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Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Report of Internal Revenue Commissioner
Mason to the Secretary of the treasury
on the Operations of the Bureau for the
Past Fiscal Wear.
yours,
tSigned]

Report of Internal Revenue Commissioner
Mason to the Secretary of the treasury
on the Operations of the Bureau for the
Past Fiscal Wear.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-The Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, Mr.. Mason,
has made his report to the Secretary of
the Treasury on the operations Of the in
ternal reYenue office for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1889:
The total collections for the fiscal year just
ended were S130, 165, 1872 and this sum has been
duly accounted for and covered into the Treas
ury. For the fiscal year ended June 30, the
collections were S123, 59G, 455.6! which, com
pared with the collections for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1889, show an increase of sG,5SS,
977.21. The cost collection for the fiscal year
just ended will aggregate about a. 4S5, 900,
elusive OF the amount expended for the print
ing Of internal revenue stamps, which is paid
from the appropriation made 10 the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing, and which will be
shown in my annual report for this year.
At this date it is impossible to state the ex
act amount of the cost OF collection, some
accounts belonging to the fiscal year have not
yet been received, and the amount of such ac-
counts has been estimated fromthe accounts of
previous months; but when all are received and
adjusted l do rot think the total will vary
much from the amount herein stated The
per centage of the cost of collection is frac-
tion less than 32 per cent, which is exactly
the same as the per centage of cost for the fls-
cal year ended June 30 1888
Owing to the great number Of dlstilleres in
operation during the last fiscal year, and the in
creased quantity Of spirits produced resulting
in an increase of the taxes collected from that
source as compared with the receipts of the
previous year OF more than Is, 0 1000 AS shown
in the accompanying statements tie eXpendi-
lures fA~ the salaries OF the stOre-kcepers, and
the feds of the gaugers are largely in excess OF
the Inount estimated when the appropriation
was made therefor The result was there were
not funds enough to pay these officers i'll full
for the month of June 1889, ana they have been
paid up to the Sth ultimo only, leaving their
accounts for the remainder OF the month of
June unpaid until an appropriation is made to
cover this deficiency The amount Of this de-
ficiency is about $1,000, and has been included
in the cost of collection, as above stated, so
that it appears that the increase in the cost of
collection as compared with the previous year
is in exact ratio with the increased collec-
tions.
During the past fiscal year examinations OF
the offices OF the collectors OF internal revenue
have been made as frequent was possible
with the limited number of revenue agents at
my command, and the reports OF these exami-
nations indicate a generally satisfactory con-
ditton Of the service throughout the country.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

JAMES MCCALL, OF Troy, N. Z, kicked
his wife to death on the 26tn.
On the 26th a belated south bound Mid
land passenger train ran into an extra
freight train near Waterloo, Va, derail
ing five freight cars and badly wrecking
them and the engine. Engineer Matthew
Acton, of Alexandria, was badly injured
and an unknown tramp, who was stealing
a ride, was killed.
1T is said that Zina Pitcher King, law
yer and real estate dealer of Ann Arbor,
Mich. who for twenty years has been
treasurer of the fund for superanuated
professors of the University Of Michigan,
is an embeZzler to an amount estimated
to be fully $4,000. King has turned over
to the trus tees property worth IS, 900.
On the 28th q terrible cyclone swept
over portions of Hungary, Pennsylvania
and Buckovania. Hundreds of people
were killed and great many more were
manned and crippled. All crops i'll the
path of the cyclone are al total loss, and
houses and churches are leVeled to the
ground in all directions.
THE steamer Colchester, on her way
from Baltimore to DeaPs Island, on the
2Sth ran down sail-boat near Fort Car
roll, Md There were five persons in the
boat, three of whom, Mary Kolb, Mary
Weiner and John Bitz, were drowned.
On the 28th the body of an unknown
man washed ashore near Babylon, L. l..
1t was thought possible that it was that
of Hogan, the missing 4ronaut
AT Bayonne, N. u. an oil still in the
Pipe Line yards exploded on the 2Sth,
causing loss of $4,000. No one was in
jured.
On the 9th, while James Sullivan and
Patrick DOYLE were cleaning out an old
we'll in New York City, they were over
come by sewer gas and suffocated. John
Sullivan, father of james, went to their
aid and was also overcome. He was
taken out unconscious and was in crit
ical condition. ~
A REPORT has been received from Zan-
zibar of the drowning there of Dr.
Schmelzkopf, Surgeon in Chief Of the
Wissman expedition.
on the 9th the convicted jury -bri5er,
ex-State Senator r. J. Creighton. who sur
rendered to the police Of San Francisco
recently, after being fugitive from gus
tice for year and half, was sentenced
to five years. Imprisonment in the penI-
entiarY,
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

AMERICAN capitalists have discovered
valuable iron mines in Cuba and have be-
gun the work of development
VERY violent storm passed over New
Madrid, Mo-, and vicinity on the 30th,
doing great damage to the cotton and corn
crops.
THE estate of a man named Fisher, who
died in Germany some years ago, is about
to he divided among the American heirs
The estate is valued al $51, 100000.
THE failure Of the boot and shoe firm Of
z. g. A. H. Rachellor & Co., Boston and
North Brookfield, was announced on the
Both, with liabilities of S1,000,000 and nom
inal asseUs Of probably about the same
amount.
CATTLEMEN from the Indian Territory
report that Texas fever is playing havoc
among the cattle in the Territory. Over
forty head were seen dead in one pasture
alone, and in others numbers varying from
seven to twenty five.
RoLLA BROWN, colored, died at Louis
Vile, KY, on the 2Sth, aged 105 years
She was born in Virginia.
CHARLES S. CRYsTER, of Independence,
Mo-, noted politician and well-known
lawyer, is reported to be short in his ac-
counts to the extent of 100000.
IT seems pretty certain that the great
White Earth Reservation Of 100000 acres
will not be opened this year.
A PARTY Of fifteen men visited the farm
of MiIt Barclay, near Somerset, KY, and
called out negro tenant who was accused
of stealing from the surrounding neigh
borhood. The crowd gave the negro a
sound whipping and ordered him to leave
the State, which he did without further
ceremony. Then they called out Mr.. Bar
clav and gave him sound thrashing for
keeping such tenants on his farm.
FOURTEEN out Of twenty-five patent
leather manufacturers of New York have
options to sell to English syndicates on
cash terms, but an option to take one third
instead is given.
FIVE store houses and two hotels were
burned at Homer, La, on the 9th. Loss,
| $4,000.
THERE has been an excess Of rain during
the past week along the Atlantic coast
from Maine to South Carolina, and over
the cotton region from the Atlantic coast
westward to Northern Texas.
IT is reported that the Governor of Mary
land issued warrant for Kilrain's arrest
and that Kilrain viii be obliged to go back
to Mississippi, although the Grand Jury
Of Marion county, Miss, has not yet found
an Indictment against the nugilists.
JOAN STRocKER, aged seventy-fve years,
is in jail at Steutenyille, O., for brutally
abusing his children. 1t is alleged that he
| 1. +l,ab bal, 0F :
and daughters up by the thumbs and whip
ping them with hickory ramrod until
their flesh was reduced to jelly.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

NORToN'S POINT the western extremity
OF Coney Island, N. Y, has been pur-
chased by syndicate who propose to
convert this spot into a model sea- side
resort at an outlay Of s., 10000
EARLY on the morning Of the 28th the
Paris police made raid upon the office
Of La Press. a Boulangist organ, and
seized a number of letters intended for
the self-exiled General.
LONDON dispatches Of the 2Sth said that
news of a decisive engagement with the
dervishes in Egypt was expected soon,
as the arrival of Colonel Kitchener at the
front with reinforcements will undoubt-
edly be the signal for aggressive opera
tions on the part Of the British ana
Egyptian troops.
The War Department up to the 29th
mad received No information Of reported
Indian troubles in Washington Territory.
MAURICE and Henry We'll, of New York
City, through their attorneys, Shepard
and Martindale, applied on the 10Th to the
Circuit Court of Marion County, Ind. for
the appointment of receiver for the Con-
tinental Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Of Michigan City.
A STORM at Boston on the 20th uprooted
orchards, plowed furrow fifteen feet
wide long distance, and threw water
out Of the Chicopee river.
THE Civii.Service Commission has de-
cided to exempt from examination clerks
on steamboats, who also act in the capac-
ity Of postal clerks, the practice having
been found impracticable.
On the Doth the committee authorized
by Typographical Union No. 6 to settle
the dispute between the compositors and
newspaper proprietors OF New Y ork City,
submitted a report to the managers of
the papers, making some slight conces-
sions, which was accepted.
On the 29th the annual convention of
the Journeymen Plumbers and Steam and
Gas Filters Association of the United
States and Canada was opened in Brook
lyn. A large number Of delegates from
all parts of the country were present.
IT is said that officials of Western rail-
roads declare that the formation of q
trust or some other method of cons Olida-
tion is necessary to save their properties
from bankruptcy.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
HUNTSVILLE ALA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 1889.

A RIOT occurred on the 29th among
Italian laborers engaged in laying a pipe
line near Lock No. 4 on the Monongahela
river, ABOUT twenty-five miles south of
Plttsburgh, Pa. One Italian was killed,
ana another mortally wounded, while a
number OF others were severely hurt.
On the Goth Governor Beaver of Penn
sylvanla issued requisition for VIM. H.
Hou'z, under arrest at Dubuque, Ia, for
forgery committed at Lewistown, Pa.
ON the 10Th Joseph NJ. Wallace, a law
yer, died at his home in New York City
from the effects Of blow upon the head
with hammer in the hands of Frederick
Hopp, his landlord, in q dispute about
rent.
On the Goth Charles Stockton, Of Car
roll County, lad, was lodged in Jail in
Logansport charged with stealing horse
valued at $500 belonging to William Ever
man.
FOREST fires are sweeping through Ada
County, Idaho, destroying ono of the
hnest timber belts in the Territory. The
country is so dry that the fires are spread
ing over great extent of country. Gov
ernor Shoup has telegraphed to the Sec
retary of the Interior asking aid in extin-
gushing the fire.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
DAsTARDLY assault.
A Priest Assaulted with Murderous IT,
[ tent by a Strange Man While Celebrat-
ing Mass.

A Priest Assaulted with Murderous IT,
tent by Strange Man While Celebrat-
ing Mass.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, July 29.-Rev. Father
Speper, pastor of st. Philomena's Ger-
man Catholic Church at Fifteenth AMI
Liberty streets, this city, was the victim
of an outrageous assault while off ficiating
at children's mass this morning. While
kneeling in prayer at the beginning Of
mass strange man arose from his knees
and half crept along the aisle toward
the altar, carrying III his hand a heavy
burden Before any of the audience,
which numbered about so persons, most
Iy children, had time to utter a word
of warning, or even surmise the
stone with all his force at tho
praying priest. The stone struck Father
Speper squarely on the head, inficting
two ugly gashes several inches in length
on his scalp, from which the blood flowed
in streams. The affair almost causel Q
panic, the children yelling aud scApH-
ing at the top Of their voicss run
ming from the church. The assail-
ant attempted to escape, but was
captured and locked up. The wound on
the priests head is painful, but not seri-
Gus. The prisoner gave the name Of j.
Manning. Two hours after the assault
be was sent to the workhouse for four
months. He refused to give any account
Of himself.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
Negroes Crazed by False Christ.

The negroes Of Liberty County, Ca, are
in a state of excitement over the preach
ings OF man named Bell, O pseudo
Christ" who has been melting the ignO
rant people Of the country and telling
them that be will lead them iEto the
promised land Of Canaan. Hundreds have
left their farms and occupations to follow
the false Christ. Bell was tried for lunacy
and sent to an asylum. His successor, a
negro named James, began preaching
and telling the people that human sacri-
fee was demanded. In a remote part OF
the county woman, who was one Of
James, followers, slew her little niece,
cutting symbols on the body and then
throwing it in ditch. The woman was
arrested and is in Jail. The white people
fear the violence Of the excited negroes
who are following James and Bell's teach
ings.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
area of this city we pay five cents per message

area OF lnls city we pay nVe cents per message
for delivery.
In respect to the cost of gathering up the
business and making up the accounts for col
lection, at many OF our small stations they have
but one Government message during a month.
The War Department requires that the mes
sages themselves be rendered as vouchers. II
an agent or employe of any Of the departments
is detained at q small station by railroad inter-
ruption and sends a message of ten words, the
manager of that station finds it his duty to en-
close that message by mail to the auditor of
the company here for collection. That would
cost this company two-cent postage stamp.
Then we shall have sent the message, paid
each operator engaged upon il two and one
half cents for delivering it, and two cents to the
Government to forward the original message
as voucher, and when the account is made up
we get one cent back.
We have been always ready to serve the Gov
ernment in the promptest and best manner in
our line of business, and have done great deal
for the Government without charge giving it
the use of wires on special occasions, and open
ing new stations at considerable expense for
signal and astronomical observations. We
have had our accounts tied up for considera-
Bile portion OF our service upon technical rulings,
upon which we have been unable to procure a
trial and decision OF the courts until the ar
rears have reached the neighborhood Of $780,
O90
AS instructed by the executive committee OF
the Board of Directors, 1 most respectfully
make this the protest of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and of the subordinate
telegraph companies which it controls. against
any further reduction below the rates in opera
tion during the last few years of tolls to be
paid by the Government for the transmission
of its messages, as wrong and injustice to
this company, TO its thirty-six hundred stock
holders, ana to its millions of other customers.
1 have the honor to remain. most spectfully
yours,
ISiUned1 NORvUN GREEN President
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
Serious Riot Among Italian Laborers at
Pittsburgh.

PITTsBURGH, Pa, July 30.-A report
reached this city yesterday that at ten
O'Clock yesterday morning q serious riot
occurred among some Italian laborers
engaged in laying pipe line near Lock
No. 4 on the Monongahela river about
twenty-five miles south Of Pittsburgh.
The foreman in charge wished to trans
fer gang Of fourteen men from one part
of the work to another The men re-
fused TO go. and @ riot ensned. Knives,
pistols, picks, shovels and other weapons
were freely used. One Italian was killed,
another was mortally wounded, and a
number Of others were severely hurt.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
SOUTHERN oLEANINes,
The Secretary of the Tennessee State
Wheel Defaulter.

wheel a Defaulter.
w. I. Davis, secretary Of the Tennes-
see State Wheel, is, according to state
ments Of this secret order of agricultur-
lists, defaulter for large amount. ls
has been ascertained that when tbe State
Wheel met in the State House to consider
the question Of consolidating with the
State Alliance, Mr.. Davis was absent,
and it was necessary to elect a secretary
pro TEN. A bombshell was then explod-
ed. A letter from Davis acknowledging
that he was short in his accounts, and
saying that his body would be found III
the bottom Of the Cumberland river, was
read. This startling information gave
the assembled farmers something to con-
slider besides the proposed consolidation.
They discussed the matter, and came 20
the conclusion that there was no doubt
about the defalcation, but they dlscred-
tied the statement that the defaulter IN
tended suicide. Officers of the organiza-
ton kept the matter quiet, but it leaked
out and the officers at last consented 70
give the facts to the press. According TO
the information thus obtained, the de-
faulting secretary has lived at Gleason
Station, Weakly County. He is almost
thirty three years old, and has wife
anu luIOO CulluI 1S was N AeeA AAA0Nf
afterward becoming q teacher, and last
January he was elected county super1n-
tendent by the County Court over strong
opposition. He has been considered an
upright man, and has been highly es-
teemed in his community. He has been
elected secretary of the State Wheel
three times and has just completed his
third yearly term. He came to Nashville
and wrote q letter to A. E. Gardner and
E. A.Gowan, acknowledging his shortage.
Mr.. Gardner is secretary Of the National
Wheel and treasurer Of the State execu-
tive committee. Mr.. Gowan is State pur-
chasing agent for the Wheel and Alh-
ance. The letter, in addition to mention-
ing the writer's shortage and his
intention to commit suicide by drowning
in the Cumberland river, said that he wa
tired of life and that he could not bear
the disgrace and face his friends. lie re-
ferred in affectionate terms to his fam
lily. He did not explain how he had spent
the money. The amount Of the shortage
is not known, but it is stated that It IS
fully covered by Davis official bond for
s., 900, and that the order is perfectly
solvent aud has sufficient money to pay
all its obligations. The suicide statement
finds few believers. 1t is thought that
Davis left the city, and detectives are fol-
lowing clews which they think may lead
to his capture.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03

HE seasons salmon catch on the
acme coast is reported short. 1t is
esllmated that the total Columbia river
SaInon pack to the end of the season
~ll be $50, 200 cases, which includes
o'o0J cases of steel heads, reducing
ue regular spring pack to 25S, 600
Eases. This indicates a shortage of
oO'oV0 cases as compared with the
season Of 1888. Alaska advices to July
% Indicate shortage in the seasons
ca'ch there, but no definite figures of
me total catch have yet been pub
lished.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03

IL a recent debate in the British
House Of Commons on the royal grant,
aloyal member denounced an amend
ment as unconstitutional" Another
ana Oetter-read member retorted that
England had no constitution and that
ience no parliamentary enactment
could be unconstitutional The reply
"aS strictly correct, for England has
noWritten instrument that can be called
by that title
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
COnteSSlOn

THERE is a very pretty story being
1old that Princess Louise had bought
a birthday present for Lord Fife for
the last five years, but, being too shy
10 give them to him, she locked them
away very carefully, and the drawer
was only opened and the story told
when She learned that it was all right
and that the wish of her heart was
about to be realized.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
year2057.

7 HENRY GEORGE expresses himself as
greatly pleased with the results Of his
TOUR abroad. He says his views as to
TIE taxation Of land values are much
moro widely accepted IN England than
1bev we're when he was in that country
several wears ago.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03

In the cases of physician and a
dentist indicted for practicing medi-
cine and dentistry without a license,
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire
ouashed the indictments, and declared
the law requiring license for the prac
tice OF medicine and dentistry uncon-
stifutiOnal
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
A Cantured Moonshiner.

Deputy United States Marshal Sparrits
reports the seizure of an extensive illicit
distillery seven miles from Red Boiling
Springs, Macon County, Tenn. The still,
when captured, was hot, and gave every
evidence of having been recently DESERT
ed. Only one man was arrested, George
Cartner, on whose land the still was To-
Gated
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03

Tie Minnesota State Prison Board
has decided not to adopt the suggestion
Of the Governor that the prisoners be
put to work making binding twine, as
they think it would require too much
money to purchase the necessary ma
chinery. They have, however, con-
cIuded to put about scventy-fve con-
yict9 TO making tubs and pals, the ma
chinery for which will cost about IS, 000
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
Death From Lock.iay.

Stephen A. Leonard, Jr., son Of an ex-
councilman Of that name, died at Mobile,
Ala, in great agony from lockjaw. The
case was peculiar from the fact that the
wound causing lockjaw was a simple skin
cut on the end Of the index Sngcr with a
pocket knife. Stiffening Of the muscles
began and attacks Of commissions set in,
growing more frequent until the end.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03

THE judiciary committee Of the New
Hampshire House Of Representatives
is considering the advisability of re-
porting bill abolishing capital pun
ishment by recommendation of Attor-
ney-General Barnard, who argued be-
fore the committee that there exists
quite strong feeling in the State il
favor Of such measure, and personally
recommended its adontion.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
A Fool and His Money.

Samuel Cole, nephew Of Colonel e.
w. Cole, Of Nashville, Tenn, was sent to
the work-house at Knoxville for thirty
days on q charge Of drunkenness. re
arrived there with 50. 900, and had a @fod
time. He vas dead broke when sentenced.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
The Tennessee Wheel and Alliance Con-
solidate.

The Tennessee State Wheel and tho
State Alliance met and the unanimous
ratification of the consolidation of the
two orders, as ordered by the Meridian
(Miss.) council, followed. 1t requires
three fourths Of the States to ratify this
order and Tennessee is the first State to
act upon it. The Alliance of South Caro-
lima and the Wheelers Of Arkansas were
notified of this action by telegraph.
The State Alliance elected J. 7. Buch-
anan president and E. A. Gardner
secretary.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
Fatal Quarrel Between Miners.

At Redding mines, six miles from
Birmingham, Ala, Ed Duncan shot and
killed Ed Cooper. The men quarreled
about some trivial matter, and Duncan
picked up shotgun and fired Cooper
who was only a few feet away. The
entire load Of shot passed through
Cooper's body, killing him instantly.
Duncan escaped. Both were miners.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
VOLUME X.

DISPATCHES from the Soudan indi-
cate increasing complications, and it is
clear that the British occupation of
Egypt is not having the expected iniu
.rnre On the hostile Arab tribes.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03

THE one hundredtn anniversary Of
the storming of the Bastile was cele-
bratcd by the Socialistic and Anarch-
isuc societies Of Chicago on Sunday.
Although not so described upon the
programme, twas practically a jubilee
day for the Anarchists. who never let
an opportunity slip to air their perni-
Ci0uS doctrines.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03

TIE Cincinnati police did excellent
work in hunting down and capturing
the murderer of Colonel A. E. Jones.
The crime was committed On Thurs
day, but was not discovered until Satur-
day morning. On Saturday afternoon
the murderer was under arrest a good
distance from tie scene of the tragedy,
and had dispeled all doubt by a clear