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KANSAS FINANCES.
Slate Treaiorer Blddle Fnrnlshcs So
Interesting FlBores.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 2S. State Treas
urer Riddle has submitted to Gov.
Lewelling a report of the financial
transactions o the state for the fiscal
years ending- June 30, 1S33 and 1S94, to
gether with such suggestions and
recommendations relating to the de
"partrnent as seemed proper after care
ful thought and investigation. The
business of the two years is summa
rized as follows:
Balance In treasury July 1. 1S9I. . S 727.1C5J
Becelpts durinjr the fiscal years
ending June XI, IS93 and I8M 5,101.831 .5-
Total liSBLOt
JXsbursements during the fiscal
years endlm June 33, 1S31 and 1891 4,933,T27.e
Balance In treasury June 30, 1894. -.1 8&32&S
'The people of Kansas,"' Mr. Biddle
says, "are to be congratulated upon the
healthy condition of the state treasury,
notwithstanding- the small levy made
for state purposes. The legislature
has been liberal in its appropriations
for the various state departments.cbar
Stable institutions, public buildings
and improvements; yet the available
balance in the treasury is abundantlj
sufficient to insure, beyond question.
the prompt payment of state obliga
tions. At the present time there is not
a single state warrant outstanding
bearing the stamp, "Not paid for want
of funds."
The report shows the bonded indebt
edness of the state is 5501,000. Of this
ram S12.30O matures October 13. 1S94,
and provision for payment was made
by the legislature of 1S03. With the
exception of 5103,000 all the state bonds
will mature before the close of the
present century, and the nevt legisla
ture probably will take some action in
regard to the matter.
Referring to the state tax levy Mr.
Riddle said: "Under the existing laws
the legislature fixes the rate of levy for
the state taxes, except for the main
tenance of the state university,
which is left to the state board of
equalization. The levy made by the
legislature is based upon the valuation
of property as returned by county
clerks for preceding years. which valua
tion Ls made according to a general
custom that represents about one
third the real value. The state
levy should be made upon the
taxable property of the state as
returned by the county clerks each
year. and. therefore.could not be made
by the legislature. I would also urge
that the levy be made upon an ap
praised valuation equal to the Actual
market value,' as now provided by sec
tion fi.Sfll of the general statutes of
lssO. I would, therefore, recommend
that the laws be so amended as to
make it the duty of the state board
of equalization to fix the levy
for all state purposes sufficient to
meet all appropriations made by the
legislature, which levy should be made
upon the property of the state, asses ?ed
at its 'true value in money.' A penalty
should also be provided, whereby the
present law requiring such assessment
mlcht be enforced. Hy placing the
matter of making the various levies
for state purposes with the state board
of equalization, they could take into
consideration any surpius there mfeht
le in the various funds of the state,
and make the levy correspondingly
less, and thereby avoid the accumula
tion of unnecessary funds in the state
treasury, as has been the case for years
past.
"I desire to call special attention to
the laws now permitting counties to
certify amounts of state taxes 'errone
ously asses"ed' by reason of errors in
the return-, personal property reported
not found,' etc If the practice of the
past few years is continued ome addi
tions will have to be made to the state
tax levy in order that the revenues of
the state be maintained. As it now
appears, thousands of dollars have
been certified by county officials and
their state tax account duly credited,
whereby the state's revenues have
been seriously reduced. I recommend
that a law be enacted that will require
countries to pay into the state treasury
the full amount of state taxes levied,
and each county take exclusive cogniz
ance of and adjust its own losses on ac
count of any and all uncollected taxes,
and that the present law granting to
counties the right to credit by the
state on account of 'double and errone
ous assessments.' 'property not found,"
etc, be repealed.'
In regard to the SIOO.OOO bonds issued
by the city of Lawrence in 1ST0 to aid
in erecting the State university. Mr.
Little says: "Xo principal or interest
has been received on these bonds since
1S34. owing, it is presumed, to an act
of the legislature of 1SS3, which was
evidently intended to release the city
of Lawrence from further payment
upon certain conditions, which condi
tions however, seem not to have been
complied with, and the school fund of
the state is therefore deprived of all
income from these bonds. Some action
should be taken by the legislature to
brine about an adjustment of this claim
against the city of Lawrence."
There are aLso held in the treasury
department S13.000 in school bonds
which are worthless. They are marked
fraudulent ana nave been in the i
treasury for more than twenty years.
Mr. tiiddle recommended that the leg-1
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general revenue fund to reimburse
the permanent school fund for these
bonds.
A RULING ON KANSAS BANKS.)
Cannot Inr Xote or Bonds $ecnrel by ,
Stock and Income of the Corporation. (
TorEKA, Kan.. Aug. 2S. Uank Com-'
missioner Briedenthal ha asked the!
attorney-general for a rnling in regard j
to the authority of a banking corpora-1
tion, organized under the state law, to I
issue promissory notes or bonds of de
posit, secured by the entire stock and
income of the corporation. Attornev- ,
General Little holds that such a prac
tice is against the interests of the gen
eral depositor, as the holder of the
notes and bonds would have a prior
lien on all the stock or income of the
bank.
A Black Bob Proposition.
Topeka. Kan.. Aug. 2s. A number
of squatters on the Black Bob lands ic
Johnson county met Edwin F. Carney,
agent of the estate of ex-Gor. Thomas
Carney, at Olathe. yesterday and a
proposition was made to him to pay S3
an acre in settlement of the estate's
claim on 3,000 acres. Carney took the
proposition nnder adv.-meat. but
stated that he thought it fair and that
the estate probably would accept it.
The estate of the late Judge Wagstaff
owns 2.000 of these land and the same
proposition made to 3Ir. Carney w;H be
isade to it.
CONGRESS.
Condensed Report of the 'Week's Proceed
ings of the House and Senate
Whes the senate met on the 23th some time
was consumbed in securing a quorum only 25
senators bring present. Mr. Harris reported
the amended susar bill and the bills for free
coal, iron ore and barbed trire. The bill to
push the claim of the United States against the
Iceland Stanford estate passed. At 1.40 o'clock
the senate went into executive session and
soon adjourned until Wednesday . .The house
met in a quorumless condition and did but Uttle
business, and that anly by unanimous consent.
The bill appropriating 9,0X1 for an additional
force in collecting Internal revenue and 5,0M
for carrying lnt effect arbitration between the
the United States and Venezuela passed. At
12.43 the house adjourned.
The senate was not in session on the Cist....
When the house met no quorum was present,
and it required unanimous -onsent to transact
business. When the senate bill for exclusion
and deportation of alien anarchists oame up
Mr. Warner (K. Y.) objected to Its considera
tion and it was laid aside for the session. After
adopting a resolution to print 20.000 copies of
the taria bill the house adjourned until Thurs
day. Oslt twenty-one senators were present
when the senate met on the 220. It was de
cided to send for absentees which occasioned
some delay. A quorum had not been secured
at I IS o'clock, when the senate went Into ex
ecutive session and soon adjourned.. .Th
house wa not in session.
Oxlt thirty-three senators appeared when
the senate met on the 230. The absence of a
quorum was noted and an order made telegraph
ing for absent members and finding it Im
possible to secure a quorum the senate ad
journed .. The house met with about fifty
memberss present. Mr. Cummlngs. chairman
of the naval committee, made a report on the
armor plate billets furnished by the Carnegie
company, sustaining the charges of fraud A
resolution making certain iccommendatlons
accompanied the report. Mr. Stone (Pa.)
asked If the report did not prejudice the
Carnegie company and received a negative
reply. The resolution was adopted and the
house adjourned.
The senate on the 24th adopted the house
resolution to adjourn Tuesday, the 2Sta. at 2
o'clock, and arter an executive session ad
journed until Monday. ..The houe passed a
resolution for final adjournment Tuesday at
2 o'clock and then Mr. Terry askel unanimous
consent to pass the senate anti-anarchist bill,
with an amendment offered to covsr objections,
but Mr. English objected. Two private bills
passed and the house adjourned until Monday
TREELESS WASTES OF ICELAND
A Region Where Travel Is Attended with
Untold Discomfort.
Iceland is little better than a desert.
The peculiar configuration renders in
tercourse difficult, and along with the
barrenness of the soil makes the con
dition of existence strangely hard.
People with so little to make life at
tractive might be pardoned if they
were to sink into a stolid indifference
to everything but the struggle to keep
alive. The size of Iceland is greatei
than that of Ireland, and the popula
tion Ls seventy thousand; but the only
inhabitable portion is a narrow strip
of pasture land extending like a green
girdle around the coast and up the deep,
narrow fiords. The interior of the
country is a howling waste of sand and
ice. traversed by darting glacial rivers,
and utterly incapable of supporting
more than a few scattered inhabitants.
Grass is the only considerable crop.
The hills and valleys are treeless and
afford at best but scanty pasturage for
horses, cows and sheep. Roads and
bridges scarcely exist. A Danish mer
chant at Reikiavik has a wheeled car
riage, but in the interior such a con
veyance is unknown and would be use
less if known. The backs of horses
are the only means of transportation
across the country. Small boat carry
travelers over dangerous rivers, while
the horses swim on ahead. ITardly
anything that ministers to comfort, to
say nothing of luxury, is produced in
Iceland. Every nail in an Icelandic
house, every pane of glass, every bit of
wooden flooring, every insignificant bit
of furniture, has to be transported
laboriously from one of the seaports to
i its destination.
That the Icelanders are poor goes
without saying. There is little or no
home market, for every Icelander has
the same products to sell as his neigh
bor. The circulation of money is,
therefore, very small. If a farmer has
direct dealings with the agents for
foreign markets, and is sufficiently pros
perous to have a little surplus each
year, he may handle a little money,
but in general the trading at the sea
ports is literally trading. An Icelander
barters a certain number of horses and I
sheep or rolls of dried Nh or bales of
hay for a supply of groceries and other
'necessaries of life St. Louis Republic
A MIsht Difference.
The man who had been brought up
in a boarding house got a day or two
off. with a few dollars in his pocket,
and concluded he would go away and
have a big time, one feature of which
was to buy meals at a swell restaurant,
lie reached the place and went into
his first breakfast. Tho piece de re
sistance -was a porterhouse steak, and
he tackled it with great gusto. After
a minute or two he called up the
waiter.
"What kind of a steak is this?"' he
asked, with an effort.
"Porterhouse, sir," responded the
waiter, with a quarter-tip tone of pride
"Are you sure of that?"
"Certainly, sir. Why?"
"Oh, nothing. I thought possibly
you might have misunderstood my or
der and brought me a boarding-house
steak.' Detroit Free Press.
Two Guides to Happiness.
Here are a couple of guides to hap
piness which some wise person has
lately discovered: "For a fit of pas
sion, tiller a. walk in the onen air: von
mav xj, ..peak to the wind without
hurting anv person or proclaiming
vonrscif to be a simpleton." "For a
fit 0 idleness, count the tickings of a
ciocjj; no tais tor one nonr. ana von
will ?ia,i to puU off yonr coat and
go to work
Tribune.
like a man." Chicago
THE GENTLER SEX.
Madame Patti dislikes the perfume
of violets, which she finds has a ssrious
effect upon her throat.
MK. AXD MRS. FKEDDrEGEEHAED, whe
are at Long Branch, drive the finest
pair of cobs at that resort.
To Queen Nataioe of f-ervia belongs
the distinction of owning the finest
head of hair among the royalties of
Europe. The usually wears it hanging
in two long plaits down her back.
Theee are nearly forty thousand
women cyclers in the United States.
Xew England and New York claim
half of this nnsrber, but with good
roads the sport is fast spreading in the
west, and it is only a question of time
before the east will hold second place
in numbers.
It is asserted in some quarters that
Princess Eulalie. the world's fair favor
ite, is living in London in comparative
poverty, but as she appeared lately at
a ball at Buckingham palace, wearing
peach brocade and a diadem of dia
monds, she is still probably able to
make both ends meet.
Vaccetatios' has been made a re
ligious ceremony in Geneva sad IIol-
MINE DISASTER.
Thirty-Keren Men Killed by the Explosion
of Gas in a Washington Mine.
Tuxskxss, Wash., Aug. 23. A terrific
jas explosion occurred on breast sixty
two on the sixth level of the Franklin
mine yesterday afternoon. Sixty-two
miners were imprisoned and thirty
seven were killed. The fire was soon
extinguished and the work of taking
out the bodies began. All were re
covered. About half the miners were
negroes, having been brought from the
east four years ago to replace the
strikers. The mine Ls owned by the
Oregon Improvement Co. and produces
the best coal in the state of Washing
ton. The damage to the mine is not
large.
At 12:43 o'clock a fire was noticed by
some of the drivers on the sixth north
level and notice was given to the men
inside, who were working in different
places, some in the breast about tho
level and others along the gangway.
As soon as it was known that there
was a fire, many of the men in the
gangways rushed back to notify the
miners farther in, while others rushed
out and reached the main shaft. It
is certain that all the men in tho
breast reached the gangway in safety.
In all about seventy men were at
work in the sixth level north, and of
that number about forty lingered at
breast six, where the fire originated,
ind made an attempt to put out the
fire. The breast was burning fiercely,
and before the miners knew it the fire
had communicated to breasts sixty and
sixty-one and began to issue from
breast sixty-one in that immediate
vicinity. Several of those who lingered
at the burning breast sixty-two took
warning and fled, but all who remained
were overcome and asphyxiated.
It is evident that all the men had
time to come out, for those at work in
the further breast reached the shaft in
safety while those who were nearest
the shaft and consequently more re
moved from danger perished. They
evidently believed they were in perfect
safety at the fire, but while they lin
gered the smoke oozed out from some
outside place further south and the
bodies were all found south of breast
sixty-two. They were all found along
within a space of 300 feet.
URGING TAYLOR'S REMOVAL.
The Civil Service Commlslon Has Recom
mended to Cleveland lit Prompt DIs
roWiI. Washington. Aug. 23. The investi
gation of C. II. J. Taylor, colored, re
corder of deeds for the District of Col
umbia, was close 1 yesterday. There
port of the civil service committee,
prepared by Proctor, of Kentucky,
urges the president to promptly re
move Taylor. The latter, in a letter
to the committee, denies the pub
lished interviews in which he was
made to say that local political asso
ciations in Washington were guilty of
assessing federal employes. He inti
mates that tae commission is being
made the tool of men to satisfy their
personal enmity, and principally by
one who has a police court record, lie
also attacks W. Calvin Chase, editor of
the Washington Uee. Taylor says he
will tender his resignation as soon as
it is asked. Rev. P. II. White, sergeant-at-arms
of the .Negro Democratic
league, denies that he carried letters
to government employes ordering them
to appear at league headquarters on
penalty of removal. He claims the let
ters were to members of the league
only, asking them to call at headquar
ters to arrange for the deposit of mem
bership dues.
KANSAS CORN.
A MU'onrl Pacific INtinnto of the Crop
Alnnn Its I.I lie.
Atcihson Kan.. Aug. 25. The Mis
souri Pacific crop bulletin, issued yes
terday makes the following estimate of
the corn alonz its lines in northern
Kansas and Nebraska: Kansas City to
Atchison, 30 per cent, of a crop: Atchi
son to Hiawatha,30 percent.; Hiawatha
to Auburn, 30 per cent.; Auburn to
Omaha. 10 per cent.; Lincoln and Crete
branchts. 10 percent., excepting bottom
land, where it Ls 30 per cent.: Atchi
son to Muscotah. 30 per cent.; Whiting
to Centralia, 30 per cent.; Centralia to
IHue Rapids, 40 per cent.: Waterville
to Greenleaf. 23 per cent. West from
Greenleaf the yield Ls gradually dimin
ished until it amounts to nothing what
ever in some spots along the west end
of the road.
HIGH MASONIC OFFICERS.
George t. McCahan Klecteil General Grand
ItWrh Priet Other Dlznltnrld.
Topeka, Kan . Aug. 25. George L.
McCahan, of Baltimore, Md., was this
afternoon elected general grand high
priest of the Royal Arch Masons of
America for the next three years. Other
officers were elected as follows: Deputy
general grand high priest, Reuben C.
Lemmon, of Toledo. O.: general grand
king, James W. Taylor, of Luthers
ville, Ga.; general grand scribe, Daniel
Striker, of Hastings, Mich.: general
grant treasurer, Christopher G. Fox. of
Buffalo. X. Y.; general grand secre
tary, Albert G. Pollard, of Lowell,
Mass.
Frightful Holler Kxploion.
Frankfort, Ind.. Aug. 25. Frank
fort was the scene of a fearful boiler
explosion yesterday, in which two
men were killed outright and six in
jured, the majority of them seriously.
The accident occurred at P. E. Cramer's
saw mill, and not only was the build
ing and machinery completely de
molished, but half a dozen residences
in the neighborhood more or less
wrecked and the occupants injured by
flying bricks and timber. Tho-e killed
were: John Vermillion, engineer; Wil
liam Jackson, a helper.
May Withdraw Patent to Land.
Wasixixgtox, Aug. 25. The senate
passed the bill yesterday empowering
the secretary of the interior to with
draw patents to lands allotted to In
dians where more than one claim has
been allotted to en individual Indian.
The bill pa.-aea the house some days
ago.
A Terrible Explosion.
AsnxAXD, Pa., Ang. 23. Three men
were killed and ten seriously injured
by an explosion of gas in the Gil
berton colliery, near this place, yes
terday afternoon. The killed "are
Frank McCormick. Lewis Ball and
William Birmingham.
Four Burned to Death.
Ceeede, CoL, Aug. 25. Four miners
were mashed, burned and boiled to
death in the Amethyst mine yesterday.
They are: Thomas Eversole, married;
Archie Dowell, single; Hagh Fay,
single; Charles Proctoringle. Dowell
was from Halifax, N. S.f and Proctor
from Pottawatomie, Kan.
A Wife 3Ianlerer Ilanrtd.
HELE5A. Ark.. Aug. 25. Philip Pet
tns, who murdered his wife here in
April, 1593, because she refused to live
with him., was hanged in the jail yard
of the courthouse to-day at 12 o'clock.
Pcttns sxjI his wife were colored.
HURRICANE AT SEA.
A. Fearful Storm Sweep Over the Sea of
Azov One Thousand LUes Lost.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. A wind of
death swept across the sea of Azov
Saturday. It will be impossible for
days yet to compute the damage done,
but it is almost certain that 1,000 have
perished, some by drowning, others by
being crushed under fallen houses and
trees.
The -excitement is great among the
American colony in this city, for it is
feared that at least two parties of
American tourists were on the sea of
Azov at the time the wind did its dead
ly work. All the afternoon there has
been a string of sailors at the office of
the American minister asking, almost
begging, for news form Odessa,
whence the tourists were to have
started on the regulation sight-seeing
trip across the Crimea, visiting Sebas
topol, Balaklava and the other famous
battle scenes.
When the hurricane had swept out
to the north a terrible scene was pre
sented. The village was razed over
turned as if an immense plow had
been pushed through it. Lying every
where were women and children, dead
or in their last agonies. The shallow
waters of the sea of Azov were lashed
to such a height that it was plain that
every fishing boat must have been sunk.
Once at sea the storm made its full
fury felL Of the steamers that touch
at the port of Berdimsk not one had
come in at the hour of the latest report.
Grave fears are expressed that every
craft on the sea has gone to the bot
tom, and that every passenger is
drovwned. When the wind swept over
the northern end of Azov it took a new
course going southerly along to coast
of the land of the Black Cossacks. In
turn Eisk and Acheuv were ravaged,
each town being almost totally de
stroyed. Telegraph communication
with this district is suspended, and it
is impossible to learn the extent of the
destruction, but at least 1,000 persons
have died on the two shores. The
storm, as nearly as now can be learned,
seemed to suddenly lose its force near
Temerink, and passed off with com
parative quiet southerly over the Black
FOREST FIRES.
Great Damage Done In the M!ch!;ran Lum
ber DUtrict-
IIarristct.le, Mich.. Aug. 27. Heavy
forest fires are raging throughout Al
cona county, doing great damage to
lumber mills and standing pine, de
stroying crops of all kinds and burning
the homes of many settlers. The fires
were started early last week in the
huckleberry swamps in the interior by
berry pickers. Owing to the dry
weather they spread rapidly and soon
got beyond control. Yesterday Camp
bell's mill, near West Harrisville, 10C
cords of hemlock bark, 100,000 feet
of lumber, 2,003 cedar tics, and a
large number of railroad flat cars were
burned. Trains on the Detroit. Bay
City & Alpena road were delayed many
hours. From Killmaster. in the in
terior of the county, the report came
last night that seven farmers lost their
homes and stocks of grain yesterday
and Edward Kingston and his son
James were seriously burned while
fighting the flames. Otherparts of the
county are sending in reports of heavy
damage to crops and timber. There
has been no rain for six weeks. Every
thing is as dry as tinder and a still
wind would fcet the whole country
aflame.
The country surrounding Ludington
sends in extensive reports of heavy
damage by crop fires. Last night four
farm houses were destroyed, the occu
pants barely escaping with their lives.
A heavy smoke that nearlv turns day
into night has hung over the city for
tv enty-four hou rs.
BOLD HIGHWAYMEN.
They Hold Cp a Triln Xe-r Chicago and
Two lien Are Killed.
Chicago, Aug. 27. Two masked men
held up a freight train at Deerfield,
111., and shot and robbed a detective in
the caboose, and a few hours Liter,
while being chased, shot a policeman
at Mayfair. They were finally sur
rounded and captured in the wools,
after a six hours' chase and the ex
change of fully 100 shots. Both the
desperadoes were shot before being
caught by the police and then the offi
cers had to draw their revolvers to save
the prisoners from being Ivnched by
the excited crowd who had joined in
the chase.
rive Men Killed at a Cock Flffht.
Sai.tti.lo. Mcx., Aug. 27. A grand
cocking main was given yesterday in
the village of Cornana. southwest of
this city, which was attended by the
mountaineers for many miles around.
While the fights between the birds
were in progress trouble arose between
two rival bird owners, and a general
fitrht took place, which resulted in five
men being stabbed to death and sev
eral others seriously wounded. The
rural guards were called upon to quell
the disturbance, which threatened to
involve the whole town.
The Washington Mine Horror.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 27. The cor
oner's jury investigating the disaster
at the Franklin coal mine Friday, in
which thirty-seven men were killed,
has rendered a verdict finding that
fire was started by parties unknown,
who willfully, knowingly and malic
iously desired to do great injury and
damage to the lives of the employes
and the property ot the Oregon Im
provement Co. It is believed the per
son who fired the mine also perished,
though no one will venture an opinion
as to who the incendiary is.
Patent OMce Report.
Washington; Aug. 25. The annual
report of Commissioner of Patents Sey
mour has been submitted to the secre
tary of the interior. It shows that
during the past fiscal year there were
35,952 applications for patents, 1,050 for
designs, 10S for reissues, 2,103 caveats.
1,720 applications for trade-marks and
303 for labels. There were 21,493 pat
ents granted, including reissues and
designs, 1,650 trade-marks registered
and two prints registered. The num
ber of patents which expired was 13.1G7.
The total expenditures were Sl,r.05.9G2,
and the receipts over expenditures were
S129.5CL
Indian Territory Coal Mine.
WAsnnrGTOX, Ang. 26. The condi
tion of the coal mines in Indian terri
tory is described in detail in the annual
report of United States Mine Inspector
L. W. Bryan. The output of the mines
was 1,000,000 tens, and 3,200miners and
day men are employed. Concerning
the strike of the Choctaw Coal & Rail
way Co.'s miners, the report says: "A
company of soldiers is now encamped
at Krebs, and the men at all of their
strip pits have gone to wort The com
pany now hopes to be able to continue
work unmol' -ated. None of the miners,
however, have yet started up."
FUNDS AVAILABLE.
The Report Unfounded That Theri I 3To
Money to Freparc for Collecting th In
come Tax. t
WA.niXGToy. Aug. 23. Representa
tive Sayers, chairman of the honse
committee on appropriations, brands
as false and sensational the story print
ed yesterday to the effect that the
startling discovery had been made that
the appropriations committee had neg
ligently or by design failed to allow
the sum necessary to collect the income
tax. "Every allowance for the collec
tion of the tax has been made in ac
cordance with the wishes of the treas
ury department," said Mr. Say
ers. "The commissioner of internal
revenue conferred with me last week
on the subject, and I asked him to talk
with Secretary Carlisle and then sub
mit a resolution covering just what he
wanted. This was sent to me on Sat
urday. It called for an additional
9,000 for clerical help in the internal
revenue department. I introduced the
resolution on Monday last, and it was
passed. It is just as the treasury de
partment authorities want it."
It appears that some time since Com
missioner Miller wrote Mr. Sayers,sug
gesting an increase in the appropria
tion if the income tax was adopted.
But this was before the measure
passed. As soon as it passed Mr.
Sayers sent for Mr. Miller, and it was
a result of this meeting that the com
mission prepared the resolution for
50,000 and had it endorsed by Secretary
Carlisle.
The fact is pointed out that the in
ternal revenue has a very large gen
eral appropriation available, so the
scare about lack of funds is unwar
ranted. The income tax does not go
into effect until January 1, 1S93, one
month after the next session of con
gress opens.
It is believed the appropriation of
9,000 will be ample for the treasury
department's uses, but if there proves
to be a small deficiency, they say it
can be provided for at the next session.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller
said that inasmuch as the tax, if the
bill should become a law, would not
go into effect until January 1 next and
no reports are to be made until March
1, following, the failure to make the
appropriation would not cause any
great inconvenience as the bulk of the
force required for its execution would
not be needed until after the beginning
of next year.
THE COMMISSION.
Several WItnee Give Testimony Favor
able to the Pullman Company.
Chicago, Aug. 23. Several of the
witnesses examined by the strike com
mission to-day gave testimony more
favorable to the Pullman Co. than that
which had previously Leen heard.
Frank W. Glover, a real estate agent,
said he considered the Fullman houses
at SIS and S20 a month really cheaper
than S12 a month houses in surround
ing towns. The Pullman houses were
well equipped and beautifully located,
he said, and rents were not, in hLs
opinion, too high. In reply to a query
of Commissioner Wright, he denied
that he was in any way connected with
the Pullman Co.
Paul E. Hermes, a newsdealer, who
formerly worked in the Pullman shops,
said he did not place much faith in the
complaints of the men. Their trouble,
he thought was largely due to a fond
ness for beer. All the saloon-keepers in
the surrounding towns had grown rich.
L. II. Johnson, a Pullman furniture
dealer, testified that storeroom rents
in the town had been cut. though no
reduction had been made in the resi
dence rentals.
THOSE ERRORS.
The Tariff Hill S.iifl to Contain but Few
Krror of Importance.
Washington. Aug. 23. The legisla
tive and engrossing clerks of the sen
ate have been comparing the state
ments of errors in the new tariff bill,
made in various papers to-day, and say
there are only two or three errors that
need to give ofliecrs of the treasury
any concern. These are the para
graphs relating to free admis
sion of alcohol in the arts, the
diamond schedule and perhaps the
omission of a period in the paragraph
relating to stamping foreign manu
factures. Even in the case of dia
monds, thev believe the construction
placed on the bill will be that intended
by congress, and they will pay the
dutv imposed on nrecions stones. As
to the other errors enumerated, it is
claimed by these clerks that by no sys
tem of construction can the alleged
mistakes in punctuation be made to
either impose higher duties or allow
the free admission of articles named.
Members of the finance committee are
of the same opinion.
DROWNED IN A MINE.
Three Miners Lot anil a Hundred Other
Have a Narrow Encape.
Bctte. Mont, Aug. 23. Three min
ers were drowned and 100 others had
marvelous escapes in the Glengary
mine, near this city, yesterday after
noon. While stopping between the 300
and 4,00-foot levels the miners broke
through into the old workings of the
Ground Squirrel and Monitor, two ad
joining mines, which have not been
worked for some time, and had filled
with water. The water rushed through
the break in frightful torrents, and in
almost an instant filled the Glengary
workings from the 401 to the 200 level.
Nearly all the men succeeded in climb
ing to points of safety on the upper
levels, but at least thrae miners are
known to have been caught, and it is
feared that the number wiU be in
creased after investigation.
CRUCIFIED ON A TREE.
Startlln Storr of the Treatment of a
IVoman In Kentucky.
LOCISVTLI.E, Ky., Any. S3. News was
received here from reliable sources to
day that a woman had been crucified
on a tree in the woods near Goose
creek. Clay county. Her hands and
feet were pierced by nails and she was
almost dead when found by some lum
bermen. The woman was a loose char
acter and suspicion points to some
other women of the same stripe. The
woman may recover. The story is said
to be authentic, though the location is
remote from a telegraph station.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
They Continue to He Abnormally Lanre
nl Will He Cntll MtanUy Mjht-
Washixgtox; Aug-. 23. Receipts from
internal revenue sources continue to
be abnormally large with every pros
pect of continuing- so until the new
tariff bill goes into effect During the
last seven working days from August
13 the receipts have reached the un
precedented sum of 511,000,123, and it
is confidently expected that by next
Saturday night at midnight, when the
new act wTl become operative, the ag
gregate receipts for the preceding ten
days will have reached 513,000,000.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Royal
Absolutely pure
Chappie "Did you know that Blenkin,
deah boy, is going "to be me brother-in-law I"
Miss Spicing "Dear me, no. Is it a broth
er or sister he's in love with!" Inter
Ocean.
"Harrt cave me the dearest, loveliest en
eaeement ring." Caroline "Mercy on me!
I didn't know there was a pawnshop in the
town." Inter Ocean.
Pure and Wholesome Quality
Commends to public approval the California
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Is pleasant to the tasto and by acting gently
on tho kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse
the system effectually, it promotes the
health and comfort of all who use it, and
with millions it is the best and only remedy.
Creditor "Your master promised to set
tle with me to-day." Valet "Not if I know
it; it's my turn first" Kladderadatsch.
It makes the crab blush when he gets into
hot water. Philadelphia Record.
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
Kansas Cut. Aug. 23.
CATTLE Best beeves $3 79 4 73
Stockers 2 03 3 73
Native cows 2 SO 2 35
HOGS Good to choice heavy., i 30 5 67JJ
WHEAT Xa 2 red 484 49
Xo.2hard 49K 9
COllS Xo. 2 mlied. 51 51H
OATS N'a 2 mlied 30;; 31
RYE N'o.2. 54 55
FLOOR Patent, per sack 1 40 IS)
Fancy 1 90 2 00
HAY-Cholce timothy 8 00 9 50
Fancy pralrlB. 600 .9 00
DRAN (sacked)- Gt 68
BUTTER Choice creamery. .. 17tf 204
CHEESE Full cream 10 II
EGGS Choice .- IHt 12
FOTATOES- 50 55
ST. LOUIS.
CATTLE Native and shipping. 3 03 4 (5
Texans 2 00 2 85
HOGS-Ucavy. 4 00 5 60
SHEEP Fair to choice 2 00 2 23
FLOUR Choice 2 00 2 45
WHEAT No. 2 red 504 50
CORN No. 2 mixed 52! 5JH
OATS No. 2 mixed SH, 30f
RYE No. 2 52 52S
BUTTER Creamery- 19 22
LARD Western steam. 7 33 7 0)
Pork. 0) 1105
CHICAGO.
CATTLE Common to prime. .. 3 00 5 50
HOGS Pae'iinsr and shipping.. 4 00 ou
SHEEP Fair to Choice 2 50 3 23
FLOUR Winter wheat 3 20 4 23
WHEAT No. 2 red SIS 51'i
CORN No. 2 544 55
OATS-No. 2 3) 304
RYE. 51 52
I BUTTER Creamery- 13 234
LARD 7724
PORK 13 50 13 55
NEW YORK.
CATTLE Native steers 4 OJ I S3
HOGS Good to choice.
5 0) 6 10
250 4 33
FLOUR Good to choice....
WHEAT-No.2 red
CORN No. 2 . . . .
OATS Western mixed . ..
BUTTER Creamery-
Pork Mess
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20 21'
13 25 !
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end rapidly builds up lost flesh and strength.
Sirs. J.EAL. of Crock
cti Mills, Tcniu bad
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r.la. Tier husband
vritra: "I feci grati
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tj do ell her rrorfc. I thin& it tho finest
medicine la tho world, and I am. gratefully,
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made easier when he can save money by it?
Peddlers and soe nsscrcpulous grocers c-iU ttH you.
Lam? ATTTO 4" "this is as good as cr "the sae as Pearline." ITS
I IC: W CLaL FALSE Pearline is never peddled: if yonr rocrseadi
you aa imitation, be honest send it iach. C8 JAMES PYLE, New Tor.
THE POT INSULTED THE KETTLE BECAUSE
THE COOK HAD NOT USED
SAPOLIO
GOOD COOKING DEMANDS CLEANLINESS.
SAPOLIO SHOULD be used in every KITCHEN.
Baking
Powder
Wnict the shoestring of a girl thirty-seven
years old comes untied you may be very
sure that it wan by accident; also that she
will have to tie it up herselL SomervUl
Journal.
Osb of tho prominent society ladles of
West Union was bitten by a large black
spider whllo entering a store one day last
week. Moral Patronize the stores that ad
Tertise. West Union (la.) Gazette.
Never Saw AXTTirrxo Eras Bradford
"I wonder whero Biggs acquired nil his
knowledge about women's hatsf Robin
son -"Housed to go to tho theater frequent
ly." Truth.
Don't Tread on Me,
Vibrates tho rattle snake with his rattle.
Sensible people take alarm at the chill which
ushers in chills and fever. If they don't
know they should, that Hotsetter's Stomach
Bitters is the preventer and remedy. 2ior
should they forget that it remedies dyspep
sia, liver 'complaints, nervousness, sleep
lessness and debility, and is a general toxuo
without equal.
"Rise in tho wort' all yoh kin," said Undo
TWm tn thrt rriir,fy mAti iTTt ilnnn fnhirlfc
yob repetition. Hit do come In handy f oh
er paracnuio." tvodoingion aiar.
Ilall'a Catarrh Care
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 73c.
Professor "Why does the earth move!"
Hardup (absently) "Can't pay the rent, I
suppose." Philadelphia Times,
Lasie3 can permanently beautify their
complexion with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
HUl's Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
Flies follow a red-nosed man because they
seem to know that he will soon take some
thing with sugar in it Picayune.
J5ou can easily have Ihebcsi if
H you only insist upon it.
They arc made for cooking and
heatingjn every concervnble slylo
ar.dsizefcrtf7ki'ndof fud and
with priresfromio lo70.
Thegenulne all bear this trade
mark and are sold with a isntten
guarantee. firsWassrnerchants
everywhere handle then.
Ji TkcrUbOnStcteCoRimry.
uxrowuBviwniiaDnsaiiiareQ
ctraortcgicjifco. ngmo ntiw tool en:
HOG
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A Sure Cure and Preventive.
Prudrnt fanners fil the remedies and sre money.
I.0))0 tmiiaaalala. Srnd for simian. Either
remedy In co pram! tin r-tcfcaire 'pottp&it l.OO mr
42JOgerdiraew frbr?e not-prepald Rerals wlta,
order nisc money for ll agents. mIe or fetnal.
II. F- KCOTT. E4 Goethe Hteeet. CHICAGO, llXm.
sxax this ruamjaurxrrj.
I
UM4irGC5na
ConinniptlTes and people
nbo have weak lane or Astn-
mi.boulitS!a I'ltcsCurc! r j
Consumption. It has enrrd
tnnnaanda. it ha not Injur-j
e-lone. Ills rtt tacx toiae. I
ltlstue twstcouzhsyrcp.
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KTIES WR1TIMC TO AnVECTIEns PLEASE.
Mate that jeu aw tie AdTertlscnent la tilt
paper. HEALTH
COMFORT
WORRY
WORK
WEAR.
vSRap
Let the men wash,
if they won't get you Pearline. Let them
y it ior meiiibcivtj, auu sec 11 uiuy uoii t.
say that -washing -with soap is too hard
for any -woman.
This hard -work that Pearline
saves isn't the whole matter ; it saves
money, too money that's thrown
away in clothes needlessly worn out
and rubbed to pieces when you wash
by main strength in the old way.
That appeals where is the man who
wouldn't want to have the washing: