davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
:"- IL MARK HANNA III >:~,~
by Working

been the chief British revenue reliance
in war and peace.
The income tax in Italy was introduced
by Gavour in. 1854 and is a a'leading fea-
ture- in Italy's revenue system. - 49,,
The income tax is In force in the differ
Switzerland, South Australia Tasmania,
New South Wales and New. Zealand.
In New Zealand. the tax is limited to-
incomes exceeding e 300.''' In the United
Kingdom, El50 lis, exempt: In Italy,
there is no exception. In Massachusetts,
the exemption Is $4,000, and In Virginia
$780, II Under ethe proposed Minnesota
provision, the exemption Is $1,000. =
Minnesota,s missionary Opportunity.
IN: view Of, the fact, that no state in
the union has yet seriously gone to work
to- devise a satisfactory, complete and
workable, state income tax, Minnesota
stands in the way Of having a good oppor-
ttunity~cto do useful missionary work in
this direction for the guidance Of the en-
tire. country. Tax authorities in nearly
every state have advocated the income
tax on principle, but no one has yet
solved the problem Of a state income tax
that is effective in practical execution.
The exorbitant rate assessed In the old
federal income tax Of war times; which
was two to four times the European rate
now SUCCESSFULLY co1iecleu' uaoe the ~
come tax so unpopular that nox attempt
has been made In late years to put that
system Of taxatfon on practicable, eff
cient and popular basis. The recent. rer
yival of. popularity for the income TAX
now makes 1t, possible to attempt prac-
sticable legislation; ~: - The experience of
Eurepean countries and the few
|eprecedents in the laws of american states
may now be used as a nucleus from which
Minnesota may proceed to draft an eff
cient and popular income tax measure :
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
IN 4 NUTSHELL

Little Rock Ark.-Six men were hanged
yesterday for murder in different localities
throughout the state. -,
st. Louis-H. A. Faulkner, another boodling
alderman, was found guilty.o of perjury and
sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
Parkersburg, W. Va.-John Gehr of Colo,
Of America, pleaded guilty OF contempt Of
court.
Chicago-Frank velisek, Burlington rail-
port his wife charging that cents was his
daily allowance for herself and three chill,
dren. ~ SIS ~ s.
formed So, 900, 900 corporation and will push
the plans to complete an airship projected BY
E. L. Drake of Winchester, Tenn, which he
claims will travel :250 miles an hour.
New York-Or Organization has been COM
of the combination to be known as the United
Box Board and Paper company, by the cleo
tion of James a.. Roberts as president
New York-Colonel John H. Lord, ;sfor
thirty years rechlset at Rio. Pa, a mountain
sett1ement8 near Port Jervis, N. Y, Is dead
at the age Of 85. Nearly fifty years ago
Colonel Lords fnmily was prominent in poll
tics and he exercised a tremendous power
in the keystone state. y.
New Orleans-A mass meeting Of the lead
ing negroes Of New Orleans was held last
night for the purpose OF sopposing the en-
forcement Of the law providing separate street
cars for whites and blacks. The meeting de-
termfned to organize a stock company to run
vehicles throughout the city for the ex-
elusive experimentation OF colored people
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

they were apparently quiet. She ordered
the cook to prepare a bowl of meat and
carried 1T to the kennel, the woman ac-
companying her.
The instant Nine. Sempfs entered the
iron enclosure the Great Danes leaped
upon her like hungry tigers. They bore
her to the ground, and as she vainly
sought to: defend herself, their teeth sank
in her arms and body. Her struggles ap-
iparently maddened the animals the more.
Is The coachman heard the screams OF
Nine. Sempis and the cook. Nine. 7Sempis
begged the man to save her. He ran to
the stable to get a pitchfork.i When he
returned the Great Danes had fearfuQly
torn their victim.
The coachman fought the brutes into
corner and kept them there until the
cook summoned neighbors and carried
Nine. Sempis from the enclosure in dy-
Ing condition.
A few minutes after M. Sempis and his
guests returned she succumhed to her in-
juries, after exchanging few words with
her husband, who is nearly crazed by the
tragedy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
NINE. sEMPIs KILLED BY HUNGRY DOGS

Paris, July 26. Nine. Edmond
sempis, who before her marriage a year
ago was Miss Louise Rutherford OF
Brooklyn, was attacked by two hungry,
maddened Great Dane dogs which had
been secured to guard her husbands,
country house at Annecy lake, and so
terribly injured that she died two hours
after the attack.
NJ. Sempis is prominent business man
In Paris HIS home at Annecy lake is iso-
lated, and following recent attempt by:
burglars to enter the place, he purchased
two powerful Great Danes as guards.
The dogs proved SO ferocious that they
were confined in an iron enclosure during
the day time for the safety of the family.
NJ. Sempis was advised to starve them so
that when food was given to them they
would remember kindly their benefactors.
So they had nothing to eat for two days.
Nine. Sempis did not accompany her
husband and their guests, who started for
a drive to Aix-Les- Bains. She noticed
the dogs while she was walking In the
yard, and knowing that they had been
without food, determined to feed them. as
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
!: SENATOR PLATT CELEBRATES HIS 69TH

New York, July Ex-senator Platt
celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday
recently and received a host Of
congratulations from personal and politi-,
cal friends all over the country. This
made him. very happy, but he would not
talk about his birthday, ,preferring to re-
gard the. LIBERATION as purely personal
and not public. He spent the day at his
business office and then went to Manhat-
tan Beach, where he makes his summer
home. OF his sixty-nine years of life,
forty-six have been actively devoted to
the service of the republican party.
Whatever else may be said about the
senator, no one can deny that his career
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
FOREIGN FLASHES

Observation-Disclosures have occurred daily
since July 9 at Bunder-Abbas, Persia.
Paris-M. Firmin has been declared presi-
dent OF Haiti By the archbishop at Cape Hal
tien
Kingston-Leading planters of West Indian
islands are urging annexation to the United
States.
Manfia-An antifriar demonstration is
planned for Sunday but no violence will be
permitted.
Manila-Seventy- ty-eight cases OF cholera, the
largest number of cases for one day since the
outbreak, were reported yesterday.
3 Caracas, Observation-Disclosures Is paralyzed
In consequence of the revolution and yellow
and typhoid fevers are raging at Valencia
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
UNCLE SAGE PLAYS A SIMPLE PUTS AND CALLS GAME

Incidentally the stock be-
gan to soar, and when 1t reached 100 tbs
purchasers of Sage's calls presented
them in large numbers.
They were surprised and indignant when
the aged operator in stocks informed them
that all stocks delivered were ex-rights,
as the contract said nothing about them.
In this manner Mr.. Sage reduced a loss
OF some 30 points by ~, that being the
quotation on Rock Island rights The
purchasers Of his calls will have to sub
NIT as gracefully as they can, as a con-
tract for the delivery Of stocks by calls"
cannot be enforced In the courts
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

New. York, July 26.-RusselI Sage, the,
chief dealer in puts and calls In Wall
street, has just brought out new, scheme
in that line, with which he has succeeded
In fooling some old hands in the Wall
street game. Mr.. Sage recently sold a
number OF calls on Rock Island shares
when that stock was somewhere between
$50 and 160 The contracts stated that
the calls were to include dividends, but it
said nothing about rights to subscribe for
new stock.
It SO happened that since then the COM
pany increased its capital stock and gave
rights to subscribe to the new issue to It's
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

The Whitney park has scattered over 1t
sixty-four lakes and ponds, a dozen
mountainous ridges, and the primeyal
pine and spruce forests. Entering the
park from Long Lake West, the traveller
will first arrive at Little Tupper lake.
the largest body of water in the preserve,
and owned, with the exception of a couple
of acres. at the southern end, by Mr..
Whitney. The lake is nearly six: miles
long and about two wide, with an eleva-
.tion of 1,72S feet above tide. There are
several islands scattered through it, and
1t has pleasant winding shores well for
ested. In clear weather the main peaks
of the Adirondacks, forty miles away,
stand out clearly defined against the east
ern horizon. The surrounding forests
have not been injured by fire, and the use
of the ak has been careful. The dark
foliage Of the conifers extends in every
direction, and Norway pines are conspicu-
GUS along the lake and its vicinity.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
CAPITAL CULLINGs

Consul Hollis cables that the law allowing
no passengers with less than 800 to land at
Lorenzo Marques has passed.
Monuments to General w. T. Sherman and
Dr. B. F. Stephenson will be dedicated during
the G. a.. r.. encampment inS October.
Fillmore county Minnesota, according to
the census report, pro- duced 105 OF the 125,-
900 pounds Of tobacco grown in the state.
So far four personslLisutsnants l Hobson.
receive meritorious medals for service In the
West Indies naval campaign. *
Senator Bailey is out OF the graces OF his
constituents, and all because he was reported
as having attended social function in New
York attired in a dress suit.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

London, July 26.-Another evidence of
the American Industrial invasion is just
announced. The time honored London
''bus" is to be replaced by automobiles
run by Yankee engines. -,-.,
The deal has just been closed by S. M.
Fischer, formerly of Chicago, and now
president of the New York Motor syndi-
cate. 80 .a.r.... ,.. .,. 81
Tests of the new petroleum power buses
have been made and found satisfactory.
One of the great wagons was guided
through the crowded streets by MI
Fisohers 1S-year- old son, Harry, to the
great delight Of the London police, who
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
w.. c.. =WHrTNEY's so,ooo-AcRE. PARK

80
New York, July: 26.-William G. Whit
ney has a great park IN the Adirondacks.
1t Is said to be the largest private hold
ing of any individual in the east, num-
bering as it does ABOUT 10000 acres. It
lies mostly: in: Hamilton county, extending
margin. The. highway running eastward
from Long Lake West station, on the
Adirondack division $of the, New York
Central & Hudson River railroad, through
the forest to Long. Lake village, on Long
lake, passes for miles through the lands
of Mr., Whitney. The highway is public
and traversed by public vehicles, but
within a few moments from the time one
departs from Long Lake he comes to a
forest highway lined not. only: by trees
on either side,s but: with signs as well.
These signs define the: boundaries Of the
park. They comply with the laws. gov
erning such matters, and warn all against
trespassinG:.. 60 -. u. - =.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
! MISS ELY, AND. NEPHEW
= Hint From Racine: That They
-: Committed: Suicide. :S:7
ge,y Yo,5s S,t,, SDeoinI S es.vtoe..

Ne,o York s.s', speosat ,servsos.' ., ,-,s:s....
= Chicago, July ga discovery which
may throw some light upon the fate Of
Miss Florence Ely and her nephew, Frank
Rogers. who disappeared mysteriously,
from the home of the boys parents in
Evanston last year, was made at Racine
yesterday, piece Of cardboard which
was found near the river there bore the
following words: ~. :
October 10, 19O1-lMa and Pa: Meet US
in Heaven. We. are going to commit
suicide. Miss Florence Ely and y Frank
Rogers. - ~ -s-.-: z, -t s.-..~z T..
Miss Ely and her nephew were traced
to Racine, where they stopped at a hotel,
They took a car north from there and no
further trace OF them could be found.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

has been one of the most extraordinary in
the history Of American politics. He has
been undisputed leader of his party in this
state for eighteen years. During that
period there have been ten years of demo-
cratic governors and eight years of re-
publican governors, but there have been
only two or three years when the legisla-
ture was not, in both of it's branches, re-
publican: Senator Platt took the. party
when it was split in two by the Stalwart-
half-breed fight, and he has built up the
organization so that in the last four CUB
ernatorial elections it has been trium-
phant and is now in possession OF the
federal and state and part of the city
no
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
a PRACTICAL JOKE. BY CHARLES GATES

y New. York, July 2e.-The office: Of John
w! Gates was the scene yesterday after
noon of practical joke played by Charles
Gates, son of the eastern operator, in
which money made by the firm for one Of
Its clients had to be delivered in bushel
sack. This client called upon the firm
just before noon and asked Mr.. Gates to
make a deal for him on the stock ex-=
change as he needed some ready money.
Mr.. Gates. Immediately bought 200
shares of Louisville & Nashville. In less
than an hour the stock had ben sold at 2
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
A FORM Of LABOR a NNoYANcE: IN BOSTON

New York, July 26..-A Boston dispatch
says that Deputy Superintendent sullivan
Of the street department has added to- his
staff a "snap shot phot ographer, whose
instructions are to wander about the city
and aphotograph every idle man belonging
to- the department. The work has been
going on for some time. and now Sullivan
has: livery interesting collection Of photo
graphs, showing city employees lighting
their pipes, idling IN the lee of fences,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

stories as sermons, but omitted to state
that the entertainer of the monkey was
an American and not a. pastor eof the
meeting and Indignantly demanded an ex-
PLANTATION from the pastor. The pastors
mail has swollen to immense proportions,
the letters denouncing him for, his ex-
trayagance. The pastor requested the
newspapers to explain the fact that he
never dined with a monkey and was not
that kind of a man. 49, -"
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
a PUZZLE FOR THE INDEPENDENT VOTER


special tribunal to decide who was elected
president in 1876. Again in 1882 they swept
New York and the country, and elected
Cleveland president two years later. In
1890 and 1891 they won important victories
and again elected Cleveland president in
1892. So If they carry New York and other
states and elect majority of congress
next November, the democrats would have
the highest hopes for 1904. 1t is this view
of the situation that makes many inde-
pendent republicans hesitate as to their
duty this year. They see that although
President Roosevelt's policy has been OPP
posed by the republican congress. yet
when it comes to the election both are in
the same boat together. It is difficult to
separate one from the other. 1t seems of
the utmost Importance to the president
that his party, regardless of its internal.
disputes, should carry next falls elec-
,tions. This view of the situation is that
held generally in republican circles here.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

points profit. Mr.. Gates called up the
client. = - = . - = -. -. q -z-s
Well, I've got your money for you I
just took two points: profit on zoe shares.
How do you want your money-in cash or
by check? % s:S
The client, who thought Mr.. Gates was
Joking, replied
Send it over in pennies
Mr.: Gates at once sent two strong por-
ters to the subtreasury and got 10000 new
pennies, which they delivered to his cli-
ent, to his immense amaZement
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

New York, July 26,s-A stock company
is bein formed In New York with capi-
tai Of $40, ,000, 900 to buy string Of news
papers throughout New York state The
United States, Publishing company is the
name OF the corporation. 1t Is said the
organization will be ready to begin opera
tions about Oct. l. P. F. Collier & Son,
the publishers Of Golfers Weekly, are
said to be at the head of the proposed
newspaper trust.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

In the circular proposing the sale ths
company announce that 1t is willing to
take over the entire publishing plant and
asks the proprietors If they will consider
a proposition for the sale of their plants.
II so they are offered in payment stock
of the United States Publishing company .
An offer Of part cash and the balance in
stock will be rendered If acceptable.
Options have been, secured on more than
forty plants in this state.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

Having two steamers capable of carry
ing 5000 miles of cable, the company is
able to complete within year work
which. would take other contractors two
years to do. The steamer Silverton, at
Woolwich, Is now loading the San Fran
cisco Honolulu! cable, 2,40O miles, and is
expected to, sail. for San Francisco In
August. Eighteen hundred miles OF this
section have already been manufactured
and are being taken on board the Silver
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
COMBINE OF DRESSMAKERS
The Dressakers Protective Association Files Articles of
Incorporation With $25o,ooo Capital Branch Houses
in Paris and Berlin to Display American Modes and
Obtain New Ideas.

It is stated that the object Of the associa-
tion is to unite the dressmakers of the
United States and enable them better to
compete with the European houses.
part of the plan is to open branch depots
of the association in Paris, Berlin and
other European cities for the exhibition
of American modes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
KAISER WOULD KNOW ALL ABOUT US:

Germany and the United States. Other
distinguished Germans, including Count
Winckler, Count Sierstorpff and Count
United States and then report to the
kaiser. They will inspect factories, mills
and mines and visit, New York, Pittsburg,
Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati and San
Francisco. The kaiser displays an un-
quenchable thirst to learn everything pos
sible about the state Of business and af-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

Paris, July 26.-Henry Lehr, pastor of
the Dutch Reformed church at Chartres.
Is 1nnocently plunged into an ocean of
trouble because of the similarity of his
name and Harry Lehr of Newport,
u. S. A.
London newspapers published accounts
: of Harry Lehr's monkey dinner, which the
French newspapers copied, many Of them
preaching homilies against the foolish
waste OF money on such trifles. The local
newspaper in Chartres reprint ed these
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
ANTHRACITE. TO ADVANCE AGAIN

New York July 2e.-Predictions that:
anthracite coal will be SO ton within.
forty-eight hours are made by one Of the
largest wholesale dealers in this city. The
stat ement was made after reports were
received showing that the local market is
absolutely barren Of coal Of both domestic
and steam sizes.,I. r. " =. -
: An indication Of the extent of the coal
famine comes from Plaindield. N. J.. in a
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

New York, duly 2e.-There are a good
many Independent republicans in this
state who will be puzzled to know how to
vote next fall, They are, on the whole,
pleased with: the way President Roosevelt
has administered his great office, and
favor his denomination in 1904. On the
other hand, they would like to administer
rebuke to the republican congress-. But
how to vote so as to rebuke congress and
not injure the political standing of the
president is a problem. If the democrats
should carry the congressional elections
next fall they would also, in all proba-
bility carry, the state of New: York, as
we'll as other doubtful territory. Such a
victory as this would inevitably give such
prestige and strength to the, democratic
party that, it would enter the presidential
campaign in 1904 with more than a wins
ming chance. The democrats carried New
York, and congress in 1874, and it took a
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

sitting on curb stones and otherwise evad-
Ing their regular work The photographs
are sent to foremen of the various diHi-
sions with instructions to warn the Of
Tending men. Mr.. Sullivan is we'll salts
fed with his plan, and says it is having
an excellent effect in securing for the
city some part of what it pays for In the
shape of labor. Naturally the men don't
like it, and they threaten to appeal to the
mayor for relief from this form of an
nnYance'
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
RUSHING THE PACIFIC CABLE LINE

London, July 26.-The CONNER Pa
cdfc Gable company has signed contract
with the Telegraph Construction COM
pany in London for the manufacture and
laying fits cable from Honolulu to Ma
nila, touching at Guam. The construc-.
: tton company guaranteed to complete the
cable by June, 1903, If furnished with the
Necessary soundings. In the event that
these cannot be furnished the company
agrees to finish the cable laying within
such time thereafter as is necessary to
take the souudin4s %
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
CHURCHILL TO GO TO THE "LEGIsLATUR"

.eNew York, July 2s.7-A dispatch from
Concord, N: H., says that Winston
Churchill. the author, will probably be
notable figure in the next legislature of
that state He has announced to the resi-
dents ;of Cornish, his summer home, that
he is a candidate for membership There
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

Berlin, July 26.-One Of the kaiser's pet
hobbies is to send privy councillors and
special ENJOYS to various parts of the
world, especially to the United States, to
act as so-called Commercial detectives"
Privy Councillor Go1dIberger, who recent
ly returned from an eight months tour.
of the United States, has concluded an
exhaustive volume of observations and
statistics regarding the industries and
prospects Of commercial rivalry between
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

can be no question as-to his eligibility, as
he. spends nearly half the year in New
Hampshire: which he claims as his poll
tical home: Voters in that part of the
state are stalking their reputa tions as
prophets on the statement that Mr..
Churchill will be given practically
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

dispatch which says there is less than
100000 tons of anthracite in the yards
there, and that for the first time in the
history of the yards soft coal has been
stored in them, and that one half of the
total amount in st ore is bituminous.
There are now in Port Morris, N. J.,
300 gondo1as of. coal. about $500 tons,
but there may be $500 tons more. in to-
ia g . .
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
rt7r o7,sT RA1I,oT p zTAKnN

= THE 6071ST BALLOT TAKEN.
Dallas, Texas, July 26.-The democratic
congressional convention for the Twelfth dis
trict, in session at Dublin took an adjourn
ment last night to meet in Cleburn, Sept.
4, after reaching the e,071st ballot without
making a selection. '.'< -,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

President Castro will attack the latter city
Monday, and has no doubt of being able I'd
capture 1t.
Veniee--For fear of It's falling, the Saute
Stefano clock tower has been ordered demol-
ished. as well as several private residences in
the same neighborhood.
London-General Wheeler started to-day for
Paris, but will return for the coronation. He
Is taking hearty interest in the organization
of the new Anglo American Club
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
xs,~ Yosk SIM sosoxay sesv1os

Now Yepk Sun Sosoka5 SeevSos
New York, July, 26.-Articles Of incor-
poration have been filed in the county
clerks office by the Dressmakers' Protec-
tive association. which has existed for
several years as mutual organization,
with offices at 2oS West Twenty-third
street, Tie capital is: fixed at $25o.0o0.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

COLONEL PARKER,s ssADsERRAND.
Washington, July 26-Colonel W. II.
Parker of Deadwood. S. D.. passed through
Washington yesterday on his way to Toll
chester. Nd, where he will try to recover
the body of his son, who was drowned ia
Chesapeake bay last Sunday.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

2 8 =.
In the case Of railroad. telenhone and