The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 28, 1894, Page 2

1 : jestimated total of nation {taxation is $630,000,000. Several cities of ancient Greece STATE FINANC { Bonds to be Taken Up—A Big Balance to be “Apportioned: to the years old, to compel them to marry. The tax was so large that matrimo-! ny was cheaper by comparison. Schoot Fund. State Treasurer Lon V. American Stephers will forward to the change Natioval bank of New York William III. in 1865, increased by | city, the state's fiscal agent in a few ‘the Georges and repealed in 1851. days his check for $345,000, to take | Houses of eight windows were taxed | up $162,000 6 per cent Hannibal | 16 shillings; of ten, £1 8s; of 100, and St. Joe renewal bonds, and) £29 8s. $156,000 of the state's G per cent) Stamp duties were invented by| funding bonds, due July 1, 1894. | Charles IL; they yield the Britis h| He will also for a check for | government £12,000,000 a year. $130,000 to meet semi-annual inter | They are levied on legacies, est, July, next, on the state debt. | ance, deeds, bills and receipts. “On April 1, last, “said Treasurer anoth- The Czar by one means or and local | i A oni levied a tax on bachelors over 20} x-| A window tax was introduced by} insur- | Stephens I forwarded to Anierican Exchange National bank of New York my check for $66,000 to pay of 6 per cent bonds of the state, which matured on that date. This will make $414,000 of our 6 per cent ! within debt which we have paid off the last six months. The tion only ment of $ nually. requires the extir 50,000 of out debt an- On January 1, next, = mature, and there will be enough money in the sinking fund to pay them off also. When that samount is taken in there will be outstanding but $521,000 6 per cent state bonds and just as fast as they mature we will take them up. We understaud times are little hard and money is a little scarce in some porti»ns of the United States, but not so in Mis souri. Missouri is all right, and we will have, after the July bonds are paid off, a balance in the treasury that will justify a payment to the school children of the state in Au gust of about $800,000. Our fiscal agent wrote me recent- ly that in the event we didn’t have money enough to take in the 6 per cent bonds, due July they would gladly take them in for us and carry er, manages to sqgeeze out of his people about $300,000,000 a year.) This does not include his private in- come, which is estimated at about $10,000,000. In South China the chopsticks are | taxed, and a man who can prove that he has no chopsticks—that is no re- jliable means of subsiste»ce—may plead exemption from the capitation J,- | tax 000 more of our 6 per cent bonds | A tax on caues was once levied in Marsailles, France. The excuse for jit was found in the statement that the canes wore out the pavement. The tax was applied to cleaning the streets. Athens had no direct taxation, either on personal or real property. The sources of revenue were the public lands, a poll tax on freedom and strangers, customs and excise duties. licenses and tribute. Among the Hebrews during the theocracy the taxes were Very -se- vere. There was a poll tax of half a shekel, about 30 cents, a tribute of | the first fruits and first born of ani- mals, 2 redemption tax of the first- born sop, a tithe for the tabernacle, another for the Leyites, and a third every third year, for the poor It |has been computed that the total >|South as weil as the North, we can for us at 34 per cent interest, until! taxation exceeded 36 per cent of the such a time as we were ready to can-|Jand valuation. cel them. Missouri’s reputation as “a silver state hasn't hurt her per- ceptibly in New York, as far as T can observe.” Taxes and Taxation. Globe-Democrat. Queen Anne invented a tax on ad- vertisements. Each paid 3 shillings and 6 pences to the government. It was abolished in 1853. The Chinese government levies a regular tax on beggars, and gives them, in return, the privilege of beg- ging in a certain district. In several districts of Kurdistan the wealth of the individual property owner is estimated in goats, and he is taxed so much per goat. The Roman republic was for a long time entirely maintained by the spoils of conquered nations and the tribute paid by the provinces. Baxter estimates the taxes paid by the laboring classes of Great Britian on alcoholic liquors and to During the Roman Empire a poll tax was paid by every inhabitant, tolls were exacted on the public highways, there were duties on corn, ou legacies, and at one time on in- | comes, and heavy fees were demand- ed for the privilege of becoming a Roman citizens. In small European countries un- til the eleventh century tributes or rent and faxes were paid in kind, but Wilham the Conquer in 1067 compelled his English subjects to pay in money, and the greater con- venience of this practice led other kings in time to adopt it. Colored Episcopal Priest. Lexington, Ky., June 20.—An or- dination which marks a new era in the history of the Episcopal Church in the South took place to-night in the presence of a brilliant assem- blage of eminent divines. John G. Urling, a negro born in Trinidad, | Was advanced to the pristhood, with RUSSER REPLIES. | Demand Higher Wazes. | | | Pittsburg, Pa, June 21—There| An Open Letter From the General to i8 2 : Z the gret It is “hook and dec tead Steel wo Commander of the G. A. R. engineers and | Coarlottesritte, June 6, 1894. | Captain J. B. jams, Command- ing the Grand Amny of the Repub- | lie, Boston, Mass.: oe ue ubmitted to Captain,—lIt is not my purpose to i ' itt p A committe | notice ith nodie enunciation of }* “ONS lates : endent Schwab | the supreme Joftiness and patriotism | ats ie | request. Mr. Schwab r jof the Grand Army of the Republic, | jas claimed by you in the dis spatehes | | which were sent all over the country | | through the p of the 1st instant; | [ERT enon came na |steel millin the Pittsburg district. | from the members of the association jp Soncern ie GED ear AE ana i over which you preside that I think | Lene eos it well to notice them briefly,through | swarli gamed you, their commander. ti nted their ed that it was impossible to grant the demand: | | tha t higher }paid at Homested ti 1 any other wages 2 now being nLout to refuse association Ma , General Holding the position of comman- | “ der-in chief of the Grand Army of | the Republic, you must have been alRyen the increase of the perce soldier distinguished for bravery, a8 | of gold in custom well as possessing all the other es-|than a month sential attributes of a good soldier; jumped from 23 per cent toS 1 per | while iu peace you are doubtless a] cent, while the deticit in the Treas-| gentleman anda good citizen, and gratified | age} In less | the percentage has} Treasury officials are j receipts. ury is growing less. Inu the next tis- jas such I now salute you of artilery at tha First Manasser, and a major general of cavalry at Appomattox, and during that time, at short intervals, I battled, bled.and | peen a lous hungered to the utmost limit of my | Gi, all the departments ‘of the govern 1 Treas It has President ment will bring the nat ury around all right hai 1 Secretary rd stragg} nd a capacity—indeed, did all in my pow I 3 yt er to contribute to the success of my | was looted to the side of the conflict, and thus per- formed, conscientiously, my duty, and you having done the same, as judg d from your standpoint, before our on th You declare in the dispatch above | referret to that “the reputation of the U ion veterans is secure Having whipped the rebels and secured the blessings of national life to the have |} id to build up a tre 1 last dol by Re-| nee, but they have equal to the emergency, and even members of their own party who have | pulican extravag proved themsel! manifest- nective comrades, we stand ed so much impatience in the] past, same plane. cay »ged by Republican misrepre- sentation and falsehood, will hang at their own duplicity another months rolls around President Cleveland’s administration was her- alded in during the greatest siege of extravagance in the history of the country. It will be turned over to his suecessor in an era of prosper Now, Captain, put yourself in my [ity that it took the broadest states- place for a moment. On the 30th manship to acquire. He inherited ultimo, I stood before several thous-| from the Harrison administration a and of my maimed, scarred, grizzled | AERC andia panies hecillibesseceh and careworn comrades, who had| Co C!! ® ® panic, he will bequea met in the capital city of our State, | | to his successor a surplus and pros- which was also the capital city of| perity.—Kansas City Times. the Confederate States, for the pur- | pose of unveiling a monument, not | only to the memory of such of our} comrades as had fallen in our strug-| gle for independence, but to show aie our undying devotion to the sacred atribere: right of self-government inherited | resumed until August Ist. from our fathers. When recognized | versation with a Rieh Hill in the crowd by my comrades, and man, one of the operators ealled on to say something to them | “Our men quit of theirfown ac- —remembering that we had never | e : been whipped—never in all the vicis- | © xd. They , i situdes of that loug and bloody war taken their tools out of our mines ‘had we turned our backs on an equal|and have no more claim upon us | number of our enemies, but that on! than they have upon the president many occasions we had won and Most of the men would held the field of conflict against num- he cladit wor eitic ee t fi bers greatly in excess of our own; ay See on their beads in shame before twelve rest on our arms. We have all we can do to carry on our work of char- ity, and teach patriotism to the chil- dren in the public schools.” Under No Obligations. The mine owners of northern Ver- They say work will not be aid: pave been paid off, have of Mexico. North side square. . THEY LOOK SPicK AND SPANNEW” When Washed With GLAIRETTE SOAP SOLD EVERYWHERE "3" THEN K FAIRBANK GOWPANY, Sons R J HURLEY, . B. HICKMAN, Vice Pres. | I : oe jeal year itis expected the receipts t I was a soldier of the Army of} will be larger under tLe new tariff. u | Northern Virginia, a first lieutenant | This with true Demo: " atic reform in BUTLER, INCORPORATED.) . : Missouri. DEALERS IN “S/Grain,Seeds,Flour, Feed and Farm Implements. Brauch House at FOSTER and SPRAGUE. lax Seed to Loan to Farmers. CB. LEWIS & CO. Proprietor of ‘Elk Horn Stables NRAVES & CLARK, Ls ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office over the Missouri State Bank Silvers & Denton ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELIRS AT LAW, | DR. J. M, CHRISTY, | Office, tront room over P. O. All call answered at office day or night. jnon are disposed to retaliate on the | €ases- In con- J hy C. BOULWARE, Review | Butler, Mo. ena specialty. Comp aint BUTLER, MO. Office over the Farmers Bank. HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Specialattention given to temale dis Having purchased the Elx Horn barn and Livery outfit ot J. W Smith, and having added to the same a number of first-class Buggies, and horses, I can say to the public that I now have the Best Liverv Barn Physician and Office north side square, Diseases of women and chil- e Surgeon. Nature's ein southwest Mo. Horses and mules Remepy ; commission, Stock bearded bs inetasy M | week or month, With 16 years exper- Sony Gia | ERA MDRANE ) reeenic cai teell ailedtstcoscte Liver ( ; with anv L LiverP: LES | Call ard se ery barn in this section. Cc BLEWIS & CO rememberiug that we had finally their leaders, and it will be a cold | surrendered merely the right of se-| day before any of these strike lead- cession; remembering that indigni jers get work from us.—Nevada 5 ties which we never supposed the | ygaj) cl American people would ever impose j upon a fallen foe were heaped on us | Crip ae Creek, Col... June 21.—A Address me MAYESBU KG, Bates county, Mo. All orders promptly attended to. bacco at 6 per cent of their income.| elaborate ceremony. Bishop ‘I. U.|as soon as we laid down our arms; The people of Italy are the most | Dudley performed the ceremony, jremembering the boasts of your heavily taxed of any civilized nation. | assisted by Revs. Estill and Brown sana ae of — whipped =a ond oe , | ais »..., |Your taunts, calling us rebels and | The state taxation equals 22 per|of Louisville, McCready of Frank: | traitors; remembering that we laid | cent of the earnings of the people. | fort and Ward and Peter of Lexing- Misouri Pacific Time Table, Arrival and departure ot passenger trains at Butler Station. North Bounp AUCTIONEER. I, the undersigned, will ery sales | n this and adjoining counties cheap as the heapest. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Passenger, - = 4:47 a.m. | Passenger, - < 2:92) p. 2. | Passenge Q:l§ p.m. 17-3m* PETER EWING. strike of fabulous richness bas been jmade in the Pike's Peak mine. The = od | - new find consists of an eight inch T. im er 1n Passenger, r ‘ streak of decomposed quartz and tale whic’ averages sixty ounces of gold | Local freight + 11:20 a.m. Sovutn Bounp Passenger, a ee Passenger, ies | Local Freight 23 down our arms over twenty-nine | Mulhall estimates that the annual ton. taxes of the world aggregate the} The Bishop, with the priests as enormous sum of £870,080,000 sembled, performed the holy rite by The Egyptian government pays| Placing their hands on the negro's| interest on £12,000,000 Nile canal | head, after which the holy commun-| debt, £6,000,000 Suez canal bonds, | ion was celebrated. Bishop Dudley squeezing the money out of the| was the celebrant, and Rev. Estill | farmers. jassistant. This ordination is the in Newspaper duty was invented by | | augural movement in the campaign Queen Anne. It was originally a | of the Episcopal Church toward the penny on each sheet, afterwards|uplifting of the negro race. Rev. raised to 4 pence, and abolished in} Urling is a licentiate in theology of 1855. the University of Durham, England. Only a few years ago the Shah of |He is a linguist, speaking seven Persia hada sveculating governor, | languages, and is a fine Latin and guilty of stealing the royal taxes,|Greek scholar. He has been made boiled to death in a closed caldron | rector of St. Andrew's Church in this of water. city. The ordination was held in The inauguration of the modern | Christ Church, the swell society system of taxation was in Venice, | Church of the city. which levied taxes on lands and | Boonville, Mo., June 21.—A cy- heavy duties on all manufactures; clone swept over the country a mile and imports. | west of Boonville about 4 o'clock There is a tax on grave stones in | this afternoon, unroofing houses, England, and the man who wishes blowing down trees and fences, and to inclosea grave by means of a| causing great damage to crops. In fence or wall is compelled to pay | Boonville the storm was hardly less dearly for the privilege. | severe. The steamers Alda and J. Coffee is taxed £72. ton in France| L. Stephens were swept from their £56 in Italy, £40 in Austria, £25 in/ moorings. An ice house was blown Portugal, £22 in Norway, £20 in down and a large plate glass window Germany and Spain, £15 in Russia| in the Campbell building broken by and £14 in Great Britian. ;8n awning. Hail also fell and has The people of the Uuited States) | greatly damaged crops. The rain- pay more taxes than the people of fall was over four inches and the any other nation or the globe. The | streets were flooded. years ago, and that you are still on public pay roll, and being supported | s a at a our bie. I peeaules re [Same character as the other three i strain the honest outburst of indig | property. The nation, contempt, and resentment | Pike's peak is by far the richest votel A] of my svul against all of these} | property | wrongs, perpetr ated in the high| Greek name of patriotism Do you honestly suppose that the | Grand Army of the Republic alone is competent to teach patriotism to the children ip the public schools? If you go into the public schools to teach, give the children an object lesson in patriotism by erasing the fraudulent pensioners from your rolls, and make the pension roll a roll of honor. Skow your patriotism by asking the government to support only! those who were actually disabled in war, and thus relieve your country in its present impecunious condition. As soldiers, Captain, we only dif- fered as to the right of secession, and since I have surrendered. that to overwhelming numbers, and it is Lead offered you ; finally settled, Iam your peer in| lowing are sure : citizenship, have as many rights as | “ 4 ” Sa have, and am as ready to main- Southern, Red Seal, “Collier.” tain them. We are now living in times of | peace; the American flag is as much| For Cotors.—National Lead Co.’s mine as it is yours, or the property| Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. of the Grand Army of the Republic, | _ These colors are sold in one-pound cans, cach jand I Saat - you that the south- | Fare White Lend the desred hase these | ern citizens of this country are nei-; 50Sense ready-mixed paints, but a combination ther “rebels or traitors,” and tbe] tint Swnicuy Pure Waite Leads ee citizens of Massachusetts are not! proStrr owns by being car book co panting more loyal to our common country | slorcard. Send us a postal card and = than apy of ——_— and the other,“ NATIONAL LEAD CO. | States of the Sou | St. Louis Branch, | Yours,ete., Tuomas L. Roserr. | Clark. Avenue and Tenth Street, St. Louis. to the ton, being of very much the | veins found on the discovered in Cripple N paint the best is the cheapest. Don’t be misled by trying what is said tc be ‘‘just as good,’’ but when you paint insist upon having a genuine brand of Strictly Pure White Lead It costs no more per gallon than cheap paints, and lasts many times as long. 2, Look out for the brands of White | any of the = Nase, Throat: Catarth 1017 Walnut, Mext to Bullene’s. Third Saturday of every month. Office, Day House. WANTED—CHICKENS & EGGS. | | i | | Dr. Kimberlin will visit Butler the | M. Nestle- | OZMANLIS fees Emissions, Spermatorrhea, ORIEN TAL Fee race make you a STRONG, Vigor- SEXUAL Eason Svecial Directions Matted with each Box. Address Eallard Socw Liniment Co., 2019 Lucas Ave. sT. Louis, - mo. ;-OWEST == RATES wt Direct Lines Fast Time Elegant Pullman Service —s — Cars ($22) IST. Louis KANSAS CITY De drop in and see N. CHICAGO ano tue jrode at Virginia, Mo. He will give a | you the highest market price for! — WORLD'S FAIR? chickens, eggs and hides. Also) é takes subscriptions to the Butler Weekly Tres, at $1.00 per year and | as agent is autkorized to collect and | receipt for the paper. Netsox QM. Nestzizzop. ASK Syst rtf “Missouri Pacific Ry.” H. C. TOWNSEND, | |General Passenger and Ticket Agent, ST. LOUIS. 1