The News and Observe.*. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 27. TKIE LAIBffIEST ©DIS(BOJ)DJ\¥O®KI ®E AGW Kl®G3Tß{] (MIMHLDDM DBADQ.V. THE MONEY QUESTION BLAND SAYS IT WILL UK TIIK ONLY iS-.HK IN THE NEAT CAMPAIGN. FREE SILVER IVIEN MAY BOLT. Mr. llland Declare* Thai They Will Snppori no Candidate who i* not a Pronounced I'.ee Silver Man---He Relieve* * hat a Free Silver Platform and a flood Candidate Would Sweep the Country-—The Fred Dousla-s Matter Mu h Di-enssed. Washington, I) C., Feb. 22. Senator Bland is talking in a very plain and inlependant manner. Speak ing of the contest in 1890, he said yes terday : “There will be anew alignment of par ties n the next Presidential campaign,” said Representative Bland, of Missouri, yesterday -‘The free silver men intend to get togethor and nominate a man who reflects ih*ir sentiments.” “Suppose,” it was suggested, “that after a contest at the next Democratic convention, a candidate should be se leeted who is opposed to free silver, what would you and other gentlemen who enteitain views on this subject siuu lar to your*, do in that cast 3 t” “We would not support him.” “But suppose ho was the party nomi nee ?” “There is nothing,” replied Mr Bland, “to prevent as rn «nv tickets being put in the iielil as is desired; and the free sil ver men would have theirs.” “Suppose oue party nominated a gold monometal'sts, and the other acuidi date who was inclined to be friendly to free silver, but who did not stand square ly on such ap at form. What then V “We want no half-way candidate. We want a free coinage man or nobody.” “You thi> k, then, that the money question will be the overshadowing issue in the next ctampagn ?” “It will lx? the only issue. It ought to have been the principal issue two years ago, hut wo were then just emerging from the shadow of sectionalism and the force bill, and it was no time to divide on financial questions. But that time has now arrived, and the next contest will be waged between the free coinage men and these who oppose that prop ) i tion. Party linos will be obliterated, and this will be the one thing which will divide the voters ot the country.” * * * The death of Fred. Douglass has brought forth many expressions of the value of his services to the race, Until he married a white wife, he was univer sally esteemed here. That marriage lost him the friendship < f many of his own race and most white men. He made no secret ot his belief in inter marriage, so cial equality, and miscegenation. He carried this idea so far that he directed that his body be carried to Rochoster, N. Y., for interment because there is no distinction made in that cemetery on ac count of race or color. * * * All the talk here is about tin adjourn ment of the North Carolina Legist dure I in honor of Fred Douglass yesterday. I Harry Skinner, in answer to question, I “Why did you and Butler leave at this Itimef” said: “We did not know Doug ■a*s was going to die.” Butler said: “1 ■think there must be a mistake ” I* * * Indications now point to the selection of Senator liausom, of North Carolina, for the Mexican mission, says to-day’s Post. A prominent Southern Senator who was at the White House yesterday morn ing, reported to some of his colleagues upon his arrival at the capitol that the President had expressed his preference for the North Carolina Senator in con nection with the vacant, mission. This information was received with universal expressions of p'easure and oommeuda tion. Other Senators added cotifirma- i tion to the report, although not in such definite fashion. * * * To day’s Post says: Two Senators elect from adj titling States were on the floor of the S uato yesterday Marion Butler, of North Caroliuia, and Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina The la* ter was under the escort of Senator Irby, but the for mer drifted by himself, lie fell at once, almost literally into the hauds of the Populists, among whom his presence caused great rejoicing. Mr. Butter is a young man, with a ! heavy shock of ha r, and with a black beard tpunned to a poiuf. He has a meek and placid countenance, like a Y M. C. A young man, and his voice- is a good dial smoother than moonshine whisk* y. As soon ns he appeared on the floor and his name became known, tl ' Populist Senators ll eked around him with words of welcome. Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, Mr. Stewa r s, of Nevada, and Mr. Pefifer, of Kansas, were j stuck to him like flies to a sugar barrel, for new Populist Senators are uot gath emi in large crojvs, and wheu one falls to the ground in the political i orchard, he is a rare pri/.\ It was Mr. Peffer, however, who was mast persist ent in his attentions, lie inducted Mr. Butler into the mysteries of the cloak rooms, then carried him in triumph down stairs to lunch, and Anally made i a circuit of the Senate Chamber, intro j ducing him to all of his future col- j leagues. r It may U\ perhaps, interesting to note tho Yr Butler will sit upon the Republican sale. The Republicans showed him a great deal of attention j yesterday, for his vote may be needed by them in the n* xt Senate. Washington's greatest morning daily, • The Post, has ju>t added to its already j magnificent equipment a new three ! decked Sjoll press. This is the latest 1 and most perfect press made. It has a I capacity of 24,000 teu-paee papers, or ! 16.000 twenty page papers per hour. All j of which come from the press folded and ready to be bundled for the mails. To one not familiar with the fast presses, this great printing machine is an almost | inconceivable thing. At one end i the white paper is unwound from ! a huge roll, and at the other the printed and folded papers are passed out lat the rate of 400 per minute. It takes a small fortune to own such a Dress, as the cost of same was about #40,000 This great investment was made necessary by the exigencies of increasing business in j both the daily and weekly editions of the Post. Iu these times, when all sorts of business are so immediately affected by national legislation, people all over the country are awakening to the necessity of taking a newspaper printed at the ! Capital, and containing the fullest legis j lativenews. ♦ * * Representative Livingston, ol Georgia, who is also a strong advocate of the free coinage of silver, agrees with Mr Bland I that the silver question will be the ques ! tion of prime importance before the country next year. He insists that the silver men will nominate a candidate of their own, but he does not believe that this will be doue until after a Democrat ic convention shall have nominated a Candida* e opposed to free silver. “*f we went into the Democratic con vention,” he continued, “we would have to be bout.d by the convention’s action. Our presence there would commit us to such a result, and we could uot afford to bolt. For that reason 1 thmk the free silver men will nominate independently of the two old parties.” “Do you think you can elect a candi date standing on such a platform if his opponent lx* drametrieally opposed to such views?” “1 do; and I believe he would sweep the country. Such a candidate would cany New York State. I'll bo? a thou sand dollars on it.” * * * Miss Easdale Shaw, of Rockingham, who has been here for two months, tak ine lessons in art, returned home to day. WORK or TUB FIRE FIEND. Time Women Hu mod and SIOO,OOO ot Property Swept Away. Hot Springs, Ark., Feb 22.— Fire broke out in the Ledgerwood Bakery, on Ouachita Avenue, at 4 a m. It is in the southern part of the city, where the boarding houses abouud, and in an hour three women had been burn ed to death, six boarding houses, several stores and fifteen cottages, all worth SIOO,OOO, had been swept away. The dead are: Mrs. Laura Scammon, Mrs Henry J. McLeod, Austino Stivetto, col ored. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Browson, of Macon, Mo, Mrs. Peacock, and others wereinjure'% none dang* rm-ly. A strong wind fanned the flames, but prevented them fiom moving in the direction of the big hotels and bath houses. The streets coveted by the lire were Guachita Avenue, where it origi nated, Scaly, Malvern, Woodbine and Orange. The Ledgeerwood bakery was a frame j building on the second story of which Mrs. Gammon had furnished apartments. Charles ledgerwood first saw th« flames and in his efforts to extinguish them i neglected to warn people in the neigh i borhood. Nothing was heard of Mrs. Scammon until the tire was over, w hen her bones were found in the ashes of her house Mrs. McLeod was a guest of the La Clede boarding house. She was aroused and with her husband started out of the house, but before reaching the do« -r remembered ; some jewelry, and returned for it, against the advice of her husband. When she started back she found her way blocked by the flames. Her husband tried to reach her, and almost lost his life in the effort. She endeavored to rush through the fl imes but fell down in the midst and perished. The remains of the colored woman were found in a partly burned room in the same house. Mr. and Mrs Brownson, of Missouri, had a thrilling escape. They lived on the third floor of the Ouohita boarding house and when aroused found the house wrapped in flames. Escape by the stair i way was cut off. They rushed to the | windows and cried to the people below for help, but none could be given I them. Mrs. Brow nson tied several sheets i and blankets together, making a rope j long enough to reach down to the window | below. She went dowm first, entered the j second floor window and escaped by a back stairway. When her husband ! reached the second floor the stairway w.is blocked bv flames and he had to jump i He received severe bruises and the wo j man was badly lacerated in sliding down ; the rope. Twenty eight buildings were burned, including fifteen cottages of an aggro gate value of $25 000 The boarding houses destroyed are the Ouachita, llii uois. Laclede, Missouri and Blooming ton. Each of these were worth $5,000 with contend. The other losses are the E. Randolph, residence, $0,000; the Tennessee stables, the West House, j worth #5.00 ; E Joplins, grocery, #5,- ; 000; It. L. Williams, store and building i $13,000; H. M. Hudgins, residence, #lO,- j 000 Three hundred meu, women and ehil- : dreu were driven to oth* r quarters for lodgiug and most of them lost all their clothing. RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1895. THE DAY IN CONGRESS LITTLE OF INTEREST DONE IN EITHER THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE. APPROPRIATION BILL CONSIDERED Many Small Matter* Hurried Through In Order to Complete Consideration of Appropriation Rills Before Ad journment —The Deficiency Appro priation II II Discussed iu the ilou-e and the Indian Appropriation lilll in the Senate. Washington, D. 0., Feb, 22.—The House of Representatives observed Washington’s birthday by meeting an hour earlier than usual. At 11 o’clock when Chaplaiu Bagby invoked divine blessing there were about a score of members present, but this at tendance was rapidly increased, and while business was being considered under requests for unanmous consent, probably 100 were iu their seats. The Senate concurrent resolution ex pressing the gratification of Congress at the high honois paid the late Mimstsr Gray by the government of Mexico was laid before the House and agreed to. Martin (Democrat, of lud.), asked unanimous consent that the rule ad journing the Friday night pension ses sions at 10;30 be so modified for 1o night as to fix the hour at 13 o’clock. He said there w ere a large number of ; Senate bills on the calendar that had not j been acted on, and wanted the extension of time in which to consider them Mr j Jones (Democrat, of Virginia) objected The House in Committee of the Whole, j resumed consideration of the general de ficiency appropriation bill for the cur rent j ear. The bill had not been disposed of at 5 ; o'clock when, under the rule, a recess was taken until 8 p. m There were two matters which gave rise to extended debate. The first was i the paragraph appropriation of $140,000 | to bo paid by the At torney General for , j expenses in enforcing the orders of Uni I ted States Courts for the protection of - i property in tho hands of receivers during i-the railroad strikes of last summer. This was antagoniz 'd by Livingston and Boatner, and criticized by Mr. j Breckinridge, in charge of the bill, and t advoca'ed by Mr. Cannon, Republican, of Illinois; Mr Henderson, Republican, of lowa, and Mr. Sayers. An amendment was agreed to on mo tion by Mr. Baker, Republican, of New Hampshire, directing the Attorney Gen eral to report in detail to Congress the disbursements under the appropriation, and in that form the item remained in the bill. The other matter whs a proposition to p:-y Mr. Jasper Blackburn salary as a representative for a Louisiana district from March 4, 1867, to April 16, 1868. ! This led to a long discussion on a point i of order as to whether or not a vacancy j existed iu the district for that period, j inasmuch as the State was not given | representation in Congress under the reconstruction acts, until tho latter date. The ora3- Ament was ruled cut. There was considerable discussion in the eo rse o: the session aUo regarding the policy of paying certain emph yts of the Home for exit a and special set vices ov\r and alove the aviaries fixed. Mr. Cannon (Rep.), of 11 icois, took the ground that if it were necessary or desirable to make these appropriations in order to equalize the salaries of th*se employes of the House, who. he said, i were the best paid meu in the govern ment employ , except the employes of the Seuate, tho House ,-h uld take a day or i two and re arrange the whole Ist. B ‘fore taking she recess at 5 o’clock, the Hou.-e passed the Senate bill post poning, at the request of Great Britain, the enforcement of the international reg ulations of August, 1830, to prevent coi lidons at sea. At 8 o’clock tho House r<»-.isseuibled j for a session of two :*nd one half hours, i to bo devoted to the consideration ot j private pc? giou bills Aboir s \ty members were pres* nt at the eVening session of the House and a dozen private pension bills were dis posed < i. I Colorado Senator* Fight Viciously. j Denver Colorado, Feb. 22 A dis i graceful row occurred it) th* Stare Sen- i ; ate to-day. Senator Mills, in the course I : of debate called Senator Peace a liar. ! I Mills then threw a paper weight at Peace j and the Senators clinched and fought! viciously. The result was four black eyes and a lively flow- of blood. The con testants were finally separated. Tee I Seuate ordered an investigation of ttie ! fracas and adjourned. Died In Older to Free His Wife. St Joseph, Mo., Feb 22 -B. J. Mil hou-e, a stock raiser, living near here, yesterday had his wife arrested on a charge of bigamy. To-day he committed suicide, leaving a letter in which he de dared that Le took his own life in order that his w ife might l>e free to live w ith the man she had married in violation of ! the ’aw. Dover, Ik I , Feb. 22. -D*+ pile the fact that to day was a holiday, the General Assembly remained in session and took oue vote on the senatorial question. There was no change except the slight changes made by absent mem bers. The vote was: Higgins, 7; Addicks, 6; Massey, 3; I Wolcott, 7; Martin, 2; Tunnel!. 1; Bav ard, X. Absent. 8. THE DAY IN THE SEN ATE. A Further Consideration of the Indian A ppropiiation Hill. Washington, D. C , Feb. 22.—Was V ; ingtou's birthday furnished the staple of the chaplains opening pryer in the inn ate to-day. His petition was that the : influence of that noble character should ; transmute the life and character of every ' American boy and rain in ibis and all future times. Mr. Gorman made auother proposition I that there should be a night session on ; Tuesday for the oonsideraiton of bills on ; the calendar not objected to each Sen i ator to have an opportunity to call up | one bill. It was also acceded to. The Senate then proceeded with the ! consideration of the Indian Appropria j tion Bill and the remainder of the day’s j session was taken up almost exclusively | with the consideration of that bill. When the Senate adjourned at 5.35 : the appropriation bill (after time days being devoted to it) was tar from tin i ished, and a proposition that the final vote be taken upon it before adjourn ment to morrow (requiring unanimous consent) was promptly negatived with an objection from Mr. Chandler. A prior preparation that the vote should bo taken at 3 p. m. tomorrow has been defeated by simultaneous objection from Mr. Peffer, and from Mr. Petti grew. The latter spoke of an attempt that was to bo made at that hour to get up the railroad pooling bill and to sit it out —holding sessions tomorrow and Sun day. He gave notice that as soon as the Indian Appropriation bill was disposed of legitimately he would interpose delay in every way possible, and that the pool ing bill would not become a law at this session of Congress if he could prevent it. much less would it be considered on Sunday. With business matters in this very un satisfactory position, and notwithstand ing a warning from Mr. Call-in charge of the Indian Appropriation bill-that if that bill was not passed to-night or to morrow, some of the great appropriation j bills would fail, the Senate quietly pro ceeded to the consideration of executive business and at 5:35 adjourned. The Senate to day confirmed the nom- j iuations of Erskine M. Ross, of Cali for ilia, to be United States Circuit Judge j for the Ninth judicial circuit, and Gideon D. Buifz, Associate Justice of the Su preme Court of New Mexico. TROUBLE AMONG THE I»DI\S. A I ight Hrewius in their Press Asso- elation now in Session. j Kansas Citv, Mo., Feb, 22.—What . j was probably the first gun in the inevita . ; ble battle between the New Third Party being formed in Washington and the i straigiitout Populists, was fired here to day when the fourth annual meeting of > the National Reform Pres* Association [ began in the Centropolis Hotel. The association is formed of the edi j tors of the Populist papers in the United j States. Representatives of 1,500 papers j are at the meeting. A dozen of them are women. i The trouble start-d when Mr. Clai > borne, of Kansas, in a brief speech upon • “How can we get reliable telegraphic news iudencLdeni; o! the monopolistic, plutoeraHr? pn r- nsAoc'.’tiun,” reflected upon the honesty of H. !’ IVrbeneek, chairman <‘f the National i’ Com mittee. The speaker w. t! : applauded. This presages the fight which is sure to come before the meeting adjourns be ■ tween the friends and enemies of Tau beneck. Some of the leaders of the Populist party, among them Dr S M. McLatbn, iditorof to T« peka Advocate, accuse Taubeneck of chaining to betray the Populist party into tho bands of anew third par y called the silver party. Tan be-nock is also accused of w anting to j side-track the old Omaha platform, on j which the Populist party has fought. | and substitute a ilvor platform The association decided to establish a new daily paper in this city, to be the nations' organ of Populism. The paper wi l be under the editorial management of Paul J. Dixon, of the Missouri Wot Id, of Chi lieothe, Mo., and the plate service | and syndicate letters of the association | under the charge of S. W. V organ, of! i Hardy, Ark., will also bo issued from ; here. It is also intended to continue the puV i lication of the National Reformer, now | the organ of the association, and Mor- I gun’s bu.-z-saw. in this city. The c«»n --i vectic.u w 11 undoubtedly pass a resolu- I tion calling for the removal of the ns- ! j fiuiirtl committee headquarters fr in | Washington to some Western city. This ; was decided at a caucus of the executive I committee and leaders of the association j this morning. Kansas City, Omaha, Topeka and St. j i Joseph are candidates. A bureau of press information will be established in Washington. The chief ! point of discussion is the position in | which the silver question should be j placed iu the platform next year. Many are iu favor of making silver the only issue of the. party in the next campaign. The association, however, will probably insist upon the entire Omaha platform. Taubeneck, Weaver and others are in favor of confining the i-s t 's tothes.lver on-position in defence f>» the proposed silver party, now hieing f «r.n> d among Washington Senators aid representa tives and claim to in- assured of the. abandonment of the old parties by over 150 representatives and Senators in eon- j gr«-ss Denison, Texas, Feb. 23 —Hunt, the murderer who was to have Iweu hanged j here to day, escaped the gallows at the j last moment, the Governor having com muted his sentence to life imprisonment. ' COTTON CROP REPORT CAUSES FOR EXISTING DEPRES SION AND REMEDIES TO BE APPLIED. BAD CONDITION OF THE FARMERS. Overproduction Conceded to l«> the Proximate Cause of the Present l.ow Price-Want of the Consumer Fixes the tmountof Raw Material Used— Two-third* of Cotton Crop Exported Effect of Futures and Gold Export* on the Price. Washington, D. C., Feb. 22. Sena- I tor George, Chairman of the Senate Com mittee on Agriculture, has made are port to the Senate on the condition of it lie cotton crop, the causes for existing depression and the remedies that should be applied. The investigation was made under authority of a Senate resolution jof April 19, 1892. Ihe cotton report is divided into five parts, the first part being devo ed to the financial condition of the producers of cotton, from which it appears, first, that generally the j financial condition of farmers is * bad. a very large pereoutage insolv ent, and that very few indeed are substantially increasing in the possession of property. Second, that with the prices prevailing in the years 18i»t 1(2 93 in nearly every part of the j cotton producing region the cost of pro duction equaled, if it did not exceed, the value of the cotton. The result has been | to produce wide-spread discontent among e >iton producers and a disposition tod s credit their old time conservative meth j ods and to induce a to »ready acceptance of plausible theories for relief With regard to the cans*s of the low prices the report says: “It is conceded I that the obvious, apparent and proximate cause is overproduction. Since, in the main, with deviations produced by abnormal conditions, price is regulated by supply and demand—a full supply with relatively diminished supply bringing low prices, and a great ami ac tive d* mind with relatively diminish! d supply bringing higher prices—wh-ue th re is an annual it creasing supply there ought also to be, to maintain prices, an j annual iucrea-iug demand of which j statistics are produced to overthrow the j the theory of overproduction being the j the cause of the low price, the surplus ] j in America and Europe being less thau ! |in 1800. Concluding this part of tho re port, tie committee says: “It is the effective wants of the uLi i mate consumer which fix*s the amount l o' the demand for the raw' cotton. If there w r as not a cotton factory in the i United States, and foreign cotton nrinu facturers were admitted free of duty and I S"M at a uge to other business for many years to come. To these people specially, shown by the evidence we report, to be in bad financial plight, as we have de scribe, it is a high duty of the common government of the whole country, that it shall use its power to prevent depres sion iu the price of their great staple by the tricks, devtoes and artifle s of gam biers in human labor, as we have shown these dealers to be.” The committee concludes this part of its report by stating its conviction to be that whilst these dealings ia futures can not. for any long period control absolute ly the priev of cotton independent of the supply and demand, yet they clearly PRICE FIVE CENTS. «unetimes abnormally produce too low | rices, as well as high prices, as is ad mitted by then advocates, for a tettijxir »ry period But generally they depress to a considerable extent prices, and that Congress not only has the power to abol ish them, but it is in duty bound to do so The Export of Gold. Under part four the demonetisation of silver is discussed, this being a cause for the low price of cot tour in the estimation of the committee, as more potent than any. There are many printed pages of arguments in favor of the rehabilitation of silver and the prevention thereby of falling prices by the opposition of gold. The committee also finds that the im portation of gold from Europe other than by the regular commercial methods tends to depress the price of cotton as it les sens the amount of money in the market which fixes the price of cotton. The report concludes with a division devoted to remedial legislation The conclusions reached by Mr. George, •chairman of the committee, are non con cum d in by his Republican associ ates His treat, remedy is the rcmonetix atom of silver, but he admits there is no immediate prospect for its realisation. Other remedies suggested by the re port are the re|xvil iff the duty on cotton manufacturing machinery, especially spinning machinery, the ne eomplishment of which, the report admits, is unlikely. After viewing all sides of the question the report says that it will be found impossible to forecast with certainty the future iu all phases of the cotton problem, but it seems that, the following may be received with some confidence. First—Considering soil and climate, j industry and skill of the pc* pic, the I American cotton raiser has the advant- I age over all others, and in the sharp j competition in the future he will be tho : most successful. Second, that as the old high prices are j not to be expected, the American cotton raisers may so generally diversify their crops with others suited to the soil and climate as to supply most of their wants, and to that extent secure to themselves immunity from the evils of low prices. Third, such diversification would tend to the prosperity of cotton farmers in that it will facilitate the elnngc now absolutely m ces-ary from tho expensive system of crer it w hereby supplies pur chased will be cheaper, and the pressure coming from debt to s* 11 on a low mar ket will be !«ss< ned Fourth, that if general prices shall i continue low after the change to low I prices shall become permanent, and after the distress coming from falling prices shall in a measure pass away, those who have escap-d ruin or who shall he re lieved by a settlement of their old debt, may adjust themselves to those condi tions and have a new r prosperity. JOHN L ON~TsPRKE. ll** .WakesTitiiitfH Lively in Florida and hi* Company Goes to Piece*. Jacksonville, Fli., Feb 23. - John I. Sullivan play* d here last night in “A True American,” and the box office re c ipts w ere about SI,OOO. After the performance he took in tho to < n and proceed* d to celebrate in tbe style peculiar to himself. Ilis ty mpany was bwtked for Mason tonight and should have left here at 11 o’clock last night, but the Boston boy was having too good a time and flatly refused to go and said he would go this morning. It was the same thing over again when the early train left to-day, and John f. spent the day taking in tho different saloons in a carriage and making the streets lively generally. Members of his company this morn ing decided that they have had enough of the ex-slugger’s continuous and darn aging sprees, and are now hustling around trying to get back to New York at reduced rates. Bobby Mark, tbe eouudian, stated to day that this thing has ls**-n done all along tho route, and that Sullivan has corralled the receipts and squandered them in riotous living, leaving the company practically unpaid for the past six weeks. lie says they positively will not go further with him, and will get to New York from this point the best way they can. W. J Wright, of the I’hmnix Browning Company. Pittsburg, Sulli van’s backer, Mated to-day that he will take John 1,, with him to Cuba, and afterwards to Spain, and next spring will re organize tin* theatrical company in Ne v York. TflK SO! TIIEUVS E*I*LOVI.X. j The Committee of Chief* Wailiiiu to Confer with Vlee-Pres’t Baldwin. ! Washington, D. C., Feb. 33 —Tho ! committee of chiefs of railway labor unions composing the board of federa tion for the settlement of th*? wage dis pute between the Southern Railway Com pany and its employes, hold a meeting to day. It was decided to await the return to Washington of Mr. Baldwin, third vice-president of the compauy, before making any further overtures Mr. Baldwin has bad the war dispute in charge, and as he is thoroughly familiar with it, the committee desires to treat with him Tho time of Mr. Baldwin’s j return is uncertain. Printing th** New llond*. Washington, D. C., Feb. 33.—The ■ Bureau of Engraving and Priuting , finished yesterday the plates for the new bonds and at once began the print ing if them. A force worked all last night and to-day, although a public holi day, a uew force is at work printing tbe new bonds. Only about fifteen people can be employed on this work at one time. The force will work night and day until the ta-k is completed.