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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24

This word imperialism doesn't suit
the republican papers, and yet it is 9
word that fits the situation. for II means
after the manner Of empires, or to use
one Of the Dictionary definitions, the
epirit OF eppire. And this is the spirit
the present administration 10 display ing
In very marked manner, ell their gym
pathiss evidently going in that direction
iudgiDg from acte. The case is plain
snough and those who should look up
the meaning Of imperialism and call q
halt are the republican papers of the
country which are swallowing every
thing the great Mark Hanna orders.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24

The most serious question in the com.
ing city election il not bicycles, but how
the city can be- run on an eight mill tax,
with interest to pay on over ons hundred
thousand dollars, and be made to present
respectable appearance in the eyes OF
the world. tis going to take some q
nancIeribg to run the city OF Albany in
the interest Of the people, and what 10
wanted 10 carefnl men, understanding
business methods, who wslI run things
as we'll 40 they run their own affairs. 1t
is not matter OF friendship or iavorit-
ism, but strictly business. Albany like
good many o,her citiss is 10 somewhat
Of boz and It is tins we began getting
out Of our predicament il It is poPsible.
instead OF getting in worse. This gem
city Of the valley should be made mod
el one in its makeup ana management
and let us begin this year to make it 90 .
Good men should not refuse to allow
their names to he used because OF the
entanglements of affairs but should be
willing to face the music and help the
city out Of its embarrassment.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24
Foot Bali Trouble.

Iniormotion today received at Salem
woald indicate that the intercollegiate
football association 10 broken up and no
more games will be played. Corvallis
and Eugene have withdrawn. Pacific
University and Albany were both do.
ieased. So tie lionors oi the intercoll-
egiste games practically falls 70 tho Sa.
lem team with their defeat Of Forest
Grove Saturday.
Manager Van Wrinkle says Corvallis
forieits the penant 10 Salem by refusing
TO meet Salem Saturday.
Corvallis plays Eugene at Eugene
Thanksgiving day.
There will be series Of good games
announced 10 be played at Salem In
few days.--Journal.
The trouble 10 over the game for Lsxt
Saturday between Willamette and o. a.
O.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24

FreaE Farms.

Farmers Of Indiana are raising stvang'
products these days, the list including
tomrAts, akuDks, weasels, rabbits and
fr0Ks. Herman Eular, At New Harmony,
Posey County. has len acres devoted to
raising and breeding Angora cats. Some
sell for as much as $25 apiece. During
the last year be has raised 5000 for the
Eastern markets.
A mile away is leech farm. It's the
only one in the country, and the indus.
try "a carried on in moss tilled vats. The
original leeches came from Germany.
Nathan Meyer has raobit farm Of six
sy acres, near Wabash. This year he
expects to raise 100000 rabbits. The
meat Is edible, the petite are in great de-
mand, and come OF the rabbits are sold
as petit From the hal; crushed hats are
made.
There are elk big skunk farms In Indi-
ana. where the little animals are raised by
the thousaues Their pelts sell Tor from
81 so to 81 apiece.
Mark Bseger has large peppermint
farm in St. Joseph County, aad some
Poles have an enea moSs peppermint farm
on the Michigan n-Indiapa line.
The most ireakish notion is 70 artifici-
ally Eatten watermelons. The farmers do
II bya performing a surgical operation
ON thu stem. inserting cotton fuse
which is passed through the cork of
bottle full Of ofsweetened water.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24
Mr.I. Frana Fouebefpropoupced Foe.

Mr.. J. Frank ouehe(pronouneed Foe"
shay), Dramatic Artiet, ShakspeTiHn
Reader and Impersonator. has been Sc
0nred by the College co give two Of his
suberb evening entertainments Friday
and Saturday evenings Of next week,
Nov. "a and Is. The admission will be
25c, and the place win probably be the
Preabyferian church. Proceeds for the
benefit ofthe library. All cordially in-
riiad To afkande
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24
From the Eugene Guard.

GOV. 7. T. Geer did You or did you moi
sign this:
'.Ealem, Or. April %, lsSS.-In cons
sideration Of $1,000 to me paid, the re.
csipt Of which hereby acknowledge,
agree, il elected governor 40 appoint II
B. Plummer superintendent Of the Ore
gon state penitentiary for period Of foul
wears - 7. 4. GEER.
II you did you should resign and for
ever retire to Your farm at MAcleay.
Please answer.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24

The DEMocRAr rather thinKs that II
should be more difficult thing to get {
divorce than 1t is. Under our lawi
any old excuse is sufficient ercunds tor 8
separation. Toe laws should be so strict
that one will stop and think title be-
fore getting married
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24
NIGHT THOUGHTS

This situation in the TrAnsvsal at q
end Of this week is not much dilteren
from what Il was week ago, Tue va
is dragging along 10 somewhat Phhip'
pine style. Unhks that war though tn'
Boers are fightsrs and not rannsts, ant
they are always ready 10 face the music
The outlook chat the contest will end II
only one way 10 the same. En1lsnd
with her imper,alistic facilities for coos
ductlng the war is bound to cause the
. Injection Of the Boers aud take from
them what little property they already
own in South Africa. She may try TO
make the poor Boer think he has some
thing left, but in reality II will be email
~
Oar own war in the Philippines con-
tinues In statu quo. which promises to
be lha situation for many months !.
Aquinaldo was supposed to be surround-
cd, but he is not that kind. HE policy
Is different one. He 10 shooter and a
ranner. His game 10 TO tire our forces
out. BY conducting guerilla warfare
he can prolons it indefinitely. With
him out OF the way II wouldn't take long
TO come to come kind OF terms. The
DExocRAr is thoroughly anti imperial-
istic and is opposed to the enlargement
OF our territory By force, and Jet u has
no use for Aquinaldo and doesn't believe
in him at all. Ia fact the situation Is
such that he ought to be whipped aud
the war ended, and then the natives be
allowed to run their own government
even il they haven't some Of the colos-
sal brains, like those OF Alger and Otis,
that We possess in the United States.
In ALBANY there is considerable talk
about an approaching election as there
always 10 at this time Of the year. Real
ly the matter is nothing to JOKE about,
but something very serious for our citi-
zens to manage. 1t isa. case where II
ever in our history good men ought to be
put ia the different offices, men who will
look after the best interests OF the city.
-
During the past week the world has
had meteoric time. II was an inns
mense chow before it came Of. Iu glo.
rious shapes and eolors, the papers por-
traysd the marvellous heavenly fire.
works. Pages ware filed in description
of the sight with the usual rp-so-aate
newspaper enterprise, and no sheet got
ahead Of is big neighbor. The 18th OF
came and with 1t practically
Like great many things
it wac almost exclusively e
newspaper meteoric shower.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-24

reefnnfrf al corner No. /, a hewed ar
post Ix1 inches by feet long set Is incnes
IN the ground with mound Of stones,
scrfbed f@i32S, whence fir tree Is inches
IN diameter, blazed and scribed 1--S2 BT,
bears g. 70 deg. w. 269 feet distant, ana
Ia fir tree 10 Inches In diameter, DlaSen
and scribed 1-s25 BIT, bears 8. "a deg:
of this location bears N. y deg. % min. ~
I'm. 4 feet. sThe mouth Of an old tunnel
runnfnR northwesterly bears N. 50 deg. 10
n 10 deg "a min. w. 26z feet Corner No.
Of u. s. lot No. 81, White Bull lode, as
re-estabiisfed from It's bearing objeele.
hears n. rs deg. 40 min. 70. 1903 feeti
thence n. IS deg. Is min. e.. variation ~
deg. 80 min. E.. 1865 feet; INTEREST," ,ds nhe
at N. 60 deg. "a min. w. 4915 feet from cor
ner No. s, 1904 feet. Intersect line 4--i REQ
Bair lode, this survey, 251.S feet. Intersecr
line 81 of u. s. lot 3D. White Bull lode,
at N. % deg 70 min. +. 1921 feet from cor
ner No. g. 201,7 feet, corner NO, 4 OF GoIo
Back lode this survey, in line 800 feet 20
corner No. on line 5-l Of Gold Back
inches by feet long set IS inches in the
325, whence fir tree "a inches In diam
eter. biazed and scribed 2-3z5 BIT. bears
n. 90 deg. 90 min. +. 10 feet and fir
tree 1e inches in diameter, blazed. and
scribed 2-3z5 BIT. bears N. s. deg. ; min:
r. 2S5 feet distant: thence g. 81 deg. -
min. T.. variation 10 deg. 50 min. r., lg5
feet. Gulch runs southerly 403 feet. Sum-
southwesterly 40 feet. Gulch runs sQuth-
westerly 1862 feet TO corner No. 3. A
hewed fir post Aka inches by feet long
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

lar. It's market value this year is 20
cents in the dollar.
'sThe market value of Raleigh and
CASTOR Railroad stock in 1893. was
from 30 to 81 cents on the dollar If
is now worth 50 cents in the dollar.
"Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad stool,
from market quotations shows 81. 80 hid
for preferred stock and 1926 asked
january, 1898 the common stock was
quoted at $1.25. January 9TH, 1899. the
common stock was quoted at $500
North Carolina railroad stock in
1898 sold on the market at $115. Sales
have been made on the market this wear
at $3.50.
Southern Railway preferred stock sold
as low in the market as % cents in the
dollar in 1898. It's market value is now
80 cents in the dollar. Southern Rail
way common stock sold in the market as
low as 8 cents in the dollar in 1898. It's
market value is now 13 cents in the
dollar.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line
stock is worth on the market $1.27.
''Seaboard per cent. bonds are
quoted at Sill.
Raleigh and Augusta bonds 6's due
in 1926, are now worth in the market
$113.
Southern Railway consolidated 5 per
cent. bonds are now worth on the mark
ct Sill.
"Western North Carolina bonds are
worth ON the market S1.16.
ATLANTA and Charlotte Air Line
bonds are worth on the market $1.1S15."
| confess that these figures made a
stronger showing for the Corporation
Commission case than / had supposed
could be made. The gall of the rail
roads. paying less than 30 per cent on its
rolling stock and about 80 per cent. ON
the balance of it's property, coming into
court and asking for an injunction to
prevent the taxation at such low assess.
ments, is the marvel of the age. Ii an
individual, assessed at so low a percent
age, should go before the County Com
missioners ito get reduction, it wouldn't
take an average board half an hour to
decide that instead of reducing the as
sessment it should be increased. If
owned property, that would sell for
$SS, 100000 at forced sale, and it was
assessed for taxation at only $44,000,000,
| would sing mighty low about it and
pay my tax the first day it was due.
And that is what any average individ-
ual would do But. these corporations
come up with that state of affairs,
swear they are being robbed, and de-
mand a reduction of the assessment. 1t
would be gall" in an individual. In
some States the railroads have found
that kicking" paid very wen and they
stick to it.
FRED l.. MERRITT.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
A WORD TO MOTHERS.

Mothers of children affected with Group
or a seryere cold need not hesitate to
administer Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy. 1t contains no opiate nor narcotic
in any form and may be given as con-
fidently to the babe as to an adult. The
great success that has attended its use
in the treatment of colds and Group has
won for it the approval and praise it
has received throughout the United
States and in many foreign lands. For
sale everywhere. Bobbitt-W Drug
Co, and II. r. Hicks, Druggists, Raj.
eigh,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

tomorrow morning and Immediately sub
nit the same to the Volksraad The
reply will be in terms strongly influenced
by the Orange Free State, and among
other features, the maintenance of the
convention of 1884 will be strongly as
serted.
The situation this evening is not con
sidered so favorable as it was during
the forenoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
NO DECISION IN
THE CASE UNDER
TWENTY DAYS
80
o. Continued From First Page.)

must be shown: First, that private
property was uniformly, designedly and
systematically undervaiued by assessors;
second, that railroad property is assess
ed at its true value by the Commission.
Evidences, he claimed, showed neither of
these facts. On the contrary even the
affidayits charging undervaluation vary
materially, some placing the per cent al
40, some at 80 and others as high as 80.
This varying valuation proved lack
of concert of action which the courts
have said, must exist before they viii
interfere
I'VE insist that Your Honor, was eter-
mally right, when you said in Chamber
lain's case, there must be design proved
to defraud.
Both the Chamberlain case, decided
by Your Honor and the Taylor case de-
cided by the Circuit Court of Appeals
are founded on the Cummings case, de-
cidel by the Supreme Court of the
United States.
'.All these are based on one and the
same principle, that there must be fraud
and unlawful design, and these do not
appear in this ease"
Extracts from Treasurer Worth's cir
clllar and various reports of Auditor
aver were discussed and touching en-
tracts from messages of Governor Vance
and Jarvis, put in as evidence. He said:
Vance wrote of conditions twenty
years ago. If there is any one thing
North Carolinians pride themselves on
it is their rapid strides in progress. At
the time that document was penned all
property west of the Blue Ridge was
4 -
of Buncombe county now is.
He showed that railroad property i'll
North Carolina so far from being over
valued is assessed at much less than its
real value. and added
"Ifhe net earnings of railroads of
North Carolina are 33 per cent of the
gross earnings. The net earnings or
farm lands of the Stare are not FIVE
per cent of their value"
There are over three thousand as
SCISSORS in the State; they have taken
solemn oaths. The railroads charge that
they are guilty of fraud and perjury;
equally solemn oaths has been taken by
the Corporation Commission. They, too,
are charged with violation of their
oath. The Legislature is said to have
sanctioned this arrangement and thereby
subornation of perjury.
And on top of It's comes Mr.. Price
here with an affidavit made by his
son in which he seeks to make also
attorneys fer the State party to the
fraud and treachery.
North Carolina has history, and
throughout that proud record you will
find that they have been noted for their
conservatism. They are slow TO anger,
but they will not be swerved from right
by such imputations.
.sHaa this commission done right
People think so, else you would have
found them condemned in the public
press of the State.
Arguments will be resumed in the
morning at $50. If it is completed in
time the Fertilizer Rate Case will be
argued tomorrow afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
COL. LAWToN APPOINTED.

Atlanta. Ga, Sept. 14.-Coionel A.
r. Lawton, Of Savannah, was today
appointed by Governor Gambler to take
command Of the Georgia militia which
goes to New York to take part in the
reception to Admiral Dewey.
There viii be about twelve companies
to go from Georgia
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DIR. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated
globule of health, that changes weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They're
wonderful in building UP the health.
Only 25c per box. Sold by all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
IOWA CAMPAIGN OPENED.

Davenport, Iowa, Sept 1.-THE Iowa
gubernatorial campaign WAS opened
tonight with a meeting in this city adj
dressed by Fred f.. White, the Democrat
ic nominee. His speech was cominel
largely to a condemnation of trusts ana
imperialism, leaving the subject of fl
nances almost untouched.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
The Town of KinSton,
North Carolina.
BONDS FOR SALE

Sealed bids will be received uniI
o'clock p. M, October 10Th, 1899, at the
office of the mayor for twenty-five thou
sand dollars of the town Of Kinston,
North Carolina, per cent bonds, rum
ming thirty years from July LIST, 1899,
and bearing interest from October 10Th,
1899.
Interest payable, January LIST and July
LIST. These bonds are to be issued for
the purpose of enlarging and equipping
the electric light plant, for drainage
and street improvements and towards
refunding the existing Indebtedness of
said town, and are authorized by a ma
jority of the qualified voters at an cleo
ton held on the LIST day of August 1899.
The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved
BY order of the mayor and board of
aldermen.
~ b. MOORE,
Town Clerk.
Dated Kinston, n. c., September 9th,
1899. 9-1-1w.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

Il suffered with piles eleven years be-
fore using DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve;
now my health is fully restored. Con
rad STANCE, Pierz, MINI. A soothing,
healing PREPARATION of standard merit;
beware of worthless counterfeits. Bob.
bitt- Wynne Drug CO., w. FL. King &
Co., Adams e. Moye, VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

The great success OF Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in the treatment of bowel complaints
has made it standard over the greater
part of the civilized world. For sale
everywhere. Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Co.,
and FL. Z. Hicks, Druggists, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

Yesterday at Sioux City, Iowa, in a
special match pacing rate for purse
of $4,000, Patchen beat John Il. Gen
try in two straight heats; time 2:05 ami
2:04%.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

The planters Of Santiago Province,
Cuba, declare that the free Importation
of coffee from Porto Rico to Cuba viii
kill the coffee industry of the Latter is
land.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
"A STAGE HELD UP.

Napa, Cal, Sept. 1.-THE Caligtoga
and Lakeport stage was held up today
by solitary highwayman, who made
off with the express box.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

Globe Cough Cure for Coughs and
Colds, Crop Influenza, Grips, Asthma
and all affections Of the throat and
lungs. Advertisement price 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

There's always hope while there's One
Minute Cough Cure. "An attack of
pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape
and / was near the first stages Of con-
sumption One Minute Cough Cure com
pletely cured me-" writes Helen Me-
Henry, Bismarck, N. D. Gives instant
relief. Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Co., w. H..
King & Co., Adams & Moye, VIM. Simp-
son.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

have been much higher than the va!ua-
ton placed upon it.
THAT in view of the tremendous in
crease in value of steel and iron and of
all kinds of supplies that enter into the
construction of railroads, these atlantis
find further justification in the increase
made by the Commission. As an 'l.us-
tration of this, the market value of steel
rails was SIS per ton on September 18th,
1898. and such market value has increas-
ed to $50 a ton on August 31st 1899.
with reference to the allegations in
the bill of some of the complaining rail-
roads aforesaid that the farming lands
of the State, comprising $4,000 coo acres.
were assessed ait $4,000. 900, with
yfetdlng capacity from $50,000,000 to
$GO0O0.000. while the property of raj
roads is assessed at $44.000,000. he re-
spectfully shows to the court that
with the present prices of farm
products i'm North Carolina farm
ing is not only Improbable. but
it is losing business, and that a
very large number OF the farmers of the
State are growing poorer every year,
while the railroad companies are in re-
ceipt of net incomes from their opera
tons which enable them to pay interest
on their inmensebonded debt and to de-
clare dividends upon their stock So
unprofitable has the occupation of farm-
ing been i'm North Carolina that a large
arajority of the farming lands of the
State will not bring one-half of what
they would fifteen or twenty years ago.
while the properties of many of the rail
road commands have doubled or tripled
in value"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15
ANSWER OF TREASURER AND
AUDITOR.

The State Auditor and Treasurer make
a joint affidavit, Aver swearing" after
the old style and, Worth affirming" as
is the custom Of Quakers. They deny
that there is any rule or system in North
Carolina by which real and personal
property is assessed at 80 per cent. of its
value; that it is honestly assessed at its
true value in money; that there has been
a substantial increase in the assessment
of individual property, and that in some
sections this has been very marked; that
heretofore railroad property was assessed
below its true value, and that while there
has been a rapid increase in the income
bearing capacity of railroads there has
been but slight, if any, increase in the
income-bearing capacity of a large pre-
portion of individual property, specially
farm property. They also swear and
affirm:
During the past eight or ten years
there has been heavy fall in the price
of the staple products of the farms Of
the State, such as corn, cotton, tobacco,
etc. That the increase, both in the net
income and market value of railroad
stocks and bonds have been rapid and
pronounced during the past twelve or
eighteen months.
''Affiants say that they are satisfied
that the valuations placed upon the
property of the plaintiff and the Other
complaining railroads and said telegraph
company by the Corporation Commission
in their assessment made in June, 1899
is not in excess of the true value of said
properties, respectively, in money; nor
that the said valuation is at higher
rate than the valuation of other property
in tho State. On the contrary, atlantis
do not hesitate to say that after inyesti-
eating the subject they are of the opin-
ion that the properties of the complain
ing railroads have not been assessed
at as much as two-thirds of what they
would sell for, or what they are actually
worth.
'"fhat valued upon the basis Of the
funded debt and capital stock Of rho
said roads and telegraph company The
valuations of the property of the said
roads and telegraph companies woull
have been much higher than that placed
upon them, respectively.
"1'hat valued upon the basis of fine
net income of said railroads for the fiscal
year ending June, 1892 the valuation
Of the plaintiffs property in North Caro-.
lima and that of many Of the other COM
plaining railroads should have been
much higher than the valuation placed
upon it respectively.
'elThat valued upon the basis Of the
cost of construction, with low valuaticn
of their Intangible property. Chased mon
the income or market value Of bonded
debt and CAPITAL stock the valuation
of plaintiffs property and that OF the
other complaining roads should have been
m,rch higher.
THAT a valuation of the Plaintiff :
property in this State on the basis OF
the number of miles of its road in this
State. in proportion to its total mileage
in tbe cormtry at large (ascertaining tho
value of its entire nlant as a unit ,rpol
the basis of the value of its bonded ~
debtedness and capital stocl:), should
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-15

Destructive floods are reported IN Aus
tria.