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    A FREE HOMES BILL.
THE MEASURE MEETS FAVOR
ABLE CONSIDERATION.
It* Pa stage. Which Se«m* Assured to fth«
House, Means Millions to the Settlers of
Oklahoma—Secretary Smith Looks
Upon It With Disapproval and Wilt
Oppose It Strenuously.
Good Xews for Settlers.
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• Washington, Jan. 15.—After a hot
in which it seemed likely that
“free homes” would lose the day, Dele
gate Flynn of Oklahoma carried his
“free homes’’ bill successfully through
the public lands committee of the
House to-day.
Mr. Lacey of Iowa prepared a bill
-similar in its terms to that of Mr..
Flynn, except that it was general in
its application and not .restricted in
its operation to Oklahama settlers.
Mr. Lacey’s bill was taken up for con
sideration first. Mr. Curtis of Kansas
-®t once moved an amendment provid
ing in substance that where the gov
ernment had not yet paid Indians for
the land entered by settlers and was
-counting upon the proceeds received
from the settlers to make the payment
to the Indians, from whom the land,
was purchased, such lands should be
-exempt from the operation of the
“free homes” bill, which relieves the
•settlers of the payment of anything
beyond the ordinary land office fees
The amendment was hotly debated,
Fielder, Flynn, Lafiey, Curtis and
-others participating. The effect in
Oklahoma, for instance, where the
greater part of the purchase price of
several millions remains unpaid, would
be to compel the settlers to reimburse
the government for the cost of the
land. Mr. Flynn’s bill relieves tliem
of the whole of it. So much division
of opinion was developed by the dis
cussion that the bill and the proposed
amendment were laid ' over until the
next meeting.
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Mr. 1' lynns bul, practically tlie
same as Air. Lacey’s, except that it
was restricted to Oklahoma, was then
considered. He told how it had been
•unfavorably reported to the last con
gress. owing- to partisanship, and then
said: “Now, gentlemen, the only
•question is, have we enough Repub
lican votes to pass this bill? I think
we have.” The committee at once or
dered Mr. Flynn to report the meas
ure favorably, McRae of Arkansas be
ing given time to make a minority
report if he chose. The bill is very
brief, but it means many millions of
■dollars to Oklahoma—there being
'thousands of settlers who are each re
lieved by its provisions of the pay
ment of several hundred dollars.
Here is the text: “Re it enacted by
the .Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled, that all settlers
under the homestead laws of the
United States upon the public lands
acquired by treaty or agreement from
the various Indian tribes in the terri
tory of Oklahoma, who have, or shall
Hereafter, reside upon the tract en
tered in good faith for the period
required by existing law, shall be
htitled to a patent for the land
so entered upon the payment to
the local land officers of the usual and
customary feee, and no other or fur
ther charge of any kind whatsoever
shall bo required from such settler to
entitle him to a patent for the land
covered by bis entry; provided, that
the right to commute any such entry
and pay for said lands, in the option
of any settler and in the time and at
the prices now fixed by existing laws,
shall remain in full force and effect.
“Section 2. That, all acts, or parts
of acts, inconsistent with the terrqs
and provisions of this act are hereby
repealed.”
The interior department w ll oppose
It strongly, although the committee
to-day did not show the secretary
even the scant courtesy of waiting for
the opinion it has pretended to solicit.
RED CROSS BARRED.
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The Society will Mot Be Allowed to
Distribute Relief in Armenia.
Washington, Jan. la.—The Turkish
legation gives out the following offi
cial communication:
“The imperial government will not
permit any distribution among his
subjects, in his own territory, by any
foreign society or individuals, how
ever respectable the same may be (as,
for instance, the Red Cross Society),
cf money collected abroad.
“Such interference no independent
government has ever allowed, especial
ly when the collections are made on
■the strength of speeches delivered in
public meetings by irreconcilable ene
mies of the Turkish race and religion,
jmd on the basis of false accusations
that Turkey.repudiates.
"Resides, the sublime porte is mind
ful of the true interests of its subjects
and, distinguishing between the real
state of things and the calumnies and
wild exaggerations of interested or
fanatical parties, will, as it has done
heretofore, under its own legitimate
control, alleviate the wants of all
Turkish subjects, living in certain
provinces, irrespective of creed or
race. ”
A Boy of lO Years Kills a Chicken Thief.
l'EHBY, Okla., Jan. 15. — Johnny
Brown, aged 10 years, son of W. W.
Brown, shot and killed a chicken
thief Sunday night. The boy’s father
was away from home and Mrs. Brown
took her son and gun to watch the
chicken house, as thieves bad played
havoc for some time. About mid
night a man entered and began to
gather in poultry. The boy shot him
in the breast.
Insane Man Hanged Himself.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 15. — Jacob
Shafer, an inmate of tbe Topeka in
sane asylum, committed suicide by
hanging. lie made a rope of the
sheet of his bed and swung out of the
window in view of a score of people.
&J3.e was dead when rescued.
r Presbyterian College Burned.
* Los Asgei.es. Cal., Jan. 15.—Occi
dental college was burned yesterday.
Loss., 370, COG; insurance, 817,000. The
college was built and controlled by
the Presbyteriana The building ia a
total loss.
CHOSEN FOR THE SENATE.
Ex-Gov. I'm raker of Ohio Elected to Sue*
\ ceed Brice.
Coi.tTUBTTS, 0.. .Tan 15.—Ex-Governor
Joseph B. Foraker was practically
elected Senator to-day. The joint
ballot will he held to-morrow, but
will be a formality as tbe vote in the
two houses to-day assures Foraker’s
election.
In the Senate Foraker received 29
votes for United States Senator; Brice,
G, and George A Groot, Populist, ).
In the House the yote stood; For
aker, 87; Brice, 21: John H. Thomas.
Springfield, 1; Mr. Gage, 1; Judge
Blandin of Cleveland, 1; Lawrence T.
Neal, 1, all of whom except Foraker,
are Democrats. Foraker received the
full Republican vote.
Speaker Sleeper in the House, after
he vacated the chair, said he would
name a Republican from Ohio to suc
ceed Mr. Brice. Sherman, since the
war, had had a Democratic colleague,
but Ohio proposed to “break the
record with 4 record breaker.” (Ap
plause.) There had been no caucus;
none was, needed; Foraker’s face and
voice were familiar in every county of
Ohio. He had run for governor four
times and though defeated twice he
appeared to-day in the phenomenal
position of being the people’s choice
without a caucus.
Senator Hysell, in presenting the
name of Mr. Brice, made use of l,30o
words, extolling the Senator as though
he were a “sure winner.” The Senator
was not asking the compliment of this
vote, but was the Democratic Senator
from Ohio. He had never been silent
when the voice of his party had called.
Joseph Benson Foraker was born
July 5, 1846, on a farm in Highland
county, Ohio. July 14, 1862, when only
past his sixteenth birthday, he enlist
ed as the first private in Company A, I
Eighty-ninth Ohio infantry, and was
made orderly sergeant of the company
for having secured the most recruits,
lie was promoted to be first lieutenant
in February, lt>64, and commanded his
company at Mission Ridge. He was
with his regiment in "the arduous
and bloody campaign which culmi
nated at Atlanta, and was an aide on
the staff of Major General Slocum of
New York, during the march to the sea
and the brief and brilliant campaign
from savannah to the Carolinas. He
was mustered out, the last man in his
regiment, June 13, 1805, with the
brevet rank of captain. He was not
then quite 20 years old. He immedi
ately resumed his studies, and so well
made up the time spent in the army
that he graduated with honors from
the Cornell university in 1860, and was
admitted to the bar in Cincinnati the
fall of the same yaar. He was made
chief supervisor of elections for
the Southern district of Ohio in ls76,
with the full approval of his political
opponents.
In April, 1879, in his thirty-third
year, he was elected to the superior
court bench of Cincinuati for five
years, but served only three, when he
was forced to resign by ill health.
He had won golden opinions, and was
urged to take a vacation of six months
to recuperate, but he refused. In
1883 he was nominated for governor
by the Republican party, but was de
feated by Judge Iloadly. In 1886 he
ran again for givernor against Judge
Hoadly, whom he defeated. He was
re-elected in 1887, and in 1889 was
beaten by James E. Cam obeli, who
was the predecessor of William Mc
Kinley.
Mr.'Foraker is an able speaker and
has taken a prominent part in several
national conventions.
MORGAN ON SILVER.
n» Bays That Sherman la a Finanea
Napoleon Near Hla Waterloo.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Senator Mor
| gan’s speech on the silver bond bill
was the event of the Senate yesterday,
although a sharp personal colloquy
between Mr. nill, Mr. Butler and Mr.
Pritchard enlivened the early hours.
Mr. Morgan frequently addressed him
self personally to Mr. Sherman, who
sat across the aisle, and for two hours
arraigned the Ohio senator for the
series of financial acts with which he
is identified. At times Mr. Morgan
was bitterly personal. He referred to
Mr. Sherman as the Napoleon of
finance who was near his Waterloo,
and who would be consigned to St.
Helena. In the main, however, the
speech was a scholarly presentation of
the silver questiou. Mr. Hill’s collo
quy with the two North Carolina sen
ators brought out considerable discus
sion of the New York senator’s polit
ical consistency, and was amusing to
the galleries for the sharp salliear.and
witty rejoinders during the triangular
debate.
a ue vice president jam ueiore me
senate a letter from the secretary of
the treasury in reply to a resolution of
inquiry presented by Mr. l’effer as to
whether $100.01)0,000 in gold had at
any time been set apart from other
funds. The secretary states that this
had never been done, there being no
provision of law authorizing it.
AMERICA H ER RIVAL
Germans Begin to Feel Thin Conn try’s
Competition in manufactured Goods.
W ashixgton, Jan. 10.—Germany is
beginning to fear the United States as
her greatest competitor in the world's
markets. United States Consul Warner
at Cologne, Germany, makes this trade
rivalry the subject of a special report
to the State department, and he
quotes freely from the German news
papers and technical papers to show
that the Germans are thoroughly
alarmed at the outlook. The German
government, owning the railroads,
has been warned that it must do
everything possible by cutting rates
on raw materials and exporting to aid
the German manufacturer, or see Hie
foreign trade suffer at the hands of
America. _
NEWS NOTES.
Torpe "oes have been placed In ITava- |
na harbor. It is suggested that Spain
fears United States interference. |
The Hough block and several build
ings in the business district of Sey
mour, Ind., were burned. Loss. $00,
000.
The San Antonio Builders’ Supply
company, one of the largest lumber
firms of the Southwest, made an
assignment.
Arrangements fcaye finally been
made to submit the Northern Paciflo
tangle to the supreme court of the
United States.
HOLIDAY BUSINESS.
SHOPPING NOT AS LARGE AS IT
USED TO BE.
Hundreds of Bullions Lass Money spent
tn Raying Presents — Shoppers and
Shopkeepers Were Most Busy in ISOS
—What Uradstreet's Shows.
A year ago the free-trade papers
were pointing with pride to an increase
in the volume of last November’s busi
ness as compared with 1894. They
stated that the real movement of goods
for the Christmas trade begun in No
vember. Let us see how it has been
this year.
Bradstreet’8, December 7, told us that
the totals of last month’s bank clear
ings were smaller than for October, and
that “the falling oft shown from Octo
ber is not unexpected, in view of the re
cent lull in trade reported from week
to week.” This seems peculiar. Here
we have been approaching Christmas,
when there should be an extra boom
to business, over and above the free
trade boom that is said to be in exist
ence, yet Bradstreet’s has reported a
“lull from week to week.”
Again we quote from that authority:
“Rather more than the usual number
of decreases (in bank clearings) are*
shown to have occurred during Novem
ber as compared with November a year
ago.” This is disheartening Christmas
cheer. Let 11s turn to Dun’s Review
for something brighter:
“Business is still sluggish as if gorged
by excessive indulgence of the appetite
for buying when prices were advancing.
In nearly every branch stocks not yet
'distributed to consumers stand in the
way of new orders, and competition of
a producing force largely exceeding the
present demand puts down prices, that
decline retarding purchases yet more.
After the holidays men look for a larger
demand.”
This is about as cheerful as missing
the last car at night and having to walk
home. Not even the expectation of a
larger demand after the holidays can be
inspiriting, because business men know
perfectly well that there is always a
sluggish season after the holidays, so
they are likely to “look” in vain for
that “larger demand.” To the produc
ers of raw materia], to wage earners
and to manufacturers. Dun’s Review
gives this cheerful Christmas greeting:
"In this country the manufacturer
meets with a much reduced demand,
and prices are gradually sinking.”
Not even free wool can brighten the
gloom of the holiday season, for Dun’s
Review says of this branch of trade:
"Manufacturers have much machinery
idle at present, and orders thus far are
not encouraging.”
A later issue of Bradstreet’s, Decem
ber 14, confirms this opinion when it
says that -among more conspicuous
trade features are the disappointing
Christmas trade at several cities.” Italso
gives a comparison of the bank clear
ings qf the country during the first two
weeks of December this year and for
live preceding years, which we repro
duce as follows:
Week ending
Year. December 5. December t2.
1890 .$1,316,000,000 $1,186,000,000
1891 . 1,328,000,000 1,213,000,000
1892 . 1,450,000,000' 1,354,000,000
1893 . 1,118,000,000 915,000,000
1894 . 1,163,000,000 1,019,000,000
1895 . 1,247,000,000 1,129.000,000
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tion and lts decline unaer the free
trade administration form strong con
trasts that should attract the attention
of all traders, whether wholesale or re
tail. Even this year the holiday trade
has not yet reached its proportions in
1890.
It looks as if we were having a regu
lar old, dull democratic Christmas time, i
Let us hope that it will be the last one.
—American Economist, Dec, 23, 1895.
u Republican School^
The Republican etub of the city at
New York ia perhaps the moat aggres
sive and effectual political-social organ*
izatlon In the country, and from a small
beginning this club has attained 8
membership of between six and seven
hundred. In connection with all clubs,
Societies and organizations there is
nearly always some feature peculiar to
each. The Republican club of the city
of New York Is no exception. The pe
culiar feature of this organization Is
what has become knowu os the "Repub
lican Club Sunday School." There Is
scarcely a Sunday afternoon of the year
when, between the hours of 3 and 6,
less than a hundred members of the
club drop in and discuss the political
topics of the day. This afternoon of
political chat has become, perhaps, the
most popular feature of the organisa
tion, and it is not unusual of a Sunday
afternoon to see in the club rooms Hon.
Chauncey M. Depew, Hon. Cornelius N.
Bliss, General Samuel Thomas, Hon.
William Brookfield, His Honor William
L. Strong of New York, Hon. Ellhu
Root, General Horace Porter, Frederic
Billings, E. W. Bloomingdale, Hon.
John Proctor Clarke, George W. En
glish, Hon. C. H. T. Collls, Commis
sioner of Public Works, New York City;
Judge Joseph M. Duel, Col. C. H. Deni
son, Alfred Dolge, Commodore J. F.
Hitchcock;Col. Charles H. Homer, Sen
ator Frank D. Pavey, City Chamber
lain Anson G. McCook, Mr. Theodore
Roosevelt, Hon. A. H. Steele, Judge T.
F. Wentworth and many others of na
tional reputation.
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The earefnl buyer has been bolding
on to hfs dollar. The purchasing
power of the people having been re
stricted this year, there Is a large accu
mulation of goods both in wholesale
and retail houses, especially of clothing.
A big drop in prices will occur after
the close of the year and then, perhaps,
the wage earner, who has been at work
only during six out of the twelve
months, may be able to make a modest
purchase of some winter clothing. He
will not, however, replenish his ward
robe as la 1892.
RMotnlm the Utwtion.
Selfishness is out of place among the
majority In the present congress. Rev
enue Is needed and revenue most be
supplied. There is no opportunity for
a successful revision of the existing
tariff law. The friends of protection
cannot do this until they are In con
trol of the entire administration. They
must simply frame a bill that will pro
vide the needed funds In the best possi
ble manner, disregarding Individual
claims for recognition. Our compara
tive statement of duties collected under
the McKinley law and the Qorman bi’l
should materially assist those to who:
the work may be intrusted. All should
cheerfully recognise the situation.
The Tariff for Defleleucy.
The customs revenue derived from
the Gorman tariff last month was con
siderably below the average, which,
from September, 1894, to October, 1895,
had been $13,558,456, whereas last
month’s customs receipts were only
$11,455,314, or over $2,100,000 less than
the average. This also was only $4,
500,000 less than the revenue derived
from the McKinley tariff during the I
first fourteen months of its existence,
yet the president ignored the fact that
there was a deficiency in the revenue.
What Tima Hm Proven.
The American people cannot be
fooled all the time by the ward politi
cian or “bummer." It is now plain to
be seen that a reduction of the tariff
means a disturbance of the business
interests of the country. The demo
cratic party has demostrated to the
American people its incompetency, in
ability and unfitness to rule or govern
this great nation.
GEORGE ALEX RITTER.
Nauvoo, 111.
National Bank Earnings.
Harrison, 1890-93, annual
average ...4.00 per cent
Cleveland, 1894. 2.25 per cent
Excess for Harrison.... 1.75 per cent
We Must Have It.
Additional revenue is needed for the
national government. It is the duty of
the house of representatives to provide
for it.
. thought tfe-Afar gum , ■
Colonel' McLaughl.V1 sent hivSwed^
lih forema» out a few'dtaye- ugofo do
some work abound the woubh of an old
mining shaft,- and he took a green*
countryman with him as an* assistant.
In a couple of hours the foreman
walked up to the colonel’s’ office and
remarked:
••Say, colonel, I want anudder man
“Why, what’s the matter With that
man sent out with yon?" Inquired the
colonel.
“Oh, ho fall down de shaft ’bout la
bour ago, an’ he don’t come ua I
t’ink he yumped his yoV—San* bran*
cisco Post.
High, Low, Jack,
Fine Ice means eery cold weather, then
comes a high old time in skating rinks, and
skating poods, on slides and rides. and we
go home tired and overheated. It’s the
same old story of cooling off;- off with
wraps and as with all sorts of aches and
rains, rheumatic, neuralgic, sciatic, lum
baglc, including frost-bites, backache, even
toothache. They who dance must pay the
piper. We cut up Jack and are brought low
by our own felly. What of it. the dance
will ge on, all the same. It is generally
known that Git. Jacobs Oil will cure all
such aches and pains separately er collec
tively, and the cry is on with the dance.
The fan is now an inseparable adjunct of
all dainty evening toilettes.
Parker’s Ginger Tonic*
Of the many good* things to be found
in American homes, we do not believe
that any are held in higher esteem, or
have done better aervice than Parker's
Ginger Tonic. It has grown to be a
household necessity and is serviceable
in almost every case where there- is
weakness and infirmity. There are
forme of female debility that make life
a burden. The same is true of persist
ent coughs and colds, and distressing
stomach and nervous ills. They have
held high revel in many homes until
banished by Parker's Ginger Tonic and*
we are proud of the record that baa
made so many hearts grateful.
Piso’s Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house.—D. C.
Albright, Mifflinburg, Pa., Dec. 11. '05.
The value of the diamond is not what it
does, but what it is.
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of the Age.
KENNEDY’S
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DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXDURY, MASS.,,
Has discovered in one of our common
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, kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
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He lias tried it in over eleven hundred
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A benefit is always experienced from
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When the lungs are affected it causes
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