(M 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" conn 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 0 0 :o i.-lt is iv A 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 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. ..