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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24
ADAilRER OF BRYAN
Alexander Comstsck Says Be's
 the Greatest of Statesmen.

While the Hon William Jennings Bryan was in this state as the guest of honor of many distinguished peo- pie, an effort was made to have the silver hero visit this city, and with this end in view number of we'll known people were interested, through Alexander Comstock of the General Securities Co, to have Bryan here for at least day. MT Com stock had the cooperation of many of the most important business peo- pie, who were anxious to have MT Bryan see the tremendously great advancement that has been made in Waterbury during the past few years from an industrial standpoint, making 1t, as the New York Herald of March 31st states. "the most in dustrious city in this country outside of Pittsburg, producing more pins and clocks than all the other cities. of the world combined and more than one-half the copper and brass goods manufactured in the United States, and pays higher wage scale than any other city in the country
 This is pretty good evidence of just how Waterbury stands in the eyes of the world, and. as MT Com stock puts 1t, Waterbury is far from a village, and if Mir Bryan should be able to cancel some of his other engagements and come here he will find something else besides industry and thrift. and that Is lot of mighty good democrats. am not much of politician, but l do know one thing. that William Jennings Bryan Is as far in advance of the other great statesmen of the day as I am in the rear of the learned and deep thinkers who were able to de- cipher the mysterious characters on Cleopatra's Needle in Central park. President Roosevelt is very great man, but MT Bryan-well, what's the use? wish every one could know him as found him during the time had him on a lecture tour some few years ago. Just these few words describe MT Bryan in the fullest pos- sible sense: He is morally, mentally and physically perfect man."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24

pavement laId In North Willow street before conduits are made. No- body offered any reply and Mir veitch saId no more.
 On motion of Commissioner Denni- son. the superintendent of streets was instructed to remove the band stand from the green to Hamilton park c a ezDe1so nos to exceed e3QU
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24
Veteran Railroad Man Dead.

San Francisco. April .4.-Captain N. T. Smith. the veteran treasurer of the Southern Pacific died last night at his home at San Carlos. San Mateo county.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24
CARPETS AND RUGS CLEANED.

by our new process. Cleans thorough ly and kills all disesss germs. Ths price b reasonable. Iagrains and Brusseis 4e per yarI velvets. Nu. tons and Nocuettes ec per yard.
 m nopKk LAUMD1Y Co.
 1I1sSAsos So2
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24
.HARDINGS 7s and 74 So. Main St.
 TELEPHONE 22o.
Granite Ware

New line, double coated, some of the best the market affords The assortment is complete and while the goods cost u. more than other makes we dc not ask any higher price than the single coated goods sold by others, and our personal guarantee goes with every piece. If not satisfactory in any way. either as to size, shape or otherwise money re. funded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

IL
she was about to become a mother. 1t
was in this garnet that her baby was
born. Her husband had in the mean
time returned to Pittsburg and resum-
ed his studies in the Western UNIVERSE
ty of Pennsylvania. -,
The Indian wife was sadly neglected
in the attic. she said. and when she
was able to move about her condition
became even worse She had her
child to attend to. and in addition was
and was treated in every respect as a
servant.
Her husband was finally taken ill
with appendicitis and brought home
She says she was refused admission to
his room. and that her place at his
bedside was taken by Miss Carrie
Miller, young woman who. as she
was repeatedly reminded, should have
been the wife of Kenneth.
After her husbands recovery Mrs.
McAlpine decided to return to her
own people. When she, made this an
nouncement it was greeted with de-
light by her relatives. but 1t was stated
that she would have to leave her son.
Victor, behind. She was soon again to
become a mother. She begged to take
her son with her. but was refused and
finally she went back home alone.
There her second baby was born.
The Last Straw.
In the meantime Victor was taken
did not notify her and she did not
learn of it until several months after
ward, when some kindly disposed
neighbors wrote and told her. 1t was
then that she decided to come east
and ask for legal separation.
She secured money from her father
to make the trip east. and after her
arrival here she was taken in charge
by Mrs. H. H. Goucher, Mrs, L. w.
Zuver and Mrs. Charles Hafnes. neigh
bors of the McAlpines, who pitied the
beautiful but unfortunate young wo-
man. All three of these women testi-
fed on Mrs. McAlpinc's. behalf at the
trial. declaring that she was treated
in brutal manner and was not given
as much consideration as, a servant
ordinarily receives.
Mrs. McAlpine not. only asks for a
divorce and alimony from her hus-
band, but has begun suits against her
mother-in-law. her sister-in-law, DR..
Jasmine McAlpine and Miss Carrie
Brown for conspiracy demanding
$4,000 damages from each.
In his defense DR.. McAlpine alleges
that his Indian bride made life bur-
den to him by her unreasonable con-
duct. He charges her with being
sullen and morose, refusing to tell him
the truth on any subject and pre-
ferring to live the life of an Indian
rather than one of civilization. He
also charges her with beating him. He
is six feet three and she is only about
five feet high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

weeks ago Mrs. Palmer offered the use
of her residence and invitations are to
be sent out today to about 300 employ
ers of labor and an equal number of
representative union men.
1t is hoped by the Civic Federation
members that the meeting will be a
great success and that one of its fruits
will be the establishment in Chicago OF
a branch of the national associa ton
such as has been established in Bos-
ton.
When the project was first preached.
a few days, ago. it was feared that
laboring men might refuse to attend,
because of the fact that the meeting
was to be held in Mrs. Palmer's resi-
dence on the Lake Shore drive. TIE
more conservative of the labor leaders
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of the room were built hunks. All of
the members of the family slept in the
same room, cooked there and lived
There. The dogs, of which there were
many. slept and lived there, too, and
frequently there were many Indian
guests, who also slept in the same
room.
McAIpine and his bride lived there
for a time and then they put up a
shack of their own on ground which
they rented for 81 a month. McAlpine
had his dental instruments with him
and he decided to open an office; but
he did not prosper. His wife, on the
witness stand, testified that he would
remain in bed all day and refuse to
see patients. McAlpine himself. how
ever. said he was ostracized because
he was a 'squaw man."
According to Mrs. McAlpine, they
went for month at a Ilnne with moth
ing to eat but dry bread and such game
as she could shoot; that her husband
made no effort to raise her from her
lowly position, but that gradually he
sank to the level of the most worth
less Indian. Finally her father sold some
hides for 500 and with it sent the cou-
pleoto the home of Mr.. sMcAlpine's rela-
tives in this. place, in the hope that
McAlpine would do better and that his
bride would be lifted to a level with
lam.
In spite of all the hardships she
had undergone in Alaska, Mrs. Nc
Alpine said the days there were the
happiest days of her life, and she would
have been willing to nave gone on thus
forever, working for her own and her
husbands support.
Unused to White Mans Ways.
Her real troubles, she testified, began
when she reached civilization and the
home of her husbands relatives. She
was an Indian, and they were whites,
and nothing could remove the social
barrier between them. She was coldly
received ny her mother-in-law and her
DR.. Jasmine McAlpine.
Her husband was given an deliberately
furnished room in the McAlpine home,
while she was given a cold and I'M
furnished garnet to sleep in, although
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
AN ALASKAN ROMANCE.
Finds Its Ending in Pennsylvania
Law Court.

Butler, Pa, Jan. Had not pretty
little Mrs. Agnes McAlpine been born
an Indian, unable to forget the laws
and customs of her people for genera
tons she would not now be asking
the court here to divorce her from her
white husband, Kenneth McAlpine,
son of wealthy and prominent people.
Kenneth McAIpine comes of a fam
lily of physicians and surgeons in west
ern Pennsylvania. His father was DR..
Volney McAlpine, whose father was a
physician; SO is his sister, Jasmine Nc
Alpine. Kenneth himself is a dentist.
In 1899 he caught the gold fever and
went to Wrangel, Alaska, in the hope
of striking it rich. There ne met Agnes
Young, the most beautiful Indian
maiden in Alaska. She was only IT
at the time, and Kenneth McAlpine
was one of the first white men she had
ever met. Her father is an Indian
chief, and she was regarded as prin-
cess.
Agnes was living with her father
in his ice-thatched hut at Wrangel
and one day when she was strolling
out she met McAlpine. He walked
home with her, met her secretly, ana
six weeks after that first meeting they
were married, against the old chiefs
protest. by a Presbyterian missionary.
Having no place else to go they went
to the hut of her father
A Primitive Honeymoon.
In this testimony on the Witness
stand DR.. McAlpine described this hut.
1t was of brush. plastered. over with
mud and covered with. ice and snow.
There was a hole for \ doorway, and
which the smoke escaped.
There were no windows. In the CEN |
ter of the room was a fire over which
blubber was cooked. Along the sides
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
At MRS. PALMER
Employers of Labor and THEM Enr<
ployes Are to Meet.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Captains of indus
try and representative of organized
working men are to meet in joint con-
ference in the residence of Mrs. Pct
ter Palmer on Saturday evening, Jan
uary H. under the auspices of the Ma
tional Civic Federation 1t is expected
that its president August Belmont, will
be in attendance.
At the annual meeting of the Nation
al Civic Federation in New York three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
Bryan Going to Los Angeles.

Los Angeles. Jan. 2.-Nathan Cole,
jr.. received a telegram last night from.
Lincoln, Neb. announcing that Colonel
and Mrs. w. ]. Bryan will arrive in
Los Angeles on the morning of Janu-
airy %. Arrangements have been
made for Mr.. Bryan to speak in the
auditorium January %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

have been approached on the subject
and they have declared that they are
willing to meet representat tive employers
in any place if the meeting will have
q tendency to bring about better un-
derstanding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
OAsroRrA

car. the y The Kid You Rave Always Bought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

How much is your income a week
Sam?" why. 81. sab" "Only 81. Sam?'
Yes sab; yer see my wife only makes
S. a week, sanv'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02


SOLDIERS.
in
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in
holds
Of
of Brown
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17
THE PUBLIC BE Dbl

Twenty.three national and State banks
have Armour and Swift people on their
boards Of directors. With the Armours
controlling the tunnel system under
the city; with representatives Of the
packing interests In control of the
street railroads; with the packing In.
terests controlling the banks, Chicago
has, indeed, bright future.
Seventeen men were killed by am.
mOnla explosions ut Armour's plant
this year. Why has the Grand Jury
not acted In the matter?
~~
Hartman Is said to be a partner Of
Armour's Ia the Chicago subway
scheme. Hartman will probably lend
Armour some Of his great popularity.
The corporations that have the coin
are the boys that escape taxation 1t
seems.
"small fry must pay was the head.
Ing on the Record.Herald's tax article
OH Saturday, July u OF course the
small fry must pay. that the rich corpo.
ratlons may get police and IRE protec.
ton.
Chicago taxpayers will not have to
pay nearly Us much as they do now II
the foreign corporations named In The
Eagle pay their just taxes in this city.
Equal and just taxation with no
lodging on the part Of rich stockhold.
ers Is what the people demand.
~SA
The reformcrs, seeing sure defeat
for the now charter are beginning to
look around for other schemes to make
the poor man pay more money. But
nothing Is done against the rich tax
dodger.
Mr.. Armour will bust the Ice trust
when he furnishes the people with cold
air for refrigerator purposes through
pipes In his tunnels and subways
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That will be great day for Chicago
when steam, heat and power will be
supplied to Chicago through the new
subway. And maybe II won't be a
great day for some other people!
Does the small property owner and
the man who rents want to pay In.
creased taxes and rents, because on
account Of non.payment of taxes by
rich stockholders, the city's funds are
low? The new charter Is meant to
help these rich tax dodgers. All citi.
zens should make 1t their duty to 60
to the polls and vote against Il.
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How have the packing interests man.
aged to get so many representatives on
grand juries In the past? This Is q
question that Is frequently asked.
~
How Armour and Swift would hall
war with Japan! The market for
canned goods would get a great boost
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The people of Chicago may be mostly
serfs. but they will not be serfs always
Equality before the law, includes rev,
enue laws as well rs other laws.
~SA
Doc. Evans Is very popular at the
stock yards. The Doc. Is the boy who
took the city inspectors out Of tho
packing houses.
~
The Armour proposition to distribute
power, heat ana steam through the new
subway Is being widely discussed sine,
the details We're published In Tn,
Eagle.
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And, In the meantime, the Board O
Review should ask Mr.. Armour to tel
1t what he knows about that Outsid
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

before this fight IL over twenty millions
Of back taxes will be collected by the
people.
Every small shop keeper and every
mechanic who has a little saved has
to pay taxes upon that little. But
rich holder Of stocks In outside corTo-
ratlons escape Scott free.
San Francisco Will not be a clrc,im.
stance to Chicago when this town
wakes up This tax lodging issue Is
going to lead to great results.
When one thinks Of the fact that
the packers have raised the price
Of food Oh every man, woman and child
In the country, the wonder Is that any
official would have the temerity to over.
look their taxes.
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The Armour estate assessed on
100000 and the Field estate on over
$l3.OOO,0OO makes quite a contrast.
~
The Eagle will keep up the fight for
honest taxation. II It takes years to
bring about reform.
II that big Armour estate, estimated
Mt one time at $25yOOOOOO has been dis.
tributed In Chicago, the result does not
show Oh the tax books
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The recent great increase In the
price Of meat alone, ought to have fur.
nlshed the packers with enough money
to pay their taxes upon all Of their
personal property holdings, stocks,
bonds and everything else.
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We are surprised at the Swlfts and
Armours hesltating minute about
handing over millions In taxes. Just
: cents a pound on spare ribs alone ad.
vanced In price at the right time.
would realize fortune In a day.
~
The poor man and the man In me-
dunn circumstances must bear the tax
burdens. The rich corporations and
their stockholders escape.
~
What interest has always derived
the greatest benefit from the police
force In times Of strikes? The packing
interest, OF course. And yet this In.
terest owes over twenty millions of
dollars to the people for back taxes.
%S~
The Board Of Review will be held
to a strict accountability for its fail.
ure to make outside corporations own.
ed by Chicago packers, pay their just
share Of the taxes.
The people are talking more and
more about Armour and his taxes.
Lake Forest Assessments have been
made public Miss Helen Culver
leads with $G31 900 worth Of personal
property. Delavan Smith Is second
with $4,000. Carter II. iFtzhugh Ii
third with 100000. Where, oh
where, is Louis L. Swift? Can 1t bt
possible that he Is among those who
"also ran?
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What interest derives the greates
benefit from the sewerage system OF
Chicago? The packing interest, o.
course. 1t pours a perfect ocean o.
filth into the sewers leading to til,
south branch Of the river. Why wa
the great 30th street sewer built at .
cost to the people Of millions of dol
lars? 1t was built to relieve the Soutl
Branch Of filth from the packln,
houses. And yet the packing interest
have not paid that twenty millions O
back taxes into the peoples treasur,
and evidently do not intend to pay ur
~
Armour and Swift are getting thei
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

dodgers In Chicago to warrant him In
going before the grand jury upon az.
teen minutes notice.
''The corporation Counsel's o(lice In.
tends to keep stenographer In at.
tendance ut the sessions Of the Board
Of Review from now on" declared Mr..
Hill. THAT stenographer will be used
for securing verbatim record Of per.
sons of wealth who make statements
before the board in support Of a claim
for reduction Of their taxes.
1T Is q hard problem to decide Just
where TO begin, because nearly every.
body seems to think lightly Of their
oaths when they come to discuss the
value OF their personal property with
taxing officials. However, 1t Ii q fact
that I already possess evidence suiii.
Client to justify me In appearing before
the grand jury In fifteen minutes. It
Is also highly probable that tax dodg.
Ing will be brought before the atteu.
ton Of the grand jurors before the pre-.
ent hearing ends"
In the meantime, the poor real estate
owners Of Chicago are getting the full
benefit Of the tax lodging tactics Of
the big mlllionaires. Real estate taxes
were never so high In Chicago's his.
tory. The poor man must pay, but the
rich fellow escapes with his untaxed
fortune.
Henry r. Darlington should give up
what he knows when the Board Of
Review asks him.
One Of the taxing officials Of Cook
County says that 1t Is discretionary
with taxing officers as to what they
shall tax. Is It? Who gave them this
discretionary power! Not the laws Of
Illinois.
]. Ogden Armour would make
startling and valuable Board OF Re
view witness.
Arthur Mcekcr could tell the Board
OF Review who owns stock In OMngo.
In the following corporations, OF which
he Is a director:
Union Stock Yards.
Chicago Junction Railway.
q. II. Hammond Company.
National Packing Company.
Peoples Trust 4 Savings Bank.
The packers have been buying cattle
subject to post norton" They will
soon find out that they have been pay.
Ing taxes subject to post mortem and
that the people are about ready to
hold the examination.
~
sam. McROberts and j. Ogden Ar.
mour are good names to conjure by and
please don't forget Louis +. Swift
Arthur Meeker should furnish the
facts when questioned by the Board OF
Review.
~0>
Don't forget that before this fight
| Is over, that over twenty millions Of
| dollars in back taxes will have been
collected.
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| Laurence \. Carton would be an
excellent man for the Board of Re-
| view to consult.
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What interest deserves the most BEN
eft from the fire department? Every.
body knows that it Is the packing In.
tcrest. Why, then, should the packing
Interest keep back the twenty millions
of dollars in taxes belonging to the
people?
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! Louis +. Swift would not have To
tell anything about Lake Forest as
sessments II called before the Board
Of Review. He could Just tell Whit he
| knnuc obN,,t varcnpoY ,,vO,>artx, o,,,,,,J
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

Es AY00kAp. ~.
Roberts and L. A. Carton.
The Board of Review should m,m.
mon the following well.known citizens
and lntcrroeate them with reference
to the amount of stock in foreign cor.
poratlons owned in CHICAGO. which
they have knowledge Of:
], Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift
John A. Spoor.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Nfeeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour ore both
reported to bc publIc.spiritcd.
They should both be willing to holm
In this matter.
They can, II they will. helm n great
deal by telling the Board OF Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour 10 q director in the fol.
lowing corporations and the Board Of
Review. II IL wishes can nsccrtoin how
much stock he owns in each, or what
Chlcagoans do own II. as Il IA taxable /:
Armour car lines.
Armour Grain COMPANY.
Central Leather Company.
@, II. Hammond COMPANY.
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing COMPANY.
United States Leather Company.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st, Paul Roll.
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Compauy.
Fort Worth, Texas
Hutchinson Packing Co.. Hutchinson.
Kansas,
Northwestern National Flro 1ns,r.
Omaha Packlng Company,
russian National Insurance Com.
pany, OF stettln Germany.
MI. LOUIS =. swift Is director In
the Following. How much stock does
no own! At oil events he can give the
board OF Review much valuable In.
formation:
Union Stock Yards Company.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, McNelll and Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com.
pan" s!',,, n.,-,. u.,
cnmnonv ~''"'''''
Halle Gaia s.,r... co
III,no,s Co,t,o Cnmroum
Nochon,co, Wo,vson,Mr;n, r,u,,,,
Sov,,, S,m C,ono,.o. - 10y ~
vestment Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
Swifts Fertilizer Works.
Western Meat Company.
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Millions OF dollars mat belong IN
the public treasury have been wrong.
fully withheld from the peoples use
by derellct ofiiclals-tO use no stronger
term. These millions would give III
plenty Oh money to double our police
,o'e' woa'u give our hremen e'gh'
NUTS wo'S o"y wou!a PROVIDE one
~. svat ."' every GNU aes'rous o.
" .',. 'ae puo'c SCHOOLS and wou'd
t"u', ,,",,n a"'ss uu"oer ot k'huersar
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

Perhaps the Board of Review will do
nothing this year with the tax matters
mentioned on the second page of this
paper. But You can bet on one thing
without fear Of losing and that ID, that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

And, In the meantime, the Board Of
Review should ask Mr.. Armour to tell
1t what he knows about that outside
stock.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

The Armour proposition to distribute
power, heat ana steam through the new
subway Is being widely discussed since
the details We're published In The
Eagle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

before this fight Is over twenty millions
Of back taxes will be collected by the
DqonlC
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

Louis +. Swift would not have To
tell anything about Lake Forest as
sessnlents II called before the Board
Of Review. He could Just tell Whit he
knows about personal property owned
In Chicago.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-06-21

Manager FRASER of the Whea-
ton, Mimi, opera house, says
"Played Frank Mahara's Min
,strels the 10th to a comfortably
filled house, several days contin-
uous rains making the roads al
most impossible and prevented
country people from attending.
The performance was of the Ma
hara kind which means that it
was first class and gave good
satisfaction. Speaking of bands
leads me to remark that Frank
Mahara's is just a little the best
taht has footed in this neck of
the woods for these many moons.
Their street concerts are certain
ly a feature of the show that
make good from beginning to fin