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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1905)
rnr omaiia daily bee: Saturday. January 21. 1903. r FROM GIRLHOOD TO WOMANHOOD Mothers Should Watch the Development of Their Daughters Interesting Experiences of Misses Borman and Hills. Every mother possesses lniormaHerri which is of vital Interest to her young daughter. Too often this is nerer imparted or Is withheld until serious harm has result d to tho growing girl through her ignorance of nature's mysterious and wonderful laws and penalties. Oirls' over-sensitiveness and modesty often puzzle their mothers and baffle physicians, as they so often withhold their confidence from their mothers and conceal the syraptoma which ought to b told to their physician at this critical period. When a girl's thoughts become slug gish, with headache, dizziness or a dis posi tion to sleep, pains in back or lower limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude; when she is a mystery to herself and friends, her mother should come to her aid, and remember that Lydia E. Pink bam'a Vegetable Compound will at this time prepare the system for the coming change, and start the menstrual period in a young girl's life without pain or irregularities. Hundreds of letters from young girls and from mothers, expressing their gratitude for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has accomplished for them, have been iveeired by the Lydia K. Pink ham Medicine Co., at Lynn, Mass. Miss Mills has written the two fol lowing letters to Mrs. Pinkham, which will be read with interest : Dear Mrs. Pinkham : (First Letter.) "I am bat flf teen years of age, am dopressed, havs dizzy spoils, chills, headache and back ache, and as I kave heard that yon ran r1s helpful adrica to girls in my condition, f stn writing you." Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, 111 Dear Mrs. Pinkham: (Second Letter.) " It is with the feeling of utmost gratitude that I write to you to tell yon what your valuable medicine has done for me. When I wrote you in retard to my condition I had consulted several doctors, but they failed to understand mv cone and I did not receive any benefit from their treatment. 1 followed your advice, and took Lvdia E. Finkhnnt's Vegetable Compound and am now healthy and well, and all the distressing symptoms which I had atthttimehavedisappeared.', Myrtle Mills, Oquawka. 111. Miss Matilda Borman writes Mrs. Pinkham as follows : Dear Mrs. Pinkham: ' Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound my monthlies were irregu lar and painful, and I always had such dreadful headaches. " But since takin? the Compound mv head aches have entirely left me, my monthlies are regular, and I am getting strong and well. I am telling all my tirl friends what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me." Matilda Borman, Farmington, Iowa. If you know of any young girl who is hick and needs motherly advice, ask her to address Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her every detail of her symptoms, and to keep nothing back. She will receive advice absolutely free, from a source that has no rival in the experience of woman's ills, and it will, if followed, p-'t her on the right road to a strong, healthy and happy womanhood. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound holds the record for the greatest number of cures of female ills of any medicine that the world has ever known. Why don t you try it ? Lydia C. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Makes Sick Women Well. PLANS FOR Y. M. C. A. BUILDING (oniiltt Goes East to Look I'p Latest In Features for the Jitw Structure. The Young- Men's Christian association Is taking preliminary steps toward an active building campaign. The first move In this direction will be a tout) by the committee, which consists of Messrs. Dumont, Sunder land, Fisher and Wade. These representa tives ef the association will go east the first of next week to Inspect the latest things In association buildings. They plan to go Am to Dayton, "which has a very line building for a city of Its size. They will inspect this during the evening and then go to Toledo, where their Itinerary allows them a day. They will spend an evening In Detroit and a day each in Buffalo and Scrnnton. Scranton has a building which Is the most ornate In the association world and Is much talked of. The tour of Inspec tion will end In New York, where several days will be spent In visiting the city and authority for the statement that Architects authority for tho statement that Architects Fisher & Lawrle will be set to work at once on the return of the committee. Attention, Odd Fellows. The funeral of Brother John McDonald of Lanaconning Lodge of Maryland to morrow at 2 o'clock from residence, at Twenty-fourth and Burdette Sts. Brothers lsvltdi?-;v f- '" ' Clan Gordon annual Burns' festival, Qer mania hall, January 25. Tickets, 60a each. Btunecypher prints. 1307 Howard. Tel. 1310. RAILROADS PROTEST IN VAIN Demand that State Figures Ee Taken for City Taxation Purposes. BOARD Of EQUALIZATION ACTS PROMPTLY Multiplies the Assessment of Lines In City Limits by Fire and Flies the Totals at the Amonnt Thns Obtained. Frotsts of the railroads salnft lncres Irtfr th aeesmens made by the State Bii.rd of Equalization five times on the theory that thuy were made cn a one-fif'h valuation, whereas the city assessments Is upon a full cash valuation, wfre .overruled abruptly by the Board oi Equalisation and t!ie BssL'Ssmeiua of three roads were mul tiplied by five. The I'nlon Taclflc was advanced from $110,r to fc.50,400. the Bur lington from M,S27 to $1,636. the Chicago A. Northwestern from $!.72j to 18,6, the Belt l.lnc from $sj,r0 to fjS.WO and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha from fJI.Sia to Jl":,51. Action was not taken on the assessment of the Crt Western, and hearing on the protests of the Omaha Bridge & Termln.- l company postponed. The Missouri Pac-lllc and the Terminal companies sent representatives In person, the other roads contenting themselves with written coinmunii atloos. The protest of the I'nlon Pacific is based on alleged lack of jurisdiction by the Board of Equaliza tion and asserts that the city has no right to make any assessment or valuation, or to revise, modify, alter, change or equalize any property Included In the returns to the state board, which Includes everything possible In the city of Omaha. It Is signed by John N. Baldwin and supported by an affidavit of A. W. Swingle, assistant tax commissioner of the company, BnrllnKton Alleges Frand. The Burlington's protests, which ar signed by R. W. Pollard, tax agent, in addition to alleging lack of jurisdiction, say that the same kind of an increase as the one proposed In 1904 was "fraudulent and the result qf conspiracy on the part of members of the board to arbitrarily raise the value of the property." It is set forth, further, that such a raise makes the assessments excessive as compared with other property, and the attention of the councllmen is Invited to the fact that there Is now pending In the United States cir cuit" court a suit involving th4 1904 taxes. The protests from the Northwestern sys tem resemble those of the Burlington, ex cept there are no charges of fraud or conspiracy. The board Ignored all of these protests, resolutions to raise the assess ments having been prepared at the order of Councilman Evans, who Introduced thern. The council is acting with the full advice and consent of the legal department Attorney J. F. Stout appeared for the Missouri Pacific, the lessee of the Belt Line system, and protested against the proposed assessment of $410,000 on the ground that it was not In equality with the assessments of the other railroads. He pointed out that it would be as much as the Union Pacific and asked that It be retained at the same figures as last year $98,000. While he men tioned "lack at Jurisdiction" in his formal protest he did not press this point. After City Attorney Wright had given an opin ion that In ' not using the same multiple with respect to the Belt Line figures the city would not Jeopardize its chances at collecting the taxes of the other roads, a majority of the board voted to make the Belt Line assessment ' the same as last year. Grain Men Most Show I'p. Tax Commissioner Fleming has recom mended that about fifteen of, the firms and Individuals dealing in gfaln on the Omaha exchange bo cited to show cause why then assessments should not be raled from prac tically nothing to an aggregate of more than $100,000, and the board has directed A Free Ticket to the rpfieurai with Every Waovt-Ad.. Run Under the following heads: Wanted Male Help WaMed Female Help -Personal Situation Wanted For Sale Mis cellancoua Wanted to Rent Wanted to Buy -Furnished Rooms Furnished Rooms and Board Unfurnished Rooms Horses and Wagons- Miscellaneous For Exchange Dressmaking In The Bee until Jan. 25, '05 A Few Sample Ads and What They Cost: ROOM and board In private family for two gentlemen; want use of piano and violin practice. Address: C 6, Bee. K 2x 1 time 20c 3 times 61): FOB. SALE New upright piano, cheap. Ad dress: Box 79, Omaha. Q M-MO 3x I time 20C-3 times dOc FOUR bedroom suites, parlor furniture, two . largs rug and carpets, hall racks, kitchen mid dining room complete, iicnc, iik icn box: must be sold: at uno-thlrd rush: $175; H-rouiu house ior nut. Audreys: C 14, Bee. g Aliol ix I time 35c 3 time $1.05 FOR SALK--Fine. genuine calf bufTalo coat. In fin condition, at bargain. Write C 3, Bee. Q-.'ti; ix 1 time 20c 3 times 49c ART GARLAND hard coal burner; has been used one winter and is as good as new. W1U sell cheap. '1'hons L2S58. 2t30 Dodge. Q MliV-ix ' 1 time 23c 3 times 69c LADY STENOGRAPHER wishes position fur practice. Address: 1713 Burt street. A MisS 14 I time 20c -3 times 39c POINTER POO. Thoroughly broken on ctik-krn and quail, ttoy Weed, 3U T. O. W. Bldg., City. Q-M39J-4 1 time 20c 3 times 48c POOL TABLES and show cases. 107 Har ney St. Q M1K7 1 time 20c -3 times 27c FRESH young cow for sale. 2S20 N. 33d. Q-MWfl 4 1 time 20c 3 times 24c WANTED By a gentleman of means, a young lady correspondent, for amusement. Address: B 65 Be. U 311 2x I time 20c 3 times 48c WASTED TO BITY-A Mandolin in kooiI condition and cheap. B 66, Bee, Must be Address: ox 1 time 20c 3 times 54c WANTED TO BUY A good building lot tieur car I'ne. Must be reasonable In price. Address: C 1, Bee. 393 2x 1 time 29c -3 times 97c SITUATION WANTED by stenographer; young man. IS; willing, all-around worker; reasonable salary. Address: p s. Bee. A M578 lBx -1 time 20c 3 times 54c WANTEDJ-Fui Dished rooms; two rooms, or mom and alcove, with board, or near good boarding place, by man and wife with childrvn. Address: M. S. F.. 3n44 N. 27th St. K 43s 2x 1 time 30c 3 times V0c No Want Ad Taken for Less thin 20c that'citatlons be issued for Saturday morn ing. These are affected : George H. Lyons, agent for the Calumet A Western Elevator company, $S.'0fi; J. II. Conrad Commission company. $S,rtV: J. A. Connor, 5,0t.f; E. E. Huntley, $:."; J. Rosenbauui Grain company. $C..fr); I'pdlk Grain company, IK'J; Trsnsml?sissippl Grain company, lin.ftn; Omsha Elevator company, $10,500; E. H. Pierce company, f'.o.ioo; Omaha Grain Exchange company, t.Onn; ppdike Commission company. I'.Jos; Punderland ft Prdike. l.15: 8. A. Mc. Whorter Grain company, $1".3C5; Edwards Wood company, ti.oft. The W. R. Bennett comrany has been cited to appear Saturday morning1 to show cause why the assessment on several de partments of the store should not be ad vanced from J49.7S0 to llU'.Ortn, and J. Pon nenborsr will be asked to defend an Increase front IVah) to JU.'X. Personal Property Assessment. Tile personal assessment of V.. J. C. Kenyon, manager of the South Omaha Stock Yards company, was fixed at l.'.COO. which Is wice as much as last year, but $."0O'les than the tax commissioner wanted. In connection with this assessment Coun cilman Zimman said: In going over the tax rolls I And many citizen owning magnltlo nt homes fllird with silver, c.itglas. orlent.il runs and ex pensive f'lrtilture ansrd at figures that do not differ much from the household u.s-ef-Tipnts of many n mechanic or clerk. Horses that during horse show week are reputed to be worth thousands are returned for a few hundred, t'ltnrly there Is some thing wrong about this, and 1 think that a roan's ini'oe-" togctt"" 'he stvle and frequency which he entertains, should hive Home effect in deteritio...4 .,.u value of his household goods. Citations Issued nt tho request of the Villi Land Company ng.ilnst Count Creighton nnd A. C. Smith ns head of the M. E. Bmlth company, have not hen served because both gentlemen are out of the city. The aex8ment of L. Hardin?. Junk dealer, was advanced from 1500 to 13,000. Additional Increases. Blight progress was made by the Willis Land company In Its complaints against big business Arms and wealthy citizens, the net result of the afternoon session being an Increase of $15,000 In the assessments of the Nebraska Clothing company and the M. E. Bmlth company. M. Ievy, president of tlo company appeared In response to the citation, but failed to bring his books, In ventories or Insurance policies as demanded. He said he did not think he was obliged to do this and did not want to do so be cause he would thereby disclose private in formation. No one else had ever carted any books to the city hall, he said, and he did not see why he should be made an ex ception. Attorney Preen was pressing Mr. Levy to tell how he arrived at the figures of 194,600 for the stock In his eworn return, when Councilman Huntington objected to Inquiry Into "mental processes" and se cured a resolution forbidding such tactics. After a lengthy bit of catechising Attorney Breen asked for an assessment of J140.000, saying thla had been the last county as sessment agajnst the nrm. He Introduced no evidence to support his contention that the stock was worth this much, however, and the council merely added $5,000 to the figures of the Board of Review. E. A. Cudahy, summoned to show cause why he should not bear a personal assess ment of $2,000,000 Instead of $60,000, did not appear, but sent Attorneys John C. Cowln and Tom Crelgh. Legal points were dis cussed for half an hour and the board finally voted to keep the assessment where It wna, the Willis Land company having failed to Introduce any evidence to disprove Mr. Cudahy'e sworn statements. Pullman Company Increased. The assessment of the Pullman Palace Oar company of $800 was multiplied by five and Increased to $4,000, the same as the railroads, in the face of 'a. protest filed by Attorney F. T. Ransom against such ac- C. B. Keller, attorney, aopeared for M. E. Smith & Co., explaining that A. C. Smith had gone to New York before the notice was served and there was no one else here who cared to assume the responsi bility of appearing before the Board of Equalization. The land company asked for an Increase In the assessment from $290,000 to $1,300,000. No evidence to support the claim for the higher .figure wag Introduced, nd the council made the assessment $300, 000, Councilman Zimman explaining that the addition was in the nature of a pen alty for nonappearance In response to the citation. Tax on Andltorlnm. The request of the Auditorium company for a reduction from $100,000 to $10,000 on the big building was denied, but the matter was laid over for final disposition until this morning. T. J. Mahoney urged the reduc tion because the building is in the nature of a public, enterprise, and President Nash of the company spoke In the same strain. Directors Peck and Byrne were present Successive motions to reduce the assess ment to $25,000 and tffen to $50,000 were lost by a tie vote of the board. Incidentally President Nash said it would be impossible for the company to struggle along with its debt and pay heavy taxes and that it would be a good many years before tho Audi torium stock would pay dividends. J. B. McKlttrick, as agent, filed sixty protests against small realty assessments ranging from $25 to $5,000 apiece, all being referred to the tax commissioner. The re quests of the 8. D. Mercer company for reductions on real estate in Walnut Hill and elsewhere were overruled on the rec ommendation of the commissioner. Th . board will conclude its sessions at 6 o'clock t&nlght unless the accumulation of business compels an evening session or one on Monday. Rfteeiitti and Farnam HflOff ADO! FIftea nth and liuyi Two Great Groups of Men's Suits Prices Have Been Greatly Reduced The lots are small all sizes are represented Early customers et the best pick come early come prepared to see the biggest suit bargains in modern merchandising. Group No. 1 Men's Suits that a sold all season up to ft 7 C on sale f! Saturday U Saturday Boys' Suits and Overcoats at Reduced Prices 1.50 Group No. 2 Men's Suits that sold all season up to H Cfffc $15, on sale ty)Jlt Jfrm Boys' Suits that sold up tb $4, Saturday $1.50 Commencing Saturday we will Bell Hoys' Suits that Bold all season up to $4.00, at the phenomenal low price of All small lots, but all sizes, 4 to 15. Boys' $5 Overcoats Saturday $2.50 About 210 Boys' Fine Overcoats that sold all season Efh at Saturday, your choice -ioCP h-t All small lots, but all sizes, 4 to 13. Prices Have Been Reduced on the Following Items Men's 75c and $1.00 Neckweai Saturday Men's 50c and 75c Underwear Saturday Men's fl, $1.25 and $1.50 Underwear H C Saturday i DC Men's $1.50 Combination Suits Saturday 45c-50c 35c 95c Men's 50c and 75c Fancy Shirts Saturday , . . . Men's $1.00 Sweaters Saturday . Men's 15c and 25c Merino Hose Saturday Men's 75c and $1.00 Winter Caps Saturday 29c 59c 10c 45c Fifteenth and Farnam Annoancementa of the Theaters. Two performances, matinee and evening, today, will close the engagement of Law rance D'Orsay and his company in the splendid Thomas comedy, 'The Earl of Pawtucket," at the Boyd theater. This has proven one of th ma riii.in... -i.. . W....1UUO JICLQS ever offeied in Omaha. On Sunday after noon and evening the attraction at the Boyd will be William Gillette's isreat melo drama. "Bherlorit iMimi i. .m v.- triven here with the original electrical and iieuiiuiiicai errects, and with all the para phernalia to make it perfect. The stay is lor oiiu day only. What You Can Turn Inio Cash With a Bee Want ' Ad: Folding Bed. Sideboard, Ice Box, Book Cases, Books, Musical Instruments, Second Hand Clothing- Busies, Horses, Cows. Furniture, Diamonds, Jewelry, Etc. Copy received any time until S:J0 p. m. WANT AD DEPARTMENT, OMAHA BEE, BEE BUILDING. Matinee and evening rn!iYiirmm. t.a at the Orpheiim will bring the excellent auoevnie mil for this week to a cloue. Mary Shaw, the di.silneulslu.rl slur last appeared here in Ibsen's "Ghosts," win oe un attraction of unusual li.irnr. tancs on the program for the week r..m- mencing Sunday matinee. Miss Shaw's vu- mcie win re a one-act play entitled, "The Silent System." The dashing comedienne, Josephine Babel, will contribute nnnulfir songs. rapid fiv-minute comic conversn- uii is in specialty of Bob and George Qulgly. piano plavina and fnlmlrrv nil fcgt-. t Vanalstyne, formerly with the Wood ward Stock company, and Louise Henry, '4 original Sal fcklnner si y Mildred Grover; KosfI brothers, In a feklt called A Mysterious Sweetheart;" rapidly drawn pictures and comedy by Robert Vfi Veau and entirely uew kino drome pictures completes the bill. CUBA' 877.50 AD RETURN Delightful steamer trip across the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans, Miami or Port Tampa. Above rate includes meals and berth on steamer. Good for return until June 1st. Stop-overs allowed enroute. Particulars and copy of illustrated Cuban booklet at Illinois Central Ticket Office, 1402 Farnam St., . OR WRITE D. sUbij mm r1 . -v - from the Capitol avenue market house for 1904 amounted to $1,R01.60, the monthly In come declining steadily from $303 60 In Feb ruary to $72.80 in December. Quality and loaest prices guaranteed. A. B. Hubermann, Jeweler, 13th and Douglas. Clan Gordon annual Burns- festlvsl, Ger nianla hall. January 26. Tickets, tOc each. GarBrld Circle o. 11. Indies of G. A. It.: Funeral of John McDonald, 1 p. in., Saturday, :tth and Burdette. Market lloase lie, ease. The annu il report f City Marketmasler W. F. Ueike shows that 111 Itnl derived llonieseekrrs' Iw Ilonnd Trip Rates Hundreds of thousands of acres of valu able lunds in the west and northwest are open to settlement. This vast region of feis endless advantages for investors as well as settlers. Numberless new farms countlees new homes are the attainments of western colonist Industry In 1904. To fully rrsllis the possibilities of tliess growing districts you should visit them In pf-raon. The Union raclflc affords you the oppor tunity to do so at smallest expense. On evtry first and third Turday, February. March and April, homteeker' low round trip tickets will be sold to Western Kan sas, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana and points In Idaho, and from February to June inclusive to Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho. Vcny low one way colonist rates to the Northwest snd to California via the Union Pacific from March 1 to May 15. The Union Facino will be the popular routs to th "Lewis and Clark Exposition" at Portland. For descriptive literature and full Informa tion Inquire of City Ticket Office, irt Farnam St. 'Phone SIS. Krvrs for the Army. Fifty cavalry recruits have been ordered sent from the recruiting station at JenVr sn Ilarrncks. Mo., to F'rt YVingate, N. M., for Hi.nlgnment to the Fifth United Status tavalry- t'umuunt to orders from the War depart ment the following named enllKtd men have been ordered to rtriort to Fort Leav tiiwurli), Kan., ou Feuruary 2, 1!aj6, for ex amination before a board of officers to de termine their fitness and qualifications for commissions In the United States army: Quftrlermaster Joachim Tliode, Company K, and Sergeant Luther Felker, Troop E. elev enth cavalry; Corporal Ira Longenecker, Company K, Corporal Lawrence Jiohl, Company K. and Private L. Coyle, 1,'om- fiany M, Sixth Infantry: Corporal Jesse V. loyd, Company G, Sixteenth Infantry; Cor lorj.l Charles W. Harlow, general service, Coast artillery, and First Sora'ant Robert Blulne, Troop T, Eleventh cavalry. Invest Constant Oil stock, 301 N. Y. Life, Sam'l Bums sells Havtland china meat course complete, $12. Ions Central Reaches Ds Molars. NEW YORK. Jan. .-President Ilawlev of the Iowa Central Kallroad company stated tiviity that a trsflio agreement has been ratified with the Chicago, Builington r Qulncy road, whereby the Iowa Central gains entrance into Des Moines, The Iowa Central's nearest point to that city Is Oska looaa, about sixty miles distant. DIED. M'DON'ALD, John, January 19, 19u6, aged 7S years. Funrral Saturday st S o'clock p m. from rsmncs of his son, William McDonald, 2231 BurdPtte street. Interment at Forest Lawn cemetery. Friends Invited. IP CHS. WILLOW'S SQOTKIHQ SYRUP torn sM by Million, ef Mntkers for tkatr , ctuiitrra bii TMiiuni tor otar fifty tun, i It suomss um ehiis. hImu tk. gnu., all;, i ail pAio, surw tM euUu, aa4 Is bust 1 , lmtlr fnrdiarrfa'tfa. i TWKJITlfjriCKitTa A aoTTLK. 1st times of prosperity place part of yoar Income with tho Omaha Loan & Building Association FOR A RAIXr DAY FIND. Some day this fund may carry you over a rough and rocky road. Bat. Iag deposits are credited with J per eeat dividends. Oilier, 1T04 Farnam. Deo Bldg. a. W. Loom Is. Pres. O. M. Nat linger, Sec'y U g s lt slaya. i I Mrtir, fir ! UiM MtnANDWOMfff. I'm Bit for unnatural 4 1 hr4 tB&4vaia.tioatw) rriLttoD tr uUitk., 4tf moon ftjmbriifc FtiilM, 4 out Mtritt font r tMjitonua. r MUt im ttit rrpfsML t rt, rrl4, I M. orfciiitl.: 7.