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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
A STRING TO 1T.

The bill TO repeal the metropolitan
police act will probably become law,
as it has passed the house, been report
ed favorably by the senate committee,
and has received the promise OF Leedy' S
endorsement This act, which has done
so much to disintegrate and defeat the
Republican party Of the state, which
party enacted il, and in a farcical way
upheld it for so many years, was orig
inaIly inspired by the leaders Of party
which has never failed to help the Oppo-
sition by knitting its ally, the Republi-
can party, on election day. The Pop
party OF Kansas is young, composed
of heterogeneous elements and without
experience farther than its present lead
ers were old party hacks. but 1t has coin
bined sense enough TO see that the re-
versible, back-action powers of the met
ropolitan police law are something be-
yond computation in their effect upon
the state administration. SO they are
going to repeal it and thereby reap such
benefits, or at least relief, as may ac-
crue from the repeal of an obnoxious,
un-American law which, in striking
down the principle of home rule, was
conceived and saddled upon the Repub-
lican party by fanatics. But there is a
string 10 its repeal. Governor Leedy
had, under its provisions, filled thirty
six awfully hungry partisan mouths,
and it would not be good policy to
choke them off before they had fairly
got their ravenous snoots into the swill.
So the law is not to take effect until
the opening of the next campaign for
governor. by which dodge the Pop party
expects TO scoop in the pie and pap, re-
ceive the applause for the deed and
save their bacon in the next campaign.
Beffer may groan, Breidenthal kick and
others ambitious to lead protest, but in
dependent of these there are some pret-
ty smart politicians in that conference
of Pops up at Topeka who know how
to coalesce as well as the trick Of disem
bodying.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
Along the Kansas Nile.

The Santa Fe, according 10 the Hutchin-
son News, will soon build a new passenger
depot there.
A four-story wagon Of poultry. weighing
a ton, recently arrived in Arkansas CITY
from the strip.
Charles Mann, an old settler. is revisit
ing Cowley county al present. He drove
from California.
It is reported from the social circles OF FL
Dorado that the widows are gradually
crowding the girls off the stage.
J. Mack Love IN an interview in the Ar
kansas City Traveller scores the present
legislature for its extravaganza
The Republican newspapers Of Kansas
are the most defensively weak and mos
aggressively strong organs in the world
II never saw mud Ike this confessed
IN. old inhabitant. but the Indians said
there was worse mud here in 1861. l think
they lied
For some unaccountabie reason the Kan
sss papers are fighting the ticket scslpers
fearfuIIy. Is there railroad transportation
in il or what?
Ed Hoch. who has been abused good
deal by Solomon Miller. this week sends
him good health
senator Forney Of Sumner county Is re-
oeiving roasts from all sides he IS con-
.idered al Topeka as a great deal too pre-
yious in everything. e
Hundreds OF Kansas weekly papers arc
becoming independent IN politics The
charge Is gradual and has been taking
Race Tor two years
over one thousands steers. costing f3.0|o
were put of the train al Lsrned TIE other
day and driven 10 ranch They came
from z Paso. Texas.
Clos. observers of the lsgisaaturs say
that 50 far this session John Se<ton has
sad: Il do not want 20 appear captions,
Mr. Speaker Only four tines
A man who has been IN Washington says
that Senator Baker hzs a groSirS i1es
that a United States senator saouit Be
something besides mere pit distributor.
II Senator Hairs OF Kansas hsa been -
Portals shoes ihe Merchant cf Venice
would have been q tragedy. Hovevsr.
Shakespeare wrote Il znd made =
comedy.
Tae city of Eureka poB5ced 6cSn c. =
man for selling . ooy cigarette papers The
tcvn though; !; vogld y a test case ard
got read 20 ak. siGss- Bat the case Ezs
compromised out % court
A reporter for tae Hs,calnsoa SsEs
picked OF four OF n. nsost ia;eiieetHsl
PopuHs,s in town and ssked them saai
the initiative and referendum vas Nc;
oae coula TEL ana; Il Vas
Charles Martin = ths man VIE p-cnpts
Speaker street q; To7ska- Martin Sands
- E--.s- 80 x-oLfs cet- l-fo srzrz sr..
pzTe-fly taking O.. ioo1 - alnss.t- b.
:. e really coaching S1Eee-
In making a sxczvstso- a. Ns1c ~
IodEs con bsS-tnR tas dzte 81 IA N4s
hroagh, up II - - s5ser ard covpe- Sss
a cro-r ca Il. tse Is;fsr g a1f 80 Eors
-Fa1s.rsx.azcsf- - Roman Szr..Alk
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
SLASHING REVENGE.

The Lawrence World observes that
the members of the present Kansas leg
islature are trying to stick it deep into
the newspapers of the state. The said
newspapers are more to Kansas, worth
more in any conceivable direction. than
would that legislative aggregation be in
a thousand years. They are trying TO
cripple the newspapers without benefit
ing anybody else. First, the bill cutting
the rate on legal publications 30 per cent
was sprung; next comes the bill 10 for
bid railroads from issuing passes in ex-
change for advertising. and as a wind
up it is proposed to enact legislation
that will practically shut patent medi-
cines out of the state, thus cutting off
a patronage from the papers that
amounts annually 10 at least $1,0OO,0OO.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
A GOOD POP IDEA.

OF course if all the property in the
actual value the per cent rate would
not be more than half of what it is at
present That is, where the tax rate
is now four cents on the dollar it would
not be over two. Besides such an as
sessment would divide up the burden of
taxation more equitably. From one
fourth to one-half of the actua! proper
~ owners of the state are enabled un-
der the present law TO escape any and
all taxation. BY combining the law and
rules of assessment with the cOustitu-
tional exemption they manage TO beat
the whole game. A man may own
eight hundred or more dollars worth
OF personal property and defy both AS
SCISSOR and the tax-collector under the
present scheme. And they do. Prop
erty worth eight hundred dollars, say,
is listed at about one-fourth its true
value, or at. say, two hundred dollars
a. its aSSeSSable value. Under the
''head Of family" clause he then comes
in with his two hundred dollar constitu-
tional exemption and consequently goes
scot free, leaving some other taxpayer
TO put up for him. That two hundred
exemption. as worked under the pres
ent law, and in conjunction with the
custom of assessing at only about one
fourth real value, permits a very large
per cent of the entire property of the
state 10 escape taxation entirely. AS
there is just so much money TO raise.
ii would make no difference in the
amount of money paid by the man who
makes honest returns whether his prop
erty was assessed at one half its real
value or 1t twice its value SO long as
all other property was valued on the
same basis, except as 10 the exemption
exception stated. The only way to catch
the fellow who lodges under the eX-
emption is by assessing property al its
real yalue. There is no question that
the entire property of the state should
be assessed at least double what it is
now. That would give about two-thirds
of the real value and would catch many
dodgers for at least a minimum. There
Is no property in the state assessed at
one-half its real value save that of the
railroads. The railroads pay higher in
proportion 10 their real holdings and
value. or 10 what it would cost to build
or replace them, than any other prop
erty.
But this question has been hammered
81 for ages. The Eagle has talked
these abuses over and over, ~ intervals,
for twenty-five years. Al one time this
county and two or three others made
the attempt of s true valuation for as
sessable purposes, the state board OF
equalization agreeing TO protect them.
But il wouldn't work. Ii must be none
or all.
No tax or assessment law ever de-
vised was equitable The thing IS I'M
possible so long as there are dishonest
meI. and that assessors remain human.
Still the Kansas law for assessment and
taxation is an abortion and a siarinc
fraud. II has been patched up with
amendments and cut and gatted so
often that the comfy treasurers. who
originally took their Offices along with
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
Ehe Joieta 1aiy Eae sumaxy oruns gebruary 21 1897

the other county officers, do not take
their places now till nearly year after
election. OF course but few of our
present lawmakers know anything about
these things.
However. the present legislature
knows enough as public men. and have
had experience sufficient as private citi-
zens and taxpayers, to realize the ine-
qualities and robbery jumbles of the
present law. The house and senate
committees have Jointly agreed upon
measure which embodies several sound
principles and which will make hog in
Reno county worth just as much as one
in Sedgwick for taxable purposes. The
bill declares for actual cash values. OF
course that will prove impossible, but
there is the hope that under it we Will
have some degree of the uniformity de-
manded by the constitution.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
9ailu X eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor
CATCHING ON TO WICHITA.
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

) A good deal of improved and unim-
proved property is being quietly pur-
chased Of late within the corporate i'm
its Of Wichita. These properties are,
largely. being bought, not by speculat-
ors from the east or by newly arrived
settlers, but principally by residents of
southern Kansas towns, by bright busi-
ness men of experience who, firing OF
the struggle and abandoning the hope
of seeing their own places ever coming
up TO their former expectations, have
finally concluded to locate in the place
whose destiny is more readable and log
zeal, as a center, and which must, from
the stimulation of its own immediate
surroundings and advantages. and by
the force of the prestige in many
things and ways already acquired, soon
commence TO move forard; convinced
that in any and in every event Wichita
must inevitably, in retaining its present
advantages and status. become city of
10 little Importance, certainly the great
est of this section and of entire south
central Kansas. A conclusion so logical
would naturally be more readily arrived
at. through observation. by men who
reside in South Kansas and in Okla
bona than by those at a greater dis
tance. This is one explanation. Another
is the present cheapness of property.
A pat Illustration of the possibilities OF
great returns if not great fortune, is
furnished by the incident of that Ohio
man Who, having spent portion of the
present winter here picked up three
story brick business block and much
other property, and who the day before
his return home remarked TO the editor
of the Eagle that in the course OF three
or five years he would open the eyes
of some of his monied OHIO nelghborS
as how to acquire wealth in a logical
way. This is on a plane with another
personal incident Of the past week. A
solid business man of extensive prop
erty. in one Of the largest and most sub
stantial county seats Of Southwest Kan
sas, had Just returned from a trip of
observation through all the better young
cities of the west, coming directly from
Los Angeles. California, to this city. He
said that after a careful three months
study of all the situations, and with a
strict reference to existing depressed
conditions, he was satisfied that in no
city of the plains, mountains or coast
are the possibilities for great returns
through investments in property equal
to those afforded by Wichita While he
did not cla that this city would make
a Kansas City, a Denver, or even a Los
Angeles, yet the patent and uncontro-
vertahle fact remains that Wichita is
and will continue TO be the principal
commercial center and trade market for
all this vast and magnificent section.
Notwithstanding which patent fact her
present properties are listed at the price
Of song, compared with those of the
centers named, he concluding with the
remark: And here | am coming"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
Jane Worked For Cash.
(From Topeka Breeze.)


Victor Murdock has been writing series
of stories for the Eagle under the head of
STORIES OF an Inland States" We read EN-
all as fast as we could get 'erl and hung
cred for more Still We must say there
was something aggravating about the
stories in this weeks issue. Vic let too
much 10 be guessed about his characters
Now, for instance, there Is the entransing-
" handsome lobbyist. actress without
stage and worker OF mea- Jane CordeT.
What particular object she had in getting
that duck psrdoned out of the pen we are
al loss 10 know. and. from the story. we
are too dull 70 find ont. Jane. so Far as
we can gather. vas not stuck on the pris-
one-. and he, on the other hand. had ID
money or political pull We are burning
with curiosity 10 know why Jane did 4
Another chapter on tina; series from the
red-hssied author is called for
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
OF Course He Took lr.

tF fOn IvpcHa Dtrc~--F
Charley Bgcher ot Newton. who vaooped
Il up must vociferously last campaign in
,he interes. OF the masses. demanding equal
Justice for all ard special privileges for
none. has received a government check for
$500 for his services as master in chan
cery in the land title investigated
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
Rivaiiing De Qoiocsv-
CFrom Chirago Rsco-d)

The character az some OF the bills lately
introduces !a;o the state legislature tusii-
ses the conclusion that there nust have
been an immense rise II the opium market
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

Il am giving now" she said as final in
vi.at;on-
He did not answer.
The young woman opened the door and
went out She never came but once again
Burr sat down at the piano and played al
random. and all the strings sang back al
him derisively ever and over again, the
taunI:
"A man music teacher A man music
teacheri A man music -:eacner.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

There are intimstioas that sonne day Tom
Reed, in vhacking his desk with that ty-
rann.cGl gavel. viii hit dynamite car
fridge that viii knock him cross-eyed back
irto his humble home in Maine. Trouble
IS brewing in the lo9er house Of congress.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21
R..I s,,aafion in CO..

CFror, Chicsgo Tin>s-Es-aial
At last reports Crete vas hsv-aE ;h-ee
crises. tao its and spzsn esery izs-iy-
four hours
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

WHEx soz1e Eea get kz-. hey sake -
r rls1e g-eHkGrs is icisiax sbsst r n al sssx
% % eoi seem - rr3rd Ia n AZ --AGeA.so.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

If Emperor William doesn't like the Gre
tan business he can indulge in that SOUL
solacing alternative of Jumping il.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

The council OF Nebraska City sitting as a
jury decided that the mayor should BE
excluded from. ousted and removed and
put out" This would indicate that the
mayor should be bounced, fired. elected
aud kicked forth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

EEEHsx-Ait took taroc hoz-x so- our
r@r7ce 70 pass . s5Teu rsniEtH Mrs. Bsr-
asz-~Was iDe giveE Po.zs . sA1oo-F--
TrzssA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

The arbitration treaty appears 10 be gone.
We VIII still have the privilege OF winding
up the lions tail like wet swing.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

McKinley's Job as president appears to
be just the opposite of carrying ice over
land in Texas. The further he gets the
heavier the load
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

The latest is that General Vaseline in re-
plying to Powers used Minister Castoria
as messenger with a troop under Major
Ripans to guard him.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

To the conscientious man Nevada's deg
radiation in legalizing pugilism is complete.
And the fare out there is. dastardly high.
too.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

SO long as ignorance is bliss the business
representatives of the trust are not going
to climb any hills and break their shins
after wisdom.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

AS nearly as can be determined the Ne
vada contest will be a subtle contest be-
tween Fitz's right hand punch and Cor
belts left head duck
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

II is reported on authority that Mckinley
outside appointments. II Mckinley has
that assurance he should lock it in his safe
and put an armed man on guard.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

Topeka, Kan, Feb N.-(SpeciaLeLeed
is mad All the state officers are mad Tbs
senate bill passed yesterday making re-
duction Of nearly s5 per cent in the salaries
OF state officers and others has raised q
howEa loud, hungry howl. g. c. Clemens
the legal end of the reform party. says the
bill is an outrage and the senate has abso-
lu;elys gene wild. Els is out in long
fiery interview denouncing the upper body
An Indignation meeting has been called
for Tuesday night in Hamilton hall.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

Emperor Wilhelm should insist that
committee from the audience mount the
stage and pass quite around Greece and see
which nation is pulling that string.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

The weather bureau has completed all ar
rangements 10 smother Nevada in dark
:mpeneIable snow-storm on March Il. un-
less the kinetoscope people come down
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

With that dear old abandon so chsrac-
teristic of them the Partisan students have
broken out in favor OF Greece and mobbed
a whole lot Of people who do not know that
Greece is or the map.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

On March 4. as Mckinley bows to the
cheering multitude. he is bound 10 be a
victim 10 the depressing impression that
most OF the crowd has the postoffice look
in their eyes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

Burr stII hoeered ia the corner. silea;
and miserable
Clara Drew put on her hat AMI her ve.i
AID stepped - the door.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-21

Clara he said. 'I love you"
His hand still rested on her head. She
did not move. He gazed down upon her.
He was battling heavily with himself. He
won over self. Then he went on, his eyes
resting as they were.
Il love you more than words can tell. Oh
so much, so deeply, so sincerely"
His voice was that OF boy in recita-
ton remembering the words and not their
import
The young Noulan sat still. She did not
understand. This was certainly a new man
ner of love. Why should he stand so. al
most bach, Of her, his hand on her hair
ard his voice cold r.ethodical and meas
ured? He went on:
You have come !nto my life as its only
happy sunbeam and you shall 20 out again
and De cnly memory. But l want you
TO know that l love you-thst shall al
ways love you. Please believe me-
The young woman turned her head out
from under the hand and looked up into
his face. ter eyes moist with emotion, her
checks Gaming.
Burr locked Gowr into the eyes tha; sent
back MS passion. lie bTeathed heavily and
stepped away. ouS % the range OF her
glance
II caa only tell ycu I love you be said
more coidly than ever. There can BE moth
ing else-only that-only that
The woman took q step toward him He
shrank back
She regretted the advance, ard turned
away and looked OFT upon the street SOL
EMMY.
Burr stIH hosered in the corner. silent
and miserable
Clara Drew put on her hat ami her vel
AID stepped ~ the door.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11

" The use of 'Castoria is SC universal and
IT'S merits SO well known that it seems a work
of supererOgation to endorse it. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep c..etoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS uARTYN, D. p,
New Iorll Cts.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
!. E. KitzDleyer.

HAS, after \ vacation Of three
years again assumed control
Of the business a, the ,lu
stan'1, No. 3 South Carson
street, and invites all who are
in want Of goods or work in
his line to give him a trial
He promises to fu, 1ish a good
quality OF goods, and DO goo3
work at the very lowest prices
al0
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11

MI D0Cmer formerly Of this city
has arrived at Dyia with eight tons Of
provisinns anG her children. She
writes to friend that she is making
mouey on the provisions and having
a good time hunting and fishing.
Geo. Mclaughlin of the Carson
Mint yesterday received an offer by
telegram OF position in the
mechanical department Of the New
York assay office and bas accepted.
T. n. Stone, Commissioner of Deeds
for California, and Notary Public for
Nrm n by county. Office: Capitol Build
Richardson continues to deal in the
finest bra nds OF imported cigars in
spite Of the war in Cuba.
IF you want candy that is raa lily
better than any imported in town &c
TO RichaId-Oo's
Have you aeen those new derby hats
at Joe P!att's? You cant he dressed
up without Que.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
And Still it Goes.

Wherever COrbett and FitZaim-
mons shnw up in IA new town the re-
reporters get in their space work.
Here is the latest from a Louisville
paper:
"Who made that offer?" was asked.
"Well, never mind. was offered.
A man in New York offered me
$500 600 to let Corbett win. Another
man at the ringside offered me
$3.50, TO do the same thing. Both
of 'em we're friends of Corbett. He's
a pretty stiff, he is Why, the dirty
cur spit in my face in Green's Hotel,
Philadelphia, while two men held me,
and say, do you kGow what he did?
ruffians in the Union to occupy front
seats at the Carson fight. He paid
EN- $40 apiece and they went there
to kill me and George Siler, the
referee, if they saw C0rbett was get
ting any the worst of it. But we met
! em half way. Julian lud L got fifty
| Texas rangers TO come. aud they did
come prepared. and | want to tell you
| if anybody had started trouble, why
there would have been a hot old time.
! You can see my rangers in the pic
,ures-thOse fellows with the wide
hats, they're the ones. II | had chop
ped Corbett down little at time
there would have been trouble, but as
he went down unexpectedly it was ali
over almost before they knew it Be
fore the fight Corbett went to Referee
Siler and said. George [ don't want
to scare you up, but those 400 fellows
sitting there in the front row are the
worst men in this State, and they say
they are not going to see zoe l"se.
well" replied SiIer,' I dou't care if
there's 40, 900 of EN- you won't get a
bit the best ~ H, md neither wiII
Fnz' This I.5t shows you what 4
cur he is.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
THE SNUG

Now open forthirsty PeOpl
If You want Reliable liquors
Come in.
ROBERT WIGGINS, Prop.
jn1
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
School Books

Graded lessons 10 Grammar by
Reed & K-log and adopted by the
Public 5 S'hpol5 ara now for sale at
JOHN q F,x's ana retail at 40 cents
Hjgu~r Lessons in English 50 cents. or
- carsa AID book Of eqn4i cra"e in
exchange.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
Like q BiCYCIe.

Latest improvement in sewing
machines. The new rotary motion
ball hearing Wheeler & Wilson. See
the Cabinet and other styles just re-
ceived bt Cagwin 4 Noteware
agents for Carsoa and vicinity.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
NhY?

Why so 10 San Fc@ucjsco to have
trusaeS ftt"'j when YOU can get the
same Gttrd -; the ThaXTer D1n9 iSrore
bv man who has made a speciality
of fitting trus-es for 20 years. 4 fit
always guaranteed. Prices range
from 81 50 to 50.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
Assessment Notice

Monarch Consolidated Gold and Silver
Mining Company.
Locate. ,. !..:rcipal place of business
Carson City, O1.Asby County, State OF
Nevada.
Location of workS-Silver Lake Min
ing District, Douglas County, Nevada.
Assessment No. s.
Amount one half cent share.
Date of levy, November 5th, 1897.
Delinquent December 3nd, 1897.
ESale day January 3rd, 1898.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
JAMES r. JUDGE.
Secretary.
Nov 1~
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11

Don't fail to visit Miss NoodhuTZ's $
Millinery Parlors Wednesday, and
Thursday. September 18th and 10th tand
following days to examine her stock OF
Fall and Winter hats, bonnets andanovel-
ties. Best stock ever brought to Carson.
Sept 1t