Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1894, Page 1

—— —— ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, ISDAY MORNING, DECEMBER NGLE COPY FIVE CEN 1871 served that the amounts estimated as neces > ASTARTLING EXHIBIT Btate Auditor Moore Takes the Taxpayers Into His Confidence, APPROPRIATIONS EXCEED THE TAX LEVY Tmproved Assessments, Equality of Burdens and Administrative Economy, UNBLUSHING EXTRAVAGANCE EXPOSED Thousands of Dollars Reckles:1y fquandered Without Authority of Law, A BOTTOMLESS SUPPLY DEPOT Important Recommendations Designed Check Protect Taxpayers—I to Kuids on the Treasury and ws that Should Be Changed. Hon, Fpgene Moore, state auditor, in his biennlal report to the governor, makes some startling disclosures regarding the extrava- gance of the State Board cf Purchase and Supplies in purchases made for the last log- fslative session. A summary of this report appeared in The Bee a few days ago. s im- | portance, however, entitles it to further con- | sideration, especially In view of the fact that supplies for the legislative session have here- | tofore been largely contracted for and bought prior to the convening of the legislature, de- spite the want of statutory authority for so doing. An enormous quantity of drugs, stationery, hardware, dry goods, lumber and groceries were bought, and lavish prices paid for them out of the incidental fund, besides immense hack, hotel and transportation expenses of committees or pleasure seekers. The session of 1891 was especially expensive in hack hire, teams for delivering geods, all sorts of contest expenses, expenses of two banquets and committee expenses on trips to Galveston and elsewhere, together with many other large fncidental expenses that are t-o numerous to | particularize. Almcst anything that may be found in the retail market was bought in considerable quantities and charged to legis- lative incidental expenses. Gavels engraved at $20 each, ink stands at $18 each, and safes, ep ladders, barrels of oil, dictionaries, ham- mers, bolts, boxes of soap, leather valises, rope, chains, hinges, plate glass, thermcme- ters, mirrors, and other similar purchases tend to the belief that the public funds aro not being used for the best purposes. TEXT OF THE REPORT. The full text of Auditor Moore’s report is as follows: OFFICE AUDITOR PUBLIC LINCOLN, ~ Dec. 1.—To His Lorenzo Crounse, Governor of Nebraska: My Dear Sir—Herewith I am pleased to present my repcrt for the biennium ending | November 30, 1894, The many tabulations and statements embodied in this report ex- plain themselves. Our present revenue laws aro grossly inadequate and are practically suspended o far as the assessment of prop- erty is concerned. With the present uggre- gato valuation and the limit being 5 mills on the dollar for the general fund it is not possiblo to ralse sufficient revenue to meet the current appropriaticns. With a floating debt which is drawing 7 per centinterest it Is especially important that the appropriations be reduced to a minimum. The lessons of most rigid economy that are taught by the present times, and are observed ACCOUNTS, Excellency, | for_ several | making a gross appropriation for them. sary cannot be appropriated without an in- crease of the state's indebtedness. 1 have been collecting much valuable in- formation touching the revenue laws of our sister states and territories, which I cheer- fully place at your disposal, that may mate- rially aid in the correcting of the imperfec- tions of our present revenue system. I am convinced that our legislature should be more specific in the form of its appropriations, by particularizing fully as to their amount and purpose, and I believe that it would be much better if the number of separate accounts was reduced by placing the appropriations purposes under one head and The statement of the mortgage indebtedness in this report is necessarily incomplete, for the reason that the officers charged with making the returns to this cffice have, in many in- stances, failed to file any report, and in others inadequate and imperfect reports. The law relating to the reports of mortgage in- debtedness should be elther so amended as to make the reports exclusively to this de- partment or be repealed, so far as this office is_concerned. 1 especlally call your attention to the laws relating to the printing and distribution of books and blanks for revenue and educational purposes, and recommend that they bs o amended as to define the exact forms to be printed. Radical changes should be made, by legis- lative enactment, in all forms of vouchers for the payment of the various items of in- debtedness owing by the state, and I urge upon you (he necessity of a law requiring the cath or affirmation of the claimant to all vouchers presented to the state, attesting to their verity in every particular, and making any false statement subject to all of the penalties of perjury. A most definite law is needed for the safe interpretattion of all fee and mileage ac- counts, and I call your attention to the fact that ail such laws, as they now exist, should be so amended as to ba positively certain as to their full meaning. COUNTY TREASURY EXAMINERS. In compliance with the requirements of chapter 18 of our statute, I have caused ex- amination to be made of the offices of the treasurer of seventy-three of the ninety coun- ties of the state, with gratifying results. Errors of long standing have been corrected. Uniform systems of accounts are being in- stalled. Deficiencies have been detected and reported, and those responsible are adjusting thelr liabilities. This act should be amended 0 as to provide an adequate appropriation for_expenses. Under the existing laws there is much doubt as to where and how telephone proper- ties should be assessed. I would recommend that legislation be had on this subject. In counties under township organization much confusion has arisen as to the fees for the collection of state moneys, and I recom- mend the enactment of a law directing all township treasurers to turn into the county treasury all of their collections, without re- tention of any portion as their fees, and then the county treasurer can settle In full for all of the collections made of the funds of the state in his county and recelve his pay therefor from the state, and the township treasurer can be remunerated for his collec- tions by the county. The fund for the arrest of fugitives from Justice, officers’ fees and mileage, etc., created for the present two years was exhausted on March 8 last, really paying these fees for about eleven months of the two years and leaving the balance deficient. A very great deficiency exists in this fund, both of claims accruing before and after the last appropria- tion. Twenty-five thousand dollars, at least, will be required to pay the outstanding claims when the new appropriation can be available. I wish to urge the passing of an act by the legislature clearly defining the fees that the state should pay in all of this class of claims. LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES. 1 wish to especially call your attention to the enormous expenditures of our leglslative sessions, and urge greater economy in that branch of our state government. The ses- wion of 1891 cost for officers, members, em- ployes and incidentals the sum of $143,533.35, and the session of 1893 cost for the same items, which are all of the legislative ex- by our people as never before, are worthy of |penses, the sum of $119,307.16, or $24,026.10 emulation In all of the departments of the state, and by thelr strict observance the state can meet all necessary expenses and obliter- ate our outstanding indebtedness speedily. From a careful comparison of the revenues of the state for the three blennial periods prior to this I find there was appropriated $7,996,060.41, and that for the same period the total tax levies of the state amounted | to $7,463,050.68, or $643,009.83 less than tho appropriations, leaving that large amount of a deficiency if all of the levies had been col- lected, but In the same period $378,620.20 of the taxes levied are delinquent and unpaid showing that for the six vears ending No- vember 30, 1892, the appropriations exceeded the revenues derived from the levies for tho | same years by the sum of $921,630.03. Taking tho same period I find there was an average | delinquency of .0506 per cent of the levies made on an average rate of levy of 6.953 mills on the dollar on an average assessed valuation of $178,937,253.81 for the state. For the present biennium the average assessed valuation for the state is $189,225,311.75, with | an average tax levy of 6.66 mills on the dol- lar, producing $2,521,003.72, of which $2,208,- 040.26 was appropriated by our last legisla- ture, leaving an excess of levies over appro- priations of $312,063.46, from whicl deduct the delinquent rate from 1887 to 1892, both in- | i amounting to $127,662.76, and it leaves | a balance to apply on the nccumulated obli- gations of the six former years in excess of the collection of their revenues of $184,500.70, but this statement cannot show the true amount of outstanding indebtedness of the state for the reason that collections are being | constantly made from delinquencies of former | years that are applied to the extinguishment of the state's obligations as they come In. The appropriations of the state have exceeded the amounts derived from the tax levies for the past eight years, all being figured on the me basis of .0506 per cent delinquent, by the sum of §737,038.93, or an excess of $230,- | 940.37 In appropriations over the total tax levies, without the allowance of any delin- quencies. The appended tabulation will ex- plain itsell: SIPTS AND EXPE less than its immediate predecessor. The session of 1891 cost a trifle more than $1,081.45 for each member, or $763.65 for in- cidental expenses and clerk hire for each member, and $317.80 for his salary and mile- age. ‘The session of 1893 cost the state for each member the sum of $902.81, or $317.18 for salary and mileage, and $585.13 for in- cidentals and clerk hire. Each of the sixty- four days of the session of 1891 cost §2,247.40, and each of the sixty-eight of the 1893 ses- sion cost $1,761.87. Enormous quantities of drugs, stationery, hardware, queensware, dry goods, lumber and, groceries are bought, and lavish prices are’paid for them out of the Incidental fund, esides immense hack, hotel and transporta tion expenses of committees or plea seckers. The session of 1891 I find to been especially expensive in hack hire, teams for delivering goods, all sorts of contest ex- penses, expenses of two banquets and com- mittee expenses on trips to Galveston and elsewhere, together with many other large incidental expenses that are too numerous to particularize, and the session of 1893, while much more econcmical than that of 1891, was very much more expensive than would seem to be essential to the careful performance of the duties of our lawmakers. Excessive numbers of clerks and employes have been too prominent features of our most recent legislative sessions, and in many other ways the expenditures have been made very bur- densome to the state. Almost anything that can be found in the retail market is bought in considerable quantities and charged to leg- islative incidental expenses. The printing for the legislature fs necessarily an expen- sive feature and should be carefully scrutin- lzed. Gavels engraved, and at $20 each, ink stands at $18 each and safes, step ladders, barrels of ofl, dictionaries, hammers, bolts, boxes of soap, leather valises, rope, chains, hinges, plate glass, thermometers, mirrors and scores of other similar purchases tend to the belief that the public funds are not being used for the best purposes, and these seem S, | 1 w0, g 03 suopwpdoddy “Jusnburieq. s uj £ae] savak {9182 763,538 {'8770.304 153,138,230 186,432,976 | eemsi 18,117,498 view of the figures I submit and the present financial stringency, together with our laws regarding tax sales, T feel warranted In the conclusion that no less than 10 per cent of our stato levies for the ensuing year blennium will be delinquent. I especially | urge upon you the necessity of a medification | of our revenue laws o as to increase the rate of levy possible by the State Board of Equal- \zation, or enforce the assessment of property At nearer its true worth, which, fn many Instances, 1s as low as & per cent of its mar- ket value at the present time, or a very waterial reduction in our biennial appropria- tions, 1f it can bs hoped tq see the state's | Jobligations reduced. It is evident that the | most rigld economy must obtain in all appro- priations in order that the revenues may pay the state's current expenses and be of any material ald in reducing the floating indebt- | edness under the present lax system of taxa- “tion, and I urge upon you the importance of | some speedy action by the legislature tending to an ineresae of our revenues. The In- crease of our revenue ralsing ability is not | commensurate with the increase of the essen- tlal expenditures of the state, I especially | call your attention to the statement herein | showing tary lnl- @ state's various departrizuts ana tnstitutions for the two years ending March 81, 1897, and alsg eAll Your atteution to the robabliity tiat the revenues of the state for P. eatimgted appropristions neces- | h = |- saxm e 2 <30 quw B 1Y to bo largely contracted for and bought p: to the convening of the session of the legisla- ture, and without any especial authority therefor being provided by statute. I have carefully collated from the bills of the two last sessions a few items of expense and present then for your information in this tabulation riter o riter paper.... er bands 1619 roes Rubber bands 64 Kross 17 doz 701893 1891 1893 Solssors and sh Sclssors and shears, i #1593 118{13i4 90/1803 1833 1891 571891 1893 T i 1863 50| 3 vot 1891 Cuspldors 227 00| 1% (1893 i’ iotters Blotters . Waste baskeis. Waste basi Mucllage . 6 same perlod are not likely to be very me_:u,umlnlvln the ] %0 it will be readily ob- Carpets AT EE L W Several ex-members who have heard that Wonlluued om Recind Page) | demand | 0 ARISTOCRACY TO THE REAR Young Men Coming to the Fromt in Palmetto State Politics, GOVERNOR EVANS REMARKABLE INAUGURAL Brains and Not Illustrions Ancestry the Key to Leadership in the Future—Will Uphold and Eaforce the DI pensary Law, COLUMBIA, 8. C., Dec. 4.—Benjamin Ryan Tillman is no longer governor of South Caro- lina. At 1:30 p. m. today he was succeeded by his chief lieutenant, John Gary Evans. Several thousand persons assembled in the hall of the house of representatives, despite a raw and chilly day, with intermittent rains, to witness the ceremonies of inauguration. As the inauguration procession entered the band played “Hail to the Chief.” Prominent among those on the rostrum were United States Senator Irby, ex-Governor Tillman and the chief justices of the supreme court. Af- ter prayer by Rev. John A. Rice the oath of office was administered to Governor Evans by Chiet Justice Mclver, Evans spoke dis- tinctly and without tremor. His address con- sumed about one hour in delivery. The following is a synopsls of Governor Evans' address: Gentlemen of the Assembly: After ob- taining the will of the people in three sep- arate elections, I am here today to assume the governorship of the proudest people on the globe. Ten years ago the elevation of a man of my age to the highest honor in the gift of the people would not have been re- garded as constitutional, A young man in South Carolina would have dared to aspire to this position for fear of gaining the odium of that class who by reason of age or inheritan considered the offices as their particu r property, without regard to the popular will. There 'are some who still regard the political revolution of 1890, which gave to us an aristocracy of brains 'instead of lands and money as an hallucination and was the relgn of the demagogue. This gentle slumber will result in good and the Rip Van Winkles of the state will awaken to find themselves monuments of antiquity, surrounded by young sires of —modern progress, who have nothing but love and reverence for them. It is a matter of con- gratulation to the people that the effort to stay the course of reform by an appeal to an ignorant and purchasable vote has been rebuked the second time in a manner unmistakable in terms, and let us hope that in the future there will be found in the state no man so ignoble as to dare threaten us_with a return of the dark days from 1868 to 1876, It is unfortunate indeed that the foundation of our social and political institutions {s the unity of the white people. This condition was thrust upon us by the emancipation and enfranchisement = with one stroke of an unfortunate, ignorant class, unfiit to govern themselves, Placed in poger by the bayonet, forced to govern their “former masters, we thus witness o spectacle seldom recorded in history. A government of ignorance, vice and corrup- tion over wisdom, virtue and honesty. 1 say here, on the threshhold of my admin- istration,’ that it is time for our people to come together and be a united people, and let the responsibility fall on those of the op- position who insist upon a ‘rule or ruin” policy. We are fast coming to the plight which Ireland Is in. Our great plantations are becoming merely the hunting preserves of the wealthy, and the laborer year by year is being ground to poverty and servility., The party which has been true to us in the past and to which we must look in the future has suffered defeat from one ex- treme of the land to the other, and today not a democratic state Is left north of Mason and Dixon's line. The northeast seems to be deaf to our appeals, and the “ray of light” which we had hoped for in the west has proved as filckle as an aurora borealis. South Carolina has led in every great moral and political reform and it remains for us to set the pace for the nation, which will ultimately ring relief to the éntire people. Governor Evans begins his specific recom- mendations with the suggestion that the State Agricultural society be given a small appropriation. He congratulates the people upon the calling of the constitutional con- ventlon, and the South Carolina college, he says, should be opened to women in all of its _classes. The constitutional convention should pro- vide special courts for the trial of criminals usually the vietims of lynch law. These courts should protect the victims of as- saults from public and vulgar cross-examin- ation and the notoriety of newspaper ex- ploitation. . Of the dispensary law he says: “I am thoroughly satisfied after an active canvass of the state that the dispensary law s now written in the hearts of the people and is favored by fully 85 per cent of the popula- tion. It shall be my duty and pleasure that the remainder respect and obey it,” and he sharply arraigned towns hostile to the law. The remedy was with the legis- lature. Governor Evans' remedy Is sup- posed to be a metropolitan police force for Charleston and other towns where the ad- ministration of the dipensary law Is ob- structed. The governor condemns the prac- tice of leasing convicts to private parties. In closing Governor Evans said: ‘If when I return this commission I can say, ‘Behold a_happy people, in peace, love and unity,’ my reward will be great and suffi- cient. Asking the support of my friends, the charity of my enemles and the help of God, T now dedicate my head, hand and heart to the service of my state." After music, Lieutenant Governor W. Zimmerman was inducted addressed the assembly. H. into office and KOLB ISSUES ANOTHEK MANIFESTO, Advises Tax Collectors Not to Pay Money Into the State Treasury. BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, Dec. 4—R. F. Kolb, who claims to be the governor of Alabama, today completed a message to the legislature which he signs as governor and which will Do transmitted to that body tomorrow. The message is also addressed to the people of Alabama and is a long and in many respects revolutionary document, as it recommends that his followers do not pay their taxes for a while, He further says: I further advise those collectors who value the cause I represent, and which will assur- edly prevail, to delay all payments of state taxes into the state treasury until an impar- tial hearing is had of our complaint under a fair and honest contest law. When it is remembered that the tax col- lectors n thirty-elght out of sixty-six coun- ties in the state are Kolbites, it will be seen that if they take his advice the Kolb govern- ment will find strong support and Alabama will be threatened with anarchy. In his message Kolb says: The revolutionary conditions of our state government must become the subject of your continued and most anxlous contem- plation. The plans of usurpers, so alarming to you, are abating in nothing to reduce you to' an abject and final submission to their unbridled will and passions, You have seen your just demands for the full execution of the election system of gov- ernor_and other state officérs, secured to you by sacred constitutional guarantee, Qeliberately set aside by the legislature, itself only a creature of the constitution. 1 declare to you, without fear of contradic- tion, that if the present party in control of your government be not arrested in its mad career no elections can be held in Alabama under the law and constitution, He then reviews the provisions of the con- stitution and says: ‘“Because the legislature of 1892-93 did expressly revoke the sections of the civil code, however unperfected, which seemed to allow a contest of election of goy- ernor and other state officers, by refusing on to restore them or to substitute atterg of a reusonable and practicable na- ture, you are perfectly justified n declaring there can be no election of governor or other state officers under the comstitution of Ala- bama binding on you which is tainted with fraud at the ballot box.” He then urges the legislature to enact contest laws and advises his friends to organize clubs to assist In the general object of his appeal. The message concludes: If Colonel Oates and his faction fear not the truth, If they court equity #hd are ready to abide by justice, they Mr‘hmumn at nothing to remove the cglor of dishonor from his title to the office he has possessed by arms, AGETA ILL Compelled to Resign the Gokmmand of the Army In Manchusia, LONDON, Dec. 4—A dispatch to the Cen- tral Ne: from Tokio eays a report, to which much credence fs given, Is current there to the effect that Feld Marshal Ya- mageta, commander of the Japanese army, is 8o serfously indisposed that it has been decided necessary for him to be invalidated and one of the court chamberlains has started for the front with a ‘message from the emperor. Nodsu has been promoted to be a general, and will at once assume com- mand of the first Japanese army, Captain Miuy has been appointed to the command of the crulser Yamashiro, and the late harbor master at Sazbo has been made governor of Port Arthur. he Times correspondent at Chefoo says: relgners here are preparing for defense se have little confidence in the r port that an armistice is about to be con- cluded. HIGHBRED MURDERER. Nephew of Colonel Saundergon Arrested for Killing n Dissolute Woman, LONDON, Dec. 4.—On November 2 the body of a comely, well dressed young woman, about 30 years of age, named Dawes, belonging to the unfortunate class, was found in & much frequented thorough- tare, Holland Villas road, Kensington, A hasty examination of the body showed that her throat had been cut from ear to ear. Suspicion centered upon @ young man of excellent family named Reginald Liewelling Treahearne Basset Saunderson, a_nephew of the famous Colonel Edward 'J. Saunder- son, the member of Parliament for North Armagh, a magistrate and a_deputy lleu- tenant, ‘and the son of Llewellyn® Trea- hearne Basset Saunderson, esq., a_justice of the peace of Dublin ‘county, Ireland. Saunderson, according to the police, left the school which he was attending Novem- ber 2, saying he intended to attend divine service, But he was not heard of again until he appeared at the home of his rel- atives some time after the murder. The theory of the polfceiis that Saunder- son, after leaving Hamptdnwick, met the woman, The evidence which directly con- nects Saunderson with tne murder s the fact that by the dead woman's side the police found a knife and a cherry wood stick, which were subsequently {dentified by the puplls of the institution at Hamp- tonwick as having belonged to Saunderson. COURAGE OF 1S CONVICTIONS. English Press Speaks Flatteringly of Cleve- land's Attitude Toward England. LONDON, Dec. 4.—The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on President Cleveland’s an- nual message to congresg, says: “President Cleveland reiterates his faith in free trade, but we do not expect to get anything more out of the tariff controversy. That chance is lost until the democrats yéturn to power ‘With more sense n their Hedds. America is going to bid for the Eupremacy of the seas. While we do not fear the gontest, this policy WL In” time seriously affeqt our carrying rade,"” The Globe sa “There 18 no tou spread-eagleism in the message, or the slightest desire to twesk John Bull's nose, Ou the contrary, President Cleveland has the courage to display a fiiendly attitude to Great Britain on certais questions which, if roughly handled, would easily provoke in ternational umbrage. We advisedly call his language courageous, for his-careful avoid- ance of other sort of talk,is eertain to pro- voke the wrath of the Trish-Americans. As in forelgn affairs so in estic affairs is there ample proof that he hias the courage of his convictions.” No Faith 1 Uio Rk, LONDON, Dec. 4.—The: Times says that the earl of Kimberley, thé forelgn secre- tary, has made energgtic répresentations, to the Porte to the effect that the order of the Turkish commissioh to make a searching inquiry into the Armenian massacre. was not enough, as the report of a purely Turkish commission would not inspire any public confidence. The sultan has come to Tecog- nize this, and is reported ready to submit aniindepéndent element to form part of the commigsion, h of King Humbert's Cold Reception. ROME, Dec. 4.—Several newspapers agree that the dominant note In the king's recep- tion on the streets yesterday on his passage to and from the houses of Parliament was the coolness of the people. In addition at- tentfon is called to the fact that the King speech was only applauded twice, when his majesty referred to the national desire to assist the victims of the earthquakes and when he touched upon the necessity of pro- viding for the wants of the farmers. Little Hope for American Beef in Ger) ny. BERLIN, Dec. 4—The foreign office has forwarded to Baron A. von Saurma Jeltsch, the German ambassador at Washington, a statement regarding thg prohibition against the landing of American cattle and fr meat at German por(S. The statement not favorable to the American side of the question. The government will await the discussion of this matter in the Reichstag before coming to a definite decision on the subjec Praco Negotlations Progross Slowly. LONDON, Dec. 4.—According to advices received from an excellent authority upon the subject of negotiatiobs for peace be- tween China and Japan, the negotiations ars not making as rapid strides as supposed. It seems certain that Japan intends to insist upon stronger and more tangible proofs of China’s submission before talking of peace. e PREPARING THEIR REPORT. Commissioners of the South Ddkota Soldiers’ Home on that Institution’s Condition. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. 4.—(Speclal)— Cclonel B. B. Clough of Deadwood, Judge C. 8. Palmer of this city, Colonel O. E. Dewey of Watertown, Colonel C. J. Anderson of Plankinton, Captain J. P. Phillips and Cap- tain J. P. McGrew of Hot Springs are in the city. The latter named gentleman is commandant of the Soldiers' Heme at Hot Springs, and the others are commissioners of that institution. They are here prepar- ing their biennial report for the governor and legislature. Colonel Clough says that they will probably ask the legislature to ap- propriate $60,000 for the maintenance of the home for the next two years, and he says there will be no padding, but the request will be based an what they absolutely nec The per capita cost of keeping the soldiers this year will be about $210, of which the United States pays $100 per capi The amount due the state from the United States at the end of the present quarter will be §2700. There are now 136 soldiers in the home. g EXTERMINATING WOLVES. South Dakota Ranchmen [Hunting Animals Near U8irichs. OELRICHS, 8. D., Dée. J.—(Special,)—~The stockmen of this county have frequent wolf hunts for the purpose of exterminating the big gray wolves, which have been more or less troublesome to stock of various kinds. The last round-up took place Satur- day on Hay canyon, twenty-five miles northeast of here, and the twomi one horse- men_who participated suceeeded in captur- ing five of the animals. The Wilson broth- ers have imported (hree English trail hounds, which are of the greatest service in trailing the wolves, which take to rough ground for the purpose of eluding the riders, and as a_result Wome are tralled holes, where they are afterward out. Since the last' few hunts the wolves are not as troublesome and it is thought that it won't be long until stock :‘lulucl'.\ will have ng more trouble in this ne. the iR L2 0 B Preparing for Fature Drouths. OELRICHS, 8. D, Dee. 4.—(Special)— Quite a movement Iy being made in this county toward irrigation among the farm- ers and stockmen by damming the creeks and ravines for the purpose of making storage ponds, which will be a great ben- efit to those making these improvements. —— Dove and Never Came Up. SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dee. 4.—Chase Joyce, a market hunter, '‘and Guy Madewell, @ young lawyer, dared each other tonight to dive from the bridge oyer the Sacra- mento river, Hoth plunged headfirst fato the stream. Madewell gwam to the shore, but Joyce never came to the surface. It supposed he struck a submerged pile and was killed, Both men had been drinking. Joyce's relotives live in Eimira, N, Y. | day introduced a number of bills. ! terruptions THIRTY DAYS' TALK ENOUGH Proposed New Senate Rule to Force a Vote After a Month's Debate, BREAKING OV.R TIME-HONORED CUSTOMS Senator Blanchard Brings In a Resolution for the Puyment of Sugar Bountles for the Vast Season—Bringing Up International Questions. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—When the senate convened at noon today there were few traces of the confusion attending the opening of con- gress yesterday. The usual dignity and se- renity of the chamber was restored, there was the usual scattered and shifting attend- ance in the galleries and the senators showed thelr desire to enter without delay upon the real business of the session. A large number of bills, petitions and me- morlals were presented, most of them of local character, Mr. Blanchard, democrat of Loulsiana, of- fered a resolution reciting the circumstances under which the sugar bounty was cut oft after the sugar crop of 1894 was put in. It directed the committee on appropriations to include in the urgency bill a sum sufficlent to pay the bounty for the present year. The bill went over for the present. Mr. Vest, demccrat of Missouri, offered an amendment to the rules with a view to cut- ting off protracted debates in the senate. It provides that after a measure has been de- bated thirty days it will be in ofder for any senator to move to fix a date fcr the final vote. This motion is to be put without de- bate or delay, and If carried the original question s to be voted cn at the time fixed, Mr. Vest sald he would address the senate tomorrow on the need of this reformatory rule, Mr. Ledge, republican of Massachusetts, oftered a resolution, which was adopted with- out dissent, calling on the secretary of the navy for the official letters of Admiral Walker while in command cf the United States naval vessels at Hawall. Mr. Lodge raised another international question by a resolution calling cn the presi- dent for the correspondence concerning Blue- flelds and for Information concerning the attitude of Nicaragua. The resolution was adopted without comment, Mr. Quay, republican of Pennsylvania, in- troduced a motion of respect for Minister Myron B. Wright, a late member of congress from Pennsylvania, and as a further mark of respect to the deceased the senate at 12:30 p. m. adjourned. NATIONAL FARK AT SHILOS. House Appropriates 875,000 to Purchase Land on the Celebrated Hattle Ground. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—There were ex- actly 100 members on the floor when tho house met at noon today. The galleries wero almost empty. The democratic leaders had decided just before the house was called to order to plunge immediately into routine business. On motion of Mr. Storer, republi- can of Ohio, & resolution extending the time allowed the board of engineers to survey canal routes through the state of Ohlo under the river and harbor bill was adopted. Mr. Outhwaite, from the committee on military affairs, called up a bili for the re- lief of the legal representatives of Arsenus P. Boyd, late of the Unitéd" Sfates cavalry, but it was ruled out on a pofnt of order, and he called up the bill for the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga national park. The bi!l appropriates $20,000. The date of the dedication was fixed for September 19 and 20, 1895. The bill was passed. He then called up the bill introduced by Herderson of Towa for the establishment of a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh. It carries an appropriation of $150,000. Mr. Outhwaite yielded the floor to Mr. Henderson, republican, of Iowa, who ex- plained that the matter had been discussed by the Grand Army of the Republic and the Army of the Tennessce, and there was an earpest desire on the part of the western army for a military park on the scenes of these great hattles. Mr. Black, democrat, of Illinois Wheeler, democrat, of Alabama, with him, had undertaken to' look after the bill. Op- tions on the land in writing for an average of $12 an acre had been secured, whereas the Chicamauga park had cost an average of §28. The bill provides for a commission of three to be appointed from the armies of the Tennessee, Ohfo and Mississippi. After the adoption of an_amendment reducing the appropriation to $75,000 the bill was passed. Mr. Richardson, demacrat, of Tennessee then presented the conference report on the printing bill. Mr. Richardson occupied the hour explaining the minute details of the conference report, which was subsequently vigorously attacked by Mr. Dunn of New Jersey. After further debate the report went over and the house, at 8:55 p. m., ad- Journed until tomorrow. and DEMOCRATIC SENATORS CAUCUS. About Evenly Divided ou - the Question of Cloture. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The democrats of the senate spent about three hours in caucus today and then adjourned, without taking ac- tion, to meet again Thursday next. The en- tire time was devoted to a'discussion of the situation and to the wisest course of action for the democratic party during the present sesslon of congress. The entire discussion was based upon a series of resolutions pre sented by Senator Danfel of Virginia declar- ing for a cloture, committing the party to an abandonment of all efforts to amend the tariff act law, and an effort to reform the currency in accordance with the suggestions in the president’s message. These resolutions opened a wide range of debate, in which many senators participated. Senator Vorhees opened the talk with a suggestion to the effect that the wisest eourse lay in the abandonment of any effort to pass the free raw material bills (so called) be- cause of the evident determination of the republicans to prevent action. Senator Vest showed an inclination ‘toward cloture, eon tending that if the democrats did not adopt it the republicans would when they should come Into, power. Senator Morgan presented a plea for a liberal allowanc? of time for the consideration of the Nicarauga canal bill, While no action on any question was taken by the caucus, the prevailing sentiment after the close of the caucus seemed to be that its ultimate decision would be adverse to the entire series of propositions presented by Senator Danfel. The sentiment favorable to cloture seemed quite evenly divided. There was also a strong element favorable to the passage of the sugar bill as reported by the finance committee, striking out all differen- tials on sugar and leaving a straight revenue duty of 40 per cent ad valorem, but it was pointed out that if the attempt should be made in this direction it would open up the entire tariff question. SEVERAL BI S FROM PEFFER, Bulk of Them Directed to the Regulation of Rallway Matters. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Senator Peffer to- One of these provides for the purchase of silver bul- lion at the market price avith greenbacks, the silver £o purchased to be coined fnto standard silver dollars and both the silver and the greenbacks to be used for the payment of outstanding bonds. The titles of the more important of the other bills Introduced by Mr. Pefter are as follows: To provide for the government control of freight rallways; to reduce the cost of trans- portation; to establish a just and uniform charge for carrylng frelght; o prevent in- of interstate strikes, and to secure reasonable compensa- tion to rafllway employes; fo authorize bank- ing on capitel secured by a pledge of real estate securitios; to secure depositors against loss; to enlarge the volume of circulating money; to provide a flexible currency and to establish safe and profitable depositories for the savings of the people; to relieve persons who have settled on the public lands and who have lost their homes by reason of misfortune for which they are not responsible, and to repeal that part of the act of January 14, 1875, known as the resumption act, which authorizes the sale of bonds. REPUBLICANS FIRM ON TARIFF, Uncompromisingly Opposed to Any Further Tinkering at Present. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The senate com- mittee on finance was in session an hour today, but did not agree to any course of action on any of the more important financial or_tariff bills before the senate. The meet- ing was largely informal, and was devoted in the main to an exchange of views upon the freo raw material bills and the president’s currency recommendations. Some of Senator Poffer's financial bills were taken up and ad- verse reports unanimously agreed upon. It is understood that there was a very free discussion of the sugar tarift bill. The demo- cratic members expressed a desire to take the bill up in the senate for consideration, but while not making specific objection to the sugar bill the republican members of the committee intimated that the majority of the republican senators would stand against any plecemeal amendments of the tariff bill at present. Reference was also made to the free alcohol bill with a like result. The meeting was more important for what it failed to accomplish than for what it did accomplish. — TWO HEAVY FIRES. Firemen Kept Busy in the Dry Goods Dis- trict in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 4—Two fires In the dry goods district Kept the firemen busy for sev- eral hours tonight. The first fire occurred in the eix-story brick building, No. M7 Broadway, and caused a 1oss of $25,00. The fire had hardly been extinguished when flames were discovered in the building at 315 to 317 Spring street. The flames were in the rooms of M. Horman, whose stock of clothing and clonke was damaged to the ex- tent of $20,000. When the second fire was Qiscovered at 6 o'clock a panic ensued among the seventy-five young women em- ployed by the manufacturing firm of Moch & Co., on the fifth and ixth floors, George Stinson, engineer of the building, and Den- nis McAuliffe, the elevator man, at great hazard cperated the elevator under heavy steam pressure, and thus rescued fifty of the girls, while the remaining twenty-five were assisted down the fire escape. On the last trip of the elevator the door of the car bulged from the heat to which it had been subjected. Some of the girls fainted, but were soon restored to consciousness, The estimated individual losses Moch & Co., flowers and feathers, Steiner, Davidson & Co Steiner, Davidson & L. Simons, flowers Henry J. Solomon, for David J. Solomon & Co., neckwear, $0,000; building owned Dy the Mahoney estate, $20,000. sl dalr iy CARRYING OFF BUILDINGS. an Farmers in North Dakota Steallng Government Property. GRAND FORKS, N. D, Dec. 4—A large number of indictments have been found against Russian farmers from Emmons county for stealing or carrying oft govern- ment buildings at Fort Lincaln, five miles gouth of Mandan. The depredations, ac- cording to Major W. C. Goodin, the govern- ment representative at the fort, have been going on for some time, Russiah settlers in that vicinity have been engaged in thieving lumber and outbuildings for some time, making their visits mostly during the night, and all efforts to catch them have failed. During the past few weeks, however, they have grown bolder, and on Saturday a small army, numbering over 100, put in an appear- ance with forty-five teams, pickets and all necessary appliances, ready to clan every irch of lumber from the spot. Major Geod- ing, who has charge of the fort, protested, but the hoodlums drove him away with bricks and stones and continued to demol- ish the buildings, BEven the old Custer house, which the people of the slope have endeavored to pres was not spared, but ruthlessly torn to pleces. Deputy United States Marshals Hennessey of this city and Hanna of Grafton were at Bismarck and made a raid on the thieves Saturday. Pickets posted by the thieves gave notice of their coming and the entire 1 made an_ effort to escape, but the deputies succeeded in rouding up eight of them and secured the names of forty others. Five were left in jail at Bismarck and three brought here as witnesses before the grand jury. Of 117 buildings at the fort, very few remain, the destruction being almost com- plete. are: $50,000 fancy goods, $75,000 ¢ goods, $6),00 cathers, $10,000; Rus e Malne's Torpedo Tubes Prove Sutlsfactory. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Dec. 4.—Commodore Sicard, his staff, the chief of the department of ordnance, and a large number of naval officers witnessed the torpedo tube test on the crufser Maine at the Brooklyn navy yard today. The object of the test was to ascertain the accuracy and alignrhent of the tube and to verify “the scale of degrees and minutes marked on the rotary track by means of which the tube is aimied, and whether or not the scale agreed with' that in the torpedo conning and aiming room above, The torpedo was fired and struck the water in a perfect line with the point aimed, which showed perfect uniformity be- tween' the scale in the conning room and the scale In the tube room. The officers who witnessed the test are highly pleased at its success, Commodore Sicard will send a detailed report of the test to Washington. e Clubs Need Not Take Out Liconse. JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 4.—Today in the supreme court Judge Gantt rendered an opinion holding that the distribution of li- quors by a bona fide club was not a sale within the meaning of the law, even thoug the person making the sale received money, and contirued: *We think a distribution of wine or liquors belonging to such a club among its members is not a sale of liguor within the meaning of our dramshop ac although technically it does amount to a sale for some purpose.’’ The decision was rendered on the appeal of Excise Commissioner Bell of St. Louls, who sought to vacate the charter of, the noted St. Louls club, because it sold lighors to its members without first having taken out a dramshcp license. A o e Blackwell Complalus of 18 Treatment. WICHITA, Kan, Dec Colonel Mur- dock, editor of the Kagle, recelved a very pathetic letter today from the Blackwell, who Is now in the Clar T., jail, charged with treason. The letter {8 'an appeal to the press to save him from what he calls the conspiracy of the Che kee chiefs to put him tod eath. He says he is loaded down with chains, treated like a dog, and the greatest indignities heaped upon him. His crime is selling lots in a townsite on his own lands, contrary to the act recently passed by the Cherokees, mak- ing it treason for Indians or squawmen to sell lands. The accused owns the townsite on which 1s the city of Blackwell, Serum Working Well at Kansas City, KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4.—Local physicians are enthusiastic over the results of using anti-toxine, the new diphtheria remedy, a quantity of which has been received here and put upon its merits. Two doses of the serum were glven to an Infant child having an advanced case of diphtheria and in one day's time the child was pronounced out of danger. Another case, that of w youth who had been 11l nine days with the disease, has shown like results, the patient nearly being cured after two doses had been adminis- tered. Further experiments are being made, Dynamite Thawed Out, OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 4—A quantity of dynamite exploded at Hull, near this city, Kkilling three men and a boy engaged In lay- ing water pipes. The names are as fol- lows: N. Martin, aged 3; Henry Lamarche, aged 42; T, Seguin, aged 58, and C. Barbeau aged 10, Martin and Beguin were engaged in thawing the dynamite. ————— Movements of Seagolng Ve Dec. 4. At San Francisco—Departed—-Oceanic, for Hong Kong and Yokohama. At New_ York—Arrived—Nordland, from Antwerp; Fuerst Bismarck, from Genoa. At Hamburg—Arrived—Italia, from Phila- commerce by delphia. FOR FIRMER FINANCE' Eecrotary Carlisle Urges on Congress the Neoessity of Monetary Reform, CRUDITIES IN THE PRESENT SYSTEM Cumberome, Complex Oharacter of the Cure rency a Oonstant Complication, GOVERNMENT SHOULD USE COIN ONLY Paper Issucs Should All Bo Retired in the Interest of Stability, TEN-DOLLAR NATIONAL BANK NOTES Smallest Denomination that Should Be Al lowed Under the New Agrangement— Gold Hasls for Circulation an Imperative Condition, WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The annual re- port of the secretary of the treasury on the state of the finances was sent to congress today. It shows the revenues of the gov~ ernment from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, were $3 498, and the expenditures $442,605,758, a deficit of $60, 8¢ 0. As compared with the fiscal year 1893, the receipts for 1894 fell off $88, 914,03 During the year there was a de- crease of $15,952,674 in the ordinary ex- penditures of the government. The revenues for the current fiscal year are thus estl- mated upon the basis of existing lawa (cents omitted:) From m om From pos Total estimated revenues... The expenditures for the same estimated as follows: r the civil establishment. .. the military estublishment KFor the naval establishment the Indian serv % PENSIONS. ..o, ‘or interest on public For postal service. period are . 891,250,000 53,250,000 140,500,000 * 31,000,000 o BLTs Total estimated expenditures........ $444,427,748 This shows a total deficit of $20,000,000. It is estimated that upon the basis of ex- isting laws the revenues of the government for the fiscal year 1896 will be: ¥ From From From aent. nue. aneous soure service. Total estimated revenue............ $4 CUSTOMS DISTRICTS SHOULD BE REOR- GANIZED, On the subject of customs administration, tho secretary says there i, in his opinion, great necessity for a reorganization of the customs districts throughout the country, by reason of the fact that there are now many ports of entry' at which little or no business is transacted. These should be abolished and the districts consolidated, and in his opinion this could be accomplished without Impairing the means recessary to protect the revenues against smugglers and without withdrawing proper facllities for documenting vessels. The appropriations heretofore made an- nually for the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion laws are declared to be inadequate for the purpose. The expense involved in investigating cases where Chinese unlawfully, enter the United States, in the trial of thos arrested and the. deportation of those con- vieted, including their transportation to the Pacific coast, is very large, and the appro- priation referred to should, in the judgment of the secretary, be not iess than $100,000 per annum. The pending treaty between China and the United States, under which laborers residing here may under conditions leave this country and return hereto, wilk necessitate the exercise of greater vigilance and a consequent increase in expense. The department is In possession of reports indicating a marked decrease in the num- ber of seals on the Pribyloff islands, and in consequence the number permitted to be taken this year was limited to 16,000, and for the ensuing year the number will have to be still further reduced. Cohcurrently, with this falling off on the islands there ha been for some years a great increase in the number of seals killed at sea. While the official returns cannot be yet stated, it s known the total catch in the Northern Pi cific and Bering sea for the season just ex- pired is by far the largest ever known in the history of pelagic sealing. The decrease in the seals on the Pribyloff islands, coupled with the large number of dead pups found on the islands during the last season whose mothers, presumably, were killed at sea, and the further phenomenal increase In the pelagic catch, justifies the belief that before the expiration of five yearsy when the regu= lations enacted by the tribunal of arbitra- tion are to be submitted by our government and that of Great Britain for a new conven- tion to consider possible revisions in the light of past experiénce, the fur seal will have been practically exterminated. NEW CURRENCY SYSTEM. The most important feature of Mr. Car- lisle's report is his discussion of the subject of currency reform, in the course of which the administration’s plans of a new system of currency are set forth In detall. Mr. Carlisle says: “On the 16th day of July last the total cash in the treasury, excluding current lia- bilities, but including a gold reserve of $6: 873,024, was $116,626,221; and on the 1st day of November the total cash, excluding current liabilities but Including $61,361,628 in gold, was $106,992,274, showing a decrease of $9,633,487. The excess of expenditures over receipts during the last fiscal year wi $09,803,260, and during the first five months of 'the present fiscal year, $21,737,367.92, It is not believed, however, that this difference between the recelpts and expenditures will continue in the same proportion until the close of the year, and, accordingly, 1 have estimated a deficlency of $20,000,000 at that time. Owing to the large importation of raw sugar in anticipation of the tariff act of August 26, 1894, the duties collected upon that article up to December 1 amcunted to only §3,022,000, and, of course, nothing bas yet been realized from the tax on Incomes, as its payment cannot be legally, enforced until after July 1, 1895, But there 18 reason to believe the importation of sugar will be resumed at an early date and con- tinued upon a scale which will yleld a larger revenus from that source during the re- mainder of the year, and it is probable also that on account of fhe penalties which may be incurred for nonpayment within ten days after July 1 a considerable part of the in= come tax will be realized in time to be available. My cpinicn Is that the laws now in force will yield an ampls revenue for the fiscal year 1896, as all their provisions will then be operative and the prospective im= provement in the business of the country, it realized, will greatly increase the re- sources from which taxes are collected, and accordingly a surplus of $28,814,920 Is es- timated for that year. “In my last agnual report I called atten- tion to the unsatisfactory condition of our financial legislation, especlally to the issue and redemption of circulating notes by the government and the inability of the sec retary of the treasury, under existing law to make prompt and adequate provision for the support of the public credit. —The exs perience of the past year has confirmed and strengthened the opinlons then expressed, and I therefore respectfully but most earn- estly urge upon congress the necessity for remedial legislation during its present sion. The well known defects in our finans clal system and the serious nature of the evils threatened by them bave dome morq