EIGHT PAGES 3 G COLUMNS. SC11AXTOX, 1A., TUESDAY MOILNIXU, JAXUAltY 29, 1895. TWO CENTS A COPY. ASKS AID FROM CONGRESS The President Sends a Strong Mes sage on the Financial Problem. OUTLINES XEW PLAN OP RELIEF Concedes That the Carlisle Measure Is Dead, but Asks for Non-l'urtisuu Consideration of u Grave N'utlonul Emergency. By the I'nlted Press. Washington, Jan. 28. The president sent 'to both houses of cotiKreAt today a message onithe nnanelul situation, Biib atantially withdrawing his support from the plan outlined In the -Carlisle bill and outlining the only policy which seems to him now possible to maintain lie gold reserve. The message wua as follows: The .Message in 1 nil. To the Senate and House of Hepresenta tlves: In my last annual measure I commended to the serious consideration of Ihe cnu fcress the coiKllllon of our national nuances, und 111 connection with the snb- iect. Indorsed the plan of currency leRiH atlon which at that time seemed to fur nish protection against InipendliiK iluiwr. This plan hus not been approved by the congress. In the meantime, the situation has so chaiiKed. and the emcntency now appears ho threiitenlni; thai I deem it my duty to ask at the hands of the legisla tive branch of the Kuvernnient such prompt and effective adieu us will restore confidence III our llnanclul soundness ami avert business disaster und universal ills tress amoiiH' our people. Whutever may be the merits of the plan outlined In my unniial message as a rem edy for III that existed, and as a safe guard iiKiilnst the depletion of the uold reserve then In the treasury. I am now convinced that Its reception by coiikivss mid our present advanced sliu;e of finan clal perplexity necessitates additional or different IcKlslation. With natural resources unlimited lu va riety and productive strength, end with a people whose activity and enterprise seek only a fair opportunity to achieve na tional success and greatness, our progress eliould not be cheeked l.y a false tlmuiclal policy and a heedless disregard of sound monetary laws, nor should tin- tiiufcllly ami fear which they engender stand in the way of our prosperity. Plea Tor Non-Partisan Action. It is hardly disputed that this pivilica .meiit confronts us today. Therefore, no one in uny degree. responsible for the mak ing and execution of our laws should tail to see a patiiutie duly In honestly and Itlneerely attempting to relieve the situa tion. .Manifestly this effort will nut suc ceed unless It Is made untrammelled by the prejudice of partisanship and with a steadfast determination to resist the temptation to accomplish party advan tages. We may well remember that if we are threatened with linancial dilllcultles. all our people In every station ot life are concerned: and surely those who softer will not receive the promotion of party in terests as an excuse fur permitting the present troubles to advance lu a disas trous conclusion. It is also of the utmost Importance that we approach the study of the problems presented as free as possi ble from the tyranny of pre-conoclved opinions, to the end that In a common danger We may be able to seek with un clouded vision a safe and reasonable pro tection. ' The Real Trouble Located. The real trouble which confronts us consists in a lack of confidence, wide spread and constantly Increasing, in the continuing ability or disposition of the government to pay its obligations In gold. This lack of confidence grows to some ex tent out of the palpable and apparent em barrassment attending the efforts of the government, under existing laws, to pro cure gold, and to a greater extent out of the Impossibility of either keeping It ill the treasury or cancelling obligations by Its expenditures after it is obtained. The only way left open for the govern ment for procuring gold Is by the Issue anil sale of I'nlted States bonds. The only bonds that can be so Issued were author ized nearly twenty-five years ago, and are not well calculated to meet our pres ent needs. Among other advantages they are made payable In coin instead of specie especially In gold, which In existing con ditions detracts largely and In an Increas ing rutlo from their desirability as Invest ments. It is by no meuns certain bonds of tills description can much longer be disposed of ut a price creditable to the linunelal character of our government. The Treasury Is Drained. The most dangerous nnd Irritating fea ture of the situation, however, remains to be mentioned. It is found in the menus liv whli h the treasury is despoiled of the gold thus obtained without cancelling a single government obligation, and solely for the benefit of those who find profit In shipping It abroad, or whose fears induce them to hoard it at home. We have out Ktandlng about five hundred millions of currency notes of the government for which gold may be demanded; und cu riously enough, the law requires that when presented and In fact redeemed and p.td In gold, they shall be reissued. Thus 'he Fame notes may do duty many times In drawing gold from the treasury; nor run the process lie arrested as long as private purtles for profit, or otherwise, see an ad vantage In repeating the operation. .More than three hundred millions of dollars in these notes have already been redeemed In gold, und, notwithstanding such re demption, they are all still outstanding. How the (iold Mows Out. Since the 17th day of January 1, 1S9I, our bonded Interest bearing debt had been In creased $1(Kt.w.0ut) for the purpose of ob taining gold to replenish our coin res'-rve. Two issueH were made amounting to S'it. WHJ.iKiO each one In January and tiie other Jn November. As a result of the first Is sue, there was realized something more than VM,W),iu on the gold. lie) ween thit Issue and the succeeding one in Novem ber, comprising a period of ubout ten months, nearly $1h.1,i)ki.iio In gold were drawn from the treasury. This made the second Issue necessary nnd upon that more than JfiS.UHu.Ufn) In gold was again re alized. Tictweun the date of this second Issue and the present time, covering a period of only about two months, mora than ;'J.O"Sl.'Xii lu gold have been drawn from the treasury. These largo sums of gold were expended w ithout any cancella tion of government obligations, or lu any permanent way betiellttlng our people or improving our pecuniary situation. Impairs the Ponds' I sefulness. The events of tho past year suggest facts and conditions which should cer tainly arrest attention. .More than 001.001) have been drawn out of the treasury during the pear for the pmpuse of shlp' ment ubrottd or hoarding at home. While nearly HW,n0O,0iH) of this amount were drawn out during the llrst ten months of the year, a sum aggregating more than two-thirds of that umoiuil. Mug about JdD.OOU.iKH), was drawn .Ut during the fol owliig two months, thus Indicating a marked acceleration of the depleting pro cess with the lapse of time. The obliga tions upon which the gold has been drawn iroin me treasury are sun outstanding, and are available fur usn In repealing the exhausting operation, with shorter Inter vals, as our perplexities accumulate. Con ditions are certainly supervening tending to make the bonds which may be sure to replenish our gold Uss useful for that pur pose. Uold Reserve Needs Deplenishing. An adequate gold reserve Is In all olr cumstonees absolutely essential to the up holding of our public credit and to the maintenance of our high national char acter. Our gold reserve has aguln reached such a stage of diminution as to require Its speedy reinforcement. The aggravations that must Inevitably follow present conditions and methods which will certainly lead to misfortune and loss, not only to our national credit and prosperity und to financial enterprise, .but to those of our people who seek em ployment us a means of livelihood nnd to those whoso only capital Is their dully la bor. It will hardly do to say simple In crease In revenue will cure our troubles. The upprehenslon now existing and con stantly Increasing as to our financial abil ity does not rest upon a calculation of our revenue. The time has passed when the eyes of Investors abroad and our people at home were fixed on the revenues of the government. Changed conditions have attracted their attention to tho gold of tho government. There need be no fear that we cannot pay our current expenses with such money as we have. There is now In the treasury a comfortable sur plus of more than sixty-three millions of dollarse, but It is not In gold, and, there fore, does not meet our difficulty. Consider the National Credit. I cannot see that differences of opinion concernlg the extent to which silver ought to be coined or used In our currency should Interfere with the counsel of thoKe whose duty It Is to rectify evils now ap parent In our financial situation. They have to consider the question of national credit, and the consequences that will follow from its collapse. Whatever Ideas may be insisted upon us to silver or bi metallism, u proper solution of the ques tion now pressing upon us only requires u recognition of gold' as well as sliver and u concession of its Importance, right fully or wrongfully ucuulred, as a basis of nutiunul crudlt, a necessity in the hon orable discharge of our obligation pay able in bold urn bill of solvency. I do not understand that the real friends of silver desire a condition that might follow inac tion or neglect to appreciate the meaning of the present exigency If It should re sult In the entire banishment of gold from our financial and currency urrungemeiits. Kesldes the treasury notes, which cer tainly should be paid 111 gold, amounting to nearly live hundred millions of dollars, there will fall due In HUM one hundred mil lions of bonds issued during the lust year for which we have received gold, and In 11"07 nearly six hundred millions of four per cent, bonds Issued in 1S77. 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 na tional honor anil national solvency de mands, we should not destroy or even Im peril our ability to supply ourselves with gold for that purpose. Pleads for a Uold llnsis. While I am not unfriendly to silver, and while 1 desire to see It recognized to such an extent as is consistent with financial safety and the preservation of national honor and credit, 1 am not willing to see Hold entirely banished from our currency and linunces. To avert such a conse quence I believe thorough and radical remedial legislation should be promptly passed. I, therefore, beg the congress to give the subject Immediate attention. In my opinion the secretary of the treas ury should be authorized to Issue bonds of the government, for the purpose or" pro curing and maintaining a sutllcient gold reserve and the redemption and cancella tion of the I'nlted Slates lentil tender notes and the treasury notes issued for the purchase of silver under the law of July 14, lSim. We should lie relieved from tiie humiliating process of Issuing bonds to procure gold to be repeatedly drawn out of these regulations for purposes not related to the benefit of our govern ment of our people. The principal and interest of these bunds should be payuble on their faces in gold, because they should be sold only for gold or its representative, and because there would now probably be diliiculiy in favorably disposing of bunds not containing this stipulation. Suggests a New ItonJ Issue. I suggest that the bonds be Issued In denominations of twenty and fifty dol lars and their multiplies, ami that they bear interest at a ratio not exceeding 3 per cent, per annum. I do not see why they should not be payable fifty years from their date. We of the present generation have huge amounts to pay If we meet our obligations and long bonds are most saleable. The secretary of the treasury might well be permitted nt his discretion to receive on the sale of bonds the legal tender and treasury notes to be redeemed and. of course, when they are thus re tired or redeemed in gold, they should be cancelled. These bonds, under existing Jaws, .are to be deposited by national banks ns secur ity for circulation, and such banks should. be allowed to Issue circulation up to the face valuu on these or any bonds so de posited except bonds outstanding bear ing only two per cent, and which sell at market at less than par. National banks should not be allowed to take out circu lating notes of less denomination than ten dollars, and when such as are now outstanding reach the treasury except for redemption und retirement, they should be cancelled und notes of the de nomination of ten dollars anil upwards is sued in their stead. Silver certificates of this denomination of ten dollars und up wards should be replaced by certificates of denominations under ten dollars. Details easily Adjustable. As a constant means for the mainten ance of u reasonable supply of uold in the treasury, our duties on Imports should be fiuid in gold, allowing ull other dues to the gvernment to be puld in any other form of money. I believe all the provis ions I have suggested should be embodied in our laws If we ure to enjoy a com plete reinstatement of a sound financial condition. They need not Interfere with any currency scheme providing for the Increase of the circulating medium through the ngency of national or state banks, since they cun easily be adjusted to such a scheme. Objection has been made to the Issuance of Interest-bearing obligations for the purpose of retiring Ihe non-Interest bearing legal tender notes. In point of fact, however, these Holes have burdened us with a large load of In terest, and It Is still accumulating. The aggregate Interest on the original Issue of bonds, the proceeds of which gold con stituted the reserve for the payment of these notes amounted to $7u.:Di.-'0 on Jan. l.lsH... and the annual charge for Interest on these bonds and those issued for the same purpose during the lust veur will be, L JU.triO.iKKi dating from Jan. , ls!ir. r hue the cancellation or these notes would not relieve us from the obligations already Incurred on their account, these figures are given by way of suggesting that their existence has not been free from Interest charges, and that the longer they are outstanding, Judging from the experience of the last your, the more ex pensive they will become. Credit Must He Protected. In conclusion I desire to frankly confess my reluctance to Issuing more bonds in present circumstances and with no better results than have lately followed licit course, I cannot, however, refrain from adding to an assurance of my anxiety to co-operate with the present congress to any reasonable measure of relief, an ex pression of my determination to leave nothing undone which furnishes a hope for Improving the situation or checking a suspicion of our disinclination or dis ability to meet wdth the strictest honor every national obligation. GltoVIOK CLEVELAND. Executive Mansion, Jan. 28, ISU5. WHAT THEY THINK OF IT. Opinions of Leading Congressmen Con cerning tho President's .Message. By the I'nlted Press. - Washington, Jan. 28.- Ex-Speaker Heed would not tulk. Mr. Dltigley, of Maine, was willing to co-operufe. Mr. Coombs, Dem., of New York, was high ly pleased and hopeful. Other opin ions follow: Mr. Hrosltn, of Pennsylvania: "I um unalterably opposed to the wholesale con version of jrssj.oiHj.ouo in non-interest bear ing debt into uti equivalent amount of Interest-bearing debt imlos the necessity for so doing Is demonstrated and In my opinion such a meustire cannot pass. It Is enoiiuh to arm the secretary of the treasury with authority to redeem and cancel the legul tenders as they are pre sented' for redemption, without more." Mr. Warner, of New York: "The retire ment of outstanding treasury notes Is the core of the message. That would solve the situation. Everything else Is Inci dental." Mr. lllatid, speaking- for tho sliver men: "The message sounds very much like the ono sent to congress Insisting upon the re peul of the Hhermun law as the only thing standing In the wuy of the prosperity of the people. The president Is right from his standpoint. If the law which author izes the redemption of all these notes In sliver Is to be Ignored under the plea that It Is necessary to maintain this gold stundard, then, In order lo do this, bonds must be sold for gold to redeem the green bucks und treasury notes. Hut on tho other huud, the power given to the bunks to Issue their nutes on gold bonds opens wide the door for the banks to Mood the country with their money, redeemable by the government In gold, and we should soon have outstanding In a short time a larger amount of void obligations In the way of national bunk notes than wo now have by virtue of the greenbacks and treasury notes. I Insist that tho proper remedy Is to pay out silver the sumo as gold. This Is tho Democratic creed and the Chicago platform." Senator Jones, of Arkansas: "The prop osition to issue a gold bond does not meet with my approval nor can I approve any proposition that does not do something for silver. The message of the president gives no comfort to the friends of Bllver and I, for one, could not support a bill drawn on the lines he suggests." Mr. Teller, speaking for the sliver men, declared that the message Indicated the continuance of the hostility of the presi dent toward silver and showed, only too well, that he was not In favor of anything that could be construed us ussistlng Unit metal to regain Its old place In the coin of the rutted States. Mr. 1'elTer, speaking for the Populists, Bald that from the president's standpoint he could not have done otherwise. It was, however, said Mr. Peffer, the Hist of ficial utterance that proved the Popu lists were right on this question, for the message clearly admitted that the govern ment was ut the mercy of the bankers und brokers. This the Populists have al ways contended, und now, suld Mr. Peffer, the president admits the truth of the claims the Populists have made. Senator Hill: "The message states the situation very iccurately. Permanent us well as temporary relief should be granted at once. I trust that there Is good sense and patriotism enough In the present con gress not to refuse consideration of this subject. The business Interests of the country desire and demand action, and tho Democratic party cannot afford to antag onize that sentiment." The message from President Cleve land to congress upon the financial con dition of the government was read to the house almost Immediately after It assembled today. The rend ins of the message was followed with deep Inter est. A round of applause from the Democrats followed the conclusion of tho reuding. The message was received In the senate without manifestations of approval or disapproval, and senators were unwilling to talk publicly about it. The gold men opose the feature which suggests the retirement of tho green bucks, and the silver men repudiate It because It eliminates silver. When Mr. Springer usked Representa tive Hitt, of Illinois, how the Republi cans regarded J the president's new financial measure, the latter replied that they stood for the bill, he thought. In the ratio of "sixteen to one." The Peeling in Nov York. New York, Jan. 28. Interest in the gold exports, nnd currency question which have caused so much attention for some time, was heightened today by President Cleveland's message to congress. The president's plans and recommendations for relieving the ten sion In financial circles were very gen erally approved by the presidents of the banks, private bankers and the heads of leading Ilrms, but, nevertheless, there Is not much confidence In the pas sage of a bill on the lines laid down by the president on account of the silver advocates in congress. THE STRIKERS SIRRKNDEB. Many Ord Employes Have Applied for Positions, Though Acts of Violence Contlnuo-Cost of the Trouble. By the United Press. Brooklyn. N. Y., Jan. 28. Beaten nt every point except the one doubtful vic tory In the courts, the strikers practic ally surrendered to the trolley railroad companies this afternoon, only to bo told that their pluces were filled. President Norton, of the Atlantic ave nue system, contemptuously spurned the offer of his old men to return, and threw their formal letter In the waste paper basket. President Lewis, of the Brooklyn Heights company, sent a for mal reply in which he courteously In formed his old men that he would take them back as Individuals upon his own terms as long as he had vacancies to fill. President Wicker, of the Queens County and Suburban company, replied also, offering his men as Individuals, what places remained on IiIh lines. Of the 7.1W0 men who went out on strike on Jan M, there are places for less than on.'-third. Strike Lender Connelly declares that the strike is not over by uny means. and that the men tendered their ser vices in order to remove nil questions of fact us to the ability of the roads to obtain men und thus furnish a new- basis upon which to apply for peremp tory mandamus against the companies. The men say they have funds and will light the companies by process of court and by boycott until the com panies give In. Two Men Aro Shot. Two men were shot by policemen In different encounters with mobs today. One Is dying in the hospital. The other Is less seriously wounded. A dozen other loiters have been injured by po licemen's night sticks and the butt ends of revolvers In hand to hnnd encounters. Non-union motormen have been as saulted and severely beaten. Cur tracks have been blockaded, car win dows shattered and trolley wires cut. These occurrences have been less1 fre quent than during tho days of last week, but they Indicated that the safety of tho public Is far from being established. Kurly in the day the troops of tho First brigade began leav ing for their homes, (lenerul McLeer and the civil authorities reached the conclusion that the peace could be maintained by the Second brigade with Its 2.S00 men. There was groat rejoicing In ,the ranks of the men who hud served the state nnd acquitted ithemselves nobly dunlUK'theeilght days of riot duty. Tho strikers under advice of counsel have dett'.ded to move before the attor ney go.ieial for the forfeiture of the chanter of I'he corporation known a Hi 3 Brooklyn Heights Ilaillroad com pany. This Is the company agalnut whose ofllcers Justice (Jaynor issued the writ of mandamus. The strike .has lasted fifteen days. It has cost the railroads hulf a mil lion dollars. The itroops have cost the city 1S,000. The strikers- have lost JDO.OOO In wages, and the roads 'In loss of .revenue $-8,000, The general para lysis of 'business has amounted to a loss of many millions to tho general public. Two iHves have been acrllleel und many people Injured. . ritfslmtnon Arraigned. By tho United Press. . Syracuse, N. V Jan. 2S. Robert' Flti slinmons, the pugilist, was arraigned to day before Justice Vann on the Indictment charring him with manslaughter In the first desree In causing tho death of Con Klordun, by a blow struck during a spar ring exhibition at Jacob's opera house on Nov. Ill last, He pleuded not guilty and was held In 10.000 ball, which he had not secured at 3.30 this afternoon. ACTIVITY AT KARR1SBURG Opposition Is Developing to the Can didacy 0f Cuptain Uclaney. WHAT IT IS SAID TO SIGNIFY Tho House Gets to Work. Again and the Hush of New mils Is Almost Staggering-Some Notable Legis lative Features. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Hsirrlsburg .Jan. 28. There are mut tering of a storm over the bill to cre ate a custodian of public buildings und grounds with large powers. The first custodian is expected to be Captain John C. Delaney, formerly of Lacka wanna, but now a resident of this city, formerly senate librarian. The chief opposition to Captain Delaney and his comfortable place in prospect comes from the patriotic orders. Delaney is a Catholic, and the orders are opposed to him on that ground as a starter. But the matter does not end there. Tho new bill gives the custodian the power to make all contracts for supplies, re pairs, stationery, orintlnir. etc. A good many people beside the patriotic orders I object to that part of the programme, and petitions against the passage of the bill and others against the appoint ment of Captain Delaney will become a feature of this week and next. Among the remonstrants will be the grangers, who are sore over what they regard as the failure of the administration to recognize them. They have neither re ceived any of the first rate appoint ments or any of the former second rate appointments with bills attached to in crease salaries and enlarge powers of the nlilces. In short, they feel they have been Ignored. The farmers feel they are iboinfr neglected and the cry is heard from them that all 'the good places are being given to the lawyers, with tho exception of two or three that are to be handed over to politicians. They say the lawyers make the laws so as to create more litigation and adminster them to create trouble, und they are about ready to revolt. With slxty seven agriculturists in the house and a number of sympathizers, they are a power not to be lutighed at. The sub-eonimlttee of the fish nnd game committee, appointed to act upon the matter of creating a game commls dlon, has decided to roport to the full committee favorably to the proposition. The bill will establish game commis sioners and Is .patterned upon the fish commission act. The sum of JIG.OOO is asked to establish the commission, though it Is expected the fines collected will make It self-supporting after the first year. Work of the House. The house re-assembled at 8 o'clock this evening. "Bills wttre Introduced by: Mr. Wtaw, Allegheny Authorizing coiinty i ..n.n.s.ounsrs to employ county SO' ...), t Mr. Smiley, Clarion Amending net relutlng lo the destruction of bridges by lee, and directing that counties of w.hich the stream is the boundary line bear t.he expe.nse, after two successive grand juries have passed upon the mat ter and the count has made the proper order. .Mr. Mullen, Cameron Authorizing county commissioners to sell to actual settlers and convey unseated (lands owned by th county. Mr. Bliss, Delaware Regulaiting the pay of election officers, providing Judges and inspectors shall receive J:!.M for each election and clerks $J; chang ing the manner of advertising election proclamiiMon, amending the act so ias to require the sheriff within ten days of an eilecllon to advertise the uatne in two newspapers. Mr. Hawkins, York Providing that typewriting shall have the same legal effect nnd force as writing. Mr. Moore, Bradford Authorizing the establishments of a department of agriculture ami defining its duties. The bill provides Un1 the appointment of a secretary ut a salary of $3,U00, who shall be director of farmers' Institutes; on economic zoologist, a commissioner of forestry and a dairy and food ob-i-lt at a salary of (l.noo, and two other clerks at J1.DU0 each. Mr. Stewart, Philadelphia Making the net to prevent the adulteration and trnfllc In Impure milk In cities a general act. Mr. Fow, Philadelphia To prevent and punish persons for wilfully ob structing the tracks of railway compa nies, and making theact a misdemeanor; aboil filing collateral Inheritance upon bequest by will to hospitals that are deprlvt 3 of state aid. Mr. Kunkel, Dnoiphln Amending the act regulating the practice of phar macy and authorizing the state phar maceutical x.amln!nB board to fix the r.ilury of Its s.ci?tary; authorizing the eltcMon of assesRurs for thrte years In boroughs and tinvnsCitps; fixing the fees for examination and registration by tho state pharmaceutical board, the fee not tiMXcedd J:i for registration,. Mr. iSeyfcit, Lancaster .Makingi It unlawful for turnpike road companies to eoMljct toll for travel over roads on wililch stones over two inches In dia meter aire used for surface macadamiz ing. Mr. geFses Bliss Dclaware-Clvlng bur - powed to appoint und remove boi'.mgh policemen. Mr. (Irlgsby, Lawrence Providing for a bureau in the Insurance depart ment charged with Jhe enforcement of the laws against arsnn, and authorizing the appointment of a state fire marshal nnd assistants, nnd fixing their powers. Tho compensation of the fire marshal Is fixed at $2,500 per annum, with ex penses, and the compvnsatlon of the deputy shall be $1,500 per annum and necessary travelling expenses, these expenses to be Included In the ex penses of the Insurance department. Mr. Seanor. Indiana Providing for medals of honor for Pennsylvania sol diers who engaged In the battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Seyfert, Lancaster Making It a misdemeanor to give checks drawn upon a bank in which the drawee has no funds. Mr. Bliss, Delaware Providing for the protection of passengers In sleeping cars on lallroads, no greater charge thut 1 cent per mile Fhull be made for the llrst hundred nines and or a cent for every additional mile. Tho charges for u. seat In a duy Pullman no greater than one-third the above charge. The upper berth, unless occu pled by a bona fide passenger, must not be lowered except by consent of the occupant of the lower berth. It does not apply to any railroad company chartered In this commonwealth. Mr. Hawkins, York Prohibiting the use of public school houses for election purposes. Mr. Hammond, Westmoreland Re- quiring physicians, surgeons and others furnishing aid or, relief to poor and In- dlgent persons In case of injury, sick ness or other causes, to notify the direc tors or overesers of the poor of the proper district. Mr. Tiffany, Wyoming To permit the use of weirs or eel rucks at a stated period each year. Mr. Fow, Philadelphia Providing that In all actions or suits upon written promises, wherein the statute of limita tions may be pleaded, no acknowledge ment of the claim shall be received In evidence to bar the statute, unless such acknowledgement be lu writing and signed by the obligor. Mr. Conrade, Philadelphia Supple ment to the act of June 29, 1881, making it unlawful for election ofllcers to hold an election at any other place in an election division or district than where the general elections ure held, making a violation of this provision a misde meanor punishable by a flue of $500 and Imprisonment not exceeding one year. A similar penalty is provided for any persons presenting a fraudulent certifi cate of election us delegate. Several bills were recommitted, among them the Farr and Seyfert com pulsory education bills, the forestry commission bill and the bill establish ing circuit courts of appeal. Mr. Nlckell, Philadelphia, offered a resolution giving a place on the calen dar to the negatived bill prohibiting the employment in the erection, enlarge ment or construction of any public building or work of any but citizens of the United States. The resolution went over under the rules. The bill creating a banking depart ment was a special order for second reading on Wednesday und final pas sage on Thursday.' Seventeen bills were read for the first time and at 9 o'clock the house adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. To Suppress Lottery (ilfts. Grocers and other trademen who have been offering books, chlnaware and other articles of value to catch trade, and nil stores which have been offering prizes to those who will correctly guess the number of seeds In a pumpkin, will have to devise new schemes If a bill introduced by Representative Smith, of Jefferson county, should become a law. The proposed act is entitled' un act for the suppression of lottery gifts by storekeepers and others to secure patronage, and the preamble recites that the gambling laws are evaded by giving tickets, etc., entitling the holders thereof to money or articles of value. The first section deals with cases where money or other prizes are awarded as a result of chance or hazard, and any one engaging in such a transaction is to be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction Is to pay a fine not exceeding $100 or to suffer Imprison ment not exceeding one year, either or both, at the discretion of the court. The second section Imposes the same penalty on any merchant or manufac turer Who gives with nny purchase a ticket which entitles the purchaser to demand or receive any money or other article of value. Several bills which have already passed second reading in the house provide for selling eggs by the pound and making the standard weight of a bushel of onions fifty pounds. Another unusual bill which has reached the house calendar Is one creating a Sani tary Day, the ostensible object being to create among the people a sentiment In favor of better sanitary arrange ments and health mensures. The Fri day followlnff May 1 In every year is selected for the purpose. The public schools are to have but one session on that day and lectures on health matters are to be delivered to the children. A bill of more than usual Interest to the legal fraternity was introduced by Senator Kennedy, of Pittsburg, and favorably reported from the judiciary committee by Senator Brewer. It pro vides for the care of those who ure not able to care for themselves. Hereto fore there has been no provision for nc tlon in such a ease except by declaring such a person a lunatic. This was a term too harsh to apply to many cases, where the subjects were not Insane, but yet not able to properly enre for them selves or their estate. The proposed net will provide for the appointment of a guardian by legal process similar to the proceedings In lunacy caess, but without having the person declared to be actually a lunatic. It Is legislation which lawyers say has been needed for a long time nnd there appears to be no doubt but that the bill wllf become a law. Another Anti-Peddling Hill. The demand for the passage of the Woodrlng bill regulating peddling and banking Is quite general In the rural districts. The measure has been re ported affirmatively In the house. It does not interfere with the sale of meat, fish, country produce, and articles of one's own manufacture, neither does It touch the operations of delivery wagons. It Is aimed at the pack ped dlers, most of whom are foreigners, and do not pay nny business taxes. Tho rural merchants state that their trade Is badly damaged by the peregrina tions of these traveling stores. The bill prohibits aliens from haewking uny article around the country. It Is ar gued that these people on account of their filthy condition and habits spread nil Horla it dlsenue. Thla jirrutirnment ()f th pt.lU,i,I1K .bUHIu.ss satisfied the , , HMIlllll clou un- , mini iiik uiii nvis promptly reported. Commenting on the p.'ddling nuis ance, Mr. Mast said he noticed that during strikes In the mining region of his county the hawkers are very scarce, but ns soon as work is resumed they swarm through the country, pick ing up considerable money which should go to the 'merchants who car ried the workmen through their wage dlttioulties. A bill similar to the Wood ring bill was passed two years ago, but Mr. Pattlson vetoed It. HAMPTON ELECTROCUTED. The Murderer of Mrs. Annottu Ahrens Pays tho Penulty of His Crime, By the United Press. Slnj V.mg N, Y., Jan. 28. David Hampton, ciAorvd, who murdered and rtibbtd Mrs. Ancttii Athens, a w.imau 74 years of ttgj, In her room Jn New York city on thd rj'.ght of LKy. 29, isi2, was electiocf'.iJ at the pvnlU'nMary here th'.a tnorrng. At Hie tnd of fifty-seven seconds he was pronounced dead. The execution was devoid cf i ,'Vc"Jnjr fLt.iire. The Reserve Reduced, By the United Press. n Washington, Jan. 28,-The treasury goM reserve was reduced today to $Oi,46S,l7, the withdrawals for the day as officially reported tothe treasury being $3,885,001K This brings the treasury gold reserve down to the lowest point ever reached. THIS LOOKSVERY WARLIKE Mexican Tress and Public Clamors for Hostilities. GIN FACTORIES ARE BOOMING Secretary Gresham's Overtures for Medi ation Are Not Kclishcd by the Mexi cans, but .They Keply Guardedly in a Pollto Manner. By the United Press. Washington, Jan. 28. Secretary of State Gresham has received an ac knowledgment from Minister Mariscal of Mexico, of President Cleveland's communication, expressing the hope that Mexico and Guatemala would agree upon some favorable method of settling the boundary dispute, or fail ing In that would agree upon a refer ence of the controversy to friendly arbi tration. The dispatch, which is said to be very cordial in tone, indicates that Mexico is thoroughly incensed agalnBt Guatemula and can only assent to a peaceable settlement of the dispute when Guatemala approaches the sub ject In a more conciliatory spirit. It Is understood that Secretary Gresham has advised Guatemala to make further concessions In order that the United States may be In better posi tion to reiterate to Mexico our desire to preserve peace with possibly a little more emphasis. The Feeling In Mexico. City of Mexico, Jun. 28. The prospect of the slightest intervention on the part of the United States has elicited very bitter remarks from many public men here and has caused considerable excitement among the people. The war fever runs so high that any power trying to avert it must reckon with the hostility of public opinion. In the streets and places of popular resort there is but one sentiment, and that is In favor of Mexico's settling her differ ences with Guatemala, once and for nil, without toleration of outside influences. The newspapers want war. They de nounce Guatemala as impudent and truculent and contend that she must be humbled before there can be any cer tainty of peace for her neighbors. Tho report that Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras have formed a triple alliance for offensive and defensive purposes is discussed with many Ironical comments on the Impotence of these small states. If Mexico takes the field with the army, the newspapers say, she might as well fight all three as any one of them, us It would be no harder to bent them. iuutemalu Fencing for Time. Another cabinet council was held this afternoon, presumably to consider Guatemala's reply to Mexico's final de mands. The nature of this reply has not been revealed, but the general understanding is that Guatemala la merely fencing for time. The only posi tive duo to the government's pro gramme Is" found In the government's small arms factory, where work Is pressed forward with unflagging energy every hour of the day and night. The ranks of the regiments are filling rap Idly nnd apparently everything Is in readiness for a sudden mobilization. CHINA'S OFFER SCORNED. The Japanese Think That It Is (.liilto Too Trivial for Anj thing-Whut tho Mtkado Thinks Is Due liim us a Solace for His Wounded Feelings. By the United Press. Tokio, Jan. 28. The basis of peace mapped out by the Chinese government for the guidance of Its envoys Is an Indemnity of from $;15,000,000 to $.10,000, 000 (gold) a solatium of $10,000,000 for the families of the Japanese ofllcers and soldiers killed iln the war; a formal acknowledgement of the independence of Korea, and an exchange of prisoners, but no cession of so mu;.h as an inch of Chinese territory. China offered these terms two months ago, through the non-oltlclal ohatmel of communica tion that 'has been kept open, and they were .rejected. It is a mockery on China's part to talk now of the independence of Korea. She has proved herself Incompetent to exercise any sort of control ititi the peninsula or mfford any sort of protec tion to her eo-called tributary against foreign aggression. As for an Indemni ty, 'before the war ils over Japanls di rect expenditure will have considerably exceeded the sum supposed to be con templated by China. What the Jap anese nation want Is some guarantee of continued peace. The payment of a paltry sum of money and a totally worthless declaration about Korea's independence constituted no guarantee whatever. Mi.ny thoughful Japanese are begin ning to ask themselves whether their country must not accept a much larger responsibility In the sequel of the war thai; she originally contemplated. After nil the real question at Issue is whether China Is to emerge from or retnadn In her old grave of conservatism. If the latter, she will be a iierpetuol menace to the peace of the Orient. U0WX AX EMBANKMENT. Two Persons killed and Twelve Wounded in a Wreck at Catesvillc, Ind. Hy the I'nlted Press. Indianapolis, lnd Jun. 2S. A Van dalla train due here nt 2.30 this after noon, was wrecked at Catsville, twenty-five miles out. Two persons were killed and about twelve Injured. The dead are John W. Norton, St. Louis, theatrical lessee and manager, and Mrs. W. 8. Towers, Carthage, Mo. The Injured are: Margaret Roberts, Injured about the face and breast; K Ing O. Whiting, Boston, bad cut over the left eye; Mrs. Zelda Zeguln Wal lace, the singer, Indianapolis, badly In jured Internally; Mrs. Bwlng O. Whit ing, Boston, Injured about side and breast, , seriously; 8, Negeon, Vigo, Tex., seriously hurt about, head, 'will probably die; F. L Wrap, hurt about head: tr. J. H. Talbott, Indlnapolls, seriously hurt about head and Internal ly Injured; Mrs. H. W. Ferguson, right side and Internally Injured, serious; Mrs. IX Hudson, cut on right, side, of head; Gertrude Parrlsh, cut on, fa&e; W. 3. Towers, badly hurt Internally; 1. W. Mendeshal, seriously cut, . ', W EATli tit REPORT. ' For Maura Penusylvanl, snow. Ud. FOLEY'S Opening of Embroideries Thursday, Jan, 24th. We will have open our And the largest stock wa have ever shown. The character of the line of these goods we carry is so well known that it is Needless for Us To Specify Styles, . But Merely Say WE HAVE THE VERY LATEST NOVELTIES AND SPECIAL DESIGNS And the entire stock at The New Tariff Prices. FIN LEY'S 510 and 512 Lackawanna Ave. H. A. KINGSBURY AGENT FOB THE VERY BEST. 313 SPRUCE ST., SCRANTON, PA. LEWIS, REILLY & DAYIES. HONEST SHOES. The boys and girls must have the best Leather and Rubber Shoes. We have them. They don't cost much, either. LEWIS, REILLY & DAYIS, Closed Evenings Except Saturday, THE iUi Jill WEICHEL, Is doing the business. POPULAR GOODS, POPULAR PRICES, And the population of Scran ton know where to go for popular goods at popular prices. W, J. WEICHEL, 408 SPRUCE STREET. NEAR DIME BANK. NEW .i.nra:s llfili ill
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