Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-10
Total pers. 2ooIoS S9S9g5Sse T$S SS5Y gay

Grand total .s444Os13 $22, 2o5,565 81 49, o5t
This is exclusive Of the railroads ana
telegraph companies which figures nave
not yet been obtained
Under this plan the railroads will have
to pay about flve times as much taxes as
they did last year Last year the railroads
paid on about one-tenth and all other
property owners paid on the actual value
This year Commissioner Sheffield has
adopted the plan of dividing the actual
cash value as found by his assessors by
five and making the result the basis upon
which individuals win pay. AS the valua-
ton upon railroads. as returned by the
State Board of Equalization, Will be ABOUT
what II was last year, the city VIII get
5000 instead of $1,000 It received last year.
The valuation as found this year is over
81 100000 more than that of last year The
principal portion Of this comes from the
additions to the valuation placed on the
property OF the public service corporations
and from the larger stocks Of merchandise
Upon the individual owners OF property
there has been little change.
The Lincoln Traction company will pay
taxes upon one-ffth of 100000 valuation. as
opposed TO S325,OO0 last year. This includes
So, 900 placed upon the property Of its sub
COTpO1dllOIlt the lSllCpAtl A~hbAASf AA~S
and Power company. The Lincoln Gas and
Electric Light company is put down for
s45O,OOO, as opposed to $S25,OOO last year.
This. includes 900 as the value of its
capital stock The Nebraska Telephone
company Is down as worth actually the sum
of $500, ,Ooo Last year the figure was placed
at $4,000. This year the company refused
to give Mr. Sheffield any information what
ever as to the value of its plant or of the
business done. General Manager Lane
called upon the commissioner once In re-
gard to the matter. but nothing was sub
mitted upon which TO base this valuation.
1t is expected that the company will enter
objections to this figure. 1t should be un-
derstood that the value as found by the
commissioner Is one-hfth OF the figures
given, they being cited merely as showing
the cofiDaEssoh with last year.
The council met at 10 o'clock this morning
and elected Mr.. Pentzer as chairman OF the
Board of Equalization.
University Glass Play.
At the oliver theater this morning the
senior class of the State university gave
its annual class play to a crowded house
The play was the Rivals" an old time
favorite and it was handled in a mastery
manner by twelve members of the class.
Orville j. Fee was Sir Anthony Absolute
]. Nathaniel Norton was Captain Jack Alb
solute, j. d. Barry as Bob Acres, T. H
Elson as Sir Lucius OTrigger. George Por
ter Shidler as Falkland, Gin Crooks a.
Fag, Ralph ]. Buck as David. Newton e
Buckley as Thomas, W. A. Leonard as thu
boy, Ethel syford as Mrs. Malaprop. Bes
sic b. Brown as Lydia Languish. Jeannett'
Post as Julia and Jean McLennan as Luc!
"a cast that proved eminently satisfactory
George Shidler's Falkland and Miss Sy
fords Mrs. Malaprop were excellent i'm
personations, Mr.. Shidler especially winning
much applause for his conscientious work
J. N. Norton as Captain Jack Absolute
caused every hand in the house to move fl
applause. The parts of Sir Anthony Alb
solute, Bob Acres and Sir Lucius O'Trig
ger were in such excellent hands that I,
mention one would be unfair TO the others
The Mrs. Malaprop of Miss Syford was tn
best of the feminine parts and her oft-re
peated complaint that such things wer
not becoming to young ladies' was fetch
ing. Julia, as portrayed by Miss Jeannett
Post was sweet and wholesome. and sh
was quite at ease in a trying part.
The cast could scarcely have been I'm
proved, upon and that the play was an
preciated was evident by the number VIII
The patronesses were Mrs. f. Benjami
Andrews, Mrs. John L. Teeters, Mrs. C. +
Bessey, Mrs. c. ], Ernst Mrs Enery W
Davis, Mrs. E H Barbour. Mrs L. A
Sherman Mrs. A. p Howell. The com
mittee ON arrangements consisted of H
Clyde Filley, Miss Bessie Belle Brown. I
H. Ellison, Miss Sadie Fowler Charles "
Potts Miss Edith Grace Bennett. Mis-
Louise Miller.
DrOves of MOs1uitOeH.
From out that corner of the univer'
where was once water. devastation an
flooded homes, there comes in droves an
pairs and in punches great blood sweatin
behemoths of the mosquito family. Al
parently they thrive in any part of the cit
and from the west end of the viaduct
the highest pinnacle OF the capitol don
they are here.
1t Is a peculiar variety OF the mosqui
that has been grown this year Instea
OF the three long sharp needle-like prons
that stick out from where the head ougl
to be, there are six. To bald-headed pc,