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DY LEON LEWIS.
CHAPTER VII, —(Continued.)
She gianced at Elfie and Wynans
again, noting their seeming inattention
to all she and Jerry were saying and do¬
ing, and then continued:
“I do hope he’s a young man, this Per¬
ry Wynans, who lias so suddenly turned
up as the owner of the Musselshell
mines. But whatever he may be, pa,
we must invite him to our house and
make a great deal of him. I’ll do all'!
can to hook on to him. Pd marry him,
pa, if ho wore as old as ‘Thuselah. ’ »
“How kind,” whispered Wynans tc
Elfie.
“That’s a card to play, of course,” re
turned Jerry, with a gloomy air. “But
I’m doubtful about winning the game
with it. Even if Wynans is not already
married, a thousand other things may
knock all our schemes in the head.
Considering how quietly this man has
operated; how ho has owned these mines
for years without putting bis deeds on
record; and how he has evidently posted
himself about affairs in Montany, with¬
out showing up there—it's only reasona¬
ble to foresee that we are going to find
him a very difficult man to manage. He
may get to Lewistown and put his deeds
on record before wo discover his pres¬
ence, and that act would knock us out
In the very first round, as it would show
everybody who is the real owner and
range all the officials of the county on
his side!”
“Thanks for the suggestion,” whis¬
pered Wynans to Elfie, again exchang¬
ing glances of gratification with her.
“Ten to one,” pursued Jerry, “the man
will show himself to everybody else in
Montany before he does to us. Ho may
even appear in some disguise, or he may
come with such an army at his heels
that we shall have no other course then
to ‘get un and got' as soon as he gives
us his orders."
“Never, pa!” declared Daisy Skidder,
flushing oxcidedly. “We'll never be
driven out of those mines!”
“That's the right spirit, Daisy,” sai&
Jerry, “but we shall have tojjow to the
inevitable, iiko every one else. When
Wynans has placed his doeds on record,
ho will of course bo recognized as the
legitimate owner of the property, and as
such the Sheriff, and even the Governor,
will bo obliged to come to his aid, in
case wo or any one else should attempt
to prevent hifn from taking possession.
But thoro is one thing he can't do,”
added Jerry with a grim chuckle, slap¬
ping his breast. “He can't make us dis¬
gorge the very handsome sum we have
already captured. The boodle we have
in hand is beyond his reach. ”
“And so is ali the rest, pa, ” declared
Daisy, with a scheming light in her eyes.
“As soon as wo get homo I’ll have a good
talk with Sam Gaddler. Y'ou know how
long Sam has been trying to court me,
and how much he thinks of me. I be¬
lieve he'd be willing to do or endure al¬
most anything for the sake of securing
my hand in marriage.”
“Yes, lie would,” said Jerry, with the
air of taking the suggestion into consid¬
eration.
“That name of Sam Gaddler is a good
one to remember, ” whispered Wynans to
Elfie, as he wrote it carefully on his
pocket tablets.
“And not only is Sam ‘dead gone’ on
me,” continued Daisy, “but he is already
receiving a princely salary as the super¬
intendent of our mining operations.
Personally, too, he's just the man we
want at our elbows at this moment—a
giant in size, a dead shot, a natural
leader of the wild spirits around him,
and a man who has no scruples of any
kind to stand in the way of his interests.
Y T ou see, therefore, that w-e can give
W ynans some uphill work to do if he
should make war upon us!”
“We can, indeed,” exclaimed Jerry,
inspirited by his daughter’s sugges¬
tions.
“Let me drill one point into you,”
continued Daisy, with an earnestness
■which rendered her a little incautious.
“You’ve had the use of these lands ten
years. As far as the county records
show, they belong to you and your
brother-in-law. You’ve already given
out that you have bought the lands, an ,i
you are generally regarded by our neigh¬
bors as the owner. ”
“All very true,” confirmed Jerry.
“And these facts being so,” continued
Daisy, a look of sinister energy flashing
lug from her bold, black eyes, “we have
only to suppress Perry Wj nans to re¬
main iu possession of the mines indefi¬
nitely. Get him out of the way, pa, and
the machine will run on forever just as
it is now running. If fair means fail to
cover our interests, we must not hesi¬
tate a moment to use violence. Those
mines must and shall remain ours.”
CHAPTER VIII.
GRAND TABUF.AU!
It was easy for Perry to see by Elfie's
face that every word of Daisy's murder¬
ous programme had reached her hearing
as well as his own Her swaying figure
was already tremulous with terror and
apprehension. there
“1 agree with you, Daisy, that i-?
Btili a chance for us, if we are active
and watchful,” returned Jeremiah, after
a brief silence, during whi h a gleam of
desperate vigor appeared in his eyes.
“Hiram told me that Wynans will start
for Montana to-day. lie may take the
same train as we do, and so may Hiram
and his family. We must not only get
oft by (h • first train but we must keep a
sharp lookout upon our fellow travelers.
At what hour must we leave this hotel?”
“I shall have to inquire, pa,” replied
Daisy. “Perhaps these people can tell
us,” and she glanced anew at Elfie and
Win&ns. who were looking into the
street and gesticulating, as if giving all
their attention in that direction. “I’d
Bee. ”
She crossed the floor, nodding to Elfie
with a smile meant to bo pleasant, and
asked:
“Can you tell me, miss, when we can
start for Montany? 1 a has had bad
luck, and we're going home.”
“What! are you going to Montana?”
returned Wynans, with a pretended start
of surprise “How singular! My sister
and I are going to Montana ”
“To-day, sir?” queried Daisy, with a
flush of joy.
“By the very next train, miss,” replied
Wvnans. arising.
“To what part of Montany?” demand
“d Jerry Skidder, gaining his feet and
approaching with a nod of salutation.
“To Lewistown, Fergus County. ”
“Good,” muttered Jerry. “You will,
of course, go to Billings, and thence via
Ubet by stage?”
Wynans assented.
“Well, we go to Custer, which is just
fifty-three miles this side of Billings,”
sizing up his new acquaintance .by a
rapid glance: “so why shouldn’t we all
travel together?”
“Thanks for the suggestion, sir,” said
Wynans, handing Jerry a card he had
neatly written a few minutes before.
“We’ll travel in your company with
pleasure—and doubtless with profit.”
•This is who they are, ‘Dr. Doliiger
and s'ster,’” said Jerry, reading from
the card and then passing it to Daisy,
who had already shaken hands with
both Wynans and Elfie. “Delighted to
know you. We’re Jeremiah Skidder
and daughter, of Musselshell, Montany.
Pm a rancher and miner, Dr. Doliiger.
What are you?”
“Meroly a mine owner,” replied Wy
nans with a smile. “We’re going out
there to see what chance there is to se
cure certain lands and mines. ”
“Bravo! You have fal.en in with
the very man you wanted to
see, Doctor,” assured Jerry, of
ering his hand. “What I dent
know about lands and mines in Montany
isn't worth knowing. We can talk busi
ness on the way out, while the girls get
acquainted. Capital! delighted!”
A step on the' stairs just without the
parlor gave Wynans a start. Should
the newcomer prove to be Mrs. Long,
the landlady, she would address him by
name and so betray his identity to the
Skidders. This must bo prevented. He
stepped toward the door, but was re
lieved to see that the footsteps he had
heard were those of a guest ascending to
the next floor. He faced about, taking
note of the time.
“As matters stand, Mr. Skidder,” he
said, “we’ll all go to the station together.
But first we’ll have a good dinner in a
private parlor, and start off on the
r.ght basis.”
The proposition was eagerly accepted.
“While we are being served, Miss
Skidder,” pursued Wynans, turning to
Daisy, “you will have time to make a
few purchases, if such is your desire.”
“You think so?” returned Daisy, with
almost childish delight
“You can have half an hour, and that
will be ample,” assured Wynans. “You
have only to go a bl ck or two, and you’ll
find all sorts of stores. My sister will
g i with you, if you would like her com¬
pany.”
The suggestion was gratefully ac¬
cepted, and the young ladies vanished,
lerry pressing a large roll of bills into
his daughter's hands, with instructions
to buy “anything on earth” she wanted.
“Come up to my room, Mr. Skidder,
and have a glass of champagne,” then
invited Wynans. “It will give you an
appetite.”
Jerry was nothing loath,and in another
minute he was making himself comfort¬
able in the private parlor of his enter¬
tainer.
“Excuse me a moment,” pursued Wy¬
nans, “and I will order our dinner as
well as a couple bottles of wine. 1 shall
merely step to the office.”
He was gone scarcely three minutes,
but in this short interval he had taken
several measures calculated to preserve
his se ret, settled his bill and that of the
Skidders, feed the waiters, and even
taken leave of the landlady.
“We shall be served here in justtwon
ty-five minutes, Mr. Skidder, ho an¬
nounced as ho came ba k to the parlor.
“Meanwhile, I think you and lean read¬
ily dispose of a glass of Cliquot to our
better acquaintance. ”
Jerry smiled his approval, becoming
animated.
A waiter soon appeared with the wine,
uncorking the bottle and serving the
first two glasses, and then vanished.
The heat and ^xation of the day bad
made Skidder very thirsty, and he was
outside of the largest half of the cham¬
pagne almost before ho knew it
Then the couple talked until the re¬
turn of Elfie and Daisy—the latter fond¬
ling one or two choice purchases, and
followed by a porter who was loaded
with parcels.
“Well, you look as if you had had a
good time, girls,” said Skidder, assum¬
ing his most genial air, as the porter
vanished.
“You just bet we have,” replied Daisy,
emphatically. “Oh. such a place! We ll
come here again, pa, as soon as we’ve
attended to business at home, and stay
a whole week. ”
“Y'ou almost need a trunk for your
purchases, Daisy, ” said her father.
“No, pa. I can stow away everything
in the two we’ve brought with us—
everything except that hat and cloak,
which are just too lovely for anything,
and which I’m going to wear!”
“Well, you must be prompt about it,”
suggested Jerry, the rattling of dishes
reaching his hearing from the stairway,
“fer here conies our dinner.”
We need not pause upon what fol
owed.
A sumptuous dinner was served the
quartette by the attentive waiters, and
an hour passed to the Skidders like a
dream, so greatly were they pleased tc
find themselves provided with such pleas
ant traveling companions.
“About time to be off, isn't it, friend
Doliiger?” at length asked Jerry Skid¬
der. who had become mellow with the
rich cheer thrust upon him
“Almost,” replied Wynans, consulting
his watch, and dismissing the waiters
by a gesture “IIa\e no fear, sir. We'll
start on time, I assure you!”
I think we had better settle the bill
now," pursued Jerry, who could not
quite divest himself of his nervous un
easiness. paid—everything, to
“Oh, it's all even
our ride to the station said Wynans.
“1 took the liberty of making this my
treat. Besides, as we're ad going away
a wav together, there was no use making
two bites of a cherry. but il
“All right,” returned Jerry,
will bo ray turn next time, I ho] e we
may soon have the pleasure of entertain¬
ing you and your charming sister at our
house in Montany. ”
At this moment a servant appeared,
ushering in a formidable looking stran
ger. , important * ,
“A gentleman Skidder,” to see you announced on the
business, Mr.
servant, who had doubt ess been well
paid for this service. “Mr. Grimshaw,
detective. ”
Jerry aro*e uneasily, changing coloi
and staring at the newcomer, who waved
the servant out of the room imperative^
and closed the door,
“Sorry, Mr. Skidder, to trouble you,
said Grimshaw, bowing gravely. Bu
I believe you are a brother of a well
known merchant of this c ty?”
“Yes, of Hiram Skidder, the bigges
f r aud on earth!” answered Jeriv. witr
blazing eyes and features, as also with a
sinceiity, not to say wrath an( * disgust,
about which there could be no Question,
“Tou have just had a little flnancia
deal with your brother, I believe, con
turned Grimshaw, after a moment of
hesitation.
should taink much, . .
“J as ac 'now -
edged Jerry, leaping to the conclusion
that “1 came Grimshaw here from had recovered Montany to his^ buy money. cer
tain lands which I supposed to belong to
him, hut which in reality he sold three
years ago We agreed upon the price
$200,000— and I gave him the money.
cm—gave ”
The detective paled at the hint ..... thus
given him of his being on the wrong
scent.
“And he put the money in . the desk,
added Jerry, with a groan. “Have you
recovered it, Mr. Grimshaw?
“Certainly not, sir. The fact is, your
brother says you have a large sum of
money belonging to him, and he sent me
here to recover it— ”
“Pardon me, Mr. Grimshaw, said
Horry, for the first time taking voice.
believe you know who I am?”
“Perfectly, Mr. W ”
“Exactlv^sir, and you will credit what
* tell you?”
^b e detective assented,
“The facts, then, are just as this gen
tleman has stated them,” explained
Wynans. “His brother has really rob
t> ecl him of the sum named in the most
fraudulent fashion. Our friend here has
been working a gold mine in Montana
which belongs to Perry Wynans!”
“Ah, indeed!” and the eyes of the de¬
tective flashed with due comprehension.
“Our friend, therefore, came down
here—with how much cash, Mr. Skid¬
der?”
“About four hundred and twenty thou¬
sand dollars. ”
“Exactly,” said Wynans again, “so
that you now have on your person two
hundred and twenty thousand dollars?
Jerry assented.
“All of which really belongs to Perry
Wynans?”
Jerry nodded again.
“Will you let us see it, to convince
this gentlemanly detective of the truth
of all I am saying?”
“Certainly.”
Jerry hastened to do so, and Wynans
took the money, running it over care¬
lessly under the eyes of the detective,
and then securing it on his own person.
“You see, therefore, Mr. Grimshaw, ”
continued Wynans, taking him by the
arm and conducting him toward the
door, “that your interests lie in the di¬
rection of Hiram Skidder's safe. I'll
give you twenty per cent, of every dollar
you can recover of that two hundred
thousand. ”
“Enough said; I’m off!” and the de¬
tective vanished.
“I’ve carried the point!” cried Wy¬
nans with a jubilant smile, to Jerry, as
he closed the door and retraced his
steps. “We’re rid of him!”
“Capital!” commented Skidder. “How
good of you! You knew the chap,
then?”
“Oh, yes!”
“And he knew you, it seems! I thought
I heard you sending him to Hiram’s
safe?”
“Quite right, sir. L, promised him 20
per cent, of ail the cash he could re¬
cover!”
“Bravo!”
The door opened at this moment, and
a servant announced:
“Mrs. Rankle!”
“Ah. here you are, Mr. Wynans!”
cried the lady, as she hastily entered.
CHAPTER IX.
THE OUTCOME OF THE MASQUERADE.
The truth was out! Perry Wynans
stood revealed to his enemies.
Possibly something might have yet
been done to gloss over the situation, if
the newcomer had been alive to the
signals and warnings Perry gave her,
but it was not to be. Her gaze had en¬
countered Elfie Tower, to whom she ad¬
vanced swiftly, exclaiming:
“And Elfie, too; what joy!”
She caught the girl to her heart,
caressing her and kissing her, continu¬
ing:
“I knew you had seldom been in town
before, and was afraid you might have
missed your way, or had some other
trouble. How thankful I am that my
fears were ali in vain.”
By the time the good woman had thus
given expression to her sentiment-; she
becam conscious of the constraint of
Elfie, and even of something peculiar in
the aspect of Perry, and at once con¬
nected these peculiarities with the pres¬
ence of the strangers, up m whom she
now- turned a questioning gaze
Wynans and Eltie!
These names had given Jerry and his
daughter a hint of the truth.
Alter exchanging startled glances,
they turned a keen look of inquiry upon
Elfie.
“My niece!” gasped Jerry.
“My cousin!” cried Daisy.
“Strange I didn't notice the family
likeness before,” pur ued Skidder. “bho'a
the very image of her mother—my sister
Mary—at the same age. ”
Turning to Mrs Rankle, he demanded,
indicating Ferry vvitn au index finger:
“Who is this man?”
The new-comer repeated the quor>
with mingled terror and wonder.
She was a motherly looking woman of
about forty-five years, with a pleasant,
chubby face, and wholly winsome and
sympathetic manners.
“You—you of course know who you
are dealing with?” she answered, with a
wondering air, when Daisy had angrily
repealed her father's question. avowed
“Well, we thought we did,”
Jerry, livid with hate and consternation,
“but it seems we were mistaken. I no¬
ticed that detective would have pro¬
nounced the name of Wynans if he
hadn’t been interrupted, Who is this
man, Mrs. Rankle, if that’s your name?”
The new-comer looked inquiringly at
Perry who gave her a smiling nod,
whereupon she answerd:
“He's Perry Wynanu. ” foretold him,
Despite all his fears had
Jerry Skidder was vis.bly confounded by
this announcement. It was several sec¬
onds before he could recover his self
control sufficiently to ask:
“And this girl?”
“She’s El fie Tower.”
“Of Inglehoim?”
“She left there this morning. ”
“Daughter of the late Charles and
Mary Tower?”
“The same!”
“And she is no wise related to this
man?”
“No more than I am!”
“Well, I thought there was no family
likeness between them. The couple are
not named Doliiger?”
“No more than you are!” declared
Mrs. Rankle, rather en oying the confu¬
sion of the stranger, and seeing readily
by the smiling content of her friends
that thev were in n > wise the duDes or.
victims of the evident mystification in
which they were figuring. groaned
“What idyuts we’ve been!”
Jerry. “We ought to have keepers!”
The words, with the air accompanying
them, produced a hearty burst of laugh¬
ter from Perry and Elfie, and even from
staid Mrs. Rankla
“It seems I have unwillingly broken
up a little masquerade in which you and
Elfie were figuring, Mr. Wynans, ” said
the latter,
“Yes, but no harm is done,” replied
Perry. “I received your telegram in due
course, and intended to forestall this
accident, but the truth would have come
out at the best a few minutes later. You
have come prepared to go with us, I
hope?”
“I have, sir. As you suggested, I left
my trunk at the station. ”
“Give me your check, please. ”
Mrs. Rankle complied.
“I will see to checking your baggage
to its destination, or as far I can,” he
explained, securing the check in his
pocket “We are ready to start, and
shall be off in a few minutes. Have
you had dinner?”
“A bite simply. ”
“Then sit down here and make yourself
at home,” invited Perry, leading to the
table. “We’ve been having a sort of
Belshazzar feast, aud there’s enough
left to dine a dozen hearty men. ”
Mrs. Rankle smilingly complied with
the invitation, as entirely at her ease as
if the Skidders had been a thousand
miles distant, and Elfie sat down near
her, losing herself readily in the many
pleasant queries and anticipations crowd¬
ing upon her.
“And so—you avow yourself to be Mr.
Wynans?” growled Saidder, turning his
bloodshot eyes anew upon Perry; “the
owner of the Musselshell mine?”
A smiling nod answered him.
“How very singular it all is!”
“Very,” said Wynans.
“I never heard of a more extraordinary
encounter,” pursued Jerry.
“Nor did I. ”
“And you knew all the while who I
was?”'
“Certainly. You? daughter had men¬
tioned your name and identity before
your arrival.”
“What a pity! And—and you’ve sat
there with my niece and listened to every
word Daisy and I were saying?”
“We couldn't do less, sir- We were
simply charmed by the very extraordi¬
nary views, facts and intentions you
were so rash as to thrust upon us. ”
“To think of our being such fools, pa!”
exclaimed Daisy, with an aspect and
voice suggestive of __ hysterics, The
mean things!”
“Do you suppose we know enough, pa,
to get back to Montany?” pursued Dai¬
sy, in a tone of deep vexation. “If so,
let’s order a carriage and start for the
station. ”
“Not without my money!” ejaculated
Jerry, a deep pallor suddenly replacing
the lividity of his features. “You seem
to have forgotten that little point, Mr.
Wynans. ”
“What little point, please?” asked
Perry, facing about in his chair.
“My money. You put my money in
your pocket, you’ll remember?”
“Your money?” emphasized Wynans.
“Exactly. My two hundred aud
twenty thousand dollars.”
“Nonsense, Mr. Skidder! Didn’t you
avow to Detective Grimshaw that you
had taken this money from my mines
and that it really belongs to me?”
“Instead of having any of your monay.
Mr. Skidder,” pursued Wynans, quietly,
with a smile, “it looks to me as if I had
merely recovered a portion of the sum
you have stolen from me!
“Stolon?” blustered Jerry.
“As you have yourself affirmed in your
conversation with your daughter. ”
“What! you don’t intend to give that
money back to me?” cried Skidder,
springing to his feet, as the full extent
of his disaster suddenly flashed upon
him.
“Not a cent of it ”
“Then I’ll take it,” threatened Jerry,
advancing menacingly.
“See hi re, old man,” warned Wynans,
perfectly unmoved in manner and voice,
“if you should be so foolish as to be
guilty of the least violence, even in lan¬
guage, I will call a policeman and send
you to the calaboose. Do I look like a
man likely to stand any violence or ag¬
gression from a rascal of your descrip¬
tion?”
Jerry wilted as abruptly as if the
point of a sword had touched m
“If the involuntary payment ' '
just made me has left l° u short
luuds,” pursued Wynans, x r 1 can
you a small loan—enough to 1 lain
back to Montana. ” you!
“You are very kind sir»
Daisy with scornful fierceness of tt4
aud out you.” manner, “but wo can get alon/ u 0 ”’ ^ 1
“I am glad to hoar it, returned p
“Your present mood suits me bettc i*
the one you displayed a few minuto
when you were talking of ‘hooki ^
to me!” Ego*
The eyes and cheeks of the
beauty blazed furiously. r -
“If I ever do ‘hook on’ to you »
declared sternly, “it will be with a v ;
you will not like. You seem to he
scored one on this occasion—r W j
m f r
enough to avow it. But it’s a long
that knows no turn, they say, and»i
try to get square with you later ; 1
Montana. ”
“I overheard you speaking of thaty
your father,” retorted Perry. « Rest
sured that I shall not be easily (>[j
mated. ”
of It his cost life Jerry to tear Skidier himself the biggest paj a!
thought hope of recovering away from
or the irmJ
untary had him payment by the he had and made, but whispJ DaiJ
arm, was
ing all sorts of dire vengeance in his earl
and she he giving finally his acceded steps toward to the thedoorl impiy
was
But at the door he halted, f ac y
about, his eyes gleaming.
“We shall see you again in due course* haJ
he growled, shaking his clenched
at Perry, “and when we do-”
He drew his finger horizontal!!
across his throat, and worked succession] his foJ
finger several times in rapid
as if pulling the trigger of a revolver.
“Good riddance,” the was Perry’s coil ag]
ment, when footsteps of Daisy
her father had died out of the stairway]
“Nothing could be more timely than thJ I
separation. The old man has told
about all he knows, a-nd given us an aj ei-l
cellent insight into his intentions getoutoj
projects. What else we could
him would hardly pay us for going J I
Montana iu his company. ”
Looking at his watch again, he rann
for a servant and ordered a carriaaJ
briefly stating the modifications of his
original programme which had becom
necessary. The in conveyance minute was thereafter, quicklyl
in waiting, and a
Our travelers, joyous and easier, wen
rolling rapidly toward the station.
Ito be continued. | j
FIVE YEARS IN THE PEN I
Is th® Sentence Passed Upon ButleJ
and Quarles. I
Henry Butler and John QuarleB,Sr,| morningbyl
wtre sentenced Tuesday
Judge Newman, at Atlanta, penitentianl to ™
years each in the federal
under their conviction for conspiiaejl weitl
against Henry Worley. They bang-1
convicted of participation in the
ing of Worley for reporting illicit dis-l
tilleries, Quarles and Butler vert
from Murray county, which vras, be¬
fore the government got after themw
sharply, a hotbed of whitecapism. de¬
Judge Newman in pronouncing influenced
cision said that he was to
reduce the sentence, because he fell
that those who were of the band tin!
hanged Worley were not as guilty addition a»
the ring-leaders, and that in
to this the jury had recommended thi
men to mercy. When asked what they
had to say, QuarleB and Butler
nothing besides asserting their in»H
CGDC0 I
Their counsel, Mr. W. 0. Glenn,
has already prepared a petition for M
writ of habeas corpus, which hew
within the next few days, present to
the supreme court of the Unite!
States, alleging that the prisoners aw,
in the custody of the Uuited which 8tate»|
marshal under a conviction w
made by a federal court, which b®
not jurisdiction. the
A report has been received by G«n*
department of state from Consnl
eral Williams, at Havana, giving the
during exports the and first stocks quarter of Cuban of the crop® sug^
1894 and 1895. The report shot!
that of the exports 92 per cent have
gone to the United States and 8 pet
cent to other countries, Of the stock
there were stored in the several p or
of Cuba on the 81st ultimo 318,
long tons against 256,133 long tons*
the c orresponding period of last vest
AMOUNT OF INCOME TAN
Commissioner Miller’s Estimate fro 16
the Returns Filed. Mil
Internal Revenue Commissioner
ler has given out his official estliu 8
. , #
of the revenue to be realized from
income tax as he stated it in » letter
to Secretary Carlisle: from the col
“Telegraphic advices internal ve T ..onue
lectors of the several
districts indicate that the »gg re =
by xVa the
amount of income tax shown the
returns which were filed before
16th instant will be about $14,365,« it /
Delayed returns and corrections,
believed, will The considerably total expem inC ! ^ ‘ ireS
this amount. lift-1
on account of the work, inclu<h n & the
essarv salaries and allowances to not
end of the present fiscal year, * •ill
exceed $135,000. >>
SPR* SAD I* 0,
CUBAN UPRISING
May Asfc f° r 5Jof*
And Generel Campos
Reinforcements.
Dispatches from Havana io
Spanish government that the re ..
in Cuba is spreading, but th e j
.
gents are badly armed and e< l u jgio#
The dispatches say that if the 11 1' ^
spreads further General Martin 6
pos will ask for reinforcements-