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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
Annrnhists Attack Polier.

BARCELONA. Sept. 4.-The Chief and
assistant police OF Barcelona. were fired
upon last night and both Injured. The
shooting occurred at midnight. Their
assailant, who was armed with revolver,
was arrested. The Chief OF Police has
been prominent in directing the recent
prosecutions OF anarchists. and It Is
presumed that the attack upon him war
from this fact.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
NorfoIk CITY and County.

NORFOLK, VA. September 4-Speclai'
T,he anti-fusion Democratic Executive
Committee OF Norfolk county met To-Day
and elected w. B. Carney OF western
Branch. chairman.
The City Democratic Executive Com-
mittee met tonight and fixed upon Oclo-
her 9Th as the date of the senatorlai con-
vention to be held here.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
LABOR con yENTION.
One Called TO Meet In Chicago to Treat
Questions Connected With the Strike.


ST. LOUIS MO. Sept. A-The Com
mittee appointed by the recent labor con-
venton has issued call for a conven-
ton OF all labor and reform organizations
at Chicago September q. 10 consider
means 10 support the striking miners.
II the strike Is not then settled; TO con-
slider the unihcation and practical CO.
operation OF trades unions and all other
labor and reform organizations in matters
Of common interest; to devise ways and
means to restore TO the people their
inalienable rights under the constitution;
10 take such action as will tend 10 bring
about more equitable and just con-
dition OF affairs in our social and In
dustrial life.
The basis OF representation will be one
delegate for each trades union, labor or
ganization or reform organization and
two delegates from each congressional
district.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
LINES For the Senate.

CHATHAM, VA. Sept. 4-specisal,;-
cv,,atham District elected thirteen dele
ikt nate a candidate for fioater Senator from
Pittsylvania and Henry counties. All are
anthnsIastic for Hon. r. A. James ana
,,nanimouslv endorsed Judge James L.
Treaway for reelection as Judge Of Pitt
aviN-anfa county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05

came from the county OF Caroline the
native county OF Major Tyler). in iss2. and
accented a position with Messrs. Sutton
e. % for whom he worked nine years,
hoId,ne a responsible position, and having
charge of their rent department.
Issving Messrs. Sutton & Co. in 1891. he
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
WEATHER FORECAST,

WAsHINToN. September 4.-For Vir-
ginia: Generally fair; warmeri Nariaois
winds, becoming easterly
For North. Carolina: Seherahy tair,
except showers on the immeola.o eoas''
warmer in the interior; nor'hease u
cast winds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
GEN. LONGSTREET TO WE'D.
A Positive Announcement Made by
Friends Of Both Parties.
AT NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY The TINE.
The Prospective Groom Is Eighty and Very
Deaf. while His Intended Bride is
Twenty-Five and Very Prstty-Both
Are Expecting Public once.

CHICAGO, Sept. "A special 10 the
Times-Herald from Atlanta. Ca. says:
NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY.
"The positive announcement was made
to-day by the friends OF both parties
concerned that the marriage OF Miss Ellen
Dortch to General Longstreet would be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
Messenger Hawkins Captured.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Sept "A dis
patch was received tonight by the Cnief
OF Police from Toronto oihclals' stating
,h.t II v Hawkins, a colorod messenger
In the district tax Office. who robbed the
safe Of 5000 and fed. was eapturfed in
that city tonight.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
ar STASDA RDSFiIL 4.
The Convention AdJourns without Max.
ing Nomination.

BARBoURsvILLE VA. Sept. t-spe-
ctal-The Greene and Madison delegates
met IN convention this afternoon al Stan
srdsyiIIs 10 select a candidate TO the
House OF Delegates for the two counties.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
p.~cror THERMOMETER.

Yesterday the thermometer ranged az
foI,ovs in this city: A. NJ. 20; IL h.. ssi
aP' NJ. Is: s +. NJ, 70, +. NJ, %: L ~,
81. Average. 70.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
Illness From tuberculosis.

TOPEKA. Kans.. Sept. 4-The Board
Of Regents OF the Kansas state Agricul-
tural College. at Manhattan. have discov,
cred that the cattle. sheep ana hoSs OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
JAMES LEWIS ANDERSON.

impossible at this time TO tell who Will
be nominated. All Of the candidates have
staunch friends working in their BEHALF
and the streets are full Of political cards
with names Of the candidates and termi-
mating with: Subject TO the Democratic
Primary"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05

continued on Fifth Pase)
The advocate., 1897-03-03
no Taz or Not to .Ea1 Mortgages.

EDITOR ADvOoATE:-The taxation
Of mortgages is one of the questions
which puzzles the brain of law makers.
On the one hand, 1t ia evident that all
property should be taxed alike, and
that the class which 10 able to loan
often escapes taxation. On the other
hand, our relations to adjoining States
which do not tax mortgages and which
offer sn open 6eld TO the investor are
such that, together with the scarcity Of
money, over which State Legislatures
have no control, make action danger
OuS; and at the same time, insCtiOn is
wrong. This whole question La 90
frsught with difficulty, that every at.
tempt to solve IL forces as rapidly
toward the true solution, viz: to tax
natural opportunities rendered vslus-
bic by the presence Of oil for the ben.
eft Of all. This would create q fund
ample for all the needs Of society. But
to remedy the evils Of the past, 1t
should be supplemented by q grsdu-
ated property tax, and q heavy inherit
ance tax. Still, the public 10 by no
means ready for such change. So In
order tG tax property only once, and to
tax It to It's true owner, and TO In q
measure get even with nonresident
lOaneEs, we suggest that property be
taxed wherever found; and If the nom.
insl owner desires to have the burden
of taxation fall on the true owner, or
the one who holds an inCumbrsnCe, let
the certificates from the Assessor that
the property was assessed, and from
the County Clerk as to the tax levy on
the same, be an evidence In law of pay.
ment of the debt to that amount on
the part of the nominal property
owner or debtor. This would give re-
lief In some cases, although the losner
would be likely to arrange it so that
the borrower would not ask o deduC-
tion Of the amount of Tax, or else, If
possible, he would charge enough more
In interest to Offset the same.
JAMES SHEARER.
The advocate., 1897-03-03

one which now dominates over LeRia.
latures and Congress. It Is q growing
belief that by ballot, or by blood, its
power must be broken. It will pEOba.
bly, be by ballot. II not, It will not be
the fault of the people but Of the op.
pressive money power.
MaCaulsy said: "The French would
not endure Turgot, and were forced to
endure Robespierre." The trusts re-
jected the fair-minded Bryan, and may
have to settle accounts with q less char
table administration.
Hoping that the late income tax de-
cision may prove to be q Dred Scott
verdict, showing the high-water mark
of plutocrstic power over our judiciary,
and also that Mr.. Mckinley may be its
James Buchanan, the last Of the line,
and that some one may be chosen In
his place who will be much more in
sympathy with the people and much less
In sympathy with monopolies, and who
will not, like him, be indebted to them
for either his nomination or his elec.
ton, remain, JOHN G. BoNHAM.
Westport, Mo.
The advocate., 1897-03-03

leCt too narrow to grasp or q purpose
too limited to advance the great re-
viVal Of primitive patriotism and the
sublime purpose Of popular govern.
ment. The initiative and referendum
would enable questions of public veal
TO be considered upon their merits
alone. Being dissssoclsted from the
personnel of party candidates, one Of
the most stultifying features of poll
tics would be removed. The initiative
and referendum would make the SOW
ereign people the last court Of appeal
rather than as now Vesting that power
with small handful Of men who In
theory are servants, and after election
are masters. Moreover, the remand.
ing of such acts Of the Legislature sa
the people demand to have submitted
to their votes before passing into law
would stimulate study and vastly in-
crease that intelligence which ia an
essential cornerstone to Q republic.
Kansas pride may fnd splendld justiA-
cation In being the FIRST In the sister
hood Of States to take this stand for
genuine popular government. It Is
the goal toward which civilization
tends, 1t is as inevitable as the future
1t is the acme Of glorious opportunity
for the Legislature Of Kansas.
"The initiative and referendum are.
methods whereby may be enacted ooD
popWB 0oT Gei."
The advocate., 1897-03-03

Two kinds Of women need DIR. Pierce's
Favorite PreScriptiOn--thos who want TO
be made strong, and those who want to be
made well. 1t builds up, invigorates, reg
ulstes and cures. It's for young girls just
entering womanhOOd; for women who have
reached the critical "change Of life;" for
women expecting to become mothers, MAX
ing delivery easy and almost painless; for
mothers who are nursing and exhausted;
for every woman who is rundown, delicate
or overworked. For all the disorders, dis.
eases and weaknesses Of women, "Fsvorite
Prescription" is specific.
The advocate., 1897-03-03
Judge-m@de Laws.

EDITOR ADvOoATE:-The United
States Supreme court twice affirmed,
unanimously, the cOnsCitutionslity of
an income tax law. Through what In.
fuence an adverse decision was CO.
cured, each one is at liberty to guess.
Prof. Edward A. Ross Of Leland Stan.
ford University says: ''It is felt that
In reversing It's line Of decisions, the
court used constitutionslity as thin
pretext, and that the real snimus of
the majority was q desire to close the
door forever upon sll possible attacks
on concentrated wealth via taxation"
This voices the feeling of millions of
our citizens.
We are told that "between 1886 and
1895 nearly one-half Of the social, eco.
nomiC and labor laws of the States
were overthrOwn by the courts" The
judicial trends have been In that di.
rectiOn. Trusts laugh at restraining
laws. "Judge-made law" suits them.
This they get Opportunely, It is
largely their reliance. 1t commonly
comes to their relief In emergencies.
They expect it, and are rarely dissp.
pointed. The sw-interpreters nullify
the acts Of the Lawmakers. So far has
this gone that our Ex-Governor Fran
els sees danger ahead, and wrote to his
boiling associates who, with him, kept
step In the ranks of the trusts and mo.
nopolies, that ''sOme legislation must
be enacted to check the growing inAu.
ence of wealth, and to cIrcumsCribe
the powers of trusts and monopolies."
They rejoiCed over their victory won
by combination with the anti Bryan
Democrats, II may yet prove to be q
barren one. Public attention has been
called to them as never before. This
Is one Of the incidental benefits OF the
last campaign, and Mr.. Bryan deserves
great credit for his share in posting
the public concerning them. The
slave. holders had several such Victo-
ries and were unduly elated by them.
II is now apparent that they were only
stones to their final defeat.
Selfish power is slow to learn Its
limitations. It is too greedy Of
gain to be always wise. Plutocrats
may make the mistake of the slave
holders. The experience Of the old,
broken.dOwn oligarChy may not be q
warning 70 che new and more powerful |
The advocate., 1897-03-03
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
A Remedy for Written Constitutions, Which
Become Obstructive, II Not DestFuc-
tive OF The PODulaP Will

GerVleWs says:
"By far the most important measure
before the Kansas Legislature is the
initiative and referendum amendment
to the constitution. Should 1t pass and
be ratified by the people, Kansas will
have taken q step In advance of any
other commonwealth in the whole ma
ton.
"The initiative, briefly defined,
means the power of the voters to for.
mulste and demSnd such laws as they
deem promotlve Of their welfare.
"The referendum is q provision
whereby acts passed by the Legislature
may be referred to the voters before
they become binding as laws upon the
statute book.
IA reader definition Of the initiative
and referendum ia direct legislation.
"The most familiar complaint against
modern politics is the deplOVsble fact
that the power to actually control leg
islation is being farther and farther
removed from the individual voters.
The initiative and referendum is an
effort to restore that participation in
governmental affairs which the found
ers of the republic contemplated, and
which was indeed enjoyed In the prlm.
tive times Of the New England town
meeting, when each man felt himself
o part of the State and thrilled with
patriotic pride and sincere endesVor to
conform his public conduct to his high
privilege Of personal partnership, AS
the slow years Of the century moved
on it became apparent that the cher.
ished ideal Of a government by the
people was being deVitsllzed by the
limitstlonp Of the machinery Of meth
DDS. The popular will was checkmsted
and the popular voice silenced by the
clrcumlocutiOn Of lsbyrinthisn legisla.
tion. Each successive generation
finds itself farther removed from &C.
tive partnership. Thus estrangement,
alienation and a sense OF helplesSness
have wrought a decadence Of patriot
ism, q lowering Of ideals and prevalent
distrust Of republican institutions.
"The machinery Of state has been
seized by the few and operated for
their own sggrsndizement and enrich.
ment.
"Under the provisions of the initis.
tive and referendum, popular will and
popular voice may be restored and the
cherished ideal of a government by the
people may become reality, bringing
with 1t a restoration of patriotic devO.
ton to government In which all quail
flied voters are potent factors.
"The initiative and referendum is
not revolutionary, In that il does not
destroy or derange legislative or judi
Cial bodies; 1t merely remsndS these
representative and deliberstiVe func-
tiOnsrieS to their legitimate place In
the body polite and re.enthrones the
people az sovereign. Instead of per-
mitting Legislatures to frustrate or
fail to fully carry out the popular will,
1t makes that body serve but the pur-
pose of cOllating, conserving and prSc-
tiCalizIng the will of the people.
"Instesd of permitting the judiciary |
to nullify whatever small remnant Of |
popular will the Legislature may have
The advocate., 1897-03-03

| 1GNWGN@a Ha@% A-ea@eN-F
and the one judicial vote in the Su'
preme court. And again, by way OF
enjoyment Of fine literature on this
point, reference might be made to Mr..
Sol Mlller'S post.electlon uttersnces on
the methods and moral status of the
judiciary.
"All thoughtful persons realize the
utter futility of fixing methods or con-
structing machinery that will ade-
quately serve for any great length of
time the progressive, expanding life
of human beings and of civilized so.
ciety.
"Idesl principles there may be, but
ideal methods have not yet been dis.
covered. Hence, constitutions and
codes which serve well the purpose Of
one age become obstructive and even
destructive In later time. Constitu.
tiOns must march, or the march of hu-
man progress will trsmple over them.
The initiative and referendum pre-.
serves constitutions and conserves so.
cisl order while providing such march
Ing machinery as will make violent
epoChs and rude demolition terrors Of
the past.
"Glven liberty and intelligence and
the people may be trusted. Men are
but children Of larger growth De.
morallzed and waVering children may
be inspired, enthused and saved by
appealing to the highest, by trusting
them and by placing them In active
partnership in wholesome employment.
''Without the belief that his intelll-
gent comprehension of the laws of his
State may have a chance for express
sion and effect, the voter has little
heart to devote himself to serious study
of such legislation as would be beneA.
cial. The initiative and referendum
furnishes this spur and impetus to the
voter. Of what avail, the good citizen
asks, are my patient research or my
patriotic consideration, If, after all, the
Legislature may fritter away or foil
my desireP Aud the good citizen set
ties into inertia, nsrrows himself to
private interests, leaving the intricate
machine Of politics In the hands Of
those whose familiarity with it's multi.
tudinous pulleys and levers enable
them to dexterOusly Outwit the SOW
erelGn people.
"The initiative and referendum has
within the last generation wrought the
highest and most satisfactory results
In the republic Of Switzerland. So
simple has been its benefits that the
wisest political economists of England
are sgitsting for It's adoption by that
nation. While In the United States
not only the best thinkers and scholars
but the Respondent rank and file are
seizing upon this method as the escape
valve from perilouS conditions and are
hsiling it as the great restorer Of pop
ular rights and the reaIiz alton of the
desire of the founders of our republic.
The opponents Of this joint resolution
now before our State Legislature will
but register themselves as opposed to
popular will, as seeking to perpetuate
methods which frustrste the desire of
the people and as ont of line with the
spirit and purpose of American gov
arnmAnt Tho IaoiaIotor vvhO vviII aaaLr
The advocate., 1897-03-03

Look over the ADVOCATES premiums
nst before d ring tho paper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-30
SALE OF THE UNION PACIFIC.
Judge SanbOrn Signs Decree Fix
ing the Price at O,637 ,455.

Omaha, Neb,, July 29.-Decrees of sale of
the Union Pacific railway under the fore
closure proceedings, instituted against it
by the United States, were passed upon
by Judge Walter Sanborn in the United
States court here to-day.
There was no objection to the entrance
of the Ames-Dexter decree, and after
few corrections had been made in the
printed copy of the decree 1t was passed
upon by the court The entrance of the
government decree drew forth vigorous
debate between ex-Gov. Hoadley. special
counsel for the United States, and Wins
low S. Price. counsel for the reorganiza-
ton committee. The debate was upon the
right of the court to reserve to the United
States all rights of the government not
expressly stated in the decree. 1t was de-
cided in favor of the government.
The upset price under the first mortgage
will be $5O.6S7,455. Judge w. d. Cornish,
of ST. Paul, will act as special master in
the matter. He will sell the main lines,
the 1904 miles from Council Bluffs to Og-
den, and it's immediate branches, IN this
city. The date of sale will not be fixed un-
ill two days shall have expired, the court
giving that much time to the Union Pacific
Railwey Company TO redeem the proper
connected with the sale will be fixed by
Judge Cornish
Similar DEGREES will be entered in Coun-
eli Bluffs and later In the states of Wyo-
ming, Colorado, Utah and Kansas. The
entrance of the DEGREES Of sale drew to-
gether an assemblage of as many promi-
nent judges, attorneys and counsellors $
ever met in Omaha.
Judge Sanborne sat on the bench with
Judge Munger and passed on the DEGREES.
The government was represented by ex-
Gov. Hoadley Of Ohio, now of New York
city, and by Gen. John c. Cowen of this
city.
Winslow S. Pierce Of New York city,
said to have evolved the scheme of re-or-
ganzation of the Union Pacific, with
Lawrence Greer, looked after the Dexter
Ames trustee of the Union Pacific first
mort gage. r. F. Hall of this city, associat-
ed with Mr. Pierce was also on hand.
Three of the receivers of the Union Pa
cihc system were in attendance, Oliver w.
Mink, John w. Doane and Emery Ander-
son.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-30
AN INDIAN EDITOR DEPoRTED.
The British Taking Heroic Measures
to Suppress DisIOyaIty.

Bombay, July 29.-The editor of the
newspaper Vaibhan, published at Poona,
has been arrested and brought here on the
charge of sedition. Sirdar Balwantrao
Natu and Huropant Ramchunder Natur,
who were arrested yesterday on a charge
of disloyalty and escorted outside the linn
its of the Poona collectorate have been
deported under the act empowering the
viceroy to issue a warrant for the arrest
and deportation, without trial of persons
known to be engaged in dlsloyal practices.
This power has not been exercised for
many years. 1t was last employed dur
ing the viceroyalty of Lord Dufferin, when
Dhulop Sing was arrested at Alden while
en- route to stir up discomfort in Punjab
In furtherance Of plans formed during
sojourn in Russia. It's employment has
made a great sensation among Europeans
and natives alike II is believed that the
hostility of the Natu family is due to the
fact that one of the brothers, who had
been afflicted with the plague, was sent to
the Poona segregation camp, along with
the low castes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-30
HUNGARY'S HORROR.
The Three MurderePs of. n Beautiful
Singer Convict kd.

Philippopolis, July 29.-The trial of
Capt. Boitcheff, ex-aide-de-camp of Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and Prefect Of Po-
lice Novelties, with Bogden, a gendarme,
on the charge of numbering Anna Szmon,
a beautiful singer of Buda-Pesth, and the
mistress of Boitsheff, which began on July
q, was concluded yesterday. The court
found Boitcheff and Novelois guilty of
murder, and Bogden of being accessory
to the crime.
Boitcheff and Novelties were condemned
to death, but it was announced that their
sentences would be commuted to impris-
onment for life and deprivation of their
civil rights. They were also ordered to
pay f2OO each to the child of Anna Szimon
and to bear the expenses of raising the
child
Bogden was sentenced to six and one half
years imprisonment to be followed by the
loss of his civil rights for eight years.
Boitchef wept bitterly when his sentence
was pronounced. His wife rushed into
his neck, showered kisses upon his face,
and calling him MY innocent husband" 4"
the dock and, throwing her arms about