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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

Judge Benjamen +. Keller, Of
the United States Court for the
Southern District Of West Virginia.
will not preside at the term Of the
court TO be held at Huntington
commencing April 4th. lie has
been at Hot Spring recovering his
impaired health for a number Of
weeks and docs not feel as though
be should leave the health resort
for active work until he has fully
recuperated Dan Wright, George
Bartram and John Mitchell, of this
county, have been drawn as grand
jurors for that term Of court. Also
Two from this county as petit jurors
- Frank Williams and J. G. PIX
bon.
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Much Gone.

In view oil numerous aimless and
reckless charges made by the demo
cratic press that the republican par
ty has done nothing in the recent
legislature towards the fulfillment
characterization pledges the follow
ing summary of bills passed ought
to be sufficient answer. 1t is taken
from the Wheeling News. The
tax law has been well taken care of
and if the revenue raising bill be-
comes law the friends Of tax re-
form will not complain Of the re-
suits. The News says:
To give the legislature its due,
il must be admitted that during it's
lucid intervals it has passed some
wise legislation on tax matters, de
signed admirably TO strengthen and
perfect the existing laws. Among
these are the fol owing:
Senate Bill No. 10: Makes any
officer or person occupying an Off
cial position in the State, county or
municipal government, liable per
sonally for any obligation created
beyond the amount originally APP
proprIated for or outside the nects-
sary running expenses; and also
makes him guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any citizen may maintain an action.
Senate Bill No. 40: This is one
of the most valuable bills of all
and absolutely prevents extra va
gance or an increase of taxes arising
from the assessment of property at
Its true and actual value. The law
limits the county levy to 60 cents,
including taxes for road purposes,
but also imposes these restrictions:
no county court shall in the year
1905 assess or levy taxes which
shall exceed by more than five per
cent the aggregate amount of taxes
levied by it in the year 1904; nor
In the year 900 assess or levy taxes
which shall exceed by more than
seven per cent the aggregate amount
of taxes levied by it in the year 1904;
nor In the year 1907 assess or lew
taxes which shall exceed by more
than nine per cent the aggregate
amount of taxes levied by it in the
year 1904. This law effectually
sets at rest the argument that county
courts would not materially reduce
the levy when property is assessed
at It's true and actual value.
Senate Bill No. 81: Imposes the
same restriction upon all municipal
corporations that are imposed upor
the counties in the act gwen above.
Senate Bill No. 40: Changes the
limit of bonded Indebtedness. Here
tofore counties and cities have been
allowed TO bond themselves for five
per cent of their assessed valuation.
Under this law the limit is put at
two and half per cent.
An amendment to the constitu-
ton clearing the doubt as to the
abolition oil state taxes effecting
titles.
These measures have all been
passed by the Legislature and APP.
proved blythe governor. Each and
every one is good law in that they
completely safeguard the people
against extravaganza, and make it
certain that the new basis of assess
ment does not mean an increase in
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

Hos. ELLIOTT NoRrucorr Will
prove a popular Collector of I'm.
ternal Revenue, if he accepts. lie
is now in Florida and il is not def.
inltely known whether or not he
will accept the Office.
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Fire Insurance..

IS the cheapest and best security
man can buy. it saves him from
worry, perhaps from ruin and his
family from want The rates are
not very high. J will be pleased to
give them to any one who will come
10 and talk the matter over. Only
safe companies repre- ented. T.. r.
McDoUGAL, CEREro, w. Va.
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kORTHGOTT GETS 1T.
Senator's Scott and EIkins AQree
&On Him as Collector to
Succeed Davis.

Washington, March After
a confere$oe with Senator'S Elkins
aud Scott it Is announced that the
President will appoint Elliott North
colt, State Chairman of the Repnb-
llcan party, Internal Revenue Col.
lector for West Virginia.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

IL the novelette, which opens the
April Smart Set, Giace MACEDONIAN
Cooke has struck an entirdly new
note in fiction. 1t is story of the
West, SO saturated with the at
mosphere of that part of our couu.
try and so Photographic in its de-
piction of ranch life that it will
take high rank among the best tales
q that class yet is~more as a char
aacter study that "The Red. Headed
Woman" will win praise. The
heroine is the most refreshing wo-
man who for long time has stepped
from a printed page. There Is no
reader who will not be fascinated by
her vagaries and interested in her
remarkable career.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

tHERE we're no accidents at the
Inauguration; not even the Presi.
dent.elect.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

The appointment of Hon. Aston
q. Dayton to be Federal judge in
the northern district of West Vir-
ginia, to succeed Judge John j.
jackson, has been confirmed by the
Senate. There was no opposition
TO his confirmation when the time
arrived. 1t seems to be the general
opinion that Mr.. Dayton will ac-
quit himself on the bench in the
same able, fearless and satisfactory
manner that he has for so many
years In Congress.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

The dentist can kill a nerve but
he can't always take the conceit out
Of a man.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

The new Commissioner of Pen.
sions has notified his clerks that
they will be compelled to take the
vacation OF one month year allot.
ted to them. The Hon. Vespasian
Warner has been in his Office a
little less than two weeks. When he
has been there longer he will know
that the government clerk does not
have to be compelled to take va
cation.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

THE following would bc a GOOD
subject for debating societies Gre.
solved, That Mrs Chadwick is a
worse sinner than Hoch.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

a law passed by the late legisla-
ture exempts pensioners who served
In the Union army during the Civil
war from paying poll tax. This
provision of the law is not generally
known, and ii will leave a little
money in the pockets OF many vet
Grams who are now we'll advanced in
age and who need their money for
support. The act will cause good
feeling among the old soldiers. -Ex
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

"IHE SnoE DEAtaar says women
Wi! wear large, roomy shoes with
broad toes and low heels this sum
mer. The women have not had
their say yet.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

Many a man loses bis sight loo
ing out for No. /.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

GEORGE G. MClNTosH, editor Of
the Fayette Journal, and John IL.
Snodgrass, editor of the Wheeling
Telegraph, have been recognized by
President Roosevelt. The first
named has been appointed consul to
Buenos Ayres while the latter will
go to Pretoria as consul. We con
graduate our brethren of the press.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

w l.. MANSFIELD, late editor of
the Wayne News, has become Bust
ness Manager Of the Fairmont
Daily Times, a newsy paper pub.
Hshed in a live town. We wish
him success IN bis new field of labor
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

THERE was nothing startling in
The report sent out from Philadel.
Phia chat there was a dear,h Of sill
vercoips Almost any one could
report similar condition inhis own
affairs.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22

The Coal River Republican j:
the name Of a new five column
folio newspaper published at Madi.
son, Boone county, this State. II
Is quite newsy sheet We wish its
editor and publisher, j. d McNeelv
all manner Of success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
CHURCH AND STATE COMBINATION
Worthnqton and Van Colt Will File Separate Briefs in the
Smoo Case-Former Sets Up Plea Which viii
Cause Discussion.

Mr.. WoTthington contends that it is
entirely competent for any religious
organization to become a political or
SanizatiOn, also for any religious or
ganizatiOn to make religious principles
part Of its platform and TO work
through religious Observation-Disclosures
this is a matter not of law but of taste
and Of propriety.
Mr.. Van Colt in his brief discussed
the political phases of The investiga-
tson almost entirely He said:
The contention of the prot stants is
could be unSeated because he believes
that man is capable Of receiving reve-
lations from God II the objection is
good Utah should not have been ad-
United as a state, because this belief
81 the Mormon people was known be-
fore statehood. if tn objection is ten
able no Gentle in the United States
who believes in mans capability for
receiving REVELATION could become a
Unitsd States senator. The Reorgau-
lied Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints and many people of differ
ent religious persuasions believe in
mans capacity TO receive revelations
In conclusion Mr.. Van Colt argu s
that Senator SmoOt should be encour-
aged as he is opposed TO the practice
OF pOlygamy and stands for obedience
to all the laws and good citizenship,
and if he is ousted il logically follows
that no Mormon can be United states
senator; that MOrmons win only be- TT
To vote for Gentle senator's and can
not themselves be senator's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
NOT A CASE FOR THE
u. S. DISTRICT COURT

Helena. Mont. Feb. 4.-UDon mo-
ton of District Attorney Rasch, Judge
". II. Hunt in the United States court
today quashed indictments returned by
the federal grand jury against former
Mayor Frank Edwards, former Chief
Of Police Tom Travis of Helena and
sam Goodman for assault upon George
o. Freeman. receiver of the United
States land Office in this city several
months ago.
The district attorney asked for the
dismissal because the government could
not prove its jurisdiction. Edwards.
Travis and Goodman are alleged 10
have attacked Freeman in his Office be-
cause he would not tell whom ne heard
say that Mayor Edwards and Chief
Travis received percentage from gam
blers for allowing them to run in Hell
ena in defiance of the law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05

Solutely impossible Chat these ballots
had been switched
On examining the 15st of fifty Demo-
cratic and forty 1sspublican names
corresponding to the ballots which Elk
pert Fleury reported we're in one hand
writing, the witness declared that he
was personally acquSinted with forty
five of the Democrats5and thirty-five of
the Republicans anse knew that they
voted at that precinut on election day.
The other ten he knew were legally
registered, but did not know them per-
sonaIly.
Proof Positive.
The star suitrass "a DE AFT ernoog, was
Mrs. Kate Hogan kfrnough 4 Demo
crat she had acted as Republican
watcher in precinct Fourteen, ward
Six, on election day IN that precinct
Expert W. 3. Pfoutz had testified that
eighty-three Democratic and twenty
two Republican ballots We're in the
same handwriting. Mrs. Hogan stated
that when she read of charges of fraud
i'm her precinct she made the personal
canvass and out of the $50 people who
voted she checked up 347. The others
she could not find and understood they
had moFed.
voters We're read to Mrs. Hogan and
With one exception she stated they
were bona fide residents and voters.
Thirteen witnesses in all were exam
ined today with view of having them
identify their ballots from among those
which the committee considered prima
facie fraudulent on the reports of the
experts. In every case the witness was
able TO Identify his ballot and i'm some
cases his wife'S ballot as well.
The committee will resume its hear
ings on Monday afternoon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
GERMAN CRITICISM.
Colonel Gaedke Says Kuropat<in Is
Too Cautious.

Berlin. Feb. 4-Colonel Gaedke. since
his return from the far east where he
was war correspondent for the Tage-
blatt. writes his opinion of General Ku-
IOpatkin.
Although a through and through
honorable man, benevolent, personally
brave, admirable in the quiet of his
workroOm, simple in his tastes and an
excellent administrator, KurOpatkin
lacks. says Colonel Gaedke that
glance that DenetrateS the darkness of
a situation. quick decision. immediate
correlation Of means ana. before all, the
unsS fupatlIv tsl1f that alone triuanpns
I'm war that without compassion uses
the bodies and souls OF his men in tax
ing their last and best to compass vic
tory. Such men as Kuropatkin are not
few i'm the Russian army, and their
qualities attach the soldier to his flag,
but they do not win victories. KurO-
patkin at Liayong burdened his mind
with placing individual regiments. bat
taliOns and batteries and lost thereby
the conception Of the whole"
Colonel Gaedke regards kuropatkin
as Over-cautious. and concludes:
NO leader is SO bad as he who viii
not take a risk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
UNABLE TO MOVE.
Terrible Weather Holds Back Armies
in Icy Grip.

St. Petersburg, Feb. l. 11:40 p. NJ
Interest in the flI-starred attempt 20
capture Sandepas is eclipsed by the
withdrawal of General Grippenberg
and Unconfirmed reports regarding the
retirement Of General KurOpatkin
According to the latest Information
received by the war office, operations
on the right flank of the Russian army
are at a standstiIl. The extreme right
of the Russians continues to hold
Chiantsanhenan, on the Hun river, six
miles northwest of Sandepas. Appar-
entity both sides are unable to move
owing to the terrible weather. There
are % degrees of frost, accompanied by
wind, but in view Of the sudden fiuctua-
ticRs in temperature at this time of the
year the frost may suddenly decrease
and the Russians would then be con-
fronted with the alternative of with
drawing in order to avoid being inter
Cepted by "A Japanese column from Shi-
likhe or Of undertaking a general ad-
vance. The latter view finds some
confirmation in a dispatch TO the As
sociated Press froui Tsinkhetchen, re-
PORTING a reconnaissance by General
Rennenkampff's force on the Russian
left. which perhaps is preliminary to
an advance.
The military authorities here are en-
couraged by the report as showing that
the Russians are able 10 repeat the
= an of reaching the enemy's line of
communication.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
OPPOSITION CAME
FROM A REPUBLICAN
Especial to The Herald.)

Washington, Feb. tive
MondelI today called up for passage his
bill providing for opening the Sho-
shone Indian reservation. Objection
which previously had been made to
the bill by Representative Fitzgerald
of New York had been withdrawn and
the minority leader, John Sharp Will
liamS. stated that there was no oppo-
sitiOn to the bill from his side of the
house Opposition, however, came from
an unexpected source, Representative
McMorran of Michigan interposing an
objection. which served to prevent
passage as the procedure was under
the rule requiring unanimous consent.
McMorran was labored with by his
Michigan colleagues TO withdraw his
opposition. but ne declined TO yield,
and the bill went over. McMorran
said his objection was made at the
request of Representative Smith of
Michigan, who is now critically i'll and
unable to give attention to business
Mondell win again make an effort
early next week to secure favora BILE
action on the measure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05

Feb. 4-Separate
w briefs will be filed Monday with
the senate committee on privi-
ieges and elections by A. 5. Worthing-
ton of this city, and Waldenlar Van
Colt of Salt Lake City, counsel for Sen
ator Smoot in the investigation of pro-
tests against the latter retaining his
st at in the senate. Mr.. WorthinEtou
deals with the question whether it re-
uuires a two-thirds vote or majority
vote to vacate Senator Shoots seat.
He contends, on principle. and on pre-
cedent. that when Senator SmOOt was
sworn in the question OF his qualifica-
ton was passed upon once for all, and
that he can be removed now only by
d vote OF expulsion and only on the
ground that since he was elected to the
senate he has committed some criminal
Cffense. and that to do this viii re-
quire two-thirds vote.
Combines Church and State.
The endowment ceremony, polygamy
and the alleged interference of the
Mormon people in politics are discussed
by Mr. Worthington following practic-
ally the same line as his oral argument
10 the committee. He insists that while
the constitution of the United States
prohibits the national government from
making any law regarding the estab-
lishment OF religion il does not forbid
the states from doing so, but leaves
the matter TO the states themselves to
determine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
kURoPATkIN's REPORT.
Russians Destroyed Railway South of
Lao Yanq.

st. Petersburg. Feb. General Ku-
ropatkin. telegraphing under date of
Feb. 3 to Emperor Nicholas. says.
The village of Chautandhenau has
been completely~occuDi by our troops
after a fight at ; o'clock this morning.
We reconnoitered the villages of Fan
shcn and PudzOva. occupied by the en-
envy. and after several VOlleyS the
sharpshOOters entered Fanshen ana
shot and bayoneted many Japanese.
The latter were reinforced and at
tackled the sharpshOoters. who retired
carrying off their dead or wounded.
"On our right flank the Japanese left
100 CorpseS. of which number we buried
eiEhty-SeVen.
\ later dispatch from General Kuro-
patkin dated Feb. 3. says:
NO reports of further encounters
have been received.
zone Of our patrols blew up the rail
way eight miles south of Lao Yang,
Jan. 81 and Feb. 2"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
WILL PAY THEIR
OWN EXPENSES
Members of Senate and House to Visit
the Arid West.
SALT LAKE ON THE LIST
IRRIGATION ENTERPRISES THE
ATTRACTION.
Especial to The HeraId.)

lalASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Represen-
w tative Mondell, chairman of the
committee on irrigation of the
house. is arranging for visit of mem
bers of the house and senate irTiga-
tion committees to the irrigated dis
tricts OF the west during the coming
recess. Of congress. II IS the iHten-
ton of members Of the committees TO
visit the various irrigation projects in
course OF construction by the reCla-
nation service under the national II
rigation act. 1t is the intention of
the visitors to assemble at Omaha
early in June and proceed to FL Paso,
Tex, and from there visit the HOndO
and Engle projects, New Mexico; then
they go to Roosevelt, Ariz., and visit
the Tonic project; thence to Laguna,
Cal, and thence by way of San Fran
cisco to Hazen, New, where, on June
Il, they viii witness the turning on OF
water on $4,000 acres of arid lands.
The visitors will then go TO Salt
Lake City to examine the proposed
Utah lake and other enterprises i'm
the Salt Lake valley, and possibly may
run down to Gunnison, Colo, to visit
the Gunnison tunnel project, return
ing to Salt Lake, and from there they
go TO Idaho, where they will examine
the Minidoka project on Snake river
and the proposed Boise-Payette pro-
ject. Projects in Washin gton and
Oregon will then be visited, and the
committee viii return east by way of
Billings. Mont. and Cody, WyO., where
The ShOshone reserve project will be
examined.
The western representatives of the
committee are Mondell (Wyo), Reeder
(Kan), Williamson (Ore), Hitchcock
CNeb),. Van Duser (Nev.), Bell (Cal),
and Senators Bard CCal), Warren
CWyOO. Stewart (Nev), Kearns
Utam. Dietrich CNebD, Hansbrough
IN. d.. Ankeny (WaSh.), Fulton
(Ore-), Patterson (CoIo.), Gibson
(MOnt) and Newlands (Nev)-
The members of the committee who
make the trip will be accompanied by
several officers of the reclamation serv-
ice The expenses of the trip Will be
borne by members of the committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
KUROPATKIN Is
READY TO QUIT
Story That the Russian Commander
Wants to Resign.
FAILURE OF GRIPPENBERG
CONFLICTING TALES FROM THE
FAR EAST.
a. PETERsBURG. a.. c p. 81

OF. PETERSBURG, Feb. 40 p. M
y -Rumors of General Kuropatkin
handing over his command 20 Cen
erai Linevitch, commander of the First
army, have been current in St. Peters
burg since the announcement that Cen
eral GrippeubeTg had been relieved Of
his command of the Second army. The
Associated Press is unable to obtain
any confirmation of the reports. The
war Office declares they are improbable,
but is unable to deny them.
distinguished general told the As
ISOLATED Press that evidently there had
been friction between General Kuropat-
kin and General Grippenberg, and
added:
II have heard a great deal of talk
about Kuropatl<in's asking TO be re-
lieved, but nothing positive can be said
on the subject at present
Conflicting Stories.
There are two conflicting versions of
the incident. According to one of them,
General Grippenberg complained to the
emperor that General kuropatkin had
refused TO support his banking move
ment in view of which Grippen berg
is added, then telegraphed to Kuropat-
kin asking for an explanation, in reply
TO which KUrOpatkin wired that his
health was shattered and requested
permission to turn over his command
TO General Linevitch.
According to the second and more
commonly credited version of the af-
fair, KuropatlSin complained to the
emperor that Grippenberg undertook
the fanking movement in defiance of
orders. and demanded the generals dis
missal.
The hope is generally expressed that
the incident will be satisfactorily ad-
1usted, as il is realized on all sides that
kurOpatkinS departure from the front
would prove a severe blow to hopes of
victory in the near future.
Grippenbergs withdrawal has not
changed the situation. The Russians
continue to hold their positions around
SandepaS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
Dismal Failure of Expert.
SEEKS TO UNCOVER SOMETHING.
Special to The Herald.)

to
4-Se has o
introduced
secured immediate adoption oz resolution follows:
all
with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
WITHDRAWN FROM ENTRY.

washington. Feb. 4-The interior
department has Withdrawn from all
form of disposal whatever six town
ships. embracing 13s. 24O acres Of pub
lie lands, in the Glenwood Springs
Colo. land district, on account of ir-
rigation projects.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
MUKDEN AoVIcEs.
Russian Activity on the shakhe River
Not Ended.

Mukden, Feb. Though there is "a
nlomentary pause in the operations,
Russian activity on the Shakhe river
has not ended. Two hundred japanese
prisoners were brought In today. They
were badly dressed and suffered from
cold. The japanese report that 500
Russians were taken prisoners during