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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-31
For Sale.

handsome building property located in
the center Of the town, aud containing 10
acres. The same may be bought as whole
or IN part This property is improved by
line stable, and out houses For further
information and Laticulars, makeapplication
20 Blackburn Smith, Attorncy-at-law
Berrvviile. Va
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-31

Apparently you don't admire Miss
Skreech."
mo. 1 don't like her airs"
what airs?'
Those she sings and those she
wears" Exchange.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-31
Good Mill Property for Sale.

having determined to change business, possibly move
VIII sell my MILL PROPERTY Luray The mill is in first
repair capacity 25 barrels day. roller process corn and feed
MIL capacity 100 bushels day The one of the best in the
county, and has been profitable since owned it.
For price and terms apply t the owner
ii l.. RIDDLEBERGER, L,rav Va
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-31
Crffinr.

Gaggs-I don't see why everybody
calls Miss Keen clever. think she
is very dull Waggs-That is very
strange, for / heard she cut you yes
terday I'm the street.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-31

In Bohemia courtships are abnormal
ly long. In that country engagements
frequently last from fifteen TO twenty
years.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-31

L. RIDDLEBERGER. Luray, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-31

. The undersigned will offer for sale. on the
farm of Thomas Reynolds. near Rerrvville
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY p. 1906.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
Church Ownership Limited.


Voters who are still afraid Of the
church property exemption in the wide
open tax amendment should read sec
ton 3194 Of the revised statutes. This
section is an effectual bar to any
scheme for accommodating property un-
der church auspices and getting ex-
emption from taxation. The section pro-
vides that the trustees Of any church
may acquire and hold the church
building and its site, and "such trus-
tees may hold other real or personal
estate to an amount which will pro-
duce a yearly income Of not more than
$4,000, and may demise, lease and i'm
prove the same.'' -.~-~-.
Legal authority is almost unanimous
in saying that the amendment will not
change the present exemptions in the
least, but if there is any lingering
doubt on that proposition, the exist
ence Of the statute would do away
with all danger Of tax evasion by
churches. This statute would not be
affected in any way by the passage OF
the constitutional amendment.
The "church property exemption
scare is really too thin an excuse fo1
opposition to the tax amendment. The
interested opposition to the amendment
lis powerful financially, but does no,
cast many votes. It consists Of foreign
corporations that are afraid Of reg
istry tax on mortgages and other de-
vices to reach them for taxation il
Minnesota, and home corporations thai
are now escaping their just share Of
the tax burden. These are the peopl,
who will be- the benefciariess if tn,
amendment is beaten. The vast majority
of Minnesota have nothing to feal
from the adoption Of the amendment
If they defeat it thru suspicion o,
prejudice, they will only perpetuate tn.
present unjust and indefensible system
Of taxation, a. system which by, Law
declares taxes must be equal, and BY
practice places the heaviest burden OF
tho honest, the philosophical and tn,
unfortunate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
THE MAGAZINES

New. York'a Huge Bridge Adrift.-4We
are; familiar with many different kinds of
moving. Even office buildings are moved
IN these days, But when 10000 tons of
steel begins to move Of It's own accord. It
IS very difficult matter to prevent It
from going as far as It wishes, says Henry
s1aleS In Technical World Magazine for
Noyembers He then describes the DRIFT.
ing Of the biz Williamsburg bridge tina,
stretches across the East river. New
York. This great bridge cost. apprud
natefy. 100000, ooo; and owing to an ACCT
dent and fire + has started to drift down
stream. Some Of the most noted bridge
engineers and constructors IN the world
have been called TO make an exan1f1a-
- - g. ''et',fo 5il,t a.e IT o lose to
know what to do tol prevent It from n1r-
thers shifting. Owing to the great strain
81 2. --s S-Es .-.,~d ny che movement.
U Is impossible to use the bridge sexcArt
Tor ordinary Ga6in and no railran1 = r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
Political Sincerity.

This campaign is test of political
sincerity. Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Haynes
are apparently on the same platform Of
law. enforcement. Yet the campaign
has shown that the forces which OBJ
posed the closing Of the saloons by
Mayor Jones are still opposed to. Jones.
1T may be claimed that Mr.: Haynes is
entitled, as the opposition candidate,
to all the opposition votes. Granted.
But Is he entitled to any Of the lazy
and order votes by virtue Of his 3declaI
alton for closing the Sunday saloonf
Can he sincerely serve two masters,
those who look upon him as the natural
and logical rallying point of the oppo-
sition to law enforcement and those
who look upon him as good a law
enforcement man as Jones7 Whose
candidate is he's ~.
We may find some light on this sub
ject in Mr.. Haynes speeches in the
campaign. At the Auditorium he said
he would keep the Sunday saloons
closed and he was heartily applanded.
But Immediately he said Mayor j ones
had made great mistake 81 employ:
ing the police force to watch over tie
morals OF The people. The paramount
duty of "a police force, he said, was to
protect persons and property. Looking
after the morals Of the community in
terfered with that function to an ex-
tent which had produced an epidemic
of crime. Assuming the correctness of
Mr.. Haynes premises, would not like
causes produce like resultsi IF we have
burglary on Thursday because Jones
closes the saloon on Sunday, would not
we have the same thing II Haynes
closed the saloon on Sunday7 Is Mr..
Haynes sincere As to Sunday eiosiing
is he amy more sineere So tD that thar
he is IN han hh6uu ff1hnh alaaiug the
esalrm on SSnnda14 hss aaulasd eriind
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
VS.. Bell, 43 MINI. 344, and Ramsey
County VS.. Stryker, SO MINI. 144.
Two Seminary Gases,

County VS.. Stryker, 81 MINI. IA.
Two Seminary Gases.
The Bennett seminary (then at the
corner Of Tenth street and Park ave-
nue. in this city, was a seminary Of
and for no other purpose. It clearly
came under the exemption clause, q all
semlnaries Of learning" but the de-
PENDANT owned the property and leased
IL TO whoever was at that time run
ming the seminary. The court held
that defendant was not entitled to the
exemption.
In the stryker seminary case, Stryker
both owned and used the property as
q seminary OF learning, and he claimed
and was allowed the exemption, but in
that case the court said that only so
much ground as was reasonably neces-
sary to the use Of the property as
seminary would be exempt
Many cases might be cited wherein
our court has refused to exempt prop
erty used in connection with churches,
such as parsonages, because their use was
not exclusively nor principally re-
llglous. But suppose the amendment be
! given the liberal construction con-
tended for by those who seem to be
! greatly alarmed about SO much church
property Oe1ng exempt, what viii 1t
amount toa Most church organizations,
in fact IS per cent of them, are so poor
! that they are unable to own, free from
CIRCUMFERENCE, even one lot. This is a
matter Of common knowledge. The
/ holdings Of religious corporations, out
?! side Of their houses of worship, are ex-
/ empt under other clauses in the consti-
/ tuition, to-wit: as educational or char
liable institutions.
Church Holdings Restricted
Then again, the amount of property
that, religious corporations may hold
, is limited by statute. They cannot hold
property the income from which shall
exceed $4,000.
The legislature may still further limit
their holdings. It could if so disposed
limit them to single lot.
So that all this cry about enormous
exemptions being permissible under the
; proposed amendment is without any
substantial foundation and amounts to
little more than the warning; "Look
out or the bugaboo will catch you.''
i No one who has given the matter
/ any attention will claim that the adop
ton Of this amendment will disturb
n the present inheritance tax law, and il
r J is therefore unnecessary to discuss it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
B O g x S
BY. W. p. X

s5 BY w: r. X.
THE LION ANp@sTHEe MOUSE; OF
lTALY's4 DAYS OF MoLENcE.-The
story Of The Lion and the Mouse OF the
stage and fiction Of today mas had its
prototype In every age, and has always
made a strong appeal to the sympathies
and emotions. One OF these, and one
that far excels In intensity Of interest
the story that Is attracting SO much at
tention today. has for Its scene the city
Of Perugia, Italy. in the days of the tfelo
cious Baglioni who did so much to make
central Italy a hell from 1890 to 1885.
The story bears the title RIdoIfo, and
the subtitle, 1.-THE Coming of the Dawn"
and is by Egerton R. Williams Jr., au-
thor Of ''The Hill Towns OF Italy"
The Ridolfo Of the story Is not, the
author tells us, the Ridolfo OF history He
Is rather a composite OF the cruel Bag
lloni, a very maniac OF passion and
cruelty when aroused. To carry on his
wars against his petty neighbors he needs
money, and to get this he marries a
beautiful and gentle maiden Of Florence,
merely for the sake Of her DOVER This
maiden, Gismonda, is the mouse of the
story and with the aid Of the good Fra
Bernardo. seeks to temper the feroctty5o
Rldo1fo, the lion, and transform 7 him
from a relentless tyrant into a paterIal
signore. She is making progresss thru
the gentle influence Of the heart, when
Malatesta, Ridolfo's brother, and as
clever and devilish a villain as fiction
has disclosed for many day. lays a plot
to-. make himself ruler, and rouses the
jealousy Of Gismondas husband The
plot goes awry, and neither Malatesta
nor Rldolfo rule for "a while, but the
devil in Ridolfo.' go ),
The outcome is for, the reader to dis.
cover It is enough to say that The
story is true to time when war an6
intrigue were the business Of life, and
daggers, swords and poison were the
means by which the war and intrigue
were carried on. The story is well con.
structed and well told; turnout. The
Illustrations are In colors by Joseph C
! Lyendeclzer ,s.65:r d ! a
d.. A. c.. McClurg 4 Co., Chicago. $3.50. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCT. 2e
American congress ad

+ 1774-Flrst American congress adj
Iourned. ~ -. IA:
1775-BattIe Of Hampton, Va.
17e6-Moreau crossed the Rhine.
1so4ERobert Emmet, the Irish pat
riot, arrived In America.
1e2e-Steam vessel made first voy-
age from Dublin to Bordeaux.
h. 1s54-Two additional asteroids dis
covered and named PolymnIa and
Pomona.
1s7f-General Robert Anderson
died. Born June ~. 1905.
1893-1attleship Oregon launched
at Sen Francisco.
1ess-Dewey released the Spanish
sailors captured at Manila.
1899 Sword presented by state Of
Georgia to Lieutenant Brumhy.
1sof-Prtnce Alert paced mile In
2:oos@.
1900 Elizabeth czdy Stanton, rto-
nesr Monnan ssrffragtst died. Born
ISIS
1894 1f. 1zrtnncutf laid cne-
nerxtune Of hail at nrtuzuth oas-
leae- go
f@5E,,hsut Hn1ss1it rse..s.d
IT Nss1 @riennn
.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
The Truth About Chicago.

The Tribune's Haynes press agent
this morning discovered and inter
viewed man who knows about Chi
cago, and If it had added the pertinent
fact that the gentleman it interviewed
is the agent of wine house it would
have done a great deal to make the
statement Of the interviewer intelligi-
BILE. .......... ..-
However, it is perhaps as we'll that
the remarks about Chicago were made
since it gives an opportunity to tell
the truth about Chicago. Chicago did
have an epidemic Of crime. It was
not caused by any attempt to regulate
the saloons, but was the direct result
Of the saloon domination of the city.
Matters became 50 bad that the decent
residents became alarmed. The police
came forward and testified freely that
the low saloons were the haunts of
criminals; that they were protected by
them and that they, the police, were
powerless to break up this system with
out two things, first a greatly in
creased police force, and second, power
to close up many Of the dangerous sa-
looms.
Chicago was aroused by these frank
statements as it has not been for
years. Decent citizens began an agi-
tation for an increase. in the saloon
license with the double purpose of
driving out some Of the worst saloons
In the residence districts and Of provid-
ing revenue for an increased police
force. In other words Chicago deter
mined to make the saloon and the
brewer pay for portion of the crime
they fomented and protected in the
community. The license was raised to
$1,000, over 600 men were added to the
police force, many Of the worst saloons
were closed and crime in Chicago i'm.
mediately decreased.
The issue that has been raised by
the local .Tammany candidate is that
compelling the saloon to obey Che Law
produces an epidemic Of crime. The
issue was Joined In Chicago, and there
1t was demonstrated that the saloon
was the haunt Of criminals and that
cleaning up the saloon meant cleaning
up the town. Between the demon
stration in Chicago and the assertion
in Minneapolis. completely at variance
the people Of Minneapolis cannot fai
to see the truth. The naked claim
that checking up the saloon and com
polling it to obey the law produces
crime is illogical theoretically. It.
falsity has been demonstrated practic
ally.
The Chicago illustration brings Min
neapolis back to the only issue in tn
local campaign, "shall the laws be en-
forced7" If they are to be enforce,
will you let out the job to a man VIII
has enforced them or to a man VIII
never enforced them, and who today
in all his speeches sneers at Mayo
Jones efforts to enforce thems s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
CHURCH EXEMPTION DOES
/ NOT ALTER TEIETAXLAW
The Senator Who Drafted the Clause in the Proposed
Tax Amendment Attacks Popular Misconcepton.
/ BY GENERAL GEORGE P. WILSON

It seems from the journals Of the
senate and house proceedings of the
legislative session Of 1905 that pro-
posed the constitutional amendment re-
lating to taxation. or at least that por
ton of it relating to exemptions. 1t
was adopted by the senate, and upon
being reported to the house it refused
to concur Thereupon committees of
conference were appointed consisting of
three attorneys on the part OF the SEN
ate and three from the house. The
question was discussed in conference
as to what effect the omission Of the
words q used for religious purposes -
following church property would
have in defining the exemption, and
it was agreed that those words were
unnecessa and that, if the question
ever arose, the constitution would be
given exactly the same construction
whether the words were in or out of
the amendment. 1t was reported back
for approval and was passed by almost
unanimous vote Of both branches.
II it could have been reasonably, an
words would have ''thrown a scare
into the people, it would have been
better to have included them.
Exemption Not Right. .
Exemption from taxation is a priv
lege and not right, and for this rea
son constitutions and statutes grant
ing them are always construed strictly
Our supreme court, as early as the
second Minnesota, held that statutes Of
this nature were in derogation Of The
common right and must be construed
strictly: Our. supreme court has FIRE
quehtly reiterated this doctrine Of
strict construction, and it has become
| the universal rule. Moreover, the con
stltution or statute must be given {
practical construction, one that viii
give effect to the manifest purpose O.
the lawmakers, but at the same tim'
every doubt must be resolved in favo
| of the state. ~
| Under these we'll established rules O.
construction there is not one chance il
a million that our supreme court, no
any nisi prius judge, would constru
the constitution as opening the doc
for religious corporations to hold rea
estate exempt from taxation not actu
! ally owned and in use by them a
places of worship. The attorney gen
eral has recently said that it is tn
use and not the fact of OWNERSHIP
which determines the right Of exemI
tion. I go one step farther and claiI
that the own ership and use must con
cur This: is the necessary. inferenc
from the decisions in Hennepin Count
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

A year and a half after the close of the
war between Russia and Japan vessels
are still being sunk, and hundreds
drowned by the, explosion of floating
suggests that the regulation of war by
sea has not kept pace with its regulation
on land. That innocent people should
be slain years after the conclusion of a
war by the wanton sowing of the free
waters Of the ocean with explosives
seems monstrous to civilized nations
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

-:"THE LITTLE KING OF ANGELS
LANDING" by Elmore Elliott Peake,
author Of "The House Of Hawley," is a
pathetic, yet amusing :: and wholesome
story of boy In an Ohio river town.
The boy was a cripple, having been in
5ureed and separated from his parents in
steamboat explosion. He was an orig
mar little chap, however, and the story
OF. his early life and final restoration to
his father and mother is well worth
reading. {. e ~ - -; - :'..
D. Appleton & Co., New York $1.2o.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
Hoch Gets It Again.

Brother Hoch Of Kansas has gotten
pit again, and again from woman.
The governor and some. political
friends were in a railroad car when,
former Senator Burton and his wife
came in. They were on their way to
Ironton,, where Mr.. Burton was to be-
gin serving a sentence Of six months
in Jail. The ex-senator and governor
shook hands and then Brother Hoch
/ extended the horny hand with which
he is not saluting the humble voter to
Mrs. Burton. Ono, Mr.. Hoch,'' said
she, withdrawing her hand from it's
proximity to the said welcomer Of toll,
l''I will not shake hands with you.
You were not our friend when you
could have helped us, and I refuse to
have anything to do with you now"
What was the matterq Mr. Burton
had just shaken hands with Hoch, why
should not his wife9 Was Mrs. Burton
unreasonable in expecting something
which the governor could not perform,
or did woman's intuition and woman g
innate honesty compel her to make q
distinction which the coarser sensibili-
ties of her husband did not make7> a.
Many men in politics shake hands
with each other just as the pugilists
do just before the battle. It seems to
be necessary in politics to forget the
little burs that attach themselves to
one in campaign and to overlook
small personal grievances. No man
who has not this capacity has ever
gotten very far in politics. James G..
Blaine, it will be remembered, refused
to shake hands with George F. Ed
munds at the Arthur funeral because
of the hostile attitude of Edmunds in
the presidential canvass of 1884,, It
was remarked at the time. that Mr..
Blaine had ill chosen the time to set
tie scores with Edmunds. Mr.. Burton
did not appear to have any score with
Boch, but his wife had. Probably she
represented the real feeling Of the fam
lily toward Hoch better than her hus
band.
But the incident raises a great ques
ton. Can woman 60 into politics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

and that If he shall be mayor he will
do the sane thing himselff
If Nj. Haynes, Sunday closing plat
form was intended merely to get in on,
will the people allow him to get in on
itf Ifshe intends to do as he says, is
there any argument for his election
which does not apply to Jones9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

MILD SATIRE At THE ExPENsE
OF "sclENTIFIc MoTHERHooD.T-
Ellis Parker Butler, the author Of that
very funny story, Pigs Is Pigs" has
given another laugh, or several laughs,
to his readers in The Incubator Baby.
The book tells the story Of baby
whom a tricksy stork in Paradise brings
into this world too soon, necessitating
the use of an incubator and the starting
/ or the infant on course of scientific
mothering according to the latest and
pest How To" books on the subject. OF
course the infant smashes the rules of
Its over-regulated family, and she does
1t in way that carries much amuse-
ment to the reader, and some hints to
mothers, especially Of the highly "scien-
tifc" kind. %z:3.si- -
ID: Funk & Wasnails company, New York j.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

Senator Long OF Kansas classed La
Toilette and Bryan together as "fakirs,"
and put them in the class with Hearst.
Senator Long was thoroly aroused by
La Toilette going down into Kansas and
reading Mr.. Longs official record to, tho
paonle -----
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

The people are beginning to demand
we say it without fear of successful con-
tradiction-are beginning to demand more
bed covering. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

Senator, Foraker is taking up the race
issue, doubtless feeling that any issue, is
better than that of the war on special
privilege.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

When a speaker refers to a candidate
as "fyspeck" 1t must be time that the
campaign is warming up. <
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

Chicago, having glue factory or two
and the packing plants, is talking Of
passing an anti-cigaret ordinance This
IL step.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26
Texas and Louisiana $3.50.

Tickets on sale via the Minneapolis
8 St; Louis railroad to Galveston,
Port Arthur, Tex, New Orleans and
Lake Charles, La. Dates of sale, first
and third Tuesdays of each month, linn
tied TO thirty days, Liberal stop-over
privileges. Rates equally low to points
In the west and southwest, For full
particulars call; on J. G. Rickel, G. p.
and T. A., 424 NicoIlet avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

George Bernard Shaw is denouncing
some Of the ten commandments. Mr..
Shaw would doubtless favor a. mayor
who would not enforce them. ::.. s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

Il. good deal Of harmless noise is being
made over the proposed absence OF the
President from the son OF the United
states for an hour OF two It. Is almost
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

The Chicago wheat pit may show a
little decadence when. the public is not
':in," because the art Of skinning one
another becomes rather fatal in the
course Of time. 4.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

The finding Of s1a,oooooo in the Cuban
treasury seems to show that the revolu-..
tionists had cause for moving on Ha-}
va11a. . >,.-- So. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

Ryan and Rand are for Haynes and
law enforcement. You can't stop them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

Another epidemic Of crime; Jones
steals Haynes "issue'! IT,, =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

The destruction Of trusts by William
Randolph Copywright will 90 on un-
abated until the votes are cast. So. I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-26

A good many people are standing by
Roosevelt by whom Roosevelt would
rather not stand. ~-~ -9.r i