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Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30


crews aboard ship in active service they
furnish nothing more than material, and
In the ordinary course most Of them would
have to be enlisted as landsmen and moth
ing higher. All had to be thoroughly
drilled, and even the officers, with excep-
tions, were found to be unqualified to act
as instructors Capt CrOwninshield does
not wish to be understood as undertaking
the zeal of these men, but simply desires
to point out fatal defects in the system
Wants National Naval Reserve.
He shows that difficulty was experienced
in mastering the men in, the department.
having no right to call upon them. and they
having no responsibility to the navy de-
Therefore the bureau recommends the pas
sage OF the Cummings bill, which pro-
Vldes In substance for appropria tions for
the naval militia on an entirely different
basis. This would provide for the creation
of a national naval reserve entirely under
the control of the department., recruited
from the seafaring classes. who would be
compelled to serve in war times under
penalty of desertion. The men would be re-
quired to report once a year for drill for
which they would receive one month s
pay.
Medals of Honor.
Another recommendation is that the sys-
tenn of rewards by promotion be abolished,
and that medals of honor be substituted,
so that officers may be rewarded without
detriment to others Finally, the sug-
gestion of the superintendent of the coast
signal service, that this should be made a
permanent institution Is ap proved, as it
will afford skeleton at small cost. around
which highly efficient service could be
promptly built up upon the outbreak Of
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Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
Sentence Com rnuted.

Frankfort. KY, Nov. 24.-Gov. Brad
ley has commuted to life Imprisonment
George A. Portwood, of Lexington. Ky.
sentenced to hang November 80 for the
murder of Richard Perkins. Fortwo.d
comes of a well-known Anderson coua.
ty family. Gov. Bradley is convinced he
is insane. T*t 'ff.'% y
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
Accept Blanco'. Resignation.

/. Madrid, Nov. "a. - The Official Ca
zette publishes a decree accepting the
resignat ton Of Marshal Blanco as cap
tain general ofsCuba. .1:s . .s|a.5 .s% >..:l.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
News in Brief.

Winona had a successful chrvsanthe-
mum show.
AS far as heard from, Lind carried "a
counties in the state, and Eustis 2S.
Gen. G. McC. Reeve is to be given q
Christmas present from the Apollo
club of Minneapolis, of which he was
president before he left for Manila.
The club has sent him fine revolver
finished with pearl handle.
Capt. H. c. Buhse will establish .
town at Red Lake next spring. The
site has already been selected, ::
The American Whist league ,,a
Northwestern Whist association oor1
tests, which will probably be held IN
Minneapolis or St. Paul this winte,
promises to stimulate the Interest -
all whist lovers in that inte1lect,a1
game - : s"o'a'0l1
: The body of an old. prav-h.;noa
man was found on the Great Northar,
tracks near Remedy. The rema;ns
We're lying across the tracks with haaa :
and feet>cut OF. s. l'''e 1'eeAu
st. paul is organizing an anti.
cigarette league. q, : = - ''AAoA-
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
Want to Borrow IT.

Assistant State Dairy Commissioner
Lawrence has been requested by Hen
ry E. Alvord, chief of the dairy divi-
sion of the national agricultural de-
partment, to send him at once the ap-
paratus used by the Minnesota dairy
inspectors in their field work. The ap-
paratus is contained in a small box and
is known as the preliminary test case.
By it's use adulterations can be detect
ed ninety-nine times in a hundred.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
Killed by a Careless Shot.

A shocking tragedy occurred at
Woods, seven miles north of Duluth,
when Vespasian Smith, 1s years old,
son Of Frank B. Smith, we'll known
druggist, was shot through the head
and instantly killed by unknown men.
Smith and Philip Hamp were out par
fridge hunting, and they spent the
night on bed of boughs in the woods.
About 3 o'clock in the morning Hamp
was aroused by a shot and saw two
men running. Smith did not stir, and
Hamp found that he was dead, though
Hamp ran two miles for a doctor and
ambulance. It is supposed that the
men fred at the reflection of their
headlights on Smiths glasses, or at the
eyes of his dog, which was lying near.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Ditching is Finished.

The contract let by the State Dram.
age commission for the complexion o,
the Middle river ditch in Marsnali
county expired. The commission al
it's last meeting set Nov. 10 as the oa.e
when the work should be comp1eIeu'
and letter from the contractor to sec
retary Lomen states that the work ndo
been executed according to agreement
The completion of this ditch exhausts
the last appropriation of $50, ,ooo mace
by the legislature of 1895 for state
bitches in the Red river valley, ana
winds up the work of the commission
extending over period of five years
All told, the state has expended $1so'
600 for drainage in the Red river val
ley. The Great Northern railway,
however, assisted in this work, and
$25, 900 of this amount was contributed
by the railroad company, and expend-
ed under the supervision of the state
commission.
AS result of this large expenditure
the state has secured excellent system
of drainage in the valley, which has
been worth to the farmers many times
it's cost. The bitches cover an area OF
III miles and benifit the following
counties tributary to the Red River OF
of the North: Kittson, Marshall, Polk,
Norman, Clay, Wilkin, Traverse and
Grant.
The 1s bitches completed by the COM
mission average in length about eight
miles, the longest being the Sand Hill
ditch, in Polk county, which is 13 and
one-half miles in length.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
Lots Of Snuds.

Reports have been received from the
various parts of the state Indicating
that the potato crop will be consider
able better than last year. The north
ern localities have improved consider
ably and the total crop will probably
be 100000 bushels, against IA, 600, 900
last year. The demand in the eastern
markets has fallen off somewhat. and
although the shipments continue to be
fair to the east and south, the pros
poets are not particularly bright.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
Can Refuse Drinks.

The supreme court decides that sa-
looms do not come within the jurisdic-
tion of the civil rights law, and saloon
keepers can refuse to serve colored
men with Intoxicating drinks. This
action was brought under the civil
rights law. The plaintiff, Rohne, is a
colored man, residing at Duluth, and
at the invitation of white man, went
into the saloon of the defendant,
LOOmis, and the white man ordered
that both be served with beer. The
saloonkeeper refused to furnish beer
to the colored man, so the suit was
brought. The defense set up that un-
der the state law saloons are exempt
from the operation of the civil rights
bill, and are not obliged to serve col
ored people. The plaintiff claimed
that the general law regulating hotels,
freshment," does apply to and include
saloons
Bread on the Waters.
VIM. II. Pankake, of Maine PrLirie,
did a kindly act last spring and it now
rises up to bless him. Theodore Pau
men, a bachelor 4e years old, and in
very poor health, came to his house,
and Mr.. Pankake took him and cared
for him. 1t did not appear probable
that he would be very literally recon-
pensed, but he determined to exercise
a certain charity, no matter how he
was repaid. The other day Pauman
died and was buried. Then his will
came to light and was offered for pro-
bate. 1t was found that the dead man
had left quite a comfortable estate. He
had remembered his brothers and sis
ters in his native country of Belgium
by leaving them his personal property,
but to his kind benefactor, Mr.. Pan
kake, he bequeathed his farm of eighty
acres in Maine Prairie township.
Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30

" Capt. J.. L. White, who occupied a
room on the fourth floor, was killed
while trying to escape by means Of q
rope which dangled from the fifth floor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
WHY FILLMORE WENT WILD.

Our morning contemporary printed
another special from Fillmore yes
terday. It was quite as enthusiastic
as its former Special was disparag-
ing. However, the Democratic speak
ers whose Fillmore reception it covered
with frost, were not within hundred
miles of where it located them. # the
Republican speakers were present
when the people of Fillmore ZAP
plauded vociferously," they were in
deed fortunate.
Fillmore went wild says the Re
publican organ, and in glaring head
lines it thus proclaims the cause: Ell
dredge and Smith speak"
Certainly that was enough to make
Fillmore seem wild. whether it really
was or not. And it may be that the
attempt OF the Hon. Alma to prove
that the st. Louis platform was sill
yer declaration. actually drove the
people wild, for the time being. Or,
when he entered the ex-capital of the
state, people may have taken up with
one accord that popular refrain. THE
wild man from Borneo has just come
to town" 1t may have spread like a
contagion. until the specialist wired,
Fillmore went wild"
Sul, one is inclined to suspect that,
after all, if there was enthusiasm, it
was due to Professor MeaBin-Alma' S
tutor and John Henry's chaperone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
ExPEDlENcY NOT PRINCIPLE.

Some of the arguments, if such they
can be called, urged in favor of voting
for Alma Eldredge for representative
in congress. are exceedingly funny in
deed Thus the Provo Enquirer says:
Let the people of Utah get in, line
with the ruling forces of the country,
by electing Hon. Alma Eldredge to con-
gress. This way of casting your lot
with the minority constantly is of no
service to the state. The people Of
Utah should be alive to their own in
terests in this campaign. What benefit
can be derived from the election of B.
II. Roberts TO a Republican congress.
with a Republican administration in
control during his term of Office?
To call it no harsher name, this is
the plea of expediency. 1t counsels the
throwing away of all principle. the
trading off of a rich heritage for a mess
of pottage.
But how does our Provo. contempt
rary know that the next congress will
be Republican? What its complexion
will be cannot be known until after
next Tuesdays election. Chairman
Babcock of the Republican national
committee is only claiming twenty
seven majority in the next house, a
claim so modest for a Republican to
make that it is almost tantanount to
an acknowledgment of Democratic vic
tory.
What good will it do the state even
If the people should elect a Republican
TO congress? Has not the Enquirer
been telling its readers right along that
"a Republican house will not feel in
clined to help along a state that gave
fifty thousand majority for w. j.
Bryan?
The people of Utah are not so tickle
as to change their convictions and
throw aside their principles for the
sake of being in accord with the ma
iority in congress. They are anxious to
be in accord with the majority in con-
gress. but before they are, that ma
jority must be right.
The Enquirer is a good Republican,
but a bad adviser.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
SCHOOL TAX AMENDMENT.

Taylorsville. Utah. Nov. 2, 1898.
To the Editor of The Herald:
I observe the News is disposed to throw
cold water on the proposed amendments
to the constitution, about to be submit
ted to the people. and advises their re-
lection, without reference to the merits
of the proposed changes.
This regard as poor advice. The con-
stitutional convention concluded that
when two-thirds of the legislature IA
vored an amendment it would be wise
to submit the matter to the consideration
of the people. A due regard for the con-
stitution should therefore prompt a care
full consideration of the measures. The
most appropriate time to consider the fit
ness of a suit is on first trial. and the
sooner the misfttings are adjusted the
less trouble and Inconvenience will re-
suit
The chief bone of contention seems to
be the amendment to Art. TO- Sec. re-
lating to the maintenance of schools in
cities of the first ard second class-a
change which six-sevenths of the Ieeis-
lature favored. 1t costs several thousand
dollars to set the proposed amendments
before the neople. and now is it good
policy to belittle and disparage them in
the minds of the people and seek to di-
vert investigation by advocating death to
any proposed change? Are not changes
and amendments the basis of all advance
ment?
A certain per cent of the taxes of every
community is supposed to be realized
from their business and commercial in
terests. But in Salt Lake and Weber
counties these interests are conferred in
Salt Lake and Ogden, and under the pres
ent law the county schools are deprived
of the tax that should be derived from
these sources. The country people large
ly support every business and commercial
house of Salt Lake, and why should they
not share in the taxes?
The country people should be in har-
mony and good will with the city people
but if they are to be thus Disseminated
against in the school tax, the country
people will be justified in boycotting the
city and establishing their wholesale and
retail houses, banks, implement houses
and all their business in the country
where they can realize the tax for the
education of their children. True the
, cities have their city taxes for water
works. electric lights, etc. but the coun-
try also has to pay for their conveniences
or go without them. Truly. the cities
| have their poor, but they also have their
rich, and the country people are not re-
sponsible for the gold standard which
goes on increasing this disparity of con-
ditions.
Let us have fair broad-guage con-
sideration of this matter, that good feel
ing and mutual support may obtain be-
tween country and city.
HEBER BENNION.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
ALMA BLUNDERS AGAIN.

Mr.. Eldredge is reported as saying in
his speeches that the silver delegates
who bolted the st. Louis convention
were not actuated by love of principle,
but by a desire for notoriety.
''They wanted Teller elected presi-
dent 50 they could all get cabinet po-
sitions under him." according to the
Republican congressional nominee.
Other Republican speakers have been
saying that Teller expected nomina-
ton at Chicago and that it had been
promised him.
Just before the Chicago convention
was held in 1896, Senator Teller pub
lished a statement denying that the
matter had been seriously considered
by himself or friends. He wanted sill
yer to win, no matter what party or
candidate represented it.
On the Goth of June, 1896 after the
Republican and before the Democratic
national convention, the Tribune said:
at does not seem possible that the
Democrats at Chicago, in case that
convention shall be controlled by sill
yer men, will nominate Senator Teller
for the presidency. 1t would be against
all precedent"
Again: But if the silver men at
Chicago control the convention, they
will, as it seems to US, surely nominate
Democrat. They could not hope by
nominating Senator Teller to gain as
many Republican votes as they would
lose Democratic votes"
NIr. Eldredge should consult his ora
Gle before proceeding further.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
TO THE FRIENDS or SILVER.

There question in this campaign
= to the polls next Tuesday.
1t has direct bearing
but the welfare of all of this republic
You will be whether
= by her magnificent silver record of 1896
Advocates independent bmeais
the silver wondering inroad the
= single standard party making
Friends of free coinage look Utah Moslen looks
land of silver silver sentiment, 64eo7
voting population people against
\ plutocracy! l~
Nothing could be dishening the valiant hosts of
silver Mckinley supporter
congress only
4 years ago.
Nothing njure
pledged policies
differed by Mckinley and campioned the
= Knley appointees.
There royal in
the time
This is ended the already taken
\ should be yielded only necessary
to defeat the goldbugs McKnleys policies
splendid showing
= should not be marred by wavering in this
Remember the Utah silver in
paign when silver parties Chicago
platform Mckinley Republicans
4 for a Bryan congress
1t is different today Every Alma Eldredge
will be goldbug
Republican candidate
= goldbug United States senator
Utahs roll of 1896
to silver all taken will
gain
~ y \ y ~ = = = y ~ y ++4+
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
INHERITED OBLIGATIONS.

The Tribune statistician finds it con-
venient to overlook number of items
in his compilations.
But the public will not forget that,
although the Republicans bonded Salt
Lake county for $3.50, 900 in 1896. there
was, nevertheless, a deficit of $751;
SGS.91 at the end of that year.
In order to discharge the more press
ing Of these inherited obligations, to
reduce interest and prevent lawsuits,
the county had to be bonded again in
1897 for $4,000.
This made a bonded Indebtedness of
$4,000 drawing per cent interest, not
one penny CT which had been provided
for by the law-defying Republican ad-
ministration. The Democrats had to
make good the vitiated contracts of the
Republican officials; they had to raise
interest for the Republican year as well
as for their own; they had to meet an
Annually accruing debt of $3.50 they
had, too, to take care of the 67,SOS.91
of the Republican deficit not covered in
the second bond ISSUE: and in order to
accomplish these things they were
obliged TO raise the levy and reduce
aynenSes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
MR.. DooLEY ON FAsHoDA


From the Chicago Journal1
9TH Fr-inch," said Mr.. Dooley, "ar-re
tumulchuse people"
Like as not" said Mr.. Hennessy,
there's some iv our blood in thin. a
good nanny iv our people whit over
wanst. They cudden't allave been kilt
at Fontenoy."
NO" said Mr.. Dooley, 'tis another
kind iv tumulchuse. Whin an Irishman
RACES it's with wan idee in his moind
He's goin' for'ard again a single inimy
an not stone walls or irne chains'H
stop him. He may pause FIR a drink
or to take shy at a polisman-f'r a po-
lisman's always in tn way-but he's as
thrue as tn needle in tn camers eye,
as Hogan says, to tn objec' iv his ha-
TIRED. So he's been FIR four hundred
years. an so he'll always be while
they'se an England on tn map. Whin
England Furnishes tn Irish'H die Nv
what Hogan calls ongwee, which is
havin' no wan in the weary wurruld
we don't love.
But with tn Fr-rineh It's different.
/ say tbs different with tn Fr-rinch.
They're an onaisy an thrubbled people.
They start out down tn sthreet, loaded
up with obscenthe an cigareets, PAWN
blocks an wall1in' sthicks an sthove
lids in their hans, cryin': a base Cap.
Dhryfuss, tn cap bein far off in a
cage. by dad. So far so good. "A base
Cap. Dhryfuss,' says I, an the same
to all thraitors, an nanny iv thin,
whether they ar-Te or not But along
comes q man with a Dor hat. Where
did he get tn hat? demands tn mob.
| Down with tn bad tile, they say a
base tn lid An they desthroy tn
hat an tn man undher it succumbs to
| tn rule iv tn majority an jines tn
mob. On they go till they come to a
restaurant 'Har says they, TIL resort
| iv tn infamous Duclose.' His char
rges ARE high says wan. 1 found q
: fshbone in his SOUP says another
| He's a tfraitor,' says q third. A base
| tn SOUP kitchen. A base tn cafe,
says they an they seize tn unfortunate
| Duclose an bate him an upset his ket
| ties Nv broth. Manetime where's Cap
| Dhryfuss? Off in his comfortable cage
swingin on TIL perch an attn seed on
iv a small bottle stuck in tn wire. BE
tn time tn mob has destroyed what
they Sc on tn way they've forgot tn
Cap. intirely, an he's safe FIR another
dav.
.''Tis unforch'nit. but tbs thrue. Tn
| Fr'rinch ARE not steady ayether IL
their politics or their morals. That!
where they get done be tn hated
British TIL diff renee in furrin policies
is tn diff renee between a second-rat
blower an a first-class boonco
stheerer. TIL Fr-rinch buy a ton il
dinnymite, spind five years in dhriliin
a hole through a steel dure, blow opel
TIL safe, lose q leg or an arm, an
get away with tn l'bilities iv tn firm
TIL English dhress up FIR a Methods
preacher, stick a piece iv lead pipe il
TIL tails iv their coat in case iv emar
| gency, an get all tn money there is il
tn line.
In tn fr-ront dure comes tn Eng
lishman with a coon king on aythe
arm tha's jus loaned him their king
dom on a prom'sory note, an discover
tn Fr-rinchman, bein' thruthful a
well as polite Wicked man. says til
Englishman. What ar-re We doir
herap save the Fr'rinchman. Improv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
A STUPID, BLUFFlNG SHEET

The Tribune still insists that the sill
yer dollar was not dropped from the
list Of silver coins by the act of Feb
ruary Il, 1873. Having misstated the
facts it adheres to its nisstatement
and tries to make it appear that The
Herald had perverted the facts and
was attempting to avoid exposure.
Nothing could be falser.
The list Of silver coins provided for
in the law of 70 is precisely the same
as that provided for in the revised
statutes, and if the silver dollar was
not dropped by the law of February 70.
1873, it was not dropped by that of
June %, 1874.
Up to the enactment of the law of
1873 the list OF silver coins authorized
to be coined was that contained in the
law of January IS, 1897.
Is the Tribune too dun to under
stand plain English. or is it trying to
bluff its way out Of stupid blunder"?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
VIOLATED THE LAW.

The law requires that tax levy
shall be made before or at the time of
mourning a bonded Indebtedness, pro-
viding for "the collection of an annual
tax sufficient to pay the interest on
such indebtedness as it falls DUE
This was the law in 1896, when a Re
publican county administration bonded
Salt Lake county for $3.50, OOC.
The law declares, and it was in force
at the time the Republican commission
ers made the tax levy in 1896, that
amy indebtedness or liability incurred
contrary to this provision shall be
void" (See code. sec 492, sec. 516, and
c. l., sec. 17S; also laws of '96, page
SID
1t was in violation OF the law that the
Republicans failed to raise their levy
in 1886, something that no honest man
or party would boast about.
1t was done either for the purpose of
defrauding those of whom the county
had borrowed $3.50, 900, or the amount
represented by those bonds, or through
shameful and culpable moral coward
ice.
That interest had to be paid. And
when a Democratic administration was
compelled to make a levy that would
save the credit of the county, in order
to cover Republican laches, in order
to pay Republican salaries and loose
accounts, Republicans complete their
record OF infamy by saying, Look
how the Democrats had to raise the
levyr
Shame upon party that encourages
violation of the law, that makes pub
lie contracts void, that brings the
county into disrepute. and then criti-
cises the means employed to maintain
credit, honor. and the law!