| Show NEWS IN preparing Pre I 1 to Kenoi ate te the army AMY for efficiency ICE THE im WIT RICH JET n fit THES I 1 aaning joff the surplus cuba wants Emp rocity A 1 sew few boll call TO THE HIM IRIT A Regulation that will bait sale qualification the lh of f I 1 special SP OCIal ir aw S washington oct 21 the secretary of war is now preparing to carry into effect the recent act of congress which has caused a great deal of commotion c OM in the army this act provides for an e amy examination am n aaion into the mental moral physical and military qualifications ol 01 officers core who are in the line of promotion As the secretary is is not a military man himself it iUro is probable bable he will appoint a board of officers of high rank to decide upon the details of the examinations and the cestary to promotion it is believed that there will bo be three permanent boards of examination to meet in washington glon C chicago it II and san francisco twice or three times a year for the tile examination elaml nation of ac such h of officers of each grade aa as are likely to receive promotion within the year ear the purpose is to eliminate irom from t the he army officers who are morally or physically disqualified for the service aeri ice BO so that the promotions my go on faster than thin is the case at present OF A I 1 TAX bow dow ali the tr conui goulds Dt pews ett dodde tho lax tax law special a F chro chronicle we service 1 NEW YORK oct 21 investigations 0 of f the fassett comte case have brought to light the manner mannet in which men evade taxes tax commissioner coleman resumed the stand yesterday and gave some interesting information the records showed mr coleman said that the persona ltv of the moses taylor estate was tao it was not an liable to taxation the executors agreed 0 to o pay a personal tax on in the case of the late william II 11 vanderbilt the personal estate was between and mr vanderbilt himself in his lifetime had bad paid on after bis his death chauncey M depew objected to taxation anywhere for the actual value of lie ile said that if the commissioners should press the ander Vander bilta bilts unduly the property prope ty would be so invested in nex exempt securities as to bo be taxable ua bo so it was arranged that the should ba be taxed as the members 0 of tho the vanderbilt fa milvA paid personal taxes in tha the aggregate on of personal property I 1 over ver and above the tax on the vanderbilt estate the Vander bilts tle altogether paid personal taxes 0 on n about or about one oue thir of all 11 the b 0 personal pe taxes C collected 01 in the city jay gould mr coleman colern an bald said pays personal taxes on the executors of it hia Is cifes estate pay on george G serge J gould pays on many rich persons bad had two or more places of residence and BO so escaped paying personal tax in th city people poop F e with houses in newport often avoided tax the rich were generally able tu avind tax while smaller property owners paid either because they could not all avoid it t or had not learned how g special 8 F J chronicle service londoe oct 21 the wedding oi of princess pees victoria of prussia to prince adolphus of schaumburg lippe will take place in berlin on thursday november 20 in the private royal chapel of the schloss ech loss and the prince and princess of wales wies duke and duchess of connaught Connau cht prince and princess christian who a ho have already arrived in derlin berlin where they are the guests of empress frederick will be present at the ceremony the Ru sallan imperial family will ba be represented represented by the grand duke and grand rand duchess be serge ar e and Prin princess cees elizabeth cl hesse naim darm stadt and the royal family of 0 I 1 greece by the duke and duchess of sparta emperor william himself is arranging a pro gramme for the wedding fetes which are to be on a scale of cf extraordinary magnificence the newly married couple are to pass page their honeymoon at potsdam and early in janu january ar y will take up their rest residence ence at B bonn a n the german papers pere have been announcing that clince prince ferdinand of heir presumptive to the crown of roumania is to marry prince princess victoria of wales and that the princess maud is to ba be betrothed to the duke of augustenborg Augusten Augu bure the only brother of the german emperor who is a nephew of prince christian and grand rand nephew of the queen through his lie mother princess Pr incest adelaide of langenburg Langen barg prince ferdinand 1 er is really to in marry arry the Ans austrian trian A arch duchess duc heBB it if certain religious difficulties can be over overcome coma and it the family statute can be overcome and if the liar osburg family statutes will not permit permit this alliance he be will beek seek a bride in bavaria it ii is reported in vienna that the hereditary prince of waldeck byrm monn the only brother of the duchess Duches sni of albany and prince maximilian of baden nephew and heir presumptive of the grand duke will seek brides in england A 1 bernod OF ROIL ROLL CILL A to t simplify Simpli lj matters or r voting in the HOOK house STANDARD special f P CAr chronicle Service 1 OTON oct 21 A new england member of congress Oon grega baa has patented an invention which if adopt edwill compel the ra to usa use some other method than roll call to kill time in the house of representatives it is based upon a principle that has often been suggested but has never been tried and provides for a device like a hotel enunciator to be placed upon the table of the tall tally clerk and connected by wire with art all the desks deeks upon the floor inside ol 01 each desk in a little chamber to which only the member holding the neat goat shall have a key are to bo be placed two keys one of which ho he will use it he desires to vote in the affirmative and the other it be he wants to vote in the negative when the speaker puts the question ev every 0 member will bouc touch hia his key k roy and an 71 in n an instant the record of the t be e stand tend on tho the enunciator at alte the wl clerks 1 e aki desk and the latter will be abla able to make hia hie 1 e count e n t in less than five merw mic A As it is now it takes about thili thirty ty fi fire lve m minutes inn t es to call the roll ol 01 the house ou 0 the adoption of this device would save a great deal of time but it can only be adopted by a vote of the bouse hous anait and ills is not probable that the minority will permit any such an innovation nova tiou |
