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SJKfCv O XT r : -"O" . ' - " X? " Us WILMINGTON, N. C TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1897: ESTABLISHED 1867. PRICE S CENTS. ; ' i ' ...... 1 "" V -; " -S" I; TKLEGttAPHTC STJMMABY. THE STATE, il . It Is waid the act passed toy the late legislature for tb purpose ? of chang ing control of the insane asylums does not repeal their old charters, but re enacts them; Ihe old boards -have re tained counsel to fight the case. The commission appointed toy the legisla ture to extirpate the San Jose fruit scales meets and considers . plans for the work,- Safe blowers crack a safe "In Frankllnton. l ' ' ' DOMESTIC. s '' President McKinley sends In his mes sage to congress; it deals entirely -with the condition , of the government's fl nances, recommending a. tariff bill that will bring in enough to mset the cur rent expenses f the government and liberal pensions. The Iowa will be ready for "her trial April 3rd.- The la sue of standard silver dollars toy the government last week amounted to $599,200.- -The postmaster general says postmasters in office under ; four .year terms will not be removed, except for cause, during their termsJ The sec retary of the treasury has asked the Opinion of the attorney general on the application of the Dauntless for clearance from Jacksonville; with, a cargo-of inunrtidhs of war. Permis sion has been granted the Bermuda to clear from Fernandina for.; Bermuda on condition of making 1 affidavit (against Violation of navigation and (neutrality taws. At Lynchburg Jas. Gilmer Is found ead in his bed at the . Wall house. At Rustburg, . Va., a mnob en!ters the Jail and shoots a negro named: Clement, confined for brutal assault on a Mr. Rosser; the negro after being shot' several times escapes . and j is found and locked up by the jailer next -day. Mr. Dingley ex plains the chief features of- the tariff (bill introduced in the" house yesterday; he expects It to increase the 'govern ment's revenues $75,000,000 the' first year; most of the duties, are specific and the reciprocity clause of the act of 1890 la included, with other arti cles added to the list therein Corbett and Fitzsimmons put in their, last day of training yesterday. At Pocahontas, Va., James Jeff is shot land killed by a 16-year-old girl of bad repute. The American Cotton Grow ers Protective Association is in ses sion 'at Augusta. t i FOREIGN-. I -,:. Admiral Hollman, head of- the 'Ger man admiralty, has resigned.- -The prime minister of Greece says his gov ernment will not assent to the forma tion of an autonomous 'government in Crete. -The admirals commanding the foreign fleets In Cretan waters, ex cepting the Italian and French, have received orders to blockade the Pieaeus and Other Greek ports. The Greek .minister of war introduces: a bill in the bj)ule to allowforeigners to enter the Gr$ek army. A conference is held between the commanders of the foreign-fleets at (Canea and the chiefs of the Cretan insurgents; the latter, ex press desire to be annexed 'to Greece. Germany -and Austria decline fco take part in the mixed occupation -of Crete. . - i THE ASYLUMS GRAB BILL. Defective In That It noes Not Change Charters of the IuRtitatluns The DIrec- . ; tors Employ Counsel The 6an Jose Frolt ' Scale Commission Safe Blowers atiWork 1 (Special to The Messenger.) 'Raleigh, N. C, March 15. The as sertion is nowmade that the legislative act, which was drawn, it is understood, by Governor Russell's ownj hand, to take' the" control of the three hospitals for the insane from the democrats,' is defective and does not really repeal the former charters of the hospitals, but re-enacts them arid gives- the officers the same duties and rights as before. The old boards of directors have re ' . talned counsel and all will act in con cert, it is - understood. Among the counsel are James E. 'Shepherd, F. I. Osborne, Busbee & Bus bee, W. C. Mon roe, O. B. Aycock, Isaac ,T. Dortch, and F. A. Daniel. The new boards of diredtors are called to meet next Thurs day. The act of the republicans and bolting populists in grabbing the hos pitals Is everywhere "condemned. S. S. Patterson, "H. B, Battle and J. VanLindley, the commission created by a. recent act of the legislature to ex tirpate San Jose fruit scales,, met today and "considered a plan to- prevent the spread of this dreaded pest which has already got a foothold in this state. An-expert will at once visit all' nur series and infected spots. Vigorous . ; measures will be adopted, as the act ' gives full authority. A registration of ail nursery men, dealers and agents will be required. Safe blowers last night blew open the safe of W. Ix McGhee, a merchant at Frankllnton, and got $150. . 'j j The Cotton Growers' Convention ins ut me Ainn iuttfi uuiiuu- uiuwcut . Protective Association here today was attended by a very representative body of men. President Hectpr D. Lane, of Alabama, presided and addressed the convention. An address was also made by ex-Senator Patrick Walsh. , Resolu tions were, also adopted urging the farmers to first make the cotton states self-supporting and then the care de voted t6 cotton yield .more profitable 'returns than if they sought to increase the number of bales. While the reduc tion of the acreage to be planted in cotton for the sole purpose of reducing the size of the crop may be impracti , cable, the increase of area planted in food crops must inevitably bring pros - "perity to the cotton growers, irrespect ive of the size of the cotton crop. There has never been- a time in bur history that a movement looking to -the in creased production of corn..hy. oats, hogs and other food crops was so im portant and necessary. "-. -....w. Assignments b7 a County Treasarer. Lynchburg. "Va., March 15. A deed of assignment was recorded here today from E. S. Moorman, treasurer "of Campbell countyj conveying' to Volriey E. Howard trustee, certain real and - personal property, for the j benefit of " creditors,,, sureties, . and 1 indorsers. Azneng the liabilities named aref $4,000 of balance due the state of Virginia, for which Buit has been, instituted in the circuit court ot. Richmond; other .' sums, not ascertained, due the state, and certain sums due county and dis trict school funds. Neither liabilities nor assets are named, and it is imppsT , sible to estimate them from facts given la the deed. ; - ; Shot by a Girl. Richmond, Va., March 1. At Pocahon tas, Tazewell county. ' Sunday, James Neft, a native of Smythe county, and who ' was connected with the Pocahontas mines, was shot and killed by a girt named May Edwards. The girl is only 16 years of age and is of bad repute. Neff was highly connected. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. THE OPENING OF THE EXTRA 1 ORDINARY SESSION. Th Cr)dBHaI of Ore-ron's New Senator Referred to Committee Election of Offl cers of the Hovm-Speaker Beed A n&nneea Two Committraa 8trnctl of Parties in the Hoim-President's M age Receive and Bead The Tariff Bill Introduced, t . SENATE. :' Washington, March 15. The extra ordinary session of the Fifty-fifth congress- was opened by reading the pres ident's (proclamation, convening: ft. Sixty-eight senators amswere' to the broil call and the galleries were filled to overflowing'. . . . " Senator "W. A. Harris, populist, of Kansas, was sworn to as successor to Senator Peffer. ' . .'v. The credentials of Ilenry "W. Cor bett, appointed by the governor of Ore gon to succeed John H. Mitchell, the legislature, having failed to elect, were presented toy Senator McBrtde, repub lican, of Oregon, who stated that Mr. OcrtegWt wicLS "fri umiiV and reatTyT&'tafee the oath of office, Senator .Gray, of Delaware, thought that in view of the unusual circrum stances In, conneotioiriWfth the case, the credentials should be referred to the committee on privileges and elec tions. He made a motion- to that effect, -and. it was agreed to. After the appointment 0f committees to notify the president laitd the house that the Senate was reaVlyf to, begin its ttuties, a recess was taken : until. 2 o'clock p. m. ' i At 3:11 o'clock Senators Hoar and Cockrell, the committee on the. part of the senate, reportea' that "the presi dent extended his cordial greeting and would communicate a message in writ ing in a short time." . Assistant-Secretary Pruden. was an nounced and presented the message which was rea( by the clerk. . - . The message occupied the undivided attention of the senators and of the audience in the galleries, but no de monstration followed its conclusion. ' i Then, on motion of Senator Allison, the senate at 3:25 o'clock adjourned until tomorrow at noon. . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Washington, March 15. The opening of the Fifty-fifth congress in extraor dinary session was witnessed in the house today by an Immense crowd of spectators. The corridors of the capi tol were overrun with people fully an hour before noon; ami, although .police officers were Stationed at the Coot of the marble stair cases to keep trak all who were not provided with carSs of admission, there were enough per sons so provided to occupy every seat in the galleries. i Of the 357 men who constitute the membership of the house, 132 , have never befiore served in that capacity, "while Sixteen more have served in for mer congresses making altogether 148 new members and 209 who served in the last .congress. Politically classified, there are 206 republicans, 122 democrats r and 29 fusion silveriites. and -populists. Speaker Reed dfd not make his, ap pearance on the floor until Just before the stroke of noon. Alex. -.. McDowell, clerk of the last house, called the house to order ' at noon, when prayer was offered toy the blind chaplain,. Rev. Mr. Couden. The clerk then read the president's proclamation; convening congress, and directed the roll of members to be call ed by states, alphabetically. The clerk announced as the result of the call. that 337 members had answered their names, and at the same time suggested, that there should be silence on the i floor so that the, galleries may take part In the proceedings." The oddity, of this . request created laughter . among (members and spectators, v , The next business in order,' said the clerk, was the election of speaker and nominations are now In order. Mr. Grosvenor. of Ohio, nominated Mr. Reed, of Maine; Mr, Richardson, democrat, of Tennessee. Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas;- and Mr. John C. Bell, populist, of Colorado, was put in nomi nation by Mr. Jere Simpson, populist. of Kansas, i ----- . The clerk stated that there were six members whose names were not on the roll because their credentials had not been received by him. They were from the Tenth district of Iowa CMr.. Dolli ver), the Sixth district of Mississippi (Mr. Love), the Fourth and Ninth dis tricts of Tennessee (Messrs. McMillin and Pierce), the First district of Texas (Mr. Pell), and from Utah (Mr. King) The election of speaker was then pro ceeded with, the result being: For Mr. Red. 199 votes: Mr. Bailey, 114 ; Mr. Bell. 21: Mr. Newlands, of Nevadal The announcement was applauded on !t'hf floor and in the ealleries. The clerk , announced that Mr. Reed having received a majority of all the votes cast, was duly elected speaKer, and he appointed Messrs. Grosvenor, Bailey and Bell to conduct the speaker .elect to the chair. A member appealed to the clerk to Irtaist on order: and the clerk replied that if every member would keep quiet the house would be in perfect oraer. and the remark was duly appreciate and hailed with laugnter. . tt TVTr. Reed WavinsT been conducted to the chair, amid much applause, ad mrsed the house rexDresstng has thanks and Dromismiabsolute impart tiality in administering his office. The oath of office was then administered to Mr. Reed by Mr, Harmer, reputoli can, of Pennsylvania, the senior mem "her in consecutive service. This was followed by the ceremony of swearing in the members. It was done by call- ine the States in alphabetical order- fh retresentatives from the states caMed lining themselves up In the area facing the clerk's desk and hoKMng up their hands wtule thespeaicer aammis terea xne oaiii o niem. Four reDreaentatives whose names ;hni1 irtt anDeared 'on the clerk's list were: toy unanimous consent, permit ted to take the oath. They were Messrs; rp.Mil in. democrat., of Tennessee; xoi- liver, republican, of Iowa Piertfe, dsni ocrat, of Tennessee; and BelU demo era t, of Texas. , - . On mrft-ion of Mr.- Orosven'or xne ar TWintmiewt of the following officers were jmade: Alexander McDowell, o Pennsylvania, clerk, BenJ. F,- Russell, of Missouri, sergeant-at-arms; - W. J. Glenn, of New York, doorkeepers jo-, sepa C. McElroy, of Ohio', posfmasterr Henry M. Couden, of Michigan, chap lain. The democratic and populist sub stitutes were formally proposed and- re jected without a division. . ; : ' The officers thus elected had the oath administered to thanv Which Included trie declaration that they would -not divulge the secrets of the house. Reso lutions to notify the senate and presi dent -of the organization of th house y,.Te passed," and a committer of three members to Join a like committee on the Tart of the senate, was appointed ii wait upon the president. -. The. -first hitch in the otherwise smoothly-acting machinery of organi zation occurred when Mr. Henderson, republican,, of Iowa, offered a resolu tion that, until otherwise ordered, the rules of the house of the Fifty-fourth congress be adopted as the, rules of the house Mf the Fifty-fifth congress, and on -this he moved the '.previous question. To this another republican member from Iowa (Mr. Hepburn) pro posed an amendment, limiting the con tinuance .of 4hose rules to thirty days from this djte. . .. j ; ; Mr. McMillin asked Mr, Henderson, indirectly, whether it -was the purpose of the committee on rules to report, a code of rules, and to let the house have opportunity to vote upon them. "There i" no doubt," said Mr. Hen derson, "that that Wl be done. The house will have te fullest opportunity to offer amendments to the rules - that will be presented, The house was counted on Mr, Hen- derson's motion for the previous ques tion and the speaker reported the close vote of 157 ayes and 158 nays, wnen the speaker announced an addition of one vote to the ayes (maiong it a nej but that was immediately followed by an addition of one of the noes. The vote was thereupon taken by yeas and nays, and resulted In ordering the pre vious question- on. Mr. p Henderson's resolution by 183 yeas and 152 nays, several republicans having chajng"ed their votes from no to aye. A point having been raised that un der the rules there were twenty min utes for debate, the speaker -said: "There are rules and rules. There 4s a rule -for the previous question In the Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fifty fourth congresses, and also under gen eral parliamentary law. In the house of representatives, heretofore, the rule has allowed .twenty Ttttnutes for.-debate. But that is not the rule under whfeb we are now acting. Even if it were, there has been debate enough, be fore the previous, question, to cut off that twenty minutes. The question is now on agreeing to the resolution."' The house divided and the speaker reported ayes, 157; nays, 133. So Mr. Henderson's resolution wa agreed to. The- usual drawing of seats was pro ceeded with, preference being given, on account of Jong service, to Mr. Grow, repulican, of Pennsylvania Mr. Hoi man, democrat, of Indiana; and Mr. Harmer, republican, of Pennsylvania. White Jt drawing for seats was In progress ?the committee appointed to wait ', upon the president-' reportea through Mr. Payne that the president had "sent his kindly greetings to con gress and said that he would communi cate immediately in writing." The mak ing of the report was followed instant ly (at 3:15 o'clock p m.) Dy me ae- liverv of the president's brief message. but Its reading was withheld untH the seatiner of members was completed. The president's message was read and was referred, on motion ox Mr. itmg- ley, to the committee on ways and means. Mr. Dinsfley hen introduced his tar iff bill, which was referred to the com mittee on ways and means. The sneaker announced the appoint ment of committees on 'rates and on ways and means as follows: Comflni'ttee on Rules The soeaKer. Messrs. Henderson of Iowa, Dalzell ot Pennsvlvania. remibllcans: , Bailey of Texas, and McMillin of Tennessee, democrats. - Oommitte on 'Ways and Means- Messrs. Dingley. of Maine, Chairman Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of Penn svlvania: Hopkins, of Illinois; Gros- venor. of Ohio: Dolliver, of. Iowia Pteele. of Indiana; Johnson, of NVrtn Dakota, Evans, of Kentucky; Tawney, of Minnesota, reouMtcans; Messrs, Bailey, of Texas: McMillin, of Tennes see: wneeler. or Aiaoama; 'MCbaunn, of South Carolina: Robertson, of Louis iana; Swanson, of Virginia, democrats, Permission was given to the commit tee on ways and means to sit during t he session -of the house and to nave all necessary nrinrlifgr done; and then at o'clock v- m.. the house adjourned till Thursday next CORRETT AND FITZSIMMONS. They Pnt In the Last Day of Training. Sharkey on Hand for-the "Winner The Betting Guarding the Telegraph Lines Carson, Nev., March 1. Dan Stuart to day decided that all three ; of the fights will be pulled off on Wednesday, thus making the carnival the greatest In the history of pugilism. The big Texan set tied on this course late in the afternoon and Hawkins, Flaherty, Green and Smith were ordered to be on hand for medical Inspection on Wednesday morning. The men will be examined by the official physician. Dr. Guiman, of this city Stuart" evidently shares, in common with the majority of the experts, the opinion that the big mill will not be very pro longed, but it is not by any means equally certain that the other twoi bouts can be finished in the day. A temperature of summer coupled with a bright sun and a clear sky greeted Corbett and Fitzsimmons this morning when they arose to prepare for Jthe last finishing touches which are to cap the climax of their arduous labors, like the polish on the finished mahosronv. -a wo--specials and tne regular tram landed a goodly crowd of sports today, and the town put on quite a busyappear ance, which was enhanced in picturesque- ness by the presence of a number of cow" boys who participated in an exhibition of equine skill just outside the town. Among the arrivals by the specials were "Par son" Davis, and his colored Chicago giant. Bob Armstrong, and Tom Sharkey, who arrived by the special frota San Francisco. The pool' rooms opened this morning, but there was litte or nothing doing in the way of betting and.no big wagers were recorded. - -Both Corbett and Fitzsimmons bid adieu to most of their training: paraphernalia today. Jim inflicted for the last time the jabs and upper cuts that have made the lives ot Billy Woods and Jeffries misera ble for weeks past. . All the Fitzsimmons party were in town early and Bob -took a drive with Mrs, Fitzsimmons out to wards Shaw's Springs. They did not go quite to -Corbett's quarters, but the driver came near being fraught with great possi bilities, as "the rivals narrowly escaped a meeting on the road. Contrary to expec tations, neither of the king pins knocked off work- entirely today. Both of them went through the usual programme, with slight modifications. Corbett played with his favorite wrist machine for nearly ten - minutes. He gazed lovingly at the old shaft and told the spectators how many years he had worked ' up muscle with the apparatus. The driving power behind the blows which laid out Sullivan and Mitchell was all generated with the weights and shaft which will pass into the hands of a San Francisco journalist tomorrow. Jim lost all his sentimentality when he faced the punching bag, however, and he cuffed it about as though he had no further use for It. He punched the bag for an hour and then announced himself ready to take Jim Nealon's scalp .at hand ball. Three red hot games were played in less than an hour, and Nealon did not figure in any of them to much extent. Jim kept up a cross fire of sarcasm at his old friend, greatly to the amusement of the Olympic Clubjboys, who were in force around the courtT . His easy victory over Nealon left Jim in rare good humor and he took pity on his trainer when the t gloves were brought out. Eighteen rounds in all were gone through with and no blood .spilled. Corbett danced about and coax-ed . his partners" to try for. his head, but he took good care to keep it out of range. . On his afternoon sprint Jim narrowly escaped meeting Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsim mons. The couple were driving along the road to Shaw's Springs when they saw' Corbetttrotting jlown on them a few hun dred yards ahead. Fitzsimmons pelted his horse and Jogged along until he reached a fork In the roadway, where he turned off on the pjke towards Reno. Mrs. Fitz simmons leaned lar over in tront qj ner husband and took a good look at the Californlan, but Bob kept his eyes ahead and never once glanced in Jim's direc tion. Corbett Jogged along with his trainers, paying no heed to the pair on his Tight.- "He switched around when-he came to the railway track and faced in the di rection; of Empire, douDimg DacK iour miles from home and sprinting most of the distance to his quarters. N Tom Sharkev. who has taken the mea sure of both the champions, arrived with a bulerinsr pocket-book this morning and will be ready with a challenge to the win ner on Wednesday mommg. j.ne sauor will receive no recognition whatever from either Corbett or ; Fitzsimmons if ; the statements of their managers go for any thing. Choynski. Maher, Goddard and others who arfe reported to be ready with a "deal, will aso be overlooked. Dan - Stuart's office Is being closely guarded by a couple of Pinkerton detec tives. Thief takers in citizens elothes are scattered all over The. town and erooks will find the graft very hard. The Western Union Telegraph Company have every mile of wire between Carson and Reno guarded withi patrol men and there Is Uttle chance of any successful wire tapping. - . ' rui;: Telegraphic Sparks. A dispatch to the London Graphic from Canea says that a gun exploded today on board the Russian turret ship Stool Veliky, killing fifteen men and wounding an gfficgr ap twenty seamen. -The rush at New York to withdraw goods from bond in anticipation of the new tariff law. continued yesterday and all previous - records . at the New York clearing- house were broken. The total -receipts for the day exceeded $2,500,000. . Crook and Perham, wholesale coal deal ers at No. 1 Broadway, N. Y., assigned yesterday. The firm is well known in the trade, and a year ago claimed to be worth $200,000. The failure is attnnutea to oaa 1 debts and dull trade; THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO CONDI HON OF THE TREASURY. The Current Expenses of the Government Ureater Than the Receipts The De&elc for the Last Three Years and X3ght Months Amount to 186,061,580 The Annual Interest Charge Increased Sll, 493,414 Ample Revenues . for Govern ment Expenses and liberal Pensions Necessary. " . . : " -, -. I' Washington, - March 15. The presi dent today sent the following message to congress: - : - ' To the Congress of the -United States: Regretting - the necessity which has required me to ; call you together, I feel that your assembling in. extraordi nary, session Is indispensible,., because of the condition in which we flndHhe revenues of the government. It is con ceded that its current expenditures are greater than its receipts and that such a condition has existed, for now more than three years. - With - unlimited means alt our command, we are pre senting the remarkable spectacle ot in creasing our public- debt by borrowing money to meet the ordinary outlays incident upon even economical and pru dent administration of the government. An examination of the subject discloses this fact In every detail and leads in evitably- to the conclusion that the condition", of the revenue which allows It is unjustifiable and should be cor rected. , We find by the reports of the secre tary of the treasury that the revenues for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1832, from all sources $425,868,260.22, and the expenditures for all purposes were $415.953.806.56.-leaving an excess of re ceipts over expenditures of $9,914,543.66. During that fiscal year, . J40.570.467.98 were paid upon the public debt, which had been reduced since March 1, 1889, $259,076,890. and the annual interest charge decreased $11,684,576.60. The re ceipts of the government from all sour ces during the fiscal year ending June 30. 1893. amounted to $461,716,561.94, and Its expenditures to $459,374,887.65, show ing an excess of receipts over expend! tures of $2,341,674.29. . Since that time the recenifts of no fiscal year, and with but few excep tions of no month of any fiscal year, have exceeded the expenditures. . The receipts of . the government from ' all sources, during the fiscal year ending June 30. 1894. were $372,802,498.29, and its expenditures $442,605,758.87, leaving a deficit, the first since the resumption of specie payments. Of 169,803,260.58 Notwithstanding" there was a decrease of-$16,769,128.78 in the ordinary expenses of the government, as compared with the previous fiscal year, its income' was still not sufficient to provide for its daily necessities, and the gold reserve in the treasury for the redemption of greenbacks was drawn upon to meet them. But this did not suffice, and the government then resorted to loans ' to replenish the reserve. In February 1894, $50,000,000 in bonds were issued, and in November follow ing, a second issue of $50,000,000 was deemed necessary. The sum of $117, 171,795 was realized by the sale of these bonds, but the reserve was steadily de creased untiVon February s, 1895, a third sale of $62,315,400 in bonds, for $65,116,244 was announced to eongress. The receipt of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, were $390,373,203.30 and the expendi tures $433,178,426.48, showing a deficit of $42,805,223.18. A further loan of $100, 000,000 was negotiated by the govern ment in February 1896, the sale netting $111,166,246 and swelling the aggregate of bonds issued within three years to $262,315,400. - For the" fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, the revenues of the government from all sources amounted to $409,475,- 408.78 while its expenditures were $434, 678,654.48, or an excess of expenditures over receipts of $25,203,245.70. - In other words, the total receipts for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 1896, were insufficient by $137,811,729.46 to meet the total expenditures Nor has this condition Since improy ed. For the first half of the present fiscal year, the receipts of the gov ernment, exclusive of postal revenues, were $157,507,603.76, and, its expendi tures exclusive of postal service $195, 410,000.22, or an excess of expenditures over receipts of $37,902,396.46, In Jan uary of this year the receipts exclusive of postal revenues were" $24,318,994.05 and the expenditures exclusive of pes tal service $30,269,389.29, a deficit of $5, 952,395.24 for the month. In February of this year, the receipts exclusive of postal revenue were $24,400,997.38, and expenditures exclusive of postal ser vice $28,796,056.66, a . deficit of $4,395, 059.28, or a total deficiency of $186,061, 580.44 for the three years and eight months "ending March 1, 1897, Not only are we without a surplus in the treas ury, but with an increase in the public debt there "has been a corresponding increase in the annual interest charge from $22,893,883.20 in 1892, the lowest of any year since 1862, to $34,387,297.60 in 1896, or an increase of $11,493,414.40. It may be urged that even if the rev enues of the government had been suffl cient to meet all its ordinary expenses during the past three years the gold reserve would still have been insuffi cient to meet the demands upon it, ang that bonds necessarily have been issued for its repletion. Be this as it may, it is clearly manifest, without denying or affirming the correctness of such a elusion, that the debt would have been decreased in at least the amount of the deficiency, and businss confi dence immeasurably strengthened throughout the country. Congress should promptly correct the - existing conditions. Ample revenues must be supplied not only for the ordU nary expenses of the government, but for the prompt payment of liberal pen sions and the liquidation of the princi pal and interest of the public debt. In raising revenues, duties should be s levied upon foreign products as to preserve the home market, wo far as possible,' to ourown producers; to re vive and increase manufactures; to re lieve and encourage agriculture; to inT" crease our domestic and' foreign cpin, merce; to aid and develop mining ah building'; and to ' rena.e'r to Vabor In every field of useful occupation the liberal wages and adequate rewards to which skill and industry are Justly en titled. The necessity of the passage of a tariff law which shall provide ample revenue, need not .be further' ured. The imperative demand of the hour" id the prompt enactment of such a meas- sure and to th3 object I earnestly recommend that congress shall make every endeavor. Before other business is transacted, let us first provide suffi cient revenue to faithfully administer the government without the contracting of further debt, or the continued tlise turbance four finances.' " (Signed) WILLf AM:'McKINLEY, Executive Mansion, March 15, 1897. v V Earnings of Southern Railroads; New York, March 15. The South Car olina and Georgia RlT6ad Company repor5 f or the eight months end"ed February 28, 1897, gross f arnings'of $861,733 ; operating expenses $495,881, and net $365,752, The Tennessee Coal and '; Iron road reports for February, net earnings of $54,831 a decrease of $26,615, and sur plus after fixed charges of $7,054, a de crease ef $26,508. . The Mobile and Ohio road earned gross for January, $322,978, an increase of $34,371, and net $114,037, an increase of $8,020; gross for seven months ended January 31st, $2,313,324, and increase of $119,765, and net of $869,895, a.decrease of $35,035. v THE TARIFF RILL, Chief Features of tne Bill Introduced by Mr. Dlngley in the Hons Yesterday Ex pec ted to Increase the Revenue 75,OOOt OOO the First Year. Washington, March J.5. At quite a late hour in the session of the house today Chairman Dingley presented for reference to the committee of ways and means, of which It was 'well under stood he was again-to be chairman, the tariff bill upon which he and his repub lican associates have been engaged for many weeks. Most of the essential details of the bill, except its administrative features, which are embodied in the last 4,000 words of the bill, beginning with sec tion 3, have already been made known in these dispatches. But in discussing the general scope and purport of the bill to a representative of the South ern Associated Press today Chairman Dingley gave an Interesting synopsis of what he expected of it, as -follows: - "The bill has two purposes, namely, to raise additional revenue and to en-, courage- the industries of the United States, On the basis of the importa tions of the last fiscal year, the bill would increase the revenue about $112, 000,000, - divided among the several schedules roughly, as follows: Chemi cals $3,500,000, crockery and glassware $4,000,000, metals $4,000,000, wood $1, 750,000, -sugar - $21,750,000, tobacco $7, 000,000, agricultural $6,500,000, liquors $1,800,000, cottons $1,700,000, jute, linen and hemp, $7,800,000; wool $17,500,000 manufacturings of wools $27,000,000, silks $1,500,000, pulp and paper $58,000, sundries $6,200,000. v "This statement is on the supposi tion that the imports of each class of goods would be the same the next fis cal year as In the fiscal year ended last June. But as the Imports of wool were three times as great, and those of wool en goods more than twice as great in pounds in 1893, the committee assume that their excessive importation would be largely reduced by . the proposed bill, although the fact that our do mestic production of wool has dimin ished 8,000,000 pounds since 1893 will necessitate the' importation of . much more wool now than in the latter year. Assuming, that the importations of wool will fall off at least one-third from those of 1896, on account of the anticipatory .imports to- avoid duties, we place the increased revenue from this source at $11,000,000. Anticipating also that the imports of woolens will fall off nearly 15 per cent., from the enormous imports of 1896, we estimate the Increased revenue from this source under the proposed rates at about $14, 000,000.. From sugar we estimate $20, 000.000 additional revenue. Anticipat ing a considerable falling off of imports of Havana tobacco because of the rev olution In Cuba, we reduce the estf mates of additional revenue to be de rived from the tobacco schedule to $4,- "The remaining schedules would af ford a revenue of about $39,500,000 on the- basis of the imports of 1896, but as there would probably be diminished ex ports at some points, although the gradual restoration of business active ity would offset this by Increasing tha ' consumption of imported luxuries, we reauee tne estimates on these to $31.- 000.000. These would aggregate an ad ditional revenue of $80,000,000 the first year. A further reduction of five or ten millions for contingencies, would leave $70,000,000 to $75,000,000 as the probable increased revenues from this bill the first year, which would un doubtedly, rise to $100,000,000 the sec ond year. "The iron and steel schedule is changed very little from that schedule in the tariff of 1894, the change being entirely in the more advanced articles, The same is true of the cotton schedule. In the agricultural, wool, glass and earthenware schedules alone are the duties of the act of 1890 fully restored as a rule, and in a few cases increas ed, with the view of simply protecting and encouraging our' farming interests at every possible point.-While the duty on clothing wool is larger n pro? portion to the foreign value than on manufactured Articles, yet it is thought desirable for the public interest and for our agriculture that we should prpcluce. this pr.ime necessity. for ourselves. The duty on earpet wools, as well as upon many other articles, is imposed main ly for -revenue. The irritation caused by the use of a few wools heretofore classed as carpet wools being1 used for clothing purposes, has been remedied by-transfering such wools to the cloth ing wool classes, but the duty oh cloth ing wools has been restored to the rate of the act of 1890. "In framing this new tariff the aim has been to make the duties, specific or at least partly specific so far as possible, to protect the revenue and also to protect our own industries. This has been done in response q th wishes of the better class of importers, as well as of the admipgtrators of the law, and of oup'own producers. The very gen eral substitution f specific duties, even where they are only the equiva lent of existing ad valorem, will of U sen increase the revenue and strength en the projection effered to our Indus trigs, . , "The reciprocity provisions of the act of 1890 have not' only been fully re stored, but this policy has been extend? ea by adding sugar, tea coffee and hides as articles on which to make reciprocal agreements, such articles as and natural mineral waters, chicle, ar gots ana silk laces. "The committee have endeavored, where It was in accord 'with then- views of protection to keep 'below tU9 McKiniey rates and In every oase to avoid going above them-. They have Deen ooiigea to disregard this rule in a few cases, but iraapy of the sched-. uies,-iuie iron and steel, where Mo Kinley rates aTe no longer needed, can be cited as evidence that they have adopted a moderate scheme -of duties They have put back the full McKlnfey rates in most cases on agricultural products, because they have felt that the farmer was entitled to all that it was possible to do for him b wroteetive duties. The McKinJey rates have been preserved also, upon tobacco, wines and silks, because they are considered essentially luxuries. There has been an increase upon filler beo, In oraer to make ths differenee less wide (be tween, filter ind 'wrapper and the temp tation to fraud less serious. "The date when the new tariff is to go into effect is named In the preUm- lnary orart su omitted to. h house today as May 1. 1837. "Among the articles named inthe free list are lanthracite coal and coal stores of American vessels, breeding animals, binding twhje, ocoa, coffee, cotton awd cotton waste, . drugs, cry olite, fruits, Jute and Jute butts, pre cious stones In the rough, sruano. ma nures,, hides, nuts, seeds, sulphate' acid; for use in manuikctwrtng; fertilisers, tea, xoDaoeot, stems, spirits turpentine. logs and timber, and cabinet woods, ; Tli Pmrltan Reaehes New Tork,a, New York, March 15. The United States monitor Puritan ; passed in at Sandy Hook shortly after 9 o'clock a. m., today under her own steana. Early this morning, she was sighted off the nigmanas in taw o tne cruiser coium bia. When near the bar the Mn. was cast off and' the Puritan proceeded slowly towards port, while the Colum bia, turning, headed off Bhore again, and when last seen appeared as a soeck Lon the horizon In the south offing. ' . The Kentnqky egta!ataie. Frankfort, Ky.k March 15. The sen ate and house were in session only a few minutes today, adjourning out of respect to State Senator Saylor who died yesterday. It 'seems to be defi nitely settled that no ballot for senator will be taken until March 23rd, and Dr. Hunter has abandoned all hope of an earlier election, SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Doctor Monro Declines the Position of Snperlntendent of the Western; Insane Asylum Begnlar Populist Tnlklag of Getting In line With, "the Democrats J. Y. Hamriek Takes Charge of Office of Labor Statistics Change In Publishlns; Analysls of Fertilizers. - Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel. , Raleigh; N. C, March 15. The state treasurer today made the following, summary of the special ap propriations made by the late legisla ture: Deaf, dumb and, blin4 nstitu tion, $23,000; to fix state line between North Carolina and Tennessee, $300; the university, $5,000;" state normal and industrial college, $12,600; institution for the blind, $34,500; colored normal schools, $4,000; colored agricultural and mechanical college, $5,000; white agri cultural and mechanical college, $5,000; colored normal and industrial school at Elizabeth City, $5,000; Western hospital for , insane, f $90,000; Central hospital, $55,450. Eastern hospital, $40,000; de partment of criminal insane, $3,000; purchase of Moore's Creek -t battle ground, $200; executive maslon, , $600; portrait of Senator Vance, $500; extra physicians of deaf-mute and blind in stitution (colored), J $750; contested election cases in house. $1,591. . Dr. Monroe, of Davidson college, who was named by Governor Russell as suH perlntendent of the western hospital at Morganton, declines.' Inquiry was made of a leading republican why It was that Governor Russell, after some plain Intimations that he desired Dr. Murphy ' to remain in charge of the Western hospital, had named Dr.: Mon roe. The reply was that Burke county was one of the few which declared for Governor Russell and that the pressure for Dr. Murphy's removal came from the Burke republicans. To the Inquiry why? the reply. twas made that it was simply and solely because they wanted "pie." That is now to, North Carolina the universal term for "office." I "The. wonder is that a man of Governor Rus sell's common sense should listen to such a plea," was the comment of the republican above . alluded . to, ;The re publicans wanted all the minor places at the hospital, . Dr. Monroe, as has been said is a democrat.. The regular populists are deeply dis gusted with the republicans, and. have cast the bolters into outer darkness. They are now. talking plainly about the need of, getting in line with the dem ocrats, but they want the latter to drop the name "democrat.'?. Leading populists give assurance of startling changes in the next two years.' V. " Notice is officially given that the agricultural department will in future, in publishing its bulletins o fertilisers analyses, omit the xact figures when the analyses shows they are: up to or above the guarantee made by the man ufacturer. If the per centaees are be low the guarantee the exact figures will be given, l Two reasons are given for this change; first, that it will pre vent, manufacturers from sending out special high grade lots early in the season, so as to get high figures, and second, it will be fair to all persons concerned. J. Y. Hamriek today took charge, of the bureau of labor statistics. He is a bolting populist, The legislative clerks departed todav having completed their work on the books and Journals. The laws will' make two large volumes. - Cladius Dockery, a leading republican member of the legislature, is quite sick nere, with the grippe. Captain William LeaL a widely known tobacQQ warehouseman, of Dur ham, ja pead. I. Streams in this section are very high Rain falls nearly every day. All farm work is at a standstill. The Chicago Markets. Chicago, March 15. Wheat prices im proved further today, the result ot private confirmation of the extremely poor condition of the Illinois crop and of bull statistics in general. Kansas crop damage stories were numerous, but they were offset by emphatic con tradictions received by a prominent eievator concern. cash wheat was firm and c higher. The undertone to corn was firm, on the continuation or Arm Liverpool caDies ana in sympathy with the strength predominating in wheat.. The Business was fair, withbut beinir ex traordinary, the bulk, of the transac tions bearing the imprint of local scalp ing. Cash corn was firm to c higher. Following the example set by wheat and. corn, oats inaugurated the session oy exhibiting firmness, with no par ticular feature to the business. Cash oats. were firm and Uo higher. - lhe steady progress In the direction of better prices for product . lately noted, -was pursued today. The hog market advanced 5c. the 'best exades selling; at ?4.05 per 100 pounds, 5c higher ipa-n was penevea to be the ambition of livestock dealers generally. Com mission nouses with country connec tions were the best buyers of purcha ses, As the session progressed, the strength intensified, quite a liberal ad vance resulting. May pork closed 22ic higher. May lard 2V4 to 5c higher and May ribs Uc higher. t Cotton Futures. (Special to The Messenger.) New York, March 15. An encouraging Idverpooi, lighter receipts and slightly higher prices were the main features to day of a very dull cctton market. Trad ers here had expected a decline In the I4verpool market and when the cables re ported a small advance Instead, some buy ing was encouraged and the opening here waa 3 points higher than the close on Saturday. Continued uneasiness predicted Mississippi overflow, and reports v. c uus ucia; in jjitLiiiuig preparations resulted in a further gaiir of 4 points after the opening; but Orders were very scarce and the improvement did not holi May opene3pat T.5, advanced to 7.09, de clined. tt 7-06T.O7 with the tone of the market steady. "We see nothing- in the situation encourage short selling at present. . -.RIORDAN & CO. (By Southern Press.) New York, March 15. The Sun's cotton review says: Spot cotton here was un changed with sales of 537 bales for spin ning. Middling uplands was Vc, against 7 ll-16c last year: New Orleans and gulf 734c, against 7 15-16c last year. -The prin cipal factor in the rise today was the dally river bulletin issued by the weather bureau. This bulletin caused the advance here early in the day. Liverpool rallied after a weaker 'opening, receipts at the ports and the interior towns were gener ally smaller than a week ago, the spot markets in this country were firm' and shorts covered, Liverpool and. New Or leans were moderate ' traders here, but the speculation was mainly local. Before the close part of the Improvement was lost on realizing sales, but the last prices snowed a net advance for the day. The TOoeipis ai ine pons ior tne week are estimated at 70,000 bales, against 74.908 hut . Postmasters te Serve Oat Their Terms Washington, March 15. Postmaster General Gary has made an announce ment of interest to democratic-post masters whose terms expire on various dates under the-new administration. f He sayshe has decided to adhere, to the four-year tenure of office policy for postmasters except in eases where such officials should be removed for cause. TO CUBS A COLD IX OHX DAY. ' Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money U it falls to cure. 25c. LATEST STYLES! .. -- - . Ox Blood and We have just received a Chocolate and Ox Blood If you wish a Shoe for;$3 for Style, Wear and Finish equal to any $5 give us. a call. GEO. R. FRENCH & SONS. if Are ou To have a Suit; made : North we will for $11.50 and Expressage guarantee a fit out of All Wool Gj-oods; made in a regu lar Merchant Tailoring Establishment, If you prefer to help home .talent and enterprise for a small profit we turnish unexcelled Suitings of both Foreign and Domestic makes in ample quantities for a satisfactory selection. 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