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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-25
BANKS.
PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK.
Occidental block. Seattle, Wash.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

for breaking a china jarr' I said. con-
temptuously.
mo. monsieur; her trouble was OF
quite another kind" my wife answered
with more spirit than I had expected.
"Pshawr' 1 exclaimed.
1T is plain that you do not yet I'M
derstand the case" madame persisted.
facing me with trembling hardihood.
"Mademoiselle D'Oyley has been per-
secuted for some time by the suit of
a man for whom 1 know you. mon
sieur, have no respect: man whom
no Frenchwoman of family should be
forced to marry"
''Who is it?'' I said curtly.
'sM Pimentel."
''Ahl And the queen?'
HAS made his suit her own. Doubt
less Her Majesty Madame de Sully
continued with grimnesS, who plays
with him so much, is under obliga-
tions to him, and has her reasons.
The King, too, is on his side. so that
Mademoiselle-"
''Who has another lover, suppose?"
I said harshly.
My wife looked at me in trepida-
tion. ut may be so, Monsieur" she
said, hesitating.
TT is so; Madame; and you know
it, 1 answered in the sama tone.
M ID Lie
''Ohr' she exclaimed with a gesture
of alarm. you know
81 know, Madame" I replied. with
vigor, that to please this love-sick
girl you have placed me in a position
of the utmost difficulty: that you have
jeopardized THE confidence which my
master, whom I have never willingly
deceived, places me; and that cut OF
all this 1 see only one way Of escape.
and that is by a full and frank con-
fession. which you must make to the
queen"
oh, Monsieur" she said family.
1.-The girl, of course, mus: be i'm
mediately given up
My wife began to sob at that. as
women will; but I had TOO keen a
sense of the difficulties into which she
had plunged me by her deceit. to pity
her over much. And, doubtless, I
should have continued in this resolu-
ton 1 had formed, and which appear
ed to hold out the only hope of avoid
ing the malice of those enemies whom
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

true he made some attempt at first, ana
for time, to face the matter out; stam-
mering and suffering, and looking pite-
ously to the queen for help. But he could
not long delay the crisis. nor deny that
the person he had so cunningiy abducted
was one of my waiting women ana the
moment that this confession was made
ing received with so universal q
peal of laughter. the king lead
ing. as at one and the same time
discounted him. and must have persuade
ed any Indifferent listener that all, from
the first had been in the secret.
After that he would have spent hlmselr
in vain. had he contended that Mademoi-
selle D'Oyley was at my house; and so
clear was this that he made no second at
tempt to do so, but at once admitting that
his people had made A mistake, he prof
fered me a handsome apology, and de-
sired the king to speak to me in his be-
half
in good part; and having let him OF so
easily with a mild rebuke, I turned from
him to the queen, and informed her with
where Mademoiselle D'Oyley had taken
refuge.
piciously, and with no little disfavor.
AT the Ursulines. madame" an
swered.
She WINGED. for she had already quar-
relied with the abbess without advantage
ended. At a later period l took care TO
confess all to the king. and he did not
fail to laugh heartily at the clever man
ner in which I had outwitted Pimentel.
But This was not until the Portuguese
had left the country and gone TO Italy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

office to avoid as far as possible, all
participation in bed chamber intrigues,
I wasted little time on the matter, but
returning TO my dinner. took up the
conversation. wher.I had left it.. Be
fore rose. however. La Trape came to
me and again interrupted me. He an
nounced that messenger from his
majesty was waiting in the hall.
/ went out. thinking it very probable
that Henry had sent me a, present:
though it was his more usual custom
on this day to honor me with a, visit,
and declared his generous intentions by
word of mouth. when we had both re-
tired to my library and the door was
closed. Still. on one. or two occasions
he had sent me a horse from his sta
bles. brace of Indian fowls. melon
or the like. as a foretaste: and this
supposed to be the errand on which
the man had come.
His first words disabused me. May
It please your excellency." he said
very ciyiily. 1.-The king desires to be
remembered TO you as usual. and would
learn whether you know anything of
Mademoiselle D'Oyley?"
'Of whom?" I cried astonished.
"Of Mademoiselie D'Oyley. her mai
estys maid of honor"
mot /. faith" 1 said. drily. 81 am
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She looked away dumbly.

She looked away dumbly.
'.You do we'll not to try to deceive
me. madame" continued severely. 1T
was Mademoiselle D'Oyley."
She muttered. not daring to meet my
eyes. that it was.
who has absented herself from the
queens service" ! answered bitterly.
land chosen to hide herself here or all
placesi Madame" 1 continued. with
severity which the sense of my false
position amply justified. "are you aware
that you have made me dishonor my
self? That you have made me lie; not
once. but three times? That you nave
made me deceive my master?
She cried out at that. being frighten-
ed. that "she had meant no harm:
that the girl coming to her in great
grief and trouble"
Because the queen had scolded her
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no squire of danes. to say nothing of

no squire of danes. to say nothing of
maidsl''
But his majesty"
"If he has sent that message" I re-
piled che has vet something to learn
that I do not interest myself in maids
of honor or such frailties."
The man smiled. Il do not think, ne
began. "that it was his majesty"
"Sent the message?" l said. mo,
but the queen. 1 suppose"
On this he gave me to understand.
in the sly, secretive manner such men
affect, that it was so. [ asked him then
what all this ferment was about. Has
Mademoiselle D'Oyley disappeared? q l
said. peevishly
Yes. your excellency. She was with
the queen at 8 O'Clock AT noon her
was not to be found.
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As GOOD as a CIRCUs.

If Carl Browne is determined to be
married on the capitol steps, the Wash
to do the 'belling ''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The advocate., 1895-01-09

Ene same laws or supply and demand az
now, modified by all land being avail
able for use, would govern relations OF
landlords and tenants, hence under the
latter bndlordism would not be entirely
abolished, but shOEn Of much iflnOt most
OF it's power to opprsss.
Under the latter system we would
have the most just and economic system
possible OF raising all public revenues,
with lower rents than now, for NO land
could be held entirely idle, but we would
have remnant Of lRndlordism.
Under the sinRle-tax entirly unlimited
there could be no landlords; assessments
and collections Of taxes being by public
officials as now, but it is questionable if
this would be cheaper or better than to
allow q margin of, say 10 per cent, to
the landlord, barely sufficient to pay for
his supervision Of the premises and
trouble Of collection. These details Of
administering the principle can be safely
left to experience.
Why do you say: "YouE whole system
rests, in its inal analysis, upon the prop
osition to ultimately oonHscsts all lands,
and repudiate all obligations based upon
mortgages, trust deeds, tax titles, min.
ing stocks, real estate bonds, national,
state and municipal bonds, etc.P"
Upon what hypothesis do you reason
that adding part or all OF the incomes Of
the wealthy classes 10 billions yearly
to the power to pay taxes already pos.
sessed by the people, would render the
various governments less able or less
willing to meet their public ObligstionsP
Why should national, state or municipal
oonds be repudisted by reason uG an in
crease Of ability to pay them?
Holders Of mortgages, trust deeds,
mining stocks, tax titles, etc., can be
trusted to look out for themselves when
they see the single tax coming, but in
case they did not, would they be in any
diff srsnt position from the former 'owner
Of an emsnclpRted slave, and can any
great and long continued wrong against
the masses be righted without some risk
Of injury to the interests Of those who
profGed by the wronRH Emancipation
Of the slaves was legally q robbery of
their owners Of their property, but
morally restoration to the slave Of the
right to his own earnings and freedom
Of which he had been legally robbed. !
am surprised that an alleged reformer
should call restoration Of q stolen heri-
tRge "ConfscRtion."
Do you know Of some method of help
ing the lsndless man to q home and self
which will meet with the
Of the per cent. of the Ameri-
can people who own so per cent. of
American land values? / do not.
Will the single. tax abolish trusts and
to raise prices Of products
while reducing wages Of producers?
II opening the resources Of nature
from monopoly Of which trusts and syn.
dicates now derive the power not given
them by tariff upon equal terms to all
The people, and the repeal Of the tariff
L equal liberty to produce and trade
L industrial and commercial emancipa.
tion Of the people-does not abolish
trusts, as we believe it would, is the fear
that it might not do so q good or sufi-
The advocate., 1895-01-09

UVSE mullO0 ACRES OL WIBu lhnuS III 6n
Western states FOR ssls-an area equal t,
one-tenth the size Of Kansas, A bill Il
forfeit As million aCres Of uneSrned rail
road land grants was only last week re
ported adversely by q senate committee
and the state Of Kansas contains but 81
million acres. Much Of the 900 millions
Of acres granted railways ia yet unsolG
and unsettled, to say nothing Of the
many vast tracts held by individual
and by syndicstes.
One Holland company owns 63,OO(
acres in Southern Missouri; another
10000 acres in Mississippi; another, z
million acres in New Mexico; an Englist
syndicate, 700 900 acres in Florida, and
Disston, of Philadelphia, owns ~ mil.
lion acres in the latter state, all unset
tied tracts. Even in the old state ol
New York, Walter Seward Webb, prssi.
dent Of the Erie road and husband Of q
Vanderbilt girl, owns nearly q million
acres Of wild land in the Adirondack re-
glon and q little garden plot Of 100000
acres in another part Of the state. Sen
stors Palmer and StoCkdRle and General
AlRer own q half million acres each Of
unsettled timber lands in Michigan,
Senators Sawyer and SpOoner of WisCon
sin, nearly as much in Wisconsin; the
late Senator Ssbin and Senator Wash
burne Of Minnesota, about the same in
Minnesota, and soon to be Senator Ell
kins Of West Virginia, 100000 acres OF
the best timber, coal and iron lands Of
the continent, while the Blaine estate
owns 100000 acres, and Seustors Cam
den and Davis Of West Virginia, each
own few counties Of very Vslusblr
timber, coal and iron lands; on all which
are only q few aqustters' cabins, and
very much Of the states Of Pennsylvania
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Gsor
gis, and the Csrolinas are owned by non
resident millionslrss in vast tracts.
The ]. B. Watkins Land company OF this
city have for sale more than million
acres wild lands IN western LouisianR,
aud the Gould family own 100000 aorts
valuable timber and mineral lands in
southern Arkansas, on which there are
no tenants. In southern Oregon and
northern California is tract Of the best
timber, fruit and mineral land on the
continent, about the area Of Kansas,
nearly all owned by non. resident specu.
lRtors, and almost entirely unsettled.
But why waste space In proving 80
wsll-known fact as that half or more
OF the lands Of America are owned in
vast dukedoms by wealthy non-residents
and are to day practically unused. Mil
lionsire PomeFoy, Of Boston, owns
enough in north western Kansas to make
two counties, and is now in southern
Russia negotiating for 25,O0O serfs to
come and till his vacant acres, they to
receive q mules bare existence and he
the income Of a prince Of the royal
blood. Really, Doctor, I sm surprised
that you try to extricAte yourself from
your tangled logic by denying the exist
euce Of unused land in America. Had
you not better take q twenty mile trip
into WRbSusee county and view some Of
the virgin prAiriss thsreP
But why conHne your arguments en-
tirely to agriculture lands, which are
L.. kI,~,. nn rop nnnk - okoll.nl -o1...O Q
The advocate., 1895-01-09

nUIu bneSd WssU9ru Oh uSlu3 lQl9 II
compelled to pay the same tax az il In
useS Were the oil, coal and other min
erals placed there by nature expressly
Tor the mBgnstss Of the Standard OIL
trust, or for all the people Of America?
And il fOr the latter, can you devise
any other plan as eff sotual as the single
tax for the equitable distribution OF these
values among the people?
The most common Of ell objections to
the single.tsx is that there is no scarcity
OF land in this country, but plenty for
everybody. Yet you reverse this and
say tenants would find no unused lands
to go onto when speculstors and monop-
olists must pay same rate for holding
land idle as for putting it to it's best use.
II you are arguing not to reach true
conclusions, but to deceive the unthink.
ing, you did we'll to adopt the only pos
Oible method Of sustaining your position,
for once grant that men cannot and will
not pay as much rent for holding land
idle dc for developing it's best use and
the correctness OF the sinRle;tsx theory
follows as q logical sequence
But I do not'thlnk you are trying to
deceive anyone but yourself, hence that
you let your prejudices and pride Of
opinion blind you to facts the most pat
ens to an impartial observer.
Certainly you will not dispute that
forty, sixty, or even 100 years ago, there
were many whole states Of unoCcupied
land, yet eVee then were great inequsli.
ties Of condition caused by appreciation
OF land values, which would have been
prevented by the siDgle.ts had it then
been in operation. Nor will you deny
tnRt all the lands Of America must enor
mOnsly increuse in value in the future
90 increased population competes for its
use, thus greatly increasing the wealth
of landlords and hsrdships Of the poor.
If you have another and better remedy
for this admitted evil, why not trot it out
and let us compare the two?
/ think | have demonstrated that
there is much unused land in America
now held by monopolists on q merely
nominal tax on the plea that it produces
no income, and that if the same rent or
tax ID laid upon this unused land, or un-
Opensd mines, as upon those of eqlsl
natural value which are put to their
best use, they cannot be held idle eX-
cept at q loss, hence will be available for
homes and employment on much easier
terms than now, and that turning the
vast golden stream Of rent from private
pockets to the public treasures will rem
der it possible to relieve labor and pro-
duotion Of all the taxes which now op-
press producer and consumer, leaving to
the producer the full enjoyment Of his
product.
/ think may fairly claim to have
that bringing all land into
use upon equal terms to all users, by de-
Stroying the privilege now granted non
users to hold it idle at q profit, will de-
stroy the special privilege Of landlord.
ism.
Yes, I admit that land is now monop-
olizsd through the privilege Of holding
it idle at q profit, but do not admit
that the destruction Of this special privi-
lOVe will increase it as you seem to think
& will.
The advocate., 1895-01-09
THE sINGLE-TAx.
An Able Champion Presents His Side Of the
Case
BY W. Il. t. wakefield.

rOWed down to the question: "Is the
single-tsx q remedy for land monopoly
and unjust taxation Of laborP" and this
in turn to the question Of whether or
not there is any vacant or unused land
left In the United States.
That part Of the question relating to
an equitable system Of taxation, by
which each person is taxed only upon
the public or social values he is permit
ted the exclusive use Of, you have per.
aistently iguored throughout this dis
cussiOD, although il is an integral and
very important part OF the question.
Lot us, however, examine the principal
question in issue just now, to-wit:
Would the HiDgle-tsx open to lsbor's use
on equitable terms land that is now mon
opohzed. I am glad that you have at
Last been driven to deny that any con-
siderable area or value Of land is now
held idle on speculation. Had you
taken this position at the beginning we
could hSve made faster progress toward
. conclusion.
BV the census Of 1890, the population
OF the United States 10 q small fraction
over seven per square mile, and Of Ea
rope and Great Britain about III to the
square mile by the latest estimates.
Docs not this lead to the inference that
we have considerable unoccupied land,
computed by area oDlyi Ken sas has 200
acres for each family OF five persons
now In her borders, or forty acres per
cspit8, yet it is safe to say that much
more than half the number Of resident
KanGRns do not own foot OF land in
sifher town or country. / saw the state
naant quoted lately, said to be from an
official report, that less than one third Of
she land Of Kansas worth $40 or more
nor aors 10 In use, and while cannot
v0uGh for the correctness Of these figures
ehSy tally 90 we'll with area and popula-
El0n OF the state and with the number
Of acres in different kinds Of crops re
ported by the secretary Of the state
board Of agriculture that l think them
about correct. A person who recently
passed over Scullsy's $4,000 acre tract
Ii Kansas says much OF it is stlll en-
tlFaly vacant, and an Illinois paper some
months ago said that about one third Of
Sculley'S 10000 acres in that state lies
idle each year, tenants leaving it and
other tenants not being promptly found
who are willing to psy s3 per acre cash
rent and make Rll their own improve
menta In travelling over the oldest and
most thickly. settled region Of eastern
Kansas one sees vast reaches Of virgin
pRalriO and numerous untitled and
sligh&ly improved farms, which, on in
quiry, he 10 told belong TO speculstorp
oR loan companies. As TO city and town
lots, does not everyone know from OBJ.
sssvation that the vacant ones nearly al
ways equal or exceed improved ones in
numb0E, and even on the best built-up
streets are little dilspidAted buildings
only slight remove from vacancy. Does
the editor Of the ADVOCATE not know Of
thS eighty. acre tract held vacant almost
in the heart Of Topeka, and the thou.
BAnds or vacant lots in all parts Nf the |
cityp Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana
are practically unsettled states, more
than three fOurths Of each being in q
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-07
SURE SIGNS OF SPRING
Building Operations Have Com
''.f-. monCed.
CWORK THAT is UNDER WAY
New Business Houses and Resi-
dences Already In Course of
Construction Plans for
Ia, Other improvements.

= The first to begin active operations
upon spring improvements in Anaconda
we're MacCallum q CloutIer, who are now
building an addition to their East Park
street store 55x25 feet in dimensions. This
addition is being built in the rear of the
building formerly used as a saloon and
when il is complete the dividing partition
will be torn out, thus giving them store
room 80 feet wide by 100 feet in depth.
These enlarged quarters will be fitted up
in first class style when the builders have
completed their work.
a A brick residence having six rooms will
be built by this same firm on Cherry
street above Sixth street. This is to be
modern in equipment and will he built as
soon as the weather becomes settled.
Messrs.. MacCallum & Cloutier have
other Improvements in contemplation
which will be definitely decided upon as
soon as these now in progress are finished.
w. Keiliher has broken ground for a
new cottage on his lot at the corner of
Birch and Third streets.
John Hauser is building a small resi-
dence on his property on East Fourth
street.
1t is reported that the building occupied
by the ST. Lawrence saloon on East Park
street is to be enlarged during the coming
summer by the addition of % feet on the
west, giving the building a 50-foot front
and 100 foot long. A second floor is to be
added to the structure, which will be a
ball or lodge room if the plans are carried
out. Leopold Schmidt of Butte is the
owner of the property and he is now in
the east.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-07

tied and all the canine delicacies known
were set before her, but she refused to
eat. On Monday she was turned loose to
get exercise, but when Mr.. O'Connor
looked for her to tie her up again the dog
was missing. That evening the members
of Mr.. Mlller's household we're more than
surprised to find their old net at the door.
How she found her way 30 miles to Deer
Lodge is a mystery. as the trip to Ana
conda was made by train, but the fact re-
mains that the sagacious dog went home
and gave every demonstration of joy at
being again with her childish playmates.
Such faithfulness is to be rewarded, and
the animal, one of the finest specimens of
the ST. Demands in the country. will make
her home hereafter wherever she likes
about the Miller residence.
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KNOWLEDGE

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-07
The Ct.tl Market

CHICAGO. March 6.-There were 10. 900 cattle
received to-day. A very good demand existed
and prices were strong for butchers cows and
poor stuff were lower. Poor to extra cows
heifers and bulls, 81 .5DG14.5O stockers and
feeders, s.. 5Odi50; dressed beef and shipping
steers. SO 1905 80: Texas CATTLE 81. 25d3. so;
cows and bulls, So %; steers S3.75d5OO
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000. Market active and
steady; light SO. 9OG42O; mixed packers, SO. $50
4.3O; heavy shipping grades, S3959445; rough,
s.. 95GJ4. 10.
here was a weaker market for sheep. The
days receipts were 1900. and although the de,
mand was good the sellers had to shade the
prices to the extent OF l06ll5c. on all grades
below choice and there was a weakness even in
the best. Sheep were quoted at 81 JO1460 and
lambs at So. $50 ) 4Os0@ss 'H.~n -
Receipts-Cattle, 1900; calves, 800; hogs,
3OOO0 sheep. 1900.