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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
A BIG WEDDING FEE.
The Generous Uses to Which Henry
Mad H>nolsax Ruf II

The Generous Uses to Which Henry
Ward Beecher Put 1t.
In his "Eccentricities Of Genius Ma
jor Pond says that often while travel
ing Henry Ward Beecher improved his
time by having what he called "a gen.
eral housecleaning" Of his pockets,
which would get loaded up with letters
and papers until they could hold no
more, When he would clear them out
and destroy such papers as were worth.
less.
On one occasion Beecher happened
to put his hand in the watch pocket
Of his pantaloons and found there
little envelope which he opened. When
he saw its contents, he called Major
Pond to sit beside him and remarked:
'sYou remember the evening married
@. P. Huntington. was so much In
terested in the subject that ! forgot
he handed me little envelope as he
went out of the door. put 1t in the
watch pocket Of my pantaloons and
never thought Of 1t again until just
now, and here it is, four $1,000 bills.
Now" he said, 'don't tell any one
about 1t, and we will have good time
and make some happiness with this
money. We will just consider that we
found IT.
And SO in a day or two Mr.. Beecher
went with Major Pond to look at a
cargo Of fine oriental rugs, many of
which he purchased and sent to differ
ent friends, and afterward he spent
what remained of the money for coin
silver lamps, unmounted gems and va
rious pieces Of bric-a-brac, all of which
he gave away until he had used up
the entire $4,000 "in making happiness
among those whom he loved."S
After Mr.. Beecher's death the major
related to Mr.. Huntington the incident
of this discovery Of the four $1,000
bills, and the railway magnate observ-
ed: II should never have given them
to him. It was all wrong. I made
mistake. Money never did him any
good"
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24

Disastrous confiagration Among OIL
Tanks at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Aug. 2O.-While a
large force of firemen were endeavor-
ing to check the fire in a nest of burn
ing oil tanks at the Atlantic Oil Re-
fining company's plant at Point
Breeze, in the southwestern section of
the city, an immense tank of benzine
suddenly exploded. Many firemen
were in close proximity tolthe tank
and fell victims to the blazing oil and
flying pieces Of iron. Three or four
were killed and many were badly
burned before they could be rescued
hy their more fortunate companions.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
mAssAcREp BY KURDs..

Residents Of Twelve Armenian VII.
Iages Slain.
London, Aug. 1S.--A dispatch to,
The P.,ll Mall Gazette from Constan.
tinoule gays body Of 400 Kurds have
hcen raidsng the Damisera district of
Armenia ard have destroyed 10 vii
lages, leaving nothing but smoking
ruins. Only the young girls were
spared. They were carried on to the
harems. All the males were ruthless.
" butchered. l55.s
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
TRAFFIC At a srANbsTlLL.
Many Vessels Tied Up at the San
francisco Docks.

San Francisco. Aug. 1S.-Twenty-
nine deep water ships. all chartered
to carry grain out of this port for
European markets, are tied up in the
harbor unable to take on their cargoes
because of the strike. These vessels
aggregate 54,746 registered tons dis
placement and have carrying capac-
ity Of about 100000 tons of grain.
Besides this fleet of chartered grain
ships there are four other grain car
rying vessels in the harbor with an
aggregate tonnage Of S,429 tons, which
have not accepted charters.
Four other vessels are chartered to
carry away cargoes of California
products, but they cannot get away
for want of men to load them.
In addition to the grain feet there
are Is vessels under charter to sail
for Hawaiian island ports and return
with sugar cargoes.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Burglars at courtenay.

An attempt was made to burglarize
Murphy's drug store at .Courtenay
Wednesday of last week. Ed Clemens
was about to enter the drug store
about II o'clock wnen he noticed that
the door was open. The burglars
chased him to hotel and then made
their escape. Nothing was missing
from the store.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
NORTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Carnegie Presents Grand Forks With
Library-Demand for North
Dakota Coal Steadily
Increasing.

Andrew Carnegie, the multi-million-
aire, has announced his intention of
making donation of $4,000 for a
library building for Grand Forks.
Word Of his intention was received in
q letter that arrived a few days ago,
but the matter has been kept quiet
until number Of prominent gentle.
men of that city were approached in
regard to filling the requirements con,
ditional upon the gift.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Burglars Active at Lisbon.

Burglars have raided many houses
in Lisbon. DR.. johnson lost 81, Lieu.
tenant Wells of Battery A So, Fred
Muralt missed his own and his wife's
gold watches and chains, some money
and a ring. Entrances were effected
by removing window screens. It is
supposed to be the work of hoboes.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Chicago Union Stock Yards,

CHICAGO, Aug. ~.
CATTLE-Sales ranged at q. 5O@8. 90
for good to prime steers, s87O@5 40 for
poor to medium, $3.25@4. 40 for stockers
and feeders, s250@4.b0 for COWS and
heifers, $4.O0@5 Is for Texas fed steers
HOGS-Sales ranged at $5.6O@8.a5 for
mixed and butchers, $5.e5@6sO for
good to choice heavy, $5.5O@5.6O for
rough heavy, s5.5O@6 ~ for light, $500
6l2T for bulk of sales.
sHEEP-Sales ranged at ss. 4O@5. 90 for
sheep, IS. 3.OO@5.25 for lambs
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
North Dakota Liqnite,

The demand for North Dakota liz.
mite coal is steadily increasing. 1t is
estimated that the output of coal in
Ward county this year will amount to
nearly 100000 tons. The average
price ton last year was $1.22, al
though the coal of Ward county
brought SLAP. OF all the promising
Industries of the state there is none
which promises so much as the de.
posits of Ignite coal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24

almost as soon as the little bisters and
pustules appeared the poison had reached
the blood, and will break out at regular
intervals and each time In more aggra-
waited form. This poison will loiter ia the
system for years, and every atom Of it
must be forced out Of the blood before you
can expect q perfect, permanent cure.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
NORTH DAKOTA BRIEFS.

The gopher tax in Dickey county
was made 4 mills on all real estate.
The Fargo Typographical union has
taken action in favor of the strikers
against the steel trust.
One hail insurance company paid
Wells county farmers $166,000 re-
Gently for losses sustained in the re-
cent hail storm.
The little daughter of E. H. Lee ate
some poison fly paper the other day
at Walhalla. The doctor finally saved
her life, but it was close call.
A petition has been presented to
Governor White asking that Renville
county be organized out of territory
that Is now in Ward and Bottineau
counties.
Fire which started from a stovepipe
destroyed the darn dwelling occupied
by s. A. Jones near Lisbon, together
with its contents, including $35 in
ucrrency in bureau drawer.
Granville's first fire was witnessed
when the Iowa Cash store and con-
tents. owned by G. H. Dwello, were
completely destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at $4,000, with no in
surance.
A bootlegger struck Oberon- with a
rig and while one party entertained
him "the boys" got around his rig and
swiped 100 pints of whisky. He took
his loss philosophically and left town
without a kick.
A Wells county farmer received
R 1920 in, payment Of hail insurance
He flashed the roll in blind pig at
Bowdon. In the morning his money
was gone, A man said to be a gam
bier was arrested.
McMillers butcher shop at Everest
was destroyed by fire last week. Part
Isof the stock was saved. The dwelling
house owned by Joe Kreigher was also
burned. The origin Of the fire is not
known and the Insurance was small.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH st. PAUL, Aug. 81. l
HOGS-Sales ranged at 5.6O@6OO.
CATTLE-Sales ranged at s5.OO@5. 40
for prime butcher steers, &3.SO@4.25 for
prime butcher cows and heifers, $5.00@
525 for choice veals, ". 1903. 40 for choice
feeders.
SHEEP-Sales ranged at s40O@4. 60 for
choice butcher lambs, 1926 @3.4O for fat
Wethers.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
IA. order. "a Remove tbe Mi,,

Has Orders to Remove the Mill.
Canal Dover. o. Aug. 20. superin-
tendent Harris states that he has re-
ceived positive orders for the removal
of the tin mill from this city unless
the men return to work Immediately.
An attempt will be made. however, to
operate the sheet steel mills here.
Several non.union men have arrived
in town, but 30 far have eluded the
strikers pickets. L;
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
BATTL i IS IMMINENT.

Force Of Ecn adorian Trot ,ps Ready to
Inv ade colombia.
Quito, Ecua dor. Aug. 10, "A force Of
Ecuadorfan e ooIs Is read to invade.
iCoAomniA and $ a battle II 2 imminent
near Pastro. Just beyond she Colon
sbfan Gohtfer and about 15o miles
northeast ofsQ uito.n !. sS
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Monday. Aun. 10.

Queen Sophia Of Sweden is again
seriously i'll.
King Edward prorogued parliament
Saturday. @
Edwin H. Conger, the United States
minister to China, has arrived at Pc
king.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York have arrived at Simons-
town, Cape Colony.
The author of the anti-canteen law,
after visiting several military reserva.
tions, declares the measure Is a great
success.
Seven members Of subcommittee
of the French chamber of deputies are
now in New York city. They have
come to this country for the purpose
of studying the canals Of the United
States. NA
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Two Prisoners Escape.

Two prisoners from the peniten-
tiary, employed in the hayfields south
Of Bismarck, having only short time
to serve, and being trusted according
ly, found the temptations of liberty
too strong for them, and after hitching
their horses, took to the woods and
made their escape.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
stole vaIuabIes and Skipped.

A fellow who said his name was
Fred Starr was given employment by
John O'Connell, farmer west of
New Rockford. The next day, while
the family were absent, he stole a
ladies' gold watch and chain, a valua-
BILE ring and several other articles
and departed for parts unknown.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Gold Excitement at Medora.

Considerable excitement has been
caused at Medora by the fact that
mining experts from Montsp4 have for
two weeks past been searching the
bad lands II that Vicinity for gold.
There are ihdicatjons they have met
with some Euccess..
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Destructive Hail Storm.

Portions of Barnes and Stutsman
counties were visited by a destructive
hail storm and much damage was done
to grain that stood ready for the bind
ers. Several families were hailed out
completely, and little insurance was
carried.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Give Everybody : Chance.

p Emerson's dictum that we should
treat every one as If he were all he
ought to be is an excellent rule to prac-
tice in daily life It is human nature
to rise to the level that is expected Of
it. 1t is not necessary to waste time
upon uncongenial people unless you are
bound to them Ivy strong family ties,
but 1t is important that all with whom.
you come in contact be studied, with
the desire on your part to give credit
for all that is good in them and that
nothing in their outward circumstances
or appearance be allowed to prejudice
you against them.-Ada O. Sweet In
Woman's Home Companion. III
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
DRIVEN OUT OFTOWN
PIERCE CITY. MO-, MAKES EVERY
NEGRO WITHIN ITS Dor.
1ERs DEPART.
Citizens Say None Of the Black Race
Shall Live There in the Future.
Cabins Are Burned and One Old Col
ored Man Is cremated - Brutal
Crime. Committed Recently the
Cause Of the Riotinp.

Pierce City, Mo-. Aug. 21.-For
nearly 15 hours this town Of 5000 has
been in the hands Of q mob Of armed
whites, determined to drive every
negro from its precincts. In addition
to the lynching of Will Cooley, &C.
cused of the wanton murder Of Miss
Gazelle Wild, and the shooting to
aeath of his grandfather, French Cod
ley, the mob cremated Pete Hampton,
an aged negro, in his home, setting
the torch to the houses of five blacks,
and with the aid of the state militia
rifles, stolen from the local company's
arsenal, drove dozens of negroes from
town. After noon the excitement died
down, the mob gradually dispensing,
more from lack of negroes upon which
to wreak their hatred than for any
other cause. Many of the negroes who
fed the city are hiding in the sur.
rounding woods, while others have
gone greater distances in seeking
safety Z.
Every negro has left the town ex-
cept few railway porters known to
be respectable, but who must also
leave. The citizens Of Pierce City say
that as negroes have committed sew
eral such crimes in the past 10 years,
none shall live there in the future.
The same feeling already exists at
Monnett, four miles east of Pierce
City and the end of the Frisco pas
senger division, and it may be neces.
sary for the road to change all porters
in Springfield hereafter.
Lynehed the Wrong Negro.
It is now believed that the man
lynched, Will Cooley, was not the real
culprit. A negro named Starks, under
arrest at Tulsa, l. T., across the border
from here, tallies exactly with the
description of the murderer. He is
held there awaiting Identification.
Unless the man is brought back here
1t is believed there will be no further
trouble. II returned here he will
surely be lynched. Another suspect,
Joe Lark, Is under arrest In Spring
field, Mo.
Pierce City is near the junction of
four railroads, and trains from all
directions brought In large numbers
of armed men during the day, bent on
bloodshed II necessary. When the
mob went to the section of the city
occupied by the negroes, some one in
the cabins opened fire, but no one was
hit. The mob then destroyed the five
houses. The rifles taken from the
Pierce City militia company, it is ex-
pected, will all be returned. Members
of the company themselves were out
hunting for the escaping negroes with
rifles, and this suggested the idea Of
taking all the guns. The local hard.
ware stores sold out their arms early
but several applications from negroes
were refused.
The mob was composed of 1000 or
more and no masks were used and 80
negro families were driven from their
houses.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, Aug,

CHICAGO, Aug. 81.
WHEAT-Aug. 691lc, Sept. zoo,
Oct 7OAc, Dec. 7sA@722Sc.
COR Aug; 56Nc, Sept 57Nc, Oct
581sc, Dec. 59N@595sc.
oATs-Aug a5o, Sept. $3.50, Oct
S51zc Dec 3sAc.
PORK-Aug. sl4.s5, Sept. $14.s5, Oct
s14.35, Jan. sl5.47H.
FLAX-Cash Northwest $l.e5, No i
S1.81, Oct. Sl.68c.
POULTRY-Dressed chickens s@1lxc,
turkeys 6@Sc
BUTTER-Creamery 14@201zc, dairy
101@l7c.
EGGS-Fresh 14c.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
BURNED At THE STAKE.
Negro Murderer Lynched by a MOI
Near Dexter. Tex.

negro Murderer Lyncheo by q MOD
Near Dexter, Tex.
Dallas, Tex, Aug. 21.-A dispatch
received here from Whitesboro, Tex,
says the negro, ALI Wilder, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Caldwell, the
wife of a Grayson county farmer, at
her home on Saturday last, was cap.
tured by mob and burned at Nelson's
ranch. The mob was composed Of 300
men. The negro was taken to tree
and swung up in the air. Wood and
fodder were piled beneath his body
and hot fire made. Then 1t was sug-
gested that the man ought not to die
too quickly, and he was let down to
the ground, while a party went to
Dexter, two miles distant, to procure
coal oil. This was thrown on the
flames and the work completed.
At Whitesboro great crowd had
gathered in anticipation Of chance to
participate in the lynching, and when
1t was learned that the work had been
done they expressed great disappoint-
ment.
Mrs. Caldwell was bride Of but
six months.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Homesteader's Family Left Destitute.

Homesteader's Family Left Destitute.
A honesteader from Iowa took a
claim in the northern part Of the state,
built a shack and had just gotten his
wife there when he died. The next
week she gave birth to twin boys. She
was an entire stranger and is said to
be in destitute circumstances,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Sioux City Live Stock.

SIOUX CITY, Ia., Aug. u.
CATTLE-Sales ranged at e3.5O@5.s5
for boeves, 81. 40@3.5O for cows, bulls and
mixed. ss.75a83. 25 for stockers and feod-
ers, $2.74@340 for calves and yearlings.
HOGS-Sales ranged at g. 75@5.95.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
M.ry,s Fractious Sister.

II suppose your baby sister cries
someY asked one of the neighbors.
"Criesw said Mary. "Why, she just
seems to look on the dark side of things
all the timev'-Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
MlnneapoIls Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 81.
WHEAT-Cash CSC, Sept. $3.50, Dec.
69Ic. On Track--No. hard 70c, No.
Northern Csc, No. , Northern 66c.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Saturday, Auu, II,

The widow of Senior Canovas del
Castillo, former premier of Spain, is
dead.
Edwin Manning, one of the wealth
lest men in Iowa, is dead at his home
in Keosauqua. His estate is valued
at $3,OOO,OOO. A54
The board Of health of Montclair,
N. j., has. given the authorities power
to purchase oil to begin the work of
exterminating mosquitoes.
Plans for combination of the but
ton manufacturers Of the United
States, taking in all the important
concerns in the country, are being per-
fected.
Frederick Baldwin Belts, who in the
first half of the last century was head
of one of the largest saddlery firms in
the United States, is dead at Morris
town, N. ].
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
JOINED THE STRIKERS.
Two More Plants Of the National Tube
Company Tied Up.

Company Tied Up.
Pittsburg, Aug. 2o-The tieup OF
the Continental and Pennsylvani
plants Of the National Tube company
In this city was complete dduring the
night and early hours Of the morning.
/ The machinists and few other en-
ployes Of the Pennsylvania works, to
/ the number Of go, have not gone out,
/ but otherwise the two properties are
silent ana deserted. The Pennsylvania
men went first, quitting at 6 p. %. IN
response to the call of the organizers
Sof the American Federation of Labor
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
LATEST MARl.ET REPORT.
Duluth Wheat.
DULUTH, Aug. II.

DULUTH, aug. El /
WHEAT-Cash No. l hard 72>lc, No.
Northern 7ONc, No.2 Northern 67Lc. No.
Spring 63Ac. To Arrive-No.. 1 hard
7l1<c, No. 1 Northern 69Nc, Sept. esxo.
Dec. 70Lc.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
At Least Six People Are Killed at
Herkimer NJ "

Herkimer, N. Y.
Little Falls. N. Y, Aug. 20.-The
Mohawk and Malone roundhouse at
erkimerS was discovered to be on fire
and WAtchman Gilbert and an engine
tender named John Deck, assisted by
residents Of the vicinity and mem
bers Of the bridge building gang, at
tempted TO extinguish the flames.
While they were battling with the fire
large quantity eof dynamite stored
in the building exploded with terrific
force, killing Gilbert and Deck and
four others.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24

Fond Mother-Tommy. you don't
4 seem very well. Z n \ \;
Tommy-No. NAV, l amt. ! wisht !
had let sister eat that third piece nv
pie.-Ohio State journal. si3siS5
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
Wednesday. Auo. Fl.

The battleship Iowa has sailed for
-Panama.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
poison Oak
Poison Ivy !,

are among the best known
of the many dangerous
wild plants and shrubs.
10 touch or handle them
quicklyproduces swelling
and Inflammation with in
tense itching and burning
of the skin. The eruption
soon disappears, the euf-
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
FIREMEN FATALLY BURNED.

Mrs. Caldwell was a bride Of but
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-10

I, Theodore r. Lansing IT,.
the Territory Of Hawaii A. 'o's
Gritty, in accordance with ~ ~
ments Of Section u. Chantsr y ss
he Session Laws Of 1884 tho "aIl]
ing an "Act to provide for - 'aa.
poration Of Banking Compan,a.!
have examined into the Co.'S,
THE FIRST BANK OF Hnn
a corporation formed undsr
and located in the city Of ppo
OF Hawaii, and 1 am satisfied !.
said corporation has fully ~. ''
with the provisions requires S
act, to be complied with hs,,'
mencing the business OF hanL,'
he said corporation, THE :.
BANK OF HILO, LTD. ia b..
horized to commence such bu,,,..
In witness whereof, 1 hava ~
placed my hand and the seal y
Trea surer's office this Oath
darCh, A. D. 1901.
THEO. F. LANyr,
s16 Treasurer Territory off,.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-10
BY AUTHORI1
GENERAL ORDERS y.

The election heretofore or5..
held on Saturday, March O "a
No. II. from these heaS,w y' BY
postponed by reason Of ~ saT'erS
cation Of said order, win s ,n01,N
Regimental Headquarters -. 0s hs
April 20. 1901, at 1880 p. N vi Satin
Major ]. w. Pratt of the v.,.-
will preside at said election SSaeFal
BY order of the Commando,
(Signed) JNO II uee!,la-C
co, Adjutant Gssa a
nolulu, 7. H, April /. 1901 Il,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-10

CTo be Continued.)
Evening star., 1901-02-11
NATTER OF TAXES.
Suggestions Concerning a Bill Pend
Ing In Congress-.

Suggestions Concerning a Bill Pend
Ing In Congress.
Mr.. j. Eldridge Burns, master of the
Western market. has submitted some sug-
gestions to the District Commissioners rel
ative to the bill pending before Congress for
taxing those engaged in business. Mr..
Burns thinks the proprietors Of grocery
and provision stores should, in justice to
market dealers. be taxed. as he holds they
combine at least fifty different pursuits in
one. thereby with their accumulated profits
underselling the marketmen, who. he
claims, are confined to the sale of one kind
Of products.
The stores, says Mr.. Burns. also have
twenty hours day and 365 days in the
Year to sell their goods. while marketmen
do not average more than ten hours day.
Notwithstanding the storekeepers have this
advantage over the marketmen, not more
than five per cent Of them pay anything
toward the support of the District, in his
opinion. The marketmen pay on the aver
ag. SIS a year for about eight feet square
of space wherein to display their goods, he
claims. and he submits that they should be
protected in some way, and there is no
better way in his opinion, than the placing
of tax on all who sell fresh meats and
produce outside the regular market houses.