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The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
THERE'S NO ESCAPE
Every Form OF Personal and Real
ty Property Will be Taxed
EVERYBODY is INTERESTED
Tax y hirkers Have Awakened to Cold
Vioodrd schsming Of Legislators
W.T.. Made New Revenue Law

Regardless of whether or not green
hacks" are taxable property, there Is
no danger of the state being unable "a
catch those who exchange money for
grcenbacks for the purpose of cscap-
Ing taxation, providing always tn"
holder OF the cash has any fear OF be-
ing punished for perjury. Whatever
The statute of the United 81 S pro-
vides. IL liz clear that the ! braskd
statute contemplates the Ia: ION of
greenbacks. That statute 1elnes
money to mean 'all kinds of ,c.n, all
kinds OF paper issued by or uni v the
authority Of the United States cir
culating as money. whether IN posses
sion or deposited In hank or else
where.
The state statute defines property 20
mean 'every kind Of property, tangi-
BILE or intangible. subject to owner
ship" The assessor Is directed to list
all brick. stone. mules and asses, tons
Of coal, beef and pork in the barrel
corn and potatoes. II he Is not to list
ereenbacks that are sailed down. n
rumpus will be raised by the men who
have q little sailed pork in the cellar.
With about $50, 600, 900 on deposit in
banks Nebraska people last year re-
ported to the assessors only a few hun
dred thousand dollars. The Kansas
court recently interpreted the Law of
that state to near that assessors have
a right TO demand OF bankers the
names of depositors and the amount
due each.
Some question the right of a state
tax on national bank notes of any kind
on the theory that the right to do so
might carry with 1t the right to i'm
pose. a discriminating tax and thus By
united action drive national bank
notes out OF existence. The state board
Of equalization has asked whether
greenbacks or United States treasury
notes are taxable. United States bonds
are not taxable and IT is not an un-
common belief that ~greenbacks are
not. being a part of the public debt
No n about the state boards Off 20
IL able to cite any authority. The
question has been referred to Attorney
General Prout.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
NO LIMIT TO APPLY
The Interstate Comm mission Makes an
important Ruling

The interstate commerce commission
has announced its decision in the case
of the Cattle Raisers' association OF
| Kansas complainant. and the Chicago
Live Stock exchange. intervcnor,
against the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, and other railroad companies
entering the city Of Chicago. The com
mission holds that the statute of linn
itation does not apply to the suit of
the members of the association for
damage: and defines the procedure to
be followed in procuring reparation
through the commission. The com
plainant and intcrvenor are given leave
to show to what territory the through
rate reduction of 1896 applied. and IL
IT appears that there was territory to
which such reduction did not apply
and from which no reduction has been
made. defense will he allowed to show.
since conditions may have changed
subsequent to the making Of the origi-
nal order. that the through rate from
that territory Is reasonable and just
notwithstanding the addition of the
terminal charge of s. per car in Chi
cago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Caught Government Mapping

The government was defeated in tho
house of commons by al to 1870 votes.
on n motion of John Redmond, tho
Irish leader, for a reduction of the Irish
education estimates. As it was in the
nature of n snap division engineered by
the n~ationalists, the government re-
fused to resign, but 1t is regarded as
another straw showing the direction Of
the wind.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
THE DEWEYS co FREE
Acquitted of the Charge Of killing Mr..
Burchard Berry In Kansas


Chauncey Dewey and his two cow
boys. Clyde Wilson and William j.
Mcbride, were acquitted at Norton.
Kan, of the charge of numbering Bur.
chard Berry by a jury which had con-
sidered the case twenty-eight hours.
Chauncey Dewey, a young million
airc ranchman, went to Cheyenne
county, Kansas, early in 1900 to man
tge the Dewey ranch. Soon after his
arrival there he became involved in
trouble with the Berry family, who
we're also prominent cattlemen. Triv-
ial misunderstanding grew into seri-
differences, which eliminated In
the killing OF Burchard Berry in June,
1903. at the home of Alpheus Berry
during a fight in which Dewey and ten
of his cowboys were pitted against all
of the Berrys. Dewey and his cowboys
went to the Berry ranch to get a tank
that Dewey had bought In at a sheriff's
sale. The feud had grown bitter be-
fore this time, and when the Deweys
started to take the tank away the Ber-
ry boys rode up and a battle took place
between the two factions.
B%urchard. Alpheus and Daniel Berry
were killed. Dewey, Mcbride and Will
son were indicted on three separate
counts, this trial being upon that OF
killing Burchard Berry.
Eighteen ballots were taken before a
verdict was reached.
The seven Dewey cowboys, O'Neil.
Charles Wilson, Tucker, Slater, Dey.
Armentrout and Winship. who went to
Norton 10 testify for the defense. were
arrested after their arrival on the
charge of being accomplices in the MUIR
der of Burchard Berry, ana appeared In
justice court and gave bonds of 81 900
each, They will waive preliminary
hearing and their case will be set for
the December term of court.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
BIG WHEAT YIELDS
Record Of Sixteen Kansas Farm.
ers for Year Of 1903
THE SYSTEM THEY FOLLOW
Y,siu SURPRISES the Most Prolific Returns
Known In Eastern Kansas. Where
Rainfall Is Abundant

Sixteen farmers scattered through
the five western Kansas counties Of
Treso, Logan, Thomas and Sheridan.
harvested last year an aggregate, in
round numbers, of 4.GG0 arrea of wheat,
with IN aggregate return of. in round
numbers. 14i 900 bushels of wheat. or
In round numbers again, OF thirty-one
bushels per acre. These li4,0O0 bushels
OF wheat commanded Il market value of
from IS cents to SO cents per bushcl.
with 40 cents per bushcl as a fair aver
age. which means that these sixteen
farmers realized an aggregate OF over
100000 I'm cash from their 1900 acres
OF wheat, or an average in round num-
bers. OF owe s2l per acre.
The Campbell system OF agriculture.
from which such rich results were OBJ
tanned. means nothing moro or less
than a cropping of the concerned sell
every year with a careful and scientific
preparation of the ground during the
twelve months interim. The farmer
plows his ground to a depth of from
seven to ten inches in the fall. thor
oughly pulverizing the soil by the use
of a heavy harrow. In the Hext early
spring the soil is again narrowed. the
harrow being thereafter used after zach
recurring spring rainfall, the result
being the formation of a dust deposit
or crust, which effectually conseryes
from wine sweep or natural at
mospheric evaporation, the moisture
garnered In the soil during the winter
snowfall or spring rain precipitation. In
the fall this long prepared and mois-
ture garnered soil is sown to winter
wheat. FOR instance, with a next year
harvest results which rivals. il not
actually surpasses. the most prolific re-
turns OF western canal irrigation. Dis
tributed beneath the western dry d.
vido areas at, perhaps a minimum
depth OF three feet, is a clay subsoil
deposit impervious to water. The
Campbell system of dry" region agri-
culture is therefore really a scientific
application OF natural irrigation. the
winter and spring moisture being there
by conserved and actually r%eservo,red
upon the broad surface of the impen1-
trable clay subsoil, a fact which fully
explains why western Kansas soil UNI
der the Campbell system is yielding
as high as se~venty-eight bushels per
acre. while Immediately adjoining acre
age. farmed with usual season condi-
tions. returns from twenty to thirty bu-
shells per acre.
At least % per cent of the farmers OF
western Kansas have already realized
the farming fortune embraced in the
Campbell system. and it is safe to say
that within the next five years this
system will completely revolutionize
western Kansas farming, with the UNI
doubted results of a practically doub-
ling of the wheat harvest per acre, q
heavy increase in wheat weight test.
and the adding of at least so per cent
to the market value of the lands in
the new Kansas wheat belt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
DeoisiOn SnstnLns Gambling Inv

In the case of the state of Nebraska
against George Boslough, at York. the
motion argued before District judge
II. +. Good. to determine whether or
not the position taken by Attorney
General j.. N. Prout in regard to gamb-
ling not being a felony should he ac-
cepted as the law on the subject. the
court held that the law was cunstitu-
tional, Arthur G. Wray, appointed
prosecutor for the state, to push the
charge of gambling, filed against the
defendant in the case, submitted a brief
which was sustained by the court on
every point raised. The first six pages
OF the brief deal particularly with the
legislative proceedings and the evil
dence as to what really took place. IL
is argued that there has not been suiR-
cient evidence introduced to show that
the bill was not legally passed, and
that the courts will indulge every pre-
sumption in favor of the law unless IL
is shown beyond reasonable doubt by
the defendant that the law is uncon-
stitutional,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
PRAIRIE FIRE
More Thar $4,000 worth OF Damage
Near Hemmingford

Prairie fires set by a locomotive
burned over forty thousand acres OF
splendid range near Hemingford, Neb..
besides destroying some buildings and
range horses and cattle. Messrs. Hall.
Rocky, Whalen, Fronapfel and many
small ranchmen are completely burned
out. Ranchmen Taylor and Hunter are
partly burned out and the loss OF hay
is great. A high wind prevailed. but
a large force is fighting the fire. The
loss to the Burlington Railroad COM
pany is probably $25. 900. There are
particulars from north Of the river
Niobrara, eight miles north. Fires
south of Hemingford cannot be heard
from.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Potato Planting Near Emporia

The farmers at Emporia, Kas., are
planting oats and potatoes. w. S. Viii
hanson. who has a record for potato
raising in that locality, has some po-
tatoes in the ground. He says early
planting is one of the secrets of sue
cess. He often puts them in as early
as the middle of February; planting
them eight inches under ground and
~cultivating the soil away from, rather
than on the plants, Mr.. Williamson
raised $50 bushels to the acre last year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Cleared OF Murder Charge

The case of the state VS.. O. w. COT
felt, the cowboy charged with the MUIR
der of George c. Montgomery, a Santa
Fe detective. was dismissed in the dis
trict court at Winfield. Kan, on mo-
ton Of the county attorney. Coffelt
had been tried four times on the charge
each trial resulting in a hung jury,
and he appeared in court to be tried
again. The case has been in the courts
for two years.
George G. Montgomery, a Santa Fe
detective. was shot and killed in his
own home in Winfield by an assassin
October 5. 1901.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Glass Blowers Strike

A strike is now on at the works OF
the American Window Glass company.
at Jeanette. Pa. The strike Is due to
a question of wages, the men who OPP
crate the blowing machines demanding
an increase, The cessation of work on
the part of the blowers has throwa
idle all the other departments of the
works. This is the largest window
glass plant in the United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
D[STROY[RS FIGHT
Description Of Hot Engagement
in Port Arthur Harbor
JAPANESE BEST MARKSMEN
Russian ~ Pound Guns Put Out Of
Action and Their Three-Pounders
Did Little or No Damage

A correspondent of the London
| Times with the japanese forces, by
wireless telegraphy via Wei Hal Wei.
sends a column of matter. which is
mostly a description OF the torpedo
fight between the Russians and the
Japanese at Port Arthur. The CORE
spondent confirms the fierceness of the
contest. The vessels were so close that
the Russians threw charges of explo-
sives on to- the bridge of one OF the
Japanese torpedo BOAT destroyers.
These. however, failed to detonate. All
the vessels engaged were more or less
damaged. The Japanese losses were
six killed and eight wounded. That
the Russians were defeated, in spite of
their superior numbers, is due to the
better shooting Of the japanese and the
fact that the Russian vessels were
armed with three-pound guns, while
the armament OF the japanese ships
was made up Of s~ix-pounders.
The Russians fought with despera-
ton and the Japanese with confidence,
born OF their past victories. One Rus
sian commander was killed early in the
tight. A lieutenant then took COM
mand. only to fall, shot in both legs.
Then the command deyolved upon the
sub-lieutenant. who vas also killed,
after taking the wheel himself. When
the coXswain fell this vessel was cap
tured by the Japanese. The other Rus
sian vessels escaped.
On the Japanese side n destroyer
was hit on the water line, two of her
compartments were flooded and her
quick firing ammunition IA water
soaked. This vessel retired from the
action. Her officers escaped narrowly
from a underground shot which struck
the platform in front of the bridge,
killing one man and sweeping the
bridge with splinters. The same ves-
sci received a th%ree-pound shot through
the hull. but the damage vas repaired
within four days.
A Japanese lieutenant who boarded
the Stereguschtchi said he had lever
seen a more 9ickening sight. Thirty
bodies, terribly mutilated by a shell,
were lying on deck. AS the Japanese
approached. two Russian blue jackets
rushed from the coming tower. locked
themselves in the cabin aft and refused
to come out. Two stokers jumped over
board and were picked up. These,
with two wounded men, were the only
survivors of a crew of ffty-fve. When
the craft sank the men who were locked
In the cabin sank with It.
The fight lasted nearly an hour. The
weakness Of the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer armament again proved ia
tai. The japanese concentrated their
fire first on the Russian 12-pounder and
put il out of action early in the fight,
leaving her with only her 3-pounders
against their own 1~2-pounders and g.
pound guns. The japanese had three
killed and -four wounded.
Describing the bombardment of Port
Arthur the same day. the correspond
ent asserts that more than n hun
dred and ten shells fell in the town.
The effect of the great shells from the
12-inch guns must have been appalling,
Outbreaks of fire were seen and the re-
port of an explosion was heard, which,
magazines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
lie Took the $1,000 Cash

ID. l.. Wagner, a painter who lives
in Kansas City. Kas.. drew the house
which was given ny the Wichita Cen
trail Labor Union. He was given his
choice between the house and its value.
81 900, and he took the money. There
were two gifts. Wagner getting sec
ond. S. NJ. Stevens of Wichita has
sued the union for $500 because OF u
disagreement over the first Lift.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Two ComhnIons In a Day

The American line steamship New
York. Captain Young. from New York
for Plymouth. Cherbourg and South
ampton, met with two mishaps in one
day. grounding of Cape La Hogue,
France. and later coming into collision
in the English channel with the PENN
su!ar and Oriental steamship Assaye,
under contract to the British govern
mcnt and used as a troop ship, bound
for Bombay with 500 troops on board.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
w. Kelley Checker Cha m pion

The final games in the knockout
series we're played at the state checker
tournament in Lincoln. w. Kelly won
the gold medal, defeating c. E. Cal
kins in the playing of the first eight.
while OF the second eight players, A,
l.. Funk won the silver medal. defeat
ing G.. w. Cobel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Another Cut In Railroad Rates

The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way has announced another reduction
in grain rates. The changes affect all
Iowa points on shipments destined east
of the Illinois and Indiana state line.
The new tariff will become effective
right away, and under it there will be a
general reduction Of | to 2 cents ON the
100 pounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Stewards Com merciai Baaaust

The Commercial club of Seward held
its fifth annual banquet at its club
rooms. MIR. l.. Il. Ost is the clubs
president. The membership comprises
fifty Of the business and professional
men of the town. The decorations
we're elaborate and were the colors OF
the shamrock rs the date Of the ban
qllet was that OF lreland's patron saint.
The favors we're green silk shamrocks
fastened with Erin's harps. The menu
cards were the most beautiful ever
given at any social function there. The
covers were embossed and held a bro
chure with quotations aprOpos to the
delicacies served in each course and
the toast with the men who responded,
Mr., George Merriam was toastmaster
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Three Freight Trains Collide

Two Union Pacific freight trains 60
ing in opposite directions a mile south
of Omaha city limits, collided with a
Northwestern freight which was cross
ing the double track, wrecking all three
trains and killing Switchman William
Connolly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
r COW
Many Head 1T Kansas .attis Dying
from Mslady

r. A. Biddleman, OF South Bend.
Kas.. reports the loss of many milch
cows in his vicinity. The animals were
stricken with a weakness in the limbs
and back. The disea.e seems TO be
chiefly with COWS soon coming fresh. 1t
is not a result of cornstalk feeding or
wheat pasture. as the cattle are kept
on a Diet of cane. Kafir corn, hay and
straw. The animals last from one to
three weeks after taking the disease.
Mr.. Biddleman will call the atten-
ton of the tate veterinarian to the
trouble. He has lost three head. VIII
liam IIoffmaster six and several others
have met with losses. The trouble ex-
lists in other arts of the county also.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
IL some girls who think they can
sing would not try to prove il they
would he forgiven.
Tea Famine In Moscow

Owing to the discontinuance of the
trips OF the volunteer feet steamers, no
tea is arriving at MOSCOW from Ceylon
by water, The practical suspension of
freight trains over the Trans-Siberian
railroad makes it almost impossible TO
get tea from China, One merchant who
has 10000 chests Of tea en- route in
Manchuria, offers to sell to the govern
ment at a nominal price this conslgn-
ment for the use of the soldiers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Gompers Back from Porto Rico

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American federation OF labor, who went
to Porto Rico with the intention OF
organizing the laboring men on the
island, was among the passengers on
the steamer Ponce which arrived at
New York, Mr.. Gompers declined to
max" any statement as to the success
of his mission.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
More ohio Civilization

A mob OF masked men stormed the
Cleveland, Ohio, Jail and secured pos
session Of Fayette Sawyer and BurlI
Harris, two negroes. charged with the
murder of Sid Killum, a negro porter.
The prisoners were taken 10 the scene
of the murder and hanged from the
railroad bridge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Senate m

The senate in executive session cod
firmed the following nominations:
Charles ii. Robb, assistant attorney
general.
Postmasters: Nebraska. Edmund J..
Burke, Bancroft: John Ring, Hooper.
Capt. Theodore +. Jewell to be a rear
admiral.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
No Fighting at Panama

A French steamer which has just ar
rived from Colon brought the news to
New York that the Colombian govern
ment has definitely desisted from any
movement to recover its lost territory,
and has prohibited any further at
tempts to attack the Panama frontier
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
No Ohio Spring Elections

There will be no municipal elections
in Ohio this spring. Governor Herriclc
has signed the Chapman bill abolish
ing spring elections and it is now a
law. The terms Of all elective munich
pal officers, which would have expired
in April, have been extended until after
the elections next November.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Fine and jail Sentence Together

The state supreme court OF Kansas
holds that the ordinances enacted by
cities for the purpose of regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors by collect
ing a monthly fine from saloonkeeperS
is invalid. The court says in effect
that a jail sentence must accompany
each such fine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Hotel In Receivers Hands

On petition of Rome Miller. a
minority stakeholder in the Kitchen
Brothers Hotel company, owners OF
the Paxton hotel, at Omaha, one of the
largest In that city, Judge Baxter of
the Omaha district court decided to
appoint a receiver for the company,
later to be agreed upon. The court
found from evidence presented that
James H. Kitchen, president of the
company, owed to the minority stock
holders 100000 from undivided profits,
and that he had not conducted the bus
mess in a proper manner The hotel
will not be closed. pending the selec-
ton Of a receiver.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
bridge at Fullerton Out

Two hundred feet OF the Loup river
bridge at Fullerton was carried away
by the breaking up of the Ice in the
Loup river. Several people living on
the south side were caught over In
town and in order to reach home were
compelled to take the train to Column
bus and thence to Central City.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Women's Trades Union Promoters

With the object of promoting
women's trades unions in the United
States. the executive board of the
women's national trade union league at
its annual meeting in Boston, voted to
send a general organizer and secretary
throughout the country who will act as
a business agent, organize unions
among women and investigate lockouts
and strikes.
Among the members of the board
present were Miss Jane Adams Of the
Hull house of Chicago, vice president;
Miss Gertrude Barnum, state secretary
of the women's trade union of Illinois,
and Miss Lillian b. Valid, head worker
Of the college settlement of New York.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25

The supreme court of the United
States has granted the petition of the
United States to intervene In the case
of the state of Kansas vs.. the state OF
Colorado, involving the use of the va
ters of the Arkansas river.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
New lhtnese Treaty

A new treaty regulating the admis-
sion OF Chimes into the United States
is in preparation. The existing treaty.
which was made by Secretary Ores
ham and Minister WI in 1894, Will
expire next December by Limitation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Locomotive Engineers Hold Session

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A general clairman's association was
formed in Chicago at a meeting OF the
chairmcn of the committees of tho
brotherhood Of locomotive engineers
from all the railroad systems OF the
country. NJ. u. Caddle OF the Missouri
Pacific system. was made chairman,
and l.. y. Rogers. OF the Chicago. Mil
waukee Il st. Paul railroad was named
as secretary of the new organization.
The purpose of the association. 1t Is
said, is to bring about uniform condi-
tons on all the railroad systems in So
far as the engineers are affected and
To enable the brotherhood To meet the
general managers association with a
corresponding body of men who will
be in touch with the engineers in all
parts of the country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Five Tourists Killed

Five unknown tourists. who were
were stealing a ride, were killed in a
freight wreck on the Colorado & South
ern railroad at Mayne, a small station
forty miles north of Trinidad, Colo.
The engine and five cars of the tran
were piled In a ditch. The accident
was caused by a broken rail. The crew
escaped.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25

Fortunate Is the man who can bor-
enough money to pay his debts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25

The people who look for trouble are
generally those who find fault.