THE NEWS. ns — Ata wedding at Arlington, Nel., Herman Echtenkamp and Frank Ostman, who had an old grievance, fought a duel with pistols, and Ostman was fatally wounded.———The stook- holders on the State Bank of Veedersburg, Ind., which was organized one year ago with Reid Zigler, of Attica, as president, and Luetus Martin as cashier, with a eapital stock of #25 000, went into voluntary liquidation, «The orehestra of the English Opera Com- pany struck in Buffalo, and the company dis- banded. — While out hunting, Frank Louvett shot and almost fostantly killed John D. Moore, a prominent business man of Brin- fleld, Ill. Moore was getting info a sleigh when the gun which Louvett was carrying was accidentally discharged, the full load entering Moore's back, —— Mrs. Isane Spald- jug, the richest woman in Nashua N.H. died at the age of ninety-seven, Insanity ex- perts have declared Mrs, Catherine Fitzlerald who killed Mrs Carrie Pearsall, insane, Harvey Pate and Frank Stiers were hung at Danville, 1iL, for murder. —— Fire started in the grocery store of Winkleman & Freeman in Temple, Texas, and before it could be controlled that store, together with those of Cheeves Broa, & Co, and W. H., Wilkers, were destroyed, The total loss is £40,000, with partial insurance. Mr. Samuel Cheeves was burned to death in an attempt to save some of his valuables, Henry Collier, bookkeeper for the wood Stove Factory in Little Har Ark., Rook, Both had been drinking. - Mrs, Luey W. Wright, in -The home in the ruins. and the house seton fireto conceal the crime, ~The frequency of incendiary Wheeling, W. Va., bas caused the Mayor to offer a reward for the arrest of The will of Judge Billings, of New the firebugs, Ore ~The second trial of Rev, Frederick How- ard, alleged to be Wm, Lord Moore, charged with conducting a fraudulent ness, began in Nashville, Tenn, - T. Scott, of Kansas (ity, Mo., eloped Miss Belle Rich, bis typewriter. - Yard, causing a loss of probably $250,000. — rob the Emporia postoffice Leavenworth, Kan. A wildeat brandy still, belonging to Wile llam Fowler, were captured in Warren coun. ty, Teain., and one boiler, an engiae wormmill, thirty-one tubs, eleven casks and three hundred and eighty-two gallons of ap- plejack was seized, 10 the federal court, Fight hundred gallons of liquor was also captured —— William Kal- rer, a baker, of Camden, N. J., was shot killed by a burglar, of Grand Island, Neb, Henry Miles, Evans Mill, N. Y. Mrs. Anna M. Ward, who had purchased his farm under mortgage foreclosure The grain elevator, containing 25,000 bushels of wheat, two livery stables, horses, three freight cars, the electric plaot and six other buildings were destroyed by fire in Corsicana, Texas, The wated at £10,000, Edward opium flend, Killed himself children in Erie, Pa, killed Mrs. Catherine woman, in Brooklyn, Bing Sing. and Fowler was bound over and The 3 closed fits doors - of Sale, ee Cady, an : By an ER Johu Deiflno, who Italian was electrocuted in Gressell, an There was a freight train wreck at Stanton onthe P. W_& I. and another hurt, Mra. Wahn, residiag in Monaco, was fatally burnesl by the bursting on the cook stove, and One tramp was of a can of water tried to commit suicide In her coll in Monti. cello, N. H. ——Hon. Isaac C. Lewis, presi. dent of the Meriden, C1, Britannia Company and Meriden's wealthiest citizen, died at his bome of apoplexy, aged eighty-one years, Mr. Lewis began life without a dollar, and by his own exertions accumulated a large fortune, —— Young Tom Rodgers, who mur dered his father and attempted to kill his mother, and sister in Chester, Pa. ,on January 14th last, was sentenced by Judge Clayton to twenty-six years imprisonment for his orimes, —wThe engine and five cars of the Pittafleld freight, bound north, on the Danbury and Berkshire division of the Consolidated Rail. road, ran off an open switch at Bethel, Ct, and were wrecked General Manager Barlow, of the Elkton Coal and Coke Com. pany, died at his home In Roanoke, Va , Capt. J. J. Lawrence, who was the comman- der of the first steamboat of the Mallory line, fell dead at his home in New York, He was about seventy years old, and retired from setive services several years ago. He had a wile and two daughters, —The five-year-old son of Mra, Healy, living in Middletown, Ct, was carrying a lamp down stairs when he fell, breaking the lamp, A plece of glass penetrated his throat and severed the jugular vein, causing death almost instantly, Mensa is II sas. TWO FATALLY INJURED. ———— A Calcium Light Cylinder Exp'odes \ While on a Man's Shoulder, A horrible aecident happened on the river front at Albany, N. Y., shortly after nine o'clock, at the freight house entrance of the People's Line Steamboat Company. It was an explosion eauted in a manner which is a rarity. Wm. Becker, Fred, Rusesll, Edward Eagan and Edward Leslie, who are employes of the People’s Liae, were removing a number ol ealelum light cylinders, Eagan holsted one upon his shoulder, and in an lostant there occurred an explosion which startied every. one in the vieinity, When the dust cleared away three of the men lay prostrate, On the snow io the street was Russell, One leg was torn off, and from a gash in his stomach protruded bis entealls, Eagan lay near him, Une of his logs was also gone, while there was hardly a spot on his body Lut showed the marks of eome of the flying portions of the death dealing cylinder. Becker lay nest the door. A gash in his left thigh showed that he, too, had been badly injured. Leslie escaped with a couple of broken ribs, Eagan wna Russell are injured iot:rnaily, and may die. Becker will live, THE MESSAGE. President Cleveland Discusses Public Affairs, “TARIFF REFORM” URGED. SS—— Chiaese Registration Law-—-TheUnited States and Brazil <Effects of the Silver Purchase Repeal -Affairs at Home and Abroad -Work of the Various Bureaus Summarized — Public EconomyAdvocated — Ads ministration’s Pension Polley. The President's annual message, which has been read in both Houses of Congress, Is mainly as follows : To the Congress of the United States | The constitutional duty which requires the President from time to time to give to the Congress information of the state of phe Union, and recommend to thelr considera- tion such measures as ho shall jodge necos. sary and expedient, is fittingly entered upon by commending to the Congress a earelul examination of the detailed statements and well-supported recommendations contained in the reports of the heads of departments, who are chiefly charged with the executis work of the Government. In sn abridge this communication as much ns {a consistent with its purpose, I shall sapple- ment a brief reference to the contents of these departmental reports by the mention business and incidents as embraced therein, and by such a8 appsar {oo be at particular time appropriate, While our foreign relations have not times during the past vear been entirely from perplexity, no embarrassing remains that will not yield to the fairness and love of justice, whic with consistent fArmness, characterize ; sffor not this sity BRAZILIAN AFFAIRS, The ontbreak of domestic hostilities Republic of Brazil found the United alert to watch the interests of that country, with which we Several new navy are now, and for some our citizens in CArTY VOEAe LE between the ment, which controls the machinery of ad. ministration, and with which we maintain friendly relations, and certain officers of the their com established Gover: ria- and chief seaport, and lacking, as it de divided sae that _— administration, 1 have failed to the insurgents can Thus far the position of our Government has been that of an attentive but impartial observer of the unfortunate confliet, Em- phasizing our fixed policy of impartial i trality in such a condition of affairs as now exists, I deemed it necessary to disavow, a manner not to be authorized action mander in those waters in misunderstood, the un. our iste naval com. in saluting the re. of raleulated to give pratul. CHILEAN CLAIMS The convention between : and Chile, having for its objoot the settle. of the demands two countries against each made effective by the orgmuisation laim mmission provided for, The tw rnments lating to agree upon the thind yl cen of the President of the Swiss Republic wera invoked, as provided in the treaty, and the selection of the Swiss representative in country to gratifying Chile, IMMInsION ur Government 3! the other, has been of the hin compiets the organization was alike to the United States an i THE CHINESE PICLUSION LAW, The legisiation of last year, known as the Chinese laborers entitled to residence in the United States, and the deportation of sll not complying with the provisions of the act within the time prescribed, met with much opposition from Chinamen in this country, Acting upon the advice of eminent counsel that the law was unconstitutional, the great mass of Chiness laborers, peading judicial inquiry as to its validity, in good faith de. clined to apply for the certifleates required by its provisions, A test case upon prooeod. ing by habeas corpus was brought before the Bapreme Court, and on May 15th, 1803, a de- cision was made by that tribuoal sustaining the law, It is believed that under the recent amend- ment of the act extending the time for regio. tration, the Chinese laborers thereto entitled, who desire to reside in this country, will now avail themselves of the renewed privilege thus afforded of establishing by lawiul pro- esdure their right to remain, and that thereby the necessity of enforoed deportation may to a great degree be avoided, SURRENDER OF WERRS RECOGNIZED, Costa Rien has lately testified its friendli- ness by surrendering to the United States, in the absences of a convention of extradition, but upon duly submitted evidences of erimi- nality, a noted fagitive from justice, It i= trusted that the negotiation of a treaty with that country to mest recurring cases of this kind will soon be accomplished. In my opinion tredties for reciprocal extradition should be concluded with all these countries with which the Unit sd States has not already conventional arrangements of that character, 1 have deemed it fitting to sxpress to the Governments of Costa Rica and Colombia the kindly desire of the United States to see their pending boundary dispute finally closed by arbitration in conformity with the spirit of the treaty concluded between them some years ago, Our relations with the French Republic continue to be intimate and cordial, 1 sin. ocerely hops that the extradition treaty with that country, as amended by the Senate, will soon be operative, While occasional questions affecting our naturalized citizens returning to the land of their birth have arisen in our intercourse with Germany, our relations with that country continue satisfactory, The questions affecting our relations with Great n have been treated in a spirit of friendliness, N tions are in progress between the two Governments with a view to such cone Surront aetion as will juske She award 54 ons agreed u y the Bering Tribunal of orton practically effective ; and itis hot doitnsd that Grist Detain wi co-operate (reely t country for accomplishment of that purpose, The dispute growing out of the diserimi- nating tolls imposed in the Welland Canal, upon sargoes of cereals bound to and from the Iske ports of the United States, was ad- juned by the substitution of a more equita. schedule of of and my pradecessor thereupon fis proclamation i posing minating tolls upon British t our oanals, A request {or additions to the list of extra itable off: covered by the existing is under THE NICARAGUA CANAL. two revolutions, the party at first success. ful having In other, his timely good oMces, aided in a peaceful the first conflict, The large American In- terests established in that country in con- nection with the Nicaragua Canal wers pot molested, The canal company has, unfortunately, he- a generous treatment has been extended to it by the Government of Nicaragua. Tha United States are especially interested in the successful ashievement of the vast undertak. ing this company has in charge, That it should be accomplished under distinctively American ausplees, nnd is enjoyment assured not only to the vessels of this country as a ~hannel of commut leation between our At lantie and Paocifle seaboards, but to the ships ia a proposition which, in my judgment, does not admit of question, Guatemala has also been visited by the poe litical violssitudes which havo afMicted her Cantral American neighbors : but the disso. lution ol its Legislature and the proclamsa. tion of a dictatorship have been unattended with eivil war, An extradition treaty with Norway has re. cently been exchanged and proclaimed. The extradition treaty with Russia, signed in March, 1887, and amended and confirmed by the Senate in February last, was duly pro- claimed last June, HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS, t is hardly necessary for me to state that the questions arising from our relations with Hawall have caused serious embarrass. ment, Just prior to the installation of the present Administration the existing Govern ment of Hawall had suddenly over thrown, and a treaty of annexation had been negotiated between the Provisional Govern ment of the islands and the United Bintes, submitted to the Senate for ratifies This treaty 1 withdrew for examination and diapatahad Hon, been investation of the elrcumstances attending the change of Government, and ofall the con ditions bearing upon the subject of a treaty, After athorough and exhaustive examination Mr. Blount submitted to me his report, show ing beyond all nuestion that the constitalio with the activeaid of our representative to that and through the intimidmio caused by the presence of an armed : foree of the United States which was lane 5 yur Min Upon the facts developed it scammed me the Cr ras ment 10 pursus was { had been done by those fo restore as far as pra ie isting at the timeof our fored With a view of asco tiahing within the Constitutional Hmits of Exe power, and recognizing all our obliga and growing out of mditions brought about by of justifiable interference, our present M at Hon 1 has received appropriate in- structions to that end, Thas far no Informs tion of the accomplishment of any defin results has boen reosived from him Additional advices are a ¢X1 When received they will be the Congress, together with all mation at hand, accompanied by a spocial Executive message fully detailing all the facts nocessary to a understand. of the case, and presenting a histo events leading up to n Hava ! i yaiy honorable ¢ wr or (Govern wrong that representing us and ie the status ex. ieintervention, y undo the this resuls responsibilities nt 10 tro pron § inf other infor. complete ing all the 1 eral INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, By a concurrent resolution. passed by Renate Fobruary 14, 1890, and by the Hoosse of Representatives on the 34 of April follow. ing, the President was requested “i from time to time, as ft occeasions arise, negotiations with any GO with which the United 8 or may have diplomatio to the end that any or disputes arising between the two Govern- ments which cannot be adjusted by dig referred to and be peaceably adjosted by April 18, 18%, the International Conference of Washington by pressed the wish that all tha vite, mas werament ilo has relations, differences such means Amerionn resolution #3 sntroverdies be saftiod by arbitra the Govern tions of Europe might be and recommended that ment of earch Nation in that conference should eommun wish to all friendly powers A favorabis sponse has been received from Gre in the shape of a resolution adopt linment July 16 ast, cordially sympatbising with the purpose In view, and expressing the bop that ber Majesty's Government will lend ready co-operation tothe Government of the United States upon the basis of the concur- rentresciution above quoted, It affords me signal pleasure to lay this parliamentary resolution before the Congress and to express my sincere gratification that the sentiment of two great and Kindred Na tions is thus authoritatively manifested in favor of the rational and peaceable settie. ment of international quarrels by honorable resort to arbitmtion, tion, represented calle THE FINANCIAL QUESTION, The Secretary of the Teeasury reports that the receipts of the Government from all year ended June expenditures to 8459 374 674.29. There was Our and Importations free of duty decrease from Interna the pre. It is estimated upon the basis of present revente laws that the receipts of the Govern. 121,365.98, resulting in a deficiency of #08. 000,000, SILVER PURCHASE REPEAL, The reccnt repeal of the provision of law requiring the parshass of silver bullion by the Government as a feature of cur monetary scheme, hao made an entire change in the complexion of cur currency affairs, 1 do pot doubt that the ultimate result of this sotion will be most salutary and far-reach- ng. Inthe nature of things, however, it is impossible to know at this time, precisely what conditioas will be be brought about by the change, or what, if any, supple mentary legislation may, in the ligat of sach conditions, appear to be essontial or ex- pedient. Of course, after the recent financial urbation time is necessary for the re es. tablishment of business eonfidence, When, however, through this restored confidence the which money has been frightened into hoarding places is returned to trade and su terprise, a survey of the sitaation will prob ably disclose a sale path leading to a per mantly sound currency, abundantly sufficient to meet every requirement of our increasing population and business, n the pursuit of this object we should tesolutely turn away from alluring and temporary sxpedients, determined 10 be con. tent with nothing less than a Issting and com ive financial plan. In these cir cumstances Iam convinoed that a reasonable delay in dealing with this subject, instead of being injurious, will inerease the probability of wise action, IMMIGRATION AND QUARANTINR, The Superintendent of Immigration, through the Becretary of the Treasury, re. ports that during the last fiscal year there arrived at our ports 440,793 immigrants, Of these, 1063 were not permitted to land, un. der the Hmitations of the law, and 577 wera returned to the from whence they eames by reason of their having besome pub. Ho ehargos, The total arrivals wers 141,084 loss Shan for the previous year, Heoret iu hid report von An Ae -. of t Maine Ho count of the tal service of the good work done under its supervision in proventing the entrance contagious strated danger of the introduction of con. tagious diseases from foreign ports have in. vested the subject of National auarastins with Increased (nterest, A mors genoral ani harmonious system than now existe, netine promy tly and directly averywhere, and con stantly operating by preventive means to shield our country from the invasion of dis. ease, and at the same time having due re. gard to the rights and duties of loeal agene cles, would, I believe, add greatly to the safety of our people, WORK OF THE ARMY, The Secretary of War reports that the strength of the army on the 30th day of Rep- tember last was 25,778 enlisted men and 2144 officers, Neither Indian outbreaks nor domestic vio- lence have called the army into servies dur ing the year, and the only active military duty required of it has been In the Depart. ment of Texas, where violations of the nea trality laws of the United States and Mexico were promptly and efficiently dealt with by tne troops, sliciting the warm the civil and military authorities of both countries, POBTORFICE DEPARTMENT, Thereport of the Postmaster Genera! con. tnins a detailed statement of the operations of the Postoflice Department during the last fiscal year and much interesting information touching this important branch of the pub. ie servioe, The business of the mails indicates with absolute certainty the condition of the busi. ness of the country, and depression in finan. cial affairs inevitably and quickly reduces tne postal revenues, Therefore a larger discrepancy than usual bet ween the posioffice receipts and expenditures expoctel and unavoidable distressing is the the ’ result of the country during much of thetime covered by the Postmaster General's report, I desire to commend as especially worthy prompt attention the Postmaster General relating to a more sensi- and b better suggestion of tl isiness dike distribution organization responsibility THE NAVY. Becretary of the Navy the opsrations of his ASE Year, and condition of the sonnel » prosents a satis unt of th 52 remy which haa bey in the construction of vessels, and recommendations to which attention is especially invited, Progress in the construction of new veges's has not been a8 rapid as was anticipated unarmored vessels, but for the most part they antiy irring iargest experi Them pn Out Beri one th Fhe trouble has bean the fail. r Armor as agreed, The AiMlecaltios seem now, however, to have and armor is being deliv. As 8 re. ship and material me itis dates whe will yo be estimated with reason. seurncy, Great guns, rapid-fire gt ors and powder are being promptly 4 While 1 erad with satiafacts it of the ex believed that the fi vessels Hoe ompleted can n favor of y we have of building up nu thorough and effio from the tid fully take f snfinished ves: fition of ¢ am distin i FUR Ry our hands and the depleted con Freasury in considering the propriety appropriation at this time to begin new wor FENS)« of the Interior has the sup. ervision of so many important subjects that his report is of especial value and interest, On the 3th day of June, 1888 there were uN, The Recrelnry Of these thers wore seventeen and danghbters of eighty «ix 1812. 5425 widows of soldiers 21.518 survivors and wid« Mexican war wel SUrvivors nt of indisg wars, 83 and 475.645 survivors, and wi children ol soldiers saliors intter number Revolutionary of the War of v survivors that war, Sy ot tha i Ariny ows 4 decaasnd ani I's of the Bebtwilion, death service, the from army 1mber of persons rolls June 1593, who the art of June 27, 1800, which allows pensions on account of bargeable 10 army resulting navy ihe no J0, unger service, was 459,155 The number added to 1} vear was 121.654, an The during th This includes arrears, or the from which Although the law of 1830 permits pensions “from the performance of manual labor to sucha degree as to render them unable to earn a The execution of this law in its its true intention ; but towards the close of the last administration an sutho- ritative construction was given tothe statute, and since that time this constraction has been followed, This has had the effect of limiting the operation of the law to its intsnded pur- frauds, the Commissioner suspended pay. ments upon a pumber of pensions which seemed to be frauddient or unautbored pending a complete examination, giviag no- ties 10 the pensioners, in order that they might have an opportunity to establish, i possible, the justios of their claims notwith- standingapparent invalidity, This, I understand, is the prrotice which has for a long time prevailed in the Pension Bureau ; but after entering upon these recent investigations the Cornmissionsr modified this role so as not to allow, until altera com. plete examination, interference with the pay- ment of a pension apparently not altogether void, but which merely had been fixed at a rate higher than that authorized by law. Iam unable to understand why fraads in the pension rolls ehould not be exposed and corrected with thoroughness and vigor, Every name fraudently put upon these rolls is a wicked imposition upon the kindly sen. timent in which pensions have their origin, every fradulen: pensioner has become a bad citizen ; every false oath in support of a pen sion has made perjury more common and false and undeserving pensioners rob the is not only of their money, bul of t patriotic sentiment which the sur. vivors of a war, fought for the ion of the Union, ought to inspire, Thousands of neighborhoods have their well-known and reeont develop. ling con. pension frauds, Ry a Som A eserving nly ought not to be condemned to such associa: Those who attempt in the line of duty to rectify these should not be sceused of enmity or indi to the claims of he. ded on account of pensions @ sam ex on for the Jone pn June 30, 1893, was $156, 740,467.14. The Commissioner estimates that $165, 000,000 will be i to during the year Jane THR INDIANS, The condition of the Indians and their ul. eal a ol A OE mn Justice and eraity have neen allotted fo many of them, Such aliottments have been made to 10.000 individusls during the last fiscal year, om. | bracing about 1,000 000 acres, The solution of the Indian problem de. | pends very largely upon good administra. | tion, The personal fitness of agents ani their adantability to the peculinr duty of ear. | ing for their wants, is of the utmost impor. “noe | The law providing that, except in especial | onses, army offivers shall be detailed ss In. dinn agents, it is hoped will prove a sucess. ful experiment, Thera is danger of great abuses mweping | precistions, and I recommend that possible safeguard be provided against the of this description. FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE. will be found exceedingly Interesting, espe. tially to that large part of our eitizens inti mately concerned in agricultural OCU Pie the Congress the statements contained in the The has come when «efficient enki res indiscriminate and remediless The regulations of 1892 concernine Texas have been enforced during the last free from infection, Oe. vn Inroo. Tactualiy the als y such have the rs cond teeny ff owners of While sontagious pleurs saftle has erndiosted, animal 1 ralosis, a disease widespread and more dan- gerous to haman life than plears pneqan baat 113 her. pneu mor % still prevalent, nade during the II Investig tions have past year as to the intonation and the Mach pr t direction by JIMA pat fie in co authorities until the dange srising from this cause is redoosd mn In the year 1839 the ( $1000. to be taker funds, for the purpose of « B ia met hie BORiR, grees hans i brary HRTOR ADDTO from the dis- fributing rare and improved varieties of ssods and for prosecuting agricultural tions and procur agricultural From this small beginning the Sead Division if the Department of to its present unwieldy travagant prog ‘ During the $ purchased was $64 of an appropriation od in putting them, It surely the minds of investica- Sintint ion, Agriculture has grown ad unjustifiably ex wi year the cost of ssads H4R8.61 The remainder of $135,000 was them 1 snd never iid have entes those who first sanctions publi moneys new and Improves gratuitous distribatic grow large appropria- purchase and distribution by ’ expend dist pibuting spproprintions of the san of varietios of that from tions jor Members seads for this would the of ordinary sesds, oui, ang cultings which are common | the States ani Territories and oaitiabie atl low prices ¥ Territory an agrienlts has been These «ations, by their very charact name, are the Proper agencios 16 experiment with and tes! pew wvarietios of seeds minate and wastely by legislation and legis EWering no p constituents will publie ¢ Under the sanction of ere Was oul Department during mough of esblage sores of land, a suff cient to plant 40¥¥y plant 2500 nores, sweat 00 ae ye wT ded MATeRS © every easily In each State and experiment siation ot and vet this indiser distribution an. § i nos, Free that the o remember then resenintives are 14 gratuities af ont existing Jegrisistinn the Agricult fmol went y aval the iawt seed 10 plant juanis Boras, tweet sows] 00% orn «no sufficient rom Bored wit and and walter seals 16 The total quantity of ff vegetable seals thus distributed was con. tained in than nme million packages, and they were sufficient, if planted, t« 6 5 nerves of jand. tacts this enormous ax. tit Ingttimate refurns Anticipating a n the interest than #100.000 estimate made {o row somd 10 vile Snouen Mus g me 75 acres, on elon plant wer and LOTS } Over in view ! theses penditure with fit Bt to be a Gf heise ished, tan manifestly Mi BOTAN DS stricken (rom saver this object for the year ending Juno 50, 1895 ; and the Secretary recommends that ng $35,000 of the estimate be « {ion so . pam ¢ “Lore i stration, mor wey the the remain CHT fined strictly to the purchase of pew and im. proved varieties of seeds, and that these Le tistributed through exp riment stations Tous the seed will be tested, and after the iost has been completed by the experiment station, the propagation of the useful wa rietipgs apd the rejection of the valuviess may salely be jeft to the common senwe of the poopin, THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS, The continued intelligent execution of the Civil Service law and the increasing ap- proval by the people of its operation are most gratifying, The recent extension of its limitations and regulations to the employs t froe delivery postoffices, which hax twen honestly and promptly accomplished by the sommission, with the hearty co-operation of the Postmaster General, is an immensely irs portant advance in the usefulness of the sys- tem, I am, if possible, more than ever con. vinead of the incalenlable benefits conferred »v the Civil Service law, not only in its effect spon the public service, but siso, what is wen more important, in its effost in elevat- ng the tone of political life generally. XEED OF FUBRLIO RCONOMY. Eosonomy in publi expenditure is a daty that cannot innocently be negiosted by intrasted with the control of money drawn from the people for pub. lie uses, It must be conlessad that our apparently endless resources, the famil- of our Foe with immense ace oO wealth, the growing ture of public money should in some manner countability have led to growing extrava- gance in Governmental appropriations, At this time, when a depleted public treas- ary confronts us, when many of our people are en 4 inn bard ot for the neces. saries of life, and when enforced economy is pressing upon the great mass of our coun trymen, I desire to urge with all the earnest. pess at my command that congressional legislation be so limited by strict economy ae to exhibit an appreciation of the condition of the Treasury and a sympathy with the straftened circumstances of our fellow-eit- ivens, The duty of public economy is also of im- mense § rianoce in its intimate and neces. sary relat to the task now in band of pro- v revenue to meet Government expendi. tures, and yet reducing the people's bardea of Federal taxation. TARIFF CHANGES, hard tariff reform js di. pele ins. "0 I Doc tas Clit and #0 clearly te our us by a fll grown up among us which in justice and fair ness cull for discriminating care in the distri bution of such duties and taxation as the emergencies of our Government actually de- mand, Manifestiy, if we are to aid the people 4i- rectly through tariff reform, one of its most obvious features should be a reduction in present tariff charges upon the necessaries of life, The benefits of such a reduction would be puipable and substantial, seen and felt by thousands who would be better fed and better clothed and betler sheltered, These wifts should be the willing benefactions of a Gov. ernment whose highest function i« the pro- motion of the welfare of the people, Not less closely relisted to our people's pros. perity and well-being is the removal of re. strictions upon the importation of the raw materials necessary to our manufactures, penuity and enterprise. This cannot be while Federal legisiation, through the imposition of high tariff, forbids to American manufactur ers as cheap materials as those used by their competitors. It is quite obvious that the enhancement of the price of our manufactured products re market for these products within our own 10 the direct disadvantage of our manufacturers, but alse increases their cost LO Our ¢itizens The interests of lcBor are certainly, though indirectly. involved in this feature of our tar The sharp competition and a¢ tive struggle among our manufacturers 5 soon fill toe narrow market to which they are consigned, Then follows g suspension of wor’; in mills and factories, a discharge of om ployes.and distress in the homes our working men Even if the often disproved assertion could hs made good that & lower mle of wages wonild result from free raw materials and low tar duties, the intelligence of our working men leads them quickly 10 discover that their steady employment, permitted free raw materiale, 18 the mmmt important factor in their relation to tani legisiation A messure has been prepared by the appro priate Congressional committes embodying tari reforms on the lines herein suggested, which will be promptly submitted for legisla tive action. It is the result of much patriotic snd unselfish work, and 1 believe it deals with its sublect consistently and s&s thoroughly as existing conditions permit, I acs satisfied that the re provided for in the proposed le to existing interosl revenue taxat will, § the near future, though per immed ately, produce sufficient reven to ment neds of the Government The committees, after fullc ideration, and to provide sgminst a lem oorar defirteney oh mav exist ’ psiness of the eountry adjusts itself to we new tariff sched have wisely embraced in their plan a few siditional internal rey taxes uding « incomes der; from certain nyestments inoed tariff dus ginistion. added fren the before tiles “rie upon ved only abso they have the not jutely just and easily tx further merit of being such 88 can be remitted without unfavorable business disturtmnoe rhenever the necessity of thelr imposition no MEer exists, In my great desire the success of this measure | cannot restrain the suggestion that its sucoess can only be attained by means of unselfish counsel on the part of the friends of tari reform and as 8 result of (aelr willing ness 10 subordinate personal Sosires and sm bitions to the public good. The local interests aecied by the proposed reform are so numer ous and so varied that if all are insisted upon the legislation embodying the reform must inevitably fail In conglusion, my sibility impels ms to invoke for the manifold interests of a generous and confiding people the most serupu ous care, and to pledge my willing support to every legislative effort for the advancement of the greatness and pros. perity of our beloved country Grover CLEVELAND. THEY LIFTED $15,900. for intense feeling of respor nitted about noon, ith Dend Nationsi ¢ leading lamuking concertos ihe an taken was #15990, t jdentity of the robbers have and seem 10 have the thell were their escape manner jetails of the earried 3 that it was engineered Uy & » have lor it Just norils Nhortiy afte was absent Cashier helly, wi of the building was cal.ed to man woo why a said he wanted 1 nL On some Lusiness, Just about this time a approached the bank buildin 6 the north end snd effected an entrance to the diredor’s room, prying open the window sash with «a steel chisel He then immediately in and was The two-inch mid- forced a heavy oak door front of the vault, outer vault door was open ; a die door bad been ciosed peil having, for some reason, lsiied to work, ang counter (ray, and £10,000. Iu and many arrayed by Cashier Cam- Thie yielded readily, the combination, the in goid, were the safe a pile of $14.00 thousands in greenbacks wi Toe prime iden seemed 10 be 10 take as out arousing suspicion before the robbers For this reason the counter tray with its loose thousands were undisturbed, the robber confining his theft to the sale from which be took 4,00) iu yellow coin, about ail be could carry, and $0,500 ia bills. No sliver coin was touched The vault was then closed and the robber made his escape Ly means of the back door before Assistant Cashier Kelly bad again passed through the building. It is probable that but one man entered the bank, he being pro- protected by outside guard. who could eas ily have been pinced where they could watch closely through the large piate-glass win- dow the movement of aoy one luside the building without attracting attention to themseives, The money was not missed un- til some time after Cashier Campbell re- turned from dinner and them information of the theft wae suppressed for some time iu hope that some clue to the robbers might be discovered, emu COST OF A GREAT STRIKE. Over Three Million Persons in Des itute Condition for Weeks. Biatistios of the great strike of the Eoglish coal miners, which ended a few days ago. show that during the sixteen weeks of the normal output of 68.000,000 tons dropped to 30,000,000 Ordinarily 11,000,000 tons are exported, and 498,000,000 tons are consumed iu England in the period mentioned, but dur. ing the strike only 8,750,000 tous wers ex- ported and 27,850,000 tons consumed. The estimated loss to mine owners, iron masters, railways, ete, was £13.225.615, Consumers paid fn increased prices £1,767,000. Miners, fron workers and other artisans lost £18, 08 « 000, The total general loss is placed at £83, bored 1,008.95 , which meant 3,511,425 per as
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