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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1903)
SSSiSftlSBRSaS HIS PARTING WORD Rocommondations of Retiring Governor Savage of BUte Institution Advocated Wonld Lengthen Terms of l.rgliilntnr iini), Abollih UnneceKinry Hint Of- flcci A 1'IcH for Kriiiiomy VbblrVr WHAT QOV. SAVAGE' RECOMMENDS. Governor Savage declares that tho provision of the constitution regarding tho Imostmcnt of trust funds Is antiquated Ho urges thnt some ameiidmtnt lo devhed to romedy the defect and nllow the state tieasurer to lineal In such slate, county nnd foreign bonds ns nmy make wife nnd prolltnblo Investments. Strict nnd rigid economy Is tho keynoto of the whole message. The governor dnouuccs unneces sary Jobs nnd nil attempts at party spoliation. He maintain thnt tho monoy of the people- should wo wisely it nil Judiciously spent nnd urges n enroful Investment of all tho money of tho people. Governor Savngo Riven a do tnllcd nceount of the loss of the Norfolk asylum by lire. He tiroes thpt nil buildings erected by the stato ho built of fireproof ma terlnl. rubllc Borvlco corporations should not be nllowed munlclpnl frnnchlses. Competition should everywhere, govern the operations of such concerns Public owner ship, ho opposes. The people should receive compensation for tho use of public streets by cor- fiomllon.i. lie advises tho ollm nation of nil municipal franchises. Ten thousand dollars wus the sum appropriated for tho Pan Amerlcnn exposition. Of this $l,7Sri.41 remains unexpended. K iseornsKa snnuui inuo a leaning part In tho Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Kor this purpose n sum of not less than $75,000 should bo npproprlnted. Additional facilities should bo plnced nt the disposal of teoch ers to get professional training. No tencher should bo ollglblo who has not attended n normal school for nt least one year. An appropriation should be mado for buildings at Peru. A normal school should be lo cated In went Nebraska, The state university ts the "cap shenf" of the educational system of tho state. Tho administration of Chancellor AndrewH has been ' efficient. There should Vie n rigid Inspec tion of foods. Tho pure food law should Im amended jio that It will Include nil food products. Koroseno should bo closely In spected and Impure oils excluded - from tho markets. Gnsollno it should nlso be tested. Geological surveyors snoum do empowered to enter any lands where their picsonce does not cause damage to owners or Inter fere with private rights. The stato should take n leading pnrt In promoting Irrigation nnd remedying defects In tho pres ent system. Action should be taken to form a boundary commission to ndjust nnd prevent disputes arising from the vagaries of the Missouri river Nebraska has need of a strong nnd well equipped nntlonnl guard. Tho service Is nt present Inade quate to the demand, Tho supremo court commission should bo nbollshcd nnd some no tion tnken for n revision of tho or gnnlc law In order to Increase tho number of Judges. Retrenchment Is ndvlsable In re gnrd to district Judges. In somo sections tho litigation does not demand that th present number i X jt of Judges be retained. The revenue laws must be amended in order to overcomo some of the "gross nbuscs" of the present, system. By reason of tho delinquencies the stnto debt -is now almost 2 millions. Tho real trouble Is non-payment of taxes and somo measure should be tnken to compol prompt payment. Tho state board should raise aH well as equalise values. Tho law' re quiring property to tie assessed nt Its cash value should be rigidly enforced. The Improvements nt the Peru Normal, the penitentiary nnd the Lincoln asylum aro needed. All other requests for buildings are unnecessary The sum of $621, oso Is nsked for buildings and Improvements. The expenditure can bq kept down to $476,000 without Impairing tho public service. The ofllce of cleik or the su preme court should bo mado n salaried one. The appropriation for tho stnto university should not bo raised above the, nmount allowed two years ngo. Appropriations nsked for build ing nt the Girls' Industrial sohool, tho Instituto for the Feeblo Minded. The, Nebraska Industrial homo and the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb should not bo Increased. Tho penltontlarv nnd tho Hast ings asylum will need slightly lncrensed appropriations. Tho Hjato Hlstorlcnl society should lo satisfied If Its allow nnce Is not decreased and thero Is no Justification for a request for nn lncrense of $3,300, The people bear tho burdens of taxation and there should be much caution exercised In mak ing appropriations. The ofllccs of land commissioner nnd nudltor should be abolished, The board of charities nnd cor rections, the state printing board and the bureau of statistics should be nbollshcd. Governor Savage asks that cap- u- ital nunlshment ue Hbousneu. Hr The only allusion to the Hartley Ht pardon Is a paragraph, quoting it reasons for the action. In the re it port on pardons nnd commutn- if tlous. ir Attention should be paid to tho it diseases of live stock and laws it should be passed to prevent the spread or Infectious diseases, A constitutional convention should bo called. it Partisanship should not be al- it lowed to Interfere with the eco- it nomlcal management of state In- stltutlons. it Terms of the members of the if legislature should be Increased to four yenrs. it Annual elections should bo dls- penned with nnd civil service ro- form in stato service should be it encouraged. In his message to the legislature to day Ezra P. Savage, the retiring gov ernor of Nebraska, says: To the Senators nnd Iiepiesentatlves, Twenty-Eighth Session or the Legisla ture of Nebraska: Constitutional environments nnd limi tations are such that, to be further li censed, means an unnecessary hardship on those who bear the burdens of the cost of public government. The stato of Nebraska has so developed in its in dustrial, educational and commercial re sources that it can no longer be sub jected to .that degree of restraint em Bodied In the constitution ns it now oxlsts without material interference with Its growth and welfare. Particularly Is this true in regard to a profitable Investment of the perma- nnt itc.hool trust funds. Section of article 8 of thfl constitution limits the Investment of these funds to United States and stnto securities nnd regis tered county bonds of this state, and while no objection ran bo raised t tho quality of the securities enumerated, the fnot remnlns that the latitude of In vestment Is Inadequate, necessitating the employment of nn Intermediary between the contracting parties with consequent loss In the way of rebates Prosperity has been so general wfth the Amerlcnn people during the Inst five years, nnd tnpney has become so plentiful, that In terest rates on nil stable securities have decreased during that time approxi mately 100 per cent Five yenrs ngo 8 per cent securities were obtnlnnble In every market Today 4 per cent se curities are difficult to nblnln. tho gen eral lino, being below that figure. Tho constitution prohibits the board of edu cations lands and funds from using nny pnrt of the trust funds for other than the purnose of Investment, which prevents tho board or the tiensurer from going Into the open market nnd paving premiums, ns do other investors. This require" the purchase of securities from or through nn Intermediary nnd results Invariably In the acquisition of securities nt a consldernblv reduced nite of Inter est The lews thus entailed amount to thousands of dollars nnnunlly. nor can I divine nnv substantial remedv Independ ent of such nmendment to the consti tution ns will nITord wider latitude In the matter of denominating the kind of securities which mnv be purcluised. Tho Hchool trust fund has now reached tho enormous pioportlons with tendencies toward n ftntlier Increase, and until re lief Is furnished which shall provide avenues for Investment of this fund which do not now cxIhI the best results uosslble will be unprofitable nnd unsat isfactory to tho people During the last two Vears payments on school lnnd sold, despite tho liberality of the stnto In the mnttor of exempting from tnxntlon lands In which It has an equltv. hnve greatlv lncrensed the trust funds, nnd notwithstanding that extraordinary dili gence was practiced bv the treasurer In making Investments, the nmount unin vested was n great portion of the tlmo large nnd Its safe-keeping nttended by more or less risk. If the state be empowered to go Into tho open nmrket nnd compete with other Investors It will, not nlone prove remun erative In the wny of snvlng rebates and discounts, but such an active competitor nt -work In the matket will have n tend ency to reduce Interest rates therebv making a saving to the people both ways. The amount of securities held for the permanent school fund now nggtegntes $r..3R0.000. The nmount of money which tho stnto has forthcoming from sale contracts of school Innels approximates G million dollars. Arrangements must be mnde therefore for n continuous In vestment of a trust fund of nt least to million dollars. Under prevailing con stitutional limitations Investment or any where near the full nmount of this fund Is impossible. A PLEA FOR ECONOMY. 'Sovernor Wnts "Snap" Offices Abolished Condemns Extravagance. 'The government of tho state ns now constituted symbolizes extrnvngnnce In a marked degree. Those who framed tho existing constitution established de partments that for the next twenty-five' vears, under tho most favorable, circum stances In tho growth and development of the state, will be nn unnecessary bur den on the tax payers. The people should enjov government at the lowest oost consistent with good service. Anv grenter cost Is a public Injustice, A enroful study of this phase of tho ques tion Justifies me In inv own mind In recommending the abolition of the de partments of auditor of public necounts and commissioner of public lands nnd buildings, nnd tho nsslgnmcnt of the du ties incumbent thereon to thoso depart ments officered by the secretary of ninin Clio Irenmirer nnd COVernor. With n few nddltlonnl clerks the duties of the nudltor and commissioner of public lands and buildings can ne periormeu n.v the secretary of stnte, tho trensurer nnd the governor, thus mnklng a saving to the tax payers of approximately $G0.000 per year, simplifying government and doing nwny with the necessity of nn out lav of nt least $100,000 mado necessary for accommodations for the new nil juncts which naturally will bo created from time to time. ATTACKS SPOILSMEN. In tho conflict for political spoliation the oflleeseeklnK class seems to bnvo out generaled nnd defeated tluwe who stnnd for economy, with the result twit a largo number of names have been added to tho pay roll, nnd bureaus and departments havo been established absolutely without anv apparent justification. This policy has been pursued by all political par ii until nnvf tho stato Pas In Its em ploy nt high wages, sufficient officers and employes to transnet ten times the amount of business devolving on them. A critical Investigation will show that In mnnv Instances one department Is du plicating tho work of tho other with no other object than to find employment for thoso -whom the legislature lifts from time to time established In puHlle office. If business Is transacted properly It does not Improve It to have It twice or thrice transacted nnd If It be transacted Im properly the evil can grow no ess through the medium of multiplication. As tho accredited representative of the people. It Is vour duty to see thnt not r. ,i.iini- nt oxnense Is entailed on i,,i ,, .- - --,- - ,. , , , them hevontl tne amount rccpuieu u Mu rray tho" cost of government honesty nnd economically administered. The bureau of Industrial statistics Is n source of unnecessary expense nnd should bo nbollshcd. The law pertain ing to tho collection nnd compilation of Industrial stntlstlcs should be so nmended ns to Impose this duty Jointly on the department of bnnklng. the department of public Instruction and the board of agriculture. By so doing tho service can bo Improved nnd n substantial reduction mndo 111 public expense. A comparison of expenses Incident to nubile printing fails to Justify the ex istence of the stato printing board or for a specific appropriation therefor and that tho lnw creating the said board bo repealed and that Its duties bo Imposed on tho secretary of state. Congress Is nt this time considering ft bill which provides for the locntlon of n national fish hatchery in Nebraska. Tho worth nnd lmportnnco of such an un dertaking must bo npparcut to all. Tho success nchloved by the state In tho promotion of fish and game, both by fish hatching nnd by preventing the whole sal" and unlawful destruction of game and fish, makes this a very doslmble field for n national hatchery. Tho leg islature nt Its last session enacted a law creating a system of game wardens. The workings of this law havo been eminently satisfactory and tho nmount received from prosecutions nnd fees al most balances tho expenses entailed, which makes that department almost self supporting. I recommona that your honorable body memorialize Congress to pass this measure nnd thnt tho Ne braska representatives In both branches be urged to give It nctivo attention mm support. Should the measure piss It would be nn net of wisdom for the state to turn over its hatchery and equip ment nt South Reild to the general gov ernment nt u nominal cost. FOR A BOARD OF PARDONS. Governor Recommend! NonPartlan Body Board to Control Institutions. I recommend that the manugement of tho state Institutions bo placed under the supervision of a non-partisan boaid of control and pardons. This board should bo heavily bonded and should be required to purchase supplies. Inspect In stitutions and accounts thereof und ex ercise supervisory control over the sov ernl Institutions, It should also be em powered and required to provide means of employment for convict labor and pass upon all applications ror exocutlvo clemency. Tho penitentiary should and can be made solf supporting. Instead or deal ing with contractors, tne state snouid Itsojr employ the labor of convicts in the manufacture of clothing, boots and shoes und other materials ror the various Institutions. With a nominal outlay fcr machinery the stnte enn do away with tho necessity of appropriating largo sums of money out of the treasury each yar for the maintenance of thnt Institution. Guided further by the light of experi ence and reason. I recommend that tha laws be so amended an to require rela tives of tho Insane, feeble-minded and Inmntos of the reform school to bear the expense of the mnlntennnce of theso Individuals. The stnte should provide ac commodations nnd medical nttentlon. but this expense, nlong with tho general expense of maintenance, should bo borne by relatives when financially able to do no, otherwise tho cost should devolve on the resident county, I further recommend that the Home for tho Friendless be eliminated from politics and plnced under tho supervision of n non-nnrtlon board composed of women residing In the city of Lincoln. All other vMtlng and examining boards, a sourco of considerable expense ntut often of much dissension, should bo abolished. WANTS BOAUD ATIOI.ISHKD. Tho state board of charities has failed by Its nchlevemenH to Justify Its fur ther existence at public expense, and I respectfully recommend that this work be left to the churches and the charit ably Inclined nnd thnt tho lnw creating said honrd be icpealed. Tho maintenance of two separnto homes for soldiers nnd sailors can by no method of reasoning be Justified. Theso charges, by reason of age and In firmity, have been rendered Incapable of performing mannnl tabor and those plans which contemplate the production of rood supplies with this class of labor must now be abandoned. Tho home at Grand Island never has and never can enjoy pioper sanitary accommodations. The large tract of land owned by tho stnte nt this point Is now n source it expense rather than of revenue. The homo at Milfard Is better adapted In every way nnd the land owned by tho stnto on which this Institution Is located Is of sufficient quality to answer all legi timate purposes. The number of In mates henceforth will by the workings of time, be gradually reduced and and I say It with regret and sorrow It will only be a few yenrs until the last sur vivor of that gieat conflict will have passed away. I recommend, both In consideration of the Inmates who can be better provided for nnd of the tnx payers who should be relieved of nil un necessary burdens, that the property at Grand Island be sold nnd tho lumntes transferred to Mllford. Tho expense In cident to this change will be trivial compared with the tlnanclnl snvlng this will make to the state, Kncli session of the legislature hns witnessed tho unnecessary expenditure of a largo sum of money for printing and slntloncry. Numerous bills are Intro duced which have no merit to commend them, and, nfter a great deal of expense has boon entailed, fall of passage. While many of these bills aim at legi timate achievements, not n few of them are utterly devoid of merit. I therefore recommend that before a bill may be Introduced. It be referred to such com mittee of tho house In which It orig inated as has to deal with subjects of that character nnd shall be entertnlned bv vour honornblo body only when Its Introduction bears the approval of a majority of said committee. Only such number of persons should be employed during a legislative session ns Is actu ally necessary to transact Us buslnem with proper expedition. REVENUE. Wants "Gross Abuse" Remedied by Leg islation. I cannot impress upon your minds too firmly the Importance of making such amendments to our revenue laws as will forever end the many gross abuses now so widely licenses. By reason of delinquent taxes the state has each year been compelled to utilize Its ciedlt until the outstanding warrant Indebtedness against the general fund reaches the en ormous amount of J.l,089,"2S.C3. By rea son of dollnquonces each year the state finds Its nppiopriatlons In excess of gross receipts to tho extent of at least $100, 000 necessitating tho Issuance of Interest bearing warranto to meet authorized ex penditures. "The constitution limits the Indebted ness of the stato to $100,000, yet the stato debt Is now close to tho 2 million dollar mark with n stop from further Incieiise conditioned titil.s nr,d solely on such legislation as will compel tho pay ment of taxes by all holders of property. The amount of taxes due the state nnd delinquent December 1. 1902. as shown bv the auditor's records, was $3,450,422.80. Of this sum the sum of $1,131,124.01 Is due but not delinquent. This mnkes the nmount of delinquent tuxes $2,328,298.28, or n sum $338,969 CB grenter than the outstanding obligations ngnlnst the general fund Of the nmount ,l,lliwiitrnt ii. 131. 124 CI ! for the tnx levied In 1901, most of which will be paid Into tho treasury In the near future, but thcie still remains, after deducting the delinquencies for 1901. a delinquency or $1,197,173.67. which represents delinquen cies Tor n period of years prior to 1901. A conservative study of tax statistics discloses the fact that the average an nual delinquency is 30 per cent of the tuxes levied. NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES. It will bo observed therefore, that the real source of trouble Is the non-payment of taxes, nnd that tho remedy primarily must be such as will compel prompt pay ment. It Is manifestly wrong ror tho state to be exacting and arbitrary with one class of taxpayers and ultra Indifferent nnd lenient with, others. 1 hnve In mind the tnxes levied on railroad property, not one dollar of which remains unpaid, yet there nre those who advocate the adjust ment of the discrepancy between our expenditures and iccelpts, not by re quiring the payment of taxes by all, but bv requiring corporate Interests to con tribute a correspondingly grenter amount. Injustice Is written across the very faoe of this proposition. I recommend thnt the powers of the state board of equalization be so ex tended ns to empower said board to raise ns well as equalize values, and mat countv treasurers be empowered to con vey title to property on which tho taxes nre unpaid, making due provision for redemption or title within n specified time, and for Interest on money ad vanced for tux pnyment. Payment of taxes on movable and nersonnl property should bo duo within 60 days nfter the assessment, so as to gunrd ngalnst loss of tnxes through removal and conse ouent extinction of Identification. For the prompt collection of taxes county treasurers should be made liable on their bonds. With these modifications a proper en forcement of tho provisions of our rev enue laws' coupled with an honest and economical administration of public af rniru will strlc nn even bnlanco be tween our reclpls and disbursements nnd put nn end to hnrmssing discrepancies of this character. ENFOHCKMKNT OF LAWS. It is Important, too, that tho law re quiring all property to be assessed nt Its cash value bo rigidly enforced. With our property nssessed nt scarcely 10 per cent of Its value. It must result In it high rate of levy, while the low valua tion makes It appear that Nebraska, one of the principal industrial states of the I'nlon. Is still struggling in the shadows of primitive statehood, Those seeking Investment consult our laws nnd our records, nnd If they find that the com bined wealth of Nebraska is $174,000,000 after moro than a third of a century of statehood, and that the tax levy is higher than Interest rates, they will not be likely to tnke up their nbode with us. Thev will assume, that the law Is enforced nnd that $174,000,000 represents tho aggregate real wealth of the stnte, whereas It represents scarcely more than 10 per cent of It. The assessed valuation of the state should not be loss than 1 billion dollars, and any lower valuation does the prop erty Interests of tho .state an Injustice. By raising tho assessed valuation to this amount, tno rate of levy may be reduced correspondingly, entnlllng no extra hard ships, while it will remove a barrier that I am reasonably certnln has in Its time turned back millions or dollars seeking Investment among us. EZRA P. SAVAGE. 8TORM DELAYS ALL TRAINS. Passengers Pull Into Union Station from One to Six Hours Late. The wind storm nntl cold of Tuesday night nnd Wednesday plnyed havoc with tho railroad service In this sec tion of the middle west. Not ono pas senger train roachod tho Union station at Omaha on time Tuesday morning, and they were Into from ono hour up to six. Frolght service meanwhile was much moro badly delayed, as every possible leeway wns given the passen ger trains. Tuesdny night the wind was a fierce northeaster and was actually strong enough at times to practically hold a train facing It still lu Its tracks. De spite Its direction, however, It was not only trnlns going north and east that were hung up. The wind was so powerful that Its crossfire and enfilade on trains running south nnd west, away from It, made travel difficult In thoso directions also. Several instances are reported where engineers stopped their trains entirely during certain spasms of tho storm, while they wore on high or ex posed ground. They were afraid to run them because there was danger of being blown off the track while round ing curves. With trainmen and englnemen tho wind played many pranks, none seri ous as far ns has been heard so far. However, no man dared travel along the tops of freight cars save on his hands and knees, and in passenger coach trains of open platforms it was a dangerous feat all night long to pass from one car to another. Down at the Union station the bag gage hands rolled out a dozen or so trucks in expectation of the loads on incoming trains. In a trice the wind had seized the trucks and whirled them In all directions, nnd one truck man said thnt If the yards handn't been fenced they would he hunting for trucks yet. Tho trains that were most conspicu ously late Wednesday were Union Pa cific No. 4, due here at 7:30 a. m which did not arrived till after 12 o'clock; Rock Island No. 41, four hours late from the east; Northwestern over land, No. 1, two hours late from Chi cago; Northwestern No. 71, three hours late from Minneapolis; Missouri Pacific No, 51, one hour and a half late. Northwestern train No. 76, which left here for Minneapolis at 7:55 Tuesday night and had to go In the teeth of the gale all tho way, was four hours late up there. MRS. CHAMBERLAIN HAS TACT. Aids Her Husband in His Work of Pacifying South African People. PRETORIA, Transvaal All doubts as to whether the Boers would partic ipate in the entertainments given in honor of Colonial Secretary Chamber lain and Mrs. Chamberlain were dissi pated by the appearance of Generals Botha, Delnrey and Cronje at the gar den party given by the governor Tues day. Tho attendance or the townspeo ple, however, was not large. Mrs. Chamberlain is tactfully aiding the .secretary in his pacificatory mis sion. When General Cronje was Intro duced she at first did not catch his name, hut immediately she heard it was General Cronje. Mrs. Chamber lain sent for him and engaged In a lengthy conversation with th'e noted general. Pennsylvania Stock Grows. PHILADELPHIA The call for the meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania railroad for March 1 contains a notification that the share holders will be asked to authorize an Increase in the capital stock of more than $400,000,000, or nearly double the amount outstanding. China Is Given Notice. PEK1N At a meeting Wednesday all the foreign ministers except United States Minister Conger signed the joint note Informing the Chinese gov ernment that a failure to fulfill Its oh ligations In refusing to pay the war Indemnity on a gold basis, as provided for by the peace protocol, would en tall grave consequences. Gas Puts Fire Out at Last. JEROME. Ariz. The mine fire thnt has been threatening to destroy the United States Verde copper mine at this place for four months has been extinguished. Heavy carbonic acid gas was forced down the shaft, displacing the oxygen and finally smothering jthe flames. Sensational Reports are Denied. LISBON. Tho reports sent out from here that reservoirs In this city had burst, that many persons had been drowned and that the people were panic-stricken are untrue. As a mattor of fact, a bursting water pipe flooded one shop, which was damag ed to the extent of $150. No ono was Injured. Rifles for the Sultan. PARIS. The Temps correspondent at Contantlnoplo telegraphs that rep resentatives of the Mausers signed a contract Wednesday providing for the delivery to the Ottomnn nrmy of 200. 000 rifles. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South Omaha and Kansas City. SOPTll OMAHA. CATTIjB Tho receipts of cattle were more liberal here Friday morning thnn anticipated, and besides that other points were quoted n little lower, so that buy ers wero rather bearish In their views. Trading wns rnther srow rrom stnrt to finish, as sellers were, holding for steady prices. A smaller proportion of the re ceipts thnn usunl consisted of corn-fed steers, nnd the nihility was nlso rather Inferior. Packers, though, stnrted In bid ding a little lower, and In most cacs succeeded In tnktng oft' nuiOc, but somo sales looked very near steady. The com moner the quality tho harder the cnttle were to dispose of nt satisfactory prlceB. The big bulk of the receipts consisted of medium grade cows, nnd buyers mnde good uso of the opportunity to pound the mnrket. As n General thing the de cline could bo put at about a dime, but a good many snles looked worse thnn that, whllo somo of the better kinds wero not that much lower. Sellers did not like tho idea of selling out for less money, so that tho morning wm well advnnced be roro tho bulk of the offerings was dis posed of. Bulls and stngs felt the ef fects or the decline on cows and steers, and wero a little slow and weak. Veal calves, though, held about steady. The rew bunches or stackers nnd feeders that wero offered sold nt just about stendy prices, In spite of the fact that It was Friday. The light receipts all the week havo made speculators anxious for good cattle, and seller experienced no trou ble In disposing of those kinds. The common stuff'wns rather slpw and weak. SHKHP There was a very light run of sheep and Inmbs hero Friday morning, and the market was again active and strong on all desirable grades. A string of western lambs sold at 53.00 and a deck of western lambs sold as high as $5.40, which Is the highest price paid hero In some little time. Tho.-e were no good western wethers or yearlings offered, but seme ewes of fair quality brought $3.85. Owing to the light receipts and good de mand, the pens were cleared In good sea son. The supply of feeders was so light that a test of the market was not made, but thero were enough orders In the hands of commission men to make good stuff sell fully steady. Quotations: Choice western lambs, $.1.00fin.25; fair to good lambs, $4.50175.00; choice native lambs, $3.1!HI5.G0; choice yearlings, $U,OJ?4.70; 'fair to good yearlings, Il.OOfii.oO; choice weth ers, $4.1STi4.40; fair to good wethers, $3.7G ffl 00; cholco ewes, $3.5K('4.0O; fair to good ewes, $3.O01j5.50; feeder lambs, $3.0094.00; feeder yearlings, $3.003.50; feeder weth ers, $2.7013.50; reeder ewes, $1.5002.25. HOOS Thero was a very light run of hogs here Friday, but other markets were quoted considerably lower, so that proccs took n drop here also. The mar ket opened generally a dime lower than the day before and Miere was very lit tle chungc from start to finish. The mar ket was rather slow, as sellers thought they ought to get moro money In view of the light receipts. Tho bulk of tho hogs sold from $6.33 to $6.15. The lighter loads sold largely frow $6.37'j down, with butcher weights mostly at $6.40, and the heavy hogs brought rrom $0.40 to $6.47. Although trading was rather slow, the market came to a close In good season. In comparing tho mnrket with Thursday it should be' noted that the quality was much poorer Friday. For that reason tho market on paper looks much worse than it really was. Considering quality, the mnrket was hardly a dime lower. KANSAS CITY. CATTLK Itecelpts. 3,000 head. Includ ing 300 Texans; mnrket steady to strong; native steers, $:i.73fi5.00: Texas and In dian steers, $3,407(4.20: Texus cows, $2.15 i?73.00; native cows anil heifers, $1.5OtI4.30; stockers and feeders. $3.GOii4.40; bulls, $2.03 tfi3..V): calves, $1.00c? 7 00. HOGS Receipts, 6,000 head; market 105? 15c lower: bulk of sales, $e.33'iiC.471A; heavy. $6.3U'i(6.,,'.0; packers. $G.23fiG.43; me dium. W.30Q6.4714: light, $3.WC30; York ers. $0.23fiC.S0; pigs, i3.45fib.00. 8IIEKP Receipts, 1.000 head; market steady; muttons. $3.0O'u4.10: lambs. $3,007? 5.43; range wethers, $3.00fM.OO; ewes, $3.00 (34.20. Beet Sugar Men Resolve, WASHINGTON, D. C The Amer ican Beet Sugar association held Its annual meeting here and passed reso lutions withdrawing any opposition to tho ratification of the Cuban reciproc ity treaty, recommending that the treaty be so amended as to express In precise language what Is Intended to be secured by it to the beet sugar manufacturers of the United States, viz.: During the period of five years covered by the treaty no sugar ex ported from Cuba shall he admitted to the United States at a reduction of duty greater than 20 per cent of tho rates of duty thereon as provided by the tariff act of July 24. 1897. The association also adopted a reso lution protesting against the unnec essary stimulation of the sugar and tobacco Industries of the Philippine Islands by means of further tariff re ductions, thus, as the resolution stated, encouraging the people of those islands where tho labor Is but . a few cents a day, to produce those things which this country can produce rather than such commodities as they are liable to produce. Paul Helleu, the French artist, will shortly pay the United States a visit. He Is famous for his dry point por traits and is known as the Du Marnier of France. His daughter Helen, now 1G, Is his best model. Wrong Name on License. GARLAND, Wyo. Harry GIasey and Miss Hughes were to have been married at Burlington on Christmas day, hut to the consternation of tho minister and the prospective brfde and groom the discovery was made Just as the ceremony was to be per formed that Instead of the name of Hiss Hughes on the marriage license the name of another young woman ap peared. Tho wedding was postponed until the correction was made. SILENCED THE MUSIC HOW QUIET-LOVING CITIZEN GOT HIS REVENGE. The Dulcet Tones of the Piano and the Scraping of the Violin Lost In the Fierce Blast of the Resurrected Horn. Invariably on a Sunday, when a man has a mind to sleep, or in the evening when he pants for rest and quiet, the pianos begin their work. Then, espe cially If it be n neighborhood of flats, there issue from every window tho dulcet strains of a host of alleged rare classics, "There ought to bo a law," said a tired householder, "prohibiting such torture. To a sensitive musician It Is worse than death by Inches. I think on the block whore I have the misfor tune to live there average fifteen pianos to a house, and tho result la ear-spllttlng. "I did get my revenge the other day," he continued. "All Sunday morning I had been tortured by tho family across the way. The twins were doing a duet and Incidentally wore raising my hair in misery, On one side of me a lady of uncertain years and no voice was warbling n touching ditty; on the other a per former was executing marvelous feats in a loud If not entrancing fashion, while behind mo a youthful devoteo was practicing on a violin. Of all earthy horrors the one most to be shunned Is that same devotee and his violin. I sought oblivion In the park, and oven there marveled at tho chatter of the birds. But I thirsted for ven geance and, In time, It was mine. "That afternoon tho young woman next door, happily being exhausted from her. vocal exercises of the morn ing, was silent for the first time In tho history of the block; so was the young hopeful In tho rear, and the twins wero taking a needed rest from toll. Everything was (jjeaceful but the soul within me. That tossed and still smarted from the morning's uproar. I lay down to think out my scheme of vengeance and then, suddenly as a light from heaven, It came to me. "In the happy days when we were numbered among the 'country folk' the family possessed a large horn, which, from serving the lofty purpose of calling the farm hands to dinner descended to the Ignoble use of her alding tallyho and hay rides along tho country road. I got It out from a bun dle of rubbish In tho storeroom and looked It over. The dust lay thick upon its sides, but its body still held within Its blasts of terrific volume, needing only to be properly expelled. "I started cheerfully for the back yard. Everything was wrapped In the hush of Sunday afternoon. Not oven the cats were playing about, but lay Idly stretched in the sun. The, flowers nodded drowsily to one an other, and tho green shutters along the block looked like great closed eyes. "I fajtered, hut only for an Instant. Then I raised the horn to my lips and blew with a royal will. The blast al most shook the ground. It bounded away on the wings of the drowsy breeze and came back In a thousand echoes. The cat jumped up and humped her back with fright; I saw a shutter flung wide next door and the maiden lady of uncertain age lean far out. Then I blew once more, and like magic the place was alive. A head appeared from tvery window and the roar of angry threats and shouts that greeted me almost anni hilated me. " "What do you mean by disturbing the peace like that, sir?' shouted the mother of the violinist. 'I shall re-' port you to-morrow.' "I grinned and poinded to the small fnce of her son, just visible through1 her arm. 'Make him stop practiclngi on his violin first, I retorted. 'I don't, play a piano, you know,' I explained pleasantly as I could, 'and a man must hne his way of amusing himself. Those pianos and violin are yours this Is mine.' "Then I turned and went peacefully Into tne house nnd hung up my horn with a satisfied smile. It had done its work, and well. "That night tho stillness of death loll upon the neighborhood, and for the first time In three years I slept the mdlsturbed sleep of an Innocent 2hlld." New York Times. A Lingual Phenomenon. "An" you says, Brer Eph'm," said the ?onvert. thoughtfully, "dnt ah kaln't juss nor sw'ar none after I's been bap tize'?" "De Bible says no. Brer Saul." "Nor say 'Good Lor',' nor one o' dem :'ings?" "Not unless you's In meetln. Brer Saul." "Ump! I ain' drive no mules in neetin en I knln tako de meetln' ter le mule3. Bat Baptls' 'llgion ain' no ligion fu' a mule driver. De baptism Tble ter swink his bocabulary." A'ashlngton Times. The Whaler's Fine Voyage. "That reminds me," said Congress nan Llttlofield of Maine, "of a story hey tell on an old whnler of New Bedford. He was gone for n two ears' cruise after whales In the South Ulantlc. Finally one day the' ship as seen coming up the hay, nnd the vner rushed down to the pier to bo he first to greet the Captain and as certain the result of his venture. "How many whales did you get?" ihouted the owner. "Narry a whale," was the reply, "but .vo had an awful fine sall."Phlladel ?hlu Press. 4 V - .miAa- VJ!' temmim&m,A HBfe..