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Notice to Mariners.

The following notice to mariners has
been issued from the office of Inspector
Russell, for the guidance of mariners
navigating the waters of the Fifth light
house district:
Thirty foot channel light vessel. No.
A. moored in forty-two feet of water
off the northerly end Of the Middle
ground Chesapeake bay, Va, and about
three and Cne-half miles from the south
erly end of the :iJ-foot channel through
the shoals to the Ed of York spit. Tie
compressed air chime whistle fog signal
on this vessel was reported disabled 40
vcmber -. aud until repaired a bell viii
be rung by hand rapidly for about five
seconds. at intervals of not more than
one minute.
Spring Garden DredGed Channel. Md
Spring Garden channel buoy 10. d spar.
reported out of position November 81,
was replaced the same date
North River, n. c.-In column 1 OF the
list of lights. buoys and daymarks. page
.2S, insert North river before Beacon
light No. TO-" and before Beacon light.
No. o.
Currituck Sound, y. C.-In column Of
pages lbs and .,29, insert the words Cur
rituck sound" before Beacon light. No.
4" Beacon light. No. g." and Beacon
light. No. 81 and insert the words
North Landing river before Beacon
light, No. t." Beacon light. No j."
Beacon light, No. p" and Beacon light.
IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
much money, which. of course. was bad
Effect of Panic on Rents.

Many Of the splendid hotels in New
York were erected as speculattons. and
few of them are paying even fair rate
of interest upon the investment. Rates
are coming down, and rem; must follow.
The people who put up the buildings
must share the reductions with their ten
ants or the tenants will have to suspend
business ana the houses will be vacant.
Apartments in the fashionable hotels on
either side Of 9th avenue are 30 per cent
lower than they were two years ago 4
friend of mine who has been occupying
the same suite for five winters in one
Of the most popular family hotels in
New York is paying $40 day for what
he has always paid S15 UP %
this season, and similar reductions are
being offered everywhere to people who
will stay for a month or more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
The Intolerable Punster.

From the Pail Mall Magazine.
The punster.'' the self-licensed jester Of
private life, is simply intolerable nui
sance. If he is capable of one serious
thought, he gives no sign of it. At his ap-
proach you are on your guard, at once
dropping the interesting conversation or
discussion in which you were engaged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

railways in the west to firm OF employ
ment agents in this city, saying he would
want 5000 men on the ground as soon
after Taft's election as possible. but if
Bryan was elected the order was to be
considered as Cancelled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Just received anoth-
er shipment OF our
mill purchase of these
Rugs. They are full
wool = faced, guaran-
teed S-wire tapestry
Brussels Rugs. In
handsome oriental and
floral patterns; full
room size; $3.50 value.
Special bargain price,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
Employment Agents Post Them.

Nearly all of the immigrants who are
coming in now have been here before and
left last winter and last spring for the
old country because they were thrown out
of employment. Most of them have con-
nections with employment agencies in this
country or have friends who told them
when it was time to come back. Such in
formation is not in conflict with the labor
| laws, because no positive agreements
were made, but it is nevertheless true
| that many of the employment agents in
| this city who supply foreign labor to the
| big contractors. to railway builders and
| others who employ large numbers of men
received notice two or three weeks be-
| fore election that many hands would
| be wanted by this firm or that i'm case of
| Taft's election. l saw "a letter yesterday,
| written by the manager of one of the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY,

Marshall Field & Company carry
$1O,OOO.OOO insurance, and are said to
have outstanding accounts due them on
the FIRST Of April Of each year. when
tax schedules are fled. Of 100000
In the wholesale and $3,O0OOOO In their
retail store.
Yet they are only taxed on $G.O0O.O 900.
The $16.OOO.OOO insurance probably
stands for $2O.O0O.OOO worth Of prop.
erty and the $SO0O.OOO In outstanding
accounts makes total Of &2S,OOO.O0O
A. the firm Ii only taxed on &c..
100000 by the assessors. these figures
would show $22.OOO.OOO escaping taxa.
tlon.
This $?2.O00O00 has to bc made up
somewhere. and II Ii made by taxing
the real estate Of the small property
owner to the limit.
Marshall Field 4 Company have ab.
s0rbed the business Of 20 many scores
Of small dealers, and have occupied %
much alley and sidewalk space belong
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

Review, II 1t wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each, or what
Chicagoans do own 1t, rs 1t 10 taxable:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company.
Central Leather Company,
G. II. Hammond Company,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company,
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way Company.
Fort Worth Stock YARDS Company,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co.. Hutchinson.
Kansas,
Northwestern National Fire Insur-
ance Company. of Milwaukee, Wis
Omaha Packing Company,
PrussIan National Insurance Com.
pany, of Stettin Germany.
Mr.. Louis =. Swift u q Director In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

the following. How much stock does
he Own2 At oil events he can give the
Board of Review much valuable In.
formation:
Union Stock Yards Company.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, Mcneil and Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com.
pany.
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Germany.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company
South San Frsa"'sas land and In.
vestment Compass.
Springfield Provision Company.
Swift's s-~silizer WOrk&
Western Meat C0mpan..
~6A>
The Beef Trux' , worse than ever
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
THE PUBLIC BE D. Di

Ing to the publls that the concern Ii
really great public instltutlon-of q
certain kind.
Then again. Marshall Field & Com.
pany are In favor Of 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 S3!000,O00 nj.
legged back taxes against the estate Of
the late Marshall Field was urged
upon the Board Of Review by the I'LL.
nOls Tax 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. It IL further
charged. permitted to evade the pay.
ment Of over 100000 taxes during
the last eight years Of his life. "All
Of this" the letter says, twas made
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
Enormous Holdings by Armour People 10
Big Concerns Outside Chicago Attract
Much Attention.
The Small Taxpayers Are Very Much In.
terested in the Developments of
This Great Wealth.
Yet the Chicago Assessors Gould Only Find
Two and One-half Millions
to Tax.

"Chicago Securities for 1907 gives
the following facts about Armour &
Company, on page $50.
Armour 4 Company, organized un.
der the laws Of Illinois. April IA. 1000.
Capital stock, S20.OOOOOO.
Property--The plants controlled by
the corporation are the packing houses,
fertilizer works, glue factory. soap fac
tory and hair factory In Chicago, and
the packing houses In South Omaha.
Sioux City, East st. Louis and Fort
Worth. The Importance Of the pack.
ing houses and plants controlled by the
organization Is known all over the
civilized world. The glue factory Is
one Of the largest In the country. The
soap factory Is also operated on a
large scale.
Although the capital alone Of this
great concern IL 10000 900 the asses.
sOrs could only find $2,5OO,OOO Of per.
sonal property belonging to 1t.
The legal tax on $2O,OOO,OOO IL $780,.
600.
The tax on $2.5O0.OO0 10 $4,000.
So the people lose In taxes on the
capital Of this concern alone $685.
every year.
This makes total Of back taxes due
for five years, according to Supreme
Court rulings In other cases, Of 1926.
900.
This does not include the amount Of
taxes due present and back on the
stock Of Armour & Company Of New
Jersey,
Armour car lines,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
Union Stock Yards Of Omaha,
And a number Of other equally val.
liable concerns owned by 1t.
The personal property Of Armour &
Company, outside OF Its capital stock
mounts up towards $6O.OOO.OOO and
may exceed that sum, us this corpora.
tIOn, unlike Swift 4 Company, does
not furnish Its figures to "Chlcago Sc
curlties." Armour 4 Company owns
a great deal Of stock In outside COR.
poratlons, every dollar Of which Ia
taxable here In Chicago. Among Others
Armour & Company, Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages POI
and 202 Of the report Of the United
States Commissioner of Corporation
tells US something upon this subject
",rhe New Jersey corporation was
formed for the purpose OF transactlns
certain business which the Illinois COR
pOratlOn was not authorized to trans
act. Armour Il Company, Of New Jer'
sey operates practically all the branch
houses for the sale Of beef and other
packing house products supplied by
Armour & Company, of Illinois. 1t also
owns the Armour packing houses al
Sioux City and Fort Worth. For con
venience the accounts Of Armour 4
Company, OF New Jersey are carried
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
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 IL worth from
$4,000 to 100000 a year to the city,
rs 1t is the very best dock property on
the whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $5O.OO0 for 1t II they
were given a chance. This sort of
business Is 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 II.
1t IL alleged that this crowd "hail''
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago, and vet Chicago
furnishes them with police. fire and
other protection.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

fresh water commerce. II IL the big.
gest ana best dock In the greatest city
on the whole chain Of the great lakea
What do you suppose the Goodrich
folks pay the city for this valuable
prOpertyI
Only 5000 year rental!
From period to period the lease has
been renewed. WITHOUT ADvER.
TISEAiENT, and always at the same
old figure.
The last lease or agreement" was
drawn up by the city bureau Of com.
pensatiOn. 1t IL Of date Of May !,
1905. and runs for three years, or until
1909.
~~
The leasing by the city Of tie great
Goodrich dock, east Of Rush street
bridge, for the paltry sum OF $4,000
per wear, without advertising for bids
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
HERE'S THE RESULT.

100000 more than Swift & Company
alone had on hand on January l, 1907.
according to Chicago Securities"
pages $50 to 341.
The poor real estate owner has to
bear all the burden Of supporting the
government, of making improvements
and of protecting the property and In.
tcrt SITS of the tax-dodging rich!
Talk about a ''single tax" The real
estate owners of Chicago are the vic
tions Of the most iniquitious single tag
IN the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

The Goodrich Transit Company ID q
corporation organized under the laws
Of the State Of Maine. Capital stock,
100000.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago Is 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.
&~
Who does the fine work for the
Goodrich Steamboat gang at the City
Hall2
1t IL not generally known that the
dock used by the great Goodrich inter.
ests Is city property. 1t is at River
street, with a dock frontage Of 30?
feet. with depth ranging from 10 10
43 feet.
This dock Is the very State street OF
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

In order to show the favOritlsn
shown to Marshall Field 4 Company
In the matter Of personal property as
sessment, The Eagle subjoins a state
ment of the personal tax assessment
of that firm and that Of other dry
goods houses, together with the insur-
ance carried by each on their personal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
STATE STREET STORES

ment, $l,0S3,746; insurance, $2,45O,OOO.
Mandel BrOthers--Assessment, $685.
600; insurance. $1,O5O,OOO.
Siegel, Cooper 4 CO.-Assessment
$500, 600; insurance, $1,O5O,OOO.
ROthschild & CO.--Assessment, $685..
600; insurance, $555,OOO
Hillman's-Assessment, $25O.OOO; In
surance, 100000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

property. The reader will note the
difference between the Field assess.
ment and the insurance carried, ana
then figure out how much taxation this
public spirited" concern escapes:
Marshall Field & Company-Assess.
ment q addresses), $5,35O,OOO; insur-
ance, $10,OOO,OOO.
Carson, Prize. Scott & CO-Assess-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

on the books Of Armour & Company,
Of Illinois. To ascertain the business
transactions Of the New Jersey cor.
poration. It Is merely necessary to take
the accounts relating to the branch
houses and those relating to the Fort
Worth md Sioux City packing houses.
The company, however, Is a genuine
one. having large actual assets Of it,
own. not a mere paper name. It has
no separate books ana no profits sep.
aratc from those appearing In the &C.
counts Of Armour 4 Company, Of I'LL.
nois."
How long the people Of Chicago win
continue to pay high taxes while con-
Germs like this escape as they do, 10
problematical.
~A
Samuel McROberts should tell al
when called before the Board Of Re.
view.
The Board Of Review states that the
personal property Of Chicago IL only
worth $0S,OO0.OOO. Chicago Securities,
for 1907. In the report Of Swift 4 Co.,
pnge $50. prints their 1909 statement,
which shows resources In quick assets
personal property-of $82.716.OO0
The Board Of Review shows that all
the personal property In Chicago u
only worth $0SOOOOO0. In Swift 3
Co.'S report. Treasurer Carton says
that every dollar Of Swift's capital
stock OF $5O,OOO.OOO Is worth $l.25 per
81. This would make the total value
Of swift's stock So. 100000. The value
Of all the personal property In Chicago
Ia only $0S,O0OOOO. according to the
Board Of Review. Estimating the Nor.
rls estate at $35,OOO,OOO and the Swift
stock at $62,5OO,OOO makes $O7,5OOO0,
within 100000 Of the $0S.OOOO 900
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.
Mecker and the rest and ind out lust
how much stock Of outside companies
Is owned by their corporations
~
Joliet IL yawning for some 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 milllOnaires Real estate taxes
were never 80 high In Chicago's his.
tory. The poor man must pay, but the
rich fellow escapes with his untaxed
fortune.
Henry p. Darlington should give up
what he knows when the Board OF
Review asks him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

Roberts and Il. A. Carton.
The Board of Review should sum-
mon the following well.knowA citizens
aud interrogate them with reference
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor
porations owned In Chicago, which
they have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis f. Swift
John A. SpOOr.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to be publlc.spirited.
They should both be willing to help
In this matter.
They can, II they will, help a great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour 10 q director In the fol.
lowirA- corporations and the Board Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

As result of successful tax.dOdging
by rich corporations, Chicago real es-
tate pays nearly all the taxes.
A summary Of the 1907 real estate
and personal assessments, assessed val.
nations, il as follows:
Real estate .$346,S4l, 100
Personal property ....... 9S,3i3,loo
$445,1S4.015
The Assessors and Reviewers could
only find $8s,OOO.OO0 worth of personal
property In Chicago to tax, or only 3d..
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
shall tax. ~ h2 Who gave them this
d;Sy-.@szSa-, sower? Not the laws OF
Illinois.

Only One "BROMO QUININE"
That IL LAXATIVE BROMO QUININR
Look for the signature Of ID. W. GROVE
Used the World over TO Care Q Cold In 0ns
Day. CSC
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

Total ..........$lO ,OUU,OUO
These figures take no notice Of 'he
fact that the Insurance IL supposed to
cover but 80 per cent Of the real value,
v h!ch would make the assessors val.
uatIon appear about $l4y000.00O shy Of
tho true figure.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22
$445,1S4,015

J. Ogden Armour would make a
startling and valuable Board a.: Re
view witness.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

One of the taxssS officials of Cook
County says that 1t Ia discretionary
nth taxing Ha1cers AZ to what they
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

good by the smaller taxpayers Of Chi.
cago to their great loss and injury"
Marshall Field 4 Company are only
valued at 100000 by the assessors,
and taxed on one.6fth Of 1t. In view
Of this fact, 1t IL interesting to note
the Insurance carried by this Irm,
which Il as follows:
State street section ....... 81 900 900
Wabash avenue section go. 100000
Wholesale ................. 100000
Madison street ............. $4,000
Fixtures ............ ...... 10000
Warehouse. Polk street and
the River ................ 100000
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

Henry p. Darlington should give up
what he knows when the Board Of
Review asks him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

The Board Of Review should sum
mon Messrs. Armour, Swift. Carton,
Meeker and the rest and ind out lust
how much stock Of outside companies
Is owned by their corporations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06
STUDENTS STIRRED
 BY ANTI-FLIRTS

London, December 5.-(Special Cable.)- The students of Glasgow university, both boys and girls, are up in arms against an anti-firting campaign waged against them by "prudes on the prowl."
 The solemn senate of the university has been pained to observe that when stu dents of opposite sexes meet, their dis course is not always confined to mathe- nautical pdoblems, scientific theories or the aphorisms of Plato. A censor of morals has therefore been appointed-the sternest most mature and most forbid ding of lady lecturers.
 So effective was her moral vigilance that for days none of the boys dared to speak to a girl student on the university grounds.
 At all the universities in the United Kingdom women are now admitted to practically all the lectures which are at tended by men, but there has never been any need of specially appointed conser to keep watch and ward over their daily intercourse with each other.
 At Oxford and Cambridge the lady undergraduates from Somerville, Lady Margaret Girton Newnham, or the other ladies colleges are almost invariably ac- companied by a chaperon, who keeps a watchful eye on her pupils during the lec- lures. But at the non-residential univer- SllleS the ldults ndVe hieiiei eo peSi AS- garded as uite able to take care of htem- selves.
 'There have been occasional harmless f1irtations, l admit" said a lady student at University college, London, but on the whole the men and women look upon each other merely as good pals, if they are friendly at all.
 Under present circumstances I know of no case in which any girl has had to be men studens, but I do know of many firm friendships and at least two marriages which resulted from our coedueation sys- tenn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06
ACTRESS TRAVELS IN LUXURY.
May Irwin, Skilled in Culinary Art,
 Practices in Private Car.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
 May Irwin enjoys the luxury of a pri- vate car this season, and 1t Is only in a few of the larger cities that she leaves 1t for hotel accommodations This Is not to be wondered at when the fact is taken into consideration that it is one of the finest private cars in service and fitted up with every possible regard for com fort This splendid achievement of the car builders art is TO feet long and the interior is elaborately finished in oak and satinwood. The dining room, where tho decorations are chiefly in red and gold is F feet long and contains a carved Flemish oak table that will comfortably seat eight persons. The observation room is 8 feet long and furnished with chairs and a sofa In leather. Here the prevail ing tone in decoration is Italian gray. The drawing room, in which is also combined the library, is finished throughout in ma hogany. In one corner Is an upright mahogany piano, made especially for Miss Irwin. Miss Irwin's private room is fin- ished in bird's-eye maple and is as well appointed as a room at any of the best hotels.
 On the are Miss Irwins secretary two maids and a staff comprising the steward, walters and other servants As an authority on culinary art 1t may well be supposed that Miss Irwin refuses to keep out of the kitchen, and some of the daintiest dishes served at her table are the result of her own cooking Lucky is the guest who sits down at her table on this occasion, for something out of the ordinary is assured. Miss Irwin's car is usually placed at the end of the train and thus an opportunity is affored the come dienne to view the scenery from the ob- SerVation room. Many an hour Miss IT, win spends In this room, with her fancy work, seeing the beauties of the Ameri- can continent and travelling in real lux ury,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06
DEAFNESS CURED
 By New Discovery
"I have de- mons trate d that deafness can be cured.' pr. Guy Clif- ford Powell.

Tie secret of how to use the mys- ferious and invisible nature forces for the cure of Deafness and Head Noises has at last been discovered by the famous hysician-Scientist pr. Guy Clifford Powell. Deafness and Head Noises disappear as If by magic. under the use of this new and wonderful dls- covery. He will send all who suffer from Deafness and Head Noises full in formation how they can be cured, ab : solutely free, no matter how long they have been deaf. or what caused their deafness. This marvellous Treat ment Is so simple, natural and certain that you will wonder why 1t was not discovered before. Investigators are astonished and cured patients tn em- selves marvel at the quick results. Any deaf person can have full information how to be cured quickly and cured 70 stay cured at home without investing cent Write today to Dr. Guy Cliff ford Powell, 3903 Bank bldg, Peoria. H.. and get full information of this new and wonderful discovery. abso- lutely free.