Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 18, 1903, Page 2, Image 2
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBftUAKY' 18, 1003. teed of the first Tuesday In March, as t. preiwnt. Railroad Tas Bill. Friends of cqultsble rsllrosd terminal taxation who sought to obtain the passsge of II. R. 171 hsve fouDd new hopes In the ultimate sucrees of their laudable plans In the. Introdurtlon of a substitute measure which la calculated and which they feel will Hint ami dispose of the protests of double taxation and cltss legislation raised by the railroads and their henchmen. The new bill la H. R- 330, Introduced In the house today by Ten Eyik of Douglas. The new bill differs from the old one In but two particulars, but enough. It la thought, to secure Km passage. The first and foremoat change la that the new bill provide that for school ta the cities shall accept the figures of the State Board of Equalliation Instead of, as provided by H. R. 171, tnaklng a direct levy. This pro vision, therefore, completely eliminates) the bnsis for the railroads' cry of double taxa tion. The second change Is that Instead of granting to Omaha, South Omaha and Lin coln only the right of levying a direct as sessment on railroad terminals for local purposes, this power Is extended to all municipalities In the state having such terminal property. By this prgvlsion the hue and cry of unconstitutionality and class legislation la hushed. This bill receives the cordial endorse ment of many who were opposed to H. R. 171, and haa seemed to' arouse much gen eral interest In this method of taxation for which Omaha has so persistently clamored. J. H. Mcintosh of Omaha, attorney for the Real Estate exchange, who drew H. R. 171, fcls encouraged over the reception of his new bill. He was at the capttol to day In Its Interest. ' Legislative Gossip. Bhlnstoek of Cuming, though not a resi dent of a metropolitan city, la the author of H. R. S2, providing that street car companies la' metropolitan cities be com pelled to run cars hourly between midnight and a. m., charge only a 8-rent fare and collect fare from no paaaenger who Is obliged to stand. Mr. Bhlnstoek thinks he well be able to rally good support to his bill. Tooley of Custer pushed through the bouse today a resolution giving to each newspaper man reporting the proceedings a copy of the statutea, of which he la In dally need. Rouse of Hall wanted to mend the resolution ao as to Include every country paper In the state. Bur gess of Lincoln last week sent up such a solution, which met with prompt defeat. The house Judiciary commltte wilt meet at 7:30 Thursday night to hear arguments pro and con on the two bills by Reed of Johnson, amending the ' exemption laws The committee expects to hear from labor ' repreaentatlves at that time. ' ROUTINE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS Resolution Looking; to Consolidation of filrls' and Boys' Reform srhoola. (From a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 17. (Special.) Because of a lack of funds the house committee on J public landa and buildings wants the Indus i trial School for Girls at Geneva closed. The committee, through Ita chairman, Frledrlch of Casa, Introduced this resolu tion: " ( Tour committee, which has visited the Institution at Geneva, begs leave to report 1. That It la fh Itirlarmenr of the rnmmlt ' tee that there are not sufficient Inmates In i enld Institution to Justify the state In main taining the name. and. as a matter of economy, it should b closed 2. That the inmates who are now at sal 1 Institution .be removed to Kearney, where mere is an entire DUitding empty belonging to the. state, or ' to some other Institution suitable for their proper care. Although a similar resolution was voted down last week, Tooley of Custer Intro duced and made an effective speech In favor of this resolution, which was adopted giving the newspaper reporters a copy of the compiled statutes. A resolution by Douglas of Rock was promptly killed. The resolution depre cated adjournments and arraigned members for absenteeism. Library Funds for Pern H. R. 202, by Good of Nemaha, appropri ating 12,800 out of state library fund for library at the Peru normal, was passed, aa was also H. R. 37. by McClay of Lancaster, providing for state burial grounds for In mates of Lincoln charitable institutions. H. Q. 135, by Tooley of Custer, providing that one-fourth of the school apportion ments .to the varioua counties by distrlbu tlon among them on the basis of the 'num ber of school districts Instead of pupils, hs now, wss. defeated by a vote of 48 to 41. All the Douglas county men voted against this bill.. H. TL 103, by Jones of Otoe, providing for district nominations and election by- the people at large of all the county commis sioners, occasioned the first political de Date in the nous this term. Morsraan o Douglas said he would frankly admit that there was politics In the bill, and that the Douglas delegation Intended to support It as a political measure. He observed that all the fuslonlsts were. opposed to the bill Kennedy of Douglas save emphatle ex presslon to his disapproval of Morsman statement.. He denied that he,' as a Doug las county man, bad Intended to vole for the measure on political grounds, and said he regretted that a member from Douglas county should have the effrontery to an Bounce tnat ne would support or oppose any bill because of political effect. He was tgalnst the bill, not on politics, but on prin clple." Wilson of Pawnee repeated that thla was a political measure, and declared that was mere sentiment to say there la no politics la It. It was .Jones of Otoe and Loomls Dodge, a. republican and fusionlst, respeo lively, who denied that there waa politics In the bill. After a long debate the bill waa .ri'ooumended for passage 45 to 38. The house adjourned at 5 o'clock. fcew Bills. H. R. MP. by Nelson of Douglas To amend the Omaha charter. H H X21. hv Perrv iliv. rpnueaM To en title registered pharmacists of five years' experience to a renewal of registration wiitHiui examination. H. R. 322. by Bwceiy To appropriate J to M.v the but Ullntf of the Rimer- o Visitation convent at Hastings for a nor mil scnooi. H. R. Si3, by Hathorn For the relief of Russell K. Loomls of Red Willow county. H. R. 334, by Bhlnstoek To require street car companies In cities of the metrouolltan rlsss and of the first class to operate cars during certain times after midnight, pre scribing maximum fares snd prohibiting tne collection of any fare from any pasaenrter who la not provided with a seat. Requires one car nouny irom miunignt to a ana nxes maximum tare at a cents, fine of t&O to 1100 for violation. II. R. by Kaveny Extends provisions of mechanics' lien law to apply to wells and windmills. 11. R. 328, by Douglas To prevent the Fine silver deserves a fine polish GORHAM Sicver Polish The finest polish in the world Clean at well as polishes All raepon.ibl. MMntsa package wtai aeep it r a selling, giving or furnishing; tfpnn any pre text or malt, apinttimi or vinous nqunp o my pereon under the age of 21 yers.. Penalty of One not more then linn; lm- prteonmert not more than thirty riavs. II. K. S27. by Junkln To repeal the law requiring constructors of street railways to obtain the consent of the 'oters of the municipality before building, without which franchise may not be granted, ami to re peal provisions requiring precise route sna ermini 10 n namea m arucie or incor poration, the route not to exceed length of nve miles. II. H. 2x, bv Warner To authorise the organisation cif mutual insurance com panies to Insure property against lose or amase rrom tornadoes,' cyclones ana windstorms. BILL FOR STATE ACCOUNTANT Official la to Keep C'aeek ss leeoasti In Varlons State Insti tution. ' (From a Staff Correspondent.)' LINCOLN, Feb. 17. (Special.) Senator Warner of Dakota Introduced a bill to make another atate office. Thla one is to be known as a state accountant, and for hla services the bill provides a salary of 32,000 a year. The officer Is to be appointed by the governor thirty days after the bill becomes a law. The accountants' duties will be to check up the books of the super intendents of the various state Institutions nd have general supervision of the books. The bill Varrles out a recommendation of Governor Mickey In his message to the leg islature. Nearly the entire morning was devoted by the senate to a discussion of H. R. 81, pro viding that school teachers should be over 17 years old. The bill was finally Indefi nitely postponed. At the afternoon session a message was received from the house that the bill sent to the senate did not contain all the amend ments, and the house asked that It be re considered. The bill was replaced on gen eral file. The senate committee appointed to In vestigate telephone rates waa In session nearly all day, and will meet again to night. Vance Lane, general manager, and President Tost of the Nebraska Telephone company were on the stand a greater por tion of the term. Questions were answered relating to the cost of putting In, operat ing and maintaining plants, but nothing of a startling nature was brought out. . Senate Routine. Standing committees reported as fol- lows: 8. F. 109, repealing free textbook law Indefinitely postponed. S. F. 142, regarding mutual Insurance companies, placed on general (lie. 8. F. 95, relating to Insurance, placed on general file. ThA resolution of Jennings of Thayer for the appointment of a committee to In vestigate the offloe of the labor commis sioner to Bee whether Its continuance would be adv'sable, was adopted. The fol lowing committee was appointed: Jennings of Thayer, Hasty of Furnas and O'Neill of Lancaster. II. R. 81, providing that school teachers should be over 17 years of age, was In definitely postponed by the committee of the whole. Senate adjourned at 12 o'clock until 2. Afternoon Session. After the senate convened In the after noon It immediately went Into a committee of the whole with Anderson of Saline In the chair, to consider bills on general file. 8. F. 24, providing for special election in cities, was Indefinitely postponed. S. F. 131, providing for repealing the act providing for the payment of bounties for destruction of wild animals, indefinitely postponed. 8. F. 137, relating .to Irrigation water rights, ordered engrossed. ' ' ' 8. F. 138, relating) to irrigation, ordered engrossed. H. R. 81, providing that school teachers should be over 17 years of age, waa re placed on general file. This was done at the request of the house, the chief clerk stating that important amendments had been omitted in engrossing the bill. . . Senate adjourned at 4:20 o'clock. Committee Meetlng-s. The senate finance committee will meet In room 6 at 1 p. m. Wednesday to con sider S. F. 185. The committee on miscellaneous sub jects will meet In room 3 at 9 o'clock to morrow morning, to consider 8. F. 121 and 8. F. 127. LIVELY TILT ON TELEPHONES Morn in Insists on Cross-Examining-Independent People's Witness. ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. .17. (Special Telegram.) The meeting of the telephone Investiga tion committee tonight developed some ex citement. Representative Morsman of Douglas Insisted on the right of cross-examining C. H. Judson of the Twin City Telephone company, who had been brought here from Minneapolis by the so-called In dependent telephone people to testify as to rates. Senator Warner of Dakota, chair man of the committee, denied this right and then Senators O'Neil, Glffln and Meredith sided with Morsman and the result was that Judson was subjected to a rigid cross examination ' by Morsman. The -effect of the cross-examination was not encourag ing to the Independents, but rather favor able to the Nebraska Telephone side of the controversy. At the conclusion of the meeting Sen ator How ell of Douglas, took occasion to re sent a statement made by President Yost of the Nebraska Telephone company that he had come here aa fie representative of the , Omaha Commercial club. Lyle I. Abbott of Omaha appeared before the senate committee on privileges and elections In th Interest of the bill for a four-year term bf office for county officers. The committee Is in favor of the four-year term, but divided aa to the extension of ths terms of present Incumbent. It will recommend the bill for general file. J. H. VanDuen headed a delegation of 8outh Omaha citizens tonight In appear ing before the house educational commit tee In favor of H. R. 271, providing for five Instead of nine members of the South Omsha School board, at a salary of $300 each. Under the present law the members receive no salaries. NEBRASKA LAND SET ASIDE Fifteen Townships In Kidney Land District Withdrawn from Settlement. '9 SIDNEY. Neb., Feb. 17.r-(Speclal Tele gram.) The United States land office at this point received Instructions today from Washington to temporarily withdraw from entry or settlement except under the home stead laws the landa combined in the North Platte river survey, covering towns 19 and 20, ranges 49 to 58, for ths purposes of na tional Irrigation. This land contains fif teen townships, with 369,920 acres, com prising altogether 3,313 quarter sections. This order has been Issued under the law of Jun 17, 1902, entitled "The reclamation act." Thla looks as though the government Intended to build mammoth reservoir in thla locality. Ill IIHE A tlll.U IS USE DAY Take Laxallva Brcmo Quinine TabK-ts. All druggists refund the money It It tails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature ou each bos lift CONFER IN LAND MATTERS President is Inolined to Ft Tor the Reso lution of Delegate Fljnn. S8VE CHANCE OF ITS BEING ACTED ON Authorises n Commission to lavratl state and Report on All Phases of the Land Laws Which Are Rw In Kffect. ' (From; a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (Special Tele, gram.) At a conference at the White House last night between the president and Rep resentatives Lacey; Mondell and Jdnes of the public .lands committee upon ' general legislation pertaining to the land laws, a Joint resolution Introduced by Delegate Flynn, providing for a public lands com mission, came in for' considerable discus sion, and on the main the president Is In clined to believe it should receive favor able consideration atthe bands of the com mittee on public lands. Such a commission, composed of five good men, familiar with the land law and the public land question In general, might find a method to equitably adjust the many questions which have recently arisen rela tive to the administration of the land laws now upon the statute books. ' The question of leasing lands for grazing purposes, the vexed questions which have arisen In car rying out the provisions of the timber and stone act and the commutation features of the homestead laws, may be cited as sam ples now cauBtng much friction. In view of the approval with which Dele gate Flynn's proposition met with at the hands of the president and the further fact that It will probably now be at least very seriously considered by the public lands commission, its provisions will be of in terest. The resolution authorized the president In hlB discretion to appoint a commission of five persons to be known as the "public landa commission," who have had special opportunity to observe the workings of the public- land laws in - various localities of the country, whose duty it shall be to In vestigate and report upon the complicated questions Involved In the taking of lands for homesteads In the arid and seml-arld regions, in actual use of desert lands, in location of forest, reserves and ' private holdings therein, in proposed leasing of grazing lands. In exchange of private lands for railroad subsidy lands and forest lieu land, selections, in unauthorized fencing of public lands, In the exhausting of the public ranges, and of all present methods of acquiring titles or possession to the pub lic lands of tha United States. The reso lution provides an appropriation of $75,000 to pay the expense of the commission. Pernnnal Matters. The senate today passed a bill granting a pension of $30 per month to Mary H. Rumple, widow of the late Representative John N. W. Rumple. This bill now goes to the president for approval. Mrs. Lizzie M. Armstrong of Fort Dodge is the guest of Mrs. Maurice D. O'Connell, wife of the solicitor of the treasury. Mrs. Armstrong will extend her visit.' over a couple of weeks. " Senator Millard has secured the addition of three mall carriers to serve rural routes out of Norfolk. Mrs. George R. Butlln, wife of George R. Butlln of Omaha, stenographer to Sena tor Millard, died tonight. Funeral' ar rangements have not yet been 'completed. Mr. Butlln . Is awaiting to hear from . his wife's sisters, one of whom lives in Omsha and the other in New York. . .'Routine, of Depsrtmesti ; , The Postoffice department has ordered the establishment on March 1 of free delivery service at Centervllle, la., with Charles It. Newcom, Jesse Butler, Lloyd B. , Mushier and Joseph! Q. Adams as carriers and Reu ben E. Carr and Harry Simmon as sjibstl tutes. ' The condition of the national banks of Des Moines on February 6 shows loans and discounts fell from $4,992,842 to $4,898,815 sines November 25 last. The gold holdings Increased from $146,317 to $189,235, and the Indlvldial deposits fell from $2,985,368 to $2,280,640, and the average reserve held was 23.72 per cent. Reserve agents approved : . Corn Exchange National bank of Chicago for . Centervllle National of Centervllle, la.; National Bank of Commerce of St. Louis for Merchants' National of Cedar Rapids, la.; Seaboard National of New York for First National of Howard, S. D. ' The postofflces at Johnsonyllle,, Crawford county, la., Farwell, Sanborn courltj, and Odessa, Hand county, 8. D., have been or dered discontinued. . Jasper Jasperson and Halvor Napper "were today appointed regular, and John A. An derson and Peter Garvlck substitute rural carriers at Leland, la. Fred 8. Thomas of Quick, Iau was today appointed a railway mall clerk. The corporate existence of the First Na tional bank of David City, Neb.j has been extended until the close of business Feb ruary 17, 1923. These rural delivery routes will be es tablished April 1:. Nebraska, Clarkaon, Col fax county,, two routes; area covered, 94 square miles; population served, 1,090. Da vld City, Butler county, one additional; area, 30 square miles', population, 575. Ith aca, Saunders county, one route; area cov ered, 26 square miles; population, 625. Nor folk, Madison county, three, additional; area, 88 square miles; population, 1,885. .A CORKER But Not Mnrh of av Pastor. There was an old clergyman In central New York state some years ago who was a very powerful speaker, but whose private life was by no means exemplary. Some of the more outspoken of his parishoners were" In the habit of remonstrating with him regularly about thla, aud bis reply Invari ably was. "Don't do as I do; do as I tell you to do." It la so with a great many physicians There are hundreds of medical men who fully understand the folly of drinking cot- fee snd tea. who tell their patients not to drink either, yet who use one or the other themselves. But sometimes It knocks even the doctor out and he has to quit Old King Coffee. A physician of Wasloja, Minn. saya: "I waa a liberal user of coffee from my youth and my health broke down whllo at college. In 1880, at 25 years of age, but I rontlnued to use coffee until 1898 although I waa nervous and Buffered con stantly from a condition known as dl betes Insipidus, a condition that 1 well known to be due to nervousness. My weight was below par and no diet or tonlo medicines were sufficient to restore my vitality and atrength. "in 1898 I became suspicious of coffee and I broke off the habit by taking up Poatum. Since that time my nerves have become strong and well nd tor weight has Increased about 30 pounds. . Well boiled it is a delicious healthful drink, heavy with strength and muscle-making quail ties." Nsme furnished by Poetum Co Battle Creek, Mich. Even If your pbylcian doe drink coffee you had better do as be tells you to do. Give Poetum a trial. That's the easy way to shake off coffee and get well and keep Iowa, Ft. Atkinson. Winneshiek county, three routes; area, 68 square miles; popu lation, 1,800. Oowrle, Webster county, four routes; area,. 93 tsquare miles; population, .477. Gravity, Taylor . county, two addi tional; area,, 39 square miles; population, ,065. Guthrie Center, Guthrie county, one roue; area covered, 36 square miles; popu lation, 470. Honey Creek, . Pottawattamie county, one route; area, $6. square miles; population, ,165, Mondatnln. Harrison county, two routes; area. 71 square miles; population, 985. Tburman, Fremont county, one additional; area, 21 square miles; pop ulation, 615. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska, Augus tus H. Surber, Waterbury, Dixon county, vice Harrison Sayre, resigned; Clinton G. Slver, Wlllard. Lincoln county, vice A. B. Pierce, resigned. Iowa. Robert Moffit, Buck Grove, Crawford county; Christopher Pe terson, Eldorado, Fayette county; George A. Splelman, Packwood, Jefferson county. Army Money Rill Agreed To. The conferees on the army appropria tion bill reached an agreement today. The senate amendment providing for the detail of retiring army officers to the number of twenty was agreed to, but the provision for the assignment of retfred officers as at taches at American embassies and legations abroad was omitted. The conferees agreed to- the provision that citizens of Porto Rico may enlist in the regular army and the Porto Rican regi ment ' may be ordered for service outside of Porto Rico, with sn amendment provid ing that all volunteer officers now in the Porto Rlcan regiment shall he muste.ed out of the service on June SO, 1904, and their place filled by detail from the line of the regular army. The senate amendments making $25,000 Immediately available for the equipment of officers' schools and making appropriations available for barracks and quarters In the United States and In the Philippines, were agreed to; also the provision made by the senate for an appropriation, of $2,000 for the purchase of a national trophy and med als to be contested for annually by the army and national guard. The appropriation of $2,000,000 for equip ping the national guard was agreed to. The senate conferees receded from the amendment providing for the purchase and preservation of the Ball Bluffs battle. field. The senate provision for $500,004 for army post buildings to take the place of canteens remains In the bill, but It Is provided that no more than $40,000 be expended for any one post building. There are added to. the artillery corps twenty-five master electricians, to be en listed by the secretary of war. The senate amendment permitting army officers below the grade of major general who saw service in the civil war to retire with the rank and pay of the next highest grade was agreed to, with a further amend ment making it apply only to officers who served in the civil war more than one year. FROST STILL REIGNS (Continued from-First Page.) down to a point' Variously reported at from 9 to 15 degrees below sero. The latter temperature is ' reported unofficially from exposed suburban places, which felt the full force of the fierce cold. The Intense cold practically cut the city off from telegraphlo communication with the outside world during the early part of the day. Contraction of wires caused breakage In every direction and only inter mittent service could be maintained. ' ' The official ' Vec'ord' of temperatures showed the cero; point reported at 11 o'clock last ntbs! since which hour a steady decline "was maintaraed, -until the minimum was reached at. 8 o'clock this morning 10 degrees below zero. While moderating slightly during the day, no im mediate breaking up of the cold spell Is promised and In the neighborhood of 4 o'clock 5 degrees below Is looked for to morrow. i Low Temperature In Wisconsin. MILWAUKEE, Feb. . 17. Thermometer here registered from 10 to 18 degrees below xero this morning, the lowest of the seaaon. Lower temperatures are general throughout the atate. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 17. The tempera ture, was 6 degree below aero at 6 a. m. After 8 o'clock the mercury began to rlss slowly, but the forecaster promise ex tremely, cold weather . for two days. , All trains are from six to seven hours late. BOSTON, Feb. J 7. The worst snow storm. of the winter thus far prevailed here last night. Snow continued t6 fall this fore noon. .Railroad and street car service was badly hampered and shipping was effectu ally tied up. Several vessels which left port last night . are supposed to havs ex perienced a bard night. There is a large number of transatlantic vessels due at thl port. . . , . Conditions In New York . NEW YORK, Feb. 17. The billiard of last night left Newjork in a better condi tion than expected. Tne snow ceasea rail ing at an early hour, but began again at 8 o'clock. Surface and elevated railroad lines were partly crippled, but were not so badly tied up. as by several previous storms this winter. The- predicted big drop in temperature did not occur. The ve locity of the wind had decreased consid erably since midnight, when there was a moderate gale. .Up to 9 o'clock the total snow fall In this city, as reported by the Weather bureau, was 9.7 -Inches. This Is by far the heaviest fall of snow this winter. , PHILADELPHIA. Fib. 17. A storm savoring of a blizzard, which reached this city last evening and raged with unremit ting force during the greater par of the night, still prevails today, but in a some what milder degree. During the night snow fell to a depth of six Inches and the temperature dropped to 20 degrees at 8 o'clock thl morning. Railway and street car trafBo . la badly handicapped and telegraph and tele phone service Is crippled. This la municipal election day through out the state and one effect of the storm haa been to lessen the vote. Snowfall In Kentucky. LOUrSVOi.E, Ky., Feb. 17. Following a thirty-six hour rain and a half day's record breaking snowfall, Louisville this morning experienced the coldest weather of the win ter, 1 degree above sero. FREMONT, Neb.. Feb. 17. (Special.) The cold weather of the past two days moderated today. Monday morning the mercury stood "at IS below sero, and the maximum daring the day was 1 below. This morning U stood at 13 below, and at noon had run up to 20 above. EXETER, Neb.. Vb. 17. (Special.) Bunday, Monday and Tuesday were the three coldest days this sinter In this vicinity, The mercury stood In the order named Six, 14 and 10 degrees below. There Is considerable snow on the ground, which Is a rood thing for the fall wheat. WEST POINT. Nb., Feb.' 17. (Special.) The prevailing weather Is the. coldest so far experienced in this section. The ther mometer registered 20 degrees below this morning at 6 o'clock. The air Is dry and nleasant. HARVARD. Neb., Feb. U. (Special. ) During the past forty-lht bsurs the mer- eurv hs vibrated between la Degrees ne low and 6 above sero. most of the time be low. Hsrvsrd people are" fortunate in be- .ki. ertal. so that no serious 1US u - . -. . .. PROVISIONS OF NEW TAX LAW Synopsis f the 'Bill Prepared hj tie Revenue Commission. GENERAL FEATURES OF OLD LAW SAVED Cnonty Assessors to Have Charge of Matin of All Property bat Rail roads for Pnrnoaes of Taxation. (Continued from First Tags.) suoh companies In the localities In which thoy transact business. The tangible prop erty of. these compsnles Is to be locally assessed as other personal property. Special provisions are Incorporated In the till for reaching pswnbrokcrs, interest on government bonds and alBo specific pro visions for the assessments of corporations, pipe linos and pipe line companies, railroad and car companies, by which It Is sought to render cars not owned by companies In this tate, but transported through the state liable to be listed. All property is to be assessed between the 1st day of Februsry and the 1st day of April of each year. . Bonds of railroad corporations and car companies shall be . annually assessed by the State Board of Equalization and Assess ment. Assessment of Railroads. On or before February 1. 1904, and an nually thereafter, the officials of all rail road companies doing business in this state shall make and file with the State Board of Equalisation and Assessment a state ment of all of the property owned by such companies on the 31st day of December preceding. The statement required em-' braced a comprehensive and detailed state ment of all railroad property of every de scription subject to taxation in this state, which statement Includes a listing or all of Us rolling stock, its entire trackage. In cluding spurs and sidetracks, depots, sta tion houses, warehouses, looated wholly or In part upon Its right of way. Its total cap ital (took, the market value thereof, and, It It haa no market value, then the true value of the same; the amount of Its mort gage Indebtedness, the value of all of Us tool and repairs, and all of Its other per sonal property, together with such other in formation as the board may require. The act provides a penalty for failure on the part of any corporation to make the return as provided for, the corporation to forfeit to the state a sum of not less than 11,000 or more than 35,000 for each offense, a recovery thereof to be had by an action In the name of the state. It Is also pro vided that this return shall not be con clusive upon the board, hut that the board may from such information as it haa or may procure otherwise, assess the corporate property on the same basla as all other property. The valuation of each road Is to be ob tained by dividing the total value by the number of miles of the line within the state. Every railroad company within the state shall on or before February 1 of each year report to the county clerk of each county the numDer of miles of track situated within each taxing district thereof, to gether with a full statement of all build ings, and personal property of all descrip tion, which It may have in such county. The state board of equalization and as sessment shall have power to require the attendance of officers of railroad companies their agents, and all other witnesses', and to require the- production of book and papers and records which tt may deem necessary. "' ' ' '' Collection of Personal Taxes. Another important feature of the bill Is the liability ot the county treasurer, who Is. ex-ofOclo. the collector of 'all taxes In his county. Upon . the receipt of the tax rolls by him he 1 charged with all taxes assessed against the personal property of his county, and. he and his bondsmen are liable therefor, unless he shows collection of the same or a full compliance with all ot the requirements ot the act relative to his duties in the premises. On December 1 of each year In which taxes shall have been assessed all unpaid personal taxea except those in cities hav ing a system, of taxation provided for by special statute, shall become delinquent and thereafter draw interest at 10 per cent untU paid. On May 1 of the year in which taxes hall have been assessed unpaid taxes upon real property, except in cities' otherwise provided for, shall become .delinquent and draw 10 per cent Interest. Provision Is made for notification to delinquents of the amount due and that unless paid be fore the following .September, distress warrants shall Issue.' It Is provided that the treasurer shall collect delinquent taxes by distress . warrants ana the sale of the . property. Distress warrants shall be Issued against all per sons who ara delinquent for taxes of 1903, or any, year thereafter, unleBs Such per sons shall file an affidavit pf poverty. In which case distress warrant shall not issue. The warrants are to he served by the treasurer or his deputy, returnable within Sixty days. The county treasurer of one county Is given power, to Issue dis tress warrapts to the treasurer of another county. Drastic penalties are provided for the tearing down or removal of buildings located upon real estate against which there are delinquent taxea; the Hen of the tax following such removed property wherever It may be taken or In whatever form It may be converted. When the county treasurer becomes aware of uch tearing down or removal It become nls duty forthwith to Issue a distress warrant and to follow the property wherever he may find It. Taxes Become Liens. Taxes upon real estate are made a lien from and including April 1 until paid; upon oersonal property from and after October 1. All general taxes due th state or any of the subdivisions thereof are made a first Hen upon the real, estate on which levied. Special assessments regularly ae aessed and levied are made a lien on real estate, but are Junior to general taxes. "All real estate on which taxes are not paid by November 1 after they become de linquent Is by th act made subject to sale. The act provides th manner In which the sale provided for Is to be accomplished; the county treaaurer to make out" a list describing the land and the unpaid taxes against It, providing for the publication thereof for three consecutive weeks and providing the formalities of the sale. Any person who offer to psy the amount of the tax due, or the smallest portion thereof, shall be the purchaser of the same, and wben.be designates the portion the taxes against which he will pay, that portion is to be considered sn undivided portion. But the treasurer may ell the whole. t'oaaty to Bid la Property. - The act contains provision for the purchase of real estate oa which taxes are delinquent by the county board for the benefit of the county. When such purchase Is mads it -is provided that the county treas urer" shall issue a certificate of purchase for th lsnd which I to 'be held in hi bands until any person who will pay tbs amount due thereon is found, whereupon the county treasurer may make an assign ment thereof to be attested by the Indorse ment of the county clerk. "Whenever it shsll appear, to the cousiy board that any tract of land Is ot less valu than the amount ot taxes due upon lt( it shall be the board's duty to fix a minimum price for It, thla. price to be certified to the county treasurer, and such lnnd to be sold at prlvnte. sale for not less than such price, Irrrspe-ctlve of the amount of tsxe due sgainst It. and the land shall thereupon be divested of alV tax. ' : Completlna Tax Title., No purchaser at a tax ssle shall be en titled to a deed. until It Is shown that at least two months befnre the time of re demption be caused a notice to be served upon the owner ot record or his agent, stating therein the amount due and the date when redemption expires. If the person cannot be found notice by publication may be bad. When these conditions are com piled with and at any time within three years after the expiration of two years the county treaaurer shall on request execute to the . purchaser a deed on the premises described In his certificate. The deed shall have the official seal of the treasurer and be acknowledged by him end will then be entitled to, record aa other conveyances, vesting In fee In the grsntee and bis heirs the title thereto. Such deeds sre declsred to be presumptive evidence In all the courts in this state and In all controversies re lating to the rights of the grantee, his heirs or assigns. The act makes further provision with reference to the manner In which the owner may defeat the title ot the purchaser, by showing that the property was not subject to taxation, that the taxes had been paid before the sale, that the property had been redeemed or that there ha be'en an entire omission to list the prop erty. But no person shall be permitted to question the title without first showing that he had title at the time of the sale, or that the title had been acquired from the United States after the sale, or that the taxes had been paid by the claimant or hi grantees. It Is also provided in such cases that the claimant against. the tax deed may show that he paid his taxes, but through a mistake the entry thereof was made upon other land. He may also show fraud on the part of the purchaser, and If It is es tablished the deed Is void. Frovlaton Is also made for the foreclosure of tax deeds and tax ssle certificates In the district courts and permitting several tax deed or certificates to be foreclosed in one action without constituting a misjoinder ot causes of action or defense. ENGLAND IS NOW AT PEACE (Continued from First Page.) life In that part of the world. He par tially concurred In the sentiments and desires-expressed by the colonial secretary for the fusion of the two white races In South- Africa, but he wanted to know It Mr. Chamberlain's acts were subject to the approval ot his colleagues. If a bar gain was made who was to speak with au thority for the nation? In conclusion, Sir Henry, who spoke for an hour and a quarter, criticised the growth of the national expenditure. Premier Balfour In reply said Mr. Cham berlain .had consulted bis colleagues and added: We entirely Indorse and make ourselves responsible for the general policy he haa declared in South Africa. In the House of Commons afterwards Mr. Balfour referred briefly to the Brussels sugar convention which, be reiterated, did not Interfere with the most favored na tion clause of commercial treaties. He also announced that the government had decided not to penalize sugar from any of the colonies. In regard to the conditions prevailing in Macedonia, Mr. Balfour said they were a constant menace to the peace of Europe. AO 'Incorruptible government was needed to introduce the primary element of order In Macedonia. i SNOWSTORM HINDERS VOTERS Pennsylvania Municipal Elections ' ' Pass Off Quietly with Few Totes Cast. PHILADELPHIA, . Feb. 17. Municipal elections were held in Pennsylvsnla today, Owing to the snowstorms the vote polled was light. In Philadelphia John Weaver, the pres ent district attorney, waa elected mayor by the usual large republican majority. Injured In fornsheller. BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 17.(Speclal Tel egram.) Word reached here tonight of a painful accident - which befell John Job man, a 14-year-old boy living near Fll ley, today. While working around a corn shelter be caught his hand in a gearing, frightfully mangling the member. The thumb was torn off and the cords pulled out nearly up to the elHow. Bono Pains, Itchlaa, Scabby skin Diseases. Swellings, Carbuncles, Pimples, Scrofula, pnnaBiitlr curad by Uklng Botanl Hlood Blui. It dutrorl th actus FoMon Is th blood. It you hav achas and pafna la bona, bauk aud Joints, Itching SuaSbr Sain. Blood laaia hoi or Ibln, Swollan Glanda, Kliln and liump oa th bain, Mucua Patch In atoutb. Sor Throat, Plm plaa, or oOrnal ruptlona, Coprr-Clord Spot or ra on tiaio, all rua-duwn, or aarvuua, Uloara a any part ol th bod;. Hair or Krabrow tailing out Carbuncle or Bulla. Uk Botanic Blood Balm, arwnranteod ta cur a U worst and most Saao-saau whr doctor, patent madlcluea, aud hot aprluga fall. Uaala all Nina awpa ail acha and palna, ratine all llluaa, uaaa blood aura and rUsa, couiplaulr changing th ntir body Into a alaao, baaltbr condltoo. B. B. B. baa ufd thouanda of caaaa ot Blood Folaoo, vaa aiur retaking th lait atagaa. Uld Hbeumatlsm, Catarrh, Kesemn ar eauaad by an awful Polond oondltlon ot th Blood. B. B. B. slop Hawking and Spitting. Itch lug and Scratching. Acnaa and raJna; turaa Rhauma tiara. Catarrh : Uaala all ttcaaa Sua!, grupllona. Watery Bllatara. foul taatarlug aura of ftciama; by giving a pur, fcnlthy bluul upp!y ta attained yrUt Cancer Cured Botanlo Blood Balm Cure Canoe r of all Klada, Buppurallns Swelllnga. Eating Soree, Tumor, ugly lliera It kills the Cancer Polaon and heal th auraa or wurat cancer perfectly. If you have a par- latent Pimple, Wart, Swelllnga, Shooting. Stinging palna, tak Blood Balm and they will disappear be fore they develop Into Cancer. Many apparently hoprleea caae of canter cured by taking Botanl Uiuo-t Halm. 'II U Ot A II Ala I tat. My e leu's aeille 1W fl. oa stay rei f III, tear eirecle. lteawla Itlitue) Hula I rt.B. St. ) aleeaya rare rhea. the) rlglil ejiueatUr la tetkea. f m o Mr4 7ar eaaacjr will eM Hrreneat. Botanic Blood Balm U. H. U.) la Pleasant and aaf la tak. Thoroughly tested for M yra. Composed of Pur Botanlo lugredleata Strengthen weak kidney nd weak atoroacha, cure dyapepala. Couplet directions go with each bottle. Sold In Omaba by Boston Store Drnej Deoartsaent, latn nnd Ussslsi Sts. In Council Bluff by H. IS. Anderson, fjuto Broadway. la South Omaha by Dillon Drue Co., 34th and 1. Call or write any stores. Blood Balm sent by sureas on w eclpt of St. axative promo Quinine Cur CoM in On Dry, CtfptaTVw oa every 'yrvirt tax. as Hill NDill r-N. T.m Slow healing sores are wlisijjlitlr, pnlnfu? ami danKCtmi.- They sre a cotuitant cart ml source Of anxiety and worry. ', Chronic, slow healing sores are frequently the after elTecU '( sotiie Joptj' standing (lehilitatin sit knnp, tfyat leaves the consti tution weakened and thefclood in a polluted, run down condition, whet) a scratch, cut, simple boil pr bruise,' becomes n fearful looking ulcer that fcrovrw, aud spread it, eat ing deeper and deeper into the rfesh in spite of everything that can be done to cho k its progress. Old people whose blood is Mow the standard sod the circulation sluggish, are tormented with face sores, and often indolent, sii-Jtly rooking" tilcers upon the limbs that give them hardly a moment's rest from pam and worry. Ordinsry sores nre liable to become chronic unless the blood is strong enough tq throw off the arnoinounr'of Purify th BIOOll wurheai theni."but Heal the Sore. they will continue to grow worse and worse, ond tnany times terminate in that most horrible of all human maladies, Cancer. S. S. S. cures slow healing sores by .puri fying and invigorating the germ-laden, vitiated blood and purging the system of all corrupt matter, thus striking at the real cause aud removing every hindrance to a rapid and successful cure, nnd this is the only possible way to reach these deeply rooted, dangerous places. i. S. S. strength. ens and tones tip the circulation, supplies . , - i . .. tne ricu, nutritious blood needed for the ' rebuilding; of the con stitution as well as healing the sore, ami Ton cet rid of the bid plague spot for all time. If yon have a 6low healing, stubborn sore, write us about it, and our l'hysicians will advise yon without charge. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases free. The Swift Sptolfio Co., Atlanta. Ga. Read This Fron an Old Soldier. . . . s OMAHA, Neb., Doc. 12, 19W. Cramer Chemical Co., Albany, N. Y. During- the war I contracted a severe ra of kidney trouble, and upon my return home 1 employed some of the best doctors In the country, but failed to get anything but temporary relief. One year sro 1 be Ksn taking the Cramer Klilnfy Remedy, and before taking one bottle J was satisfied I was getting better. After taking si bottles I was cured and have hewr had a return of my trouble. Am a well man and feel at leant twenty years youiigur-. You are at liberty to publlnh this Mate ment, as I am anxious to bring this medi cine to the attention of nil old soldiers whom I know are affected with kidney trouble. GEO. HYDK, 1S18 Chicago St., Omaha. ' Genuine fresh Cramer's Kidney and LJver Cure may be found In two sizes, (0c for toe; $1.00 sizes for "5c at , SCHAEFEIVS CUT PRICE DRU1 STORE 16th and Chicago Sts., Omaha. TWO 'PHOSK8, T4T ASD T9T. Dr Burktiart's Wonderful Offer. ISlXMDHTHSTKttTM? "ONE DOLLAR (EEETABIE The Greatest Remedy known to ths civil ized age l Dr. Uurkhart's Vegetable Com pound. It is a positive cure of Fains in Back, Poor Appetite, Coated Tongue, Dts stness. Headache, Fains in Hide and Bark, Sick Stomach, Night Sweats, Stiffness In IJmbs and Joints, etc. 10 days' treatment free. All Druggists. PR. W. S. BIKK1IART, Cincinnati, O. CURED BY " ' WHITE RIBBON REMEDY No taste. No odor. Can be given In glass of water, tea or coffee without patient's knowledge. White Ribbon Remedy will cure -or de stroy tha diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants, whether the patient Is a con firmed inebriate, a "tippler," social drinker or drunkard. Impossible for snyone to have an appetite foi alcoholic liquors after using White Ribbon Remedy. Indorsed br Members ot W. C. T. V. Mrs. Moore, press superintendent of the Woman's Christian Temperance union of Ventura. California, wrllev: "I have tested White Ribbon Remedy on very oostlnate drunkards, and the cures have been many. In many tuea the remedy was given secretly. I cheerfully recommend and en dorse White Ribbon Remedv. Members ot our union are delighted to find an economi cal treatment to aid us In uur teatperance work." Druggists or by mall, II. Trial package free by writing Mrs. A. M. TownsTid tfr fears secretary of a Woman's OlirietUn em pe rani union. 218 Tremont St., Umtou, Maas. Hold in Omaha by SCHAEFEIVS CUT PRICE DRUG STORJ 'Phono 747. 8. W. Cor. 16th and Chicago. Goods delivered FREtt ta any partol city. AMlSfc-MKlSTS. BOYD'S Woodward V Burgees, Managers. FOR FOt'R PKRFOKMANT'ES START ING TOMORROW NKiHT. WILLIAM GILLETTE -IN Sherlock Holmes Prices Mat., 25c to SI. 60: night, 2ftc to U No free list. Seats on sale. Curtain Rises at and 2 p. m. (O) Biz Performances, Starting Sunday Mat., February tlr- BARBARA FREITCHB. SPECIAL ArrEOON FEB. 23 Th Phenomenal Bohemian Violin Vir tuoso, after his triumphs in New York, Boston, Chicago ; : : : . : : ; : KOCJAN In Conjunction with Miss Julia Oeyer, Solo Pianoforte; Mr. Krans Hplndler,; Accompanist. Dlrsctton RUDOH'U ARONSON. Prices 60c, Tbc, 11.00, fl.SO. Beats on sal tomorrow. . . Telephone 1531. Matinees Thurs., Bat., Sun., EVERT NIGHT-1:15. HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE 'Cresser and Darn,' EdftB Helena',. Zasell ft Vernon, Wood and - Bates. The three Livingstons, and - tha Klaedrojna. , . Regular Prtc lOo. ttc. 0c. SLOW-HEALING SO USB' .JtaW- - s well. jiufferln Ua been reported.