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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
WOMAN LOSES HER LIFE
AS THE RESULT OF DREAM
Going TO Investigate Its Reality, She
Drops Lamp and Whole
Family Suffers.

CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-As a result of
a dream Mrs Lizzie Couet. Al years
old. lost her life to-day and her hus-
band and infant child were fatally
burned in a fire that partly destroyed
their home.
The woman dreamed that her saw
ings had been stolen from hiding
place in the bottom of sugar jar in
the pantry Startled by the dream,
she took a lamp in one hand and her
baby under her other arm and went to
investigate. The lamp fell and ex-
ploded. Her husband, aroused from
sleep in an adjoining room. made a
brave attempt TO put out the flames
and finally succeeded with the aid of a
mattress. but only after he, as well
as his wife and child. had been fright
fully burned. Mrs. COuet died while
being taken to hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
HUNDRED NEW LOCOMOTIVES
FOR THE HARTMAN LINES
Order Placed for the Engines
With Large Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-An or
der for the building of one hundred
locomotives for the Hartman lines
has been placed with large firm in
this city. Beyond confirming that the
order had been received. members of
the firm decline TO say for which of
the Harriamn railroads they are to
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
Pe-ru-na tor Colds and Catarrh.

After the payment of charges there
remained a balance of $s.s74.4S3,
which was applied toward the pay
ment of expenditures for recOnstruc-
ton, betterments and additional
equipment. The operating expenses
increased $2.S7S.3S4. The net earn
fngs were s2s.753,6S7. an increase Of
S1,S34,562.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
Money Wired to the Coast.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-One million
six hundred thousand dollars was
transferred by telegraph to San Fran
cisco to-day by the sub-treasury for
account of local banks. The money, it
is understood. goes to move the fruit
crop on the Pacific Coast.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
QUIETLY GATHERS EVIDENCE
RELATING TO BEEF TRUST
Special Agent of Federal Bureau Of
Corporations Spends Week in
Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 23.-It was
learned to-day that T. A. Carroll.
special agent of the bureau of corpo-
rations in the Department of Com
merce and Labor at Washington, had
been in Kansas City for a week quiz
etly collecting evidence bearing on the
alleged packing house trust. His pres
ence was not known until he departed
late yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

E
few months caught co Ebcb settled
and renamed sre pstsuT that became alarmed took msd
without benefit until digestive became and head
and back 6egd1 to ache severely and frequently
II ADVISED Per0nd and although had little f5, sk
sck that anything brought
and felt that had tie right medicine at last Within three weeks
completely restored and have enjoyed perfect heath
II Fave the greatest faith Psruna -Forsncs Ksnah
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
INCREASED EARNINGS
OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Balance of Nearly Nine Million Dol
lars Applied to Improvements
During Year.
NEW YORK. Nov. %

NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-The report
of the Southern Pacific Company for
the fiscal year ended June 80 shows
that gross earnings were $92, ,933,231,
an increase of S4,612.S96, and that op-
Grating expenses were $63,179,5S4
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics.

One reason why Peruna has found per-
manent use in so many homes is that it
contains no narcotic OF any kind Peruna
is perfectly harmless II can be used
any length of time without acquiring
drug habit Peruna does not produce
temporary results. 1t is permanent in
it's effect.
IL has no bad effect upon the system.
and gradually eliminates catarrh By re-
moving the cause Of catarrh There are
a multitude Of homes where Peruna has
been used on and on for twenty years.
Such a thing could not be possible II Pc
runa- contained any drugs OF a narcotic
nature
Address DR.. Hartman. President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.
All correspondence held strictly conf
dential-
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
WIFE OF MISSOURI FARMER
FOUND WITH THROAT CUT
Posse Takes Up the Case and Begins
Search for the Murderer.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. Nov. 2s.-Mrs.
George Gray, wife of a farmer near
Agency. in this county. was found in
her home to-day with her throat cut
and her hands and feet pinioned.
posse is searching for the murderer.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

be built. The same firm recently
booked an order for fifty LOCOMOTIVES
for the San Pedro. Los Angeles and
Salt Lake Railroad. in which E. H.
Hartman is interested.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

The cold wind
and rain. slush
and mud of No
vember are espe-
ciallV conducive
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

LONDON. Nov. 23.-The text OF the arbitrz-
ton treaty between Sweden and Norway and
Great Britain was issued tonight. II is fdeu-
teal with the treaty between Portugal and
Great Britain.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

been unable to determine the cause Of
the black spots.
without a chemical test l would not
venture to say whether or not the
specks were made by gunpowder, said
DR.. LederIe. 4 only examined them
with q microscope.
Levy suggested that Dr. O'Hanlon be
put on the stand TO tell the jury what
made the black marks on the skin
Rand objected TO the defense going on
at this stage Of the trial and also to
calling O'Hanlon as an expert.
I have a man who extracted grains
Of powder from those pieces of skin"
said Levy.
Justice Davis admonished the attor-
ney to be more careful in his remarks,
and directed the jury to disregard the
utterances of counsel regarding what it
was claimed examination Of the exhibit
by others than the witness disclosed.
Edward F Freligh, a clerk in Stern's
pawnshop, said that late on the after
noon Of June last a man and wom-
an bought a revolver at the place where
he was employed. The man was tall
and we'll built. but he was unable To
describe the woman. The sale was
made by Stern. the proprietor. He iden-
titled the weapon exhibited in court as
the one purchased by the man.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

LIMA Peru. Nov 23-The American Fish
Commission steamer AIbatross arrived to-day
at Callao.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

not only advise it's use TO my friends. but
have purchased several bottles TO give 20
those without the means 70 buy. and have
noticed without exception that il has
brought about speedy cure wherever il
has been used. Rose Gerbing.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
eomPAsx1E ezsEzALE rRAxsAraASrl0Ji

DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-PARIS. G,
Sailing every Thursday instead of G1GLIA
Saturday. at 10 a. m. from Pier
~ North River. foot OF Morton 81.
First class to Havre. $40 and upward Sec-
ond class 10 Havre. S45 and upward GEN-
ERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CANADA % Broadway Hudson buildlnsl-
New York J + FUGAZI & CO.. Pacific coast
Agents 5 Montgomery avenue. san Francisco
Tickets sold BY All Railroad Ticket Asents-
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
MORGAN SMITHS BRUTALITY.

The scene between Nan" Patterson
and her brother-in-law, j. Morgan
Smith, which was referred TO at length
by Rand in his opening argument, was
described by Joseph Hewitt, a news
boy He said he was standing IN front
Of a cafe at Fifty-nintn street and
Eighth avenue about O'Clock on the
night Of June when Smith and Miss
Patterson came out and got into a cab.
They were quarreling and as they got
into the cab Smith struck Miss Patter-
son on the face.
What did the man say?" asked Levy.
He said, You'll have to do it," an
swered the newsboy.
And what did she say2"
won't and then he struck her
and pushed her into the cab"
Hewitt said he remembered the Incl
dent distinctly and was positive in his
Identification of Miss Patterson and the
photograph of ]. Morgan Smith. He
had noticed the couple particularly, he
said.
There is always a little quarreling
going around the circle. and 1 keep my
eyes open TO see the fun" the newsboy
explained.
Police Captain Sweeney was recalled
TO identify a photograph Of Smith and
to testify that he had summoned Smith
TO appear before the Grand Jury and
that Smith had failed to appear. He
said he procured a process against
Smith on June 9, but that he still had
it. having been unable to serve it A
warrant calling for Smiths arrest for
contempt of court was then read and
marked for Identification.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
YOUNG ABUSED THE WOMAN.

John Crowley, a cabman, said he was
hailed by two men and a woman about
4 o'clock on the morning Of June 4.
while his cab was standing at the cor
ner Of Eighth avenue and One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street. The woman
was the defendant in this case and one
Of the men was Caesar Young. Young
had abused Miss Patterson. the witness
said, and she was crying. Young CT
dered him TO drive the woman to her
home and he did so. On the way down
town he watched the occupants of the
cab through the trap in the top Of the
hanson and she continued crying all
the way down to Sixty-frst street,
where she left the cab. Crowley said
that Young and the man We're intoxi-
Gated. but that Miss Patterson was not.
Albert Schneider, another cabman,
witnessed the scene when Miss Patter-
son was put into Crowley's cab and he
corrobOrated the testimony of the pre-
vior witness. After Crowley drove
away, he said, Young and his compan
ion called him and were driven to
house on West One Hundred and For
tieth street. He noticed that both men
were under the influence OF liquor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
OCEAN TRAVEL.

Steamers leave Broa dway
Wharves fpiers Q and ID.
san Francisco:
For ketchikan Wranze1.
Juneau. Treadwells. Haines.
Skagway etc. Alaska-11
a m, Nov. IS. Dec l.
change 10 this company 5
steamers at Seattle.
For Victoria. Vancouver.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

The prosecution called DR.. S. Milton
Lee 20 the stand 10 explain that Hey
man Stern, the pawnbroker who had
identified the revolver with which
Young was shot. was too i'll 10 appear
IN court AT this time. DR.. Lee said
Stern was suffering from peritonitis
but that he would be able 10 attend
court next week
DR.. Ernest A. Lederle, a chemist, who
examined the two pieces Of skin taken
from Young's finger, said that he had
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27
Personal Paragraphs.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Lewis, of Linton,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ.
Miller Sunday.
Mrs. L. G. Smith returned last Thurs
day from visit to her sister, Mrs. E. E.
Simpson, Of Taylortown.
On Friday last Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Adger left on the Cotton Belts ST..
Louis train for the Worlds Fair City.
Mrs. J. j. Stockwell and her daughter,
Miss Matte, of Bossier City, are the
guests of relatives at the Benton Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Kelly are among
the Worlds Fair visitors from Benton
who left this week. They were joined
here by Mrs. Wallace Jackson, of Doy-
line, who was accompanied by her little
daughter, Russell.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27
SHREVEPORT CYCLE AND SPORTING
GOODS COMPANY

Headquarters for Guns, Bicycles and
all kinds Of Sporting Goods--from Fish
Hooks to Automobiles. Finest Repair
Department in the South.-WM LOWE,
Proprietor. 2O6 Texas ST., Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27
We Want You to See EN-.

Dear Reader: If you will call at our
place of business, on Texas street, next
to the First Baptist church, Shreveport,
Well promise to show you three useful
articles in which you cannot fail to be
pleased if you are a housekeeper. We
will not say here what they are, but this
we will say, and guarantee: That we
are sure we can agree on prices. We
can furnish your home rightly from
cellar to garnet Gf you want them fur
nished, too.) Our store is full. Drop
in to see us. ENDERS FURNITURE Co.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27
To the Public.

Train No. "a, local passenger, north
bound, due to leave Shreveport at $3.50
pm, will be held until $50 pm. on the
29th instant for the accommodation of
those who wish to attend the perform
ance of Ringing Brothers circus.
w. P. POLLARD, Agent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27

MILL. Landlord, skilled mechanic
from Trinity, Texas, has bought out Mr..
chas. Lassiter's blacksmith shop and
sofcits a share of the general repair
work of the community. nj -et
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27

Fire was discovered in one of the gin
stands at Mr.. w. E. Ivey's gin plant
last Friday. However, as an alarm was
promptly given and SO many responded,
the flames were checked before any Sc
yious damage was done.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27

take orders for all kinds of hair
coods. Lady modiste always in attend
.nce. Entrance in lobby of the First
National Bank building.-Herman r.
suube, Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27

Our furniture stock is too large, and
IN order to cut it down we will offer for
the next thirty days 10 per cent off on
the full line. Come and let us show
you-Benton Mercantile Co.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27
AT Costs!

Our entire stock of ready-made cloth
ing will be sold out at actual cost. We
have decided to quit handling this class
of goods, and take this method to get
rid of them fast.
BENTON MERCANTILE Co., LTD.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27


with rip saw in hand, carving off some
of his notorious leatheroid steaks for
those who are so unfortunate as to have
to patronize him. We accepted an in
vitation to dine with him, but fed strictly
on vegetables.
Messrs. Dave Clowney, John Adger
and Herbert Moore were kept stirring in
the big company store waiting on the
Saturday trade, which is always heavier
than during the other days of the week.
In the company Office we found quiet
place and Mr.. S. H. Dowell and Mr..
]. F. Wise friends Of long standing to
the Banner and its staff invited US to
"get easy" and spend the day right
there, if we wished to.
At 1880 we went over to call on Mr..
Sam Dubois, one of We hamlet's pros
porous merchants, but he was out at
dinner. Again we called at $3.50, but he
was out supporting, so his assistant
salesman informed US. Somebody will
please ask Sam, with our compliments,
! if he eats all the time.
For an hour or more during the fore
noon our time was given over to learn
ing just how to operate saw mill. Mr.
J. P. Seabough and Mr.. w. P. Shenks
| were our instructors. These two gen.
tlemen are we'll schooled in their call.
ings, and some day we expect to see
them branch out.
In company with the jovial Mr.. Jewell
he of the tribe of Cotton Belt agents
we visited the store OF Mr.. I. F. Elder
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27

Mr.. H. D. Bundy was in town the
latter part Of last week with a load of
choice yam potatoes, for which he readily
found a market. He asks that any one
wanting potatoes will please notify him
by postal, directed to Alden Bridge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27

A dog, supposed to be rabid, was the
..,,ce of no little excitement on our
s,,eets last Thursday. Nearly everybody
;o;ned in the chase, but the dog made
mod his escape.
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For low rates to the Worlds Fair via
the Texas and Pacific Railway, ask any
ticket agent, or write E. P. Turner, Cen
eral Passenger Agent, Dallas, Texas.
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We found him busy swapping canned
goods for country chickens and calico
for coon skins. Strange how he adhares
to customs to antiquated.
Mr.. H. D. Bundy and his son, Mr..
Singleton Bundy, invited US to go out
and spend the night with them at their
country home. They promised to feed
us well and furnish the music and native
wine, and, of course, it was with feel
ing of painful regret that we had to
decline.
The school of the little town is in a
flourishing condition, being under the
able dictatorship of Misses Sallie Sha-
yer and Dubois Elder. Seventy five
pupils are enrolled.
Evangelist VIM. Feazelle, who comes
highly recommended, is conducting a
series of tent meetings. Much interest
is being manifested.
Our old friend Mr.. S. r. Strayhan
was on hand with collection Of local
jokes and plug of good home made to-
bacco. We thank him for an appreciat-
ed favor.
DR.. J. L. Scales could not be found.
His neighbors informed US that he had
a contract to re-roof a hen house for
Mr.. J. B. Thompson and would probably
be absent until early in the winter.
Mrs. Scales and the twins were at home,
the trio looking rosy and happy.
lin his reporting the writer has drawn
somewhat upon his imagination in the
foregoing paragraphs. If the people in
the Alden Bridge community do not like
the way in which his report is gotten up
next time Well send our "devil." An6
/ if you don't think the name we give hin
we'll earned and most appropriate, JUS
keep careful tab on his movements
after he gets there.-Ed.]
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
Study Political Economy

The single tax is not tax on real
estate nor is it tax on land. 1t is
tax on the value of land Gland value).
Note the difference? An acre of land
in the country is worth few dollars
while in city it may be worth mil
lions. Thus the AK could not be shifted
to the farmers nor the small home
owners as commonly stated. If We tax
real estate we tax houses and homes;
the higher the tax the less houses,
which means dearer homes and higher
rent To lower the tax means more
houses, more homes, lower rent.
Everything we eat, drink or wear is
taxed indirectly through tariffs, Ii
censes, duties. etc. Abolish all these
indirect methods of taxation, make
the building of homes and the inter-
change of trade as free as the air we
breathe and you will have no monop-
Olies nor special privileges. OF course
public utilities must be operated by the
state.
Competition will then regulate the
price and you and need not fear of
paying too much for our needs, as we
are compelled to under our present
system OF taxation, tariffs duties, etc
Free competition also means more
trade, more business. more opportun-
tiles for work and the job would seek
the men instead of men seeking jobs.
This means higher wages and if yol
can see it far enough, the labor union
would be unnecessary.
But where will the revenues come
from for the needs of government?
From the tax on the value of land,
from the value of city lots. and not
the improvements upon them. This
would stimulate the building trades
Immediately. Under our present sys-
tenn some people leave the city to es-
cape paying their share of taxes, but
were single tax in operation, let them
leave, they could not take the value
of their lands with them.
President Gaer says the coal fields
are theirs; it is their land and they
can do with it as they please. Very
we'll, let them hold their (?) lands, but
the state has the right to collect taxes;
try and buy few acres and they will
set their price (thus you get the value
Take their own figures and make them
pay taxes on the same basis your little
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29

George W. Berge, Attorney
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTER
COUNTY. NEBRASKA.
Patrick S. QUINN, Plaintiff vs.. Michael
Donlan and Anna Donlan, his wife, De-.
PENDANTS.
The defendants, Michael Donlan and Anna
Donlan, his wife, will take notice that on the.
Goth day of December. 1904, Patrick s. Quinn,
plaintiff, filed his petition in the District Court
of Lancaster County, Nebraska, against Michael
Donlan and Anna Donlan, his wife, to recover
the sum OF $4,000 balance due the plaintiff
from the defendants for work and labor per-
formed by the plaintiff for the defendants un-
der verbal contract by which the plaintiff was
to receive at the rate Of S25 per month; that
said contract was entered into on the list. day of
March, 1903, and plaintiff continued In the ems
ploy OF the defendants for period of twenty
months. for which there was due this plaintiff
from The defendants the sum of 10000. that on
the ..... day of ....., 1904, the defendants paid
the plaintiff the sum ofs327 90. leaving balance
due and unpaid from the defendants to the
plaintiff of xl730O. for which amount plaintiff
asks judgment against the defendants with In
terest thereon at the rate of seven per cent per
annum from the 18th day of November 1904
and costs of suit
Defendants will further take notice that on
the Goth day of December, 1904 ut the time of
filing the petition in said cause, he filed afi-
deavit stating that the defendants Michael Don-
Ian and Anna Donlan, his wife, were non-resi.
dents of the State of Nebraska, aud that service
of summons could not be had upon them, and
that they were absent from the state, and that
the defendants were the owners of real estate in
Lancaster County, Nebraska, subject to attach
nent, and that they had no personal property
in the State OF Nebraska: that thereupon an
attachment ives duly issued, and the sheriff of
Lancaster County, Nebraska, attached, as pro-
vided by law. the Northwest quarter IN w. ~
OF section twenty-five (22), township eleven az,
range seven (7) East In Lancaster County. Ne
braska, and said property is now held by the
sheriff by virtue Of said attachment that the
same will be sold according to law to satisfy
the amount due plaintiff from the defendants.
You are required to answer said petition on
or before 9Th day of February, 1905.
PATRICK 8. QUINN Plaintiff.
BY George w. Berge. His Attorney.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open Forum for Single Takers

direct il at all. II they represent stock
IN monopoly of public utilities CT
land values-as most of them do-they
would disappear under the single tax.
If they represent ownership of build
ings or machinery, stocks of goods, or
anything used to employ labor in pro-
duction or satisfy legitimate demand
of society. as few of them do, tax
upon them is a. tax ON consumption
and indefenSible.
The only tax that stays put, that
can not be shifted, that does not bur-
den labor or restrict production, is the
tax on the value of land regardless of
mprovements-th one natural monop-
oily which can not be abolished.
w. H. T. WAKEFIELD.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
Truth Goes Marching On.

From reliable sources in New Zea-
land comes the intelligence that the
single tax in that country is steadily
progressing, and with accellerating
rapidity. According to communications
received by the Star of San Francisco,
wherever the system has been tried in
that British province the single tax is
a pronounced success 1t is no longer
considered an experiment; it is fixed
policy, satisfactory to large majority
of the people, and destined to soon dis
pei all opposition save that which is
yet perpetuated by handful OF sharks
who want the whole earth but fortu-
nately can never get it.
People in every portion of the civil
lized world who have carefully and
impartially studied into the principles
of the single tax can not avoid the con-
viction that it is the only system
whereby absolute justice can be done
to all classes of taxpayers, with no in
fringement on the natural rights of
anybody.
If this system of raising public
revenue is the proper thing in one
portion of the civilized world it surely
is in all of them-the United States
included. If it is not the proper thing
in this boasted land of freedom it is
because we are no longer civilized. But
assuming that we are yet within the
pale of civilization. why should we
not adopt a, civilized method of taxa
ton?
Why not Danish taxation robbery
now and forever?
RALPH HOYT.
Los Angeles, Cal.