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brought complaint against Mother
Jones and accused her of declaring
that the unions were responsible for
child labor in the south. Mother Jones
denied the charge, but said she had
denounced the members of the unions
for voting for candidates of the old
parties whom they knew favored child
labor. The , convention decided that
the chairman of the local union mak
ing . the charge and Mother Jones
"should kiss and make up."
The farmers over in Illinois erected
an elevator and tried shipping their
own grain. They got their grain to
Chicago all right, but there-it was
side-tracked for weeks and they could
get no returns. Now they are prose
cuting some men for conspiracy. But
it will all amount to nothing. There
is- no way out of this business except
the government ownership of rail
roads. Other nations own the rail
roads, why can't this nation own them
and stop this universal robbery of
those who produce? The railroads
could have had that., grain unloaded
very quick if they had wanted to.
There are thousands upon thousands
of poor people in the United States
who are unable to pay the exorbitant
price charged for coal and suffer and
die for the want of it The death
rate among the poor in all .the large
cities, so the boards of health say.
has increased from 30 to 40 per cent
on account of the lack of coal. This
condition has been brought about by
the violation of the statute law in ev
ery state where it has occurred and is
in direct antagonism to the common
law. The men whom the people have
elected to office have refused to en
force the laws. The chief offender is
Attorney General Knox. On his head
rests the blood of thousands. He has
produced ten times the wreck and
ruin that "Hell Roaring" Jake Smith
did in the Philippines.
Colonel Lynch, who commanded the
Irish brigade during the Boer war,
lias been tried for high treason and
sentenced to be hung. His defense
was that he had renounced his al
legiance to Great Britain and had been
naturalized as a citizen of the Boer
republic. The. court held that a citi
zen could not expatriate himself dur
ing war and join the enemy. It is
said that his sentence will be com
muted to imprisonment. There are
several thousand . British subjects in
South Africa who joined the Boers
during the war and they have all
been pardoned.
Large numbers of cattle are dying in
northern Nebraska from ergot poif
oning. The ergot appears in large
quantities in the wild rye which al
ways appears in the native hay. The
wet, cold season is responsible for the
ergot.
AD NEWS OF WEEK. . . . . .
The Nebraska legislative tax com
mittee held an open meeting at the
Undell hotel Wednesday evening. At
torney Walter J. Lamb of Lincoln
discussed the question of tax sales,
and Dr. Victor Rcsewater spoke on
the question of double taxation. Dr.
Roaewater favored assessing encum
bered property and the encumbrance
as a unit in effect exempting mort
gagee and other evidences of debt, and
simply legalizing what is done now
to a great extent. His argument was
convincing to those who can see the
futility of attempting to make a large
portion of personal property the sub
ject of taxation but the committee
believed it would be a very unpop
ular law. The feature of the meeting
was the argument of Attorney J. H.
Mcintosh of Omaha, who has distin
guished himself in his work in behalf
of the Omaha Real Estate Exchange
in its efforts to enforce the revenue
laws.
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We intend to clear out at once the remainder of our fin
winter's stock of Cloaks at the extraordinary reduction of
half price. These are none of them last season's garments
but were all bought for this winter's business.
To get your cloak at this low price you must be among the
first. Come up on the second floor and see the collection of
styles and materials offered; or if you cannot visit the store
in person, write us your size, your preference in color, length
and material, and your cloak will be sent by return mail.
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...H2 Misses' Cloaks...
WOMEN'S.
9 worth $3, for $1.50
7 worth 3.50 for 1.75
0 worth 14.50 for 2.25
88 worth $5.00 for. 2.50
15 worth $6.00 for 3.00
9 worth $7.50 for 3.75
.5 worth $8.50 for 4.25
16 worth 9.00 for 4.50
40 worth $10 for ... 5.00
8 worth $15 for 7.50
3 worth $16.50 for i 8.25
18 worth $20 for. . , 10.00
2 worth $22.50 for 11.25
8 worth $27 50 for. 13.75
4 worth $30 fo" 15.00
2 worth $35 for 17.50
Velvet Monte Carlos.
2 worth $30 for 15.00
1 worth $27.50 for 13.75
Velvet Blouses.
1 worth $18 for...' 9.00
1 worth $20 for 10.00
1 worth $25 for. 12.50
HISSES'.
52 worth $10 for 5.00
13 worth $12.50 for. 6.25
9 worth $6.75 for... 3.3S
7 worth $13.70 for 6.85
Long Cloaks.
15 worth $18 for 9.00
8 worth $20 for 10.00
6 worth $25 for 12.50
2 worth $16.50 for 8.25
Lincoln, Neb. MILLER & PAINE.
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Mr. Mcintosh believed that Nebras
ka has one of the best constitutions
for equitable taxation; and one o".
the best revenue laws if a few slight
amendments be made. He favored
what The Independent has urged all
along: That the foolish 5-miil limit
for general fund state purposes be re
moved, because the state board cannot
lawfully levy more taxes than neces
sary, and it .ought to be given power
to do what other provisions of the
law require levy enough to meet the
legislative appropriations, which can
not be done at present with a 5-mill
limit
He then spoke in favor of giving
Omaha and other cities their consti
tutional right to assess for municipal
purposes all property within their re
spective jurisaictions. He very clear
ly showed that the mileage plan
'"works all right for state and county
taxes, but for municipal purposes the
"distributed" Omaha terminals wholly
escape municipal taxation. It was in
deed amusing to watch the railroad
representatives on the committee try
to tangle hm up. Douglas of Rock,
bears of Burt, and Sweezey of Adams,
were especially "dense." Vhey just
couldn't understand what the gentle
man was driving at. They asked all
eorts of questions, but Mr. Mcintosh
was ready with his answers. He was
not worried over the question of rail
road valuations; all Omaha wanted
was her constitutional rights; it was
a question between the railroads and
the city taxing power; but for munici
pal purposes alone Omaha claimed the
right to do her own assessing of the
railroads in Omaha.
Out of over a million dollars city
taxes in Omaha the Union Pacific pays
only $070, excluding the taxes on
headquarters and shops. Douglas,
Sears and Sweezey seemingly couldn't
see any injustice in that, even if the
terminals there are worth a good
many millions. Baldwin had told them
these terminals were "distributed"
and they professed to believe him.
A new hat to a nickel cigar that
Omaha doesn't get an amendment from
this legislature which will ultimately
allow her to assess railroad property
for city purposes. Are there any
takers?
The Other Fellow Drunk
Editor Independent: An article in
this week's issue (January 22) entitled
"Cannot Reason" reminds me of a
soldier who belonged to my company
in the civil war. This soldier once got
"full" and while in that fix was ap
proached by a comrade younger than
himself who asked if he could help
him. The reply of the soldier who
was "full" astonished the other as
he said, while tears rolled down hH
face, "Oh, Frank! the last words your
mother said to me when we left home
was 'Take good care of my boy and
don't let him get in bad company,' and
here you are as drunk as a fool."
The editor who penned that article
seems to suppose that every "stay-at-home"
voter knows what a good man
Mr. Thompson is and his reasoning is
about as logical as that of the drunk
en soldier, while the truth is that Mr.
Thompson was measured by his own
party's rule. There are many good
men in the democratic party, also in
the republican party, and the only
wonder is how they can be so good in
so bad a crowd. Don't call a man a
lunatic. If you do, be sure you are
sane first W. C. STARKEY.
Violet, Neb.
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pared to this machine, as It is not
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readers to the company's catalog men
tioned in the advertisement elsewhere
in our paper.
Owensburg (Ky.) Messenger: And
the beef trust incorporating in New
Jersey, capital $3,000,000. merely adds
another horn to the Knoxian dilemma.
But, bless you! The administration
would just as soon be on one horn aa
on the other, and in a pinch could
even straddle both.