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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15

~ the 6houghti and talked about moth.
ing else; and 90 the evening Riiaed pleas
go. s''S - - y
Clara came to the door with me, and
we stood for 4 few minutes npon the
STEP looking up at the clear, frosty sky,
gnt1ering with stars. + took her in my
arms, kissed her, and wished her good
night fingered for a few moments
atter she had closed the door, as though
10th to quit the spot. gazed at the
mouse. and thought of the many happy
Jays ! had spent in it--of the one that
was Just past--the happiest, and yet the
most miserable Of all.
was there no presentiment mingled
WIN thss melancholy, that the end of all
TINS mad come? Darker and darker,
closer and closer, gather the shadows
round me. | must linger no longer upon
the road Events are Fastening thick
ana fast; and l have much to tell ere I
snail leave them behind, and reach the
end. a% -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15
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A hostler in charge OF an engine run
ming through yard is held, in Louis
vile & N. r. Co. VS.. Lowe Ky.), IS
L. r. A. 1872, not to be fellow serv-
ant Of car inspector at work therein,
so as to relieve the company from la
bility for injuries inflicted by him
upon the inspector by the negligent
running Of the engine. =s....
A municipal corporation Ia held, in
Wilson VS.. Mitchell Is. D., 65 L. r. A.
15S, not to be able to ratify the act of
the superintendent of Its waterworks
system in entering upon a private
property and connecting a well there
located with the city water mains
without the consent Of Its owner, so
as to become liable for the water taken
from the well.
A municipal corporation is held, In
COPELAND VS.. Seattle (Wash.), IS L! r.
A. 1888, not to be liable for the death
Of one killed by the fall of material
from a building in process Of construc-
ton adjoining a street, by the mere
fact that it granted a permit for the
construction Of the building and took
no precautions to warn passers-by Of
danger in using the street pending the
construction of the building. 80.
The creation by the Legislature Of q
commission to erect public buildings
for q municipal corporation Is held, in
Fox VS.. Philadelphia Pa.), IS L. r.. A..
214, not to relieve the city from liza
bility for injuries caused by the negli-
gent operation Of elevators in a build
ing after it has been turned over to
the city, where the commission is
given no power to maintain, rebuild,
repair or refurnish the building after
1t has once parted with possession
Of it.
Where three coal mining companies
operating in the same vein or seam In
close proximity to one another and
just having commenced the develop
ment Of that particular kind of coal,
organize indirectly or nominally in the
names of individuals a third corpora
ton to act as their general sales agent
and each gives it by contract the ex-
elusive right to sell its entire output
Of coal at prices uniform as to all three
companies; and the agent company is
to advertise and introduce the coal In
| the markets, establish and control all
agencies and subagencies and make all
sales and collections, and deduct for
Its compensation 10 cents per ton out
Of the proceeds Of sale-it Is held, In
Slaughter VS.. Thacker Coal and Coke
Company Nv. Va.), 65 L. R. A. 342,
that the contract is Illegal and void,
as tending to suppress competition and
restrain trade, according to public
| policy.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15
Asphalt I'm che Caucausua.

Immense beds of asphalt have been
discovered this year In the district of
Sukhum, In the Caucasus Prof. Men
delyer has examined the deposits and
reports that the asphalt is Of excellent
quality. This discovery Is Of great
Importance to the development OF the
bdquette industry in south Russia, as
the great quantity of broken coal lying
unused in the Donetz coal region may
now be turned to account.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15
sttll q CHANCE FOR Him.

You may as well give UP trying to
be a lawyer" said the old legal prac-
dtioner. 1T isn't In you. You might
study for fifty years and you'd never
learn the first principles OF law"
"T believe you're right" modify
replied the young man. 'Ill have to
be justice of the peace, l reckon
Chicago Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15

Ihis last, IL observed by Mr. Mont
gomery. conveyed no meaning 70 him aa
NAG told the episode, to which it re-
ferred, only to Martha.
had seen and attended to those ad-
yertisements, how different might have
Deen the catastrophe of this story!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15

A dog growls over his dinner be-
cause he likes 1t and a man growls
over his because he doesn't like It.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15

The Lord has more respect for an
honest sinner than for the praying hyp-
ocrIts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-15

A man Is never so on trial as in the
moment of excessive good fortune. =
Lew Wallace
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
NO STEP BlCKWARD.

The late fusion candidate for gov
ernor, who, since his defeat year ago
has acquired a weekly newspaper, is
trying to raise an issue on the abolition
of the county assessor and the restora-
ton Of the discarded system OF assess
ment for taxation by elective precinct
assessors. After devoting several col
umns to fault-findIng over special griev-
ances disclosed by the state assessment,
he comes to the conclusion that this is
the" remedy for existing "intolerable"
conditions, and clinches the argument
by declaring dramatically that 1.-THE new
revenue law and those charged with it's
enforcement stand condemned before
the. people OF Nebraska"
The trouble with chronic ONCE seeking
reformers who are playing only to the
gallery is that they do not go below the
surface and jump at conclusions even
before the symptoms of development.
Although there is still much room for
improvement, we have no hesitation in
saying that careful study discloses this
years assessment of taxable property
In Nebraska TO be nearer the relative
true value than last years assessment.
advance of the assessment of the previ-
Gus year. II we compare the present
assessment OF taxable property In Ne
braska with the assessment made under
fusion regime, It will be found that the
progress made in the direction OF equity
has been still more remarkable.
Railroad property is still greatly un-
dervalued In Nebraska, but the railroads
will pay more in proportion to their hold
ings under the new revenue law as en-
forced by those charged with its execu-
tion than they did before the new reve-
nue. law was enacted. So far, also. as
local assessments are concerned the
county assessor system has so far been
great improvement. II is safe to say
| that I'm the great majority of Nebraska
counties the county assessor is far better
qualified for his work than were the
average precinct assessors who were
elected under the old system.
The great indictment OF our old rev
enue law was that 1t produced a com
petitive contest in differentiation. each
precinct assessor trying to do a little bet.
ter by those who elected him in order
that they might not get the worst OF II
in comparison with neIghbOring pre-,
cinets. II the tendency toward such an
qervaluatipn bas not been entirely elm
mated By the county assessor plan. II
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
as TO A rARiFF CoMMIssIoN.


The old idea of permanent tariff
commission, to be created by congress
and appointed by the president, was re-
vived by the Chicago reciprocity con
ference. 1t resolved that "the question
Of schedules and items to be considered
IN such reciprocal concessions Cunder
dual tarih) preferably be suggested by
a permanent tariff commission, to be
created by congress and appointed by
the president, which shall consist Of
economic, industrial and commercial ex-
perts." We will not venture to say how
many times such commission has been
proposed, but it is one of the academic
devices that have never attained popu-
larity. 1t is not at all probable that
congress will ever create such body
and even If it should it is not likely,
judging from past experiences, to pay
much attention to its suggestions.
There is of course something to be
said in support of the idea of a perma-
nent tariff commission. Such a body
composed of economic, industrial and
commercial experts, who would give dis
interested consideration to the tariff
from a national point of view, might
prove very serviceable, but the first diff
ficulty to be encountered would be in
finding men of that kind-men who
would not be more or less under the
control of sectional influences or of in
terests with which they were or had
been identified. A tariff commission
would of course be made up of men
selected from every section of the coun-
try and of different political affiliations,
so that on most matters there would
be likely to be wide difference of views.
However, it is safe to say that this is
one of the suggestions Of the conference
which will get no attention from con-
gress. That body is very Jealous of
its prerogatives and will not confer any
Of them, at least so far as the tariff is
concerned, upon a commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
Personal NOTES.


Mr.. Ion Perdlearis, who was lately IN
peril in Morocco, is now spending the sum-
mer among the automobiles OF the Berk-
shires.
Ida Tarbell says It is Mr.. Rockefeller's
desire to live to be very old and very rich.
RH->ell Sage seems TO cherish a similar
ambition. Ht
Corporal Jim" Tanner believes he will
win in the race for commander,in-chief of
the Grand Army Of the Republic with votes
to spare. ., .-
John d. Rockefeller. having taken
course of the .Tarbell cold-feet cure with
out any visible benefit, is now taking the
Kneipe wet-feet cure In a wan smile and a
white bathrobe on the banks Of the Hud-
son.
When Ohio points with virtuous satisfac-
ton TO thirteen bankers in its state prison.
New York feels that It is going the Buck
eye state several better by pointing to
1893 lawyers In durance vile In the Empire
state
Every one is familiar with willard's
famous painting Yankee Doodle" OF the
three men who figure as the drummers and
the fifer. Harry X. Devereux OF Cleveland
is the only one now living. He was the
model for the boy of the trio.
Dr. Douglas Hyde OF French Park. Ire
land, the distinguished Irish scholar and
poet, Is coming here this fall on a lee
turing tour. DR.. Hyde is president Of the
Gaelic league, a body which has done much
to preserve the Irish language as a
spoken tongue and to create a new litera-
turO in Irish.
Mayor Rose OF Kansas City, Kan. has
requested owners of vacant lots in that
city to allow them to be used as play
grounds for children. II the request is
! granted the mayor says he will have the
street department clean the lots and pre-
pare them for Fairgrounds, where the
small boys will be allowed to congregate.
An eastern woman who has added five
20 her century of years, and admits 1t,
says the secret OF her long life and un-
varying cheerfulness is that she did her
own housework. In this manner she escaped
the terrors of hired help and preserved the
bloom of youth long after her contempo-
raries took shelter beneath the Willows
What an old-fashioned dame she is!
For some time Miss Helen Gould has been
quietly conducting a charity al Liberty,
! n. Y, and only her most intimate friends
have known Of this particular philanthropy.
At a farm near Liberty she has for years
| been caring for a number OF poor children,
but now 1t is learned that elsewhere in
that vicinity she entertains groups OF about
a dozen children for periods OF three weeks.
| A cOld-hearted Pittsburg man wants a
/ divorce from bis wife. accusing her OF un-
| seemly levity while he was sick. IL appears
that the madame often sat on the foot Of
the sick mans bed and jollied him by ask
| ing which % the towns undertakers he
would prefer for his last trip. Just like
other men, he took offense and got we'll
Now the ungallant cuss would reward
loving care and forethought by shaking the
| source. The mean thinSl
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
FOR A MINING DEPARTMENT.

The mining interests are persistent in
urging the creatiyL of a department Of
the federal government to look after
the industry Of mining anu they sue
ceeded in getting an endorsement Of
the proposition from the Transmissis-
sippi commercial congress. The matter
was forcibly presented to that body by
the president of the American mining
congress, who said he believed the great
mining industry can be uplifted and the
American people thereby blessed by a
mining department on as great scale as
the Agricultural department "I be-
lieve," he said, "that a department of
mining would bring to the prospector,
the forerunner of promise, and the
miner, scientific information and would
return to the American people a far
richer legacy than the Department Of
Agriculture is bringing and will bring"
The government is not neglecting the
mining interests of the country. The
value and Importance of the mining in
dustry has long been recognized and
there Is bureau intended TO give at
tentiOn to it and which is performing
this function. Perhaps a department
whose chief would have a seat in the
cabinet, would be able to do more to
promote the development Of the industry
than can be done by a bureau, but there
is pretty strong popular sentiment
against creating any more executive de-
partments and we apprehend it will be
a very long time before there is another
one created Everybody desires that
the, mining interest shall continue to
grow and as rapidly as possible. 1t is
source OF wealth TO the country and
Of prosperity to hundreds OF thousands
of people. The industry is growing and
will continue to grow, perhaps quite as
vigorously as II It was represented by
department at Washington instead Of
q bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

conditions are so different in the United
States compared with European municipali-
ties that even those who have placed in
successful operation abroad public utilities
under municipal and even government guild
ance have been forced to admit that after
an American investigation that political
machines and the opportunity for graft
would be strengthened by the addition oC
municipal corporations with their heavy
revenues and their armies OF employees who
would add to the campaigning strength
Of the rings and bosses.
The National Civic Federation however,
is seeking light in the most sensible way
1t was selected a committee whose report
will be above reproach and whose conclus-
ions can be regarded in no other light than
that of wise conservatism. Nothing Of tan
gible and practical worth to tho various
municipalities may result from the invcsti-
cation, but the careful study OF the great
and growing question by men OF such abil-
ity and standing as those selected cannot
but result in a wider knowledge OF the sub
ject Of undoubted good. 1t is certainly a
step forward In reaching a practical under
standing Of a problem which has threatened
Tor some time to become a national issue.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
THE MORNING AFTER.

James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
There is no fool like an old fool!" when
the siren on him smiles,
Ana AROUND him casts the network of her
He forgets his .hoary whiskers and his
struggling locks Of gray,
AND IN apeing youth and vigor gets rldicu-
lously gay.
He imagines she is smitten with his many
And is longing for the clasp of his emacia-
ted arms:
Longing for his age-dried kisses. that
would fall upon her lips ''''''
From pair as far from ripeness as a pair
OF hick'ry chips.
There is no fool like an old fool!'' though
his Joints be stif and dry.
Though OF ardent, manly energy and vigor
Though his shoulders may be drooping
~, and his sight be growing dim,
lie imaglnes there's fountain OF perpe-
t1al youth In him.
He will meet the smile of siren with an
And will stroke the bunch OF whiskers,
And his eyes VIM try to 100000, try to
OF the goo-goO, shy. and tempting, in hei
'"There is no fool like an old fooIv' as he
signs each asked-for check;
Deeper sinks the dart OF Cupid in the
For the sly god when the granddad with
the siren plays part,
Never aims his pointed arrows at the old
Then there comes the sad awakening from
And he learns that lovely women are not
always what they seem;
As he figures up his losses, he remarks
guess lead the bunohr'
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
Corporations Here and Abroad.


The United States has in the aggregate
about the total wealth of Great Britain and
Germany combined. These two countries
have, one an aggregate wealth of about $50,
OOO,OO0,OOO and the other Of about $4,000
100000 The aggregate wealth of the United
States is about $4,000. 100000
The organization of companies, however
goes on far more actively in this country
than in either, In Germany in 1901 there
were l04 companies Incorporated, with a
capital OF SSS,47h7O0 In England there were
s,47s companies organized. with a nominal
capital OF s415,OOO.0OO In the United States
in 1904. $I29 10000 of new bonds and s19O,
100000 OF new stocks were listed on the New
York Stock Exchange. or $40, 10000, a
larger sum than the aggregate capital of all
the companies, listed or unlisted, both in
England and Germany.
But these American figures only include
the new securities actually listed on the
New York Stock Exchange. If all the COM
panies organized in this country were in
cluded, the aggregate would be far larger
Each year probably sees in this country, as
far as one can judge, from partical figures
about four times much corporate capital
launched as in both France and England
combined.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Exhaustive InveatiEntiOn Planned by
the National Civic Federation.
Pittsburg Dispatch


It will prove gratifying to those who
have for years felt that municipal owner
ship OF public utilities would solve city
franchise problems to learn that an exhaus-
tive investigation OF the subject, both In
this country and abroad, is being under
taken by the Executive Council of the
National Civic Federation at the instisation
of its departments of Industrial Economics
and Trade Agreements A committee COM
posed Of the most representative men Of
all classes in every section OF the United
States who have been brought face to face
with municipal problems has been ap-
pointed and the intention is to send abroad
subcommittee, accompanied by experts
for the purpose Of studying thoroughly the
effects OF the various systems and the pos
sibility OF the successful operation in this
country.
There are few in this country who have
given the subject any study who are con-
vinced that municipal ownership will not
result in an expansion OF present evils
rather than a solution Of them. Political
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

The announcement said to have been
made by Judge Barnes that the North
Platte will concede to the South Platte
the supreme judgeship nomination to be
made in the coming republican state
convention seems to have been trihe
premature. Omaha and Douglas county
belong geographically to the North
Platte and they never yet went into a
state convention without asking for the
best place in sight, or something equally
as good.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

"Does anybody discover anywhere
anything to indicate that the railroad
machine is losing its grip on republican
organization in Nebraska ?" asks the local
demo-pOp newspaper mouthpiece. Does
anybody discover anywhere anything to
indicate that the railroad machine would
not have as good a grip on a restored
fusion administration in Nebraska as it
had on the old dislodged fusion state
house gang?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

still has been reduced to q competition
between only ninety county assessors
instead OF a competition between some
1,6O0 precinct assessors. All this, en-
tirely aside from the very material sav-
ing In the expense OF making assess
ments by elective precinct Bssessors,
AS we have already said, there are,
doubtless, several places I'm the new rev.
enue law that can be bettered, but the
abolition Of the county assessor to re-
turn to the elective precinct assessors
would be distinct step backward.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
Beats All Creation.

bI. INUUI0 INVTUUIIUs
The Interstate Commerce commissions
report showing 2s7,07s miles Of railroad in
the United States must include all sidings,
switches, double track reduced 10 single,
and so forth The actual length OF our
railroads Is something less than no. 900
miles, which is about two-hfths the entire
railroad mileage OF the world It Is 5000
more miles than all Europe has, about four
times the mileage OF all Asia and seven
times that OF South America. Surely
America beats creation fer travelinE and
swapping products.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

The states attorneys who are moving
to have the Nebraska inheritance tax
law enforced on estates probated in this
county call attention 10 the fact that the
United States supreme court has upheld
laws OF substantially the same tenor, but
our learned county judge some time ago
declared the law unconstitutional No
decision of the United States supreme
court could be expected TO cut any figure
with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

The democratic ex-cOngressman from
this district tries TO poke fun at bis re-
publican successor for declaring al the
reciprocity convention that he Is no
coward even though he is a congress
man, The democratic ex-congressma,
was duly commissioned By Governor
Mickey as one Of the delegates from Ne
hFaska. but he has not yet given the
naAson why be failed to show up.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
LINES TO A SMILE,

,Gollifer-Oid Muntoburn is so rich now
that / suppose he indulges himself in the
luxury or giving million to some struE-
sHHng insGtution now and then.
Gosch-O, no. He's so rich that every
dollar he tries to give away is scrutinzed
and disinfected before anybody will take it,
Chicago Tribune.
The Cannibal King-Take that missionary
Ghef--what's the trouble, sire?
The Cannibal King-He's ainted.--BrooL-
iyn Life.
Proud Father-we have spent 5000 G:
our daughters voice.
,Neighbor-Desr me, and is it incurable?-
New York Sun.
Miss wytheropp-Mr. Newconoe ren,ar,sod
to you that didn't show my age didn't
Miss Knox-Not exactly; he said YOU were
careful to conceal it.-Philadelphia Press
'Naw!" said the head waiter, that mana
that Jest went out amt worth much
,to How How do you know" inquired the favor
"oh. it's easy. for us walters to take a
man measure"
Il suppose you measure him from tip to
tip ehY'-Philadelphia Ledger.
Two things make my wife awful mad"
What are they.
ITO get ready for company that don't
come and to have company come when
she isn't ready. y."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
jamie where have you been all after
jamie (uneasily)-At Sunday school,
Met M9pther-The2 how is it you are wet and
jamie dn desperation)-well you see.
I've been studying about Jonah and the
whale, and-weil-I guess il came off on nv
clothes,-Harper's Weekly
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

II the new primary election law
knocks out one Of the old registration
days as contended, what is there to
show which one is knocked out? For
convenience sake It would be better to
abolish the last registration day-the reg
istration day fixed for the Saturday be-
fore election-and to keep those that
come earlier.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
Impressions that Last.

Governor Hoch on his visit to Atlantic
city encountered some other surprises be-
sides those received from the breaking
whitecaps. His hotel bill for one day took
the whole of his salary as governor for one
week and made an impress on his mind
that may tinge the official remarks when he
sends in his next annual message TO the
state legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
We Lead I'm World.

Statistics are now brought forward to
show that America has supplanted France
as the leader in the motor car industry
Not only does the United States supply 50
per cent of the cars now in this country,
but American manufacturers are now ship
ping cars all over the world. So we forge
ahead as a world power.