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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

on the books Of Armour 4 Company,
Of Illinois. To ascertain the business
transactions Of the New Jersey COZ.
poration, It Is merely necessary to taks
the accounts relating to the branch
houses and those relating to the Fort
Worth and Sioux City packing houses.
The company, however, Is genuine
one, having large actual assets Of Ito
own, not a mere paper name. II has
no separate books and no profits sep.
arate from those appearing In the nc.
counts Of Armour 4 Company, Of iii.
nOls."
How long the people Of Chicago will
continue to pay high taxes while con.
Germs like this escape Us they do. 10
problematical.
AA
Samuel McRobcrts should tell oil
when called before the Board Of Re.
view.
The Board Of Review states that the
personal property Of Chicago IL only
worth $0S,OOOOOO. Chicago Securities.
for 1907. In the report OF Swift & Co.,
page $50. prints their 1900 statement,
which shows resources In quick assets
personal property-of $02.710.OOO.
The Board Of Review shows that all
the personal property In Chicago 10
only worth S0sOOO.OOO. In Swift &
Co.'S report. Treasurer Carton says
that every dollar Of Swifts capital
stock OF S50,OOO.0OO Is worth Sl.o5 per
81. This would make the total value
OF Swift's stock so, 100000. The value
OF all the personal property In Chicago
Is only s0s!OOO.OOO. according to the
Board Of Review. Estimating the Nor.
rls estate at S35,OOO,OOO ana the Swift
stock ut SG2.JOO.OOO makes s07,5OO.OO
within 100000 Of the $0S,OOO.OOO
which was all the personal wealth the
Board Of Review could find In the
whole city OF Chicago.
The Board Of Review should sum.
mon Messrs. Armour, Swift, Carton.
Meeker and the rest and find out 1ust
now much stock OF outside companies
Ii owned BY their corporations
~
| Joliet Ia yawning for rome Of the
tax.hxing gentlemen.
~6
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 80 high In ChlcagO's his
tory. The poor man must pay, but the
rich fellow escapes with his untaxed
fortune.
Henry L. Darlington should give up
what lie knows when the Board Of
Review asks him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

Ing to the public that the concern Is
really great public institutional a
certain kind.
Then again, Marshall Field & Com.
pany are In favor Of n high pressure
water system which will cost the tax.
payers millions Of dollars to install.
But we do not hear Of small mer.
chants shouting for high pressure water
system.
The collection Of over $3O0O,000 al.
legged back taxes against the estate Of
the late Marshall Field was urged
upon the Board Of Review by the I'LL.
nOIs Tux Reform Association.
Marshall Field. the association In.
sIsts. never paid more than 10 per cent
on his fair share Of taxes on his per.
sOnal property. He was. II Is further
charged. permitted to evade the pay.
mcnt Of over $2yOOO.OOO taxes during
the Inst eight years Of his life. "All
Of this" the letter says, "was made
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

In order to show the favOrltlsm
shown to Marshall Field Il Company
In the matter of personal property AS
sessment, The Eagle subjOins II state
ment of the personal tax assessment
of that firm ana that OF other dry
goods houses, together with the insur-
ance carried by each on their personal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

Tho Goodrich Transit Company 10
corporation organized under the laws
Of the State Of Maine. Capital stock,
100000.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago IL taxable here. The
Reviewers should call A. w. Goodrich
and ask him who owns It. Mr.. Good.
rich ought to know and the people want
to know.
%6~
Who does the fine work for tho
Goodrich Steamboat gang ut the City
Hall?
1t Is not generally known that the
dock used by the great Goodrich inter.
ests Is city property. 1t Is at River
street, with dock frontage Of 352
feet, with depth ranging from 10 to
43 feet.
This dock Is the very State street of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21
STATE STREET STORES

ment, $l,0S3,7I6; Insurance, $2,450 900,
Mandel BrOthers--Assessment, $780,
900; Insurance, $l,O50,OOO.
Siegel, Cooper 4 Co.--Assessment,
5000, 1000; insurance, $l,O5OOO0.
ROthschlld 4 Co.-Assessment, $i25,-
600; Insurance, $555,OOO.
acknowledgements, $25OOOO; i'll
surancc, 100000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

property. The reader will note tho
difference between the Field assess.
ment and the Insurance carried, and
then figure out how much taxation this
public spirited" concern escapes;
Marshall Field 4 COmpany--Assess-
ment Is adlresses), $5,35O,OOO; insur-
ance, $16,OOOO00.
Carson, Prize. Scott & CO.--Assess-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21
HERE'S THE RESULT.

100000 more than Swift & Company
alone had on hand on January !, 1907.
according to Chicago Securities"
pages $50 to 81.
The poor real estate owner has to
bear all the burden of supporting the
government, of making improvements
ana OF protecting the property and In.
forests of the tax-dodglng rich!
Talk about a 'single tax" The real
estate owners Of Chicago are the vic.
tions of the most lnlquitious single tax
IN the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21
GOODRICH TRANSIT co.

astounds everyone. In the opinion Of
able lawyers, the very fact that bids
were not advertised for invalIdates the
lease. This lease Is worth from
$4,000 to 100000 year to the city,
rs 1t IL the very best dock property on
the whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $5O.OO0 for 1t II they
were given chance. This sort OF
business IL played out with the public
and the facts once understood will
arouse a storm OF indignation.
The Goodrich gang have all their
steamboats, registered from Duluth.
Minnesota, from which port they
"hail," although they do not run to It.
1t Ia alleged that this crowd "hail''
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago. and yet Chicago
furnishes them with police. fire and
other protection.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

Total ..... ......... .$1O.000.O0O
These figures take no notice Of Tho
fa:. that tho insurance ls supposed to
cover but so per cent Of the real value.
which would make the assessors val.
uatlon appear about $l4.OOO.000 shy Of
tho true figure.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

As result of successful taX-dodglng
by rich corporations, Chicago real es-
tate pays nearly all the taxes.
\ summary Of the 1907 real estate
ana personal assessments, assessed val
nations, Is as follows:
Real estate ............. .$34G,S41, 100
Personal property ........ 0S,3i3,1
$fi5,1S4,015
The Assessors ana Reviewers could
only find S0S,0OO.OOO worth Of personal
property In Chicago to tax, or only &c.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

good by the smaller taxpayers Of Chi.
cago to their great loss and injury"
Marshall Field 4 Company are only
valued ut 100000 by the assessors.
and taxed on one.Hfth Of 1t. In view
Of this fact. It Is interesting to note
the insurance carried BY this lrm.
which Is as follows:
State street section ....... 1900. 600
Wabash avenue section go. 100000
Wholesale .................3 100000
Madison street ............. $4,000
Fixtures ............ ...... $4,000
Warehouse. Polk street and
the River ................ 100000
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

]. Ogden Armour would make a
startling and valuable Board a.: Re
view witness.
One Of the tax.~S officials Of Cook
County says that It is discretionary
with taxing officers a. to what they
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

Henry =. Darlington should give up
what lie knows when the Board Of
Review asks him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
MARVIN VERDICT in
JURY SAYS DEATH FROM EXPOS.
URE MARCH 4 OR 5.
Foreman and Two Others, One n Ply
stefan, Hold Out Against the Theory
of Accidental Death-FiGtecn Wit
nesses Examined During Day.

After an entire day had been con-
sumed and almost the entire night in
reaching a verdict in the Marvin in
quest, the jury at IL o'clock Monday
night rendered a verdict that Horace
Marvin, Jr., came to his death from
exposure about March or 5, 1907.
The points upon which the jury
hung for three hours were the state
ments Of the physicians who perform
ed the autopsy, also as to the condi-
ton OF the clothes and shoes worn by
the child when taken from his body
two months after he had been missed
from his home.
The verdict arrived at, however,
was not unanimous, there being but
twelve out of fifteen who finally
agreed that death resulted from ex-
posture. Those who refused to sign
the verdict so reached are: Z. L.
Clarke, foreman: Assemblyman Her.
man Taylor, the secretary, and DR..
James Martin another juror.
Examination was made of the fif-
teen witnesses Monday, including Su-
perintendents Bearce and Dimaio, of
the Pinkertons, and those on the Mar
win farm the last day the boy was
seen alive.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
|. The News d South Dakota
TELEGRAM GALL BALLED UP"
Changing of Word Gives False Report
OF Two Persons Dying.


adam and Lizzie both dead and
Jacob not expected to live"
This was the startling message re-
ceived by John and Karl Bollinger,
residents of Campbell county, who
with all possible haste made prepare
tons and departed for Medina, n. D.,
from which point the telegram was
sent. Adam and Lizzie, who were re-
ferred to in the telegram, are the
brother and sister Of John and Karl
Bollinger, and had departed for Me-
dina only a few days before for the
purpose of visiting their brother, ia
cob, who was seriously i'll.
When the brother and sister de-
parted they were in the best of health
and when the telegram was received
it was supposed they had been vic
tins of an accident. But it developed
that through a peculiar mistake on
the part of the telegraph operators
who sent or received the message the
brother and sister were reported to be
dead, when they were alive and well.
The telegram as it was sent from
Medina read as follows:
Adam and Lizzie both here and
Jacob not expected to live"
The changing Of the word
here" to dead" in the transmission
Of the telegram caused unnecessary
grief to the two brothers who remain
ed in South Dakota and was RESPONSE
BILE for them making a needless trip.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
HURON EXPECTS BIG CROWD.
Citizens Busy Preparing for Reception
of @. A. Il.

The executive committees of the G.
A. r. and w. r. c. having in charge
ARRANGEMENTS for the state Grand
Army Of the Republic encampment
and Womans Relief Corps conVen-
tons, to be held at Huron June a, D
and s, are busly engaged perfect
ing plans for this notable gathering.
Letters from every part Of the state
indicate that not only are large num-
bers of soldiers and members of the
Relief Corps, but large delegations or
citizens will be present, and Huron eX-
poets to entertain one of the largest
chOwds that has gathered in many
years A house to house canvass is
being made to secure lodging accom-
mediation for the visitors, and much
success is being attained. Because
of the unusual number of strangers in
the city at the present time and 9TH
ers coming daily, it will be necessary
for Huron people to double up to
accommodate the crowd that will be
there during encampment week. Maj.
E. NJ. Thomas and Miss Emmer Cook
are in charge of entertainment mat
tiers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
NO PEACE IN FRISCO.
Labor War to BE Fought to q
Finish.


The street railway strike at San
Francisco has developed into fight
20 finish. Neither side is willing to
accept arbitration, and the citizens
committee appointed to secure peace
have been unable to find any basis of
settlement 1t has been demonstrated
that the present police force is made
quate and that strong measures will be
necessary TO secure a general resump-
ton Of service if the struggle is con-
Quoted on present lines.
The wish Friday of the United Rail-
roads officials was to run a string Of
cars from the barn at Oak and Brod-
erick streets through the burned dis
trict north on Market street TO the
ferry building, but the consent Of the
police department could not be OBJ
tanned. AS a compromise two cars
were run into the burned district as
far as Larkin street, being operated on
Oak Stanton, Page, Devisadero and
Suffer streets. This route was covered
twice. On the first trip mounted po-
lice acted as outriders, and more than
a score of patrolmen rode in automo-
biles, but no violence was offered by
the crowds.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
MILLIONS TO GEORGE MASON.
Dal1otan Gets Bulk OF "Sllent" Smith
Estate

BY the terms of the will Of the late
James Henry Smith ("Silent" SMITH,
read after his buriel in New York, his
widow receives 100000. George
Grant Mason, of South Dakota, his
nephew, receives two-thirds Of the
residuary estate, valued at S30,000,-
600. A second nephew, William S.
Mason, Of Evanston, Ill, receives the
other third of the residuary estate.
The total estate is estimated at $52,-
100000.
All of the estate, of course, would
have gone to Silent" Smiths child
rem had he had any, but no heir is ex-
pected.
The will is dated Sept. 13, 1905, and
executed in Scotland shortly after the
marriage of Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Will
lNm Rhinelander Stewart 1t ap-
points mis- brOther-in-law, Sir George
Cooper, Of Hursley Park, Winchester,
barOnet; William Smith Mason, Of
Evanston, ILL.,; George Grant Mason,
Of Aberdeen, S. D., and George Simp-
son Eddy of New York, and Herman
S. Leroy, of New York, executors and
trustees of his will
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
LESS THAN FORTY MILES.
East and West Ends of Northwestern
Black Hills Lines Close Together.

Black Hills Lines Close Together.
The rails on the extension from the
Pierre end of the new Northwestern
line, are laid within about five miles
Of Philip, which is the end Of the
work from the east. Coming from
the west the rails are laid to within
about thirty miles of that point leav-
ing a gap of less than forty miles. On
this grading is all completed, and
nearly all the bridges in. The track
laying is not going very rapidly as the
gravel for ballasting has to be hauled
out from Fort Pierre, making a long
haul, and the track work is not pushed
any faster than the ballasting can be
done. On the other end Of the line
there is more speed, and with favora-
bic weather the gap should be pretty
we'll closed up by the first of June, and
trains be ready to go across the whole
line by the middle Of June.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
HUNIMEL SENT TO PRISON.
Famous New York Lawyer Must Serve
One Year.

One year in the state prison and to
pay a fine of $500 was the sentence
imposed Friday upon Abraham II.
Hummel, of New York, the lawyer
who was convicted Of conspiracy in
the famous Dodge orst divorce case.
Hummel was convicted in the Unit
ed States supreme court several
months ago, but appealed to the APP
peHate division of the court. The de-
cision was affirmed Friday by the
higher court.
A conspiracy to annul the marriage
of Charles F. Morse, the financier, to
Mrs. Charles E. Dodge was the crime
of which Hummel was convicted. Mrs.
Dodge had secured divorce from her
former husband in 1898. Three years
later she was married to Morse.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
For New Telephone Line.

The Pukwana Telephone and Elec-
trio company, which was recently in
corporated, has received sufficient
poles and, other material to construct
about twenty miles of line. The COM
pany will construct telephone lines in
different directions through Brule
county from Pukwana and these will
bring hundreds of the farmers in that
part Of the state into direct commune
cation with the business men and
other residents of Pukwana.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
CAPITOL PLANS CHANGED.
Specifications Modified So as to Allow
Sioux Falls Men to Bid.

At conference of the state capitol
commission at Pierre Architect Bell,
Of Minneapolis, and Architect Swartz.
of Sioux Falls, the plans for the capt.
toll were modified to allow the use of
rough dressed granite for the base
ment story of the building. This ac-
ton was taken on the representation
Of Sioux Falls stone men that it would
be impossible for them to bid under
the plans as originally drawn. The
change will allow them a chance on
the stone which they handle.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Aid for Jamaica.

Although the fact has not yet been
officially announced it is stated the
British government has decided to
make a grant of s750,000 gratis to
jamaica and guarantee the island a
loan Of $5.000.000 to assist in it's re-
Mobilization from the effects of the
earthquake.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
NEW DAKOTA SCHOOL LAWS.
Many Changes i'm Existing Regula-
lions,

In addition to the cutting down Of
boards of education to three Snembers
in the cities and towns of South Da-
kota, the new school law, which was
enacted by the recent legislature, and
which will! go into effect July l.,
makes a number of other changes,
which will have to be studied by
those interested in the school system
of South Dakota.
Under the new law the state super
intendent of public instruction may
designate other states from which GER
tificates will be considered valid in
South Dakota. In all counties having
more than seventy-fve schools the
county superintendent, under the pro-
visions of the new law, shall have the
power to appoint one deputy, to be
paid by the county.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
SAYS SHE SHOT DIVINE.
Girl Claims to Be Slayer of Kentucky
Preacher.

Rev. w. M. p. Richards, of Carlisle,
KY, pastor of the First Christian
church (negro), who was called to his
door Saturday night and shot five
times. died from the effects of his
wounds. His alleged assassins, Jesse
Merchant and Hermania Duryea, both
OF Louisville, are in Jail at Carlisle
Merchant is a son of a former pastor
there.
In his dying statement Pastor Rich
ards said Merchant did the sooting,
but Miss Duryea insists she shot him
because he betrayed her while she
was living in Tennessee, and while she
vas betrothed to Merchant.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Dynamite Negro,s Home.

Unknown persons set off charge of
some high explosive under the
house of Samuel Cook, of Ruston, La,
q negro, early Sunday. blowing the
house to pieces and killing Cook and
four other negroes sleeping in front
room.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
PROSPERITY FOR CUBA.
Record Breaking Crops of Both To-
baccO and Sugar.

Cuba's great twin crops, sugar and
tobacco, have both been record break
ers this year, sugar for the size of
the crop, and tobacco for the scarcity
of all except the very choicest grades
of the leaf.
While the full amount of the sugar
crop is not yet accurately determined,
the most Of the grinding being in pro-
gress, there is little doubt that 1t will
reach a total of 1900, 900 tons, against
100000 last year.
The shortage of the tobacco crop,
owing to the lack of rain, has been in
a measure compensated for by the ex-
cellence of the quality. Not since 1902,
it is said. has the, quality of the wrap
pers been SO good as this year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
KILLS FATHER AND SON.
Family Feud i'm Missouri Results i'm
Double Murder.

Guy Dobbins and his son, Thomas,
were killed by Schuyler Stephens at
Dean Lake, Charlton county, Mo-, Fri
day. Thomas Dobbins was a son-in-
law Of Stephens. There had been a
family feud for some time, and the
quarrel was renewed. Stephens killed
his son-in-law with shotgun, and
then started after the boys father,
who tried to defend himself by shoot
ing at mis- assailant. but was killed
near his own doorsteps. Stephens has
been arrested,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
EIGHT-HOUR LAW UPHELD.
Opinion Handed Down by Supreme
Court-Three Justices Dissent

Opinion Handed Down by Supreme
Court-Three Justices Dissent.
Justice Holmes, OF the United
States supreme court, Monday an
nounced the decision of the court in
a number of cases involving the con-
struction of the eight-hour law by
which the employment of laborers
and mechanics of public work is linn
tied to eight hours a day.
The courtb held the law to be con-
stitutional, but held 1t does not apply
to laborers and mechanics on dredges
and that men so employed cannot be
held to be employed upon public
works.
Justices Moody, Harlan and Dry
dissented.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
BIG SHELTERS CONDEMNED.
Supreme Court Holds that Tennessee
Plants Are Menace to Health.

Plants Are Menace to Health.
In an opinion by Justice Holmes the
supreme court OF the United States
Monday granted the injunction asked
by the state OF Georgia against the
Tennessee Copper company and the
Ducktown Sulphur company, restrain
Ing these companies from operating
their smelters at Ducktown. Tenn.
The shelters are very near the
Geargia line, and that state asked to
have them condemned as public and
private nuisance. alleging they con-
stituted a menace to health, and were
source Of great injury to vegetation
for a radius of fifty miles.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Narrow Escape from Death.

Frank Burger, of Lake Andes, had
a narrow escape from being killed
last week. He was returning home
from Geddes after dark and while
crossing the creek near his place he
missed the road and drove so close to
the bank Of the creek that his wagon
tipped over and rolled to the bottom
of the creek. In the mixup Frank
had one of his legs broken between
the ankle and the knee.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
New Grain Elevator.

A. N. Barber, a capitalist whose
home is at Esmond, has awarde to a
Mason City, Ia, construction COM
pany the contract for the erection of a
new grain elevator at Manchester. The
new elevator will have a capacity of
$4,000 bushels, and will be modern in
every respect.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
For A. O. U. w. Receiver.

Notwithstanding that Jasper lodge.
No. 81. A. o. U. W., of Sioux Falls,
recently declared itself in favor of
the election of Mitchell Cox to the po-
sition of grand receiver of the grand
lodge of the order in South Dakota,
at the annual gathering of the grand
lodge in Sioux Falls next month, Mr..
Cox will give his support to Asa Nc
Carly, prominent Workman of that
city
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Pioneer PISCES Away.

traitor Damn, pioneer and high
ly respected citizen, died very sud-
denly at his home north of Beresford
at the advanced age of IS years. I'm
til very recently he practiced walk
ing to town, a distance OF nine miles,
rather than take team from the
field.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
liverpool to Honor watson.

The lord mayor and the city cor
poration of Liverpool are arranging a
public funeral for the late Rev. DR..
John Watson Clan MacLaren), who
died May at Mt Pleasant, Ia, and
whose body is to be taken there.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Asks $500 for Frfteen Lives

JOSEF d. Dosal, Mexican consul ir
Kansas City. has brought suits against
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railway for damages aggregating
$150,000 for the death of fifteen Mex
lean laborers killed in the railroad COL
lision near Volland, Kan, Jan. 2, 1907.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
St. Louis Brokers to Omit.

According to an announcement
made recently sixteen brokerage. con-
Germs I'm st. Louis which would be af-
fected by the new law going into effect
June 16 have agreed to go out of bust
ness June 15.