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2 - TIlE : Ol'rAIIA DAILY HEJD : PtTESiAYPEBRUA.IIY _ 19 i , 189r ) .
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. - . 'Wo ' have hNtr,1 such an1mndVer8IOfl. fluch )
u those at Saturday , for not rosculnlt the
country from the grave crisis then presontl ! ? !
' anll quick action , It
Acton was Imperative ncton I
was to he done In fourteen hours. What
tme " wa there to nlh'orlso for bids for
111" Gray forcibly urgoll the gravity ot the
. conl110u 11. ( which compelled speedy action and
nn appeal to those who hall the gall ,
.
here torwarll vUli another
, lr Wolcott came wih
: other quection.
" ) quorton senator know of any one other
than Husol Sage who has honrdeJ gold ? "
be asked ,
"I [ clo ( not " Imlll Mr. Gray "Dut I do not
know Russell Fago or any at his kitid , and I
WoUld he no Illeasure I I dil"
Mr Gray then urged the support t the
11 resolution for paying In the best money
In use.
Heplylng to a query hy Mr. Stewart Mr.
Gray declnre,1 , that tt we occeptell the con
tentions at the Nevada senator the UnIted
States would write In Hs bonds "Thoso bonds
payable In silver I silver Is I at a 1I count"
Mr. Hoar or Ias , ahusots asked It I was
lonr
decent that the contract had so been made
nn to brIng Into question the good faith of ! : I
the government
Mr. Gray vigorously objected to the UM
of ! the worll "Ilecent" nq n part of the htnck
tin the ; treslleiit.
Ireslllelt
Mr . hoar mOllnEl1 the query so IS to ask
whether It was "reasonable" toot this cOlrse
should be token ,
_ shoull . Gray declared that the real attacks on
the credit of the ccuntry were not from the
I.re . llent. but from senators who proclllmed
their criticisms 4o the worlJ Mr Gray
closed wl'h mueh vigor " 'Va h.lv bern
, . dumb during this grave emergency , " Fell
1 ho , "Wo have left the president to fight this
. battle alone for the credit and honor at the
United States. "
I Unlell , ' ' said he , "the people ) of this country
xviii not forget that the Amcrlcan congress
wil their assIstance In the hour of trln\ "
1 Mr Sherman , republican of Ohio , secured
j recognition alter brief attention to routine
- business and ( took tll the thread , of the
flanclal debate , being aecorlled the closest
attention.
atenton.
"The real Qteston , " saId Mr. Sherman
r , I "Is 8hnl this government pay Its oblgatcns
In other coin ? "
In gold or some
t Aoll
t "I wish to point out , " said ! I Sherman
1 "that In every act. every loan , every sale
, of bends slnco 18G , this government has
1 : demanded goll . "
F - MUST PAY , WII/tT Wg RECEIVlm.
Anti now ole we to refuse to IY these obl-
gatons In the same coin we received for
I them ? I title question 10 faIrly presented
understood . by thin people , no honest man
wi say wo should pay In any other coin than
I that we recelvel\ I
Mr. Sherman read the law of 186 . solemnly
pledging the faith of the government to pay
i In coIn , What coin , he asked , was existing
what coin meant by
at that time , and was )
the lawmakers ? 1 was gold , which at that
t ( lion was the only standarll coIn Silver was
not then a stnndarll coin Gold was the only
posslblo "coin" In contemplation at that tlmo.
Mr. Sherman tool tp the 4 % per cent
L : bonds Issned ( by Secretary of the Trnsur
. Morl and read the language that the pro-
ceells from them wcre to he "paId In gold "
. The Santo provision was made as to the bonds
- Issled by him ( Sherman ) while secretary of
1. tIm treasury 'fa say that such bonds , for
whicli gold was received , should not be paid
tn gold was not honest "Anc let mo sa ) to
I. the senalors , " declared Mr. Sherman , carne -
s ii'l ! ly I , "theso bonds wi never be worth less
than their value when they were sold.'c
. . receh'ell gold for them ; we wi pay gold for
: them The people ) of the United States wi
, , resent any dishonor on the United States In
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L seeking \ to IMY our obligations In money of
less value titan that which wo received. "
: Mr. Sherman turnd his attention to the
: president and secretary of the treasury. "The
senator from Dolaware" ( Mr. Gray ) , saId Mr.
f Sherman , "seells to detenll the presIdent
1ut why should thIs bo necessar ) " . The
president has no power over bonds lie has ;
,
, no business wIth them. The secretary of the :
t treasury Is the only one authorized to Issue
- bonds or to conduct negotiations. The pres- !
dent has no more power as to bonds than he
r las to sit In the senator's seat In the senate
chamber. "
. leerrlng to the recent bond contract , Mr.
Sherman said : "I must say-I do not like to ,
say It , for I have the highest personal regard
del tim president anti the secretary Dr the
treasitry-but I must say this last contract
was most faulty for the United Stotes.
z "To delIver the bonds at the rate given
i , was at least Improvident. Within the next
thirty years we would be able to redeem
these bonds at onE-hal the rate of Interest
wo had bound ourselves to pay. The senator
' from Delaware ( Gray ) had been solicitous as
, to the president's getting gold Why , " said
.
. Mr. Sherman , "there was no dllculy In
' getting ell tram . London or norln , "
; "Anll liow . Isll Mr. Gray , "Is gold to be
'S got by buying It wIth bonds ? "
GET FULL VALUE FOR nONDS.
? Tr. Sherman said the manner of getting I
was to get ful valuE for our bonds. There
hal been no trouble over previous bond con-
tracts. Then the executive officers followed
' executve olcers folowe
the usual rule and got full value for our
' bonds. nut the singular feature of the last
- transactIon was that boncs .bould Eel at
_ 1o4I4 , when they were worth In comparison
o wIth , our other bonds 120 ,
"lies the senior any market : reports show-
log these quotations ? " asked Mr. Gray.
: "No , ' ' saltl Mr. Sherman , "but dos not
the senator know thlrty-'ear bonds are worth
much 10t than those Irevlously on the mar-
Ilet ? "
"Then , " sold Mr. Gray "the .enator I Indulging -
dulgIng In esthuate3 and general speculation .
lie has no market reports to establish the
tate he quotes , "
' II Sherman said the bond contract , white
inaprovident . would not ruin or break the
UuloJ ! States H a I easonable rorosltlon had
been made ( to our own Ileople they would have
feud the gold 10 pay for tttezri . "We have
: the men In New York , Doston Philadelphia
told ChIcago , who , beilg , applied to , could
. cover such bonds Into S\ld at their full value
\\0 have no need to look nbroII : , "
Mr Sherman closed by saying that he had
not intended , any personal crtclbm : of the
t president or the secretary of , the treasury.
- "They have made a bad bargain , that Is all , "
said he . "hut beIng a bargain , we must live
: . UII to I. "
The agricultural appropriation bill was
taken UII , anti a long argument occurred on
the committee amendments striking out the
: $10,000 for Irrlcoton purposes
After a sharp debnu : the $15,000 for continuing -
t tnuing irrigatIng InvestIgation was retained
An amendmNlt offered by Mr. Lodge or
Massachusetts for $40,000 to bo Isell In the
xtermlnoton ! at the gypsy motb pest was
agreerl to
NO All ) FOR DfOlTI SUFI lmrmS.
,
Mr. ! Allots of Nebraslc offered , an mnelul-
mont 111prollrlatlg $300,000 for seetl ma-
tennis , etc" , for tim drouth sufferers through-
out the country , tatrtieuharl' In the Dalotas ,
, Nebraska , Colorn anti Kansas. 10 saul
the suffering anti loss was more severe than
\I'as Rem'raly l\own.
Mr. Pasco of Florida amended by IncludIng
, "frost stlfferc'rs . "
luforers.
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Mr. : lallerson or Nebraska rsonterthe
. odium ot his colleague , Mr. Alien . In offerIng
an amCllmnt which placell Nebraska In the
positIon or a pauper and beggar of the JO\-
erontent Nebraska ! could look after her
own IUrCt't
Mr. Allen II turn warmly resented the
. 8tatelent uf hit Nebraska colleague , On 1
lea antI nay vole nil the amAllleuts to
I hehl Irolth , nl'O ulI frost suren'rs were
hell & t' t ) bl out or Imler
. . The arlculural : hi was then passed , and
Imlelllloly there was In effort to got rec-
I ognl1,1 , trom over ) ' sde ! by the chair , ! I was
clearly n fight between the sliver bill . the
; alproprlaton ) huh 0111 ( the pooling bi ,
Mr .IOlll of Arlons3s. In charge of the
shhvt'r measure. succeeded In getting first
rrco11 bit . nll movpc tl take 111 the silver
: hi , 'lh ( effect of this , If a.lolled , Was to
? displace the banlrulltey bill al,1 , all other
m01SltS anti bring the silver bill to the
' front for a struggle awl a voto.
Mr Halo of Memo 10\ell to adjourn .
There was n yea anti , tiny vote , the friends ,
or the silver bill voting against adjournnieitt.
The moton to adjourn was defeated by 1 to
; 36. a signal victory for tim sliver men ,
Mr. aormnn then madn a move to get the
) bhls : a'lead pf the ' ,
epIroprlaton b:18 Iljeld silver bll lie
. IIt'd thlt t the I Inlan I , Il\Ollrlalol I bIl I bt
' taken 1\ Mr. Cal haying malic a motion to
that erect , Mr German cited the rile that
' n motion to take up an allrOl1rlaton hill
was spl'elnly privileged .
The 11seuulon was sharp antI eXrlrl , hw-
- tug outcome. the Intense Interest felt b ) senators II the
? The vice presllent heM the motion 1 Mr
Coil to be In order , i'heretipon a 'e3 and
Cal arleI 'heNulol ' yea Ild la )
yuti WIS taken on his motion to lake ull the
. Indian bm and thus cut of the tlh'pr bill.
, Th ; motel Wil defeated . and \ 1jie slrr men
wcrJ aGain victorious . 11te
c. TOOK Ui' 1'UB SnNlm hlhJb .
Til' yeas and nays were tltl taken l'n the
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creet question of taking up the sIlver bill , nc-
cording to Mr. Jones' motion , and the sl\er
men gained theIr point : Yeas , 30 : nays , 2i
The , ' vote was ns follows :
\'oas :
Allen . ltasbrougha , Perkins ,
HAtA , harrIs , Iplhtrll- ,
Berry , Hunlon , l'ugh ,
l'ulh
Illlk , ur. Jonls ( Ark ) , squire ,
Butler . Jnnl ( Nev. ) . Htpwlrl.
( 'all , I'JI Teller ,
( 'nnleton , McT.Jrln. TUI.e. ! .
Clark . Mantle , \ ' .rhlel
Ilnlll , . MMWa , " 'II"h ,
1u"019. l'elcr.'hle .
Nays :
Allison , George . Mlnleron , ,
Allson Irlef Gibson . MilchIl ( WIs .
Cnnilen Ir ) ' . Inlmpr ,
Cnre , . Inll 11810 ,
(1lalier , , hawley , l'lnl
, , , l'roctctr ,
) \1. Hi ! Prctor
Dixon , Iltmr . Qua ) ' ,
" " ) ' 1. Mrllnn. HII.om ,
( lilngcr , ltcl'tirrsofl'Iias2. .
Pairs : First l named would have voted yea :
Mitchell of Oregon anti AldrIch ; lnncharll
anti . 1urrows , Cockrel and Culom : , Coke and
lolph , Faulkner and hIggIns , Gordon anti
Wilson of Iowa , Hoach anti Gorman , Irby and
lorrl , Pritchard all I.hllay , MartIn anti
oIKe [ ( , Mills alil Sherman , Wolcott and
I\rphy. Power and Carery , ShoU11 and
Smith , Vest and Washburn
Mr Jones then oslell that a time be fixed
for taking a vote lie said senators knew
full well how they woull vote and there was
no leed ( at a delay lie aslted the unanImous
eon sent that the vote be fixed for 2 o'cloel ,
but Mr. Vias objected.
"Then let's have n Vote now , " said Mr.
Buter , and I looked as though the bill might
<
, But
at once be Put on Its nnnl passage
Mr. halo suggesled that many senators were
abselt ,
"Then I give notice , " saId Mr Jones , "that
I will keep the bill before the senate until
a vote Is secured before mljournmelt to-
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morrow.
With this final anonuncement Mr. JOles
movell to adjourn , and at 3 o'clcck the session -
sion came to a close.
SI'llnAlol Ity II lie lot I
WASHINGTON , I eb , lB.-ThIs was sus-
pensIon day In the hose toJay. Under the
rule , If a second readIng was orderctl any
bill could be placed Ulon Its passage after
thirty mInutes' debate.
A bill was passed granting to the state of
Alabama for public uses the Mount Vernon
barracks military res r\'aton. The spaker
then recognIzed Mr. Mallory , democrat at
FlorIda , to move the passage of the bill to
Ilrcmote the emelency of time revenue cuter
srv'co HIllier SUlCllOiOfl of the rules
'fho revenue cuter service bill was debated -
bated In the house , failing to secure the
necessary two-thirds Yote.
Under suspension of the rnle the house
passed a bill to rise the rate of pension to
MexIcan war veterans to $12 a month , and
also the bIll to equalize the duties and sal-
aries of Inspectors of hollers.
Mr. Clark of MissourI , who led the op-
posiIon to the bIll on farmer occasions ,
made one cf his characteristically vigorous
spl chen against H.
Alter some further remarks b ) Mr. Covert
of New York In advocacy of and Mr. Can-
non of IllinoIs and Docltery of Missouri In
antagonism to the bill , the vote was taken ,
resultnng 81 yeas to SG nays.
Two-thirds having failed to vote for the
measure It stood deteate.\ ! .
Then , on a viva voce vote , was passed the
bill to equalize the Ilenslons of Mexican vet-
erans and to make the pensions of nil Mex-
lean veterans $12 per month under the gen-
erl law , Some 17,000 persons would be
bonefed by the oct and It would ( Involve an
additional charge on the treasury of about
$1.000,000 ,
lr , Lynch of Wisconsin , from the com-
mitee on Indian affaIrs , moved the passage
of a bill to authorize the construction of cer-
lain dams across the St. Louis and Cloquete
rivers In Minnesota but after a consideration -
tion It was lost.
ton
The house then went Into the committee
of the whole and resumed consideration of
the naval appropriation bill.
Almost an hour was spent In the discus-
sion of points of order but the chairman
( Mr Nell ! of Massachusetts ) decided to re-
sere his decision until tomorrow.
The committee rose at 1:50 : and the ,
house adjourned until temmorrow at noon
. URuin \11 'ot "Itlt New Orieanq.
WASHINGTON , Feb. lS.-The New Orleans ,
people of , necessity wIll be denied the
pleasure of a visIt at their port from the
UnIted Slates ship Atanta , as an additional
attraction during the Mardi Gras festIvities ,
alhouJh Secretary Herbert had conditIonally
promised that the shIp should be there. The
Atlanta Is now at Colon and the department -
mont has decIded that In view of the still
unsettled state of affairs In ColombIa It would
bo unwise to expose ' our Interests there to
Injury br withdrawing the ship. .
C hlcnto llllan SIJlly flopot.
WASHNGTON , Feb. ,18-Indlan omclals
say that the government docs not contemplate -
template abolishing the ChIcago depot for
purchasing supplies for the Indians , In accordance -
cordance with Its yearly tustom , however , It
wi give up the Quarters now occupied by
the depot until the time for Imrcbaslng sup-
plies In the new fiscal years begins , when 'a
depot wi be re-established. The office force
has already or soon wi be dispensed with
urt that time. This acton Is taken to save
expense. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Open to Swl'R xhlhltorA On1y
WASHNGTON , Feb 18-Unlted States
Consul Ttidgley at Geneva , Switzerland has
reporlee to the State department for the
benefit of would-be American exhibitors that
the Swiss exhibition to be Odd from May 1
to October 15 , 18G. wll be connned to
SwIss exhibits The exposition promises to
be unique In many respects and wi be
sIgnalized by an unusually large and Ingenious -
genious electrical dIsplay.
11 I I 1"1olR nit ti . Cclllhh ( olnl ! olth ,
WASHINGTON , Felt 18-Admlml Meade
II soon to receive a considerable accession
to his heat In the twlnscl'ew cl'ulel'l. Mm-
neapol1 anl Columbia , when tile ) ' have
Inlshell their I'ellalrl , and will start fol the
West IndIes In about ten laI A mlrl
Mc'ie's neet will thEn numhel' ) six modern
men-of-war , and wi ho nine to carr ) ' < out
with suUcltnt means the larHC feet
maneuvers which hnve not been heCoro
posslhll on account of the limited number
of hl9 veRBols _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
. lolth ( innhii Natitititit's In.frl' " i irmt.
- " ' .HINO'lON. Feh , 18-Speclal ( Tele-
.
gram-The ) comptrollr of time currency
hns Ippro\ed th ( aeleeton of the Metro-
poiitnn National hanl of Chicago
110ltan Natonal ChlCago ns a
' ' ' or the South Omaha
reserve agent Xa-
tonal hanlt or South Omnha , Neb ,
The comptroller or the currency has
\een nntll',1 of the electIon or Fred \ \ ' ,
! . thra\n nil Illstant cashier of the Otoe
Count ) Natonal Panic of Nebraska Cut ) ' ,
Neb. _ _ _ _ _
Fxlo.llol lit the City ot :1.'xl'o : ,
WASIINGTON. Felt 18-'ho Bureau of
time AmerIcan IepulJlcl learns that the
" 1 coI1t .Cornehly ha' succeeded In or-
a\lzllg In tIme city of San : Frnimclst'o aCe
, n ' with a capital of $ iU'i (
totnltany I wih caplal Ul ( IO . f01
the PUrPOSe ) of nn expositon 1\ tIm City of
? dexico. ' 1hls eX/IOHlton. hlhonAh natonal
/
In t'imraeter. will I have also n foreign tie-
Il'tmont , 'J'he rOllan : ) ' Is Ineorporuted
nccorUiiit to Iho ( laws or Cahitorrmitt .
" ' 1.1 i , " ' 111.,1 i Iy ' 1'i 1 , Illn'rlty. ;
WASINGTOX , I'd ) , H-Hon , William I. .
Wilson WIU today ] shown a clslatch from
Texas anuounrlnj that he WI couslJerlng an
Invitation from time regents of time State itoh-
"erbl ) of Texas to breome president of time
Instuton , He said : "I have no infor-
moton of It and I think I would know ef
It It true , "
.
"Sugar and silica anll ! nil that's nle = "
.
make I slleudlll , cake when used wih Dr.
Pl'lce'l flaking Powder. .
{ nmnl"I' 1 I I . 1,1111 Vt , r tot t it ri , II ill IlJorllll ! ,
\.SUXO'lON. 1"11 ls.-'rhmo hou80 com-
mlteo ( I Iluhln , lanrs tolt , ) ' voted , to
( avot ably report Ittprem'entativo '
favoluly lelort HtI1I'N'mtatvo Cnmlnott's
bill fOI' the forfeiture uf tIle grammte,1 Inndl
or thl Pucfn rlllOlllB Whet , . ' tIme corpora-
cOlpor-
t0\8 have failed 01' rrfusCII to rlll l'm
thflr I'Jlls , 'rho bill was amenllf by
ly
Itrllug out tw wonll "is hcreh < fOI'
( cited , " h'itvlng thu reading ot the itili ,
hi
"The Unlell Uiaicl 11m : " ) ' le Ule8 title
to , ' ' Ctl' ) tlo
, o
Imimi..ts City I'tiliile 1111111 , Conlract Let
\V.tSIIINGTON , Feb. IS-Sl'cretar Clr-
Isle today awarlJl to the Dugcn Cut
Sluue compul ' of Kanll City , the coim-
( FIlet for tile construeton ot the Kansas
CIty Ilu\lo hulll\1 lt 317.19 : : ; 'rho stO\o \
to be 16111 II time 1.lalo ' ottnt ) ' , ' 'exl !
1 \ ) ' 1"111' . 'Ihl ] ul'n cOlpun ) ' hii ,
WI > the NlCOl11 lowest of eight lubllled ,
jected. that of al Atlanta , Ua" , company beng 10-
jected.,7
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\ \ AS PHESSING - TIE LUIT
Ability of tbo Treasury t Pay Gold Id
Dom ] Almost Exhaustct .
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BOND ! SALE CAME NONE TOO SOON
1'rll"urlr , Iordtti nt New York otnlct time
" 'tisimingtnii Althorlle Ito ( multi
loll Out Tat JI3'/ TIlgrr-
huh I UI the TrCIRlry.
WAShINGTON , Feb. 18.-The attention of
tile treasury omclals was today called to the
statement made hy Senator Gray to the er-
feet that just prlDr to the signing tf the last
bond contract United States Treasurer Jor-
dan hld notified the secretary lI could not
eoutnuo longer than the next clay to PaY
gold on demand : for legal tCIHlers This
sttement , i was said , was substantially car-
rect. On Wednesday evemming January 30
rct , ) eVnIng. JannaI ) ,
Mr. Jordan In a telegraph mes30Ie. told time
department he thought ho could hohl out
until the ( chewIng Saturday , but that the
next day might Ilecldo the situaton , I was
further s311 at the department that the net
gold coin In time subtreastiry's anti assay at-
nces on February 2 , less gold certificates outstandIng -
standIng , was $ 35,70,516 , anti that the gold
bul 'on amounted to $1338,860 , mlling the
total coin : and bullion $ iO,500,381
Time gold was dlstr bute as folo\\ : Wash-
InKton , $2lS8,8G2 ; Baltmore , $62I01 ; New
York , $9,500,334 : Phiadelphia , l,138iOO :
BGstcn , $2O30 ; CIncInnat $1,806,785 :
Chicago , ( , G'Hli5 ' : St LouIs , $1,576,176 : New
Orleans , $ lOI.i ; San Francisco , $8. ! 8G23.
In the Phiadelphia mInt there was $418,010
In coin and $22H6S28 In bullion ; In Carson
City ' , $657 In coin : and $ i1i , SI In bullion ;
and In New Orleans , $81255 In coIn and
G52S33 In bullion . In the New York assay
office there are $12.080 In coIn anti $18,301,170
In bimillon. The bnlance or the cOin anti bul-
lion was dlstrlmted Imong the other sub-
treasuries and as.oay omces.
I0AHmG TI YELLOW MFTAh.
ThE first indication of general wlllrwals
of gold for the purpose of hoarding In thIs
countr , the treasury ofeols ! say , were no-
ticeil on Januar 17 last. Wihdrawals Increased -
creased rapidly until on time 25tim or that
month they allOlnted to $7.15G,0IG On Jan-
lary 28 time first message of the president
on the urgency of time situation was pre-
sented to congress , and en that day over
$4.000.000 was wIthdrawn , On the day followIng -
lowIng the wlthlrawals amounted to over
$3.000,000 , and on the 30th to nearl' $ , OOO- :
000. TIme anncuncement that negotatons for
another loan wee In progress was made on
the 1st day of February and on time following -
lowing day the witimdrawals showed a decrease -
crease to $67,000. On the 5th It was reported
that a htch ! In the proceedings had occurred
and Ihe wihdrwals on that da ) ' snore than
douhJed. From early In the year , It Is amId
every effort has been mode to gather gold
coin and collect It In Neal York and Boston ,
the prIncipal points or withdrawals for ship-
ment , and on the 2d ef F'ebrmmary ever ) " dollar
th,3t could then be drawn with safety from
oiEr points had ben hlpped to thes2 poInts
As shown br the figures given above , the
total amount of free gold In the subtreasur
In New York was ,70,33I , and time only
possible way o adding to It was tram the
mints , whoso total coinage was only about
$200,000 per diem.
On February 2 time total amount of gold
owned by tIme government was exceeded by
Limo demand certfcates outstanding against
It , and time government was practically borrowing -
rowing gold coin from the owners of them
and substituting gold bullion In its place In
order to carryon speclo payments In gold.
The turthlr statement Is made tl.t betmeemm
December , 184. and February 1. 1895 , the
total amount of wltildrawals of gel was
SO,786,302 , and the exports for the same
period , $36.85238 ; , showing that over $43,000-
000 lmad been drawn for hoarclng purpbss
durllS that , perJod.
RUN ON TIE TREASURY.
"In other words " say the omclals , "the
people of Limo Unied States had lost taltb In
time ability of the government to contnue
to pay gold for Its notes , and a run on the
treasury had comnmenceti " That this
geld has not gone Into the banIs
1:1 : sho\n , It Is coimtended by tIme tact
that on December 1 , 184 , the total amount
held hy the banks at New York was $06.000-
000. and In thirty days after $83,000,000 , or
$13,000,000 less than December 1.
"In conslderatng the details of the con-
tract , " say the officials further , "It should bo
remembered that the treasury was dealing
With a communIty more or less excited and
panicky and Ihat foreigners land for a long
time been distrustful of AmerIcan securities
and sent large quantities of them to this
country to bo soiL The new bonds purchased
at $ .1 rose to $1,1 and fell to $11. the
later figure showing a net loss of over 3 per
cent on time prIce paid by the syndicate "
Time officials declare It was extremely dlm- !
cult to male any bond dealings at nil. After
tryIng for four days to get i reductIon at
Interest , even to 3 % per cent , It was found
absolntelY ImpossIble to obtain It , and time
position was regarded as too critical to ad-
mit longer delay "
.
Always a beacon of hope to the good house-
Ieeper-Dr. PrIce's Cream BakIng Powder.
o
SEN.1'E 11.1. GET .IOTIUN ,
Illn for CertIficates of Ildcbtcdncn to
Hull > tlt Cite Treasury , ,
WASHINGTON , Feb lS.-Tho full senate
committee on appropriations today decided tQ
nn amen ment to the clvii
report sundry cl'l ap-
propriaton bill for $100,000,000 or certificates
of Indebtedness of denominatons of $20 to
run for two years and draw 3 per cent In-
tel cst and to bo good only for the purpose of .
supplying the treasury deflciezmcy .
The text of the certificate amen ment to
time sundry civil bill Is as follows :
"That In order to provIde the money not
supplIed from current revenues and miscel-
laneous receipts and necessary for the oxe-
euton of this oct or any other acts passed
or to bo passed during time present : session
of congress approprlntng money to be pall !
out of the treasury for time fiscal year ending
June 30. 180G , and also In order to provide
time moneys necessary to be paid out or the
treasury on account of appropriatIons hereto-
fore made for the Iscal years ended June 30 ,
1S98 : : . and Juno 30 , 1804. and June 30.
18D. and not covered Into the
treasury , time secretary or tlw treasury ,
wih the approval of the president be . and Is
hereby authorized to , from time to time .
borrow on the credit of the United State
such sums of money as may be necessary
to meet said eXpel1lures , and to issue sell
and IJSPOSC ' at , at not less than lar for
lawful money of the UnIted States , such an
amount of certIficates of Indebtecness , payable -
blo to the bearer , of denominatons : of 20 ,
$50 and $100 , or any lullple of $100 , and
not exCelnl $ ,000. as may be nerdell for
said purposes bearing Interest at time rate or
not exceeding 3 Ilel' cent per anlum , payable
semi-annualy. and reiieemmmabie at time plels.
uro of the United States
Unlell alter two years
from tholr dale : anel the secretary of the
treasury Is hereby authorIzed , wlh the al' ,
Ilrobaton of the president , 10 em e such
IIirton of saId certificates eta lay be deemed
expeditious to be issued by tle treasury for
the payment : of warrants In favor or public
creditors , or other persons lawfully entitled
to payment who ia ) ' choose to receIve such
certificates In 11aYlnent ut plr And time secretary -
retary pf the treasury miY , In his dIscretIon ,
under rules and regulatIons to be prescribed
by him , sell antI dispose of the certificates
hpreln luthorlzed at designated deposItories
or the United \ States , antI ut such IOstofces )
al he la ) select ; ill tI . Ihl secretary shal
use the 101eB reeeh'er ior sucb certIficates
for time purosos herein Prescribed , anti for
none : other ,
"Provided . that the total amount or such
certificates 1hal not exceed $00,000,000. and
provIded . further , that the ( ewer to issue
slch certificates shall tormilalo on the 1st
day of July , 189G , Hereafer , any UnIted
Slates bonds sold or dlsllofed .f shall be
oferoll to the . Public for a llerlod of no . less
than tventy days , tinder rules and regulatons
tl be preferlbe,1 , by the secretary of the
treasury , and shal be sold to the highest
bidder , II care such bids , 01' any of them ,
are satisfactory , "
satsractor )
Time ProPosition In the houle bill repealing
the law for the lesuiUce of gold certificates I
Is stricken ' ti1annti , the following added as a
Ilro\lslon ( Em appropriation for printing
afl(1 engravi1idOtThnt , hereafter no pcrton
at this sum shah be expended for printing
United States notes or treasury lotes of
larger ( itnOnipftftfOfl ? titan those thnt may be
cancelled or' ' Pflon ,
The wording ot the house proviso appropriating -
ating $1SI,000 to carry Into effect the Inter-
stale commtrlif tn" Is chnntec so as to pro'
hlblt the ufe.c,1ore thal $20,000 In time eta-
ployment of i ctmpsol ,
A general cQupsel In lieu of the act ot
189Is \ mad &m'erning the survey ot railroad
land grants . Ono hundrell anti twenl ' -f\e
thousand colars Is appropriated for thIs Imr-
pose alll made a ? contnuing appropriation ,
The house IIrqlslon , makIng the 0111)loprl.
nton : for rlrers ) allt harbors hnmellately
avaIlable Is" 8 flcken { out The entIre
approlltlaton m'nde b ) ' the bill as
reported Is $1,499,145 , al Increoe
of 2. 21.42over \ the total at the
house bill. This increase does not Include
an estimate for ll'lng the sugar bounty
cml ins ,
11\11:0 UN sUn.\t BUNTY
Several TlllrlnntlwldmollR ( tn . Iho 811-
dl' ) ' ( 'I 1'1 11 I II I Jnlllt.c' ,
WASmNGTO , I ' eb. 18-ln addItion to
I
the bond contract many other amendments I .
of Imparlance have been tnotie to the sumlry
civi bill , In the absence of Senator Culom
tIme commitee divided on the proloslton to
pay one.hol of the bounty on sugar for the
year 18:1 , ns authorized by the McKinley
law. Authoriy was , however , granted to a
member : of the commitee to report the pro-
vision with a slatement of racts. The sum
to be aPpropriated for this Iurpose , Is about
$6,000,000. There Is also an amcnllnent a11-
Ironrlatng ) $600,000 for the Chicago puhlc
buIlding , $200,000 of which Is to he Immediately -
mediately : available anti to be usell In securIng -
Ing : temporary quarters , anti the remaining
sum of $400,000 for the cOlmencenwnt of
work on the new bul < lng. O the $100.000
$30,000 Is to be usetl In the emllloyment of
temporary , drafsmen In time supervisIng
nrchlteet's olce , In the preparation at the
Chicago bulIJnc : plals , I'ort-nve , thousal11
dollars are nlproprlatell for the lrOposed )
buildings at Cheyenne , W'o. , laise City ,
Idaho Md. , anl Ilelomma . Mont" , all Anlollols ,
Md.The
The acton of the senate commitee on op-
lrOllrlatons ) with regard to the payment of
time sugar bounty claims for the years 1Sn.1
Ioes not appear II the report mle upon the
sundry cl'l hi , for the rearol that It was
agreed In commitee that It should ho offered
as a mater IndepelHlent of the report ! on the
bill by on indIvidual member of the committee -
tee , If , after seeing Senator ( nlom , I shonlll
appear that a majority of the commitee was
favorable to the pa'ment of these claims
Mr. Culom was absent from time meetng
today , and In hIs absence the vole of the
committee was a tie on time proposition to
pay time claims for 1803 which had been
earned whcl the tariff act went Into effect .
an,1 , one-Imaif of time bounty for the crop at
lSU ) I. Mr. Culom afterward cast his vote
for the allowance of the claim. 'he provisIon -
Ion for the parment of the claims wIll be
put Into the stmndry civil bill as an ammaenti-
ment , and It wi be movd by some member
of time commitee favorable to the payment
of time claIms as soon as It can be put Into
sbope. I Is understood that the claIms for
183 aggregate about $250,000 , and the estimates -
mates on tug crop for 184 maIm It appear
that about $4,0Q0000 $ , will be nccessary to
pay half that boulty for that rear.
IIS\ > U C : 'HB CAI ,
{ . -
Jnu o Con .r"cs , Unru.o tn . \ucrlt tile
Alelthl nt to the UllloJt111. I , .
ASHINOTON , . Feb. 18.-The predicted
controversy lotwNn the two houses of con-
gross over thlkonate amendment to the diplo-
matc , and cBRst11qr bi to expend $500,000
for the survey and preliminary work on a
cable to COIjjt time UnIted States and the
HawaIan islands ' fs at hand , The coner-
es of the hohse and senate held their first
meeting today They were able to come to
terms of asreemeot upon all the dozen
amendments tb , Uo bill except that for the
cable , time senatorial conferees recedIng from
several mlllr nniipaents. and the house
ndJ1ents
representatIves acceptIng , JH\'cral. ,
Upon' the CI' ) I questIon , the delegates from
each body obsnrved the formal Instructions
gIven to them The ( lsareement wIll be reported -
porte to the senate tomorrow , and It Is ex-
pecte a motion will emanate frur the demo-
crate sIde to Instruct the conferees to aban-
don the cable item. A report will be made
by the imouso conferees probably on \Vednes-
day . and the proposition wIll doubtless come
from the republicans that they be Instructed
to accept the amendment
A new factor , whIch has come Into the
cable propositIon , Is the effort of the company
represented by AdmIral Irwin and Including
several of the most influentIal business men
of California and the hawaiian Islands , to secure -
cure tram congress an act of incorporation
authorizing It organize and construct a Pacific
cable connecting CalifornIa . the Hawaiian
Islands . , New Zealand and Japan Their bill
was referred to a subcommitee of the house
committee on foreIgn affaIrs for consIderation
and report at the next meetng , The argu-
ment Is being advanced by democrats and
will he mode In debate , that It , Is entirely unnecessary -
necessary for the government to give Its
funds to a cable enterprise wbon capitalsts
stand ready to do the work ; also that the
United States has never before gIven financial
old to a work of this cimaracter as all of the
cables whleh have landings on our shores
have been laid by private capital.
SI5S'AiIl1 MUS' ' 1\i IllS CHOW" : .
Gre.lmr Clllnt DlsC'lml1 ito netwool
1orlcIn I'ri'm'tmera II iltiwtslI ' ,
WAShINGTON . Feb 18-I Is positvely
denied at the State department that Secre-
tar ) : Gresham hs Intervened specially In the
case of Major Seli old , one of the AmerIcans
under sentence of death at 10nolulu for
treasomm or that he has had all ressel ] a
special message on the subject to llllster
Willis , to he "orwarded by time first steamer
from Vancouver Jacob F , Slagle , a judge of
one of the Penimsyl'ania conrts called on the
secretary Saturday to urge him to extend
protection to Seward , The secretary was
naturally Interested In the case but informed
Judge Slalle that ho could n04 dlscrlmlnato
and tbat Seward must stand on on equalty
\Ith Gulck fil other condemned Americans -
cans No instructions hlve been sent
to MinIster Wils since the telegram of the
11h directIng him to demand a eta ) or
execution In time sentences of all Amerians
under death sentence and to forward copies
of the records of their trials to WashllJ- :
ton for examination b ) 011 Rovernment. This
order shoull have reached Mr. Willis by
this date and I tIme sentences ho\'o not already -
ready been carrIed out , which Is doubtul , In
view of time fact that the trials at the queen
and remainder ot time prisoners were still In
progress at last ' advices , It Is leleve,1 that
hIl relreseimtati'Ons to President Dele will be
snfclent to secure . slay of further proeecd-
Ings . _
Br , 6 III'r , , . ; 111"11 or COlnrllt ion ,
W ASING'ON , _ Yeb , 18-The' friends of
Ir J , II , Senntr , .who has been nominated
for oommlssl'n of Immigration at New
York are becbnlng somewhat uneasy over
the ProsPects ot his confirmatIon. The nomi-
nation was sent un time l'lh of January
The complaInts lake the shape of criicisms
rather than of " charges , anti are based for
the most partbit tIme fact Ihat Dr SenieI
Is not a imatlv&'Ot "ho Unied States and has
been naturalized . oIly , eIght or nine ) 'ears ,
, .
' .1' '
P stands for1jmtirIty : I . 110wer and plenty I
stand also fOlti 'rJce's--1)r. PrIce's Dakl ]
Powder , " , I .
Wil Flhltlt nit 'I'cununcu.
WAShINGTON , Fob , IS.-The house com-
mlteo on allproprlatons today voted to
favorably report Representative Washburn's
bIll for a government txhlblt at limo
Tennessee Centennial exposition to IJ hell ut
Nashvie II 18VO. The slm uf $105,000 Is
reconunended , of which $30,000 wil be ex-
11elHled for a buiding , 'fhe managers are
require to satisfy the secretary ot the
treasury that $760,000 lies been lubscrlbel\
before the appropriaton wi bo a\alable ,
Time vote In committee stood 8 to 5 against ,
lr , Wiiams of Illinois malh1 U speech
Igalnst tbls cass of appropriatons ,
-
Ih''II" I , for Irolcl I ! I's : tou"II"llu I ,
WASlNGTON , Feb. lS-The comltroler
ot the curn'ney his declared dividends In
favor of thE credItors ot Insolvent banl as
follows : Fifteen 1 per cent , First l Natonal
banl of Vernon Tex. : 10 per cent , First Na-
tonal bank of Hel Cloud . Neb. ; 10 1111 crnt ,
LInn county bank of \Ibany , Ore ,
a'I
WOULD \ ' ) DiViDE TiE WORK \
Slgg03t0l tbnt the Senate Folow the Precedent -
celent of the House ,
APPROPRIATION BILLS _ TO BE DISTRIETE
I'
Senators Iecomlll Convilceci that (10 ,
Commlteo or Oniy llo : ( lhcr InA
Too , llch l'm".r-mmlo
Likely . to 10 Adolltcc ,
WASIIINGTON . , I eb. 18.-n [ a recent
slleech In the senate :11 Dtmbois Idaho ,
gave intImation of a change In time rules of
the senate that Is very lIkely to bo brought
about. Ito said It hnr become very evident
that the senate con1nileo on appropriatons
was becoming o\'crworkell and time tIme hat
nrrl'cII when the duties of thnt commitee
shoull bo Ightoncd by 11\lug the \orlous
nllprOllrlaton bll 11\'ldel omen ! time com-
mitees which had jurisdiction over the sub-
jects treated In them , ThIs of course created
createt
semethlng of [ stir In the appropriltions
conamnltteo. Ileyonti all queston this com-
mlteo Is tike \ most powerful In time sennte
I hanlles every approprIation ) hi except
the river ant harbor bill and this Is oimiy
a hleunlal mlasure , In every other direction
It Is supr9me I a senator desires to secure
nmC1lment to any of the varIous bills ho Is
oblger to Introluco I theu refer I to the
commItee : ha\lng jurlsdlcton , and then have
It report el ami : referrell to the appropl'la-
tons commlteo 10 bo hlcorlloratod In the
IlrOller bil , This was time course 11 rsu ell
with the amellimeut npproprlatng $ OOOOO
for the Hawllan cable , as well us a hundred
other nmendments Ilrollsed this session.
Since the short speech of SOnator Dubois
time feeling In the mater has grown ns It
has been tollel about nnl a propositon to
change time rules In this partIcular Is sure
to meet favor , time ouly dllculr bcimmg to
got acton , I Is Ilroposed that nil approprimi-
ton hills save those known as the general
bills treatlug of all subjects shal bo referred -
terell 10 amId hanlied br the commitee as
follows :
alows
ture Agricultural-To the conlnltee : on agricul-
Fortifications-To commItee on coast de-
tense
RIvers and Harbors-As how , to commitee
on interIor Improvements
Dstrict of Columbia-To the District of
Columbia commltce ,
Dplomatc and Consular-To committee emi
foreign relatons ,
li'tllans-Commmnalttco on Indian affairs.
Army and Navy MilItary Academy lihlls-
To the commitee on military affairs.
Naval-To the commitee ou naval oralrs ,
Pensions-To the commitee on iemmsiomaa
Postoillces-To the commitee on postofces
and post ronds.
This would leave the legislative , executIve ,
the sundry civil and nil lenclency bills to
b handled the comnmlttee
h1 by commItee on approprla-
tons , and by those who favor the change It
Is asserted that this 11 be ample for that
conmmmmlttee . I Is polntel out that lurlng
time consideraton of the postomce bill Senator
Blackburn , who hat It In charge , was unable
to attend the conference on the dlliomatc
ant consular bIll , a1lough the imouse con-
forces were renly to canter for three or four
days I Is also claimed that time senators
who serve on the other commitees woull
be better able to handle the various subjects
because of tlmelr Intimate nowlellgo of them.
'
An arum'ent used Is that the Importance of
these committees would be Increased ant as a
consequence the Importance of many senators.
There would not then ho a struggle for
places on appropriations and many senators
In caring for their particular Interests would
bo glad to serve on committees having
charge of an appropriation bIll In whIch
they or their people were particularly In-
tensted.
Time senate commitee on appropriations
consists of nIne members and the argument
Is made tbat thIs Is too entail I number to
have such 'poer , To these nine the remainder -
mainder of the senate must come for ap-
propriatons of every kind , except those re-
hatIng to rIvers and harbors. No man can
get a place on this committee unless he has
served n considerable time , although this unwritten -
written law bas been broken In one or two
Instances. The argument Is made that mme
commitee should have so much power and
further that time growth of the country and the
Increase In membership of the senate Is a
sumclent reason why the change should be
mmaado ,
mare
There may be some tlmcu1y In bringing
about a change Two members of the com-
mItee on rules are members of the appropri-
atons committee ant a resolution to divide
up time appropriations might meet wih n
great deal of oppositon from this source
But the senators who are working for the
change say It can be brought about , as
almost time entIre membership of the com-
mitees , to whom the various appropriation
bills would be consigned In case the divisIon
was nmade are In favor of the change and are
strong enough to carry It through.
.
What housewlfo ever worrIed about her
baking who used Dr Prlce's BaitIng Powder ?
Not end
-
S. ; 1 .tOUJCSLiEEIf'S I'IfOl'EST.
Jllcn with thin Ilucicery : Com111"8101 ne-
% lr.I'I/ tmvs'oy \ol"C ,
WAShINGTON , Feb. 18.-A vlorol pro-
test has been made by Hon S. M. Stock-
siager ex-commissioner of the Doclery joint
cOlmllslon to abolsb the omce of surveyor
general of Ilblc hands and to transfer the
serve ) ' or these lands to a new bureau com-
posed at time geological btmreami time coast : anti
geodetic survey anti the surveyl'l brnch
or time general lanr omce.
Mr. Stockslager disputes the c1111 of the
commission that by propo.'esd change time sur-
vey work eoull he done In a I , ! I 11 Immanmier
Under the Present system he asserts every
&ateguard which an experience or more ban
100 years could suggest Is now used 10 have
time best work possible done , anti , none oIlier '
accepted The deplltes are Eelectet ( wih
care , the ) gIve heavy bonds and are required
to personally to thq work In the nerl ! I
tIme wont were performell by ! llH emilloyed
as proposell , at an annual Islary miimti pent out
tram \Vashlngton , anti a c.relesa. Incolpe-
lent or corrupt man shoulll he employed ,
Lucre would be no way to Slnrl , uut time errors
unti they de\'elopell In c.lntests "nd lItiga-
ton between sotterl over their ( ; Ialn ' , Mr ,
Stoclsloger declares that time co't of s'Jrve's
under tIme proposer new sytim'n w'atii ! : ho
very much greater , and 1.e : . houl ] not 10 tur-
prlsed I It were learly twice as mich as
110W. A lumher of obhctl'ls ' Is Iheu CCI I out
In detail against time prll10se.1 chang" , alll
Mr. Stoctslager ! conelwles his II'ot.st OS fol-
lows :
"The present system Is more than a
century old , I Is true , It shoulrl not bl ad-
herell to It wrong because It Is hoar ) wIth
ago It In a sstem whlrh ! grew up under
Jeffeson and olher fatimerms of time ' ! ountrr ,
.ull line been In existence successfully anti has
been satisfactorily administered eurlug all time
years when wo surveyed Ih' great body of
the most prlncey ! herltao over olnOI IJY
any noton In Chrlstel110m , a 11 wo should
heslalo and ponder well the etch we take
before we lur our backs upon it and adopt
a new anti untried immetimoml , ovetm though It
slmoisimi proimmimmo a little Immoro expotiition in
doing ttmo avork , especially wimonm with it we
will imavo time creatIon of a great bureau aimti
additions to time army of government cia-
Imloycs. " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
l'ormt'M t'imtmttmiie' Iimi i'iI iic'Icd.
WAShINGTON , Feb. 18-Probably owing
to the necessities emgcndered : by Inte'rmma ) war ,
Limo I'eruviatm goveritimmont lmas again revised
Its cultoimms duties as well as time specific
duties on exports , anti time details of time
clmangem hmave been ( urmmisumed to time 1)epart-
bent of State by United States Minister Mc.
Kelmzie In a report from Linia , lie explains
also the clmnmmges in time Imort regulatloims cud
the new provIsIons for time collectIon of opium
taX , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Signemi lisa ! miw nlmlppbmg Laws ,
\VAIIII INOTON , Feb. 18.-Time president
imas aIKned time act to amneimti the act of
August 19 , 1890 , relatIve to shipping conm.
inhmtmtloncrs. Time labor organizatIons
throughout time Cotmiltry hmavo iimtememtted
thmoinmmel'en in ( lila act. wimich relieves mica-
met , from most onerous mestrletionmi and
time lmresltlent immms hmeenm fairly , lelugeti witim
telegrams anti lotions uxmd imetitloxms urging
hun to sIgn time bill ,
Cimolcra illorlius tim t him , trgm'mmtlme ,
WASHINGTON , Ireb. 18.-Time presence of
cholera /trentiima lies been formerly rcc.
ognieti by tlmo ArgentIne government , ac-
crding to United States Consul linker at
litmenos Ayres , vito imass reported time tact to
time State iiopartnaent , atitling that hmo be.
lieves timat time tilsease is really the urual
cimolera inorbus wlmicli appears fimere every
year.
T.tClt 1.111) ' 1 II l SIl.tt , qUISTIN.
Iioiio CmliIltltt'fl 1dltltmti aim Aimmcimtliiitit
t this lnliigtey Dlii.
WASIII NGTON , Feii. 18.-Clmmmirinami W1I-
son of time % 'ays ammti mmaeanscoinpmltteo totiml ) '
mnatie a report to time itemise upon time bIll
framnetl as it substlttmte for itepresommtativo
IIlmgle"s bIll mami provhuing for the organhza-
tion of tIme Imiternatloimal coimmimmlsslon to In-
'estIgatc time contlitiomi of time seal imeris of
time imortlm l'aclflc and iiorirmg sea ammti atmtlmer-
Izing the iaresidemt : to arrange a mmaodus at-
vonthi wltim Great liritain , Japan anti Russia
Pemmtilmmg time report. The regmmiatiomms doter-
mmaiimci , upon by the l'arls tribmimmal are re-
viweti ammd the declaration by liaron Courcel ,
Jivstlce Harlan anti Senator Morgmin qmmotetl ,
wlmlt'lm tnts that lii a'low of time critical stimto
to wimichm time fur seals Imave imecim retitmeed
time arbItrators reconmnemmti both governnmeimts
to come to aim tiimticrstanmhinir to mmrolmilmit I Ito
imiiiiimg of fur seals , om : land or sea. ( or a
Imerloti of two or tlmree years , or at least one
year , subject to stlchm exceptlnims as tIme two
governmmlents mmmlgimt thmlmmie lmropcr to atimmmit of ,
cliii tlmnt ' 'sneim it ineastlro tmmigimt he recurreml
to at occasional iimtorvmils if fotmnti betmeliciai. "
Time report sa's :
TIme results of time first seasan tttnier time
fll'1. % ' awarti imttve fully tiotmmommstrmtt eti time
avistiommi of timis tlcciarntlomm ; tiurlng time sea-
hull of 1S91 , just expired , dum'Immg which time
regimintione of 11mm , nas'arti wore olme'rmttlve ,
timer , ? are , known to ima'e becmm klilel on time
Aimmerican tiklo of time North I'aeillc ocemami
anti iii iierlmmg semi , 65,616 mietils , mm imirger
lammitmlmer , it avotmimi mtlmpoimr ( rota niilcial atmitls.
tics . ItmitI estimmantes on time llle af time Treas-
tmr ) tlt'pmirtmnent thmmamm aveme ever ltc'forc' tmiiieim
by imeimigit , t4emtlers ( moth time uaerieztim imerti.
i be ntmnlter of seals killed cmi l'riliyiofb'
Imilanila untlor time lenso to time Nortlm Ammmer-
icamm Connnaorclal commmpnn ) ' , immi ilecrenseti
front 101,521 in ISSG , to 15,033 in 1891. wimeim
nltlmouglm time company w'as autimorizeti to kill
20,000 , tlme ngetmt reported 0019' 15,00ii cofflti
be tnkemm emi neeoiimmt of time nlam'immimmg tie-
crense 1mm lImb lIvid. 'liemm it is coimsimleretl
that at least tlmree-foimrtlms of time seal catcim
were l'emnnIt' , imeaa' ) ' vItlm ynimmag , the re-
Imort comitintmes , mind timmit imrobably at least
imaif mat lflflllY more were kIlled , but lost ,
avimile mmii of the Island catch aa'ere earefmmliy
st'ieeinI , mantles , soimmo conception mummy lie Imuti
of tIm , ' tiisustmoiis reammits of ieiitgit' seallmag ,
\ \ bile it Is evIdent fromn these figimres ttmmti
ti'e report mantle to congress Imy time st'ero-
tary of time treasury tlmut time seal hmertl is
rmmpltlly imeaming externminatiomm tmmmdt'r time
operntiomm of the articles of time PmuIs awarti ,
the senator Is glmiti to rcpom't tlmat as re-
gnrtis time Nortim I'nciflc ocean , exc'lmmslve
of itering sea , time awmirtl regtmlmttlomms Imaa'e
domic' mntmchm good In mitopping sealing titmm'itmg
May , Jimmie mtnti Jtmly , Time benmelits of the
clomic season In the north l'miciflt' oceama ,
however , tire lmrncticall destroycti by time
effect of time awartl opemming lOoring sea ( ox-
( 'Opt time sixty mnile zone ) , after July 31 , to
: rningic seniors. It b'lng ttplmnrent 'that time
extinctiomo of tIme mieni imerti i'm 'i. question of
a a'er' short time , unless more effective
I egimimttIoma are ntiopteii tt prevent time
slaimghter , yommi' comnnalttee hits tmimanlmotmsly
reimorted time bill.
It vlli be maoticeti that seetloma S of time itlil
atmthmnrizes the secretory of time tremiStmry ,
antler certain eontingemmcies vhmichm Is laro-
foimnmlly untIed avill never rise , to tnke anti
icihl all of the mienls oma time isinmmd. I'lain miic-
tates of imlercy amal imuimaanltv prescribe that
time slaugimter of females with pimps unborn
or left to tile of starvation be prohmihiteti. If
not by nmnlcmmlmle internzmtlonai atijustnment ,
timen 1) ) ' mercIful ! speetiv extermiihmiation.
tjnler ( time 1)111 , a mactimed is provltieti for
ntitllng to time field of knowielge upon time
simple stmiject by an International commission -
sion amid , pending its report. time estnhiisim-
ment of new regulations , 'tvhicli will give
timi valuable intiustry a 'eli-earned respite.
Section 5 referred to Is practically time Ding-
he ) ' bill , aumtimorizing the secretary of time
treasum'y to kill time seals In case time other
po\vers decline to enter into an agrcememmt
for timeir furtimem' protection.
'riIEiIt CLllMSW'lLT. NOT 5E [ 'Ala ) .
ienmnni ot flimmali Icpoty UmIted Stmmteti
Mmirsimalc lefnmseti at ' . 'ashtItmgton.
WASIIINGTON , Feb. 1S.-Specai ( ! Tele-
gram.-James ) J. Casey and Charles G.
Bloom of Omaha have written Congressman
Mercer askIng for InformatIon as to the
status of time claim of time 200 or more Omnaima
depmmty UnIted States nmarslmals against tIme
government for the payment of time cx-
penees Incurred by timem. owing to tlmeir emma-
ploymemit during the "Coxey" disturbance
last summer. Congressman Meteor lmas referred -
ferred the matter to tIme attorney general ,
anti Imas receivetl a communication from that
omclai and a copy of a letter frona United
States Mmmroimal Wimlte , statIng timat the clatn !
of thmeso persons simould not be allowed.
Congressman Bryan 1105 accepted an InvItation -
tation to speak before an assemblage of
students of Yale college Wednesday evening -
ing , on time subject of bimetalhismmm , and wIll
start for New haven tomorrow.
Mrs. E. A. Crannaer of Aberdeen , president -
ident of the Woman's Cmruztlan Temperance
union of Sotmtlm Dakota , will be in the city
next week to speak before the national tn-
ennal councIl of women.
Robert W. Stewart , supreme coimrt reporter
of South Dakota , will arnlro imero tonmorroa' .
Congressman Pickier imas flied witlm time
commIssioner of Indian affairs a number of
complaInts wimicim lie Imas received from perSons -
Sons nesidutig ima time mmeiglmbonhood of the
Yankton Indian reservation In South Dakota
askIng for time remmmovai of Agent Simmltim of time
Yankton agency , Commissioner Browmming
imas not yet been able to gIve thIs matter con-
slderat ion.
Time sundry clvii bill whIch was reponteti
to time senate today contains aim appropriaflon
of $461 for payimmg Edwimm 11 , Vammaimtwerp anti
Cimanles II , Bates for tmtmrveylng time I'ine
Ridge Iimdinn reservation of South Dakota.
Coimgressinamm Hager of Iowa today Intro-
tiuced a bill to extend rttles anti nm'gulatloims
of Interstate coimmmmmerce law to express coin-
paries atmtl carriers .of express. Tlte stinminy
civil appropriation bIll rcporteti to time senate
today contains a provisIon of $40,000 for time
extension of improvements at Sioux City for
protection of rIver baimles.
TIme Treasury department will timis week Issue -
sue aim ativertisoment for blmls for time super-
strimctimro of time Sioux City Public building.
Ex-United Stales Marsimal O'Cormnel of Fort
Dodge , Ta. , Is imero on a brief visit.
sli.s'iR HENATOiCS 1)l'1flED.
( Jiimihho to Agree on as Cotmi'sn to l'urimo tim
hlogmirti tim the , Jtmties Dlii ,
WASIIINTON , Feb. 18.-TIme silver semi-
ators were in conference among timeinselves
moro or less ( lurIng time day regarding tIme
advisability of olfcrlmg : time Jones unre-
stnicted silver coinage lmiil as a substitute for
time armmeimtlnaemt : to time suntiry clvhi appropri.
mmtlon bill provitiing for $100,000 of certill-
cates of lnmiebteminmesmi , halt lmave not yet the-
cimloml s'Imotimer tlmey will ptirmtime tItle course
or attemmpt : to get up time Jones bill as an In.
tielenheflt measure , It is untlerstooti tlmat
Mr. Jones is stIll quite determined to test
time senate on Itis bIll. hut timere is a iii.
vision of senthtnemmt as to the wIsdom of at-
temmipting to substitute i ( for time certiilcate
amommdumment. Soimmei of time silver senators
favor the ainefltimmmeimt as It stands. hehievimmg
timat provision simotmiti Imo nmatlo for time treas-
umry theiiclency mmmi tlmat it immigImt lme lumper-
ihled by time introtiuctloim of tIme silver ques.
thou in connection wltim it ,
Robert J paced a mile in 2:02m : , . Not so
( emit as time as'onic of Dr , i'nice's llaking
Powder.
" gremimi ( I ml t Ii 0 1 mm ( 'I , 'mm , , 'I'mi x .1. tim en il Hm rim 55.
'IVASI IING'I'ON , Fob , 18-TIme scimltto aimti
time imoilmto conferees omm time lull extendIng
time timne ( or makIng immcozmmo tax rcttmt'ns
totiny t'eacimed aim agreement eta time lull
Ims ummoenmied him time senate , 'I'hm first ainelmml-
mont wait accetteml ; hy time imrjUmie after a
nmotihllcation , tmammlcing it meat ! mis follows ;
" \\'Imen computing immcommmeis untler maul act
time miitaotmflts mtet'esmiariiy PaId for urn Imastmm'-
Sm n cc lremmlbl rims a im mi om'mh inmi m'y melma h rh lmaI I
Ins , letimmctod. ' ' 'fimo ift''oimtl amemminicimt ,
proa'htiing agaInst douhtle iOYrmm'nt ( til
minnotimatit received us mhivitietmtls of corimorti.
tloim Is tmmti cx ettm Itt I img mulch cli vltietmmimm evemi
in cases wimei'u Ilu tax may imavo Imecim
Plilti by time eorlmratiotl , WitS rtgreed to
whim some verbal amomuImmaontmi 'file semmate
conferees recede ! from ttmo tHird nimmemmil-
nmmeimt , 'xointlmtg taxpayers fm'otn nnmmver-
lug any inquIries not simeclalI provided for
In tIme Itch. and It a'as stricken out.
.
hiIdren Cry'fov
Pitcher's Castoria.
Children Cryf
-'Itoter'a Castorla.
Children Cri , ft : ) '
itcher' Castoria.
NATiONAL \VO1k1N'S \ ' COUNCIL
Formal Opanliag of the Triennial Setsion at ,
Washington , ¼
LAflGE ATTENDANCE OF NOTED WOMEN
Iheceptlon In thin % ttt'rnooim and iddrt'ittici
cmi ioinmsmm'ti lteiglouet ! Vork
( ) Cclmtlieti tim Eeimiiig
Setislon.
\\'ASIiINGTON , lcb. lS.-Tlte fonimial open.
lug of time accent ! tnieimmminl session of time
National Coutmchi of'onmcn of time United
Stnte begaim at time MetropolIs imotel totimiy ,
Mrs. May \Vrlglmt Sewell , Its imrcsitient , Iii
time clmnlm' . Tlmo '
council is a representatla'o
body coimiposed of delegates from all time
Vmmrlomis nssotlmmtlomas of as'olmmen throughout time
000mItry. Among timeni tire time \'omnelm'
Clmrlstiatm 'Temmtpermimmce umnlomm , limo Uimivorsmmi
l'eaco mmnioim , Kintlergarten tmimion , varIous
social , relief nmmtl mmmlssionmmry societies , time
W'iniotlatmglmsis , wonmen stetmograpimers , Na-
tlommal Couimcll of JewIsh W'otmmemi , Aimtenicatm , .
Aimti-\'ivlsoction society atmd varIous local
councIls of woitmeim. Semiteti aim time imlatforna '
today zmimtl immchutdeti atmmoimg tlmose in Limo autil-
once wore : Stismin 11. Aimthmony , Fraimees E.
\Villartl , Clara S. lloffmnan , Margaret Isabel
Santiors , J. lhIemi Foster , ltacimael Foster
Avery nut ! harriet T. Upton. There are also
orescimt a numhmer of fratormmai delegates from
orgaimlzatloms : Imot In time commmmcii ammti mmaost
of tIme tlimme of time openIng session vas occit'
Pleti 1mm ltcanitmg grcetlmmgs ( rein those orgamm- '
izations , Tlmese lmcitmded : tue following :
Legiomm of Lo'ai'oimaen , Ellen Spencir t.l
MimssC ' of 11mm ' ' lamilei
) city : Vm'onman's First A
assoclatiom : , lr. Edith Jewehl of timis city ;
\\'oimman's F'orelgn Mlsshommnr3' socIety of time '
Metlmomiist Ipiscopal clmimrcim , Mrs. A. II. Eatoim
of Maryland ; Wolimen's Natiemmal lmmdiam : asmuo-
ciatloim , Amelia S. Qtilnton , New Jersey ; Na-
tiotmal I louseimoiti Eeonommmic assoclatloim , Dr.
Mtmry E. Green , Mlchmigamm ; CimristIunVomiman's
lioarti of MissIons , Clmmra C. Scimell of tlmo
iistnict of Coimmimmbla ; Geimoral Grand Cimapter
Order of time Imtstern Star , Mary C. Smmcdtien ,
Missouri ; ( lemmeral Piimimer Menmorlal ossocla-
tioim , harriet N. lhalstotm , 1)istrlct of Col-
un'bia : National 'omami's Ammxiltary Keoloy
league , lila lhtmxton Cole , Pcnmmsyivammia ; Na-
tiommal Leagmme of Colorado Womnemm , repro-
senteti by fifteen delegates , Ileleti A. Coolc ,
cimairmmmmin ; Lathes of time Maccabees of time
\Vonid , Ilhima M.Vest , Mlcimigan ; Latiles of
time Grnmmd Animay of time Republic , Nettle E.
Gimimiocie , Ihibmols ; PacIfic Coast W'oimman's
Press assocIation , Saraim E. Iteamor , Call-
fonmmla ; Klmmg's Dammglmters mmd Somms , Mary
Lowe Diclcimsoii , New York , aimd otimers ,
itepresoimtatlves from time imatlonal council
of Wommmen of Canada were also in attend- -
amico aimd occimpioti seats on the platfornm.
Time trlonimial aimiross of Mny Wnigimt Sowali
of limmilamma , time president of time Natiotmal
Ccmmncll , was delIvered.
Mrs. Sewail , in time cotmrse of tIer retnanles , , . . -
"
said time clmmbs organIzed by women in all time
lendummg cities imati times far been Isolateti , but
it'as imoped timat a cotmvetmtlon would be
formed a'itlmimm a year to forum a imattonal fetior-
atlon of wommman's clubs. Reference was mnado
by Mrs. Sewall to time futtmnc of time council
nmmtl to tIme participatloim by' wommmen in time
vnriotms feattmres of time Coiunabian exposition.
mmd simo saId imotiming was immoro valuable to
time Ammienican wommmen titan tame opportunity
timus afforded to secmmro tIme forelgim poInt of
view him iooking at theIr own aclmievementa
and to slmilt timclr point of vIew to a more in- .
telhlgent atmd symmmpatimotlc omie In measuring ,
tlmo acimlovenments of wommmetm In otlmer lands. '
ThIs afternoon a reception am'as imeld at time
Ebbitt Imouse at which time oiiicers and cx-
officers , vice presidents of time council , greeted
time tielegates anti vIsitors attenoing time trIen-
nb ! ,
Iteligicn wae the topic timat imad been set
for consideratIon at time evening session , ft
was dIvided Into two parts , the first con-
troliemi by tIme Natbommal Free Baptist Woman' .
MissIonary socIety , anti time second by the
mmational council itself. Mary A. Davis , presIdent -
Ident of time hiaptist society , presIded , During
time first nart Mrs. Frammccs Stewart Mosimer
of MichIgan spoke on time etimicai amijuttmnent
of wonaen's lmomne ammd Focoioglcal duties , and
Emlline Bmirlingame Cimeney of Maine dIe'
cussed practical ChrIstian living. Miss Isabella -
bella Cimase Davis of New York , recording
secretary of time council , read a report givIng
an abstract of tIme work of time staimding corn-
imaittees of time coumncil to secmmre time recogni-
Lion of womneim In church conferences , Mrs.
Mary DIckinson of New York then spoke on
time attitude of time leading relIgious tie-
nominations toward woman's growing sarvice
In tlme churches. After a few words from
Miss Elizabetim U. Yatce , the council adjourned - '
journed utmtbi tonaorrow naornlng.
SiilimhI' , New I'ntmmastor.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18.-SpecIai ( Tele-
grnm.-S. ) .A. Clark avon today appointed
postmaster at Sheldalmi , Story county ,
Iowa , vIce l'imlhlip Iierggren , remOved ,
alatly 'I't'asury itmmtemnehit.
WAShINGTON , 10b. 18.-Today's treas-
any statement miimowt4 : Available cmmsim hal-
nmmc'e , $151,976OSS ; gold reserve , $55htl,70i ,
Time Imousewlfe who Imesltates In cimooslng a
Imaking powtler avilt imot succeed. Let her
take Ir. PrIce's every tIme and alma wIll
have no trommblc ,
-0-
Oinntiimi Othi l'cllows mit h'elrmiICR Cit ) . S
On Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock some
160 OtitI Fellows of Omalma. anti SotIth
Omaima tieparteti on a mipecici trmtimm for Ne-
lmraska City to Ptmt time mnetnhers of Frontier - ' (
tier lodge No. 3 of timmet city tlmrouglo tIme
( olin , Icgrees of time order. 'rho ( rowti in-
chttdeti a niminiter of time olilc'ormi of time
local bilges. Oil timeir nrm'Ivmmi itt Nebraska
City they a'ere mmnit by a delegmttion from.
Frontier lodge , avhaieim emicortoti tibia to a
hotel , vimerc ito elegaimt rehtmtst as'mts mierved ,
At 9 o'clock iii time evenitmg timu ceremnoflY
took iminco mit Otitl Fehlotvs imall , time work
iteing t'xemplilit'tl by Calmtnmhmm J , IA' , NIo1m-
ob anti it staff of thirty-lIve ( mono Omaima.
lodge No , 2. Time work lnt'ni untii 2
o'clock in time tmmormmhmmg , Anotimel' slipper
was , iera'etl , tint ! at 4 , m'i'lok time Ornaimmm ,
tleiegtttiomm bourticil time train ( or timis city.
IT mitt ( 'hi , ml ii 's ihuimit i'li'iti g ( SLit ,
WASI1ING'i'ON , Fol , . IS.-Spcciai ( Tele-
grmiin-'I'ime ) conalitrohler of time curreimoy
toulmiy declurod mm. ( auntie thivltiontl of Il ) per
cent iii favor of time cremlitors of tIme First
Nmttioimni Imammlc of iteti Cloilmi , Neb , , inchIng
iii mill CO iter cent Oil clalxtms proved ,
amountIng to $56,547 ,
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' 'hmiittgs lilt , ' '
Dr. iiummphtey ; 'Specific " 77" Is a preventlv.
antI rune. A somali Iotilmm of l'ictsimnt i'eil.is fit.
you. . . pocket. Hold by , lrtmtiilts or scnt elm ict'ipt
of mum It , ' . DC. em' Live for $1.00. Il tiMh'JIICRY'H ,
ltliJICINII CO. , ocr. Wililanm mim'i Joint ate. , '
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ju , Malincc Wcdnesday ,
'nih 1110 ShOW 111121 'tIM 1IARD.
EDDIEFOY
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MIERICAN TRAVESTY CO.
ma lIme FantastIc Operatic 1stravagaoea ,
opp Ti-w ] iARTll
h'OhiLI ) A 131(1 ISUCCI8S LAST NIUZIT.
hi'ryi.ody ; , deilglmlemi with the bi impectaci. .
Buy eumrhy If you went to g't a seat ,
I'm iceslir.t floor. 75 , $ h.Q0 mInd 11.10 ; balcony ,
1,00 immd ? e. 445 seats mit f.Oe ucim.
Mmttloce-L'irt ( hour , lIe , 7c uflul l.OOl balcony ,
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