LIFTlie TIE l? If
BUSINESS MEN APPEAL FROM THE JUDGEMENT OF THE BOARD OE EQUALIZATION
The city council, sittlnvr as a board of
equalization concluded its review of the
!>er?ou?l tax list lust evening ami ad.
journed uutii Monday evening, when
the really assessment r.)il wll bo taken
up. The as<e:>suieut of several mer
chants was raised considerably over
that of la*: year and in t vo cas -s. th >t
of H. D Kirmse and C'avson Co.,
notice of appeal was niven. Some feel
inc \v?s shown in the o wes of others
*hero inc eases were announced.
The busiuessof the evening ran nlonij
in this order:
Geor ,e K. Howard's assessment of
was allowed to stand,
i'he Canadian Haok of Commerce
was alt w?d to stand at J.">.0<H). Mr.
White appeared before the board He
siid this assessment would reprts-nt
Conside<abiy cior-! than iheea?h and fix
tures on hind but rhat as he hail i>een j
a-sessul it this ti.-ure las' year
ho had thought <est to turn it in
voluntarily as his rate for this year. He
said the bu?ine*s diu not warrant
carry io j? much c?sh on hand, ihn
to citizen would accuse the bank of
making prodigal loans (this in a j jcular
mood) and th?t, therefore, thepria ip.il
business of the bank uu-> in exchange
and maintaining deposits: that the
b ink carried v.-rv little money of its
own. (t was l:p3a this representation
that Mr. Shaw moved the assessment
stand
Bloom \ Korach. assessed at $2,^00,
was raise 1 to $'{,500. Mr. l\"r eh
protested. He deciired h> had less
stock on hand August 1st than on the!
same d ite last year. Mr. Shea d?clar* ;
<d he did not thitii the assessment whs
high en ?lush. Lie ->iid that he hlrasalf j
had m ul'j a retu'ti of his own stock of I
liquors at ?3,000 and he thought Mr
Kor.ich had at least as much or more.
The assessment was therefore raised to
5J.500.
P. E. Kern was raised from ?>.000,
last year's asu s-in<-:it, to 5T.OCO. Mr.
Kern insistei that he iiad itss stock on
hand at the assessment dite than the
previous yenr.
f'rank Fran-lson's assessment on the
launch Princes* .vas allowed to stand .it |
f f 1,600.
j Fryc-Bruhn was allowed to stand nt
! fi.soo.
II. D. Kirtuse whs assessed l:>st year
at ?3,125. He was raised to $7,500 de
jplte the vigorous protest that he had
no more stock than last year. He de
clared he would not pay it and gave
form* I notice of appeal.
Hat Rctiwtck who had been cited to
appear said he had once before been
sumraored to aitpmtr before the equa!
izitlou board and hud at that time
"given the board the horse laugh." He
had no more goods now than at that
lime: he would sell his personal prop
erty for JtOO to any wishing to buy
He was allowed to ?0.
The ?!olden No-th wa? allowed to
stand at $1,075.
Herman Grimm did not app ar hut
was reported as having s ,id he would
truU the board to do the right thing.
His assessment of $1,900 wa> raised to
<3.000.
t .irsten> Packing company was raised
from $350 to f500.
.loseph Rapu/.zi. assessment on his
boats, e'C-. was raised from #200 to $2.">0.
At a conference the evening before it
was decided to assess the fraternal
orders and clubs, and representatives
of these were summoned to appear.
Mr. Phil Abrahams was now calleJ
upon to show iause why the Masons
should not be assessed, .le said that
if the city wautei'. the money he would
pay it out of h s own pocket rattier
than that a custom established through
thousands of years should bo now
broken. The nnsonic order, he said,
was not a social organization, hut one
b^Ptloa charity; thtt it dispejsed more
charity than all the churches put
toge her: thtt it did this unostenta
tiously, at all s-easons and that it never
had, in any country, been taxed;that he
did not know how the value of Us per
sonal property, the paraphernalia of
the order, could be estimated for the
purpose of taxation l-ut that if the
board saw fit to levy a tax he was there
to assent to and pay it.
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5HLMN FIRES THE FIR5I SHOT
All Europe in Arms and
Prepared for the Great
est "War of Modern
Times. Bulgaria is the
Cause of it all. Russia,
Austria and Turkey In=
volved Already.
(United Pre8s Telegraph-Catole Service.)
London Oct. i>. ? All European countries are prepar
ing for the greatest war of modern times. The greatest
activity is everywhere manifest in army, naval and court
circles. Troops are being mobolized at many places by
thousands.
The trouble in Turkey and Bulgaria has suddenly as
sumed continental importance, and all countries are in
volved.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, a new rulei, has been
for some time bothering the crowned heads of all Europe
until at last a general outbreak has come. Emperor Josef
of Austria is supporting him.
Throngs of people assembled in front of his palace are
begging King Ferdinand of Servia to declare war against
Austria without further delay. Merchants are offering him
money for the purpose.
In the complications arising it is commonly accepted
that Turkey must at last lose some of her territory.
Athens, Greece, Oct. {.*. ? Prince Constant! ue was to
day assassinated while attending tlie war tuauoeuvers. The
greatest excitement prevails. The people are almost panic
stricken, and look upon the certainty of war with mixed
feeling.
Vienna, Oct. 1'. ? Turkish forts at Constantinople
this afternoon opened fire upon a vessel attempting the
Bosporus and flying the new Bulgarian Hag.
Belgrade, Oct. !>. ? The seat of government is to be
moved at once to Nish, a fortified town.
London, Oct. 9. ? Two English cruisers were today
despatched to the Island of Lemnos, a Turkish possession.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 9. ? The Czar has ordered a mobili
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will attempt to seiz^ Macedonia.
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THAI CHARGE OF COWARDICE
(By United Preu.)
San Francisco, Oct. 8.? Orders have
been issued directing a federal investi
gation of charges filed by Captain Wag
ner of the wrecked bark Star of Bengal
against Captains Farrer and Hamilton
o< the tugs Hattie Gage and Kayak
which had the bark in tow and who cut
l< ose in the midst of the storm. The
investigation will probably be conduct
ed at Juneau or at Seattle. Captain
Wagner rnekos formal charges of cow.
ardice in having deserted a ship in dis
tress.
The allegations of Captain Wagner
have been quoted several times and it is
only fair to state that Captain Farrer,
us quoted by the Wraneoll Sentinel,
says "ttie tug, Hattie Gage, was in an
almost helpless condition when he cut
the hawser, and that the entire crew
corroborates his statement. The stand
ing rigging on the tug bad carried
away, the smokestack was broken loose
from Its stays and would have gone
adrift had the tug remained in the
storm a short time longer. The boilers
were swaying to and fro. bumping on
the stanchions, and Fireman Frank
Hansen Hays that it was with the utmost
difficulty that ho was able to keep up
steam.
"The Kayak was so light aft that her
wheel was out of water a great part of
the time, and during these inteivals
the seas and wind would check the mo
mentum gained while the wheel was
working and thus the Kayak could not
attain anftlclont speed to give her
steerage-way."
DR. CHANEY'S
TRAGIC DEATH
Detail* of tbo accident causing the
death of Dr. Chaney, formerly
city Iraltb officer of Valdez, re
cently reported.! is brought by
txclianrcK. It seems that a party con
sisiiiiK of several member* together
with Dr. Chaney and Prof. Burnel),
wore climbing the mountains. They
were up 2,000 feet when the accident
happened about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. It look some time for a man to get
down with the report and for aid to
reach the spot where the accident oc
curred. A trail had to be cut where
ti e injured man lay. He was brought
out on a litter last night over the gla
cier and taken to the hospital where he
died shortly afterwards. His skull was
fractured and head badly cut and right
shoulder broken, also right ankle and
right thumb. Ho fell 200 feet in all,
and the last drop was down a cliff seven
ty-feet where ho struck upon his head
and shoulders. Prof. Burnell who was
separated from the party lias not yet
been located. It is thought that he
spent the night upon the top of the
mountain in the midst of heavy snow
which was falling.
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BODY FOUND
Wrangell, Oct. 8.? Steamer Hittie
Gage left here last week, carrying a
party of seven men to the soene of tho
wreck of the Star of Bengal, for th?
purpose of burying the remains of those
who had washed ashore. The crew re
turned Monday night after burying
fifty-four bodies. The bdies of only
two white men were found, one of which
was that of Frank Healy, and this was
brought in for shipment to San Fran
cisco.
One member of the burying party
told a reporter that to remove all the
di-bris would require tho combined
efforts of fifty men workiog steadily for
two or three months, and that none of
the cargo is worth picking up.
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