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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-24
It passes are as high as those Of Koki
and they have bridged over great val

It passes are as high as those Of Koki,
and they have bridged over great val
legs which are as deep as that you see
when you look from the top Of Mani
rembo. 50 deep that you cannot see the
bottom when you are going over them"
Later there follows q description Of
a ship: 1T is as deep as our two sto-
ried house and as wide ~ the kings
road In Mengo. and It Ii as long 40
from the katikiro's fence to the gate
of the kings Enclosure. It has three
tall poles In It and q big throat, out OF
which smoke comes, which Is as wide
as the new drum In the church at Ma;
mirembo The rooms IN It 60 down
three stories, and the boards OF these.
/ cannot describe to you, for such have
not been seen before. There Is . lot;
OF metal work about them, too. but
these also cannot describe. for It Is
90 fine. There are children on board
and a nock Of sheep and places to
wash In attached TO every place where
. chief sleeps, such % evan our king
has never possessed. London Strand
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-24
AN AFRICAN RAILWAY
The Way It Was Described by an
Il, y Educated Native. j., T.. ;g5.& u

g. j. Phillips. business agent in
Uganda Of the Church Missionary So
ciety. throws light upon tho workings
OF the native mind By quoting re.
markabie letter In which native
member Of the katikiro's lprime minis
ter'sl party gives Z description OF the
Uganda railway. u fs$ q ,Ss5
81 .'My friend, can tell you the Euro
speans have done q marvellous thing to
make the railway and the trains. They
fasten ten or fifteen houses together
ana attach them to fireplace which
Is as big 40 an elephant, and the road
It goes on Is as smooth as the stem Of
4 plantaiD. II goes as fast as g swal-
low flying. and everything you zee ont
side fits past you like 4 spark from q
IRE. IL 1t were to drop OF one OF the
bridges not one 10 II would be saved.
Tor II gcez dread fully quick. The hills
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-24


:: Louisville. KY, Sept. 23.-Declar-
ing that the inequalities Of the pres.
emit method of assessing and collect
ing the property tax are numerous
and grave, L. G. Powers, chief sta
tistician of the census bureau, urged
the adoption of a uniform listing
of real estate which will show more
clearly the value and assessment Of
real estate. He advocated what he
termed the analytical and statistical
methods in the listing of real estate
for taxation and claimed that the ap'
plication Of this method would take
the question Of property taxation out
OF the reach of demagogues and
cheap politicians and that it would
serve to show the proportion of the
general tax that Ia being paid by the
farmer, the lumberman and the rail-
roads.
''Many economic writer's and stud
ents of public finance have in the
past fifty years called attention to the
imperfections Of existing systems Of
obtaining public revenue" said Mr..
Powers, and the des1rability Of find
ing, If possible, some substitute for
the general property tax While
many minor changes have been made
in the methods of obtaining state
and local revenue, said MT. Powers,
today, as at the middle of the last
century, local governments and most
state governments in the United
States and Canada rely principally
upon the general property tax for
their revenue, and will in all probab-
ility continue to do so for
the next fifty years.
s'Under such circumstances the
practical man, striving to improve
the administration of public bust
ness" he continued, twill give his at
tention primarily to a consideration
of methods Of freeing the assessment
and collection OF that tax from the
Inequalities which now accompany
them. Those inequalities are snumer-
Gus and grave. Many townships can
be found in the country in which a
farm with selling value of $4,000
is subject to the same tax as a sec
ond farm in another part of the
township with e. selling value of
$4,000; and the townships are leg
ton in number in which farm prop
erty is assessed at different por-
tion of its value from that assigned
to forest land, and the property used
for residential, manufacturing and
other purposes"
Mr.. Powers insisted that the need
for improving the methods of assess
ing real property was evidenced by
the fact that for forty years at least
rs per cent of the general property
tax of the United States has been
levied and .co1rected upon realty. He
said that although the proper listing
and reporting of realty for purposes
of taxation should be given greater
consideration than is given to the
corresponding listing Of personality;
that such is nowhere the case.
" ''some of the most intelligent peo-
pie claim that the railroads are pay
ing relatively only one-third as much
tax as the farmers and lumbermen,
and on the other hand, the railroads
claim that they are paying as heavy
q tax as the farmers, and that their
burden Of taxation is much greater
relatively than that Of the lumber
man, continued Mr.. Powers. An
analysis Of the published reports Of
the state and comparisons of the
data of such reports with reliable
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-24


informatio obtainabie from other
sources alike fail to be conclusive az
to the contention Of any Of the par
ties to this controversy. :
so long as this condition pre-.
|vails,, the state referred to will at
ford the dishonest firm or corpora
ton 4 ready means for evading just
taxation, and will find the subject
of taxation and the administration OF
public service corporations are used
by demagogues for the purpose Of
stirring up strife and agitation with
out advocating the interests of any
class of the people, or any industry
in the community. All industries
will continue to be more or less dis
turbed and subjected to unjust bur-
dens, suspicious and annoyance"
Mr.. Powers outlined his idea of the
method which should govern the list
ing Of real property. The state
should prepare a careful cadaster Of
all real estate, he said, this cadaster
to show the acreage under cultiva-
ton, that covered with timber, with
orchards, waste land and land which
may be plowed. The classified list
of acres should also show the number
of acres of mineral land, of quarry
land, and land valuable for oil, gas
or other, deposits. The cadaster
should also show the number Of city
and town lots subject to taxation.
Mr.. Powers added that the cadaster
should be supplemented by a list
ing of. the value Of the property
apart from the value Of the land.
when we have classified listing
of acre property that so regates areas
and values according to the charact-
err Of the land, and separately sets
forth the values Of the improvements
on every class of land, we will have
the application of the analytical and
statistical method to the taxation Of
realty" continued Mr.. Powers. "We
shall have as Intelligent and as lucid
a statement of acre property subject
to taxation as some of our states now
provide their citizens with reference
to personal property subject to the
tax. When such listing is made,
the farmers, and other classes of cit
liens witt have the data for determ-
lining approximately whether they
are being taxed more than other
classes; and the people engaged in
productive industries will know
whether they are bearing burdens
which should be shared but are not
borne to an equal degree by the spec
>ulator."
II am morally urging the applica-
ton to taxation Of the analytical and
statistical methods which the bust
ness world has utilized in so many
fields, and upon which it in relying
in an over.increasing measure as
guide for business administration"
said Mr.. Powers in concluding, "Cor-
rect analysis lies at the basis of all
modern business success; and stat
istics based upon UGH analysis are
playing an over.increasing part in
guaranteeing such success. In
pleading for the use of classified
listing of real estate under heads
that fully elucidate and set forth the
character of land and the amount of
land Of each specific class or char
acter, / am urging the extension into
the field Of taxation of the method
that has everywhere demonstrated
its ability to make facts eloquent for
equity, and to use them as a guide
for the business man. the legislator
and the statesman" - |
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-24
SUGGESTS Changes FOR
ASSESSMENT Of PfRSO;
!. !. NAT u II. AND N real PROPERTY

CHIEF srATsT,cAN cENsusB uREAu MAKES ADDRESS BE
FORE THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STATE
AND LOCAL TAXATION Ar LOUISVILLE, KY--TELLs some or
THE EVILS or THE PRESENT SYSTEM AND sueeEsrs SOME
CURES FOR THE SAME. 4 *%&& E>&"- Il %~{. - *s Is.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
WELLS RIVER DEPRESSED
BY the Enormous Weight Imposed Last
Night

Wells River Dec. IS.-The 7th annual
meeting Of the Fat Mems assocation
was held at Hale's tavern in this place
last night there being about 100 mem-
hers in attendance, All the New Eng
land states were represented and there
were several members from New York
state present Two new members We're
accepted, one Of them an editor from
Isle Of Pines, Cuba. weighing consider.
ably over 200 pounds and a New York
state man weighing 800. The retiring
president Of the organization, Arthur
b. Mouiton, weighs 400 pounds and five
of those present AZ The session tipped
the scales 1t over 800 The association
now extends over the whole United
States and 407 members were admitted
during The past year alone.
The election Of officers resulted as fol-
lows President NJ ID Quimby Of Boss
ton. treasurer, J. II. Hale Of Wells
River; secretary. H. #. Parker Of Brad
ford One vice president from each Of
the New England states was chosen
and the executive committee consisting
Of the president and yicepresidents, viii
manage the affairs Of the organization
during the coming year.
w. j. Bigelow of ST Ichnsbury, was
the toastmaster AZ the banquet which
followed the business meeting, and the
speakers were a. B Moult0n, David VIII
key Of Wells River, John Towne Of
Me-. Arthur f. Stone Of st.
and j n. Ripiev Of Burling
ton, who rendered a poem.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
MAINE G. A. r. LEADER DEAD.
Richard X. Gateley was Former Com.
mander.

Portland, Me-, Dee, Isl Richard X.
Gateley, one If the best known Grand
Army men in Maine and an ex.depart
ment commander Of the department Of
Maine died late last evening He was
born in England 70 years ago.
After he came to the United States.
he lived az Manchester and Concord.
N. II. he was the foreman of an engine
company Al Concord at the breaking out
Of the Civil war, and when lie entered
the service. 20 others, mostly iiremen. did
the same He served IN the navy. and
at the close Of the war came to Portland
and went into business as plasterer.
Mr.. Cateley was member IF The com
mon council IL 1879. 1880 and 1887 and
of the board Of aldermen IN 1855 In
1887 be served az commander 81 the
department Of Maine. g A. R. Ha was
an intimate friend 81 Thomas r. Reed
and was one 81 the original Reed men
He was high n the confidence 1T Blaine
and was for years one OF the leaders az
the Republican party IN this part Of the
state
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
BALM FOR WOUNDED AFFECTIONS
New York Girl Wins Suit from Ex- Pres
zelaya's Nephew

New York Dec Is. Fortune gave the
Zelaya family another prod yesterday
afternoon when a iury awarded Miss
Juliette Hero $1,000 damages against DR.
Anbal Zelaya for breach Of promise.
lt might as well have been $4,000"
said the young relative Of the Nicara-
guam dictator when he heard the YER
dict. q have no money and can't pay
Under the law, unless Zelaya settles he
can be committed To jail for An indef-
mite period.
Miss Hero sued for 100000 alleging
that Zelaya promised to marry her while
medical student here Two years
ago, however, his courtship waned. The
plaintiff, who is d Greean girl and pret-
ty expressed satisfaction with the YER
diet, not because of its amount. but be-
cause she considered herself vindicated,
AT the trial, zeaya introduced evi-
dence to prove that she had eonsoled
herself with other young men after his
own love grew cold. Miss Hero's trump
cards were number Of letters the young
Nicaraguan wrote her studded with pie
tnresque endearments and bits Of verse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
ANSWER FILED A DENIAL.
Statement BY Defendants in Action al
Brattleborn.

Brattlehoro, Dec. ls An answer was
fled Yesterday with tie county clerk Is
The proceedings brought "a Get. Ia IL
the courts Of ehancery by the Hooker.
Cofser + Mitchell Co., If which william
II Proctor 81 president. against James
r Hooker. William II. Corser and Charles
? Witaker, former members Of the com
pany
Denial Is made that they were a.
deavoring to hire away employees ana
salemeu. that they had converted the
knowledge Of The BrattIeboro company
and were using Il ii their new business.
that they had ahstracted documents
from the files of The Hooker. Corser &
Mitchell company, that they had adopt
ed patent buckle held bv the Brat.
tleboro corporation and all other charges
made ii the bill
The defendants declare the matter il
not one for the ehaneerv courts. but
subject to be treated by direct ae.
tion AZ law
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
POULTRY SHOW DEcEMnER IS.
Big Vermont Association Exhibit in the
New Palace Garage.

The new Palace garage will be opened
December Is, 20, 80 and 81 by the Yer
mont Poultry association This viii give
the association one Of the best show
rooms IN Vermont With light on all
sides, II Is an ideal place for a poultry
show. The premium lists are now being
mailed and the association Is also solicit
ing the sale Of tickets.
This association depends on the pub
JIG for its support, all money being rel
turned to the people in the way Of
premiums lts obiest is to promote the
poultry industry in Vermont. The
premiums IT'S object a 10 promote the
in silver cups and several hundred dol
lars in cash in regular and special prizes.
II should be one Of the best winter p0ul
try shows ever held in Vermont.
Those wishing to exhibit poultry at
this show may get entry blanks Of r.
~ Currier, secretary, or II MI Lyon,
president. There viii be door prizes for
every day Of the show, 50 save your
coupon ticket and attend the show
Thursday viii be ehildren's day, when
children under u years Of age, with
parents, win be admitted free There
is more thar the usual interest this sea
son In this show, and there will be more
to see for your money The members
say they are going to make this poultry
show To Barre what the horse show u
to Boston. place where both ladies
and gentlemen can 20 for an afternoon
or evening and want to 10 again, a
social affair." This show has always been
patTonized hv people all over Vermont,
and it is the object Of this association
10 increase that interest You win be
doing wour part if you buy 25-cent
ct and attend the show.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
WHY PROPOSITION
WAS REJECTED
Press Committee Of Barre Branch Ex-
plains Action of Mortified Union
Report Three Sheds Are to
Open UP Monday.

The proposition 70 refer the differences
FIN the granite business at Northfield to
the two national executive committees
for adjustment. was rejected by North
field branch at a meeting held yesterday
afternoon only few members voting
in its favor This puts efforts for a
settlement hack at the starting line
again, and dispels the little ray Of hope
there was that this means Of stralghten-
ing out the differences at Northfeld
would prove effective Just why such
means of settlement should be rejected
u not conceivable to the average person
Such an expression Of opinion to the
press committee Of Barre branch this
morning brought out this explanations
1T was generally expected among
granite cutters that the proposition to
refer the settlement of The present dis
pute to the so.cslied 'making for peace
plan would be turned down BY North
6eld hyauch.
This sagacions plan was tried two
years ago, when the Quincy dispute was
referred thus 10 be settled. The decision
was given adverse to the manufacturers
association, when that body promptly
repudiated tile decision and would not
abide by it. Thus diserediting ii method
Of settlement Of disputes Of which they
themselves were the chief authors.
.'In Che present trouble, had this plan
been adopted. the men who were locked
ont over month ago would have had
TO return to work upon the old terms.
and wait probably month or two before
this outfit would make decision, and
ssen then there Is no guarantee that the
would abide by it, unless
ii was favorable to themselves.
No selfrespecting body Of men would
stand for anything Of this kind, besides
III has generally been the policy Of
branches iii this vicinity to settle their
own Disputes among themselves
VIM. Barclay, who has been IN Boston
this week attending meetings of the
executive committee Of the national as.
socation Of manufacturers. returned
home last evening. He will report TO
the executive committee Of the Barre
association at meet
inv to be held Monday evening.
There were reports to-day that three
small manufacturing firms were to open
up Monday morning, hut no names were
as To which ones they were,
nor where located
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
DEADLOCK
is BROKEN
Compromise Candidate Heads
National League
LYNCH OF NEW BRITAIN
Three Days Fight Between w. r. Brown
Of Louisville and John M. Ward Of
New York Was Ended
Io-day.

New York, Dec. ls-Thomas ] Lynch
Of New Britain. Conn. was to-day elect
cd president OF the National base ball
leagHe BY unanimous vote. thus end
ing a three days deadlock between W. r.
Brown and John NJ. Ward Heydler was
elected secretary. Lynch was nominated
by Brush as A compromise candidate
Brush had put forward the claims Of
John M Ward and made stubborn
fight for his election. Three ballots tax.
en- yesterday resulted in o vote Of four
TO four The election Of Lynch was the
alternative 10 the appointment of re-
gency Of three men, or that HeydIer
should be continued in the position of
acting president Of The league
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
SHE LOST REPUTATION.
So Mrs. Martha Rabburn Declares and
She Sues for Damages

Remington Dec. l8 Mrs. Martha
Radburn of Pownai il suing Mrs. Julia
Bump of the same town IN county court
alleging siander O. n. Barber Of
Remington appears for the plnintiG and
n, G Archibald Of Manchester for the
defendant. The audience room Of the
county court building was nearly allied
with residents Of Pownal who have come
to town to hear the details Of the
trial
The trouble originated in q raspberry
ing expedition last August Mrs nump,
as Il appears from the testimony picked
a pail Of berries which she left stand.
ing in the woods and which when she
returned for II shortly afterwards was
missing The plaintiff claims she was ae-
cused Of stealing berries and that in con-
troyersv that followed vile epithets of
a defamatory character were used. She
seeks damages for the loss Of reputa-
tion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
WHITE NOT HELD.
Autopsy Showed January Ploof Died
from Natural Causes.

Burlington. Dec. ls.-The ease against
Joseph p. White. charged with assault
ing January Floof with intent to kill.
was mol pressed Yesterday afternoon By
States Attorney Shaw. An autopsy was
performed yesterday morning on tie
body Of Mr. Ploof, which showed that
he died from natural causes Il was
found that the beating inflicted upon the
deceased BY Mr. White did not ia any
way cause or hastea death On De-
cember Mr. White beat his father-in-
law. Mr. Ploof, and for the offense was
convicted OF ntoxication and breach Of
the peace. Following the sudden death
of Mr.. Ploof. White was arrested. charg-
ed with materially Fastening death BY
ths beating he had inflicted upon him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
AGAIN TAINTED ON STAND.
Defendant in Suit Brought in Addison
County Court.

Middlebury Dec. ls The whole time
Of the county court yesterday was TAX
en- up with the continuation Of the teati-
mony for the plaintiff ii the case Of
Jennie +. Finnerty vs. Mary Ayers Mrs.
Ayers the defendant who collapsed on The
witness stand yesterday was put on the
stand again III the morning and after
answering a few questions. had another
fainting spell and had to be taken from
the court room once mere, but later
in the day was able to finish her testi-
mony. This case will last into the mid
die of next week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
BEAT THEIR ELDERS.
Spaulding High Basket Ball Team Cot
Away with Alumni.

A basket hall team composed of ex-
representatives Of Spaulding hfeh school
tried their mettle against the lively
spaulding team at the Church street gym
nasinln last evening, with disastrous re-
suits for the alumni team, which was
able to score but ! 4 points 10 their op-
ponentS III. The alumni had appar-
entity lost their eye for basket throwing,
ms they made only two baskets from the
floor IN the three periods of the game,
the other ten points being made on
free throws from fouls.
I'he first period ended with the score
tied. to Z, but tha alumni evidently
he'd expended Ara 81 theiF faaerve fafne
In this period and were ~vamped by
their opponents during the last two
periods (;rigr af Spauldiur kept up
his reputation az Il rsnre shot for the
basket making eight baskets from the
floor and tossing in 10 fouls Ball made
l0 81 the aiumnfs points. shooting one
basket from the floor and eight fouls.
The line-up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
LOSES LIFE SKATING.
Boy Went on Ice on His Way Home from
School.

Shirley, Mass, Dec Is Harry Noe, II
years old, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Noe, was drowned in the Phoenixvlle
pond yesterday afternoon. The hoy was
a pupil at ST. Anthonys pnrochial school
and while returning TO his home after
the session, with two other boys. went
to the PhoenixviIIe pond to skate on the
ice Noe ventured out about 20 feet
from the shore, where the ice was thin,
and ii gave way under his weight.
His two companions tried to rescue
him, but they were unable to do SO as
tho swift current carried him under the
ice. The two boys who were with Noe
ran to mill, where they gave the
alarm. A party Of men fastened to
the scene and within a short time re-
covered the body. Two physicians were
called and they did everything possible
to restore Noe to life, but without sue
cess. The body was taken to the home
of his parents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
WOMAN WANTS $4,000.
Dummerston Man Served with Papers
in Suit

BrattIeboro, Dec. Is. Charles G. Town
shend, formerly Dummerston farmer,
and his domestic troubles have added
another chapter to matrimonial tan
gle, the latest result coming Thursday
night when Deputy Sheriff Chauneey /.
Knapp served papers on George 4. and
Jennie s. Townshend his parents, in 4
suit for $4,000. It is brought BY Mrs.
Edna tIittlefeidl Townshend for the
alleged alienation Of her husbands af-
feetions and for alleged conniyance in i
plan to keep from her the custody Of
her 2year-old daughter.
Mrs Townshend brought petition for
divorce on Aag. "a The case was held
over owing to the absence Of the hus-
band. The petition will again come be-
fore the court at the April term 1910.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-18
IS HELD FOR TRIAL.
Winooski Man Charged with Criminal
Assault.

Burlington, Dec. ls.--The hearing Of
August Cadieux Of Winooski, charged
with committing criminal assault on
Miss Mary Hunt Of North Winooski ay-
eaue, was completed yesterday morn
ing ID city court, when Judge Mower
bound the respondent over to the spring
term Of Chittenden county court, liking
hail IN the SIM of $1,000. Indefaultof bail,
Cadieux was committed to Jail The al
legged assault occurred on September /,
on the Winooski road when. as the com
plainant charges, Cadieux dragged her
through sonle bushes