Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-28
GIVE RAILROADS A RAISE
Union Pacific at Council Bluffs Comes in
for Considerable Increase.
BIG SLICE CUT FROM FARM VALUATIONS
sheriff Bund of Oklahoma is Back
in Des MoInes After shercIiGe
and Hearing ia Set for
Monday.
CFrom a stan correspondent

(From a stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, July 27.-(Special Tele-
gram. THE executive council today con-
cluded the equalization of the assessments
and increased the total railroad assess
ment S66s.S50 The total value OF farm
lands was decreased $50, AIS, 1854, and the de-
crease in town lots over 100000. The
Union Pacific at Council Bluffs was in
creased 10000. or $4,000 a mile for the
main line and $500 a mile for the Union
Avenue line. All principal railroads were
increased except the Rock Island, the total
assessment Of which was lowered SSOO.525.
The Burlington was increased S12O,OOO; Great
Western. S294OO0; Milwaukee. t244, 600: North
western, $4,000 Wabash, Ses,OOO Total in
crease in actual value over assessment
last year, ss,612,sss
The average decrease in land values is
N.S5 an acre. Pottawattamie county farm
assessment was reduced from $50 IS to 1913
an acre.
sheriff After shercIine.
At the hearing at clock on the sher-
eliffe requisition Sheriff Lund was repre-
scented by Attorney Howard Clark of this
city, shercliffe asked for time and to be
given the import Of the afidavits which
Sheriff Lund had brought from Oklahoma.
At the conclusion of the short hearing
Governor Cummlns fixed Monday at 10
o'clock as the date OF hearing Shercliffe
promised to have his mother present then
and by her and others claims he will prove
an alibi. The affidavits included some
| from G. L. Maynard and Pearl Maynard
of South Omaha, that shercliffe in June
1901, came there with a gun wound in his
shoulder and told them he was shot in a
| robbery IN Blackwell, o. T.
Governor Cummins stated that he would
| not hold Shercliffe in Iowa merely to tes-
| tify in the next suit against Dennison, as
he recognized the law did not give him
authority to do so and that II II could be
shown that Shercliffe was In Oklahoma at
about the time of the robbery and was
thus fugitive from justice he would grant
| the requisitlon.
Beat Up His wife.
| Finding his 15-year-old wife Eureka In
the company of negroes in this city Editor
| S. s. Sherman OF Pella was so inccnscN
that he beat her to insenslbillty. Leaving
her he went to the home OF the girls
mother at Sixth and Chestnut and told her
that II the girl filed charges against him
ne would treat the neither the same way.
The mother tainted and, Louis Hart pass
ing and thinking the woman abused, at
tackled Sherman and beat him up. The girl
is recovering and the police late today
were looking for shermansD
better Service in Boone.
pes Moines business men have sent to
the officials of the Milwaukee a request
for better train service between this city
and Boone and the installation of commu'
tation tickets over that road. Railroad
| men believe that the request Will not be
complied with for the reason that 1t might
stir up the Northwestern.
Gunrd shiveFa in Cold.
Members OF the F1fty-fourth now in CAM
here are suffering from the cold and camp
| fires are kept continually going. Their
are some fears that the unseasonably cold
weather will cause sickness.
} ConRressmHn Lands Mt Des MOines
Congressman Charles B. lands of In
: diana who is in the city and made an ad
dress at the commencement exercises o
Highland Park college tonight said in al
interview: 1.-The most important matter be
fore the American people at this time i
the building OF the Panama canal. Their
has been no move of such stupendous mag
= nitude since the civil war. l believe tina
we will get rate legislation in the nea
: future. The people are not attacking tn
railroads in any spirit Of malice. All the,
I ask is a square deal"
: Miss McDivitt Is Dead.
Miss Edith McDivitt, who was injured 4
a street car accident, having both feet ru
. over, and whose mother refused to alloy
:. her to be operated on because they wer
4, Christian Scientists, died at Mercy hospita
i today. After three days the mothers oh
Y jections to an operation were overcome an
e an operation was performed, but withou
frka a %
state Board of Health.
At the meeting OF the State Board G
Health today the report of Colonel Charlie
, Francis of Davenport on the pollution {
. lakes and streams was deferred on his re
|, quest for more time to investigate Tn
, charges against DIR. Written OF Des Nome
and DR.. w. H. Smith of Shell Rock wer
| put over till tomorrow,
Four Counties show a Loss.
The official census for four more countie
show loss in population. The population {
, Fayette is p. $50 and nve years ago it wa
!, q, s45; Boone is q, sos, and was Is 200; Dels
= ware is 1872, and was 19,1S5; Franklin
!, 1883. and was a. 1896. The city of BooT
I, shows an increase from $3.50 to $500, an
Manchester in Delaware county shows
gain from asst to 3,17s.
Cattle Have Texas Fever.
State Veterinarian Paul Kete Of Fore
= City has discovered that lot Of cattle
Madison county have the Texas fever. TT
/, strictest quarantine has been ordered ar
the cattle will be burned as fast as the di
ease is discovered All not affected ha'
been vaccinated. The cattle were sold to Il
- farmers by a Kansas City man. Villa
= Fennimore lost three. Jei Hogg four, al
n other farmers cattle are dying.
re Wants Reinstatement.
lie DR.. Anthony White OF Ciearfield wants b
ID license as a practicing physician restored
d. him and a large number of his friends ha
ID petitioned the Board of Health. A st
Is larger number from Clearfeld, howevs
s. have asked the board not TO restore Il
" license.
IN No Joint Debate.
Is Governor Cummins has been unable