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Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-15


had anything to say. Councilman Stuht at
once arose to the occasion. He said that he
was compelled to say something in view of
the statements made by the mayor in his
veto. The members of the council, as we'll
as the mayor, had spent some time in con-
sldering the levy and had come to the con-
clusion that enough money Is provided for
all the funds including the ones mentioned
as inadequate by the mayor. Stuht denied
that the levy had been dictated by taxpay-
ers. As to the statements of the mayor that
the taxes in Omaha are lower than in other
cities the councilman said that this cuts nc
figure whatever, as Omaha wants lower
taxes without regard to other cities.
Councilman Burmester called Stuht down
on his statement of the amounts that would
accrue TO the various funds from the levy
pointing out that under the charter but 80
per cent of the levy is available He de-
clared that the levy is inadequate to provide
money absolutely necessary to run the city.
II am not advocating that the council
should put any burden upon taxpayers nor a
levy Of 20 or 80 mills, but am advocating a
levy that will provide money that is needed
to pay fixed charges" he said.
Councilman Lobeck said that people in
Omaha have been paying during the last five
years II to 20 per cent less in taxes than
during the five years before. He insisted
that this means nothing more or less than
that taxpayers are not able to pay their
taxes He said that he would like to see a
S0-mill levy if the taxpayers would stand 1t
and said that he wanted to see the levy at
this figure II it is changed at all.
"Only 27 mills is needed" interrupted
Mayor Moores.
1T is not the home owner, but the land
speculator that is raising such howl about
big taxes" added Burmester.
President Bingham said that there is no
doubt that the levy proposed provides less
money than was spent last year, but the
finance committee has decided that it is not
accessory TO spend as much this year, even
though every one of the committee members
admits that an insufficient amount of money
is provided by the levy. Pressure had been
brought by taxpayers to keep the levy down
and the committee had succumbed to IT, The
responsibility for any deficit that might re-
suit from the low levy would therefore rest
upon the committee.
Il want to serve notice that / Will fight
any attempt to have any lights removed from
my ward If the lighting fund runs short"
continued President Bingham. "Stuht will
probably be willing to have the lights taken
out OF his ward"
III tell you how you can reduce the
lighting bill" retorted Councilman Stuht in
all seriousness. ION moonlight nights tlave
all lights turned Off and you Will save one
third OF the bill"
''As reeollect, you voted in favor Of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

The Harvey school law, which is
designed to take out of the hands of
the people the right to have a voice
In the management of their schools
and place 1t in the hands of . one
man power residing at Madison, is
receiving good deal Of attention.
superintendent Harvey has very
lofty notions on educational matters.
and would convert our country.
school houses into graded schools.
Children in our high schools have =
hard enough time to secure ANYTHING
ike a practical education without
subjecting the children in the coun-
try to the same process A close ex
4mina ton Of the work accnmoIjshrG
oy the country school teacher would
compare favorably with the results
obtained IN the city. There may be
an occasional incompetent. bu if an
impartial examination was given to
the city school teachers the results
might open the eyes Of the people
who are paying out large sums of
money for education with the nun
Der OF lncom petents whose principal
ambition Is 20 draw the salary AL
lowed them. Neither does high
grade certificate make the necessary
qualification. System and discipline
are even more necessary elements
to accomplish the desired results in
the school room. Let the country
school sys EN- alone, Mr.. Harvey.
Your scheme would land it in the
mire of politics, and result in large
increase in the cost OF it's mainte-
nance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
BRIDGING BEHRING SEA.
Results of the Deposit of Immense
Quantities of Debris by the
Mighty Yukon River.

Prof. ". J. MCGEE, of Washington,
declares that two slow but interesting
changes are taking place in Behring
sea. The immense quantity of debris
that is borne down the Yukon from its
sources and sides is being deposited in
the sea beyond the mouth of that
mighty stream, and its weight causes
the bed Of the sea to subside. A cor
responding rise in the earth's crust is
produced along the chain Of the Aleu-
tian islands. Now, not only are the
islands themselves increasing in size
in consequence of being lifted up out
of the water, but new islands are being
formed in the gaps between the others.
In some instances the new islands are
the result Of the rise, and in others
they are the result Of volcanic action.
Most of the Aleutians are of volcanic
origin, and they mark the position of
a fold in the earth's crust that is pre-
disposed to eruption. In time, Prof.
MCGEE says, there is likely to be a nat
ural bridge from America to Asia along
this route, but he admits that nobody
now living is going to see it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

L'Eclair, of Paris, recently published
an elaborate article, tires documente'
signed Dagoubert, and concerning itself
with the discovery Of the south pole.
According to Dagoubert the region
about the pole is inhabited and organ
lied as a kingdom, having the name
81 'Etat d'AdeIie." It is said to contain
10000 inhabitants, of whom 100000 are
French and 10000 Papuans. A trav-
eier who, Dagoubert says, happened to
reach this country of the south pole
has lately arrived in Paris. He'is about
to apply to the ministry and proposes
protectorate Of the country and sub
sidy for it Of 100000 francs a year.
There is said to be much gold in the
country, which is jealousy guarded by
the inhabitants. Some notice is being
laid M. Dagoubert by scientific men,
and he is likely, it is said, to attract as
much attention in Paris as Louis de
Rougemont and his Australian tales did
in London.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

AN effort will be made before the
adjournment of the legislature to
pass q law granting to the manufact-
urers Of beet sugar a bounty of one
cent per pound for the term of five
years. A similar law is in force in
the state of Michigan, and the results
obtained show the wisdom Of it's en-
actment. That portion of Michigan
In which the sugar mills are located
had become impoverished through
the failure of wheat as q paying
crop. Not only was this true of
the farming district, but the mer-
chant, the mechanic and the laborer
were also In the same forlorn condi-
ton. The results of their first crop
of beet sugar is more than gratifv-
ing. All classes of people shared in
the general distribution, and where
there Was poverty and woe, peace
and plenty prevail. Our farmers are
tired Of barley raising; thousands of
acres of land are devoted to hay,
which has to be marketed at figures
ruinously low, and our land has dem
onstrated it's capacity to produce
sugar beets Of superior quality.
A bounty Of one cent per pound for
a period OF five years would place
the enterprise beyond the possibility
of failure and also be an encourage
ment to capital. Releasing the land
from the barley crop here would
take it out of competition with other
barley sections, and in this manner
make the payment of bounty JUS
ti6able. Besides, the successful man
ufacture of beet sugar in the end
means death to the sugar trust. We
do hope the legislature OF our state
will see the wisdom of granting the
bounty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
JOYS OF MARRIED LIFE.
One of the Greatest of Them In the
Multiplicity of Social
Obligations.

~My dear" said a rewly-married
her husband the other evening, saws
the Chicago Inter Ocean, 81 have
planned to have mother and father
come to supper with US and spend the
evening tomorrow. Mary Johnston
said to-day that she and her husband
were going to call on us Thursday even-
ing. Friday evening is the dance at the
Kenwood club, and you know you prom
ised to take me to see Sol Smith Russell
Saturday night"
"But, my DEAR" protested her hus-
band, 1--WE have got to go over and see
the old folks one night this week And
1 told Billy Mathew that l would call
him up tomorrow and tell him what
night before Sunday we would be at
home. And then you know I absolute
ly have to write that speech this week
And where do l get any time to read
or rest?"
Eyes, [ knew there was mething
else" put in his wife, disregarding his
question. There is a musicale at Mrs.
Whites Saturday evening. But we
can't go to that, l suppose"
"My DEAR" declared her husband, SOL
EMMY, sit is all right to talk about
doubling your joys and halving your
sorrows when you get married. 1t is
great deal more true to say you double
your engagements and haIve your
time"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

The Christian world is very much
interested over the news from Japan.
The report that the japanese gov
eminent is considering the question of
adopting Christianity as the religion
of the empire, should be taken with
g. grain of allowance. New YORK
journals are not above giving cur
rency to roorbacks, and this smacks
strongly as one of them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
The Sunss Size.

In view of this enormous distance it
will be easily surmised that the little
disc seen with the smoked glass is of
colossal dimensions. In bald figures
it's diameter is 666, 500 miles, but this is
meaningless without some helpful SIM
lie 1t is easier to comprehend the
moons distance from the earth, say
24O,O 900 miles; let us suppose our planet
placed at the very center of the sun
FIRST ''hollowed out" for the express
purpose), and the moon revolving about
it in its everyday orbit-not only IN
trammeled by the shell" of the sun
but actually leaving room enough for
the revolution of another moon in an
orbit more than 10000 miles further
away, without fracturing the shell! In
other words, the sun is 100000 times
as large as our planet!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

SENATOR MCGILLIvRAY is receiving
a good deal of merited ridicule for his
"apportionment" bill. 1t strikes
the average citizen as agreat waste Of
legislative time, as the success of the
measure could result in no possible
good. The great mass of the voters
take no interest whatever in the dis
tribution of the states patronage,
at least as regards any pro rata
share by counties. But they would
like to see sine die adjournment at
the earliest possible date.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

Tom REED is coming in for good
deal of criticism for his we'll known
anti-expansion sentiments. He is
acknowledged to be one of the sbIest
speakers who has ever assumed that
Important function, but his great
,bility and eminent fitness for the
osition sink into insigni6cance when
e does not favor what some people
desire to see accomplished.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

JUDGE GIBBONS, of Chicago, has
decided the "old soldier" law passed
by the legislature of 1898 unconsti-
tutional. John MAloney, candidate
for superintendent of the wa ter met err
mechanical department, sought to
review the action Of the civil service
commissioners in refusing to certify
him at the head Of the eligible list,
and placing in his stead A. l.. Brown,
q veteran Of the Seventy first New
York regiment. Browns average in
the examination was thirteen points
below Maloney's. The Judge, in his
decislon, said: The law is void, not
only because it falls under the ban of
the constitution, which prohibits the
legislature from passing any law
granting to any corporation, asso-
citation or individual special or ex-
elusive privileges, but because it is in
consistent with the basic principles
underlying the nature of our institu-
TONS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
LEFT HIS HAND AT SAN JUAN.
That Was Why Chicago Street Car
Passenger Did Not Assist
q Woman.

He climbed aboard the car slowly and
with evident weakness and dropped
into the only vacant seat, notwithstand-
ing the fact that several women who
had entered with him were left stand
ing, and that one of them was so heavi-
~ Loaded with bundles that she couldn't
even make use Of a strap. This wom-
an planted herself directly in front of
the weak-looking man and swayed to
and fro grimly before him, glazing an
grily down into his emaciated counte-
nance the while. Presently the car
lurched suddenly around a corner, and
one of her bundles fell to the floor, with
a great sound of breaking glass and
china. The indignant woman gathered
the fragments of her ruined household
treasures with hasty, impulsive move
ments, and, Strengthening up, fairly
snorted at the man before her, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
you might at least have put out a
hand to save it," she told him, con-
temptuously. The man colored, hesi-
tated and then spoke quietly:
81 have no hand on that side, ma
DAM" he said, while all the other pas
sengers listened with sympathetic in
terest; II left it at San Juan"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

The recent storm in England was
one of the severest experienced in
that country for years. MarteIl
tower No. II at Hythe, on the
Kentish coast, having sea wall of
twelve feet thick, was wrecked. This
tower was erected when Bonaparte
was threatening an invasion Of Eng
land
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
Come to Northeastern Wisconsin
Inn mn Acres c: Coed Farming and
iegsvgU Timbered LaldS For Sale

Do you want tobuy cn9ap farm
ing lands?
Do you want TO bay Dairy or
Stock Farm?
Do you want to invest money in
good hardwood timbered lands in
Shawano, Langlade and Forest
Counties. lands as good, if not bet
ter, than any in Southern Wi~con-
sin at prices from $500 to $1,000
per acre on easy terms?
For particulars and descriptions, cali
OF write
SHANANO ABSTRACT CO.,
SHAWANO WIS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

Mr.. HARVEY says his bill is not the
result OF new idea, as it was
brought up before the legislature of
1890, which killed it. The present
legislature should do likewise.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

THERE has been nomaterial change
in the Pennsylvania senatorial en-
broglio Senator Quay is expected
to return to Harrisburg next week,
and until then no aggressive move
will be made.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
How is Your Grip?

Not getting along as we'll as
you expected? That is the way
grip acts when it is not taken in
hand and driven out of the sys
tenn at once. The poisons left
by the grip germs keep right on
destroying the vitality and under
mining the health. You lose
your appetite for food and what
little you eat seems to do no
good. Your nerves are un-
strung, you become weak and
exhausted and finally you are
overpowered by some chronic
disorder which takes you to an
untimely grave.
Why should you let the grip
run until it gets such hold on
you when a few bottles of DR..
Miles Nervine would fix you up
all right? 1t is the greatest
nerve medicine and health re-
storer ever known and thousands
of grips victims are finding in
it a safe and sure means of re-
gaining lost strength and vitali-
ty.
Il found myself with very
weak stomach, and every time [
tried to eat [ would become nau-
seated, sometimes belching wind
and frequently finding relief
only after vomiting. My nerves
became affected and [ was almost
blind for several months. Final
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vine; and when [ had used one
bottle [ was greatly improved.
After taking two more bottles
my stomach trouble was entirely
gone and I have had no return
Of the symptoms in over three
years
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

THE Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was stronger, closing ut 7OAc
for No. and Csc for No 2 Northern.
Flour was unch anged, Barley closed
at 46c, rye at. 55c, corn at Sic. and
oats at zoe. Hogs were frmer, rang
ing at $3.65@$3 85 for packing
grades.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
Mrs. L. L. WINNERS,

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consisting Of DR.. Miles Nervine,
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D.. Miles Nerve aud Liver Pills,
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

A LAW Of SO grave character as
he complete overthrow Of the coun-
y school system should besubmitted
to vote Of the people.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

GOVERNOR SCOFIELD arrived home
Monday much improved in health.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15

Hob TAYLOR has arrived in Wash
ngton and assumed his duties as al
assistant secretary of the treasury.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
CURE COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 25
cents. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each
tablet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is, 1899.

FRIDAY will be St. Patrick's day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
DR.. pRENTlSS
THE GREAT
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OF MADISON WIS,
Will receive patients for Magnetic Treatment
a his rooms at the
New Commercial Hotel

All those afflicted with Rheumatism, Neu-
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Stomach Troubles, are cordially invited to
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-03-23
MISS CLARKE WILL RECOVER.
But win he Disiisured for Life as a Result
of Her Assaiiant'a Brutality.

Bowie, Md, March q. Miss Annie
Clarke. one of the victims of the negro
boy, John Berry's, murderous assault,
will recover, in the opinion of DIR.
Ryan, but she will be distigurod for
life. Her lips are split, her nose is
broken and il terrible cash cut in one
check.
She made n statement to the authori-
ties, saying ''the boy had been so good
and faithful that We never for 4
moment suspected that he would as
sault us. He struck me first; then it
was from one to the other, back and
forth. He got us huddled together in
the corner and had us at his mercy"
Berry not only made Miss Clarke
take an oath on her crucifiy, but took
hef scnpular from her neck and held it
to her lips. Yesterday the boy made u
confession to tho murder of Miss
Amanda Clarke. He said that ho had
to work TOO hard. He did not intend
to kill Miss Amanda, he said. He
want I'd to hurt her and rob the house.
DIR. }. G. Clarke of Philadelphia is
a brother to the women.
Berry is repentant now and says he
does not want 10 be hung for his awful
crime.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-03-23
LEVY COURT TO CONTROL SUPPLIES.

Court House Officers Required to Get
Authority TO Buy Books and other Needed
Articles.
As the Levy Court is the financial
agent of New Castle county, it proposes
to keep an eye on the expenditures for
supplies for which it is responsible.
To this end the following resolution,
offered by President William A. Scott,
was adopted Tuesday:
Resolved, That the clerk Of the
peace notify the various officers in
charge of the public offices in the Court
House that in accordance with law the
Levy Court Commissioners will. supply
books and everything else needed for
the public business in said Offices upon
request made to them. Any order made
otherwise is unauthorized and win not
be recognized by this court,
The object of the resolution is to
have all orders for supplies for the
Court House offices go through the
Levy Court, and to prevent officers
from purchasing anything for which
the county would be expected to pay,
except upon due authority.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-03-23
PAPERS ON BEDFORD AND FISHER.
Henry c. Conrad Gives Two Biographies
War Msrnentoes From Judge Grubb.

Henry @. Conrad Gives Two Biographies
War Msnentoes From Judge Grubb.
City Solicitor Henry q. Conrad, who
is the librarian of the Historical So
ciety, read two papers before the society
MondayInight, one on Cunning Bedford,
Jr., and tho other on John Fisher,
respectively, the first and second United
States judges for the District of Della
ware. The attendance was large and
much interest was manifested in the
papers. A brace of pistols presented
to Bedford by Washington and punch
drainer, made from the first dollar
earned by Benjamin Franklin which
had come into Bedford's possession by
exchange, were displayed, being in the
possession of the historical society.
The remains OF Bedford, who died in
1912, lie in the First Presbyterian
Church burial ground.
A vote of thanks was given Mr.. Con-
rad for the papers, and they were re-
ferred to tho committee on publication.
Judge Ignatius G. Grubb presided al
the meeting. The Judge has been on
a months trip to Cuba and Bermuda,
bringing with him relics from the bat
tlefield of San Juan. These he pre-
sented to the society. They include a
portion of shell that demolished a
stone and brick Spanish bluckhouse
an unexploded Mauser ball, found neal
San Juan, and wood from the Liberty
Tree. This tree gets its name from
the fact that under its branches Gen.
Shafter received Gen. Toral at the
time of the Spanish surrender. II
order TO preserve the tree, Governor
General Wood had fence erected
around it, and sign posted forbiddine
the mutilation of the tree. The fence
was there when Judge Grubb wa:
there, but he noticed a cutting from
the tree inside the fence and secured
it by means of his umbrella.
Speaking of the conditions in Cuba
Judge Grubb says that the masses arr
favorable to American rule and methods
but certain merchants and residents
who were born in Spain, are opposed
| to the American idea and supremacy
Among other things presented to th
historical society we're head and bus
of George Washington, made of mutt
lated paper currency, from Kate X
Patterson two shingles from Ok
Swedes Church from E. T.. Candy
address delivered by the Hon. Thoma
+. Bayard and the Hon. George f
Edmunds before tho Society of tn
War of 1912, from Capt. Henry Hobart
and numerous historical reports.