Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1883, Page 2

eh 7 Saree coe a THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1883-—DOUBLE SHEET. : ° indeed ishmel un FINANCES. worth repairing, is renewed; and also the recom- Mr. Randall's Defeat. Orreninding corinica Bite ool caeensise aiae conte weuenie ection, cee ae on ns offend, pe otain 2 HANIONA®: zs mendation that provision be made for a vessel spe- ATALK WITH THE SQUIKE. m 5 eve no adequate protection, f : ay Sted demand, compountinterse, 20 | Seemetve ores cone before the. Introduction of Ce OU Aiaeke ia ie tur, mines, | ARMUAL Report of the Secretary of the | clally adapted to cruising im arctic waters, ‘Ths | From the Phila St canporters have i ey guns warfare, resources especi rwin, soon nero bp cma LAO | SNAIL they Ste Wc peal efficient conitivonn we'| andituniter cechemaeranie ie ererrann capable ‘Treasury. See es ad sctorenl ram Waiiingten. ‘he egies concen " ORAL ac covetesentosaues may easily be subjected to humiliation by a hostile | of largedev nt, While Its geographical situa- ‘THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERTICE. Tmane to | tion is one of power greatly inferior to ourselves. AS grea iitical and commercial importance. Unis subject, I call your attention to the home last night, and when he arose this moruing, igs of interest, therefore, as well as ABOLITION OF THE TAX ON NATIONAL BANK CIRCU- ade for the The revenue for the present fiscal year, actual portance | The prompt! The recommendations heretofore ma nses. ‘RESENTED his mall contained a letter from Washington. a eee ae ea ae jonal snug harbor, and for! y, its famfltar handwriting, he quick! cuing s derattons of honor and falth, demand establishment of a nati ug . Noticing tts famtita ata cas | and ed, 18 as follows: oard “authorized by the last Congress to report | the immediate establishment ofeiv goverument in | BY THE ANNUAL SURFLCS—A FURTHER REDUCTION Fegulations by law for the appointment of motical | gn cctnee ‘aus tater was tren Se al Igles- 23° upon the method which should be adopted for the | that Territory, OF TAXATION FROPOSED-NO FURTHER REVISION | omwerg of the marine hospital service, is renewed. | ana Wad: = be elected on manufacture of heavy ordnance adapted to modern INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. OF THE TARIFF RECOMMENDED AT THE PRESET | The Secretary concurs ih the ‘sungein generals | "am defeated, Dut no dishonor ts attac on the 18% ; ¢ mn and st ; recommendation for an appro} purchase ow all « ‘ 1 Ph Taerer 33 Rocke EI tity CONEY Guin INTE ne bere Gan ey ee Paeeeeaine i ea the sem men's retzeat property, ‘on Staten Poland, as | pt rein Washington. Please send tu ‘Auerics. and LES gress Wi thereupon be ‘dspowd taproviie suit: | whole or in past the faclities for the interstate | ‘Th@ annual report of the Secretary of the Treas. | & marine hospital fr the port of New eee “Tue squire started down the stn ie 22 Bie tactics und pian for the manufucture of such | carriage of ergs and merchandise ater the | Wy shows the total ordinary receipts for the last Bosest op mscaivies ayo ramets 1 ced ea nice aie bene recog <2 as are : IY ee cal yi ere $398,287,581.9, of which sum| The service in connect area oe to Tecog- a3: nS AS are Now tmperatively needed. © ratios e country, have resorted in | Uscal year were $398,287,581 c *g #'On several ovcasions during the past year omtcers | Stat dealings with the public to divers nieasures | $14.708,496.99 is credited to enstoms and ¢144,7%,. | by an increase tn the number of presses, tn the teed tha of the Army have at the request of the State au- ~ e 368.98 to Internal revenue, The total ordinary ex- | stock of unfinished work and material on hand, and Teele. thorittes vistted thelr militia encampments for In- | unjust and oppressive tn their character. ditures for the pertod were $255,108,187.51, eav- | in other ways, been greatly improved duriug’ the | ar. At tion of the troops. From the reports of these | In some instances the State governments have | Pen pel pincaeaner sir S banbind wed by st eomm eck tance ak: Fr oo. g heers T am induced to believe that the encour- | attacked and suppressed these evils, but in others | IN a surplus revenue of $132,879,444.41, which, with | year. The building sed by ereGragrey OS | tlled to agement of the State millitia organizations by the | they have feen unable to afford adequate relief be- | $1,299,312.55, was applied to the redemption of bonds, | flcent space for the convenient executic * Rett ae re meNE Mould be followed by very | cause of the jussdictional Iimitations which are | joans, consdis and note. It is estimated that the work, | ‘The space for each press 1s too limited. The ‘ ‘ailfying results, and would afford it in sud imposed upon them by the Federal Constitution. e | Printing rooms are crowded, the er ol - # . _s me en ies the aid of a large body of volunteers | ""'fhe question how far the Navional Covernment | Peaulrement of the saving tana 4 id ets ploves Required tor wie work fs too many for good politics. They’ve beat Randall and that in the perfortpance of military duties | | may lawfully interfere in the premises, and what, | Year Will be eal eRe RS or th. Other deficiencies are stated tn the report : beh ped tesisht teva Secretary of the Navy reports that under the | if any, superviston or control it ought to exerc al and estimated, for the Lube sca bey 0s7,. | Of the Chief of that bureau. The work has much thought you would pull Randall throug’ authority of the acts of August 5, 188 and March | 1s one'whicn mentee your careful concen $217 083,080.47, and the total expenditures $1907. | Moreaced since It Bese ie thee Dun Anat | aga 5 24 by * e 909.67. “Arter deducting the amount due the sink nt roan ol rhe | * Yes, so did T, so dk I, but that viva vor 3, 158, Ube work of strengthening our Navy by the |“ while we cannot fall to recognize the nportance : ance Will De €34,IS.scas | cTeASe tO the extent reached Was not foreseen, Th Ps, $0 did hat sivas fobstruction of modern vessels has been auspiciously | of the vast Tallway systems of the country and | find the estimated Dalance Wil De $99,181.258.93 | matter of an enlargement of the building will be | You see, we Wolcht we Could catch th f Desun. | Three crufsers are In process of const thelr great and beneficent, influences upon the de- | {De revenues (or the hext fiscal year are cstlunated | submitted to Congress during the session, asccny wd went te thi pute Chicagn, of 4500 tons displacement, and | velopment of our material wealth, we should, on | 8¢ $24,000,000, and the tota expenditures, inc ppageigiendanely of getting a lot nited all r . Reston and Atanta-each of 2.900 tons, They | the other hand, remember that no ‘Individual and | 1 SiaSing fund, $253,125,904.8 There ts a necessity for the construction of a! YOU know, lke we do tn the fourth ward —» pnilt of steel, with the tenstie strength | no corporation ought. to be invested With, absolute THE TRADE DOLLAR. 5 Fa Ton the eatruction of | Nite, seme nd, fame pit pry Scrtbed Dy law, and in the combi: | power over the interest of auy other elttzen orelass | Tn reference to the “trade dollar” it ts stated that | building at the capital for the storage of the files lew, and all sorts, yon kr Nation of speed, rahee. and artaainent ure | of citizens. The right of these railway corporations the reading of the laws taught the people that the | 4nd records of the several departments. They delved inte lis poche pam: favorably with the best UN- | toa fair and profitable return upon their invest ‘ f their sovereignty, and, | have accumulated to such an extent, and room ts | Uckcls of varlegated cv fed War Vessels of other nations. A fourth | ments, and to. reasonable freedom in their reguia- | (ade dollar was a coln of thelr sovereignty, and, So scant, that quantities must be stored in un __ For spoaker, ae ne otnhin ts to be constructed of sintlar | tions, must be recognized; but It seems only just | for the redemption of which, at an unabated Places, sO crowded as not to. beeasiiy accessible Saw J. IANDALL, und 1s Intended to serve as a fleet dispatch | that,’so far as its oustitubtonal authority will Lee value, thelr government was bound. The real leg-| ‘phe chances of loss of varnanie and important vieenkebun: = ei mit, Congress should protect. the people at large in D u papers and of mutilation and confusion are gre: “Ru 0 Use,” om" 0 Tue double-turreted monttors Puritan, Amphi- | their interstate trae. aguinst ‘acts of Injucties | lative purpo ents En, oheadedelea ried Pin the Secetalys pelesmene tats ts & ons got_on io us Wiss aL Zorayr have berm Taunched on the Dela- | whtcn the State governments are powerless to pre- | dition or in the record of Congressional discussion, | | 17. chou Baye the atsension of Congresses tened the if ware River andacontract has been made for the | Vent. aul ts indicated in Pes eae pee were afraid 10 stand Up en ‘ SHuply of their machinery. | A stiailar monitor, the | “tn my last annual message T called attention to | WOK away from this co legal-tender qua » When It Was viva voce. That ock, has been launched ip California. the necessity oF IDIOtESEAES bse Sinan legislation | Of It and held down the coinage of It to the call for SS id Tto Randall when I knew it was to bd ‘ SES | ommend ie aa sory Board and the Secretary ree- | the forests Situated upon the public domain. In | fr exportation. It 1s plain that a busy people, | Legislation 1s recommended to cormet evils Viva Foce, “Have you ge stand this thing?” g BAS | ommend the completion of the monitors, thé con- | many portions of the West the pursale ee ene eo ee ee annels of business, | arising from the present inadequacy of the laws | and he “Yes, Pve igh to stand = é Thana steel veal Hee eyeing tts of three ada | agriculture 4s only made practicable by resort to | Sled a coln of the United states, wo e govern | Telating to immigration; to fix a limitation upon the | auything. and so he Mad; be was the bicye g S Pola C! Vessels like the Chicago, Boston and | iriization, while success(ul irrigation would itseit | Delleve that it was aa authentic tssue of the govern- = , | Of the wiole lot of them wh went tu the 2 £22 | Dolphin. “ be liuposslble without the ald afforded Dy tometein | Ment, and to be redeemed by the government, the | thne wherein claims against the government may 5 F 5 228 | . Asan important measure of national defense the | ¢. nitrloutine to the regularity and constancy of the | $e as other money put out by 1% From tine t0 | pe Presented, and to place the relations of the Th people treat yout” Eig Secretary urges also the Immediate creation of an | Supply of water ese Lime, however, as it sults scheming men and the | vnteq states and the Pacific railroads ina more| “tiow “aui'they tn = 5 | futertor Coast-lu f Water-wWays across the Penin- During the past year severe suffering and great | Occasion fits, a hue and cry is ratsed against it, satisfactory condition and end litigation and official | cared for the licking, : —*. ———— sria of Florida, along the coast, from Florida to | toss of property have been occasioned by profuse | 10 13 discredited in the SO, A tl RATAN St Vai when i tcwal be-| ‘The actual and estimated expenses for the same | Hampton Roads, between the Chesapeake Bay and | teoqed lowed by periods of unusually low waterin | Wary Rolders ‘sutter loss’ Gr inconventence, | CHADEETSSSIIEMt. iy airected to the neceasit mir gang and it's i toward the | period are: = ic Delaware River and through Cape Cod. iuany Of the great rivers of the count! A3 it 13 a coin of the United States, having the for the) ea ent of a civil government in | therm Whisky pe « yeahs 2 > 5 JF foo Doand to impress upon the attention of | ‘1uese irrezularities were in great measure caused | Mage and superscription thereof, sanctioned as | Alaska, The y department should be relieved | You know whenever we heard of deckared by this gov- Fee LAG, Becessiby of continued progress in the | py the removal from about the sourcesof the streams | SUCH Dy penalties upon the counterfefting of It, and | Or the BAAIVAYALIOG <A AGeatE Ma ktaee teoetnor in Caritsie, we had to go and take f ours: wiih the a calm of the Navy. ‘The condition of the | in question of the timber by which the water supply | 022 dignified as a legal tender in payment of | © pts0 far as they come within fis legitimate | do to wen We heard of three bets of £50) tit > during the past public treasury, as 1 already Intimated, makes | had been nourished and protected. Gebis whd dues, It should be restored to its first tone. betng offered. We went for t re. There werd tin im and Corea. It the present an ausplclous time for putting tus | ‘The preservation of such portions of the forests | SU, oF called 1h at its nominal value and tmeited. ‘The report, which covers 76 printed pages, em-| three southern whisky men’ ks for 80 + nent missions Of those coun- branch of the service in a state of efficency. on the national domain as essentially contribute | {7 the fudgment of this departinent, tt shouid be | The report. whi summary of dherenorte and sug- | We took them and got left. Then, at half-pas ned in the United It Is no part of our poiley to create and maintain | to me equable flow of important water-courses is | tus called in and melted. Referring to the act of pstions of the vari us bufeau ollicersof the depart- | Saturday night we heard of ow At Wile i etubassy from Siam fs Dow on its Navy able to cope with that of the other great | of the iilghiest. consequence, 1878, relating to this coin, the Secretary states that | £°S! om the lot » lard’s Who wanted to bet five hundred, We went vers of the world. Important tributaries of the Missourl, the Colum. | 1S department nas been and still 1s of the opinion | Ment —————— d made hin weaken to $15, Just as we oS With Corea were perfected by We have no wish for foreign conquest, and the | pia, the Saskatchewan Tae In the ina in region | that a correct legal interpretation of that, act, in oe icaccsie Wiens: rat stepped up and sid at Soni, on the 19th of May Fiieh we have long enjoyed Is In no seeming | of Montana, near the northern boundary of the | COunection with the joint resolution of 1876, denies ie Attorney a “Mister, please ate me with one hund . one ee a ec et Of interraption, United Statés, between the Blackfeet and Flathead | (0 the trade dollar a iezal-tender quality. ‘Of the We did accommodate him, Said L to Mowow | Lenveys from th f Fah Chosnn it that our naval strength should be made ade- | Inilan reservations. ‘This region 13 unsuitable | #¥e-SIxths of thetotal issue of trade dollars whi A CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT | <}ere, this ls enouch of UIs, let US get out or So sited Th ntry tved a cordial s * conmeatatanse of ut harbors, the protection | for settlement, but upon the rivers whieh flow from. that much of ft found ite Seo eee oe ee SAU. SUGGESTED—THE NECESSITY FOR A CODE OF | fresh Teliow Will be sticking Us fer ave bunds 3 ue Corea, a3 yet uw Inted with the = clal Interests, and the matntenance depends eric ‘a eve a ¢ u We did get. Poor Charlie Mann. Have you a Incthewls of Western cn fitz) y invites the g 04 OUT ni honor, {8a proposition from whieh ie covets OC ee eee oon and into the melting-pot at the mint tn Calcutta SUSIE LANE OES SOMES EBON AEE REEORS | TITS” igpens hie bs GUL anon BLM” Attention of those Interested in the advancement of a ho patrioUe citizen can withhold his assent. 4s called to the necessity of withdrawing from public | 824 has been there ‘cast into the coin of tha “How did they treat you after the defeat?” the Our foreicn trade, as It needs tie ftaplements and POSTAL MATTERS. sale thts part of the public domain und establish- | COUnUY. A thorough and effective redemption of | The annual report of the Attorney General, ot Broducts wie the Uulted states are ready to ; Bas ing there a forest preserve. ican be Brought about in this way: Let ailthority | sich the portion relating to District juries yas old rebel yell, a regular y: Supply. We seek no monopoly of its commerce “The report ot the Postmaster-General contains @ | "ine traustaicl eemiuicions which have been neta | Beelven by Go fo Te Tess Ceara | aia eate aatataya o cotaing Ginariotes 2 yet the worst ¥ ho uwlvaniages over other nations, but ‘atifying exhibit of the condition and prospects of | in the United States during the present year at- | (0 barter for trade dollars at their nominal value, re in Saturday's STaR, contains other inter name up talking Chosines:. in regehing for a biker ¢f the Interesting branch of the public service com } tracted attention in many foreign countries where | Sthdard dollars at thelr nominat value, and melt | esting passages concerning District matters. stay for four yeats and gettin Haye conser in this. Kepublic, we cat mitted to his care, the announcement of those enterprises had been | Ee ie aaa cline ee ee THE DISTRICT JA. Why tf it hadn't been for Kututa wi one : B foreten apen oles c 8 is nung ‘ade dollar gv Is 63 nese! 1 iackburn) we with hee any € Iwappears that on Sine 90, 1863, the whole num. | Pyme buble thronen the foreign, aencles Of US| Tay ase part or the lives bathe ene ‘The management of this jall at present, the ae lewn bee tee remaeee cane c yy the payment of indematty, ber of post offices w: of which 1, and the Sonthern Exposition at Louisville were eTS and directs to be bought aud coined | torney General says, is eee eteeey 82 6 he Oe poediaed abe ayeien on bem has Leertain of the long-pending clatius of tablished during the previous fisgal year. The num- | largely attended by the exhibitors of foreign coun- s Partment. This ts due to the fact that no one per- gus. One of them, seeing so bad, our citizens, and 11 hopes that the re- ber of offices operating under the system of free de- | tries, hotwithstanding the absence of ang protes: THE NATIONAL BANKS. son 1s responsible for Its entire management. It 1s wok here, nin the mainder wilt soon 1 livery was 154. 4 sed naUlonal character in those undertakings. Considerable spave 1s given to the subject of na- | pelleved that it could be conducted with greater da nore nt. We w ' THE CHINESE QUESTION. Ruta lat ee GE ATE To age on local matter | .,/be Centennial Exposition to be held next year | tlonal banks, and a discussion of the question as to | economy to the United States, and greater benefit aid 1, “You Questions have arisen touching the rights of amounted to. $4405.21059, a sum. exceeding Dy eer onlean peat Romi emc aaa ot ce port | BOW Bational bank notes shall be kept in circula- | to the community, it It shoula De placed directly American and other fc tifacturers in Chima g $1e1.s01.01 the chtire cost of the carrier service Of | Of the United States Wide ale de een Rie | tion, and what shall be taken asa safe foundation under the management of the Attorney General, under aties which permit aliens = Une country. gratiiving act of Congress of | therefor, and yet be so low in price as that the Wie) Seta for, ss Lote author- to exert es in that country E turetiet these oe ts eld Hers Passing | the 10th of February, 188% declaring that exposi | hanks can afford to buy and. deposit, ‘This secho, Pay expenses which he Ulnks ‘oughe not tober ke | SAMON RELATES THE DETAILS OF Hie MORRID CREE, . this specific point our own treaty is stile . cents per half onnce or fraction thereof, “In oMlces qon'th be natonaleni international in’ tt uit, | tary declares that he 1s mob iatayer ot anyanng as curred, Lo remed: his matter it is hecessars that | Samon, the murdererof the Ruddy family and q under the operation of the most-favored-nation Mhere the carrier system has not been established | (itt eran a a i security for national bank notes but the inte the whole management—the warden, the guanls HL, mate a confess! > of other the rate ts only half as large. fo particinet enn relations have Deen invited | Testing obilgations of the alted siates nore: | Sak ereee Ira eement the warden wuld be Mieesagcomng ad tt is the duty ¢ wernment to Jt will be renembered that 1n 1863, when tree de- | “rhe Dremoters of this Important undertaking | Ment. “A plausible, and, the Secretary thinks, a | under the control of the department Which bears A ie ea tizens have th movment of | Uvery Was first established by law, the uniform | nave already received assuratees Of the lively: ine | feasible proposition, le says, 1s for the governtnent | the expenses to who ches onght to be personaliy | bad aspera ’ ured by treaty, I doubt the a Single-rate postage upon local letters was one cent; | terest which It has excited AbromL to offer a new bond, of its own Issue, at low rate of | responsible for the proper discharge of their duties, | fore the murder, an@ that ima movement = Whore carrier mem gel 2 when in those cities | “The report of the Commissioners of the District | terest, to run a long period, in exchange for Mt3 | Ih reierence to the neform schon! of Uie Distihet Te | Mee trecd eene to his room tu an t 5 Where carrier service W pense of Such ser. | Of Columbia fs herewith Cransinitted, Task for it | fOUr per cents and fout-and-a-halt per cents, allow- | fs stated taat upon favorable. reports Of ofieers Of dition and asked if there Was any more beer, Ho { z creased in onder to defray the expense of such ser-| Four careful avtention, especially. for tite eon | {Og Such arate of premium upon the latter, but | the, Departinent of Sustice as to tts _ manageancnt | reniliod ta the megative and aaquatble wnsool,. to 1 for the emp S& vice. lous Which relate ssessinenis, arre: lower than that at present ruling, as would int we past yes a esignated as the | Pent Svithendnages eonyraivienner gad ints edere sake e243 It seems to me that the old rate may now with | Mois wil BCE ee cents Ot CB SE3 | the pliers: to eumenten them nnd taverhe mens line eer all juvenile Convicts from | Could hardly remember ‘all that oocurnl. ie : Kets now supplied by | 2 == = 3 __§ propriety be restored, and that, too, even at the eer SUBRN: and to make this a security for bank circulation. | convenient states Dread. Bue tved pauapeech eae te ar home industite "| Total receipts, actual and es- risk of Guninishing for a time, at least, the receipts ; CIVIL SERVICE. “Yet,” adds the Secretary, “I am so averse to A CODE OF DISTRICT LAWS NEEDED. thought of killing her. Mis first thou ‘There ts goo reason to betleve that the law re- ‘imate. , $313,000,000.00 | from postage upon local letters. he Commissioners who were appointed under | recothmending the creation of another or aditter- | pororrine rn the necessity for a code of laws for | HOME Of Killing he. | Aths first tho thas thie fi Lot Chinese. i ‘Total expenditures, et Se CANS partienlar class of | the act of January 16, 1883, entitled “An act to reg- | ent pubile debt, that aS great as are, in iny judge e District of Columbla, the re t | He tried to put it ina box, which proved to. eat. tatentionsl herwise. by the of timated. . ountable for the ulate and luprove the civil service of the United | Went, the advantazes of the national’ bank cireu- | the District of Columbia, the report says tha He then got atrank and ‘cut the bear : ie duty of cectity- mand delivery, | Rtg Me S| charge of | Mon In safety, In uniformity of value every | where Congress has failed to define or provide a | sccrens orth an Geers than ot erould Mt tae excepted 65,000,000: tion and delivery of all other classcs; | States,” entered promptly upon the discharge Of | where, and in other matters of convenletes and | punishment for what shguld be a crime in the Dis- | Hic sealed tive Aran Gost atatre ana - Estimated amount due thesinking — * a un Couti¢ atter full consideration of the | their duties, confidence, T1091 jon such project asa deraier | tyre recourse fs mainly had to the laws ot Mary. | HC Pull ae BSTAIPS ath fund. oa 45,816. subje Feducilon of rate would be fol- | A series of rules, :framed in accordance with the | resort. I father recommend, and so Tdo, that the oa m Moles oh eee | nd it is be- er lowed Spirit of te statute, wasapproved and promulgated | llerual revenue tax upon circulation be taken off | and, and as most of the laws of Maryland that | ft Will co-operate asion: butt by tlie Bre peaene i ov | An whole or ta part. “This ts 1 per cent per annum, | existed prior to February 27, 1801, have since been | oe “pele with 1) x the faithiul ob- 1e5 Of the by the President. nounts to about three million: a quarter | repealed, altered or ormer laws have | Ro tn gn Bervanice ¢ i the faith: npou the basis of ex- | Chil cevot ne partie in they seemed defec- Tt is argued that thls tax may be | log ceased to be km od by the pres | At night, at ‘ ‘of the op nm That 1 those rw ently amended. [t i id the government not be a | ent ge tion of he consequence | out the & fl exceed 400,000) Uke e " muntenane? any po Phe priv corded to national banks, tu | arising y existing 15 that | ge tt xpenditures including te amount de- Stor admission to those offices | is stated, 18 no T, under existing law: ntumabta | What was tn m nity fund, | the sinking fund. ed Te orate Meat | 90, Druiitablo to th banks as | that the nates fad doubt p anbiy as thos accom ( ‘sh ip: in the’ several E utive tthis x eae ahiOT ii > i \ of the foret ev 1 ships Ww severa It this tax fs and thus the ch ch no two la T referring | 1 a Mott Ee eearetucaonicee t Washington (numbering avout | culation kept in existences ve may It be | to U \ the Atior- | 3 Dak wile riontacaniil and to similar positions tn cust trlets | come to the bunks (9 keep up thelr Lation, th: y General states That there s min | * of the gr 1 posi-ollices Where us lany as Lily persons are | the ether tO do so, f¢ | Lecossity for the prompt adoption of a Uuree per’ cents, amounting to employed. ii cone ta | Hob compulsory upon the civil and criminal code for the District of Colum- A classification of these posttions analazons to | ta ¢ With the cessation of the circulation. Dla. : nt, be a Wis thority to Ung in the Washington offices was duly her recommended that this deparument | In relation to claims against the District of Col- . which foreigi sume the rz tore the law went into effect. p authorized t alle lation to | Umbia before Un stated that | T te the terms 1 ; jew of even customs districts and twenty-three post- | the amount of 90 pe ‘age market | Of These cases 2 0.16, were | bbe a an s large as the Jato general competition with private en- es Were thus brousut under the Immediate op- | value for tweive 10) osit Of the | brought to tial. 1s S101,819.53, | HT i th the hatch ot 1 figecetd the three per lon of the statate, . . United States bonds depostied on security, | judgment was for t aut. In 20 suits, claim- | Cutting hi ye tree pay Ot Jed sters at London anda t four y re | objections which may be justly urged against nual report of the Civil Service Commis-| “Tt is suggested that the taxation by ing $152 739.63, jue off the : nk and turned ti toa a Seat at has endeavored to 3 Cal of those projects, and indeed a; nny | Slon which will soon be submitted to Congress will | government bonds held. by national banks should | $40,701 Filty-nine suits, claiming 3S, the fluor in some way. 1 pul ne hd clone 5 Fes Cal | system which would require an enormone ier doubtless afford the means of a more definite judg- y Way and poured e forbidden, and that the restriction placed Were dismissed under the rales or by consent. aud an ation of surplus can be paid at maturity and | {2 the eivil service lst, do not, however, apply to | m¢ {than J am now prepared to express as to the national banks, preventing them fromm: In one case Judgment was recovered on counter | Then Tran out into the strect and pect. of the moneys requisite for t vdemptiou Of the | SMe of the plans which have lately provoked pub- | merits of the new system. I am persuaded loans on real estate, might be removed. claim in favor of the District for $3,950.50. et SRL rover £0 Soee ey me 9 ne adoption of the h River ‘This ar- | I RE SE GI ces ars nary Greets peered peta Ug EE CU AL ethos spree be ioe HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE SURPLUS. OTHER POINTS FROM THE REPORT. pA pated Fl ae hip ell allennl gee rg ent fs: rhe cont i Bie: HCGOME PAG “| for example, Unat Congress might wisely authorize | fickal, Its practical methods adequa Dee * bells, e on serea c falta Liberia no country cOgehL Tokens Toes iiiy this ha. | Mie Pustinadier Gencral vo COUCH iGh SHORES, | LOE TOES a ee a oe SOURED | maa there ie testy to be a continuing surplus in Attention 1 called to needed deficiency appro- | not know the house was wot bur hit has’ fective jurisdiction, | d until Mr. International Af King of the dt Ntates. the an Association, ns 43 the presides if which the nd a citizen | -xecutive officer. | ded to the as | Tes s last “nded that all excise taxes be abolished except those relating to distilled spirits Various such schemes, of the saine general nature, but widely differing in their spectal characteristics, haye been suggested in the public prints, and the | arguments by which they hive been supported and. the chissitied portions thereof at any of the Depart- Inents, OF at any of the post offices and customs | districts above nained, except those certitied by remain, ts seen by those attentive to fiscal affairs. ‘The report says of the proposition to parcel out the surplus among the states that 1t 1s not good courts and the United States commissioners. The Attorney General recommends, as a measure of pom, the re-enactment of section 14 of the act well ess aRatd nue De Ge abe tor generation for {ue transmission of | os disticulty in carrying them into effect. ‘Since | the Treasury over the ordinary expens's ot the | priations to pay the claims of district attorneys | told ine fee ie et migit have bee hand alles of thie Congo 18 Ungutshed. “Chiet among them 18 the fact that | ESSEC, OF Of a certain class of messages, at spe- | the 1th of July last No person, so far as 1 am government, so long as the present revenue laws | and thelr assistants, the claims of clerks of the | destroved. 1 had no thougt of doing Mrs. Poa? piprned to commerce by ‘a soctety called the | only by excessive Laxution 13 such rapidity attain- | Cifled rates and under government supervision. | aware, has been appointed to the public service In any injury unili I saw her Saturday anorni, ———— Patrick Donnell. < the Commission to be the most competent on the | gense, nor is it common. rudence, to give away or | approved August 16th, 1856, which provides that | WHAT IS KNOWN IN IKONTON, ONTO, OF THE MAM Sockation by native chiets. ruads have been opened, | and that substantia reductions bealso made fa the | Obpused have doubtless attracted your attention. | basis of the examination helm confonnity to the foun its means, instead “of ust ern, tO, PAY | Attorneys in certain caesar eee Subetatate earl B ie yee r Bleanboats plied On the river, and the wicieé of | Tevenues from customs. A statue has sinee bern | _ Lis likely that the whole subject will be consld- | rules. - the debts against it, while, because of ‘its | attorneys in certain cages. Siplgbiished at Owenty-twostations under one | enacted by which the annual tax and tariff receipts | ¢%d by you at the nt session. At the time when the present Executive entered fag wht anthropie. OMLEGE Dut Ss ey. The United s freedom to commerce and pro- | ». The objects of the soctety | i aim at permanent s the neutrality of the val- | ¢ancot be indifferent to of the Government have been cut down to the ex- tent of at least fifty or sixty millions of dollars. While I nave no doubt that still further 1educ- tions may be wisely made! do not advise the adop- ton at Unis session of any measur In the nature of things it Involves so many ques- tions of detafl that your deliberations would prob- ably be aided slighily, if at all, by any particular suggestion whieh f night now sivbinit. Javow my beltef, however, that, the Government upon his office his death, removal, resignation or inability to discharge his duties would have left the Government without a constitutional head. It ts possible of course that a similar contingency abundant prosperity, it is easy to do so. Inthe judgment of the department, it 1s not a legitimate tunetion of the federal government, to Tulse money ‘by taxation to be donated to the slates, or to thus use money already raised in that It is suggested also that a fourth Judge should be appointed In cach of the territories, to avotd hav- ing the judge below sit in review of his own case. A revision of the fee bill in marshal’s oMices, and the establishment of fixed salaries for marshals A telegram from Cleveland November 24 the State Department at Washington sent a request to Judge Thompson, of Ironton, Ohio, asking for @ duly authorized copy of the naturalization papers ES ie See ies a pene of Patrick O'Donnell, the slayer of James Carey. z May again iv less the wisdom ‘ougress | way. “Another proposition 4s, of @ payinent from < yDonnell was naturalized in Ironton. on Novem ils work nor to the interests of thelr citizens In- | nution of the uatlonal reveaues. Tho resus oe ee See aa Re autores Dy are ee ee | anne Ip LAe oe hte fill considera” the Surplus to certain of the states w1 Se ules Bowb auendel ae to eae oom ae meng en, 16 Me was. at er at time forty-one rs sotvect fn { tiny become advisable tor us ¢ last sessic * ve | Of Supervision over Interstate telegraphic commu. e Sena ses) seat had their roportion of money under the dls- | Utes be s a ake Persons swe z 76. as a r rty 3 Spe ce can cee Neen Eee ee en y apnirente te futity | Hlcaton, and I express the hope tint for attetming | tlon, passed an act relates te te ec tribution act or 1436. “After discussing tie termeot | Lalsely to afidavits fled in the deparunents of We | of age. His brother-tndaw, Rodger McGinley Bie pgbts of trade and residence tn the Congo Val | any radical revision or sweeping modifications of | thatend'some measure be devised whlch will re- | Will/now, I une) commend ttselt to the approval | this act, the report says 16 1s plain that it the | Government guilty of perjury. lives In Ironton. His father, Michael O"bonnell Jey Iree from the interference ur political control of | existing law. velve your approbation. of both hou: Congress. United States doles out the surplus at this hour, it ——__>—___ ne to Unis country from The north of Ireland in ay one ntio - In the interval which must elapse before the THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. pend a ear peaataatutution pon which must | may demand repayment at the next hour. It i838 | proterred Death to Imprisonment, = [ 18:8._ Is family followed him a year later. Patrick view oF the frequency of invitations from for- | effects of the act of March 1985 y| ‘The Attorney-General criticises in his report the | depend any law regulating the Presidential suc- | just to all concerned to keep hold of. tine surplus in Was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., where Le yrew to nents To parti-ipte in social ang set | ascertained a portion at y: pe Cession presents also for solution other questions of | hand and apply it to the purposes of the govern. | ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A PENSION SWINDLER. Manhood. While there he married. Miss Moncarve eniitie congrsws for the discussion of itnanbaes hues may be wisely ap Provisions of existing law tixing the fees of jurors | parsinount importance, ment. Robert Henry, an account of whose arrest in | MoGiniey. They came to lrunion, where O'Donnel Matters of general concern, | repeat the suggestion | dw DiUteting our p au eee a We-Federa) courts ries pro- cine ere Heston UEAGIG) Enero ee THE CUSTOMS. Brooklyn, N. ¥., for attempting to defraud the | obtained emplorment tn the mi He afterword ny last ine provision be made for the | Ses i sions are clifefly contained in the act of Febr © phras a Dow- c 5 : : tia puton, aud later became spolnting delegates to convoeations. Able ately associated with the financlal ty ¥ fo serve t ation Without perse Ject just discissed 13 the Important. qu jevistation ts needed regarding the national cur- that act from statutes which had been passed Many years previous. It 1s manifest that such viding that, when the Président shall suffer from. such inability, the Presidential office shall devolve at an expense to the government, itis urged that the consoltd: ation of districts and diminution of Weeks ago, has been convicted. The New York ‘Times of Saturday has the following in reference to common day laborer, usin t the wharves, He was good. » mills and on nd ved hap upon. the Vice-Presiient, who must himself under | ports of entry are called for by sound business con- | nine Ball wan eit Soria eae nee Connie on than the di compensation as might, when these laws were | like elreunstances give place Ag Such onicer as Con- | sigerations, and may be accomplished without in- “while sitting ina cell of the Raymond street | a pleasant feliow. He tndulzed In soclal Waily ducurred. and tulsa ate amount of bonds now on deposit in ed, have been Just end redaonable would tn | SFT | anew oat tori the anerom aon inter- | creasing Gmugvilng or withdrawing proper facill- | Jal, Brooklyn, yesterday morning, Robert Henry, | DU Was "1 in Iront Bual appropriation w asury tO Support the lonal-bank ci many instances be justly regarded at the present nee i is “ 5 my previous messages to the | litlom 15 about £350.000,00. rly $200, ludest 4 S85 lo storage aud by onerous 0,000 of ment Of thy are the basis of the | nattonal-bai circulation would be such a contrac. day as inadequate.” 1 concur with the Attorney- hange would prove to be ameasure of econ- and would discourage the institution of need esting inquiries which are sugg ested by these nay arise when longer delay will be impoasible,and any determination, albeit the wisest, may furhish tes for documenting vessels. garding thind-class or t wools, either by fixing one rate of duty for them, regardless of value, or by ex-sexton of Grace Mission c! 1, attempted td E constit ‘They were fully stated reconmended that, in leu of present salaries | Commit suicide by cutting Ils throat with a pen- | Catholle church, belonged to no sex s restrictions suffered by ote | tk of three per cents, which, a5 | General in the bellef that the statutes ‘rors obithe Consiaiton. Mate ate ent ee DENIUINCSS TENE ecmintoene | MRA Hey wEd cr oe ae kee ee r- | Hever talked politics, and took m9 appa Indies. Brazil, whose | # s pavable at the pleasure of the | revised by which these fees ure regulated. since been the subject of frequent deliberations in | on disbursements, received by collectors, naval | day at 8 a. m., to serve a two ye €st in Irish nations affairs what : Tunent ahd are lively to be called in within . too, Should the laws whieh regul LRU body: officers and surveyors, there be anannual salary. | SWindiing the Pension bureau by means of fraudu- | Simply a hard working Luboring man imposes y eee ae years Meantime the surplus It ts greatly to be hoped that, these momentous | If there be legislation on the tariff at this session | lent bills put in for the burial expenses of the son | Cottented. He left inmton sevea ; Rtas jy Te shall be dit a aa autatiea rare | questions will find speedy solution, Jestemergencles | an improvementinight be made in the provision re- | of a soldier of the rebellion, whotn Henry pretended | noUntug was heard from him wutil bis bother tern pia i x a te to have nursed in his sickness and burled at his own when in fact the boy died In the never under arrest. He was a m Carey. —+-—___ ns of the cur cause for anxiety and alarm, having a broader contrast between the higher and Trospi and was buried at the public ex- A Despondent View of Mand 8. For these misehiefs adequate relief ts not always of the currenc less and oppressive legal proceedings, which, it 18 | “For the reasons fully stated in my last annual } lower qualities. pense. From the Turf, Ficd and Farm, afforded treaties like that with | 8%! to be feared, have In some Instances been conducted | message I repeat my recommendarion that Cone REDUCTION OF TAXATION. ‘Atter Judge Benedict had passed sentence in the | we moved on towards the club house, where we : ico and | How ere Sake Of personal gain, s¢ress propose an amendment to that provision of the i Z Cnited States court on the culprit last Wednesd os au he ts looking Dadi f bare: ae Se 7 Much interesting and varied information Is con- | Constitunon whieh. prescribes the formalities for | The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 90, | one ot Henry's friends passed hima penknife, which | Met a groom leading Maud 8. She ts looking badly. me measure of equitable ‘The report of the Secretary of the Treasury gives @ full and interesting exhibit of the Mnancial con- the country. ation eo int MIZhE not be ba: ar rei THe sules of publie oneireuiation nits which are applied to our vessels | Antilles, a resort to that course | } relations with governments which dust our own? If, for example, empowered to apply to Spaniel 's frei Cuba and Puerto Itleo the | ent and Scale of penalties for Of good results, NATIONAL PINANCES. Prove has alr If Uke revenues of the next four years saall be kept substantiully commensurate with the ex: Peses, the volume of circulation will not be likely | to suffer any material disturbance. But if, on the other hand, thereshall be great de- in reducin taxation, 1t will become necessary eliier to substitute some other form of currency in place of the national-bank notes or to make impor- tant changes tn the laws by which thelr circulation | ts now controlled. In my judgment the latter course is far_prefera- bie. IT commend to your attention the very inter- | esting and thoughtful suggestions upon tis sub- Jeet Which spear tn the Secretary's report, ‘The objections whieh he urges plauce of any other securities than the obit Kations of the government ftgelf as a foundation for national bank elculation seem to me lusuper- ab For averting the threatened contraction two courses have been suggested, either of which 1s | laws. ‘The statutes which prescribe the det tained in the report of the Secretary of the Interior. I particularly call your attention to his presenta- ton of certain phases of the Indian question, to his. Teconmnendations for the repeal of the pre-einpuon and tUmber-culture acts, and for more stringent legislation lo prevent frauds under the pension nitions and punishinents of crimes relating to pensions could doubtless be made more effective by certaln amendments and additions which are pointed out in the Secretary’s report. I have previously referred to the alarming state of tlulteracy in certain portions of the country, and agalh subinit for the consideration of Congres, whether some Federal ald should not be extendeS to public primary education wherever adequate provision therefor has not already been made. THE MORMON QUESTION. The Utah Commission has submitted to the Sec- Tetary of the Interior its second annual report. As @ regult of its labors in supervising the recent elec- the enactment of laws, whereby, in respect to DIS for the appropriation of public thoneys, Uke Execu- tive may be enabled, while giving his ‘approval to particular items, to interpose his veto a8 to such others as do not Commend themselves to his judg- ment, CIVIL RrcHTs. ‘The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution confers the rights of citizenship upon all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. It was the special pur- pose of this amendment to insure to members of the colored race the full enjoyment of civil and political rights. Certain statutory provisions intended to secure the enforcement of those rights have been recently declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. ‘Any legislation whereby Congress may la supplement the guaranties which the Constitution fords for the equal enjoyment, by all the citizens of the United States of every right, privilege, and 1884, show a Surplus revenue Of $85,000,000 per an- num. This 1s enough to pay all the three per cents in about three and one-half years, and before the close of the surplus kept fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. This up for the four succeeding years, to eptember 1, 1891, would be more than $350,000,000, or $90,000,000, more than enough to pay all the bonds then f: until July falling due. The same annual surplus 1, 1907, would amount, with the $100,000,000 left after paying the four-and-a-half cents, about $1,460,000,000, while. the wile amount of the debt then redeemable fs less than $740,000,000. The estimated surplus Of $85,000,000 a ‘ear would pay the whole amount of. the interest- ring debt 1n about fitteen years. After referring to the objections and difficulties in the wey of devoting all the paying the national debt, and ‘the justice of requir future generations den, it is stated that there of taxation. bear thetr portion of the bur- Ought to be a reduction It ts estimated that an average of he concealed in his shoe. He was searched when he was taken back to the jall, but his shoes were not taken off. Yesterday morning when he was brought his breakfast, the tlerman found him Iying on his bed with hfs throat cut, Dr, Shepard, who was hastily summoned, found that Henry hi: cut quite a long, but not very dangerous, gash in the lower part of his throat. The wounded man was taken to the city hospital and will probably recover. After the wound had been dressed Henry said he was sorry he had failed in his attempt. He declared That he had never done a dishonorable actin his life; that he was innocent of the charge of which he had been convicted, and that he would kill him- Self sooner than serve two years in prison. Henry Will be carefully watched until he has sufficiently recovered to be taken to Auburn.” —_$<$<$__+s-__ Foo Good an Opportunity to Lose. From the Sumpter Republican. Her left fore leg, which was bitstered, 1s swollen, and her whole appearance indicates that she Is feeling the effects of tne many tial heats Mr. Vane derbiit gave her to lis wagon, Horsemen are di- Hded tn opinion as to whether she will ever be able to equal her time. In my opinion Maud 8. is @ trotter of the past. ——S News Bricfs. The hotel proprictorsof Chicago have raised 1,000 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a ov. mittee to be sent to Washington to use their inf. ence with the republican” leaders in sleciing Chicago as the place of meeting of the next nation- al republican convention. the Bartholdi Gen. Grant last niglit statue fund loan exhibitionin New York. Two Pittsburg newspapers, Uke Chronicle and chew hy 'aph, have consolidated under one manage- ment ‘The 7 in Philadelphia, Mitty years aro, about $50,000,000 each year until 1891, will be re- of the can AnU-Slavery Society, 1s to be wane nds BAM Meaty pare tee ance OF new | ton in that Territory, pursuant to the act of March | immunity of clizenship will receive may unhesitat- | Sondy $o2ounom each, Fear Un 13 urged that in | , Recently a circus wasin the city, and the minis- | Sommemorated to-day in ionccultenns daly dates 911,900 3 nds. having ihy Yearsto run, bearing a low | g2, 188%, tt appears that persons, by that act dis. CHESTER A. ARTHUR, ra Jane pub ls, msehine MS at navy-yards ‘bor improve Ditshment, includ 48,911,382 93 | US expenditures, in= buildings, unt tied to the redemption— dis for the si pking-fund (Of fractional currency for the ft Of iocnor of sun ren f July 2 ; Sceretary in the belief that the adoption of this nite of faterest, and “exchangeable upon. specified ters for those now outstanding, ‘The other course, Which commends itself to my own Judg- ment as the better, Is the enactment of a law re- pang the tax on circulation and ee oe whks to issue notes for an amount cqual to #) per cent of the market value instead of as now the face value Of their deposited bonds. I agree with the an Would ufford the n-cess he trade-dollar was coin in countries where sliver at its value by its weight and fineness. It never -tender quality. Large numbers of these Polns entered, however, into the volume of our cur- reney. By cotamon consent their circulation in trade h ‘and they have thus disturbing element. "They should not be vinitted to embarrass our currency sys- id Unat provision be made for their the Treasury and the mints, as bul- all percentage above the current mar- f sliver of like fineness. voretary of the Treasury advises a consili- mot certalnof the customs districts of the Uy, and stigKests that the Presideut be vested hi such power In relation thereto as is now given. him in respect to collectors of tnternal revenue by Section 3141 of the Revised Statutes. ‘The statistics upon this subject which are contained in his furnish of themscives a strong argument in defense of his views, At the adjournment of the number of ricts was 126. By y rel for the of internal revenue collection Executive order dated June 25, 1833 I directed that verLaln Of these districts be consolidated. ‘The re- sult has been a reduction of one-third thelr num- ber, Which at present 1s but 3. THE MILITARY AND NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS. From the report of the Secretary of War it wil be seen that in only a single instance has there been shy disturbance of the quiet condition of our Indtwn tribes. A raid from Mexico into Arizona wos maae in March last by a small perty of Indians, which S pursued by General Crook into the mountain regions from which 1 had come. It%s confidently hoped that serious outbreaks will not again occur 4 thatghe Indian tribes which have for 80 many disturbed the West will hereafter remein in ogee ‘submisston, lie agatu call your attent! P it Loot our eXtended ‘seacoast, upon mae Soe a qualified, to the number of about 12,000, were ex- cluded from the polls. ‘This tact, however, affords iittle cause for congratulation, and I fear that 1t 18 gress tovrard the extirpation of polweaieae an gress tow: rpation of polygamy. ‘the Inembers-elect_ of the legislature are Mormons. There 13 grave reason to believe that they are in syrapathy with the practices that this Government 1s seeking Lo suppress, and that its efforts in that Tegard will be more’ likely to encounter thetr op- position than to recetve their encouragement and Support. Even if this view should happily be er- roneous, the law under which the Commissioners have been acting should be made more effective by the fneorporation of some such stringent. amend- ments as they recommend, and as were included in bill No. 228 0n the Of the Senate at its 1af am convinced, ho that polygamy has be- Tam convin ywever, pol y has come so strongly intrenched in the Territory of Utah that it is profitiess to attack it with any but the stoutest w which constitutional legisla- tion can fashion. I favor therefore the repeal of the act upon which the existing government de- pends, the ‘assumption by the national legislature of the entire political control of the Territory, and the establishment of a commission with ‘such powers and duties ag shall be delegated to it by ‘The Department of ture is lishing much in the direction of the agricultural ment of the country, and the report of the Com- missioner giving the results of his investigations Sood oeperiinents wilt be sound interesting and val- At his Instance a convention of those interested in the cattle industry of the country was lately held at Chicago. ‘The prevalence of pleuro-pneu- monia and otlter contagious. diseases’ of anbuats was one of the chief topics of discussion. A com- mittee of the convention will invite your co-opera- tion In investigating the causes of these diseases tind providing “methods. for thelr prevention and cure, 1 trust that Congress will not fail at {ts present, fesslon to put Alaska under the protection of iaw. ts people have edly remonstrated against Curneglect to afford thes. the yoatntensnce. and to ing approval ahington, December 8, 1883. — oe A German’s Strange Story. “I HAVE KILLED A GIRL AND WILL BE HUNG FOR MURDER.” From the Philadelphig Times, to-day. 2 A middle-aged German, of respectable appear- ance, WAs brought to police headquarters yester- day afternoon trom. Frankford, where he had de- clared himself to be a murderer, Charles Uhl, a farm hand, employed at Cornwalls, Bucks county, Was summoned to the city, and stated at the hearing thauhe Was accostéd by the prisoner on Toad yesterday morning, who at sald ins 1 have kiled agit and will bean tee murder.” He spoke in German. After this startling declaration he walked rapidly away. Uhl dismissed the subject as the utterance of a crank until he met a neighbor, named Louls Louerborn, to whom he related the inci- tly; overtook the stranger and induced ‘kim to ou, it ter his w He then drove to the Frankford police station and delivered him to the Police, to whom he reiterated his first statement. When ar- raigned at the Central station he denied ever hav- tes Mees nes Gralaration, and said that he knew nothing of a murder. “J aie from Bavaria six or seven months ago,” ‘he continued, “and have been living in Washing ton.” He gave his name variously as Kolb, Culp and zope. "The last 18 believed to be ns Tk ht name, He was committed until an investigation of his statement can be made. The farmer states that Zope said that he had kilied a girl in New Bruns- wick, N.J. The police have received no intellt- ce of a murder at that place recently, although Fresbe Paullin was murdered about a week at Grange, N.J. The prisoner dented any knowledge of her murder. He is believed to be deranged. Is Sug In a TRANCE.—AILI hi ot ‘been abandoned in the case of Mrs. ipparenti fesiaysand whose body life, funeral ed. ‘the legislating for the futu: beso far feduced as to proves Of about $50,000, been nue taxes, and Walt Be" abolished. revenues should not the application each to the slnking-Tund, It its, fermented or ht ee conceded that the internal reve- Sexvept {nose pon fermented liquors. After revier sion and the the work of the tariff commis- “iegisation that followed it the Secre- tary says that the actual results so far obtained in- dicate that the reduction labored for has not been effected by the new tariff act. As to the of reduction, if seems to be litt should be made on articles entering into general | admission to this. and ‘the uk terials, @ revision be tle ‘The reduction » Molasses: 3 upon raw method ation, and of limiting the revenues an economical government, must reduction of the duties on Propositions are made to: of internal revenue. AS to its his remark of last 4 sentiment oF Mitical terial curiosity was so awakened that an outside view of the canvas would not suffice. The minister had compunctions of conscience the grant fication at what he fancied to be squex de- sire. | However, his liberality of belief would allow the children to go, provided they had some sized masculine’ pr but, unfortunately tor to the circus.) But the ‘ole ae Sp a time for ‘enough. eircus, and now Twant to use hun myset™ = . —————se-__ One Chinaman Whe Got In, ‘From the San Francisco News Letter. In the case of Chew Fong Lee, who applied for country this week, on the grounds ‘the learned judge asked art or profession Lee that he was a counsel for applicant weihe is oes hon conducting fe, Or, area eee arearae tiful bay; algo tn pulverizing the alone) and utilizing the carapax of macaroural of foo” Me : aH i “ Partner for the cotillion, with a violent Sut overuurned ‘a chair bi ‘of Anastasia’s her daaghi iter to receive ‘course. T—and the fair mastered her emotions, ‘Three colored children were burned to death last evening in a fire in New York city. The testimony in the Mitchell ¢lec*ton case in Co lumbia, 8. C., Was concluded yesterday. ‘The Clection for a successor of Senvtor Rue tn the Norfolk district, Va., will take place December 1 and also the election to fll Seuator Marun’s place. Margaret Hazzard, the woman who shot Charlies Reed, a brakeman on a Philadelphia aud Taliroad train, took a dose of Paris: en at her home in Coushohocken, Pa., with fatal re- sults. Jealousy was the cause. ‘The assoclated railways of Virginia and the Car- olinas have adopted the 24-hour system for com- puting time, as is shown by thelr schedules. A fearful hurricane trom the east prevatied at Cape Race, N. F., Sunday night. The sea rose higher Delore known there, 20 ca eee Nutt for the murder of N. L. ang Benjamin Hecanene brutes, wie being 6S ers, rong Clearfied county, were arrested last week and taken before United wat seeing Shaw, of Altoona, » answer an information charging Sen wa hav forged an application for Pension. ‘rue all confessed their ag yo each. ‘Of the United States et Mvsreriovs Nicnt Arrack.—While Mr. Louts & merchant of Chestertown, Md., was sit- ung Ing with his family, about’ 9 o'clock Last Saturday nizht, some unknown m hurled @ hatchet through the window, the glass gnd sash. (The hatchet strack table near whlch Mr. Stain was slitting and fell at his fe mine ave search Was made, but it failed to discover Une ————— ‘Tus MURRAYSVILLR, Pa., Rrorens.—One hundred and nifty witnesses arrived at Pittsburg, Ps., rou Murraysvilie yesterday to testify in the habeas 01 proceedings on behalf of the participants in the recent fatal rlot over the possession of a natural Weil. ‘The important witness examined was jenry Wilson, who testified that threats of violence had been made by on for Several months; that, Bowser stabved Haymaker four umes, and that