Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1897, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, A&T THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peansylvazia Avexs, Cor 1th Bt by The Evening Star Wewspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Few York Offce, 49 Petter Euiidicg. evel Star is scived to subscribers fn the ase on thelr own account, cL 10 a United States or Canada—post: prepaid—©9 cents The elty ty carriers, Quintaple Sheet Star, $1 per sear, with age added, $3. scriptions mt ing inade known on application. BOTH IN FINE FETTLE, Corbett and Fitzsimmons Express Complete Confidence in Themselves, | EACH SAYS HE IS SURE 10 WIN > - What They Will Weigh When They Enter the Ring. > ~ ENTIMENT LOCAL BETTING SI CARSON, Nev.. March —Corbett did his last training today before the big fight of Wednesday, and when it was finished his trainers expressed the greatest m with the result of the hard otk of the last four wer “I never felt so well before, and know 1 could not possibly be in better condition for fighting.” said the champion, as ‘he trainers rubbed him down after the final xing bout am in perfect shape for the battle and I am going to win ft. There has been some talk about my ov dence, but my critics will see Wedne: I know what I am talking about when I say that I will whip Fitzsimmons. 1 long time to get a heen waiting at fellow, and it is a sure thing that I will not lose the opportunity to stop his talk about his ability to me. I am| pret satisfied with the manner in| ch my trainers have handled me, and j lo: it w not be their fault r man is in perfect on for this or oth pattles, id Charlie White, “and is not the faintest doubt that he will He could not possibly be in better | ‘ on. All the experienced men who ; ave seen him work today admit that his | « ion is perfect. 1 am entirely sati fied. and so are all his friends.” i The day’s work was be o'clock tramp over t road. schine exercise and bag punch- ispensed with, and but two handball were played. Three rounds were sparred h MeVey. Jef and Woods, taking turns with the r, and the rub down ended the d The remaining days will be spent Hetly, and the only exercise Corb take will be a couple of half-mile walks. Fitzsimmons an Early Riser. Fitzsimmo up early this morning and took through breakfa’ gait to » walked his us before ata val 1 around t dinner, a Al. -al condition. He work- bag a oxed with Hickey and but did ote as much time 2s leen customary to the exercises. y_ did enough to show ' ds of work and its character. When Stenzler not to do more he sing rooms and was :u th being present in order io | see in what shape his muscles were. Rosher, Hickey and Stenzler are enthu- ic at the condition of their man, no doubt of his winning the fight Fighting Weight. simmons will probably figs not from 1 pounds, and the chances are he will enter the ring at over rather at figure some time ago i the idea of getting 10 or, least, aght that it would tt as mich ad- would poss it ring weighing un- tt will igh be- . and =immons ounds was a trifle y in a championship ful in but his trainer he will not f lown nt, idea that t limit idle weig matter with my ns this morning, sends may rest assured that a Letter account of myself after bett will, I know m for a favorite in id that Tam ng this figat as I nfident of wi entered inte He is a I were not have t Corbett an L not the yw ‘what r him half go fc fighting least cep out said than doubt of | Martin regarding was but opinion that was that Corbett © just abo th 1 be punche o it em ong t ‘11, Fitz's Colors. rd2y swung his colors on the il wear around his w: silk, looks silver putting them out tzsimmons has worn the belt in s < fiehts, and he is of the opinion that ever be beaten as long as he wears first wore the colors of the United s in his fight with Hall at New Or- when he defeated Hall. On the day ott fight he had made his application American eitizen, and ever No. 13,739. E. A. Hall, J. P. Dunning, San Francisco: Major Hughes, George A. L. Abbe, Lead- ville: Arthur J. Moore, New York: Colonel Woods, New York: Frank S. Rex. St. Louis; William lion, Butte, Mont.; Joe Gavin, Cripple Creek; F. C. Chinn, San Francisco; J.J. Mar ew York, and John Coleville. Jimmy” Wakely, after seeing Corbett, id: “His condition is superb. He fs in far better shape than when he fought Sullivan, and also strips better and appears to be much heavier. His speed is as pronounced as nd I believe he will win easily.” The weather today is a~decided improve- ment over that of yesterday, and the pro- moters of the fight are hoping that it will continue as now until after the 17th. Early in the morning It is freezing cold, but along toward nocn, after the sun is well up, it is so warm as to make overcoats superfluous. Carson oldest prophets declare that “onc the weather gets settled it stays settled and guarantee pleasant weather for the rest of the week. Dan Stuart Disappointed. Dan Stuert is somewhat discouraged over the outlook for attendance from the east of the Mississippi. According to latest ad- vices they will perhaps send a single spe- cial train from that section, from which had been expected at least 1,000 or people. Telegrams show that some partie have chartered a special car which wi be attached to a regular train. Definite figures cannot be obtained, but it is estimated that not more than 350 visi- tors from east of the Mississippi will be in Carson when Corbett and Fitzsimmons face each other !n the ring. The bulk of the crowd will come from San Francisco. and there will be a moderate delegation from Denver, Salt Lake and other ‘cities west cf the Rocki According to the indications this morning not be over 3.500, un- from la the attendance may there is a larger outpouring Virginia ¢ and other Ni, than is now anticipated. Up to Saturday one passenger coih we all that was needed to bring visito’ Reno, where connections are made with the Southern Pacific, over which route cre must travel. Sunday trains aad two ccaches and that of this morning the same number. There was, however, plenty of room. About seventy people arrived, in- cluding a theatrical troupe. No one of any prominence in pugilistic circles came his morning. The arrivals consisted cf people from the east and west who hed Reno last night. The train which left San Francisco last night was late, and missed connection Reno. DRIFT OF LOCAL SENTIMEN Betting in Washington Favors the Powers Preparing for Hiostilities Against Greece. LATTER'S CHIEF PORTS T0 BE CLOSED All the Fleets but the French and Italian to Taxe Part AN ULTIMATUM TO ISSUE ST. PETERSBURG, March 15.—All the admirals except the French and Italian commanders have been ordered to imme- Giately blockade the principal Greek ports, especially the Piraeus (the port of Athens), Syra and Volo. An vitimatum will forthwith be address- ed to Greece by the admirals of the for- cien fleets. ROME, March 15.—It is semi-officially stated here this afternoon that all the for- eign admirals have received orders to block the Island of Crete. But, it is added, the blockade of Greece would only~occur if the Cretan blockade should prove inade- quate. The Greek fleet is expected to lea Crete, otherwise it will be escorted outside Cretan waters. Occapat of Crete. VIENNA, March 15.—The prop 1 of the pewers that France and Italy occupy the Istand mixed force of ined by the gov- of Crete with 000 men has been d a errments of two countries on the score of expen The cecupation cf Crete, therefore, will be undertaken b} forces of the six powers, although Germany and Austr’ will only nominaliy iake part In the cc- cupation, in order to snow that they are agreeable to the measure. The powers are now discussing the de- ut to be 2 of a tails of the autonomous govert conferred upon Crete and the chei governor, who, it is s , Will be a French- Pompadour Pugilist. gove n's, 183 D street, where the local Seer eo ee men gather every day, the sentl | Ariens, March 15.—A dispateh from ment is strongly Corbett. Mr. Tom Walsh, | preraxuion, ‘Island of Crete, says that ow- the proprietor, who has been familiar wit | i) to ihe cxcesers of the Museulmans the prize ring even thirty years, was in- | 1 ———— =_— : 7 corsuls have asked the admirals to lan! clined to ‘or F immons until he began Helachiments Gia faiee ee to learn the conditions of the two m povecksie anh eer ie eee from direct reports from Carson, and : a now thinks Fitz has a very serious 9ro)- CAUGH TOBY A WHIRLWIND. em before Rim. A bet was laid at Walsh's Satureay night of $10 te $55 that Corbett would whip Fitzsimmons in ten rounds or less. There are several bets held there at to 4 on Corbett, and several re- for 5 to 3 on the part of Fitzsim- men were rot taken. t Raedy, who has gone up to Syracuse to fight Paddy Ryan, the ex-middle-weight champion, writes to Walsh that Corbe:t will win easy Billy Young ran down from He is also a Corbett m interest has been shown at the Shoomaker Company, above the National Theater, Baltimore iast week. Little fight in on Ej whien the s for years been the betting center of Wastington. The preponderance of the sentiment of sporting men who drop in there is hez vily in favoe of Corbett, but no Wagers have been recorded. The same conditicns hold good at the Owen House, Driver's nd other resoris where men who usually dis animation over betting events meet most trequent] If the odds were placed in rordance W tor bett wold go into the ring at least a 3 to 1 favorite. About the only section where Fitzstmrrons seems to have ardent believers in his success is out in the northeast, where the. magie of his nam abi ars to inspire confidence in ais F to lick th» Californian. ity “Fitz connot Icse,” said a big, red-faced man in an HL street saloon this morning; “he’s got dth® blud in ‘im. His mitner wor fum Donegawi an’ his feyther fum Tip'- rarry. He'll make dthot felly Carbitt iuk loike wanner Ed s mewels stroock him afoor dth ray calls toim ye moind? An ¢ bit forthy cints ' Oi'm roigh There were no takers, and the red-faced man put in another shot and walked out triumphant. ee CONFERENCE APPOINTME An x Mad neemen » the Gather- ing at Annapolis. Special Dispateh te The Evening | ANNAPOLIS, March 15.—The fol- lev «re the appointments of the Wash- ington M ton district: M. W. Clair, pre ng elder; Bowie, A. B. Dorsey; d's, Edward Moore; Damascus, ‘art; La Plata, T. AW. Brooks; Marli R. Laytonsville,J.W.Meredith; Oakville, conference for the Washing- Pis W. R. Da Brooks; Rockville, s. J. J. Cecil; L.. Thomas, heeler: He Nash; Wood if: Central, Clement: Jno. W. Barnett; Ebenezer, John H. Griffith Mt. Zion, E. W. S. Peck; Simpson, M. Lake; Tenleytown, No Watkins; City Mission, Nash Memorial Mission and Tay- jor, to be supplied. Jno. W Brown was made a member of Asbury quarterly conference. — BE HANGED. BOTH W ft In Asserted That Walling WII Be Executed With Jackson, CINCINNATI Ohio, March 15.—The Times-Star’s special from Frankfort, Ky., says: Alonzo Walling will hang with Scott Jack- son on March 20, ail the published storie: to the contrary notwithstanding. The gov ernor finished his long study ofethe case at noon and announced that he would officially pass on the matter tonight at 7 o'clock. He wiil write “Refused” across the of box enthusiasts last ¢ for Carso r one will leave for the scene fistic carnival. I Harry Corbett, < Tayon of St. Louis ning’s W. H. Col. Mar- horseman; Peter Ipttia’s crack pigeon known as “One Barrel eedham, Dan Lynch, om Sharkey: Felix Wei of Victoria, B. C., and the sporting world ded the t in at Port the statements of Dan Stu- rancisco near- ty to base 000 Uick- > fact that been sold there. Late Arriva f tatest arrivals are Jas. Wake- ly New York: Louts Lemp, St. Louis: E. A. Ha J. W. Thompson, Dunsmuir Yelland, Jackson: W. Selig. San Francisco: F. S$. Reed, St. Louis: W. C. Corbett, Gibsonville: Geo. Weigand, Gftsonvill rry Weldon, Cineinnati: George Harting, San Francisco: Geo. King. San Francisco Fred Graha Sacrament E. J. J. Schaw, . San Francisco: Bee. jacramento: Fred Hayes, israel, Chicago; T. H. Hinde, San Francisco: B. A. Eaton Rogers. San Francisco; J. M. Comray, San Fran. McCarty, San Francisco: Paul Piutler, co: W. E. Dealion, San Francisco: Ned Foster, San Francisco: C. Kansas City: J. Shaw, Kansas Maxey, Kansas City: Chas. Omelia, qrk; William Adams, San Francisco back of the petition, and troops are here already under marching orders to Camp- bell county, March 1%, the day before the double hanging. POSTMASTERS’ TERM. Postmaster ry Says Jt Wil Be Four Years, Postmaster General Gary made the defi- nite announcement teday that the admin- istration, after deliberation, has decided to adhere to the four-year tenure of office pol- icy for all postmasters. He stated that ex- cept in a tew cases, where removal for cause was required on account of delinquency, in- cempeiency or other instances of unsatisfac- tery conduct or administration of the of- fice, all postmasters, fourth-class as well as those of presidential appointment, would } be allowed to serve out a term of four vears. This official statement of polic one of the most important so far deter- mined upon by the administration, has been awaited with great interest by the entire corps of postmasters and by the patrons of the 70,675 post offices throughout the country. NO NOMINATIONS TODAY. — weber» + President Will Not Send Them Until After Hin Message. ~ President McKinley decided this morning. that he would send ro nominations to Con- gress until that bedy has organized and received his message. ‘This is expected to delay the announcement of ons un- til tomorrow or next day, tally Injared by Fall- ing Walls. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Mar 15.— whirlwind visited the town of Mingo June- arly yesterday morning, shortly be- o'clock. The wind blew off the iron roof of the cast house of the Junction Iron and Steel Company, and the tall brick walls fell in. Frank H m and L Fahey were ¢ ing walls. Fane nk Hol Three Men F h ught under the fall out was taken de Pr: son, aged twenty-nine years, was so ser ovsly crushed that he died three hot later. John Woik Hungarian, was adly crushed aud wi _ PROMINENT ‘TENN SEEAN DEAD. Col, Wm. B. Stokes Was One Republican Leaders, NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 15. of the Wm. B. Stokes died at Alexandria day, aged eighty-three. He was 4 nent figure in Tennessee politi during and after the war; serv gress as a whig, commanded a ment ¢ federal cavalry enlisted in ‘Tennessee dur- ing the w presidential elector fo the state-at-large on th lickex and for years ong of the leaders of the re- publican party. The race Tor governor be- tween Stokes and Senter, both republicans, in 1869, gave the state to the democrats. TOWING +> IN 2 PURITAN. Return of the Cruiser Columbian With the Monitor. NEW YORK, March 15.—The United Ste crviser Columbia was sighted off the Highlands at an early hour this morn- ing, with the monitor Puritan in tow. At S:1d the Puritan was outside Sandy Hook bar, com! in under her own steam, and the Columbia was standing off shore. ——— IGN HELD. NO Kentucky Legislature Adjourns rom Respect for a Dead Men FRANKFORT, Ky. March 15.—Ther were large crowds in the senate chamber ard the hall of the house today in anticipa- tion ot a ballot for United States senator to succeed Senator Blackburn, but, out of respect to the late Senator Salyer, both branches adjourned about noon without any joint session : At the executive department and a tradley headquarters in the hotel it Genied that there is any coalition with th demcerats to elect Goy. Bradley senator over Representative Hunter, the repub caucus nominee. LOUISVILLE, K to the Post from F a Attorney General Taylor has filed written opinien, in which he holds t ballot for Uniied States senator may legally taken at any time. He s that a ballot be taken today and a the 23d, the day set by Mr. Worthington, in order to make it binding. It will have no effect on the legislators. however, who will not ballot until March 2. Taylor ts an ar- dent Hunter man. Senator Hissem says he will support Dr. Hunter, in view of the let- ters written and published statements. This moves all doubt of Hunter's election. ————— NAVAL ORDERS Important ‘Transfers Made in the Service Today. z Lieut. W. H. Schuetz has been detached from duty in the office of the assistant secretary of the navy and ordered to the Marblehcad; Lieut. W. C. Cowles from the Marblehead home, on three months’ leave; Capt. W. B. Hoff, placed on the retired Ist; Lieut. J. F. Parker, detached from the New York branch hydrographic office and detailed as supervisor of New York har- bor; Passed Assistant Engineer J. C. Leon- ard from the Detfoit to the Cincinnat Lieut. Commander D, Delehanty from duty. as supervisor of New York harbor to the Solumbia as executive officer, in place of Lieut. Commander C. 0. Allibone, granted three months’ leave; Assistant ‘Engineer £. R. Pollock from the Cincinnati to tae Minneapolis; Capt. J. B. Coghlan from the Richmond to the Amphitrite, _relievin, Capt. W. C. Wise, ordered to commani the ‘lexas; Pay Director W. W. Williams from Port Royal naval station to Puget Sound naval station; Passed Assistant Pay- master Sullivan from Puget Sound naval station home, on waiting orders; Command- er C.D. Siggbee has been promoted to the grade of captain. ‘ Burned to Death in Their Cells. NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 15.--At+ Do- ver, capital of Stewart county, the jafl was destroyed by fire early this morning. Four prisoners,one white man rnd three negri were the only occupants of the building at the time. The white man escaped, but the -three were so badly burned that there was no trace of their bodies this morning, POSTSCRIPT THE TARIFF Some of the Features of the: Measure Intro- | duced Today. Bi. Scheme of Combined Specific and Ad Valorem .Duties on Manafactured Wool—The Sugar Schedule. The new tariff bill prepared by the re- publican members of the ways and means committee was introduced in the House this afternoou by Chairman Dingley. Some of the features of the bill follow: All wocls, hair of the camel, goat, al- paca and like animals are divided into three classes. The duties fixed are: Class @ pound; class two, 12 cents; class three, on wools valued at 1% cents or less per pound, including charges, and on common goat hair, 32 per cent ad valorem, valued at more than 13 cents per pound, 50 per cent ad valorem. Wools of classes one and two imported in any other than ordinary condition, or sort- cd, or increased in value by the rei ot any part of the criginal fleece, shall pay dcuble duty, but sisirted wools as imported in 1800 and before are excepted. The duty upon wool changed in character ndition for evading the duty or re- din value by admixture of dirt or ether foreign substance shall be twice doubled A me of a iorem duties on manut has bee! one, 11 cenis specific and ad va- ured woolen gocds . For instance, on cloths, ally provided for in nufactares of every y or in nart of wool, description made whol not specially provided for, vained at not more than thirty cents per pound, the duty shall be three*times the duty on nwash weel of the first class; more tan thiry cents and not more than foriy, three and one-half times: more than forty cer limes. erd, in addition, on all the f im the follow duties: Valued a thi cents per por I, six cents: | more than thirty and not more than f con t cents; more thaw forty and more Sfty cents, fifteen cents: than fifty cents and not mere than st s per pound, twenty-one cents, and, in | addition, eight cenis per pound for ever: twenty cents per pound of value in « of seventy cents per pound, aad, in ade to the foregoing, 20 per vont wd val Aubusson, Axminster, moquwett, m. and che: nille carpets, figures or péain, carpets woven whcle for rooms, and all carpets or carpeting of like character, and Berlin r PURS, GF cent ilion and ‘Tournay y sa yard and 40 per cent ad valorem. Brusst S carpets, 44 conte a yard and 40 ad vy nd taps warp ry Velvet carpet otherwise, 40 ad valorem, carpet, 2S tad valevem, re-ply an: the on yard and 40 p. Tapestry ber yard and 19 p Treble ing Venetian ear; per cent ad va Wool Duteh : 14 cents a yard and 40; Druggets and backing: or other , “2 cents a yard and 40 per vent ad m. Felt carpeting, tigured or plain, ents a yard and 40 per cent ad valorem, Carp tton, or cially lorem, Mats, rugs. ser, bed sides, art -q of carpets or carpeti rt of wool, and not shall pay tae ra like charzcter, The word “wool 10 and nd_Uwo-ply i in cerpets, nt ad valorei, . printed, colored and carpeting composed in provided for, of wo fiax or arf of either, not ad ) per cent va- ns, cove ; n? other portion: made wholly or Ny pro} carpeting d of : is described to include wool or hair of the sheep, ramel, gca paca, Gr other animal, prepared by the woolen, worsted, felt, or any cther proccss of manufacture The tie B manufac ses — one Sugar Se ‘overing sugar and molas mo- ure: of the from most important one of the shortest jsckedules in the ac Sugars not above No. 16 D. S. and con- ing not above 75 degrees are P cent per pound, and three- redths of a cent additional for each degree ab © No, 16, and on all re- cents per pound; mo- legrees, G cents per gallon against foreign bounties din this paragraph: igare, tank botto: , ete., the product ny Country which pays, directly or in- tly, a bounty on the export thereof, imported directly and in condition from, or otherwise, shail whether pay, in to the foregoing rates uty equal to such bounty, or so much thereof as may be in excess of any tax collected by such country upon such ar- ticle, or upon the beet cr cane from which it was produced. rovided that this s sting Hawaiian rec Other duties in this s Maple sugar, sirup, 4 S per pound: glucose or grape sugar, 114 cents per pound: sugar in its natural state or manu- factured, 2) per cent ad valorem. accharine, $2 per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem. Sugar c all other of sug le: y and all confectionery, and rticles made wholiy or in part ulued at 15 cents per pound or » and on sugars after being refined, when tinctured, colored or in any way adulterated, 8 cents per pound and 20 per cent ad valorem; valued at more than 15 and not more than 35 cents per pound, 12 cents pound and. 2) sper cent ad valorem; valued at above 35 cents, 50 per cent ad valorem. The weight of immediate wrappers or coverings, other than the outer packing case, shall be included in the duti- able weight of the merchandise. The Wood Sehedale. he- wood schedule fixes these duties: ‘Timber for spars and wharves, 1 cent per cubic foo! d boards and‘other Jumber of white wocd, sycamore and basswood, $1 per 1,000 feet; sawed Inmber: not specially provided for, $2 per 1,000; planed lumber, 50 cents additional per 1,000 feet for every side planed; tongued- andj grooved and planed on one side, $1 additional; both sides, $1.50. No deduction is made in measurement for planing, ete. It 1s pro- vided that in case a forelgn country im- poses an export tax on lumber. then an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent shall be added to the regular duties.oy yimber from that country. -2 Posts and poles and.” ral d ties are dutiable at 20 per cent agyaiprem; kindling wood in bundles three-t of one cent per bundle of one-fourth. foot; -sawed boards of cedars, box, mahogany and other hard- cabinet woods, 15 per Gent; veneers, 20 per cent; clap-boards, $1.50 per ~ 1,000; wheel hubs and like blocks, unfinished, 20 per cent, laths, 15 cents per 1,0; pickets, 10 per cent; shingles,- 30 cents per 1,000; cas’- and packing boxes, 30 per cent; rat- tan chair cane, 10 per cent; willow, 20 per cent; manufactures of willow, 50 per cent; tooth-picks, 11-2 cents per 1,000, and 15 per cent; furniture, 85 per cent. —— Decided Agatust the Mayor. Spegial Dikpatch’ to The Evening Star. fr BALTIMORE, ‘Md@.,"' March “15-siudge “Wyckes gave a decision tm the circuit-court today in the school beard opntest: batween Mayor Hooper and ‘tke sold board, in favor of the latter, and ordered a mandamus to be issued compelling the mayor to in the old board. ‘The. i probably case probably be taken to the court of ae 4 : MONDAY, -MARCH 15, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. EXTRA THE MESSAGE Full Text of the Docu- ment, The President Says Tariff Legis- lation is Demanded. ee PROTECTION AND REVENUE Following is the full text of the P dent's message sent to Congress late this afternoon: Te the Congress of the United States: Regretting the necessity which has re- quired m2 to call you together, I feel that your assembling in extraordinary inc snensable beea in which we find the revenues pf the govern- me t. It is conceded that its current expen- ditures are greater than its receipts, and that such a condition has existed ‘for now more than three years. With unlimited means at our command presenting the remarkable spectacle of inereasing our publi nts by t rrowing to meet the ordinary outlays in- upen meni cide: even an economical and pra- dent admiristratioa of the government. An examina of the subject discloses this fact in every detail, and leads inevitably to the conclusion that the condition of the revenue which allows it is unjustifiable and should be corrected. Some Comparisons. We find by the report of the the Treasury that the re for the fiscal year ending June 30 from all sources were $425,868,260.22, and the ex- penditures for all purposes were $415 . leaving an excess of receipts over expenditures of 44536 During that 1 year $40,570,467.98 were paid upon the public debt, which had been reduced, March 1, 18s: fise intes The receipts of the government from all sources during the fiscal year ending June 40, 1893, amounted to $461,71¢ expenditures of M, and its to $4 receipts 4.887 over 6, showing an excess: $2,341, Since expenditures of that time the ree and with month of any the expenditure: ipts of no al year, but few exceptions of no fiscal year, haye exceeded The rece s of the government from all sources during the 30, 1894, penditures 1 year ending June were $372,802,498.29, and $442.60 the first since the res ments, of $69, there was a decrease of $16 ordinary expense: its & 8.87, leaving a deficit, umption of specie pay- otwithstanding 128.78 in the of the government, us compared with the previous fiseal year, its income was still not sufficient to provide for its daily necessivie ury, e#reenbacks, w and the gold reserve the redemption of s drawn upon to meet them. But this @id not suiti tre for » and the govern- ment then resorted to loans to replenis the reserve. February, c 1894, $50,000,000 in bonas were issued, and in November following a second issue of $50,000,000 was deemed necessary. The of $117,171,795 was realized by the sale cf these bonds, but the reserve was steadily decreased until, on February 8,-1895, a third sale of $62,315 400 in bonds for 116,244 was announced to Congress. The receipts of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, were $390,- 203.30, and the expenditures $438,178,- 426.48, showing a deficit of $42,805,293.18. A further loan -of $100,000,000 was nego- tiated by the government in February, 1896, the sale netting $111,166,246, and swell- ing the aggregate of bonds issued within three years to $262,315,400. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, the revenues of the government from all sources amounted to $400,475,408.78, while sum its expenditures were $434,678,654.48, or an’ excess of expenditures over receipts ‘of $25,208,245.70. In other words, the total re- ceipts fod the three fiscal years ending June 30, 1806, were insiifficient by $137,811,- 729.46 to meet the total expenditures. The Present Fiscal Year. For the first half of the present fiscal year the receipts of the government, ex- clusive of postal revenues, were $157,507,- 603.76, and its expenditures, exclusive of postal service, $195,410,000.22, or an excess ‘of expenditures over receipts of $37,902, 396.46. 2 In January of this year the receipts, ex- clusive of postal revenues, were. $24,316,- 994.05, and the expenditures, exclusive of postal service, $30,260,380.29, a deficit of $5,952,895.24 for the month. In February of this year the receipts, exclusive of postal PWO CENTS. revenues, were $24,400,997.88, and expend!- tures, exclusive of postal service, $25,796,- 056.66, a deficit of $3.2 .28, or a total Geficiency 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 treasury, but with an increase in the public debt there crease in the annual interest charge from has been a corresponding in- $22,893,883.20 in 1892, the lowest of a ear since 1862, to $34,387,297.60 in 1896, or an increase of $11,493,414. It may be charged that even if the rev- enues of the government had been suffi- cient to meet all its ordinary during the past three years the gold re- serve would still have been insufficient to meet the demands upon it, and that bonds would necessarily have been issued Yor its repletion. Be it as it may, it is clearly manifest, without denying or affirming the correct- ness of such a conclusion, that the debt would have been decreased in at least the amount ience immeasurably strengthened through- out the country. Existing Conditions Should be Cor- recte expenses of deficiency and business confi- Congress should promptly correct the e3 isting condition. supplied not onty for the ordinary expenses of the government, but for the prompt p: Ample revenues must be ment of liberal pensions and the liquidation of the principal and interest of the public debt. In ievied upon foreign products as to preserve th to our own producers; to revive and increase and raising revenue, duties should be so home market, so far as posible, manufactur to encourage agriculture, to increase our domestic and to aid and develop min- ing and building, and to render to labor in every field of manual occupation the liberal and adequate rewards to which skill stry are just entitled. sity in the passage of a tariff shall provide amp further enlarged. nece > revenue The aemand of the hour is the prompt enact- need be not imperatiw ment of such a measure, and to this object ommend that Congress shall Defer other busi- sacted; let endeavor. every ness until this is fei revenue to faithfully ad- ister the government without the ing of further de disturbance of our finances. (Signed) WILLIAM McKINLEY. EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 15, 1897. —s— VICK PRESIDENTS SECRETARY. Frederick Evans, te That Positio: Vice President Hobart has selected az h sccretary Mr. Frederick Evans, jr., of New- tra: first us. on- tr , or the continued Mr. ir. Appointe ark, N. J., a well-known newspaper man of his state. Mr. Evans entered upon his duties today, succeeding Mr. Louis G. Stevenson, a son of ex-Vice Prestdent Stev- erson. Mr. the el, avans is a graduate of Princeton in of After graduation he 6. was connected with the staff of the New York Tribur hea » for over four years, and in 1801 «pled the position of managing edi-or the Newark Daily Advertiser, where h eventually succeeded Mr. Noel Brooks ¢s editor. He resigned the editorship of this paper last August and was identified with the editorial bureau of the republican nz ticna! committee at the New York head- quarters during the recent campaign. Since that time he has been an editorial writer on the New York papers. a AT ANNAPOLIS. DITORS They Are E} at Lunchea Governor. Special Dispiteh to The Evening Star, ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 15, lard Republican Editorial Association met here today, with Major James Albert Clarke of Laurel as president, and J. Guest King, secretary. A committee, com: . L. Goldshorough and B. H. Warner, was appcinted to wait on Gov. ppeared and made a short speech of Bishop Newman made an in- iress, in which he said that he ran a newspaper in New Or during the war, and that ke said his prayers and loaded his gun at the same time. overnor Lowndes entertained the edi- tors at luncheon. 4 Ss SECRETARY LONG'S HOURS. Order of Business Adopted at the Navy Department. Secretary Long has issued the following order for the transaction of business in the office of the Secretary of the Navy: “Reception of members of Congress and all persons not officers of the department between 10 and 12 o'clock. Reception of heads of bureaus and offi- cers of the department having business with the Secretary, from 12 to 1 o'clock. “By direction of the President, to pro- mote the uninterrupted and more efficient transaction of the business of the cepart- ment, the office of the Secretary will not be open ‘to the public on Tuesdays and Pri- ays. —— Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Guerra and Mrs, Gonzalo de Quesada arrived at the Raleigh this morning from New York on a visit to Gonzalo de Quesada, the Cuban charge affaires. Mr. Guerra is the treas- urer of the junta. Mr. J. A. Humphrey, formerly a well- known and popular Washingtonian, who now represents the advertising of the Illi- nois Central railroad, is visiting Washing- ton. Mr. William Secher, who was a prominent member of the Potomac Boat Club and the Press Club several years ago, and who is now practicing patent law in Cleveland, is paying a flying visit to the city. Mr. John G. Price of Canton, Ohio, re- turned to his home Saturday evening, after a visit with friends and relatives in the city during the past two weeks. Mr. H. W. Van Senden has relinquished the duties of private secretary to the Sec- retary of the Treasury in favor of Mr. Vanderlip, and has gone to Louisville, Ky. as the state agent of a life insurance com pany. He was a valuable assistant to Mr. Carltsle in the Treasury. Department, and performed his delicate and responsible duties in a highly satisfactory manner. Mrs. Van Senden will remain in this city a few weeks longer an@ then join her husband in Louisville. Gen. #ohn M. Wilson, chief of engineers, has gone south on a tour of inspection of engineering works. Savannah, Ga., is his objective point, but he may possibly «x- tend his trip.to Florida. He willsbe gone about two werks. Major E. W. Halford of the pay corps is on 4 visit to this city as the guest of his trother,-Mr. A. J. Halford, at 1622 22d street. Mi Halford is weil remem- bered as the te secretary of ex-Presi- dent He is paymaster of the Department a Colorado. Lowndes, | clecied by a SENATE PR: House & 5 rofaa & 3 Reed cf oi... er. THE MEN; 3 Ory Im The m.oin interest tn the g ling of Congress centere? =t the House of the Capitol, where the crzaniz-tion ot she new House and the seat leters » ing cards. Great crowds ¥ te the galleries pours before noon the general public had smell opportu to view the proceedings. Tac on openit the Speaker's rostrum, commonly iknow" as the “black belt,” which has a - eating capacity of about 300, was given up to the pui The other galleries were strictly reserved for ticket holders. 7 mos’ striking feature of the scene on th2 floor Was the num figures consp ver of new faces. Old iamilia ious in the shock of .aany parliamentary attle had disappear 1, and “n the new lists were new and untried knights. The change in the personnel was very great. By 11 o'clock the reserved galleries, wit) the exception of those reserved for t a plo: tie ¢ oS and the executive, w Walled im tie on t The brig cor S gave tumes of the lad heht and co! to the animated scene. Below the members were greeting cach jotber, and the hall buzzed with the low {babel of many voices. A basket of Ai jican beauty reses graced the desk of th Speaker. Faniliar Faces Back. In the great number of new fi en upon the floor of the House today the jonally appeared familiar were remembrances of Congresses of ago, others served in lative sessions. Mr. Holman of Indiana, for many years a conspicuous figure in Congr and in the latter part of his term familiarly known as “Objector” Holman and “watch dog of the more recent legis- comes back to Congress. He in- wandered into the room of the commmitiee on appropriations when he reached th ning. Unie Capitol this moi tunately, however, his place of watch dog a has been pre-empted. There is a regular bench show of them now. The Cann of Hlinois, the watchfulest dog in the ken nel; Sayers of Texas, who watches hi Dockery of Missouri, keeps a gen ali-around lookout, and Pitney of New Jer- sey, who is in training. It is considered quite probable that Mr. Holman will be placed upon the appropriations committe but he will have to take a rear place among the watch dogs. There a al vacancies on the appropriations committ and there is already a scramble for them Bland of Missourt. Atiother well-remembered man who again resumed his place in the House was Rich- ard Biand of Missouri. He feund his old seat on the democratic side and sauk into it as though he had but left it tere day. The great silver leader has not changed in appearance during the time that he has been following the plow sinc he left Congress. He says he feels as young as he ever did, and can chew as much tobacco as of old. Just back of Mr. Bland, in a character istic attitule, sat acother Missourian, Champ Clark. Jerry Simpson of Kansas comes back, and he fourm old seat, too, to They say he has relinqui itle of k- less Jer which when he was last in Congress, now wears socks. He pror tuents, how ever, before leaving the wild ui woolly westes of his populistic district, that whil he felt constrained to make this on» con cession to t conventionalities of th ks, he would draw coats, and effete east, an the line at would never wear a aress suit “There's ithe man that beat rison,” was the remark made about John Baker ot 1 He was in Congress a few years ago ming in as a republican, to succeed Wiliam R. Morrison, and was long known as the advecate of a high tar- iff. Things are different, now, however He bas turned a complete double somer- sault out of the republican party, and was fusion of free silver and the other scattering forces of his district. Another man who is good at turning po- litical handsprings is William J. Letz of 1 ear so. swallow Bill Mor twelfth Ohio district. He found .a front seat this morning, and sat in it, a big, crooth-faced, good-natured-losking fel low. He used to be a Cleveland gold dem- ocrat, and was so considered up to a short time before the nominating convention, when he described an axile spring and landed in the free silver ranks Genial, good-natured Mark Smith, dele gate from Arizona, is back again, and re newed his old friendships in or ler today. He is a democrat and silver man, but when he tries to a bil authorizing his territory to issue bonds, he always insists upon a clause making tt gold bends. One Co! pred Man Named White. There was one colored man occupying a seat on the floor. He was George H. White of Tarboro", N. C., a brother-in-law of Cheathim, the colored man who formerly held the seat. These two contest for the nomination usually, and try between them to keep it in the family, Buck Hinrichsen, One of the most striking figures in the new House was William H. Hinrichsen of Mlino's. They call him “Buck” Hinrichsen out west. He is a great, big fellow, Jolly as a sawyer, but keen as a brier in politics. Under his easy-going, good-natured mai ner he hides a capacity for political ma- neuvering that surprises his opponents. He is a political diplomat of the first water and witn it all a man of ability. Even a@ stranger could pick out the new members of the House from the old-timers. They were conspicuous by the gravity and solemnity of their manner, overcome by the awe of the great position which they had been called upon to fill. The old-timer knows that he is but one man in 357, and that the country does not He awake at night thinking of him, so he soon ceases to feel the awe of his position. The new men, too, as a rule, affect the style of dress that in the popular mind seems to be assoclaied with a “statesman.” White lawn ties, ample expanse of shirt front and long black coats are the striking fea ures of this style of dress. _ Many Floral Tributes. The floral display in connection with the opening of the House was the most elabo- rate of years. The flowers were not on exhibition at first. however, being sent into the lebby,back of the Speaker's desk, until the members of the House should choose their seats. The set pieces ard fioral testimonials of clubs and organiza- tions, sent to their representatives, occu pied ‘nearly one-half of the long’ lobby, while the smaller offerings covered several jong tables. One of the most striking pieces was a rose bush several feet high and as many in circumference, containing @ score or more of magnificent American beauties. This was sent to Mr. Loudenslager by some of his New Jersey constituents. Mr. James Rankin Young aad Mr. McAleer of Penn- sylvania also received several large flora -pieces, while half a hundred others were