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to call attention to, and that the char
acter of the machinery and equipment
which at the present day la much aupcrlor
and mora costly than It was. Five or six
year ago tta? ordinary freight car had a
capacity of from tan to twenty tone. Ther
re freight cars pow that hare a capacity
of fifty ton. The locomotives of all yeara
MO were pigmies compared to thoae of the
prcaent day, and aa I understand It, they
range In value from M.000 to $15,000; aome
may even be higher than that.
"Now, let tie' ee about then dlecrepan
elea Just a moment, in order to abow you
the remarkable differences between the
Taluatlona: Tha I'nlon Pacific ralue Ita
box rare at $50. The Omaha values them
at $276. The Union Pacific ralued ita ca
boose cars in 1!S at $100 and now at a
lower rate. The Qmaba road at $875. Flat
cars are ralued at tt5 by thr Union Ta-
clflc and at $200 by the Omaha.
(ward of Vslo Necessary.
"These remarkable dlacrepanclea in val
uation suggest the, necessity of the board
fixing a atandard of value tnrougn expert
men that could give' you a rational and
reasonable valuation.
"Now, I do not know whether the Omaha
engineers returned tbelr equipment at what
tboy believed waa Ita prcaent cash value
or whether tb t'nlon Paclfio returned Ita
qulpment at what they believed to be
ene-flftn or on-tetn of (ta value, but at
any rata I cannot ace how the board can
arrive at a reaaonahle appraisement of
thla property without finding out what
theaa properties would aell for In the mar
ket at tba preaent time.
"Going into other directions we have the
ame remarkable dlacrepanclea all along
tha line, and aurely the board must realize
that real estate or rights-of-way have dif
ferent values In different countlea accord
ing to location. It certainly must be ap
parent that a aide-track In the city of
Omaha or Eouta Omaha la worth a great
deal more money than a aide track In
Cheyenna county. The ground requisite for
a aide-track or for a right-of-way la worth
thousands of dollars in one place where
It la probably worth dollars In aome of
theaa out of the way localltlea, and yet
tha aldf-tracka are returned uniformly aa
I ae at $1,000.
Indiana's Method.
"Now, X desire to call your attention to
the mode that obtains in the atata of
Indiana, where I believe they have ."r!ved
at a very equitable and Just system of
appraisement. You will find here county by
county, each county being credited with
the Improvements that are located In the
'county, that different valuations have been
placed upon the varioua alde-tracka and
different valuations upon tho landa, ac
cording to the location. Side-tracks In
Indiana are valued all tba way at from
$1,000 to $5,000 per mile. Again they
make a -vast difference In valuing tha
tracka of a union station or great railway
depot, to what they would out on the road.
Tbe valuation of the1 Union depot tracka
In Indianapolis la $21800, 000 a mile and tba
valuation of the Jefferson bridge across
the Ohio river bythe ' Indiana board la
$2,000,000 per, xnllex There might be aome
road that la merely a atreak Of rust. It
might run through soma out of the way
place where there Is no traffic, and It
would ba right and proper that the board
ahould exercise" Ita ; Judgment- and assess
accordingly. But; again, where the road
runt through , a' densely populated sectl6u
of the atata you cannot-aay to me that the
depot grounds la worth-tha same aa It would
ba la (He sandhills. Tk the Omaha road,
far - tnstanct. It-appraises'' all1 Its . depot'
grotiadf at 110 'per acre from ' Omaha'
north, : with the" - exception of the ' Omaha
citation Moat of fhe depots are located , In
towns ' aria . de'-wofc, Relieve .ka ajar of
those depot, grounds could be purchased for
Jss' tha a front' onV to three 'andTfour, hun
dred, dollara an ' are. Now look' pi Ita
appraisement.. : rke, ..for Instance) the
Omaha station on VVel..J jtreet; It
has twenty-eight acres of tand and It
returns tt at -Lhla time for $200 per acre.
For yeara It returned It at $100 per acre.
I hare a certificate from the tax commis
sioner '6f Omaha . stating that the land
adjacent ta tba Webster atreet atatlon ia
assessed at $4,000 per acre and that repre
sent! 40 per cent Of 4U value. So that at
io1 per cent It abould have been $2,000 In
stead of 1200 per acre.
.;. Talon'-Reveille' Bridge.
"Tek ''th r Union. Pacific railroad at .
Omaha, beginning vitb. ita bridge and go
ing weatward,: and; you will discover aome
amexfog discrepancies also. In the. state
of Iowa the two and alx-one-hundredtba
mtlee of the Union Pacific, which la exactly
what it returned, ' la aaseaaed at $100,000
per mile, and Iowa la assessed very low. I
have a letter . her', from Oovernor Cum
mins of Iowa, written only a few days ago,
la whloh be says that tha Iowa railways
era assessed altogether too low and that
they are used by railway attorneys to bear
down tha valuation In other states, but he
aaya the time la coming, although ha can
not make a positive prediction when, aa he
Is but one of tha members, that the railway
aeeeeemcat In Iowa will ba conelderably
higher. Now then, on the Iowa side the
XJnlou Paelflo la aaaeeaed for its mileage
at $100,000 a mile, and the bridge Is aa
seaaed separately for $34,000. Tba Union
Paclfio has come before the board and
placed Its bridge acroaa tha Mlasourl and
Ita mala line to ba aaaeaoed 1 It is as
sessed according to laat year'a estimate
at IJ.IOO per mile. That would give Omaha,
An Honest
Tired Feeling
There is an "honest tired feeU
Ing," caused by necessary toil and
cured by natural rest.
But very different U tKat tired
feeling," from which ao many oom
' plain and which may even be
classed aa a disease.
That tired feeling takes you to
. bed tired and wakes you up tired.
' You have no appetite, have bil
ious taste, dull lieadache, are ner
vous and Irritable, blue, weak and
discouraged.
. In such conditions Hood's Sarsa
parilla docs a world of good.
, It begins iu the right place hi
the blood, pifu j Lug it and Impart
ing' vitality, then its tonlo effect la
felt by the stomach, kidneys and
liver ; appetite comes back, all waste
is removed naturally, headaches
cease, that tired feelinp; departs and
you feel like a new person.
This has been the experience of
thousands.
It will be youra if you take
Hood's
Sarsdparilla
Sold by all druggists. I'renared
by C. I. Hood at Co, Lowell, Mass.
or would g:v Douglas county, for the fcvtst
talf of the Union Paelffi; bridge) an assess
ment of about $1,800. Ttre eoumty of Doug
laa Issued $250,000 of bond aa a donation,
or a subsidy, for the "conntfuction 6f that
bridge, and at this -time I hare a certificate
with m from the country .treasurer of.fns
amount paid out by the tatpsyers of Doug
las county, amounting to $750,000, and ye,
the west half of the bridge Is to be re
turned for assessment at $1,$00, and the
total tax, If It paid It, would amount to
about $63.
. Omaha Depot Groemds.
"The depot grounds at Omaha eohtafli 280
acres. The depot grounds wers donated
originally to ths Union fartflc and the
city of Omaha Issued ITT.0.OC0 of bonds and
the cltlseus donated $50,000. The hoods an 1
interest paid-thereon eggrsgat $510,000,
and yet the depot grounds, If they were
assessed at the rlte.,that la returned by
the company, at $300 per aors, would agg
regate about $10,700-In value, whereas tha
terminal faf Illtlea of the ' Union Pacific
railway at Omaha, according to the testi
mony taken by an .expert who was before
the United States jctfurt In die maximum
rata cases, are between $5,000,000 aod 16,
OCO.OOO valuation. The value l it. can be
Judged by the fact that the Chicago, Mil
waukee av St. Paul' railway toays to the
Union Pacific Railway company for the use
of terminal facilities $45,000 per annum.
Tha Rock Island railway pays $45,0OQ per
annum, and all the. other, railroads, I pre-
sume, pay as much If not mora merely for
me use or thoae depot grounds aod facil
ities. But the depot, and those . grounds
are dumped Into thla great dump at $300
per acre."
Question by the auditor:- You mean in
lu report?" -
Mr. Rosewater: 'Teg, sir." I want ta call
attention to It ao you can arrive at aome
Just .conclusion, and you cannot do It with
out glvlrg serious thought to all of these
matter. '
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Value of Adjacent Property.
"Now, the tax oomuiKsloder of Omaha
certlflea here that file lands adjacent to the
depot, or In that, neighborhood, are as
sessed at the rate of $7,600 at the present
time, being 40 per" ..cent. Assume that you
would only assess at one-fifth, that would
be $3,750 per acr instead pf ' $3(0.. And
surely when you com, to consider the- value
of the Improvements -and that figure' right
nere in tne report th tionest figures and
not the dishonest ones. . We have been told
that the depot cost $400,000 or $500,000, but
Its own showl jg to' the stockholders
shows It cost a lKtffl 'over $2E0,000. " Now
that fact, It seems jo me. would show thai
there should be an appraisement 'of that
property somewhere neater' ,or a great deal
nearer to Ita produolng value, than you
have today. I do not believe that the pre
vious boarda have taken thoee matters un
der consideration : I do not believe th.r
have been presented-properly for their con-
laeratlon.
One of the Partington Lines.
"Now, we will take another road. Take
the Omaha A 'SoufhWfSPterri. . The--Burlington
syatem has seen fit I say system be
cause ail of the toads . that;' ara owned
by ths Burlington' or operated la this stata
are one system now and are capitalized
together it has seen.. fit to divide un
Its differsnt roads to make the ebbwlng
for taxation the amallest possible. Look
at the ewthweatetp. NoV '.'lelSar taken
he road from Omaha to weapon and thon
part In Skllne an Gag i counties and
coupled ' them together ; nl ' ciate It the
Omaha a Southwestern.-' -Now fK wria-lnal
owners 'have lltfl' ioruplUlba; to 'do with
It, bat It Is the 'Burllnglofi' iyettem and
contains fifty and.elbtyslght, one hun
dredths miles, ' li, returns the Omaha " &
eouinwesiern roaa at is, boo, per mile. That.
ur-giua wwi xner carirngton nepot, on'Yho
otner side or lb vlsdwet n 'Tenth street ,
at Omaha, tahestn the depot and depot
grounds at Omaha and taken Ts roacl; in i
clear to Orespolla, and then 1 rtaln down
In Saline and thes' other counties. The
t6tal of $,500 per talis. IS. my Judgment,
would scarcely be represented In Omaha
terminal facilities wad 'depcH 4lae. It Is
not an extravagant estimate td say that
the Burlington depot' oi"stafldh'" and the
grounds at Omrfha; with "all their 'terminal
facilities and track, are Worth $1,000,000.
Now, 'at one-fifth of that you would hav
$200,000, for aseelslnk' purposes,' and divid
ing that by fifty add distributing It along
you get $4,000 "a mfie" for' your tbad, but
you have the ridiculously low estimate of
$334,000 tor the enlfre fffty miles, and you
have Included In thla tha entire equipment,
passenger and freight, depots, and includes
I don't know how 'many' "acre5 out- quite
a large acreage of depot grounds .between
Omaha and OreapoUa, and down In 8allne
and Cage countlea. " Now) due a it stand to
reason that Douglas county, with four and
elghty-two-ona hundredths- miles that Is
all we should have gets but about $34,00
or assessed valuation out qf that Omaha A
Southwestern road, when we hava over
$1,000,000 worth of tangible, property within
the city limits of Omaha T It doe not seem
to me to be Jwst and . reasonable.. It Is
not reaaonable a compared with the assess
ment on all other classes of property In
this state. TVs must. always, aa I said at
tha outset, bear hi jtnlpd the relative value
of tba ground or right-of-way of a rail
road in the locality It occupies. It Is not
to be strung out promlscuoualy and be con
sidered worth $10 an acre from one end
of the road to the other,, but It must be
valued according to the relative value of
the adjacent property wherever It may be
located. That alone could glv any Just
conception or fusnteh a batela for computa
tion of the value of tangible property.
"It stand to -reason itbat the depot'
grounds at Oracyl island re worth more
than tha depot grounds at North Bend, and
ths dspot grounds at West Point ar worth
more than they would ba at aome small
watertank station. The value of tba prop
erty must be assessed according to ita rela
tive aalabl value In the neighborhood of
Its environments.
Comparisons Art Startltnar.
"Now the thing that baa struck mo very
forcibly has been a. comparative exhibit of
the valuation of railways between 1900
and 1890, and I findlhla state of facta: I
find that In 1890 the Burlington road waa
aaaeeaed that Is. .the .main .line. .was as
sessed $283.70$ more than It was In ths
year 1800: the Nebraska, jrauwe,c$160.68;
the Republican- Vally.''tt49.825i the
Atchison A Nebraska, .tL2&.?.r the Lin
coln A Northwestern, at. $121,44. These
ars all In ths Burlington system. The
Nebraska sV Colorado, $6S6.7s the Union
Pacific, $768,240; the Omaha Republican
Valley, $620,881; the Kansas City A Omaha,
which ta another ' Union Pacific line, $182,
795. The Fremont, Clthorp. acKkwourl Val
ley railway was assessed at $961,230 -less
la the year 1900 than It waa la 1890, nearly
4i.iiO0,C0v ifariskaga' la th value-of that
road. I will not pursue this aj)y further,
but what I haver called atientlsa to aught
to set you lo thinking. Is there Say rail
road In Nebraska today, la ther. a mile
of railroad anywhere . that la worth leaa
than It waa In tha year 18nO"Uea not all
th road been materially Improved? Hare
not tbelr tracka. their equipment and tbelr
rolling stock beeji materially Improved and
Increased,, and caa anjftodjr, aquarely look
ing th matter JJ. lh,e ,fce. declare upon
honor that these roads are worth less to.
day thai) they wars 1a HM, twelve yeara
ago? Surely not.' Whatever may have hap
pened within lb interim U lessen tht
vale of property In the state of Nebraska,
ther has been ao" elasticity and" a gralual
restoration of eoadtttons, and today there
Is net a railroad In In atat. 'a,t)4 1 make
toM t say. at any rate'noj a line,
that la not worth desibt th saeniy, Jadged
by It earning capacity and It aalabl value
In the markets of the world, than It was
In 1890.
lhanne ot Explained.
"Now In lS'M) we had 5,157 mllea of road
and today we hare 5,704 miles. In 1901 ws
had. If I remember right, something over
400 miles more of railways to assets than
we had in 1900, and yet the difference In
the valuations on these railroads was over
three and one-half millions, that la to
say, the assessed valuationa of the rail
roads In Nebraska In 1900 Waa three and
one-balf millions lower than In 1890, with
four hundred and fifty odd miles of railroad
lees than we had last year. Conceding
that there haa been a fluctuation In the
valuations of city property, and we know
ther baa been a general shrinkage, there
haa alao been an upward tendency, and
the railroads have had the very beat of It.
If there has been an advance In lands, and
we grant It, their landa have also ad
vanced. They have on each elde of the
track a right-of-way which has doubled
and trebled In value, aa well aa the farm
ers' land, and today. If they wers to try
and get that same right-of-way that they
now have they would have to pay two or
three times aa much for It. Take the Union
Pacific, for Instance. It haa changed its
rails from fifty to eighty pound rails; it
hat put million of dollars Into Its road
bed and Improvements and It ia one of the
best roads in the world; it Is equal today
to the Pennsylvania, the Lake Shore or the
Michigan Southern, and the Michigan Cen
tral is assessed in the state of Michigan
at $80,000 a mile. Now, I wouldn't aay
that our roads ahould be assessed at any
thing like that, but I am only calling at
tention to tbe contrast. Assuming that
those two roada that I have mentioned
have double tracka and ours only a
Single track you will find In the state of
Indiana the second track has been ap
praised at an average of about $10,000 per
mile and the first tracks are valued at
anywhere from five thousand to fifty or
ilxty thousand dollara per mile. As I
stated, Indiana perhaps has the moat per
fect system of railroad assessment I know
of. They assess every station, handcar
house, coal house; even the outhouses
appear on their lists. I have it right here:
Take Wabash county, Indiana, station, $400;
handcar, $20; coal house, $20; closet, $10;
LoganspoK, station, $1,200; baggage room,
$75; freight house, $1,000; two handcar
bouses, $40; car repair house, $26; yard
offices, $25, and so forth. . In Jefferaonvillo
they have the freight bouse assessed at
$3,000; passenger station $1,200; they as
sess the water tank $500.
Enrnlngrs n Basis.
"I have dwelt upon the radical differ
ences between the valuation of twelve
years ago and last year to indicate that
even If no value is to be placed upon the
Intangible property, which I consider all
wrong because, as you will note, the con
stitution makes the roads report tbelr
earnings, I mean the statute doea and tho
statutes would not require the earnings to
be reported unless the earnings are to be
considered aa ' an index of Its Intangible
or earning capacity.
"The tangible property of the roads Is
assessed way below what It abould be,
assuming that it were assessed proportion
ately to all of the property returned. I
Insist that property that la not returned
cannot be - considered aa an element by
your board. . There might be millions, and
there are undoubtedly many mllllous of
property, mortgages, notes and securities
of every description not reported, but bo
assessor can take that into consideration
nor no Board of Equalization; all they can
take Into consideration ia ths assessed val
uation of the. property returned, and .the
relative, value, of ona class of property re
turned to all- other classes of, property. '
'. t'tampls of Discrimination.
.now desire to call the attention of the
board to the marked discrepancy, or per
haps you had bstter call It discrimination.
In th assessment of certain parts of tbe
five railroad systems, beginning with the
Burlington and Missouri River .railroad.
That road waa originally chartered from
Plattsmouth to Kearney. Kearney waa Its
western terminus. Today tho western
terminus of the Burlington road is Den
ver, and its traffic over the main line
passes westward from Hastings, not touch
ing Kearney; the road so far as Its earn
ing ca-paclty la concerned la to all Intents
and purpoaea aa good west of Hastings as
the Union Pacific is west of Grand Island.
Now .you will find that the assessment of
tha Union Paclfio la uniform at $9,800 per
mile -from Omaha to the western bound
ary of tbe state last year, but the Burling
ton line waa assessed only at the first tor
clasa rate of $10,580 tor a distance of 191
miles, from Plattsmouth to Kearney; that
portion of the road between Hastings and
Kearney doubtless is worth leaa, and I as
no reason Why the extension of tha main
line of tbe Burlington road from Hastings
to the Colorado line should not be ap
praised at the same valuation that th
line from Plattsmouth to Hastings Is ap
praised at; that is, if It is Just and proper
that the Union Pacific should b appraised
at the same rate from Omaha clear to
Cheyenne county at one rata, th Burling
ton ahould surely have th aama appraise
ment. You will note that tbe Elkborn road
Is appraised at a uniform rata from Blair
to the western boundary of tbe state, and
.. . . . . , . . 1 K .
no alSlinClion IS na du waiter vj iufc
name tbe road may go.
. Injustice Made Apparent.
"It ssm to me that thla Is an Inex
cusable discrimination In favor of on
syatem and against the other, and Inci
dentally doea Injustice to the state at large.
It the policy of designating an Imaginary
Una or a connecting point for a difference
la assessment Is to hold good on one 11ns
than you might with the same propriety
appraise tha Union Pacific aa far. we will
aay, aa Kearney, and then reduce its rats
from there westward, pro 'rata with th
character of th country and Its traffic.
.You will alao have to do the aame with
the Elkborn. road weat of O'Neill, perhaps,
but you have a uniform rate for each of
thoss lines clear through from the Mis
souri river to the western boundary of tbe
state and you do not have a uniform rate
for the Burlington. Why that should have
been perpetuated Is Incomprehensible. It
was all right originally, when the Burling
ton did bare.ttg western terminus at Kear
ney. We coma then to two lines that are
alao in a very peculiar contrast with tbe
main line of the Burlington. I refer to the
Omaha Soutbweatern and the Omaha a
North Platte, ao called. The Omaha A
Soutbweatern from Omaha to Oreapolls ia
certainly as valuable, considering tbe fact
that It includes th terminal facilities at
Omaha, aa la the road from Plattsmouth to
Lincoln and westward, and yet the ona I
aaaeaaed at $6,500 per mile and tha Burling
ton at $10,580. The road from Omaha to
Lincoln, that portion of It that rune as far
as Ashland and connects there with the
main Una of th Burlington, ia called tha
Omaha 4 North Platte for convenience and
alao for taxation purpoaea, and lets ths
same rating that is given the Southwest
ern, via., $6,600 per mile, when It should
be rated at the aame ratio a th mala
line of the Burlington. I do not contend
that the line running up from Ashland to
Schuyler abould be asaeased tha same way
because It ia not uaed as a part of th csin
line of (be Burlington.
Question by auditor: "It has all got to
ba assessed together aa ths Omaha North
Platts."
Mr! Rosewater: "Aaaumlag that to be
true, 1 there any reason why It ahould aot
be assessed higher. You could link th
main line of the Union raclfie to th Colura
bus and the Boone county line up to Albion
and then call It another name, and de
crease Its appraisement proportionately
This is simply a matter of convenience In
the Burlington system. They should hare
atarted their line from Aahland north and
called It another line, but they aurt with
the weat aid of the viaduct on Tenth street
In Omaha, ao as to avoid getting their depot
Into It and then run It up and throw It In
there a a side line which Is not of th
ssme value within $4,000 per mile.
When the Burlington was transferred to
the Northern Paclfio In the recent deal they
paid no attention" to th Imaginary boundary
line; mey tooK the stock of that company,
whether It represented the main line or th
side lines, and allowed two hundred cents
for every dollar of stock In 4 per cent
bonds, and I don't tee why at any rat that
portion of the road from Omaha to Aah
land should not be appraised at th same
rat and tbe other at a lower rate, and then
a line drawn between the two at a different
rate, of course, that would make It aome
tbing less than tha main line, but still at a
higher rate than a line that runs nowhere.
The line from Omaha to Oreapolls and th
line that runa to .Ashland should be ap
praised at the atandard rate of the Bur
lington main line.
Two Other Offenders.
"Now we get to the two nlhar lln tt,.
to all Intents and purpose should rank a
rsi-ciass railroads. Tha Chlr.r sit p..i
Minneapolis A Omaha road, which was as
sessed last year at $5,200. should rank with
the Burlington main line. It does not seem
to me tnat there Is any material difference
between that road.' running hatwa lm.
portant traffic centera. and th road from
i-iansmoutn to Lincoln, or from Lincoln to
Hastings, or tha Southwestern, or th
Omaha A North Platte: the Hniiihmi.m
and the North Platte and Omaha and North
natte are both assessed t tit Ron an h
Other at $5,200. Whv
should be made I. cannot comprehend. Thin
we come to another qneatlon. Why ahould
there have been a red
30 per cent on the Elkhorn system between
iosu ana 1900 7 That IS verv unreunnnhl.
and ought not to have been perpetrated.'
That road la appraised at $3,600 now. and
twelve years ago It waa appraised at $5,000.
The Elkhorn road waa rnrtninlv
eented before the board of 1890, all those
roads were, and If that board did not do
tnem an injustice then and I do not be
lieve it. .did I do not hll.v. h.. h..
been unjustly treated at any tlm ao far
as th appraisement of their property Is
concerned. They certainly have no reason
ior asKing mat you should take off one
third of their value at the rrAnt tlm
when they are so prosperous and the road
la Improving canstantlv. tnerln it.
traffic and Increasing in ita general market
TMiue.
Not Debating; Franchise.
'I am not dlacusslne the franchuea .,
almply discussing the physical properties.
Everybody that travels over that
knows It Is a better road today than It aver
was. mat the population along Its line has
been increaslne: that the
been increasing in their production and
inai mey nave carried a great many car
loads of freight and a great many more pas
sengers tha. they did twelve year ago.
now i ao not want to do anv nt th
an injustice, ljut simply suggest to th
board that these rtlcriminMr,n.
hava been repeatedly made because they
ere mace originally; various boards seem
to have continued these' khim.. nrXk.ki.
because no tn haa appeared befor them
io oojeci; i cannot comprehend any other
reaaon. I teel aiir, aa I said before, that
the roada weroTalriy treated In 1890, and
It redactions wt made during the drouth .
period and following thf t...
come; prosDsrltr-Is bar and thv .
share th burden of taxation with tho bal
ance or the people of the state, and they
aught to share It willingly, without grudg
ing because there has been no war made
upon meir rates; they charge all the traffic
will bear and Jonea paya the freight.' We
will all pay back this tax- - It seems to me;
the state and county government mint v.
carried on and th' people are bear
ing about all th hardship th ...
able to bear ia thla state, and the
ranroada ought- to, now voluntarily as
sume their due. nroDortlon of th hM.
I know that there haa been a material
shrinkage la the. appraisement or assess
ment oi otner property following the crisis
of 1891 and the drouth years of 1894 and
1896. - While the lands in this state hare
materially Increaaed In value within the
laat six or seven rears (ha inn W. th.t
constituted a very large percentage of the
valuations cerore 1893 have not correspond
ingly Increaaed.' In fact. th h.. ...,. nw
millions In Omaha and Lincoln, and a very
targe proportion of thoae outalde town lots
never will, reach the boommrltM .ir.
That accounts for tho difference between
iormer appraisements and later,
Appeal for Taxpayers.
'Ia conclusion I desire to anneal tn th.
board on behalf of tha areat mm mm nt h.
taxpayers and trust that they will give
very serious ana carerul consideration to
the points I hava raised her and take
the physical Improvementa aod properties
of each road Into consideration and the
betterments they hava made ani
them with the former appraisement. That
is to aay, enoeavor to ascertain where and
why there has been such a shrinkage, and
certainly there can be no good ground for
assuming that the railroad companies re-
mrnca. more property ior appraisement
twelve year ago than they do now. They
bare a very much better aaul
rails, lmprovsd stations, tbelr right of way
nas uouoieq ana trebiea in value and I can
not comDrehend whv thav annuM mm k.
appraised very materially above what they
" " wnen ws were at nigh water
mark In 1900."
MUST EAT SUGAR.
Why People Have sv Stroaar Appetite
Jhmt Way.
When food Is properly digested and ab
sorbed Into tha system diabetes, dyspepsia
and such disease do not- occur, and If,
after thee diseases bar attacked the
stomach aad kidneys, the right kind of
food Is used. It .will generally curs unless
the disease haa daada too much progress.
. A merchaat la Young, 'O., E. D. Leedom,
aays: "Last August when I waa In miser
able bsalth I waa visiting at my daughter
up la Indiana. -She prepared Orape-Nuta
Breakfaat rood for me, th first I aver
taated.
"I had diabetes and dyspepsia, with sour
stomach, from almost sverything I ate. Of
course ths doctor kpt ms frea eating
sugar, but I had an almost ungovernable
appetite for It. After I had been using
Orape-Nut every day for a short time
my appetite for sugar waa eat la Bed. ' I got
the Orape Sugar from . the food and It
agraad. wttu me perfectly.
"My dyspepsia left and I began to sleep
well at night. I hare kept up the us of
Grape-Nuta and feel like a new man all
over. I liked It ao much and it agreed
with me so well that I aald nothing to the
doctor for fear he might make me atop It,
aa he had moat everything elae I tried to
at, bat oae day I told him It waa tha
food 1 waa using that Improved me so
much. He' asked what tt was aad when I
told bin 'Grape-Nuta' ha said there was n
bstter food made. You ar at liberty to
soak uaa cf any part of thla letUr you
desire, for I am mora than grateful for
th good th food ba don me."
PUSH MACOON FOR A PLACE
Nebraska Stnator Urge Lincoln Man for
Judge of Court of Claims.
COMMITTEE CONSIDERS A GRAZING BILL
Present Measure Designed to Favor
Homestead aad Small Herd Own-
ra as Against the Bin
Cattlemen.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. May 14 (Special Tele
gram.)8snators Dietrich and Millard had
an Interview with the president today to
urge tho appointment of Charlea K- Ma
goon of Lincoln, law clerk of the Ihsular
division of the War department, for the
vacant position on the court of claims
bench. A week ago or more tbe Nebraska
enator preeented Mr. Magoon s name to
th president ss one especially fitted for
the position. It Is understood that Secre
tary Root Is inclined very favorably toward
th Nebraskan's candidacy. Senators Elk
Ins and Scott, however, hava presented the
name of ex-Governor Atkinson of West
Virginia for the same position, while Sen
ators Hanna and Foraker of Ohio ars urg
ing ths nomination of D. K. Wataon, former
attorney general of that etate and at prea
ent a member of tbe codifying commission.
When Mr. Magoon's name waa presented
by the senatorial delegation from Nebraaka
some days ago it was thought that he stood
little chance of securing the nomination,
but the senators have been so persistent In
urging the Lincoln man It is now believed
that the position will either go to Mr. Ma
goon or ex-Qovernor Atkinson.
Another Oraslna; Bill Up. .
The committee on public lands, of which
Representative Lacey of Iowa Is chairman,
had up for consideration today Mr. Lacey's
bill granting graxlng privileges to home
stead settlers and holders of small farms
in arid and aeml-arld regions. Members
of the committee generally expreased
themaelvea as favorably disposed to the
bill, which seems to meet more nearlv th
wishes of the small cattle growers and
homestead settlers, so far as the opening
of the public domain to grating la con
cerned, than any other measure which has
been Introduced durina the nrpsent nuiinn
of congress. The bill aims to Improve the
use and protect the grass upon the. public
domain in the vicinity of lands owned by
homestead settlers and farmers, and to
prevent monopoliiatlon of the ranae bv
Owners of large herds of live stock.
Major Lacey, in apeaklng of his measure.
Said that he had received hundreds of let
ters commending the bill and only one
criticising it, which came from an owner
of a very large herd of cattle. After some
discussion In committee today It was de
cided to make the Lacey bill a special or
der for May 28. While It ,1s not expected
that the bill will pass both bouses of con
gress at this session, it Is the desire of
the committee, so far as can be ascer
tained, to get th bill in position for pas
sage at the ahort session of congress.
Valentine Wants Land.
Th commltte on public lands of tha
house today ordered a favorable report on
Senator Millard's bill selling to the town
of Valentine 720 acres of land contiguous
to tne town and which Is now the part
of the site of the Nlobrera military reser
vation which ia not ussd for that purpose.
Th bill provides that tha government shall
accept $2 per acre for the sit detilred.
. Representative Mercer appeared before
tbe Committee this morning In' behalf of the
measure. - - , ,
Representative Burkett was Informed bv
the PoSCofflce department today that "two
rural free delivery route had been ordered
established out or Dawson, Richardson
county, and one route out of Firth, In Lan
caster county, effective July 1.
Senator Millard stated todsy that he had
received information from Superintendent
Machen of the rural free delivery service
that Columbua, Neb., has been designated a
rural free delivery route with three car
riers, effective July 1.
A petition signed by 100 or more bualnesa
men and firms In tbe vicinity of Tenth
and Howard streets, Omaha, was received
today by Senator Millard, asking him to
have the substation of the postofflce which
la ordered located at Tenth and Farnam
changed to Tenth and Howard, and that
S. M. Bemrose be made manager of this
station, in view of the fact that Mr. Bern
rose has been furnishing stampa to business
men' and firm in that vicinity for tha
last two year without profit. The senator
said that the petition properly belonged to
Postmaster Crow and would be sent to him
for each action as he desired.'
Senator Gamble, from the committee on
Indian depredations, of which he Is chair
man, reported favorably today a bill for
the relief of John Hornlck of Sioux City
and ssndlng It to the court of claims for
aa entry of Judgment amounting td $1,500.
Postal Matters.
Postmaaters appointed: Nebraaka Wil
eonvllle, Furnas county, W. W. McCaw,
vice D. F. Smith removed. ' Wyoming
Dana, Carbon county, W. D. Astre.
Rural free delivery routes will be estab
lished July 1 as follows: - Nebraska Co
lumbus, Piatt county, three routes; area
covered, eighty-eight square miles; popula
tion, 1,240.- Dawson, Richardson county,
two routes; area, fifty-five square miles;
population, 1,000. Firth, Lancaster county,
on rout; area, twenty-eight square miles;
aopulatlon, 600. Marquette, Hamilton
county, three - routes; area, eighty-two
square miles; population, 1.415. Iowa
Garden Grove, Decatur county, two routes;
area, forty-six square miles; population,
tliti Keota. Keokuk county, one route;
area, thirty-six squars miles; population,
630.
A postofflce was ordered established at
OalbraKh. Kossuth county, la., and William
C. Blssell appointed postmaster.
Th postofflces- at Huron, Jay, Kingston,
Northoeld and Smyrna, k-s Moines county,
Iowa, have been ordered discontinued after
June 20.
Otto Kohler of Westphalia was today
awarded the contract for carrying mall
from Westphalia to Earllng, I a.
ST. VINCENT LOSS BIG
(Continued from First Page.)
from thla port. It will arrive at Ita desti
nation Monday.
. Nsver, even during war tlm, did th
army subalstsnee department make.euch a
record In collecting a ahlpload of food sup
plies. It was done in twenty-four hours'
tim, Colonel D. U. Brslnard bringing from
Philadelphia this carloads of supplies
nseded to make up ths shipment and pur
chasing the rest bar. -
The Dixie' cargo will comprise tOO.OOO
ration. It contains-
Two hundred thousand pounds of bread,
gt.Ouu pounds of flour, KoO.iwu pounds of rice.
2OU.0UU pounds of codfish, 2u0 cases of
chicken and beef soups, 100 rasa of evap
orated cream. 100 esses of condensed milk,
i.uuO pairs of trouaer. t.OuO pairs of shoes,
20.000 pairs of khaki trousers, pulrs of
barrack shoes, 1.0UO blouee. l.OOo tents,
j.ojO pairs of balbrlggan drawers. 1,000 bal
brlggan shirts, Ml summer coals.
In sddluoo there are large legalities of
coffee, tel, sugar. peper, and. In the way
of clothing, a large amount of calico under
garment, etc.
Tbare Is ti.uoo worth of medicine in the
cargo, and three army surgeons, Lr
Church, J. H. itelilr aod J. it. Clayton, will
aecowipany ths party. They tska along
pleeuul supv'y of surgical laatfuBtaata,
WA8HINOTON, May 14. Th Navy ds-
rartment thla morning received a' numbc
rf rrls'Sgea rearing on the Martlnlqu
disaster. "Lieutenant B. B. McCormlck
coruihandmg Potomac, sent the followln
fri'u Fort de France, dated yesterday:
InhHtiltontu of St. Tlerre and sixteen ves
efis totaiij tlfstroyod. Burrounillng vlilna
"nlnhahttnblev Inland covered with (Irmnir
I ''n. Ashes wllhln live miles of Fort il
Frvnce. Provisions needed for Sn.ioo
rfMuKws within ten flavs. Ponxted extr
Fton-t. Inform commandant at San Junn
Commander McLean of the Cincinnati
cabled from Fvt .de France under today'i
wuir aa ioiiows.
. Arrived at St, rlmre this mornlnsr. Cam
hfre on messxae. assisting aovernment a
Mnrtlalmir. Newa dtsnMrr Ht. Vincent
have sent Potomac. Will follow If neces
sary.
Admiral Barker, commandant of the
Brooklyn .navy j;ard, telegraphed as fol
lows: ... ,
. Buljt of freight, removed from Buffalo.
It enn sail at any time With two hours
notice.
' Secretary flay today received the follow
Ing cablegram from Consul Ayme In an
ewer to ' the secretary's Inquiry as to
whetheY - fresh "water and supplies sre
beeded :
Water not twrrted; but food Imperative for
50,oiiO refugee. -have rabled this to the
goveraoa, .pnrto men, answering hia
query as to what was wanted. I fhnli stny
hem to distribute supplies. The Cincinnati
is nere.
- Delay tho Appropriation.
Members of" tho house appropriations
committee afe averse to calling a special
meeting'-wf .the -oommlttee for tbe purpose
of considering -ah additional appropriation
for v-hd relief? of the people of Martinique,
They say that -until It la demonstrated tha
the--sum of $200,000, already appropriated, la
not --oufflclefH' to meet the needs of the sut
ferers It woull not be advisable to appro
prlate an additional amount In view of the
widespread donations' now being made and
the relief. ..work that Is being done to
succor the living and care for the dead.
Practically all of those who were named
by' ihe president, ,lq serve on the Martinique
relief . committee have wired their ac
ceptance aod..have Indicated a willingness
to enter heartily into the work of raising
and . recelvlrtg contributlona In aid of the
sufferer. Already large amounts are re
ported as having been received and the
prealdent u much gratified at tbe prompt
response to his appeal.
Major p., L. Bralnerd, commissary of
subsistence, United States army purchaalng
commissary,' Arfriy building, New York
Cfty,' Is' designated by the secretary of war
to,-take charge of any contributions that
may be madefy cltixens of NeW York and
other cities' for Hie sufferers In the French
West Indies, and'' Which the citizens' com
mittees may wish forwarded through the
Wdr department. All stores will be turned
over to Major: Bralnerd,- who will prepare
tbe same tor shipment, giving receipts and
rendering account to the commissary gen
eral - of, subsistence of all stores received
and disposition made.
.ROME,, May 14. The pope has contrib
uted, 20,000 lire to the fund being raised for
(he . relief of (he sufferers from the Mar
Unique disaster.
PARIS. May 14 The meeting today called
by "the AmerfCah Chamber of Commerce lo
rAlBe fundB 'for' the relief of the West In
dian sufferer!' was 'well attended and over
12,000 franca was subscribed in a few mln.
utes to, aid the destitute people st Mar.
Unique. Henry Vlgnaud, the United States
oharfc",. d'affaires,' presided.
r.-
T'hls nkrn'e must appear on every box of
the genuine-Laxative Bromo-Qulnln Tab
lets." the 'remedy 'that cures a cold tn one
daw s '
i aril! CURB any ca6 of ' '
Sfonaoh Trouble
Chronio Dyspepsia
'.-r Indigestion, no matter bow se
, vera tbe case ma v be. ltgoesfothe
root of thoevil. Handredaofchron.
sc-dyspepttcs who have suffersd for
; . ' H"T Sprc villi namuil! tronbl.
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m r.llm.D lJ.T. LaDIMfa fell
THUS, a OCSS, BolM, Idaho.
pd to rUAHK. MAC,
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ior srae oooajat mWotvm r.
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P 1 1 Lt aw nlf '
' For nalst by tUierman ft McConnell Drug
Co., .corwer.-Wth, .and .Dodge Sts., Omaha,
Neb., and leading druggists.
Dnly$45
?.ijoi to-j .w , j. . .
TlrsY-cias TWun" rlp open td very.
lo'dy $t6-00-' YrbriJ 'Omaha to Loa An
geles and San Francisco via ORBAT
i -HOCK. ISLAM3 . ROUTE,. . Tlcketa . on
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to Juna 8th.
V !
Final Umit 60 Day!.
itlrkets.-good - for-, return until June
25th.
Only 63 'flour sV '
ami 40. Minutes
'.Hi
tfnfaha ;io tts, Amjtles.
via' El Psso Short' Line. ' Choice of
routes going and returning.
For further Information call at or
address , -
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i t: i3jg farnam St.
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An Unequaled Record.
Paiue's Celery
Compound
Tiie Only Medicine That Can
Point With Pride to True
and Marvelous Cures.
ITS PRAISES SOUNDED BY ALL
CLASSES OF OUR PEOPLE.
A Spring- Medlclnei That Quickly Purl,
fie the BlooJ and Banishes Disease
Palns's Celerr ComDOund can with nrlrfa
point to a long and wonderful list of cure
effected In this and other lands. In fullv
ninety cases out of every hundred It ha
Deen successful in overcoming and banish
ing treacherous aad long standing diseases
na ailments. ...
The great work of disease banishing
nd life saving so hannlly accomDllshed bv
rallie s Celery Compound haa not been
confined to any particular class of people.
All ranks and conditions of our nonulatlnn
amongst which are found city tollers.
hard working farmers, business men. cspl
tallsts, clergymen, lawyers, physicians and
legislators owe their lives and present good
health to the curing vlrtuea of Palna'a Cel.
cry Compound. '
No other medicine in tha world today ha
been so much talked of, so highly recom
mended by medical men. .so aenerallv an.
dorsed by our best people as Pslne's Celery
Compound. It truly deserves all the good
words spoken In its favor, -May
it ths great month for recuneratlna
and building up the weakened and diseased
system. At this time w press upon the
ailing, the nervous.- the rheumatic, tha
neuralgic, tbe dyspeptic, old and young,
the necessity of nBlng Palna'a Celery Com
pound. To those who sre suffering and
despondent owing te tbe rapid progress nt
Diooa troubles, kidney disesee and liver
eomplalnt, we-ay "use the great health,
giver at once if you would be speedily re
stored to health, 'V Tbe virtues peculiar to
Palne's Celery Compound are as potent and
true for vou todav aa thev nrnvari nnwarfnl
and effective for your friends and neigh
bors weeks and months ago.
RFWAlFof Imitations of Dinmond Dyes.
Ul. TlftHLiik or ami laka nrvlv Ulmnilil
For years this remedy has beesi th
standard nerve restorativa. Thousands
of happy mtn ewe. their pwly found
strength to its use.
geaine Pills replace weakness sad
exhaustion with strength and rigor;
the brain becomes clear; the oenrea
steady sad calm; gloomy forebodings
are banished sad perfect vitality la ful
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"if you sre suffering a above, try a
box; you'll be encouraged by lu affect
to take the full course of sis boxes
then if you are not entirsly cured, we
will refund your money. This satis
factory offer la en of the factors of
our Huccess.
l.Ou per box ; A boxes (With gusrsn
tee tocars or money back), & 00, mailed
ia plain packages. Book free.
Fbr sale bv KuTin A Co.. DmaTiit '
DIDon's Drug Store, South Omaha.
Davla Drug Co.. Council Bluffs, la.
Dandruff
Pvmftfrmb Oao-wef arfjrear
Ftlllnt Halt mi tit aVHea or th
Hair tad Scalp aM-alf taaad oaly HS
my artffMtac IrMtmaata, acmUlly pra
pavarl tm a-rh rut. - Full IMaraiafios
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WfwrnSItS V fi .1. , . Vit. t, . Hilra-:
AMlaKMBSTfl.
BOYD'S I WnYnara?U
TOXIRHT TOMORROW SIGHT.
Another "Buraromei ter." The Musical Com
edy Bucceaa,
WHEN REUBEN the6 Regular Sesson
A superb company PAIICC TftlMftl
or nrty people. HUlsliw IV I U If II
Prlcea: iac to l.00.
COMING 8UNDA T MATINEE, May 25,
FOR ALL SUMMER
THR PFJIRIS STOCK Cf
Opening bill:. "IN MIBSQUlU." Prices:
Jt .J t aa BHU aAa ' 1 V Mla.Wt - . 11. '-- At.
Mi"., rii AW . alElltS, iUC, XOC, toe.
Remember the Data of the" Great
OTTO FL0T0 SHOWS
The most amazing aggregation of 'Animal
Actors ever amassed In a tented arena.
More novel feature tbsa all other annual
shows combined.
Iucludlnar the world's most manaintia vi
phants. Horses. Ponies, Loga, Monkeys.
Cats, Ooats, etc ,
Free street parade over a aalle loa
each norslsg st lO o'clock.
Three Day Only, Bcrlnnlnf
Two Performances Dally.
MAY 15
Ralat or Chlae.
ADMISSION, lRe AND 8Be.
Grounds Elajhteeatk and Uoaalaa Sta.
Ulace'sTrocaileroiTClEa?'"
MATl.tk.fc: l Uua l -11M aad SOS.
Entire week, including Saturday evening.
AMICHICAN bUHLEK'jl'EHf.
Beautiful choristers Great Olio. feJverHng
prices. 10c, W, luc-8muk If you like.
bruniv u A T T-1 ' v IT fVl Rf-Slf.Wfl-
Ql'EKS Entire change of program.' Hun
day matinee and night, iUisenthal's ama
teurs an1 professions is-noaemnai in an
original specialty.
HOTEL.
HOTEL
0 y- EMPIRE
k ." : 'I -:
,r ' ' n, - a
and 63d St.
N. Y. City.
Flrcyruuf Medersi
Moderale Rates . Exclaslve
Bsteaslva Library ... Aeeosalble
Orch.stral Concert Every Evening.
All cars faes toe aCsoo.
fiend for descriptive Booklet.
W. JOltSBOti QU1N7. Proprietor.
THE MILLARD ;",u5i11."-
FIRST CtXSli CtJIfilNE.
lunchLon, yirtx ctMTf
in ao to i p. u.
fiUNOAr V. M. iilMNER.
Is a spaclal Mlliard feature.
s n uiDKrt.-a avri al
C. H. Paeplaa. Manager '
A. S. Davenport. Priocipal Clerk.
Homm.