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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

The committee found that the best tables
cost $500 and common ones $50. Saloon
fixtures were recommended Tor assess
ment upon the same basis as billiard
tables.
This report did not meet the approval
of the meeting and on motion of Col.
Walker it was referred back TO the COM
mittee with instructions to report that
the property included in it he listed at
the true cash value and that the age
and wear of the property be taken into
consideration at the time of listing
Subsequently the committee so reported,
with the further suggestion that the
county assessors impress on the minds
of the township assessors the Importance
of a personal inspection Of the articles
in question. This last report was
Gas and OIL Wells.
The committee on gas wells, oil wells,
forestry and mining reported the follow
ing valuations which. after being amend
ed by scaling the values fixed on pipe
% per cent, was adopted:
Average gas wells, $500 each; produc-
tive oil wells, $1,000 each; gas and oil
pipe, y inch, y cent per foot; q inch.
, cents; 1 incl., cents; Ia inches, 4
cents; IL inches, cents; inches, 3
cents; 21a inches. Is cents; inches, is
cents; 81 inches. % cents; 4 inches. p
cents; inches, so cents; inches, So
cents: s inches. 50 cents; inches, S110;
10 inches, S1.42; II inches, s1.S0; y inches.
$40; Is inches, $40; IA inches, $3.50; 10
inches, $3.50; 10 inches. $3.50.
The committee recommended that coal
mines, stone quarries. etc, should be as
sessed at their actual cash value; also
that all gas. oil and coal leases and all
unmined coal bought or held by indi-
viduals or corporations with a view to
mining or for speculation be assessed at
full cash value.
The committee on bona fide indebted
ness made the following report which
was adopted:
I'VE believe that the law exemping the
amount of bona fide indebtedness from
the amount of credits returned for as
sessments is often abused by unscrupu-
lOus persons. 1t is the opinion of this
committee that the scheduling of debts
would very greatly reduce the amount OF
Indebtedness reported and correspond
ingly increase the amount of taXables,
and at the same time bring 10 light many
notes and accounts of which assessors
would otherwise not know. We are,
Therefore. Of the opinion that assessors
should require of each individual and
corpora ton claiming such bona fide in
debtedness a schedule Of the same, Civ
ing names and addresses of creditors,
together with the nature of the debts.
and we recommend that the state board
of tax commissioners should prepare and
cause to be promulgated TO the several
counties of the state a blank form for
| the use of township assessors in schedul-
ing such indebtedness; that those blanks
he hound in tablet form so that they
may be returned to the county assessors
| as a source of private information TO
| them in accomplishing the object out
lined i'm this report.
1T is the sense of this committee that
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
President Eddy Resigns.

TERRE HAUTE. March 14-Special.-
Prof II. T. Eddy. formerly of Cincinnati.
who for the three years past has been
president of the Rose polytechnic insti-
tute, succeeding Prof. T. c. Mendenhall,
now chief of the coat and geodetic sur
Vey. has been requested to resign by the
board OF trustees. which he has done.
The trustees concluded that his man
agement of the institute has not been
satisfactory and their dissatisfaction led
TO a desire for a change. He will retain
his place till September. There has been
no successor chosen.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
The Michigan Frauds.

circuit court today Judge Person an
nounced that none of the cases against
Attorney General Ellis. indicted for
completely In the election frauds of 1891,
would be tried at the present term of
court. The trial OF Secretary of State
Jochim upon the indictment for making
and publishing n false record was set
for April .. The cases against the other
officials and clerks will probably go over
to the next term.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
Then the Fun Began.

Then the fun began in earnest. The
minority was led by Henry B. Sayler of
Huntington, Mrs. Helen M. Cougar,
Judge N NJ Land of Gibson and sew
eraI others of the prominent delegates
who regarded the adoption Of the mon
etary plank as nothing less than suicid-
al An effort was made to railroad the
platform through by main force, but
this was stopped by the minority mill
tant who moved the consideration of the
platform by sections. All the planks as
recommended were carried without OPP
position except the hateful and hated
second. This was the obstacle against
which they all bucked and battered
their heads. Mr.. Sayler regarded the
minority report as a compromise and on
that account favored its adoption as
tending to cement the opposing factions.
But they were not in a humor to ce-
ment. 1t wouldn't stick worth a cent.
The fight was waged long and bitterly
and finally after several of the most elo-
quent of the minority speakers had
punched their hits" so to speak, they
moved the previous question i'm order to
throttle the eager majority speakers and
ii was put. The result Of the vote was
a victory for the minority report by a
vote Of 325 to 1888. Adjournment was
then forced over a hundred vigorous
protests and the militant element had
secured the victory. An effort was made
to substitute free trade plank for the
fourth plank, but ii was defeated. In
the tenth plank relating to the pensions
the word when" was substituted for the
word eff and the platform otherwise
went through as reported by the major
ity Of the committee. At the close of the
convention Mrs. Helen Nj. Cougar called
the attention Of the convention to the
fact that it had adopted monetary
plank precisely the same has been
adopted by a national protective society
and moved that II be stricken out and
the plank of the national prohibition
party be substituted. A motion TO lay
this on the table. however, was carried.
Then as the delegates were pouring
from the hall after the business had all
been completed Judge Land got the floor
and was still arguing when the janitor
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
TAX SCHEDULES ARRANGED
COUNTY ASSESSORS WILL BE UNI
FORM IN MAKING VALUATIONS.

The Entire Session Taken In i'm AR
ranging Schedules of Valuation and
Discussing the same-Governor
Matthews Compliments the Asses
scented.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
The Modern Wnx

do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
disagreeably as well. To cleanse the
system and break up colds, headaches
and fevers without unpleasant after ef-
fects, use the delightful liquid laxative
remedy. Syrup of Figs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
HARMONY WAS NOT THERE
PRoHIBITIONISTS HAVE MERRY
TINE NOMINATING 4 TICKET.

The Dogs Of War Arc Called Out, Not
Over Any Reference to Temperance,
But To Battle with the Money Plank
in the PIatfOrm-rhe Chairman's
Address Ticket Selected - ResoIu-
tions.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
.Mrs. MinsIoM,s soothing syrup,

Has been used over Fifty Years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
Teething with perfect success. It Soothes
the child, softens the Gums, allays Pain,
cures Wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea,
whether arising from teething or other
causes. For sale by Druggists in every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 25c a
bottle
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
REFORM IS COMING
The House Will Stand for
the People
An ! Defeat the Sugar Trust
Bill.
IT CANNOT BECOME LAW
Even If 1t Should Pass the
Upper House.
Still Much Discussion as to
Its Effect.

Two Sugar state Senators Think 1t
Would AbrOGRte the Reciprocity
Treaties-The Bill for the Popular
Election of Senators to BE Favor
ably Reported TO the HOuse-Mr.
BOntner After the Pacific Roads.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

came in to lock up and the speaker dis
covered that he was the only person in
the hall. Thus ended the third session.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
Household Furniture.

The first report of the committee on
household furniture, etc, favored assess
ing furniture musical instruments, sew
ing machines and libraries at 90 per cent
of their original cost for the first two
years of use and after that according to
their respective value on the same basis.
Billiard and pool tables were recon-
mended to be assess ed at so per cent. of
their original cost FOR the first three
years of use and after that. according to
their respective value on the same basis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
Report on Banks, Etc.

The report of the committee on banks
and building and loan associations as
adopted. is as follows:
Prepaid building and loan certificates.
drawing a stipulated interest and non
participating. shall be assessed to the
owner. All loans made by "A building
and loan association on the first day Of
April, shall he assessed TO the aSSocia-
ton. Mortgage and personal notes shall
be listed at their true cash value. \
note well-secured and drawing per
cent is worth 100 cents on the dollar
Abstract books shall be assessed by the
township assessor and board Of review
upon information furnished by the
owner, the assessment being based on
their earning capacity. Horse protection
societies shall be regarded as benevolent
associations. Property owned by benevo-
lent associations. and used for other than
benevolent purposes, shall be listed for
taxation. Only special deposits of green
backs shall be exempt from taxation
The assessment Of corporations shall be
based on the capital stock and earning
capacity. The value of bank stock for
assessment shall be determined by add
ing to the capital stock the surplus and
undivided profits. Private banks shall
be assessed on the residue of credits
after deducting the amount Of indebted
ness added to cash on hand. cash on de-
posit with other banks and the value of
fixtures.
Mr.. Cable requested that the regular
order of business be dispensed with. and
that he be permitted to ask for certain
information from the encouragement
relative TO insurance policies or other in
surance securities. The request was
granted, but the encouragement did
not feel warranted in giving an off-hand
opinion. saying that if desired he would
prepare an official opinion to submit on
or before April /.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

every county and township trustee adj
here strictly TO this method of creditinE
bona fide Indebtedness. and TO return all
credits for taxation Of every person re-
fusing to comply with this require
ment.'
1t was decided that all township as
SCISSORS he instructed and required to
be present in person or by deputy when
the assessments lists are made out; that
the lists be read completely and that
all the questions on the list be asked by
the assessor and the oaths he read and
sworn TO. A recess was then taken.
Afternoon Session.
Upon reassembling after noon Capt. D.
F. Allen of the state board OF tax conf
nissioners. who was in the chair. made
a brief address thanking the members
for their attendance
Chief Justice Howard Of the supreme
court. by request of the meeting, spoke
briefly upon the subject Of taxation and
tax laws.
A motion was made that the proceed
ings of the meeting be printed and dis
tributed among the assessors, the state
10 bear such expense. The governor
stated that this would be done If author
ity for such action could be found, and
the motion was not put to a vote.
Governor Matthews closed the confer
ence with a short address He expressed
himself as gratified at the large attend
ance at the conference. He thanked the
assessors for the earnestness they had
shown in the work for which they had
come together He said he believed
that much good would be accomplished
as the result of the conference; that the
burdens of taxation would in the future
be more equitably distributed
The counties which were not repre-
scented at the conference were Bartholo-
new, Randolph Wayne and kosciusko.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
Farm Products.

The report Of the committee on farm
products caused considerable discussion.
Different values are placed upon the diff
ferent articles embraced in the term in
different parts Of the state and it was
thought to he almost impossible to FIX
an iron-clad rate of assessment. The
report as amended and adopted was as
follows:
Wheat 4oc per bushel: corn. - to Acc
rye. 35c: barley. 35c: oats. 20c: potatoes
40c timothy seed, $3.50; clover-seed. "a
fiaXseed, 75c: timothy hay Ss a ton
clover, 81; beef, &c per pound. bacon Sc
bulk pork, &c; lard, Sc; wool. 15c; to-
bacco. to &C; maple sugar. &c; beef. pei
barrel. S. pork. SO; cider 10c per gallon
vinegar, Zoe; wine soc; sorghum mo-
lasses, 25c: maple. 75c.
II was decided to leave the assess
ment OF tools, farming implements and
machinery to the township assessors
County assessors will instruct township
assessors TO view personally all such
property.
There was much difficulty experienced
in arriving at conclusion i'm regard tC
the assessment Of merchandise. 1t is 4
difficult matter to learn the true value
of such property. The committee re
ported a sliding scale Of valuation. but
this was amended and adopted to assess
all merchandise at 90 per cent. of the in
voice price.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

The conference Of the county tax as
SCISSORS was concluded Thursday after
noon. The meeting proved to be a great
benefit and it was decided that such CON
ferences should be held every year.
lightweight OF the ninety-two county
assessors were present during the great
er part of the four sessions
Many uniform rules of procedure were
adopted which will prove of lasting
profit to the state. The actions of the
conference are practically more effective
that those on the same subject of the
general assembly, as the former are
simply agreements TO enforce provisions
of the latter in a uniform way
Almost the entire day was taken UP in
hearing and adopting reports of the
seven committees appointed yesterday.
The committee on live stock was the
first to report. It recommended a scale
of valuations which was adopted, as fol-
lows:
Horses-Heavy draft horses: First
grade, $500 to 500 each; second. $500 to
$500; third. 800 to 5000 governed by the
breeding qualities and individuality.
Light draft stallion roadsters: First
grade. S1.200 to 81 800; second. $500 to
$500, third, 5000 to $500. governed by the
speed shown, individuality and breed
ing. General purpose stations: First
srade, 5000 to $500; second, 800 to $780,
governed by the breeding. General pur-
pose work horses: First grade. four to
ten years old, $50 10 $50; younger and in
feriOr horses i'm the same proportion
Roadsters and speed horses from 500 to
$500. speed and individuality to govern
Jacks. from 500 to $500. Mules, three
to eight years old. $50 to $50 each !;
younger and older ones in the same pro-
portion.
Cattle-Registered beef: Bulls. S25 to
5000; mich cows and heifeTs, $50 to $500
each. Registered milch and butter cat
tie: Bulls, $40 To 800 each; COWS and
heifers. $25 to $50. Fat cattle: En-
port 81 hundred, gross weight; ship
pers, So; butcher. $3.50. Common mich
cows. $40 to $25 each. Work oxen, from
$40 to SO a yoke
Sheep-Registered. 50 to $25; common.
81 to 81.
s-Registered. $40 to SO; common
stockers and feeders. $3.50 hundred.
Chickens-Blooded and fancy, 81 10 So;
common. 81 a dozen: ducks. S. dozen:
geese. "a a dozen. turkeys. s. dozen.
Honey bees. from 81 to So a stand.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
After the Pacific Roads.

one of the most important dispositions
yet submitted to congress will be pre-
scented TO the house tomorrow by Rep
resentative Boatner Of Louisiana. The
proposition will recite numerous defaults
OF the Union Pacific railroad and con-
tiCuous lines to meet the debt due the
United States. 1t will charge the present
ard past directors of the road with
violation Of their trust and improper alb
sorptlon OF outside lines. and the voting
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

Hoods pills cure all liver ills. biliousnes4
faundiee, indigestion. sick headache. 25c.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
To ropuIarIze the SENATE.

The house committee on election Of
president and vice-president has agreed
to the joint resolution of the chairman,
Mr.. Tucker of Virginia. for an amend
ment To the constitution providing that
United States senators shall hereafter be
elected by direct vote Of the people in
stead of by state legislatures.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

The committee on gas wells, oil wells,
forestry and mining reported the follow
ing valuations which. after being amend
ed by scaling the values fixed on pipe
% per cent, was adopted:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06
4 Queer Profession.

"There are only three men III Chicago
in that fellows line Of business, " re-
marked the chatty Wabash avenue bar
Der as he turned to strap the razor.
ooh, he trades in BARRIERS crank no
lions, superstitions and whims, the
operator continued. He goes from ono
shop to another with that little hand
bag and trades razors, straps brushes,
hones-anything in the tonsorial line,
How does he make living at it? Easy
enough You don't know BARRIERS very
well, | guess. Well, some Of them buy
a razor for, say, 81, and after he's used
it awhile makes up his mind that he
doesn't like it. So he sells it to this man
for 81. This man leaves it on trial with
some other barber and gets 81 worth OF
old razors in exchange, and then he sells
one Of those old razors to the original
purchaser Of the 81 razor. He does the
same with straps and homes and brushes.
Of course he makes money, dresses
well, smokes good cigars and works
only when he feels like it. There Z
money in it for the three fellows in the
business, but the snap will be overdone
as soon as the scheme is better known.
Capital necessary to begin? Cheek and
acquaintance are all that is necessary.
When the razor broker gets cranky
customer who shaves himself and
doesn't care what his outfit costs, pro
yidcd it suits him-why, then he does
what any one else would do. He makes
the crank pay for his crankiness. Chi
cago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06

We naturally look at young face fol
a prophecy and at an old one for rec
ord. But the materials from which we
attempt to inform ourselves are of q
very different character in the two
classes. In the one case we see a general
arrangement Of features, which, accord
ing to some utterly inscrutable law, &C.
companies certain traits Of mental and
moral character. No satisfactory theory
has ever been put forward to account fol
such facts as that human beings with a
certain inherited squareness Of jaw are
always Of a tenacious disposition.
But when we scrutinize an older face
we peruse the linear inscriptions upon
its surface as we read a book Of which
we know the author Not only do such
and such conformations Of its lines have
a definite meaning, but we can form al
opinion as TO why and when, if not how,
they were written.
The caligraphy, Of course, is not uni
form in all cases, and there are various
complexities about it which may render
an exact Interpretation a matter Of diff
ficulty. Trouble or passion, which in
one instance is recorded in bold char
acters, in another may leave scarcely a
visible mark, and it is obvious that a
lean face will betray the story Of emo
tional experience more readily than one
covered with a mask of fat and smooth
skin. -Blackwood's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06
A Bridal Joke.

Two families were recently greatly
disturbed over a telegram. A son and
a daughter Of these families had married
and gone away on a bridal tour Of three
weeks or a month, as the case might be.
Two days after the three weeks were up
the brides parents received a telegram,
which read:
Have had a row with my husband. Am COM
ing home. KITTY.
To say this was not startling would
be to say what was not true, and the
brides parents at once FASTENED to the
home Of the groom's parents, only to
find there a similar message, except that
it read, Have had a row with my
wife. Messages were wired at once,
but no replies were received, as the cou-
pie had evidently started home imme-
diately after they had sent their COM
munications. Then there followed an
anxious waiting, and SO hours later the
happy couple turned up smiling, with the
explanation that it was a row on the
river they were talking about, and they
weren't TO blame if the telegraph didn't
pronounce words correctly. Detroit
Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06
After the Social Bore.

Labouchcre is nothing if not resource
full. He has now hit upon a scheme fol
Kidding social clubs Of bores. The ex
perience Of all clubmcn is that in every
club there are men whom the majority
Of the members would eject if they
could-men who do not openly infringe
the rules or bring themselves under the
notice of the committee, but who con-
trivo in numbcrless ways to make them
selves a nuisance TO the club generally.
Accordingly Labouchcre proposes that
all members come up Tor reelection at
tho expiration Of certain periods Of time
say, every two or three years. As
this rule would be applied to everybody,
there would be nothing inyidious about
il, and it would drive ont the bores.
The suggestion is commended to the
consideration of club managers in othel
ATTITUDES than London. Boston Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06
'Dally, except Sunday.
Sunday only
CONNECTIONS.

y Pittsburgh
30 M m Chicago
at Louis
Pittsburgh and Chicago ExpTess
Psbug Columbus
Chicago7 p m.
Coaches Pullman New York Washington Day
Baltimore Washington Newo passengers charge
Was
Oo has Day Coaches Lexington Washington and Baltimore and Day
PulmaD Sleeping ir Ferry on Oh Western Express Trains
TO
Val 70 lays
the o. r. r,
+. Travelling Passenger Ageit Winchester Va
SCUIL K B CAMPBELL Grueral Manager
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06
A Pathetic Incident.

It was a most pathetic apology that
heard on my way down town in a street
ear the other day. Tho car was crowd,
ed, and as it stopped l saw tWo women
get on, AS they did so one Of the wom-
EN- accidentally stepped on the foot Of one
Of the passengers 1t did seem awkward
nntil the woman, turning to the pas
Senger, said, Pardon me, but ] am
SotGlly blind. Hartford Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-06

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