The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 30, 1893, Page 4

BUTI WEEKLY TIMES | ee b. ALLEN Eprror. | J. D. Atren & Co., Ptoprietors. SCRIPTION: TERMS OF SU The Weexty Times, published every | Thursday. will be sent to any address | qne year, postage paid, for $1.00, | i This Hawaiiau muddle is getting | tiresome. | _— | Congress meets in regular session | Monday. Foot ball bas taken the place of books in Harvard and Yale. The defeat of silver has greatly increased the mining of gold. The State University has gone in- to the foot ball business. In our colleges the foot ball is fast supe planting books. The republican papers are devot ing a great deal of space to Hawaiian affairs. The mistake of Harrison must be sustained, that’s all there is to it. Judge DeArmond will leave the Igst of this week for Washington City to enter upon the discharge of his duties at the opening of Con- gress, Monday. —_—_—_—_ It is now stated that Miss Helen Gould isto marry L.S. Thorne, third vice-president of the Texas and Pacifiic railroad. What difter- ence does it make tothe average American citizen who Miss Gould marries? What does the United States want with Hawaii, an island of ne- groes and lepers. Grover is doing cight in sitting down on the scheme of a few sharps and rascals who de- sire to fill their pockets at the ex- pense of this government. When congress meets again and the tariff bill is presented we hope to see the democratic congressmen put on a solid and united front, and vote asone man. The country de- mands this and personal interests should not interfere Gov. Lewelling, of Kansas, has decided not to call an extra session of the legislature. The regular ses- sion did develment enough in the way of squanderiog the state’s mon- ey and the Gcvernor is afraid to let pops have another grab at the pub- tic crib. Areport put in circulation last week that Senator Vest had died suddenly at his home in Washington caused a big sensation throughout the country. There was no founda- tion for the report and it known how it originated. is not Dick Robinson the negro boy who murdered Johanna Schallman, in Sedalia some time ago, will be hung Dec. 15th. Chas. Banks another Sedalia negro who murdered his companion Isaac Palmer, over a game of craps, in August 1892, will, be hung Dec. 29th. “The silver purchased under the Sherman act is officially reported at (60,574,580 fine ounces, or some | thing over seven thousand tons. It cost the people of the Unitsd States $155,930,940. All this in three years and two months, and yet the price of silver declined enormously during the operation of the law, and has shown a tendency to advance since its repeal. Geo. Klockson, the Ft. Scott, merchant and grand treasurer of the Knights of Honor of Kansas; who disappeared so mysteriously tast September, while on his way to a meeting of the lodge at Leaven- worth, has been identified in a hoe- pital at San Francisco, Cal., by a moomber of the Odd Fellows to which he algo belonged. Klockson’s mind is a total blank and he can give no account of himself. REFORM IN EARNEST. Democrats of the Ways and Means Committee Make Public the Result of Their Works. THE FREE List SWEEPING. All the More Important Raw Materials to Be Admitted After March 4 Without Daties. Nillions for Consumers. Wasbiugton, Nov. 27.—The uew Dewocratic tariff bill was given tu the public today. Its provisions fulfill every expectation of those who |had predicted that it would be a radical measure of reform Iu many respects it 1s a surprise even to the Democratic members of congress, us it 1g unprecedented in many of its provisions. Lhe free list is of liberal scope sufficient to satisty the most radica advocates of reform and the repudia tion of the priuciple of reciprocity, which has been the pride of the Re publicans and the bete noire of the Democrats for a number of years, 18 decisive and emphatic. In addition to the reforms it niakes in the cus toms laws, it will necessitate read justment of treaties with those South American countries which enjoy practical or theoretical reciprocity with the great American republic of the Northern hemsphere. Th bounty cn sugar is to be repealed by easy gradations and will not reach its conclusive effect until after the end of the present century. It has heretofore been agreed that ten days should be allowed the Re publican members for undisturbed consideration and at the expiration of that peoriod, when the bill is for mally presented to the house its like ly that the minority will content itself with such caustic comment as it may evolve for the occasion and a proposal to continue the McKinley bill in operation. The bill presented to day relates to the custom schedules only It had been the hope and the purpose of the Democratic members to cou currently submit a comprehensiv scheme of internal taxation, the necessary supplement of revision. but while consideration of thix branch of the subject of a taxation hae progressed sufficiently far to enable its presentation in general terms, the details are yet to be ar ranged that will probably be embo died in a separete bill or offered as an amendment to the present one at the appropriate time. VAST SAVINGS TO CONSUMERS. The geveral effect of the new bill is apparent in the statement that it reduces the tariff tax of about 173 million dollars tu about 115 million dollars, being a net reduction of about 58 million or 33 per cent That represents the direct savings Indirectly, the saving to consumers will be an additional 350 millions. calculation being effected on basis of six to one. the operation of the McKinley tariff has been such that while consumers paid under it 58 millions of revenue to the government they further paid 350 millions contribute to manufac turers. The new bills redeems the pledges that the burden of taxation should be more equitably distribut- ed. Most important additions have been made to the free list. Wool, coal, iron, lumber, sait and tin ure among the articles which make up the largest free list consumers huve ever known. Silver lead bearing ores, in the free admission of which Kansas City has s large interest, are added to the schedule of non-dutiable imports. There has been an _ abolition of the practice adopted in the high protection measure of taxing most heavily the cheapest articles of man- ufacture of general consumption so that the inexpensive woolen or cotton garments of the poor bore a far heavier proportionate tax than the costlier goods. Democratic members of the com- mittee have followed the platform. When the bill they have prepared becomes a law the tax load will be adjusted in equitable fashion. It has been the purpose of the commit tee to eliminate every element of paternalism and no regard has been paid to any party or personal inter- ests. PLANS FOR RAISING REVENUE. When the democratic members of the committee concluded their re- vision of the customs schedules and ascertained that its effect would be Congressman DeArmond arrived fast week from Washington. to reduce the revenues of the gov ernment by about 60 million dollars they realized the necessity of adopt- Mr. ing other equitable measures of gen- DeArmond can meet his constituents | eral application to supply the defi- with the consciousness of having|ciency inseparable from the honest faithfully represented the sentiment and judicious tariffand to the consid- of his entire section in the recent session of congrees, and the Butler eration of such measures they were further impelled by the conscious- ness that an immediate deficiency of Truss says the people will show| 50 millions confronted the treasury their appreciation of his steward-jin consequence of continuing the ship by electing him again when the time arrives. We believein giving the devil his dues.—Rich Hill Trib- ane. Republican legislation upon the statute books. Ina general way the committee to-day announced that to make up that deficiency it proposed to rely in the main upon an income the|* In other words, | j tax but that it has not concluded | covsideration of the internal reven- | ue figures of taxation and would sub-! mit the perfected measure of their | colleagues at an early date. It 18) certain however, that no increase! will be made 1p the tax on beer und} itis not hkely that the tax on whis | key will be sucreased. Au increase | iu the latter of 10 ceuts would yeild | but about 10 withon revenue to the! governmeui and au indetimtely larg-| er tribute to distillers who bave the! product iu bond. Some time duriug | the week a conclusion will be reach ed as to this particular tax. The maiu reliuce of the commit: | tee will be on the income but it 18 not yet determined whether it will) embrace individual iucomes or apply | solely to the net incomes of corpor- atious.” The proposition to confine | the tux to a very small percentage of corporate incomes the net incomes to be defined as the difference be- ‘ween the operating expenses, divi dends excluded and gross receipts, bas been viewed with much fayor and would raise a large revenue. Within the scope of its operation would fall national state and private banks, railway companies, street car companies, loav and trust companies and savings banks, water light and yas corporations of all deseviptions. It is thougbt that the revenue from this source of taxation alone will more than supply the loss occasioned by the honest rearrangement of the tariff. THE NEW FREE LIST IN DETAIL. The committee met at 11 o'clock this morning and after the roll call, Chairman Wilson at once laid the bill before the entire committee: On and after March 1, 1894, the fol- lowing articles are to be added to the free list: Articles for the use United States; bacon and hams, beef, mut- ton and pork, and meats of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not specially provided for; all binding twine man- ufactured in whole or in part from istle or tapioca fiber, manilla, sisal grass, or sunn. of single ply and measuring not exceeding 600 feet to the pound; birds, stuffed, not suitable for mi!'inery ornament,and birdskins, prepay -d for preservation, but not further advanced in manufacture; blue vitriol, or sulphate of copper; bone char, suitable for use in deodor- izing sugars; coal, bituminous and shale, and coal slack or cut; coke; erude coal tar and all prepara- tions and products of coal tar, not colors or dyes, not specially provided for; oxide of cobalt; copper imported in the form of ores: old. copper, fit only for manufacture; clippings from new copper and all composition met- al of which copper is a component material of chief value not specially provided for; regulus of copper and black or coarse copper and copper cement; copper in plates, bars, ingots or digs and other forms not manufac- tured, not especially provided for; copperas, or sulphate of iron; cotton ties or iron or steel cut to jengths, punched or not punched, with or without buckles, for belting cotton; diamond dust or bort, and jewels to be used in the manufacture of watches or clocks; yolks of eggs of birds, fish and insects; crude downs of all kinds, not especially provided for; fresh fish; furs, undressed ; iodine; resublimated iron ore, including man- ganiferous iron ore and the dross or residuum from burnt pyrites, and sulphur ore and pyrites; sulphur of on in its natural state; lard; lemon ice, lime juice and sour orange juice; mica and metallic mineral sub- stances in a crude state and metals unwrought, not specially provided for; oche and ochery earthy; sienna earths, umber and umber earths, not specially provided for in this act, eot- ton seed oil, paintings, in oil or wat- er colors, and statuary,not otherwise provided for, plows, tools and disc harrows, harvesters, reapers, drills, mowers, horse rakes, cultivators, threshing machines and cotton gins; plush, black for making men’s hats; quicksilver; salt; silk, partially man- ufactured from cocoons or from waste silk, and not farther advanced or manufactured than carded or combed silk; all soap not otherwise specially provided for; sulphate of soda, or salt cake or nitre cake, sul!- phuric acid, tallow and wool grease, including that known commercially as degras or brown wool grease; straw; burr stone rounded up into millstones, free stone, granite, sand- stone, limestone and other building or monumental, except marble, un- manufactured or undressed, not specially provided for; all wearing apparel and other personal effects, jand their Geo. Peck, of Wisconsin, is at Hurley and is personally looking after the wants of thousands of miners who are out of employment and on the verge of starvation. The govertor refuses outside aid and says the state of Wisconsin is amply able to cure for her own people. The governor took with him a special train loaded with provisions and clothing and converted Sunday into a day of Thanksgiving. The dis patches say: There are two feet of snow on the ground, and with the mercury hovering about the zero mark, and 5,000 on the range idle, the seriousness of the situation can well be imagined | Ten days ago Governor Peck is sued an appeal for state aid, and there was a quick response of both money and supplies. ‘The special to day brought 200 barrels of flour, 5,000 pounds of dressed meats and all kinds of canned goods and house- hotd necessities. A large lot of pleted the equipment. Upon the ar rival of the relief party it was met by a citizens’ committee, who super vised the distribution of supplies A furious spew storm was raging. but the cars were quickly unloaded tents placed in the city hall for safety. During the day an additiona! car load of 200 barrels of flour, a gift from the city of Med ford, Wis., was received and added to the general stor. s. The ringing of the riot alam brought out hundreds of men who assisted in carrying the supplies from the cars to the city hall. The governor and his party visited scores of houses, questioning the people aud Jvoking into their wants. of destitution were discovered. Whole families of Cornish, Finnish and Swedirh miners were found huddled together in single rooms without a morsel of Many pitiable cases fool and with barely enough clothes to cover them. The mines began shatting down last June, and at present there is not a single mine ou the entire range—a region that mined some thing like 10,000,000 tous of ore last year. There are altogether about 15,000 people iu a helpless condition, but they sre not nearly so badly off as the across the line in Michigan, th- total number named in operation miners above, including all on the range, which ruos through Northern Wis- cousin and the Upper Michigan peninsula. In the city of Ironwood, which is jast acro-s the border and plainly ir sight. there are in the corporate lim its 1,500 people entirely destitute. meaus at hand and are Governor Rich of Michigan yesterday issued an appeal for aid for the unemployed of the Upper Peninsula, and one ear every now Waiting for outside aid of provisions was started today from Lansing for Ironwood and Bessemer. The most destructive fire in the history of Hannibal, Mo, visited that city Saturday. The damage done is estimated at $300,000 without regard to their value upon their identity being established un- der such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- seribe; timber, hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and in building wharves, squared or sided timber, sawed boards, planks deals,and other lumber, laths, pickets and pelings, shingles, staves of wood of all kinds and unmanufactured wood, provided that if any export duty is laid from abroad upon the above mentioned articles. or either of them, all of such articles shall be subject to duty as now provided by law; chair cane, or reeds, wrought or manufactured from rattans or reeds; woods, includ- ing cedar, lignum vitate, lancewood, ebony, box, grandilla, mahogany, rosewood, satinwood and all forms of cabinet woods in log, rough or hewn; bamboo and rattan, unmanu- factured; briar root or briar wood, and similar wood unmanufactured; reeds and sticks of partridge, hair wood, pimento, orange, myrtle and other woods in the rough or not fur- ther manufactured than cut into lengths suitable for umbrella, para- sols, sun shades, whips or walking canes; all wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca and other like animals, and all wool and hair on the skin, noils, yarn waste, card waste, burr waste, rags and flogs, in- cluding all waste or rags composed wholly or in part of wool. Pope Leo of Rome, head of the Catholic church. is reported to be dying. Dr. Hilee Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Daan Stus: For 20 years I was troubled with smothering at t. Hed to sit oa breathe. ta my ie last I became ZB § i 3 5 oy g rf i Fi ii ta LF 4 : | } HE i Hi i - <= fe) Cc iO “ i Py 8 6 ¢ ° ry i uf i} is te Hi i i Bi i i ( t 8 i i t f | | in | i clothing for meu and children com | The city and county have exhausted i Triple Tragedy. | Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 26.—A| bloody tragedy took place at Hico this moruing William Massey shot | William Olds twice when Olds drew his gun and com menced firing indiscriminately, shoot ing ayouung son of Massey's tour) times. | Olds discovered his mistake and | followed the elder Massey, who ran | ‘after he shot Olds into the former's | with a pistol, i yard, and sbot him just as he sank! to the ground from, loss of blood ‘from the first wounds. Olds ‘shot twice. ' All three men died to-night | Massy accused Olds of being inti mate with Mrs. Massey, and trouble arose at Massey's house, where Olds went to collect They were prominent farmers of bighest re | spectability was | | rent | | | Odd Fellows Jubilant. St. Loius, Nov. 21.—The }sixth annual session of the jrand jencempment of the Odd Fellows of |the United States began here this morning with a good attendance forty Grand Representatives Jewell and | Maybury, in their annual repoit, say the condition of the order cails for devout thanksgiving on the part of every Odd Fellow in the land. The net increase in membership during | 1892 was over 50,000—unprecedent- | ed in the history of the order—and | from what has been learned fiom the increase this year it will be| greater than last year. The total membership to-day including the Sisters of Rebekah branch, i= esti mated at over 1 million Saturday the President appointed | Washington Hesing postmaster at_ Chicago, and W. K. Mize. collector | of internal revenue for the district of Chicago. | ter than others Five Times: Columbus, O.,Nov. 22.—An attempt was made to assasivate Father Eis of the Sacred Heart Catholic chur ch ye this city at 5 o'clock this morn- ing The assassins were two burglars who aroused him while robbing his house. They fired tive times at him. A bullet struck bim in the right fore- arm making a painful wound but the plucky priest ejected both by main ‘orce. KNOWLEDG Brings comfort and improvement and tends to peared enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet- and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence és due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- it to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers rl permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid- peys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. yrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. THE -OAK-GARLAND The OAK GARLAND Makes No Clinkers It has an Air-tight base and will keep fire longer than any other seove of same pattern. or money refunded. GEN’L AGENTS for Bates Co. It is made of heavier material and will wear longer than other stoves. It has cold air flues which keep up a circulation of air, thereby producing more heat than any oth- er stove of same size. It has a large ash pan which is a great convenience in taking out ashes and makes no dust or dirt. The nickel trimmings and urn are very heavy aud handsome. guarrntee every Garland Stove we sell to give perfect satisfaction We Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. BUTLER, MO. inspection. We have the very Fall Milliners Our fall stock of Millinery has arrived and is now ready for latest designs in all the nov- elties in millinery goods and our Fall Supply of Hats and Bonnets Is vot to be surpassed for quality and attractiveness. | line is large and a visit to our store will convince you that our Prices Are the Lowest. We spent several weeks in the i Call and see us before buying. Harper & Our east investigating the styles and can assure the ladies desiring Fall Millinery that the j very latest novelties will be found in our store. VanCamp. Nee ener a evel, i ic ia neseaeedy eek