Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-22

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The State tax commission has ahout
completed its work Of assessing the prop
erty of express, sleeping car. freight line
and equipment compa HES doing business
in the State. the companies MI "a IL
taxed In accordance with the Whitehead
bill passed by the last Legislature. aud
the task has been a big one, as it il the
first time the companies have been taxed.
tnilke railroad companies, they are not
taxed on gross receipts, so it was neces-
sary to ascertain the number of miles
over which business was done and value
OF each to compute the tax. Treasurer
Davidson, Tax Commissioner Griffin and
Attorney General Hicks nave inyestiga-
ted the workings of such laws IN Ohio
and Indiana and have had many hearings
from companies. So far results are as
follows:
Pullm8n's Palace Car Company
Number Of miles OF track used in
Value Of property In Wisconsin
suDlect e taxation. $50. $780, 27 40
Wagner Palace Car Company.
Miles Of track .......... 1.s47.s
tion .s1s5, 1888 60
Northern Paciae Express Company
Number of miles over which
value subject Ct to p tax. .s.... s5.5ss i
Tax 163 0S
American Express Company and
National Express Company
Miles over which business was
done 3,154.e7
value per mil $3.50 90
Property value s0bject to taxa
rs to, Observation-Disclosures. ils s,sss z
United States Express Company
Miles over which business was
Value per mile .s...s........... 40 SO
Property subject to tax. ....... ss,asT 0s
Western Express Company
all nor m,ie coz sis
Property subject 10 tax......... 10.474 81
Tax 294 81
Swift Refrigerator Transportatien Com.
Miles of line in State. a.270
Value per mile IS 20
Property value subject to taxa
rd alon 1e' sso % %
Western Refrigerator Line
Western Refrigerator Transit company3
Tax 65 10
Cudahy Refrigerator
Union Refrigator TRANSIT, Company
american Raefrigerator Transit Company
cudahy Milwaukee Refrigerator Line 90 .
Tax 20 O6
Ernes, Cornell, who is serving a life
sentence at Waupun for the murder of
his two children at Cconomowoc Nov.
10, 1897, failed in his effort to secure a
judgment from the Supreme Court giving
him a new trial and will spend the rest
of his days in prison. The crime was a
brutal one. Cornell's two children were
sleeping together in bed. With a ham
mer he crushed in their heads and then
cut their Threats with a razor. He then
attempted suicide by cutting his own
throat, but failed to kill himself and was
found partially conscious. He at first
denied killing his children, but after ten
days made a full confession. Despond-
ency, due to destitute circumstances. poor
health and the conduct of his wife, was
his reason for the deed. On the trial he
pleaded insanity, but the jury found him
sane and he was convicted. A new trial
was sought on twenty assignments of
techniealities in the former trial, but the
Supreme Court affirmed tie decision of
the court below.
fhe Supreme Court has affirmed the
decision of the Dane County Circuit
Court by which Register of Deeds Rein
dahl is allowed to keep the fees of his
office in lieu of a salary of 81 800 voted
him by the County Board. The fees are
between $4,000 and $1,000. A law was
passed by the Legislature of 1897 allow
ing County Boards to fix the salary of
the office. This law was omitted from
the statutes by the revising committee and
led to the present suit, which was watch
ed throughout the State as a test.
Bills for expenses at the State charita-
bic and penal institutions for October
have been allowed by the boar' of com
troll a~ggregating $53, 7S5. 20. ME ex-
penses of each institution were: State
hospital, $S,493.65; Northern hospital,
PiI3l 1O.Oo, bthOOl " zeal, 90. tOlsf &,
school for blind, $3,401 "a; industrial
school for boys, $5.319.69; State prison,
$~9,324.6S; State public school, $3,777.33
home for feeble minded, $5,501.7S; re-
formatory. $3,09S.4S.
The Supreme Court has reversed the
finding of the lower court in cutting
down the amount of the Judgment given
George f. Grouse, an engineer at James
vile, against the Northwestern Railway
Company for injuries in an accident. His
engine was ditched at defective culvert
The lower court gave him a verdict for
$4,000 damages. The Supreme Court
reverses the decision, but gives him the
option of accepting $4,000. Judges
Dodge and Winslow dissented from the
reversal.
The State Board of Assessment has
completed the State tax roll for the two
years 1899 and 1900. The tax for 1900,
to be collected next January, will be
$4,000 less than was collected this
year. The tax this year was 81, $40,
and included money for the general fund
for both 1899 and 1900.
Took Their Own Foras.
Before the Revolution in France it
was customary, when a gentleman was
invited out to dinner, for him to send
his servant with a knife, fork and
spoon; or, If he had no servants, he
carried them with him in his vest
pocket.
The Jap nese Aristocracy.
The better class of Japanese do moi
live in the treaty ports of Japan, which
are frequented by the casual traveller.
Life in these towns is so different from
the real life of Japan that il is impos-
sible.to get an idea of the country from
them,
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