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1- r..,4WEEKLY. OREGON, STATESMAN,- rniDAYDncExiBEulT, 100a. . m- Rriihfll'ffp i Ways and Means Committee of Lower House in Congress .1 Drafts a Meassre to Lessen theJ Income Under the War Revenue Dili S40,COO,000--p-Thc Canteen Section of ! the New L Array Bill Is Very Stringent. - WASIIIXfJTOX, ;Dw, 5. Chairman Payne, of the Wayiwand Mean com mittee, today Introduced a 1111 reduc ing taxatiou tinderjtlie War Revenn "act, after the Republican members of the committee bad j a greed on a form of the measure, ami the article to re ceive the reduction it - I intended to Lave the full oouiiuiitee act on the bill tomorrow, ami to pat-it through the House Ik-fore tbiistmas. The bUI provides an aggregate reduction esti mated at $4.ot0,348. Among the itv auction, as given out by Mr. Payne, are the following: I Beer, fO.832,712; "cigar, $3,180,701; bat check. $l,nHimnt. Vtiib canteen spxrrioN.' Washington, Deii 3. The canteen . provision in the new army bill I like ly to e-ause a great; deal of contention. Instead of being j prohibition of the Kile of liquor, it provide that n army officer or wohlw-r 0&tll sell liquor. -; The provision - Is a follows: "Tlmt no orticerj or -jirivate soldier i tdiall jh-II Intoxicating driuk of any kind,- a bartender" or otherwise, iuj .any army post, nor; on any army trans- port, or in any ehcamimient or fort.' or on. any premise luted for military purpose by the United States." CREATED A jSEXS ATI OX. Washington. Iefi. 5. Something of a sensation was created during the debate, this afterrttion. -on the army; bill In the House, by MeCall, of Mas- , r i - - . -I 1: SENOR DON CIPRIANO CASTRO I ?.,v.-f' President of Wnerucla, wJ;o bad 'a eg broken in the recent cirlhc,sakc ai Caracas. i nacliu.M'f Is. who dcllvetcd an hours Hpcech in o:pisitio:i.-to the, b. 11. t He criticized some cf the technual U-n- A BIG PINSION ROlt. Ml f - si:ruETAi:Y linciinx K or tiu: i I X T K 1 1 m U DEI V UTM 1JN 1. j ; D'scus's the Matter ,ef.:.li;y:iig. tb tlbl."Vetr;ms-Ijirge Sun WS.l j lie ltOtuiiyd,Xext -ear. I i XE'.' Yd UK, Dec. ."V. -StCi- t:try Ethan Allen Hiichcock. or jli. D i:irt nient of the Htcr".r. who D Icr. io.i ptlvate busiiHfMj.'Vt tKTuctl t- W a si: fug ion louiglit. i - i'Tli? iM iiiim ro!l for t.i- ' com'ji.: j year will rail for, the vxierd t;ne jr ul. out ?H.tmii.l,t as aailnsc. aitHt i XKLS.tMni.t cn fr the year jus: do- iig." said the Secretary In an in en lew. Tin ie rrp i little le than l,u:jti,tMHi ivauics on the roll uow-and tl se a're Wing addiMl ito by re-ent legislation. 1'nder the old law soldiers'- whlows not wholly dejiendent on their own la lor for their support .were not entitled to dr.iw a iMirlon."" A;Teceot law mada It legal for A' widow . reeeivitig au in come not alwte f2TH n yer to reeeiv a jH'iisWm. . This and-ccrtaln amend ments ltearing oa the construct k of the'disabUlty of veteran fJi-antk have a (Med several tlnmsaiNl uames lo the roll. Xoi country in the world Is libenil with Its iHnsion'rs this Government.; and this fart has prompt-1 ed dishonest men to take every sort of mean advftnmge of the Government No doubt there are many fraudulent pensioners ou I lie rolls todify, but, -is fast a trickery I discovered, the pro per measures are taken to check it." ; "How about the Comanche-Kiowa land allotments in ; the Indian Terri tory?" Mr. Hitchcock waii asktd. j The time for the completion ofSthe allotment of the -IWMnxt acres in the jtonthern part of tlx Indian Territory to the OoumnoliM anl Kiowas expires lds wwk," replietl Mr.' Hitchcock, "aud only ulMiut of the nlkt tueuta of lt acres- eacTi have been made. The ! surveyors encountered great ditllcnlties InMraciug , tlie told I Simula ry lines wlwre certain corners bd leen marketl by blazed trees' by the earlier surveyors. , Some of these tree trunksf were seut lo Washington for our indirection. After these Indian lands have been allotted there will 1k left more or less territory for, public Kettlemeut. I don't know how many prospective settlers Ignorant of the law rushed in ami wttled ti these lands nud hart to be removed, by the ttv ernment agents. There was; no :par Ocnlar resistaucw They simply di not understamV th law. With refer-en- to the attempt of a certain Kau nas I City syndicate which tried to se cure the passage of a law -permitting the transference of certain nomadic trlbes from r the Indian Territory to old Mexico, I do nor believe that j anv thing of tle kind wiU be done." . - ' "j FEAIt YEIJXIW JACK. ' C5IIICAC.O, Iec. 5. Tlie boly ot VEPJOJE tnres of tlie bill, charging tTiat the or ga n iza t Ion proposed . was not econom IcaL in that It contemplated, the same nnnrier of officer for an army of 50, a for; an army of luO.Otio. He was es pecially severe upon the proposition to lodge with the President for all time, unless Congress acted to the con trary, the- tiower to double the army at will, but It was against the policy of retaining rlie Philippines and the jlnatign ration of a colonial policy that he ocned all hi batteries. The niem lers streamed into the house from the I Honk room when -It became" noised alwnt tliat MeCall was speaking, and listened with great eagerness to bis speech. '- - ' . McCal wild he did not lielieve In the priueiple of giving the executive au thority to multiply. a!mot by two. the regular army, alrhough President Me Kinley would doubtless exercise that discretion patriotically . and wisely. The eibjeetioii was one of principle. Huch a grant of power could mvt be paralleled in Constitutional manareh ie. If was not conferred with any limitations as to time. The bill pr P.k i1 a standing army of practia!lf pm.MM men. Such a numlier, be said, was not needed. - A temiNrary provision 1 should te made for the Philippines, and tlw character of the bill made it tniport aut to disensA what th"t ultimate policy of tli country wltlu refereme tfitbe army slwuld Im. i. The ;overamenl should hare dwlarel at the outset the Mlicy in-the Pljilippines. similar to that decLirtil In t'ila. Our systetu of tiovemment was manifestly tin tit for a colonial policy, v Washington. Hee. S. -hairman Mer cer. nf the Pullc Buildings ("ommit ci of tle Holise. has called a meeting for Friday to consider the puliJic build ing measures.. It is intendel to first give attention to j tliose buildings re .qniring more money iiu account of th.- rie in tin price of building material, some of llHiiiain ones, lieing at Health and Portland. trtgo'n. ' Tliiw are to le Inclmlid in uie general bill. , Washington. Utov. .". TJ.c S?creiary of the Treasury trslay scirt to CougresH the annual eitlinate of rhe expense of the fSovemment for the coming year.; They aggregate Strji.741.7!. a slight de-rease from the total estl vt ( c? 'a- jf.tr. T W'n9 Ierart irenf tim.i.fe-s 17'. r-S .'U-V and thf Ov.ity It-nar'Hne;;f JS.'-.VSl-UiK J Among tt-frtilili.i bpi'Mjttr V "srlrat-7 are: P.vtie Mei'f.. h's.:o!;". fT-Vm; Hel cti.i. Metit.. - public building.. U!.7!1; : total for rivers and Iwlnw. including continuing contracts. KtJIlT, The total V.r pensions is ?144.K tMs t. ; i-:xpKiKXch: is Trrrc :.kst teacher. Use Acker's I'nlisli Uem fty in any case of coughs, colda or croitji. -.Should It fail to cive Immedi ate relief money refuiMbl. '-" and 00 cent, in:.' STOXI-rs drug stores.. ('rijdair. Alexander II. -Cook, who died in Havana. Cuba, of c2A!w fever, has l.s ii removed fimi ti e: uinh rtakng e:al-ishitv ut. aud now '-rests In the mvlving Miv.lt at U.-.schlil ecmetcry, iftitr;:ry t i the strict tn'c of ihe I1U im5j4 Ihiard of -Health. 'Hie body was admitied !i tin "strength of a sjxcial n-der issi: d by Secretary j. . E.'Kgan. of therStnte I5ard o Health.' The ru'e ut h" Ulir.ois Poaiil of Health. wl1- h ipioLildlSi the bodies ot yellow jcr vii-titrs; from entering th? slate, was si ndVd- t?p-n condilh n that ;1'cJm:1.v 1 !u;-iid Imme-lla tly upon lis arr'val in the c!t.y. In-ltr l of. complying- witii this -. crhr the undertaker who rs to have charge of the inter-n-eai I- said to fiave removed live body lo his I'tiablishiiicnt. , The. t'ity Doard of Health sent an luin-ctor to therailway station to take charge of the. remains. The lnspectoc has not Hi nee appeared, 'nor has a re ort beeu made by hinu ,The failure of the inspector to reiiort tle nllege! lireach -vf agreement on-the- part of tlie undertaker is looked tiKn as j ic on I i.ir .a nd has cast an- air of mystery around, the case. t r ? Although the liody Is Incased in' a copjier-limtl and hermetically: sealed casket, it Is fearel that the jar of the long journey on the train may have opened a crevice in the m-eptacle. thus liermlftlng the s-prcad of the germs. If such a crevh"e was made the lives of he. iassengers n the train as well as 11m lives of persons in the depot were placed In Jeoiiardy. The ntKlertakcr h when iinrstioncd. sakl the1 lioily was expfted to arrive at 8. o'clock Sunday evening, but ow ing to Kone delay. It did not reach the city nntil midnight. It was then foo late lo gain entrance fo tlie cemetery. Tlie interment of the bKly Is arranged for tomorrow. - - A disiMitch from . Springfield. 111. n notes Secretary Egan as sarin that there is no daugcr to fit Incurred from the transportation of the body. at th: presnt time: hat y el low fever i not prone to spread lu Chh'ago at any time.' and the disease will ertaiiilV not make Its appearance in the month of Decern 1st. Played Out. . Dnll neadache. Pains In various parts of the body. Sinking at the pit of tlie stomach. Loss of appetite, Fe vetshnc. Pimples or Sores are all positive evidenced of Impure blood. Xo matter how it became so it must be punned in onler tovTobtaJn good health Acker's Blood Elixir baa nev er failed to cure ScrornktM or Syphl Htie potions or auy other bkxsl dis eases. It Is i certainly a wonderful remedy and w sell every bottle tn a positive guarantee. DK. STONirs drug store. EASTERN OR KGOX WHEAT V VbllTVXSff. -.W.'- -The Willam- . i' ... ; l l'-b ' i -.Ji'MI ette Valley ,i;iopifngri11r'nr inU'l'"6- mg wlieat ritm astern .rregoii hi keep their mill grinding, and even to piipply th local demand for; flur. Xot only do the' mills on the railroad or on the river do thLs. but vome also that have to haul wheat with lean for several miles. t Never liefore. It I lHIievel.' " has Eastern (ngon wheat Ikhmi drawn to keep the "Willamette Valley mills go ing. TOWXE ACCEITS. Minnesota Silver Man Appointed Sen ator by .Governor Land. , . DULTJTII. Mnn Dec r. Cbas. 8. Towne tonight enufirmed the reioTt that TJoveruor I.lnd has tendered him the Senatorship to kth1 the laf Senator Iavi. and' said be had" ao ieitel it. He vill leave or Wash In g- lou tomorrow. . - - - . , . THE- QPEEX'S SPEECH. Parliament to ille Sumnonel to Pro vide for the Army. I,OXIMX. Iec. .".The Queen's spee-h tomorrow will be the shortest on record. It will consist of a single sentence, announcing tltat Parliament will le summoned to provide supplies for th army. VALUATION IN GRANT COUNTY Increase of i Thirty Per Cent In Taxable Property SHOWN BY THIS YEAR'S TAX ROLL Sammary Filed in the Department of t t State' Yesterday Two ears Statemeutit Compared. The, clerk of Grant county yesterday Died the nmmary of the assessment roll for tlie year l!i. of iha't county, in the licpartment of State, for the us of the State Board of lievy, in levying the annual state tax. The summary shows a healthy condition of affairs in Grant county, the Increase in valuation U-lng nearly jwr cent. The total taxable valuation for tic year 1!) was $?K1.":j. while the same Item for thi year aggregates :lt, a clear gain of :it'AAH7. The summary for this year shows the fob- lowing statistics: 18..Vi4 acres tillable land. .. 110,810 :J17.2S: ai res uon-tlllable. . . ; 410X10 Imp. oil. deeded lands.,.,.., J4.S,!1 Town lots , .r .............. .Mi;4i Imp on town lots. .. ......... Til.ldO Imp. on undeeileil lands. .. ; . J8.010 2.TJ miles railroad Jjd ... 2.340 Steamlioats.. engines, etc. .. . 2v72 Meridiandise. .; '. .. . . Farming implements, etc. .. . 24.1l MotHvy . , ; . . 15,til0 Xot es and aciiuuts. ....... . 01.810 Household furniture, etc. .. . 18.100 40U1 horses and mules...... .0,200 14.4.iO i-a ttle . ............. . 214.8i0 !S.rw$t sljH'i) 142.020 503 sv.lne .......... .... 1,700 Gross valuation .. Exemptions.. . .. . .$1,447,OSO 00,730 Total taxable property . , . .$150,350 For purpose of comparison the sum mary of the roll for last year Is given herewith, showing the classes of prop erty on which the increase was mad?: HON. AARON T. BLISS, Governor-elect of Michigan. 17.034 acres tillable land... 148.kVI-acres iton-tUlahle. . . Imp. on deeded lamls. ..... Town lots . , ............. . Imp. on town lots......... Imp. on uudecded lands. . . Steamlioais. engines, etc... ISO miles teh'g. and teleph. Mt rchandise Farm implements, etc. Money.. .. .. Xotes : ami accounts. ...... Share of Ktock ........... Hoiis-holt furniture, etc. 3S40 horses ami mule. .... 1 3.1 72 ca t tie . . : , 03.424 Kheep and goats..... 17! s w ine ........,.,,... 108.3) 21883 127.21V I 20.8:11 40.538 13.850 0.375 1.800 3i;.230 25,501 '- o 5321 12337 17.535 4O0:i 107,852 140.440 2,110 Gross valuation Exemptious,. . , .. ,-,- ?U81.774 00.421 .Total taxable property. -001.353 THE MOTH Eli EARTH. XEAV A'ORK, Dec 5. Iu I h pres ence of a nimitier of his lifelong friend, the arflies of, the late Jnsftee AliH-rt Hoffman, r of Mloboken. were scatteiN-tl to the wimls. The lcdv wa incinerated a r Fresh PornUL I. Wlien the work had been done tlie Ashes were taken charge of and thtown into the air. Tills was in accordance wlfh tli. wishes of the .frmer jmlge. He had expressl wish to lie cremated and said he did not want In allies taken home to lie knocked a lotiL He WAM cil them "to return' to" nioiiior earth. '. ' -. J f I f-9 C : - -1 T'l . : .'. ' '-'Atr .son bad; stnof ulu nres- sn ,hls l - t i f I ii. :i, t I I . . : i . ' . . ' i , 4 How Ignorance and Snperstltlon ; Go Hand In Hand. . A cnrlous sight might have Iteeii seen In England a eonple of-centuries ago. At WhlK'ball or some other ioy al residence a little group of iHople would hrinkiuglr await, the coming of the king, in orler to ! tou-neti for the evil."' T HHHltk' ' yW was s-rofula. anl it wa the poyular Jie- Uef tltat scrofula could lie eared ny the royal ton.-lui Heiicej the common name for scrofula. was King's Evil. Nowadays to know, that wwifula'Is. a disease of. the thoa ami inai eicit were there n.iirh- !u a klnglr toiiflij u. external 'treatment, ctmld cure scrofula. The medicine which' ' :e tire M,.Ah;.. 4 a' 1 scrofula, most -tleabwitli, the bbkd. It must Ik able to eradicate and elim inate tlk poisons wliii h 'viriut the IJssl and breed and feed disease. When the blood Is cleansed, the pim ples. blothes. IkiII anil oiher erup tions 4lisap.ear. ulcers and sores are healed and the flesh lieconies sound and heallhv. THE UKillT WAV to, cleanse the blood from scrofu!a Is to clKMise thai remedy- which ha cured thotiMauds of eopie ; who ,iiffer;d fioiu scrofula in. its most grevious forms. "1 am using a goMl many of your r'eilici:cs iu my practice." wr ires Dr. ioscph Fike, of Iwt Springs, iMarioa Co.. Kansas. "Ten yesirs ago lh:ie was an cmisratum from Kuslaiui to lliis country fciil there was a lady in the company who was badly atTeeted with that dreadful dlMMse. scrofula. Her month and tiiroat were in an awful condition, and there .wete lumps utt the out sit lc. 1mJov the jaws, the siae of a hen's egg. Other dMtors had been called and they said it was a fatal cae. I was called and made m'y diagnosis. I felt eoniident that none of my remedies would lienefit her any. It came to my mind' that Dr. Pierce's (iolden Aieillcal Discovery was recommcndel for such cases. so I went to tlie drug Ktore.and lwught one liottle aud gave It to her to use as dirwted. Five liottles cured her and she Is well today. 'She is marrieil now and has three healthy children." f Dr. I'lerce's fiolden Metllcal Discov ery' judged solely by the cures it lws effeiteil Is without doubt the most powerful and most perfect blood pur ifying medicine of the-century. It is Uv radical remedy. It goes to the' root of ; the disease. Some preparations (Haitainlng mineral poisons such as mercury re. offereil as cures for scrofnhi. These medicines only. sup press tlie "symptoms of disease for a while and give the skin a look of clearness-, but after a time the suppressed disease like a smotliered fire breaks out anew and with a new violence. It the uniform testimony of those who have been cured of scrofulous dis eases by the use of 'Golden Medical Discovery," (t hat the cure vls perma nent.";.' In many Instances the t?stimo Dinl fo the cure has nof -lieen offcreil until the lapse of several years proved how tlHiroughly and histlnglj- the med eine Jiad done its work, j Xo class of pwple ate more grateful for the blood purifying power th, ''Discovery than women whoe faces have lieen marked and marred by pim ples, and other eruptions. Tlie smooth skin and clear complexion which come back wImmi "Golden Medical I iscov ery" has swept the blood clean of Its cxiriupting -tMiisons. are a source of inftigiictl -delight to .those' who' for years have had their "eauty marred by some form of emotive disease. Peauty logins iu t lie bbxxl. ami the tirxt step to leaiity is to -lcaus tlie blood of the corrupting impurities which weaken the body and liefoul the flesh. THM SCdriUlE OF C I V I TA Z ATI O X From half cl vi.lizeil or unsa nitary countries cohm the plagues which lvc Imnte the tecining fMipulations of the Orient. Sanitary science nud medical skill have banished the plagues, from among ourselves, but civilization has its own eourge In that form of scrof ula which attacks the lung aud is popularly known as; consumption. V Plague are not persistent... Tliey ap-. iiar awl disairpenri again for' years. Scrofula of the lungs or consumption is a js ristent disease. . .E very day of every year It gatheri in its victims; bne-slxth of -all "-deaths from disease Irt-ing attributed ,to -onstnupi Ion. Dr. Pierce's HohleiCv, Meilh-al IHsi-Oiery cures scrofula wherever it limht it., It eliminate the -ofulou iioisoii from I he blood a'nd so the organs which are fed by bltxsl are relhvl from the srofnlons )vnisons which destroy them. Oh-1 ina te deei-lsea toil e-otlghs. bron chliis. Iileeiling of the lungs and si 111 1 lar elangeroiis forms of disease are lierfectly and permanently e-ured - by "tJohlen Meilical Disivery. -"Dr. Pierce's medicine lias not only Iieuetlted, me greatly lmt It lias done wonders for my two Rons, write Mrs. M. Hartrick. of Demster, Oswego Co., X. Y- IJoth had wrofnla. I have lost two daughters In les than; Ave years with consnmpilon and scrofula. , ' At r eldest on was taken two or thre- years ago with hemorrhage from the Inngs. It troubled tfiim'.. for; over ; a year, lie look Dr. 1 Ilerce's t Jordan Metllcal Dis'ovcry and has not had h hemorrhage in over a year. Aly young- f.i ek: bad x t") la Uef-jI-J A had auy s-iuce be Commenced to take' your nioiHcIueV - , " ,? . aiwoi,tt:lt reliable. "Golden .Medical Iis-o-ery" can bp absduiely reliel on as a safe and sure UM-dielne for diene caused by a scrofulous conditio!) of the h!ood. It cures .disease of skin and .scalji, eeye na. salt-rlw um. tetter, xerofnlotis sores and swelling, as well a wrofula of the lungs and otiu'r disease having their origin In a corrupt condition of the bloOtl. : ' " Act-cpt no subitilute for 'Gdden MeilicfJ Discovery. There 1s no other melicnie -just as good" for the cure Of scrofulous diseases. , :"' - . l'KEi: Tt AM. Dr.. Piere"s tmuKn Sense Medical AdvlK'r., iwis large , page and over 7 Illustrations, is Kent frre on re ceipt of stamps, to pay excuse of mail ing only. ?end .11 oue-cent stamps 1mm. k in cloth bludlng, or only 1.21 stamp-If satisticd to have the book in paicr-eovers. Address Dr. It. V. Picric', lluffahi, X. Y. " IOXELY LIVES OF HERDERS. Australian Cattle Tenders Pass a 'Mo notonous' Existence. Not even its- greatest admirer could call the Australian bush beautiful, says the' Newcastle Chronicle. It Is A somler. sage colored wild of ,euca ivptus forest, interspread with arid tracks of thorn and spinnifex. Theie b- 110 shade and the silence is intense. At far intervals jou come acrvss a squatter -lea rings,- with its lijile cemmnnity of hiiuian In-ings. Deiiier still in th4se solitmh-s, aloof aud al most lo-r. live the shejiherds aud hPHlimen, each an - Alexander Selkirk icfti-Ni!cd in a great waste of gress or forest. Ouce a month they are visit ed and their rations ea tried . top them, bin for' 'the rst tliey live iu solitary exile, tlw only 'ompanioiis thelrjsheep. catt.l:! and dogs. Cut off from human Intercbmwe. they almost lose their fac ulty of speech and liecoine as witless as their sheep, or .e-atlle. And wlien they return to civilization for the short holiday that is allowed them it Is too probable that they hand In their .'cheque" for the half year' wages to the propi ietor of the shanty known as the "Ruh hotel," and stay there to drink it out. v - MONUMENT TO PHILIP GIXTER, Diseovery of Coal In . Pennsylvania 100 Years Ago. It is reported that a movement is on foot, ahl to lie lnaevked by Phila delphia coal men, to build at Summit Hill, near Mauch Chuuk. Pa., a mon imient of coal to the. memory of Philip G inter, wlio dfcscovered coal within a very hrt dista.iK'e of Summit Hill In Septemlier it was 100 years lnce tlinter maite this givat discovery. He tivtd in a rough cabin in tlie forest on tlie ; Mauch Chunk mountain. While in quest of game for life fam ily, whom ho had left at home wit h- or.-t fmxl if any klrnl. his foot struck a black stone. By tlie roadside not far from the town of Snmenit Hill he buHt. a tir of -.wood, and threwr iiieeco or the siqMsel kIoik; njout it. so tltat tlie emlierH miglit ' last longer while lie Wits roasting a fowl. He was surprised afier a little while to ee v atones gloW nud retain thel heat for ft long time. ' He carrlel a hit of the mw1 iKHiie and liurneil H tlH-re. Tlw few - nelghliors soon learwM of tlie eUscovcry. but there was .no mining to any extern in Car lton county turtll after the war of 1812 had liegun. ; HOUSES SCARCE IX RERLIX. City 'Obliged to Shelter Iarge Xum liers of Homeless PerjIe. Pirlln. like other great cities, is suf fering from overcrowding dne to the ibsenee of dwellings suitable for the constantly lucrcaing population. The municipal refuge for homeless people now stMiter a thousand more than ll average mimlx-r of inmates, says x Ilcrlin corresiiondent. : " .; The distress of tliese people is so great that the authorities projsis jo build premisei for the exclusive pur pise of storing the ftrrnltnre of th- crowded out, for Urns uiifort 1111:1 1 peopk though unable to tltid-a roof, earn money and . are, not without hottsclioid gooils. 1 . . Tlw crux of the matter I the Lick of small houses. The building trade prefer to erect huge and ratlx-r ex pensive edificeg, and- the rent of these are such as persons of small mean-? can not afford to pay. and yet tliei Berlin municipality spend every yearal"Mit;fonr minions sterling for the benefit of tlie poor and homeless. Aleanwhile the housing problem - is becoming more critical, and in reality constitute a, much more Important snb-ctthan even the Chinese situa tion. In other German town the n i ery of the crowdetl out i ttfit so acute but the growing serionsnes of the situation demands Immediate atten tion. Thus the municipality of Dns eldorf. on: of the richest towns ' In the empire., has just decided to raise live million sterling for building small and cheap houses for Hie work ing classes. .-',. ';-:-..';.," .,';.-,.:.; TwIce-a-Week Statesman fl a year,. i) j ... ' ' f J e . t . -"' mm for tlv- ". i ' , Twlce-a- eek Statesman ft a year A r.wmo;i C0LH1Y CASE AKUCjCD IN TUB SCPftKME COURT , :-; '- TESTERDAT. A T Jr of DUa4eat PsyaaeMt II id to I'orcataill th FercclMnr mt ' Mortcg . tFrom Dally Statesman, Dec.-5.) ,In tlie. Supreme Court, yesterday, the justice heard the case of Thomas Pomeroy, plaintiff and apiiellaiit. vs. . F. E. Woodward, ami Martha. A. Woodward,- relondents, ami Gibson 4 Meyers, defendant, an - aiMnil fnmi Marion N-ounty llpii. It. ; p. Boise, judge. . ' William M. Kaiser, and W. T. Slater appeared for aiK-llant, an.l John A;' Carm for respondent. A Ktateineut of the case Is as follows: ThW apiiellaiit, on ' May 17. l v.K " filtl hi etunidalut to forelose a mortgage given for a part ef the pur chase price of the premises descried iuthe e-omiilalnt. As matter of In ducement the plaintiff alleged in his complaint that prior to the makius of. the mortgage he was the owner in fit and iu possession of the . premise deserilied In the mortgage, and that lieing In fH'iug health he was per suade) aud induced byF. E. Wiod--'wainl. his .son-in-law, to convey over" to him by absolute deeil the title to said real premises, stating in tlie lcsl iliat the consideration therefor was -the uui of f2MiOaiid that iu payment of it said respondents.!-'. K. Woodward and his wife Martha A. Woodward, nPlellaut' elaughter. e.cutil th note and mortgage for the sum. of $154M ucl upon. 1 That at the same time to secure, therpayiiient of the re maining $5tu of the purchasi price nameil in said deed, they executed with apjieUant and his wife a con tract, irraetk-aliy for the. supisirt of aiiiellant and his wife. The court Im-. low, 011 resisuidents',, motion, stiiick out of plaint itTs complaint all of the matter referrd to as IndiKiMiiciit. Khowing that the iiurtgage was a piT chase nioney mortgage. The not sikhI niMiii is for the sum of -$l5mi payable "thirty dollars hnimally 011 He liftcemih tlay of Septemln'r, isiir, ism;, and 1807, aud $50 thereafter 011 tlie sauie date each suc-tH'ding year uutil his death: in the event of his dying' liefore Elizalieth. bis wiTe. the same will lie due ami payable-to her in like amounts and at the same dates, and after the death of lioth the balance will leeonie due ami payable to his lieirs-Without Interest." - 'rhe' Vh'femhiiits' Woislward and his wife had failed to pay any of the in stallments excepting the 'first one whh-h was pahl in Jautuiry. 1800. Ap Hllant askel for the omidete fore! -losure and the sale, 'of the -uiortgaKctl premise 40 jwy the principal sum f . said note ami Iiitrist uisui tlie pat due installments, and reliel uism the following clause of the mortgage '.for' his right to do o. "Sow if the sum of money due upon said instrmnent shall be paid accord- ing to the agreements therein ex pressed, this eonveyane liail 4m void, but In case default Is made in the paynieMit of the principal ir lntensl. as a love provided, then the party of tlie Keeoud part, his executors, ndmin In'trators. or assigns, ore hereby em powered to sell the premise above dese-rilied with all and every of the appurtenance or any iwirt thereof, in the manner "precrllet by law, and out of the money arising, together with the costs and charges of making such sale." . Appellant declining to amend his complaint after the allowance of .re spondent motion, respondent answer ed, and as new matter alleged, that the defendants were always able and willing to pay the moneys due moi sjtld note ami mortgage as the sam Infanw due. and the plaintiff was in debted to the defendant, F. E. West ward, in an amount exceeling tlie amount due. by the defendants uioii -said note and mortgage; but the plain tiff j took advantage of the fact that his iudebteilnes to the defendant. F. E. Woodward, was not credited uinui sajd note, and thereuion lwgan this suit .to foreiHose. the jinortgage men--tioned In the complaint herein. And the respondent also nlleginl that on the 8th of Juue. 1800, he tendered ! iriipidlant the fnll amount due usn the past due' Installments, ivlth inter est thereon from the date of maturity, and costs of said suit to that date, amounting In -nil to the sum or $14o. 75. - . Appellant movetl to strike out of n' spondent' answer nil of the meitter referring to their always lieing ready, able, and willing to pay the past -due installments, but that the ajipcllaiit r was owing the respondent more than the amount of said installments. The court overruled npicllaiit's mo tion to strike out. ami appellant and respondent stipulatiHl that the new' matter in resiKindent' answer should 1k consideretl ; a- icitically dim led. The eoin-t iirociinleil to take testimony, for which the court, found -that the said rcsiiondciit were-at the coin-, mencomcnt of this suit, ami upon the date or said tendr-r, lmlebtel to the apiiellant ; In the sum of 140.75. and that the respondents then teiidentl to . apjiellant sahl amount and liad inad iheir 4ald tender gMl by paring sai l amount Into: court at the time they answered: .that nton the trial of this -cause the said rsomlciits withdrew from the consideration of the court the issue- tendered by them in their answer to the . effect tliat lie plaintiff was indebte! to the defendant in an amount exceeding the sum due by the said respondents to appellant for the twst due Installments, and Interest ou sakl note. i On I lie t wenty-seeoiHl day of July. 1800. the court rendering its decree , d i reef ed therein that the money ten dered Into' court ; by - respondents, amount ing to $140.75. lie paki to ap pellant, and gave said! respondents "" iudgoienf nirinst a-ntMliant for their f-osts ami dislmrsement sime the 8th day of July. 1800. the date of said tender, taxed and allowed at the sum of $17.0O. from which Judgment and decree this appeal '! taken. . - DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CURED BY using Acker' Dyspepsia. 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