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CARLISLE'S VIEW.
Secretary of the Treasury
Presents His Report.
H Discusses at Some Length the Bond
Isaac and the Proposed flan for a
Change In the System
of Currency.
Washington. Dec. 5. The annual report of
toe secretary of the treasury on the state of
the finances was sent to congress Tuesday.
It shows that the revenues of the government
from all sources for the fiscal year ended June
Jin. 1S94. were $372.902. 4iS and the exp-nditures
at.ft;5.733. which shows a deficit of 8tS.8iT3.260.
As compared with the fiscal year 1893 the re
ceipts for ISM fell on" S88.914.063.
During the year there was a decrease of ?15,
652.(574 In the ordinary expenditures of the gov
ernment. The revenues for the current fiscal
year are thus estimated upon the basis of ex
isting laws:
From customs Jlfio.000.ono
From iDtern:tl revenue 1M.M0.IID0
From miscellaneous sources l.YOoO.tlO.)
I'Tom, postal service M.427.748
Total estimated revenues $424.4 .748
The expenditures for the same period are
estimated as follows:
For the civil establishment
For the military establishment....
For the naval establishment
For the Indian service
For pensons
For interest on the public debt .
For postal service
f9I.E50.0W
53.250.0 X
32.&.om
11. 501 1. (.ill I
14i.5i)OH)
3I.00D.0Dt
64 4-.T.74S
Total estimated expenditures ?444 427.748
Th above figures, compared with the esti
mated revenues, show a deficit of f20.O0O.0iJ0. It
Is estimated that Uon tne basis of existing
laws the revenues of the government for the
fiscal year 1SU6 will be:
From customs flS5.noo.001
From internal revenue lyo.om.ioo
From miscellaneous sources......... 15.000.000
From postal service 8u.9t7.407
Total estimated revenues 476.tKT7.407
The secretary thinks many small district of
fices should be consolidated and a general re
organization of the customs service wade.
Ke also tu-ks for f 1'jO.Oho per annum for in
vestigating Chinese cases and paying expenses
o deportation, owing to the new treaty with.
Chliia.
The most important feature of Mr. Carlisle's
report is his discussion on the subject of cur
rency reform, in the course of which the ad
ministration's plans of a new system of cur
rency are set forth la detail. Mr. Carlisle re
views the financial statistics referred to in the
tabulated statement and charges 3.022.000 of
tha deficit to the Importation of raw sugar
prior to the time the new tariff law went into
effect. The income tax will afford no revenue
till July 1. isys. but there is reason to believe
the importation of sugar must soon be re
sumed on a large scale, and he thinks by July
10 considerable collections under the income
tax law will have been made. He Is of the
opinion that the execution of the present laws
will yield sufficient revenue for 185, and leave
surplus of f 28.814.920.
In urging financial legislation for the pur
pose of supporting the public credit Mr. Car
lisle says:
-The well-known defects In our financial sys
tem and the serious nature of the evils threat
ened by them have done more during the last
two years to impair the credit of the govern
ment and the people of the United States at
home and abroad and to check our Industrial
end commercial progress than all other
things combined, and our first and plainest
duty is to provide. If possible, some effective
method for the prompt ad permanent relief of
the country from the consequences of the pres
ent unwise policy."
The secretary then reviews the circum
stances leading up to the first f.vj.000 wnt issue .
of bond3. yielding f58.660.9I7 and increasing j
the free guld in the treasury to 8107.440.S02. J
The lowest point reached by the reserve since 1
the resumption of specie paynents was on the j
7th c'ay of August. 18w4. when, by reason of j
withdrawals in the redemption of notes. It was j
reduced to f52.lSJ.500. After that date It was :
slowly replenished by voluntary exchanges of j
gold coin for United States notes by the banks j
and by small receipts or gold in the payment
of dues to the government until the 14th of ,
Noven-.ber, 1S94. when K reached the sum of
eoi.i7.374 ;
In the meantime, however, the frequent
presentation of notes for redemption in gold
clearly indicated the existence of a feeling 1
of uneasiness in the public mind. In ad- i
ilition the vast accumulation of mone7
art our financial centers and the general
depression In business which prevailed in ;
this country bad so reduced the rates of dis
count that the inducement to keep fund;
abroad was much greater than in ordinary
times and made it highly imprudent to neglect
any precaution which appeared necessary to
Insure the safety of our financial position.
Therefore the second issue of f50.000.000 was
decided opon. The proceeds of the sale.
f&j.KM.SOO. have nearly all been paid into the
treasury, according to the terms of the sale,
reducing the rate of interest to 2. sT9 per cent.
The transaction justifies the opinion that a 24
per cent, bond could probably have been sold
at par. Here the secretury asks for a law giv
ing him such authority, saving It would
strengthen public confidence.
With regard to the redemption of govern
ment obligations the secretary shows his atti
tude on the hard money question and says th6
one who presents paper for redemption must
be given his choice of metals, as a change
would work a hardship on the public and
nation This condition cannot be per
manently remedied except by great
changes in the laws relating to tb
subject. The sttuation Is the result, too.
at three policies: The circulation ot
United States notes as currency and their
current redemption ia ccin on demand: the
compulsory reissuance of such notes after re
demption; the excessive accumulation anS
coinage of silver and the issue of notes and cer
titicates against it at a lower ratio than Is war
ranted. With regard to the "Baltimore plan" for na
tional bunks the secretary says:
"A the plan suggested proposes to exempt
the government of the United States from all
liability for the redemption of national bank
notes and place the sole responsibility upon
the banks themselves, a guaranty fund of not
less than 30 per centum upon the outstanding
circulation is regarded as a very proper and
necessary feature of the system."
Then coming down to the tariff he says:
"The raw materials used in the production
of commodities for the use of the people In
their homes and in their various industrial
pursuits should be free from taxation. If our
industries are to be profitably conducted re
duced oost of production must precede or ac
compaay reduced prices of the finished prod
uct "The late act, while it places upon the free
list a considerable part of most import raw
materials used in our manufacture, left iron
and lead ores and bituminous coal, together
with several articles of less consequence, still
dutiable, thus not only failing to put in force a
consistent system of revenue reform, but leav
ing some of our most valuable industries at a
great disadvantage as compared with their ri
vals differently lccated."
Tries Her S-w- Skat and Perishes.
Oshkobh, Win., Dec. 5. Miss Minnie
Lee, of Ormo, aged 17, was drowned
Tuesday niorniag while trying a new
pair of skates.
Convicts Compete with Farmers.
Jackson, Mis., Dec 5. After ; his
year convicts c&nnot be leased, there
fore the board of prison control has
contracted with a number of promi
nent planters to crop in shares, the
crops being1 entirely nnder the utate's
control More than 10,000 acres of
land will be cultivated.
F.x-tiov. Howie Ltead.
Baltimore. Dec 5. Ex-Gov. Oden
Bowie died at his home, "Fan-view,"
Bowie, Md.. at 3:30 a. m.Tuesday. The
end came peacefully while tha ex-fjov-ernor
was surrounded by the member
of his fa.jaily.
DEAD.
Distinguished French Financier
mod En-
jrlneer Pauses A way.
Pakis. Dec a Count FerdinaDd de
Lesseps, who iias been one of the most
prominent cnaracters in France for
more than a quarter of a century, is
dead. The end of his life came after a
protracted illness, induced and aggra
vated by the severe strain to which
FERDINAyD PE I.E3SKI-S.
the distinguished man was subjected
during the Panama canal scandals,
trials and results.
IFerdinand Murie. Viscount de Lessens, was
born in Versailles. November II. 1S05. He
received his early education in Paris,
but finished it with his father, a consu
lar agent. and lived with him in
Pniladelphia in 181i-22 lie was consular
agent at Lisixm in ls2" to ISJ7. nnd
served afterwards at Tunis. Alexandria.
Cairo. Rotterdam. Malaga end Barce
lona, lie was then appointed suc
cessively minister to Spain and to Rome.
"While on u visit to Egypt in 1S54 he disclosed
the project of a Suez canal to Said Pasha and
two years lat-;r secured the desired conces
sion. Tne canal was opened for steamers of
light draught in Irtli, and the full plans
were carried to completion in lS-jy. Since
173 Count de Lesseps has concen
trated his attention to the Panama canal.
It was in 1S7 that de Lesseps Inaugurated
the movement that culminated in the canal
congress of 187V and the adoption of the
scfieme for uniting the Atlantic and Pacific
at the isthmus of Panama. From the begin
ning the aged engineer and diplomat seems
to have leen us badly deceived and victim
ized as the public. Lying circulars were
is-sued. and the Paris and Panama papers
were induced to aid in the deception of inves
tors. The magic of the name of de Lesseps
caused the thrifty peasantry all oer FTance to
open their woolen stockings, and gold poured
into the Panama treasury in a flood. The story
of the extravagance and corruption which fol
lowed is stfil Iresh in the public mind. It con
stitutes one of the most disgraceful, as well
as one of the most gigantic swindles in his
tory. At the time the exposure came the actual
cost of the completed fraction of the canal
variously estimated at one-fourth, one-fifth
and one-tenth was '50.U)0.IXW. more than
double the first estimate of the entire work.
The money had gone into extravagant
and useless outlay and into the pockets
of the conspirators and those of leading
btatesmen and journalists in Paris. There
was not snrtlcient evidence that either de
Lesseps or his son had received any of the
money in a corrupt way. but to satisfy the
public rage loth were convicted, although the
sentence against de Lesseps. Sr.. was never
carried out. I f
TREATY WITH CHINA.
Tbo New Instrument Awaits Presidential
Proclamation to He of I.fiVrt-
j 'Washington, Dec. S. Ratifications
; of the new emigration convention be
i tween the United States and China
were exchanged at the state depart
j ment Friday after ofiiee hours by Sec
retary Gresham and Minister Yang1 Yu.
Only the president's proclamation of
the fact remains to "make it binding1
upon the citizens of both countries.
1 The convention was negotiated March
I 17 and agreed to by the senate August
. 3, afteY considerable debate in execu
tive session. The convention will re-
: main in force ten years, and unless six
j months before that time notice
! of its final termination shall
:, be given by either party, it
1 continues for a similar period. The
' convention is designed to provide re
; ciprocally for the better protection of
citizens or subjects of each country
! within the jurisdiction of the other,
i A synopsis of 'its provisions is as fol
' lows:
I Article 1 stipulates that except under condi
; tions fcubsequently specified the immigration
of Chinese laborers to the United States shall
; be absolaiiy prohibited.
Article 2 excepts from the provisions of the
; preceding trticle the return to the United
j States of every rtgisttred Chinese laborer
i who has a lawful wife, child or parent in
the United States, or property to the
value o" 51,000. or debts of like
fcmoupt pending settlement. To secure this
exception, however, such laborer is compelled
before leafing thy United States to deposit
with the collector of customs before he de
parts a full description in writing of his fam
ily, or property, or debts, and shall in ex
change be furnished with a certilicite of his
right to return. Forfeiture of the right is pro- ;
vided in case the description is proved to t e
false
Art;cle8 excepts the right at present en
joyed of Chinese subjects being officials, teach
ers, students, merchants or travelers for curi
osity or pleasure, but not laborers of. coming
to or residing in the United States. This
class, however, is admitted only upon a
certilicate approved by the diplomatic or con
sular repif-sentative of this country at the port
whence such Chinese depart. The privilege
of transit of t hinese laborer across the
United States in journeying to or from other
countries is continued.
Ky article 4 it is agreed that the Chinese of
the laboring or any other class either per
manently or temporarily in the United States
shall have all the protection to their persons
and property that is given to citizens of the
most favored nation except the right to be
come naturalized citizens.
Article 5 recognizes the right of China to
enact and enforce similar laws and regulations
to our Chinese registration act. providing for
the registration of all American skilled and
unskilled laborers residing in China, and binds
this government to report to the government
of China the full name, age and occupation
and place of residence of all citizens of the
United Slates, including missionaries, within
and lthout the treaty ports of China
WIFE. BEATER KILLED.
White Cap In Kentucky Execute
mry eueeanee.
Loii.svili.k, Ky.. Dec. S. Tom
inton, living near Springfield.
Sum-
Edg-
Ky
was killed by white caps a little after
midnight Friday morning. - Two men
wearing white veils and long cloaks
forced an entrance into his house.
Edginton jumped out of bed. when
one of the men grabbed him while
the other pulled a . pistol and
shot him. Death was, instan
taneous. Edginton had been . no
tified to stop beating his wif
or he would be visited by white caps.
COUNT DE LESSEPS
BRUTALLY SLAIN.
The Discovery of a Foul Murder
in Chicago.
An Ax Used to Heat Oat the Life and
Mangle the Remains of a Janitor
Arrest ot the' Probable
Murderers.
Chicago, Dec. & A. D. Barnes, who
was employed as janitor of the Hia
watha apartment building;, 25$ East
Thirty -seventh street, was murdered in
ashocuingly brutal manner Thursday
night in the basement of the building,
and an elaborate effort was made by
his slaj-er and accessories after the
fact to conceal the crime by hiding1
the hacked and mutilated corpse in a
hole under the sidewalk on South
Park avenue, just south of the elevated
railroad tracks on Sixty-third street.
The packing case in which the
bloody remains were hidden was dis
covered Friday morning, and every
person, except, perhaps, one woman,
who is suspected by the police to
have had ant- knowledge of the
crime is under arrest. Tin? cir
cumstantial evidence so far secured
against Edmund Jordan, the assistant
janitor at the Hiawatha Hats, is said
to be of the strongest character.
The persons who are in the Wood
lawn police station charged with the
murder, complicity in the disposal of
the body, or held as material witnesses
are: Edmund Jordan, assistant jani
tor, Hiawatha liats, the alleged mur
derer; John licnson Jersey, alias "New
Jersey," a boon companion of Jordan
and the man who is suspected of be
ing on the wagon with Jordan; A. li.
Y inslade. engineer and hreman of a :
flat building at 0744 Iihodes avenue;
Mrs. Andrew 11. 'Winslade. his wife,
who is said to have been intimate with
l!arnes; Annie Mahoney, mistress of
Harries, who loaned him S15I) and did
not get it back; Mrs. Edmund Jordan,
wife of the alleged murderer, who ia
also said to have been unlawfully in
timate with Uarnes.
It is in evidence against Jor
dan and Jersey that they met
ahortl- after the time the mur
der is supposed to have been com
mitted and that Jordan said to him
that the "job was done and it did not
take him an hour to do it-" This
meeting was in a saloon near the
scene of the murder. As to the motive
of the deed the police say that Uarnes
received his month's pay Thursday
and no money can be found in his
bloody clothes or in the basement
where the man met his death. Rob
bery on the part of Jordan, vho
was a g-ood-for-nothing fellow,
may have been one of the
motives. Then there was the rela
tionship which is said to have existed
between the murdered janitor and the
wife " of the supposed murderer in
chief. That may have prompted Jor
dan to strike the cowardly blows with
the ax. Hut the police believe more
than anj'thing else that Jordan
wanted to get rid of Uarnes for the
sake of getting his job. and that in
this view of the case iiis pal, Jersey,
was "willing to aid in hiding the body,
and as a reward be installed by Jor
dan as his assistant.
As for the circumstantial evidence
which the detectives have woven
around the neck of Jordan during the
brief time since the discovery of the
body, it can be s;iid that the clothes
which the murdered janitor wore
Thursday night, all cut and covered
with blood, were found in the base-
ment hidden. The bloody ax with
which Uarnes life was taken was also
found secreted in the same place, lied
stains were detected on the floor of
basement of the flats in front of
the furnace. This indicates that
Uarnes did not die without a
struggle. Then the packing case
in which the body was pressed
was recognized as having been used in
the basement for the receiving of rub
bisli. Jordan was the first person to identi
fy the body of his supposed victim
after the police had removed him to
the morgue and he immediately fell
under the suspicions of the police. He
had been employed in his position
only three months and there is little
known about him that is good. An
effort wsis made to hide the blood
stains on the floor of the basement
and walls bv sprinkling fine ashes
over the spots. It is believed that
Uarnes was struck from behind by an
ax on the head, fracturing his skull
and his body doubled up in the box,
which was then carried from the
basement into the back vard
and lifted over the fence by Jor
dan. Jersey and probably another
man. as the load was almost too heavy
for two. The clothes were first re
moved and the body wrapped in odd
pieces of carpet. The police have not
been able to find out t-et where the
horse and wagon was taken from, but
they are sure no expressman was hired
for the purpose of removing the body
to Woodlawn. The Mahoney woman
and Karnes had severed their former
relations on account of his failure to
return the 6150 loaned.
Awarded SIO.OOO Ltaniagen.
Chicago, Dec. 8. The suit of Ilobert
S. McClure, a minor, against the Chi
cago, Ilock Island & Iacific Railway
company was submitted to Judge
Dunne by agreement, and the plain
tiff was awarded a judgment for S10,
000. Young McClure was injured in a
collision at Englewood on the even
ing of November S, ISUU.
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
Mator-elkct Stroxo is credited
with an intention of putting a woman
at the head of New York's street-cleaning
department. This is at least logics
al. Women, including their dresses,
are trained in that direction.
Mrs. OnMifTo?r Chant tells a joke
about herself. When before the Lon
don Music IlalLs licensing committee
she overheard a gentleman ask anoth
er, pointing to two of the witnesses:
"Which of those old cats is M rs. Chant?"
Mrs. Chant leaned over and said:" "Thai
particular tabby, sir, ia behind you."
THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Wain Points In the Annual Report or Mr.
drkela.
Washington. Dec a, Suggestions have
beet, received, says Comptroller of the Curren
cy l;ckels in his report, from many -eminent
financial sources that the whole question of a
banking and currency system ought to be re
ferred by congress, to a commission to be cre
ated by law. appointed by the president, and
clothed with proper authority.
"A commission non-partisan in its character."
be says, "composed of men of eminent alii li ties,
could unquestionably devise a currency sys
tem sound in every particular, and one which
would commend ltseif to every Interest
of the country. It could largely take
the question out of politics, and have
It considered simply in its business aspects
and upon merit alone: but if the present con
irress is to enact a law upon the subject, the
appointment of a commission could avail noth
ing. If, however, nothing more definite can
be accomplished, the question of the creation
of such comniisslyn ought to be considered uud
acted upon. "
The report also gives full information in re
gard to the organization, supervision and
liquidation of the national banks for the year
ended October 31. IKiH. It shows that during
this period but 50 banks were organ
ized, with a capital stock of T.2i.000.
the smallest number chartered, as we.l as the
minimum amount of capital, in uny one year
since 1879. The charters of forty-one banks
were extended dnring the year, having
an aggregate capital stock of J5.143.00O
and a circulation of $1.6T.0o0. Ten batiks,
with a capital stock of Jl.57o.oo0. which
were In the hands of receivers at
the date of the last report, resumed business
during the year, and the charters of six. with
a capital stock of SO-S.OOJ, and a circulation
amounting to i'Cl.yoO. expired by limitation,
live of which were succeeded by new associa
tions, with a capital slock of fi 10 .000. and cir
culation amounting to W 250. On October 31.
l-'.'4. the total number of national banks in
operation was S.T56. with an authorized capital
stock of SC72.C71.3Gn. represented by 7.D.W.078
shares of stock, owned by 2S7.H4J shareholders.
On October 1SVI4. the date or their last re
port of condition, the total resources of the
banks were 3.473.irJ2.055.?7. or which their
loans and discounts amounted to S-.037.ri".-11.
30. and monev of all kinds in bank 12'J.42.
ljej.45. Of their liabilities $1.7-i.41s.Kiy.l2
represented individual deposits. S31!4.U1.00il0
surplus and net undivided profits, and
$172,331.97; circulating notes outstanding. The
total circulation of national banks on October
SI, 1S14. amounted to $207,472,603, a net decrease
during the vear of $1,741,563. and a gross de
crease of ss.614.834 in circulation secured by j
bonds i
During the year 79 banks, with an aggregate
capital stock of S10.475.0o0. passed out of the
system by voluntary liquidation. 21, including :
2 which failed in lxiKl. with a capital stock of
?2.770.000. became insolvent and were placed in I
b urge of receivers. i
The average annual dividends paid bythe j
banks between March. 1HG9. the date earnings j
and dividends were first reported to the office. ;
and Murch. 1V4. is shown to be $.3.j5.ki4. and I
the net earnings i.o.237.4."t The rate per cent I
of dividends declared varies from 10.5 j
in 1870 to 6.S in is4. The average
for twenty-five years is Ra The net earnings j
during the past year have amounted to only i
5.0 per cent and dividends to 5 per cent., the
smallest percentage of dividends ever paid by
the banks, and the percentage of earnings falls
below all the years except 1X7( and 1H7J
The usual statistics are furnished in regard
to the banks other than national, which show
that the number organized tinder state
authority and in active operation July
1. 1V4. was 5.033. and reports of
condition were received from 4.3S4. Reports
were also received from W4 private banks and
bankers, and these, together -with the stale
bank reports, have been abstracted und their
resources and liabilities are shown in detail ia
the tables which form a part of the report.
Information and statistics are also furnished
as to the failures of banks other than national
during the year, the number of which ia
shown to be 62. eliminating mortgage com
panics not doing a banking business.
The comptroller suggests the maintenance of
a safety fund to be provided by graduated tax
ation upon the outstanding circulation of the
banks until the same shall be equal to
not less than 5 per cent. of the
total of such outstanding circulation, this
fund to be held by the government as an agent
only and for the purpose of immediately re
deeming the notes of insolvent banks It is
itimediately to be replenished out of the as
sets of the banks on which it shall have a first
and paramount lien and from assessment to
the extent of the double liability on the share
holders. Continuing, the comptroller says: "The
general government ought to be wholly free
from the direct issuing nnd redeeming of
notes to pass as money among the people. No
government has ever yet successfully engaged
In so doing, and the experience of the govern
ment of the United States has proven no ex
ception to the rule. The general cost and loss
entailed upon the government and the repeated
periods of uncertainty as to the government
credit and the stability of our monetary sys
tem, have been so great as to make the legal
tender and treasury issues of l;-80 one of the
txtraordinary burdens placed upon the people.
The Issues ought to be redeemed and cancelled,
and the government thus enabled to retire
from the banking business, a business for
n-hieh it is so poorly equipped."
WONDERFUL BILLIARDS.
ve Kreaks the Itmlk-Llne
Record Tirln
at t'liiengo.
Chicago. Dec. 7." Frank C. Ives
broke the world's record at balk-line
billiards, with the anchor barred,
twice Thursday night, during the con
tinuation of his tournament with Jacob
Schaefer. ISefore Thursday night this
record was S31, made at the New York
tourney by Ives. ISy making 5:5 in
the first inning added to his '21 of the
night before (the two being one run)
he broke his own record three points,
and later in the evening by the phe
nomenal run of '.'hM again smashed it.
No such bill iard playing was ever seen
In Chicago.
Killed by Highway Kouberr.
Shasiokin. I'a., Dec. S. While Sam
uel Leggett, a miner at Scott shaft,
was on his way home from this place
Saturday night at 11 o'clock, unknown
parties attacked him and crushed his
skull with an axe, robbery evidently
being the motive. When found he was
unconscious and died at midnight
without recovering consciousness.
Col. Colt liU Not Drink.
Con'MBl'8, O., Iec G. In the Coit
court of inquiry Wednesday W. li.
Ilershey testified that Col. Coit did not
enter a saloon with him, da3 or night,
at Washington Court House. This sup
ports Coit and controverts the testi
mony of men who say thej- saw Coit,
or a "man pointed out as Coit," drink
with Ilershey.
'ew Indictments Against Mowgate.
Washington, Dec. 4. The grand
jury Monday presented two new in
dictments against Capt. Henry W.
Howgate for embezzlement. It is pre
sumed that the forgery indictments
against him will hold good, as none
were presented by the present grand
jury for that offense.
Accidentally Killed.
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec 8. While
playing Santa Claus at San Antonio
Frank Jessmerc, aged 7 years, picked
up a supposed unloaded target rifle
and shot and killed Guf tave Sherman,
aged l
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Comments of f PnM on rW Imporunt
Siate Poramnit
On the whole it !s a satisfactory document,
which clears up the situation amazingly, which
will excite but little hostile criticism, and
which is a creditable American state paper.
Chicago Herald.
It is characteristic of him in its boldness,
in its devotion to the principle of tariff re
form, anct, most unhappily. In its complete ao
quiescenre lu those principles of monetary
science preached In bank pariors and practiced
for the jTotit of bankers- Chicago Times.
In the president's party the message will be
read wi'h comments varying from the approval
of the conservative element to expression of
disappointment from the radical wing. Iiis
recommendations on the currency will be sat
isfactory to all who are not inflated with the
greenback heresy or tha free silver mania.
St. Paul Globe.
Mr. Cleveland's message would have bei
more useful if he had elaborated his view a
upon the currency und referred briefly to the
reports of his secretaries on other subjects in
stead of stating other subjects fully and con
tenting himself wiih an indorsement of Sec
retury Carlisle's plan for a change in the cur
rency. Keorgauization of the currency Is by
far the most important subject that has been
urged by any president since the war. St.
Louis Republic.
The striking feature of President Cleveland's
annual message is its lucidity and comprehen
siveness The surprising feature of the docu
ment is the absence of any recommendations
that would invite contention. The c:esssige is
written in the vigorous style and rugged peri
ods which mark all the state pauers of Mr.
Cleveland. It is likeiy to uiuke a profound
impression on congress and the country,
and. may stimulate such ar measure of en
ergy ou the part of senators and representa
tives during the short session as will secure
some of the knpanant reforms recommended.
Kansas City Time 4.
The president is nothing if not tenacious of
his opinions. He still clings tc the idea that
coal and iron should be placed upon the Iree
list, but he gives no reasons for it. The presi
dent is silent, and by his silence approves the
tariff on raw sugar. It strikes us that raw su
gar is a pretty raw material, und if his logic is
good against a tariff on coal, iron and wool,
certainly he ought to advocate putting sugar
on the free list. The policy which the presi
dent advocates of extending our commerce and
enlarging our merchant marine is to be com
mended by every patriotic citizen Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The democratic party will approve of the
president's recommendations on the tariff
question: the single bill for free ore and coal
should be pushed and the repeal of the differ
ential in favor of refined sugar is the least that
can be done. The president has raised an
issue on the currency which is destineil to
divide the democratic party into two hostile
factions. The issue is made clear and distinct,
and the war will be waged with increasing
vigor until the government issues all paper
money or none. The east will possibly applaud
the president's advocacy of republican finan
ciering, but the west and south should resent
the attempt to fat.len a AVall street system
upon the country. Omaha World-Herald.
It is doubtful If there has ever been pre
sented to a congress a more conservative and
judicious address than that sent in by Presi
dent Cleveland. It is free from radical views
end j'-ggressive proposals and should create
harmony in the councils of the party In these
its last days of power tor some time to come.
It is the first time Mr. Cleveland has railed to
burden his message with a policy Once he
dwelt on the necessity for civil service reform,
another time it was tariff reform und still at
another it was a radical course in Hawaii and
at another an anti-silver policy. Th:s time
the president has kept free from any violent
positivism and he has done weii. X. O.
Picayute.
The presidential annual cies-sage transmit
ted to congress yesterduy is unusually lonjr
and is uimost as uninteresting as it is lous
Aside from the indorsement and synopsis of
Secretary Carlisle's plan for currency reform,
with one or two ether recommendations, the
message has little other significance thun at
taches to a clerk-like condensation of the va
rious department reports. In this respect it is
very different from the preceding messages of
Mr. Cleveland. The feature that will attract
most attention is the rccommenaation of a
plan looking to the commendable object of di
vorcing the government from the business of
banking und providing an ample, elastic and
perfectly safe banking currency. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
It is in the .closing portion of his message
that the president conies up most fully to the
public expectation und deals in his customary
virile way with practical questions which are
pressing uon congress. His declarations that
the tariff needs amendment in certain impor
tant particulars, that we ought to have free
coal and free iron. and. above all. that the dif
ferential duty in favor of refined sugar should
be stricken off. are in entire accord, we firmly
believe, with the popular judgment, and should
receive the most favorable consideration of
congress. What the president says of the cur
rency nuestion und as to the desirability of the
government s withdrawing from the bankiiig
business is sound, sensible and timely, and
uupplemented as it is by his announced de
termination to maintain the credit of the gov
ernment in the only way left to him ao long as
the banking business is continued, it outrht to
have great weight with congress as it will with
tne people. Detroit Free Press.
The message of President Cleveland is. as a
whole, a disaip ititment. There is no cltM.r
note of leuilersu.p In it. It contains not the
slightest recognition of the causes of the late
overwhelming disaster to the democratic
party. It has no word indicating a purpose to
amend the faults and correct the blunders that
contributed to this defeat. There are four
subjects involving the honor an i welfare or
the nation, the rights ot the people and tho
repute of the party in power, which the presi
dent either ignores or treats in a part. al and
unsatisfactory manner. These are the non-
enforcement of the anti-trust laws, the con
nivance of the attorney general at an attempt
to relieve the Pacific railroads or their obliga
tions to the government, the Carnegie armor
plate frauds and the scandalous sugar trust
tariff schedule. It is a cuse where spr-ech
would have been stultitlcatlon. for the presi
dent has as attorney general a corporation
lawyer and trust promoter, who has oStcialiy
sueered at the unti-trust law and has dona
nothing to secure its enforcement. As the
oftlcia! head of his party, the president was
confronted with a high duty and a great op
portunity. He could have put his administra
tion right on the matters wherein the people
have rebuked it for being wrong, lie couid
have spaken the right and resolute word of
leadership taut would restore the courage and
revive the purpose of his party. He has
shirked the duty. He has put by the oppor
tunity. N. Y. World.
It would be a splendid triumph
of democratic statesmanship if a "com
plete divorcement"' of the government
from any participation in banking, ex
cept the necessary regulation to secure
safety, could be effected by the con
gress which lias passed the first great
measure for divorcing the governmen
from the private business of conduct
ing industrial enterprises. St- Louis
IZepublic.
FACTS WORTH READING.
The French have invented an occult
Bcience of arithmetic which they call
"arith momancy .
Of over 5,000.000 children in ele
mentary schools in England, only 690,
000 pay for their schooling.
Some of our best -stringed music&l in
struments originated with the wild
tribes of Africa and India.
It is said that every ton of coal on
this continent will have been con
sumed in 107 years from now.
The blood of a coat that had been
fed for fourteen days oo fresh greens
at one time figured as a cuxe-alL
SOMEBODY WANTED MONEY.
Minneapolis Murder Mystery Involved.
Hirt Motive Explained.
Minneapolis. Minn., Dec. 6. Tha
sensation of the day in the Lake Cal
hotin murder mystery was the dis
covery that Miss Catherine Ging was
not only murdered but was robbed of
at least 512,000. Mayor Eustis. two
detectives- and other officers fonnd the
key to the box which she rented in the
vault of the Minneapolis Loan &
Trust company's rooras. The hpx con
tained some- papers, but not a penny
of money.
One suspect was Harry Ilayward, the
landlord, friend and creditor .of... Lh
dead woman. Haywaru"s admissions
with reference- to his financial rela
tions with the woman constituted the
fierious part of the case against him.
Ilis alibi is perfect and relieves him
from direct connection jvith ijie
crime. In his story to , the police
Hayward stated that Miss Ging must
have had at Itrast 12.000 on the
night of the murder, llesides 7.000'
she had taken from the vault he hal
been her with 2.000 at Itarge's res
taurant, aud knew positively that she
oad 2,000 more in her rooms at the
Ozark. Mayor Eustis. who questioned.
Ilayward for six hours, said:
I have no doubt thut this woman was mur
dered for money . She was either murdered
at the instigation of Hayward or by some un
known man witn liayw..rd s knowledge. Ther
was either a conspiracy to get possession of
the money this girl had in her possession, or
Miss tiing was infatuated with some bloody--minded
scoundrel who prevailed on her to
draw this money und then inveigled her into
that lonely ride"
The public have been quick to con
nect young Ilayward with the mnrder
because he has in his possession insur
ance policies on her life for 10.000. He
explains that he had loaned her large
sums of money and had taken the pol
icies as security. There are two policies,
one in the Travelers' Life Insurance
company for 5,000 and another in the
New York Life- Insurance company for
the same amount. -. IJoth of these pol
icies were taken out recently, and the
signing of them over to Mr. Ilayward
occurred within the last week.
TRAGEDY IN KENTUCY.
It rt raver of a Yonng itrl Kills Her Father
and Ttrotber.
Ashland, Ky., Dec 7. A tragedy
that will end in the loss of three lives
occurred late Wednesday night at a
small hamlet called Fultz, 30 miles out
on the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, in
Carter county. For the past six
months, Thomas James, a whisky ped
dler, representing himself to be a
cattle drover, has been clandestinely
meeting the comely daughter of Farmer
George Fultz The parents of the
girl, knowing the real character of
the man. forbade her having anything
to do with him, and supposed she was
obeying them, until her condition be
came such as to arouse suspicion.
Then, after being brought to task
about it, she confessed her meetings
with James and their consequences.
The enraged father secured the as
sistance of his son. George, Jr., and his
son-in-law and went in search of
James. He was found at church,
where a series of revival meet
ings were being held. When the
old gentleman took him aside the
trouble was not long in de
veloping, and Faltz was- instant
ly killed b3 a bullet through
his heart. The sons then took a hand,
and when the pistols were emptied the
yonnger Fultz was also dead and the
son-in-law, John Phyllis, was mortally
wounded, a bullet having passed entire-
through his head, entering- at
the temple and coming out at the op
posite jaw. James escaped injury, ap
parently, as he vaulted over a fence
into the underbrush and made good
his escape.
OF FOREIGN BLOOD.
Over 33 Per Cent, of Our Population
Ax
of Alien Dearrat.
Washington. Dec. 4. According to
a special report just published by the
census bureau there were 20.CT6,04i
persons of foreign parentage in the
United States in 1S90. That is, one
or both of the parents of
each of the persons were for
eign born. This was nearly one
third of the entire population of
the country, or "3.02 per cent- In 1SSJ
the percentage of persojis having for-eign-lwrn
parents was nly 29.75 aail
in 1S70 it was only 2S.25 per cent.
Hence it must be inferred that immi
cration has steadily increased in the
last twenty years. The greatest
percentage is shown by ;orta
Dakota, 7S.93 per cent, or over three
fourths of the population being of for
eign parentage. Minnesota is a-closa
second with 75.42 percent, and Wis
consin ranks third with 73.C!) per cent.
The smallest percentage of foreign
born persons is shown by Xorth Caro
lina, which has only seven-tenths of
1 per cent. Of all the citiesconsidered..
the largest percentage was found
in Milwaukee, Wis., where So.:i(V
per cent, of its population in 1SW
was of foreign parentage. The next
largest percentages were found in
Holyoke and Fall lliver. Mass., where
62. 9S per cent- and 82.71 per cent, re
spectively, were of foreign parentage.
New York city has 80.40 and Chicago.
77.9 per cent.
ltankera Heedinff the Lemniw
New York, Dec. 6. As a result of
Seely's peculations ninety-five bans&
in this city and Brooklyn have ap
pointed a "protection against crime"
committee.
Wants None lint Americans oa Gnrd.
City ck Mexico, Dec. 5. E. W. Jack
son, general manager of the Inter
oceanic railway, formerly g'eneral
manager of the Mexican Central, is
discharging all the chief employes of
the former road, most of whom are
Englishmen, and is filling their places
with Americans. Intense feeling U
being manifested in the matter.
Another Coxey Army.
Sacramento. CaL, Dee. 7. Kelly is
organizing another Coxey army in this
city to move on Washington and to
urge congress to providn work for un
employed American citiieus.
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