Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-21
Prom Washington.


In preparation for the collection Of
the new tax upon the incomes of corpo.
rstious the internal revenue bureau of
the Treasury Department today sent out
circular letters 10 all internal revenue
collectors 10 the country directiog them
to make thorough canvass of their dis
tricts for the purpose OF furnishing the
department with complete list OF all
corporations doing business there. These
are 10 be divided into FIVE classes as fol-
lows: Financial and commercial; public
service, industrial manufacturing, mer-
camille aud miscellaneous. Besides
furnishing the names OF the several cor
porations the collectors are directed to
give the place OF business OF each COM
pany and the amount of their capital
stock. This information is desired IS
speedily as possible because, until 1t Is
received, it will be impossible for the de-
psriment to make any estimates as to
the probsble amount of revenue that can
be expected fr1m the new tex.
Treasury officials are we'll pleased
With the fact that the customs receipts
under the new tariff law are running, 10
round figures, $500, COO a day ahead Of
he receipts from the same sources last
year. They say that this indicates
good business" aud Is not merely the
result of efforts of importers to rush
goods into the country to avoid the new
rates of duty. 1t represents, according
to them, a real revival of business and a
return OF prosperity. The receipts iodSy
amounted to 81, 140, 946 compared with
1870, 447 for the same day last year.
For the month to da,e the returns have
been 500, no, 672 as against $l5, 1893, 845
for the same period last yesr.
The German government will send the
cruisers Dresden and Bremen aud the
scholarships Bertha and Victoria Lulse
10 participate in the Hudson-Fulton
celebration, according to 8 dispatch re-
ceived at the Department of State today
from DR.. Hill, the American Ambas.
ssdor at Berlin The warship Arcoua
will be sent to participate in the Portola
festival at San Francisco.
David Williams, the mess attendant
on board The bsttleship Vermont, has
been acquitted Of the charge of man
slaughter in connection with the death
Of shipmate in q boxing bout, accord
Jog to dispatch received today from
Admiral Schroeder. He will now be
turned over to the Georgia authorities
for civil trial on the charge OF assault
with attempt to kill.
The old Spanish swindle, it seems, is
still being worked, the latest victim be-
ng A. Lsndberg, of Boston, who has
paid SO, 600 for bis tuition 10 the school
of experience 1t is the old story. He
received letter from man, who pre-
ended be was related to him, the cor
respondent stating that he bad been i'm
prisoned, and that thousands of dollars
we're 10 a false bottom 10 his trunk un-
Known to the police The writer was in
need of SO, 900 with which to secure the
receptacle. When once more in his
possession he would remit the amount
borrowed and several thousands more to
be Bosionian. The latter sent the
money and ls now awaiting remittance
from his correspondent. The matter is
in the hands of the postOfice authorities
Rear Admiral Cowles, chief Of the bureau
of equipment and brOther-in-law OF Mr..
Roosevelt, will be at the head Of the Navy
Department as acting secretary during the
next week. Secretary Meyer is up north,
Assistant Secretary Beekman Winthrop will
90 to Norfolk this evening TO embark with
the feet to observe target practice, and Rear
Admiral Potter. chief of the bureau Of navi-
CATION, who is next in rsnF, will also leave
tonight for Like Champlaiu for a vacation.
This leaves the affairs Of the department in
the hand of the chief Of the bureau Of equip
ment during the interim
II is estimated that nearly 100000 will be
added to the revenue of the government, when
on September next the tariff on foreign built
yachts is collected by the customs division Of
the Treasury Department.
1t is not likely that any Of the present con-
signmeots of the Roosevelt trophies to the
Smiths oman Institution will be finished and
installed in less than two years from now.