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I .MerenSPeMtter. ILLINOia WORLD OVER. ' lKWlXIGgSCK FB01i§TWf PAST OF THE GE.OBK. INMbMMTof • V««k Gathered from file •tabraclng I'oliUcal Doings, I*er- l̂ ifipfntu, Accldenta, Criminal I*hor Koto*. Btc. ettdm Vara the fast ad!«*»e whining into Herkimer, N. I., two young girls were on the track, and In imminent danger of run over. Flagman Waiver saw A NOTORIOUS ADVEttTTTRER. Sg;s|lii TmaUMer, Who Has Gained Much Pub* <»', lleity, Supposed to Be In Chicago. Dr. TtJMBiiETET, who has become no- torious through his detention in London $<. ' under suspicion of being the Whitechapel murfefer, is thought to be somewhere in He is known to have friends J I ML Tuii&LRffiY in UTS. there. He was in terror of his life in Hew York because of the bitter feeling igainst him among the English residents •df that city. Dr. Tumbletey was a, well-tmotra figure In Brooklyn, N. Y., between W» and ism. At that tint be poaed as an herb doctor, and made a (mtMlof money. With him, as & friend and tttwhnt) tru the young man Hnrold. who sub- eeeuUjr attached himself to John Wilkes (th, aided him to escape after the assassine- t of Llsoohi, and waa executed as an Rceorn- 1a that crime. After this Dr. Tumbletey made slf couapicuoua about the Fifth Avenue i, claiming to be a prominent and wealthy "» physician. At one time he waa aus- of complicity In a plan to introduce yel- w into New Yorkby means of infected He 13 a vary large man, about 8ix feet la height, ana well built. Actord- [*» Ids picture, takian in 1876, be isawanof , , -..rfdedly forbidding aspect: his lace ia very Mdwd his whiskers deeply dyed. CONDITION OF TRADE. * : at Ci,l Weekly Review of the Business of Ikli Country. THE review of trade for last week, as given by R. G. Don & Co., is as follows: 1 Bapcrti of the condition of bnaineaa note a |>V, aanilait feeling aa to the future, but many §ts*&»!4aiaiMB tndtfeieot sections produce slackening '. ,wge the present. Much uneasiness 1a felt in por- / ' • Of the South, and collectiona are not above : %, while feiftuea in aome Southern districts « . 9* many. Memphis re porta 50 per cent, more wan laatyear. Open and mild weather in the . Xerthwoat eaaaea uneasiness in some trades, -• waitlBularly in clothing and boots and shoes at ;• 4 Mapaas City and Milwaukee, and lack of snow Jwhi l"M'"g In Wisconsin. The money v,!' "WMMts an nowhere disturbed. Imports weeka at New York nave been * 3.6 per oant. smeller and exports from New IS par cent, amaller than last vear. at wheat from Atlantic porta Vera bushels, againtt 3,170,703in the aame ; and of flour S9B,tt>7 barrels, with an increaae of 1,345.000 Wheat cloaea higher than a i half acant lower, pork five cats I 90 eenta per 10J pounda; oil has I, coffee three-quartera of a cent, i docllned oue-balf cent. The coal and actual prises S8 to 5o cents Ktale. Wool has alnnoed, the io«» than a cent since the middle The Iron market la dull and with prices a shade weaker at i'itts- fails axe dull at *1.90, bat bar iron is Want of confidence in arrangenifnts of managers prevails, and foreign holders 0 be selling fcra*lnally. The business ;v»apHu«a Bomber SOS, aa compared with Wz the pniisus V(«k and SIC the »• ek previous. For --• the cotrasponding week of last year thefiguree AFFAIR8 IN ZANZIBAR. Bombarded and Destroyed by tin Germans. A DISPATCH trou Zanzibar says: |ARNSih man-of-war is announoed to arrive ocnoectkm with the blockade. Coast grasps ninmsltsu Zanzibar are constantly being -WWWWd by the Germans. It is reported that the OOOBSSI Admiral has gone to meet the English Bushlri.wfth 'A5J0 men armed Mrs, and having two guns, forci- Bagsmoyo. Ha intrenched himself , . m the German company's fortified WM&pald, cutting off retreat to the sea jw tenting the landing of German boats. Gar- iy )• man men-of-war then bombarded the town, de­ stroying I the Britisn Indians, houses. A de- • ,• :;\>.€l0lYpengagement is imn>i»?nt "f!': 'rC- » •• I A Social Sensation.. : THE filing by the Bev. William B. Campbell of papers in a habeas oorpus ease to secure control of his daughter, has lovived the sensational Campbell-Scott case at St. Louis. Mr. Campbell pastor of the Highland Congregational at Boston. the peril which the two girls wore in, and sprang to their rescue. He succeeded in throwing them safely from the track, but Was himself killed. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. A LAKE SHOBE AND MICHIOAH SOUTH­ ERN switch engine tan info snd demol­ ished a street-car at Detroit, Mich. The passengers in the car, eight or ten in number, were all more orles-i injured, and two of them--Mrs. Mary Houk and John Bcenions--were so badly hurt they will die. The accident was caused by the flag­ man neglecting to close the gates. THE murder of Amos J. Snell has been again revived by the offer of an additional reward. Mrs. Snell, tho wife of the mur­ dered millionaire, has sent tho following letter to the Police Department of Chicago: CHICAGO, 111., Dcc. 5,1888.--I, Henrietta Snell, widow of the late Amos J. Snell, wiil pay -via,- 00J reward for the arrest and detention until identified by the authorities of the city of Chi­ cago, o! William B. Tascott, the supposed mur­ derer of my husband. The above rewn.ru ia Offered in lieu of all other rewards announced by me, and will hold good for four (4) months from this date. All communications to oe sent to George W. Hubbard, General feuperintendt-ni; of Police, or to Mr. A. J. Stone, M* West Madi­ son street, Chicago, 111. HKNHIETTA SNKIX. , In the history of crime this reward Is the largest amount ever offered for tho appre­ hension of any one persoji. THE corner-stone of the new St. Au­ gusta Epi6copsl Cathedral was laid at Sioux Falls, D. T., with elaborate ecclesi­ astical and Masonic ceremonies. Delega­ tions were piesent from all Masonic bodies in South Dakota, and a large num­ ber of visiting clergy were piese^t. The Cathedral was presented (o that city by John Jacob A8tor. o~ Kew York City, as a memorial to his wife. the Sharon Branch of the Lake Shore Road, near Youngstown, Ohio, a passenger and mixed train were in col­ lision on a curve. Conductor James Ken­ nedy was killed, and Brakeman Patrick Lallv fatally hurt. Other persons were slightly injured. The financial loss is placed at $23,000. FIVE acres of sawed lumber in the yards of Woods, Jenks & Co., at Cleveland, Ohio, were destroyed by an incendiary fiie. The loss is placed at $75,000, and the insurance aggregates $82,500. A BOMAXTIC marriage has taken F lace at Friendship, Dearborn County, Ind. Anthony Opp, a wealthy and respected old citizen, who for many years was Postmas­ ter under different Republican .adminis­ trations, besides holding many other local offices of impoitance, concluded, notwithstanding ho will be 80 yeirs old in the spring, to get married again and ask for the postoffice bssck whea Harrison takes hh seat. The old gentle­ man is the father of thirteen children. He selected as his wife Mrs. Heflelhiiuier, the mother of sixteen living children, and who is about 51 years of age. By uniting their fnmilies the couple have now twenty-nine children, forty-niae grand­ children, and eleven great grandchildren. The wedding was i pleasant affair, and many friends hope the couple will li*e long enough to see their fum ly greatly increased. A PITCHED battle occurred at Bevier, Mo., between the Swedes importe 1 from Chicago and the striking mineis, which lasted all one night. Nearly two thousand shots were fired and the row of houses north of the Hannibal and, St. .Joseph passenger depot were riddled with bullets, merchandise and furniture being destroyed or injured. It was a veritable night of tenor for the families of citizens not di­ rectly interested in the mine trouble. The only fatality known to have occurred was the killing of Charles Thombald, an imported Chicago Swede, who was shot dead while trying to get into a shaft. He is the man who fired the opening shot. at tbe second riot a few weeks ago. Gov. Morehouse ordered a company of militia to proc< ed- from Kansas City to the scene Of the trouble. Adjutant General Jamison was also ordered to Bevier. A DISASTROUS freight wreck occurred on the Memphis and Birmingham Road, at a point fifty miles south of Springfield, Mo. Nine freight cars were utterly de­ molished, causing a loss to the road of $20,000. Xone of tbe crew was huxfc» ; trains were delayed. ^ ; f vf. An Old Stager. ONELI BOOT, a Western pioneer drove stage between Chicago and Detroit before the days of railroads, died in Elkhart, Ind., aged 89. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS, I . AT Ludlow, opposite Cincinnati* Ohio, the masons and hod-carriers, about twenty in number, engaged in the con­ struction of the Southern Railroad shops, quarreled, and engaged in a general fight, in which lowlders, brickbats, trowels, spikes, and hoes were the weapons. Hen- SGreen, a colored hod-carrier, had his ull broken with a pick, and was danger­ ously injured. Several others were seri­ ously but not fatally hurt. JUDGE W. H. MCBKAYER, the well- known Louisville, Ky., distiller, who was stricken with paralysis, is dead. He had amassed a fortune and was known throughout the entire country. DOINGS OF CONGRESS. ftoraal House Committees Beport and Mat­ ters Referred--Senate Not In Session. A resolution calling on the Secretary of tha : Treasury for information aa to what relief can fee tarnished by the revenue-cutter service and tha life-aaving service to American whaling and ftahing vesse'e wrecked in Behring Bea or the Arctic Ocean, Waa adopted by the i Hooa* cn the 7th inat. Mr. Foran of Ohio, troan the Committee on Appropriations, reported . ttte invalid penaiona appropriation bill, which " Was refamd to tbe commltte J of the whole. Mr. ' Crtap, of Oaorria, from the Committee on Elec­ tions, submitted the report on thu South Caro- liaa contest"! election • ane of ISmalla against Bluett, and it waa placid upon the calendar.* It < Apia in favor of tho comcatee, Elliott, The MttBrity report praaentud by Mr. Kowell, of IUi- ftOia. alao piuced upon the calendar, provides for lltmtllnl of Hmallti. Tuo House then want Jsto committee of the v. hole, Mr. McMiUin, of Tatmcaaiwi, In tbe chair, on the private calendar, < tbapaading business being the Senate bill to ' jBOOrporata tne Nicaragua Canal Company. . Vba House then adjourned. The wa»«iot In aeaaion. . --_ Mow X M batter, bat be etuio IM «guraklaata this ooofaaaion to the Oamaa This confession was sworn to by Badi- ger and has bm seat to the German Con­ sul, VoUko, ft Cincinnati. , . A ZAKBIBAB telegram says: An En­ glish aisaionaiy and a native catechumen were captured la a canoe by natives at a village south of Bugamoyo. They were thought to be Germans, and were on the point of being killed when they were recognised by a native bystander. They were immediately released, and were in­ formed that the tribes were only warring with the Germans. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, I THE Secretary of the Treasury^ has transmitted to Congress estimates of appropriations required for the Govern­ ment service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890. They aggregate $323,467,- 488, which is $3,062,305 less than the esti­ mates for 1889, and $3,5J0,5|1 more than the appropriations for the current fiscal year. The estimates are as follows: Legis­ lative establishment,$3,381,963; executive, $18,955,081; judicial, $436,000; foreign in­ tercourse, $1,757,565; military, $25,293,- 372; naval, $25,162,028; Indian affairs, $5,- 475,410; pensions, $81,758,700; public works, $21,204,909; postal service, $4,- 303,414; miscellaneous, $26,856,385; per­ manent annual appropriations, $108,691,- 055. The estimates include $100,000 for the impvoveifaent of the Calumet River, $387,000 for Illinois Biver, $172,000 for Chicago harbor, $43,000 for Calumet har- bof, and $30,000 for Waukegan. THE following is a recapitulation of the public debt st atement issued by the Treas­ ury Department &tr ̂ Vftshingtou for tht mouth c« November; __ INTKJUCST-BKAIUVG DKBT. Bonda at4} ̂ percent • 187,020.663 Bonds at 4 per cent 661,283.750 Refunding certiAcatea at 4 per cent, l w.090 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent 14.OJO.COO Pacific railroad bonds at 0 per cant. 64,623,512 Principal, lntereat Total DEBT ON WHICH DJTKKKBT • HATUJnZT. Principal............ lntereat. Total............... 2,315,031 DEBT BKAAINO NO IMTKRKST. Old demand and legal-tender notea.S 3-16,737,823 Certificates of deposit II.HH .O-JJ Gold certificates Ii9,6?4,2i8 KUver certificates S3,, Fract ional currency (leaa sa,3?8,034, eat i m ated aa loat or daatroyed).... 6,019,018 ..* 917,068,'20'i 9,8.6,258 956,964,'60 CEASED UKCI 2,151,745 • • 161,283 Principal Principal lntereat. TOTAL DKBT. ...» 731,697,753 ...»1,690,">17,706 1U.U67.744 •1.69Jt97o,tt50 Total Leaa cash itenia available lor reduction ot debt.. .$33?,850,787 Lna reserve lieldsjor re- - «. damption of btatea notea lOtMOO.OOO 4 f 430,2V),787 : Total debt leaa availahit caah hema *1,3 6,724,463 KeiNcash in the Treasury 5i, JM,61d Debt leaa cash in Treasury Dec. 1, S1.148.483,8» Debt leaa caah in Treaaory Mov. i. 18f» 1,137,873,93# Ircreaae of debt during tbe montb « 11,19)817 Decrease of debt ainpe June 30. 1S6& 17,60i,8UiS CASH IN THE TBEABtTBT. Available for reduction of the puolia debt: Oold held for gold certiH- catea actually outstanding. $ 129,264,$.8 Silver held for silver certivicatea act­ ually ontsianding 237,416,789 I'. K notea held lor certiflcatea ot deposit actually outatanding 11,E60,000 Caah held tor matured debt and in­ terest unpaid li,V03,28J Fractional currency l,4tfc) Total available for reduction ot debt « a»j,3s?,ns IUE8KRVX FCNO. Held for redemption of U. 8. notea, acta Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12,188i.$ 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of debt c Frafctiona! silver coin. $ 23,801,076 Minor coin.. '<1, 31 Total Certiflcatea hekl aa caah...... ...... Ket caah balance on hand 1 S ,H7. ,H07 4I ,4 v* ,417 52,'234,',10 Total caah in Treasury aa ahown by Treasurer s general account* 612.781.621 HRONEK FOUND GUILTY. JOHN HKONEK, the Chicago auarehist, who, it is alleged, sought to injure cer­ tain property, and advised the assassina- ton of certain Judges who figured in tho anarchist trials of Chicago, was found guilty in thirty minutes after retiring by the jury before whom he was tried. Ths J EASTERN OCCURRENCES. AN Assoeiated Press telegram float tWhittenton, Mass., says: Incitement runs high here over several ae- «• on women by an unknown man, who, his acts, haa evidently been reading of the lehapel murders. The police are en the at for him, and a large number of young _ . > Pawrol the ward in the hope of diacovering iM&A faw nighta ago he attacked a young worn- paH t field, but her acreama brought aome • to her aid^ and the fellow fled, carrying ^gPna Uinbrallawith him. The next night a Ml Into hia clutches, and later he at- tO assault another, and again a til I a (girl. In each instance his victima laped or gave an alarm which him away. A married woman, d by her little children, was hy, the raacal. She deacribed about 30 yrars of age, of and wearing a brown threw his arms about her neck „ h«r mouth with one band. One of mUmi commenced to scream and he ,4d 4lM- ehttd down. The woman made a atched his hands and face, . . „ . . leaving her in a fainting con- A faaiing of' terror has opead among S ajfel girts of Whittenton, and they 1# 00 AM amceompanied after dark. IN the suit of ICary McNish, of Pitts- •Imrg, Pa., in the ooarts there against her ignardian, ex-Prothoaotary B. F. Kennedy, itt developed that part of tbe property of late James MeNish, real estate oa vaukee avenue, Chicago, which Ken- had not aoeoantod for, was now f40.0M, aad tad (MM teto other POLITICAL PORRIDGE. A CHABIJESTON (W. Va.) special says: The recount in Kanawha County com­ pleted shows that Anderson (Dem.), can­ didate for Congress in the Third District, gained 25 votes in Charleston, which elects him by 17. Fleming (Dem.), for Governor, gained 28 votes. This will, it is believed, give the Democrats the Gov­ ernor also. THE official returns of the vote of Ore­ gon give these results: Harrison, 33,293; Cleveland, 26,524; Fisk, 1,667; Streeter, 363; scattering, 61; total vote, 61,918; Harrison's plurality, 6,769. Blaine's plurality in 1884 was 2,256 on a total vote of 51,554. THE official canvass of the vote of Washington Territory gives J. B. Allen (Bep.), for Congress, 26,291: Charles S. Voorhees (Dem.), 18,920; B. S. Greene, (Pro.), 1,137. The Legislature is almost solid y Bepublican. THE Nebraska State Convention of the Woman's Suffrage Association elected these officers for tbe ensuing year: Presi­ dent, Mrs. C. B. Colby, of Beatrice; Sec­ retary, Miss Isabel Bond, of Lincoln; Treasurer, Mrs. M. J. Eldridge, of Lin coin. THE official plurality for Harrison in Maine is 23,253.' Harrison's plurality in Illinois is 22,201, and Fifer's plurality is 12,547. THE resignation of Congressman Perry Belmont of New York has been accepted. KABKET REFORM. .84 <0 .10*0 JU 0 a <9 .51 .36 .11?! .30 THE NATION'S TREASURY cornea m Mailt Jam WffiTBtn XT COBS* Sacrataiy Falrchlld, of the Hatlonal Treaa- ntjr, Itakea Hia Annual Beport to Con- trsai--Aa Iatannlag Pawmisi A ylu of«IM,«OO^Me. [Washington apedal] .$888>M7,40&&4 uaxiira wmn>. The requirements of the act of Feb. 90, im<R. a, 8888, 8689), establishing a sinking fand for the gradual extinguish­ ment of the public debt, estimated for the The following comprehensive document oorrent fiscal year at 147,688,000, have has beenj>reseuted to Congress by Secre- ; been thus far met by the redemption of tary Fairchild, of the National Treasury. * It is a complete digest of the workings of j that department for the past year: The ordinary re venues of the government from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1888, were: Frbm customs $219,061,173.63 From internal revenue From sales of public land*.. From profits on coinage, bul­ lion d posits, and assays.. From tax on national banks From fees--consular, letters- patent, and land From customs fwetj, fines, penalties, etc From sinking fund for Paci­ fic railways. From miscellaneous sources. 124,286,871.98 11,202,017.23 9,387,634.48 1,748,564.85 8,433,44a 99 1,097,448.20 Total ordinary receipts. $379,266,074.76 The ordinary expenditures for the same period were: For civil expenses For foreign intercourse..... For Indian service For pefisions. For the military establish­ ment, including rivers and harbors and arsenals For the naval establish­ ment, including, vassols, machinery, ai^d improve­ ments at navy yards For miscellaneous expendi­ tures, including public buildings, light-houses, and collecting the reve­ nues For expenditures On ac­ count of the District of Columbia r For interest on the public debt 122,852,334.03 1,593,441.40 6,249,307.87 80,288,508.77 >,522,436.11 16,926,487.65 44,228,351.89 4,278,113.48 44,715,007.47 Total ot dinary expenditures.$259,653,958.67 Leaving a surplus of $119,612,11.6.09 Which was applied as follows: Purchase of bonds for sink­ ing fund, including $3,- 852,015.88 for premium.. $36,557,165.88 Redemption of-- • s s,« : Fractional currency for sinkr- ing fund »:fi* Loan of July and August 1861 Loan of 1863 Five-twenties of 1862...... Five-twenties of 1865 Ten-forties of 1864 Consols of 1865 .. ......... Consols of 1867.. , Consols of 1868.. .v... Oregon war debt. .«•».. Funded loan of 18^1... Loan of July 1882 Old demand, compound in­ terest," fractional curren­ cy, and other notes..... Funded loan of 1891 Funded loan of 1907...... Premium on loans of 1891 and 1907 "*W:{ '** fsf 'fc $iW.00 84,350.00 4,500.00 J 1,800.00 1,500.00 7,850.00 26,350.00 97,550.00 1,250.00 v 150.00 i 88,100.00 |,175,7<i0.00 Leaving a balance added to the cash in the Treasury of Total $119,612,116.09 As compared with the fiscal year 1887, the receipts for 1888 have increased $7,- 862,797.10, as follows: Source-- • > Increase. Internal revenue.. $5,473,480.76 Customs Sales of public lands. Miscellaneous items.. Decrease. Soldiers1 home, permanent fund .\J?»3,070.18 Tax on national banks 61-7,284.33 Sales of old public buildings,. 624,882.20 Sales of Indian lands.... Net increase $7,802,797.10 There was a decrease in the ordinary expenditures of $8,278,221.HO, as follows: Decrease. Increase. Miscellaneous and civil.. $12,312,564.79 Interest pub­ lic debt... 3,026,56fe. 78 War depart? ment 38,589.74 Pensions.. .j,. , $5,259,406.98 Navy depart­ ment 1,785,810.85 Indians...... 54,785.18 $15,377,724.31 $7,099,503.01 V loaxBions. ' « . trial lasted several days, and was replete with startling interest. Judge Collins, before whom he was tried, fixed his pun­ ishment at twelve years in the peniten­ tiary. A friend announced the verdict and judgment of the court to Hronek in Bohemian, and the indifference which ho constantly maintained during his trial did not change in the least. Jtok decrease. 7.1^,278,221.30 FISCAL YEAR 1389. ^ For the present flsoal year the revenues, actual and estimated, are as follows: Customs V. ... .$217,000,000.00 Internal revenue - . 125,000,000.00 treasury notes, fractional currency, and of the United States, whtt had to bear interest, to $77,797.35 and by the purchase of $36,839,- 65b of the funded loan of 1891, at a cost to the fund for premium of $7,672,229.29 on the former and $844,206,73 on the latter loan. StTBPLUS REVENUE. In the last annual report it waa estimated that the revenues for the year to end June 30, 188^, would exceed the ordinary expen­ ditures, not including the sinking fund. $113,000,000. It will be seen from the foregp- ing statement that such excess was in reali­ ty f 1.9,612,110.09, or $6,112,116.09 more than the department estimate. It was estimated in the saim report that the like 1,170,331.48 I surplus for the fiscal year to end June 30, 7,83H,581.97 : 18^y» would be $104,313,365. <t4. Judging from the actual expenditures for the first quarter of this fiscal year, and in the iight of receipts and expenditures to the of November, it is probable that this esti­ mate will prove to have been fairly accu­ rate, and that the surplus will almost exact­ ly equal the predicted sum. The accumulated surplus on Sept. 29. 1888, was $96,444,845.84; the surplus reve­ nues from that date to June 30, 1889, as estimated, are $85,365,203.25, making the total accumulation on June 30, 1889, which could be used • in the purchase of bonds. $171,810,054.09; however, between said Sept. 29 and Nov. 22 $44*399,509.50 has been paid for bonds; consequently, if no more bonds were bought between now and June 30 next the sui^ilus would then 'amount to $127,000,000. Upon the basitf of appropriations recommended by the de­ partment, and upon the assumption that the revenues of the fiscal years to end June 30, 1889 and 1890, will be equal, the surplus revennes for the latter flscal year will be $101,000,000, which, with the surplus reve­ nues of this year and the surplus already accumulated, make a total of $228,000,000, which might be used during the next nine­ teen months in the purchase of the interest- bearing debt, and which ought to be used for that purpose unless the laws are so changed as to reduce the difference between expenditures'^and revenue by nearly that sum. About $188,000,000 of tbe 4} per cent bonds are now outstanding; they are pay­ able Sept. 1, 1891. The total amount of interest which will accrue on them from now until their maturity is in round numbers $25,000,000; consequently the present surplus and the surplus which will prbbably accrue before July 1,1890, will suffice to pay the principal of those bonds and all the interest which would accrue upon them should they be permitted to re­ main unpaid until their maturity. The principal qf the 4 per cent bonds is now $680,000,000, and the interest which could accrue upon them until their ma­ turity in 1907 is about $500,000,000; a cal­ culation will show that the present surplus revenues, if continued, would pay before 1900 all of the 4 per cent bonds and all of this interest. Of course all the money which is saved by the purchase bonds less than the principal and the interest to ac­ crue but shortens the time when all tho bonds may be paid if the holders will sur­ render them. Nothing more is needed than the fore­ going statement to show the absolute necessity of a readjustment of the publio eevenues at the earliest possible date. To continue taxation with no other use for its proceeds than such an investment is a cruel waste of the people's money. PURCHASE OF BONDS. Since the last annual report, and after the completion of the sinking-fund require­ ments for the year ended June 30, 1888, no bonds were bought until there .had been an expression of opinion by resolution in both houses of Congress that it was lawful and proper to invest the surplus in bonds necessary to obtain them. The purchase was resumed under a circular of April 17, 1888, and since that time nearly all the bonds which have been offered for sale to the government have been bought by it. Ninety-four mill­ ions of dollars of bonds have been secured under this circular and a premium paid for the privilege of buying them of about $18,000,000; the net rate of interest realized from this investment is only about 2 per cent and the saving in the total amount of interest which would have been paid had the bonds been allowed to run to maturity <is about $27,000,000. Had taxation been reduced so as to leave this money with the people, and if it is worth in their business 6 per cent per an­ num, the total value of the money to them during the terra which these bonds had to run would be about $83,000,000 > thus there is a'resulting loss to the people of $56,000,- *X)0 upon this transaction alone; if this overtaxation is not stopped, and if the gov­ ernment is forced to continue tc be a pur­ chaser of its own bonds at the holder's prices, the loss to the people, as could be shown by a like calculation, must be hun­ dreds of millions of dollars. ^ 05,863.05 *,3*7,550.00 1$,233,950.00 5,418,826.58 $88,084,405.51 86,527,710.58 1.804,280.50 1,947,730.81 1,816,257.31 $11,041,749.38 598,941.38 524,774.19 #,178,952.28 4.00 4.00 8.00 1.08 .as ACROSS THE OCEAN. A MOST sensational confession made in Chicago some time ago by a German named Heinrich Schance to William Rad- iger, of Kalamazoo, Mich., has just been made public. It was the dying confession of Schance, who wa<* a well-to-do bridge- builder, and is as follows; In 1844, my partner, "Sugar* Eehultz, and myself robbed a barn in Colverte, Prussia, and to throw oif suspicion, wo set fire to the barn. A strong wind was blowing, and so, to our horror, luo bouses and stores were in flames. The village waa burned to the ground. The Buffering that night was horrible, many woman and children perishing in the flames. Largo re­ wrote were offered for the a xeat of the perpe- tratora of the deed, but we were never eaugbt. Aa the paople gathered at the fire we atole away throngh the woods. I immediately took a CHICAGO. 1 OATCLS--Vrima Steers. FMT #*4* Medium. i.ftO tf't 6.00 Common S.0J M 4.U0 Hoos--Shipping Uradee 4.00 fi.&O SHKEP 3.0J <f« 5.U1 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed L,M^T» l.Ofiw; CORN--No. 2 36 i<* ,a»i OATS--No. S., KTE--No. 2 4tt BUTTER--Choice Creamery CHEEHK--Full Cream, flat KOGS--Fresh POTATOES---Car-loads, per bu.... PORK--Meaa 19.00 «13.75 _ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Caah .M 9 .00 CORN--No. 3. .83 0 .84 OATS--No. S white...... .90 ® .33 *TE--No. 1 Mi .52 BARLKY--No. 2 4 .87 «* .68 PORK--Meaa 18.00 DETROIT. CATTIJC Hons BHBBP WHEAT--NOW 9 Red CORN--No. 2 White OATS--NO. 2MIXOD.^^..^„„ .30!* WHEAT--NO. 2BED 1,04 COBH 85 OATS--NO. 2 WHITE 27 NEW YORK. CATTUI Hcofc KHEKP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--Wmte PORK--New Meaa. ST. LOUIB. CATTLE 4.50 HOUS S.OO WHEAT--NO. 2..J... 1.08 COIIN--NO. 2 88 OATS--NO. 2.. .24&& BABLET--IOWA. 02 0 INDIANAPOLIS. CATTUI 8.00 9 6.00 Hoos 5.00 & 5.50 SHEEP 8.00 & 5.00 LAMBS 8.50 & s.oo CINCINNATI. Hooe 4.50 & 5.50 WH*AT--No. 2 Red 1.04!£<«» ].03H CORN--No. 2 .42 (J$ .43 OATS--No. % Mixed .28%(3 .29M RYE--NO. 2 64 @ PORK--Meaa 14.25 <914.75 EABT LIBERTY. CMSUS-rPrime 5.00 5.21 Pair 4.00 & 4.50 Common 2.50 & 8.59 HOOS 5.00 & 6.51 BHEKP 8.5J « 4.5J . ,...t«...»••»• 4.50 10 5,50 <313.50 & 5.25 & 5.25 4.00 <A> 1.01 e .37 & 1.08 & .35<6 <*» .27^ 4.00 (9 5.50 5.00 & 5.75 3.50 ($5.50 1.06 <& 1.08 (9 .49 .42 @15.50 9 5.75 & 5.50 & 1.04 .33'$ .25 * .03 Sales of public lands... Profits on coinage, assays, etc. Tax on national banks fees--consular, letters-pat­ ent, and lands .......... Miscellaneous sources 10,500,000.00 0,500,000.00 1,500,000.00 3,250,000.00 10,250,000.00 Total ordinary receipts. $377,000,000.00 The expenditures tor the same period, actual and estimated, are as follows: Civil and miscellaneous ex­ penses. $79,250,000.00 Indians 6,250,000.00 Pensions. 77,000,000.00 Military establishment..... 44,000,000.00 Naval establishment. 81,000,000.00 Expenditures for the District of Columbia 4,500,000.00 I«l«rest on public debt 41,000,000.00 REDUCTION OF TAXATION. „ I cannot too strongly repeat my recom­ mendation of last year to reduce taxation, and as far as possible, without too sudden disturbance of existing interests, to make this reduction in customs taxation, to tho end that the people may get the greatest benefit from the reduction, THE U. S. MINTS, &. MIJN ife. Total ordinary expendi­ tures .$278,000,000.00 .48 .85 15. OJ Estimated surplus, ap- - * plicable to purchase < of bonds $104,000,000.00 FISCAL TEAR 1890. The revenues of the fiscal year ending Jane 30, 1890, are thus "estimated upon the basis of existing laws: Prom customs $217,000,000.00 From internal revenue.... 125,000,000.00 From sales of public lands 10,000,000.00 From fees--consular, let­ ters-patent, and lands.. 3,250,000.00 From miscellaneous sources 21,250,000.00 Sapert of Director Kimball for tha Fiaoal Year Ended June 30 Laat. (Washington (D. C.) telegram.] Dr. James P. Kimball, Director of the Unit9d States Mint, in his annual report on the operations of the mint service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888, sfaows the coinage of the year to have been as follows: Description, ' Pieces. Gold ;... 2,850.534 Silver dollars 32,718,673 Subsidiary ailver ooina. 12,083,521 Minor coins............. 00,977,810 Value. §28,864,170.50 82,718,078.00 1,417,422.25 1,218,976.57 Total estimated receipts. .$377,000,000.00 The estimates of expenditures for the same period, as submitted by the several executive departments and offices, are ae follows: Civil and miscellaneous ex­ penses $80,658,022.48 Pensions 181,758,700.00 ~ * ' 4,403,414.90 5,949,535.61 20,906,849.66 T Postal service.... District of Columbia. Miscellaneous. f Permanent annual appro­ priations-- Sinking fund Interest on publk: debt..,.; Refunding--customs, inter­ nal revenue, lands, etc... .Collecting revenue from etas- ioms. 47,800,000.00 38,000,000.00 12,464,500.00 5,500,000.00 408?,m05 Total 100,080,547 $03,719,242.; The silver purchased during the year for coinage aggregated 28,208,805 ounces at a cost of $24,237,553, or an average of 95 47-1,000 per ounce.' The seigniorage on the coinage of silver dollars coined during the year amounted to $8,407,922, and on subsidiary coinage to $71,191. The seigniorage on the coinage of silver from July 1, 1878, to June 30,1&88, has amounted to $47,53(5,681. The production of gold and silver in the United States for the calendar year 1887 is estimated at $33,- 000,000 gold and $53,357,000 silver. The production of gold in the world during the past four years has remained nearly con­ stant, ranging from $101,694,000 in 1884 to $99,056,850 in 1888, while the produc­ tion of silver has increased in the last four vearu about $25,000*000, ranging from $110*773,000 in 1884 to $135,449,410 in 1888. The aggregate coinage of the world during 1887 was: Gold, $124,992,- 465; silver, $160,984,877. The stock of gold and silver coin in the United States on July 1, 1888, is estimated to have been: Gold coin, $595,349,837; silver dollars, 299,708,790; subsidiary silver coins, $76,- 406,376. At the same date there was gold bullion awaiting coinage in the mints of the value of $110,469,018; silver bullion, $3,950,388; melted trade dollars, $6,545,- 554; making a total metallic stock of $1,- 092,429,963. Of this there were in tho Treasury 4f the United States $594,533,- 172; in national banks, $105,435,492; and in other banks and in general circulation, $392,461,29ft, gr ?s , -:r;^ 'vjii'SB •/m - Toloocopos wore invented In 1590. (NTEBESTING REPORTS. iM ixranuTSONi AHO POSTAL sum CK STATISTICS. ilaretM-lea Badlcatt and Dieldnaoa Sat- mlt Their Annual Baporta--Kattoaalee for Military Protect!oi Tariom Brucbatll tbe Postal Sorvleo. ̂ [Waahlngtop (P. C.) dispatch.] Secretary Endioott has made a report of the War Department during the fiscal year ended June 80 last. Ike total expenditures were $41,175,107; tho appro­ priations for the current fiscal year amount to $59,879,934, and the estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, aggregate $44,682,507, as follows: Salaries and con­ tingent expenses, $1,988,800; military es­ tablishment, support of the army, and mili­ tary academy, $25,293,374; publio works, including river and harbor improvements, $18,885,234: miscellaneous objects, $3,575,- 000. The Secretary gives a brief reyiew of tho trouble with the Chiriacahua Apache In­ dians, who are now confined at Mount Ver­ non barracks, Alabama, and discusses plans for their disposition. The Secretary says it is very desirable to secure some place where the climate is suitable or opportunity may be had to instruct and employ* them in agri­ culture. Desertions from the army continue in large numbers, as ia previous years, but from investigations recently made it ap­ pears that 80 per cent of the desertions oo- cur before tho expiration of the second year of service. In discussing the various plana suggested to prevent desertions the Secre­ tary says: "It is worthy of consideration whether the officers in command of troops at mili­ tary posts, or the captains of companies, should not be authorized to impose punish­ ment for minor offenses. But in granting such authority it will be necessary to specify the extent and character of the punishment for each offence, otherwise there would be no uniform ruls, nor would it be wise to impose so large a discretion upon a single officer." The Secretary says that all the States and Territories HOW have an active militia sufficient under the regulations to entitle them to receive ordnance and quarter­ masters' stores from the United States, ex­ cepting the State of Arkansas and the Ter­ ritories of Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. It is hoped that very soon practical instruction ifi seacoast defenses and the handling of heavy artillery may be given to the militia, and the officers of the army may be relied upon to give a zealous and cordial assist­ ance. The report continues: "By a generous supply of ammunition /or target practice to colleges where army officers are serving as instructors it is possi­ ble that competitive contests in rifle shoot­ ing might, in time, become as popular with some of these inland colleges as boat racing is now at the universities at our sea­ board." The attention of Congress is again invited to the defenseless condition of the seacoast and lake frontiers, and liberal and imme­ diate action is recommended looking to the effective defense of our principal seaports. The Secretary adds: "It would appear now more important than ever that such action should be taken at the second seission of the present Con­ gress in view of the fact that the last session gave appropriations for the con- stauction of heavy ordnance. Without heavy platforms, strong armored protection, and other permanent emplacements these guns and mortars when finished will be of comparatively little use. "The building of modern gun and mortar batteries requires longer periods of time than the construction of the armament. It would appear the part of wisdom that tho preparation of these two important compo­ nents of a well-equipped defense shoulg proceed simultaneously. For the beginnind of the construction of such defenses an ap­ propriation of $2,840,000 is asked for." Two hundred thousand dollars is asked for the repair and preservation of existing works, for the purchase of torpedoes and submarine mines, and the necessary appli­ ances for operating them; for experiment­ ing to ascertain the best of the many tor­ pedo inventions, and for the continuing of the construction of the necessary case­ mates, cable galleries, etc., for working the submarine mine and torpedo system, $1,390,000 is recommended. It is suggested that some action should be taken by Congress to enforce the rights of the United States in navigable streams within the limits of a State, and thus give effect to the duty resting upon the govern­ ment to protect navigation thereon. Discussing the operations of the ordnance department, the report says that during the fiscal year 41,180 rifles and carbines were manufactured at the national armory, and that investigations have been completed to determine the charge and projectile for an arm of smaller caliber than the present service piece. It is the intention to use compressed and perforated cartridges, but as yet the powder-makers have not suc­ ceeded in producing a satisfactory powder,, the desired velocity being accompanied by too great a pressure. He concludes his reports by calling atten­ tion to the great need of an assistant Secre­ tary of War, and says that such an officer is imperatively needed for the proper and efficient administration of the war depart­ ment. THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. An Estimated Deficiency for the Ust Flaunt Y«*ar of »4,190,227. Postmaster-General Dickinson's an­ nual report shows a remarkable ex­ pansion of business and a large increase ia expenditure. The gross revenue for the year was $52,695,176. The total ex­ penditure?, inclusive of liabilities for the treat* unpaid and embracing the amount for transportation of mails on Pacific railroads, tor which the government receives credit^ was $.r)f -,885,403. The estimated deficiency is $4,190,227. The total estimated gross receipts for the year ending June 30, 1889, are $57,- 392,576. The amount appropriated for tho service of the year is $60,860,223. The total nnmber of postoffices is 57,378, an increase over 1885 of 6,124. The num­ ber of postmasters appointed during the year was 12,288, of which 6,521 were upon resignations and commissions expired, 1,2-44 upon removals, 659 to fill vacancies by death, and 3,684 on establishment of new postoffices. One thousand six hundred and forty-five postoffices were discontinued during the year, and the namss and sites of 1,498 offices changed, retaining the incum­ bents. The adjustment of July 1, 1888, es­ tablished ninety-seven offices in the first class, 497 in the second class, and 1,908 ia the third class, making a total of Presiden­ tial offices at the date last named of 2,502. The gross receipts which accrued at the presidential offices for the four quarters ended March 31, 18S8, amounted to $38,- 438,987, an increase of $3,326,820 as com- * pared with the adjustment of July 1, 1887. There has been an increase of $522,5*10 ia the amount required for the salaries of Presidential postmasters over the amount required for 1887. The total volume of business in the money-order division for the year is upwards of $143,000,000, andshows a net profit to the government of about $50,000. The report recommends a revision of tho law regulating the compensation of fourth- class postmasters so as to provide for a re­ adjustment in harmony with the reductions in postage rates; a readjustment in the classification and salaries of clerks in the larger postoffices, and the repeal of the law fixing the minimum rent for third-class officer at $300, with an allowance of $60 for fuel and lights. The best interests of tho service, the report says, require that tho last mentioned items should be left discre­ tionary with the department. The Poetmaster-General calls attention to the abuses of the franking privilege and , recommend* a revision IRSR frith p«»Hlas for its violation. <' <•" . • fHE NAllOlAL SOLONS. mmo mntaft Ov Watlenal Law-Ma*tane aari What Tk«qr Are Dates tho --•a Tn aeoond eaaalon of the fiftieth rmicnui en Mcaadey, Dee. S. J andSSS BopreaanUtlras' The naval committees ware appelated by a houee to Inform the other toenail that it' _ ready to proceed to bastneee and to tnlaam the Preaident that Cenamaa was Nate to receive any eommnnioMfcaaa ha 4e- alied to make, after Whloh both hmiee took a receaa. At the oonoiuaiaa ot the leasee the Pieeident'e meaaefe waa reoeived end tea* in each houae, ita delivery uwupylm en hoos and twenty minutee. In the fleaate the par- tiaaa of it which diacoaa the queetloae of tariff reviaion, treaaory aorplna, fiehery troubiee end the West incident were lieteaea to with very elose attention and apparent inteceet In the Hoaee that portion ot the meaaefe in whloh the Preaident treata at the tariff qoeetton wee listened to attentively by members on both aidea of the Hooae. Mow and •mile, more of triumph than of Oerlaio appear upon the fac« of aome enthpel ffi? iSS* S *£? •u"oce wae not woiten clear voice: "Tbe cauae for which the battle la wafted ia oomnrlaed within lines clearly and dlattamly daftraTlt ahooM never be comttfomiaedT It fa the neenla'a eaaaa.* Then the Demoemte could ST War mtraia their feeliiigeand broke Into a ronnd ot ap» plauee, whicn waa answered by tha ttepnblieane with laughter. The reading ot the either houae being flniahed waa, on mottoST properly referred end ordered printed The floral decoration a of both of Congreaa weae vnnanaUy elaborate, aad eapeclaily were hand- aome and fragrant bouquets to be seen upon the desks of members who had been worsted in late election. The blind chaplain, la his pntytiK thanked God that aince the laat aeaaion not a member of the Houae had been "called home by death," whereat a Bad amile was Been to pass over the facea of aome of the statesmen who have been called home by their constituents. The galleries were well filled by prominent ladiea, Mra. Cleveland occupying a conspicuous •eat, as did wives of members ot the Cabinet, A BttL for the establishment in the Interior Department of a Bureau of Health, to be under the direction of » Commissioner, who shall rO> eaive an annual salary of $5,000, was introduced in the Senate the 4th inat., by Senator Gibson. It haa a large nnmber of proviaiona. Three Benatora--Meaara. Plumb, Berry and Dolph--and Representative McRae introduced bills similar in their provisions, to allow' persons who have been forced by draught, etc., to abandon or re­ linquish their homestead entriee, to make another entry. A similar bill wee passed by iloeeeftbe * . . $, ' '•$- •M ' d both houses last year jnet before the cl session and failed to become a law only for tbe reason that it did not reach the President in time for his signature before Congress adjourn­ ed. In tbe House Maodonald (Minn.) presented a petition of citizens of North Dakota for the immediate admission into the Union of South Dakota and Montana, and tor Constitutional Conventions in North Dakota, Washington, and Mew Mexico. Referred to the Committee on Territories. Representative Stone (Ky.) intxo. dnced a joint resolution in the House pro- amendment to tbe Constitution BJCW >3 posing providing that tbe President and Vice Pres­ ident shall be choaen eyery fourth year by the direct votes of the people. The resolution providea that tbe board authorized by the laws of each State to count the votea for State offi­ cers a hall alao count the vote of the btate for President and Vice Preeident, certiiy the result under oath, and tranamit the aame to the proper officera of the Government before the escond Monday in December next succeeding the elec­ tion. A paragraph of tbe joint resolution f bide the holding of any local or State electl< except for members of Congrees, on the day i apart for the election of Preaident and Vlei President. WHEN the tariff bill was Taken np in the 8EN» ate on tbe 5th Inst., Mr. Harris moved to lay the Senate substitute for the Mills bill on the table. Tbe motion was defeated by a strict party vote --yeas, 10; nays, '2ti. An amendment to tbe to­ bacco section, offered by Mr. Vanoe, re­ ducing the limit ot claim for rebate froth $10 to *5. was rejected, as were several othera; one. amendment, however -- which waa . agreed to without diviaion -- pro­ vides that when the health or life ot a prlaoner under the internal-revenue laws is endangered by close confinement the judge may issue an order providing lor auch priaoner'a reaaonable eomfort and well-being. A vote was taken on a motion made by Mr. McPheraon to atrike out all the aeetiona aa to alcohol UBed in manofao* tnrea and it was rejected--yeaa, 17; naya, M. After dlapoaing of thirty pagea of the bill and reaching t e end of schedule A the Senate pro­ ceeded to executive bualneaa aad soon after adjourned. The Houae paaaed the bill to quiet tiie title of aettlera on the Dea Moines Hirer lands in Iowa. As paaaed; the bill-providea that any person who, in good faith, may have aettled or inp,y hereafter settle on aad improve any tract of public lands, the title of which is be­ lieved to be in the United States at the time of said settlement, for the purpose of perfecting his title under any of the lanu laws, shall be permitted to plead in support of his title to said land againat any party or parties--other than the United Btatea--claiming the aame, the title of the United Btatea as fully anil completely aa the aame might be done by the United Btatea itself. Delegate Gifford'a bill to amend the law pro­ viding for the division of the Uioux reservation in Dakota was presented to the House. The House ordered the printing ot 2o,000 oopies of tbe President's message. THE tariff bill was farther oonsidered by tho Senate on tbe 6th inst No vote waa taken On any of tbe amendmenta offered, and after eight pages had been gone over the bill was laid aside. Besolutions were adopted continuing the eeieet Committees on Meat Products and on^Hela> tione with Canada, A resolution paaaed celling on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor­ mation aa to the expenditures in the public building at Wichita, Kan. Tbe Senate reoeived • from the (secretary of State oopies of the eer- tlficates of Presidential electors In Ksrsea. Maryland, North Carolina, and Georgia,_and tlficates of Prea ial electors they were referred to the Committee on Priv­ ileges and Elections. Mr. Butler introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment enlarging the Presidential term ot office to six years, which was laid on the table. The principal part of the day was taken up In the House in the discussion of the direct-tax hill. The usual resolution for the distribution of the President's message was reported from the Committee of Ways and Mean* by JUv. McMillin and adopted by the House. Railroad Item. Eailroad president (Transcontinental Blizzard Line)--See here, what's be­ come of that pamphlet you promised to get out to attract immigrants to the great and glorious Northwest ? Assistant--You remember, sir, that the photographer who was sent over the route last fall to get views for the illustratioDB died on the way. "Yes, he froze to death, but I told you to send another one oat last July.*' "I did; but he died, too." "Eh! What of?" "He starved to death in a railroad restaurant."--Philadelphia, Record. NORWICH, Conn., has the only hors® in the world that has been up a tree. He is an old blind horse, and has passed to the stage when it is not of mudh consequence to him where he is or what he does. In hauling ice for the Nor­ wich Town Woolen Company icehouse, which is on the steep side of the Yan­ tic River, he backed oft the twenty-flv*- foot embankment and lodged in the upper boughs of an old elm. He rested there easily, his fore feet dangling over one limb and his hind legs hanging over another, while on Ms face was an expression that was interpreted to mean tliat wherever he was he was satisfied, that his job had become a better one> than hauling ice up a verticle tackle. It was not easy to tell what to do with him, and twenty men gathered about the trunk of the elm aud thought.' gome one finally hit on an experiment. The man went aloft and fastened a rope-' to the tree top, came down, and thir­ teen men took hold of the rope at safe distance from the tree. Then *• woodman went to work to fell the tred. The rest of the party waited to see the: horse and tree come down. The chop­ per cut the trunk half through; ta«i weight of the horse bore the top down­ ward, the descent being graduated byj the men at the ropes, and the animalj was gracefully and safely lowered to'j the river ice. The horse was led around, the embankment, hitched to the tackle! again, and his job of hauling ice was, t"!-1 T * ' • 't • Almost Always So. "Anyone fatally injured by a mad horse seldom recovers," remarks a French paper.1 It's most always so, too, with the case of a.' man who has beendronme<L»--ifetrott 4V««. 'jsm. iiittaf