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    Semi-Weekly News-flerald
'LATTSMOUTH, NBSRAftKA.
KnUrad at tfe poatofflcc at PUttamoath. Cs
ecf. Nebraska, as Mcoad-cteM nUlnstter.
J. E. Soogius, rostf
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Plattsmouth No. 85 Nebraska No. 85
And we are still in the dark.
Op course it may have been the
wrong Mr. Wright.
One of the very noticeable results of
Plattamouth'a dark town policy is the
poor evening attendance at the various
churches.
A DYSPEPTIC exchange remarks that
a girl begins to hang up mistletoe
about the same time that she stops
hanging up her stocking.
From the fact that Castro took with
him something like $60,000,000 in nego
tiable securities, the probabilities are
that he never intended returning.
The Ashland Gazette calls it "Teddy's
disgusting exhibition of himself." Bro.
Becker's digestion must be a little off,
or perhaps his carburetor needs over
hauling. One of the latest feats of science is
the hatching of eggs by means of elec
tricity, a demonstration of which is
soon to be given at a poultry show in
the east. But the hens will keep on
laying the eggs.
The Havelock Times is authority for
the statement that prohibition in this
country is held up in Germany as an
abhorrent example of what might pos
sibly overtake the land of Rhine wine
and Wurzberg. The Rhinelanders have
probably been watching the course of
Carrie Nation in Scotland. But what
the dickens is Wurzberg?
Tub light committee of the city
council has referred to the newly reor
ganized commercial club the much
mooted question of better lights for
Plattsmouth. This is an excellent op
portunity for the club to show its met
tle, and the News-Herald predicts
that it will grasp the situation in a
manner that will give to the city on
adequate supply of light at the earliest
possible moment.
Our neighloring city of Havelock
has now probably struck the right gait
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JOB PRINTING
DS thajt the kind of print
ing you want? Right
Up-to-Date in the mat
ter of Stock, Type and of
Composition? Do you like
neat, tasty and stylish sta
tionery or other printing at
reasonable prices? And do
you sometimes need a job
done in a "rush"? Then
C(D)MJOmJU
HnUR Job Printing De
partmontisrihtunto 1908 in every resoect.
Wo havo a reputation for
G-ood "Work and prompt
Delivery. Wo have osport
Lettornrena artinta tsrhoae
taste and knoT7led2o of the
craix are ttou lrnown. - our
DriC33 aro consistently low.
i
ire-Hi
PRINTER
tobriuff the Lincoln Traction Company
to tinw m me matter of the disagree
ment as the the amount of fare to be
charged. The ten-year franchise of
the company under which it has been
operating in that city having expired,
the city attorney has been instructed
to trine action requiring it to show
cafiie it sholSld not either conform
tothewlaheg of the people or cease
from wing the streets. The probabili
ties ire now that an. early settlement
trill be reached.
Bonds to the amount of $20,000 have
just been voted by the town of St. Ed
ward for the purpose of erecting a mu
nicipal water system. Albion is soon
to hold a special election to vote on the
proposition to bond the city in the sum
of 512,000 for the purpose of establish
ing a municipal gas plant. Municipal
ownership of public utilities is growing
more in favor each year, and Platts-
! mouth should ponder, the question well
before granting any more long time
franchises to private corporations. It
if the exception rather than the rule
whenTsuch" plants do not "reduce rather
than increase the taxation, and may in
variably be traced to gross mismanage
ment The Journal is whistling to keep up
; its courage, its assumption of cock-
suredneas that Congressman Pollard
cannot again be elected from this dis
trict deceives nobody. Nor may his
defeat be ascribed to "joecannonism"
or any other ism. It was simply one
of those political blunders which some-
times happen, but wTiich. happily, are
usually rectified at the next election.
And without casting any aspersions on
Mr. Shttllenberger, it may be said that
Sheldon's defeat was also a blunder.
demand in public life, and when the
people come to realize their error both
Pollard and Sheldon will be called upon
to again take up the work of the peo
ple, and the call will be in no uncertain
tone either.
TnERE are only two year left of the
present decade in which to solve the
light question. There is this consola
tion, however, that if we do not get it
done perhaps our children may. The
matter has been "cussed" and discussed
by the council and it ' has given up in
disgust, and thrown the whole matter
ever the transom, with the hope (pre
sumably) that the commercial club
may accomplish something. This seems
to the News-Herald entirely wrong,
as the council represents the whole city
and has power to go ahead and do the
right thing by the citizens of the town,
while the commercial club is only re
cently born and may or may not repre
sent the entire city. While we hope
for the best we cannot banish all doubt.
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Trouble With Pledges.
We judge from a cursory reading of
the World-Herald that it is having
trouble with the democratic legislators
in advance, or that at least it
fears an attempt will be made to defeat
the enactment into law of some of the
reforms promised. Air. Newbranch's
fearfulness is apparently justified.
There will certainly be an organized
effort made against the redemption of
each and every one of the important
platform pledges. This is inevitable.
The democratic party contains about
as many reactionaries, among the
leaders, as did the republican party
before the dethronement process began.
Ifjthe Omaha paper is really in earnest
in its crusade it has the same fight
ahead of it in the democratic party that
The News and other papers had 'a few
years ago in the republican organiza
tion. The democrats are going to have
more trouble redeeming their pledges
than did the republican legislature of
two years ago. The reason is plain.
Most of the interests that were hit by
the republican reform legislation lined
up with the democrats this year. The
men who were managing the demo
cratic campaign were glad of their
help. We do not know if in return they
mado any pledges, but knowing poli
ticians as we do, we have personally
little doubt but that some bargains
were struck that will bob up to distract
the legislators this session. If the
World-Herald were not owned by an
office-holder who has still more vault
ing ambitions its present good faith
would be above suspicion, but as long
as that is the case, it should not com
plain if men who know how politics is
run suspect its chief editor is open to
a compromise where his interests are
taken care of.
There are several platform pledges
that the democrats must redeem or be
convicted of both insincerity and in
capacity. There are others that if
redeemed will be serious mistakes of
state policy. We refer more especially
to the proposition to build another
agricultural college and to the one
promising a return to the tax dodging
scheme of precinct assessors. These
we shall debate later on. as they do
not constitute the important reforms
promised and had little or nothing to
do with formulating the result of the
election.
We have no partisan bius towards
the democratic legislature. We are
well aware that in the main it is made
up of patriotic, well-meaning men who
are interested in doing only what is
apparently best for the state. But it
is the leaders who shape the legislation
in our law-making assemblies, and there
are some among the democratic mem
bersand Douglas county has a bunch
of them in whose good faith and fealty
to the cause of the people we place no
credence. There is certainly work
ahead for the rank and file if they hope
to circumvent the schemers with whom
they must contend. Lincoln News.
What Others Say
WATER WAGON TO BE ENLARGED.
That old water wagon is becoming
more and more an aristocratic convey
ance. Now that the kaiser has climbed
aboard and joined company with Mr.
Taf t and President Eliot, it would seem
advisable to enlarge the vehicle and fit
it out with staterooms do luxe. New
York Tribune.
A divorce court decision that will
generally be conceded as being in the
right direction has just been handed
down by the St. Louis court of appeals.
A divorced man, whom the decree
obliged to pay alimony, in the course
of time married a second wife and
thereupon plead that he could not sup
port two families. Tho court held that
the second marriage did not release
him from the decree and he must also
continue to support the divorced wife
to the extent of $25 per month. A few
more like that won't hurt any. Grand
Island Independent.
TRUE TO HIS CLIENT.
Mr. Knox was a corporation lawyer
in Pittsburg before he became attor
ney general under McKinley, but that
did not prevent his delivering the most
effective blow yet given to railroad
combinations in the United States. He
took the government for his client the
minute he entered its service, just as
Elihu Root did. In the sameway-iB.
111 -jbUUA4i
ion the secretary
of state will be in complete harmony
with the president on all matters of
general policy, and with two such law
yers at Toft and Knox sitting side by
side in the cabinet meetings the country
will be in pretty good hands. Chicago
Tribune.
EXAMINES CONDITIONS.
Mr. Taft will have the general ap
proval the nation in his determination
to see Panama conditions for himself.
The nation is pledged to this work of
tremendous effort and immense cost,
and its honor is, in a way involved in
showing the world it can finish, the gi
gantic task it confidently undertook.
The forces both of nature and man
appear to be obstructing its successful
conclusion, but to the American spirit
opposition acts as a stimulant, and it
will not fail to oo so in , this case, in
which the wonderful possibilities for
the future of the whole world are con
cerned. To fail in the work from any
I standpoint would be an irremediable
i national humiliation. ' '
"Had dyspepsia or indigestion foci
eat distressed me terribly. Durdock
Blood Bitters cured me."- J. II. Walk,
er, Sunbury, Ohio.
$176,000 IN
BRIBERY FUND.
Sum Paid Pittsburg Councita
for Selection of Depositories.
BRIEF RESPITE FOR SUSPECTS.
Probable No New Steps Will Be Taken
Till After Holidays Promise Plenty
cf Money to '"Clean Up" City.
More Bankers May Be Involved.
Pittsburg, Dec. 25. That at least
$176,000 was paid councllmen for the
selection of certain bank depositories
for the city's funds has been almost
positively established through evi
dence submitted and statements fur
nished by the Voters' league and the
Scrauton detectives employed by the
league to give this city a municipal
house cleaning. Whether all of the
banks selected as depositories contrlb
uted to this fund' has not been estab
lished. Officers of but one bank have
so far been arrested and they are
charged with the payment of only f I?.
500 of the alleged bribery fund. That
other bankers are to be arrested Is
almost positively stated by those back
of the probe.
Mayor Guthrie, who refused to make
contracts with the banks, as author
ized by the councils, on the ground
that they were Illegal, said that the
selection of the depositories is void
because secured by bribery and fraud
and that the councils can set them
aside without the formality of court
proceedings. The period for which
the depositories were selected expires
early In February.
That other arrests are to be made
is practically admitted by all ton
eerned In the cases, but the present
intention is to let the matter rest until
after the holidays. Detectives are
still at work, however, and if devel
opments make it necessary officers
will close in upon the suspects before
the time now fixed by the league.
The Voters' league has been assured
of all the financial backing needed,
it was stated by Vice President II. IS.
V. English. The league depends
wholly upon voluntary contributions,
but Mr. English said any sum up to
$5i)(),i)oo can be secured any time it is
needed without effort, proffers having
been made by leading wealthy men of
the city.
WOULD TEACH ART OF FARMING.
Secretary Greene Wants It Made Part
of Public School Curriculum.
Des Moines, Dec. 25. Secretary
Wesley Greene of the Iowa Horticul
tural society wants every farm to be
a training school in the art of farm
ing, and ho recommends that the urt
of practical fanning be taught in the
public schools. To this end -he wants
every school house to have a certain
amount of land, which shall be culti
vated each year and the scholars
taught the art of farming in a man
lier which will show them the prac
tical side of agriculture. He would
have u male teacher and provlue a
dwelling on the. laud, the crop of the
land to go to the teacher. In this man
ner, Secretary'Greene believes, the in-,
teresi of the teacher and pupils would
be equal and the result would be bene
ficial to the youth or the stute. This
would prepare, the .student for the
state agricultural college and make it
much more popular thau it is at pres
ent. He thinks the crops raised would
go a long way toward paying the
teacher.
Death of Iowa Pioneer.
Creston
Ia., '.Dec.
25. Patrick
Sweeney, a wealthy retired farmer,
died at the home of his son, aged
eighty years, of cancer of the neck.
He came to Iowa fifty years ago and
has been a successful agriculturist.
Burned to Death in Barn.
Sioux City, . Dec. 25. Having acci
dentally set fire' with sparks from bis
pipe to the barn, where he was feeding
his horses, R. S. Jones, aged sixty,
well driller, was burned to death at
Kingsley.
TAFT MAY OPENJEW CHANNEL.
Effort Being Made to Have His Boat
Proceed Through Southwest Pass.
New Orleans, Dec. 23- To have the
vessel which will bear President Klect
Taft to this city from his Panama trip,
the first to use Southwest pass, at the
mouth cf the Mississippi river, is
planned bv the New Orleaus board of
ilanned bv tbe New uneaus noarn oi
rade. The war deparUneu.LU
CSrSmSmtTmi
. ,, .r1,i,.i,
t
v opened on the date on' which Mr.
Taft is to pass from the gulf to the
river. The work of bringing the
Southwest pass to a uniform depth of
thirty-five feet has been practically
completed.
Fines a Milwaukee Alderman.
Milwaukee, Dec. 25v--Fornier Alder
man Charles Jungman pleaded' guilty
to an indictment charging him with
bribery in connection with a special
ordinance . in 1903. He was fined $600
or an alternative or"1 eighteen months'
imprisonment. The fine was paid.
Gomez and Zayas Formally Elected.
Havana. Dec. 25. The presidential
electoral college met and formally cast
a unanimous vote for- General Jose
Miguel Gomex for president and Al
fredo ZyasforjricpresIdent. -
Everybody Looking.
Nearly everyone is looking to see
what is new on display in the way of
Christmas novelties. While; yod are
looking, don't fail to drop into Crabill's
jewelry and Bee Mrs. Howland'e beauti
ful line of hand-painted china. Brooches,
50c to $1.25; pin trays, 50c to $1.00;
plates, $1.25 to $10.00. Yom will
:fled -Juxttl - t.o,-coIicirarOi;ies, nut
bowls aud many other novelties especi
ally appropriate for Christmas gifts, tf
C. A. Marshall, dentist.
MAINS' LETTERJN EVIDENCE.
Paves Way to Show Events Which
Led to Slaying ef Annia.
Flushing. N. Y., Dec. 24. Nearing!
the close of its case against Thornton j
J. Halns, as a principal in the killing;
of William E. Annls. who was shot
dowa by Captain Peter C Hains last
summer, the prosecution brought out
a letter written by the defendant, thus
opening the way for Thornton Halns
lawyers to bring to light those inci
dents In Captain Halns' marital career
which brought about the tragedy. The
letter was written last June 'by the
defendant to Jordan Ripley. In It h?
characterizes Annie as a "rascal" andj
"scoundrel" and accused him of be-!
t raying his brother's wife.
Policeman Eugene Fallon testified j
that Thornton Halns, during the coro-i
ner's Inquest, declared to him of An
nls,"I would go down to bell and get
him and kill him over again."
MONEY TO SIXTY
PITTSBURG OFFICIALS.
Testimony In Bribery Case Shows
Graft System is Gigantic.
Pittsburg, Dec. 24. Pittsburg has
moved Into first place in corruption
and municipal graft. The record ot
San Francisco is left tar behind. Fur
thermore, it is stated, the sensatlouul
developments 'tere are mere prelim
inaries and thut subsequent proceed
ings agulnst additional councilmeu
and busluess men will startle the
whole country. From the testimony
offered In court It was hinted thai
over three score councllmen are "easy
to reach" with sums ranging from $lj
to $5. In the passage of one ordi
nance alone, it was testified that sixty
councllmen had divided $43,w. Tin
evidence showed that the graft ays
tern Is gigantic. The evidence was
brought out in the hearing of the sev
en councilmeu and two former bank
officials arrested on charges of brlb
ery.coi rupt solicitation and conspiracy.
W. V. Ramsey and A. A. Vllsa.k.
former president and cashier of the
German National bank, were first ar
raigned. It was testified that they
had beeu approached by Councilman
John Klein, one of the accused, win
stated the bank would be a depositor
for the city's funds if it "wouh; do a
other ianks have done." After sev
eral conferences the bankeis pljt;d
$17,500 on a table in a room of tni !
bank. Councilman Klein and a com i
pa n ion entered the room and left in a
rhort time. The bankers then visited
the room and, it was said, the money
was gone. The bankers were held iu
$14,000 bail each.
The seven councllmen. President
Brand and Members Klein, HoT.l.
Watson. Melaney and Fergusou of the
common council and Atkiuson of the
select were then called. The princi
pal witness was Robert Wilson, a prl
vate detective, who testified that lie
engaged a room lu a hotel, aud rut
holes iu the walls of an adjoining
room. Then a series of meetings
were arranged with couueiiiueii. Ilia
assistant, Herbert Jones, posed as a
business man desiring certain ordi
nances passed and during Lis confer
euees with the couuciLnien Wilson and
a stenographer were stationed iu the
next room, making a full record of the
transactions.
During these conferences, he said.
Councilman Klein had much to say
regarding how completed the cun
ells were controlled. He also declared
that Klein and Brand each accepted
$500 from Jones la payment for secur
ing the passage of an ordinance.
Councilman Klein. Wilson testified,
said that the councilmeu had differ
ent prices. Some counciloien wanted
$100, some $73. some $23 and some $3.
It was also possible, the witness said,
to secure some rotes In returu for a
suit of clothes or street car tickets, j
All the accused men were held for1
trial and released on bond.
UNITED STATES BACKS GOMEZ.
j
Serds Warshipe and Resumes Friendly ;
Relations With Venezuela.
Washington, Dec. 24. After eight
months the United States has resumed
friendly relations with Venezuela, and
William I. Buchanan has left on the
cruiser North Carolina to visit that
country, look into the situation aud
make a report. The report he will
make to the state department will de
cide whether the l-nited States will'
accord formal recognition to the new
government. It has not yet beea fully
established that the uoiuez govern
merit will maintain control without
m
JLw-aWertasgy f -
lfflpTn
disorder may arise is indicated in the ;
request for an American warship at , nrj
request for an American warsnip
La Guaira, to which this government
has promptly responded.
Secretary Root was pleased wueu
he announced that President Gomez
wanted to iettle satisfactorily all in
ternational questions. Some signifi
cance was attached to the fact that
Mr. Root had referred to Gomez as
president, and this was taken to indi
cate that it is all over with the Castro
government.
Tbe general impression is that the j
new order of things will open the way !
Aa.. wk thia ..n..r.
try, Holland and France.
Pope Receives Bishop ScanneM.
Rome, Dec. 24. -The pope received
Rt. Rev. Richard ScanneM. bishop o5
Omaha, in private audience. ' i
This fa mn Caoy Teat. !
Sprinkle Allen's Foot-Ease in one
f hoe and not in the other, and notice
the difference. Just the thing to use
when rubbers or overshoes become ne-:
cessary, and your shoes seem to pinch, j
Sold, everywhere, 25c. Don't accept !
any substitntej
i
Photo post cards of Taft at Platta- j
mouth. Now on sale Ten different;
views at 5c each. Nemetz & Co. next j
to P. O. t
INQUIRY HITS
ALLPACKERS.
Government Plans to Reopen
"Beef Trust" Case.
DETAILS ARE KEPT A SECRET.
District Attorney Sims Announces'
That Methods of Big Packing Firms'
Will Be Gone Into Thoroughly in
present Investigation.
Chicago, Dec. 2C. Iu addltiou to
the inquiry In regard to shipping rates
i and possible rebates. United States
! District Attorney Sims announced tbat
the methods of the big packing firms
would be gone into thoroughly in the
present -investigation. Special ageut !
of the interstate commerce commU
sion. as well as secret service ai? ni
who work directly under the depart
ruent or justice, are prepared, aecid -
lng to the district attorney, to gtve
the results of their Investigation i U
the grand Jury. These officials tu.f
ueen trying 10 ueieruuue
tacit agreements between packers as.
to the rtxluguf prices and the divi
of territory for distribution have l.e-n
in systematic operation.
"This is no mere "Ashing- ext.. -
dlUon. said Mr. Sims, "tte Know .
what we are going after, although ve j
are not pel mitred by the nature '!' the
inquiry to state what it is. W axe:
not merely starting a little : in ;
which iwickers or railrrads a:.- con-:
cerned iu the hope that i ar un
earth some information which t!l l
of value to be used as a h-is !r a
new and more extensive invent Ration.'
The federal grand jury will i-nnvene
Monday, and in addition to Hie rate
inquiry the investigation is said to iu j
elude an attempt to show that thej
spiiit of the law which prohibits agree
ments on prices of product ha hr-en ;
violated in various market.
No witnesses from packing concerns
other than Nelson Morris tic Co U4vi
so far beeu summoned, but the U '
nesse- already subpoenaed will kcef j
tho -rand jury busty uurtfi Hie create- j
part of nest week.
CLEMENCY FORMWIFE SLAYER.
James Lane is Liberated From State
Reformatory at Anamosa.
lies Moines, Dec. 20. At the ae of
seventy-two years, aud bowed by a
long confinement, Jatne Lane . lib
erated tioni the stale reformatory at
Anainosa. where he was committed for
murder and where he would have iecn
confined until 1913 if he lived, had it
not been for the clemency of the re
tiring governor. A. U- Cummings. Hi
sentence wa-? commuted on Chri&tmas
day and treedom came as a wek.nn-
present lo him. lie hastened to thei
home of one of his sons in Minnesota, j
one of tho piovlsions of hi release,
where he will spend the remainder of
Lis life. Lane was convicted of kill
ing lii wife
I-r cent, iu the volume of j- of
Autoists Win Legal Point. j jtlllir.9!i ,,u ; i; (..., rber
Des Moiues. Dee. A ruling of! j grUral agreement that fiuCtS
the I'olk county dlatrl. t court that ; tae b-eu tetrea-ie.. owing to
will be of interest to automoMle uAn j .r, ,ju i f imall orders lar.ih ti.
era all over the stale has just :evu j ,.,,, jnJ tuiiiriK of nr'.t e- t. aura, t
made. Several auto owner- were ar t buine-.
rested aud lined iu police coutl here, Kailure-t for Ue week nuUi' lj,.
for liot havlu led liahls on Ihc rear. Wheat et..ris for l!ie wee J4,'f
eud of their car. They appealed and iAt, z.xzt.'l busheU Ci-rn et,rl
the district court holds the lower toast , f1r jit ie 3.3I Lush?
erred. The law reads that the auto'
shall have a white U.ht m front and a . CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISOS.
red light oil tbe reverse sid- the w'
district court interpreted Ibis to: fature d, t,e Djy . Traj,rj ,
mean Ihal the led liht should he on' r . .
... i , Closing QriOtations.
the reverse side of the trout wl.ite(
light and UOt OU the levet.- xi.ie of! Chicago. !--. 2i Wet eA L,r iu
the autom.bile. J Argentioe imparted .treagth io
. wheat market here toiay, fleai tuta
Places Ban on Eastern Stock. 'Hons hoing net aafni ;t -ij'r-Des
.Molues. It 2i. i;.vernri Coin, oat.- antl provi..iu cio1 e
Harst Iisk issued a troIamanu tr- C'!o-t:si pii-s:
! hibillng the impoitatlou :un ihe tate
1 of all aniinais from the .tate nt e
j York. Maryland. Pennylvau;a. New
Jersey ami Michigau unless tu-y have
been inspe:ted by the state eirin;t
rian and pronounced all right. Tl.it i-.
because of the !Xit aud mouth disease
spreading amont; cattle in t?ue
lowans to Inaugural.
Des MoiDes. Dec. fleu-rat J. t.
Bell, who is to be thief riiar'hcl of
Ihe inaugural parade ia Watliiuctou
in March, has written to r.i-t n-ir
Garst ftr information regar.liMs ttie
size of the Iowa delgai ioit aini ihr
names of the governor's ij(T. a- I:
F. Carroll will be governor a' that
'tim Um;
4a ' -'TL,r t .i
er to bilU. i
argls Jury Still Out.
Irvine. Ky.. Dee. 26. Twelve mioub-
tain men. ia whose hands r.t th
fate of Beaci Hargis. on trial for the
murder of Judge James Hargis. bis
father, were sent back by Judge Ad
ams after they had reported that they
could not agree. Judge Adaoia told
them that be must leave Irvine for
another point this afternoon and sent
them back o think it over aM retnro
a verdict today.
General Fevrier Dead.
Grenoble, Fraace, Dec. 2:.
Jenersl
Fevrier, who was a grand chancellor
of the Legion of Honor at the time of
the Panama scandals, and who re
signed July tJ. 1S93, la consequence
of a vote of censure passed upon him
In tbe cha;aber of deputies, as a re-
suit of the canal question, is ileaj.
Hero io Relief For Women.
If you have pains in the back. Uri-, ftn .rpmtlic peasant lh cure for
nary. Bladder or Kidney trouble. andiwomin.. i;Lj ci,ihJ MJier G
want a certain, pleasant herb cure for j AU ST KALI AN-LEAF. It is the or !v
woman's ills, try Mother Cray's Aus-
tralian - Leaf
U IS?-- nfv.Pr 1 neeajjjjackacbe; KiL?i Bladder
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EI3NES9TA W1MS TAX SLMTS.
Bupreme Court Molds Three Per C-ent
Cross Earnings Ta Va'id Law.
St. Paul. ivr. :3. Th- : a
uoublf victory iu Ita ipr-.t ctxirt
when thar e-ourt tnnoanifl .!r oos
ia Its favor la t.orh tu CVcajo C-ei
Wes-ern and Great Northern, railway
tax caes The cojrt u;So'it tia valid
ity or ta 'nrressieg rf te rs'lH-t
gross earnings rat irrm 1 to 4
cent, wh'ch the railmal haj af-anad
as unconstitutional.
Attorney General Younf persuaa'.ly
fought th ra'.lrrtsd's contention that
they oi:ld not be made to a g-o
earning ta larger tbaa itie 2 tr
i rut, ihlh M provided for a their
territorial charter.
The ;ret Northern hi. uu.iL4i:
iuo!es shout $120.77.i: f r lvS
iate. The Great Wstrn U
olved touT $J2.U0. Th atiojat ml
stake to the :te tieaiurt. hower.
is really more than S t ".. er. If
the decision is sustained by tl I BiV
ed State supreme court, to a'ch It
wiil undoubtful? U tKa!e.J.
GIFTS TO WALLSTREEF WORKED.
:
t Ne York Stock Exchange Subrca
$16,000 for Employee.
v Yurk r ... Va-: rt
observance of Chr!tus :a
L u Ufgf dUuit,utluU :
, .... Uutlri u
. LU-
tbe New
. . d b -x.hM-. tibr:'-U IU,
Stovk exchange jbir:vj
: , fuf th 4 eful(llJ Th A:3-.
., ja KjlchutJi;tf NuTU.n.1 buuk .tuu.d
, a uf ,,,,;, lh t-,.,. .
lionjlbauk and rae Nat: au: t bsti
iuiod salaries all snxiftj T!.e Oiens
it-.i i National bank ne etu - Is
pv: tr-is uf the.r sslry; tbe ("' a'itt
National .,at.k and 'he ttiiMr--t sad
Tr.i ..-it l.auk per ient. J. I, tt.r
p.Tit t"o.. ;t wa rep.Ht-t. ;!
a l i-iii!. f 3- per ent if their :rls
to nM e:i:t--t ee. Tb' Dlhf'i t!l !
e;e tn.M 13 t p-r ten l.
TRADE REVIEW
FOR THE WEEK.
Bradstreet's Says Holiday Busi
ness Exceeds Last Year's.
New York. Dec. 3. UrJ:ret s
ay: Holiday trade eipaaJed f'i:thr
and reached its maximum tb: week.,
with a majority of ttle ivpocicg
this i lass of busioea larger thsa
year ag . A teport of the n.i ir
makes it larger thaa fast year by
inn the aggregate ntin va'ue t
smaller owing lo r'.tejp-r grade f
good bought. Ia h!esa!t so t Jvb
ting lines the week has bea a (julet
one. with the poa!e exef!(i wT
S'.ap'e oo!s, which f,ae bti mot 4
well at the highest prices of the ;tr
Attrition iu wholesale line is largHr
colic nt iatel nil ;nen'.orles aal i ici-
jariyu
ui-s.
as to ihe entire jear busi
A to ihi latter, there l er
geueral agreement that bi butlSMi
in tti- later mouth of the year h.wl
to swell the turn-over. thc is m .jr
tepriljl-' ie tM. faDg.ng friu . t
V. het -I ee.. J
't. Ma. Si ui'.
y t July.
i 'of u L- .. . Ma. c,'-', .
t)as Dee "."c; Ma . il mc.
I'.irU Ijn. Ilk ;':1..: .Uj. SI 4...
lair l Jan . Mi, !;;',
Kit.s lau . Jj;. Mi. SKZ'd
Cl.i. j;n t'a.-h Pti e u. J tlmsi
wliea; l ".: I.i'i: Nti. tfi. iT'
Ecjtrt Omaha Live Stick.
South Ouiaia. Ue. . J4. -(; f k
lf';ts. .: I'l-flic h;gUe' kat.f
rr. J !. tt 7 t. ana lv:rra.
J.'.T tt J.O't : wesiera ;eer. li ti'
.!'. Teia sfers I i .t , -u.
uei. $i.f'-j . aiockers t-
nut, att.ei- i tcr
heavy. $Si.7; imixxI, ; ti.4 i. ,
light. $j.l')5.; pig tZ.Zi
bulk of sal-. Ji4 JlrJ. Hhee, -ceipts.
2.7"; artive. trouger; e-r-Iiag..
$4 s"vs.O"; e.rs. tt
4.7i; ewe-.. $2C"fj4; lamLs. till
t?:.2- j
Chicago Live S ck.
ChirjgO. DH . :. CJ 1 Ke, eipt,.
$.W; strong lo l"c ftgher.
ti.C-i'J 7.'f: ), Uitr
12.50 U 4.'.': !:'.:s. S : 7. t. .: cal
$25rH.7i: vt-x-kers 4fee-ler. f
if J ". Hn -Kr npi; t i&
lilcher; c'roice le-avy si.pp'.rg.
7,.SZft .'.'; Mrcher. ') $i.7iis;
'.UUt mie '. l"J i 4 j h : l.g!.
I'.l lit j.ui: .ai kers. $5. 'J ft i 7i : p!.
J.i-"'ui 1'.: i'i'k of sal-i, ti tji.ti.
Sheep Kecelpt.
Ura
$ t t -.: Un! i;
'.Irs tl
fT.75 rsx-
Every Woman Will e klaresteo-.
There l.aa rerentlv hei di av.i4
cerUin regulator. Cure
s r.fTle weak.
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