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THUKSDAY, JAXUAKY 1, lS'ja YVtshinztoo OifiecUit) PeaosIvacia Avenuj Telephone ('nil. B(inifMOfflrf. KUttorlal ltoin A M TERMS OF alllSCItlPTIOX. J)A1LY uv HAlU rfly onlf, one month S .70 lany cnlr, three month 2.U0 only, on jear 8.00 Iiur, Including Sunday, oue year low SuuiLtj culy, ot year 2.00 Pally, per rtk, ty carrier IS eta FunJay. single copy S rta La:ij auU Mioday, pw wet, ty earner IV eta WILKLT. rtryear..... $1.00 Reduced Dates to Clubs. ffabacriiie with aay ol vur numerous agent or tend tubccrU'tiona to lLo J0UE5AL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. Ttnoxtn sending tb Journal tL rough the malls In the retted Mate should pat ou an eixbt-page pajr a ossxniT postair stanjp; on a twelve or ftlxte?n-page I apr a Two-ttsT poetaga tuuip. I ortlgn puklae is tauajly doable Umtims raxea. r"an coram nn!atlon Intended for publication In Cua paper mut, in crier to recite attention, be accompanied ty Ui nauie anl adtlrtu of the writer. TUG IADIAXAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be foonJ at tee- following pla. ea fAKIS American Lxchaiige ux I'sxis, 36 Boulevard de Capuelnes. JifcW TOKK GUsey Houe, Windsor Hotel and Aator I loose. CHICAGO-rsJmer Ilouae. Auditorium UoUl and P. O. ws Co.. Wl Adams atreC CIXCUfNATI J. E. Uawiey 4 Co, 1M Tins street LOTJISVILLE T, T. Peering, northwest corner of Third and JeZerson sta and Louis? llle Book Co., .wd Fourth are. ET. LOUIS Union Kews Company, Union Depot WASHINGTON. D. CK!gg House, Ebbttt Iloufte, W lUards Hotel and Uie Washington News Li change, Ulh street, bet l'eun. ave. and k street Yes, of course, the young Emperor of Germany is somewhat aggressive and given to swagger, but how about yourself, Mr. Bull? A Cincinnati paper says that what few friends the President had in financial circles In that city are silenced by the cumulative blunders In his last bond call. A movement la on foot in Chicago to Investigate the charges against the grand Jury, which are that the bucket shops which "caw" that tribunal escaped Indictment. Governor Matthews has said he would cot accept the presidential, nomination on a" gold platform, but probably he would not refuse it if presented on a sliver salver. Those who have noted the conduct and words of Senator Vest have reason to conclude that he has never survived his disappointment and rage because the Confederacy failed. The people used to say that though Mr. Cleveland blundered he meant well, but they are fast reaching the conclusion that he Is a trickster as well as a blunderer. Insincere as well as ignorant. It is gratifying to know that while our foreign relations are drifting and our national finances going from bad to worse. Congress Is giving close attention to the patronage of both houses. SSSHSiSBlSSBSWMSBSMiSBaBSSBBBSSSSSSBSSSSSSapS If the Emperor of Germany had shown a part of his indignation at Great Britain because it does not take the initiative in the Armenian affair he would have a great deal of sympathy In this country. The British are so very argry with the war Emperor of Germany that they are likely to forget the Venezuelan affair. Besides, if there should be trouble between those two a neutral in this quarter Is desirable.

The New York World publishes pages of dispatches from banks In the Interior of the country which indicate that they will bid for a lot of the advertised loan. There Is no reason why they should not unless they can do better with, their money. ', BBBSaBBBBSSBBSSBBBBBBBBSSSBSBBSBKBBaBSBBBSBMBSBSBBBBBBB0 If the President of the Transvaal republic, liberates Dr. Jameson and the other prisoners now in his hands, as the dispatches Indicate, he will show more . magnanimity than the British government would have done under similar circumstances. If the Transvaal republic should demand a money indemnity from England on account of Dr. Jameson's raid It would be a turning of the tables. Generally It is England that makes such demands, with some little power as the fcarty of the second part.

There is no means of ascertaining the amount of gold In this country, but the estimates run from $300,000,000 to 1700,000,000. There is enough to take up the loan several times, and enough to spare If we did not spend so much abroad for merchandise we can supply ourselves. A Itepresentatlve In Congress Is reported as saying that of sixty bills which have been sent to him by constituents providing for the removal of the charge of desertion there Is no possible merit In more than three. It may be added that not one of these bills would have been presented if the removal of the charge of desertion is not necessary to obtain a pension. Some of the free-trade papers are now demanding free ships, to the end that the Upited States may purchase foreign chips and enter a business which has no profits because of sharp competition. We could not compete in the freight carrying, but we could call back very easily the production of over 5100,000.000 worth of merchandise which the present tariff law baa given to foreigners. Henry M. Stanley, now a member of the British Parliament, Is doing some pretty strong talking for the United States and tho Monroe doctrine. "No utterance can be too decided," he said to a correspondent, "no warning too grave, no action too vigorous to use in defense of the American right to speak and act on all affairs relating to theNorthen and Southern American continents." f A correspondent in Franklin asks the Journal to give the names of others than Representative Overstreet who presented bills relative to the method of paying pensions. The statement was taken from a press dispatch, and is of no, consequence except that, if others ! are interested, It shows that Mr. Overstreet is leading In a very important matter, as the Journal has frequently stated. Mr. Overstreefs bill or bills are regarded as so important by the pension committer of the House that he has been asked to present their merits to Its mem Lers. At no time In nearly twenty years has public sentiment, as represented in the

popular branch of Congrers, been so decidedly hostile to the free coinage of silver as at present. There has not been a Congress for years in which the friends and foes of that measure were not evenly divided or the Mends were the most numerous. In this Congress the friends of sound money outnumber the silverites by two to one. Nor should It be forgotten that the Illinois district in which the free silver sentiment waH overwhelming in June was caried by the Republicans in November by a large majority on a sound money platform. When silver comes to a larger place in the world's money it will be by international action a fact which such men as Senators Teller and Wolcott should be able to see.

POSSIBILITY OF EIROPEAX WAR. A European war is always imminent, and the conditions are such that It is never very remote. Europe itself Is an armed camp. Each one of the great powers maintains an army or navy, one or both, so large as to be a terrible burden on the people, and always it is only a question of time when these forces will be brought in action. The spark that will fire the train is always approaching from some quarter. It is almost an inevitable result of the military system of Europe that every one of the great powers should show a readiness to fight on any provocation. Their Jealousy and distrust of each other compel the maintenance of great standing military establishments, and in order to keep them in good fighting order every government has to cultivate a spirit of military touchiness and a sort of "swagger" which implies that war is a more honorable and manly way of settling disputes than arbitration. When to this is added the fact that each one of the powers already lays claim to some possession which the others dispute it is evident that war Is never far distant. It was Inevitable that England and Germany should soon or late come in collision In Africa, They are both aggressive powers, both already have extensive possessions in Africa, and both are determined to hold what. they have, and get more. .England's policy' has been to contract the lines around the Transvaal republic, colonize the country with British subjects and eventually absorb it. Her claim of suzerainty, based on the treaty with the Transvaal 1 government of 1S84, has afforded her an excellent leverage for pushing her plans, and if Dr. Jameson's raid had been successful the days of the Transvaal government would have been numbered, and British suzerainty would have been changed from a diplomatic claim to art established fact. The position taken by Emperor William Is a logical necessity of the situation. It means that Germany has determined to draw the line against British aggression in South Africa, and it may foreshadow a long and bloody contest between the two powers for ascendency In the dark continent. Such a contest, once begun, would, of course, lead to a general European war. WHY XOT ARHITRATIOV? The American correspondent of the London Chronicle has been doing some effective work in the .way of bringing about a better understanding In England of the true state of public feeling in this country relative to the Venezuelan controversy. He has causeo a marked change in the course of the Chronicle, and no doubt a proportional one In the views of many of its readers. Just, now he is making an earnest effort to bring about 'a peaceable solution of the question by arbitration, not between England and Venezuela, but between England and the United States. He says: If Lord Salisbury will say that, although he must maintain his ref isal to arbitrate on Venezuela by Itself, h5 is prepared to .conclude a treaty with the United States, under which all questions failing of diplomatic settlement shall be submitted to arbitration, and that this, of course, would Include Venezuela, a3 the greater Includes the less, the American government, I know, will receive his communication with warm sympathy. Herein is a dignified and. Indeed, the most simple and friendly escape from the deadlock. The correspondent is probably correct In saying that a 'proposition or suggestion for a general treaty of arbitration for the settlement of International disputes coming from England would be well received and favorably entertained by the United States. Of all nations these two should be most willing to submit their disputes to that mode of settlement. Both are already in a measure committed to the policy. There have been more arbitrations between the United States and Great Britain than between any other two nations. In fact, the cases of arbitration between the two great English-speaking nations almost outnumber all others combined. The treaty of Ghent, following the war of 1812, provided for three distinct arbitrations to settle boundary disputes and the ownership of certain Islands. In 1826 Great Britain paid the United States $1,204,960, awarded by arbitration, as compensation for negro slaves wrongfully taken during the war of 1812. The decision was made by the Emperor of Russia and the amount fixed by a commission. An arbitration of questions arising out of the fisheries disputes was held in 1S33-G4, and another of a boundary dispute In 1863. The treaty of Washington of May, 1S71, provided for four arbitrations, the most Important being that of the Alabama claims In favor of the United States. And, finally, there was the Bering sea arbitration, the conclusion of which Is still pending. This government has also had two cases of arbitrations with Spain, two with Mexico, three with Hayti, two with Venezuela and a number with other South American states. Altogether the United States has entered Into forty-seven agreements for the arbitration of international disputes, and has seven times acted as arbitrator of disputes between other countries. In June, 1SS3, Senator Sherman, from the committee on foreign relations, reported a Joint resolution requesting the President "to Invite, from time to time, as fit occasions may arise, negotiations with any government with which the United States has or may have diplomatic relations, to the end that any differences or disputes arising between J the two governments which cannot be adjusted by diplomatic agency may be referred to arbitration and be peaceably adjusted by such means." In 1S74 a resolution In favor of general arbitration was passed by the House of Representatives. In 1888 a memorial was presented to Congress, signed by 233 members of the British Parliament, urging the conclusion of a treaty between the United

States and Great Britain which should stipulate "that any differences or disputes arising between the two governments which cannot be adjusted by diplomatic agency shall be referred to arbitration." This petition was brought over by a deputation of Englishmen, including several members of Parliament, which was welcomed In New York by a public meeting. At this meeting a resolution was adopted requesting the Mayor of New York to appoint a committee of five to urge the same matter upon Congress. This committee was headed by the eminent publicist David Dudley Field. The treaty formulated by the international American congress held in Washington In 1SS9 contained the following: The republics of North. Central and South America hereby adopt arbitration as a principle of American International law for the settlement of the differences, disputes, or controversies that may arise between two or more of them. Arbitration shall be obligatory In ail controversies concerning diplomatic and consular privileges, boundaries, territories, Indemnities, the right of navigation and the validity, construction and enforcement of treaties. In transmitting this agreement to Congress, President Harrison said its ratification would "constitute one of the happiest and most hopeful Incidents in the history of the western hemisphere." Unfortunately, the treaty was never formally ratified, but thi3 government wa3 otherwise fully committed to the principle it embodied. In June, 1S93, the British House of Commons unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of an agreement between England and the United States not mentioning any other country for a permanent tribunal of arbitration to settle international disputes between the two countries. It is evident from what has been said that as between themselves both England and the United States are committed to the general policy of arbitration as a better mode than war of settling their international disputes. If England would propose such a mode of settlement at this time it would undoubtedly be accepted by the United States, and would furnish for both countries an honorable wajr out of the present difficulty. i WAXTS TUB LOAN TO PAIL. There is a growing feeling that the President does not desire his so-called popular loan to succeed. If he had so desired it would have been offered in such a way that the people could have subscribed. Now, individuals who would take a few hundred dollars of the loan are debarred by the difficulties connected with making bids. If the President had announced that on the 1st day of February bonds would be put on sale in some public depository in every county, at a fixed price, there is every reason to believe that the loan would have been popular in its success. But if the form in which the loan Is advertised Is against its success there is still another reason. Less than a year ago the President made a contract to deliver 4-per-cent. bonds at a premium of a little over 4 per cent. These bonds, as soon as they were put upon the market, commanded over 116. This fact caused the country to believe that he had not made the best trade which could be made for the treasury. It- was asserted with ''much vehemence that if the bonds had been offered to the highest bidder the government would have realized from 112 to 115 fqr them. Now, it stands to reason that if it should be shown by the success of a popular loan that the bonds of last year could have been sold for 110 or 112 the President Is placed in a very awkward position before the country. The man who lost the treasury nearly $10,000,000 on the sale of $62,000,000 of bonds could not again appear in his old role of the Infallible One. His bad trade would stick to him during, his public career. Whenever, after such an expose, Mr. Cleveland should become dogmatic in opinion his foes would recall his failure of Judgment when he sold a bond worth 116 for 104. Therefore, In view of the form of the advertisement for bids and of the unfortunate position before the country which the sale of the present bonds for a considerably better price than those disposed of a year ago would place the President, It Is fair to assume that he will not weep If the loan he has advertised should fall.

TUB SYNDICATE AND THE "EXDLESS CHAIN.' While a large part of the gold which Is drained from the treasury by the "endless chain" goes abroad to pay adverse trade balances, treasury figures show that a considerable portion of it remains in this country. Jan. 1, 1805, the amount of gold in the reserve was $S6,-( 000,000. By the sale of bonds $63,000,000 was received, making $151,000,000 as the amount which Is to bo accounted for. Dec. 31, 1895, the amount of reserve was $63,000,000, which indicates that $88,000,000 of gold was drawn from the reserve during the year 1893. The net exports of gold during 1895 were. $74,000,000. If no gold had been added to the stock during the year the treasury transactions would leave $14,000,000 to be accounted for. During the year 1895 $59,000,000 of gold were coined. That is, the gold stock of the United States was increased that amount during the year. Add to this the $11,000,000 drawn from the reserve in excess of the total export, and the gold stock of the United States outside of the reserve was increased $73,000. 000 during 1S93. If the production of gold. Instead of the coinage, were taken as the Increase of the stock the gain would be less,-namely, about $55,000,000. There is another interesting fact: Dec. 1, 1S94, there was $111,000,000 of gold in the treasury. At the close of January, two months lateri and Just before the President made his contract with tho syndicate, there was but $44,000,000 of gold In the treasury, $67,000,000 having been drawn out In sixty days. The net exports of gold for the two months, December and January, were $34,000,000, leaving $33,000,000 of the gold drawn out of the treasury during those two months in this country.' There is but one inference to be drawn from the foregoing figures, and that Is that a very considerable portion of the gold drawn from the reserve has remained in this country. The "endless chain" has been worked for other purposes than to get gold for export to settle adverse balances in foreign markets. It has been stated time and again that the Morgan syndicate ha(" the supply of gold nearly cornered In tfc.i- country. If this Is the case, then it Is fair to assume that the President's syndicate has been working the Mendlct3 : chain" that the'

agents of the Morgan syndicate have been withdrawing gold from the treasury reserve in order to make the necessity for another issue of bonds imperative. That syndicate undoubtedly has its gold In hand which It had drawn from the treasury to take another loan. There is now no doubt that the President had arranged with that syndicate for another loan, and the bonds would have been Issued by this time if a demand had not been made for a popular loan. If the arrangement had not been intereferd with the gold would have soon been in the treasury, whereupon the Morgan syndi

cate would again begin to pump it back into their vaults preparatory for another issue of bonds. There was a convention In Oklahoma City yesterday of delegates representing the different counties and reservations in Oklahoma, to start a movement to bring the Territory In as a State as soon as possible. Oklahoma is fully qualified for statehood, and ought to be admitted as soon as the legal preliminaries can be arranged. According to the last annual report of her Governor she has 275,000 inhabitants. This Is more than many Territories have had when admitted, end more than Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah or Wyoming has now. . If Mr. Cleveland has started in to show his contempt for newspaper correspondents and reporters by the suppression or in the manner of giving out important official news he has. done a very foolish thing. Newspaper correspondents and reporters may not be gifted with Infinite wisdom, but even Presidents are not always as wise and Infallible as they imagine themselves. Mr. Cleveland would much better cultivate more friendly relations .with newspaper men than make war on them. He is likely to need friends during the next year or so more than ever. UUU11LES IX THE AIR. lulled. "Watts, you know something about this Transvaal affair, don't you?" "I thougrht I did, until I tried to tell my wife something about it." Wau It a Compliment t "Yes, sir," said the fat gentleman in the too-good clothes, "1 am a self-mado man." "You look it," said the blase individual, and tho selfmade man Is not sure whether he was complimented or not. The Xlee Young Man. "Mr. Billiss is such a nice young man," Fald the elderly aunt. "That's all you know about It," said the young niece. "He is nothing of the sort. He is Just the Jolllest company Imaginable." A Social Promoter. "I don't like these gas fires," said the old-fashioned person. '-The- old wood fire was far moreconduciv01 sociability." "You are talking through your hat," remarked the modern man. "I know of more than fifty men who have got acquainted with one another Just by coming together In the street cars and berating the gas company." Senator Hill thinks social dissipation In Washington not only responsible for much waste of time, but for a waste of energy that Incapacitates for business. "I attribute a good many foolish- blunders made by public men of late," he says, "to too much society and not enough attention to and study of public affairs."; He Is probably more than half right, ati.r . . i:fiLAD AXD GERMANY. Kaiser William pauses to remark that he meant all he said to President Kruger and doesn't care who knows It. Chicago Record. Stick right up to them,. Billy. The British don't want a fight with you. If they should insist on being belligerent, though, give us a chance at them first. Cincinnati Enquirer. William the Sudden has given a great shock to the nerves of John Bull. Such lack of respect for his elders is very reprehensible according to English standards of international conduct. Boston Journal. Mr. William Hohenzollern, of Germany, has very little use of his left hand, but Lord Salisbury must have noticed that he can twist the British lion's tall quite vigorously with the other hand. Chicago. Tribune. War, under the existing conditions, would be a terribly serious and perilous experiment for our English kinsmen. There will be no war with Germay over the Transvaal II the Queen and the court can prevent It. Hartford Courant. It is asserted that Germany's action has been heard with delight, In every capital on the continent of Europe. If this is true. It is of vast significance,' for the combined navies of Europe could sweep Great Britain from the seas, and permit the landing of troops on her own soil. Louisville CourierJournal. ' Naturally, therefore, Germans take considerable satisfaction, which their Emperor expresses with his habitual, brutal frankness, in seeing a forcible check put to the grabbing, grasping, intriguing, nagging practices of the British In any part, no matter what, of the enormous region which has of late been opened for the competition of Europe. Boston Advertiser. Great Britain will not fight Germany. Great Britain will not fight any first-class power. Great Britain will fight no more great wars. No country that cannot feed itself can venture Into a great war now. What in the past was the chief resource of Great Britain's strength and supremacy has become by reason of the growth of fleets and navies of other nations her fatal weakness. Chicago Times-Herald. There is little probability that Premier Salisbury would have made any stand upon the Transvaal attempt had it not been for Kaiser Wllhelm's defiance. Nor is It now likely that the British Hon will do more than growl and lash its talL The young German war lord Is notorious for his rashness and his theatricalness. The powers are like the conspirators in "The Critic" so badly entagled that they are obliged to drop their swords. Philadelphia Record. The German Emperor has spoken with no uncertain sound. He promptly congratulated President Kruger upon his victory over Jameson and has since given audience at Berlin to a representative of the Boer government. He has shown in the strongest and most direct possible manner his sympathy with the Boers and his disapproval of British aggressions upon them. How much further he is prepared to go In the matter it would be hazardous to conjecture. New York Tribune. The English are mad because Dr. Jameson failed, and Emperor William, in his message, covertly sneered at the failure and gave a hint of what may happen If tho abortive venture is pursued further. The Emperor's message blocks the game of the British government. Under the plea of looking after her mi5cuI3eJ subjects. England might even now Interfere to embarrass and Injure the Transvaal Republic, but the Emperor's warning is as plain as though' he had called out, "Hanis off!" It Is tni3 which creates consternation and chagrin in England. Baltimore American. 1XIHAXA PRESS OPIXIOX. Borrowing gold does not cover the deficits. The people must cover the deficits by their votes. Vlncennes Commercial. The Cleveland administration U creating a big national debt which will have to be wlptd out by future Republican administrations. Wabash Plain Dealer. Two hundred and sixty-two millions In bonds since this administration came In. What a record for a political party to make in time of peace! Crawfordsvllle Journal. The administration's Idea of a popular loan seems to consist of a toplofty promise to the people and a secret bond contract with a greedy syndicate. Lafayette Courier. If the Democratic party were to continue in power it might be a' good. idea, to make I th oOco of bona negotiate to the admin

istration an elective one. Then the people would, have a say in the matter. Goshen Timed. Mora tariff and less bond3 would give the people better satisfaction in these days of government deficiencies, Cleveland administration: and Wilson industry destroying measures. South Bend Times. It Is a close question whether Salisbury with his foreign affairs Is In greater trouble than Cleveland is with his domestic affairs. Both seeii to have more han they can manage. Richmond Palladium. The bond Issue Is upon the country, but had President Cleveland and his party in Congress Joined hands with the Republicans ta increase the revenue more bonis would have been unnecessary. Muncie Times. If Mr. Cleveland has Invited proposals for a popular loan to prove that a popular loan Is Impossible and that there is no resource but a syndicate, the people have the opportunity to settle his doubts decisively. Four per cent, of the deposits in the national and savings hanks would more than meet the government's demands. Terre Haute Express. AFFAIRS OF THE NAVY

SECRETARY HERBERT URGES COXSTRl'CTIOX OF TORPEDO BOATS. He Alo Want Authority to Enllat 1,000 SInrlnea and Sailors Condition of the Monttorn. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. The Secretary of the Navy to-day gent to the Senate a reply to tho resolution asking for his opinion as to whether it would be advantageous to the naval service to contract for six battle ships Instead of the two authorized on the basis of the bids now before the department. The Secretary says the two ships authorized have already ben contracted for and that the department does not deem It advisable to recommend that any bids already received and not accepted should be further considered. He is of the opinion, on the contrarj't that the building of other ships should be open to competition. He thinks there would be no necessity for delay In getting bids on other new ships, as the department's plans for battle ships aro familiar, to all the ship builders in the country. He thinks ten days notice would be sufficient time. The Secretary also renews his recommendation that the building of at least twelve new torpedo boats be authorized, and recommends that if this action be taken the number which any one contractor may build bo not made too small, for tho reason that If they are awarded in large lots they can be built at cheaper prices. He also recommends that, if the additional torpedo boats are authorized, permission be given to build them of different sizes, and that the limit to the cost of the vessels be made In the aggregate Instead of on the Individual boats. "If," he says, "discretion as to the dimensions of the several boats be given to the department they may be built of various sizes and it would thus be possible to give some of them a greater rate of speed tnan would be possible if all were of the same size and all cost the same amount. The Navy Department took steps to-day to learn how soon all monitors now under construction could be equipped for service in case jof emergency. The various bureau chiefs were consulted and reports made as to the length of time each branch of work required. From this It appears thatk the low free-board monitor Monadnock, now at Mare island, will be ready by Feb. 1. The Miantonomoh, a double-turreted monitor, now out of commission at League Island, can be made ready for service in fourteen days. The testing of her new pneumatic steering apparatus Is about the only feature requiring time. The low free-board monitor Terror, now at New York, will require sixty days to be made ready for ser-; vice. These three craft will make a powerful acquisition to the available naval vessels. They are fully equipped with armor, and the few days required for making them ready for sea will be spent on minor finishing touches. It Is expected also that the ram Katahdln will be ready for service at an early day. The department Is In communication with the Bath iron works as to certain minor changes In the vessel, and General Hyde, of the Bath company, will be here to-morrow to make necessary arrangements. A tett of fifteen tons of naval armor plate, representing the barbette armor of the battle ship Iowa and the turrets of the cruiser Brooklyn, was made at Indian Head proving ground to-day. An eight-inch plate was used as a representative of the entire group. A shot was Area from a six-Inch gun, the projectile being a six-Inch Wheeler steel-polntad shell, exploded with a velocity of 1.70CT feet. The condition of the test was that the plate should withstand all the effects of the shot, but it failed to meet requirements. The plate was rot only cracked, but broken into three large pieces, rendering ft entirely worthless. The naval officers present considered the plate the worst ever offered for test. The result necessitates the temporary rejection of the entire group of armor of which this plate was representative, but a further test will be made on another plate, as the Carnegie company has the right under the contract to a second test. Xew Revenue Cutters Proposed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Senator Cullom to-day introduced two bills, one for the construction of two steam revenue cutters for service on the great lakes and the other for two similar vessels for service on the Pacific coast. The, cost of the cutters for the lakes is limited to $200,000 each and the others (400,000 each. In presenting the bills Mr. Cullom had read a letter from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin In reply to inquiries from himself, in which Mr. Hamlin said: "It is the opinion of the department that at least two revenue cutters, additional to the one now being constructed at Cleveland, O., should be provided for service on the great lakes. Your suggestion that several good vessels should be provided for lake service is in perfect accord with the views of the department." Mr. Hamlin also recommends an additional number of cutters for service on the Pacific coast. "The vessels now there are' he says, "all of very old and obsolete type of construction, all of them too small and too slow to meet the service required of them. Vessels required for service on the Pacific coast should be of size, general ,dimenslons and capacity to enable them to take and keep the sea' under all conditions with a cruising radius of not less than 2,500 miles." More Jack Tan Needed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Senator Hale reported from the committee on naval affairs an original bill authorizing the enlistment of additional men. Tho bill was prepared at the Navy Department and was sent to the naval committee with a letter from Secretary Herbert, giving the department's reasons for desiring the legislation. The bill authorizes the enlistment of 1,000 additional men, and also extends to the President tho discretion to increase the enlistmentsfrom the naval reserve Indefinitely in case or. exigency. The Secretary says, in his statement o the committee, that (he number )Ot men authorized by existing law is barly sufliclnt to equip the vessels which are (at any one time In commission. "If," he adds, "a new vessel is to be sent to sra some ship in service must go out of iCommision and the enlisted men on one tvaasfrrei to the other. If, ty reason of traypublio exigency, it should become nTe3fary to place ail the vessels of our navy in actual service at the same time It would be impossible to do so for want of crews to man them. Considering the constantly recurring emergencies of the service and the number of vessels soon to be completed, the urgent necessity for the enlistment of 1,000 additional men becomes obvious." Mr.. Herbert says that the second provision. of the bill Is intended to make reasonable provision for emergencies which may at any moment occur, and which might arise when Congress was not in session. Clean Scores in Eight Events. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Jan. 8. The following clean scores were made in to-day's contests at the midwinter shoot: Twenty singles, Vandyke, Redwing, Sargent, Haney, twenty singles. Parmalee, Latham, Young. Piaty, Calhoun, Whitworth; twenty singles, Sargent: twenty singles. Heikes. Latham. Whitworth: twenty singles, Budde, Parmalee, Latham, Fulford. IMaty, Hlghouse. Burkhardt; twenty singles, Gumm, Connors; twenty singles. Gamm. Elliott, Redwing, Fulford. Marshall. Hlghouse; twenty singles, Elliott. W. Miller. Afraid of "Pope Dob. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. 8. The municipal authorities of Little Rock to-day refused Col. Robert G. Ingersoll permission to lecture in this city on Sunday evening. InI ture on Shakespeare on Sunday. Feb. 2. J

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APPLICATION'S FOR 1ILAXKS, HUT XO FORMAL PROPOSALS RECEIVED. Xo Concerted Movement by Rankers to Protect the Gold Reserve, Which Continues to Dwindle. 1 TARIFF BILL IN THE SENATE FIXAXCE COMMITTEE TO REPORT IT WITH OXLY VERBAL CHANGES. Possibility of a Free-Coinage Rider Discussed by the Republican CaucusThe Rond Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The treasury today lost $430,000 In gold bars, which leaves the true amount of the reserve JT.7,S1C,021. Nothing Is known at the Treasury Department, so far as can be learned, of any concerted movement by the bankers to protect the reserve by making gold deposits, and up to the hour of closing the statement published yesterday that Zimmerman & Forshey, bullion dealers of New York, had deposited $500,000, had not beep verified by Assistant Treasurer Jordan. In fact, the only considerable deposit during the last several weeks was made yesterday by the Mercantile National Bank, which exchanged $500,000 in gold for currency. So far A3 can be learned, the situation shows no signs of improvement, and no surprise would be felt here if heavy shipments of gold should be made. on each of the fast-going European steamers for some time to come. Arrangements are being perfected at the treasury for the printing of the new bonds,' and a number of applications for blanks to be used In making bids are being received by each mall. No formal bids, however, have yet been received. The treasury deficit for the present fiscal year to-day reached $20,039.439. A dispatch from New -York says: It is learned from a number of prominent banks in this city that they have been requested often in the past few days to open gold accounts. These requests have come from customers, including some banks in the interior. The banks, however, have Invariably responded In the negative to such requests, citing the fact that they would not be Justified by the clearing-house agreement In opening gold accounts. The result has been that banks with large vault room have received a good deal of gold In the last few days, which they are now merely holding as safe-deposit agents for the account of country banks. Some of this gold has come from points as far West as Chicago, and bankers say that If the amount so held could be announced It would be a genuine surprise to the street. Most of this is gold that has not been In the treasury vaults for many months. The shipments of gold by to-day's steamers amounted to $2,722,620. The Fourth National Bank has deposited $500,000 geld at the subtreasury in exchange for greenbacks. This was simply an exchange operation, and did not figure in the gold reserve. THE TARIFF RILL. Republican Senatorial Caucus Orders It Reported "Without Change, WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The feature of the Republican senatorial caucus held today was a discussion of the advisability of amending the House tariff bill by adding a free coinage amendment to it in the Senate. This discussion was confined largely to the free coinage wing of the party. The result of the meeting was the adoption ot Senator Quay's resolution, introduced yesterday, expressing the sense of the caucus to be that the finance committee should jeport the bill as it came from the House, with verbal changes which will not alter the meaning of the measure in any essential feature. There was no roll call on this, but there were a few dissenting voices. There was no formal effort to bind the Senators to support the bill when it should come before the Senate, and it was left open to amendments at that stuee or the proceedings. It was while the advisability of attempting to secure a pledge of support was un der consideration , that the silver question came up. It was sprung by a question as to what the sliver Republicans would do In case a free silver amendment should be offered to the tariff bill In the Senate. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, was the first to respond to this inquiry. He stated that he should Join the silver forces in the effort to secure the adoption of the free coinage substitute for the House bond bill, but that with the silver question disposed of in that connection he would advise that the silver Republicans refrain from participating- In any effort that might be made to amend the tariff bill by adding a free coinage provision. Senator Carter followed in the same line of argument, advising united action on the part of the silver Republicans In opposition to such an amendment in the event of the previous passage of the silver substitute for the bond bill. He said that he thought their action on the bond bill would be a sufficient indication to the country of their attitude. He did not say that he would oppose such an amendment by hl vote in case of failure to secure concerted and unanimous action by his silver colleagues, but urged them strenuously to agree to this line of action. Senator Teller announced his Intention to vote for a silver amendment if offered from any source, without announcing any purpose of presenting such an amendment himself. He talked very earnestly on the subject, saying that he had. when the McKinley bill was before Congress In 18$K, foregone the opportunity to amend the measure with a free coinage provision on the representation that the bill with such amendment would be vetoed, only to be told afterward by the friends of that bill that the Sherman silver bill was passed as the only hope of defeating free coinage. He declared he would not again be placed In that predicament. Brkf sieeches were also made on this feature of the question by Senators Dubois, Mantle, Shoupe and others. There was a sufficiently general expression of opinion among- the sliver Senators to ?how that there were not to exceed a halfdczen who would hold out again unanimous agreement to refrain from voting for a silver amendment, and this showing was such as to lead the anti-silver men In the caucus to conclude that If those who had expressed themselves against the policy of amendment could be induced to vote against tiese amendments regardless of the action of their colleague?, they could defeat a silver amendment when offered. Senator Baker announced himself as friendly to the proposition to coin the American sliver product, and said he wouli offer an amendment to this effect to both the bond ani the tariff bills. Mr. Jiaker also reiterated his declaration of yesterday to disregard the instructions of the caucus and vote against the bill unless amended on protection lines. There was a general expression of opinion that tho bill, whether amende 1 or unamended in the Senate, never would become a law. Several Senators expressed the opinion that it could not receive executive sanction. After the conclusion of the tariff bill an effort was made to proceed to consideration of the reorganization of the Senate by the election of general officers, but the meeting adjourned without taking up this proposition. Immediately after adjournment a call was circulated for a caucus to-morrow to consider this question, and It Is understood that a sufficient number of signatures was received to insure a caucus for that purpose at the time specified. STATE OF HAWAII. Representative Spalrilnc Plan for Annexlnic the Sandwich Islands. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The subject of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands was broached In the House to-day by Mr. Spalding in the form of a resolution. The resolution provided that the Sandwich Islands be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Hawaii, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the peo

ple through deputies In convention, with the consent of the existing government. Conditions at Imposed that questions of lotincary or comrllcatlcw with other governments r transmitted to th Prealdent to be laid before Congress for its final action before Jan. L 1SSS; that all property pertaining to the public defer be ceded to the United States, but the State retain all other property and the United State be liable for none of Its debts. The resolution proposes as an alternative that Hawaii may be admitted as a htate by treaties between the two governments, with on representative in ConrrcfS. and proposes an appropriation cf tVh,(y.rj for making th treaties. The resolution was read by unanimous conFent and referred to. the committee on foreign affair.s. On his request, Mr. Harrison wfui relieved from Fervice on the election committee. No. 2. bfcaue his seat If conn Med, and Mr. Baily was appointed in hi stead. Mr. Henderson stated tnet the committee on rules would not be able to repcrt until to-morrow, and, at 11:C. tho lloua adjourned. AXTI-SILVER SENATORS.

They Can Muster Forty Votes Xrtrt and May Gain n Few Store. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The anti-silver Democrats of the Senate held a meeting or conference to-day while the Republican Senators were in caucus. The object of th conference was to count how many men would be mustered against the free coinage amendment of the Senate finance committee to the bond bill. It was found that there are fourteen sure votes on the Dcmocratlo side against the silver proposition and the Democrats were assured that there are twenty-six Republicans who could be counted against the Jones amendment. This would make forty In all. Four more votes would be necessary to make a majority of the Senate. Both Democratic anJ Republican anti-silver men tire now making an effort to see if these four votes can be obtained. Among the Republicans who are not counted In the twenty-six anti-silver list and on which an effort will be made aro Senators McIJrlde, of Oregon, and Wilson, of Washington. On the Democratio side are Senators Bacon and Gordon, of Georgia, and Martin, of Virginia. It is not known with what hope the anti-silver men ar working, but they say that the. vote will be very close and that perhaps free coinage may be defeated. The Democrats counted against the bill are: Brlce. Caffery. Faulkner, Gibson. Gorman. Gray, Hill, Lindsay, Mills, Mitchell. Murphy. Palmer, Smith and Vilas. A Populist Financial Scheme. WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Mr. Wolcott. of Colorado, who has been abfent In Europe for some months, was present in the Senate to-day and took the prescribed oath. He was very warmly received by his associate on both sides of the chamber. Mr. Butler offered two amendments to 'the free-coinase substitute for the Houf bond bill. The first prohibited the sale cf interest-bearing bonds without the express consent of Congress, and the second made It mandatory on the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem greenbacks or treasury notes In silver as long as the market price of grains of silver was lower than that of 291? grains of gold. At the conclusion of the morning hour Mr. Sherman moved that the Senate adjourn. He explained that an early adjournment would facilitate the work of the Senate (It being understood that th Republicans desired to hold a caucus.) Mr. Stewart. Populist, of Nevada, requested Mr. Sherman to withdraw his motion, in order to give him an opportunity to make some remarks on the financial question, but the Ohio Senator declined to yield. Accordingly, at 12:X) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. The Porte Xot to lie 'Rnlldosed. WASHINGTON, Jan. &-The Navy Department la advised of the departure of the cruiser Minneapolis from AUxandretta for Smyrna. She will arrive at Smyrna probably to-msrrow. The San Francisco is already there and the Marblohead is at Mersene, 84) miles distant. This doubtless gave rie to the overdrawn reports that a naval demonstration I about to occur a Smyrna, as a means of forcing the Turklsn government to yield to the demands of the fnltej States for an Indemnity for recent depredations on missionary property. Actinjr Secretary McAdoo said to-day that ther was no significance in the movements of tho ships toward Smyrna. The.-e movements were not directed from Washington, hut were brought about by the admiral in com mand of the fleet in Turkish waters. Senator Sliermun'.i Committee. foreign relations to-day hd i its first meet Ing since the reorganization. Senator Sherman presiding and Senators Cameron, Cullom. Lodge and Mills, the new members, being present. The committee decided to hold a special session on Saturday for consideration of the Venezuelan, Cuban and, Armenian questions. The meeting to-day was .devoted to getting routine matters out of the way In order to permit the uninterrupted consideration of more important question. at the special meeting. It In expected the committee will consider the Monroe doctrine In connection with the Venezuelan matter. Morion Will Re Heard. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The action of Secretary Morton in suspending the purchase and distribution of tseeds was taken up by the Senate committee on agriculture to-day on Senator Har.f brough's resolution directing the Secretary to comply with the law requiring the distribution of agricultural seeds. The committee concluded to giva Secretary Morton an opportunity to be heard before passing finally upon the resolution. Senators Warren, G?ar and George were appointed a subcommittee to consider bills bearing upon the Inspection of meats and animals. Lochrens Estimate Approved. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The subcommittee of the House appropriations committee having charge of the iension bill has decided to Increase the amount for the next fiscal year from $138,000,000 to J140.O'X).0'iO. The last amount was that asked for by Commissioner Lochren in his estimates, Some of the most influential Republicans thought that Congress shoufd not put Itself on record as allowing les money for pensions than the commissioner thought was needed, so the bill was raised to the original estimates. SUICIDE OF J. W. FKITZE. Electrician Three Years In Francis Wllsou's Opera Company. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8. Joseph W. Fritze, aged thirty-two years, electrician for the Francis Wilson Opera Company which is playing in this city, committed sulcldo while in bed at his boarding house this ' morning by shooting himself through the heart with a big army levolver. Frltic's home was in Kansas City. ,On of his sisters is said to be the wife of a son of James Flood, the San Ffancis.ro mililonilre. KANSAS CITY, Mf . Jan. S. Joseph W. Fritze, member of the Francis Wilson Company, wvio committed sjl-iJe at Pniialli hia, is well known here, where his parents lesile. His eldest sister la th wife of Jamrs Flood. Fun of the California millionaire, James C. Flool, who was as.'ociatJ v ith John W. Mackay, tho mining manatis. Mits Maud, another ?lier, has been living with Mr. and Mrs. Fiood at their horrc at Alma. Cal. Fritze had previously t-ei: employed by the Western Union Tti-grapn Company us electrician both hre and at Denver, ani ' three years ago he Jlnei the Wi'.oa Company In San Francisco. His fathtr Is a retired builder. No cause f r the aeceaei taking his life is known. His brother l:ft for Philadelphia to-day to bring the body here fcr burial. MVMMVViSeiSSHHHilBeiBSBSMSMeiSaBMSMaSBSBBe QUAY GONE TO FLORIDA. He Does Xot Intend to Make Pence with Dnvld .Martin's Faction. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8.-A party of State otHciais left this city on the midnight train over the Pennsylvania road for St. Lucia. Fla., wherp they will be the guests of Senator Quay. The Senator owns a cottaKe at this resort an! two weeks will be spent in fishing, boating and gunning on the Indian river and Its tributaries. The party was Joined at Washington by Senator Quay and Lyman D. G.lu-rt. of liarrisburg. A rumor was circulated in this city yesterday that mutual friends had arranged for a renewal of the friendly relations which, existed between Senator Quay and David Martin prior to th bitter factional fight waged between them last year and 'that Mr. Martin was to resumt his former intimate political relationship with the Senator. In response to a telegram from Israel W. Jhirham. the Senator telegraphed as follows: "The report Is untrue. There is na UaL You will gt nothing except what vou nht TV- Republican primaries wQ be held next week. ;

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