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The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
MEXICO REDUCING TAXES.
Most Prosperous Condition of Finances In
Neighboring Republic.

City of Mexico, Dec. A remark
able and most gratifying statement has
been sent TO Congress by Finance Min
lister Limantour and will be received
with interest by all boudholders, for it
shows the marvellous improved po-
sition of the Mexican treasury, which
is now able, SO ample are the revenues,
TO propose to Congress reduction of
the federal taxes. The cash revenue
for the fiscal year, ended June last, was
SCOOP $40. wholly derived from the
usual and normal sources and much in
excess of the finance minister's esti-
mate, most conservatively made.
while the returns for five months Of
the present fiscal year show an increase
over last year In view of this pros
porous condition of MeXico's revenues
Minister Lima ntour sends several bills
TO Congress OF great Importance. Some
S4,Up,OOo are appropriated for public
works OF prime necessity. including
new school houses in the federal dis.
trict, the postofiice buildings here and
at Vera Cruz and other edifices. The
government further proposes to pur-
chase some outstanding silver bonds
bearing & per cent interest and will
also abolish export taxes on coffee.
which wiz be boon to the coffee
growers. 1t will. in addition, reduce
several internal revenue insurance poll
cies and the tax imposed on new COM
panies according TO the amount Of
their capital, and other reforms well
coined by the public.
The government has now cash sur
plus of many millions of dollars and is
amply able to carry out its reforms, as
revenues from all sources show a nat
ural and gratifying increase.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

An Italian countess has given her
extensive estates to a hygienic society
in that kingdom on condition that a
hospital for consumptives be built on
them. The act OF philanthrophy is
an incident in the world movement to
do more than ever for persons threat
ened with the terrible malady, or act
ually in its deadly grasp. The methods
OF prevention and OF aid rob the dis
ease OF some OF its power to destroy,
and promise larger gains in the saw
ing work. Resist the beginnings is
a motto which has peculiar force in
dealing with phthisis; while the later
theory. justified by scientific investi-
CATION, that degree OF isolation will
prevent the spread OF the infection, is
a reinforcement to medication and
other healing measures. The old IA
talism, which expressed itself in folded
hands and a despairing heart. when
consumption knocked at the door, is
dying out.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
NEW MISSION FIELDS.
Dcnomlnatisnal Boards Intend = D.v.a>
Up the Work.

Up the Work.
The mission board of the Methodss
Episcopal church is stin discussing Ek
plan of establishing missions In tn
new colonies. and will probably de-
eide to go into the work extensiyefX
particularly in the matter of educa.
ton.
I'VE will not establish any missions
Leonard, one of the missionary secre,x.
taries. -hecause the Methodist church
South is already there. but we will, Z
however. provide for beginning work
in Puerto Rico and the Philippines
right away. An understanding has
been reached between the missionary
boards of the several denominations in
order TO avoid duplication and inter
ference. We had conference in New
York for that purpose. All the de-
nominations except the Episcopalianss
who work independent of everybody,
have agreed that the principal seaports
Of the new colonies shall be regarded
as common territory and open to all,
bur in the interior there will be no in.
reference. and wherever any mission?
AIRY board of other denominations have
driven stake they will be left to care
for the people without our assistance
I cannot give you any of the details<
because they have not been agreed
upon, but we are going to do all that
We can to educate the ignorant people
which Providence has placed in our
care. and give them the light of thee
gospel"
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
ENoLAnp's HEAVY LOSSES.
A Thousand Men Have Been Killed or
Wounded.

A Thousand Men Have Been Killed or
Wounded.
London, Dec. 4.-The war office has
received the following FROM General
Forestier-Walker:
Cape Town. Dec. 3.-General Cat
acre reports no change in the situa-,
tion.
General Methuen's is a flesh wound.
He is remaining at Modder river for
the reconstruction of the bridge. Am
reinforcing him with Ffighlanders and
a cavalry corps Horse artillery, the
Canadian re-fment. Australian con-
tingents and three battalions infantry
moved up TO the Deaar and Belmont
line"
London. Dec. "A shudder ran
through England to-day when the first
record of losses i'll the ten-hour battle
at the Moddcr river last Tuesday was
cabled to the war office. The list OF
casualties shows that the Argyll and
Sutherland IIighlanders. which Joined
Methuen after the battle of Belmont,
and were therefore under fire for the
first time, bore the brunt of fighting,
but the entire guards brigade was Sc
vereIy dealt with by the Beers under
General Cronie. the most vicious fight
er in the Bocr army. 1t was the dead
lest battle Of the war. The losses
were nearly twice az heavy as in any
other fight.
The news spread fast. Great crowds
besieged the war office and all bulletin
boards werr surrounded by great
throngs Women with blanched faces
and tear-sta ned cheeks were numer-
GUS and there was Il strong cry for
list of the names.
Methuen's loss in one week fairly
stunned the public. At Belmont 29I,
at Gras Pan 1875 The loss of 452 at
the Modder river fight makes his total
965.
The only other serious engagements
were at Glencoe, where the British
loss was 211: Elan1laagte. 25S, and
Ladysmith, october 18th. 2S4. In
campaign of less than one week Gen
eral Methuen lost more men than hnve
been killed aud wounded elsewhere
since the war began. The war office
promulgated an order to-day calling
out a further portion of the army re-
serve.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

In a paper read before the Paris
Academy of Sciences entitled Action
OF Some Gases on Caoutchouc," NJ.
D'Arsonval showed that ut pressures
varying from one to five atmospheres
caoutchouc absorbs large quantities
OF carbonic acid gas and at the same
time increases in volume and becomes
more gelatinous and less elastic. On
exposure to air the gas Is gradually
lost and the caoutchouc resumes its
original properties. Hence vessels of
caoutchouc readily allow carbonic acid
gas to pass through their walls. The
action is much slower in the case OF
oxygen and is slight with nitrogen.
From these experiments NJ. D'Arson-
val suggests that bicyclists should in
fate their tires with nitrogen. This,
however, would not seem to be neces-
sary, according to Invention, for after
the tires have been repeatedly debated
through loss of oxygen and then
pumped up with ordinary air the pro-
portion OF oxygen inside the tire ha-
comes small and practically pure nitI y
gen remains.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
THE SUN BOYCOTT.
Full Detail. of the Recent Court Deci.lo

Full Details of the Recent Court Decision
New York, Dec. An the suit of the
Sun Publishing Company versus De-
laney and others for an injunction to
restrain the defendants from pursuing
an alleged boycott against the New
York Sun and Evening Sun, Justice
Bookstaver ordered journal entry to
be made yesterday afternoon. This
journal entry crystallizes the decision
already announced, but 1t came in the
nature of great surprise to the de-
PENDANTS counsel The surprise was,
in fact, that the journal entry was
much stronger than the original de-
cision seemed to indicate. The first
and most important article is very
sweeping. 1t is as follows: ut Is
ordered that the defendants, and each
Of them, be and they are, and each
of them. is enjoined and restrained,
during the pendency of this action,
from advising or requesting, whether
by oral communications. by letters or
by printed circulars, the advertising
customers of this plaintiff or persons
who might become its advertising Gus
toners to desist or refrain from adver-
Using in its said newspapers or either
of them, the Sun and the Evening Sun,
and by threats, intimidation. force or
fraud, preventing any one or seeking
to prevent any one from selling said
papers,"
Attorneys fer the defendants are pre-.
pairing an appeal, and they say the
case will be carried to the courts Of
last resort before they will give up
the battle.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Roberts, of Utah, Not Permitted to Take
the Oath of Once.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 4.-Seldom,
If ever, have such enormous crowds
swarmed about the House to witness
the opening scenes of the session as be-
sieged the doors to-day. The assem-
bling of a new Congress always at
tracts big attendance. To-day the
proceedings in the case of Congress-
man-elect Roberts, which promised to
be exciting. and possibly sensational,
furnished an additional attraction. For
hours before noon, the hour for the
House to meet, people streamed
through the corridors to the galleries.
which looked down upon the arena
where the statesmen were congregat-
ing. By II o'clock brilliant gather
ing had assembled. The galleries were
black with people, and through the
swinging doors could be seen pushing
hundreds who We're unable to gain ad-
mission.
Much interst centered about the dis
position of Mr.. Roberts, the Mormon
representative from Utah.
Those who anticipated n sensational
announcement We're disappointed. The
program outlined by the Republican
leaders at their conference on Friday
night was partially carried out. The
objection to the administration of the
oath to Mr.. Roberts was entered by
Mr.. Taylor Of Ohio, as predicted. and
he stepped aside without protest, ex-
cept to ask II by doing so he waived
any of his rights. To this the Speaker
responded In the negative.
After the election of Speaker Hen
derson and his induction into office,
the appointment of the usual commit
tees to wait upon the President, the
seat-drawing contest, with the usual
amusing features, went off without a
hitch.
The only other feature out of the or
binary was the reception of the Reed
rules as the rules of the present Con-
gress.
The Democrats knew it was futile to
more than protest against the adoption
of these rules after the Republican de-
cision uron this course in caucus. and
the debate upon the resolution to adopt
them was very brief. They were
adopted by strict party vote.
Appropriate tribute to the memory
of the late Vice President Hobart was
paid by the Senate to-day at its first
session of the Fifty-sixth Congress.
The session lasted only thirty-thre
minutes. and only the most formal and
necessary business was transacted
After the adoption of the usual routine
resolutions and the administration to
the new members of the oath of office
Senator Sewall of New Jersey present
ed fitting resolutions upon the death of
the Vice president. the resolutions were
ordered to be communicated to the
House OF Representatives and the ses-
sion. on motion of Mr.. Keene of New
Jersey, was suspended.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

At the Sanitary Institute at South
ampton DR.. Manly stated that several
outbreaks of typhoid fever in Liver
pool had been traced to contaminated
ice cream. Since 1898 319 persons had
applied to the Liverpool health author
tiles for permission to sell ice cream.
and 56 had been told that owing to
unsuitabillty OF premises they must
make other arrangements. There had
been two convictions, and in one
case the stipendiary magistrate re-
marked that the best punishment for
the defendant would be to make him
live on his own ice cream for a time.
DR.. Manly stated that Glasgow had
adopted a similar policy to Liverpool.
and advised local authorities to apply
for parliamentary powers on the lines
Of those granted by the Liverpool act
OF 1895
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

Even thas view of the juvenile court
which one may get from reading the
newspapers is enough to show that the
courts highest efficacy may consist in
suggesting its terrors to the youthful
defendants rather than in applying
them. The boy OF y charged with tru-
ancy, for example, who wept and
pleaded when confronted with the
court, will never be so much afraid Of
it again. Perhaps he will never be
so much afraid OF any other court. In
discriminate leniency would. of course,
in time destroy the usefulness OF the
Institution. But there is no other court
in which the chance to try again may
be extended with so large a probable
ity Of good results to so great num-
Der.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

A suicide club has been discovered in
Frankfort. Ind, and the police are
now endeayOrlng to prevent the clubs
surviving members from following the
example OF several OF their number,
who have already shot or poisoned
themselves. Taken as a general rule,
the man who joins a suicide club is a
full brother TO the man who fools with
an 'unluaded" gun, with the one
pleasing difference that his victim is
himself, and not some innocent friend
or bystander.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
For Al Year, i. Railroad Conductor.

Early this fall the management or
the B. & o. R. R. decided that the uni
formed force should be provided with
service stripes, and on the winter uni-
forms each man has one or more gold
stripes on his right sleeve II he has
been in the service for five or more
years. The gold stripe stands for five ].
years continuous employment by the
company and glance over the list
develops an Interesting and instructive :.
condition of affairs.
The ordinary man, in peaceful and3
uneventful vocation. is seldom in cons,
tinuous service for forty years, yet ont
the B. & o. r. R. there is a hale and$
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
s1accabeb.. win Chase Insurgents.

washington. D. c., Dec. 3.-Word
from the Philippines that the two COM
panies of Maccabee scouts under
Captain Batson are doing so well that
it has been decided to organize full
battalion of these natives.
The additional two companies will
be very useful in the present cam
paign in tracking the fleeing remnants
of Agulnaldo's disorganized army.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

To triumph over temptation is to
build a temple out OF the DEVILS stumb-
ling blocks.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

A good boy is worth far more than
a bad man.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

The secret of true wisdom is to
know your Ignorance.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

A woman's idea OF seryiceable hat
is one she looks well In after the nov
city has ceased to excite remark.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

According to our measure, John the
Baptist made a miserable fizzle.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

Some men cut acquaintance while
scrap!ng them-barbers, for example.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

All men are made Of dust-but some
dust IS about two-thirds sand.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08
SHE sALrED A MINE.
How Colorado Woman Helped Mako ]
p Fortune,

The story of the Enterprise mine, one
Of the most celebrated In Colorado. fur
nishes an instance of how a woman takes
up part Of tne buroen of the struggle for
wealth and sometimes wins the game.
The Enterprise was located early in thet
'Svs at Rico in the San Juan country BY
John SwicAneimer. He was a Door man
and his wife assisted him in carrying ON
the DEVELOPMENT of the mine by taking
boarders and tradition says she did wash
ing to help out. One thing that she did.
which ultimately proved her fortune. was
to invest each month in a lottery ticket.
One month when her husband was hope
iessly behind IN his payment to his men.
she drew a 5000 prize.
She paid the men the large sum which
was owing to them on condition that they
would work for two weeks on the chance
of making the long-expected strike The
men agreed to it. With what was left
Of her prize she supplied the house with
provender against the hard times\ she
knew might again visit It and very quiet-
ly invested the rest of the money in soma
rich ore from neighboring camp. With
Il she salted the mine one night. her hus-
band doing the practical work involved
In shooting the vein upon which they
were driving a tunnel. Upon the strength
Of the rich strike made when the first
shot was fired next day in the breast of
the tunnel the men were willing to work
for a time-long enough to actually dis-
cover the rich ore which. was there.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

Harrismith and Ladysmith. the two
towns in South Africa which are alluded
10 so frequently in the newspapers these
lays: were named in honor of Sir Henry
rmith. who was British commissioner in
Natal at the time the Orange Free State
proclaimed its Independence, and his wife
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-08

A loving apostle is living epistle.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-11
AN INTREPID RIDER.

Mr.. Spong OF Rochester, England,
was one day riding down the High
street at Brompton, when his horse
took fright and dashed away at a
frlghtful pace. Tearing through the
arch at Brompton barracks, It contln-
ued on It's mad career in the direction
of the iron fence at the other side of
the barrack yard, beyond which was a
fall OF forty-two feet. 1t was while
crossing the yard that Mr., Spong ar
rived at full sense of his fearful po-
sitlon; the dwarf-like appearance Of
a large tree beyond the iron rails In
dlcated the great depth. The animal
presently arrived at the 6ve-foot
fence, which 1t at once took, and horse
and rider disappeared, the animal car
rying away some seventeen or eight
cen Of the Iron bars into the chasm
below. Fortunately flight OF steps
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-11
OurlOsitIos OF Jersey Law.

Last year nm eminent Judge In New
Jersey distinguished himself by de-
cision that under the laws OF the state
no parent could recover more than 81
as actual damages for the loss OF a
child by the criminal carelessness OF 10
trolley company This year another
Judge has arisen TO declare that the
new federal bankruptcy law, as con-
strued in New Jersey, provides for the
imprisonment OF debtor In jail, but
makes no provision for his release aud
that consequently petition in bank
ruptcy In New Jersey is practically a
petition for imprisonment for life. The
decision declares that an amendment
to the law by congress Is needed to
permit the debtor to get out OF jul,
but what is really needed is surgical
operation TO permit Of the admission
OF common sense into the judicial
Uranium.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-11
Wages and Duties.
Uranium,

The World has been glad TO print the
fullest possible news Of the advance Of
wages in largo manufacturing Indus
trios. 1t likes to help on the contPg-
ion OF good example.
But when we are asked by republi-
can newspapers II this increase does
not rcfute the arguments which the
World made against the Dingley tariff
we answer MOI
II Is to be observed In the first place
that most OF the advances simply re-
store tho cut in wages made last year.
after the Dingley law had been in OPP
Grafton for more than year But
more conclusive than this is the fact
that The greater part Of these increases
have been In the iron industry, In
which, as our great and growing ex-
ports to all parts Of the world prove,
we are able to produce cheaper than
any other foreign competitors, and
therefore need no protection" The
labor cost in our cotton goods has al
ways been less than 1t is in the foreign
cloths, as Mr.. Blaine certified twenty
years ago
TO credit the current increase In
wages to the Dlngley law is simply
absurd. New York World,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-11

The announcement IN the house O.
commons that the English government
has decided to go into the telephone
business and has asked for 1000, 0OC
as starter TO enable the postoflice de-
partment to develop tho telephone
communication of London is Of more oil
less Importance to this country. AL
ready, it appears, the British govern
ment has acquired control Of all the
telephone trunk lines, Which 1t now
owns and leases to the company ut
rental. II has nothing to do with the
distributing lines which are run by
the company. The latter has con
cession which expires in 1905. 1t pays
10 per cent Of its gross receipts to the
government, furnishes instruments
and service fr, o TO all the government
bureaus, gives unlimited service in the
metropolitan district of $50 square
miles for Ss5 q year to subscribers anc
charges only 8 cents message at pay
stations. The purpose OF the govern
ment now, II seems, is to compete will
the private companies, permitting thu
latter TO continue in business II theJ
can. philadelphia Times
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-11

rather than another among great
number OF equal men, therefore powes
belongs TO the whole multitude"
Billuart speaking Of the same effect
upon the same subject, says; "Ths
community may be considered collec'
lively as one moral body
The phrase government by the poo,
pie" is mockery, where the power tO
adopt or reject laws Is denied TO the
citizens Representatives have mol
served the common welfare, plutocrp
Icy controls. In Switzerland direct
Legislation has proven a certain meth
cd OF destroying the power which
wealth exercises for evil In aSsomblieI
Of delegates
Again, the power TO mako laws fol
self-government being annexed by ma
ture to man, and reposcd In the citi-
zens as one moral body, Is 4 power
held in natural trust by each for the
state or commonweal This power
cannot be given TO representative
without preserving tho trust Every
power In trust must be exercised by
the person himself. II is an ancient
maxim, "Delegatus non poteSt dele
gare." A power in trust cannot be
given to another.
As l have said before, each citizen
holds sacred trust to give his voice
directly upon laws for society, and Ia
morally bound not TO delegate this
power TO another. For these reasons,
government by representatives 10 not
democracy, As all governments by the
few have been failures no all govern
went by the representatives, or by
anything less than the whole citizen
ship, by direct legislation, fail in doing
justice Let us come TO the system OF
reason and nature. Let us SWEEP
away all evasion and stop speaking
that falsehood that our government Ii
"by the people" The moro we have
approached to government by the peo
pie, the more we have weakened des
potism--but representatives yet up
hold monopoly, Let US trust the laws
to the people. Let us have u democ
racy in fact as we'll as in name, ant
it will soon sweep away every strong
hold of special privilege and practical
ly destroy the enormous evils arising
from party spirit and strife which II
the best to cover plutocratic aims, an'
which Washington warned us woul'
prove the chief danger to free institu
tions.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-11
Some Wise Sayings.
tions


Experience keeps dear school, but
fools will learn In no other-Franklin.
We must all hang together, or assur-
eddy we shall hang, separately
Franklin.
When fortune is on our side popular
favor bears her company -Publius
Syrus.
What at first was plumber, assumed
the softer name Of revenue. Thomas
Paine.
Who will not unto other show, how
eau he mercy ever hope to have
Spenser
When necessity breeds no revolt,
then the people are not worthy OF theiT
own redemption, -lbsen
Freedom has been hunted round the
globe; reason was considered as rebel
lion; and the slavery of fear has made
men afraid to think, Thomas Paine.
Where land has speculative value
II is because OF the expectation that
the growth OF society will in the future
make its ownership equivalent 10 the
ownership of laborers. Henry George.
No reform, moral or intellectual,
ever came from tie upper classes OF
society. Each and all came from the
protest Of the martyr and victim Tho
emancipation Of the working people
must be achieved by the working peo-
pie themselves, --Wendull Phillips