Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-20

against the statutory rules requiring the
assessors to abide by their agreement The
people OF that prosperous county will pay
on a valuation of $2.3S per acre on land,
on which last year they paid $3.12, a net
reduction of IS cents per acre. In the same
county cattle will be taxed 1886 apiece,
which is slight increase over last year.
The great and prosperous county of Fill
more, with land worth on an average of
$50 an acre, will pay taxes on land which
Is valued at 1913 per acre, a scent raise
over>the assessment last year. In the same
county the scent raise In the assessment
or land is balanced by a decrease in the
taxable valuation of cattle from S5l9 last
year to $3.50 this year. Some OF the other
counties which are valulng their lands on
a very low basis are Hall county, where
the hguce is 1852; Saline county, S489; York
county Al4; Dodge, AH. Other counties
are not expected to do much better. II
is this state of disorganization in fiscal
anairs to which the auditor attributes the
enormous floating debt OF the state.
Hold Life Too Cheap.
"A verdict for only $40 for the pecuniary
loss caused by the death of a bright. in
telligent child of 3 years and months
shocks the sensibilities OF all fair. minded
persons, and If recovery is to be had IN
this case, which is not decided. II should
De FOR reasonable and substantial sum"
In this language does the supreme court
Jar the verdict OF the Lancaster county dis
trlct court which gave only SO TO Tom
Draper for the death of his child in a well
on the Tucker property near Tenth and N
streets The youngster fell in the well
eight years ago and the damage case
against the George p. Tucker heirs has
been pending in the courts ever since
The hrst trial resulted in a verdict fo-
Draper for $1,000. The supreme cour, 49,
versed this because of the failura ~ tho
trial court to submit the question of oo,-
tributory negligence. The second trial ga,,o
Draper but so. From this he apnealod
Because the amount is too small ana ho-
cause the court erred in one instruction
the case is sent back for another trial
me Fhllip Miller will case from Adams
county was decided in favor of the pro-
poheht OF the WILL Mrs. Mary Ellen Jacobs
daughter. Miller died in 1900 and It was
not uhtl months afterward that his son
george ana another child woke up to the
fact that he had left a will which go
them OF with $50 each ana 60 - ~
sister Mrs. Jacobs, all of the remaindor
They sought to have the will set asido -,
the ground that their father had been men
taily incapable of making a will for wears
as result Of sunstroke; that by Kindness
and threats of losing hts home with ha-
the daughter had secured a will In Lo.
favor and. that the probate OF this Win
had been secured by false testimony tha
facts as to Miller's incapacity. beInr, y,o,,
Known TO her. The supreme court saw a.
can do nothing for the heirs; thar tha,,
were guilty of lack of diligence In Iool,ir .
after their rights that has caused then, 20
forfeit all they possessed.
The supreme court reverses a fornar
holding IN the case from Gage county
where F. b. sheldon, trustee of the cred-
itors of Mrs. Maude Lord Parker's bns-
band, sought to subject her personal nro,,
erty to his debts on the ground that there
was a conspiracy to defraud those creditors
by transferring Parker's property 10 his
wife.
Involves Big sum.
An Omaha case, involving the modest
sum of $SS,7l4S9. was sent back for further
proceedings. The case was one I'm which
Abraham l.. Reed. since deceased, had hled
a claim for the amount named against
the estate OF a. j. Drexel as his share of
the unpaid purchase price OF certain land.
The point involsed was one OF procedure