Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-26

Grand Island and will be with TIE p-esi-
dent at the Soldiers home that evening.
Governor and stan 10 Tour.
Tuesday morning the governor and stan
and the state officers will go TO St. Louis
TO participate in the dedication OF the
Louisiana Purchase exposition grounds. The
stan will consist Of Adiutant General Gull
YER and Colonies Jenkins, Evans, Bills,
Adams. Miles, Dow, Mellick, shumway,
Haley and Thomas.
The governor and his party viii remain
in st. Louis until the mill whistle blows for
quitting time, expecting all this to occur
in time for them to get back to Lincoln
by Saturday. for this governors stan likes
not to travel on Sunday. Headquarters
will be at the st. Nicholas hotel.
Commission Organizes.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition com-
mission met for the FIRST time today in the
ONCE Of the governor and organized. @.
w. wattles was elected president, Matt
Miller secretary and c. II. Morrill, treas
urer and vice president. The commits
sioners decided not to go to st. Louis with
Governor Mickey next Tuesday, because
In their opinion II would be a waste OF
time insofar as doing anything for the
Nebraska exhibit was concerned. They
will go down later, probably within ten
days. and look over the ground.
When the commissioner get down TO
work an assistant secretary will be ap-
pointed to assist the present secretary.
Arrangements will shortly be made for
someone to go out in the state and ar
range for the growing Of products to be
used in the state exhibit. The commits
sioners have not decided whether a build
ing will be erected in st. Louis.
Assessors Send in Figures.
Auditor Weston is receiving from the
various assessors the value that will be
placed on property over the state for as
sessment purposes in answer to his re-
quest sent out some time ago. In some
counties at least the assessment this year
will be extremely low, much more so than
last year. Cass and Cedar counties will
assess land at one-hfth Of it's value. This
will range from SO to $50 per acre. Cherry.
Knox and Dakota will assess at one-third
Of the value OF land. being the highest rate
Of assessment yet sent in. In Knox county
horses are valued at from SO to So and cat
tie at one-third of their cash value. Doug
las will assess on a sixth Of the valuation,
Hall county on from one-eighth to one-
twelfth on all property, and Lancaster on
one-hfth Of the valuation. In Holt county
hogs will be assessed 80 cents per 100
weight and sheep at 30 cents each. In
Buffalo county land owners will pay taxes
on land valued at from $1.25 to Sc an acre.
Gage county, where land lie worth from $40
to 800 an acre, will be assessed at IS to
$50 an acre. Cunning county land, which
usually sells at S45 to 800 an acre, is
valued for assessment purposes at IS an
acre. Horses In the same county at SO,
cattle at 81 and sheep at so cents each.
Decisions Delayed.
A number Of the most important de-
cisions Of the supreme court are held back
for two weeks owing to the absence Of
Judge Sullivan, who, acting upon the advice
OF his physician, has been taking a much
needed rest at West Baden. Among the
decisions affecting Omaha which have been
agreed upon and are temporarily held back
is the Omaha Fire and Police commission
case, which It is now known upon good
authority will be decided at the next sit
ting of the court in favor of the old board,
In conformity with the previous opinions
OF Judges Sullivan and Holcomb. The
opinion probably would have been filed this
week but for the disinclination on the part
Of the judges to in any way influence the
result of the Oman city election.
LABOR Bureau Plans.
The Department Of Labor and Industrial
Statistics has outlined its plan Of action
for the coming biennium. Commissioner
Bush is very much interested in the en-
forcement OF the fire escape law and in
tends to devote a great part Of his time to
this subject because he believes that a
large per cent of the people, and especially
the travelling public, demand some protec-
tion in this regard. He will also give con-
siderable attention to the inspection Of
factories for the enforcement Of the child
labor laws.
The statistical work of the department
will receive close attention by Don C.. Des-
pain, chief clerk. and the office force. It
is the intention to issue quarterly, annual
and biennial reports. The quarterly re-
ports will dwell upon the conditions ex-
listing in the state regarding the agricul-
tural interests thereof.
The schedules prepared and now in the
hands OF the State Printing Board will
cover more fields Of statistics than for
merly and the report to be issued will be
as comprehensive as possible concerning
the resources and Industrial activity of
Nebraska.
The future annual and biennial REPORTS
Will give close consideration to the fol-
lowing subjects; Manufactures and wages;
meat packing industry; railroad statistics;
dairy Industry; Touring and grist mills;
labor organizations; report Of strikes and
lockouts; municipal statistics; eccleslasti-
cal. school and professional conditions;
criminal statistics; lodges and fraternaI
societies; charity and charitable institu-
lions; N~ebraska's surplus products, and a
report of the success Of the department in
dealing with the nre escape and labor
conditions.
Screens Must Be Removed.
SEWARD, Neb., April 25.-(special)-The
city council last night granted saloon
licenses to F. r. Vaudeville, Richard Hart
wig and Louis Loreke. with the understand