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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
HIS SAD EXPERIENCE.
He Actually Felt Ashamed to Waste
Such Good whisky


Several gentlemen were seated in tra
reading room of a downtown hotel the
other day, says the New York World, en-
gagged in a somewhat animated discussion
concerning the merits of whisky as an
antidote for snake bites, when an old
California miner, who had been an inter-
ested listener to the conversation, loung-
ed over among the debaters and Clipped
You'll excuse me, partners, for puttin'
in my CAR he said, but I've had a little
experience in that line and can tell you
something authentic l don't like TO say
anything to inJure the reputation o whls-
ky, but when it comes to curin' snake
bites an such things, it amt to be trust
ed. You see, I've been through the mill
an know all about it.
''Somethin' like twenty-five years ago
was minin' up in Billy ChOup mountains
in Californy. where there were more rat
tiers TO the square inch than a man ever
saw in the worst case Of the Jams,
There were snakes everywhere-in holes
in the ground, under every bush, in cur
cabins, an even in our hunks. In fact,
we had to be on the watch for EN- every
minute. Well, one mornin had kinder
oversight, an in my hurry to dress
rammed one of my feet into my boot
without first loolkin' inside Of II, an tho
next minute big RATHER was pumpin'
pizen into my. foot at the rate o forty
off in a jiffy, but by the time I'd shook
Mr.. Snake out an smashed his ugly mug
with it my foot was biggern q ham, an
the Swellin' was runnin' up my leg to
beat all creation
1T looked mighty skeerish for me, 7
can tell you, an as there wasn't a. doctor
within thirty miles OF camp. an no other
remedy to be had, the boys began to fill
me up with whisky. The Lord only knows
how much o. the blamed stuff they poured
into me, but l Just absorbed it like a
sponge for an hour or more, and all that
time the swellin' KEEP risin' and risin' an
KEEP gettin' more an more stupid an
helpless. That whisky didn't seem to do
no more good than that much water-an'
it was good Ticker, too with lots o snap
and grit in it. / actually felt ashamed o,
myself for causin' such a waste o. good
whisky No, SIR" with a long drawn
sigh, IT haven't a bit o faith In it for
curin' snake bites. Whisky has its good
p'ints, but it amt worth Shucks for
fightin' snake pizen-" There was silence
for a moment during which his listeners
..But, my friend, ventured one OF the
Your story at such a critical point thai
we are now eager to learn how you es-
caped death. What antidots did you
finally use to counteract the poiSon?''
The old man shook his head usournfuIlv
and heaved sigh which echoed the moSa
profound sadness.
I'VE had nothin' IN camp bszt whisky
he said after a pause AN that failed J
fingered along during the day 10 powerful
agony, an just as the screech owls ans
coyotes were begiunin' to tune ul fo3
their usual eyeniR concert tsdieas< -.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERs.

Martha T. Arthur ct al. to Jennie
Gordon, part section rs, township
2 south. range ! eaSt..........-.....$S, 90
Maggie z. Thompson to z. J. Cooper,
lots to 81, block II, Thompson's
SUBDIVISION .-....--....-- .............. 1,6O
Abraham Powell TO Nellie Powell,
part lot 6, block 90, plat E......-.
Salt Lake County to 1. l.. Archer,
lot "a, block ., Archer & Kullak's..
S. W. Morrison ct TX. to L. L. Arch
er, lot &c, part lot p, block 2, Arch
er * kullakS
Samuel Allen, by trustee. to Western
Loan & Savings Company, lot 3,
block l, Lynch & Glassmann. 25t
James G. Cochrane ct uX. to The
Dayton-Smith & Blakesless Co.,
.part lot 4, block rs, plat A........... 2,00(
Salt Lake County to Mrs. T. c.
Whittemore, lot T. block 81, plat A.
Mary E. Armstrong ct al. to Isabel
Sanders, lots Is and IA, block 3
Main and State street addition 49, 1850
Coates & Currum to A. II. White,
lots and 8, block 4, South Gale.... 10
NJ. H. Desky ct al. to George L.
Robinson, lot Is, block 2, Annex
Desky second addition. 300
Edward Martin eft ux to VIM. H.
Shoemaker, lots q and % and %,
block 3. Amos addition .......
Mary NJ. Lowe to L. V. A. Crosby,
part lot s, block 81, plat E............ l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21

such incomes cannot be taxed other.
wise than by apportionment among the
states on the basis simply of popula-
tom No such apportionment can pos
sibly be made without doing mon
strouS, wicked injustice to the many
for the benefit of the favored few in
particular states. Any attempt upon
the part of Congress to appOrtiOn tax
alton of incomes among the states
upon the basis of their population,
would and properly ought to arouse
such indignation among the free men
of America that it would never be re-
peated. The majority practically de-
ctdeS that without an amendment Of
the constitution such incomes can
never be made TO contribute to the
support OF the national government.
If this new theory of the conStitu-
tion, as 1 believe it to be-if this new
departure from the way marked out
by Ike fathers-is justified by the fun
damental law, the American people
cannot too soon amend their constitu-
tion.
Defeats the Purpose of Congress.
''The judgment just rendered defeats
the purpose of Congress by taking out
of the revenue not less than thirty
millions, and possibly fifty millions, of
dollars expected to be raised from in
SOlnCS. we hIIOW 1IOIIl Tile OlllCld1 IT
ports of both houses of Congress that
taxation would not have been reduced
to the extent it was by the Wilson act
but for the belief that if the country
had the benefit Of revenue derived from
a tax on incomes, that could be safely
done. In every possible way the two
houses of Congress indicated that must
be a part of any scheme for the re-
duction of taxation and for raising
for 1n c1IT1r7Orf Of tho
ment; that with certain EXCEPTIONS
incomes arising from every kind of
property and calling should bear some
of the burdens of the taxation i'm
posed. If the court knows, or is justi-
fed in believing, that Congress would
not have provided an income tax
which did not include a tax on in
comes from real estate, we are more
justified in believing that the Wilson
act would not have become law at all
without provision being made for it
in the income tax. If, therefore, all
the income tax sections of the Wilson
act must fall because some of them
are invalid, does not the Judgment this
day rendered furnish ground for the !
contention that the entire act falls |
when the court strikes from it all Of |
which the act would never have been
passed.
Favors to the Rich.
But the court takes care to state
that there is no question as to the
validity of any part of the Wilson act,
except those sections which provide
for a tax on incomes. Thus something
Is stated for the support and nainten-
ance of the government.
THE practical if not the direct effect
Of the decision today is to give to GER
tain kinds of property a position Of
favoritism and advantage inconsistent
with the fundamental principle of our
social organism; to invest them with
power and influence that is perilous to
hat portion of the people upon whom
rests the larger part of the burdens
IF the government and who ought not
to be subjected to the dominion of ag-
wealth amy more than the
of the country should be at
he mercy of the laWiess"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21

able approximation 10 equality to all citi-
zenS of the country, that should be evil
dence that it was not a direct tax within
the meaning of the constitution. What
IS TO be the end of the APPLICATION of this
rule. this new rule adopted by the court?
A tax is laid by the general government
post upon every citizen of the country at
given rate.
A Disastrous Blow.
when laid. a few parties come before
the court and said: My deposits were
derived from the proceeds of farm pro-
duce, or from bonds and securities, and
they are not therefore taxable by this law
In my judgment, the principle announced
IN this decision practically destroyed the
power OF the government TO reach in
comes Ihere is no real difference be-
20 tax incomes from real and personal
tween changing the existence of the power
estates and attaching such conditions
ana requirements to its exercise as will
render it impossible or incapable of any
practical operation. You might Just as
wei strike at the power TO reach incomes
from the sources indicated as TO attach
these conditions of apportionment which
no legislature can undertake to adopt,
ana which can be forced with no degree
OF equality or fairness between the COM
mon citizens of d common country.
The practical operation of the decision
Is not only to disregard the great princi-
pies OF equality in taxation, but the fur
INCL plluclplS IudL IN the imposition or
taxes. the burdens should be imposed up
on those having the most ability to bear
them This decision works out a directly
opposite result in relieving the citizens
having the greater ability. while the bur-
dens of taxation are made to fall most
neaVlly and oppreSSively upon those haV-
ing the least ability.
Considered in all its bearings, the de-
cision is the most disastrous ever struck
at the constitu tional power of Congress-
IT strikes down an important portion
Oh the most vital essential power of the
government in practically excluding any
recourse to incomes from real and per-
Sonal estate for the purpose of raising
needed revenue to meet the governments
wants and necessities under any circum-
stances"
Justice Jackson finished at 2:3O, and was
followed by Justice Brown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
ARE NOW LAYING BRICK.
Good Progress Being Made at the
New Electric Plant.

Bricklaying on the building for the
Citizens Electric Light company
commenced yesterday morning, and
the contractor on the structure is de-
termined to push the construction as
rapidly as men can do the work. The
trackage is all in place and the ma
terialS can now be delivered right up
the east side of the works. A good
force of workmen is employed by the
contractor and it should not be more
than thirty days before the structure
Is ready for the placing of the ma
chinery.
The city council having granted the
petition of the company for an off,
cial designation of the heights at
which it might place wires, prepara
tons are being made for the early
commencement of work on the wiring
of the business streets of the city. A
force of workmen is engaged in plac-
ing the cross arms upon the poles,
and the first consignment of copper
wife is expected to arrive any day
now
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
Right for Once.

London, May 2O.-The London news
papers very generally comment on the
decision of the supreme court declar-
ing the income tax unconstitutional
The editorial in the Times says: las
things stand, the weight Of authority
falls on the same side as the weight of
numbers. The practical result is that
a direct taxation must fall on the citi-,
zens in direct proportion to his voting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
LAST YEARS INSURANCE
Utah Makes a First Class Show
ing as Usual.
LOSS RATIO ENCOURAGING.
1T WAS FORTY-FoUR PER CENT OF
THE PREMIUMS.

,ugGestiOn That Four Union Dis
tricts BE Formed on The Pacific
COast-Heavy Attendance at the
Local Board MeetinS-Adverse De-
cisiOD on the Income Tax Law
Created no Surprise-Tax Pay
mentS Had Not Commenced
County Assessor Preparing TO File
His Tax ROIIs-GoOd Progress
Making ut the Citizens Electric
Light Company Plant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
JACKSON CONDEMNS IT.
MAJORITY OPINION rs ANYTHING
But SOUND.
The Most Disastrous Blow Ever
Struck at the Constitution of the
United States-Stril<es Down the
Power of Government.

The views of no other member Of the
court has been the subject of so much
speculation as Justice Jackson, whom it
was thought would be practically a
referee in the case.
Justice Jackson said his health has not
been equal to the task of preparing a
formal diSSenSion, and proceeded to give
an outline of his views from notes.
His Yoce was at first feeble, but as he
became interested in his subject he was
able to speak with more strength, al
though his. reading was slow and inter-
rupted by frequent fits of coughing.
In beginning, Justice Jackson announced
that he concurred fully in the disSents eX-
pressed by Justice White on the former
hearing, and the other justices who dis
sented today. He said:
1T is not and cannot be denied that
under the broad and comprehensive tax
ing power conferred by the constitution,
Congress has the authority to tax incomes
from whatsoever source arising, whether
from from real estate or personal prop
erty or otherwise. 1t is equally clear that
Congress in exercise Of the authority has
the discretion to impose the tax upon IN
comes above a designated amount.
The Controlling Question.
1.-THE underlying and controlling ques-
ton now presented is whether the taxa
ton of incomes received from land and
personality are subject to the rule of ap-
portionment. 1t was not found, SAID the
Justice, that there was any lack of uni
formity in the legislation, and he could
not understand the principle upon which
the court reached the conclusion that
because one branch of the law was in
valid for the reason that the tax was not
laid by the rule of apportionment, it
thereby invalidated another branch resting
upon the rule of unfirmity and against
which there was no valid objection. If
the conclusion of the court was sound,
the principle could with equal propriety,
be extended to the entire tariff act. The
court took a wrong method of arriving at
the true meaning of the words direct
tax depending on the opinions OF writer's
since the constitution, who agreed on
nothing. 1t was never contemplated by
the trainers of the constitution to reach
by direct taxation subjects of partial dis
tribution. What would be thought of a
direct tax laid upon cotton at so much a
bale, on tobacco or rice, property not ex-
listing in a majority of the states. They
contemplated the apportionment of a.
direct tax on subject matter having gen.
eral distribution among the states. They
never contemplated anything as a direct
tax, but that laid directly upon property
itself according to valuation of assess
ment. No intention could be attributed
to the trainers of the constitution to make
any tax a direct tax which it was possible
to apportion. If a tax could be appor-
toned among several states with reason
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
NATURAL GAS GOING IN.
BY Tonight One-HaIf of the City
VIII Be Supplied.

by One"DsiAI Oh INC Olly
VIII Be Supplied.
The announcement was made yes
terday that this morning the Salt
Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric
Light company would turn in another
natural gas district. This time it will
be all that portion OF the city south of
Fourth South and west Of West Tenn
pie. This will complete the north and
west sides of the city and it is anti
ciDated that within the next week or
ten days the east side will receive the
flow of natural gas from the Lake
Shore fields. Ali OF the necessary pre-
parations are being made.
Work at the fields is progressing
very favorably, and the new well is
being driven at a rapid rate. The
driving plant is equipped for very
deep work and Secretary Driver, of
the New American Natural Gas COM
pany. states that he is prepared to go
as deep as the last well secured. but
it is not anticipated that the drill will
ever sink as deeply as 1t did in the
latter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21

power without reference to the amount
of his property
The Chronicle: ''The loss of f6,OO0.-
600 Of revenue must still further de-
range American finance, but the
milhonaires have escaped the net and
the people generally viii be compelled
to make up the deficit. 1t is a strange
condition of American democracy and
limitations of the American constitu-
tiOn''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
Wheat Again Advanced.

The market price of wheat has
again advanced, according to the re-
port made by the local millers and the
holders are now demanding and Sc
curing from 50 to SO cents for their
grain. There has been no very recent
changes in the price OF mill products,
but the probability is that present
quotations will not be in force long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
Interested in Electricity.

J. Elliott Condict is again in the
city and quartered at the Knutsford,
where he will be for some days yet.
The gentleman was yesterday closeted
for some hours with officers of the
Big Cottonwood Power company, and
it is very generally understood that he
intends interesting himself in that en-
terprise, either directly or Indirectly.
He has been up to the site of the
works and has always had a splendid
oninion of the enlerprise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
ROLLS SOON TO BE FILED.
county Assessor Lynch Now Finish
ing Up His Work.

--SHSSSON A1S hCl NOW
ing Up His Work.
Assessor Lynch and his corps of
Held men are now just finishing up
their work for the year and on the
3rd Of June, the assessor will file his
rolls with the county clerk for ex-
tension. The work of assessment is
in splendid shape this year and no
property owner will escape the
clutches Of the collector. AS stated
the other day by the Herald the total
valuation of county property, real and
personal, will be within a few thou
sand dollars of $39, $4,000, which will
represent loss of about 100000 as
compared with the total Of 1894
This loss in the total valuation is
due to decline in realty valuatio
over the river and in the eastern part
Of the city and decrease in the total
Of personal property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
NO MONEY! REFUNDED.
Utah Income TaxD.-$e Had None of
Them Liquidated.

Ihcm LIquIdateds
No income tax money will have to be
refunded by the internal revenue Of
ficials who take care Of the Uteh field
of the district Of Montana, for the very
good reason that none has been paid
iE. Nor viii these same officials be
required 20 ever collect any, in view
of the q ision of the Supreme Court
of the U9mted States, Which yesterday
declared the entire income tax act
illegal and contrary to the spirit of the
ConftituIo1- TIE notification. of ehis
act fh bring good cheer to in the
oeig Fbol- cod Of ZOO persons and cor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-21
Practical Operation.

I'm its practical operations this de-
cision wfthdraws from national taxa
ton not only all incomes derived from
real estate, but the personal property
OF the whole country, bonds stocks,
investments OF ALL kinds, and the in
come that may be- derived from such
property. This result is from the fact
that under the hecision OF the court
The evening times., 1895-12-18
DRIVEN FROM HOME ny spooKs.
Goblirs Take Cottage That Was
Turned Into n Morgue.
New York World.

A bill has !. -cn presented to the board of
supervisors OF Wayne county by George
Emery, of Sodus Point, in behalf OF his
daughter, Miss Ida L. Emery, amounting
to $187 for damages 10 the Emery cottage
at Sand Point.
When the bodies of Jay 8. Davis and
Fred Fisher, who were dro wned in Great
Sodus Bay, last May, were discovered.
the. Emery cottage was vacant though
pletely furnished, and being the
nearest building, by the orders of Coroner
E. j. Whittieton, the bodies were car
ried tiiither, where the autopsies were
subsequently held.
To keep out the prying eyes OF observers.
the carpets were torn. up and hung at the
windo WIS. Then the cooking utensils were
used to contain various portions OF the
bodies as they were dissected, and the
blood was spilled all over the furniture,
hangings, and carpets indiscrinIinately.
Much of the furniture was ruined.
But the worst was TO come. Time and
money cleaned up the cottage, but nothing
could drive away the discnbod!ed spirits
of the unfortunate young men, rs for some
reason they took a fancy TO the Emery
cottage. Several parties OF young people
rented it, but after remaining there a night
or two they quietly decamped. Ugly stories
got afloat.
Mischievous boys nailed such signs as
"Spooks TO Iet," Ghosts for sale,~ and
''The morgue'' to the premises Finally
Mr.. Emery himself moved in, but his
family did not care to remain there any
longer than the others. Just what hap
pened nobody cares to tell, but there are
whispers OF groans, blows, the splashing
of water, and blood-curdling screams that
are slsudests on windy nights. However
foolish such stories sound. they are believed
by hundreds in and about Sodas Point, and
the cottage is rendered worse than useless
by theni Mr.. Emery says that 81 $50,
much Jess. SS7, would not pay for his
loss.
The evening times., 1895-12-18

Walter ]. Boyce, First and N. Y. ave.
NV.
H. C. Easterday, cor. G and N. ]. ave.
NV.
Frank Smith, 4th and G NV.
A. B. McCloskey. 1872 Seventh NV.
r. w. Duffy, Ninth and N NV.
F. M. Criswell, Seventh and I NV.
Edmonds & Williams, Third and Pa. NV.
w. G. Roe, Seventh and L NV.
Mt Vernon Pharmacy, Ninth and N.
Y. ave. NV.
G. A. Bentley, 18th and Corcoran NV.
Offut & Blunler, Fourteenth and U NV.
J. Louis Krick, 18th St. and Pa. Ave.
Geo. B. Lockhart, 1874 32d St ,Georgetu.
The evening times., 1895-12-18
ANNEX CANADA? NEVER!
= a r., ~s~%g--T y--~-----
Ridiculous Idea, Says Sir Charles Tup-
per, High Com missioner.

New oFR-N OFtu.
On the Campana, few days ago, arrived
Sir Charles Tupper--Bart.. G. C. NJ, G. C. B.,
high commissioner at London for Canada,
whiiher he went last evening to look into the
project Of n fast liDe. of steamships TO be
established between Quebec in Summer and
Halifax in winter.. and some port of the
United Kingdom. Sir Charles and Lady
Tapper wsro nieeoa the pier by delegation
of Canadians.
Sir Charles Is or medium height and
weighs about 200 pounds. He said that
the effort TO impeaeh Mfr. Bayard for his
speech would not succeed. "If your Con-
grcss should inipeach Mr.. Rayard 1T would
simpeach thevery best ,ann the United States
has for the post he said. Mr.. B1yard is
very popular in England, and is considered
one of the best ambassadors ever sent there.
He is regIfded in England as President
Cleveland's right-haad man."
The high commissioner for Canada said
that the annexation of Canada to the United
States was question that would not be
considered in 100 years. "Canada will
always remain part OF a greater nation
than the United States win ever be- said
SIR Charles.
The evening times., 1895-12-18
Mount Vernon Seminar
He Had a Snap.

: '.I was q stockhoIder In the first railroad
ever built in Oregon" said veteran Wall
street man. land it was snap. 1t was
street railroad in Portland. built in 1861,
and road, rolling stock aud inileS costoniy a
Iittle,nore than $4,000. Itwasamilelong,
and every man, woman and child that rode
that mile had to come down with 20 cents.
There were only six stockholders, and the
first year we paid for the road and divided
nearly 10000 In profits. We didn't know
what q good thing we had, and when
in 1864 Ben Holiday offered us 5000, 900
for It, cash, we, like fools, went and sold
it to him. wish had 1t uow.r-New
York Suu-