Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-01-09
A RAILROAD ARGUMENT
THAT COMES HOME
TO ROOST.
GIGANTIC LEAGUE OF THE
COAL MINERS.
FOREMAN DICKSON HELD
FOR EMBRACERY.
A Regular Boomerang.

A Regular boomerang.
New YORK, Jan. S.-The Times to-
day says: Assembiyman Caters suit
| in the Supreme Court, to set aside the
tax levy of 1882 has aroused some
interest in Jersey City. The ground Of
the application is that distinctions are
made in the tax levy by the exemption
o. corporations from bearing their
equal share of the tax burden, which
i are not in consonance with the pro.
vision of the Fourteenth Amendment
| to the United States Constitution,
| which declares: mo State shall deny
to any person III its jurisdiction the
| equal protection of its laws.
The Supreme Court has declared that
within the meaning of that section cor.
porations are persons. Caters conten.
ton is that the United States Consti.u-
| ton forbids exemptions to corporations
that are not accorded to other ''per-
sons who hold and own taxable prop
erty. The idea was borrowed from a
plea made by ex-senator Conkling in
behalf of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
and MIR. Caters suit turns the rail-
road argument against railroads
with wonderful neatness. Caters
affidavit alleges that a SCISSORS refused
to include liz their list $50, 900, 600
worth of property owned by certain
railroad corporations. Judge Knapp
granted a rule requiring the city to show
cause why the tax should be certiora-
ried. The writ is re'urnable at the
February term of the Supreme Court.
BETTER RAILWAY TAXATION.
The Times also says {: A bill of cor
siderable importance is to be considered
by the New Jersey Legislature with
| reference to the taxation OF railway
property for both State and municipal
purposes. Heretofore the basis of tax
alton has been the ''true value OF
property. and this has been taken to be
whatever the companies reported. The
new bill provides for commissioners who
shall have charge of the whole matter.
and shall assess property at its cost.
| The Commissioners are to be appointed
by the Governor. without consulting The
| S. nate. and to hold office for the sans
term as the Governor who appoints
them.
The Coal Miners League.
PIrrsBURG, Jan. S.-A gigantic
scheme now contemplated here is the
| federation of all the coal miners of the
United States, for the object of protec.
| ton and advancement of the interests
of the miners. About May lst dele
gates to a convention will be called to
meet in Plttsburg for the purpose of
taking steps to put the scheme Of fed
Grafton into practical operation as soon
as possible. They expect to enroll
$50, 600 coal miners in this league. The
States expec-ed TO join this movement.
and the number of miners in each, are
as follows: Pennsylvania 20. COO miners
| Ohio, 10000: Indiana, S. OUO; Maryland.
Is, 900; Illinois, 20, 600; Michigan: f. 900;
Iowa. 10000; Missouri, 5000. Total,
10000.
EydrOphObia.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-Harry l..
Smith, cash boy in store, was bitten
by d black and tan terrier nine weeks
ago. Little was thought of it at
the time. Last Wednesday he came
home rick, and grew gradually worse
till Friday, when unmistakabie
symptoms o; hyirophobia appeared.
Dr.. d. Hayes Aghew, one Of President
G ,rtieId's physicians. and Dr.. +. G. b.
Huxley were summoned, but could do
nothing for the unfortunate child, who
died Saturday afternoon after most
prolonged and terrible agony.
| Rights O London Put Out.
CEDAR RAPIDS Jan. S.-This morn.
ing the Lights oLrndou" company
WAS wrecked by the selesropiug of two
trains on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
| Falls, Iowa Z. Scott WIS prob ,ily
fatally hurt. Three other members of
the company were injured severely.
The scenery and properties OF the com
pany were wrecked.
Smallpox.
LYNcHEURG, Jan. S.-Small-pox is
raging at Salem, Roanoke county.
Thirty cases are already reported. TIE
towns of Roanoke and Wythevi'le are
guaranteed against Salem, and rtbe,
sou hwes:ern points will do likewise.
Roanoke College has suspended, and
the students have gone home. Tne
public schools have also closed, and
business is at a standstill.
i WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Judge Sneil
has held Dickson in $500 hail to an
sxer before the Grand Jury for EN-
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