The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-15
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
viii Offer an Amendment to the Tariu
Billie VIII Make Provisions for an In
heritance Tax of Two Per Cent

Will Offer an Amendment TO the Tarin
BILLIE VIII Make Provisions for an In
heritance Tax OF Two Per Cent.
WASHINGTON, June IL. The demo-
cratic members of the senate commits
tee on finance Friday agreed to offer
as an amendment to the tariff bill a
provision for an inheritance tax. The
amendment was prepared by Senator
Turpie and was by him presented to
the senate on behalf of the democratic
minority. The principal provision OF
the amendment is as follows:
That on and after the first day of
January, 1898, and for five years there
after. there shall be laid and levied
sum equal to two per cent. OF the
value of every decedent's estate as
an inheritance tax, whether it is
testate or intestate, to be paid by the
executors, administrators and trustees
thereof, or by the heirs, or
by the distributes, devlSees or
legatees, when the value of such estate,
as an inhe ritance, is $1,000 and up
wards, except where legacies or be-
quests are made to religious, charlta-
BILE, educational or other organizations,
which may, by the laws of the state,
territory or district in which the de-
cedent was residing at the time of his
DEATH be exempt from taxation"
Other provisions of the amendment
prescribe methods of ascertaining the
value of estates and of collecting the
tax. These duties are imposed upon
internal revenue collectors who are
authorized to bring suit in the federal
courts to collect the tax in case such
proceeding is made necessary. The
secretary of the treasury is empower
ed to make rules and regulations for
carrying the provision into effect.
Under the direction of Commissary
General Sullivan, Capt Geo. B. Davis,
commissary of subsistence, has been
ordered to proceed to Ell Paso, lex,
without delay, and with his clerk dis
tribute subsistence stores for the re-
lief of the destitute persons in the dis
trict overlooked by the Rio Grande in
that vicinity. Capt. Davis was one of
the most active of the officers in relief
work along the Mississippi during the
recent floods.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-The internal
revenue bureau has prepared a sched-
ule of the balance of unpaid claims for
bounty on sugar manufactured and
produced from August 2S, 1894 to June
80, 1895, under the act approved March
2, 1895. Under this act $1,000, 900 was
appropriated and disbursed, on pro
rata basis, which left a balance on ap-
proved claims unpaid of 81, 0S5, 1856. An
appropriation covering this amount
recently was made by congress.
For the first time in many years the
secretary of the navy has interp osed
his veto upon the application of jun
ior officer to leave the naval service.
In the present case three of the ca
diets at Annapolis, George Weber, of
Arkansas; Fl. l.. Collins, of Pennsyl-
vania, and p. L. Pratt, of Illinois,
sought to resign. They had COM
pleted four years service at the
academy, the last year being devoted
to the engineering branch and desired
to leave to engage in private business.
Secretary Long, however, found that
the engineer corps was sadly in need
of officers, owing to the rapid depletion
of the ranks of the older engineers in
late years, and he decided that as
these young men had been educated at
the expense of the government they
should render, service in return.
The cadets, upon admission to
the academy are required to pledge.
themselves to serve the government
not less than eight years, so these
young men now will be obliged to take
the usual two years cruise, which
rounds out the Annapolis course, at
the end of which time they will re-
ceive their commissions as assistant
engineers in the navy and regularly
assigned to duty.
WASHINGTON, June 12.--Spain, it is
reported, will Offset the Ruiz indem-
nifty claim by putting in counter
claim on account of the smuggling of
arms to Cuba by the filibuster Daunt-
less.
WASHINGTON, June II 1.-The men,
bers of the committee on contingent
expenses of the senate have agreed to
report adversely the Tillman resolu-
ton for an investigation of the alleged
speculations In sugar. 1t is not known
when the report will be made to the
senate. The report, it is understood,
will goquite fully into the merits of
the question, showing such investiga-
tons as that proposed to be generally
barren of results.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-Broker FL
verton r. Chapman spent the final
night of his term in the district jail
Thursday night. His sentence expired
at midnight, but according to custom
he was allowed to remain" till
Thursday morning
GEN. PALMA