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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
Butler County

A careful investigation of the But
Ter county assessment would prob
ably show less cause for complaint
against railroad tax-shirking than in
almost any other county in Nebraska.
Yet the assessment and levy there this
year show the rankest kind of dis
elimination in favor of the roads. Last
year the railroads were charged with
22.1 per cent Of the taxes; this year
they escape with charge of 20.8 per
cent.
Butler county assessors made an in
crease of $50, 1862 in the assessed valua-
ton of the property of farmers and
other business men, while the republic
can state board added 1898 TO the
railroad ssessment-about one dollar
Increase to every ten made by the as
SCISSORS.
Last year the rate was 7js mills.
making state tax charge of $16,674.47
Exceedingly low for as rich county
as Gutler) divided as follows:
naitrcads ...................$ 3.6S3.50
Others .................... 1886. 81
This year the rate is 915 mills. maxi
ing the levy s22,492.9S, divided as fol-
lows:
faifrcauS ...............$ 4,696.44
tuners 17,796.54
it thus appears that this years rail-
road state taxes in Butler county are
27.5 Ter cent heavier than last year.
while the farmers state taxes have
advanced almost exactly 81 per cent.
And Butler was one of the places
where the populists and democrats
sLucked corn election day last year.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08

A dispatch from PHILADELPHIA saws
that the state committee Of the peo-
Pies partv of Pennsylvania held a
meeting there and decided NOT to mt
up state tic'ret this year. Theodore
r Rvnder. editor of the Erie Press,
was reelected chairman and author
lied to appoint his own secretaries and
instructed TO have full delegation at
the national committee meeting at
st. Louis, February %, 1904.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
DIR. MitcheiPs Lrmpy Jaw Cure

d.. 1itchell's Lumpy Jaw Cure IS
guaranteed to cure or money refunded.
One application is enough. One bottle
is sufficient for head or more. You
can buy IT at your druggists or no
can get 1t from his jobber. II he won't.
write us direct and we will send YOU .
bottle for $1.25 delivered Marshall
Oil Company. sole sale agents for the
United States. Marshalltown, ID
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08

There was never more bald-faced
falsehood printed than the daily
statement Of the treasury department
In the phrase: Available cash bal
ance" That balance which is always
stated to be over 200 millions is not
available" 1t is deposited In the
national banks and If an attempt were
made to make 1t available" the banhs
could not furnish 1t. Even an intima-
ton that the government wonld male
/. available" by putting 1t where the
government could lay its hands upon
II. would produce worldwide finan-
cial crash.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
lnvs STMENTS IN
SOUTHERN LANDS

Such Investments are not speculative. The
south 10 not new country. Market and shin.
ping facilities are a6eouste and frst-elass. The
china te 10 mild and favora bic. kotwitbstand.
are selling for prices far below their rea value
and at present prices net large returns on the
investment. For a free set Of circulars, Nos. j
to ~; inclusive. concerning the poss iblitiss OF
lands III Kentucky, West Tennessee. Mississippi
and Louisiana. on ami near the Illinois entral
Railroad, for hcmeseekers and inv. stors. adj
dress the undersigned. v, H. BRIL-.
District PASSENGER Agent, Omaha, Neh
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08

and Holcomb) is, in my opinion,
mythical character He Is a man we
do not meet in real life. He Is who'll
ly a creation of the judicial mind, and
has no objective existence anywhere.
r. 81 think it is doubtful whether the
evidence in this case shows want OF
ordinary care, and / am very sure
that it does not conciu-iyely show on
the part of the plaintiff that extreme
degree of indifference that constitutes
criminal negligence.
1T was the business of the jury to
fix the standard of commensurate care
in the circumstances disclosed by the
evidence, and to test the plaintiffs
conduct by that standard. Ii in the
discharge of this duty they did not
reason irrationally and contrary to
common sense, their decision should
be final. Railroad Co. VS.. Landauer,
SO Neb 642. "a N. w. 976.
Upon questions Of the kind here
considered, the opinion OF judge,
however eminen. is, as every one
knows, seldom, II ever, better than
that of the average juror. And for this
reason 1t seems to me that the court
has gone to an extraordinary, If not
to an unprecedented length in setting
the verdict aside" 81 N. W., 1913.
1T was clearly the duty of the COM
pany to stop its train" says Commits
sioner Barnes in the majority opinion,
'and allow the plaintiff to alight at
his place of destination. and in not
doing SO it was guilty Of negligence
but" land this ubiquitous but always
saves railroad company when a rail-
road Judge writes the opinion) -"but.'
says Commissioner Barnes this neg
ligence was not the proximate cause
of the plaintiffs injuries" And he
gravely discusses what a "proximate
cause" really Is.
Upon principle and precedent"
continues the railroads candidate for
supreme judge, I'VE hold that, as the
rleadings and the evidence stood at
the close Of the trial the plaintiff was
not entitled to recover, and the court
erred in refusing to so instruct the
jury. For this error the Judgment of
the district court should be reversed
and the case remanded for new
trial"
Strange to say, Judge Holcomb per-
mitted himself to be counted on the
wrong side of this case aid to be a
party to the following bit Of judicial
legislation:
"A passenger who has been carried
past his place # destination by a
train which did not stop for him to
alight and who, without notice to or
knowledge of those In charge of the
train, jumps from the steps of the
car to the grounl while the train is
In rapid motion, ard is injured there
by, cannot maintain an action against
the railroad company to recover dam
ages therefor" (Srd syllabus, c., B.
& G. vs. Martene.)
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08

The coal mines are being shut down
because there is too much coal
mined" and the dealers continue to
raise prices because "the demand is
greater than the supply The muliet
head believes both these statements,
are gospel truth and continues to
f'Vote 'er straight $50
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
AChspter In the History
ofNebraska Railroad Dom
inatiOu.
Expert Tax-Dodsins

The total increase in state taxes
levied in 1903 amounts to 34.7 per cent;
this inclu0es railroads and other prop
erty. But the increase in railroad
taxes is only 81 per cent, while the
increase in taxes levied against other
property is 1873 per cent. Assuming
that the railroad assessment and taxes
last year were high enough (Which is
by no means ADMITTEDLY, the increases
made this year gle the railroads a
considerable advantage. Where the
farmer last year paid $40 in state taxes,
he must this year pay 1888; but
where the railroad last year paid SO
in state taxes, it gets off this year by
paying $13.11. This, of course, is an
average for the whole state; the Show
ing for particular counties is much
worse.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
Buffalo County

Buffalo county assessors in 1903
made an increase of $93,022.65 in the
asscssed valuation of the property of
farmers and other business men; and
the republican state board added S.
1880 to the railroad assess mentor
about one N liar increase to every $11
added by the assessors. The effect
of this Is that whereas the railroads
III 1902 were charged with Eli per cent
of the taxes in Buffalo county, they
are this year charged with 23.1 per
cent.
The levy of 1902, at ~ mills,
amounted to $40 330.22 of state taxes,
divided as follows:
Railroads 4903.11
Others ..........-.......... 15.427.n
The levy of 1903, at 81 mills,
amounts to $23,903.51, divided as fol-
lows:
Railroads $685. Sc
others ................... l8.274.f5
The result Is that railroad taxes for
1903 have been increased 1913 per cent
in Buffalo county, while the farmers
there must stand an increase of 1874
per cent.
And Buffalo county is another of the
counties where populist farmers be-
lieyed there was nothing to vote for in
the campaign of 1902, and STAYED at
home sbrc'ying corn. They must paw
$500 additional taxes as result of
that davis fol]v. Those who dance
must pay the fiddler
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08

Notwithstanding this great increase
in state taxes-said to be. for the pur-
pose of reducing the state debt, it
lacks nearly $350,000 of being sufficient
to cover the appropriations made by
the last legislature for this year. The
debt was created by republican admin
istratiOns, cut down by the populists,
and again increased by the succeed.
ing republican state officers. Even
with IS per cent increase in the state.
tax levy this year, it is doubtful if a
dollars reduction will be made in the
debt-which Is now over the two mill
lion mark.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
Twelve Presbyteri'n Churches
viii Become One.
THlSIS DIR. COYLE'S VIEW
Reconstruction of the Creed Effaces
All Lines Of Difference Confer-
ence Of Committees This
Month at St.rLouis.

.(By Associated Press.)

& DENVER, COL, Sept. 11.-Rev. R. F..
coyle, moderator OF the General Assem-
bly, Of the Presbyterian Church, who has
just returned to his home in this city
from aslecture tour in tho East believes
that the time is not far distant when the
twelve different Presbyterian Churches
In the United States will become one.
This probability. he says Is due to the
reconstructingS OF the creed of his denonl-;
ination which took ICE Y last May.
Calvinistic and Armenian \ linesrs which
have so, long kept his and the cumber'- Ir'e''
land Presbyterian Churches separated, !,
have now, he says, been. efihced. and at
present no distinction y other than cere--
monial separates the two great religious
orders that began as one in tho tho days OF
Cromwell. n N s555S. sss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
OF SOUTH
ARE BETTER OFF
President Williams Flndsthat
They Are Reducing Their
Indebtedness.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.)

~ tRpeCldb w Ao AHAOS ~~'ST'1'Ts,''
NEW YORK. September 11.-John skel-
ton Williams, president of the seapoared
Air Line Railway, who has recently re-
turned from tour OF Inspection OF the
South, says he has never seen the cotton
plant In more healthtul condition, but that
the Drop is late In maturing. He esti-
mates the coming crop at between ll,ooo,-
600 and 100000 bales,
Mr.. Williams says he learns on very re-
liable authority that sixty per cent, OF the
planters have materially reduced their
debts and thirty-tve per cent. are entire
ly out Of debt, He Is reported as saying
that the farmers can make bis profits
with inherent cotton and a good crop,
Regarding the Sea aboard, Mr.. Williams
says that earlyAn 1901 II is expected to
have new line to Birmingham opened
and a physical connection with the Frisco
and Rock Island
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
.MAFlA HAND
IN NEW YORK, (,
Former Officer in the Italian
Army Shot Dead.
CAME OVER v'|::; & FOR SAFETY. f I I
Having Aided il Prosecution Of Dams
gedus Characters il italy He Fled
fbr His Life-ln Room Of Pretty
Girl When Shot.
CAME OVER FOR SAFETY !
lRy Associated Press.)

tlg @
NEW YORK. September 11.---Arcanolo
Raince. former officer In the Italian
army. and later connected with the secret
service in Italy, was shot dead to-day IN
the hallway adjoining saloon at Sec
ond Avenue and East One Hundred and
Thirteenth Street. It is suspected that
two members Of the Malta committed the
murder. III sfs ;S&9s s85 E1al
Raince came TO this country three years yeilA,'
ago. w hile SinB Italy he had been instru-,
mental, in tho cdnylction of a number OF
dangerous characters Itfwas said that
he flcd from italy to save his life, fearing
that members Of the Malta would Kill
him. He went to live In Philadelphia, and
came to this city now and then While
on one Of his visits he made the acquaint-
ance OF Theresa G4anzzo. a beautiful
young woman. who Is spoken OF as the
'Belle OF Little Italy."sand who lives
over the saloon
Raince visited the girl today, and about
an hour later two shots were heard anG
two men were seon running from the
house. Raince Was found dead In the
hallway, having been shot through the
back of the head. Near the body the
police found two side combs, a pair OF
heels from woman's shoes and four pis-
toll cartridges. The girl.9w who raised an
alarm that men were robbing her apart
ment Just before the shots were fired,
disappeared immediately afterwards.
An italian was arrested tonight on sus-
picion Of being concerned In the murder,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
TO CONSIDER THE MATTER
Conference Of Committees Soon to Be
Y Held in st. Louis-Outlook Hopeful.
(By Associated , Press.

~ (By Associated BPress)
h NASHVILLE, TENN Sept, 11.-Rev.
Ira Landrith. member of tho Cumber-
land Presbyterian Committee on Frater-
nal Union. said when shown Dr.. Coyle's
interview:
sat the last ,neetjhg OF the Clmber-
land Presbyterian General Assembly In
this city in May a committee was ap-
pointed to confer with a similar commits
tee from the Northern Presbyterian
Church for the purpose of selecting a
basis OF union upon the terms suggested
in Dr.. Coyles statement
"This committee will hold, its first full
meeting in st. Louis September 29-So. and
on the following day It is said that
Joint meeting Of our own and the Pres-
byterian Committee will be held In the
same city. Thus far nothing has heen
formulated by our committee.
"Our own denominations has shown
from the first a most cordial spirit ia
yorable to union II 1t can ba accom-
plished upon terms mutually satisfactory
ia the churches concerned. Certainly II
It is made plain that Dr. Coyle IS correct.
that the lines which have so long Kept
his and the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church separated have now been alraced
there will remaln no sufficient reason for
the separat " existence OF tho two church,
es.
1T am particularly anxious that an early
union, II one is accomplished AZ all may
include the Northern and southern PEes-
byterian Churches and our own.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
SAYS The DEVIL
PROMPTED HIN
Negro Preacher Kills Two
Ladies' and Robs Them
of SIS, 900.
Especial to The Times, ,DIspatoh.)


ATLANTA. GA. September 1l.-Rev,
Samuel Johnson. leading negro minis
ter, wa sarrested here to-day for assault
Ing the Misses Battle. aged ladies Of
Warren county, Georgia., and robblng
them Of $4,000, The ladies Were attacked
and robbed on the night of December
%, 1901 Roth were beaten into insensi-
bility, One of them dying as the result
of injuries. a@t
Johnson at the time was preaching In
Warren county. but was not suspected.
Soon after the robblng. johnson moved
to Atlanta and BEGAN to spend money so
freely that detectives began to watch HIM
To-day johnson was arrested and his
homo searched. over 5000 of the atolen
money being found.
The negro had invested the remainder
in real estate.
Tonight Johnson confessed, He was
reared by the Misses Battle and knew
they had a large sum In the house. He
says the devil prompted him, N
Johnson will be tried for murder as well
- robbery. If
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
NO MONEY AND
No WHISKEY USED
Chances Seem to Be Against Camp.
BELLS EIectlon,and His Friends on
the Ticket with Him Are Likely
to Go Down in Defeat.
Mecklenburg Gave S. p.
Read a Majority.

"a Staff correspondent.)

AMHERST, VA, Sept 1.-..one man
could do as much work as all tho Demo
cratic farmers Of Amherst Will do to-
morrow" was the, expression used by a
citizen to-day in trying to give me an.
idea Of the deep and very general inter-
est in the primary election for a candi-
date for the House OF Delegates.
The normal Democratic vote In the
county is 1900. Many persons think from
It is a fact. however. that a considerable
number OF Democrats will not go to the
polls. They do not care to take any
part in the bitter. fight in which Judge
Clarence Campbell is athe issue. They
do not wish to vote against man OF
whom. many Of them at least, have re-
ceved kindnesses and fair treatment.
yet they will not vote for q man against
whom SO much Is charged. So they will
saw wood to-morrow, that is. put In the
day cutting tobacco or. pIoushing for
wheat But the grha a&A-of the party
will come and vote carly, teaItng that Il
voting be put Off 1t may become i'm
possible 3a IL.
Judge Campbell is the worst prosecuted
man In the world said farmer. who
lives near here. and who came to town
to-day. He will surely get my vote to
help him out. The feeling that Judge
Campbell Is being prosecuted Is very
strong In the mountain districts.
DR.. SCOTS STRONGHOLD.
DR.. Scott will get practically all the
votes In the town Of Amherst, but SO
strongly are the country people who vote
at this precinct In favor Of Judge Camp
bell that it Is admitted the vote here will
be very close. Judge Campbell claims he
will carry Pedlar District by several hum
dred majority. He Is admitted to be
strong In Elon District.
Upon the other hand, Dr.. Scott, ia
strong in Elon, stronger probably than
any man who could have been put up
against Campbell. 1t Ia said that every
vote cast at Monroe will be for Scott. His
home is there. learned to-day that two
men Of Monroe, who had declared their
Intention Of voting for Judge Campbell.
had just announced a change Of mind.
But such changes ara very infrequent.
q Every mans mind has been made UP
one way Of tho other, ever since Judge
Campbell whipped Rev DR.. Crawford
on the court green here year ago.
Many we're made up before, for while
judge Campbell has represented his coun-
ty In the Legislature, and Constitutional
Convention been It's highest judicial Of
ncer, a member Of the Governors staff.
member OF the board Of one or more State
nsututions every honor he has achieved,
has been In the face Of most strenuous
opposition, whlch mas grown stronger
as the years went by.
sttll, I risk nothing in saying that had
he never had trouble with DR.. Crawford.
he would still be the acknowledged
iaader in Amherst politics, despite what
is said by those who are SO bitterly op-
posed to him to-day.
THE BARKSDALESL LAW.
whiskey and money have out no figure
in the campaign thus far.
An,herst is a local option county, Whis-
kev drunk has to be brought from Lynch
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
ARE BLOWN UP BY
POWDER EXPLOSION
Carload Of Powder Left on
Siding Runs Away and
Collision Results.
INV Associated Press,)

ELDORADO, KAN, September liza
carload of powder, set on a Frisco siding
near Beaumont by q freight crew, which
did not want to handle 1t while switch
Ing. got beyond control and ran several
miles on branch line towards Winfield.
collided with train which had left
that station shortly before, and exploded,
killing two men and injuring two more,
The dead:
MILTON PgNNEBocK, fireman,
Enid, Okla.
J. N. HOLT, brakeman. Enid. Okla,
The injured are;
A. II. Merrill, Atlanta, Kan, will die,
Fred Orr, Atlanta. Kan
The explosion tore up several rods Of
track and dlsmantled locomotive. The
shock of the explosion shook the ground
for miles around, People In Eldorado ran
from their houses, fearing an earthquake.
Other towns In the vicinity also were
,shal1ent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
EDITOR ARRESTED
ONCHARGE OF ARSON
Several Houses Set on Fire
in the Village ofMatheWs
Courthouse.
fsnsctal to The Times Dispatch)

~ tSSfrTCEsTER G, H., VA. September
4, NJ c. S. Alexander, editor OF the
M.tthaws and Gloucester Tribune, Is now
IN je Jail at Matthews Courthouse. charged g,
,sva nnA ~ Tuesday night the town people
,He.a ,Hsu aroused by the CRY Of Are, and a
sds : q s. ns ts1sssne sss wssa stshe"ss ~ss
o,s.s, mas t,,ished. tuu A few hours later two new
Sdnss 'o Ass, ms nasehs' Ss,aa ssg's ws,s
,h.s was also put out. Last night watch
mns men, ware appointed to patrol the town.
until 9uit hoss Sssoss day. when
mrihnna office. Mr.. Alexander had a pri-
ats entrance 1G% aSss t gSqas ees Into
ha,,.. tnS ware fastened. This fact, with 9TH
nuueS nrs Sas thrown suspicion on him.
a., ~, 80 several days. He Is supposed to be
- ~, ,nnrsrily ~, crased, The sympathy OF the
people people are with his ,I Wife Who has an in
tant M,s Alexander has not yet been told Of
ths ~ In li9nIcarceratlon of her husband
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
NOTABLE FAMILIES
WILL BE UNITED
Approaching Marriage Of miss
Alma Christian and
Mr.. Milhau.
rspec.al to The es-Dispatch.)

NEW YORK. September I,-Mr Rene
Leon Milhau, Of No, 2sl Henry Street.
B1 ooklyn, son Of the late Edward L. Mil
hau, and Miss Alma Littlepage Christian.
daughter Of Mr., and Mrs, William Turner
Christian, of Richmond, Va, Will be mar
ried at the end OF November Miss Chris
tian Is now visiting Miss Aiilhau at the
Mllhau country place at southampton,
Long Island, 49,. ,,.,
itaire" plantation, Henrico county. Va,
ana he and his bride will make their res
idence there
The Christian family Is directly descend
ed from the famous Christian family OF
Manx. and have tho hereditary right to be
'deemsters" In their part art. 9f Fly the Island,
Visco,,nts do Atnhau, Of France,
The prospective bride re.ades with her
"a ther on Montelro Avenue, Barton
Heights. Mr.. Christian Is well known. and
'beth have many friends IN this section.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
CALEB POWERS PARDON
a CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Especial to The Times -Dlspatch,

BLUEFIELD, w. VA, Sept 1l.-Promi-
rnomndingp nen towns are eontrlbnting literally
10 a fund to be used In the Forthcoming
political campaign, ~ kentucky It Is
Stated here that Ike efforts to secure
IL other SECTIONS of the State, The money
il to, be used IN an effort to elect a
Republican Governor IN Kentucky In or
and sentenced to death for alleged COM
picty In the assassination Of Goebel,
may be pardoned.
@ Mrs. BENJAMIN j. Shannon and chill.
viii make this city their home. Mr. Sham
non recently secured an interest In a,
morning paper hers. !.
will bs started here In the near future,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
SSUP'T. M'NAMUS3TO
ROVE TO BIRMINGHAM
(By Associated Press.l

) MONTGOMERY, Ala, September IL
"A special from Birmingham. says: Eff
fectlve October 1st. the office of gene1'al
superintendent OF the western division
OF the Southern Railway, c. McAlanus
will be removed from Chattanooga to
Birmingham. The positive statement Ia
made upon information received from
Eugene Brown. OF Brown Brothers. who
says one-half the sixth floor OF the Wood
ward building has been leased to the
Southern for that purpose.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-12
JAMMED INTO EXCAVATION
BY BOLT OF LIGHTNING
(specla, to tic ,rIfnes- DIspa tch.)

SALEM. VA, Sept, 1t.--A stroke Of
lightning during the severe electrical
storm, which swept over Roanoke coun-
" on Tuesday, came ienr causing tho
death of several men at Hollins Institute.
Some workinen were engaged In laying
and corking pipe IN the cxcava tons for
the new system OF water works for ths
institute, when d terrific bolt Of lightning
struck directly in their midst. Tools we're
hurled In every direction, one man was
jammed Into the side OF the excavation ', !,
and another was hurled entirely out Il
the ditch. All soon recovered from tho
shock, however.