Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-14
WILL NOT PLAY aFAvoRITEs,
Assessors Agree Upon n Valuation
for Personal PrOpcrtN.

for Personal Property.
There has always been more or less trouble
over the returns Of the township assessors
in the matter of personal property. Each
assessor has been allowed to use, or has
used, his own discretion as to the valuation
placed on the personal property in his town
ship, and the result has made. endless work
for the board Of equalization. .5-
An effort will be made, this year to have
the assessments on a uniform basis, and to
attain this result a meeting of the township
assessors was held yesterday afternoon at
the court house for the purpose of talking
over the situation. Twenty-seven Of the
thirty-seven assessors of the county were
in attendance at the meeting, and spent sew
eral hours in an informal discussion as to
the best plan Of doing the work In a man
ner that would treat all property owners
alike. 1t was shown that some of the as
SCISSORS in years past had returned personal
property at about 10 per cent Of its real value,
and that others had returned similar prop
erty at its full value.
After a general discussion of the situation
a general schedule Of values was practically
agreed upon for the property that will come
under the notice of the assessors. and 1t was
tlcitly agreed that the property would be
returned by the assessors at about one
third of its value. The assessors will start
upon their work at once. The books are
10 10 TetuTHtu u tHe county vi hprll l..
Adler still n Dcceivcr.
Judge" Adler, or Samuel j.. X.
Adler, according to the prison reg
lister at Blackwell's Island, N. Y,
where he is serving a few years term
Of Imprisonment for serious moral delin-
q~uencieo, 10 still the same old gay deceiver
that he was when he was cutting such q wide
swath in Council Bluffs. Two years ago Adler
came to this city and by means Of forged
letters Of recommendation from eminent jur-
lists and public men secured admission to the
Pottawattamie county bar and an entree in
the best society in the city. His career was
short and brilliant and ended with him being
a fugitive from justice after doing almost
every one of his acquaintances whom he could
get near. The Philadelphia Press has a sen-
sational article giving a detailed account of
the old mans latest attempts at deception.
Adler is over 10 years old, and is a distin-
guished looking old man. His age and
scholarly bearing has won some sympathy
and some of his friends have been trying to
secure a pardon for him. To aid them the
Press says: adler from time to time has
feigned sickness. When sent out to work
tho old man would fall in a fit and have
to BIO carried to the hospital. His fits
were made the basis of an application for
a pardon, on the ground that he was about
to die.
Before going to the penitentiary. Adler
made the acquaintance of a number Of
charity workers, who felt sorry for MIN
on account Of his old age. Thess workers
were of all denominations, and to each the
old man professed his desire to en-
brace their particular form of religion.
Adler, who has announced at the Tombs and
the penitentiary that he was very wealthy,
commenced to make a will. After the usual
opening phraseology, he started off by leaving
sso, 900 to the Protestant Hsltiorphan as,lum.
In some way Adler managed to rake this fact
known to the people of That faith whom he
had met. The result was that many char
itably inclined women sent Baskets Of fruit
to the old man to cheer HIS lying moments.
adler had also made the acquaintance
CT many Catholics, and in his will the or
phans Of that church were not forg o-ten. They
were put down for $2O,O00,b and charitable
persona OF that faith also sent him delica ;ies.
But Adler did not die; he grew fatter az he
grew sicker. and would probably be working
his scheme yet had he not decided to make
Warden Pillsbury and Deputy Warden Kop-
pings executors Of his will in the hope Of
deoeivlng them. Yesterday a. friend Of Adler
called at the penit@ntiary and stated that the
old man did not possess a. dollar.
I'm all Of Adler's requests the money was
to come from his life Insurance., but investi-
CATION proved that he had none. While a
fugitive from justice, Adler took refuge in
Council Bluffs, where he married a wealthy
young widow. Should he live out his term,
he will probably be arrested for bigamy, as
he left a wife In New York when he ran
away
Dedicated Their Church.
Dedicatory services were held Sunday at
the new German Mission church. recently
completed on North Seventh street. The
church has a seating capacity for 500 people.
Inc dedicatory services were conducted In
German. The pastor was assisted by Rev.
q. w. Simon Of Burlington. the presiding
elder Of this district. and Rev. Mr., Craig Of
Omaha. and Rev. Mr.. Keller and Rev. Mr..
Schulz Of Lincoln.
The financial affairs Of the church are In
excellent condition, the edihce being prac-