10 TifF. AHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. JULY 4, IPOS. WATER COMPANY FIGHTS TAX Attorney Stoat Attack Every Phase of the Increase. SATS BOARD LACES THE BIGHT nfanrs in Admit Assessors Had ! termlnrd Valve of too Ftaat to Be Six aad One quarter Millions. The hearing before the County Board of Briiiftlizattnn on the proposed raise of the Omaha Water company to 6,OiiO,oriO opened Friday morr.lnn with a general attack by Attorney J. F. Stout of the watiT company on the right of the board to act. Mr. Btout contended the atatutory provision requiring the board to be In ses sion not leas than three day nor more than twenty day meant twenty consecu tlve business daya from the time the ses sion began. If thla construction were takrn Saturday would be the twenty fourth day of the session. Deputy County Attorney Magney held the statute meant the board might meet twerjty days, but thwe days need not be consecutive. The board hai not been meeting Saturday. After some discussion Chairman Tralnor overruled the objections of Mr. Stout. Mr. Stout then offered the return of the county assessor at 13,500, WO on personal and 1781 Out! on real estat? as be I nig the cji rect return on the property. Mr. Stout refused to admit that the board of as sessors had determined the value of the plant to be til.2G0.fluQ, declaring evidence of that kind would be hearsay and not ad missible. I re Wants Witnesses. Ure than moved the county uttorney bo directed to summon witnesses to prove the amount of the appraisement. "If you are going Into a hearing of this caae now," said Mr. Stout, "I will say we will be hearing for sometime after the county assessor has been fined $500 for dot having hla returna In on time." The question waa brought to a head by a substitute motion by firunlng to leave the assessment at the assessor's figures. Mr. Stout spoke on this motion, assert ing the action of the board In proposing raises on Farnam ptroet and then re jecting the raises was an admission that property has not been assessed at 100 cents on the dollar. 'All we ask, "he said, "Is that the water company be assessed on the same valua tion." Tills called a response from t.'re, who said property In the residence, districts had been assessed up to Its full valuation and other property ought to be valued thu amc way. "We have spent S150.CV0 to find out what the water plant Is worth and It Is no longer a matter of Judgment. We know it How," he said. "Mr. t're and other members of the board are now urging the lawyers to spend an Books and A novel with a "horsy" flavor, entitled "The Mistress of Hounds," by Jay Hardy, la the feature of the July Smart Set. A delightful love atory Is woven ariund the heroine, who Is the central flgute In a amart summer colony. Beatrix Pemarest Lloyd contributes a short story, "Madame D'Arbel." Ella P. Midgley has a very en gaging tale entitled "Throe Fools and a Wise One;" Kleanur M. Ingrum writes "A Oalvez with the Gray Eyes." a story with a French creole retting; George Sylvester Vlereck, In the furn of letters, tells a very modern love Htoi-y entitled "Claudia;" Aus tin AdamB wrl:t'i u most original tale. "The Room at the Top;" John'J. a'Becket writes a story as gruesome and strange s anything of IJoe's called "Lallaby; a Douht," and Kdna Kenton, whose work grows In power, has never revealed her talents to "l etter advantage than In her atory, "An I'nltnaglnntlve Man." Other charming fiction in contributed by Kate Mastersnn, Anna MeClure Sholl, Katharine Metcalf Roof, Edwin L. Sabln, Arthur C. Judd and II. K. Weeles. In the July number of The Fopuisr Mag. tine J. Kvnllwortli Egerton, In "The Cumo of Fernando Vasquci," takes us on a thrilling adventure trip to the West In dies. K. and Hesketh Prlchard, In "The White Man's Gift," are our guides to the wilds of Patagonia. w;t'i T ' ' Halns, in "The White Veil of Mystery," we run before the wind along the coast of South America. "The Lua u.v i,, Temple Thurston, takes us to Equatorial Africa, but we escape the heat and the fever. In "Hearts and Diamonds," by Francis W'hltlock, we search for wealth and a lost race among the mysterious peo ple of Yucatan. James Iiarr, In "The Kin ship of Ages," guides us to the cold far north. Then there are western stories that give us the dash and the sweep of the great country beyond the Mississippi. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, In his latest book, "Through the Magic Door," an In troduction to literature for the younger readers, has given an account of his own literary tastaa and experiences. It can be aeen, for . example, how the author of "Sherlock Holmes" has read Toe, how the author of "The White Company" has read Charles Reade, how the author of "big Nigel" has read Scott and Dumas, and last, but not least, how the author of "The Croxley Master" has familiarised himself with the fascinating records of the old English prise ring. Published by the Me Clure company. Young's Magaxlne for July promises a score of brisk, vivid, unusual stories. In "Ths Wager," this month's novelette, a gay, reckluss young count makes a bet to marry the first woman he meets as he goes along the street. "The Flaw," by "Winona Godfrey, Is set around a wonder ful pink diamond and glows with the col ors of the Jewel ss well as the beauty of the woman who daringly attempts to steal It. "A Lover of Gems," by Charles Henry Hlrsch, Is from the French and will bring oold thrills In the most torrid weather. The Demon of Unrest" Is the story of an actress' tragic lovs, and "Circe," by Fred Jackson, la laid In the Paris studios and revolves around an artist, a model and a sweet American girl. Quaintly Ironical lit tle stories on the weaknesses of humanity are "The End of the Romance" and "The Country Mouse and Her City Cousin," gay, frivolous sketches of lovs that leave nev ertheless a questioning sadness. Of the bftterneas of man's revenge ars "The An tique Ring" and "The Implacable Quest mt Sandro Ruflno," while "The Seven Tjoma of Clorlnda" and "The I'neternal FWnIijlrw'' furnish rollicking comedy. Among the stars who twinkle In "On Broadway and Off" are Joe Weber, Willie Collier, Maude Fulton, Rose Stahl and ,Jranlt Daniels, snd "Ths Sign of Eros" pounds out the number with gentle satire n the summer girl and ' her man." Promtnsnt among the features of the July ber Ounter's Magsslnt Is Robert en's serial "A Million a Minute." which s la thla Issue. This Is a story of Stephen Quatatance. wishing to lose Indentltjp for a point of honor, saddles EE mom Ikis other tlW.om to try to defeat the appraise ment he wants to aswf-ss us on." responded Mr. Stout with some heat. Denies Mlalnst In It. t're dented he had ever mixed In the water works question and the discussion was rut short by call for' a roll call on Brunlng's motion1 to. let the assessor's fig'iret stand. The motion was lost, Pruning, Haverly and Phrlver voting for It, and Kennard. RIrks. t're and Tralnor against It. The original motion to summon witnesses then carried. After a consultation, however, It waa decided a hearing on the question of the appraisement waa unnecessary, as the members of the board could use any know: edge they might have of the appraisement without having It In the record. Kennard then disposed of the matter temporarily by moving it be taken under advisement until 3 p. m. and the motion carried. In support of his contention that the water company la assessed as high on Its personalty as Individual taxpayers. Mr. Btout had compiled a list of some of the prominent taxpayers, Including members of the water board. Fall and One-Flflh Returns. The list showing In the first column the full returns made by the assessor and In the second column the one-fifth valuation Msed as a basis for taxation Is as follows: Full One-fifth Valuation. Valuation. M. T. B.irlow tl. '525 I2-J5 I. K Congdon 2.3:5 "5 J K. fond 4.525 95 II. A. Hippie 3"0 00 n. 1!. Unwell 2.150 4M Kuclld Martin !r5 V John Webster 4..V 900 A. I.. Reed 1.025 2"5 W. O. rre 1.22S 215 r. C. Wright 375 ,,5 H. W. Yates 4.325 8'.5 The board reduced the assessment on the Auditorium from tlOo.OOO to $50,000. Clay, Robinson & Co. have appealed to the district court from the assessment of $.6,000 levied against it by the onunty board. The company returned $790, listing only of fice furniture. The assessor raised It to $25,000 to cover notes and securities taken In the course of business, but the company protests against thla action, asserting all Its notes are sent to the Chicago office and held there and should be assessed there. FISCHER IS HELD FOR TRIAL Verdict of Coroner's Jury In Case of Fatal Fight of Col- ' ored Men. The coroner'a Inquest on the death of Charles George, the negro who was shot by Robert Fischer, another negro, Satur day night In Ferer's saloon at Thirteenth and Chicago srtreets, waa concluded Friday mornlrg, the Jury finding that George met his death as the result of bullet wounds, and recommended that Fischer be held to the district court. At the Inquest held on the death of Cyril Guilck, the Pole who cut his throat Wednesday morning, the coroner's Jury decided that he died as the result of self inflicted wounds. Magazines It onto a dead man together with papers that would give him control of $10,000,000. In addition there Is Alan Gordon's aeries, "The Sword of Esme Dacres," Howard Fltzalan's serial. "The City of Lost Kings," a complete novel by John Trump, and a number of short stories and an Illustrated department of humor. The July Smith's, opens with an un usually good complete novelette by Anne O'Hngan. It Is a composite of the detec tive or myBtery type with a charming love story. There Is a striking article on Taft, by C. H. Forbes-Llndeay, and a well-Illustrated paper on German art In America, by the well known art critic, Charles de Kny. The long short story, "How Semi Anne Made Good." by Adeline Knapp, will have an especial Interest for young people, "The Man of Letters" Is a humorous con tribution by Dorothy Canfleld. There Is another installment of the Interesting "Letters From an American Girl Abroad," by Mrs. John Van Vorst, and another of the thrilling "Judith" detective stories, by Maude Radford Warren. The July Issue of People's Magazine con tains a lot of diversified short stories. The magazine opens with a picture-section of thirty-two pages. The complete novel which follows Is western In complexion, and from the pen of Jay Hardy. A well written story of modern domestic relations follows, and this Is succeeded by a story of muck-raking and law-breaking. Wol cott LeClear Beard's "Bobby Graeme of G Troop" a series of military stories Is represented In this Issue, as Is also the ever popular "Billings Hobo" series, by Edward 8. Pllaworth. But these are only a few of the great variety. There Is a story of vaudeville actors, a farm story, a Bowery prize fight story, a tale of police men's life, a story of lumbermen, a pretty little love story, and a half dozen others. "The Sword Decides." by Marjorle Bowen, author of "The Viper of Milan," has Its scenes also laid In southern Italy. Naples In the fourteenth century presents one of the most romantic and fascinating settings afforded by hlBtory. To this court came first, as affianced husband of the queen, young Andreas, brother of the king of Hungary. There death awaits him In the treachery of the queen. Then the king himself comes in pursuit of vengeance, and also to claim as his bride Maria, sister of Glovanna. But he, too, yields to the sin ister fascination of the queen - and forgets the manly and honorable purpose. Action and description are so combined that the book appeals equally to the mind snd to the Imagination of the reader. The Me Clure company 1: the publisher. There Is refreshment for the hot weather In the July Everybody's. O. Henry leads rff with a picturesque tale of the west. "The Last of the Troiibuilours." and he la fol lowed by B. J.' Rath, who haj an Inde scribably funny tale, "Mr. Trimble's Speech," and by Arthur Sulllvant Hoff man, who puts his polite and gentlt-manly burglar into a new setting the story Is ea'led "Patsy Moran and the Trappings of Chivalry." Anne Warner has a pathetic little. child story, "The Surrenders of Corn wallls," and Harrison Rhodes contributes a fascinating society yarn, "The Arrival of Cornelia." There Is, toi, a dramatic and powerful tale of the North Pole region In Albert White Verses story, "Their Brother's Keepers" Charles B., Going Purses Johnson, Thomss S. Joiiei, Jr., and Sue Flte Ramsey contribute verses. "Farming by the Square Inch" Is the story it a remarkable solution of the secret of success In farming on a small scale, chiefly for the benefit of those who cannot afford to buy large tracts of land and would not be able to work them If they could, by H. D. Jones In the Tech nical World Magaslns for July. Above books at lowest retail pries. Mat thews. ia South Fifteenth street. All of the books reviewed hers ars oa sals In Hrandela' book department. Bennett's Lata Fteoon Library Book Dept. enables you to read the MWMt books at little soak SLIT TO FORCE CITY COUNCIL Action Filed for Mandamus in City Advertising Case. BEE TAKES MATTER TO C0TJBT hows In retltlnn How World-Herald Failed to Submit Bid t'ntll Fif teen Honrs After Time Designated. Alleging a wrongful comblnstlen and conspiracy between members of the Omaha city council and making the claim that the council refused the Bid of The B"e Publishing company for the official print ing for the ensuing year "solely for po litical reasons," The Bee Publishing com pany, through W. J. Connell, Its attorney, Friday afternoon filed In the district court papers in a suit praying for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the council to designate The Bee as the offlclnl paper of the city of Omaha. The entire membership of the council Is cited in the suit as respondents, but Presi dent L. B. Johnson and Councilman H. B. Zlmman are excepted on account of their having worked and voted for the upholding of the charter provision, under which the contract for the official printing should have been awarded to The Bee on account of its bid no only being the lowest pre sented, but also because it was the only one before the council. In the petition filed In court the full facts of the case are set forth. It Is shown that The Bee compiled with the provisions of the official advertisement and filed its bid before 5 p. m., June 30; that the bid was opened and read before the council in It first meeting In July, as provided by the charter, and that Its bid was the lowest. It Is also shown that the World-Herald neglected to file Its bid until the morning of July 1, after the expiration of the time for the receipt of bids, and that It was re fused on that account. World-Herald Defaults. The papers In the suit also set forth the fact that the World-Herald, the present official paper, having failed and neglected to file a bid, "Induced and Influenced the said members of said city council, except the said Johnson and Zlmman, to refuse to take the action required of them by law and to pass the said resolution reject ing all bids, and directing the city clerk to acln advertise for' bids for said adver tising. Setting forth the fact that It la the "plain and manifest duty of said respondents, under the law, to award said contract to said relator and to designate said Omaha Evening Bee the official paper," the peti tion shows that the relator has a valuable property Interest and right In such desig nation and In the awarding of the official printing contract, and for th;s reason la the peremptory writ of mandamus to direct and require the council at Its next meet ing to award the contract to The Be, asked for. The Omaha News failed to file a bid at any time for the official printing and the World-Herald's bid was fifteen hours late. KEEP AWAY FROM CAR TRACKS Chief Donahue Gives Final Warning; to Boys Regarding; Fourth of July. "Keep all explosives off street tracks. Is my last warning to boys," said Chief of Police Donohue, regarding the Fourth of July. "Information has come to me that parents whose children were arrested for placing explosives on car tracks think the penalty too severe for the offense. All I have, to say Is the law must be obeyed and as the law Is no respecter of rersons the police cannot discriminate between offend ers, but will arrest every person, good or bad, rich or poor, young or old, cuight lo latlng llie law In this way. Placing ex plosives on car tracks Is dangerous and it will simply not be tolerated, and parents can help the police and save themselves and chl dren from gilef by restraining their children from practicing this custom." The police say the torpedo canes are not on the prohibited Hat, but will be allowed for use by the boys. So will firecrackers and other harmless Instruments. Every effort will be made by the police to prevent accidents from the careless dis charge of firearms and explosives. "Under the city ordinances," said Ch'ef Donahue, "the only thing In the way of a firearm that can be used Is a cap pistol, the ordinance covering the discharge of firearms has been read to all the patrol men and they have received Instructions to enforce the law. Of course, firearms do not Include other permissible explosives. Up to this time no accidents have been re ported as the result of ante-Fourth of July celebrations, which condition Is unprece dented in the history of the department. The majority of serious accidents ure the result of the careless discharge of revolv ers .and every effort will te made by the derailment to enforce the law." No fireworks will be allowed in any of the parks July 4, and policemen will arrest any patriotic Individuals whose patriotism runs to noise. The Salvation Army has been granted permission to hold a picnic Saturday In Rivervlew park and the Swed ish people will hold picnics in Han scorn and Miller parks. Despite the rain during most of the month of June, seventy-twc picnics were held In Hanscom park during the last month. FINE HOME FOR W. A. PAXTON Fifteen Thousand-Dollar Residence Will Go I'p on Four and Half Acres. William A. Paxton. Jr., has bought four and one-half acres in Falracres, paying V',201 for the tract and signing a contract to erect a $15. COO residence at once. The tract which will te the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Paxton adjoins the E. M. Gibson farm and la on the south side of West Dodge street. The sale was rrnde by George & Co. for the Dundee Realty com pany. With the beginning of work on the new Paxton hom alrot $15000 worth of Im provements will be In rogress In Falracna, several of the homes leing erected cos: In g $15,'i00 to $26,000. You cannot have healthy chil dren by improper feeding. Let them be reared on gooc' healthy nourishing food like WHEAT FLAKE CELERY to make them a nation of phys ical and mental workers. Its the best food for growing children, he feeble and the aged. For sVftlw by stl Brokers mm j i i in i li ak -Minn Hilh.i i jawi jJwtf'U M ruts i.sj ili.iiii x. Store Closed All Day SATURDAY FOURTH OF JULY NISI MONDAY BEGINS OUR GRAND Clearance Extraordinary in Every WATCH SUNDAY'S PAPERS. imiii w mm ocrai'vi You Ought To Go TO TED Democratic Convention DENVER July 7, 1908 Recause It offers a profoundly Interest ing event at an opportune vacation time and in such a magnificent outing place. Not Denver alone, hut all Colorado the lovely mountain country will give you a royal welcome. Kound-trlp tickets at SPECIAL RATES via the Rock Island, affording liberal stop-overs, both SFTiVTYFT'7 Good" until . Oc toner si, ioh. Special Train with standard and tourist sleepers, leaves 8:30 p. m., July fith. Ask for lllus- cratlc Conventirtn"nlrlef. F. P. RUTHERFORD, Dlv. Pass'r .Agent Rock Island Lines, 1323 Varnam St., Omaha, Neb. SMART SET Chocolates To our many cubtomers for chocolates, we beg to announce that the factory advanced their price to , us arid have forced us to raise the price to 39c. Our eld customers will find Smart Set Chocoiaiea at our store Saturday- only, for 39c per pound. KTZB'B SPECIAL BATUBDAT CHOCOLATES Regular price 60c, Saturday only at 29c. Myers-Dillon Drug Co. CUT KATE DBTJQQISTS lath and rarsam Sts. 2. ASSOCIATED ADVERTISING CLVB5 CFAMERICA CONVENTION KANSAS CITY CLE,ANL1NE.SS " If the watchword for health and vigor, corn fort and beauty. Mankind is learning not nly the necessity but the luxury of clean liness. SAPOLIO, which has wrought uch changes in the home, announces ber lister triumph HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH A special soap which energites the whole body, starts the circulation and leaves an sxhi'ars'ing glow. AUrottrt and drv gfittt. Find a Customer Btrcry thins yon kstsi to sell ! wanted bf somebody tf pries ts4 Cfoanty ars rlffet A Bss Wast A4 wtD Bal t MkBtSfSsSV WTUTE XT TOO gi f T OSKOSWANT J J A I 4 Racers CsJ MlaloS Cs.. Pell. Potter College kSU For hisher education of young women. TeT Seise. Indorsed toy tao IV. 8) J ... unta. ban or catalosua. 1 Salle Special Bargains Department uisJL. Hurrah for the Fourth! Harmless Fireworks for the children made of pure sweet candy. Candy Imitation Fireworks Small packages of pure, sweets, put up in imitation of fireworks. Bunches of 6 small crackers. Bunches of 10 large crackers. 10 Single canon crackers 5t? Extra long canon crackers. . 10 Bundle of blue lights 5 Fire Crackers Filled with Burnt and Cream Almonds 1 lb., lb. and 4 lb. candy shields. Ice Cream Individual Flags Bomb with lited tapers American Eagle Brick, red, white and blue. 1fe.Uuff.fc. The Store for PELiaeiFi 1518-20 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 711. Ind. A1711. D. C. SCOTT. D.V.S. (Soccessor to Dr. EL Ia Ramaoclottl) ASSIST AJTT STATS VXTEBJBTAXAJs Offto u4 Hospital. 8810 Mason Street. Calls Promptly Answered at All Hours. Fheas Offlos Rsvrney 97. ftmahi leK HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS. HOTEL LOYAL ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF Sixteenths!. Capitol Ave. Davenport Si. A SPECIAL 4LH OF JULY DINNER DE LUXE WH.X. BE SERVED IN CAFE LOYAL THIS EVENING rrom Six Until Eight O'clock $1.00 Psr Plats LADIES SOUVENIKS "Cowfo'T Without Extravagance." HOTEL WOODSTOCK W.43R-ST.KSSNEWY0RK NEW TWELVE fiTORf FIRE PROOF TRANSIENT HOTEC EUROPEAN PLAN MUAIO 3 a lTffi a si 2 a Rooms with running water, $1. bo and u With Sath, $2 and up. 6uites, s and up Write for particulars. wlr for reservations, our expense. W. H. VALIQUETTE, Manages. ALSO THfc BERWICK. Rutland, vt. HOTEL BROADWAY AND 83D BTRKET. . HEttALD SQUARE. N. T. C1TV. TUB MOST rFNTBAl LOCATION in rF.w 1 vnn. THB HIOHKST CLASS C OCGMHODATIONS AT MODERATE SATES ' sklv Pro Datnf for ,0 . 'J tbo eiPUn of II: 1 mm. l.i-.. -w4 innnlnl the ei r-1 lei if of Us jl--$--'BRHTAl'BANTS HAVR AM IH- j a OS L-slUaLrxllJP'J t ou.i-r iiiSI Hi?: ftws. was iW Watch Sunday papers for offerings of unusual and un cqualed bargain interest. Every item a rouser. Beginning Monday we will close our store at 5 V. IL, excepting Saturday at 10 P. II. during July and August. El HRYDEN'S nm DAHIIWJ SPECIAL TRAIN urairj Leaves Omaha Rsssrvstlons for this trip IP 7.5 ROUND TRIP TO Denver and Other Colorado Points INQUIRE AT CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1324 Farnam Street Phonss Douitss 1828 snd Indspsndsnt A-3131. TEL. DOUGLAS 431 1414 FARNAM ST. Best Pennsylvania Anthracite NEW FRESHLY MINED HAND SCREENED and PICKED SOFT COAL ALSO REDUCED ....RESPECTFULLY.... NEBRASKA FUEL CO. Teephone-! foM"&"431 1414 Farnam Street Would You Like s 540 We offer this suite of two rooms on the fifth floor facing Seventeenth St., at $38.00 per month. It will pay THE BEE IIOTKI.S. In heart the shopping district ts-" i Hotel IITH We Celebrate me uionous fourth will be uosed All Day THB RELIABLE STORK MONDAY, JULY 6W Begins Our Great Annual JULY CLEARANCE TO VIA July 6 at 10 A. M. should bs msds Immsdlstely. COAL Off of our regular $10.50 price for uULY delivery. to Rent This Office? and 542- you to see them, BUILDING of Ttis roost contrally looatsd hotel In the city for Shopping and business. Only oaa-hatf block from Emery. Bird. Tbaysr Lry Goods Co.; near all thea ters. Absolutely modern to every ditaJL Our new jTreneb Cafo Is the handsomest la tns city. Prices modexate, EUROPEAN PLAN tl.M ttt 9y mot ypsr. Kupper AND NcGEC bts. U AO KANSAS CITY. MO. (