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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-28
Xew York 20: Washington. e.

New York. 20: Washington. q.
WASHINGTON. April 2.-The Giants
had a walkover to-day. The Washington
pitchers could not pitch and the relders
could not field Called on account OF dark
ness. Attendance. coo.
Score BY innings: r. II. r.
Washington 900. ......o 90 o.
New York ............4 0S 0 ? l-2O u
Batterles-Amole. Donovan and Nc
CURE. Seymour and Grady Umpire
Emslie and Andrews. Time. 2I5.
Cincinnati. >: Chicago. 3.
CINCINNATI. April 27.-The Reds took
to-day's game from the Colts by hitting
sc oppo' ''''' r.. II E.
Cincinnati. -. ....OOO221 OOx-5 0 0
Chicago. o.. o. 80 o q o. Of O-3 II
Batteries-Dwyer and Pietz; Thornton
and DOnOhue. Tmpires-McDonald and
ODay. Time. $50.
Louisville. %: Cleveland. =.
LOUISVILLE. April 27.-"Red" Ehret
won his own game to-day by his good
hitting Clarke was put out of the game
in the second inning for kicking. At
tendance. 900
Score: L. II. r..
Louisville o.. -. ....0OO11o43 % l6 3
Cleveland. . 80 8 3 90 ? 0 O-N u j
Batteries-Ehrct and wilson; McAllis-
ter Young and O'Connor Qmplres-
Swartwood and Woods. Time, 2:lo.
Pittsburg, q. If: ~. Louis. 3, :.
ST LOUIS. April 27.-The Browns and
Pirates played two games to-day. Inc
Pirates succeeding in landing both. At
60. r. IT, Z.
81. Louis. o. ......0 0 o 20 o u IL
Pittsbure ....O41OOO2O2-9 II o
Patterios-Daniels, Sudhon and Sug-
den. Hastings and Schriver Umpires-
go Sud o5me. r. IT, Z.
g. louis. ......OO2O0OOOO-2 4
Pittsburg.. .. .1OO21O43 oil II ?
Rotterles-Hughey and Sugden; Tan
nebiI and schriyer Umpires-Cushmah
ana Heydler. Time, 1:55.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-28
Holm 4. wilkinson.

TETTINGTON. VA. April 2'-SpeciaI.
Intelligence was received here yesterday
that Mr.. John A. wilkinson nad dled very
suddenly on Saturday last at MS nome
theodore" near Mobile Ala. ne "as
a native of Powhatan county va anu .''e
only uncle OF W. l. NHKihson' u 'l''
place. Mr.. Wilkinson was sai'ahI 'o",
federate and participated III sevefal haNai
fights along the MISSISSIPPI river ana Il,
the fight of Mobile bay. lie was several
times seriously wounded. He leaves wife
and siv children 10 mourn their loss.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

At may be used to bring about reforms, or
II may be 80 laid as TO aggravate existing
grievances and foster dissenslon and hatred
among classes; taxation may be so con-
trolled by the skillful hand as to i've free
SCOPE to every opportunity for II creation
of wealth or the advancement o. all true
interests of States and cities, or 1t may
lb9 30 shaped by ignoramuses as to place
dead weight on community in the race
for industrial supremacy"
1t requires little thought or calculation
20 prove to the ordinary mind upon whom
ultimately falls the burden Of unjust tax
atlon. AS the pressure becomes greater
than the rich care to assume, prices OF
products are so shifted that either directly
a0r Indirectly the worAngmen are called
upOn TO bear the major portion. Thus are
horned two classes-an aristocracy OF
Wealth--non-tax-pa class OF ex-
cessive tax-paying wage slave producers
The middle class of business men ana pro-
feSslonal men must sooner or later,
Through competition, give way and merge
into the latter class, under an unjust and
discriminating tax system. But what OF
che laborer? When competition is so severe
that ne no longer Is able to maintain an ex-
ustence the condition is universal and the
Rtructure OF government Is endangered ana
Indicative OF demoTallzing Industrial c0ndi-
tlons. The. fact that the laborer Is @ one Of
aha laboring classes are the victims or
their spOllation tax system the bureau con-
@iders SUFFICIENT reason for an investigation
and an exposition Of the methods OF the
fife-sapping intrument and liberty-destroy-
Yng practices of the taxation system OF the
State OF Kansas.
In presenting the facts collected ,by the
bureau on this subject 1t is especially dls"
claimed that any assault is made upon
this or that class, or any antagonism ar
wayed between the interest OF any class or
CLASSES, simply an exposition OF existing
facts and conditions In the interests of
humanity This Investigation Of taxation
has been confined to land values entirely
Tor the reason that an extensive investlg&-
monies and other values, would involve
an expenditure Of more money than the
bureau has az lts command, as the pres
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13
Leland's Wonderful Business Man
agem1ent

For many years Cyrus Leland, the Re-
publican boss of Kansas, has been an
absolute dictator in the management Of
the affairs of Doniphan county, His sup
porters point with pride to his splendid
record as a guardian of the county's best
interests. But no figures are ever given
to show in what condition the county's
finances are. The Troy Times has been
looking up the matter and finds that the
county has railroad bonds outstanding
amounting to $495, 900, In the face Of the
fact that for the year 1896 the State Board
of Railroad Assessors (all RepubliCans)
assessed the entire railroad mileage Of
that county at only $614,899. The an
nual interest charge on these bonds
amounts to $24,970. The total amount
expended last year for all county eX-
penses amounted to $26,722, but little
more than the enormous interest charge.
II these bonds run until they mature the
people will pay S624, 4,25O in interest alone,
and it will have cost $1,119,25O to pay
them off. All Of this debt Is saddled on
the people to secure railroads valued at
half the amount, or about the amount
Of the interest charge. If Kansas people
like this sort Of management Of public
affairs, Leland and his henchmen and
the party they represent and control
should be given entire charge Of the af-
fairs of the State But If they don't like
this sort of thing they had better con-
tinue to support the party pledged to
and which practices economy in public
affairs.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

ent work will cover nearly 1000 transfers
six months ceaseless plOdding through
countless mathematical calculations, and 1t
Is believed IL properly studied will form
basis sufficient to render the reformation
Of the present tax system possible, and to
eliminate the many inequalities and dis
ordinations that now exist.
In order that all may understand the
legal basis Of valuations upon which as
essments shall be based as contemplated
by the present tax law, the law on per-
sonal property 10 given:
Chapter 1853, section a, General Statutes 1897:
Personal property shall be valued at the usual sell
ing price In money 40 the place where the same may
be held; but II there be no selling price known TO
the person required to X the value thereon 10 shall
b0 valued 40 such price lB believed could be OBJ
talned therefor In money Rt such time and place.
Current money, whether In possession or on deposit
subject TO be Withdrawn on demand or within one
year from date Of deposit shall be In the statement
at the full amount thereof DEPRECATED bank notes
shall be entered In the statement at their current
value
The law on the assessment reads as fol-
lows:
Chapter 1853, section "a, General Statutes 1897:
The assessor shall, from actual view and from the
best sources of information within his reach deter
mine nearly practicable the true value OF all
taxable real property In money within his township
or city, aB the case may be.
Sec 75 II shall be the duty OF the assessor TO eX-
anime all such buildings and other improvements as
are not expressly exempt from taxation; but the
value of the land and the improvements thereon
shall be entered on the list In o single aggregate.
Sec TO- Each parcel OF real property shall be val
ued at It's true value In money the value thereof to
be determined by the assessor from actual view and
inspection OF the prOperty but the price at which
such real property would sell at auction or forced
sale shall not be taken as the criterion Of such true
value. All the real property belonging to religious
literary scientific benevolent or charitable nsttu
tons or societies. as we'll as all school or university
lands leased held for profit, shall be valued at
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

property In this way insuring for the pur-
poses OF this inquiry only genuine, legiu-
mate and bona fde warranty deed sales.
II may be said that even these may not
indicate actual selling values. While this
may be true In certain isolated cases 1t Is
believed that In the 900 transfers used in
the work OF this investigation that stand
ard of true value is obtained nearer the
truth than any other process, and may be
taken as approximately correct.
From the reports Of fifty counties dis
trlbuted throughout the State tabulation
OF ten counties, representing 100 transfers
has been made and q summary OF the de-
ductlons is here shown.
II should be remembered that In this in
vestlgation our tax law permits distinc-
tion to be made between what Is ordinarily
known as farm property and city property,
the former appearing as lands" in the
tables given, and the latter being shown
under the head Of lots"
The ten counties shown in table No.
represent GAG transfers of lands, aggregat-
ing 70, ,1gO acres, with real selling value Of
ui99,44Z AS the above tax law contem-
plates that leach parcel Of real property
shall be valued at its true value in money"
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

In all ages, among instruments Of tyran-
mica1 power, unjust taxation has been fore
most; hence within the system or power
the oppression and degradation Of the
people. The pages OF history are red with
blood from the struggle Of a plundered
and pillaged humanity, all for freedom
RrOm q tyrannical taxing power. In the
sixteenth century the peasants Of south
Germany revolted against the contlscatory
titlheg and taxes wrenched from them by
legal process to maintain a parasite roy
alty. The English insurrectiOn that ended
with Charles /. on the block and the build
ang OF the English constitution, originated
with q tyrannical ship tax and o tax-plun-
sdered people. The history OF the French
revolution shows with all Its disasters OF
WAR and carnival Of blood that the commits
@egati0n Of q taX-strlcken people and their
ODpogltlon to odlus tax-laws enters largely
into the origin Of that war. And every
achOoIboy knows that the American rev.
1lution Of 1176 had for Its inception and In
SEPARATION the question Of tyrannlcal and
unjust taxation. Thus we see that the
unrelentlng powers have been unyielding
Through all ages, whether under monar-
chial or republican form OF government.
The kind OF government matters not-it
Ag tho system through which the taxing
power is enforced that Oppresses the peo-
Eple or measures their prosperity, that taxes
the poor more and the rich less, that with
"a stroke OF pen makes servants and slaves
OF the one class and masters Of the other;
IN a word, the exercise OF such autrocratlc
power sooner or later undermines the lib
'ortles OF the people and endangers the gov
sernment that makes such O system pos
eibles be 1t monarchy or republic. For, as
Professor Ely very aptly says, Taxation
may create monOp0lies or It may prevent
them. 1t may dlffuse wealth or It may
concentrate IT, 1t may promote liberty
and equal rights, or It may tend TO the
establishment Of tyranny and despotism.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

real value ranges from minimum Of 82
per cent. In WyandOtte county TO a maxi
mum average Of ia per cent. In Comanche
county. The average tax levy for the ten
counties is 551 mills per dollar valuation,
ranging from a minimum average OF ALI
mills In Doniphan county to 59.7 mills the
average for Sedgwick county, while the
minimum Individual or single levy is from
10 mills In Butler county to the maximum
individual levy OF 66.2 mills in Douglas
county.
AT the foot Of table No. is found the
totals and averages for both land and lots
of these ten counties, aggregating 1871
transfers, with a total selling value Of
S2,H6,S7S, and total assessed valuation Of
$G56,531, or 30.5 per cent Of the true value.
Consulting both tables No. / and No. 1t
is found that the minimum average per
cent of assessed valuation to real value,
ia per cent, Is found on the lands OF
Wyandotte county, and the maximum av-
erage per cent. Of assessed valuation to
real value, 72.4 per cent. appears on the
lots of Comanche county. The total taxes
charged against this total assessed valua-
tion is $28,73468, the average levy being
1877 mills on each dollar valuation.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13
TABLE I.-TOTAL LANDS.

such price as the assessor of such estate would COM
mand In money
It will be seen that q "full money value"
Is to be placed upon all property. In lieu
Of this, II Is found that the assessors meet
once year and AK basis Of values for
personal property and agree upon basis
FOR real property ranging from % to 75 per
cent. Of actual value.
Desiring to make this investigation as
nearly complete as possible, the bureau
concluded, among other things to make
comparisons between assessed values and
true values, and In order to determine the
true value 1t was decided to take for pur-
poses Of comparison all pieces OF real prop
and September /, 1897, thus considering and
using its selling value and its true value,
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

uation to true value ranges from a mini
mum average of liza per cent. in Wyandotte
county to a maximum average OF Ais per
cent. In Mitchell county. The average tax
levy for the ten counties shown in table
No. / is 32.7 mills per dollar valuation
ranging from a minimum average levy OF
"a mills in Mitchell county to a maximum
average of A.7 mills in Comanche county,
while the minimum individual levy is 172
mills, found in Russell county, and maxi
mum individual levy Of So mills is found in
Butler county.
Table No. 2 represents 1,O25 transfers Of
city realty aggregating 2443 lots with q real
or selling value OF $947, ,431 and an assessed
valuation Of $S23,527, or BAL per cent. of Its
real value. The average selling value OF
this property is $SS7S1 per lot, with an as
sessed valuation averaging $lS2.42 per lot.
TABLE H-TOTAL, LOTS.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

the assessed valuation Of the above 7O15O
acres should equal their selling value, or
S1,199,44L Instead, we find that the as
sessed valuation OF this property, as taken
from the record and verified by the indi-
Vidual description and comparison Of each
or N7 per cent. of the real or selling value
Of the property. AS the acre Is the unit
for taxation purposes, 1t will be noted that
the average selling value per acre for the
ten counties is $17.O9 and the average as
sessed value is A73 per acre. The total
amount Of taxes charged against the above
lands is $10S89.S9, averaging 10 cents and B
mills against each acre. The range Of sell
ing value per acre is from a. minimum av-
erage of A05 in Comanche county to a
maximum average of $62S6 In Wyandotte
county, while the per cent. Of assessed val
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

assessed valuation to real value of N.7 per
cent on lands and S4.15 on lots, together
with the difference in the average tax levy
of 32.7 mills on lands and 55.1 mills on lots
1t will be seen that an investment, for illus
tratiOn of $1,000 on lands, taxes to the
amount Of $9.O5 would be paid on the in
Vestment, while on $1,000 invested in lots
taxes to the amount of SlS7S would he osic
on the investment.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

and in order to preclude criticism as to
selections OF sales or transfers. all mort
gage sales, Sheriff sales, Quit-clalm deeds
were left out. The instructions to registers
OF deeds and special agents were to elimi-
nate all transfers that do not for any rea-
son Indicate the actual selling nriaa Of the
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

The total taxes charged against this valu-
alton is $l7,SA4T9 averaging $3.50 against
each lot The range OF selling value IS
manche county to the maximum average
OF $S412S in Wyandotte county, while the
average per cent. OF assessed valuation to
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

The Hutchinson Herald (Rep.) is for
Billy Edwards for Governor. 1t points
out that COburn has fooled away his day
Of grace, that Sanley Is running in
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

A Summary Showing flow the Man Who Is
Least Able to Stand II Is Taxed to Death,
While the Man With rIOney Keeps the AS
SCISSOR from the DOOr-NOthIng but Plain
Statistics.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

Hoods interest and that Hutchinson
owes Wichita nothing anyway and that
Edwards popularity and familiarity with
State affairs peculiarly fit him for the
place.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13


otsS toS
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

Unequal Taxa
tiOn i'm Kansas.

Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statls-
tics for Kansas.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06

Mrs Althoff first testified that the time
at which Moody and Franey returned
10 the house was 1915 o'clock. After
ward a lady friend told her TO remem-
Der that this was a murder tflai ana
that she habitually kept her clock a
quarter of an hour fast and then Mrs.
Althoff. in the abundance of her pre-
caution. modified her testimony in ac-
cord with what her lady friend had
told her. Like all women. she allowed
her Womanly feeling to go out To any
man, however debased There is moth
ing the jury has to go by to say that
the real time was not quarter to IL
O'Clock except the statement of the
landlady that it was her general rule
to keep her clock quarter of an hour
fast Mr.. Baldwin said the fact that
Franey and Moody called at the office
of the Will house at 10:45 o'clock to
get an alarm clock to awaken them by
o'clock in the morning was part of the
prearranged plan to establish an alibi.
If. as they claim, they went to bed at
IL o'clock or before they certainly had
no need Of an alarm clock to get up
before . o'clock in the morning. They
were excited and i'm a hurry when they
called at the office and both wore their
hats and coats. which is against their
claims that they had just come from
their room. where they had a little so
cial enjoyment with their friend,
Dreamer.
Mr.. Baldwin did not conclude his ar
eument until $50 o'clock, and Judge
Clancy then created a general surprise
by continuing the case until Monday
morning at which time he Will instruct
the jury
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06
First ouicial Circular.

The first official circular ISSUED by the
new taiou Pacific Railroad company.
dated feb. l. was received in Butte
yesterd ny. 1t announces four appoint
ments .n general agents ~ the freight
and passenger department fourth on
the list being T.. Y. Maze al Butte. The
others ARE L. Tenbroeek. general agent
at New. York; L. w. Baxter. at Port
land. alnd ]. f. Aglon al ST Louis.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06

Ever body that reads Slrachelberg 4
Co.'S advertisements do not smoke their
cigars. but they should. Nobody is 50
well III epared TO furnish YOU with high
grade clear Havana cigars manufac-
lured IL choice selected tobacco as this
Well-k'iown firm. They receive weekly
sh!pmc nts Of tobacco direct from their
own nAntation in cuba. Louis \
Cohn, Distributor. Butte
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06
Thin in flesh? PerhapSit's

Thinin flesh? Perhapsit's
natural.
If perfectly well, this is
probably the case.
But many are suffering
from frequent colds, nervous
debility, pallor, and a hun
dred aches and pains, simply
because they are not heshy
enough.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites strengthens the diges-
ton, gives new force to the
nerves, and makes rich, red
blood. It's a food in itself.
sae and Sr.oo, al druggists.
SCOTT j BOVINE, Chemists, Nes York.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06

Front rooms for rent over Symons
dry goods store. AZ West Park.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
Saved by Two Hnrsna

Farmer Wentworth Of Brackrev.
Penn, has had startling adventure.
He owns Il BULL a gentle enough ami.
nal ordinarily, and, being in the field
where the other stock is pastured, the
farmer was taking him by the fore
lock ond pulling cockle-burrs from his
shaggy front. The bull quietly sub.
mitted to the operation.
As soon as Mr.. Wentworth turned
to leave him the animal made a head.
long rush for him, knocking him
senseless to the earth, where he Law
for some time, the animal unsuccess.
fully endeavoring to gore him.
short distance from where Mr.
Wentworth lay favorite mare and
colt were quietly feeding, but no
sooner was the farmer struck bv the
bull than both mare and colt we're OBJ
served flying to his rescue, and.
charging the bull, drove him awav
with hoof and teeth. This enabled
Mr., Wentworth, who had recovered
consciousness, TO stagger to his feet
and climb out of'danger.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

All the land above sea level wohld
not fiji up more than one-third OF the
Atlantic ocean.
Boston's highest tide was April 1G,
1851. 1t rose to 1856 feet, and was
33 over the coping of navy yard dry
dock.
Sweden is about to undertake the
measurement of degree of latitude
within the Arctic circle. An eXpedi-
ton will be sent out in May to make
preliminary survey.
1t has been recently claimed that
iron ships fitted with electric plants
suffer rapid deterioration of their
pipes having direct connection with
the sea, due to electrolytic action.
Addingpencils are being made which
have sliding register plate set IN the
side of the pencil case to be raised by
pressing the point of the pencil against
the paper or desk and register any
number Of points,
A Partisan opthalmologist says that
the incandescent electric light is the
least harmful to the eyes of all artiti-
cial light. Next comes the light of q
good kerosene lamp, after that candles,
and the worst of oil is ordinary gas
light.
Two Engishmeu have invented
pneumatic tire for wagons and bicy-
cles which will not puncture, as only a
solid or cushion tire rests on the
ground, two small inhatable tubes
being set in the bottom of the U-shaped
rim to back the outside tire.
Science announces that the Austrian
steamship Pola has gone to the Red
sea for scientific explorations, and will
this year cover the ground between
Dschedda and Alden. DR.. Franz Stein
dachner, the ichthyologist, has charge
of the geological work, and observa-
tions will also be made in physical
oceanography
Three specimens Of the rare white
partridge (Perdix cinerea were re-
'chtlN cAuibltcu III HiSStlHS VA NhO
Linnaan society, in London All
were shot early in October by Leon
ard Lush of Gloucestershire, while
in the Berwyn mountains, in
Wales. A remarkable fact was that
of cotey Of nine birds scared up by
the hunter all but four were albinos,
the rest being of the normal color.
The first trial trips on the electric
rack railway up the Corner Graf, near
Zermatt, were recently carried out in
the presence of the inspectors of the
Swiss Railway department. The Sec
ton completed has a length of 1900
meters and a gradient of twelve per
cent. The tests were satisfactory, both
the ascent and descent being effected
without the slightest difficulty the
motors holding the locomotive per-
fectly to its proper speed. Starting on
the maximum gradient with n fully
loaded train was also effected with
great facility.