Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 28. 1895.

touching the city. The Japanese retired la the eventn. but returned the followIn day and bombarded the city from noon until 4 o'clock. Forty shells fell In the city, many of them around the mission premises, over which the American flaar ,

lloatel. one or the miss.onanes put oi In a bo3t waving an American and a white flag. He pot close to the Japanese ship, but his hail was Ignored, the vessel steamIns: a a ay. The American war rhlp Yorktown arrived at Teng Chow on Sunday, and on the following day took away several foreigners. The other foreigners In the city elected to remain. There was a panic among the Chinese who were leaving the city. A severs snowstorm added to their confusion. Armenian! Condemned. IiONDON. Jan. 27. A" deputation from tho Anglo-Armenian Association waited on tho Earl of Klmberly, Foreign Secretary, in reference to the statement from Constantinople that tho Court of Cessation had confirmed the Judgment of the court at, Krzlngham, condemning twenty-four Armenians to death and thirty-four others to various terms of imprisonment. Tho Foreign Secretary told the deputation that Sir Philip Church, the British embassador to Turkey, had been laformed in Constantinople that none of tho accused Armenians had been sentenced to death. The Rflcoclation therefore hopes that British Influence has had a salutary effect. Crnker'M Hornet Arrive. LONDON. Jan. 28. All tho 'American horses that have been brought to England to take part in tho races heie next season s-coi the voyage well, except Don Alonzo, who was nervous and. restless after landing and who remained In that cond.ton du ing the whole Jour.'i-.y to NcwmarKet where ne arrived dripping with sweat. Ho was wrapped heavily and hurried into the stable. Dinah Hlipped down but was unscratched. The statement that Dobbins will servo a couple of mares in March is much discussed, this being a unique departure from the custom that obtains at Newmarhet. Xewniiaper Men Barred Out. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 27. The commission appointed to Inquire into the ArRenlan outrages has had a preliminary sttig at iloowti. The Porte st-ll refuses to Krmlt newspaper correspondents to travel Armenia. . Meeting; of KIdr and Ex-KIuk. , PARIS, Jan. 27. King Alexander of Servia arrived here to-day. He was met at the utation by hls father, ex-King Milan, and by Representatives of President Faure, and M. Hanotaux, Minister of Foreign Affairs. WANT-STRICKEN TOWN. .Villagers of Husk, Win., Present a Sad State of Poverty. GRANTSBURG, Wis., Jan. 27. Reports Btlll continue to come In from the town of Husk, and each adds to the tale of terrible sufferings and starvation among the settlers there. The country is just opened up, and many of the settlers are recent arrivals. The greater number of them come from the tiouthern part of tho Stat and Rice county, and were nearly starved out when they arrived at Rusk. , The few morsels they had would not have filled a dry goods box. Those who arrived last spring cut away the woods, opened a small clearing and tried to raise a few vegetables to live on, after having put tip rough log houses to live iix Had they succeeded in raising anything matters might have been different, and their sufferings reduced to a certain degree as far as hunger was concerned. But crops were a. ubsoiute failure. Then came the terrlb.e forest fires, sweeping everything in the.r liath. Many farmers lost the little hay they Lad gathered from the scattering marshes, and In several Instances houses, barns and their all were swept away. The towns of Sheel Lcice and Cumberland assisted them soma last fall. The local charity funds and town funds are exhausted, and now the county relief committee is asked for aid. The Governor has b en requested to give immediate relief. They have almost nothing to eat and very little to wear. One-fifth of the inhabitants are without proper food, and many have not a pound of flour In the house. The relief committee held a meeting here to-day, after having given notice to those in need of aid. Their tales of want and woe were taken under oath, and were pathetic In the extreme. It is a pitiful sight to see how thinly these pecple ure clad, when the thermometer Is registering 20 to 30 degrees below zero. ANOTHER ADVANCED WOMAN. Masquerades an u Muu for Sixteen Years. . sav .mSE. Cal.. Jan. 27. A sensation has been created in. the county Jail by the discovery' that a prisoner booked as Milton B. Mat son was a woman. She was arrested at Dos Catos on charge of Issuing bogus checks. For about two years she conducted a hotel at Ben Lomad and owed many debts there. The discovery was made through a remittance from Enjrlewood to Lou'sa Matson, on the Bank of British North America, while Matson was In Jail here. These remittances have heretofore been paid to a bogus man on her indorsement. The woman says she has masqueraded as a man .for sixteen years but has committed no crime. TO THE WATER'S EDGE. Dntcu Steamer Sehiednm Hammed by a BrttlNh. Steamer. LONDON, Jan. 28. A dispatch to the Times from Boulogno-Sur-Mer says that at It o'clock Saturday night a collision occurred off Dungeness. The Dutch steamer Schiedam, Captain Steine, from New York, Jan. 8, for Amsterdam, was proceeding up the channel near the land for the purpose of taking a pilot on board when the British steamer Massachusetts, outward bound, tried, it is alleged, to pas3 between the Bchledam ' and the shore, contrary to rule. The captain of the Schiedam seeing that a collision was inevitable, reversed the engines. Directly afterward the Massachusetts struck the Schiedam with great force on her port bow, cutting her down to the water's edge. The 6chiedam had seventy passengers on board, but thero was no panic. The collision bulkheads were closed and the leakage stopped as ftr as possible. The life boats were pro lioned and cleared for lowering and every preparation made to abandon the ship, thould such a course become necessary. Captain Steine declined the assistance proffered him by the Massachusetts, end steered for Boulogne, where the So hied am arrived at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. The steamer was anchored in the deep sea harbor. She will discharge, dock and repair. She is leaking badly and her pumps have to be kept going constantly. The damage sustained by the Massachusetts is unknown. Movements of Steamer. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 27.-The Savannah line steamship City of Macon, Captain Lewis, which sailed from this port at 7, p. m. Saturday for Savannah, with a, large general cargo la nshore on the Bulkhead shoals, where she ran three hours after leaving port. SHIELDS, Jan. 27. Arrived: Salermo, from New York, via Hull. . NEW YORK, Jan. 27. Arrived: La Bretagne, from Havre. QUEENSTOWN. Jan. 27. Arrived: Dago, from Philadelphia. LIVERPOOL Jan. 27. Arrived: Galileo, from New York. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 27.-Arrlved: Cevic, from New York. HULL. Jan. 27. Arrived: Martello, from New York. The Mafia, at Work Aynln. NEW ORLEANS. Ijw Jan. 27.-The Italian Mafia has again begun operations in thi.4 city. The murder of the Italian Tony Chisesi, of Chicago. In the Italian quarter of the city, on Wednesday morning, was followed yesterday by abetter from the Malta to A. Montclone. one of the wealthiest Italians in the city, demanding 2,000 on pain of assassination. Chisesi was murdered to wipe out a debt which he had again t two members of tho dread association, one of whom had Just serv ed a term In the penitentiary. The letter threatened assatss natlon in case the police were notified. Montelono was much friphtend, but finally decided to place the matter in tho ' hands of the police and appeal for protection. The ioi:co and better class of Italians think that it Is a genuine letter. Flitilnimoiii Goea to Trial. ST. LOri3. Jan. 27. Bob F.tzslmmons left for Syracuse, N. Y.. at noon to-day, to answer to the charge of, k.alns: Con Jtlordan. The trial wtil occur about Feb. 4. Captain Glorl, FltM.mmons manager, renalns behind with the company, which, he eays, will not disband, but will resume Its rood engagement If Dob settles his troubles quickly; . . . ; .

TWO WIVES AT WAR

VIOLA HKOW.V SUES Gt SSIB WALKER - FOR 95,000 DAMAGES. State InlvemUj- Student Mixed Ip In u Scrimmage with. 3IiUtI:i Uoys The Morrison 'Will Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD. Ind., Jan. 27. Mrs. Viola Brown brought suit against Mrs. Gussie Walker for damages for alienating the affections of her husband, William H. Brown. Mrs. Walker Is the young wife of William C. Walker, an old citizen of this county. They were married about a year ago. As an inducement to marry, him Mrs. Walker was given a deed for 113 acres of fine Hancock county land. This she sacrificed recently at $35 an acre and now has $3,000 on deposit with the Greenlletd Banking Company and Judge C. G. Offut Issued a temporary injunction restraining the bank paying out this money pending the decision of this damage suit. Mrs. Walker's maiden name was Gussie Wachstetter and her parents live at Lapel, but when she and Mr. Walker were married she had been making her home at Indianapolis. Mr. Walker was formerly one of Hancock county's wealthiest citizens, but recently made an assignment and his business is in the court3. SPOUTS AT WABASH COLLEGE. Skatlner on the River and Sophoniores' Whiskers Growing; Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan 27. During the past week the students of Wabash have had a good time skating. Just north of the city thero Is a stream, which the local ico company keeps oamraed up at this season of the year and when the weather Is cold enough and the snow does not interfere the students have a splendid field for sport. They went out in large numbers and the amusement, unlike the college, was conspicuously co-educational. Athletics are the rage in college now. None of the literary societies ha3 need of larger quarters to accommodate its audiences. Interest centers In the midwinter gymnasium meet of the freshman and sophomore classes. In the neighborhood of fifty men are practicing for this contest. Heretofore when the 22d of February has not been given up to flag raisings and flag lowerings, with the Inevitable accompaniments, some sort of a literary test has been resorted to for determining the question of supremacy among the odds and evens. It was at first attempted to bring about a literary contest this year, but the challenge of the freshmen looking to such an arrangement was ignored. Then negotiations for an athletic meet were begun. Prof. Thomas, chairman, of the athletic committee, spurring the movement along in behalf of the faculty. A programme was finally agreed on and will be carried out on Feb. 22. On Friday evening President and Mrs. Burroughs entertained the sophomore clasa. This reception, like those that have gone before it. was enjoyed by everybody present. Refreshments were a pleasing feature of the occasion. It Is the purpose of the college Y. M. C. A. to improve its room. All the classes have been asked to contribute something to the cause and there has been generally a very liberal response. Amongr the improvements will be a new carpet and new chairs. . Hannibal Williams, the Shakspearian reader, gave "The Tempest" at the local 1. M. C. A. auditorium this week. It was one of the regular entertainments of the college lecture course and was enjoyed by a large audience. One of the novelties which the Immediate iuiure promises is a luxuriant crop of sophomore whiskers. The president of '97 has issued a decree that no member of his class shall shave until after Feb. 23. the penalty be ng excommunication. The results of this order are likely to be varied and fantastic. Under ordinary clrcumstances college whlsker3 are rather queer phenomena: what they will be under the new sophomore flat only a rich fancy can conjecture. DRAGGING ALONG. Testimony Agalnt Morrison's Mental Capacity Still Piling: Up. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 27. The Morrison will case was adjourned on Friday last until to-morrow afternoon, when the proceedings will be resumed. The testimony so far has been confined almost entirely to the condition of James L. Morrison mentally. The last witness introduced by the plaintiffs was Charles G. Swain, ex-clty clerk, who testified to the inaccuracies Mr. "Morrison made In the keeping of his accounts, a thing considered by the plaintiffs of more than ordinary Interest and importance. Mr. Swain testified that K horl rn.iij 1 uitu eg. JIUIIiUt I of errors in the accounts, ranging from 10 'cents up to $50. He will continue his testluiuuy un lonaay. The end of the trial is not in sight yet: in fact, there is no certainty as to when the plaintiffs will finish their side and the defense be allowed to begin the Introduction cf testimony. When the trial had been in progress two weeks it was stated that the pla.ntlffs would likely rest their case in another week. That week has gone and the fourth week has-almost been completed, and still the plaintiff keeps right on introducing testimony. There are several witnesses to be introduced before the plaintiffs finish, among them Miss Bertha Morrison, one of the plaintiffs, a groat-granddauf?hter of James L. Morrison, and Dr. J. R. Weist both of whom will give testimony of Interest. Should the defense occupy as much time and there is every reason to believe it will It will be lato in March before the case is decided. , SCniM.lIAGE WITH MILITIA. Company H Hoys Have nn Encounter with State L'nlverslty Students. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Jan. 27. Much comment has been caused here by reason of the public assault on a number cf university students by members of Company H, State militia, on dedication day. The military boys of the town wanted to rip off certain badges worn by some of the students and there was aru. exciting time on the streets during the seffie, though the students escaped without injury. Such scenes are not regarded hero as doing the university any good and the news was suppressed. The reports sent out were exaggerated from a very small incident. The facts are that some time in the day some students had printed a badge . on which the words: "Class '96, Indianapolis Indiana University." They wore the badges about the city and late in the afternoon thero w.s an encounter with town boys, members of the State militia, who were on parade. There Is bitter feeling between the town people and the students, who have advocated removal of the university to IndianaooHs, and this was the cause of the encounter. . - Indorsed Nicholson's Bill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Jan. 27. The Grand Opera House was packed to-night, seventeen churches uniting in a mass meeting to take action n the Nicholson saloon bill, now pending before the State Legislature. Addresses were made by a number of citizens and. ministers touching the bill and the great need of further legislation on the liquor question. A resolution was offered and unanimously adopted indorsing the bill, petitioning for its enactment and requesting Wayne county's Representative to work for its passage. A committee composed of Mayor J. S. Ostrander. Benjamin Starr. C C. Binkley, Rev. Alexander Galeh rst and Richard Seuwiik was appointed to go to Indianapolis and work for the passape of the bill. The petition, being circulated over the State, was generally signed. Overton Has Quit Talking. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 27.-John G. Ovettcn has returned home from hlj chase after W. W. Taylor, the South Dakota defaulting State Treasurer. He visited yesterday at Francesvllle. He says he has nothing to say about the matter, except that Taylor 4 will yet be caught. He blames the Western Union transfer ofllco at Indianapolis for publication of the affair, giving Taylor ample opportunity to escape. The telegram was dated as coming from the United States Marshal at Indianapolis, w hen it should hav been from Pierre. Dak. Overton went to Indianapolis Wednesday,-

found out the mistake, and the papers published the matter. He denies consulting the spirits as to Taylor's whereabouts, a story which has been circulated here.

A Seymour WeddlngT. Special to the Indianapolis Journal SEYMOUR, Ind., Jan. 27. This evening, at 7 o'clock, the First M. E. Church was crowded with friends to witness the marriage of Mr. John Elliott and Miss Ida Williams, Rev. J. H. Doddridge officiating. The couple left on a wedding trip to Indianapolis' on the late train. Port Wnyne Pension Attorney Held. TOLEDO, O., Jan. 27. J. L. Martin, a pension attorney of Fort Wayne, Ind.. had a preliminary hearing before a United States commissioner here to-day, on a charge of returning false affidavits In a pension case. .He was bound over to the grand jury under bail of $300. Was 111 Only Ten Minutes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 27. Mrs. Kate Jamison Hill, wife of Wiley Hill," a prosperous farmer of the county, died late last evening, after an Illness of ten minutes. She leaves a husband and four small boys, the youngest being but two weeks old. Indiana 3fote. Mr. E. J. Myer, a prominent clothing merchant of Shelbyville, suffered a stroke of paralysis yesterday, and is in a critical condition. The residence of Peter Roth, east of Shelbyville, burned Saturday night, together with Its contents. The family barely escaped with their lives. The Farmers' Institute of Shelby county has elected Hon. B. S. Sutton president and E. E. Stroup secretary. The meeting of the Shelby County Agricultural Association elected J. W. Vannoy president, E. E. Stroup secretary, John R. Sedgwick treasurer and William Pond superintendent. "WAY OF AN EMBEZZLER Ills Ill-Gotten Money Lost in a Denver Pool Room. . DENVER, Col., Jan. 27. Harry Semple has been arrested in this city on a telegram from the superintendent of police of Philadelphia, saying he is wanted in that city for forgery and embezzlement of $1,500 from the Mastln D.stillery Company, for; wfrich he was bookkeeper until las-t November. Charles A. Hurley, alias Charles A. Caroll, was also taken into custody. Semple had a considerable sum of money when he arrived in Denver, but lost all in the pool rooms. In his possesion were found several letters from his wife, begging him to return home. TliliNS IO A HUttKlCANE. Wind IJ lowing Forty Mile nn Hour nml Railways Blocked. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Jan. 27.-The little blizzard imported early yesterday last night assumed the proportions of a hurricane. The storm continued to-day with unabated fury, the mercury registering zero. The wind, blowing at forty miles an hour, had piled the snow everywhere in huge drifts, and thj highways are impassable. No trains have arrived here s.nce last evening, and the railroad compan.es have not attempted to run a train out, nor will any attempt be made to do so for the present. Railroad officials say that even should the storm cease the trains will not run until to-morrow night or the following morning, for the reason that the snow is piled in tremendous drifts along the tracks In the Adirondacks, where the distances between places are great. Many travelers are snowbound In the woods. I Snowstorm In Dixie. JEFFERSON. Tex., Jan. 27. A blinding snowstorm has been raging here for six hours, with no indications of ceasing. NATCHITOCHES. La.. Jan. 27. There was a snowfall of five hours' duration here to-day. It is sleeting heavily to-night, ARKANSAS CITY, Ark.. Jan. 27. A regular norther struck this place to-day. Snow began falling this afternoon, and is now several Inches deep. Gresham and the Japanese Students. Haraer's Weekly. Mr. Ralph's story as printed in the Weekly is abundantly confirmed by the official correspondence and yet this is the story whose accuracy Mr. Gresham saw fit to deny. It may be that he still disbelieves the statements of his diplomatic agents who agreed with Mr. Ralph, but if he does, he has made no movement to compel their recall. In support of the soundness of his own conclusions, he seems to rely upon the certificate of tho Chinese minister, who is not likely to be an unbiased witness. His plea that the Japanese cannot and do not complain, and that no one else ought to, is hardly worthy of a man occupying his high position. This is a case involving the interests of humanity. China is a barbarous nation and exceptional relations prevail between her and civilized powers. It is the practice of her government, to torture prisoners. It Is not its practice to accord fair trials. It was the duty of the government of the United States to prevent the torturing of these students, and their execution without a fair trial. That it did not perform this duty was due to Mr. Gresham's failure to realize what humanity required of him land his subordinates in dealing with a barbarous people. Skated. In Her Bare Feet. Louisville Post. A pretty eighteen-year-old girl created quite a sensation in the east end yesterday. And for an hour a score of men watched her as she glided about on the ice. She was a graceful skater, and every movement was Delsartean in its perfection. It was not her grace and beauty that attracted the men. It was her bare feet which gleamed In and out beneath her skirt as each foot was thrust gracefully forward. The foot was such a one as described by Du Maurier in his "Trilby." The coloring was perfect, and now and then as the wind switched her skirts the glimpse of a perfect ankle and sometimes even the swell of a shapely calf was seen. It was this that attracted the men. They wondered that the cold did not make her suffer, but it seemed unnoticed. Her mother finally appeared, and after much cheerful persuasion and a little force, the girl was induced to remove her skates, don shoes and stockings and leave. With her' departure the crowd rapidly dwindled away, and finally the pond was deserted except for a few urchins who dashed about recklessly in the excitement of "shinny." Prises Awarded Cyclers. CHICAGO, 3an. 26. The following- are the successful contestants for prizes offered In 1S94, by the Century Road Club, of America: M. and W. gold individual mileage medal, won by Dr. Milton Keim, Philadelphia, with 18.5.1S miles to his credit: Johnson gold individual century medal, won by Milton W. Keim, jr., Philadelphia, with seventy-eight centuries to his credit; club century banner, w-on by Lincoln Cycling Club, Chicago, with S17 centuries to its credit: A. A. Hansen, of Minneapolis, rode 21,053 miles during the year, but, under the conditions of the competition, was not entitled to count the total mileage. He has, however, secured the national record, and will receive a special medal. A similar competition will be conducted during 1895. The Mendota Explonion. MENDOTA, 111., Jan. 26. The remains of William Long were found in the ruins of the Benning brewery by the searchers today, increasing the total number of deaths to eight. Two more men ars missing and the list may be further Increased by discovery of bodies of several Ice cutters, who are said to have been warmintr themselves in the brewery where the exposion occurred. Destitution In Wisconsin. GRANTSBURG. Wis.. Jan. 27. Reports from the town of Rusk, this county, confirm the news of terrible suffering and starvation in that town. One fifth of the population is without proper food, and a large number of families has not a pound of flour in the house. All the local aid is exhausted as well as the town funds. Governor Upham has been appealed to. Wealthy Stockman Murdered. EVANSTON. Wyo.. Jan. 27. Harvey Booth, one of. the wealthiest cattlemen in Wyoming, was found dead last night. He has been in the stock business in the Big Horn and Uintah country for more than twenty yers. The motive wa3 probably robbery. There is no clew. Constructor Ariuatend Dies. VALLEJO." Cal., Jan. 27. Naval constructor Armstead. whose skull was broken bv a hawser iartmg at the dry dock at Mare island Saturday, d'ed at the Naval hospital at 7 o'clock this morning. His body will be embalmed and sent to his relatives in Virginia. Weather Indications. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. For Ohio and Indiana Fair; variable wind3. For Illinois Fair, except snow in extreme o.uthern portions; northeast winds. Dr. 1 rice's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Hljfcest Mcdol and Diploma, "

FOOTS UP 50,000,000 AN" ESTIMATE OP THE REVENUE FROM THE INCOME TAX.

Interesting Discussion of the Hawnllan Question Will Contlnne This Week In the Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. " 27. Members of Congress who believe in the income tax as an equitable method of raising revenues are gratified at the unexpectedly good showing of the preliminary canvass made by the collectors of the internal revenue at the direction of Secretary Carlisle. They believe that the greater the amount realized from this tax the more popular it will become and the more firmly rooted as a part of the policy of the government. Representative McMillin, of Texas, says that if a large per cent, of the revenue of the government be derived from this plan any attempt to repeal it before the expiration of the five-year limit fixed in the Wilson bill will be exceod:ngly unpopular, and that the greater the revenue derived from it the greater will be the probability of its reenactment at the end of its term. When the proposition to tax incomes was before Congress the profit from the scheme was at first estimated at from $15,000,000 to $18.000,000. Later the estimates of the committee were raised to the vicintiy of $30,000,000. Mr. Hall, of Missouri, who has given more study, perhaps, to. the theory ana h.story of the income tax than any other man- .n the House, did not place the total below $O),C00,WK). From the remts of tne canvass ot the Internal Revenue Bureau it appears tnat Mr. Had was more neany correct than the other forecasters. He now says that the income tax may yield more than $5.000,0(JO. and it is known that the Treasury Department officials do not place its results below that mark. The show.ng made by the thirty-six of the sixty-three districts gives ground for the est.mate that aoout ioO.OuO persons and corporations will contribute to the treasury by this plan. . , CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST. The Hawaiian Discussion Will Me Pnll of Interest This Week. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The week in the Senate will open with a renewal of the discussion of the Hawaiian question, which promises to become the subject of several more very animated speeches, before it shall be definitely and finally disposed of. The question of the Vest amendments, the Allen resolution, Instead of dissouraging the antagonists of the administration, having apparently had the effect of spurring them to even more strenuous and pronounced opposition, they express themselves as hopeful of reversing the verdict of Saturday when the next vote shall be reached, which shall be on the final adoption of the substitue. Senator Teller will inaugurate the discussion for the week with a continuance of his speech began yesterday. The Hawaiian question will be confined to the two first hours of the daily sessions, and at the expiration of this time will give way to other subjects. The bankruptcy bill has, been given the-position of unfinished business, and will occupy attention for the greater part of the week. Senator George will inaugurate the debate with a speech on Monday, He expects the measure to encounter very pronounced opposition, and in this will not be d.sappointed, as a majority of the Eastern and Northern Senators will be found to be against the bill. When this bill Is disposed of, in whatever way, the Senate will probably proceed to consider the pooling bill. If the threatened conflict between this and the territorial admission bills should occur a majority of the Republican Senators would support the faction favorable to taking up the poodns bill and would probably turn the tables in its favor. (There are no appropriation bills now before the Senate, but three of those remaining unacted upon, 'vis.: -tiie District of Columbia, the diplomatic and -'the postofnee bills, will be reported during the week, and It Is Sen-1 ator Cockrell's purpose to call them up immediately with the view of getting them out of the way as soan as possible. This he will do to the displacement of either the Hawaiian resolution or bankruptcy bill. The programme in the House for the coming week will lie subject to revision in case President Cleveland sends a special message to Congress calling for legislation to protect the gold reserve. Speaker Crisp, who has been at Asheville, N. C, for the benefit of his health, is expected to-mor-, row or Tuesdays and if special legislation be demanded by Mr. Cleveland to meet the crisis an effort undoubtedly will 4e made to comply with his wishes. To-morrow, under the rule. Is District of Columbia day, but a vote will probably be taken on the bill to Tepeal the differential imposed by the tariff act on sugars from bounty-paying countries. It is the present intention to give Tuesday and Wednesday to the "bill reported from the Pacific railroad committee 4o fund the debt of the Union Pacific road, but, as previously stated, this bill depends on the President's wishes. The remainder of the week will be devoted to the consideration of the navy and agricultural appropriation bills. Eight appropriation bills have already been disposed of. Besides the two mentioned there are yet unacted on only the legislation and general deficiency bills. Going: Around -Cape Horn. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Captain Shepard, chief of the revenue marine service, to-day received news of the arrival of the revenue cutter Perry at iuonteviueo, on ner way around Cape Horn, to San Francisco. All on botrd are well. THE POSTAL MONOPOLY. Circumstances Urnlcr Which Individuals May Carry Letters. New York Sun. The law provides that no person shall undertake to carry . letters for pay unless such letters be inclosed and sealed In government stamped envelopes, and such letters must bear full postage for their weight. There is nothing to prevent- any one from carrying letters and charging for their carriage If this provision of the law be complied with. Wells. Fargo & Co. used to do the larger part of the postal business or California before . the government had established sufficient postal routes and postoffices in that State for the needs of the community. The company's charge was 2a cents a letter, and it kept government stamped envelopes in which to inclose all letters intrusted to its care. All express companies do a little such business still, but it is insignificant now, since the postal svstem is cheaper and more extended than a'nv other carrvlng organization. As a matter of fact. 1 it 13 a little difficult to comply with the requirement concerning government stamped envelopes, for the government issues nothing higher than the two-cent denomination of stamped envelopes, and it would be a violation of law to carry in such an envelope a sealed communication of above one ounce in weight; nor would the law be any the less violated were the additional postage affixed. T'norft 110 t,- a Dooular notion that the government monopoly of the postal business forbade tho carrying of letters by one friend fjr another without charge, but if there was ever any such decision by the Postofnee Department it no longer holds good, for the law now especially provides for the free carriage of consignees' letters by ships, railways and the like. The railway companies do a great deal of such business, and send - without postage hundreds of letters daily upon their own affairs. These letters are inclosed in envelopes marked, "railroad business." The government make3 a epeclal provision for what are called ship's letters. These are letters carried by vessels not having mail contracts. The master of such vessel on reaching pert Is required to deliver within three hours after his arrival by day, or within two hour3 after' sunrise if he arrived by night, all such letters to the local postofnee. He is- entitled to receive 2 cents for each letter of one ounce or less, and the addressee must pay double postage. Refore postal routes were sd numerous many such ship's letters came In to the New York postofnee, and even now Hudson river steamers not carrying the mails occasionally bring in a letter of the sort. A ship comes into port now and then from some far corner of the earth with a few such letters, but the number grows fewer year by year, for not only does the iostal system oi the globe reach nearly fcvjry port visited by commerce, but even the postal union now embraces almost the whole world. ,V Cape Colony has just come Into the union, and only Morocco. Samoa, the Orange Free Sute, Madagascar. (China and a few less Important countries are left out. Even Midieascar is practically in the union, for all her important ports are in the hantis of the French, and through that nation they enjoy the privileges of the union. China, having no thorough system of internal mails, is not in the onion; but twen

ty-one ports enjoy the privileges of the union through the postal agencies of the United States and Great Britain. China's internal postal business Is managed by private persons, and all sorts of men compete for the carrying of letters, so that the rate of postage, though uncertain, is not high. Even those countries not In the un'on eni-v the unon rate, and vou nry send a half-ounce letter for 5 cnts to almost any part of the civil'jtfd world. There are. however, manv ports to which th country does not reeularlv dlsoatch mails direct, and br a hard'Mn arises under the law. Any letter not referring directly and soVly to the cargo cannot be sent sive tinder cover of a government . stamoed envelope, and as these envelopes are not of a denomination renu'red o' foreign postage it 13 impossible to d'sontch such letters without a violation f t" law. incurring- liability to a fine of $53. You may sav whit you w'.U about the carso to the consignee and snd your oommuntcation without stamp, whatever the weieht miv h?. but If vou w'sh his wife a haopv New Year or inouire after th health of his children you incur liabilitv to a fine of $50. As a matter of fact, th law in this reeard is constantly- violated with Impunity, since the violat'on does not seriously touch upon the government's mononolv. From time to time, however, the government interferes when the tr',e Is curried too far. The government claims no monopoly for the carriage of other than first-class matter, and as to merchandise it limits the weieht of packages to four pounds. Odily enough, however, there is no limit to the weight of first-class matter, and if a threeton safe were inclosed in a salei package ad a two-cent stamo were affixed the postoffice, under a literal construction of the law. would be required to forward U. ana collect the extra postage due. unless, indeed, the addressee should decline to receive 1 it and leave it to be taken to the Dead Letter Office. The postofnee would probably choose in such a case to violate its own laws and reject the safe as unmaflable. Put if anv man with a turn for practical loking wishes to test the limit of what the poptofftre will forward under seal at the single letter rate he mav seal up a safe, a pig of lead, or any other heavy article not danierous to the malls or their, handlers, and offer it at the general postoffice. He would at least raise an interesting case. - CHECKS IS RETAIL BUSINESS.

Sections of the Country Where Credit Is Most Lnra-ely V'sed. Washington Special to Chicago Record. The Controller of the Currency during the last year has been engaged in a very interesting study of the use of checks and other commercial paper in the retail business of the country. While the result of his investigations is not as complete or satisfactory as desired, still it furnishes material worthy the consideration of political economists and the framers of laws designed to relieve the financial distress of the country, as well as the legislators who are called upon to act upon them. The Controller's investigations were limited to the national banks, of which there are about 3,700, and blanks and a set of questions covering the information des;red were sent them. Replies were received from 2.4G3 banks, which, although in some respects not as complete as de3ired, throw light upon important phases of the use of credit instrument?, ana the results as a whole justify the inquiry. Inasmuch as there was no way of getting anything like complete returns of retaii transactions througnout the country, the Controller selected a few trades, wnich, in the aggregate, represent the largest percentage of retail business. Those were selected the purchase of whose products represents the largest part of the ordinary expenses for living. The inquiry covered go.d, silver coin and gold ami s.lver certificates, treasury notes, checks and ather Instruments of credit deposited with national banks by retail grocers, retail butchers, retail clothiers, retail furniture dealers and retail fuel dealers on "settling day" in each community nearest the cose of the fiscal year ending June SO, 1S94. The cashiers of banks were requested to state the usual period of credit granted by the retail merchants in their locality, whether it was customary for employers to pay wages by checks, and if so did! the employes, as a rule, present these- checks for payments at the bank or have them cashed by merchants. Owing to a slight misunderstanding the blanks sent out did not cover all classes of, transactions as fully as was Intended, but, notwithstanding the omission, the returns are fairly representative of the character of the circulating medium of those places throughout the country which are sufficiently developed to have a national bank. A large part of the trade concerning which there are no returns is in the small country towns where there are no national banks, and in those places most of it is done on the basis of book credit, the farmers who bring in produce being credited with its value on the books of the dealers and securing their supplies on the basis of that credit. In these transactions very little money is used, and so far as money is not . used they would go to swell the amount of credit in retail business. It is not unlikely that if returns had also been received from State and private banks throughout the country they would show the same proportion of commercial paper used. If the 8,200 State and private banks did one-half as much business as the national banks the total amount of retail transactions represented would be $9,000,000, and this is about two-thirds "of the average daily expenditure in retail transactions throughout the country as estimated by the Commissioner of Labor. It is doubtless true that the returns from these banks would more largely increase the per cent, of credits than the per cent, of money in the returns, for they are mostly located In parts of the country where credit seems to be more largely used. The cashiers of some of the banks in making their returns stated that the percentage of checks used in other kinds of retail transactions is much larger than in those for which Teturns were obtained. In eight banks in Pennsylvania, for example, there were $6,657 in checks deposited by dealers of the kinds specified in the circular and $50,428 in checks deposited by other classes of retail dealers. Instances of this kind arise largely from some peculiar character of the place, like a predominance of some particular trade, and tend to swell the proportion of checks used. The amount of retail payments which the returns cover was in round numbers $5,000,000. Of this amount 53.9 per cent, was in checks and store orders and 41.1 per cent, in various kinds of money. In the following statement are given the ten States in which the percentage of money used in the retail trade is greatest: Per cent. Per cent. State. South Dakota . California Minnesota .. .. Wyoming Ohio Indiana Oregon Massachusetts .. North Carolina New Jersey of money, of checks. ....62.4 ....58.4 ....56.8 ....564 ....54.8 ....54.7 ....51.0 .. . ..V.5 . . . .50.5 "....43.0 37.6 41.5 43.2 43." 45.2 45.. 49.0 4I..5 43.5 51.0 The ten States in which the percentage of checks in use was greatest were:

Per cent.. I'er cent, of checks, of money. Mississippi 86.5 13.5 New Mexico 83.6 16.4 Virginia 74.8 26.2 Montana 72.7 27.3 Colorado 70.5 2!.5 Georgia 70.2 29.8 Texas 67.5 32.5 Arkansas 67.3 Sj.7 Washington .. 66.8 83.2 Louisiana ... 66.4 . 3X6

An element which ought to be considered, concerning which there is no way of getting data, but which would go to swell the cred.t side of the account, is the larga amount of store orders and store checks used, especially in the mining and manufacturing districts and in the country districts throughout the South. These are issued in paym nt of wages, and reduce the amount of money paid out in wages as well as in retail payments, These store orders and book credit accounts obtain very largely in places where supplies are furnished through "general stores." The tables given above show that the extent of the use of the credit instruments in retail transactions varies w'deiv I in different parts of the country. M ss'sI sippi heads the list, and South Dakota 1 shows the smallest percentage. The larger daily use of credit throughout the cotton growing Spates was to be expected, and the figures bear out the supposition. The same is true in i general of the great wheat-growing States of the Northwest. The highest percentage of checks is in the south central dlvis- ! ion and the lowest in the north central ! division, and the investigations of ConI troller Eckels show that the per centage t of retail transactions done on credit is ' larger in the south Atlantic and south cni tral divisions than in the north Atlantic .and north central divisions, while the western group or Mates is Intermediate. It is not safe to draw any definite conclusions from the results of this slnele investigation, which was necessarily defective, but the information gathered shows that the assumption that the use of checks and other credit instruments Increases with the population is not in strict accordance with the facts. It appears from from this investigation that the rate of increase in the use of credit Instruments in retail transaction decreased relatively with tho growth of population after a certain density ot population is reached.

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GOLD THEIR NEW KING AUTHORITY O.V SILVER SAYS 1HEE COIXAGE IS IMPOSSIBLE. Those Who Advocate It Are 'ot the Intelligent and Representative Men of the West Confidence Shaken. Henry B. Clifford, in Boston Transcript. Great principles often die from untimely advocacy, and their most, deadly enemies are overzealous friends. Thus with sorrow the true friends of silver witness this inopportune agitation o that question; the industrial side of American life views it with alarm, its tendencies being to disturb the growing confidence of the moneyed classes, the co-operation of which is so essential to the producer. The honest bimetallist recognizes that the cause is retarded; that obstruction in the interest of any one element is class legislation, distasteful to the American spirit of equity. Public opinion is so rrfolding that the entire population of the mighty West are held personally responsible for this unsettling of confidence," this congealing of the blood in the veins of trade, and their mental caliber gauged by the acts of a certain class termed "advocates." The measuring of the Intellectuality of the entire West by the standard of a few hailing from almost primeval surroundings of wild mining camps is not justifiable. The vociferous cries for free coinage or ruin emanate from a different source than that which constitutes the law, order, society, wealth and culture of the mountains and plains. These proposed measures, practically demanding warfare upon the financial world, emanate from the brains of those who follow the dictation of sentiment, not reason. The better element understand the laws of finance and trade; that supply is affected materially bv demand; that both gold and silver are but commodities until stamped money by nations: that money acceptable to one may not meet the approval of another; that force in finance is the reflection of barbarism; that because America has almost exhaustless resources of silver is no reason that nations favorable to gold must by compulsion accept our money metal; that while it passes current here, it may nott pass in the markets of the world un-' less the co-operation of nations agrees to receive it; that money metal is as subject to the laws of demand and sunply as any product of the farm or mill. The men who sustain the honor of the West are not blinded by prejudice; theyj reason, cast aside the worthless in the same spirit that the progressive physician gives up cherished themes for recently discovered facts; they understand that free coinage Is almost an impossibility without international agreement; failing in that, the increased production of gold may make It probable. They do not believe in a dictatorial, policy; they know that Europe will not buy silver from us at 1.27 when the markets of the world are flooded with the metal at .60; and unless bimetallirji is acceptable to Europe on a fixed ratio, silver at 16 to 1 can only be successful through a great decline in the production of both me'-als. Even the East will be friendly to free coinage if the congress of nations agrees to it; but free coinage without a silver union or an import duty of 40 per cent, would result in the United States becoming the richest silver country, but bankrupt in gold. CONFIDENCE SHAKEN. Confidence once shaken Is ever timid, and confidence in the stability of the white metal has received a rude shock. The great majority of investors who take stock at 1.27, then In a few years witness a steady decline in value to .60, generally sell should the stock through any condition ever rise to the purchasing figure. It is the same with silver countries. Unfortunately, those " favorable to it are not great masters of the art of finance. They are far down in the rating of nations. Until all kingdoms and empires declare the equality of the two metals on agreed ratio they will ever be fearful of a sudden decline. Of the $4,050,000,000 of silver coin, India holds $950,000,000, China $750,000,000, Spain $166,000,000, Japan $88,000,000. the straits $115,000,000 $2,06&,000.000. Would any of them refuse to exchange silver for gold? Would it be long before the United States would have all if we stated to the world that every ounce of silver Is worth 1.27 and we will pay for It in gold? No; the cry for unrestricted coinage is not the voice of the intelligent West. They, like the East, have prop erty; they want sound financiering. They believe that the material progress of the world demands two metals, but they must be of equal value, upon flxei ratio. They want bimetallism. You have measured by a false standard. Those who wander aimlessly around are not the representatives of the true West. Those in Congress do not reflect all the sentiment. Daily men discuss the necessity of a free coinage whose conception of the measure gives every man the right to build a little mint of his own; whose experience with financial papers is sadly limited; to whom Darwin, Huxley, Von Humboldt, Car lyle, Mulhall, Del Mar and Rothwell are less interesting than such authors as Verne, Haggard, Doyle and Allen Yet learned lawyers, whose hair has become tinted with the winding sheet of time, place themselves on intellect ual equality and listen to the Idle prat tie of such men. The opinions emanat ing from this source are head-lined as the views of an "able silverlte," and thus is formed the standard by which you generally judge the West. The true silver advocates, like John P. Jones, want the metal to resume its place equal to gold, and are strongly in favor of sound money. They recog nize that if the production of silver continues to increase and gold remains stationary the ratio of 16 to 1 is not equitable. They know that under existing conditions the efforts to force the world to adopt that ratio-are ridiculous, That basis was lost in 1875, when the world's silver product was less than $70,000,000. In 1893 the product was $200.000,000 and the ratio had increased to 26.42. If England, France, Germany and Russia will join in bimetallism then any rate of ratio is possible, but these are evidently not ready for action. They are instead steadily increasing their holdings of gold coin, until they to-day control $2,o00,000,000 out of a possible $3,950,000,000, and only $S67,000,000 of sil ver. These are realities, not possibili ties, and any man who thinks the mere passing of a free coinage act by our government will frighten these nations is nursing delusions that will never ma terialize. Necessity only will make them agree to a fixed standard. Silver is an American product, but when its production Is so large as to honestly reduce Its value it must be measured, coinage laws notwithstand Ing. The stamping of 60 cents' worth c silver or gold and calling it a dollar Is admissible if the government ! can afford it. However, it Is inflation, which

mm those having little generally Indorse; those having wealth rightly oppose. Thi3 brings the silver question of today nearly to an issue between capital and labor a deplorable, unhealthy condition; and the two political parties in their platforms, in every State excert New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, last year, advocated some form of silver legislation. Fortunately, tho States representing the wealth and population favor no radical measure but efforts for the establishment of bimetallism. The greatest mistake we ever mado was, first, in practically demonetizing silver in 1873. At that time silver was selling at 1.27; with skill an agreement could have been executed. Instead, wa virtually said that circumstances were suchahat we feared tne production oe silver from the Comstock mines would soon make it unfavorable as monev. Foreign nations were uot, slow in awaking to the fact tht there was a rfiBinitv rf u. rrt overnroductioru France, Switzerland. Holland, Belgium, Spain ana tne sscanainavian Btaiea iolowed Germany in its practical demonetfsitinn rcvn 'Russia, nominally' a sil ver country, is so in name only; sho Mas less tnan joo.uuo.uuu 01 saver com. Yet the unwise method of coercion was adopted to fix a ratio of 16 to 1. SILVER DECLINED. In 1S7S Congress authorized the coin age of $24,000,000 per annum, and then a conference was called which resulted in failure. For a time America treated silver as money, but the production increased so rapidly thatl silver declined. steadily In value. A conference was held in Paris, .but resulted also in fail ure. In 1S90 the deadly Sherman lawwas passed, which stamped silver, not money, but a commodity which th American government desired other nations to accept as money upon a ratio cot Viv th nrnrluoer. These acts natur ally made many silver men who wera miners for revenue only, uneir interest became so intertwined that their cotkso -f fft-Vit TL-asi smothered bv tha idea that their product was worthy of irren tor nrntfction than all other lines of American industry. In 1S92 the third . rt t,,,.-viM-i-iri1 a p-rpomur t waft made in Brussels and adjourned with out result, During tms aeoaie it was shown that Europe was not hostile to silver on an equitable ratio the Rothschilds admitted this but the efforts to establish silver on a ratio of 16 to l when the actual ratio was 23. 1 2 seemed unreasonable. There has been no conspiracy 10 uestroy silver. Nature and Invention are nrr,riv,i tnf ita HoiMlnc first, by proving fallacious the main argument in Sustaining IIS Cliuius mo-v and growing scarcity of gold made It unfavorable for money o' the masses; second, the marvelous cheapening power of inventions applied to the extraction of the white metal. My study of the silver question was based upon lines of business interest. My views were honest. Suess. the eminent Austrian geologist, taught us that the grow- , ing scarcity of gold and the unmistakable condition of nature gave no hopes for a future adequate supply. The first rude shock to these cherished Ideas came when the discoveries ir. South Africa upset the Austrian's theories. It was realized that the tremendous profits in gold mining would seduce away the flower of the supporters of silver. The year 1853 gave the world the highest gold product in the memory of man. From that to 1892 the decline was so great that the predictions of Suess wero verified. In 1893 there came a change. The star of silver descended: the cause of silver monometallism faded. All the countries of the earth seemed to find gold. Africa, which in 1884 Droght forth no golden grains, has steadily increased in production until 1894 showed $30,000,000. Australia, British Guinea. Mexico, India, Russia and the United States have all shown marked increase. So great has been this change that the gold product of 1894 exceeded the total product of silver. The .result la inevitable. The enormous profits attendant upon successful gold mining Is thinning the ranks of the white metal army. Self-interest rules in mining, as in other business industries. , : , In that American empire termed the silver West there may have been men so broad, philanthropic, patriotic and self-sacrificing that they enlisted under the silver banner not for revenue, but principle. I knew them not. Their talons never grasped the limb that gave me rest at night. They soared in the blue of heaven by day too far abova my companions to even hear the rustle of their wings. We were but soldiers of fortune, fighting where our Interest lay. Constant companionship made us love the white czar of the metallic kingdom. We became rich through the eifts showered upon us. We drank in our share of the sweet perfume of the flowers of his success. We watched in sorrow the gathering clouds that darHened the sunlight of his fame. fear-dimmed eye we beheld the purple twilight of the evening of his exile., YzitlFc,-. oii amso from the ashes Willi Jinn , . , -of repeal, threw garlands emblems of love, as ne sanea waj , . ... our fallen Osiris.. then turned to serve the Yellow King. Should nations recall him from his Elba we shall be the first to cry. "Viva la platar AmerlcaV Dead. Sen. Washington Special to Chicago Record. Down in southern Washington, on the irreat Columbian plateau, at an altitude of two thousand feet above the level of the Taific fa the Dead pea of America. The SSal geographers call it Medical lake becluse there Is a belief that its water, are highly charged with curative properties It is about one mile long and threefourths of a mile wide, with . an average depth of sixty feet. It has no inlet or outlet and Its level appears to remain the same. There must be salt spr.ngs in the bottom that feed it about as fast as the waters are exhausted by evaporation, which is rapid in that country, where the air is so dry and rare. The waters are very heavy and very salt, its density and; composition being almost exactly as those of the Dead Sea. in Palestine. No vegetable life exists within a mile or more of Its shores, t are a dry, hard elay. The only anima. .e is a little turtle or terrapin they call the boat bug. and the walking fish, which is a curious creaturt about eight Inches long, with four fin that look like legs and are used for tht same purpose. .ua wik.ng nsa 13 never seen elsewhere. I'm told. TubeWorks. WROUGHT-IROS PIPE FOB Gas, Steam and Water Boir Tnhefi, Cut and KftilKabl lion fitting (black Btil glTan.ioi), Valrea. Stop t'ocka. fcuutoe rtnmilnKs. t iu Ouu ca, Hw Tonus. Cutter, Viae, bcrew Plate ami Di, Wreuckea. steam 1' rp a. Pumps, cvfchi ii Hnka. Itosa, Heitiuc, Ba .Lit Mft.tl, Voider. White aud 'oioreit W'ip. iiia; Waate, ami all other Hup. phd usel in con rctlou Um, Steam "Hit Water. Xuf. oral (aa supiUa a apecUlry. Btaara lieiitinij Appiurntua fur Vnbhc linliihrnrt. mrtniiBiL Mill. t-MStarlaa, Luadriea Lumber ry nouaM, etc Cat and . &rari t irde aay alr.a Wrought trun from Vy men to 1 i locue Uiaiav ter. Knight & Jillson 73 aad ?7 :

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