Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-02-01
BREyITIEs.

New London, Conn, dispatch: The
tug Sea King reports the loss of five
barges off Point Judith. Eight men
and five women were drowned.
At Condon's Ferry, Wash, few
days since VIM. Condor, known as
"Wild Goose Bill, was shot dead in a
fight with another man. The latter
was mortally wounded and died soon
after. Bill was one of the most noted
characters in the northwest.
A terrible wreck, causing loss CT
life and manned limbs, occurred at
Coatesville, Ind, few days ago, the
Vandalia train being wrecked by
spreading rails. Two persons were
killed and thirty-two injured. The
train was running at full speed and
was about twenty minutes late. When
the rails spread the private car of
President McKeen jumped the track
This was followed by the parlor car
and then by the ladies' ear. All went
off the track, the rear car going down
an embankment ten feet before the
train was stopped. The smoker also
left the track. The rear cars caught
fire, but it was extingnished when the
work of rescue began.
Washington dispatch: Members of
congress who believe in the income tax
as an equitable method of raising reve-
nues are gratified at the Unexpectedly
good showing of the preliminary can
vass made by the collectors of the in
ternal revenue at the direction Of Sec
rotary Carlisle. They believe that the
greater the amount realized from this
tax the more popular it will become
and the more firmly rooted as part of
the policy of the government. Repre-
sentative Mcmillan, of Tennessee, says
that if large per cent of the revenue
of the government is derived from the
plan any attempt to repeal it before
the expiration Of the five year limit
3xed in the Wilson bill will be exceed
ingly unpopular. and the greater the
revenue derived from il the greater
will be the probability of it's re-enact-
,nent at the end of its term. When
the proposition to tax incomes was be-
fore congress the profit from it
was at first estimated AT from $15, 900,
900 to SIS, 100000. Later the estimates
of the committee were raised to the
vicinity of $4,000, 600 Mr.. Hall, of
Missouri, who has given more study,
~ he CT IF
the income tax than any other man in
the house, did not place the total be-
low S5o.OOO,O 900. From the results of
the canvass of the internal revenue bu-
reauit appears that Mr. Hall was more
nearly correct than the other fore
casters. He now says that the income
tax may yield more than $4,000, 900,
and it is known that the treasury de-
partment officials do not place it's re-
suits below that mark. The showing
made by the thirty-six of the sixty
three districts gives ground for the
estimate that about 100000 persons
and corporations will contribute to the
treasury by this plan.
It is estimated that the highway
men who robbed the Cotton Belt
train near Mcneil, Ark, recently,
secured about s25, 900. 1t is thought
to be the work of part of the Cook
gang.
The building of Henning's brewery
at Mendoza, Ills, was wrecked few
days ago by a boiler explosion, the
conclusion being SO great that every
building in the city was badly shaken.
The building destroyed was five stories
high. Six men were killed and six