TITE OMAITA' DAILY DEE: JTTESDAY, JUNE 14. 1901.
HANDERSOS PUZZLES BOARD
Prtienti rifrnr to Show Ballroadi Art)
Ai tutd Too High.
USES FIGURES OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
Other Railroad Nn Bail aad
After Thmf Gt Threaaa Board
Is' Not Sara Wtwt
It ataada.
' (From a BUS Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan 11. (Special ) Prof.
tavtson denominated "n eminent tac
tician, recognises as an authority qualified
to bold a pbeh In the 8UU university,"
furnished the them upon which General
Charles F. Mandsrson talked to the State
Board of Equalization this morning and It
was frcm figures compiled by him that
Ge.ieral Mnderson tonight to show that the
rail.-oad of the state were paying- and had
paid more. than their enure of the taxes
when compared with other property In th
tat. As s rvsalt of the speech and the
fact thAt th assessor of Douglas county
has notified th Union Pacific railroad of
an lncreas of the valuation of soma lo
cally assessed property over th figures re
turned by the deputy assessor, th at at
board Is again up In th air and th time
for its final report Is Indefinite.
Gene.-il Manderfion stated that ha agreed
with Mr. Crandon that a railroad fran
chise was worth what It would cost to (lie
the art'rles of Incorporation except when
a !3id was first started and before It had
secure J Its right-of-way, when It waa si
valuiMt piece of property to have.
General Manderson made Ms speech on
the ng es of valuation compiled by Prof.
l"avlon. In 19f3 he said the land assess
ment was $KS, 145,215 and the value was $827.
J18.S74, tha assessed val-ie being 10.77 per
cen of the real value. He produced enough
of I'rof Davidson's figures to show that
Viorrea were sssesaed at 9.9 per cent of
thel. rea value; cattle, 13. 4 per rnt; mules,
S.8 per ccn'.; she?p, .1J per cent; swine,
(.23 pur cent; agricultural Implements, 4.4
per cent; money, other than bankers snd
brokers, 0.004 per cent of the actual amount;
merchandise, 6.27 per cent; railroads and
telegraph) 14.6 per cent. .-
t Compares Assessment.
The assessment of railroad property, he
aid, was 17.12 per cent of the amount as
sessed on all oLh.r property. Railroad and
telegraph p.-opeity, he said, waa assessed
at $?7,615.4S?. white the total assessment,
less th;. amount, was JlGO.913.3fiS. The value
of thj lani In 1BU3 was $S27,116,r4. Th
total ass.'Sfnient, lees the assassment of
railroads, was 19.4 pur cnt cf the value
of land hist y ., or but 21 morn than
should have been assessed on land alone.
II lead from a compilation showing the
assessment on railroad snd telegraph to
be 127,5(6,4X2, and the assessment on lnnd,
$S8, 146,113. The sssessment on railroad prop
erty was 31.2 per cent of the assessment
on l.nd. while the land was more than
four times the value of- the railroads and
telegraph.
The assessment on city property was $33,
,120.9W, While the assessment on the rail
road was 33 per cent of the assessment
on city property Lie value of the railroads
wss not more than 63 per cent of the city
property valuation. Th total assessment
of all property In the state except that of
railroads. lJ,flin,3.S6, be said, was not quite
14 pr cont of tle value of the land, money,
merchandise and live stock. The vslu of
the land, money, merchandise. live1 stock
nrd city property, he said, was $l,4ol,3l?,?2,
of which the 'railroads amounted to only
ll.H per cent. The value of all property In
the s ilr, except railroads, he tried to show
to" the' board, "was assessed at not more
than 8 84 per cent. y
The value of money, merchandise and
sg.-lculture Implements, he said, was $181,
87H, hi!, a sum fMlly equal to the value of
two railroads. The assessment on this, he
a1 Id, was $,804,o50. The assessment on
the railroads was 323 per cent of thes-a
clnjscs of property, aggregating more than
11. vulue of th railroads.
The llv stock, money and merchandise
wvro valued last year at 1324.200,449, a sum
exceeding the value of the "railroads by
1144. 200,449. Th assessment was I23.6S2.433.
The railroad assessment was 11K.2 per cent
of the nsseasment on these classes of prop
erty. Tho value of live stock, he said, was
HG4,0;o.7(, or 116.000.000 less than the value
of tho railroads. The assessment on live
stool:, ho said, was 217,852.835. Th railroads
were assessed, he said, 163 per cent of this,
though the value was only 20 per cent be
low the valuo of the railroads.
The viluo or the live stock and money
on deposit was $244,070,708, while the as
sessment on th two waa $18,65,048. The
assoHsment on the. railroads was 146 per
cer.t of this, notwithstanding the value of
the live stock and money on deposit ex
ceeded the value of the railroads, $64,
070.706. Th merchandise In Nebraska plus the
, money on deposit amounted to $160,129,741,
a sum equal to eight-ninths of th vaJue
of the .railroads. Th assessment on money
and merchandise, ha said, was $3,83,59,
whl'. the assessment on the railroad prop
erty was 468 per cent of this, though the
. difference In value waa only $20,000,000.
' Objects' to Stock aa4 Beads.
General' Manderson was against the
proposition to find tho valuation of the
Burlington property on th basis of Its
stocki and bonds and said that language
was Inadequate to express the unfairness
of sujb a proceeding. - He waa sure that
Mr. PollaM was wrong In estimating the
value of the stocks and bonds of the Bur
lington at 160 and was sure that no man
living could tell what was the value of the
stock In Its present oondltlon. He cald that
for twelve year previous to the Urn since
the stock was not on the market the aver
age value waa 10$, for seven years ft waa
114 and for five years It waa a alight In
crease over that. Stocks he termed a "foot
ball for. speculators to play with." But
whatever may be th value of th Burling
ton stocks and bonds, he said, to arriv at
the value of the road In Nebraska by divid
ing the vaJui of th stocks and bonds by
the mileage waa an unfair plan. This state,
he said, had Inexpensive terminals, less
valuable equipment, while In Iowa the road
had a double track, and In Illinois and Mia
ourl a treble track, while the terminals In
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Bt. Louis and Chicago, he Id, wre worth
enormously more then In Nebraska. II
quoted W. W. Baldwin as saying that the
Chleago terminals with the elevated roads
running Into thera were worth more then
the entire system throughout Iowa. He
cautioned the board that If It did take tho
stocks Siid bonds as a basis It must deduct
all locally assessed property from the ag
gregate of the stocks and bonds, as well as
the value of the great terminals and prop
erty In other states.
Belittle Nebraska. Lla.
After making out the road In Nebraska
to be little better than a scrap pile and
that If he held stock In "It he would be
fearful that the dividends would never be
paid, he Xold that last year It paid In
taxe $191 a mile, while In Kansas, where
the road was better In every respect. It
paid only $167 a mile, while In Iowa and
Missouri, where the road reached the acme
of perfection, the taxes psld amounted to
only $165 a mile. He cited the Bacchus casi
to show his contention against taking val
uation In other states and cited the case
of the Bee Publishing company in an ef
fort to exp!od th argument that the rail
roads were not bearing their Just propor
tion of taxes. General Manderson was op
posed to the unit system of assessment
J. E. Kelby and R. D. Pollard of the
Burlington were also present, ss were A.
W. Scrlbner of the Union Pacific snd Ben
White of the Northwestern, each of whom
dipped In occasionally and said a word
It was expected thst Mr. Kelby would
speak this afternoon, but for some reason
he went back to Omaha and the board
then went Into executive session to dis
cuss the things General Manderson had
said. Mr. Bcrlbner filed with the board a
letter received by the Union Pacific from
Assessor Reed of Douglas county, that the
figures of the deputy assessor on some of
the company's property had been raised,
so the board Is delayed again to find out
Just how much they will have to deduct
from the aggregate valuation to cover the
property locally assessed. In the mean
time Governor Mickey has Indefinitely post
poned his trip to St Louis.
Cheaper Gas la Lincoln.
After October 1 the price of gas In Lincoln
will be $1.20, per 1,000 feet This was agreed
upon tnia atternoon Dy tne council commute;
snd President Doherty of the gas company.
after a lengthy discussion. For a number
of months the people of Lincoln have been
fighting for $1 gas, and that was the
Issuu at the last city election. At this
time illuminating gas sells for $1.4614 and
fuel gas at $1.25. Both will sell for $1.20
after October 1, when the agreement be
comes effective. '
PROJECT A LOti ELECTRIC LINE
Aaoka, Butte, Naper and Sprlngview
to Be Connect!.
NORTOIiC. Neb., June IS. (Special.)
Ther.j will probibly bo an electric railway
from the town of Anoka, Neb., to Spring
view, Neb., before the year Is ended. Work
on the project will more than likely begin
within the next few week and It will be
pushed rapidly to completion. Tho new
line will connect Anoka with Butte, Butte
with Naper and Naper with Sprlngview.
All of the towns are In Boyd county ex
cept Sprlngview, which is In Keys Paha.
The road will be backed by C. A. Johnson,
a prominent banker of Butte, Mont ; Fair
fax ad Bonesteel, 8. D. ; Wood I.aka and
Norfolk, Neb. Mr. Johnson Is proprietor of
the water power at Butti. which will pull
the trains and whlcK. is at present lighting
the town of Butte and running a flouring
mill. There is power in plenty in the chan
nel of the stream and It Is estimated that
th) electricity wli! be ablo to pull a tral.i-,
lo?.J of a half dozen cars up the hills of
Boyd county without a bit of trouble.
It was the steep Incline from Anoka , to
Butte which kept the Northwestern rail
road from entering Butte. It. Is this In
cline that scares visitors when they tako
the three-mile rids of haxatdous tendencies
between the two points, and It la this In
cline which will, by pouring the water
rapidly through a wheel, serve to overcome
Itself by hauling a car to the top.
General Manager BIdwell has been Inter
viewed concerning the proposed railroad
and has given encouragement to the
project. The track will be built on the
broad-guaga plan so t that full-fledged
Northwestern trains. If the time ever be
comes ripe, may run Into Sprlngview with
out worrying about It '
TOWS OP PAPILLIO! HAS SENSATION
Resident Ordered to Leave Village
Because of Vile Actions.
PAPILLION, Neb., June 13. (Special.)
When It became known In PapiUJon how
two children, aged ( and 8 years, daughter
of William Griffith, were made the target
of vile and Insulting advancet of R. H.
Hlnes, to whose house the girls had been
sent upon an errand, parents wero filled
with indignation, fears were expressed of
the safety of their own children and ugly
threats were heard.
As soon as Mr. Griffiths learned what had
occurred h want to th Hlnes home and
a stormy time ensued that might have re
sulted In a killing but for the Intervention
of neighbor who advised caution. Griffith
then notified Hlnes that If he was not out
of Papllllon for good by Tuesday a number
of men would call upon him and escort him
out In a forcible manner. Talk was heard
yesterday on the streets of tar apd feathers
and If the threat are executed Papllllon
may witness something never before seen.
It Is alleged that this is not the man's
first offense, he having Insulted two other
children, daughters oi' prominent people at
different times while they were on their
way to school.. While passing his house,
children say. Hlnes would tap on tho win
dow to attract their attention and then In
sult thera by Indecent actions.
Hlnes Is a married man whose wife la not
at homo at present and Is about 40 years of
age.
Celebrate, Golden Weddlaar.
BEATRICE, Neb., June 13. (Speolal.)
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shaw celebrated their
fiftieth wedding anniversary hero yesterday
In A quiet way. These two sturdy pioneers
ciossed the Missouri about the year 1S56 and
located near the trading poat founded by
Peter Sarpy In what is now Sarpy county.
After residing there for three years Mr. and
Mrs. Bnaw removed to the Otoe reservation,
where the former was employed as govern
ment blacksmith for six years. June 10,
1864, they located In Beatrice and Mr. Shaw
erected a log cabin upon the lot where M.
S. Walbach's large dry goods store now
stands. Here the venerable couple lived
for four years and in 1868 they built a brick
house on Market street, where they have
since resided. The couple is among the
most worthy of our pioneers. Mr. Shaw la
70 years of age and Mrs. Shaw Is 68. Both
are enjoying the best of health.
Epworth Leaca Coaveatloa.
KEARNEY, Neb., June 13. (Special Tele
gram.) The convention of the Kearney
district Ep worth league began Its meeting
tonight In this city and delegates and vis
itors hav been arriving on all trains. They
will bold a three days' session and the
work will be under the direction of R. K.
Diffendorfer of Chicago, associate editor of
the Epworth League Herald. Th lecture
Wednesday evening will be given by Rev.
George B. Bradford of Kansas City and
will be on of th notable features of th
convention.
Tarpeaalag J err Disagrees.
rULLERTON. Neb., June 13. (Special. )
Th Jury In the case of the State against
Bert Tarpennlng failed to sgree after forty,
eighth hours' deliberation and was dis
charged by Judge Reeder last evening at 6
o'clock. The court this morning recognised
Torpennlng to appear at the next term of
the district court In the sum of $6,000 and
the case will probably be retried In Novem
ber next
BOXESTEEL 19 O TUB BOOM
Haadreds ef Prospective Homestead
ers Caaiplna- Oat.
NORFOLK, Neb., June 13. (Special.)
Within the lsst ten days the town of Bone
steel, the terminal of the Northwestern
branch which runs out of Norfolk, has
practically doubled In slse. From a village
of hsrdly 400 people eight weeks ago It has
developed Into a little city of 6,000 today
Every whet In Bonesteel Is to be heard the
constant rapping of the carpenter's ham
mer. v The lumber yards are busy and th
draymen are on the Jump, getting new
stocks settled. Out around the town,
stretched for a mile or so, are Innumerable
white tents wherein bunk hundreds of pros
pective homesteaders who have got In
ahead of the rush.
Women of Bonesteel have made prepara-
Hons for the reception of the Incoming
throng of women who will wnnt to take
chances at the free home business.
Northwestern officials In Norfolk have or
dered all general agents of the company to
make no arrnnsrements this year whatever
for Fourth of July special trains, as every
car with wheels on will be required for use
on the national day for the transportation
of the Rosebud rush. Registration begins
at Fairfax, Bonesteel, Yankton and Cham
berlain on July 5 (d continues till July 23.
THREE HELD FOR FEASEL Ml'RDER
Womaa anil Tvro Men Have Prelim
inary Hearing;.
NELSON. Neb., June 13 (Spoclal Tele
gramsThe preliminary hearing of Mrs.
Nace Hutchinson, her son, Charles Hutch
inson, and Charley F. Feasel. a nephew of
the missing man, charged with the murder
of Ell W. Feasel, was heard In the county
court here today. County Attorney E. V.
Brown, ox-District Judge G. W. Stubbs and
F. H. Stuhb.1 appeared for the state, while
ex-Congressmnn R. D. Sutherland had
charge of the defense.' Twenty witnesses
were called by the state, but no testimony
was presented by the defense at this hear
ing. The prisoners were bound over to the
district court
There will probably be a special term
called to dispose of this case. There Is
much Interest manifested In It residents
of the community In which tho crime wns
committed seem confident that the parties
held are guilty of the crime bf murder.
while the defendants express themselves as
confident of being able to prove their inno
cence when the case comes to trial.
SISDAV
SCHOOL
coxvevtioji
Workers from All Over the State
Rather nt Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., June IS. (Spe
cial.) The Nebraska State Sunday School
association will have Its annual convention
In this city tomorrow Wednesday and
Thursday. Four hundred delegates are ex
pected to be In attendance and the local
churches have provided entertainment by
way of rooms and breakfasts. The pro
gram Is as follows:
1:30 p. m. Executive committee meeting.
2:30 p. m. Openltifr ,-ayer service.
3:00 p.m. Conferei of orsanlzci work.
Paul S. Dletrlck of Henderson, presiding;
"Reasons for Organization," W. E. Nlchol,
Minden; "How to Organize." J. C. Martin,
Central City; "How to Sustain an Organi
sation." Miss Blanche Adams, O'Neill;
Round table.
4:30 p. m. Address of welcome and re-
rponses.
6:im p. m. Adjournment.
7:30 p. m. Sorg service.
8:00 p. m. Introductory address by Rev.
E. A. Marshall, Moody Bible Institute, Chi
cago.
Has a Roua-h Experience.
HOLLREGE, Neb., June. 13. (Special
Telegram.) Mr.; Rose, a . farmer living be
tween here and Funk, brought to town
today n colored man named Joe Brown,
whom he discovered on his placa by the
railroad trark yesterday morning In . a
crippled condition. Brown tells' quite a
thrilling story. He trampsW hero from
Tennessee, and Friday night, becoming
tired., hs sat down on the railroad trach
and fell asleep. He did not know anything
until Sunday morning, when he found him
self down the embankment, his back and
left leg paining. He crawled up tha bank
and was standing up, but was unable to
walk, when Mr. Ro" discovered him and
cared for him until this morning, when ho
brought him to town. It is supposed that
while ho was asleep a train came along
and threw him down the bank. He Is In
jured In his back and left leg and the
doctor thinks It will "be several weeks be
fore he is able to go to work.
Nemaha Populist Convention.
AUBURN, Neb., June 13.-(Speclal.) The
populists met In county convention here
Saturday for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the state convention at Fremont
June 21. The convention organized by elect
ing J. H. Dundas as chairman and J. M.
Demaree secretary. The following persons
were selected as delegates to the state con
vention above named, towlt: F, M. An
derson, Joslah Gllllland, C. C. Stone, W. J.
Davles, August Relmers, A. C. Leeper and
E. B. Quackenbush. The following persons
ore alternates to said convention: William
Dally, H. J. Snyder. B. T. Bkeen. J. H.
Dundas, George Dye, Floyd Hlgglns and
James Adamson. The county central com
mittee held a short sesa'on and adjourned
until July 16.
Rashlnar Work oa Hospital. '
NORFOLK, Neb.. June 13.-(Speclal.-Woik
on the new state hospital for the In
sane at Norfolk Is progressing very rap
Idly Just now and there Is every Indication
that the four buildings which make up the
new institution will be completed within
three month. One of the four structures
Is practically done, now and the other
LIFE 5AVED BY SWAMP-ROOT.
The Wonderful Kidney, Liver and
Bladder Remedy. ,
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Swamp-Root, discovered by th eminent
kidney and bladder specialist, promptly
cures kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid
troubles.
Bome of the. early symptoms of weak
kidneys are pain or dull ache In the back,
rheumatism, dlsslness, headache, nervous-,
nesa, catarrh of the bladder, gravel or cal
culi, bloating, sallow complexion, puffy or
dark circles under the eyes, suppression of
urine or compelled to pass water often day
and night.
The mild and extraordinary effect of the
world-famous kidney remedy. Dr. Kilmer'
Swf nip-Root, Is soon realised. It stands
th highest for Its wonderful cures of th
most distressing easel If you need a
medicine you should have the best.
Swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything, but if you have kidney, liver,
bladder or uric acid trouble you will And
It Just the remedy you need.
Bold by druggists In flfty-cent and on
dollar sizes. You may have a sample bot
tle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and a
pamphlet that tells all about It Including
many of the thousands of letters received
from sufferers cured, both sent free by
mall. Write Dr. Kilmer Co., Blng
ham ton, N. Y., and please be sure to men
tion that you read this generous offer In
Tho Omaha Dally Bee. Don't mak any
mistake, but remember th name, Bwamp
Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and the
address. Ling ham ton, N. X, oa every
bottle.
three are climbing fast to the top. There
are about 100 men employed on tho con
tract. .,
TALK OF IMPEACHING THE MAYOR
Tecnmseh ' Peoplc'"'rf'a!n;nant at Al
leged Official ' Inaction,
TECUM8EH, ' Neb.. ",Juhe 13.-(Speclnt
Telegram.) As an afterpart of the circus
Incident here Sunday In! which' dozens of
citizens of this community were swindled
and confldenced out of money In various
sums ranging from a few cents up to 1700
and in which It waa alleged by many that
the mayor and city officers were very lax
In taking hold and stopping the games and
prosecuting the gamesters, an indignation
meeting of citizens was held, at the court
bouse this evening. It was well attended
by citizens. Mayor L. S. Chittenden and
the police force were subjected to scathing
rebukes by several speakers for allowing
the lawlessness to proceed and for the fnct
that they were not more alert In bringing
the offenders to Justice.
A motion prevailed to bring Impeachment
proceedings against Mayor Chittenden and
let the work proceed until every officer who
was possibly guilty of malfeasance Is
brought to light. The committee elected to
take charge of the Impeachment proceed
ings consists of Hugh Lo master, J. A.
McPheryn and Rev. H. E. Waters. A fund
was started In the hall to defray the ex
penses and between 330 and 3300 was sub
scribed. It wss hinted that the mayor
might resign and he may follow that course.
Lewis Goes to Jail.
KIMBALL, Neb, June 13. (Special Tele
gram.) The preliminary trial of E. C.
Lewis, charged with shooting Ed Sharp
with Intent to kill, was held In Harrlsburg
today before County Judge Hoke. Lewis
was bound over to the district court and
not being able to furnish the $3,000 bond
he was remanded to Jail.
News of Nebraska.
ALBION, June 13. Work on the new Al
bion National bank building Is progressing,
and when finished will be one of the hand
somest buildings In this part of Nebraska.
BEATRICE. June 18. C. F. Wilbur sus
tained severe Injuries yesterday morning
by falling down an areaway at the rear
of hla meat market on North Fifth street.
CAMBRIDGE, June 13. A company has
been formed in Cambridge for the manu
facture of hydraulic stone. Rankin Bros.,
local grain merchants, have purchased the
county right .
CAMBRIDGE, June 13. The Odd Fellows
lodge of Cambridge observed memorial
Sunday by holding services yesterday at
the Methodist church. The sermon wss
preached by Rev. B. Howe.
SEWARD, June 13 The Retail Grocers'
association will hold their third annual
flcnln at "Fair Place," the Seward county
air grounds, on June 22. They held their
first annual picnic here also.
PAPILLION. June 13. Miss Almeda
Frederick of papllllon has been elected by
the La Platte School board as principal
of thut school for the ensuing year. Miss
Alice Shahan of Omaha will teach - the
primary department.
SEWARD, June 13. Among quantities of
fish caught from the Blue river last week
was one that waa observed to have a pecu
liar pouch beneath its mouth. On open
ing this four ten-penny nails and a 1-cent
piece, coined In lsdO. were discovered.
ALBION, June 13. W. H. Bronson died
at the home of hla son, 11. M. Bronson,
Thursday and was burled today. He waa
about 86 years of sge and had resided in
Albion for more than twenty-five years.
Hla wife, who Is about the same age, sur
vives him.
BEATRICE, June 13. Memorial services
were held at department headquarters by
the Beatrice firemen this afternoon. Rev.
G. W. Crofts delivered the memorial ad
dress. The Beatrice military band and a
male qusrtet furnished the music, and ap
propriate exercises ware held at the ceme
teries over the graves of deceased fire
men. BEATRICR June IS According to the
ssseosors' books tha total estimated as
sessed valuation of personal property In
Beatrice for 19o4 Is about I&O.OiiO ss against
t2t!,0u0 for 1DG3. The total assessed valua
tion of the county for tha year 1WH i
33.400.0f0 as sgsinst 5i0.0oo for 19o3. Th
avenge value of Gaga county lands varies
from M to M per sere.
KEARNEY, June IS. The Buffalo county
teachers' Institute began a three days' ses
sion this mornlng-wlth seventy-five tesch
rs enrolled. Tonight s reception was given
to the teachers at the home of County Su
perintendent Hartsell, and Wednesday eve
ning Dr. Condra ef the slate university
MY
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fayT '7 1 naww p. . m
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
will deliver an Illustrated lecture on "The
Geography of Nebraska."
HUMBOLDT, June 13. Ernest ShurtlefT.
a young mar. living near here, was kicked
In the face by a hors. One foot of the
animal struck him squarely in the face,
smashing the Jiose ond reducing .the fleHh
to a pulp, the other hoof striking a glan
cing blow on the chin and doing iittle
damage. ' '
PAPILLION, June 18. The annual picnic
of the Sarpv county Old Settlers' associa
tion will be held at Bellevue, July On
that date there will be a celebration at
Bellevue of the fiftieth anniversary of the
first Fourth of July celebration ever held
In Nebraska, which occurred at Bellevue,
and the Old Settlers' association will merge
their celebration with this.
FARNAM, June 13. Fornam Is to have
another bank. The corporation Is organ
ized and the charter applied for. The cash
capital will be $5,000. M. J. Tuft, G. D.
Faulkas, S. F. Parker and others are the
Incorporators. A brick building will be be
gun hs soon as workmen can be secured
and everything will be pushed toward an
earlv opening for business.
SEWARD, June 12 A levy of 19 mills
was made for city taxes at the council
meeting on Inst Wed nest' iv night. The as
sessed valuation this year on city prop
erty, both real and pemonal, is $'M,2ol.
Last year a Co-mill levy was made on an
assessed valuation of SlilMS. On a 18-mlll
levy this year $300 more will be raised
than was raised on tho 30-mlll levy last
year.
EDGAR, June 13. The Odd Fellows.
United Workmen, Modern Woodmen and
their auxiliaries held memorial services
yesterday In the opera house at 2:30 p. m.
The exercises In the opera house consisted
of brief religious services .and an address
by the Rev. L. E. Humphrey, after which
the orders marched to the cemetery and
decorated the grave of their deceased
members.
SEWARD, June IS. A mulatto named
Walker was brought by some farmers
from near Bee to Seward last week. They
stated the man had attempted suicide by
drowning. At a meeting of the Insanity
board on Saturday he was adjudged In
sane and ordered to be tuken by Sheriff
Smiley to the insane asylum at Lincoln.
He recently came to Seward from Lin
coln, the police of that city havlng ordered
him to leave.
HUMBOLDT, June 11 The local Knights
of Pythias lodge held Its memorial day
services at Castle hall yesterday afternoon
at 8 o'clock, and afterward marched In a
body to the cemetery and decorated the
graves of the fifteen deceased Knights who
have gone before. At the hall appropriate
music was rendered. Mrs. Jamtii B. Davis
singing a very pretty solo, and the prin
cipal address was given by Rev. J. F. Ben
nett of the local Baptist church. Several
members were present from Dawson and
the surrounding country, the day being
an Ideal one for the service. Floral dec
orations and offerings were elaborate and
benottriil.
OSCEOLA. June 13. Yesterday after
noon was observed a decoration day by
most of the fraternal societies here. The
orders gathered at their halls at 3 p. m.,
and, headed by the band of the Second
regiment, Nebraska National Guard,
marched to the Auditorium, where the ser
vice were held. Hon. E. L. King pre
elded over the meeting. The stage was
filled by the band, which discoursed muslo
appropriate to the occasion, and Mr. King
made pleasant remarks In opening. Rev.
J. W. Embree addressed the throne of
grace and Rev. Knox Botide, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, delivered an ora
tion. There was singing by a chorus class
of young women and a class of young men,
after which the line was formed and went
to the cemetery. Ill the procession were
the Odd Fetlows lodge, the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, the Woodmen of the
World, the Knights of Pythias, the Ben
Hurs. the Highlanders and the auxiliaries
of these orders.
LOOKING TOWARD CHICAGO
Kansas Repobllcaas Will Begin to
Move Toward Convention City
oa Soaday.
TOPEKA, Kan., June 18. Kansas repub
Ucsns will begin to move toward Chicago
Sunday, June 13. About 100 have engaged
rooms and probably that many more In ad
dition will attend. D. W. Mulvane, the na
tional committeeman, left for Chicago to
day. Kansas will have twenty delegates
and alternates In the convention.
Tw Get Rid of a Twutlrsume Corn.
First soak it In warm wstrr to soften It;
then par it down a closely as posslhl
without drawing the blood, snd spply
Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice dally, rub
bing vigorously for five minutes at each
application. A corn plaster should be worn
for a few dsys to protect It from ths sho.
As a general liniment for sprains, bruises,
lameness and rheumatism, 'Pain Balm is
uncqualed.
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INSPECTING ARMY POSTS
Generah Chaffee and Humphrej to Make a
....... '. Tour of th'Wtt.
TWO DAYS DEVOTED TO OMAHA ON TRIP
Congressman Burkett Secures Three
Additional Carriers for Lincoln
" , to Go on Duty In , '
September,
' (From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, June 13 (Special Tele
gram. General Chaffee, chief of staff, has
arranged for a tour of Inspection of the
prominent military posts of the country
during July and August, lie will be ac
companied by General C. F. Ilumphrey,
quartermaster general of the army, and
Captain Grote Hutchinson of the Eighth
cavalry, aide to General Chaffee, besides
stenographers and clerks, who will trans
ect the routine business of the War de
partment devolving upon the chief of the
staff and quartermaster general as com
prehensively as If fhey were In their own
quarters In Washington.
Since the return of General Chaffee from
active service in China and the Philippines,
he has felt the necessity of getting ac
quainted with the country, much of which
he was perfectly familiar with as a line
officer, but which has grown beyond his
knowledge in a personal sense since he be
came a division commander and later chief
of staff.
It Is planned that General Chaffee and
General Humphrey with their aides and
stenographers will leave Washington on
June 26 for Detroit where Fort Wayne
will be visited. The party will then go
from Detroit to Duluth by engineer boat,
stopping enrdute at Mackinac and Fort
Brady, leaving Duluth June SO for St. Paul
(Fort Snelllng), where a stay of two days
will be made. Then lit succession the fol
DUFFY'S PURE
LOOK FOR THIS TRADE-MARK
MEDICINE FOR
At all drugslsts and grocers or direct
Malt Wblsky Co. Rochester, N. Y.
lowing forts will be visited with little o
no rests between: Fort Keough, one dayj
Fort MacKenzle, one day; Fort Illinois,
one day; Garrison, one day; Fort Asslnl
borne, two days; Fort Yellowstone, four
days; Fort Wright,- one day; Seattle and
Forts Lawton, Casey an FlngTer, In all
six days; Vancouver barracks, two days;
Fort Walla Walla, one day; Boise barracks,
one day; Fort Douglas (Utah), on day;-'
Fort D. A. Russell, two days. ' '" ' '.'
Two Days In Omaha.
From Fort Russell General Chaffe will
go to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, for a day,
then to Fort Meade for a day, thence to v
Fort Niobrara a day and to Omaha (Fort'
Crook and Fort Omaha) for two days.
From Omaha It will bo an easy Joumy
to Fort Dcs Moines, whore General Chaffee
will spend a day, Fort Leavenworth two
days and Jefferson barracks one day, ar-,
riving In St. Louis early on the morning
of August 13.
The railroads throughout the section to
be traversed have placed special facilities,
at the disposal of General Chaffee and his
party and where the regular (rains cannot
accommodate their movements the cars
In which General Chaffoe and party will
travel will be run special. The Itinerary
calls . for nearly 15,000. miles of railroad
travel In addition to coach transportation.
Many practical questions will' be solved
on this trip, particularly those of mobiliza
tion at Important centers. Railroad facili
ties will be looked Into; equipment will be. '
gone over, and the general mobility of the
army will be Inquired Into.
General Chaffee will-be accompanied by
Mrs. Chaffee and his daughters as far as
Duluth, but they will go at onfce to Yel-: ,
lowstone park, remaining there until the
general Joins them on his eastern move
ment to St. Louis. . . .
More Carriers for Uneola. .
Representative Burkett today Induced
Fourth Assistant Postmaster .General Brls
tow to put on three additional letter cur
riers at Lincoln September 1. This addi
tional service Is necessary to facilitate tha
delivery of the malls to the State university
and vicinity,'
HALT WHISKEY
ON EVERY BOTTLE. ' '
ALL UAUIUiJO
$1.00 a bottle. Medical booklet Ir - Duffj
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