Proposed Oregon Tax Law
(Continued from last week)
(Appeal from action of board.) .
Sect ion 22.' 1 Any person or corpora
tion who lm.ll have petitioned for the re-
duction or change of apportionment, of
a particular assessment, or whose as
sessment has been increased by the said
State board of tax commissioners, sit
ting for purposes of review, who shall
be aggrieved by the action of such
board, may appoal therefrom to the
circuit court. In the caseof individuals
resident in this state the appeal shall
be taken to the circuit court of the
county where the individual resides;
if taken by an individual who is a non
resident of the state it shall be taken
to the circuit court of the county in
which the capital of the state is situat
ed; if taken by a corporation it shall
be taken to the circuit court of the
county in which the principal place of
business, if a domestic corporation, or
residence of the managing agent or at
torney in fact if a foreign corporation,
may be. The appeal shall be taken
and perfected in the following manner
and not otherwise:
1. The party desiring to appeal from
the action of such board may cause a
notice, to be signed by himself, itself,
or attorney, to be tiled with the secre
tary of said board within live days, ex
cluding Sunday, from the time the re
view of the said assessment roll is com
pleted. 2. Within ten days of the giving of
such notice the said party, to be known
as the appellant, shall tile with the
clerk of the circuit court for the proper
county a transcript of the petition for
reduction of assessment, or so much of
the record of the s;iid board as may be
necessary to intelligently present the
quest ions to be decided by the circuit
court, together with a copy of the order
or action taken by the said board, the
notice of appeal, and the record of the
filing thereof ; thereafter the said cir
cuit court shall have jurisdiction of the
matter, but in it otherwise.
The appeal shall be heard and de
termined by the circuit court in a sum
mary manner, and shall be determined
as an equitable cause. Either the ap
pellant or any county to which any por
tion of the assessment complained of is
or may be apportioned as appellee shall
be entitled to the compulsory attendance
of witnesses, and to the production of
honks and papers.1 . If,, upon the hear
ing, the court finds the amount at
which the property whs finally assessed
by the said board is its actual full cash
value, and the assessment was made
fairly and in good faith, it shall ap
prove such assessment ; but if it finds
that the assessment was made at a
greater or less sum than the actual full
cash value of the property, or if the
same was not fairlv fir in good faith
made, it shall set aside such assessment
and determine such value, and a cert i-1
fied copy of the order or judgment of j
the circuit court shall be sufficient war- j
rant fr the apportionment, levying, and j
Collecting of taxes against such proper-1
ty and upon such valuation so detenu-!
ined. No proceedings for the appor-
tionmont, levying, or Collection of taxes )
against any property shall be stayed by '
reason of the taking or pendency of any j
appeal irom me sani iioani; nut in
ovent the assessment is decreased by
the court on appeal, the tax collectors
of the several counties shall refund to
the person or corporation paying said
taxes on such property any excessive
amount of taxes collected, and such tax
collector shall be reimbursed therefor
by the several municipalities to which
he may have disbursed any such exces
sive Collections, and in event the assess
ment, is increased by the court on ap
peal the property shall lie liable for the
'deficiency on the amount of such in
creased valuation. In event any reap
portionment as between counties is
made by the Court on appeal, Corre
sponding adjustments shall be made by
the tax collectors of the counties affect
ed. The provisions of law governing
costs and ilislmiscments on appeal shall
be applicable hereto. Payment of taxes
while appeal is pending shall not operate-
as a waiver of the appeal or the
right to a refunding of taxes found to
be excessively assessed.
itios, and shall enter the same in the
assessment roll which lias been made
by the county assessor and equalized
by the county board of equalization and
returned to the clerk. Taxes shall be
levied and collected upon the assess
ments so made in the same manner
other taxes are levied and collected,
and at the same time and by the same
officers.
(Length of line in minor subdivisions
to be reported to county clerk.)
Section 24. To ,assist the county
clerk in apportioning the said assess
ment between the several municipalities
or taxing agencies or districts in his
county, he is authorized to require, and
it is hereby made the duty of the sever
al persons or corporations liable to as
sessment under the provisions of this
act, to report to the county clerk, under
oath, the length of main and branch
lines in each city, town, school district,
road district, port or other municipal
taxing agency or district in such county.
( Record Quorum Temporary officers.)
Section 25. A record of the proceed
ings of such board shall be kept at the
capitol open to the inspection of the
public; a majority of the board shall
constitute a quorum to do business,
but a lesser number may meet and ad
journ from time to time. In the ab
sence of either the chairman or the
secretary, the board shall appoint a
temporary chairman or secretary.
(Appointment and duties of secretary
Clerical assistance.)
Section 26. Said board shall, at its
first meeting, by a majority vote of all
the members, elect one of the appoint
ive members thereof as secretary, who
shall serve as such for two years, and
until his successor is appointed and
qualified. His successor shall be
elected by a like vote. The secretary
shall keej) a record of the proceedings
of the board, which shall be certified
by the chairman and secretary, and
kept in the oflice of the said board at
the state Capitol, and shall perform
such other duties as may be recuired
by law or by said board. The other
appointive member shall perform such
duties as may lie specially required by
the board. Such board may appoint
and remove at pleasure such other
clerks as may be necessary, not exceed
ing two in number, at a salary not to
exceed $75 per month each.
(Compensation of appointive members
and clerks Traveling expenses.)
Section 27. The members of said
board, except the governor, secretary of
state and state treasurer, shall receive
as compensation for their services the
following amounts, to wit, the sum of
.dollars per annum, payable
quarter-annually, as the salaries of oth
er state oflicers are paid. Each of the
members of said board shall be entitled
to receive his necessary traveling ex
penses while traveling away from the
capital on the business of the board,
which expenses shall be itemized by
the person incurring the same, and
when the same is approved by the
chairman shall be paid upon warrant
drawn by the secretary of state upon
the state treasurer out of any funds not
otherwise specifically appropriated bv
law.
(Sosions Where held To be furnish
ed w ith oflice, printing and supplies.)
Section 28. The said board shall
hold its regular sessions at the state
capital, and shall be furnished by the
secretary of state with an oflice at the
state capitol, and necessary supplies
and printing, in the same manner as
other state oflicers. Said board may
hold sessions at any place in this state
when deemed necessary to facilitate the
discharge of its business.
CANT HOLD
HIS CLERKS
Salaries Paid Are Lower Than Can
Be Obtained in Other Lines Six
Grades Are Ppoposed, With Pro
motions To Be Based on Efficien
cy of Individual.
lng officers sufficient. ).
Section 31." In case a vacancy shall
occur by reason death, resigllattion, or
removal of either of ! the .appointive
members of said boarJ, the governor,
secretary of state, and state treasurer,
acting jointly, shall appoint a successor
tri ft 1 1 r,0 ilia in nuv Til fori f.rm ftf i hfi
member whose oflice is thus made va- UflCle 6am S rOSial Employes ReSljn
cant, and In making such appointment i .
thuv irfiall not annoint a person from In oCOlCS.
-rf ii
the same political party as the remain
ing appointive member. Whenever in
making appointments provided in this
act, the governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer are required to act joint
ly, the action or vote of a majority of
them shall be sufficient if they are. not
unanimous.
(Allowance of witness fees and mileage.)
Section 32. Witnesses testifying be-
ioremesaia ooara, or any memuer Washington, Dec. 31. Failure at
thereof, shall be allowed the same fees this ti, t increase materially the
'or per diem and mileage as allowed in compensation of postoflice employes,
civil causes in the circuit court, and thus keeping pace with the advancing
the same shall be paid by warrant of the ; wftges in other lines of employment,
secretary of state upon the state treas-1 fipriously jeopardize the efficiency
urer upon the certificate of any member of the 8ervi(;e This statement was
of said board. No tender of witness taken from the annual report of First
fees or mileage in advance shall be A(JgjHtant postmaster General Hitch
necessary, cock, made public today. The need of
(Sheriffs to serve process, etc.) new legislation to make the postal ser
Section 33. It shall be the duty of vice under the circumstances more at
the sheriffs of the several counties to tvtivo " f,r'Jer retm present em
serve all process, papers and subpoenas Plo' a an incentive for good men
required by said board or any mem- to the service is treated eaten
her thereof, and to make return of the vedy by Mr. Ilitchcock, who present a
same to the said board. j Pla" for th consideration of congress.
I Resignations from the service have
(Regular meetings of the board ' increased at an alarming rate and the
Claims audited.) standard of men going into the service
Section 34. The said board shall has greatly deteriorated in the last fis
meet on the second and fourth Wednes- cal year. Mr. Hitchcock's report
days of each month to pass upon all ( shows that in the first and second class
matters properly coming before the ; offices there were approximately 20, Out)
board for consideration. All necessary 'clerks in the grades ranging from $600
co ts and expenses of said board shall , to $1, 000 and of these clerks 2,340 or
be audited, upon proper vouchers, and, about 12.3 per cent resigned during
upon order of the board, be paid out i the year. Of 23,000 letter carries at -
of the state treasury upon warrants tached to these offices, 601 or about
drawn by the secretary of state.
(County assessor to file oath as to full
cash value assessment by him.)
Section 35. For the purpose of as
sisting the said board in supervising
the assessments made in the several
counties, and that all assessments of
property in' this state be made accord
ing to law, every county assessor in
this state, at the time of the return by
him of his assessment roll, shall take
and subscribe to an oath in substan
tially the following language and form,
which oath shall be forthwith filed by
him with the said state board of tax
commissioners, namely:
State or Oregon,
County of..;'.
ARMS SHIPPED TO CUBA.
2.6 per cent voluntarily left the service.
Mr. Hitchcock recommends establish
I ing for both cleks and carries six grades
j of compensation, the annual salary to
be $600 for the initial grade, $800 for
the second grade and for the four suc
ceeding grades $900, $1,000, 1,100
,and $1,200 respectively, and providing
; for the advancement of clerks and car
riers in first class offices from $600 ini
tial grade to $800 after one year's ser
j vice, to $900 after two years' service,
j to $1,000 after three years' service anil
j for the advancement of clerks and car
: riers in second class offices to $800 af
ter one year's service and to $900 after
two years' service.
'1,'-. (name of assessor),
bcinft the duly appointed, qualified and act
ing assessor of the above nnmrd county, do
solemnly swear that I have diligently and to
the best of my ability assessed all property in
said county, which by law J am permitted to
assess, at the full cash value thereof; that I
have not wilfully and knowingly omitted to
assess any person or property or assessed
over or under the full cash value thereof
any property or class of property whatever.
FOG CAUSES WHECK.
' (Signature of assessor).
Subset ibed and sworn to before me this
day of 19...
(Signature and title of officer).
(Official seal.)
(Penalty for omission to file oath or
assess property.)
Section 36. Any assessor who shall
fail, neglect, or refuse to make and
subscribe to an oath as aforesaid, or
shall fail, neglect, or refuse to file the
same w ith the said state board of tax
commissioners, or shall wilfully and
knowingly omit to assess any person or
property by him assessable, or shall
assess under or over the full cash value
thereof any property or class of prop
Thirty-five Killed and Many Injured in
Suburb of Washington.
Washington, Dec. 31. An appalling
disaster resulting in the death of about
j 35 persons and injuries, as far as ran
be learned, to about 50 persons, occur
red about 6:30 o'clock last night on the
Baltim re & Ohio railroad at Terra
Cotta, a suburb of Washington. The
Frederick City,' Md., local No. 66, on
the point of pulling out from the sta
tion, was run into by a train made up
entirely of eight empty coaches bound
from the West for Washington.
The engineer could not see the blocn
on account of the heavy fog and plung
ed ahead on his mission of death. A
dense fog and drizzling rain prevailed
during the day and the nilit ami to
the inability of the engineer of the rear
train to see the signal showing that
another was in the block is attributed
Secretly Smuggled and Troops Are
Now Searching for Them.
Havana, Jan. 2. A statement is
made here that several thousand ' rifles
and machine guns' represented to have
been' landed in Pinar del Rio province
and hidden in the woods near Mariel,
have been as secretly taken away. The
recent movement of troops and police,
which was considered mysterious in the
light of Governor Magoon's statement
that there was no fear of an uprising
in Cuba, is explained by this announce
ment, as it is known that the move
ment was in the nature of a search for
these arms. The possibility of a clash
between Cubans and American troops
is considered remote, as their relations
are good. The natives, however, are
plotting against one another.
Just who is responsible for the ship
ment of the arms into Cuba is not
known'. One theory is that the arms
were purchased by the former liberal
junta in New York arid shipped too
late to be used in the last movement.
It is feared that the arms are now in
the possession of the negroes in the
province. There are indications that
it is going to be difficult to repress dis
order by the growing bands of negroes,
who are burning corn fields and tobacco
barns, robbing estates and stealing
cattle.
FAVORS RAISING SALARIES.
THE POISON CTJP.
Senate Committee May Restore the
Amendment Rejected by House.
Washington, Jan. 2. The sub com
mittee of the senate committee on ap
propriations, which, for the last week,
has been considering the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, lias considered the question of in
creasing the salaries of senators and
repesentatives, and now it seems prob
able that the sub committee w ill recom
mend an advance of 50 per cent on con
gressional salaries. The sub committee
is practically unanimous in the opin
ion that euch an increase should be
made, but there is a general feeling
that the house should have inserted the
provision.
It also looks as if the committee
would recommend that, the provisions
for increasing the ealaries'of the vice
president, speaker and cabinet officers
should be eliminated unless a corre
sponding increase is secured for senators
and members of the house.
Many members of the committee
think the senate should be given an op
portunity to pass on the subject, and
will advocate the incorporation of an
amendment in the bjll by the commit
tee covering the entire subject. "
RAILROAD IS NOT LIABLE
erty whatever, shall be deemed guilty the accident. The grade at the place
(Assessment final when reviewed Cer
tified to county clerks Apportion
ment and collection.)
Section 23. After the said roll has
been reviewed by t he said state board of
tax commissioners the assessments
therein shall be deemed complete.
Said board shall thereupon certify to
the county clerks of the several conn
lies in, into, through, across, or over
which the lines of said Companies run
the number of miles of main and
branch lines of the said companies,
and the respective values thereof appor
tioned to each of such count ies ; and
the several county clerks shall there
upon apportion the amount cert ificd to
their respective counties among the
cities, towns, school districts, road
districts, iiorts and other municipal
taxing agencies and districts in propor
tion to the length of such main and
branch lines in each of such munici
palities, multiplying the value jht
mile as aliove ascertained of such main
and branch lines by the length thereof
in each of such municipalities, and ap
portioning the result to such municipal-
Later rnrtteu!a-a.
Delilah had cut off Samson's long hair.
"It's a trifle roars1." Bhe said, "but I
n use it for a switch."
When it" was too late, however, she re
flected that she could have utilized Sam
son to much better advantage by exhibit
ing him in a shop window as an adver
tisement of a hair tonic.
The Belgians are (Treat irgcon breed
ers, and one of the choicest hirdi of thi
kind is the true Antwerp carrier, which
U comparative) rare.
(Examination of witnesses Rooks and
papers Penalty.)
Section 20. The said board, or any
member thereof, in conformity to the
resolution or rules of (he board, shall
! have the power to subpoena and ex
amine witnesses, to administer oaths,
and shall have access to and the power
to order the production of any books or
papers in the hands of any person,
company, or corporation whenever
necessary in the prosecution of any in
quiries deemed necessary or proper in
their official capicity. Any person who
shall disobey any ruibpnena or subpoena
duces tecum of the said board, or anv
member thereof, or refuse to testify
when required so to do bv said board,
or any member thereof, shall be deemed j
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon Con- 1
vict ion thereof shall be punished as I
provided by law therefor. j
(False statements or testimony Per- ;
jury.)
Section 30. Any person who shall i
wilfully present or furnish to the said '
board, or any member thereof, any j
statement required under this act, or j
which may be required by said board, or
any member thereof, under the powers j
in this act contained, which statement;
shall be false or fraudulent, or shall
give testimony before said board, or ;
any member thereof, which shall In-'
false or fraudulent, shall lie deemed
guilty of perjury, and upon convict on
thereof shall be punished as by law
otherwise provided lor such crime.
(Filling vacancy Majority of apjMiint-
of a misdemeanor. The judgment of
conviction of any such assessor for a
violation of the provisions of this sec
tion shall of itself work a forfeiture of
his oflice.
(Members of board not to accept pass
or gratuity.)
Section 37. It shall be unlawful for
any member of said board, directly or
indirectly, to accept any free pass,
frank, or gratuity whatever, from any
person or corporation liable to assess
ment under the provisions of this act.
Any member of said board violating the
provisions ot tins section snail tie
deemed guilt v of a misdemeanor, am
the judgment of conviction thereof shall
of itself work a forfeiture of the office
held by such member.
(Companies liable to assessment to
maintain office in state.)
Section 38. Every railroad company,
union station and depot company, and
electric railway company doing business
as such within this state, and every
beat, light, power, water, gas, and
electric company doing business as
such, as one system, partly within this
state and partly w ithout, or so doing
business in more than one county of
the state, shall establish and maintain
at some fixed point within the state a
prineijial office, and shall maintain
thereat a secretary or managing agent.
(Terms person, company, corporation,
how construed.)
I Section 30. The terms person.com
I pany, corporation, or association.
whenever used in this act, shall apply
i to and lie construed to refer rcspective
; ly to any jier.-on, firm, joint stock eom-
pai y, association, syndicate, copait
nership, or corporation engaged in car
rying on any business, the propo; ty of
1 which is subject to taxation under
this act.
where the accident occurred is down
ward and the tracks were slippery.
The wrecked train was composed of
an engine, smoking car and two day
coaches. The two rear coaches were
reduced to kindling wood, and the rear
of the smoker v. as telescoped. So great
was the impact that the local train was
scattered along the track for a consid
erable distance. Fortunately the wreck
age did not take fire.
Traffic was delayed by the accident,
anil it was after midnight before the
liodies of the dead could be brought to
the city. There was an entire absence
. of any attempts at theft. As soon as
I i. I.. .... 1
jjo.-:m uitr ine ihiiiu line o'u-ini aim
laid aside to await the coming of the
ttain sent irom the citv.
From the appearance of the bodies it
is believed that nearly all of the vic
tims were killed outright or died with
in a few minutes after the accident.
Employers' Liability Act Declared Con
trary to Constitution.
Louisville, Jan. 2. Judge Walter
Evans, in the Federal court today, de
clared the employers' liability act un
constitutional. The decision was given
in the case of the administratrix of N.
C. Rrooks vs. the Southern Pacific rail
way, and is believed to be the first
handed down in connection with this
act.
The alleged cause of action occurred
in Kansas. The husband of the plain
tiff was killed in a railroad accident
and suit was brought under this act for
$25,000 damages and an amount suffi
cient to cover the cost of expenses inci
dent to death. The court holds that
the act in effect would regulate com
merce within the state as well as inter
state commerce and is therefore uncon
stitutional. The demurrer of the
Southern Pacific railroad to action for
damages is sustained.
In the time of James I. poison was
too, frequently resorted to, especially
on the continent, as a means of getting
rid of Individuals who had rendered
themselves obnoxious tov certain parties
who were prosecuting their own pri
vate ends ; and so extensively did this
infamous practice prevail that there
was a class of iiersons who were
kno.wn to have studied the art of se
cret poisoning, and whose services
could be engaged for a high reward.
In order to counteract the operation
of the poisoners, various devices were
employed, and among them was the art
which the pretended magicians of thosa
days preessed to have discovered, of
making a kind of glass which would fly
In pieces of poison was poured Into
any vessel that was formed of It The
cut at the head of our article repre
sents a tankard of this sort. In which
the glass Is mounted In silver gilt ara
besque and silver filagree. It was be
lieved that the large crystal which Is
seen standing out at the center of the
lid would become discojored at the ap
proach of poison. The tankard Is a
work of the sixteenth century, and was
presented to Clare Hall, Cambridge
where it Is still preserved by Dr.
William Butler, an eminent physician
In the time of James I.
Report Filed on Townsite Fraud.
Washington, Dec. 31. The report of
William Dudley Foulke, sent to the In
dian Territory bv President lbxisevelt
j to report on the townsite fraud, lias
' been received by Secretary Hitchcock
, and by him turned over to the law otli
iceis of the Interior department. Its
.publication will not be made for some
(weeks, if at all. It covers but one feat-
lire of affairs in the Indian Territory,
( and until other reports bearing upon
j similar matters are received by the
secretary nothing will be given out in
relation to the subject.
Livestock Convention Called.
Denver, Jan. 2. A rail has been is
sued to all live stock associations, live
stock producers and members to attend
the tenth annual convention of the
American National- Livestock associa
tion, to be held at the l'roadway the
ater, Denver, January 22 and 23, 1007.
Many important questions are to be
considered, among them inferior rail
road service, from which shippers have
suffered so disastrously and for which
the association has already taken vigor
ous steps to relieve. The subjects of
forest reserves and grazing lands are
also to be considered.
The Student and the Professor.
The scholarly William E. Byerly, pro
fessor of mathematics at Harvard, was
once asked by a student how to devel
op a retentive memory. The professor
answered that ordinary mental exercise
was sufficient to secure a good memory,
whereat the student asked If he might
test the mental capacity of bis In
structor. Prof. Byerly" agreed, and the
student asked' him to listen to and re
member several varied Items for a teat.
He began : " '
"One quart of whisky."
"Cm !" said the professor.
"Six pounds of sugar, a pint of sour
milk, three onions, half a gallon of
molasses, and two raw eggs."
"Cm !" said the professor.
"Two green apples, twenty-six pea
nuts, one and a half cucumbers and
four mince pies."
"Urn I" said the professor.
"A package of starch, sixty-seven
cakes of yeast, and the skins of sevea
bananas. Got that down?"
"i'es," answered Dr. Byerly.
"How does It taste?" asked the stu
dent Boston Herald.
Want Japan to Show Spite.
Victoria, R. C, Dec. 31. Advices
were received today by steamer Teucer,
from Yokahoma, that considerable op
position is lieing developed as a result
of the anti-American feeling in Japan
Ask Protectorate for Cuba.
Havana, Jan. 2. It is reported that
a petition for an American protectorate
is ready to be sent to Washington from
Reined ios, the wealthiest district in
Cuba, signed by 200 native Cubans.
Another petition from Cienfuegos is
soon to follow, signed by several hum
dred property owners. In other parts
of the island, it is stated, similar pe
titions arei n course of preparation. A
weekly newspaper advocating a pro
tectorate, as a means of settling the
Culmn situation, will probably be issued.
Thrifty Housewife.
They had seated themselves In tha
homeward bound car after a shopping
tour, during which she had handled
the cash, and yet had a well-fllled
pocketbook. "Give me a nickel," said
the wife, and more or less astonished
hubby complied, asking, "Why, haven't
you any money?" "Yes," came the re
ply, "but nothing smaller than a dime.
If I give the conductor a dime he will
ring In a fare for Bobby," Indicating
the 6-year-old hopeful of the couple;
"and If I only pass him a nickel he
won't charge for Bobby." Such was
the case, and hubby pnld both fares,
and wlfey, that dear little Yankee girl
with the big roll In the pocketbook,
worked hubby and the "L" road for a
nickel each. Boston Post
A Danarerona SutcsTrst Ion.
"I don't believe you love me any
more," jiouted the favorite wife of the
unconverted cannibal king.
"On the contrary, my dear," he re
torted, smacking his lips, ominously, MI
think you are sweet enough to eat"
Baltimore American.
Deposits in German sarins banks last
year amounted to no less than n'ne thou
sand million marks, or about $2,000,-
Great Storm Strikes Russia.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 2. The storm
that passed over tireat Britain at
Christmas time has reached Western
Russia, where falls of snow are report
ed and railroad communication is para
lyzed. Many of the lines are entirely
interrupted. Dispatches from Orsha
and Rorrisov sav these towns are liter-
Old Kniinith.
Frederick Landis. who two years ago
was elected as a Representative from
Indiana. Is one of the most youthful
looking men In public life.
That Landis exivls at repartee was
proved at the time of his election,
when. It Is said, he appeared to be not
a day over 20.
"Say. Ny," shouted a Hoosler to the
candidate, as Landis was leaving the
platform at a jvilitleal meeting, "does
your mother know you're out?"
"Oh, yes," replied Landis. with a
smile, "and when the votes are count
ed election night she'll know I'm la."
Rochester Herald.
(To be continued next week)
Imagination.
"There goes another of those automo
biles. Gee! How it smells! But why
doesn't it make the regular chug chug
sound?"
"Because it runs by electricity."
"Why er so it does." Chicago Trib
une. A Flstnre.
Mrs. Kawler How do you like your
new girl?
Mrs. Homer She's a jewel. But shs
Isn't a new girL We've had her nearly a from Cardinal Yaidiary, archbishop
eck. 'Grau, Hungary.
against toe proposed visit or a .Japanese . nlly i,nri0)l in driftP) and all t,llsin9 5i
neet to ine Jamestown exniiuuon ana
United States iiorts. An influential
memlier of the house of jx'ers is quoted
as saying the proposed outlay of $400,
000 to send the licet must not K approved.
Give Pope Money to Fight France.
Rome, Dec. 31 The pope has receiv
ed many important donations to help
him in the difficulties with France.
They include $400,000 from Emperor
Francis. Joseph of Austria and $100,000 enrollments and
suspended. Seven persons have perish
, ed in the snow at Mohilev. The snow
storm continues.
Without Opposition.
He (after a spat) I sometimes
think you women court domestic quar
rels. Sh We do not If we had our wajj
there'd be none.
He Oh. exactly tf you had your
way. Boston Transcript
Ntw Laws Begin With New Year.
Washington, Jan. 2. Yesterday
marked the leginning of the life of sev
eral legislativeacts cf congress. Among
them are the free aHvhol law, the pure i
foM law, the anti !iss sect ion of the
interstate commerce law, the modifica
tion of the navigation laws, 'to simplify
licenses, and a law
Irug-
Fvldently N"ot.
"I should think a woman would se
so much of her husband after she Is
married that she would weary of him?"
"You haven't kept very close tab on
the average husband, have you?"
Houston Post
Kallroad Legislation In Montana.
! Montana requires Its railroads to
maintain a station at plotted town s'tes
of 100 Inhabitant. or more.
oi with reference to the licencing cf
' gist in the District of Columbia.
A man's honesty may be due to U14
mallncss of the bribe offered.