The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 January 1896 — Page 2

JJgracuse Register. ■ — X . SYRACUSE. t i INDIANA. : JANUARY—IB96. |- ’ San. Moa. Taa. Wad. Thar. Fri. Sat? « —4. —— | — — , • • t 7 3 4" fl • ••• •••n • I > *fc» W •| v : 9 io n : : 12 13 14 15 16 17 48j; : 2£ 22 23 24 25| : 26 27 28 29 30 31 TT| M+fffH+T+4TTtf'H+FHfff4 Great Britain has now turned the ».f>oo mark in its number of Christian JEndeavor societies. Nearly every army has now a bicycle frorps. In Germany six men of every Fegiment.are mounted on wheels to act as scout#. ’ ■■■mawaweeawawwwaaw"""' ligv.Joiix Jasper, of Richmond, Va., ►till insists that it is the earth that •tdh.sji, still and that the sun revolves around it. . For Christmas, California had an ice j palace in one end of the state and a , flower show in the other. Wonderful land is this of ours. It is computed that therc'is £ 800,000,- > w orth of gold and jewels at the. bottom of the sea on the route between England and India. Jin Cash-Cash, one of tin richest and '*noat Infltiential'of the'civiliz-d Umatilla Intlinnsuf Oregon, brought suit in the I endlejton court last week for‘a divorce from his w ife on the ground j that she paints her face.i Old Orchard, Me., has a woman painter of a new kind. She .paint*; houses*, and barns, and fences, and makes a wry good living at it. She gets the same wages as men in the trade, winch is reasonable evidence that shdocs the work at least every bit as; well.' Tx Albany. N. ¥., a man sold his wife for 25 cents; a I’itisburgh (i’a) woman her 1 4 tor "in casfi and jewclrv. This wide variation shows theUM>fulness <d market cprotations and e-en of jthe stock, market. There ought to be some kind of> steadiness in these transactions. 1 The owner of a pit> factory in Seymour,Conn, recently hauled away sev era! tons of defective pins and made m them a sidewalk in front of his house Ilc.cxjx'cts. as sooh as these useful im plcraeuts rust and arc pounded down, to have the finest, pavement in the Unite*! States. Silver coinage is stopped entirely, but the government is kept busy turning ont vi nt piece*. At. Philadelphia | the product of the mint is 15JkW pieces it day. Then' are, now 780,000.000 of these pie. • s in circulation, and <»f these Itk't.TW.OOO have been minted since 1860. The d-Biand is yearly increasing. ■ I A MAPI ten the farm of Mendel Wood, of West Ik-thel.Vt., spreads its branches ©ver the territory of four townships and two counties. It isn't a particular- ; Jy big tree, but the towns of Bethel; !i>'vaiton, Randolph and Tunbridge an.i fie counties of Orange and W indsor ad join at the Spot w here the tree groan. The phkntrecppeia a new Invention. It combines the principles of the kinetbßeope and the stereopt icon, anil the result is a machine, that will throw life sired pictures .on » screen and impart to them the motions of living l*ingvi. pne of these machines has been tn. de so small that it can be put Udder a silk hat. 'he pictures to be reproduccd ate taken upon a Continuous strip (of sensitive film at the rate of 25 or 30 a second. __ —— l . The newest antiseptic 'is one discovered in Germany, and calk'd potassiumortbodinttrocresolatc. To those who may be/aiissatisfled with the requirement lollfcse so long a u.me it is projKMicd that they nky employ the alterDatpe antino'imin.v-Jt is said that one part of the substance in. 1.500 to 2,>XX) jairts of soa|4uda is death to ail the common jiafuMtes of plants, and tha* it destroys alt Bacteria, preserves for a long time yeast that is treated with it,, and is vegy cheap, besides haying the dchirable property of dicing odorless. STATisTita furnished by the Railway Age show that only 1,783 miles of new radroad were built in the United States during lbt». Thia is the lowest point reached jii any of thb last 25 years, and only twice since 1865 has so small a mileage beea constructed, while the total is but about 100 miles in excess of the record for 1855, w lire hi is <o years ago. -The decline ju activity of new construction has been great anil continuous since 1887, when 12,983 miles oj,new track were laid.. The railroads lof the United States aggr.'gnte a trifle over 181,000 miles at the close of 1895. A ritoßiKU which has punted milroad companies for years is the seisction of some u.< ans of projierly protecting"exprv<s cars against the attacks of train robbers. This question has been scdved ict last oy un Indiana conductor named Doctoimau, who succeeded in putting'll' flight a half dozen armed men who had held up a train hi thrft state. The weapon employed.by Doctorman was a.poker, one end'of which had been well heated. So well did this succeed that .he railroad compaiiea may hereafter arm ail their employee with similar weapons. Verily, the poker is mightier than the gun. Pwadstrekt it gives the total number of business failures in the United States for ths full term of 12 months ending a few days ago a* 13,01* w hich in an increase of 2.2 per cent, over the 12,731 reported for the corresponding time one year earlier. This ia the largeat number of failures ever reported since the record was begun, with the single exception of 1893. The aggregate then was 15,500, compered with which the decrease in 1895 was is oer cent- The total number of firms, corporations and individual* having a reccienittd pl«« ®f business is about 1.<X»,ooo. against 1,<H7,000 sjrtar ago.

Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. The FroceeOlnce of the First Beesten. Washington, Dec. Sl.—ln the senate , yesterday the republicans carried their. > resolution for reorganization by a vote ’ of 30 to 28, the six populists, who held ’ the balance of power, declining to vote, and the list of committees was announced. A bii( was introduced prohibiting the issuance of bonds by the United States unless congress shall by resolution declare the necessity for them. Senator Lodge (Mass,} spoke at length upon the Monroe doctrine, and closed by predicting that the Venezuelan question between England and the United States would be peaceably; settled. The house was not ifi session. Washington, Jan. 2.—ln the senate on Tuesday Senator Sherman (0.) of-i sered a resolution for the'restoration of ’ the gold reserve, which thereafter should be held sacred for the redemption of the greenbacks and treasury notes, the former to be reissued only in exchange for gold coin and bullion. No action was taken. Adjourned to the 3d. In the house bills were introduced to repeal the law allowing a rebate on the tax on al<-ohol, and to repeal the ten per cent, tax on the circulation of banks other than national bauks. Adjourned to the 3d. Washington, Jan. 4. —In the senate yesterday Senator Sherman (O.) spoke at length on the bond’question. saying ; that'additional revenue is needed, !hat the gold reserve should be kept intact, nnd that free coinage was the most dangerous of policies. Senator Elkins' (W. A'k.) resolution directing that all bond issues be advertised and the bonds offered to the public cause*! n vigorous debate, bilt no action was taken. Adjourned to the 7th. In the house a resolution was offered to impeach Comptroller llowler, of. the treasury, for refusing to execute the laws of congress in prtying.the sugar bounty. Adjourned | Io the l-th. FROM WASHINGTON. In 1895 the' losses by fire in the United States aggregated $131.578,306, aa.com--1 pared with 5U5.590.542 in 1694, an increase of $15,987,364. In the United States the number of legal executions in 1895 was 132, the same ns In 1894, a< compared with 126 in 1893 and 107 in 1892. As nearly as can be estimated 4.102 lives were lost in 1895 upon the ocean. ! .184 upon inland waters, 3.600 by railroad accidents, 22.364 by disasters abroad nnd 7.730 by disasters nt home. Adding to these 157,968 by battle nnd 79,461 by epidemics, the total sacrifice of life waa 275.391. The statement of the public debt issued on the 2d showed that the debtj decreased $1,179,349 during the month of December. The cash’baiance of the ! treasury was $178,027,200. The total i d» bt, less the cash balance in the treasury. amounts to $947,298,262:' The coinage executed at the mints of the United States during December, 1895, was as follows: Gold. $8,097,145; silver. $75,592’, minor coins, $107,836; total, $8,280,573. President Cleveland gave his first state dinner of the season, thus inaugurating the sociay gaycties of the winter. Th* receipts of the United States dur-1 ing the month of December aggregated $26,388,937 and the exj>enditure» amounted to $25,814,317, leaving a surplus for the month of $474,620. Exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the Unite*! States during the j week ended on the 3d aggregated sl.- ; <■20,042,400. against , $1,144,928,282 the !' previous week. The increase,compared with the corresponding week in 1895, wns 7.4. ’ In the United States there were 403 business . failures in the seven ;.days ended on the 3d, against 316 the week , previous and 373 in the corresponding period of 1895. THE EAST. The failure was announced of the 11. W. I-ndd company, one of the largest dry goods firms in Providence, It. 1., for $227,500. In tlje year 1895 immigrants to the number of 229,607 arrived in New York, an increase of 61.944 over the year 1894. At the nge of 70 years Alfred Ely Beach, editor of the Scientific American, died at his home in New York of pur union 1a The New York and Massachusetts Irgislafuresconrcned in their respective capitals. By an explosion of gas in the Girard mine at Shamokin* Pa., five men were burned, three of them fatally. Along the New England coast scores of vessels were driven ashore by gales and the damage to shipping would exceed $500,000. The death of Mrs. Richardson, the oldest of the eight widow pensioners of the revolution, occurred at her home in East Bethel, Vt.. aged 95 years. There was considerable business in gold In New York at percent, preminim in anticipation of the expected bond .issue. At Pittsburgh Albert Itpodley, who murdered 'his intended wife, Jennie Buchanan, on May 7. 1894. was hanged in the yard of the county jail. ” WEST ANO SOUTH. Throughout California heavy frosts prevailed, seriously damaging the orange crop. Hundreds of cattle and horsea were drowned in thY swollen streams on the Osage reservation in Oklahoma, entailing ruinous losses to many itoctemen. "* ‘ At the age of 56 years James A. Boyd, w hose n*ame is know n wherever pressed brick arc made, died at his home in Chicago. David B. and Henry F. Quarrela, cousins, and both aged about 19 years, were killed by the cars near Ellyrona, Va. ■ , The gold output for 1895 exceeded in • value that of silver for the first time in the history of Colorado. The f-.gurea are: Gold, $17,340,495; silver, H4J4J,049. Robert, John, William and Archibald McFadden (brothers) were burned to death while asleep in their house near Frontenac, Kan. Edward J. Curtis died at Boise, Idaho. He served as territorial secretary and acting governor 16 years. Cincinnati annexed five villages, with a population of 16,000, giving that city a population of 355,000. The exposition at Atlanta came to an end. The total attendance during the 54 days was 1,200.600 and the receipts amounted to nearly $400,000. During the year 1895 Montana produced ip meUjx about $47415,000. I

The tllinoia Steel company to prevent a strike closed their shops near Chicago, throwing 4.000 men out of work. Thomas R. Bebb’s two baby boys were burned to death at Palmyra, €>., nnd the mother lost her reason in consequence. ! Near Akron, O, Mrs. John Brumer and her two girls went down an embankment in a wagon and were fatally injured. John H. Hibbard and his wife and two children and Miss Fay Hibbard and Mrs.’Grace Hibbard Lee, his two sisters, were burned to death in' a fire at Columbus. O. William Penn, Anthony Huber and John Strong, were fatally crushed while working in a box car near Cincinnati. During 1893 the flour output at Minneapolis was 10,581.000 barrels, the largest ever made by 800,000 barrels. In St. Ixiuis four persons were killed, one fatally injured, four more were | missing and 31 received injuries more i or less serious as the result of an explosion in a building. The money loss was SIOO,OOO. Flatnes swept over ten square miles of valuable territory in Boulder county, Col., causing n loss of over $300,000. In the United States district at San Francisco Judge Morton decided that every Chinese born in *he United States is a citizen thereof. In Chicago fire destroyed the hammer shop of the American bridge works, the loss being SIOO,OOO. Two men were fatally burned. In the northwest intensely cold weather prevailed, the thermometer ranging from 12 degrees below zero in Illinois and lowa to 24 below in W isconsin. Advices reached Knoxville, Tenn., that seven men were killed in a battle l>etween moonshiners and officers near the Tennessee and North Carolina line. The governor appointed Charles <J. Hilton, of Chicago, to succeed Alfred Orendorff as adjutant general of Illinois. A boy named Walters, while playing nt Millitlgeville. Ky.. secured a revolver nnd fatally shot his two little cousins, aged four nnd eight, and then sent a Tail through his own head. In St. Louis the bodies of two more men were found in the ruins of the retent explosion, making a total of six lives lost. Flames that originated In the basement of Horton Donilson’s furniture store in Creston, la., caused a loss of ♦ 15t),000. The firm of Singer & Wheeler, wholesale (dealers i* l flrugsi at- Peoria, 111., failed tor $130,000. «. Fira destroyed the Thornton Buggy company's house at Des Moines, la., the loss being SIOO,OOO. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. An armed force of .the British South Africa company., numbering Soo men, invaded the Transiaal territory. ' In a con! mine at Wragel, Prussian Silesia, an explosion caused the death of 21 men. One of the most important sessions .of the Canadian parliament since 1867, when the provinces were confederated, opened at Ottawa. On the question of schools Ip Manitoba the government was st> seriously divided as to jeopardize its stability. The . Boers captured Dr Jameson, w ho irivadod the South African republic nt the head of 700 men, Eepresenting the Chartered British South Africa company; - ’ Advices from Constantinople ing the recent- outrages in the yilaySkjf Kharput alone show that 13S towns and villages were destroyed, 5,064 houses -burned and 2,078 persons were killed. Not a single Turk was killed so far as known. Dr. Jameson, the English -leader In Ihe Transvaal, was said to had )>een shot by the Boers. The whole province of ITivana was said to be up in arms against the government. and the authorities confessed the grave condition of affairs by. proclahiring martial law for the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio. Trade and navigation returns issued by the government for the year 1895 show that Canada's aggregate trade fell from $230,000,(XM to $218,000,000, as compared with the previous year. LATER NEWS. President Cleveland signed the proclamation on the 4th admitting the territory of Utah to the family of states. The newly-made state comes.in with a republican governor (Heber M. Wells) and a republican legislature 11. A S. Strauss, manufacturers of corsets in New York, failed for $200,000. The members of the Venezuelan eommiaaUon met ill Washington and organized by electing Justice Brewer as [nvsident. The Central hotel and George Streit's business building were burneil at Aitoona. Pa., the total loss being $200,009. James Newman and w ife, aged l»e---tweeu 60 tunl 10 years, were found dead; in their home neur St. Paul, Myin,, from the effets of coal gas. Five hundred manufacturers were represented at a bicycle show which ojM-ned in Chicago. , The ‘Merion Cricket clubhouse nnd the casino attached were burned at Ha.verfotd, l*a., involving a loss of $100,000.' Iktzyl la* Chappelle. a half breed Kaskaskia Indian, aged., 125 years.--was buried from his home near Prairie du Roeher, 111. , Au’express train ran info a freight at Schooley's station, 0., killing Engineef Michaels, Firemen Ixton Mathers, George Addis and J. H. Cox, J. F. Edminton, a postal clerk, and Jesse King, a brnk- man. The Park No. 2 colliery at Trenton, I**.. ow ne*l by Montz, Lilly A Co., was destroyed by "fire, the loss beiugsloo.ooo. Advices from Havana say that the whole island of Cuba was practical'? in the hands of the insurgents, who were within a few miles of the capital city. The insurgents had burned Quin can, San Felipi, Duran, Meleno, Delsur and Guara. These places are 20 miles from Havana. The two children of Abraham Leonard were burned to death at Dallas, Tex., w hile the parents were at church. During a fire at the residence of Mrs. L. E. flarrey at Wheaton, 111., A. 8. Grant and Arthur Vernon were killed by a fallinng chimney. McMahon, Bishop A importers of wines and liquors in New York, failed for SIOO,OOO. Secretary Carlisle issued a circular for a popular loan, saying that the government would sell $100,000,000 30 year four per cent, coupon or registered bonds, dated February - t. 1895, for which purchasers will be required .to pay in gold coin or gold certificates.

COMMISSION IS NAMED. Meh Who Win Decide Upon Venezuela's Boundary Line. " v Bhort Sketch of the Careen of the Appointeee— Public Opinion In England Will Recognize What Diplomacy Must Ignore, A Washington, Jan. 2.—The president has .announced the composition of the Venezuelan commission which will consist of five members as follows: David. J. Brewer, of Ka» sas, assoc'<ye Justice of the supreme court of the United States. Richard HH. Alvey, of Marland, entef Justice of the court ; of appeals of the District of Columbia Andrew D. White, of New York. Frederick R. CouderL Os New York. Daniel C. Giirnan. of Maryland, president of the Johns Hopkins university. The commission is regarded here among those who had an opportunity to see the list of names, after they were made public, ask very, satisfactory one, whose opinions and conclusions will JUSTICE DAVID Bi,EWER. be received by the American public with that confidence which the standing of the members of the commission in the public eye inspires. Azsoclate Justice Brewer. David -Josiah Brewer, associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, June 28. 1837. His father. Rev. Josiah Brewer, was laboring at the time as a missionary among the orientals. His mother was a sister of David Dudley, jßyrui W. and Stephen i. Field. Justice Brewer received hlb education at the Wesleyan university and at Yale, from which he graduated in 1856. He studied law In the office of his uncle, David Dudley Field, in New York city, and subsequently graduated st Albany law school ANDREW D. WHITE. In ,1838. He was admitted to the bar in New York city. He did not immediately enter upon the practice of his profession, but for a year after his admission - carried on farming In Stockbridge. Mass. In 1853 he moved to Kansas City. Mo., and subsequently located at Leavenworth. Kan. 1n.1862 he was elected probate judge and judge of tiie criminal Mures of Leavenworth county, Kan. From 1865 to 18S9 he was judge of the district court. In 1868 he was elected county attorney of Leavenworth, and held that position until he was elected Justice Os the supreme court of the state of Kansas. That was in 1879. He was reelected to the same position in 1.876 and continued to occupy a seat on the supreme bench of the state till he was appointed judge of the United States circuit court for the Eighth district in 1884. In December. 1889. he was . no.hln.ated io suc/eed Justice Stanley Matthews on the Supreme bench ot the Vnlted States and hs nomination was conEancd December 18. ISS9. Judge/Alvey. Judge Richard Henry who President Cleveland has announced aS a member cf the Venezuelan commission, is a native of Maryland. He was on the judiciary' committee of the constitutional convention of D 67. and was elected chief Judge of the Fourth circuit under the new constitution and was reelected in 1881 He was designated by Gov. Hamilton as chief justice of > Ira/4 : - FBf.Di.IUCK B. COVDERT. the court of appeals of Maryland succeed Judge Bartol. This jdace he resigned to accept the office of chief justice of the federal court of appeals in the District of Columbia. This court had just been created by act of congress, and President Cleveland strongly urged Judge Alvey to take the place of chief judge and organize the hew court. ■ »/■ President Itllman. of Jol>6* Hopkins. Daniel'Celt Gilman ts distinguished as an educator. He is a graduate of Yale.college. and has been an extensive traveler |n . Europe, where he gave great attention to the social, political and educational condition of various countries. In 1575 he was elected the t'.rst president of Johns Hopkin's university In Baltimore. Among the many works that he ha* written 1* a memoir of James Monroe, which was prepared for the American Statesman. Hfs fame as a scientist and historian Is world wide. Mr. Gilman Is said not to be affiliated with any political party, but his tendencies are inclined to the republican organization. He I* a native of Connecticut, and In hl* «5Ui year. Aadiww D. White. Andrew Dickson White, of New York, is also distinguished as an educator. He is a native of New York, having been born at Homer. In that state, in November. 1832. He tox>f New England parentage, and also a graduate of Yale university. He was president of the atMe convention of New York in October. 1361. and was United States minister to Germany from 1879 t.ll IS». Mr. White was also one of the United States commissioners to Santo Domingo. and aided in preparing the report of that commission. Mr. W hite was also . for a brief period under Gen. Harrison a administration, the American minister to St. PetersburgFrederlek R. Coodert, Frederick R. Coodert Is the head of the taw firm of Coudcrt Brothers, of New York city. He ha* a world-wide reputation as an advocate and an authority on international law. He served with distinction on the Behring sea commlssion.l and was cotnplimenied by the president of the French republic for his speech before the commission, and was entertained at the pzlzca' Mr. Coudert was president of the club for several years, and Is now a member of nearly a dozen promt-

nent New York clubs. He is a democrat and is classed as antl-Tammany. He presided at a mass meeting ..atCooper Union called to oppose Tammany in ISM. He is a brilliant orator and a shrewd advocate. He"has been one of the leaders of the New York bar for many years, and has been engaged in many famous cases. His firm administers the affairs of many French estates and investors in this country. Comments of English Journals. London, Jan. 3. —The Westminster Gazette, in an article on the subject of the appointment of the United States Venezuelan boundary commission, says: “Great Britain should treat the Venezuelan commission with perfect politeness arid give them all possible informal assistance, though not admitting their jurisdiction, but should not allow British officials to give evidence of their public capacity.” The St. James Gasette regrets the absence of ex-United States Ministers Lincoln rind Phelps from the commission, but highly commend* the appointnent of Messrs. White and Glimati. The Dally News says that the nominations will command general respect in England, where public opinion will readily recognize a commission which diplomacy must necessarily ignore. Its rej»ort cannot fail to be instructive to both sides. During the interval of the inquiry the jingoes of both sides will confer the greatest possible benefit i on humanity by not making any noise. The Morning Post says; None of the members of the commission except Justice Brewer nnd Hon Andrew D. White has any ,claitn to occupy the great position assigned to hinx while Mr. Frederick R. Coudert»jpn any principle of fair play or common sense, is disqualified by his public declarations. Thp position of thq gentlemen appoint- ■ ed is in complete harnmny with the overbearing language of President Cleveland's Venezuelan message." THE YEAR IN TRADE. K. G. Dun * Co. Treecnt an Interesting » Review. New York, Jan.. 4. R. G. Dun & Co. lin their trade review for a year say:, • "The commercial failures during the com- ' plete year 1895 number 13.197. against 13,885 tn ISM,, but the aggregate of liabilities is i slightly greater—Sl73.l96.tnv against 3172,I 992.000. The bright promise offered by a i large decrease in the first quarter was followed by a small increase in the second and third quarters and a large increase in the last quarter of the year, in that quarter, also, the deferred liabilities to each firm In business increased, and also the proportion of deferred liabilities to payments through clearing houses, "The effects of unreasonable speculation In materials creating an advance In prices of goods, heavy purchases ahead of distribution and enormous increase in production clearly appear In the returns. Produce markets have been, the theater of surprising changes which have Influenced all business. The acreage in cotton was wisely restricted, in order to give producers a better chance for fair returns, and the crop was further reduced to acme extent by injury, but growers were in-, jured still more by frantic speculation, which checked exports, and. by false information and advice. Wheat producers suffered In tike manner from wild speculation. which prevented the exporting of many million bushels, and false reports . which encouraged farmers to keep back their grain until the cereal had been taken Off the market by speculators. "The inevitable consequence has been a very tow range of prices, the yield being clearly'in excess of all demands. The great crop of corn has materially affected the prices Os meats. The course of Industries during 1895 has been materially affected by speculation In materials. Midsummer witnessed' a tremendous advance, with a rush tor buy far exceeding the ordinary demand for consumption. Prices rose be- > yond all reason, exciting still more the anxiety to bey beyond actualneeds. Thousands of producers strapg. ly mistook the extraordinary buying for a vast Increase in consuming ability and extended opened mills, increased fdrce,and rushed production in many lines sap beS'ofid actual consumption. Inevitably both traders and manufacturers were left Jovydrd the close with considerable stocks Unsold, and claims against customers who selves tied up by purchases beyond their distributing power. Hence the general shrinkage In prices for the past three months, and though In scarcely any department did prices rise higher than in former years, they were-found out of relation to existing demand. "Railroad earnings show decided . improvement over last year— 5.6 per oent. fer the year and 6.9 per cent, for December, though 4 6 per cent, smaller than in 1892. "The rapid outflow of gold wjith high rates of Interest caused anxiety which was checked by decision to’ issue clearing-house certificates at New York, Boston and Philadelphia and by prompt attention to financial questions in congress, but at ths.t-jy-se another issue.of bonds is already exceed the amount. of the issue proposed. The recent decrease in imports of merchandise and some Increase in. exports warrant hope that trade balances 'may be more favorable hereafter, but much depends upon the course of securities which foreign holders are selling to some extent in order to share In the expected profits on bonds. Rarely has there been a situation so complicated, and the near future is difficult to forecast, but it is the wldely-prevalent impression that a large sale of bonds will speedily revive confidence and activity.” . THE COLD WAVE. Mercury Ranges from S 3 to 40 Below Throughout a Vast Area. Washington, Jan. 4. —The present cold Wave made its first appearance in the far northwest iii the Canadian province |of Alberta, on the morning of the Ist. From that time until Friday morning the temperature-steadily fell in Alberta arid the adjacent Canadian provinces, reaching a minimum temperature of 30to 40 below zero. , Special telegrams show that the cold ‘ weather is general throughout the west. At Lacon. JIT. the thermometer is below zero:.at Virginia it is two dc- ■ grees below; at Hillsboro the drop was ' i 25 degreeril at Moweaqua it is ten de- | grees below; at degrees; at Vandalia the.drop’was 40degrees; at . Wabash, Ind., it is ten degrees below, with snow plows out to clear the rail--1 road tracks; at Marquette, Mich., it is ’ 12 degrees below, and at Benton Ilar- „ bor the fall was 30 degrees in 24 hours. > In Wisconsin, Janesville reports 18 dc--1 grees below. Iron Belt 32 degrees bei low, Marshfield 23 degrees below and I Lac du Flambeau 28 degrees below AGAINST THE SYNDICATE. The New York World Declare* a National Scandal I* Impending. New York, Jan. 3.—The World prints a long editorial article reviewing the r bond situation, declaring that the syn--1 dicate manipulations not only must re- , suit in enormous loss to the governi ment, but will lead to great national ' scandal, the moral effect of which upon J the country will be mote disastrous i than apy .financial loss could possib'y ■ be. It calls upon President Cleveland ! to reject absolutely the proposition of i the syndicate nnd to leave the result • to the people. There can be no doubt, it awcires h<m, that the people, once awakened to the peril of the situation, ; will pour out their gold from banks and i vaults to recoup the $40,000,000 de- ■ ficiency in the reserve. As an earnest 1 of its confidence in this and of its own I sincerity the World offers to lead with • $1,000,000 the subscription to an issue s of three per cent, bonds or four .per cent, bonds upon a three per cent. . basis.

SHERMAN’S CUBE, Ohio Senator Presents a Remedy for Financial UlB. 1_ ' - HU Speech In the Senate—Declares That More Revenue Is Necessary—Free Coinage the Most Dangerous of Policies. Washington, Jan. 4. —The resolution offered by Senator Sherman (rep., 0.) in relation to the reserve fund was laid before the senate and Senator Sherman addressed the senate. Senator Sherman opened his speech by a reference to the two recent messages of the president of the United States In relation tc the Mcnroe doctrine and to the condition of the national finances. As to the former, he remarked that Congress had “perhaps too hastily blit With entire unanimity” Supported the presidefit tn malntatalfig the interests and honor of the country “tn the field of diplomacy,” but as to the latter congress had notapproved ana would not approve his recommendations as to the financial policy and especially as to the currency. The president had mistaken the ckrse of the present financ.3l condition In attributing It to the demand for gold for United State! notes Instead of to the deficiency of revenue caused by the-leglslailon of the last congress, thus placing the effect before the cause. And he had proposed as a remedy the conversion of United State! notes and treasury notes into interestbearing bonds, "thus Increasing the inter- j est-bearing debt nearly $8.’,00C,0W.” The president had proposed a line of policy that would pr duce a shatp contraction | of currency, add greatly to the burden of j existing debts, and arrest the progress of • almost every American industry that competed with foreign productions. In these views the president was supported by the secretary of the treasury. It was with diffidence that he (Senator . Sherman) undertook to controvert their t opinions, but his convictions were so strong that they were In error that he hoped to convince the senate by the facts which he would oubmit that the ti ue line of public policy was to supply tbe government with ample means to meet current ex- j pense* and to pay each year a portion of the public debt The only difficulty In the way of an easy maintenance of United i States note.B at icir with coin was the fact , that during the administration the rev- j enues of the government had not been ° sufficient tc meet the expendltiires "It is humiliating to read In the newspapers of the bay that our government Is negotiating for money from associated bankers and, like a distressed debtor In view of the bankruptcy. Is offered by a. friendly power its accumulated gold to relieve us from our suppose-! financial dis- ! tress. The true remedy It.to supply by j taxation In' some form addaional revenue and until this can be effected to borrow from ‘he people of the ' United States enough money to cover past and future deficiencies. “Congress,” Senator , Sherman continued. “neglected to cure the defects pointed out by me as secretary eff the treasury In Decern oer, 1880. but 1 hope will correct them now at the request of.the president. Notes once redeemed should only be reissued sot go.d coin, and such reissues should be mandatory when coin la deposited In the treasury V . The resumpt'on fund should be segregated from ail ether moneys of the United States and paid out only in redemption of United States notes. With such provisions in th! law th" resumption fund. could not be invaded to meet deficiencies In the revenue. They should be provided for by bonds or certificates of Indebtedness, ol such denominations at a low rate of Interest which would be readily taken by the neojle through -national banks, subtreasuries snd post offices. Furtheron in his speech Senator Sherman spoke of the president's complaint that notes were presented nnd paid, reissued and paid again and ag Hn, ,making a continuous circuit. When, tie asked, had that circuit commenced? It had commenced when this administration (supported by the last congress) had created a deficiency, and It continued because the deficiency continued. The free coinage of silver he-regarded as the most dangerous policy of all. There was Scarcely a doubt but tl.at In all probable conditions of trade or finance (except the cortlngency of war), the whole mass of United States notes and treasury notes now In circulation cou.d be maintained at par with coin If It were supported by a reserve of gold or bullion, or silver bullion In cue proportions, eqt al to one-thltd or one-fourth of the amount of such note«. Senator Mills (deni., Tex.) took issue with the statement of tjenator Sherman that the tariff act of 1893 was the cause of the present financial difficulties. Senator Mills said the burden belonged to the 51st congress, and Senator Sherman* was partly responsible for the legislation of that congress. The'democrats had turned O'er to the Harrison administration in 1889 $230,000,000. How was it, he asked, if the claim that the McKinley act had produced sufficient revenue was true, that in 1893. when the democrats again. ttssHtued control, all that surplus was gone, consumed and dissipated? SAYS THEY ARE CITIZENS. Judge Morrow Rehder* a Decision of Inaportance to Celestials. f San Fnincisco, Jan. 4. —United States District Judge Morrow, has decided ' that every Chinese born in the United I States is a citizen thereof? The case ! waß that of Wong Kim Ark, who was Lborn it) this city in 1873, vvent to China in 1894 and returned in August last, i Collector Wise refused to land him, a I writ of habeas corpus was sued out and the case was submitted on briefs to Judge Morrow. The court based it! decision on the 14th amendment: of the constitution. The government will appeal. HAVANA IN A PANIC. Inft*genta Within a Few Mile* of the Capital City. Havana. Jah. 4.—The authorities con.--fess the grave condition of affairs by •sproclniming martial law for the provinces of - Rio. Maximo Gomez has declared his pur--1 pose to penetrate into the province of I Dinar del Rio. Although his forces have not reached the borders of that province, the action of the authorities is understood to indicate they have no hopes of preventing him from carrying out his threat. Atlanta Exposition Closed.. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1. —The Atlanta exposition is no more. The grounds on the closing day were thronged with people,'and the buildings full. Mr. Inman, of the finance committee, said the exposition, when all’the debts are paid, will have cost Atlanta about $200,000, or less than ten j>er cent, of the money expended on the fair. The total paid attendance during the rair has been 780,000. Gate receipts have amounted to leSs than $400,000. Visitors have left, it is estimated, about $5,000,000 in the city. Coinage for December. Washington, Jan. 4.—The monthlystatement of the director of the’mint shows coinage executed at the mints of the United States during December, 1895, to have been as follows: Gold, $8,097,145; silver, $75,592; minor coins, 1107.536; total, $8,280,573. Keep Onlet About a Good Thing. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 4.—lt has been learned that a well-paying gold mine has beeq in full operation almost within the efty limits of Duluth for the last few months and that the owners have taken out ropny thousands of worth of metaL

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