Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 January 1896 — Page 3

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Payments of Debts Deferred to Convey the Impression That There Is a Surplus.

Special to the Chicago Inter Ocean. Wellington, Dec. 31. The national go verniment, to (accordance with the custom of ibo9idne^3 houses Unas been taking off toidiay fftls anmual balance sheet. The people «f thfe U'ni bad States have the rightt to aissume thia't officii figures o»f 'thfe government shall 'be correct. Unfortunately, ithere aire many circurnstarao&a wihiiah fflfaid to the oonoltustoi •thia't .thie. .treiasury department, ait leo^t, ihas Struck a forced 'baLaJn.ce.

The .pnesidtedc, tin- h'iis annual mlessage, and tlh'e ise-aretary of ithe treasury, hnls ammuail report, have ideK^red to congretes and .to Uhle country (chat theme as mo need of odldiJuJomiali revenue• lieg.^tiwu arid tbalt, unfder (the operations of 'the existing tariff Daw, itihere wiUl be a

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,few*table wolrkilng surplus at the end of teWe current fiscal yeta^r. The aidnMniiistira ti'on, ito give effect ito itis fiscal Itheiorses aln/d ito make ii't appear ito icomgress tniait of *tihte ^av'eririinjetn't have teeni wise, presents on Ithis, the lali't idaiy of Itlh'e year, a statement wih^an shiows thtalt the prteeiDt tariff law, natoeily oaJJkid tihe Wdllson beoaiuise l|t beiairs ihiis inaimij, ihas preduced din. c-hje iaQt mamtlh of ft/he year 1895 wfhat as cailled a suroluis. To be isaiaie TJt :iis' pot as deej) as a wedl, tnor as wlJde a® a churdhjdbOT, but i'biwill serve. T.he amount of .thus •preterM'ed surplus ife $541,605.

How Wiis This Surplus Figured? Tihe seere'tarjr of tthe 'ta^easuiry, in peir.miifttilbig 'thleye figures ito be miade public, dices 'ncrt. inform Itlhie people 'by wihat extraordSlnairy effort, by wthait jugigl'i'ng of fignnas, by wiliiaii p^tpwnemeinit of paynveint off the olbliig'aiDi'O'n's *f the government, long diue, ttihlis iresaiOt has 'been saouneid. It is enough ,fior the poli'tlioal1 purposes of '^he ad^m'iinilislbraitl^Cf'n* to be aJb'Ie ito ipoiiinlt

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demioinsirat'e 'UhiaJt, oin iilhle face oif tihe iretuuni«, .trnere ib a surpl«uis. Hoiw itMs wias seicurre'd whiat the almioudt of thte iPtolsitpoimeid •oblij&atOo.ns of tihe govennimenit to, It w.ill!l be the provtoce of ithe coimmJL'tlee on ways amid meta1w5' .to vdie'termc'ne.

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•have ail ready 'beein '.taken to call upon tflue siecire'tiairy of tlho tre&isuTy for d'efinfite inlfo'rimatdcyn as to tihe finKun.c'iall vsUtuaiilfo^i 'aji^d as to 'the condritto'n of the .treaisuiy. A,nd iit will mdt be possuble for ipart/isa.nship to juggle With .thaJt .stiaite'meirut.

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whi/ch itihe so-calMd Wfillsan daw h-ais 'been in apem'tiOin, iin whi'e.h: a 'forced surplus has been made 'to appear -in the (public sitaftamanto. It is mat to be forgot/ten a)l®o tlha't eadh c«me of -iin'ose monJthis 'iin wfhiidh a isurpluis wqs produced was followed 'by a per'^doK™on)^ 'of

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the surplus wais priddutied 'i/X back large expenid'iltunes, for ftaMtioai puirposes, In o-pdeir 'to imake 'it i^ppsair that for t-halc ipairtdicular mcnnitih hwe wais a surplus. tieiaisury ainnouffiep eu. surplus for December, 18So, .notwithstainni&rtg' tthe fa^clt *t:hiait diu.Ti.ng the firsft sixteen 'mointihs of 'the oipeiraitiioji oif ithe new tia.iliff law, wrniidh ends today, there has been. an aggiregate d'efic.ieincy of $70,000,000. Tihe McICjnll'ey 'tariff Jaw, with wMJh tihe supporters of 'the ad•miiniistral^on are fomd of comparing 'the WiiiLs'an la.w, yfcllldeid duniinig 'the finslt siixIbeiein months of d'tis exi^teimce a sturptas' of $21,000,000, ais aigaunist 'tihe 'dleficiemcy of $70,000,000 produced by tihe .present law.

Disbursements Are Held Back. An exam'iinak'io'n o.f ithe 'reports of ,tihe treasiuiry shiowis Ulaial: during 'the iLajsit 'two weeks, in order Aio make a shewing of a surplus of less itlhan $1,000,000,

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buirseanerits ihave ibeen keip't down ito $500,000 datily, whtHe tihe raommall /averse daily disbursement of 'tihe igovenn'meirit is^ajt lteast $1,000,000. Tthe Coital receipts for t'he rn'Oinltih of Deaeimiber (have been' on'ly $26,288,935, whicth is about $4,000,000 Jes stihan the average moin'bh'lv expenditures. *comiparisotn of 'th!e preiS'enit arid the Mjj-vinley tariff laws :sihows tlhait 'tlhere was not a singffie month in -t'hie eritiux fh!lstory of the Wilson' 'law tihus far ia which it yielded as mu jh revenue as tihe McKiriley

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during Lts en'tire rrormai operation. Thfe is not a ima^ter of decLa/mat'ton or of polirios. Bt iDs a matber of ifiaots and fiarures. It is true ateo tfhatt 'the average iriointihly .receipts under tlh'e Willisom tow ba\re been only $25,000,000 as ooimipared wi:t»h $30,000,000 JurLnig itihe normal woirkingis of 'the Mc-K'inlley (law. Tett the secret'arj' o'f uhe •. ?asury wiidWe® tto ihave congress atn'd the peop'le bel .eve 'thia 'in •t'he 'month of Deceimiber there wais am ^•ctiual 'surplus. Itt ns u't fiaiir to say •Lhat lihtis aTSeged aipp-r.r t..l: surplus .s ,:e nature of a forced ba!l'a.nioe.

This day ends 'trne s'ixteemth momth of the operations of the new tariff law, the sixth motnith of (the fiscia'l year ajnd the thirty-fourth month of t'he rule of to oomifcraist some of the asitoundung prophesies of Secretary Carlisle as to the operait'ions of the treasury deparitment and theSr fulfillimen't. Today's ata.temeim't rellaitSw to 'the -oreratljoins Oif (the itreasury departtmenit for the last several moniths furn'isfiies atn oipportun.i'ty tor such, comparison.

Carlisle's Erroneous Estimates. Secretary Oarlls'le on December 3, 1S94, when /t'he new tariff ILaw lhad been •three jnont'hs in operation and am ample opportunity ihad (been afforded that the revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, would be $476,907,407. The first stix monitihs of tbait fisioal year terimiina'ted toiday. Am examination of the go-vernsmenit receipts for that period, tacsiud'ing .Dhose of tihe •postyoffice department, which are placed at a b.ig'her figure than, tfhey were last year, shows •tlhiait 'the total amount is $207,000,000. Thlis furniisihes coraeluaSve evidence tthar durtng t2ie first srx .m.on t!hs of the operation of the 'law Secretary Carlisle has made a.n over est in: ate of Lts capacity of $64,000,000.

Secretary Gar-isle appears to lhare been conscious thait shits esitfima te of Decemiber 3. 1S94. was excessive, for on Dece.m'ber 19, 1895. !he submii'tihed to congress another esdiimate for tihe reoelp'te of tihe fiscal year ending- June 30, 1896, 5n whsich !he placed tlie.'totail at $431,907,407, or a reduction of $45,000,000 from bis estimate of .the precediimig 'December.

It w'ould seem pro-baible tihait this latest estimate of $431,907,407, made only twenty days ago. wiilil iprove to be verymany miS'L-ions of dollars In excess of the revenue mining capacity of the new Taw, if -the figures of .today. wih' ch s:how itfiiat the'total receiitpts for the first six months of the year are only $207,000,000, are to •be taken Q« authentic.

Secretary Carlisle !has never been fortunate in his official estimates of the operations of the government. ,It was December IS, ls93. when he sent to congress his first estimate of the probable operations of the revenue system. His prediction was that the receipts for the fiscal vear. which would end June 30. 1S94, would be $430,121,635.

Calculations of Receipts All Wrong. In six months and twenty-two days after this estimate was promulgated that the fiscial year expired. The result

showed receipts for the, year of $372,802, 498, which was $57,000,(^0 less than the optimistic estimate which Mr. Carlisle sent to congress the first session after he became secretary of the treasury. The estimate of Secretary Carlisle for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1895, which was sent to congre^ with his ftrstreport was more than $64,000,000 in excess of the»total revenue receipts for that year. A careful study, moreover, of Mr. Carlisl§'s statement shows that' he of&cAally admitted that he did not expect as gTeat results from 'the operations of the .present or Wilson law as he did from the repealed McKinley tariff In his report to congress dated December 19, 1893, he says: "It is estimated -that upon the basis of existing laws the revenues of the government for the 'fiscal year of 189s will be $454,427,784."

This estimate, it must ibe remembered, was made when the McKinley 'tariff ws the "existing law," upon which he based his estimates of the receipts. One year later, when the Wilson tariff acthad been in operations three months and -wias the "existing law, he says .iin his report to congress: "The revenues of the government for the current fiscal year (1895) are estimated upon the "basis of existing laws at $424,427,784." This shows that he estimated 'the year's receipts under the Wilson law at $30,000,000 less than he had estimated they would 'be under the McKinley law.

Was Right On One Point.

It is 'a noteworthy circumstance that although Mr. Carlisle was exceedingly that the new law would yield vrjy much aites as to the operations of the Wilson tariff, he was quite right .in assuming that tihenew law would yield very much less t'h'an did the repealing of the McKinley law. The admissions of his own estimates have, to this respect, been entirely .realized. The supporters of the Wilson lalw do not, of course, maintain that, it would ibe fair to compare t'he closing months of the operations of the 'McKinley law 'with the ^arly months of the operations of the V\ llson law7, and, for this reason, it is well known I that all importations were held back during the twenty months of the operations of the (McKinley law, which extended from the election of 1892 to the final enactment of the present or the

Wilson law. In order to obtain a fair comparison of the results of the two laiws it would

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tobe necessary to compare the first sixteen months of the McKinley la,wThe result of this comparison shows I that the Wilson law, in its first sixteen months, hias produced revenue amountring to $400,085,683, and that the McKmley law, in iits first sixteen months, produced $481,882,779.

In order, however, that nexbody can possibly doubt the ability of the McKinley 'law to stand the test of tne comparison with the present law, even under the most adverse circumstances, it miay be stated that the receipts during the last siXteeen months of the McKinley law, when importers were holding 'back their imports, 'banks were •breaking and the country suffering the greatest panic of this generation, as a result of protective Democratic legislation, were $430,588,357, against. $400,08o,683 in the first sixteen months of the present lartv,

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inff in 'foroigpn 'producti-oricit triG r&t& or ftion (mw.000-a year in excess of those un

der the McKinley law. The Two Laws Compared. An examination of the two laws shows thus t'he receipts from customs were much greater during the normal operations of the McKinley Haw than they have thus far been under the operations of the Wilson law. The Democratic theory was that -by a reduction of the rates of dutv importations would be so largely increased that the aggregate of the revenues woufld he much .greater even under the reducied rates o/f duty. The rates of duty were decreased by the Wilson law and the importations enormously increased, for they have (amounted to over $110,000,000 in the first sixteen months with the last sixteen months of the McKinley law is apparent because the dutiable importations were held back during the closing months of the McKinley law and only the free importations brought in considerable quantities.

In ordter, therefore, to get a fair comparison of the working of the two laws in the matter of customs receipts only, it is proper to place the customs receipts during the first sixteen months^rf _the Wilson law besiie these of t._• lev law. This comparison shows that the customs receipts of the first sixteen months of the Wilson law were over $42,000,000 less than those under the IMcKinley laiw in its first sixteen

"rhese facts placed in condensed form, mav be ot sufficient interest to be worth lay!" aside for reference. They are as follows: *. Crutoms receipts, first 16 months

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211,288,020

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69,849,439

THE CEPHALONIA REACHED.

Serious Accident to the Cunarder—All the Passengers Safe. Holyhead, Jan. 1.—The Cunard line steamer CepfaaQoniia, 'Oaptaiin Seccomb, from Boston, on December 21, for Liverpool 'ran ashore otn a reef near Souith Stack, to a dense fog bw sihe was subsequently floated. When 'the steamer first grounded, 'two life boa'ts were semlt to her assistance, buit the risiilng 'tide floated her. The forty passengers who were on 'boajrd of her have arrived here, and have ittaken 'trains for theilr respective desttaaitions.

The Cephaloreia 'had a vexy rough palssage. Everything went well, however, until 7:20 this-morning, wnein she ram ashore. The passengers rushed on deck in ail arm, the boats were lowered immediately aind all women and children were plaiced in them. When they had been cared for, ithe other passengers were allowed to enter the boats, buit an exam inaction of the steamer showed that, while iher aifter part was bad'ly damaged, she was molt 'taking iso much waiter as to prevent her proceeding under steam. As Holyhead was ait no great distance from tihe spot where She grounded, so soon ais she fioiaSted on thfe high tide the passengers were again taken on board and all possfiible speed made for Hodyhead.

The accident on the CephaJonia later became much more serious. She began to make water rapidly, was beached -aind now lays in a'bout five faithoms of water, with a considerable list to starboard. Her after part IB nearly full of waiter, which is aiso beginning to enftor the saloons. Divers are busily ait work upon her, and it is now evident that the damage she has sustained 5s much more serious than alt first supposed. The work of getting out her ca^go 'from her after holds has been almost en'tireay stopped, and the P06Mom of 'the steamer Is very critical.

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TaTk to the Effect That the Big Four Is Now In the Notion of Building.

Since the announcement in the Express that the Viandalla would pass out of the control of W. R. McKeen there has been considerable tailk to the effect that the Big Four had at last decided to ibuild a new depot in this city and inaugurate a more aggressive campaign for business out of Terre Ha,ute. The information that the Big Four officials are really considering the matter comes from a reliable source. It is stated that when the sale to the Pennsylvania of the Vandaliia "properties was consummated the Big Four people were aware that sooner or later the road would plass undier the direct management of the purchasing corporation.

That time is about now to arrive. The Big Four management is no doubt aware that hundreds of Terre Haute people have for years preferred riding on the Vahdalia simply because it was a Terre Haute line, owned by home people This has been a handicap to the Vanderbklt line. They will soon be on an equal footing with the Pennsylvania, however, and with the old shell used for a depot out of the way amd a modern structure In its place the road would get much business if now cannot touch.

STILL THE VANDALIA

Name.Will Not be Changed by the Pennsylvania Company. Not in many years has ainytthtung occurred iin railway circles WhicHi has attracted more alteration, not only among railroad men-, hut 'WiLt'h 'business men, thiam the cShaniges on .the Vandaliia, and many will be glad to learn that its identdity as the Vandaiia Dine 'is not to be dilaturtyed, sa.ys 'the Ind'iiainaipolis Journal. An official, of the Peninsytsyilvanffla lines says iit will stall be operated ate itihe VTamidiaMa line, but controlled by 'the Pemnsylva-niiia. Co. more completely than heretofore. It to to be opemted on the same plan, saud ithe officiaJl, "thiait the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chtoaigo, (the Indianapolis & Vinceninies, *the Clevettalnd aind Pittsburg lines, «il Pensnisylvainiiia' Co. imlterfeats, ar»e at.'the presenit (time. Since 'the f^ mous' Ives deiall ait has been well understood that.'the PeninsylyaniiaJ .C0detemsi'ilnied ito secure fuU Control o'f tihe Vandaiia, ainid with each yeiar it has •strengthened its .grasp on the property." The same officilail sia'id Mr. McKeen couild have remained as president of the company a-3 long.as he desired, his rBslgna!t feeling wholly opbional with ^a'im.

So prominent a figure has Mr. McKeen 'been with tihe Vandaliia' t'hialt other ..tried and faiithfuil officials have been in a iarge measure overlooked. The Terre Haute Gazetlte has this 'to say res^t^dsme the other three officDals, who retire witih President IMCKPPOX: "General Manager Williams states thtat ^ihen Mr. McKeen sold oult his sitock (to the Petnnlsyllvaaiiiia in August, 1893, the understanding was that he would rem'a?n as president two years also that I Should continue as generafl manager far the same time. The result Was been thlat 'the property has been managed practtiioally the same ais before the safle. We have expected that, of course, the PeinmsylvanSa would in itime wish to take entire charge oif t)he property which it h/ad boughlt and paid for aind absorb 'th'iis system into tilts larger system. The company -has am executive orgainiteaitioin 'amply laii'ge enough to manatge this sj^stem and effect a consider aible staving .in ithe saffiaries of higher, officers. The time arrtamlged for wiith us expired some montlis ago. For Mr. Williams-there aire many years iin store of business activity and it wiill be a great ciailamiity ito Terre HauJte i'f he should accept (amy offers away from here. What pllams Messrs. Elliott aind Prescott have -formed is not known. Each oif them has anamy friends land ?xcl: Isszs given long, fai.ehifu'l and efficienlt -setrvi'ce to the McKeen regime. They retire from no fault of their own, but one of them because the office wSJLl be aiboli'sihed when the maniagement (lis absorbed into itihe Pennsylvan'ia's drganiizatiiion, and the oitlher because of advancing- years. Each hias accumulated a competency and can wefla afford to retire 'and enjoy iit"

Itt is understood thiait Chief Engineer of Maintenance of Way Gibbons will remain with itihe "Viandatifeu, being a very competent man for the place and hi silly esteemed by Chief Engineer Becl-or of the Perunsylvandia lines westt of Pittaburg.

CLAIMS STILL STAND.

Clover Leaf Liable For Those Prior to First Mortgage Bonds. Judge Baker yesterday dismissed the intervening petition of the Continental Trust Co., of New York, and John M. ButTer, receiver in the Clover Leaf receivership case, says the Indianapolis Journal. This is a case of long standing and this decision is one of considerable importance. It involves nearly $500,000. When the first suit for a receiver was instituted several years ago many intervening petitions were filed by holders of various kinds of claims which were prior in liability to the claims of the mortgage bondholders. The road was finally sold for $1,500,000 to one Niland, a 'bond holder, under a judgment giving the holders if these smaller claims, amounting to nearly $500,000, priority in deceiving payment from the sale price. Under agreement the case was appealed to the Supreme Court on the question of making these claims prior to the mortgage claims. A supersedeas bond was filed by Niland, the purchaser and a bondholder, with the American Surety Co., of New York, as the surety. The Supreme Court confirmed the action of Judge Baiter in most of the claims allowed and modified it as to a^few, but the decision was almost wholly a confirmation of Judge Baker's opinion.

In the meantime the Clover Leaf road had been sold (by Niland and he had become insolvent. The Clover Leaf had been reorganized and $9,800,000 of ne,w ibonds issued and placed with the Continental Trust Co. By the decision of the Supreme Court the American Surety Co. was compelled to pay all these minor claims. In doing so it took an assignment of the claim holders of the equity against the Clover Leaf road. This left a cloud on the title and the Continental Trust Co., and John M. Butler, receiver, filed an intervening petition asking thiat the title be cleared .of these claims by an order of court. _The petitioners claimed that the American Surety Co. was simply surety for Niland personally and that the railroad property could not be held for Niland's personal deibt. Judge Baker held that this was simply a mfanner of forming a circle around the true question. He hc^jd that as the original decision provided

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for an appeal under a proper bond, by agreement, the property of the road was still liable for these claims until they were paid, and that the fact that another provision, contingent, howevfer, had "been made for their payment, could not operate to relieve the road of the liability unless the other provision consummated the payment, which, in this case, had not been done. It was. held that the American Surety Co. now stands to the road simply in the position of thte original holders of these prior claims. The petition was dismissed at the cost of the petitioners.

US STOCK YARDS FIGURES, ijfea

Receipts- and Shipments of Stock For the Year Just Past. In the year 1895 tihie -receipts of stodk tut tihe InldOaniapolis stock yard® tweine as folio wis: Hogs, 1,108,724 hetaid cattle, 106,439 heaidi elh'eesp, 123,437 heiald (horses, 18,120 ihieiawL Tihe sMpmeints of the year w4/rs: 'Hiogte, 529,0009 head aaltifcle, 61,666 hteiald sihieeip, 94,728 head horsies atnid mules, 14,699 head. Ciity deli-very: Hogs, 579,715 head cattle, 44,779 Weta)d shietep, 28,699 head bolrsesi, 3,421 thteald'.

The largest reice&pfcs in iainy oaue day says tthe IirudiiiajiatpoCiils Journal, were as follows: Deceflnlber 6th, 11,184 hotgis August 23d, 2,145 hetatd of'oattBe October 31st, 2,401 head of isheep, amdi Odtoibtir 23d, 488 head of horse's. The largest shipments in amy one day of 1895 were: Btecemlber 31sJt, 5,775 hogs August 9'ttti, 1,128 cattle AugusJt 9th. 2,054 sheep (May 2®, 259 horses. Thie 'Largieel: receipts of any ctnie year in the se\,em)Leeai' yeiairs the yialnd© Ihiaive 'beem in Oipeira.'Woin were: 1890, 1,446,649 hioigs 1881, 144,144 cattle 1882, 288,698 sheep 1887, 20,768 truottises. In the month, of October. 1895, tfeene were recelVeli iat ithe yards 112,306 hioigs in Noiveniiber, 146,099 hogs, anld iin [Decamber, 142,326. Had the .rieceiipltsi of the previous m-omtih befen up to Ithe 'USUiaJl number, iso heavy was busimeias in the l'2U3t quarter of tihe year, tthiait tlhie Ibui3i•neiss of 1895 wouad hiave (beian the liargeist sdmide tihte yairdis were etetiafolisheii In Augusit there were iraoefived ait the yarlds 14,161 heaid of Oait tf.e, theheaiviast ,re.cei',pts of -any ome mionth of the year. The largest numlber of Ihionseis was .reiceSved in October, Itihe reWellpts being 2,205 Iheiaid.

NEWSPAPER TRAIN WRECKED

The Engineer and Fireman Killed But the Others Escaped. Denrver, Colo., Jan. 1—The Rocky Mountain News' special train on the Denver & Rio Grande Railway was wrecked at Malta, four miles this side of Leadville. The engineer and fireman were ki^ed. The accident occurred about 7:15 o'clock KiLs morning. The tra'in silo wed down as it approached Malta station, (but, the mails being covered with ice .am'd snow, the wheeils slipped and th'e engine jumped the track, cratehing into ithfe1 depot. The baggage car was ithrown on to a cotail car on Ithe siding and broken in two, but the coach rematibed on the track. Ralph Butler was in charge of the News ear and was assisted by Frank Keflly and a special Denver & Rio Grande express messenger named Harris, and none of them were injured. The engineer, I. B. Baker, and ithe fireman, H. Hartmiain, were horribly crushed and burned, and boltih d'ied in a short time.

Mrs. McDonald's Suit.

In the Circuit Court yesterday argument was heard on demurrer in the suit of Josephine McDonald against John M. Butler and others, which was brought a year ago. The case grew out of the purchase of Senator McDonald's interest in the uncollected fees and office furniture of the firm of McDonald & Butler by the late Mr. Butler. At the death of Senator McDonald his surviving partner purchased his interest of Theodore Haughey, administrator of the estate, for $1,800. The sale was approved by the Circuit Court, Mrs. McDonald afterward brought suit to set the order of the court aside, alleging that her late husband's interest was worth at least- $15,000. Alpheus Snow, law partner of the late Mr. Butler, iS the surviving defendant of the suit. Attorney General Keteham and S. O. Pickens, representing the defense, filed the demurrer on the*usual grounds. Fishback & Kappes and John W. Kern are Mrs. McDonald's attorneys. The argument was heard .by Judge J. D. Miller of Greensburg, who was called to the bench as special judge. The court will announce his decision later.

Engineer "Malicious," It Is Claimed. .Daniel C. fPiadrick yesterday filed a suit for $10,000 damages against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railway, as administrator of the estate of Annie Rouse. Oct" 'oer 22, 1895, the latter was killed while walking on the Big Four .bridge near the town of Acton. 'She was struck by a special train bearing directors and other officials over the road. The complaint avers that the train was running sixty or seventy miles an hour and, although the engineer saw the woman in time to •have checked the speed of the train, he made no attempt to stop, but maliciously sent the trailn flying across the bridge. It is alleged that he gave no signal of warning and refused to recognize the danger signal of an employe of the road, who stood at the bridge and saw the woman's efforts to escape.

Railroad Notes.

These are the days when the switchmen must be very careful not permit their gloves to stick to the link while making a coupling. Wilson Schrock, a Big Four switchman, let his glove stick Tuesday evening and lost three fingers.

All of the Vandalia offices were closed yesterday and many of the clerks left the city for the day.

Coal traffic on the C. & E. I. is dooming again. The cold weather has been the means of exhausting the supply on the Chicago market and many trains are being sent north daily.

E. V. Debs has an article in the Coming Events, a Populist paper printed at Evansville, this week in which he calls upon the railroad men to lose no time in consolidating as the roads are now doing. "Everything else has been tried," he says, "and as everything else has practically failed to secure the benefits sought to be obtained, all should be not only willing but earnest advocates of consolidation as the last resort of railroad employes to enthrone the principle of "each for all and all for each.'"

Supper and Breakfast En Route. The C. & E. I. Railroad have placed buffet cars in service between Chicago and Danville on whioh meals are served a la carte. The train leaving Chicago at 5:10 p. m. and returning, leaving Danville at 6:30 a. m., have these cars attached. A good meal may be had at a moderat price.

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THEY UNDERSTAND IT.

The Monroe Doctrine As Explained By the English Press. On December 2, 1823. President Monroe issued his famous message to congress, i!n Which he warned the Holy Alliance of 'the American policy, says

Pall Mall Gazette. Here, then, is ithe first germ of thijs doctrine 'which hi?.s ~j.•sbronfg «a hold up otn American public opinion. It is directed against the Holy A.iHraai^o, -mot Enjgland, aind its ai2m is to prevent a»ny foreign -3tiait£ nxwir avoMflrujn^. a fresh foothold upon the American octntinemit. Viewing it dispassionately, it is a 'Wise precaution to Unsure the supremacy of our race. Two years later 'iit received some additions and extaniskmis. The Hoily Alliamce was openly warned off atad a 'Confederation of American, republics to safeguard their mutual dnd'epemdeirioe was suggested.

Whetni France intervened to Mexico, duribg tihe American civil war, her intervention was regarded with the utmost hootililty, in the l'i'ght of tlhis doctrine. In 1863 a Caliifoinni^a sienaitor urged "itihiait -thte occupation of the territory of the republic of 'Mexico by Ithe armeld fcirces of the government of Francef 'is 'an act unfriendly to 'thfe. United 'States," and requested) that if France did not wittodraw thfe United States should declare war Upon France. The struggle with t'hle South prevenited any such measure, but in 1864 Lincoln's p,arty aidopted thiiis resiolutioin: "That the people of Ithe United States can never regard with indifference tihe attempt oif any European ipow-er to overthrow 'by force or to. supplant by fraud the institutions of any republican government on itflie .'western .oonltinemt, and thiait they will view with extreme jeailousy, ais uietaicing 'to the peace and inidependientee of their own country, the efforts of such power to obtaiin new footholds for monarch ja.l govern memts. sustained 'by 'foreign JJtary force, din near proximity to tihe United States." Thiiis is the clearest an 5 most emphatic enunciation of the doc.rime, and was accepted toy President LinooLn. It was not even then directed agaimat Etngland, but against deliberate aggrassuom on itfhie part of powers which .haid'no possess ions on the American continent. At the close of the war the otpein 'threatts of the reunited American commonwealth compelled France to withdraw from MexiSao and "the pretenrious "em'pire" of Maximilian oollap .e lake a house of cards.

England and America.

Th'iis doctrine found later expression in the attempt of the United States to acquflre the islands of 'St. Thomas amid .Hayti dm the West Indies, and again iin the Pain--A merican congress of 1891, which efhided, as might be expected, to smoke. It is a very real and dominlant factor ih itihe United States, and any president who overlooked it and refused to enforde iit 'Would inevi't'aJbly "lilncur great unpopularity. Catptain Mohan whose sympathies are certainly not atn-ti-Britislh, has urged thte people of 1MB country 'to enlarge the navy for thie purpose of enforcing it though there is no power in the world wh'ich would caire to encounter a state with resourceis so vast, so wholly self oom'tained, aind therefore invulnerable, and animated by«o strong a national spirit. For England to provoke the real animotsifty Cf the United States would be disastrous. The Englishmen of today looks .forward to the future for the reunion of his race. We will not fight among ourselves about trifles when we are menaced by dangers on every side.

But the position! of England in regard to the United States 'is far different from that of France in 1864. In tfte first place we were an American pwer before the United States existed. To us thafc great common wealth owes its breath and being .to Chatham and to Wolfe its uninterrupted expansion from sea to sea. Canada 'is British, and yet Americam, citizens, know that in no degree affects thfair security. If Canada wd'lJs to jo.ih the United States, we shall not fight our kinsmen. We trust them not to take 'it against the will of Canadians. Thus mutual confidence has here no evil result. *And iin Venezuela we are not attempting "to overthrow by force otr to supplamt Iby our own legitimate cladrns to territory which iwe took over from tihe Duitcih while 'the Monroe .doctrine was yet umlborm. We aire demaindiing reparation for an outrage Ito our flog such as no great s^ate cam overlook. So Par flrom 'being *ageresBlve laind grabbers." we are resisting the aggression of othems dn a case

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WILLIAM J. RUSSELL'S AfFAIFs

An Extensive Operator In Tin Probably Financial Trouble. New York, Jan. 1.—A local paper say WilJiam I. Russell one of the la-ge-operators in tin in this country hV been absent from his office since Fr d^" lost. At Mr. Russell's house it w$H said last night that he had gone awa f' on a business trip Saturday and wa expected to return today or tomorrovHe did not say to what city he was g" ing. His family were sure that cverj

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OPERA HOUSE STOItM DOORS G1VI RISE TO MUCH BLUSTER.

Mr. Al5»r«cht Gives His Side of the Cast Insists the Prosecution Is Only a Matter of Business.

The storm doors at the opera hou-f entrance which have already result in one prosecution under a city ord:,T] ance, are likely to result In a merry and if Manager Dickson is convict and keeps his word, there will be general hauling in of storm doors

treated him unfairly in his statement® a»ty the trouble printed in t£e Express W 'ms yesterday morning. In detailing 'as war from his point of view, Mr.

Yes, I think he will at least be mf^ take the doors down. He ought to. the first place they damage our fn by shutting off the view of our sh windows and in the second place tl are dangerous to the public. Supp a woman with a child on her arm passing these doors and just then so., fellow from the gallery was com ,v down the stairs at a 2:40 clip, going ter a drink and pushed the doois in woman's face or in the childls. What then? Somebody would be h,

Mr. Dickson says if he is comp' to take these doors down he will gv ter the merchants on Main st Well, he might as well begin r^ away."

EMANCIPATION DAY.

Efforts to Have January 1st'Agreed 1 As the Day. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 1.—A* a 1 meeting of representative colored of the South held here tonight w.t view to adapting ia national day of ebration of the emancipation procla tion, many prominent speakers present and delivered stirring addi es, among them being the Hon. John Langsden, who favored January Resolutions were adopted making uary 1st the day of celebrating th' gro's gift of freedom and-p. commi was appointed consisting of three resentatives from each state and tt tory to select a place of .meeting for national .emancipation celebration January 1, 1897.

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Mr. Russell is one of the best know men in the metal trade. He has been the business since 1871, has ahv&c stood well and had a very large tra€ His sales are reported to roach as muc as $12,000,000 in a year, about two three years ago. He was paid tl largest operator and broker in tin this market and acted here as the repr sentative of big London houses in tlji city. His own means were estimat'sf at about $200,000, but he is frequent7 le o£ said to have made $10-0.000 a year profit in his business. He us?d the fir name of W. L. Russell & Co.. but h., had no partner since October, 1877. I formerlr published the American Met Market, a weekly journal. Mr. Roue Ck-aele, his warehouse man, said th Mr. Russell did not carry much of

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thing was all right in his business a.e fairs. Yesterday, however. Lew.soh§ Bros., copper merchants, obtained attachment against Mr. Russell on claim of $32,560, on the allegation th he had left the state. At the office Lewisohn Bros., all information in n, gard to the attachment was refuses To Deputy Sheriff WhrLskey was del tailed the attachment and he levied a "X 4S0 pigs of tin in the storage warehour .Jtaote. in Washington street, which was sa to belong to Mr. Russell, but was stor in other persons names.

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brecht says: arra: "Mr. Dickson's statement is false fr wo beginning to end. In the first plac to tt never indorsed the plans of those dojf «s in as a much needed improvement. 1 Dst old storm doors were all right, in "tico ii right place in nobody's way. The ic •. of Mr. Dickson saying that I shoi have said these doors afford protect for the goods which my firm displays ridiculous. The only protection t} give the goods is, to protect them fr view. I saw Mr. Dickson some ti,ago and asked him if some arran^J ments could be made by which the do^lp could be kept closed as they interferjf with our show windows and in fact, whole front. 'Mr. Dickson replied tl it was impossible to keep them clos I then said to him, since he was go^ga to keep them open and"«xtend out the sidewalk very near five feet, not take them down, whereupon

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Now here is where Mr. Dickso statement is again false. The only ti I can remember Gibson leaVing a 'cor is when Rhea was here. Gibson er ,. to the siajre to borrow a half dozerii icles and as I was about getting of accommodating the house for nr'5 ing, I refused to let him have the tides unless he did leave a 'comp,' wlv he then did.

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