Nebraska Newspapers

    FROM i
CUSTOMS $286.H3.250j
FROM CONS0LAP
FROM TOBACCO
$49. mjsx
vk h ~T ASHINGTON.—In view
B B / of the fact that cong
-B B / ress has been strug
B/B/ gling with the ques
^L! B/ lion of raising millions
W W of dollars of additional
* ^ revenue for the next
Jlrcal year so that when June 30, 1910,
rolls around there will bo no stagger
ing deficit of $80,000,000. more or less,
to meet such as will have to be met
at the end of the present fiscal year
two months hence, a resume of just
exactly what it costs to run the Unit
<‘d States government in one year, to
get her with some facts concerning
the existing sources of revenue is
interesting.
The only basis of such information,
ir detailed and accurate figures are to
be given. Is bbviously to be found
in the reports covering the fiscal year
which ended on June 30, 1908. In
that year the receipts and disburse
ments of the government were as fol
lows;
Itccolpta from all sources (ex
clusive of postal) ..$601,126,118.53
Disbursements (exclusive of
postal) . 65n.lM.3U) 68
Deficit (exclusive of postal)... 58,070.201.15
The two great sources of income
are, of course, the customs duties and
the internal revenue taxes. For that
fiscal year the government received
$286.113,130.29 in customs duties and
$251,711,126,70 in internal revenue
taxes. Thus more than five-sixths •»£
flu* total revenue is received from
these two sources
An analysis of the Internal revenue
receipts shows that $110,158,807 was
received from the tax on spirits; $19.
*02.751 from the tax on tobacco, and
$59>07,617 from the tax on fermented
Honors The tax on oleomargarine
INCOME AND OUTGO
How Revenues of the Nation
Are Collected and Spent
IMMENSE SUM EXPENDED YEARLY
It Takes an Enormous Sum to Run the
United States Government for
One Year— War and Navy De
partments Are Especially
Costly to Taxpayers
Some Figures
netted $954,304, and the small tax of
two cents a pack on playing cards
brought in $459,080.
Other Sources of Revenue.
The other sources of governmental
revenue are of great number and In- •
finite variety, although the amounts
derived are comparatively small.
In the last fiscal year the sale of
public lands netted $9,731,560, and the
profits on coinage, bullion deposits,
etc., amounted $11.223,336.62. These
are the two large items of income
after customs duties and internal rev
enue taxes
The District of Columbia turned into
Hie United States treasury the sum of
$6,062,970.96. which represents one
half of the amount appropriated by
congress for tin* maintenance of the
District government Under the sys
tern which prevails the United States
pays one-half of the cost of the Dis
trict government. The amount paid
by the District includes all amounts
raised from taxation, license fees,
etc.
Fees of all sorts, Including consular,
letters patent, etc., brought into the
treasury the sum of $5,222,994.92.
There was received from the Immigra
tion fund the sum of $3,38*.894.67. The
Central Pacific railroad indebtedness
was partly liquidated by the payment
of $5,098,227.41, and the federal tax
on national banks brought in $2,888,
721.19.
There were numerous other Items
which were classed under the general
head of “miscellaneous receipts."
They included $1,177,752.70, which was
a payment of interest by the Pacific
railways; $1.1129,791, received from the
sales of government property; $871,
979, received from judicial fees, fines,
etc., in the federal courts; $007,004,
received from customs fees, fines, pen
alties, etc., and a host of other items,
running down to one for $12,801,
which was the amount received from
the proceeds of town sites in the re
clamation service.
How the Money Is Paid Out.
The disbursements of the govern
! ment for the last fiscal year may in*
bulked lnder the following general
headings:
Civil establishment . $17r».420,-l0S
Military establishment (Includ
ing Panama canal) . 175,840,452
Naval establishment . 11S.0.‘»7.097
Pensions . 153,892,467
Indian service . 14,579,755
Interest on the public debt . 21,426,138
The general heading “civil estab
lishment" covers the cost of main
taining the three great branches of
the government, the legislative, the
executive, and the judicial.
During the last fiscal year there
was disbursed for the maintenance of
the legislative branch of the govern
ment the sum of $10,788,880. This in
eludes the salaries and mileage ot
senators and representatives, the gen
eral salary account of both the lowei
and upper houses, the cost of main
taining the library of congress, the
botanic garden, and the apitol, and
the maintenance and cost of operat
ing the government printing office
| This last Item is about one-half oi
this general appropriation, the amoum
disbursed on its account during the
year having been $6,394,810.
Salaries of High Officials.
The amount disbursed for the exec
utive department proper, that is to
say. for the salaries of the president
and vice-president, for the salaries
and contingent expenses of the execu
tive office, and for the salaries and ex
penses of the civil service commis
sion, was $404,523.
Under the general heading of ex
ecutive disbursements are included
the disbursements for the mainte
nance of all the great executive de
partments of the government, includ
ing the war and navy departments,
but not including the cost of either
the military or naval establishments.
The state department required the
expenditure of $3,745,562 to pay sal
arles and expenses of its officials resi
dent in the United States and the de
mands of our foreign intercourse.
The treasury department, with all
Its varied activities, expended $64,201,
526. This includes the cost of the
maintenance of the departmental of
fices. of the mints and assay offices,
of the territorial governments, of the
internal revenue service, of the reve
nue cutter service, of the public
health and marine hospital service,
of the life saving service, of the bu
reau of printing and engraving, of the
Inter-state commerce commission, of
the national museum, and of the
Smithsonian institution, not to men
tion a host of other less inconsequen
tial lines of activity.
For the Army and Navy.
The war department expended $2,
180,436 on salaries and office expenses,
and on the maintenance of public
buildings and grounds. The navy de
partment spent $713,136 on salaries
and office expenses.
The department of the interior
spent $25,475,412. In addition to sal
aries and office expenses this was ex
pended for the public lands service,
the geological survey, the colleges of
agriculture, the reclamation fund, and J
a number of other fields of federal
activity over which this department
exercises supervision.
The department of agriculture spent
$13,460,764 for salaries and office ex
penses, for meat inspection, for the
forest service, for the purchases of
seeds, for the expenses of plant indus
try and the cotton boll-weevil investi
gations, for the agricultural experi
ment stations, and for the weather bu
reau.
The department of commerce and
labor expended $14,850,228. This in
cludes salaries and office expenses,
and the cost of maintaining the bu
reau of labor, the bureau of standards,
the census bureau, the coast and geo
detic survey, the lighthouse establish
ment, the bureau of fisheries, the
| steamboat inspection service, and the
immigration service.
It cost $9,093,846 to run tin* judicial
department. This went for the salar
ies of judges, district attorneys, mar
shals, clerks, etc.; the fees of jurors
and clerks of courts, the support of
prisoners, and the miscellaneous ex
penses of the United States courts.
Thus expenses of the judicial branch
Tomb of Ancient Engineer
The Italian Egyptologist. M. Shiap
pareli. in the course of recent excava
tions in the Valle> of tlie* Queens, dis
covered intact the tomb of the engi
neer Kha, architect of the mighty
buildings at Thebes, and of his wife,
Mirit. The tomb contained two huge
sarcophagi, with u mummy in each,
and also a large number of objects of
domestic use, buried, according to
Egyptian custom, with the dead, and
Including furniture, utensils, tools,
clothes, boxes linen. Jewels, etc.
From an inscription on a papyrus,
over K» yards long, found in the tomb,
it appeared that husband and wife had
died within a few days of each other
and were buried together. Among the
most interesting objects in the tomb
were the numerous boxes containing
the wardrobe and articles of toilette
of the young wife. Mirit had carried
with iter to the grave ;i dozen boxes,
some of which contained clothing, of
the finest material, carefully folded;
others had in them combs, powder
boxes, vases and nicknacks. Scientific
American.
Handing in His Decision.
•'Well, Sir," began the budding nov
elist, who had come to see about bis
manusc ript, "I suppose you have by
thteddime finished my latest effort,
and "
"Pardon me, young man," broke in
! the editor, I confess I have not. i
I commenced it, but it was such an
effort l couldn't finish it."
FOR ' ^
AGRICULTURt
C03T $13,460,764
FOR THE NAVY $118 057097
P/rOKUbCUUKID
'$ 9.093.84 k
of the government are r-*allv included
in the disbursements for this depart
ment.
Military Establishment.
The more important items of ex
pense which go to male' up the $175,
840,452 expended on the military es
tablishment during the year were as
follows: Pay department, $32,982,606;
quartermaster's department, $33,671,
038; Panama canal. $ :x,093,425; Im
proving rivers. $19,5! ^80; improving
harbors. $10,643,768; ordnance depart
ment. $11,150,861; subsistence depart
ment, $0 > * <15; en neer department,
$4,568,59::; National Home for Disabled
Soldiers. $ .<15,098; Military academy,
$1,602,185; military posts, $1,912,635;
medical department $1,455,816; on
campment ml man ivers army and
militia. $1.014,196.
The principal item included in the
naval estahli hment disbursements of
j $118,037,097 ere: Increase of the
navy, $27.1* a 55; i iy of the navy
$25,492.''.!3 bureau piipmont, $10,
$8,617.9::!*: bureau ot .onstruction and
376; bureau of supplh and accounts,
$8,617,9:10. bureau ot ( onstruction and
repair. $7.1 * j.521 ; ireau of yards
and dorks, $5,772,537 bureau of steam
engineering. $5,511* i marine corps,
$5,595,25: ' ireau <-t navigation, $3,
*42.246; Na\al academy $980,628.
The following detailed Items will
give some ip Moral id* * of the princl
pul expenditures in.nl for the Indian
service, th-- o.tai amount for the year
treatj obll
gut ions. $ :,39n trust funds, $2,
198,897; . r»*nt ami ontlngent ex
pen.sos, * .,686; * • UantHJua ex
pensos. 198,897
TO MAKF CORNSTALK OF USH
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Government’* Experiment* for Mak
ing Paper Out of THe»e Likely
to Be Valuable.
1'roU'xnor II I’ Galloway of tin* au
i irultural »l«*pi»rtni*,ut at \\ mhim;* *n.
who htu. boon oxporlmnutltig with
i iftalke m a . utterlal for making
11.0*1. ajitamin • » that sr»'«tt iffuiriwi
I n irllli' (1 nlolitf Hit* lin
\\ 11 1 hi lie* n »!••* *.if that th« * *|
ini-nta ho tar prove that tit** thing is
actually accompli shed anti In a coin
niet cial uu-tr-ii, he la very hopeful
that it will work out aatiafa* torily.
The paper workers are greatly In
terested in the • xpeiiiuenu because,
ii it turns out th. • thls4great product
til tite I * iu i ;i m d into good
pa|«-1 ft will h a iimiked vffrt t on
the paper an kin ml .wtrv,
t' •ru-'al' a 1m- ’ til* i a» i»| - l
product grown on the farm, mill whila
not entirely useless us stock food, mil
lions of acre* are allowed to go on
tirely to waste every year
I'apor making wood is b*■■•«mln«
gone what scarce, although there is n
such famine in the northern wood
as some alarmists would lm\c u.- h«
iieV e It, In W»»\e;-. t), • luv-.IHliert
succeeds in inaktio i o t of
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iiin damshtti tie *iiu! laid r oblRvi
ni tiRU, and t!»*•> *•'*«'' ail u'» v ioiid *<
i ihe iitwind Hymn*. ’ and li«* wr* »orn
that he had nut had the • i
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DONLIN OUT OF GAME FOR SEASON.
The New York
Giants will be without
the services of Mike
Donlin all season. Don
lin gives out the au
thoritative announce
ment that he will not
play ball this year. If
there is any one play
V er who would benefit
1 the Giants materially
\ it would be Donlin,
\ who is a hitter of
| force, a base runner of
1 class, and a fielder of
J merit. In New York
J? the fans idolize Donlin
[PRINCE PRECOCIOUS
I -
j Heir to Throne ol Russia Amuses
His Sisters.
«REScu«.. _ «:rs2?r
Lad Who Some Day Will Be Czar a
Sturdy Little Fellow—Education
of Royal Children Once
Far Stricter.
St. Petersburg. — The handsome,
sturdy little fellow who will one day
be czar of all the Russian, has not
yet apparently entered upon the more
serious side of his educational career,
and at present he and the other Im
perial children lead as much as pos
sible an outdoor n*c, with plenty of
wholesome exercise.
It has long been the custom wftli
the Russian court that the early yearn
of education should be conducted
largely on English linos, nnd English
is a language which the imperial chil
dren begin to learn when quite young
The precocious sayings and doings
of the little prince, now nearly five
years old, have been a constant source
of merriment to his elder sisters,
who are spoken of as being bright,
high-spirited children.
Miss M. Eager, who for some time
was in charge of the imperial nursery,
once told a delightful anecdote of tie*
two older daughters of the czar, the
grand duchesses Olga and Tatiana, at
the time when their education began
in earnest.
They usually lunched with their
parents, but were told that when they
were unruly and not polite to their
tutor they would have to lunch iti
the nursery.
‘ For a while things went smoothlv.
but one day Olga was naughty, and
got a bad mark. She tanned to her
master and said humbly T am
truly sorry I gave you ho much
trouble.’ Then she shook hands with
him nnd turned to the door, trying
unsuccessfully to prevent herself from
crying.
"The tutor was surprised to see the
light-hearted child so troubled over a
hud mark till 1 explained the sttua
tion to him. He then weakly offered
QOOOOOOOCO&OOOOOaOCttCXXiOClO
8 PERIL OF THE SPIKES %
jjj ON BASEBALL DIAMOND §
I The peril of the spikes is ren- Q
dering baseball almost as dan- Sf
gerous a game as football, ae- O
cording in numerous critics, x
Hardly a day passes but that in O
a close play some guardian of ft
a base is cut or sustains some ©
strain or breaking of a bone. ft
Managers now regard it as one Q
of the first essentials of a good ft
in fielder that he can put the O
tag on a base-runner. Many X
basemen lack the requisite ©
nerve. Others have not the X
I skill. With the ball and the ©
runner arriving together and X
the runner coming recklessly ©
through, throwing himself X
spikes first at the bag. it takes ©
a cast-iron nerve to avoid flinch- X
ing. Daring base-runners, like ©
Cobb of Detroit, make capita! X
of the fact that it is known that ©
they are absolutely reckless Q
and will be stopped by no ©
thought of injury either to X
themselves or the baseman. Ac- x
cl dents have been so frequent O
at the home plate that several x
catchers have been forced to ©
the wearing of shin guards. ft
ocoooooo© ooo © oeo oooooooooo
BROWN'S SECOND BASEMAN.
Jack Willii* •, 3e*and P.^sjman of
the St. I.uu v American Lsiy. i
Teitm
- iltg ubftU-f I suit!.
N' hi who »!*.• \
i . 411 w * i i Im i uf HnnUoy. ’
At this i •* i> u lunl fur bln yelps < 1..
* aiKl ... • m« a q< Ulli ul look In*
mi.iI, Vou . , n t play Ilia! mi urn, old
ilov .-*1111. s * Until' Than la
I ru-.hml *r Mu- ij• hir U'UViM im* la
1 . mitlmi - my journey wluiu , Sunday
• \ i . i
Old P.imti-iyt f uynd In Berlin,
in SiiurbrutM k- n sum • v%«irkin»*n *lm
Hi ii' taiti’tlig dmui tut old h'JUjc tuutid
PLAY THAT DISHEARTENS
THE MAJORITY OF CLUBS
Having Men Caught Off Bases Takes
Life Out of Team—Important
Part of the Game.
There is probably nothing in base
bull that so quickly takes the life out
of a club as to have a man or two
caught off the bases. With this fact
in view every club tries to perfect
itself in this department of the game.
To the spectator there usually appear
but two men who are directly con
nected with tiie play, when in reality
the pitcher has as much, if not more,
to do with it than any of the other
players. This is especially true where
the catcher throws to one of tin* bases
to catch a man napping. The iilftelder
usually gives tiie catcher tin- sign
that he is going to attempt the play,
but often tiie backstop signals the
baseman to this effect. The pitcher is
next tipped oft on what, is coming,
and. knowing what is expected, he
must pitch tiie bail where it will be
easy for tiie catcher to handle and at
the same time such a distance away
from the batter that it is impossible
for hitn to hit the hall.
It can readily be seen that if tiie
pitcher does not keep tiie ball out or
away from the hitter what a swell
chance the man at the bat has to not
only break up the attempted play, but
at the same time to iiit through the
spot vacated by the infielder. The In
fielder must start for the base as soon
as the pitcher starts to deliver the
ball, and consequently this spot is left
open. Brown, Klfng and Tinker pulled
off the play on Sam Crawford in the
fourth game of the world's series at
Detroit, when they picked file Tigers'
slugger oft second. It was a swell
play all around and, while most of the
glory of the play went to Kling and
Tinker, Brown must not be over
looked. as lie made the play a success
by the manner in which he handed the
bail to Kling. In that memorable 17
inning game between the Athletics
and Detroit, Donovan, -Payne and
O’Leary caught Hartsel the same way.
and but for Topsy being nailed, which
lost at least one run in that inning,
the White Elephants would have been
a winner tlint day, and which would
have won for them the championship
last year.
Big Offer for Battery.
It is not generally known,'but a
short time ago Stallings made a
mighty effort to get hold of Washing
ton's star twirier. Johnson, and his
running mate behind the bat. Street
An offer was made by Stallings and
Frank Farrell, which approximated
$.10,000 for the pitcher and catcher,
but It was promptly turned down by
Cantlllon. The Washington manager
said M the time that he might just
is well soil his whole team as part
with those two men While the $30.
noo offer was I r Johnson and Street,
Stallings would gi\ almost as much
tor the catcher alo.ic,
fceyfccld New Toledo Manager.
Hull h S' ., hold, l ight fielder of the
Tot* '.i all ashoiiutiou (ram,
hi - taken t I U»r of the P an. M|i*
« * ' " V' d V* toil w ho re.* gat-d
u. c; tie her.
a number of \ahmhlo historical paint
l!'» T!,. y ». !• luuiul In n ...
•n< !i'» ' n #u <«t.l v, all. w lil, |, .
•i '• 11 #I"«I mi'll 111, i.ntlFp Htrumur.'
Iin.l Ii.m ii i|, .nrti).',l hi ti|nM|f„K T(|1,
liUiiir. i. i i. at ihii lmportiint
ii,ii<..l in.nl . Ui*’ ‘1* fl nrlluii (j[ (I,,,
util tf.iHit.ru. 1 k. Ii lirlilu,. l,y
tfwt.l. in 1. l, mill ih.- burning of
'!n- ni'lKhliorlnit I'ltki 1.• in I7',n llotf,
in, nn important contribution to ih.,
(oiy of tn.. tlnii.n, nm| m,. tt|M, „(|1
iBI ll( ti" nit-iMi minute
Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaievltch.
to give her a better mark, but she
only sobbed out, 'Thank you, mon
sleur, hut really 1 have not. deserved
it. I have deserved only the bad
mark, and I must stay in the nursery
today.’ Tatiana came in at thi
momeiit greatly concerned. When sh
i heard what had happened she cried:
Oh, this is terrible. But tell me what
you did, and I'U'-ilo the same that wr
may be punished together.' "
Her little sister, however, did nol
allow her. tp make the sacrifice. "No
Tatty," she said, "you must be very
good, and let mamma see she has on*
obedient daughter." t
It would appear that nowadays tie
education of children at the Russian
court is not so severe as it was in
the earlier part of last century. The
regime under which Alexander II. was
brought up. for instance, was certain
ly stringent, if simple.
Brayley Hodgetts has summarized
tlie young Alexander's day's work as
follows:
"lie and ills comrades, Vicigoreki
and Patkul, had to get up at six. and,
after prayers and breakfast, begun
their lessons at seven These wvr ■
continued till noon, with an interval
between nine and ten for recreation
"After a two hours' walk they had
dinner at two, after which they played
nr rested until five, when lessons
were resumed until seven; then they
were allowed to play or do gymnastics
for an hour. At eight supper was
served. The evening was devoted to
a review of the day's achievements
and to pasting the diary. At ten they
went to bed.
••On Sundays and holidays the hours
devoted to lessons were taken :n
partly with Improving reading, i.artlv
with some handicraft and gymnastics
"Notwithstanding the ability ,.x
hlblted by Alexander. It, norms that
he was wanting in steady application
lie was brilliant, but no plodder in
order to make him work ('apt Mo r
der hit upon an Ingenious plan h
Stal l* il a poor box, to which the cht!
dren were not allowed to contribute
unless they had earned tltc :
confe* benefits on others by havin'
work'll assiduously them* elves \„’j
this plan seems to ha * g been silt eei
* fttl."
Saved by Brass Helmet.
Ibass helmet* worn by Kngllsh I re
bght' is ocraaiimaflv pro*,, u .eii • \i
•' If l.ttf* of glass f. . on
"Me It,ati a .id and comp!, *,. , i,url* I
■iim a d u bi'ii he li'ui | ,
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I 5* e b , t men m
Whaleborc Becoming Scarcer.
Whalebone I o*i only ;tf, ,, ia„
l,a" '' • «'UI> ago Tod.,* ,|
ib'H II * a pound Tin
'"lal .. '•>"" •• Horn Hu Vi.,. ,
inn bslieriis dunny Uie nlnet... •
I .niury I-M e, ded iuJ.iitii'n,),,
' nlugle whale may yield up to a to
pounds