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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
MeyicO'S System

"Mexico's system of taxation is also
something that bears investigation and
is worthy of emulation by younger
countries" says a Mexican railway
man. The consumer pays the tax in
this way. On every purchase of $40
worth of goods he pays a tax of II
cents, and cents on each So worth
over the $40. Under S. worth no tax
is levied. Manufactures, railroad
and other corporations pay a tax of 2
per cent on gross earnings. In this
way the government believes it is do.
ing 10 more than justice to all con-
cerned. The poor man who can buy but
few dollars worth at a time is not
burdened with tariff schedule, and
the man who can afford to buy in large
amounts and Injuries, such as fine
furniture and adOrnments, can also af-
ford to carry the additional light bur-
den of tax, and he pays that tax but
once. Our railroads do not pay year
in and year out the same tax on a worn
out track, coach or engine, as they did
when such were new.
''The system of collecting these tax
eS by the inspectors is also perfect and
there is no getting away from it. Each
tradesman's transaction, for instance,
is noted on a duplicate perfora ted
slip. Should any merchant be caught
in an attempt to defraud the govern
ment, he is punished by very heavy
fine, so heavy that attempts at fraud
have not been heard of for years.
minister of Finance Limautour is
the originator of the system, which
has worked admirably, and he with
associate minister's, with the regula-
tions in their different departments,
have gone far toward making Mexico
. desirable place for the investor. Not
the Spectator, understand me. |
would not recommend the country to
Il man with few hundred dollars, but
it were better he had few thousand
Take up lot Of land for coffee plan
tation. for instance. Plant it. and STAY
there and attend to it.and in five years
time he will begin making good mon
ey. It's great country, and money
maker to the man who wants to make
money that way"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
Congressional Funerals.

1t costs the government good deal
to take care of its congressman after
they die. In fact a dead congressman
is an expensive luxury. Few people
have an idea how expensive When a
congressman dies, committee is ap-
pointed to escort his remains home;
the undertakcr comes in view to decor
ate him with no end OF black cloth and
Grape: a casket worth from S400 to 5000
is used to encase him: black gloves and
silk sa,hes are supplied the attendant
committee: hearse, carriages, palace
cars come next, the latter stocked with
all those material things calculated to
assauge the grief of the remaining
friends, and when the final deposit has
been made Uncle Sam footS up bill of
some 1900 to $1,000 per head. But
the end is not yet There follows a
day set apart for the poetical eulogies
so tOuchingly uttered, and eventually
comes the order TO print said eulogies,
with 90 copies bound in full morocco,
with gilt edges, delivered to the family
of the deceased. Altogether the cost
of burying a congressman is about
twenty times as great as it would be if,
instead of the government, his friends
buried him. Here is a statement of
the cost of printing eulogies GA con-
gressmeu who died in Office during one
term,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
Am ,rican Merchant Marine.

League has just issued, in documeub
form, the speech of : apator Ell,in~, OF
West Virginia, on the subject of the
Ana rioiu Merchant Marine and Dis
Grim ma ing Duties, This complete
presentation Of tho benefits OF discri-
mira,ing duties as pledged by the re-
publican platform should be read by
every voter. Any of our re iders can
obtain Il copy for two cents. Ask for
docum mt No t t and address W. +.
Wakeman, Genl Sec, 49, West 23d ST.,
New York,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
FOR SALE

CORNER OF CAMPBELL and Tex
as streets: room for four houses 'front.'
| ing east. Price low.
EIGHTY-SIX feet fronting North
Kansas street for 5000.
HOUSE NO. GA San Antonio street.
LARGE LOT on St. Louis street
near Campbell ST.
HOUSE No. 21S Myrtle street with
lot extending through to San Antonio.
WARE HOUSE PROPERTY on Ell
Paso street below Ketelsen & Dege-
tau's. Very cheap. Reached by three
railroad tracks.
LARGE BRICK WAREHOUSE at
a bargain.
CULTIVATED and uncultivated
lands in the valley above and below Ell
Paso.
CORNER LOTS on San Antonio
street near residence of Waters Davis.
SIXTY FEET on West Overland
street near City Hall.
DOUBLE HOUSE 1O7 & 100 Santa
Fe street, and vacant lot, 4Ss feet ad-
joining.
TWO STORY HOUSE No. Bill Tex
as street; for So, 100. $500 cash-balsnce
in quarterly payments.
SATTERTHWAITE ADDITION
Corner of Oregon and Rio Graude
streets, seven lots cheap.
NORTH EAST corner, Block Alex
anders addition.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
Small but Effective

was the little Monitor that met the
Merrimac at Hampton Roads. SO too
are DR.. Pieree's Pleasant Pellets, eff
fective in conquering the enemy-dls
ease. When you take nil it's an
important point ga bave them small
provided they lave equal strength and
efficacy. You fad what you want in
these little liver pills of DR.. Pierce.
They're put up in better way, and
they act in Il better way, than the
huge, od-fash Q cd pills. What you
want when YOU re ''aIi out of sorts''-
grumpy, thick-headed and take i
gloomy view of life, is these "pelets, :"
to clear up your systom ana start your
liver iulo hollthful ;tiOn. Sick
headache, bilious headache, cOnstipa-
ton, indi estion, bilious attacks, ana
all arrangements Of the liver, stomach
and bowels. age prevented, relieved
aG,! cured, Put up in g'as5 via's, and
always fresh and reliable.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
New Gold Fields.

Owing to some very recent discover
les the Red River district gold fields
are becoming as widely celebrated as
Cripple Creek, and as the snow has
began to melt prospector5 and miners
are moving in rapidly. Take the San
ia Fe route to Springer, n. NJ, thence
by stage, daily, to Elizabethtown,
Hematite, Badly, Cimarron and Red
River City. Tickets aud all particu-
lars at the city ticket office, or depot.
Z. COPELAND, General Agent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

make charges against us to the govern
ment; and they threaten to bring
great destruction upon us. We desire
therefore, that from among holy men
you send d missionary to us that he
may defend US from violence and evil?.
So, we being at peace may pray for
you. BY the hand of several of US who
worship the Lord, Christ, with the
Hoy Spirit, we have no further petit
ton .,,-RObert Z. Sneer. 9
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
Eight Coperessmep SO 81

The law provides there shall be
printed Of eulogies of deceased senat-
ors, representatives and delegates, 5000
copies, of which number 30 copies,
bound in full morocco, with gilt edges,
shall be delivered to the family of The
deceased. IN each au engraved por-
trait is prepared by the Bureau of
Engraving aud Printing, at cost OF
some hundreds of dollars, which must
be added to the cost above given.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
Notice.

On and after May 2ith, 1897, the
Texas & Pacific Ry.. wilt discontinue
the sale of .he ten day round trip tick
cts advertised, Ell Paso to Nashville
and return at rate of $29. %. This.
however, will not affect the S4l 20
twenty day limitand S56.l5 final limit
for return by November eth. Through
sleeper Ell Paso to Nashville, Tenn. No
change of sleepers at Memphis.
B. f. DARBYSHIRE, S. w. f. & P. a.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

w CtIUu UUts HOI always brlnG peace.
\ Colorado man recently obtained
SO. 900 from Strattou, the famous Grip
pie Creek millionaire, in the settle
ment of suit which he had brought
against him His wife, who obtained a
divorce fron4 him ia 1891, now appears
On the scene ana asks the courts to
award her $4,000 of the above sum.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

The construction of the Ell Paso rail
road through this country will open up
one of the richest Sc tons in the south
west. Our resources are coal, timbe mi n
eral, fruit and farm products in mex
hsustable quantities, and our health
giving climate is unexcelled. The
amount OF outgoing traffic for the road
will be unlimited and everlasting. The
prosperity that the development of
these vast resources will bring to the
country will build up large towns and
prOSDarOus communities
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
THE WHITE OAKS COUNTRY.
Excerpts From the TuiarOsa Chief of
it's Great Resources

a private letter to the editor of this
paper from one high up in authority,
assures us that active construction
work will begin on the Ell Paso rail
roGd at an early date, or as soon as the
preliminaries are gone through with.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

The construction of railroad to the
Milagro and Salado coal fields will not
Only build up good towns at Tularosa
and La Luz, but will also build up
good town at the coal mines where our
farmers will find a ready market for
all their fruits, grains and vegetables.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

Beginning at a point 30 miles south
east of La Luz and running in a north
west direction for nearly 100 miles to
point near White Oaks is the largest
coal field in the southwest The coal
croppiog can be traced for the entire
distance across the country, seams of
good coal being found upon the sur
face three miles east of La Luz, two
miles east of Tularosa, on Three
Rivers and at Melagro. At Melagro
the coal measures dip to the northeast
towards SaladO ard White Oaks. The
quality OF this coal is all similar and is
without reasonable doubt al one and
the same bed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

In the White Sands or great Gypsum
beds west OF Tularo5a and La Luz are
to be found hundreds of wild cattle
and horses that have never been caught
or branded. They roam there at will
and are rarely molested by man. They
thrive well upon the grass and water
found in abundance in the numerous
lagunaS.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19

Butter 25 and 35 cts. Smiths Cream,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17

81 shall continue to use them and recon-
mend them to my patients, for | consider
there is nothing better for the diseases
they are recommend to cure than DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills. If you desire to use this
for publication you can attach my name
am we'll known in this part of Kansas and
also in Fayette County, Ohio. am Secre-
tary of the U. s. Pension Examining Sur
peon's Board for Stafford County, Kansas,
and Chairman of the Republican County
Central Committee for the above named
county" Yours faithfully,
JESSE L. LINES, M. d.
We also ascertained the Doctors stand
ing in ST. John by few interviews with
prominent people, which we herewith pub
fish along with the Doctors statement re-
garding Pink Pills:
II am well acquainted with DR.. j. l..
Lines and know him to be an honorable
and straightforward man, and what ever
he may say can be relied upon.
E. r. BENEFIEL,
County Supt. of Schools, Stafford County,
Kansas. 900
ST.. JOHN, KANSAS July 14th, 1896
Ihaye known Dr. J. L. Lines for num-
her of years and can recommend him as
prominent physician, and a man well liked
In this vicinity. HOWARD GRAY,
Cashier Commercial Bank.
have known Or. j. IL. LINES LOT SeVeral
years, and as physician he is very promi-
nent, and his reputation for honor anG~in,
tegrity are too well known to be questioned
for an instant. H. ]. CoRNwELL,
Editor st. John News.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco,
motor ataxia partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, the after effect OF la
grippe, palpitation of the heart: pale and
saIiow complexions, all forms Of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid
on receipt of price, so cents box, or six
boxes for $3.50 (they are never sold in bulk
or by the 1907. by addressing DR.. williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
A FRENCH ASSASSIN.
ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE OF
PRESIDENT TAURE.
clumsIly- AHado Bomb USsd-EFpIOdsd In
Thloket as the President was Pass
lng-No One was Inju=ed-EWO Mon
Arrested-ReaI Culprlt Escaped

PARIS, June 14-An attempt was
made yesterday to assassihate M.
Felix Faure, president Of the French
republic, while he was en- route to
Long Champs to witness the Grand
Prix. While M. Faure's carriage was
passing thicket near La Cascade res
taurant, in the Bots De Bollogne, a
bomb, which subsequently proved to
be piece Of tubing about six inches
long and two inches in diameter, with
q thickness Of half an inch, charged
with powder and shot, exploded.
No one was injured by the explo
sion. A man in the crowd, suspected
Us the prime mover was arrested. He
gave his name as Gallet, and made
only the briefest replies to questions
put to him by the police. Gallet said
that he had no occupation, but resided
at Levallers-Perret The police are
making thorough search of his lodg-
ings He is believed to be insane, for
he shouted as the carriage passed
along so loudly as to attract general
attention in the crowd. The police
have also made another arrest, in this
case a youth, but it is thought prob
able that the actual culprit escaped.
The news of the attempt spread like
wildfi through the city, and when
NJ. Faure returned to the Elysee tn Q
streets along the route where it was
known no would drive were crowded
with the people, who cheered him
vociferously.
The bomb was clumsily made at
fair, to which piece Of fuse was at
tached, and the fuse was probably
lighted by paper fixed to the end OF
stick as soon as the head Of the pro-
cession came into view. The presump-
ton is that at the moment the fuse
was lighted the culprit fed, and in
any case the bomb could not have done
much harm. In the thicket where the
police found the remains of the bomb
they found also pistol, upon which
was engraved the words, snort Felix
Faure," and the names Alsace-Lor.
raine and Cologne. Near the pistol
was small dagger, bearing similar
threatening inscription, and few feet
away the police found newspaper
with cartoon grossly insulting to the
president This contained an offensive
inscription, limiting at the execution OF
M. Faure.
The attempt on the life of NJ. Faure
was made ON the very spot where
Berezowsl1y tried to shoot the czal
while driving to the military review
at Long Champs in 1867, and where
Francois, lunatlc, fred his revolver
at NJ. Faure on July IA last
NJ Faure behaved with perfect self
command and continued to bow right
and left to the crowd after the ex
plosion, as if nothing unusual had
happened. The president was accom-
panied by his wife, while in another
carriage we're his two daughters, Mile
Lucie Faure and Nine Berge.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
CYCLING AND CYCLISTS.

Jones, Coulter, McCrea, Boyden and
Zeigler will be suspended by the L. A.
W. for competing in the Sunday races
at San Francisco.
Though Australians are said to prefer
American makes of bicycles, England
exported $4,000 worth of wheels to
Australia the last week in March.
Professional cycling events in Eng
land are taking strong hold on the
public, while the interest in amateurs
is declining, according to latest reports,
An attempt on the part of the manag-
ers - the southern circuit to reduce
the size Of the prizes for professionals
has inaugurated something close to a
strike on the part of the riders.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
"HUMAN OSTRICH" DEAD.
Harry whaIlen. VINO Swallowed Knives
ana Malls. succumbA


KANSAS CITY, Mo, June .4.-Harry
Whallen, whose remark able gastrono-
mic feats had gained for him the
name Of the Human Ostrich" died
at shortly after midnight this morn
ing at the German hospital. On SAT-
urdav morning several surgeons
opened his stomach and took out 1870
pieces Of hardware, several ounces Of
broken glass. etc. which he had swal-
lowed while giving exhibitions
through the state. Whallen seemed
for time to be on the mend, but the
shock following the operation proved
beyond his strength.
This is an actual inventory OF the
articles taken from Whallen's stomach:
One four bladed knife, 81 inches long;
one two-bladed Barlow knife, inches
long; one knife blade, ~ inches long;
one knife blade, inches long; two
knife blades, 3 inches long; one knife
blade, inch long; thirty-two large
eight and ten-penny fence nails and
spikes; thirty-four six-penny wire
nails, sharp pointed; twenty-six
shingle nails, 1 inch long; sixteen car
pet tacks and small wire nails; one
horseshoe nail; three large screws; one
barbed-wire staple; three ounces Of
fine glass
Whallen was y professional show
man. He began swallowing nails and
glass when he was 10 years old. He
soon found his wav into dime mu-
scum and then into side show. He
Travelled all over the United States
with Barnum and other big circuses as
a human ostrich and contortionist.
He became stranded in st. Louis re-
Gently and went on the road, giving
street performances at small towns
through Missouri He swallowed the
pocket-knife belonging to the city
marshal of Pilot Grove, Mo, and then
his troubles began.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
POLITICIANS FIGHT.

Major BIttlnFer and Ex-COngressman
Crowther Como to Blows on a Car.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 14.-Ex-Con-
gresham George C. Crowther and Ma
jor John L. Bittinger, editor of the
Herald, had bloody fight on a stree t
car just before noon Saturday
They took the same seat on an open
street car and disputed about an inter-
view with Major Bittinger Published
in the Daily News yesterday, in which
he had called the ex-congressman a
liar Major Bittinger said the inter-
view was correct. He was then at
tackled by Crowther, who hit him sew
eral times in the face.
Blood poured from the cuts made by
the ex-congressman's fist, and the two
men grappled. The car proceeded and
the contestants nearly fell off in their
struggles. Bittinger bled freely, but
the fight was continued until they
were pulled apart by other men on the
car.
Crowther's face was considerably
scratched, but his injuries are not Sc
rious Major Bittinger afterwards
repeated the statement tn at Crowthel
is untruthful and said he was willing
to meet him again with any kind oil
weapons Growth er may select
The fight was result of the post
office controversy and the long politi'
cal enmity that has existed between
the two men. Major Bittinger sale
to-day that he will drive Crowther out
of politics, and it is likely that the
| trou bile is not vet ended
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
Demands q Million.

SAN Francisco, CAL, June 14.-Asa
w. Fisk Of Boston, son of the late
noted money lender of this city, by a
former marriage, has brought suit to
have his fathers estate held in trust
until certain claims, amounting to
81, O99,O 64, have been settled. Fisk
says that when his father left Boston
in the early days to come to California
he took with him the claimants saw
ings, amounting to Sls7.5O, He alleges
that this formed the basis of the
money lenders fortune, and that it
was agreed that the money should be
invested in the sons favor. The latte r
claims that this money, loaned out at
the rate of interest usually charged
by his deceased father, would now
amount to 1854, 1858.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
Canadian Indian Trouble.

REGINA, n. w. T., June l4,-The IL
ritation among the Indians in conse-
quence of the killing of Almighty
Voice and his companions by the POI
lice is assuming an ugly phase. Eff
teen Indians have attacked the farm
of Mr.. Gordon, between Saskatoon
and Duck Lake, and killed all the cat
tie in the corral. A detachment Of
Northwest mounted police left Regina
this morning to proceed to the spot by
train. They will join second de-
tachment at Nut Lake. 1t is believed
that the instigator of the outrages is a
family connection Of Almighty Voice,
called Almighty Voices Brothen
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
BATES soPER IN JAIL
Archie, NO., Murderer Arrested at Ash
land, Ore. A Full Confession

Archie, NO., Murderer Arrested at Ash
land. Ore A Full Confession,
ASHLAND, Ore, June 1l.-Bates
Soper, of Ashland, who murdered
his wife and two children at
Archie, Cass county, Mo-, six years
ago and escaped, has been arrest
ed here and is in Jail He has
made full confession of the crime.
Soper was a butcher, of quarrelsome
disposition, and somewhat eccentric.
He slew his family with a butcher
knife, and, although closely pursued,
got away. Various reports as to his
whereabouts were circulated at differ
emit times, but he was never definitely
located until he was arrested here to-
day.
The absence of any known motive
for the crime led many Cass county
people to believe that Soper was crazy,
but his confession proves the incor-
rectness of that theory.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
KANSAS BRIBERY REPORT.
Committee AbandOn' ITS Work and
Make Accusations

Make Accusations
TOPEKA, Ken, June IA. The bribery
investigating committee appointed by
the Legislature to investigate charges
against members met here Saturday
to consider the question Of continuing
the investigation. In view OF the de-
cision of the supreme court that the
committee had no power to commit
witnesses who refused to testify 1t was
decided to abandon the investigation.
A report was accordingly filed with
the Governor stating that the commit
tee was unable to proceed owing to
the attacks on its legality and the
limitation of its power, but expressing
the belief that the evidence already
taken was sufficient to show that the
Legislature was surrounded by an or
ganized corrupt lobby. The report
also says:
1--WE believe that the presence OF
lobbyists in legislative halls in such
numbers as custom has permitted to
accumulate each year is a menace to
the rights of the people, disgrace to
the state and an unmitigated nuis-
ance, and recommend that law be
passed declaring such action to be
mlsdemeanor We believe that the
failure of the last Legislature to pass
certain laws was due to corrupt intu-
ences welded by corporations,
amounting to complete purchase OF
members in some cases, and we be-
lieve the necessity for such laws is just
as great now as then, and recommend
that special session be called for that
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
OLIVER is THE MAN.

LeavenwOrth Anarchist Bought Dyna-
mite OF an Atchlson Dealer.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, June IA
Joseph w. Oliver, the man arrested
and in the custody of the United
States marshal, charged with an at
tempt to kill Governor Andrew ].
smith and his family, has been identi-
fed by James Hellener of Atchison as
the man to whom he sold the dyna-
mite, fuse and caps on last Wednes-
day. Hellener came to the city yester-
day morning at the request of the
police authorities. At the Union depot
he was met by Chief Cranston and
driven directly to the county Jail.
Hellener approached the great iron
door of the prisoners corridor and
Immediately pointed out Oliver from
the half hundred prisoners confin ed
there
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-17
Rrrnn In Mnahlnrton.

WASHINGTON, June 4.--W. ]. Bryan
paid a hurried visit to Washington
yesterday There were many callers
at the hotel where he stopped. He at
tended services at the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian church, and later in
the day dined with Senator Jones, the
chairman of the National Democratic
committee. Arthur Sewall, the late
Democratic vice presidential candi-
date, also diued with Senator Jones.