The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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II PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE.
THE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR
GOLD BONDS.
A GRAVE FINANCIAL CRISIS IS ON.
The Nation'* Credit Endangered by the
Freseut I manufactory Condition of
the Currency—All Parties Strong*
ly Appealed to for Help to
Save the Country'* fi-
nancial Credit.
Washington, Jan. 29.—The presi-
dent to-day sent to congress the fol-
lowing special message on the tiuan-
cial question:
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives: In my last annual mes-
sage I commended to the serious con-
sideration of congress the condition
of our national finances and in con-
nection with this subject indorsed the
plan of currency legislation which at
that time seemed to furnish protection
against impending danger. This plan
has n3t been approved by congress.
In the ineatime the situation has
so changed and the emergency now
appears so threatening that 1 deem
it my duty to ask at the hands of the
legislative branch of the government
such prompt and effective action as
will restore confidence to our finan-
cial soundness and avert business dis-
aster and universal distress among
our people.
Whatever may bo the merits of the
plan outlined in my unnual message
as a remedy for ills then existing and
as a safeguard against the depletiou
of the gold reserve then in the treas-
urj', 1 am now couvinced that its re-
jection by the congress and our pres-
ent advanced stage of financial per-
plexity necessitates additional or dif-
ferent legislation.
ALL 1'ARTIES EQUALLY CONCERNED.
With natural resources unlimited in
varied productive strength and with a
people whose activity and enterprise
seek only a fair opportunity to
achieve national success and great-
ness, our progress should not be
checked by a false financial policy
and a heedless disregard of sound
monetary laws nor should the timid-
ity and fear which they engender
stand in the way of our prosperity.
It is hardly disputed that this pre-
dicament confronts us to-day. There-
fore. no one in any degree responsible
for the making and execution of our
laws should fail to see a patriotic
duty in honestly and sincerely at-
tempting to relieve the situation.
Manifestly this effort will not suc-
ceed unless it is made untramineled
by the prejudice of partisanship and
with a steadfast determination to
resist the temptation to accomplish
party advantage. We may well
remember that if we are affected
with financial difficulties all our peo-
ple in all stations of life are con-
cerned and surely those who suffer
will not receive the promotion of
party interests as an excuse for per-
mitting our present troubles to ad-
vance to a disastrous conclusion.
It is also of the utmost importance
that we approach the study of the
problems presented as free as possible
from the tyranny of preconceived
opinions to the end that in a common
danger we may be able to seek with
unclouded vision a safe and reason-
able protection.
lack of confidence widespread.
The real trouble which confronts
us is a lack of confidence, widespread
and constantly increasing, in the con-
tinuing ability or disposition of the
government to pay its obligations in
gold. This lack of confidence grows
to some extent out of the palpable
and apparent embarrassment attend-
ing the efforts of the government, un-
der existing laws, to procure gold,
and, to a greater extent, out of the
impossibility of either keeping it in
the treasury or fulfilling obligations
by its expenditure after it is obtained.
The only way left open to the gov-
ernment for procuring gold is by the
issue and sale of bonds. The only
bonds that can be issued were author-
ized nearly twenty-five years ago,and
are not well calculated to meet our
present needs. Among other disad-
vantages, they are made payable in
coin instead of specially in gold,
which, in existing conditions, detracts
largely and in an increasing ratio
from their desirability as invest-
ments. It is by no means certain that
bonds of this description can much
longer be disposed of at a price cred-
itable to the financial character of
our government
The most dangerous and irritating
feature of the situation, however, re-
mains to be mentioned. It is found
in the means by which the treasury
is despoiled of the gold thus obtained
without cancelling a single govern-
ment obligation and solely for the
benefit of those who find profit in
shipping it abroad or whose fears in-
duce them to hoard it at home.
weakness of present methods.
We have outstanding about $500,-
000,000 of currency notes of th* gov-
ernment for which gold may be de-
manded, and curiously enough the
law requires that when presented and
in fact redeemed and paid in gold
they shall be reissued. Thus the
same notes may do duty many times
in drawing gold from the treasury,
nor can the process be arrested as
long as private parties who profit by
it or otherwise see an advantage in
repeating the operation. More than
$300,000,000 of these notes have al-
ready been redeemed in gold and,not-
withstanding such redemption, they
are still outstanding.
Since the 17th day of January, 1894,
our bonded interest bearing debt has
been increased 8100,000,000 for the
purpose of obtaining gold to replen-
ish our coin reserve. Two issues
were made, amounting to $f)0,000,000
each—one in January and the other
in November. As a result of the first
issue there was realized something
more than 8">9,000,000 in gold. Be-
tween that issue and the succeeding
one in November, comprising a period
of about ten months, nearly \
$103,000,000 in gold were drawn
from the treasury. This made
the second issue necessary and
upon that more than $58,000,000 in
gold was realized. Between the date
of this second issue and the present
time, covering a period of only about
two months, more than $79,000,000 in
gold were expended without any can-
cellation of government obligations
or in any permanent way benefiting
our people or improving our pecuniary
situation.
conditions of deepest gravitv.
The financial events of the past
year suggest facts and conditions
which should certainly arrest atten-
tion. More than $172,000,000 in gold
have been drawn out of the treasury
during the year for the purpose of
shipping abroad or hoarding at home.
While nearly $103,000,000 of the
same were drawn out during the
first ten months of the year,
a sum aggregating more than
two-thirds of that amount, being
about $79,000,000, was drawu out dur-
ing the following two months, thus
indicating a marked acceleration of
the depleting process with the lapse
of time. The obligations upon which
this gold has been drawn from the
treasury are still outstanding ami are
available for use iu repeating the ex-
hausting operation at shorter inter-
vals as our perplexities accumulate.
Conditions are certainly superve n-
ing to make the bonds which may be
issued to replenish our gold less use-
ful for that purpose.
An adequate gold reserve is in all
circumstances absolutely essential to
the upholding of our public credit and
to the maintenance of our high na-
tional character. Our gold reserve
has again reached such a stage of
diminution as to require its speedy re-
inforcement
all classes equally interested.
The aggravations that must inevit-
ably follow present conditions and
methods will certainly lead to mis-
fortune and loss not only to our na-
tional credit, but to those of our peo-
ple who seek employment as a means
of livelihood and to those whose only
capital is their daily labor.
It will hardly do to say that a sim-
ple increase of revenue will cure our
troubles. The apprehension now ex-
isting and constantly increasing as tc
our financial ability does not rest
upon a calculation of our revenue.
The time has passed when the eyes of
investors abroad aid our people at
home were fixed upon the revenues of
the government. Changed conditions
have attracted their attention to the
gold of the government. There need
be no fear that we cannot pay our
current expenses with such money as
we have. There is now in the treas-
ury a comfortable surplus of more
than 803,000,000, but it is not in gold
and therefore does not meet our dif-
ficulty.
I cannot, see that difference of
opinion concerning the extent to
which silver ought to be coined or
used in our currency should interfere
with the counsels of those whose
dut}r it is to rectify evils now appar-
ent in our financial situation. They j
have to consider the question of na- j
tional credit and the consequences
that will follow from Its collapse.
not a question as to silver.
Whatever ideas may be insisted on
as to silver or bimetallism, a proper
solution of the question now pressing !
upon us only requires a recognition of ,
gold as well as silver, and a conces-
sion of its importance, rightfully '
or wrongfully acquired, as a
basis of national credit — a 1
necessity in the honorable ;
discharging of our obligations paya-
ble in gold and a badge of solvency.
I do not understand that the real I
friends of silver desire a condition ,
that might follow inaction or neglect
to appreciate the meaning of the pres-
ent exigency, if it should result in the j
entire banishment of gola from our |
financial and currency arrangements.
Besides the treasury notes which
certainly should be paid in gold,
amounting to nearly 500 millions of
dollars, there will fall due in 1904,
100 millions of bonds issued during
the last year, for which we have re-
ceived gold, and in 1907 nearly 000
millions of 4 per cent bonds issued in
1807. Shall the payment* of these
obligations in gold be repudiated? If
they are to be paid in such a manner
as the preservation of our national
honor and national solvency demands,
we should not destroj' or even imperil
our ability to supply ourselves with
gold for that purpose.
While I am not unfriendly to silver,
and while I desire to see it recognized
to such an extent as is consistent
with financial safety and the preserv-
ation of national honor and credit, I
am not willing to see gold entirely
banished from our currency and
finances. To avert such a conse-
quence I believe thorough and radical
remedial legislation should be'promot-
ly passed. I therefore beg the con-
gress to give the subject immediate
attention.
long term gold bonds advised.
In my opinion the secretary of the
treasury should be authorized to is-
sue bonds of the government for the
purpose of procuring and maintaining
a sufficient gold reserve and the re-
demption and cancellation of the
United states legal tender notes and
the treasury notes issued for the
purchase of silver under the
law of July 14, 1890. We would
be relieved from the humiliat-
ing process of issuing bonds to
procure gold to be immediately and
repeatedly drawn out on these obli-
gations for the purpose not related
to the benefit of our government or
our people. The principal and inter-
est of these bonds should be payable
on their face in gold, because they
should be sold only for gold or its
representative and bucause there
would now probably be difficulty in
favoralJy disposing of bonds not con-
taining this stipulation.
1 suggest that the bonds be issued
in denominations of $20 and S50 and
their multiples, and that they bear
interest at a rate of not exceeding 3
per cent per annum. 1 do not see
why they should not be payable fifty
years from their dates. We of the
present generation have large
amounts to pay if we meet our obli-
gations and long bonds are most sala-
ble. The secretary of the treasury
might well be permitted at his discre-
tion to receive on the sale of bonds i
the legal tender and treasury notes to 1
be retired, and of course when they
are thus retired or redeemed in gold
they should be cancelled.
These lx>nds under existing laws
could be deposited in national banks
as security for circulation up to the
face value of these or any other bonds
so deposited except bonds outstand-
ing bearing only 2 per cent interest
and which sell in the market at less
than par.
st ogestions as to legislation.
National banks should not be al-
lowed to take out circulating notes of
a less denomination that $10, and
when such as are now outstanding
reach the treasurer, except for re-
demption and retirement, they should
be canceled and notes of the denom-
ination of $10 and upwards issued in
their stead. Silver certificates of the
denomination of $10 and upwards
should be replaced by certificates of
denomination under $10.
As a constant means for the main- 1
tenance of a reasonable supply of
gold in the treasury our duties on
imports should be paid in gold, al-
lowing all other duties to the govern-
ment to be paid iu auy other form of
money.
I believe all the provisions I have
suggested should be embodied in our
law if we are to enjoy a complete re-
instatement of a sound financial con-
dition. They need not interefere
with any currency scheme providing
for the increase of the circulating
medium through the agency of
national or state hanks since they can
easily be adjusted to such a scheme.
Objection has been made to the is-
suance of interest bearing obliga-
tions for the purpose of retiring the
non-interest bearing legal tender
notes. In point of fact,however,these
notes have burdened us with a large
load of interest and it is still accumu-
lating. The aggregate interest on the
original bond issue, the proceeds of
which in gold bonds constitute the
reserve for the payment of these
notes, amounted to $70,320,250 on
January 1, 1895, and the annual
charge for interest on these bonds
and those issued for the same pur-
pose during the last year will be
99,145,000 dating from January 1, 1805.
determined to save the credit.
While the cancellation of these
notes would not relievo us from the
obligations already incurred on their
account, these figures are given by
way of suggesting that their exist-
ence has not been free from interest
charges, and that the longer they are
outstanding, judging from the experi-
ence of the last year, the more ex-
pensive will they become.
In conclusion 1 desire to frankly
confess ray reluctance to issuing more
bonds in present circumstances and
with no better results than have late-
ly followed that course. I cannot,
however, refrain from adding to
an assurance of my anxiety to
co-operate with the present
congress in any reasonable meas-
ure of relief an expression
of my determination to leave nothing
undone which furnishes a hope for
improving the situation or checking a
suspicion of our disinclination or (Us-
ability to meet with the strictest
honor every national obligation.
Grover Cleveland.
The Executive Mansion,January 28,
1895.
NEW FINANCIAL BILL.
A Itlll to Carry Out the I'resldent's
SiiKKMtloui I.aid Before the House.
Washington, Jan. 29. — Chairman
Springer of the banking and currency
committee of the house has intro-
duced a bill to carry into effect the
recommendations of the president's
message, and has notified his commit-
tee to meet to-morrow morning to
consider the bill. It is as follows:
An act to authorize the secretary of
the treasury to issue bonds to main-
tain a sufficient gold reserve and to
redeem and retire United States
notes, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate md
house of representatives of the Laited
States of America in congress assem-
bled, that, in order to enable the sec-
retary of the treasury to procure and
maintain a sufficient gold reserve and
to redeem and retire United States
legal tender notes and treasury notes
issued under the act of July 14,
1890, entitled "An act direct-
ing the purchase of sil-
ver bullion and the issue of
treasury notes thereon, and for other
purposes," he is hereby authorized to
issue and sell at not less than par in
gold, except as provided in a section
of this act, United States registered
or coupon bonds, in denominations of
$20 and of $50 and multiples of said
sums resnectively, payable fifty years
after date in gold coin of the United
States of the present weight and fine-
ness, and bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding 3 per cent per
annum, payable quarterly in like
coin; and such bonds and the
interest thereon shall have like qual-
ities, privileges and exemptions as
the bonds issued under the act ap-
proved July 14, 1870, entitled, "An
act to authorize the refunding of the
national debt" Such bonds may be
sold and delivered in the United
States or elsewhere as may bedeemed
most advantageous to the interests of
the government.
Section 2—That whenever any other
legal tender notes or treasury notes
shall be redeemed in gold they shall
be cancelled and not reissued and the
secretary of the treasury is hereby
authorized in his discretion, to re-
ceive United States legal tender notes
and treasury notes, issued under the
aforesaid act of July 14, 1890, in pay-
ment for any of ihe bonds issued un-
der the preceding section of this act
and the notes so received shall be
cancelled and not reissued.
Section 3—That hereafter national
banking associations may take out
circulating notes in the manner now
provided by law, to an amount equal
to the par value of bonds deposited to
secure the same. But this provision
shall not apply to any bonds now out-
standing bearing interest at the rate
of 2 per cent only.
Section 4—That hereafter no nation-
al bank notes of a less denomination
than $10 shall be issued and as rapidly
as such notes of denominations less
than $10 shall be received into the
treasury, otherwise than for redemp-
tion and retirement,they shall be can-
celled and an equal amount of notes
of like character but in denomina-
tions of $10 and multiples thereof I
shall be issued in their places. All
silver certificates now outstanding,
in denominations more than $10,
shall, when received into the treasury
of the United States, be retired and
canceled and silver certificates iu de-
ii":c i..1' 'i. - i- — •:i.i a -hi shall be is- |
sued in their stead.
Section 5—That from and after the [
first day of Jul}*, 1 *95, all duties on
imports shall be paid in gold only and
all taxes, debts and demands, other
than duties on imports, accruiug or
becoming due to the United States, i
shall be paid in gold and silver coin,
treasury notes. United States notes,
silver certificates or notes of national
banks.
Section 6—That all laws and parts
of laws inconsistent with the pro-
visions of the preceding sections be
and they are hereby repealed; and a
sum sufficient to carry the provisions
of this act into effect be and the same
is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
In the house the message and bill ,
were referred to the committee on
banking and currency,and in the sen-
ate the message was referred to the
finance committee.
Another Hlg (.old Withdrawal.
New York, Jan 29.—Engagements
of gold to-day for export aggregated
$3,500,000.
A DIVORCED MAN'S REVENGE.
Farmer llardwick hill* 111* Er.-Wlt'e'a
It rot her aud Knds III* Life.
Mexico, Ma, Jan. 28.—Daniel Hard-
wick went to the house of James
Ward, four miles south of here, yes-
terday and called the latter to the
fence. After a few words Hardwick
drew a revolver and shot Ward three
times in the heart. He died instantly.
llardwick then ran down the road
a short distance and shot himself in
the head, lie lived only a few hours.
Last Thursday Mrs. Hardwick was
granted a divorce in the circuit court
on the ground of non-support and
brutal treatment She was a sister of
the murdered man, and llardwick
claimed that her affections had been
alienated from him by her folks,espe-
cially James. This is supposed to be
the reason he committed murder and
suicide.
TWO REGIMENTS RELIEVED.
The Brooklyn Strike Kapldly Drawing
to an Kn<L-Strlkers Still Hopeful.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan.20.—So peace-
ful is the situation here to-day that
the authorities have relieved a por-
tion of the militia from duty, per-
mitting the Seventh and Seventy-first
regiments and the First battery to
return to New York.
The number of cars run to-day is
reported to be 424, the usual number
being 1,000. It is alleged that twenty
of the strikers went back to work for
the Brooklyn Heights company to-
day.
The managers of the strike profess
to believe that the companies will yet
be obliged to make terms.
ES.
PRESIDENTIAL STRAWS FOR
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.
OPINIONS FROM ALL OVER THE LAND
At the National Capital the I'reponder-
auce of Sentiment la for Toiu Iteed
— Ohio la for MrKlnley and In-
dlaua for llarrUon — McKlu-
ley Second Choice of a
(•reat Many.
it Alan Long I'tin I* lied.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 29.—Gov-
ernor Stone issued a pardon to-day to
Willis Burns, colored, of Randolph
county, who has been in the peni-
tentiary since 1888 serving a twenty-
five year term for alleged criminal
assault upon Annie White of Moberly,
Recently the woman died. She made
a death bed confession in which she
swore Burns was not guilty but had j
been convictcd on perjured testimony. |
France's I ant Miirshnl Dead.
Paris, Jan. 29.—Francois Certain
Caurobert, the last field marshal of
France, died to-day after a long ill-
ness. The rank was instituted as far
back as the year j185, since when
there have been 324 marshals of
France, sixty-seven of whom were ap-
pointed during the present century, |
but Canrobert, sturdy old warrior j
that he was, outlived them all.
Swallowed a Diamond.
Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 29. —
Charley McCarthy, a gambler and ex-
convict, last night robbed Samuel
Usher of Lawrence of a $500 diamond
stud while Usher and a party of
friends were in a saloon here. Mc-
Carthy was caught, but swallowed i
the stud. lie is confined at the city
jail and Sergeant Spickens and a doc-
tor are in attendance.
Twenty 'thousand Awarded.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 29.—The
jury in the case of Mrs. Sarah O.
Spencer vs. the St Louis, Iron Moun-
tain and Southern railway brought in
a verdict awarding 820,000 damages to
her. She claimed $100,000 for injuries
received in an accident at Texarkana
May 24 last She is cripplcd for life.
Severe Cold In Oklahoma.
Hennessy, Ok., Jan. 29.—The tem-
perature twas below zero last
night Much suffering prevails
among settlers in the Cherokee
outlet, many of whom are unable to
procure sufficient protection. Snow
has fallen to the depth of three inches
and has drifted several feet high.
Altgeld aa a I.abor Lender.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 29.—The state-
ment is made by a labor lead-
er that the position of presi-
dent of the Universal Labor union,
which is now in process of organiza-
tion, would be tendered to Governor
John P. Altgeld of Illinois within the
next few weeks.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 29.—The
Commercial-Gazette prints two pages
of preferences for the next Republi-
can nomination for president from
representative Republicans all over
the country, and especially from
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West
Yiiginia, New York and Wash-
ington city. In its summary
it says: "Ohio is for McKinley
and Indiana for ex-President Harri-
son. New York hardly ki ows where
she stands. The Republicans of the
Empire state are holding off, in the
end to either dictate the nominee, or
failing in that, to drive the best bar-
gain they can with the man they see
is bound to win. One New Yorker
declares himself for ex-Governor
Foraker.
"West Virginia seems to be for the
best man, whoever he may be. One
West Virginian declares himself for
Senator-elect Klkins, while several
Republicans of that state express a
preference for Judge Nathun Goff for
second place on the ticket Governor
McKinley seems to be the first choice
of the Republicans of Kentucky.
"At the national capital the pre-
ponderance of sentiment appears to be
for Tom Reed. Attention is called to
the declaration for Reed by General
John Beatty of Columbus. In the
Washington interviews it was sought
to obtain expressions from either sen-
ators or representatives from every
state in the union. McKinley seems
to be their second choice, while Har-
rison, Allison and others have quite a
respectable following."
LEFT ENTIRELY DESTITUTE.
A Subscription To Ite 'Ial<en I'p for
Mrs. Kate I haae .Sprague.
Washington, Jan. 29. — A well
known lawyer of this city writes a
letter to the Post to inform the pub-
lic that Mrs. Catherine Chase, the
daughter of the late Chief Justice
Salmon P. Chase, the divorced wife
of ex-Governor Sprague of Rhode
Island, is entirely destitute. Her
home was sold last week under a
deed of trust for just enough to cover
the mortgage and costs, although it
is worth three or four times that
amount, and is assessed for more than
it brought.
Thirty years ago Mrs. Chase was
the belle of Washington, and without
a rival. It is doubtful if there is a
woman in this country who has en-
joyed so much admiration and so
many social conquests, but the other
side of her life has been very dark
and few women have suffered as she
has done. It is proposed to appeal to
her father's old friends and admirers
to subscribe a sufficient fund to en-
able her to spend the rest of her days
in peace.
AN OHIO TOWN BURNED.
a Caroline Kxploslon Result* In the De-
struction of Sixteen Itulldlng*.
Elmore, O., Jan. 29.—A fire which I
was started by a gasoline explosion
in the kitchen of the American hotel
at 7:30 o'clock last evening destroyed
the principal part of the business
portion of the town, and at least
two lives have been lost A strong
wind was blowing at the time the
fire started, and the American hotel
was soon a mass of flames. Two
girls employed in the hotel, Maggie
Flynn and Mary O'Malley, were
hemmed in by the flames, and were
forced to jump from a second story
window. Miss O'Malley was fatally
burned and cannot live. Miss Flynn
was seriously hurt and it is believed
she will die. Sixteen buildings in all
were destroved.
THE MAFIA IN NEV. ORLEANS.
1 he Society Has Again llegan Opera-
tiona in the Creaceut illy.
New Orleans, Ja., Jan. 29.—The
Italian Mafia has again begun opera-
tions in this citv. The murder of the
Italian. Tony Chi&esi of Chicago in
| the Italiau quarter of the city Wed-
nesday morning,was followed yester-
day by a letter from the Mafia to one
| of the wealthiest Italians in the
j city, demanding 82,000 on pain of as-
| sassination. Chisesi was murdered
to wipe out a debt which he had
l against two members of the associa-
tion, one of them who had just served
| a term in the penitentiary. The mur-
derers fled to Thibodeaux, about
| seventy miles from the city, and have
| so far eluded capture.
The letter demanding money was
I to A. Montelone, a large shoe
manufacturer, and one of the
wealthiest Italians in the city. The
I letter demanded that he go to I)on-
I aldsville, in the same section of the
state as Thibodeaux, and place 82,000
behind a tree in the woods, which
would be known by a red rag hang-
! ing from one of the limbs. It
stated that the woods would be
1 closely watched and advised that no
police be brought to the scene. It
j threatened assassination in case the
; police were notified. Montelone was
very much frightened, but finally de-
cided to place the matter in the hands
of the police and appeal for protec-
tion. The police and better class of
Italians think that it is a genuine
letter and that the mafia, which has
been silent since the lynching, has
again spruug mto existence.
Alleged 1 rain Robbers Captured.
Pine Bluff, Ark., Jan. 29.—Con-
stables brought to this city and
placed in jail two young men said to
answer the description of McNeill
Cotton Belt train robbers.
Campbell Win* the Contest.
Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 29.—E. F.
Campbell won the contest and will
represent Kansas university in the
state oratorical contest His oration
was "Social Condtions."
llrtMtkfleld Has a Hlaze.
Brook field, Mo., Jan. 29.—The
Doggett Hardware company was
burned out last night. Loss, 820,000;
insurance, 813,709. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Hotel Deatroyed by Fire.
Ai.ma,Kan.,Jan. 29.—Fire destroyed
the Commercial hotel, the oldest and
one of the best of this place. Loss,
85,000; insurance, 82,000.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS NOTES.
Marshal Canrobert, the last mar-
shal of France, is dying.
Emperor William of Germany writes
a flowery letter to "ray array" on his
30th birthday.
Efforts will be made to get a hear-
ing on the Ady-Martin contest case in
the senate this week.
Ed Bennett, alias Ed Clark, leader
of a band of Florida outlaws, was ar-
rested at Wichita, Kan.
The Union Pacific railroad laid off
one thousand men last week, owing
to poor business, and more may be
let out.
Missouri Valley College of Marshal
has secured a legacy by the will of
the late John Denny of Syracuse, Mo.,
of 815,000.
At Rolla, Mo., Dolly Worner, 22
years of age, committed suicide in a
store by swallowing ten grains of
strychnine.
Miss Bertells of near Martinsburg,
Mo., secured 83.000 judgment against
Chris Marburg for breach of promise
and seduction.
Leavenworth's Mayor Burned Out.
Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 29.—
Mayor Samuel Dodsworth's printing
and binding establishment was badly
wrecked by fire at 7 o'clock this
morning. Loss about 85,000, covered
by insurance.
NEWS NOTES.
The department of agriculture will
ship mail sacks of garden and field
seeds to Nebraska sufferers.
Claus Spreckles, the Hawaiian-
American all-round sugar king, has
branched out as an anti-monopolist,
and is fighting the Pacific railways.
The Guatemalan colony in New
York is said to be preparing to fur-
nish their country its sinews of war
with Mexico.
Milton B. Matson, in prison at San
Jose, Cal., for issuing forged checks,
turns out to be a woman. She has
masqueraded as a man for sixteen
years, i
THE INCOME TAX.
Members of Congress Oratlfled at the
Outlook for Revenue.
Washington, Jan. 29.—Members of
congress who believe in the income
tax as an equitable method of
raising revenues are gratified
at the unexpectedly good showing
of the preliminary canvass made by
the collectors of internal revenue at
the direction of Secretary Carlisle.
They believe that the greater the
amount realized from the tax the
more popular it will become and the
more firmly rooted as a part of the
policy of the government.
Klght Thousand Men Idle.
Wilkesrarre, Pa., Jan. 29.—Ail the
collieries of Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
coal company will be idle during the
coming week. Eight thousand men
will be without employment Super-
intendent Lowell says the coal trade
was never known to be so dull.
Destitution in Wisconsin.
Grantsruro, Wis.,Jan. 29.—Reports
from the town of Rusk, this county,
confirm the news of terrible sufferihg
and starvation in that town. One
fifth of the people are without prop-
er food, and a large number of them
have not a pound of flour in the house.
Fought a Duel With Pistol*.
Rinton, W. Va., Jan. 29.—M. F.
Wykoff and Fred Nihoof. an engineer,
fought with pistols and Nihoof re-
ceived a fatal wound. Wykoff found
Nihoof at his home in the parlor with
his wife. Wykoff was arrested and
is in jail. He was also shot in the leg.
Populists Out for 180f>.
TorEKA, Kan., Jan. 29.—The Popu-
list state central committee will open
headquarters in Topeka about the
middle of February, and enter at
once upon the campaign of 1895 and
189<!
THE MARKETS.
Kansas Citt, Mo, Jan 29. —Wheat—Car
lots by sample on truck, at Kansa* City, at
the close were quoted nominally as follows
No. 2 hard, 5l<(f52c No. 3 hard, 50o; No 4
hard, 49c; rejected, 48<t49c; Na 2 rod. 50&
61c; No. 3 red, 49&50c tfo 4 rod. 48c; rejected,
47a Na 3 red nominally, 55{£56c, Na 4 red,
nominally, 54<®55a
Sales by sample on track, Kansas C' \y■ Na
2 mixed corn, 40*c 3 cars 40o Na 3
mixed, nominally 40c; No. 4 mixed, nomi-
nally 39c Na 2 white, 5 cars 41c No 3 rhlte,
nominally. 40a
Cane sbed-Lower; dOcT&tl per 100 lbs la
bulk. Mii.let SEEn-German, steady., II 40(&
1.55 per 100 lbs Ryb—Firm; No 2, nominally
50c No. 3, 48c Flaxskko—Dull; nominally
It 30(£L3i, according to billing. Bran—Firm;
69<i70c per cwt sacked Coax Chop—Firm;
77<ft8Jc per cwt sacked.
Hay—Receipts. 33 cars: market dull and
weak. Timothy, fancy, 110 choice, 19 &9 50.
No. 1, 98&8 6J; clover, mixed, i5.50(£8. low
grade, 56&7.50: fancy prairie, 18 50: choice, 17
©750; No 1 f6i£650, Na 2, *4 50^5, picking
hay, f350&4 5U
Chicago Hoard of Trade.
CniCAGO, Jan 19 —The following table
shows the ran/e of prices for active futures
on the board of trade to-day:
Jaa 28.
Op'nd
HI*1 t
Lost
W u eat Jan
60
60*
60
May
63*
63H
62 S
July
54
64H
63S
Corn— Jan
43
43
4l\
May
45*
45S
44*
July
46^4
45 k
44*
Oats— Jaa
28 M
i'8*
May
29 >,
29*
29
July
29-S
29 S
29
Pork— Jan
10 32*
10 32*
10 3*2*
May
10 75
10 75
10 57*
ward— Jan
6 57*
6 67*
6 52 *
May
675
6 75
6 70
S. Ribs—Jan
5 35
5 35
5 as
May! 5 57*
5 6J
5 F2*
Jaa Jan.
(0*
534
f 4S
411!
44 \
44H
i8*
29 hi
29 W
10 32*
10 57*
6 62 f,
6 70
5 35
5*2*
49*
63
53 \
42%
45*
45*
28*
29*
29*
10 40
10 65
6 55
0 72*
5 40
555
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.
Kansas Citt, Mo, Jaa 29 —Cattle—Re-
ceipts since Saturday. 4,143: calves, 93. ship-
ped Saturday. 1,892. The market for steers
and cows was active and steady to strong,
though it closed weak Texas cows, feeders,
calves and bulls, steady Texas steers opened
Uc higher una closed dull and weak.
Dressed beef and export steers. 14-14 6);
cows and heifers, ?1.50<t3 45 m^al fed Texas
steers, ?3.{3 95. Texas and Indian steers, 12.10
@2.65 Western cows. 12.70 Texas and Indian
cows, 1190(1^2.10; stockers and feeders, <2.25
(i&:t 25 mixed. 92 10^9 75.
Hogi - Receipts since Saturday, 5.2*) ship-
ped Saturday, 771. The market opened about
5c hi-her and lost the gain. The top was
14.20 and the bulk was t3 9' to f4.2> for top and
13 85 to U 0 - lor bulk Saturday.
Sheep— Receipts since Saturday, 2,450 s5dp-
ped Saturday, 250. The quality was good
Many were Western. There was one lot of
verv good cotton seed meal fed Texas mut-
tons The demand was strong; the marks*
active and l<*f£20c higher.
The following are representative sales:
150 inut... 140 3 85 | 8 mut ... 79 3 60
482 fed Wst 140 3 50
50 lambs... 67 3 50
19 yr 106 3 35
1029 T m lm 82 3 20
1 buck iOJ 2 50
242 fed Wst 89 3 60
50 Iambi .. 94 3 80
33 mut.... 125 300
flbuck* . 156 IN
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