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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
SUE TO COMPEL UNION
TO REINSTATE THEM
seymour Arada and John Mitchell
Would Be Good Shlnglers
Anofn


OAKLAND, July r9. = Suits were
brought to-day by Seymour Arada and
John Mitchell against Shinglers' Union
No. to- compel it to reinstate them to
membership. With Thomas Arada
they were expelled from the union sew
eral months ago. Thomas Arada
brought suit to compel the union to re-
instate him and won and the others
are following his lead.
In the trial of the case the Judge
found that he had jurisdiction on ac-
count of the fact that there was 5000
in the. treasury of the union in which
Arada was interested. He also found
that there was no clause in the bylaws
of the union providing for the expul-
sion of member for working with
non-union man.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
Says wife Keeps Late Hours.

OAKLAND, July 19.-Suit for divorce
was begun to-day by Edward E.
Thornton against Amanda C. Thorn
ton on the ground of cruelty He says
she kept late hours and sometimes
stayed away several days and nights
at a time without letting him know
where she was. They have a girl nine
years of age of which he asks the Gus
tOdy
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
Princes Picture Sent to Ioudon

OAKLAND, July 19.-Chief Jailer
Harry Clark of the Alameda County
Jail has written to the Chief of Police
at Scotland Yard, London, inclosing
a photograph of julius Steinberg, who
claims to be Prince Ramina Ara
mancha Singh, brother of Prince
Victor Dhuleep Singh, who now resides
in England. Clark expects that the
answer will finally clear UP the mys-
terry surrounding Steinberg's identity.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
Teachers Resien

OAKLAND, July 19.-Anna NJ.
Kress and Sarah Van Larue have re-
signed as teachers in the School De-
partment. Miss Florence NJ. White,
Miss Anna E. Ainsbury and Miss
Mabel Hollis, teachers, have each been
granted six months leave of absence
by the Board of Education.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
VIII Go to Stockton.

OAKLAND, July IA r. Emery,
charged by his wife with insanity and
having made murderous assault upon
his daughter, has abandoned his re-
quest for jury trial and will go to
the State Hospital at Stockton without
more delay. He was adjudged insane
by the Lunacy Commissioners and com
mitted by Judge Ogden, but his attor-
neys made a demand for a jury trial
for their client, which has been aban-
doned.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
shipping Man Under Knife.

OAKLAND, July 1S.-William A.
Mitchell, brother of Supervisor John
Mitchell of this city and prominent
in coast shipping business in San
Francisco, was operated upon to-day
at Fabiola Hospital for appendicitis.
DR.. A. L. Cunningham and DR.. N. H.
Chamberlain conducted the operation.
The patient is in a serious condition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
DALTON's EXPLANATION.

With the Mayors letter Assessor
Dalton has given out the following
typewriter statement of his posi-
tiOn:
I have reduced the assessment against the
Contra Costa Water Compsny's franchise and
water for the reason that the assessment on
that portion Of their property is now in the
courts for a judicial determination as 10
whether they are assessable or not, and fur
thermore, from the light thrown on these mat
ters through the suit in the United States
Circuit Court Of the Water Company against
The city Of Oakland, and converse tions 1 have
had with the attorneys for the city OF Oak
land, well the accompanying opinion
from Mayor Olney. I have concluded that it
Is better for tie people OF this county that
only a nominal assessment should be placed
on the franchise and water in as much as, ac-
cording 10 the courts present Interpretation OF
the law the water company is permitted to
charge FOR the taxes and collect the amount
from the rate payers, as part operating ex-
penses.
That being the case, II the taxes are SO con-
ciuoed as part OF operating expenses and the
assessments on the franchise and water are
continued and the decision OF the courts should
be IN favor Of the water company and de-
s clare these assessments void then the company
would be that much the gamer and the tax
payers the losers.
such being the case. and there being ques-
ton as 10 the validity OF the assessments
against the franchise and water I have deter
mined to pursue the course OF assessing the
franchise and water al nominal figure until
the courts have passed on the validity OF the
assessment. I have tried for years to have
the matter Of the assessment against the wa
ter company franchise tested through the
courts, but have been unable to do 50 until
last year. when the Board Of Equalization re-
fused 70 allow the assessment to be reduced
requested by the water company. Since
that time the water company has taken the
matter into the courts and we viii now have
3 judicial determination OF the matter Had
the Board OF Equalization years ago allowed
the assessment on the franchise 70 stand 50
that Il could have been taken into the courts
7 would have pursued the same course am
now nursuing. II Is a matter I feel should be
determined BY the courts.
Last year the assessment of the Con-
ira Costa Water Company reached an
aggregate Of $4,000, 900. This year, with
the reductions made in the franchises
and the water in the reservoirs, the
total assessment reaches less than $3,-
5O0.0 .000
Examination Of the assessment books
shows that while the Contra Costa
Water Company has been given great
reductions the Spring Valley Water
Company's assessment has been con-
siderabIy increased. The assessment
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
RAILROAD MEN ARE HELD
ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
Station Agent and F1agman Accused
by COrOner's Jury Must
Stand Trial.

NEW YORK, July ia charge OF
manslaughter was preferred against
William T. Richards, the station
agent at Midvale, n. j.. and Ernest
Keller, fiagman on the excursion train
which was wrecked on the Erie Rail-
road near Midvale on July 10. Rich
ards and Keller were held responsible
for the accident, which cost sixteen
lives, by the COroner's jury, which re-
ported yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
Alameda,s Lighting Expenses.

ALAMEDA, July 1S.-According to
the report of A. d. Goldsworthy, ac-
countant of the municipal light de-
partment, the expenses of that adjunct
of the city government last month was
$2403 20 and the earnings s943 40, max
ing the cost to the municipality for
public illumination $1459 80.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
Prohibitionists WIN Ratifn.

OAKLAND. July 19.-The Prohibi-
tionists will hold a ratification meet
ing on Saturday evening at Hamilton
Hall. Delegates who attended the Ma
tional Prohibition Convention at In
dianapOlis will address the meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
Marriage Licenses.

OAKLAND, July 19.-The following
marriage licenses were issued by the
County Clerk to-day: Will y. Brown.
2S, and Mary Brown, %, both of San
Francisco; John Campbell, 30, San
and Elizabeth Noble, "a.
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
DALTON STATES
HIS POSITION
Explains Reduction of the
Assessment of the Contra
Costa Water Company
OTHERS SUGGESTED IT
Mayor Warren 0lney Thinks
1t a Good Plan to Allow
Franchises TO Go Free
Oakland Office san Francisco Call,
IOl6 Broadway, July 19.


IOl6 Broadway, July 1s.
County Assessor Dalton's action in
reducing the assessment of the fran
chises and the water in the reservoirs
Of the Contra Costa Water Company
from 81 AS. 600, which was the assess
ment last year, to the nominal value
OF 1920 this year resulting in net
reduction Of S2,44S,sOO, was explained
by him to-day. Dalton made public a
letter written TO him by Mayor Olney,
with whom he had conferred in regard
20 the assessments, supplemented by a
statement made by himself. In his let
ter the Mayor advances the theory that
TO assess water and franchises Of the
water company and then allow the
company to include the taxes paid on
its assessments in its running expenses,
for which allowance must be made in
fixing water rates, is useless labor. His
letter is as follows:
OAKLAND. Cal. July 1e. 1904 Hon. Henry
p Dalton County Assessor. Alameda County,
Dear Sir-Referring 10 our conversation OF
yesterday relating 10 the assessment OF the
property OF the Contra Costa Water Company,
and especially relating 10 the assessing Of its
franchise. I beg 20 say
A corporation supplying water 10 the inhab-
itants OF a city occupies entirely different
position from an ordinary private corporation
II is public utility corporation In the strictesi
and c0mpletest sense, much more so than q
street railway company. The constitution OF
our State declares that the use OF water is d
public use and that any corporation has the
right 20 lay pipes in the streets OF the city
IN order 20 supply the city and its inhabitants
with water. In return for this privilege the
corporation must assent 10 the Council nNlns
the rates that may be charged for water. II
VII thus be seen that the water IL Tor the
use Of the public, that the City Council fixes
the rates that shall be charged by the corpora
tiOn supplying II, and that the corporation has
the absolute right 10 use the streets Of the
city IN order 10 supply this essential OF life
IL must continue 70 supply water as long as
rhe rates az fixed by the Council are paid.
III presents many aspects OF public corpora
.-a lloI frcr,l q q
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY

OAKLAND
1916 Broadway.
Telephone Main 1888.
BERKELEY.
214S Center Street.
Telephone North 20.
ALAMEDA.
1885 Park Street.
Telephone Alameda $50.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
TONOPAH To HAVE NEW
RAILROAD CORPORATION
Company Is Formed in New jersey 70
Do General Construction
Business.

TRENTON. n. J.. July 19.-The
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
Company was incorporated here to-
day with an authorized capital OF
$1,000,OOO to do a general construc-
tion business. Among the incorpora-
tors is G. NJ. Smith of Oakland. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20

japanese laborers to the number of
500 are TO be imported to v5rk in the
Mexican copper mines in an attempt
to solve the labor problem. The men
are to be paid 81 so a day and are
under contract for three years
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20

SANTA CRUZ, July 19.-The Twin Lakes
Baptist Assembly opened at the Auditorium
to-day, with representatives from ell Aections
Of the State In attendance
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
PEoPLE PAY LIE TAXEs.

For the protection OF the rights OF men who
invest their money in these quasi public cor
lf0rations ias they are called the courts have
held that the Council in declaring what the
consumers shall pay must so fix the rates that
after paying ne running expenses there Shail
he left a net income which shall be reasonable
under ali circumstances as compensation lor
The use b. the public OF the property. Their
fore. in establishing the rates the Council
must provide. first for the running expenses,
including taxes, and then add q reaSonab bic
rate Of interest on the value OF the property
That Is 10 say the Consumers Of the water
must pay the legitimate expenses OF the water
company and rea sonable return or interest on
the value OF the property. These are the two
amounts that must be paid by the consumer.
Included in the running expenses, OF course. are
the annual taxes levied upon the property OF
the water company Therefore il Is not the
water COMPANY under the scheme devised BY
our constitution, that pays the taxes, but IL -
i is. therefore. questionable in my mind
Whether any taxes can De imposed on the prop
erty ot a corporation solely devoted 10 supply
INK municipality and its inhabitants with
water. but, however that may be- IL is clear
10 me that the Franchise Of the Contra Costa
Water Company such has value Any
other company or individual may come into
Oakland and lay pipes In our streets. and there
fore there is right conferred upon the Contra
Costa Water Company that any other corpora
tion or individual may not avail Of.
The definition OF a franchise as contained in
an OF the books Is substantially the same viz
Franchises are special privileges conferred
hy government upon individuals and which
90 not belong 10 the citizens Of the country
generally OF common right" Keeping this
definition in view, you will see that the Contra
Costa Water Company has not a franchise
within the terms OF that definition. Therefore
it Is my opinion that the County Assessor Of
AlamedS ought not TO assess the franchises
n the Contra Costa Water Company. ] Will
20 further and say that / 90 not think the
County Assessor ought to assess the water
impounded and stored for the purpose Of sup
plying the people This water is by the very
terms OF the Constitution devoted 10 a public
use and IL any taxes imposed thereon the
consumers must pay them. The constitution
does not contemplate they shall do this, nor
is IL right that they should
One Of the grounds upon which an injunction
was brought by the Contra Costa Water Com
psny IN the United States Circuit Court for
bidding the enforcement OF the last rates fixed
by the Council was that the Council had not
allowed the sum Of $50, 600 estimated TO be
necessary TO pay the taxes upon the franchises
and water OF the corporation. Il is my opinion
that u these items are assessed and the taxes
collected from the Contra Costa Water Com
pany, the people. and not the corporation viii
have 20 pay them. Respectfully
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20
Ok NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
LIFE is LOST AS RESULT
OF WILD TARGET PRACTICE

Young William H. Edwards Falls Victim to Reckless
Shooting by Everett Jordan, Whose Rifle Bullet Pene
trateS Heart of Unfortunate He Passes in Next Yard
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-20

With the Mayors letter Assessor
Dalton has given out the following
typewriter statement Of his posi-
tiOn:
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05
CONGRESS ADJOURAS.
Speaker Cannon Given an Ovation In
Resolution And Song.

Washington, April 3O.-The ovation
to the speaker as he brought his gavel
down exactly at 2:1O o'clock will be
long remembered as one of the greatest
demonstrations of regard ever wit
messed in the house of representatives.
As to man the members rose and
sang America" the occupants of the
galleries joining in. Speaker Cannon
took position near the lobby doors
on the republican side and the mem
bers filed past and babe him goodbye,
all the time singing He's Jolly
Good Fellow with refrain $50 say
we all of u.s., to the tune of America, -
closing with ''God be with You till we
meet again"
In the senate the adjournment was
devoid of unusual Incidents The last
session opened with political debate
The president and his cabinet occupied
the presidents capitol Office room.
The only important acts of legisla-
ton were the presentation and accept
ance of conference report on the
Panama canal government and emer-
gency river and harbor bills. Neither
report aroused debate.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05
FAR REACHING INJUNCTION.
EnloInlng all Glasses Of Santa Fe Shop
men From Interfering.

Albuquerque, N. NJ May Fudge
B. s. Baker, of the district court has is
sued an injunction upon the request
of the Santa Fe railroad against ma
chinists, boilermakers, their helpers
and apprentices and metal workers
now on strike, restraining them from
in any manner interfering with the
agents and employees of the company
in the management, movement or OPP
Grafton of the company in the manage
ment, movement or operation of the
company's engines, cars and all other
machinery and appliances. They are
also enjoined from interfering with
the men who are taking the places of
the strikers and are restrained from
entering upon the company's right of
way and other grounds and property,
The injunction is the most far reach
ing ever issued by court in the terri
tory. The strike situation has assumed
larger proportions by the action of the
metal workers, copper smiths, pipe
men, with their apprentices and help
ers in walking out. An effort is being
made to have the blacksmiths join
the strike
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05
Complain of Paper Trust.

Washington, April 29.-Conde Ham
lin, of the st, Paul Pioneer Press; Don
G. Seitz, of the New York World, and
John Norris, of the Philadelphia Led
ger and the New York Times, repre-
senting the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, called on the
attorney general and laid before him a
complaint against the so-called paper
manufacturers trust, alleging VIOLA
tions of the Sherman antitrust act.
The attorney general stated that he
would have an investigation made and
the charges could be sustained he
would institute appropriate proceed
mos
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05
LABOR LEADERS AGREE
Mitchell And PowderIy Both Advise
Against Using Force.
BEST TIME TO STOP STRIKES.
"why Should Not Employer And EN-
pIoye Get Together, In Times OF
Peace. How Much Might be Gained
They Did SOP

Chicago, May 2.-f'It is sometimes
claimed that no strike can be won
without the use of physical force.
do not believe this to be true; but, if it
is, it were better that the strike be lost
than that it succeed through violence
and the committing of outrages,' said
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers of America. Then he
adds:
''The unionists who do oppose
the militia fail to recognize that they,
as unionists, are a part of the state,
interested in the maintenance of the
institutions of the state and vested
with the rights of determining, in
part, the policy of the state.
''Under no circumstances should a
strike be allowed to degenerate into
violence"
''The best time to stop a strike is
long time before you begin it; which is
true, if it is Irish" said Terence v.
Powderly, one time head of the Knights
of Labor
1.-THE labor leader who has the in
terest of his men at heart will fight the
strike to the last ditch" continued
Mr.. Powderly, ''for of all the costly
cumbrous, wasteful, cruel methods of
settling difficulty in labor matters
the strike and lockout are the worst.
'.We hear great deal nowadays
about trust busting, soaking corpora
tons and the like 1 believe much of
this agitation to be purely demogogic,
for you can't soak a corporation with
out soaking the men employed by it.
''At no time in the history of the
country were wages so high or more
men employed as since the era of trusts
begun. make no comment upon the
methods of the trusts; 1 merely state
the effects upon the workingmen.
did it ever strike you," he said,
"that the employer and the employee
almost never get together except in a
clash? 1t is usually war that brings
them together. Why should they not
get together in times of peace? How
much might be gained if they did"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05
A Bows Story.

Cross Roads, Warren Co., Tenn,
May 2nd.-Orbra Young, the eleven
year-old son of Mr.. Lester Young, of
this place, has never been a strong
boy for almost from his birth he has
suffered more or less with a distress
ing Kidney Complaint Recently, how
ever, he has appeared to be growing
stronger and better till, indeed, to-day
he is a splendid looking hearty lad
He is a bright and very intelligent
boy and speaks of his former Illness
in this way:
81 have been bothered with Kidney
Trouble nearly all my life. 1 was
gradually growing worse, and at last
it got SO bad that l had to get up
three or four times every night.
commenced to use a medicine called
Dodd's Kidney Pills and in short
time was better. Now 1 can sleep
all night without getting up and l
feel well all the time. Dodd's Kidney
Pills are a good remedy, and l can't
help but speak good word for them"
About nine-tenths of what people
50 doesn't amount to anything
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05
OIL FIELDS FLOODED.
Standard Company's Pipe Lines Found
TO be Broken,

Neodesha, Kas., April 29.-This city
is experiencing one of the worst floods
of years. The town is completely sur
rounded by the overflow and back
water from Fall and Virdigris rivers.
As result of this sudden overflow and
high waters, drilling in this field has
practically suspended on the 26th.
In several places where the Stand
ards pipe lines cross the river, convey
ing either oil or gas, the line is found
to be broken. Five Or six cases of this
kind have already been reported to the
company and linemen are making reg
ular trips up and down the river in
boats, watching for breaks of this
kind.
South of town, in the bottoms, the
overflow from both the rivers was
turned what was a prosperous looking
wheat field into a lake of oily water
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05
SOAKED IN COFFEE.
Until Too STIFF to Bend ox,

Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.
when I drank coffee I often had
sick headaches, nervousness and. bill
iousness much Of the time but about
2 years ago 1 went to visit friend
and got in the habit of drinking Pos
tum.
II have never touched coffee since
and the result has been that l have
been entirely cured of all my stomach
and nervous trouble.
my mother was just the same way,
we all drink Postum now and have
never had any other coffee in the
house for two years and we are all
well.
"A neighbor Of mine a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do
anything at all where she would have
to bend toward. If she tried to do
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest Of the day.
81 persuaded her at last to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Cofee and she did so and she has
used Postum ever since; the result
has been that she can now do her
work, can sit for whole day and
mend and can sew on the machine and
she never feels the least bit of pain in
her side, in fact she has got well and
II shows coffee was the cause of the
whole trouble.
Il could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, "The Road to Wellvile.''
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05

The mild and immediate effect of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney
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50 COTTAGE ST., MELRosE, Mass.
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Ever since was in the Army had more or
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continued its use and am thankful to say that
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in splendid condition.
know that your Swamp Root Is purely vegeta-
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Thanking you To- my complete recovery and rec
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free by mail, postpaid by which you may
test its virtues for such disorders as kidney,
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-05

A professional beauty attributes her
personal youthfulness to a skin lotion
thus composed: Half pint of aleo-
hol, two ounces of spirits Of ammo
added to sufficient boiling water to
make quart in all. when the mixture
should be placed in bottle and thor
oughly shaken before use. This To-
ton, which should be well rubbed into
the skin daily, is said to be especially
effcacious in taking the fatigue out Of
tired MUSCLES"