Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 31 March 1899 — Page 4
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FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1899.
MISAOTHROPES who are preparing double-leaded screams concerning the condition of the dear people, for use in the coming political campaigns, would do well to investigate as to the exact-date when the necessities and comforts of life, suc.h as food, clothing and household requirements, were cheaper, or when people were more generally employed and at better wageB than now. It is an easy thing to make aigeneral charge of unsatis factory conditions, and there has never been a time of such prosperity in the country but 'that a class have been eternally bewailing the bard times but when were any of these conditions «e to cheapness of articles required, general demand for labor, or rate of wages paid more satisfactory than at present?
&BOBETARY WILSON, of thiB depart ment of agriculture, although deprecating the fact of -.the charges against the character of beef furnished the troops in Porto Rico, the bad- reputa tion abroad which the inquiries are giving to American beef and the harm which this is doing to our export trade in thiB farm product, states that of course no attempt will be made to Bhield offenders. The matter is being and will be thoroughly investigated, every fact concerning the beef will be gathered, from the beef on the hoof to the consumption of -the meat, and any parties found guilty will be brought to justice. The secretary, jealous of the foreign trade which has been built up for American meats and other pro ducts, is naturally hopeful that the good name of our meat shall not be smirched: but the government investigation now going on looks somewhat dubious.
THIS IN-COME TAX.
Because the income tax law passed by a Democratic congress a few years ago was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court and generally condemned by the people because of its crudeness and manifest inequalities, it does not necessarily follow that the general principle of the income tax is wrong, nor that an equitable tax of this kind could not be framed. This is a favorite method of taxation in Europe and frequently takes the form of a graduated income tax. The New York Journal says: "The British government is collecting income taxes on the entire revenues of British corporations owning -American breweries, even when the stock is largely held by Americans who have never been in England. Every person or company within reach of the British tax-gatherer has to help shoulder the public burdens of the kingdom unless exempted by poverty. If John Rockefeller were in England he would have to pay, in addition to all his other taxes, an income tax of 8% per cent., which on an income of 818,000,000 would amount to $400,000 a year. The British income tax produces over 860,000,000 a year, with not more than two-thirds the national wealth of the United States to draw upon. Mr. W. W. Astor pays the British exchequer a tax on the rentals of his New York houses, although he pays none to the government of the country that takes care of them. "In Germany the income tax increases by six graduations. Beginning at 1.7 per cent, on incomes of 8400, it rises to 4 per cent, on incomes of $25,000 and over. If Mr. Rockefeller were a German he would pay an income tax of $480,000 a year, in addition to his other taxes, and those other taxes would all be paid—not dodged. "On any theory of taxation, income taxes ought to be progressive, increas ing in rate as well as in amount as the income increases. If we hold that taxes ought to be proportioned to the benefits received from government, it needs no argument to show that the chief beneficiarieB are the men who •re protected by the government in the possession of enormous fortunes that would vanish in a day if that guardianship were withdrawn. "If we try to secure equality of sacrifices it is manifest that a million dollars a year deducted from an income of te^ millions represent less sacrifice than a dollar taken from a man who lias to go without meat for a week to pay it. lit we base our taxes on 'faculty.' as most professors of finance now think we should, it is obvious that the man with the 810,000,000 in-
come is much better able to pay a tax
of a million than the mar. who is earning 86 a week is to pay a dollar. There need be no 'burden of taxation' in America, for in a country as rich as thiB all the revenue needed can be collected from the people who will not feel its payment. But if we hire soldiers and judges to protect great fortunes, and then make paople without anything pay for supporting them, we may expect to hear complaints."
AT THE COURT HOUSE.
Marriage License.
Wm. M. Kerby and Fannie M. Per Binger. Robert L. Tapp and Effie May Willoughby.
Probate Court.
Jacob F. Guntle has been appointed administrator of the estate of Hugh McOormick.
J. Newton Fullenwider has been appointed administrator of the estate of Mrs. Harriet N. Milligan.
CIRCUIT COURT.
In the matter of A. S. Fraley. Petition for ditch. Petition to dismiss remonstrance denied.
Oity vs. Susan E. Wallace. Appeal. Dafendant asks new trial. Judge J. V. Kent allowed 815 for services as special judge.
Silas Hiatt et al. vs. town of DarlingtoD. Complaint. Finding for plaintiffs.
Samuel Cunningham et al. vs. Nelson Cunningham et al. To quiet title. Judge West refuses to try case and upon agreement of all parties it is ordered that Judge. J. V. Kent, of Clinton county court, be called to the bench.
Weller Manufacturing Co. vs. J. W. McCardle. On account. Court renders judgment for defendant on verdict of jury heretofore returned.
Wm. Hawker vs. 'Clover Leaf R. Appeal. Judgment for plaintiff for $40 damages rendered on verdict of jury.
First National |Bank vs. Howard Dewey. On note. Plaintiff allowed 850.
Emma Frantz vs. Emma Frame et al. Petition. Commissioners report. Nancy Brant vs. Chas. Berry et al. Partition. Deed and sale of real estate ordered set aside and same ordered solS againjat private sale.
Sarah E. Clark vs. J. M. Lofltnd et al. Partition. Dismissed. Chas. Lidikay vs.|W. F. Batman. Injunction. Ordered that cause be redocketed.
Jane Stout vs. Angeline Rem ley et al. Complaint. Motion for new trial overruled and judgments rendered for defendant?. Plaintiff appeals to supreme court.
Milo Baughman vs. J. O. Dingmin et al. On lien. Dismissed. George JE. Grimes, cashier, vs. Thos. J. Brown and Richard F. King. On note. Dismissed.
Court adjourns until April term.
New -Suits.
Tailors' Union vs. Jere M. Ward. On note. Jas. H. White, administrator, Simpson Montgomery vs. Chas. A. Taylor. On note.
Wm. Lewallen vs. Ezra Voris. Appeal Eugene Duplissis vs. Mary V. Gilbert et al. On chattel mortgage.
John M. Schultz et al. vs Geo. W. Smith et al. On note. Crawfordsvilie B. L.~ F. & S, A. vs. John Campbell et al. Foreclosure.
Chicago Markets.
Furnished by T. A. Bryant, commission merchant over direct and private wire. RoomB, 3 and 4 Ramsey Block, opposite city hall.
Wheat—Opening High Low Close. May. 78 74^ 72!* 78« July 72S£ 74k! 72% 73
Corn-
May. 06 96y 85% 36 July ..36% 36JS 8614 86% OatsMay 26% 27 26 26?i July 26% 20 25« 25b%
Pork-
May 9.22 9.22 9 15 9.15 LardMay 6.82 5 82 5.27 5.30
Kibs-
May 4.77 4.80 4 75 4.75 Receipts—Wheat 46, corn 139, oats, 167 hogs, 26,000 cattle, 8,000 sheep, 10,000 .Estimates, wheat 40, corn 145, oats 140 hogs, 28,000.
Mixed 8.60 @8.82 Light 3.60 @8.80 Heavy 3.75 @3.90 g% Hough 3.55 @8 70
Local Markets.
Crawfordsvilie dealers were paying the folowlng prices for produce yesterday: Wheat per bushel .". Oorn, 68 pounds Oats, Timothy Hay, Butter Bg(rs .. Hens. Spring Chicks Old Turkey toms young Turkey hens Ducks Geese Cocks Side Meat Lard per pound
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30@32 26@28 0@7 12^ 10
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$100 lie-ward, $100.
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SCHOOL. LAWS' MEANING-
Graduates of the Stmte Normal School Xot Eligible to Office of County Superintendent Until They Take an
Examination.
According to an opinion of the at-torney-general to Frank li. Jones, the state superintendent of public instruction, graduates of the Indiana State Normal school are not eligible to the office of county superintendent until they have taken an examination, the same as other applicants. The law provides that the qualifications for county superintendent shall be a "thirty-six months'license, or a life, or professional license to teach in the public schools of the state." It is also provided by the law that diplomas from the State Normal school Bhall be considered sufficient evidence of qualification to teach in any of the -schools of the state. Mr. Jones asked the at-torney-general, "Shall the State Normal diploma be refined as a life license., and thus make the 'holder eligible to the county superintendency?"
In his opinion the attorney-general sticks to the explicit language of the law. "No person shall be eligible to, or shall hold the office of county superintendent,*' he says, "unless he hold at the time of his election a thirty-six months' license, or life, or professional license to teach. It is my opinion that this means that the actual license must be held to make a candidate eligible to office under the act, and that nothing which is simply evidence of qualification to teach can take the place of the license distinctly required by the statute."
NEW ROSS.
Wm. Joseph will move to Advance in a few days. Mrs. T. A. Adkine., who has been eick for some days, is better.'
Mrs. Wheeler returned home from a visit in the south part 1 the Btate last Monday.
C. E Johnson and Fred Gott left last Monday to attend the slate normal spring term.
Mrs. Carrie Truman, of Thorntown, is the gueBt of her brother, Vory Mc Laughnn, and wife.
George Sperry has bought the forty acre farm of Wm. Harshbarger, three miles south of here.
John ilouth is preparing to build a new barn on his farm. The material arrived here Tuesday.
Emery Graves has bought his drug store back from Wm. Joseph, to whom he sold it one year ago.
Mrs. J. C. Eddingfield is very poorly this week Irom the effects of the rupture of a blood vessel of the lungs.
J. N. Vannice and family were called to Wm. Vannice's, near Whitesville, by the death of their child. Interqpent was Tuesday.
Mrs. Thompson and son Wilbur, of Pittsboro, visited her daughter,1 Mrs. R. F. King, from Saturday till Wednesday. Master Rpbert accompanied them home -•bii
L. E. Murry has returned to his series of meetings at New Ross after mak ing his regular appointment at Plain field last Sunday. The meetings will continue over the coming Sunday.
The average daily attendance for the term in the primary department of our school was 38 5-6. Four pupils, Edna and John JoneB, Floyce Emmert and Fred Morrison, were neither absent nor tardy during the term.
C. E. Johnson closed ia second successful term of school at Greenwood last Friday. An interesting programme was rendered. On behalf of the members of the school Burton Sparks presented the teacher an elegant gold pen.
Milt Hankins, of Crawfordsvilie, was here Saturday. Mr. Hankins has the contract for the brick work on our new school house. The new building will be 60 feet 8 inches long by 49 feet 2 inches wide. In the center of the front there will be a tower three stories high and will rise 12 feet higher than the main part of the building. The corridors will be in the front side of the building and will be eight feet wide. The basement will be used as a fuel room and the buildinir will be heated by two furnaces. The lot on which this building will be erected contains 3.63 acres and cost 8400, instead of 8500, as reported previously.^
NEW MARKET.
Mrs Hannah Busenbark is very sick again. Albert Seaman is the proud papa of a boy.
Our saw mill is not running for want of logs. There are several cases of measles around town.
Miss May Lawrence, our new trim mer, is here. Mrs. Zenia Wray has received her new spring millinery.
James Caplinger made 150 gallons of molasses from 200 trees. Dr. Hutchings, of Crawfordsvilie, has the Servies farm.
Mre. Jasper Hall has been very badly scalded, but is getting along real well.
Some of the wheat in this locality is looking very bad The farmers fear it is damaged.
Mrs. Maggie Grider, of Lapland, spent Wednesday with Geo. Sweet,who ia Btill very sick.
Several of the Rathbone Sisters went to Ladoga Monday night to help organize a lodge there.
The play "Uncle Josh," from Ladoga, waB well attended, appreciated by everyone, and therefore a success.
LAPLAND.
Lou Day moved into the Thos. Hicks house last Thursday. W. L. Smith went to Indianapolis Wednesday on business.
James Bades and wife, of Darlington, spent last Thursday with Fred Kinkaid and family.
Mes. Gale James and little daughter, Thelma, of Anderson, visited at G. W. James' last Wednesday and Thursday.
Mies Maude James went toTerre Haute Wednesday, where she will attend school this spring. She was accompanied by her father.
Our school closed
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Thursday
evening, fiome of the little "folks Baid speeches, after which all -were entertained by
gramaphone.
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Miss Queen Burgess, who has just returned from Terre Haute, where she has been attending school, is visiting relatives in this locality
thiB
week.
Harley Caplinger, who has been attending college at Crawfordsvilie, visited relatives in this locality Saturday and Sunday, returning to his home in Marshall Monday.
JAMESTOMN.
Dr. Benefiel, of Crawfordsvilie, was here'Monday. 01 Kelly is able to be out again after a severe attack of lung fever.
George Duncan and Mrs. Hinton were married at Lebanon last week. Howard Roberts has the foundation of his house ready for the carpenters.
Our telephone plant will be put in right away with the central at John Huber's restaurant.
George Hochstedler will move to Ridgeville the first of April, where he will work in an elevator.
Elmer Smith went to Indianapolis Monday, where he purchased
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household goods. He has bought the house vacated by his brother and will move soon.
The Rathbone Sisters gave a poverty social at the K. of P. hall Thursday evening which was largely attended. The programme consisted of recitations, vocal duets, readings for the good of the order, and a Brownie drill which was excellent. Light refreshments were served and all left wishing the Rathbones prosperity.
WAVE LAND.
Rev. Sholty is very ill. There are-five more weeks of school. Flora McKee is visiting at Remington. v:l
Mort Butcher is running a huckster wagon. Mr. Carpenter has a son visiting him from Cincinnati.
Chas. Scott and wife spent Monday in Crawfordsvilie. James Conway is out again after a long tussle with the grip.
Jones Bros, will open up a restaurant in C. B. Taylor'B building. Charlea Spencer has opened up his stock of goods and is now ready for business.
A. J. Wolfe has traded his residence property to J. Y. Durham for his Sugar Creek farm.
Mr. Tapp and Effie Willoughby were married last Wednesday evening at the home of the bride.
The saw mill
haB
6but down on ac
count of having no logs. The roads are too bad to haul them. The truant officer was here last week but he needs to come again from the number of lads that are out of school.
POSSUM RIDGE.
Harry Davis iB all smiles—its a boy. Luna Bayless has moved on his father's farm.
Will Bayless WBS in this community Monday buyiog cattle. Fred Whittiogton spent Sunday with Jame's Todd and family.
Orvilie Servies and wife have moved on a farm east of Brown's Valley. A free telephone line is being put in from Possum Ridge to New Market.
Mr. Burk purchased a stack of hay of Ransom Vancleave and hauled it Monday and Tuesday.
Molasses making is a thing of the past. Most of the farmers quit making before the season was half over, having all they wanted.
Our school will close April 7 and there will be an entertainment given on Saturday night, April 8, and a big time is expected. Music will be furnished by the Vancleave string band, A play consisting of three acts will constitute only a portion of the enter, trainment. Everybody iB invited.
RURAL ROUTE NO. 3. Mrs Robert Reynolds iB very poorly. The
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on the route
pairing.
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Miss Bertha Peterson left Monday for Nebraska. Mrs. Andrew Chambers visited her parents Friday.
Otis Linn is home from college for a week's vacation. Edward Brown was in Crawfords: vilie on business Friday.
CyruB Thompson is improving his farm with new wire fencing. John Saidia, of Crawfordsvilie,transacted business here Monday.
The threshing ring held a meeting at Wm. Clark's Friday night. Cyrus Thompson has turned his sugar camp over to the Morris brothers.
Robert Reynolds was the first man to begin plowing in this neighborhood. Friday being the last day of school at Center a good programme was rendered in the afternt on.
Harry Ward, Mabel Hall, Charles Clark and Jane Ward spent Sunday with Homer ChamberB.
CUBAN JUNGLES-
The sick are improving. The wheat is badly frozen. Milt Doss has been ditching for W. D. Peebles
Mary and Billy Bryant spent Sunday with home folks. Several from here attended services at Garfield Sunday evening.
Frank GraveB iB hauling corn for his father-in-law, John Holloway. Henry Wilson, of Owen county, spent one night last week with Frank GraveB.
Linnis Fruits spent Saturday night and Sunday with Ed Williamson, near Oakland.
Otis Hall, who has been attendin school at Wabash, has quit and wil? work on his mother's farm.
Mr. and Mrs. John Keys, of near Lebanon, spent last week with their daughter. Mrs. Jonathan Fruits.
FIGHHHG AT SAIOA
American ami British Warships Shell and Burn Native Villages.,
MATAAFA AND HIS GHIEFS
Defied the Treaty—Ultimatum Sent to the Alleged King Who Commenced the Attack—German Consul Rose
Discouraged the Natives Returning to Tlieir Homes.
Auckland, March 80.—Advices from Apia, Samoa, dated March 28, are to the effect that after an ultimatum to Mataafa's tribesmen had been ignored and the rebels had begun an attack in the direction of the American and British consulates, the American cruiser Philadelphia and the British cruiser Porpoise opened fire on the distant villages. Several shore villages were burned, and there were a number of casualties among the American and British sailors and marines. It is impossible te estimate the number of natives killed.
The bombardment has continued intermittently for eight days. Several •villages have been burned, and there have been a number of casualties among the American and British sailors and marines.
As Mataafa and his chiefs, constituting the provisional government, continued to defy the treaty after the arrival of the Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz summoned the varioxis consuls and the senior naval ofifioers to a conference on board the Philadelphia, when the whole situation was carefully canvassed. The upshot was a resolution to dismiss the provisional government, and Admiral Kautz issued a proclamation calling upDn Mataafa and his chiefs to return to iheir homes.
Mataafa evacuated Mulinuu, the town he had made his headquarters, and went Into the interior.
Herr Rose, the German consul at Apia, issued a proclamation supplementing the one he had issued several weeks before, upholding the provisional government. As a result of this the Mataafans assembled in large force and hemmed in the town.
The British cruiser Royalist brought the Malietoa prisoners from the islands to which thoy had been transferred by the provisional government.
The Americans then fortified Mulinuu, where 22,000 Malietoans took refuge, ^lie rebels—the adherents of Mataafa— barricaded the roads within the municipality and seized the British houses.
An ultimatum was then sent to them, ordering them to evacuate and threatening them, in the eve£fc of refusal, with a bombardment to commence at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of March 15. This was ignored and the rebels commenced an attack in the direction of the United States and British consulates, about half an hour before the time fixed for the bombardment. Tile Philadelphia, Porpoise and Royalist opened lire upon the distant villages. There was great difficulty locating the enemy, owing to dense forests, but several shore villages were soon in flames.
A defective shell from the Philadelphia exploded near the American consulate, and the marines outside, narrowly escaped. A fragment struck the leg of Private Rudge, shattering it so badly as to necessitate amputation. Another fragment traversed to the German consulate, smashing the crockery. The Germans then went on board the German cruiser Falke.
During the night the rebels made a hot attack on the town, killing three British sailors. A British marine wasshot in the leg by a sentry of his own party, another was shot in the foot and an American sentry was killed at his post.
The bombardment'eontinuing, the inhabitants of the town took refuge on board the Royalist, greatly crowding the vessel. Mauy people are leaving Samoa, the captain of the Royalist urging them to go, so as not to interfere with the military operations.
The Porpoise has shelled the villages east and west of Apia and captured many boats.
The Americans and British are fighting splendidly together, but there is a bitter feeling against the Germans.
Two men, a British and a German subject, have been arrested as spies. The bombardment of the jungle was for a time very hot.
News at Washington.
"Washington, March 30.—The news from Samoa that the United States cruiser Philadelphia and the British cruisers Porpoise and Royalist had bombarded the towns held by Mataafa, who has thus l'ar had the official support of the German government came with startling suddenness to officials here and displaced for the time being the attention given to the fighting around Manila. The shelling of Mataafa was looked upon as of secondary importance, but the deepest iuterest attaches to the attitude of the German government.
GOLD DISCOVERY
Quartz Assaying $32 a Ton Found at Victoria, B. G. Victoria, B. O., March 30.—Gold bearing quartz assaying as high as |32 a ton has been found on the water front of this city. The vein has been traced a considerable distance and is belieyed to extend under the water.
A* Strike .Ended.
Bloomington, .Ills.,,. March 80.—The strike of 300 miners of the McLean County Coal company, has been settled, the operators Advancing the rate for mining 5 cents 'per ton...
ROWENA LEE
CAIRO (lLIiS.) STEAMER SINKS IN MID-STREAM.
On'y the Captain and One of the yCrew, Out of Fifty People, Escape 1 nstant Death—Explosion the Cause.
New Madrid, Mo., March 30.—The Steamer Rowena Lee, with about 31 passengers aboard besides her crew' exploded opposite Tyler, Mo., late yesterday afternoon and immediately sank: with all on board except Captain George Oarvell and one of the crew.
The steamer left Cairo with 10 passengers aboard, bound for Memphis. At Caruthersville, Mo., she landed and took aboard 15 more passengers. It isestiniated that, with passengers and crew, she then had aboard about 50 people. She made the next landing at Tyler, Mo., and at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoou backed into midriver from Tyler to proceed on her journey.
The steamer had just reached the middle of the river when she suddenly stopped and lurched as if a snag had been struck. The next moment the boat parted in the middle,, a volume of steam and debris arose and the detonation of an explosion thundered over the water.
The river is running very high and the steamer immediately sank with all on board but the captain and one of the crew. They clung to wreckage and were saved bv boats. ... .......
5 BANK CASHIER
Harry T. Armstrong of Mempliis Arrested oil Serious Charges. Memphis, March 30.—Harry T. Armstrong, cashier of the Continental National bank, has been arrested by United States Marshal Baker on a warrant I based on the complaint of District Attorney George Randolph and charging Armstrong with making false entries as to the loans and discounts of the bank and making a false report as to the amount of overdrafts due the bank with a purpose to deceive the controller of thecurrency, and with intent to defraud the Continental bank of Memphis and to deceive the president and directors of the bank and auy agents that might hereafter be appointed by the controllerof the currency to examine the affairs of the bank.
Will Keoeive no Attention. Washington, March 30.—Some attention was paid to the campaign of the troops in the Philippines at the cabinet meeting yesterday, and the adminirtration is confident of the capture of Malolos, the insurgent capital,.in a few days. ',** The arrival here of delegates from the Cuban assembly was touched upon, and the discussion brought a reiteration of the conclusion to pay no attention to their demands. It is fete that the assembly delegates represent a.disturbing element, and that under no circum-
stances would they be formally received by this government.
Trade With China and Japan. San Fmnci sco, March 80.—The British steamer Ettrickdale arrived yesterday 'from Hong-Kong and Tokoham" with a cargo for the Pacific Mail Steamship company, but no passengers. TheEttrickdale will take back a cargo of cotton. She reports there is so mucli. freight in the Orient and here for transportation that the steamship lines can
scarcely handle it. The market for all goods in China and Japan has increased to an extent that the English are seriously alarmed river trade conditions. iri
Regisii-c-i'etl Voters.
The Rowan Damaged.
Seattle, Wash., March30.—The Times says the United States torpedobont =. Rowan, now at Port Orchard naval station, ha's been badly damaged by unexperienced handling of her engines. The nature and extent of her injuries are not given.
BRIEF DISPATCHES.
M'.ssouri legislature has passed a bill, making the contract rate of interest 7 per'cont.
Strike of ti velvet weavers at Crefeld, Germany, lias been settled by an Increase in wages.
Rev. John McQuaid. well known Nebraska Methodist Episcopal divine, is dead of appendicitis.
Formal orders retiring Rear Admiral Robeson under the provision of the personnel act have been issued.
A 10-inch breachloading rifle at the proving grounds at Sandy Hook, N. Y., burst its breach while being tested and killed two men.
The Ontario (Can.) legislature hits passed a retaliatory tax against insurance companies having headquarters in the United States.
Pegleg Brown, captured at Port Huron, Mich., and taken to England for the murder of a London policeman, has been sent. enced to be hanged May 17.
The following Kentucky distilleries* have been taken into the oomb ne:. Nelson county, J. P. Rippey, Commonwealth, J. G. Matt-lngly, E. D. Miles, N«w Hope, William Tarr, John Cochran, Latonia and Warwiok.
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Chicago, March 30 —The registered. list of voters qualified to cast ballots at next.Tuesday's municipal election was completed last "night, showing a total revised registration of 360,829. This is but 17,000 under the registration for thepresidential election of 1896. It is estimated that about 310,000 or 315,000 ij votes will be cast Tuesday. IJ
Valuable Brood Mare Dead. Lexington, Ky„ March 30.—The valuable brood mare, Narka, by MacDuff, property of T. C. McDowell, died at Ashland yesterday. She was thedam of Sprituelle-Flying, daughter of Spokane, which .won a number of stakes last year and was one of the best 2-year-olds in the west.
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