Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1894 — Page 2

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rttfon to pas Mils of local Importance. A

EU was p.tsj-ed t t Ti l tne time in wnicn the HuU-ht.on .':oithni Itailroad ("omrauy can construct a railroad through Indim Territory. Mr. Hynum then called for the tegular ord- r. Thereupon Mr. Cummlngs, chairman of the committee on' naval affairs, presi nteil the report of th' committer on the armor plate frauds. With it h presented a joint resolution to authorize and dire t the Secretary of the Navy to remove from the Mor.adnock, the monitor Terror and the ships Oregon. Indiana and Massachusetts and the cruiser Monterey certain specified armor plates, and to sulJect them to the ballistic test at the Indian Head proving ground. The resolution also directed a speedy report on these tests. Mr. W. A. Stone asked if the report did not pi-judic" the Carnegie company. Mr. Cummins said it did not. The resolution he, presented had been unanimously r-i-orte 1. Mr. Stone called attention to the fact that no member of the minority was present. Mr. Cumnings Paid the re;ort was unanimous. The Republican minority did not sizn th report, but authorized him to make it. "What does the gentleman want?" asked Mr. Cummins, angrily. "Does he want the Carnegie company to buy a report ?" "The gentleman wants the Carnegie company to have fair play." returned Mr. Stone, "something it has not had." The resolution was adopted without division, and at 1 :0T p. m. the House adJourneil till to-morrow. 1)11) .OT IWr.STlGATH. Little Done l- lio Sennte "I'revnllliiK Distress' Committee. WASHIN'OTON. Aug. 23. The select committer on "the prevailing distress," which was appointed by the Senate during1 the height of the Coxey movement, soon found itself without business. It never held but two meetings, anil heard only two comr'aints. One of these came from Morrison I. Swift, of the Boston contingent of the industrial army, and the other from one of the leaders of the Galvin company named "Ward. Speaking of the committee to-day. Senator Vilas. Its chairman, said that when It was called Into existence there was a general feeling about the Senate that, owing to the pressure of the times and the persistence of the Industrials, it would become necessary to formulate some measure that would in some way meet the condition that existed, "The condition changed so quickly, however," he sail, "that it soon became evident that the committee would not be called upon to do much. The Chicago strike came on, and with that climax thj pressure of the industrials setm'M to diminish rapidly until it has died out entirely. We hear no more of tii?rn. While there existed more or less opposition concerning their approach, they have come and gone. There was no voice of protest when the Governor of Maryland had those quartered In that State arrested or when the Governor of Virginia had the crowd on the Virginia side of the Potomac put out of the State by the militia. "There seems." added Senator Vilas, "to have been a mistaken idea as to the duties of the committtee. It was not authorized to 'investigate the public distress at a I!, but merely to receive memorials and petitions on the subject and to consider the question of legislation. Mr. Swift presented a written document and Mr. Klard marie a lengthy speech, too, while President FIsk, of the Bimetallic League, sent us a long letter. Bey on 1 these we have received nothing whatever." Some people obtained the impression that the committee would attempt to right the private wrongs of individuals arising from whatever cause. One woman residing in Philadelphia spent her last cent to come to Washington to lay the facts of her eviction from a rented house by her landlord, v.-ho, she said, was a wealthy alien, before the committee and to a-sk for redress for the wrong done her. She was, of course, told that the committee could take cognizance of no such case, and she appeared greatlv surprised that It could not. The committee will continue Its existence during the present Congress, If no longer, and it may possibly be made one of the permanent committees of the Senate. ATTEMPT TO KILL HI1T0LYTE. A Woman Reveals a Plot to Assassinate tlie President of Haiti. XITW YORK. Aug. 24. A special dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says: News has. reached here from what has. hitherto proved a reliable source that another attempt was made a few days ago to assassinate .President Hippolyte, of Haiti. The atter.ipt, it is said, was made one evening while Hippolyte was on his way to his country residence, a few miles, from Port au Prince. Twenty-four men, armed with pistols, stationed themselves alonr the road which the President was to tak?, and, according to arrangement, the first shot was to be fired when the intended victim had reached the center of the line. Escape would then be rendered almost impossible. A woman v. as responsible for the failure of the plot. One of the would-be assassins told h!3 sweetheart of the conspiracy, and she gave a hint to one of Hippolyte' s generals. The consequence was that on the evening In question the President set out from Port au Prince with an extra strong bodyguard, while a squad of soldiers was sen: on ahead to search the woods on either side o the road. Several ambushed men wor caught and placed under arrest, but the rest eluded pursuit. Only two were bold enough to try and carry out the original plan. These got clo3e enough to the President to lire, but both bullets missed the intended victim. WEATHER FORECAST. Incrensinfr Cloudlne Predicted for ' Indiana To-Day. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. For IndianaIncreasing cloudiness; south winds. For Ohio Fair; variable winds. For Illinois Increasing cloudiness; showers in southern portion; southerly winds. Local Observations. Iniuanai-oms. Intl.. Aug. 23.

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Maximum temperature, 86: minimum temperature. 61. Th following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation, Aug. 23. 18U1: Tem. Tre Normal 71 0.11 Mean 74 0.00 Departure from normal.... O.ll ticewor deficiency tince Aug. 1 .V2 l.'JS Lxiess ordeticiency einceJan. 1 "571 7.lti 'Plus. (.'. F. R. WAPPKN HANS. Local Forecast Otlicial. United States Weather Bureau. HunlncM Iaiiliarrniisnipnti. CHICAGO. Aug. 23.-The Brosius Sewing Machine and Motor Company, with oihees In this city anl a large plant at Iixon. 111., assigned to-day. The assets were Scheduled at and liabilities at 19.0t)0. The asxts consist principallv of the factory and plant at IHxon, 111. The attorney for the insolvents ascribes the t&liuro to the fact that the company started cut on too large a scale. XRW YORK. Aug. 25. Henry Henrici. Jobber in woolen, assigned to-day, with preferences amounting to fc0,00. Mr. Henriel's liabilities will be about $73.uX) and the assets between )pvro and $40,omo. The failure is due to the ill health of Mr. Henrici and the general depression in business. Four Mlucra Killed. DURAXGO. Mexico. Aug. 23.-A mining disaster is reported from the Tamierno district, southwest of this city. A cave-in occurred in . one of the mines, burying ten men. Six were rescued alive, but the others were dead when found. The superintendent of the mine was arrested, as is the custom of the authorities in case of an accident, and will he held until the investigation as to the cause of the catastrophe is completed. A Rallwuy Humor Denied. LOl'ISVILLK. Aug. 23 St. John Boyle, corecelver with (ln. John Echols of the Chesapeake. Ohio & Southwestern railroad, stited to-day that there was no foundation for the report sent out from Memphis last night to tne effect that the Illinois Central would take control of that road after Sept. 1. He says the road 1 in the hands of the fedtral court, and wid remain there until taken out by due process of law. llinirnlt Tnk. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. TIi condition that confronts Cleveland In the tariff matter Is that of practicing "th Strang,. art of necessity that can make vile things precious." as King Lear and he might a3 well do it gracefully. TnrlfT Reform." Cincinnati Tribune. It will take a quarter now to get 20 cents' worth of sugar. Thit's a nickel you drop m the 1jI o tha D mo c ra.il c nxi-

A WOMAN'S REVENGE

m:v amiany max with his iiriijh shot at Tinii:i: Ti3ii:s. Wnrsaw CHrl CntiKlit ly Hie Foot mill Saved from Drovriiinc Thomas .Nominated for Joint Senator. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALU A NY. Ind.. Aug. 23. Mary Trenot, a discarded friend of Henry Kelly, a well-known citizen of this city, shot three times at him on the public streets, .vhile he was oat riding with Miss Helen Casteau to-night. None of the shots took effect. She was arrested and released after paying a fine. An hour later Kelly and Miss Casteau were married. Hiss Prenot threatens to kill both of them. The shooting created intense excitement and It is leared bloodshed will follow the marriage. Ho iv Clinrle Osborn Died. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. iJRAWFORDSVILLK, Ind., Aug. .2J.-The administrator of the estate of Charles Osborn has fried a suit for $10,000 against the I'Ag Four railroad. In July. ISM. Osborn was a freight brakeman on the Big Four, and the complaint alleges that the roid was short of hands and Osborn was forced to do overwork. That one evening his train reached Peoria. 111., and having not slept for seventy-live hours he retired, but in a h'ilf hour he was recalled to go on duty, lie was head brakeman. and when near Jamestown he was sent ahead to warn a paserger. lie set his red light down on the track anil went to sleep sitting on the end of the ties. T.ie pas.-;enser came along, ran cv?r the red lantern and struck him In the head. From the Injuries received he died, and hence the suit. Saved Jy Her Foot. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 23. Miss Bessie McCoombs. a young woman of this city, at the steamer dock at Lakeside Park, today, attempted to jump from the steamer's deck to the dock. A board nailed crosswise struck her forehead, rendering her unconscious and throwing her backward Into the water. As she fell a small boy caught her foot and held her suspended until two young men from the crowd on shore rushed to her rescue. Miss McCoombs suffered a severe shock, and will recover slowly from the injury. TIi o in n Iv. Hull Aomlnnted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CARTHAGE, Ind., Aug. 20. At the Joint senatorial convention held here yesterday for Hanccck and Hush counties, Thomas K. Mull, a young Republican banker of Manilla, Rush county, was nominated. The selection la well received by the Republicans of tht district, who expect to elect. Mull with ease. The Democratic plurality was less than fifty two years ago. The delegation fcr a numbvf of ballots stood 13 for Elmer E. Stoner. of Greenfield, and 13 for James M. Hinehman, of Hush county. Contractor's Outfit Ilurned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. YORKTOWN, Ind., Aug. 23.-A. J. Yonger. of New York, the contractor for building the grade of the new Chicago & Southeastern railway, in Delaware county, had his property destroyed at the camp, three mi!e3 south of Yorktown. last night. All the camping utensils, including three horses, thirty sets of harness, the mammoth grader and several large tents, with the stables, were burned out. with no insurance on the property. Twenty head of horses were saved by being out on pasture. Sold Her Ilaliy for JfO. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Aug. 23. Mrs. William Carvey, whose relatives live in the southern part of this county, to-day sold her eighteen-months-old child to her husband for Mr. and Mrs. Carvey quarreled and separated a month ago. Yesterday Carvey renewed his efforts to secure the child, and the woman consented to surrender all claims for JC. which was paid, and the child handed over to the husband. Ittindolph. SuuiIiiySeliool Villon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER. Ind., Aug. 23. At the twelfth annual convention of the Randolph County Sunday-school Union, which has just closed its session at Ridgevillc, 13. F. Wilmore was re-elected county president and N. W. Fergu.-on county secretary and treasurer. There are eighty-five schools in the county. Farmland has been selected as the meeting place of the next annual, convention. w Republican Paper. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind., Aug. 23. C. G. Powell, mold newspaper man of this city, gave public notice to-day that he would establish a paper here Sept. 1., to be called The Lil'orte Republican. He was formerly editor and proprietor of the LaPorte Herald, but for the past ten years has neia a government clerkshiD at Washington. Heeelver for Highland Kleetrlc. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Aug. 23.-Evan Ii. Stotzenberg was to-day appointed receiver for the Highland Electric Railway Company and IduIs Hammersmith for the Hoosier Prick Company. The Highland has been running at a loss since it was built In 1801 and the Hoosier Rrick Company asked for a receiver in order to sue a number of delinquent stockholders. IleKlnientM to Meet ut CoIiiiuIium. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMRUS. Inl.. Aug. 23.-Arrange-ments werCj perfected here this evening by which the Twenty-second and the Sixtyseventh Indiana regiments, Indiana Volunteers, are to hold th:ir annual reunion. In these companies are comrades from seven Western-States, and the coming one will be an important meeting. IVnbanh County Old Settlers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Aug. 23.-The annual meeting of the old settlers of Wabash county was held In the City Park here to-day. The attendance was very large, over two thousand people being in attendance. Hon. Calvin Cowglll, Hon. Elijah Hackleman an d others delivered addresses, and there were many reminiscences. Dropped Dead and a Suicide. PATRIOT. Ind.. Aug. 23. Mrs. Mary Itondurant, wife of the late Capt. Given Roridurant. of Florence, dropped dea l yesterday while engaged with her household duties. Capt. Charles Tinker., an old I'nion veteran, committed suicide at his lump, near East Enteprise, yesterday, by shooting. No cause is given for the rash deed. Hev. Smothers ot Dodging Creditor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind., Aug. 23. Rev. Smothers. the colored minister who several days ago left the city to be married, came back last night. He Is very Indignant on account of the published charges made against him. He says he will settle all just debts he owes and is a man of his word. ir,HH Ilarrels Out of Ilond. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. 23.-All the alcohol held by the Wabash Distilling Company has been regauged, the tax paid and the goo-Is removed from bond. The entire force of guagers and storekeepers goes off duty to-night. During the just few weeks about IV) barrels have been removed from bond. Second '!ir!t nt 1'oirrt.linpc. Special to the IndIanapoll3 Journal. PETERSIU'RC. Ind.. Aug. 21.-J. A. Almon. deputy auditor of thi county, has lost his mind over religion. He claims to be the second Christ, nn 1 says th book which he shall write, corresponding with the P.ible, shall stand for ages. A Hopeless Viihv. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMONO. Ind., Aug. 23. The Prohibitionists of the Sixth congress icnal district will me:: in this city on Sept. 4 to select .a candidate for Congress. It is thought thit the nomination will go to It. R. I-Jndsay, of Delaware county. The Old Midland Win Km Cae. Sp?clal to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Aug. 23. rnc injunction secured by several citizens against the old Midland railroad Monday, preventing the constructloa or the brau;h through certain

property, was declared off this morning, ami a large force of men were put to work laying track". The road will be hustle! on to this citv in a few diys, and trains will bo running in less than a. week. This line will be in direct competitkm to the C. & E. J. in transporting coal to Chicago and the Northwest.

Grecnshnrg Standard Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREDXSRURG. Ind., Aug. 23.-J. J. Hazelrigg & Sons have sold the Greensburg Standard to Luther Rraden for $1.:k, possession to be given about the first day of October. Th? present owners are seeking rest and health, which led them to sell. CrovtdM nt Tipton Fair. Special to the lndianapoli3 Journal. TIPTON, .Ind.. Aug. 23. Fully five thousand people are attending the Tipton county fair. There is a lack of interest in stock, except hogs, farmers having, seemingly, lost interest in horses and cattle. The races are attracting large crowds. Indiana. Denllin. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 23. Miss Alpha Rogers, aged twenty-six, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rogers, dietl this morning after a week's iliness. She came home sick ten days ago from a visit to the Atlantic coast. Miss flopers was recently chosen to teach one of the intermediate grades In the city schools. RICHMOND, Ind.. Aug. 2T.. Mrs. Charles A. Keys, wife of one ot the city's prominent business men. died at her home here to-day, from a stroke of paralysis. William Erk, aged eighty, died at his home here last night. He had resided here for many years. Indiana Xote. During the last quarter, in Montgomery county, there were 112 births. Cl marriages and 44 deaths, 13 from consumption. Fire destroved a. barn on Isaac Ferrand's farm, near Martinsville. Loss. $1,000: insured for $400. Supposed to be of Incendiary origin. John Wershlng, a prominent farmer and trader of Morgan county, has assigned, Sampson J. Anderson, of Morgantown. being assignee. Assets and liabilities, $1,500. Rebecca Checkner. of Richmond, has filed a damage suit for $10,000 aeralnst the Pennsylvania railroad. While she was driving beneath a trestle a passing engine caused her hoise to run away and she was badly irjured. CHEAT CHINA, PIGMY JAPAN. The Cliallonsred Nation Many Times Larirer than the Challenger. New York World. There are many things about the war between China and Japan which make it more picturesque than ordinary wars. Consider, first, the tremendous difference in the size of the combatants. Of course, j you know that China is bigger than Japan; and has many more people; but you haven't fully understood how much bigger and how much more populous it is. Tne Chinese Empire occupies the entire centra! portion of Eastern Asia, the biggest of the continents, and its area varies, according to different calculations, from 3,CC0.000 to 5.5o9,5C4 square miles. This Includes all the territories over which the "Son of Heaven." who sits in his yellow satin robes In his palace at Pekln, has jurisdiction. China proper, called by its inhabitants Chunghwoh, "Middle Kingdom," or Chunhwa, "Central Flowery Land," has an area variously estimated at from 1.237,099 to 1.4S2.091 square mile3. Exclusive of China proper, the territory of the Chinese empire consists chiefly of thinly Inhabited regions like the great plain of Manchooria or the tremendous plateau of Thibet. Ne?.rlv all the population of the Chinese empire is crowded into China proper. The most reliable census figures now place this population at 420.UX),0)0. There are rrovinees in China which have a thousand inhabitants to the square mile. Belgium, the most thickly j inhabited portion of the Caucasi?.n world, has only GOO, and Belgium is a very small country. No Chinese province Is small. Except the English and Russian, the Chinese emnire is the biggest that has ever existed. The Roman empire at the period of its greatest expansion never ine'uded more than 2.0UO.0ikJ square miles. Neither Augustus nor any of his successors ever ruled more than 12o.o00.001) people, less th3n one-third the number of those who braid their pigtails nicely every morning, and whose eves slant up to heaven without anv effort. The Rritlsh empire, with all the millions of India, falls behind China in populousness. Any one of three or four Provinces In China has nearlv as manv people as there are in all the United States. All the empires, kingdoms and republics of Europe combined barely ecpial China in pipalation. If all the people of China passed before you in line and you begax when you were born and lived to be a hundred years old, you couldn't count them all. All the people of England or France could be stuck away In a corner of China, and unless you were of an inquiring disposition you would not know they were there. If the inhabitants of China were standing up in line, fhoulder to shoulder, the line would reach round the world four times. Resides being very numerous, the Chinese are vigorous physically. Some of the biggest men of the world grow in northern China. Chang, the Chinaman, was the greatest giant of modern times. The resources of China in other things as well as population are endless. It "aas every variey of climate, and therefore every variety of agricultural products. Its limits run from orange groves to ice tield3. China has all sorts of metals. Its river system Is rivaled onlv bv that of the United States. The Yank-tse-Kiang and the Hoang-Ho belong in the same class with the Mississippi and the Missouri. In addition. It has many big lakes and hiu;h mountains. China, more than any other country, is a world la Itself In resources as well as character. The old Greeks called all who were not Greeks "barbarians." Similarly, the Chinese term "barbarians" all who are not Chinese. The Chinese believe that the world of light end3 at the borders of China. The Chinaman may dwell for a period in outer darkness, in order to gather in the coin of the barbarian, whom he despises, but always he expects to go back to China: if not in life at least that his ashes or his benes will reach the blessed land. The Chinese nation is a human mass Immense, tenacious, patient and self-sufficient. In China, wars, revolutions, floods, fires and pestilences are on a scale commensurate with the population. The greatest conquests in the history of the human race were achieved there by the Tartar followers of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane. China inflamed the imagination of Napoleon Bonaparte. After Toulon and before Montenotte he asked permission of the French Directory to accept an officer's commission in the Turkish service. He had his eye on the far Kist. He w.is tilled with the sanguinarv glorv of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane. 'He sa'l to a friend: "The East is the only theater of mighty events. A man can win glory there." But the permission was refused. China escaped him. Europe did not." China has h;:d an incalculable influence upon the history of western Eurom and America. How? Terause China drove the Huns and the Turks from her border.--. Thev wandered across Asia in great migratorv band, increasing in mirr.l?rs as thev came, helped to beat do.vn the Roman empire, totally destroyed the Byzantine empire and made such a change in European history that it is felt to this day. The situation and character of every reader of the World have been influenced by that immigration, which the Chinese armies set In motion lifteen or eighteen hundred years atro. All schoolboys have heard of the (Jreat Wall and the Grand Canal of China. Those are two things about China that we never forget. The canal is so long and so large that people get into the habit of numbering it among the great rivers of China. The Great Wall is man's mot gigantic work. It was built to keep out the Tartars mere than two thousand years ago. It is of immense height and thickness, and Is l.'ro miles lone. It i said that an army of 4,l0,UX) men was sent against the Tartars, and after defeating them was emplovrd for many rears in building this wall. Tie Great Wall of China is one of tV few things no museum manager has tried to ef t for his show. Thus Calna, even more than Egypt, is the Sphinx but not the Niobe of nations. Now. look at Japan. China's pigmy an-tat;oni.-t! The area of all Japan is only IIT.'- ) iqunre miles, or exactly thrre times that of the State of Xew York. Its population, bv the census of lv. wis 40,072. tot. or less than one-te;:th that of China. This di.; ror.v-r.lon makes the war between China an i Jspan vastly interesting. Nor must it be forgotten th it th? war is likely to make a gr?it Increase in our knowledge of that hi Idtn country, China. What we know the N an about in this country is the Chinese lab Here arr? facts about him: Nearly all Chines? babies ire blondes. All grown-un Cliiintr.en and c;iine.e women ar !i-l-'d brunettes. Nevertheless t'.e 1 aides are blond.-s. it is a freak for which noiclv can a.-co'.int. Ta? average Chinese babv "ha a trir.s; vircr.t rose arid white skin. iarg- eves, varying from gray and liht ha- t" brown, and foft. silky hair tiu is usually auburn in color. In North China habies are often born with blue or green eyes and llg'-.t rc 1 hair. During the infancy of htr child the Chinese mother Is supreme In the household. If John clatters about the house too much and disturbs the baby woe to his pijjtail if his wife can get her haAds on It.

INCOMES ARE TAXED

VAHIOIS COUNTRIES WIIEIt 11 THE SYSTK3I IS XOW IX OPERATION. In In n Specie of Imiuinition I-verj-ivliere Objected To Pecullariticft of the Taxation In Other Lands. nttsburg Dispatch. A citizen of Pittsburg who has lived abroad for the last ten years and tussled with the income tax during his lengthy stays in Austria, Italy, Germany, Servia and Sweden and Norway made some interesting facts known to a reporter yesterday, which throw unpleasant sight-lights on that form of taxation. "In England," he said, "foreign residents are but seldom bothered about their income, as well as other matters of their personal concern. If they become actual residents, they are, of course, exacted to help maintain the royal family and the government generally; but a foreigner, living quietly and showing no disposition to make a splurge in society, usually succeeds In eluding the tax commission without any effort on his part. Of course, an honest man, or woman either, will walk up to the authorities and blame them for not levying on his or her goods and chattels; that's the right thing to do, and the 'Conscience Fund,' of which we read occasionally In the London newspapers, i3 very proud of such deeds of valor. But, strange to say, I have never discovered an American in the act. "The average Britisher, though taxation In the English empire Is now limited to very few articles, is the sworn enemy of the income tax and his representatives in Parliament have aided him so far successfully in voting down every Inquisitorial measure proposed by the government. He does not want to be spied upon, he says, and does not care to have 'a government bum' estimate the number of drinks .he takes. That sounds all right, does it not, but leaves the avenues for concealment and falsitication In the returns wide open. In the case of a house owner, or regular house holder it is quite a different matter. The government may. put Its heavy hand on tangible assets and keep It there, until the. last farthing is paid. On the other hand I knew people in London who were in the habit of moving a dozen or more times every year simply to mislead and mystify the tax collectors, who usually follow up delinquents with the aid of the postofllce by registered letter. "Last winter the treasury had a scrap with the actors, actresses and music "hall artists, who boast of enormous salaries, but are in the nabit of declaring a minimum Income. The parties tripped up were exceedingly loud In proclaiming the action of the treasury an insult to British subjects and called upon their employers to swear that their salaries exisied mainly in the salaried persons' imagination. Of course, where conclusive proofs were offered that the figures of the tax declaration and of the income tallied, the declaration was accepted. In all other cases the artist3 had to pay in conformity with the figures boasttully quoted by them. NOT A HEAV1' ASSESSMENT. "Inasmuch as the police in Sweden and Norway take no official notice of foreigners visiting the two countries, one may live there quite a considerable time tax free. If finally one does get caught, the assessment Is not calculated to drive him away, and a man's word, as to his actual income, is accepted without the shadow of mistrust. The tax is not heavy, for natives and foreigners alike, and as in England incomes Just efficient for a decent and comfortable maintenance are exempted. "In the Netherlands the income tax is still a novelty; it was introduced about a year and a half ago, and the authorities, desirous of proving its necessity, are working hard to make the measure as obnoxious as possible. Belgium levies no income tax, though with its enormous population, it would undoubtedly pay handsomely there. To become acquainted with all the annoyances and troubles the income tax measure is capable of inllicting upon humanity, one must go to live in Germany, Berlin for instance. "Some two jears ago I met Mark Twain and his family at the Hotel DeRome, in the German capital, whom I had found installed in a Hat a few days previous. " 'Have you given up housekeeping already?' I asked. " "Had to,' said Mr. Clemens with a sad smile. The police and tax commissioner., drove me out of house and home. I made the customary declaration as to my Income, and a few hours later was visited by a brass-buttoned gentleman, who declared that 1 was wofully wrong in my calculations. He produced a newspaper clipping, saying I received in the neighborhood of l.fOO marks every time I wrote a line, and that my regular income from my book3 was about as large as the revenue of the Kaiser himself. No us? denying the fact. He had them glued into his head, and whenever I opened my mouth he proved afterward conclusively that I was a liar. So I gave up the idea of becoming a rcs;denr, and again went to the hotel to live, wuere they can tax me only in accordance with the income I actually spend for rooms and board and Incidentals. "Natives, as a general thing, are not so badly punished by the income tax as foreigners in Germany. Incomes below ' ?iiM) per year are taxed only to the extent of two-thirds per cent. If one boasts of $o) per year he is taxed $7.5') on that amount. An income of $1,00) to $1,20) pays 31.5'J taxes. Persons earning less than $103 per vear are exempted, and Prussia alone has 7,3!,0i0 men of that description. MISTAKES SEVERELY PUNISHED. "The fcrm of declaration required by the government reads like a pirate letter, and one he to b? mighty careful in filling i: out, fcr mistakes are very severely punished. For instance, you might say the bonds you possess bring In a revenue of $300 per year, and the government, requiring a list of the bonds, finds the actual income from them to be 1503. It Is then at once assured that you mean to cheat his Majesty, and you are made to pay ten times the amount of Income tax actually due the State for that year. "A friend of mine, a New Yorker, living in Berlin., whose income was of a somewhat precaricu.-j nature, declared It to be 1h marks or a. month. His letter came hit-k after a few days "for corrc-ction.' 'You pay 30 marks per week fcr rent alne,' wrote the commissioner; "consequently you must sp-nd at least twice that amount for board. That wo.;!d leave only a very narrow margin for drink, clothing, smoking and Incidentals.' The American ml the commissioner finally agreed upon 2 marks of taxable 'n-'-oir.e on condition th-at the matter te not further pressed. "The municipal taxes are gauged according to the State Income tax. and city bailiffs usually aid the government officials in spying out all sorts of unknown resources, supposed to Ih? at one's disposal. Thus I was once asked, when under examination as to my fortune: 'Ho.v much does your property In Cologne yield per annum?' " 'I never owned a house or a foot of ground in Cologne. "The tax collector, with an air of surprise: 'You do not? We are credibly informed that you have a house h.'r,i',b rents for l.rx) marks per year. Or perhaps I am mistaken in the city. Iet hk Me. a may be that your pro;rty is situated in Breslau or Kouigsberg.' "Of course the fellow was trying to catch me, but as I had nothing to conceal from him his trickery availed him naught. "An American waiter employed in a Berlin Hotel told me that he has to keep books over the amount of tips taken in by him. Not only his salary, but his douceurs, too. must be accounted for to the tax commissioners. It has lately been decided that servant girls must do likewise. " 'They are making us a nation of liars and falsifiers of public documents with their income tax declarations. said a wllkno.vn Berliner to me, speaking on the subject. "In other German cities, notably in those of Saxony, foreign visitors are forced to pay. aside from the income tax. divers otlur fees, church taxes, rent taxes for the privilege of living in the city and breathing its air. They let you remain for three months without imposing an income tax, but if you do not c.eae out at the end of that period require taxes for six months, paid on the spot; that is. for the three months you have been In the city and for the next quarter of a year you may, or you may not. intend to stav. Advance payment m always insisted ujn and bailiffs are plentiful. They usually come to see you risht after sunrise and stay until the amount due is handed over. A HUNGRY GOVERNMENT. The same sort of spy methods are In vogue In Austria and Italy. The Austrian government Is especially hungry, and, aside i from an income tax. makes a foreigner fork

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out no end of 'kreutzers for stamp duties. Stamps are required on almost everything, from a newspaper to an address slip on a package of candy, that you might want to take to your best girl. "Prance has no In?ome tax at present, though the government has been lighting for one several years and hopes to carry the scheme through sooner or later. Visitors are subjected to numerous stamped duties; all payments made, ta be legal, must be receipted for and each receipt costs 2 cents. Tney also must pay 'cotroi. a tax levied on articles of food of any kind they either carry into the city or brought there. Foreigners, as well as natives, returning from a picnic, for instance, must allow the customs officers to search their carriages and even their purses for contraband articles. "Servia and Roumania also collect income taxes, and Spain and Portugal are In a fair way of adopting the measure. Japan imposes a small income tax: Switzerland is opposed to it, and China has not come around to consider it as a means ior increasing the state revenue so far. Perhaps tne present war may lead to its introduction, as was done in England in 1012. bv Parliament during the great civil war. and during the great French war. In 1.93. by Pitt, the younger. T . "Of the many curious taxes which I have encountered on mv journeys, the following are the most notable: "In Servia false bosoms, bustles and other objects of vanity are subject to a not inconsiderable tax. whicn is an invention of ex-Kins Milan, who probably knew what he was doing when creating this new-fangled revenue. "The Austrian government taxes the totalisators on the race tracks, a system by which all the money invested by bettors on the losing horses is divided among those who backed the winner after deducting 8 ner cent, commission for the agency. The state takes 10 per cent, additional from the winners. In France the totalisator is taxed 7 per cent., of which one-half goes to the poor. Bookmakers have to out a license and pay heavy for the privilege. "When on the subject of Sweden I forgot to state that commercial travelers (foreigners) have to pay a tax of about $30 per month for the privilege of drumming up trade in that country. "A hearth tax is levied in Italy and hawkers are very heavily taxed in Spain, not only by the city but by the national government, too. "Russia has a graduated Income tax, from which only those earning less than 1,000 roubles are exempted. Oil and matches are likewise taxed in Russia. "Spain prohibts the use of organs, and charges the guitar-playing serenader $3 per vear for his fun; the Italian Minister of Finance will hear of no public music unless the musician be oven eighteen years of age and licensed. A large number of small German cities tax, all musical performances, solos or by bands and on hiring a piano in Paris for a month I was made to pay a license of 10 francs for a whole year in advance." TWI.V TEHKOItS OF TUB SCA. The Mlnnennollw anil Columbia Well Fitted for Destructive AVork. Philadelphia Record. . While there is no immediate prospect of the United States becoming involved with any foreign power over the war in the East, the struggle Is being watched with eager Interest here, particularly In naval circles. As the combat will be largely a marine contest, renewed Interest is centered upon the new ships of Uncle Sam's navy. "Should our navy be called on to fight," said a member of the great Cramp company yesterday, "there are two ships at least that would accomplish some surprising things in the line of work for which they were created. These are the Columbia and Minneapo'is. Built essentially to destroy commerce, the amount of damage they could inflict in this way on an enemy is only governed by the amount of commerce which that enemy had afloat. "Taking their tr'al trips as a basis on which to calculate, the deductions show that there is really nothing of any size atloat which approaches them in speed. The Columbia ran l2.Sl knots an hour, with about 17,4.K Indicated horse power, and earned a premium of $33).C00. This was wonderful: but the Minneapolis put the figures at 23.07 knots, or one-quarter Knot more. To do this, however, she required 20.600 indicated horse power, . which shows the stupendous amount of power necessary to Increise the speed a trille. "Both these trials were made over the Cape Ann course, which all naval engineers know, because of the shallow water, depreciates the performance of all high speed ships from one to one and a half knots. This the government, of course, gets the advantage of. "Suppose for an instant that a condition of war existed between the United States and England and the Minneapolis was sent several hundred miles off Montauk Point to watch for the fleetest ships in England's merchant marine. These are now the Campania and Lucanla, whose maximum speed is about 22 knots an hour at sea. This speed Is made at a time when the ships are off soundings; or in water so deep that they are not affected in any way by the proximity of the bottom. The Minneapolis ran over 23 knots on a course the maximum depth of wnich was 37 fathoms and the .minimum depth 23 fathoms. The sime power, which drove her 23 knots on the northeast, or Cape Ann course, would send her 21Vi knots in the water where the Campania and Lucanla make 22. "The meaning ot this is that the crack merchant ships of the seas are entirely at the mercy of the Minneapolis In any water of 10) fathoms depth. Should the smoke of any of these great vessels be sighted from the Minneapolis's decks at daybreak, which would mean that the ships were from 12 to II miles apart, she would have them under her guns at noon. There is no possible question that off soundings and in smooth water the Minneapolis car. run 2 11 2 knots an hour just as long as the men can stand at their stations. "The question of adding even more speed to ships Is engrossing the attention of engineers everywhere, but it has now reached a point where further development is difficult in the extreme. In trinle expansion engines of the type used in the Minneapolis every additional twelve indicated horse power means an additional ton of machinery. After the Columbia ran 22.81 knots with 17.-100 indicated horse power it took 3,200 additional horse power to give the Minneapolis another quarter knot. To have driven her one full knot faster would have required H.Otci additional horse power, the strain of which probably no ship structure could stand. "It is doubtless true that the greatest work of these great ships is gotten out of them bv our m?n. This Is due to several causes, chief amonrr which is the fact that the men who fired the furnaces and manipulated the machinery are of a very different 'class from thoe who do the sime work in the navy. It is not true, as has been stated In allegations which have formed the basis of concessional investigations, that we employ a special corps of .ctcrrsh:; firemen to run off sreed trials and employ them for that turpose alone. On the contrary, the entire tire and engine room forces who served during the recent trial of the Minneapolis, numbering in all 212 men. were without a sinele exception permanent employes of the shipyard whose resruiar duties had notnlng to do' with speed trials. "The fire room force was made up of men pr.g-vred In the shops us boilermakers, bbi'-ksmiths and their helpers, and men who work In the machine and erecting shops at the yads. Nop? of them were in any sense professional steamship firemen, but they are men whose duties bring them in constant contact with f". remand give them the knowledge of the art of firing. Whenever a trial trip is In prospect this class -of men, who In the work of the yard number about one thousand, out of which only two hundred can be taken along, file their applications weks In advance. The tr'p Is to th?m really an outintr. and. naturally, all are anxious to go. This state of affairs breeds In the men a sort of esprit du corps, the effect of which is not easy to determine, but as they are about th1 same men trll after trl-il their natural desire Is to excel in each Instance all previous cflorts." In reply to an Inquiry as to the majmiiicent work of his men. Charles H. Cramp raid rcently: "It is nt necessary to dicu;;s the matcr bevond spying tint they are a remarkb'e bodv of mn. Inspired by unusual fidelity, both to "their own Interests and to tho.-e of their employers, which are identical. So far ns I know, they have no oouals In th world." Art Nole. Boston Herald. If S nnf fpnerrtl'v known that the Pres ident himself passed on Mr. St. Gaudens's first design for the wor! l's fair meJal. Hl criticifin was not at all on the nudity of the figure. He remarked that the left leg of the vonng rvn 'o-l:cJ as If It had been broken "and setbadly. ' Whcn You Are Extra Dry Try Hommel's Extra Ory and you will exclaim. "I feel befter no!" Metzer & Co. BwU it. TftJ. iOi ,

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AFTER CAPTAIN WAItD POLICE SEARCIIIXG FOR ONE OP co i T!vs xo'a con ri m:ci: mi:v He -ried Hit Hand on Sum l)ii:iiln He 1'reKontM Ilou tonuicre to Two Patrol men. v.. "Captain" Ward, a noted confidence man. Is In the city, and the police are looking for him, as he is wanted on several charges. It is reported that last week he swindled Samuel Dinnin. proprietor of the "Fan" saloon, out of a neat sum in a shrewd manner. The Captain is sixty-seven years oil. He Is very striking In appearance. He generally wears a black suit of clothes and a light colored , slouch hat of the cowboy style. His hair Is dark gray and his faie Is smooth. Several of the detectives met him on the street several times, but forgot that he was wanted and did not arrest him. Last Sunday the following special was received from Cincinnati; "A check swindler, notorious In every city in the Nation, was arretted here today for plying his operations Thursday ami Friday. He is Albert C. Ward, sixty-seven years old, who was born in Indianapolis. His aliases are "Morgan," "Pape." "Miller," and "Capt. W. C. Ward." He wus n. confederate of Bill Kissane, of the steamer Martha Washington fame. He was alsj arrested and imprisoned in - Lafayette, N. Y., in 1SG4, as one of a conspiracy of hotel burners, two of whom were hanged. Tho consummation of his schemes here was cut short by his arrest to-day. He has not been long out of Xew York penitentiary." How he escaped or came to be release! by the Cincinnati authorities is not known. Captains Campbell and Quigley, who aro familiar with the crooks who have operated In this city for the past number of years, say that they remember Ward as a. notorious thief and all-round crook, but do not remember that he ever lived in this city. They say that Ward's visits to tuts citj' years ago were numerous, but that up to, his present visit they did not know of him being here for some time past. sfwuy before midniuht last night patrolmen Holts and Streit were on their district, wnich is the fourteenth, wnen they were accosted by Ward, though they did not know it at the time They had received! no orders from headquarters to arrest him. Ward conversed with them freely and the officers were very much impressed with him. He wore several tuberoses on his coat lapel and on leaving gave the flowers to them with his compliments. In a few moments the officers made their regular call to the police station and were given a description of Ward and orders to arrest him. They then found that they had been talking to him but a short time before. CITY NEWS NOTES. Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Glasscock was at the Greenfield fair yesterday, acting as a poultry Judge. The Traveling Men's Republican Club will hold an Important meeting to-morrow evening. The club will enter the fall campaign with renewed vigor. A defective flue started a fire in the house at No. M Elizabeth street yesterday afternoon shortly before 4 o'clock, but it was extinguished after a loss of $3. The managers of the "Last Days of Pompeii" are beginning to arrive in the city. Stage Manager Rose will arrive today and the first meeting of the ballet will be held to-night. The Lisht Infantry will give a dres parade and review in their new white uniforms, assisted by the Second Regiment Band, this evening, at G:13 o'clock, in the park Just north of the Blind Asylum. American nnilMiiiatic AKaoelatlon. DETROIT, l.Iieh.. Aug. 23. Representatives of the American Xnumimatlc Association are holding their fourth annual meeting here. The following officers were elected to-day: President. A. G. Heaton. Washington; vice president, Joseph Hooper, Port Hope, Ont. ; secretary. O. A. I'ag?, Waltham. Mass.: treasurer. Dr. A. I. Fisher, Elkhart, Ind.; librarian and curator. W. C. Stone, Springfield, Mass.; superintendent of exchange. W. J. Luck. Adrian, Mich.; counterfeit detector. E. H. Chijman, Philadelphia. Washington was chosen as the next meeting place. Can Fight In Indian Terrltov. PARSONS, Kan., Aug. 23. A purse of $25,(00 has been offered by Kansas, Indian Territory and Texas citizens for the Jack-son-Corbett tiprht to take place at Wagner, I. T., where there are no laws to prevent such a contest. Richard K. Fox to-night telegraphed Jackson's and Corhett's acceptance of the offer, providing the money was deposited In Xew York. The money was guaranteed to-night. It is said, and will be forwarded Monday. Of toil A civ ire. St. Louis OXobe-Dem&crat. The advice of ex-Pre$IJent Harrison to the Xew York Republicans to quit their pulling at cross-purposes, and pitch Into the Democrats with all thoir strength, is timely and practical. They can win a splendid victory this year if they will only go about it with proper harmony and energy. Hall "Work Horned. ERIE. Pa., Aug. 23. Fire broke out at midnignt In the engine room of the Erie rail works, and the plant Is doomed. The works have bzen burned three times. The loss will not be less than $w.A on which there Is an insurance of JGo.ooo. Tha fire Is one of a dozen within the last twenty-four hours, and incendiarism Is suspected. Suicide of a Broker. CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-A. S. Tucker, a prominent Board of Trade broker, shot and killed himself in Washington Park to-day. Shortly before the news of his death was received at the Board of Trade a notice was posted on the bulletin board announcing that he hid failed. The amount of his Indebtedness is small. Suicide of an Army OCieer. PERRY, O. T.. Aug. r.-John R. Ruthborn, lieutenant of a company of United States soldier located near this blae, committed suicide by shootir.;? him?ef vitn a pistol. Xo cause is af.-dgned for the d".-d. He was conversing with a party of soldiers, and. without warning, pulled a pis'.ol and shot himself. Trouble In Hie Clitftuw n1inn. PARIS. Tex.. A uc. 23. Trouble his again broken out In the Choctaw nation, and mat country is threatened with civil war. Th a time the trcubie Is bet ween the adherents of Dick Lock, prominent In the unpleasantness of last year, who have divided Into factions. m Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect AlrdeNATIONAL Tube Works. wf.ought-Tron the roit -(!ast Steam aud W'uU r Po:I-r TiiU-n, ';'t Ma.i:i'' Iron rutin,; f iihii k ai: f..dvn 'e i. 'alv :;) Miidn rriimb'rt. t i.ui .. Pi re T'liiL. :-i;f i!lt-i, Vjhi . Mti w t!r,t. an. I pu x, it i'. t-a:u I'r4i, l'tniqto, i ih it iiiU. Hi.-. I.ril.ii!:. IU itot btd. r. vl.iii .iint eii n-l i;.. it g W'a:., ul all .u ft s..j ued i.i ii fi-tii mi a ta, Nit'Hiii .in. I WaU-r. Natural Mr,;.l.e n jf"..i'.ty. 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