The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 06, 1897, Image 4
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Review of the Legislation of the
Session Just Closed.
TOUR APPROPRIATION BILLS.
New Provisions Added of Interest and
Importance?Cost of Armor Plate?
The Arbitration Treuty Defeated.
The extraordinary session ?f Conpress
just closod was called by President
McKiuley two days after he took
the oath of ofHce on the steps of the
Capitol. It wet in pursuance to his
proclamation at noon March 15. The j
spocial message transmitted by him to j
both Houses on the opening day was i
brief. It explained the deficiencies in
the revenues, reviewed the bond issues i
_ . A 1 - - - '
oi mu lasi administration ana urged
Congress promptly to correct the existing
condition by passing a tariff bill
that would supply ample revenues for
the support of the government and the
liquidation of the public debt. No other
subject of legislation was mentioned
in the message and the tariff bill was
the all-absorbing feature of the session.
The Republican members of the waj*s
and menus committee of the preoeding
liouso had beon at work throughout
the short session, which ended March
4, giving hearings and preparing the
bill which was to be submitted at the
extra session. Three days after the
session opened the tariff bill was reported
to the II01130 by the ways and
means committee, and thirteen days !
later, on Maroh 81,it passed the House, i
It went to the Senate, was referred to j
the committee on finance, and the Republican
members of that committee
spout a month and three days in its
consideration and in preparing its
amendments, which were submitted to
thq Senate on May 4. Its consideration
wnB begun in the Senate on May 7,
and exactly two months later, July
7, it passed tho Senate with 872 amendments.
The bill then went to conference,
where, after a ten days' struggle, on July
17 a complete agreement was reached
by which the Senato proceeded from
118 amandniflnt# anil !??* U<>n#? ? >>
511. Tha others (24:1 in number) were
compromised. The conference report
was adopted by the House July 10 at
the conclusion of twelve hours of continuous
debate. The report was taken
up to the Senate July 20 and adopted
on Saturday, the 24tU.
Congress did uot devote its attention
entirely to the tariff though it did subordinate
everything else to this one
measure. The four appropriation bills
which failed on March 4th last in themselves
would have compelled President
MoKiuley to call Oongross in extra session,
even if the necessity of a revision
of the tariff'had not existed. Those appropriation
bills ware the sundry
civil, the agricultural, the Indiau and
the general deficiency. These bills were
introduced and passed by the House iu
the identical form in which they existed
at tho time of their failure of enactment
into law at tho preening Congress,
but they were aiasmtV-1 .
i. ??... o \Jy tne Senate,
and when tlioy finally became laws contained
more or loss new legislation of
interest and importance.
general deficiency carried a provision
accepting the invitation to take
part in the Paris exposition in lltrto, an i
appropriated 8-13,OUU to defray nrelimiuar\
expenses and appropriated 8b":",000
for a new immigrant station at New
York to replace the one destroyed by
1>.. e_.. .1 . -
inu. i>.v mi xue iuobi important piece
of new legislation iu the bill, however,
wftB that limiting the cost of armorplate
for the throe new battleships to
&10U per ton. In case the Secretary
of the Navy should 11ml it impossible to
make contracts for armor within
the price lixed, ho was authorized by
this provision to take steps to establish
a government armor factory of sullicieut
capacity to mako tho armor. In
executing this authority ho must propare
a description and plans and speci
ti cations of the laud, buildings and machinery
suitable for the factory, advev
tise for proposals and report to Congress
at its next session.
In the Indian bill, after a severe
struggle in both Houses, tho question
of sectarian schools was settled by the
following declaration of the policy of ,
the government: '
" I hat the Secretary of tho Interior
may make contracts with contract '
schools, apportioning as near as maybe
tho amount so contracted for among
schools of various denominations, for (
the education of Indian pupils during
the fiscal year 18l?8, but shall only make |
such contracts at places where noli- '
sectarian schools canuot be provided for 1
such Indian children and to an amount J
not exceeding 40 per centum of tho
amount so used for the tlscal year
180 ).''
Tho question of opening to entry tho
rich gilsouite deposit in tho Uncompahgro
reservation in Utah was also
compromised by opening such agricul- "
tural Iftinls us have not been allotted to
the Uneompahgro Indians on April 1, '
! Hps, to entry, but reserving to the '
United States title iu all lands contain- 4
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.<?H "?C| no|<ui?ii VI Ulllfl I1HU HUU' 1
stances.
in tli?! sundry civil bill tho most na- 1
portant now provision was that suspending
the order of President Cleveland
sotting aside ahout 21,000,000 as i
forest reservations. The law also in- >
eludes a general scheme of legislation ,
for the government and protection of ,
the lorest reservations of tho country. '
Tho Republican leaders of the llotiso
. decided at theopeningof the session to
pursue a policy of inaction in order to
throw tho responsibility for delaying '
the tarilF bill upon the Honato, aud
therefore, the committees were not announced
until the close of tho session,
and onlv lucent matters were consid
ered. Fifty thousand dollars were appropriated
for the relief of American
citizens in Cuba at the solicitation of
the President; #200,000 was appropri
ated for the relief of the Mississippi
flood sufferers; u resolution was passed
authoring tho Secretary of tho Navy
to transport supplies contributed for
the relief of the poor and farnishiug in
[udia, and #50,000 were appiopriated
for the entertainment and expenses of
the delegates to the universal postal
convention, who met in this city.
Tlio only extensive pieces of general ,
legislation enacted by this Congress, J
except the tariff bill, were the laws to
prevent collisions at sea and to place in
force regulations to preveut collisions
upyn certain harbors^ rivers and inland
Wat? rs of the United States, and the 8
bill authorizing the President to sus- f
pend discriminating duties on foreign I
vessels and commerce. ?
The Senate, not being confined as to
the scope of its legislation, dealt with 1
a number of important subjects both in *
and out of executive session. One of '
theso, which attracted world-wide at 1
tention, was tho genera) arbitra- "
Hon treaty negotiated by President J
Cleveland with Crest Britain. After V
exhaustive consideration, despite the
great pressure brought to bear upon the ,,
E v. i: j j-i C
i jy iuii^hhi# nuu uuuiLuerciiii i
bodies throughout the oonntry, the ,
Senate rojocted the treaty. The Hawaiian
treaty of anuejatiott negotiated .
by President MeRinley, was still qd- :
acted upon when Congr?s3 adjourned. J
In open session, after muoh debate,
the Senate passed the Cuban beliiger- "
enov reaolutiou, a bankruptcy bill, in- ?
eluding both voluntary and involunta- t
ry features, and the "free homos" bill. ?
But none of these important question?
recoived consideration in the House. J
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IM'KUNAIi ;UKVKM'K RECEIPTS. r
Iteport of the Commissioner Shows?, ?
Decrease From the Previous Year. v
The preliminary report of the Com- j
missioner of Internal Revenue for the t
year eudod .Tune 30, 1897, shows that *
the total receipts during the period
were $140,019,508, a decrease as com- t
pared with the previous year of $211,- I
100. The receipts for the several
sources of revenue, with the increaso '
or decrease, as compared with the fiscal
j-ear 1890, are stated as fol- 1
lows: 8 pints $83,008,558, an in- 8
ereaae of $1,038,48?; tobacco $3,710,297;
a decrease of $1,881; fermented liquors
$32,472,10'.}, a decrease of $1,812,078;
oleomargarine $1,034,120, a decrease of 1
$18.*>,802; filled cheese $18,992 (law not
in force iu 1890); miscellaneous $357,2>3,
a decreaso of $09,829. Ranks and r
bankers $85, a decrease of $49. The
amount of withdrawals for consumption
during the last year is given as t
follows: Fruit brandy !. 140,181 gallons, r
a decreaso of 294,079; whiskey 08,833,245
gallons, au increase of 1,793,835;
beer, porter aud all 24,423,094 barrels,a "
decrease of 1,4<>0,004.
Number of cigars and oheroots |
weighing over 3 pounds per 1,000,
4,083,109,097; number of cigarettes, J
4,153.252,470, an increase of 109,453,723, }
tobacco, chewing and muokiinj,^ )
784,812 pouuds, nu increase of 7,087,- .
007; oleomargarine, 42,584,550 pouuds, ^
a deorenso of 5,0H9,2t4.
Tlio Stutes from which the larger col- '
lections were made during the year are
given as follows: Illinois, $82, 1 1?,922;
New York, $18,42<>,7i>0; Kentucky, $15,057,957;
Ohio, $12,748,888; I'onnsvlva- 1
nia, $11,440,817; Indiana, $8,504,803; ?
Missouri, $7,804,002; Maryland, $o,- |
454,795, M|
Will Moot In Omaha tn 181)8.
The United States League of Build- '
ing and Loan Associations' convention j
was held at Detroit, Mich. A number i
of papers wore road, and the following
oiricvs were elected and then adjourned I
to meet, jn IWU ffl.8: President,
,.hno8au(>orn, of Gulesburg, Ills.: tlrst l
vice-president, Win. Blummer, of Buffalo,
X. Y.; second vice-president,
Timothy It. Foster, of Yicksburg,
?diss.; third vice-president, Thomas T. f
Fitzmorris, of Omaha, Neb. ; troasurer, c
Win. Sheppard, of (irand Bapids, t
Mich.; secretary, Herman t'ellorins, of
Cinoinnati; nssistaut secretary, Q. F. f
Kosmayer, of New Orleans. 1
The Population of Greece. j
The United States minister to Greece 1
has supplied the State I >epartment at J
Washington with some advance figures l
of the Greek census, taken last October, t
They show a total population for the t
country of 2,48;t,.Sua, m against the t
total of 2,187,SOS in the year 1889. 1
There were 1,2 ;tl,si<; males, uml 1,10ft,- j
990 females. There were twelve towns i
with a population in excels of 10,000. a
At Waco, Tex., two brothers named i
Kivett were ki 111><i in u stock brokeruge t
office by n nmu named l.umden.
1 ho North Carolina katlroa<l Ca ne>
At Salisbury, N. C., on tho 27th
testimony' was taken in the North
Carolina railroad lease ease before 1
special Master C'raige in accordance i
with a decree of Judge Simonton to j
iscertain whether or not there was j
fraud in the making of the lease of the y
North Carolina railroad to the Southern ,
1 hero was a good deal of irrelevant t
testimony, ami tho testimony so far j
introduced seeuis too importont to lay ,
9veil tho idightost foundation for the
barge of fraud. 'J ho ease was postlamed
to Tuesday, August 17th, foi
the next hearing, and the court
id jonrnod to that (late when it will con- \
veno in the court house at Salisbury.
?*oa?
Swept Away In a Sudden l-'lood. J
At I'rattsburg, Steuben county, N. e
l\, a cloudburst flooded the village and r
mused damage to tho amount of.: ;n,hiO.
firidgos and buildings were washid
away iu largo numbers, uud many
!>eople were imperiled.
tVarned Not to Start Itefore Spring
The Colonial office in T.otulon has
varned intended gold seekers that it
will be useless to start for ;be Klonlike
before spring, as the journey is 1
ossibloonlv in the summ.-r imum
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Kemccies tor trie My kcst.
(
Tim leaves of tin* (MillVi1 lint tree,
often called Kentucky eolt'ee tree, it ^
nmceratetl while fresh and sweetened,
make a dead shot poison for house
Mies. The juice of the j?>*een leaves o|
the elder hush sainbiieus canadensisi
will instantly expel the larvae inn^^ols
of any Mow lly Iroin a sore on
any animal. Work animals tlint may
receive a wound penetrating heneatli
the skin in warm weather are liable to j
ho "llv blowed;" and ii the maggots *j
are not m oved they will kill the ani *
nial or render it unlit for service. The t
juice of ! ?-en t hh r leiivt v. ill instant- )
ly rem e ? i very it '( n< iios. At 1
lantii < 'enstit ution. j
HRAR1NU AT FLAT RUCK.
ludge Slmoaton Will Decide In n Few
Day* What Constitutes an "Original
Package."
The Columbia (S. 0.) Register of the
8th says the hearing in the original
taokage oases was held yesterday at Flaf
Jock, N. C., before Judge Simontonf
>ut no decision was rendered nor was
he least intimation given as to what it
rould be. Attorney-General Barber
ras present, representing the State;
dr. P. H. Nelson, of Columbia, repreenting
Meetz as agent of the Portner
brewing Company and Pfeifer; Mr.
Ihuman, of Greenville, representing
5ayue, of that city; Messrs. B. A. Hobrood,
of Charleston, and P. A. Wilcox,
>f Florence, representing Staokley, ol
hat City, as agent for Gugenhoimer A
Jo.
The main and practically only quesion
before the judge, was what constiutes
au orignal package. The various
attorneys practically had the same case,
md contended that the bottles in a
>ackage shipped into the State were the
'original package." In the case of
>tacfcley, ol 1 loreuce, it appears that
he stuff was shipped to him in bottles
moked in a car and it was contended
hat eaoh one was plainly an orignal
package. To both of ihese
tuitions, the attorney general took
xception, contending that the
)ox in which the bottles wore shipped
vas the original package, and not the
>ottle. lie oontended, further, that in
he Gugenheimcr shipment all the botles
in the car substituted the package
md must be sold as such. Very volumuouh
authorities were quoted oy all of
he attorneys, and the judge seemed to
>e deeply interested.
Mr. ljarber opened aud was followed
>y Messrs. Hngood aud Wilcox aud
dr. Nelson closed. The attorneys reurnod
from llat Hock last night aud
dl expect a docisiou within a few days.
TO n AO CO MKN SQUKAL.
Phe Moisture In Their Leaf Will Have
to De Paid For.
A dispatch from Now York says the
lew tariff bill lius caused a panic among
obacco importers, aud they declare
bat one short paragraph in tho now law
neans a loss to thorn of thousands of
lollars every year. The paragraph is
i part of section i!3 of the act which
tompels importers to pay duty on to>acoo
at the weight at which it goes iuo
tho bonded warehouse. This takes
rem the tobacco men a privilege that
las for many years been accorded to
hem by the tariff laws. Under the
iV llson not and previous, inn orters
mve bad their tobacco reweighed at the
inio of its withdrawal from bonded
varebouses, and on this weight duties
vero collected. The weight of tobacco
s greatly reduced during the bonded
>eriod by evaporation. Experts estiliate
that the importers save 32o to ?4!]
k bale on Sumatra, and some times as
ligh as $70 a bale on Havanna leaf, by
laving on the dried-out tobacco. Iiulorters
will now gain nothing by deay,
but must pay duties at 31.8 ? per
loitad for the weight at the time of its
irrival. They ORtimate the lose to importers
in New York alone will be
>00 a year.
TAbK ore A CLOTH rouniNE.
\n Experiment That Will Likely 15c
Tried In the East.
A dispatch from Fall River, Mass.,
lays when the cloth business is dull,
ind the prospects for dividends poor,
he stockholders feel privileged to make
mggestions, which explains why there
las been more or less talk of late con eruiug
a cloth trust. The proposition
ias boon advanced to pool issues in
nauaging the mills, reducing expenses
egulating the supply according to demind,
and the introduction of other iuiqvatlona.
^ ueorly as can. bo ascet;
ninetT, it is nof the" idea to group all
lie factories under or.ohead at the outlet,
but to experiment with four or
Ivo companies. One agent would dispose
of the output, and the services of
niddlemen in the shane of brokers
vould be dispensed with. It is claimed
commissions take too much out of the
nills, and that the drain i.i unnecesiary.
_
Had Carried Out ltd
At a dinner at Boston, given to Hocetary
Gage, he makes a speech on tarft'and
the money question; he says the
idministration has carried out its
dedges as to tho former and "the
neeze of prosperity brings comfort and
estoratiou" and that the admiuistraion
can ho relied on to carry out its
dedsres as to tho money question, that
t will not bo idlo in this respect.
The Virginia I'rohlhlt ionists.
W. T. Kundick. Htate chairman of the
Virginia Prohibition party, has issued
i call for a Htato convention of the
>arty to moot in Lynchburg on August
!Oth, to nominate candidates for (Jov>rnor,
Lieutenant-Governor and Attorley-General.
All Virginia I'rohibiionists
will have a voice in the proleedings.
Tarlfl IlttTprliited.
The first copies of the tariff act for
simulation have been received at the
locument rooms of the Senato and
louse at Washington.The bill makes a
lamphlet of seventy pages. There will
ie tifty-thousand copies in all to he circulated
by Congress.
stands Shaken l>y an Karthqiiake.
Tho islands of Antiguo, St. Kitts and
iuadelonpe, .Tumaica, of tho Leeward
jroup, experienced a severo shock of
larthquake at noon on tho 28th.
Now Civil Service Population.
President McKinley haspromulgated
in amendment to tho civil service rules
>roviding that there slia'l ho no re
uovals from positions subject to com
lotitive examination except for just
auso in writing, to which the accuaed
ias had opportunity to inako defence
1'hia also includes all within classified
iervice and all employees of tho cusoins
house office, one employee in each
eternal revenue district to act as casher
or chief deputy or assistant collec
or, all subject to competitive examina
ion.
?IS fill! WELL.
I t
TheWeather Bureau Says That Conditions^
Favorable Generally.
A GOOD REPORT OF CROPS.
Corn Hu Continued to Make Rapid
Growth?General Outlook For Tobacco
It Encouraging.
The 17. S. Weather Bureau, in its
f report of crop conditions for the week
ending July 26, says: The week has
been very favorable to agricultural in
teresta on the Pacifio coast, and generally
in the States of the Central Valleys,
East Qulf, South and Middle Atlantio
i coasts. In New England, New York,
! the Bed Biver of the North and other
portions of the Ohio Valley,
there has been too much rain,
while drought prevails over the greater
part of Texas and in portions of Arkansas,
Missouri and Kansas. In the last
named State, hot winds have proved
, injurious. Excessive rains have caused
damage^ grain in shock in portions of
, the Jliddft^Atlantic States, and severe
and damaging local storms ooourrod in
portions of New England, New York
i and New Jersey.
* Corn has continued to make rapid
growth in the States of the Central Vali
leys, Lake region, New England aud
Middle Atlantic coast. In Iowa, the
early crop corn has reached the earing
stage, and there is ample moisture for
present needs. In Nebraska it continues
late and is generally in oxcelleut
condition. In central and southern
Kansas corn has been seriously injured
by hot wiuds and drought, but over the
remainder of the State it is in good condition.
Drought is also causing serious
injury to late corn in Texas and portions
of Louisiana.
' Cottou has generally made favorable
progress, and Is fruiting well over the
i northern, central and eastern portions
of the cotton belt, although some complaints
of rust and shedding are received
from portions of the eastern
i section. In southern Texas drought is
L causing bolls to open rapidly, some
prematurely, and the plants have stopped
growing; but over northern Texas,
, except somo shedding, the crop is growing
and fruiting well.
Hpnug wheat has been injured by exi
cessive rains in northern Dakota, exi
cept in lowlands, and in South Drkota,
. the outlook is promising. In Washington
and Oregon tho crop is now
, nearing maturity in excellent condition.
I Except in Kentucky and portions oi
Tennessee, where the crop continued
i in good condition, the general outlook
, for tobacco is encouraging. The crop
has sustained damage' by cut worms in
Ohio.
M'KINLRY'S DKPARTURK.
He Leaves Washington to Be Absent
Until In September.
President MoKinley and party loft
Washington at noonWednesday forLake
C'hamplain. It is tho President's inton,
tion to romain at Lake C'hamplain until
August 2;lrd, when he will go to the
Orand Army of the llepublio encampment
at Buffalo. From Buffalo he will
go to Ohio, where he has promised tc
attend the re-union of his old regi1
mcut and also to be present at the wedi
ding of the daughter of ex-Presiden1
Hayes, 011 September 2. Unless thert
should be an urgent demand for hit
presence in Washington he will return
1 to Buffalo and there go aboard Henatoi
Hanna's yacht, for a few days cruise or
the lakes. During the President's ab once
from Washington, all executiv*
business will be done here.
A CONSUL COM MITTS SUICIDE.
Did Not Walt for Ills Successor to Kc
Ileve Klin of the Office.
United States Minister Baker haf
cabled the State Department at Wash
ington that United States Consul
Muuchmeyer, of San Salvador, lias
committed suioidc. Mr. Baker says
that ho will appoint a vice-consul tc
take charere of the office. Munchmeyei
was appointed from West Virginia ir
1895, first to tho vico consulate a
Acajutlar^and later and in the same
year, to San Salvador, to fill the va
cancy caused by tho death of his father
1 A fow days ago Mr. Jenkins, o
Nebraska, was nominated for the placi
1 held by Munchine.. or.
THEY AKK AT ODDS.
11 anna and McKlnley Aro Out foi
( the First Time.
A Washington dispatch says: Foi
i tho first time since tho inauguration,
President McKinley and Senator Marl
Manna aro at vanauoe. Senator Hannt
is enraged because the President in
sisted 011 Bending liia currency messagi
to Congress Against the instructions o
Senator ilanun, who vouched the infor
niation that it would he of no avail and
would thuR CAst a stigma upon tho lie
publican party which would bo blamoc
for inactivity in currency reform, whicl
the message plainly pointed out wai
vitally necessary.
Challenged to Fight a Duel.
Mayor MoCown, of Durham, N. C.,
has been challenged to fight a duel bj
Farmer Joseph M. Shields, a relative
on account of a quarrel growing out o
ii iu?nutt.
Under tho New Tariff" Law.
The Secretary of the Troasury hold
i that tlie new tariff act was in effect a
tin* beginning of the day on which il
i. ! * ? the approval of the 1'rosidoi
ni. ! i .c:efore became operative afto
nii< n ;:b u Friday, July 2itd. Aasis
taut ccii-...:y :.eht the follow
intr telojjrum to collectors of customs:
"The 1 >ci?nrtinont holds thnt the no\
tariff law covers and includes all ens
toins business of July 21th. "
The Atlan'a (Constitution has hue >
i t nuod its ( urolina midnight edition.
BUYING COTTON IN NEW YORK.
Cotton Sent tta* South Being
Shipped Baokto Southron Mills.
Mr. A. P. Rhyne, So ^ Holly (N0.)
cotton manufacturer, whs ^ Oharlotto
last week and in an intarviatr ^
a News reporter said his mill i* working
ootton that was shipped from Geof- (
gia to New York, and is now shipped ><
from New York baok to North Carolina.
A great many of the North Carolina
mills are now haying their ootton in the 1
New York market, and the Goldsboro
(N. C.) mill last week had shipped to
them from New York cotton that was
jast fall sold on the Goldsboro market;
it still had the Goldsboro tag on it after
traveling to New York and back.
It costs now onlv ten cents to ship I
from Galveston to New York and ten
cents from New York to Norfolk. The
rate war between the ocean steamship
lines has so demoralized rates that one
can ship from Galveston to New York
via Norfolk to Charlotte for less than
half the oost of shipping from Galveston
to Charlotte direot.
THE VIRGINIA POPULISTS.
Ouo Nomination Made?Five Men to
Fix Up the Balance of the Ticket.
At the Populist State convention assembled
at Roanake, Va., Major
Gaines withdrew from the race for the
nomination of Lieutenant Governor,
and Capl Edmund R. Cooke was nominated
by acclamation.
Capt. Cocke accepted the honor and
thanked the convention for conferring
it upon him. It decided to make no
further nominations for the other two
places on the State tioket, but to expedite
matters a committeo, consisting
of General James G. Shield, of Fauquier,
chairman; J. Haskin Hobson,
Dr. T. W. Evans, of Campbell; Senator
W. H. Hale, of Franklin, and W.
11. Graverly, of Henry, was appointed
with full power to add or to take from
as deemed best. In short their duties
are to look after the interests of the
party, in case the Democratic convention
decides to endorse their candidate.
There was a hot speech by General
Field. The convention adjeurnea sine
die.
AMERICANS IN CUBAN PRISONS.
Consul General L?e Gives State Department
Their Nnmes.
Consul General Leo has informed the
Stato Department at Washington that
in the event of the release of the Amer
ican, Liouis nmelian, now connneu in
jail at Havana, there will remain of
' American citizens imprisoned in Cuba
in addition to the five Competitor prisoners,
cnlv the following:
Manuel Feenandez, confined in Fort
Cabanas; Hafacl Fernandez Y. Diaz, at
Sagua La Giamle; Julio Thomas Sainz
i and Frank Agramont, at Santiago,
i All of these prisoners are charged
with rebellion with arms in hand and
are held subject to tho ordinary military
jurisdiction. The United States
consul at Manzanido has oabled the
secretary of State a contradiction of the
story that Albert Slusser. an Amerloan,
has been captured by Spanish troops
| aud taken to that plafte.
I TRADE AS VIK WED BY JOBBERS.
> 27 States Indicate an Inorease in the
Volume of Duslness.
Tho Wholesale Grocer, of Chicago.
' 111., published answers from jobh i-h
all over the country, to questions ret
garding trade. The replies were from
jobbers in twenty-seven States and
fifty per cent, show an increase in the
volume of business for the first half of
1807, as compared with the same period
last year; 510 per cent, report the volume
about tho same, and 20 per cent,
{pite a decrease. The uuestion of
rtolinlte Improvement In conditions was
answered afiirmatively bv 10 per cont.
Sectionally, 04 per cent, of the jobbers
in tho Southern Ststes, Gf> in the Eastern,
70 from tho Western, and 1)5 per
' cent, from the Central States, said
"ves"to the auentinn
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A PRKACIIKR'S PROPllKOY.
West Virginia Minister Says GodSent
Prosperity Is Coining.
Rev. Chas. Ghiselin, a Presbyterian
minister at Shepardstown, W. Va., has
published an open lottor to the farmers
of this country prophesying that wheat
is soon to go to SI a bushel, and urges
them to form a combination among
themselves, liolping to tide each other
over until this propesy is realized. Ho
says prosperity has come as a gift from
(tod, and not from any political party
r or measure.
He bases his prediction on the 75,.
000,000 bushels supply and the apparent
Pastern demand. He figures a
profit to the United States of $900,000,1
000 on the crop.
THK COM 1 NO ISSUF..
3
f Senator liutler Says It Is Government i
Ownership of Monopolies.
I A special to the Wilmington, N. C.,
| Messenger from Raleigh: Populist
j National Chairman Marion Rutler says
j in a signed editorial: "Public ownership
of national monopolies is tho coming
issue. Conditions aro daily creut
itig stronger public sentiment in overy i
i quarter of the countrv for thin solution j
f of the gravest problem heforo tho J
. American people. The neatest issue j
f of modern times is nowsquarely drawn.
' This and tho money question will be I
the two overshadowing issues in the {
campaign of ItiOU."
(iiiiIk't Oets a Con#ulahlp.
H Hev. Ki Oudger, of Asheville, N. C., I
f lias b?en appointed consul goneral to j
t | Panama. It was believed, when Congress
adjourned that "Ki would not :
r get his commission until tho President
should return from his summer vara- I
tiou. That was the information he re- !
s oei-yv^diii Senator Pritchard prior to 1
leaving Washington for his North Carolina
home. "Ki" will return to Washington
in a few days, receive his instructions
and journey to l'nnama.
?i of ?."
McKinley Recommends the Appointment
of a Currency Commission, o
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sa;;speopledemandachange p
0 m B
Urge. Thai Promised In HI. In- ^
auguratlon g^oh to Glv* 8ome o
Kellef. v ^
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The President on the 34tb ^cnt th* (
following message to Congress1? - y
To the Congress of the United fiftette*. ?
In my message convening the Cost- v
gress in extraordinary session, I oalled
attention to a siuglo object: That a **
measure providing revenue adequate to
meet the reasonable and proper ex- ^
pensea of the government was neces- p'
sary. I believed that to be the most V(
pressing subject for settlement then. A ei
bill to provide the necessary revenues 11
for the government has already passed tl
the Houso of Representatives and the ft
Senate and awaits the exeoutive action, b
Another question of very great im- b
portance is that of the establishment of b
our currency and banking system on a u
better basis, which I commented on ii
in my inaugural address in the following
words: ^
"Our financial system needs some re- Cl
vision; our money is all good now, but B(
its value must not be further threatened.
It should all be put on an enduring
basis, not subject to easy attack nor its r<
stability to doubt or dispute. The sev- T
eral forms of our paper money offer, in a
mv judgment, a constant embarrass- s;
meat to the Government aud imperil o
a safe balance in the treasury." si
Nothing was settled more clearly at ^
the late election than the deteruiinanation
upon the part of the people to c
keep their ourroncy stable in value and
equal to that of the most advanced na- (>)
tions of the world. The soundness of w
our currency is nowhere questioned.
No loss cau occur to its holder. It is
tlio system which should be simplified tl
and strengthened, keeping our money *1
just as good as it is now with losse*- C
pense to tho Uovornment and the people.
tl
The sentiment of the country is
strongly in favor of oarly action by a
Congress in this direction, to revise a
our currency laws and remove them
from partisan contention. A notable
assembly of business men with dele- ('
gates from twenty-nine Htates and tor- a
ritories was held at Indianapolis in Jan- a
nary of this year. The financial situa- o
tiou commanded their earnest attention
uud after a two days' session the con- p
veution recommended to Congress the 4
appointment of a monetary commission.
1 commend this report to the considera- f
lion of Congress. The authors of the q
report recommend a commission to ..
make a thorough investigation of the
monetary affairs and needs of the coun- .
try in all relations and aspects, and to j
make proper suggestions as to any evils *
found to exist and the remedies therefor.
8
This subject should roccive the attention
of Congress at its special sossion. i
It ought not to be postponed until the I
regular oe.-sion. I therefore urgently s
recommend that a special commission c
he created, non-pnrtisan in its character,
to bo composed of well informed
citizens of different parties who will c
command the coutldence of Congress e
and the country because of their special 8
fitness for the work, whoso duty it shall
bo to make recommendations of ?
whatever changos in our present c
baukiu" and currency laws as mnv he 8
' I ?I M
|jy netting Denounced.
The recent outbreak of lynching in
Georgia has aroused tho ministers of i
Atlanta. Last Sunday several sermons >
were preacliod against lynchings and at
their regular weekly mooting* appoint- <
ed committees to draw Huital>le resolu- 1
t ions expressing their viows of the ministry
of Atlanta in denunciation of t
lynching. <
In the Circuit Court at .Tonenville, \
Ya , Chan. Mullins was sentenced to ?
in e years in the penitentiary for hold- j ,
mg up Col. B. Prioe and relieving him ]
of a quart of whiskey and a pistol. '
(omul necessary and expedient and c
lo report thoir conclusion on or be- 'J
tore the lirst day of November next, in t
order that the same maybe transmitted
by mo to congress for its consideration f
at its first regular session, ft is to be f
hoped that the report thus made will {
ho so comprehensive and sound as to
receive the support of all parties aud
the favorable action of congross. At '
all events, such a report cannot fail to (
be of value to the executive branch of
government rs well as to those charged t
with pnhlic legislation and greatly as- i
sist in the establishment of an improved
system of finance,
wlijtjiam MeKLNLRY. *
Executive Mansion, July 24, 1897.
HANNA AND l'HB STRIKERS. '
He Favors Any IManThut. Will Better f
the Condition of Men.
Kanfttnr ITfinn* wrm in PittnVinrrr
Pa., lust week. In speaking of tho efforts
to sottle the strike by arbitration,
bo said: "I am in favor of any plan
that will better the condition of the
mou, tbe main point. That tboir condition
needs betterment overybody
knows, and L will give my hearty support
and oo-oporation to any movement
looking toward that end. Uniformity
is lacking, and thut is something I have
always advocated."
At Charleston, W. Va , tho indications
are that the coal miners' strikes
in tho southern part of the State are
practically over. Tho strike organizers
have abandoned these three coal fields
aud are leaving for other parts.
Commissioners Conner aud Terhune,
who were appointed by (lovernor
Mount to visit the Indiana coal fields
and report on tho condition of the miners,
havo submitted their conclusions.
They find that about 8,000 miners and
families will need assistance, if tbe
present condition continues. The Governor
has decided to issue an appeal,
sugges ting some kind of a reasonable
relief for tlio striking miners aud their
families.
Heavy shipments of iron were made
from the South during tho past six !
months.
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NEWS ITEMS.
Poutben P??cU Polnten. I
In oourt it Winohester, Va., two law* |H
era had a dispute and one struok the MM
ther with an inkstand inflioting a danerous
wound.
Albert H. Heitz, a well-known phos- ^M
hate miner at Charleston, aooidentally
hot and killed himself. H
The national association of Dental MM
Cxaminers and representatives of the ^M
hief dental oolleges met at Old Point, ^M
^M
Before the Tennessee Bar Assooia- ^M
ion Justioe Walter Clark, of North ^M
Carolina, delivered an address; he ad- ^M
iaaaia.1 ik. hi
UIOIUW lllBUjr UUHUKUB 1U VUt) lCUOl KI
onstitution, which he says is now unlemocratic.
\ .^'dton mdl at Natchez, Miss., susShtf#
for want of raw cotton.
At St*fk?. iria ? Henry Crosby killed
imself witfi f>b*J,on? ^ wife also took
rison, but her Ufa wa8 Bav?d.
In Charlotte, N. d, during thepast
ear 240 nev? building , have been
rected, and there are now built
12. Besides this, two oottonleCtori??;?
le Lonise mill and the webi>*AR
ictory of Mr. A. C- Summerville have
een built, the fine n$w courthouse has
een completed, and * large number of
usiness buildings have' been rejnotieled
ntil they are praotically' new btiihL?gs.?Tne
NewB. 1
Operators in the Middlesboro, Xenn.,. ' istrict
have given a raise of 10 perant.
per ton to miners who have real
ved not to join the strike.
Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, has
afused to interfere in thecase of John
yler Cooper, former Mayor of Atlanta, ?
nd later olerk of the county commiB- a
ioners, corfrioted of embezzling funds
f the countv. and Cooper will have to
Brve three mouth's imprisonment, po
hick ho was sentenced by the court. |
A syndicate is about to close the purhase'of
most of the coal mines of East.
'enneHsee; the price is about $5,000,- jl
00, and if successful over 8,000 miners
rill be f;iven employment.
There is a rumor in Laurens, 8. C.,
bat Ex-8enator Irby is''to draw out of *
be Congressional race and help Exlovernor
Evans. !
The Virginia Pppulists may tenderbe
nomination of Governor to Tyler.
Prof. P. H. Patterson, an educated
nd influential negrd, was murdered in
church in Montgomery, Ala.
The banister Baptist Association
colored) in session at Houston, Va.,
dopts resolutions denouh^iQg criminal
ssaults on white women, ahwlhe class
f negroes who commit thenT. j*
The attendance at the Tennesee Ceuennial
Exposition last week numbered
5,8?a * ^ |
Governor's Guards, of Austin, won; fa
he interstate drill at 8an Antonio,
'ex. Neeley Zouaves won the ZouaTO
irize.
Dr. Scott, brother-in-law of Governor- x
Iradley, superintendent of the Eastern
Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, has been
leolored" unfit for the place by the
rrand jury, and his removal demanded.
An insurance company has withdrawn
ts business from Greenville, N. C.,
>itt county, because it did not desm it
afe to continue its business in a tawu
ontrolled by negroes.
General Lafayette McLaws, the old->Bt
surviving Confederate major gen-iral,
died Sunday at Savannah, Ga.,
iged ?(i years.
Tho stewarts in the Methodist church
it Albertsville, Ala., finding their
ihtirch revenue insufllcient, hove levied
in annual tax of $10 on each tobaccoihewing
member of the congregation,
rhe plan is said to work admirably and
o bring in a goodly revenue.
n is reported mat r lorma win got
lome rolief from the hated water hyicintli.
A red spider in said to be rapdly
destroying the plants.
President McKinley has appointed a
legro Collector of Internal Revenue for
ieorgia.
Nashville, Tenn., is soon to be in
olephonio connection with the entire
ioutli.
The Young Business Men's Associition,
of Richmond, Va., have resolved
o invite tho Grand Army of the Repubio
to hold its encampment in the above
iity iu 1809.
The erection of a twenty-ton cotton
teed oil mill will be commenced at Lmr
r'oniu, Ga., at once. g
All About the North. |
In tho 10 to 1 saloon, at Toxarkana,
\rk., J. W. Foster shot and initantly
killed Riley Balthrop, a mer:hant.
The Democrats of Maryland held
leld their State convention; harmony
prevailed and everything went as Gornan
dictated; it deolared for bimetalism
without specifying any ratio.
^t Yonkers. N. Y., fire destroys a
actory in which were working 000 men
ind girls; there were no casualties.
William R. Valentine, a well-known
Brooklyn newspaper man, who claimed
m be the author of ' 'Casey at the Bat,"
lied at Oyster Bay, h. I., aged 85 f
fears, of abscess of the brain.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club announces
the Junior Champion Stako of $10,000
'or 2-year-olds, to bo run in '98.
A lodging house that will cost $800,\AA
1 S - -
wu, wnere wonting people can tln<l
comfortable homes at cheap rates will
loon be completed in New York.
At Topeka, Kan., A. Hubbard, who
*as convicted of embezzling $8,000 as
eceiver of the Hamilson Printing Company,
has been sentenced to three years
n the penitentiary, by Jndge Hanson.
Miscellaneous.
Forty steamers have been chartered
n Atlantic ports to load grain for En ope.
Missionaries in the Tien-Tain district
)f China fear an uprising of natives and
possible massacree of Christians.
The partial eolipse of the sun, which
was visible in this part of the United
^tates, on the 29tb, is the last solar
idlipse that will be visible in this part
intll May 27, 1900.
Two coaches of an excursion train
vent through atrestlo near Marietta,O. *
*o one was killed. ^ K
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