MI OX FI I S I N JAIL.
the punishment
' cjv'dN MB- OEBS.
. R i Director* Will Serv*
MO.. —The D.cl.lon of
.. W««i--TI>» »-* »-*■
' s,rik,, ,i,i(l Court Injunction*
"" set rorlh-No Que.tlon
Strike Leader. Planned
,„clal l.««le.."««
4 i . striker. Sentenced.
' ' 13. — “Guilty as
!‘ r-u-ts the fin,ling announced
> . Euite.l States Circuit Judge
' Woods aga.ust President
. V Debs and all of the direct
American Uailwny union,
' i0f contempt of court in vio
.[,0 strike injunction last sura
Woods, after announcing his
1 '! ,-i.d that it was uot in accord
■ -h procedure in such cases to
, the defendants to say why
:v0 should not be passed, but in
‘.'je the court would allow it
was sentenced to six months
r ' county jail. The others on
sentenced to three months
‘ Vsccpt Me Vane, who wus re
e,i because there was no evidence
ui't liiai. T , ,
ccci.lintr the case Judge Woods
an'exhauslive decision cov
every point in the case,
nlWoods, referring to the posi
0f the defendants in respect to
a,.. ,h,iy 2, 1S!)0, that it was
1 at capital” and dangers
,„s,.,! to result from vast aggre
capital and not of force
violence, or wholly against trusts
it,.: at organizations of labor in
i on wriiil:
t is clour that a further and more
■ ircheii'iive purposo came to be
■‘•■ta'ned and was embodied in the
i'Y.s-m of enactment. Combina
j,.-c condemned not only when
, ,,;0 the form of trusts, but in
Actor form found, if they be in
reint 'if trade. That is the effect
words “or otherwise.” I have
, r;: t that this statute in so far as
. .leveled against contracts or
I,illations hi tiie form of trust
ii any lunu of a “contract char
,hu\iUl he limited to contracts
ivudi nations such, in their gen*
i eiiariieteristies, as the cotart?
e (Kdiircd unlawful. But to put
seen limitation upon the word
si.iracy is neither necessary, nor,
1 think, permissible. To do so
ah! deprive the word of all signifi
ce. Any proposed restraint of
,le though it be itself innocent, if
, to lie accomplished by conspiracy,
in awful. That this case is one of
.ita.de character is clear, and as I
Ici'taml, lias not been questioned
r un-el—their contention being
l r. ithcr by this statute nor upon
lend principles in the east within
jurisdiction of a federal court.”
nggestions calculated to incite to
s of violence or intimidation were
ituined, the judgment declared, in
nr of the telegrams which were
it rr.vr the name of Debs for which,
withstanding the averment of
hr answers to the contrary, it was
ionger possible for any of the
ien.’.ants to deny some measure of
p T.sibilitv.
idle right uf men to strike peacea
'■ and the right to advise a peacoa
•tr::;e. which the law did not pro
ne impossible, were, the judge
d. not questioned, but if men eu
e i into a conspiracy to do any un
it'd thing, amt in order to accom
sh their purpose ordered men to go
;1 strike, knowing that violence
i wrong would be the probable out
r.v. neither in law or morals coujyd
v rseape responsibility. Pull
n ears in use upon the roads were
trr.T.entalit cs of commerce, and it
' " ' - 'hat from the time of the an
nil IV me at of the boycott the Amer
n l,;u!\vay union was committed to
"'i'p racy in restraint of interstate
iiir.'-re,:. in violation of the act of
b -' 1 and that the members of
'' ,l''°niation and all others who
“y;111 l'le movement became crim
,!lV rf:'P°nsible each for the acts of
I dons in the furtherrnca of the
“I’m n purpose whether intended by
II be officers became re
V '■* o, the men and the men
oie oiheers.
■ lini h:is been said, but without
■; n.e jud-o closed, “of the
' f die workmen at Pullman,
ne,u between the Pullman
the railway managers to
_;'-uHires, and ffenerallv of cor
-1 &R,,,"“n‘l arr°irance. but
r t, H "t urn these things, what
' -lels mirrht have been
iin ■ 'tlJrT'"’'1."”11 be- could fur
. P’satieaUou nor palliation
i£,r m.-ii”P a u’ty to d*s°r<ler
nm,rce of-.T” the industries and
.<n ,Lr Ut ,th,u country. The de
al r; n.; U,i/'u Caldwell has
o-,;,;.,nha r^0i ,bu‘ u'hile that
t the servieo‘oflltl°f emp!oyes to
ilair.ecl nV the receivers, it
or aimshvr '',un'ant vfor intimida
who were will
othenvi u ■ emPioyment or
the Tf "?terferin‘f directly
idefendants and thely
Wr,,lid whl?^ “nd thei'
1 "j*ration of the road^ldP
'rtfure fin U tl, "cJr°ad-, cour
■retire fin lY',V“ llle coui
SXWfAgfSWS?
■ b,»rt,™d
.. W?n
VPioionlmasked18 C°ncludc
dents had an! 1 ."hether the d.
;■ rr-ey l)arrnwitn.nSf 40 *ay aE
;f*ndaiits n ’ \ rt presenting tl
-iitr^U^'1 that his clien
'fit-f n-cos i i consultation. Afti
* into court eraSnri-ke !ea,lers die
r'rt’ the bench Au'S themselv<
akir.rv Attorney Uarrov
liil'i tU.i ii
^kip.T fnr ’ attorney Darrc
": s;> to .nalm’Said ^at they l
' f" > that thee haef’?rate SPeech
? P»s. ns .ibtJd0?e"o wro,
n r,as,;~* tlK>y •
i sentence Ju,i„e iVr
?“U!isu a -•«
« i 111 c:’"Omp,. mile, w
.«■ tT !‘u should like very m
\ -'v-t"feEa the lead
"'"r" resJn'w? law 1,reak.
ii®1 Ken whobfenas lead
Pnnishod" rL°,‘k,wed tl
.'-•S' hie taan ~ ttahs was m
ar‘»f markeVa!'-011’"- He -
an,Uc aa l Po
T'^uisen ‘ ;e jud,<?e> felt e
!■ l:‘e r.thws ~,te between 1
a!i defonda. , Pnnishm
a“ts es-ctit D
would be three months in jail, and
against Debs six months.
The defendants did not appear par
ticularly crushed bv the punishment.
Debs whispered a few words to his
sister, who sat near, and they both
luughcd heartily. Howard and'Hogan
exchanged smiling glances and Keli
her grasped his attorney’s hand and
appeared to offer congratulations. It
was evident that all had expected
much heavier sentences, and all wore
looks of relief.
The court announced that the pun
ishment was not to take effect for ten
days, in which time the defendants’
attorneys will prepare an appeal.
The prospective prisoners after a
short consultation with their attor
neys left the court rr-oui.
INCOME TAX PECULATIONS.
Rules Laid Down for Guidance by the
Treasury Department.
Washington, Dec. 15.—The secre
tary of the treasury yesterday ap
proved the regulations prescribed by
the commissioner of internal revenue
for the enforcement of the collection
of the income tax under the late tariff
act. Under the regulations provided
and approved pursuant to law, every
citizen of the United States, whether
residing at home or abroad, and
every person residing or doing busi
ness in the United States, who has an
annual income of more than $3,500
shall make a full return of the same,
verified by his oath, to the collector
of internal revenue of the collection
district in which he resides, or, if not
a resident, in which his business or
property from which income is re
ceived, is situated, on or before the
first Monday in March of each year.
The first return under the law shall
be made on or before the first
Monday in March, 185)5, and shall
include all income from every source,
received in the year 181)4, from the 1st
day of January to the 31st day of De
cember in said year. Guardians,
trustees and all persons and corpora
tions acting in any fiduciary capacity
aw required to make similar returns
for all minors, wards or beneficiaries
for which they act.
The gross gains, profits and in
comes returned by persons shall in
clude:
i irst—Gross profits of any trade,
business or vocation, wherever car
ried on.
Second—Rents received or accrued
during the year.
Third—Profits from sales of real
estate purchased within two years.
Fourth—Farming1 operations and
proceeds.
Fifth—Money and value of all per
sonal property acquired by gift or in
heritance.
Sixth—Premium on bonds, stocks,
notes and 'coupons.
Seventh—Income from trade or pro
fession not by stated salary and not
heretofore enumerated.
Eighth—From salary or compensa
tion other than that received from the
United States.
Ninth—Undivided gains and profits
of any partnership.
Tenth—Interest received or ac
crued from all notes, bonds or other
securities.
Eleventh—Interest on bonds or
coupons paid of any corporation.
Twelfth—Dividends from corpora
tions.
Thirteenth—Income of wife or
minor child or children.
Fourteenth—All other sources of
income not above enumerated.
Corporatloni.
The exemption of §4,000 allowed to
persons is not extended to corpora
tions, but the return must cover all
net profits without exemption. The
annual return of corporations must
include:
First—The gross profits of all kinds
of business.
Second—The expenses exclusive of
int ercst, annuities or dividends.
Third—The net profits without al
lowance for interest, annuities or
dividends.
Fourth—The amount paid on ac
count of interest, annuities and
dividends.
Fifth—The amount paid in salaries
of §4,000 or less to each employe, and
the name and address of each of such
employes.
Corporations are required to keep
accurate books of accounts, and may
be requested to allow collectors to
inspect the same in verification of the
returns. If the annual return is not
filed with the collector in the time
required by law, the corporation
making default shall forfeit a penalty
of §1,000 and 2 per cent a month on
the tax due until paid.
Some Corporation!* Exempt.
Certain specified corporations foi
charitable and like purposes and cer
tain savings banks, mutual insurauce
companies and building and loan as
sociations are exempt from income
Collectors are required to examine
the articles of incorporation and busi
ness methods of corporations claim
ing' exemption and which are not
within the class specially exempt to
cause return to bj made for taxation
as in the case of other corporations.
The tax due from salaries of officers
and from pay of employes of the
United States will be deducted from
the first excess payment over .84,000
by paymasters and disbursing officers
in paying the same and will be paid
over to tlio collectors.
l’enaltles.
Severe penalties are imposed on all
officers and other persons who make
known in any manner or any fact or
particulars contained in or relating to
any return of any taxpayer or any
fact as to the source or amount of the
income of any such person. Collectors
are strictly directed by the regula
tions to strictly enforce this pro
vision. As all original returns are
forwarded to and filed in the office of
the commissioner of internal revenue,
the opportunity for exposure of the
facts protected by this provision will
be greatly reduced.
The tax on incomes for 1894 will be
due and payable on or before the
first day of July next, and if not paid
at that time the penalties will be at
tached for non-payment. The col
lection of the tax when delinquent
will be enforced in the same manner
as in case of enforcement and collec
tions of other taxes under the inter
nal revenue laws of the United States.
The days are never long enough for the
man whose heart is in his work.
PENSIONS DISCUSSED.
AND INCIDENTALLY THE IN
COME TAX.
8oma of the It.aprMln Party Leaders
Cross Swords on These Leading Ques
tions—The Motion to Strike Out tlie
Income Tax Lost—William Waldorf
Astor Denounced and Defended—
Ureckenrldge Makes a Short Speech—
Other Proceedings In the Lower
Mouse.
Washinoox, Dec. 14.—The liouso
yesterday entered upon the consider
ation of the urgency deficiency ap
propriation bill. The bill contained
two disputed items, the appropriation
for special pension examiners and
that for the collection of the income
tax. The former appropriation
opened the door3 for a debate on the
conduct of the pension office, espec
ially the practice of summarily sus
pending the payment of-alleged fraud
ulent pensions and the debate on the
income appropriation was especially
lively, but the motion to strike it out
was defeatedby a vote of 54 to 127.
Mr. Sickles, Democrat of New York,
amid a roar of Republican applause,
repudiated the charge of wholesale
frauds made against pensioners, and
declared his unalterable opposition to
the appropriation unless it could bo
authoritatively shown that the pen
sion examiners provided for by it were
employed in aiding, iustead of embar
rassing, deserving claimants.
After some further debate on the
subject of tliis appropriation by
Messrs. Coombs and Daniels, New
York, Ringham, l’a., Tracy, Now
York and Grosvcnor, Ohio, Mr. Bart
lett, Democrat, Now York, got the
floor and opened the discussion of
the income tax appropriation, lie
was earnestly opposed to this vicious
tax. The bill ho had introduced for
its repeal he knew would never see
the light of day, and the opponents
of that tax must make their fight
against the appropriation necessary
to make it operative.
In the course of a hot colloquy with
Mr. Bartlett (N. Y.) that followed,
McMillin attacked William Waldort
Astor. The latter was warmly de
fended by Bartlett.
Mr. Henderson. Iowa, and Mr. Coch
ran, New York, both stated they con
sidered a debate on the merits of the
income tax unprofitable. Both hoped
that the elections had furnished an
intellectual awakening on the Demo
cratic side which would result in the
repeal of “this odious tax.”
After a short speech by Mr. Breck
inridge, who was in charge of the
bill, in which he defended the income
tax, attributed the late Democratic
disaster to divisions among the lead
ers, and predicted that tho younger
Democrats who suffered defeat last
November would return to congress
and power along with a purified
party, general debate closed and Mr.
Bartlett moved to strike out the ap
propriations for the collection of the
income tax. Defeated 54 to 127.
HONORS TO THE DEAD.
Queen Victoria l’ay* 1'enonal Tribute to
Sir John 'lliompaon's Hotly.
Windsor, Dec. 14.—Shortly before
midnight a .requiem service in honor
of the late Sir John Thompson, pre
mier of Canada, was held in the room
of the Clarence tower, in which the
body was first deposited. The Rev.
Father Longinotti, a Roman Catholic
priest of Windsor, officiated. Sir
Charles Tupper, the Canadian high
commissioner, and Lord I’clham Clin
ton, the master of the queen’s house
hold, and other high officials, were
present.
Dliy command of the queen the pro
cession was in the nature of a state
ceremonial. The laurel wreath
which the queen placed upon the cof
fin will be taken to Canada. The au
tograph upon it read as follows: "A
mark of sincere respect from Victo
ria.”
Queen Victoria has given instruc
tions that everything possible be done
to make the funeral a national event.
Scores of telegrams have been sent
from the castle to Canada, and the
queen expresses the greatest sympa
thy with the family of the deceased
premier aqd with the Canadian peo
ple.
i U4IUHK appropriiiuon liius.
Washington, Dec. 14.—When tho
house met to-day Mr. Cochran’s
motion to recommit the ur
gent deficiency bill with in
structions to strike out the appropri
ation for the income tax was defeated
—yeas 49, nays 103. Tho bill was
then passed without division,
The fortifications bill was then ta
ken up and passed without division
after a tame debate utterly lacking
in interest.
The house again resolved itself into
committee of the whole to consider
the pension appropriation bill, but,
on Mr. Grout's representation that
several Republican absentees desired
to speak on the subject of pen
sions, the bill was laid aside after
Mr. Pickier had confused himself for
half an hour, and at 4 o’clock the
military academy appropriation bill
was taken up.
More Officers Wanted.
Washington’, Dec. 14. — Senator !
Bate, chairman of the board of visi- j
tors to the West Point Military ■
academy, to-day presented the re
port of the board to the senate. It ;
takes a strong ground in favor of a
change of the law which will increase !
the number of cadets to 4(59, or one I
cadet for each senator or represents- j
tive, and twenty for the president, 1
instead of the present number, which |
is about 350. _ |
An Actrem 1 oisonoc.
Indianai’oi.is, Ind., Dec. 14.—Lulu
Leslie, a dancer with tho Bessie
Bonehill company, playing an engage
ment in th’s city, is unconscious, with
little hope of recovery, tho result of
an overdose of belladonna. She has
been suffering with severe headaches
and sent a bell bov for anti-pyrinc. |
The boy returned with belladonna, j
which a" druggist’s boy had given him
by mistake. Miss Leslie swallowed
five grains of the drug. The druggist
discovered the mistake, but not until
Miss Leslie had been overcome with
the effects of the poison.
MORE FINANCIAL VIEWS,
Letter From nn Mhor Wlio le Against
Carlltle’e Plan.
Washington, Ix-o. 14.—When the
house hanking and currency commit
tee resumed its hearing to-day, there
was a bare majority of the coinmltteu
present. Letters woro read from W.
U. Dannn, editor of tho Commercial
and Financial Chronicle, anil U. 11.
Ferris, vice president of the bank of
New York. He said: "There seems
to be no good reason why existing
national ^anks who nave United
States bonds on deposit with the
comptroller, should uot be allowed
to continue as thoy are, until th, ir
charters expire or the deposited bonds
are paid off. Nection 7 of Mr. Carlisle's
bill seems like forcing tho banks to
do whut they have uot been consulted
about."
After a sharp passage at arms be
tween Representatives Walker and
Warner as to tho order in which tho
witnesses should be examined, in
which Mr. Walker complained of crit
icisms by Mr. Warner, William C.
Cornwall of lluiYalo, president of the
New York banking association, was
introduced and read a carefully pre
pared paper on tho currency problem.
Ills recommendations were as follows:
1. Tho greenback and treasury
notes should be redeemed and can
celled. The liability of tho govern
ment ns regards monoy was to stamp
upon gold and silver their fineness
and weight. A government has no
right to issue paper with nothing
back of it, and to make it a legal ten
der—to create a currency and by an
act of law force tho pooplo to take
its full value without regard to the
intrinsic worth.
3. The vacancy should bo filled with
bank notes. The best currency of
the best nations to-day is mainly
bank notes which are a first lion upon
the assets of the bank. These assets
arc commercial possessions, repre
senting tho product of tho brain and
muscle of millions of people. To lit
tho vacancy created by tho retire
ment of tho legal tenders nntionnl
banks should bo allowed to issuo
notes to a percentage of capital, with
out bond security, tho notes to bo a
first lien upon the assets of the bank,
including tho double liability of
stockholders, with a guarantee fund
made up by all the banks, tho gov
ernment continuing to guarantee and
redeem all notes as at present.
3. To perfect the system further
and make out the complicated and
delicate problems attending this, an
impartial expert commission should
Uf apjIUllUL'U.
Mr. Cornwall said that he thought
that the treasury ootes outstanding
should be redeemed, but he would
perform this redemption with low
rate bonds. lie also said that he did
not consider that part of Secretary
Carlisle’s plan relating to retirement
of treasury notes suflicicntly definite.
A return to state bank notes would
bring about a revival of counterfeit
ing, now reduced to a minimum.
\V. Dodsworth, editor of the New
York Journal of Commerce, who next
appeared, first laid down these,prem
ises:
1. That the bond form of guarantee
has been found incompatible with the
elastisticity of issue.
3. That said guarantee leaves no
sufficient margin of profit to the
issuer, and consequently prevents
issuing.
3. That bonds themselves must, in
a few years mature and be retired.
That the governments engage
ment to pay the notes is an illegiti
mate exercise of federal power.
5. That owing to obtrusivo re
straints, the volume of notes cannot
be readily augmented to meet public
emergencies.
0. That the arrangements for in
suring current redemptions of the
notes fail of their purpose, thereby
keeping the volume rigidly inflexible
at the seasons when it should auto
matically contract or expand.
7. That for these reasons the na
tional bank circulation has shrunk to
one-half of its former volume, while
the public requireinncts for money
have been recognized.
Mr. Dodsworth said that it was
manifestly desirable to adopt a course
least calculated to disturb existing
banking arrangements, but that the
power of issuing notes should be con
ceded to the banks operating under
the state laws, conditioned upon the
terms that they should conform to
the terms of issue imposed upon the
national banks, thereby securing to
all bank3 a uniform circulation. Any
course short of this would be not only
a political injustice but an unwar
rantable discrimination against a
class of banks in every way deserv
ing the privilege, and upon whose op
erations the business interests of the
country were largely dependent. 1
Regarding the proposal of Secre
tary Carlisle that banks should be re
quired to keep a reserve on account of
deposits, Mr. Dodsworth said that
when banks were pressed by emer
gencies they had more respect for
their interests than to hesitate to
disregard the statute, which meant
that in practice the reserve law
would fail of its purposes. Some
panics would have been wholly avoid
ed had banks been free to use
their money resources according to
their discretion. In closing, he sug
gested six redemption districts, the
comptroller to recommend a bank as
agency in each of the divisions by
groups of states: New England states,
New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of
Columbia; Southern states, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. West
Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Pacific states ami
other Western states and territories.
The president and Mrs. Cleveland
have abandoned their country home
at Woodley for the season and moved
into the White I^ ■.
Oklahoma Farmers Improvident.
Guthrie, Ok., Dee. 14.—Oklahoma
fanners have been feeding1 so much
wheat to stock that the supply is run
ning short and a number of mills in
the territory have shut down for lack
of wheat. This is forcing prices up
and Oklahoma will be compelled to
buy outside to supply the demand.
1IIH for the right-of Way.
Washington, Dec. 14. —Senator
Cockrell has introduced a bill grant
ing the right-of-way through the In
dian territory to the Kansas City,
Oklahoma and Pacific railroa 1 com
pany.
REFORM IN CURRENCY
A CHICAGO BANKER SETS FORTH
HIS VIEWS.
d» Finds Many Thins* In ■•crotnry Car
•II*'* Plan lla Cannot Approve—Declares
that the Country I* Not Keady to Ac
cept the ltecnminandatloni of the >>«•
retary of the Treasury—Opinion Ex
pressed that the Ilaltlmore rian I*
Preferable.
The Onrreney Question.
(Vabiiinoton, Doc. la.— A letter wot
read from Lyrann J. (luge, the
banker and financier of Chicago, at
the opening of the henring of tho
house committee on banking and cur
rency to-day. lie had boon invited
to appear before the committee but
was unable to come. Referring to tho
recoiumondutions of tho president and
secrotary of the treasury, ho says:
"Agreeing with tho criticisms
made by theso otlicers of tho govern
ment us to the present weakness of
our situation and tho groat desirabil
ity of separating the government
from direct ropunsibillty ?or the cur
rency issuos, 1 am persuaded tliut tho
country is not roady to accept their
recommendations as to tho inothods
proposed. In making any change
tho method should be so simple
that all can comprehend it, and it
should bo seen that the incidental ef
fects would not bo in any direction
disturbing to trade, eominerco and in
dustry. I believe tho "llaltimoro
plan" carries tho true principles of a
credit currency, but wo cannot reach
it by any one stop and years may in
tervene before it cun be, realized.
in tho meantime tho way for the
government to stop our currency bus
iness an.I place the burden of redemp
tion on tlie banks is plain. Author
ize the issue of saM),000,001) of two and
one-hulf per cent bonds payable
at such time us congress may
elect, (twenty-five years if de
sirable) to bo offered to sub
scribers at par. Accept in pay
ment United States legal tender notes
or treasury notes, tho same to be can
celled. Amend tho national bank
act so that banks can obtain notes is
sued to the face value of bonds depos
ited as security for circulation. Re
duce tho tax on circulating notes to
one-null oi l percent.
This itone, national bank notes
would make pood the vacuum caused
by the retirement of government
notes. In fact there wotUd bo somo
expansion under it to bo followed
later by some contraction through
forced redemption of bank issues if it
be true, as some claim, that tho
volume of tho circulating medium
in tho United States is largerthan can
be maintaineil and that the outflow of
gold is nature’s method of equal
izing things. If this be so, if contrac
tion through the exportation of gold
or by a retirement of a portion of the
paper money be u logical sequence of
our situation, then in that case, tho
government being safe from demands
the banks with circulation outstand
ing, would bo obliged to bring their
issues within narrower limits. Hut
nil this would work itself out and
need not bo dwelt upon at length
now.
The problem is this—to take tho
government out of the note issuing
business. 1. Without contracting tho
currency in the process. 2. Without,
inviting expansion. Secretary Car
, lisle's plun is subject to the danger
involved under tho last suggestion.
Were the above suggestions to re
ceive serious consideration, there
are somo features of tho national
bank net that would roquiro amend
ment in order to give note holders
easy and cheaper access to the points
of redemption than now exists. Ite
demption agents in cities should bo
restored. Hut these arc details which
I shall pass by.”
A letter was also road from lid ward
N. Gibbs, treasurer of the New York
Life Insurance company, approving of
the national bank system with some
modification.
George C. Iiutler of New Haven,
Conn., then addressed the committee,
presenting a currency plan differing
somewhat from tho secretary’s and the
llaltiroore plan. Its features included
note issues up to eighty per
cent of a bank’s capital; removal of
the comptroller of the currency to
New York, where ho is to have con
trol of the specie reserve made up of
25 per cent of notes issued; a board of
bank ofliccrs in New York, presided
over by the comptroller of the cur
rency. the erection of a suitable
l building in Now Y’ork for the our
! renev bureau.
j MARCHING THROUGH CHINA.
j -
! The Srconl lupsnc.s Army Continue,
it. Unimpeded March.
Yokohama, Dec. 13.—The column of
the second Japanese army sent to at
tack Fu Chow lias met with no re
sistance so far. The column retains
communication with the force from
the first army, which issimultaneous
J ly advancing on the enemy. It is re
ported that the Chinese are concen
| trating at New Chwang. A detacli
| ment of the first array is advancing
on Ilai Ching east of New Chwang.
This detachment has met with re
sistance, but the advances continue.
Field Marshal Yamagata left Antong
yesterday.
Itepuhllean. Sweep Ho. ton.
Boston-. Dec. 13.—The election here
yesterday resulted in a triumph for
the Republicans, Edwin 11. Curtis,
the Republican candidate for mayor,
j defeating General Francis I’eabo ly.
Democrat, by l.iWU plurality. R-pub
licans also elected all the aldermen.
Boston went Democratic two years
ago bv 5.00(1 maioritv.
Killed tty a School tiin.
GuniitiK, Ok., Dec. 13.—An exciting
race war exists in Oak Grove school
district. As the children were re- ]
turning home from school yesterday 1
| some youngsters roa !o odious re*
j marks about a colored girl in their
i company. This enraged the ga l and
I she attacked the 13-year-old sou of |
; G. \V. Greathouse, tearing out his j
| eyes and biting off one ear. She fol- j
i lowed this up by crushing the boy’s j
i skull with a rock, producing his death j
| last night. The girl escaped and is i
j at large. The negroes take the girl’s !
I part, and this may lead to more
i trouble. !
HOQ CHOLERA REMEDIES.
%
Results of tli* liiv<Ktig*tl(ini of tho lln
roou of Animal Industry*
Washington, Doo. IS.—A bulletin
bee been issued by tho agricultural
department giving re suits of tho bu
reau of animal Industry's exhaustive
Investigation of hog cholera and
swino plague. Tho sumo agents are
found to bo offoutive in tho destruc
tion of the germs of both, llolh are
spread by infection, and their course
varies from ono day to three weeks.
Moth are caused by bacteria. The
garins of hog cholera, Rays the report,
are very lmrdy anil vigorous, while
those of tho swine plague are very
delicate and eusily destroyed. Tho
latter uro found to ho present In prao
ticully all herds of swino. hut the
former must bo introduced from In
fested herds.
Tho most o(Tielent virus remedy
tried by tho government's agouti Is
tho following: Wood charcoal, sul
phur, sodium sulphate and antimony
sulphate, ono pound each; sodium
chloride, sodium, bi-carbonate and
sodium hyposulphite, two pounds
each. Those are to be com
pletely pulverized and mixed.
Tho medicine may bo used also as
a preventative of those diseases. To
Insure successful treatment the ani
mals should lio kept in dry nnd coin
fortuhlo quarters. Klvo or six months
should bo allowed to elapse alter an
outbreak before now hogs uro pur
chased orany of tho old herd uro
sold.
Tho report recommends a rigid
quarantining of newly bought hogs
and tho prevention of thotr joining
those already on the farm for at least
six wocks. During tho warm months
of tho your tho swino should hove
plenty of young grass or clover. Tho
losses from these diseases uro'froul
810,000,000 to 825,000,000 annually.
PREMIER THOMPSON DEAD.
Stricken Suddenly at Wtndnor Cu>tl«,
ICnielutid.
Windsou, Doc. 13.—Sir John Thomp
son, the Canadian prime minister,
atteixleil t.lio mooting of tlm privy
council hero to-day anil wins sworn in
as a meinhor. ilia appearance and
manner slid not Rive the slightest in
dication tliat lie was suffering from
any illness. After attending tins
privy council meeting Sir John ad
journed with the ministers and others
to luncheon. Shortly after this iio
bocain^ suddenly ill and expired al
most, immediately. Dr. Ellison, one
of the surgeons in ordinary to the
household at Windsor, wus sent for
promptly, hut ho was unable to savo
.Sir Jplm's life.
.Sir John Thompson was a native of
Nova Scotia. He llrstcumc into polit
ical prominence in 1877, when he en
tered the Nova Scotia legislature.
The next year ho was made attorney
general. In 1882 ho was elected judge,
but ho resigned in 188,7, when lie was
chosen minister of justice anil attor
noy general of Canada anil was elected
to the dominion house of commons.
November 20, 1802, he was made pre
mier on tho resignation of Sir John
Caldwell Abbott. In tho ltehringsea
sealing arbitration he was one of the
Ilritlsh commissioners and added tj
his already high reputation.
A French hlalvsitian He ail.
Paths, Dec. 13. — M. Auguste L.
Durdcau, presiding oiHoer of tho
chamber of deputies and minister of
finance in the cabinet of M Casiinlr
Perier, just previous to M. l’crier’s
election to the presidency, died tills
morning of congestion of tlio lungs.
CATTLE AGAINST SUGAR.
A Gigantic f triiggln Itctwncn Beef .'n
tcroiits anil the Unit Coming.
Wakmi.vgto.v, Dec. 13. — Word
reaches here that tho vast cat
tle interests of the West, rep
resenting an invested capi
tal of not less than Strain,odo.duj,
are about to grapple in a death'oek
struggle with the sugar trust, and
that the direction of the fighting is to
he lodged with P. I). Armour, Nelson
Morris anil Swift, the Chicago kings
of the meat trade. The United
States is to bo the battle ground and,
unless tho program miscarries, the
encounter between these colossal in
terests will furnish tho crowning sen
sation of tlie short session of congress.
Free sugar is a necessity to free ex
portation of meat products to' the
great consuming markets of Europe.
Tlie imposition of a duty on -ugar
was promptly met by the raising of an
embargo against American beef by
Germany and Jlcntnark.
Fa mom I’en-Hnti C:mo Kml<i.
Spihnofiki.tj, HI.. Dee. 13.—For tho
second time tile United States
supreme court lias dismissed the rip
peel of Daniel Denton, alias WiiUam
Newby, lienton was convicted in the
United States district court here of
falsely impersonating' William Newby,
a Federal soldier killed in the battle
of Shiloh, and reappearing as Newby
a few years ago at Newby’s old homo
in Southern Illinois and presenting a
claim for pension benelit. lie was
sentenced to three years in the
Chester prison. The ease was dis
missed for failure to tile the appeal
bond. This will probably end this
famous ease.
A Shot at a Jmlyp.
Hazard, ICy., Dec. 13.—Judge Hall
was warned that !t he did not release
on bail Jesse FieiuS and Joe Atkins,
charged with shooting ex-County
Judge Coombs from ambush, there
would be trouoie. Field’s brother,
tlie county junto, was in court, and
when Judge Hall refused to allow
bail Fields drew a pistol and tired at
Hall. The court officer - caught FiclJs,
but his friends released him.
Yolnntarilv I.lqtiM %te«.
tsr. Joseph. Mo., Dec. 13.—The di
rectors of the Commercial bank held
a meeting last night and decided that
the bank should go inlo liquidation.
Arthur Kirkpatrick was name l as
assignee and assumed charge at
once. Some timeago the bank which
was capitalized at $12.>.000 met with a
number of serious losses an I tne di
rectors decided that in view of th s
fact they would not restore the im
paired capital but instead would go
into liquidation. Tho assets of tha
institution are $323,000, of which
amount $270,000 is owed depositors.
