Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-02
DRUGGISTS MYSTERIOUS CLAIM.
A Washington Firm Of Lawyers Work.
ing up n Case Against the Government.

The circular OF Rutherford Mayne, q firm
| of Washington attorneys, being sent to retail
druggists throughout the country, informing
| them that they have good claims against the
government, and asking to be employed to re.
cover the money, is creating considerable ex-
element among the compounders of physic.
The character of the claims is kept a pro-
found secret even from the persons having
| them, the lawyers holding the secret to prevent
other lawyers from being employed to reap the
benefit of their enterprise in discovering the
existence Of such claims. They saw in their
circular: "The subject on which we address
you is of importance to you, in that we believe
there Is q certain amount OF money due you by
the United States. Our action is taken after
and we are SO convinced by our investigations
that there is money due you and other dealers
ss Of Is
this sum, we now communicate with YOU
They announce that the claims must
and say the law firm will have ali
the expenses, II the claimants agree to allow
them . ;ssas per cent Of what they recover; They
sum due you, but cannot say how much until
clothed with the proper authority by you to
is pnder
all the data necessary for calculating the size OF
your claim. Naturally, the question will arise,
to recover Permit US to answer, in anticipa-
ton, that until some future time we must de-
Cline to enlighten you. Details now would en-
danger the success of the whole matter, as by
the least publicity we would experience the
interference Of inscriptions attorneys, who if
they could Tpld rob us Of the fruits Of our en-
The circular Of the firm gives the following
Mr.. Allan Rutherford refers by permission
to Gen. W. s. Rosecrans, register United States
day, sergeantat,arms United States senate,
Mr.. Edward 4. D. Mayne refers BY PERMITS
sion to William 9. Thompson, chairman of
Washington b, G.; Adolph J. schaf hirt' drug,
gist Washington, D. c.
The mystery surrounding the matter gives to
the country are talking. over the matter, and
the general Impression is that there is ''some-
The impression IL that taxes have been col.
lected without authority Of law. It is said that
taxes have been twice paid on the same articles
ordinary alcohol cosmetiaues and upon sIieeed
proprietary articles IL clearly Illegal also how
tax is imposed on imported castor oil IL put up
and labeled. having been previously taxed in
bulk, they are again taxed on the shelves
making clearly an illegal taxation. These taxes
were all removed by Congress in an act passed
March s, 1883. The claims OF each druggist is
said to be small, but the aggregate OF ali the
claims VIII, II y said, amount to hundreds of
A DEsTKucr1yE FIRE LAST NIaHr.-A fire
broke out about O'Clock last evening In n
frame building occupied a. q saw mill In ].
Naury Doves wood yard, on r street between
joining stable was destroyed. Three horses and
COW perished IN the flames. II is supposed
that the fire originated from cinder nom the
ais loss &C between - 600 and %, 600, which is
covered BY insurAnce.
SCARCITY OF WATER ubscribers residing
IN that section Of the city north or III 81. n W
write that s1nce the water was turned on to the
main that was repaired they have had NO sup
ply during the day above the first floor, and yet
the fountains In Iowa ettc1e and franklin park
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