WAR REVENUE REDUCTIONS
I
Estlmiled at S40,0Q0,34SThe Chief Items
Are the Stimp Taxes The List " vV
(liven ia Detail.
By Telegraph to the Mornlag Star. .
Washington, December 5. Chair
man Payne, of the Wajra and Means
Committee, to day introduced the bill
reducing the taxation under the war
revenue act,after the Republican mem
bers of the committee had agreed on the
form of a measure and the articles to
receive the reduction of tax. The bill
provides an aggregate reduction esti
mated at $40,000,848.
The chief items of this reduction are
the stamp taxes.amounting to $33,000
000; beer, $9,838,718; cigars, $3,189
764; proprietary articles, omittins
wines, $3,948 283.
The estimated reductions in detail
as given out by Mr. Payne, are as fol
lows: Beer, $9,832,712: cigars, $3,189,
764; special taxes (section 2), commer
cial brokers, $138,281: custom house
brokers,$8,167; circus $11,744; theatres,
$17,178; exhibitions, not otherwise
provided for,$84,218. Total special tax,
$287,589, ?
Schedule A Bank checks, " 47,000,
000; certificates of deposit, $300,000:
drafts, inland, $500,000; promissory
notes, $3,500,000; postal orders, $502,
000; foreign bills of exchange, $100,
000; export bills of lading, $100,000;
express receipts, $1,200,000; telephone
messaees. $315,000; bonds or indem
nity, $250,000; certificates other than
of profits, $300,000; charter party,
$100,000; brokers' contracts, $100,000;
conveyances, $3.000,000 , telegraph dis
patcher, $800,000; insurance, $3,000,
000; leases, $800,000; mortgages, $500.
000; passage tickets, $300,000; power
of attorney, etc., $100,000; protests,
$25,000; warehouse receipts, $250,000.
Total schedule A, $22,242,000.
Schedule B, $4 548,283 less wines,
$600,0003.948 283; legacies, chari
table, etc., $500,000. Grand total, $40,
000.348. . ' :
The bill provides for " redeeming
revenue stamps heretofore issued and
not used.
The concluding section provides
that the act shall Uke effect thirty
days after its passage.
ENTOMBED MINERS.
Portnaate Escape of Thlrtytwo Men Em
ployed in a Colliery Near Scran
'. . too, Peso.
. By Telegraph to the Horning star.
Soranton, Pa., December 6
Thirty-two men employed at the
Nayaug colliery, in Dunmore, were
entombed by a cave-in this morning,
but thanks to a simple fortunate cir
cumstance, a terrible disaster was
avoided.
The men were at work about a
thousand feet from the bottom of tbe
slope and four hundred feet below
the surface, when two acres of the
roof between tbem and the slope
came down with a terrific craso,
crushing, the pillars beneath it and
causing a rush of air that almost blew
the men from their feet and burled the
roof off the fan house. Their lamps
were extinguished, but the air wss still
p j re and they relighted tbem The
crocking of lbr pillars in their vicinity
t ! J them that the cave in was extend
itig towards them and that they must
soon find a way out or bs killed like
rats in a trap. -
The foreman, crawling on hands and
knees over the fallen roof and some
times through crevices, that barely
admitted his body, made bfs way to
within fifteen feet of the airway
which led to the second opening and
which it was presumed was not affected
by the fall, as it is a narrow passage
cut through solid rock. Returning for
the men, be had them take their tools
and follow him. After a difficult and
dangerous trip they reached the point
where the fall blocked their way.
This. was attacked with bars, picks and
shovels and after an hour's work a
passage was cleared to the air-way,
which, as they bad counted upon, was
open - As fast as they could run they
made their way to tbe second opening
and thence to the surface, where they
were greeted with wild hurrahs from
the thousands who had gathered, ex
pecting to see Them brought out
crushed and mangled corpses if they
wenj brought out at all.
BUCKET-SHOP BROKERS.
New Vork Wall Street Firm Arrestedlor
Swisdliog Its Patrons.
By Telegraph to the Horning star.
. New York, -December 5. As the
result of investigations made by As-
atatant TVatmt A ttnrrtarr Ps.n P! W
Morgan, trading as O. W. Morgan &
Co., stock brokers, and Morgan's
bookkeeper, Michael Hart, were to
day arrested on the charge of con
spiracy and grand larceny. The men
were locked up in police headquarters.
The detectives confiscated all tbe
books and papers in the office of Mor
gan and in the offices of 1. E. Van
Riper and John B. McEenzie, discre
tionary brokers. Van Riper and Mc
Kenzie had left their offices. It was
found that written matter In tbe
books of Van Ripar and McEenzie had
been torn out, leading the police, to
suppose that they had been informed
of their coming.
Assistant District Attorney Byrne
sajs that the strongest point against
the brokers is the fact that in their
ad ices sent out to men. who. sent
money to Morgan some were told
conditions were favorable and '. that
others Were told the same days that
conditions were unfavorable on the
same stocks.
Mr. Byrne cays that while Morgan,
who was a member of the Consolidated
8tock Exchange, and undoubtedly
made some transactions which are in
the records, made other transac
tions which counterbalanced the ones
he made for the benefit of his cus
tomers. '" - ' -
A TWO HOURS FIOHT.
Sixteen Filipinos Killed by America Force
of Native Scouts.
By Cable to the Horning Star.
Manila, Dec. 5. A .dispatch has
been received from General Funston
Riving an account of a two hours'
fight in the woods of Santo Domingo
between an American force and three
hundred rebels commanded by Sand
ico. The American force, consisting,
of thirty native scouts, commanded by
weutenant Jornigan, attacked the
'ebels who retreated, leaving on the
e"i sixteen men killed Including
fie rtbel leader Aguilar and an Amer
ican negro. It was at first thought the
Uer was a man named Fagin, a de
fter from the 24th infantry, but this
jurned out to be a mistake. Not one
01 Jornigan's men was wounded.
ICCESS WORTH KNOWIKG.
Tont?!?J?nccess ln tM South, proves Hughest
tZ treat remedy for OhUJs and all Malarial
n.
AtDruggiau. OOo and 11.00 bottles. t
natter than Quinine.
Guaranteed, try
IN BOTH HOUSES.
A; Long-Winded Document Con
taining Little of Much'
" Importance. -
RELATIONS WITH THE POWERS
Chinese Problem tbe Dominant Question
Plaaaclal Affairs-The Trnsts-Nica-rapt
Canal-Passage of a Ship
Sabsldy Bill Urged.
By Telegraph to toe Morning star:
Washingtow, December S.-Presi-dent
McKinley'a message was trans
mitted to both houses of Congress to
day at noon.
The President says, in part:
At the niltoninn rf tk. .11 o l
, . wo wu muu toe
Ln?mil f th9.nw century you be-
..- cession or tne aifty sixth
Sfnif T,lth Viaeneea on every
band of individual and national pros
perity, and with proof of the growing
l-ITx, increasing power for
uuu ui nepuoiiean institutions. Your
countrymen will join with you in
leiicitation tbat American liberty is
uriuij cataoiisnea tnan ever be
fore, and that love for it and the de
termination to preserve it are more
universal than at any former period
of our history. ,
When the Sixth Congress assem
bled in November, 1800, the popula
tion of the United States was 5,308.
483. It is now 76,304,799. Then we
had sixteen States. Now we have
forty-five. Then our territory con
sisted of 909,050 square miles. It is
now 8,846,595 square miles.
. In our foreign Intercourse the dom
inant question has been the treatment
of the Chinese problem. Apart from
this our relations with the Powers
have been happy.
Reviewing the outbreak in China
and the murder of missionaries, the
President in conclusion says:
I regard as one of the essential fac
tors of a durable adjustment the se
curementof adequate guarantees for
liberty of faith, since insecurity of
those natives who may embrace alien
creeds is a scarcely less effectual as
sault upon the rights of foreign wor
ship and teaching than would be the
direct invasion thereof.
The matter of indemnity for our
wronged citizens is a question of
grave concern. Measured in money
alone, a sufficient reparation may
prove to be beyond the ability of
China to meet All the Powers con
cur in emphatic disclaimers of any
purpose of aggrandizement through
the dismemberment of the Empire.
I am disposed to think that due com
pensation may be made in part by in
creased guarantees of security for for
eign rights and immunities, and, most
important of all, by the opening of
China to the equal commerce of all
the world. These views have been
and will be earnestly advocated by
our representatives.
The Government of Russia has put
forward a suggestion, that in the event
of a protracted divergence of views in
regard to indemnities the matter may
be relegated to the Court of Arbitra
tionatThe Hague. I favorably in
cline to this.
Good will prevails in our relations
with tbe German Empire. An ami
cable adjuatment'of the long-pending
question of the admission of our life
insurance companies to do business in
Prussia has been reached.
The settlement of the Samoan
problem, to which I adverted in my
last message, has accomplished good
results. Peace and contentment pre
vail in the islands, especially in
Tutuila, where a convenient adminis
tration that hfcs won the confidence
and esteem of the kindly disposed
natives has been organized under the
direction of the commander of the
United 8tates naval station at Pago
Pago. An Imperial meat inspection law
baa been enacted for Germany. While
it may simplify the inspections, it
prohibits certain products heretofore
admitted. There is still great uncer
tainty as to whether our well-nigh ex
tinguished German trade in meat pro
ducts can revive under its new bur
dens. Much will depend upon regula
tions not yet promulgated, whicn we
confidently hope will be free from the
discriminations which attended the en
forcement of the old statutes.
The remaining link in the new lines
of direct telegraphic communication
between the United States and the
German Empire haa recently been
completed.
Our friendly relations with Great
Britainvcontinue. - The war in South
ern Africa introduced important ques
tions. A condition unusual in inter
national wars was presented in that
while one belligerent had control of
the seas, the other had no porta, ship
ping, or direct trade, but was only
accessible through the territory of a
neutral. Vexatious questions arose
through Great Britain's action in re
spect to neutral cargoes, not contra
band in their own nature, shipped to
Portuguese South Africa, on the score
of probable or suspected ultimate des
tination to the Boer States.
In my inaugural address I referred
to the general subject of lynching in
these words: Lynching must not be
tolerated in a great and civilized coun
try like the United States; courts, not
mobs, must execute the penalties of
the law. The preservaton of public
order, the right of discussion, the in
tegrity of courts and tbe orderly ad
ministration of justice must continue
forever the rock of safety upon which
our government securely rests. This
I most urgently reiterate and again
inyita the attention of. my country-,
men Jto this, reproach upon our civil
ization. No noteworthy incident has oc
curred in our relations with oar im
portant southern neighbor.- Com
mercial intercourse with Mexico con
tinues to thrive, and the two govern
ments neglect no opportunity to
foster their mutual interests in all
practicable ways.
The all-important matter of an inter
oceanic canal has assumed a new
phase. Adhering to its refual to re
open the question of the forfeiture of
the contract -of the Maritime Canal
Company, which was terminated for
alleged nonexecution in October, 1899,
the Government of Nicaragua haa
since supplemented that action by de
claring the so styled - Eyre Craigin
option void for nonpayment of the
stipulated advance. Protests in rela
tion to these acts have been filed in the
State Department and are under con
sideration. Deeming itself relieved
from existing exgagements, the Nica
raguan Government shows a disposi
tion (o deal freely with the canal ques
tion either in the way of negotiations
with the United States or by taking
measures to promote the waterway.
Overtures for a convention to effect
the building of a canal under the
auspices of the United States are under
consideration. In the' meantime, the
views of tbe Congress upon the
general subject, in the light of the
Commission appointed to examine the
comparative merits of the various
trans Isthmian ship canal projects,
may be awaited.
I commend to the early attention of
the Senate the Convention with Great
Britain to facilitate the construction
of such a canal and to remove any ob
jection which might arise out of. the
O invention commonly called the
Glay ton-Bulwer Treaty. : "
Our clai.i js upon the Government
tha Sultau for reparation for in
juries fuffered by American citizens
in Armenia and elsewhere give prom
ise of early and satisfactory settle
ment Bis majesty's good disposition
in this regard haa been evidenced by
the issuance of an trade for rebuilding
the American college at Harpoot
It will be the duty . as I am sure it
will be the disposition of - the Congress
to provide whatever further legisla
tion is needed to insure the continued
Daritv under all aVri ii i f 1 fT a nraan
I- m wvwWM.a WQWVTV-fU
our two forms of metallic money, Sil
ver buu KU1U. ...
A large increase in national bank
note circulation baS resulted from the
provision of the act which permits
national banks to issue circulating
notes to the par value of the United
States bonds deposited as security in
stead of only 90 per cent thereof, as
heretofore. The increase in circu
lating notea from March 14 to Novem
ber 30 is $77,889,570.
Tbe party in lower is committed to
such legislation as will better make
the currency responsive to the varying
needs of, business at all seasons and in
all sections. -
Our foreign trade shows a remark
able record of commercial and indus
trial progress. The total of imports
and exports for the first time in the
history of the country exceeded two
billions of dollars. Tbe exports are
greater than they have ever been be
fore, the total for the fiscal year 1900
being $1,394,483,082, an increase over
1899 of $167,459,780, an increase over
1898 of $163,000,762, over 1897 of $343,
489,526, and greater than 1896 hy
$511,876,144. 3
The growth of manufactures in the
United 8tates is evidenced by the fact
that exports of manufactured products
largely exceed those of any previous
year, their value for 1900 being $133,
$851,756, against $339,592,146 in 1899,
an increase of 28 per cent .
Agricultural products were also ex
ported during 1900 in greater volume
than in 1899, the total for the year be
ing $835,858,123, against $784,776,143
in 1899. ,
The imports for the year amounted
to $849,911,184, an increase over 1899
of $152,729,695. This increase is largely
in materials for manufacture, and is id
response to the rapid development of
manufacturing in the United States.
I recommend that the Congress of
the present session reduce the internal
revenue taxes imposed to meet the ex
penses of the war with Spain in the
sum of thirty millions of dollars.
This reduction should be secured by
the remission of those taxes which ex
perience has shown to be most burden
some to the industries of the people.
American vessels during the past
three years have carried about 9 per
cent of our exports and imports. In
again urging immediate action by the
Congress on measures to . promote
American shipping and foreign trade,
I direct attention to the recommenda
tions on the subject in previous mes
sages, and particularly to the opinion
expressed in the Message of 1899:
I am satisfied the judgment of the
country favors the policy of aid to our
merchant marine, which will broaden
our commerce and markets and up
build our sea carrying capacity for the
products of agriculture and manufac
ture, which, with the increase of our
navy, mean more work and wages to
our countrymen, as well as a safe
guard to American interests in every
part of the world.
In my last Annual Message to the
Congress I called attention to the ne
cessity for early action to remedy such
evils as might be found in connection
with combinations of capital organ
ized into trusts, and again invite at
tention to my discussion of the sub
ject at that time, which concluded
with these words: It is apparent that
uniformity of legislation upon this
subject in the several States is much
to be desired. It is to be hoped that
such uniformity, founded in a wise
and just discrimination between' what
is injurious and iwhat ia useful and
necessary in business operations, may
be obtained, and that means may be
found for the Congress, within the
limitations of its constitutional power,
so to supplement an effective code of
State legislation as to make a complete
ivitum nf laws i Vi irn rr mi 4- tVia TTnifAjt
States adequate to compel a general
ooservance 01 tne s&iuiary ruies to
which I have referred.
The whole question is so important
and far-reaching that I am sure no
Eart of it will be lightly considered,
ut every phase of it will have the
studied deliberation of the Congress,
resulting in wise and judicious action.
Restraint upon such combinations as
are injurious, and which are within
Federal jurisdiction, should be
promptly applied by the Congress.
In my last annual message I dwelt
at some length upon tbe condition of
affairs in the Philippines. While seek
ing to impress upon you that the grave
responsibility of the future govern
ment of those islands rests with the
Congress of the United States, I ab
stained from recommending at that
time a specific and final form of gov
ernment for the territory actually held
by the United States forces and in
which aa long as insurrection con
tinues the military arm must neces
sarily be supreme. I stated my purpose,
until the Congress shall have made
known the formal expression of its
will, to use the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and the statutes to
uphold the sovereignty of tbe United
States in those distant islands as in all
other places where our flag rightfully
floats, placing, to that end, at the dis
posal of the army and navy all the
means which the liberality of the
Congress and the people have provided.
No contrary expression of the will of
the Congress having been made, I
have steadfastly pursued the purpose
so declared, employing the civil arm
as well toward the accomplishment of
pacification and the institution of local
government within - the lines of au
thority and law.
Progress in the hoped-for direction
has been favorable. Our forces have
successfully controlled the greater
part of the islands, overcoming the or
ganized forces of the insurgents and
carrying order and administrative reg
ularity to all quarters.. What opposi
tion remains is for the most part scat
tered, obeying no concerted plan of
strategic action, operating only by the
methods common to the traditions of
guerrilla warfare, which, while in
effective to alter the general control
now established, are still sufficient to
beget insecurity among the populations
tbat have felt the good results of our
control and thus delay the conferment
upon them of tbe fuller measures of
local self-government of education.
and of industrial and agricultural de
velopment which we stand ready to
give them.
i renew tne recommendation maue
in my special message of February
10th. 1899. as to the necessity for cable
communicasion between the United
States and Hawaii, with extension to
Manila. 1 i
The present 'strength of the army is
100.000 men 65.000 regulars and 85.-
000 volunteers. Under the act of March
2d, 1899, on the SOth of June next the
present volunteer force will be dis
charged and the regular army will be
reduced to 2,447 officers and 29,025 en
listed men. "im ,
In 1888 a Board of Officers convened
by President Cleveland adopted a com-
rebenslve scheme of coast-defence
rtifications, which involved the out
lay of something over one hundred
million dollars. This plan received
the approval of the Congress, and since
then regular appropriations nave uw
t made and the work of fortification has
More tban sixty millions, of dollars
have been invested in a great number
of forts and guns, with all the compli
cated and scientific machinery and
electric appliances necessary for their
use. The proper care of this defensive
machinery requires men trained in its
use. The number of men necessary to
.perform this duty alone is ascertained
by the War Department, at a minium
allowance, to be 18,420.
There are fifty-eight military posts
in the United -States other than the
coast-defence fortifications. :
The number of these posts is being
constantly increased by the Congress.
More tban $22,000,000 have been ex
pended in building. and equipment
and they can only be cared for by the
regular army. The posts now, in ex
istence and others to be built provide
for accommodations for, and if fully
garrisoned require, 26,000 troops.
Many of these posts are along our
frontier or at important strategic
points, the , occupation of which is
necessary, c
We have in Cuba between 5,000 and
6,000 troops. For the present our
troops in that island cannot be with
drawn or materially diminished, and
certainly not until the conclusion of
the labors of tbe ' constitutional con
vention now in session and a govern
ment provided by the new constitu
tion shall have been established and its
stability assured. -
. In Porto Rico we have reduced the
gaerisons to 1,636, which include 879
native troops. There la no room for
further reduction here. - s. - -
We will be required to keep a con
siderable force in the Philippine
Islands for some time to come. ' From
the best information obtainable we
will need there for the immediate future
from 15,000 to 60,000 men. I am sure
the number may be reduced as the in-
Isurgents shall come to acknowledge
tne auinomy or the United States, of
which there are assuring indications.
It must be apparent that we will
require an army of about 60,000, and
that during present conditions in
Cuba and the Philippines the Presi
dent should have authority to increase
the force to the present number of
100,000. ! Included in this number
authority should be - given to raise
native troops in the Philippines up to
15,000, which the Taft Commission
believe will be more effective in de
tecting and suppressing guerillas,
assassins and ladrones than our own
soldiers.
The President alludes to the rapid
growth of the postal service as a sure
index of the great and increasing busi
ness activity of the country. The
rural free delivery and its extension is
conr mended. Satisfactory settlement
of the long pending question of manu
facture of armor-plate has been made;
recommendations for new vessels for
the navy and for additional officers
and men are approved. There has been
marked progress he says in the devel
opment of the Hawaiian islands.
Night Sweats, less of appetite,
weak and impoverished blood, colds,
la grippe and, general weakness are
frequent results of malaria. Roberts'
Tasteless Chill Tonic eliminates the
malaria, purifies your blood, restores
your appetite and tones up your liver.
25c. per bottle. Insist on having Rob
erts'. No other "as good." R. R.
Bellamy, Jos. C. Shepabd, Jr., and
J. Hicks Bunting. t
NEW COUNTY OP SCOTLAND.
Officers Took Charge Yesterday at Lao
rloborr, the County Seat.
Spedal Star Correspondence.'
Laubinbtjbg, N. C, Dec. 3. The
act to create the county of Scotland
was ratified by the last General As
sembly. The - bill contained a pro
vision to the effect that the officers of
the new county were not to assume
their duties until the first Monday in
December, ia order that the officers of
the old oAunty of Richmond could
serve ou tVei unexpired terms.
According to the provisions of the
act, therefore, Scotland's first set of
officers assumed their respective duties
to day. They are, clerk of court H.
H. Covington; register of deeds, G.
H. Russell; sheriff W. D. McLaurin;
coroner, Greene A. Roper; county
commissioners, Rod MacRae, F. B.
Gibson and John McKay.
NEW PARTY MOVEMENT.
Populists ia the Lead Call for a Confer
- eoce - Win. J. Bryan ia Sympathy
With the Movement
Bv Telegrapn to tne Horning Star.
Indianapolis, Ind., December 5.
Charles M. Walter, secretary of the
middle-of-the-road Populists' State
Committee, has issued a call for a con
ference to be held here December 22.
He says this conference will be -the
first step in the formation of a new
national party to embrace all of the re
form elements. I
"This city," said he, "will be the
cradle of a new national party that
will embrace the social Democrats,
silver Republicans and reform Demo
crats and will pull largely from the
Prohibition party. Jo. Parker, na
tional chairman, and many of the most
prominent leaders of the Populist
party will attend. We expects that
in 1904 our party will be the numeric
cal strength in the country. We
expect that in the "West it will absorb
tbe Democratic party. I know per
sonally from men close to W. J.
Bryan that he is in sympathy with the
movement - The names suggested for
the new party are Federate', 'Ameri
can' and 'Federal'."
millions Glvsn Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the
fmblic to know of one concern in the
and who are not afraid to be generous
to the needy and the suffering. The
proprietors of ; Dr. King's New
Discovery, for Consumpton, Coughs
and Colds, have given away
over ten million trial bottles of
this great medicine; and have
the satistfaction of knowing it has ab
solutely cured thousand of hopeless
cases. Asthma, - Bronchitis, Hoarse
ness and all diseases of " the Throat
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
it Call on R. R. Bellamy, Druggist
and get a 10c. trial bottle. Regular
size 50c. and $L Every bottle guar
anteed, or price refunded. t
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning star. ;
New York, Dec. 5. Rosin steady.
Spirits turpentine quiet at 4242.iitC.
Charleston, Dec 5. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 38c; sales casks.
Rosin firm and unchanged.
Bavannah, 'Dec. 5. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 39c; sales 1,807 casks;
receipts 1,009 casks ;exporta 1,923 cask.
Rosin firm ; sales 5,063 barrels ; receipts
4,968 barrels; : exports 4,759 barrels.
A, B, C, D. $1 30; E, $1 40; F, $1 45;
G, $1 50; H, $1 55; I, $1 60; K, $1 65,
M, $1 70; N, $2 10; W G, $2 50: W W,
$2 85. .
OASTOHIA.
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fiignatiro
SflIP SUBSIDY BILL
IN TOE SENATE.
Senator Frye Concluded ; His
Speech in Explanation of
the Measure.
COST $9,000,000 PER YEAR.
House Devoted the Day to Debate on the
Army Reorganization BUI Measure -
Vigorously Opposed by Demo
crats and McCall, Rep
By Telegraph to tne Morning star.
Washington, December 5. Sena
tor Frye, at tc-day's session of the
Senate, concluded his speech, upon the
Ship Subsidy bill. - He devoted his
attention principally to a technical
explanation of the various provisions
of the measure, explaining with special
care that provision which would admit
to American registry foreign built
ships, upon which much of the forth
coming debate will rest.
' Mr. Berry (Arkansas) presented the
credentials of Samuel E. McEnery,
elected a Senator from Louisiana for a
term of six years from March 4th, 1903.
Mr. Enery then himself presented the
credentials of Murphy J. . Foster,
elected a 8enator from Louisiana for
six years beginning March 4th, 1901.
Both sets of credentials were filed.
A resolution introduced by Mr.
Pettigrew, calling for information as
to the postal frauds in Cuba, was re
f erred to the committee on relations
with Cuba.
The Senate then, at 12 25, on motion
of Senator Lodge, went into executive
session.
At 2 o'clock the Senate resumed its
legislative session. The House bill for
tbe celebration of the establishment of
the seat of national government in
the city of Washington was passed
without discussion.
Nine Millions Per Year.
Consideration of the Ship Subsidy
bill was then resumed, Mr. Fryo
(Maine) took the floor. Senator Frye
said the amount of the subsidy could
be no more than $9,000,000 per year.
That limit he said, was fixed definitely
in the bill. "So far as the cost to the
government is concerned," he added,
"it will be really no more than $7,500,
000, as the subsidized ships are required
to carry the United States mails free
of cost to the government The amount
paid now for the carrying of these
foreign mails is about $1,500,000 a
year."
Remarkable statements had been
made, he said, concerning the subsidy
cost "But," said he. "there is no
method whatever in the madness of
the critics of the bill." The limit of
nine millions in the subsidy would not
be reached for at least five years, as
within that period there would not be
enough vessels to draw the full amount
of tbe subsidy. When that limit is
reached the secretary of the treasury is
to reduce the amount of the subsidy
paid for sailing and speed premiums -the
reduction to be pro rata among the
ships subsidized. Thus all vessels en
joying the subsidy would be on pre
cisely the same plane and would re
ceive perfectly impartial treatment.
All Ships to Take Freight.
Referring to a provision of the
pending bill requiring all ships to
take freight up to a certain per cent
age of their carrying capacity, Senator
Frye said it would prevent vessels
like the American liner, St. Louis,
from participating in the benefits of
the act. He announced, therefore,
that to morrow he would propose to
the committee on commerce an
amendment providing that all ships
shall take on freight to an amount
equal to fifty per cent, of their car
rying capacity when leaving a port of
theUnited States for a foreign port.
That would so distribute the products
to be carried as to do no injustice to
anybody.
' Foreign Built Ships.
Discussing that provision of the bill
which enables foreign built ships to be
brought under the American flag and
to enjoy a portion of the proposed
subsidy under certain restrictions, Mr.
Frye said it had been asserted tbat
500,000 tons of foreign vessels would
come in at once under the provision as
it now stands. He said it was his pur
pose to offer a- substitute for the pres
ent provision, so that it could be de
termined definitely just how many
foreign vessels would be admitted to
American registry.
Mr. Hale aaid he had received a
strong protest against this provision
of the measure, signed by fotty or fifty
shipbuilders, in the course of which
the statement was made that already
parties are engaged in foreign ship
yards in the construction of vessels
which were to participate in the pro
posed subsidy. "It is said," added
Senator Hale, "that the bounty for
foreign built ships will amount to
more than three million dollars a
year."
Senator Frye said the statement was
not true. "Under the provisions of
the pending bill," said he, "owners of
foreign built ships cannot draw a cent
of bounty until they sonstruct in the
shipyards of this country an amount
of tonnage equal to that which they
have brought from abroad." He be
lieved a provision for the admission
of foreign built ships under proper
restrictions was wise, because it would
insure to the United States a respect
able fleet of merchant vessels within a
reasonable time.
Senator Frye said that he always
had contended against the doctrine of
free ships, but when a previous sub
sidy bill upon . which -he had worked
had proved to be a dead failure in
Congress, he had agreed to a proposi
tion to admit to American registry
the New York and Paris, of the
American Line, with the agreement
that two ships of corresponding size
and speed should be built in this
country. That had insured to the
United States a strictly American line
of ships to Europe. The success of
that venture had induced him to insert
in the pending measure the provision
for the admission of a certain fixed
number of foreign-built vessels to
American registry under similar re
strictions. He did not believe that
another ship would be admitted to
American registry except those speci
fically provided for in the pending
measure.
At 3:45 P. M. the Senate held a brief
executive session and then adjourned.
Among the bills .introduced in the
Senate to-day were the following: .
By Senator Pritchard, the bills pre
pared by the commission appointed
by the President providing revisions
of the patent and trademark laws.
By Senator Hale, to revive the
grade of vice admiral in the navy.
House of Representatives.
The House devoted the day to the
Army Reorganization bill, which was
brought up under a special order
adopted at the opening of the session,
which limited general debate to two
hours on a side. Lieutenant General
Miles and a number of army officers
were interested spectators throughout
the day. Only tiro Republicans par
ticipated in the general debate, Chair
man Hill, of the Military Committee,
who waa in charge of the bill, and Mr.
Parker, of New Jersey, who is a mem
ber of the Military Committee. Messrs.
Cochrane of Missouri,. Kleberg of
Texas. McClellan of New York, Sbaf
roth of Colorado, Cu minings of New
York and Cox of Tennessee Democrats,,
spoke briefly against the bill and a
large standing army. Mr. McCall of
Massachusetts. Republican, then caused
the only enthusiasm of the day against
the measure. Several times during the
last . session, notably on . the Porto
Rican Tariff bill, he refused to follow
his party. To-day he attacked the
whole Philippine policy of the admin
istration. He also criticised, techni
cally several features of the bill,
especially that lodging in the
President the discretion to expand or
reduce the size of the army at will.
He declared that the United States
should immediately give the Filipino
people honorable assurance that they
should have a government of their
own. Mr. Hull declared that until
Congress acted to the contrary, we
must assert and enforce, our sover
eignty over the Philippines or disgrace
ourselves before the world. Eleven
of the twenty six pages of the bill
were disposed of before adjournment.
Kins ton Free Press: Tom
Barret, the negro who struck Mr. Dick
Carr, of Willow Greene, with a chair
just before tbe August election, was
tried in Snow Hill Saturday. He was
sentenced to five years in the peniten
tiary. TUB MODERN BIOTBBB
Has found that her little ones are im
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when in need of the laxative
effect of a gentle remedy, than by any
other. Children enjoy it and it benfits
them. The true remedy, Sjrup of
Figs, is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only.
rr uvsr Kirtf Tiari "
Mks. vvisslow'8 Soothing s?rup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all-pain, cures wind colic, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor little sufferer im
mediately. Sold by druggists in every
part of the world. Twenty-five cents
a bottle. Be sure and ask for " Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take
ao other ?
DiA
For Infants and Children.
Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
WHOLESALE PRICEB GUBBEIT.
Tne quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but the Btab will not be responsible
tor any variations from the actual mar set price
of the articles anoted
BAGGING
s b Jute 8 n
Standard........... o
Burlaps ...t 6 &
WXSTEBN BMOKKU- -
Hams S is
Bldesl a
Shoulders 3 & O
DBY SALTED
Sides t O
Shoulders t , 8 O
BABEEL8 Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each a
Second-hand machine...... &
New New York, each &
New City, each &
BBICKB
Wilmington M.... 8 75
Northern 0 00 O
BTJTTEB
North Carolina ... so O
Northern 88 ft
CORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks , 5SHO
Virginia Heal., .
COTTON TIEsV bundle...... O
CANDLES -
Sperm 18 Q
Adamantine 8 ts
CHEESE
Northern Factory. 13 O
Dairy Cream......... ,, 17 o
State njio
COFFEE S-
Laguyra n Q
bio 9$a
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 44, yard O
Yarns. bunch or 5 s .... a
FISH
Mackerel, No. 1, barrel. . . 22 00
Mackerel, No. 1, half-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 18 00
Mackerel, No. 8 VhaU-bbl.. 8 00
MackereL Ha 8, barrel... IS 00
Mallets, barrel 8 53
Mullets, pork barrel...... C 60
N. o. Roe Herring, keg.. I 00
Dry Cod, 1) 5
" Extra 4 85 O
rtO0B-
Low grade 8 25
Choice ,
Straight,
First Patent 4 40
QLUE t , a
GRAIN bushel -
Corn, from store.bgs White 6?
- Mixed Corn 55
Car-load, In bgs White...
Oats, from store .'. 85
Oats, Rust Proof 49
Cow Peas ,
HIDES 1-
Green salted
Dry flint v
Dry salt
HAY 100 fca
No 1 Timothy , 95
Rice straw , 40
Eastern go
Western , go
North River.....
HOOP IBON,
LARD. S-
Northern e
North Carolina 0
LIME, barrel 1 15
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft
Ship Staff, resawed 18 00
Bough edge Plank 15 00
west India cargoes, accord
ing to quality ... 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
XOLAS8ES gallon
Barbadoes, in hogshead..... O
Barbadoes, In barrels
Porto Blco, In hogsheads.... 88
Porto Rico, In barrels....... 88
Sugar House, in hogsheads. 18
Sugar House, in barrels.... 14
Syrup, in barrels 15
NAILS, keg, Cut, 60d basis...
PORK, barrel
City Mesa
Bump
Prime
BOPE,a , 11
SALT, sack. Alum -
Liverpool 99
American. go
On 125 Sacks
SUGAR, Standard Gran'd ta
Standard A
White Extra O '
Extra C Golden
O Yellow
SOAP, s Northern, t 8M
STAVES. M-W.O. barrel.... 6 otP
B. O. Hogshead.
TIMBER, M feet-Shlpplng.. 8 00
Common mill 4 00
Fair mill. siOO
Prime mill 6 50
Extra mill 8 00
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
.M 6x84 heart 4 85
" 8ap 8 00
6x80 Heart 8 85
" Sap 1 60
WHISKEY. 9 gallon Northern 1 00
14
8 to
8 76
4 00
4 60
10
60
56
65
86
42
65
16
8
1 00
50
1 00
1 00
90
8
10
1 80
8000 .
16 00
. A New and Comniata
Boxes of OmtmenL alie f sUlnvCure fbrPiiei
uepalnf id and seldom a permanent cure, mod of t,
grantee In each tl Bos. You Wy wfaJ
JAPANESE PILE OINTMEHT, 25c, a Box.
CONSTIPATION Wptte",A
Japmteae Cmro for utOo mdbr
. wiLMiirQToir, x. c.
To the Timber and Log Getters
of Harnett, Cumberland, Sampson,
Bladen, Robeson, Duplin and Pender
counties:
I take this method of informing you tbat I
am now aotlng as agent for the sale of Tim
ber and Logs In this city, and any business
you may entrust to me shall receive special
attention.
Quick sales and prompt returns Is my motto.
Liberal advances made on all consignments.
Very respectfully, -aoy
90118;-. - H. McL. GREEN.
COMMERCIAL.
i e Wli'tflNGTONf MARKET.
Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
xcnange.j .
STAB OFFICE, November 23.
SPIRITS TUEPENTINE Market
firm at 89 cents per gallon for ma
chine made casks and 38 cents per
gallon for country casks.
ROSIN Market firm, at $1.20 per
barrel for strained and $1.25 for good
strained.
TAB Market firm at $1.55 perbbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE .Market
quiet at $1.40 per barrel for hard,
$2.40 for dip. and - for Virgin. --
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine steady at 48
47c; rosin firm at $1.02f L07 ;
tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine quiet
at $1.$0$2.80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 38
Rosin - f67
Tar........ ..101
Crude turpentine..... ......... 131
: Receipts same day last year. 47
casks spirits turpentine, bbls 712
rosin, 183 bbls tar, 14 bbls crude tur
pentine. OOTTOK.
Market firm on a basis of 9cper
pound for middling. . Quotations:
Ordinary. 7 1-16 cts. 181b
Good ordinary -8 7-16 " r'
Low middling. 9 1 16 " ""
Middling ........... 9K " "
Good middling...... 9 1316 ""
Same day last year middling steady
at7Mc
Receipts 1,163 bales; same day last
year, 2,011 bales.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
commission Merchants.!
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per
bushel if 28 pounds; fancy, 80c.
Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime,
65c; fancy, 70c.
CORN Firm; 58 to 60 cents per
ushel for white.
BOUGH BICE Lowland (tide
water) 85c: upland 5060c. Quota
tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the
bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to lie;
sides, 8 to 9c
EGGS Firm at 1920 cents per
dozen.
CHICKENS Very dull. Grown,
22426 cents; springs. 1220 cents.
BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. "
TALLOW Firm at 68H cents
p ;r pound.
TURKEYS Live, dull at 9c;
dressed. ll12c.
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 35c
Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Exchange.
STAB OFFICE, November 80.
SPIRITS jTUBPENTINENothlng
doing. '
BOSIN Market firm at $1.20 per
barrel for strained and $1.25 for good
strained.
TAB Market firm at $1.55 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.40 per barrel for hard
$2.40 for dip and - for virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
(Holiday).
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine. 64
Rosin... : 436
Tar. 764
Crude turpentine. 122
Receipts same day last year
(Holiday). 1
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 9o pe
pound for middling Quotations:
Ordinary 7 3 16 eta. ft
Good ordinary ...... 8 916 " "
Low middling 9 3-16 " "
Middling 9 " "
Good middling 9 15 16 " "
Same day last year middling steady
at7Xc
Receipts 2,149bales ; same day last
year, (holiday).
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants.
COUNTRY PRODUCTS.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime 70c Extra prime,' 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime,
65c; fancy, 70c
CORN Firm: 58 to 60 cents per
bushel for white.
BOUGH BICE Lowland (tide
water) 85c: upland, 5060c Quota
tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the
bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to 11c;
sides, 8 to 9c. -
EGGS Firm at 1920 cents per
dozen. -
CHICKENS Very dull. Grown,
22X25 cents ; springs, 12tf 20 cents.
BEESWAX Firm at 25 centa.
TALLOW Firm at 5$6 cents
per pound.
TURKEY8 Live, dull at 8c;
dressed, 1012c.
SWEET POTATOE3 Dull at 35c
Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Exchange.
STAB OFFICE, December 1.
r SPIRITS TUBPENTINE Nothing
doing. !
ROSIN Market firm at $1.20 per
barrel for strained and $1.25 for good
strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.55 pei bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TUBPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.40 per barrel for hard,
$3.40 for dip and ' for virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine steady at 48
47c; rosin firm at$L,0241.07; tar
firm at $1.40; crude turpentine quiet
at $L50$2.80.
BECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine ............. . 112
Bosin... 1,004
Tar. 733
Crude turpentine 170
Receipts same day last year. 137
casks spirits turpentine, 417 bbls
rosin, 824 bbls tar, 74 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 9c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary ...... 7 3-16 cts lb
Good ordinary 8 9-16 " "
Low middling 9 3-16 " "
Middling 9ft " "
Good middling 9 15-16 " "
Same day last year middling steady
at 7Jic
' Receipts 3,286 bales; same day last
year, 2,068.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants.
OOTOTBT PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime,
65c; fancy, 70c
CORN Firm; 58 to 60 cents per
bushel for white.
BOUGH BICE Lowland (tide
water) 85 centa; upland 5060c
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel. '
N. C. BACON steady; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to 11c;
sides, 8 to 9c -
EGGS Firm at 1920 cents per
dozen.
CHICKENS Very dull. Grown,
2225 cents'; springs, 12X20
cents. v
BEESWAX Firm at 25 centa.
TALLOW Firm at K centa
per pound.
TUBKEYS Live, dull at 8c; dress
ed, 1012c
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 35c
; Quoted officially as the closing by tbe Produce
- tTfihanga.J
j. . STAB OFFICE, December 8.
Bjfixuxa xuxuricw riiMJfi mowing
doing. . , t.
BOSIN Market firm at $1.20 per
bbl for strained and $125 for good
strained. - '- -- ? , -
TAB Market firm at $155 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TUBPENTINE Market
steady at $140 per barrel for hard,
$2.40 for dip, and for virgin. -
' Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine steady at 4847J4c;
rosin , firm at $1050110; tar firm
at $140; crude turpentine quiet at
$150$2.80. ;
. RECEIPTS. ; ,"' - A !"'
Spirits turpentine. .- L. -115
Bosin 830
Tar....................;...:..- 809
Crude turpentine............... 62
Beoerota nm da-v last van iK1
casks spirits turpentine, 619 bbls
rosin, 251 bbls tar, 22 bbls crude tur
pentine. '
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 9o per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary. . . : 7 8-16 cts. W ft
Good ordinary 8 9-16 "
Low middling 9 8-16 -
Middling 9J .
Good middling 9 15-16 " ' 11
Same day last year middling steady
at 7kc.
Receipts 2,939 bales; same day last
year, z,h$. - :
iwrrwieu ueguiariy vj winning ion rroauce
Commission Merchants.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75o per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c.
Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime,
65c; fancy, 70c
CORN Firm, v 68 to 60 cents per
bushel for white.
BOUGH BICE Lowland (tide
water) 85 cents; upland. 5060 cents. .
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to lie:
sides, 8 to 9c
EGGS Firm at 1920 centa per
dozen.
CHICKENS-Very dull. Grown,
22H&2S cents; springs, 12K&20
cents.
BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents.
TALLOW Firm at 56j cents
per pound.
TUBKEYS Live, duU at 8c; dress
ed, 1012c.
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 85c
Quoted officially at the closlnglby tbe Produca
Exchange.
STAB OFFICE. December 4.
SPIBITS TUBPENTINE Market
firm at 38 centa per gallon for ma
chine made casks at 38 cents per
gallon for country casks.
BOSIN Market firm at $120 per
bbl for strained and $1.25 for good
strained.
TAB Market firm at $155 per bbl .
of 280 lbs. J
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $140 per barrel for hard.
$2.40 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 48
48c; rosin ' firm at $1051.10;
tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine
quiet at $1502.80.
ruvtri ptw
Spirits turpentine.
38
812
riosin
Tar.
Crude turpentine. 128
ruoeiTiLS nam A nav ut rau iiift
casks spirits turpentine, 971 bbls
roam, ai ddis tar, 4i ddis crude tur
pentine.
, COTTON.
Market nrm on & hasna of fl Met tai
pound for middling. Quotations: x
urtunary 7 S-16 cts lb
Good ordinary....... 8 9-16 "
Low middling. ..... . 9 3-16 " "
Middling . fltf "
Good middling S 15 16 " "
Same day last year middling steady
at 7&c ,
Receipts 1,102 bales; same day last
year, 1,082. -
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants.
COUNTRY PRODUCB.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime,
65c; fancy, 70c
CORN Firm; 68 to 60 cents per
bushel.
N. O. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to lie;
sides, 8 to 9c
EGGS Firm at 20 23 cents per
dozen.
CHICKENS Very dull. Grown,
22X 25 cents; springs, 1220 cents.
BEESWAX Firm at 25 centa.
TALLOW Firm at 5JiK cents
per pound.
TURKEYS Live, dull at 8c; dress
ed, ll12jc
SWEET POTATOE3-Dull at 80c.
Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Exchange..!
STAB OFFICE. December 5. '
SPIBITS TUBPENTINE. Market
firm at 88J cents per gallon for
machine made casks at 88 cents per
gallon for country casks.
BOSIN Market firm at $120 per
barrel for strained and $125 for good
strained.
TAR Market firm at $145 per bbl
of 280 lbs. .
CRUDE TUBPENTINE. Market
steady at $140 per barrel for hard,
$2.40 for dip, and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 48Q
48c; rosin firm at $L07jiL13;tar
firm at $140; crude turpentine quiet
at$150$2.80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 49
Roain... 203
Tv 178
Crude turpentine 159
Receipts same day last year. 35
casks spirits turpentine,. 437 bbls
roam, 200 bbls tar, 47 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 9$ic per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 7 3-16 cts $ lb
urooa ordinary ...... 8 9-16
1 1 .
low middling 9 3-16 "
Midrllirnr OU
it
4 It
Good middling 9 15-16 " "
Same day last year middling steady
at7Xc
Receipts 1484, bales ; same day last
year, 1875.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants.
COUNTRY PROTYTTfTOL J '
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c Extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c,
Virginia Prime 60c; extra prime.
65c; fancy, 70c
CORN Firm, 58 to 60 centa per
bushel.
BOUGH RICE Lowland (tide-
ar&fAi fiK "am fa . nnlnnJ KAifkCA W
Siotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
e bushel
N. a BACON-Steady; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 10 to 11c;
sides, 8 to 9c
EGGS Firm at 2022 centa per
UUWUt
CHICKENS Very dull Grown,
2225 cento; springs, 1220 eta.
BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents,
TALLOW Firm at 56 cents
per pound.
TUBKEYS Lite, dull at 8c;
dressed, ll13c.
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 30a
1
Bears the y lh 1M Vm Haa Always BoogBt
HgBstnra