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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
SELE.lMPOSEp TAXES.
A Good Roads Tax, Once Paid, Would
Remove Them All.

a NOOu ltOhuh lhAS OhCC aAuS NNOeA''
Remove Them All.
The Hill tax is produced by running
reads in straight lines over hills and
mountains with grades of 10 to Is feet
in 100, instead of following valleys,
skirting hills and making gradual wind
ing ascents, keeping as close as possible
to four per cent. grade.
The Square Corner tax is common on
the prairies and in level districts. 1t
consists in travelling, for instance, seven
miles north, and then seven miles east
10 reach point that is but ten miles
northeast in straight line. In such
a case 40 per cent. of the actual dis
tance is added. The average distance
added in this way between any two
points throughout the country is %
per cent.
The Mud tax is due to having soft
roads insufficiently drained, and gen
orally repaired" by having the sod
stones and earth from the CUTTERS
thrown on them once year when road
| taxes are being worked out
The Fence tax arises from the time
material and expense OF erecting anc
maintaining unnecessary fences.
The Snowdrift tax follows on the
heels of the fence tax, fences serving as
distractions to cause the formation o'
drifts.
The Waste Land tax comes from th'
less of good, unused land left on th'
roadside outside the fences.
The Wagon Wheel tax is caused BY
the use of vehicles having narrow tires
with rear wheels following in the tract
Of the front pair, and thereby always
tending to cut up the road surface
The Good Roads "taX" is the proh
accruing to the farmers and all othe
persons using the roads from the re
moval of the above self-imposed taxes
Il. A. w. Bulletin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
NOTABLE FOOTBALL GAMES.
Yale Defeats Princeton and University of
Pennsylvania Achieves Victory Over
Harvard.

Yale Defeats Princeton and University of
Pennsylvania Achieves IA Victory Over
Harvard.
New Haven, Conn, Nov. 22.-Yale 6,
Princeton 0. The score tells briefly
the story of the best played football
game Yale ever saw. The victory for
the blue was as fair as it was COM
plete and as brilliant as it was surpris-
ing.
Except in kicking Yale's stalwart
men outplayed the Tigers in every de-
partment Of the game. Little Baird,
of Princeton. outpunted Mcbride in
almost every exchange of kicks, but in
no other respect did the Jersey men
demonstrate superiority.
Certainly more than two-thirds of
the $4,000 spectators that gathered
about the arena Saturday afternoon
expected to see Yale defeated. 1t was
believed that the eleven of old Nassau
would present line as formidable as a
granite wall, while the heavyweights
in the Princeton center were depended
on to brush the Yale forwards aside at
will when offensive play demanded it.
1t was expected that the swift run
ners behind the Tiger line would cir
Gle Yales ends and plow through her
tackles repeatedly, while Yale's light
backs were not looked upon as likely
to pass Cochran and Craig. Man fol
man and pound for pound the eleven'
had been compared on paper and the
prophets could see only Princeton
victory.
But the football generals had reck
oned without their host. The gam'
with Harvard OF week ago Saturday
apparently was but excellent training
for the Ellis They had been improv
ing every day since, and that uncer
tainty which makes the sport attract
i've was demonstrated when II young
athletes wearing the blue, inexperi
enced in great battles, lighter il
weight and lacking their confidence
met their opponents and humbled then
in the dust.
Philadelphia, Nov. 22.-Before tn
largest crowd that ever witnessed
football game in this city, the Univel
sity of Pennsylvania football team dc
feated the Harvards by score of 10 t
6. 1t was not sensational game
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
STARVATION AND DISEASE.


They Number Their Victims by Thousands
Among the ReconcentradOs and Spanish
Troops In Cuba.
Havana, Nov. 29.-Reports from Ma
tanzas say the conservatives, having
become enraged at the change in the
governments policy, are disturbing
public order. Mayor Crespo initiated
the disorderly conduct by publicly Civ
ing offense to Senior Armas, the new
civil governor of the province. The
chief of police followed Crespo's lead
by endeavoring to prevent aid being
given to the suffering reconcentrados
by newspaper correspondents and
others OF the reconcentrados in Ma
tanzas 10 died in two days, 81 perishing
from hunger On Saturday II deaths
were reported, q large proportion OF
which were the result of starvation.
In Jaruco about 65 per cent. of the
deaths are caused by starvation and
the same is true of many other towns.
Horrible episodes are of daily occur
currence among the reconcentrados.
After lying for three days upon the
sidewalk in front of house in Ma
tanzas, poor negro woman who was
suffering terribly and was unable to
move, was carried away by flood
caused by heavy downfall of rain. A
short time afterward her body was dis
covered few blocks away, and at last
reports was still lying in the gutter.
A cab driver was carrying sick
man to hospital, and observing that
his passenger was dying, dragged him
from his cab, leaving him on the curb
stone, where he finally died. Casei
similar to these are of frequent occur
renee.
Smallpox is ravaging the neighbor
hood of the insurgent headquarters II
Pinar del Rio and there are in the hos
pitfalls in the hills 1,T0O persons suffer
ing from the disease.
The financial situation of the mill
tary administration is bad. The sol
diers have not been paid in eigh
months. There is a scarcity in thu
meat supply for the hospitals and il
many towns no meat has been obtain
alb for many days.
Gen. Losada, sub-inspector of th
health department, said recently tina
there were $4,000 soldiers in the hos
pitals in Cuba and that about $4,000 o
this number were not suffering from
any disease, but simply from need O
nourishment.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
AIotormen Killed by a Collision.

Baltimore, Nov. % Because Theo-
dore r. Merrick, a motorman in the
employ of the Baltimore & Northern
railway disobeyed orders, officers OF
that road say, there was n frightful
head-on collision Sunday morning in
which Merrick was, almost instantly
killed and William Il. horner, motor
man on the car which was going n
the opposite direction, received injuries
from which he died about half an hour
ater. The two conductors and the
four passengers who were on the ears
we're all more or less injured, although b
the injuries Of neither Of them AIe
supposed to be Dangerous
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
FRUITS AND vEeETABL Es.

Select the potato seed when the crop
is dug.
Wait until the weather gets cool be-
fore storing apples in thc cellar.
OF the different varieties of fruit, the
grape is the most difficult to graft.
Apples should be evenly sorted, uni
form in size and quality throughout,
In fall planting It is best to make
little mound around the stem of a
tree.
Pack apples tightly, so as TO prevent
damage from moving about in the
barrel.
By planting in long rows straw
berries can be grown as cheaply as po-
tatoes.
Give trees plenty of room if you
would have them thrifty, vigorous and
good bearers.
Seeds of nut or forest trees should
always be painted before they have
had time to dry.
In setting out trees dig holes broad
enough to stretch the roots out ful
length. and but little deeper than thu
tree is set in the hole.-St. Louis Re
| public.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
labor Leaders talk to the President.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-President
Gompers and Secretary Morrison, OF
the American Federation of Labor,
saw President Mckinley yesterday and
urged him to incorporate in his mes
sage recommendations for the better
protection of labor. The president in
formed Gompers and Morrison that
his message would be very long and
said that at some time in the future
he hoped to give attention to labor
matters either in a special message or
soma other manner
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24

New York, Nov. 2a-Gen. Albert Ord
way died last night at the Hoffman
house in this city. The generals death
was doubtless FASTENED by recent
events in connection with his wayward
daughter, Lettina Gerard. The latter,
a complete wreck, was day or two
ago transferred to a private sanitarium
from Bellevue hospital.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
To Keep Onions from sprOuting.

A correspondent of the Progressive
Farmer gives the following as a sure
method of keeping onions from sprout-
ing: Atany time after the onions have
been drawn take u sharp knife and re-
move the hard projection on the bot
tom that contains the roots. 1t may be
better to excava,e this hard substance
slightly below level. but care should
be taken not to injure the surrounding
parts. Onions thus treated win not
sprout end will keep in good condition
long after onions not so treated have
ruined from sprouting.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
could Not Agree on a wage Scale.

Pittsburg, Nov 2O.-No settlement
of the window glass workers scale
was reached Friday. The wage COM
mittees OF the workers and manufac-
turers held two sessions in an en-
deavor to reach an agreement, but
adjourned at night sine die with the
matter as far from settlement as ever.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
ROADS IN DELAWARE.
some would ne a disgrace Even

some Would be n Disgrace Even to
the KIOndilke Country.
The accompanying view has been
sent us as "a fair sample of our roads
(?) near Claymont, il we go off the
turnpike and other correspondents
from that vicinity have called our at
tention to the same matter. Chief
Consul Steward, in his annual report,
goes into it in detail, and the Whining
ton News and Every Evening have both
taken up the subject. The News says
that in Wilmington there is "cross
street or road that would be disgrace
even to the Klondike regions. 1t is q
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
A Traitnr,s Fnte.

Jacksonville, Fla, Nov. 22 --Passen-
gers on the steamer Mascotte, which
arrived in Tampa yesterday, report
that Angel Pas, who betrayed Gen.
Castillo to the Spaniards for $1,000
was captured by the insurgents on hi:
way to Cienfuegos, court-martialed and
HING
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
burned to a Crisp.

Bethany, Mo-, Nov 22,--James Bar
.kerand Elmer Fruit, young men. were
burned to crisp in fire that dc,
stroyed Blackburn Bros livery sta BILE
Sunday morning. Two comrades tried
to rescue them and were nearly
located.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
Train wrAked.

Brazil, Ind, Nov. 9O.--A train on the
Chicago & Indiana railroad, conveying
300 miners to their homes, ran over q
horse nine miles north Of this city last
night Two cars rolled down an em-
bankment into a ditch AMI % men
were injured, three fatally.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
Bishop McCabe, of New York, oil DE-
James Headache Powders.

Bishop McCabe, OF New York, OH DE
James Headache Powders.
with regard to DR.. James Headache
Powders, have no hesitation in com
mending them to suffers from headache.
They relieve pain speedily, and | have
never known anyone to be harmed by
their use. 1 have been great suffer
from headache in my life, but have
almost gotten rid Of it by the constant
use Of hot water and fruit, and by doing
without coffee. The DR.. James Head
ache Powders have, however, greatly re-
lieved me at times. and l never allow
myself to be without them, and have
recommended them to others freely.
C. c. McCABE."
For sale nv i. w. HOuOhtOn.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
The
Home Savings Bank Co.
WELLINGTON, o.

Transact general banking business,
buying and selling notes and bills Of
exchange. Money loaned on satisfac-
tory collateral, mortgage or personal
security. Interest at Az paid on all
savings deposits, interest. credited an
nually.
YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED.
Safety deposit boxes situated in our
main vault at $1.50 per year.
WIN. VIsoHER, Pres.
G. E. SPITzER, Vice-pres.
]. H. RUST. Cashier.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
LiEht tyre A. ~. DWk tyre y. N.
tDAily exeeps Sunday. IDaily sxcept hondny.

Drawing Roor Slecplng Cars on Nos, 2, and
! throuGllt ~ Cleveland, Erir, Buffalo, Now Work
md lIoston ON Nos. s, and TO r. Wayne
chicngp or fnterme linto points. MenlJ arr
.elled Dining Gins nt opportune ,r enl hours
Baggage checked through TO Destination, IA
inquiry you will And our rhtes are always lowal
than yiaother linrs. service considered.
IIornoI ncn1 Passenger Agrnt. Cleveland. O..
Or Local Ticket AgsnA
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
arillers

and others can save money by insur-
ing in the old time-tried, fire-tested
Ohio Insurance Agency. 1t represents
over $1OO, 100000 of assets, has large
surplus, writes the latest and most
liberal forms of policies, insures both
farm and city property, writes either
cash or mutual policies, also issues
tornado policies. Rates low, losses
promptly paid. Before insuring, call
on or address the manager, Jos.
Binehower, Wellington, Ohio.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
OLD LONDON ABLAZE.
A Fire Loss of s25,ooo,ooo in the
English Capital

CORES of Huge Warehouses are Destroyed,
Together with Their Contents-A
Hundred Engines Battle With
the Confiagration for Hours
Graphic Description of
= Great Disaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-22
DISCRETION IN ARBITRATION.

II IS said that one of the proposed amendments
of the Arbitration Treaty Will either destroy the
value Of that instrument or make II unaccepta-
bic TO Great Britain. The amendment in ques-
ton is the one providing that the Senate con-
| Jointly with the President, shall determine
whether or not any given matter is TO he sub
mitted to arbitration.
II is idle to pretend that all conceivable ques-
tons should be arbitrated. There are some
which no self-respecting nation would or should
submit TO arbitration, just as there are some
which no self-respectng man, as an individual,
would thus submit This fact was as fully rec
oeniZed in the original draft OF the treaty it
| is in the amendment.
Such being the case, somebody in each coun-
try must have the power of deciding what mat
tiers are and what are not to be submitted 10 ar
bitration. In Great Britain that power is given
TO the same department Of Government which
makes treaties and conducts all foreign affairs.
TO wit. the Prime Minister and his colleagues.
In this country it should be given TO the CORE
| spending department, or departments 10 wit,
the President and the Senate. Under The orig
inal draft of the treaty ii given to the Presi-
dent alone, or 10 only one-half Of the Consitu-
tonal treaty making authority. The amend.
ment merely proposes to extend ii to the other
half Of that authority, in accordance with the
obvious purport Of the Constitution.
Is II conceivable that the British Government
will object to this Governments having equal
privileges with itself under the treaty? Or that
the treaty will be made invalid if il is not per-
nited to discriminate against one of the par
ties TO it? Why. absolute equality of standing
is the prime requisite to successful arbitration.
Or can 1t be thar some Americans are SO in love
with British institutions as 10 be DESTROYS Of
breaking down our own Constitution and max
ing the President. like the Prime Minister, the
sole authority in such affairs?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-22
SUODDY KILLING

The Dingley Tariff bill should be known as the
Shoddy Killer. It's woollcn schedule is n three
cOrnered affair. 1t puts a duty Of three times
the duty on clothing WOOL on wOOllen cloths
costing abroad not over 80 cents. three and a
half times on cloths costing 30 TO 40 cents. and
four times on cloths costing over 40 cents.
Then II puts duty Of q cents per pound on
goods costing abroad 80 cents or less y cents
on goods costing 81 10 10 cents - cents on
goods of Al to 30 cents. 81 cents on goods Of
81 to 20 cents. and on cloths of higher value 4
cents additional for every 20 cents over 40
cents per pound, importing cost and finally it
adds TO all these n duty OF 20 per cent nd valo.
rem. This surpasses the Mckinley duty only
on the swindlng stuff Of the lower grades,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-22
MEDIC1L EXPERTS ~ TRIlLS.

The absurdity of the practice now existing rel
alive to the use of expert testimony, both in
criminal and civil trials. continues TO receive
the attention Of the medical and legal profess
siOns A recent article in "The North Amer
can Review" by DR.. Henry Smith Williams
treats the subject literally and intelligently as
regards the use Of medical experts in the de-
fence of holnicidcs. His article might properly
have been entitled "rhc Abuse Of Medical Ex
pert Testimony TO Save Criminals" 1t is not
alone in crinina, cases that the medical ex
Iert is purchased for purpose fox some OF the
most notable cases where sO-caled medical cX-
perts have exhibited the grossest subsection to
cxorbitant fees have been will contests. 1t is
not an unusual thing for far-seelng men 10 have
their mental condition tested and the results
certified to by eminent allcnlsts ut the time Of
making their wills, in order that contentious
and disappointed relatives may not succeed in
purchasing medical evidence of the incompe-
tency of the testator at such time. 1t is not
contended that all contests in testamentary
cases or all defences in cases Of homicide are
unworthy or are not supported by trustworthy
evidence but the difficulty lies in the ability OF
the ordinary jury TO distinguish between the
true and The untrue.
1t appears that the suggestion of DR.. Will
Jams that the Court should submit questions
calling for expert evidence 10 a commission APP
pointed by the Court has constitutional Objec-
tons and lawyers are not willing To accept it.
They claim that every person has the inaliena-
bic right 10 offer any evidence in defence, and
that in case of an unfavorable report of such a
commission the right TO pre- sent evidence TO
nullify it would be admissible. Then the same
farce tina. is now so frequently presented in our
courts would be repeated. Could the legal and
the medical professions agree upon this point
a bill would have been prepared and introduced
at this session Of the Legislature regulating the
practice. 1t has been suggested by an eminent
alienist that If the Court were authorized TO
appoint a fixed number Of expert witnesses they
would be unprejudccd. and the effect Of such
evidence from neutral source would outweigh
any expert testimony Of a partisan character that
might be offered. This suggestion appears rca-
sonablc. and il may result in an effort to frame
a bill for introduction at the next legislative
sion. II is within the province Of the Legis-
lature TO establish the qualifications Of n medi-
cal expert. rs II has done i'm the case of pro-
feSSiOnal departments Of GOycrnment-fOr
instance, thc Office Of president of the State
Commission In Lunacy. The Legislature can
establish by law what shall constitute n med-
cal expert, and this should govern the Court in
its selection Now the evidence of the general
of the alicnist of long practice in cases of in
sanity. and no test Of fitness is used TO dcbar
incompetent chemical experts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-22
Newpork Daily Gribm,ne
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
MONDAY, MARCH q, 1897.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The blockade OF Crete by the
fleets of the Powers began at o'clock yester-
day morning. it is reported in Athens that the
Powers are thinking of making Prince George
OF Greece Governor of Crete - FIFTEEN Ar
menians and three Mussulmans were killed in
a conflict in Asia Minor. == services IN con-
nection with the centenary of Kaiser Wilhelm
/. which begins to-day. were held in Berlin
- Sharp fighting between the spaniards
and the insurgents is reported in the Philippine
Islands 80 Charles Scott. an American, was
released from prison in Cuba he will leave
the island for the United States. - The Aus
trian elections show notable growth OF the
Christian Socialist party.
DOMESTIC.-Notice Of the blockade of Crete
was served on Secretary Sherman by the repre-
seutatives Of the great Powers. - The situa-
ton in the overlooked regions OF the Mississippi
and Missouri valleys grows worse; the leVees
are breaking. and rescue and relief work goes
steadily on. - Major Charles Dick. Of Ohio,
has accepted the place of secretary OF the Re-
publican National Committee. - All the
Shore Line stock has been exchanged for New
York New-Haven and Hartford certificates.
There is much speculation among Army
officers concerning Maj1r-Generdl Rugers sue
CeSsor
CITY-The ship r. F. Cakes was towed into
port after a hazardous voyage of 2o9 days from
China; six men died the way here. -
There were more visitors at the Aquarium than
on any previous day. =@ 1t was regarded by
State politicians in town that the Lauterbach
Greater New-York Police bill was dead.
THE WEATHER.--Forecast for to-day: Fair
in the morning; showers In the afternoon and
evening. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
81 degrees; lowest, AZ: average, 52A.