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THE DEATH OF EARLE IE He Succumbs to Bright's Dis ease After Weeks of Suf fering. Special to The State. Greenville, May 20 -Senator Jo r: eph H. Earle died at his residence here thia afternoon at 5:35 o'clock. Seo ato/ Earle was' ooo scions op to the last moment of his life. He was in great pain, but knew all his family around tbs beside. The physicians had warned the fami ly to be prepared for his death at any ; moment aod consequently 'they were not surprised wheo at half-past five . tiley'vere hastily called into the sick chamber. The scene was impressive as his sons aod daughters bade him farewell. Senator Earle bad been sick for five or sis weeks, bot it* was not until the last week that his death was anticip t ed. It was thought at first that the attack was temporary and that he would be able to resume bis seat io the senate within a few days. Complica tions es.soed, however, aod finally the physicians discovered symptoms of Bright's disease When Seoator Earle went to Wash ington io March he was io his usual good health. About two months ago be made bis first publie utterance in the senate, supporting a resolution wbich hescfjered, looking to the organization of the -senate committees. Tb strength of his position in that matter . brought him at once into national prom inence. Bat he was almost immediate ly attacked by what proved to be bis last illness, and, faiiiog to rally, bis physician advised bis returning to Greenville Besides the famiy), who live here. Dr. Earle of New Ye k, Mrs.1 Craw ford of Spartan burg and Mrs. Rice of Willaston are all here. AH Greenville ts mourning to-night Senator Earle was loved by those who knew him and respected by 'all men The solemn tolHog of the eity alarm bell annoaooed the death of Senator Earle. In a short time all the stores of the city were closed and citizens _ Were mourning the death of the most ' : distinguished citizen of Green vile. No arraignments have yet beeo made for the funeral. The time will probably be made to meet the convenience of the congressional committee. . 8 K KT CN Ot HIS LIFE 'General Joseph Earle was boro io Greenville, S. C., April 30, 1847. and received his education at Sumter. S. C. He afterward attended the Forman uni versity at Greenville 'graduating , iroso the Utter institution io 1867. Genera! 'Earle entered the Confederate army ia Joly, 1864, starting as a private in Charles' battery of light artillery, at the close of the war a part of Kern pe r's artil lery. Oo his return from the war. as above stated be entered Farm an Uni versity Leaving this institution, he ira* appointed principal of the Chicks Springs High school at Greenville, holding that position two years, stody * io* law int he meantime. Io April, 1870. be W&A admitted to tbe bar be fore Jcdge James L Orr, afterward minister to Russia. General Earle's father was Elias D Earle, who was boro io Greenville, S. C., and there practiced law for many years, at ose time hulaing the office of superintendent of public works of the State. He was married in 1886 ' to Susan C Haynsworth of Sumter, S C., and they had eight children, of whom the deceased senator was the youngest The father died 1852 and the mo:ber io 1849 Some years ago he removed to Greenville aod his borne bas since beeo io that city. General Earle was married M 3 10 1869. to Mi >s Anna M Earle. d*ugh ter of Baylis J. Earle of Aodersoo To them have been borne nioe childrto, one dy og in infancy The Christiao Dames of those surviving are: Baylis H., Joba H , Eleaoor M , Lucia P , Anna C., Joseph H., Liliao aod Wil ton. Following his admission to the bar young Eat le opened a law office at An derson. S C , where be praoticed until 1875, wheo be removed to Sumter, at which place be resided aod praoticed his profession with R 0. Purdy as a law partner for several years Io 1878 General^arle was elected member cf the S'ate legislature from Suinter county aod served two terms, ' declining a aomioatioo fe r re electioo ic 1880. Io 1882 be was elected to (be State senate for four years, aod io 1886 was elected attorney geoeral ot the Slate, being re elected io 1888. He was selected io 18X0 as a dele gate fro?* South Carolita to the na tional convention which met io Cincin nati and nominated Geoeral Hancock for President. Io 1884 be was select ed as a delegate to the Chicago national convention, wbich nominated Grover Cleveland, aod was ooe of the commit tee selected, ooe from each State, to notify Mr. Cleveland of his nomination. He has also been choses a delegate tc the State conventions on a cumber of occasions. In 1388 General Earle refused the nomination on the Democratic ticket for governor, not desiring to oppose the re-election of Governor Richardson, whom ha had previously informed that he would not be a candidate, declaring that, if nominated, he would not stand for election ; but in spite of bis decla ration more than 100 votes were cast for bim in the convention. In 1890 he made a canvass of thc State for the nomination of governor, bat was defeated bj by B. R Tillman who was nominated by tbe Reform movement, after whose nominatioo General Earle refased to oppose him, though strongly urged to do so. After General Earle made tbe fight against Tillman in 1890, be returned to his home lu Sumter county and re sumed the practice of his profession. At the session of the general assem bly two years and a half ago he was elected circuit judge over Mr J. E. Breazeale, one of the strongest Re formers in the State, by a legislature j that was more thoroughly Reform than j anv'before-or likely to be again. Last summer General E*rle entered I the campaign for the primary nomina \ tion for United States senator to suc ; ceed J. L M. irby. . He made a gal 1 lant fight pitched on a high plane. When the first primaary was over it was found that a second would be ne cessary. It was beid and Genera] Earle defeated Jbhn Gary Evans, then governor The legislature unanimous ly elected him to the position io Jan uary last and in March he took his seat in the United Sta es senate, where he was well received. General Earle was elected upon his 'merits and in consequence of the efforts he had made to bring the white people of the State together again. This is considered his proudest aod greatest achievement. He had a remarkable career. Bat few men, occupying the position be did in J 890, could stand where he did last fall without a blemish upon bis character, with bis integrity and honesty of purpose unchallenged by any one As a circuit judge he was a success. He 'has given univer sal satisfaction. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. Washington, May 20.-Ga receipt j of the news of the death of Senator j Earle, Senator Tillman called on the j Vice President io regard to the ap pointment of a committee to represent the senate at the funeral, as that body will oot be io session to morrow. Mr Hobart named the following as a com mittee : Messrs. Tillman, Clay 6f Georgia, Chandler of New Hampshire, McEoery of Louisiana aod Harris of Kansas. Speaker Reed will to-morrow appoint a committee to represent the house Tbe senatorial committee will leave this city to-morrow oigbt, reacbiog Greenville about 1 o'clock Saturday night. THE EAR OF*THE HORSE. Points That are of Interest to Close Observers. \ -. Recently Prot. W. E A Wyman, veterinary surgeon at Clemson college, published a short, but instructive ar ticle oo the horse Now he has s< me tbing equally instructive about the an imal's ear. Here is what be says : * 'First, the ear s h au id be io propor tion to the general dimensions of the body. Still it is worth while to re member that the small ear i* found' in the courageous aod energetic as well as io the blooded animal* It also diminishes the siz3 of the head and causes the eyes to appear brighter. "The aocestory of the horse \* im mediately revealed by the thickness of the bair and- ear. Wheo the,ear shows ao abundant supply of long coarse hair we cao rest assured that it is poorjy bred ; this fact is so well known to deal ers that they invariably clip or shingle such hairs, thus giving the horse a bet ter sale. That this practice pr dis pos es the animal to ear troubles, I bave ' frequently seen. Ears situated roo close together are often met with in the balky horse. Thc play of the ear should be well developed ; at the same time beware of the horse wbicb, both at work and when io the stable, bas its ears on the go like a windmill Such animals are apt to be deaf, blind, timid and ready to run wheo the driver may !e*s' eire to uodergo active oxercis Finally do not approach the horse .hieb carries ita ears backward as he is liable to bite or kick Any -round scars, especially when around the base of he ear, create suspicion, they usual ly follow thc repeated application of the twitch, used to cause the animal to stand quietly wbiie the harness is put on, or to assure safety to to those about bim while treating him for some dis ease of Song standing." mm rn FILIBUSTERS OFF FOR CUBA. Jacksonville, Fla, May 20 - Cuban filibustering expedition left Fernandina last night, about 30 Cu bans being taken out to sea and trans ferred to a steamer, presumably the Dauntless. The Dauntless is thought to have on board the cargo of the tug Alexander Jones, which left Wil rningiou. N. C , on Tuesday. The plaus of the Cubans seem to have been to send several expeditions from Florida coast, two special trains having taken a large number of Cu bans down the coast the first of the week. A special Treasury agent yesterday found 60 tons of coal in sacks secreted on a key below Miami, and a achoonet that was about to un load some moro coal was captured : and taken to Key West. A coaling station for filibustering purposes was evidently being established. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL <Sc FEVER FREEDOM FOR CUBA. McKinley is Working for tho Independence of the Tyrant Ridden Peo ple in Cuba. Washington, May 20-Coban af fairs furnished the house with a day ; of bitter partisan debate. The reso j lotion appropriating $50,000 for the relief of American citizens was adopted without a dissenting vote, but the Democrats endeavored to force consideration also of the Mor gan resolution for recognition of the belligerency of the insurgents They accused the Republicans of endeavor ing to evade this issue, but the domi nant party through its spokesman, Mr Hilt, made the important state ment that the Republicans desired not to embarrass negotiations which were being projected by President Mc Kinley to secure the independence of Cuba. While Mr Hilt, disclaimed presidential authority for his state ment it was well known that he had been <tn consultation with Mr Mc Kinley on the question and knew whereof he spoke. State of War Recognized. Morgan's Belligerency Reso lution Adopted by the Senate. Washington, May 20-After the long and exciting debate, the joint r*s olution recognizing thc existence of a state of war in Cuba and declaring that strict neutrality shall be maintained hy tbe United States, paesei the senate by the decisive vote of 41 to 14 at a late boor this afteroooo Th* announce ment of tbe vote wa? received with tu multuous applause which drew f.om Senator Hawley an emphatic protest against ''mob demonstration " Toe resolution as passed is as follows : "Re>olved, etc , that a oooditioo of public war exists between tbe govern ment of Spain and 'he government pro claimed and for some time maintained by fjree of arms by tbe people of Coba, and that tbe United States of America shall maintain a strict neutra' ty between the contending parties, ac cording to each ail the rights of bellig erents in the ports and territory of tbe Uoited States Confederate Monument in New York. The confederate Monument in Mount Hope Cemetery, which will be dedicated on May 22d, in memory of the Confederate dead, of New York, was donated by Comrade Charles Broadway Rouss, who, know lng the necessities of the Camp, generously bestowed it Such a burial place for the members of the Camp of Veterans that had been form ed in New York had become a necessity, and an effort was made to obtain one There was nal orally a scarcity of funds, as there always ia in such organizations, but' the old soldiers must soon begin to pass away rapidly, and many of them were poor and unable to purchase their last resting place The committee that was selected by the Camp to negotiate for a place in one of the neighboring cemeterieos was : Col A G Dickinson Col J B Wilkin son, and Col A R Chisolm. It was suggested that a small monti ment should be placed upon the spot selected, and Mr Charles Broadway Rouss was approached upon the sub ject, and asked if he would assist the Camp in building the monument. He promptly replied that he would fur j nish all the money Ho build it himself. ! The Mount Hope Cometery Co were desirous of having so beautiful a monu ment in their cemetery, and offered a beautiful site for the burial place, if it was agreed to piace a monument there at a cost of not less than ^5. 000. All this has been done and th* Confederate Veteran Camp of New Yoik now own sufficient ground to bury their deceased members and their families, and has also on deposit a "Mortuary Futid" to meet the ex penses The monument was built by Messrs. Tay tor Bros ; of New York city, and it is but justice to these gentlemen to say that the workmanship is ac tually perfect, and that they have intentionally built a monument at a cost to themselves far in excess of the amount of moue}7 that was con tracted for, and for the simple reason that they desired to contribute some thing in money to the work them selves. It has been pronounced on every hand a fitting memorial. "New England Granite on Middle States sci!, it pays perpetual tribute to the gallant dead of the South The death and buriai of old hatreds, and the re birth of national brotherhood, con-lid not be better typified.'' Its grand appearance would indicate that it will purni for centuries, and upon its faco will be rea l for generations : "Sacred to the'Memory ol thc Heroic Dead of the Confederate Veteran Camp o Now York " The monument is 60 feet high, on a base o lu feet The shaft is bl feet, 4 feet at base. The pedestal is composed of only hree pieces, and is 9 feet high. The lines are remark ably correct, and the proportions are pronounced artistic. The granite, from base to apex, is without flaw or blemish. The ceremonies of the dedication wiil take place at Mount Hope Cerne tery, on Saturday, the 22d instant. Victor Herbert's 22d Regiment Band will discourse eloquent music, both at the dedication and the reception at the Lenox Lyceum in the even ing. Several GA R Posts will be present at both the dedication and I reception. - 1 ?-'OHM I - j Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER . ' ' " LIVE QUESTIONS. A Series of Articles Contributed by Advanced Thinkers. TAXATION-THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION. By Frederick 31. Crandon, Public Libra rian, St. Louis. I. Sydney Smith, believe, is credited .with the saying that there is nothing . certain in life but death and tases. If Sydney Smith had studied thc incidence of taxation and become acquainted with | the arts of the tas dodger, he might have questioned the inevitableness cf taxes. However, thc unavoidableness of these two incidents nf life does net de stroy our natural choice regarding the guise and manner of their coming. As there are various opinions respecting the most desirable mode of death, so j there, is great divergence of opinion as to the best system of taxation. To the practical politician with a I budget to submit that method is prefer j able which plucks thc geese so as "to i get the greatest quantity of feathers with the least squawking." There are politicians so practical as to prefer the particular measure that promises them in one form or another what the vulgar I call a "rake on!. " But the honest, con structive statesman and the unbiased student of economics agree that a sim ple, straightforward demand upon the citizen for his share toward the sup port of the government is the fairest and best method. They take issue with the wily politician and hold that each citizen should know how much he is paying, that he may be the more watch ful of governmental expenditures. We all condemn the present system by which, as Miss Halstead strikingly puts it, "those who have much property arc allowed a wholesale discount on their taxes, while those who have little pay a high retail price." An^income tax is not the ideal system, tnt all fair mind- = ed persons must agree that any tax on what a man has is better than a tax cn what he needs. It is certainly more equitable that the man with $5, OOO a year should be taxed 2 per cent on $1, 000 than that his neighbor wi th. $1,000 a year should pay a 20 per cent tax on everything that he buys with that $1, 000, especially if half the extra cost of his necessities goes to enrich other men and not to support the government. Taxes may be roughly divided into four general classes: First, taxes on what a man has-on his possessions or his income; second, taxes on what he does-for example, merchants' and man ufacturers' licenses, etc. ; third, taxes on his wants, whether necessities or luxu ries, tariff and excise, and, finally, a tax on monopoly values. Legislative Quacks. Our legislative quacks have prepared for us a nauseous potion composed chief ly of the first three ingredients, sweet ened with just enough of the last to keep the boys from throwing the whole rh^ng on to the ash pile. We make very wry faces, but we swallow it, each try ing to pick out as small a cap as possi ble, and many, by means of false bot toms and colored glass, reducing tho quantity below the legal standard of a dose. Some of the older and sharper boys'have succeeded in making the mas ter believe that they are swallowing doses of sulphur and treacle correspond ing to their size, while in reality they have, by threats or trickery* or cajolery, forced their portions on to the little boys, who are too innocent or too timid to make an effective protest. These great, cunning rogues make as wry faces as the rest, while inwardly chuckling and congratulating themselves on the good effects of taxation on thc national system. Let us briefly consider these various methods: First.-The tax cn property and in come. That looks fair. It seems but right that men should pay according to their ability to pay, and this method is very popular. Thc boys in thc primary grades, who are manfully straggling with their spoonfuls, suppose that the big fellows in the sixth form are gulp ing down goblets for the benefit of the national health. But they're not. The fact is, this plan is impracticable and futile, except in the form of a properly graded legacy duty, which is likely to receive general attention in thc near fu ture. There aro also other objections which I will not take time to discuss. Diflicnltics of Present Stcthod. Second.-A tax on what a mau does, the tax paid by thc manufacturer fer the privilege of making things for his fellows cr hythe merchant for benefit ing his neighbors by exchanging their j products for those of other places and countries. How impracticable ir is to j apply such a law fairly \< illustrated by j il-,.' fact th.ir one house in St. Louis, which is noted for its honest returns j held a year cr two ago, according to the assessor's books, one-eighth of all thc j merchants' stocks in thc whole city. But, aside from its inevitably unfair ap- j plication, i: is an absurd plan to tax a I men for toefitir*! .ti^fell rv citizens, 1 toT ipose o him a penalty proportioned to the measure of his service, even if yon could succeed in doing it. But, fur ih .more, as is the case with all indirect taxes, you don't sueded in taxing him at all, for he counts the tax in with the cost of his goods and shifts it to the con sumer. This is palpably true also cf the third plan. If you tax the manufacture or thc importation of any article you increase its cost by just the amount of the tax, which, with a profit on the extra invest ment, must be paid by the consumers. And when the commodities so taxed are articles of prime necessity, you inflict a grievous burden on those least able to bear it. Taxes Out of Community Values. And now wc come to the fourth form, which is, in the ordinary sense of the word, not a tax at all. You will observe that in all the other forms the tax (and that is the ordinary acceptation of the term) is an amount exacted from the possessions or income of the individual* and therefore, supposing that he ac quired his wealth honestly - that ho earned it-a certain portion of the fruits of his labor is taken from him. Accord ing to the fourth plan, the individual is not called on to surrender a single cent cf his earnings, but each individual is to pay the state-i. e., his fellow citi zens-fer those values created by xe loniraunity which he monopolizes. HON. VV. P. REEVES CORRECTS THE NATION REGARDING NEW ZEALAND PROSPERITY. To the Editor of The Nation: SIR-As one of your readers I was even more amazed than amused at your article of Sept. JO entitled <;A Striking Illustration." Verily it is a striking il lustration, but not of the ways: of tko New Zealand government. It does but alford an example of the offhand man ner in which even newspapers of the highest standing and ability will print the most extraordinary and laughable inaccuracies when writing of farcf? countries. New Zealand is a long way off and is nos a very big country, ir is somewhat smaller than the British is lands, and its population is considerably less than 1,000,000. For these reasons one would have no cause to complain if New Zealand were regarded by you as an outpost cf civilization too insignif icant to be referred to. But since you have chosen to refer to it I submit thar one has every reason to complain that you have laid before your readers a se ries of misstatements so comically inac curate as scarcely to be worth categor ical disproval. Your article begins hy some general remarks about the position of Australian political parties, remarks which seem to me to be the reverse cf correct, but which are more or less mat ters of opinion. I therefore propose to confine myself' to what you assert to be actual facts about my own colony. First as to your statement that the governfueiA of New Zealand4 'has taken possession of the land on the Henry George principle." I suppose you must mean to refer to our repurchase statute, the "land for settlements act, " a sketch of which you go on to give. In no ether way has our government taken posses sion of the land. Now, the total amount so far bongilt by the government under that act is less than 100,000 acres, and the area cf New Zealand is more than 65,000,000 acres. Moreover, it so hap pens that with one solitary exception every piece of land, bought by the gov ernment has been acquired at the desire of the private owner thereof. So far is the New Zealand legislature from hav ing adopted the principles of Henry George that I believe there is one single taxer sitting in the New Zealand parlia ment and only one. He is an able young man of high character, but his position at. present is lonely. Next you go on to describe our system of village settle ments. A very lurid picture do you give. I learn from it that these settle ments were established in the year iS ii;* that they'are composed of groups of not less than 20 persons; that each group is governed by boards of trustees exercising unprecedented powers ; that each mem-s, ber cf each group is entitled to a gov ernment loan of about 50 cf our mon ey; that the boards possess despotic au thority and have used it in such a way as to create intense discontent; that a commission appointed to inquire into the villages reports that the govern ment advances have been exhausted and that some of the communities arc as much as G a head in debt, while land has been left unfilled and thc settlers are in many cases at c ach other's cars and bitterly dissatisfied with their con dition. To term this sketch inaccurate would be flattery. From beginning to end the story is a pure myth. The New Zea land village settlements were for the most . art founded in thc years ISS5 and 1S8G They are not in any case governed by any hoard of trustees. Rightly or wrongly, their constitution is not com munistic; it is not even co-operative. Thc individual settlers have legally nothing to do with each other. They are ordinary neighbors, nothing more. They are not specially governed by anybody, but are as free as other citizens, free to come and go as they please, earn what they can, spend what thoy choose. Tho settlements, on the whole, are admitted to be financial and industrial successes The amount of rent and interest in ar rears is very small. The value of the improvements effected on the holdings is large and steadily increasing. Very little money has been advanced to tho settlers since the year 1S87 and in no case more than 10 per head. Von would not find one settler owing 650 to tho state or anything near that sum. No parliamentary inquiry such a ; yon de scribe has been held, nor is there any call for any snell investigation. As to your article ot* Sept. 1? on "Populism in Australia,7' I do nor pro pose to waste your space and my own time in disproving tito counts cf its wild and sweeping indictment. Sufficient to say tljat, so far as New Zealand is con cerned, (1) strikes have never been ac companied by murder cr incendiarism: (2) the population of our cities is not composed of ruined gold miners and fu rious protectionists'; (3) the agricultural class generally is not without political h^^enc^t .poetically it js perhaps the mos?\u 3 ^viI,5 class iii the colony"; (4) the figures yon give as those of the i bank guarantee of 1894 are wrong by millions of dollars; (5) our last three cabinets have lasted 12 years in all, though one of them changed its premier owing to a death; (fi) it is absurd to say that "to succeed in a profession is death to a politician." One of the two parties in thc Kew Zealand parliament is head ed by.a lar^e landowner, and the two perhaps mest brilliant and influential debaters there are successful barristers. One of these formerly headed the Popu list party there and could have had a seat in the present cabinet had he so de sired. I have the honor to be, yours obediently, W. P. REEVES, Agent General For Kew Zealand. London. Bitten by & Spider Blood Poisoned and Body Covered by Sores Other Remedies Failed btit Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured. Whatever the nature of the poison or humor in the blood. Hood's Sarsa parilla, as the one true blood purifier, effects a cure. Head this letter: -.Eight years ago my little adopted daughter, then two years old, was bitten on the back by a spider. We felt almost sure she would die. She suffered terrible agony, and we doctored her by every means we cou? think of without a cure. She was covere-.: with sores from head to foot. Then her ears discharged, and blindness was the next thing. We were not able to continue paying doctor's bills. One day a lady asked me why I did not try Hood's Sarsaparilla. She said, When you buy a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla you may rely upon a cure. We acted upon this suggestion, and began giving her Hood's Sarsaparilla. The little girl is now cured and she is getting plump, sleeps well and has a good appetite, and she can see to put Hood's Rainy Day Puz zle together and even thread a fine needle. A great many people and a number of phy sicians know about this case and they know that our little girl is like another child. She is now taking her tenth bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla." MES. MATTIE V. STEINES, 716 Milton Av., San Diego, Cal. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Best-the One True Blood Purifier. 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