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FRANCHISE TAX CASEARGUED IN SUPREME COURT Highest Tribunal in the Land Hears Argument on Measure To-Day. IT INVOLVES MILLIONS. If Law Is Upheld Corporations Will Have to Pay Large Sum of Back Taxes, HAVE MADE A HARD FIGHT. Paid Nothing Since Law's Pai In 1900—Beaten in State Courts, The Ford Franchise Tax bill, has ben through all the courte of this late In the past six years, will be con- | Supreme Court of the} United States to-day, Attorney-General Julius Mayer ts in Washington and will urgue for the State of New York tor | Eminent | counsel employed by the corporations of the State will Might to have the law declired unconstitutional, but the Court| — Benefactorn When a Fire of Appeals of New York has decided | that the right of the State to tax fran- | yond duestion, and there js| ROME, N. ¥., April 12.~The Poll hat the decision will be Gear Works Company's four-etary ‘tae World first agit this ques-| of the city was destroyed this morning tent in its/®y 9 fire of unkno yn efforts to cause the of thelt taxation, who introduced | Trax incasure. (18%) and | #29000 and the insuray Will glace tae stamp upon his work. re watching the outcome of the pro- With absoroing e decision wilt inlilions of dol- ns nave refused ity authorities lars which the corpus 40 pay while the nal decison on the bil was pending, Millions Due to City, If the bill is sustainor the Supreme Court the compa payments at 7 pe: The city can use th emoney Just now to the very best udvantage, and Mayor MeClellan and Comptroller Gre agreed In the hope that the 4 trélior has already lat his plang to bring proceedings against the revaleitrant corporations, There 1s due to the State at large faxes since 18.0, bulk of this comes to New York Clty, Tt is estimated that if the tax | 1 by the Supreme Court, the revenue | bet t © property of the core porations Is valued very low Dut the assessors have placed the valu of the street our corporations at onl for Instance Is astersed at $18,000,000. Had Been Hard Fight. of the street car poration of Man- hattan alone at ov Improvements In the Loroy, boroughs of Man- within the elty lmits, | @ Franchise Tax bill won fought at ey machine as well, In fact, had another Rooseve:t’ been In Al- ho wa passed It la have beep signed, dowbtral if it would An oon as the w the o fpurtions naliled and: began the (Wea te area the ei Bess constitu. opal In IPG In opite of the Rexuine! of David Tt, Hill ang other learned a7 ‘Th@ ocorpoations a f that pander An Entire Factory’s Output of $ Women’s Oxfords l We bought out a women's shoe factory in Brockton, Mass, It'll be a Frazin & Oppenheim factory from now on, 5,000 pairs of women's Oxfords, representing their entire product—shoes which averaged the makers $1,50 to produce— made to retail at $2, will be sold at the big Frazin & Oppenheim shoe store at One Dollar, They were not eligible to our $2 stock because no other maker produces two- dollar footwear to equal ours—they are naturally superior quality to our regular Gollar shoes, because they are made in fancy effects—high-priced leathers and every other good feature of shoes, ! _., It Is purely and simply a half-price sale, There is every size to fit every foot, Not an Oxford, but what 1s this season’s style, 5,000 pairs represented in patent leather, vicl kid with patent leather trimmings, ttl, white Sea Ioland decks white es wath ot ae. Poses este, Satie bias THE WORLD: WEONTSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1905. WHAT FRANCHISE TAX LAW VICTORY MEANS TO CITY. Present value of taxable fra chises In New York City, $1,500,- NEW OFFICERS fed annual income from tax when the as- ment ie made upon a bas of full valus, $15,000,000, Amount of deferred taxes due olty today from transportation companies, $2,500,000, Estimated reduction of tax rate If bill Is sustained by the United Gtates Supreme Court, 25 per cent, od Peace This Year, bullding situation and elect officers. employ: Alooholo Indalgences Delleved to 18 In years. Hospital. He pronounced death due to heart disease, brought on by alcoholic indulgence, Masterson had been drink- in gheavily for the lapt three weeks. Masterson was a guard on the cle- vated road before the strike, and when couraged, took to drink. of is sta tamp, posanicapuies es Mr, Tiidiltz sald he retired because of pressure of business, His associates | SAVED BY TRAMP DOG. ‘enored him with the gift ef a «old jWateh, Animal Given Shelter Awakens) Breaks ont. Hunyad Natural Laxative Water, Halfagiassupon arising acts gently and quickly, giving postiive relict, fry Te PNOW — to-day, Ask distinotly for Hunyadt J&nos, Grand Prizo, St, Louts Exposition, 1004, |Dullding, iocated tn the southern part izin, together jwith a residence adjoining, oceupted by Mr, and Mrs, HL Kk. ‘The loss 1s Mr. and Mrs. barking of at given shelter for the night, esvape: from thelr home with diMcutty, ‘The |i company has been In business here for | ma years, manufacturing the Fors. | berg epring gears, | A Dollar's Worth Free | Dank no depoait—no ref There ts nothing to risk: foo nothing to pay, eltue Rhouratie autferse who de | remedy" may have @ full dail tov try, 1 Or Vintingly make 1 know. that Dr. Shoop'a Rheumatic inay be telled upon ALWAYA to brit Uipioat relief that any medicine years In experimenting be that 1 had a certain rem not only clean ont one which would stop tts formation, hin Uberal offer Lecause | ie Revved y pats Certain Relief ¢ ear ‘efore 1 dlpcovered (hia remedy 1 rcidied the natvre of Ithournatism, For Rheumatism Is really Crystallized Poison! Hut’ wou ne practTealty “oertain rystallized Foison ras Sc ech Your blood ways Cull of poison—tho On It—T made more than 2,000 tests! And polsan 90 aac und opouthe iting | my failures were. hut 2 percent Pour ay seein, he purpeae of ihe blood | ‘This German chanical i@ not the only tn (Siwurd and. carry oft thie very pol predivui e kidneys, which. are the blood tl inet ected to, clenae tie blood und and it) poreibie an cacnevement whieh, f doubt Hot, tot Hack thruiigh the amen, clea. 19) kms aoe | have been made in no other Wey. nore poison which they, i turn, Wil elim | his chemical Was very exponsive. The Thate, duty, loo, Was high. In all 1 comt ine $4.9) Hut gomotimes the kidneys fail. And somes | per pound. Hut what ts $4.90 per pound for (iner, froin some utaer cause, the blood Kote | WR Temedy, forthe world moat palntial 9 Gt poteon that they cannot bso! ain Tor a RBAL rellet from the great all. This ts the start of Rheumattsn est torture human’ beings know? Polson accumul and cryatalizes, fn thut Dre Snoops Rheumatic Cryvtale Jak Hk f Byer OF OC | Cure G bony suits Into feat agatn Fine white sand loo vee ALD: Impossible. ut it will drive ty) and they Inc When it ty jon that causes pain ani a sagry, them, bo longer Ha then 1h) getting, and then that, the tor uu fw Joint —9 0 whe pain and shelling-—the end of (he ul toring o in your fe—tho dull ache in| | cawellings tne end Ms Tho tte I hy Nay those are tha | te end of Itheunattam. That is why T can y Alford to Inake thid liberal offer-—that ta why Phe Agead ita and uipcmtabte augutah | HOw aster, Uy guna Whe RLU Mar tha dences of What Rheumatism, Theludes lumbago, actatica, ‘ ‘ nee a HEGEL these aye, the results Simply Write Me CUA Rolton in ine blocs, te. Di nM i" ‘The offer js open to everyone, everywhere, ma ho leo t nature may hey ehance to dis: | write ME for the [re | Soivo “and eliminate the crystals which have) L.wil wend you an onder on your ‘druggisi Already formed. Unless this Ja done thoro| Which he will accept ax mladly as ho would |ean be no cune— go permanent relief. accept a dollar, Ho will hand you from his dollar packawe order, } ew je wrth for ry es @ standard sized package and he will jot Mifcotnausin- Saineinlha "ent f Gress | mend the GU te ime. hele aRY no conditlone inyalstan would fel aufes in’ prescribing no Fequbremanin ALN thay agi you tou i |oinething that we could count_on not on fo Write-Writo to-day, 1 will pend vou It 1s tree, iicenwlonally, "but ALWAYS, "or (he fav | ty book, on Rheumatism beslzer. It, en of Whevmatism are ‘everywhere ‘and clp vou to undere-ant vourssare: Kenuine rellet In rare. lied Kadreas Dr Bhoop, box © O31 Rackne, Wis Mild cases are sometiines cured by a alngle package—On sale at forty thousand drug stores, Dr. Shoop’s Rheumatic Remedy 6th Ave., Corner 18th St. _ SHOE MAKERS and many leathers not mentioned, f the Tron Leagu t Hatz |FOUND BABY’S BODY IN BUNDLE ON DOCK. and James Kt, Btrong, Coa i PLLA Stephenson | a ae ys ven was appointed let ad plan for the erection of a million dollay building as the home ot the association, Reading (Lt Female Child When Patrick Hoolihan, Building Trades Employers’ As- sociation Elect W. H. McCord| as President — Hope for jof the Harlem and Morrisania dock at the foot of am to work early a POLICE ARREST GANG OF | ALLEGED COUNTERFEITERS. | 1 815 in Nad Money, | was a paper on which was written in Acld, Moulds and Stove for | : "FOR BUILDERS | women's neckwear, and they will be popular, They liven uy most severe waist, and are so made that they fit even more than a collar made with the waist. To-morrow we place on sale a spectal lot of English B: Sheer Lawn Stocks and White a rae Colored roldered Stocks, all of which have been and are being sold by other stores at $Cc, each, for living female, child ey ‘ : ¢ 4 As low shoes come to the) front we find that we're sell-| ing many more than ever, everything points to this as the greatest low shoe season ever. We're prepared with an array of models black and russet leathers, $3.50 and $5, Pumps of black calfskin are one of the new things |for Summer wear, Rocers, Pert & Company, Three Broadway Stores, . Bourke, of the Mercer arraigned three One thousand employers In the bulld- | ing trades, representing a cavital of more than $76,000,000, met at the Bulld- ing ‘Trades Club, In the ‘Townsend Building ‘Twenty-fifth_ street and | Broadway, last might to discuss the -fourth precinct O'Connor removed the bundle In which was found the body of a child. The| Coroner was notified, YOUR POCKETBOOK You can renew the color of that bj to-day whom he charged with coun- | who, he alleges, culated many bad coing In his precinct. He also confiscated about FOUND DEAD IN ROOM. The hope was ,expressed that there would be pence betwoen employers and Main Floor Millinery Section) is constantly abloom with bargains of the most decided character, i To-morrow a Spectal 2-Hovr Sale—10to 120’ Clock © during the coming building nearon, but this fact will not be posl- Have Caused Mantersou’s End, tively known until the members of the John Materson, fifty years old, was|Joint Board of Arbitration make thelr found dead in his room at No. 2345 Ola |Teport on April 22, It was announced, Broadway to-day, by his wife, She however, that there was every Indica- @ummoned Policeman Young, who gent {tion that there would be peace, and for 4 destor trom the J, Hood Wright ‘at the season would be the most pros- ‘The men gave thelr names as 29 t you wil only. rentize how for new clothes, new you can save and stil keep your. drensea, waists, tow. f and new ond always In the newest style Druggiats sell Diamond Dyce at 10 cente per color. Diamond Dyes ‘there are articles written by women, the famous Diamond U will open your eyes, Is certain that when you have rea these articles and useful hints Want the Direction Book and the 4 AMples of dyed oloth thi We offer them all free, A 4 metals: | DIAMOND DYES, » Burlington, Ve, Minto ‘Dominique, Thompson sireet, hey deny the chara made recently Bourke detatled Deter ‘They traced Gie coins, jand when a room at No, ow Bleecker found $15—$10 tn dim The police say they len ont formerly lived at all colors, ready for a tlower, wing or rosette. Very vood value at $1.49; for two hours—10 A, M, to 12M. to-morrow at Bloomingdales’ . Hand-Made Polo Hats, Trimmed, Value 2.50 at I, re was deep regret over the re- tirement from the presidency of the Buliding Trades Employers’ Association of Oharies 1, Pidiitz, who two years ago }rought about the arbitration agreement between ertployers and em- the men went out he Joined them much ployoes, which did away with aympa> | against his own wishes, When the (netic strikes, Mr. Hldiitz ts also the strike was settled he wos unable to ob- man who caused the prosecution of iain omployment, and, becoming dis- fam Parks and other walking delegates pre Annual, thai and found ‘moulds, which was used for me) bon, rosettes and fancy feathers, For to-morrow only, Tailored and Ready-to-Wear Hats—The very latest ideas $4 e in Plateaux, Bakers' Caps, Turbans, Polos and Sailors; all colors and combinations; $6.00 to $7.50 value: Restaurant SAVE. 21 Geeta a “Peerless’’ best | There was grent applause when Will: Avice and splen. did eating at of them all; cut to fit perfectly. Waltham Waten|| __ Exhibit ta i512 90,95 and $15, lor © , “ ‘ ‘ I Ja nos Express elevat- This pees, ors 21st st, side. be, ,10c., 15c, Bedroom Suits at Half Price. And Odd Bedroom Pieces at the Same Big Reduction. This is the time we take every odd pattern of Bedroom Furniture, as well as the Bedroom Suits of which we have only one or two of a kind—and cut the prices exactly in half, folks who may be fitting up an extra bedroom; boarding places, Cur regular prices are low enough—as you know, cin imagine what the saving will be. It offers an exceptional chance to those who have cottages to furnish; also hotels andj And when we cut our own little prices In half you Ready to-morrow morning—and here are the details: Bedroom Suits At Price. Oak Bed and Bureau, $20, reduced to $10, Oak Bed und Bureau, $30, reduced to $15, Oak Bed and Bureau, $50, reduced to $26, Mahogany Veneered Bed and Dresser, $50, reduced to $26, Mahogany Veneered Bed and Dresser, $60,, reduced to $30. Mahogany Veneered Bed and Dresser, $65, reduced to $38, Chiffoniers— Birdseye Maple. $30,00, reduced to $15.00, $35.00, reduced to $20.00, $36.00, reduced to $25.00, $48.00, reduced to $35.00, To Any Hheumatic Sutferer medy the polaon, but Bureaus— Golden Oak. $10.00, reduced to $6.50, $12.00, reduced to $14.00, reduced to $18.00, reduced to $11.50, $25.00, reduced to $18.00, Bureaus— Birdseye Maple. $28.00, reduced to $35.00, reduced to $48.00, reduced to $32.00, $50.00, reduced to $35.00, $55,00, reduced to $38,00, Chiffoniers— oO Bureaus— Mahogany. $30,00, reduced to $19.00, $30.09, reduced to $23.00, $42,00, reduced to $75.00, reduced to $120.00, reduced to $85.00, Princess Dressers— Mahogany. $28.00, reduced to $15.00, $30.00, reduced to $16.00, $32.00, reduced to $20.00, $35.00, reduced to $24.00, $40.00, reduced to $26.00, Chiffoniers— Mahogany. $25.00, reduced to $15.00, $35.00, reduced to $20.00, $50.00, reduced to $30.00, $55.00, reduced to $33.00, Window Shades at 15¢c. We have for to-morrow’s Selling exactly three thousand of these Holland or Opaque Shades—just in time for you to replace the old ones that come down when you clean house. All the best colors are represented, and they are mounted on spring rollers ready to hang, You are getting genuine Quarter-Dollar Shades at 15c, in this sale—considerable savin, stop to think. Finest of the Rose Bushes Are Here Now Two for 25ce. Our final shipments of Rose Bushes from Holland hi: Custom-House and are now in the store. They are the finest Bushes we have re- ceived this year—all two-year-olds—grafted to the Manetti roots, which insures luxuriant growth, The quicker they can be gotten into the ground now the better results you'll obtain. ‘They should begin to blossom early In June—and furnish you with flowers all early Summer, We have sold up to now almost seventy-five thousand of these Bushes this season, Every one who buys them is delighted. People who have no yards or garden get elegant results with window boxes, Every known variety of any worth is represented, including Alfred Colomb, Liberty, Plautier, Persian Yellow, Gabriel Luizet, Chapau Napoleon, Conrad F, Meyer, Marshall Wilder, Madame Georges Braunt, Victor Verdler, Be, aves PUES) NATBRANLEY All Mail Orders will be promptly filled, if accompanied by cash, C,O. D, Every bush is labelled with its nime—in the nurseries of Holland. Send for w ever variety you want; we're sure to have It, The scoret lay in a wondsrtul chemical 7 found in Germany, © Wen 1 found tht vse In Dr, Shoop's Rheumatic Dressing Tables. $10.00 Oak, reducedto $6.00, $25.00 Oak, reduced to $12.50, $28.00 Oak, reduced to $16.00, $38.00 Maple, reduced to $19,00, $25.00 Maple, reduced to $15.00, $28.00 Mahogany, reduced to $16, $33,00 Mahogany, reduced to $20, $45.00 Mahogany, reduced to $30, $65.00 Mahogany, reduced to $40, ut il made the remedy possible—made Extra Fine Satin Damask Hem- $12.00, reduced to $8.00. stitched Lace inserted Dinner $15.00, reduced to $23.00, reduced to $38.00, reduced to $25.00, We Use Only Finest Materials in These 5sPiece Slip Covers at $5.95. There are lower prices for Slip Covers to be sure, but take our word for it—no Slip Covers can be made at a lesser price to give satisfaction, wouldn’t last through a season. These Slip Covers nt $5.05 will lastfor years, We allow rice tweuty yards of the best Belgian striped —aill sinished with best cotton binding, Choice of ten patterns; fit guaranteed, of course. ————" Extra Fine Satin Damask Hem- stitched Dinner Cloths, with eat $1.25 beautiful lace inserting, neat spot, fleur de Ils and other handsome | Lunch Cloths—Of hemstitched satin g—when you ave passed through the tiful varlety of fashionable styles, assorted co lors, $1.25, $1.49, $1.69 and $1.98 for stylish Hand and Shopping Bags in $2.25, $2.39 and $2.50, Beautiful Bags in genuine seal, genuine walrus No bushes can be sent $2.98, Stylish Hand Bags in ribbed alligator, walrus, genuine seal, extra $3.95 to $15.00, Fashionable Hand Bags In all the fine leathers, such as At a Spectal Price. nH Embroidered stocks on lawn and linen are the latest things | Main Mwoor, 5b Gt, Untrimmed Hand-Made Polos ~ Silk braid crowns, soft tucked chiffon brims, very light welght}! $1.19 5 Made of straw braid, with ruffled braid brim, trimmed with velvet Main Coupon. *||The Millinery Upon presentation of this Constantly being made in o second floor salon is all theliy most critical could demand. The’ models displayed portray with) mirror-like accuracy the inner- most style secrets of Fashion’ highest court, The styles are authoritative arid | every bit as beautifal as they are correct. The exquisite creations of acven- our own expert milliners AM MOVOMent. most favorably with the mast en-face model, from Georgette, Suzanne Blum, eed for 30 years, boux, Lewis and other famed fe wy ribbow omare artistes, With all the beauty, all the style, all the refined elegance, prices) are moderate, aH Second Floor, Lex. Ave, Section. The Stupendous Sale of { Cloths, Sets and Sc that caused Bloomingdales’ linen de partment to be so widely talked. about will be continued to-morrow, Thursda: -The nucleus of this remarkable sale $18,000 worth of Finest Im-% ported Linens which we secu from the importer at about one-fourth and are selling same way. Included are fii Srade German Satin Damask# Table Cloths, Table Sets, Scarfs, Squares, Lunch Tray Cloths with hemstitchti and lace insertion. Tray Covers—Hemstitched, lace In« serting, of full bleached’ German Sets, consisting of one cloth and linen, sizes 18x27 and 20x one floren napkins, size 22x22, to 30; special at sssseersees match, S carts—Hemstitched satin damas| Size 8-4 for $8.00. handsome lace inserting, neat pws Size 10-4 for $9.00. fleur de lis and other pretty de» Size 12-4 for $10.00, iy ieee 9: " i X45, x54, Size 14-4 for $11.00, Special at 85c Special at $1.00 Special at designs, Eek with lace inserting, pretty Size 8-4, special at $2.75. 30x30, 30x31 Size 8-10, special at $4.00, Special at 85c sheclat it $1.00 Size 8-12, special at $5.00, 45x45, $1 25 Size 8-14, special at $6.00, Special at Py Main Floor, Seth st, Section, Great Easter Sale of 5,000 Bags. Wrist, Shopping, Carriage and the New Fashionable Longyellow ags at About 1-2 Others’ Prices. Every new and smart bag Is included in this special sale, so if you have been awaiting a chance at a bargain here it is, 88c for Handsome Hand Bags —Of seal, wal- rus, some with purse, others with purse and card case, and some with purse, mirror and salts bottle; Vienna and braided handles, gilt leather or gun-metal frames—in fact, almost any style you desire may be found in this assortment. 48c, 59c and 69c Hand Bags tn a beau- seal and walrus leither, and other fashionable leathers, large size with card case and purse to match, lizard, snake, walrus, seal, alligator, satan, etc, Main Floor, 60th St. Section. Alcs, Bloomingdales?’ 43%, 2 34 4ve, ) aa TEE TERR IE CORN, h Brand suger t 860, 8 1b. To beege aut average circum: cannot afford to pay rent for one more room than they rake, If you have such a room i ce house or