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The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
GETS BRITISH TITLE.
CfVh War Veteran Proves Right TO
Vast English Estate.


Marinette, Wis. Jan. n.-From obscure
real estate man and hermit to English
nobleman and heir 10 a fortune estimated
at many millions is the AladdiB-lil,e
record Of George Northedge Of this CITY.
For years he has lived here with his
wife, who was formerly a lady-in-wait-
ing to Queen Victoria. on his homestead
on Left Foot Lake. in the wilderness OF
Northern Wisconsin.
An advertisement for the son Of Col
Northedge in a Chicago paper disclosed
his Identity. He is sole heir 10 an estate
valued at 81, is. COO in Montreal and one Of
seventy-fiye heirs to bigger English for
tune. He now is also Sir George William
Northey-Northedge.
lie is about sixty-six years of. age and
never has been In England. He was born
IN Canada and served in the Union army
in the civil war, as did his father. Roth
were wounded.
The story reads Ike a fairy tale. but
the documents and proofs were secured
by Attorney J. II. Frankie, Of Mflwau-
kee, and substanuate the claims. The
records of births in Hartford. Conn. for
the month of March, 1871. which have
been obtained by Mr.. Frankie. show thar
on the 4th day of that month a son was
born to Col. William Nortnedge. and the
Marinette man gives that date as the
time OF his birth
His father Col William Northedee
died ignorant Of the fact that 1090J5
awaited his pleasure in the Bank of Eng
land. His death was the result Of wounds
received in the civil war.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
WILL BE A GLOBE TROTTER.
Joaquin Miller, the "Poet of the
SierFRs," To Tour the world.

San Jose, Cal, Jan. n.-Joaquin Miller.
Poet Of the sierras, has announced that
he might make his future home in san
Jose. Miller was rendered a reception by
the Santa Clara County Short Story Club.
an organization Of the local Iterati at
which he entertained in a delightful man
ner peculiarly his own with "reminiscences
of his life in mining camps.
L am going TO London to bring out
some Of my books" said Miller with
childlike earnestness shining in his ewes
You know the complete edition of my
works. together with the plates. was de-
stroyed by the fire. so I am going 70
London. I want 10 go by way of Japan
and do some visiting as I journey-go to
Mount Sinai and kneel on the Garnet nj
Mecca and all that sort Of thing. ] will
travel for while. The Heights seem
lonesome since mother is gone. I thought
perhaps this feeling OF Loneliness. might
wear away, but it doesn't seem to. I
shall always keep the Heights though
/ may make my home in San Jose
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
GROWING OF TREES
YEARS REQUIRED BEFORE THE FRUIT OF
ONES LABOR CAN BE REAPED.

hollow-hearted with age and must be
used when young It Is found in its best
state in mountain regions or on the sea
islands
The cypress, Taxodium distichum, a
deciduous tree belonging to the Coniferae,
Is valuable tree, mostly Southern. It
is very durable when exposed to the
weather, but does not take kindly to
paint, like the yellow pine. A roof of
/ cypress heart shingles, well pitched. will
last 100 years. As a rule, it prefers a
moist situation.
Trees fit for timber or lumber must
be grown thickly in a forest where the
fittest survive. If grown sparsely, the
lower limbs remain, making knots when
sawn. As they grow naturally in forest,
the lower limbs drop off as the tree
reaches up toward the sun TO out-do his
fellows. This makes the planting OF
trees for timber a rather difficult matter,
particularly the hardwood ones. Confer
seed may be sown broadcast, but acorns
or nuts not so readily. and many of them
must perish.
The contrast between the two general
species may be noticed by the frequency
with which young pines are always spring
ing, compared with the infrequency OF
nut trees. That arises to some extent
from the greater number of seed in the
pines or conifers.
Nature points TO a rotation of crops.
In some places where the long-leaf nine
is cut down, the short leaf or loblolly
pine springs naturally, and vice versa.
In some places-Southern Maryland. for
instance-oaks spring after tie pines are
deforested, and pines after oaks: no one
knows why. Nature provides for repro-
duction by the dropping of seeds in the
forest, and for sustenance principally by
the roots which reach down into the soil
and absorb dormant plant food But this
would in time fail il it were not re-
plenished by the decay of the fallen leaves
and broken branches which contain the
life-giving food
The principal elements OF plant food
are phosphorus. nitrogen, and potash. all
IN the constituents Of oxides. Phosphor-
US IS the dominant required for the en-
dowing the seed with the principle Of
life or reproduction; nitrogen. the domi-
nant for quick growth; potash, the domi-
nant for the substance OF plants.
All are essential for best results. but
of these, potash Is the most essential.
for, without potash. plants die We find
potash In the ashes Of plants when in
cinerated; and by lixiviatIon of ashes
we get solution of potash for making
soap. This is particularly true of hard
wood ashes.
One popularity Of plant life is that
plants grow more rapidly in the North
as general rule than in the South. The
common explanation is they have 10. But
this is not the true explanation. The long
season Of heat in the South rapidly ex-
hausts the humus in the soil, with its
contents of nitrogen which eyaporates in
the form Of ammonia,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12

but she has plenty Of those. Her hus-
band. Joseph Wall. an Englishman. came
OF line OF brave men. His father fought
with Nelson in the battle Of the Nile
Wall himself was shot in the head while
leading charge at Petersburg. and there
received an injury-a bullet In the head
which resulted in his death in 1879.
AS for MRS. Wall, her memories would
MI a volume. and bound uD with them are
the names Of some very famous men, For
years she was Daniel Webster's private
secretary. handling all his manuscripts.
when he was a candidate for the Presi-
Dental nomination she had charge Of all
the material used in booming him. and
she keeps some of the literature still She
has letters, toO-letteTs bearing the auto
graphs or men renowned IN the annals OF
stafecraft-and she has curios and furnf-
ture that are many years old. In the
days from which these date Mrs. Wall
lived in Washington Her husband was a
painter then, but after he was hurt IN The
war, through which he went as a captain
OF colored troops ne was never able 20
use the brush again. But for a long time
ne was a professor Of languages and
painting In Frank Sanborns famous
school, at Concord. where Emerson's
children and the young Alcotts were
pupils.
Though Mrs. Wall lives alone. she has
mad five children, and two Of them are
living nov. One Of them is Anna Theo-
dora Wall, who makes her home in
Japan, but sometimes comes 10 this coun-
try 70 lecture. The other is the wife Of q
Brooklyn clergyman. Marrying clergymen
mas long been habit with the women Of
Mrs. Wallis family. For 800 years her
people have never been without a minis
ter in the family.
Mrs. Wall numbers Rev John Cotton
among her ancestors. She has q few
other titles TO distinction, but none 50
unique as her tendency TO accidents and
her faculty Of coming through them alive
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
TAFT A SAFE CANDIDATE.
On square Deal Platform He Would
Win, It Is said.

Win, If Is said.
FEon the Ohio State Journal
Senator Dick has written a letter favor
ing a safe candidate and a sane plat
form" Well, what is the matter with
Ju &c Taft as the safe candidate? There
is certainly not safer man anywhere.
He is the personiication Of safety.
There will be less danger to this country
from any foes without or within, with
Judge Taft at the helm. thar with any
other man who can be named He can
lay down doctrine, do piece Of work,
scare Off graft, smooth down a fuss. and
uphold the honor Of his country with a
facility that is unparalleled
Then, as to the platform-is there any
thing saner than the square deal. which
means the interests Of all the people as
against special interests and the CEN
tralization of organized wealth? The
people are perfectly sane on this ques-
tlon, whatever the trust magnates and
their exponents may think of them. And
the issue will keep up until franchise Is
used for the benefit of all the people.
II Senator Dick will be a little more
explicit and say who his safe candidate
is and what his sane platform prOclalms,
his views might be worth printing
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
HEPBURN LAWS EVASION.
How Pipeline Problem is Solved by
Standard OIL.

Ida Tarbell, in American Magazine.
In the summer of 1906, when it be-
came certain that the pipeline section
of the Hepburn bin would pass. Mr.. Mil
burn advised his clients that henceforth
they should pump no more oil across
State lines. But how were they TO get
around it? Easily. Erect on the Penn
sylvania border al the point where the
oil had been pumped into New Jersey
receiving tanks. On the other side OF
the line erect a pumping station. The
OIL goes into a tank in Pennsylvania
owned by one company It is pumped out
in New Jersey by a pump owned by an
other company. It is not pumping over
the line! Now you see it, and now YOU
don't!
These outfits for putting oil in on one
side Of a state line and taking Il out
on the other are actually in operation
to-day at Fawn Grove. between Penn
sylvania and Maryland. Centerbridge
between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
and Unionville, between New York and
New Jersey. Imagine the railroads reor-
ganizing ownership so that the lines Of
each company stopped at the state
border! Imagine all freight and passen-
gers unloaded at the New Jersey line,
New Jersey claiming that in her terri
tory railroads were private property and
could be operated TO suit the owner, and
the New Jersey railroads refusing to car
~ freight which they did not own. This
Is truthful illustration Of the little ar
rangement the learned counsel Of the
Standard Oil Company has worked out
TO evade the Federal law governing pipe
lines. And they tell us when Ar. Roose-
welt objects 90 their methods that he is
attacking the nations industrial and
mercantile life" 1t really looks as If the
shoe was on the other foot.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
Experienced.

Prom the Taller.
Save me, save me" she cried as her
head rose above water and she grasped
a plank floating by.
Il beg your pardon" he replied from
the bank. but want it to be distinctly
understood that ] am a married man
with seven children"
Yes, yes: save me" she shrieked.
Then there will be no falling into my
arms and calling me preserver, will
tbere?'
'No, no; only save me-"
"All right, I'll try he responded, as
he threw of his coat. You see" he
said, just before diving IN, Il was caught
once before, and tNats how I came TO
be married. II makes me a bit particu-
lar"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
HEINZE'S SUDDEN RISE
SPECTACULAR CAREER OF THE COPPER KING
NOW UNDER INDICTMENT

Of stock dumped upon his brokers. The
firm went to the wall on October Is.
The Clearinghouse Association then
compelled Heinze TO resign from the pres
idency of the Mercantile National. and
from the directorates Of the Hamilton and
all the other banks with which he was
connected. Heinze had got control of the
State Savings Bank in Butte, and that
went to the wall the day after Heinze &
c. failed In this city.
Two years ago Heinze was rated as
twenty-time millionaire. Even at the pres
ent low prices he has probably got from
100000 to S5,O0OO0O. He owns tens of
thousands of shares of mining stocks, and
is stin the largest shareholder In the
Mercantile National.
Heinze is unmarried and has made the
Waldorf-Astoria his home In this city.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
SAYS Paint Houses Green.

"Why do we have to wear glasseg?"
asks the bespectacled mortal.
Because our houses aren't painted
green" replies one eye specialist. 'Tf
had my way, the law would compel every
house owner in our great cities to paint
his property green. Green is soothing to
the eyes, and it has even been shown that
red is exciting TO the nerves of many
people. Yet most Of the houses in cities
are red brick, unpainted. Small wonder
that our eyes need glasses"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
BACK TO PINOCHLE AGAIN.
Couple Who Stopped Playing Fifty
Years Ago Resume.

Waterbury. Conn, Jan. u.-Jabez
Thomas, seventy-six, and his good wife
Martha, sixty-nine. who are OF Revolu-
tiOnary stock and live at Bethany. re-
sumed card playing as a family diversion
yesterday, after fifty years. Jabez didn't
ike Martha's dealing way back in the
SOS, and Martha pouted and vowed she
wouldn't play again for fifty years, Just
to tease Jabez. And she never did.
GOSH Martha" said Jabez, after one
or two deals. that trusty right hand
OF yours has lost none Of its cunning"
Steady pow. Jabez." said Martha, you
will be getting yourself into trouble
again"
Jabez and Martha sat In a strong game
of plnoehle last night. with home-knit
socks as the stakes. and beat Joel Benton.
seventy-six, end Edward Todd, sixty
six
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
GOLD PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD.

districts of great Importance found or
opened and the production was very
largely from the same district and the
same mines as In 1906. In round num-
bers the African Continent furnished
about S147,5O0,0O0 Of the gold output
of 1907; North America about S120. 50O,-
600; Australasia, $75, ,250 600; Asia-in-
Guiding Siberia-S44 000. 900; the re-
mainder coming from South America,
Europe. and the East Indian Islands
The four leading pToducers-the Trans
vaal, the United States. Australasia.
and Russia-repOrt in all S3l5.7S7, 600.
or IS per cent Of the worlds produc-
ton
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12

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The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
ICE YACHTING BEGINS
MOre Men and Women Take
Interest in Sport.
SPEED OF A MILE A MINUTE

New Style of Boats weigh Consider
ably Less Than old Crack Racing
Craft-FamOus new Hamburg ChaI-
Ienge Pennnnt-FIeet of Fifty In
the Hudson River ice Yacht Club.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12

Heinze was never a success in Wall
street In the early part of October.
when every experienced banker was hus-
banding his resources for the impending
storm, Heinze fooIishly tried to corner
United Copper stock through his brothers
urm' and was swamped by the quantities
The Washington herald., 1908-01-12

When Heinze returned % Butte. in 1897,
he was only tWenty-eight. but had the
reputation of being one of the ablest
mining men and hardest fighters in that
section Of the country Heinze's Rarus
mine had burrowed under the Michael
DaYirt, owned by the Butte and Boston,
on one side, and under a mine owned by
the Boston and Montana on the other.
The first company sued him for $50 0O0
the other for $5Q0,OOO, for taking out their
ore. and he replied with a s., 100000 suit
for ore taken from the Rarus. Marcus
DAILY owned both OF the companies and
il was predicted that Heinze would be
torn into shreds. Then DAILY died and
Standard Oil interests then formed the
Amalgamated Copper Company. and took
over the DAILY concerns. Heinze fought
that group just as hard as he did DAILY.
In a short time Heinze had sixty different
law suits under way.
Brother Arthur dug into the titles and
histories Of every claim owned by the
Amalgamated ana, whenever he found a
flaw, suit would follow. Once Henry II.
Rogers sent for him and offered to pay
him $250,O00 for the Minnie Healy mine
Heinze calmly asked $1,000 900 for it. In
October, 1893. Heinze got a decision in
the Minnie Healy case that was worth
more than Sl0,OJ0000 10 him. In Febru-
ary, 1895, Henze and the 1malgamated
settled most of their differences on q basis
that put several millions into the Young
ing the judiciary were made against him.
but never proved. He bought newspapers
and started banks. and was a power in
politics and union-labor circles. when he
left Montana, in 1905. and came to New
York with the purpose of becoming one Of
the solid financial leaders of the metrono-
lis. lie had previously put all his mines
into the United Copper Company. an $50
O0O,Oo0 corporation, chartered in New Jer-
sey, in 1903.
The real leaders in Wan street never
took kindly TO Helnze His willingness to
gamble on a huge scale put him in the
John W. Gates class. and the substantial
element Ia the financial district fought
shy Of him.
Arthur in the stock exchange firm of
Otto c. Heinze & Co, then bought control
of the Mercantile National Bank from Ed
win Gould. and became its president. He
Rsplred 10 be a high-class bank president,
but couldn't resist the temptation 80 en-
bark in huge speculations through his
brothers firm.
Given the cold shoulder by the high
class banking element. he took up with
Charles ". Morse. E. r. Thomas, and
Wall street men Of that type, and en-
tered the direetorates of several Of the
banks In the chains which these men |
established.
Heinze was never a success in Wall
street In the early part of October.
when every experienced banker was hus-
banding his resources for the impending
storm Hniu1a foofiehI.y sviA5 =, ,.,..-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-22
Desperate Tactics.

From number OF points through
cut the State comes reports of DEM
scratlc interference with Republican
meetings, by false alarms OF fire, the
hoEling through megaphones, and
the devious other ways in which
rowdylsm finds its natural outlet
when the truth gets too strong to
suit the limited apprehension of un-
willing listeners. Hon. Stuart F.
Reed. candidate for secretary of
state. while making an address Fri
day evening last, had to put up with
considerable interference from Demo-
cratic rowdies armed with mega
phones, and it was at length found
necessary to clear the hall of olSec-
tionable characters before the meet
ing could be proceeded with. DEM
scratlc interference of the Taft meet
Ing at Wheeling last week has been
made the subject of police investi-
CATION, and in all probability prose-
cutions will follow.
The Democratic leaders in West
Virginia this year, however, it may
be noted, are as desperate in their
ewn tactics as Is the mob wing OF the
party. The, anime their efforts to
milder form of procedure, but in
view of the many falsehoods now go
Ing the rounds OF the Democratic
press their methods are even more
dangerous. However, the very fact
that they have made no effort what
ever to put a stop to mob interfer-
ence with Republican meetings is
evidence a plenty that they are at
heart in fun sympathy and accord
with the means employed in the en-
beavers TO prevent Republican ora.
tors from addressing the people.
Republican leaders at all gather
inEs of their party should take sum.
mary steps to quell these disturb.
ances. There are always officers OF
the law present at such gatherings
and prompt appeal to them, fol.
loved BY a prosecution OF tive ma,
ha:e the desired effect.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-22

this state are now paying more taxes
than they paid prior to the enact
ment of the new tax laws and dc
not believe there is a corporation do
Ing business in this state that is not
willing to bear Its full and fair share
OF the burden of taxation, and am
sure that no Democrat or Republican
will say that the corporations as
whole are now assessed too high.
You might be able to find isolated
cases OF unequal assessments among
them, Just as you can among midi
vtduals. but IL true, 1t is not the fault
of the law under which the corpora
ton or the Individual is assessed.
In 1904 the total assessed value OF
all property in this state, was. in
round numbers $27S. 100000; now
1t is $3.50. 100000. In 1904 the pub
lie service corporations were assessed
at s3o.0Oo,00o; now they pay taxes
on s262,000.00o of property.
Assessments Raised.
The assessment OF railroads in
1904 was S30,eeO,o 900 and In 1908
Is1S7.o00,00o.
The express companies of the state
in 1904 were assessed at ST., 1000; in
1908 the total value Of their prop
erty for the purposes of taxation is
ssoS.5oo.
Pipe lines in 1904 were assessed
at $9,s7s,O00; in 1908 at $500
600.
Telegraph and telephone lines we're
assessed at sSs3000; now at $751;
341,217.
Toll bridges were not assessed by,
the Board of Public Works until In
1908. Previous to that time they
were assessed by the assessors in the
several counties of the state. This
year they are assessed at 1899, 900
and this does not Include railroad
toll bridges.
These are some OF the beueficent
fruits of the tax reform laws passed
by the Republican party. Under
them all. property has been assess
ed instead of only part OF the prop
erty assessed under previous Jaws.
correspondingly the burdens on the
property assessed under the old law
have been relieved by the assessment
OF all the property. While this is
true the amount OF taxes levied for
state purposes, other than license
taxes, has decreased from s975.904,
in the year 1904. to S464,97O II
1907. In the latter year the residue
OF the expenses of the state were rails.
ed upon licenses and taxes upon spec
ial privileges. With the grea, oe-
relopment and Increase OF popula
ton in the state. due in large meas.
ure to the policies of the Republican
party, there has been increased de-
mands upon the State Treasury in
caring for and protecting those en-
gagged In the various industrial pur-
suits. and in educating the youth and
in caring for the legitimate and I'M
fortunate wards OF the state.
Many New Institutions.
In order to perform her duty TO
her citizens it was necessary for us
to increase the minimum school term
of our public schools from four to
six months: to establish ten .addi-
tional institutions, namely, tht Blue
field Colored Institute. the Keyser
Preparatory School. three Miners
Hospitals, the West Virginia Asylum
at Huntington. the Capital Annex at
Charleston. the Girls Industrial
School at Salem, the Humane Society
and the Colored Orphans Home. And
In addition to all this we have ex-
-.-,->--s-,-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-22
Post Graduate Coursein TaxReform
LOUIS BENNETT VS.. TRUTH.
The Assertion.


In public repeatedly
designed administration
The
n old laws the state collected
its purposes taxes from property owners,
railroads ..........$ 975904
1907 under the laws the state collected for
Its from property including
railroads ..!.......... 46497O
taxpayers 51O934
property is omitted from this calculation
figures confined to state taxes private
personal property, the showing follows:
State laws Observation-Disclosures s7s752
State 1907, new laws 342S93
Direct saving 527S59
What -Four
four years find
to explain:
1904 S5c levy
1906 state tax 20c levy 662722
Reduction in taxes S1S1S2
1904 state tax SOC 9759o4
1905 state tax SIC 746165
Reduction in taxes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 22e73s
1904 state tax' 35c 9759o4
1907 SC 46497o
Reduction ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 51oss4
Recaptuaon.
teanction in 1907 S13S2
Reduction in 1907 51o934
Grand total saved to citizens 1,O5sS55
have enabled the poperty
pockets than one million
dollar of that vast
suni would have been eaten in taxation.
The above statements they
\ the facts.