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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

least up to that amount ana II IL not 70
be presumed that the prudent business man
win pay premiums on policies In excess OF
the amounts he may recover for destruction
Of his goods. But It must always be re-
Numbered that insurance gives merely =
glimpse at an estimate OF value and that
the estimate Of insurable value depends
upon the same factors that are considered
Independently in computing assessments for
taxation.
s. EARNING PowER-If our revenue
system we're based exclusively On income,
earning power alone would be the de-
termininG factsr In taxation. That we rely
for the most part on the property tax en-
phasizes the fact that We refuse to recog-
nize earning power a. the sole test Of abil-
ity to pay taxes. But ne one would for q
moment think Of disregardinS earning
power altogether in arriving at property
values. The production Of revenue or in
crement or At least the capacity present
or prospective to produce revenue is what
makes property salable unless it be some
thing that ministers to personal gratinca-
ton. For real estate the rental value il
the chief ingredient Of value. This pre-
supposes, however, that the property IL
improved to its full capacity and also that
II Is devoted to the most profitable use.
Unimproved property from which no rents
whatever inure must. however. under our
system Of property taxation, contribute to
the public revenues and be assessed at It's
fair value proportionably to that which Is
improved. Again the figures given az rental
value often include payments not strictly
regardable as rent The tenement may be
paying for heat, power, light. water, tele-
| phonie communication. ianitor service and
many other things in lump sums on a bill
rendered for rent. Where real estate in
vestments are expected to net q current
rate Of interest. It 10 commonly assumed
that a piece Of improved property IL worth
80 many months rent; but for such a COM
putation Il Is plain that the actual rental
value must nrst be ascertained by exelud-
ing all items foreign TO the idea Of rent
For mercantile and financial institutions,
Il is always dihcult to isolate the receipts
properly dehnable as earnings on invest
ments. The reward for risk incurred In
hazardous undertakings must have allow
anees as a seton In estimating property
values by earnings. The confidence Of the
public and more particularly Of the patrons
In the management Of a business institu-
ton has much 10 do with the earnings
Confidence in a bank. for example, might
Be shaken by som outside Incident com
plstslI disastrous to lie earning power, yet
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

And many ether aches 10 which women
are peculiarly subject are generally the
result Of q diseased condition Of the
Wonianly organism. When this dis
eased condition Is cured, sideache, back
ache, headache, etc, are cured also.
Doctor Ferce's Favorite Prescription
establishes regularity, dries the drains
which weaken women, heals inAAnma-
ton and liberation and cures female
weakness. When these diseases are cured
the aches they cause are alss cured.
~ viii drop you a few iinss to-day t. let voa
know that l am feeling well now writes Mia
Annie stephens. 81 Befleviie. Wed co, West
Va, Al feel ike . new woman. I took several
bottles 81 'FaVorte RrescrtBtion' and 81 the
'Goiden Medical pisosveey.F I have no head
ache now, no bAckache, and ne pals n nv dds
any more. No b~eartEg-doSn pals any mere. I
think that there Il no inedidne like ID. Percss
medidne- Thank you very much for what y0u
have dene tr me-yOur medicine has done me
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, . book containing 1905 pages,
Is given away. Send al one-cent stAmps
for expense Of mailing OHly, for the
book in paper covers, or 81 stamps foe
the volume bound IA cloth. Address d.
" RisEea RnaAlANY
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

Teacher (of class in anatomy)-HOw
man bones are there in . chicken?
Mile youngest member Of a large fam
ily)-I can tell you how many there are In
the neck. That's the only part l ever get.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05
HYMEN'S RECORD IN FIGURES
Tale Told BY Marriage Incense Register Of
DSuglss County.
INTERESTING FACTS CAREFULLY COMPILED
Examination OF the Books since the
First Marriage in the County
shows some Curious In
dividual Records.

To be frank and real precise about II
Adam was the only man in the worlds
history who married for love and didn't
deceive himself when he was about II. And
Eve the only woman with similar dis
t~inction. For has not every honest groom
from that day to this considered he was
marrying 1.-THE only woman on earth" and
every bride that she was marrying "the
only man on earth?" n haven't they
all been wrong about II except those
original two. Why, certainly! There is
simply no getting around It, when one
comes to view the proposition dispas-
sionately and with the clearer sight that
a person had some years after the ceremony
Is over and he honey all rubbed on the
moon.
However. one doesn't fully appreciate just
how widely this "only-one-on-eaTth" sup
position misses the mark until he starts In
to figure how many other men become
greoms in q year and how many other
women become brides. Take Douglas
county alone, for instance. The marriage
license bureau shows that since the first
permit" was issued August 81, 1856, there
have been nearly 29,s00 marriages, which,
Of course, means nearly %, $500 grooms and
nearly 23,S00 brides. In Just these last
eleven years, or since January 1, 1892, there
have been $4,000 Of these marriages and
now they are averaging four a day for
week days.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Little Nellie was out riding one day with
her mother and as they passed a cemetery
she asked: Mamma. how long does it
take fer the tombstones to come up after
they plant people1'
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

MammA-Now. Willie. see here. Haven't
I told you never TO behave In that fashion
II you didn't want to be punished2
Willie-Well, mother. If you can't re-
member what you told me you cant expect
me t.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

A pupil in . village school who had been
requested to write an essay on the human
body handed In the following;
The human body consists OF the head.
thorax. abdomen and legs. The head con-
tains the brains in case there are any. The
thorax contains the heart and lungs. alsO
the liver and lights. The abdomen con-
tains the bowels. Of which there are i've
a. e, 1. o, u. and sometimes W and y. The
legs extend from the abdomen to the floor
and have hinges at the top and middle to
enable a fellow to sit when standing or to
stand when sitting"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

The small boy who had been forbidden 10
90 in swimming stood OF the bank and
looked ~longingly at the water, 1t then being
the glad summer time.
81 WISH" he siged at last. that we was
BAptistS."
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05
First Marriage in County.

That first marriage was, the record
shows. at the home of Judge William F.
Scott, with James A. Gaggart, aged 20, and
Miss Malinda Scott. aged is, as the con-
tracing parties. Reuben Gaylord, min
lister of the gospel" of1ciated and the wit
nesses to the contract were James Pickard
and Jesse Shoemaker.
There may have been early marriages,
but there is no record Of them at the court
house now and OF this one there lie only the
copy Of the statement. that the ceremony
was performed. The first license issued APP
pears to have been that given w. H. Stark
and Mary M. Salisbury, who were welded
at the Wilt house in Florence at "Sh p.
m.," August 3, 1857, by e. Adams, rector OF
st. Johns church. Thomas O'Connor, as
acting county Judge, issued the license.
From then until January 1, 1892, the Ii
census were bunglesome affairs, written
with a pen and pasted onto stubs, 200 in
a book. On this latter date the present sys-
tenn of printing blanks with perforated
stubs was ~inaugurated and the compilation
Of statistics made much easier.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
A Great
Opportunity for
the investor
and Farmer.

The investor will find in these lands
profitable and absolutely safe invest
ment for his idle money. The great
Sleeping Empire" has awakened. No
land investment in the history of
this country has equaled in magnitude
the tremendous immigration of settlers
that is now rushing into this fertile
district These lands will double and
treble in price and the investor who
will buy lands now will be sure of a
large advance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11

homes of $50 families, all valuablv
improved, and worth approximately
Sl,000,000. I fear the effect Of the
repeal of the forfeiture Act upon
this litigation 1t would at least
appear to be a Withdrawal on the
part Of the State Of the support it.
has heretofore given these settlers
in their fight for their homes The
bill is a suspicious one. calculated,
| believe. to aid Sage in the pend
ing litigation, and I hope that you
will use your influence TO defeat it.
II there is any doubt in Your mind
about the matter give the settlers
the benefit Of it; Sage can struggle
along first rate without it,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
THE GLOBE SARCASTIC.
Says that SChmahl Protected the State
While the Governor was Absent.

The ST Paul Globe was having
it's own little fun several days ago
Gov. NanSant concluded some time
before the incident happened to
take a trip to Washington, and be-
fore he left be called the chief clerk
of the house into the executive room
and asked him, as a personal favor,
to not let any enrolled bills. passed
by both houses. come down to the
executive Office. The reason for the
request was that bills passed, and
signed by the officersof both branch
es of the legislature, and sent to
the executive Office, would become
laws by reason OF constitutional
provision, after they had been there
three days, even if the Governor
had not attached his signature, or
was not present to do so. and Gov
VanSant likes to look all bills over
thoroughly before they become laws.
The chief clerk Of the house prom
ised to do his utmost to comply with
the request of the governor, it being
understood at the time that the
governor was to return home on
Feb. 25th, at the latest. After the
governor got down to Washington
he was invited to a spread in Phila-
delphia, given in his honor He ac-
copied the same because he had
some business he wanted to attend
TO in that city, also. He wired the
chief clerk whether it was possible
to hold up the bills until the follow
ing Monday, and the latter. know
ing that there was nothing urgent
in the enrolling rooms, replied in
the affirmative The senate enroll
ing clerk inquired of the chief clerk
whether the latter S signature would
be withheld until the Governor re-
turned. The reply was in the
affirmative, and the fact that this
action was decided upon, came to
the ears Of the enterprising report
err of the Globe, which paper had
previously criticised the governor
for leaving the State when the leg
islature was in session. The re-
porter penned the following inter-
esting article:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
Americans
~ hnow a n
Good Thing
6he Saskatchewan Valley

is tn fine n art eg n on
ThayHp ofrunan M hnby in dghm
hatpo5uh onfo in
ohMrpar ofue ounr11aA yeas ddgongo b
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
rave contended to the contrary but

have contended to the contrary but
without avail So, from my view,
no great harm could result If the
governor was permitted TO sign
deeds to that portion Of the lands
which had been certified: the courts
have SO far held the title good any
way. Only [ incline to the opinion
that since Sage has induced the
Secretary of the Interior to certify
the land to him, in direct opposition
to the request Of the State of Mime
sofa, that the State should not now
recede from its former position and
aid in making that questionable
title good.
1.-The real danger, though, in the
Chinook bill rests upon this state of
facts: Since the first of January
Sage has commenced suits against
$50 settlers in Swift, Stevens. Chip
pewa, and Big Stone counties chose
homestead settlers who hold patents
to about %, 900 acres of this indem-
nifty land) in which actions he seeks
to set aside these patents and'have
the land decreed to belong to Rus
sci Sage. Fow this litigation is of
vast Importance; If involves the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
KILLED THE BILL.
But There Were Charges of Information
ss~.--s RAall withheld.

After more or less parleying the
lower house OF the legislature has
| put to sleep the bill offered by Mr..
Chinook of Ramsey county, by re
quest, repeating the Hastings &
Dakota railroad land act of the 1895
session Of the legislature. The bill
was one Of great Importance to set
tiers on the Hastings & Dakota
land grant in Renville. Chippewa,
Big Stone and other counties, a his
tory of which was furnished to the
house by G. w. Stanton. the we'll
known attorney of Appleton. The
original act affected only the land
in the indemnity grant to the H. &
D. Co., and by it's terms, Mr.. Stan
ton wrote, prohibits the governor
from conveying to the II. & d. Co.,
or to Russell Sage, as its trustee,
any of this land that has been or
may be certified to the State of Min
nesota by the interior department.
The act virtually declares that the
State of Minnesota relinouishes all
claim to the land within the grant
for the purpose for which it was
granted and refuses to take part in
any proceedings whereby the land
could become the property of Rus
sell Sage. Now, since this law was
enacted, as the result of years oil
litigation in the land department,
about one half (25, 900 acres) of the
indemnity belt has been conveyed
to actual homestead ssttlers after
entry and final proof by them, and
these settlers hold the government
patents therefor; the remainder OF
the. belt, about $4,000 acres. not
outstanding the surrender by the
State of Minnesota of all claim to
the land by reason of the grant, has
been certified to the State by the
secretary of the interior. The great
err portion of the lands so certified
were occupied by settlers, and many
actions of ejectment have been
brought by Sage during the past
six years to gain possession OF the
land, and in every such case. I be
ieve, Sage has been successful and
the courts have held that his title
is good, even without conveyance
| BY the State of Minnesota. The
Sage attorneys have always con
| tended that the cartihcation by the
Secretary Of the Interior conveyed
good title and in every instance. sc
| far as / know, the courts have sus-
J tanned this position. The settlers
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
Homeseekers' Excursions

Homeseekers' excursions TO the
northwest, west, and southwest and
western line. Excursion tickets at
greatly reduced rates are OIL sale to the
territory indicated above. Standard
and tourist sleeping cars and 1.-The best
of everything" For full particulars
apply to agents Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway. SOFT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
WHAT ABOUT WESTERN CANADA LANDS?


which astea
the fnestwh tandg lands in the world.
productive with
the Anne OF internationl boundary
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
if VanSant does not hurry home.

if VanSant does not hurry home.
Chief Clerk Schmahl stands be-
tween the helpless people and q
Ilgv c110r1o egISIatuFG wtlle auSan1
is out of the State, and the veto
power, thereby suspended.
Mr.. Schmahl S plan is simple and
should be altogether effective. I'm
til the governor returns or gets
within two days travel of Mime
sota Mr.. Schmahl. as chief clerk of
the house.. will sign no bills passed
by the house. The legislative for
mula is not complete without the
chief clerk 5 signatures clearly as
crystal, unsigned bills cannot 90 to
the executive Office and become
laws under the three days provis-
ion of the constitution. While the
governor suspends the veto power,
Schmahl steps into the breach.
wrestles with the constitution and
holds it and vicious legislation at
bay.
The chief clerk is modest about
the protection afforded the State
through him. He takes no credit
for the inception of the clever plan.
He said Yesterday that Ito date he
had had no occasion to withhold his
signature, as he has been requested
to by the governor office. Mr..
Schmahl thought Chairman Dalen
OF the enrolling committee had also
been invited not to hasten his clerks
to their work until the governor
was headed for home. Mr.. Dalen
could not remember the invitation
in fact, strenously denied that any
thing had been said to him about it
by anyone connected2with the gov
ernor's office. He did remember
Mr.. Schmahl sayingl something
about it.
Judge Jamison was out of the
city yesterday, and the other at
taches of the governor office dis
claimed any knowledge of the mat
ter, leaving Mr.. Schmahl without
any confederation of his modest dis
Chalmers of conceiving the neat little
plan, which marks it's author down
for front seat in the diplomatists
section.
The Marshall Messenger saws
that J R. Wolff sold his grocery
stock and business to G. J. Hardey.
and the stock is now being invoiced
preparatory to the transfer of own
ership. Mr. Harley is a brother
in-law of Auditor Hardey and comes
here from a general merchandise
business in Glenwood, bringing his
family, consisting Of Mrs. Hardey
and two children.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
An American Writer, in A Contribution
to the New England Magazine Says:

For Canada
mighty like which
Thus far American those
other British
Western Canada
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
J. A. SCH MAHL,
GOVERNOR Pao TEN.

That is not the style of calling
card now used by the chief clerk Of
the house, but it may appear on the
next lot delivered from the printer,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11

A ten-cent quality of tobacco is
found in the American Girl five cent
cigar sold exclusively by f. L. Peter
son. l3-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
Large Maps Of Western Canada

showing where our lands are located together With
handsome pamphlet giving information about all the
facts intending settlers and investors want to know
also about cheap railroad rates to Canada and return
sent free if you write or call.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-11
The Price of O r Lands ~ ~

FIVE
payments aing
particulars
general office, local
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14
Traffic Delayed

No trains were able to get by the
wreck until noon ~today. The north
bound passenger from st. Louis due
here at 7:40 p. IN. did not arrive until
- o'clock last night, making the trip
by way of Galesburg, Gearing, Walnut
and Denrock. Inc morning train
from the south was held at Alpha to
await the clearing of the tracks, and
did not arrive here until this after
noon. The south-bound morning
train was sent around by Gearing.
The train which arrived at mid
night from the south had rather
exciting trip, as the heavy rain had
so gorged the streams that the water
was over the tracks in many places.
At Green River stop was made, as
the water was so high that the crew
feared the bridge might have been un-
dermined. Many of the passengers
had had nothing to eat since noon,
and M lunch coupterS were struck
until Barstow was reached
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14
PERSONAL POINTS.

j. VIII Twomey left this morning
for a visit at Omaha.
Cleo Mccormick, of Omaha, has
been shaking hands with old friends
in the city.
Judge r y. Chesley, of Cambridge
will be here Friday to convene the
county court in the absence of Judge
Parmenter.
Airs. Mary Westerman, formerly
matron of the Union Mission in this
city, is. i'll with typhoid fever at the
Moline city hospital.
Hon C.. Il. Whelan, eX-mayor of
Madison. Wis. is in Rock Island in
conference with the head officers at
the Woodmcn building.
Albert V. Fetter, one of the owners
of the Gardie Eastman, is here from
La Crosse and is arranging for the
disposition of that steamer during the
packet season. sf
F. w. Ellis, the well-known Clinton
attorney, and Thomas j. Wilcox, one
of. the promoters of the new Iowa d
Illinois electric railway. are at the
Harms, and are looking after inter
csts of their company in the tri-cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14
ROCK RIVER PREsBYTERY
IN SESSION AT DIXON

The Presbytery of Rock River will
meet in Dixon this evening and CON
tinue in session until Thursday. Rev.
S. S. Cryor, ID. D., at one time pastor
of the Central church in this city,
now pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Dixon, is moderator
Quite large delegation of ladies
and gentlemen representing Presby-
terianism in this city and vicinity left
by the morning and afternoon trains
for Dixon. Pastors Torrance and
Marquis, of this city, Humphreys, of
Milan, Johnson, of Edgington, and
Thornton, of Millersburg; Elders S.
ID. Cleland and +. &. Young, represent
ing the missionary societies; Mrs.
Helen NJ. Mills, Mrs. y. Ii. McCandless.
Mrs. w. S. Marquis, Miss Cleland and
Miss Grotjan are among those who
are attending.
Owing to the absence of the pastor
at the Presbytery. the services at
South Park chapel will be held Thurs
day evening instead of this evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14
The Wrecked Trains.

Train No. 92 is a local running from
Barstow to Galesburg. It's crew con
sisted of Conductor Bert Newberry,
Brakeman Jim Sheehan, both of Ster-
ling, Engineer MeGlensey, of Gales
Island.
The north-bound coal train was
running as an extra and was running
from Viola and Gilchrist to Rock ISL
and with heavy cargo of the COM.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14

modify. Two engines were required
to haul the heavy train, the first man
ned by Engineer Feighor and Fire
man Starman, and the second by En-
gineer Norris and Fireman Gippert.
all of Rock Island except Norris. who
has been residing at Beardstown. The
crew of the coal train was made up
of Rock Island men, Conductor j. B.
Brown and Brakemen w. y. II. Woods
and Roy Hampson. The Rock Island
men all came up on No. AZ, the pas
senger train, at - o'clock.
Engineer Norris is very well known
to Rock Island railroad men. He had
headquarters here for number of
years, and his parents live at Bar
stow, where he was raised. He is a
widower and has two children at
Beardstown. He was a very faithful
and merited his reputation
of being one of the best engineers on
the division. Engineer McGlensey
was also one of the old employees of
the company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14
OBITUARY RECORD.

Yesterday afternoon at GaIesburg,
at the family home in that city, were
held the funeral services of Dom
Vincent Piatt, son of Hon. j. +. Piatt,
formerly representative from this
district. The remains were buried at
Red Oak cemetery, Nekoma. The de-
ceased had many friends in Rock ISL
and and was nephew of Mrs. Joseph
X Fezler. Those who attended the
funeral from this vicinity were Mrs.
Joseph X. Fezler and Mrs. Frank
Quayle, of Rock Island, and Miss Mary
Gilmore, of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14

Continued on Page Eight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-14
NEW OFFICERS FOR BETH
IS ISRAEL CONGREGATION

The congregation of Beth Israel
synagogue held a meeting last even
ing and elected the following officers
for the ensuing six months:
President. j. TaXman.
Nice Presidents. Frankel.
Seeretary-H HOrblit.
treasurer. NJ. Siegel.
First Trustee. Marks.
Second Trustee-N Harris.
Third Trustee-M. l. Morris.