Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901, March 15, 1894, Image 2
THE TARIFF BILL. Principal Changes In the Wilton Measure Made by Senators. , Washington, March 10. The tariff lull as amended has been reported to the senate finance committee and given to the public It represents the delib erations of five weeks. The chief changes in the bill by the senate com mittee are in the sugar, whisky, iron and lead, the duty on the first two be ing' advanced and the last two being taken off the free list and put on the dutiable list The smart advance in sugar, it is charged, accounts for the smart advance in the market on Tues day. The time for the bill to go into effect, save in a few specific instances, is ex tended from June 1, 1894, to June 30, 1894. There will be more changes be fore the bill gets through the senate, and more when it gets into conference, but there is good reason to believe tbat the bill as it stands now will become law without many changes. The bill may possibly be reported to the senate by Saturday and debate be gun some time next week, but it will not pass the senate before June 1, if then. The income tax feature is left in the bilL The Xiw Amendments. The changes and comparisons with the bill as it came from the house fol low: Iron ore. Including tnanganlferous iron ore, also tbe dross or residuum from burnt pyrites, 40 cents per ton. (Wilson bill free.) Iron In pigs. Iron kentledge, spiegeleisen, terra silicon. ZZi per cent, ad valorem. (Wil son bill, 30 per cent) All iron in slabs, blooms, loops or other forms more advanced tban pig Iron and less finished than iron in bars, S percent, ad valorem. (Wil son bill Pr cent.) Bar iron, rolled or ham mered round Iron, in coils or rods and bars or napes of rolled iron. 28 per cent, ad valorem (Wilson bill 26 per oent.) Beams, girders, Joists and all other shapes of Iron or steel, whether plain or punched, or fit ted for use, 85 per cent ad valorem. (Wilson Bill 30 per cent) Boiler or other plate or steel, except saw plates hereinafter provided for, not thinner than No. 10 wire gauge, shared or unshared, and skelp iron or steel, sheared or rolled la grooves, 30 per cent ad valorem. (Wilson bill 20 per cent) Footings of iron or steel, or forged Iron or steel combined, 30 per cent ad valorem (Wil son bill 25 per cent) Hoop, band or scroll iron or steel, 30 per cent ad valorem. (Wilson bill S per cent) Railway bars made of Iron or steel, and rail way bars made In part of steel, rails and punched Iron or steel fiat rails, 22'i per cent ad valorem (Wilson bill 20 per cent) Coal, bituminous and shale, 40 eents per ton: coal or slack or culm, 15 cents per ton; coke, 15 percent ad valorem. In paragraph 118 the proviso that the re duction provided for as to sheets of iron or steel thinner than No. 25 wire gauge shall take effect on October 1. 1894. is stricken out, as Is also a like proviso in paragraph 121 relating to tin plates, terne plates and tagsers' tin. Boiler or other tubes, pipes, flues or stays of wrought Iron or steel. 20 per cent, ad valorem. (Wilson bill. 25 per cent.) Cast-iron pipe of every description, 20 per cent (Wilson bill. 25 per cent) In paragraph 138 shaers and scissors are add ed to the list of articles on which a duty of 45 per cent Is levied. Wood, screws, 30 per cent (Wilson bill. 35). Gold and silver leaf, 30 per cent (Wilson bill, 3i.) Oo webbings, gorings, suspenders, braces, beltings, bindings, braids, galloons, fringes, gimps, cords, cords and tassels, dress trim mings, laces and embroideries, head nets, but tons or barrel buttons, or buttons of other forms for tassels or ornaments, made of wool or of worsted. 3ft per oent ad valorem. (Wilson bill 4 J per cent) The provision In the Wilson bill to tbe effect that "on all rates of duty the woolen schedule, except In carpets, there shall be s reduction of 1 per cent, ad valorem, to take effect July 1, 186. and thereafter of a like amount on July 1, 1S97, ISfcJ, 1899 and 1900 respectively," is stricken oat. Lead Ore. Lead ore and lead dros, three-fourths of I cent per pound. Provided. That sUrer ore and all other ores containing lead shall pay a duty of three-fourths of 1 cent per pound on tbe lead contained therein, according to sample And assay at the port of entry. Pens, metallic, except gold pens, 30 per cent ad valorem. (Wilson bill, 85 per cent) Manufactured articles or wares, not specially provided for In this act, composed wholly or In part of any metal and whether partly or wholly manufactured, 30 per cent ad valorem. (Wil son bill. 35 per cent) In the internal revenue section Is a new pro vision directing the president to Immediately notify the Hawaiian government that the United States will terminate in twelve months the treaty with Hawaii made in 1875. No change is made in the rates fixed by the Wilson bill on imported tobacco. Wool and Manufactures of Wool. Paragraph '1 "On wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca aal' other like animals. In the form of roving, roping or tops." the Wil son bill Is changed so as to make only one rate of 25 per cent ad valorem. A like change is made in the paragraph relat ing to woolen and worsted yarns made wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hatr of tbe camel, goat alpaca or other animals, and the whole put at 30 per cent ad valorem. On woolen or worsted cloths, shawls, knit fabrics, not specially provided for In this act, 35 per cent ad valorem ( Wilson bill 40 per cent) Tbe paragraph relating to blankets, hats of wool, and flannels for underwear and felts for paper-making and printing machines is .changed so as to make only one classification where the valuation is more tban 30 cents per pound and the duty for all is left at 30 per cent sd valorem. On women's and children's dress goods, coat linings, Italian cloth, bunting and goods of similar description not specially provided for In this act 35 per cent ad valorem On clothing, ready made, and artlcles-of wear ing apparel of every description, felts not woven and plushes and other pile fabrics and imitations of fur, 40 per cent ad valorem. (Wil son bill 25 per cent) Sugar Schedule. The portion of the bill repealing the sugar bounty is left Intact and the following provision is Inserted: "All sugars, tack bottoms, sirups of cane Juice or of beet juice, melada, concen trated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses testing by the polariscope not above SO degrees shall pay a duty of 1 cent per pound, and for every ad ditional degree or fraction or degree above SO and not above 90 degrees shown by the polariscope shall pay 1-100 of s cent per pound additional: and above 90 and not above 90 aegrees for every additional degree or fraction of s degree shown by the polariscope test shall pay a duty of 2-100 of a cent per pound additional, and above 99 degrees by polariscope test shall day a duty of 1 4-10 cents per pound; molasses testing not above 56 depress by the polarlscop shall pay a duty of 8 cents per gallon:' molasses testing above 56 degrees shall pay a duty of 4 cents per gallon No otner changes are made Undecorated china, porcelain and crockery are increased from 35 to 40 per cent, and deco llated china, porcelain, ornaments, etc., are In creased from 40 to 45 per cent Plain brick Is increased from 20 to 25 per cent Pliiin green and colored, molded or pressed, and flint and lime glassware. Including bot tles, vials, demijohns and carboys (covered or uncovered), whether filled or unfilled, and whether their contents be dutiable or free, not specially provided for in this act 4J per cent sd valorem. (Wilson bill 30 per cent) All articles of glass, cut engraved, painted, colored, printed, stained, decorated, silvered or glided, not including plate glass silvered or looking-glass plates, 40 per cent ad valorem. Wilson till 35 per cent) An glass bottles, decanters or other vessels, or articles of glass, when cut, engraved, painted, colored, printed, stained, etched or otherwise ornamented or decorated, except such as have ground hecks and stoppers only, not especially provided for in this act, includ ing porcelain or opal glassware. 60 per cent ad valorem (Wilson bill, 35 per cent) Unpolished cylinder, crown and common window glass, not exceeding 16 by 24 Inches, square. V cents per pound (.Wilson bill 1 cent). Above that and not exceeding 24 by 80 inches square, 1H cents per pound (Wilson bill 14 cents) Above tbat and not exceeding 24 by 34 Inches square, IVi cents per pound (Wilson bill. 15 cents). All above that IS cents per pound. (Wilson bill. IK.) In the stone schedule the only ohanse is that of grindstones from 11.75 per ton to 10 per cent ad valorem. Roofing slates Increased from 10 to 20 per cent ad valorem. Income Tax Remains. The Income tax section retains the rate of 8 per cent on the amount of Income over 14,000, as prescribed In the 'Wilson bill. The classes of income are broadened by adding to rents, profits, salaries, eto , the words "or from any source whatever." The persons to whom the tax applies are: "Every oltizen of the United States and every person residing therein." Banks, Trusts and Insurance Companies. The order in which banks, trusts and insur ance companies are taxed is somewhat changed, all of these Institutions being In cluded under general heads instead of seper ately. In taxing salaries of employes of corpora tions the house bill makes it the duty of tbe corporations to pay the tax of their employes and then deduct it from their salaries. The senate bill relieves corporations from becom ing the taxpayers for its employes and com pels the latter to make direct payments to the collector. Tbe time when returns on Income taxes are made is changed from the first "day" of March to the first "Monday" of March. The entire section requiring private corpora tions to notify revenue collectors of all divi dends, profits, etc., declared is stricken out This does not relieve the corporations from tbe tax, but does away with the burden of notify ing the collector every time dividends or profits are divided. Cards and Cigarettes. It makes a tax of 2 cents on every pack of playing cards, similar to the provisions in tbe Wilson bill: a tax on all tobacco, cigars and cigarettes welgbing over three pounds per 1. 000 16 per 1,000. Paper cigarettes weighing less than three pounds per 1.0JO pay II per 1,000 and of those wrapped in tobacco 50 cents per l,u00 Whisky Tax Increased. The sections governing the tax on spirits are new throughout and are a substitute for the house section stricken out A tariff of II. 10 is imposed and the bonded period is extended from three to eight years. Collectors of internal revenue are made the officers in charge of the collection of Income taxes Instead of the deputy collectors, as pro vided in the Wilson bilL The right of appeal against imposition of unjust taxes is retained, but the final decision rests with the secretary of the treasury, as provided in the house bill. Changes In the Free 1.1st. The free list is not so much changed as had been supposed it would be, and tbe articles taken from it are far more numerous than the additions. The date when the free list shall go into effect is changed from June 1, 1894, to June 30, 1S94. Apples of all kinds are stricken from the free list and placed on the dutiable list as are also beef, mutton and pork, and bone charcoal, suitable for use In decolorizing sugar. Bituminous coal, shale, coal slack and coke are transferred to the dutiable list leaving anthracite coal on the free list Cocoa fiber is made dutiable. Diamonds and other precious stones lough or uncut are added to the free list Floor matting Is made dutiable. Dates, cocoanuta, Brazil nuts and peanuts are also taken from the free list Cod oil Is made free of duty. Iron ore is taken from the free list and also olives and orchids, azaleas and palms and other plants used for forcing under glass for cut flowers. Double and twisted silk or ailk advanced in manufacturing any way is to pay a duty. Suears are to be moved to the dutiable list There is a touch of reciprocity in a proviso attached to the paragraph admitting plows, harrows, harvesters and other agrlcult ural implements free, tbe proviso being to the effect that all the articles mentioned In this paragraph "when imported from any country which lays an import duty on like articles com ing from tbe United States shall be subject to tne duties existing prior to tbe passage of this act" A JEALOUS HOOSIER. He Kills Ills Wire In Cold lilood and Pro ceeds to Commit Suicide. Logasspobt, Ind., March 10 . Wednesday morning the dead body of Philip Petrie, of this city, was found on the Wabash railroad track in this city. His head was completely sev ered from his body and lay a few feet away, indicating suicide. lie had quarreled with his wife and as she was supposed to be in the country his body was taken to the undertakers and a telegram was sent her. Thursday morning in putting crape upon the door of Petrie's dwelling the undertaker noticed a peculiar odor and made an investigation. In a room which showed the marks of a violent struggle was found the body of Petrie's wife. Marks on her throat indicated that she had been strangled and it was apparent that the woman had been dead about five days. She was last seen by the neighbors Sunday. Near the body lay a piece of paper on which Petrie had written the following, showing that jealousy had prompted the act: "I, Philip Petrie, am 45 years and 4 months old. Sbe has done all the disgrace she can make me. She not make more. She promised Good Foust to marry him as soon as him and wife get divorce. I am no good in her eyes. She had me arrested four times. She had no rest, so I thought I'd give her rest I My wife can bring no more disgrace upon me. ?uijr us kugeiucr. iuq cuiiuren snail aiviae everything we have. Write to Onward and tell my children they can have everything coming to me from the old country. She was never satisfied. She wanted some one else to love her. I hope I will meet you all in Heaven." WAR AT EAGLE ENDED. Strikers Confer with Authorities and Will Probably ttesurae Work. Charleston, W. Va., March 10. By request of a committee from the United M ine Laborers, the organization to which all the strikers be long, a conference was held at Eagle between representatives of the strikers and the mili tary and civil authorities. The miners will probably resume. The operators all say that resumption must be at a seduction. Company K, from this city, has returned. Affairs are now re garded as settled so far as riots are con cerned. STRUCK BY AN ENGINE. Two Women at Birmingham, Ala., In jured on a Railroad Track. Birmingham, Ala., March 10. News reached here that a south bound pas senger train on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia, 1 mile south of Talleda, ran down a buggy occupied by Mrs. G. W. Andreas and Mrs. Strong. Mrs. Strong was injured in ternally and will die. Mrs. Andreas was seriously injured. The horse was instantly killed and the buggy smashed to pieces. 1 THE PENSION BILL. ; Discussion Over the Appropriation Mru nre In the House. On the 5th Mr. Hepburn (rep., Ia) in his argument declared that the late confedsrate states contributed not one dollar to the pay ment of pensions. Of the 1150,000,000 internal revenue taxes the south pays less than 9.003, 000; of the (177,000,000 customs receipts the south pays (4,000,000: of the miscellaneous re ceipts less than 12,000,000. "So that" said be, addressing tbe southern members, "you con tribute less tban 115,000,000 to the revenue of the government How do you get that back? Nine millions return as sugar bounty, (5,000.000 In pensions and (5.00U.0U0 as a deficit of postal receipts. You, therefoie, receive back (3,000,000 more tban you contribute. You contribute not a cent to northern pensions. What difference does it make to you what we do with our own money?" He denied that there was any great number of fraudulent pen sions. Mr. Enloe (dem., Tenn.) said there is always one great difficulty in discussing the pension question A large amount of money is in volved, a large number of votes are involved, consequently there is strong temptation for the demagogue to exercise his calling. Because the democratic administration sought to strike from the pension rolls those who are en titled neither to the government's gratitude nor its bounty the republicans assail the president secretary of the interior and Com missioner Lochren. As an evidence of the ex istence of fraud Mr. Enloe said there have been 170 convictions of pension claim agents for manufacturing testimony in pension casea Mr. Enloe had read a letter from Commissioner Loch re n under date of March 5, 1894. saying that there were between 8,000 and 10.00J pen sion cases at present under investigation where there was a strong presumptive evidence of fraud. On the 6th Mr. Sickles (dem., N. Y.) read an extract from Mr. Cleveland's letter of accept ance of the presidential nomination, saying tbat the debt due the defenders of the union should be ungrudgingly discharged. Upon that pledge to the soldiers the demo cratic party stood and won the pollt ical victory. Tbe pension system com manded the approval of all parties and all sections. Justice to tbe union soldier was the one thing upon which all were united. He was not able to agree with the commissioner of pen sions either in his interpretation of the law or his manner of treating the legislation of con gress. Tbe commissioner has characterized the act of December 23, 1893, in which congress declared a pension to be a "vested right" as "inaccurate and inappropriate." That was not a decorous way of treating an act of congress, and his superior officer should have returned it to him with tbe admonition to treat congress with more respect Besides, he continued. Commissioner Loch re n was as defective in bis law as in his manner. He only had to go to Ms law dictionary to find what was a right and what a vested right A right was a well-founded claim, a vested right a right to present enjoyment The pension was a vestfld right conferred by law. Yet an army of 13,033 men had been deprived of that enjoyment by an offl-'ial of the government Mr. MilliUIn (rep.. Me.) made a brief speech in favor of liberality in pensions, and was fol lowed by Mr. Grosvenor (rep., O.). Tbe charge that there was wholesale fraud in the pension rolls Mr. Grosvenor s-tamped as false and malicious. If the pr sident had gone to Illinois and had selected the hero of Fort Henry, a democrat of edi. cation and training before Mr. Cleveland kne the differ ence between democracy and humbug, as secre tary of the interior, no such trouble as con fronted the democracy would have occurred. There was more fraud in the custom house In New York In a single year than in all the pen sion cases that have ever come before the pen sion bureau: there were more illegal moon shine stills, ten to one. in tbe United Slates tban dishonest soldiers on tbe pension rolL Mr. Coombs (dem., N. Y.) took the republic ans to task for tbe constant attempts to make political capital out of the pension business and the unjust charges of hostility to tbe sys tem upon tbo part of the southern representa tives. The southern members, he said, had quietly acquiesced in the demands for pen sions. They did not even reply to the taunts of the other side. Mr. Hlair (rep., N. H.) said that the cry that the pension roll was a roll of dishonor tainted with fraud had long been heard in the land. As far tack as leSl, in order to get at the fraudu lent pensions, the entire roll was published. It was examined in every community, and, as far as he knew, not a single solitary case of fraud was developed. Mr. Mahon (rep.. Pa.) declared that he did not believe the commissioner of pensions (Mr. Lochren). who was a brave soldier, would have pursued his policy toward the veterans bad he nc t been forced to do soat tbe dictation of the president On the 7th Mr. Springer (dem.. 111., took the floor in defense of the policy of the pension bilL He wanted to know why Illinois, having more population than Ohio, had but tW.000 pension ers, receiving Hl.019,000, while Ohio had 102,981 pensioners, receiving I17,3"J6 000. In Indiana 1900,000 was distributed to the congressional district in Ohio IS55.O0O, while in Illinois but 1500.00 was distributed to tbe district He at tributed this state of affairs to tbe fact that the pension office had been made a political ma chine by the republican party. Illinois was certain for the republican party, while Indiana and Ohio were doubtful. The pension cases were settled in tbe doubtful states, while those from the solid states were pigeon-holed. Mr. Marsh (rep. Ill-) explained this discrim ination by pointing out that in Kansas, which sent but fifteen regiments into the field, there were 42,000 pensioners. The old soldiers from Illinois had moved west to Kansas and other states. Mr. O'Neil (dem, Mass.) warned the repub licans that they were in a poor business when tbey saw fit to discredit Gen. H ack and Com missioner Lochren in the eyes of the old sol diers. Neither could they discredit tbe presi dent with tbe American people. Thcv had ab solute faith in his honesty, his pluck and bis courage. Mr. Henderson (rep., Ia) had been pained beyond measure, he said, to find that upon a theme which ought to inspire every patriotio heart this house was as divided as if it was a war measure Gen. Black, who deserved every generous word that had been spoken concern in him, had stood here with a bouquet of rhetoric for the soldier in one hand and a dagger to strike him to the soul in the other. "Oh, my country! He who wore stars upon hi j shoulders In the cause of the union can do more harm to his comrades than ail those who fought under the confederate fluff. Mark the contrast presented by that other distinguished soldier. Gen Sickles, who, fearing not the thunder'of the executive or the cruel heel of patronasre, stands for the soldiers with whom he fought Scars are honorable, but they must not be used as a cloak from behind which to strike equally honorable men. This debate shall not close without my crying: 'Shame, shame, at the soldier who sought to discredit bis comrades in arms.' " Mr. Grow (rep.. Pa) offered an amendment providing that no pension on account of dis ability in tbe hervlce should be less than (12 per month. With this amendment as a text he made a brief speech. The bill was then re ported to the house and passed without divi sion C Over 000,000 acres of the Round ValJ ley Indian reservation in Mendocino county, Cal., will be sold at the San Francisco l:ini office April 10. As English woman has employed thirty-five poor Irish women since 1885 in making a copy of an old piece of Bayeux tapestry. Violets for outdoor wear and sweet ! " WCV 1J11K 0"C'"." K'""- I ribbon for indoors are the accepted floral adornments. Moscow is said to have 1.706 "big ' bells," the smallest of which weighs I 6,000 ponnds, and the largest 4-13,772. The Canadian Pacific railway report for 1803 shows that the net earnings 1 were $7,94(3,000, a decrease of 078,000. TRADE REVIEW. Don and Bradstreet Say Business Is Im proving. New York, March 13. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review oi trade says: "Evidences of present improvement in busi ness multiply, but confidence in future Im provement does not seem to increase. There Is more business and a larger production by in dustries, for the season has arrived when greater activity is necessary if dealers' stocks are to be replenished, and those who cannot make calculations beyond a few months are the more anxious to crowd as much trade as they aafsly can into those months. "In some branches of distribution, however, there are indications or a diminishing demand for goods and tbe evident preference for medi um and low-priced articles, with tbe known re auction in wages and family expenditures, leads many to feel somewhat less confident that busi ness will soon recover its former volume. Un dertakings reaching beyond a short time are not made with greater freedom and in spite of a larger present demand prices of manufac tured goods tend downward. "The most gain is in iron and steel manu facture. The output of pig iron Increased 10 per cent, though it is still 37.8 per cent less than a year ago. "Shipments of boots and shoes from the east are 14.8 per cent smaller than a year ago for the same weeks, aud purchases are still mainly of medium or low-priced goods. "In textile manufactures aud dry goods there are increased activity and replenishment of stocks, as is natural at this season But the demand thus far falls much short of expecta tions and its character indicates great economy In consumption. In woolens also manufacturers are increasing production mainly in a tentative way, or on orders which are littlte more than sufficient to test the market "Hreadstuffs and ojis have been stronger, provisions weaker and cotton hesitates. Wheat advanced hilf a cent and corn rose nearly a cent. Lard and'hogs both declined, neverthe less. Sales of cotton were larger at first with some decline, which was afterwards recovered "The recovery in tbe price of bar silver which fell to 27d but recovered to 27. 3 Id, has affected prices. The volume of domestic trade shown by clearings decreases for the week only 17.4 per cent outside New York and 31.9 per cent here compared with last year. In foreign trade changes are also for tbe better, exports having been large, and for four weeks 14 per cent larger than last year, while the decrease in imports for Februury was 37 per cent "Failures are growing less important and somewhat fewer also. For the week ending March 8 the liabilities thus far reported were only (2.937,832, aud for four weeks in February (14.886,091, of which ?,732,flI5 were of manu facturing and (7,897.127 of trading concerns. The number of failures during tbe last week have been 218 in the United States, against 193 last year, aud 00 in Canada, against 32 last year." Bradstreet's says: 'The comparatively less favorable report as to the volume of sales and distribution of gen eral merchandise emphasized last week re mains, with some exceptions, practi cally unchanged. ZJright and warmer weather has stimulated retail lines at a num ber of cities. Eastern shoe manufacturers report a slightly improved demand, and at a number of larger distributing centers jobbers in groceries, dry goods, hardware, hats, shoes and millinery report a steadily maintained in quiry, yet, with exceptions, numerous orders for small amounts for immediate wants comics the rule. "While wheat, Indian corn and oata advanced tc, lc and c in price respectively this week, and cotton and sugar remained unchanged, domestic fleeces have again been shaded, cutting Australian wools out of the mar ket so far as competition as to price is concerned Pig and shaped iron, steel billets, and rails and iron ore have also been snaded again in some instances, making new low records, and pork has gone off 25 cents and lard 15. Chicago advises that loans of national banks there have increased (2,000, 0X) and total deposits (13.OJ0.OO0 since Decem ber. "Favorable trade conditions center at Chica go and St. Louis, the former reporting the best week's sale of dry goods for months, bringing tbe total for the year into favorable compar ison with that in the like portion of last year. Jobbers in hats, millinery and dry goods at St Louis also report continued im provement with a favorable comparison thus far during the year with last year. Milwaukee bankers report Increased demand for accommo dation and other evidences of Improvement in trade, while at St Paul spring trade, al though moderate, is in full swing. Kansas City and Omaba make reports which suggest a strong underlying demand. At Cincinnati manufacturers do not report an improvement although some jobbers da A fair trade is ex perienced in a few lines at Cleveland, although a better outlook In manufacturing lines Is an nounced at Louisville, Detroit and Indianap. olis. There is more inquiry for lumber at Min neapolis, and the production of flour is increas ing. Increased activity is also reported from Duluthand Portland, Ore. "Gross earnings of eighty-three railroads in February reported to Bradstreet's show a loss of 12 6 per cent compared with February, 1893, that being a little greater than in January, when It was -2.4 per cent less than in that month the year before. Southern and south western roads present heavier proportionate losses, the granger lines doing better tban in January." DOUBTFUL TITLES. Thousands of Acres In I'pper Michigan Involved. Washington, March 12. Commis sioner Lamoreux of the general land office, after examining into the ques tion of approvals of land grants in the upper peminsula of Michigan to the Portage Lake fc Lake Superior Ship Canal company, has decided that nearly 69,000 acres of land were erroneously approved to that com pany in 1S0S. These lands were listed as "mineral" prior to the act making the grant to the com pany. As the granting act expressly excluded from its terms lands which had formerly been classed as "aiineral," Commissioner Lamoreux holds that the approval was without authority of law. He recommends to Secretary Smith that suit be instituted to set aside the title of the company. I'hll Armour's Oeneroslty. Sajt Francisco, March 12. It is learned that Philip D. Armour will give $500,000 to the San Francisco public schools for the establishment of a man u.ll training school for boys. The only coudition Mr. Armour makes is that the school shall be carried on under the school department and shall be open to any one eligible to the public schools. This generous endowment of a trade school is intended by Mr. Armour to serve as a memorial of his success in California in the pioneer days when he made money, which served as the nucleus of his fortune. Women Will Stump Kansas. Tofkka, Kan., March 12. Mrs. Laura M. Johns and her associate managers of the equal suffrage campaign have planned to hold two-day meetings in each of the 105 counties in the state commencing May 4. Among the speak ers will be Susan li . Anthony, Mrs. Johns, Carrie Lane Chapman and other leading woman's rights leaders. Found Dead. Axjt Arbor, Mich., March 12. Prof. Emil Baur, a well-known horticultur ist, was found dead in a woodshed Thursday afternoon. Death resulted from heart disease. PASSED THE PENSION BILL. The Horns Totes SI 81. 000,000 for Vet. erans or the War. Wabhinotox, March 9. After five days of debate the pension appropria tion bill carrying S151.000.0U0 was passed Wednesday afternoon without a division. Throughout the debate there had been no criticism of the amount carried by the bill, debate be ing on the one hand confined to an assault on the manner in which the present commissioner of pensions had administered the office and his alleged unauthorized suspen sion of pensions, and on the other to a defense of the attempt of the commis sioner to purge the rolls of those who were not entitled to a place upon them. All the amendments to the bill, save one, that of Mr. Pickler, to make the reports of the examining surgeons open to the inspection of the applicant or his attorneys, were defeated. They all fell under points of order that they were not germane. -The one which attracted most attention was that of Mr. Enloe, to repeal a portion of the provision included in the act of last December to prevent the suspension of any pension, except on thirty days' no tice, so as to permit the suspension in case of prima facie evidence that the pensioner had procured his pension by forgery, perjury or other palpable fraud. This amendment was of fered at the suggestion of Com missioner Lochren himself, who, under the opinion of the attorney gen eral, declared that if the act of last De cember stood over 8500,000 would have to be paid ont to suspended pensioners who were proved beyond all question not to be longer entitled to the pen sions they had been drawing. Mr. Outhwaite, the chairman ef the com mittee of the whole, however, ruled the amendment out on Mr. Martin's point of order that it was not germane. BLANCHARD FOR SENATOR. Be la to Succeed White as One of Louisia na's Representatives New, Orleans, March 9. Congress man Blanchard has been appointed United States senator to succeed Justice White, whose resignation takes effect March 12. IXewton Craln Blanchard, of Shreveport, was born In Rapides parish. La., January 24. ltWJ. lie entered the law department of tbe Univer sity of Louisiana in the winter of 1B69, graduating the following year with the degree of bachelor of laws. In 1876 he became chairman of the democratic com mittee of Caddo parish and was representa tive from that parish In the state con stitutional convention of 1879, serving as chair man of the committee on federal relations Ha ras held high military positions on tho staffs of ! Gov. Wiltz and Gov. McEnery and represented j Louisiana on the board of trustees of tbe Unl- , Verslty of the South at Sewanee. Tenn. He has ' served in six congresses, beginning bis term as I representative in the Forty-seventh congress. I BIG LAND SLIDE. I Coal Train In Pennsylvania Hurled Into the Ueaver Itlver. Pittsburgh, Ta., March 9. While engine 277 and five coke cars on the Pittsburgh, Youugstown do Ashtabula branch of the Fort Wayne road, was passing Kenwood, 30 miles west of here, at 3 o'clock a. m., a heavy landslide came down, the hill and swept the train into the Beaver river. The trainmen narrowly escaped death, but all got off with injuries of a more or less serious nature. Their names were: Engineer M. Hubbard, Fireman George Jones and Brakeman Thomas Keed. The slide covered the tracks with hundreds of tons of earth and de layed traffic several hours. SOUGHT DEATH TOGETHER. Ran Francisco Couple found Hying in 1 Kooin from Poison. . Sax Francisco, March 9. Dr- J. J, Leek, a well-known dentist, and Miss Alice Aldersley, of Napa, have been lying at the city hospital at the point of death. Tuesday morning they were found in Leek's room, with the gas turned on and both black in the face from asphyxiation. Physicians pronounced the in suffering from narcotic poison. Miss Aldersley died at 1 o'clock a. m. Dr. Leek is in a precarious condition. There is much mystery surrounding the case, but there is little doubt that poison was taken by both with suicidal intent KILLED AND ROBBED. Another Victim of au Assassin Kear Jef fersonTille, Ind. Jeffermjnville, Ind., March 0. William Bowman was murdered by highwaymen Tuesday night near St. Joseph's Hill. 15 miles from here. Ib is thought Bowman was robbed and afterward shot. Bowman was in the city Tuesday and assisted in ferreting out the assassin of Geer. He was known to have considerable money on his person. He left for St. Joseph's Uill on business in his buggy via New Albany, and it was between these j points that his body was found on tne road with a wound in the abdomen and his pockets rifled. There is no clew. A KANSAS BANK ROBBED. Ilurglurs Oct l,ooo, Itot Pall to Open the Chest Containing S lO.OOO. Fleas antox, Kan., March 9. Tha Bauk of Pleasanton was burglarized Tuesday night The combination of the ault door was blown out. When the safe was opened it was found that about $1,500 had been taken. The safe was cracked with dynamite, but the burglars failed to open the chest in the safe which contained about $10,000. All the private boxes were rifled and $000 worth of stamps taken irom Post master Holmes' box. Farmer Cremated In I! I Barn. Cold water, Mich., March 9. N. S. Nixon, a Batavia township farmer, was cremated Wednesday morning in tho ruins of his big grain barn. It was not until the building was nearly burned to the ground tliat Mr. Nixon was missed. Forty sheep, four horses j and other stock were burned. To Reclaim the KearearRe. j 'Washington, March . In the sen-, ate a till was passed appropriating. $45,003 for reclaiming the warship j Kearsarge, provided that not more than $10,000 shall be expended if the I attempt provs a failure. HE LIED ABOUT IT. I The Dexter (Mloh.) Bank's Asslstaa Cashier Owns l'p to Bobbery. Dkxter, M ich. , March 8. O. C. Gregory,! assistant cashier of the Dexter savings bank, has confessed to Detective Baker, of Detroit, that he himself stole the $8,200 from the vault of the bank last Thursday, and that his story of being attacked by masxed robbers is a fiction. What led to the confession was the finding of over $900 concealed in a room back of the bantc The detective sus pected Gregory, who was arrested on Tuesday. Last Thursday morning Cashier New kirk found young Gregory lying upon the floor of the bank vault apparently unconscious. Ilis head was bruised. This helped out his story that he had ben sandbagged by two masked men after they had compelled him to open the vault at the point of a pair of re volvers. Coin and bills were found scattered all over the floor of the vault and $3,lf2 was missing, including a l-ag of gold and a bag of silver coin. Greg ory appeared to be quite severely hurt, and recovered slowly. In the after noon he appeared upon the streets and, being popular, was the hero of the hour. The thing was a mystery so far as the supposed robbers were concerned, as not a soul had been seen to either leave or enter the bank that morning, nor had strangers been seen in the town in days. Then the robbers' knowledge of the hour of open ing the bank, the fact that Gregory was alone early and that the time lock released its hold at 7:30 o'clock seemed peculiar. But Gregory was not suspected by either bank offi cials or the people. The local officers were all at sea, although $750 offered for the capture of the crooks and the return of the money put them on their mettle. Monday night the bank people sent to Detroit for Detective Baker of tho municipal service. It seems he at once suspected Gregory. At noon he searched an unused room in the rear of the bank offices. Behind a box up against the rear of- the vault was found the two bags containing S3 12 in gold and $G3S in silver coin stolen from, the vault- Gregory had not been at the bank during the entire forenoon, as he said he was in pain from his sand bagging, lie was requested to step over to the bank and did so at once, suspecting nothing. The trend of Baker's questions soon startled him, however, and when the detective produced the bags of coin and charged him with the job the boy went all to pieces and con fessed. He said the remainder of the money, $2,209, was at home in a drawer. It was found there shortly after. Gregory broke down and cried like a child when he met his father. He said he did not know why he did it, as he had no urgent use for the money. He had thought of the scheme for soma time, lie was at once arrested and taken to jail. SUGAR SHAKEN UP. Millions Made and Lost Through a Rapid laftie In .stocks. New York, March 8. There was a. jump in sugar certificates on the stock exchange Tuesday which took the breath out of the oldest patrons of that establishment. They sprang upward un til twelve points had been registered in half an hour. The stock of the sugar trust is not one in which undue sobriety of movement is looked for. Since the debate on the sugar sched ules of the Wilson tariff bill began, however, its gyrations have broken all records. The cause of the remarkable spurt was an inspiration from Washington in the form of a statement that the trust's pet product would not be disturbed by the senate. For the last few days tho advices received in Wall street from Washington have indicated that the bill, as amended by the senate finance committee, would provide for the protection of refined sugar. A large short interest was created in the stock on the theory that the senate would pass the bill as it left the lower house, namely, without duties on either raw or refined sugar. Later ad vices scared the short interest into cov ering, and a big bull pool has been buying and advancing the stock. The Evt-ning Post tells of the excite ment in sugar stock as follows: There was evidence on the market of some very remarkable manipulation of the 'news' from Washington about the senate's intention? with respect to the tax en sugar. Between 10 o'clock, when business opened, and 11:30 about 100,000 shares changed hands, and during these dealings the prite cf the certificates n:oved or rather rushed from 8S to 100, turning at par and receding as rapidly as they had advanced to 9i After another upward spurt the price seemed to settle about 93. The excite ment attending these extraordinary sales was intense, and the dealings as re flected In the quotations were most irregular. For awhile all other business seemed at a standstill. At one time, for in stance, the tape recorded eleven different prices for sugar, showing a variation of three poims, while fractional lots, sold simultaneously Willi full lots, were frequently three points above the price of the latter. "After 11 o'clock sugar broke 2"i to K'j, ral lied loSi1-,. sold down to 921i and recovered to 9a The preferred sold off 2 per cent, to W;. The speculation in the shares is steadying gradually and has lost tbe ereater part of tha levershness which has characterized the first dealing . herein. "In tbe rfutfar crowd nearly 200 brokers were yelling together and struggling to get to tne middle of the pit. The sight was a most re markable one. but it was easily understood when the change in money values, as repre sented by the quotations, was taken into ac count. The rise of twelve points that took; place in the stock represented an increase in the value of the company's common stock of I4.500.00a It is worth fighting for to get a slice of thU." HAVOC CAUSED BY WIND. Twelve Immense Kmokestacks Are Lifted Into the Air. TCEBi-o, Col., March 8. Pueblo was the scene of a remarkable freak of the wind Tuesday evening. During a com parative calm a whirlwind of large size descended at the steel works of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company and tore from their foundations twelve iron smokestacks 40 feet biph and 2 feet in diameter, lifting some of them as high as 30 feet. The huge iron cylinders were scattered in all direc tions. The wind continued its course, working havoc in a space 10 feet w.'da for 800 feet before its energy was spent.