Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-26
RAILROADS IGNORE A LAW
Fail to Keep Posted in All Stations the Ar
rival and Departure Of Trains.
MAKE SLOW PROGRESS ON ASSESSMENT
IndioStions that Total Taxable value
of Property VIII show an Increase
,Df About Twenty Million
Dollars.
(From a Stan Correspondents

From a Stan Correspondent.)
DIES MONIES, July 25.-(Special 1.-THE
railroad commissioners today sent out to
the general managers Of the railroads do
ing business in low a formal notice In
regard to a new law OF the state which
has as yet been ignored by the railroad
companies. This is the law which pro-
vides that the companies must keep posted
In the waiting room at each and every pas
senger station bulletins Of the time Of ar
rival and departure of trains. This is done
in but few Of the passenger stations Of the
state. A copy Of the law was sent to each
head Of a railroad and notification that
the law must be complied with. The rail-
road commissioners report that in their
travels about the state they have observed
no effort to obey this law. 1t passed the
legislature last winter unopposed by the
companies.
The annual report Of the railroad com-
m%lssloners for the year 1901. which was
made to the governor last January and at
this time made public, has Just been
printed and distributed. 1t Is q compre-
hensive volume of statistics.
Assessment work Incomplete.
executive council on the assessment and
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The board will probably do very little work
next week and hence the members are
working very hard this week, but tomorrow
the governor goes to Atlantic to review
the troops and in the evening to attend
a reception in his honor. The state con-
vention will interfere with the work next
week. The figures as returned by the as
SCISSORS show a taxable value of property
In the state a~ggregating more than SS72,-
000, 900, not including any probable increase
in the assessment Of railroad companies.
There is sure to be some increase in this,
and It is probable the increase in taxable
values for the entire state will run from
$780, 900, 900 to $22, 900, 600. II board has
decided upon not making public any fg-
ures until the work Is all In and the tax
levy made.
RehearinE IL Asked For.
The papers were fled today with the
clerk Of the supreme court asking q re-
hearing in the case Of Emma Holman
against the Omaha & Council Bluffs Bridge
and Railway company, from Pottawattamie
county, the case in which the supreme
court at the last term approved a verdict
Of $4,000 for personal injuries and death.
The reliance of the defense was on the
lack Of authority to the manager, who
gave what was claimed to be a waiver of
the statute of limitations in the matter Of
time IT commencing the suit. The court
has held this waiver to be good. The at
torneys desire to argue the question again.
The Mount Sterling Savings bank has
been organized. and Incorporated, $780, 900
capital; B. r. Vale, president, and w.
Welch, secretary, :
The Hawiey Furniture company Of Bur-
lington has been incorporated, with 5000
capital; also the Rowe Gas Light and
Heating company Of Early. with $4,000
capital.
Compulsory Education Lsw.
The first information which a great many
Iowa people will have In regard to the
new compulsory education law which has
Just gone into effect will be when the
school census enumerators come around
early in September and proceed to make
a separate list of all children between the
ages Of z and IA, these to be turned over
to the proper school officers and to be
used in keeping tab on the school attend
ance of these young people. In the an
nual circular OF instructions now being
sent to county superintendent by the
state superintendent this is specially noted
and the school officers are requested to
pay particular attention to the same. h
compulsory education law has just gone into
effect and with the coming school year
} there will be more attention paid to the
attendance of small children than ever be-
fore.
Would Like New Encampment.
The members Of the Fifty-second regi-
ment, Iowa National guard, have made
some effort In the direction Of having an
other encampment Of the regiment this
year.. The regiment was literally drowned
out at Fonda early in the month and COM
PEELED to abandon the camp after two OF
three days of wadlng in the mud and
water. The veteran members OF the regi-
ment felt great disappointment over the
unfortunate turn OF affairs. 1t is the first
time In the history of the guard that an
encampment had to be completely aban-
doned on account of bad weather, and the
boys would like an opportunity to try
again. With the camp broken up the en-
tire regiment will go in the records for
the year without any markings as to drill
and camp work, while the other three
regiments will secure their markings. Be-
sides, there was some complaint on the
part OF citizens of Fonda as to the con-
) duct. or misconduct. Of members OF the
Fifty-second regiment and the boys would
like a chance to demonstrate that they
have a good regiment. AS there are nc
, funds with which to provide for an en-
campment, 1t is not likely to be held.
} Died in Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Mcbride Of Valley
! Junction received word this morning Of
: the death Of their son. VIII, at Gordon
Neb.. at an early hour this morning. He
was employed in a newspaper once al
Gordon. Mr.. Mcbride is an engineer or
one of the Rock Island fast trains and
formerly lived in Stuart, where the funeral
/ OF the boy will take place.
There Is no change IN the telephone
strike situation here. Plans are being
made for an injunction suit to prevent the
strikers and union organizers from inter
: fering with the business Of the telephone
companies, but no suit has as yet beer
commenced.
! Counterfeit silver dollars and halves ars
being freely passed again. despite the
: efforts Of local and government omeials e
' arrest the practice. A number were takeT
e In by saloonmen yesterday and SO nearly
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