Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 15, 1903, Page 10

TWO ROADS FILE PROTESTS Elkhorn and Minneavolis & Omaba Address Board of Equalisation. HONOR ONLY STATE BOARD'S ASSES MENT Deny that Any One Eise Has Jurl to Change it or to Make tion Another—Day's Proceed- fhe Board of Equalization resumed bus- | fnems yesterday marning at 10 o'clock and consumed considerable time in hearing ap- | plicants for reduction of small assessments without effecting any noticeable diminution | in the large stack of apblications on file. Then 1t became apparent that if the session of the board was not to be continued in-| definitely some sort of system must be | adopted, and it was decided to refer the ap- plications with the exception of some few that will require special consideration to Tax Commissioner Fleming for investiga- tion and report. The applications thus re- ferred were sixty-four in number, and as Mr. Fleming has aiready investigated nearly all of them, he said he would be able to begin submitting his reports and recom- mendations very soon. The board will then take up the applications in regular order and act upon them as promptly as possible Just before the adjournment for the day the board heard from the railroads of the Northwestern system in the form of pro- tests on the part of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omalh Rallway company and the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val- Jey Railroad company against the jurisdic- tion of this board to accept any assess- ment of its properties from the tax com- missioner and Board of Review. These protests, filed by B, T. White and J. B Sheean, as attorneys for the compaiies mentioned, are modeled after those filed with the Board of Review, and in effect are the same except for the fact that they are brought up to date and embrace the pro- ceedings of that body in the general pro- test. Prefer State Board's Figures. In the protest of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolls & Omaha road it ls related with much legal verbiage that by authority of sections 39 and 40, article 1. of chapter Ixxvil of the compiled statutes of Nebraska, the State Board of Equalization has fixed the valuation of the property of that com- pany for taxation in the city of Omaha for 1903 at $20,748; that Tax Commissioner Fleming, without authority of law, made an assessment of that property of $2,074,800 and the Board of Review raised that amount o $2,600,000. The company protests against the assessment of Mr. Fleming and the actlon of the Board of Review and “protests against the city council, sitting as a board of equalization, or any of its members ac- cepting that assessment of equalizing or pretending to equalize the valuation of the Pproperty of the protestant for taxation for municipal pprposes for 1903, for the reascn that nelther the tax commissioner, nor the Board of Review, nor the city council or any other person or official body of the eity of Omaha has jurisdiction to make an as- sment or increase the same or report the ame to the city council of the city of Omaha sitting as a board of equalization or to equalize or levy taxes upon such {llegal assessment. The protest relating to the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley road is the same, except as to the figures, the valua- tion placed upon the property of that road by the state board having been $12,924, the assessment of Mr. Fleming, $1,292,400, and the amount as fixéd by the Board of Review, $886.000. Some Small Reductions Granted. The board spent the afternoon in con- sidering the applications reported back | with recommendations by the tax com- | missioner and a number of small reduc- tions were granted. The total number of cases considered was 109 and In about half of these reductions were allowed. Throughout the entire day the board was ‘working with a bare quorum, consisting of | Messrs. Karr, Mount, Zimman, Trostler | and Lobeck, and the fact provoked some unfavorable comment on the part of the members who were in attendancy. Mr. Hascall was excused by reason: of absence from the city and Mr. Hoye was unable to be present because of illness, but the clerk was Instructed to particularly request the other two to be present at the meeting of today. PETITION PROVES BOOMERANG Edward Gurske Asks for Divorce, but Judge Grants to Wife. Decree Edward Gurske's divorce petition has proved a boomerang. He asked the district court to cut the bonds that held him to Julla and Judge Day did so, but he cut the sald bonds at Julla’s end, issuing the de- cree to the defendant instead of the plaintift, on the ground that he had been cruel to her, and further ordering that he pay her $3,000 alimony, to secure which she 18 given a lien on the property accumulated by thelr joint effort. Also she gets all the household furniture except such as he was using individually, and her apparel. The Gurskes have been married since October 7, 1866, when the ceremony was performed at Dantsig, Prussia. * Bad wares are never cheap "’ —French Proverb A homely truth too often for- gotten. It does not, how- ever, follow that good wares are always dear, Take, for instance, the case of Gorham Silver Everyone knows that there is no finer silver- ware to be procured, but not everyone, per- haps, recognizes that to procure it entails no greater initial outlay than is needed for the productions of anony- mous makers lacking that inestimable guar- antee, the Gorham trade-mark, ey STERLING in | gotten there, no one knows how. | and Fourteenth streets he was struck on STUDENTS BUMP COAL DRIVER Athletes Show Thelr Disapproval of Driver's Treatment of Team. Humane soclety discovered an ally | an unexpected quarter Tuesday after- noon when a little group of students of the Omaha Dental college at Twelfth and Pa- cific administered chastisement of a rigor- | ous nature to a coal wagon driver who wouldn’t give his name before the incident and who certainly cannot be expected to do so now. His wagon was heavily loaded, and the man seemed to be a little that way. Awk- wardly, he 8o guided his exhausted team that near the top of the Pacific street | grade, a short distance from the college, & front wheel struck a small stone that had The team stalled with a jerk that unseated the driver and made him mad. Instead of slacking back and driving around the obstacle, or of | getting off and removing it, he lashed his horses to make them pull over it. Six students were just leaving the col- lege. They were male students with large | courage and large muscles. They calculate | some day to maul the jaws off innocent women and babes without compunation | and in the interest of sclence and sweet breath, but they wouldn't stand to see that driver's horses suffer. “Go 'round,” called one. “Got oft and move the block,” shouted | another. Without pausing in his whipping the | driver turned his face toward them just | long enough to shout back a lurid, bluster- | ing remark to the gereral effect that he was managing his own business. Those six large male students discussed the subject about three seconds and then they rushed. After that things happened very rapidly. In fact, before he quite knew what was doing the driver was at the side of the street, in a horizontal attitude and | with his legs projecting on either side of a | stolld, unylelding upright post. The six male students who clasped him on either side agitated his personality in such manner as to produce a litteral swaying motion, in | one direction terminating when the stu- | dents’ arms had stretched as far as they could, and In the other direction ter Inat- | ing when his coccyx had been placed 4 im- | mediate juxtaposition with the upright post. | In other words, they “bumped” him. They “bumped” him so well and so enthusias- | tocally that they jarred him loose from even his old habits of cruelty and persuaded | him that it would be worth while to remove | the stone which had stalled his horses—and he did. REALTY MEN ARE ENCOURAGED Wead and Ure Satisfled with Con- sultation with Members of Legislature. F. D. Wead and W. G. Ure, chairman and | secretary, respectively, of the Real Estate | exchange tax committee, returned yesterday | morning from Lincoln, where they went in the interest of the committee's bill to re- peal the charter provision excepting the rallroads from the operation of the general revenue law of the eity. | “We were much encouraged,” sald Mr. Wead, “over the reception we recelved. | Lincoln is in the same fix as Omaha with.| regard to the unjust provision and the rep- resentatives from Lancaster county prom- 1sed to stand by us to the finish. “The greatest trouble we experienced was the fact that so many of the members of the legislature seemed to think that the change we desire would have some bad ef- fect upon the amount of money recelved by the interior cqunties of the state from the rallroads. We explained to them that the taxation of raliroads for municipal purposes in Omaha had no more effect upon the taxes pald by those toads in the countles of the state than would a special tax for paving levied upon property owned by the roads in fhis city. When they understood this they seemed to be favorable to us. *“Our impression is that there are so many members of the leglslature that will stand for what is right that we will have the un- just provision of the charters of Omaha, | South Omaha and Lincoln repealed by the present session. SCIENCE SETTLES IT, Dandruft is Caused by a Germ that Saps the Halr's Vitality. | It is now a settled fact that, dandruff is caused by a germ. Failing hair and bald- | ness are the result of dandruff. Dr. E. J.| Beardsley of Champaign, L, got hold ot | the new hair preparation, Newbdo's Herpi- clde—the only one that kills the dandruft germ. He says: “I used Herpicide for my dandruff and falling hair and I am well satisfied with the result.” Dr. J. T. Fugate of Urbana, 1L, says: “I have used Herpi- cide for dandruff with excellent results. 1 shall prescribe it in my practice.” Herpl- cide kills the dandruff germ. Physiclans as well as the general public say so. Sold by all druggists. Send 10 cents in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroft, Mich. ASSAULT ON STRIKE BREAKER Joseph Furth is Struck on Head While Golng to Works at the Joseph Furth, a machinist and strike breaker living at Fourteenth and Webster streets, says that he was assaulted trom behind while going to work at the Union Pacific shops Tuesday morning. He says that ‘a lttle before 7 o'clock he left the house and started east. Between Thirteenth the back of the head and knocked \ncon- sclous. When he woke up he could see no one. It was very dark and he had heard 1o sound before being struck. He was mut- fled up because of the cold. Furth's head was lald open behind the ear. The emergency physician at the shops dressed the wound and Furth worked all day. Strikers say that strike breakers aid | the Job In order to make out & case against | the strikers. Furth ig sure the strikers hit | im. The job was done with some blunt in- strument like a billy. STRIKERS' PRESS COMMITTEE !\ll the Unions Involved Jolntly Ap- point Menm to Give Out - Union Pacific strikers have come to the | couclusion thut thelr cause has been hurt at times by the publication of certain facts in the newspapers. To avold further em- | | barrassment from this source the different | trades have jolntly appointed a press com | mittee, which will maintain a censorship over all information given forth for pub- | | Mcation, and through which channel only | newspaper reporters will be given authentic | | strike news. The members of the press | | committee are Sam Grace, secretary of the | aistrict lodge and of the district executive committee of the machinl James W. | Kline, executive committeeman in charge of THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THURSDAY $5.00 and $6.00 SALE BEGINS TOMORROW. SKIRTS ,, %18 {BRANRE!Z, SALE BEGINS TOMORROW. Big Special Purchase of 1,500 Walking, Dress and Golf Skirts On special sale today at one-third their value. Good fortune in buyinghas again favored us and this time we have se- cured the prize skirt bargain of the entire season. buyers, Through our eastern whe are always in the market with ready cash, we Secured an east. ern manufacturer’s entire surplus stock of skirts at a mere fraction of their worth. ; We secured the whole stock at 25 The and up-to-date in every way. ¢ to 40c on the dollar. 8kirts in this stock are smart We have never been able to show more charming styles, divide Tomorrow we in 8 grand lots at these special prices: 5 Skirts % 1.98 $700 Skirts2.50 $8% Skirts 3.98 Choice of 1,000 skirts, walking, dressand golf styles made of heavy meltons, black an tailor stitching, with as highas $6.00, at $1.98. *2.50 and golf skirts, ele- . gant and service- able matarials, new side pleats and tab straps, easily worth 87 at $2.50. Choice of walking $15.00 Silk Skirts at $5.98— Choice of 75 skirts made of finest taffeta and peau de soie—worth up to $15.00 each. at... ceene cheviots, d colors, coverts, ete., trimmed with satin or cloth straps— worth At The swollest skirts " of this entire pur- chase—sido and box vleat, hip yoke, strap and button trimmings, wide flares, etc., at # $17.50 Monte Carlos at $7.50—Choice of any of our $15and $17.50 Mente Carlo and blouse couts, all of the new shadings of kerseys, Every one a handsome cheviots, montanacs, etc. oand smartly stylish cloak, at Watch Our Windows IBRANREE: 1.50 Watch Our Windows GREAT PROSPECTS IN SUCAR South Platte Regarded as Richest Field in World for Sugar Beets. GROWERS ENJOY MANY ADVANTAGES HERE Nature Combines All the Requisites of Climate, Altitude and Soil to Produce Large and Best of Beets. “South Platte valley beet sugar factories will produce one-fourth of the sugar con- | sumed In the United States,” sald George | McDonough, immigration agent of the Union Pacific railway. Mr. McDonough was com- menting upon the recent interview with | Secretary of Agriculture Wilson on this tople, as published by the Associated Press. In that interview Mr. Wilson gave great prominence to the industry in the South Platte country, and Mr. McDonough is highly gratified at its findings, following so closely upon the visit to that section by the beet sugar experts, Frank Roderus of the Beet Sugar Gazette and A. Munsey of Detroit. Continuing, Mr. McDonough said: “In the east they have been accustomed | to regard 14 per cent sugar in beets as a good average, and when they find that the average in the South Platte s from 17 to 22 per cent they are naturally amazed, es- pecially when they consider the heavy ton- nage that we secure here. In the east the average tonnage per acre is seven, while in the South Platte the average per acre is elghteen to twenty-five tons. Nature Favors Nebraska. “It seems as if nature had experimented with sugar beets In every other section of the globe and applied her conclusions by combining all the requisites of climate, al- titude and soll to produce them on a grand scale in the South Platte valley. Another advantage we have is that we do not have | to weed our beets as they do in the east, where they have to pay as high as $15 to $20 per acre for weeding alone. “I cannot say that I am surprised that Qur average is better than that of the east, for it is a recognized fact that the sunshine has more to do with the secretion of sac- charne matter than the soil. The action, not so much of the heat, but of the light of tba sun, upon the elements of the air pro- daces sugar, whereas a great deal of rain lowers the average. “Another feature is that the beets grow to such an epormous size. Big beets are usually undesirable, as they are apt to con- tain less saccharine matter, but this is not | the case with large beets that are grown in | the South Platte valley. They are very rich. The large beets in the South Platte usually average 17% per cent sugar, or 8% per cent more than the eastern beets. The splendid showing of beets in irrigated dls- tricts is not so surprising, because we have read so much about them, but I was posi- tively astounded at the amazing adaptabil- ! ity of some of the lands in the South Platte.” Don't Worry. This is easler sald than done, yet it may be of some help to consider the matter. If the cause is something over which you have | no cotrol it is obvious that worrylng will ! not help the matter in the least. On the | other hand, i within your control you have | only to act. When you have a cold and | fear an attack of pneumonia, buy a bpttle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and use it judiciously and all cause for worry as to| the outcome will quickly disappear. Thero | 1s no danger of pneumonia when it is used. | A Beautiful Calendar, | affairs for the blacksmiths; Martin Douglas, secretary of the local lodge of the boller makers The Sigual Whites of eyes and skin yellow show liver troubles and jaundice. Dr. King's New Life Pills cure or no pay. Ouly 36e. For sale by Kuba & Co. Distress. The Milwaukee Railway has published sn | artistic calendar for 1903. Six sheets, 10x13 | inches, of beautiful reproductions in colors of pastel drawings by Bryson. Price, cents. On sale at City Ticket Office, 1504 Farpam street. Publish your legal notices 18 The Weekly Bee. Telepbone 238, il OUR DAILY SALES Have been a regular scarecrow to other shoe stores, Monday was Men's day, Tuesday was Women's day. Wednesday will be Misses' day. All of our Boxcalf, extra high cut Misses' and Children's shoes are go- ing Wednesday at & great cut in price. Misses’ sizes, 113 from $2.25 to $1.50. Childs sizes 8% to 11 reduced from $1.75 to $1.35. Childs sizes 6 to 8 reduced from $1.50 to $1.25, There are all sizes and every pair is new this season, like our other ales that is going to last only one day (Wednesday) and first come, first served. DREXEL SHOE CO. Omaha's Up-to-Date Shoe House 1419 FARNAM STREET. to 2 reduced HALF RATES Via Wabash R Mobile and return $28.35, New Orleans and return $20.50, Havana, Cuba and re- turn $63.35, sold Febuary 17 to 22, Halt rates one way and round trip (plus $2; to many points south on sale the first a third Tueedays of each month. For full in- formation call at Wabash office, 1601 Fa nam street, or address Harry E. Moores, G. A. P. D, Omaha, Neb. ron Announcements of the Theaters, Lovers of bright, clean comedy will be glad to learn of the coming of such a meri torjous production as “Are You a Mason?" which will be seen at the Boyd Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee “Are You a Mason?” is mow in its third season. It was the comedy sensation of New York two seasons ago, where it tested the capacity of both Wallack's and the Garrick theater for over 160wights; It sub sequently played an engagement lasting through the entire summer at Powers' the ater, Chicago, and' last spring jt made the biggest comedy hit at the Shafts the ‘ater, London, of any Ameriean 3 taken to England. The same &; pany which has been presentis during the last two sessons’ gaged for the present tous. JANUARY W. R. Bennett Co. . HASTINGS, Recelver. The Closing Days of A Great Bankrupt Sale — T, SATURDAY Only three days left for the people of Omaha and vicinity to § strictly high grade up-to-date plano price that cannot be quoted by DEALER ANYWHERE. could but realize the values sale of Pianos & Organs close them all out by Saturday evening the sales for one day would exhayst every value on our second floor, and those superb instruments would each have a place in an up-to-the-hour Omaha parlor. This kale does not consist of planos that have been rented from two to six years, or of second hand planos bought at & mominal cost and repaired, or of planos taken in exchange, repaired f and sold at retafl prices, or of old styles that have been on the floor until the yarnish is ready to drop from them. This stock is wholly new. All the very latest designs. 1903 Colonial styles in Wal~ nut, 0ak and Mahogany. Each plano guaranteed to be as rep- resented, both by the factory and our- selves. It YOU we are offering In this great Think of Buying An elegant square plano, worth $3%, in an upright case—our price for the next three days— $100 $10 ‘down, $5 per month, A strictly high grade up-to-date piano | with elegant stool and scarf—former l§ price $275.00—now for three days more— $lo8 $#10 down, $5 per month. A beautiful late design Colonial case—former price $300.00—now for three days more— SiT8 $10 down, §7 per month, Mahogany Case Plano—former price $350.00—now for three days more— $198 $10 down, $7 per month, An’ elegant walnut upright Colonfal style plano—former price $100.00—our price for three days more— $211 $10 down, 87 per month, We offer pick of many others, and look them over you buy or not. hen write atalog Any piano sold on Easy Payment Plan Musical Merchandise and Sheet Music GUITARS, MANDOLINS, VIOLINS, BANJOS, ACC CAS, FOLIOS TIONS, EVERYTHING MUST GO. Come Come whether 1f you cannot come us for explanations and Planos © paired. J. S. Cameron, Ngr. Music Dept. | Every department is stocks at axe chopped prices. the Recelver's Sale '# THUSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY closing out Attend | Thursday, Friday and| ecure a i Great Final Three Days’ Sale in our OYS DEPT|! We have gone through our entire stock of boys’ suits and selected all the small lots. In order to dis- . pose of them quickly we have greatly reduced the prices. They go on sale Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday. divided They have been in two lots and your choice is absolutely unrestricted. Suits worth from $2.00 to $3.00— &b iveees sivese 65 Suits worth from $3.00 to $5.00— Aiceienvnne 235 BOYS’ SUITS—made in Norfolk style, sizes 4 to 12 years, and double-breasted style, sizes 8 to 16 years. They are made of fancy cassimeres and cheviots—they are suits we sold regularly from on sale at ... BOYS’ SUITS—made in .00 to $3.00— Norfolk and double-breasted styles, sizes 4 to 16 years—they are made of the very best faney cheviots, cassimeres, they are suits we sold regularly from $3.00 to $5.00—on sale at...... ........ W blue cheviot 2.35 worsteds, Boys’ Knee Pants, sizes 4 to 16 years, that sold regularly at 60c, 75¢ and 85c¢, will be sold Thursday, Friday and Saturday, choice 45¢ RENO-MAY-POWDER A positive cure for sweaty feot, hands and exc cures corns, bunions and chilblains shoes and clothing. Spacial I, your druggist hasn’t it, accept no other, but send t¢ under the arm Price, 50c. A. Mayer, Manf., 512 Bee Bldg., Omaha. ive perspiration saves gloves Consultation free office treatments, Phone 1716. /. OUR OPTICIAN 1 s Ky B hands as thoroughly understands lass. ere Is no guess work about his neclentious and careful. An 8! fitting You may feel pel‘fac\l,}" safe tting. Spend a few minutes LOOK FOR TH E NAME. S. W. LINDSAY, Jeweler & Optician, 1516 Douglas Street. THE BEST PILL FOR STOMACH, LIVER | AND BOWELS... HOWELL'S Free samples st Howell Drug Co., 16th and Capitol avenue. LITTLE ANTI- BILIOUS PILLS Tomorrow’s the day that's forever just around the cor- ner. That $50.00 suit for $40.00 that our Get-Ready Sale offers you and which you're “golng” to order ‘‘tomor- row” won't do you any 800d. For we won't be mak- ing $60.00 suits for $40 to- morrow. Offer was for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only. Will be making $50.00 overcoats for $40.00, though. And $14.00 trousers will be made for $12.00 all week, How does his pudginess, the tallor, strike you? MacCarthy Talloring Company, 171012 Farnam St., Phone 1808, Bee Building. You will find the Court House just opposite. WEILE YOU ARE LOOKING AROUND for artistic Gas Fixtures do not forget to look up our styles, which are the nowest We design to suit the customer. F. M. Russell 313 South 15th St. Telephone 503 “Schaefer’s Sell It for Less” Just remember this when in need of an thing in the entire drug, rubber g surgical uments, patent medl soap, tollet articles, perfume for sundr line this lst and if yox dom't find what ¥ ng for just call us up by eith phone, or if out of town prices, but don't bu. anything from anybody's catalogue, 'cause it is an impossibility to keep a price list up to dat 10c Hildreth's Velvet or Monkey Candy 05 emptation Tonle % ) Quinine aranteed Cold Cure Business Stimulaters BEE WANT ADS 'WHEN YOU BUY A { { | i You are not paying for CHROMOS, 5 TY HAVANA TOBACCO. EQUAL to IMPORT! LTS CIGAR CO., Msof, Bt Louls Unicn Made ] P, R RICE MERCANTILE fie Pennyroyal $1.00 German ¥immell Bitters o Pozzoni Fac waer s “AEFER’ CUT PRICE DRUG STORE OPEN ALWAYS. Two Phones—747 and A3335, & W, Cor. 16th and Chicago 8 1GARS v }