house, to which all old soldiers, regardless of membership in the order, and women of the Relief corps were invited. TKCr.MSr:il. July 8 A change In priest has been made at St. Andrew' Cuthoita church in this city. Rev. Father Bernard, who was In charge here, has- been trans ferred to Hartwell, Neb., and Rev.. Father Thomas Harden, who was at Center, Neb., has been Installed at St. Andrew's church. The change was made yesterday. TRCl'MSEH, July 8 A petition Is being circulated here which will be presented to the cltv council asking Uiat the ordinance governing the closing of business houses on Sunday be enforced.