Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 January 1894 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAXR, Publisher, JASPER, Tiikkk thousaxd tailors, representing over 500,000 employers and employes, met in Cooper Union, New York oily, ÖU the lTth, to protest "against the Wilson tariff bill. Smaix-pox lias become terribly destructive in Cebu, in the Philippines. In wu month no less than 030 deaths occurred, being over 'JO per cent. There lias been nearly 4,000 deaths since the epidemic started. Iktimatk frlcnda of Prime Minister Crispi believe that owing, to the situation in Italy daily becoming worse, ho will demand of the chamber of deputies that plenipotentiary power be conferred upon him for a year. Thk discussion of the tariff bill under the five-minute rule will continue m the hise until and Including the ÜTtK instaut, night sessions leing held Also, mfwliich speeches may be made by gentkJir.cn desiring to go on record. 'Choi.kha. has appeared at Ancelai, ly.ar Charleroi, ltelgium. On the 10th there were twelve deaths from the dispense. Many of the inhabitants have "been attacked. The, authorities are constructing a lazaretto, where the sick will be treated. Ox account of a strike in the polishing room of the Diamond plate-glass factorr at Kokomo, Ind., all the employes of that establishment and the one at Khvood, belonging to the same company, went out on the 17th. There are 1,400 men involved. Tin: heirs of Col. Nicholas Lötz, of Reading, Pa., who furnished supplies to Washington's army at Valley Forge, claim that their ancestor was never paid in full for the supplies furnished, and will shortly present a claim to congress for 4,000,000. Hem: Rtiexse, formerly vice-director of the Danube Steamship Co., commit ted suicide in llerlin on the 17th. The anti-Semites violently charged him with irregularities in ISO'J, but the onmnini.' ncnuittcd him. Two weeks ago, however, he was dismissed by the company. II. II. IvnoxAitn, manager, of the -wtwlfivl Santa Clara bank at San .lose. Cal.. has been arrested, at the in stance of the irrand jury, charged with embezzling ?S,00U. Leonard and the cashier, Haywood, now dead, managed n divert to themselves 5200,000 of the bank's funds. TitK Illinois state building at the "World's fair eround has been sold for tl,50. M. C. Sloan & Co., of Chicago, were the purchasers. 'liiere were twelve bids in alL A bond of ?5,000 was required to Insure the removal of ih handln! from the irrounds uy Au gust i, next The nomination of Judge Hornblower. of Xcw York, to be associnte justice of the s-nnrcmc court, of the United States, so long held up in tho seriate, was finally rejected by a majority of 0. on the 15th, after Mr. Hill had made a bitter speech in opposition to the appointment. AMOS TltOLT, representing the Tteevcs Agricultural Implement Man ufacturing Co., of Columbus, Ind having his headquarters at Indianapolis, died suddenly in Evansvllle, on the 15th, of cerebral apoplexy. He was 52 years old, and a prominent Knight of Phythias and G. A. K. man. Fifteen separate offers aggregating 40,000,000 to take bonds, should Secretary "Carlislic Issue them, 'had been Teceivcd "at" the treasury department nn to the lrtth. One offer to take a "block of S'20,000,000 was received from a New York firm. Another offer to take $175 was received from a mechanic La Lanteiixi: publishes a letter from Tlangkok which states that the Siamese are evacuating the left bank of the Mekonr river, in accordance with the atrrecment entered into with France. The villages on that side of the river have been pillaged and burned by the Siamese troops engaged In clearing the coantry for French possession. Tkaix No. 3 on the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Uluffs railroad was held up and robbed, at 12:20 o'clock on the Morning of Wie 18th, hy five masked men at Hoy's Hrnnch, just above bt Joseph, Mo., tho scene of the attempted robbery of September 25 last The contents of the safe in tho express car were transferred to a sack and carried off. Anonymous und inflammatory pla cards have recently been posted in the town of Villn, China, which state that China has everything" she needs and that tue missionaries are teaching no new doctrines to tho people. The mis sionaries arc therefore not wanted, and nn appeal is made calling upon patriots to collect on a designated day to "kill and destroy." Tub big English locomotive Tolo man, now at tho West Milwaukee, (Wis.,) shops of tho Chicago. MHwau kec &. St. Paul railway, is a pronounced failure. There will be no further trial of the engine, because it has been hown by tests already made that when an extra hauling is required her "boiler can not furnish enough steam to operate the four cylinders. Mahion Cim.nicin, a FrcMio detective driving into Goshen, Cnl., was shot at, on the night of tho 14tli, by Chris Evans, the escaped outlaw, and hin partner Morrcll. near Goshen station. One bullet grazed Chlhlcrs' check and another went through his overcoat. while two went through tho back of the bugiry and a fifth struck one of the horses, which took fright nnd after running a couolo of miles fell dead.

CURRENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS II 11IEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. TtiKaato was not In session on tuo 13th. In tho hoasa tu president menace transmitting the aupplomsntary Hawaiian cor respoadeacc to congress was received sad referred to the committee- on forden affair. The joint resolution tfuthorlxlns Gen. O. O. iir,i ni-rmit from tho resident of tho French republic tho decoration ot a commander of tho natlonnl order of the Lesion of Hono was passed without objection, IN the nennte, on tho 15th, ft number ot jjfc. tionsacninst the tariff bill, etc,, were p ,tmnOil. A number of bills of only locr.l .t were presented and passod or rofovr j&.'Wnd ut 1:25 p. in. tho senato went Into r,x jci!ic session to discuss tho nomination 0f lr. Hornblower ns associate justlco o supremo court of tho United States, v,uCi. was finally rejected... ...In tho house, f.ftef unimportant morning business, the Vt'.son tariff bill was read, and tho day was. de voted to tho discus slon ot amendments thereto offered by Mr. Vllon. chairman of iUc committee on ways ar.d means. IX the scnal, on t'je Unh. nn executive ses sion to consider a resolution to suspend tno in junction of necrecy In the matter of the nom inatlon of collector of internal revenue ror ino tote of Florida was held during tho morning aour. Mr. Galllncer spoko to his resolution declaring It as the sonse of tho senuto mat it Is unwise to attempt any change In the tuvm laws during the present administration.... In tho house there was llttlo routlno business transacted when tho Wilson bill was ugain taken up for amendments. IN the senate, oa tho 17th. tho clvil-servlco law and tho way it is administered was discussed for a time, after which the federal elections law repeal hill was taken up and occupied the most of the session. Senator Gray's attempt to cet the republicans to name a day for final notion mot with failure in tnenouso tho discussion of the Wilson tariff bill was con tinued without noticcablo Incident. IN tho senate, on the lfrth, Senator Walthall. of Mississippi, cave notice that ho had tentiered his resignation to the governor of his state. Resolutions calling In question tho au thority of Secretary Carlisle to lssuo an inter est-bearing loan were offered, buttholr consideration was postponed. After some further business tho senato resumed consideration of the elections repeal bill In the house, after very little preliminary business, tho Wil son tariff bill was token up In committee of the whole, and occupied the remainder of tho ses sion. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. the boiler of on tho Wg tour road exploded at Winchester, Ind., on the "1-nh, killing the fireman, fatally in juring the engineer and wounding two others. Two attempts havfl recently been made to wreck the St Louis & San Francisco night express at Aurora, Ma, the first time by a misplaced switch and the second time by a loos ened rail. In neither case was much damage done. The Merchants' banlc of h.lns, Ivns., has closed its door and gone into voluntary liquidation. The assets are ample to cover the liabilities of ?5rt,000. State Hank Commissioner Ureideuthal is in control. "Loitn" IiETtESFOitD, convicted in Rome, Ga last year of forgery and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, escaped from the convict camp at Kramer, Ga.. on the night of the 15th, boarded a train for Florida, and is supposed to have made arrange menta to sail from a southern port to England, his former home. Do. Rosenthal, a prominentsurgeon uf Cincinnati, went to Columbus, on tho lflth, to introduce a measure in the Ohio legislature to provide for the abolition of the Abrahamic rite, on the ground that the operation is cruel nnd unnecessary, nnd a relic of barbarism not compatible with the civilization of the day. J. V. GmviN, who has held the office of Hnwniinn consul in San Dicco. Cal.. for some vears past, has received notice from the provisional government of his appointment to the head of the postal savingsbank of Hawaii Girvin ex nccted to leave on the 20th for Hono lulu. The first report ol tins seasons wheat crop in the Punjab province of Hntish India has been issued. The prospects arc unusually good. The area planten wiows an increase oi n per cent over that of the preceding crop. The secretary- of tho interior has ap pointed William L. Chitty, of Illinois, a member of the board of pension ap peals, vice William 11. Huppert, re signed. The salary is 52,000 per an num. The Prussian diet was opened, on the 16th, by Emperor William In person. A construction train on ,the North em uaiiroatt or .cw Jersey went through a temporary trestle near Fair view, Is. J., on the 17th, falling on twenty or thirty Italians who were at work under the trestle. Two of the men were crushed to death, nnd nearly every one of the others was aiorc or less in jured some of them, it is feared, fatally. FmE, on the 17th, destroyed the plant of the American Cereal Co., at Minneapolis, Minn., involving a loss of about ."0,000, and throwing over 100 persons out of employment Kmpkiiok William lias invited the duke of York to visit llerlin to attend 'the annual banquet of the Knights of tho Ulaclc Kagle. A. It. W hiti.ky, one of tho leading real estate dealers of Cheyenne, Wyo., was convicted on the charge of at tempting to Rtiborn jurors in an im portant civil case. He was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail, oh the 17th, and to pay a fine of 150. The case created a great 'sensation there, as Whitlev ltad heretofore borno nn c.v ccllent reputatlou. A Hoya l decree, dated the loth, countersigned by all the ministers, has been Issued, proclaiming a state of siege at Carrara nnd Mnssa dl Carrara, Italy. It has been leafncd that the Ed Moorell, alias Ft ante Moorell, who as sistcd Chris Evans, the California out law in his escape from the Fresno (Cal.) jail, is Frank Morris, a Fort Scott (Kna.) young man. His father a well-to-do farmer, and was formerly In the mail service. The issue of Columbian stamps from January 2, 18-tM, to December 31, the period ".ssigned to their distribution, is the subject of a statement which has been prepared ty the post oflice doM'i. ... ...., nariinunb iao ngirreciiic numocrWy i tiled to uostmastcrs was 1,990,093.200.

Kkwtox T. r'AP,,,,TT fati,er of J. Slout Fassett, die u at xs nma ?. mint, V., on txc i-t,t RKC,i -1 yt.!irrt. Hk.vjamin U .ijnshaw, one of tho most prominent pr JUJeja,is in West Virginia, und for ten ywars u member of the Wetzel coup jy court, was arrested lit Wheolir on tl,e ntU( -hlle attempting to f negotiate forged county orders. J'" v nn caught by oftloars who were e.T in wait, and when arrested at-

wanted to swallow a Sl.000 order he fccld in his hand. A Chicago man has Invented a shield Tor vaccinated nrms. The itivention consists of nn aluminum disc, with rim beveled and center raised and perforat ed, and is so constructed that It can be fastened securely. Jkn.nie Lkooi.v, a negress, stabbed William Haywood, with whom she had formerly lived, to the heart In St Louis, on the night of the 17th. because Haywood wouldn't give her fifty cents with which to buy beer. The mystery concerning the death of Henry Shrivers, who was shot on the mirhtof 14th ut Salem. la., wascxphtin ed, on the 17th, by the confession of his brother Charles, who buys that while lie was cleaning a large ffiin it was accidentally discharged, the load enter ing Henry's head, killing him instantly. The jury returned a verdict of accidental deatk: Uy a unanimous vote of the alder men at a special meeting-, on the 17th, the notorious "muzzein" or "koutakouta" dance, arranged to have been performed by dancers from the Midway plaisance of the World's fair, was ofticially declared immoral and banished from ltoston. Fahmehs in Porter county, Ind., are feeding hundreds of bushels of wheat to cattle and hogs. One farmer has fed 1,500 bushels, another 500 bushels. Wheat is worth from 50 cents to 52 cents per G0-pound nushul in the markets. The farmers claim it is worth to them 75 cents a bu hel to feed. The appraisement of the Stanford estate was filed m ban I ranetsco on the 17th. The total valuation of San Francisco nronert' is Sl7.CtW.8lO. It is as follows: Stocks. m,f52.4ü0; bonds. $:5,S33,1C0: house anil effects. $11:1,000; notes and accounts, 69'.a,50ö; real es täte, ?0,SIS.2. This docs not include the Palo Alto, Vina and Gridley prop erties, which were deeded to the uni versity. A disastrous storm recently swept over the Hlack sea, doing- much damage to shipping. A Greek steamship is missing nnd ten sailing vessels are re ported wrecked at different places. The entire crews of two of them went to the bottom with the vessels. The number of lives lost and damag-e is not known. In a battle with a gang of thieves who were trying to rob the post oliice at Danville, Pa., on the morning of the 17th, Police Ofiicer Vangilger was shot and killed and two of the thieves wounded. The latter escaped. The Prussian "budget was presented to the landtag, on the 18th, by Ur. Miquel, the finance minister. The revenues arc estimated at 1,879,440,391 marks, an increase of 43,937,181 marks over the preceding fiscal year. The deficit is estimated at 70,200,000 marks, which is 12.-HJO.000 marks in excess of the deficit of the preceding year. The United States cruiser Concord is at Shanghai. The llaltimore, the flag' ship of the China station, is at Singa pore. The city of Chihuahua, the capital of the Mexican state of that name, was reported, on the 19th, to have been cantured by the rebel leader aantana Perez. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The senate wu nut in session on the 10th....... The house went into commit tee of the whole, at 11:10 ociock, to consider the Wilson tariff bill. An Agreement was entered into whereby three hours, immediately after the house goes hito committee of the whole on the 22d, shall be given to de bate on the sugar schedule, the vote then to be taken on any amendments which might be offered. The entire day was devoted to consideration of the tariff bill. Theiie was unveiled at the chapel of the United States naval academy at Annunous, .no., on um -im, a memoria A 1 ( 1 . 1 . a 1 ' window in memory of officers and men who lost their lives at Apia, Samoa, few years ago, when two American naval vessels were wrecked and several officers, including Capt Schoonmaker and Paymaster Arms of the Vandalia were drowned. DisPATcmcs from the Congo state that a strong force of Arabs recently attacked the Belgians under Capt Pon thicr, who were intrenched at Kasson go, on the Congo. Ponthier was killed and many of Ins men were Killed or wounded. The latest news received at tho coast showed that the liclgian force was in a precarious position. The returns issued by the Paris board of trade, covering1 the year 1SU3, show that imports decreased 251,330,000 francs as compared with those of the preceding year, and that the exports decreased 251,110.000 f nines as com pared with those of 1S93. Judok llAiutivrT, of tho acw lork supreme court, lias appointed Henry W inthrop Grav receiver of the Thom son-Houston Electric Co. of New York. The bond of the receiver has been fixed at 50,000. The Howard plate glass works at Du ouesiic. Pa., employing over roo men resumed in full on the 19th. The plan had been idle four months. Prospects favor a steady run. ON the 19th tlte ! renen senate np proved, by a vote of lots to M, a mca.s tire giving women in trade-thu right of suffrage in elections for tribunals of commerce. Gr.ouoi: Hahhett Pukscott, the wcl linown electrician nnd author of workt on the telegraph and telephone, died in New York, on the IStli aged Gt years, SKCitBTAi.r Caklisli: lias called for the resignation of Mr. Frank V. Pease, chief of tho computer's division, office of the supcrvtsingarchitcct William Gartox, ex-govcrnor Massachusetts, died in ikaton oa tht

lötli.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. At Ft Wayne Joepa Rauner witk

....Ii. 1.1.- tho toa of his heau on. . , . e placed the muzxie in ins uiuum , pulled tho trigger witn a striub- av- i tached to lits toe. c and leaves a widow and two small t children. Ilauaer has been out oi orK for some time, and it weiglicu neavuy on his mind , m Patihck O'Kekke was acqultteti ot . 1 - the murder of .lames . i-.uuauKs u Indianapolis on the ground oi insanuj. The body of a stranger was lounu floating in the river some miles below Indianapolis and was IdenUtieu as uic remains of Sajnuel honkce, a cigar maker, who left home several days be fore. The coroner is inclined to tue be lief that Konkee met with foul play. The notorious Jap Hill escaped from ail at Frankfort disguised in the cloth- . 1 , ..!... ng oi a tramp wno nau wxu shelter for the night Owino to numerous vicissitudes and misunderstandings among players' tho Terre Haute Chess' club, winch was backing the Masters' Continental Chess congress, announced to take place , the tourna ment off. and instructed the trMMiriT 1 to refund all money. 1 Mus. Wm. Cochkane, of Columbus, i died while driving in her buggy to ' church. She was aged G2 Chihst Schneide, of Columbus, who was nneu f-iuu ior vrimcciiiiuB w missing. The controller of the currency has declared the first dividend of twentyfive per cent in favor of the creditors of the First National bank, of North Manchester, on claims proved amount ing to 77,SS4.43. Tun ministers of Logansport, several of whom are now engaged in revivals. have experienced considerable dithcnlty of late in preserving order. Four boys were arrested the other day lor disturbing meetings, and all but one were convicted The fourth was cleared by the clever work of his lawyer, who called upon all the witnesses to give the preacher's text To their great mortification several of the pillars of the church, who were pushing the prosecution, failed signally, while the prisoner rattled it off very glibly. One of the cases lias engendered a bitter fued in a South Side church, nnd the dissension promises to result in some thing serious. A minister on the Äortn Side has been disturbed by a rumor that a dance is to be given in a resi dence near by, and is taking legal steps to prevent it A man giving the name of Shafer opened an employment bureau at Indianapolis, and, after collecting S72 from as many applicants, skipped The great peach crop in southeast Indiana is still uninjured, and a grower of experience says that the crop is killed oftener before than after Christmas. He claims that a warm, damp fall, followed by excessive cold, is nec essary to blight the buds. At Newpoint Harvey Connelly, bookkeeper for the Puttman Stone Quarry Ca, was run down by a freight train on the Rig Four and literally ground to pieces, his remains being carried to the V f 1 1 A. uuum: iB uasKti-a. fcl) I'HILLIPS was seriously lnjureu while hunting near llourbon. hy the ac - cidental discharge of his shotgun, reui i u: ktlltlll L 11 U IUaU 111 lilS. 1 11. II V.. OUUUIUVI and face. His recovery is doubtful. At Frankfort, Perry Oilman got 18 years for assaulting Viola Shafer, aged 13. He attempted suicide by hanging after receiving sentence, but the rcpe broke. The jnry in the whitccap case at ( Columbus found Christ Schneider guilty of assault and battery, as charged in the second count of the indictment and imposed a fine of $1S0. The first ' count of the indictment, charging riot, " conspiracy and whitccapping by dragging Mary Schräder from her bed at midnight and whipping her in a brutal ' manner with hickory switches, was recognized. There arc 10 other conspirators to try. A suit was begun at Huntington the other morning by Mrs. Hattie Giblcr against her husband's father, John Gibler, for $15,000 damages, for aliennting her husband's affections. The couple eloped in November of last year, were married in Michigan, and afterwards went to Denver, CoL, to live. The father of the groom followed them and, it is claimed, by threats, promises and persuasions, induced the younir husband to abandon the wife, leaving her friendless and penniless in that city. A company of Indianapolis and Chicago capitalists have organized with f-250,000 capital stock to investigate the oil field in the vicinity of Albany. Oil has been discovered near here that Hows from the well as clear as water. Thousands of acres of land have already been leased. A MAX supposed to be A. C. Davis, of 1.-1. ,.. ,..,. Pinu. , i xleaf railroad, at Marion, tho other morning in an unconscious condition. He was cut about the head and bore other injuries. It is supposed ho was struck while walking on the track. At Indianapolis Judge Woods ap pointed M 1". Huston and E. 0. Hopkins receivers to operato the Indiana branches of the I'coria, Decatur and Evansvilllc road. EmvAiin Ki.Am of Indianapolis, broker for the Oui Tobacco Ca, found a dynamite bomb in his pocket It is thought the would-ln: assassin mistook him for President I-'renzel, of th-5 Merchant's National bank, who had been threatened. John Kokhps. cf Uncolnvlllc, a ham letln Wabash county, is in jail charged with stealing S5 from the residence of Charles Ititner, while tho family was at church. John Mi.v.vick. superintendent of the Lebanon Klcctric Light Co., was instantly killed the other morning by a rotten telegraph polo on which he was placing a wire. It gave way, and he fell under It IIepkkskxtativk Conx Introduced a bill for an additional appropriation for the public bulldlngat South Bend. The bill provides that the limit of expenditure for the South Bend building be exfended to 50.000

TAX ON INCOMES.

Tho Bill for Raising Revalue by Jncomo Tax Completed. It U a rr-KeachtBT Measure, Is . iKiird, If Knsctetl Int !-aw, t Taks KJTrrt .Imitiary 1, K5 Maiimry f lUl'CMlslesu. Washington, Jan. 18. The ways and means committee has completed the income tax bill. The last work was done to-day, and the bill is now in the hands of the public printer. The substance of the bill is as follows: That from nnd after the 1st day of January, 15. there hall bo levied, collected and paid annually upon the pain, protlts and Income of every person residing In the United Stutes. or any .citiscn ot the United States reMdlnß abroad, derived In each preceding calendar year, whether derived from -any klud of iiroDertv. rents. Interest, dividends or salaries. or from any profession, trade, employment or vocation carried on in the United States or elsewhere, on all dividends, annuities or Interest paid by corporations or associations organized for prottt by virtue of tbo laws of the United Stntes. or of any state or territory, by mesas of which the liability of tho Individual sloe holders Is in any wise limited, in cash, scrip or otherwise, and the net Income of all such . corporations in excess of In cash, scrip or otherwise, and the net Income from any other sources whatever, a lax of 2 por centum on the nraounl so derived over and above f t.WO, and a like tax. shall be levied, collected and paid an nuallv uroa the gains, protlts and Incomo from all property, and of every business, trade or profession carried on In tho United States by nersons residing without tho United States and not citizens thereof. The tax herein provided forshall be assessed, collected nnd iiaid upon the gains, protlts and Income for the year ending the 31st day of De comber next preceding the time for levying. collecting and paying said tax. X SWEEPING MZASUUC Sec. 2. In estimating tho gains, profits and Income of any person there shall be included all income derived from interest upon notes bonds and other securities as prollts realized within the year from sales of real estate purdialed within the yoar or within two years previous to the year for which Income is est! mated: Interest received upon all note. bonds. mortgages or other forms of Indebted tiess bearing Interest, whether paid or not, if good and collectable, less the interest which has become due from said person during the year; ike-amount of nil premium on tonds. notes or coupons: the nmount of sales of .live stock, sugar, wool, but tcr. cheese, pork. beef, mutton or other meats, hay and grain or other vegetable or other pro. ductlons being the growth or produce of the cs täte of such person, not Including any part thereof consumed directly by tho family: all other gains, protlts and income derived from any source whatever and the share of any per son of the gains or prollts of all companies. whether Incorporated -or partnership, who would t entitled to the same if divided. whether divided or otherwise, except the amount ot income received from institutions or corporations whoso oftlcers are required by law to withhold n per centum of the dividends. Interest, gains, or protlts and incomes made by such Institutions, and pay the same to tha ofllccr authorized to receive thesame: and except that portion of the salary or pay receive! for scrriccs In the civil, milltarr. naval or other service of tho United States, including senators and representatives and delegates In congress, from which tho tax has been deducted: and except that portion of nny salary upon which the employer Is re. quired by law to and does withhold the tax and pays th-3 same to the o3i:er authorized to re ceive it. And In addition to H.oeo exempt from income tax as herein before provided, all nattesml. state, county and municipal taxes, shall be de ducted from the gains, profits or Income of the person who has actually paid the same, whether such person be owaer. tenant or mortKacor; lomea actually Mtaincd durtntr tho ycar arsta? I rem fires, sklpwreck or In. , curred In traUo anil not covered by insurance or otherwise compensated for. and UcbU ascertalned to be worthless, but including all estlmated depreciation of values and losses with in the year: on sales of real estate purchased two years previous to the year which income is estimated: provided, that no deduction shall be made for any amount paid out for ne buildings, permanent improvements, or better ments. nde to Increase the value of any property or estate. Provided further that only one deduction of f 1.000 shall be made from the aggregate Income of all the members of any family composed of one or both parents and one or more minor children, of husband and wife: that guardians ' shall be alloveJ to make a deduction of tl.ttM in favor ot each and every ward, except in casa where two or more wards are comprised in one family and have Joint property Interest the aggregate deduction to their favor shall ! not exceed fl.O)). AS TO FED EH At, XHrXOVBS. Provided further that In cases wherthe i salary or other compensation paid to any per son in the employ or In the service of the ' United States shall not exceed the rate of ll.ouo per annum, or shall be by fees, 1 or uncertain or irregular in tue amount. or in tno lime uuring wnicn me same shall have accrued or been earned, such salary or other compensation shall be included in estimating th annual gains, pronts or in come of the person to whom the same shall have been mid and shall includo that portion of anv income or salary upon which a tax has" not been naSd by the employer where the em- . ploycr Is required by lawto pay aa excess over W.wo. Section 3 provides methods and means for the return or assessment of all incomes to be taxeiL, Krcry person with an incomo of moro than 3,S Is rsqtnred to render, on a blank to le furnished by the government, a run stata ment of his Income, gains or protlts for the , taxat)ie year. Ml guardians, ' trustees, executors and receivers are required to make returns for the .persons for whom they act. Persons having less than $3,MJ ore not required to make report. All re turns have to be verified by oath. Where the party to be taxed falls to make return the ' designated collector, who will be an agent of tbo United States commissioner of internal revenue. Is required to make out the list from such facts as are available, and, after the tax Is assessed, to add 50 per cent, as m penalty. Where a false or fraudulent return Is made a penalty of 10) per cent is added to the tax. ltlght is given to take oath that an incomo Is not as much as M.uuu, ana u tne deputy collector disagrees and assesses the income, appeal Is allowed to the collector of Internal revcnue of the district. Where, on this appeal, a decision adversa to the applicant is reached, a final appeal to the United Slates commissioner of Internal revenue Is provided for. Final provision of this section Is that due notice shall bo given to de linquents before nn ofllclal assessment of their property Is made and the penalty tax levied. Sec. I. All the Income taxes are to be due on July 1 of each year. To all taxes of which duo notice has Leen given, and which arc not paid Estates ot deceased, iasanc or Insolvent per sons are exempted Trom this penalty. sox-miKioiKfrs mcst pay vp. See. R Krerv non-resident person or cor poration owning property In the Unitcd'Statcs or receiving an Incomo from the UninJ States , shall pay taxes on Incomes received Just as If J resident Ih tho United State. Provision for tho exemption of Incomes under fl.WM asvrcll as for taxation ot delinquent taxpayers is same as In cases of resident citizens. See. 6. That there snail to collected a tax of : per ronton all dividends In scrip or money thereafter due. whenever the same be payable to stockholders, policy holders. 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other insurance company, whether specially Incorporated or existing under ueuerul lung, nnd on ull undistributed eeau, made durlnir tho year to their swplus funds; nnd uld banks, trust companies., etc., shall pay iha said tax, and are Hereby authorized and required to dduct all payment inadu on aceeunt ef any divldeads. duo and payable as aforesaid, tho lax of 5 Pr cant Atulu IN; or return shall bo Bfade and rendered to thu col lector on or betöre the teaia day of tho month fellowlng that in which any dividends b. come due, containing a true account of the amount of taxes, und there shall be annuxej a declaration of the president or rash ier, under oath, la form as prescribed, that tbo same contains a faith, ful account of taxes as aforesaid. And for any default In thu making of such ttst or return with such declaration annexed, ike bank, etc.. shall nay a penaltv of it.fMO; und In case of de. fault In rendering said list or return, or of default In thepayim-nt ot tho tux, the u-h-ss-sent and collection of tho tax onl penalty shall I Hi in accordance with the general pro visions of law in other ruses of neglect, provided that the tax upon dlvidendsof lifo Insurance companies shall not bo deemed due until turh dividends aro payable, nor shall tho portion ot premiums returned by mutual life companies to their holders nor the Interest allowed or paid to the depositors in savings banks or In stitutions te considered dividends. Sec. 7. That any bank, building association er oilier banning institution omitting to urtko dividends or additions to Its surplus as often as stx months, shall make a list In duplicate ander oath to the deputy collector of Internal revenue, on January I and July l.ot tho amount of profits accrued by said Institution during six months preceding and shall present one list to the collector of tho district and pay U per cent, on such protlts. and in default shall be subject to the penalties prescribed In the foregoing section; provided that when any dividend is made which includes any part of the surplus which has ln-on assessed and paid the amount of duty so paid on that portion of the surplns or contingent fund may be deducted from the duty on such dividend. HOXPKO COHPOHATIONS. Sec. P. That any railroad or canal, turnpike. cannl navigation company, any telephone, tele graph, electric light and gas company or water company, and any strcot railway company or other corporation Indebted for nuy money for which bonds have been issued upon which interest is to bo paid, or nny such company that may have declared any dividend in money paynble to Its stockholders as part of Its earnings, and all profits of such company hall b subject to a tax of 2 per cent, on the amount of all such Interest or coupons, divlJruds or protlts. whenever tho same shall bo payable, and to whatsoever party, and Mid companies are authorized to withhold from all payments, nn account of interest due and payable, tnc tax oi -z per ceni . anu mo payment of the amount ot tux so deducted from tho Interest and certified by the president or treasurer or other principal account us ofttccr, shall dlscbcrge said company from that amount of tho dividend or coupon on bonds except where said companies may have contracteu otnerwisc. Sec. 0 requires that all omcert of the gov ernment receiving more than H.MJ) shall pay a tax of 2 per cent., which It shall be the duty of all paymasters and disbursing, officers to deduct and withhold to tho credit of the governmcnt. The payment of prlts money Is regarded as nn Incomo from salaries, und the regular tax collected tuureirotn. Section iu amends section 3icr or tne exist ing lnternnl-rcvcuue las, so that any collector or other officer or Internal-revenue ugent ho divulges in any wnv the operations, apparatus or manner of working of any manufacturer or producer visited by him In collection of income tax. shall be subject to a lino not to exceed ttflOU. or imprisonment for onn year, or both. and shall be dismissed from ofttco ond bo for ever thereafter Incapable of holding nny ofüc under the government Section 3ir.' is amended so mat aeoutr col lectors shall from tlmo to-time proceed throuea every district inquiring alter and concerning all persons liable to pay any tar. nnd shad make a Ht of such persons and their ownins. Section 3,17a is amended so tnnt any person. partnership, firm, nssoclatloa or corporation liable to any special tax r duty aot otherwise roviaeu ior. on Juiy i, snail, on mo ist or larch preceding tne -time when such taxes are due. make eat uder e4a a return of their dutiable gooo or cosses whcti mis is not dose it Is required that deputy collectors afeattmake'eat the IkH. A fesHstor ts given the power when the proper person can sot be feuad la hie ewa, district, to eater any other reUeetloa district where -suh persoa may be found, aad to make the examination EVASIOK OH tKXVlt. Section 3170 Is amended so that where the person to Vc taxed refuses to make a return llt or makes one which Is deemed fraudulent the collector shall havo fowcr to enter tho prem ises and make his own, adding a penalty of per cent for refusal or neglect, and of IOJx:r cent for fraud. The sickness or absenceof the partv to 1 taxed clveo tae collector the rieht IO a I row not exceemnfC'SBniy -wiyt in snico thcdelayed list may be offered. Section I. requires every corporation doing business for profit to make return of amount of dividends under oath that It Is true in amount. in such manner as may be prescribed by the commissioner. Section 13 prescribes that every corporation shall make retura beginning with lf-0.". of all the following matters: (1) Gross protlts, '.i expenses ot corporation exclusive of lnterot. annuities and dividends; (i) net profits without allowance for interest, etc.; (1) amount p-tld on account of Interest, etc,, stated separately: (51 amount paid In salaries of W.WIlor .less to each person employed: (C) amount paid la salaries of more taaa m.wm. Section II requires every corporation to keep accurate books for Inspection by proper oC5ccrs. . ... Section 15 prcscrlbc that taxes imposed upon dividends, ett., shall Iks collected therefrom whenever the same may be payable, and eTtry corporation paying a tax thereon -may retain from all payments made on account .thereof a proportionate amount of the tax so paid. Section 16 requires collector to give full report for all taxes received and a sepnrale receipt for each tax paid by aay dsbtor on account of payments made by him to separate creditors In such form that such debtor .can produce ,thc siae separately to hks'Mveral creditor ana aueh receipts arc to be" sufflcicnt'cvldcncc in favor of such debtor to Justify him In withholding the nmount therein expressed from tho noxt payment to his creditor. Section 19 provides manner of fixing salaries of assessors. ' " , Section I declares that no rule establish-1 by tho commissioner of Internal revenue shad bo valid without the approval of the secretary of the treasury, nor shall the mbi be MndteK . Upen aar corporation or person not an iBteraal-reTeBHC oilier until it has bon printed and consnlcuotnly poitsd la tho cmee ef the collector of the district Scctloa 91 provide fer tae prosecution of perjury. SecretaryÄirlTeetaeiiecreUryof tho treasury or tae commissioner of internal revenue power te reHere er fate&se from nil forfeitures and penalties Imposed by this act In such ca"cs as either ef t heat may deem proper, except to penalties impaaed hy law ror punishment of a misdemeanor or other crimes. The Japanese Jod f War. In the dapnnw capital,' there is a gigantic image of a, woman, made of wood and plaster, and dedicated to Hachiman, the god of war. In height It measures fifty-four feet, the head alone, which is reached by a windln? stiirtvay In the interior of the figurebcing'lärge cooUtrh tö comfortably hoi 1 twnty-Vron ' a huge wooden sword in one hand, the blado- of the weapo beiagr twentyseven feet long", nnd a ball twelve feet in diameter In the other; Internal the model is fitted np with an extra rthe country is ouraweri oy nnm-e through one of the eycsf the fig"The admission to all parWbf the struc ture is two eents. Ahu-D' A (la. I iindti "Why, how is this, my dear sir?' quired a Hnrlem doctor. "iou me n letter atatlnjf tl.afyou lincH"" attacked by small-pox, and I Und you suffering from rheumatism." "Well, you see, doctor, it's like this said the patleat, "there wasn't a sow la the house who could spell rlieutns tlaa. "Texas Sifting