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The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

Ruiz, one of the Mexicans who was bound over yesterday charged with stealing burros, had another cinch put in his girdle today by Jus tice Duncan, who held him to ap- pear on an additional charge of stealing a horse.-Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

IN battle between bandits and Mexican soldiers at San Vicente, on the 27th ult., the entire gang of robbers was killed, but twenty-three officers and soldiers also fell.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THE PheniX bankers intend to resist the law passed by the Seven teenth Legislature providing for the taxation of bank stock, They claim that it does not conform to the Uni ted States laws on the same sub- ieot
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

RESTRAINTS for places as Indian Agents will be sorry to learn that it is the Presidents policy 10 fill most of such places with army officers.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has di- rected that a thorough investigation of the Choctaw troubles be made and order restored at all events.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THE United States government has given instructions to rigidly enforce the terms of the modus vii vendi this year in Behring Sea.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

GEN. MCCooK takes no stock in the story that the Kid, the rene gade Apache, is. or has been, in the Guadalupe canyon, nr anywhere near there. He believes that the Kid is still in the neighborhood of San Carlos.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

IT is understood that the Treas ury Department closed the week with the gold reserve intact and $400,000 in free gold on hand.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THE Cabinet rejected a proposi- tion of New York bankers to loan the Government $50,O00,OOO be. cause the terms were not accepta- ble.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THE Phenix Gazette expects tc have it's Worlds Fair edition ready and printed in about two weeks Every portion of the territory will receive just recognition.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

required three or four days to get the district attorney on the scene of action. We doubt the advisa- bllity of the law.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11
Vengeance at Last.

| the blackest hue, and murderer have escaped punishment with i'm punity. During the last few week' a carnival of crime has been ir progress in the county, and the lit tie jail became crowded with red I handed murderers. The people ol the county became alarmed at the condition of affairs, and organized for vengeance, Last night outraged justice claimed three victims, and it may be necessary to follow up the good work to clear the county of the gang of cut-throats who have terrorized the people.
 The following special telegram from Los Lunas gives the particu- lars of the lynching;
 Los Lunas, May 5.-Los Lunas was the scene of great excitement to-day, owing to her citizens being once more called upon to take the law into their own hands,
 Alarmed at the number of crimi- nals who of late have gone un- whipped by justice and feeling the insecurity of women and children under the existing passion for blood, a raid was made OF the coun- ty jail last night, and the dangling corpses of three remaining mur- derers as swung from limbs of a great cottonwood tree in close prox- unity to the prison, tell the story of the vengeance of the outraged pub lie.
 Within the past thirty days six men have been arrested on the charge of murder committed in Valencia county. Celestino Ara gon and Isaac Varela, implicated in the brutal murder of Beatriz Ara gon, woman, aged p years, living at Peralta, who was shamefully as saulted before being strangled to death and thrown into pool, were released from jail yesterday after noon. and in less than an hour Ju- liano Chaves, the murderer of En- sebio Sais, was released under five thousand dollars bond.
 This left but three .murderers in custody, Antonio Martinez, Antonio Jose Barrellas, alias Garcia, who raped, ravished and murdered Man uela Miereles, an old old woman 60 years of age, after having outraged and mutilated her person in man. her wholly unfit for print, and Vic toriano Aragon, the self-confessed murderer of Beatriz Aragon, who according to his confession made a few days ago, was murdered by this man, his brother and Isaac Varela. There has been disturbed feeling prevailing for two weeks, but the crisis was evidently precipated by the release of the three murderers.
 Between twelve and one o'clock this morning large body of armed men secreted themselves about the jail. Three approached the door of the court house, and calling Jesus Garcia, jailor, told him that they were constables with prisoners. Suspecting nothing the jailor open ed the door, and immediately was jumped upon by three men, all masked. and bound hand and foot.
 
 Men sprang from every corner, and in few seconds at least fifty men arrived. The keys were taken from the jailor, and he was made to show the way to the cells where the murderers slept. The mob dragged | Martinez, Garcia and Aragon out beyond the corridor and out into the street and to a great cottonwood | near the court house where they were hanged.
 The bodies were found this morn ing hanging to a big cottonwood
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THE total deficiency in the cotton crop movement for the season end ing April 2S is 2,413,93O bales un- der last year.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

HOLLAND PARISH, son of Hon. T. E, Parish, was accidentally shot and killed at the Vulture mine, a few days since.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

A BRANCH of the Fidelity Build ing and Loan Association of Den yer, has been organized at Flagstaff.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

TIE recent many failures among savings banks in Australia has prompted the Government to ae- sume control.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

JAMES G. THOMAS proposes to bring suit for the recovery of the title to the site of the entire town of Nashville, Arkansas.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

SEVEN persons were killed by a cyclone in the Ponca reservation in Oklahoma Territory.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

IT is said that the appointment of A. c. Baker of Phenix as chief justice of Arizona will be made in a short time.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THE civil service reports show a marked increase in the number of women in the public service.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

The President has announced that he will call Congress together Tn ex- tra session early in September.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THE remains of a prehistoric vil- lage have been discovered in Holt county, Missouri.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

NEAR Gainesville, Tex, cyclone destroyed several towns and many houses. Several lives were lost.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

TIE chances are against the Worlds Fair being opened on Sun day.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

THERE are 252 school children in Tombstone.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-05-11

BETWEEN B and 50 persons were killed in Oklahoma by the cyclone.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
AN Old wOMAN'5 CRIME.
a Pitiful Story OF the Famine Times
In RuaRIn.
From the Mem York Recorder.

from the Mem York Recorder.
A mournful and tragical story was
brought to light by the trial of woman 20
years of age in Kalish. Russia. Some four
years ago the husband Of the old woman
died, leaving her alone with her grandson,
Stashin. bright young boy of years.
For a little while the two subslsted on what
had been left by the old man, but soon this
little store was exhausted aud they became
destitute. Then they lived for some time
on what their neigheors contributed, but
even this means soon came 70 an end, the
people in general being In the same condis
tion Of restitution as themselves.
The grandmother was then driven TO soc
her grandson suffering from the pangs Of
hunger. What followed seems too horrible
TO be believed Oue dav--thres or four
days having elapsed since they had eaten
meal-the old woman went to the cemetery
where the old man had been buried and told
her grandson to climb up a tree which
grows beside the grave. telling him that he
might fluid "a bird's nest somewhere among
the boughs.
Before she let the child climb up, how<
ever, she fastened around bis neck strong
rope AS soon as the boy had reached a
little way above the first FORK she managed,
by little manipulation, to get the rope
across it, and then fastened the lower end
around the trunk This done, she suddenly
called the boy to come down quickly. He
started to do so, aud had gone down several
feet, when he was brought up suddenly by
the tightening OF the rope around his neck.
Then, horrible TO relate, the old woman
seized upon his feet, which had come just
within reach from the ground, and hanging
on with all her weight, slowly accom-
plished the work OF strangulation.
She was arrested the same day and imme-
diately confessed all the particulars OF the
crime as set forth above, seeking to set her
self right by saying that cit was easier for
the poor little fellow to die thus at once,
rather than to stArve to death slowly" and
that she 'couId not bear to see him suffer-
ing 80 long"
The old woman was sentenced TO ten
years penal servitude.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
BY MAYOR Hampstead wAsHBURNE OF
CHICAGO.
MAYOR's OFFTCF. CHIcI


MA YOR's OFFICE, CHICAGO.
Your communicate on asking what is my
opinion of the various measures now sug-
gested for equalizing the burdens of taxa
ton, such as
Ia Graduated income tax,
(b Graduated tax on requests,
o) Taxes on luxurles carriages, pianos,
etc.,,
Are these measures wise, just and politicY
is received
have never given the specific matter any
especial consideration. AS general propo-
sltion, however, l believe in a graduated
income tax, in a graduated tax GA
bequests and in a tax upon luxuries.
My reason for this belief is that tax
alton would become more equitable and
Just and would not fall most heavily, as it
now does, upon the poor and those in mod
crate circumstances. AT the present tim Q
our large corporations and largest property
holders by some unknown process avoid
payment OF their fair proportion of the
taxes. II incomes of corporations and in-
olVlduals were taxed upon graduated scale
II would meet the present shortage of assess
inent in large degree, and by reason Of the
honest payment of full taxes by wealth and
corporations the tax upon the poor and mid
Ole classes would be thereby reduced, as the
e1lRencies of government would not require
the full limit raised on the basis of present
taxation.
believe that taxation. as you have sug-
gested, would have deeper significance
tlan the mere equalization of tax. A fair
ana equitable tax, honestly collected, would,
N my opinion, go far toward removing the
rising spirit of discomfort among the labor
ing classes Of this country. They have many
grievances, and one of the principal griev-
ances Is the power of money to override
eQulty and justice and avoid its fair proper
slon OF the burdens OF state. A poor man
WIN little home, partially paid for, with
Out influence OF power, realizing that he is
SouRed to pay the full limit of taxation or
lave MS property sold over his head, and
s slae hls taxation is large as it is because Of
sue avoidance of taxation by the wealthy
St iu the corporations, carries about with
1 1,ln a merltorious grievance which breeds
StsoatlsIactioD with law and government,
especially where the government is pre-
Lneu 70 be constructed for an impartial
ton. 0'''' u "91-AS- - P0'-
any and every law which may now be
taoDel 70 wipe out such evils as the present
"a @1 system will drive away those questions
ulVlding labor and capital and which
vii, oe al Justed in the next half century
sr5 result In social and political revolution
VIE arbitrary enforcement Of equity
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
LEMON ELIXIR.
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For Indigestion, Sick and Nervous Head
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For Fever, Chills, Debility and Kidney
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Ladies, for natural and thorough organic
regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir is prepared
from the fresh juice OF Lemons, combined
with other vegetable liver tonics, aud will
not fail you in any of the above named dis
eases. 5O-cent and 81 bottles at druggists.
Prepared only by DR.. II. Motley, Atlanta,
Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

BY HARRY w. CANNON, AMERICAN DELE
GATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL. MONFTARy
CONFERENCE.
Equitable taxation is a very difFicnIt
problem and none of the great nations ap-
pear TO have satisfactorily solved il as yet.
very likely If tax could be levied upon
Incomes it might solve the question. ont
whether or not this country has reached
point where legislation can be had look
ing TO such taxation is, to my mind. doubt
iuL fossloly the levying OF a tax upon
Injuries, and, perhaps, upon horses.
carriages, etc., used by the weaIty
Tor their comfort and pleas.
ure might have tendency to make some of
our people more content with their lot in
NE, put the experience OF countries where
THIS has teen tried is against it; for in
stance, in Belgium, horses, carriages and
oCher luxuries used by the rich are taxed
out the sooialistic element Is at present very
Stron8 In that country, and is making
much trouble to the Belgian government.
lam Informed that in England the tax
laws are being carefully investigated with
a view TO making certain changes. This
matter Is receiving much attention
from the London common council
ae present, which is inquiring into
methods OF taxation more particu-
larly in France, Germany and Bel
BAum' having In view the making OF GER
tain changes in the tax laws of England,
ana especially the tax upon real estate.
mere Is an impression prevalentin England
That our laws are moro simple than theirs
and quite as effective, although they have
an income tax.
AS to tax on requests. it seems to me
reasonable that when capital comes TO the
the notice of the public, as it does upon the
death OF its owner, and the consequent
change IN ownership, an equitable tax
should be placed upon it, regulated, of
course, 10 fair proportion to the amount of
the bequest and not so excessive as to make
it an object TO make misstatements in wills.
or seek TO avoid the tax in other ways.
HARRY W CANNON
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
From . Prominent Ladv

have not been able in two years to walk
or stand without suffering great pain.
Since taking DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir
can walk half a mile without suffering the
least Inconvenience.
MRS. K. II. BLooDwoRTH,
I'D. Griffith, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

Mamma-What in the world are you
making such noise down there for7 Rod
erick-To let you know how good am
Mamma-Why do you think you are good
when making so great noisel Roderick.
Because you always say Pm 10 mischief
when I'm quiet.-Hdrper's Young People.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

"Say. Ebenezah, what's dat chume de
man dat moved mex door ter you sings
cherry time he goes ter his wood pile.h II
DONE know, but reckon it mus be de los
cord. ~ Washington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

Clergyman examining a Sunday school
class,-Now. can any Of you tell me what
are sins OF omissioni Small Scholar.
PLEASE, sir they're sins you ought to have
committed and haven't. TIT Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
At the Capital.

have just taken the last of two bottles
of DR.. II. Mozley's Lemon Elixir for nerv-
GUS headache, indigestion, with diseased
liver and kidneys. The Elixir cured me.
found it the greatest: medicine l ever used.
J. II. MENNlCH, Attorney,
1925 street, Washington, d, G.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
asolhst UNJUST statute law or statute law
corruptIy administered.
HEaPSTEAD WAsHBURNR.
BY CHARLES H. JONES. EDITOR OF TIE g,

BIZ CHARLES H. JONES, EDITOR OF TIE ST
LOUIS REPUBLIC.
am In favor Of a graded income tax. 7
OeIleVe 1t TO be prominently q lust tax
because It taxes from the taxpayer in pro-
PORTION TO his means of paying, and as a
general rule in proportion to the benefits
ne derives from government. do not be-
HeVe there would be any more difficulty in
couectlng it than there is in collecting apy
other personal tax. The repeal Of this tax
at the close Of the war shows how little
vigilance was exercised by congress in pro
tecting the interests OF the people. and how
vlgllsnt the rich were in getting legislation
enacted that shifted the burden of taxation
from their own shoulders.
also favor the tax on bequests, on I1xu-
res and special corporation taxes. Corpo-
ratlons receive special privileges which are
or great value or they would not be so much
sought, after. The community should enact
Iull value for all the privileges it grants.
Instead Of the whole burden of taxation
being imposed upon land l favor the Penn
syIVanla system. under which land is
practically free from taxation.
II
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
VIEWS ABOUT TAXATION.
OUGHT ITS BURDENS TO BE SHIFT.
ED TO THE RIoa9

Signed Statements by Charles A.
Dana, Thomas L. James, ]. Edward
Simmons, MayorWsshburne. Charles
3. Jones and Harry L. Cannon.
tCoptTf0ht. 1885,
NEW YORK, March lin the congress-
which Is soon to open questions of taxation
will almost absorb attention. The old fight
between direct and indirect taxation will be
20 the fore again, and il the national reve.
nues from duties are to any extent cut off
there will be a determined effort on the
part Of advanced thinkers in congress to 90
adjust the burdens Of taxation that thew
will fall with greater weight upon the
shoulders OF the rich than upon those Of the
poor. Representative opinions upon the
wisdom, justice and expediency of
(s) A graduated income tax,
tbD Agraduated tax on requests,
c) Taxes Cd luxuries,
Are here appended.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

..'NoRAHl Norah! An where are yez goin
wild only one rubber onY' ~, CT. -,
Evan rubber's enough motheri Shure an
it's not so very muddyw-Puok'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

BY THOMAS L. JAMES, Ex-PosTMAsrER
GENERAL AND PRESIDE Mt OF THE LIN
COLIN NATIONAL BANK.
| do not favor an income tax OF anv
kind. 1t operates to put q premium on
perjury, and under 1t the unprincipled
would DC favored at the expense OF others
We tried the income tax in war time and
Improved intensely unpopular 1t is so still.
Ir would send TO kingdom Gomez any
party which dare father it. And vet.
strictly speaking, the income tax should be
the fairest way to collect a revenue if il
were possible to 80 collect it without the
encouragement OF lying and much actual
injustice
rather concur in the suggestion of a tax
on requests. A man is generally willing
and always should be-when he is getting
something for nothing to yield up a fair
and just share of it to the state which has
protected him and 1t.
1t would be mistake to tax oarriagee. |
think. Certainly pianos should not be
taxed, for they are means of education.
Liquor and tobacco ought to bear a por-
ton, and large one, OF the public burdens.
The best government Is that which gov
ems least. The honest payment of full
taxes, levied or which should be levied
under the present systems, If that
could be enforced, would strike at the
root of the difficulty, and do more to allsy
be proposed. 1t is not favoritism which
poor taxpayers want, but justice. Cor
porations are in this state taxed fully up to
the limit of their holdings. Their capital
is known. They cannot evade payment.
1t is right that corporations should pay for
the privileges they enjoy, but as it Is they
ray more in proportion than Individuals
in this state, at least. If every man in
business had to make such statement of
his resources and transactions as corpora
tions do, and could be taxed upon that
statement, the problem of taxation would
be greatly simplifed.
do rot agree with Mr.. Jones that land
should be relieved from taxation. If we
choose to get into the condition in which
England Is to-day. we need only take the
taxes of land, when rich men will here as
there seek to nonopolize the land because
OF that exemption, and comparative free
dom from taxation will be enioYed, not by
millions of Americans, but by a small set
OF man owning all the land in the country
We cannot afford to enact the mistakes
which have made Great Britain nation OF
landed arristocrats where wealth accumu-
lates and men decay. We want quite the
contrary-for all equal rights. equal priv
llegeS and no monopoly.
THOMAS L. JAMES.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

All schemes OF oontscaton; against re-.
publican principles. CHARLES A. DANA.
By J. EDWARD SIMMONS, PRESIDENT OF THE
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK.
lido not favor the imposition of an ineonA
tax. We have tried that once in this conn
try and have found that it put a premium
on lying was difficult to collect, and was
thoroughly unsatisfactory in every way.
l am rather inclined to favor a tax on be-
quests, though l do not speak SO positi Vely
upon this point as might upon longer re-
Fiction. 1t cannot be evaded like the ip-
come tax, and upon first thought do not
see how it could drive property out of the
state. Certainly it could not il such taxa
ton were federal or were made uniform by
the states.
/ am in favor of taxing Injuries, though
definitions OF luxuries might differ some
what. regard liquor and tobacco as luxu-
ries and proper subjects of taxation. 1
would not like to see pianos or music in any
form taxed. You might as well impose a
tax on sunshine or any other influence that
makes home bright and CHEEKY. l see no
objection to taxing private carriages or to
the general principle that those who enjoy
Injuries should pay for them.
l think that Mayor Washburue is right in
saying that legislation intended to shift the
burdens of taxation would do much to allay
social discomfort.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

CHARLES A. DANA's ANSWER IS SHORT AMI
EMPHATIC.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

All schemes OF oontiscation; against re-
publican principles. CHARLES A. DANA.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-29

remembered Judge Aldre dges water
melon Joke Illustrating the ruin
brought to Texas by Governor Hogg :
administration, which ike WAS 80 10 :
dustriously retailcd throughout Me
Lehman county by would be storney
general brave little man from Coyel.
Bill mentioned the efforts of Dick and
John II. Harrison, Scarborough and
Mayor McCulloch in behalf OF tie
m assure, aud then commented uoon
his own presence at the time the thing
actually happened He said while his
presence might have nothing 70 do
with the matter, there was a wonder
full "simultaneousness' about it. Bill
is right, according to old ,ime Clark
logic, and being a good Clark man,
Clark logic is good en- ough logic or
him, however it may suit other people
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-29
The agitation in favor OF reducing

The agitation in favor OF reducing
the acreage of cotton may do some
good here in Texas in this way, it may
possibly cause Texas farmers to raise,
in addition to their usual oDt'cn crop,
more hogs. Central and Southern
Texas is the natural home Of the feecy
staple, and larger returns for the labor
bestowed can here be secured than
any place on the globe, consequently
the farmers Of Texas will con inue to
turn up the soil and plant cotton on
he lands which yields them from a
half bale to bale per acre each ear
and m IKE money at price for the
staple which will leave 10 margin for
the cotton farmer in other less favored
Sc ,,ions. The man who has to plant
and work FIVE acres Of land to get one
bale OF cotton should plant something
else, and if they are wise they will