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LiTTt.K IlllODY's loyalty to Clovolnnd
is nlinost roninntic , it is so lotiosomo.
NKW Youic local elections are Riving
the democracy n taste of political ma
laria which doses of Hill and Tammany
muko inuronsingly doproosing1.
Tim fnct that Brilliant Billy Bryan
has said nothing1 to the country at largo
fiinco Colonel Springer was stricken
with illness la occasioning remark.
Tun tariff nnd free colnngo are the
upper and nether millstones between
which what is loft of Grover Cleveland's
following are being ground to powder.
HKKEAFTEK Kentucky funerals will
have no attractions to congressmen.
Frozen pickles , ham sandwiched and
hard boiled eggs are hard on the con
gressional digestion.
WHY didn't the Omaha club decide
to buy a lot ton blocks back of the high
school ? That could have boon secured
very much cheaper than the lot at the
corner of Twentieth and Douglas.
FHANCK has accepted a reciprocity
convention with the United States ,
Franco , it will b romoraborod , is the
most prosperous nation on the continent
of Europe. She knows a good thing at
Bight.
SOME idea of the area of Nebraska
may bo obtained from the Orange Jwld
Fanner's statement that all the corn-
llelds of the eight corn states would oc
cupy only sovcn-oighths of the state of
Nebraska.
Tim curious phase of the controversy
of the police commissioners is the tact
that neither side has thus far cited the
other to appear in court. So far the
tlius" have the best of it Possession is
nine points of the law.
LOOKING buck over the experience of
the past three years and recalling the
diplomatic complications adjusted hy
this administration loaves no ground for
nny.fenr that serious trouble will come
of tho. Boring sea controversy.
Till ! generous democrats of Missouri
liavo so gerrymandered the state as to
make fourteen democratic and ono re
publican district. While they were in
the swine business they might just as
veil have taken the whole hog.
TilK population of Now South Wales
has grown from 742,000 in 1880 to 1,132-
234 in 1891 , and Sidney , the metropolis ,
has : i8t(8 ; ; ( ( ! Inhabitants. This points to
the conclusion that the tendency to
gather in cities is as pronounced in
Australia as in America or Europe.
JAY Gom.i ) is said to have offered
$7,000,000 for the castle of Chapultopoo ,
Mexico. This Is probably a canard.
Gould will not buy an institution which
cannot bo Blocked and bonded for more
than It is worth. Castle * are not in his
line and the Mexicans can rest easy.
A DISCUSSION of the tariff for three
weeks can do the republican party no
harm. It will afford the minority In
the house of ropre.sontutlvossomoamuso-
mont and burden the government printIng -
Ing ofllco and the United States mails
with tedious speeches. It la a sad waste
of time , energy and mono } * .
THE cattle associations of Texas are
demanding n reduced differential rate
on cattle shipped to Omaha. The rail
ways can offer no good reason for dis
criminating against Omaha in favor of
Kansas City by exacting a tribute of $20
per car nioro on Omaha than on Kansas
City shipments of livestock.
CAPTAIN JOHN SAXON has boon In
comparative obscurity over since the
greenback party wont Into involuntary
bankruptcy many years ago. The
earthquake of 1890 has shaken him Into
life again , however , and the Falrhury
Bun proposes him as the people's party
candidate for congress in the Fourth
district.
TilK Texas legislature defeated n reso
lution to invite Senator Hill to visit
Austin on hie southern trip. This moans
two things : First , UogorQ. Mills is the
Texas favorite for United States senator
nnd Cleveland for president' Neverthe
less If Hill is nominated the cowboys
aud greasers will roll up a majority of
, 0XJ ( ) ( for him and elect all the demo
crats nominated for stnto ofllco a. Texas
la hopelessly democratic.
TAX KXKMPTION8.
The most flagrant abuse In our system
of taxation under existing methods Is
the wholesale exemption from taxation
of property which tinder the most lib
eral construction of our constitution
should bo listed for taxation. The fun
damental principle at the basis of our
pystcm of taxation as laid down in the
constitution Is that all property by
whomsoever owned shall pay a tax in
proportion to Us value. The only ex
ceptions which the constitution makes
are :
1. State , county and city property.
But oven the improvements on such
properly , whiles under lease , are to bo
listed and taxed as personal property.
2. Agricultural fair grounds , used ox-
cluplvoly as such and not for other pur
poses.
3. Grounds used exclusively for school ,
religious , cemetery nnd charitable pur
poses. This Includes all public schools ,
colleges , somlilarics whether sectarian
or non-sectarian , providing that the
grounds nnd. buildings are exclusively
used for educational purposes. All
churches and grounds occupied by
churches with a liberal allowance for
church yards come within the exemp
tion clauses. Hospitals , orphan asylums ,
homes for the dcstitutongod and infirm ,
reformatories , and Institutions main
tained exclusively out of public or pri
vate charitable contributions are ox-
empt.
Theses exemptions have within the
past few years boon extended lawlessly
to property from which revenues are de
rived , property held for speculation , and
unoccupied lands reserved for future
use. It is proper and legal to exempt
from taxation churches , hospitals , convents -
vents , colleges and seminaries , but It is
a flagrant abuse of the taxation powers
to exempt the Masonic building which
yields a largo rental ; the Odd Fellows'
building , which is rented in part ; the
Danish society building , the Gormania
hull building which are occupied hy so
cial clubs. It Is equally Illegal to exempt
any lands not actually covered by struc
tures in use for religious worship or
benevolent Institutions. While religious
and benevolent institutions nnd societies
designed for the moral elevation tind
mutual protection of their members are
entitled to protection at the hands of the
state , they have no right to shift the
burden of taxation. In other words ,
while the state is very liberal toward
educational , religious and charitable in
stitutions it is not contemplated that a
forced contribution shall bo levied upon
all property owning citizens for their
maintenance and support.
Why should anybody outside of the
Masonic order bo compelled to support
that order indirectly by paying his pro
portion of the tax on property which
the order owns and from which it derives -
rives a revenue from rents ?
Why should any property owner bo
compelled to contribute to the Young
Men's Christian association by indirec
tion in making good the taxes which by
rights should bo lovicd upon its build
ing which derives a , revenue from
rentals i *
The same reasoning applies with
equal force to the unoccupied lots and
acre property held in reserve by relig
ious societies and orders.
Why should the valuable tract which
is owned by speculators and was formerly
used as a driving park , bo exempt from
taxation just because an agricultural so
ciety holds a pumpkin and cabbage show
for a week on the promises once a year.
It scorns to us the time has como to
draw the line where the constitution has
defined it. The exemptions under all
sorts of pretexts are becoming more
burdensome every year to all clussos of
taxpayers. Every club that can swing
political influence , nvoy society that
has a religious or bonovolunt tendency
wants its buildings and grounds ex
empted from taxation. Add to this tlio
vast domain of the railroads , which con
tributes little or nothing to the main
tenance of municipal and county gov
ernment , and wo can readily account
for the high city and county taxes that
are almost equal to confiscation.
API'IIEIIENSJVR OF RETALIATION.
It appears that the suggestion of some
members of congress , that this govern
ment should retaliate against Canada
on account of the attitude of the domin
ion government in the Boring sea matter -
tor , has caused some apprehension
among the Canadian people , and there
IB a report that Lord Salisbury has been
advised of the danger. The proposed
retaliation , whicli undoubtedly has a
very strong support at Washington ,
would bo aimed at the privileges now
enjoyed by the railroads of Canada in
the transportation of merchandise
through the United States. A resolu
tion for this purpose was introduced in
the senate last week , and it is highly
probable that If the British government
persists in its refusal to renew the ar
rangement for the protection of the seal
fisheries during the progress of the ar
bitration of the Boring sea controversy
the policy of retaliation will bo adopted
with the hearty support of both parties
In congress.
If this should bo done the Canadian
people would not , of course , suffer all
the 111 effects , but very much the greater
share would fall upon them. The priv
ileges enjoyed by the railroads of Can
ada , which enable them to successfully
compote for u largo tralllo that would
otherwise go to American roads , are of
great value , and of course nearly the
entire benefits are distributed among
the Canadian people. That country U
not in such a condition of prospa rlty
that U can afford to have an attack of
this kind made upon a most important
part of its commerce , for the policy huv-
uig boon once inaugurated would be
maintained until the United States
should obtain whatever concessions it
might demand from the Canadian gov
ernment The loss to the owners of
sealing vessels , whoso operations would
bo prevented by a renewal of the modus
vivondl , would bo insignificant In com
parison with what the whole people of
Canada would lose from commercial re
taliation on the part of Iho United
Stated.
The Canadian government has an
easy remedy if it can Induce Lord Salis
bury to reconsider his decision , and If it
bo the fact that it waa the influence of
that government which led him to refuse -
fuse to r.oiiuw the arrangement of last
year the same agency ought to bo com
petent to sot him light. There is an
opinion that Lord Salisbury would not
bo unwilling to change his attitude If ho
could do so without offending Canada ,
and it is not Impossible that ho may dose
so in any ovont. In the meantime there
Is no necessity for exaggerating the
gravity of the situation , or of aggravat
ing the difficulty by throats or unfriendly
criticisms.
The letter of Mr. Cleveland to Gen
eral Bragg is adroit. The latter asked
the ox-presldont for n eliroct and un
equivocal announcement that ho would
allow his name to bo presented to the
national democratic convention as n
candidate for Its nomination to the
presidency , and that ho would accept
the nomination If given to him. There
was no necessity for beating about the
bush in responding to this request It
could have boon answered In half a
dozen lines. But Mr. Cleveland saw an
opportunity to deal out to his admirers
an assortment of platitudes , which they
are wont to accept as evidence of excep
tional political wisdom and virtue , and.
as usual ho improved it. Not in an open
and candid way , but rather by indi
rection , Mr. Cleveland avows himself a
candidate for the presidential nomina
tion. As a matter of duty to the coun
try and the democratic parly , since ho
may not consider only his personal desires -
sires nnd his individual ease and com
fort , Mr. Clovolnnd is willing to again
mnko the rnco for the presidency.
In other words , Mr. Cleveland Is ready
to sacrifice all the enjoyments of private
life its quiet , its repose , its sacred priv
ileges and assume the arduous and ex
acting duties of chief executive of the
republic. Ho Is prepared to surrender
the peaceful life of the plain citizen and
the congenial company of unselfish
friends and return to the laborious
struggle which is inseparable trom the
presidential ofllco and to association
with hungry aud designing politicians.
Ho would prefer not to make the sacri
fice , but if the welfare of the country
and the democratic party duimuid It ho
will yield. The inference must bo that
there has taken place a great change in
the feelings of Mr. Cleveland slmo 18S8.
No president who was over n candidate
for ronomination manifested n more
eager desire to secure it than ho did at
that time. Every influence and expedi
ent of his administration was brought to
bear to promote his candidacy.
The requirements of civil service re
form were disregarded and every branch
of the public service was used to help
Mr. Cleveland to the nomination for a
second term. Ho says in his letter to
General Bragg , and the remark was
doubtless intended as a thrust at Hill ,
that ho cannot bring himself to regard
a candidacy for the presidency as some
thing to bo won by personal strife and
active self-assertion , yet four years ago
ho exhibited the latter quality in the
most obtrusive way and on every possi
ble occasion. Will anybody believe that
ho has since experienced a change of
feeling regarding the presidency or lost
the dcsiro to again occupy that exalted
position':1 : If so , why is it that during
the last four years ho has taken advan
tage of every chance that presented it
self to keep his name prominently be
fore the country , and as fur as there was
any call upon him to do so has exerted
his influence in politics ? Mr. Clove
lnnd will deceive very few with the pre
tense that ho is making a sacriflco of
his personal desires in being a candi
date for the nomination of his party.
Ho is as anxious to secure the nomina
tion now as ho ww : four years ago , and
ho could suffer no more bitter disap
pointment than a failure to do so.
The avowal of h's ' candidacy by Mr.
Cleveland will put some prominent
democrats , who have declared that it
would bo fatal to the party to nominate
him , in a rattier embarrassing position.
It will very likely infuse a great deal of
activity nnd enthusiasm into the ad
mirers of thu ox-president , and it must
be admitted that the number of those is
still very largo , and some of the loaders
who have announced opinions unfavor
able to the candidacy of Mr. Cleveland
may have trouble with their con
stituents. However , it is by no moans
certain that his letter will materially
improve his chances for a nomination.
It wljl not benefit him in Now York ,
whatever effect it may have -elsewhere.
The probabilities are still in favor of
the selection of a western candidate.
AltMY PXO3IOTIOXS.
The army officer has no politics. It
mutters little to him what party ia in
power. Ho draws upon the support of
republicans when the presidents a re
publican and upon democrats when they
have boon successful in electing the
chief executive.
Just now there is a vacant brigadier
generalship , and the president is ex
pected soon to appoint a judge advocate
general. Thoaspirunts for the first are ,
of course , limited to the ofllcors next in
rank , as it is conceded the president
will not Ignore their prlorclalms , though
ho may not make the promotion depend
upon the length of service of the several
colonels who are waiting for the ver
dict. In the other case , however , the
question of rank Is not u paramount con
sideration. Any captain or lieutenant ,
or any civilian for that mutter , Is oll-
glblo , and the place is cugprly nought
for , because it is a promotion and In
creased pay and loads to rapid promo
tion in the futuro.
Theoretically the officer on active
duty at the front is first considered , but
practically a great many other con
siderations are likely to influence the
appointment to an agreeable place ,
especially In Washington. Unfortu-
nntoly for the efficiency .of the service
the oflicors on detached dutyat the
capital have a great advantage over
moritorius gentlemen on the frontier.
There are about 203 onicoru , including
those at Fort Meyer , now residing in
Washington. Of these ninety-two are
retired , and sixty are on special duty ,
which In some cases moans nollutv at
all.
Special duty assignments have grown
into a great abuse and they causa no
end of heart burnings and dissatisfac
tion among those who are without influ
ence enough to secure the ouuy olucus.
But the advantage they secure in the
aituto. of promotions Is tlio chief occa
for complaint The social nnd
other inflttonacs they are nble to bring
to their alii are not enjoyed by oflicors
In Ilia rottijljlq.wost , while their regular
promotions , ? ! } thojr rojrtmonts como just
as surely , nsif , they were exposed to
casualIlloftffUr actual military service.
There are * relatively more naval than
military oflicors in Washington and be
tween the 1 two they wield a powerful
Influence llf social nnd public affairs.
Some secretary of war will mnko him
self unpopiilrir In Washington but popu
lar ovoryw/nqro / else by attacking this
growing abuse , and aelvocntlng promo
tions from the field as against those
from the list of military gonllouion who
UBO their political friends to help them
to congenial places In Washington and
to promotions rightly belonging to ofli
cors who nro performing the inoro ardu
ous duties la the Indian country or nt
other stations romolo from civilization.
SIWATOU DAVID B. IIijb has said
nothing thus far on his southern trip
that ought to elevate him very much in
the estimation of the democrats of that
section. The evident pride with which
ho rofoi-H lo the fact that there la not a
republican state official in Now York
elected by the people at largo , a result
to which his thoroughly unscrupulous
political methods largely contributed ,
may fail to cotnjnouel him to the favor of
nil southern elomoorats , for there are
certainly some of them who do not ap
prove of the way in which Hill defeated
the ) will of the pcoplo in securing for his
partisans control of the senate of Now
York. There must bo a very much
larger number who do not think well of
the plan by which ho secured for him
self the delegation to the national con
vention. As to Mr. Hill'u opinions re
garding the tariff and other economic
questions , they nro so crude and com
monplace that the1 can make no Im
pression to the ad vantage of their author
upon thoughtful men. The popular in
terest that has boon manifested toward
Mr. Hill is very largely prompted by
curiosity , nnd ia not to bo accepted as at
all significant of any genuine regard for
him ns a political leader.
OMK of the planks in the farmers alli
ance platform is a demand that aliens
shall bo disqualified from holding or
owning lands In the United States and
in this state. In principle the proposi
tion to exclude aliens from ownership in
lands may bo correct , but before such a
law can go into olTcct in this state wo
will have to .repeal section 2o of the bill
of rights ert the constitution of Ne
braska , whichroads us follows : "No
distinction shall ever bo made by law
between resident aliens and citizens in
reference to tlio possession , enjoyment
or descent ofproperty. "
FOR the gopd of the community it is
to bo hoped there is no question of the
constitutionality of the amended Slo-
cumb liquor w whereby the two-mile
limit saloonkeepers are required to pay
n license of 500 per year. The prohi
bition bolt jfi u b'pcn n menace to good
ordpc and.an-.injustice to dealers In the
cltjNevet' 'sin'ri tHff1 presbiit'lic'enso law"
was adonted. All , good citizens will
regret it exceedingly if through a mere
technicality these out-of-town saloons
shall bo enabled to , continue to sell
liquor without regulation or license.
THE rule adopted by the Fifty-second
congress , which provides that it shall
always bo in order to call up for consid
eration a report from the committee on
rules , gives over to Crisp , Mc.Millin and
Caterings the almost absolute control of
house legislation. It is merely another
way of arriving at the same result which
the republicans achieved under the Rend
rules in the Fifty-first congress. It is a
triumphant vindication of the republican
principle that a lopuhllcnn minority
shall not bo permitted to prevent the
majority from transacting business.
WE NKVER can expect to have clean
municipal government so lontr aa city
oflicors anel members of the council ac
cept gifts in the shape of railroad and
street car passes , free telephones , free
gas nnd electric lights , free water and
other things of value from corporations
that nro subject to municipal control.
Wnat object can those corporations
have in making presents of these valu
able courtesies unless it is to exchange
them for favors which can only bo
granted at the expense of the taxpayers
and to the detriment of the city ?
Sliul < c * | > our 1'iinilyr.ucl.
StateJtwnial.
A member of the stall of tbo Omaha
hyphen has utterly demolished Snakcspoaro's
reputation by writing half a page on bis "In
consistencies and incongruities as a play
wright. "
Declined tlin Advice.
CMcaoo Xewij ,
A Nebraska m-au has sent Mr. Cleveland a
letter telling him to abandon all hope of a
nomination , as ho cannot possibly KOI it. Mr.
Cleveland's letter of thanks for his kindly
service is still to bo made public.
l.onliiK IJU Nervn.
A'eux Yorl ; Adverther.
The report thlit'.fay ' Goulu waa seriously
111 on Saturday u'lis untrue ; but it sooins ho
bad u bad spoliation hU party reached Pine
Bluff. It is the IIrf t tlmo Mr , Gould Im * over
shown the sllght'tipl ohango in the pro enuo
of a bluff. .7 fr
ie.i Issue.
iiili Kftjeh ( df/n. )
With Harrison ; mid Hill pitted against one
another for the great ofllco of president of
the United St ( pj" thu question hufora the
people will bo : 6liall morality and political
aocenoy us rep nted by JJoiilainln Harri
son win , or slyjl | | , immorality and political
Indecency us j gsontod by David 13 , HUM
lm Ditto.
AUlltson ( Hot * .
Tbo manner in which the railroads ' 'work"
tbo people would be very amusing , wore It
not so pltltul. In Iowa tao poonlo tlnally
tiled of being robbd , and its legislature
passed laws for the protection of the people
aculnst the railroads , 'iha railroad mon said
they could not do business , but they con
tinued to d ) business at a profit , and Iowa
people are now potntoj out as models of in
telligence in dealing with railroads , Kansas
needs a revolution.
e.'iiptulu Iluiirku uad thu eirt < usi < m ,
Xtu > Yink IFbrlJ.
Captain Buurko and hU oftlcor * and men
are charged witn the commission of cruelties
in their effort to flud ( Jarzii. Congressman
Cram of Texas asks for an luvoi luatlou in
the nuiuo of his constituents who are the
victims of the alleged outrages and in wtioso
IIHIUO the anneal Ik made by uu attonioy-at-
law. United Stntos soldiers nro not habitu
ally or needlessly cruel , and these particular
soldiers nave good rocordv Moreover , it Is
eitlmiitod that 5,000 of Mr. Grain's constitu
ents symuathlzo with Qnrza. It is n case
where prejudgment would bo evidently most
unjust.
Municipal ( Irnwltt.
PtitlaiMiitita Issuer.
Probably no ono who had not obtained In
formation on the subject , could make n reasonable -
enable guess nt the number of places In the
United States containing 1,030 Inhabitants or
nioro. The guessoi by tbo uninformed nro
usually from 10,000 to 1S.OOO , but the United
States census discloses only : t,7to. Moreover ,
there are only'r > : > 2 that have n population
exceeding I , 00. At the other end of the line
the returns nro no loss remarkable , for there
nro only seven cities with n population ex-
coodlmr 400,000. There is abundant room for
growth In these cities and towns , hut the
places with 1.000 or more population already
contain -11 per cent of the total population of
the United States , Tbo larger elites , It ap
pears from the returns , nro growing more
rapidly than the country at lorpo. Thus In
18SO there wcro BM ) places having 8,000 inhabitants -
habitants or inoro , the combined population
of such plucoi being 22 percent of the wholo.
In 1SOO thcro wcro 418 such places , containing
29 ppr cent of tbo whole population.
Itiualnn Itiiln In I'oluml.
PMlaiMiilitH llceunl.
Advlcoi from Poland nro to the ominous
effect that General UourUo has returned to
Warsaw and brought with him Imperial per
mission to declare that city , and all Poland if
necessary , in a state of stogo. The full mean
ing of Russian rule In Poland is Indicated In
Gouneo's avowed Intention of hanging n
do7on nl the principal Polish citizens who nro
unlrlcudly to Russian rulo. Yet the policy
of repression which served Its purpose a
quarter of a century ago may prove a ghastly
and bloody Culture If attornntoa in the altered
conditions of these times.
C.LVKLK OF Till ! VOMWAK.
Utlca Observer : John U Sullivan , judging
by hlicliiillcn o to the word : , writes a very
good list.
Soincrvlltn.Toiirmil : A kind liourt Is a foun
tain of fineness , but a fat poukotbnok Is a
\\oll-siirlni ! ut delight *
Now York Sun : Trlvvut A forc-hamlod man
Is much licttur Hum a tliroc-himilcd unu.
Dicer I nnvor hoird : of 11 tlirco-lmmlcd man.
TrlvvotVuII. . ( Jubbneo Is ono. I lei's a right
hand , a left hand and n llttln behind hand.
Washington Star : The man who wants to ho
the architect of his fortune usually makes Iho
drawing of u chock the first stop In his plans.
Chicago llcr.ild : Hurry , the olllchil Imnz-
luiui of I'.nzlnnd , who Iris executed 203 mur
derers , Is coniltit , ' to Amcrlc.i to lecture. If
his lednros draw as well as his rope ho will
make a great hit.
A TitAnnnr.
irmMiiufmi Star.
Not nlono on the stage
Do our tragedies nuo :
In true life wo 11 nd them near by.
And POOM will we know
Ono ot excjiilslto woo
"Tho bald-haadud man ana the fly. "
I'lttshnrs Chronicle : ( Jaswoll Snmo on o
sut'L'cstccl that Hill and HOK bu the demo
cratic candidates for president and vice presi
dent.
Dukano Yon mean HoxKt the governor of
Titxiis. I suppose ?
"Yes. "
"I think It would bo better to make HOCK
thu candidate for president mid put Governor
KuKsoIl of lloston on for vlco president. "
"What would bo particularly popular about
thtitf"
"It would bo a pork and noans ticket. "
Now York Humid : Mrs. Dlx These clubs
must he very unhealthy phirus.
Sirs. Hicks Whit mukus yon think so ?
Mis Dlx My liiisbund says they wouldn't
lot a man In unless ho had thu grip.
Indianapolis Journal : A story In London
Truth beclns with tliH frentonco : "Why
Arthur lllsluck went to thu h.tr * was u
mvstery. " If the guntloman's name Is any
Indication , ho wont beeanso he was Invited.
Now York Weekly ; Struct oar driver ( mys-
torleinsiy ) TInityouiiR woman wet uot in at
Tmith htrect and thu other yonim woman wet
Kot In at Eleventh street Is both spotters.
Look out for y'r olf. Conductor ( conliden-
tliuly ) That's all right. I'm engnRod to both
of 'om.
Chicago Times : SIKHS of spring multiply.
Wild ( Inuks ha\o been scon llylns northward
and a little robbing bus boon detected In tbo
council chamber.
Yonker'.H Statesman : Sarah Ilrrnlinrdt lias
bad a cigar mimed after her. It's nothing
new , however , for an actress to bo puffoa.
Columbus Post : When the old gentleman of
00 proposes to the old lady of 83 It Is the
"court" ot final resort.
Philadelphia Times : No man has a right to
jiply for 11 pension on the l
half shot when ho enlisted.
IT It'ASff'T IJIK VSL.IL
Congressman Kondiill'H Pmioral IVns Harden
on the Committee.
Nnw YOIIK. March 15. A Washington dis
patch tolls of the torrlblo experiences of thu
congressmen and senators who accompanied
tbo body of Congressman Kendall to the
burial in a Kentucky mountain towntwenty-
Uvo miles frorc a railway station. Says
ouo.of the party :
"In descending the mountains the ttrod
horses could not hold the hearse buck and wo
had to lie a strong rope to the roar axle , and
hold It back bv main strength. Senator
Wurreo , who was a member of the committee -
too , was almost frozen to death , and wo were
obliged to leave him at n roadside nouso un
til our return. When wo arrived at Liberty ,
our carriages were all bndly damaged and
the hearse was In such a condition that wo
could not bring it back wltn us , Our only
food during the two days wo woru onrouto
was a jar of pickles , a few sandwiches and
hard boiled eggs. Tli so were boon frozen ,
and wo were unable to cat them. "
HUNKS UK HAH Till ! fllSXH.
ASudulIii Dutecllvn Track * the Xeffro D.ivls
to Jull In Toxun.
SK.D.VUA. Mo. , March 15. Dotootlvo John
lUnuey returned joUerduv from Houston ,
Tex. , and In reference to the man held thurj
for the Taylor OIUMHO , ICIanay sala : "Tho
negro now In custody at Houston answers
the description of the rapist inura minutely
than any captu ro yet mado. 1 am strongly
inclined to believe that wo now have Urn
right man. His name is Wash McL'lollan ,
Ho says no was arroUod on a chnrga of bur
glary , having robbed : i clothing store on tbo
L'ltlli. The Insolent demeanor , cutting speech
and all the details of bis uppoaranco m iko mo
think ho Is the man Davis. When the nnlcers
went to have the follow's picture tuken ho
resisted desperately and said bo would dlo
Hrst , and wo got no picture. "
The ofllcora will probably bring the suipoot
to this city for Identification by thu Taylors.
'
ntrun no.\a.
The Spectator.
Whi-nOiirroll uxuel Kutu for u heart and a
Irind
That contruwlod Just a hundred good acres of
litnil ,
Her lovely brown oycs
Wont wide wld mirprlso ,
And her llus iliey shot bcorn ac hUsnucy do-
iniind ;
"Young e'urroll ' Maglnn ,
I'nt the heard to your chin
Aud the chitniro In your pursu , If a wife you
would win. " |
'
Then Carroll made ICuto Ills most llleg.int bow
Audolftotho dlxulns lampooned from thu
plough ; I
Till , thobuaid finely crown. I
And Iho pockets full blown , '
Says he.MM > iybo Knto might bo kind to mo
nowf"
Ho homo my lud came ,
( 'olonul O.irly by name ,
To try u fresh Jlln ut Ills cruel onld Hume ,
lint when Uolonul Onrty liiepleiiclorstopsln
\Vltliiillhlngrandiklrsuiidgieat beard to hli
chin.
"Och ! In vo mo alone ! "
Cried Kate , with a groan ,
"Kor my poor lio'irl's ' In the grave wld poor
Carroll ! Muilim "
"Hush sobbln * this minute ,
rUlMriollthafkin Itl
1'vuc.ipitd you nt Just , thin , my wild llttlo
llnuui , "
EACH HAT FIX HIS FIGURES
Oonnty Assessors Agree on Nothing for a
Plan to Work By.
WILL LIST PROPERTY AS THEY PLEASE
.Miulo ly Clrrk Snrhntt nl the
YrMor.lu ) Tilth Wnrelrrn and
County ComiiilMloiiprs Snubbed
Church 1'ropnrty DUctunrd.
With tUo exception of Chicago nnd
Clontnrf proclnots tbo assessors nf nit the
wards nnd precincts of Douglas county
were In session yesterday imornoon In the
rooms of the county commissioners to receive -
coivo their hooks nnd to discuss assessments
nnd values for 18U. ! Silas U. Lnko was
elected chnlrrann nnd It. DloUon secre
tary of the meeting.
A motion to assess average horses nt $15
nnd cattle at $5 mot with violent opposition ,
nnd that , matter was loft entirely with the
assessors of the various wards anil precincts ,
Mr. FranKlln wanted to give the commit
tee from the Ffth Ward Kickers cluh au
opportunity to bu heard , but his motion was
ruled out of order , and the kicking coin *
inlttoe drifted out Into the corridor.
In trying to nrrlvo nt some understanding
renal-ding the nssoismont of roul estate. Mr.
Carpenter of the Fourth ward said that ho
liad never assessed Improvements as high In
proportion as ho had vacant lots and ho didn't
think it should bo assessed the same. Ho
brought up the question of assessing church
property , statins that some church and char-
ttoblo organizations huu property that paid n
peed revenue.
Mr. Llyosey thought all churclios should
bo taxed , as speculators were doing alto
gether too much 111 the wuy of buying prop
erty in the mime of some church soclotv to
keep U oxoinpl from taxation mid soiling It
wben they had a favorable opportunity.
County Clerk Snckott staUid that the law
provided tdat In order to bo exempt church
property must Do used for church purposes
ana didn't mean vacant lots or preachers'
residences. As to railroad assessment ho
aald that the Holt Line
would bo hold as as
sessable wholly in Douglas county , in accord
ance with uti opinion of the countv attorney.
He further stated that tUo publle'fundi wore
depleted bccauso of Illegal exemptions and
failure to assess personal proportv. Ho urged
upon the assessors the necessity of assessing
franchises as such , somothlnp'that has boon
heretofore overlooked. Ho called attention
to the many rumors that cnrporntlons had
boon favored and that many institutions that
ndvortisod a certain pnld up capital paid
laxos on an assessment that Hid not begin to
compare with it. He said that if all prop
erty in the county was assessed at the same
rate ns the part that was assessed last year
the valuation would be fully 10,000,000.
It wat decided to attach a fair valuation to
all property not actually used for church
purposes.
Tno assessor from the Second word wanted
to know what was to bo done In the case of
coal dealers , who do thousands of dollars of
business every year , but at the time the as
sessment is made have scarcely any stock on
hand. It was the prevailing .sentiment that
the coal men couldn't ' bo taxed for proparty
unless they could bo cauchl with it in their
possession.
It.V. . Barber of Elk City was one of the
most earnest of the seekers after informa
tion , and ho kept calling for initrnctlons
until no received tfiem , but ho drew the line
on Commissioners Stonberp nnd Berlin , and
insisted that Clerk Sackott should furnish
all the information that was desired.
The meeting adjourned by a close vote ,
and then the country assessors wanted to
know what they had mot for , but no ono
could toll them. They will do their assess
ing without any agreement or schedule being
arranged , unless another meeting is held.
JlVUXKIt 2'HE JIOUKS.
The llccf Trust U Now Ilcmly Tor u Federal
lllVPHtlgllllOn.
CHICAGO , March 15. The Dally News says :
'The beef trust has burned Us books. The
action was taken a few days ago In order to
bo prepared for the scrutiny of federal ofll-
ciais.It is charged by the Daily News
that the trust hod a sort of clearing bouse in
obscure quarters in the M utauk oflico build
ing here , under the management of ono Will
iam M. White , aud that White has suddenly
vanished. The plan of the trust is declared
to bo that the members were each entitled tea
a certain per cent of tbo total earnings of all.
The members paid into the clearing house 40
cents per 100 pounds of meat sold. At tbo
end of the week the clearing house appor
tioned tbo total pavmouts among the mem
bers according to the percentage. Territory
was carefully divided among tbo members ,
and wherever necessary to crush outside
competition prices were temporarily cut mer
cilessly.
Charles M. Home , agent of the Depart
ment of Justice at Washington , who has been
In Chicasro presumably Investigating the
beef trust , expects to leave tonight for the
national capital to make his report.
Trouble on the Canadian IMclllc.
WINNIPEG , Man , , March 15. Conductors
and brnkomen planned u strike on the west
ern division of the Canadian Pacific. The
company got wind of it and on Sunday dis
charged every one who bad not given alle
giance to the road. A vigorous light is now
on.
Trying to llrpiilc thu Ciml Ciinihlnu.
IlAimisninio , Pa. , March 15. Attorney
( lonorM Honscl filed In the Dauphin county
court today his bill In oqulty nuking the
court to aeclnro null nnd void nnd to porpet-J
nally enjoin the recent deal by whiuh tha
Philadelphia & Rending Hallroad company
secured n practical monopoly of the nnthra-
clto coal buslnoss. 1 ha defendant coin panics
nro required to appear In court within four *
teen days nftor service of notice.
It.tlt Tllll .MIXIHTKllS AtlllKSTlW.
rroinlnrnt Clll > cn Amur-it of
to llnnif n Man Tor Sli'iillng.
Ksoi.iii , Ind. , March 15. Ono of Iho most
sensational arrests In the history of Crawford
county is the wholesale ono in which A. J.
Street , county commissioner nnd pronchorac-
com pun led by his brother , Lindsoy , and then
sons , Goorgo'Si-ott , William A. Scott , Will-
lam 1C. Scott , along with Albert Jones nnd
William Co ml a , two inoro ministers of the
gospel , were nrrostod upon the charge of tak
ing Church Matt ox from his homo near Mn-
rcnco ono night last wcok , with n rope about
his nock , Icatllm ; him two mlles and threat'
onlng to hang him for stealing pork , which hOj
bought from William Globs. Church prom
ised n sensation In the rovclatlon of munos ,
and has given It , Mnttox's reputation is not
nbovo par , whllo most of tbo accused hava
always been considered gilt edged.
AxoniKit itton < ; o/i >
An Immrine C'lvvo ol tloiioyromhml ( Jtmrtx
Slrnrk NViir Ounty , Doln.
Ouiuv , Cole , Maroh 15.A rom.nrknb.ia
cave was broken Into In Iho Ironclad mlnc/v
near the Amorlcan-Nottlo , on the gold bolt. V
It is n vast body of honoycoinbod quartz ,
running * rtO in gold to the ton. The ox tout
of the formation is not known , but It is six
and n half feet in height , extends Into the
mountain an unknown depth nnd Is similar
In character to some of thu very rich caves
found In the Amorlcan-Nottlo. It Is bcllovcd
this gold bearing body of honeycomb quart ?
extends Into the mountain for Utindrods ol
feet , and if so tburo nro millions In It. With
out doubt It Is thortiibcst gold bearing forma
tion on the American continent.
N.iii.in WITH iiKit c.utnv or voon.
Tlio MUsourl SliirU for Kiixnli ! l.tmilodrltK
Flour nnd Mm I. y -3 ,
NEW Yontc , March 15. Uoarlnghor freight
ot food for famlno-strlckon Russia , the Mis
souri sailed nt noon today. The last of tha
cargo was put on board last night. Tlio
snowbound carloads of Hour for which Mr.
W. G. Edgar , who liiul thu matter In charge ,
hud buon waiting , did not arrive m tune to
go with the rest , but in its placn was an equal
amount furnished In exchange. In nil about
210 tons of Hour and corn meal , besides -00
head of e.Utlu , nro In the cargo.
vovxn A rrti.i ii
Knlns of u OIIL-K Large Town DlM-otorml In
Old .lloxlco.
DB.MINO , N. M. , March 15. An old huntoi
nnd frontiersman named CJoorgo L'arllur
yesterday arrived from Casa Grande , Mox. ,
and reports the discovery of a long aban
doned village. Several brick buildings still
remain and the surroundings show that it
must at ono time have been u large town.
The ruins nro situated west of the ancient
city of Tomosocbo , in the inldst of thoSlorrb
Madre mountains.
New Trent input for Murderers.
NEW Yoitit , March IS. Dr. William . '
Hammond of Washington road n paper before -
fore the Society of Medical Jurisprudence
tonight entitled UA New Substitute for Capi
tal Punishment nnd Moans for Preventing
tbo Propagation of Criminals. " Ho declared
it bis belief that murderers should undergo
n surgical operation which would deter them
to n greater extent than other methods from
committing murder , and that owing to such
operation there could bo no propagation of
murderers so far as the murderer who hnd
undenvfmt tbo operation was concerned.
The paper was followed by an able dis
cussion pro ana con.
Xo r York Pronhylury Votes No.
Nitw YoitK , March 15. The presbytery of
Now York has voted "no" In regard to the
overture presented by the general assembly
reading as follows : "Boforo any overtures
or enactments proposed by the assembly to
bo established as vulos relating to the con
stitutional powers of presbyteries and synods
sbull bo obligatory upon tbo churches , It
shall bo necessary to transmit thorn to all
the presbyteries and to receive the rottir.is
of at least a majority of them In writing
approving thereof , nnd such rules , when ap
proved , shall bo appandod to tha constitution
of the church. "
Tiputh or u IliimUome Actrcm , \
NBH- YOIIKMircu 15. May Kuowlos ,
handsome and bright young actress , whoso
family is ono of the oldest , and wealthiest In
Newburg , died under mysterious circum
stances on Sunday. She was 10 years old
and very beautiful. Ofllciah- Inquiry de
velops an antn-raortcm statement she made
that medicine for an illicit purpose had been
given her by medical students and a room
mate , her douth resulting.
United Statc-n Slimmer < ) OCH Anhori > .
PoiiTTbwxsnxii , Wash. , March 15. At 7
o'clock yesterday morning the United Stales
stonmor Mohican , with the United States ro-
coivinir shin Nlpslo In tow , wont uslioro on
Point Wilson. A dense Jos prevailed at the
time and it was impossible to talco boarings.
Flvo hours later the vessel was floated with
out injury.
& CO.
W. Corner 15tli mil Dou-jl.u Sti.
Shamrocks
for St. Patricks Day
We have made arrangements for a
supply of shamrocks ,
the picture on the left
being a lifesize rep
resentation. These
beautiful shamrocks
will arrive in time to
be given away to those
who call at our store
on St , Patrick's day ,
It don't make any dif
ference whether you
are a regular customer or never have or
never expect to trade with us , you are
welcome to one as long as we have any ,
The handsomest buttonieres in the city.
Browning , King & .Co
W. Corner i5thand Douglas SU