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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-16

GALVESTON, July 15.-lSpeoial,I--A
railroad conference Of much impor-
tance to Texas, Louisiana and the
Southwest convened in thisolly to-day.
Al tho Texas roads are represented.
The object OF the conference IL TO
carry out an agreement aligned IN Now
York about the 9th OF juno
last between Mr.. jay Gould,
representing the Missouri Pacific sys-
tenn, {. II. Huntington, representing
tho Southern Pacific, George Soaly
representing the Gulf Colorado "
Santa Fe system, and r. q. Clarke, re-
coiyor OF the Houston u Texas Central.
These gentlemen,at New York, agreed
upon q general pool OF all business for
a period OF hvo or ten years.
said roads 10 work Extensively
and defenslvely with each other.
Tho present conference Is for tho pur-
pose OF arriving at basis for tho gen
eral pool previously agreed Hupon.
Tho following gentlomen arc in at
tendance at the conferences;
Vice-Presidont II. NJ, Hoxie and
Master of Transportation w, II, New
man, of tho Missouri Pacific.
General Manager A. O. Hutchinson,
Traffic Manager j. G.. Schreeyer and
General Freight Agent G. @. Gibbs, OF
tho Southern Pacific Company, NJ,
President Geoi go Sesly and General
Manager Webster Snyder, OF the CUR,
Colorado & Santo Fe road.
Receiver Dillingham;, General Mana
ger Waldo, General Freight Agent
Riply and General Passenger Agent
Faulkner, are representing tho Houg-
ton & Texas Central road.
The Texas q 81. Louis narrow guAg0
system Is represented by Treasurer h.
u. Fish ana General Freight Agent
Dodge, who arc acting for the.roceiver.
The meeting today was merely PFC
liminary. No business was transacted
beyond perioCting an organization aud
amounting various committees.
President S0aly, Of tho Santa t'e,
was chosen chairman OF tho confer
encs. II g. believed tho conference
will continue several days, although
n number OF committees
are expected 20 report TO-.
morrow. Tho indications point
20 n harmonious contamination OF the
object OF The meeting. Some con
tentlon ia llkoly TO Onsue IN tho mat
ter Of fixing percentages In the pool,
but oil tho momhefl express the DO
lief that such percentages viii 20
roads ave suffering terribly
from tho present traffic rates.
The agreement signed nj New York,
previously mentioned, provided fur
Their that II tho por cottages in
tho pool are not otherwise
agreed upon they shall BIO arbitrsted
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT.


Ell PAso, July l5.-Colonel j. h.
Britton, of Dallas, Of the firm of Brit
ton & Long, court house contractors,
arrived this morning and several hun
dred citizens have called on him and
rendered him assurances of their con-
tidence in his honor and integrity.
Colonel Britton to-day dissolved the
firm Of BrittOn IL Long and will ems
deavor tomorrow to arrange with the
Commissioners Court, which meets to
consider the question, for the compile
ton OF the court house. A large force
is at work on the building and Colonel
Britton says if tho arrangement ia
madeiwhich he desires, the structure
will be finished in six weeks.
Notwithstanding the disclosures al
ready made, John Long has quito q
number of friends who boldly assert
his innocence,
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YOUR GROCER FOR
WHITE FOAM"

and joint pool commission shall
be selected to make rates
and monthly settlements. 1t will
be seen, therefore, that if the present
conference Of managers fails to
agree upon basis to pool
business, recourse to arbitration
may be had, but none OF the leading
members of the conference express
the belief that srbitrations win be
necessary.
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Greenyillo.

GREENviLLE, July 15.--[Specisl.l-
The grand jury yesterday returned q
bill against Henry Shamburgor, ohorg-
ing him with the murder OF Miss An
mic Smith, accounts OF whose tragic
death have appeared in THE HERALD,
The evidence In the Fred Eudo In
sano case has closed and tho argument
begun.
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Tvlnr

TYLER, July 15.-[speclal. l-Chsrles
Harp, foreman, was struck on the
head this morning by block OF wood
falling from the soaflold at q building
being erected, A sev0ro scalp wound
was Inflicted.
Tho sheriff and posse arc still hunt
ing Carter, the escaped murderer.
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Ell PAso, July 15.-[Spocial. Col
onel James II, Britton arrived here
this morning and Immediately dis
solved partnership with John Long.
The people as a whole lay no blame Of
the alleged swindle on Colonel Britton.
Work has been resumed on the court
hnusa
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has proved the event of the season in
Parker County. The corn aud cotton
crops are very promising and the long
faces of the farmers are changed TO
those of broad and happy content.
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sTATEMENT FKOM MIDLAND.
MIDLAND, July l5.-LSpecial.l II. b.
Heller, g well-known cattlemsn, was
shot in the thigh and seriously
wounded about l0:30 O'Clock this
morning, by Sheriff Ray. The trouble
originated in the arrest of Heller yeE-
terday for carrying six. shooter. He
leI Gssailed Ray, who used his weapon
in self-defsnse.
The new county officials are on
deavoriug TO enforce tho law.
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PERSONAL.


Mr.. Robert Mozart, the attorney,
left this evening with his family for
Chicago TO spend the summer.
Colonel ID. Il. Garrison, large iron
merchant of st, Louis, il in tho city
negotiating the sale OF steel rails for
FIRST 40 miles of the Fort Worth g. Now
Orleans Railway.
DR., Dake, a prominent citizen OF
Nashville, Tonnossoe, is In tho city,
tho guest of Col. w. NJ. Harrison.
Hon. DIN Wellborn left the city this
evening for Cleburne.
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nection with the affair, as alleged by
the kilograms to his family, are very
49,
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Write e sne s g cSTssy p yon In DssaE 2uAIT1
GIL MALM SIIlEEII. DAllASt TElX.
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CALVERT, july l5.--ISpecial.l-
Drummers are thick and their counte-
nences indicate tina! they have done
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GSl YOUR BAKING POWDER TO-DAY
brands advertised as absolutely puro
CONTLALrg AnInEOHLlA-
THE TEST;

Place can top down on hot stove until heated tina
smoyO this cover and smell. chemist will not be u
luitod 10 detect the presence OF ammonia.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20
THE SALINE SCHEME.

There Is only n way to consider the
proposition to dispose of the 13, 900 acres
of unsold saline lands, and turn the pre-
ceeds into q subsidy for the construction
of talt works at the Lincoln salt basin.
From a business standpoint 1t Is simply a
question whether the state wants to as.
sumo the risk of experimenting in the
manufacture of salt to the extent of
$15O, 900, with the possibility of securing
nothing more than an artesian bore in
the salt basin. Ever since we can re-
member the aim and object of all parties
who have proposed to develop the salt
basin has been to have the lands cold 60
that they could pocket the subsidy In
some way. Without charging the par
ties who are now pushing the saline
bill with any corrupt intent,
1t strikes us that the
legislature should take the
capitalists, who. are behind this
scheme, at their word. They declare
that they have abundant confidence in
heir ability to make the Lincoln salt ba-
sin a second Syracuse, and they also as
sure us that they have all the capital nec-
essay to prescott, the work. Now sup
pose that the salt springs were the prop
erty Of a private business man, what
would hs naturally do under tbs clrcum-
stance? Would he not prefer to give the
capitalists, who sr, willing to manufac.
tura salt, a lease fora number of years at
a nominal sum and let them take the r;sk
Of failure rather than to assume 1t him.
self and invest $500 in an expert
meutl We believe that 1t ia to the inter.
eat CT the stale to have salt mann.
factured at Lincoln II il can
be done, but 1t Is not good
business tact for the state to sink from
$4,000 to $4,000 in an experiment.
1t is said that Mr.. Hammond, the greaI
beef packer, is to have a large interest In
this enterprise, but We are assured tina
this is not the fact. If the men who ar.
behind this scheme are responsible, snt
we a-e told that they aye, and If they ar,
willing to take their chances, the legi.la
ture should not hesitate to authori., tn,
governor to give them a lease for a Ion.
term of years, upon the condition of
royalty being paid after the expiration O
ten or fifteen years.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

THERE are only nine men living who
were members Of the United Status
senate In 1S4S when that body at ended
the laying Of the corntr stone of the
Washington monument. They trs
Messrs. Yulee of Florid,, George w,
Jones of Iowa, Bradbury and Hamlin of
Maine, Fitch of Michigan, Jefferson
Davis of Mississippi, AtChlson of Mis-.
souri,, Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania,
and Hunttr of Virginia. Mr.. Hsmlin Ia
now in Washington and will be present
at the dedication. Whether the others
will attend Is not yet known. 1t would
not surprise us to see JEFF Davis there,
nor would 1t sstonish us, If he were In.
vited, to hear him deliver an apostrophe
to the Father Of His Country and the
monumental shaft in his memory equal
In gush to that which he made to the old
Liberty bell. But there il no danger
Ct the old reprobate receiving any such
invitation.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

the note, and the burden Of proof is upon The
PINnlii TO establish is execution and del'y-
cry, before 1t Is admissible IN evidence.
stuart VS., II vtns Error from LAT easter
county. Affirmed. Opiniouity Maxwell, j..
l. In an action tp recover damages for per-
sonai Injuries sustained by falling into an eN.
%caNatioh IN . street, made by the defendant,
an allegation that he ~'wropsfully and
neglgently permitted the same to remain
open, uncovered, and urguar1ed, aud without
any pre- aution5 to prevent accidents by fall
ing into the same is sufficient
to authorize tho court to receive
evideuce tend ng to show the failure OF the de.
PENDANT to place proper guards and construct
q sidewalk around the excavation, aud submit
the same by proper instructions to the jury.
:. In an action for personal injuries, whsre
the defendant during the trial asks for an or
der requiring the plaintiff to submit his person
to The pers NAL examination of certain ex-
perts selected by the dtfendent, the appliea
ton should be denied.
3. IL n personal examination IL desired the
application should Bro made before the trial
~loegins snd experts agreed upon.
4. While temporary distractions in o street,
Which are reasonable and necessary for the
erection of o building up m an adjacent lot,
do not cor stituts q nuisance, II they are not
uureasonably prolonged, yet the owner will
not be justified in leaving m excavation made
by him without proper barriers and safe
guards to prevent accidents; nor will the fscs
that there is q good sidewalk on the opposite
side of the street be a defense for such neg
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

A SAN FRANCISCO Jury convicted an
election repeater and commended the
prisoner to the mercy of the court. The
judge promptly gave the prisoner the full
extent of the law-three years inprlson-
ment and a fine of $500. His honor could
not see why a man who deliberately reg.
listers aud votes under several assumed
names should be entitled to any mercy.
1t Is net like a crime committed without
dsliberation and inthe heat of passion.
Two travellers in Central Africa are
utilizing the pbcnograph iu a novel man
ner. They vielt the different savage
tribes and persuade chiefs to'talk at the
instrument. The record is preserved, to
be taken to Europe for the inspection
and study of pkilolozists, who are to be
qualified to make out the languages and
determine whether or not they ara re,
lated to any other known topgaea
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

THE Chicago NeWs tro out Bob Lin
coin a, a candidate FIR mayor of Chicago.
This Is quite a promotlon-from a cabinet
position to a m'yoralty. When General
Grant wal about to return to his Illinois
home from the war he said that the OIL ly
political Office for which he had any aspi-
ration was that of may or of Galena, so
that he could order q sidewalk to be built
from the depot TO his house. Bob Lin
ooln probably has no designs upon Chi.
o.go eide walks, but he Is probably better
qualified to be mayor of Chicago than he
was to be secretary of war.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20
A EvAsloNs.

Il 10 'AolCENSs
The attention of tax payers and law.
makers is invited to the sterling exhibit
Of Wholesale tax exemption Of railroad rea
estate in the city Of Omaha. We have gon'
to the official records to obtain facts and
figures, which carry In themselves the
proof Of the monstrous wrong which for
years the people of this city and state
nave been subjected to. Within the
old city limits of Omaha
4S1 lots a1d parcels of land
%coverlrg an area of over 100 acres, which
| to-day would bring more than $1,000, 900
under the hammer, are clsssed as depot
grounds and right Of wsy, and for that
reason exempted from taxation except as
they are dumped into the aggregate mile
age valuation of each road, together with
rolling stock and other equipments. Upon
the grounds exempted by this Ubiquitous
law ara located buildings, machine shops,
| ELEVATOR, smelling works, warehouses,
aud other structures that are worth at
the lowest calculation $4,000, 900. The
Union Pacifc depot grounds, covering
twenty acres, were purchased by the
city Of Omaha at q cost of 5000, GOO, and
donated to that rosd. Is safe to say
that the aggregate real and personal rail
way property within the city limits Of
| Omaha cannot be worth less han 49,
O00, 00O. If this property were asso,sed
at one fourth of its vslue, like othsr
property, 1t would aggregate for taxable
purposes not less than $3.50, 600. At
the mileage valuation this property pays
taxes on about $50, 900. In other words,
while the poorest nottingham in Omaha
Is required to pay taxes upon his little
homs and Lis scanty furniture,
the railroad corporations arc al
lowed to evads their taxes upon
millions Of dollars worth of properly. No
honorable railroad manager dares to de-
fend such fragrant discrimination. Why
should not railroad lots and lands In our
cities and towns be taxed just the same as
the lots and lands belonging to other
properly ownera? Is there anything more
unreasonable and unjust than the present
revenue law which permits such discrimi-
nation2 The present legislature has now
reached that etlge of Its proceedings
where railway regulation is out of the
question, but there is still time enough
for 1t to repeal that part of our revenue
laws which allow rs the railroad managers
to include in their returns of their right
of way the lot, and lands which are GOV.
cred by depots, warehouses, shops, eleva-
tors, and 50 n
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

AT Dallas, Texas, a justice otthe peace
had the sudscity to permit colored men
to serve GU a jury, and his course cautcd
quite o sensation u.s. we'll az considerable
crlticiim. The s,nsStion wa, somewhat
incr ea when a prominent democr.t,
Hon. JAS. B. Simpson, boldly c'meoutins
card strongly defending ths course of the
Justice, as followa:
"Our ccutts do not realize and OIL,
fashionable churctcs have conveniently
forgotten hat slavery has toen blown
hellward from tho commonwealth, and
that a now du.y that csrnot he shitksd
or evsded has c me upon the south since
The accession of the democracy to power.
To southern democrat, and to uthern
honor is largely committed the fate OF
over 5000, coo tr cdmen, and TO us will
the eye of the civilized world tura for the
iutt solution CT tho mlghtiest problem ev'
err presented to a free, Cultured, ard lib
erty-loving peoplo-the destiny OF the col
ored race"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

the bill rs an act amending the Pacific
'ailrcad act 50 AZ TO sutbosize the
construction Ct a road from Sioux
City, Iowa, to Granger, Wyom.
Ing" This puts a somewhat different
apact upon the mater. 1t is simply
living the Chicago & Northwestern q
charter for another Pacific railroad, with
all the rights of an original Pacific line.
In other words if the bill becomes a law,
it permits the raralleling Of the Union
Pacific for about two-thitdl of lis main
line, Granger belrg in the western part
OF Wyoming and the point where the
Oregon Short Line connects with the
main line. The new road would not
only tap the Union Pacific but the Oregon
Shott Line, and the terminus would only
be a short distance frcm the terminus Ct
the Central Pscifc, with which a con-
nection Is evidently designed. We can.
not understand why the government
wants to have it's own road, in
which 1t has such q large
interest, pa~rallelled. Another Pacific
road will not cheaper trsnspcrta'ion and
will not increase the through traffic, but
will compel a further divition of 1t, and
consequently the Union Pacific will
naturally attempt to make up the lois by
Increasing the trait on local business, and
especially In Nebra,ka. Thus 1t will be
seen that the proposed road will prove
greatly detrimental to the interests Of
Nebraska. We lave already enough
trans SC ontinental lines for the present.
The extension Of the Chicago e North
western from Valentine west is assured
anyway, and the proposed parallel road
to Granger will not b.ntfit the people OF
northern Nebraska. The scheme Is a
Vanderbilt and Huntington job, aud
as between those two m~onopoli.ts on the
one eide and Charles Frances Adams on
the other, we are for Adams.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

II will be remembered that soma time
ago Charles Francis Adams had the
temerity to attack the study of the Greek
language, and to urge It's discontlnuance
in the course CT Harvard college. He
held that it was an impractical s.ady and
that the time spent upon 1t va, only
wasted. His position upon the Greek
question created quits a discussion, and
the result was the formation of an anti.
Greek party, of which Mr.. Adams be.
the leader. Tho nt!-Greeks, who have
also included among their objects of ct
tack the Latin language, have recently
won some notable victories. The names of
the graduates have Always been
printed with Latin termlra-
tions In the college catalogues, and
1t has now been determined to drop
the Latin diSguise and print the names In
English. The most importan. victory.
however, for the n ti-classlc element l.
the radical change that has besn decided
upon for adm'ssi On to the college. The
fight has been going on eve since Mr..
| Adams delivered his grafton at Harvard
in 1888, and the tendency to substitute
science and modern languages for Greek
and Latin In the examinations for ad,
mission has been gradually gaining
ground. Finally, after hearing committee
reports and debating the question a. cen
siderable length, the matter came to {
faculty vote on Tuesday last. Surprising
as 1t may seem the vote was practically
unanimous, being thirty in favor and only
two against. This action marks a new
era In Harvard, and it is claimed that i
WI bs possible for a student to Obtain
his degree without even ever hayin.
looked inside OF a Greek book.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

THE latest reports indicate that DR.,
Miller is still teveral lengths ahead in the
race for the postmaster gralship. Ac.
cording to the latest talk of Dan. Man
ning's confidant, as We learn from an
Albany special to the Chicago Tribune,
Vilas, of Wisconsin. has never bsen seri
ously considered for a cabinet position,
and 1t seems that after Ell DIR. Miller,
who has Manniog's strongest support,
will be selected TO represent tne west
alongside Of Thurman.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

THE settlers upon the unearned lands
of the Sioux City and st. Paul rad are
considerably exercised over the delay In
regard to the Iassaye of the forfeiture
bill. They have sent a committee to
Washington to urge the democrats to pass
the bill, in case the republicans fsil. to do
SO. The committee has be,n assured by
Senator Mcrsan, of the pablo lands
committee, that the democrats will In any
event vote to give the settler, their
rights, but should the senate fail to pass
the bill, despite all the democrats cou'd
d., he gave 1t as his opinion tia. the
next congress would enact a law proiec;
i9g the settlers, fEing thu price Of tn,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20

A WRITER in the Popular Science
Monthly, in discussing the subject Of de-
~feotive eyesight says that deterioration OF
eyesight has bean attributed to crosB-
lights from opposite windows, light shin.
II G directly on the faoe, insufficieatlight,
small types, and to the position of the
desk, f%orcitg the scholar to bend over
and bring the eyes too close to the book
CT vriting-paper, etc. But he declares
that we're these defects remeditd the IN
tegrity of the eye would not be restored
nor its deterioration prevented. The
chief causes of the evil, the coloIs Of the
paper and the ink, would still remain
White paper and black ink he asserts are
running the eyesight Of all reading IA
tions. He would, therefore, substitute
some other than the universal color of
our paper 80 that the eyes of the student
may NJ longer BIO Tearied with the my
opian contrast of black and white. This
color, he Gays, nature and science
declare should be green, and adds:
"Let our books be printed on green "a
per, and let our primers use red, yellow
or white ink for the noxlous black The
reform would be revolutionary, and the
interests of the trade would be at irst
hostile to the change. For thousands OF
years, from papy rus to superfne glitter
ing note-paper, our eyes have been ex-
posed to the deletelious influences If
black and white. The change 10 green,
yellow and req, or to some other agreea.
BILE reflective tints, is eventually certain
to AXE place. Science and common s. nse
will compel 1t. The sub institution can not,
probably, be sudden nor immediate, for
the stationery world must be turned up
side down In the process; old school
books, blank book, and w~ii.ing-b DO ks
and inks must be displaced: and Publ sh.
ers aud paper manufacturers will have to
adapt their measures to the new dispen
sNion. But, when it is contaminated,
everybody will rejoice, except the spec a
cle-m,ksrs."
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-20
PARALLELING THE UNION PA.
CIFIC,

Our fpsei,l dispatch from Washington
a few days ago relating to the passage 10
the house Of a bill authorizing the eon.
structlon of q railroad from Sioux City
to a point on the Union Pacific west of
the Tooth meridian, granting no lands,
but providing for pro rate and other
privileges, has excited considerable In.
terest In this Fart of the country, The
dispatch was rather indefinite as to the
point Of connection, aud we took 1t for
granted that it was to bs at or near
KeArney. The Associated Press report
30 the eastern papers, however, r:f rs t.