Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 14, 1902, Page 12

THFE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMB 14, 1902 Bank Your Money With Us We will be plensed tc have you call and inspect our Banking Depritment on the main floor balcony, We cash all checks—bring in railrond pay checks, post- office money orders, express money orders, checks on all other’ banks. 4 Per Cent Interest on Dep&sits Watch Our Windows Smartest Styles in Fall Suits and Skirts Here you can always find the very swell things—a host of clever ideas constantly displayed by us make the Brandels store the style shop of Omaha—each one of our fall suits has a touch of Individual style so distinet from the usual ready-to-wear garments. You will be more than pleased to make your ctions here this year ~never bas our display been so pretentious—every mode offered is absolutely correct. Fashion's light- est demands are fulfilled at Brandels’, and no store in the west can offer a more splendid exposition of latest styles. SILK DRESS AND COSTUME SKIRTS A speclally interesting display of silk dress and costume skirts, made in the most bewitching arra; of fancy fluffy und dressy ideas—nets, laces, peau de sole, taffetas, etc., at $15, $17.50, $19, $2. d up to $50. ‘Wae osll special attention to one lot of fine sample line silk skirts —some worth up to $20, $9.98 High Grade Tailored Suits $24.50 Dress Suits—Walking Suits We show next week 80 fine high grade suits, including about |We are now showing the latest designs and patterns in the 35 sample suits at a specially attractive price. Suits made | Dew walking sults and dress sults. in the new Norfolks, blouses, Francis and Prinoe Henry ef- [ Silk Shirt Waist Suits— The eastern idea that has fects—the new snowflake, tweeds, men's cheviot and Scotch | oreated a flurry among those who delight in pretty and at- suitings as well as the popular black and white novelties— | tractive novelties—these suits mace with all the new ideas some unlined and others with fine silk drop 24 50 in trimmings and colorings—prices $19, $24.50, $29, linings, worth up to $46—on Saturday at ..... \J $89 and up to $69, Golf Skirts $4.08 |Silk Skirts $7.50| New Fur Scarfs for Early Fall An entirely new assortment The new sable fox with two large brush 1 le golf skirt - ?: :;oll.l::,n:w.npn:cr:l., tails, extra full and fluffy, Hundreds of pretty patterns of chenille and felt crowns now so popular in white, black, brown, navy, green castor, cardinal and 69‘: pearl—eold In, most stores at $1.25— 50c Angels Wings, 10c Piece. eons in handsome mottle riety, none so popular 65 C —easlly sold 50c Steel Ornaments, 10c.15c Secure a Home Safe Free You can start an account w¥th $1.00 or more and get a home safe. Special Interest Notice Your money will draw Interest for this entire month if deposited tomorrow, September 15th. Start saving now. Celebrated Alland Street Hats Ladies’ Trimmed Hats, $2.45 We are the sol ts for the fa- d - o mous “"Allana” Hats in this stats Braide and ik, toarlls Dimmes by ou and can safely recommend them &s 3 95 Debt artists, afeer copies by cel value oney K easlly command #.00 hat fact d 1 th United . e v e e ”..‘“...4-95 T i P AT, — Ladies’ and Children’s Beaver Hats 95¢ 50c Chenille Braids at15c Yard 100 dozen Jmported German beaver hats, | y v pa s Whitel pink, IIght biue, ~casor, brown, very “best shades Mot hine wpite and ik blue, al and new green— chenille and feit sold everywhere at $2.00— 95c S0-cent kind, at, a we offer them at ......... yard Ladies’ Trimmed Hats at $4 95 Here is where we excel. We ositively pro- duce the best trimmed hat at “4,% that It is possible to procure with the use of right mate- rials and matured artistic labor. Our hats at W s S e §00d as many 4.95 special value at at §1.25—at speclal value, at . . Trimmed Street Hats 95c—Basement iunareas or dozens of black and all colors— Ayl Rl |0c Lote and lots of many styles of street hats also castor and brown and white and black mants—aevery one per- —all of the very newest designs— 95 s:{nbfl:::_m;:mfln wm}.’u in the new- fect and generally sold TR I06 SERCTER Y et e s i (UG ottt ”|5C f 1 25c Laces at 5¢ Yard | 25¢ Handkerchiefs 83c Ladies’ and The greatest silk skirt val- ues ever offered—made of Embroideries made of the new mnovelly meltons with pleated effects—all the col- ors, grays, oxfords, browns, tans and blues, cholce at §00d taffetas with the new fluted ribbons and wide rows of ruffies around the bottom—over-drop linings— actyally worth $12.50, at $12.50 values, at ...... Other scarfs in the new Isabella and sable fox furs at $14.85, $19 and $25, Children’s School Cloaks—Childs’ school reef- ers and box coats inull colors at $1.50, $1.98, $2.98 and up. .7.50 15,000 yards of high class embrolderies, insertings &nd galoons in all widths and styles—made of finest cambric, nainsook and Swiss—many worth |n a regular way up to 65c a yard—on bargain counter, at— 4.98 Tremendous Sale of Fall Dress Goods Goods of the greatest fashionable merit stock our counters. The daintest and 7.50 prettiest conceits of the year are here in almost endless variety. Black etamine canvas, 48 in. wide........509¢c 4 Cheviot, 56 in.—you pay $1.25 elsewhere, at 89¢c Black mistral etamine, 56 in. wide .... never before sold 46 in. etamine—or*h ool 50 in. Granite melrose, good $1 value, at...60c Real Bnglish broadcloth, $1.50 grade, at.. 1.00 Black and white, navy and white flared Scotch worsteds, the height of fashion, §1.75 value, Oream Panama, for waists, jackets and dresses, the craze in fashion’s circles, at........... 1.10 French Flannels 39¢ Our first showing of a complete line of French flannels, in all the leading styies aud plaia colors of greens, reds, blues, rose, pinks and cream; also figured French flannels in Persian and other new designs, especlally adapted for ladles' walsts, house gowns, child- dren’s dresses— on bargain square at, yard COMMISSION CLEARS DOCKE Assistants to Supreme Oourt Will Have Work Done When Term Expires. LIFE OF THE BODY WILL END IN APRIL - Member of the Commission Tells of the Oondition of the Supreme Court Docket at This Thm | The commission authorized by the last leglslature to assist the supreme court of the state of Nebraska in disposing of the cases on the docket will cease to be opera- tive atter April 1, 1903, and the court will yeturn to its condition of inadequate num- bers at that time unless some provision ls made for & new commission at the coming session of the legislature. The present commission con of nine members, ap- pointed by the judges of the supreme court and for the purpose of bandling cases 1s aivided into three divisions of three com- missioners each. They hear and determine the law and the facts ifi such cases ap- pealed from the lower courts as are re- ferred to them by the supreme court, and the findings of the commission are then re- ferred to the supreme court for formal ap- proval before they become effective. There are few cases where the finding of the com- mission have not been sustained by the ap- pointing body. What 1t Has When the commission was appointed there were approximately 1,850 cases on the docket of the court and that body was Aisposing of them at the rate of about 300 per year, so that it was six years behind in its work. New cases were being added at the rate of about 625 a year, so that there was no hope for a change in the con- dition, and whenever important cases were fled in that court and advanced, as was necessary to secure early rellef, they threw the ordinary cases still further behind. When the commission was appointed and organized the plan of referring a certain number of cases to each division each two weeks was adopted. The supreme judges told the members of the commission to take all the time they desired to consider each case, but as they were recelving a certain number each fortnight, members say that they felt then and still feel that the court expects them disposed of, so that they will not plle up before the commission. For this reasodl the commission has worked rapidly and since it was appointed more than 2,000 cases have boen disposed of by the court proper and the commission together. Since the commission was appointed there has been added to the docket approximately 1,276 cases and there remains about 750 cases on the dock As the commission still has six months in which to work 't is believed by the members that the docket will be cleared by the time their appolnt- ment expire: No Time to Write Op! “The work of the commission shows Just about what Is necessary in the way of permanent vellef of the supreme court," sal member of the commission. *‘Wi will dispose of more than 3,000 cases in the two years for which we are appolated and leave the court docket practically clear. The cases will average 626 & year. The court can dispose of about 300, or least it has been doing that and so it will require & few more than twice the present number of judges to keep abreast of the work. The number sbould be somewhat areater than this for it Is certainly & fact Done. ‘Wool for Silk wool orepe, delicate tints, $1. qu’:.l'lty. al Zibeline, extreme fash- lon, all colors ........ $1 Dress Goods at 69¢ Having purchued all the single pleces of dress goods from the largest manu- urer in the world we will place them on sale Monday. They are in black goods of every imaginable weave —mixtures for tallor made suits, cloths for rainy-day skirts; every yard guar- very fine English broadcloth, ey 2 . 78¢ 1,00 Ponama worsted suit- NEW WAISTINGS T ety ien o beleot Tromn o 49c and 69¢ | finish, $1.60 quality, I% ‘-00 Tailoring tweeds, 54 in. wide— 16-0z. cloth, needs 1.00 no lining L35 1.25 ings, shaggy and snug. sement Dress Goods —3inmit., For Monday we have placed on sale, as /| = displayed for the past week in our large window, a new lot of all wool and part wool dress goods, in checks, plaids, also camel's hair effects so styl- ish for children’s dresses and ladies’ walsts; every yard guaranteed to be Childs’ school automibles, all colors, at-$1.98, $2.98, $3.98 and $8. are all the rage for shirt wals 5¢, 10c and 25¢ Special Showing of Evening Silks Extraordinary display of Paris silks for evening and reception costumes, direct impor- tation, swell patterns (exclusive) in grenadines, plain and fancy crepes, soft clinging 860 sample pieces of lace including torchons, vals and silk chantillas — insertings and galoons—choice on bargain square— at, a yard sc OflYeecevons sos at men's all pure Irish linen handkerchiefs—— all widths of hemstitching — medium weight and sheer 8.¢c linen—worth up to 25 cents Celebrated Bonnet Silks Liberty, satin, imprime, Dresden and floral effects—very elaborate and some plainer effects in white and black costume silks. yard, will be placed on sale Monday at, yard. New Velvet Waistings—Over 75 different atyles in new autumn velvets. and entire dresses—elegant new hair line velvets in the new green and blue combinations—bea utiful Perslan velvets, dots and geometrical effects in metallic print velvets—new wide hollow cut costume cords—special Monday, per yard ... +New Crepe de Chine—100 picces beautifully finished 24 in. all silk crepe de chene—every shade of the rainbow, black and white—this is a regular 81.25 quality—special Monday at, yard . New Silk Velours—50 pieces new silk velours in small and large dots, 2 and tone combinations—plaid velours, Roman stripe velours snake skin effect velours—all new shadings—worth up to % Kid Gloves at 59¢ Nearly 10,000 pairs of ladles’ high grade kid gloves—bought from the largest New York importers and termed ‘‘mended gloves.” A very small lot have siight im- perfections, hardly noticeable and not de- tracting in the least from wearing quall- ties—all new fall shades and all sizes— many made of the best real kid leather 75c, 98¢, 1.25 Loufs XIV velours—new ~specinl Munduy at .67:¢c 1.00 The entire collection worth up to $5 a 1,00, 1.39, 150 and 1.98 They 24-in. Bonnet Black Peau de Sole, worth §1.7, at ........ 21-in. Bonnet Black Peau de Sole, worth $2.00, at ... 3 sale—all silks priced at All the new weaves in dress silks. These fine black Lyons silks are matchless in beauty. SILKS ON BARGAIN SQUARE ©On Monday we will put on sale on bargain square a huge lot of odds and ends of silk of different weaves—much of our best silks will go at this remarkable 39c¢, 49¢, 69¢c and 75c¢c A Seasonable Talk About BLANKETS and COMFORTS Never in our history have we been in a position to show such an immense and comprehensive line of blankets and comforters as we now have to the very finest production of the California mills. ready for your inspection. priced cotton comforts up to the elegant silk covered eiderdown. AT 490 AND 59C A PAIR—We double blankets, in white, gray or tan. AT 98C A PAIR—Very large and heavy cotton thread blankets, in white and mottled. These are the biggest, heaviest, most sightly blankets we have ever shown for the price—98c a pair. 39c¢ anteed to be worth $1.25 and more—on ‘bargain square at . that the present court, acting in as many cases as it does, cannot give the considera- tion required by wise judgment in any case. The decisions are possibly oorrect enough and will no doubt stand with the decisions of any court in the land, but while this is so the court is compelled to deal with conclusions rather than with reasons. “It has been used as a reproach against the court of Nebraska that its decisfons are not as frequently cited in other courts as the decisions of supreme courts of other states. The fact is probably true, but the only reason for this is perhaps the fact that, while the judgment of the Ne- braska supreme court Is as good law as the decision of any other court, the mem- bers have no time to write exhaustive oplnions and cannot give the reasone for the decrees which they make. The mere fact of a decision rendered In certain case is of no advantage to the lawyer practicing in another court and judges in other jurisdictions will give little weight to a decision of which they know not the line of reasoning adopted by the jud, dering the decision. Here in Neb for years a judge having once determined & case has been unable to give it further consideration. Every moment taken to prepare an opinion is one taken from the oonsideration of another case, so that the mind he has not the time to formulate the logical steps toward that conclusion in language that can be used to elucidate “For this reason as much as any other the membership of the court should be increased to a number larger than just enough to dispose of the business of th court in the present manner. It will be seen that each of the judges are rende: ing decisions at the rate of about 100 a year, exclusive of the work ‘of the com- mission. In other states supreme judges dispose of from twenty-five to fifty cases @ year. Is it any wonder that the judges of other states are cited as authorities more frequently than the judges of the N braska courts? Is it any wonder that the opinions are considered faulty in many cases where they would be deemed just could the judge enter upon an exposition of the line of thought which led to the conclusion? “The coming legislature cannot perm cently tnlarge the supreme court. Its si; s fixed by the conetitution, but it can create a commission to remain in office until the comstitution can be amended to permit of a permanent Increase in the body. Taking the present condition of the supreme court docket ihto considera- tlon, the legislature might be wise in pro- vising for a commision of three at le; and these could keep the docket fairly clear until the court could be expanded. Two divisions would be better than one, or six commissioners rather than three, but three are almost imperative for it i unjust to litigants, to lawyers and to the judges to permit the cases to accumula on ‘l e docket as they have done in the —— Our Loco r— American locomotives have found favor with the Japanese railroad officials, because they are cheaper and better than those made in England, which i another very important victory for American products. In medicine, ‘We also have the best remedy for mach, Tive d bowel complaints that sclence has ever been able to produce, namely, Hos- tetter's Stomach Bitters. It will cure any ome suffering from dyspepsia, indigestion, belching, lnsomals, nervousness, or fever and ague. A trial will convince you. 69c¢ 25¢ quality, In base- ment dress goods department at ..... Interstate Oommerce Commission Gives Out Oomferting Btatistios. MORE MILES AND MORE EARNINGS PER MILE Year End June 30, 1901, Most Prosperous Ever Known to the Great Transportation Li: of the Country. Statistice of rallways in the United States for the year ending June 30, 1901, disclose a remarkable state of general pros- perity In this great and important industry. In nearly every department of the busines: enormous gains have been made over the year immediately preceding, which was itself a year of advancement and progress. More miles of track were in operation at the close of the fiscal year 1901 than twelve | months before; the equipment of the vari- ! ous roads wae bétter and much more ex- tensive; thousands more men were em- ployed; the capitalization and value of property was far greater; public service of the roads had undergone vast improvements and produced larger results; earnings were larger and operating expenses proportion- ately large In not a single brancn of railroad aoc- tivity was serious retrogression apparent nor even stagnation. Everything moved forward and the comprehensive facts and figures as compiled by the Interstate Com- merce commiesion in its fourteenth sta- tistical report afford a really inmteresting it not wonderful subject for study. It is well worthy the mention that despite the fact of the increased wmileage of railroads during this twelve montns, which puts inte operation for the first time so many new lines, the gross earnings have not suffered & decline, but, on the contrary, experienced & substantial advancement. Inerease in Milea, On June 80, 1901, the total single-track railway mileage in the United States was 197,237.44 miles, this mileage having In- oreased during the year 3,891.66 miles. This | tnérease is greater than that for any other year since 1893, excepting 1900, when it was 4,061.12 miles. The sixteen states and territories for which an increase in mile- age in excess of 100 miles shown are as follows: Alabama, Colorado, Georgl Illinots, Indiana, lowa, Louisiana, Mione- sota, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Car- olina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Indlan Territory and Oklaho: For the year under consideration the | mileage operated with respect to which | detalled returns were made was 195,670.92 miles. Including tracks of all kinds, the aggregate length of rallway mileage was 265,366.29 miles. The gross earnings for this year from 195,670.92 miles were $1,688,626,037, which was $101,481,228 more than for the fiscal year 1900. The operating expenses were $1,080,397,270, having lncreased in com- with the year preceding $68,968,769. compared with the preceding year, $27,- 640,626; mail $38,453,602, increase $701,128; | express $31,121,613, increase $2,705,463; oth | earnings, from passenger service $8,202, increase $41,960; freight revenue $1,118,- 643,014, increase $69,286,691; other earnings trom freight service 34,065,457, increase $719,645; other earnings from operation, in- cluding unclassified items, $3,783,104, in- crease $385,810. Gross earnings from opera- tion per mile of line were $401 more than for the year ending June 30, 1900, being 48,10, | 'The operating expenses of the raliways 15 e B b O A GT 12%c (PROSPERITY OF RAILROADS square at ..... and would sell if bought in regular way from $1 to $2 a pair—on barga exceptional value at the price. AT $1.25 AND $1.50 A PAIR—AII the extra large and extra heavy cotton thread blankets, 12-4 size and 5-1b. weight, in white, gray, mottled or tan, and every pair of them are showiug uice, laige AT $3.00 A PAIR of size, welght AT $4.98 AND $5. all wool blankets, nice, fleecy goods and make the most elegant assortment It includes ev erything from the cheap cotton blankets up In comforts, our assortment is very complete, from the low 10 cascs of fine wool blankets, in white, silver gray or tan, full size and very heavy. These are specially good value and at least one-third less than they can be bought a month from now. AT $3.98—500 pairs of extra large and heavy silver gray wool blankets, nice, clean, long fleeced goods, with plenty and warmth. .98 A PAIR—20 cases of very fine strictly in white, gray and tan. These are we have ever shown at those prices. already stated were distributed among the four general divisions.as follows: Main- tenance of way and structures $231,056,602, increase $19,836,081; maintenance of equip- ment $190,299,660, increase $9,125,680; con- ducting transportation $565,265,789, increase $36,149,463; general expenses $42,566,663, in- crease $3,237,788; undistributed $1,208,766. The operating expenses amounted to $5,269 per mile of line, or $276 more than for the year immediately preceding. The re- port contains an analysis of the operating expenses for the year in accordance with the fifty-three accounts embraced in the official classification of such expenses, with a statement of the percentage of each item of the classified expenses for the years 1896 to 1901. Net Earnings for 1901. The net earnings amounted to $568,128,767, an increase of $32,612,463 over that of the previous year. The average net earnings per mile were $2,854, as compared with $2,- 129, mall increase over the year before. The amount of Income received from sources other than operation was $179,746,- 449, which brought the total net income up to $737,876,216. The amount avallable for dividends or surplus, after deducting the fixed charges and analagous items from the total net income, was $241,511,317. The amount of dividends declared during the year (including $10,762 other payments from net income) was $156,746,636, leaving as the surplus from the operations of the year end- ing June 30, 1901, $84,764,751. The surplus for the year 1900 was $87,657,933, showing the first gain of that year over 1901, In the amount stated for deduction from Income, embraced the following intenance of organiza. tion, $632,299; interest accrued on funded debt, $262,094,328; Interest on current lla- bilities, $5,526,572; rents pald for lease of road, $112,644,822; taxes, $50,944,372; perma- nent improvements charged to income ac- count, $31,939,761; other deductlons, §$32,- 681,284, Capital Stock Account. The amount of rallway capital outstand- ing on June 30, 1901, was $11,688,177,991, This amount, on mileage bas! represents & capltalization of $61,528 per mile of line, Of the total capital stated, $5,806,507,104 existed in the form of stock, of which $4,475,439,731 was common stock and $1,381,157,883 pre- ferred stock. The amount which existed in the form of funded debt was $5,881,680,887. This amount comprised the following items: Mortgage bonds, $5,048,811,611; miscellaneous obligations, $546,780,485; income bonds, $218,- $72,068, and equipment trust obligations, $68,116,728. The amount of current labilities which is not included in the foregoing fig- was $620,403,419, or $3,266 per mile of The amount of capital stock paying no div- idends was $2,829,021,925, or 48.73 per cent of the totsl amount outstanding. Omitting equipment trust obligations, the amount of funded debt which pald no interest was $361,906,208. Of the stock paying dividends, 9.28 per cent of the total amount outstand- ing pald from 1 to 4 per cent, 13.37 per cent paid from 4 to & per cent, 10.47 per cent pald trom 6 to 6 per cent, 8.71 per cent pald from 6 to 7 per cent, and 6.67 per cent paid from 7 to 8 per cent. The amount of dividends dcclared during the year was $156,735,784, which is equivalent to a dividend of 5.26 per cent on the amount of stock on which some dividend was declared. The amount of div- idends declared in 1900 was $139,507,972. The amount of mortgage bonds paying ne inter- est was $198,675,968, or 39.35 per cent; of miscellanecus obligations, 375,072,489, or 14.30 per cent, and of income bouds, $85,- 166,746, or 33.90 per cent. The number of persons in the employment of the rallways of the United States as re- ported for June 30, 1901, was 1,071,169, or an average of 548 employes per 100 miles of line. As compared with June 30, 1900, the SEUEA P s I TR number of employes increased 53,516, or nineteen per 100 miles of line. The classi- fication of these employes shows that 46,292 were enginemen, 47,166 firemen, 32,092 con- ductors and 84,493 other trainmen. There were 47,676 switchmen, flagmen and watch- men. Omitting 3,107 employes not assigned to any of the four general divisions of em- ployment, it appears that the services of 88,816 employes were required for general administration, 343,717 for maintenance of way and structures, 206,418 for maintenance of equipment and 479,111 for conducting transportation. The amount paid in salaries and wages to employes during the year ending June 30, 1901, it is seen was $610,713,701, which was $33,448,860 In excess of what was pald dur- ing 1900. The compensation of the rallway employes for 1901 is equivalent to 69.27 per cent of the operating expenses of the rallway companies and 38.44 per cent of their gross earnings. The number of passengers carried during the year was 607,278,121, showing an in- crease for the year of 30,412,891. The num- ber of tons of freight carried was 1,089,226,- 440, a decrease of 12,453,768 tons. Rolling Stock in Use. On June 30, 1901, there were 39,5684 loco- motives in the service of the railways, which was 1,621 more than were in use the preceding year. Of the total number of locomotives 10,184 are classed as passenger locomotives, 22,839 as freight locomotives, 5,959 as switching locomotives, the re- mainder, 602, not being classified. The total number of cars of all classes In the service of the railways on the date stated was 1,650,833, there having been an increase of 99,995 in rolling stock ‘of this class. Of the total number of cars, 85,960 are assigned to the passenger service, 1,464,328 to the freight service and 50,636 to the immediate service of the rallways. These figures, however, do not include cars owned by private companies and firms that are used by rallways, as no returns for them are made to the commiasion. .The total number of casualties to ons on account of rallway accldents, shown for the year ending June 80, 1901, was 61,794, the number of persons killed having been 8,466 and the number injured 53,339. Of rallway employes, 2,675 were killed and 41,142 were injured. The number of passengers killed during the year was 282 and those injured 4,988, The corresponding figures for the previous year were 249 and 4,128. One out of every 400 employes was killed and one out of every twenty-six employes injured, accord- ing to the ratio of casualties. With refer- ence to trainmen—including in this term engineers, firemen, brakemen, conductors and other tralnmen—it ls shown that one was killed for every 136 employed and one was injured for every thirteen employed. One passenger was killed for every 2,153,469 carried and one Injured for every 131,748 carried. Faint Heart Won. Nashville American: “I can never marry you," eaid the beautiful blonde. “But,” pleaded the wealthy old man, “won’'t you make my life happy for tha short years I will be here? I am troubled with a weak and faint heart “In that case I accept you And yet they say faint heart never won fair lady. « Typew .. Yonkers Statesman: Church—You know French, who keeps the restaurant? Gotham—Oh, yes. “Well, he wants & new typewriter." “What's the matter with that good-look- iog one he had?’ *0, the other day he told her to write and “EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW” Railroads Ask that Nebraska's Motto Be Respected. WHY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEM? It Assessments Are to Be In- ereased, All Interests Should Be Ratne Alike, (Issued Under The Information given in the bulletins which have been issued has not been with the idea of entering a complaint in regard to the amount of taxes pald by the rail- roads of Nebraska, or with the idea of accusing any other interest with not paying its full share of tax. The question of in- creased taxation was pressed upon the rail- roads of Nebraska by parties who wished to make it an issue, either for personal, po- litical, or inignorance of the true situa- tion, and the rallroads felt that it was no more than proper for them to present the facts to the people of the state and allow them to judge whether they pald their full share of taxes and whether it would be proper or just to add a large sum to their valuation without making an addition to the values of other property In the state, and thus create additional and unfair bur- dens for the rallroads to carry, which other interests would not be called upon to do. In the bulletins which have been pub- Iltshed we have compared the proportionate amount of taxes which are paid by every Interest in the state with those which are pald by the rallroads. We hav deavored to show that the railroads of Nebraska pay fully as heavy a tax as rallroads in other states are called upon to do. It would ap- pear that for years all property in Ne- braska has been very much underestimated for purposes of taxation. In 1880 the census report shows that in that year the propor- tionate amount of property returned for taxation in Nebraska was less than in any of the atates of the unlon excepting Ne- vada and Idaho, and In the census of 1900 it will show that Nebraska in that year reported a less proportion than any other state In the United States, and at the same time the census of 1900 will also show that the levy for taxation is higher in Nebraeka than any other state. In 1890 the levy for tas was $4.51 for each $100 of aesessed valuation, and in that year it was the highest levy of any state im the union, The average in the United States only amounted to $1.85. In 1900 this tax levy will figure about $4.37, while the rate throughout the United States will hardly aggregate more than §1.76. In this matter it is for the people of Nebraska to declde whether this condition of affairs ehould continue, or & reform in valuation be established. The only position that the railroads take in such a matter as this is that in any advanced valuation placed upon them, the other property throughout the state should join in such a percentage of advance as would be consid- ered fair. Our quotation from Mr. McIntosh's speech at Lincoln, July 28, covers the feature which should be kept in mind by the legis- lature or the assessors when such & change would occur. ‘The constitutional provision that taxation must be equai guarantees this protection to ralliroads as well as to other property. Most of the figurcs which we have presented in the bulletins which we bave issued have been obtalned from offi- Authority of the Rallroads of Nebraska.) get the price of frogs' legs, and sl dressed the letter to the Hop Gro: | soclation.” have been used great care has been taken 1o usiog estimates below, rather than above cial dats, and at any time where estimates | those amounts, which would advance the argument. ‘The census figures for 1900 appear to very conservative, both regarding valuations and aggregates, and we have used a great many of the figures of the census for that year. The figures, showing profits in va- rious lines of business, taken from the cen- sus, are not ‘“estimates;" they are com- pilations of figures given by those in charge of the varlous establishments themselves, and are indisputable. In each place where estimates have been made it Is 80 noted. If the figures pre- sented by the census and those for taxation do not agree, the figure presented by firms to the assessor would naturally be mis- leading, because of pecuniary interests in- volved, while, on the contrary, no possible excuse could be offered for a misrepresenta- tlon on the census returns, where individual figures are lost in compilation, so that no individual would gain or lose by misrepré- sentation, It will be noticed, however, that in a great many cases we have checked those figures in other ways, and, without doubt, the presentation which we have made is a fair one to all concerned. When the cen- sus of 1900 is completed we predict that, upon a careful analysis of those returns, that 1t will be found that from 10 to 10% per cent of the value of this state, which is in railroad property, has pald for a term of years 16 4-10 per cent of the taxes, and this being the fact, we leave it to the peo- ple of Nebraska to determine whether it would be fair or just to impose further ditional taxes on the railroads, over and above what would be imposed on oth-r property. The raliroads employ in the state of No- braska 18,500 men, and they sre all inter- ested In baving fair treatment to railroad investors, as well as others. Railroads owning about 10 per cent e the wealth of Nebraska pay 15 4-10 per coat of the taxes. —— THE BABY GREBE, A Beautiful Bird that Suffers to Help the Fashions. When you see a woman with a band of white plumage almost invisibly tinted with blue and green and more strongly with golden brown ornamenting her hat, says a writer in Outing, know that from one to six of these barmless, lovable, sweet- volced little grebes were stripped from chin to vent to supply it. And when you see that other woman wearing a cape, the collar of which reaches above her esrs and the skirt to her shoulders, and it secms to be made up of almost indiscernible sec- tions the size of your hand, know that each soction stands for the life of one of theso charming little chatterers. The breast of the grebe is its curse. Its feathers a s0 tiny and fine as to be almost spineless, 50 thickly set they stand on end, and so delicately colored as to render adequate description impossible. Crested grebes are killed without mercy for this little patch of rare feathering, and the little marsh ones do mnot escape. There is mo bird slaughter for plumage more wanton, up. less it be that of the egret which takes the life of the brooding bird for a few beautiful feathers found on the shoulders only at nesting-time end leaves the young to die as they may. —— No Sub e Offered. Say what you will about druggists offer- ing something “just as good” because it pays a better profit, the fact still stands | that ninety-nine out of & hundred druggis | recommend Chamberlain's Colle, Cholera | and Diarrhoea Remedy when the hest rem. | ady for diarrhoea is asked for, and ¢o o be- cause they know it is the one remedy that can always be depended upon, even in the most severe and dangerous cases.