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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
a ONE-CENT FINE.
Small Boy Sent to JniI-Pennsyivania
Company Complained.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company yes
terday brought suit in Justice Hays court
against a small boy, charging trespass. The
boy had Jumped on the front end OF a
baggage car and intended to ride to a place
where the train stopped near mis- nome. A
fine Of 1 cent and costs was assessed, and
the lad was sent to jail in default of pay
ment. Justice Hay says the railroad COM
pany has advised him that similar cases
will be prosecuted 3s II is Determined 10
break up the practice Of jumping On and on
cars in its yards.
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L. S. CO.
Manufacturer of GriIIes and Fret Work.
As to Stock and Service
Sole Agents for Standard PATTERN

You can find the best of both
with us. They are the two drivers
of our trade. Taking care of them,
everything else-patronage, salts
faction, payment-follows Exam
Inc the stock and give US an oppor-
tunity to do the service. We have
some wall work to show just now
specially interesting, we think, but
then it's the same thing in all de-
~partments. Come and examine.
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ormance will begin a half an hour later.
This evening the doors will open at ! and
the performance will commence at 100.
Among the features OF the show are the
boxing kangaroo, Madame Maurelli with
her trained jaguars, Prof. johnson with his
performing elephant. Madame Flora. snake
charmer. and Captain Cardono, with his
trained bears, wolves and hyenas. Colonel
Wood Will give a representation OF a lion
hunt in South Africa. In the exhibition VIII
be found baby lions. baby monkeys and
many other attractions.
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Smallpox Mt Cambridge City.

The State Board Of Health sent DR.. Frank
Ferguson to Cambridge City yesterday to
investigate a case of smallpox and to in
struct the health officers how to guard
against an epidemic. DR.. Hurry, the secre-
tary Of the board, was too busy to make
the trip. He is being called 10 towns all over
the State, but after making one trip he de-
cided to send detailed instruction Instead OF
making personal visits.
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Seventeen Acres of II.

The board appointed to appraise the States
land opposite the Deaf and Dumb Institute,
consisting OF L. n. Richie. ]. S. Cruise and
j. J. Appel. will report soon. The survey
of the land shows IL TO be seventeen acres.
If the land cannot be sold In 4 lump for a
satisfactory price, II will be cut up Into Jog
lots and sold in that form.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
Fishermen. Attention.

There is now excellent fishing at Eagle
River, Conover, State Line, Watersmeet,
Gogebic, Marenisco, Tomahawk Lake.
Woodruff, Manitowish and other points in
wisconsin and Michigan reached via the
Chicago & Northwestern. Sleeping cars
daily. Special sleeper every Saturday 8 p.
m. arriving watersmeet Sunday morning.
Returning Sunday evening, arriving Chi
cago $50 Monday morning. Illustrated
sent free on application to A. II.
Waggener, 6 jackson place. indianapolis.
Ia
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Bowling Scores.

The Gold Bugs and the Gold Bricks were
enthusiastic enough to bowl three games at
the Oneida alleys last night. but in the
series the Bricks were not thrown. The
scores were: First game-Bugs, 1855; Bricks,
sos; second g~ame-Bugs, SOS; Bricks, S44
third game-Bugs. 745; Bricks, 7s6. The
Bugs were Leap, Barton, Quill, Brown and
Allen The Bricks were Jay, Kimmel,
Schlake. Kothe. GeiloW and O'Connor.
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Increasing Its CAPITAL.

The Vernon insurance n Trust Com
pany offers another 500. 600 of their capital
stock at par. Address NJ. v. McGilliard,
secretary. 147 East Market street. or NJ. b;
Wilson. treasurer. at Capital National
Bank. Regular semi-annual dividends are
maid by this established company.
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Mrs. Ford Did Not Go.

Mrs. Minnie Ford. who was arrested about
three weeks ago on the charge of being a
fugitive and released because Of her phys
ical condition and the promise of friends.
who wished TO care for her, that she would
be sent to Chicago as soon as able, was
again arrested yesterday by Detectives
Stout and Weible. She is wanted in Chicago
on a charge of larceny Inc did not return
for trial as promised
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BIG FOUR ROUTE.
Grand Lodge, b. p. o. Elks, ST. Louis,
Mo-, June ~ to 23, 1890.
n SO-RouuA Trfu-SZ S0.

Tickets will be sold June 10 and 20, good re-
turning till June %. The Indianapolis Elks
will go on a special train over the Big Four,
June 20. These rates are open to the public,
and tickets will be on sale for all trains OF
June 10 and 20. For further particulars call
street and Union Station. II. NJ. BRONSON,
ID
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pIG EOuR

Special low rates to following points:
Boston, Aug. 14-19; Buffalo, June 1913; Gin
cinnati, June $50; Cleveland. O., June 25-26;
Los Angeles, Cal, June q to July 4; Phil
adelphia, Pa, Sept. IA; Richmond, Va.
July lib; st. Louis. Mo-, June 1920. For
rates and full information call at Big -Four
offices. No. 1 East Washington street and
Union Station. H. NJ. BRONSON, A. G..
z. A. Big Four.
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New Deputy warden Named.

The board Of control of the Michigan City
p-enitentiary announced yesterday that NJ.
M. Barnard would be deputy warden. He
years. and was assistant under Deputy
Warden M~cCIaughrey, who has accepted the
appointment Of warden OF the Wisconsin
penitentiary.
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Presbyterian Praise Meeting

service at the Second Presbyterian Church
tomorrow afternoon at 2:3o o'clock. There
will be special music. A letter from Mrs.
]. A. Milburn. wife OF the pastor. Written
from Athens, Greece, will be read.
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LINE.
Excursion to Sc. Louis,
June 10 anu 20.
e7.BO-nOund Trip-S7.5 80.

On account OF meeting OF Grand Lodge
Elks. tickets will be sold to general public
dates given, good returning until June -.
The Vandalia line has local sleeper in both
can be occupied at any hour
after 8 p. m. unit. 7:30 following morning.
Five trains each way. w. w. Richardson,
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Delinquent Counties.

Fifty counties hav yet to make their tax
returns TO the auditor OF state. Thursday
is the last day, and the penalty for delin-
quincy Is $780, which the treasurer OF the
county must pay.
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MIG FOUR ROUTE.
The Quickest Route tn

Leaves indianapolis daily. except Sundays,
7:2o a. m. Arrive in Denver $40 the next
p. m Only one night cut. only one change
Call az Big -Four Offices, No. / East
washington street, Union Station. H.. NJ.
BRONSON, A. c. r. A
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Seaton the Halter.
Dunlap and other fine hats.
New Features I'm ParIor Car Service

May be seen on Pennsylvania Short-Iine
between Indianapolis and Chicago. The new
cars leave Indianapolis u:35 a m. Arrive
Chicago 5:Io d. m. For particulars apply
TO ticket agents corner Washington and Illi-
nois streets and Union Station. or address
w. w. Richardson, ID. +. A.
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Vaudalfa Line.

Commencing Sunday, Tune 4. passengers
can leave Indianapolis on the Vandalia line,
daily at 7:15 a. m. arrive Kansas City, Mo-,
GAS D. m. same day, Denver, Col, $40 p. m.
next evening. Inquire of ticket agent, cor
ner Washington and Illinois streets, and
Union Station.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

A. L ogg. OF Greenfield. Ind. vice presi-
dent OF the Mexican Veterans National As
scctation. was In the city yesterday for the
purpose OF arranging with the Commercial
Club for the entertainment OF the essocia-
ton at its annual meeting IN this city.
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SIGN CALLS FOR H WIFE
VENEER ABLE LEE DE HARRIS sENsA-
TION OUT BROAD RIPPLE WAY.
He just wanted to Make street-Car
Passengers "Rubberneck"-
Queer Character.

Lee De Hart, seventy-six years old and a
grass widower" at that, has nailed up a
sign that covers a large part of the front
OF his house. reading as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
Greenfield, Ind, Street Fair.

Pennsylvania lines will sell low rate excur-
sion tickets to Greenfield on account Of
Street Fair, from indianapolis, Cambridge
City and intermediate stations on June IA,
10, 16, good returning following day.
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BIG FOUR ROUTE.
81. OO-Cincinnati and Return-$1.OO.
June IS.

Baseball, Brooklyn VS.. Cincinnati, special
train leaves Indianapolis 1870 a. M, stopping
only at Shelbyyille and Greensburg, return
ing leave Cincinnati 700 D. m.
III. M. BRONSON, A. G. p. A.
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The Indianapolis Transfer Company

Insure with Indiana Insurance Co., 143 Z.
Market street. Fire, Tornado and Explosion.
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straw Hat.

Our ssc Straw Hats are remarkable
values. See our west window display. Dane
bury Hat Company, No. 8 East Washington
street
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Insure with German Fire Insurance. OF In
diana. General offices, % South Delaware
street. Fire, tornado and explosion.
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VANDALIA LINE.
Excursion to Terre Haute.
Sunday, June IS.
r 4 OO--ROuu Trfn-S1.0O.
,oxLRorND TRvp-s1

On account of the dedication of ST. Bene-
diets Church. Special train leaves z q. IN.
Returning, leaves Terre Haute 1880 p. m
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June IS.

S1.25-ROUND T~RIP%$1.25
Dayton and layton Soldiers' Home,
Via c., III. e. D.,
June IS.
Special train leaves Ills a. m; returning.
leaves DAYTON z ID. m.
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Has the finest line OF carriages and cabs in the
CITY. Calls for baggage will receive prompt at
tention. Telephone 40. 2I5 N. Delaware st.
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Cooks Imperial Extra Dry Champagne has by
reason of its purity and unriyaled bouquet
achieved a world wide reputation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

The Y. & M. V. r. H. company as
now organized and existent, came into
being in 1892, under the reign of our
present constitution, by section ISL of
which it cannot have eXem ption from
taxation, The constitution is plain !:
the law of creation of corporations is
plain; and there would be nothing
peculiar about it if it was the case of
a common merchant, or farmer, or law
yer, or mechanic.
But there was in 1870, in the act to
incorporate the Mobile and North west
ern Il. r. company section, 81, to
exempt that company from taxes until
its earnings enabled it to pay 8 per
cent dividend on the cost of construc-
tion, and 1t is declared that this Sec
tion was carried through successive
charters and railroad companies until
it reached the Il. N. o. & L. r. r.
company. Grant this, for the sake of
the argument. Then two propositions
are true.
l. The exemption is declared by sec
tion 81 to be in consideration of the
building of the railroad.
2. Good faith Cd the part of the rail-
road company required the building of
the road to be as economical as pos
fair voluntary exhibit of its cost and
earnings without the necessity of a re-
sort to the courts by the state.
But the road was built before the l..
N. 0. & L. company was created and
therefore it could not have given the
consideration required, that is, the
building of the road, for the exemp-
tion. More, the road was built by the
n. o. B. K. V. & M. Il. K. company,
that never had or claimed an exemp-
ton.
AS l have said, if the taxes are
taken off the railroad company they
must be put on the tax payers, for the
money necessary to defray the expenses
ofsthe government that it may protect
the property of this railroad company,
as well as of others, must be raised.
Now, good faith is just as sacredly
due to these taxpayers as to this rail
road mpany-the good faith of the
state and of the railroad company is
due to them. When the railroad COM
pany prates of good faith it should
come with clean hands. If its burden
of taxes was transferred to the
shoulders of the people until it could
earn per cent upon the cost of con-
struction of its road it should have
maze 6ECleHG COQSuruCLIOu DIS 6CCuOlbi-
cal as possible, because the greater
the cost, or apparent cost, of construc-
ton the longer it would take to earn
the s per cent. and the longer the peo-
pie would have to pay its taxes.
A corporation, understand, is an ar
tihcial person, in law, distinct from
the stock holders who own it, Prac-
tically the same persons owned these
different railroad corporations and
when the road was being built they
had a mistaken idea that the charter
of Incorporation under which they
were building entitled them to exemp-
ton FROM taxes. They, therefore,
formed of themselves a Financial I'm
provement Company, another artificial
person, and contracted with it, thereby
taking the money out of one of their
pockets aud putting it in the other.
They issued bonds and gave them to
this financial company to themselves,
to the amount of twenty thousand dol
lars a mile, and claimed to be exempt
from taxation until s per cent dividend
,-oe aarpal m ~ ~ i
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

Ir would be too tedious, and tire
some to YOU, to detain you with every
year of Gov. Dowry's term. ard l VIII
therefore take only the last year, 1889.
The common school fund received
from Gnes, whisky licenses, ETC., was
e54, 376. I. See auditors report, Dec.
3. 1889. D. 10. Disbursements for COM
mon school fund were S244, 800. See
same report p. 23312.
This shows that out of the privilege
and mill state taxes OF that, year
800, $3.50. o. went to common schools.
Fines and forfeitures, except before
Justices of the Peace, are borne by the
counties, section 26, constitution OF
$780, Expenses of prosecutions we're
then borne by the counties. Code
1880, section 1886
In 1888 only twenty ono thousand
dollars was allowed for pensions to
disabled confederate soldiers. Acts
1888, p. 3d. The amount now allowed
is seventy five thousand dollars. Acts
1898, u. A. Would Mr.. Smith and
his co adjutors deny this small pittance
to these needy soldiers who sealed
their patriotism with their blood
often the blood cut out by frozen
ground from their bare feet. IN order
to reduce the taxi When | was in the
constitutional convention | urged that
by constitutional provisions every one
of these soldiers and widows should
receive a pens on of seventy-fve dol
lars year, at least, and | am still OF
the same opinion. In 1889 less than
ninety thousands dollars was paid out
of the general fund for public schools.
In 1898 nine hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars was paid out of the gen
eral state fund for common schools.
Do Mr.. Smith and his co-daj tors
want to stop the common schools? In
1889 the boards of supervisors were
required to levy a school tax of mills
or mere. See Acts, 1889, p. II, sec
ton 75. In 1898 tie boards of super
visors did not levy school tax. And
the 4 mills state tax of 1889 to the
mills or more county school taxes and
you had 7 mills or more tax of 1885
against 615 mills tax of 1898. a t page
"A of the report of state superintendent
Preston, of Jan. 6, 1892 for 1889, 1890
1891, he says: 1.-THE school revenues
for the past year we're equivalent to ;
levy of 7.8 mills Oh the whole property
Of the state. "
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

turnou oyer 70 tie treasurer the notes
of a man for taxes; yet that was what
was done in this caseth notes of
Mr.. Scott turned over co the treasurer
OF the levee board by the tax collector
you don't pay your taxes to the col
lector with your notes. Take the de-
fault of the preceding treasurer, and
this note transaction and it looked too
loose, and required new levee board.
That is not all, l hold in my hand
certified copy of deed of trust-too
long to insert in speech executed
on the Both day of November, 1892, by
Charles Scott to his brother Hon. Geo
Y. Scott, trustee, to secure to q. l..
Jones, treasurer of Bolivar county,
Sl1, 1925. SO, nearly twelve thousand dol
lars, DUO and payable then but ex-
tended to January lst, 1893. After
wards Mr.. Scott entered on the margin
of the deed record that it was extended
to the 9th day of June, 1896, three
years and half. How came he owing
the county treasurer this large sum of
money, | inquired. The reply was
that while Mr.. Jones was treasurer
Mr.. Scott gave attention to the dis
bursement of the county money, and
that when he failed in business he
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money.
But may be that was little debt
of taxes on which he was getting a
little extension of three and half
years? The treasurer and the board of
supervisors must have been extremely
clever to him. No wonder people
thought he had undue influence over
them.
SCOTT OPENS WAR.
l did not appoint levee board SUBJ
servient to Mr.. Scott, and he at once
commenced the war on me. And Mr..
Scott is an attorney for the Y. q M. V.
r. r. company, and that intensified
his opposition.
There has oeen no scandal connected
with the new levee board. The old
board paid discounts and commissions
on the sale of per cent bonds. The
new board has made arrangements to
refund at per cent interest, at pre-
MUM, the bonds issued by the old
board at per cent interest, and at
discount.
The old hoard left bonded debt of
over million dollars, on which the
new board is paying per cent inter
est. The money collected is being
faithfully applied for leVee purposes.
This is the report to me and l be-
lieve it to be true.
At least appointed good and capable
meE commissioners, and that was all a
governor could do. The governor does
not have control of the board. | APP
pointed DR.. Darden. who was working
his way from obscurity to high rank
in his profession; Hon. III. l.. Foote,
of unquestioned character, an ex-state
senator, and son of that eminent iurist
Judge Focte, of Noxuoee county ;
Capt. Harris, an ex-confederate soldier
who gave four years of his life to his
country in war, and to the farm ever
since the war, the sturdy and clear
headed farmer, w. G. Boyd, of Bolivar
county; the chivalrous yet gentle
Capt. j. M. Montgomery; Hon. j. M.
Jayne, a lawyer who stands in the hrst
class Of the profession, whose fidelity
to the levee interests all admit; and
Hon. Fred Clarke, an equally eminent
lawyer, and faithful official, the son OF
ex-governor Clark whose shattered
limbs testified to his fidelity to his
country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

message recommending ina repeai OF
the statutes | have mentioned, and for
the reason | have mentioned.
With these exposures Of Mr.. Smith
it cannot be necessary to refute any
other statement of his and when | do
so you may take it "a being on tho
idea of the man who beat the dead
make, to show him that there is such
a thing as punishment after death.
The l linois Central Railroad COM
pany if they could hereby succeed in
electing legislature and governor,
that would tie sdbservient to their
plans for screening them from the pay
ment of the taxes they SO Justly owe
the state and counties, could we'll af-
ford to spend a quarter of million
dollars for the campaign of abuse and
vilificaiton opened by their attorney.
am not inimical to railroads. | am
friendly to them. When in my power
have shielded railroad companies
from unjust legislation, just as have
shielded the common people as much
as | have been able to do. When the
railroads serve the people for reason
able compensation they are good
things and will have the friendship
and support of the people; but when
idea that they are entitled to superior
rights and higher consideration from
eoyCrlors, legislatures and courts,
than the common people, because they
are rich and powerful, undertake to
become the masters of the people they
are menace to personal liberty, and
a menace to that equality of right up
on which our government is estab-
lished, and they will be restrained.
ABOUT THE LEVEES.
When l was inauguarted governor of
Mississippi, while | had been friendly
to the levees knew very little about
the levee board and its workings. Mr..
Smith criticized me for not knowing
before | was inaugut ated that the
levee board elected an attorney at a
regular salary. venture that there
were very few people in the hill coun-
ties who knew it at that time-scarce-
ly any hill people knew it, except state
officials whose duty required them to
learn it.
1t became my duty upon Inaugural
ton, to investigate the affairs of the
levee board because it developed upon
me to appoint successors to these leVee
commissioners whose terms were eX-
piring. l did investigate this as
thoroughly as | could during the leg
islative session of 1896, before L made
an appointment of levee commissioner.
l found default in the treasury of
nearly fifty thousand dollars, and that
the defaulting levee treasurer had alb
seconded. There we're in the hands of
the treasurer three notes of Mr.. Charles
Scott for 50, 500 each, aggregating
81, 800. | believe they say that they
were not notes-that they were time
checks-but section 1902 of our code
makes them notes, If my judgment is
correct At any rate they were not
money or equivalent to money, but
merely the unsecured paper obligation
of Mr.. Scott. 1t is not. as presented,
the case that frequently occurs where
a man takes list of neighbors whose
taxes he agrees to pay and does pay
Just before the time fer payment ex-
pires. In sdch cases the money is paid
IN time. But in this case the timef0"
the payment the last
january anG ties
iG De a case Iound
,..--e the tax collector