THE 03IAIIA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902.
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Notary fubllo.
The Croker element Is still on top in
Tammany ball. But Tammany Is not
on top. ' "
As on good turn deserves another,
so one good trade excursion paves the
way for more.
1
The weather man and the ice man
will now resume their annual commu
nity of interest
Outward appearances give no signs
that the stokers who are feeding the
furnaces of Mount Pelee have gone on
a strike.
It Is authoritatively announced that
the curriculum -of N the Omaha High
school has not yet been expanded' to in
clude the shirt waist of the male species.
If the valuable railway terminals in
Omaha were assessed for local taxation
on the same basis as other property
several mills more could be easily sliced
off the tax rate. -
We - ought .to be able to see soon
whether the Beef trust injunction oper
ates In favor of or against one meat
packing center or another. . Keep an eye
on the stock yards statistics. '
. Cuba will hereafter celebrate May 20
as the recurring anniversary jot its
birth, in this Cuba has enjoyed a priv
ilege accorded few nations and withheld
from all Individuals that of selecting
1U own blrthday.4
The local committees for the Christian
church convention to meet at Omaha
this fall are going ahead with arrange
ments. In a businesslike way. This is
the spirit that assuresvthe successful ex
ecution of the part Omaha has under
taken to look after.
Now, that It hat been judicially de
cided that Rostand's play, "Cyrano de
Btrgerac,' 1b plagiarised from an Amer
ican drama adventurers with repulsive
noses will take heed not to violate the
American - copyright laws when they
make their debuts on the etago.
Every reference to Nebraska in the
weekly summary of crop conditions is
sued by . the government weather bureau
denotes improvement. Nebraska is get
ting into good form for the contest to
determine which will rank as the banner
agricultural state for the year 1002.
A strike is said to be threatened over
the dtscharge by a Chicago concern of
S workman who refused to be photo
graphed along with his fellow employes.
The courts should be Invoked at once to
determine whether employment carries
with It the right to photograph the em
ploye. It Is gratifying to have the political
enemy admit not only that the repub
lican party is safely in the majority in
Omaha, but ulso that it can stay In
power forever provided only it puts up
capable and worthy candidates who can
command the full party strength. The
moral Is obvious. ,
All of which reminds us that Colonel
Bryan himself advised his friends
against supporting the regular demo
cratlc nomluee for mayor in St. Louis
because he did not carry a lb to 1 label
blown in the bottle. It is immaterial, of
course, that the odious candidate was
lected in spite of Mr. Bryaa's protest
Visiting French dignitaries over here
to participate in the unveil ug of the
Bocbambeau statue may not create the
furore that greeted Prince Henry, but
the people of the United Btates have
tne same cordial feeling for Frsnce as
they have for Germany. Among the ad
Vanced nations of Europe the United
States Is disposed to play no favorites.
RESTRAIXIltO THK PACKERS.
Undoubtedly the temporary writ of In
junction restraining the puckers named
In the government's bill from combining
or conspiring to do those tilings which
are allpged to have been done will be
strictly complied with. .'""What course the
defeudants will hereafter' take lu con
nection with the Injunction proceedings
Is yet to be determined, but it Is safe
to assume that the court's order will be
obeyed and that while it remains in
force there will be no combination or
conspiracy among packers to regulate
the prices of cattle and meats. There
will be during this period a free market
and open competition ' and It will be
highly Interesting and Instructive to ob
serve the effect. ,
Notwithstanding a very general and
material decline in the consumption of
meat the prices of. live stock have been
ruling very steady and the leading mar
kets yesterday closed with little change.
It is a not uncommon impression that
the immediate effect of a restraining
order such as that Just issued by Judge
Orosscup would be to cause a decline in
the prices of live stock and meats, but
it will probably be found that its in
fluence in this direction Is very small
and that supply and demand will con
tinue to be the chief regulator of prices.
While the proceedings Instituted by the
government are entirely proper and It
is most desirable that the law, If it bas
been violated by the packers, shall be
enforced, those who expect that this is
going to bring about a sudden and large
fall in meat prices are certain to be dis
appointed. Admitting that there has
been a beef combine and that It bas had
more or less to do with the high prices,
still the law of supply and demand has
not ceased to operate.
The packers who are made defendants
in the case are given ample time in
which to decide on the course to be
taken when the application for a perma
nent injunction is beard. The leading
attorney for the defendanta has indi
cated that probably a demurrer will be
filed. The nature of the defense, how
ever, Is a matter in which the public
will feel little concern. For the present
the action of the government Is regarded
as in the public interest and the general
expectation is that it will so prove,
while It is also very generally hoped
that the ' government will be able to
show that the allegations in Its bill are
true and that the temporary Injunction
should be made permanent
OVH FRENCH UUMiSTS.
The delegation of distinguished
Frenchmen who are in this country to
represent their government at the nn
velllng of the Rochambeau statue will
have an experience of American cour
tesy and hospitality which undoubtedly
will be a perennial gratification to them.
They are . . citizens of a republic for
which our people have a warm friend
ship and whose people there Is every
assurance are cordially' friendly toward
us. It is true that a few years ago
there was some 111 feeling and that for a
time Americans in France were made
to realize this, but that is forgiven if not
forgotten and Americans are glad to
believe that the United States has no
more earnest and cordial friend among
the nations of Europe than the French
republic. In this spirit we receive and
honor her representatives.
Our ambassador to France, General
Horace Porter says the mission of the
French representatives is regarded with
very great interest in France. Not
only the French government but the
people and the press are looking for
ward to the movements of this delega
tion, said General Porter, with the
keenest' interest. It is talked about
fully as much as the missions sent to
Spain and England to participate in
the coronation. These distinguished
visitors should be shown in. the most
hospitable manner that the American
people appreciate their coming and are
glad of the opportunity to demonstrate
the cordiality and the heartiness of our
friendship for France, whose good will
we highly prize and desire to cultivate.
COAL OPERATORS VNCOMPROMltlWO.
There Is to be no compromise or con
cession on the part of the anthracite
coal operators, according to the latest
advices. They are said to have decided
on a no surrender policy and propose to
force the fight against the miners, em
ploying for this purpose all the re
sources which they can command. They
will not it Is stated, consider any prop
osition for arbitration and It Is thought
to be their Intention to fill the places of
the strikers with non-union men a
course which would-be very likely to
produce serious trouble.
On the part of the miners there also
appears to be a disposition to . yield
nothing and they are reported to be
considering methods for extending the
strike, by involving the engineers, fire
men and pumpmen at the mines, though
there appears to be among them consid
erable opposition to doing this. The
proposition to call out the bituminous
miners Is also being considered, hut It is
doubtful If a movement of this kind
would be successful. The gravest diffi
culty confronting the strikers is the
question of subsistence. They were not
well prepared for a prolonged contest.
It is stated that there is in the national
treasury of the miners' organisation less
than $500,000 and no provision for dis
tributing supplies has been made.
Throughout the region covered by the
strike the merchants have stopped giv
ing credit and it cannot be a great while
before a majority of the miners will be
unable to pay i-ash for commodities.
Then will come the test' of their forti
tude. It is predicted that If the strike
shall not end by July there will be much
suffering. ;
Meanwhile an anthracite coal famine
is threatened. In New York It is said
the supply on band will be exhausted
within a wek" Philadelphia hat a two
weeks' supply and elsewhere in the
east the situation is-about ths same.
The pric of both anthracite and
bituminous coaL has advanced and will
undoubtedly go still higher. The very
serious phsse of this conflict is the pos
sible effect upon Industries and busi
ness. Exhaustion of the anthracite sup
ply would necessitate the shutting down
of Industries which must have that fuel.
This would necessarily have an Injuri
ous effect upon business, not merely
locally but generally. The adverse In
fluence of a great struggle of this kind,
If prolonged, cAnnot be confined to the
Immediate territory In which It Is car
ried on. It Is needless to say, bow
ever, that neither party to the con
troversy bas given or Is likely to give
any consideration to the public inter
ests affected.
A 8 A T1HFACTVRT TAX RATE.
The outcome of the long-drawn con
test over the city assessment will In the
main be received with satisfaction by
all classes of taxpayers. While a 30
mlll tax rate Is 6 mills higher than was
the rate of 1808, when the present tax
commissioner system went Into effect
a reduction of 4 mills from last year's
levy affords a substantial degree of re
lief. The principal difference between the
tax rate of 1808 and that of this year is
by reason of the Increased school tax.
In 1808 the school lovy was under con
trol of the council, while now It Is ar
bitrarily fixed by the school board under
a special law. While the school tax this
year is one-half mill less than that of
last year, . the proceeds will be only
$10,000 less than last year, when the tax
was enormously in excess of the ordi
nary wants of the schools because of
the overlaps.
In keeping the levy for 1002 down to
80 mills the council has acted wisely
and with due regard to the demands of
the taxpayers, and especially the inter
ests of the real estate owners, who bear
the bulk of the burdea. A tax rate
above 30 mills would have been most
decidedly unpopular, if not positively
damaging.
The chief aim of the fight made by the
Real Estate exchange for an Increase in
the assessment of the franchlsed cor
porations was to secure a reduced tax
rate that would make real estate more
Inviting to Investors. Through the de
cision of the supreme court that body
was enabled to procure an increase in
the aggtegate assessment by more than
$1,500,000, but that would have been a
barren victory had the council not made
a tangible reduction in the rate.
Out of the city tax levy complica
tions the school board seems to be the
principal gainer, Inasmuch as It has been
given a tax levy at the original rate de
manded but on the - increased aggre
gate assessment As a result the school
board revenue from taxation will be
greater by nearly $10,000 than Its esti
mate, while It will also have an in
creased revenue from the state appor
tionment over what it bad counted on.
The fact however, that, its resources
have thus been increased affords no rea
son why the board should not continue a
policy of strict economy that will keep
It not only within its revenue, but sluk
the unwarranted . floating ' school - debt
that has been hanging over us for years.
Government by .injunction, which In
Its original form, was welcomed by the
great corporations as a weapon against
labor organizations, is not relished by
them now when turned against com
binations of capital, aiming to control
the output and prices of their establish
ments. The predictions that govern
ment by injunction la a two-edged
sword that would cut both ways are
proving true.
Our. amiable popocratlc contemporary,
the World-Herald, has its ear to the
ground. It knows that the same disci
pline that would call for a vote of cen
sure on the South Omaha Insurgents
who refused to support the party nom
inee would demand similar censure for
the party organ that; failed to come to
the front on the same occasion.
The anthracite coal miners and the
managers of coal roads Seem to be fur
ther a iart than ever, but we have had
more menacing situations than this and
come to speedy adjustment of difficul
ties. While both sides may cry, "No
surrender," the outcome must be some
kind of a treaty of peace.
A Cold Fact.
' Chicago Reoord-Heraldl
The public gets no 'chance to arbitrate
when the coal trust wants to advance prices.
A Popalsvr Desaenetrattosu
Indianapolis News.
Attornav General Knox may be able to
demonstrate how well his predecessors
didn't do it.
Another Krptto TUreateae.
Washington Post
; Mr. Bryan's press agent ears hs will make
a speech on Ban Juan hill before he leaves
Cuba. How much longer Is that hill to be
worked T
Btit Preef p Pref !.
Philadelphia Record.
After all, ths best proof of the progress
of pacification la ths Philippine Islands la
ths reduction of the army of occupation.
The original 60,000 soldiers are new so far
dispensed with that the fores new la hand
Is only 17,000.
Maa-aettsa of Misery.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Every storm, earthquake or disaster of
any kind brings oat a curious phse of
human nature. Many ef those who have
seen their houses destroyed or their near
est relatives killed return as soon as poasl
ble to the scene cf devastation. la some
Instances this is explained by the tact that
there are more opportunities of earning a
livelihood among old neighbors than among
new surroundings. ( Is numerous esses,
howevsr, no such boslneae reason operates
as aa Inducement. ; The. magnet is senti
ment, not money. As some mourners de
vote every holiday to visiting graves, so a
large fractloa of the homelees and be
reaved go back t spend the remainder
f their days io the scenes that recall ca
limit y and sgoay.
' Philadelphia Record.
i"he ceremonies attending ths unveiling
Of the Rochambeau statue sad the Inter
change of national fraternal greeting which
has '.followed upoa the aulck response Of
America la alleviating the suffering la
Marttvlau have alvea a sudden Impulsive
tius
warmth to the hearty good feeling which
bas always existed between the people of
Vance and toe people of the United Rtates.
Following so soon after the visit of Prince
Henry to this country and his very ef
fusive and friendly reception, the' present
exchsnge ef greeting and courtesy restores
the balance of International amenities and
amities. France and Germany stsnd upoa
en equal footing of substantial and solid
good will.
' Oeaeroae la Hoar of Dletresa.
New York Evening Post.
The swift snd generous response which
the American government and people are
making to the appeal of mortal misery and
need which comes to us from the stricken
West Indies Is, we are glad to think, emi
nently characteristic. A more humane and
charitable nation does not exist, we firmly
believe. It la partly that we have abun
dant means to succor distress snd that we
recognise the obligation which goes with
ability. RIchesse oblige. But there Is
more in It than the mere possession of
wealth. By instinct and training and long
habit Americans have developed a peculiar
readiness In coming spontaneously to the
relief of suffering. Our own inheritance
and history, the growth of voluntary chan
ties, the private endowment of education
on a scale elsewhere unknown, the various
colossal calamities of our own which have
opened hearts and purses to the victims
a Chicago Are, a Johnstown flood all have
somehow conspired to make us open as day
to melting charity.
TRIE PATRIOTISM.
Coaalsts ta at Slua-le-Hear1e4 Xwreloa
to the Pablle Good.
Indianapolis News.
Patriotism of course Is only another name
for service to the country honestly and
faithfully performed. It does not consist
In florid talk about the flag, in foolish boast
ing about the country that we all love, la
wild and unreasoning partisanship, but In
the sober and honest discharge of whatever
duty falls to our lot and In a single-hearted
devotion to the publlo good. And in life, ss
In the army, good work can be done In any
station. Private and general are entitled
to the same measure of our love and grati
tude if they do what they are bidden to do
without thought of self. There is no man
so humble but he can greatly serve the
country. A man can -fee a patriot without
being an office holder. So the question Is
one of subordinating oneself to the general
good. We believe that all of our people
would, in a great crisis, sacrifice them
selves snd all that they had for the sake of
the nation and Us flag. But we want to do
these things In the ordinary affairs of lite
and to realize that In such things aa this
there is, in s real' sense, no large snd
small. "All service ranks the same with
God."
KO NONSENSE IN NEBRASKA.
Palpitations of Mount Iona Will Not
Be Tolerated.
Washington Post.
' Somebody in authority ought to notify
Monnt Iona, out there in Nebraska, that
It must not get too gay at this particular
time. We are having trouble enougu with
volcanoes as It Is. The real thing Is more
appalling than there is sny need fr. In
Martinique and. St. Vincent we have hau
tragedies that will last our time. Further
more, every htll with a hole in it counting
the West Indies, the -Isthmus, Nicaragua,
Mexico, etc. has begun to puff and snort
and wriggle, as though It were about to
ejaculate with ' the utmost ferocity. Be
sides, and as tf the convulsions of nature
were not sufficient, political revolutions
are raging lq Various quarters Colombia,
Ecuador, Venezuela, Santo Domingo and
other spots too -numerous to mention and
too hot. to handle. Not to put too fine a
point upon It we are surrounded at this
momentl with eruptions of all sorts, and we
do not want any foolishness out In Ne
braska with Mount Iona. That enterpris
ing little pustule roust be poulticed for the
present, at least, and until we can give It
some attention. '
Obviously these outbursts are unpleas
antly abundant for the moment. They can
not all of them be encouraged at the same
time without danger to the general good.
The populace In Venezuela, Haytl, Colombia
and Ecuador seem to be In a state of the
most violent ebullition. Nobody knows ex
actly what the matter is. It looks like a
case of hot blood everywhere. The situa
tion in Haytl Is Interesting, but only be
cause It is of recent occurrence. ' To be
sure, the predicament of the former presi
dent Sambo Sam or Simon Sam is dis
tressing, but that doesn't count Sambo
Sam has had a long turn at ths spigot, and
If he gets away alive we need not worry
ourselves about his future. It makes very
little difference who wears the yellow
Jacket and the nosering In Haytl. Sambo,
Tancrede, Saint Victor. Deny. Flrmin
Arcades Omnes they are all ths same to
us. But we don't want this little runt of a
volcano in Nebraska to be putting on airs
whlls we are busy In other directions. Ne
braska has given us its full share ot sensa
tions as things are. '.We can't have Mount
Iona chip In at such a crisis with a crest
of Inflammation. , Something must be done
to Mount Iona a bucket of water, for ex
ample, or a cork.
Seriously, just now, affairs In the west
ern hemisphere are about as lively as they
need be. We have real volcanoes, and to
spare,, and more Sambo Sams than are
necessary to our comfort. Somebody must
sit down on Mount Iona for a few days,
anyhow; We prefer to take oar carbuncles
seriatim.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Emperor William's absorption of Amer
ican Ideas IS shown In his $25,000,000 rail
way station.
General Burgoyna's headquarters in the
Saratoga campaign of 1777 at Sandy Hill,
Washington county. New Tork, Is about to
be rased to make way for factories.
H. V. and H. W. Poor of New Tork City
have presented the New Tork Publlo li
brary with a large and valuable collection
ot books, pamphlets, scrapbooks and maps.
Daniel P. Bradford, seventh la line
from John Bradford, first governor of
Massachusetts, hag Just . celebrated his
(let birthday at his home in the village
ot Tyndall, B. D.
, Senator Depew and Representative
Woods, the latter of California, are two
members of congress who are never-falling
sources of news and stories for newspaper
men. Mr. Woods Is ever ready to go to
any amount of trouble for the correspond
nta. "
Albert Oallatla Riddle, ths well known
lawyer and author, who has Just died In
Washington. D. C. while la the house ot
representatives was the first man to advo
cate the arming ot the slaves and the ab
olition ot slavery in the District of Co
lumbia. Senator Jones ot Nevada has had a pe
culiar career. He is aa Englishman born,
but has followed the vagaries of American
politics with all the consistency of the
vicar ot Bray. -He has bean a republican,
a stiver republican, a populist and again
a republican, and at 71 is to retire from
service.
Former Halted Sutes Senator William
D. Washburn of Minnesota, who visited
Washington recently. Is a member of the
only family that ever' had three brother
la congress at the sama tlms. They were
EUhu B. Washburn of Illinois. Cadwallader
Celdea Washbura ot Wisconsin and Israel
Washburn ef Maine, all of whom
brothers vt William D. Washbura.
Live Nebraska Towns
NELSON Never Had a Failure.
Nelson Is the county seat of Nuckolls
county, a hundred miles southwest of Lin
coln, and a thriving little city of a thou
sand prosperous and intelligent cltliens.
This is the western terminus of the Fair
bury branch of the Rock Island railroad.
This line, together with the Burlington,
gives us the best shipping facilities.
Nuckolls county Is peculiarly adapted
to stock raising and Is a splendid farm
ing district as well. Fruit of all kinds is
also found here In abundance. The large
alfalfa fields, prairie pastures and native
timber along the flowing streams make
this a most desirable place for extensive
cattle feeding. We have here a few of the
largest and most successful feeders in
southern Nebraska, while on almost every
farm is given some attention to fine stuck.
The publlo business of the county Is trans
acted in a substantial building erected of
stone and brick at a cost ot over $35,000 and
It Is equipped with all modern . conveni
ences. Nelson Is beautifully located on
the banks of Elk creek snd Is surrounded
by sn abundance of native timber. This
pleasant location, together with our ex
cellent public schools, and a half dozen
churches, makes this an Ideal place in
which to live.. The affairs of the city are
conducted by able business men, ' who
have a personal Interest In our welfare.
Thus the expense Is kept down to the min
imum and we are not burdened with ex
orbitant taxes, a thing so much dreaded
In many towns. No town In this section
Federal Courts and Taxes
Chicago
When Judges Grosscup and Humphrey,
sitting In the United States circuit court
In the tax cases against the traction com
panies, eet aside the state law of assess
ments snd announced a Judicial plan ot
their own there was 'general surprise.
It was a new thing for a federal judicial
tribunal to nullify a state law and issue Its
own decree regulating state assessments!
tor the purpose of taxation.
Those citizens who believed that the fed
eral court attempted to usurp a power
with which It was not clothed by law are
sustained in a powerful argument by Judge
Tuley. This great Jurist, In reviewing the
proceedings for the column of the Chron
icle, shows that they are In direct oppo
sition to rules of law established by the
United States supreme court.
In important litigation known to lawyers
as the Illinois railroad tax cases the fed
eral supreme court ruled that no United
States court could regulate the distribu
tion of a tax or assess property for the
purpose of taxation. The language of the
supreme court, as quoted by Judge Tuley,
is as follows:
"The United States court has no power
to apportion a tax or to make a new as
sessment or direct another to be made by
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life la the
Metropolis.
Ownership of an opera, box In the Met
ropolitan opera house carries a financial
as well as social advantage. The execu
tors of the estate of Calvin 8. Brlce re
cently sold half a box for $35,000. The
original cost of the box was 130,000.
. Aside from the principle of $30,000 paid
originally and the Interest chargeable
thereto, the cost for a season of opera to
a boxholder is $3,000. This is levied as
an assessment on each boxholder. Boxes
for subscription performances at night rent
for $125 and for matinees for $100. Next
season the income from this source would
be $8,075 for the subscription perform
ances If a box in "the horseshoe" should
be rented for each performance and the
demand would easily make that possible.
In addition, however, there are seven
teen Saturday evening performances and
the various extra matinees and night
performances that are always crowded Into
the end of the season. Rent ot these
would, easily make the income from a box
$10,000 a year on the basis of next season
and others to come.
Plans for the new terminal station of the
Pennsylvania railroad are now approxi
mately complete, the architectural
details of the structure remaining to be
developed. At a cost of several million
dollars a site for the station, covering an
area of three and one-half city blocks, hts
been purchased, or soon will be, and It Is
probable that the ground will be broken on
May 1. Douglas Robinson, purchasing
agent for the Pennsylvania railroad, says:
"I understand that there are to be
twenty-six tracks in connection with the
terminal station. After leaving the tunnet
under the Hudson river trains will run
over the main tracks, fifty feet beneath
the surface, through Thirty-second street,
ascending gradually until they reach the
surface at Thirty-second street and Ninth
avenuo, whence they will proceed Into the
station In the usual way. With the pur
chase of property on the north side of
Thirty-second street between Eighth and
Ninth avenues, the real estate purchases
will be concluded, so far as I now know.
This property will be purehssed on a
scale of units, as In former transactions.
That is to say, certain prices have already
been paid tor scattering plots, which will
be used as a basis for further purphases,
either from the owners direct or by con
demnation." A deed was recorded In the register's
office recently, after a lapse of 112 years
from the time it was drawn up. The deed
Is s conveyance of the property situated
at what is now the corner of South and
Whitehall streets, by Anthony Llapenard
and Barsh, his wife, to John B. Coles, and
was drawn on May 2. 1790. It was re
corded by the counsel for the heirs ot
John B. Coles, for the purpose of showing
title to ths property other than that of ad
verse possession. In order that one of the
heirs could mortgage his share for $20,000.
The deed was regarded in the light of s
curiosity at the register's office, reports
the New Tork Sun. It Is on sheepskin two
feet square. The property was described
as being in the "South ward of the city of
New York, bounded on the west by White
Hall Slip or Dock Slip, north by house snd
property of Qosln Blmonson and on the
east by the house and property of Robert
Livingston and on the south by the Whit
Hall Dock." The plot conveyed was 60x42
feet. In ths deed Is a clause reserving
to the city the annual "quit rent of 13
hillings and t pence to be paid by the
grantee and bis heirs forever." The amount
paid for the property by the grantee was
250.
the properly named In the deed is part
of the plot on which the Eastern hotel
now stands. All this plot Is now owned
by the four great grandsons of the grants
in the old deed. These heirs are George,
Alexander, William F. and Nathaniel B.
Colt
Recently Nathaniel B. Coles, who is a
bachelor, wanted to borrow $20,000 on his
share nf the property. The firm of Strong
k. Cadwalder, with whom he negotiated
the mortgage, wanted the title Insured
snd the Title Guarantee company refused
to do this until something bad been re
corded showing title to the property other
thaa that of possession ef It for twntr
of the west can boast of a more energetic
lot of business men and substsntlal busi
ness buildings. Ths latter are the reeult
of several disastrous fires that destroyed
the pioneer buildings. From the ssbes,
Phoenix-llke, rose the modern brick busl-
tures, made from the product of our local
works that turn out a quality of goods
tbsn which there are nons better In the
stste. '
Nelson has never had a boom nor a busi
ness failure. Nearly all her merchants own
tbelr store buildings, and have new and com
fortable residences. Every line of busi
ness la here represented, snd In each Is
carried a large assortment of goods.
The Nebraska Telephone company gives
us the best of locsl service and connects
'us with outside points. Our new roller
mills are making sn enviable reputation for
Nelson. An eastern expert recently made
a test of the flour produced here and he
pronounced It aa good as any made In the
t'nlted States. We have two banks, a fins
opera house, In which Is also a commodious
lodge room, where the various secret or
ders hold regular meetings; two elevators,
three newspapers, and a 120,000 school
building. Our public schools are on the ac
credited list and pupils graduating from
them are admitted to ths State university
without further examination. They are In
charge ot an able corps of Instructors.
They are, Justly, too, the pride of the com
munity. ' T. A. SCHERZINGER.
Chronicle.
the proper officers of the state. These offi
cials and the manner in which they shall
exercise their functions are wholly beyond
the power of that court when so act
ing. , ,
"The levy of taxes is not a Judicial func
tion, and Its exercise by the constitutions
of all states and by the theory of our Eng
lish origin Is exclusively legislative."
Could Judges Grosscup and Humphrey
have had this decision before them when
they made their decree directing how the
traction corporations should be assessed
and apportioning the tax which they should
pay aa computed by a court commlsslonerT
Or did they not know that such a decision
was In the court reports?
No United States court can direct the of
ficers of the state -taxing bodies as to the
manner in which they shall exercise their
powers. It follows, of course, that no
United States court can exercise the powers
with which state assessors are Invested.
It has not been an uncommon thing In
the history of American courts for the fed
eral tribunals to pverrlde the decisions ot
the state tribunals.
This seems to be a case where an Infer
ior federal court has attempted to override
a decision of the highest federal court.
years. The records were searched, and It
was found that , nothing establishing title
to the property was In the register's office
for the reason that the .property bad come
down to the present heirs in wills.
Nothing could be found to show how the
family had come in possession of the
property, until a search of some old family
effects revealed the deed filed yesterday.
The deed satisfied the company, and the
mortgage was recorded with the deed. '
' Townscnd Jones, ef counsel for the heir,
aid that the reason the deed had never
been recorded at the time It' was drawn
was thst the law did not require such a
thing. There wss no register's office,
either, when it was made.
A modish young woman, strikingly well
gowned, and evidently a member of that
grade of society that the March Hare suc
clently termed "the very best butter,"
walked briskly through City Hall park from
the direction of the bridge, one fair morn
ing last week, relates the Evening Post.
She carried a email light suit case snd
two golf clubs. Just before she reached
the Broadway sidewalk she almost stopped
and said, "Oh, dear," so loud and In a
tone of such genuine distress that a young
man walking behind her heard, and won
dered what the matter was. The young
woman approached a bootblack. "Yarn led
my boots, please," she said. Then she
leaned nonchalantly against the wire fenc
ing while the boy went down on his knees
and worked. It was such a singularly un
expected scene that nearly all the men who
passed stared openly, and unless they were
In a great hurry looked back over their
shoulders and made some lsughtng com
ment to their companions. The girl paid
not the slightest heed, and was apparently
unconscious of the attention she was at
tracting. It Is not uncomon, however, to
eee women having their boots blacked on
ferryboats, and the boys who stay on the
boats say that during the ahopplng hours
they polish up almost as many women's
shoes as they do men' In the earlier hours
of the morning.
Where Help Is Needed.
Chicago Post.
Contributions that have been made by
our citizens for the help of the destitute
in the West Indies are baited because no
further aid Is needed there. As' the money
has been given, why not devote It to sid
ing those who have suffered through ths
storms In Texas and other parts of the
west and from 'the terrible mln explosion
In Tennessee?
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GERMANY'S. GIFT TO AMERICA.
Philadelphia Record:
Kaiser Wllhelm'i
proposal to preeent to
this
uvnrumrui r
friendly. ...
Brooklyn Eagle: We will welcome th
gift less because of whst Frederick did foi
us than for what he did for himself and f-Ji
bis people. ' Whatever may be thought ol
hie methods and his policy, he established 1
new nation, whose foundation,' laid at Ross
bach and Torgau, survived the shock ol
Jena to become, through Badowa snd Meti
snd Sedan, the cornerstone ef a great em
pire. His achievements, when one con
siders the obstacles he had to face, Vvt',
bronze statue of Frederick the Grrat, to 0r 1
erected at Washington,, la polltlo as well 01 (
50. VKf, 3
1 of teeae
republics j
on the marvelous. And because
achievements the first of the
should gladly receive a memorial of thf
"last ot the kings."
Buffalo Express: If President Rooeevell
wrote the German message which he sent
to Emperor William (and of course he did)
thanking him for the promised gift to the
nation, he is to be congratulated not only
on his sonorous diction, but on the felicity
of ths Idea conveyed: "Es 1st eln Zetchen
fur die Wohlfahrt dea ganzen Mersrhen
geschlects dass am Aufang dleees
Jahrunderts die Amerlkanlsche und
Deutscha Volke in einem Slnne herilicber
Freundschaft suaammen arbelten." "It Is
a hopeful sign of the welfare of all man
kind that la the beginning of this century
ths Amerlcsn and German people are work
ing together In a sense of bsppy friendship."
All that Is necessary to keep It up and get
sll the other kinds of mankind to appreciate
the effort.
Washington Post:. William of Hohenzol
lern Is apparently unacquainted with his
own genealogical tree. In his dispatch to
President Roosevelt announcing the gift ot
the statue of Frederick the Great he speaks
of that renowned soldier and ruler as "my
snceetor." It la a well known historical
fact that, like George Washinston. the
great Frederick left no children and his
throne descended to a nephew for whom he
never exhibited sny particular appreciation.
The Emperor William speaks also of the
friendly attitude maintained by his ances
tor "toward the young American republlo
during the course of Its formation, thereby
laying the cornerstone of the friendly rela
tions which have always existed between
our countries." The statue Is all right,
and we will accept It and dedicate It with
appropriate ceremonies, but we are able to
recall that the only ancestor of the presenr
rL... . .
uTxiunu euiycrur wnu iooa any particular
interest and part In ths revolutionary strug
gle was his great-great-grandfather, the
amiable and much-beloved 6eorge III. Wa
dielike to muss up such pleasing manifesta
tions of good feeling, but, unless the em
peror's dispatch has been mutilated In
transmission, he needs to brush up on
genealogy.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
Chicago Poet: "Is Paderewskl married?"
"Probably not. Look at the head of hair
he still has."
Brooklyn Life: Mr. Westslde Is Brlggs
still paying attention to your sister?
Eastslde Naw. They've been married
thla two mont'sl "
Cleveland 'Plain Dealer: "A foreign
prophet predicts something dreadful will
happen to the world on July 6."
"Say, I'm glad he could put it off until
after the Fourth."
Philadelphia Press: She Why, I thought
the sermon remarkably short. I'm sur
prised that you should conelder It long.
He But I wasn't wearing a new bonnet
to church for the first time with a con
sciousness that all the other women were
looking at It.
Washington Star: "Do you expect to be
as popular aa you were last election?"
"Certainly," answered Senator Sorghum.
"There's no reason why I shouldn't be.
I'm even better able to pay for things now
than I was then."
Chicago Record-Herald: "Well." said
the magazine poet, "I have One comfort
ing thought left, anyway."
"What a thatr' his wife asked.
"My poetry hasn't been found to be bad
enough for any congressman to quote In a
speech as yet.
Brooklyn Life: He It seems strange I
should be eo much In love with you, when
three weeks ago we hadn't met..
Sho Oh It often happens that way.
Philadelphia Press: "I thought she was
a woman of unbreakable will," said the
gentleman with the bob-tailed coat.
"And so shs was." said the man with the
Incandescent whlxkers.
"Yet you tell me that she Is completely
subservient to her husband," went on the
first gentleman.
"Well, you see. she married a lawyer
and he broke the will."
MOTHER IN HER WEDDING GOWN.
S. E. Klser In Record-Herald.
Here's a picture of my mother In her wed
ding gown. Ah me,
I wonder If there ever was a fairer bride
than she. ,
Not a wrinkle on her forehead, not a line
denoting care
Can be traced upon her feature; what a.
wealth of wavy hair
Fell away from her fair templest And the
smile she wore that day
Was the smile of one whose sorrows still
were lurking far away.
I can fancy that my father, as he gazed
upon her then.
Must have held his head up proudly,
favored o'er all other men;
And, beholding the sweet beauty of the
face depicted here,
I Imagine I can eee him, yoong and ardent.
standing near
I have loved and I can see him as he
caught her to his breast.
When the strength of youth was In him
and his lips on here's were pressed.
The' picture of my mother, taken on her
wedding day.
Shows the face ot on whose sorrows were
all lurking far away.
And a fairer bride than she has never
charmed a man, I trow
Tet there's one whose smile Is sweeter
than her smile was long ago
One whose brow has many furrow
proudly looks sometimes on me,
And I see the fondest, gladdest smile a
man may hope to see.
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