HOT READYJO REPORT. AVolcott Defers Telling What Monetary Commission Did. 1EG0TIATI053 STILL PE5DISQ. f t 1,1- hMiw iur ri"iM Will laaa W ark "a l aa Tfcara la rtprt f Wwrtol lalaraatlaaal Hl,m.lmU aaa Haaaa Am la nl KIWf lUaaataa Mlaara. WaSMIMOTOX. I. 17. Woloott (Oido.). chairman of th commute ap pointed by IVfaulont M KmU y t w tmre, if pomilda, lh ro-ojumliou tf fur ajjni rounln. in an inuiuationiil con ftuvtic on tho silver qutitiou, aniii in the wnat ywstonl.iy tbat the coniinitu had not made a rrjiort to the pmsiant uJUvu oncrtiim mhen a rtrt ould be made. Ntpotiatious for a hi rUllio oonfennp, hti said, are till pending, but Mr. Wolcoit aasured the Mite that thecotnniittee had do inten tion of prolonging its efforts beyond the yeejibould noreaaonablehopeof auoceita lint. Mr. Wolcott promiw d to etplain tally the work of the oommUaion In a speech to be delivered after the holiday leofita. A resolution directing the eoretery of war to send supplier to the Americans ud other anffemra in tlvo Klondike region waa pawuML Pritehard N. 0.), chairman of the civil service Investigat ing committee, delivered a brief speech pon the execution of the civil service law aa developed by hU committee. Mr. FettiKrew necnred the adoption of a roaolotiou diivcting the aecreUry of the interior to famish the annate an Iteinixed account of the receipt and expenditure of the Central Paciflo railroad fur each year from 1871 to 18b, the tntemeiit to ahow the eubsl dim paid to sieiuiilot companies. Mr. Cannon (Utah) offerod and had paused a relnt ion directinx the secre tary of the treasury to f uruitih the Bon ate the names of the revenue cutters amnloved on the coast of Florida to wevent filibustering expeditious ; how many expeditions were thwarted, what Tt tiels w ere captured, what armea ex pethtions taken, and by what authority or law the secretary or tue treasury acted in the matter. M'KENNA NOMINATION GOES OVER Will Not IU Atl t'pon I'ntll Aflr ttaa Chrtetmaa Holiday. Washington, Deo. 17. The nomina tion of Attorney General McKenna to uoceod Jiwtioo Field on the supremo bench will not be acted npou by the senate nutil after the Christmas holi days. The nomination was reforred to the oonitnittoe on judiciary iu Thursday's executive session, but Senator Hoar, chairman of that committee, stated that he wonld not ask the committee to consider the nomination until after the teoonveuiiig of the senate in January. It does not appear that the delay in considering Mr. McKenna's nomina tion is due to opposition that is re ported to exist against his oounrmatiou so much as to the fact that the commit tee on judiciary habitually considers nominations to the supreme bench with more deliberation than U exer cised by that of any other committee in the case of other nominations. The seu ate will adjourn on Saturday for the holidays, and action would be neces sary in the two days loft, and this ac tion instead of being snlftoieut for ma tore deliberation, would be considered Insufficient for even the most extraor dinary nomination. Appointment! by the Praattlant. Washington, Deo. 17. Tho president today sent the following nominations to the senate : Joseph McKenna of California, to be associate justioe of the supreme court of the United States. Charles O. Dawes of Illinois, to be comptroller of the currency. . Court of private land claims : Joseph R. Reed of Iowa, to be chief justice ; William W. Murray of Tennessee, Thomas O. Fuller of North Carolina, Henry 0. Strauss of Kansas and Wilbur F. Stone of Colorado ; reappointments, their terms expiring Deo. 81, 1897. . Lewis Mills, United States attorney for the Southern district of Iowa. The president also sent the large num ber of appointments which were made dnrine the recess of the senate and which have heretofore been annonnced. ftoaaa Snboommlttem 00 Pablle Building. Washington, Dec. 17. The follow Ing house subcommittees on publio buildimrs and grounds, covering the consideration of snch matters in con' gress for the various sections, have been appointed: General legislation, JJis trict of Columbia, states of Nebraska, ' Pennsylvania and Alabama, Messrs, Mercer (Neb.), Hicks (Pa.) and Bank- head (Ala.) ; California, Oregon, Wash ington, rsevada, Idaho, Montana, Maine, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Georgia, Arizona and New Mexico, Messrs. Hil born (Cal.), Bartholdt (Mo.), Burleigh (Me.), Broassard (La.), Brantly (Ga.). Bill by Nabraakan. Washington, Dec. 17. Representa tive Maxwell introduced a bill appro- priating $15,000 for repairing and in creasing the height of riprap work on the right bank of the Missouri river op posite South Sioux City, Neb. Repre sentative Strode presented a petition ' f the American Sugar Growers' so ciety, urging consideration by congress ti the Hawaiian annexation scheme. Caagraat Vataa RolUf Tor Yukanltaa. Washinotok, Dec. 17. The house to day passed a hill appropriating $175,000 tu the relief f the people in the Yukon atntry. The senate also passed a joint resolution appropriating $250,000 for the relief ef the Yukon stUnert. It will be fccaty beioM either become a law far mb fiat toftt together oa a 00m- CAGE'S CURRENCY MEASURE. S.r4ry mi tka Traaaarr " , riaaaalai aafgMttaaa, I WaaiUKUTON, Dec IT. Secretary Gag appeared today before the com- j nuttee on banking and currency of the , house of n-prenentalivee to prment a bill embodying his views fur a revision of the currency , to explain and nrge its bnivuiiont and to moot any objocliou Miwd by the coin nut te. I Mr. tia'e said in the opening : The objects I have in mind in the series of i provision offered by luo are lour IB: number : I Kiwi To commit the country more thoroughly to the gild standard ; re move so far as possible donbls and fears on that point and thus strengthen the condition of the United SUtle at home and abroad. rVeoud To strengthen the treasury in rvlat ion to its duiuaud liabilities, in which are iueluded greenbacks, treas ury notes, the incidental obligation to maintain on a parity, through inter- changeability with gold, so far as may be necessary, the prvseut large volume of silver certificate and silver dollars. Third To do this in such a way aa not to contract the volume of circula tion in the hand of the people. Fourth To take an initial step toward asrstem of bank note issues without the conditional deposit of pub lic bonds as security therefor. I If we prosper as a people the revenue of the government ought to be some what in advaDoe of its expenditures, ' and the publio debt of the United State gradually reduced, and finally extin guished. Looking at the question wide ly, from my best point of knowledge and experience, I feel that if these could be secured the condition of the government iu its relation to the cur rency would bo much safer and strong er than now, and that through the oper ation of national bank uole currency tho commercial aud industrial interests of the United Slate would be greatly ad van tatted. Mr. Oaga's bill provide for estab lishing a separate division of issue and redemption aud for the issue of low rate gold bonds, with whiou the green backs are gradually to be retired and national bank notes to be put in their place, aud a provision for asset circula tion within certain limits, amouuting to about 70 per cent of tho capital stock ; the reduction to $25,000 of the mini-! mum capital of national banks ; a re duction of one-half in the tax on bank note circulation, and the provision that circulation secured by government bonds shall be permitted np to the par value of the securities deposited. BILL TO REGULATE DIVORCES. Objrct la Vlnw 1 to Obtain Uulform Mir- rlagn Law la Alt mates. Wasiunuion, Deo. 17. Representa tive lUy (N. Y.) has introduced a bill regulating absolute divorce and declar ing marriages void in ocrtain cases m the District of Columbia and tho terri tories. The object is to make the di vorce laws euactod by congress to con form to the laws of New York as the highest grade of state codes and to iu-; stall the proposed uniform marriages and divorce law to be obtained by con-1 stitntioual amendments. But one cause for absolute divorce is allowed adultery the innocent party may re marry ; legal separation without per mission of remarriage may be granted I for drnnkonuoss, cruelty or desertion ' and marriage may be declared void in cast where a former partner is living, lunacy at marriago, matrimonial inca pacity or lack of legal consent, lue law is intended to cover cases in Okla homa. Indorae Pooling; Maaauro. WAMUNaTON, Deo. 17. The national board of trade adjourned after a three days session. The most important action of the closing session was the in dorsement of a pooling measure which would place this question under the supervision of the interstate commerce commission. There was a strong sec tional division on the question. The east for and the west against the meas ure. Mr. Elliott of Philadelphia read a paper in favor of the establisment of a permanent tariff commission. A reso lution urging upon congress the crea tion of such a commission was adopted. Chinaaa Memorallza Congreaa. Washington, Deo. i7. The Chinese Equal Rights league of America, com posed of about 9,000 Chinese residents of the United States, has snbmitted a memorial to congress in support of the bill to permit the naturalization of Americanized Chinese. MoHlllIn Out For Sonata. Washington, Dec. 17. Hon. Benton McMillin of Tennessee, in response to inquiries from representatives of Tenne ssee papers announced his candidacy for the senate before tho state legislature in case an extra session was called by Governor Taylor, Favor Educational Test Bill. Washington, Dec. 17. The house committee on immigration has decided to make a favorable report on the edu cational test bill. This requires all im migrants on reaching here to be able to road or write the English or some other language. Introduced In tb Houm. Washington, Dec. 17. The currency bill framed by the Secretary of the Treasury Gage was introduced in the bonne tndav by Chairman Walker, of the banking and currency committee, Immediately after the hearing. Gormaa Mot Qoinc ta Maw lark. NswYork, Dec 17. Senator Gor man was at the Fifth Avenue hotel to day and said there was no truth in the reDort that he intended to become a New Yorker and joia Tammany Hall. Orlriaal Oaon Hank Dead. . Lexington, Ky., Deo. 17. Lewis George Clark, 80 year old, the origi nal "George Harris" of Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous noraL "Uncle Tom "THE A MERIOAN. FUTURE OF MAY WHEAT. Agent of the Letter Interest Predicts It Will Ee $1.50. EIPE0T3 k SHORTAGE IS EPRIXQ. At Tkal Tlaa (a illfhaat frloalalha Coaatrj Will Ba at Mlaaaapttlla, Wat-ra Wbaat Will Ba MIIbb4 ea Actaal I 4 r Urlaaiac -Laltar lataraat Uoagat at Kara at? Canta. Chicago. Dec 17. George B. French, the recognised agent of the Letter in terest in wheat, imparted a bit of infor mation today which wheat speculators for many mouth have been anxious to J know. lie also ventured a prediction on the future of May wheat. "Our wheat cost ns very near 70 cents." said Mr. Freuch. "and at that price we thiuk we can afford to take it in, pay for it and see what it looks like. Our position, as we have said right along, is simply that of merchandisers. The line waa bought including the transfers, at the price I name and our position is not that of the speculator. It is as if a straight line waa drawn from 70 cent up to, say, $1.10 as against the position of the speculator, who ha bought and sold at the same price, but who had bought and sold at so many intermediate points a to entirely change hi positiou. "In regard to the wheat sit uation at present, I will say that I thing specula tors are watching the local oonditious and entirely ignoring the legitimate position. As soon as the defhnency of supplies and the urgency of the de mand become more apparent, I will not be a bit surprised to see May wheat at $1.D0 At that time the highest price in the couutry will be at Minneapolis the millers' market. Wheat will be going to Minneapolis in the spring on actual demand for griudiug, just as it has re cently boen oouiiug to Chicago on an alleged corner. It i not improbable that many northwestern farmers will be comiug here for seed wheat." While Mr. French wonld give no in formation as to the sizo of the line of wheat which ho renrosonts, he said : "We expect that all tho wheat we have bought will bo delivered to us." MENACE TO FRUIT GROWING. 8an JOMa Pent lnvadna Iowa Orchards. llortioulturUU Klact Ottlmtr. Drh Moines, Dec. 17. Iowa's stand ing us a fruit producing state is threat ened with almost total destruction with iu the next few years, together with an immense proprrty loss, according to reports made at yesterday's meeting of tho State Horticultural society. The forenoon was devoted largely to con sideration of reports on the San Joso scale. It is found that the iusoct is well established iu Iowa, aud spreading fast. Already it has done im mense damage to orchards, and the society concluded that unless its spread is checked at once, it will dostroy the orcharding industry. Hon. Silas Wil son of Atlantic, president of the Na tional Nurserymen's association," was made chairman of a committee to se cure legislative aid in exterminating the pest. Steps will be takon by the society to have every tree owner in formed about tho insect and moans for its extermination. The olllcers were elocted as follows : President. C. F. Gardner, Osage : vice president, M. J. Wragg, Waukee ; sec retary and librarian, George H. Van Houten, Lenox ; treasurer, W. M. Bom- berger, Harlan. THREE DIE IN A WRECK. Collision on the Chicago and Kaatern Illi nois Road Nrar Cleveland. Cleveland, Dec. 17. Train No. 4 on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road, which left Chicago at 8 :40 last night, ran into an extra train near here at 5 o'clock this morning. Three employes were killed and a half dozen others in jured, but none of the passengers were hurt. The dead : Engineer J. D. Raptsch. Fireman O. L. Bkemkr. Fireman C. F. Dkslkb. The injured : Engineer G. Foster. Mail Clerk W. F. Robb. Mail Clerk H. Cadwalbvder. Express Messenger C. E. Atchley. Both engines were badly wrecked ; the baggage car was thrown down an embankment, and the mail oar smashed. Fire Chlefi Meet. Shenandoah. Ia.. Doc. 17. The chiefs of the various departments of the Southwestern Iowa Firemen's associa tion met in this city today and com pleted arrangements for holding the firemen's tournament in this place next August. The association comprises the departments in the following towns : Atlautio, Bedford, Clarinda, Creston, Coming, Hamburg, Malvern, Rod Oak, Shenandoah and Vulisca. Enormoua Grain Receipts. Buffalo. Dec. 17. The grain receipts at this port for the year will reach the enormous total of nearly 200,000,000 bnshels. as aeainst 154.000,000 in 1896 and 105,500,000 in 1895. The move ment of ores and lumber have been heavier than last year and of the total of 89.137.5U feet, of lumber that was cleared from the Saginaw river, over 40,000,000 feet came to Tonowanda and Buffalo. Coal Operator Fail to Sign. Pittsburg, Dec. 17. Only 40 per of the operators of the Pittsburg district signed the uniformity agreement in stead of the 9b per cent necessary to make the document binding, and it does not look as if the agreement will be enforced before the first of the year under existing conditions. Anthracite Producer Control Outsat. Niw York, Dec. 17. The anthracite producers have informally agreed to stand by the percentages of output for the various mining and railway com' paniea which have been in force, with a few exception, since Jan. 81, low. Pablielr ExresjaiBlratei. KANSAS CITT. Mo. Dec. It A pectal from St. Joseph. Mo., says: Re ligious circle In thl city were stirred up today by the public excommunica tion of Mrs. Charles Miller, formerly Miss Katherlne Moriarlty. her mother and all her relatives and Catholic who participated In her marriage cere monies and tne reception which" fol lowed, because the young woman was married bv a Protestant minister. The letter of excommunication from the Right Rev. Rlshop Kurke. and ad dressed to Rev. Father Newman, pas tor of the cathedral congregation, waa read at all the services In the cathedral today On Thursday of last week Miss Katharine Moriarlty was married to Charles A. Miller at the First Pres byterian church. Rlshop Rurke spoke of the publicity given to the wedding, and for that reason placed the bride's mother and all Catholics participating In the wedding under the ban of the church. The Noteworthy Point The only noteworthy point In the bole recent affair rf Satolll being made a Cardinal t the fact that every such officer In the Romish church Is known as a Ca'dintl-Prlnoe. The at umntion of the Pope I that he I a temporal sovereign, and each cardinal Is one o' his princes claiming temporal authority. Why such officials should te permitted to our if publto I beyond the comprehension of all patriotic olt- Ixf n. Chief-Justice Taney took this position, and rightful'y. Patriotic America will take It, at a whole, soon er or later. Roman Catholic relic Ion, had enough though it he, Is one thing. Plotting and treasonable prlaces of a Roman temporal sovereignty are an other. Herald and Presbyter. House of God Shephetd Case Continued, By mutual consent, the case of Seline Clewett sgalnst the Hcue of the Gd Shppherd was continued unf.l next month, when the case will be tried. This Is the case wherein Mis Clewett sues thl Institution for $20,000 for Ille gsl detention. In the former trial the jury disagreed. The former trial wss Interesting on account of tv e startling disclosures as to the conduct of this Institution. It Is more than likely that the new trial will expose more of the inhuman and outrageous treatment of Its in mates than did the firet. Just 80 long as the jury la selected wlih a disagreement In view, just so Ion? will the Investigation continue, St. Paul Breeze. After a Priest. Pat Gradv of Abiline. Tex , tried to shoot Father Dolje, a Catholic priest, for "alienating the affections of his wife and destroying his home." Grady is under bond for shooting, and Dolje was subsequently arrested on the charge of mailing Indecent literature to Mrs. Grsdy. When they legislate against Spiritualism down there they can include Catholicism, because, like the former, It shows up an occasional pretender: or Covert can Include this In his war on frauds. Light of Truth Chicago's " Tough " Policemen. If there was a "tough mug" absent from the brutal exhibition at Battery D last night, said t. m. was behind Iron bars. Such another assemblage of un desirable citizens has seldom been gathered in Chicago. And fully tough as any were the half-hundred policemen whom the people pay for performing duties as guardians of the peace. Chicago Daily News. Some coward sends us an unsigned letter calling our attention to the fight that occurred down in No. 1 engine house. 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