May I 1902
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
FRAUDULENT FIGURES
'Republican Press Bureau up tm Its Old
Tricks Lying: Tables Given to the ,
Press Thoroughly Dissected
Between now and election day the
taxpayers of Nebraska will read in the
various papers of the state, both re
publican and anti-republican many
columns of matter regarding the
various state Institutions, educational,
penal, charitable, and those difficult
to classify as belonging strictly to
either of the three classes named.
The administration of these Institu
tions must be viewed In a two-fold
light: from the standpoint of ef
ficiency, and the standpoint of
economy. The first thing to be con
sidered Is, of course, whether the
officials and employes in charge of
any given institution are rendering
the best possible service; whether they
are qualified to fill the positions;
whether they are giving to the state
such service as would be required at
the hands of a private employer;
whether the results attained will
justify the taxpayers in retaining them
in their present position.
The matter of economy Is really a
branch of the first inquiry. The
term "economy" is a relative one, and
not absolute. The true test is the
best possible results at the least cost
to the taxpayers. Parsimony and
niggardliness do not constitute
economy. Yet the dearest is ,not al
ways the best, although "the best is
the cheapest;" but the "best" must
frequently be known without inquir
ing its cost. Things are frequently
sold at a "fancy" price to one cus
tomer and at a much lower one to
another; and It often happens that
the state pays a fancy price for mer
chandise and services that ought to
be procured for less money. On the
other hand, spirited bidding on the
part of those who wish to furnish
the state with merchandise sometimes
results i.i loss to the successful (but
unfortunate) bidder and the tendency
becomes strong for him to substitute
inferior goods in place of the quality
a. - proposed to furnish. The state
cannot afford to take the attitude of
"jewing" down those with whom it
has dealings; it can afford the best
supplies and the best services at a
fair price. But as the taxpayers foot
the bills, they have a right to know
what it is being done and what it
costs. .
The republican policy In Nebraska,
as indeed everywhere else, has always
been to give the taxpayers no infor
mation If possible; and garbled, incor
rect, and even lying statements, when
the pressure for Information became
too great. Already the republican
press bureau at the capitol has begun
its old time tactics.
Nothing human is perfect, and It
would be folly to say that there are
not a number of things done by the
fusion state officers which may not be
justly criticized. But a state admin
istration, like anything else, must be
viewed as a whole. After deducting
the things which may justly be
criticized, is there still a credit bal
ance of good? How does it as a
whole compare with other adminis
trations? This, of course, has to do
with the past. As to the future, the
mistakes of the past must be con
sidered and avoided.
It is conceded that the fusion ad
ministrations under Governor Hol
comb and Governor Poynter, viewed as
to beneficial results, have never been
equalled in the history of the state.
All that the present republican admin
istration tries to do is to measure up
to the -standard set by its fusion pre
decessors; and what it lacks In ac
complishing this, it tries to cover
up by withholding information or by
giving out misinformation.
Two of the most recent attempts !
to deceive the taxpayers deserve more
than passing attention. The first is
from the State Journal of April 16, j
1902: I
"The following table shows the
total amount appropriated, the total
amount expended during the first
year, and the surplus remaining of
the first year's quota:
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University
Soldiers' home, Grand Island
School for blind. Neb. City
School for deaf, Omaha
Inst. P. M. Y., Beatrice
Industrial home, Milford
Industrial home, Geneva
Hospital insane, Norfolk
Hospital insane, Lincoln
Hospital Insane, Hastings
Home friendless, Lincoln
Totals
The totals are ours, and were not
given by the State Journal, in the
hope that no one would take the trou
ble to foot the columns. The first
column is absolutely correct. It rep
resents the appropriations for two
years ending March 31, 1903. Now,
the "quota for one year would be
half of that or $721,505; and as the
amount expended, as shown by the
second column, is $601,198.27, the "sur
plus from first year's quota" ought to
be the difference between the two, or
$120,306.73, instead of $98,873.54 as the
footing of the third column shows.
When they were counting up "sur
plus" why did not they make it as
large as the figures seem to justify?
Or were they too modest to claim
their dues?
As a matter of fact the whole table
is a tissue of fraud. Not only does
the second column fail to show all
the expenditures from the appropria
tions mentioned, up to and including
March 31, 1902, but it is also false
that it represents the expenditures for
only eleven months in practically all
of the institutions. The April, 1901,
expenses were not paid by warrant
until May, 1901; and the March, 1902,
expenses were not paid until after
April 1, 1902. So the $601,198.27 rep
resents part of the cost, for eleven
months.' Add one-eleventh to make
a full year and the sum Is $655,852.66,
which would cut down the "surplus"
to $65,652.34. But there was a $50,000
building at Hastings and $15,000 for
land at Beatrice, the expenditures on
which are not given in the second col
umn at all. And it is noticeable that
no mention Is made of the peniten
tiary, the bov'st Industrial sphnol af
gest that the figures for these institu
tions be given. ?
The fact Is, that the penitentiary ap
propriation of $35,000. , (from the gen
eral fund) for two years was ex
hausted, all but 52 cents, on March 11,
1902. The surplus there for. the next
year would be deficiency of more than
$35,000. At the Kearney school the
$92,700 appropriation would allow $46.
350 for the first year's xjuota, but Sec
retary Mallalieu had spent $51,627.99
in eleven months, which means a
"surplus" of nearly $10,000 on the
minus side by the time his first year's
expenses are all paid. At the Milford
soldiers' home the $20,880 appropriated
would give a quota of $ 10,440 for
each of the two years? but the com
mandant out there had spent $12,
776.93 in eleven months, which sim
ply means that he will rob,hls second
year of about 13,500.: No wonder these
were omitted. a That is the republican
Idea of "making a showing." The av
erage republican politician acts On
the theory that the people will bite a
hook baited with most any old thing.
It is true that mullet , heads will do
this; but the average man has little
respect for those who wilfully try to
deceive him.
Following on the heels of the State
Journal's table of misrepresentations,
came an alleged comparative" table in
its annex, the Lincoln Evening News.
As, before, it is desirable to quote
the paragraph:. '
"Governor Savage has been ex
tremely careful and frugal in his su
pervision of the state Institutions, al
though never parsimonious. The
members of the state board of public
lands and buildings report that all
are in a very satisfactory condition.
This is done, however, at a much low
er cost than under the previous fu
sion administration. Here is a com
parative statement of the expenses or
the state institutions for the last year
of Governor Poynter's administration
and the same period under republican
control:
April 1, 1901, April 1, 1899,
to to
April 1, 1902. April 1, 1900.
University .... $232,281.93 $233,848.53
Sol. H., Gr. Isl. 47,042.14 57,504.24
Sol. H., Milford 12,776.93 28,476.24
Ind. S., Kearney 51,627.99 44,928.64
Ind. H., Milford 9,013.40 8,604.29
Bl. S., Neb. City 17,310.36 21,374.31
Df. S., Omaha. 33,518.88 - 64,839.13
Inst. F. M. Y.
Beatrice 37,159.12 . 56,896.28
Ind. S., Geneva. 14,903.01 12,484.54
Ins. H., Lincoln 74,209.30 65,548.98
Ins. H Hast'gs 80,902.18 67,331.64
St. Nor., Peru.. 31,529.53 32,428.09
Home Friendless, -"
Lincoln ..... 14,119.87 14,538.99
Ins. Hosp., Nor
folk (9 mo.) . . 30,553.55 56,418.07
Totals $686,938.20 $765,222.57
"The Norfolk asylum, burned at the.
end of nine months, the patients then
being transferred to the asylums in
Lincoln and Hastings."
What Governor Savage has to do
with the expenditures at the state uni
versity is "something no pop can find
out," although we" have a vivid recol
lection of how Governor Dietrich got
after that institution with his veto
snickersnee. Here three of the In
stitutions omitted in the other tablo
are given, but the penitentiary is still
conspicuous by its absence. Appar
ently, from this table, the republicans
have maintained the 14 institutions at
a cost of $78,284.37 less than the cost
under Governor Poynter's adminis
tration. How true this Is remains to
be seen.
The first objectIdnTr'that neither
column shows the expenditures for a
full year, but as both are for eleven
months, the comparison : is fair If
otherwise correct. Omitting the $75,
000 appropriation for rebuilding the
penitentiary (that institution not be
ing in the comparison), the legisla
ture of 1901 appropriated $86,250 'or
new buildings, land, stand pipes, en
gines, etc., at various institutions. The
legislature of 1899 appropriated $297,
500 for similar permanent improve
ments, not counting the penitentiary.
Appropria- Amounts ex- Surplus
tions for pended the from 1st
1901 & 1902. 1st 12 mos. yr's quota.
$510,500 $232,281.93 $ 1,311.88
97,810 47,042.14 1,862.86
46,275 17,310.36 5,827.14
73,950 33,518.88 3,456.12
109,700 37,159.12 17,960.88
21,150 9,130.40 1,564.60
33,175 14,903.01 1,684.49
101,375 40,738.07 9,949.43
156,675 74,209.30 4,078.20
259,900 80,902.19 49,047.81
32,500 14,119.87 2,130.13
$1,443,010 $601,198.27 $98,873.54
Now, these artful dodgers count in
the second column, to make the $765,
222.57, every cent paid out of thesd
permanent improvement appropria
tions; and they skilfully omit includ
ing any such expenditures in the first
column, to make the $686,938.20. For
example, the expenditures at Beatrice
(second column, $56,896.28) include
$26,776.04 expended in the erection of
four new buildings under Governor
Poynter's administration; but the
first column item, $37,159.12, does not
Include the amount expended of the
1901 appropriation of $15,000 for the
purchase of land at Beatrice. The
$28,476.24 item (second column) for
the soldiers' home at Milford includes
$13,500 expended for purchase of land
and what was expended out of a $5,000
appropriation for building a hospital:
but nothing of the kind is Included !n
the first column item of $12,776.93.
At the Omaha school for the deaf, the
second column item ($64,839.13) in
cludes $37,862.84 expended for a new
dynamo, boiler, engine, and -new
school building; but the first column
item embraces nothing of the kind.
But it is idle to enumerate all
these Instances of a studied effort to
deceive. A better way is to take up
one institution at a time and examine
carefully every item; and when they
have all been examined, a recapitula
tion ; can be made which will mean
something. This we expect to do
from week to week until the ground is
covered -t:
In this connection Is should be re
marked that the right way to make a
comparative statement is to take the
semi-annual reports of -the heads of
,
the various Institutions. These should
be on file in the governor's office. Un
der! HoJcomfr and Poynter an abstract
of these reports was entered in a. book
prepared for ; that - purpose. . But ' as
thej republicans prefer, to take, the fig
ures in the. auditor's office (which can
not" show the ptnulation of the insti
tution) ; we will meet them on that
ground, -and 'next week " take up , the
soldiers' hqme at Grand Island. ' i
A new but not unexpected turn has
been taken by Governor Savage. He
now declares that he wil not be a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomi
nation." Late Monday afternoon he
'gave out a statement to the pres3 to
that, effect. , Republican papers claim
thathe has the promise of a federal
position but has declined itbut it
is ' safe ' to say that he will accept
later, unless his beet sugar factory tn
Colorado and his ranch tn Louisiana
should Tequire . the undivided atten
tion of himself and Bartley. This will
simplify the state campaign for both
republicans and fusionists, because it
he had been "the candidate there
would have been considerable tend
ency to fight the whole campaign on
the Bartley pardon to the exclusion
of more vital matters. Although
Governor Savage and the republican
party are responsible for this pardon,
and deserve censure for it, yet the
most important issue of all is equity
able taxation and a more economical
administration of state affairs; and
thl3 must not be lost sight of even
though the republicans should turn
loose every Bartley and Rhea in-the
penitentiary. . .
TAKEN FROM SCHOOL
eHr Mother Says She Did Not Re
ceive Proper. Treatment
There has of late been considerable
trouble in the schools and not a few
girls have been kept at home by their
parents on account of it.
One of these is Grace E. Locke, a
prepossessing miss of sixteen years.
Her mother, Mrs. Alice M. Locke, dur
ing an interview on the subject said:
"My daughter is a good girl and I
have never had any trouble with her.
But about six months ago I was
obliged to take her out of school. She
had worked hard and, since her heart
had not been good for about three
years, it had been too much for her.
She grew pale and listless, she was
tired allthe time and the least exer-'
tion made her breathe hard. The
disease was anaemia and I was afraid
of it, but I hardly knew what to do,
for- medicine didn't seem to be do
ing her any good.
"But at last we noticed an adver
tisement in the paper saying that Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple would cure diseases caused by
impoverished blood, and I made up
my mind to have her try them. Her
trouble was deep-seated and obstinate
and, at first, the pills didn't seem to
help her much. But she kept on and
in a little while she began to, feel
better. She continued using them
till she had taken ten boxes and now
she looks and feels like a different
person. She is back in school, as
well and strong as any of the girls
and I feel very thankful for what Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple have done for her."
Mrs. Locke and her daughter live
in Whitman, Mass., and many of their
neighbors are willing to vouch for the
truth of the above statement. As
nearly everybody knows, anaemia, the
disease from which Miss Locke suf
fered, is a dangerous one to neglect.
It Is caused by an actual deficiency of
the blood, and a watery and depraved
state of that fluid.
The one remedy that has proved
itself a specific .for anaemia, is Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple. These pills iwill never fail to
effect: a cure if used-persistently for
a reasonable length of time. They
may be bought at all druggists, or
direct from Dr. Willims Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y., fifty cents per
box: six boxes for two dollars and a
half. Send for free booklet of medi
cal advice.
State Convention
Pursuant to action taken at a meet
ing of the executive committee held
in Lincoln, April 23, 1902, the electors
of the people's independent party of
Nebraska are hereby notified that on
Tuesday, the 24th day of. June, A. D.
1902, at 3 o'clock p. m. of said day,
a state nominating convention of said
party will be held in the city of Grand
Island, Nebraska, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the follow
ing offices to be voted for at the gen
eral election of 1902 :
One candidate for governor.
One candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor. One candidate for secretary of state.
One candidate for auditor of public
accounts.
One candidate for treasurer. '
One candidate for superintendent of
public instruction.
. One candidate for attorney general.
One candidate for commissioner ot
public lands and buildings.
Said convention is also called for
the purpose of selecting a state cen
tral committee of said party and for
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before it. The
basis of representation is fixed. at one
delegate for each county and one dele
gate for each 100 votes or major frac
tion thereof cast for Governor William
A. Poynter for governor at the gen
eral election of 1900. The representa
tion of the various counties is as fol
lows: -..
Adams 22, Antelope 15, Banner 2,
Blaine 2, Boone 15, Box Butte 6, Boyd
8, Brown 4, Buffalo 22, Burt 13, Butler
21, Cass 23, Cedar 17, Chase 4, Cherry
8, Cheyenne 6, Clay 20, Colfax 15, Cum
ing 18, Custer 22, Dakota 8, Dawes S,
Dawson 15 Deuel 4, Dixon 12, Dodge
26f Douglas 128, Dundy 4, Fillmore 20,
Franklin 12, Frontier 9, Furnas 14,
Gage 27, Garfield 3, Gosper 7, Grant 2,
Greeley 10, Hall 19, Hamilton 17, Har
lan 10, Hayes 4, Hitchcock 6, Holt
16, Hooker 1, Howard 14, Jefferson 17.
Johnson 13, Kearney 12, Keith 3,
Keya Paha 4, Kimball 1, Knox 17,
Lancaster 58, Lincoln 13, Logan ?,
Loup ,2, Mcpherson 2, Madison 18,
Merrick .11. Nance .10, Nemaha 19,
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son 26, Rock 4, Saline 21, Sarpy 11,
Saunders 29, Scotts Bluff 3, Seward
20, Sheridan 8, Sherman 8, Sioux 3,
Stanton, 9, Thayer ,16, Thomas 2,
Thurston 7, "Valley 9, Washington lu,
Wayne 11, Webster 15, Wheeler 3,
York 20. Total.1,224.
It is recommended that county con
ventions be called, to meet on Satur
day, the 21st day. of June, A. D. 1902.
And; that the primaries in the various
voting precincts held for the purpose
of electing delegates to the county
convention be , held not earlier than
Saturday, the 14th day of June, A. D,
1902. It is also recommended that the
various county conventions elect an
equal .number of alternates to the
state convention ? and that steps . be
taken to secure,' if possible, a full
delegation to the state convention.
By order of the executive committee
of the people's independent party of
Nebraska. C. Q. DE FRANCE,
J. R. F ARRIS, -' ' . Chairman.
Secretary. ? : ;
. A Hard fight Ahead
Some idea of , the closeness of the
political struggle in Nebraska this fall
may be gained by scanning the fol
lowing figures, taken from a tabula
tion published in Frank Harrison's
State Record (Schneider, rep.), "pre
pared under the direction of" the re
doubtable Charlie Rigg:
. FUSION. .',;
, ? Judge. Congress.
' 1901. 1900.
First district ...11,579 16,548
Second district ..... 9,467 14,807
Third district ...... 18,861 22,245
Fourth district .....16,675 21,032
Fifth district ...... .14,046 17,688
Sixth district 15,706 17,489
Totals ...........86,334
REPUBLICAN.
First district ....... 15,961
Second district 11,414
Third district, 19,501
Fourth district ..... 19,337
Fifth district -.... .15,747
Sixth district 17,033
109,989
19,449
16,277
22,25u
20,435
17,279
17,280
.Totals- ........98,993 112,970
It will be observed that Sedgwick
ran 13,977 votes behind the combined
votes of the republican congressional
candidates, and Hollenbeck 23,655 be
hind the fusion candidates, a relative
loss to Hollenbeck (or gain to Sedg
wick) of 9,678. Although the fusion
ists elected four out of six congress
men in 1900, yet if the election had
been at large instead of districts the
republicans would, have elected all
six by 2,981. The congressional plu
ralities were as follows:
Burkett (rep.) .2,901
Mercer (rep.)..... 1,470
Total 4,371
Robinson (dem.).l 175
Stark (pop.) . 597
Shallenberger (dem.) 40.9
Neville (pop.)...;... 209
Total .1,399
All of which goes to show that
neither side has any walkaway in the
coming campaign -
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M. M. Chase of Haigler, Dundy coun
ty, called at The "Independent office
Wednesday and ; reports good crop
conditions in his county. Mr. Chase
is populist state committeeman for
Dundy and is also a member of the
county board. In answer to an in
quiry relative to county finances, Mr.
Chase informed The Independent that
Dundy county has no bonded indebt
edness and has $17,000 of cash on
hand in the different county funds,
with bridges and roads in good shape.
Although the county is normally re
publican by a small majority, yet the
people seem to have confidence in
populist financial ability, two of the
board and the treasurer being pop
ulists. The county's financial condi
tion speaks "Well for the management
of these county officials.
Keya Paha Assessments
. Mr.- George Fessant of Springview,
Keya Paha county, writes The Inde
pendent relative to the way county
matters are managed in his baliwick
under republican . rule. r He sends a
schedule of values at which assess
ments are made in Keya Paha county.
The motion at the assessors' meeting
was "that all property be valued at
one-third." Hay .; and irrigated land
to be valued at $2 to $3 per acre.
Farming and grazing land, $1 to $2.
Horses from $5 to $15; steers from
$3 to $12; cows, $4 to $8, and similarly
other personal property.
He says "you will see that $160 is
the lowest valuation that can bs
placed upon any of the grazing land
and that considered at onerthird value
makes a quarter valued at $480. More
than one-half of the land in the coun
ty will1 not sell for that price as not
more than ten head of cattle can be
pastured on a quarter both summer
and -winter. A number of the best
farms without buildings and fences
have sold lately from $500 to $600 and
two years ago the same farms could
not find buyers at $160."
"The county is now controlled, by
republican officials and the commis
sioners met with, the assessors (a ma
jority of which were republicans) for
the purpose of having the valuation
raised and they -succeeded. Commis
sioner Brewster made a report that
two years ago the county was $5,000
In debt; and that during the last two
years over $8,000 extra had been raised
by distress warrants and land sold
for back taxes; and that all the back
taxes had been collected and now the
valuation must be raised or the county
would go further in debt. The board
has also, raised the levy. This is un
der republican rule yet the people
seem to like it" -
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OMAHA TAX CASE
Victory Over Tax-ShlrkJng Corporatlons-
Probably Another Caanes for Them
in Federal Court . .
The Omaha Real " Estate Exchange
is to be congratulated upon its vic
tory over the tax-shirking public Ser
vice corporations of Omaha. Especial
credit is due Attorney J. H. Mcintosh,
who represented the exchange, for the
able . manner, in which" he conducted
the case- throughout. Pitted against
him. ostensibly appearing for the city
council, were such corporation law-
oo n3VJh o q iw p b fpr , Mors
corporations. Like David of old, Mr.
Mcintosh vanquished the giants. The
supreme court granted a writ of man
damus directing the city council, sit
ting as a board of equalization,, to
hear the complaints which it had re
fused to hear, and to equalize the as
sessment so that these corporations
will pay taxes upon their property .and
franchises on an equality with other
taxpayers As assessed the corpora
tions would, pay taxes upon about one
tenth of the value of their property
and franchises, while other taxpayers
are assessed upon about 40 per cent
of the true value of their property.
; The opinion was written by Judge
Sedgwick, and with one exception is a
concise, well-written interpretation of
the law. It will be remembered that
Referee Ryan's findings of fact were
against the city qouncil and corpora
tions, but he held' as a matter of law
that the writ should not issue because
it asked that the assessment of the
property and franchises of these cor
porations be raised from about 10 per
cent to 40 per cent; that our laws re
quire property to be assessed at its
fair cash value and to grant the writ
would be to direct the board of equal
ization to act contrary to law. On
this point. Judge' Sedgwick, says: v
"In State against Osborn, 60 Neb.
415, it was said: 'If the property of
one citizen is valued for taxation at
one-fourth its value, others within the
taxing district have the right to de
mand that their property be assessed
on the same basis.' From the con
text and the subject matter being con
sidered, it Is manifest that the doc
trine intended by the court was that
when the property generally, in the
city is assessed at a certain propor
tion of its actual value any person
whose property is assessed at a great
er proportion of its actual value haa
ground for complaint, and so, when
the property of one person is assessed
at a less proportion of its value than
the proportion of value it which prop
erty in general in the city is assessed
any taxpayer who is injured thereby
has cause of complaint.
"The board of equalization is not so
much to consider methods by which
the assessor may have reached his
conclusion as it is to consider the re
sults of the assessment as returned.
If the assessment is unequal it is the
duty of the board, on proper com
plaint and evidence, to so equalize the
assessment that every person and cor
poration shall pay a tax in proportion
to the value of his, her or its property
and franchises, and no other meaning
Kills Chicken Lice
In another column The Tiffany
company advertise Paragon Lice Kil
ler as a destroyer of Chicken lice.
The remedy is a good one and
poultry raisers should give it a
trial. Here is what ex-Chief Justice
Norval says about the merits of the
remedy:
SEWARD, Neb., Feb. 3, 1902.
Mr. Tiffany,
Dear Sir: I use the Paragon Lice
Killer, both liquid and powder and
none other. The Paragon Is the best
disinfector and Lice Killer I ever
used and I have tried many. It will
do the work every time. Yours truly.
T. L. NORVAL.
mum '
PURE MALT
is one of the best known
whiskies on the market
and is most prescribed by
Ehysicians " and most
irgely used by the men
who Know what good
- whiskey is and insist on
having St. It has been
mad o lor over thirty years
by the famous Willow
Springs Distillery and is
positively guaranteod as
to parity as well as pos-
, . teasing nm linen iiavor
o any whiskey on the market. You
ought to try it because if you do you
will like it and always use it.
Willow Sp'gs Distillery, Omaha.
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can be giyenatQjth command to as-,
certain the basis,. employed generally
and bring the .amount .of the several
assessments of the personal property
and franchises of the several corpora
tions complained of to that standard,
when construed with, the allegations
and the other commands of the writ,"
The pertinent provisions of law as
Interpreted by the cour$ are in . the
following three i paragraphs of ths
syllabi: , y
"2. Section 1, article IX. of the
constitution jecmires that franchises
of corporations, shall be assessed for
taxation, 'Without deducting corporato
indebtedness ; from the value of such
franchises.,; . .
"3. That part of section 32 of the
revenue act which requires the asses
sor to deduct the amount of the cor
porate indebtedness from the ' actual
value of. the shares of stock to deter
mine what. ., shall', be. assessed as oapir J
tal Ktrfk fs lirtr'finst Itntinna.l nnrl void. 1
"4, - When capital stock of a cor
poration has no market " value, the
'actual value,' in the sense in which
the words 'capital stock' are used, in
the statute, is found by adding the
value, .of . the franchises of
the corporation to the value
of its tangible property; from
this should be deducted the, value of
the real and personal property which
are assessed as such and the remainder
is the value of the "Capita I stock for as
sessment." If the rule laid down in the Chicago
(Continued on Page 8.)
Pacific's latest annual has an account
of this region that will be Interesting
and , valuable, as1 well, to everybody
young and' old. ''
Send CHAS. S. FEE, General Pas.
senger Agent, Northern Pacific Rail
way, St. Paul, Minn., six cents for
the book, and you may be surprised
to learn wLat a favored land there Is
away up in the northwestern corner
of Qur country. ..
State of Oh City of Toledo, Lucas
County ss. .
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use ot
Hall's Catarrh Oure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of De
cember, A. D. 1886.
(Seal) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces, of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills ; are the best.
fiamool B. Hams Attorney at La w
i ' NOTICE
In the District Court of Lancaster County, Ne
- braska, Charles E. Collier, guardian, the
estate of Pbylis Collier, Plaintiff, vs. Mary
Best and Sarah A. Best, and Lot 12, Block
235, City of Linsoln, Defendants.
To non-resident defendants, the said defen
dants Mary Best and Sarah A. Best will take
notice that on the 17th day of April, 1902, the
said plaintiff filed his petition in the aboTe en
titled action in the District Court of Lancaster
County, Nebraska, the object and prayer of
which is to foreclose a certain tax certificate
and tax liens existing in faror of said plaintiff
against said lot 12, block 2?i5, City of Lincoln,
that said yeah estate is made a party to said
suit, . and plaintiff asks for equitable relief.
You are required to answer said petition on or
before Monday, the 26th day of May, 1902.
SAM B. HAMS, Attorney for Plaintiff.
HALF RATES.
Via Wabash railroad to Harrisburs;,
Pa., and return on sale May 14 to 19
good returning June 30. Half rates
rill also be sold from Harrisburg to
points in Pennsylvania, Maryland and
District of Columbia on May 21 to 24.
Stop-Overs allowed at Niagara Falls.
Think it over and ask your nearest
agent to" -oute you via the Wabash
railroad. All information . at Omaha
city office, 1415 Farnam street (Pax
ton hotel block) or write
HARRY E. MOORES,
Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept., Omaha, Neb.
Send Me Their Names
Send me the addresses of your
friends who might be induced to move
to Nebraska, and I will mail them our
new 48-page book descriptive of Ne
braska's agricultural resources anj
itn unbounded opportunities. The
book Is illustrated with Nebraska farm
ccenes, and is supplemented with a
sectional map of. the state. It will
help bring any , homseeker to
Nebraska. , J. J. FRANCIS, '
Gen. Pass. Agent, Omaha,, Neb.
is one of the most favored portions
cf our country. Its history is fasci
nating, its scenery wonderfully grand,
its industries and commerce varied
and wealth-making, its climate moist,
cool and life-giving. ;.. -:' : -X v
V It is destined to become one o our
most pbpuloua and important seaports
FAT
TOO FAT
People
Reduce your Q j. I
Weight With K 6 ClUCtO
Reduce your fat and be refined. Keflne your
fat and be reduced. 'Reducto" Is a perfectly
harmless vegetable compound endorsed by
. thousands of physicians and people who have
tried It. We send you the formula, you uiak
Reducto" at home : if you deslfe, you know
full well the ingredient-, and therefor need
, have no fear of evil effects. 'Send $1.00 for re
ceipt and Instructions everything mailed lu
plain envelope. Address .
Ginseng Chemical Co,,
3101 S. Jefferson A v., St. Louis, Mo.
ROY'S DRUG
STORE
104 North Hill SI.
We say "Roy's" drug store as a
matter of fact it is EVERYBODY'S,
drug store-almost. Roy only con
ducts it, buys and keeps to sell
goods, and meet and force competition.
Our patrons do the rest. We want to
remind you oi seasonable' goods, viz:
Garden Seeds, Conditio a Powders, Lice
Killers, B. B. Poison, Kalsomine,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc..
We make a specialty of all kinds of
Stock and Poultry Foods, etc. Don't
miss us. .
Roys' 1 04- No 1 Oth
Save Money
Prudent people buy their drugs and
patents here and save money. Here
are a few prices:
C1.00 Peruna ....65c
$1.00 Miles' Nervine 65c
$1.00 Pierce's Remedies. 65c
$1.00 Hood's Sarsaparllla 65c
$1.00 Paine's Celery Compound.... 65c
$1.00 Wine of Cardui.. .65c
$1.00 Stuart's Dyspeptic Tablets. .C5c
$1.00 Plnkham's Compound 65c
$1.00 Kilmer's Swamp Root 65c
$1.00 Scott's Emulsion..... 05c
$1.00 S S. S. 65c
Syrup of Figs Me
Meadows Malted Milk.... 33c
Castoria, Dr. Pitcher's Formula.... 13c
: To each purchaser' of $1 worth of
goods we give a substantial present
there is no prescription too difficult
for us to All 4and we'll save you
money. Come In and get acquainted.
Add 25c for boxing where goods are
sh?:?ed.
12th and O STS., Lincoln, Neb.
1. II. Hatfield Attorney at Law
SHERIFF SALE
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of sn ei
eeution issued by the Clerk of the District
Court of the Third Judicial District of Ne
braska, within and for Lancaster County, in an
action wherein Oliver W. Pierce, Assignee is
plaintiff, and Qrandvlew Improvement Com
pany Defendant; I will, at 2 o'clock, p. m., oa
the 21st day of May, A. D. 1902, at the east door
of the Court House, in the City of Lincoln, Lan
caster County, Nebrafka, offer for sale at cub-
lie auction the following described Landiand
Tenements, to-wit:
All of Section VS" and Lot Six (8) of Section
4R" in Grandview Residence Park, in Lancas
ter County, Nebraska; and also the following
goods ana chattels to-wit :
Station house located on Lot S Section "It"
of said Qrandvlew Residence Park, 1 flat oSBe
desk, maps or plats of Grandview, records and
aecount books, metal plate for printing, mort
gage given by Harvey B. Hicks for $.U0,.V) on
lot 6, in section L; 19 and 20 in section N;K19,
and 20 in section K;all in Grand View Rest,
dence Park, Lancaster Couuty, Nebraska.
Given under my hand this 16th day of April A.
D. 1902. , Z. S. BRANSON,
v- Sheriff.
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