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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-10-31

ments affect property and as /
am a tax payer in your county l
would ask to write briefly on the
subject. If should vote---and
I shall not----I would vote no
on all and I think after much
study I could give a reason
against all.
$50
To amend Act x Constitution
separation of sources of revision
Ito be No 3 in ballotsso stated.)
l have read this repeatedly.
It is indefinite and uncertain.
This alone should defeat it.
There are other objections. 1st---
It separates the sources of rev.
enues and allows the legislature
to select the objects of State
taxes on real and personal
property and the objects of
state tax are not subject to local
tax. Here is the "'nigger" in
the wood pile. State taxes are
insignificant and the whole OBJ
ject and purpose of the Amend
ment, as l gather it, is to ex-
empt railroads and corporations
from local taxation. Say the leg
islation should select corpora
tions as objects of state tax
(which is now insignifcant.)
Then their property would be
exempt from county and city
purposes.
2nd----It allows a majority in
each county select the objects
of taxations. This is despotism
to allow a majority to exempt
one class of property owned per-
haps by themselves and put
all taxes on another class.
3rd---Suppose in Lafayette
all taxes are only on personal
property or vice versa. Where
would Lexington, Higginsville
and others get the money to
keep up the city government,
all to come out Of one species Of
property instead of all property
as at PRESENT. Or where would
the county get the treasury
money? AS l look at it the
amendment is a cunningly de
vised plan for corporations tt
escape local taxation. The par
ties advocating its adoption
make it suspicious.
Nm
Amendment for two additional
Supreme judges and to increase
their salaries. THE court i:
behind it is true. But why? J
will state the reason to the far
mers and others without fear anC
l challenge any lawyer to deny
the facts. Judge Wagner fol
instance land there were others
got three thousand dollars anC
the printed reports will SHOW
he decided as many cases a!
any three judges on the bencl
and except, perhaps, politica
cases he decided them to tn,
universal satisfaction of every
one, except the railroads ant
other corporations. Now eacl
Judge has stenographer $3.50
salary and the Judge is to ge
$500. That is, Wagner di,
satisfactorily for $4,000 what i
now to cost $4,000. The faul
is not with the judges alto
gether. We formally had brie
records of a few pages made gu
by the attorneys and now W
have stenographers and endles
records filled with irrelevan
matter. The opinions we're fol-
merly short, clear, easily under
stood and written. Now the
are long, filled with immaterii
matters, copies of preceedin
evidence etc. all cut out of printe
briefs formerly unknown wit
scissors and dictatpd IN a StpI
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-10-31
Letter.
Editor I~ntelligencer:

DuItUI IHVtIIBtuOtIs
Most of the proposed amend
ments affect property and as |
Am a tax payer in your county l
would ask to write briefly on the
subject. If 1 should vote---and
I shall not----I would vote no
on all and I think after much
study 1 could give a reason
against all.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-10-31

No. 8. Authorizes cities having
100000 population or more to purchase
or construct and operate a subway or
subways whenever two-thirds Of the
qualified voters voting in such city
shall vote in favor thereof. 1t creates
no debt in and Of itself as such i'm
prOvsments would be seli-suatainin&
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-10-31

ny VIZ NJ 01N ~
have stenographers and endless
records filled with irrelevant
matter. The opinions were for
merly short, clear, easily under
stood and written. Now they
are long, filled with immaterial
matters, copies of proceeding
evidence etc. all cut out of printed
briefs formerly unknown with
scissors and dictated to a stem
ographer. 1t now costs five
dollars to appeal a case when il
formerly took one, besides the
cost of printing the reports to
the state. The old justice al
less cost was more satisfactory
to litigates and lawyers than the
present. Why not return It'll
The president of the Bar Asso.
ciation----a general attorney of a
railroad---appointed a committee
to report on it-6ye Of whom
were corporation attorneys; they
reported in it's favor. This is 9
good reason to vote against it
In any Judgment we do not neeC
more judges, but to do ava,
with the pre-
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
MINERS EM1OMBED ALIVE
cAvE.IN At COAL CREEK, q. c.,
cATcHEs "a MEN.
All Bot Three Rescued After Hope ls
Abandoned-saved by Leak
Ing Air Pipes.

Fernie. b. o.. Aug. IA bump"
occurred in No. 2 mine, Coal Greek,
about eight o'clock Friday morning
and as q result "a miners we're en-
tombed. All means of escape appeared
to be cut of, and grave fears were en-
t%ertained for their getting out alive, as
the mine filled with gas and the work
Of rescue was very slow on this &C.
count.
A large number Of rescuers went to
work trying to get fresh air to the
men. but some 600 or 700 yards of
rock and coal had to be dug through
before the men could be rescued.
Special trains with mine officials and
doctors aboard were rushed from
Fernie to the scene of the accident.
Late In the afternoon, when all hope
had been given up, 81 miners were
rescued. Three men are still missing.
The men who were rescued owe
their lives to the fact that the COM
pressed air pipes leaked, and the es-
Gaping air kept back the gases which
otherwise would have %suffocated them.
Philip Coldwell was brought out of
the mine in a precarious condition. He
was farther in the mine than were the
others and he suffered from gas.
The three men who are still en-
tombed are in that portion of the mine
where the gas is most deadly and are
entirely cut of from fresh air. There
Is slight hope of their rescue.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
fights WILL OF
BENJAMIN HART
ADOPTED DAUGHTER OBJECTS TO
ITS ADMISSION TO
PROBATE.
10 Cut OF In Codlolls-Proceedlngs
Uncover Interesting story Of Amer
loan Peddler Who Became Million
aIro and Went to Paris.

New York, July 91.-ln the aling
Thursday with the probate clerk In
the surrogate's Office here of objec-
tons to the admission Of the will and
It's five codicils Of Benjamin Hart is q
story of unusual interest. The .objec-
tons are made by counsel for Isabel
Lucchesi Hart Guillemin, adopted
daughter of the testator and wife Of
Jean Guillemin, counsel. to the French
embassy in Vienna.
Mr.. Hart left an estate valued at
several millions. He started as a
clothing peddler in Virginia In the
early sixties, and after the civil war
came to New York, where he amassed
a large fortune. He married and went
to Paris, where he maintained a lux
urious establishment.
Was Adopted by Hart.
He adopted Isabel Lucchesi, a young
Italian girl, as his daughter, and soon
afterward separated from his wife.
He subsequently obtained a divorce
from her and she returned to ) New
York, where she lived on a monthly al
lowance up to the time of his death.
Mrs. Hart claims the divorce was
never legally obtained by her hus-
band.
Nine. Gabrielle Juliette Antoinette
de Bic, who for several years presided
over Mr.. Harris Paris establishment,
was left by him an annuity of $4,000,
besides the house with all its con-
tents and a specific bequest of $4,000,
to be paid her Immediately after his
death.
Nephew Gets Most Of Estate.
Michael Hart, a nephew Of Benja-
min Hart, who lives in this city, is
the chief beneficiary under the will.
He is to receive the income Of the
%residuary estate for life.
Hart left several requests to his
adopted daughter, which he afterward
revoked on account of her marriage to
Guillemin.
Nine. Guillemin, in the objections
filed, asserts that the courts of New
York have no jurisdiction to admit the
will and codicils to probate, as Mr..
Hart was not a resident of the state
of New York but resided in Paris both
when he executed the will and all it's
codicils and also at the time of his
death. She also claims that the will
and codicils were not executed in &C
cordance with the laws Of the French
republic. She declares that she was
Harris legally adopted daughter and
as such is entitled to interests in his
estate, both under the laws of France
and the laws Of this state.
The probate Of the will is asked for
by the United States Trust company.
executors of the will.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Boy shot Where Taft Was PeriIe

Boy Shot Where Taft Was Periied.
Cincinnati. July 31.-Charles Hawks,
16 years old, was shot by an unknown
person as the steamer Island Queen
was going up the river near the same
place whence the shots were fred
that struck Mrs. Russell while on the
steamer on Taft notification night.
Hawks. with a number of other boys,
was swimming at the foot Of Whitta-
ker street when the Island Queen
passed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
AEROPLANE FLIES WELL.
Farman's Machine Operates Success.
fully at Brighton Beach.

New York, Aug. Kissing from the
ground like a giant bird and darting
through the air at express train speed,
Henri Farman's aeroplane, the inter-
estins heavier than-air flying machine
he brought here from France to dem
onstrate his ability to fly, made its ini-
tial flight in this country late Friday
afternoon at Brighton Beach.
1t rose from an especially prepared
runway at the will Of the inventor and.
after attaining a height of rs feet,
flew straight ahead on a direct line,
finally alighting with exquisite grace
when the noted air pilot diminished
the motive power.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
On keeplna Happy.

There is no doubt some selfish salts
faction in yielding to melancholy, aand
fancying that we are victims Of fate;
in brooding over grievances, especially
If more or less imaginary. To be
bright and cheerful often requires
an effort; and in this respect, as in
others, we require to watch over and
manage ourselves, almost as IL we
were somebody else.-Sir John Lub.
book.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Retort Uncourteous.

After a %protracted sitting an English
town council was DESTROYS Of adjourn.
ing for lunch. The proposition was
opposed by the mayor. At last an H.
literate member got up and exclaimed:
Il ham astonished, I ham surprised, l
ham amazed, MI. Mayor, that you will
not let us go to lunch" I'm sur
prised." exclaimed one of his col
leagues, that a gentleman who has
got SO much ham in his mouth wants
any lunch at ALL"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Reason for Weddlnu Rlno.

BY giving his wife a ring, a husband
is supposed to take her fully into his
confidence. The fact that the left
hand has been chosen to wear 1t, sig
mites that as the left is weaker than
the right, SO is a wife subject to her
husband, while the third finger has
been selected because Of an old super
stition that from the third finger OF
the left hand runs a vein directly to
the heart.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
WEDe A JAPANESE NOBLE.
La Crosse Girl Becomes the Bride Of
Shegetaro korikubo.

La Crosse, Wis, July 31.--An inter-
national romance was consummated
here Thursday when Shegetaro Koriku-
DO, member of a noble Japanese fam.
lily, was married to Miss Marie Louise
Harrison, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
A.. Harrison Of this city. Mr.. Korikubo
is a graduate Of two American univer-
stiles. His brother is one Of the lead
ers of the Japanese parliament and his
father, now deceased, was governor of
one Of the Japanese provinces.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Mother and child Drowned.

Petosky, Mich, Aug. Mrs. Ralph
Harris Of Kansas City, Mo-, and her
h~ve-year-old son were drowned at Wal
loon lake Friday. It is thought that
tho woman jumped into the lake to
rescue the child, who had fallen from
tho dock
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Man Commits Hari-klrl.

Burlington, a., Aug. david
Lamasuey, a dealer in fine horses. who
travelled extensively but had no per-
manent home, committed suicide by
the hari-kiri method. He was temper
arily deranged by the heat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

Burlington Saloons Must Close.
Burlington, Ia, July 31.-More than
20 saloons in Burlington will have to
go out of business as a result Of the
mulct regulation regarding the consent
Of adjoining property owners.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
N. FaMieres at christianla.

Christiania, Aug. 1.-The French
battleship Verite, having on board
President Fallieres and conveyed BY
a squadron of French w%arships, ar
rived here Friday afternoon. King
Haakon boarded the %battleship and
greeted M. Fallieres.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
suicide Caused by tho Heat.

SUICIDE caused by the Heat.
Dayton, O., July 31.-Phillip H. Sur
face, go years old, a farmer who re-
sided near Lebanon and treasurer of
the Warren county fair board. commit
ted suicide by taking carbelic acid. He
had been complaining Of the heat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Calls for Bank Report.

Washington, July 18.-The comp
troller Of the currency Friday issued a
call on the national banks through
out the country for q report Of their
condition on July Is,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

It's awful mean Of a man to go of
fishing alone when he knows 1t would
ruin his wife's complexion by sunburn
to go along and spoil his fun.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Horse's Kick Kills a jockey.

Toronto. July 18.-George Mattocks,
q steeplechase jockey. was killed by
the kick from a horse at Oakyille
Thursday afternoon.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

A woman can't help Dragging about
how many suits of clothes her hus-
band has, specially If it's only one.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

A girl doesn't know what her gradu.
ating essay means, but she does know
It doesn't have to mean anything to
make her family proud of it.-New
York Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
Fairbanks Going TO MackInao.

Fairbanks Doing 70 MackInao.
Marquette. Mich. July 80.-Vice-
President Fairbanks is to Join the sum-
mer colony at Mackinac Island. He
has rented Q cottage for the rest Of the
osasoA.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

The only time a man will ever ad-
NIT he is broke is when somebody is
trying to borrow from him.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

Tillman Ford of Salem, Ore, pro.
vided in his will that gold watches to
cost 1925 each should be given to 80
intimate friends.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

The natural gas product Of this
country ranges in valuation from So
cents a thousand cubic feet in Kansas
to 87.9 cents in California.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
UNCLE vEREM's EPIGRAMs.

UNCLE vEREM's EPIeRAMs.
The top strawberries are eaten the
first.
Who is the most elevating fellow
you ever knew? / know a sheriff.
You are not necessarily worthless
because some one else is worth more.
You never heard of a tree being
known by its leaves-it's the fruit that
counts
Every mother pats herself on the
back when her daughter marries the
nan she selected.
1t does not always follow that be-
cause a man has large clothes he is
addicted to loose habits.
Clothes do not make the man" No,
but they make all but his hands and
face during business hours.
My W power and strength is indi-
Gated by the degree to which I am in
different to your aid or sympathy.
A friend of mine wrote me from
Washington he had gone through the
nations capital and much of his own.
If we find ourselves In the Slough of
Despond, let us make an effort to get
out of it, and there is no time like to-
day.
After all is said, no n has yet
shown that there Is any other object
in life than the development of indi-
vidual character.-Sunday Magazine OF
the Los Angeles, Herald.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

In 1871 Benjamin Franklin founded
the Library Company Of Philadelphia,
which he called the mother of all
North American subscription u
braries."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

Canton has fewer than 500 foreign
residents.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

Many a man is too lazy to marry .
rich widow.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

The trouble with having a good tenn
per is all you then have to stand from
those with bad ones.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
STRAY BITS OF INFORMATION.
Telephone girls become "left-eared.'

Coal keeps best under sea water.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
SAYS THE OWL.


SAYS THE OWL.
Many a man is too lazy to marry .
rich widow.
A beauty specialist sometimes en-
counters hard lines.
Most married men growl just to
keep from forgetting how.
How much farther. money would go
If 1t didn't travel so fast!
The young M. D. doesn't try to cure
his sweetheart of infatuation.
How foolish a man feels when he
hears Of a baby being named after
him!
One way to induce a little girl to
keep her hands clean Is to give her a
pretty ring.
Where a woman sees only a beau
t1ful lawn, a man sees only trouble
with a lawn mower.
After piling up a fortune many a
man can see where the honesty Of
other men was good policy-for him.
Some people are SO cautious that
they do not attempt to climb the lad
der of fame because they are afraid
OF getting a hard fall.
A omar is SO used to pin
ming things that she can't understand
why a mar should make so much fuss
about a missing button.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
The reason a girls feet are so small
Is h says so anyway.
A woman can win any kind of ar
gument by crying hard enough.
There's hardly anything that wears
off as soon as the sweetness from
kisses.
Most men think they are getting
better off by keeping from growing
worse off.
Some men couldn't be more care
full not to kiss their wives if it was a
scandal to do it.
The trouble with having a good tenn
per is all you then have to stand from
those with bad n
The only time a man will ever ad-
NIT he is broke is when somebody is
! trying to borrow from him.
J A woman can't help Dragging about
how many suits of clothes her hus-
band has, specially If it's only one.
It's awful Of a man to 20 of
fishing alone when he knows it would
ruin his wife's complexion by sunburn
to go along and spoil his fun.
A girl doesn't know what her gradu.
ating essay means, but she does know
1t doesn't have to mean anything to
make her family proud of it.-New
York Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

A woman can win any kind of 6
gument by crying hard enough.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

The reason a girls feet are so sma
is she says so anyway.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

A beauty specialist sometimes e1
counters hard lines.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-06

Some men couldn't be more care
full not to kiss their wives if it was a
scandal to do it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-12-17
This is Worth Reading

Leo F. Ze)inski, of 6S Gibson ST.,
Buffalo, N. Y, says: Il cured the most
annoying cold sore ever had, with
Bucklen's Arnica 5alve. applied this
salve once a day for TWO days, when
every trace of the sore was gone y Heals
all sores. Sold under guarantee at Dof.
fng's drag store at 25c.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-12-17
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia q. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tu1nors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try itP
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address. Lynn, Mass.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-12-17

10 per cent of same as provided by
law.
John /. Hensley, sheep killed 30 90
Peter n. Petersen, sheep killed Is 90
Chris Christensen, sheep killed s. 90
S. w. Wright, hog killed - So 90
A. F. Anderson, sheep killed - So 90
M. L. Foley, sheep killed -- s 90
The Standard Bridge Co., being the
lowest bidder, was awarded the con-
tract for building wooden and steel
bridges for the year 1909.
On motion Board adjourned to meet
again at s a. 10. Dec. II, 1908.
Eight O'clock a. IN. Dec u, 1905
Board met pursuant to adjournment
and continued consideration of bridge
bids.
On motion board adjourned to meet
again at one o'clock p. IN.
One o'locl p. m.-Board met pursu-
ant to adjournment.
On motion claims We're allowed as
follows:
Samuel Dutler, disinfectant - So so
G.. NJ. Ross, session work - II 90
@. M. Ross, committee work - 3 90
G.. M. Ross, mileage --.-- l 40
+ ID Searls, session work - - II GO
f ID Searls, committee work 80 "a 90
f. ID Searls, mileage - ---.--- So
NJ n Esbeck, session work - u 90
Nj n Esbeck, committee work - II 90
M n Esbecll, mileage 8 95
The Audubon Construction Co. being
the lowest bidder was awarded the
building of concrete bridges and ce-
ment arches, in Audubon County, for
the year 1909, and G M. Ross, f. ID
Searls and O. b. Train are authorized
to enter into contract with said com
pany for the building of said bridges
and arches as per prices and specitica
tions submitted Sad company to fur
nish good bond, in the sum of $4,000,
for the faithful performance of the con-
tract
| On motion Board adjourned sine die,
o. b. TRAIN, G. M. Ross,
Co. Auditor. Chairman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-12-17

You make no mistake when you
place your order with the Will
kin's Monument Works of Atlantic
No agents.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-12-17

This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1855 Lawrence
St, Denver, Col, writes to Mrs.
Pinkham:
was practically IN invalid for six
years, on account of female troubles.
l underwent an operation by the
doctors advice, but in few months
was worse than before. A friend adj
vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me to perfect
health, such as have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering as
did with backache, bearing down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
CompounG +"
Mohave County miner., 1908-02-22
Henry P. Ewing Dead.

Henry P. Ewing died at the asylum for the insane, near Phenix, last Sun day. He was committed to the asy- lum from this county about year ago. About two years ago he became to- tally blind, but refused to live in town, preferring to remain at his mines, in the Goldroad section. While at the mines he became violently insane and was sent to the asylum, where he grew gradually worse. Ewing came to this country about twenty-five years ago and actively engaged in mining. He was bright, but cratic fellow. During his residence here he held various positions of trust, having been assessor of the county, under sheriff and deputy sheriff under various ad- ministrations, and was agent for the Wallapai Indians. In his last named position he became involved in trouble with the government, which possibly hastened the decay of his mental faculties. He was buried by the Ma sonic order in Phenix.