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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Alex Miller has taken charge of the
Danville stage line, but this will not
interfere with his meeting you at the
trains. Ring up 122 and closed car
riage will call for you.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Judging from the many waterwOrks
men in town Saturday, the job Of put
ting in the Lancaster plant is nice
job to do. There were ten or twelve
gentlemen here from up east.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07
Engage Your Sleeper.

The diagrams for the G. & o. Elk
cursion to Atlantic City on August
18th are now open and all persons de
string sleeping car reservations will
please notify Mr. CIV Barney, D. p.
A., Lexington, KY, at an early date.
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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

A Lancaster gentleman is figuring
on putting in steam laundry, and
tells us he means business.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07
w. G. II. U.

Having secured the building the next
step is to furnish it. We need chairs,
couches, dishes and in fact any thing
that hOusekeeper can use. We ask
the hearty cooperation of all of our
friends. If they do not wish to donate
they can lend these articles.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07
A New Road.

A new turnpike is to be constructed
from Point Leavell through the fiat
woods to Hammack, the pike will be
81 miles long, operations will begin
August 10th.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Mat Siler, who was kicked by a
horse court day, has about recovered
from the injuries. The place on his
head is well, but where he was struck
on the 'SlatS" remains quite sore.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07
The Fair to be given by the color

The Fair to be given by the cOlOred
people of Garrard and Lincoln cOun.
ties August q, %, %, 1908, will be the
biggest event the cOlored people will
have in Kentucky this season. Good
men are at the head of it, big premi
umS are offered and tremendous
crowd will attend.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

10 to the Danville Fair today. Its
bigger and better than ever. Today
Friday, IS the last day.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

The Record prints pictures of sew
eral of the City COulcilmen in this
issue. Others had photographs,
but we hope to print them soon.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Many people are taking Sunday sup
per at Zimmer's restaurant during the
the hot weather. The fare is fine.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

There will be work in the Entered
Apprentice degree at the Masonic
Lodge Tuesday evening.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
with Mrs T S Elkin Saturday after

The wholesale grocery of Curry &
Co. of Junction City, was burned We'd
neSday morning.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Lancaster will no longer be know
as the moss back town.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

The present City Council deserves
the highest praise from our citizens.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Don't forget this is the last day of
the Danville Fair.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

The ST. so excursion to Cincinnati
Sunday leaves about 5 O'Clock. Are
you going?
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Hats off to the City Council. They
are for progress.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

An ice plant will be erected as sOOl
as the water works are completed.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07

Don't forget the Library meeting
tonight.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1903-08-07
of Local Interest,"

of Local Interest,"
Chickens are still high and scarce.
Homegrown tomatoes are plentiful.
The waterworks bonds sold like hot
cakes.
Everybody is at the Danville Fair
today.
Several nice showers have fallen re-
Gently.
Only $3.50 to Cincinnati and return
Sunday.
Don't forget the Library meeting
tonight.
An ice plant will be erected as soon
as the water works are completed.
The $3.50 excursion to Cincinnati
Sunday leaves about 5 o'clock. Are
you going?
Hats off to the City Council. They
are for progress.
Don't forget this is the last day of
the Danville Fair.
Lancaster will no longer be known
as the moss back town.
The present City Council deserves
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
pUTY Oh THE A7roRNcY GENERAL.

DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The statutes clearly define the duty
of the attorney general Of the United
States, but there are circumstances I'M
der which congress can direct action
on the part of that official beyond that
which is prescribed by law. A very in
teresting discussion in regard to this
occurred in the senate a few days ago,
called out by a resolution directing that
the attorney general transmit to the
senate the evidence presented by the
petitioner in regard to the alleged con-
spiracy of the anthracite coal railroads.
The republican contention was that
the attorney general must be presumed
to be properly performing his duties
and that it would be a serious mistake
to require him to make public evidence
which would inform the defendants of
what was being done by the judicial
authorities of the government. The
democratic demand that such evidence
should be transmitted to the senate was
combatted on the ground that the effect
would be to practically tie the hands
of the attorney general and probably
prevent him carrying out fully the
course he had in view. Republican SEN
ators took the position that the officials
of the Department of Justice should be
allowed to go on in the investigation
of the alleged conspiracy or combina-
ton without hindrance or interference,
as the only way in which to arrive at
bottom. There was no disposition on
the part Of these senators to check in
vestigation. On the contrary they ex-
pressed the hope that the attorney gen.
eral would diligently prosecute inquiry
as to the conspiracy or combination
charged against the anthracite coal rail
road companies. What they opposed
was such a disclosure, called for by the
resolution, as would have given the
alleged combination the very informa.
ton which it is desirable to withhold
from It. AS was said by Senator
Spooner, what the public is interested
in, and what the attorney general is
interested in, and what the senate is
interested in, is in determining, through
the attorney generals investigation,
whether this conspiracy exists or not
and in dissolving and destroying it If il
exists"
There is no question as to the right
of congress to call upon any official OF
the government for information which
that body may deem necessary In the
interest of legislation, but in a cast
such as that referred to it is manifestly
unwise for congress to ask information
until certain that investigation has beer
completed and that no injury can result
to the governments case from a disclo
sure of the evidence obtained. TIL,
safer plan is to assume that In all sucl
, matters the judicial officers are faith
fully performing their duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
BRAVE ADMIRAL CERvERA.
Reported Promotion of the sturdy Old
Spanish Hero.

view IOIh 1ElDuHt'
The intelligence that Admiral Cervera
has been appointed chief of staff Of the
Spanish navy will cause a sincere feeling
OF qualification throughout the United
States. Ordinarily a similar promotion in
the military service of a foreign country in
time Of peace excites only a languid inter-
est elsewhere, except, perhaps. in profess
sional circles; but the case Of Admiral Ger
vera is peculiar. We feel sure that ne is
still regarded in this country with a sym
pathetic interest, to which he is we'll en-
titled, not merely in remembrance Of the
tragedy in which he played an honorable
though a melancholy part, but also because
he largely contributed to a restoration of
amicable relations between Spain and the
United States, or rather, perhaps, of a re-
ciprocal good feeling which facilitated gov
ornamental negotiations between the two
countries, and will, we hope, make their
official intercourse permanently agreeable.
In his desperate exit under orders from
the haTbor OF Santiago, aboard the inferior
vessel, to which he had transferred his flag
with full knowledge that he was sacrificing
some chances Of personal escape. Admiral
Cervera was so gallant a figure, and his
demeanor in the hour of utter defeat was Sc
fine, that every American was Immediately
conscious Of increased respect for the race
to which he belonged. If that had been al
It might have been enough to produce q
favorable effect upon the subsequent course
OF events. But that was only the beginning
of the service which he rendered. As
prisoner Of war he was so free from bitter
ness OF spirit, so appreeiative Of every cour,
tesy which he received, and so modest AM
sane when he found himself the object OF
sudden admiration which did not invariabl,
express itself In judicious ways, that b.
may be said to have been the means OF re
creating an atmosphere Of inteTnationa
kindness in which ancient sentiments o
friendship were soon revived.
II. therefore, as we believe the fact I
be. few resentments survive among a hig
spirited people after a war OF conquest. an
a better understanding exists between Spal
and the United States than had prevaile
for many years before the outbreak OF hos
Utilities. Admiral CeTvera must be recognize
as an influential factor In the establishment
Of these happy relations, and there is sur
to be much satisfaction here, where he
popularity esteemed, at the announeemer
that he has been officially distinguished 1
his own country.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
DRIFT.

Omaha Jaoksonians are patriots Of high
degree. In sitting dow to a feast OF old
ham and curried whiskers they have given
a rare exhibition Of ennobling self-sacri-
ice.
H.. L. Morse was put of at Buffalo"
over three score years ago, apd has voted
the democratic ticket ever since. Environ
ment has no elevating influence on some
people.
One member-elect Of the. Fifty eighth
congress, Aikman Carnahan, republican, Of
the Second district Of Indiana, has died
before taking once. The present house
Of representatives has had an unusually
large mortality,
The new legislature of Arkansas is ex-
pected to pass a bill for the erection OF
a state capitol by a non-partisan commis-
sion, of which Governor Davis shall not
be a member, and over which he shall
nave no control.
Massachusetts, and Connecticut defeated
in 1901 bills offered in the legislature for
woman's suffrage. The New Hampshire
constitutional convention has adopted for
submission to the voters a woman's suff-
rage amendment.
David Bennett Hill protests against the
use Of his picture as a testimonial for a
patent medicine. The owner OF the cure
all seems to have forgotten that some of
Dawes political associates have pronounced
him beyond recovery.
Judge s. T.. Corn, a democrat, has be-
come chief justice OF the supreme court of
Wyoming under a law which provides for
the rotation of the several justices CT the
court in the highest place. Judge Corn
is the FIRST man Of his political faith who
has ever occupied the position.
The roll call OF millionaire senators in
the Fifty-eighth congress will stand about
as follows: Clark, Hanna, Depew, Plat,
Kean, Dryden. Elkins, Bard, Kerens, Per-
kins, Wetmore, Proctor, Scott, Quay, Alger
and Addicks. Perhaps about one senator
in every six is a real live millionaire.
Something in the Ohio political situation
gave displeasure to Senator Hanna a day
or two ago and he was complaining to one
Of his henchmen that so-and-so had not
been done. you did not tell me to do
IT," protested the Ohio man. That makes
no difference" snapped the senator. You
should have done it anyway" The smaller
politician said: Senator, I'm willing to
obey your orders, but how long do you
think I should last II I took to anticipating
them?"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
THE VALEpIcToRY OF SAVAGE.

The formal address composed by
Robert J.. Clancy and delivered by
Ezra p. Savage to the Nebraska legis-
lature in joint convention assembled is
a comprehensive conglomerate, sound
and commendable in some particulars
and full of visionary reforms and freaks
in others.
Having failed to meet the emergency
that confronted the state with regard to
the investment Of the permanent school
fund by calling n special session last
summer to submit amendments to the
constitution that would enable the state
to reform its finances and fund its float
ing debt, the retiring governor now
transmits this paramount issue to a con-
stitutional convention which could not
possibly supply the remedy before 1907.
While it is a piece of presumption on
his part to instruct the constitutional
convention to be called by the legisla-
ture in 1905 in its duties, the Custer
county statesman ~pronounces in favor
of a radical recast of the executive de-
partment, including the abolition of the
| office of auditor and commissioner Of
public lands, and the imposition of their
duties upon the governor, treasurer and
secretary Of state. 1t would have been
just as rational to recommend that the
executive department shall be vested in
a Pooh Bah under the title of governor,
who is to be the whole thing in the state
house surrounded by a retinue of liver
led servants and understrappers.
Another radical change proposed by
the Clancey-Savage .yaledictOry is that
the legislators shall be elected every
four years instead of every two years,
which would no doubt effect a saving in
various ways, especially In the matter
of refurnishing the halls of Legislation
and the printing of legislative manuals
and other ct c~eteras, and would more
over enable the railroads to effect a saw
ing by printing p%asteboards good oil
their main lines and branches for fOuI
years instead of twelve months.
The sound and c~ommendable features
OF the Clancey-savage valedictory ar,
the specific recommendations for thu
| maintenance of the various state insti
tutlOns and the revision of estimate
submitted by heads OF these institution
to conform to their actual needs. TIL
information supplied the Legislature Il
this regard is invaluable and shOul
. guide 1t in formulating appropriate,
bills.
e Secretary Clancey's conclusions en-
y phasized through Governor Savage ar
also sound regarding the need of un
form assessments based on actual valul
the Inauguration Of civil serviC
methods in various state institution
the management OF the Home for II
Friendless by a no~npartisan board
o women. the employment of ~conviets /
the state in place Of leasing their lab,
to contractors, specific appropriation Z,
Is the maintenance Of the State universal
in place OF the Indefinite mill tax, Il
IT abolition Of the supreme our commi
d sion and increase In the number OF S
lpreme judges, changing the office OF 8
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
FEVER OF SPECULATION.
"Entire Capital of Union Pacific Sold
Five Times Over"
New York World.

New York World.
The sales Of shares on the New York
Stock exchange in 1902 show q decline
from the fever year which preceded it-in
round numbers from 247,O0O, 900 shares to
It's, 900, 900. The record month" OF April
saw 25, Sac, 914 shares disposed Of, against
AZ, las, 40S In April, 1901, and 24,257, 300 in
January, 1899. former high-water marks.
Yet the decline does not indicate that
people have quit gambling. OF twenty
nine '~'active" stocks sc, 900, 900 shares were
sold; of Union Pacific alone 1O,50O, 900
shares changed hands; the entire capital
Of the road was thus sold FIVE times over
in New York alone.
The par value of stocks sold came to the
almost Uncomfortable total Of SIT, 500, O00, 900.
This is $4,000 for every man, woman and
child in the city; it is four billions greater
than the combined revenue and expenditure
Of every nation on the earth; 1t is nearly
eight times the whole foreign ommerc
Of the United States for 1901; 1t is nearly
five times the assessed valuation of New
York. And the total sales in a single
exchange, excluding such important stocks
as Standard Oil, all bank stocks, many
"industrials" and all bonds, were vastly
greater than the total wealth, in every
form, Of the city and of all its citizens.
How general must be the fever Of specu-
lation when such a stupendous total of
Legitimate transactions" in stocks alone
can be recorded in a single year!
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
"JUsT AS 1T USED TO BE-"

F. M. Munroe in Town and Country.
1 wish I were a boy again.
age were but a dream,
That Things would change from they
To what they used to seem;
That l were but a lite boy
M from my mothers knee
Could find that dear old Fairyi--l,
Just as II used to be.
If wishes only were a horse.
How far away I'd ride
Across the plains OF yesterday,
Bold comrades by my side;
once more I'd rescue captive maids;
All! doughty deeds you'd see,
If l were but a hero bold,
Just as ! used to be.
With beanstalk Jack I'd sally forth
To giants kill galore;
In s~eVen-leagued boots I'd stride way
To that enchanted shorN
Where ogres dwell in castles hug
And mermaids swarm the sea;
o, how I'd love to find them all
Just as they used to be.
My little boy says I'm all wrong
That nothing's changed at all,
That he can show me ogres fierce,
And giants more than tall;
Then, clasping his dear hand In mine
He leads me forth to see
Years drop as leaves; I'm young again,
Just as / used to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

preme court clerk from a fee Office to a
fixed salary, more efficient oil inspection
and greater encouragement OF irrigation.
The Clancey-Savage valedlctory in
cludes the recommendation OF a new
system Of supervision Of the introduce
ton Of bills in the legislature, the open
door for municipal franchises, the aboli.
ton Of capital punishment, which has
been threshed over and over again by
previous legislatures.
Absolutely indefensible Is the attempt
of the outgoing executive to bcfog and
confuse the railroad taxation issue by
the following declaration:
1t is manifestly wrong for the state TO be
e~xacting and arbitrary with ono class Of
taxpayers and Indifferent and ultra lcnicnt
with others. l have in mind tho taxes
levied on the railroad property, not ono dol
lar Of which remains unpaid, yet there are
others who advocate the adjustment OF the
discrepancy between our expenditures and
receipts, not by requiring the payment OF
taxes by all, but by requiring corporate in
terests to contribute a correspondingly
greater amount. Injustice is written across
the very face OF this proposition.
Infamy is written across the face Of
this utterance. One would actually be-
lieve from it that the railroads of Ne
braska had been overtaxed and OPP
pressed, when in fact they are paying
less han one-half of the proportion of
taxes imposed on all other classes of
property and are assessed at less than
1 per cent on the value Of their property
in Omaha, South Omaha and Lincoln,
while all other taxable property is as
sessed at 100 per cent.
AS a whole, the Clancey-Savage vale.
dlctory can be filed away for future ref.
erence as a fair sample Of maudliu
m~ediocrity playing at statecraft.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

President Castro has finally accepted
for the Venezuelan government the
arbitration proposition without con-
ditions respecting the blockade. Presi-
dent Castro has been very much in the
position of the stage coach passenger
with his hands up at the point of 9
revolver reinforcing the demand e
"Shell out" The condition that the
revolver be first pointed the other way
has been reluctantly waived.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

In insisting that the compromise land
leasing bill permit the leasing Of thirty
sections of government land to each
cattle grower the cattlemen doubtless
are figuring on saving themselves the
trouble of increasing their holdings by
additional leases in more than one name.
Unless the law provides against the
transfer Of leases and ~subleasing 1t will
make no difference what limit is set on
the amount Of land covered by eacl
lease contract.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
eOpERNoR MIcKErs MEssAGE.

UUNEhNoh MAlhGA = 8AoAN
Governor Mickeys inaugural message
like nearly ali lnauguralS is compare
lively brief and embodies merely nm
outline Of his views on a few Of the
principal topics that will engross the at
tention OF the legislature.
The governor strikes the keynote for
his administration by declaring in favor
Of strict economy without parsimony.
In other words, he commits himself in
advance to a policy that will antagonize
all reckless extravaganza and wasteful-
ness. while at the same time favoring
liberal pay for faithful and efficient pub
lie service.
Governor Mickey's unequivocal posi-
ton in favor Of tax reform will be
hailed with satisfaction by all the tax
payers of the state. The governor very
pointedly characterlzes the ridiculously
low grand assessment roll of Nebraska's
wealth as a mere financial shadow and
places himself squarely on record for
full value assessments and an amend
ment Of existing laws that will bring
about the assessment Of all personal and
real property and all franchises at their
true value, supplemented by more strin-
gent provisions for the more effective
| collection of taxes. With this end in
view, he recommends that the powers
and duties of the State Board of Equal
lzation be b~roadened so that It shall
have ample authority to raise and lower
assessments for state purposes in har-
mony with the full valuation plan and
that county boards be given such addi-
tional authority as will enable them to
carry out effectively the letter and spirit
Of the constitution that contemplates
uniformity of taxation. Emphasizing
these sound and practical views fur.
Their, the governor calls upon the legisla.
ture for immediate action so that the
revised revenue laws may be in opera
ton in time for the assessment of 1908
Governor Mickey's conclusions rela
tive to the crying need for constitu
tional revision reflect the general senti
ment Of thoughtful people. The con
sensus Of public opinion is that the de
plorable condition Of the states finances
is due chiefly to the defects Of on
straight jacket constitution and that tn,
embarrassment under which the stat,
has for years been laboring in the judi
cial and executive departments can onl!
be remedled by changes in the frame
work of our organic law. The shortes
road to constitutional revision 4
through amendments submitted by tn,
legislature, and, while Governor Micke.
does not say he opposes the calling of
convention, he plainly shows his prefer
ence for the speediest action.
While The Bee does not fully concu
. with the governor in some of his mino
recommendations, it can cheerfully CON
mend the message as a consideration
presentation of the paramount issue
= with which the legislature must grapplC
We feel sure the people of Nebrask
will welcome to the executive Office
: man who thus shows his appreciatio
. of the responsibilities that rest upo
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
A Pretty Lively Issue.
sprinRfleld Republican.

S|pTlnBHelu tbepuDICan.
Municipal ownership is getting to be a
pretty live issue, as was shown in
Brooklyn the other day when a grand fury,
sitting upon the matter OF adequate transit
facilities, coupled with it's condemnation
Of the present system a recommendation
in favor Of municipal ownership of the
street railways. Now the New York Re-
form club. a very conservative body, is
planning a national convention, to be held
in New York in February to consider the
question Of public franchises and public
ownership. 1t is the purpose particularly
to get together and hear from men who
have practical acquaintance with munich
pal experiments in the ownership line.