Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-11
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The supreme court, in handing down
the income tax law, says: "The court
can find no difference between the tax
on land itself and the tax on rents or
incomes derived from lands The
court, therefore, is of the opinion that
tax on rents on landed investments is
direct tax and unconstitutional"
The court next decided that the tax
was unconstitutional SO far as it relates
to income from state, county or
municipal bonds. 1t was next ruled
that the fact that the law was pro-
nounced unconstitutional in these two
particulars did not invalidate the law
as whole. 1t was announced that in
this latter conclusion the court was
equally divided, and therefore rendered
no opinion. The lower court having
ruled in favor of the law, by a divided
court, the law would stand except as
to rents and state, county and municipal
bonds, and on these two points it was
directed that the judgment of the court
below be reversed.
By an explosion from fire damp in
coal mine near New Whatcom, Wash,
twenty-one miners lost their lives.
The mine had been inspected but
week previous and pronounced safe.
Large appropriations for war ma
terial by Norway and Sweden tend to
prove the possibility of war between
those countries
In railway wreck near Alton, Ill,
five persons were killed and four
fatally injured. Many others were
slightly injured.
Several desperadoes attempted to
terrorize Cushing, Okla, but the
citizens would not have it that way.
One of the outlaws was killed and the
others were jailed.
A quantity of gunpowder exploded
near the French market at New
Orleans, wrecked a number of buildings
and a half dozen persons were killed
and many wounded.
In the case of the Taylor brothers,
on trial at Carrollton, Mo-, for the
murder of the Meeks family last fall,
the jury was unable to agree. 1t is
charged that the jury was bribed.
Five men stopped a Rock Island
train in Indian Territory and tried to
secure the contents of the express safe.
Failing in this they took collection
from the passengers The leaders
were recognized as former convicts
Later posse tried to capture them
and one, dangerous outlaw named
"Rattlesnake Bill, was killed and an
other wounded.
Rhode Island went republican by
about 10000 plurality.
A Kansas City dispatch says small
pox epidemic is threatened in that city.
Great Britain has automatically
informed Minister Bayard that the
United States will not be recognized at
all in the Venezuelan controversy.
The Mexico-Guatemala boundary
dispute has been amicably settled. 1t
is said that Guatemala will apologize
and pay indemnity for losses inflicted
on American and Mexican camp
owners.
The dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela over territory in the
latter country that England is trying
to grab, is made especially interesting
to America by the fact that Minnesota
capitalists have been granted con-
cessions of land right in the heart of
the disputed territory. 1t looks now
as if this might lead to serious in
ternatlonal trouble.
In the Chicago city election the re-
publicans elected George B. Swift
mayor by about 100000 plurality. They
also elected their candidates for as
SCISSOR, collector, supervisor and town
clerk in all the divisions of the city,
and claim thirty of the thirty-four
aldermen Several doodle" alder
men were completely buried. The
proposition to put the police and all
other city officials under civil service
rules and extend the mayoralty term
to four years was carried by large
majority.