The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 27, 1895, Image 3
I UPHELD BY THE Mlli
Tho Venezuelan Commission Bill
Quickly Passe:!.
A SLUMP IN WALL STREET.
lAmenilin.nl* Proposed l?> ll>? Commitir.
on Foreign Kelntlonn Are Voted Dawn,
and tho House Kill is Passed Without n
l>lMeuting Vote?C'oinmeiitH of the Foreign
1'roii?Brazil (tongratulatcs.
Without amendment, nnd without a dissenting
vote, the Houso bill providing for
the Venezuelan boundary commission recommended
by President Cleveland was parsed
by the United Hiates Senate. This action
was taken in a session of exciting interest,
hi which wartaik by Senators wa* frequently
heard.
Republicans uud Democrats alike, witnout
regard to thoir opinions upon tho necessity
for such great haste, declared their nnmnsn
f jo sustain the President's position, nnri (ho |
Hg House bill was loft unamended for (ho 1
avowed purpose of allowing Great Britain |
and Europe that Congress was united in sup*
f port of the Administration's policy.
K* In Wh 1 street there was a tremoudous |
Wm slump in StOOks. Not only the twenty I
American securities listed on the other side ,
of the ocean. but all the stocks listed here.
HPi went down with n rU3h. A greater drop In a j
r given time was never known and there were >
live failures. Money was hard to get, and '
the rate went to ninety pei o?nt. at one time
|Hy' in the afternoon.
Underlying it all were the complications j
on the Venezuelan bon Hilary and the troublesome
National financial situation, but the
trouble in the street was precipitated tlrst by
Kk\ the br aking of tho London market on small
RT sal? .of American securities, and. second, by
me withdrawal by English houses of all their
loans here, so tliur they could shut the <
K| money up.
. The Chamber of Commerce of New York
Oity abandoned its project of calliug a spo- '
eial meeting to consider tho President's 1
message, on the grouud that such a meeting <
Ey'., might serve to aggravate existing unsettled 1
conditions.
Ki_ /?,/ Jfencjuioian question isstili an absorbt'^*
*tsu?nm|au in England au<l on j
^^?H*i)itirK r" * noteworthy Tea-, I
J. turelsftio ...j of the English press, I
Uh'. irrespective of party. Tlie weekly reviews
|$! all publish articles on thosuliject and,almost
without exception, they follow the lead oT ;
g( the dailies iu supporting Lord Salisbury and
in denying the right of tho United States to
K insist that arbitration shall lie employed.
A despat -It from Paris reports an interview
Er in which 51. Dcloncle a well -known French
Deputy, declares thai Mr. Cleveland's alii
tude in insisting upon arbirration is noble
and perfect. Uussiun newspapers liavo l>egun
to touch upon the topic, and they prefc5
diet a peaceful adjustm-'iit of tlie difficulty.
Investors in Aiueriean securities on the
i Continent, as well us in England, are selling
Indiscriminately, under tho inlluonc i oi a
K jcaii-nnnie.
Tim Brazilian S'ouite sent a eubln message
nf congratulation to the Senate of the United:
States fur Jim dignillod manner in wlilch'
k President Cleveland hail treated tlx; Venezuelan
question. The discussion in tlx*
Brazilian ehutnber wus marked bv cnvt eup
thusiasm.
A GLANCE AT VENEZUELA.
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Something About Ihr Country anil It* Valuable
Hmwurow. ----- j .
Although 11m Hepnblic of Vouezueia has,
oeon a somewhat settled and comparatively*
well- tellned country for over 400 years, it,
y ' was not until recently that the attention of
L*' tho people of the United States became:
strongly attracted to this sister republic on
? the South American continent.
Venezuela has frequently been styled, in
reference to its dispute with England over
its boundary line, a small country. It is so
only in the comparative sense, when contrasted
iu the mind figuratively with the,
enoriuoin- development and compact eiviliz
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'lii" I'.ritiM) Hit*. .- ; . pa (hivi-rani'-ni in
ilottisl Will's of this map n'nl all it tIt Ni-rtl
wan-la. has lint r 'liiii|i|is'i<'il ln*r lotaphnhtlii
Cnyinii Uiv"r, o.NtoixSniK to tlx* smith I'Otvwi'ii
in tlx* southwest t'oriun tif tin* map.
ation t>i (in-iit llrita.ii>. Voin'v.uola is a lartfo
?t???ilitry? larger than l-Yaw-i-, (it-rmiiiiv, and '
Hollaml '-omhinnil. It is i-ijual in extent to 1
llio ureal Statos of'I'lixri-;, (Jolnrailo, I<laho.
ami Calilnriiiii join I tn.*?'tln-r. Im-linlin^*
tin* ti-rritory in ili -.puti* with l'milainl,
Vimi'-/.iii*1ii Ins u;i ai'i-'i <>i" aliuo.-'t iiH>,OiM)
hipiaro mill's.
Situate.I at tin- nnrtlr-rii i-ml -if Smith
Atm-r-ii-a, .villi tlin ('arihli-an Sen. Ii tli-t
norm, ne- Mil.lie w, "..i nil m .i, ami
high mount.on in Hi" interior, Vi :*i< i
peculiarly fa\ ore 1 l?> llio n:;t >ir;iI "len.ehtv.
Three 11 ?11 ?i;i i? ranges reu simw ?-:t;1 ;
s i;inni'? I" ll. s'?y- In" An!"-', til" <' ? i -1
It ? !-'? i rl flic Fari na Mountains. Kpi a:, tug
gencra'lv, nearly "V tv St it. in the country
is m ; m: 11 anions l?> some l"gr"". Among iii"
ii< >ti lit ii i n - Hi" country varii's in t.uu; .vatnr"
from tin>.t?*r:it<' t-? very cold. The temperate
lands hegin nt the height ?f 7000 f '"i
almve and <l".s-"11(1 until within 2000 f""i <>1
til" sea i"Vt;I. Udow that level arc the h>>r
gauntries.
There are r.ver 10(10 river- ami brooks in
Veil": le'ti, ef which over 10U arc affluents <>'
III" Orinoco. Tli" Orinoco is navigable K.'.ll
mill's from ill" ocean, ami taps the fertile
regions in til" interior of tli'< <lolotubia |{epi|l*li".
S mi" of lie' navigable tributaries
i liei O.'ini run soutii ami join lie
Am:;:'. >n ot it- tributaries, tints opening u '
ilonbi" route to the sea. Mesiiles this net- ,
work of riv ts. I here aro two large inhtint '
la'.es, one of whidi, I .ate Mar.'i'iiibo, i< as
large a- UmOrent Sail l.al.e in I'tali. with
an area of 210 1 sipiain miles. The other, i
l.ako Valencia, is 1700 fed ab >vo t Ii * m i
level. '
Venezuela isn Federal Republic. Its ('on- .
dilution is modeled on tlioso of tne Unite J j
States and Switzerland. It gives autonomy
|o tXic atotes in tUo cvnfvjJvrrvtivn. -TUero ]
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CARACAS. THE CAJ'l
ire open elections. Tree speech, tree press,
religious liberty, security of person and
property, prohibition of slavery, and no imprisonment
for debt. But in Venezuela
there is no writ of habeas corpus ami no ,
trial by jury. The legislative power is I
kodgod in n Senate ami a House of Deputies.
There are three Senators from each State, ,
and, with their alternates, they serve four
years? One Deputy is apportioned to each
35.000 inhabitants. The Venezuelan Congress
consists of 27 Senators and 53 Deputies.
The oopulntion of Venezuela is 2.400.000
by the Intest oensus. On tue peace ioottn? I
the urmy numbers7000 men. In case of wal I
mo uui-iHiYB loreo chu do raised to OO.OJd ]
men. Th? annual revenue of ihe country is |
*5,500,('00, of which two-thirds is from cus-J
toms duties. Venezuela imports annually I
*13,00 >,005 worth of merchandise, and ex-i i
ports *10 000,030 worth. The principal export
Is coiTea, equal to *15,000,1100 per an- ;
num. Venezuela buys *1.000,000 worth of i
goods yearly from C.rent Britain, and sells
John hull only *500,000 worth annually.
The Unitnd States bought *12,000.000 worth
of goods from Venezuela in 1801. The internal
debt amouuts to $7,5 >0,00 >.
The executive power of Venezuela is vested
iu a President, who acts in conjunction with
hts Cabinet and the Federal Council, fie
holds office for two years, and cannot be
at once re-elected. The Federal Council is j
composed of a Senator ami Deputy from I
each State and a Deputy from the Fedora' |
District, chosen by Congress from am out; its
own members, for the term of two years.
Tlie Federal Council chooses the Presid* ut
of Venezuela from its own rank.. The courts
are orgauize I much like those of the United
States, There is a system of free nubile
schools. The Federal District corresponds
to the District of Columbia.
The chief city of Venezuela is the capital, :
Caracas. It lias a population of 75.000 per- I
sous. The other chief cities are Valencia, j
40,000 population; Maracaibo, 35.000; Bar- j
quisimento. 32,000, nud Ciudad Bolivar,
12,000.
Inoueofthe lino public squares in Car- !
aeas is a large statue of George Washington.
Venezuela remained under Spanish rule j
until 1811. when Simon Bplivar proclaimed |
her independent. The independence of Venezuela
wns recognized by Spain in 1315. in (
1.310 a series of civil wars began, nud did not .
close until 1.370. Ail slaves were emancipated
in 1851. In 1301 a Federal Constitu- I
lion was drawn up. Guzman Blanco became 1
Dictator in 1870. when lie was clode i Presi- |
dent.
i ...i (rcuj)i.: i>i TciHv.ti'MR urn in tin- mum
descended from the Spaniards. A good ileal i
of Iudiun blood ha* been minuted with the '
Spanish strain. They are a talented and !
courteous people, who hear the reputation ' ,
of heiuu fine fighters. A considerble part !
of Venezuela is still practically unexpired. !
and is inhabited by at)ori?iues. The re- i
b'isl'rfet and five*1-^ iHtMi'l are
3900 miles of telegraph wire. Five steamship
lines ply atoll!? the Venezuelan coasts
and through the rivors. There art. 231
utiles of railroads. The monetary u;.\ of ]
i'.i- euticlry is the bolivar, equul to IJ.4
cent Am rteau money.
Car. a... the capita',is s,mate 1 m the i'u;'
..'Itu . ? ). soy 1 miles distant from * ?
("arrib .-.u eoas?. Fit city is result ty irl.i
1 11-r a*". 1 \< ? main strc.?,-, whic.i
a *h 0.I1 rittht i.n.'i >.?. 'I'll . a.*
n p:t"'1'tiH elt> i.' is .tliii to- |
tai'y s r >><:' by na en-ch pi '.ice in !'1L . I
? BOUNDARY CLAIMED
SOT BY tTNIGLANQ.
? BOUNDARY CLAIMED
f . by VENEZUELA.
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!> TE1IKITOKY.
tin region oiicIos?m1 bot\v<-'u ilm i>ia<*K am? I
iwc.-t^ru proviuca of llrithlt (iniiina. Wit- .
11^ -1; i i 111 to tit" minim; region smith fit the !
i the l-'.sst:<|uil>i? Hi vi ami Mount Kiratn.u in j
I5I<; KXODUS TO I IIK SOl'TII.
riioiisamls I'|>on TIioiismikIs Koaviii" i
tin' Norlli\vi?st in l'ralrio
S ? li o o ii c r s.
A t'inn -i ii nut i tolo^raiii saj- \li tin romls
n tli" vi'-iiiity >f Howling 'ii ii ur<' tlir.uit;
i! with wl'.ito-i anviu-ii'il wattnii-, f-iuAjo*. in
; 11mI l?\ tlii' >r<>. hound f.?r \hii>:ilii-i
iiiiil utliiT Southern Stales. lull piiimii|>:illy
Alabama. Tin* v: y?iir?,r - .vn i11< 1 n< I'd
In loa\ tlmir linii'i'.- i:i tin northwest ' >'
tin* .. vi'i'i' \vi at In r. ilrniiL'lit> a ail aw t ill *! 1
111 1 liy generous nlTi-rs mai; 1 >* latnl >yinli- ,
all-- in 111** Smith. Tll"V no- a1: of
good morals ami ami will add
irraatly t'? tlii-|>ri?n|H'rit> m ;11 s ailli. rim
wagons get together at Mi-inJ>liis. wimre limy
r. tin' ri\ r. l< i- estimated llint 120,00(1
i .i-rsi ?i? -? |?n<si il Si mi 111 in tlm wagon traini
111i- \v?'i'k ami that ytl.OOn more an' eomine.
I
TIh* Colleton Ij.vurlirrs.
Tim information has reached Columbin
t lint tli*> men who are implicated m
tin' Colleton nlTtiir, about which ho
much hiiN boon Niiiil, caiuc into Wnlterboro
on Monday night utul surrenderctl
tlicinsclvch to the sheriff of Colleton
county, claiming that tliu stories of the
atVair, which have all agreed thus far,
have been much exaggerated and that
at the proper time they would present
matters that would cause a reversal of
public sentiment.
TAL OF VENEZUELA.
iBMoYmbW
The President Again Appeals for
Financial Legislation,
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UF AQKQ IMMrniATC iPTinm
III. nuno I 111 III l_Uin I L. nuiivjlli
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fna TIuiv or I-ear and Appretipiuiioii, lie
Sayt, He Aaka Surli Prompt Aid a* Con- (
Kress Alone liar* the Power to Give to
Prevent Any Sarrlllee of tlie lVo.ilr'i Interest*
or Iiii|i.iirnteiit or l'ublie Credit.
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President Cleveland has again appoaleJ to
Congress for the enactment of legislation for
tlie relief of the Treasury and the mninten- T
-Mice of the National credit. The heavy witiiJrnwats
of gold and the belief that, owing to <
the flurry ovor the Venezuelan situation and
:lm disposition on the part of foreign inves- ^
torstouuload American securities, these with- i
drawals would continue for some time,
brought the Administration faeoto face with r
the necessity for action without a moment's ^
delay. The President sent a message to
Congress putting the situation before that ]
body, uud plainly saving there ought to be
no recess for the holidays, or for any other c
purpose, until some action lias been taken to
correct the evils of our system of finance and
insure the confldeuce of tho world in the }
credit of the Government and tho soundness j
of the Treasury. Ho makes no specific rec- j
omnien lotions, further than calling atton- j
tion to those made in his last aununl message.
His message 011 the subtest fol- ??
lows: t
To the Congress: I
In my Inst annual me--ago the of onr J
nrcseiit llnnnelal system were plainly pointed
jiut and tlmeuusosaud means of tho duple- *
lion oi (iovernineut gold were explained. \
tt was therein stated that after all thccfforts ,|
hat had been male by the executive >
ranch of the (] m-rninent to protect
bur gold reserve by the issuance of ..
onds amounting to more than $1611,000,000,
such reserve then amounted to but little (
more thau $79,000,000; that about *16.000,00
bad beeu with Irawn from such reserve
during the mouth next previous to tlio date
of that message, and that quite largo withdrawals
for shipment in the immediate
fuiure were predicted. ..
The contingency then feared has reached
us, and the withdrawals of gold since the ^
I'ommuniuation referred to -*?!>?? that
In our Oovernment goru-ivluoh a dohlution
us face to face with the necessity of further
action for its protection. This condition Is n
intensified by the prevalence in certain quarters
of sudden and unusual apprehension
and timidity in business circles.
We are in the midst of another season of
perplexities, caused by our dangerous and
fatuous iluaucial operations. These may bo
expected to recur with certainty as long as
there is no amendment in our iluuncial system.
If in this particular instance our predicament
is at all influenced l>y a recent in- ^
sistcnce upon the-positiou we should occupy
in our relation to certain questions concerninn
our foreign policy, this furnishes a signal
and impressive warning that even the
patriotic sentiment of our people is not an
adequate substitute for a sound iluuncial
policy.
Of course there can be no doubt in any
thoughtful mind as to the complete solvency
ot our Nation, nor can there lie any just apprehension
that tho American people will be 11
satislled with lesAhnu an honest payment
>f our public obligations in the recognized
money of the world. We should not over- '
Jook the fact, however, that arouse I fear is
unreasoning and must bo taken into account
In all efforts to avert public loss and the '
pucnn ee <ii our people s intcresrs.
Tne. real ami sensible cur? for ouv recur- (
ring troubles flit! only bo effected by a complete
.'bhugo in our flnau'ial scheme. IVnd- *
jug thai the executive branch of the Government
will not relax its efforts nor abandon
its determination to use every means within >
its reach to maintain before the worlil
American credit, nor will there beany hesd- >
tation in exhibiting its confidence in the
resources of our country and the constant
patriotism of our people.
In view, however, of the peculiar situation
now confronting us. I have ventured to
he.- n express the earnest hope that the Congress,
in default of the inauguration of a
hel .or system of finance, will not take a recess
from its Inbors before it has, by legislative
enactment or declaration, done something
not only to remind those appro- '
hoasivc among our people that the rcsoure
\sof tins (Jovcrnment and ascrupulous
regard for honest dealing, a Herd u sure
giia.Mri.eu of unquestioned safety and soundness.
lint t<? reassure the world that with
hc.-r factors anu the patriotism of our eiti".ciis.
the ability and determination of 0111
Nation to meet in any cireuinstauecs every !
obligation it incurs do not aduiit of question.
1 ask at the hands .if tin* Congress such
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to prevent in a time of f?*ar ami apprehnn?::on
any sneriilee of tho people's interests
..nl the miblie funiis or tho impairment of
our public credit in an effort l?y executive
netioii to relieve the dangers of the present
em Ttreney. (ir.oviu: Oi.uviu.anu.
It'',' Miye Mansion. Ileoomher 2J. lSUfi.
Mrs. Stanford's Saoritiorfi.
The inline of Mrs. I.ciaml Stanford
will orat least ott.aht ;m ilmvn i:i history
beside tli.ll of IJueeit Isahelle; indeed.
it will have greater lustre, for
the proud i|Ue.n of Arragon doubtless
was well persuaded by the eloiptence
of t'olui.iliiis that a new eiii'iire was
awaiting Iter, ami it is easy enough to
risk even crown jewels when an empire
where jewels are as pehhles in
the brooks, is in prospect, lint Mrs.
Stanford, in making personal saerilires
to keep open 1 he Stanford university.
lias no empire for herself in view,
(i11?I her sacrifices are all the more noble
because they are made to open tiie
empire of knowledge to others. Womankind.
Itrcrilttiiiu Causes a Itiot.
A rtot has occurred in Cuwo, t'cru, cat-od
by forced methods of recruiting. The niilitury
subdued tho outbreak and tortured the
1 Hull-Prefect and other prisoners hy order of
j the military commander. .More troops have
been sent to the scene to restore order, and a
I now Prefect has been appointed.
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HOUSK COMMITTEES.
Representatives Have ISeen Assigned
to Their Work.
Speaker Reed Saturday announced the
Bouse committee assignments as follows:
Foreign Affairs: Republicans ? Ultt, Illinois,
chairman; Draper. Massachusetts-.
Adams, Jr., Pennsylvania; (^uigg, New
York; Cousins, Iowa; Taft, Ohio; Smith,
Michigan: Heatoole. Minnesota: Pearson,
North Carolina. Democrats MeCrury,
Kentucky; Price. Louisiana: Luokuer, Virginia:
Dinsuiore. Arkansas; Money, Mississippi:
Nowlunds, Nevada.
Ways und Means: Republicans?Dingle;,
Maine, chairman; Payne. New York; DaHzell,
Pennsylvania: Hopkins. Illinois. Grosvenor.
Ohio: Russell. Connecticut; Doliver,
Iowa; Steele. Indiana: Johnson. North Dakota;
Evans. Kwutueky, Tawuey. Min
nesota. Democrats?Crisp. Georgia; McMillan,
Tennessee; Turner. Georgia: Tarsnoy,
Missouri; Wheeler, Alabama: McL&urin,
South Carolina. '
Appropriations: Republicans?Caunon, Illinois.
<tmirmau: Uingham. Pennsylvania;
Oroutt, Vermont; Nortliwny. Ohio; Stone.
Pennsylvania: Arnold. Rhode Island; Hayuer,
Nebraska: III ue, Kansas; Pitney. New Jersey;
Hcmonway. Indiana; McCall, Tennessee:
Democrats?Sayers, Texas; Doekery. Missouri;
Livingston, Georgia; Robertson,
Louisiana; Layton. Ohio: llnrtlett. New York.
Coinage. Weights and Measures : Republicans
-C. W. Stone. Pennsylvania, chairman;
Hartmun, Montana; Loudenslauger, New
Jersey; Hunter, Kentucky; Brmvster, New
i'ork; Hadley, ^Illinois: McClure, Ohio;
-Hjuvmiru, unio: l-'alrehild, New York: Tan- j
rmn, Utah. Democrats-Allen. Mississippi;
linn k head, Alabama: Mi'Kae, Arkansas;
Spnrkman, Florida; Spencer. Mississippi;
Dlark, Alabama.
Military Affairs: Hull. Iowa, chairman.
Pacific Railroads: Powers, Vermont,
'balrman.
Inter-State and Foreign Commerce: Hepntru.
Iowa, chairman.
Judiciary: Henderson. Iowa, chairman.
Rules: Republicans Speaker Reed, choirnan;
Henderson, Iowa; Dallzcll. Democrats
? Crisp, Georgia; McMillan, Tennessee.
Rivers and Harbors: Hooker. Now York.
L/hairman.
Railways and Canals?Chickeriug. New
1'ork. chairman.
Immigration and Naturalization ?Batlioldt,
ilissouri. chairman.
Indian Affairs--Sherman, New York,
bairmau.
Public Buildings and Grounds?Miliken.
iluine, chairman.
Merchant, Marine and Fisheries?Payne,
'ii'w Y'ork. chairman.
Banking and Currency?Walker, ilassahusotts.
chairman.
Naval Affairs Boutclle. Maine, chairman.
Elections. No. 1: Chas. Daniels, Now York;
loyse, Maryland; Cooke. Illinois; Leonard.
Vuiusylvauia; Moody. Massachusetts; I,iuicy.
North Carolina; Dinsmore, Arkansas;
Jar' "tt. Georgia: Kcm. Nebrnslfn
Elections. No. tt: JI. V. Johnson, Indiana;
itrode. Ncoraskn; l'riuee. Illinois: Taylor,
Ihio; Miller. West Virginia: Long, Kansas:
larrisou, Alahama: Maguire. California:
iylo. Mississippi.
Elections, No. d Samuel \V. McCall. MasachuKetts:
Thomas, Michigan; Barton. Ohio;
Valkcr. Virginia: Overstreet, Indiana; Coding.
Pennsylvania: Bell. Texas: DeArmoud.
lissouri: Jones, Virginia.
War Claims Million. Pennsylvania, chairman.
Election of President and Vice President:
hirtis. New York, chairman.
Private Laud Claims . Smith. Illinois,
hair man.
Expenditures in the Agricultural Department:
Oillett, New Y'ork. chairman.
Expenditures Department of Justice: El'is.
Iregon. chairman.
Expenditures Public Buildings: Settle,
[orth Carolina, chairman.
Territories: Scrunton. Pennsylvania.
Invalids Pensions. i~ , a. cuonnan.
Labor: rhillips, Pennsylvania, chairman.
Agricultural: YVadsworth, New York,
hair man.
Mississippi River Levees: Ray, New Y'ork.
hairmau.
Mines and Mining: Aiken. Michigan. ??liiurman.
irrigation of Arid Lands: Herman. Ore;on,
ehairinau.
Militia: Marsh, Illinois, chairman.
Patents: Draper, Massachusetts, chairman.
Post-office and Post Roads: Loud. Caltforlia.
chairman.
lteform in tlie l*i vil I'l-iwiilt l'.ii.n
ylvania.
Manufacturer!-: Apsley, Massachusetts,
hnirmnu.
Education Orow. I'cnuslyvnnia, ohairnan.
Claim*: Bruinm, Pcnnslyvunia. chairman.
Library: llurini-r. l'cunsylvania, hairnan.
Printing: Perkins. Iowa, chairman.
Pensions: Loudouslager, New Jersey,
hairinan.
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic; Morse. Mnssn hnsetts,
chairman.
Itcvisiou of Laws: Bowers. California,
hairinan.
Enrolled Bills- Hagcr. Iowa, chairman.
Ventilation and Aecousties? Linton. Mielignu,
chairman.
District of Columbia Babeock, Wisconsin,
fialrmnn.
Expenditures in the Navy Department rhoinas,
Michigan, chairman.
Expenditures in the Department of State J'ligg.
New York, chairman.
Expenditures in the Treasury Department
?(irosvenor, Ohio, chairman.
Expenditures in the War Department
Drout. Vermont, chairman.
Expenditures in the Department < f the
Interior Curtis. Kansas, chairman.
THE LABOR WORLD.
London lias .120.10u maid serv.iiP-.
Chicago lias an Egg Inspect .r- Pn.v.n.
. One- "lev ant h of Hi" whole Lon.ile population
oi England arc servant.-.
The Barbers* New Yo-\; Sla.e Convention
will be held at Syracuse January
Women are commencing t<> work in the
Rout hern Stub's at granite catting.
The Brooklyn Musical Protective lkilin
implied to the Fob-ration >' Labor for a
charter.
Carriage dr.vcr-- in France *< -.-ive y-l.S2
week, in England . 1 n ir. < rinany -T.'21
and in Italy ? g.?b).
C -nei ilM mtcr Worn'tin i Sovereign, ol !h
Knight- ot 1. :'ior. ha.- - : re-, ! . at Sulphur
Sprint .-. Ar!
Tli ii cm- t a Unite i <;.. :ii "lit-Work
it- >;i,riui: i'm' it 11 v.';'. I'm
5!'7.l*>. :i:;ains: ' ! '? '.'.'ii 1 ^ ' 1 Wonn'ii
:;i" rraulvinff Instructions ii i>i k
ri'i'ion .wavinill ?* 1111 vlvnua iliil,-. 1'iit- i
trade li.rt ln'i'ii imiiOiit I l ii
t;>i? * ?:n*>in?- I nt''tii 1 t r i I* - .ir<* s:u! ti.
v<t" ll|>"li tin- ipiestioli "l ?1 !i> irj 1111-_c !:!
iyiit-hour workday ;n May. 1
(a some I.ondon restaurant- wniire*-;".hftVT
to In* mi duty a,'otit twenty liour- a
tiny, iiinl roi'iiivo only ji ii'onlli
The Typo- tin-< Ma liiii" Krujino.'r-, ?>*"
Brooklyn, want au in opend *n! oiiartor ir.iai
the American Federation of l.alior.
A movement is on fo. . to lirin-; all woo l
workers in the Unit" 1 Stales and t'nnadi: '
into ono international oruanir. tiion.
Senator Call, of Florida. iiitr-> luo" I a oil)
roipiirint; ti.o railroa ! - of tin' country to pay
tin- want's of employes sick or disah!"d.
A niovoinoiit was sot on foot ! > tin* iron
Tradi's t'oiinoil to organize tlio foiindry
workers of Now York City and vioinity.
A eonventio: of tlio Socialist Alliance of
tin- (JnitoJ St.it and ('ana la will l i Ii -Id in
inuuary. Upwe ' of tlftoon ooutra! an I National
bodies will oo represented.
THE STATE'S
FINANCES.
THK ANNUAL. KKPOItT OF THE
STATK TKKASUltKK.
All About the Government's Flnaiiclul
Condition, The Farts und Figures.
The auoual report of State Treasurer
Bates has been issued, and it contains
much information of interest to
the people of the State. The summarized
portion of the report reads as
follows:
Hon. James Norton, Comptroller <7c/irrnf
S. ('.:
Sir: I have the honor to submit
herewith my report for the fiscal year
ending October 31st, 1895.
The following abstracts present in a
condensed form the accounts and
transactions of the office, which are
more fully set forth iu the usual annual
statements accoinpanyiug this
report:
RECAPITULATION.
Receipts for yeur ending 31st Octoliar
1fiU<V 'IV. euir. -nu r.?. >:. I
wva t awt/u i hai p, i wo. it . *1 If*" ]
pensary, credited dispensary account,
802,231.01; dispensary for appropriation
of net of December, 1802, refund- ,
ed general account, $50,000; phosphate
royalty, $03,308.71; privilege tax on
fertilizers, $30,135.93; official fees,
$13,017.81; commissioners sinking
fund, $1,300; Morrill fund, $21,000;
otlior special accouuts, $1,102.39; as- ^
sessmeuts for railroud commissioners,
$8,828.02; interest on sinking fund for ^
the reduction of Drown 4 1-2 per
cents, $0,091.80; loans effected under
acts 1893-1894, $100,000; from other \
sources, $1,279.48. Total, $1,971,892.29;
balance 31st October, 1894. $203,- '
250.24. Grand total, $2,175,148.53.
Payments for year ending 31st ^
October, 1895?legislative expenses, *
$33,370.21; educational institutions j
and expenses, $225,018.99; charitable,
pcnnl and sanitary expenses, $130,- r
511.00; interest on public debt and
expenses, $209,140.05; state dispensary,
$750,323.58; salaries supreme
court, circuit judges, solicitors, state rj
officers, county auditors and supervisors.
public institutions etc., $143,800;
public printiug, $19,607.52; investment
for sinking fund for reduction of ~
the Brown 4J per cents under act 1892,
$11,000.91; pensions and special pen- j
siouer, $51,109.70; maintaining militia
1893-1894 and 1894-1895, $20,000; ^
direct nix xund aud interest,$17,1114.17: p
Browu c'ouhoIs, due July, 1893, redeemed,
$>895.71; election expenses,
$18,549.71; refund taxes and overpay- ^
incuts refunded county treasurers, v
$6,060.76; contingent funds and sta- r,
tiouery und stamps, executive officers, ?
supremo court and other ofticers, j?
$7,205.62; Constitutional convention tj
appropriation, $3,308.(12; legal ser- H]
vices in Coosaw company case und
121.69; on other accounts,
Total, $1,902,952.52; balance 31st October,
1895, $272,196.01. Grand total,
$2,175,118.53. (
ABSTRACTS? DEBTO IIS AMI CREDITORS. ,
31st OCTOBER, 1895. j
Debtors?Cash in State treasury, oi v
which $15,241.26 is to credit of generu: t
account, $272,196.01; county treusur- t
ers, $15,299.55; phosphate royalty,
$18,094.70; other accounts, $1,29-1.14
total, $306,884.40; balanee against j
State, $7,044,916.58; grand total, v
$7,351,800.98.
Creditors?Brown consuls, due '93, j
outstanding, $5,858. 26: green con soli ^
(invalidity of green consols, estimated
$294,671.22), face value, $325,230.54 j
blue 41-2 per cent, bonds and stock, .
$400,000; brown 4 1-2 per cent, bomb
and stock, $5,537,483.87; old bondi |
and stocks (fundable at 50 per cent. oJ
l: i A : l l .i A *
vaiiu punj principal uini juiercsi.?
principal, face value, $354,208.04
Clenison college 0 per cent, stock?
perpetual, $58,539.30; Agricultural col {
lege 0 per cent, stock (Clenison i, $05,
900: Agricultural college G per cent
atock (Clallin), 895,900; deficiency
stock, $21.98; interest on consols,
brown and green, $113,867.04; interes' |
on other bonds anil stock, $1,512.28 j
sinking fund for reduction of brown 4 | ,
1-2 per cents, $110,002.83; dispensary, j (
$73,070.58; commissioners sinking J
fund, $43,958.95; fund for redemptiot i j
brown consols, $0,210.72; direct tu> 1 ,
funds (principal and interestsi, $13,- I ,
500.72: direct tax claims?act 1884. ; ]
$7,202.79: Morrill fund, $8,140.25 ' ,
special accounts, $1,719.55: county |
treasurers, 87,31 1.93;treasury reserve :
fund, $7,432.50; rent and darnaget
Citadel aeudemy, $15,000: balances o:
appropriations and other balances uu i
drawn, $011,070.98; total, $7,351,
800.98.
* iisu iimninicK provided lor uy special
fuiuls in the treasury?Urowncuu
sols outstanding, 85,858.2(1; deficiency
stock outstanding. 821.08; ni nk i iif.
fuiul reduction brown I 1-2 pur cents,
$110,002,811; dispensary, $7.'?,07t?.5H
commissioners sinking fund, $ r?,05S
.05; direct tax funds and interest, etc., J
$i:$,5o?;.?; 1; Morrill fund, 88. J10.'Jo
speci d n( counts, 81,710.55: total,
$25li,I( 15.0 1.
Cash Iitil i 1 i11< s payable from tlit* punem!
or currant fund Interest oi
brown consols, past tine, $00,02(1.110
interest on $d0,5l?5,:i2, valid jiart o!
the green consols, estimated. $2!5,NlO.05;
interest on other bonds and stock,
SI ,512. US; direct tax claims, act 18SI
$7,202.70; balances appropriations,
etc., undrawn on October lilst, 1805.
$(50,070.58; interest on new I l-'J jai
I cent, bonds liable to be issued for old
I bonds and stocks outstanding, 8'151,
2(18.ti l. less SI1:1,(100 probably invalid,
| principal, 8210, (108. (M, with (I per cent,
interest to July 1, 18011, 8271,(585.11 ?
$182,20:1.78; fundable at 50 per e? nt.
under funding act, 8211,1 1(1.80; interest
on 8211,1 1(1.80 from July 1, ISO.'l,
to .1 illy 1, 1805, at 1 I-2 per ee ut., 82 I, 70J.22;
total, 82III,050.51.
| It 1b scarcely necessary to observe
that additional cash liabilities will
soon accrue, for the interest becoming
payable on tho G per cent, and 4 1-2
per cent, bonds and stocks, for legislative
expenses, and the ordinary expenses
of the State government.
Tho loan of $50,000 negotiated by
his excellency the governor and myself
in August, 1804, under authority
of act 1803, was paid at maturity,
January, 1805.
It became necessary to effect a further
loan of 8100,000, under tho provision
of the act of 1804, viz., in December,
1801. The receipts into the
treasury have enabled us to meet this
obligation also.
The taxes from tho taxes levied by
act of December last, for year commencing
1st November, 1804, have aggregated
thus far $14,072.38. From
the present indications, however, it is
not improbablo that a sufficient
amount will bo realized to meet the
payment of interest on the public debt
becoming duo 1st January next.
On 10th August last tho state dia- /
pousary commissioner returned to tho
state through this office, from the proceeds
of the dispensary, the sum of
$50,000, which was appropriated by
act of December. 180'J. ?? n. lnnn Or,
the 2nd iust. the commissioner deposited
in this otlice the further sum of
850,000 us u surplus from his receipts.
Both of these payments have been
placed to the credit of the general account
of the treasury.
It will be seen that the balance to
credit of the dispensary on 01st October
was $73,070.58.
Sinking fund for the reduction of
the Brown 4 1-2 per cents created by
ret of December, 1802?The commission
appointed by uct of December,
1892, and charged with the management
of this fuud have invested the
receipts from plioBphutc royalty from
1st Jauuary, 1804, to the amount of
?35,728.50, iu the 4 1-2 per cent bonds
ind stock to this state, viz:
drown 4 1-2 per cents. ... $ 35,000 00
and Blue 4 1-2 per cents. 728 50
Thus leaving a cash balunce
on 31st October, 1805,
not yet invested, of.... 110,002 83
The total fund, 31st October,
being $145,731 39
The terms of the net of 1892 in regard
to these investments are somewhat
indefinite, rendering it doubtful
whether any portion of this fuud could
>e placed in certain securities that
ould have been obtained at a reasonbio
cost. The cash remainder ol $110,02.83
has therefore been placed on
leposit drawing interest at 4 per cent,
a our bank depositories designated by
he financial board. These deposits,
rill of course, be subiect to snob
urtlier action uh may be taken by the
en era! assembly, or otherwise may bo ^
ontinucd until favorable opportuni- *
ics for making further investments
hall be presented.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. C. Bates,
Not All Killed by Hhot.'"'*
The recent war between Japan and
'liliia has taught the olttcers of the
in. rican navy at least one new thing
u the construction of vessels. There
viil he scarcely any woodwork in the
)regon. that is rapidly Hearing eotnpleion
at the I'nion iron works. This is
lue to the fact that there were more
teople killed and injured in tlie naval
lattles in the orient by tlying wooden
splinters than hy the bullets or explodng
shells. Most of the cruisers and
ntttleships that took part in the war
vere constructed with steel hulls, ami
til of them were more or less proected
with heavy avinor plates. The
nterior fittings and furnishings of the
juarters and the deck coverings, how'Ver.
were of wood. When a shot piere d
the hull of a vessel and tore through
he wood in the interior of the ship
splinters were sent flying in all direcions.
In most cases the shot passed
hrottgh the vessel without injuring any
>f the c rew, hut the shower of wooden %
cpliuters tilled the sick hay and kept
[he sailmaker sewing up the dead in
anvtts sacks for luirial. ??n the battledtip
< trefoil practically no wood will
he used. All the bulkheads and parlitions
dividing the rooms In the otilrers'
cpiarters are to be of iron. No
wood will he used on the decks, hut
instead linoleum will he cemented tc?
the iron deck to prevent slipping. All
I he doors will he of iron, and all thoso
leading to the decks will he made wal?
L'l- tight. San I-'rancisco Kxamlner.
Story on Keed.
The following anecdote appears in a
recent nuniher of Leslie's Weekly:
"After he was graduated from Howdoin
College, ex-Speaker Heed thought seriously
of becoming a minister; hut lit:
studied law instead of divinity, and
went to California to hang out his shingle.
Tlie story of his admission to the
bar there is interesting. 'Trtni," said
the judge, "is the legal tender act eon
st itut huial V * 11 is. sir.' answered the
young lawyer, who knew his rxaiiau
cr's bent. 'You shall he admin, f*
said the judge, and the ceremoiij >... >
over. This version spoils an o\ei !h at.
anecdote. The store as it occurred is
as fcdlows: When Tom Keed was to he
c xamined for admission to the bar,
.Illume ?. I. Wallace was tlicl) Oil llie
Supreme Uracil, ami the candidate appeared
before liiin for examination.
It was in the early sixties, ami the
country was convulsed with varying
opinions on the legal tender act. li is
true that .fudge Wallace said to tiecandidate:
'Is the legal tender act cos.
slitutionalV 'It is. sir.' was the reply.
'You are passed, sir," replied Judge
Wallace at once; 'any young man who
can decide grave constitutional questions
like that off-hand , requires no
further examination.' "
A general st tike ol 1'ittsOuri; plumbers sin
inaugurated for the restoration of tlit> ten
per cent, reduction two yeans ago. About
400 men wont out.