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THE OMAHA DATLT HEEs FIUDAY. JANUARY 23. 1003. 'Hie umaiia Daily I3e. E. Hope water, editor. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. R$SMtK t-KK Fa I. " . v cannot be removed after the first year The compulsory Waterworks purchase I except for caue by lens tlinn a vote of bill has been rallroatled throtteh the two-thirds of tho full bonrd. senate without discussion as an emer-1 There are other holes lu that water gency measure.. While strictly local In works skimmer which slioulil 1 I . - . i m .. , ii. . I i m . i t i i ... .a t ..... TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. I nI ami ant-tuHg oiuy mo ia- i piuK' ociore ine inn tun nmnv. Dstly Re (without 8 jnday), om Year. 4 v pnyers of Omaha and South Omaha, The bill punt authority to the water liruMr7d"w? this bill violates a fundamental prln- commission to operate ten miles beyond Bunday Hte. of.e Year xm) rp) 0f fK'lf government. It Is, In fact, the corporate limits of Omaha nt Its baluruny )iee. One Vwr l.wJ 1 w , , . . ... Twentieth Century Furmer, one Year.. l.(w an Indictment of the intelligence and In- discretion, but nowhere does the bill DELIVERED HY.CAKRIER. I tecrrltv of the rltlxentililn of Omaha anil I make nrovlslon for accountability to Pally" f.ee (without Sunday p weeViiae a public de-lnrntlon In favor of placing South Omaha In collecting water rents, Omaha In the hands of a receiver, or I planting hydrants or extending water appointing a guardian to protect it from I mains. That omission alone Insures Itself. sufficient litigation to complicate the ne- The salient features of Senate File gotlatlons and acquisition of the water- No. 1 are that Omaha must either buy works for months If not for years. the existing waterworks or build water- The safe plan for the house of rep- works of Its own by legislative man- resentatlves would be to Indefinitely date. "With this end In view the gov- postpone the bill or to recommit it to ernor Is empowered anil directed to ap-1 Its parent for reconstruction on the point a water commission composed of lines of home rule nnd popular sover elx citUeus, clothed with unlimited elgnty. Dally liee (Including Sunday), per week. He Bundav Ram. Dr cod. be Kvenlns; lire (without Sunday), per week 8c Kvenlim Hee llniludlna tiunday). ler week ..A 1 Complaint of Irregularities In delivery mould be addressed to city circulation de partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Hee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen- ty-llfth and M Streets. Council Bluffs lu pear! Street. C.'hlcaao 14 tj'nltr Rulldlnc. New York 2328 Park Row Uutldlng. Washington eH Fourteenth HtrttC CORRESPONDENCE. I I. lnn f n ITlt all. Itorlal matter should be addressed: Omaha power to negotiate for the purchase of Hee, Editorial department. the waterworks now existing or to pro- AT --- vl3.m. ceed with the construction of new In the national house of represcnta- waterworks, and when the purchase or tlves on Tuesday, during the debate on STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of NMirnnko. Do J alas County, as : Pu' is' completed to operate n appropriation bill, a democratic rep- that the actual number of full and ECJJ" these works, purchase the supplies resentatlve took occasion to discuss the Png'Bundayepfrnt collect the rents and in fact Alaskan boundary question and to de- montn n uecemcer, ivuz. 1 .;.....S2,aHO clato and are willing to reward honest service wt-11 done, but they reserve to themselves the right to extend the term of any man they deem worthy and re tire any man whose service is not satisfactory. Why should the school tnmrd make a supplementary coal contract when the regular contractors are obligated by their agreement to supply all the coal needed at the prices bid or to stand the difference? The ordinary procedure where a contractor falls to live up to his contract Is to procure the good on the oixii market and bold him for the excess over, his figure. If the school board's contract is not drawn so as to be binding, it Is high time to get an at torney to draw up forms that will stick. truckled to Oreat Britain In the matter With the exception of issuing bonds of the boundary dispute and stigmatized already voted and voting more bonds pusillanimous the provisional ar hcreafter for the consummation of the 1 rangement entered into by our govern- aa follows: i m..,nn,n n-itMr. tho rmr. nounce the course of the State depart- 18.!'.!!'.!!!!!lii80.10 I ernment, responsible to nobody and re- Unent as a cowardly surrender. He li 30.880 mnv-hio hv nnhnitr oftor thpv are in. I charged that the united States had - . - i ZU Olf.iO . . . ... , , sh.too uul-u-u into oiuce. 22! inriiii 30,000 21 ....S0.O 24 30.IMM) oc S4I.S2RO 2f aii.KMi I proposea purcnase ny tne commission, 1 mui urc uinmu tv.nuu.cui. Zt 30370 omaha Is to have nothing to say about There are a great many who enter aotw the management of the waterworks, tain this view, but it Is erroneous and 3o!"!""!"!!!82!s30 which will Involve an outlay of any- unjust As a matter of fact there has a 80.870 wncre frorn three to six millions until t" no surrender of American territory BM.U4B after the expiration of four years, when In Alaska and it is safe to say there 1 I it . . Leas unsold and returned copies.... 10,181 the governor-appointed commission is w,u not nen lue Angio-Amencan commission elected commission failed to reach a decision on 1 81,120 S .31,470 4 81,000 81,040 81,820 7 t......88,O0 t 30.UUO 30,000 10 80,B0 12 80.9UO U .....,.ao,07O 11 30.A4O 14 2H.32U 15 '. 80,810 16 30,010 question whether wireless telegraph lines should be assessed by the state board of assessors. There Is no question that the labeling of Nebraska In the geographies of twenty years ago as "the great Ameri can desert" retarded its settlement. Aud the constant advertising of seinl-arld regions where it takes twenty acres to feed one animal Is equally subversive to population expansion. The truth Is that only a comparatively small part of west ern and northwestern Nebraska is aeml- arld to that degree, but it will be diffi cult to get possible Immigrants to look Into the subject that closely. n.i tntii' ! . :'.....4.44 give way to Net average "1? J-, Dj n ' ij 'waciixsctt by ,ts eltlzen8 " the gradual Install- this question or to agree upon arbltra- Subscribed In my "meaeno'e and sworn to ment plan. tlon, and the situation in Alaska became before me this Slat fay o DcmbT; D- Tho darkey In that woodpile Is the a to threaten very serious (ieal) ' Notary fubiic provision requiring the governor-ap- trouble, the matter was taken up by a ' l' 1 pointed water commission to appoint a the American and British governments. The suspicion Is growing that tlie water commissioner at any salary It Tne diplomatic negotiations resulted in coal barons are simply playing for time may see fit to pay, and we betray no agreement by which the existing and winter time at that. secret In saying that the progenitor of status was to be maintained tempo- w 1 - this scheme and author of Senate File rarlly, or pending a final adjustment. Just now a municipal coal plletwould No 1 is to be the beneficiary with an which It was understood would be be more satisfactory to men out of work ncoIne anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 "ought at the earliest time practicable, than a municipal stone pile. a Tear, That this la to be the out- In this our government yielded no pnrt . come If the bill should become a law In of the American claim and made no All of which leads tis to remark once ,tg pre)ent form may judged ltB surrender of territory. It pursued' a more that there Is no improvement contexti whlch proyl(ie oniy Bucn qual. conciliatory course, as the circumstances Omaha needs quite so badly as a new lflcatk)M Mr Howell believes him- caed for, but there was no truckling to first-class fireproof hotel. , gelf po8sesge(1 of- In thia 1 Senate Great t.ltain. It would have been an - - File No. 1 Is decidedly Ingenious. Th eay thing at that time to have aggra- The legislative committee on revenue ' . Mmnt. h.,t p thInU narw and taxation w 11 soon grapple with 1 fey one who la capable of taking a fair and slon, and to make sure of this result reasonable view of the question must he makes It the paramount duty of the conclude that the course pursued was commission to appoint the water com- the wiser one, as It is not to be doubted Bhn,,l Marconi want to erect his mtesioner immediately after ita organ- time will demonstrate. Before that experimental plant for wireless teleg- izatlon. ""hough by reason of lltlga- agreement a collision in Alaska between raphy between Italy and Argentine? Is t,on. r to secure popular Americans and Canadians was lm he afraid the line might be overworked? endorsement of the bonds the commls- mlnent There wasa very bitter feel , slon may have no waterworks to man- tag on both sides and a. -very grave con No gallery visitor ever ventures to age or to plan for from six months to d,tlon of affairs. Since the agreement err out ."You lie" at meetlmrs of our two years after the induction of the Pce has prevailed and there has been municipal Jegislature. , That privilege is high-salaried water commissioner. . verT ""le . complaint. Meanwhile our rrvrl for the citv eoundlmen them- . If the people of Omaha can be trusted government has been prosecuting In elves. ' . . ' I to e,ect an honest and capable board Mitigations with reference to the . ; V ; '! , , of water commissioners four years boundary line, with results generally The Postofflce department wiU make hence, why are they not equally com- tending to more strongly confirm its an allowance for horse feed 'for the petent to elect an honest commission claImB" mounted letter carriers at Lincoln, before the negotiations for the water- In course of the house debate a Wonder if It would pay for fuel and works are submitted for their ratlflca- New Tork representative expressed the repairs if the carriers discarded horse tlon? Why should the citizens of opinion that there was no doubt of the locomotion for automobile transporta- Omaha be deprived of the right of home tltle of the United States to the dls- tlon. rule in the selection of a water com- Puted territory. We know of no Amerl- mi mission so long as they have a right to can certainly none In public life, who For a good county officer a four-years' elect their mayors, treasurers, comp- doubts it Secretary Hay, who carried term is none too long, but for a bad one, trollers, police judges and city councils? on the negotiations by which the exist- two years Is more than plenty. If the If it Is right for the governor to ap- ,D arrangement was effected, undoubt- term Is to be lengthened, some quicker point a water commission for Omaha y believes that our title to the dls- way should be provided for getting rid why not also empower hlni to appoint Puted territory Is good. The present of, incompetent or crooks than present a water commission for Lincoln? Why administration, there Is no question, so impeachment methods permit not empower him to appoint the mayors "'gar18 Jt and no one need have any i vu and councils of all other towns in the fear that lt wiu favor the surrender of President Eliot of Harvard Insists that 8tat so as to Insure nonpartisan gov- a Blngle foot of American territory in before long none but educated men will ernment, on the lines laid down by A,aska: rule toe government it Denooyes us Senate File No. 1? There might be la 9 .ue8"on ought to be finally all. then, to get Into the educated Bome excUBe for governor-appointed po- settted and disposed of in the near classes, and with universal education In commissions on tbe plea that the future. While not at present a source free public schools there is no reason public safety demands the extension of of station, it may become so at any why such a rule should bar any one police powers over large cities. But no therefore lt should be removed out ' Nebraska legislature has ever sought from controversy. The course of our to deprive the citizens of any town or Kvernment in regard to the dispute has One thing the Colorado legislators are vluage of rlght of gelf-government, been conservative and conciliatory, but doing most successfully-they are laying wh,ch ,8 at the baBe of our entw fabrfa never truckling. up a whole lot of material to form incidentally, and quite apart from Its the groundwork for a healthy junketing anti-American spirit, Senate File No. 1 Jvo retroactivk kxtshsiqn. committee of investigation when the , crude and 8eriously defective in many The state association of county com- cwdenOals of the new senator come to partlcu,ar8. It contemplates the pur- mlssloners hat endorsed the proposed be fought over in the United States cnase of waterworka on tUe three ap. enactment of a law extending to four senate. praiBers plan, which would expose the years the term of office of county clerk, Venice lspendlng a quarter of a cUy to tne ri,ik of Par,Dg ' ron one to county treasurer, county surveyor, million of dollars in an effort to save two mlllloD8 mor for the works than county commissioner, county supervisor, iU tistoric buildings from old age do- they cou,d duplicated for. or force county judge and sheriff. In other Traction. Most of' our progressive U ,nto quicksands and shoals of words, the legislature will be Invoked American cities would be Improved if new construction on engineering estl- and pressed hard to grant a retroactive they would spend a like amount hasten- Iuate thnt ma tM millions short by extension of terms to all the county ing the destruction of their most historic the time the city got through building, officers In the state, excepting alone tructures.' ' xt. nores and rejects the right to pur- county attorneys, justices of the peace i . i i 'i chase the plant by the condemnation and assessors. The bee keepers of Nebraska have process under eminent domain that On broad gauge lines all back-action held their winter meeting at the state would give the city the privilege of legislation is pernicious and vicious, capital, but if all the keepers of The appointing nil the appraisers and re- When the people elect an officer for a Omaha Bee were to swarm to the capi- Jecting the appraisement in case lt Is fixed term, he is entitled to serve out tal city they would outnumber the per- deemed too high. his term, if be behaves, but he has no manent as well as the transient popu- Tnder the provisions of the bill no rightful claim to a back-door extension latlon In the vicinity of Salt creek by appraisement of the works can even be by legislative enactment With the ex several thousand. submitted to the people without the ap- ception of county and city treasurers, , 1 proval of the governor-appointed water all municipal and county officers are It Is said that enfqrclng the law for board. If this board should be in- eligible to as many terms as the people the removal of the fences illegally duced, by fair means or foul, to balk are disposed to give them. The people erected on the public; domain in the the negotiations for the purchase of the rarely turn down a good officer for a cattle raUlng district would work a works, no , proposition could be sub; second term, and often re-elect county hardship disproportionate to the benefits I mltted to the people. While the bill and city officers a third or even a fourth that would accrue to the public. The non-1 empowers the board to compel the I time if they are exceptionally com enforcement of the law to which the mayor and council by mandamus " to I petent and efficient. illegal fencing of the lauds U due is submit a bond proposition, there is no The only plausible excuse for the what has worked the hardship. pewer given to the courts by the bill retroactive extension is that it Mould i ; to compel the water board to take so- reduce election expenses and improve Manager Kenyon of the South Omaha tlon in the premises., They arc con- the breed of office holders, but Inasmuch atock- yards and managers of stock stituted a trust unto themselves. Not as the atate constitution requires one yards In other; Missouri river cities are only is this close corporation to be I general election every year, we fail to wasting a great deal of valuable time I above the mayor and ce-uncli' and citl-I see where any saving can be effected by In reciting the wrongs to which ship- senshlp of Omaha, but abovs the gov-1 retroactive extension. The proposition per and communities are being sub-1 ernor even. . I to change two-year terms Into four-year jected on the pnrt of railroads by I After it has once been installed all terms for the sake of Increased effl reason of their anxiety to get the long vacancies are to be Oiled by it, and not clency by reason of experience is more haul from points west of the Missouri being removable for misdemeanors In than ofset by the disadvantage of re to Chicago. The Interstate Commerce office by the governor, or by anybody, talnlng an incompetent shiftless or dls- commlsslon will listen patiently to their I It may be depended upon to hold the I reputable official for four years when tale of woe. but there It will end in I fort until the Job which Mr. Howell Is under the present system he "can be got moke. The commission does not have trying to secure for himself has been I rid of In two years. a much power to enforce 1U findings as I anchored. Under the provisions of Sea-1 Good men in public office are soon a Justice of the peacev I abtl FUe Ko. I th waUe OMuiuleftluoer I found wit, and the pevyle always appre- It Is much easier to create new offices than to abolish old ones. The proposed creation of the office of matron of the penitentiary is simply another attempt to create a .sinecure for somebody's sis ter, cousin or aunt There have never been ten female convicts in the Ne braska penitentiary at any one time and none so tender as to require the care of a special matron. If the belated passengers of the ocean liner St. Louis succeed in securing dam ages from tho owners for failure to make the passage promptly, it will open up the same question with reference to delayed railway passengers where the railroad has no reasonable excuse for not keeping schedule time. What's law for the steamship will be law for the passenger train.- ; No haste seems to be manifested to have that inventory of property belong ing to county, city and school district made. An Inventory with proper records and checks might be an ob stacle to the loaning of grading ma chines, school books, stationery, chairs and desks belonging to the taxpayers to special friends of the authorities in charge. It Is proposed for the city of Lincoln to take the school board out of politics by vesting the appointment of members in a commission named by the mayor. It is noteworthy that the idea that non- partisanship can be secured only by de stroying home rule; and turning the local government overbite -the governor has not yet permeated 'the state capital, ' The "Irat Step. St. Louts dlobe-pemocrat As soon as government ownershlD of rail roads shall be determined upon, the first step should be to , take possession of the coal roads. The rest will come easy. G1t the Reaper m. Show. Baltimore American. '7t; Cleveland .doctor who claims to '.a ve discovered the power of restoring life should be looked after. .The possibilities i f some kinds of people living Indefinitely tre too appalling, to contemplate with calmness. . ; , ( . Successful Aaalmllatloa. Indianapolis News. Our fellow cltlien, the sultan of Jolo. having died, lt is up to us to forward our condolences, in wholesale lots, to his sor rowing widows, who have suffered such an Irreparable lo. His ways were not our ways, but no doubt he paid dearly for his perversity. Flaeat la the World. Chicago Chronicle. That grand old patriot Oln'ral Orosveaor asseverates with emphasis that our con sular officials are the finest In the world. From the gln'ral's point of view this Is probably true, since, according to Con gressman Slayden, our consular represents tlves abroad can drink more whisky, man for man, than the ' agents of any effete despotism on the map. From Frying- Pan to Fire. Minneapolis Journal. After all, why shouldn't the- cattlemen put up packing houses and sell the finished product to the public? They have the cattle and the hogs and they have the capital. If they can make the prices right the public will patronize their 14,000,000.000 combine In preference to the little 1500,000,- 000 beef truet. The consumer may be Jump ing out of one trust Into another, but the Intermission of fair prices will be worth while. Nebraska Railroad Assessments What Tney Have Been- What They Are What They Should Be. nivoree Indnatrr Checked. Philadelphia Press. The decision of tbe United States 8u preme court again upholding tbe divorce law of any state in regard to residents of that state is very ' encouraging. A Massa cbuaetts citizen who went to South Da kota and remained there six months to ob tain a divorce, and who married again died and his second wife claimed the right to administer the estate. The supreme court decides that she was not his wife, as the lawa of Massachusetts, in which state he lived, did not recognize the divorce as legal. That is satisfactory in every way as lt upholds the Massachusetts courts. TRAGEDIES UK THE RAIL. KlUlnac Aoparataa of Steana Roada Working- Overtime,' New York World. Accident Bulletin No. 6, Just Issued at Washington, shows that In the three months ending last September 163 persons were killed and 2,613 Injured In train accl denta on the railroads of this country. In tbe first quarter of 1903 4be corresponding dead numbered 212 and the Injured 2,111. For the last three months in 1901 there was a death roll of 274 and the Injured were 2.089. These returns, which come from the In terstate Commerce commission, do not In elude victims of accidents other than train wrecks. These multiply by three or four tbe death totals quoted. For instance, the grand totals in the quarter ending with September last were 615 killed and 11,163 injured. The lesson of these figures la plain. Care tul conduct and aafety provisions do not keep pare with expansion la our great car rUr sjrslema. KEEP IT BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE Cssntf, Adama Antelope Illatae ....... no Dntte.... Brown ....... Rnffalo ...... Bart Boone Datlcr ....... Cast Cedar (hue ........ Cherry Cheyenne , . , . Clar Colfax ........ CnmlnaT ....... Caater Dakota ...... Dawson ....... Dawea Denel ........ Dixon Doda-e ........ Doaarlaa Ddf ....... Fillmore Franklin .... Frontier Fnrnaa Gasre Garfield Goaper ....... Grant Greeley ...... nail Hamilton ' . Harlan Hayes ........ Hltchcoelc M. . Holt Hooker ...... Howard Jefferson Johnson Kearney ..... Keith Kimball Knox ........ Lancaster .... Lincoln Madison ... .. Merrick ...... Nance ......... ffemahn . Nuckolls ..... Otoe Pawnee Perkins Phelps Pierce ....... Platte Polk ......... Red .Willow.. Richardson .. nK ...... Saline ........ arpy . ...... tootts Blast... Sewa rd ...... Sheridan . .... Dnermam . . . .. Sloax Stanton ...... Thayer ...... Thomas ...... Thurston .. . . . Valley Washing-ton .. Wayne ...... Webster Wheeler ..... xorac ........ . . Aiiriimrnt Mites. for ISf)!!. Miles. 1.12. or f T4fi.2:i.von l.tii.or a 72..1T 34l,TS.VOO 72..1T 1.H.40 04,400.00 1S.40 42.2.1 147,87.1.00 40.H2 2S.nt) 1I2.05O.OO ga.sn 1O7.O0 740,721.00 IOS.19 an.21 i7e.ono.oo an. 21 no.nn 24 ,4n.oo no.nn 134.27 6n7,l 27.00 1.14.27 124.13 MRS.HS2.00 124.nl 47. .1(1 227,370.M 47.U8 Z.Ot l.o:tO.O(l 1H.4H 112.71 6i:t,nno.no 112.71 .19.&1 4.1H.41H.OO 134.45 lin.nn . 72.1.402.00 120.1x1 43.43 o:i2,n42.oo 4:1.4:1 30.32 lSl.UOO.no 80.32 81.1.1 2S4,Oftn.OO 4.2 BO. 91 SS,n2n.OO 6.nt 63.07 KUB,02ft.OO 63.69 0O.79 4O3.RBO.00 PO.79 20.B3 205, S0O.B0 26.70 4.1.45 218,160.00 B0.O7 81.89 504,308.60 81.89 106.92 701. 004. OO 107.09 41.54 100.302.00 41. B4 127.86 . 731,400.00 127. S6 40.34 205,008.00 . 40.34 82.18 12S,n20.00 32.13 62.37 2.18,400.00 62.87 1B8.04 780,710.00 '. 171.10 4.71 10.4S5.OO 4.17 20.83 83,320.00 20.88 80.89 108,115.00' 80.80 51.85 100,003.00 61.85 74.90 5O4.70S.50 74.00 06.83 320,368.00 60.33 81.05 84.1,012.00 81.BS : 12.59 37.770.O0 12.59 40.16 203,388.00 49.16 77.62 877,075.00 T7.02 80.1ft 105,630.00 SO.18 91.29 873,145.00 91.29 ,105.83 03, 1 04.O0 110.41 - 58.46 275,138.00 58.46 70.81 807,744.00 70.62 41.75 405,512.50 41.52 88.15 425,372.50 80.21 27.66 138,300.00 27.66 200.94 ,1,198,447.00 228.16 105.35 840,533.00 10S.35 58.46 281,605.00 1(8.46 - 68.33" 588,707.00 08.33 33.94 152,730.00 83.04 73.07 802,070.00 73.07 140.22 B9O.828.O0 189.09 112.14' 532,185.00 112.26 87.10 800,924.00 87.1w 43.85 175,400.00 43.85 45.80 . 181,500.00 45.39 60.80 283,690.00 50.30 07.10 (182,574.00 97.16 , 21.48 , 04370.00 - 21.49 60.46 2 17,070. OO 50.46 ,79.80 806,000.00 80.36 , 2.f!l - 115,600.00 ; ;' 23.12 80.25 ' 657,617.00 ! 82.72 94.10 606,713.00 1-98.40 , 85.80 ' 4 498,748.00 85.80 " ' ' ' . 1 40.05 t 85.86 412,700.00 85.96 , 77.65 830,415.00 77.05 , , 67.37 220,035.00 67.37 48,18 217,030.00 48.25 22.95 114.9O0.O0 22.08 99.11 4S4.130.OO 9fl,ll , 83.30 110.B50.OO 83.30 16.68 V4,400.00 16.88 40.11 154,253.00 46.27 53.40 207,000.00 53.40 . 46.64 227,700.00 45.64 , 69.97 , - 814,837.00 60.07, 8.30 11,700.00 3.38 80.92 . 443,622.00 80.03 ..... f 20,330,031.00 Assessment (or 1002. 1 us2.n21.00 240.O18.OO O2.nao.to 1 no, 404.00 1O2.024.OO 640,824.00 1 83.0O2.O0 i8i,4ns.oo 40 1,1 33.00 802,614.20 2O4.7S0.OO nn.44o.oo 406.75H.00 600,300.00 64n,BlO.10 272,494.00 144.68 8. OO' 807,108.80 263.022.00 40S.8O1.BO . 820,124.00 202.2 48.00 251,546.00 458,922.00 T45.581.00 1 86,930.00 626.924.50 , . .185,601.00 110,848.50 2na.207.00 763,043.00 12,076.80 7 1,803.50 1 03,020.00 101,861.40 450,570.00 280,557.00 817,076.50 . 37,770.00 " 104,070.00 207,282.06 102,612.00 ' 802,101.40 687,933.00 258,289.00 855,609.00 06,806.0S 854,858.00 120,824.00 1,205,887.20 785,094.50 215,099.00 618,018.40 118,700.00 802.211.O0 617,119.56 . 625,453.00 809,377,00 151,282.50 ma,707.oo 306,020.00 465,898.00 76,648.00 209,673.06 . 401,097.00 83,232.00 527.878.at .. 681,679.00 ', 647,501.80 .88,110.00 882,580.00 271,842.00 188,852.80' 170,542.00 85,080.00 . 415,504.60 113,220.00 87,776.00 146,944.40 230,000.00 236,808.00 - 287,358.60 ,.' 10,214.40 853,282.00 $20,589,092.76 What Assessment Sboald De. f 1,284.896.11 295,402.50 65,200.00 148,500.00 132,228.73 1,868,764.76 241,233.71 ' 852,405.10 1,052,712.50 1,141,147.06 246,833.50 60,440.00 621.283.75 1,089,916.40 774,448.41 408,800.40 170,388.46 470,226.00 825,528.86 1,214,446.00 805,808,75 625,506.40 814,085.89 785,025.88 1,067,806.62 782.322.82 834,183.88 627,878.48 98 .3 OO.OO 208.018.05 9,529,780.27 12,510.00 62,400.00 ' 92,070.00 308,471.60 1,040,540.71 1,108,249.53 710,8.12.00 87,770.00 689,252.08 816,086.28 . 96,540.00 14S70.354.20 ' 1,161,291.79 091,062.52 407,800.44 815,452.80 711,184.40 157,468.78 2820,812.11 1291,588.80 467,187.83 1,022,166.28 717,401.60 985,628.44 775,076.18 1,848,585.56 878,998.95 181,550.00 186,479.19 244,472.32 1,816,559.25 836,979.93 641,901.29 1,185,682.48 . 100,930.00 645.772.83 832,663.70 : 1,016,684.83 - - 120,150.00 843.61S.84 - 206,686.00 ' 490,463.60 198,180.00 116,779.02 984,046.08 00,000.00 ' 116,8448 208,282.40 157,009.47 811,094.54 902,237.07 10,080.00 630,710.08 Total Avtrsss assessment per mile, 1802 Average assessment per mile,' 1002.. ...... ........ Fairly assessed, would be p .... f r ....... . 02.808,602.56 . 65,867.68 4,661.57 9,222.14 The figures above presented are care fully complied from reports of . the state auditor, the bulletins Issued by authority of the railroads and the. reports to-their stockholders published within the past 7 ear. These documents afford conclusive proof that the aggregate true value of railroads In Nebraska based on net earnings, after deducting operating expenses, betterments and taxes paid, exceeds $812,000,000. An Inspection of the table herewith presented shows Juet how much each county has lost by gradual reduction of the railroad assessment within the past ten years, the aggregate apportionment of railroad assessments to each county for the year 1902 and what the aggregate assessment should be If the railroads, were asseased at one-sixth of their value based on net earnings. The appraisement of railroads that have not reported net earnings, which constitute less than one-sixth of the entire railroad mileage In the state, is based upon the value of their Ungibls property. , . . l,OW At DIVOIH R Mil 1A Dakota's Thrlvlaa: Industry Gets. 1' ' la the eck. . Chicago Inter Ocean. Ths t'nltcd States supreme court's de cision in the Andrews r? would' ecrtri tt have dealt an Indirect but eevere blow t the divorce mills of South Dnkota and some other states. The contest aross over Maesarhuwtts property bequeathed by Charlea II. An drews "to the wife of my son, Charles S. Andrews." Annie Andrews, tho second wife, and Kate H. Andrews, the alleged divorced wife, claimed tho estate. The Massachusetts courts ht-ld that since Charles 8. Andrews had gone to' South Dakota merely to get rid of hi wife, the courts there never obtained Jurisdiction over this cltlien of Massachusetts, and that Kate H. Andrews was never divorced at all. and was ths. heir of her husnnnd's father. The United States supremo court sweep. Ingly affirmed the exclusive control of the states over the n.arrlages and ,d.vorces of their cltHens. No temporary chunge of reaidenco for the purpose of evading a slate's laws, it held, could deprive the state of that control. . ; . It also held that the Federal const II u tlon was In no way involved, for the rea son that congress never had been given power to regulate marriage and divorce. Hence the agitation for a national mar riage and divorce law la evidently futile, since a constitutional amendment would first he required. States which disbelieve in. easy divorce can evidently make the decrees of . the South Dakota and other divorce mills prac tically worthiest to their clt liens. . Vndor the Andrews decision it Is open to either party to such a divorce. . to ..attack. Its validity at any time in ney sta,tn from which the other party may have tempo rarily emigrated to secure th dacrce. l'KHSOAI. NOT1SS. , No member of congress is- so successful in keeping his views out of tbe papers as Senator Allison of Iowa, Pullman sleeping care are now numbered Instead of named. The breakfast foods have copyrighted all of the pretty fiames: " Adrian C. Anson, the well known base ball captain, Is a candidate for city treas urer of Chicago on the democratic ticket. European countries are complaining of tho increased number of old maids. Next to grass widows the old maids now. con stitute the largest part of the old world population. Chicago has at last found a' legitimate reason for civilized man's settling in its neighborhood. The death rate for 1902 ha reached the low water mark of 13. 8S. Ture water and hard work did lt. Andrew Langdon, president of the Buf falo (N. T.) Historical society,, has pre. sented to that city a copy of the bronta statue of David, by Michael Angclo, which will be erected In one of Buffalo's parks. Five American ambassadors to foreign courts are graduates of Harvard. They are Joseph H. Choate, Horace Pdrtnr, Charle magne Tower, George Von 1 Meyer, Bol lamy Storer, who represent the United States respectively at London, 'Paris, St. Petersburg, Rome and Vienna. A m. sstve and costly monument to mark the last resting place of Bret ' Harte has Just been erected In Frlmley' church yard. Surrey. England. His grave is in the north eastern part of tbe church yard (nd around It have been planted a number of young fir trees. The monument consists of a mas sive slab of white granite, weighing two and a half tons, on which is placed a block of AberdeenfgTfffilte; STgTiTnupward in the form of 'a' cross. Simplicity' Itself is the Inscription: "Bret Harte, AtiftV i5, 1847,; May 6, 1902; Death Shall Reap. No, Braver Harvest." " V - :t BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Senator Vest signalizes his approaching retirement from public life by tendering to the library of the University of Missouri a bound copy of every public document which has come to him during his twenty-four years In the senate. The gift will embrace volumes of the most valuable publica- Issued by tne government in umi I. iha nnllllnn la a ntnnltA set of nine. " ' - the Congressional Records, from the be ginning of the government until this time, the earlier numbers being now out or print, and many historical, aclentiflc, agricultural nd books upon other subjects, many 01 thich cannot now bo purchased anywhere. "While I had the right to sell these books," said Mr. Vest, "I do not. think it nroDer. after my terra of office expires, to appropriate to myself the proceeds of such sale, as the Intention or the act ol con gress was to furnish aenatora and repre- entatlves with information which would enable them to legislate properly. Under the circumstances I thought the most ap propriate disposition of these volumes was donate them to the Btate university 01 Missouri, where 1.600 .young Mlssourlans can obtain from them a complete history our government and its workings." 900 tlons time. of much like to see Senator Knute Nelson He, we know, la the biggest man In ths government." Mr. Fitzgerald lost no time in calling. Senator Nelson Into the Marble room, and there the bride and bridegroom were completely happy talking their native tongue with the statesman from Minnesota, A New England senator's fair constituent Is enraged with him for not hurrying her pension claim, reports the Washington Post. She has written him a tart letter, wherein she expresses herself In this terse and picturesque fashion: . "This beautiful government, for which my husband gave his health and for which we lost our home, requires a good wife and mother months and years to keep swearing and swearing to even her marriage and other things too numerous to mention. I wish the whole Pension department was obliged to go, as I do, without their over coats or decent underclothes. I wish held the reins to keep their rightful pay from them until they were purple as any Old damson." Of course, the senator will now "hump himself" to secure this fair constituent a sufficient pension. Representative Fitzgerald of New York had the pleasure of escorting a bride and bridegroom "two constituents of 'mine," as he designated them about the city the other day. They had coma o Washington on a wedding trip from Brooklyn, and were desirous of seeing all the slghta. After the rounds bad been made Mr. Fitzgerald threw out his chest with some pride that he could make such an offer, and then remarked with careless recklessness: "If you would like to see the president of the United States I will take you to the White House and in troduce you. Not the slightest interest was swakened by this offer. The bride looked at the bridegroom with a quizzical expression of Indifference, and the bride groom waved the offer aside with a doubtful shake of bis bead. "We don't know who the president is," he declared In the broken tits Us h af a ' Norseman, "but we would Last winter Miss Alice Roosevelt was compelled by her delicate health to decline many social inyltations, but this season she Is making up for lost time. The othe. morning about 2 o'clock a solitary police man was parading near the west gte of tbe White House. Tbe rain was coming down in torrents and to cheer himself the officer was humming, "Alice, Where Art Thou T" A nasser-by hailed him. "Oh, Miss Alice Is out again," said tbe policeman. "and I have-to wait until she comes bome, for this gate can never be closed till all the family are In the house. More's the ftlty, she h out nearly every night now.' A vinegary old woman called Senator Morgan to the Marble rovm to ask about a claim. As tbe senator stood talking to her he no ticed Bcnator Mason chatting gayly with half a dozen young women. "How l lt, Barney," asked Senator Mor gan plaintively of Assistant 8ergeant-at Arms Layion, after his visitor had left "that I hsve'ta see all the old hens when alttsoa sees Uu vuu cLickat IHIUHO HF.MAKKS. ' "Where are you going for the winter?" , "Nnvh... T nan opt .nnilph nt 1, hnr. Cleveland Plain Iealer., ... ..V. Her Friend Didn't -you clay an engage ment at Saratoga last summer? Soubrette Oh. yes. ThaJ was with Archie Fllpchap. Poor fellow! He thought lt was serious. Chicago Tribune. "Do you take" this internally?'.' asked the customer as he out the bottle In- hla (pocket and handed over tho change.' , - Me f saia tne arugglst s np' ,nssifant. "Great Scott, no! I soil ftr" PlilladelDhla Press.- ' it. V t .' 'My wife was nearly scared to death Inst night," sold Jinks. ' Jim before going to bed we discovered fire In the house." Lucky man! exclaimed Jenks. "In the oook stove or .the heaterf Indianapolis Sun.. , , . . ..','-...- -. ' , : ; "Yes. father, when I a-raduate I am s-olns- to follow my literary bent and , write lor money." - - - . j : Humon. John! yon oue-hf to be success ful. That's all you did the four years you spent in college." Punch Bowl.. "'I he -such a poor shot, then?" "Poor shot!" exclalrm! Dnnirwroim Dan scornfully. "Well, rather. Why, say, I'd lust ae soon have him shoot at me when he's sober as when he's drunk." Chicago Post 'It's all your own fault." exclaimed the deacon to the minister who was complain ing that his salary was not large enouxh. il you oon t get enougn to pay you (or the sermons you preach you have onlv to shorten the sermons." washlnjrton Star. tVh.w!" Yeln1mfi1 M,i.,1 Hhol'a t. tnatti-r with thin mince pie?" ' ".-oining,- replica ma wire, who was a Vila rlhhnn.p I .nil.. 1 . , . ....... .. . . . " . . i . . . i jvjmr iiMi.iinrs recipe, except where It called for brandy. I nut root beor 111 tnftteuil "lhlln,l.,l.ht. - . . -.-.-.-A '.... press. CI'VDEKKI.lA OSt SKATES. ' Minna. TrH n a In Kw VnrV Tim.. In a worn satin hood and a shabby old cloak A n rl a Hr.B. that haft Intiff ho.n .man Apart from the girls In their, (fathers ami turs She uuletly skated alone. They laughed at the quaint little figure sne made, -And cashed her with erlances of acorn. ' 'Till she darted away like a swallow that cieav-s The Infinite blue of the morn. v As swift as an arrow rhe gracefully sped un tne imooui, snining noor or t tie lake, Leaving crosnes and stars, and thu lines of her name On the glittering ice In her wake. The sunt woolen skirt In Us shortness revealed The trimmest of fairylike feet. And the fur-bordered hood was a frame for her face That was as pink as a rose and as sweet. The lads as they looked left the circle of girls To follow the faded blue hood. And the tallest came forward to walk with her home. Through the shadows and snow of thu wood. He wedded the lass, and In sables and silks Bhe rides In her carriage today, But hs tenderly treasures a blue qulltt d hood, With a moth-eaten border of gray. Every Day's Delay means added danger to your heal is end eyesight. We provide glasses to meet every defect of vision and our charges are moderate. J. C.IIUTESOPi & CO., SIS & Ilia Street, ' eVMioa aci..' r a
