Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 46, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 March 1897 — Page 3

NEW STATE LAWS. of the Work Done by the Indiana Legislature. Place* iso Mi isurci cm the Statatc Are of Great la* portanre—Seven Vetoes by the Governor. More bills weie passed bj the Sixtieth general assembly of Indiana than by any of its predecessors in 20 years. I>uring the session the governor vetoed teeven measures, and upon six of these his vetoes were sustained, always in the branch in which they originated. The Adazns-Jay epurt bill was the only vetoed measure that got through. The vetoes sustained were the Howard-Tip-ton court bill. Grant superior court bill, . the pharmacy bill, the Heron will bill, the bill legalizing settlements of county treasurers under the 1379 law and the Horner ditch, bill. Below is a list of the measures past and approved, except the . Appropriations: > I.abor LegcislMtlwB. The prison law provides that the contract prison labor In the state prisons and reformatories be abolished, and thit the hoard of directors of the state penal and reformatory institutions are hereby authorized to establish as soon as practicable the public accounts system, to Institute in sail prisons an industrial and labor system by which the convicts shall be employed at such trades and vocations as will be required to supply the institution as nearly as possible with all necesaary articles of prison consumption, or as will, in the judgment ofthedtrectors. be expedient and wise. The regular hours for day work In said prison snail not exceed eight hours, subject to temporary change under necessary or to fit special cases to be sanctioned by the directors. In the event of more articles being produced than are needed to supply said Institutions. such surplus shall be furnished to such ether state institutions as may need the same at the usual market price for Which such articles'are sold in the locality where such other institutions may be located. It shell be unlawful from and after the passage of this act to hire out und**r contract any of the convicts confined In the state penal and reformatory institutions. It shall be the duty of the board of directors of the state penal and reformatory Institutions to institute such instructions of an educational and technical character as In their judgment is to the best Interests of the Inmates.

i ii im i.a our The factory inspection law provide* fot the appointment by the governor, with the consent of the senate, of a factory Inspector. at a salary of S1.H9 a year, who may. with the consent of the governor, appoint an assistant at a salary of $1,000 a jreAr. This inspector is given charge and oversight of all manufacturing establishments In the *ta?e. Theact ferbidstheemployment of ary boy under 16 or any woman under IS in any factory for more than ft) hours in any one week, ana forbids the employment in any manufacturing establishment of any child under the age of li. And children between the ages of 14 and 16 can only be employed during the vacation of the public schools, or after they have learned to read and write. The* law forbids the manufactunof garments or rigars In •■sweatshops." providing that no room or rooms in any tenement or dwelling house shall be used for the manufacture of such articles by anybody except members of the family living therein. Arbitration of Disputes. The arbitration law creates a board of arbitration composed of two labor commissioners and the Judge of the circuit court where the dispute arises. The commissioners are appointed by the governor, and hold office for two years. One of the commissioners must, for at least ten years of his life, have worked for w ages and shall be. at the time he is appointed, affiliated with the labor interests. The other shall have been at least ten years an employer of labor in some similar department of industry, and shall be. when appointed, affiliated with the interests pf the employers. The commissioners are to offer their services as mediators in case of any strike, lockout, boycott or other labor complication. and endeavor to get the parties to submit their differences to arbitration. The commissioners and the judge of the circuit court of the county where the difficulty arises are to form a board of arbitration. If an agreement in writing is made to submit the differences to this board of arbitration the employer and employes •halt have a hearing before the board, which has power to subpoena witnesses. If the parties refuse to submit to arbitration the commissioners shall investigate the trouble, and make a report thereon, which shall be published for general distribution. I'roiertlBS the Misers. A law in the Interest of miners makes it unlawful for anvone to serve as mine boss, hoistvr. engineer or fire boss, without a certificate of competency from the state mine inspector. The act further provides that wherever ft is reiH-rted to the mine Inspector that a mine Is In an unsafe condition he shall order it made safe, and all work shall he suspended sntil the order is Compil'd with. Another act provides for the construction of exit* aft‘*r mines have been worked a certain distance, ar.d for keeping these exits clear. Halloing mil I.oww Hill. The first section of this measure changes the cost of incorporating building and loan associations, making the fee to be collected ] by the s» * retary of state five dollars upon every $3>u*« of capital stock. Section 2 abolishes the expense fund and withdrawal fees ar.d ItiAits membership fees to St cents on $H«. and gives the association the right to set a«ide a contingent fund not to Oaceed five per cent, of the assets. Section 3 prwia- s a form of statement that must be lurmshed stockholders,*aeh year Section 4 taxes prepaid and laid up stock Just as other credits of individuals arttaxed Section 5 provides for the with- | draws! of stock upon three months' notice. If the w tihdrawai Is made after one year stockholders are entitled to all he has paid in and all dividends and profits thereon except such part as may have been transferred to the contingent fund. Sections 6 and 7 provide that no director shall be surety upon the bond of an officer of the association. Section > provides a ! method of going into liquidation. Section 9 makes it competed for the borrower and ; the_association to agree upon premium Section Id provides that failure of a for- ) eign association to have complied with the laws of the state doe* not e*top stockholders from recovering their rights or ! the receiver from bringing suit necessary to liquidate.

Ttar Antt-Truat L«w. The anti-trust law provides that all arrangement*. contracts, agreements, trusts or combinations between persons or corporations. who control th® output of any article of merchandise, made with a view to lessen or which tends to le*sen full, free 'Competition Ln the importation or sale o' articles Imported Into the state, shall be ! unlawful and. void. A \iclation of the act shall operate*as a forfeiture of right to do business, and the persons who. either for themselves or a* agents of any other person or corporation, violate the act. may be punished by a fine of from WOO to ana imprisonment In the penitentiary, from one to ten years. Persons damaged by such a combination may sue for and recover from the member* of the trust the full consideration which he paid for the goods that he purchased. Iwawranee Legislation. The roost important insurance legislation was the McCord bill repealing that section of the old lav which Imposed a penalty •f ten per cent, upon home fire insurance companies for failure to adjust and pay losses within ft) daysAnother insurance bill provides for the organisation of class mutuals In various tines of trade. Another bill for the relief of home stock companies broadens their •cope so that they can Insure against other calamities besides fire, such as cyclone. Another bill broadens the scope of the farmers* live stock mutuals. Another bill completes the list of insurance legislation. This is for the organisation and regulation of assessment life and accident companies, and provides that any number of persons not loss than five may form an association to do life, accident, or both life and acci dent business on the assessment plan. The age Umlt of applicants for poltcies ts fixed at C years. Annual reports are to be made to the auditor, and all associations are subject to examination by him.

Sale of Clvarettea. The anti-cigarette law as it goe* upon the statute books makes it unlawful for any corporation. Arm or person to sell, --r. furnish or give away, directly or ly, to any minor, any cigarette, e wrappers, or substitute for either, rocure for. or persuade, advise, or compel any child under the age smoke a cigarette. A violation of is to be punished by a fine of from __„ ,j0. and a second offense may be fined net more than 1500. to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 00 days. of a the HO to Another measure was the pure food law. which declares all adulterations of food products, can goods, provisions, etc., unlawful and fixes penalty for such adulteration and for exposing such adulterations for sale. It does not permit health officers, howevjer, to open cans and examine goods at will. The measure also applies to the adulteration of drugs. legislative Apportionment. The most important political legislation was the'passage of a legislative apportionment act, built upon-I 1-„ by the supreme court in its decisions. It apportions the senators and representatives as follows, each of the districts named being entitled to one unless otherwise noted: Senatorial districts—Posey-Gibson, Vanderburg. Vanderburg-Warrick-Pike. Snen-cer-Perry-Crawtord, Dubols-Davless, Har-rison-|Floyd, Washington-Jackson. Clark-Beott-jJennings. Jefferson-Ripley-Switier-tand, ! F ranklin'Dearborn-Ohio. Bartholo-mew-lDecatur. Greene, Monroe-Brown, Lawr^nce-Martln-Orange, Knox-Sullivan, Vigo. Vlgo-Parke-Vermillion. Clay-Owen, Putmjim-Montgomery, Hendricks-Boone. Markin (3), Marion-Morgan. Johnson-Shel-by. Medison. Madison-Hancock-Rush, Ilenr>-Fayette-l’nion. Wayne. RandolphJay. Delaware. Hamilton-Tipton. Grant, Gran:-Blackford-Wells. Allen, AllenAdanis. liuntington-Whltley, Wabash-Ful-ton. Miami-Howard. Clinton-Carroll. Tippecanoe. Fountain-Warren-Benton. New-ton-Jasper-White. Cass-Pulaski. Lake-Por-ter. I .a port e-Starke. St. Joseph. MarshallKusciusko. Elkhart. La Grange-Noble, Steuponville-DeKalb. Representative districts—Posey. Vanderburg «2», Gibson. Knox. Vanderburg-G!h-son-Kndx. Warrick. Spencer. Perry-C rawford.! Harrison, Floyd. Clark, Floyd-Clark-Washington. Scott-Jennings, Jefferson. OhlofSwitxeriand. Dearborn. Ripley. Jackson. Pike, I^iwrence Martin-Orange, Dubois- , Daviess. Sullivan. Greene, Monro*'liroya. Bartholomew. Decatur, FrankllnI'nlon. Rush. Shelby. Johnson. Morgan, day Clav-Owen. Vigo <2>. Vigo-Vermil-Mon. Parke. Putnam. Hendricks. Marion (7t, Marion-Har.coek. Henry, Wayne. Wayne-Fayette, Randolph. Jay. RandolphJay- Blackford. Delaware (2). Madison (2). Hamilton. B6one. Montgomery, Madtson-llatnllton-Boone-Montgomrry. Fountain. Tlpisnanoe. Clinton, Clinton-Tippecanoe. Carrjll, Grant (2). Howard, Miami. Wabash, Huntington. Grant-Howard-Miami-Wabash-Huntington. Wells. Adams. Allen (3). Kosciusko, Kosciusko-Whitley. Cass, Cass-Fulton, Whtte-Pulaski, BentonNew ton. laike. I*ake-Jasper. Porter, Laporte, Laporte-Starke. Marshall, St. Joseph (2). Elkhart (2). Noble. DeKalb, La Grartge-Steuben. Another apportionment act passed is an act regaling the apportionment law of ISSS, which was the only one left standing by the decisions of the supreme court. Ballot l,nw Amendment*.

Xekt in imj»ortanre m political legislation 1* the'act amending: the ballot law The device at the top1 of each list of names on the ballot, instead of being Inclosed in a square, is to be surrounded by a circle and (the words: “To vote a straight ticket make an X within one circle and not elsewhere.’' There will be a small square at the left of each name on the ballot, and a mixed ticket will be voted by making a I crosi* opposite the name of each person voted for But Instead of using a rubber stamp and ink, the voter will mark his ticket with a blue pencil that will be furnished by the election officers. The arrangement of the tickets of the several political parties is not changed. The law also provides that no candidate’s name shall be placed on the ballot more than' once, and requires that any candidate nominated by more than one political party shall make and file with the proper election commissioners his election In writing, projierly signed and acknowledged, stating which nomination he accepts. Unless he files this election before the time arrives for printing the ballots, the election eommlsirioners shall choose for him on which ticket his name shall be placed. Any candidate wishing to resign shall file his resignation In writing with the officer with whom the certificate of his nomination was filed within three days after the filing of such certificate, and at least S> days if the nonjilnation be for a state office or 15 days if fOr a county office, before the election. It is rtiade an offense punishable by a fine of froin $5 to I1Q0 and imprisonnjent In the county Jail for not more than 80 days for anv member of an election board to permit! a voter to prepare his ballot In a booth on which the screen has not been so arranged as to shield the preparation of the ballot .from observation. A supplementary act was passed further amending the law so (that it Is possible for the township trujstee to api*>int election officers from without the precinct In case one of the parties entitled to representation had not sufficient men within the precinct to complete,a list of election officers. Beards of Control. tother political measure restcres the intment of the directors of the state n to the governor, another restores m the appointment of the statehouse ieer, and another bill changes the od of selecting boards for the state colent institutions and provides for government by boards of three, aped by the governor, no more than members of any one board being of ame political party. v Other Political Bill*. t[»ne bill requires that in taking a poll the person questioned must answer truthfully how many male persons inhabit the premises, whether or not they are of voting age and how long they have resided inTthat particular place, but they need not answer as to the politics of these people Another bill reorganises the metropolitan police boards in eleven cities. Its main effect was to oust the existing police boards in 1-Ilk hart. South Bend. Muncle. Anderson. Terre Haute. Richmond. New Albany. Jeffersonville. 1-afayette. I.ogansport and Michigan City and require the governor to appoint new boards with no more than two from the same political party. The last of the political legislation was the Fort Wavne charter bill, so amending the- charter cf that city that all councilman shall be elected frpm the wards instead of having a portion of them elected at large. Prison Reform.

ds n* legislature p&ssea nve oms tor me Her treatment of prisoners. The most iportant of these ts the law converting what was formerly the Prison South into the Indiana reformatory, to be managed bJ- a board of four, with a superintendent and other officers. It will be a refuge for prisoners between the ages of 16 and Sj > ears. The board of managers is required to establish common schools and trade schools, in which the prisoners may be taught the common branches and be given the means of earning an honest living. When a prisoner has established his right to do so. by a compliance with the rules or the institution, he may be allowed to leave on parol* and work outside the prison for one year, at the end of which time, if he has given sufficient evidence that he will no longer be a dangerous member of society, he may be discharged. It i# made the duty of the managers to know tljiat each prisoner has a chance to earn an honest living for at least six months a hen he leaves the reformatory. »nd an a Rent ts to be engaged to find employment for prisoners entitled to release on parole or by absolute discharge. This act takes effect April 1. 1ST Indeterminate Sentence. The second important measure Is the indeterminate aentence law, applying to dU crimes except treason and the taking of human life. I'pon conviction of crime the Jury does not fix a term of imprisondaent for the one convicted. The judge passes upon him an indeterminate sentence and the length of time he serves depends in part upon the character of his crime and. in part, upon his own character and conduct ijn prison.. tlther Prison last. , The third measure ts the law establishing the grading system. The fourth provides that when a prisoner is discharged, instead Of being returned to his own county and there turned loose, he shall be provided with a suit of clothes, an overcoat, if it Is winter, ten dollars in money ami a rallroad ticket to such point within the state ns he may desire to go. The fifth measure vends to relieving the crowd at the prisons :t>v providing ‘hat federal prisoners shad not be housed within their walls. The state is now taking care of about 1» federal prisoner* Street Railroads. The bill passed ternfnate* all existing street railroad charters in Indianapolis la

1901, provides « method for the appraisement of the property of the existing company and Its sale at such appraised value to lits successor company and fives the. city authorities the power to regulate fares in the franchise contracts. The three-cent fare law so amends the general street railroad law under which all franchise contracts\were made as to reduce the limit of fares permitted to be charged in*citiea of 100,000 and over to three cents. Transfer tickets are also provided for. Physicians’ Licenses. The law governing the practice of medicine has an emergency clause, and goes Into effect at once. It provides for a state, board of medical registration and examination of five members, to be appointed by the governor. This board will hold meetings on the second Tuesday of January, April. July and October of each year, and such add) tional meetings as are found necessary. A fine of not less than 125 nor more than 1200 is provided as a penalty for practicing medicine, surgery or obstetrics without a license from this board. Persons who are now practicing medicine, surgery or obstetrics under a license from the county in which they practice may obtain a certificate from the state board by presenting their license within 90 days, together with an affidavit that they legally possess the same, and paying a fee or one dollar. Persons wishing to begin practice must present a diploma from some college of medicine and surgery, approved by the board. Mid wives must also take out licenses, the fee being one dollar for those now practicing and three dollars for those desiring to begin. The act does not apply to dentists. Poor and Dependent. A measure in the interest of public chari- ; ty is the dependent children's law. provid- ! ing for the establishment of children's i asylums by the commissioners of a county or of several counties joining together and the making of arrangements with charitable societies for conducting these asylums. it authorizes the expenditure of 13,000 for this purpose in counties that have i not more than 20.000 inhabitants, and an | additional $1,300 for each additional 5.000 ! inhabitants the county contains. Orphan ; asylums that are already organised may be adopted by the counties in which they ! are located, or several counties may unite ; to build a single asylum. Another law for the better care of the i poor makes it incumbent upon each town-' ; ship to care for its own paupers. Temperance Law. The only measure passed in the line of 1 temperance was the Nicholson anti-quart 3hon law, which Includes drug stores as well as quart sh ps, and makes it unlawful for any person to sell, barter or give away any spirituous or malt liquors without first procuring a license from the j county commissioners at a cost of $100 per l year, the fees to go to the school fund of the county. Change In the Tax Law. A change made in the general tax law makes it the duty of any person or corpora- ; tlon having in charge the property of any decedent, infant, idiot or other ward, or the estate or property of any insolvent person or corporation to pay the taxes due, I if he has money enough: if not so paid i roper* cause for neglect must be shown in court. Another act changes the time for paving taxes to the first Monday in May and November. It eat rioting Officers. A law in the interest of local government prevents the fraudulent issue of warrants by tow nship trustees by making the county commissioners an auditing board, and they are to meet the first Tuesday in each month. Another measure provides for the careful auditing of ail warrants, and another provides for the impeachment and trial of state officers by the legislature and of county officers by the grand jury To Stop Junketing. A bill was passed providing that the governor shall appoint a nonpartisan committee of three members-eiect of the legislature at least t5 days before the meeting of each general assembly to visit the penal, benevolent and educational institutions of the state, and make a report to the legislature of their condition and needs, and of the appropriations necessary to carry them I on. This committee is designed to take the place of the committees that have Iwen sent to each of these institutions by former legislatures. a Vonchers Required. Another measure provides for a more perfect auditing of the moneys disbursed by the different departments of state government. by requiring vouchers specifically itemizing in every particular the different purposes for which the treasury warrant is authorized before the auditor can approve bills presented and draw his warrant for their payment.

The Judicial*)-. A number of bills were passed relating to tho judiciary ar.d the organization of courts, and some of them were measures of general importance. The first .of these is the law extending the life of the appellate court four years. The Grant-Howard superior court lull organizes a superior court, sitting part of the time in Grant county and a smaller part of the time in Howard county. I? 'also gives two more weeks of the HowardTipton circuit court to Tipton county. The St. Joseph Court bill divides the old La Porte-St. Joseph district into two new courts. The Adams-Jay court bib divides Adams and Jay counties into separate circuits, and fixes the time for holding court in each. The time of holding court was changed in the following counties: Gibson. Lawrence and Monroe. Wayne. Dubois. Pike, Ripley, Jennings. Scott. Marion, Boone, Harrison. Crawford. Montgomery, Jackson. Washington and Orange. Another law takes Switzerland county from the Pearborn-Ohio judicial circuit and puts it in the Fifth circuit with Jefferson county. Compulsory Education. The compulsory education law require** that each child who is physically and mentally able shall attend schood at least 12 weeks during each year at some reputable public, private or parochial school ■ It provides for the employment of a truant officer In cities and towns at two dollars per day. whose business it shall be to gather in vagrant youngsters and haul them off to school. Another law jpostt*ones a month the distribution of the state school fund to meet a change that was made in the time of paying taxes. Miscellaneous Acts.

In addition to the acts reviewed at greater length the following minor laws were enacted: Four bills amending the charter of Indlarta polls Giving to cities and towns the power to tax and regulate clairvoyants, street fakirs, itinerant dealers, vehicles branch stores, trolley ard telegraph poles. Giving incorporated towns the same powers as cities In condemning land and opening streets and alleys. Giving to Incorporated towns the power to levy a tax of 5) cents on the $1W to purchase or construct electric light plants. Giving towns the power to levy a tax of 40 cents to purchase or construct water works. Providing that any person who shall obtain food, lodging or entertainment at any hotel, restaurant or rooming house with Intent to defraud the person keeping the same shall be fined not more than 123 or imprisoned in the jail cr workhouse not mere than <» days, or both. Declaring that the standard half-bushe! measure shall be the only measure used in testing wheat In less than car load lots. Declaring a barrel of each of the following articles to consist of the number of pounds stated: Reef or pork, 200: flour. 11*.. j that a gallon of sorghum molasses shall be 11 pounds; that 2.000 nounds of hay or straw shall be a ton: and that a bushel of any of the following articles shall be the following number of pounds: Wheat, beans, potatoes or clover seed. 60 pounds; buckwheat. salt, corn meal or millet seed, 50 j pounds, oats. 22 pounds: hemp seed. 41 pounds: blue grass seed or orchard grass seed. 14 pounds: castor beans or rye. 16 pounds: dried peaches, cranberries or oaage orange, S pounds: dried applea. 2*> pounds; onions or barley, it pounds: coal. ' 80 pounds: timothy seed. 45 pounds:-malt rye. 35 pounds: fine middlings. 40 pounds: j coarse middlings, SO pounds: parsnips, sweet j potatoes or turnips, 55 pounds: shelled corn. I 56 pounds: ear corn, before the 1st of September after It is grown, and pop com. 75 pounds: old ear com. 68 pounds. The law makes It a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of from fl to J25. for anyone to buy oir sell any of these articles by weight at a j measure differing in weight from the standstill which it rrescrlhes. Amending the law of 1*56 that auditors and treasurers are not required to get their salaries from the fees of their offices. Legalising the act* of county commissioners in paying the salaries of these of- j fleers specified tn the law of 1855. Giving county treasurers six instead of four per cent, of the delinquent tax collections. • „ .. w A biU legalising the acts of all the notaries public whose commissions bad ex-i Another legalises certain sales oi X

real estate made by the commissioners of Knox county and Sullivan county. Another legalises the Jeffersonville bonds that have been in litigation. The following city and town corporations were legalised: Mauckport, Poneta. Andrews, Keystone, Irvington. Greenville, Roann, Hobart, Lowell, Waterloo, Whiting, Cynthiana, Shoals and Flora. Two acts for the protection of fish. One defines what legitimate fishing is with a hock and line, with no more than three hooks attached, and declares all other forms of slaughtering fish unlawful, with heavy penalties. The other broadens the Ejwers of the fish commissioner in enforcg the law. . To prevent the slaughtering of quail, or grouse by any other method than that of dog and gun. and another prevents the killing of mongolian pheasants for two, years. Authorizing the commissioners of Allen, Jasper and Starke counties to issue bonds for the construction of courthouses. Appropriating $5,000 for a statue of Oliva P. Morton in the capitol at Washington. Extending the terms of township trustees IS months until after the November election of 1900.

Kequtrtng certain county omciais to execute pension oapers free of charge. Broadening somewhat the powers of county commissioners. Reimbursing Gov. Matthews for S33S expenses at Chlckamauga national park. Reapportioning JS.ifl to complete th* work of the Chickamauga commission. Authorizing the incorporation of foreign missionary societies. v Regulating the arrest and surrender of fugitives from justice. Authorizing counties, cities, towns and townships to make donations to educational institutions. Authorizing the trustees of the statp university to dispose of certain real estate. Excluding from assessment to abutting land owners the land occupied by railroad rights of way and highways. Repealing Section S of the act of 1831 governing the recording of wills. Requiring the destruction of noxious weeds along the highway by abutting land owners. Providing for the better accommodation of the supreme court library. Defining incest. Broadening the scope of surety companies so that they may serve where freehold surety has heretofore been required. For the relief of Henderson Dunkle, of Carroll county. Legalizing the acts of deputy officers under legal age. Taxing transient merchants. Extending the charter of the Cannelton cotton mill. Providing for the reinvestment of state university funds. Reducing the legal charges of ferries. Cutting down the number of documentary journals to be printed and increasing the number of copies of the session acts. Providing for the appointment of probate commissioners in counties of over 30.000 voting population. Amending the act concerning the partition of land. Providing the tiling of public drains. Providing for the proper release of mortgages. Regulating the duties of county surveyors. , Amending the practice in libel and slander cases.. Designating who may solemnize mar* "Enabling the Knights of Pythias and simitar organizations to own real estate and construct buildings. Amending the law concerning real estate sales bv assignees and receivers. Legalizing certain gravel road bonds. Amending the law governing cemeteries. Requiring the use of interlocking switches at railroad crossings. Protecting ownership in proprietary bottles and svphons. Enabling the city of Hammond to issue bonds and condemn a right of way for a harbor.

POLICEMEN AS BANKERS. I.nrsr Sums of Money Kept by Ibe Men at Harrison i reet. The Harrison street police station (ices a banking business. It does not loan money or discount commercial paper, but it acts as a safe deposit company. The ofiicers there receive deposits of money which they put in the safe. But they do not pay any interest. Most of the customers, however, are well content to allow their money to remain on that condition. This business is rapidly increasing and it is seldom that there are not a few hundred dollars in the big safe. The Harrison street police station is in "the heart of the levee and tenderloin district of Chicago. Very often men in search of a “good time’* find themseives in that section. After having taken a few drinks they reatlze that it is risky to carry a big roll oCvnoney with them. So for secure keeping they call at the police station and ask the sergeant in charge to take care of the nioiiev until they want it. The sergeant is obliging and the money is locked up in the safe and the next day the owner is richer by that much money. . No one has lost any money by leaving it V*th the police. Aside from the fact t i-.atyt he policemen are honest such a thing as robbing .a police station is unknown. The most daring burglar would hesitate before he would attempt It. The safe is good and strong and the police station has telephonic and telegraphic communication with all of the other stations, and should there be such a hold-up there the description of the robber would be known to every policeman in the city within a few hours. The police good-naturedly accept the responsibility imposed upon them, for which they receive no remuneration, although occasionally some one whose money they have saved will ofTer them cigars.—Chicago Tiraes-Heraid.

rhnrmlnK Sprlnsr Hat*. Some charming hats to be worn with the first spring days are made of fine-ly-shirred tuiie. A beebmir.gr one ha> a erovvn and broad brim flaring upon one side of violet tulle, elaborately shirred. On the other side is a trinunin" of violet liberty satin and a white bird with sweeping tail. A beautiful chap^in. much in thesutneshape. is made of fancj gray straw in that soft, silvery shade one generally expects to tii.d only in satin. It is trimmed with leo^is of satin, some steel ornaments and a white bird with long tail feathers tipped with yellow. A girlish-appcar ng hat that might be worn with atoms* any costume is built of silvery white straw. The rows are separated by lines of black velvet. About the broayl brim are placet! jsotnpous of white straw—one of the novelties of the season—and the high trimming is bunched on one side. This consists of some green leaves and shaggy yellow and black dwarf sunflowers —NY. Tribune. Human gallantry still touches the heart of nations. Seaman Creelman. who plunged from the war ship Maine into the sea boding w ith a llatteras hurricane because he saw a me- ~iji:tc‘s face drifting by. stood before the secretary of the navy recently to receive a gold medal and $100. Never was a recognition of courage more worthily be* stowed. —livery man thinks he is very conscientious in his work, but wonders how other men hold their jobs.—AtcHson Globe.

THE NEW TARIFF BILL Chairman Dingley Reports the Measure to the House. The Report Embodies an Outline of the Deficiency in the Revenues During the Past Tour Tears and Points Out the Remedy, Washington, March 19.—Mr. Dingley, of Maine, chairman of the committee on ways and means, yesterday reported the tariff bill to the house. The report accompanying' the measure, which was written by Mr. Ding-ley, is in part as follows: For nearly four years the revenue has been inadequate to meet the current expenditures and pay the interest on the war debt. The deficiency during this period has been as follows: Fiscal year ending June 30— 189*...8 69,803,300 1895..... 43.o0S.330 1896. 25.303.316 isor (estimated). 65,000,000 Total deficiency....*308-811,729 A continuous deficiency of revenue for four years, amounting iu the aggregate to more than 8303,000,000, or over 850,000.000 per annum in time of peace, with the official estimate of the late secretary of the treasury, in his last annual report that under existing conditions there will be a further deficiency of 845,000,000 for the fiscal year which will begin on the first day of July next, and the further fact that the government has ‘ been obliged to obtain means to pay this deficit by borrowing 8303,000, 000 on which the people are paying interest, clearly justified the convocation of congress to devise a prompt and adequate remedy. The fact must not be lost sight of that while the government has during this time issued and sold bonds of the face value of 8363.315,400. from which It has realized t393.481.s94 in gold, for the purpose of paying its demand notes presented for redemption, yet *303,000,000 of these notes so redeemed have been again paid out to meet the deficiency and thus made available for a second redemption requiring a second and a third issue of bonds. Thus it will be seen that In the last analysis R303,000,000, or, including the matured Pacific railroad bonds, nearly 1313,000,000 of the 0393,

OW.WM Oi OOITOWCU £OiU UttS IR't'U USCU tO supply an insufficiency of revenue. And worse still, the practical use of this revenue, or (what is the same thing) the notes paid from the reserve to meet these continuous deficiencies of revenue, has been one of the potent causes for the distrust which has existed in business circles. Neither does the fact that on the 1st day of hi arch there was a cash balance in the treasury of nearly $196,000,000 after deducting the unavailable fractional silver and minor coin change the necessity of additional revenue at the earliest possible day, for the reason that at least 3i6.000.u00 of this will be required to meet the deficiency between March 1 and July 1 of the current fiscal year, leaving only 3ls0,000.000 in the cash balance on J.uly 1 next, of which $150,000,000 is gold that ought to remain in the reserve and not be used to pay current expenses. This would leave only 330,000,000 as the treasury working balance next July, which Is as small as safety permits. « The customs revenue under the act of 1890 for the first full fiscal year of its operation was $1*7,000,000. and for the second fiscal year (1893) was fc.'Ui.OOO.OuO, with raw sugar on the free list. In October, 189ti. before i| was known that radical reductions of duties were to be made, the then secretary of the treasury estimated that the customs revenue for the fiscal year 1894 would be tiM.000,000, on the basis of the gradually-in-creasing receipts up to that time. But in January. 1803. he informed the committee on ways and means that the anticipation of a new tariff with lower duties would Inevitably postpone Importations, diminish the customs revenue by anticipation, as well as injuriously affect business. Thus, notwithstanding the tariff of 1800 remained on the statute book during the fiscal year 1894, yet the fact that during that year a lower tariff was expected several months before it was finally enacted, united with the arrest of industries and consequent reduction of the consuming power of our people, caused a postponement or abandonment of importations to a large extent and thus practically partially nuiifled the tar iff of 1880 long before Its actual repeal. The customs revenue for the fiscal year 1893, ten months in which was under the act of 1891, was raised to $15t:.UUO.OOU by deferred importations and the restoration of the duty on sugar, and in the fiscal year 1896,to $169,000.00). of which nearly $30,000,000 was from sugar, that had been placed on the free list by the tariff of 1890. The customs revenue under the present tariff forthefiscal year that will close June30 next, was estimated by Secretary Carlisle In his last annual report at $140,000,000 and would have fallen short of that amount if it had not beenfor importations and withdrawals from bond to avoid the anticipated revision of the tariff. And in this report Secretary Carlisle estimated the revenues from customs for the fiscal year that •will begin on the 1st of July next at only $150.3oo,oua it will be seen that while the revenue from internal taxes has been well maintained, the annual revenue from duties on imports has declined over jrtu.OUO.OlW since 1893. and nearly $80,000,000. compared with what Secretary Foster estimated in October. 184K. would be the revenue for 1894 under the tariff «of 18iW. on the basis of the increasing receipts of the year previous and the then existing conditions—coadi-iions-whieh were revolutionized by the result of the national election a short time after this estimate’was made, as already explained. If the customs revenue had continued to gradually rise after the opening of 1883. as it bad before. dr evon if it had mai ntained the figures of t-ie fiscal year 1883. the revenue would navebeen ample to meet all expenditures, and the government would have been spared the necessity, not to say the humiliation of practically issuing bonds to meet deficiencies of current expenditures in time of peace.

i tie plain duty, tttereiore. of congress—a auiy etnphoixed by the president s message laid before the house on the opening day of this extraordinary session, is to so revise the tariff as to secure an increase of revenue from duties substantially equal to what has been lost: first by the anticipated, and then by the partially realized tariff reductions made by the act of 1394. Another imperative duty resting"on this congress is to so adjust duties in such a revision of the tariff to secure needed revenue to carry on the government as will better protect the many industries which have so seriously suffered the past three years from unequal f reign competition and from the consequent loss of purchasing power of the masses of the people, upon which the demand for products and the prosperity of every citizen depends. The feasibility of uniting In a tariff both revenue and protective qualities has been amply demonstrated by the results of the protective tariffs in force from ISM to 1888. at which latter date the tariff of I860 was practically nullified by the anticipation of a revision on a nonprotective basis. The working of the wool and woolens schedule of the tariff of 1880 on a protective basis and of the same schedules in the tariff of 18W on antiprotective basis, is exceedingly instructive on this point. The importations of clothing wool In M88 under the tariff of 1380 was about 800. UUO pounds, and of manufactures of wool about 3A.OOO.OOQ, mainly from the dress worn by the well-to-do who think it the thing to wear foreign-made cloth and who are willing to pay the duties imposed upon it- From these importations of wool and woolens In 1388 the government derived a revenue of about tMJSOO.OOfh. The importations of clothing w*oi in the fiscal year 188a. exceeded 127.000.000 pounds-three times as much as in 1888, and of manufactures of wooL more than twice as many pounds in 1398 as in 1883, and yet the revenue derived by the enormous increase in the imports of wool and woolens In the fiscal year 1880 was only *0,0)0.-•UO-a loss of 821.000 from that realized in 1988. In other words, by placing wool on the free list and reducing the duties on manufacturer of wool the treasury lost 821.000.000 of revenue, our termers lost a market for the SO.OOO.OOQ pounds of wool which they raised In 1888 in excess of what they raised in 1880-07. as well as nearly ten cents per pound in price, involving a loss to them of nearly <80.000.000 per annum. Already on this one farm product previous manufacturers and their workingman lost a market, not only tat tho

foods which tnare—d foreign Imports had ampplanted, but also a market for goods which the fanners and masses of the people were able to purchase In 1868, bat which they could not boy bn 1866 because of a loss of employment and purchasing power. Beyond this, It has been demonstrated that by placing wool on the free list, to the injury of the fanners and manufacturers, we hare not bee* thereby enabled to increase our exports of mannf actures of wool (as it was claimed would bo the case), and we have greatly increased the x use of shoddy by diminishing the purchasing ' power of the masses, and thus compelling them < to seek cheap cloths. Enlightened by this experience in rerising the tariff , with a view of securing both revenue and protection to our farmers, we hare restored wool to the dutyabie list, and at the same rate it bore in the tariff of 1890 (u cents) for the great mass of clothing wool in the unwashed condition, and a revenue duty of *3)4 cents on carpet wools below IS cents and BO per cent, above, and have made the compensatory dutlee the equivalent of these duties, so as to place the wool manufacturer on the same basis as to materials j as his foreign competitor, which la necessary in order that the fanner may have a market for his wool—and have them given the manufacturer a compound duty largely converted into specifics equivalent to the <0 and 58 per cent, ad valoremdutiei ofboth the tariff of 1890 and 1894. The wool and woolen schedule la substantially that of the tariff qf 1890, except - that a few kinds of wool classed under that and previous acts as carpet wools, which have been larged used for clothing purposes and whose use for a purpose not intended by the old classification has caused much irritation among wool growers, have been transferred horn third-class to first-class wools, and the exclusively ad valorem duties which have been previously given the manufacturers as protection against his foreign competitor employing cheaper labor, and whioh enabled the latter by undervaluationo^the wide va1 riety of imported woolens, «faqpe value could not be definitely determined.W avoid a large part of the duty appearing on the face of the tariff, have been converted as largely as possible into specifics equivalent to whatever the present law professes to give. We believe that the enactment of this schedule into law will not only restore to our far mers I the wool growing industry, which has been so seriously injured by free wool our flocks having diminished more than one-fourth since 1898— but will also revive the wool-manufacturing industry which has been so greatly crippled by the tariff of 1894 and the loss of the purchasing power of the masses of our people through lack of employment and will, at the same time, largely increase the revenue from that source, which because of the character of the fine goods imported under the tariff of 1890, was practically derived from luxuries. Mr. Dingley continued in the same ! exhaustive manner to review the enj tire field, explaining the action of the committee and its reason for its various recommendations.

A GENERAL UPRISING. The Greeks Will be Competed to Fight to Escape Dishonor. New York. March 20.—A special cable dispatch to the Jonrn&l from Athens says: The great Pan-Hellenio society has decided to give the signal for a general uprising of the Greek race in the Ottoman empire. It is also known, that most of the officers of the Greek army now massed on the frontier have bound themselves by oath not to return without fighting. The array is now practically beyond the control of the king. Civilized people of the world will recognize in a few days that the combined European powers have deliberately forced the Greek nation into war to escape dishonor. Thursday the minister of foreign affairs notified the chamber of deputies that the six powers had informed the government that on Sunday morning, at eight o'clock, an active blockade of the whole of Crete will begin, and after that vessels carrying the Greek flag will not be permitted to pass the line of the blockade. Vessels of other nations will only be allowed to enter the line after being searched for war materials. The shameful feature of this scheme of coercion is that Turkish vessels are not shut out, but may pass the blockade on even terms with those of other nations. The excitement in Greece is beyond description. It is plain that Russia is leadipg the powers to force the Greek government into a voluntary and almost hopeless war. Russia stands ready to advance and .aseize whatever she can ’ when the crash comes. The powers refuse to state that they are leaving Greece no option but to fight; for the nation is nearly bankrupt and can not long support the large army which she is compelled to mass on the frontier to face the Turks. I believe Greece will invite ruin and defeat if she declares war, but she will destroy herself financially and politically if she accepts the humiliation5 offered by the powers.' The Turkish army in Macedonia occupies a commanding position with 49,000 infantry massed on the hills facing the mountain passes, supported by an immense force of artillery on the plain below. The Greeks can make an attack in Epirus, but they have no ex- , cuse for declaring war on the sultan unless an uprising in Turkey oocurs, and the Turks begin to massacre Christians. - The remorseless armed hand of Russia begins to emerge from the shadows of diplomacy. The moment the crownprince goes to the front at the head of the army, all hope of peace will vanish.

STRYCHNINE REVEALED. I ▲ Life luuuce Sensation Expected to be Exposed in Kentucky. Lorisvnxk, Ky., March 3d—M- W. | Johnson, a tobacco grower of Paint i Lick, died very suddenly in December, I 1>96. His death aroused the suspicions of the companies that had insured his life and an investigation fol- ; lowed. Representatives of these com- ! companies found that Johnson was comparatively a poor man and lived in a cabin near Paint Lick. The body was exhumed and an analysis of the stomach revealed enough strychnine to have caused death. Johnson had taken out policies in various companies aggregating $100,000. The family is about to bring suit to recover the amount due and it is expected that a sensation will be brought to light, as the companion will contest t|e case. Did Hot Decide the Daontleee Affair. Washington, March 30.—The cabinet meeting adjourned without deciding upon any definite plan of action in connection with the alleged filibuster Dauntless, which has come to be regarded as a test casein respect to the 1 policy of the administration.