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COUNCIL ULm'l
. } OFFICE , . NO. 12 EAith STnEET
4 Dtlvt by enrrIr 10 Iny part of the c11 ,
H. W TITON , Le8see.
t 'EIEI10NC8Jualnus ofce , No. U : nIgh
.lor , No 2
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Grand hotel , ( ouncl Blurs ( , rerpenCl Oct. 1.
11nyno Ieal slalo I agency , 639 Droadway
Grace Sunll.ty school will htve their
. hrMmRs ) Iron and en\erlalnllent wl this evenIng .
. . In" In he I gull room of the 'church. )
James Matheson has received word of the
death of his slhlcr , Irf. Sherman Jewctt . at
k . JarUorll , Inn The remains \ 1 be burled
today at Monlcelo , In.
"The ( 'harity BaB" Is the attraction for
the evening nt DO13nY'K ! opera housc. Thl'
Is One of 1'rohman'8 , besL Illnys ; ) , Is Ilrcsenlet
by nn excellent company anti the opera house
shell bo crowded.
HArmony Chapter , Order of the Fasler
Stnr , heM , a Public Inslalaton of olcers
last o\'enlnl , folowell hy a supper and
( social , Quito a nUlber of frlcuth of tile
order were preenl
cliff 10uch Ifcll I lot of profane and
abKcene epithets ou the street InsL eVening
In exprcsslng hil srnUlcnls ns 10 Officer
IlellOnler door hallpelet to ovCrhrnr
hIm ant Cliff's nlle HOW adorns the polcu
.
" reelsler.
John Short went 10 Omaha Ionlbler -
t noon and was edifying a crowd of peep ' e
on a street corner with ono of his harancue3
when the polce gathered him In. lie was re.
leased after conshlefble trouble In hustling
for lltIl.M.
. A nUlhcr of drunken rowdies upset a
. ' . . fve. . galen cnn ot gasolnC : 11 front of P.
' last
OunnO\lO'R store on Lower Main street
. . eveiiing and set fre to it. Quite a little
. lllazo was created , and the fro department
had to he called out II orller 10 I.r\'enl tile
frame buildings In the vlclnll front being
Igulted. Thc damage was slight.
The ehalpion Illa'ers of the Council Blurs
J Whlsl club wi co to Sioux City next Tuesday -
day to take part In the interstate lourna-
meul. SOle of tile "slay at homes" are
getting . a good deal of 6ntsfaeton out of the
fact that within the past few Ilnys ! Ole of
thrm haw succoedeit In worRII ! some of the
champions , who have been dolll a good deal
of strutting Iaily.
. He\ E. \ \ ' . Alcn returned yesterday from
) .p a trip of len days 10 Buffalo , N. Y. le has
received a cal 10 Iccole the pastor of a
church In that elly. The otTer Is a some .
what tempting one to nn ambitious young
man , as ho would have R wealhy church
backing him In his erorls , Council Bluffs
can ill afford to Iue him , and the universal
hope of llls congregation and friends Is that
ho may decldo to remain here.
Wo have $100.000 'to loan upon Improved
farms In Iowa and will lai , all the gilt-
_ tdped loans offered at low rates. 'Ve do ;
, ' . nbt.want wild lands. and will not loan In Ne-
brask LouRc & Towle.235 Pearl street.
Domestic soap breaks hard wat r.
. ' : J'RISOX.t. ; i'titin.iriis.
J. S. 1alb rt line gone to Florida to spend
the wlntcr , -
Mrs. Dr. Dcaty of Dunlap Is the guest
of her sister , Mrs. .1. H. Purcell.
MI 9 Thee Wedcn ! of Missouri Is In the
city , the guest of her sister Mrs. E. E.
Mayne
, D. L. Garrison expects to leave shortly
' for a southern trip accompanied by Ed Mc-
Kesson.
Miss Werdna Keller of Hal Springs S. D. .
t visIting In the city . the guest of Mr ant
lrs. Wiiam Mosie.
. Mrs. W. F. Sapp has returned from an
' \ < eastern trip , accompanied by Mrs. Nellie
. Bangs Shelton of ChIcago.
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i' " ' Chief Nletlhon of the fire department Is
a grandfather a ten-lound ) son havIng nr-
t , rIved at the home of his son , Will Nicholson.
_ hi , J. Lee , who has until recently been
doia reportorial work on the . Globe , has
. dolnj
' gone , to Chlcl enl his , plaae Is now fled
' by Fred M. LoomIs lately of the Lincoln
' \ ( , I JalL .
' . - Justice n. H Fled ! has received a letter
't annomclng ! the election of his son-In.law ,
, ll Mayor W. 1 Getdls of Grand Island , to
4 Il the ofco of clerk of the Nebraska house of
rt representatives.
ii E. Darst w has returned from huntington -
ton . Ore. , and Is a guest of his brother , Dr.
t , J. hi. Dnrstow , for a fe' days. He has
C been having more serIous trouble with a limb
14 that was injurl a number of years ago , and
It Is feared that another amputation wIll be
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2 hn r nrv.
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, k D. L. Curtis of Chicago , representIng the
'frl ' of Camp Dros. of that city , Is the
guest of Dr. P. J. Montgomery and family.
L'lt evening a number of music lovers were
Invited In to hear him sing. He has a fine
$ baritone voice , ali the songs he sang were
) greatly enjoyed by thol who heard him.
Dourlclus' music hOUS3 has few expenses :
, hIgh grade plnna are sold reasonably. lG
Slntsman street
Ground oil cake $1.30 hM. at Morgan &
Co.s drug store , 134 Broadway.
eeo1 , , em"11' '
1" The Oraml holel'as the scene of a
brilliant affair Monday night , the second
"assembly" of the season , A large crowd of
the elect gathered there and dnncell the
' hours Iway merrly to Iho music of a fine
' , orchcstra. 'Fhie ladles were charmingly
: gowned , the decorations of ferns , holly , red
roses , ehrysnlhemums very elaborate . and
nil the arrangements so well planned that
the evening was one of tare enjoyment from
the first lance 10 the "homo" waltz. The
following were present : Messrs. tutu Mes-
doilies Don Macrae . er . Lucius'elts . J. L. ,
Stewart , Wiiam Moore . C. E. Ii. Campbell .
G. A. 'froutman , I. M. Trcynor , ' \ ' . 1" . Sapp
, W. J. Jamison , \V S , Ulnmocle , Ionl-
¶ , . goruiery , A. W. Casady F' . S. Pusey . Fl
l , Iougeo. D. ! . Snrgenl , V. ' . 1. Shepard , Wool
, Allen 'V. A. Maurer , II. CummIngs . J. U.
Carlisle , II. I' Barrett . D. L. Hess , ranle
Wrlghl , J. N. lallwln , m. J ; Olhen , Graves ,
0 , T. Stewart , E. " ' . Hart Wi'Ylan of
Omaha. Mesdames Lyman 11M son of Dubuque - !
buque , McCune , Shelton of Chicago Herbert
of Omaha. Misses Montgomery , Babcock ,
Butts , Clsally , Wiclchiain Palerson , Bennett ,
.i , - Ooason , Keller . Webster , Oliver . Joke , Vln-
" . pent . Aylesworlh , Murphy , Wootwarll , Stew.
art , Dewey of Omahl , Clark of low.t City ,
Messis . Everett , Smith , C.sadyViclthinni ,
l ellen ! , Iell , Palenon , Zermuclen , 10w.
man , Shepard , W'rIghit'oodbury , Dawson ,
Metcalf , Grl/th. Mayne , hlaas . Gerner ,
Murphy Whlelnw , Brown , Paxton , WOOI ,
Ogllen , Thomas Bowmau , 'j'lnlc , Sieimnan ,
Clark , Orick , Smih , nOano UIII Garman of
' \2maha , Blss , Dele Stewart , Dares of St.
\ J'lul.
Telephone No. 4i 6 for A. n. T. messengers
wagons Dr carrlnges. No 23 Main Sl.
11103 cilu : oil ICC
The latc.t thing In the way of amusement
Is bl yeln on the Ic ! V'or the past . fev
. days a nuuber , : of wheelnen of the city have :
been making trips 10 Iake Ianawa , where
the ice l Is as smoth as glass , anti covered
, with a layer of dust just thick enough to
keep the tires from slipping. Yesterday
about 100 1IIIaiure seekers spent the day
there , sonu' of them skatIng , anti others rld- !
tieir 'he the moolh surface. It
lug WhiefiS over 1
luG \lelr }
Is' described as great sport The roul : be.
tween the city and the lake Is now In first
class condition for rIUn !
. . , , . _ , Marriage LteeuuicI.
The following marriage licenses were Is'
sued the clelk '
by county yesterday :
Name alll nldress. Age.
AlberJ A. nllre , Council luls. . . . . . 23
Mary A. Itllow , Council Bluffs . . . . . . . 2 ,
I } . , If. Prior Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
, ( , a'telu Higher , Council Blur ! . . . . . . . . . 21
, Morris Parker , l > otlwatumle counl ) . . . 21
Mary AI lelent , lollwltlmle county . 1
n. I. " ' \laml Potawltamle . county . . 23
1 1 MOSI , l'otlawattainie county . , . . . . . :
' M is. IttouniCra " 'oler.ll.
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t * The burial If Mrs. Amelia 100mer will
, ' . take place lt SI. Paul's church thIs afternoon
12:0 : o'clock. At the house a brief service
wil i b said a : :30' : o'clock I Is requested
that all persons who wish to view the reo
'etalna wl come to tie residence between
It , nd 2 o'clock , A memorial discourse wi
" d.lvere4 al the clurcb a I early day.
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NE\\ \ \ FRO1 1 COUNCIL BLUFFS' . '
Council Btufa & Lake Manwa Motor .
. Line las Struck 1 Snag ,
TERMINALS AT TiE lAKE THE TRCUBlE
lien Marks all the Company 'lmbIc to
AJrco 11 thl I'rlco 01 tIle I..uul .
Uncl by the Pointer RII ,
WRntcd by the J.aUcr ,
,
The Council luri & Lake Ianawa Eiec-
trls railway project Is apparently at a standstill '
still , owing to the failure cf the stock hold-
ers In the company to come to an agreement I
with len Marks on the question of lermln : !
lrltl owns all the land on the lake shore
that Is considered suitable for terminals. lie
claims the company wants him to give all he
has , and In thai way lose all the benefit he
would naturally derive from the operation of
the new raiway , while the company claims
It Is willing to pay him whatever Is right , but
he refuses to put a price on his land.
Dy the laws of the tate lal1 can be con-
Ilelnell for right of way , but not for
termInals , 8 that nothing can be gained
hy condemnation proceedings. The comJny
has secured another Iloslponemenl from the
Board of Supervisors who have still 10 grant
I a rIght of way between Ihe corporlle
limits of the two towns , anti It Is hOlled that
by the end of next week affairs will be In
elicit shape that the desired action out the
part of the board may be taken
ShootIng i'cripa lit Cresccn' .
There was n shooting scrape near Crescent
City Monday afternoon. William Johnrn
and Charles Kles , whie and colored , respectIvely -
Ively , were cutting wood on shares for a
farmer nmCI Morrh'cn Some dispute arose
and he ordered them off the place. They
went , but ca1e back , whereupon ! Iorrlsnn , It
Is l saul , brouJhl out a shotgun and threal-
cued to shoot them If they did not stay away
Then came the situating , but the accounts
differ as 10 who Illl it. Jonon and {
claIm that Morrison shot II them , hut {
ran so felt that his le.tlony Is nol worlh
11lh. : Iorrlson claims that John&ol told
Kles to shot him , and that Hues tll so.
Warrants were swcrn out against Iorrlson
anti Johnson , anti they were both arrested.
lorrlRon gave bonds , and Johnson was
brought by un omcer 10 this city nIl lakel
to the county jail. Kles , all this tIme , had
been running his legs off , ant he beat the
Norlhwe3tern trln Into the city. lie went
to the sherlrs office at Iho court house , and ,
with u face that was ahunoeL pale from fright ,
demanted the protection ! of that omcini.
Shortly titter he arrived the officer Clle In
wIth Johnson , whereupon Sheriff Hazen concluded -
cluded to keep Kles as well. Johnson and
the colered man claim that Iorrlson has repeatedly -
Ilealetly drIven his hired len or the place
al the point of a gun , refusing If pay them
the wages that were due them.
Shtrld'1 ' Cittil.
This new coal from Wyoming for sale
only by Ii. A. Cox 37 Main street. Telephone
4g. Ask for circuiars
Davis sells drugs , paInts and glass eh ap.
'asherwomen use Domestic soap.
I'leked VI ) I ) ' the I'IIiCe.
John Hulbert , a "oo.slzell brother of the
far-famed Josle Iulberl , stole a pair of
skates from a smaller boy , John Stokes , Ion.
day afternoon while they were skating on
Indian creele Hulbert , It Is claimed , threw
the other boy down and took the skates off
his feet by force. He was arresled by Ofcer
Fowler , who found the skates hidden under
3 manger In the barn. Young Hulbert last
week was arrested for stealing some goods
from the Boston store. Judge McGee gave
hIm fourteen days In the county Jai yesterday -
day morning and mentioned the reform
school , whereupon young lulbert burst Into
a symphony or bOO-hOOS ( hal shook the win-
'
dews
James Morris , who announced himself a
soldier In Mulligan's IrIsh brigade stole a
sull of underclothing from M. Marcus for
the purpose of getting a term In jail.
Charles Lolel and Harry Egbert stole a I
box of underclothing at the Doton store I
Monday night , and were arrested yesterday. '
Lolel was fined $ rO and coats for using pro-
fane langnnge In police court , but after serv-
lug six days , hIs sentence was suspended
durIng good behuavlor Ho will have two
e r.ge. to confront hint this . .n ! rl lng. , .
Ell Drumsleln WI Inel , 1,6U for being
too enthusIastic at the Free Methodist serv-
Ies last Sunday night.
Try Eagle laundry 721 Broadway , for good
work. Our medium gloss finish can't be
beat , blt we to strictly hand work domestic
fnIsh ; when preferred. Telephone 167.
The laundries use Domestic soap. ;
Anolher Outrage by Toughs.
Dick Landon , Sely HOURh and a companIon -
Ion named Cook , celebrated New Year's day
by getting gloriously drunk at the Iergen
saloon , on South MaIn street . Then they
wandered over into L H. MossIer's back
yard , where he hall some chickens. Mossier
came out to see what was the mater , all
finding who were there , ordered them off
the premises. Instead of going away Cook
picked up IL big stick of stove wood and
struck MossIer on the heat , Inlctng a big
gash. omeor'oolf chasM them up Main
street , bUl they mlnacell 10 Ret away from
him. This gang has been guilty of , a dozen
or more outrages of this sort In the past
twelve months , but have always managed
to get off wlh a light sentence , and generally -
ally with none at all. The attack was en-
Urely unprovoked , and nil who are acquainted
with Mr loler know that he Is not the
sort of a lan 10 pick u quarrel with anyone ,
least di l al with such people as the trio for
which the Ilolc8 are now hooking The city
authoritIes seem entirely unable to cope wlh
this class of desperadoes.
20 per cent discount on all trlmmel hat
at Miii Ragsdale's.
GaS cocking stoves for rent ant for sale at
Gas Co.'s office.
Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap
} elt upou Jiotise .
The third reception of the series was given
by the members of the Christan church at
the tabernacle yesterday afternoon anti even-
Ing nurlng the afternoon Ihe crowd was
coming ant going contnualy , ant refreshments -
ments were served by the ycung ladles to
all who entered the door , The committee
on entertainment did all In its power 10 see
that the guests were pleased , anti many a
young man who was away from hOle was I
made to pass an enjoyable afternoon .
In the evening the tabernacle was thronged
with friends of the church Rev II. W.
Alien , the pastor , was ilsted In receiving
by an enthuslaHle corps Qf young ladies and
gentieuien . An attractive program of mu-
sica anti literary selectIons was rendlrell
under lhl direction 01 the Misses Bedison .
'fho Mandoln club played several pieces ,
Mrs Hol sang , accompanied by Mrs. Ed
Keys on the piano , Mrs. Lester played a piano
solo tion. , anti Miss Nellie I.'rliney gave a recite- I ;
Jllglll Oi i- the trall.
A Illburger went 10 his Ilhysielan a few
da's ago complaining of a dull ache In his
left nrm. He had never hat rheumatism ,
but thought his plin musL come frol that
malady. After descrIbing 1 , the doctor saId ;
"You rIde to and from your office In the
' " "Yes . . "You .
cable car , Iion't you1" el.
dcxii get a seat ? " "True enough. " "You
tom en\ugh.
have formell the habit of holding to the a.trap
with your left hund 1" "Since you men
tion It I know It Is so . though 1 had not
thought of It , " "hat Is the cause of the
Ilain you feel. For In hour a day , more or
leHs. your left arm la lell In. an unnatural ,
upraised position , and It has begun 10 tel
upon you , You cal relieve tt , ache with
this ointment which I shall give you but a
cure can only be effected by ceasing to sup-
Ilort yourself by hanglo& upon a strap "
A Dig ( : ulcuhttouln Water ,
The ocean sea and lake lurfaee of our
planet b estimated lt somethIng like 145-
00,00 square miles , with an avera.\ 11e'll
of 12,000 feet , Inll Is calculated to contin :
no lees than 3,2iOGo bilon tons of \'aler
The rivers of the earth are estimated to na'e
a few sufcient to cover thlrt.slx cubIc
mies of the above area each II ) ' . Now , I all
the oceans were suddenly dried and , the rivers
, 'oull kelp up their Present rate of few
( which , of course they could not without
ocean evaporation ) It would take 35,000 years
to refill the basin. o
CLEANING BAT1IEItS.
A SatIsfactory Way to CleRn anti I'oflshi
hut l'hlllO.
A new ant satisfactory way to clean white
hat feathers Is i to dip them In lime water
Make the , elution quite thick and allow the
Illumes to remain In the wash for some time.
lme.
When thoroughly soaked , lift them gently
out of the bath so the mIxture will partIally
allhere. Next lay the feathers on a rough
cloth , lettIng them rentln until t ) ' . Then
shake thoroughly and beat suf ! against the
cloth until 01 tH PartIcles of dry Imo have
fallout off. A sun bath of a few minutes will
restore their freshness , an,1 , the usual
analeur Jrocess of holding them over steam
to regain lie curl " Iii result In their beIng
almost ns good as hew
In curling feathers with steel , I shell
bo rememberell that only the blunt sltc of
the Instrument I sit otihti be tieti.
A wise recipe to follow In preparing feathi-
ers for bels Is hula : Water Is suturuted
with quicklime , the feathers are wel steeped I
all stirred for three or four days , they are
taken out . nlnell and washed In clean I
waler , dried on nets or dry cloth , shaken Occasional -
cafflonahly whlo drying , and finally beaten 10
expel any dtist This If for amateur treat-
uncut ; the most [ lclent Inethot Is to have
them sleamed by machines
To dye white or cream feathers , I will be
founll that the ) ' tahiti easily 10 all dyeing
materials Safower anti lemon juie for
rose color or pink , Uru1 wood for ( heel ) rell ,
Bra1 wood anti cnlbear for crimson , Indigo ,
for blue anti welt for yellow. 1 Is safcst to
bleach them before (1)'eln" ( The manuer of
treatmell IS the seine . ns that for cloth.
TJnWll./l'l / } lI1f1II4 ,
Navigation his been , closed on the Ohio
! cosel
river Iy ke.
'j'he lelnlyh'nlla iegii'lature met yesterday -
day anti ol nulzell.
Another slight earthquake was felt In
the City or Iexleo yesterday .
'nut' :1hl an state olclnls were inauigu-
ceremonies. rateti nt I.ansln yesterday with elaborate
'rhc reJuhlcan lalen8 of thl New York
legislature haM 10mlnntel 1allon Fish
for speaker.
' 'wo unknown tr\'elng Iln are 8uP1118e"
to have llellshed In Iw MIller hotel lire at
l.alcuRter , J ) .
Grave I'obbers stole the body or Carrie
Carter . a eolon'I gIrl from the Lawrence ,
lan. , ccmeter ) ' .
Ex.I ) ' Treasurer Davidson of LexIngton
says he wIth malt the shortlge good , In
case there Is otto.
Albert Prentss of Cleveland . 0. was
fatally bnrell yesterday whIle Itlllg 1\
lire with coal oil.
.1. A. liunton treasurer of Lyon county ,
Nevada , commlte.l suicide Monday nlHhl.
He vats short $5,0.
The three 'Voessllk brothers afloat on
Lake ' \chllan were reHcuel1 In an almost
frozen conditIon ) 'esterda ) ' .
'rhe'IIOeS throughout North Cuolll
celebrated the anniversary of thc emanelpa-
ton proclamaton 'eRlerday.
John lcDrld yesterday aSRlmclJ the du-
ties of Iresldent of the l ederatol of Labor ,
Kueeeedln Samuel Gompers
'rho supreme court of CalifornIa has' rca-
derell 'L ' decision refusing I rehearing In
the fatuous :1111hy wi ease.
I II repollell dead fish arc being found
In large numbers on the Florida coast ,
cIlsel1 by the reeent cold weuthcr.
The graml jury al Dallas , 'rex. , refused
to mulct the county commIssioner though '
It IK claimed gross frauds were proven
A Lchlgh passenger train al Geneva N.
Y. . struck 1 sleIght , on I crossing and killed
: Irs , hughes , her son and MIsS I.arkln
An Immense throng gathered In New York
10nday night to lIsten to Trinity chImes
) 'Ing the old ) 'eal out and the new one In.
Two little children named La Tour were
fatally bumell at Thomasvllle . Ga. , 'eRter-
day. place. TheIr clothing caught Sire from 1 fire-
Friends of Frank James deny the story
that he Is soon to take to the stake In a
lelotrama In whIch u trln robbery Is the
central attractIon.
By an explosion of dynamite It the pent-
tentury aL Nashville yesterday six lelr
prisoner were killed and the buIldIng
greatly tamaged ,
The creditors of 3. Llchten8teln & Sons
of New York , who failed recently , lave
lieu attachments on the lirnu's property.
,1he ) ' allege fraud.
A posse of determined men has started
but from Liu'lngstone , Ala to hunt down the
train i'obbers who are saId to be In the
Suclrnoche swamp.
A resolution wIll be Introduced In the
Texas legislature reqlestng Senator Mills
to resign on the round that he no longer
represents the state.
I Is reported that Gulf Colorado & Santa
Fe Is to ask the court for permission to
bulhd a branch Into the coal Ields of Jack-
son county , Kunsas.
The body of Wiiam Schroeder , who has
been missing for some time , was fount In
the woods near Knoxville , ' 1enn. I Is
thought he was murdered.
'rom Illair . accused or assault with intent
to kill , and who hud been recently acquitted -
quitted on a murder charge wal lynched nt
Mount Sterling , Iy. , lust nlghl.
Governor Morton has announced that hue
will nominate GeougeV. , Aldridge or
Hochester to hi' superintendent of public
publc
works. The position vas $6,0 a year.
E. J , . Riegel of Boomsbury , N. J. who
was wounded In I duel at that place , haH
had his avcrla ! William g. Blbheu' or
Gelnlutown , arrested for murderous as-
ntiit. . lulterous IS-
Miss KatherIne Patton was killed anti
Miss Jennie harvey anti ' 'llul 'l'hontpson
sel'lously injured ut Bath :11. yesterday by
a train . I'unnlng Inlo I buggy In which they
were rIdiitg.
Daniel Tromle of Bay City , Mich. . went
crazy over polItics and murdered his wife
anti chid anti then set his house on lire.
Ho cut hIs own throat , hut did not luke 1
good Job of it.
While . attendIng a social entertainment at
Cascilia . Miss . New Year'a eve George San-
"
forth was shot and instantly killed by un-
Itown partIes . The shot was Ire frol I ,
outside the house. :
gxclemcnt was lt fever heat nt the First
Methodist church at Ahlcne , 'fex. . Sunday
on account or a bawl of sunetlcatonlHtK
calling Illn Ihe Ilostol' to "Come out of the
Ilullll , you devIl . "
Governor Tuiruucy of Tennessee has
'flrney requested -
quested the sehools and colleges of the
state to celebrate February IH , the both
alnlversar ) ' of the birth of Oeorge Pea-
bOly , the Phiilaiithroplst.
Five 1 Inmales or the jai at Pittsburg ,
Ian dug out on New Ycar'H eve. welt to
I neighiborilig ! town anti In11 n big spree
after which they returnedolunlnlly 10
Icrve out the remainder or their sentences .
JO5elhu Itotuuuil tree of In < lanola , M isa. , 'eH-
tel'lhl murdered huts wife , lIterally chOII-
ping her to IlleceK with an nxe. He then
set lire 10 the house 'fhe murderer IHs
leen captured and there Is talk of lynching
J. e. Caidwcli . poslmlBtel' nta smith town
. slal
In LIncoln county . OIlahola. haH Iren arrested .
rested on the charge or junking rUIBO re-
turns or stamp ciulucellatitnis. inspectors are
Investigating I number uf olces In the
territory . .
'l'hie planters of the MIssissippi delta bail a
meeting Ylstenlny and agreed to 11) ' rO
edIts lid' ea ) ' antI hourl to the best male
itch ) ulll 40 celts to female . An effort sIii
he mlle to hlve flits rate udllitell nil over
the state.
Captain n. I. Selle ) ' , formerly or flue
Sixth New Yorlt Infunlr died al Chiiii.
cot he , ! o" , yesterday . lie was ut enl time
I memler of Uelernl Hancock'K staff . After
the war ho enl'rd the mlnlltr' al\l was
omit' of the best known 1ethollKt mlnlslers
In Missouri
Wlh the begInning of flue new year the
hankln flint of lrexel Morgan ) Co. of
New York wait reorganized ly flue udmls.
slon or Robert hiacon. rormerly or g. Hol-
hits , Moore & ( ' 0. of Boston all Fl M.
Robinson , on of J. Iorllce Ifobinuuon . who
was n member of the original firm.
'he Cleveland poiice think
' Jolee they have
I'apture the men who murdered Wiliam 11.
PI'lee , the vrea inunufacturer. One of
them hal l.relS partial confession , stiltng
they were surprised I.y Press while robbing
the house , 11)1 that Ol ) ' were compelled to
shoot him In order 10 escape .
'rite slrlklll shoemakers of hluveriilll ,
: IISS" , had a big demonstration last night
Mii's l " rlncls I' ; . Wlnnl udereHHel1 them
and urged them to abstulmu from IntoxlclnlK ,
l.ty Henry Somerse also ulldreHsee them
and urged theta 10 stand rUKt ugllnsL the
enrohmenta or the capitalists.
At Digrarfe . Oki . Ytstenla ) ' a fight be-
tween R Rocky mountain gray wolf and
hounds took place on I wager . At one
time I hooked ll though the princIpal fIght
IlrlncllHlt tght
would be among the epetatorui , but this
was declared or. ' 1hl hounds , twenty In
number Inlly caught and killed : the wolf
The lTnled Stated I'ourt at Chattanooga ,
Chatanooga
'Ienn. after a fiI heurln , . exonerated the
law Clint or lurk & Brown of accepting
r"el front both sides In u case In litIgation .
I was these charges that stopped the 'on-
trmatun or ( 'Iark us Unll.1 ! States judge
The judiciary commitee or the senate has
not yet given hIm I hearln ! .
WENT \ OUT TO SAVECORDN
SAVE'tGORDO
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Some History of the Wa ' Against th9
Mnhdi .
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FACTS TOLD BY ONE WiDV/5 AT FRONT
_ . , .n .
An Jntcrprctlr Who \1 wtthu , th" Jrll h
Allay In thin l'llp"ln If"t'o tolciln (
JolRtef ioituo Jlonl ( urllnJ
Jxlllrlelco In . \ trIi. '
'
- I , ,
Some days ago and whie he 1 was on a
journey from oceal to ocean , lmas S. nrah ,
a young Syrian , stollJeJ , off 10' rest anti learn
Romethlng of the customs of the Americans.
Whie he was at one of the hotels In the city
he related sOle of the facts concerning the
rebellion of Arabl Pasha , which was SUII'
11ressli by Lord Wohele , who turned his
attention to the campalRn of 1881 , when an
army was sent out to rescue Gordon . During
both of these eXlle.\tons l lrh welt as In
Arabic Interpreter , being attached to the
Royal Sussex regiment.
In relating Incltents , Mr arah I said : "I
fl\l that mosL Americans hav 1 wrong 1m.
pression of the countr ) ' along the : I e.
When 1 Epeak of It ns a desert they Imaglno
n level Phalli of sand with as little vegetation
In tL ns there Is on one of your nSllhal
streets. As a mater of fact the Nile Is
hued on both shIes for hundredf of mies
with his anti even sOle distance from the
rIver there arc latO and guuuu trees , but there
Is o much annul anti so little edible vegeta-
lon , except nl flu little natve hamlets ,
thal there Is more desert than anything
else. even near the rIver. Americans ha\'e
anothcr wrong Im\resslon aleut the cat-
aracts of the Nile , which they Imagine are
something like the Falls of Niagara , only
suitahier. In this country ) ' 011 would Ilrobably
call the el\tnracl rapids. They are something -
thing like the rapids' of the St. Lawrence ,
only worse , because the swift currenL Is
strewn 10re thlelty with rocks. Some of
the Nile cataracts are two to three titHes
lonc. These poluls wi ennble you 10 better -
for understulJI the I\lculles under which
the Irllsh army laboreti
"The troops were taken from Cairo to I
Sleet by train , I ride of twelve hours. Then
followed I ten days' voyage on the Nile
steamers 10 the first calaract. The army lay
In camp at that point for three months , wait-
lag for 1,000 boats which were being built In
far away England. When Clue boats finally
came we found that each of them was cal-
ciliated to carry fourteen men anti provisions
for 120 days. There were also two slcr-
wheel stoauuuers so coslrucell that they cou'd
bo taken apart anti trlsl10rled piece-meal
aroull the catutracts . With the boats came
800 Canadians , who had been brought all the
way to Egypt because of their supposed abll-
Ity at steering and manngln boats In swll
rIvers. When we reached the hard work of
dragging those boats up flue cataracts , we re-
led upon natves , antI not the Cunadlans.
FORTUNE INVESTED IN CAMELS.
"The trip to the second , cataract was made
on the old Nile steauuters . all look five days.
Here the hardships nnd dllcultes of the ex-
pedlion really becan. The army was about
: ! OOO strong.'e haul a calnel corps of
over 30.000 atuimutais and ts they cost from
$75 to $00 each , there was a little Invest-
ment of $3.000,000 or more In that one Iem ,
from which you may Infer sOl1elhlnc of the
cost of tryIng te save GorJla frim the Mahdl.
Al each cataract the supples for that host
had to be unloadell from th ( boats all car-
ned around thus obstruuclouu. % , I ' ' dldn'l
obstruelon.
walt for the animals to \10 \ It" , lther. The
mon were cmpelet to Plclt great loads on
theIr backs all Il was a , n table fact thal
the ofilcers put theituselves on ' the level of the
privates when It came to Jransportng goods
by man power Our steamers had to betaken
taken to pieces carrIe around the rapids on
camels , all plt together agath. The small
boats were dragged up slream by ropes. In
some cases It was nol posslbl to do thIs 'ram
the shore. That was wlim"the Derberlnes
displaced the Canadians. Th Tlver channel
was so tortuous that the natvts hall to Swim
out to rocks wih the repe , " and In that
manner the boats were advanced from one
boulder to another. ThIs work was extremely -
tremely dangerous for white men , anll we
lost quite a number In I. 'buL Il was almost
Impossible to drown a native. At the fourth
cataract oven the small boats' hat to bo car-
rie around by the troops.
"Wo encountered the Derberlnes at the first
cathract . and they were scattered all Clue way
up to the fifth. They were a peaceful race ,
very lazy , ant so timid that a whole village
would be deserted when I approached alone
to buy eggs. They spoke many dialects , so
that one village often could not Inderstant
Its neighbors. There Ire many In Cairo
and they were very friendly ant helpful to
Ihe expedition .
"It was a toisome trip of slxly.two lays
from the first cataract to a village called
iCorti. The boats were sailed al tmes and
often towed. The squltoes were so thick
thal every mnr wore a veil , hangIng from
hll helmet to hlK siuoulderus and nt tmes the
pest covered the veiling so thickly that they
had to be brushed off In order to enable the
man to sec. At night we slept rolled UII In
our blanltelK. Winds were constantly blow-
lag which whirled the sand over the sleep-
Ing tuuen . sometimes an Inch deep. One
moring a friend was looking for me , but
ho couldn't distnguish Cite mount which
concealed tute for the trltng Bands cover
the desert with slch unouiuds IL may spe-
daily interest Omaha people 10 know that
turlng a large part of the expedition our
only food , In addItIon 10 hardtack . was
canned beef , put up by the South Omaha
packers. Our hilts were 10 badly swolen
by the heal that we hnd to soak the hard-
tacIt In water In order 10 cat It. Iany men
\
were bitten by scorpions , which were thick
The wounded parts would swell up badly ,
but there were few fatal cases. Every I man
carried I pocket filter. Wo mndo tea In
the evening , and . after brewIng It , we hat
to let our tin cliis stand untIl the sand
which had blown In during the operation
had settled . The hart work alI the contact
wih trees tore the clothes of man ) ' 1110
tatters . anll we were I sorry lot of raga- !
mnmns when wo reached Iort. Many of the
officers had uniorms , wlh a nnmber of
patches taken from the camel saddles At
times (00th. we hat to forage emu the natives for
food."We
"We had left garrisons at several points
amid at Korl our force was thlvitieul . ono command -
mand contnullg UII Clue Nile , which was a
long round ahout course My comiuand ,
wIth a little over 1,000 men , was ordered to
make a shorl cut across the desert a 11
there . were hut two waterIng places on the
wa ) 'Fhio trill can he made In six days , but
wIth the Impetlmelts of In army , Il took
twenty ( hays , and 10 often suffered for waler.
'he BrItsh marched In two hollow squares
to guard against surprise . When we camped ,
al night a wire feneo was Set up about the
men anll wooden conlrh'unceK filled with
sharll nails were scattered about ' the desert
outside where our prowlghare.footet : , one-
mles mlghl stop on tlueuuL II lie dark .
MOWED DOWN J UA1'fINO GUNS
"Our objective point waa ' < ] Cletatmtituelu . on
flue Upper Nile . about lot ) Iles from Ihur-
toom. We hall several .HllrmlHhes on the
way all when still lule ' 1les from the
river the Soudanese alacked 'us In force. We
ple our camel saddles Jnla rude brcast-
work , but I can assure you , It i , was a slender
protectIon against the 10QOO.rellug demons
who alackell us upon two sides Many of
the Soudanese were anne 'wih ' the guns of
hicks pasha's armuuy . which ! hall ben lured
into flue deserts south oft Ihartoom and destroyed -
te-
strayed to the last manl' ' but our enemies ,
because unaccustoml fix' the weapons , son
threw them aside Our { I'tnl nibs Illke
off the horses long befo Ih'y reached us ,
and our galing gUls I } Q\E ! down great
Iwaths of black mnetu 'fho Slutanese charged
right UII to our 1reastworka , where they
could throw their spears over , but our squares
stood the attack finely , and Clip enrmy withdrew -
drew after losing one.thrt ! of Its aten The
Soudanese aimed to kill omcers . and we lout
twenty , with about twice ! many prIvates.
The Soudaneso carrie hundn-s of flags .
some red wlh Arabic inscriptions In white
cloth , and vlre vera , This was on all their
hanner : " 00 Is mercIful 'Ind bexulght lie 18
eternal , exalted anti ovel' all . 'Fhuere Is only
one God. Mahomet Is his prophet and 1\a-
hOlet Ahmed , the mahdl , Is the disciple of
tie prollhel. '
"When we reached th\ NIle at etammeh
we fount seven sleamer sent by Gordon
months before to await our arrival. Gorton
threatened to fire on his men If they re
turned to Ithartoolu without relief. The
force with the - ; ; IU ;
Plies long before wo came , And W8 forced to I
make frequent raids on the native , 'IAKe' '
for feed , generally losing I man or two. The' '
battle of letammeh was foupht January 20 , I
1855. On January 2. three stCmers with a
part of our force starlet for lhrloom. They
arrived within a short distance of the city
between the Whie al11 Due Nlcs three tays
afterwards , but ( lucy were too late. The
Maiutii's flags were floating over the forlfc' -
( ions. Iharloom had fallen the 11.1Y before ,
anti 'Chlneso' Gordon's heall , ns I learned aft.
erwards , vas exp ell In a publc place on the
top of n spear. The river banks were Ino,1
with sharp shooter all only one of the
three steauuters back to .
steamer cmo b.ek its
.
" "fer sending spies Into hartoom to
make sure of Gonlon'8 fate our comma"1
wrecled the steamers , took hue soldiers and
started back on that terrible march across
the desert to Korti . Prom flue cities , frlen.I ) '
Soudanese nnl seallell Christians I learnlll
how Kharloom was taken IL was betrayed
by two of Gordon's native omcers , 1 lrg
" , uhl anti Ahmet Galob , Galeb gave n false
alarm of an attack alone gate , anti when
Iho defenlers were concentrated at thaI
point I.'aral oenell nnolher cato to the
(
uuuahuthI's folowers , There Is a 11e ; tat ! .
faction In knowing that Ihe maIH\ arnll to
trust I Inn who 11ad betra'el one master
had Farag's head prompty cut or
"The malHI forced the Inerehnnts to give
him their cashi and allowed no mau to carry
10r China $2 at I tIme. To favored ones he
gave receipts for their inoiuey , Ila'able when
tim Sollaneso renched the first cataract ,
Others got receipts Ila'able when flue Inalll
had taken Cairo He sl1rCl the captured
Christans , but kellt them In virtual Ca\l- \
tivlty , anti he forced the Catholic priests 10
marry. Gorllon , I ) ( huevn ) ' , Issuell llllcr
mOley to pay wages nlil buy supplies . The ) '
were 10tes payable six 10nths after dale
'b ' the CIte Cairo ' , '
'by Ihnrtoom or treasury
alll bore the slgnaluro nli seal of Gordon.
Those noles were very hlghl' 11Iell nmonc
the BrItIsh officers as souvenirs , n11 I mnde
handsome sums In buuy hug nll sel : lug them t ,
Gordon also Issued medals made In hnltol
of the Inslgnln of a Turl.lsh order of
Medjidie . with which he was decorateti. Ills
oleers receh'el silver medals , anti , the pri-
yates were cheerell with copies In head.
"To show what stuff the Soutanese were
mnde of I wi toil you of the battle of Toslc
In I58 ! The malll t01 his followers I he
tmo was ripe to take Cairo , antI so b11)1)
Implcll was their faIth In him thief an army
of SOUlanese started for that city with
wives , ehliren and huotusehoiti belonclnrs ,
wIth the expectation of mnklng It their homuie.
They found the fIrst obstacle In flue second
cataract , where a British force \VuiS In gar-
rlson. The Soudanese mnde { a detour 1I0lui
the fort The Brilsh eommnlHlcr sent a
force lowl the river In boats to prevelt the
Invalers from gettIng water When Clue
elemy nppronchell the Nile the wile sharp-
shooter picked Ihem off , The Soutanese
Ihen sent their women for water , IwowlnR
the whites woull 10L heel Ihem , , hilt the
British cheekmaled thal mo\e by maltlg
the women prlsouuers . Provisions as welt as
water began to rln short , anl aL a poilt
011110fite Toslc the army of SOllnneBe set-
tel down among the his to slowly starve
10 death
Am THE FLESh OF THEI CIIILDICEN.
"A British force was sent out to attack
them. Dy a feint all the Sondanese able 10
slantl up and lhl were drawn Into the
plain , where they ! were slaughtered . When
wo reached the camJ we fOlnl1 the only
fool \\'os a little corn and dates , less than
enough for two camel loads. 'he poor ,
starving people hal eaton all their camels ,
lollteys and aChier . animals a 11 drank flue
blood . Some hal resorted to hue skirts on
their cots mud the bark of palm trees for
food. Most of the children were ( lead all
many of their bodies hal been calen. I aw
one woman who was sick from drlnltlnl the
blood of her child. I could easily count the
ribs of the poor victims al a dlslance of
ffecn feet Two thousand SOIJanese were
killed In the battle ali flue Jrlsoners were
settled among the Egyptians on our way
back to Cairo. "
: Ir. I nrh remained with the BritIsh unity
at Alexandria till 1892 , acting as Arabic Interpreter -
terpreter und buying supplies for the troops.
Ie had several narrow escapes turlng hula
canupaigns The entail boat In whIch he
sailed from Port Said te Imalia was nearly
captured by l3edouins One man was shol
and the others only escaped by putting to :
escnpet
ant '
shore and making a race to the nearest
body of soltlers , WHIle ' thc' portage of one
of the cataracts was ' being mate the young
Inttrpreter strolled back from the rIver and
1001 a laJ In the shade of a friendly tree.
le overslept and when he awoke there was
no sign of an army. I was
then evening and he put In hal
the night up In a tree where he could
watch the hyenas and other wild animals
as they came down to the river to trlnl , .
In the distance he also saw the lights of na-
fives who Ilght not be frIendly but he
finally got Ured of his uncomfortable seal
In the tree all started up the river. lie
soon sigh led the army , but on the opposite
side of the Nile . After an hour of yelling
ant pleading , a boat was Bent across for him.
At another time he was In a boat just
above a cataract when the steersman , who
happened to be the colonel of his regIment ,
lust control of his boat ant Il was swept b )
the Irresistible current town the cataract
All aboard expected to be dashed to pieces
against the rocks , but the colonel succeeded
In steering safely town the wInding chanlel
of the torrent The terrific speell left the
Impression on Mr. Farah that the two mies
were covered In about two minutes lie Is
nol ready to swear to that time , but he
toes know that Il took two hours to get the
boat above the rapids again . While the
arlY was encamped several miles trout
Korl he was sent 10 that vIllage for sup-
plies. On his return he was attacked by a
SOldane e mounted on a catuuel Porlu-
nately , the interpreter hat a pistol with
which he shot both camel and rider. 'fhe- u
oretically , the SoudaneBO of that neIghborhood -
hood were frIendly and the Britsh com-
mnnter had Issued orders not to molest
them. Two solleu who hlell a nalve
while , defendIng themselves had heen sentenced -
fenced 10 Imprisonmenl for life . Mr. Parh
dll not report his encounter on reaching
camp.
.
THE INCOME TAX.
1 the Jaw ComustmtuitiouI-i'rcceienta Es-
Inblfhcll hy I he COmICS
OMAHA , Dec. 29.-To flue Editor of The
lice : I you wi hermit a chart communi-
caton upon Cite other side of the question .
I desire to submit a few suggestons with
reference to the editorial of the 24h Inst
_ _ _ _ _
nu.
enlted , "In como Tax to Do Tested " 1 do
nol SUIIPOSO you desire 10 create any unwar-
ranted prejudlceK against the income flux .
which , In my humble judgment , deserves
wIde popularIty.
In the editorial In questIon , speaking of
the legal proceeding lately begun to lest
Clue constutolally of the law , Il Is said :
"The constitution toes not give the gOY'
eminent unllnlet power of taxation . I Is
expressly authorized hy flue constitution to
lay dutIes , imposts and excises , subject to the
restricton thief they shal be uniform
throughout the Unltell States . and to Impose
clJltaton or other direct , taxes , subject to
the restriction that they shall only ho
laid In proportion to the census of enumera-
lon of the population of Clue several slates.
I Is held that income taxes must be classi-
lied , us capitaton or other dlrll taxes and
can only bo Imposed upon flue several states
In proporlon to Ihelr populaton , ant that
tIle act of 1894 , having Inderlalten to liii-
the lax Is
pose directly upon IndIviduals
unconstulonal anti vo\d. \ "
You do not say by whom It Is so held ,
whether by Clue courts or by the array of
emnelut ! legal luminaries you inentlouu , in-
eluding Joseph Ii , Chioato and FrederIc It ,
Coutiert. however ( lila muuay be , the suitreine
court of Clue United States has construed
flue term A'direct taxes , " In the provjslouu
of ( lie constitution referred to in your ccli-
tonal , in several cases. As early as 1700
the court comisidered ( hue moanIng of the
words "direct taxes , " and iuold thief a tax on
carriages , under the law of congress of 1794 ,
Is not a direct tax. Ilyltomu vs United
States , Iii , Dallas , 171. One of Cite jutlg2s ,
Justice I'atteraomu , who was a inenuber of
the coiuitltutlonai convention , in hula opimulon
says : " 1 never emutertalimed a doubt that the
princIpal , I will much. say , thuo ony objects
tiuat. flue fraiuuera of the constitution contemn-
plated , nit failing within thie rule of appor-
tioninent , were the capltation lax , and a tax
oh lain ] , " \'huile thIs last ltroposttiOn can-
tuot be said to huave been pronounced as ( ha
law of thue case , I thuiiuk it has ben adopted
and foi'owed by the court ever since In several -
eral cases , and is now ( hue established doe-
trimue of the court. Time followIng caaes , b-
sides others , tmuay be cited as holdIng that
the words "direct tax" include only capita-
-
V
tlon tax and tax on hand , viz. Pacific In
sitranee ( 'ompalty vs Soule , 7Vnil 'Hi8 ,
\'ezlo Ihamuk s's l"enno , S 'aIl & 3i ; Schtoley
vs hew , 23'nhl 31S Springer vs tinIteti
States , 102 I'nlteti States 001. 'Flue first of
the above cases involved tIme war income tax ,
and it was held not Co be a dIrect tax , lit
the Obove case of'czle Batik vs FCnno ,
ChIef Justice Chaise considers ( lie quiestion
elaborately , aiud arrives at the anmute eon.
clumsion as to the tnenniag of direct taxes.
Time question ullreethy ituvolveil was ( lie law
of couugrcss Imposing the 10 1er ccitt tax out
the notes of state banks , vhiichi is how beIng
discussed In congress , anti it was hielti not
to be a direct tax ,
i'erhiaps the exact question as to whiethuer
cii Income tax is a "direct tax" was mutore
distinctly PrCCCtttCui lit the above ease of
Sirlnger vs. United States ( thin iresent chair-
umian of tlic coutuntitCee out bauukiumg auuii cur-
reuueI' behiug ( Ito l'laimutiff in error ) than in
alt ) ' other case , anti It was there athiutuigeut by
a tunauuhuiuoums court ( lust ' 'ilrect taxes wlthuiuu
hue luteamuing of Clue constittltloiu are ouily caiti-
tation taxes , as expresacul In ( hunt iuCsttlmntcmtt
antI taxes out real estate , " niuti that an lii-
cotuie tax was uueitiuer of tiucac.
I iuuut hot preslinuing to PulL muuy oplntoum
ng.tInst that of ( ho elutimuent coumsiituitionnl
lawyers you , tuueiution nor seeking to ti ) ' a
iavsuuit Chirough Clue newspapers , but I ala
sluumply curious to know Clue basis for the
lAtlu'r confident hiredietion ClInt tlutse sc-
itCatCcl nitui rell consIdered hurecedeutta of Clue
couurt riil be overthirowmu , lo time eutilmuemut
cotiutsel roasouu that a chicago in Ieraotuiueh
of ( lie court Itusuure a chuamuge of jumdgiuucust ?
Souuuet I mes such t hI mu gs huaitltcuu , but Iii t his
ease it woumhl be ltrofolmntlly significant. l'er-
imps thue etninoutt counsel are eouimttlng tipaut
the spirit of the tinucs , as Illtistratel by the
huassage of tIme pooling bill tiirouglu ( hue louver
huoluse of coutgreas , anti vos1iW ( lie late uie-
claloti out the tutax I luutitn rate hull I , becouuuin g
comutagiotla , Is it posllde thuat Clue cotu-
servaCive luatriotic scustiunemut of Clue couuiutry
wotulil 111cc to see thte feulerni gnvcruuuuteuut tie-
hurivetlof this vuuluzuble liouver of raisiuug reve-
nuc , whIch iuns bceuu saiuctiouueul by ii cemutuirl'
of judicial uleciiouus , as it would ho If the
tax lied ' 'to be iutpnsed : upouu tht several
atatei Itt iuroportiou to theIr lopluiation , , "
There has bcciu a tendency ef l.tto to extemuti
iuuid cuulam go Chu fetlerul jlmniqdlctiotu , for lit-
at auuce , ( I turin g t hue let c' Pith malt at ni ice , \vhi cit
Its ljwer vas Iuuvohtetl for tIme heuueflt of
Cite ruullroails ; but whuout ( hue iuieuueyed lutterest
Is touuchied ativersely by Clue federal ltoa er
the courts nrc nppealeti to , wIth coutfidemuce ,
to abuldge or e'Clu tiestroy flmmlctlomus whuichi It
has exerciced tuniuutcrrulptetily for nut iuuuiu-
diet ! years. 'Flue euutineuut couuusel uttay site-
cccii iuu gettini ; tiuc gO'Ortilitemut disableti in
Its taxIumg pow.r by mmueamus of thior great legal
acuuuuueuu , buut ortilmuarihy a lawyer feels ci little
bit dlscouiregeti whueiu lie fluutis iliaC ( lie qtues-
( lout lie Is uhiotut to tulsa has beetu several
tiunes dcctdcti ativersely by the coturt to vhouut
hu Is about to sumbuuuit his case.
As Co Chic luucotne tax lav violatimug the rule
of uuuuIforiumtty Itreacribed by tile couistitumtiouu
timid flue other objections yotu tuueuutioum I be-
Ileve Chiey inure never iuceit passed uupct , miii
lueuuce arc opeit questIons , hunt flue nppor-
tlonuuteuut or tilrect tax objection is muot an
opeut qucstioiu tuluhess a rcorgauuizcti court
uutnkcs U. so. 'rite fnieiuils of Clue Iuucoutuo
tuIx wIll at least hope t hunt Chic court will
not hue Iuuduuceth to so wide a tieparturt' front
stare decitus ! In the uuuworthiy catuse of ic-
hierluig ( ito rich front ouuethiing
hihco theIr just claire of Chic bum-
uieuitu of taxation. 4 court of very bight repute
has said : "Where there has beetu a series
of decisions by Chic highest tnllniuinh , ( hue tumlo
stare uhecisis is regartleti as iuuuprcgnable.-ex.
cept by legislative entuctuncuit. "
In view of Clue strained relations between
capital amid labor and the somewhat prove-
heat Imuupressiouu flint legislation is largely In-
tlueuucecl If not controlled by the imniiue tiower
of wealth , it seemuis to mute flue etuactiuuetut of
flat Income tax is ouue of Chic very ( cur hiopcfmul
events of ( ho day , the Iiuuportnnce of whulcim
lit its beariuugs ott liopuular governnueuut , it is
to be feared , is betuu largely overlooked. lum
lily opiluiomu the iuutportauuce of the Income tax
doe3 hot consist so nuficit In ( hue revemuue it
\.Ihii bring , as lit the fiict it is a step iuu the
thirectlon of placing a allghut limitation upoum
Chic centrallzatiouu of wealtim ,
Fl. A. GILBERT ,
' , 'Illlng to ( use In.
Washiltugton Star : "Josiar , " said Mrs.
Conuutosseh , "don't yotu thluuk thief wiununin
is kinder kep' down unoro than ( lucy orter
be ? "
"I tluuuno , " was the reply. "Mbbe Chuey
douu't alIas get ter do all they're capabh' of.
But , hook'y lucre , Mauudy , you almt'L huankerin'
ten be a 'mumanclpated wouuamm : , aIr ye ? "
" I 'don't siuoulduu'C
"No-but see why we
do everythuing ( hue nuemi do. "
"Ye don't ? Well , uuuebbe they ain't no
reaton. Mandy , If ye'hl start in by Sraisin
whiskers and thurowiut' a stouto straigiut , I'll
grant ye any othuer 'comnplialunteiut ye chose
for lay claIm to , "
.
QUfkOP
CATS ,
of breakfast is Quaker
' \ Oats. Delicious ! Cheap !
' . Sold only Iii Ib , Packages.
-
- - - -
Beauty at" Purity
Go hafll ill hafld , r ,4
r -
They tre'lue ( fountla- ' . .
tiolt of henith nnd .
happ'iiicss. .
ilcalib , lCCatlSC of .
lilC ( 1)100(1
1Iapincss , bccntisc of clear skin ,
'I'Iiotisands of useful lives have been
cinbitterctl by distressing humors ,
Cuiicuiu 1isoi.vir
Is the grcaCest of skin purifiers
As well as blood ptirifiers ,
: llecatise of its 1)cCtiIiar ) action on
the pores ,
It is slicccssftll ill jrcrcnting
Anti curing all forms of .
Skhi , Stalp , and Blocit lhhlIflOl'S ,
\\'Itcii time best physicians fail.
Entirely vegetable , safe , aiitt pala.
table , S
It especially appeals to libotlictS anti
children ,
l3ccauw it acts so gently , yet cfcc- (
tiveiy
Upon the skiit anti blood , as well
as the
Liver , kidneys , atiti bowels ,
. Its use at nil tiiime
insures a clear skin allel lUFC llood ,
As u'eI1 as sound bodily health ,
Sold evrydieie , Pike , $ m. Porria Duua
AND Cilsil , Cium' . , Sole l'rup , hloiton ,
' , how to Cute Skltt Situ iilod itunor * , " free ,
* ' Viclal lIloimilshut' , falHng hair aol ihan. " ,
pIe bhy tahes 1nevetiucd by Cuticur Seal , ,
Ners'oths lnuuantly relieved by a Cuti-
curs l'isster , because It iua1.
Pxtin and izes the nerve forces , and hence
CUtSI aetsous paini ycaknei
Weakness andaunilinoss. . _ _ _ 4
WLIIDOUCLAS
ISTHtDEST.
tjp flarlTFORAKiNa.
co1DovA.N ;
i ! , rneuicu&cuAsELLcu CAL ? ' .
, ' 4i3ep FINECALF&IANOAROQ ,
i h $3.PPOUCESOLES ,
r'- , . so$2. WORKIHGME.
. ' ' '
¼ \ 5. EXTRA rirn :
. 2I7. & BOYSCUODLSHOEa
u.S ' , 'LA.DhI-
: t * $
. . ) StHOrORCATAI000C
. - . 7 %
" ,
Over Ono MIllion People wear flue
WI L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
Alt our shoes arc equally satisfactory
Tiucy give tIme best value for the moneY. '
They equal custom aluocs itt style and fit ,
ThIr wearing qualities arc unsurpassed ,
Tue prices are unltorm.stnmped on sole ,
from Si to $3 saved overother makca
If your deaiercannot fupply you we can. Soldby
A. W. Bwrnan Co N. 16t ue.
C. J. CarRion. 1218 N. 2t m. at.
w. w , Fl3 br , Park3r and Loavon'
wart t aL
J. Nowrnnn,424 S , 13th. at.
KohIj , tlgorC. Farmam& lBtl.ath
T'SCrotsoy,25)9 N st.So , Oniala ,
Slockhioltem'a' atceitmig ,
omce of Lee-Ciarke-Andrcesen Itarfiwarm
Co. Omahuu , Neb , , Dcc. , 1SII.-Notiee ii
hertey given to time utoekholder of flue Lee.
Clamke.Andreesen Hardware comuupaiuy that
tlte annual meeting of the stockhiohdera 01
Clue company will be held at tlue olilces ci
the saul comtupafly , 1219 , 1221 and 1223 1Iarne
street , in thue city of Omaha. in flue state of
Nebraska , on luesday , January 3 , A. D
1595 , at 1 o'clock p. in , , for Chic purpose oi
cheetiuug a board of directors for the coat. 5
puny to serve during the ensuing year , and
13 transact suchu otluer busimuess as may bI
preseutted at such meeting.
Attest : H , J. LEE , President
v. Id , GLASS , Secretary.
D7iXtoJSSuui
p est Manhood
1 m1lghti eIilsioal
atl opity . etc. , sui ly cured by IN ilAf ft. Cl , . guni
andoo Itetoedy. iiih nrlue 5Ir.tI to sur. . seta e
i. A. Fuller & Co. , Corner ttim and l3ouglasa Sta , -
OMAHA , NES
CEO. P. SANFORD. A. W. IUCKMAW.
President , Cashier.
First National Bank
of COUNCIL ULUFF3 , Iowa.
Capital , - . $100,000
l'rofits , . . - 12,000
One tf tius oldest Sanki In the state of jaws.
We roilclt your busunes. and coliectloum. We
pay C per cent on time depnalCL We will bi
ieaeed to use aol serve you.
AGENTS WANTED ,
MONEY TO LOAN-CHATTELS.
GRINDING.
'Zlt1 ' . . R DJhiTh1lWP , Attriicys-mit-Touv ,
uI lii tt UflI ltti luIJm I'ractico Iii 1lt Stuito
tuiid ietherul ( Jotirtq. Ifoutitue :5)1-7.8-u : , Sliugart.
ill ock , ( Jttmiielt Iii u11 , I u tVa ,
f
Spec1al Notices
CozijeiI J31bilfspwp.
CIIISuNnYS CLCANID : VAtIL'rS LLTIANI.D.
Ed litirke. atV. . H , ZIomers , S Broadway ,
WANT ! : ! ) , GOOD COMi'l'i'lNT oultr TO DO
general iuautscwork , 3tO Oakland avnule ,
.
A $4,000.03 STorK OF flOODS AND VIXTUIIEII
to tra'te for Iowa ci' eastern Nobrtiska land ,
Ulceutahields , Nlclioisomm & Co. , Council Itiuffa ,
. ,
lie Sin os !
c ?
. OF' COURSE And Itis song Ii one of 4
.c ii l -tii'iiest CXtiitLtiOll fluid
' . IOlS joy. So wosild yottrs
be if yoU Icisew wlt.tt
he kiitu's-tliiit 11 It ) ilitln $ trcet Is
u4tOJlCd s'ltli more btrgitimms lii Shoes ,
, huts , Umldcl'n'eltl' and Ftim'uilslmIn
( oods tlittu atisy Otiher store lii Coun.
. I ' . cii IiItilTs and Omnilu , Ito uses but
' QI' ' few notes , you perceive , nuid
YOti % ll1 iie'tL htit few notes-
. . _ -i' banit BOtCH ( Ii' COlllS-t ( ) get pos-
_ _ _ _ SCSi4Oi1 of ittylisli , Imnudsonse mind
OOihhfl'tiIhle tIiIligs , Expeiisc o
- . doimi hlltl'lflCftS itt I ) I I ) are 50 per cent
- - - - . ; - ' . - - . . - . - Icst ; tliztis ftii'tltei' tiptowii , stiitt tills is
_ : : = : : : - ' = - . . = _ 01111 of the misny Sebl'cts of the liii.
- . , _ - : - ' - imit'lmSe Success of
! PJi'woiLc :
: _ , -fr T. 13. hUGHES ,
- . _ _ . - ' - . - - - .
= - - -l------ Tim Loadin Down Towsi Tdorchant.
NOIS TFIEfiME TO DUY STOVES AO KITCUEN FURNITURE
My prices have always been lower than any ether store in the city ,
but now I am going to malta you a C.r1stmas present , Look
at same of' my prices , A
1ooO Cook Steve for , , , . . . . . . . $ 7,50 $30.00 BtoolRango , , , , , , , . , $ ,
12 00 ( ( ( e , , . . ' ' . 0,60 38,00 I ( I , , , , , , , , , 30.40
10 00 4 , . ' . ' ' ' , , , 12,80 42,00 ( ( . , ' . . , , , . aaca
Radiant Novelty Base Burners and Elmhurst Surface Burner'aa.as
fine istoves as can be made , Look at th3 pricas ,
44O0 BadiantNovolty . . . . , . . $35.20 $32.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , $ .
40.00 4 I 32.00 25,00 " . . . . . . . .
38,00Eimnhurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,40
And all other stoves In proportion at
CHAS. SWAINE'S , 740 B'way
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