The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1896, Page 2

CONGRESS GETS T0 BUSINESS Petitions Favoring Ding- ley’s Bill Sent to the Senate. Cullom Gives Notice of a Speech | on the Cuban Ques- [ tion. In the House Loud’s Bills Relating to Improved Postal Sesrvice Are Passed. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—The Seuate spent less than half an hour in ses. | sion to-day and then adjourned until to- | morrow as a mark of respect to the mem- ory of the late Speaker Orisp. The only business transacted during the half hour was the presentation of communications | from several of the departments and of | petitions from some of them favoring the passage of tue Dingley bill. An effor: was | made by Call (D.) of Florida to get in a res. | olution on the subject of Cuba, but he was | forced to wait for another day. Notice | was given by Cullom (R.) of Iilinois that be | would next Thursday submit some re.| marks on that subject. When the Senate reconyened this morn- ing the Vice-President presented a com- munication from the Secretary of the Treasury giving the number of aliens em- ployed in the Treasury Department as cailed for by resolution May 9 last. It states that the number of such aliens at | the time of adopting the resolutions was thirty-five, bat since almost all of them bad become naturalized. Various otber department communica- tions were received and referred, among them the annual report of the Govern- ment directors of the Union Pacific Com- pany. Petitions from Philade!phiza and Bt. Louis favoring tae passage of the Dingley | bill were presented by Morrill (R.) and referred to the Finance Committee. Like | petitions were presented by other Sena- | tors, also several memorials in relation to | Armenian outrages. | Cuilom (R) of Illinois gave notice that | he would next Thursday morning submit | remarks on the Cuban question. A message from the House in relation to the death of ex-Speaker Crisp was laid | before the Senate, and on motion of Bacon | (D.) of Georgiaj who stated he would ask the Senate at a futvre time to gssien a day for eulogies, tbe Senate at 12:35 ad- | journed. e SESSION OF 1HE HOUSE. | Passage of the Pewsion Bill and Postal Measures Reported by Lowd. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 8.—The House promptly got down to business to- | day, resuining the call of committees where it left off at the close of last ses- sion. Under the call the Committee on Postoffices and Postroads occupied | nearly three hours of the session, in that | time securing the passage of three bilis. These were: Authorizing the use of private postal cards; authorizing the| Postmaster-General to allow an indem- nity not exceeding $10 in any one case for the loss of registered packages or letters; | wuthorizing the appointment of letter-car- riers at vffices where the free delivery sys- tem is not established, the cost thereof to | be borne by the patrons. | The general pension appropriation bill was then taken up, and Grow (R.) of Penncylvania made a brief speech in favor of a protective tariff based upon the Presi- | dent’s recommendation in his message on the present tariff law. The pension bill was passed without amend ment. The documents in the contest of Thomas E. Watson vs, J. C. C. Black fora seat in the Fifty-fourth Congress from the Tenth Georgia District were received from ihe Clerk of the House and by the Speaker re- ferred to the Committee on Elections, The House of Representatives in its sec- ond day’s session plunged into routine business. Hull (R.) of Towa offered a resolution referring to the Committee on Military Affairs s0o much of the report of the Board of Soldiers’ Homes as under the rules should go to that committee. After some desultory discussion the Speaker statea that he would refer the repor: to the Appropriation Committee, This was sat- i-factory, and the resolution was agreed to, Loud (R.) of California, from the Com- mittee on Postoffices and Postroads, called up the bill authorizing the use of private cards to be no longer than the of- ficial cards and to be carried by affixing a stamp. The bill takes effect July 4, 1897, | endea on the 30th day of June, 189%. | tariff in any partisan sense, | nues of the treasury. It was passed without objection and with- out furtherargument. Loud also called up the bill authorizing the Postmaster-General to make regula- tions by which senders of registered let- ters or packages my be indemnified in a sum of not exceeding $10 in any one case for loss of letters or packages in the mail to be paid out of the postal revenues. Postmasters-General Bissell ana Wilson approved the bill Quizg (R.) of New York opposed the bill, suggesting an increased fee to meet the cost of insurance to recoup the Gov- ernment. Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvanis, sup- porting the bill, replied to Hopkins (R.) of Iilinois, stating that the experience of every country which had adopted the in- demnity for losses bad been that the reve- nues from increased business was vastly sreater than the cost of insurance. The bill was passed—76 to 18. Loua alse called up the House bill directing Postmasters at places where there is no free mail delivery, upon the petition of twenty persons receiving mail at one office, to appoint carriers, who shall be paid for their services by the patrons who utilize them. Sperry (R.) of Connecticut advocated the passage of the biil and Bingham op- posed it, because of increased liability to mail depredation through the employ- ment of such a force. The passage of the bill was advocated by Williams (Dem.) of Missouri, Smith (Rep.) of Iiiinois, Johnson (Rep.) of Cali- fornia and Pickler (Rep.) of South Dakota, and opposed bv Loud. The latter gentle- man said that this amounted to nothing, conferred no privilege or right that did not now exist. Any man or body of men could select a messenzer to call and de- liver their mail and pay bim for it if they wanted to do so. It was, besides, a dan- gerous measure, The bill was passed—101 to 13. The House then resolved itself into com- mittee of the whole and proceeded to con- sider the general pension appropriation bill. The provisions of the bill were briefly explained by W. A. Stone (Rep.) of Penn- sylvania. It carried a total appropriation of $141,283,880, less by $65,000 than the ap- propriation for the current year and the estimates of the Commissioner. No new legislation was proposed in the bill. Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania, the vener- able Representative and ex-Speaker of the House, took the occasion liberally ac- corded under the rules to make a tariff speech. He took his text from the Presi- dent's message relating to the Wilson tariff bill: “The only entire fiscal year during which thislaw has been in force In that year our imports increased over those of the previous year more than §6,500,000, while the domesfic products we exported and which "found markets abroad was neariy $70,000,000 more than duripg the preceding year, Whatever may be its shortcomings as a complete measure of tariff reform, it must be conceded that it has opened the way to a freer ana greater exchange of commodities between the United States and other countries and thu« furnished a wider market for our products and manufactnres.” In the two years and five months ended December 1, Mr. Grow said, the deficiency in the revenne of the Government amounted to $110,000,000 and yet the Presi- dent made no recommendation to Cou- gress regarding the increase of revenue. He did say, however, that no deficit that had occurred or that was likely to occur need excite or disturb, “1n a most placid, comfortable frame of | mind,” said Grow, ‘‘the President evi- dently thinks the creditors of the Nation will not be anxious so long as the engrav- ers and printing presses of the country do not break down.” Grow said he would not consider the Dut asa simple business matter affecting the reve- 1f the prasent law was not good for enything, the first duty of Congress was to provide revenues for the Government. He compared the work- ings of the McKinley and Wilson laws, and sarcastically referred to the President’s assertion that the latter “had opened the way to & freer and greater exchange of commodities.” Protection, he contended, meant employment for American labor and reyenue for the treasury. The pension bill being reaa for amend- ment, those offered by Connolly (R.) of Iilinois and Curtis (R.) of Kansas, pro- viding respectively that the rating fixed by the local board of examining surgeons shall be conclusive as to the amount of the pension and apportioning the amount for clerk uire in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, were ruled out on points of order. Bingham (R.) of Penn+ylvania, recalling President Cleveland’s statement in his message to Congress four years ago, that “‘Thousands of neighborhoods have their well known pension frauds, and that recent developments by the investigations of the bureau had shown appalling con- spiracies to commit frand,” reviewed the work of the bureau in exposing fraud since that message was published. To investi- gate these alleged frauds, said Bingham, more money had been appropriated than the buresu had asked. 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J., Dec. 8.—For weeks pretty Ruth Hoffman, the acknowl- edged belle of Mamemuska, N, J.. had been making preparatibns for her wed- ding. George B. Erninger, a prosperous farmer’s son, was to have wed Miss Hoff- man at 8 o’clock Saturday. At that hour the Hoffman home” was brightly lighted and crowded with invited relatives and friends, The bridegroom did not put in an ap- pearance at 8o'clock. At 8:30, when it was concluded that Barninger had met with an accident, some one was about to seek him when his brother arrived, and, calling the bride aside, handed her a letter. Misa Hoffman, with nervous fin- gers, hurriedly tore: open the envelope. Then as she scanned the lines her chesks grew pale, she gave a little gasp, the mis- sive fell from her fingers and she threw out her arms and fell fainting to the floor. All was in confusion in a moment, but assistance quickly reached the prostrate young woman, who was arrayed in all the elegance of her wedding attire. Mr. Hoff- man, after his daughter had been cared for, was in a great rage, and he picked up the note and read it aloud to the excited throng. Berninger wrote that he feared the young woman did notlove him enongh to be married, and he thought that at even this late hour it would be better to back out of his agreement than to take a step that the two of them would probably re- gret the remainder of their lives. He failed to explain, however, why he had delayed making known his intentious un- til the last minute, and great was the in- dignation of all present. Miss Hoffman was carried to her room. Instead of recovering and forgetting her cruel lover her condition has grown stead- ily worse, It1s now feared that she will become a victim of brain fever, Sunday Hofiman went to Berninger's house for an explanation, but fearing the wrath of nis former intended father-in-law the young man fled. HE i RAGE OF A REJECTED SWAIN. Clews Delta Shoots the Father and Brother of the Girl Who Would Not Marry Him. SCHUYLER, NEsR., Dec, 8.—A shooting affray occurred at midnight last night at the home of Max Gleason, six miles from here, in which Gleason’s son, a young man of 21 years, was shot through the heart by Clews Delta, who wished to marry Gleason's daughter. Opposition of the parents to the marriage is said to be the cause of the murder, and it is no fault of Delta that he did not exterminate the whole family. After killing the son he fired three times at Mrs. Gleason without effect. Thefather, who was in bed, sprang up seized a shotgun and aimed it'at Delts, but the charge failed to explode. Delta then turned on the old gentieman, shot bim in the forehead, and wresting the shotgun from him, beat him on the head, leaving bim for dead. He then made his escape. This morning the Sheriff formea a posse and is scouring the country for Delta, who has not yet béen captured, — POWELL’S ALLEGED DISCOVERY. Gomng to Los Angeles to Prove That He Has a Remedy That Will Revo- lutionize Medicine. COLUMBIA, Mo., Déc. 8.—Dr. Thomas Powell is going to Los Angeles, Cal. He confidently believes he has made discov- eries in medicine which will revolutionize science. He goes to Southern California at the solicitation and expense of Chicago capitalists and scientists, who will install him in s sanitarium which will give him an opportunity to test his new theory. Dr. Powell is exceedingly reticent in re- gard to his discovery and absolutely re- fuses to disclose the nature of the remedy except to say that it is physiological and constitutional in character. He further says that he has explained its character to a few medical scholars, who agree with him in saying it is entirely practical. The preparation will insure immunity from all diseases and is either fluid or solid in form, Contrary to general belief it is not a serum. Dr. Powell has written a paper for the New York Medical'Review setting forth his claims at great length. e s RUSH OF FPISITORS 10 CANTON. General King Urges Gary of Maryland for a Portfolio, CANTON, Onro, Dec. 8.—It rained steadily and furiously all day in Canton, but no extreme qr vagaries of the weather are effective in checking the rising tide of visitors at the McKinley residence. When Major McKinley returned from the station at 2 c’clock, whither he had gone to meet Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Williams of Chicago, cousins of his wife, be found people falling over each other in the ballway and with no more than a convenient amount of standing room in his study. The commanding figure and snow white hair of General Adam King of Baltimore, formerly Consul-General to Paris, first caught the eye of the Presi- dent-elect, and he invited him and his colleague, Talbot I. Alkert of Baltimore, into another room for a private confer- ence, Genera! King and Mr. Talbot, who are both Presidential electors, came to Canton at the request of all the electors and all the prominent Republicans of Maryland to present to Major McKinley the formal indorsement of Maryland Re- publicans of James A. Gary of Baltimore for a Cabinet position. “Mr. Gary,” said General King, “is a man in every way fitted, we think, for the Cabvinet. e is a successful man of affairs and js an efficient and ardent Re- publican, He would make a very com- Betem. and I am sure a very popular abinet officer, In view of the result of t e recent election in our State we think Mrryland worthy of recognition, and we have united upon Mr. Gary.” A score er more of other people had short private talks with Major McKinley. itk st Must Correct Election Returns. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 8—The Su- preme Court officials to-day handed down a decisfon in the Yost mandamus case. The decision compels the officers of Buck- ingham County to correct their election returns, thus making changesin the count in the Tenth Congressional District which will give the cartificate to Yost (R.)in- stead of Flood (D.), to whom the State Canvas-ing Board had decided to award the certificate. SILVER BOLTERS REMAINED AWAY Did Not Attend the Caucus of the Republican Senators. Sentiment Expressed That It Wou'd Not B Wis2 to Take Up the Dingley Bill. Gear Intimates That He Will Push Forward the Pacific Roads Funding Bill WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—A Re- publican Senatorial caucus was called to meet at 10 o’clock this morning. Dubois, Pettigrew, Mantle and Cannon, fourof the five bolting Senators now 1n this city, did not attend, but held a conference of their own in the committee-room of Dubois. There was no discriminaticn in the mat- ter of notification in connection with the caucus, The SBenators, in accordance with the usual custom, are not invited. They are simply notified thata caucus will be held at a stated time and place. These notices were sent yesterday to all the bolting silver Republicans and to Sen- ator Jones of Nevada. The only ex-Re- publican to whom one was not sent was Senator Stewart of Nevada, who is con- eidered an out and out Populist. Senator Dubois, in a note addressed to Sherman, chairman of the cancus, re- signed the secretaryship of the caucus and his membership on the steering commit- tee. This may bean indication of the propnosed policy of the free silver men to refrain from hereafter affiliating with their old-time colleagues. Senator Wilson of Washington was elected secretary in place of Dubois. A friendly rivalry between Senators Shoup ot Idaho and Hausbrough of South Dakota for the vacancy on the steering committee caused by the resiznation of Dubois was settled by putting both men on the com- mittee, The chief topic for discussion weas the Dingley bill, with the result that the mat- ter was referred, without action, to the steering committee. That committee will consider the advisability of taking up the Dingley. bill and considering the possi- bility of passing it. A consensus of opinion, gathered from the short speeches made, was that it wouid not be wige to take up the bill, as it would be impossible to get the votes to pass it. Senator Wolcott of Colorado introduced a resolution, which was unanimously adopt- ed, authorizing the chairman of the caugus to appoint a special commiltee of five Se: ators whose duty ‘it should be to devise such legisiation for action by this session of Congress as will secure an international monetary conference with the lnginx commercial nations of the world. Senator Wolcott made a_short speech favoring the resolution. There was no opposition and the resolution was agreed to without a dissenting vojce.. The debate on the Dingley bitl was par- | ‘ticipnted in by a dogen’speakers. Hale and Frye of Maire thought it expedient to ‘take up the measure and push it, while Aidrich ot Rhode Island and Merrill of Vermont were opposed to it, Gear of Iowa catled the attention of the steering committee to the fact that the Pacific railroad refunding bill had been referred to it last session and urged that the commitiee make a report favoring action this session. He threw ont an inti- mation that he intended to force the measure to the front should the com- mittee's report be unfavorable to prompt action, TEN 7O ONI AGAINST IT, Senator Perkins Says the Dingley Bl Can’t Pass This Session. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—8enator Perkins, in conversation with the Cary correspondent, expressed the opinion that there was little or no hope for passing the Dingley tariff bill. He said he believed tbat the sentiment in California was about evenly divided as to the expediency of passing the Dingley bill at the short ses- sion, or waiting until the next session and passing 8 more sweeping measure of pro- tection. The Senator said that be had hoped the Dingley bill could be passed, so that the tariff agitation might be over with and confidence restored among busi- ness men who were anxious about the outcom, Senator Perkins was not the only one of the prominent participants in to-day’'s Revublican Senatorial caucus, but he is a mwember of the Republican steering com- mittee, which in conjunction with a like committee of the Democrats practically shapes the order of business in the Senate. The failure of the bolting silver Repub- licans (except Jones of Nevada) to enter to-day’s caucus causes endless speculation as to whether these silver Benators have alienated themselves forever from the Republican party. Some of the sialwart straight-out Republicans declare that gradually, and one by one, the stay-away Senators will come home like little Bo- peep's sheep, wageing their tails behind them, and that they will be glad enough to get back into the fold. All but Dubois, who, Ly reason of the failure of his fusion programme in Idaho, is to be led bleating to the butcher’s block at Boise this winter. Senator Perkins said to THE CALL corre- spondent that he had not yet received a copy of the memorial of the California fruit-growers, asking Congress to grant vrotectign on their oranges, prunes and other California products, but that as soon as it arrived he would present it to the Senate and have it referred to the Com- mittee on Finance. He said the chanc's were ten to one the Dingley bili would not be resurrected in the Benate, but if it was called up he would endeavor to have it amended so as to grant the protection asked for Califor- nia products. Senator Perkins said that, in his opinion, the ad valorem system or levying tariff duties was all wrong. Iu tended to promote dishonesty among ap- praisers of merchandise and consular officers. He believes that specific duties should be levied instead of ad valorem. Senator Perkins said that there was now a chance for the Pacific Sicpe to be yepresented on the Ways and Means Committee, which originates all revenue measures, for the first time since Judge McKenna of Cali- fornia w member of it. Ike Pucific Coast men will make an earnest effort to have Representative Fran- cis G. Newlands of Nevada appointed to succeed Judge Crisp of Georgia, deceased. Senator Perkins presented a high tribute to Mr. Newlands and pronounced him a man of zreat ability and brilliant eratory, 8 man who, as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, wouid re- flect credit upon his State and the entire Pacitic Coast and be enabled to render im- portant service to that rezion. The Pa- cific Coast men will see Speaker and urge that Mr. Newlands be appointed. It is believed that 8, erxux baving re- cently visited California and other Pacific Coast Stutes, where he was royally re. ceived, returned East fullg impressed with the grandeur of the Pacific Coast States, their vast and varied resourcesand im- portance in the commercial world, and re- solved that this section of the country should receive better treatment at th nands of Congress. Mr. Reed feels very grateful, especially to the California peo- ple, for their kind treatment of him, and 1f they unite in urging Mr. Newlands’ ayp- pointment that gentieman may be thus highly honored. RAVAGES OF THE PLAGUE. Hundreds of Deaths Cause Fanic-Stricken Natives to Flee Frem Bombay. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 8—A special cable tothe Herald from Bombay says that the plague, while spreading in Bom- bay, has been confined almast wholly ‘o that city. Eizht hundred deaths are re- ported up to date, but the number is be- lieved 10 be much Jarger. Crowds of panic- stricken natives are fleeing from the city. The famine which threatened the whole of India has been partially averted in certain districts by the recent rains. A special dispatch to the Herald from Bingapore says: The sanitary state of Bingapore has not been good during the last two years. In the middle of last year an outbreak of cholera occurred, involy- ing the deaths of over two hundred per- sons before subsiding. In Qctober of this year a similar outbreak oocurred. It was confined, however, almost entirely to Asiatics, especiaily Chinese coolies, only one or two Europeans or Eurasiuns hav. g been attacked. The dryness of the season doubtiess had much to do wifh the prevalence of cholera and intermittent fevera. Since the rains set in the amount of sickness bas diminisbed und cholera has disappeared, and there have been no cases of plague. A similar condition of aff iirs has been experienced all over the far East, bat the health of the town has now much improved. ST PO OF DISTILLERS, Some of the Whisky-Makers Uppose a Steep Assessmeont. CHICAGO, 1uL., Dec. 8.—The meeting place of the secrat conference of distillers was changed to-day from some unknown room in Chicago to Peor:a, the city of dis- tilieries, and the whisky-makers left their hiding-piace long enough to go to the railway station. The conference has not reached the agreement stage yet, but the negotiations are said to be almost com- pleted. The object of the visit to Peoria was to remove oue of the obstacles. The contract for a defensive and offensive aili~ ance is said to provide for a guaranty fund of $500,000, to be raised by an assessment of 1roni 2105 cents a gallon of product, according to the output of the plants, o be repaid if tie terms of the agreement are not violated. It is said the Wilson & Weolner distillery of Peoria protested against the siz: of their assessment, claim- ing their importance in the trade did not warrant the tax, and several of the smailer distillers who have also a grievance as to the recognition accorded their claims by the American Company supported the Wilson & Woolner opposition. Accord- ingly, the trip to Peoria was made for the purpose of reaching a iair decision, based on ocular proof aud personal obse:vition at the Wilson-Woolner establishment. COMBIN — - YON DER SHE MUST PAX. Worsted in Two swits Deeided by the Court of dppeals. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 8,—Chris von der Ahe was worsted to-day in two suits decided by the Court of Appeals. Tie first was tbe suit of the old Athletip Base- ball Club of Philadelphia against the St. Louis Sportsman’s Park and Club Asso- ciation, which has been pending several vears. The suit was for damages for Von der Ahe’s failure to carry outa contract 10 vlay an exhibition game with the Athletics in September, 1888. Tbe judg- ment of the lower court for $500 damages is sustained. The other case was a suit by Clement Whirlwind and other Sicux Indians for salaries due and decides the status of the Indian 1 civil courts. Von der Ahe backed a Wild West show two years ago that was a loser and refused to pay the Indians when the show burst. In the first trial Von der Abe admitted all the material facts, but claimed the Indians bad no standing before a civil court while off their reservation. The Couri of Ap- peais beld directly against him, e WERITS OF ANDAMUS. Favoring Methods Now Used by Attor- neys in the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, D. C., Deec. 8.—Writs of mandamus and orders to show cause, directed to the Judges of subordinate courts, are becoming favorite methods of reaching results by attorneys practicin, before t he SBupreme Court of the Unite Siates. Three such matters were recorded yesterday, one being grantea. This was in favor ol John Chetwood Jr., & rule being granted upon his petition, re- turnable the first Monday in January, re- quiring Judge Morrow of the Federal Court for the northern district of Califor- nia to show cause why he should not vacate the order issued by him, requiring Chetwood and his attorney to dismiss a writ of errar issued by Justice Field to the Supreme Court of Califernia in the matter of the litigation over certain funds belong- ing to the National Bank of Caiifornia, in which Chetwood was a shareholder, under penalty of iinprisonment for contempt of court. R g T Fardoned by the President. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—The President to-day pardoned Dong Sun, sen- tenced in Bouthern Ualfornia to sixmonths’ imprisonment for contempt of couri, and Bee Melton, sentenced in Wester, Arks., to three years’ imprisonment and a fine for manslaugeter. He has commuted tive months' actual imprisonment. The sentence of eight months’ imprisonment imposed upon Margaret Morrison, South- ern California, for smuggling oplum, was also commuted. ———— Avmy Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8 — The House Military Committee to-day con- sidered the first draft of the army appro- riation bill. This draft is drawn on the ines of the estimates which are an in- crease of §600,000 over the bill for the p-es- ent fiscal year. Some consideration was given to the military academy bill, and it is said that boin of these measures will be reported to ‘the House and passed before the holidays. —_——— Les Will Return to Cuba. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 8.—Consul- General Lee left Washington for New York last night, from where he will sail for Cuba. Before leaving here he had a final conference with the President, The date of his depariure is not knawn, but it is understood - he will take the first availab! steamer. ——— Ezamination for Promotion. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec, 8 — First Lieutenant J. F. Reynolds Landis, First Cavalry; Louis H. Brant, adjutant, First Infan:ry ; James A. Maney, Eifteenth Infantry, and Reuben B. Turver, Sixth Infantry, are ordered to examination for promotion at the Presidio, San Francisco. —_— Headguarters at Wavhington. WASHINGTON, D. C,, Dec. 8.—The Re- publican National Committes has decid ed to establish permanent headquarters at ashington. The date of the opening of headqguarters. is a matter for fature con- sideration and will probably not be long delayed. r S L O TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take jaxative Bromo Qui . Fisis Telund the TOBEY b Te i o ens druE- ];:.:waw SUGGESTIONS AS 10 THE CURRENCY Comptroller Eckels Makes Recommendations in His Report. Proposed Relief in Amendments to the National Banking Act. Branch Banks Said to B: a Gcod M:dium of Securing a Better Distribution. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—Comp- troller of the Currency Eckels has consid- erable to say in his annual report aboug financial stringency and congestion, and he makes remedial suggestions of inter- est. Various amendments to the ne- tional banking act, looking to giving re- lief, are proposed by the Comptrolier, among them the following: “That in places baving a population of less than 2000 intabitants nationzl banks shall be permitted, under regulations to | 7 pe made by the Comnptroiler of tue Cur- rency and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, to be organized, with a eapi- tal stock of not less than $25,000, and with a corresponding reduction in the amount of bonds required to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States. “That national banks be permitted, un- der such regulations and restrictions as shall be made by the Comptroller of the Currency and approyed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to establish branch banks in towns and villages where no national banks are established and where the population does not exceed 1000 inhabits ants, such branch banks to have the right to receive deposits, make loang and dis- counts and buy and sell exchange, butin no case to be permitted to issue ciroulat- ing notes other than that of the parent bank.” In support of his recommendation for the establishment of branch banks the Comptrolier says: *‘The gonstruction pliced upon the national-bank act as now in force by the Suvreme Court precludes the establishing and maintaining of branch banks under it”’; and he continues: “The permitting of branch banks would be the forming of agencies through which a bet- ter distribution of currency could and would be made.”” Furtheron in his report he remarks that ‘‘the time must come when tke banks should be such agencies of distribution of loanable capiial as will make credit everywhere equally ayailable to the extent that those seeking it are ustly entided. So, too, must a pomt e finally reached when banis shall issue all the credit ourrency of the country and stand wholly responsible, instead of the Government, far its redemption in gold NEW TO-DAY. 000 00COCOROOLO000COCCCECC] ® Holiday Gifts e Popular Prices. Most eharming cotlection of Holiday Gifts to be found in S8an Francisco. Not only the most costly, but thousands of inex- pensive articles to suit © S any purse. IVORY FIGURES. BRONZES. DRESDEN, MARBLE and DELFT and TERRA COTTA LIMOGES STATUARY, CHINA, OIL PAINTINGS, @ CUT CRYSTAL, ETCHINGS, ¥ BOHEMIAN ~ ENGRAVINGS, @ - y 2 9 and LAMPS 3 BACCARAT ~ FRENCH DESKS, g(% GLASSWARE, = CABINETS, S ORNAMENTS = TABLES, ® In Endless SEVRES, : § Variaty, CARLSBAD and ‘S FINE OLOCKS, (LOISONNE o FEre., Bte. VASES, Etc. K S. & G. GUMP, : 1113 GEARY STREET. MACKAY'S < USEFUL and " ORNAMBNTAL XMAS GIFTS. _2.__ SUGGESTIONS A HALL CHAIR THESE IN OAK AND MAHOGANY STARTING IN AT A COBBLER ROCKER, $2.85. This pattern sold so well that we have ordered another 10 dogen expressly for holiday trade. It’s & hummer. We have itin three finishes, Natural Birch, Mahogany and Antique. Come and see our $2.50 Ax- minster Rugs. Qur 3x7 feet shades for 15¢. Our 65c Linoleum aj 40c. Our other goods at corre- $5 coin whenever and 1n wuatever quantities presented,” Further on in his report the Comnptrol- ler remarks: *“A policy in finance wrong in principie never becomes right in prae- tice, Thetruth of the statement is fully iliustrated by the course of the legal ten. der treasury issues of the United States. They have been always a disturbing eles ment in business and their current re. demption a continuine weakness and anxiety to the treasury.”’ He recommends ‘‘that legislation by Cangress, based upon safe and prudent lines, having in view the eradual pay- ment and cancellation of the credit curs rency now maintained by the Govern- ment and the issuance hereafter of all of such currency through the banks, with {ull responsibility therefor placed upon them, should be had at_ihe very earliest practicable moment. The resuits whieh would follow such enactments would be beneficial and neither would monopoly be created nor luyor shown ther:by.” FPlan of a Census Service. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, sent to Congress to-day his report upon a plan of census service in accordance with the joint resolution of March 19, 1896, Mr. Wright is satisfied that the true principles on which a permanent censug to do the work of decennial censuses should be carried cutare to be found in reports al- ready made to Congress. The expense of conducting @ permanent census burean and taking a decennial census Mr, Wright estimated at an average of $300,000 a year. e On the Nubject of Labor. WABHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—The De- partment of State is in receipt of a note from the Belgian Minister hers in which is conveved an invitauon from his Gov- ernment to that of the United States to llkeJ)ll’l 1n an international congress pro- posed to be he d in Brussels in 1897 on the subject of labor affairs. NEW TO-DAY. Stupendous Food Adulteration is the order of the day. 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