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n;SS MUST ACT.
. oUS CONDITION OF
I COUNTRY’S FINANCES.
p„, , Jeroli.n.1 IndltM • »««l* *®
Irglne the Keeeoity of
Action—NroeMlty for Malnte
(lf the Gold Surplus Explained—
,„rlty Asked for Isioanee of I^ng
. iiond« Redeemable In Gold.
The Country'e Finance*.
hington, Jan. 29.—The presl
0.j»y sent to congress the fol
, special message on the flnan
lestion:
the Senate and House of Repre
ss: In my last annual mes
'commended to the serious con
tion of congress the condition
r national finances and in con
n with thissubject indorsed the
if currency legislation which at
me seemed to furrish protection
It impending danger. This plan
it been approved by congress,
he meatime the situation has
Hired and the emergency now
rs so threatening that I deem
duty to a sit at the hands of the
iPv'e branch of the government
i:,.inpt and eiTective action as
i-t"i-e confidence to our finan
undness and avert business dis
ji:,.l universal distress among
topic.
never may he the merits of the
utl'med in my annual message
iun'.lv for ills then existing and
if. guard against the depletion
j,m! reserve then in the treas
ure now convinced that its re
i i v the congress and our pres
winced stage of financial per
i necessitates additional or dif
tgislation.
|l'.\l;TIi:S KliUAI.T.y CONCERNED,
i natural resources unlimited in
iuetive strength and with a
v !. i-o activity and enterprise
: i: v a fair opportunity to
iratemal success and great
i- progress should not be
1 by a false financial policy
1 heedless disregard of sound
try laws nor should the timid
VI fear which they engender
i lia' way of our prosperity,
sinily disputed that this pre
Int confronts us to-day. There
in nne in any degree responsible
[making and execution of our
th'iuld fail to see a patriotic
honestly and sincerely nt
ug to relieve the situation.
Mly this effort will not suc
r. it is made untrammeled
[prejudice of partisanship and
steadfast determination to
■ temptation to accomplish
| advantage. We may well
e r that if we are affected
siK'ial difficulties all our peo
.1 stations of life are con
[erel surely those who suffer
receive the promotion of
tenets as an excuse for per
i nr present troubles to a.i
>a disastrous conclusion,
d-n of the utmost importance
e approach the study of the
' presented as free as possible
| e tyranny of preconceived
s to tne end that in a common
I ve may he able to seek with
I 1 vision a safe and reasou
[■ lection.
or COXFIDEXCE WIDESPREAD.
Ileal trouble which confronts
T °f coutidence, widespread
I'lantly increasing, in the con
J ability or disposition of the
pneut to pay its obligations in
■fins lari; of confidence grows
T 1 ''-lent out of tlie palpable
parent embarrassment attend
eifnrtsof the government, un
[ 1 n" laws, to procure gold,
J a greater extent, out of the
■ ‘ itv of either keeping it in
7'iiryor fulfilling, obligations
ppcmliturc after it is obtained.
I;"/ lljft open to the gov
l ; r Procuring gold is by the
i1 sale of bonds. The only
■ Ml can ic ... J_ J
l it can be issued were author
l«vi „ ?t-v,'flve years ao°,anc
I 1 calculated to meet oui
A'liong Other disad
■stead ^ ?r° made Payable it
l-i-v s, f sPec,aHy m gold
I an 1 t,D" con<htions, detract!
Ve r !? an increasing rath
. desirability as invest
If r !*° m?ans certain tha'
a ‘ description can muei
L rr°f ataPri<* cred
[nunent aDC,al charauter «
the sdk ?US and avritatin
lo he m ?tlon' however, rc
V mentioned. It is foun
'•d of V " "fl1 the treasur
,,m"c S°ld thus obtaine
‘ '”'P a single goverr
an cel
B single
;1011 un;1 solely “for tl
t ^e who findVofit
rU9 0F ''I’-esen-t methods.
curmn * about S500,
k for totes °t the (jov
Tn ' ’ e°ld ma-V be d*
k,tu™y enou"h the
l^leetedVl‘e“preseDtedand
lia.li i„, d and Pai<1 >n gold
r^VdoTut Th-the
I - (fold fro' thmau-v times
I lhe Process be hn treasury.
'ate partTes vvV, eSted as
I'fwise see an L° profit by
I the opera?ion Mnta=e
of these nn» SI?re than
Jrn redeemed jnotef have al
f :‘n2 such re ? d and,not
|.r.tan'Jia? P D' they
[ interest' bea^n”3^ 1894'
FSSn^fr <«5S
Lcr,in reserve^0 T l° reP'en"
K,.amounting' t o° Issues
T a Januarv?sn i Sa0'°°0 000
F'!j"r- As a rcsnu fthe other
1 "as realire f 04 the first
■ '! .t 'ft.000 000 li somethiag
l "V- Md tW Keold' Be*.
L.t' l'r, comprisinUCCeedln£
r, ttn mon csaperiod
t’old **' “early
„, treasury. ™[® drawn
ht moreTba ^ary^nd
r ealized. Hetw'8'000,000 *“
b“di««e aud *hnthe dat«
T ‘n? a Period q/q®. Present
™ Only about
two months, more than $79,000,000 lu
(fold were expended without any can
cellation of government obligations
or in any permanent way benefiting
onr people or improving our pecuniary
situation.
CONDITIONS or DEEPEST GRAVITY.
The financial events of the past
year suggest facts and conditions
which should certainly arrest atten
tion. More than $172,000,000 in gold
have been drawn out of tho treasury
during the year for the purpose of
shipping abroad or hoarding at home.
While nearly $103,000,000 of the
same were drawn out during the
first ten months of the year,
a snm aggregating more than
two-thirds of that amount, being
about $79,000,000, was drawn out dur
ing the following two months, thus
indicating a marked acceleration of
the' depleting process with the lapse
of time. The obligations upon which
this gold has been drawn from the
treasury are still outstanding and aro
available for use in repeating the ex
hausting operation at shorter inter
vals as our perplexities accumulate.
Conditions are certainly superve n
ing to make the bonds which may be
issued to replenish our gold less use
ful for that purpose.
An adequate gold reserve is in all
circumstances absolutely essential to
the upholding of our public credit and
to the maintenance of our high na
tional character. Our gold reserve
has again reached such a stage of
diminution as to require its speedy re
inforcement.
ALL CLASSES EQUALLY INTERESTED.
The aggravations that must inevit
ably follow present conditions and
methods will certainly lead to mis
fortune and loss not only to our na
tional credit, but to those of our peo
ple who seek employment as a means
of livelihood and to those whose only
capital is their daily labor.
It will hardly do to say that a sim
ple increase of revenue will cure our
troubles The apprehension now ex
isting and constantly increasing as to
our financial ability does not rest
upon a calculation of our revenue.
The time has passed when the eyes of
investors abroad and our people at
homo were fixed upon the revenues of
the government. Changed conditions
have attracted their attention to the
gold of the government. There need
he no fear that we cannot pay our
current expenses with such money as
we have. There is now in the treas
ury a comfortable surplus of more
than $G3,00Q,000, but it is not in gold
and therefore does not meet our dif
ficulty.
I cannot see that difference of
opinion concerning the extent to
which silver ought to he coined or
used in our currency should interfere
with the counsels of those whose
duty it is to rectify evils now appar
ent in our financial situation. They
have to consider the question of na
tional credit and the consequences
that will follow from its collapse.
NOT* A QUESTION AS TO SILVER.
Whatever ideas may be insisted on
as to silver or bimetallism, a proper
solution of the question now pressing
upon us only requires a recognition of
gold as well as silver, and a conces
sion of its importance, rightfully
or wrongfully acquired, as a
basis of national credit — a
necessity in the honorable
discharging of our obligations paya
ble in gold and a badge of solvency.
I do not understand that the real
friends of silver desire a condition
that might follow inaction or neglect
to appreciate the meaning of the pres
ent exigency, if it should result in the
entire banishment of gold from our
financial and currency arrangements.
Besides the treasury notes which
certainly shonld bo paid in gold,
amounting to nearly 500 millions of
dollars, there will fall due in 1904,
100 millions of bonds issued during
the last year, for which we have re
ceived gold, and in 1907 nearly 600
millions of 4 per cent, bonds issued in
1867. Shall the payments of these
obligations in gold '-e repudiated? If
they are to be paid in such a manner
as the preservation of our national
honor and national solvency demands,
we should not destroy or even imperil
our ability to supply ourselves with
gold for that purpose.
While I am not unfriendly to silver,
and while I desire to see it recognized
to such an extent as is consistent
with financial safety and the preserv
ation of national honor and credit, I
am not willing to see gold entirely
banished from our currency and
finances. To avert such a conse
quence I believe thorough and radical
remedial legislation should be promDt
ly passed. I therefore beg the con
gress to give the subject immediate
attention.
I.ONO tu;m bold boxds adv ised.
In my opinion the secretary of the
treasury should be authorized to is
sue bonds of the government for the
purpose of procuring and maintaining
a sufficient gold reserve and the re
demption and cancellation of the
United states legal tender notes and
the treasury notes issued for the
purchase of silver under the
law of July 14, 1890. We would
be relieved from the humiliat
ing process of issuing bonds to
procure gold to be immediately and
repeatedly drawn out on these obli
gations for the purpose not related
to the benefit of our government or
our people. The principal and inter
est of these bonds should be payable
on their face in gold, because they
should be sold only for gold or its
representative and because there
would now probably be difficulty in
favorably disposing of bonds not con
taining this stipulation.
. I suggest that the bonds be issued
in denominations of 890 and 850 and
their multiples, and that they bear
interest at a rate of not exceeding 3
per cent per annum. I do not see
why they should not be payable fifty
years from their dates. We of the
present generation have largo
amounts to pay if we meet our obli
gations and long bonds are most sala
“‘.e' The secretary of the treasury
might well be permittod nt his discre
t'°n to receive on the sale of bonds
the legal tender and treasury notes to
be retired, and of course when they
are tjius retired or redeemed in gold
they should be cancelled.
These bonds under existing laws
could be deposited in national banks
as security f?p circulation np to the
face value of tlics,- or any other bondi
so deposited cxcopt bon.ls outstund
inp bearing only S per cent interest
and which sell in the market at less
than par.
SUGGESTIONS AS TO I.EO[STATION.
National banks should not be al
lowed to take out circulating notes of
a less denomination that 810, and
when such as are now outstanding
reach the treasurer, except for re
demption and retirement, they should
be canceled and notes of the denom
ination of $10 and upwards issued in
their stead. Silver certificates of the
denomination of 810 and upwards
should be replaced by certificates of
denomination under $10.
As a constant means for the main
tenance of a reasonable supply of
pold in the treasury our duties on
imports should bo paid in gold, al
lowing all other duties to the govern
ment to be paid in any othor form of
money.
I believe all the provisions 1 have
suggested should be embodied in our
law if we are to enjoy a complete re
instatenient of a sound financial con
nition. They need not interefere
with any currency scheme providing
medium through the agency of
national or state banks since they can
easily be adjusted to such a schema
Objection lias been made to the is
suance of interest bearing obliga
tions for the purpose of retiring the
non-interest bearing legal lender
notes. In point of fact,however,theso
notes have burdened us with a large
load of interest and it is still accumu
lating. The aggregate interest on the
original bond issue, the proceeds of
which in gold bonds, constitute the
reserve for the payment of these
notes, amounted to $70,326,350 on
January 1, 1805, and the annual
charge for interest on these bonds
and those issued for the same pur
pose during the last year will be
$9,145,000 dating from January 1, 1895.
for the increase of the
A/niG.n.uinr,u DAVB, IUK CISttUlT.
While the cancellation of these
notes would not relieve us from the
obligations already incurred on their
account, these figures are given by
way of suggesting that their exist
ence has not been free from interest
charges, and that the longer they are
outstanding, judging from the experi
ence of the last year, the more ex
pansive will they become.
In conclusion 1 desire to frankly
confess my reluctance to issuing more
bonds in present circumstances and
with no better results than have late
ly followed that course. I cannot, i
however, refrain from adding to j
an assurance of my anxiety to I
co-operate _ with the present
congress in any reasonable meas
ure of relief an expression
of my determination to leave nothing
undone which furnishes a hope for
improving the situation or checking a
suspicion of our disinclination or dis
ability to meet with the strictest
honor every national obligation.
Ghover Cleveland.
The Executive Mansion,January 33.
1895.
LEFT ENTIRELY DESTITUTE.
A Subscription To He 'taken Up for
Mrs. Kate Chase-Sprague.
Washington, Jan. 29. — A well
known lawyer of this city writes a
letter to the Post to inform the pub
lic that Mrs. Catherine Chase, the
daughter of the late Chief Justice
Salmon P. Chase, the divorced wife
of ex-Governor Sprague of Rhode
Island, is entire^ destitute. Her
home was sold last week under a
deed of trust for just enough to cover
the mortgage and costs, although it
is worth three or four times that
amount, and is assessed for more than
it brought.
Thirty years ago Mrs. Chase was
the belle of Washington, and without
a rival. It is doubtful if there is a
woman in this country who has en
joyed so much admiration and so
many social conquests, but the other
side of her life has been very dark
and few women have suffered as she
has done. It is proposed to appeal to
her father’s old friends and admirers
to subscribe a sufficient fund to en
able her to spend the rest of her days
in peace.
AN OHIO TOWN BURNED.
A Gasolln’e Explosion Remits In the De
struction of Sixteen Building*.
Elmore, 0., Jan. 29.—A fire which
was started by a gasoline explosion
in the kitchen of the American hotel
at 7:30 o’clock last evening destroyed
the principal part of the business
portion of the town, and at least
two lives have been lost. A strong
wind was blowing at the time the
fire started, and the American hotel
was soon a mass of ilames. Two
girls employed in the hotel, Maggie
f'lynn and Mary O’Malley, were
hemmed in by the flames, and were
forced to jump from a second story
window. Miss O’Malley was fatally
burned and cannot live. Miss Flynn
was seriously hurt and it is believed
she will die. Sixteen buildings in all
were destroyed.
THE INCOME TAX.
Member* of ConpruM Gratified at the
Outlook for Revenue.
Washington, Jan. 29.—Members of
congress who believe in the income
tax as an equitable method of
raisin? revenues are gratified
at the unexpectedly good showing
of the preliminary canvass made by
the collectors of internal revenue at
the direction of Secretary Carlisle.
They believe that the greater the
amount realized from the tax the
more popular it will become and the
more firmly rooted as a part of the
policy of the government.
Fought a Duet With Pistol .
Rinton, W. Va., Jan. 29.—M. F.
Wykoff and Fred Nihoof. an engineer,
fought with pistols and Nihoof re
ceived a fatal wound. WvkofY found
Nihoof at his home in the parlor with
his wife. Wykoff was arrested and
is in jail. He was also shot in the leg.
Destitution In Wisconsin.
Gbantsbuko, \Vis.,Jan. 29.—Reports
from the town of Rnsk, this county,
confirm the news of terrible sufferihg
and starvation in that town. One
fifth of the people are without prop
er food, aud a large number of them
have not a pound of flour in the house.
DISCUSSES PUGILISM WITH
MINNESOTA STATESMEN.
MAKES A TALK TO THE LEGISLATORS
lla Fat* Dp an Abl* Defanas of Itotlnj
Match** and Neatly Answer* Some
of the Qneitlon* I'ut to Him by
the Lawmaker*—The Vine
I'olnt* of the llualneu
Explained to 1 hem.
St. Paul, Mian., Fob. 4.—Juntos J.
Corbottt, the champion pugilist, met
a large number of the members of the
Minnesota legislature to discuss spar
ring matches, several members de
siring enlightenment with a view to u
modification of the Minnesota kln\v.
He said: “Gentlemen, I hope yon will
believe me when I say that the
brutality so freely allogod by people
who have never seen a pri/.e fight
or a fair stand up fight of
any kind is almost entirely
lacking. A rough and tumble fight
between school boys oven will develop
more of the quiescent brutishness of
civilized man than a well conducted
boxing match possibly can. When
the ordinary barroom fight or drunken
street btnwl is considered, where men !
throw each other down and kick,
gouge, scratch and even bite, then j
such a meeting as I will engage in
with Fitzsimmons becomes a mere j
feat of cleverness and speed.” j
“Hut why should men train so long
and arduously for these matches if I
that is the case, Mr. Corbett?” asked I
a senator. I
i wm puiuany answer your ques
tion by asking another, Yankee fash
ion. Why do men like Depow, llrock
inridge, your own Donnelly and
Davis always want ninplu notice if
they are to deliver an oration? Simply
because they must go into training.
They must read up, study, think
out the various lines or branches
of their subject; in short
prepare themselves to do justice
to the occasion, their audieuee and
themselves. It is for the same rea
son that a boxer must put himself
under the often harsh and always la
borious task imposed by a conscien
tious trainer. It is ruther a matter
of plain duty that I, or any other
boxer, should become as sound, alert,
quick and strong, as perfect,
physically, as I can. And train
ing of the head, restraint of the
passions, tempering of the mind and
those very important organs — the
heart and lungs—are decidedly as im
portant as the mere development of
muscle and hitting force. ”
"How do you account for the fatal
ities recently occurring in the prize
ring?” asked a member of the dele
gation.
“Easy enough. Stranger things
happen every day in almost every
community. A man is silting quietly
in a chair and his life snaps in an in
stant. Physicians say it was heart
disease, apoplexy, over-exertion,
bursting of a blood vessel in the brain
that caused death. Whatever it was
the moment came when the
thread of life could no longer
withstand the strain Any of us
is liable to these things. So with
the pugilists. Ninety-nine fights may
occur and no person will be hurt
enough to keep him in bed an hour.
But one of the participants in the
hundredth will oe fatally deficient in
some vital part, even though appar
ently sound as you look at him. The
warmth and excitement, a chance
blow from a big glove, any one of a
score of causes, weakens a man, the
nerve force leaves him, collapse fol
lows and then the end.”
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
No Quorum In the House — Hills of Some
Moment Dliipbseil Of,
Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 4.—The
nouse convened to-day without a
quorum. The house bill requiring
corporations to pay wages weekly
was reported unfavorably.
Mr. Murray intro meed a bill mak
ing it a misdemeanor for children
under 18 years to use cigarettes.
The committee on roads and high
ways reported adversely a bill Mr
the establishment of a’ roads and
highways commission composed of
three senators, three representatives
and the president, vice president and
secretary of the state road associa
tion.
The house bill providing for the
appointment of a state board of em
balmers was debated at great length
and indefinitely postponed and the
house adjourned until Monday at 2
o’clock.
FOREIGN GOLD FOR BONDS.
London Banker* Expect to Taka •100,
000,000 Vary Shortly,
Washington, Feb. 4.—There is no
longer any doubt that negotiations
are in progress for the sale in New
York of $100,000,000 worth of three
per cent thirty year bonds. While
the prospective purchasers are New
York parties, it is known that the
bonds are expected to be disposed of
to London bankers, and that they
will be paid for entirely by foreign
gold.
Mr. Springer,chairman of the bank
ing and currency committee, said this
afternoon that a special order would
be brought into the house giving
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to
the debate on the new currency bill.
Sa(ar Henneries Open Up Again.
Philadelphia, Feb. 4.—The Sprock
ets sugar reiinery, which has been
idle for several weeks, will resume
operations on full time next week.
The refinery employs 2,000 hands.
The Franklin refinery, which has
been running on half time, will com
mence running on full time Monday.
forty-One llelonr Zero.
Ikoitwooi), Mich., Feb. 4.—Forty
one degrees below zero was the rec
ord here to-day. Other points on the
Gogebic range reported from 38 to 43
below. j
SUICIDE IN A CHURCH.
A Young: New York Womnn Kill* Her
self In » Confess Ion a! Hot*
New Yoke, KoU 4.—A few minutes
before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon
two women in the ohurcli of the
Epiphany on Secoml avenue, this city,
heard the sound of n body fulling for
ward by groans and gasps from a oon
fessloual box In thu southeast corner
of thu church.
One woman summoned the assistant
sexton, who hurried into the church
and opened the confessional and
found lying in a heap, with blood
flowlug from her right wrist and
throat, tho almost lifeless body of a
young woman. A doctor was called,
who saw that tho woman's condition
was hopeless, and twenty minutes
after the discovery she was dead.
In a pool of blood in tho confes
sional was found an old fashioned
razor. With tills the woman had al
most severed one of her hands and
her tiirout had been out from oar to
ear. Thoro were no sorvicos going
on at the timo. She was insane and
worth JM0,000. Katie Morrison was
her name.
HEARD NO CRIES FOR HELP.
The Men of the Crnthle Deny lleertlema
nesa—Mlaa Uueckner'a Eaperlenoe.
Uottkhdam, Fob. 4.—Captain Cor
don of the Crathie, the istuamor which
Is allowed to have sunk the Elbo, the
man who was at the wheel when the
collision occurred and the members
of the crow who wore on dock at the
time have been exauiinod judicially
and havo all a Dinned that they did
not see tho vessel with which the
Crathie collided, that thoy did not
see a vosscl sink and that they did
not hear any cries of distress.
Tho charts show that tho place
where the Elbe wont down tho water
is 120 feet deep.
London, Feb. 2.—Miss Anna lluoek
ner, tho only woman savod from tho
Elbe, says that when tho llrst boat
cupsizod slio swam until she caught
one of tlie oars of the other boat
which had been launched and then
somebody on board tho latter craft
shouted: “l’ush her off." They tried
to do so, but she held on so llrmly to
the oar that sho was dually pulled on
board.
1’iimengnr anil I might Collide.
PlTTKiiniio, Pa., Feb. 4.—Tho Haiti
more & Ohio express train from Cin
cinnati jumped the track at Woodoll
at 10 o’clock this morning' and collided
with a freight standing on a siding.
Ono man in the caboose of tho freight
was instantly killed and another bad
ly hurt. Tho baggage car went over
ono side of an embankment and tho
smoker over the other side, but none
of tho occupants were seriously hurt.
Powdered Corncobs Sold as llran.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 4.—A cereal mill
here, it is alleged, has been grinding
up corncobs and selling them for
bran. This sort of “bran” costs 8200
per carload while the real costs 8300.
The milkmen here have been puzzled
at the small amount of milk produced
by their cows since this bran was
placed on the market a month ago.
Corncobs have the quality of drying
up a cow.
One Election law Violator Sentenced.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 4.—The first
conviction of unlawful acts in the re
cent election camo to-day when Ed
ward Miller, who had been on trial
in the criminal court for the past two
days on a charge of fraudulent vot
ing, was found guilty and sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary. A
motion for a new trial was filed by
his attorneys.
Ills First Crime Fatal.
Denvku, Col., Feb. 4.—Frank VVis
comb, while attempting to steal a
sack of coal from a Union Pacific
freight car, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by Special Police
man Peter Daily. Wiscorab had no
work and determined to steal rather
than see his wife and baby starve
and freeze.
To Prevent a >.urder.
Dktiioit, Mich., Feb. 4. — VVillian,
Brusseau, a nurse of the wife of Dr.
Horace E. Pope, a dentist, swears
that he found Dr. Pope sitting on his
wife’s bed, holding a cloth saturated
with chloroform over her mouth, the
doctor fired at him, but missed him.
Then ho seized a hatchet and buried
it in the skull of the doctor.
Coinngft for January.
Washington, Feb. 4. —The monthly
statement of the director of tho mint
shows at the several mints during
January, 1895, as follows: Gold,
83,098,300; silver, 8504,099; minor
coins, 803,200. Of the silver coined
8200,000 was in silver dollars. Since
July 1, 189L the number of silver
dollars coined was 3,292,978.
Co-Operative Making Proposed.
St. Joskph, Mo. , Feb. 4.—The collai
factory of the Wyeth Hardware com
pany which was burned a few weeks
ago, will not bo rebuilt, but the em
ployees will try to operate another
factory on the co-operative plan, the
Wyetlis agreeing1 to take the entire
output
Adrheil to Stop V.erring.
Shanghai, Feb. 4.—It is stated on
good authority that tho ISritish,
French and Ku sian ministers at To
kio and at Peking have received in
structions form their governments to
advise Japan and China to arrange
terms of peace.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The monthly
Statement of tile public debt shows
on January 31 tho public cash in the
treasury amounted to $924,440,200, an
increase of the month of $13,542,574.
The grand jury is investigating the
theft from the county clerk's ollicc of
the will of the late James (1. Fair.
Several members of the grand jury
believe that some deputy in the
clerk’s office committed the theft or
knows the thief.
Matt Cyan, the notorious crook,
murderer and jail breaker, was cap
tured last night at Pittsburg, Kan.,
county jail, from which he sawed his
way out last November
J’ul»!ic I>ebt Statement.
and was brought to the
WHISKY TRUST HARD UP.
Tiro Receivers Appointed bjr Judge
Oroeeenp.
Cuicaoo, Jan. 81.—Judge Grosscup,
on application of Now York stock
holders of the whisk} trust, repre
senting about $3,000,000 of stock, lias
appointed Josoph B. Greenhnt of
l’eorla and E. F. Law re nee of Chi
cago, receivers of tho trust The ap*
plieation fora receivership was based,
as set forth in the bill, upon the
general poor condition of tho
business of the trust at the
present time and upon the
inability of the organization to float
an issue of bonds from the proceeds
of which it was expected to gain
tluancial reliof.
The reason assigned for wanting re*
culvers was that the company was
being pressed to pay its debts and
had no funds to meet the demands. It
was represented, among other things,
that on February 1 almost $1,000,000
in rubates would fall due, and unless
thov were promptly paid the
various distilleries would be attached
and their earning capacity greatly
reduced. Tho rebutes mentioned are
duo to wholesale dealers in whisky,
who enter into contracts that they
will buy no liquor except that made
by tho trust Tho whisky Is charged
to them at u certain rate, and if, at
the end of six months, it is found the
wholesalers have handled nothing
but trust whisky they are allowed a
rehnto of from three to seven conts a
gallon. These rebates are duo Feb
ruary 1, and according to the bill
presented to Judge Grosscup, the
company lias no money to pay them.
Tho amount of rebates duo was rop*
resented as something like $1,000,000.
Other forms of indebtedness were
also mentioned in the bill.
WILL AID OU ATE MALA.
Cantrnl American States WIU Coma to
Her Aid In Case of a lVnr.
GuATKMAi.A.Jan. 21.—-Tho president
lius just received Minlstor Iritis, of
Honduras. Minister Gomez, of Nica
ragua, and Kstupinan, of Salvador,
have boon received before. All tliolf
spooehes, which were full of patriot
ism, clearly show that Guutoinula
would not stand alone In
car.o of Mexican conflict. They have
Individually offered the co-operation
of their countries to Guatemala In
such an event, showing that on any"
question directly affecting all, Cen
tral America stands united to repel
any invasion. The Costa Itioa lega
tion arrives soon, and is confidently
expectod to expross the same resolu
tions favoring Central Americanism
8b heartily as shown by the legations
of Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras.
The Original Package Inane Again.
Aiiumoiik, Ind. Ter., Jan. 31.—On »
process issued by the United States
prosecuting attorneys at Paris,Texas,
W. 8. llrown, agent for the Wolls
Fargo Express company, was arrested
yesterday, charged with introducing
and soiling whisky. After hearing
tho testimony Commissioner Gibbons
placed him under bond of #300. The
churgo raises a question of the legali
ty of tho expross company carrying
sealed packages into the Indian ter
ritory. _
Handing of > utururaeut officials,
Waniiinotox, Jan. 31.—Tho bond
ing of government officials is a sub
ject which has been under discussion
by the house committee on appropria
tions for sevcrul days, and the com
mittee has concluded that It is a field
in which there is great room for re
form. It is apparent, however, that
there will be no t mo to adopt any
new plan in this session of congress,
so tlie committee will leave that work
for the next congress.
HllTercnilal l.cpcal Hill Passed.
Washington, Jan. 3 —Tho bill to
repeal tho sugar differential passed
tlie house by a vote of 239 to 31 with
out amendment
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from New York, Chicago,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butler—Creamery print. 1#
Butler-lair to good country. 12
Eggs Fresh. IS
lloney—I cr ft. 17 _
Chickens—Dressed, per ft. 4!40
Turkoys—Per lb. 8 0
Lemons—Choice Messlnds. 8 BO 0 4 00
Orunges— Mcsslnos,per box_ 3 73 0 4 IX)
Potatoes. 83 0 TO
Beans—Navy, hand-picked, bu 1 90 0 2 0U
...... --1 '■ <-> 010 00
Sb
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814
Hay—Dpland, tier ton. 181
Hay-Midland and lowland... 8 00
Onions—Per bu . 73
Carrots—Per bill. 175
Parsnips—Per bid. 1 75
Beets—Per bbl. 1 50
Cranbcrrrles—Capo Cod .11 00
Apples Per bbl . 2 B0
Hogs Mixed parking. 3 SO
Hogs—Heavy weights. 4 00
Beeves—Prime steers. 4 00
Beeves Mockers and feeders. 2 IX)
lleef Steers. 3 25
Bolls. 1 50
Strgs. 2 40
Calves. 1 50
t triers—Fair to good. 3 30
Cows. 1 25
Heifers. 1 35
Westerns. 3 00
Mieen-Lambs. 2 50
feheep— Fulrtogoodmuttons... 2 40
010 00
0 8)
0 2 10
0 2 00
0 73
011 SO
H 2 75
0 3 7.5
0 4 15
0 6 50
0 2 15
0 4 311
0 2 60
0 3 50
0 5 (XI
0 4 50
0 3 25
0 3 00
0 3 55
0 4 01
0 2.15
CHiCAChA
Wheat—No. 2. spring. 55 ® 0514
Corn—Per bu. 41 >ft 41-%
oats—* er bu. 81J4 % 313f
Pork. 9 75 clOOJ
I.ard. 6 87 <& »J 40
Hogs—Packers and mixed. 3 8.1 4 20
Cattle-Com. steers to extra... 3 00 a 5 O')
Miccp—Lambs. 3 65 • 4 2»
bbeep—Inferior to choice. 2 0J 3 8.3
NEW YOUIC
Wheat, No. 2, red winter. 68 Cb £8*{
Corn—No. 2. 47 <t£ 87
Oats—No. 2.. 35 (t£ Ifiu
Pork.12 25 12 7.
Lard. 0 80 <a> 0 85
ST. LOU 15.
Mhcat—No 2 red, cash. 51 51?i
torn—Per bu. 88 40
Oats—Per bu . 29 2954
Hogs—Mixed packing..;. 3 90 t<, 4 05
t attic—Native steers. 3 10 4 >6
fcheep— Mixed natives. 3 ;.U 3 85
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 hard. 50 ® 55
Corn—No. 2. 39 */> 40
Oats—No. 2. 29:4 & 3t
Cattle—Stockers and feeders.. 2 50 3 80
Hogs—Mixed packers . 3 55
'1 he Acty-Alartlu Case Settlo.l.
Washington, Jan. 31.—The senate
committee on privileges anti elections
lias voted that as the 4th of March
was so near, when the terra of Sena
tor Martin of Kansas would expire, it
is inexpedient to give auv further
hearings in the case of Ady vs. Mar*
tin. _ _
Colil Reserve Uunru to IS4S.67G, 193.
Washington, Jan. 31.—The amount
of gold withdrawn from the New
Yo'k sub-treasury yesterday was 83,
066,000; from ISoston. 863,000, making
the total for the day 83.140,000, which
leaves the gold reserve 848,676,193.
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