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The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
THE v. p. AND GULF.
The Former Threatens to Discontinue
Using tho Ju.esburg Cut-On.

The Former Threatens to Discontinue
Using tho Ju!esburg Cut-On.
Denver, April 20.-FOr some time a
rumor has been in circulation, says the
Times. that the Union Pacific intended
to abandon the Julesburg line and run
its trains between Denver and the
Overland line via the Denver Pacific
The matter has been inquired into
once or twice, with nothing satisfactory
or definite being obtained. To-day it Is
learned, however, that the order has
gone forth from Omaha and that the
change will be made on May 1.
The movement is said to be one of re-
taliation on the part Of the Union Paci-
tic. Accusations have been made that
the Gulf has been guilty of violating
the agreement whereby that manage
ment was permitted to operate the
Julesburg line about one year ago.
The charge made is that the Gulf has
been handling business for the Bur-
lington at Sterling, or has delivered
freight to the Burlington at that point
which should have gone to the Union
Pacific. The statement is made that
the order has been issued from Omaha,
but that the matter is still under dis
cussion between the managements in
tereSted.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
is AGAINST THE TAX,
President Cleveland Said to Oppoas the
Income Tax Law


Income Tax Law.
Chicago, April 2O.-The Washington
correspondent of the Record write: A
member Of the cabinet says that Pres
ident Cleveland had never favored the
income tax and was not at all sur
priscd at the way in which it was torn
to pieces by the Supreme court As
stated in his message of 1893. the prcsi-
dent favored n tax upon the earnings
of corporations and believed that
would be a wholesome and proper
method of raising revenues, but he
has never advised the taxation Of rents
or the profits of ordinary business. Nor
would the president appoint any one
to vacancy upon the Supreme bench
with the expectation or desire that he
would sustain the law. Three or four
times the court has been "set up to
decide some particular question in ac-
cOrdance with the views of the eXecu-
tive power. and there has been Il good
deal of discussion here as to whether
Mr.. Cleveland might not put man
In Justice JacksOn's place who would
vote to confirm the cOnstitutiOnality Of
the income tax, just as General Grant
Is said to have appointed Justice Brad
ley to establish the cOnstitutionality Of
the legal tender act. He would be
more likely to select a man Of contrary
views II he allowed himself to be gov
erned by such motives. which Is very
doubtful.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
Waller Taken to France.

Washington, April 2O.-Ncws has
reached here that the French authnri-
ties in Madagascar have put United
States Consul Waller aboard n steamer
bound for France and under guard.
He Is under sentence of twenty years
Imprisonment on n charge of being n
spy In the interest of the Hovas. In
Madagascar, against whom the French
have been waging war. This action
will facilitate the efforts of the state
department to fully develop the facts
in the case as 1t can now communicate
directly with United States Embassa-
dor Eustis. Mr. Eustls has been in
structed to pursue the matter to the
end and make II thorough examination
of all the facts.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
A Crime to Call IA Baby FrnncI.

In England it is not a crime to desire
TO call baby Francis. But in England
many hold that liberty runs to license; ;
IN certain well-ordcred tracts OF Ger
many it is penal to call baby by that
infammatory style. The prohibiting
law was passed in the year II, which
sounds as If time. AT least, We're on its
side. But it appears that really the law
was passed in Paris in revolutionary
times to prevent people naming their
infants Robcspicrrc, which was justly
regarded as Il menace to social order.
These parts of Germany groaned at
the time under the heel of France. and
have not yet plucked up courage to re-
peal the enactment. 1t only allows
names that are in the calendar or In
ancient history. A resident English
man has lately been fined marks for
wanting to name his infant Francis.
He played Sir Francis Drake as an
cicnt history, but the court OF appeal
could not conscicntiously &c farther
than Franciskus, and the gentleman
has been fined for not registering the
name until his appeal was decided. 1t
was hard, but worse remains behind.
The fathers own name Is Francis, and
IL he * not very careful he will find
himself in the dock for being in posses
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
Roasting Carlisle.

Lexington, KY, April 21.--A big mass
meeting was held here last night by
the advocates OF free silver. The meet
ing was the first of the kind in the
state, and sensational charges were
made against the honesty and Integri-
ty of Secretary Carlisle, who Is looked
upon as n probable candidate for the
United States Senate to succeed j. G.
s. Blackburn. The meeting was for
the purpose of organizing IL bimetallic
club. but the esta tablshment of the club
was deferred and the time consumed
In discussing the financial question,
Carlisle and Cleveland came In for the
lions share of abuse from the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans present. Car
isles utterances regarding the demon
etIzation Of silver, made In 1879. were
read and compared with the policy he
Is alleged to have pursued. One sneak
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS.
Great Day of tho Fiesta at Santa Barbara
California.

NFeht lay OF tho Fiesta at Santa Barbara,
California.
Santa Barbara, Cal, April 1S.-To.
day Is the biggest day of the floral fes-
tival. The half million club excursion
arrived this morning. The floral pa
rade was formed with $50 entries. All
kinds of vehicles are covered with flow
ers, and $4,000 roses decorated one
phaeton. The floats were solid masses
of roses. The officers and crew of the
cruiser Olympia entered floral piece
of 10000 white roses. 1t was four
teen-foot model Of a battleship, pulled
by marines in white duck suits. To-
days was the grandest of the five-days
series. The battle of flowers took place
this afternoon, floral ammunition being
furnished by carloads
Los Angeles, Cal, April 1S.-To-day
was the "children's day" of the carni-
val, and thousands of little tots were
In line, arrayed In white and the colors
Of La Fiesta. Dense throngs lined all
the streets to see the sight Tonight a
grand ball took place. The weather Is
tine. 1t is stated that the parade of
the school children was not the success
anticipated owing to the refusal of the
fiesta managers to allow the A. p. A..
hoat, "The Little Red School House."
to be carried in the parade.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
RosaRSHE GOVERNMENT.
Und ee,r Imported Goodsto the
Amount OF 100000.

npOft0O 1OOuotO tue
Amount Of 100000.
New York, April 14.-The disclosure
Of a great case of undervaluation at
the custom house has caused the collec.
tor Of the port, James Kilbreth, much
annoyance. The amount of the under
valuation is said to be 100000. o. L.
Sypher, an importer of antique furni-
ture, has been importing goods at Il
greatly undervalued rate. The matter
was brought to the attention of the
custom authorities through a dis
charged employe of the firm named L.
II. Todd.
For years he was head salesman Of
the firm known as o. L. Sypher & Co.
The firm, he declared, We're continually
importing loving cups, trays, and in
fact all kinds of silver as old silver
and paying the duty on old silver.
which is four shillings six pence an
ounce. The goods are said to have
been worth ten times more than the
valuation.
The case has been under investiga-
tion by Special Deputy Phelps. who
said tonight: ''Three years ago when
Sypher & Co. suspended, special agents
suspected they had been engaged in il
legal practices, but they carried AWAY
and secreted all their documents in n
cellar in Mount Vernon. The customs
authorities investigated the matter,
but it was never completed and the
officials We're very much annoyed"
Colonel Phelps thinks efforts have
been made to stop the Investigation.
The official upon whom opprobrium Is
cast is said to be Eugene Honeywell.
He is said to have been in cOllusion
with the firm. He has been in the de.
partment for fifteen years.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
American Beef In Elgland.

Washington, April 2O.-In his annual
report the secretary of agriculture calls
attention to the fact that n large pro-
portion OF American cattle imported in
to England are sold in the retail mar
kets Of London. Liverpool and other
cities as prime Scotch" or "primc Eng
lish" beef. Under that classification
the butcher demands and secures a
better price than IL the meat were sold
as Canadian or American. This meth
od of deception is gratifying indorse-
mcnt of the quality of the American
beef. but it has been the cause of much
contention and resulted in an invcsti-
CATION by committee Of the house OF
commons. which demonstrated that
many markets in the west end Of Lon
don. which profcssed to sell nothing
but English and Scotch meats, actually
handled no other than American meats.
The committee recommended that all
butchers be compelled to label their
imported meats. but nothing wns done
in that direction and it is not believed
that any legislation can prevent the
sale of the American product for the
regular English.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
WILL ADJUST RATES.
RAILROADS SAID TO DISCRIM-
MATE.
The Interstate Commerce Com mission Ar
rives In Denver to Hear ChargeS-
Rates As High From Denver to Call
fornia as From New York to Calif"r-
MA.

Denver. Colo, April 22--Yesterday
members Of the Interstate Commerce
commission arrived in Denver and to-
day they will sit to hear arguments in
complaints lodged against railways re
garding freight rates. The members
of the commission are W. r. Morrison,
chairman, and W. G. Ve<sey. Judson
c. Clements and James D. Yeolnans.
Commissioner Knapp Is not with the
commission, being on other business.
A large number of railroad attorneys
are also present to defend the interests
of the companies.
The commission will sit to listen TO
complaints lodged with them by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company of
Pueblo and George J. Kindel, mattress
manufacturer. of this city. The com
plants are to the effect that freight
rates to and through Denver are unjust,
and arbitrary. On these complaints
hinge contingencies of great Importance
so important, in fact. that the Southern
Pacific road is now represented in Den
yer by its general solicitor with the
avowed intention of exerting every
means within its power to prevent the
iron company and Mr.. Kindel from OBJ
tanning what they ask for. 1t Is claimed
by Vice President SnbbS of the South
crn Pacific road Of California that Il
decision favorable to the cOmplainants
will mean the complete ovcrturning of
every through rate to California and in
that way effect every tranScont1ncntal
road in the United States.
Reduced to brcvity, Colorado mer-
chants complain that it costs as much
to ship goods to this state from New
York as 1t does to ship from New York
to California; they contend that they
ought to get lower rate. so that this
may be made n distributing point and
so encourage business. They also claim
that 1t costs no more to ship goods from
Chicago to the Pacific coast than 1t docs
from Denver. although there is one
third longer haul. The contention Is
that Denver manufacturers and mer-
chants should receive the benefit Of be
ing One-third nearer to the Pacific coast
market than Chicago The New York
and Chicago merchants, aided as they
are and now represented by the trunk
line solicitors, claim that they must
make the low rates they do to the Paci-
fic coast in order to meet with water
competition. The Denver merchants
deny this, and say the water compcti-
ton Is but an excuse for cyading the
law, as low rates are made on special
ties which could never stand an ocean
voyage. Whatever may DE the result
of the hearing before the commits
sion, Denver and all Colorado cities
have everything to gain and nothing to
lose. and the railroads running into tho
state will hear some unkind things said
about them.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
MORE SHEEP SLAUGHTERED.
Herds Belonging to Eagle County Msn
Wiped Out.

Red Cliff. Colo, April 22.-Shcrin
Crumlcy returned Mt noon. to-day from
the Herwick ranch on Catamount creek.
sixteen miles from WolcOtt, where j.
l.. Icrwick's head OF some 200 sheep
were killed by two men on the night
Of April IS. while Mr.. Hcrwick was in
this city on legal business.
1t seems that Mrs. Hcrwick and the
children drove the sheep into the corral
for the night and the next morning sent
n small boy ont to turn them out. He
found them nearly all killed in the pen.
there being only six living animals lcf,
The parties who did the killing had rid
den up to the pen, tied their horses, and
then got into the pen.
They began their york by cutting the
throats OF the animals but this was too
slow, so some heavy instrument wns
used, hammer II Is thought, with
which their skulls wcrc crushed. The
parties then rode off on the road tow
ards Burns Hole.
This is the only herd OF sheep in tn"
county and was the cause OF n meeting
of the cattlcmen Of Grand. Eagle and
Routt counties at Mccoy, In this county.
on April q. at which time they asked
that Eagle county Cattlcmen be protect
ed from sheep entering on the cattle
range. No serious trouble was antici-
patcd. as Mr. Iicrwick stated that he
would dispose Of his small bunch Of
sheep In short or rather a reasonable
time.
This time has not been granted and
citizens all over the county are very In.
dgnant. especially at Wolcott Mr..
Hcrwick Is an old settler in the locality
and Is generally well liked. on Thurs.
day he had said that as soon as tn"
sheep were in condition he expected 10
market them, as he intended working
placer property on the Grand river,
near his home. where the Electric
Placer Mining company Is operating,
and expect to start up about May |.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
FIRE AT ARDMORE,
Six Blocks Swept and Many buildings
Burned.

Ardmore, !. r., April 19.-The main
business portion of Ardmore for six
solid blocks on Caddo street, both
north and south sides of Main street,
was entirely destroyed by fire about
B O'Clock this morning.
Sixty business houses were entirely
destroyed. The loss will aggregate
about $G5O,OOO. The United States
court and Jail were destroyed and the
prisoners are corralled in the Baptist
church.
The heat was so intense that the
vault and safe in which the court rec
ords and mortgages were kept, in the
clerks office, cracked. Part of the rec
ords of the court and all the mortgages
on file were destroyed. The Masonic
temple is In ruins.
The scene beggars all description.
Families are camped in the streets. A
Mr.. Neil was burned so badly in the
face, hands, neck and breast that he
cannot recover.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
Ex-CONSUL WALLER,
The Government Doubts the Right of
France to Imprison Him.

Aa!!:a:-seilles, April 21.-The steamship
Djemmah. from the Island of NADIA
gaScar, has arrived here. having on
board Mr.. John l.. Waller, formerly
United States consul at Tnmatave, who
was recently tried by court martial
and sentenced to twenty years impris-
onment on the charge Of having been Il
spy in the interest of the HovaS.
Washington, April 2l.-News has
reached here that the French authori-
ties in Madagascar have put United
States Consul Waller aboard steamer
bound for France and under guard.
He is under sentence of twenty years
Imprisonment on a charge of being a
spy in the interest of the HovaS in
Madagascar, against which the French
have been waging war. The sentence
was imposed by 4 court martial at
Tamatave. While this action by the
French government will only add to
the amount of indemnity it will be
called upon to pay, should Mr.. Wal
ler's friends show the charge upon
which he was sentenced is baSeless. it
will still facilitate the efforts of the
state department to fully develop the
facts in the case. as it can now com
municate directly with United States
Ambassador Eusts instead of being
obliged to adopt the tedious course Of
acting through an inferior consular Of
ticcr in Madagascar, out of reach by
cable communication.
Mr.. Eustis has been instructed to
pursue the matter to an end and make
most thorough examination of all the
facts attending the punishment Of this
American citizen. He will also make
special examination into the legality
under treaty stipulations of the trial
of citizen of a friendly nation by
court martial, instead of by the regular
civil tribunals, as is customary and
perhaps absolutely essential. More
over, the case involves the right of
France to exercise jurisdiction over
the internal affairs OF Madagascar.
from which she appears to have been
expressly excluded by the treaty of
1855. which gave her only jurisdiction
over the foreign relations of Madagas-
car.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24

A corr espondent Of the New York
Sun in commenting on the good man
ners that prevail in the south recently
wrote as proof that at a village dance
he observed the young fellows took
hold of the girls in a waltz as If they
were made Of fragile glass, or were
goddesses whom 1t were presumptuous
for them to touch. How did he expect
the boys to take hold Of the girls, like
a grizzly bear or a Frankenstein?
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
HaKermAn'a Railway Work.

El Paso Texas, April 2O.-Mr. J. J.
Hagerman of the Pecos Valley, with
his chief engineer, Is prospecting for an
outlet for his read through Tularosa, to
connect with the Rock Island, which IL
going TO build through Tularosa, to
connect with the Rock Island, which Is
going to build through from liberal
Kansas, to El PasO. Mr.. Hagerman
says his engineer has agreed on feast
BILE route, and IN few days a corps
of engineers will be out locating the
road.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
THE SOUTH INVADED.
Fourteen Thousand Union Veterans Will
Settle In Southern Georgia.


Baltimore. Md, April 2O.-Ex- Gov
ernor J. w. Northen. who is at the
head Of the Georgia bureau of immi-
grafton, telegraphs the Manufacturers
Record of this city that he has secured
n site for a settlement of 1900 vcter-
ans of the late war and their families
in South GeOrgia. This colony has
been organized by p. II. Fitzgerald
and others Of indianapolis and will
comprise old soldiers from various sec
tions. The plan includes the formation
OF n stock company, In which each
member has a share Of SO or more 1t
is called the Soldiers Colony club and
embraces farmers, mechanics and men
In the various professions.
A large proportion Of the people will
locate on small farms In the territory
selected, while the balance will found
a new city. About 100000 acres Will
be required at once-an area of nearly
100 square miles.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
Russian Papers Disnpprovr.

st. Petersburg, April Gothic papers
here are unanimous In disapprov ing
the conditions for the conclusion Of
peace between China and Japan. They
are opposed TO the Japanese acquiring
territory on the mainland Of China.
The NOvoe Nrcinya says cmphni-
cally that Russia canOt allow japan Ia
acquire the Liao Ting peninsula. and
the newspaper mentioned then urges
prompt action upon the part Of Russia.
the Novoc favors the suminOning Of an
European conference to consider the
treaty..
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24

Bismarck's birthday seems to have
been a great deal bigger thing than
Emperor Williams popularity. For
several days the German people hur-
rahed for Bismarck and drank huge
stems Of beer to the iron chancellor,
ran after his carriage and loaded him
with hot house flowers anJ engrossed
resolutions. During all the time the
emperor was not heard Of, and William
Is a royal academician in the art Of
getting himself talked about, too.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
VIII Rnslnra [ hisf ClRrcnca

New York, April ia special dis
patch to the World from Colon. Colon.
ba, says: News comes from jamaica.
where ex-Chief Clarence Is living Oh II
British pension, that he has been as
s,red he will be reinstated as ruler Of
the Mosquito country, when the NIcara-
guam dispute IL settled. Gordosa, an nc
countant from Jamaica, Is reported to
be now at the head of the Mosquito In
dians
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
Spring Cleaning

and enriched, and thus sustains the nerves
and all the bodily functions.
81 take Hoods Sarsaparilla every spring,
and 1t is the only medicine use through tho
year. 1t enables me to do my house cleaning
and farm work all through the summer. It
helped me very much for palpitation of the
heart. I think Hoods sarsaparilla is the
medicine for everyone and all who take 1t
will never be without 1t. I have also used
Hoods Pills and they are the best ever
tried" Mrs. F. II. ANDREWS, S. Wood
stock, Ct. Get Hoods, because
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
Death of II. NJ. Stevenson.

Chicago, April 2O.-General II. NJ. Ste
venson, editor Of the Chicftain. Pueblo.
Colo, died at the Victoria today. His
wife was with him. They had been at
the hotel since Sunday. General Ste
venson was taken Ill here while en-
route to New York. The remains will
be shipped West tonight. Death re
suited from nervous prostrat tlon.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24

In France they propose to tax titles
thus: Prince, 1000 francs; duke. 800
francs; marquis, 700 francs; count, 500
francs; viscount, 500 francs; baron,
400 francs; double prefix, 200 francs;
single prefix, 100 francs. The rates ap-
pear to be reasonable enough, but why
should a government that processes to
be a republic recognize titles of no.
bility in this way? 1t would be better
to abolish them altogether. They are
not recognizable under a republic.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24

Is such n trial that men say, LET the
house take care of ITSELF" But the con-
scientious wife feels bound to risk health
and strength in this annual struggle with
dust and dirt The consequence OF her
feyerish anxiety over extra work is de-
pleton Of the blood, the source OF
all life and strength, manifested in that
weak, tired, nervous condition too prev
alent at this season and very dangerous
il allowed to continue. What every man
and woman needs in the spring is Hoods
Sarsaparila 1t keeps the blood vitalized
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24

The great ornaments are no longer
the tools of kings, but of the people
and wars henceforth are not to be
waged by monarchs, with the mil
Ions driven to slaughter at their self
ish will, but by the people themselves
in popular uprisings. The circum-
stances will make wars all the more
terrible when they come. but hap
PLY, 1t will also render their coming
far less frequent.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
A correspondent in central Flori,

A correspondent In central Florida
writes that the outlook In the orange
groves is not as discouraging as was
supposed. While budded trees as a
rule are dead above the graft, the larg-
er branches Of the Seeding trees are
alive and putting forth fresh leaves.
The lesson may be valuable in point
ing out the best varieties to grow. At
all events 1t means that more diver
sified farming is advisable, and the peo-
pie of Florida will not be likely to
forget 1t.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24
VIII Quit Carrying Lrttcrs.

San Francisco, April 2O-Wclls. Far.
go Il Co. have announced their iTtvsa
tion of retiring from the business %:
carrying letters within the states and
territories of the United States. Just
when the letter service will be discoiI.
tinucd has not been dcclJcd. ms IT de.
pends on the exhaustion OF the present
supply of frankcd envelopes. The lot
ter service of the company in Mexico
will not be discontinued.
The Delta independent., 1895-04-24

Ii Hung Chang still keeps the jap
anese bullet in his face. He will need
1t when he goes back to the emperor
and tells him how much China will
have to pay Japan for jumping on and
running over him all winter. Any
other additional cheek that China
can acquire in Japan or else
where will come handy. In the mean
time the young man who fired the bull
let goes to Imprisonment for life.