Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1887 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887. WHOLE NO. 1660. VOL..XXXI1I-NO. 44.

C TARIFF REFURM

Prti dirt Clevelmd Eocrdi the Eeyno'.e of Tes Coming" Coii!:ju (The W&r Tues ca Imports Hctt bs Reiueed tj the pretest Ccrrms. Tteie it New so O.fcer Way to Avert Serioot Financial D.us'.en. 1b Fre List Vhoald b Enlarged Reduce the Tar Iff en Wool Whtu the Working People will be Benefited. Washington, December 0. After the readitg ot the journal la the Senate today tbe Presiding officer asked whether it was the pleasure of the Senate to proceed with the usual morning business, etator Harr! suggested that bills and memorials mfgtt be introduced ana re fured. Senator I loir opposed the proposition.statIng that it wasan ancient custom of the Sen ate not to ftler open any ordinary business until a.'ter bearing the communica tion from the President at the beglnmg of tbe stsricn. Tbat was a mark of respect tine from the Legislative Department of the Government to Executive. He thr reore moved a recess for half an hour. The motion was sorted to. After tbe rtcesa bad been extended for a quarter of an hour lonirr, Senator Mor rill reported that the Joint Committee appose ted to wai t upon the President had perfcirred tr-e duty and had been informed that tbe Tmu'eLt would immediately roonmnnicate with Congress in writing. TbeitQpon Mr. O. L. Prüden, one of the President's Eecrttarieb', presented several mesiB'res in writing; and the presiding officer laid before the Senate the President's annual message. Mr. McCook, Secretary of tbe. Senate, at five minutes past 1, commenced the reading of the message, which is as follows: To the Concrete ot tbe United States:

(You are con fron ted at the threshold of your legislative duties with a condition of the national finances which impera.ively demands

unnifuiaie auu csreiui cga-iaerauoD, ine amount of morey annually exacted, through the operation ol present laws, from the industxies and necessities of tbe people, largely exceeds the turn necessary to meet the expeuses ef the (Government, When we consider that the theory of our it ttitutio? guarantees to every citizen the full niojiiientcf all the frnits "f his indnstiy ana enterprise, witn oulyl such deduction si; may he his share towards the rare ml aiid economicil mamteuaoee of the Goverumentwhicn rroteets him, it is plain that the exaction of nore than this is indefeasible extortion and a culpable tctrayal ot American fairness and justf e. Tnis wrong indicted upon. tbrua iihn kir the hntilf-n rf nnttnnal tiTitinn like other wrones. multiplies a brood of evil I cc OD8c(ucnrs. i ne puouc treasury, wmcn noma on.T exist as a couauit conveying trie ' topics tribute to hs legitimate objects of ex-

fpenditnrt becomes a boarding place for money nf edletslv withdrawn from trade and the people's usq thus crippllcc onr national energies, '.juspendirjg our country's development, preventing inestmnt in productive enterprises, threatenirg financial dit:irbance, and inviting Sebents ci public plunder. TVi i r i 1 4 rn r f Mir Trßa c ' - rr i . nnt attA-

rethef new; and it has more ttationceoi late i leen inbmitted to the people's Kepresentatlves in theCorirre?i, who alODe can appiy a remedy. And yet the situation silil continues, with aggravated incidents, more than ever prettaft'.sg financial convulsion and wide spread daster. It wi:l not do to neglect this situatloi because its dangers are not now palpably imminent and ap parent. They exist none th less certainly, and win izie nuiore-ieu tun unezpe' iea orraioa when tuddenly they will be precipitated upon CI. FACTS AXD FK.ITE. On the 3Ctn day of June, 1SV), the excess of reveautt over public expenditures, after complying with the annual rfijiiirement ot te siukiui?fund an, was $17,to9,7.5 M; during tbe year ended J 'ine 3Ü, ls , uch excess ainouuteil to J J0,-tr,5S. JO: an" durin the year ended June : o. J887, it rached tne sum o( V.XT.M ' M. The annual coiitributions to the Hinting fund during tbe thre years above specified, amounting ia tb segregate toi3.05s.4.,0 91, and deiiucte.l from the surplus as tated. were maile b call"'Dsrin Jor that purpo.e outstanding three per fent. liondnof Ue iovernmeut. During tne six raonihs prior tj June :0, 1-vsT. the surplus revenue had grown so larpe by repeated accumu.ations, atd it was feared tbe withdrawal ol tnia great sum of money needed by the people. what the sum of f7'JXl.lijü o! such surplus was "WiTiTillpd tn th ruTTiieTit rf th firinc t r.al In. terest of the three per cent bonds still outstandir g. and which were then payab'e at the option of tbe 'government. The precarious condition ; f hnsncial aiialrs among toe peopie still needing rtief, lnsuediately aftet the 3Cth day of Jone.lfoT. the remaiuctrof the three per cent oondi then outstat ding, amounting with principal and interest to the sum of 8lS,s7".f00. were called in and applied to the sinking fund ceotriboiion for tbe current tiseal year Noiwitbstar ding there operations of the Treasury Iepartment, representations of distress in ousineM circle not only continued but inrreased, and absolute peril reemed at band. In thee circumstances the contribution to the sinking fund for the current fiscal year was at once completed by the expenditure of t-7.0sf2:,55 In the purcbMe ot Government bonds not yet :ie, bearing four and four and a halt per cent interest, the premium paid thereon, averaging about twenty-lour per cent for the former and eight percent lot the latter. In addition to this the .interest accruing during the current year upon the outstanding bonded indebtedness of tbe (toveinment was to some extent anticipated, axd banks selected as depositories of public money were permltitd to somewhat incresse their depcits. WnKe the expedients thus emploved to releafe to the pcple the moaey lying Idle in the f our surplus rtrenue has continaed to accumu iiic, lue ciitn mr ice prencoi araouui'Dq on the 1st day of rDecember to J.'A.ySTCl.W, and ytl rostra to rearh the sum of II .000,000 on the .vlh cf June next, at which date i t is expected that tais sum, added to prior accumulations, will swell the surplus in the Treasury to fliu,MSTKES PEOEAB.' K. There seems to be no assurance that, with rach a withdrawal from Use of tie people's circulating medium, our business community may not. In the near future, be urrected to tbe winie distress which was quite lately produced i-oan the iime cause. And while the lunctions clour EttioiHl Tresiury ahotld he few and sin pie, and whl it best condition would be reacted. 1 believe, by iis entire disconnection with private business intetetu, yet when, by a pervtrv.on of fts purptses. It idly holds money uselessly u utrseted from the channels of trale. there sems to be reason frr the claim that some 1 fitlnste meats should be devised by the overtment to restore in an emeiency, without wae or extravagance, mch money to its place amocz the people. 1 such an eergeiwy arisen, theK now exists noclerand Gcdonbted executive power of rehf. Heretofota the redemption of three per ont i.nnda. which were arable at the or ton k o UeOOTeroiueot, has aTorded a means for t;.e ditourement ol lheexresof our revenues: hut there bonds have all been retired, an i v trere ae no nones outstandlnR tbe payment of J vhich we have the right to insist npon. The f 'ontijbuuon to the ainking tjnd, which fa?puicbste o bonds, has been already made for t ff orrent year, go that there is no outlet in tbat direction. J d the preheat state of lesrUlaUon theonlr pretense of aay existing executife powerte restoie. at this time, any part of o-'ir surplus Ttones to the people bv its experj4ftore,con vts ia the ttippositlon that the Secretary of "Vreasury may enter the market and purAte tne bonds of the Government not yet due, Ji rat of premium to be agreed upon. The oriy provision ci law from which auch a power could b derived is found in an appropriation bill passed a number of years ago; and -Ma ioV;e:t to th snsoiHon that it we lotend-

cd as temporary and limited in its application, instead ot conferring coutiauing discretiou and authority. No condition onht to exist which would justify the grant ot power to a single Official, upon bis judgment ot its necessity, to withhold from or leleiise to tbe business ot the people, in an unusual manner, money held in the trcasnry, and thus street, at his wiif, the financial situation of the country; and it It is deemed wire to lo;lge in the K-cretary ol tue Treasury the authority in the present juncture to purchase bonds, it should be plainly vested, and provided as iar as poMlbie wHh such checks and limitatljns as will define th'.H nicial's rieht and discretion, and at the same tine relieve him irom undue responsibility. I ROl O-tTlOJtS CONKIDKRED. In considering the question of purchasing bonds as a meana of restoring to circulation the snrplns money accumulating in the Treasury, it should be bornelin mind fiat premiums must of course be paid upon such purchase, tnat there maybe a large part of these bonds held as investments which cannot be purcborcd at any price, and that combinations among hollers w ho are willing to sell nisy unreasonably enhance the cost of such bonds to the Government. It has been suggested that the present bonded debt might be rt tunded atalesJ rate ot interest, and the diDcrenre between the old and new securities paid la cash, thus finding use for the surplus iu tbe Treasury. Tbe success of this plan, it i apfireut. must depend upon the volition of the holders of the prcseut Donds; and li i net entirely certain tbat trteludu'emcntwbicb must be oueredtbem would result in rx.oie llusnciai bjnent to the (ioveroinuut than the purchase of bond-, while the latter proposition would reduce the principal of the debt ty actual payment, instead of extcudlag it. The proposition to deposit the money held by tbeGoveriirrent in banks thr'U-;bout the country, for ue by tbe people, is.lt seems to me.exctedluBly cbjectioiisble in principle, as estnblish'ng too close a relationship between the operations of the Government If asury and the

business ci the country, and too extensive a commingling of their money, thus fo-teric,' an unnatural reliance in private business upon public funds. If this scheine should ic adopted it should only lie doue as a temporary expedient to dieet an uigtnt necessity. Legislative aud executive efiort shonid gcnerallv be in the opposite direction and should have a tendency to divorce, as much aud as fast as can safely be doue. the Treasury l'f partment from private enterprises. Of course, it is not expected thai tin neemary and extravagant appropriations will be nisde for the purpe-'e of avoiding the accumulation of an excess .f revenue. Puch exper dit.uee, beside the demoralization of all just conceptions of public uuty wnich it eutaiis, stimuliites a habit of re kies improvlden e not in the lest copsistent wita t he mission of onr people or tbe high and beneficent purposes of our Guvernmenu cr.AVtTYoK THE flTfATlOS, I had dc emed It my doty to thus bring to tb 3 knowledge of my couutrjrreu, as well as to the amnion t: their rep efeatatives charged with the responsibility of legislative relief, the gravity of our financal situation. Tbe failure of the Congress heretofore io provide against the dai geis which it wrs ciuite evu'ent the very nature of the diü'n ulty must ntcccssarily pro-du.-e. caused a oudition of financial distress and apprehensioa since your Issf adjournm nt, which taxed to the utmost all the authority aDd expedients witbiu eiccntlve control: and these appear now to e exhausted, if di. aster result from the continued Inaction of Congress the respotsibility mu-tresis where it belongs. Trough tbe situation thus lar cousidered is fraught with danger which thould be fully realized, and though it presents lectures of wrong to the reople as well as as peril to the couutry, It is but a result erowin? out of a perfectly palable and apparent cause, constantly reproducing lie same al irming circumstances a congested National Treasury and depleted more lary condition m the business of the country. It need hardly be stated that while the present situation demands a remedy, we can only be saved from a like predicameut iu tne luture ty the removal of lis cause. Our scheme of taxatioD. by means of which this i cedit ss surplus is taken from the people and put into tne public treasury, consists of a tariff or duty levied upon the importations from abroad, and internal reveiue taxes levied upon the consumption of ;obacco and spirituous and malt liquors j It mutt be conceded that none of tbe things subjet ted to internal revenue taxation are. stricry speaking, necessaries: there arppsrs to be no just complaint of thia taxation by the consumers of these articles, and there steins to be nothing so well able to tear tne Durden without hardship to any portion of the people. RF.rrCF. THE TARIFF. But cur present tariff laws, the vicious, inequi'ab'e and i logical source of unnecessary taxation, ought to be at once revised aud ameDded. These laws, as their primary and plain effect raise the price to consumers of all ai tides imported anil subject to duty, by precisely the sum paid for such duties. Thus tha amount of the dnty incisures the tax paid nr tbose who purcnase for use thete imported articles. Many of these things, however, are raised or manufactured in o.:r own country, and the duties no.-' levied upon foreign goods snd product ;e called protection to thee boire rnatufao tres, because they render it possible for tho-i of our people who aie manufacturers, to make these taxed artie'es andsell them for a price e-v ' ' to that demanded lor the iinpor ed goods tht have raid customs cuy. .so it happens um while comparatively a few u-e the imported articles, millions of our peop e, wao never tue and nevet saw any of the foreign prcic's, purchase and use thircs oi the same kind made in this country, and pay therefor nearlv or qrjte the enhanced price, which the duty adds to the imported articles. Those who buy Import spay tbe duty charged thereon into the iub!ic Treasury, but tl'e great majority of our ciilens, who buy dornt stic articles of the same class, pay a sum at lean approximately equal to this duty to tae home manufacturer. This reference to tne operation of our tariff laws is not made by way or instruction, but in order that we may be constantly reminded oi the manner in which they impose a burdn upon those who consume domestic prodncts as weil a those who consume imported articles, and thus creates a tax upon all our people. it is not proposed to entirely re'ieve the country of this taxation. It must extens veiy continued as the roure of the Gover ment'a Income, and in a readjust mnt of our tart a the interests of Ameriran labor engaged in the manufacture should be carefully conridered as well as the preservation of our manufacturers. It may be taPcd protection or by anv other name, but redef from the hardships arid dauters of our j resf nt tariff laws should be devised with especial precaution s&sinst 'ni periling the existence of our manufacturing interests. But this existence should uot mean a condition which, without regard to the public welfare of a national exigency, :nust always insure tbe realisation of immense pro Mis instead of fmoderately profitable returns. Aa the volume and diversity of our national activitic incrfase, new recruits are added to those who desire a continuation of the advantages which tbey conceive the present system of tariff taxation directly affords them.So stcbborniy have all efforts to reform the present condition been resisted by those of our fellow-citizens thus engaged that they can hardly complain cf tbe suspicion entertained to a certain extent that tnere existed an orzanized combination all along the line to maintain their advantage. INFANT INt.lSTRIF. , We are in tne midst of centennial celebratlous, and, with becoming pride, we reioire In American skill and ingenuity, in American energy aud enterprise, and in the natural advantages and resources developed bv a ceu tury 'a rational growth. Vet. when an attempt ia made to justify a scheme which permits tax to b laid upon every costomer in the land for the benefit of our manufactures quite beyond a itasonable demand for governmental regaid.it suits the purposes of advocacy to call our manufacturers infant industries. still neei ing the highest and greatest dsgree of favor and fosteTlng care that can be wrung from federal legislation, it is also said that tbe Increase in the price of dornest! manufactures resulting rom tb present tariff is necessary, in order that higher wages may he paid to onr working men employed in manufactories than are paid for what fs railed tbe "pauper labor" of Europe. All will acknowledge tne force of an argument which involves tbe welfare and liberal compensation oi our labor Is honorable In the eyes of everv American titixen; and aalt lies at tbe foundation of our development and progress, It Is entitled, without affectation or hypocrisy, to the utmost regard. The standard of our laborers' life should not be measured by that of anyjother country less favored, and they are entitled to their full share o our advantages. By the last census it ia made to appear that of ttie 17,:i9W-'9 of our population engaged in all Studs of likiustiios. 7.670,443 are em ploy d la sjfricuHure. 4 074.21 in professional and perOtis! services (2.'.t.,i,876 of whom are domestic servants and laborers) while l,Ml0 2.r6 are employed in trade and transportation and S,&;7, 112 are classed as employed in manufacturing; and mining, for present purposes, however, the last number git en should be considerably reducfd Without attempting to enumerate all. it will be conceded that there shoal 1 he deducted from thoe which ft includes 375,143 carpenters and joiners; 25,101 mlilner, dress

makers and seamstresses, 172,726 blacksmiths, lW,iC tsliorrsscs, HI2.473 masons, 7f.,7U butchers, 41,309 bakers, 22.0M) plasterers, and 4.8.u enfsged in manufacturing agricultural mplements, amounting la the aggregate to UH.oai. leaving 2G23.ÜM) persons employed In seen manufacturing industries as are claimed to be benefited by a high tar 111". To these the appeal is made to save thair emfiloyment and maintain tnelr waes by resistng a charge. T here should be no disposition to answer such suggestions ov the allegation that they are In a minority anions; those who labor, and therefore should forego au advantage, in the interest of low prices for tbe majority. Their torapenratiou, as it may be affected by the operation of tariff laws, should at all times be sciupulouily kept in view: and yet wtth slight reflection they will not overlook the fact that they are consumers with tin rest: that they too, have their own wants and those ot their families to supply from their earnings, and that the price of the necessaries of life, as well as the amount of their wnges, will regulate the measure of their welfare and comfort. HOW TO MF.ASXr.6 THE KK DICTION. But the reduction of taxation demanded should be so measured as inot to neces.slate or jist.ly either the lo-.s of employment by the woisuig man nor the lessening of his wages aud tbe profits still leaiaining to the manufacturer, after the necessary readju'tment. should furnish no exen for tae sacrifice ol the iaa. . si. vf ki. (.1i,r ah nÜhAf In I rtrtp rrr

tunity to work or in the diminution of their i comtersation. ror can tne w or nor lumtuu facturus fail to understand that while a hUh taritt is c.'aimcd to b3 necessary to allow the pajrr.cnt of rerxuncrative wsges, 1'. certainly resul s in a very 1st go Increase in the pricaof nearly all sorts of manufactures, which, in a:n.o: t cuntlcFs forms, he needs for the uc of hfnutlf and fsmily. He receives at thedask of bis cm plot er his -sages, and perhaps before he reaches his home Is obliged in a purchsa for family use of an article which embraces his own labor, to return in the payment of the increase in price which the tariff pe units, the hardearned compentataon of many days of toil. Tl'K WOOL TAB IFF, The faiiccr and the agriculturist who manufacture nothing, but who pay the increased price which the tariff impescg upon every agricultural implement, upon all he wears aud upon II Iia usiia anrt r wmf r m -tvot iKa i" nrtr.ifl tn äf Kt i nil ii v ti eta oliva vn uo, ta tv'ii tuv iuvt.a s- v a s'ocks ana hero's ana such things as his husbandry prodr-es from the toil, is Invoked to aid in maintaining the present situation; and be is told that a high duty on imported wool is net crsarv fr the beucat of those who have sheep to shear, in order that the price of their wool may be increased. They, of course, are not reminded that tbe farmer who has nosr.eep is by this scheme obl'ned, in bis purchases ol clothing and woolen gocds, to pay a tnbnte to his fellow-farmer as well as to the manufacturer and merchant; nor is any mention maac of the fact that the sbecpowners themreHesand their honseholfa must wear clothing and use other article manutrctured from the wool theyaell at tariff pt ices, and thus as consume rs,mnt,t return their share ol this inceasd price to the tradesman, i3 1 think it may be fairly assumed thatalar, proportion of the sheep owned by the farmers throughout tbe couutry are found in small Hocks uuraberiDg from twettty-fiye to fiity. The duty on tbegrs 'e of Imported wool which these sheep yield Is ten cents each pound, if of the value of thirty cents or less, aud twelve cents if ot the valueof more than thirty,rent if the liberal estimate of six pounds be allowed for eaota fleece, the duty thereon would le sixty or seventy-two cents, and tnis may be taken as the utmost enhancement of its price to the farmer by reason oi this duty. Eighteen dollars would thus represent the iuereased price of tne wool irora twenty-five sheep, and 8?ti tbat from the wcol of fifty sheep; aud at present values this addition would amount to about one-third ot i s price, if upon iu sale the farmer receives this or a less tariff profit, the wool leaves his bands charged with precisely that sum, which in its changes will aciheie to it until it reaches the?ousumer V hen manufactured into cloth and other goods and material for use its cost Is not only inc reased to the extent of the farmsr'a tariff profit, but a further tum b as beeu added for the benefit of the manufacturer under tae operation of other tariff la wg. in the meantime the day ariives when the farrrer Cuds it necessary to purchase woolen goods and material toclothe himself and family for the w inter. When he faces tbe trade man forthat purpose he discovers that he is obliged not only to return in the way of incrested prices, bis tarifi profit on the wool he sold, and which then, perhaps, lies before him in mannfactuied form, but that he must add a considerable sum tbereio to meet a further increase in cost csused lya tariff duty on the rranufacture. Thus in tue end be is aroused to tbe fact tbat he has paid upon a moderate purchase, aa a result of the tariff scheme, which, when he sold bis wool seemed so profitable an in erase in price, more than sufficient to sweep away all the tariff profit he received upon the wooi be produced and sold. Vhen the number of farmers engaged In wool raising is compared with ail the farmers in the tountry, and the small proportion tnev bear to our (opula.ion is cpuslue:ed; when it L made apparent that, in the case of a large pait of those w hoos n sheep, the benefit oi the present taiiff on wool is illusory, ano, above alt, when it must be conceded that the increase ol tbe cost of livingcaused by such Urttt becomes a burdt n upon those with moderate menus aud the poor, the employed and unemployed, the sick Ld weli. ana the young and old. and that it c nsiituus a tax which, with releutiessgrasp, is it'teLtd uion the cl thii ir oi every mu. woman snd child in the laud, reasons are suugesUd why the removal rr reduction of u is cu y s ouid be Included Inarevision of our tariff Istss. INCREASFD COST AND ABt'SKS. In speaking of the increased cost to the consumer of our home ta. li.'acture, resulting from a duty laid upon im. . rte d articles of the sarae description, the fact is rot overlooked that ecru petition amoug our domestic producers sometimes hss the eiltet of keeping the price ot their products below the highest limit allowed by such duty. But it Is notorious that this competition is too often stianeled by combinations quite prevalent at this time, and frequently called trusts, which have for their object the regulation of the tupplyand prlc cf commodites made and sold y members of the combination. The peopleHfan hardly hope for apy consideration in the operation of these selfish schemes, if, however, in the absence of suctrcombinrt-on, a healthy and free competition reouces the price of any particular dutiable article of home production below the limit which it might otherwise reach under onr tar iff laws, and if, with such reduced price, its manuiaciuie continues to thrive, it is entirely evident tbat one thing has been discovered which should be carefully scrutinized in an effort to reduce tai atlon. The necessity of combination to maintain the price of any commodity to the tariff oolnt. lurnishes proof that someone is willlDg to acept lowe prices lor stich commodity, and that such prices are remunerative, and lower prices pro duced cy competition prove tne same thing Thus where either of these conditions exist, a imse ouia seem to be presented lor an easy re duction of taxation. The considerations which have been ore sented tourhing cur tariff laws are Intended oniy to enforce an earnest recommendation that the surplus revenue of the Government be prevented by the reduction of our custom lutlcsand.at tbe same time, to emphasize a sue pest ion that In accomplishing thia purpose, we may discharge a double duty to our peoole bv granting to them a measure of relief from tariff taxatiou In quarters where it is most needed and from sources where it can be moat fairly auu juauj atcoruea. OCR MAN l' FACTI' RES. Nor can the presentation made of such con Bideraiions be. with anv degree of fairness, re garded as evidence of unlnendliness toward our manufacturing interests or oi any Jack of appreciation of their value and importance. These Interests constitute a leading and most substantial element of our rational greatness, and furnish the proud prorf c our country's progress. But if In tbe emergency that prises upon us our manu factnrers are asked to surrender something for the public good and to avert disaster, their patriotism, as well as a grateful recognition of advantages already afforded, ahould lead them to willing co-operation. No demand is made that tbey shall forego all the benefits of governmental regard : but they cannot fail to be admonished of their duty as well as their enlightened self-interest and safety when they are reminded of the fact that financial panic and collapse, to which the present condition tends, ailord no greater shelter or protection to our manufacturers t'uan to our other Important enterprises. Oportunlty for safe, careful and deliberate reform la now offered; and i?one of ussbonld be unmindful of a time whew an abused and irritated people, beetles of those who have resisted timely and reasonable relief, mar insist upon a radical and sweeping ratlflcailon of their wrongs The difficulty attending a wise and lair revision of our tariiT laws is not under estimated. It will require on the part of the Congress great labor and care, and especially a broad and national contemplation o' the subject, and a patriotic disregard of such local and selfish claims as are unreasonable and reckless of the welfare of the entire country. PCTIAriLJC ARTiri.U. Oder are present laws more than four thou-

sand articles are subject to duly. Many of these do sot in any way compete wlta our owr manufactures, aud many ire hardly wrih attention aa subjects of revenue. A considerable reduction enn be made in the apgresate, by adding them to the free list. The ta atlon of luxuries present no features of hardship; but the necessaries of Hie used and consumed by all tbepeof le, the dutv upon which adds to the coitof iving in every home, should be greatly cheapened. The radical reduction of the duties impose! upon raw material used in manufacture, or lis free importation, is of course an Important factor In aoy eflort to reduce the price of these necessaries; it would uot only relieve them from the Increased cost caused by the tariff on such materia, but the manufactured product being thus cheapened, that part of the tariff now la id upon auch product, as a compensation to our manu acturera for the present price of raw material ould be accordingly modified. Buch reduction, or free importation, would serve, beside, to largely reduce the revenue.! ilt is not apparent bow such a change can have any injuriona effect upon our manufacturers. On the contrary, it would appear to give them better chance in foreign markets with the n anufacturers of other countries, who etieapen their wares ty free material. Thus our people iLlgbt have the o portuntty of extending their sale! bc;ond the llinl's of hone consumption, savirg them from tha depression. Interruption in tuslness, and loss caused by i glutted domestic market, and Cordllig their em pioves more reriain and Heaoy kbor, with its remitlng quiet and contentment. The question thus impera'ively preeeutM for solution thould be eppr-'achtd in a spirit higher than partisanship, and considered in Uie liht of that regard for patriotic duty which should characterise the action of those Intrusted with the weal of a cni'ding people. But the obligation to declare party politics and principle is not wantiug to urg2 prompt aud effective action. Both of the great political parties, now represented in the Goverument, have, by repeated and authoritative declarations, condemned the conditijnof our laws hich permits the collection from the peoplelof unnecessary revenue, and have, in the most solemn manner, premised its correction: and neither as citlecs nor t; artisans are our countrymen in a mood to condone the dcliberato violation of

these pledges. A CONTMTION, NOT A THF.0RV, Our progress toward a wise conclusion will not be improved by dwelling upon the theone) of protection and free trade. This savors loo mtnhor bandying eparets. it is a coraiuon which confroute us not a theory. Kellet frcra this condition may involve a silRin rcciuc'ion oi the advantages which we award our home productions, but the entire withdrawal of such advsntaees should not te contemplated. The question of free trade is absolutely Irrelevant, ana tre persistent ciaim maoe in certain ousrters tbat all eflorta to relieve the people from unjnst and unnecessary taxation are schemes of so-ial'cd free traders, is mischievous and far removed from any couside, ation for the public gcod. lhc simple and plain duty which we owe the rcop'e, is to rtduce taratioH to the necersary expenses of an eccomial operation of the Government, and to restore to the business of te country the money which we hold !n the T.cssnry through the perversion of Governmental powers. There trrngs can and should be done with safety to all our industries, without danger to the opportunity for remunerative labor which, our workiDpnen need, and with benefit to them and all our people. b cheapening tiieir means ot subsistence and increasing the measure of their comforts. TIIE ANNUAL MESSAGE. The Constitution provides that the President shall from time to time, give to the ejongress in formation of the state of the L'nion. It bos been tbe custom of the Executive, in compliance with this provision, to annually exhibit to the Congress, at the opening of its session, the general condition of the country, and to detail, with some particularity, the operations of the dlncrc-nt Executive Departments, it would be especially agreeaoie to follow this course at the present time, and to call attention to the valuable accomplishments of these departments auring the last fiscal jear. But! am so much impressed with the iaramount impor tance of the subject to which this communication baa thus far been devoted, that I shall lorego tne addition of any other topic, and oniyunrc upon your immediate con sldeiation the "state of the Union." aa shown in the present condition of our Treasury and our general fiscal situation uion which every element oi our saitty ana prosperity detends. The reports of tbe heads of departments, which wul fee submitted, con tain full and explicit information touching the trantactions of the business intrusted to them, and such rer -ommendations relating to legislation in the public interest as they deem advisable. I ask for these reports and recommendations the deliberate examination sd action of the legislative branch of.the Government. There are other subjects not embraced in the departmental reports demanding legislative consideration, and which 1 should be glad to submit. Borne of them, however, have been earnestly presented in .previous messages, and as to them, 1 beg leave to repeat prior recommendations. As the law makes no provision for any report fro rn trie Department oi ritaie. a brief history of the transicuen ;of tbat important department. Vticether with other matters which it may hereafter be deemed essential tocDtnmena to the attention of C ingress, may furnish the occi,iOu for a future communication. UKOVr.R Cl.EVEI.ANI). Wa-'bir ston, D. C, December 6. The readirg of the message waa concluded at 1:30, wnen the Senate adjourned. K0MINATIOSS. The President has sent the following nominations to tbe Senate: Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of tbe United btates. William F. Vilas, ol Wisconsin, to be Secretary of the Interior. . Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan, to be PnitTniilei.flnrl Charles F. Fairchild, of New York, to be Secretary of tbe Treasury. George L. Rives, of Kew York, to be As sistant Secretary of 8 tat. Isaac C. Maynard. of New York, to be Assistant Secretary ol the Treasury. Sigourcey Cutler, of Massachusetts, to be Second Comptroller of the Treasury. James W. Hyatt, of Connecticut, to be Treaeurer of the United States. Senatorial courtesy, which has usually led to the compliment of a confirmation without reference to a committee when a Senator or ex-Senator has been nominated to aoy other office, has never prevailed in mj.ect to nominations to positions on the Uench oi tbe Supreme Court, ine last case preceding tbat of Mr. Lamar was tbat of Mr. Con kling, who had been out of the Senate a mach shorter period than that of Mr. Lamar. Mr. Couklings nomination waa sent to the Judiciary Committee and reported back. He was confirmed by the Senate, and then declined the oilice. It is probable tbat tbe nominations sent to the Senate to-day win not ne rormauy iaia oe fore tbe body until the committees are formed. HOUSE OF KEFUKiEXTATIVEi. The proceedings of the House this morn ing were opened with pray er by the Chap lain. Mr. Mills, of Texas, offered a resolution directing tbe Speaker to appoint the Committes on ruies, accounts, enrolled bills and milage, each to consist of the same number of members aa is provided lor by tbe rules of the Forty-ninth Congress, and referring to the rulea of the Forty-ninth Congress to the Committee on Ku es, when appointed. Adopted. . Mr. Cox. oi New York, chairman of the committee appointed to wait upon the President and inform him of the organization of the House, reported that the committee had performed its duty, and that tbe President would communicate with the House forthwith. The following amendments to the rules were submitted to be referred to the Com on Half s, when appointed. By Mr. Dingley, of Maine Providing that, l pending a motion, the House go into committee of the whole or proceed to business on the House calendar; a motion shall be In order to designate tbe particular bill to be considered; al) for tbe appointment of a Committee of Navigation and Fisheries, to consist of thirteen member. By Mr. Anderson, of Kinsas ProTiding

that ex-members of the House ahall not be admitted to the floor on more than three dajs dnriog the same term ol Congress. By Mr. Stone, of M'ssouri Giving preceded e io consideration to bills reported by the Committee on Pnblic Lands for the forfeiture of land grants and restoring them to bona fide settlement. By Mr. tor, of New York For the appointment of Committee on the Eleventh Census. By Mr. Johnson, of North Carolina Providing that when any motion or proposition to amend the revenue laws is under consideration any amendment thereto or substitute therefor, whether it refers to internal or customs revenue, shall be In orAt 12:30 a recess was taken until 12:40 and a subsequent recess until 1:10. At the expiration of the recess, Mr, Fruden, the President's Private Secretary, apf eared at the bar of the House with the 'resident's annual message. It was receiyfd and its reeding immediately begbn. The messSK was listened to with $reat attention, and at tbe conclusion of the reading, which consumed forty minutes, was greeted with applause. The House then, at 1:50, adjourned until Thursday.

RUSSIAN MILITARY .MOVES. a rlin I.. I. tlie Concentrations Is War Coming. Berlin, December J. There is a renewal cf the rumorst ere tbat Russia is concentrating a military force along the Austrian frontier. These rumois have revived the feeling of uneasiness concerning Prussia's intentions. . A Viinna, December C A Berlin letter published in tbe Politische Correspondent asseits that the recent Knuian cavalry movements in the vicinity of tbe Austrian frontier were due to the scarcity of forage in the districts in which the cavalry had been rationed. The Fremdemblatt says that the Russian military measures on the frontier are at variance with the general desire for peace, and the hopes thereof caused by the meeting of the Emperors of Germany and Russia in Berlin. "We wait," says the paper, ''to see to what extent the Berlin meeting will icfluence these measures, which poBsibly were decided upon under diferent apprehensions. Tbe recent speech from the German throne, in which tbe Emperor showed that he was not inclined to disturb the peace of his neighbors, was sufficient for Austria that any farther gathering of Kussishs on oar frontier will compel us to take Bimilar measures in order that we may not be behind. Russia's preparations are threatening, and are totally unprovoked." Birlin, December 6. The Post says: ' The leports of the assembling of Russians on the Galic'an fiontier evoke apprehensions of a blow against Austria. Whether tbat blow which is not intended with the yiew of attaining 6nds wherein Germany has never opposed Russia, but for other farther-reaching purposes will admit Germany's remaining' at peace for any length of time, is a qnestion which, doubtlets, Russia has long since answered." THE METAL MARKETSThe Power of the French Syndicate Felt in New York Again. New Yobk, Decembor C The power of tbe French syndicate was again felt upon the metal market this morning. . Tin and copper, both of which metala the syndicate largely controls, took an upward tendency and were quoted in tee rirst cable at an advance of 3 per ton in tin, and 178 fid in copper. Spot tin was sold down at 103 per ton and futures at 110. Closing prices on copper showed a raise of from 10 to 15 per cent. About 1,250,000 pounds changed hands. Lead was steady at .r.07?2 to 5.110 per pound. Tin was dull but firm at 04 to ü for spot and 35 to 33 !4 for luturts. It bas been discovered who tbe agent of the French syndicate is, aud hisoperations aie closely watched by local operators. TLe agent is 8. Mandell. He acquired a fortune as a meta-operator on the London Ext barge some years ago, but by an unlet ky turn lost all. He came to thia country penniless, but soon acquired the reputation of an exceptionally Bharp, wellpested trader, At present he is almost mrstantly on the floor of the Metal Exchange in business hours, and is an active and extentive buyer for the controlling syrdicate which he represents. In regard to lire at Calumet and Heel a copper mines it was reported on the exchange that the fire had gained such headway ibat neither the steam nor carbonic acid that had been introduced to quench the conflagration had any apparent eSect upon it, and at last accounts it waa believed tbat It would be neceseary to Ücod the whole mine with water, in which case it would suspend operations for the greater part of a year. C. II. A- D . Troublea iu Court Again. Dayton, O., December 6. A cross petition was filed in court this evening in the case of Charles J. Helnsheimer and others againBt the Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago R. RM asking for a receiver and foreclosure. Thia has created as great a sensation as the original petition. The C. H. & D. in this cross-petition acknowledges Heinsheimer'a allegations are true, and unites with him In prayer, and claims a large Intern tin tne road. It alleges that Ivea and Stayner appropriated more than one million dollars to their own use, and forming the Ohio Valley Construction Company, and contracted for the construction of the Dayton and Ironton railroad. The C-, H. and D. asks that an accounting be taken of the moneys of the C, H. and D. invested in tbe Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago by Ives & Co,, and tbat all of its securities in tbe bands of William N. Cromwell, assignee of Ives &. Co., and all the securities of the Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago held by the C, H. and D. acquired from Irving A. Evans, ahall be ordered sold and appropriated to the payment of the sum which the court shall find to be due the C, H. and D. road, and for the appointment of a receiver and for other relief Counterfeiters Caught, ( Wilkisbabbk, Pa., December 0. James Wilson, alias Hanlan, and Judd Wolcott, notorious counterfeiters, were arrested by Federal officera to-day. Their counterfeiting establishment, from which they were turning out bogus silver dollars, and which was also seised, was located in the cabin of an old boat at Mill Creek. Senate Caucus Committees. Washisgton. December 6. The caucus committees of both parties in the Senate held meetings this morning and began their wcik of arranging repreaentation upon the regular and standing committee of tbe Senate. It' )a possible, though hardly probable, that the majority aide will be completed to morrow. Southern Base Hall League. Atlarta, Ga., December C The Southern Base Ball League directors met here to-day and decided to leave the matter of filling the eighth place in case seven clubs are secured by January 10 th.fjto'.he New Orleans Club.

PRESS COMMENT

Whit Kew Toil. Citj Papers Think of The Isaac Presented to Corgrm. An Able Keuige, Placing Th&t Body's Plain .Dnly Cleirly Before It, The De meeritio P&ity Given "An Issue tnd i Luder, Both Mcch Needed." The linn, as t'sual, is not Completely Happy Eons Dints of Free Trade The CommeLtaof the London Press. New York, December G. The Times in its editorial on the President's message, will say: "Mr. Cleveland haa done an act of statesmanship in tbe best sense. Recognizing a great dnty, he has performed It with courage, with firmness, and at the right lime. And he has performed it so that every honest man must see that it is an honest act. judged by any or dinary standard of political expediency, the President's act is inexpedient. He has forced upon his party an issue as to which the party is divided, and so divided that unless the minority yield, it can defeat the will of the majority. He haa done this on tha eve of a national contest in which a considerable number of men of influence in the party have been urging him to avoid this issue, and threatening him and the party with disaster if he did not avoid it. On the other hand there is nothing in this issue, thus presented, by which Mr. Cleveland could hope to draw from the Republican party any votes. Nor this alone, for if the protectionist faction in the Democratic party carry out their own desires, or do what they have continually declared tbey would do, Mr. Cleveland bas done the oae tning by which he could imperil the prospect of his own renomination. It places Mr. Cleveland far above any of the leaders to whom the Republican party has of late lent a hearing, and above most of the leaders of his own party." The Sun will say : "It is not a commonplace document, for it is simple, inteliigi ble land coherent, and the quality of brevity is chiefly due to the fact tbat all Other topics of national interest are dismissed in a lump or postponed as inconsequential in tbe presence of tbe one problem of scpreme importance the question of tariff revision. He declares that the theoretical question as between protection and free tn.de is 'entirely irrelevant,' and yet the most striking and in teresting part of the message is devoted to precisely that sort of an argument with which any free trade Representative in Congress, or any free trade professor in a college class-room, or tbe author of any free trade text book of political economy, would begin an attack upon tne theory of protec tion. This, we Bay, is the most notable fact about tbe message. Mr. Cleveland bas never before in a public paper taken sides equarely upon this question. He has done so now in a manner that leava room for no misunderstanding. It is a bold thing to do, and the President deserves credit for the plainness of his speech. Nobody can accuse him of hedging or haggling, or lug gling with words. So far does he go upon the familiar lines of the free trade speeches in Congress or elsewhere, tbat we find him betrayed here and there, no doubt unconseil usly, into an exhibition of slight irri tation against American manufacturers as a class, almost as if tbey were conspirators and public enemies." The World will say: "The admirable message of the President has given to the Democratic party what it has long lacked an issue and a leader. The issue is tax reiorrr. The leader is the President. It can hardly be that the President has not at this juncture influence' enough to secure the union oi the Democrats in the House upon a measure of revenue redaction BDd tariff reform." Tbe Herald will eay: "The message is an able, conservative and statesmanlike document, which, unlike many other messages, will be read by the people and discusEed by them. We are glad to see tbat he favors free wool, which would give greatly increased and perma nent procrerity to our great woolen in du8t:y, and enable our manufacturers in other branches at the same time to dispose of large quantities of their products In wool producing countries to tbe immediate benefit of work men in almost all branches of manufac ture. The message will not please extremists of either side, freetraders or protectionists, but it will, we believe, please and sati-fy the people at large, and it puts upon both parties in Congress the solemn duty to relieve the country Irom a most senous danger. The Tribune aays: 'For the first time in the country's history, the President's annual message omits all reference to the many grave public Interests respecting which good citizens or all parties agree, and is exclusively devoted to an issue be tween parties. President Cleveland gives CoDgms no Information about the hsh ery qnestion, the pending negotiations with Great Britain, or relations with other foreign powers. The nearest approach to this8trange performance in the annual messages of previoua Presidents was when Mr.Buchannan devoted most of a message to ajdefense of his policyin Kansas. The President can hardly be considered attracitve, in the light of Its results. President Cleveland seems refreshingly unaware that his entire message is inspired by extreme free trade theories. It seems never to have occurred to the President that foreign prices are, in fact, to a large extent, controlled by tbe American demand. It is hard to understand how the precedent reconciles his statements respecting the surplus revenue with official reports of his subordinates. The Treasury Department has within a week reported that the currency of all kinds in circulation, outside the treasury, is $52,000, C00 more than it waa five months ago, and $119, 000, 000 more than it was seventeen months ago, and yet the President effirms that a withdrawal from the use of the peoples, circulating t medium has lately subjected the business community to distress. But the President's gravest error Is the unfounded assumption that a needful reduction of revenue can be attained by lowering duties and thus inviting larger importations. It is a message which his political friends will keenly regret, and which they will labor to explain J away when tbey come to confront the a wvtarai navr fall ' 1Vav aa v A aniii s Patents Issued. Washingtok, December fi. Special. Patents were issued to Indiana inventors to-day as follows: Martin V. -Berger, Mishawaka, fabric boot and manufacturer of same: Alfred L. Bernard in, Evans ville,

machine for clinching bottle cape; Adolpboa Eberhart, Mishawaka, stretcher for

felt or fabric boote, etc.; Jacob Fisher, South Lend, fire escape; William II. ortbsm, assignor to Berdnardln Bottle Cap Company, Evansviile, machine iot forming sheet metal bottle caps; David M. Parry, Indianapolis, planter: .Charles Schwager, Indianapolis, balance swyig; Silas Shroyer, Juoore's Vlnyard. fruit picker: James P. and J. II. Swift. Evansviile, door check; Joseph II. Winslow, Cambridge City, band cutter and feeder; John W. Yates, Bourbon, assignor of one halt to W. U. i ates, beating drum. Penstons Grauted. WASHiyGTOi. December fl rSpecial.l Pension a have been granted to the following residents of Indiana: Mother of Henry Haider. Wabash: widow of Lafayette Dillman.Clifty; widow of Thomas Prueit, Georgia; Wm. Turner, Franklin; John Nauer, St. Magdalene; josepn ;acner, lerre Haute; James Fleener.Ntedmore; John Whitman, South. Bend; Wm. O. Bryant, Loopootee; Lebern Moyer, urestes: Jonn Detnck. Greencastle; Henry Whitson. New Providence; in at camel copper, iewpoint; Homer Smith, Liberty ; Calvin Cooke, Yaleene; John Dunnington, Green Castle; Silts Woodward, Carupbellsburg; Lewis Hoard, Cana; Isaac Overholt, Wakarasa; John Herndon. Saglesvllle; John Rash, Pittsburg; Andrew Klrkpatrlck, hrl; Litsey German, Greenwood; George Massey, Spencer; Daniel Field, Walcottville; Oliver Bright, Selvin; Marroaduke Lindsey, Locgwood; Charles Shields, WortUiegton; George French, Rising Sun; Rioard Eyans, Laconia; Jomb Stroud, Rivrvale; George Wilson, Wayne; John K, Williams, Loganeport. Widow of Jonn Cancy, Roanoke; John Harrison, Poland; Charles Oldham. Mitchell; James Bruner, Washington: William Dickey, Sitka; Lewis Smalley, Westport: Gtorge Raley, Merom ; Dennis Burke. Terre Haute; Seth Parker, Moore'a Hill; Kdwin Miller, Noblesville; Wesley King, Tipton; John Evans, Kellerville; tllie Bruce, Monravia; William Thomas, New Albany; James Hildretn, Rushville; Ben j amen Hopkins, Washington; Samuel Sbeppard, Arlington; Henry Hammer, Lincoinville; James Stockwell, Mooney; MichaelShuppert, Adams; Michael Kaltenbach. Knightstown; Caleb Clark, Wrstheld; Joab Drew, Farmland; Samuel Hobson. Otwell; William Vance, Marengo. Jdiners cf William Eozan, Washington; widow of William Ferguson, Newton Stewart: Young Robineon, Ellettsville; Hiram Hongal, DeKalb ; Jonathan Warren, Martinsville: George Boughner, Covineton; William Rodgers, Grantsburgh; William McCutchin, Lexington; Bartlett McKay, iladison; James Wilson, Pendleton; Angnetna Cain, Fort Wayne: William Ilamsey, Denning; An derson Coon, Bird's Eje; Eiihu Clampitt. Heltonville; Amos Miller, Churnbusco; Charles Bell, Newton Haven : George Litteral, Columbus; Charles Cox, Pittsboro; George Bernhart, South Bend; William Hiltner, ML Vernon; Fhil P. Johnson. Orth; Davi d Baker, Koleen; Samuel Arnold, New Castle; Hiram Crouch, Gosport; An to Salmen, St. Joseph; William Bevins, Seymour. Father of Jonathan Heltzen, South Bend; minor ot John Carl. Hillsboro; mother of George Yancleve, Flint; Thomas Pinkerton. Huntington. C Original William Jo nes, Riceville; Joseph Anderson, Russellville , Henry Pönaler, Ft. Wavne; Isam Head, Fern; James Ragains, Hillham; Harvey Weaver, Seymour: Frederick Staley, Ray; John Redarmel, Wheatland: David Byread, Reynolds; Thomas Francis, Cambridee City; George Hill, Kendallville ; John "Webber, Huntington ; Joseph Se'gstein. Orange; John Ames, Bourbon: James Gillaspy, Crotheisville; David Hammond, New Albany; Charles Snyder, Hope; Levi Sponger, Hemlock; Samuel Fortner, Ashborough; John Dewy, Clermont; William Hall, Clark's Hill: Charles Darling, Roselawn; Jeptha Knight, Bedford; Legan Bowen, Lancaster; David Richards, Aifort; James White, Smiley ; James Walket, Orleans, James Jones, Rising Sun; John turtle, Keek's Church. Widow of Benjsmin "House, Indianapolis; widow of John Covert, Oregon; mother of Curtis Dorsey, Bedley 's : widow of Marion Coob. Browsstown; Widow cf Charles Libbert. Dilleboro; widow ot Ephram Elliott. Leavenworth; John Morley, Michigan City ; Andrew Backer, Bremen; Josiah Kollar, South Bend; James Tranter, Washington; Robert Whitacre Salamanca; John Talge, Indianapolis; Ferdinand Hirsch, Indianapolis; Samuel Forcaner, BluiTton ; Thomas Reed, Seymour; Lemo Smith, Cli fiord; John Shaw, Waveland; Benjamin Reseker. Metamore; Nathaniel Deitz, Goshen; Daniel Banta, Ireland; F. Horace Waters, Dunkirk; Robert Parr, Franklin; George Ward, Economy-Joseph. Martin, Vevay; Henry Parker, Warsaw; John McNatb, New Salem; Samuel Wylie, Cottage Grove; Tbilip Moninger, Terra Haute: William Rowln. Patriot. Mother of Peter Baerar, Madison,' widow of James Crofoot, Goshen; widow of James McGray, Nashville; Lorenza Fergerson, Shelby ville; Joshna Winner. Barry ; Washington Mmick, Harlan ; Roswell Chapman. Delphi: Wesley Lind, Jonesville; Felix Ruso, New Haven; John Gavin, Chestnut Ridge; Samuel Stone, Greencastle; Isssc McGuire, Rushville; Matthew Parrit, Elkhart; James Wilson, DnPont; John Woods, Utica; Isaac Foster, Columbus; Noah Wade, Owensburg; John Marx, Madison; Josiah Pride. Porterville; Wm. Teague, Pendleton: Thomas Dial. Huntington ; Alpheus Lacey, Knighstown . Widow of Thomas Alexander. Organ Springs; widow of James Mc Adams, Grandview; minors of Ransom Williams, Indianapolis; widow of Samuel Crow, increase, Folsomville; widow of Levi Thompson, Lafayette; George Dick, Kentland; William FolBom, Bowling Green; Joseph Olm stead, Edingburgh; John McLaughlin, Indianapolis; John Jones, Greencastle; William Hickey, Freedom; Reasor Miller, Otwell; Adam Pollard, Brazil, Cook Burk, Bloom field; William Green, Portland; John Hunt, Connersville; William Basa, Be ngul; JohnTiltonr Wheatfield; James Ryan, Henryville; Albert WInsell, Connersville; William Starrett, Younestown; John Carson, Franklin; John Willy ard, Young's Creek.. Another Suit Against Ives, Davtok, Ohio, December 5. A aensttion In railway cfrclea to-day grew out of the fact that a suit recently begun, in New York against Henry S. Ives & Co., charging . them with brand in their issue of a million and a quater of bonds of the Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway was transferred to the court here and tbe Petitionen, Charles J. lleinahelm of New York, and the wife of James O. Arnold, of Dayton, ask for the appointment of a receiver for the road. The defendants were served with a notice that tbeir application would be heard Wednesday. ArYald of Dynamiters. New York, December C A rule wai adopted at the piera of the aeveral steamship companies inthis city to-day, by whicrt all persons except those having passes from the companies are denied admission to tha piers. The measure is said to be a precau--tlon against dynamiters.

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