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The advocate., 1897-02-10
THE STOCK YARDS BILL.
The Full Text of the Bill to Regulate the
Kansas City Stock Yards.

City Stock Yards that 1t Will doubtless
interest readers to know just what the
Legislature is trying to do. The fol
lowing is a copy of the bill fsvorsbly
reported by the House Committee on
Live Stock as a substitute for the Vari-
GUS pending measures:
"Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Kansas:
"SECTIoN 1. Any stock yards with.
in the State, into which live stock is
received for the purpose Of exposing
or having the same exposed for sale,
and doing business for a compensation,
and which for the preceding twelve
months shall have had an average daily
receipt of not less than 100 head of cat
tie, or 300 head Of hogs, or 300 head of
sheep, Is hereby declared to be pub
lie stock yard.
"SEC. 2 Any person, company or
corporation owning or operating any
such public stock yard or stock yards
in this State is hereby declared to be a
public stock yards operator, whether
living or being within this State or not.
"SEC. g. Every such public stock
yards operator or operators shall an
nuslly, on the 3lst day of December of
each year, file with the Secretary of
State'sn itemized statement certified
and sworn to, setting forth the num-
ber of head of cattle, calves, sheep,
hogs, horses and mules received In his
or their public stock yards during the
year next preceding
"SEC. 4. 1t shall be unlawful for
the owners or proprietoIs of any such
stock yards within this State to charge
for yarding, watering and weighing of
stock greater prices than the follow
ing: For yarding, watering and weigh
ing Of cattle, Is cents per head; calves,
s cents per head; hogs, 6 cents per head;
sheep, 4 cents per head; and there to
be only one yardsge charge.
"SEC. 5. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owner, owners or proprietOrs of any
such stock yards within this State, to
sell and deliver at the rate of less than
1000 pounds for ton of hay, or any
part thereof, the same to be of good
quality, or to charge for or to sell the
same at more than 100 per cent. above
the average market price, or value of
any such hay upon the markets of the
towns or cities wherein such stock
yards are located upon the day preced
ing such sale and delivery; and it shall
also be unlawful for any such owners
or proprietors to sell and deliver less
than seventy pounds of corn in the ear
for q bushel, or less than ifty-six
pounds of shelled corn for bushel, or
to charge for or to sell the same at
more than 100 per cent. above the sV.
ersge market price or value Of such
ear corn or shelIed corn on the markets
of the towns or cities wherein such
stock yards are located, on the day
next preceding such sale and delivery.
All feed not above named shall be sold
for no greater per cent. Of profit than
heretobefore provided.
'SEC. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owners or proprietors of any stock
yards to prohibit the owner or owners
or representatives Of any dead stock in
such yard or yards, to sell to any per-
The advocate., 1897-02-10

lowing bills were passed: Deficiency,
and the regular appropriation bills for
the State Agricultural College, a build
Ing appropriation bill, carrying a little
over $4,000 for the same institution;
the regular appropriation for the Osa-
watomie asylum; bill by Larimer
making it a misdemeanor for an officer
to accept, demand or receive money In
excess of that allowed by law for the
performance Of any official act, and
Botkin's bill to provide for the weight
and measure Of Ks6r corn.
In the Senate, Senator Jumper in.
troduced a salary bill for Shawnee
county. 1t was q copy Of the bill pre-
viously introduced in the House by
Farrell.
Resolutions by the State Board Of
Agriculture asking legislation in the
interest of dairymen, and to protect
stock against inVasions Of diseased
stock were laid before the Senate, as
was also q resolution asking that the
charges and methods of the Kansas
City Stock Yards be investigated.
The Judiciary committee reported
unfavorsbly on the bill to provide for
the interchange of Judges in the sew.
ersl districts Of the State. The Com
mittee on Agriculture reported favor
ably the bill to license live stock
commission merchants and regulate
their charges. The Ways and Means
committee reported fsVorsbly bills
making appropriations for the State
Normal School, the Soldiers Home and
one to enable the payment to the fire
departments of the State of the recip-
rocal tax collected by the Superintend-
ent of Insurance.
Senator Householder's charities bill
was read the third time and passed by
vote of 80 to l, The bills referred to
in this days proceedings of the House
as having been messsged to that body
were then placed on third reading and
passed.
The Committee on Employees re-
ported some minor matters and in
cluded provision for the employment
of a telephone girl, but on motion of
Householder this provision was not
agreed to.
r. r. Beam, Docket Clerk, resigned
and his assistant, L. Shamleffer, was
named in his place. A. b. Hoffman OF
the Harper Ad0ocate was appointed as
assistant.
Senator Forney introduced q resolu'
tion setting forth that 1t was asserted
by an attorney In court recently that
the alien land law of 1891 was not In
fact legally passed, and that the Attor'
ney General be requested to inform the
Senate whether, in his opinion, it did
pass, or whether further Legislative
action will be necessary to secure such
a law. 1t was adopted,
Senate joint resolution No. 2, proVid
ing for the submission of a proposition
to the people to hold a constitutions
convention, was referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary.
The Senate spent some time in Com
mittee of the Whole. LewelIing's bill
to establish normal school at Wichltt
was reported to the Senate with the
recommendation that IL remain on the
The advocate., 1897-02-10

number of bills Of minor Importance
were also acted on.
The Governor sent to the Senate the
names of p. H. Dolsn and S. C,Wheeler
to be members of the Board Of Chsri'
ties, to succeed Lockard and Blskes-
ley. They were confirmed,
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
AN IMPORTANT SUGGESTION.

The commencement season with the schools and colleges is fast approaching, and gold medals will be distributed in large numbers In view of this fact we have undertaken an Investigation which will prove Of great interest and much value. We have entered the three-ball establishments with which Birmingham abounds and made diligent inquiry of each of our unoles as to the pawnable value of good medal. Never before have we darlkened the door of these pop ular places, although we have been in journalism for many years, and we should not have done so on this occasion had we not been in the pursuit of infor- nation and acted under the noble desire to further the interest of education Each one of our uncles agreed that the in- seription on gold medal did not add to its marketable value, but rather detract- ed from 1t. If educators will bear this valuable fact in mind they will save considera ble expense. It is remarkable, but nevertheless true, that such inspir- ing notices as 'per aspera ad astra" pos sess no commercial value in the eyes of tho presiding genius of the three golden balls. This deplorable lack of apprecia- ton of the classics on the part of our uncle argues that he was not graduate from a college where a familiarity with the dead languages is considered of more value than practical knowledge which will enable young man to make a liv- ing. We respectfully suggest, in view of the foregoing information, that col lege presidents present the graduates with medals of virgin gold and that the customary inscription be allowed to re- pose in innocuous desuetude upon the walls of fine college. The inscription on the medal also has delcterious moral effect upon the graduate-in after life, when the stress of the storm is upon him and he applies t. his uncle for help and offers his college medal he thinks the inscription will add to it's value. but when he finds@that 1t detracts from it, his faith iI Knowledge of the classics as means of livelihood is considerably shaken.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
DO SOMETHING.

From the editorial columns of the Chat tanooga Tinles Of March F. we clip the following. submitting ,he same to the iI'onmasters, woodworkers. ere. and cit izers in general of. Birmingham. The s;tate Herald cannot too s,fongly com n%nl Ttas. logical. stand taken by the Tnes, and requey.tss ca.,eful perusal ofsit, especially hy any who may lhink goods and cfimmolities should be pur- chased at home. regardless of conTara- tive quality, price, stc-:
 ve arc rsr: nnuci, ddGposed to quarrel wis.,lth:. fg9c- tA at we must SD fro.:l hoins to.get fii s -rate fittings for a bank, or fine counting Ecuse, of. fer che equipment of an opera h,lso ersaudience hall. i,n.e- ,anooga has net had time in which tc de- vel9p the s1sanrfaeture Of such materials, in competition w,thy he,se wh5 have bs:n developing alrrg these sirIil3r i.neS, sor probably 9. half cartl.ry
 For thcir .srcper and ecoromisd pro. di3 3f;,as; trtasse fixtures reqpire l,ist grade, ics s -k; -,l.ie Mss y. eAk ctsss of b.gn-rsi5 and high-sAiiiied labor. that is hardiy pro-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
AN EDITOR GOES FARMING.

The Times man proposes by the eXper- inents he is now carrying on in the agri- cultural line to revolu utionize farming in- terests and prove to the people that from three to five balls of cotton per acre can be made We have a plot of five acres which we have broken we'll and subsoiled, first putting our stable manure and, cot ton seed broadcast, letting it lay about ten days when we turned back to bedding the land out for planting, putting fertil- izers down in every furrow run in the land at the rate of one ton, or two thousand pounds, per acre. We will give our read CTS reports from time to time as to the prospects of our crop. If we prove sue cess in the agricultural line and make 15 or 25 bales of cotton on our five acres msasured-there will be a newspaper plant for sale in Abbeville next year. We will give any man one years subscrip- ton to this paper who will beat our crop on one or five acres.-Abbeville Times.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
AN ANTEDATED EDITOR.

Four gentlemen were registered with Boniface Freeman Sunday night and yes- terday went out in private conveyance to look at the ground where several They proposed going before the Board of Revenue now in session at Clayton and put in a. bid for erecting those bridges of iron. They represent iron works and think they can cheapen the cost to the county by building the bridges of ircn. They have had no consultation with the board or any member of it. so we are told, but will go before it when it gets f. sess on and undertake to make a contract. The Times thinks this a poor time for iron bridges. It believes that the wooden ones can be made to last indefinitely and has little faith in the advantage, in a pecu- nfary sense, of iron bridges over mere creakS.-E,ufala Times
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
.,,DIGNIFYING REPUBLIcAN1sM.

1lTime was when the Montgomery Ad- vertiser hearkenad to the poetic idea. .'fVice is a monster of such frghtful mein That to be hated needs but 10 be seen"
 siBut in these days of transformation and Svengau Grover. 1t isn't such a bad thing to be an Alabama republican as it 'uSeter was"
 VTo read the specials from Washington of the doings of the unHashed nigger and white republicans. and then to turn to the editorial page and find only abuse of those democrats who have kept the faith, tsis evident that the Witch of Endor is pArtial in her favors.
 ss 1t is not sc many months gone when the Advertiser painted all republicans with the tar stick that sme.t of Africa, but now it throws the misty yelling Of maasmatic fogs that took their rise in the political brine of Buzzards Pay, over the republicans who erstwfiile sunk in the nostrils of democrats. Verify. my Lords times be terribly cut of joint and there be strange sigrs irf the heavens.-Selrca Sunday Telegram.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
RIGHT YOU ARE.

The Montgomery Advertiser is con- s.antly straining it's every nerve to make it appear that the men who supported the democratic nominees last year are TOW abandoning the Chicago platform Let the Advertiser wait until 1900. IL will .hen hear the people say that we tried the gold standard during Clave- lands admiristraticn ard e brought on the greatest panic this country has known for years. We tried Mckinley and the gold standard, and they failed to restore the promised prosperity, and now we propose to make a change; we propose to try Bryan and the free and unlimited coinage of silv.r-Anniston Re publican.
 Right you are. brother. and when the ides of November. 1900. twill have come and gone, William Jennings Bryan will occupy he presidency, and prosperity will come and the union flourish like a bay tree.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
WHEELER PRAISED.

The speech of Gen. Wheeler on the Dingley bill is being widely praised by the press. Gen. Wheeler's argument was unanswered and unanswerable. When Gen. Wheeler speaks in the house, and he speaks often, he always says something that is sure to attract atten- tion. But the secret of this fact is that Gen. Wheeler never says anything till he las thoroughly mastered the subject and is prepared to say it. He is an untir- ing worker and carefully prepares all his speeches and they always denote great research and study.-Ex.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

The Turk is a fighter-fghting is his religion. Here Is the prayer he prays: "I seek refuge with Allah from satan, the accursed. In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful! O Lord of all creatures! 0 Allahi Destroy the infidels and polytheists, thine enemies the enemies of the religion! o Allah! Mcke their children orphans, and defile their abodes! cause their feet to slip give them and their families their house. holds and their women. their children and their relations by marriage, their brothers and their friends, their posses sions and their race, their wealth and their lands, as booty to the Moslerns, 0 Lord of all creaturesr'
 The sword is consecrated to the cause of Islam. All Christians are regarded as intidels. XII the idolaters," said the prophet, "wheresoever ye shall find them, and make them prisoners"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
BAD BREAK OF A WATER MAIN


 While carrying g a pressure of nearly 80 pounds, a hydrant, direct from the Bien- vile water main, burst al Sullivan's mill last night at $50 o'clock, and within la f an hour the railroad track and roadway were rendered impossible, the volume of water which escaped being indieat d by a drop in the gauge to 55 pounds As the flood became worse, and 1t was feared that the train service would be stopped, a gang of Louisville and Nashville la borers were detailed 10 dig a ditch to carry it off to the river. This was done. and on a reduction of the water passen- ger trains were permitted to pass by The Blenville counpany's men lest no time after the police reported the break to the water works, and in little over all hour the main was "choked" at the place where the fracture occurred ef- fectually preventing any further aquat- iey escape until daylight when the reg ular gang will make thorough repairs. Mobile Herald.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

A Boston magazine makes an abjact apology in its April issue. It accepted and published a story entitled Her Roses" sent in by H. H. Tilley, of Spuy- ten Duyvil, N. Y. After the publica tion some ofse called the editors attention to the fact that the story was almost an exact copy of Thomas Nelson Pages story, eMis: Daugerlie's Roses" that ap- peared in 1892. The editor tries to lay the blame on T1lley-rrobably some sweet girl graduate who had be1n e9,raptured wish Page's fine-zpun southern sent:- 1,.cnts and wanted the literati of Bosten to elsSoy the same luxury she hsd e2speri- erced. The pest mari. on the letter should have aroused the suspicious of the kcstosf editoq'-Souytea Duyvil. which is Dutch for "sp.tiinG devil" The idea of 2 Boston e5itor not bsi1g familiar with the writings of Thomas Nelson Page Is something ,inconeeivable. h such a case ignorance is not hltss. Page must feel g-atafied aIsi vnxed-grs titied tsa. his story was deemed worthy of being stolen and vexed at the Boston ed tor for rot keeping up with southern literary talent.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

The Chicago Times-Herald is mistaken in it's assumption that this-g government can regulate the value Of silver by treaty with other nations. The United States has no power to make such a treaty. The treaty making power rests with the senate and the president. The constitu- tion says that congress shall coin money and regulate the value thereof. The term congress includes the lower house. The treaty making power and the power to regulate the value of coin are separate and distinct
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

side. This was more than the charming little women could stand, so they each promised a companion fifty cents to frighten the next batch of sight-seers. Presently a poor lone, lorn man hove in sight only to be grabbed by the sup posed lunatic, exclaiming in long drawn accents -want-to-go-hom He heard no more, and at last accounts he was making tracks for Selma as if shod with the famous seven league boots. It is needless to say that the young lady col lected her dimes.--Selma Journal.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
WITH THE STATE EDITORS.
THE DOCTOR IS RIGHT,

Dr. A. West returned from Birminghs m Wednesday morning, where he attended
 He is hopeful of the success of the en- terprise Rev. MT. Fierce. the agent to solicit funds. is actively in the field and has already secured handsome amount iii solvent criptions.-Decatur News.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

The New York Press is an organ of tha protectionists and 1t seems to be sincere in it's belief that protection will prove beneficial. It wanders how any sane man can oppose protection, which it says will prove beneficial to "the entire nation" Just at this point the Press is wofully mistaken. If a protective tariff would prove of benefit to the entire country no one would oppose it, but it benefits few at the expense of the many
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

A wilder travesty Of tariff legisla ton was never heard of Fancy the idea of fixing a date for the operation of law before the enactment of the nle.suTe, without any certainty that the bill will ever be passed. For in the present status, of the senate a single snap game of this sort might be sufficient to hold up the bill indefinitely. The merchants of the. country can rest assured that retroac i've taxation will nlt be enacted in this cuur- try. either directly or by indrectiori-. Philadeluhia Record Dem
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
CLERK TRIMBLE CONTAMINATED.

One of the most universally popular is United States Court Clerk Capt. N. w. Trimble. Capt Trmble is liked by everyone, and deserves to be. for with out the slightest apparent effort he al- ways makes himself agreeable. Capt
 Trimble was a confederate soldier, but at the close of the war he united him. self with the republican party and in a
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
A BAD RUCUS.

In a dispute oyer a game of pool in 8 saloon Saturday night, MT. Ingals, a nsw conner to EufauIa, plumber by trade, was hit in the head and body several times with a cue by MT. Bryant Garrett and severely injured. Ingalls, condition was considered dangerous at one time Sunday, or, so it was reported, but is getting all right now, the skull not being fractured, or it is supposed not.-Eu- faula Times
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
HE corr THE DIMES.

A funny little thing happened at the Bryce Insane asylum the other day dur ing the visit of the Sunday School con- vention to that noted institution. Sew eral of the nurses Were sitting closely to- gether in a cornar watching the visitors ments, As the nurses were of c.sty they had iaid aside their uniforms and were consequently taka4r for ratisnts. "Poor things" How. pitifp,,'.. :. "",5ust seq the in- sane light in their ryss," How ssd,"
 and similar renaTks were heard on every
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22
VICTIM Or HEART DISEASE.

Miss Letitia Scearce, who has been in our midst for the past four or five years, died very suddenly lass Sunday evening 9 the Oliver hotel, of heart disease. She was the sister of w. F. Scea rec, also Of this city, and was 59 years of age. Her remains were sent to her old home in Bagdad Ky. for internent.-Decatur News.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

q sent a dollar last week." said the Good Thing, 'in answer to that adver- tisement offering a method of saving one- half my gas bills' And you got" "A printed slip directing me to paste them in scrap book. k."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 San1.-- "Woman-"Why, I verily be- hcye you are the same man I fed an hour ago. He had sandy complexion like yours, anyway" Tourist Con faoN --"Oh, that's wot anybody gets wot comes acrost Indiany mum. "-Detreit Journal
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

! Professor Qecturing)-"Oxygen, gentle men, is essential to all animal existence; there could be no life wi h ut it. St anae to say, it was not discovered until en- tury ago, when----" Stud s1t--'What 5id they do before it wos discovered, Fro- fessor?'-Tfd Bits 4
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-22

The Textile World, published at Boston, admits that the south has superior ad- vantageS over the east in cotton manu- featuring, but will not permit cheap fuel to be embraced among these advantages. The World says: "The cost of Pocahon- tas coal at Charlotte is much more than what it is at Fall River or New Bed ford. Besides that, the coal obtained from southern mines has relatively poor steaming qualities. We refer more par ticularly to the cost of fuel in the Pied mont district, and not that in Northern Alabama" It is we'll that the World excepted the coal of Alabama, for it is unsurpassed in it's steaming qualities. The United States navy made the test last year and found Birmingham coal equal to the best. The World Is probably correct in stating that the cost of fuel in the Piedmont district equals the cost in the east. Tfra cotton mills in the Pied mont region will go out of business when the Birmingham district gets in opera ton.