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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-08

MODERN BROTHERHOOD or AMERICA.
Meets every 2nd and lth Thursday Of each
month in Oddfellows hall. c. A. Hess,
president; Mrs. Ida White, secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-08
RATHBONE SISTERS.

RATHBONE SISTERS.
LINCOLN TEMPLE NO. ., MEETS EVERY
second and fourth Thursday Of each month
At K. p. hall, Baker block. Amanda Law
renee, NJ. E. G.; Mary Turner, M. OF c. r.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-08

BISMARCK LODGE NO. $780, MEETS TIL
Lot and Sd Tuesday at I. O. O. F. hail, a
8 o'clock. John Mclaughlin, M. W.; Bradle:
c. MARKS, Recorder. .s.sSsas ( ~. Z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-08

3zl Fs MASONIC. '"~
BISMARCK LODGE, A. F.&A NJ, No. &
month at Masonic hall. w. F. cochrane, w.
M, Burt Finncy, Secretary. g<zets
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
66s Nebraska Independent
Letters From The People


carry the burden of all taxation. However it
is self evident that land has no value in itself;
1t is the application of labor that makes it val
liable. If this is not true, then an acre of land
would have an universal value whether it be
located in city or rural district But the
fact that land costs the most In city is evidence
that labor has made 1t So consequently land
tax without the consideration of the improve
ments Is not applicable. Now then, since labor
is the source of all wealth. why then, should land
carry the burden of public expenses all alone
when all other values originate from the same
source? The statement by Mr.. Eoyt in The In
dependent on September IA, saying that it is
impossible for any human being to avoid us
ing land and continue to live, Is not fair
one For thousands of people grow rich and do
not own or land at ALL Our board of trade
has nothing to do with land and still some of
these gentlemen grow rich and control the world
market of our produce Should these million
aires escape all taxation? Is not money the
medium to measure all values? Why then tax
only one kind of property and exempt all others
What is the difference in value between thou
sand dollar lot and thousand dollars worth of
wheat or thousand dollars in gold? One is
equal to the other in this country and should be
taxed each according to its value
Suppose A. had the lot, and B. the wheat,
and c. the gold, total taxable property of $4,000;
now, under the single tax theory, A would be
taxed at the rate of $4,000, but B. and G. would
be exempt altogether. Is this good sense? No
wonder Mr.. Hoyt is SO bitterly opposed to the
principle by which our public schools are sup
ported. He calls 1t rank injustice to tax the
people according to their ability. And yet, this
unjust taxation, as called by the singe-taxers,
has proved the greatest blessing to our country
Had it not been for our school system, half Of
our population would have been iterate be-
cause the poor would have been unable to pay
their share of school tax, and their children
could not have been taught The idea that tax
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19

kin antitrust act as a defense The
law. 1t is alleged that of all the anti
| trust acts in existence or ever passed
by the Nebrask a legislature, only
those of 1887 and 1905 apply to the
case and that the act of 1887 was re-
pealed by implication by the act of
1905. Then 1t is alleged that an in
junction will not lie except under the
new act. Continuing in this train of
argument, the attorneys allege that
the injunction suit must fail because
lit is based on acts alleged to have
been committed prior to the enact
ment OF the new law The attorneys
in support of their motion, further as
sert that if the old law was not re-
pealed, then the new law is not In eff
feet as against the grain men. In such
event the rebate paragraph, provided
only by the new law, should be stricken
out of the petition, for there is no law
on which to base it, and the injunction
should be dissolved. The attorneys
for the grain men confess that 1t is
a matter of doubt which of the two
laws. that Of 1887 or that Of 1905 is
valid, but they profess TO be Indifferent
as TO which one II is.
The evidence as to acts alleged In
the attorney generals petition relate
to transactions prior to July /, 1905
Attorney General Brown and his as.
scciates have not indicated under
what act the suit was instituted and
II is asserted that even If all OF the
laws arc found invalid. the
state can fall back upon the common
law and maintain It's suit.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
Breaking Rate Laws

Chippewa Falls, Wis, October Ito the
Editor OF The Independent: am glad to see by
your publishing my letter last week that your
columns are open for showing up the robberies
Of the railroads. We often hear the remark,
Didn't know 1t was loaded when serious acct
dents by carelessness have happened, which re-
minds me of that lately when the traffic
manager of the Northwestern railroad made the
statement to the investigating committee that
their tariffs were SO bndly constructed Tin the
face of the law that they should be very plain)
that he could not figure them out himself with
out the aid OF a clerk whose opinion had to CO."
AS understand it, the state laws of Mime
sofa fix the passenger mileage rate at three cents
per mile, but have two receipts from conduc-
tor on the Northern Pacific last week who re-
fused to accept that rate after his attention was
called TO the fact.
Another little incident last week. which in
dicates the systematic pilfering that is being
practiced: The Northern Pacific agent at Anoka,
Mimi, charged me $3.45 for ticket from that
place to this city and when reminded him that
the fare to Minneapolis was 55 cents, and from
there to Chippewa Falls it was $2.75, making 1t
$3.50 he gave me the very currish answer that
$3.45 the fare and that is all there is
about it."
How long the people going to submit to
this system Of pilfering and brigandage, which is
as contrary to justice and law as it Is to hold
man up with gun and rob him in dark alley.
JESSE WHITE.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19

increase the supply at the New York
sub-treasury very materially.
The importations of gold are due in
part to the fact that the Japanese
have been paying their foreign bills
through the United States and have
been sending their gold to San Fran
cisco. With the receipt of the gold
in San Francisco, the Japanese have
been given New York credit which
they have used to meet their foreign
obligations. The inflow of gold from
Paris has been due in part to the fact
that there were accumulations at the
French capital, designed to meet the
expected Russian indemnity loan.
This has been true also of the i'm
portations from London and other for
eign points.
OF the gold now in the treasury, $50
million dollars is held in the reserve
fund and is in gold coin and bullion
in the division of redemption. The
sum of 1921, 3S4.96 is in gold coin,
also in the division of redemption. In
the general treasury fund are gold
coin and bullion TO the amount OF
$7D, 44S,59S.64. The total amount in
the treasury is at least so million dol
lars more than was in the treasury
March L.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
To Redeem The University
To the voters Of Nebraska:


The undersigned candidates for regents of the
State University of Nebraska think 1t proper to
state plainly to the voters the opinions we hold
and the policy we would advocate II elected men,
bers Of the board to govern Nebraskas university:
First-We condemn the secret meetings OF
the board of regents and pledge ourselves, If
elected to favor open sessions of the board Of
regents.
second-We padge ourselves to favor the re-
turn to John D. Rockefeller the money recently
donated by him to the state university and not
yet expended.
Third-We condemn the relations existing be-
tween Chancellor Andrews Of the state university
and John D. Rockefeller, and If elected, we will
endeavor to rescind the resolutions Of the board
of regents by which Chancellor Andrews was per-
mitted to serve on Mr.. Rockefeer's educational
board to distribute the ten million ($1O,0OO0O0)
dollars recently donated by Mr.. Rockefeller to
educational institutions. We believe that the
head OF great, free university such as that Of
Nebraska, should himself be free from all en-
tanging alliances and should represent only the
people OF the state of Nebraska.
Fourth-We stand for the fullest liberty of
thought and speech, but we deny to the cha
ceor Of the Nebraska university the right to use
his position in institution Of the people, for
the purpose OF apoogizlng for predatory wealth,
whatever the personal obligations of the apoogist
may be to the benefactor.
Fifth-We make this plain statement of our
position SO that the voters may know where we
stand, what we stand for, and what policy we
will advocate, II elected. 'tA
D. c. COLE, OsceoIa, Neb, WI
LOUIS LiGHTNER, Columbus, Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
GOLD MILLIONS ARE POURING IN
Treasury Reserve of United States is
Now 81,832,593

Washington, Oct. 16.-The gold in
the United States treasury has
reached $741, SS2,593. It was matter
of comment about the treasury de-
partment today that there had been
gain of almost one million dollars
in the twenty-four hours ending yes
terday
The present unprecedented supply
of gold and the tendency for it to con-
tinue to increase is attributed in large
part to increased production. 1t is
also true that there has been a steady
inflow of gold from abro, d. The I'M
portations from both Paris and Lon.
don, although not large enough in any
one shipment to attract general at.
tention. have been steady enough to
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
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alton should be governed In proportion to the
benefits received is all wrong. AS long as the
producer is paying interest and rent to the nom
producer, SO long capital should be taxed and
not the individual. If all revenues would be
abandoned and instead direct tax placed upon
the property according to its value, for the sup
port of the government. we should grant free
use of the postofice similar to our public school
system; also the telegraph, express, the rail-
roads and other industries added from time to
time as circumstances may require, then the trust
would die its natural death and the people would
become free and independent as advocated by the
founders of this republic.
4k A. LUTTERMAN
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
Indigestion

Stomach trouble is not really sickness, but :
symptom. II Is a symptom that . certain set OF
nerves Is ailing. Not the voluntary nerves that
enable you to walk and talk and act--but the
AUTOMATIC STOMACH NERVES over which your
mind has no control.
have not room here to explain how these
tender, tiny nerves control and operate the stom-
ach. How worry breaks them down and causes
indigestion. How misuse wears them out and
causes dyspepsia. How neglect may bring ON
kidney, heart, and other troubles through SYM
pathy. l have not room to exp plain how these
nerves NAV be reached and strengthened and
vitalized and made stronger by a remedy spent
years in per ecting--now known by physicians
and Druggists everywhere as Dr. Shops Restor-
alive, (Tablets or Liqud) / have not room to
explain how this remedy, by removing the cause,
usually puts certain end to INDIGESTION
belching, heartburn. insomnia nervousness.
dyspepsia. All OF these thin are fully ex-
planned in the book will send you free when
You write. Do not fail to send for the book II
tells how the solar piexus Governs digestion and
hundred other things everyone GU hit to know
Tor ali OF Us al some lime or other have in
DIGESTION With the book will send tree nv
Health Token"-an intended passport 10 4
health.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
GRAIN MEN FILE THEIR DEFENSE
Rely Upon Junkin Antitrust Law to
Aid Them

Reliance of members of the Ne
hraska Grain Dealers association up
on the Junk'n act, the much-discussed
antitrust law passed by the last legis-
lature. TO allow them to escape the
effect OF the injunction suit filed by
Attorney General Brown. Is tho latest
phase OF the litigation. A brief fled
BIS COPYRIGHT a. Snider on behalf of
their clients, Nye-Schnelder.F Fowler
company. practically sets up the Jun.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
Explained

"Say. paw"
well SON."
what Is frenzIed rnanco?"
"Frenzied finance. my son, is the
way your mother goes after my pay
envelope every Saturday night. Now
'nn along and play"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
DR.. Sh0op's
Restorative

Prepared In both Liquid and Tablet form
Fer sale ~ forty thousand drug stores Mid
eases are often reached by . single Packages
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
Socialism and Single Tax

Ackley, Ia, October Pit seems strange
that all sngle-taxers claim, that land is the
foundation of all wealth, and therefor should
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19

FOR the free book
and the Health
Token" you must adj
dress DR.. Shoop. Box
1910. Racine. Wis. State
which book you want.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-10-19
Catarrh

Is a constitutional disease
originating in impure blood
and requiring constitutional
treatment acting through
and purifying the blood for
its radical and permanent
cure. Be sure to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Nasal and other local forms Of catarrh
are quickly relieved by Catarriets,
which aliay inflammation and deodorixe
discharge.
Hoods Sarssparilla. all druggists, 81.
Catarriets. mail order only. 50 cts.
For testimonials Of remarkable cures
send for our Book on Catarrh. No. =.
c. l Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Town Practically obliterated.

The burning of the general store of
Gilliland Brothers at Lancaster, Keo.
kuk county, last week, marks the end
OF the decline and fall of a once pros
porous town. In an early day Ian.
caster aspired to be the seat of state
government and was a rival Of Des
Moines. The capitol was located else.
where. Later the county of Keokuk
was organized and Lancaster was the
first county seat. The Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern road was
built through that territory, and the
citizens. refusing to pay the road a
bonus, the road was built two miles
from the town. There the town OF
sigourney sprang into existence, and
within short time had captured the
county seat from Lancaster. One after
another, shop, store and place OF
business closed or was moved away.
Gilliland Brothers remained. BY the
dying embers Of their ruined property,
they, too, resolved to seek a new loca-
ton. Two small churches and two
private residences are today all that
is left of the once promising town of
Lancaster.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
lNsANE MINISTER LOCATED.
Found In Hut Eating Oats From a
Tin Gun

Found In Hut Eating Oats From a
Tin Cup.
After hGsing been lost to the world
for over two months, Rev. Charles
Erving Thomas was discovered last
week In a hut ten miles from Des
Moines and five miles from the little
village Of Berwick.
Thomas was standing in the door
munching oats which he had in tin
cup. Rushing inside as soon as he
saw men appearing he returned with a
knife in each hand and warned them
to keep away.
The Polk county sheriff was notified
and went Immediately to take Thomas
into custody, and finally succeeded.
Thomas is a graduate of Drake uni
versity and licensed minister. On
July l he started to Berwick to take
charge of the Christian church. That
was the last seen of him, although
relatives and friends had made every
possible effort to find him. He is be-
Heved to have gone insane as the re-
suit of over-study. He was identified
by the farmers by means of circular
portrait which had been sent about
the country.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
To Build a New Theater.

M. L. Finn, agent for the American
Realty company in Sioux City, will
erect new modern theater in Sioux
City to cost 100000 The building
will be erected at Sixth and Pierce
streets. opposite the courthouse, and
will be completed in time for the 1906
theatrical season. It is to be leased
to the theatrical trust or to one of the
concerns that are bucking the trust.
The Masonic fraternity of Sioux City
will occupy the two upper floors of
the theater and already have had pre-
Iminary plans made. The Masons ex-
pect to have consistory and Shrine
temple by next year and want quar-.
ters adequate to accommodate them
as well as the four bodies already in
existence.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Plaque of erasshoppsrs.

Portions of Hamilton county are
being run with grasshoppers. The
pests are destroying all the late green
feed and doing much damage. r. v.
Cutler reports that hoppers have de-
stroyed a field of clover on his farm.
The field is bare of everything but the
clover stems, the leaves having all
been eaten by the pests. The work
Of the grasshoppers was not notice
able until after the harvest had been
finished, when they seem to have set.
tied over the clover fields and eaten
them bare. Farmers are thankful that
the grasshoppers did not make their
appearance until late and that there
is now nothing for them to destroy
but the late clover fields.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
HAPPENINGS IN TOW A
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
our THE STATE.
Two Guardians Appointed for an Aged
Millionaire of Grundy Center
Who Is Alleged to Be Of
unsound Mind.
Unsound Mind.

Guardians were appointed last week
at Grundy Center for George Wells! q
pioneer citizen and millionaire land.
owner, on petition of his sister, Mary
Wells Nelson, who alleged him to be
of unsound mind because of advanced
age, Wells being over eighty-four
years old. He is one Of Iowa's rich
est men. He owns nearly $4,000 acres
of choice farm lands in Grundy, EN-
met and Kossuth counties, valued at
from $50 to $500 per acre. He has
100000 on deposit in Chicago banks,
$4,000 in Iowa banks and has other
personal property worth 100000. r..
M. Finlayson of Grundy Center and
Charles Biebecheimer Of Wellsburg
were named as guardians and fur
nished bonds in the sum Of 81 600, 900.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Convict at a Funeral.

The funeral of Pauline and Ida
Metzner. who were drowned in the
Des Moines river, was the largest at
tended funeral in the history of Hum
bolt county. Over 1.400 people passed
by the collins, while there were at
least 500 others unable to view the re-
mains. The services were held in the
Congregational church. The Odd Eel.
low and Rebecah lodges took a prom
inent part in the services. The faith
er of the two unfortunate sisters, who
is serving twenty-fve-year sentence
for killing the city marshal in 1901,
was present. having been granted per
mission by Governor Cummins.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Is Forced to keen Alive.

Charles Armstrong, who tasted un.
til almost dead and who had an
nounced that he would die last week
at Osceola, is still alive. The threats
Of removal to an asylum for the in.
sane had the desired effect. When
the illness was checked the patient
succeeded in retaining some food.
There is hope Of recovery. Armstrong
Indignantly resents the story that he
is mentally unbalanced. "Only the
rich have brains" declared the old
man. "and the fortune l have built
up proves that my mind is sound. l
could start again tomorrow and &C.
cumulate wealth, but don't want it..
I have lived long enough and don't
want to be in anybody's way"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Family Poisoned and One Dead.

About week ago the family of Ed
Sewell, consisting Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sewell and all their seven children.
living four miles from Shell Rock,
were taken suddenly sick with symp-
toms of poisoning. The Ave-year-old
daughter died later. At present the
family, with the exception of one
child, is apparently out Of danger.
Physicians, of whom several have
been in attendance, seem to be baf
fed as to the cause of the sickness.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Works as a Section Hand.

Rev. H. G. Beeman, pastor of the
First Baptist church Of Waterloo, one
of the most distinguished and brilliant
clergymen in Iowa, several days ago
put on overalls, hickory shirt, cow
hide shoes and cheap straw hat,
took his dinner pail and went to work
as a section hand on the Illinois Cen
trail railroad. His object was to IA
miliarize himself with the conditions
and everyday experiences of the day
laborer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Youth Attempts suicide.

Because his parents objected to his
courtship of the daughter of a tenant
on the ground that her family was not
the equal of his own. Paul Weatherby,
eighteen-year-old son of David Wealth.
erby, attempted to kill himself at
Denison by placing handkerchief
saturated with chloroform over his
face. Physicions finally revived him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Iowa Bank Not swindIed.

The dispatches appearing in Chica-
go papers and elsewhere connecting
the First National bank of Shenan-
doah with loss of $4,000 on forged
checks, etc., through the operations of
one D. R. Wilson, who is wanted in
Shenandoah for forgery and who was
arrested in Chicago, are entirely false
SO far as the bank named is concern
ed. Wilson's business dealings were
not with that institution and the only
transaction it ever had with him in
volved few hundred dollars only,
and the bank suffered no loss thereby
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15

l could see that there were other
questions which Holmes would have
wished to put, but the nobleman's alb
rupt manner showed that the interview
was at an end. 1t was evident that
to his intensely aristocratic nature this
discussion Of his intimate family at
fairs with a stranger was most abhor-
rent and that he feared lest every fresh
question would throw a fiercer light
into the discreetly Swallowed corners
Of his ducal history
When the nobleman and his, secre-
tary had left, my friend flung himself
at once with characteristic eagerness
into the investigation.
The boys chamber was carefully ex-
amined and yielded nothing save the
absolute conviction that it was only
through the window that he could have
escaped. The German masters room
and effects gave no further clew. In
his case q trailer of ivy had given way
under his weight, and we saw by the
light of lantern the mark on the
lawn where his heels had come down.
AhoI 0AC oCAl III lhS SAOIl 8Ectu kEd6S
was the only material witness left Of
this inexplicable nocturnal flight.
Sherlock Holmes left the house alone
and only returned after II. He had
obtained large ordnance map of the
neighborhood, and this he brought into
my room, where he laid it out on the
bed, and, having balanced the lamp
in the middle Of 1t, he began to smoke
over it and occasionally to point out OBJ
jects Of interest with the reer!ng am
Der Of his pipe.
"This case grows upon me. Watson"
said he. There are decidedly some
points Of interest in connection with it..
In this early stage want you to realize
those geographical features which may
have good deal to do with our inves-
tigation.
Look at this map. This dark square
is the priory school. I'll put pin in it.
Now, this line Is the main road. You
see that 1t runs east and west past the