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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
FOR IHE income TAX
Favored in Report by Indus
trial commission.
The Expert George ClappertOn Declares i Just
ard Equitable and il is Grow
ing in Favor.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, March 27.-The Industrial
Commission has made public report
upon the taxation OF corporations pre-
pared by its expert agent, George Clap
perton. The reports makes 168 pages.
The greater part of it is devoted to a
summary of the tax systems of the States
of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Texas. Mr.. Clapperton says that he
found the general property tax system
prevailing in all the States. but that
there are distinctive feature in the va
rious States, which are especially marked
in the taxation of corporate property. He
does not endorse the system of levyine
fixed rate upon net earnings, which is
in vogue in Delaware and Virginia, find
ing that while that system is theoretically
satisfactory, lit does not meet the varied
business in the developments of corpora
tions." He also finds the general prop
erty tax unsatisfactory. On this point
he says:
"It is clear that under this system
there are numerous forms of wealth that
do not and cannot be mae to bear a just
share OF the public burens an which in
large part evade or escape taxation, and
some forms which, when reached at all
under the prevailing general property
tax, are not equally and uniformly but
unjustly and disproportionately taxed, as
compared with other property. The in
evitable result is that real estate and
some forms of personality are unduly
burdened with the taxation"
Upon the whole Mr.. Clapperton con-
cludes that an income tax is the most
equitable, saying:
There is a growing class of citizens
who receive large incomes or salaries
and enjoy all the advantages of society
and good government, who, though pos
sesssed of abundant ability to pay taxes
are under existing systems, practically
exempt from taxation or inadequately
taxed. This class is receiving and mus;
continue to receive especial attention in
the revision or reformation of taxing
systems in the several States
while tax upon individual incomes
is generally sonceded to be just and
equitable in principle, it had been re-
ceived with disfavor and regarded as inn
practical in its operation. 1t is appar-
ent, however, to the careful student OF
commonwealth taxation, that because OF
it's justice and the increasing efficiency
of State administrative methods that are
being evolved, the idea of a limited sup
Elementary State income tax is growing
in favor and is coming to be more gen
orally regarded as a practical measure
under State supervision.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
Mr.. Osborne's Speech.

The proceedings of the Impeachment
court opened up yesterday morning with
a rising thermometer and the mercury
in the tube kept climbing all day long,
registering the highest notch at the clos
ing hour.
The first number on the program was
Hon Fab Busbee, who had grievance
tn air. He usually has; and this time 1t
was against the News and Observer
for telling the world that he had been
voting for Mckinley He thought it was
sought to influence the trial by this
statement. and he would, therefore de-
nounce it as "wilfully untrue
Mr. Osborne then resumed his speech
interrupted by adjournment of the court
on Tuesday afternoon.
AS for him. he'd always been DEM
ocrat.'' and he thought he ought to have
"a right to speak for the party Since
casting his first vote he'd fought in the
lines of the party, never showing varia-
bleness or shadow of turning.
He had heard some talk in this case
of heroic measures. He didn't think 1t
heroic to take up 1.-TWO honorable men,
against whose character there has never
been a breath uttered-one of them near
ing the grave-and impeach them for
high crimes and misdemeanors." He
called that man hero (pointing to Judge
Furches) '.who does his full duty un-
awed and unchanged, even when an as
sociate on the bench threatens him with
impeachment In the language of the
scrinture He swore to his own hurt and
changed not.
This proceeding, he thought, ought to
be q terrible warning to all future judges.
REWARE OF THE MANDAMUS.
..You can err on anything you please,
hut heware of the mandamus-that terri
hle thing YOU call mandamus. Ii
were a Judge I'd say, For the Lord sake,
take your mandamus somewhere else.
don't bring it here; | don't want to be i'm
pcached
He was willing to acquit even the
managers If they once saw where they
were going, they too, he believed, would
turn their backs on this proposition, as
he did.
..You attempt to impeach these judges,
and for what? For their opinions sake.
Lord forgive them. they know not wnat
they do That doctrine was taught by
Nero and he lighted the streets or ms
capitaI. city with the bodies of bloody
martyrs
Other apostles of this doctrine. he said.
were Phillip Ii. Bloody Mary. the Duke
Of Alba. and Jeffries. Pointing to the
judges. he asked:
Where, tell me where In that demon
(JeffriesO life you can find any similitude
to the lives of these men? Where have
these men laid their hands on the liberty
of a citizen? When l see the conduct
of this venerable gentleman. (Furches).
when | read his brave words / thank
God for Furches on the bench. | thank
God represent no coward. Judge
Furches is conservative. but he is bold.
The Articles of Impeachment were
now discussed. The first four. Mr.. Os-
horne said relate entirely to the man
dammus and the fifth to the office holding
cases. They were taken up. article by
article, and the offence charged in each
stated.
Mr. Osborne denied that Whites claim
was a claim against the State; that q
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Three Democratic Candidates.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. e.. March 27.-The
municipal campaign is a little slow in
opening in Greensboro. 1t was said this
morning that there we're three aspirants
for the Democratic nomination for mayor
The gentlemen who have been mentioned
as probable candidates are Messrs. James
w. Forbis, John L. King and C. G. Wright
The Democratic Executive Committee will
shortly issue call for the primaries.
Postoffice Inspector Jerre Connolly
writes from Wilmington for photographs
of Howard, Daley and Hawley, the conf
dence men confined in Jail here. He
thinks it probable that they are the men
who burglarized the postoffice at Red
Springs on March 9th.
A negro was captured in attempting to
enter the residence of Mr.. Speight Hunter.
en- Pearson street, last night.
A meeting of the creditors of w l..
Wharton & Co., bankrupts, was held in
the office of the clerk fthe Federal court
this afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
Sentiment on Impeachment

Especial to News aD5 Observer.)
To the Editor: Strenuous eff
forts have been made here by outsid-
ers to manufacture sentiment against
the whole impeachment proceedings.
The effect was small Thoughtful peo-
pie here regard this trial as epoch maxi
ing If convection ensUes they believe
that it will be the mosr momentous and
far-reaching act of North Carolina since
the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde-
pendence, one hundred and twenty-six
years ago. Ne realize that we are
judge-ridden people. And that judicial
Tyranny is the most dangerous because
the most insidious of tyranny; because
it uses law as a staifing horse as no
other tyranny in the nature of thing
possible do.
We would not see these judges made
scape goats of. Even to save a vital
principle, we would not have them con-
victed unless they have broken the law
But if they have broken the law, the
fear of consequences -and speak in
broad sense, meaning consequences to
the State-should deter no Senator
from voting for conviction. For if
justly convicted the trial will mark the
turning of the tide. Thenceforward the
wave of judicial tyrr9nny State and
Federal, will be surely beaten back.
significant thing to me is the moral
character of the people who respectively
approve of and oppose the impeachment
proceedings. j have seen a few good
and true men oppose il. But every soli-
tary renegade, scamp and uncertain
fellow is dead, or rather boiling and
loud against it. The invertebrates are
of course against it,
o. w. BLACKNALI..
Kittrell, N. c., March q, 1901.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
'S|CN NOT" SAYS
CH|NA'S EMPEROR
And the Convention Was
Not Signed.
THE TIME HAS EXPIRED
The British Had Protested Against
the Mauchurian Treaty.
THE TIME HAS EXPIRED
THREE Po4ERs THUS FORMALLY OPPOSE
There Are Great Britain, the United States and
Japan. A Report That This Government
Intended Addressing Russia
Directly Cause Stir.

Pekin, March 27.-The Chinese had not
signed the Manchurian agreement last
night when the time expired.
FORBIDDEN BY TIE EMPEROR.
London, March 27-Tke officials of the
japanese Embassy confirm the report
that an imperial decree has been issued
by the court at Sian Fu, through Liu
Kun vi, the Vceroy of Nankin, ordering
that the Manchurian Convention should
not be signed March eth, the date fix
ed by Russia. An intimation of this
decree has BEEN telesraphed to the va
rious Governments concerned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
Dose of Wood Alcohol Brought Death
(By the Associated Press J

New London, Conn, March 27.-Cor-
poral Harry X. Keakley, aged 30. of the
Forty third, company of Coast artillery.
stationed at Fort Terry, Plum Island died
today from the effects of . dose, of wood
alcohol self administered Corporal
feakley was physician, having earned
his degree at the University of Virginia,
and had been in the enlisted service Only
a short time. his object in entering the
army having been to put himself under
the restraints of military discipline
which he believed would be beneficial for
habits he had acquired. His body will be
shipped to the family home in Winchester,
Va. for burial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
St ting the Woods of the De-
fense on Fire.
REPLY TO OSBORNE AND JARVIS
Mr.. Osborne Spoke Over Four Hours
For the Defense,
GREAT CROWDS HEARING THE SPEECHES
he Vote Wi he Taken Soon After Mr. Watson
Fi,ishes His Remarks. The Result in
Doubt With the Certainty Of
a Close Vote.

The vote of Senators on the guilt or in
nocence of the impeached judges, now OIL
trial. will be taken todav at noon.
The final speech in the case by Mr..
Watson. was begun at $50 o'clock es-
terday afternoon. 1t will be resumed this
morning at 10 o'clock and completed be-
fore noon.
Then the roll of Senators will be called
and their verdict taken.
of course nobody knows exactly what
the result will be. but it is certain that
if impeachment does no. carry It viii
come very near it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
1T RAlNBD FURNITURE.
A Bush Of Timber and Shingles as From tn
Clouds.
CspeciaI to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
KittreI. N. O., March GA rather
startling phenomenon occurred in this
vicinity on Monday afternoon. tremen
dour rain, the heaviest in years, fell, but
there was no great deal Of wind. About
the close OF the storm, people living just
west of this place were amazed to see
hurtling down through the clouds shingles.
timbers and pieces Of furniture.
Whether these we're carried up by the
storm near Creedore. some twenty miles
to the southwest or whether they came
from stilI greater distance, Is not known.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28

In consequence of the pressure brought
to bear by the British CONSUL the Presi-
dent of Ecuador has ordered the with
drawal of the armed soldiers guarding
the camps of the Jamaican laborers en-
ployed in the construction of the railroad
from Guayaquil to Quito, under the aus
pices of Mr.. Mcdonald, the American
contractor. The Government of Ecuador
is making great preparations for an ex-
pected revolution.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
Arranging to Ship Gold.
(By the Associated Press. }

(By the Associated Press)
New York, March 21-The National
City Bank has arranged to ship 1,25OOOO
francs in gold by tomorrow's steamer.
and 81 600 600 marks to Berlin either to-
morrow or Saturday
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28

POSTMASTER General Smith yesterday
gave an emphatic denial to the stories
that he intended to resign his Office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28

The listing committee Of the New York
Stock Exchange have admitted 10 the
unlisted department transactions in the
nav Irnifed States Steel Corporation
stocks which VIII be traded il as when
issued"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28

Secretary Long yesterday settled the
controversy which has existed at the
Naval Observatory between Captain Davis
and Director Brown, by detaching the lat
ter from duty and placing Professor Wal
ter Scott Harshman, already on duty
there, in charge of the nautical almanac
Director Brown had admitted the writing
of certain letters connected with the ef-
fort to secure civilian management for
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
A SHIPS NEGRO CAPTAIN.
Colored Man Who IL Successful on tn,
Ocean.

SOLOIou 1ASh 49, Va NhS
Ocean.
A colored man has been made cap
tain of the British schooner Sarah z.
Douglass, now in port with a cargo of
~pineapples from the West Indies. He
is Captain Robert G. Sawyer, of Saw
annah Sound, Eleuthera Island, BAHIA
mas. Captain Sawyer was born in the
West Indies. In boyhood he followed
the life of most colored boys in the
Bahamas, which consists in diving for
conch shells, sponges and fishes, and
owing TO the geography Of the country,
they spend the best part of their lives
in small boats, crossing the rivers,
BAYS and sounds which honeycombed
the island. Eighteen years ago the
captain went TO sea in deep-sea yes
sells. He educated himself and mas
tered mathematics so that he could
solve the intricate problems of naviga-
ton. He then became a navigator,
and was seen here in the West In
dian schooners Brothers and Sarah E.
Douglass as navigator of these ves-
sells between the West Indies and Bal
timore in the pineapple season. When
the Douglass entered the pineapple
trade this season Captain Sawyer was
appointed master by ]. w. Culmer OF
Nassau. who owns the vessel. Captain
Sawyer is a man of powerful physique
He is about 6 feet 8 inches tall and
weighs ga pounds, every ounce OF
which seems to be muscle and bone
He is built like a Roman wrestler
speaks English fiuently and has ex-
cellent manners. He has a dark brown
skin. He wears a natty blue yacht
ing suit and ap.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29

attorney over all a mans actions? II
you had gone with me l meant to wait,
the beach would have been better than
this dusty litter of law. | suppose you
understood--you couldn't care"
The woman with the tired eyes
moved impulsively; for an instant her
cheek rested carressingly against the
loose linen sleeve of his Office coat
then she started up and went quickly
to the door.
Just one moment" Hamlin pleaded,
folding his arms and standing deter
minedly where she had left him.
"Please-dear. I'll bring the horse
around?" &aH
The typewriter turned at The open
door. Well" she agreed hurriedly.
Hamlin's heart broke into glad song.
The eyes he loved were no longer tired.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
"A strange dream for sr,

strange dream for such a warm
aisnt'" the typewriter remarked owl
uehtiy Obvious Of his last words and
ms ensuing CONSERVATION.
ne got up and moved away m how
pilnd and resume his restless walk.
"n"t the dickens had he been think
ing ABOUT all lhis time. What an inn
poSsiDie position it was ANYWAY In
to"l lie when a man puts his arm
"ouh0 d woman she can't lean her
CHeeN against his sleeve. But his arm
A"N NOT been around her. His hands
we're IN his pockets. 1t was as though
sHe a come to him like a tired child
certain Of support. Why had be
""Neu before he could look into her
eyes' Common sense Jared him:
mere was not lnuch Of the tired child
III that alert figure with It's weary ewes
anu ~preoccupied smile, but he set it
ilhpaIlentIy aside. Great Ned. What
hau ne beer thinking of for the last
TWO years Why, there were times
"hen he mad barely been civil. , And
hoW-now it might be too late.
See here, | cant get that idea of
Inc sea out of my head. Let's knock
OH work and make a dash for fresh
air. can have my horse around in
a moment. It's only ten or fifteen
miles"
Why, it would kill the horse" the
typewriter calculated, struck aghast at
the d e OF taking a pampered animal
on such an expedition with the ther-
mometer at one hundred in the shade.
Oh, no." Hamlin insisted. 1T is
getting cooler. We could take it easy
going out, watch the sun set in the
water n drive back by twilight
Doesn't it sound pleasant"
Very pleasant"
Does that mean you will go?"
No, thank you. | had better fin
ish this work"
'Oh, hang the work." he exclaimed
impatiently. Haven't l devoted my
self to work body and soul, for the
last thirty years. Am | to have moth
ing IN this world but grind and CRIME"
Hamlin thrust his hands into his
pocket and clenched them slowly.
Il had meant to wait" he began
abruptly, Ito make myself wait urtil
| could see you in some proper place
or write, but it is no use now. We
were together. you were leaning
against me. If l could realize that
dream would be the happiest-"
"Oh, wait" she pleaded.
But | can't" he returned. Don't
you know that love holds a power OF
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
A Snn,s neNnfinn.

Wallace, Mich, August 2Sth:-A
striking example Of 6 mans dutiful
and attentive care of his mother is seen
in Mr.. Oscar Swanson of this place.
Mr.. Swanson's mother has suffered
much with Kidney and Urinal Trouble
End Female Weakness. Her son has
sought out and procured for her every
thing hat he thought c. uld possibly
tCrtft her.
She did not improve, till at last he
bought her a o of Dodd's Kidney
Pills. In a few days she was complete
ly cured, and her faithful son has the
reward for her loving efforts, in the
knowledge that she is now strong and
well.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
POLISHED SHIRT DosoM.
How One That John Drew Wore
Almost broke Up an Act.

How One That John Drew Wore
Almost Broke Up an Act.
John Drew, as is we'll known, Is most
particular regarding mis- dress, both on
and OF the stage. He was playing in
THE Liars two seasons ago on the
road. and his itinerary included nearly
two weeks of successive one night
stands. His man attendant always
looked arfter the clothing he wore at
the theater, bringing to the actors
dressing room shortly before Mr.. Drew
appeared 20 dress. In n Of the small
er cities the valet had sent Mr.. Drew,s
linen to a laundry, and the actor found,
when about to don ii, that the bosom OF
his dress hirt contained a polish Which
disguised him. He said things. But
there was nothing to do but wear 1t,
polish and ell. Mr.. Drew had a long
speech in a scene with Arthur Byron.
The latter at once observed the unusual
polish on Mr.. Drew's shirt front, n
while h was delivering tne lengthy d.
alogue, Mr.. Byron, though ii was not
noticed by the audience, began to ad-
Just his hair. straighteu his tie, n
otherwise complete his toilet by the aid
OF the polish Ga Mr.. Drew's shirt. A
o a went up from behind the scenes,
and Mr.. Byron's joke nearly spoiled the
scene.-New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29

lhose mortgages.
s' Time and took up his pen.
tals weather"
'pewriter had been on hand.
nave knocked off work long
- "ouid have been driving in
en'oying the breeze instead
lns mig here. He paused to pass
handkerchief over his beaded
siaheed at the vacant chair.
~, Ae muttered. Good Lord.
=. Weather as this!"
Is be spoke the door opened
eon uan IN gray linen with emac-
ar and cuffs and lean jaws
toward the seat oppo-
I'M aised his head and greeted
ms customary bow. She re-
a. sanitation silently. as she
aud sat down to the type
Iad struck Hamlin that her
h, Jaws looked more tired and
|she aas aai' but this was natural
y mad been Ill.
IA ths silence that always reigned
kuse unless broken by an
Il osessity. he showed the
bsss Dying across to her and
Il i, What a good thing It
oas,s aO,e to pay somebody else
! uruegery. The thought
suaim Of conscience. She
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
Hoy'a This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars r reward for AM
Ease OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY &CO., Props, Toledo, O
We. the undersigned, have known r. j.
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and financially able to carry out any oliga
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West g. Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.; Walding. Kinnau & Marvin, wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
csc per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
Love and the Law.

BY F. H. LANCASTER.
&rright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
b. the twentieth time that after
] Tom Hamilton snapped his
and returned it to his pocket.
bias not interested in the passage
ine-that pile of copying must
'nished whether it took him until
blght, but these brief intermis-
! gave him an opportunity to look
say thought that had haunted him
J daylight. And the oftener he
BID at ii the better he liked 1t. In
norning, it is true, he had laughed
during the forenoon shrugged
shoulders impatiently; but in the
BnOOn-he took out his watch and
at the dial.
ai a man of his staid, prosaic
up should have dreamed at all,
apsuTu, put that the dream houlu
upset all his waking thoughts
come between his attention and
business affairs was worse than
fd-it was serious.
wha. was the dream? Only a
Of wild white waters. storm
out glorious, In the foreground
Pwering wave curving inward,
Wy crested, an ogre of the sea.
le upon the cliff dashed with
and beaten by the wind. A de-
dream for a hot summer night;
wonder that he liked to recall
4n and again through the stiff
day.
|lln snapped the watch for the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
onr Nations wealth.

Gold and silver are poured abundantly
into the lap OF the nation, but our mate
rial wealth and strength is rather in iron,
the most useful OF all metals, Just as the
wealth OF a human being lies in a useful
until ii Is disabled, try HosteIter's Stom-
ach Bitters. 1t viii relieve the clogged
bowels, improve the appetite and cure
constipation, dyspepsia, b~iliousness, liver
and kidney disease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
In Boston.

Mr.. Be~acon-Street (whisT ering)-Why
are o so certain that there Is a bur-
glar in the house. Hildegarde?
Mrs. Be~acon-Street (whispcring)-For
the most convincing of proofs, Ronald.
j can see the reflection of his eyeglasses.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-29
Paint of Superiority.

How is your daughter getting on
with her piano lessons?"
"Splendidly!" answered Mrs. Cum
rox. I'VE are very Troud of her. She
is so very classical and accomplished
that she never thinks of playing any
thing that anybody wants to hear
Washington Star.