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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1893)
, THE FK0NT1ER. rmiiNiP rvixt thurpdat n Tib Pboktikb Prihtih# Co. ’ O’NKM.T.. •> -> NKBrJJskJL OVER THE STATE. Citizens of Omaha are talking' up n ■ Sugar factory. A woman’s literary club has been or ganized in Fremont. Tiik citizens of Hartley have arranged a course of free lectures. Nkw cases of scarlet fever continue to develop at Beatrice. A Baptist Young People’s union has been organized at Ku&hville. Tiik sentiment in Dodge county is that they must have » sugar factory. A OKNicnouA citiz. Lincoln con tributed 2,003 pounds of flour to the poor. As attempt >vas made to burn one of the workshops of the penitentiary last week. Urand Island has a new newspaper In (he Sunday Journal, It. D. Carr.pub Xisher. Rasyi:, who killed W. O. Wright at Valparaiso, is behind the bars at Wahoo. "v D4wks county has six flouring mills and thinks it could make good use of another. Mrs. Barnes of Hastings was seri ously Injured by being thrown from the buggy. Barney McGinn, on trial in Omaha for murder, was found guilty in ti£ ■ first degree. An Ohio man bought seven quarters of land in Cherry county, for which he jMtid 910,800. Tkk Nemaha Valley Poultry associa tion held a three days' exhibition in Auburn last week. A white man and a colored man fonght a prise fight at West Lincoln. The Afro was defeated. A thief entered the office of a Nor folk dentist and carried off 935 worth of gold plate and ten silver dollars. Beatick is quarantining all cases of membraneous croup, of which there are quite k number in that town. Flowing wells are becoming very popular in Holt county, as suggesting ■ the cheaper method of irrigation. Articles of incorporation of the Ta ble Rock Vitrified Paving company have b«en filed. Captal stock 950,000. * c The foreign grocery frauds lately dis posed of a carload of shelf-worn prunes ■ and other things in Adams county. A man named Uuatavson was run over and killed by the cars in South Omaha. His body was horribly man gled. Charles E. Johnson, a “trusty” at the Nebraska penitentiary, is missing and a reward of 950 is offered for his capture. George McGregor of Hartington fell through n crack in the floor of his hay . loft and broke three rihs loose from the ' spinal column. TiMOTHy Kinney of North Bend is feeding 5,000 sheep and will soon re active 8,000 more to winter. They all *fx>me from Oregon. ' * Bob McDonald of Pierce is short a beard and eyebrows, the result of heav i tng kerosene upon the glowing embers in the kitchen stove; ‘The North Loup Irrigation and Im provement company will do business on |t capital stock of 950,000 at North Lonp, Valley county. . . Rev. Kimble hat resigned the pas ‘ (orate of the Universalist church at Te cumseh and will go to Lynn, Mass., to * re-engage in church work. Horace Rogers, one of the oldest itnd most honored citizens of Harpy county, died last week, aged 83. lie bad lived in Harpy county 37 years. Omaha life insurance men are work ing to get the national convention next year brought to Omaha, and will send 1 '• Strong delegation to Chicago to se : cure It Tub store fit John Orvis of West Union was burglarized the other night ■ and 9350 in cash extracted from the ; 'pafe> besides a gold watch and other wnlnables. V V ?h Th® Sidney Live Stock company of Cheyenne county hied articles of incor . poration, with a capital stock of 92,600. George and Francis Keelan and Charles . C Nelson arc incorporators. Th* people of Shelton are caring for the needy in a most generous manner. > two wagon loads of groceries were '. donated in one day, besides several tons ' •of coat and considerable cash. ; " Janes B. Conner, dealer in hardware '.at Gilead, was closed under attachment y of Wyeth Hardware and Manufacture : lag company of St. Joseph. Slow col ■ lections is said to be the cause. V; A number of teBts made indicate that ^fourteen pounds of pork can be made it from feeding a bushel of wheat. Yet farmers are selling wheat at from 40 to ■ aunts and feeding 23-cent corn. < * Thomas Potter, a young man carry* tog •mortar for the chimney work on ■ George Johnson's residence in Pawnee City, fell .a distance of twenty feet, breaking his leg above the ankle. > Mrs Martha Campbell of Syracuse, Bets, whose husoand died re cently, received a check from the Bank era'Life of Lincoln, in payment of her husband'« policy of 92,coo, in just nine day® dram the date of his death. While shooting at a prairie chicken, Job Sherman, eon of S. U. Sherman, Jiving near Elba, accidentally killed hia brother George Job ia 17 and George is 18. Ho inquest was held, the case being plainly one of accident. A party of boys went skating on the •iver at Xehawka, having, as they sup posed, an unloaded gnu along. . une of the boys in sport pointed it at James Banning and pulled the trigger. It proved to be loaded, and the full charge of shot took effect in his cheek, tearing it in a lint fr%luful manger. It is thought that he will recover, j Encourage pour friends to buy Ne ' braska goods. The interchange of . borne manufacturers will be a vast ben efit to Nebraska. Our goods stand at the top of the list as regards quality. Barrel! A Co’s brand of syrups, jellies, • preserves and mincemeat; .Morse-Coe ■ boots and shoes for men, women and children; Consolidated Coffee Co. s brand of coffee, extracts and yeast; Page Soap Co. ’a Silver Leak and Borax soap; Amer ican Biscuit & Manufacturing Co, Omaha, crackers; Omaha Silicon Co.’a Hard Wall Piaster, Union Life Insur ance Co of Omaha. asrrf.: a-:.’ Thk jury in the case of Mill on trial at Plattsmouth for the killing of Karin <er Akcson, brought in a verdict of mur der in the first degree, lienwell, his .partner in the crime, is mow an trial. M. L. K.mkiiy of Champion, Chase county, lost n valuable team of horses in the lake near town. While hitched to a wagon the horses went down for a drink and stepped off into fifteen feet of water. Kd Ha tint no, while driving from Ames, ival thrown from his wagon, fracturing his skull and otherwise in juring him. He was taken to St. Jo seph's hospital ut Omaha He is mot expected to live. Thk mortgage indebtedness of Thayer county for November is as fol lows: Karin mortgages filed, 835.200; released, 814,301; city .mortgages filed, 8400; released, 81,<i3o; chattel mortga ges, 815,201, released, 81,800. Okxkk.u. satisfaction is expressed in Hastings at the action of (Jovernor Crounsc in pardoning Anna Mason, although it is the third time within two years that executive .clemency has been extended to citizens of Hastings convicted of crime. Thk Jones National bank of Seward last week filed a petition asking for a judgment of 815.274 against the direc tors of the Capitol National bank. They allege that they hud that amount deposited to their credit In the bank when it failed. Thk comptroller of the currency has appointed ridgar M. W estervelt of Un rein receiver of the Citizens’ National bank cf (fraud Island. Mr. Westervelt Is the son-in-law of Hon. Tobias Castor of I incoln, democratic national com mitteeman for the state Skckktary Carmsi.e has called for the resignation of H. C. Arthur, collec tor of customs at Lincoln, and W. H. Alexnner, collector of customs at Omaha. Candidates for the Lincoln collectorship are John M. Hurks and ex-Register of the Land OlHce Davis. For three dayB a swelling appeared on the leg of Koy Stearns, the six-year old son of Dan Stearns, a farmer living east of McCool Junction, and on the fourth day a sewing needle foroed itself out of the swelling. The parents be lieve that the child swallowed the needle. At Elkhorn burglars cracked the safe in R Lamhoefer’s general merchandise store. Four dollars was the amount of the haul. The opinion prevails that the "trick" was turned by local talent. The suspected parties are under sur veillance, and two or three arrests ore likely to follow. The collection of woods from every quarter ol the globe is being placed in the rooms of the state board of agri culture at Lincoln. The collection is not ouly handsome and unique, but val uable, The Smithsonian institute at one time offered Governor Crounse $4,000 for the collection. • Thf. $90,000 issue of 0 per cent ten twenty refunding bonds authorized by the voters of the city of Lincoln sold last week for $3,000 premium and ac crued interest. The sale is considered quite advantageous to the city, as two months ago Lincoln bonds were being hawked over the east at 95 cents on the dollar, with no takers. Messrs. Kootz, Dii.woRth and' Ukarpsi.ev of the railroad commission and Messrs. Hughes and Reynolds with Attorneys White and Wright have been in O'Neill hearing the matter of put ting a transfer switch between the' Elkhorn and Short Line at that place. A number of witnesses were examined from O’Neill, Atldnsou, Stuart and Fage. Dodge county boasts of one of the most successful mutual .insurance com panies of the state. It is controlled en tirely by the farmers of the county. At the recent annual meeting the re-; port of the secretary showed that on policies aggregating about $.'00,000 there has been but $05 losses and the running expenses hare been confined tc $34.05. Thk farmers of Holt county, says the Stuart Leader, have no reason to feel discouraged . with the results of the summer just passed. Many say that they have had better returns from theii crops than they have had in the past ten years. Notwithstanding the fact that the season was unfavorable there, has been a good half crop at least, tak ing the county as a whole. The large livery stable of Fred Thompson of Wayne was destroyed by fire and nine horses perished in the flames. The fire had been burning some time before discovered and the en tire contents of the stable were con sumed. The lumber sheds of the Smith .Ellis company, adjoining the burning building, were almost destroyed and the lumber heavily damaged. Ox the night of November 37th the station agent at Bertrand was knocked down and robbed of a money package containing $1,000 intended for the bank at that place. Last week Nathan Challberg and Alfred O. Axelson, two residents of that place, were arrested and taken to Holdrege for preliminary examination. The detectives of the express company who worked up the’ case claim to have a sure thing on them for a trip to the pen. Dennis and Michael Sheedy of Lin coln have begun suit against J. H. Mc Murtry and others for $33,010. They allege arf agreement was entered into between the parties in the suit whereby the defendants were to purchase some property from them, valued at $34,000. They paid $1,000, and were to pay $3,000 in ninety days, and execute a mortgage to the plaintiffs, but they failed to pay the $3,000 or make out the mortgage, hence the suit. The Kearney cotton mills have been, reincorporated, articles having been tiled with the secretary of state The mills were recently sold. Reliable par ties from Kearney insist that the mills wero being run at a satisfactory profit, but that the eastern stockholders de sired to get the enterprise entirely in their own control. To this end the •seilis were shut down and finally sold j by order of tjjju courts. 1$ was bid in by eastern capitalists and the new com pany was incorporated last week. J ustick Nohvai, of the supreme court last week issued an order suspending sentence in the case of John McAleer, w ho was on December It convicted of embezzlement in the district court for llutler county and sebtenced to the penitentiary for one year at hard labor. Justice Nerval also signed an order for McAloer's release on $1,500 bonds. Mc Aleer was the local agent of the Omaha Elevator company at Brainard and was accused of converting to his own use about $150 belonging to the company. He was tried and convicted. Its WECORD ALMOST MADE. T«rrltorJri C*mmltt««a May Soon ’ Da For flood. Washingtoit, Dec. 22.—When the New Mexico and Oklahoma admission 'bills are passed by the house and those two and the Utah and Arizona bills am acted upon by the senate the committees on territories of both houses will be practically defunct If a bill is presented for the admission of .the Indian territory, it will no doubt oorae before the committee on territories, but as a usual thing, all ■natters in reference to the Indians of that section would naturally be con sidered by the committee on Indian allaira 80 far there 'have been no Alaska propositions considered by the com mittees, but it is said that as soon as the present territorial bills are through the house the matter of a delegate to represent Alaska in the house .of representatives may be taken npi A similar prepositiou re garding the Indian territory will also be introduced. It is somewhat doubtful whether the Oklahoma bill will be pushed through ahead of .the tarilf bill, al though Its friends will make an effort in that direction so as to clear the bouse calendar of all territorial bills. The bill reported for the admission of Oklahoma is entirely satisfactory to Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma. It provides that the governor of the ter ritory shall order an election of seventy-ftve delegates to form a con stitutional convention, to take place on the sixth Tuesdav after the passage .of the bill. The delegates thus chosen shall meet at the seat of government of the territory on the fifth Tuesday after the order. Thirty .thousand dollars is appropri ated for defraying the expenses of the election and convention. Until the next general census, the state of Oklahoma is to be entitled to one rep resentative in the house of representa tives who, together with the governor and other officers provided for in the constitution, may be elected on the same day as the election for the rati fication or rejection of the constitu tion. Provision is also made for set ting aside sections 16 and 36 in every township for the support of common schools, these sections to be disposed of at public sale for not less than S3 per acre. The state is to constitute one federal judicial district and tlio circuit court and district courts there of arc to be held at the capital for the tune being and the district is to be at tached to the Eighth judicial district. There is to be appointed one district judge, one United States attorney and one United States marshal. The leg islature of the state, elected in accord with the requirements of the consti tutional convention, is to choose two United States senators. A Tatarau Newspaper Han Dead. New York, Dec. 22.—Samuel Sin clair, for many years cashier and pub lisher of the Tribune, died yesterday from pneumonia. From 1843 to 1838 he was ^cashier and from 1858 to 1864 the publisher of the paper. In 1872 when Mr. Greeley died, he sold out Ills interest in the paper. Shortly afterward he received anappointmont in the United States revenue depart ment Chicago's Official Vote. Chicago, Deo. 22.—The official can vass of the mayoralty election vote makes Hopkins' plurality but twenty-eight less than the police re turns. A loss of over 200 votes to Hopkins was found in one precinct in the Twelfth ward, but a similar error on the other side was found in the same ward and Hopkins' plurality stands officially 1,110. A New Wheel Trust. Chicago, Dec. 22. —Plans have been, made here by the representatives of twenty Wagon wheel makers in the West lor a new wheel trust. The nucleus of the movement centers in the Standard Wheel company, a small trust in itse.f, it having obsorbed seven factories_ A Shooting Ht NovoiIh, Mo. Nevada,Mo., Dec. 22.—BenLlndley, a colored cab driver in this city in the employ ot J. A. Wilson, was shot last night at the depot by a railroad man named Dunlap Lindley was shot in the head and it is not known whether or not he will die. •8,000,000 Tobacco Hill Saved. Chicago, Dec. 25.—[Special.-].—The Chicago Inter Ocean’s illustrated sup plement. describing the great success and merit of No-to-bac, has made it fa mous in a day. Mr. H. D. Kramer, the active man, was seen today at his office. 45 Ran dolph street, and in talking of No to-bac's growth, said it was hard work to keep up with the rapidly increasing demand, as every boa sold advertised No-to-bac's merit. He said: "No-to-bac is not sold on the strength of the thousands and tens of thousands of testimonial statements, but under an absolute guarantee to cure, or money refunded.” That made a long story about merit very short, as it absolutely protects the user from physical injury or financial loss. •‘Why,’* said he, “No-to-bac will make lOO.OJO cures this year, and the saving will average $50.00 for every one cured, or a grand total of 25,000,000 saved from going up in smoke and out in spit.” No-to-bac is indeed a God-send to the poor man these hard-times Ac cording to the testimonials, however, the money saved is the least consiera tion, for almost every one reports an improvement of the nervous system, in crease in weight, and a revival of phys ical and mental powers that is indeed miraculous Prominent physicians look upon No to-bac as a great suocess, and are very free to prescribe it. Every wholesale drug house in this country and Canada sells No-to-bac. and tfre retail druggists are pushed to supply the Remand of customers; the direct mail demand ia immense. The cost of No-to-bac compared with the results is a small matter, as the saving in a week pays* the cost of a cure for a lifetime. No-to-bac is sold for $1.00 a box. or three boxes, $2.50. witli a guarantee to cure or money re funded. A few extra copies of the Inter Ocean supplement (eight pages) illustrated in five colora have been secured and will be mailed for the asking, by addressing the Sterling Remedy company, Chicago office, 45 Randolph street; New York office, 10 Spruce street; laboratory, In diana Mineral Springs, Ind. . : - ' : ’ : ■ . r‘- ' UNCLE SAM’S WEALTH. WHAT THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY SAYS. lie Advocate! Low Bate Bond*—Condi* lien of American Finance! Treated Ex haustively—lie form Urged In the Cur rency System—The WUton Tariff Bill Recommended—General Review of Matters of Great Fnblle Interest. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. Washington, Dec. 31.—The annual report of Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle, which had been unusually delayed and long expected by busi nessmen, was sent to both houses of congress to-day. It is a very thorough and exhaustive review of the condi tion of the government's finances, and contains many recommendations for the relief of the treasury. The following general topics, "Condition of the Treasury," "Currency Legisla tion,” and "Review of the Revenue Laws," are discussed at length. In opening the secretary said: "Daring the first five months of the present fiscal year the expenditures of the government has exceeded receipts to the amount of 530,918,095.66. There has been not only a decrease of re ceipts but also an increase in ex penditures daring this period, as compared with the corresponding five luuuiuB ox one lust nsc.iL year, me revenues from the customs have fallen off 923,589,829.74; from internal taxes, 97,868,667.86, and from miscellaneous receipts, 9324,153.3ft The expenditures on account of the war department in the execution of the contracts made during the last fiscal year have in creased 96,163,133.42; on account of the navy department for the same reason the increase has be en 91,913,289.31; on account of In dians, 9536,076.55: on account of inter est, 969,450.35; but there have been reductions in some other branches of the service to the amount of 96,332. 306 as compared with the correspond ing period of last year. The resu.t of these changes is that on the first day of December, 1893, the actual net bal ance iu the treasury, after deducting the bank note 5 per cent redemption fund, outstanding drafts and checks, disbursing officers* balances, agency accounts and the gold reserve, was only 911,038,448.25, and the total amount held 912,347,517.80 was in sub sidiary and minor coins It may be safely assumed that the worst effects of the recent financial disturbances and consequent business depression have been realized, and that the conditions will be much more favorable hereafter for the collection of an adequate reveuue for the sup port of the government; but it can scarcely be expected that the receipts during the remainder of the fiscal year will exceed the ex penditures for the same time to such an extent as to prevent a very consid erable deficiency. I have, therefore, estimated a probable deficiency of 9^,000,000 at the close of the year and if congress concurs in this view of the situation, it will be incumbent upon it to make provision for raising that amount as soon as practicable by this action or otherwise. BOND ISSUE TO MEET THE DEFICIT. On account of the difficulty of se curing such a sum within the time allowed by the imposition and collec tion of additional taxes, I recommend that the third section of the act to pro vide for the resumption of specie pay ments approved January 14, 1875, which confers authority upon the sec retary of the treasury to sell certain descriptions of United States bonds, be so amended as to authorize him to issue and sell at not less than par in coin bonds to an amount not exceed ing 9200,000,000 bearing ajlower rate of interest and having a snorter time to run than those now provided for and that he be permitted to use from time to time such parts of the pro ceeds as may be necessary to supply any deficiencies in the public revenue that may occur during the fiscal year 1894 and 1895." “If the authority now existing Bhould be so modified as- to empower the secretary of the treasury to issue the bonds in denominations'or sums of 925 and its multiples they could be readily disposed of through the sub treasuries and postoffices without the agency or intervention of banks or other financial institutions and with out the payment of commission. Such bonds would afford to the peolpe at large an opportunity to convert their surplus earnings into a form of securi ty which, while it would be perfectly safe, would not only increase in value by reason of accumulating interest, but be at all times available as a means of procuring money when needed and the experience of this and other countries justifies the confident belief that such a plan would be high ly successful. “In case congress should not con tider it advisable to authorize the sec retary to use for the purpose of sup plying the deficiencies in the revenues any proceeds of the bonds herein sug gested. I recommend that he be em powered to execute from time to time, m may be necessary.obligations of the government, not to exceed in the ag gregate 9?*0,000.000, bearing a rate „lf interest not greater than three »per cent and payable after one year from date, and that he he permitted to sell them at not less than par, or use them at not less than par, In the payment of public ex penses to such creditors as may be willing to receive them. The condi tion of the treasury is such that un less some available means are promDt J provided by law for supplying the growing deficiency, the public service will be seriously impaired and pen tioners and other creditors be subject Jo great delay and inconvenience. Congress alone has the power to de rise such means as will relieve the present situation and enable the treas ury to continue the punctual payment >f all legitimate demands upoi it, and ’ i respectfully but earnestly urge that immediate attention be given to the subject changes in the conditions. “The necessity of the extensions of the power of the secretary to procure and maintain a larger reserve for the redemption of United States currency, will fee evident to every one who feu given serious thought to the subject. At the date of the resumption of specie payments, January 1, 1879, the only form of currency except coin cer tificates which the government was required oi authorized by law to re* deem in coin on presentation were the old legal tender notes, then and npw amounting to $346,681,016, and it was considered by the secretary of the treasury that a coin reserve of $100, 000,000 would constitute a sufficient basis for the maintenance of that amount of currency at par. Correct ness of this conclusion was shown by the fact that so long as there was no material increase In the volume of paper redeemable the gov ernment reserve remained unimpaired and no serious disturbances occurred in our monetary system; but under the act of July 14, i8t>0, additional treasury notes have been issued to the amount of $155,930,94a of which there are outstanding1 $153,318,284, thus making the direct government obligations in United States currency amount to the sum of $499,999,240, all of which the secretary of the treasury is now required by law to redeem in coin on presentation. Be sides this there have been coined under authority of law $419,332,550 in legal tender silver upon which certiB cates have been'issued to the amount of $334,138,504, and as congress in the Act of July 14, 1890, declared it to be the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present equality or such' ratio as may be provided by law. an ad-: dilional reason is given for conferring upon the secretary unquestionable authority to provide for such con tingencies as may arise. Under these circumstances it is in my opinion necessary not only that ho should be clothed with full authority to pro cure and maintain ample reserve in coin, but that the .purposes for which the reserve are to be held and used should be made as comprehensive ai the duty imposed upon him by the law. The existence of such authority in a constantly available form would of itself inspire such confidence in the security and stability of our cur rency that its actual existence might never become necessary, but the futilityof declaring a specific policy and withholding the means which may become necesshry for its execu tion, is too apparent for serious com ment. “Largely on account of apprehen sions as to the ability of the govern ment under the legislation then exist ing to continue the current redemp tion of its notes in coin and maintain the parity of the two metals, the ex ports of golc from this country dur ing the fiscal year 1893 reached the unprecedented amount of $108,680,884, nearly all of which was withdrawn from the public treasury by the pre sentation of notes for redemption. So long as the government continues the unwise policy of keeping its own notes outstanding to circulate as cur rency and undertakes to provide for their redemption in coin on presenta tion, it will be, in my opinion, essen tial for the secretary of the treasury to possess the means or to have the clear and undoubted authority to se cure the means which may from time to time become necessary to enable him to meet such emergencies as the one which has recently occurred in our financial affairs. TOO MUCH CURRENCY. un me sjiDject oi currency legisla tion, Mr. Carlisle speaks as follows: The recent repeal of so much of the act of July M. 189J, as required the secretary of the treasury to purchase silver bull! >n and issue treasury notes in payment for it makes such a radical change In the policy of the govern ment. respecting currency of the country, that until its benefit is fully developed 1 do not consider it advisable to recommend further specific legislation upon that subject The amount of money in the country, outside of the treasury, on the first day of December. 1s»j, was *112,401,9(7 greater than tne amount outstanding on the first day or November, 18J2 That the amount of money in the country is greater than is required for the transaction of the business of the people at this time — — v. >m mis time — conclusively shown by the fact that it has accumulated and is still accumulating, in the financial centers to such an extent as to constitute a serious embarrassment to the banks in which it is deposited, many of which ore holding large sums at a loss This exces sive accumulation of currency at particular points is caused by the fact that there Is no such demand for it elsewhere as will enable the banks and other Institutions to which it belongs to loan it to the people at remunera tive rate-, and it will continue until the busi ness of the country has more fully recovered from the depressing effects of the recent finan cial disturbances. ••In the meantime it will be the duty of those who have power and influence, in the course of events or to assist by legislation or other wise in the grave questions presented by the altered condition or our monetary system to carefully consider the whole subject In all it* aspects, in order that it may Le ’permanently disposed of by the adoption of a simple and comprehensive system, which will, as far as possible, relieve the government <X the oner ous obligations now yestin* upon it and at the same time secure for the use of the people a currency u iform in value and adequate in amount The unsatisfartory condition of the currency legislation has been for many years the cause tof much discussion and disquietude amon,r the people ai^d although one great dis turbing element has been removed, there still remains such inconsistencies in the luws and auch differences between the forms and quali ties of the various kinds of currency In use that private business is sometimes obstructed, and tne treasury department is constantly em barrassed in conducting the fiscal operations of the Kovernmont One of the principal difficulties encountered py the treasury department results from the Indisposition of the public to retain standard ♦liver dollars and silver certificates in ctrcu lation. It required constant effort on the part ot the treasury officials to prevent the cerlid Dates especially from accumulating m the subtre&AuneH to the exclusion of legal tender currency. Why this should be the case is not easily understood, for although these oertltt sate a are not legal tender in the payment of WTKatS.nS0bt|8iii« theV.* Qre bX the aCt» ®f ana 1886 made receivable tor all 2°?’ ?5d , by the oct °r May 1J, 1884, national banka are authorized to hold them as part of their lawful reserve *. I have as far as the law permits and aa /apidly as the opportunity is afforded the unount of such certificates or denominitlon* less than 110 shall be increased by suustitutin>r .hem lor larger ones to be retired and that .he small denominations of other kinds of cur rency shall be retired as they are received IS theft’°a“ »ub3tUuw<1 As the law specifically designates the de mgiulton. in which national bank notes •hall be Issued they esnnot be changed with )ut further legislation and consequently dur present fiscal year at least, the 164. . jn small treasury notes are the only >nes that can be lawfully retired to enlarge use of small sl.ver certificates, There are now outstanding United States *egal tender notes to the amount of W7 014 011 n denominations less than |W. treasury notes ssuea under the act of 1800 of denominations "tS,e.! j«?8|19|«W4'*8’488“,‘ Batlon'“ b“nk Jarri6d°out* to* the* ‘elV^teSj *Ta.U 8llver certificates to an unount sufficient to conduct ordinary cash .ransactlons of the people, and If, durmj tbs same time, certificates of the tartest denom ination, are Issued in place of others retired! ‘ ?® 10 encourage the national banks to hold fi<oP ,be,r lewf-d reserves, the ex would be removed and ultl v ®**r'er amount of currency than now jb circulation could be conveniently and safely Tn* t”la*ur» now holds I40,«9s,7ti0 fine ounces of silver bullion, purohneed under the mu( July k we. m StSnjSmmSS mS which irtu nim ■ whole sgs, Saar ^ made la the meantimei£ .S?* M nL |Uo treasury notes in «Sni5°^ rWniu UssrsaM^VSBS prepend ”f£ ISSR*??™ « t>un',on°i‘‘ Franc.sco, and har* AJ?:Wjwms those pieces to be ken??”4 "w » meoce operations at anjrP{imareJ?'n«»! The secretary then gives a i' ' "“* planation of the revenn! i on8 *>• taxation and strongly uroel***8 ail|i sage of the Wllaon tariff bin ““PMf Tocates the lavW -- .bm- *od .a “7.°“ lel?*ciei and corDoratiJul'°®‘* believes the increase ofimni, He the Wilson hill *®Ports , V l“® imposition of addif- 1 taxes under the internal .„“lt,0»»l thp new tariff hill will 01 ci&t means for government. FINANCES of THE OOYIBSmixt retary say. the government’.', from all sources for the v*ar T* *481.710,561.04. of which 016.73 was fromcustoms and to ' 633.65 from internal revenue. ’Th’, t°Ul expenditure was *459.374 9j-,, leaving a surplus of. *3,341,674 >9 a compared with 1893, this showMB£ crease in receipts of *35,848,301 "JJ in expenditures of *38,454,633.31'’7? the basis of existing laws the nues of the government for the nr*, ent fiscal year are estimated at to 131.365.38 and the total expemli t at *458,131.365.30, or * ? ficit of #28,000,OOOi The .. cipal items An these mtimiud revenues are: Prom customs, *1:^^ 000, and from internal revenue to 000,000, while *152.000,000 for pen’ o ; constitutes the largest item inth“’ timated expenditures It is estimated that on the basis of existing laws th. government revenues for the fii.i year 1895 will be *454,427,748.44 T?e estimates of appropriations heretofore submitted for’the year aggregate *448,300,78a 93, or an estimated suX of *66,130,958.50. P Discussing foreign commerce the secretary says the total imports were for 1893: Merchandise, 1827,402 4© gold, *49.699,154; silver, *19,955 086 exports, merchandise, #1,030. >7814? gold, #50,195,327; silver, *32,810*559. For 1893—Imports, merchandise. S36fi 400.932; gold, #21,174,381; silver, 323 193,372; exports, merchandise, 3847 665.194; gold, #108,680,844; silver, $40 737,319. The prominent facts disclose by these figures, says the report, an that the values of imports merchan dise attained the highest point in tin commerce of the history of the conn try; and that the exports of gok reached a higher figure than ever be fore in a single year since the founda tion of the government This out ward movement of gold, qccuring al a time of peace, will make 186 memorable in financial and comine cial experience. The' imports and e: ports of silver coin and bullion wer greater in amount than is recorded i any one country’s history—exeeedin even the panic year of ’73. CHICAGO ELECTION. The Democratic Candidate for Ha?<n I Elected—Republicans Make Us ini. Chicago, Dec. SI—JohnP. Hopkins, the Democratic candidate for mayor, was elected over CJeorge B. Swift, h is Republican rival, by a majority of 1,387. The total vote was: , Hopkins, Democrat.HIM) Swift, Republican.111,®! Hritzlus, Socialist Labor. 1,317 Wake ley, People's Silver. *7 Total.....SAW The vote which was one of the heaviest ever pulled in the city, shows a Republican grain. The Democracy carried the city by 30,000 in the last presidential election, and in the coun ty election last month several of the Democratic candidates had majorities of 4,000 in the city, which were only overcome by the Republican vote in the county. Late last night the Republican citv central committee decided to contest the election of Hopkins. It Is claimeu the police Peturns on which the above figures are based show 500 more for ’ Hopkits than was Actually cast. Attempted Wife Murder bye Foitmaster. Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 21.—From a private message received here it was learned that Postmaster Hagan o Williamsburg, a small station ha made an attempt to murder ins wife yesterday morning. It seems Hagan had been on a protracted spree, anc had become angry at his wife an concluded to shoot her, but he was s' nervous from the effects of liqu°r 1 his hand trembled so the bullet o y made a flesh wound. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE HABKEL Quotations from New York, Cblraf0' Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere. OMAHA. „„ Butter—Creamery print.... ij ; Butter—Fair to good country.. ^ .. Eggs—Fresh .. g ft ' Honey—I er lb. . * Chickens—Spring, per lb Geese—Per lb.. Turkeys—Per B>. Ducks—Per ... Oysters... Lemons.. A pples—Per bbl.;V. •• • Oranges—Florida. Potatoes. t) ® 7 ft 8 •> 15 t-v 4 00 ^ 3 S° 3 0' ®s 50 ft ' 1 *5 Beans—Navy.. ■ • ■ - : v Cranberries—Cape Cod,per bbl t-weet Potatoes—Jer.-ey per bbl o Onions—Per bu... .., ■« Hogs—Mixed packing.J ~ Hogs—Heavy weights. Beeves—Feeders. j> 63 Beeves—Stockers..... Steers—Fair to good. « \U AfltAanh ... . . . 1 " _ a 1 ft li 3' ® 6 0 ft li l*1 ft ® 0.4 5' ft 4 ®3; ft i <u ft 4 :* ft 4 I'1 Steers—Westerns.% ft 4 - Sheep—Lambs. 3s5 Sheep—Natives....*.. * 1 NEW YORK. (f Wheat-No. 2, red winter. »' Corn—No. . 331*® 7. Oats—Mixed western. 75 > ; Pork... 7 35 slt) Lard............ ’WA/* * , 25. CHICAGO r Wheat—No.f! spring" . . - - -A» Corn—Per bu. 27 @ Oats—Per bu. 0 ®lj Fork. Hogs—Packeis and mixed. Cattle—Com. steers 10 extra Christmas steers. Sheep—Lambs.. ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 red. cash. ; 75 a * ® ?, _ 3i ® Corn—Per bu. 24 «* . ; i 3 *1 Oats—Per bu.. 4 1 Hogs—Mixed packing. 37., Cattle—Native steers.. ‘ KANSAS CITY Wheat-No. 2 red, cash. Corn—xo. .. Oats—No. 2.•j-.-ILam - Cattle—Blockars and feeders 4 7j w j Hogs—Mixed packers. :1 ® .0 * a ® •in ®" *