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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
MUST PAY WFE's HAT BILLS.
Defendants Confidence in Mar
ried Jurors Misplaced.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
I New York. Feb. G.-According to a jury
Iof six married men of Hunting, Long Is
pand, 1t really doesn't matter the worth of
, single hayseed whether a husband orders
the proprietor of a hat store not to trust
his wife for more than S.. The wife may
order So.6s wc,th OF millinery as well as
POT And the husband has 10 pay, too. as
George Noyes has learned.
Mrs. Fannie Mason, proprietor of a mill
Emery shop, sued Mr.. Moves for $50. 6 for
goods furnished to his wife. Judge Allison
Lowndes and Lawyers Hendrickson and
.latre, who appeared for the PRINCIPALS to
The suit. accepted Israel Hig Die, S. Lee
Jarvis. George Peters. 60. Il. PearsaIl,
Louis Laumann and j. T. Nostrand as
9urors. Mr.. Hendrickson because he be-
Yved the mec named possessed fair minds
Ind Mt. Cairo because they have wives
Eho wear hats.
tNoyes testified that he told Mrs. Mason
the must not sell his wife more than IS on
flick But Mrs. Mason proved that Mrs.
Noyes had bought the millinery: that she
Wore IT, and, moreover. that she looked
fjust lovely in her new hats. That set
Ped the jurors. They thought any hus-
band ought 10 be made to pay for his
sffe's hats If they added to her loveliness,
Rnd Noyes had to dig down into his pock-
It until he struck the $50. SO strata.
1.-THE married women of Huntington are
Expected 10 appear. in new hats as soon ae
Shey learn the verdict of the six husbands
Who's sal on the jury.
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attachment he ever formed. This old her
init philosopher had boarded away in his
soul essences of amity that escaped to
feed the senses and hearts Of those whom
he best knew.
There were others whom Mr.. Whitney
held In warm esteem who are unknown to
the world and content to allow the sim
In the silvery days of their existence.
MT; Whitney loved a. good story and
could tell q good one with real zest. The
lis numerous country estates felt the eff
feet of cheer and good will which per-
neated the atmosphere. They saw the
of host. and yet with that delicate spirit
where one knew true hospitality was dis
psnsed. II was true here as it was in
tinent. where men Of affairs were proud
to know the American.
Mr.. Whitney got a great deal Of pleasure
out !, Of his country estates; and particu, u,
his immediate household. He was never
demonstrative nor effusive. yet his pres
ence impaired charm to the home circles
which he graced so naturally.
FACULTY FOR WORK.
1t has been wondered how he could un.
dertake propositions that occupied his first
thoughts and still f,nd time for his amuse
ments. Well. he simply bad a faculty OF
working without knowing 1t.
AS q lover of nature he studied the
things God had given the earth In the cool
| months of spring. the hot days of summer
and during the golden autumn. watching
| with intense pride the training Of his thor
oughbreds. In which he took such a deer
Inc heartfelt interest
He loved to see his horses run and wiz
and was proud OF their achievements. He
felt the same keen sense Of JOY that came
with his business successes.
There is an incident in the running OF
the last Brooklyn Handicap. Gunfire. a
feet-footed mare. in which Mr.. Whitney
had placed his confidence, was the favor
ite. h was beaten by Irish Lad, by. q
Harry Payne whitney and his partner.
BY Jove. we've beaten the Governor.
yelled young Whitney in throes Of delight
over his victory.
His father. the undemonstradve. unemo.
young mans side. His answer to the ex-
ultant ejaculation was to clasp his boy tc
his breast. No expression could have con-
veyed deeper love and satisfaction for the
youth whose entry had shattered a fond
hope.
Mr.. Whitney loved to look upon pictures
by good artists, but he never spent much
OF his time collecting them. He loved his
books. and in the quiet Of his home. par.
much enjoyment u Of. them His life
was not always calm, but the world knew
rothinG of any disappointment or Sorrow
hat might have come to him. His de-
meanor at all times was unchanged.
FOUR LIFE EPoCHS.
The life of Mr.. Whitney was really
divided into four great epochs. We viii
four times in his life to accomplish great
undertakings. He might win or he Nigh.
fail. There was no certainty III the be.
ginning Of any Of them that he would not
: retire without having accomplished his
purpose. His college days have been the
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signed a statement which was presented
to the convention that Mr.. Cleveland could
not carry the State.
Notwithstanding this. SO potent We're
the influences which Mr.. Whitney had or
ganized that Mr.. Cleveland, although NOM
mated by a foreign State, the solid dele
cation from his own State voting against
him. received the nomination.
When the first sensational effect OF this
extraordinary performance had subsidized
and when sober. second Democratic
1t was plain to every one that unless the
attitude of Mr. Cleveiand's adopted State
We're altered he could not be elected. -,
Ever o one fam famil naIi., with ,n pSlisies T sbe
general conviction OF this kind would AVE
in demoralizing hope everywhere. 1t
was plain to every one that unless some
revolution were brought about Mr.. Cleve-
land would surely be defeated.
II devolved upon Mr.. W~hitney-,havins
nominated hinl-to see about his election.
Immediately upon his return to New
York. Mr.. Whitney began upon the ap-
parently irreconcilable party leaders to
exercise the ~compulsion of his masterfui
personality; and before three weeks had
elapsed the most influential and active
Of Mr.. Cleveland's enemies. particularly
Tammany Hall. were brought into line
and a public demonstration was made in
his favor that seemed to gather fire and
energy from the recent sudden conversion.
WHOLE ASPECT CHANGED.
The ~senuineness of this conversion was
so apparent that within a fortnight it
spread to every county in the State. so
that the whole aspect Of the political
struggle was changed. Within ten weeks
the h~opefulness engendered by the moral
conviction that New York was truly in
earnest and that the Democratic machine
would Loyalty support the party's candi-
date became general Throughout the
States.
home territories and New York. carried
such hopeful news to their home.
Mr.. Whitney steadfastly refused to re
turn to public life. His excuse was that
and associates that in loyalty and honor
he could not retreat. He began his active
New York life again by financing and per
fecting the system of railroads. When this
work was concluded and did not require
his personal attention he retired for good.
That was three years ago. In the mean
time he had got together a stable of rae
ing horses and established a racing stud.
Now comes the fourth epoch. In racing
Mr.. Whitney found still another state of
chaos. Racing was under the ban of the
law. People of class would have nothing
to do with it. 1t was in the hands of
gamblers and bo~okmakers. Il was dis
credited in public estimation. Yet within
three years Mr.. Whitney not only reor-
ganized the racing business, but he ere
ated a revolution in public sentiment con-
corning the sport of Kings.
Mr.. Whitney once said of racing: 1T is
been for racing he would have found little
to occupy his attention after he had re-
tired. He organized his stud upon the
lines of a famous master Of racing in
English classics-the Derby. the Oaks and
the St. Ledger-to breed from. This I'M
d~ertaking extended from 1850 for twenty
years. Mr.. Whitney bred only mares that
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Feb. 27.-What was the Sc
cret of the late William c. whitney's sue
cess in life, the power that caused his
sway-remarkable in many w~ays-over
men of all classes. his great faculty. for
conceiving and carrying out great prof.
ects.
1t might also be asked what rare char
acteristic he possessed that caused hisy
funeral service to be attended by poll
ticians. Jockeys. policemen, letter carriers,
clerks. messenger boys and men from the
highest walks in the social and financial
world, while hundreds of his near ac-
quaintauces could not reach the bier.
When William c.. Whitney died he left
something ~behind-opinion, at least. His
life was either a success or a failure.
How did he succeed? Why DID he sue
coed? What traits in his character in
fiuenced his life? What did he leave be-
hind? How was MS lifcwork accom-
plished?
From Mr.. Whitney, since his boyhcod
days. there exuded a tremendous versa
tility and a thorough effectiveness, and
those in the financier's later life consti-
tuted a rare combination of faculties.
llCI Wdo IL JAZZ la LII CdlII1
Of his private life or in the maelstrom of
a historical political movement that lie
did not employ them. 1t is for the pur-
pose of Illustrating the inner character of
the man and the heretofore unknown pow
er he exercised outside of all relations. ex-
cept the few men close at his side, that
| these words are written.
It 10 an appreciation, an homage to one
who a gone with a record of having
been one of the few first men OF the
| country.
There was something IN Mr.. Whitney
besides business instinct and astuteness.
He himself o have considered his
years lily spent had he not found in life
some diversion and pleasure. Perhaps his
acute sense Of manipulation lent etimu-
ius to the faculties that called for en-
joyment.
HIS LOvABLE DISPOSITION.
The financier n statesman had a low
able disposition. He was in no sense emo
tional. n his regard for others rarely
took the form of speech. Yet he was as
steadfast in his friendships as was pos.
sible for man to be. These he formed
with rare judgment and taste, and the
geniality of his presence-both men and
w~omen-when Mr.. Whitney was free to
spend hours away from schemes in finance
statecraft. He did not discriminate
or classify these friends. Possessing the
acquaintance of Princes and paupers. the
smother regard for the other.
It is doubtful is his respect for Alex.
ander Gum, the hermit of Zoar. in WHOSE
society and under whose delightful inhu.
ence he spent many happy days, did no,
! give him more real enjoyment Than any
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

MANY consumers think Costa Rica ba-
nanas are the best that. come here, and
prices always range higher on the dock
b from the store than on any other va
riety. Apparently they stand the voyage
better and can be shipped to distributing
here:
''The banana business has been reduced
70 a science. Where formerly shipments
the larger part of the original shipments
was spotted. Now special fast steamers.
/ fitted with the most modern refrigerating
appliances. are provided. The fruit IS
i picked green and is transported principal
k1y.on the backs of coolies to the steamers
sides. Some large plantations in South
and Central America have small railroads.
In some instances with locomotives and
Esman cars, but in others having only the
oars: which are pushed by coolies to the
Heading point.
4eaiers by the large importing interests.
occasionally a cargo arrives which is sold
j auction. but as the business is con-
Iucted now that is seldom necessary. II
Escergo arrives In an overripe condition
Il spush-cart men are informed and AXE
Gtkntage Of the low prices. The order
znulgated by the city vernmen last
restricting their sphere of operation
a severe loss to banana importers.
best. n practically the only. market
had for overripe bananas was thus
THE cold has seriously injured the trade
Ftks winter. and many cargoes have been
80 Dd0Iy Cnllie0 as 10 be worthless.
The Importation of bananas is virtually
controlled by. the United Fruit Company.
which owns immense plantations in all
producing regions.
There are three or four independent
companies. including the Verley Fruit
Company. the Cuneo Trading Company.
the Aspinwan Fruit Company and w. L.
{Rathburn.
In Baltimore and New Orleans others
elare operating. and there is talk of still
Wfurther extensions of these interests this
syear.
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Planks save /. Convict.

SPECIAL.
i San Francisco. Feb. Got three con-
Iicts who attempted TO escape from Alca-
EaZ Island, floating away OF a fimsily
iuilt raft Of boards. one survivor, Andrew
Allen. was picked from the chilling
Eaters of the bay by the ferryboat En-
clinging- to n Of the planks in an
Exhausted state.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

Information received from Costa Rica
hhows that the area under cultivation in
ereases very rapidly, more than $500 acres
The number of punches exported shows
m increase Of 1855 per cent, as compared
with the figures for 1901. The export trade
with the United States began in 1881, and
has grown from $500 punches in that year
to Ats, 1872 punches in 1902. Two hundred
and thirty steamer loaded with bananas
cleared from Port Linon to the United
States last year.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01

shall upon demand and payment of the
taxes and interest issue certificates OF
delinquency against such property to
any one. Any time after three years
from original date of delinquency OF
the tax included in a certificate the
holder may foreclose the same.
The personal property OF each head
of family liable to assessment and
taxation, of which such individual is
the actual and bona fide owner, to the
amount of $500 is exempt, provided
that such person shall list all of his
personal property for taxation and the
county assessor shall deduct the
amount of the exemption.
A householder, as designated in all
statutes relating to exemptions, is de-
fined to be: The husband and wife,
or either; every person who has re-
siding with him or her. and under
his or her care and maintenance, eth
err: (a) His or her minor child, or the
minor child of his or her deceased
wife or husband; (b) a minor brother
or sister, or a minor child of a de-
ceased brother or sister; Co the faith
er, mother, grandfather or grand moth
er of deceased husband or wife; (e)
an unmarried sister, or any other OF
the relatives mentioned in this section
who has attained the age of majority,
and are unable to take care OF or
support themselves.
Tax payers, be sure to ask if there
are any unpaid taxes for prior years
when paying your taxes. You are only
given the amount of your present
taxes, unless you ask for back taxes.
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The RochdaIe System of Stores.
I'D. A. Peckinpah, FLORENCE.

Cd. A. Peckinpah, FlOrence.)
| have read good many good art1-
cles in The Ranch, but have not seen
word about the new movement that
is starting and taking firm hold OF
the west coast-the Rochdale stores
that are starting all over the country,
with a wholesale store in San Fran
CISCO The intention is to have them
owned and controlled by the people,
20 keep a good stock Of goods at
d, easonable prices and be strictly one
price stores There is one at Stan
wood station. 1t has been in opera
ton six months and has done a good
business. At the last stockholders
meeting they voted to start butcher
shop, so as to have a place to dis
pose of their beef cattle, hogs and
sheep at a reasonable price. Hereto
fore the butchers would not pay price
that would equal the cost of growing
the cattle, so the stockholders Of the
PEOPLES Union store saw that to live
they would have to do something to
help themselves. They voted almost
unanimously to start a butcher bust
ness connected with and under the
same management as the store. The
superintendent, Mr.. Moore, OF the
wholesale store in San Francisco in
tends to visit our section of the coun-
try soon. While he is here anyone
can get all the information they will
want. There is also gentleman sent
up here by the main store to go
through the state and hold meetings
in different localities to assist them in
starting Rochdale retail stores, each
store to have a general stock of goods
that will suit the locality in which
they are started. There are sixty in
California, a number in Oregon and
eighteen or more in Washington.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01
Taxation of Property.

Cd All real property in this state
subject to taxation shall be listed and
assessed in the year of 1900 and BIZ
ennially thereafter on every even num-
bered years. All personal property
shall be listed and assessed every
year.
(2) The owner of personal property
removing from one county to another
between the first day of March and
first day of July shall be assessed in
either in which he is first called upon
by the assessor.
(3) Taxes, When Due and Delin-
quent-Rebate: All taxes must be
paid on or before the 31st day of May
in each year, after which date they
become delinquent, and interest at the
rate of Is per cent will be charged.
If taxes amount to more than 81 then
one-half may be paid on or before the
31st day of May, and the time of pay
ment for the other half will be eX-
tended to the Goth of November but
if not paid then interest will be
charged from June LIST on part not
paid. All persons paying taxes on
real property in full and in one pay
ment on or before the 18th of March
are entitled to per cent rebate.
The county treasurer shall in no
case collect such taxes or issue re-
ceipts for the same or enter payment
or satisfaction of such taxes upon said
assessment rolls before the first Mon
day of February. The treasurer shall,
when requested, notify each taxpayer
in his county, at the expense OF the
county, having printed on said notice
the name of each tax and the levy
made on the same, of the amount OF
his real and personal property, and the
total amount of the tax due on the
same.
Any person owning or having an
interest in an estate or claim to real
estate against which taxes shall have
been unpaid may pay the same; ten
ant may pay for landlord and retain
same out of rent. Lienors may pay
taxes.
Any day after the taxes on real
property are delinquent, the treasurer
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01
The Greenacres District of Spokane.

One of the most successful projects
in irrigation undertaken by private
parties in this state is that of the
Spokane Valley Land & Water Co.,
whose tract is known as the Green
acres District and lies east of Spo-
kane, along the line of the Northern
Pacific railway. This is a rich allu-
vial tract adapted to the growing OF
a variety of crops, and is so laid out
that irrigation can be practised at
reasonable expense. A scene in the
valley is depicted on our first page.
The company, whose postoffice is Spo-
kane, is disposing of the land in small
tracts and in this way building up a
large population adjacent to Spokane.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01
Hiuhly Recommended.
Hinckley, Mimi, Nov.

Hinckley, Mimi, Nov 10, 1903
DR.. B. j. Kendall Co., Enosberg Falls, VT,
Gentlemen: Please send me a copy of
your Treatise on the Horse and His Dis
eases" 1 have cured Ringbone, Spavins and
Curbs with your Kendalls SPAWN Cure, and
can recommend it highly. l have only used
five bottles on all three cases.
Yours truly,
T. A. HEWITT.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01

The heifer should commence the bus
ines of her life-that is giving milk
at about two years of age. After COM
ing in she should be fed but little
grain or concentrated food for few
days. Good hay and little bran at
first is enough. The grain feed can be
gradually increased until in three or
four weeks she is on full feed.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01
G. G. B., South Park-Please tell

c. G. B., South Park-Please tell
me through your paper if there is
any law in this state prohibiting me
from building a barb wire fence near
South Park.-Ans.: 1t will be lawful
for YOU to build a barbed-wire fence,
provided you build it exactly as the
law provides it shall be built, how
ever if you are going to build it in
a town that is incorporated, you must
consult the town ordinances, other
wise not.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County.

Lucas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of f. j. Cheney q
Co. doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use OF
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before and subscribed in my
presence this 9Th day of December, A. ID.
1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimon-
ials free
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01
Ranch LEGAL Department
Edited by r, ]. BORYER.

Edited by r. J. BORYEK.
This department is open to all the patrons
of The Ranch. Inquiries on legal matters
will be answered free in these columns Ii
a reply by letter is desired enclose fee OF
One Dollar to R. ]. Boryer, care The Ranch'
Seattle.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01

Bellevue-Where the community
property is in the wife's name can
the husband will the property to their
children legally?-Ans.: The hus-
band can only will one-half of the
community property as a general
principle. If property is in the name
of husband or wife it will depend upon
the circumstances of how it happened
to become in such name. A bona
fide gift will be good. Would be glad
to answer more fully upon full state
ment of facts
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-04-01

Ellensburg-Please answer in the
legal department OF The Ranch II
divorced woman who owns home
has homestead right.-Ans.: Yes,
homestead may be claimed If you have
a minor child, or minor child OF de-
ceased husband, or minor brother or
sister, or a father, mother, or any OF
the above relatives who have attained
the age of majority, and are unable
to care for or support themselves.
Would be we'll for you to file your
claim to it now.
Milford chronicle., 1904-09-23
Town Where FueI Is Free.

GO to Lynn if you want free fuel,
said a Bostonian. You can get IL
Lynn the best wood in the world fol
nothing.
"The town Of Lynn is full of enor-
nous and magnificent shoe factories
These factories. in order to keep their
product fashionable and correct, change
their lasts every season. Thus, as soon
as a season is over. thousands Of lasts
become worthless except for burning.
THE manufacturers might sell the
lasts. but for some reason or other they
don't do this. They give them away.
And the Lynn people appreciate this
generosity. At any time it is possible
in their beautiful town to see a Lynn
man with grateful look on his face
taking home a load of lasts in cart
'"The lasts make admirable fires. The
good hard wood in them gets red hot
and burns with great glow of heat
for a long time. like coal. The only
trouble is their shape. They lOok. you
know, like feet. To see them flaming
in fireplace gives a stranger a shock
at first. He wonders if he has hap
pened in upon the end of a cremation"
New York Telegram.
Milford chronicle., 1904-09-23
nnaietx cran.snaas.

In dealing with offenseS by criminals
of previous good social standing we
rarely look beyond the sRender hlm-
self to consider the welfare OF the
community. II, fer example, q mas
steals and after his indictment for the
crime his friends or relatives repay
the amount Of the theft, in America
that is the end Of the matter, and the
offense comnitted against criminal la"
devised as q protection for the public
is eRtirely negligible. The greatest
baHk wrecker in American criminal
history now lives undisturbed in New
York. He never served a day in jail
for a defaIcation Of s6,OO0,OO0. The IN
dictments against him were all DIS
missed a few years ago. He even
seems to have returned to some sort OF
social position, and the society columns
Of the New York Times. commenting
some time ago upon a reception at his
New York home alluded with becom-
ing gravity to certain Canadian guests
as friends whom their host and his
family had made during their long
stay in Quebec!"-GeOrge W. Alger In |
Atlantic.