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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
All on Equal FootInK.

This curative act puts every property
owner on an equal footing and will make
special assessments from 1897 down to date
as collectible as regular taxes are and will
take away the inducement to litigation.
Formerly many heavy property owners paid
their entire special taxes Immediately after
the levy in order to save interest, but since
the uncertainties of litigation have become
apparent a large number OF property own
ers have withheld their payments as a mat
ter OF self-protection, awaiting the deter
mination Of the courts. 1t is confidently
expected that this new law will put an end
to a great deal of troublesome and ex-
pensive litigation for the city and bring a
very large amount Of these special taxes
into the treasury.
Il had a great deal to contend with in
securing the passage of this law. In the
hrst place, some Of the tax attorneys who
have litigation pending were very bitterly
opposed to It, and again quite a number OF
the members Of the legislature, both law
yers and laymen. hesitated, thinking that
possibly such a law could not be sustained
in the courts.
ITO meet this last objection l caused to
be printed a brief which quotes from all
the law text book writer's, showing that
they are all Of one opinion with reference
to such a law, and that is thatsit can be
and has been sustained. 1t cites decisions
from the supreme courts OF a large number
Of states, showing that omaha is not alone
in this matter of special tax litigation and
that many other cities have had to pass
through similar difficulties and that the leg.
islatures OF the various states have come
to the rescue with a curative act similar L
the one passed by our own legislature. II
every instance such curative act has beer
sustained by the supreme court of the re.
spectiVe states"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

risht TO relevy assessments against the
property so escaping, after making a new
equalization. So that the only benefit the
successful property owners would receive
from their litigation would be the interest
which had accrued since the former levy.
To onset this gain they would have to pay
their attorneys fees and the costs Incident
to such litigation. In nine cases out OF ten
the litigant would find in the end that he
has lost money rather than saved by his
litigation,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
MICHIGAN TRIAL DRAGS ON
Court AdJOuFns at Noon on Account
of the Republican
Primaries.

The McGuigan murder trial had advanced
to the evidence In rebuttal when court ad-
journed yesterday at noon. During the
morning Captain H.. P. Hare. for the state.
testified that when the clothing Of Murphy.
whom McGuigan stabbed, was searched no
weapon was found.
After the Haze testimony the state rested
and the defense moved the court to instruct
for the defense on the ground that the state
had established no case. The motion was
oVerruled n the defense then put on VIII
liam Turner, who related that Murphy
caught Michigan by the throat twice and
once sAidi IN choke you, you -, II
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
Department store Project.

A definite announcement concerning the
possible new department store In Omaha Is
promised for three weeks hence. A close
friend OF Maurice Magnus, promote OF the
project, said yesterday: "MT. Magnus
will return from New York I'm Just three
weeks ana he will be able TO tell at once
what will be done. He went east with
plans well In mind and will be able TO make
a very tangible proposition TO the capital
lists whom he hopes to interest. Personally
/ have no doubt that he will accomplish
what he has set out q do"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

you hurt Shaw" In rebuttal Bartender
LOTHIAN testified that Murphy made no
such threat in his hearing.
C. G. Valentine, shorthand reporter, testi-
fed to the taking Of testimony before the
coroner's jury. Deputy Jailer James Swif
produced a sweater and undershirt worn by
McGuigan. which, with Murphy's blue coat,
produced by Coroner Bradley, were intro
duced in evidence, perhaps to be used by
the attorneys for the defense in their argu-
ments.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
INJUNCTION CASE DELAYED
Electric Light Company Succeeds I'm
Getting Continuance for
One Week.

The second Injunction proceeding Of the
Electric Light company to prevent the
council from passing the Rosewater fran
chlse ordinance has been delayed until
Saturday. April IS. The hearing was to
have been yesterday before Judge Dick
inson. but on the showing that the sheriff
had failed to get service on Councilman
WhitehOrn, Attorneys c.. C. Wright and
W. W. Morsmsn for the Electric Light com
pany. asked that the hearing on the ap-
plication be continued a week and thar
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
CARD CAME ENDS In DEATH
Players Draw RevOlvers, Shooting Each
Other at Arms Length.
ALLEGED CROOKED WORK CAUSES MELEE
Woman saloon Keeper and Three
Customers Lie Fatally Injured,
While Another Receives
Two Serious wounds.

ATHENS, o., April 1O.-In a fight tonight
at Jacksonville, twelve miles north of Ath-
ems, four people were fatally shot and one
seriously shot.
The fatally wounded:
Mrs. Skrotsky.
Charles Riley.
Charles Cochran.
Seth Tinkham.
The fight occurred in the saloon OF which
Mrs. Skrotsky is proprietor.
Shortly after Z tonight a large crowd as
sembled in the saloon for an evening OF
card playing and drinking. At one card
table Tinkham and Henry Hoblett, as part
neTs, were playing Riley and Cochran, who
were badly beating their companions. Pres
emily Tinkham threw downs his cards, de-
claring he had been cheated, and remark
ing angrily that while he could not PLAY
with cards ne could play with a revolver.
+ He pulled out his revolver, his three
companions followed suit, and the four be-
gan to shoot at each other at arms length.
A dozen shots were fired and when their
weapons were emptied four men, three dy-
ing, lay In pools of blood. while Mrs. Skrot-
sky, shot through the breast accidentally,
lay behind the bar. She and Tinkham can
not survive the night.
Physicians from neighboring towns have
been summoned TO care for the injured
Mrs. Skrotsky and Hoblett were taken to
their homes. while Riley. Cochran and
Tinkham we're carried on stretchers to the
Jacksonville prison, where hundreds Of ex.
cited people gathered.
Mayor Gilman Of Jacksonville has sworn
in many extra policemen to assist Marshal
Charles Stewart in keeping friends OF the
dying men out OF the prison,
Tinkham was shot in the abdomen and
through the lungs. while Cochran and Riley
eaoh.have bullets through their lungs. Hob
lett received a ball In his hip and shoulder
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
Mortality Statistics.

The following births and death have been
reported to the Board of Health:
Births-Robert Ford, 2S12 Miami, boy;
Elmer Kinkenon. Sl72 North Fifteenth. girl;
Grin Wheeler lib William, boy; James
Radcliffe, 1880 Larimore, boy; Charles Nell
son. 1875 Charles. girl; John DeVine, 222l
North Twenty-hfth, girl.
Death-Mrs, Barbara Nistel, 1906 North
Twenty-eighth, So.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
Treat for Creche ChiIdren.

The children of the Creche, Eighteenth
and Harvey, were entertained with ice
cream In Benefits yesterday afternoon, It
was an Informal function, and Mrs. j, u.
Baum was the hostess for the little folk.
The children were accommodated with
chairs and tables on the main floor ana
were quite a delight to the throng OF Gus
toners and stan of clerks.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
CATCHES THE TAX SHIRKERS
New Law Pas1ed t, Remedy Special
Assessments in Omaha.
CITY CAN COLLECT FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Assistant City Attorney Adams Sue
ceeds I'm Getting His Curative
Act Passed by the
Legislature,
CITY CAN COLLECT FOR IMPROVEMENTS

After a weeks incessant labor before the
legislature at Lincoln. Assistant City Attor-
ney Adams has returned to Omaha success
full in having his proposed curative act
made a law. The measure has to do with
the vexed question OF special assessments
for paving and other improvements and is
designed to save the city OF Omaha a great
deal OF money. Concerning 1t Mr.. Adams
says;
1.-THE bill is intended to cure all irregu-
larities In the preliminary proceedings I'M
der which special assessments have been
devised under the charter of 1897 for all
kinds OF public improvements, such as paw
ing. repaving, curbing, guttering. sidewalks.
sewers, grading, etc, 1t is estimated that
about $3.50, 900 OF these special assessments
have been levied since 1897, OF which about
$3.50, 900 have been paid. leaving unpaid
about half a million donahs. with accumu-
lated interest.
Defects Are Technical.
at was confidently asserted by good tax
lawyers that there were defects In many OF
these assessments that would invalidate
them. In fact there are now pending In the
district court about thirty suits attacking
these assessments on various legal techni-
c~alities, and while It may be possible that
quite a number Of property owners would
pay their assessments, yet there Is a large
number who would not pay them II they
could avoid so doing by bringing suit. And
the possible loss to the city without the
curative act would be very great. In tn,
pending suits the irregularities urged arr
In every Instance merely technical and IL
no case do they go to the equity or justic,
OF the assessments.
'The curative act Just passed provides
that II any Of these property owners shoult
succeed In defeating the present assess,
ments in the courts the city shall have tn,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

the restraining order heretofore issued on
the supplemental petition be continued in
force. The court signed an order accedins
to both these requests. 4
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
ULTITUDE OF EASTER BARGAINS
Handkerchiefs For Easter

TOT CASTER at O2S
Daintily made ladies' handkerchiefs, some trimmed in lac"
insertings and foOtings, also embroidered fancy drawn thread
and hemstitched-many mems handkerchiefs, HIC
plain and fancy borders, worth 25c, at. ...........O Wv
Evening star., 1903-08-01
As to Old Ages,
From the Portland Oregonian.

FROM tne fOrtlanQ Oregon1an.
The pope has lived long. but Thomas Parr
and Henry Jenkins are, respectively, credit
ed with the ages of 152 and 169 Jeanne
Serimphan was married when she was l27
and died when she was 1913. Dr. Dufournel
married at 116 and became the father of
two children. and died at 100. Marie Priou
reached the age of 15s. A woman of Metz,
the mother of twenty-four children, died
at the age Of 100. Surgeon Politman cele-
brated his one hundred and fortieth birth
day. Patrick O'Neil buried seven wives and
died at 100. and Norwegian peasant is re-
corded as dying at 100 and leaving two
sons. one aged 10S and the other only nine
summers. Mr.. Robert Taylor lived to be
134. and died of excitement on receiving the
picture Of Queen Victoria signed by herself.
An Iltshman named Brown. who was ha-
bitual drunkard. lived to be 12O. A French
drunkard lived to be 112: he had daily
Jag for ninety years. Durand dEtivel Of
Cahors lived to be 12S. A woman Of 124
drank strong coffee in great quantities all
her days. while a man of ia lived on fruit,
chiefly melons and chewed lemon peel.
Evening star., 1903-08-01
Views Of a Dealer.
At Cottages and Hotels.
Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star
NORTH CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md.

NORTH CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md,
July 81 1903.
Saturday night there was an informal
hop at the Hotel Calvert, which was largely
attended. During the evening the guests
were treated to some fine instrumental
music by Miss Hattie Warren, with her
sister, Mrs. Jones. Recent. additions to
guests at the Calvert Mr.. and Mrs.
Sanford Warren Misses Julia and Hattie
Warren and Mr.. Willis Warren.
Mr.. Lucius H. Emmons of the weather
bureau and wife are occupying their cot
tage here on Bay avenue. Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmons entertained last Sunday the fol-
lowing from Washington: Mr.. and Mrs.
George S. Vashon, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman
and daughter, Mrs. Eber and daughters,
Misses Louise, Edna and Lena; Mrs A. W.
Sparks, Miss Lizzie King, Miss Aigler and
the Misses Katie and Theresa HOFFMAN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hinkle had as their guest
VIII Haley. They are also entertaining
Miss De Paul and Mrs. Ames and children
from Michigan. Mrs. ]. Wilt of East
Washington has rented the Beck cottage,
and. having derived great benefit last year
from the artesian water and salt baths,
she has decided to remain until the late
fall. and perhaps all winter.
Mrs. Shackleford and daughter are at the
Bay View cottage.
A party consisting of Mrs. Aaron Town
shend, Mrs. Hughes and daughters Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Becker and others went to
Marlboro early Sunday morning. and while
there attended church.
DR.. Boyd was down to visit his family re-
Gently. Mr.. Octavius Smith of Cuba has
been a recent visitor.
The management has recently placed
large lights on the pier and front street,
which improve the place very much
Evening star., 1903-08-01
Heat Radiated by Sweating.
Centerpieces of Field Plants,
. New York Tribune


Women who live I'm the country or sub
urbs have no idea what pretty centerpiece
they might make for the table from the
simple green things that grow in the woods
and by the roadside. Select glass dish.
or pan, which may afterward be covered
with green paper and with a knife or
troWel dig up clusters of short-stemmed.
graceful vinelke plants. being sure to re-
place a row of these around the edges of
the centerpiece. Fill in the center with
contrasting foliage, selecting some of the
many small plants which never grow tall.
Finish with some of the water plants and
grasses from low spots and drains, and
those who have trodden these simple plants
underfoot viii be amazed at the result.
The plants will keep green and fresh in
definitely if moistened daily.
No one need be told that ferns from the
roadside and woods will remain lovely for
months If taken up in a little of their own
earth and placed in the house. The broad.
thin-leafed fern Is the least hardy when SO
treated. Maidenhair ferns will not grow
for some people, but all the other varieties
are as satisfactory they are lovely, and
will flourish anywhere If only watered fire.
uuently. One woman who loves green
things fills tin boxes and cans with ferns
and covers the holders with green cloth.
paper or bark. She gathers ferns upon
every summer outing. and SO not only has
greenhouse decorations for the long. hot
days Of summer. but provides abundant
lovelness for winter days.
Evening star., 1903-08-01

Unquestionaby andsome, accessible and desiraby
located suburb of the national SYSTEMATICALLY ON THE
EDGE OF THE CITY-havng all the cleo
light Connecticut extended and the direct
line of the best Improvements.
offer have ali been planned and designed
carefully and honestly They
recognized beautiful and artistic homes the District
known spoken of far beyond the limits the Dis
trc their beauty and originality The these houses from
5000 ST WHICH IS At LEAST $50 LESS THAN THEY
COULD POSSIBLY BE DUPLICATED FOR. Some of them
occupied Open for inspection day until dark
Chevy Chase call by office and let take
them
Contemplating purchasers should look list before selecting
Call O send for list.
Evening star., 1903-08-01

Belinda-"Elias, what is this ere acousti-
con folks are talking about?'
ITS an instrument that makes the deaf
hear
Then you'd better get one for Bridget, so
she can hear the alarm clock when it goes
off."-Yonkers Statesman.
He expects his new automobile to re-
duce the speed record from two-two to
three-one."
"Eh?'
THAT is from two killed in two hours
to three killed in one hour."-Detroit Free
Press.
Evening star., 1903-08-01
For reputable advertising no

For reputable advertising no
medium is SO good rs a news
paper with a full family or
household patronage; and no
other newspaper in the world
has so large regular perma-
nent house-to-house circula-
ton In the city where it is
printed, in proportion to the
population thereof. as that of
The Evening Star in Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1903-08-01
Would Need Supports

From the Chicago News
Yes Molly. our club is going to give a
banquet tonight. Hope l don't meet any
hold-up men when come out In the lonely
hours
lis 1t going to be stag?"
Yes"
"Well. / guess youu need a few hold-u
men"
Evening star., 1903-08-01
Moore & Hill (Hnc. }, Sole Agents,
zIz Fourteenth Street Northwest

change in the system entails the production
Of heat as in tie okidizing of The blood and
in the process of digestion. Muscle action
In even the most Sedentary OF enploymentS
Is Il source of heat. and in the intense ap-
picatiOn of the mind to any proposition II
may be said that the greatest degree of
heat results In the body of the man sitting
steadily at his desk.
Without making a radical statement
along this line said DR. Burkholder, Il
should say that in all proba bility the heat
generated IN the human body. and which is
subject to the actions OF the medula oblon-
gata in cooling is generated in greatest de-
gree I'm the brain of the man whose work is
to think; that secondarily the chemical ac-
uons involved in digestion make heat In the
next greatest measure. with the heart and
lung actions third in rank as heat produc-
ers. This, or course, concerns the man who
sits at a desk; as to the man at hard
manual labor the action of his muscles
produce heat in much greater measure.
Perspiration is Not Localized.
so far as / know, there are no especial
areas Of the body which perspire above an
other portion because of special cxertions.
For instance man who has his mind fixed
intently upon proposition involving brain
work, and knowing that he must have the
work done before "A certain hour that Is ap-
preaching. may get overheated and sweat
abnormally from the effort; but it will not
be necessarily a sweating of the forehead.
hen a man Is intent upon study q
warm day there will be the maximum of
blood supply to the brain Time was when
1t passed as truth that in the breaking
down of tissues the blood for repairing the
wornout particles of brain. or bone or
muscle was oXidized in the lungs. and so
passed to the portions of the body laid
waste. But now il is certain that this oxi-
dlZlng OF the worn tissues takes place at
the point where the tissues are broken
down, and where this chemical action is
going on In greatest degree in the body
there should be, logically, the greatest
heat. Practically, however this cannot be
said to be true
On this point of blood supply and heat
another well known physician spoke OF the
blush as an example of oversupply of blood
to one portion Of the body without the
manifestation Of heat in marked manner
In the same way he pointed out that tho
man frightened until his face blanched did
not feel the impression of cold in his face
but IT became manifest up and down his
spinal column.
Heat Radiated by Sweating.
In general the office of perspiration on a
hot day is The radiation of heat from the
body. Anything that will hasten the evap-
GRAFTON OF this moisture will tend to the
cooling of the system and the danger point
Is reached in the individual when he Is
ability TO sweat One of the conditions
making the furnace rooms of some of CHI
cago's downtown buildings tolerable is that
while the temperatures may reach to lbs
and l:s0 degrees, the heat is so intense that
the air is dry enhancing the evaporation OF
perSpira ton, which at the least is not i'm
peded BY many clothes on the stokers.
Evening star., 1903-08-01
Forced to Do It.
l the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Subbubs-'I just saw Goodman coming
home, and he was 'barreled, sure enough"
Backlotz-"What! Why. never knew him
to drink at ALL"
Subbubs-'Oh. no. But. It seems, he went
swimming down in the creek, and some
tramp stole his clothes"
Evening star., 1903-08-01

fall to the bargain hunter. Summer frocks
of muslin. hand-painted chiffon, lace ruff
mes and other feminine fripperies are being
sold for mere song. in many cases for far
less than the cost price. The west end
shopkeepers seem to have had something
almost like panic. so cheaply have they
sold their summer goods The fact that the
woman of fashion will not wear a gown of
last seasons cut, and that. therefore, the
frocks Of this summer are practically un-
salable for next summer. has. of course, it's
enects on the prices. But when one sees
the costly fabrics that are being almost
given away one cannot but wonder that
half the drapers in London are not in the
bankruptcy court
Evening star., 1903-08-01
Mecca for New Wed Couples.

London Just now is full of honeymoon
couples. You meet themieverywhere, clothed
in a telltale newness and blissfully gazing
into each others eyes with an absorption in
inverse ratio to the number Of their mar
ried days.
1t is an ill-wind that blows nobody good
and the wet weather that threw enormous
quantities OF summer dress stuffs on the
hands OF the shopkeepers Is proving wind
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-05-07

err; when he received the first con-
tracts the great eastern ship build
ers looked upon 1t as almost n joke
they all took off their hats to
him at last, yes, ship builders and
seamen the world around took off
their hats His success was due
first to his brain, second 10 his con-
scienciousness, which was IN
corporated into the steel of the
ships aud made them perfect. In
his death the west coast, the Ma
ton, has suffered a great loss. He
was an Industrial chieftain, one of
the most sterling of men. Among
the statues of the very foremost of
the nations great dead. his statues
should bear a conspicuous place as
men who could emboss their ideas
on steel in such a way as to give
to their James Immortality
Goodwin's Weekly.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-05-07
Important Decision

An important decision has just
been rendered by Judge Curler in
the Washoe District Court. He
gives judgementfo for the defendants
in the case of L. d. Parkinson VS..
James Mark Barr ct al. The case
was submitted for decision several
months ago and las been in the
courts for years.
The decision is of Importance in
that it will probably release from
litigation the valuable ranch prop
erty of the Nevada Land and Cat
tie Company in Humboldt and
Elko counties, better known as the
Kelley Creek and Squaw valley
ranches.
In the early SOS Parkinson or
ganized the company in England
and extensive improvements were
made, particularly on the Squaw
valley ranch, where a mammoth
irrigation reservoir was built and
1000 acres of alfalfa were at one
timeunder cultivation. Parkinson
was manager of the company and
his operations were ON such an ex-
travagant scale that he was finally
removed from the position and the
suit which has just boon decided
was the outcome.
In the case Parkinson alleged
that he had been defrauded out of
the ranches mentioned. The lit
igation by which he sought to re-
cover possession has kept the prop
erty tied up for years and the de-
cision against Parkinson will re-
lease it 50 that extensive operations
may be resumed on the ranches.
r. L. Richie of this place has
been manager of the ranches for
several years and has reason to be
pleased over the decision in favor
of the company he represents
Standard.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-05-07

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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-05-07
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