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J VAN <cr WE £<*!«*» Ml! P11K McHEHBT. 1 tf»» ILLINOIS 10 USH OR CUT BAIT. i&tERNATIVt GIVEN DEMO- \ CRATIC STATESMEN. ^4 ri-t*' 'Jtv ' ; •W ff *> ^ If1 !v* 'n^u i^tta Secure $100,000 tfiit- dde of a Prominent Jollet Man-- gggar Trnatf Like Pullman» Alwajre O&m Dividend* on Tap. " ' ^ ^ 'J Admonished bT Washington dispatch: The soporific taiet of the Capitol was rudely broken In upon by a straight tip from the White House that if the Democrats did not make good use of the time at their dis- - . i *»A#nwr» poa&i to pans mw» iui and other reforms suggested in his mes­ sage, President Cleveland would prompt­ ly call a special session after the decease of the present Congress, and give the Republicans a chance to legislate for the good of the country. Vilas brought the special session tip straight from the White House, with instructions to give It cii'cuiauou, wnicji iae iiiuiccutu io "« forthwith. The news found its way quickly to the other end of the Capitol •ad was given authoritative currency ty the quasi indorsement of repetition by Catchings, of Mississippi, who has the credit of being Speaker Crisp's speaking partner. Warner, Cochrane, Tracy and others in the President's personal con­ fidence, gave it the weight of industrious recital, and any doubt as to the authen­ ticity of the pointer was speedily re­ sold. - Robbera Make a Big Haul. A Texas and Pacific passenger train waa held up at a trestle seven miles west of Fort Worth at 5:30 p. m. Thursday. The train was stopped just as the en­ gine and express car had crossed, the passenger coaches coming to a standstill OB the trestle, where the passengers had s« opportunity of getting off. Those who eanght a glimpse of the proceedings saw three masked men, with guns leveled, marching the engineer and trainmen in and out of the baggage car. When they finished their work the robbers made the engineer back the train over the trestle, and while it was crossing they disappear­ ed In a thick forest. The passengers kept so close while the train was being robbed that they did not know much about what was going on. It is said the robbers se­ cond over $100,000. 'if* -V: '-1 Dies in Disgrace* ' " Financial embarrassment caused Rob- art Huston, ex-Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, grand treasurer pf the Illinois Gouncil of the American Legion of Hon­ or, an old soldier who lost a leg in the war of the<' rebellion and a man well known throughout the State, to commit suicide at/the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chi- rsday. NEWS NUGGBT*. ^ ' *"•> t* »*< ,*• *, ' ' sfiV' , I1 * if 4 ;> * , seweS tipat the Polyclinic Hospital, and he is alive. Twolirei in the New York dry goods district Tuesday did $201000 damage. The customers in the ground floor quick" ly made their exit, as did also seventy- five girls employed on the second floor, though some of the latter descended by means of the fire escape. The greatest danger was to the people on the fifth and sixth floors, occupied by Moeh & Co., for manufacturing purposes, but they es­ caped by fire escapes and elevators. In Hoboken Monday afternoon the post office was robbed of $7,350 worth of stamps. They were in a steel chest in a vault adjoining the postmaster's office. The postoffice is within a block of the Hoboken Ferry. The thieves evidently knew when Postmaster James Curran left the building, as they entered his office in his absence. The police believe the robbery was carefully planned by expert thieves. Postmaster Curran has held office about a year. Passengers from the Montreal express of the Delaware and Hudson Road, which was wrecked at Port Henry Mon­ day afternoon, reached Albany, N. Y., at midnight. Alfred Persons of Detroit, Minn., was so badly hurt he was taken to the Delevan House. The train was behind time and running at fifty miles an hour. In rounding a curve the strain was so great the spikes were drawn from the ties and the mail and baggage car roiieti ouc iiico XjU-kh Oiituupiuiu 10 a depth of fourteen feet. The top came off and two men escaped. They were picked up by a boy in a boat. SSrce oth­ ers in the car were drowned. ' '; WESTERN. 1; ,# ;i &5' Several thousand Tonghaks were killed fa an encounter with a Japanese force in Corea. Plate glass manufacturers met at Pitts- fcorg and took preliminary steps to form another pool. \ Minneapolis mills turned out 294,490 barrels of flour last weefc, surpassing all former records. \ Mr. Vest addressed the/Senate in advo­ cacy of a change in the rules by which dfebate could be closed. The bill to punish usurpers of State of­ fices was passed by the Alabama Legisla­ ture by a party vote. A speech in advocacy of the autonomy of Cuba created an uproar in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies. It is rumored in Shanghai that a ten days' armistice has been arranged be­ tween China and Japan. President Adams, of the University of Wisconsin, defends football from the at­ tacks recently made on it. Officials of the Postoffice Department •xe negotiating for a street railway m&Q service in Cleveland, Ohio. A bill to provide a form of government for Indian Territory has been offered 'in the Senate by Mr. Berry. Judge Bookwalter, of Charleston, 111., fined a brass band whose playing annoyed him for contempt of court. * Petails of the proposed plan of eur- cency reform are set forth in thfe annual report of Secretary Carlisle. . By the official compilation of the vote in Illinois, Wulff, for treasurer, is shown to have a plurality of 133,427. In its annual report the interstate com­ merce commission suggests amendment of the law in many particulars. University of Chicago football team wQl probably go to San Francisco to play tte Stanford University eleven. 'A bill for the establishment of a na­ tional park on the site of the battle of Shiloh was passed by the House. Yale and Princeton will each receive $12,105 from the receipts of the football gpanie played on Manhattan field. Transcontinental lines made progress in settling their passenger rate difficulties and a new association is assured. ,Mr. Peffer's resolution calling £or" in­ formation regarding the issuance of bonds was adopted by the Senate. Silver Senators have entered into a con­ spiracy to change the Senate rules so a free silver law can be forced through. In spite of President Havemeyer's dole- fid statements regarding the sugar trust, the usual dividends have been declared. Democrats of the House Banking and Currency Committee have resolved to re­ port a bill in line with Carlisle's plan. . 3?he Patterson amendments to the in­ terstate commerce act were taken up in the House and explained by their author. Jennie Graves, 5-year-old daughter of Frank Graves, living near Frankfort,; lad., was burned to death from her frock catching fire at an open grate. A contribution of $300, made by Wash­ ington Duke, of Italeigh, N. C., to the North Carolina Methodist Episcopal con­ ference, has been refused because It is "trust" money. Deputy Marshals had a fight with six ' members of the Cook band near Tulse, L IT. One of the marshals was fatally shot. . Mrs. Louis Alberti, of Galveston, gave ftoison to her children, four of whom 4ied. She was made insane by religion. , ' p* f. &ASTERN. hundred Chicago wails were given a Thanksgiving dinner at the Cay- airy Armory. Dr. Thomas, Mayor Hop­ kins, and General Ruger being absent, one boy said grace and two others made speeches. A Maple Leaf passenger train was thrown down a twenty-foot embankment by the breaking of an axle at Miatt Mills Creek, Mo. The conductor and ^rake- man were injured, but the passengers es­ caped with slight bruises. T. C. Kennedy, John Buckley, Bert Heath, Joseph Collins, William Kidd, and others were taken to Grand Forks, N. D., by United States Marshals, having been indicted for participating in driving Deputy Marshals out of town last July. At Boise City, Idaho, in a hole being bored to explode for placer gold below the false bed-rock the drill has struck a gold ledge. The rock assays three ounces of gold and twenty-eight ounces of silver per ton. The discovery was made at a depth of 470 feet. Charles Geska, who has been held at Elyria, O., for two weeks charged with the murder and cremation of William Gletzer near Copopa, Nov. 14, has made a confession which proves that the mur­ der was one of the most atrocious in the annals of crime. At Boise City, Idaho, in a hole being bored to explore for placer gold below the false bedrock, the drill has struck si gold ledge. The rock assays three ounceB of gold and twenty-eight ounces of silver per ton. The discovery was made at a depth of 470 feet " A mob of seventy-five Poles and a posse of policemen had an exciting pitched bat­ tle in Detroit Tuesday night. The Poles had taken possession of three vacant frame houses and were tearing them to pieces and carting off the debris to their homes to serve as firewood. Seven of them were locked up. Heavy rains for the past week brought a "barge rise" in the Ohio, and between 6,000,000 and 8,000,000 bushels of coal started from Pittsburg for southern ports. There are 13,000,000 bushels in the har­ bor, and should the rise reach a "boating" stage the entire fleet of coal boats will go down the river with all the coal they can manage. Five miles east of Muncie, Ind., Eaton Loriaux, of Hartford City, was found in the woods with a hole through his heart. Twenty feet away lay bis gun. Near by sat his dog. The dog would not permit the searchers to come near, bo tlj^y shot him. Loriaux was a Belgian' window- glass blower, who formerly worked in Muncie. The officials of the Washington Marine Hospital service were notified that a large firm of manufacturing chemists at De­ troit, Mich., is making preparations for the manufacture of anti-toxin, the new remedy for diphtheria, which has created such widespread interest in Europe. This is believed to be the first house of its character in the United States to begin experiments, and already it has taken active steps to scientifically demonstrate its value. It is understood this firm has established a bacteriological department, where the experiments will be carried on under the direction of competent scien­ tists. A number of young horses already have been inoculated with the toxin, but it is said it will be three or four months beiore the results of the experiments can be announced, as the processes are said to be not only delicate but tedious. SOUTHERN. aitd improved a* Tito system contjfcies to attract attention, and during the year ttaf4#tails oC4ta operation have ex­ amined in person t*y the representatives of a Royal Commission of Great Britain who treats of it in his report with warm commendation and recommends its adop­ tion in his own country. The Wisconsin Legislature will he asket to pass a law compelling saloons to bo closed on Memorial Day. J. C. Manny, a member of the Alabama Legislature, one of the most prominent Populists in &e State and one of Kolb's chief advisors, gave out a portion of Kolb's program. Manning says Kolb will issue certificates of election as Governor de jure to Goodwyn, Howard, Aldrichs, and Robinson as Congressmen. Howard will also have one from Oates. His Beat is not disputed. The program is to have the Republican House at first decline to seat either set of Representatives on the ground that both sides are provided with credentials signed by a Governor of Ala­ bama. The only way tbkt either can be seated then is by means of a resolution. It is proposed that Howard shall offer a resolution to seat the anti-Democratic Representatives, two of whom are Re­ publicans and three Populists, and a Re- nnhliran House is pxiwotml to seat them, pending the termination of the contest. This would make the regularly elected Congressmen the contestants and throw the burden of proof upon the Democrats. This plan, it is figured, would afford a tem­ porary indorsement of Kolb as Governor and would be a source of trouble to the Oates administration. Kolb completed a message to the Legislature, which he £;!'*§! - KOL» AND OATES BOTH TAKE THE OATH IN ALABAMA, The Popullat Candidate Sworn ts> by a Jaatlce of the Pea®*--1Threatened witkf Arreat If Ho Attentat* toSpoak --at the State Hossae. More Trouble Feared, v Although ao outbreak of violence at­ tend nd the attempt to inaugurate Capt. Kolb as Governor of Alabama, the situa­ tion in the Southern State is even more precarious than it was before the twin inaug­ ural services, were per­ formed. As it is, Ala­ bama finds itself with two Governors, two sets of public officers and two factions of am* supporting Capt. Kolb n his claim that he was defrauded of ketjbkn *. KOLB. rotes and the other sustaining Col. Oates, who was inaugu­ rated in Che usual way and has the State militia at his disposal. As Captain Kolb is a man of pretty well-known determi- that the post-election battle may not end here. The General Assembly has de­ clared in favor of Col. Oates, but his opponent means to demand a reconsider­ ation, and In the prospect that he will jfail lies the source of alarm. Kolb was sworn in at Montgomery by James E. Powell, a justice of the peace, 7i signs as Governor. The message recom- | the ceremony occurring in the law office or warren iieese. itolb and his Cabinet then proceeded to the State House for the purpose of making a speech. He was followed by several hundred of his adher­ ents. They marched up the State House steps through the ranks of the assembled militia and took their places beside the Identical portico upon which Jefferson Davis was declared President of the Con­ federate States. In a few minutes Gov. Jones sent for Capt. Kolb, who was es­ corted into his presence by Lieut. Irwin, mends that his followers do not pay their taxes for a while. He also advises tax- collectors to delay payments of State taxes into the treasury. Thirty-eight of the sixty-six tax-collectors in the State are Kolbites. - FOREIQNr^'- The correspondent of the New York World writes as follows from Seoul, Corea: "In the midst of the perils that overwhelm his kingdom and threaten his life, the King of Corea received me and made a direct appeal to the' people of the United States for help. He recognizes our government as the first to treat with Corea as an independent power, and claims to have a special right to look for some practical proofs of friendship from America at a time when war and private conspiracy are infringing upon the au­ tonomy of the hermit nation. The King no longer speaks of Corea as a sealed kingdom. He sees plainly that his coun­ try must surrender to civilization at last." The British lion has fled in dismay from the angry scream of the American eagle, and the Bluefields "incident" that threatened to involve England and the United States in a most serious quarrel is in process of swift and peaceful settle­ ment upon terms which will be entirely satisfactory to this country. The State Department is not yet in receipt of official information from Minister Bayard, but from the tenor of preliminary negotiation it is satisfied that the British are, about to formally renounce all pretense of a right to mix into Nicaraguan affairs and draw off permanently. The electric sud­ denness of the protest of the United States against what was felt to be a dangerous and untenable claim on the part of the British Foreign Office, hatefu' to every patriotic American instinct, startled the phlegmatic Englishmen into unusual activity. Swift denial of hostile intent ensued, followed quickly by unoffi­ cial but authoritative notice of retreat from the position sought to be occupied, and the war qloud is passing away. The details of the proceeding only remain to be arranged, a diplomatic process that will take time, but it is safe to assume that England has already abandoned hope of being able to utilize the Mosquito strip as a club to hold over the projected Nic­ aragua canal. The bluff was made and called, and the incident is already consid­ ered as good as closed. This most happy conclusion of the Bluefields matter has caused a smile to suffuse the face of the Administration. '}i:% STATE HOUSE, MONTGOMERY, ALA. Three Chicago scenic artists and four assistants fell from a scaffold in a Mem­ phis theatre and were seriously injured. Hundreds of South Carolina women pe­ titioned for the release of Watts, pardon­ ed by Governor Tillman while serving sentence for killing his sister's betrayer. Ruddy Woo ten and George Mapp, who were to have been hanged at Chattanoo­ ga, Tenn., for the murder of Marion Ross, were granted a respite by the Governor at the last moment. In an attempt to escape from the con­ vict camp at Wells, Texas, Convicts Freese and Brandon fatally shot Guard FoBter, who killed Brandon and fatally shot Freese. Freese afterward fired a pistol ball into his own heart. Foster eannot recover. In the United States Court at Fort Smith, Ark., three members of the Cook gang--Thurman Kalling, Jesse Snyder, and Will Farris--were sentenced, the first-named to thirty years and the two latter to twenty years each in the House on at Detroit, Mich. . IN GENERAL Lord Dunraven has issued a formal challenge for another race for the Amer­ ica's cup. John Burns, the English labor leader, declares New York to be the worst man­ aged city he has ever seen. Chicago and New York Congressmen will co-operate to secure appropriations for new postoffice buildingf. H. O. Havemeyer issued a statement in which he attacked the President for his recommendations regarding sugar. . J. M. Raport, who says he has walked across the continent from New York on a bet of $5,000, has arrived at San Fran­ cisco. Claus Spreckels drew a check Saturday on the Nevada Bank in favor of the Cali­ fornia Bank for $1,500,000, supposed to be for purchasing new issue of govern­ ment bonds. The Quebec press is loud in condemna­ tion of the proposal to erect a monument to the memory of Gen. Montgomery in Quebec. The Chronicle says: "Let Mont­ gomery's memory alone. He came here as an invader and he got just what we hope to give every invader. When Amer­ icans come here as friends they will get the warm and honest welcome which Canada always gives to visitors and es­ pecially to Brother Jonathan." Other journals express similar views. of the regular army. "I understand, sir," said Gov. Jones, "that you propose to make a speech in these grounds, claim­ ing to be Governor of Alabama." "That is my intention," answered Kolb. "Then I must say to you that the moment you attempt it I will have you arrested and carried off the grounds. I say this in all kindness to you. If you were Governor you would do the same thing in a sim­ ilar case. I will not permit you or any­ one else ou these grounds to interrupt the inauguration proceedings of Gov. Oates." Gov. Jones' manner was courteous but firm. Capt. Kolb looked around at the assembled troops, and with a wave of his hand started down and out of the grounds, followed by his adherents. They congregated again in the street outside the Capitol grounds. A wagon stood! near by, and upon this Capt. Kolb mount­ ed. He said that, the proceedings would be opened with prayer. A Populist cler­ gyman mounted the wagon, and at his motion the crowd uncovered their heads. Every man in the crowd was a plain countryman with rough clothes and big top boots. The clergyman invoked the blessing of God upon the assemblage, "a plain people, Oh, God," he said, "who are here to secure an honest govern­ ment." At its conclusion Capt. Kolb made a short, temperate address. The only bit­ terness in it was directed at Gov. Oates, whom he termed a usurper. He declared he had been legally elected Governor, and that he would use every means to gain the position which, he declares, be­ longs to him. At 2 o'clock Governor-elect Oates reached the State Capitol, escorted by the militia. The inaugural ceremonies were preeeded by a prayer, after which Gov. Jones Introduced his successor, who was greeted with prolonged cheefi WASHINGTON. Two new indictments for embezzlement have been presented against Captain H. W. Howgate, one for $11,800 in 1878 and $20,700 in 1888. The original charges of forgery have been dropped. Washington dispatch: The cost of main­ tenance of the life-saving service during the fiscal year was $1,258,221. The num­ ber of disasters, 594, was greater and more destructive of vessel property than in any previous year since the introduc­ tion of the present system. This fact is due to the large number and extreme Vio­ lence of the tempests which ravaged both the sea und lake coasts. The following is a summary of the statistics of the ser­ vice from the introductionof the present system in 1871 to the close of the fiscal year: -t, » , Number of disaster^. . v. Drf C. !r. IToote, the Yale bacteriologist, lap demonstrated that the recent out- break of typhoid fever in Wesleyan U&i- frersity was due to a consumption of raw flpsters. One morning in March last, while Dr. fjfceorge R. Fortner, of Camden, N. J., 1ms brushing his teeth, some of the bris­ tles lodged in his throat. He died the .Other moaning from the effects of that tioemingly trivial accident. At the Wayfarers' Lodge woodyard at Philadelphia, William Quarries (colored) :4|ad James Thompson quarreled, when former pushed Thompson over a cir* ; ̂ "** i a.; V' 4' >& x 'j A;#!# 7,625 Value of vessels... 84,922,075 Value of cargoes .....$ 38,039,774 Value of property involved. .$122,901,849 Vahje of property saved... .$ 93,155,522 Value of property lost.. i.. .$ 2i^SP<>,327 Number of persons involved. * 61,422 Number of lives lost 724 Number of persons succored - 11,221 During last year the telephone lines of the service have proved more enlphatical- ^ ly thw ever bslure tfceir jadwpefsable,* egg* MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75(^6.50; hogs, shipping grades, $4<3i 5; sheep, fair to choice, $2^3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 56@57c; corn, No. 2, 47@47V2c; oats, No. 2, 29@30c; rye, No. % 48@50c; butter, choice creamery, 24^i@25%c; eggs, fresh, 20@22c; pota­ toes, car lots, per bushel, 55@G5c. Indianapolis -- Cattle, shipping, $3@ 5.50; hogs, choice light, $4<&5; sheep, common to prime, $2@2.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 50®31c; corn, No. 1 white, 41® 41 oats, No. 2 white, 33@34c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3<&«; hogs, $3@4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 53@54c; coj-n, No. 2, 45@46c; oats, No. 2, 80@31c; rye, No. 2, 53@54c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50@5.50; hogs, £4@5; sheep, $1 @8; wheat, No. 2 red, 54 <Sj54»4c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45@45%c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 32@33c; rye, No. 2, 5o(M56c. - Detroit--Cattle, $2.50<S6.28; hogs, $4@ 4.75; sbe*i», $2®2.50; wheat. No. 1 white, 56%@57%e; corn, No. 2 yellow, 43@44c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@34c; rye, No. 2. 49@51c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 66@57c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45@46c; oats, I*o. 2 White, 32@33c; rye, No. 2, 49@51c. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50©5.25; hogs, $4@ 5; sheep, $2@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 58^@ 59%c: corn, No. 3 yellow, 46^£@47%c; oats, No. 2 white, 3G@36%c. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 59® 59V£c; corn, No. 3, 45@45V^c; oats, No. 2 white, S2@32^c; barley, No. 2, 52fa,54c; rye, No. 1, 49®51c; pork, mess, $12.26 @12.75. New York--Cattle, $3®6; hogs, $3.50® 6.25; sheep, $2@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 60 @61<*; corn, No. 2, 58@59c; oats, No. 2 white, 38@39c; butter, creamery, &£% SPOILS FOR VICTOR*^ Patronage Amounting to Over $300,- OOO Goes to the Ruling Party. The patronage which goes with the transfer of the House of Representatives to the Republicans amounts to over $300,000 a year in salaries. And there is no civil-service examination to be passed. The most prominent of these of­ fices,-the salaries which attach to them, and the names of those who surrender- them are given: Speaker's Office--Private secretary to Speaker, John T. Waterman, Georgia, $2,102; clerk to Speaker's table, Charles It. Crisp, Georgia, $2,102; clerk to Speaker! P. W. Bar­ rett, Georgia, fl,600; messenger to Speaker, Henry NeaJ, District of Columbia, $000. Clerk's Office--Clerk, James Kerr, Penn­ sylvania, $5,000: chief clerk, Thomas O. Towles, Missouri, f3,000; Journal clerk, N. T. Crutchfleld, Kentucky $3,000; reading clerks, W. J. Houghtaling, New York, B.'MSOO; Pembreko Petit, Virginia, tally clerk, F. H. Hosford, Michigan, *3,000: printing and bill clerk, John H.- Eogers, New York, §2,500; disbursing clerk, J. Frank Snyder, Pennsylvania, $2,500; file clerk, Walter H French, Massachusetts, $2,250; enrolling clerks, George B. Parsons?, Illinois, $2,250; assistant disbursing clerk, Thomas B. Kalb- fuK, District of Columbia, $2,000; assistant enrolling clerk, John Kelly, Wisconsin. $2,. 000; resolution and petition clerk, G. G. Luke, North Carolina, $2,000; newsnaner clerk, H. H. Moller, Illinois, ^2,000; Index clerk. H. P. Tompkins, Louisiana, £2,000; superintendent document room, F. B. Smith Texas, $2,000; librarian, Asher Harnett, New York, $2,000; assistant Journal clerk, G. Walker Pratt, South Carolina, |2,000; assist­ ant Index clerk. J. H. Van Buren, West Virginia, per diem, $6; distributing clerk George M. Campbell, Iowa, $1,800; station­ ery clerk, Thaddeus Calilll, New York. St.800; SESistaat librarians, James u. Fisher. Vir­ ginia. $1.WH>; W. W. Screws, Alabama. $1,- 800; bookkeeper, John B. McDonnell, Con­ necticut, $1,600; clerks In clerk's office. P. E. Walsh, Jr., Ohio, $1,000; W. R. Bell. Pennsylvania, $1,000; J. G. Fraser, Arkan­ sas, $1,000; George B. Fleming, Indiana, Sl,- 600; Edward Millen. New Jer.iev. Si coo- Morgan Hawles, Virginia. $1,000;" Allen J.' Hooker, Mississippi, $1,600; document clerk. Joel W. Hlatt, Indiana, $1,440; locksmith, Joseph l8ancs, Maryland, $1,440; messengers In library, J. R. Conklin, Ohio, 1,314; Aaron Itussell, Maryland, $1,314; telegraph opera­ tor, Ii. J. McCrlstal, District of Columbia, §1.200; bookkeeper, W. W. Pennell, Ohio, aaeney. New District' oKcoIumblaT * $720; ̂ Wm! retiring room, Ada N. Hoe, $00^ Office of Postmaster--Postmaster, Lyeur- gus Dalton, Indiana, $2,500; assistant post­ master, John T. Ross. Maryland, $2,000; mes­ sengers, William A. Horhacht, Texas, $1,200; %\liliam C. Crawley, Ohio, $1,200; John Stack, New York. $1,200; Henry Yater. In­ diana, $1,200; John C. Pratt, Connecticut, $1,200; John R. Grace, Illinois, $1,200; Ralph K. Carlton, Indiana, $1,200: M. W. Prescott, Louisiana, $1,200; Reuben Bourn, Kentucky, $1,200; It. H. Woolfolk, Wisconsin. $1,200; laborer, Daniel B. Webster, North Caro­ lina, #720; mall contractor, W. F. Blundon, Maryland. $3,775. „ t>ttice of Doorkeeper -Doorkeeper, Charles II. Turner, New York, $3,500; assistant doorkeeper, W. H. Nichols, Texas, $2,000; superintendent of document room, John A; Hasmay, Missouri, $2,000; assistant superin­ tendent of document room. H. O. Williams, North Carolina. $2,000; department messen Chftflow \V. Coomhtt lf<aaAwi»l ' gQflnft* ysi r. Bristol, Nfcw, rUnam F. Dtoanmey, MassacF ^o ̂M.200; 8umter Mississippi, I] .200; OopeSaad, vfi™. SijOO9lS«ma M, WaddllL South CaroitaarsLoOQ; Martin Gardner. Maryland, $1,000; Elmer B. Hur- •er. West Virginia, $1,000: H. B. Ungsn- felten Indiana, $Lp6o; liTl1. Sterett. Texas, $1,000; Charles weber, Naw York, 91.000; Chas. Asthelder. Wisconsin. $1,000; C. 0. Wilson, Kentaciy, fl,000; laborers, C. li&L tendant Iadl._ . New xork, 1720; assistant to file clerk, Oeo. A. Bbower, Maryland, $900; laborers inthe Clerk s document room, 8. B. Bull, Virginia, W>00; P. Y. Abernathy, Tennessee, M00. The clerkships ana messengersnlps of the following committees and their compensa­ tions are: Appropriations, $3,000; assistant clerk to appropriations, $1,600; messenger to appropriations, $1,000; cl'erk to agriculture, •2,000; claims, $2,000; commerce, $2,000; Dis­ trict of Columbia, $2,000; elections, $2,000: affairs, Tuutau ftSiiiif Invalid pensions, $2,000; irrigation of aria lands, $2,000; Judiciary. $2,000; merchant marine and fisheries, $2,009: military affairs, $2,000; naval affairs, $2,(WO; public lands. $2,000; war claims, $2,000; postofflces and post roads. $2,000; public oalldlngs and grounds, $2,000; digest, claims, $2,000; assist­ ant clerk war claims, $1,200; accounts, $2,000. ECKELS ON BANK ISSUE. He DiacnMes Currency and the Defect* and Limitations of Present System, The report of the Hon. James EL Eckels, Comptroller of the Currency, sub­ mitted to Congress, gives full information In regard to the organization, supervision, and. liquidation of the national banks for the year ended Oct. 31, 1894. It shows that during this period but fifty banks were organized, with a capital stock of $5,285,000, the smallest number char­ tered, as well as the minimum amount of capital, in any one year since l879. Of these banks twenty-seven are in the Northern and Ehstern States, ten in the Southern States, and thirteen in the West­ ern or trans-Mississippi division. On Oct. 31. 1894, the total number ©f national banks in operation was 3,756, with an authorized capital stock of $072,- 671,365, represented by 7,955/»t?6 shares of stock owned by 287,892 shareholders. On Oct. 2,1894, the date of their last re­ port of condition, the total resources of the banks were ?3,473,922,055, of vhich their loans and discounts amounted to $2,- 007,122,191, and money of all kinds in' bank, $422,428,192. Of their liabilities $1,728,418,818 represented individual de­ posits, $334,121,082 surplus and net un­ divided profits, and $172,331,978 circulat­ ing notes outstanding. The total circula­ tion of national banks on Oct. 81, 1894, amounted to $207,472,603, a net decrease during the year of $1,741,563 and a gross decrease of $8,614,864 in circulation se­ cured by bonds. During the year seventy-nine banks, with an aggregate capital stock of $10,- 475,000, passed out of the system by vol­ untary liquidation; twenty-one--including two which failed in 1893--with a capital stock of $2,770,000, became insolvent and were placed in charge of receivers. The feature of the Comptroller's report is his discussion of the currency question and the defects which are said to exist in the note-issuing powers vested in na­ tional banks. On this subject he says: No section of the law should be disturbed which cannot be materially 1 tnproved upon and no amendment engrafted unless such amendment will work out bettor results than flow from the existing order of things. For the present law It niwt l»e conceded it has been successful In every material feature, excepting In the matter of bank-not® Issues, and here the failure has been a partial one. The notes Issued by the banks under govern" mental supervision have been uniform In ap­ pearance and under any and all circum­ stances of the full face value which they pur­ port to> carry. They have possessed the First requisite of a good bank note issue--luunnll- ate convertibility Into coin upon presenta­ tion. It is probable that there conk? be no better plan for simply Insuring the note holder against loss than the present requirement of a deposit of bonds to secure a bank's circula­ tion, but it is equally certain, however, that a method could be devised, not less safe In this respect, and In addition thereto pos­ sessing that which is essential and is now wholly wanting--elasticity of Issue. The com­ plaint, therefore, made against the present system Is that, lacking in elastlcy or Isnu«% it falls to meet as fully as It ought the vary­ ing wants of the country's trade and com­ merce. This defect must attach to every scheme for a currency Isued by the banks against a deposit or bonds, the market value of which fluctuates while the percent­ age of Issue, less than the value of the bonds granted the banks, remains unchanged. But serious as is this fault and retardful as it Is to the business interests of the coun­ try. any attempt to remedy it which should lose sight of or in any wise make less certain the present unquestioned credit and con­ vertibility of the bank Issues of the country could not be justified. It Is a duty of govern­ ments to see that the currency which circu­ lates among the people shall always be of the very highest character, the soundness of which should never be a subject of inquiry. For thirty years the American people have had satm a bank currency, and having seen th^ulue of it both here and abroad they will be content to have any Innovation made unless such new departure insures not only equal but better results. It is respectfully suggested that not only as good but better results would lie attained If tlie present bank act were amended by re­ pealing the provision thereof requiring each bank as a prerequisite to entering the sys­ tem and Issuing bank-note currency to de­ posit government bonds. In lieu of such provision should be substituted one permit­ ting the banks to Issue circulating notes against their assets to an amount equal to at least 60 per cent, of their unimpaired capital. The Comptroller follows this suggestion with the further one for the maintenance of a safety fund to be provided by grad­ uated taxation upon the outstanding cir­ culation of the banks until the same shall be equal to not less than 5 per cent, of the total of such outstanding circulation, this fund to be held by the Government as an agent only, and for the purpose of immediately redeeming the notes of insol­ vent banks. It is to be immediately re­ plenished out of the assets of the banks, on which it shall be a first and paramount lien, and from assessment to the extent of the double liability on the shareholders. Civil Service Report. The eleventh annual report of the Unit­ ed States civil service commission shows that from July 1, 1893, to June 80, 1894, 4,372 appointments were made in the classified service, an increase of eighty- three over the previous year. The num­ ber is divided as follows: Departmental service 385. railway mail service 718, In­ dian service 166, customs service 280, and nontal service 2,823. The whole number of applicants examined for the five branches of the classified service was 37,- 379, of whom 22,131 passed. The commission claims that experience shows that all positions in the govern­ ment service, with possibly a few excep­ tions, can be filled under the competitive system. About one-half of all the em­ ployes of the classified service are in the 010 classified postoffices. The lUw, it is said, is now better observed in the larger offices than ever before The Indianap­ olis and Baltimore offices are cited as hav­ ing been very badly managed from a civil service standpoint, but are now con­ sidered well conducted, as are those of Boston and Chicago. Politics is said to have been practically eliminated in mak­ ing appointments and removals in almost all of the larger postoffices, as well as in most branches of the departmental ser­ vice at Washinton. The report declare# that politics should have nothing to do with continuance in the service, but that to soifle extent religious and political rea­ sons will influence dismissals until there is a requirement of law or rule that not only shall the reasons for dismissals be made a matter of record and be made known to the person dismissed but that S^HjETAAYCAItUSLE Pttbfbsfi SOME REFORMS. tu Hia Annual Report He Few Badly Needed Changes lit the Currency Lrfsgialation--Would Reviae 8Ste Bond Lawi. Chan area Muat Be Made. 7 The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances has been sent to Congress. It shows thit the revenues of the government from all sources for the fiscai^pear ended June 30, 1894, were (372,802,468 and the expendi­ ture# 1442,605.758, which shows a deficit of $69,803,260. As compared with the fiscal year 1893 the receipts for 1894 fell off $88,914,063. During the year there was a decrease of $15,952,674 in the ordinary expendi­ tures^ of the government. The revenues for the current fiscal year are thus esti­ mated upon the basis of existing laws: From customs. .$160,000,000 From Internal revenue 165,000,000 From miscellaneous sources 19,000,000 «rom postal service 84,427,748 ..$424,427,748 same period . *01 *>rn eery .. 53^250,000 .. 32,500,000 .. 11,500,000 .. 140,500,000 .. 31,000,000 .. 84,427,748 Total estimated revenues... The expenditures for the are estimated as follows: For t.hft olvH n 1 ™ £or tfte military establishment For the naval establishment.. For the Indian service For pensions For interest on the public debt For postal service Total estimated expenditures. .$444,427,748 The above figures, compared vrtth the estimated revenues, Bhow a deficit of $20,- 000,000. It is estimated that upon the bflflis of PVieHnrr la or a >hn ii,. ••• "gj *VTVUU«0 W UtC government for the fiscal year 1896 will be: » From customs .$185,000,000 From internal revenue.... 190,000,000 From miscellaneous sources..... 15,000,000 From postal service 86,907,407 . » , • * Ik . 1 - „ Total estimated revenues.. ... .#476,907.407 The Secretary thinks many small dis­ trict offices should be consolidated and a general reorganization of the customs ser­ vice made. He also asks for $100,000 per annum for investigating Chinese cases and pay­ ing expenses of deportation, owing to the new treaty with China. Subject of Currency Reform. ' The most important feature of Mr* Car­ lisle's report is his discussion of the sub­ ject of currency reform, in the course of which the administration's plans of a new system of currency are set forth in detail. Mr. Carlisle reviews the financial statis­ tics referred to in the tabulated state­ ment and charges $3,022,000 of the de­ ficit to the importation of raw sugar prior to the time the new tariff law went into effect. The income tax will afford no revenue till July 1, 1895, but there is rea­ son to believe the importation of sugar must soon be resumed on a large scale, and he thinks by July 10 considerable col­ lections under the income tax law will have been made. He is of the opinion that the execution of the present laws will yield sufficient revenue for 1896 and leave a surplus of $28,814,920. In urging financial legislation for the purpose of supporting the public credit Mr. Carlisle says: "The well-known defects In our financial system and the serious nature of the evils threatened by them have done more during the last two years to Impair the credit of the Government and the people of the United Btates nt home and abroad and to check our Industrial and commercial progress than all other things combined, and our first and plainest duty Is to provide, If possible, some effective method for the prompt and perma­ nent relief of the country from the conse­ quences of the present unwise policy." The Secretary then reviews the circum­ stances leading up to the first $50,000,000 issue of bonds, yielding $58,660,917 and increasing the free gold in the treasury to $107,446,802. The lowest point reached by the reserve since the resumption of specie payments was on the 7th day of August, 1894, when, by reason of with­ drawals in the redemption of notes, it was reduced to $52,189,500. After that date it was slowly replenished by voluntary exchanges of gold co>u for United States notes by the banks and by small receipts of gold in the payment of dues to the gov­ ernment until the 14th of November, 1894, when it reached the sum of $61,- 878,374. In the meantime, however, the frequent presentation of notes fcr redemption in gold clearly indicated the existence of a feeling of uneasiness in the public mind. In addition the vast accumulation of money at our financial centers and the general depression in business which pre­ vailed in this country had so reduced the rates of discount that the inducement to keep funds abroad was much greater than in ordinary times and made it highly im­ prudent to neglect any precaution which appeared necessary to insure the safety of our financial position. Therefore, the Becond issue of $50,000,000 was decided upon. The proceeds of the sale, $58,- 538,500, have nearly all been paid into the treasury, according to the terms of the sale, reducing the rate of interest to 2.878 per cent. The transaction justifies the opinion that a 2% per cent, bond could probably have been sold at par. Here the Secretary asks for a law giving him such authority, saying it would strengthen public confidence. Preservation of the Gold Reserve. With regard to the redemption of gov­ ernment obligations the Secretary shows his attitnde on the hard money question and says the one who presents paper for redemption must be given his choice of metals, as a change would work hardship on the public and nation. This condition cannot be permanently remedied except by great changes in the laws relating to the subject The situation is the result, too, of three policies: The circulation of United States notes as currency and their current redemption in coin on demand; the compulsory reissuance of such notes after redemption; the excessive accumu­ lation and coinage of silver and the issue of notes and certificates against it At a lower ratio than is warranted. He con­ tinues: "Frequent issues of bonds for the purpose of procuring gold, which cannot be kept after It has been obtained. wlH certainly cause In­ creased distrust among our own people as well as among the people of other countries and not only swell the volume of our securi­ ties returning from abroad for sale or re­ demption, but Increase the withdrawal of foreign capital heretofore Invested In our do­ mestic enterprises. , , "It Is not the capitalists alone whose inter­ ests are affected by the use or threatened use of a depreciated and fluctuating cur­ rency and the consequent derangement and diminution of business. A paralysis of busi­ ness. whatever may be its cause, strikes first the wage-earner. "Under our present currency system, the volume of circulation is unchangeable; It Is unalterably fixed at a certain amount and noinatter how great the emergency may be It can be neither enlarged nor diminished. The only part of the currency possessing In any degree the quality of elasticity is that Issued by the national banking associations and It Is now generally conceded, I believe, that In this particular, at least, it has fulled to meet the requirements of the situation at some of the most critical periods In business affairs of the country." The Nutionul Bank Question* With regard to tho "Baltimore plan" for national banks the Secretary says: "As the plan suggested proposes to exempt the Government of the united States from ail liability for the redemption of national }. bank notes and place the sole responsibility I upon the banks themselves, a guaranty fuml of not less than 30 per centum xuton the out- | standing circulation is regarded as a very j proper and necessary feature of the system." Then coming down to the tariff he says: I "The raw materials used In the production ; of commodities for the use of the people In j their homes and In their various industrial I parsults should be free from taxation. If list 4 Ifhlle It places •S-ft O; gether with severtf other »t)cies SeqoMce, ftlU<r ' " -. _ :! dutiable, thus not to pat In force a consistent s; nue reform but leaving some o: uable industries at a great disSd#Ukl compared with their rivals diffi cated." _______ KSTTMATRPL Appro 170,013| 7,780, of the Treasury Thinks HI Can Get Along: with a Million Lese, j The Secretary of the Treasury has sent< " ,> to the House of Representatives his esU-i. '>.,i mates of appropriations required for ^ fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, whtebi 1 aggregate $410,435,079 as against $411^! ̂ 879,041 estimated for the present fti ^ ! year. Following is a recapitulation of 1 estimates by departments for 1896, w comparisons with the appropriations for': 1895, cents omitted: ' _ _ Estimates, Departments, 1896. Legislative «8^S6,742 Executive .......... 199,540 State 1,788,538 Treasury 138,487,281 War 54,855.629 Navy 31,999,886 Interior 158,929,873 Postoffice 6,632,826 Agriculture ...Vi.. 2,400,330 Labor 187,470 Justice 6,724,960 Grand totals .$410,435,079 $415,760,94® 5^ The changes of interest in these esti- mates present as compared with the ap-j i im­ propriations for the current fiscal year are) ' as follows: ; i ^ In the Legislative branch: Salaries an<£ ^ expenses are increased about $225,000,' public works about $400,000, public print-1 §3; ing about $750,000. i Treasury department: Salaries and ex-j !| penses are increased about $100,000, ter-j ^ ritorial governments are decreased nhnntj p':a $30,000, internal revenue increased $817,-' ^ 000, of which $469,600 is on account ofi , the collection of the income tax provided. for by the act of Aug. 18, 1894. The estimates for public works are near- ly $4,000,000 in excess of the present ap- 'M propriations of which about $2,000,000 ia, ^ for the continuation or completion of pub-! lie buildfngs as follows: Allegheny, Pa.,! to complete, $175,000; Buffalo, continual ^ tion, $200,000; Chicago, repairs, $50,000^ ^ Clarksville, Tenn., completion, $15,000;' '% Fort Worth, Texas, completion, $40,000; - ",J Kansas City, continuation, $100,0JK); Lit-i ^ tie Rock, Ark., additions, $58,000; New-; ark, N. J., completion and additional! fjf lands, $200,000; Norfolk, Va., completion,] $60,000; Omaha, continuation, $200,000;' S Portland, Or., continuation, $100,000;' ii Pueblo, Col., continuation, $50,000; St.; Paul, Minn., continuation, $150,000; San; Francisco, commencement, $150,000; Sa-. "?§> vannah, Ga., completion, $200,000; Sioux; , City, Iowa, continuation, $50,000; Wash-. |J* ington, D". C., continuation, $500,000; * Worcester, Mass., completion, $50,000. 8 i 1 Hrleflets. China has accepted the English offer v | of a 4% per cent, loan of £1,200.000. j Six murders in two months in Michigan; have resulted in agitation for capital pun- u ishment. i Capt. McKenzie, of the Cleveland fire department, has fallen heir to one-fiftb< ^ of a $533,000 fortune. Chicago and New York Congressmen; will co-operate to secure appropriations; ?| for new postoffice buildings. )j§ The first rain for four months fell in :l Arkansas, putting out the forest firee v which had done great damage. K Four men who robbed the postoffice at.- Ticonderoga, N. Y. were captured by a <£;• sheriff's posse after a desperate fight. ^tev. Dr. Henry M. Storrs, who defend- ed Prof. Briggs before the Presbyterian general assembly, died at Orange, N. J. William Brandt, a blacksmith at Freer landsville, Ind., committed suicide by hanging on account of financial troubles. Avalanches of snow, ice and earth, and. :~. not an eruption, were what changed the | appearance of Mt. Ranier in Washington. Judge McMaster set aside the allow- ances made by Receiver Failey and his, ^ attorneys in the Iron Hall case at Indian- apolis. ' Gov. Waite is continuing his war on Denver gamblers. He charges that the clergy are in league with the worst ele- ^ ments. ^ The proclamation of amnesty issued by the Czar includes the Lutheran clergy­ men who were arrested in the Baltic provinces. - ,A Fire which started from unknown causes did $15,000 damage to the boxinf < -, department of the Cudahy Packing Com­ pany at South Omaha. Judge McConnell of Fargo refused to annul the marriage of Aaron Hirschfield to Dell Hogan, and declared his witnesses to be unworthy of belief. Robert G. Ingersoll, said to be a ne­ phew of the great New York lawyer, is under arrest at Minneapolis, charged with having stolen law books. The Anderson (Ind.) paper mills were sold at receiver's sale to Crawford Fair­ banks, president of the American Straw- board syndicate, for $83,000. Many roads are suffering from a car famine owing to increased local business, while others are sending "empties" East to accommodate west-bound traffic. Missouri River packers are stirred up over the advance in rates on live hogs and packing-house products and may re­ taliate by shipping via gulf ports. A negro killed A. B. Leigh, a farmer, near Newman, Ga., and had a revolver drawn to shoot Mrs. Leigh, but Lijla, a daughter, seized her father's shotgun and drove the man from the house. Rabbi Wise, known by Hebrews all over the country, will resign the presi­ dency of the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati. He founded the college and has served as president, wthout pay, for nineteqjh years. Advices from "Bob" Kneebs, the fam­ ous American horseman who was arrest­ ed in Germany on a charge of "ringing" horses on German race tracks, show that he has not yet been released from cus­ tody, as reported. Cincinnati ministers are fighting Sun­ day theatres. Two of the ministers went to Havlin's Theatre and stayed long enough to qualify themselves as wit­ nesses. The police refused to arrest the actors until the perfofoiaace was con­ cluded. Recent observations at Mount Lowe bbservatory indicate that the Edward Swift comet discovered by the son of Prof. Swift at that observatory on Tues­ day evening, November 20, may turn out to be the famous lost comet discovered by Devico at Rome November 22, 1844, just half a century ago. The society women of San Francisco have adopted a novel plan to raise money for a children's hospital. Proprietor Hearst of the San Francisco Examiner will turn over the whole plant to them* and they will get out the Christmas edi­ tion of the paper, the entire proceeds of the day's business to go to the hospital fund. The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows the following changes as compared with the previous account: Cash in hand, decrease 1,300,- 000 marks; treasury notes, decrease 400,- 000 marks; other securities, decrease 2,680,000 marks; notes in circulation, In­ crease 28,210,000 marks. 4 m George Meredith, the English nor- ellst, was paid for his last novel at til* ̂ 1,000 wttjcda.. ... - ... . . . . /. •. r ul .. '. v ^ mailto:2@2.75 mailto:3@4.75 mailto:3.50@5.50