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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
MOST 1RKsoME WAR TAXES.
Complnintx Made to Collector Treat
of Internal Revenue Bureau.


of Internal Revenue Bureau.
NEW YORK Nov. 24.-Brokers and
bankers now find the prospective war-tax
reduction an interesting subject. Tobac-
conists, also. and the merchants affected
by tax on general merchandise join in the
demand that the taxes for war revenue
be materially reduced, II not abolished.
On Wednesday Collector Treat, of the
Internal Revenue Bureau, was in consulta-
ton with Secretary Gage and Internal
Revenue Collector Wilson in Washington.
The outcome OF the conference, Nj. Treat
said today, was q recommendation that the
taxes from which the least revenue is de-
rived and are most in the public eye,
should be abolished. In this list stand
prominently proprietary articles and med
tcines.
Complaint has been made of inequalities
in the operation of certain provisions. For
instance. in the case OF cable transfers Of
money the tax imposed is cents on 800,
or fraction thereof. This is practically
evaded in many cases, and, for commercial
reasons, is almost prohibitory. Certain
bankers hold that a tax of cents only
should be laid ON all cable messages, ir-
respective Of the Information therein
whether business or political
The demand Is also made that the tax
on drafts drawn abroad on this country
be modified to 2 cents for each draft
~ in the case OF checks. At present the
rate is 2-cents for each 800. The failure
on the part Of the brokers or bankers to
pay the required amount due on such
drafts often compeas the internal revenue
of1cers to collect large arrearages OF
these firms.
goods stored. the stores ask that these
receipts be made taxable only when mer-
chandise is stored for the purpose Of
making loans on negotiable receipts is
sued therefor. Stockholders who are trad
ers object to payment Of 2 cents per 800
face value on stock. They want the
specific rate reduced, or else return to
the ad valorem duties, as in war times
The produce commission merchants urge
Collector Treat to recommend that all
checks OF $40 or under shall not be sub
5ect to tax. Their business involves the
use Of small amounts, in ten thousand in
stances OF less than IS. AS first drawn,
the law exempted checks under $40. There
on the conveyance of real estate by deed
and mortgage.
The question of the tobacco tax, not
being In the category Of those giving
-least revenue" will not Ione up for dis
cussion until considerably later in the
year, ii is said. Such taxes as those on
kilograms and express receipts will be
Immediately abolished.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
sTAPLEToN LOSES HIS SUIT.
Ruling of the Assistant Commits
sioner of Patents Sustained

In an opinion announced yesterday in
the case of Charles W. StapletOn against
Charles H. Duell, as Commissioner of Pat
ents, Justice Bradley sustained ruling
made by the Assistant Commissioner of
Patents The matter came up before the
Supreme Court of the District on the pc
tition of Stapleton for writ of mandamus
to compel Commissioner Duell to set aside
a ruling Of the Assistant Commissioner in
proceedings in which Stapleton was inter-
ested, on the Sround that the Assistant
Commissioner had no authority in law to
hear and determine certain appeal. In
the application for mandamus it was stated
that the Commissioner of Patents was in
an adjoining room, engaged in other busi-
ness when the appeal in question was
being argued. Justice Bradley dismissed
the nptitiOn u f7
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION.
Cornerstone Of the Administration
building soon TO Be Laid.

CHARLESTON. S. c.. Nov. 24.-The cor
nerstone of the Administration Building of
the South Carolina Interstate and West
Indian Exposition will be laid here on De-
cember IL, during the Annual Convention
of the League of American Municipalities.
Impressive ceremonies will mark the for
nal beginning of work on the project. The
Grand Lodge of South Carolina Masons and
all honorary vice presidents Of the EXPOSE
ton Company have been invited here for
the ceremony. and military will particle
pate Governor McSweerey. of South Caro-
lima: Governor Gambler. of Georgia. and
Senator Tillman, will speak. The festiv-
ities will be ended with banquet on the
evening Of December II, at which the
praises of the exposition will be sung
Owing to the fact that the Mayors Con-
yention will be In session here on Deem
Der Ii, 1t was thought wise to have the
cornerstone ceremonies while these distin.
guished municipal officers are in Charles
tOn.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Passed Worthless. cb.cr..

WINCHESTER. Va. Nov PA young
man. claiming 20 be a lawyer from Or
angc. Va. has succeeded in defraudine a
number Of merchants here out of various
sums Of money by means OF bogus checks.
He arrived here about two weeks ago. and.
after making the acquaintance of num-
Der of prominent business men, he called
ct their stores and made small purchases.
in each case he rendered a check, usually
for $40. on the Bank of Orange, in pay
ment. The checks have been returned
marked mo good"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
NO LONGER A FARMER.
Jerry Simpson Now in the stock
COmmisslon Business

KANSAS CITY. Nov. 24.-Ex-kepresent-
alive Jerry Simpson has sold his farm in
Barber County. Kan. and today purchased
controlling interest in the Union Live
Stock Company, a stockyards commission
firm, doing business on the cooperative
plan. MIR. Simpson has had a small in
terest in the company since its organiza-
ton.
There has been more or less friction in
the company and a meeting of the stock
holders was held today to straighten
things out. The result of the meeting was
that Mr.. Simpson bought out number of
stockholders. acquiring three ffths in
terest in the business. He will manage
the business pei sonaly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Cotton Cargo stfn burning.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Nov. 24.-The
FIRE in the cargo of cotton on board the
steamship Hemisphere is still burning.
Two tugs have been pouring streams OF
water On the flames for nearly three days
and several hundred bales of the cotton
have been unloaded and placed ON lighters.
The ship will probably lose a week on ac-
count of the fire. and the damage TO the
cargo will be considerable.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
George Mason Lee I'LL.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 24.-Information
has been received here of the critical
illness of Lieut.. George Mason Lee. the
second son Of Gen. Dstzhugh Lee. He is
in San Francisco, having recently re-
turned from Manila on account of i'll
health. His condition was not regarded
as serious until few days ago. 1t is
expected General Lee will visit him at
once.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Boyi.h Quarrel End. 4, M.rde.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, Nov. 24-Ben
Helm, a -year-old boy. and thirteen
year-old j. F. Pennell were playing In
the school grounds at their home at West
Union Thursday The Pennell boy threw
the hat OF tie Helm boy away. whereupo,i
Helm drew an old Barlow knife an !
stabbed his playmate to death.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
AFTER KENTUCKY RAILROADS.
State Administration Increases As
AcssmcntA Six Million Dollars.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Nov. 24.-The State
administration has increased the railroad
assessments s6.OOO,OOO over any year in the
history of the State.
The Louisville and Nashville. which OPP
posed the election Of Goebel as Governor,
was increased nearly $4,000. 900. Others of
the large roads in which the valuation was
increased and the amount of increase In
each are: Illinois Central, $765, III; Gin
cinnati Southern sos. O45; Maysville and
Big Sandy. s491, $50. and Southern Railway,
In Kentucky, $130,076.
A fight may be made on the action of the
railroad commissioners. the claim being
that the assessment is an extcrtion.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE AID ASSOCIATION FOR THE
Blind of the District of Columbia soIicits
from its friends and the public Thanksgiv-
ing donations of provisions, clothing, and
household supplies. ALI such gifts will be
received at the Home for the Blind, 915
Z Street northwest any day during the
week of Thanksgiving.
no2i, 26, % e %. s6.z1, 2s,m
WE BUY UNDIVIDED INTERESTS IN
Real Estate and Perfect Titles.
Parties who failed to pay 1898 taxes. and
whose property was sold. can protect them
from maturing to a deed and loss Of prop
erty BY calling at the Office Of WASHING
TON LAW G CLAIMS CO.. Room 2. All
louisiana Avenue northwest. city.
selS-tf EN-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
THE NEVADA LAUNCHED.
Representative BoutelIe's Daughter
Christens the New Monitor.

BATH, Me-, Nov. 24.-The big harbor
defence monitor Nevada was successfully
launched from the yard at the Bath Iron
Works this afternoon. She was chTistened
by Miss Anne Curtis Boutelle of Bangor,
daughter of Representative Charles A.
Boutelle. Miss Boutelle cut the cord
which bound the cradle with a silver
Ratchet The Ratchet, which was appro-
priately inscribed, she retains as SOU
venir of the occasion.
After The launching lunch was served
at the company's office. There were up
ward of 5000 people present, many COM
ing from other cities in the State. The
vessel is one of four authorized by Con-
gress. and is about % per cent completed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

Captain Brown. Coy. and. in fact. one
might say every member OF the Yale team.
did something at one time or another that
earned for him wreaths Of laurel that will
ever be worn with pride.
Harvard's army OF followers went home
tonight sadder and wiser than they have
been for several years, but they realize the
fact that though their eleven was not fit,
and consequently did not play the game
that it was capable of, 1t would probably
have been an impossiblity to win. no mat
ter how perfect the. Cambridge combina-
sion could have been made. Harvard men
have nothing but compliments for Yale's
team, and the game itself. played in the
most sportsmanlike way. was credit to
tho snort The -ljne-up.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
60c Underwear. Soc.

Case of Ladies' "Oneita" Union
Suits; heavy weight; and fleece lined:
in all sizes; instead of 69c. to go for
39c suit tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
EN- ROUTE TO SMYRNA.
The Kentucky Leaves Naples Two
Days Ahead of Time.

Days Ahead of Time.
The battleship Kentucky left Naples
yesterday for .Symrna. Turkey. She should
reach there by Wednesday. Her itinerary
provided for a stay at Naples until No.
vember &c, and the reason for the de-
parture two days ahead of time is not
known to the Navy Department The an
nouncement that she was going to Symrna
has not-had any apparent effect on the
Turkish Government. The last advices re-
ceived at the State Department from Con-
stantinople were that the Sultan had re-
newed his promise to pay. but had again
failed to set date for payment.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Ferris waists, 2lc.

Lot of Children's Ferris Waists, with
double row of buttons; made of heavy
jean and well corded; sell at 39c usual
"; for 21c.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Child's aprons. I6c.

25 dozen Children's White India
Linon Aprons; with strap fronts: trim
med with row of Hamburg inserting
and finished around bretelles with
narrow lace: sizes to II years: in
stead of SOC, for Ice each.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
HumOrS

They take possession OF the body. and
are Lords of Misrule.
They are attended by pimples, boils. the
itching letter, salt rheum. and other Gu
famous eruptions; by feelings OF weak
ness, languor. general debility, and what
not.
They cause more suffering than my
thing else.
Health. Strength. Peace. and Pleasure
require their expulsion, and this is posi-
lively effected, according to thousands of
grateful testimonials. by
Hoods SarsGpariWa
which radically and permanently drives
them out and builds up the whole system.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
2 linen specials.

60-inch wide Satin Damask: snow
drop pattern: which sells regu-
larly; tomorrow to go. per yard, dAC
70-inch Satin Damask: handsome
feur de lis pattern: open Dor 6QC
der: instead of 81 yd.. for ......... VI
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
SI.5O umbrellas, CSC.

SO Ladies' Black Taffeta Silk Um-
brellas came in the purchase. They
are all S1.50 Umbrellas. with celluloid.
ebony, or natural wood handles. in
great assortment: they're all close
rollers. and they're good Umbrellas;
the SO will go at CSC. ,.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
2lC hose, l5c.

Lot of Ladies' Fine Gauge Full Seam
less Polka Dot Hose: with sp!iced heels
and toes; in black grounds. with white
and red polka dots; instead OF &c, for
lac nair
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

Very good Offices. single en- suite, with steam
heat and best OF service at very low rent, in the
Hutchins Building, corner Tenth and d streets
northwest.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

Very good offices single or en- suite, Steam
heat and best OF service at very low red in the
Hutehins Building, corner Tenth and streets
northwest.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
lee handkerchiefs, 41c,

700 Ladies' Linen Handkerchiefs:
some trimmed with lace embroidery.
some initial and some hemstitched;
with wide. medium. and narrow edges;
Use. instead of loo.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
SOC and 69c corsets, 39c.

A lot of Ladies' Jean and Sateen Cor
sets, in grey, white. and black; with
lace-trimmed tops; the regular SOC
and 6ec values; will be put on sale at
39c pair tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
800 Sl.50 flannel waists, 9S cents.


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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

The score-Yate, y: Harvaru. u. Iouchoowhs-
Bloomer, Finckc, Chadwick, Coy. Goals from
fouchdowns-Hale, 3. Goals from tie field
Sharpe, l. Goal missed from touchdown-Hale
], because of poor punt out
Referee-Matthew McC1ung, of Lehigh. Umpire
p J. Dashiell. Of Annapolis Substitutes-Yale.
Holt for 0lcott; Harvard, Bowditch for Camp
bell; Clark for Bowditch; Graydon for Eaton;
Burnett for Lee; Roberts for Barnard; Risttne for
AAuowell; Fincke for DAILY; Gierash for swain;
Stillnioa for Ellis. Time of halfs-25 minutes
Attcnda e-22. 900.
-, Folio ing is the record of victories and
defeats in the Yale Harvard games since
1883:
e- 1sss-Yale. %: Harvard, 2.
1SSi-Yale. 81: Harvard, o.
1SS6-Yale, %, Harvard, 4.
1SS7-Yale, II; Harvard. s.
1SSS-No game. Harvard forfeited.
1Ss9-Yale. 6: Harvard. o.
1S90-Harvard. Il: Yale, 6.
1SSl-Yale. 10; Harvard. 0.
1s92-Yale. 6: Harvard, 0.
1S93-Yale. 6: Harvard, 0.
1S94-Yale. u; Harvard, 4.
1SS7-Yale, o: Harvard, Q.
1SSs-Harvard, II; Yale. 0.
1S99-Yale, o; Harvard, 0.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Sl39 AMI $l.25 wrappers, o. cents.


land nlarT THEY'RE :
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15
AFTER MANY YEARS.
HAMILTON OORMEL GAME
HOME TO HIS MOTHER.
Both Believed Each other Dead and
Sone-He Amassed Fortune ana
by Accident Discovered Thar She Was
stu Alive.

Fsnlilton Gormel left lis home in
Bridgeport, Conn, twenty-one years
ago. he was given up for dead, and
he believed that his parents were
dead. The other day he came back
home with large fortune, fell into
the arms of his old mother and gave
her check for $500. 1t all sounds
like fine, old-fashioned, whole-souled
Christmas story-one that Charles
Dickens himself could not improve
upon. Hamilton Gormel related his
own story to the writer:
AT the age OF sixteen he said,
Il ran away from home, with wild
desire to have adventures AM to make
a fortune l had good home, but
like good many other boys. l was
restless and discontinued. Often and
often afterward l wished myself back
home again, but now st last l have
made fortune and seen all the adj
ventures that any man could wish
for.
1T was dark and gloomy night in
November twenty-one years ago when
left the old homestead. can re-
member it as if it were today. l went
away without saying a word to my
people. My first idea was to enter the
navy. I did, in fact, make applica-
ton to be enlisted but was rejected.
Then shipped on board a vessel
bound for China. 1t was there that
l earned the first dollar that l could
call my own. I exchanged some small
examples of Yankee ingenuity that
carried with me and obtained for them
Oriental goods of far greater value.
returned home with quite valuable
stock. l carried on the same bust
ness in Samoa, where l went on my
second voyage. While l was there
became quite intimate with Robert
Louis Stevenson. Fourteen years ago,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

"It rains a great deal in the Puget
sound country said the man from
that section, land l heard of funny
incident not long ago about it. Some
chap had come from the Missippi val
ley to take up his residence at What
com, on Bellingham bay, where there
are very high tides When the boat
landed him at the end of the long pier
extending over the tide flats the water
was low and the new man didn't notice
anything but a wide stretch of sand
between the boat and the town 1t
was in the evening about dark and was
raining, and he went to the hotel on
the front street and stayed there, going
to bed without having gone out for a
walk The next morning when he got
up he looked out and the tide was in,
the water coming up close to the hotel
He gazed at the widespread waters for
an instant, and, throwing up his hands
in establishment, he exclaimed, Gee
whiz, but it must have rained hard
last night Then he hurried down
stairs to the Office to find out if there
was any danger from the flood, and the
clerk smiled four or five times and
gave him some much-needed informa-
ton. Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15
|DICK RODNEY;
Or The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
! by JAMES GRANT
s..snsessEsses eeseseeesesses & ss.eerrrn..---A
BY JAMES GRANT.

Yise-and then he leyeled his pisto, at
the mead Of Ned Carlton.
FOR moment the latter stood irres-
Quite and then, seeing the black muz-
zle Of the revolver within foot oe
mis- head, he muttered a deem maledic-
ton, stamped his foot with rage on the
deck, and said:
Mr.. Rodney, bear a hand with me
10 launch this murdered man-this
poor fellow-overboardp'
"Obey?' Numbered Antonio
Like one in dream bent over the
oead man, on whose pale face, glazed
eyes and relaxed jaw the bright moon
light was shining, anu t. nv ex-
citement and bewilderment I nearly
slipped and fell into the pool of blood
which flowed from his death wound
had never touched corpse before.
and an irrepressible shudder ran
through all my veins. But, that emo
ton once over, could have handled
dozen with perhaps Indifference; and
there are few who, afto, touching the
dead, have not experienced this change
of feeling.
Ned Carlton, with sound like a sob
In his honest breast-a sob of mingled
rage and commi=--.,tion-rais the
yet warm body; l took the feet, and
through one of the quarter boards,
which was open, we launched it into
the great deep, and as the brig few
on, rolling before the early morning
wind, there remained no trace Of poor
viii White, but his blood, a dark pool
upon the deck, and the crew stood
staring at it and at each other with
blank irresclution, horror and dismay
expressed in all their faces.
Empty-handed and defenseless as
we ali were, each was afraid to speak
or act, lest he might be the next vic
tim whom the merclless Cubano would
shoot dow
With a srowl of defiance Antonio
now turned away, and, brapdlshing
the revolver in token OF the obedience
he meant to exact. he descended slow
ly into the cabin, where we soon heard
him smashing open the lockers, and
busy with the casebottles in the stew
ards locker, or Billy the cabin boys
pantry.
His departure seemed a relief to all,
but in half minute after he was gone
below little Billy, or boy BILL" as
he was usually termed, whose sleep
ing place was the Storage, rushed up
the cabin stair in his shirt and ran
among US, sobbing with fear and dis
may.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15
HIGHPRICE OF PAPER.
TARIFF TAX ON WOOD PULP a
COSTLY ONE
May Compel Subscribers to Pay More
for Their Country Newspaper = The
Cry for Its Instant Repeal Is Very
Loud-Paper Trust Robbery.

There are very conclusive reasons
why the present tariff tax on wood
pulp and printing paper should be re-
pealed. and there is no reason in the
interest of American industry that
pleads for the continuance Of these
taxes. They are now simply an ele-
ment OF robbery under color of law,
and they should be effaced from our
statutes.
The paper trust is now taxing the
newspaper and book publishers of the
country many millions, not because of
any such actual increase in the cost of
producing paper. but because the trust
has the power to extort from the pur-
ehasers of paper up to the extent that
would make tariff-taxed foreign paper
and pulp cheaper than the prices de-
manded here. This trust has played it's
scheme of extortion to the uttermost,
and congress should at once remove
the tax that protects no American in
dustry and that has become only an
agent to rob the consumers.
Twe-thirds of the wood pulp used in
the manufacture of paper for American
consumption should come from Can
ada, but it is excluded by tariff tax,
and we are now. rushing headlong in
the destruction of our forests, while
Canada, with its almost iimitless sup
ply of timber, cannot reach our mar
kets because of the tax imposed by
the tariff.
The two conclusive reasons which
should make congress act promptly are
first, that the paper trust should be
at once halted in it's rapid destruction
of our American forests by the admis-
sion of free wood pulp from Canada;
and, second, that the present extortion
practiced by the paper trust upon pub
fishers of newspapers and books shall
cease to have the protection of the gov
eminent.
The time has come when any trust
that makes arbitrary profits by tariff
/ duties must cease to be protected by
the government. Where American in
dustry needs protection it is reason
able to permit it, but where alleged
protection is used only for systematic
rODDery, II must De oVeIlnIoMH-
We can now manufacture paper as
cheaply as any country in the world.
There is no excuse whatever for a tax
upon the manufactured articles, and
the raw material should be free, not
only because the general principle is
correct, but because if it shall not be
done promptly our forests will be pras-
tically destroyed within a few years by
tariff taxes excluding the lumber OF
Canada from our markets.
Paper and pulp must be made free
of all taxes,as the paper trust has dem
onstrated that these taxes serve only a
single purpose-that is to invite rob
berry under color of aw.-Philadelphia
Times.