The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 290, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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a quarter of a century in the continuous
and successful prosecution of the Cot-
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ities in the shape of Compress, Ware-
houses, Yards, Tracks and Switches
to be found anywhere.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS,
lHE W;;athei;.
A NATURAL MISTAKE
She is a very affable woman, and she
would invariably say (he rig'ht thiiiK at the
right place If she were not near sighted.
"I see," sihe said, as she entered the
drawing room of her friend, "that you have
caught tlhe annual craze."
"To wha't do you .refer?"
"The rage for chrysanthemums. And that
one Which you 'have tossed so carelessly
Inito t'he corner, is one of the biggest and
most beautiful I ever saw. What an ex-
quisitely odd color."
"Yes," was -t'he reply. "It's beautiful
and I prize It very highly. Onily it isn't a
chrysanthemum. It's my Skye-terrler tak-
ing a nap."
A great many wall meaning people oft-
times make just such ridiculous mistakes
as herein set forth, and that too in connec-
tion with important business matters. Don't
be found in such company. A new year is
upon us, turn over a new leaf, purchase
your grocery supplies from and ship your
cotton to
P. J.Willis & Bro
The Oldest Wholesale Grocers and Cotton
Factors, GALVESTON, TEX.
LIVERPOOL SALT.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
ROSENDALE CEMENT.
LOWEST PRICES, FROM
Wm.Parr&Co.
Sawing and Splitting Machinery
FOR STAVE WOOD.
Link Belt, Sprocket Wheels, Shafting, Pulioys,
Boxes, etc. Prices on application.
HARTWELL IRON WORKS,
Houston, Texas. •
ALLEGED WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
New York, Jan. 7.-A dispatch to a local
paper from London says: The war alarms
should not detract from the marvelous sci-
ence reported from Vienna. It is reported
•that Prof. Werz has discovered a light
which for photography will penetrate
wood, flesh and most other organic sub-
stances. The professor has succeeded In
photographing metal weights which were
Inclosed in a wooden case; also a man,
which shows only the bones, the flesh being
invisible. The Chronicle says the discov-
ery is simple. The professor takes a so-
called crook pipe, viz., a vacuum pipe
with a current going through it, and by
means of rays which the pipe emits pho-
tographs on ordinary photographic plates.
In contrast with the ordinary rays of light
these rays penetrate organic matter and
other opaque substances, just as ordinary
rays penetrate glass. lie has also succeed-
ed in photographing hidden metals with a
cloth thrown over the camera. The rays
penetrated not only the wooden case con-
taining the metals, but the fabric in front
of the negative. The professor is already
using his discovery to photograph broken
limbs and bullets in a human body.
WASHINGTON FORECAST.
Washington. Jan. 7.—Forecast till mid-
night, January 8:
For Arkansas: Fair, slightly colder,
northerly winds.
For Louisiana: Fair, slightly colder in
northeast portion: light northerly winds
becoming westerly.
For eastern TeXas: Fair, variable winds.
For North and South Dakota: Fair in
eastern portion, southwesterly winds.
For Montana: Fair and colder, westerly
winds.
For Wyoming: Fair, light variable winds.
For Colorado: Fair, westerly winds.
TEMPERATURE RECORD.
Yesterday's temperature record at Gal-
veston as shown by the thermograph on
the roof of the cotton exchange was as
follows:
Time— Temp.J Time—
7 a. m 54
9 a. m .....[>2
11 a. m 53
Temp.
1 p. m 51
3 p. m 56
5 jx m 53
COMPARATIVE RECORD.
Galveston weather record for January 7,
1896, with corresponding dates of last three
years:
Time— | Bar.jThi r.;Wiii:i itain|Weather
8 a. m .130.076 66.3 I \Y 141 cldyl
8 1». m 130.1431 52.5 | N 17| .00 jPt. cldy.
Maximum temperature....
Minimum temperature
Average
Precipitation
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49
67
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TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.
Temperature and precipitation at Galves-
ton for January 7, 1896, and since January
1, 1896, as compared with general averages:
Normal temperature for January 7, 50.
Excess for the day, 5.
Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1, 16.
Normal precipitation for January 7, .13.
Excess for the day, .26.
Deficiency since January 1, .42.
WEATHER SYNOPSIS.
Galveston, Tex., Jan. 7.—The following
synopsis of the weather is furnished by the
officials of the United States weather bu-
reau at this place:
Rain Is falling to-night over the south-
eastern portion of the country, and is gen-
erally clear, with a rising barometer and
falling temperature in the west and north-
west. The storm, which is passing east-
ward, will cause cooler and windy weather
in thisf vicinity within the next six hours.
The weather is generally clear In Texas.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Galveston, Tex., Jan. 7.—The following
weather bureau stations report current
temperature to-night at 8 o'clock, 75th
meridian time, as follows:
Stations—
Abilene, Tex
Amarillo, Tex
Atlanta, Ga
Corpus Christi, Tex..
Dodge City, Kan
Davenport, Iowa
El Paso, Tex
Galveston, Tex
Jacksonville, Fla
Kansas City, Mo
Memphis, Tenn
Montgomery, Ala
Nashville, Tenn
New Orleans, La
North Platte, Neb
Oklahoma, Ok.........
Omaha, Neb
Palestine, Tex
St. Louis, Mo
St. Paul, Minn
Vicksburg, Miss
ITempiRfall
48
.00
40
.00
38
.22
58
.00
30
.00
24
.00
50
.00
52
.00
1.8
.00
28
.00
42
.00
50
.50
4(1
.04
00
.00
30
.00
34
.00
22
.00
i>0
.00
32
.00
10
.00
i>0
.00
GOLD SHIPMENTS TO-DAY.
New York, Jan. 7.—Considerable inde-
cision was manifested to-day by some of
the gold shipping houses, and additional or-
ders were given about the close of busi-
ness. The actual amount to be shipped to-
morrow is $2,725,000, and this total is below
previous estimates. It is currently believed
that the exports for the week will exceed
$6,000,000. Tho several amounts that will
be forwarded to-morrow are: Lazard
Freres, $1,625,000 in bars. $500,001) of this sum
being gold engaged a. week ago but with-
held; Von Hoffman & Co., $500,000 in bars,
and "Heielelbach, Elckelhelmer & Co., $500,000
invars and $100,000 in coin. An engagement
of $850,000 in gold coin was made by F. S.
Smithers & Co., the probable disposition of
which is not known. Zimmerman & For-
shay, bullion dealers, who have been im-
porters of the precious metal, presumably
In behalf of the Morgan bond syndicate,
and the Mercantile bank of New York de-
posited each $500,000 at the subtreasury In
exchange for greenbacks. The object of
the deposits was concealed in both in-
stances.
FARMER'S WIFE BURNED.
Hennessey, Ok., Jan. 7.—Mrs. Delos Nel-
son. wife of a prominent farmer, was wash-
ing yesterday when her dress caught fire,
and before help arrived she was almost
suffocated. Her husband was the first one
to discover her condition. lie rushed from
the barn, attempted to put out the fire with
his hands, and was so severely burned that
he may lose both of them. The house was
only saved after a hard light. Doctors say
Mrs. Nelson can not live.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report
THEY LACK HARMONY.
Republican Senators Can Not Agree
on a Policy in Regard to the
House Tariff Bill.
THE POPULISTS LOOMING UP
Must Be Conciliated If a Bill Is Passed by
the Senate—Gold Withdrawn from the
Treasury—Washington News.
4B40B.VffEi.Tf PURE
Washington, Jan. 7.—(Special.)—The lack
of harmony in the republican party can
be no better illustrated than by the state-
ment that to-day the senatorial part of it
had a caucus, and after discussing the
tariff bill for an hour or two adjourned
without a conclusion having been come to
as to what course should be pursued in re-
gard to it. From the very beginning of
this congress there has been friction in
the republican ranks. This started as to
whether there should be a reorganization.
The older members, like Hoar and Sher-
man, said that it would be bad policy, and
that the party would suffer by it. They
wanted to let the responsibility of legisla-
tion remain with the democrats. But the
younger members and the silver republi-
cans did not want it that way. The
younger men wanted to get on good com-
mittees, where they could have clerks and
good committee rooms, and the silver men
wanted to organize so they could get con-
trol of the finance committee, which in
this congress was bound to be the most
important of all committees in it. The
youngsters won.
Then the bond bill came over to the sen-
ate, and there was sure enough war. Tho
result was that the house bond bill was
thrown aside and a free coinage bill
brought in as a substitute. Just how
badly the leaders, like Sherman, Morrill
and Hoar, felt over tills can be seen when
Morrill to-day stated when the free coin-
age substitute came in that it had not re-
ceived the vote of a single republican on
the committee. He told the truth literally,
but he did not tell ail the truth. For Wol-
cott, as line a specimen of republican as
there is in the senate, was put there be-
cause he is a free coinage man, and was
put in it to vote for just such a bill as
was brought in to-day. Morrill, to have
been absolutely correct, should have said
that the republicans who were present had
voted against the measure.
Anyhow, the bringing in of the free coin-
age measure shows the fight is won for
the silver men in the senate, just as was
contended for by the silver democrats and
the sliver republicans in shaping the
finance committee. But this again showed
how dangerous it was for the dominant
party in that body to attempt to do any-
thing without a perfect understanding
with every member. It has been known all
along that there was some difference in
it over the tariff bill, and the caucus to-
day was to try to come to a perfect under-
standing in regard to it. In this caucus
Quay, who is looked upon as the best man
In a fight, wanted the tariff bill as it
came from the house passed, just as it
was. He made a motion that the caucus
agree to this, but he got no further than
this when the talk broke out all along
the line, and it was soon demonstrated
that there were serious divisions in the
party on that matter. One man wanted a
higher tariff on this article, another
wanted a higher duty on another article,
and would intimate that he intended to
have it if any concession was made to any
member. It was pointed out to this class
that if any one schedule was changed,
then the whole bill would go to pot. Finally
it was agreed that there should be an-
other caucus, and at it the matter would
be settled in some way.
Just at this time the populists are loom-
ing up again. The republicans are not
strong enough to do anything in the sen-
ate if this element should go against
them, or if even any small number should
do it. Jones of Nevada did not go to the
caucus, though it is known that he is
more of a republican than a populist, but
he has said that he will do whatever the
caucus advises if he can get some conces-
sions. One of these is a raise for the tar-
iff on sugar of 15 per cent. It is said that
the republicans pleaded with him in the
cloak rooms not to get out of line, anil
that what they said had an influence on
him.
The chief trouble in the caucus was, as
usual, the wild westerners, who wanted
more protection in lead ore and wool. The
conservative view here Is that the bill will
come back to the senate without any such
changes as would really hurt it. The
change of a raise of 15 per cent in agri-
cultural products would not do this. Until
the republican caucus, composed of rep-
resentatives of eastern manufacturers, of
western farmers and the silver men and
gold men adjourns finally, nothing can be
told that will be perfectly reliable.
REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAUCUS.
Washington, Jan. 7.—The republican sen-
ators went inito caucus at 10.30 'to-day, but
adjourned at noon, to rneeit again after the
conclusion of t'he senate session. The en-
tire time of the caucus was consumed in
discussing proposed amendments 'to the
tariff 'bill. The prevailing senitilment
seemed to 'be favorable to reporting the
bill as it came from tlhe house.
Senator Quay moved the adoption oif 'the
hou.se bill, but the motion was not voted
on and was in effect lost sight of in the
general discussion Which followed. So far
as there was any expression of opinion by
senators present the caucus appeared dis-
posed to act harmoniousily, except in one
or t wo instances.
Mr. Baker, the new senator from Kansas,
made a vigorous speech in opposition to
tli«) house tariff bill. He said that if any
tariff legislation was to be enaoted he
thought it should be on republican and pro-
tection lines, and added that he did not re-
gard t'he house bill as a republican meas-
ure. Other speeches were made by Sen-
ators Allen, Aldridh, Perkins, Hale, Chand-
ler, Haw ley and Burrows.
Senator Burrows contended for an ad-
vance lin rates on chemicals, oils, metals
and agricultural products, While Mr. Per-
kins advocated in strong language the
placing of sugar on a footing of equality
with mtUier products. Senators Allison and
Aldrich explained briefly the attitude of
the republican members of t'he finance com-
mittee, saying that while the committee
had no formal recommendation to make
to the caucus, they had considered all the
proposed amendments and were of the
opinion that if any Changes were to 'be
made they s'hou'ld be in the way of In-
creasing the house rates on agricultural
products, spirits and pottery and adding
sugar to Che list to be increased 16 per
oen/t.
The republican senators were compelled
to abandon tiheir intention to hold a see-
on 1 caucus to-day by the lateness of the
hour when t'he senate adjourned. It has
now been called for to-morrow afternoon.
APPROPRIATION SUBCOMMITTEES.
Washington, Jan. 7.—Chairman Cannon
of the house committee on appropriations
to-day appointed the subcommittees .Which
will have charge of tlhe preparation of tlhe
various appropriation bi'lls. They are:
Sundry civil: Cannon of Illinois, Ha'lner
of Nebraska, W. A. Stone of Pennsylvania,
Sayers of Texas and Lay ton of Ohio.
Legislative: Bingham of Pennsylvania,
MeCall of Tennessee, Hemenway of In-
diana, Dock cry of Missouri and Robertson
of Louisiana.
Fortification: Hainer of Nebraska, Grout
of Vermont, Hemenway of Indiana and
Barrett of Georgia.
Deficiency; Cannon oX I Illinois North way
of Ohio, Arnold of Rhode Island, Sayers of
Texas and Livingston of Georgia.
Permanent: Arnold of Rhode Island,
Bingham of Pennsylvania, Pitney, Bartlett
and Livi'n-gston.
CABINET MEETING.
Washington, Jan. 7.—All the members at-
tended the oabifiet meeting -to-day. The
session was a protraoted one. In view of
the bond call and the pending economic
legislation it i» felt here that these sub-
jects come in for consideration at the long
session. Ropres. nitatVve Turner of Georgia,
a democratic member of the ways and
means connnviKev*, was at t'he white house
about »the same time the cabinet ;issv mbled,
giving rise to some conjecture that he was
being consulted as t'o the probable situation
of the tariff and bond legislation when it
was returned to the house.
OLNEY GIVES A DINNER.
Washington, Jan. 7.—Secretary of State
and Mrs. Olney gave a dinner to the presi-
dent and cabinet at their elegant home on
Seventeenth street to-night. The decora-
tions of the table were American Beauty
roses and ferns. The guests included
President and Mrs. Cleveland, Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson, Secretary and Mrs. Car-
lisle, Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, Postmas-
ter General and Mrs. Wilson, Attorney
General and Airs. Harmon, Secretary and
Miss Herbert, Secretary and Miss Morton
and Ambassadoi\and Lady Pauucefote.
RECEPTION TO SATOLLI.
Washington, Jan. 7.—A large number of
Washington's representative people at-
tended the reception given to Cardinal Sa-
tolli this evening^ The visitors were first
presented to Marshal Wilson of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, then to Bishop Kain,
aiul by him to the cardinal, on the right
of the cardinal was the Martinis Sacri-
pantl. During the receiving hours the
marine band rendered a carefully selected
programme. More than a thousand guests
shook hands with the newly created cardi-
nal. Including a number of the clergy that
witnessed the ceremonies at Baltimore on
Sunday, members of the diplomatic corps,
Justice and Mrs. White, Senator and Miss
Voorhees and officers of the army and
navy.
WILSON A REGENT.
Washington, Jan. 7.—The senate to-day
adopted the house resolution for the ap-
pointment of Hon. Wm. L. Wilson as one
of the regents of the Smithsonian institu-
tion.
GOLD WITHDRAWALS.
Washington, Jan. 7.—The treasury to-day
lost $2,163,000 in gold bairs and $1,096,000 in
gold coin, and received from the Mercan-
tile national bank of New York $500,000 In
exchange for currency, making the net loss
for the day $2,759,000. This leaves the true
amount of the reserve at the elose of busi-
ness $58,326,110. In financial circles here the
fear is expressed that to-day's heavy with-
drawals are but the beginning of heavy ex-
portation. It is recalled that during last
January the withdrawals amounted to
about $45,000,000, of which $3U,000,000 was
withdrawn withla two weeks and over
$7,000,000 In one day. The fact that thirty
days must elapse before the new bond
issue can be closed and the contracts
awarded seems to add to the anxiety here-
tofore felt, and In some quarters the opin-
ion is expressed that by the 1st of February
the gold reserve will have been reduced
below any point it has reached hitherto.
• PATENTS TO TEXANS.
Washington, Jan. 7.—(Special.)—Patents
were issued to-day to Texans as follows:
Augustus C. Ferrdl and T. J. Hanrnck,
OarrOM, brace for heel sweeps; John T.
Nailly, Morgan, snap hook; John M. Oram,
Dallas, apparatus for protecting electrical
oircuiilt's; Henry E. Pao'lucc'i, San Marcos,
cotton loading and weighing device; James
D. Sohofleid, Dallas, sight feed for plant-
ers; Thomas J. Stansel, Laredo, automat-
ic electric allarm; George B. Williams, Tex-
arkana, automatic electric alarm.
PENSIONS.
Washington, Jan. 7.—Issue of Dece>miber
20.—Oklahoma territory: Original widow-
Elizabeth Fairbanks, Osborne, Granlt coun-
ty.
POSTAL MATTERS.
'WaisHiing'tow, Jan. 7.-/The following in
reference to additional exchanges between
Mexican and United States railway po.vi-
offioes and local postotllces is published:
PoStoffice Department, Office of Second
Assistant Postmaster Generail, VVatihing-
ton, Jan. 2.—Ordered: The Mexican office
having concurred therein, establish addi-
tionall exchanges of mails overland between
the United {states and Mexico as follows,
viz:
1. Texarkana and Laredo ra'ilway post-
office to make up and dispatch via .Laredo,
Tex., and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, mails for
the Mexican cities of Chihuahua, M'onter y,
Saltlllo, San Luis Potosi, Aguas Cahentes,
delay a, Toluoa, Zacatecas, the City of
Mexico and C'iudad Laredo; the mails for
the City of Mexico to contain also articles
destined for delivery in the states of Hi-
dalgo, Pu tibia, Tlaxcalla, Oaxaca, Vera
Cruz, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, More-
lcs, Campetihe, Tabasco and Yucatan; the
mails for Ciudad Laredo to contain all.so
articles destined for delivery at Villa Hi-
dalgo, Los TeritoSj Mier and Guerrero.
Articles for destiinations in Mexico other
than those above indicated ito be InClo.^d
in mails to be delivered at Laredo to the
connecting Mexican railway postoffice on
the Mexican National railroad.
The Texarkana and Laredo railway post-
office will receive at Laredo, Tex., maiils
made up at and dispatched from the Mex-
ican cities of Monterey, Salti'llo, San Luis
Potosi, Aguas Calientes, Celaya, Toluca and
the City of Mexico and the conn'toung
Mexican railway postofflce on tlhe Mexican
National railroad.
2. Houston and Eagle Pass railway post-
office to make up and dispatch via liiagie
Pass, Tex., and Porlirio Diaz, Mexico, malts
for the Mexican cities of Chihuahua, Tor-
reon, Di:; amgo, Zacatecas, Guanajuato,
Aguas Calientes, Guadalajara and Ciudad
Porflrio Diaz; the mails lor Guadalajara to
include also articles destined for delivery
in the state of Colima and territory of Te-
pic and the mails lor Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
to contain also articles destlm* I for d< liv-
ery at Congregacion del Moral and Jiminez,
Ooahuila. Articles for destination's in Mex-
ico other than those above indicated to be
iroolosed in mails to be delivered at Eagle
Pass to the connecting Mexican railway
postofflce on the Mexican International
railroad.
Houston and Eagle Pass railway past-
office will receive at Eagle Pass, Tex.,
mails made up at and dispatched from the
Mexican cities of Chihuahua, Torreon, Du-
rango, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Aguas Ca-
lientes, Guadalajara and the City of Mex-
ico and the connecting railway postofflce
on the Mexican 1 n;«■ nia!i«,':ial raiiroad. .
3.*Houston and El Paso railway piost-
offl.ee to make up and d/ispatch malls for
tlhe Mexican office of Ciudad Juarez to con-
tain articles destined for delivery ait that
place and at Cemeeu, Zarag'oza, San Augus-
tin, Tres Jaeales, Guadalupe and San lg-
naclo. Articles for destinations in Mexico
other than those above named to be in-
closed In mails to be delivered at El Paso,
Tex., to the connecting Mexican railway
postofflce oro the Mexican Central rail-
road.
The Houston and El Paso railway post-
offlce will receive at El Paso, Tex., mails
made up and dispatched from the Mexican
cities of Cenecu, Zaragoza, San Augustln,
Tres Jaeales, Guadalupe and San Ignacio
and the connecting Mexican railway post-
offlce on the Mexican Central railroad.
4. Benson and Nogales railway postofflce
to make up and dispatch mails for ohe
Mexican office of Nogales to contain ar-
ticles destined for delivery at that place
and at San Laza.ro, Santa Barbara, Santa
Cruz, San Pedro, Paiominas, Canada
Ancha, La Cananea, La Mexicana, Terrein-
ate and La Moriba. Articles for destina-
tions in Mexico other than those above
named to be inclosed in mails to be deliv-
ered at Nogales, Ariz., to the connecting
Mexican railway postofflce on tlhe Sonora
railway.
The Benson and Nogales railway post-
offlce will receive at Novates, Ariz., mails
made up at and dlkwatobed from th« Mex-
ican cities of San Luzaro, Santa Barbara,
Santa Cruz. San lYdro, Palomintas, Canada
Ancha. I .a i'unam .i. La Mexieana, Terren- |
ar<' and La Moriba and the eonneetin*;
Mexican railway po.-toffltv on the Sonora
railway.
5. Articles mailed in .Na.xIco addressed
for delivery in the United States will t>e
distributed t.» the various Unltt-d Slabs
railway postofflces named herein, in ««•-
cui. an.v A'ith the "dlstrilaiitie'i scheme"
arranged by the general superintendent of
the railway mail servie of this department
and by hint funnlished to the postal of-
ficials of Mexico charged with conducting
the exchanges on that fide.
6. The exchange of ihe mails provided for
in this enter will I conducted in conform-
ity witih the stipulations of the postal con-
vention b«'tween the I nltcd btates and
Mexico, signed in this city on April l,
1887; provided, however, (1) ttnat then' shall
bo'admitted to said mails only unregistered
letters, post cards and periodical publica-
tions, upon which the proper postage has
bejn prepaid in full; (2) that if any article
Whatsoever, other than these above nu n-
tioned, be inadvertently admitted to said
mails it shail be imnn liateiy returned to
the border exchange postofflce* of the coun-
try of origin of said article for proper
treat inert.
This order to take effect February 1, 1896.
C. NEILSON.
Second Assi tamt Postmaster General.
Texas j. si unices established: Jasmine,
Victoria county, Victoria eight miles west,
Inez seven miles east.
lYvst'offlce site Chan.; 1: Dewdrop, Lib-
erty county, Tex., three-quarters mile
west, as spt cial.
Special service discontinued: Down, Deaf
Smith eouii.y, Tex., from Dean. Frv<m
February X, 1896.
Texas postmasters commission d: Charles
McDonald, Alaxey; Alois J. Kallus, W.-wU
Andrew V. orr, Dewdrop, Liberty county;
Erick Noiine, Jasmine, Victoria county.
POSTM ASTERS CON FIRMEIX
Washington, Jan. 7.—The senate to-day
confirmed the following postmasters: Sal-
lie Spivy, Henderson, Tex.; James M. Port-
wood, Amarillo, Tex.
Hi hi NEW BOND I SUE.
TALK ABOUT BONDS.
Chicago, ill,, Jan. 7- A special from
Washington says: Now comes the import-
ant information from Mr. Morgan, who has
farmed or is forming a bond syndicate, that
he will take all the bonds offered by the
government or none. He will go into no
piecemeal distribution of government bonds.
This is his ultimatum. The experts in
financial circles know what this means.
Hea/r what the best one in the government
service says under cover of confidence:
"The syndicate will get the bonds, be-
cause speculation Is a cold-blooded dame.
There is no sentiment in Wall street. It is
well enough to speak of patriotism and
brotherly love among the citizens of a na-
tion, but those r.entlments do not spring
from the hearts of men who cornet gold.
Just as sure as those bonds are sold, just
that sure will Wall street buy them.
"A bank in Steubenville, O., the National
exchange, telegraphed to-day offering to
take $20,000 of the bonds at 112. Other banks,
I am told, have sent similar messages to
Mir. Carlisle. A dozen or more of them
were received before noon. But those mes-
sages came from men who want to help
the treasury. They come from men In
small cities who have a little gold irj their
vaults and whose patriotism and love of
country still live. But there were no mes-
sages from New York or Philadelphia or
fro-m Boston. Those cities harbor the men
who control the gold of this country. They
may i»ot have it themselves, but they have
a way of getting It. It sounds well to sav
that this government is bigger than any
man c-r set of men. When you learn the
intricacies of finance you will learn that
tho bankers and brokers of New York,
with their affiliations and connections
reaching across the sea, can band them-
selves together under the present laws and
manipulate tlie gold reserve of this govern-
ment as nicely as a.n engineer manipulates
his throttle.
"There is a belief expressed in other
quarters that In the end the syndicate will
control this bond Issue, just as it did the
last. It is thought that while the public
may subscribe to some extent, the great
financiers, the men who have formed the
syndicate, will get together anel make a
price for practically the whole issue which
would be higher than the average Individ-
ual would care to give, and Which would
compel t'he secretary of the treasury to
award the bonds to the combination. The
bonds will then be retailed at an advanced
price to the profit of the syndicate and at
the expense of the investor, although the
government will be no loser by the transac-
tion.
"Secretary Carlisle was prompted to
write his bond call by news which he had
received from Secretary Olney. who had
been In New York and who was then on
his way to Washington. Just before 9
o'clock Sunday night Mr. Olney reached
Washington and was driven immediately
to the white house. A few minutes later
Mr. Carlisle and Attorney General Harmon
were summoned to the white house by tele-
phone. Then Secretary Carlisle, reading
from the notes he had made at home, dic-
tated the bond call, which was shortly af-
teirwaird made public.
"What Information did Mr. Olney bring
from New York? This information is
known to but few. Many Inquiries were
made of the* president's private secretary,
and in reply he said that he belonged to
the great army who knew nothing."
DEMAND GROWltfc? RAPIDLY.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 7.—The local demand
for the issue of government bonds is grow-
ing rapidly, and it now seems probable
thiit $4,000,000 or $5,COO,000 will be taken here.
The national banks of Baltimore are al-
most without exception members of the
Morgan syndicate, but this fact did not
deter them from bidding for the bonds.
APPLICATIONS FOR BONDS.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 7.—The National Bank
of Commerce of this city made application
for $1,500,000 of Ihe new government bonds
and the Central national bank will take
$100,000. Other local banks, it is said, will
apply for large blocks of the bonds.
WANT $1,000,000 BONDS.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 7.—Inquiry
among Minneapolis banks develops a dis-
position to buy $1,000,000 worth of bonds if
the premium is not pushed too high. One
bank is ready to take half that amount.
FIRE lib COM).
A CINCINNATI BLAZE.
Cincinnati, 0„ Jan. 7.—Fire started last
night in the basement of the bu'Jlding, 274
to 278 Madison street, and burned through
five floors to t'he roof, causing damage to
the extent of $100,000. The tenants were
the Bilkers' and Confectioners' supply com-
pany, occupying the entire building, with
•the exception of the ground floor, which
was occupied by James Schwetter's cigar
store and J. Cohn's saloon. The damage
to the supply company is estimated at $75,••
0O0; other tenants„ $25,000.
SChwetter and his wife had a narrow es-
cape by suffocation. Two policemen who
discovered the fire broke open the door, and
together tlhey pushed their way through
the smoke 'to where the couple were asleep.
When arriving at Choir apartments they
were rescued with much difficulty.
COMBUSTION THE CAUSE.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 7.—Fire destroyed the
Stable of S. A. Carlson, on East Sixteenth
etreeit, this afternoon. Ijoss, $200; no in-
surance. Combustion the cause.
ESTABLISHED 1312.
THE 54TH CONGRESS.
Silver Substitute (or the House Bond
Biil Reported to the Senate.
Morrill's Notice.
SENATOR VEST'S SPEECH.
Scores the Supreme Court, Denounces the
Money Power and Hits the McK.nley Law.
House Session Short and Little Done.
i nf.BU'rjrtLCj Ui
tJainesville, Tex., Jan.
iT. W. Wiley was desl
RESIDENCE AT GAINESVILLE.
-The residence
destroyed by fire this I
moaning. Loss, $1200; 110 Insurance. i
Washington, Jan. 7.—The senate was
treated to-day to one of Senator Vest's
characteristic speeches. In an arraignment
of the supreme court he laid stress on the
lack of revenue at their door when they
exempted the "sordid wealth of the land"
taxation; he contrasted the records of the
present and past administrations; he threw
some light upon heretofore unknown chap-
ters in the history of the McKlnley laws;
he denounced the financial dependence of-
this country and of others upon the
moneyed influence; he attacked the presi-
dent and the secretary of the treasury for
their proposition to retire the greenbacks
and place the circulation In the hands of
the national banks; quoted Secretary Car-
lisle against himself, and in conclusion de-
clared that the conflict between bimetal-
lism and the gold standard was irrepressi-
ble, anel that the sooner it was decided the
better it would be tor our public and pri-
vate life.
The other features of the session to-day
grew out of the introduction by Mr. chan-
dler of a bill for a popular loan through
the issue of postal savings certificates. In
the course ot Mr. Chandler's remarks the
cable replies of the prince of Wales, the
Rothschilds ami others to the New York
World were alluded to. anel Mr. Lodge
claimed that the editor of the World had
been guilty of violating station 5335 of the
revised statutes In holding communication
with officials ot another government, the
purpose of which "was to interfere with a
measure of the I'nltcd States."
Mr. Gray of Delaware rebuked both Mr.
Lodge and Mr. Chandler for the sugges-
tion that public opinion should not be so-
licited, either here or abroad, on any ques-
tion, and aflinned that a just public opin-
ion in all civilized countries must be the
final arbitrator of all disputes.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, Jan. 7.—The clouds lowered
on the seriate horizon to-day and the signs
pointed to a very stormy session.
Mr. Vest was down for a speech, and
there was a prospect of a very lively skir-
mish over the bond question and the report
of the finance committee. Numerous peti-
tions bearing on the Armenian outrages,
the question of the recognition of the Cu-
ban belligerents anel the Venezuelan boun-
dary line dispute were presented.
Mr. Jones (D.) of Arkansas reported from
the finance committee the free sliver sub-
stitute of the house bill and gfve notice
that he would call it up to-morrow.
Mr. Morrill (It.) of Vermont, chairman
of the finance committee, notified the sen-
ate that the substitute was opposed by
every republican member of the committee.
The bill went on the calendar.
On Mr. Kyle's motion a bill was passed
amending existing laws so that Ihe evi-
dence of timber claimants can be taken
before the clerk ot' any court of record in-
stead of requiring them, as now. to go
before the officers of the land office.
Mr. Voorhees (D.) of Indiana secured
unanimous consent for the passage of a
resolution authorizing General Casey to
make contracts for the completion of the
new library of congress, by stating that if
passed the building would be completed
within the time fixed by the act and that
about $M,ti00 would be covered back into
the treasury.
"An unprecedented thing In the erection
of public buildings," ejaculated Mr. Hale
(R.) of Maine.
Mr. Voorhees offered a resolution, which
was referred, for the purchase of a por-
trait of the late Allen G. Thurman, now
hanging In the judiciary committee room,
painted by J. H. DeWitt.
Mr. Elklns (R.) of West Virginia offered
a resolution, which was referred to the
finance committee, providing that hereafter
any contemplated Issue of bonds shall first
be advertised for at least twenty days,
and that such bonds shall be sold* to the
highest bidder.
Mr. Allen offered a resolution, which was
referred, for the appointment of five sena-
tors to Investigate the question of whether
there Is now and lias been for the past
two and one-half years a republican form
of government in the state of Alabama:
whether fraud, force or intimidation had
entered into the election of members of the
legislature In so far as those elections
bore on the election of United Staters sena-
tors.
Mr. Lodge reopened the discussion of Mr.
Chandlt r's bill by t ailing attention to se-
tlon 5J.35 of the revised statutes, prohibit-
ing any citizens of the United States, on
penalty of fine and imprisonment, from
holding any communication, verbal or win-
ten, with any officer or agent of a foreign'
government, the purpose of which was to
influence action in a ponding international
dispute or to interfere with any measure of
the I'nited States. He cited Ihe cable com-
munication.-. sent by the Rothschilds, one of
whom was a rnamber of the house of com-
mons, to the editor of the New York
World. The obvious trend of these commu-
nications was to interfere with "a measure
of the government." He also called atten-
tion to a recent communication of the
prince of Wales on the boundary line dis-
pute. AH of these communications, he
claimed, were for the purpose of "forcing
us from our position"' and making us more
than ever dependent upon a syndicate of
bankers. He wanted to know If Editor
Pulitzer's action did not con'- within the
pale of the statute he had cited.
Mr. Chandler was inclined to agree that
It did.
"The statute only applies to citizens of
the I'nited States," in ten upt • t Mr. Stew-
art (P) of Nevada. "Is Joseph Puiltster a
citizen?"
"He was born In Hungary," replied Mr.
Chandler, "but I understand he has been
naturalized."
"He is certainly a citizen of the United
States," Interjected Mr. l«odge.
Mr. Gray (D) of Delaware asked for a
reading of the statute. It happened that
Mr. Hill just at that time was himself
•leading the statute,
"It Is now being read by the defender of
the administration," said Mr. Chandler,
sarcastically.
"Whatever else I may be," said Mr. Hill,
looking up, "I am not the defender of Jo-
seph Pulitzer."
After the statute had been again read
Mr. Gray took the floor and bitterly de-
nounced the suggestion of Mr. Lodge. He
declared that he had heard it advanced
with surprise and approved with amaze-
ment.
"Now, in the evening of the nineteenth
century, you can not bark back on the
track of the dead centuries and attempt
to stifle expression or effort to obtain ex-
pression," said he, "in this .country or
abioad. In this country and in all civilized
countries a just public opinion is the tin.'U
arbiter of all questions. It is not necessary
for one to say if this suggestion is serious-
ly made that it is impossible in th.^s day
and hour to att. mpt any inquisitorial in-
terpretation of a statute for the jpnrppse of
stifling an expression of publi'j opinion "
The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived the
senate, without disposlng/'0f the question
resumed consideration ctf Mr. Sherman's
resolution concerning gol(1 reservc, and
Mr. \ < st (1>) of Missouri took the floor.
Mr. \ est s speech T^oved to be an arraign-
ment ot the suprefoe court for its decision
'n the income ta^ cases. The senator spoke
with his i sua4 emphasis of language and
gesture bat with more apparent de>llb«r-
•y RY the Best that Wleney oan Bityt
MAR-SHAL-KA.
MONTE CRISTO
aod SNUQGLER.
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Key West Cheroots.
Mooto Cristo all Tobacco Cigarette*
ateness than usual and was listened to with
close ait -nti m by senator and the b•.—».»
audience in the galleries. lie was applaud-
ed en« e. but th^ demonstration oi approval
was cut short by the chair and was not
repeated. II- began by saying that the
de«mo« ratie party did nor seek to evad ' re-
sponsibility for the legislation of the last
eongre?s. notwithstanding it had only an
ostensible majority In the senate, and he
then passed rapidly to his subject by de-
claring that the Wilson law would have af-
forded ,impl • ivvenue for the support of
the governni< nt but for the supreme court's
de< ision declaring the income tax unconsti-
tutional.
"That the court should have rendered
such a decision." lie said, "was a matter of
surprise—of surprise to every intelligent
lawyer in the country, especially to those
of us in congress who were engaged in
formulating the legislation.
"In my judgment." he continued, "no
decision has ever in the history of the
court been rendered which has done .so
much to destroy the influence of that high
tribunal and excite distrust on the part of
the people of this country." «
The country, he said had been used to
rely unon the opinions of the court be-
cause its judgments were supposed to be
above the caprice, prejudice and sudden
changes which might characterize the de-
cisions of lower courts not so i'uf removed
from outside influences. That this court
should have reversed its own decision for
a hundred years In a question vitally af-
fecting the intensts of the entire popula-
tion and placing the government in th» at-
titude of violating the constitution during
the entire history of the union, must, lio
declared, be a matter of sincere ivgrei.
From the llilyon decision in IT'."! te» tho
Springer decision in lM'f. tin decisions hail
been uniform In upholding the power of
congress to tax Inconn s on real anel per-
sonal properties without apportionment
among the states, he quoted from various
decisions in support of this assertion, and
proceeded to show that Mr. Seward, one of
the counsel against the v. vcrnment in tin;
recent cases, had conceded that the spring-
or decision was to that effect, in view of
this fact it was not n mam r ot surprise
that Justice Harlan bar declared that the
age of miracles had not passed.
Mr. Vest declared thai In would not trust
himself In the senate to say what he would
lie tempted to say of this opinion, but
would leave it to the members of the court
to stigmatize it as It deseVved.
With this introduction he had extracts
read from the dissenting opinions of Jus-
tices Harlan and I'rown, saying that if he
had made the declaration contained in
these opinions he would be charged with
partisan malice and misrepresentation, but
coming as they do from this high source
they certainly constituted a most powerful
arraignment of this court of last resort.
Mr. Vest was most severe in his direct
characterization of the conduct of the jus-
tice who changed Ills opinion after the first
decision before the second was rendered.
He would not. lie said, attempt to enter
Into that justice's motives, but that jus-
tice-ami he (Vest) did not know who he
was had been mainly responsible in fas-
tening tile sordid despotism of wealth upon
the country by his change of front. Cer-
tainly he had the right to change his mind,
but it was a matter of regret that he had
not seen proper to put his reasons on record
for this tar reaching and terrible decision.
The justice's nam" was, he continued, un-
known to himself and his associates. The
senate had been ridiculed and vituperated
lajpause of the secrecy If its executive pro-
ceedings, but what, Mr Vest said, with a
display of warmth, would be thought of a
senator who would change his position on
a question of vital general interest, and
when his position was essential to the suc-
cess or failure of a cause, and who should
not have the manhood to stand before tile
country ami reveal himself apd his reasons
for such a transformation? lie could not
in such an event imagine the storm of op-
problum, the hurling wiatli of the press
and the charges of corruption which would
follow.
Mr. Vest said he regretted that the court
had not only permitted, but encouraged,
the Indulgence by counsel oi scurrilous rei-
erences to the motives df those who had
participated In framing the Income tax
legislation for granting exemptions to Cer-
tain interests, and proceeded to explain the
reasons for those exemptions.
Resuming the thread of his discourse,
Mr. Vest said he did not believe that the
terrible effect of this decision bail yet
been apprehended by the people of tho
country.
"It marks a new era," he said, "anfl I
greatly mistake If the time does not come
when neither soft worfls nor honeyed
phrases will prove a sufficient apology."
It was beyond crodibility that a Vander-
bilt with his hundreds of millions should
have to pay no more than tho poorest of
me i, and that the army and navy must be
used to support li|m in his lights, as must
be the case if t!*• decision was to stand.
He predicted that the time would come
when the truths of Justice Brown's opin-
ion would be everywhere recognized; that
the decision of the supreme court had
fixed for all time the freedom from federal
taxation of the "sordid wealth of the
land."
He reviewed the record of the last three
administrations. He declared that no ael-
mlnistration in the history of the country
had been more successful than that of
Cleveland from 1885 tq 1889.
"What democratic law was In force dur-
ing those four years?" asked Mr. Hoar.
"The democratic party," replied Mr.
Vest, "was at the head of aftairs." If
success were to be measured by the amount
of gold exported, he desired to call the at-
tention of the other side to the" fact that
during Cleveland's first administration but
about $9,000,000 of gold had been exported,
against $213,000,000 for Mr. Harrison's ad-
ministration. So far $181,000,000 had been
exported under the present administration.
He went extensively into the figures of
revenue, expenditures, etc., to show that
the present condition of the treasury was
largely due to the preeeUing administra-
tion. He charged the Harrison adminis-
tration of defaulting in the payment of
Obligations of the government and the mis-
application of the trust funds amounting
to $50,000,000. When the republicans re-
turned to power in all branches of the
government, in 1890, he declared Ironically
that they thought they owned the coun-
try. They rested their fate on three meas-
ures—the force bill, which failed, the Mc-
Klnley law and the Sherman law.
The McKlnley law was afterwarel ele-
nounced by many republicans, the Slier-
man law, bastard that it was, was repudi-
ated by one of its auUiors. Whatever tho
democratic party haer done It had not
placed on the statute books a law that it
was compelled to go before the country
ami repudiate*, lie admitted that his side
was divided on the subject of silver. The
country was divided. There was, he said,
an irrepressible conflict in the land, as ir-
repressible as that which resulted in the
clash of armies of the north and south.
I trust," Mr. Vest said, "that the issue
will not be submitted to the arbitrament of
violence, but the conflict is inevitable
between those who believe in the use of
silver as a money of ultimate redemption »
along with gold and those who believe in
the single gold standard. To evade it was
impossible. The quicker it was elecided
the better it would be for the public and
private life of the land."
In the course of a review of some of the
history of the passage of the McKlnley
law Mr. Vest described, much to the
amusement of the gallerie.-, the manner in
which, on the night the bill was reported
to the house, hides were suddenly removed
from the dutiable to the free list.
Mr. Aldrich questioned the truth of the
statement, but Mr. Vest insisted and said
that a distinguished member of the house
from New England, now a member of the
senate, had declared that he would not
vote for it unless hides went on 'the free
list.
"Place* a duty on hides," said Mr. Vest,
sarcastically, "and New England would be
aroused as she has not been aroused by
this Venezuelan dispute. She would flame.
You would smell powder and hear the
whistling of bullets in this chamber. The
spirits of New England fathers would be
inspired and they would march to victory
or to death." (Great laughter.)
Further contrasting the McKlnley law
and the Wilson law, he praised the latter
and denounced the reduction In the wool
tariff. He admitted that the Wilson bill
did not meet his entire approval, bnt.lt was
satisfactory. Wool, he contended, furnished
the element of vitality to the protective
system. Yet he maintained, despite Mr..
Aldrich's denial, that under the free wool
clause of the Wilson law the prtce of wool
, had Increased and the woolen mills had
i been prosperous. He confessed that It was
i true that sheep had been slaughtered since
j the passage of the Wilson bill, but this
I was the result of the advice of Mr. Iaw
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