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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-13

LUDDISGTOx, MICH, February ,, $50.
Ihave sold Hop Bitters for four years. and there
l. no mej clue that suTpasses them Tor bihou. 't-
attacks, kidney complaints. and many diseaS IN
ciaent To this inalarial climate.
&C -Ih,Sa.IuSwlm N. /. ALENANptH'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-13

TOUN l.. WILLIAMS.
81 STOCK BROKER AND BANKER,
l0l4 MAIN STREET.
FOR SALE:
VIRGINIA CONsoL TAN-PAYING COUPONS,
CiTY OF RICHMOND BONDS,
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE RAILWAY
FIRST MORTGAGE PER CENT. BONDS,
PETERSBURG RAILROAD CLASS PER
yIRGlNiA FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE
MRRtcHhSTs AND PLANTEEss SAVINGS
UNION BANK STOCK. ll.St
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-13
BANKERS AND BROKERS'.

500 600 CITY OF RICHMOND
PER CENT. BONDS for sale.
Other BONDS and STOCKS bought aud sold
On commission. DAVENPORT CO.,
stock Brokers,
oc1o-6t lli3 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-13

Nv mother says Hop Btters Is The only thilg
mai viii trcn her from her old and severe attacks
of paralysis and headache Editor OSUtgo SaR'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-13
A Murdercr's Fierce Fight on the Gal
lows.

CLEVELAND, o., October 12.--Jack Rad
ford was hanged to-day at Fremont for
wife-murder committed last October. He
made fierce fight against the officers, and
showered blasphemouS and obscene cpl
thets upon them. After being dragged TO
the scaflold he tried desperately to break
away and Jump from the platform. With
much trouble he was bound and the moose
adjusted, the drop falling at 1905 o'clock.
Radiord spent last night carousing with
his guard, drinking whiskey, talking about
horse-races, and telling obscene stories.
While standing on the gallows pnioned,
the moose about his neck, and the clergy
men Offering prayer, Radford discovered
among those in the jail Mr.. Greenslade,
father Of his murdered wife. Then ensued
an indescrible scene. Radiord made "A fu-
rious effort, strapped as he was, to rush
upon his father-in-law. The sheriff and
assistants had all they could do to hold
him. lie rayed and cursed everybody.
The hanging was successful. The body
scarcely quivered after the drop. The
body was cut down in twenty minutes.
About 100 persons witnessed the eXecu-
tion
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-13
DENTISTS.
~ w. JONES, DENTIST.


OFFICE: No. s07 FRANKLIN STREET, BETWEEN
EIGHTH AND NINTH.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
LIVE STOCK
Special Dispatches TO TIE BsE.
CHICAGO,

Special Dispatches to THr Bsz.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, March 3.-The Droyers' Jour.
IA rep >rts as follows:
Hogs-Demand weak; market fairly &C
tive on choice stock; light and mixed
rough dull and weak; mixed. 6 15G6 So;
heavy, = 95@7 20; light, 6 1906 80; skips,,
4 25@6 90.
Cattle-The market was brisk and pricss
tirmer; exports, 5 90@6 %; good to choice
shipping, 5 40@5 70; common to fair. 4 80
90 80; butchers in fair supply and do
mand at 3 0O@4 80; stockers and feeders,
8 50@4 So.
S~heep-The market was quiet and
steady; common to fair, $1,000 90; medi-
um to good, 4 25@5 90; choice to extra,
5 25@6 90.
ST. LOUIS.
81. LOUIS, March 3.--Hogs-Ssrouger
light, 1901 90; packing, 8 9O97 Isl
Cattle-Supply and demand light; fair
to choice steers, 3 50@k 80; butchers,
4 0O@5 90; cows and hsifers, 4 OO04 80,
Sheep-Market steady; common to me.
dium, 3 5O@4 30; fair to good, 4,75&S5 SO;
choice to fancy, 5 75@s CT.
KANSAS cITY.
KANSAS CRY, March 8. The Live
Stock Indicator reports:
Cattle--Oferings light and prices un,
changed; shipping steers, 1905 As;
stockers and feeders 4,00@4 rs; COWS,
2 S0@3 rs. ~
Hogs@Market better ate 1907 So; bulk
Strengthening done; .nominally ur.
changed.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05

TOR March; 42ic for April; 44@i4icI 70
May; 43tc iCr dune.
Rye Firm; 664c.
Barley Q let; 7S@S0..
Flax seed-Higher; l 3t@l 80.
llmothy-Goud demsni; pIiU.e, | GA
70; comnon to far, l 50@i 6l.
95@S 90.
Pork-Market unsettled and cepera,l,
higher, bat CLOSED stesdy; is ibmIS % "a,
cash and March; Is SstalS S7b for April
~ 57t@1S 60 for May; Is I25@lS rs fol
June; is 9c(9lS 8 for July.
Lsrd-Unsattled and generally higher
closed steady; IL 80 for oash and Mach
II 45@1l Az for April; IL COAL GA TO,
July.
Bulk Meats In fair demand: shout
ders, z so; short rib, 10 05; short clear
Butter-Essier but not quotably lower
creamery. 25@SSJ; dairy, 1S@30c.
Eggs-In fair demand at 1S@20c.
Whisky-Unehsnged; 1 II.
NEW YORK.
NEw YoRK, March S.-wheat-Cast
dull and lower; options opened 46ac
higher, afterwsrd reacted t6ac, closinp
firm; No. 2 spring nominate; ungraded
winter red, l O3@1 25; steamer No. 8 red,
II; No 3 red, l 1911; steamer No. 9 red,
l lgt@l 20; No. 2 red, l 22s@1 22b.
Corn 4Gac stronger and higher; I'm.
graded 64@72c; No. 2, 72@74c.
Oats-4@tc higher; mixed western, SIG
5Sc; white, 53@ 500.
Eggs-Western fresh and unsettled AND
lower at 21ac per dozen.
Pork Quiet and firm; new mess, 10 45
OILS SO.
Lard-Higher; prime steam, IL 55.
Butter-Unchansed.
ST. LOUIS.
ST.. Louis, March 3.-Flour--Un.
changed; fancy, s 3O@5 60; choice, s Ito
b %; family, 5 55@5 20.
Wheat-Better but slow; No. 2 red,
l 114@1 l2s for cash; l 13a@l Ia for
April; 1 154@1 16t for May; l 154 for
1 OH.
Communicative but higher; 54s654sc
for cash; 54s@54bc for March; 5540056Ic.
closing at 555c for April; 56I@57sc for
May; 5Is@57sc tor June; 5S5c for July,
Oats -Better; 42o for cash; 4lSc for
April; 42sc for May.
Rye-Lower at 59t059bc
Bsrley-Quiet at 6O@8Oo.
Corn Meal-Quiet at 2 S5@2 90.
Butter-.Unchanged; dairy, 24@3Oc;
creamery, 34@3Sc.
Eggs-Weak at 15c.
Whisky-Steady at / 10.
Provisions Quiet and unchanged
Pork-.Firm; 18 37A for cash; is 40 asked
for March; Is 30 bid for May.
Bulk Meats.-Steady; sides, 8 90@1o 25,
Bacon...Quiet; sides, 10 75@11 25.
Lard-Nominal.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS Cry, March 3.-Wheat-Mar.
ct weaker; No. 2 red, 954c for cash;
500 for May.
Corn.Market steady; 45s@45Sc for
cash; 4S8c for May.
Oats-Slow at 341c,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
PRODUCE u PROVISIONS.
Special Dispatches to THE BEE.

special Dispatches 20 THh Bee
CaDAGo, March 3.-Fairbank & Co.'s
circular: Visible supply of lard in this
country, 2A 900 ~tierces; same period last
year, BOG. 600 ~tierces; in Eusope, sS.ecG
t~ierces. against 1000 o the same time last
year; estimsted prime steamed in this
country, 10000 %tierOes, against $4,000
the same period last year.. Regular wheat
somewhat unssetled, opened t@sc lower.
rallied s@9o higher, and closed Ac higher
than yesterday. Sales ranged at l 075@
I0s5 for March; i Q5@l 09a for April;
,11ss@1 14a for May;l l4s@1 lag Cor June;
winter. l lOa; spring, i Osf@1 09t- Corn
opened weaker, rallied 10, fuctnated and
closed s@ac higher than Yesterday. Sales
ranged at 574@5T5o for March; 57t95Stc
for April; 61a@62ac for May; GIG @62ac
for June; 62s@634c for July; rejected,
Sole; new mixed, 5a@5dac; new high mix
ed, 544@54t. Oats quiet and frmer. Sales
ranged az 42@42tc for March, 41s@423c
for April 43s@44tc for May; i3t@484c
for June. Pork 2A@5c lower early, raj.
lied 121@l5c, and closed steady. Sales
ranged at Ii O7A@1S 20 for March; IS OK
@1S 40 for April; Is 42b@1S 65 for May;
IS 6o@l8 IA for June; Is ga for July.
Lard 5@74c lower early rallied l0@l2sc,
closed steady. Sales ranged IL 224@1l 32t
for March; II S7a@11 80 for April; IL so
oil 65 for May; IL 574@1l 20 for June;
IL 62A@l1 773 for July,
CHICAGO.
. CHICAGO, March s. Wheat-Uuset-
tied and generally higher; regular, 10Ss
al 0SA for March; l o94@1 09s for April;
/ 14t@1 lIs for May; l 143 for June; No.
2 spring, / 0S@l %; No. 3 spring, 94c;
No. Q red winter, l l0t.
Corn-Steady and closed higher; 57s@
5stc for cash, 57a@57Sc for March; 5Ssc
for April; 62s@62ac for May; &c for
June; 63s@634c for July.
Oats Quiet but firm; 42ic for cash; 42s,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05

DRUGS AND CHEMIOAtA- Acid


DRUGS AND CHEMICA u.s. Acid,
Carsolic. 5ocj Acid. T~artaric, Boo; Ba,sam
Uopebia, per ID. zoe; Bark, S~assairns, per
10, lAaI Oslomol per 10, 75cj CiDcboniiie,
p r o., u lt; Chlorciorm, per III. ooi
Salts, per ID, 9ic; dlycovine, pure pc hi,
Slc; Lead, Acetate, per h, %:
on, Castor, No. 1, per gal, 81 20:
vi, Castor, Nc. 9, Der gal, gil5, Oh,
Olive, per gal. 81 50j OIL, OrigNnum, so;
Opium, 81 Is; Quinino T, u ". b II. 4 g.,
Per OF, 81 S5j Potassium, Todide, per II
~ 20; .Salaoin, per OF, 40c; Sulphato O
Morphine, per OF, 99 50; Sulphur -four
per ID, 4ci S~trvobnine. yer or, 81 S.,
Liquors.
ALCOHOL 80 1s8 proof, 8 rs per wine
gallon; extra California spirits, 1877 proof,
ls35 per proof gallon, triple refined spirits
81 proof, 23 per proof gallon; re-Jistillod
vhiskies, l 009l 80; fine blended, SOFA
= o0j Kentucky bourbons, 2o0Gn7 60; Ken
lucky and Pennsylvania ryes, 2 O0(7 90,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IS 0@lG 90,
domeatio ! 40a4 90.
l 40@S 90,
@RUMS-Imposssd, 4 b00s 90, New
ENGLAND. 2 COCA 90; domestic, 1 50aS so
PEACH AND APPLE BRANDY
1 1904 90.
CHAMPAGNEs-Imported per case,
10 90,
OLARETS- err case, 4 509ls 90
WlNES-Rh ne wine, per case, 6 0C@
z 90; Catavbs, peg case. 4 0097 90.
Cigars ard Tobaoces.
FINE OUT-In pails.-Hard to Beat!
Zoe; Golden Thread, zoe; Fountain, SOC,
Fsyorite, 65c; Rocky Mountain, Goo,
Fancy, 55c; Daisy, 50e.-In tin foil
Oatlins Q. g., 8 10 boxes, per ID $50; Lori.
illard's Tiger, 60o; Diamond Grown, Goo.
SMOKING-An graoes-Common, IS 10
$50. Granulated-Blackwells Durhnrn, 16
OF Ole; Dukes Durham, 1G OF, Acc; Soal OF
North Carolina, 16 OF, 46; Seal of Nebrss
ka, 10 OF, SSc; Lone Jack, 4 OF, linen bags
per ID, 81, So; Msrburgs' Puck 2 OF, Sin
oil. Doc; Dog L all 66c.
Wool.
Merino unwas ed, light, 14@16o; heavy,o Q,
@lSlbcj medium unwashed, light, 1920
washed, choice, s2c; fair, SOC; tub.ding;
and W., $50, bury. blaoksnd ootted wool
2@6o loss
Horses and Mules.
The market Is brisk and all grades are
selling well at o slight advance in prices.
The demand for good horses exceeds the
supply considerably. Prices range as fol-
lows:
Fine single drivers, $3.50. to 300, Extra
draft horses, el75. to 225.; Common DRAFT
horses, 500. TO $780,, Extra farm horses,
S1lO. TO 49,; Common Co good farm horses
$50. to $780,, Extra plugs, $50. to 75.i
Common plugs, $40. to $40,
MULES.-1b TO 15a hands ~(eIsrs), s125
to 1bO.; 1ds to 10 hands, S10o. 90 1t0.
Ia TO "a hands, S75. to 1901 1Ss to 4
hands, $50. 60 rs.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
the Old WORLD.
GENE gAL FOR EIGN NEWS.

GENE RAJ FOR EIGN NEWS.
Special Dispatches to TIN BRs.
wALsH's ORGANIZATION.
DUBLIN, March 4.-The letter
seized at Walsh's lodgings In Rochdale
reveals the fact that 5000 men are
enrolled In the secret society. He has
been organizing In tho north of Eng
land, and are amply provided with
funds and revolvers.
H BLACK HAND.
MADRID, March 4.-Another chief
of the "Blsck Hand" society was ar.
rested at ARGOS, whose duty was to
visit various towns with copies of the
constitution and bylaws of the or
ganizatiOn for the purpose of forming
branches thereof. Several landlords
In Xeres received letters demanding
money.
TRIAL OF SOCIALISTS.
VIENNA, March 4.-The trial of sc
socialists will begin Thursday. The
indictment details the evidence OBJ.
tained connecting the accused with
the International and Herr Most. All
are charged with treason and half
with murder or completely therein.
The crimes were committed last
summer.
SHERMAN AND BYRNE.
LONDON, March A Dublin dis
patch to the Times says the police
have abundant evidence to prove p.
j. Sheridan was an active inciter to
crime In Ireland. There is no reason
to suppose that Bryne was directly
connected Herewith. The govern.
ment has prepared o bill to reorganize
the constabulary and make the ma
chinery for the detection of crime
more effective.
BERLIN BRIEFS.
BERLIN, March 4.-The govern
ment refused the application of the
imperial commissioner to have the
wrecked steamer Cimbria examined
by divern.
The police discovered q secret
union of foreign laborers at Hilds'
helm, Hanover. Several arrests were
made and important papers seized.
PERIODS IN HISTORY.
LoEcoN, March AT the Wagner
memorial services to-day, Moncure
d.. Conway said there were periods In
the history of the world when q new
order of men came forth. This was
shown in the era whereof Carlisle wai
the prophet, Emerson the enter
prefer, Darwin the first fruit In sol
ence and Wagner In art.
BYRNE's CASE.
PARIS, March 4. - Frank Byrne,
whose extradition has been asked by
the British government has accepted
the services Of Clunet, the eminent
advocate. Victor Hugo promises t.
write papers concerning the hardshipl
Of Byrne's arrest when his innocenc,
Is proved.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
OMAHA MARK T
Wholesale Prices.
OFFICE OF THE OMAHA BEE, ,
SATURDAY. Evaaino Ma.ok


The wholesale trade of the city for the
past week was reported as only moderate.
the situation slowed very little change
from tbs preceding week, and values re.
main remarkably steady.
Groceries moved more satisfactory than
other lines. Sugars s~0ntinGe strong with an
upward tendency. There was q fair
movement in dried fruit. with no import.
ant variation In prices. though pruues were
stronger. There was a fair demand for
fish aud canned goods ct steady prices.
Dry goods, millinery, clothing and boots
and shoes continue quiet, though an i'm
proVsment is manifest in those lines.
Prices as a rule are steady, though we note
a decline in some brands Of cotton of bc.
Also Amoskeag ginghams of &c. The de.
mand for.dairy products was reported fair,
and the leading topic among old dealers
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
Accidental Death

sptlIuI DI'PaJlH % HE DEF.
SOUTH BEND, Neb., March A.
John johnson, Holms' cattle feeder,
has just been brought in dead. He
shot himself accidentally while hunt.
ing ducks at the Santee lakes. The
charge went through both hands, and
struck him under the chin and passed
through his head. He never spoke.
Mrs. f. E. Day is dangerously sick.
Her friends fear she cannot recover.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
The Joannette Survivors.

EFNNF "f~NT" '" =" D""'
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Secretsry
Chandler to-day received a cable mes.
sage from Minister Hunt at st.
Petersburg, stating that Ensign Hunt
and party including Bartlett and other
survivors Of the Jeanette had arrived
in St. Petersburg this morning all in
good health.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05

Kaholt's safe. Private Waterman Schutt
says the robbers bound and gagged him
while the burglary Was in progress and
then threw him into the coal house. He
succeeded in freeing himself shortly after
wards. He snys there were three men. No
clue to their identity.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05

papers of the county. Not a thing
of value was saved. The origin of
the fire Is still unknown, but the
cause will be investigated as 1t Is
thought to have been incendiary. The
loss entailed is incaloulable to the
comfy.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
Caurt Housa Rurnnd.

DPV~~I D"PFVH 7" bH"s
sTooKvULE, Frontier Co., Neb.,
March 4.-Cn the evening of the 9th
of February the court house of this
county burned TO the ground, con.
Stunning the books, records and other
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
FINANCE AND COMMERCE,
FINANCIAL.

brocial Dispatchto TIM BBK.
NEW York. March 3.
Money-Market at 4@t per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 6@6A pei
sent.
Sterling exchange, bankers bills, quiet
and steady at 81. S1S; demand at 81 81.
Goyernpoents vere ,i,reopIar
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
flieS anuBu 90

Flies andBu ga
Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats,
mice, gophers, chipmunks, cleared out
I "Rough on Rats" loo.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
Thu Nebraska National BaAk
OF Omaha, Neb.
RAD mp Capita @r<o

RAID mp capita $r6oooo
DIRECTORS
R. JOHNSON, President, c~,sr.. ,S....
90.
.. z. l1OhALIN, Vice Pr sssdcns o, O.. r a o
R. r., BOSTON.
W v. MORSE. Of W. Y, Mors.ss Go
Ohm COLLINS " @, X. 81. s. Collins.
N. wooLv(oSyr. Counsellor & Attorneys.
Law.
REED, q syron Read 4 %.
". YATES, Cashier tate CASHIER Of the Fvrs,
National esnk Of onpha, and connected With
the active management Of thse Bank since iss
G, ganinstton In 1865.
orNsnp for bustr oss April ~, 1882, With me
igcs capital Of Ely bank In Eepraska.
oc<LscrIoss receive specisi attention snd char.
gee lowest obtsnablo here o; elsewhere.
krsRssT allowed on time deposits uron favor
tAe terms and upon accounts Of banks and bank.
d1e,
Former EXCHANGE, Government Bonds, md
County and City securities bought and cold.
IL ie prepared 10 do q general banking businees
10 all Its details, and In the treatment Of custom.
will pursue the most liberal policy consisten,
with safe banking.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05

cured 1fO9ocS niceSs green bAlt, p0ft cured
7ac;hides, 7ac; dry flint, sound, 18@14o; dry
calf and kip, 12@l4c; dry salt b, des, sound,
green cali, VT, under 8 bs, Der skin, 600,
green pelts, 50@$1 rs; green lamb skins,
81 25@1 50j damaged hides. two-third rate.
cut scored and me grub, classed two.
thirds rate,) branded hides 10 per cent. of
Coon skins, No. l, 45o; No. ., 800, No. l
20; No. 4, loo. Mink, No. i 500, No. 2
I 30; No. 8, 100; No. 4, 30. Fox, No.lk,
Goo; No. 2, &c. Skunk, No. 1, b26oj
66oj short stripe, 400; narrow sthpee
broad stripe. loo. Tallow 70.
Leather
Oak sole, $50 to 40; hemloek sole, 28c to
85e; hemlock kip, 300 to l 90; runner,
65c to 800; hemiock calf, 86c to ! 20; hem.
lock upper, 23c to 96c; oak upper, 24o;
alligator, 400 to 8 so; calf kid, 32@35c;
Greioen kid, 2 80 70 q rs; oak kip, 800 to
! 90; oak calf, l 20 TO 1 30; French kip,
1 10 70 ] Sc; French calf, 1 25 to 2 90; rus.
setts, s 90 to 2 30; Innings, 500 to 10 5oi
to 35c; pebble o. ID. Morocco. 800; simon
3 so too 90.
HARVESTING l STAG oak, 42c; No 2
DO, 39c; Nc. / Ohio oak, s8c; No. 2 do,
&ci No. 1 Milwaukee, $50; No. ado SAC.
WHOLESALE.
Wo quote lumber, lash ard ehilglas on;
cars as OL1Aha at tho following pricea:
J0LST AND SOANTLIN0-16 II. and
under, 1922 001 Is f., 1913 SO.
TIMBERS-16 #, and under, 1922 90.
TIMBER AND JOIST-l8 IT,, 1923 so;
&c II s23 5Oj 2s IT,, 1926 50j "a #. 1926 50.
-FERCING-.Eo. /. 4 and 6 In, S24 90;
No. 2, S22 90.
SHEETING - no. 1 (2nd oommon
boards). $40 90; No. 2, 818 90.
LIME-Per barrel, 81 35j bula psr bus
40cj Cement. Dbl, 81 26 Iowa plaster,
Dbl, % 80. Hair per bu, 400. Tarrsd
felt 100 lbs. 80 so. Straw board. 90 30.
COAL-Cumberland bla eksmith, yl2;
Morris Run Blossburg, S12j Whitebreast
lump, 50 60j Whitebresst nut, % 80; Iowa
lump, IS 30; Iowa nut S5 so; Rock Spring
sS; Anthracite, Gil 5o@12 Co., Colorado,
b w.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
TRAFFIC,

Special Dispatches to The BEE.
FLOUR AND GRAINS
CHICAGO, March 8.-Rsoeipts and
shipments of -four and grain for the past
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-07

Tom Ochiltree, of Texas, the repub.
lican member of congress who enjoy,
the reputation of being the champion
truth crusher of America, tells this story
on himself:-"During the wal he re-
turned for a short visit to his native
place in Texas, bringing with him the
news of the death of all only and
beloved o belonging to a family in
the village. Some days after his arri-
val he went to the house of mourning
to offer his sympathy. The eldest
daughter met him at the door, and
said weeping, "You have heard of our
dear Georges death p eyes" replied
the terror, 81 brought the news to
town myself" T~hereupon the aflict-
ed sister suddenly dried her tears and
rushed to the foot of the stairs, CRYING,
"Mother! motherl George is alive !
Tom ochiltree brought the news that
he was dead!"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-07
HIGH
The Supreme Court Declares the
Downing Law Constitutional.
The State has the Right to Impose
h Lfcense-The Law Con.
sidered Us a Police Reg.
ulaliou.

JEFFERSON, CITY, No., July 8.
The supreme court met this afternoon and
rendered an opinion In the Downing high
license case refusing the writ of man
damus and declaring the act of 1888 constitu-
tional. The following is the full text of the
opinion:
The state of Missouri ex rel. Troll vs.. n. C,
Hudson, collector of st. Louis.
Per curiam.
The state has the right in the exercise of
its police power to prohibit the sale of intox-
icating liquors without q license. [Austin
vs.. State, 10 No., 591;' State VS.. Lemp,, 10
Mo-, 3s9; State VS.. Searcey, 20 Mo-, 4s9, ]
The license fee exacted by the general law
regulating dram-shops and the act amenda-
tory thereof, approved March "a, 1888, is not
a tax within the meaning of sections l, 3 and
10 of article 10 of the constitution, but is a
price paid for the privilege of doing a thing.
the doing of which the legislature has a right
to prohibit altogether. Such laws are regard
ed as "police regulations established by the
legislature for the prevention of intemper-
ance. pauperism and crime, and for the abate-
ment of nuisances," and are not regarded as
an exercise Of the taxing power. Pursuits
that are pernicious or detrimental to public
morals may be prohibited altogether or
licensed for q compensation to the public.
Cooley on Constitutional Limitation, fourth
section, 727; Burch ct al, VS.. Meyer, &C., ~
Georgia, sss, Boiler vs.. Schneider 40 Georgia,
1876: Chelvers vs.. The People, II Michigan,
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HIGH LICENSE OR PROHIBITION
From the St. Louis Republican,

From the st. Louis Republican,.
It is impossible to Withhold from the
estimable, goodish persons who are
endeavoring to enact the humiliation
of liquor and liquor drinking in Mis-
souri, the cheap merit of sincerity.
They are in earnest and mean well.
But they are amazingly ignorant of the
nature Of the animal they have to deal
with, and it may be doubted whether,
if they could succeed in extirpating
liquor drinking, they would have
accomplished anything more than
making room for other evils quite as
deplorable. There Is one country in the
world where prohibition is q real sue
cess-Turkey; and it will hardly be
claimed even by the most uncompro-
missing Of the zealots reading, essaying
and Grating at Warrensburg that the
Turks r altogether unexceptionable
and admirable subjects for Imitation.
aHt And yet the frenzies of the Missouri
prohibitionists may not be wholly unat-
tended by good results. Experience in
several states has proven that they are
capable of doing an immense amount of
mischief to that large class Of citizens
engaged in manufacturing and selling
intoxicating beverages by subjecting
their business to an annoying espionage
and themselves to harassing and expen-
sive prosecutions. The prohibitionists
do not reach the class they seek to ben
eft-the drinkers; for, we know that
even in Kansas and Maine, the drink
ers manage to get all the liquor they
want, and a good deal more than they
really require. But they do reach the
manufacturers and sellers, and bring
upon them NJ small amount of trouble.
Why is it then that the large body
of citizens in Missouri engaged in dis
tilling, brewing and selling beverages
allow themselves to be presented to the
public as co-operators with the prehi-
bitfonists in attempting to defeat the
fair and reasonable new license law of
the state? Are they so blind as not to
see that when they succeed in thwart-
ing that law, they only clear the field
for q fierce, i%ntolerant and unsparing
prohibition agitation !?
The liquor interest in Missouri could
not do a wiser thing than quietly accept
and submit to the new law. It is not
hostile to that interest. It'll does, in
deed, contain some severe restrictions
and impose some strict responsibilities,
but these + Offset by advantages
will make the business less haz-
ardous and profitable to those
engaged in it. The new law is neither
prohibitory % oppressive; it is only |
intended to regulate. It reflects the
tense of large majority Of the people,
1f-the state who are-conyineed that
something must be done to arrest the
evils of virtually unlimited and promis-
liquor selling, and who believe
he new law is at least q reasonable
md judicious experiment. It is easy
enough to see that the choice is be-
,ween it and a teetotal agitation, and
hat when the saloon keepers shall have
let it aside they will find themselves
ace to face with their mortal foes, the
,rohibitionists. - !