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Gilpin observer., 1904-06-23
PORTLAND sU1FI]
LAW SUSTAINED
INHERITANCE TAX LAW vAL,p
sustained by Supreme Court Of Colo
raoo In Test Case Brought by
ement-kdan.. c...4.x NALL.

sustained by Supreme Court Of Colo
raoo IN Test Case Brought b,
Agreement.-kdans County Win.
Denver, June 21.-The validity Of the
inheritance tax was fully established
yesterday In an opinion handed down
ny the supreme Court, affirming the de-
clsion OF the County Court. The case
vas tnat OF Charles s. Elder, treasurer
VI tne city and county of Denver.
Hsalnst the estate of Peter Magnes. de-
ceased. and Samuel r. Brown as ad-
| mlnistrator of the estate.
Justice John Campbell wrote the
opinion OF the court. An excerpt from
the opinion follows:
me sole question for determination
is Wnetner the so-called Inheritance tax
law OF this state is valid. 1t is said
70 contravene several provisions of our
state and federal constitutions. AS
throwing light upon the object of this
legislation and as pertinent to some OF
the objections made to it, a brief ref
erence to the history of the states
financial condition and standing will
be helpful" "-A-
here follows review of the rates of
taxation which have prevailed in Colo
Iaoo and the condition of the state
treasury existing at different periods.
InaDility to meet outstanding obliga-
lions was the situation which confront
gu the thirteenth General Assembly !
wren II convened in January, 1901. The
epeciaI session OF 1902 was called by the
suvernor with the primary object in ,
securing additional revenue for the |
general purposes of the state and at
tnls session was passed a measure ON
utied An act in relation to public rev
enue. el included therein from sections
10 Al are what constitute the So
caned inheritance tax provisions.
wnich were made the subject of attack
in this case. "''o'A
Inc opinion goes fully into various
tax cases that have bearing on the
present one. Lack of uniformity was
pernaps the greatest contention raised
AGAINST the measure. Further the de-
,ision reads: I'VE have already held .
nat our law imposes a tax upon tbe
privilege of taking. receiving and en-
oinlng property that passes by will or
,huer our interstate laws, and that au- ,
nor1ty !, Tor its imposition is found I'm
ne sovereign power of the state to Law
TAX upon privileges and SUGGESTIONS ,
u Iesai contemplation it does NOT i
ause tne law OF descent in the sense !
.e InmDition OF our constitution. !
no II no more modifies or abroeates
ne law OF descent or the right to hold =
no no enjoy property which passes bv )
III tnan does any kind of a tax on
,operty change the general law under -
men the owner enjoys it," =
ADAMS county was also victorious in :
ne TAX levy case. in which the Su-
Ieme Court affirmed the opinion of tho a
wer court. The case was brought bv .
le board OF County Commissioners of :.
uams county against the City, Council n
10 the city and county of Denver. y
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-23
PRESIDENT BURNS
Justf His Course In a Public State
ment.

=
ment.
CiQAdO Springs, June 21.-Presi-
ideI turns. after the meeting of the
PoAid directors yesterday, issued a
: stabent to the public:
action has been repudiated BY
th9ard Of directors" says Mr.. Burns.
q kjority Of whom have ordered the
suidismissed. and the order will be
obd."
IBurns then goes on to review the
Ffrring in particular to his deal
ingwith the Western Federation of
Mrs. Mr.. Burns says:
lring the strike, and since last
Ja1ry. Mr.. Meyer asked an audience
wtthe. at which l urged him to aban-
do1he strike and call 1t on, giving
hinfhat seemed to me conclusive rea-
sonI He declined. Shortly afterwards
W informed that the union would
.ennd my discharge of non-union men
'r dnpel union men to leave the mine.
Akain sought my attorneys, who
,refed q complaint against Altman
Jnit NO. 19, and its officers; Cripple
OAAch ANO. fVo anu ltS OmCerSs
'ict Union No. 80; Smeltermen's Un-
On 20. 125 and its officers; Charles
10Y, president, and William d. Hay
% secretary of the Western Fedora
0fo restrain them from such inter-
'rfe. The expected did not happen.
owrer. and the suit was never filed.
7 avoid all future misunderstand- !
g ne management OF the Portland
many on March 14th, announced
1alin hiring and discharging men Il
aif the right to hire and discharge
nFer 1t pleases without discrimina-
'nlor and against any class of labor
laPver. and that declaration has At
mes been persistently adhered to.
Iem accused Of being a partisan of
Western Federation of Miners. It
ufrue. l believe in an open shop'
have always enforced It. am
TER Tor nor against organized la
: !! respect its rights. and have re-
rq 1t at all time to respect mine. I
|qe In freedom Of contract and
l]of q man to work his property in
qvn way. and have practiced what
reched. But the powers that be
dueclared otherwise"
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-23
Morton offered Cabinet Position.

washington. June x1.-The Post IN.
Gay says: President Roosevelt has
formally invited Paul Morton to he.
come q member Of his Official family
q secretary Of the navy. Mr.. Morton
mas the matter under Consideration
ssu nas not yet given any intimatIon
OF acceptance or declination.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-23
Transports Mostly Escaped.

Toxic, June 20.-The transports
Sado. Hitachi and Ixumi were the only
ones overhauled by the Russians.
japan had thirteen transports In and
near the strait of Korea the morning
the Sado and the ylitachi were caught
and she was fortunate that only the
three ships mentioned were ovsrtaken
by the enemy. VII NJ III
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-29
HARROW COMPANY MUST PAY

00Ur1 DECIDES They Are Not FeooIers
nat Their Goods Are Accessible.
DAVENPORT. Aug. 29.-Judge Neal
decided in favor of the county in the
Solt brought by the American Harrow
company, of Detroit, Mich. to restrain
Tie county from taxing its goods. the
''hpany 1lls harrows from a sample
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carried by salesman, and delivery is
afterwards made from a carload. The
agents claim to be peddlers having no
established place of business in the
county. The contention of the county
was that the company ranks as an it
inerant merchant.
The county officials had collected
taxes upon several cars of the ma
chimes, although the money was paid
over under protest. The county at
tOrney was assisted by H. NJ Martin
and H. A. p. Myers represented the
foreign company.
The Retail Merchants Association of
the county took great deal of interest
in the case, as there are several firms
in the same class as the harrow COM
paany operating here from time to time.
Those companies which are especially
active in canvassing the county are the
buggy, steel range and grocery sales
men. Taxes nave been collected from
all of them.
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CHILDREN AT THE FAIR
vouno America Stormed the Worlds
Exhibition at St. Louis.

| ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 29.-The ex-
|,osjti0n management designated this
is pational children'S day and young
america certainly did it's utmost to
Dnakn the occasion one of the most
memorable in the history of the fair.
A. 9 o'clock this morning the gates
we're thrown open for the free admis-
zion of all children under fifteen
caars of age. They came in drOves,
some accompanied by their parents,
trt the vast majority free to enjoy the
occasion without being checked by pa
rental solicitude. Throughout the day
+bav swarmed through the big build
inos got themselves tangled up in all
sorts of unexpected places and made
4b.. lives of the jefferson Guards mis-
or,hla They did" the Pike for all it
wa. worth. sWarmed about the water
WAYS until it looked as though the
lifa-saying corps would have to give
many exhibitions not on the schedule,
and they ran up and down Art Hill
and roamed through the forestry res
a,,.atious until forced to remain quiet
hy sheer exhaustion.
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READ THE MARKET NEWS
IN
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL

Nothing is omitted which concerns
the interest of buyers and sellers in
the live stock, grain, provisions, pro-
due and financial markets-the quo
tations are comprehensive, and are
in every way reliable.
The Journal in addition carries every
day a full and truthful report Of the
worlds news and presents many spe-
cial features of deep interest to the
average reader. The Journals wom-
ans page, and illustrated sporting
news page, Journal stories and comic
pages and other good things make it
a very popular family newspaper
clean and bright from A. to and
years end to years end.
Daily, one year by mail. only $4 six
months, 1925; three months, $1.25
Semi weekly, 104 issues, one year
$3.50.
Weekly, 81. The issues of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly Journal also con-
tain the market news and all of the
features of the Daily Journal. Address
THE JOURNAL, Portland, Or.
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SPANISH AMERICAN VETERANS
Ohio State Encampment Was Begun
Today at Wapakonata.

WAPAKONATA, O., Aug. %
Streets and buildings here are gaylv
decorated in honor of the Spanish war
veterans whose annual state reunion
.apened today. Scores of visitors from
y Try part of the state arrived last
chit and this morning. In addition to
The opening exercises held in the city
hall this forenoon the days program
included military parade at noon
and an elaborate floral parade later IN
the day. The reunion will extend over
tomorrow. Sandusky. Hamilton ana
Fiudlay are cOntesting for the honof
Of entertaining next years reunion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-29
PRUNE PROSPECTS BETTER
Crop Will be Larger Than at Firs
Supposed.

VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. 29.-Re-
ports from many of the prune growers
say that the crop will be better than at
first reported. A good many have half
crop, While others have a good deal
of fruit which is scattering. The fruit
is large and of excellent quality. 1t
is supposed that enough fruit will be
picked to run some of the dryers. The
price being SO low on this fruit, not
many of the growers care whether
they gather it Or not.
The apple crop is excellent and the
fruit of large size. The price bids fair
to be good.
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WALLA WAllA MARKETS
REVISED DAILY,

Retail Prices.
The selling quotations on the local
market are:
Sugar-Per 100 lbs. $3.50.
Cheese-Per Id. zoe.
egetables-Potatoes, per sack; new,
$1.25.
Tomatoes-3c per ID.
Cucumbers-10c per doZ.
Green apples-1Rc per Id.
Blackberries-$1.25, for 25c.
Peaches-5Oc to 81 per box.
Peach Plums-11ac per ID.
Green peas-4c per Id.
Egg Plant-75c per doz.
Corn-10c per dOz.
Onions-Per 100 lbs, $1.00.
Cabbage-Per 100 lbs, $3.50.
Beets-1c per ID.
Fruits-Oranges per doz., soc to Coo.
Lemons-Per doz., Csc.
Eggs-Per dOZ. 25c.
Butter-Country, per roll. soc;
creamery, per roll, 60c.
Flour-Per bbl., 1920 to $3.50;
Graham flour per50-lb. sack, $1.2O;
whole wheat flour per sack, $1.20; roll
ed oats per ID. sc.
Hay-Baled, per ton; wheat s14;
timothy, SIS.
Bran-Per ton, $40; shorts, per ton,
s21.5O; rolled barley, per ton, $40.
Fish-Per lb.-salmon, 15c; halibut,
|12hc; soles, Zoe; perch, 12hc; rock
cod. 121ac; herring, Toe; crabs, 25c and
soc: shad with roe, 15c; without roe,
12bc; smelt, 12hc; sturgeon, 15c;
black cod, 15c.
Salmon eggs-25c a string.
Spring chicken Csc.
Geese and ducks, 15c.
Turkey, csc.
Meats-Boof-Port steak 15c;
sirloin steak, 15c; round steak, 12hc;
shoulder steak, 1Oc; No. prime roast,
|1oc to 12hc: common roast &c to 1oc;
boiling beef, &C to &c; leg Of mutton.
12hc to 15c; chops. 12hc and 16c;
nork roast, 10c to 12h; chops 1oc to
|12hc.
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Time Schedule-Waila WatIa:
NO. Arrives from Spo-
kane and departs for
PendletOn ...... go. 3: 80 d n.
NO. Arrives from Pendle-
ton and the East and
departs 80. o:5san
No. 43 Leaves for Portland
and Spokane, via Wal
lula ..... ...... ....1O:OOpR
NO. "A Arrives from Portland
and Spokane via Wal
lula ...... .......... 3:45an
No. Al Leaves daily, except
Sunday for Pendleton
and East .......... ..10:0o q N
No. AZ Arrives from Pendle-
ton. except Sunday. s:1opn
NO. 80 Arrives from Dayton. 6:30pm
NO. St Leaves for Dayton S:1sam
Pullman Standard and Tourist
Sleeping cars daily to Omaha, Chi
cago; Tourist Sleeping car daily to
Kansas City; Pullman tourist sleeping
cars personally conducteD weekly to
Chicago; reclining chair cars (seats
free) to the East daily
STEAMER LINES.
San Francisco Portland route
Steamer sails from Portland D. m.
every 5 days.
Daily Boat Service between Port
land and Astoria except Sunday at .
p. m. Saturdays at 10 p. m. =
Snake River Boats.
Leave EiDaria daily except Satur-
day. s: 20 q. m.
Leave Lewiston daily except Friday,
700 a. m.
r. BURNS, Gen. Agent,
Walla Walla, Wash.
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NEW LABOR PARTY
Meeting Being Held in Chicago Today
BY Large Crowd.

CHICAGO, H., Aug. ga number
Of delegates have arrived for the con-
Neutiou called by the Chicago Fedora
uon IF Labor for the purpose of form
Ing new political party of working
men, farmers, single takers, turner
societies and economic reform BODIES.
The radical views entertained by the
\ oIsaniZers of the new party are ex-
pressed in the official call for the con-
Nention. Among other things the pro-
moters accuse both the republican and
democratic parties of betraylng the
confidence of the working people ana
state that. instead of political freedom
IN The United States there is being
reared both political and indus
Nlal despotism unsurpassed even IN
Russia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-29
MINNESOTA FAIR
Live Stock Exhibition Promises to be
Main Feature.

Main Feature.
and better than ever before the Mime
sofa State Fair was opened to the pub
liz today with a record-breaking at
tendance for a first day. Several large
and magnificent buildings have been
constructed during the past year ana
all Of these are we'll filled with a COM
prehensiye display illustrating the re-
Probably the most important feature IS
the live stock exhibition which sur
passes any previous display of pure
bred cattle held in the northwest
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FUEL

Try the Cascade Fuel Co. for wood
Or coal. Phone Main PA.
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Buyinq Prices.

These are the quotations on the local
market:
Watermelons-s3 per crate.
Cante,oupes-Per crate, s1.25.
Apples-Per box, 15c to 81.
Crab Apples-75c per 40 Id. box.
Tomatoes-Per box, 6Oc.
Lemons-Per case, "a.
Oranges-Per case, $3.50.
cucumbers-60c per box.
Onions-Per cwt, $1.2o.
carrots-Per sack 75c.
Reets-Per sack, 75c.
Potatoes-Per cwt., 81.
Pears-eOc to 81.
Peaches-75c.
Prune-Per crate, 1oc
Plums-15c.
Rlackberries,-$1.5O
peach Plums-75c per cwt.
cbickens-Hens, per h., sc TO loc'
BOOSTERS, per h., sc; spring chickens'
nor III. 15c, geese per Id. &c, ducks per
:, 70. turkeys. per h., lac to 15c; eggs
ooc cash, CSC in trade.
choice Beef Cattle-cows' INC
steers, SC.
c.,ves-Live, &c: dressed, &c.
GOOD bops-Live &c; dressed SIC.
c,een-wethers, 81; ewes, $z.oo'
lambs, So. -
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-29
OHIO STATE FAIR
Was Opened Today at Columbus With
LARGE Attendance.

Was Opened Today at Columbus With
Large Attendance.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 29.-The city
is rapidly filling with visitors to the
Ohio state fair, which opened today for
a season of five days. In every partic-
the high standard set by the fairs OF
previous years. All departments are
well filled with CHOICE exhibits of the
agricultural and industrial interests OF
the state. The entertainment features
also are numerous and of a high class
The racing program was inaugurated
this afternoon under suspicious condi-
tons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-29
::::WHlTE FRONT::::
WALLA WALLA JUNK STORE.

is prepared to buy hides, wool, scrap
iron, brass, copper, lead, zinc, bottles,
sacks, old rubbers, furniture land
stoves. Why let these accumulate?
Turn them into cash! 105 East Main
street.
M. SHANK.
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. 4 6

great Manchurian plain which stretch
es, monotonously level, from the Lao
tung peninsula as far as the Amur
river and composes the three provinces
of Manchuria. Mukden is well within
its center, fiourishing, populous, old
world city, but, like Cologne, of evil
SAVIOR. The fields, vast and teeming with
life, stretch to the horizon on either
side, revealing in their orderly appear
ance a careful industry and an unceas-
ing labor.
There are villages innumerable on
either side of the line; but since the
Boxer disturbances clean sweep has
been made for some 200 yards east and
west of the permanent way. Within
this area no settlement is allowed, and
just as British blockhouses in South
Africa were built right alongside the
permanent way, so within this little
reservation there are to be found only
the quarters of the railway forces de-
tailed to guard the line. There are
innumerable bridges and culverts, the
security of which has been entrusted to
specially selected men. The strength
of these pickets varies between five and
25 men, although, of course, at the
really important bridges an entrenched
position, supported by artillery, has
been taken up.
The line has been constructed more
with regard for convenience than
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Increased Mortality.

More domestic animals died from in
fictitious diseases in the last three
months than in any other quarter since
the live stock sanitary board was crea
ted year ago, according to the quar-
terly report of DIR. S. H. Ward, pre-
sented at the annual meeting of the
board The unusual cold winter and
the attended poor ventilation in barns
and stables are at tributed to the cause
of the increase mortality.
There were l32 horses killed during
the quarter on account of CHAMBERS,
3s2 in the twelve months. There were
3,179 suspected, of which 479 were
tested.
There was unusually prevalent in
the last quarter, the total number of
deaths being as follows: Sheep 20,
swine 81, cattle &c, dogs II and horses
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mathematical accuracy. 1t is somewhat
unevenly laid and very poorly finished.
1t is, of course, single line, but one,
however, which possesses extraortin-
airy siding facilities. The rails are "a
pounds; they are not fixed on chairs,
being merely nailed down with ten
inch nails to the sleepers. In many
cases the line threads the level of val
leyS, and suffers in consequence liza
bility to inundation at the time of the
rains. Again, too, the embankment is
weak, while the ballast consists of
rock, indifferently broken, thrown
loosely between the sleepers. Before
the line can be freely used as chan
mel of communication between Europe
and Asia, it requires complete recon-
struction, and it was upon this gigan-
tic task that the Russian authorities
were engaged before the war. Prior to
the Boxer disturbances it was quite ev-
ident that partial, if not complete, re-
construction of the line was required
before it could be put to ordinary COM
N ercial uses. In some sections this
work had already commenced when the
Boxer outbreak removed the necessity
Of making any further Improvements.
Since then, time has not been found to
attempt more than patchwork resto-
ration, although just before this present
war the decision to push ahead with
the reconstruction was attained. War,
however, has interviewed once again,
and the future Of the railway is now
so obscure that all further work upon
it must be indefinitely postponed.
ANGUS HAMILTON.
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News Notes.

st. Paul central high school debaters
won the championship of the state
high school debating. league by defeat
ing team from the high school of
Fergus Falls.
Charles Eisenmenger of st. Paul,
was arrested at the instance of State
Game Agent Fullerton, charging him
with having fifteen perch out of season
Eisenmenger had them on sale in his
meat market.
Rev. S. w. Day of Austin, aged SO,
was stricken with paralatic stroke
which effected his left side.
Peter Hoaglund, boy of Is years,
attempted to board freight train at
Oak Park and fell, breaking both legs
and one arm and severely cutting his
head.
Martin Hammer, a laborer, was killed
by street car at Thirty-first street
and Bryant ave. $. Minneapolis. Five
others were injured in the accident,
which was caused by the failure work
of a switch.
Statistics showing the standing of
twenty of the leading universities of
the country place Minnesota in sixth
place, the position the university oc-
cupied the last term.
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, 4 6

liam T. Hornaday-the director of the
park-took journey to Europe and in
spected the lion houses in the various
well-known Zoos.
This interesting animal house has
been built at a cost of $150,000. Over all
it is 24O feet in length and 10 feet wide
at the center
The building boasts OF very good
representative collection of the larger
cats, including lions, tigers, panthers,
jaguars and cheetahS. The latest ar
rival is fine specimen of the snow Loop
ard purchased from Mr.. Hagenbeck.
Chief among the lions is Hannibal, a fine
male Barbary lion with magnificent
name. He was given to the Zoo as pres
ent from Mr.. Carnegie's little daughter.
Next in Importance among the big
buildings comes the monkey house,
which is said to be absolutely odorless.
The sides, top and bottom of all the
cages are built of non-absorbent ligno-
litn, fire-proof material akin to as
phalt, but warm to the touch like WOOD.
The temperature can be controlled auto
matically, and the heat can be kept at
any desired grade, no matter whether
the windows are opened or closed. 1t is
an attractive and artistic building, 162
feet in length, "A feet in width and erect
ed at a cost of SIS 900.
There are 40 interior cages, capable OF
accommodating about 250 specimens,
and II exterior cages, two of the latter
being of great size. Mention must also
be made of the monkey grove, pretty