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THE FRANKING PRIVILEGES.
Senator n»»tl Mrs Jarvis Return
to Their Home at Greenville
The Cost of Flowers for Receptions
and Entertainments at the National
Capital—Senator George K**ep*
Farlr Hour* an I Occupies .Alexan
der Stephen's Old Rooms*
Special to the News aud Observer.
Washington, I). C , Jan. 28.
I called at the Ebbitt this morning to I
see Senator Jeter C. Pritchard. He met j
me in a mast cordial manner, and told
me of the many visitors from the Old
North State. t>em erats, as well as He- j
publicans, have kept him busy reading
•ards, ami his little sitting room has in
troduced to him many “tar heels" of ,
whom he had never heard.
Mr. Pritchard has not. had time to
study the bankruptcy bill, aud, there
fore. has not settled his mind as to how
be will vote on it
In answer to the question as to how
he would stand on silver he said: “My
views are put in a few words. lam in
favor of the free coinage of silver, pro
tect iou for the raw materials of the South
and a modiflea ion of the internal r-ve
aue law as to its manner of execution
and enforcements.” {
“What special part would you change,” j
1 asked.
“Why,” said he, “the commissioners j
should have jurisdiction of all minor of
fenses, thus saving hundreds of dollars
by not paying three and four hundred
dollars to run down each petty offender.’
Mr. Pritchard h.« on his mantle a j
picture of huswife and one of his two
year old baby, William McKinley Fritch
ard, who bids fair (conditioned upon a
change of his politics) some day to fol- ;
low his father into the United States
Senate.
Senator Jarvis Comes Home.
Senator and Mrs Jarvis will have to
morrow for their home at Greenville, j
They have made hosts of friends here and
it is with regret that they s e them
leave. Senator Jarvis was developing
into a and useful Senator.
The Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Journal pays him this
compliment: “Senator Jarvis has onl>
been in Washington a short time He
was appointed by Gov. Carr to fid the
anexnir* d term of the late Senator Z -bn
Von Vance. B.nee his entry into the S-m
ate he ha* not failed to charm those with
whom he oame in contact. IP* is a gen- ]
tleman of the old school, gentle, kindly
and polite. He has made se* ei al speeches
in the Senate on the various t* pics which j
•ocupied the attention of that distin
guished body which hare abounded in
good common sense and showed thorough
study of the subjects under discussion.
If the State of North Carolina had not
been luted aw-iy, from her go al Demo
sratie moorings, Senator Jarvis would
have b<*en a candidate to succeed Seuator
Hansom. As it is, both of theee gentle
men are retired from public life by the
ground swell which started in Nt w York
and ended in North Carolina .”
T* Restore Fran king Piivil*-ge.
There is an agitation to restore the
franking privilege to members of Con
gress, Under the old system members
•f Congress sail'd “frank” their soiled
slothes home to be washed. The old
ftrivilege was restored in the uew printing
aw, though few of the members knew
it, and there will be an attempt to re
enact it.
There are two persons to whom ihe
franking privilege lies been granted by
■ame who still exercise it. They are
Ihe widow of President Garfl -Id (act of
Deeemlter 20, 1881) aud the widow of
President Grant (act of June 28, 18vS6)
All that is netvss *ry is for Mrs Graut
$o write her autograph in the corner of
any letter It is a-* good as any postage
stamp. Any letter addressed to her
seeds no stamp attached. This privilege
las beeu granted to the widows of all
;he Presidents.
* • *
At this season the ft >rists here do a
shriving business, for it is not at all un
eotnmou for them to furnish #6OO worth
sf reeee for ofte afternoon’s entertain
tmn». The display of flowers at Mrs
George Wcetinghouse’s reception the
ether afternoon was quite a marvel in
| the war of profusion. The cornets a d
un an tela and tables of the drawing room
Hrere heaped with American Beauty
■•oses and ferns in such quantities as
■rally to predue * a bower like»fft-et In
■he dining room there w;is another
■ lavish display of white lilacs and orchids.
■ln the recent cold suap Uncle Sam's flue
■iolleetiou of orchids came very near be
■tig fresen to death. The boiler in the
■irehid house burs', but charcoal stoves
■rare kept 1 urning day and night until a
Kew b iler was put in. The collection is
■ v.-rt valuable one, many plants ousting
Brom S2OO t<> $ <OO each, aud not easily
■<> be replaced. even at those prices.
H Ben»ior Geo'ge. of Mississippi, who
Bras Vance’s t* st friend in the Senate,
■•ccupies the same rooms at the National
■Hotel Pat Alexander Stephens eocu
■urn H invariably goes to bed at S
B'elock and gets up at day break. Here
Bs your Ciucmnutus!
■
■ Mr. W A Lash, of Gieensboro, Presi-
Blent of the 0»p • Fear A Yadkin Valley
■Railroad, was here Saturday and Suu-
Bay He oalled at one of the depart
ments on Saturday ami. with tho assn
tance o some prominent Democrats,
caus- d a pr *m'se to be m ule to promote j
a North Carol in s an who deserves a
“good thing.”
* * *
Mr*. Pattie Royster, wife of Mr. M ■
Royster, a prom*nent druggist of Hick
ory. is visiting Mrs. J 8. T<»m’in-on, at j
1333 llth street, N. W Mrs. Roysbr |
ha* been visiting in Baltimore for sev
eral weeks
* * *
Mr. W. II Williams of Newton, re j
turned here to day from Newark, New
Jersey, where he-had beeu on business.
Mr. Wil inn* has accepted from P.
Lorillard, o f Newark, a liter dive p >
tion to have headquarters at Baltimore
and be in charge of the business for the
plug and smoking tobacco in Maryland, |
Virginia, Delaware and the I> s
triet of Columbia. Th:s business is well j
suited to Mr. Williams, who is one of the
best business men in North Carolina.
* * *
Hon. Jolm G. Shaw, Congressmar
elect from the Thud district, has been
here tor several days. He filed his cert i- i
fleate Saturday and leaves today for Nort li j
Carolina.
* * *
Mr. Pritchard attended one of the
Baptist churches yesterday aud was
quite struck with the great preachers the
National Capital has to expound re-'
1 giou.
W * *
The three-masted schooner Beatrice,
from New York, bound for Wilmington,
N. 0 , went ashore at Sandy Hook Bat
urday night. The mate, Jam 's Robin
son, who was born in Elizabeth City,
was here yesterday.
* * *
Messrs. W. A. Turk and John H. ;
Winder were the only two North Caro- |
liuians at the Gridiron Club’s celebrated |
dinner on Saturday uight.
* * *
Alexander, Grady, B aneb, Crawford
and Woodird oppose Springer’s new j
financial bill which embodies the bond :
i*sue advocited t.-y the President.
Settle is opposed to the five hundred ;
mil ion gold [>art, but does not want j
people to have to pay 0 per cent, to get j
money in circulation Will vote against j
it and so will Pritchard.
Almost the Solid South will oppose
the President’s plan which does not
stand the ghost of a chance.
* * *
At Mrs Josephus Daniels’ tea compli
mentary to Mis-* U< son, she was assisted
by Mrs. W. tl. Bagiev aud Misses B:ig- j
ley, of Raleigh; Miss Easdale Shaw, of
Rockingham; Miss Lucy London,of Pitts- !
boro; and Miss Lucy Young, of Raleigh. 1
* *» *
Pritchard went to the theatre with j
Settle to-night. Though it is suowing j
hard outside, “Tom” and “Jeter,” as
they affectionately called each other, had
warm hearts for each other.
* * *
W. T Dortch, of Goldsboro, is here to
see revenue officials ah >ut a client.
Arrivals.
E. C. Brooks, Griftou.
George Fitzsimmons, Charlotte.
W. B. Ryder, Charlotte.
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY.
Henson Why Testimony Against the
Trust was not Taken in the South.
Special to the News and Observer.
Winston. N. 0., Jan 28.
\ The particulars have just been learned
here why the lawyers did not come to
Winston last week to take evidence in
in the suit brought against the American
Tobacco Company by the State of New
Jersey.
Counsel for the plaintiff, about two
weeks ego, were before Chancellor Mc-
Gill, of Jersey City, and submitted two
amendments to the original hill of com
plaint against the tobacco company.
The titst set forth that the
tobacco used in the manufacture of
cigarettes comes from Virginia and
North Carolina, and that the
monopoly had destroyed the competition
in these States aud worked to their injury.
The second, that the American Tobacco
[ Company “wilfully, wickedly and ma
liciously controls this product and thus
; destroys the local market.”
Representatives of the trust opposed
! the insertion of these amendments on
the ground that the bill was filed by the
| Attorney General of New Jersey, aud
that the amendment weres not offered in
his name.
The Chancellor gave his decision ouly
a few days ago, and sustained the objec
tions of the defendant. Under these
circumstances hearings down South, to
take testimony as to the American To
bacco Company’s leaf dealings, would
have been time aud trouble thrown
away.
KILLED IIV HIS IVAGON.
Bricklayers oa Vanderbilt’* (but? on
a Strike.
Special to the News aud Observer.
Ashkvillk, N. 0 , Jan. 28.
Albert Patton fell from a wagon load
of wood here this afternoon aud the
wheel passed over his head killing him
almost instantly.
The bricklayers on Vanderbilt’s estate
are on a strike. Their grievance is that
the contractor in having some holes cut
iu the walls gave the work to unskilled
1 laborers. The bricklayers claimed t hat this
work should have been given to them.
As the contractor remaiued firm the tin n
i walked out.
Rev. J. L White preached his last
serrnou as pastor of the First Baptist
j church here last night. He leaves for
Macon, Ga., Thursday.
RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1895.
HE WANTS MORE BONDS
THAT IS THE REMEDY RECOM
MENDED FOR OUR FINANCI VL
DIFFICULTIES.
THE TREASURY IYIUST HAVE GOLO.
Ami the only W ay to Get it. Mr- < love
land Say-, is by the I*sne and -ale of
Bonds—Advocates Redemption and
Cancellation of all Lena I Lender
and Treasury Notes—The Bonds to
be of Small Denomination, and Bear
Interest at 3 per cent.
Washington, jau. 28. —The President ]
to-day sent to Congress a special m*s
sage on the financial situation, as fol
lows:
“To the Senate and House of Represen
tatives: In my last annual message l
commended to the serious consideration
of Congrt ss the condition of our national
finances, and in connection with th© sub
ject endorsed the plau of currency legis
lation, which, at that time, atcmed to
furnish protection against the impend
ing danger. This plan has not been ap
provt dby the Congress. In the mean
time, the situation has so changed
and the emergency now appears
so threatening that l deem it my
duty to ask at the hands of the
legislative branch of the government
such prompt and effective action as will
restore confidence in our financial sound
ness and avert busiuess disaster aud
universal distress among our people.
Whatever may be the merits of the plan i
outlined iu my annual message for a
remedy for the ills then existing, and as j
a safeguard against the depletion
of the gold reserve then in the Treasury,
1 am now convinced that, its reception by
the Congress, and our present advanced
stage of financial perplexity, necessi
tates additional or different legislation.”
False Financial Policy.
The President lays down the-propose
tion tha r we are suffering the results of
a false financial policy and that the real
trouble which confronts us consists in a
lack of confidence, widespread aud con
stantly increasing in the continuing abil
ity or disposition of the government to j
pay its obligations.
“The only way,” he says, “left open
to the government of procuring gold, is
by ihe issue and sale of its bonds pay
able specifically in gold.
“The most dangerous and irritating j
feature of the situation,” Mr. Cleveland
.-ays, “is found in the means by which
the treasury is dispoiled of the gold thus
obtained without cancelling a single
government obligation, and solely for
the benefit ot ttu.se who find profit iu
shipping it abroad, or whose fears induce
them to hoard it at home We have '
outstanding about $500,000,000 of cur j
rency notes of the government, for which
gold may be demanded; and, curiously
enough, the law r* quires that when pre
sented, and, in fact, redeemed and paid
in gold, they shall be re issued. Thus i
the same notes may do duty many times
iu drawing gold from the treasury; nor
can the process be attested as long as
private parties can profit or otherwise I
see an advantage in repeating the opera
tion.
Financial Events of the Year.
“The financial events of the last year
, suag* st facts and conditions which
i should certainly arrest attention. More
j than oue hundred and seventy-two mil
| liens of dollars in go'd have been drawn
out of the Treasury during the year for
the purple of shipment abroad or !
hoarding at home. While nearly one
hundred and three millions of this
amount were drawn out during 'he first
1 ten mouths of tho year, a sum aggrega
ting more than two-tbirds of that
amount, being abov.t sixty-nine millions,
was drawn out during the following two
months, thus indicating a marked accel
i oration of the depleting process with the
laps l of time. The obligations upon
which this gold has been drawn from the
Treasury are still outstanding and are
available for use in repeating the ex- !
! hausting operation which shorter inter
vals as our perplexities accumulate.
“Conditions are certainly supervening,
j tending to make bonds which may be
j issued to replenish our gold, less useful
for that purpose. An adequate gold re
serve is in some circumstances absolutely
essential to the upholding of our public 1
credit and to the maintenance of our high
national char infer Our gold reserve
lias again reached such a stage of dirniu
ution as to require its speedy ra-et>
foroement. The aggravations that must
! inevitably follow present condition- and
methods will certainly lead to rnisfor
1 tune and loss, not only to our nation d
j credit and pr sperity and to financial
enterprise, but to those of our people
who see employment as a means or live
lihood and these who see only capital as
their daily labor.
Does Not Depend ou Reveuue.
"It will hardly do to say that a simple
increase of our revenue will cure our
troubles. The apprehension now exist-'
ing and constantly increasing as to our
j financial ability does uot rest upon the
i calculation of revenue. The time has
! passed w hen the resources of investors
| abroad ami our people at home were
fixed upou the revenues of the Govern
ment The changed conditions have at
tracted their attention to the gold of the
; 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
| dollars, but it is not in gold, therefore
does not meet our difficulty.
. “I eanuot see that differences of
opinion concerning the extent to which
silver ought to be coined or used in our
currency should interfere with the coun
sels of those whose duty it is to rectify
the evils now apparent in our financial
situation. They have to consider the
question of national credit and the con
sequences that will follow from its col
lapse. M hafever ideas may be insisted
upon as to silver or bi metal ism, the
proper solution of the question now'
pressing upon u-> ouly requires the
recognition of gold as well as silver, and
the concessions of its importance, r ghr
fuily or wrongfully acquired, as a basis
of national credit necessary in the bon
orable disehaigeof our obligations pay
able in gold, and the badge of solvency.
Not Uniriendlf to Silver.
“1 do not understand that the real
friends of silver desire the condition
that might follow inaction or neglect to
appreciate the present exigency if it
should result in the entire banishment of
gold from our financial and currency
arrangements. Besides, the Treasury
notes, which certainly should be paid in
gold, amounting to nearly five hundred
millions of dollars, there will fall due in
1904. one hundred millions of bonds is
sued during tho last year, for which we
have received gold' and in 1907, nearly
six hundred millions four per cent,
bonds issued in 1877. 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 national honor
and national solvency demands, we
should not destroy or even imperil our
ability to supply ourselves with gold for
that purpose.
“While I am uot unfriendly to silver,
and while I desire it recognized to such
an extent as is consistent with financial
safety and the preservation of national
honor and credit. I am not willing to see
gold eutirely banished from our
currency and finances. To avoid
such a consequence, I believe thor
ough and radical remedy in legisla
tion should be promptly applied. It,
therefore, belongs to Congress to give
the subject immediate attention. In my
opinion, the Secretary of the Treasury
should he authorized to issue the bonds
of the Government for the purpose of
procuring and maintaining a sufficient
gold reserve and the redemption and
cancellation of the United States legal
tender notes and treasury notes issued
for the purchase of silver under the law
of July 14, 1890.
A Popular Loan Recommended.
“We should be relieved from tho hu
miliating process of issuing bonds to pro
cure gold to be immediately and repeat
ed jy drawn out ou these obligations for
purposes not related to the benefit of the
Government or our people. The princi
pal and interest of those bonds should
lie payable on their face in gold because
they should be sold only for it or its rep
resentative aud because there would now
probably be difficulty in favorably dis
p* s'ng of bonds not containing
this stipul tiou, I suggest that
Ixmds be issued in denominations <>f
twenty and fiftv dollars and their multi
ples, and that they bear interest at a
rate not exceeding three per cent, per
annum. Ido not see why they should
not be payable fifty years from their
date- The present general ion have large
amounts to pay if we meet our obliga
tion and loug bonds are most salable.
The Secretaiy of the Treasury might
well bo permitted, at his discretion, to
receive for the sale of bonds legal tender
Treasury notes to be retired, and of
course wht n they are thus retired or re
deemed in gold they should be cancelled.
“These bonds, under existing laws,
could be deposited by national bank se
curity for speculations, and such banks
should be allowed to issue circulation up
tc the face value of these or any other
bonds so deposited, except those out
standing beariug only two tier cent, in
terest, and which sell in the marke* at
less than four. National banks should
not be allowed to rake out circulating
notes of a less denomination than ten
dollars and when such as ate now out
standing reach the treasury, except for
redemption and retirement, they should
be cancelled and notes of the denomina
tion of ten‘dollars and upwards issued iu
their stead Silver certificates of de
nomination of ten dollars and up
wards should be replaced by certificates
of denominations under, ten dollars.
Duties Payable in Gold.
As a constant means for the mainte
nance of a reasonable supply of gold in
the Treasury, our duties on imports
should tie paid in gold, allowing all other
dues to the Government to he paid iu
anv other form of money.
i believe all the provisions I have sug
gested should be embodied iu our laws,
if we are to enjoy complete re instate
ment of a sound financial corn! tion
They need not interfere with any cur
rency scheme providing for an increase
of circulating medium through the agen
cy of National or State banks, since they
can easily be adjusted to such a scheme.
An Objection toy h<- Scheme.
“Objection h s been made to the issu
ance of interest-bearing obligations for
the purpose of i©tiring nou-interest-bear
ing legal tender notes, in point of fact,
however, these notes have hurdenei us
with a large load of inletest, and it is
| stdl accumulating. The aggregate inter
est of the original issue of bonds, the
I proceeds of which, in gold, constituted a
! reserve for the paymeut of these nobs,
amounted to $70,820,2.50 on January 1,
1895, and the annual charge for inter
est on these bonds and those issued
for the same purpose during the las f
year wi l »*> $9,145,000 dating from
January, 1895. While the cancellation
| of these notes wou’d not relieve us from
the obligitioi s already ineurr* d on their
I aceouut, these figures an- given byway
of suggesting that their existence has
{continued on fifth cage J
TROOPS WITHDRAWN,
THE »** OOKI Y N STRIKERS SUR
RENDER AND OFFER TO Rt-
TURN TO WORK.
SITUATION MUCH IMPROVED.
Though There U a** Much Wire»('nttinc
During the Nigh! and Some Stone-
Throwing in the Day There ha* Been
uo Riotous Outbreak—The Men \*k
for the Scale of \\ age* They Rcoeivt il
a Year Ago—Th‘*y Declare That they
Have not Surrendered.
Brooklyn, N. Y , Jan. 28 —The siri
kers practically surrendered to the oom
pauies this evening. A formal state
ment to the public was issue t by the
xeeutJve eon mittee, and the men ten
dered thsir services to the pres dents fo 1
#2 p* r day for motormen and c Debi -
tors. and $1.50 per day for trippers
These terms have never been in dispute,
i The men say that the move is made iu
the interest of public safety and quiet,
and that the non acceptance of their
offer will be followed by application for
peremptory mandamus against all tin
lines. The presidents will probably ad
| nere to their former proposition to re
fuse to treat with their men as a body.
Employes Oder to Return.
The following letters were given out
by the executive committee in the
Knights of Labor district assembly 75:
“Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1895.
“We have this day sent to the Messrs.
| Daniel F. Lewis, Benjamin F. Norton
and 0. M. Wicker, representing the dif
ferent systems of street railway which
have ceased operation in the city of
Brooklyn, the subjoined letter, which
speaks for itself. We will add that we
| have made an offer not because the
| strike was wauing or onr cans*' weaken
ing. It never was stronger. But in the
i interests of Brooklyn, our Jionoe, and its
| citizens, our friends, we are willing to
make the sacrifice suggested in the letter.
(Signed) Martin J. Connelly.
P J. Collins ”
“Brooklyn. N. Y.. Jan. 28, ’95.
i “Benjamin F Norton, President of the
Atlantic Railroad Company:
Dear Sir: — l am instructed by the
representatives of all the employes of
the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company,
including the linesmen, who were in the
service of the company on tho 13*h day
| of January, 1895, to offer you their ser
! vices upon the same ern ■ and scales of
wages obtained in January, 1894, which
was, as you know, $3 a day, for motor
men and conductors having full day
i cars, and uot less than $t 50 for motor
men and conductors having trip
! pers. If these term-i a r e accepted, the
i committee will meet you ams arrange to,
{ resume work within six hours.
| In conclusion, permit me to observe
that though this is a great concession ou
the part of the employes, they are will
ing to make it in the interest of the pub
lie who have been gnat sufferers-from
l this controversy existing between the
corporation and its men. I have sent a
similar letter to the President of tbe
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
and to Mr. Wicker, the representative of
the Brooklyn, Queens county and Subur
: bin Company.
(Signed) Martin J Connelly.”
Say They Have Not Sarreiiiterrd.
The action of the strikers in offering
I to return without the many'stipulations
j which their former offers have contained
is generally considered a surrender. The
! strikers say it is not, ami intimate that
application for peremptory mandamus
will follow the refusal of the presidents
At 12:20 a m. a gang of sinkers held
up a Nostraud avenue car. A detail of
police was sent, to the scene of riot and
I three of the strikers were arrested.
Brigadier-General Varnurn, paymaster
; on Go eruor Morton’s staff, to day sent
a letter to County Treasurer Adams, of
Kings county, stating that he held
Kings county accountable for the ex
! penses incurred by the national guard of
the State during the strike *
Forty deputy sheriffs, who have been
workiug under sheriff Dohl at Maspeth,
i preserving order at the ear stations,
struck at 12 o’clock to-day.
No cars were run from Maspeth to-day.
At 12 o’clock the police received
word that five non-union men had
been captured by strikers and were
held prisoners in Odd Fellows Hall
jon Palmetto street, m-ar Ridgewood
The men were said to have lieen injured
in a scrimmage and were having their
wounds dressed by strikers A squad of
mouuted police was sent to the-rescue of
the five men. This hall is the oue in
which Major Abras of the Fifth regi-
I ment, penned in 200 strikers for four
hours while the Gates avenue line was
stoned last Thursday morning.
Troops Sent Home.
The 69th and th« Bth batalli-ms of the
First Brig de, who have been doing
l guard duty here for the past week, re
ceivtd orders this afternoon to start for
home. Tbe 7th. 71st and the Ist Battery,
all of the first brigade, went home th s
morning, being the first troops released
from strike duties.
The s tuation to-day was ntfueh im
I proved, the lines which have been opened
j during the past few davs running with
i more ia* s than on any day since the
strike was first begun. Tnree new lines
j were opened this morning The eoropa
{ nies gain steadily in the number of ue*
meu, aud it is but a question of a few
days apparently when normal traffic will
tbe resumed There was less wire-cut
tiug during the night and less ston
iug of cats this forenoon The
strikers will stubbornly refuse, however,
NUMBER 5.
to admit that they are lieafen. They
held teg»ther well, and less than one*
hundred men out of the original six
thousand have returned to work. Th v
problem which now remains is to run
th* ears at night. There is no certainty
that the withdrawals of troops will uot
bo followed by increased disturbances
and even in the day time Th* l police
ire incapable or do not desire to suppress
iuterf rence with the wires aud ears of
the companies
Cars Htiniiins Again.
The superintendent of the Brooklyn
Heights Company to day said that on
the lines operated by his company 37N
ears out of a total of 570 are running.
Superintendent Young, of the Atlantic
Avenue system, said that on his line to
day 105 cars out of a total of 169 were*
ruu'ung.
The Brooklyn, Queen's county ami
suburban lines- the officials statisl that
78 out of 143 ears an l running.
Putting these three official statements
together, the lines affected have 588 cam
run "ing out of a total of 877
That these statements are not thor
oughly reliable is shown by the fact that
the companies pay the city an annual
license bn 1.000 ears and the normal
number is 1,217. Taking the companies'
statements as to tho number of cars run
ning, they should therefore be credited
with operating 588 ears out of a total of
1,217.
Striker* Throw Stone*.
Details of soldiers were seut ont along
the lint's of the road where stone-throw
ing and interference has prevailed ami
the soldiers did police duty on street
corners, and even on cars in some sta
tions.
But few arrests have beeu made ms
yet. The stone throwers do not hit po -
licemen except in rare cases, and then
by accident, and the policemen do not
arrest stone throwers except in rare in
stances. How long the troops are to re
main and do police duty is not yet decid -
ed.
Police Commissioner Wells has sworu
in 700 social policemeu. Alsmt one hun
dred of these have resigned. The
specials are the targets for stones and
abuse, and seldom make an arrest,
THE DAY IN THE SENATJph
Vice-President Stevenson Preside* lot
First Time in Several Weeks.
Washington, Jan. 28.—Vice-Presi
dent Stevenson, who had been alisent
from Washington for the last few weeks
on account of the illness and death of
his daughter, presided over the Senate
to-day.
The first and timst important matter
that came before the Senate to day was
the President’s message on tho financial
condition, and urging prompt and effi
cient action by Congress for the restora
tion of confidence and for the prevention
ofbiHimss disaster and universal dis
turbanoe.
Must earnest attention was given by
Senators to the reading of the message,
and it was immediately, without die
cussion, referred to the committee on
finance, which will meet to morrow and
take it up for consideration
Several hours was occupied in the dis
cussion of House bill (passed July #,
1891), to disapprove the treaty made
with the Southern Ute Indians, to be
removed to Utah.
Mr. Vilas (Dem.) of Wisconsin, made
strenuous but futile efforts to have
amendments put upon the bill that would
secure to tin- Indians their right of indi
vidual allotments, but the bill was finally
passed with some not very important
amendments reported from the Commit -
tee on Indian Affairs.
The bankruptcy bill, which had been
displaced, was again taken up aud made
the unfinished business for to-morrow.
After a short executive session the
Senate adjourned at 4:50 till to-morrow
MESSAGE IN THE HOUSE.
Alter the Rculinff Mr. Springer Pre
sell!* >i New Financial BID.
Washington, Jan. 28 Tho message
from President Cleveland to Congress
on the financial condition of the govern
ment was read to the House almost im
mediately after it assembled to-day.
At the conclusion of the reading Mr.
Springer presented his new bill to revise
the currency aud banking system and it
was referred to the Committee on
Banking and Currency for re
port. The President’s message was
referred to the committee of the whole.
The Nicaragua canal bill was received
from the Senate aud referred to the com
mittee on Inter State and Foreign Com
merce. The House continued the dis
cussion of rhe bill to repeal the differen
tial duty of one tenth a pound on sugar
imported from countries paying an ex
port bounty on that article. Its passage
was advocated by Messrs. Turner,
Whoelcr(Dem., Wash.) and Terry,(Dem.,
Ark) and opposed by Dalzell. (Rep.,
Pa.) Hopkins, (Rep., HI.) and Dolliver,
(Rep , lowa.)
The committee rose, and Mr. Wilsou
(Dem ) of West Virginia, endeavored to
secu'e unanimous consent for an agree
ment to close general debate after two
hours’ debate, but Mr. Grosvenor (Rep.),
of Ohio, objected. It is probable, how
ever, that a vote on the bill will be
reached before adjournment to-morrow.
After passing two or three private bills
the House, at s*o’clock, adjourned.
Heavy Naow in Teane**ee.
Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 28. —The hardest
snow storm ever seen by the oldest in
habitants is raging here now. It began
just before dawn and has continued al)
day. The snow is now ten inches deep
and falling heavily.