The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-11
The Duty on Sugar and Mo-
lasses to be Increased Il
~-' 'a IS per Cent. .a~,s
Prospect of the Abolition of
the Tax ON Matches.
Suicide, Accidents, Crime,
Fire, Etc. Aa5

CHICAGO, Feb. l0.--The state supreme
court has decided that the practice OF law
yers taking case and dividing the prof
its with the client is illegal and punishable
by fine and imprisonment o.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-The text of
the revenue bill reported to the house to-
day by Nr. Dawes, is as follows:
A bill to further protect the sinking |
fund and to provide for the exigencies of
the government:
Be it enacted, etc., That from and
after the date of the passage of this act |
there shall be levied and collected On all
distilled spirits on which the tax prescribed
by law shall not haye been paid, and
whether the spirits shall be in distillery,
bonded wal ehouse, or not, a tax of Que
dollar on each proof gallon, or wine gallon
when below proof, to be paid by the dis
tiller, owner or person having possession
| thereof, before removal from distillery or
bonded warehouse; and So much OF s c,i, n
325 of the revised statutes of the United
States as is inconsistent herewith is here
| by repealed. -e- - = . ~'a-@@- \
| Provided, That in addition to the tax of
10 cents per gallon imposed by the law
now existing there shall be levied and col
lected tax of Is cents, being one half the
increase OF tax under this act, on each and
every proof gallon, or wine gallon when
below proof, of domestic distilled spirits,
manufactured and placed in bonded ware
houses prior to the day when this act shall
take effect and held in bonded warehouses
at the time, and on all such spirits then
held by distiilers, recti6ers or wholesale
dealers having in their possession or under
their control distilled spirits or stamped
packages, and any person who shall sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any such
distilled spirits after this act takes effect,
until an additional stamp, to be especially
printed for this purpose by the commits
sioner of internal revenue. denoting the
payment Of tie additional tax Of Is cents
per gallon herein Imposed. is purchased
and attached to the package or packages
containing the same, in such manner as
the commissioner of internal revenue
shall prescribe, shall be subject to and pay
penalty oi 81 for each and every gal
lon so removed, and the spirits SO re-
moved shall be forfeited to the United
States. ,-f
And. provided further. that on all BRAN
dy, gin, rum and all compounds and pre-
paratons of which distilled spirits is a
| all forms of distilled spirits imported
from foreign countries, on which the duty
as fixed in the revised statutes is 50 per
! gallon, the duty hereafter to be LEVIED
: collected and paid shall be $3.50 per proof
gallon.
Sec. 2. That section 1868 of the re-
vised statutes be, and the same is hereby
amended by striking out the words ~
/, cents per pound" and inserting in lieu
: thereof the words ''24 cents per pound :
provided. that the increased tax herein
provided for shall not apply to tobacco
J. on which the tax under the existing Law
:, shall have been paid when this act take!
effect.
Sec 8. That so much of section 3,43'
as imposes a stamp tax on frlc'loI
matches, luciter matches, or other article
Il made in part of wood, and used for Liz,
;. purpose, be and the same is hereby re
rs pealed, to take effect on aud after th
Ie first day OF July, 1875.
rk Sec 4. That on all molasses (not inclu
ding tank bottom), syrup of sugar. can
Juice, milado or concentrated milado, an,
on sugars, ccrding to the Dutch stand
10 ard in color, imported from foreign cuun
tries, there shall be levied. collected an
paid, in addition to the duties now i'm
posed 10 schedule G.. section 22.504 OF tn
m, revised statutes, au amount equal t
u 25 per cent, of said duties as levied upo
the several grades therein designated.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1O.-The national ASST
~ citation OF stove makers held its annu;
IT,, session here to-day at the Palmer House
There we're present members from Ne,
York. Boston. Buffalo, Troy, Cincinnati
Er,a nd hor 70
esl points. The western Grms represente
ed were the Rock Island Stove Co., st. Lou
,ur Excelsior wire works. Bloomington tlll
I'VE I'VE stove Co.. Dutche, Voos 4 Adams. Mi
ed waukee Beck & Co., ST. Louis; Mich
nd nd gan Stove Co., Detroit.
ng A recess was taken till o'clock to Civ
Ike tiu.e for the report OF the committee {
s a [programme On reassembling Presidel
shi Perry, of Albany, took the chair W.
ork Clarke, OF Troy. was elected Secretar
IS 'In President Perry then proceeded to deliv'
can his annual address, which was very e
nee haustive, and contained full review
rs .ess everything connected with the stove trad
He spoke in the strongest terms again
- the proposed reciprocity treaty with Ca
- ada and hoped the United States Cover
w ment would never ratify it. w.
% Whitehead delivered the address of w
a come, after which the officers were elect
= as follows s. S. Jewett, of Buffalo, pre-
dent; W. H. Teff, of Detroit, second vi
president; A. Bradley, Of Pittsburg
m treasurer; board of managers. j. w. T,
" Ter OF Troy. Il. Z. Myers OF Cleveland,
9 Olhaber of Cincinnati, N. A. Boynton
g New York, aud Miles Pratt OF Boston,
t The committee ON Programme made
@ report. which was adopted, and the &C
vention adjourned until to- morrow mol
!. 7 ing;
PORTLAND, Me-, Feb. 1O.-The C.
Kimball carriage company has suspend'
ie 70 with liabilities of $lOu.0OU, in consequer
is re- of the failure of their Boston selling ager
= 1scf. i. PEORIA. ILL.,, Feb. I0.-A young III
sns- rled woman named Jane McCracken,
siding on Washington street, was so
-. verely burned on Tuesday afternoon q