Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — Page 2

HljeJlemotraticSeiitinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. 9. W. McEWEN. ... Putushcr

KOETTING IS GUILTY.

RAPID RUIN OF THE MILWAUKEE BANKER. Hard Experience of an Ocean Steamer— Home Stands bjr Its Action on Sugar— Old Boreas’ Bitter Blasts—Work, Not Foul Play. His Downfall Complete. John R Koetting. who was cashier and half owner of the defunct South Side Savings Bank, Milwaukee, was found guilty Tuesday of the charge of receiving a deposit when he knew the bank to be insolvent Unless his attorneys’ motion fer a new trial and an arrest of judgment should be successful, and. this is no; looked for. It is expected Banker Koetting will be on his way to prison In a few days to suffer the penalty which Judge Clementson will Impose upon hjm for looting the Institution of which he was practically the sole manager and head for twenty-five years. A year ago no citizen of Milwaukee stood higher in the estimation of his fellow men than John R Koetting. He was honored and respected by all One oj the earlier settlers of tne city, kln ah with a wide acquaintance, one who had been actively identified with the progress of Milwaukee, he was looked upon as the embodiment of honesty and integrity. He occupied many positions of trust and confidence and his name was often mentioned in connection with a nomination for the Mayoralty. Now he sits in a cell in the county jail, with a verdict of guilty hanging over his head and the State’s prison gates of Waupun opening to receive him. His trial lasted two weeks ALL THREE DEAD. Alonzo Reese, of Pike County, Puts an End to His Unhappy Family. The eastern part of Pike Cpunty, 111.. is excited over the murder at Perry 'J uesday of Mrs Alonzo Reese and her little babe, but 8 weeks old. The deel was done by the husband and father, who shortly after ended his own worthless life, saving the Infuriated people from taking things into their own hands This makes the third murder affair in the county in a month. Reese, who was 84 years old, was married a year ago to the daughter of one of his neighbors. He was of a quarrelsome disposition and made the life of his bride very bitter. About eight weeks ago the birth of a baby girl made him a little more reasonable and he ceased his abuse, though he showed no affection. Several days ago ho was again seized with one of his fits of temper, which ended in the tragedy.

HIT BY A TIDAL WAVE. Ocean Finer Normannla Forced to Pnt Back Into Port. The ocean liner Normannla, which sailed last Thursday with about 250 passengers for Genoa, returned to New York Tuesday morning, much the worse for an encounter with a tidal wave,land hearing seven injured men, ono of Idem so badly hurt that ho will probably die All of the victims of the accident are from Germany. On Sunday morning during a strong oasterly gale a heavy sea boarded her forward and swept aft, carrying away rails, stanchions, and completely wrecking the forward deckhouse and flooding the cabins. As soon as the break could be covered up with canvas the ship was turned about and leaded for New York.

COLD WEATHER AND SNOW. Hllzzardg Reported Throughout Kansas and In the Northwest. Reports from all parts of Kansas are that a blizzard was raging Tuesday. In the northern part of the State the mercury was below zero Tuesday morning and a terrible wind was blowing with a cutting snow. In central Kansas a heavy snow, with much drifting, Is reported. All railroad trains will be behind schedule time. At St Paul, Minn.. It Is snowing hard, with the thermometer below zero Wind northeast Reports from all over Nebraska show the mercury from four to eighteen below zero, with high winds and driving snow. Railway,travel is not interrupted. Make All Sngar Free. Washington dispatch: The House clinched the nail which was driven through the sugar schedule when the bounty was abolished by a vote' of 161 tq, 38. the House adopting the Warner amendment—first making It a substitute—which provides that all sugars, raw and refined, bo placed on the free list. This action was taken in committee of the whole, and will, of course, have to he voted on In the regular session, but there is little probability that the action of the committee will be overturned.

, Returned and Married His Nurse. An Omaha girl named Eva Barnett has been married to an Australian millionaire. Miss Barnett went tr Chicago a few years ago, became a professional nurse and accepted a position in a hospital While there a middle-aged man suffering from pneumonia was brought In. Miss Barnett attended him. He was restored to health and discharged. Two years passed, the man returned, a courtship was begun and a wedding resulted. Not until then did the wife learn the story of millions In Melbourne, whither they have gone. ' Catch Rabies from a Mad Cat. Near Greensburg, Ky.', week, fully seven persons were bitten by a cat afflicted with hydrophobia. Among those bitten - was C. P. Fogg, who died In great agony Saturday morning after suffering all the horrors of rabies. All seven applied a madstone to their wounds Mrs. Fogg, who was bitten before her husband, left tor Bardsvllle to try the madstone again, while the others who were bitten are badly frightened. Delinquent Railroad Closes Schools. Thirteen schools In Lyon County,.Kansas, wiU be obliged to close on account of the Santa Fe Hoad falling to pay Its tax assessment of $14,000. What Caused Mrs. Fhesant’s Death. Mrs. William Phesant, a farmer’s wife near Columbus, Incl, was found dead in her bed Tuesday morning. She helped her husband saw wood all of Monday. Foul play Is suspected by some and the Coroner Is investigating. Three Were Drowned. Mr. and Airs. Gustavus H. Lyson and Miss Minnie Chapman, teachers in the Sac and Fax Indian School, Oklahoma, were while fording the stream in a luggy. , .. Rebels in Fall Control. A dispatch to the Mayor of Juarez, Mexico, says Chihuahua is in the hands of the rebels. A first attack was made by a detachment of revolutionists on the west side of the town, which called the federal garrison to that point Immediately the insurgents rushed into the city. ’ ;«%, 1 Bank Robbed of $230,000. B. M. Leonard, manager of the wrecked Santa Clara Bank, at Saa Jose, Cal, has been arrested at the instance of the grand jury, charged with embezzling fs.ooo. dead) managed to themselves

CADETS FAIL TO PAJS& Resalt of the Recent Examination at West Point I* Made PoWle. - ' The result of the recent West Point examination U made known, and twenty-one cadets were found deficient and discharged from the service. They are as follosrs: N. K. Averlll, of Michigan, first class; Frank C Boiies, of Missouri, second class; James U. Barges. Virginia; Dickinson P. Hall, Ohio; Frederick W. Hatch, Minnesota: Henry W. Hughes. New York; John E Hunt, Rhode Island; Robert F. McMillan. New York; Walter B. Stokes, Illinois; William A. Whyte. New Jersey, and John C. Work. Illinois, third class; Thomas R Bell, of Wisconsin: Howard McL. Brown, Maryland: Harvey L, Cole, Pennsylvania; Irwin G Fawcett. Indiana; L. H. Foley. Jed R Freund, Michigan; Daniel A. Gillen, Pennsylanla; Hubert H. Pinney. Iowa; David P. Wood, Missouri; John R Young, fourth class. IV. H. McCormack and T. A Roberts, of the third class, were turned back to join the fourth class at once When the result of the examination was made known, some of the cadets were sadly disappointed. Cadet Jose Urtechs, of Nicaragua, who has been at the military academy since June 11 ( 1889, has been withdrawn by his government.

BIDS FOR THE BONDS. The Range Thought Not Likely to Go Above 3 1-3 Per Cent. Letters and dispatches offering to take the proposed new Government bonds began to pour In upon Secretary Carlisle early Thursday morning. Many of the dispatches sim{>ly the Secretary that had been foF.iarileu by mail. Mr. Carlisle gave thenr* only a cursory examination, and he dees not propose to consider them or make them public until the bidding closes. He thinks that an announcement of the prices offered would be unfair to Jhe bidders who have already submitted their offers and might afford a guide to tho range of prices to future bidders. The range is not is not likely to go much above a 2*4 percent, rate. This would make the of the bonds about 122. It Is not supposed that many bidders, if any, will go much higher, because money can always be placed at 2 '/. t per cent., and the 4*4 per cent bonds which were continued by Secretary Foster at 2 per cent, in 1891 arc now at a discount because ot the low rata BONDS AID BUSINESS. Secretary Carlisle's Determination Seems to Give General Satisfaction, R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review ts Trade says: The offer of 850,000,000 United States 5 per cent ten-year bonds gives much satisfaction to all who care for a sound currency. The gold not represented by certificates has fallen belows7o,ooo,ooo, the revenue continues to fall behind that of lust year about $5,000,000 a month, and action in Congress on various financial measures is liable at. any time to excite doubts whother gold payments can be maintained. The immediate eliects wero not greatl though London, after selling American securities largely soveral days, bought to some extent, but if subscriptions for tbo loan should be free and large it is hoped improvement in trade and industry mav be hastened. While industrial improvement continues, tho gain is slow, arid increase in the purchasing pbwer of tlie people by'enlargement, of lha force at work is in a measure through reduction in wages paid.

Attacked the Mayor. F. J. Cox, an ex-policeman, attempted to assassinate Mayor M. M. Ftephens. of East St. Louis, at the racetrack In that city. Oox made a numberof vicious lunges at Mayor Stephens with a huge knife, but, before be could inflict serious injury ho was overpowered by bystanders and locked up The trouble is the result of au old political quarrel. Benton Out on Ball. Springfield, IIL, dispatch: Dan Benton, alias Hill Newby, was brought here from the Chester penitentiary and was taken to the United States Court and entered into recognizance In the sum of $2,500 fer Ms appearance lo await the action of tho United States Supreme Court, to which his

case goes on appeal Five Passengers Hurt As the Richmond and Danville fast mail was crossing the Georgia. Carolina and Northern tracks at Chester, K 0,, it was run into by a freight train on tho latter road. The Richmond and Danville sleeper was overturned and of the tea passengers cn board five were Injured. Says He Will Sue the Postmaster. .It is stated by a La Porto, Ind., paper that Hiram Harrison, a discharged Republican colored mall carrier, will bring nctim against Postmaster Grover for slander. Harrison was removed for alleged drunkenness, and the case promises a sensational sequel ■Well-Digger Hurt. William Raradan, residing near Brazil, Ind., was frightfully mangled by an explosion of a dynamite cartridge. He was digging a well and bad Inserted the cartridge under a large stone.

' Crushed by a Log. Charles C, Cllngor, a well-to-do farmer of Winamac. Ind., while hauling logs to a saw-mill, was Instantly killed by the chain breaking and the log rolling on top of him. Negro Fiend Lynched. John Buchner, a negro who assaulted a young white girl and a middle-age,l negro womali nealr Valley Park, Mo„ was lynched Wednesday morning. Diggs in a Dunngeoq. Sheriff Williams has returned to Millbank, S D.. after arresting in Chicago Major W W. Diggs, Indicted in connection with a recent bank failure.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 eo @6 09 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 00 @ 6 75 Sheep—Fair to Choice a 25 @ 400 Wheat-No. 2 Bed 53 @ co CORN—No. 2 Si @ 85 Oats—No.2 2t> i<n 30 Bye—No. 2 at, (ai 47 Butteb—Choice Creameiy 24 @ 25 Eggs—Fresh 15 <3 16 POTATOES-Per bu 60 & 60 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 00 6 6 23 Hogs—Choice Li.ht 3 00 (3 5 60 Sheep—Cohitnon to Prime.... 2 00 @ 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 57 & 57>.'. CORN—No. 2 White 36 & 36>., Oats—No. 2 White.’. 3l)i@ saw ■ ST. LOUIS. Cattle 300 @SOO Hogs 3bo & 5 so Wheat—No. 2 Red 56 <3l 57 Cobh—No. 2 S 2 @ 33 Oats—No. 2. : 30 <3 si POBK—Mess 13 50 (314 25 CINCINNATI. Cattle r. sco @SOO Hogs 3,00 <3 5 50 Sheep 206 <3IOO WhKaT—No. 2 Red 68!e(b> 591 j OdBN—No. 2 35 (3 36 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 30 @ 31 Bye—No. 2 i . ,j. 48 @ 61 DETROIT. Cattle 3 00 @ 4 75 Hogs ? 3 00 @ 6 75 Sheep 2 00 <3 3 75 Wheat-No. 2 Red 60 <3 61 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 35 <aj 36 Oats—No. 2 White' 32 @ 33 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 59 <st 60 Cobn—No. 2 Mixed....... 87 ® 88 Oats—No. 2 White 20 ra MOtf 1 Rye—No. 2 * 47 ® 48 ■ BUFFALO. Wheat—No. l Hard... 7t }s(s 7215 Corn—No. 2 Yellow ...... 40'eh* 41' Oats—No. 2 White 33 @ ,34 Live Hogs—Good to Choice... 500 @'575 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2Spring co @ co ! 4 Cobn—No. 3:. 33 <3 34" Oats—No. 2 White 29 @ gsili Rye-No. 1 JOL.® 48 Barley—No. 2 48 <3 so Pobk—Mess is 60 @l3 50 NEW YORK. ; ~ Cattle 3 w>"@ s 25 Hogs.. . 'B'tb 71 o SHEEP... 1 200 @S(O WRbat—No. 2Red €7 @ ‘os Cobn—No. 2 43 <3 44 Oats—White Western 36 <3 4u Butteb—Choice 20 @ 26 1 Pobk—Mess 14 23 cSis w>

TARIFF BILL DEBATE.

PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS THE WtLSQjN MEASURE. ’ ■■ ■; "f n Democrat*, Republicans and Popallsta All Take a Hand in the War of Words Which ]( to Shape the Nation'* Tariff Policy. Synapsis of the Speeches. At the close of Mr. Wilson's speech on the tariff Wll, Mr. Barrets'of Michigan made an address on behalf of the Republican minority. He said thV measure under consideration involved the complete leversal of the economic policy, ’i he act of 1893 was deslgueuf no; only with a view of securing revenue 1 for the support of the Government but for the further ftatpose of giving encouragement to the creation of new enterprises and protection to American industries n,nd American worxmen, against unequal and injurious foreign competition. In Its i ractical workings It accomplished both these results. Thedecllne in the public revenues Is not attributable to any defect In the act of 1890, hut rather to the general derangement and prostration of business throughout the country. The ascendency of a political party pledged to the destruction of our protective policy has not only crippled and suspended the operation of our domestic manufacturers, but the Importer of foreign fabrics naturally curtails his importations in the hope of secures lh ? lr into our markets u£„n tnl most favorable ccaJKioaa I confidently assert that if the election of 1892 htad resulted lq the retention of'he Republican parly in power, acC;i.. # anlod as it would have been with the assurance of a continuance of the American policy of protection, the effect upon the public ret enue. as well as the general prosperity of the country, would have been entirely the reverse of what is now seen.” Mr. Black (Dem.) of Illinois referred to Mr. Burrows' picture of dire disaster in t his country and said tlie suffering depicted by him existed after thirty years of laws written by tils own party. Not a law lias been placed on tho stutule books by the Democratic party since 18(iu. The Democratic party’s responsibility for tne laws came only with tins Congress “Kefi re we took charge,” said he, “the present condition of affairs had begun. 1) that condition is due to existing law you cannot say wo did it. So far as the law is responsible for the | resent conditions it is the law of the high protective tariff.”

Mr. Hopkins (Rep., 1,1.) said that the bill that hud been rep, rted by tbe Ways and Means committee was certainly au anoniuly of (.digression al legislation. It neither comes up to the standard of tho bold and defiant declarations of their party platform nor meets the expectations ot tho moro conservative element of their party. As a tevenue measure it is a conlessed failure. Mr, Johnson (Dem.. Ohio) denounced the attitudoof liis paity In tne prolonged delay of action upon the tariff question after coming into power. If Mr. Cleveland had shown the sagacity and courage the situation demanded, the Ink would not have been dry on the commissions of Ids secretaries ere t o igress would have b-en called into executive session to tclieve the country of its burdens of taxation. Af.er much delay,'hov evc-r, tho committee had given a Democratic report and a Republican bill. Ho would vote for the bill if lie could get nothing better, but he did ni t like It !Hr., ( Johnson sail that tho bid. if enacted into a law, would Injure but one trust the sugar trust Mr. Cockran (I>em„ N. Y.) said the objection that the bill would not afford sufficient revenue Is one born of absolute ignorance of the lawaot revenue reductions. A low lariff will not only increase the revenues of the government lie mid. but it will lticreaso the opportunities of American labor. For ovory dollar that goos into the treasury, hundreds of dollars are collected by the processes of consumption and trado throughout iho country; so that the amount contributed for the support of the government is but a feature, a mite of this system of taxation, the real extent 6f which no man can toll

Mr. Reed (Rep., Me.) undertook to re-" fnte Mr. Cockran’s statements. He safd tho Democrats Would SabriHce iheir market at home for a more extended one abroad, while the Republicans believed In enlarging tho market in a different direction. They did not mean to go to the ends of the earth and struggle with the cheaper .labor of the old world. What they meant to do was to elevate the market of this country by giving higher wages to labor and thereby constituilng a market as broad as American production. . Mr. Breckinridge (Dem., Ky.) said (hat insome particulars the Wll on bill did not meet his approval, in that It did not go fur enough. Hd would like to havo seen tinplate put on the freo list even If a heavier tax would have to bo levied on whisky. He would like to see the bounty on sugar removed, hut ho wanted the sugar men of the South and the sorghum moil of. the northeast placated, in order that they might bo brought Into the Democratic told, for It was only by union that tho reform could he corsummnted. He favored the ad valorem feature of the pending hill While It did not meet with his unqualified approval he was ready to vole with his party on the experiment of an Income tax. Mr. Dlngley (Reu, Me.), said instead of being a measure, as termed, to provide revenue. It was In facj a hill to abolish revenue. He argued In favor of protective duties, and said protection simply says to the foreign manufacturer: “You must pay our Government as a duty the difference between our wages and your wanes In the production or manufacture aud distribution of any article v hich you have withheld from ycur labor and which wo have paid ours ” He said the Democratic majority was deaf to tho protest of tho people In the recent elec'lons. Mr. Dalze'.l (Rep. Pa.) said that In the few months that the dominant party has held ihe reins of government it has proved itself conspicuously Incompetent to deal with a single Important question presentdd by the responsibilities of civil administration. In this deplorable condition of things, clouds and darkness all around us, what do those who rule our destinies propose by way of relief? A tariff bill that, if enacted, I predict posterity will pr, nounce the mdst infamous legislative crime of our history. Instead of relief It brings aggravation.

Mr. Warner (Item., N. Y..) spoko in defense of the bill. While he urged its prompt passage, he said it had grave defects. For one thing it did not go far enough. He thought in some places It boro unevenly, and he protested particularly against the retention of the sugar bounty, and he protested still more strongly against the tax of one-quarter of a cent a pound by which it was proposed to protect the sugar trust And he protested against the reciprocity which was now proposed to be revived for the benefit of the Standard OH Company. He urged the passage of the bill, not as a compromise but a 9 an attack upou the outworks of protection. Mr. Everett (Dem., Mass.), said ho was going to vote for this bill because he had believed for years that such a measure as this was demanded by patrloiic considerations. He thought, however, that the Wilson bill did not go far enough.: Mr. Payne (Rep., N. Y.) said the pending hid was a sectional measure in that It- extended protection to southern while cutting the duties on northern agricultural products. Mr. Simpson (Pop., Kan.) Intended to vote for the bill, but there were many provisions in it that did not meet with his approval; Inasmuch, however, as it was a robber tariff at least 20 per cent, lower than the McKinley bill, he should have to Support It The cause of the, existing troubles he fount) in the intolerable burden put on the agricultural classes by the system of indirect taxation. .He illustr'ated his .remarks on the deplorable* ond it lon of the agricultural classes by displaying n dilapidated overcoat which lie got from a Hosqid-Jhje. could duplicate it on,; the ■ba.cks hf a million farmers in the United' States to-day. Ho safd she People’s party stands pledged to the principles of free trade Mr. Hopkins (Rep , 111.(’’criticised stateto Simpson in speaking of* the farmers. Mr. Pickier (Rep., & D ) opposed the bill. He said South Dakota had “HdHjMUWj*! advantages for the.raising <Jf-shqe,p fpr ftooi. and had faoiiltiesnfor raising many more sheep than it now possesses; hut under the operation's of the t Wilson bill this Industry would be ruined I And so with the raising of cattle, horses, I and other farm stock

Mr. Burrows (Rep.. Mich.) submitted a letter from * wool-grower at Adrian. Mich., showing that the wool la4o*try of Michigan would be killed by the passage of the Wilson bill Mr. Springer (Dem. Ill) said It was unjust to attribute all the distress which bad been prevailing to the threatened changes hr tbe McKinley act The sooner tbe pending bill was passed the better It would be for the country. -And just as soon as this bill Is passed every loom In the conntry will be started, every furnace fire will be lighted and every instrument of production will be put In active operation. Give this country free wool, free cres, free coal and free raw material, workingman's industry, and we will take a front position In the markets of the world.” Mr. Dolllver (Rep. Iowa) said that the remedy for tbe present depression 1* the employment of our own leuple, not giving it to those of other countries. The opportunity to werk created the wage fund on which thj prosperity of our people depended. Mr. Harter (Dem.. Ohio) said that a protective tariff put down wages'and lowered their purchasing power by puttiog up the price of goods Mr. Turner (Dem.. Ga.) undertook the refutation of t(ie charge that the Wilson blii was framed so the interests of Southern as against Northern farmers, and said he believed In free trade. Mr. Grosvenor (Hep, Ohh j argued In favor of the Wilson bill. He said tbe inevitable and neiessary consequence of tho bill will be the ruin of the remaining industries of the country. It will reduce tbe value of slieeo 130.000,000, close up innumerable factories and workshops, and greatly lessen and practically destroy the demand for t lie eu'.rmous output of coal fiog jini heretofore being ruined and marketed for manufacturing purposes. Mr. B< en (l’op. Minn.) vigorously oppo e l tbe prov sions of the bill. Mr. Hondo.son (Rep, III.) spoke against tbe bill, and was loiioweJ by Mr. Weadock (Dem, Mich.) In favor of the bill. Mr. Clark (Dem.. Mo.) amused the House for a time. He was strongly In favor of the measure. Mr. Shaw (Rep. Wis.) opi osed tbe bill, and said It was neither fish, flesh, nor fowl

Sir. DalieU (Rep. Pa.) charged Mr. Johnson, of Ohio, with manufacturing certuin kinus cf street railway rails, behind the protection of U)2 patents, and for that reason was willing to have railway rails go on,the free list- He denounced Mr. Johnson's attack on Carnegie, and said that Carnegie, the true i hilantbroplst, is giving 85.000 a day for tho relief of tho poor In Pit.shark, while the fulso philanthropist from Cleveland takes advantage of the winter’s blast to dicker about the wages of ids employes. Mr. Johnson replied to Dalzell la a serni-humorous tone, lie said that Dalzell liad Inade a personal attuci on him, and oven confessing that all he says is true that offers no reason why rails should not go on the free list. Mr. Bland (Dem.. Mo.) declared that free rails would enable many roads to repair their roads mid take many out of the nand: of rceeivert The Johnson amendment to put sioel rails on tlie free list was lost Mr. Bell (Pip, < ol.) spoke in favor of tbe bill, although it did not go lur enough to suit him. Mr. Shaw (Kep. Wis.) opposes it. especially the proposod reduction ut duties on barley. Mr. Morgan (Dim, Mo.) while be indorsed the provisions of tile llil, generally condemned in strong terms the proposition to place lead ore on the free list.

In the consideration of the sugar schedule Mr. Dlngley of Maine and Mr. Mercer of Nebruska supported the present bounty and Mr. Tarsney of Missouri defended the bounty provision of the Wilson bill. Mr. \\ ashlngton (Dem.. Tenri.) urged a 1-cent tax for revenue. Representative Glllet (Kep. Mass.) criticised the sugar schedule of tbe bill on the ground tiiat the taking off the bounty took awav the constitutional ground of national expediency on which the sugar sehedulo was chiefly sustained. Mr. bnodgrass (Dem.. Tenn. ) and Mallory (Dem.. Fla.) o posod the bounty. Jit 1 . Boutner whs in favor of a revenue duty on sugar. Mr. Payne protested against put ing it tax back on sugar. Mr. Wilson spoke briefly against any change in the tar.lT bill as prepared by tho Committee on Ways and Means. The amendments and substitutes presbnled to the s sgar schedule were then rend prior to taking tho vote upon them. The first amendment whs the one offered by Mr. Mcßae, suspending the bounty on sugar and putting sugar on tho free list. The Mcßae amendment was agreed to on a vote by tellers by yeas, 135; nays, 69. Mr. Robertson offered an amendment providing for a tariff tax on sugar. 'I o this amendment Mr. Warner offered an amendment putt Dg refined sugar on the free list Mr. Breckinridge offered a substitute, providing for a duty of 1 cent per pound on molasses, sirups, and all raw products of cane juice, beet juice, tank bottoms, sugar sweepings, etc. Mr. Warner’s amendment was agreed to. nearly all Republicans voting .in the affirmative. Tho Breckinridge amendment was lost

POVERTY IN PHILADELPHIA.

Ilorrlb'.e Tal© of the Most Pitiable Destitution. The police of Philadelphia came across a most pitiable case of destitution the other day. In a wretched lodging house on Maple street, known as “Noah's Ark,” they found a woman named Mary E. Allen, aged 55, in the

FIGHTING OFF RATS.

last stages of consumption. Her bedy had been terribly bitten by rats, and when ihe policeman entered the room she was making feeble attempts to drive away an at my of redents with a club'. She was without food or drink for several days and was in a very helpless condition. All about were signs of abject poverty. It seems strange that in these days of enlightenment such extreme cases could exist unknown in the heart of a big city.

Cow Butter vs. Oleo.

All ready for war against the sinful “oleo” man is the National Dairy Union, The union met in Chicago, adopted a constitution, elected officers, and laid out a plan of campaign. The union heartily indorsed Senator Hill s anti“oleo” bill, asked Congress to raise the taxon imitations of butter” to 7 cents a pound, demanded of the Internal Revenue Department that the existing laws be more stringently enforced, and asked the appropriation of at least #150,000 to be applied to the expense of prosecuting oleomargarine cases. The constitution adopted declares that the object of the union shall be to secure national and State legislation to prevent the manufact ire and sale of food articles male in imitation of butter and chee-:e and to assist in the enforcement of all lawa now in existence or to be made in the future against such products. - A resolution asking that the making of filled cheese be subjected to the same tax as oleomargarine was also passed. Mr. Duckworthy, cf New York, read resolutions calling upon the' Internal lie venue Commissioner to more fully execute the present “oleo” laws. the progress of this ccjntro--1 vepsy it was stated that the Internal I Revenue Department is now allowed only $50,000 a year for the expense of running down all offenders against revenue laws; so another resolution was Offered beseeching Congress to .set aside* at least $150,010 to bo used to defray the expense of prosecuting “qleo” Oases alone. The Board Of C; ntrol will go to Washington and lay violent siege to the doers of Congress. Tite next meeting will be held in Washington, D. C. r

BONDS TO BE ISSUED.

SECRETARY CARLISLE CALLS FOR PROPOSALS. The Total la •50,000,000 and the Securities Will Bear Interest at the Bate of Five Per Cent, Redeemable In Ten Years —ln Denominations of 150 and Upward. Must Be at a Premium. The lonjr-delayed but inevitable recognition by the Treasury Department of the necessity for an issue of bonds to meet the demands of the government and to maintain its credit at home and abroad wai made when Secretary Carlisle issued a circular inviting proposals for $50,C03,Q00 of 5 per cent, bonds, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after ten years, and to be issued in den-minaticns of SSO and upwards. The 5 per cent, bonis were finally preferred to either the4* ortho 4 per cent, bonds because of the possibility of redeeming them at maturity and the convenient control over them given the government in ease it might be desired to continue them at a lower

SECRETARY J. G. CARLISLE.

rate when the ten years had expired. The following is the text of the circular: By virtue of the authority contained in the act entitled “An Act to Provide for the Resumption of Specie Payments," approved Jan. 14. i»75, the Secretary of the Treasury hereby offers for public subscription an issue of bonds of the United States to the amount of $50,000,Doo in either registered or coupon form, in denominations of S6O and upward, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the Govermne. t after ten years from the date of their issue and bearing interest payable quarterly in coin at the rate of r> per cent, per annum. Proposals for the whole or any part of these bonds will be received at the Treasury Department, office of the Secretary, until 12 o'clock uoon, on the first day of February. 1804. Proposals should state the amount of bonds desired, whether registered or coupon, and the premium which the subscriber proposes to pay, the place where it is desired that the bonds shall be delivered, and the office, whether that of the Treasurer of the United States or an assistant Treasurer of the United States, where It will be most convenient for the subscriber to deposit the amount of his subscription. Failure to specify the above particulars may cause the proposal to be rejected. As soon as practicable, after the first day of February, 18U4. the allotment of bonds will be made to the highest bidders therefor, but no proposal will be considered at a lower price than 117.223, which is the equivalent of a 3 per Pent, bond at par, and the right to reject any and all proposals is hereby expressly reserved. In case the bids entitled to allotment exe-ed the bonds to be issued, they will be allotted pro rata. Notices of the date of delivery of the bonds will be sent to the subscribers to whom allotments are made as soon as practicable, and within ten days from the date of such notice subscriptions must be paid in United States gold coin to the Treasurer or such assistant treasurer of the United States as the subscriber has designated, and if not so paid the proposal may be rejected. The bonds will be dated Feb. 1, 1894, and when payment is made therefor, as above, accrued interest on both principal and premium from Feb. 1, 1894, to date of i ayment at the rate of interest realized to the subscriber on his investment will be added. All proposals should be addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C., and should be distinctly marked "proposals for subscriptions to 5 per cent, bonds.” J. G. Cari.isi,®. Secretary. Secretary Carlisle's announcement that no proposal will be considered at a lower rate than 117,233 will make the bonds pay :5 per cent, on the investment during the time they run. The premium is lower by a fraction of a c -nt, than on the fifteen-year bonds at 44 per cent, or the thirty-year bonds at 4 per cent., reduced to a II per cent,, basis. The pi-ice of the 41s for fifteen years, with semi-annual payments of intarest, would be 118.01, and of the 4 per cents for thirty years, 119.09. The present call for $50,000,000 will increase the Treasury balan e, with the premium, by about $59,000,000 and make the total $143,000,000.

SHOWS WORLD’S FAIR FACTS.

President Palmer Presents His Annual Report to President Cleveland. The annual report of the World's Columbian Commission ha? been submitted to President Cleveland by President T. W. Palmer. Detailed statements of the scope and various featuies of the Exposition are" left for the final report, to be prepared by a special committee of the commission, with President Palmer at its head, and which will be a work of great magnitude, practically a history of the fair, to be completed" next November. An estimate of $42,500 to complete the work of the commission, not including the committee on awards, is made, and congress is asked to make its transfer from the funds of the committee on awards and Board of Lady Managers. The commission hrs a balance of SII,OOO in the treasury, the committee on awards $96,273. and the committee on awards of the lcdv managers $40,539; present Bca'.d of Lady Managers, ssl, It 6.

CONDITION OF WESTERN BANKS.

Comptroller Issues a Statement Based Upon Returns Made to Him. Returns as to the condition of Western tanks, as made to the Comptroller of the Currency, are as follows: In the State of Colorado the reserve was 33.1;1, per cent.; loans and discounts, $21,420,000; Individual deposits. $18,b02,0t0, and lawful money reserve, $3,915,0n0. In the State of Nebraska the reserve was 2;’.'3 per cent.; loans and discounts. $15,779 uouIndividual deposits, 113,152,000; lawful money rjserve, 11.218,0t0. In the State of North Dakota the reserve was 22.56 per cent.;; loans and discounts. $5 - 27H,000; individual deposits, $4,137,000; and lawful money reserve, $510,356. In the State of Nevada the reserve was 28.4, per cent.; loans and discounts, *553,318; individual deposits, $403,401, and lawful money reserve, $70,887. In the Indian Territory the reserve was 41. “ra per cent.; loans and discounts, $518,805; individual deposits, $530,020, and lawful money reserve, $-0,854. v In the State of Idaho the reserve was 24.8 G percent.; loans and discounts. $1,545,000; individual deposits, $1,557,100, and lawful money reserve, $246,110.

Adams Company Shut Out.

The most important exp ess company deal of recent years was consummated in Chicago on Wednesday, by ex-Sena-tor Platt, President of the United States Express Company. By it that company, will Yayaupy the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway and all its branches, retiring from the Chi, cago an:l Northwestern Railway in favor of the American Express Company. This practically shuts out the Adams Company, which has hitherto had 1 the St. Paul's business from the northwest. The Adams Company 's offices in Milwaukee will be closed. The agreement goes into effect about March 1.

RADICALS GET IT ALL.

Overwhelming Majorities Declare for Ko Duty and No Bounty on Sugar. Washington special: The fight to amend the sugar schedule of the Wilson bill was made in the House Monday. It opened immediately after the reading of the journal, eccirding to the agreement by which three hours were set aside fOr this purpose. Before the fust amendment was offered some di-cussion was had as to whether the amendment should lie to each of the three sections of the Wilson bill schedule separately—the bounty provision, the duty of five-twentiiths of a cent on refined su ;ar above No. 10 Dutch standard, and the duty cf '0 pier cent, on sugar candy and confectionery : nd of 15percent.cn grape sugar. Fending an agreement as to the mo’e of pi-G----teiuro. Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, withrew the amendment p.nding with reference to reciprocity with Canada on fico c:al. Then, after fuither consultation,tho sugar men, repio ented by Mr. Blanchard, withdew tbeir first prepos tion ard asked that the time be divided into three parts, an hour for there in favor of the b unty provision, one for those who favor the bounty provision of tho McKinley law. and an hour so • those who favor a duly on sugar. Mr. Mcßr.c objected lecauso this arrangement gave no time to those who were for fi oo sugar arid no bounty. It was finally agreed, however, that the Louisiana members who were mest interested should have an hour, and the i emainder of the House should tako chances of recognition of the Co air during the other two hour-.

The fir t amendment was that offered by Mr. Mcßae (Dem., Ark.) to abolish enti elx the sugar bounty. In tupport of his amendment Mr. Mcßae said that he proposed to aboliffi entirely the sugar bounty and leave sugar on the free list whore it was placed by the McKinley law. A time when, the Treasury was bankrupt and Ihe Secretary of the Troasury was proposing to borrow money at 5 per cent, interest was no time to pay a special b.unty to any irtorest. He had no personal feeling against the section of the country to be affected, but he did not conceive that a Democratic Congress would perpetuate this, the most vicious provision of the McKinley bill. The bounty would costthe people of the country, said Mr. Mcßae, as it stood, $50,00(1,0(K). The bounty last year cost $10,(411,000. * He cor.tonds that the bounty was unconstitutional and un-Democratic, and should be abolished. The Mcßae amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority, 135 to 69. This action abolishes the bounty on sugar. The vote was then taken upon the amendments to section 181, providing for a duty on refined sugars. Mr. Robertson’s amendment, providing for a duty of from 1 1-10 cents a pound upward on sugars testing by the polar.'tope not above 75 degrees, was offered' as the first amendment. To this Mr. Warner of New York offered the amendment to place refined sugar, dutiable in the bill at i cent a pound, on the free list, and after quite a lengthy parliamentary discussion, the vote was first taken upon Mr. Warner’s amendment to abolish the duty on refined sugar, and by a vote of 137 to 52 the duty on refined sugar was abolished.

INCOME-TAX PROVISIONS.

Features or the BUI as Agreed To by tho Ways and Means Committee. The income tax bill, as agreed upon by the Democratic membors of the Ways and Means Committee, provides that the income tax is to go into effect Jan. 1, 1895, the first collection to he July 1, 1895. All classes of incomes are included in the measure and the uniform rate of 2 per cent, tax on incomes cf over $4,000 is fixed. It is made obligatory on all persons receiving individual incomes of over $3,500 to make a return to the local collector of internal revenue. No tax is levied on those miking a return of under $4,00 ‘. In case a person having an income of over $3,500 fails to make a return it becomes the duty of the revenue assessor to investigate, and if this examination discloses that the income is above $4,000 it is subjected to twice the ordinary tax under the law, and the party failing to make his return is subject to fine and imprisonment. Provision is also made by which no information can be made public as to the details of the income reported by citizens. Any person who divulges auy part of this information is made subject to criminal prosecution, with heavy fine and penalty. Particular provision is made for tho collection of the tax due on salaries—not only officials, but of individuals—received fiom business firms, corporations, etc. The individual receiving the sa'ary does not pay the tax, but it is made the duty of every Government, State, County, and municipal disbursing officer to retain 2 per cent, of all salaries over the taxable amount. The tax up-* on corporations includes everv phase of corporate stock. The tax is general, and it is without the $4,000 exemption allotted to individual incomes. It is provided the corporation shall pay the tax and deduct the amount from the the stockholders. Severe penalties are provided for all failures to do this. The entire business of the levying and collecting of the tax is placed in charge of a deputy commissioner of internal revenue. The different revtenue districts of the country are also provided with deputy collectors, who will especially manage the collection of the income tax.

How the World Wags.

An old resident of Parson?, Kan., Mrs. John Lyle, committed suicide on account of jealousy. M. Waddington. formerly French Ambassador to England, died in Paris. He was born in 1826. Thomas QuiNlan was indicted at Mexico, Mo., for killing Gotlieb Kloppenstein, of Chicago. By the overturning of a load of hogs at Warsaw, Ind., J. C. Rose, 40 years old, was fatally hurt. Disguised as a tramp. “Jap” Hill a riotoricus criminal, escaped from the jail at Frankfort, Ind. A bill was introduced in the Ohio Legislature fixing the maximum railroad fare at 2 cents a mile. A blaze in the George W. Helme Company's snuff mills at Helmetta. N. J., caused a loss of SIOO,OOO. At Pikesville, Ind., James Spradlin shot and killed William Mitchell and his son as a-result of a feud. Mrs. William Cochrane, 60 years, old, died in her buggy while driving to church near Columbus, Ind. Owen Boyle, a section foreman on the New York Central at Batavia, N. 'Y.., was killed by the Empire State express. Charley Burnett, a 15-vear-old colored boy, living in Muneie,'lnd., is a raving maniac from beading dime novels. The May-Reynolds suit for the Treasurership of Wayne County. Michigan, was decided in favor of Reynolds, Republican. Millard F. Car, express mes enger, at Kansas City, dropped his revolver on the fleon. It exploded, and a bullet lodged near his heart. He wKI dio.

AMENDMENTS AFOOT.

HOUSE STRUGGLING WITH THE WILSON BILL. Sugar, Coal and Iron Are Bone* of Contention—lnecme Tax Will Cause a Sharp Battle—Pensions Estimate la Considerably Lowered. Outline o' Work. Washington correspondent e:

HE House still struggles with tho Wilson bill and a multitude of proposed amendments. Tho sugar men ato loud, in tbeir objecti: n, led by Messrs. Boitnsr and Price. Their real reliance, hoaever, i< upon the solid block of lEaslorn members, Vh j arc opposed to .an inc .me tax, and ‘who prefer a revenue duty on sugar as the safer alter-; native. If the seventy or eighty mem-

bers who are against the income tax will vote solidly for the sugar duty, it will require only thirty or forty Southern and Western members to make a majority on the Democratic side. It would be a happy solution of the problem of providing revenue, in the opinion of the Eastern members of the committee, and would practically knock the income tax in the head. The Republicans can turn the scale heavily in either direction, and the Eastern Democrats fear that they will turn it against the sugar duty. Some of the Soqthern members, moreover, who m’ght-be willing to vote for the sugar duty under certain conditions, are seeing ‘‘the nigger in the woodpile” as clearly as their Eastern friends and may vote against the sugar duty te save the income tax. Another class of members, including some from the East, believe that it is better to let the bill go through tho House with sugar free of duty and to leave to the Senate the task of putting on the duty and striking out the income tax. They reason that the Senate is certain to tako this action, and that if the withdrawal of free sugar proves unpopular with the masses the Senators can bear the burden much more easily than members of the who have to deal directly with the people and many of whom live in clot e districts. The fight for a duty on coal and iron ore is being hotly waged and a big rail- 1 road lobby is urging in the strongest terms that the duty he restored. The persistent labor of" the lobby with individual members in favor of the duty is having some effect upon doubtful members, but the committee in this case will have tho advantage of the radical free-trade vote, besides the conservative Eastern vote, which has been steadily with them.

Routine Proceedings. Friday was a day of amusing incidents and exciting debates in the Hou e. Mr. Dalzell continued his remarks specifying certain discrepancies between the theory and practice of Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson briefly replied, denying the allegations in detail and deprecating the policy of dragging personalities Into a tariff debate. He closed by making another plea to place steel rails on the free list. Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, made the principal speech in opposition. He pleaded earnestly that the work of the Committee on Ways and Means should not be altered without due consideration. The amendment placing steel rails on the free list was defeated by a voto of 79 to 100. Mr. Henderson offered as an amendment to the- agricultural schedule of the Wilson bill tho corresponding clause in the McKinley law. This gave rise to some oxciting colloquies, but no action was taken. Unimportant speeches were made at the evening session. 'there was a larger number of members present than for some time past. An agreement was then entered into whereby three hours, lmmedlatelv after the House goes into committee of the whole Monday, will be given to debato on the sugar schedule, and the vote will then be taken on any amendments which may be offered.

A hill for two additional judges for the Chicago district and circuit courts was in-, trodncM in the Senate by request Mr. Teller talked for nearly three hours on his resolution declaring an issue of bonds by Carlis'e illegal. Sugar was discussed in the House. Amendments striking out the bounty and putting refined on the free list were adopted. A memorial of the Hawaiian Patriotic League was transmitted to Congress, with other correspondence, by the President j Wheelor H. Peckham. of New York, was nominated for the vacant supremo court justiceship by the President Text of the internal revenue bill as reported to the full ways and means committee was given to the public. Mr. Bell, of Olotado. introduced in the House a bill to provide for the withdrawal of the discretionary power of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds, to provide for the coinage of all silver in the treasury, for the issue of non-interest bearing treasury notes for current expenses, to protect the gold reserve and to give immediate relief to the treasury. The House Tuesday determined upon the abolition of the duty upon refined sugar. A way out of the confusion which existed upon the effect of the amendment adopted Monday night was found after a two hours’ discussion of the parliamentary situation by submitting the question to the House whether the Warner amend-, ment, placing refined sugar dn the free list, should be considered as a substitute for the Robertson amendment This was decided affirmatively, and then by an overwhelming vote in which the Republicans joined with the radical Democrais against the sugar men and several of the Ways and Means Committee, the substitute was adopted. With regard to the sugar schedule, therefore, the committee of the whole has abolished the bounty, and placed all sugar, both raw and refined, upon the free list. All four of the amendments designed to place a duty of from 40 to 75 cents a ton upon coal were beaten. The debate upon the coal schedule developed a good deal of feeling among the Southern t -übers. especially those from Virginia. West Virginia. Tennessee, and Alabama, States interested either In coal or iron ore. The Senate's work was little.

Notes of Current Events.

The Knights of Labor and the, American Federation of Labor are engaged in an effort to amalgate. Jas. B. Kirtley, a real estate dealer, of Kansas City. Mo., was run over by a train, and died soon after! Kansas’ Attorney General decided against chartering an organization for the arming of laboring men. Two little girls were burned to death at Des Moines, lowa. Mrs. Dobson, the mother, left them alone in the house. Mrs. Louisa A. Stuttox, a pioneer resident of Kansas ;City,< Kan., was burned to death in her home. Sedition in Sicily is apparently unchecked. The orders to disarm the islanders are generally ignored. The old firm of Whittier, Fuller & Co., Sai Francisco, hag been dissolved, the Whittier interest succeeding. TWO miners were crushed in a snow slide at Mullan, Idaho. The town itself narrowly escaped destruction. J! D. Slatford, of Chicago, was awarded custody of his children at SL Johns, N. 8., but His wife kidnaped them. 1