EIGHT PAGES 3 G COLUMNS.
SC11AXTOX, 1A., TUESDAY MOILNIXU, JAXUAltY 29, 1895.
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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
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