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,' j ; THE TARIFF. fynopMn of tbe Debate In the National Hoes of Keureaentatlves. Mr. Drosius (rep.. Pa) concluded his speech on the lath, Ui tbo course of which he gave an Amusing doscr puoa to show the limitel ex tent to which local goods were used at home even in the various states. Mr. Everet". (donx. Mxi) said he was sroin? to von for this bll because he had believed for years that such a measure at this was demand ed by patriotic considerations. He tnount, however, that the Wilson bill did not fro far enough. Irs free lust w.is not wide enough, but be accepted It as the beat thing that could be obtained at this time. M-. lilaoit d m , Ga.) devoted a large part of bis time to a c juuaslon or the income l.x fea ture, ublch lie wnJerstool to 150 hand in hjni with the Vlrvoe revenue bill. If any man eliould endeavor td scape from the lrapos tlou ol such a tax as the Income tax he would advo cate a thorough searcu into ev.-ry secret recess Into which a iun might hiiJe. and be would do it by proce-ot of law in order that such a man mi-.;!it be compelled to bear his snare of tue LurJei:S of thJ irovernmeat The wealth of tue rounfrz was lx-tier able 10 bear the extra bur Urn th'in the common people. Mr. Pendleton (dem.. W. Va.) said it was un fortunately who that o:i of the reasons for tne reduction of the tariff no longer existed. The surplus in th treasury had disappeared In the four years of the Harrison administration. Mr. Payne irep.. N. T. said the pondin? bill was a sectional m;asure In that it extend-! protection to wouthern while cutllns the duties on northern 8','r:cult.;ral products. He attacked the a 1 valorem svstein and as.ted why snould the committee open m door for frauds an 1 crimef The more ba examined this bill tbo more ho was convinced of the a-ttute-ness of that Canadian member of parlia ment who stated that Canada trot more out of the Wilson bill, without givin? tip anything in return, than she could have bojed to obtain bv the most favorable reci procity treaty. The pending bill. If passed, will drive th-j honest Importer from business, will pat a direct, offensivo and inquisitorial tax upon our people, will give a gratuity to tha eu .'ar producer without a farthin? of beneilt to the country, will foster the interests of sections at the expense of others, will impoverish our farmer and continue the Might of poverty and want and nucgur and cold which has so recent ly overtaken the pe ple of a country one year ego the busiest, the m st prosperous, the most progressive, the happiest, and the most Inde pendent the world ever saw. Kir. Simpson tpop.. Kan.1 said that while he lnU nded to vote for this Dill there were nwn7 provisions ii It that did not meet with his ap proval; but inasmuch as it was a robber tariff at least 2 ) per cunL lower than the McKinley bill be should have to support it The people's party stands to-day pledged to the principles of free trade. The causa of the existing troubles he found in the Intolerable burden put on the ag ricultural classes by the system of Indirect tax ation He described the effects of the McKinley proiettion upon the farmers It was to in crease the cost of thlnsrs they bought and to reduce the price of things they sold. A result of this svstcm had been to concentrate In the oands of 9 per cent of the population of the United States 71 percent of its wealth. He Illustrated h:a rem irks on the deplorable con dition of the agricultural classes by displaying a dilapidated overcoat which he got from a farmer on the market place. He said he could duplicate it on the backs of a million farmers In the United S'ates to-day. Messrs Daniels (rep., N. T.) and McDowell rep. Pa.) spoke agaiust the Wilson bill At the evening session Messrs. McKaiz (dem.. Mi.) and English idem,. N. J.) advocated the pending measure, and Messrs. Herman (rep.. Ore.) and Waujli (rep.. Ind.) spoke In opposl t:on. On the lSlh Mr. Pickler free., S. D.) spoke in opposition to the Wilson till. His state being pr.ncipallv er.sro?ed in agriculture be confined his remarks almost entirely to the agriculture feature. Ho said South Dakota had all the natural advantages for the raisin of sheep for wool, and had facilities for raising many more B'.ieep than it now possesses; but under the op erations of the Wilson bill this Industry would be ruined. And so with the raislmr of cattle, torses nri 1 o-her farm stock. Mr. Turner (dem., Ga.) spoke In defense of the pend.iui measure. He undertook the ref utation of tnu charge that the Wilson bill was framed in the Interests of southern as against northern farmers. Touching upon the Ques tion cf rice cultivation he said: ''The rice in dustry is exotic In this country. It has always been i.nable to flourish In spite of the Immense sums cxp nlsd to promote Its cultivation. Yet a duty lias been still left upon rice, and It has I eeu done for the benefit of the African laborer of the south for these ptiur Africans, who are as Urnorant now as they were when their ancestors were sold by the pcoj-le of New England to the people of the south. I bel'Ieve in free trade, but at the same time the measure which Is put before the house deuls with existing institutions, and I. being in a sli -rlit decree responsible for its preparation, prefer to throw the mantle of liberty over the 8ut:;-?ct." Mr. Grosvenor (rep. O.) made an argument in favor of protection and In opposition to the Wilson bill. He said the inevitable and neces sary consequence of the Wilson bill will be tha ruin of the remaining industries of the country. It will reddce the value of sheep S30.0J0.Ok). Close up innumerable factories and workshops, and greatly lessen and practically destroy the demand for the enormous output of coal now nud heretofore being mined and marketed for manufacturin; purposes. The republicans will not aid in shaping this bvil to make it palatable. It is base and defective and full of wounds, bruises and putrefying sores from the crown of It., head to the soles of its feet, and if it passes wiil overthrow the democracy in 1898. Mr. Cock ran (dem., N. Y. ) spo e in support of the Wilson till, and said the objection that the bill would not afford sufficient revenue is one burn of atisolute ignorance of the laws of revenue reductions A lo.v tariff will not only increase the revenues of the government, ho Slid, but it will increase the opportunities of American labor. For every dollar that goes j . . . . .i.,. . , i . .i i , iuio ma irvruur. uuuureus 01 uouars are coi- 4 lected by the processes of consumption and 1 trade throuzhoit the country: so that ! the amount contributed for the support of j In.; government is but a feature, a mite of I this system of taxation, the real extent of which no man can tell. He discussed the bene- ! fits of dive rsified industries, and said if the j pending bill were passed It would take more j ta-.u six months of hard limes to put so'jp j k'vviens in every city, in conclusion he said the j "-n bill was not perfect in all particulars Man; artic c-s had been left on the dutiable M n the principle that a man who had been tn'rued 01 a prolou-ed debauch would die if his whis t y was ct .jff too suddenly. Messrs. Taylor (rep , Tenn ), Draper (rep, MnsO. Doolittle (rep. Wash.) and Wright 4 rep.. Mass.1 opposed the Wilson bill, and Mr. AY eadoclc idem.. Alien.) spoke in its favor. Tl.e discussion under the five-minute rule veils begun on the lain. The reading of the bill t'ct.s-med over two hours, after which Mr V. ilson (d-im., W. Va.) offered the first com i:i '.: e amendment by striking out in the tobac o scLtdulu the words "commercially known" In the description of wrapper tooacco. He ex plained that the amendment was desirable to pn vent incorrect interpretation at the custom Lc.r.s','. A wurra discussion followed, Mr. Pavne (rep., N. Y. ) offering ai.fl Mr. Pe Forest (dem.. Conn. supporting an amendment to the amend raer.t to ir. crease the duty on cigar wrappers fr. m one to two dollars Mr. Payne's amendment was finally lost yejs, 7 , nays. 170 aud the Wilson amendment ftfi-eed to by a viva voce vote. Other amend iiiii:.t olte x-d by Mr. Wilson were agreed to to include cotton unck in the cotton schedule, an! to add to the free list sweat leathers, bind ing ribbons, cut felt, etc., for hat trimmings. In the course of the detiato Messrs. De- Foitst (ccm.. Conn.). Cockran (dem., N. I Y ). Payne (rep, N. Y.), Boutelle (rep., i Ide ) and' others engaged in a spirited dis- I cussioa in whic-n the question eff laoor wages , was considered. Mr. Cockran asking whether the rate ol wa;,'e9 deivndedon the trades unions or whethtr it depended on the law of supply ant cematio. I ai.. I ityne repueu ium mr jinuuidL-iurcr mur.t first be g-ven tho ability to pay the wages its a condition il precedent Mr. Cociran then asked whether Mr. Car-nt-gie aud ttie proprietors of the Homestead rr.il ti had not 'ibuaunnt means to meet the tie ru..r.ds of the laborers when the strike occurred lii-itt. Mr. Payne said he did not know, but stated that a democratic member of the committee, w ben he found out what wages the Carnegie workmen had been receiving, said they were the highest wages be bad ever hoard of in this 'country. To this Mr. Cockran replied that when the trades unions sought to maintain those wages they were met by bullets in the hands of hired assassins in the protective interests. Mr Houtelle here interposed by saying that his position was that protection furnished to the manufacturer a market for bis commodities so that he could convert them into cash and be able to pay good wages for labor. In the course of his further remarks Mr. Cockran asked as to what was left for the ben e:it aud protection of the laboring man to en able him to get bis share of the robberies made universal under the appellation of protection? Why, be asked, are laborers hungry and man ufacturers comfortable? What principle of division of profits has been used which enables the manufacturers to look on the condition of thing-, with composure while the men who r.ork are wandering homeless, hopeless, and without foodf Mr. Reed (rep. Me.) said how easy it was to tr.ee t Mr. Coekran's assertions by similar ones aud to say that the reason why lubor was walking the streets in idleness was on account of the i.nlallhf ulness of the democratic party to its duty. It was because IB-day all industry was arrested by the mere threat of attempting another system. He went on to argue that the theory of wages being dependent upon the law of uupply and demand was exptoded. He said the democrats would sacrifice their market at home for a more extended one abroad, while the republicans believed In en lar.ing the market in a different direc tion. They did not mean to go to the ends cf the earth and struggle with the cheaper labor of the old world. What they meant to do was to elevate the market of this country by glvit.g higher wages to labor and tnereby constituting a market as broad as American production. Mr. Boen (pop., Minn.) opposed and Mr. Hudson (dem.. Kaa defended the provisions of the Wilson bill On the 16th Mr. Springer (dem.IlL) stated that be had highly commended the pending tar iff measure, instead of denouncing it as had been reported. Amendments offered by Mr. Wilson (dem., W. Va.) were agreed to to reduce the duty on furs for hatter' use from to 1 J per cent : to place on the free list, in addition to books, etc, printed over twenty years, hydrgraphto charts: changing the rate on condensed milk from 20 per cent, ad valorem to 8 cents a pound: restricting the increase of the tax on cigar ettes from SO osnts a thousand to (1.90 to thoss wrapped in paper: to take chairs, cane or reed, wrought or manufactured, from the free list and restore tbe dutiable list at 7 per cent and make the lumber schedule on tbe free list effective only against such countries as admit the same articles from this country free. An amendment was also offered by Mr. Wil son providing that the free wool schedule should not go into effect until August 1. 18Ji. Mr. Payne trep., N. Y.) offered an amendment to this amendment fixing the date at October t 1898. Mr. Johnson (dem., O ) submitted a substitute for the amendments pending provid ing that the free wool olovse should go Into ef fect immediately after tfee passage of the Wil son bill. Considerable discussion followed on the proposed amendments. Mr. Cannon (rep.. 111.) was not in favor of Mr. Wilson's amendment because if the clause had to go into effect at all within the next twelve months he thought the sooner It took effect the better. Mr. Wilson said it was Improbable that the bil! could take effect March 1, and it was im possible to predict when it would take effect. and he would like to give tLe wool growers a chance to get up their spring kids. And he proposed to offer another amendment, fixing the elate at which the reduction on woolen mannfactures should take effect as December 1, li-yi, in order ibat tbe manufacturers might work off their stock of wooL la the debate whieh followed. Mr. Bryan (dem.. Neb.) said not one farmer in ten raised sheep for wool: and while one farmer might be benefited by a protective tariff on wool, the other nine would be injured by having to wear Ps per cent, woo ten goods. Mr. Marsh (rep. 111.) opposed the bill. Mr. Bland (dem.. Mo.) said he would like to see a general reduction all along the line, and he would vote against the amendment. Mr. Henderson (rep, I1L) spoke against the bill and was followed by Mr. Weadock (dem-, Mich) in its favor. Mr. Clark (dem.. Mo ) said representatives who wanted to put off the dato ot the enactment of the wool schedule until lff3 might as well put it off until tbe day of judg ment When a man was freezing in 1694 it would be cold comfort to tell him be would have a good coat in 189S, and to make up the deficit which would bo caused by tbe Wilson bill, he said, we are going to pass such an income tax as will make the eves of the multi-millionaires bulge out. Mr. Shaw (rep.. Wis.) opposed the bill, and said it was neither fish, flesh nor fowL Mr. Hopkins (rep. 111.) said he bad been born in Illinois and had lived in Illinois all bis life, and he knew the farmers there enjoyed a degree of prosperity which they had never had under a low tariff. Mr. Burrows (rep., Mich.) submitted a letter from a wool grower at Adrian, Mich., showing that the wool industry of Michigan would be killed ty tbe passage of ihe Wilson bilL He then submitted an amendment provid ing for the taking effect of the wool schedule December 30. 18U9. Mr. Funk (rep. Ill ) spoke against the Wilson bill from the standpoint of a practical farmer. The committee arose without coming to anjr decision on the pending amendments and their substitutes. At the night session the speakers were Messrs. Arnold (dem . Ma), Ellis (rep. Ore.), and McDearmon (dem.. Tenn.). On tbe 17th Mr. Burrows (rep, Mich.) read from statistics to show that our foreign trade and exportations had increased under the full operations of the McKinley law. Mr. Springer (dem.. 111.) stated that the bal ance of trade between 1850 and 18SJ, under a low tariff, was 'n favor of this country: that tids country had bought more than it bad sold, and he thought the country was so much better off bv tbe excess of importations. Mr. Ding'.ey (rep.. Me.) said if 1200.000.000 worth of goods were broiight Into this country it was depriving American manufacturers of a sale cf that amount and stopped work to just that extent. Mr. Hatch (dem.. Ma) spoke in favor of free wooL Whenever the tariff on wool had been raised American wools declined in price, he said. Mr. Uynum (dem., Ind) spoke briefly in favor of extending ube time for the operation of the wool schedule to take effeot. Mr. Cannon (rep., lib) asserted that wool had been as cheap In this country since the 1st of last June as it could be bought in Australia. Ha had opposed the extension of time be cause if free wool had to come it might just as well come then as later. The only advan tage to be gained by postponing the lime would be that it would give the importer time to sell out his stock on hand without benefiting the wool grower or consumer. Mr. Cockran (dem . N. Y.) said tho importa tion of riTO.twu 00) worth of goods meant the ex poi tition of an equivalent amount in goods or monev. He argued that if the amount of goods had been imported it must have been because they were cheaper than they could be bought here, and tint consequently we must bave got more goods for tho nSO.OjO.oX) exp ;nded than if we had manufactured l-0.000 uoj worth our selves. And if we 1m ort more goods we must manufacture mora goods to meet it and pay for iL Mr. Wilson's amendment was tten stated, pr iposdng that the free-wool clause of the tariff billbhould go Into effect August 1. I8J4. Mr. Payne (rep., N. Y.) offered u amendment making the time October 1, 13J1 For these Mr. Ji'hrion (detr.. O.) proposed a substitJta providing that the clause should go into effeot immediately after the passage of the bilL To this substitute an amendment was offered by Mr. Bower (rep. Cal.) fixing the dato of opera tion "f the clause as of December 31, 1S)9. Messrs. Payne's and Bower's propositions were defeated, and the next vote was on tho substitute proposed b Mr. Johnson, which was agreed to yeas 112. nays 1)2. a largo u um ber of republicans voting in favor of the imme diate enactment. The next amendment submitted by Chair man Wilson was one putting marine engines and equipments on the free list, which was agreed to. In the course of the debate Mr. Walker (rep.. Mass ) took occasion to make several thrusts at Mr. Cockran (dem., N. Y.) for references made to tbe former by the latter in his recent speeches. Replying to Mr. Cookran's remark that he (Walker) was not bound by the usual practices of controversy and good sense, Mr. Walker said that when Mr. Cockran was un able to answer his (Walker's) question, be pounded his desk violently with his fist so that his voice was drowned in tbe uproar. Anothsl way he had of answering was to say four words at the beginning and four at the end, put thres words in the middle and add two at tbe end. and then say: "isn't that what the gentleman said?" Mr. Burrows (rep, Mich.) offered an amend ment to the wool and woolen manufactures schedule substituting the olause in the Mo Kludley bill for the one la the pending bill, and he spoke in support of this proposition. He stated that he had in his desk remonstrances from thirty-four states and territories against putting wool ou the free list, and not one in fa vor of it, and thai the only petition prevented to the committee on ways and means in favor of free wool had come from the Tuurman club of Onia Mr. Pickler (rep, S. D.) offered an amend, ment increasing the duty on first-class wool from 11 cents to 1 and on second -Jlass wool from 12 .0 13 cents: and made an argument la support of it What he complained of is that there is no protection for any article raised by the farmer for his horses, bis cattle, his sheep Mr. Springer (dem.. TO.) explained that un der the inducement of high prolecklon million of dollars had been invested In wool manufac turing, and the committee desired to give the manufacturers time to adjust their business. Mr Hunter (dem.. 111.) declared that no man should be called a democrat who was in favor of protection. At the evening session Messrs. S perry (dem.. Conn), Taloert (dem.. S. C), Hunter (d.-m., I1L). Bower (dem.. N. G) and Post (rep, I1L), engaged in the debate. Almost the entire day on the 18th was spent In the continuation of the debate on Mr. Bur rows' amendment to restore the existing duties on wool, with the result of its defeat by a strict party vote, Mr. Johnson (dem., Q) offered his amend ment placing on the free list railway bars (made in part of steel), rails and girder street rails and punched iron or steel flat rails which in the bill are dutiable at 85 per cent. He ex plained that his amendment inoluded in para graph 115 girder street rails specifically, so that there could be no misunder standing about that class ot rails That a steel rail pool existed which paid steel rail mills to close their works and gave them a mo nopoly of this production, be said, was gen erally admitted. No revenue would be pro duced from putting a duty of 25 per cent, on them. Ihe ways and means committee did not claim that It would produce revenue, and he asked the house either to put steel rails on tbe free l.st or show a good reason for not do ing so. Mr. Springer (dem.. Ill) asked Mr. Johnson, who is himself a steel-rail producer, whether placing rails on the free list woul 1 drive rail manufacturers out of the business, to which the latter replied that it would not Its only effect would be to reduce the profits or the mill owners. In reply to a sarcastio remark of llr. Boutelle (rep.. Me.) Mr. Johnson said ho was not in con gress voting money into the pockets of his stockholders To this Mr. Boutelle replied that his (Johnson's) patriotism had about it an element of improbability. In further reply to Mr Springer Mr. Johnson stated that his mill was not more favorably sit uated than others; that it was in about the center of the s tee) rail production. Mr. Dalzeli (rap.. Pa.) said that steel-rail production w as an important Industry in eleven states. This proposition waa to place steH rails on the free list and leave billets anil blooms, out of which they were manufactured, dutiable at '-& per cent Was that just? The steel Industry was the most splendid monu ment of protection Under its beneficent op eration tue price ot raiis had gone down from (50 to 5. Mr. Johnson wanted to know, if the price went down here, what brought it down abroad? To this Mr. Dalzeli replied ir was the inventive genius stimulated by tbe establishment of the Industry here. Ho said wages paid abroad were 40 per cent lower than here. Any argu ment based on the present price of rails was fallacious, because of the depressed conditlofi of business at this time. Mr. Johnson, he con) tinued, sought to give strength to bis plea foi free rails on the ground that he was himself a manufacturer. He sought to give the impres sion that he was in competition with the mills in tbe alleged trust. As a matter of fact be only manufactured street railway rails and he hod a monopoly of tbat production. Mr. Daizell wen on to say that he held in his hand copies of the 102 patents Issued to Moxham, the president of the Johnson com pany. They gave him the most complete and despotic form of protection, yet from behind that wall of protection he assumed the role ot philanthropist and wanted to take the protec tion awayVrom the producers of railroad rails who had no patents. He accused Mr. Johnson of false statements in the house recently and of altering the Congressional Record. At tbe night session Mr. McKeighan (ind.. Neb.) wanted free trtde, pure and simpie. He was followed by Mr. Sibley (dem,. Pa.) who ridiculed the pretentions of the framers of the Wilson bill, and severely criticised the presi dent and secretary for Issuing bonds. Mr. De Forest (dem.. Conn.) in favor of the bill, and Mr. Russell (rep.. Conn.) ugalnat it, concluded the debate for the night TRIPLE SUICIDE IN PARIS. Tired or tht Struggle for Ilread M. Caabet, IIU Wire and Daughter !!. Paris, Jan. lrt. The city is 6tirred by news of the suicides of M. Caubet, brother, of the late chief of police, his wife and daughter. Caubet was (13 years old, his wife of about the same ape aud his daughter 23. They lived in a pretty and comfortable flat in the Rue des Martyrs. Recently Caubet had lost heavily in business. The daughter had tried to support the family by giving1 music lessons, but could not earn euough for them. As matter grew worse all three resolved to die. They sold some of their furni ture and used the money to buy a sumptuous dinner. After eating they paid and dismissed their one serv ant. They signed a paper explaining their troubles and their motives in taking their lives, then pasted papers over the cracks in the doors and win dows and lighted two charcoal fires. Each swallowed a vial of laudanum. A SUDDEN CALk A Detroit PabllHhrr Drops Dead In m Loile Room. Detroit, Mich., Jan. IS. A tragic scene was enacted at the Michigan Sov ereign Consistory cathedral here Tues day night while the sixteenth degree, Princes of Jerusalem, was being con ferred on a class of candidates from all over the state. Daring an intermis sion between the different portions of the work W. J I. Boothroyd, for f oJ-ty years a book publisher and dealer here, started to cross the floor of the cathe dral. He had taken but a few steps when he fell to the floor. Two doctors rushed to his aid, but he was dead when they reached him. lie was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. in 1S32. He leaves a widow. The cause was pronounced valvular disease of the heart. tllE TAX ON INCOMES. A Measure Soon to Be Presented to the House. Agreed Upon by the Majority of tbe Ways and Means Committee An Outline of the Flan -How the Tax Will lie Collected. BEACHED AN AGREEMENT. Washington, Jan. 20. The full text of the internal revenue bill, including the important income taxt feature, has been agreed upon by the democratic members of the ways and means com mittee. It is probable the measure will be submitted to the house to-day. The bill provides that the income tax is to go into effect January 1, 1SU5, and that the first collection on incomes is to be made July 1, 1895. All classes of in comes are included in the measure and the uniform rate of 2 per cent, tax on incomes over 4,000 is fixed. The most important feature of the bill is the method provided for the levy and collection of taxes. It is made ob ligatory on all persons receiving in dividual incomes of over $3,500 to make a return to tbe local collectorof internal revenue. These returns are gone over by the revenue collector, and a tax list is made up of those who.se incomes ex ceed S4.000. No tax is levied on those making a return of above f3,500 and under f4,0O0, but the committee dremed if ovnilint. t.r lf:iv this margin of . - (wA I 1 . . . Avu,, ant isn nnint in order that the returns might be sure to show all who are subject to the tax. In case a person having an income of over $3,500 fails to make a return it be comes the duty of the revenue assessor to make inquiry as the amount of the person's income. If this examination discloses that the income is above $1,000 the income is subjected to twice the ordinary tax under the law, and the party failing to make his return is deemed guilty of a criminal offense and is made subject to iine and impris onment. The main purpose in framing the above provisions have been to avoid an inquisitorial operation of the law. The committee believe that it will do away with the necessity of having assessors prying into the private business of peo ple unless the latter have a taxable in come and try to evade the law. It is estimated that not more than 85,000 persons will be subject to the tax, so that a large majority of citizens will not have to make returns. Provision is also made by which no information can be made public as to the details of the income reported by citizens. If such details become public it might injure the credit of a firm or individual. For that reason any public or private person whodivulges any part of this information concerning incomes is made subject to criminal prosecution, with heavy tine and penalty. Particular provision is made for the collection of the income tax due on salaries not only of officials but the sal aries of individuals received from busi ness firms, corporations, etc. The in dividual receiving an official salary does not pay tbe tax, but it is made the duty of every gov ernment, state, county and munici pal disbursing officer to retain 2 per cent, of all salaries over the taxable amount. This 2 per cent, is to be taken out of the salaries in bulk at the last payment of salary for the year. The tax upon corporations includes every phase of corporate stock. This tax is general and it is without the $1,000 exemption allowed to individual incomes. It is provided that levying j the tax on corporate stock the cor-' poration shall pay the tax and deduct the amount from the dividends of the stockholders. It is made the duty of each corporation to take 2 per cent, of each annual corporate income from the amount set apart for the stock holder, and pay the total to the inter nal revenue collector in the locality. Severe penalties are provided for failure to make the proper reduction from the dividends of stockholders or for a fail ure to make the return to the revenue collector. The entire business of the levying and collecting of the tax is placed in charge of a deputy commissioner of in ternal revenue. The different revenue districts of the country are also pro vided with deputy collectors, who will especially manage the collection of the income tax. The measure as finally agreed upon is a detailed elaboration of the plan for an income tax proposed some months ago by Representative U all, of Missouri. WANTS A RECEIVER. Thompson-Houston Electric Company of New York Is in Trouble. New York, Jan. 20. The Worthing ton Pump company moved before Jus tice P.arrett, of the supreme court, for the appointment of a receiver for the Thompson-Houston Electric company of New York. George W. Mas lin, president of the defendant company, admits the concern cannot pay its debts. He says the liabilities, including $000,000 of bonds, amount to $738,000. He says the property of the defendant is not worth more than S300.000. Interest of Jl'J.000 due last September has not been paid. Shot Off the Machines. Emporia, Kan., Jan. 20. Marshal Fleming has, upon the order of Ma-or Smith, notiiied business men that the operations of all "nickel-in-the-slot" machines and devices for games of chance must be stopped. KILLED BY EARTHQUAKE. Area of 9,000 Square Allies in tbe Tibetan District Devastated. Victoria, D. C, Jan. 20. Advices from China by the steamship Empress, of Japan, fciys: "An earthquake of great magnitude, devastating an area of 9.000 square miles, occurred in the Tibetan district of Kada and a bordering province August 2 last. Eight hundred and four houses belonging to native and Tibetan sol diers and their families were buried. Seventy-five lamas (priests) and 137 Chinese and Tibetans were killed aud na&ny were wounded. TO RAISE FUNDS. Secretary Carlisle Derides Mo Issue N'eW Honds. Waphinoton. Jan. 18. Wednesday evening Secretary Carlisle gave author itative utterance to the policy that has been foreshadowed for several daya past by issuing a circular inviting pro posals for $oO,000,000 5 percent, bonds, redeemable in coin at the pleas ure of the government, after tea years from the date f issue. The bonds are to be issued under the author ity conveyed in the resumption aat of IS To, aud will not be floated at u price lower than the equivalent of a SS per cent. bond, five per cents, were de Aided on beoae under the resumption act they are the shortest 'term bonds that can be issued. Secretary Carlisle's circular is as follows: 1 he all. ny virtue of tho uuthoritv contained In the act entitled -An act to provide for the rS'iir.p tlon Of specie payments.' 'irovid Jnu jry 14, 13."5, the secretary of the trwu'jury uoreby oers fcr i-nblio sub-cription to in.ue o( tonds of tho United State to the utnouut of W.O O 0" In either rezistcrcd or coupon form. In denom .nations of too aud upwarJd, re dttmutilii in coin at the pujure of t-s ruvorn Hienl ftrr u-n yers from the date of their iiue aad bcarinvr interest payaole quarterly In Coin at th J rate of 5 pjr cen V per anauia. lnniiT of l'rooi:il. "Proposals for the who'.e or any part of tteee fcoiida wll b" received ut the UMfsury eepurtmcnt. oHl-'e of tho secretary, until 12 o'clock neon, oa the 1st djy of February, 1 vt. Prpoi:il3 should Mate the amount of b nJscesired. whether registered or coupon, and the premium which the subscrlbiir pro loea to pay, the pluce where it is destr-j.l :hut thf bonds shMl bo delivered, tiud iht offlce, whether that of the trra-(urer of the United :ates or an assistant treasurer of tho United fcit8. where it wdl bo ruMt convenient for Ih subscriber to deposit the aiuo.int of his subscription. Failure to specify the above piir t.uulars may cause the proposal to te rejected. "A. soon as practicable, after tho ltd7 ot February. Irt.'t, the allotment of bonds wul ba made tJ the highest bidder therefor, but no proposal will be considered at a lower price thaa llT.al, which is tbe equivalent of a 3 per cent, bond at par, and the rurht to reject any and a.l propo.sa s is hereby expressly reserved. Iii cane the tid entitled to allotment exceed the bondi to bo issued, thsy will be allotted pro rat. "Notices of the date ot delivery cf thi bonds wl.l te sent to the subsorlbers to -a-hooi allot ments are made as aooa as praotloajia, and within ten days (rem the date of such notice Bubhcripv-onj must be paid l.t United States -ld coin lo the treasurer or nuch assistant treasurer of the United Status us the sub scriber has dr-si? naied, and if not so paid the proposal may be rejected. Tho bonds will bo dated February 1. 1834, and when payment is made th -refor as above, accrued lnt-;rst on both p.-tuc:pal aud pre mium from February 1, lfcS. to djte of pay ment, at the rate of interest realized to the subscriber on his iuventnient. will ba aJded. "Kll proposals should be addressed to the secretary of the treasury. Washington. D. C, and should be distinctly marked: 'Proposals for Subscriptions to 5 per cent, bonds.' "Jobs G. Carlisle, Secretary." HEROES OF THE SEA. Six of the Crew of a Dutch Steamer Ter Inb in Trying to Save Other. New York. Jan. IS. The Dutch teatner Amsterdam, from Rotterdam, January 4, which has jus. arrived, lost her chief officer. J. Meyer, and five men by the capsizing of her port life boat while proceeding to the assistance) of the crew of tho American fishing Bcnooner Maggie E. Weils, whicU was in a sicking condition. On Sunday morning, January 14. in latitude 43:21, loDgitude 5S:13, with strong northwest breezes blowing the Amsterdam sighted a schooner allow ing an American union down and at half mast. The sea was washing over her and. it was only by hard pumping that she was kept afloat. Sue, had a crew of about fourteen men. Tbe crew signaled the Amsterdam by gestures that the vessel was in a sink ing condition, showing at the same time by throwing overboard pieces of their boats, that some had been wrecked. To Their Death. Tlie first officer and six of the Amster dam's crew offered to man a boat and go to the rescue of the schooner's crew. No. 4 lifeboat left the Amster dam, and everything went all right until in the vicinity of the wT8ck, when a snow shower with squalls capsized tho boat. Three of the crew were drowned. The other four succeeded in taking hold of tha capsized boat. The captain of tho Amsterdam went at once to their as sistance, and succeeded in getting alongside, but the four men were thor oughly exhausted by the cold and were not able to take hold of the life-saving apparatus which was given to them, and they were drowned, with the ex ception of one sailor who got hold of a rope and was taken on board. Another crew presented themselves to man a second boat, but owing to the increasing wind and sea, tbe captain objected and concluded to wait for better weather. ' Tbe Amsterdam kept in the vicinity of the wreck until she lost sight of her in a heavy snow squall, and although search was -made she was not able to find any trace of the wreck and proceeded on her voyage. The wreck appeared to be the American fishing schooner Maggie E. Wells. The Wrecked Schooner. The Maggie E. Wells is thought to ba vessel of that name whose home port is Gloucester, Mass. Although every possible means of saving the sailors was employed, their strength was so far spent that they were unable to keep their bold on the ropes and belts thrown them, and in tbe very act of being lifted to the deck, three fell back exhausted aud were drowned. The passengers of the Amsterdam were much impressed with the efforts of all the ship officers and crew to save the crew of the American schooner. The captain did everything in his power. WOOL GROWERS TO MEET. Gov. Walte. or Colorado, Calls an Inter state Convention. Dkxvkr, Col., Jan. 13. Gov. Waite ha, issm-d a call for an intor-stata con vention of wool growers, to be held in Denver February 5, 1894, to take action on that portion of the Wilson bill re lating to the tariff on wooL The gov ernor of each state and territory is re quested to appoint ten delegates and each wool growers' association . five delegates. When such associations do not exist the board of county commis sioners are requested to appoint five delegates. All states interested are invited. WAR ON CARLISLE'S PLANS. Knight of l abor Seek to K-trHln Ilim from I su In ir Ilonrtt. PniLATMci.ru ia. Jan. 21. The Knights of Labor after consultation among the officers present at a meeting sent the following dispatch to J. II. Sovereign, general master workman, Des Moine3, la.: . "Secure counsel and po before the United States supreme court immediitelv. EnU-r in junction proceedings ugaiost Carlisle, restrain ing him trotn Issuing ttfty millions of bot;ds. The interests of the people, upon whom the burdfn of all taxation to pay the interest and principal of the bonds falls, re quire that you should Inimc 11-tely take this st-p against the secretary of the tre:isjr. en Joining him from incurring any fu-ther debt while the resouro-s of the povernnifiit. if prop erly applied, are stifflcent to m-e.t ill lawful de mand. John W. HAVts, 'General Secretary-Treasury. K. of L" Friday the following telegram was received by Secretary Hayes: Des Moines, la.. J n. 19 John W. Hayes, 814 North Broad street: Case submitted to counsel. If there Is reas naVe ground on which to force a sUrUlng in court, injunction proceed ings will begin at once. "J. R. SOVfWttr.N, ! "General Master Workman." 1 Des Moines, la., Jan. -JO. General Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor, acting upon the ad vice of leaders of tho order in different parts of the country an i of Senator Allen (pop.. Neb.) will, within a few days, file with the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia a petition for an injunction restrain ing Secretary Carlisle from making the proposed issue of troverntnent bonds. C. C. Cole, ex-chief justice of Iowa, is drawing up the petition, which will as sert that the act of January 14. IST.j, does not authorize the issue for any other purpose thun the redemption of greenbacks, or, at any rate, to maintain the S100, 000,000 gold reserve. The following specific claims are made by the persons seeking tht injunc tion against the bond issue: .There i nothing in the law providing for :l re serve fund at this time in tho L ' r. i t 1 Stales treasury of $100.000, ubd; tin-to is no provision in the law for :i:iy special reserve as construed by tl.e present government. The fact th:tt the secretary of the treasury is to offer for sale a greater amount of bonds than necessary to replenish the so-called legal reserve indicates that he is not offering them for the purpose of re demption, and it further shows that he is not offering them for sale for the purposes specified in the law of Jan uary 14. ItsTo. the resumption act. The secretary of the treasury, they claim, has no authority to offer bonds for sale for any purpose! There is no deficit in the United States reserve fund, for silver at present in the treas ury is more than double the so-called deficit in the so-called legal reserve. Washington. Jan. M0. The Philadel phia dispatch announcing a threatened injunction by the Knights of Labor against Secretary Carlisle to restrain him from issuing $."0,0i)0,000 in bonds, as contemplated by him, was taken to the treasury department and showed to the secretary. Mr. Carlisle read the dispatch, but declined to say anything whatever on the subj -ct for publica tion. Other oflicials of the department to whom the dispatch was shown were not surprised on learning its contents. The feeling of the Knights of Labor and of labor unions generally on the bond question was known to be un favorable, as had been sho'v-n by the passage of resolutions against it. The officials were a unit in the opin ion t.tat the secretary had nothing more than a temporary delay to fear from injunction proceedings, and even this they did not think in the least de gree probable. The secretary consult ed the attorney-general, the law officer of the government, and the president before issuing the bond calL Applications for writs of injunction or mandamus against department of ficials are usually made to one of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. An appeal from a. decision of the supreme court of the "district would lie to the dis trict court of appeals, but in the ordinary course of events could not be heard by the higher court for several months unless an order advancing it on the calendar was made. From the court of appeals the case might be taken to the United States supreme court if the discouragement that unquestionably would be met by the enjoiners in the lower courts did not cause them to cease their efforts. It is believed no delay would be occa sioned by these legal proceedings, as even a temporary injunction doubtless would be denied. TO FORM A REPUBLIC. Hawaii Soon to Wave an Independent Cjovffrnuieiit. Honoli li", Jan. 12, via San Fran cisco, Jan. 21. There is no important change in public affairs. Strong re monstrances have been addressed to Minister Willis. It is privately learned that a new constitution is all ready to be promulgated at -the proper time. It seems to be definitely ascertained that for several weeks past and prior to Thurston's visit the government has been working out a form of constitution for an independent Hawaiian republic, which is now sub stantially settled upon. Its form is like those of the states of the union, with president and vice president and upper and lower houses of the legislature. The government will not proclaim this constitution until afler learning from Minister Thurston that there is no present prospect of any form of po litical union with the United States. SUFFOCATED BY SAWDUST. t'ecuILir IeatU of an Unknown Farmer at Mioneapnlm. Minskai'olis, Minn., Jan. 21. An un known man was killed Friday morning at the sawdust heap in tht- rear of the Diamond mill. Eighteenth avenue north. He was a farmer and had come in from the country to obtain a load of sawdust. While engaired in filling his wagon the sawdust under the wheels slid down, the wagon was upset and the load covered the man. He had died from suffocation when the bony was recovered. s f- t ti n .rs99mr9 If-' I , . . . j ft.:. mm . iiiu miiii ?r,i '- - ' " "