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Russians ~ III tsilits. or woilnu-7
ed, including an officer killed and
Brigadi General Nalein slightly
Wounded. The Japanese loses are.
net known, but it is believed they
Mere heavy. The enemy, $ advance on
kinchon was arrested. The general
staff ascertains that this attac5. an the
Russian troops was supposed to- take
place simultaneously with land at
tack by Japanese HOOPS in kefls bay
which was unsuccessful, owing TO the
number of Russian mines there. The
general staff expectsto- -heal. OF -taaqther-
stubborn tight at kinchou The lands
ing Of d japanese force to flank iNin-
chou will be exceedingly difficult, as
the waters of 1ralienWan bay are too
shallow to permit a debarkation OF
troops.
The general staff says the whole re-
gion northwest of Fenghuancheng is
clear of japanese and that reinforce
merTs are daily arriving at l.iaoyans.
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SE[0SSz HEAVY
Sustained Over Thousand Casualties in En-
gagement Near City of Port Arthur.

General Stoessel's force, communica
tions beins maintained by wireless
telegraphy, rhe japanese barred the
route between the train and General
Stoessels forces. whefeupon the Rus.
SLAMS attacked and routed the Japan
ese.
After the Enlargement General sloes.
sel's force, together With the train. re-
turned to Port Arthur.
eeoul, May -o.-- tnv .e.s-.-a g." onn-
sui at Gensan reports that the iilSl
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st. Petersbure May ri. ~ gov
ernment has received news ca&tis ma
tory to the rumors in circulation here
that General Stoessel has made a sue
cessfnl sortie from Port Arthur, re.
sulting in the defeat of the Japanese
with the loss Of more than i.oa9 Killed
or wounded. The Russian losses were
116 killed or wounded
The movement was carried out by
a combination With train bringing
in war munitions and supplies and
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DELAY SUITS
RUSSIANS
Jap Force of Eighty Thousand
Men apparently Inactive
South Of Liaoyang.
Cars Trnops Seize Seize Oppor.
tunity to Strengthen
Their Positions. :

Mukden, May 23.-The main body
Of the japanese forces, estimated at
$4,000 men, remains south of the Rus,
sian troops, who are covering Lao
yang. They apparently have suspend
ed their advance.
This inaction causes surprise and
some satisfaction,-as- every days post
ponement of decisive engagement
is considered favorable for the Rms
SLAMS, who are daily increasing theil
forces and are enabled by the delay
to strengthen their positions. 1t is
supposed that the recent rains ham
pered the movement of the Japanese
army and compelled a temporary halt.
The Russians still hold the railroad
to Tchikau.
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Preparations for Attack on Stronghold

preparations OF-AlldCk~ on 0ITOnghOil
Continue.
Newchwang, May 23.-The officials
have not received any further lMlof-5
nation regarding the fighting which
resulted in the retreat Of the japanese
on Fenghuancheng, but there is good
authority for saying that the Japa11rseT
movements in the direction OF Lao
yang and Haicheng were foi the pul-
pose OF causing the Russians i'll this
vicinity to move northWard, thus Civ
ing the japanese an opportunity to
complete their preparations tocapture
Port Arthur.
When the japanese begin a deter.
mined movement in this Nicinil. it
will be from Fenghuancheng and New
chwang. They figure that it does not
matter what may he the fate Of the
Yalu army ii they can continue to
control the sea and Port Arthur. The
Japanese are Still fortifying the hill on
the neck OF land between Talienwaa
and kinchous bays.@ManY rapid fire
guns protected by sand bags have been
mounted there with the object of re-
sisting a sortie of the beleaguered gar
=risOn
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BOON FOR EoNEsTEEL.
South Dakota evvr--Now- City O.
---- 1000 Inhabita nts.--------

Omaha, May 2.-The town Of Bone
steel, in Gregory ee4nry s, D, has
grown in less than month from
village CT 34D to city eI- 3,Otn.- Bont'-
steel is iocatef at the edge nf IN"
Rosebud Te=et alton. which the gov
ernmlnt- -is- -f.FeFaf fst44 ri7t-rr 70 hUne-
stea,ifirS, and is the terminus OF the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
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lnmense paner Plant Burns.

Morristown. N. j., May 23-Tha
Stony Braok plant OF the United Box
Board and Paper company at Whip
=pany. four miles from here, was prac-
tieally DESTROYED by fire during the
day. fhe building and machinery are
said to have cost sa5O.0o0. The plant
had a capacity Of fifty tons OF finished
T,r.fi,,f.t
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

:
Tapestry carpet manufacturers OF
Philadelphia have notified the Weavers
that after June | they propose to re-
turn TO the old working basis of sixty
hours Il week.
a. Parker OF Kentucky. chairman
OF the nationaI executive committee
of the ropulist party. says that Hearst.
will receive the support of the Popu-
lists in Kentucky and elsewhere.
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FAvoRARLE REPORT MADE
Carlisle (Pa.1 Indian School May %
Removed to Montana

Hsleila Mont. May Z IN
notfnfcf ttl1tlt he ga q \ .z1lfs,ltof-
dtnaflRlent who hass been III Il tsls,t1ti
for some time looking over thesground
With d view or fstiaHsfe1lilIg Tho iisfian
school al Carlisle. Ha--t94tllis NlehiltN
have made favorable report 20 The
government and that the government.
has submitted a definite plonasitioii 10.
the owners Of The lands desired laoks
ing To the acquisition Of the property,
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TITLE TO CANAL CLEAR.
Money Due Panama Paid ztorHer Fisca

Money Due Panama rPalqElogf7eT f5lscai
Agents in New York
Washington, May %. Acting Secre-
tary Of State l4oomis has made the fol-
lowing slatementgtrs1~s
'sIn order TO completely close the
Panama canal transaction AND toavoid
any question as TO the authofity otsLAe-
United States over the canal-zolIe.
arising out of4thesfact that the aonsid-
Grafton for the concession hilii4-tiot7
actually been paid as provided bJ th9
treaty the department of state. acting
under the advice OF the attorney ggn-
=eral, has paid over toaJ r. Morgan 4
Co, the ~luly constituted fiscal agents
of the Panama government, thf re-
naming s9,oo00o0 Of the sum Istipn-
lated in the treaty as the consideration
for Ahe-t.oYrcpctsi0I on Fz-.-
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RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK.
Japanese Troops Said to Have Cap
fured kaichou.


Toxic, May 23.-Although it has not
been officially reported it is said on
good authority that the Japanese
forces have captured kaichou, driving
the Russians back to Tashichia in the
direction of NeWchwang, and prevent
ing the advance OF the Russian troops
at Newchwang in the direction OF kai.
chou.
The bombardment by the japanese
of the vicinity Of Kaichou recently
was probably in preparation for the
landing of forces in the northwest
corner Of the Liaotung peninsula for
the purpose OF capturing NeWchwang
and cooperating with the other armies
in the march on Liaoyang
Probably small japanese force has
been landed at Kinchou bay.
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ENTIRE TRAIN -DERAlLED.
Engineer Killed and Forty one People

Engineer Killed and FoftY.one PtopTe
Injured
Salela, Colo. A;ls Fl 2 Fl t,ne rllR WIS
KILLED. and fo.tyore people injured IN
a wrneis-on .i.ltt. =l3eiiver and Rio Grallac
rail1&3Ad narreas:z Il: i.ls4R iille between
this city andaAlamos;I The wreck IS
believed to have been due 10 spreading
rails on roadbcd softcned BY recent
rains.
I.,rani Evanston, the engineer, was
killed, The train was sonfhboond pas
sengel. No Ia The YrceR oecalsed
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FEVER in
NEW YORK
Hundred and Fifty Deaths From
Spotted Fever in Metropolis
in Past Two Weeks.
Health Department Are Taking
Stringent Measures to Stop
Spread Of Disease.

New York May aa:;ssIn the past fort
night there have been 15n deaths in
New York from spotted fever. or cere-
bro spinaI meningitis, That the epi-
demic is increasing IS shown by the
tact that the wrek jlsst passed had
ninetyfour fatal cases Stringent
measures are nov being taken by the
healllh -@aepaatnrnt4 to stop the spread
ol the contagion, which has grown
steadily since March =. Just how the
disease Is transmitted Is moi fully un-
defstood BY he doctors nor is there
any kltewn remedy, the Efforts OF the
physicians being directed almost en-
tirely 70 allesiating the terrible agony
OF the sufferer.
Tho last great epidemic Of the lis
ease in New York occurred III 1873.
when il caused great mortality.
r,,tAt rNn xa,Anca,n-L-
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LAST BISHOP CHOSEN.
Me.hodis. Conference Completes That
Part Of Work

Los Angeles, Cal May 23.Dr. j.
r Day, chancellor Of Syracuse uniyer.
sily. was2 chosen bishop on the four
teenth ballot. receiving Ala ont OF the
GH0 ballots cast. at the Methodist gen.
eral conference here This completes
the election Of bishops. The other
seven chosen are.
Joseph Z. Berry, Chicago; Henry F.
SpelImeger Newark. ", j.: William +.
Maei9oweii. New York; james w.
Eashford. lleiaware. O.. William Burt,
Rome, Italy; luther Il. Wilson. Balti-
more ana Thomas B. Nicely Phila-
detphia.
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LIVES LOST
IN FLOODS
Bodies Of Four Victims Recovered
and a Number Of People
Are Missing.
Scores of Houses Swept Away and
Immense Frisa'ins bitches
Are Destroyed.

i y
cheyephe. Wso.. May sllll bod
les Of persons arewnea dl5 ils the
might 81 floods have brEFrll lfoFy cd 1t
IS feared there have been olher cas-
analti@s. as a nuIahei--of4 PERSONS are
astilHmssing.
The dead resided near the l=is.ei'.'
They We're asleep in bed Ntellllll4
flood came and We're unable 10 get.
out
Rain had been fal1ing for twenty
four hours when the clontlburst of's
Cured at 4 O'clock Crow creek had
been running hank full and when tlif'7
'cloudblu.st took place 4 wall 81 water.
six feet high cane down the valley.
sweeping ranch buildings, fences. cor
rails, haystaclks altelEother u loAs.ll4lt,-
5arti6Yes@iii It's path. Five hundred pee
pie living iH4th lowlallds along the.
creek in West Cheyenne were given
no warning whatever until the wall oi-
water Waszzupon them. Many had re-
tired for the night andzfed Without
their clothing
Serious washouts have occulna
south, east and west OF Cheyenne and
trallic on the Union Pacific is serious
ly impcdrd. Telegraph and Telephone
lines are also down
uPMARDsoE $t7oeeFoeo.
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HOT FIRE FROM FORTS.
Japanese Squadron Reconnoiters Of

Japanese Squadron Reconnoiters Oh
Port Arthur.
London, May 23A dispatch to the
japanese legation from Toxic says
Vice Admiral Togo has reported as
follows:
.1he gunboat squadron and the tor
pedo boat destroyers and torpedo boat
fotillas approached Port Arthur Fri
day for the purpose of accommodating,
which was successfully effected with
little damage, in spite of a hot cross
fire from the forts. There We're no
casualties on our side.
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Disturbances in Transcaucasia.

st. Petersburg, May 2SS.-,Nhe minis
ter of the interior announces that a
slight disturbance has occurred at
#Gori, province Of kntsis, Transcau-
casia, during which two Armenians
were wounded by the police. The rus
mors OF serious disorders at Warsaw,
Lodz .and Wilma are denied by the III
terror minister.
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JAP ADVANCE ARRESTED.
General stoesseI Sends Account Of
Battle at kinchou.

St. Petersburg, May 233.-The gen.
eral staff has received a message Ilom
General Stoessel giving his account OF
the fight north Of klnchOu Monday
last.
Three Russian regiments were at
tackled by two Japanese divisions,
with four batteries OF artillery The
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ago, MAY 20 -. President Ieitx.

Chicago. May President Ifitz.
gerald of the Hawthorne Racing asso
citation has notified the Western TIM
Ion Telegraph company that The assn
citation had decided not To allow the
cornpany To operate any telegraph
wires from the track Pf.Sificfzt t5tz.
gerald in-hiS- -nettet-,t, ttTa r47f1gfaFh
COMPANY gave 10 reason fot, the ac.
tiOn taken.
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uPMARpsoE $t7oee5oeo.
Loss Caused hy=Eloea Near Fort Cot
ins, Colo.


Fort Collins, Colo lay Essti=.
mates Of the damage caused hy The.
food in the Cache la puudre valley lln
from S1,0no,o09 upwards. ne i2tfla
gates OF all theilfigating ditches have
been washed away and miles u elsl
bankmens destroyed. Unless spalts
can be made in time 10 save Water lftfs
irrigating this year the loss viii 20
nearer $20nfi;aQa tlfaIl $ 69t t,ttstf
Ore hundred and fifty houses - tiit'.
Russian scttfnnel1--t,t he s3l.ai fac
tory north Of this loWr4WeiesG dc trt1Eefi.
So far as known only one life was laaH
here. I'he body Off Russian vi
found during tie day Six bliase4-
were washed ont between Eiyt.4e.at9t-77
and Fort Collins and trattic tticz@is55==sfI:55
pended.
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SUFFERING FROM BERt.BERl.
Epidemic Of Disease Among Japanese

Epidemic Of Disease Among Japanese
Troops.
Lilasanss,, May sIllf6lnai.iesn
brought 10 headquarters in,lirast.s titat
-tho- lapanese Troops are sllitrFing fgtsin
a terrible cpili,mic q beisi bafi. slne
10 theJquality of til" rice hey arc cat
ing.
Tho Japanese have. abandoned he
attempt l!ont the RlS i,iIi tr'ti 'f
-Vnriag, SUNK OF Ghemtlipo Korea, at
the outbreak nf the Wtii
ashore ~ lalieitNsan bay nea wlllA9 =
8tin Kerr baNl tlie Inpaile tar!a'o D
boat No. s was sllnt MAY 'sanl th@
JnpancsG-Cllll.AstM MiNAlan ..lllk zL.is-l.l-
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Greedy. Colo, May 233.-A a dispatch
from, Windsor says that Raber
Stroude of TingmaIth was droHHe1
and ii is also rumnIei that ten ilus
SLAMS lost their lives near New Winlts
sor The river is a mile a,rOss a'id
carrying everything before II. II is.
reported that reservoir No, 2, contain
ing 100000 cubic feet Of water has
gone out and that the water is nov
rushing down on New Windsor, and 4
portion of Greely. he foss in his
section willar reach Sl,O6D,OeO.
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St Petersburg, May 70. IN spite OF
the continued denials from the all
miral'y here reports emalaiitiI Irom
Russian sources are perslst.iftty " CIT.
culating that the Iftssiar pi.Gtact2d
cruiser Rogatyr is OH the rfleiEs near
Vladiyostok !Iersenaet pesitfalt Is nat.
revealed and Rear Admiral lessen, az
cording 10 the reports. N mating dfs
termincd efforts 10 save her With What
Is considered tobe good hanes' ef
success. 4 is i;no@Il2 poaitiselE that
the Bogatyr has lllli -heeii5 !, ,lE+ss.tl p,
no necessity Decentralization having yet
arisen. its believed 10 be iflSetyts,
however. tba, the .Iapaliese ail mako.
III attempt to stop the salvage onefa-
tiOns
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MANY MINES LOCATED.
Russian Report Regarding japanese
Naval 4DisaGter.

b ~
ST Petersaafs. May Details OF
Rear AlmiFal Wlttsaeft : mail dis
patch to Nitrroy AleNteti. etansmiytah5
by telegraph u High Niiairal 5,rauda
Duke .Aiexis. which mAGe not natie
puhlic. establish the fnt liat miles
planted by the Russian tpEPeJto buA{s
We're responsible for the tfaltton
of the Hatsuse and the damage sNs
tanned by another ha!tl&satP ot tile
Fuii type on RQrl ArthM Il Is said
thAt no submarine boats MGrt Sent oat
OF porl Arttur The suppression Of
the statcmcnt regafdiHs ;he nilnes
was due toZthe fapl that issexpla'it,%i
where they werc loratt.t \ ialalheI
Of ubcxuolica mines ii, Ia tte stalt
vicinity ami il IS not teen.tgsi wise fo
describe 1hcil position isSafi mine
contained seyentyfclt pu{lnas ei SGns
cotton.
The admiralty thinks il hl4A Als lls.1tset'i,-- tt', (
-ahfr-tftlr II MAS haileshlp OF the
Fii type which struck q inilla htlt
that she kept anoat and wa sTvellllstsly
lost ms a heavy gale ws}s blaMillg lls
any event. II Is said sthsit ~ least tNo
months in dock will nc rytmirest to
repair the damage done totttt se7st
referred tns
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skrzdloff Goes 10 vladivostok.

Harbin. MAY - q; The expected q
meeting between N.iee Admiral Sklsd.
-lor and Nieesrs Aiesien hasb.Gp post
ing The morning and found awaiting
him the yiceroys orders - proceed to
Yladivostok without going to Mnkden.
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RECORD RUN FOR WARsnlP.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-11
HAWAIIAN
GOES WRONG
II. Kapea's Act May
Lead Him to
Suicide.

Search is being instituted by the police
for Henry, Kapea, young Hawaiian
who announced to friend through the
medium of card that he intended TO
shoot himself Dead or alive the police
hope to locate Kapea, but the High
Sheriff is of the opinion that the threat
of suicide will not be borne out by sub
sequent developments.
Henry Kapea, collector for the Ha-
waian. Trust Company, is alleged to be
an embezzler by his employers, and Ka-
pea confessed to wrong deed in
pencled card which he sent TO friend
the day his employers charged him with
a shortage.
Yesterday the Hawaiian Trust Com
pany, Ltd, issued warrant for Ka-
peas arrest. He is charged with hav-
ing embezzled the sum of $Ioo, the act
having been committed on December IS,
1903. 1t is alleged that Kapea collected
$Too from a Chinese tenant of the John
Ena estate, for which the Trust Com
pany is agent. and failed to turn it in.
When J. X. Gait of the Trust Company,
returned from the mainland last week,
he ascertained that the tenant had paid
the money to Kapea Mr.. Gait at once
charged Kapea with the theft and the
employee confessed his guilt. Kapea
asked for clemency, but Mr. Gait said
he intended to prosecute him as he had
abused the confidence of the company.
The same day Kapea disappeared. He
has been residing at the Kamehamena
Alumnae club house on Fort street, and
search there gives no indication that he
has been in his room for several days.
On Saturday he was to have met Mr..
Dunn of the Metropolitan Market. The
engagement was not kept, but Mr.. Dunn
found on Monday the followed pencilled
card, bearing kapeas own signature,
in drawer of his desk:
"AIr. Dunn, Aloha nui kaua.
Il have done wrong in my life and it
better for me to go i'll the woods and
shot myself, and | will do it. l am
no good at all after | made some big
blunder which | ought not to do. Give
my aloha nul to the boy and family.
Do anything with my stuff
H. KAPEA."
Whether this note is ruse to throw
the police off the track, the High Sheriff
has no means of determining as vet.
He is inclined to the opinion that Ka-
pea has left the city.
Up to late hour last night nothing
had been heard of the missing man.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-11
STEvEDORE
WAS DROWNED

Wehard Siemsen, a stevedore employ
ed In coaling the steamship Sierra. met
death by drowning about half past tell
o'clock last night. Siemsen was but
seventeen years old. His brother, Eddie
Siemsen, was employed at the time ON
the same work. His mother lives at
Eva and his father is dead. having
committed suicide at Iwilei about ten
years ago.
The Sierra was moored at the Oceanic
wharf. From scows lying alongside
coal was being passed aboard the ves-
sci at n rapid rate. Young Siemsen
left scow and climbed through a
portfolio of the steamer to get drink
of water. He secured this and then
clambered back but the portfolio taken
was not the one through which he had
entered. 1t had no scow underneath so
the young stevedore fell into the wa
ter. Through the din of many shovels
piling coal into baskets other steve
dores heard a shout and Joe Silva, a
coal passer, saw Siemsen's body falling.
William Olepau, boss stevedore, cast
rope into the water. Siemsen rose
above the surface but did not catch the
rope and again went down and his body
was not seen afterwards.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth and
police officers dragged the harbor until
a late hour last night but had not sue
ceeded in finding the body.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-11
MR.. BUSH ON
PUBLIC FINANCES
(From Wednesdays DailyJ

Editor Advertiser: ANY mercantile
house could run the government for
twenty-five per cent OF what it is costing
now. and do better too. We have mad
enough of the Legislature TO do us
for awhile.
This is the view of Mr.. P. c. Jones,
an experienced and successful business
man. This seems to be general view
in this community about calling the
Legislature.
do not see any urgent necessity tor
calling the Legislature at the present
time to study out some means whereby
we can tide over our present troubles.
The regular session of the Legislature
is near and the expenditure, besides the
uncertainty as to what the legislation
will be, is grave reason against calling
the law-making body together in extra
session. 1t seems to me that our Gov
ernor has sufficient power and expert
cnce himself TO handle the situation. lie
is untrammcled and free from all LOCAL
influences and has only his plain duty
to the President and the American peo-
pie to direct him in whatever policy
he may choose to carry out at the pres
ent time. and it is the duty of all cit-
zens to trust and support him in his
efforts under the circumstances.
If mistake not. ! think the Governor
has ample power to restrict the expendi-
ture OF moneys under certain condi-
tions. as for instance a great saving
could be made at the present time by
abolishing the maintenance of militia
when we are to have a standing force
OF American troops stationed in this
Territory, and by getting the Federal
Government TO assume the care and eN-
pense OF maintaining the epers and the
Settlement. Pass the Band over to pri-
waite parties. those who derive special
pleasure and reap direct benefits from
its Use. For all the benefits that the
poor people receive, the physicians for
the country may as well be abolished
None but public works of the most
urgent need should be undertaken at
the present time.
| have no doubt that Our Governor
can call the attention of the American
Government to our troubles and ask it
to remit our customs and postal revcn-
ties to the territorial government, as the
federal government has plethora OF
money and endless sources of revenue
at its command We made little bust
ness mistake in piving away Our best
source of revenue. Also call the atten-
ton of the parent government to the
favor that she has given Porto Rico,
with not as good an exchange as she
received when she was presented with
this archipelago as a gift.
Then when our aw-making body is
again convened in regular session, let
lis see if it is not the fair thing to put
a tax on some OF the franchises that are
so freely given and make them a source
of revenue to the government to enable
it to meet its legitimate and necessary
expenses, and give private individuals
and corporations chance to help pay
the running expenses OF our territory
There are numerous other sources OF
revenue and legitimate ways OF reducing
our expenses without reducing the pay
of the wage Garner or of needlcsSly
raising the taxes while these leaks are
going on in the manner allowed
JNO. L. BUSH.