The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 1, 1894, Page 2

v0 TAX MONEY. Another Great Pian for Swelling Rey- enues. Washington D. C., Feb Messrs. Warner, Hall of ad Henderson of Illinois, a subcom mittee of the House Committee ou Bisking and Currency, bave agreed > report favorably to the full com uittee the bill introduced by Repre sentative Cooper of Indiana “to sub jece to State taxation natioual bauk fotes and’ United States Treasury cores.” The bill proyides “that all circu dxtiug notes of uatioual bauking as 4ociations and all Uuited States legal Gender notes and ali other uotes and ceruticates of the Uuited States pay gule on demand and circulating as Currency shall not be exempt from {uxation under the authority of any Siate or Territory; provided, that any such taxation shail be exercised 22 Missouri i tne same manner and at the same) cate that avy such State or Territory shall tax other money within it juris diction.” The report to accompany the bill i. is understood, and will point out ihe importance of the bill as a meas ure designed to prevent fraud upou the tax duplicates of the States. Nearly all the money on deposit Euroughout the country, it will be said, is returned as greenbacks, and Qhus escapes taxation. If none of fhe forms of money are exempt it will be impossible to use any of them as a cloak for hiding the existence of funds. The report will call attention to the fact that reports to the Comp Goller of the Currency show tkat more than $100,000,000 of the Na Sonal Bank reserve funds are held in greenbacks. If these were made éuxable by the States as other forms of money, the bauks would use sil wer to a considerable extent in mak up their reserves, thus increasing the circulation of that metal fargely stored in the Treasurv vaults. now Our Imperial State. It may or may not be true thata ayndicate has been formed in France for the purpose of establishing in Southern Missouri the most exten sive vineyard iu the world All the facts point, however, to the truth of the rumor. ‘There is uo greater evidence of it than the search of idle capital for investment and the dupression mude by Missouri upon foreigners at the world’s fair. No étate in the union carried away so qany prizes and no state conducted - «te display with more ability or en ferprise. That the fame of Mis souri, therefore, should have’ pene {rated the capitals of Europe is not a matter of surprise to anybody con versant with the situation. Our products of every description —agricultural. horticultural, miner al and live stock—are just a trifle in advance of those of any other sec- fion. And we say this not boasting iy or from pure conceit, but from a ¢1lm consciousuess that it has beer proven before a competent jury. All that now remains is for the capital of the country to follow its own dic fates and make such investments in Missouri enterprises as will crown it the imperial state of the Mississippi valley.—Jefferson City Tribune. American Denied Bail. City of Mexico, Feb. 21.—The im prisonment of Ackerman, an Ameri can locomotive engineer, who was employed on the Mexican Inter- Oceanic railway, has aroused consid erable feeling among Americans of this city. Mr. Ackerman’s engine ran into and upset a cart in which a Mexican was riding nearly a year -ago. The Mexican was drunk at the time, and received injuries which re- sulted in his death. At the prelim inary examination Ackerman was re teased, and he supposed that the matter was settled until about two months ago, when he was again ar rested and thrown into prison im Toluco. He is denied bail and can not find out what the nature of the harge i inet him. He has a : led e he Depattecent of State at Washington through Minister Gray. Sedalia, Mo, Feb. 22.—Mrs. George W. Dixon, wife of an ex- member of the police force, fainted upon one of the principal streets of the city this afternoon, and while ying upon the sidewalk, unconscious was relieved of a gold watch and chain. The Republican Lie. | Joplin Herald. | No reader of ordinary discernment cau have failed to note the assidduous | care with which tha republican lead | ers, the party organs and the small jiry and politicians and heelers, are | eudeavoriug to propagate the notion | |that the hard bre j about by the democratic party charge was first made some mouths! ago by the defeated republican cau | times were h Th: | didate for the vice presidency and | was denounced at the time partisan a republican organ as the Globe Democrat as little short of But willing tongues re peated it and like all lies it ha- traveled fast acd wide. The local | republican organ has shouted it for mouths and will doubtless continue -o do so until the November election with all the ardor of a recent convert by ermninal Chat the average observer of inteli- igeuce will be misled by this partisan crusade against the truth the Herald does not believe, but it may be well, nevertheless, which were stated so clearly recent ly by the Philadelphia Record and which so completely expose the hy pocrisy and cant of the republican falsifiers. ‘When President Cleve land surrendered his office to Presi- dent Harrison on the Fourth of March, 1889, Secretary Fairchild’s statement showed a surplus of $105, 900,000 in the treasury. From the 4th of March to July 1, 1890, the secretary of treasury paid out $246, 620,741 for government bonds of a par yvaiue of $211,832,450—nearly $35,000,000 in premiums to holders of public obligations in anticipation of the periods of redemption. Sim ultaneously with these financial transactions the Reed congress pass e1 the silver purchase act, which seriously disturbed the public fi nances, and then proceeded to deplete the treasury surplus. The sum of $17,000,000 was given to the states as a refund of direct tax paid in 1861! and liberal bounties were paid to the sugar planters and steam ship companies. With the pretext of lessening the poor man's burdens the McKinley tariff reduced the in- terual tax on the necessary of mauu- factured tobacco and increased to nearly one hundred per cent, the taxes on such luxuries as woolen clothing. Boasting of a “free break- fast table” its author despoiled the government of $55,000,000 of fiscial revenues from sugar and increased the taxes on table cutlery, delf and many articles of breakfast food. The revenues from sugar and tobacco, of which the McKinley tariff stripped the treasury while despoiling con- sumers, would have amounted to this day to $225,000,000. Thee would have then been no question of a deficit, no suggestion of an incoue tix, no need to sell bonds to main tain the gold reserve, and no mone- tary crisis. To all these causes of depression must be added, as of pri- mary importance, the unwholesome stimulus given to production by ex cessive protective duties aud the consequent overstocking of the markets. When the first tokens of | a financial crisis resulting from a misebievous volicy made their ap pearance, the hollowness of tariff made prosperity was revealed i: factories and warehouse bulging with goods for the ideal “home market,’ for which there were no sustomers. Need the honest iequirer seek further for the causes of de pression which is passing away in in the very midst of a revision of the tarifi? Long before Harrison's ad ministration expired the necessity for more revenue was apparent, and Secretary Foster recommended an increase of tax on whisky when con gress met in December, 1892. The actual condition of the treasury was hidden by counting “available” funds $50,000,000 deposited by na- tional banks for note redemption and $20,000,000 of subsidiary silver coinage. By such miserable means a fictitious balance of $2,000,000 was figured up when President Har- rison’s administration turned its back upon the capital. to recall a few facts It took a Cooper county jury forty hours to make up its mind that Riley C. Evans ought to serve a 25 years sentence in the penitentiary for murdering his neighbor Peter Fine, last October. Fine was shuck- ing corn, in his field at the time WISE ADVICE © USE | 4 DEADLY TEXAS DUEL. so! s0Lo CVerywres® AT THE O. H. Carpets, Also UNDERTAKI Wheu in need of anything in my purchasing, they will help you highest market price in cash will this firm at Butler depot. maoe 8y THE NK FAIRBANK COMPANY StLous{@3 For sale at lowest prices or taken in exchange. ann SAVE F. 5. You will find the Best Grade of FURNITU RE, Window Shades, Picture Frames, And Carpet Sweepers, for the money in Southwest Missouri. NG in All Branches. lire, let me quote you prices before Cc. B. HICKMAN.: Butler Grain Denot Successors to Bryant Bros. & McDaniel, Butler, Mo., are nows ready and prepared to buy WHEAT, CORN, and all other Seeds and Grains, Castor Beans, &e., for which the DATS, FLAX, be paid. 3rong your grain to a3 cs Also keep a supply of FRESH FLOUR, MEAL AND MILL FECD® Call and see us. iD. D. McCANN, Superintendent. Another Object Lesson. | The word bas gone out among} protection barons that the American | people are to be taught another *‘ob | ject lesson” When New York bank ‘ ers desired to compel certain legisla | tion, it was determined to arbitrarily ! call in loans, unnecessarily contract | ing the currency, thus causing a; stringency which it was assumed} would be an “object lesson” to the ; American people. The panic followed | when the situation grew beyond the, control of its promoters. \ Now we are to have another object lesson. The east is to again take. up the sand bag to force the west. to an acquiescence with its ideas. | The statement is telegrephed broad- ' cast that at a recent meeting of | Penueylvania iron barons, the proba- bilities of the passage of the Wilson | bill were discussed, and it was! determined to give the people! another “object lesson” by proclaim ing that if the bill passed the Senate | an immediate and deep cut would be | in the wages of their employes. It! was expected that the bare announce- ment of the intentions of the pro- tected barons would result in an immediate flood of petitions and. protests against the passage of the | Wilson bill. i It is time that Congress take a/ hawd in this “object lesson” business. | The passage of the McKinley bill! was followed by no increase of | wages as the result of increased | duties—on the contrary the wages, were cut te the quick and the barons themselves were treated to an “‘ob-! ject lesson” at Homestead. Two| It is hoped that the threats of trusts and combines will not cause Con- gress to swerve from its present purpose This country is greater than any clique of people in it; the good of the American people is paramount to the wishes of protect ed saudbaggers.—Clinton Demoerat. Huntington, Ind., Feb. 22.—A bold $1,500 robbery was committed at Warren, this county, last night. Jacob Heaston, a wealthy horee buyer, was the victim. He drew the money froma bank to pay for a car load of horses, intendicg to go away early this morning. At about mid- night he -was awakened by two masked who demanded the money. They had revolvers to en- force their demands. Heaston had the money under his pillow and at onee produced it and gave it to the robbers, who fied. Heaston turned men { Four Persons Killed and Three Wound- | ed at the Houston Depot. | Jim Mitehell,a desperado of Rich- | | mond. Texas, brought about a dead- | in the union depot at Hous ton Monday vight. Upon the ap | pearance of Constable D. L. Sutton land Milton Sparks and wife, brother | ‘and ebil , Mitchell began shooting } | | sutton responded but fell dead after i ly fight | the second shot. | Mitchel kept up his murderous! | fusilade until be bad fired six shots. | The result was Sutton, Millon Sparks j and bis cinld and an owmvibus driver | | were killed, Mrs. Sparks and broth | lerinlaw were mortally wounded, | 'while Mrs. MeDowell, an aged wo | man who was iu the room, received | oue of the bullets and her chance of | recovery is sliw. The station was crowded and when | the shooting began there was a rush for the doors. Many were hurt in) the crush. Sutton killed the omnibus driver, while Mitchell killed Sutton, Milton \Sparks and = mortally wounded | Spark's brother and shot Mrs. Mec Dowell. It is pretty certain that} A.R., says: ‘1 have tried nearly every cough remedy but have tound nothing to compare with Parks’ Couga Syrup. Chere is nothing od earth like it tor bronchitts. [have suffered ever since my discharge from the army and Parks’ Co Syrup isthe only remedy that has ever helped me.,” I The Colored Qonvicts. The following is from the Globe Democrat of St Louis. Jobn Sullivan, the saddle-tree contractor from the Jefferson City penitentiary, was talking at the Southern . hotel about the strange characters he came in daily contact with. ‘The colored men are the best prisoners. They readily adapt themselves to their surroundings. As long as the food is good and the clothing warm they have no com- plaints to make. Two fat coons from the cook house were in the yard one bitter cold day last week The cage opened, and there came ina very thin, starved-looking fellow wearing the light clothes he had on when arrested last summer. He shivered before the blast that swept across the court yard. One of the negroes remarked to his companion, as they both looked at the new-comer, ‘Looks asif there was hard times outside, doesn't it, Bill?) Ibave a man in my shop who is serving his fifth term for larceny. I asked him one day why he did not try to keep out of the penitentiary. ‘Can't do it Mr. Sullivan. Lis one of these nac’hal born thieves.’ ‘Weil why don’t you go somewhere else, aud not keep on coming back to Jeff?’ ‘Mister Sullivan,’ he replied, ‘I knows where 1is treated like a gentleman: that’s Mitchell was arrested and jailed. | James Kobinson. “James Robinson, who for a long time wore the title of the champion bareback rider of the penod, is spending lis retirement on his farm said Willard Mo., “He is by no means in Audrain count Reed, of Monroe county, terday. yes. an old man, but he is out of the T am of the that he has saved a good deal of money ever. imp ion on which to live for the remainder of bis days, bat Ido not know just how well he has taken care the big income that he vsed to enjoy. Robinson still has many of the value able gifts that were showered upon him in all parts of the world. He has various valuable presents from the queen of England, the late Wil- liam of Germany people of the old country. ot and other great One of I the most valuable of the gifts receiv- ed from royalty is the belt sent to him by Victoria after he gyve a pri- vate performance before her majesty. Mr. Robinson 13 the same wiry little man that he bas always been, and except for his hair, one would hardly think him to be above 40 years of —St. Louis Republic. Cure for Heac e. 2 As arenjedy tor all torms of Head- W.I. Church, of Staunton Post, G.|ache Electric Bitters has proved to be the yery best. It ettects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence: We urge all who are afflicted to procure a bottle and give this remedy a tair trial. Inu cases of habitual constivasion Electric Bitteis cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and tew cases long resist the use of this medicin: Try it once. Large bottles ouly Fitty cents at H,L. tucker’s Drug Store, Great Old Misso: Th conversation with A. C. Low- rey, who returned to Richmond last Tuesday, after a year's absence in St. James, Ill, he said: “You people in Richmond aud this section of the world dou't know auything about hard times. Over where I have been they know something about hard times. Two years ago farmers re- fused 80 aud 85 cents per bushel for fell to 50 and 55 cents last year they still re- fused to sell, and now wheat has gone down to 40 cents a bushel ‘and many farmers have in their grana- ries three crops, holding on for bet ter prices and paying interest. Mon- ey is scarce, and scores of people without work money, many places stealing, their wheat, and when it or and in robbery and burglary are engaged in to an alarm- ing extent. No, you don’t know in Missouri what bard times are, and you ought to be glad of it.” —Rich- mond Conservator Assanited. Omaha, Neb. Feb. 22—Mrs. Freda Rothechild,wife of a live-stock dealer, was assaulted at ber home this morning by a tramp. who at- tempted te outrage her. She beat him off and finally the tramp for re- venge thrust her into a closet, set why.’ ~ Dumped Into ‘The River. St. Louis, Mo.. Feb. 22 —Details have reached here of the escape from the Chester, Ill., Prison of Jo- seph S. Hardin, the Centralia, IIl., train robber, sent up for twenty years. It seems that Hardin from the time he stepped into the penitentiary at Chester began to cultivate friend ship with the trusty convicts who were employed as cart drivers. He became a fast friend of one of these, and Monday the cart driver permitted bim to jump into his vebi- ele, and lying down on the bottom of the bed, the trusty driver loaded the cart with clay, completely cov- ering the form of the train robber. When the cart was loaded the over in bed and went to sleep again nd did not give the alarm until this morning. There is no clew to the robbers. An Illegitimate Child’s Relationship. Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 20.— The legal relatiorship of a mother to her illegitimate child was settled by the supreme court yesterday in the case of Nannie Marshall vs. the { Wabash Railroad company for dam ages for killing her son. The defend- ant claimed the boy was a “natural” son of a father yet living and, that being the case, the suit could not be maintained by the mother singly, but only eonjointly with the boy's father recognizes neither mother nor son. The court found that as the father ignored the child and he was Evans shot him to death. The jury |Year® of MeKinleyism found the tne charge of his mother solely, the returned a verdict Monday. country on the verge of bankruptey. mother was entitled to prosecute. { trusty drove out of the gates of the penitentiary, and arriving at the riv er bank, where a dump had been ea- tablished for the purpose of strength ening the leyee, Hardjn was dumped with the clay down the embankment jand into the river, and it is thought that by pre-arrangement there was ja skiff near at hand. into which he jumped and was rowed beyond the reach aud sight of the authorities. i Guaranteed Cure. 2 We authorize our advertised druggist to sell Dr. King,s New Discovery tor consumption coughs. and colds upon this condition,. If you are afflicted with a cough cold or any lung throat or chest trouble and will use this remedy as di- j rected giving it a tairtrial and experience no benefit rou may return the bottle and have your money retunded. We could not make this offer it we did not know that Dr- King’s New Discovery could be relied upon, It never disappoints, trial bottles free at H. L. Tuekers’ Drug Store. Regularsiae soc. and $1.00, fire to ber clothes robbed the house of jewelry and decamped. Mrs. Rothschild is so badly burn- ed she will probably die. She is a sister of Andrew Haas, a wealthy Wyoming ranchman. Lueky Depositors. Atlantic, Ia, Feb. 14—It is an- nounced that the liabilities of the Cass county bank are $515,000 and that the assets less than $100,000 with preferred claims of $25,000. Depositors will receive about 5 cents or. the dollar. The excitement over the report is inteuse and the farmers in town are almost worked up to the pitch of taking the law into their. Going to Buy a Watche If so, buy one that cannot be stolen. The only thief-proof Watches are those with » To be sure of getting a Non-pull-out, see that the caseis stamped with this trade mark. It cannot be had with any other kind. 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