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Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
AN r0 rnE NEm cLrl. LnHr.

The office of city tax commissioner
was designed primarily with Il view to
an equitable rcadjustment of the bur.
dens of municipal taxation and Incl.
dentally to bring the tax valuation VI
to point where Omaha could make Il
respectable comparison with other cities
of it's class. The raising of the valua-
tions of real estate and the increase i'll
the returns of personal and corporate
property impose the duty upon the
council to reduce the tax levy to the
lowest ratio that will produce the reve-
nue. absolutely needed to meet the city's
expenses
The new assessment roll aggregates
nearly double the total assessment OF
last year. The taxpayers of Omaha de,
mand and have right to expect that
the new levy should under no circum-
stances exceed % mills. That can be
done only by upholdng the tax com
missioner in his assessment of the fran
chisad corporations which for years
have escaped their due share of the tax
burden through scandalousy low valu-
ations. Nobody wants to oppress any
corporation enjoying public franchises
or for that matter any other corpora
ton or individual, but the spirit and
letter of the law requiring uniformity of
taxation should be enforced without fear
or favor upon all alike.
BY shifting the burden of taxation
upon the small property owners our
municipal authorities have well-nlgh
conhscated the property of the home
owners and middle class who are not
possessed of the influence to get their
assessments modified to just proportions.
Unless relief comes this year to the
great mass of taxpayers by an equaliza-
ton that equalizes, the new tax com,
mission system will prove itself u costly
fraud.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The problcm presented by the fire.
qupncy of lynrhilEs brings forth many
proposed solutions, the favoritC one
being some sort OF provision for pun
ishin& the whole county in which Il
lynching occtifs The governor of
Maryland. in his recent message to his
legislature. urges law placing Il
money damage upon any county in
which II lynchinE occurs, and this with
out petition of the friends or relatives
of the victim. Men may possibly b.
taught their duty by striking at their
pocketbooks, but it would seem that
some better plan of lcssening the frc-
quency of lynchingS might be tried.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
THE RUSTLERS.

Way out In Cherry county
On the North Loup river bank,
a little mound on the sandy ground
Marks the grave of Hard-Up Hank
There never was a brayer soul
And he always used to boast
That on the day death came his way
1t would find him at his post.
Now Hank and his pard were "Rustlers:"
Nothing bothered them bit,
For there wasn't n brand in all the land
They couldn't counterfeit
T@is worried all the stockmen
That ranged the cattle there,
And every man thought of plan
To down the foxy pair.
Late one summer morning
While preparing for job
Both of the boys heard a certain noise
That caused their hearts to throb
II wasn't an angels whisper
Hut the crack Of a fOrty-four,
And tae gallant Hank, SO tall and lank
Fen to rise no more.
His partner skipped the country
II was the proper thing to do;
If seen again by the cattlemcn
He would die with his boots on too
In concluding now this story
] will say that II Is 50,
Cause Hank an me was pards, you sec,
An / reckon / ought ter know"
/. w.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The strike Of the Fall River cotton spin
nerS pressages evil times for the great tex
tile industry in Massachusetts. The mill
owners claim-and apparently with justise-
that they arc being undersold by the southern
mills, which enjoy the advantages of cheap
labor and cheaper raw material. The DIFF
ference in cost of production is estimated at
IS per cent, and unless this difference can
be made up in some way the New England
mills will have to go out of business. The
tariff, for once, has nothing to do with the
matter, the competition is between two
sections of cur own country, and so long
as the southern mills have the advantages
noted 1t is hardly possible that the striking
spinners can gain their point The only
result of the struggle will be a complete
paralysis of the chief industry of New Eng
land
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18


1t Is unfortunate that through some mis-
understanding the legislature made no ap-
preparation for a state exhibit at the Trans
mississippi Exposition. to open at Omaha
June l, and continue until November. But
Missouri will not be unrepresented. com
mission has been organized and is intelli-
gently at work to secure suitable exhibit
of the productions of Missouri. This Is by
long odds the first among transmississippi
states, and its place in an exhibition bear
ing that name should correspond. The com
mission has issued an address to the people
of the state asking for contributions to erect
Missouri building, where they hope TO
make the finest display of fruits ever seen
in America; to collect and place on exhibit
tion meritorlous products of our farms for
ests, mines and factories" The building
will also serve as a meeting place for Mis-
souri, visitors. A matter CT such importance
to the state needs Jan immediate and liberal
Tesnonse,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The fact that during the past year
the United States has been buying
fewer goods in foreign markets and sell
ing larger quantities than ever before
has an important bearing on the treasury
deficit. 1t will be remembered that
when the Wilson law was creating its
big deficit immense quantities of foreign
goods were coming into the American
ports and sales abroad were simultane-
ouSly restricted.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Not only does Governor Holcomb's
lawless police board assume to suspend
law at pleasure, but It has actually the
audacity TO presume to reverse the de
cisions of the supreme and district courts.
-Four judges of the district court have
ruled that there is no such newspaper
as the Daily World-Herald, but the
police board outlaws In defiance of these
decisions bring in new findings, declar-
ing there is such a paper. No wonder
the criminal classes think they can ply
their yocations in Omaha with impunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
The sIov EAST Mail"

Neokuk Gate city. . ...
There is growing opposition in Iowa to the
fast nail service, so-called, as now car
rled on, This feeling is not confined TO the
newspapers of the state, though they are
voicing it quite vigorously. Many of the
business men are greatly dissatisfied with
the present arrangement whereby eastern
mail is held in Chicago for three hours so
that fast mail trains Cnn serve as special
carriers for the early editions of the Chicago
morning newspapers.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

In his inaugural address the new
governor of Iowa declared that 1--WE are
more in need, just now, of men who can
face facts than of those who can pro-
mulgate theories" And there are Iowa
popocrats with sufficient discernment to
feel offended over the remark.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

If sight of the exposition grounds
and buildings inspires in visitors the
enthusiasm displayed by the members
of the Missouri delegation the Iowa
legislators cannot come too soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

A cindered roadway is not paved
street. The mossback property owners
who want to escape paying paving taxes
by getting the city to cover the streets
with cinders and keep them in constan,
repair at the expense of the whole body
of taxpayers will do better to sign the
petitions for repavlng which they have
been selfishly obstructing.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Members of congress who are open to
attack because of having held their
seats through several terms will clip
out the story of the career of the late
Henry Nilliers and paste it where it
can be found when the campaign opens
up. Mr.. Villiers represented his district
in Parliament continuously for sixty
two years. Almost any member of CON
gress would be satisfied with a record OF
that kind
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The free seed department of the gov
ernment received hard knock in the
protest of the northwestern fruit grow
crs at their annual meeting in Port
land, Ore, last week. The free seed
department has constantly decreasing
number of friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
Educational Test Ignored.

NIIsSI
Eighty-four per cent of the pure Ha-
waians and 81 per cent of the part Ha-
maians can read and write, yet the present
government dare not submit to them the
question whether their country shall be alb
sorbed by a foreign power located 1000
miles away. Nor does the United States
government. which proposes to absorb them
dare do it. The annexation, if accom-
plished, will be the triumph of brute force,
and it will take its place as one of the
slckest steals in history.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

We suppose the men who held up that
Walnut Hill street car We're acting in
the most perfect of good faith. They
certainly believed the law against high
way robbery had been suspended by
the police board suspenders just as
much as the liquor dealers who have
been selling liquor without n license be-
lieve the license law suspended.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The transmisSlssippl teachers con
vention, if encrgetically pushed and
properly supported, can be made thu
biggest gathering ut Omaha during the
exposition year. An attendance of 5000
outoftown educators should be the
minimum expected ana with favorable
railroad rates ana ticket conditions that
number should be doubled. The degree
of the success Of this convention will
depend largely upon the people of
Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

cent decision of Judge Scott AS an
cX-poundcr of constitutional law the cX-
judge is much Loss of an authority than
he is on the spience of bank wrccking.
Whether his vi6NES Of the validity of the
fire and police Submission law are right
or wrong. thei fact that ha uses the
Bryanitc moutlphce to address rcpub-
leans places hgh, in line with the other
republicans who find it necessary to air
their grievances In the omaha news
nnncr fene,. ~ --L
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The pass-burdencd Nebraska State
Railway commission has returned
empty handed from its junliet to Topeka
and will doubtless proceed to charge up
10 the taxpayers a pretty bill of mile
age and travelling expenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The public must not cOnfound the eX-
position with the exposition concessions.
The exposition management does not
hold itself responsible for any of the
acts of the concessionaires.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
REPuBLIC1NISM IN EUROPE.

| While representative government is not
accomplishing as much for the people
continental Europe as for those of Great
| Britain and tho American republics, yet
| the surface indications are in some
measure deceptive, and evidences may
be found of real growth of republicans
ism. Corruption may be found in high
| places, the military spirit of ambitious
monarchs may not have been completely
| curbed, racial differences may still pro
| Guce feuds and factions in parliament
| tary circles from (which riOtous dead
| locks result, but these incidents, discour-
aging as they are to true republicans,
do not prove that republican sentiment
| is dying on the continent.
Recent incidents show that the re-
| publican principle has Il firmer hold on
| the people of at least two leading coun,
tries than ever before. In France, on
| the approach of the parliamentary elec.
tions, the duke of Orleans, who COM
bines in himself the pretensions of the
BOurbOnS and OrleanistS, wrote a letter
raprimanding his followers for their dis
of restoring the throne, and reminding
them that "the duty of monarchsts is
to work wherever they can for the
triumph of ideas of order of social pres
ervation and of liberty" Thus the pre-
tender to a lost throne plays for popu-
lar favor by putting patriotism above
personal advantage and assures his fol-
lowers that the republic will live as long
as it fulfills its mission.
In Italy an article has appeared in n
leading publication, alleged to have been
inspired by the Vatican, denOuncing the
monarchy and commenting to the Ital-
ians Il republican form of government
This doubtless does not mean that the
Catholic church is to become the cham
pion Of repubicanism in Europe, but it
at least indicates that the support which
the church has given the monarchs and
pretenders for centuries can no longer
be relied on. Thus in both France and
Italy republicanism is making distinct
gains.
The apparent inetficlency of represen-
tative government in Europe is due not
to any inherent weakness of the repub-
lican principle so much as to imperfect
application of the principle in connec-
ton with the surviving monnrchies.
The popular love of liberty is every
where stronger than ever. Il cannot be
crushed out by pOmpOus mOnarchs who
boast Of their power and talk of their
own "hallowed persons" The very
aggressiyeness of absolutlsm is an
assurance that the fire of repub-
licanlsm will continue to burn more
brightly In the hearts of the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

A few Iowa printers are demanding
that the books used in the schools of
Iowa shall be manufactured in Iowa,
AS well might they demand that all the
facts contained therein should be gath
cred in Iowa and all the authors con
cerncd in writing Iowa school books
should be natives of the state. The
"patronize home industry" idea has
some limits
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
Longevity of soIdiers' widows.

The fourteen survivors of the war OF 1912
look lonesome when they contemplate the
3,2S7 widows of men who fought in that
struggle Uncle,,Sam has been too liberal
in paying Premium for January and June
marriages,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
Evidence Of Business Revival.

The issues of stamped paper by the Post
office department are considered among the
best Indications of the conditions of bust
ness. The value of such issues for the quar-
ter ending on March 81, 1897, was the iarg-
est in the history of the department up 10
that time, but the record for the last quar-
ter of the year. $23,O35.511. is nearly $1,000
900 better -...
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The increasing frequency with which
Andree's balloon is reported to have
been seen indicates that New Years
resolutions have not been kept any bet
ter this year than in former years.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Whenever successful business men &C
into politics they at once become tar
gets for the jealousy of the unsucccss
full politicians.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

German farmers express willingness
to have Germany abandon it's sugar
bounties provided other nations also
give up their bounties at the same time.
In other words, the industry having
been well established in Germany, the
Germans would like TO bring about
worldwide free trade so they can con-
troll the markets of the world in
definitely
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Cincinnati Enquirer Chollie-would you
believe 1t that was threatened with serious
Dollie-Indeed? How did you succeed in
having it removed?
Detroit Journal, "In the evening" re-
marked the observer of men ana things. "a
girl will tell YOU that she carries her heart
upon her sleeve; the next day she will carry
her lunch in a music roll"
Chicago Tribune: Mr.. shackwell-NIy
dear is it your children or my children that
Mrs Shackwell listening a momenO-
Neither. The children Of your first wite,,s
drcn of my first husbands first wife.
New York Journal: Hewitt-so you are
bacI tr,,,I from from Europe. DO you enjoy these
Jewett-No; something always comes up
to mar my pleasure.
Indianapolis Journal: "Alasw sighed the
oyster, as he felt himself being conveyed
from the plate on the end of the tablcknife.
alas! Tlis is an end to all my hopes of
getting into good society"
WASHINGTON Star: Cheer up, sonny" said
Uncle Eben. "even If youh doesn't git all
yoh 'maEines you wants. De man dat gifts
mon his share o, mince pie Is gwIneter git
mon his share O. dyspepsia"
tsr5Is but | @s.e With With ?. PoIonHs; sc Scostiy W
my HaDlt as IT, purse can Duy.
Her I'rend-That was his advice to a
young man. was ii not?
she-CerGinly! No man would find it
necessary 10 give such advice to woman.
indianapolis Journal: Did I understand
you to say that your income is not sufii-
cient for your eXpenses?' inquired Mr.. Hap
aNot at all Ny income can meet them
without any difficulty. But it always gets
the worst of the encounter"
Detroit Free Press: What are you treat.
ing me for, doctor?'
Loss of memory You have owed me
bill of $50 for two years"
Chicago Tribune: 81 remember once tell
ing a boy" said Uncle Allen Sparks, that IL
he would take Excelsior for his motto he
would succeed in life That was ten years
ago. l him last week" continued Uncle
Allen, plaintively. He told me he had fol-
owed my advice and was now an elevator
boy at a salary of s. a week"
Cincinnati Enquirer: pat. you complain
OF being out of work, and yet / heard that
coal dealer offer you job to drive one of
his carts, not ten minutes ago"
'Yis sor; but I'm dommed If I'll freeze
meself to death to keep alive. begob!'
Indianapolis Journal What in thunder
do you mean" asked the city editor, "by
comparing the air to frozen quinine?"
II meant to say" said the new reporter.
with proud humility. that ii was bittcY
cold"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
If the new method of saving hogs from

If the new method of saving hogs from
the rayages of the cholera is as success
full as Secretary Wilson and the experts
of the Agricultural department believe ii
to be, the estimate of S1OOO0O,OCO as the
value of the discovery to the American
farmers is not eXtravagant. 1t is esti-
mated that the losses to farmers by dey-
astation of their herds amount to from
$00OOO,00O to $1000O0,000 Il year. If 80
per cent of the afflicted animals can BE-
saved by simple treatment the annual
profit thereon will be enormous. The
experiments conducted last year show
encouraging results.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Not content with the reputation 1t has
achieved in the divorce line, South Da-
kota forgcs to the front with case OF
court intervention by injunction to pre-
vent the marriage of Il young woman
without her parents assent. Marriage
by mandamuS should come next.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The Sioux City Journal has fallen in
line for the exposition. Sioux City is
already feeling the benefits of the eX-
position project and can, if it will, secure
still greater advantages from the west
ern movement of people and capital it
Is bound to stimulate.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

A Standard Oil corporation lawyer has just
received 100000 in fees in one day. And
yet there are people who charge that these
big monopolies pay no consideration TO the
law
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

The Seminole rebellion in the Indian
Territory proved to be as great a tizzlc
as the recent Kurtz rebellion in Ohio.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Autonomy doesn't measure up to even
the half-a-loaf standard in the view of
the CubanS.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

EX-Judge Macomber, who says he
speaks as a republican, has projected
himself into public notice through the
popocratlc organ to eXpound the constitu-
tion of Nebraska and reverse the re-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

iotal oiA
Lees returned and unsold copes............ 1882
Net total o5n
Net dlly average. ~ 100
GEORGE u. TZSCHUCK.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 1st day of January 1898.
(Seal) N. L. FELL,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George B Tzschuck, Sc retary Of The Bee Pub
fishing Company being duly sworn, says that the
actual number Of fun and complete copies Of The
Daily. Morning Evening and sunday Bee printed
during the mOnti of December, 1881, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

indianapolis Journal: "Alasw sighed the
oyster. as he felt himself being conveyed
from the plate on the end of the tablcknifc,
alas! Tlis is an end to all my hopes of
getting into good society,""
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Washington Star: "Cheer up. sonny" said
Uncle Eben. "even If youh doesn't git all
mon his share O. mince pie is gwlneter git
mon his share o. dyspepsia"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
LAUGHING MATTER.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Chollie-Would you
believe it that | was threatened with serious
brain trouble when | was youCg?
DOllie-lrdeed? How did you succeed in
having 1t removed?
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Puck: She-Yea these are expensive ma
teria's but L aRhe with Polonius: Costly
thy habit as IT, purse can buy"
Her Frend-That was his advice to a
young man. was ii not?
She-CerGinly! No man would find 1t
necessary 10 give such advice to woman
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

New York Journal: Hewitt-So you are
back from Europe DO you enjoy thes,
trips across the ocean?
Jewett-No; something always comes VI
to mar my pleasure
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Detroit Journal I'm the evening" re-
marked the observer of men ana things, "a
girl will tell YOU that she carries her heart
her lunch in a music roll -
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

Chicago Tribune: Mr.. Shackwell-My
dear, is it your children or my children that
are quarrclinG?
Mrs Shackwell listening a momcnO-
Neither. The children of your first wife's
first husband are quarre!ng with the chill
drcn of my first husbands first WIFE
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18

indianapolis Journal: "Did I understand
you to say that your income Is not suf'i-
cient for your eXpenses?" inquired Mr.. Hap
pgos father
Not at ali. My income can meet them
without any difficulty. But it always gets
the worst of the encounter"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-21
MORTON HUDSON RETURNS.
Resident OF Terre HaUte Who Spent
Six Months I'm "a Mexican Prison.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Nov. 2O.-Morton
Hudson, of this city, has just arrived from
Mexico. where he has been in prison for
over half a year. Last February Hudson
and a friend named Powell went on pros
pecting tour near Toluca, Mexico. They
were returning from the town of Veregueria,
where they had been to purchase supplies
for their camp, when they were set upon by
Mexican highwaymen. One of the Mexi-
cans put a pistol to Powell's head. but the
American grappled his assailant, and the
two fell from their horses. The second Mex
lean, who was armed with naked machete,
was in the act of plunging it into Powell S
back when Hudson brought him to the
ground with a well-directed shot. The first
Mexican was rapidly overpowering Powell
when the latter called for help. Hudson
went to his assistance, when the highway
man aimed his pistol at the advancing man.
Hudson was too quick, however, and shot
the man through the breast. The two Amer
leans then concealed themselves in the
mountains until they finally decided to sur
render to the Mexican authorities. Hudson
was thrown into Jail at Tenacingo, but final
ly got letter to his brother in this city,
and the authorities in Washington secured
his trial and release. Ex-Secretary of the
Navy Richard w. Thompson, w. r. Nc
Keen Senator Fairbanks and Congressman
Faris were instrumental in securing proper
treatment for Hudson. Hudson is thin and
pale from his confinement. but is otherwise
in good health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-21

and unreasonable opposition of the members
of the City Council to my efforts III behalf
of the city" 1t is said that Senior Munoz,
president of the council secretaries under
the old regime, influenced the councilrnen. a
majority of whom are Liberals. to antag-
onize Senior Delvalle, who is an independent
in politics and quite free from partisanship
Delvalle was in excellent repute as mayor
and general regret is expressed at his resig-
nation. The appointment Of Senor Manuel
Roman as his successor is considered satis-
factory to Munoz. Roman is a professional
politician and belongs to the same party as
MunoZ.
Monsignor valdes the Spanish bishop
of Porto Rico. has resigned the diocese, all
leging that it is impossible for him to serve
any other country than Spain The local
clergy were paid by the United States for
last September but no more money is forth
coming, and it is generally believed that
Bishop Valdes resigned for this reason. Now
that government support is removed the
future of the Church of Rome is Porto Rico
will depend entirely on voluntary contribu-
tons