The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-03

Is strong OppO>luJn 10 waco uSNe' IVY
ing, ana tue outcome is probe NAUTICAL,
TIE delegation from Waco is pecu
liarly active, aud is dong effective
work, and it may be that the Central
City will lana one Of the courts, as
she unquesiionabiy should.
\ new county is provided for by
the committee substitute tor house
bill! 10, out OF portions tf Uvade,
Bandera, keer, and Edwards, with the
county seat either at FRO or Leaky.
The original biz provided for naming
the new county Beulah, but the name
was discarded by the committee
Cleveland WAS uggested, and Rep
reese sentative Rogers Of McLennan, sug-
gested Barnard. and took the floor in
advocacy OF that name explaining
bat George Barnard was the first
Write settler Of McLennan county. aud
WAS son in law OF Captain Shapley
+. Ross, and ousequently a brother.
in law Of Ex-Governor Sui Ross The
vote stood in &C mmlttee ten for Bar
nard and one for Cleveland, which
was a complete knock out for Grover
The contest OF Williamson vs.
DAVIS from Fails county, which has
been held up at the instance of Mr.
PAWS for more than ten days, was
taken up in the house this morning
and disposed Of finally by declaring
Mr. Davis entitled to the seat now
occupied by him. Mr.. Davis in a
brief statement to the house gave as
his reason Tor not pressing the matter
to an earlier conclusion, that a letter
from ex Senator Martin OF Fails had
been picked W which contaiued the
state meot that proof OF Williamson ;
title to the seat would be forthcoming
within ten DAYS Fourteen lays had
elapsed since the date Of this letter,
and neither he proof nor NJ William.
son himself had put in an appearance,
and Senator Martin, who was here
last night, had himself inquired OF
Mr. Davis the Whereabouts of Mr..
Williamson he having seen or heard
nothing of him for ten DAYS or more.
There is httle doubt but wnat William
son, after an Investigation into the
facts, delber.,tly abandoned the con
test
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the sale of splrlluous, vlnous and malt
liquors as reported back from the
committee on revenue ard taxation,
provides for two classifica,ions tor
dealers in alcoholic liquors, the one
gallon mark being the dividing line
between the wholesaler and the re-
taller. The wholesale tax is placed
at $500 and the retail tax $500, with
penalty attachment. Malt liquor
dealers are all in one classified ion
and the tax is put at $50. The bill
further provides, in the case of beer
dealers that the presence of an inter
nal revenue license as liquor dealer
shall be prima iacia evidence in the
courts of the state that the party is so
engaged.
Mills bill taxing Insurance and
Telephone companies, sleeping and din
ing car companies, and foreign and
domestic corporations was reported
f.vorably today. 1t provides that each
corporation doing business in the state
and maintaining it's home Off :e else
where, shall be required to pay an
annual tax of $50 to the secretary of
state, and such corporations as main
tain their home Office In the state shall
pay $40. Life insurance companies
are to pay two per cent Of their gross
receipts, and fire insurance companies
l per cent of their gross receipts
Counties and cities are declared by the
provisions of this measure from levy.
ing any tax whatever upon life and
fire insurance companies 1t is eati-
mated that the revenue from this
method of taxation will not equal the
amount gathered under the existing
laws, blu. the burden will be morc
equi'ably dl'tribu ed, the company
dong the most business paying the
heaviest tax The tax on telephone
companies was fixed at 25 cents on
each telephone in use, the counties
and cities to levy not exceeding one
half of this amount each.
Indigestion Dizziness. Take
BEECUAM'S PILLS