The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1897 ‘N0 NOTIGE < TAKEN OF PROTESTS McKenna to Be Named for the Supreme Bench. PRESIDENT TO STAND BY HIM. Will Spare No Effort to Secure Confirmation by the Senate. TRADUCERS FAIL MISERABLY. MOST A :lal Announcement Made That Griggs WIll Succeed to the At- torney-Generalship. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL. Carx, OFrice, Rices Hov ] W asHINGTON, Dec. 5.§ ¥y aoubt ar all that Mr. McKenna wou'd be appointed to the 1 ed States Supreme Court 1t was dis- pelled to-day when the President made the announcement at the White House that he had selected Governor John W: Griges of New Jersev to succeed him as Attornev-General. The Presiaent will take no notice of the protests against Judge McKe: He will stand by him to the last. Not only this, but he will se- cure his confirmation. The fight being made against the Judge ‘ If there has been a official will only react on his contemptible tra- ducers. Upon every side are heard words of praise for McKenna, and many Sena- tors have called up: their b indignation nents. Senator n him toassure him of support and to express their at the methods of his oppo- Perk who arrived at the , says he will do all McKenna’s confirmation. f Senator White some- nes he refuses to discuss well known that his candidate for successor to Field kine M. Ross of Los Angeles, Field wou!d resien months so that Ross conld be appointed. is is It now transpires that Ross has also ined the protestors against McKenna's ment t may influence tis not considered probable, » White is a Democrat, he i Californian, | good reason whby he st McKenna ate. Senator Hoar, ck Commuttee, will oppose Indeed, the ances are that the judge will be con- rmed withont much opno: quarter. 1 tion from any CALL correspondent learns that appointment will not be made til the President returns irom Canton. He goes back there 10-morrow atter trans- 1itting his message to Congress, and the McKe: nomination will follow imme- diately after he reiurns to Washington. Then, when McKewnna has been confirmed, s will be appointed Attorney-Gen- tke Grigg! e I worthy of note at this time tnat the Examiner announced audaciously several months ago that James A. Way- mire would succeed McKenna, and this newspaper persistently and stubbornly reiterated this as “‘neiws,’”” notwithstand- ing the fact that THE CALL announced positively that he wot not be appointed. DS LOCAL LAWYERS SPEAK FOR McKENNA. Murphy—1 have no sympathy whatever with this mean fight against one of the most honorable of our citizens, just at the moment wnen he is in the Jine of promotion. I think we should all at his prosperity, for it illus- trates how a man may still come up from humble surroundings. I have known clear perceptions and ready wit. I am for the indorsement of our Pacific Coast men, and 1 am surprised and chagrined that| there are men who get in with tbeir ham- | mers and begin to knock every head of a | Californian that bobs up above the line of the common-place. Andrew J. Ciunie—l have nothing but kind words tor McKenna. He is & good lawyer and may yet become a great one. Above all he is an bonest man and a clear- neaded thinker. [ do not see why people of our profession want to go out of their way to knock him out of the prospective appointmen . He would bea credit to the State, and we of right ought to have the place. e e CONTEST FOR A POSTOFFICE. Hobile’s Custodian of the Mails Re- fuses to Give Way to His Successor. MOBILE, Dec. 5.—The controversy over the Postmastership at Mobile is attracting attention on account of the important le- | gal phases of thecase and the possible effect of the spirit of the civil service law. Postmaster Rapier, who refuses to surren- der the office to P. B. Barker, isa Cleve- land appointee whose commission is dated December 11,1894, and his official term will, therefore, notexpire untii December, 1898. Rapier contends that the section of the revised statutes under which second- b class postmasters are appointed provide in terms that such posimaster are ap- pointed for the term of four yearsand can be removed by the President only, and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President, on the 1st of October, gave to P. D. Barker, a Repubican, a commission as Rapier's successor. Barker, | who was out of the city, did not return | until recently, and on the 1:t of December demanded of Postmaster Rapier the sur- render of the office. Rapier claims he re- ceived no notice of his removal according to law, and will not surrender the cffice until the legality of the removal has been passed on by tha courts. Barker, the new appointee, was post- master of Mobile during the Harrison administration and servea his fuil term of four years. | THE BEACH. But the Crew of the Blazing Steamer Waded Ashore CHICAGO, Dec, 5.—The s eamer George W. Morley of Cleveland was burned to the water's edge on the besch at Evanston to- night. Her crew of thirteen men got ashore without difficult The Morley was bound from Miiwaukee to Chicago without cargo, and when off Evanston a lamp exploded in the engine-room, scat tering burning oil in all directions. Be fore the pumps could be started the fire was bevond control, and the boat was | beached at Greenwood boulevard, the crew wading ashore. _The Morl wooden steamer and'va [TALY'S CABINET HAS BESIGNED BURNED 0N General Pellieux’s Action Re- garded as a Political Move. ‘ Making It Possible for Rudinl to Select a Unanimous Ministry. Svecial Dispatch to THE CALL LONDON, Dec. 5.—The Rome corres- pondent of the Morning Post says: The Cabinet has resigned. General Pellieux’s action is regarded as a political move to | mace it possible for the Marquis di Rudini | to secure a unanimous munistry. The | Ministers of Finance, Justice and Public Works in the retiring Cabinet will not ap pear in its successor. ROME, Dec. 4. —General Pellieux, Min- ister of War, maintains the attitude he bas taken up in consequence of the action of Parliament in amending the bill | dealing with army promotions against his advice and persists in his ‘resigna- tion. King Humbert, the Marquis di Rudini, the Premier and other members of the Cabinet urge General Peliieux to recon- sider his action, but h: refuses to do so. In view of this it is expected that the en- tire Cabinet will resign and that the Mar- quis di Rudini will reconstruct the Ministry. The present Italian Ministry is as fol- lows: President of the Council and Min- ister of the Interior. the Marquis An- tonio di Rudini; Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis Emilo Visconti Venosta; Minister of the Treasury, Pr fessor Luigi Luzzatti; Minister of Fi- nance, Signor Ascancio Branca; Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Pro- fessor Luca Emanuelo Gianturco; Minis- ter of War, General Luigi Pe'lieux; Minis- ter of Mariie, Admiral Benedetio Brin, inspector-general of naval engineering: Minister of Commerce, Industry and Ag- riculture, Comte Francisco Gucciaradini; Minister of Public Instruction, Comte Codronchi; Minisier of Putlic Works, Giucio Prinetti Judge McKenna well for many years, and 1 have avery hign opinion of him asa man and asa jurist. The fight against Lim is both unkind and unjust. It is the same old California spirit of envy and bitterness that has so long stood in the light of our people. It would be a bless- ing if we ever had anv of that brotherly feeling and love of unity that should weld a common people in the ties of fraternal feeling. Ex-Judge Walter 8. Levy—There is not a more lionorable man in the United States than Joe McKenna. 1 went to school with him and I know him 1o be a studious and clear-neaded man. Ido not say he is the greatest iiving lanyer, and nobody but a fawning flatterer would make such a statement, but I do sav that Judge McKenna is made of such stuff that he will not stop growing. He has a future before h'm which will make his name iliustrious and do honor to the State. In aspect of the case the fight azainst him shows that he is of some importance. When 2 man writes a great book, makes a great speech or achieves anything tn this world there are envious tonzues to decry his achievements. Even Abraham Lin- coln was denounced as a littie man until every y saw he was a genius, l—og one, 1 am free to v that I think McKenns: has a fine order of ability and he will sur- price hiseritics befire the matier is over. R. M. Soto—Ido not think there haseyer before been such a fight against a man for the exalted position of Justice of the Su- preme Couri. I{isin bad taste, and it is vnjust. McKenna is an honorable man, and & bard-working, clear-headed man. He is not vet as great a lawyer as he will be, but he has ability enough to come up to the average of the bench now. I think he is as good a lawyer as Chief Justice ¥ ix-District Attornev ward B. Stone- I have known McKenna for many rs and I have bad a number of cases nis court. I nave also seen many of his opinions and heard them commented on by the b:r. I believe in giving him a chance. He cannot compare with Field, nor can a single member of the Supreme Court of the United States to-day com- yare with such men as Field and Milier, Taney and Marshall. That should not prevent McKenna’s nomination and con- firmation. He is an honest man and a capuble jurist. The suture is before him. He will grow, because he is a man of good health, zood habits and is still young enough to be useful for many years. At the recent banquets given to’ him in this city he made offhand speeches that showed him to be a man of ——— SCORED BY THE GRAND JURY. Laws of Alabama Give Federal Gffi- cials Too Great an Opportunity to Secure Fees. BIRMINGHAM, Ara., Dec. 5.—The United States Grand Jury, just prior to its final adjournment yesterday, rendered its report. United States Commissioners we:re severely censured for allowing de- fendants in many cases to give bonds, accepting as sureties whose irresponsibility is notorious.” The laws for the suppression of illicitdistilling and sale of liquor were severely criticized, | being characterized as cumbersome, ex- travagant, ineffective and dangerous, an{ designed chiefly for securing fees to offi- cials, witnesses and informers. The report, contivuing, says the Grand Jury found a great disregard ior the sacred nature of an oath among informers and witnesses. It says that action against such persons for perjury is the only re- dress, and that it was through such action that the jury was made acquainted with “these ouirages.” Judge Boarman, in reply, said that he recognized the existence of such prac- tices, wuich were greatly to be d eplored, and that he had recently consulted with the Attorney-General and several Con- gressmen with a view to remedying the defects. S e Left Without a Follower. WICHITA, Kaxs,, Dec. 5.—E. L. Hewes, the Wichita mountain-boomer, who b been here three w-eks seeking to organ- 1ze a party, left for Oklahoma City to- nizht without a follower. At different tim-s he was claimed to have from 500 to 10,000 boomers reaay to foliow his iead into the countr; Eee . Th- Dawes Treaty Defeated. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5.—A special to the Republic from Guthrie, O. T., says: At yesterday’s election in the Chickasaw Nation the ificgtion of the Dawes- Choctaw treaty was overwhelmingly de- feated. ‘The adovted and inter-married c'tiz:ns were not permitted to participate in the election —_————— Panels to Paint On, New panels to painton in Persian green and gold outsell all others in artists’ material de- vartment of Sanvorn, Vail & Co. . | ular budge!s before the READY FOR HE LONG SESSION Members of Congress Assemble at the Capital. LITTLE EXCITEMENT THERE. Organization Completed and Appointments Made at the Extra Session. HUNDREDS OF BILLS ON THz CALENDAR. Annexatlonists No Longer Have the Two-thirds Vote Necessary to Ratify the Trea y. Special Dispatch to THE CALL Cary, Orrick, Rices Hot W asHINGTON, Dec. ¢ The regular or long session of Congress, as it1s called. because there is no consti- tutional limitation upon the period of its duration, opens at noon to-morrow. The leaders and a large majority of the membe:s of both houses are here to par- ticipate in the opening ceremonies, and President McKinley has made the journey to Washington from the bedside of his | dying mojher that his absence might not delay the national legislature at its as- sembling. | The extra session robs the opening of the regular session of the excitement and interest which usually attaches to it. On the eve of a regular session ordinarily Washington thrills with excitement. The hotel lobbies surge with place-hunters in the wake of the various candidates for speaker, clerk, doorkeeper, etc., the mem- bers are strusgling for committee assign- ments and the air is full of rumors and plots and counter-plots. But as the House was completely organized at the extra session and all the committee as- signments made then, beyond the natural stimulus produced by the returning states- men, the regular hangers-on of legislation and the outlining of schemes by members of the “third house,”” or lobby, Washing- ton to-night is tranquil. The programme at the House to-mor- row is vers simple, and beyond the spec- taculsr show which it offers to the curious has, in iiself, little attraction. The House will be called to order by the Sp er, who, after the chaplain’s invocation, will direct the clerk tocall the roll. This bav- ing been accomplished, and the presence of a quorum demonstrated, the clerk will be directed to nolify the Senate that the House is ready for business, and a committee will be appointed to wait on the President. After that there will be a recess to await the arrival of the Presi- dent’s annual message, which will be read upon its reception ana be followed by an adjournment until Tuesday. This is the regular routine and unless something unforeseen occurs will not be departed from. It is the intention of the House leaders to proceed with the business of the ses sion asTapitly as possible. The commit- tee will begin their labors this week, and as all of them have more or less bilis on hand, which were introduced at the ex- tra session, there will be no lack of ma- terial for the House to work on after the committee hoppers have begun to grind. The Appropriations Committee has been at work for ten days and Chairman Can- non expects to pass at least two of the reg- holidays—the Legislative, Exccutive and Judicial and the pensions appropriation bills. One or the other of these bills it is ex- pected will be reported by Wednesday and tie end of the week promises to see the House down to business. Among the early general measures to receive consideration will be the bank- ruptey bill. Whether it will be the Nel- son bill, which passel the Senate at the last session, or a modification of the Tor- rey bill, depends upon the temper of the Judiciary Committee, whicbh will submit the measure to the House. Beyond doubt there will ba several resolutions of inquiry during the first week which may be more or less ‘ensationaland some of the radical pro-Cuba measures will attempt to get consideration for a Cuban resolution be- forethe Foreign Affairs Uommitiee can act. Congressman Livingston of Geoigia is one of these. But owing to the nature of the House rules ail these hasty efforts will prove abortive and the measures probably will take their course. There will be nothing except indisposi- tion on the partof the members to pre- veni the Senate entering promptly unon its work upon conseaing to-morrow, as thereis a calandar already made for it with about 300 bills reported from com- mitiees during lhe!s)ecill session. Ifany circumstances should prevent the receipt of the President’s message on Monday the probabilitiesare that the Fenate will ad- journ over without taking up any other business until the message could be re- ceived, Witn the messace read 1t will remain with the Senate to decide as to whether it shall seriously enter upon the work of the session after Monday or begin a system of delay intended to throw all important questions over beyond the Chrictmas hol- idays. The indications are now for a little more activity than usual during the pre- holiday session. This is largely due to the fact that the supporters of the admin- istration and advocates of annexation are very anxious to secure the earliest possi- ble consideration of the treaty with Ha- wail. Senator Davis, chairman of the Com- mittes on Foreign Relations, announces his purpose of pressing annexation at the earliest possible moment, but it is proba- ble that the matter will not be taken up seriou-ly unti! the committee can have a meeting to decide on the details of the procedure. The committee will be called together Wednesday for this purpose. One point which the committee will be called upon to decide is whether to proceed to ratily the treaty of annexation or to an- nex the isiands by resolution. The an- nexationists have lost some votes dur.ng the vacation, and there is now appreben- sion that the two-thirds vote nece-sary to assure the ratification cannot be secured. No satisfactory canvass is possibte until all the Eenators arrive, and if it is then made manifest that the necessary two. thirds vote cannot be secured it is likely that the proceeding by means of resolu- tion, which would require only a majority vete, will be inauguratea. Committee who favor annexation advo- cate this-cours- because 1hey say they se no reason for trave:sing the same ground twice as they would be compelied to do in case the matter should be first considered in ex cutive session, fail there and then be taken up in the form of a resolution in oren Senate and House. The immigration bill, for which Senator Lodgejstands sponsor, is practically at the bead of the Senate legis'ative calendar and will be considered early in the session. Senator Lodge to-day repeated his inten- tion of pressing the bill, but he will not antagon ze the Hawaiian treaty with it. Toe first bill on the calendar is Sena- tcr Gear's measure providing for the ad- justment of tbe Pacific railroad debr, but the sale of t e Union Pacitic doubtless wili have the effect of causing the temporary withdrawal of this bill and the subsutu- tion of others. Of the 300 bills on the calendar about 200 are private pension bill, and all of thos: probably will be disposed of at one sitting when taken up. There are also several hundred recess appointments to be considered in execative session. It is not probable that much will be done iu the way of iegislation the present week. There will be an adjournment on the day after rec-ivine the message on Monday, and as there is no disposition to press the Hawaiian matter until the For- eign Relations Committee agrees upon a line of action, tne indications now are that it will not be taken up in the Senate belfore next wee COMBAT IN A THEATER. Rival Claimants Fight for the Posses- sion of a Playhouse’s Fur- nishings. LINCOLN, Negr., Dec. 5.—The Lansing Theater, the leading playhouse in the city, was this morning before daylight dis- mantled of most of 1ts furnishings, al- most a riot accompanying the work, and as a result J. F. Lansing. bait-owner; L. C. Burr and Roscoe Pound, his lawyers, and a score of laborers were to-day ar- rested. The trouble 1s the outcome of the sale of the vroperty under foreciosure a week ago. Lansing claimed that there was a conspiracy to defraud him out of his hold- ings. The District Court, however, con- firmea the sule on Saturday and declared the title vested in the purchaser, William Oliver of New York. Between 2 and 3 o'clock Lansing, his at- tornevs and a number of stage hands zaitied entrance and began to remove scenerv and chairs. Agents of Oliver were notified and in the controversy which fol- lowed there was a persoual collision be- tween attorneys of the rival claimants. The police quelled the disturbance abont the time it began to be interesting. Later warranis were sworn out and the Lansing party was arrested, being released on Lail. - TO CHRISTEN THE KENTUCKY. New Candidate for the Honor in the Person of Mrs. Anna Lyle Bradley Barnes. LEXINGTON, Kx., Dec. 5 —There is a new candidate in the field for the honor of christening the battle-ship Kentucky. She is Mre. Anna Lyle Bradley Barnes, niece of Governor Bradley. Friends say should Miss Chrystyne Bradley decline to act as sponsor f he Kentucky after Sec- retary Long appoints her, the Secretary will ve petitioned to appoint Mrs. Barnes, She is one of the handsomest young mat- rons in Kentucky, and is the wife of Col- onel Will S. Barnes, the well-known tur man and disiiiler. Miss Harriette B. Richardson is still the contest. She said to-day she did nou believe the dispatches sent out from Washington last night stating that tary Long bad appointed Miss B Friends of Miss Bradley say diey. they aoubt if the young [ady will nccept the honor. . IN MEMOKY OF GRORGE. Exercises at Chicago Under the Awspices of tha dingle Tax Club. CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—Exercises in mem- ory of the late Henry George were held at the Aaditorium this atternoon under the auspices of the Chicago Single Tax Club. Over 7000 versons were in atiendance. Mrs. George, the widow uf the late economist, occupied a box. She cama to Chicago last week to attend the wedding of her son, Henry George Jr.,and pro- longed her visit in order to be present at the memorial exercises, Edward O. Brown of Chicago presided, and in opening the meeung paid an elo- quent tribute to the memory of Mr. George. Addresses were aiso made by Emil G. Hirsch, former Governor Altgeld, Bishop John L. Spaulding of Peoria and Rev. Dr. 8. 8. Craig of Toronto, Ont. s g = ENGLAND aM» VENEZUELA. Diplomatic Relations Beiween the Two Countries Renewed. NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—A cable to the World from Caracas, Veuezuela, says: Diplomatic relations with Engiand have been renewed. The Euglish Minister has arrived here. Marquis Rojas has been appointed the representat:ve of Venezuela on the tribu- nal of arbitration to fix the Guiana bound- ary. e P Took the Evening’s Receipts. ARDMORE, Ixp. T., Dec. 5.—At the clos of the yperformance of “Sam’l of Posen” by the M. B. Curtis Company at the opera-house here to-night, Neliie H. Fillmore, the cashier, aisappearea Wwith the-evening’s receipts. Later she was arrested and released on bonds. Miss Fillmoreclaims that Curtis owed her ana that she took this means of paying her- self. e Persuaded Her to Return. BUTTE, Dec. 5.—Joe Johnson, the mulatto accused of enticing Kate Neill, a white girl, from her home in Sweet Springs, Mo., was captured in Missoula to-iay. Headmits having taken the giri awav from home, but declares he left her in Butte, having persuaded her to go back to her people. et g An Insane Won Burns Herself. NICKERSON ,Dec.5. ~While tem- vorarily insane, Mrs. M. Dorr, an- el- derly woman, to-day saturated her clothing with kerosene and set them afire. She was burned to a crisp. Her husband and daughter, in trying to extingaish the flames, were seriously and pernaps fa- tally burned. - . Fire Among Chemicals. CHARLESTON, Dee. 5.—Fire this after- noon destroved the acid chambers at the Reed Pnospate Works, a f=w miles out of this city. The mill building was saved by the heroic work of the employes. The origin of the tire is unknown. 7The loss is about $60,000, which is covered by insur- ance. EXPLOSION IN + BATHROOM. Kostyn Buwilding Pariially, Wrecked by a Boiler Disaster. TACOMA, Dec. 5.—News was received to-day of the explotion yesterday at Ros- Iyn of a boiler usea for h-ating water in the barber shoo and bathrooms of John haver. Water got low in the boiler, but it had frequently been as low before and was_not considered dangerous. An at- tendant was preparing (o fill the boiier when it suddenly expioded with a repori that caused many to think there had been a big expiosion in the Roslyn coal mines. The front of the one-story building was blown out and the entirestructure shaken. Rovert Patterson, who was standing near the boiler, was blown into the street, fracturing his leg in two places and in- flicting severe wounds on his boay and head. He will be scarred for life. Two otner persons in the building were scarcely The members of the Foreign Relations | injured. B KELS ON- NATIONAL RENCY Recommendations Made in the Report of the Comptroller. BANK-NOTE CIRCULA- TION. Paper Money, He Says, Should Not be Issued by the Government. IMPORTANT LEGISLATION IS REQUIRED. Changes that Would Cause Greater Elasticity ana Aid Trade and Ccmmerce. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. The annual report of James H. Eckel Comptrolier of the Currency, for the ye: ended October 31. 1897, opens with a briei review of the history of the legislation which constitutes the present national tank act, and invites the atteation of Con- gress to amendments to the law recom- mended in former reports withous specific- ally repealing them. On the subject of bank-note crculation the Comptroller sa It is noticeable that in all the changes which have been wrought in the national currency act from its inception to the esent time the feature subject to criti- sm, but which was intende. snould con- stitute the principal benefit to be con- ferred, has remained comparatively un- charged, namely, the note issuing func- tion. Whatever justification there was in the first instance for restricting the issuing of notes against the bonds of the Govern- ment deposited with the Treasurer of the United Siates to 90 per cent of the par value thereof long since ceased. In the report of every Comnptroller of the Cur- rency during the past twenty years the wisdom of changing the existing law so that the banks, and through them the communities in which located, might have the additional benefit of an added loanable capital, has been advised, but despite all this the law still remains with- out amesdment. *Not should the bank act®be amended in this particular, but Congress shouid seriously consider such a change in the method of bank note issues as will enable the banksof the country to more adequately meet the demands of trade and commerce in all sections of the coun- try. The business of bunking, like every other form of investment, must be made attractive to capital. Ifit is pinced upon a footing different from other undertak- ings, embarrassed through unnecessary restrictions and deprivea of proper sources of profit, the result cannot be otherwise than that investable capital will saek other means of employment, and to this extent deprive the peobple of the benetits of the agency most requisite to commer- cial activity. ““It iscousidered by every great commer- cial government, except the United States, to be the sole province of the banks to issue paper which circulates as currency. The beilef in a bank note cur- rency as being becter and safer than a governmeni paper currency prevailed until questioned in this country; until, under the apparent evidences of war, the Government undertook to issue paper currency. Even under such circum- stances the promise was always given, however, that it should be retired st the earliest practicable moment and the ad- mission freely made that it was neither a wise measure nor a safe form of currency. etween the competition of the gov- ernment issues on the one hand, and the unnecessary resirictions imposed by law on the other, together with the increasing price of bonds required to be deposited as securlty, the note is ving function of the banks had been permitted to become merely an incident to the conduct of the national banking associations of the coun- try. 1t has been seriously suggested more than once that the bank note issues be done away with and all paper be i<sued by the government instead. The danger of such a course is not to be over-esti- mated. The experience of every govern- men: has been that governmental cur- rency paper is a source of weakness and danger. In the United States where there has been the nearest approach to sunccess with the volume of the Federal puper comparatively limited in amount, the credit of the Government has been more than once put in jeopardy through it and the business intere¢sts of the country sub- jected to unnecessary loss and confusion, *‘The argument that the Government, better tiian the banks, can provide for the redemption of paper note issues will stand the test of a careful analys The Government has no means for caring for its demand liabi.ities except through bor- rowine and through the levying of taxes. Upon the other nang, the banks have as- sets which can be promptly converted into cash to meet their outstanding notes when presented. Their ability to com- mand gold has always been beyond that of the Government, lor in each financial exigency which has confronted the (Goy- ernment, the banks have furnished 10 it the amounts necessary to maintain its solvency. It isimpossibie to believe that with a system of bank note issues, based in part upon securities and in part upon bank assets, the country cannot be pro- vided with the sound, sate and elastic bank note i<sue, always commensurate withand responsive 1o the demands of trade. The Bank of England, the Bank of Scotland and tte Bank of Ireland have been found to be ample in their re<ources to provide the note issues for trade with the United Kingdom. “The same 1s true of the Bank of France. The Deutsche Reichsbank, or German im- | perial bank, has for more than twenty- two years issued bank-note paper against assets which has maintained its value and has been so controlled as to success- fully meet i1he cormamercial need of the empire.” - The Comptrolier calls attention to the method of orgamzation of this bank and publishes some interesting statistics in connection therewith. The total number of national banks or- ganized since the system was put in only Pozzoni’s Complexion rods ft + PowpEer produces a soft and beautiful skin: it com t of beauty and purity. . dends. operation in 1863 is shown to have been 5095. On October 31 1.st there were in acuve operation 3617, having an author- ized capital of $630,230, . The total out- standing circulation of the banks then outstanding was $229,199,880, of waich | $202 994,555 was secured by bonds of the | Uni.ed Siates and the baiance by lawful | money deposiied with the Treasurer of | the United States. The circulation out- sianding of all national banks on October 3L last was $230,131,005, of which amount $1,558,800 was securrd by bonds held for the account of insclvent and liquidating | banks and $26.205,525 by lawiul money de- | posited for their sccount and by active | banks reducing circulavion. The net de- crease in the amount of circulation se- cured by bonds during the year was $12.- 584,334 and the gross decrease in the total circulation was $4,851,292. The 2367 banks in ope i geographicaily as follow 583 withan authorized capital ot $Li 1,620, in the | New England States; 956, with an aggre- zate of $195,124 275, in the Eastern States; | 546, with a capital stock of $66 761,900, in the Southern States; 1046, with a capital stock of $160,369,961, in the Middle States; 357, with a capital stock of §: 4,160, in the Western States, and 124, with a capi- tal stock of $17,465,000, States. | During the year forty-four banks were organized, with an aggregate capital stock 01 $6,420,000. During the year sevenly-one banks went into voluntary liquidation. There were paid to creditor< of insolvent banks during the year $13,169,781 in divi- The magnitude of this unequaled record, the report says, will be more forci- bly illustrated if considered in thelght of what has been accomplished hereto- fore in the way of dividend payments to the creditors of insolvent institutions. ion are divided in the Pacific | In 1893 there was paid in dividends | §3,433,646; in 1804, $5.124577; in 1895 580,552; in 1896, $2 451,95, and in 1897, 169,781, making a total of dividends paid within t-e five years from 1893 to | 1897 of §27.560,515, or 36! per cent of all dividends that have ever been paid to creditors of insolvent national banks. From 1863 to 1897 there has been paid in dividends $75,935,925, and in the year em- braced in this report $13 169,781, or 17%4 ver cent of all the diviuends that have been paid during the period of thirty-four years of the existence of the system. Since October 31, the end of the report vear, seventeen additional dividenas have been ordered, amounting to about §625,000. The report contains the latest compiled statistics relative to the world’s monetary systems and the stock of gold, silver and paper currency. A very interesting feature of this state- ment is the per capita amount of each kind ot money in the courtry. The per capita averages in the principal countries of the world are as follows: United States United Kincdom $20 65, Fraace 63, Germany $18 45, Austria-Hungary and Russia $3 95. Tue Comptroller renews his recom- mendation of last vear, urging that Na- tional Bank Examiners be paid an annual salary, instead of fees as now. | | AMTEMPIS TOBND A DOCTOR' CAREER Ildaho Stockman Shoots to Avenge a Fancled | Wrong. Enraged Because a Physiclan Re-—‘ fused to Call Upon His | Sick Son. | Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL TACOMA, Dec. 5.—Dan Paul, a promi- nent siockman, sent a courier to Cotton- wood, Idaho, on Thuraday morning ask- wg Dr. Turner to call and see his son who | was critically 1ll. The courier returned | and said that Tarner refused to come, giv- | ing as his reason that his business rela- tions with Paul were unsatisfactory. Paual was enraged and hastened to Cot- | tonwood. Going direct to the doctor’s of- | fice, altera few words Paul drew a revolver and assauited Turner. The latier avoided a bulletin his head by striking tne re- volver with “his left hand. Turner then escaped from Paul by jumping behind a | counter and later got out of the buiiding | by a back door. Paul gave himself up to | the officers. Tarner's Teft band was nearly torn off | and he hae gone to Portland fortreatment, | fearing biood-poisoning. He was a mem- of the last Idaho Legislature. E—_— Killed by a Falling Rook. SAN JOSE, Dec. 5.—Coroner Secorc was called to the Almaden mines to-day, | where he held an inquest on the body of | Thomas H. Pascoe. Pascoe was a minet | and was killed last night by a rock falling | on him. fifltt;iiktttiifi | unconscious. PRESIDENT RETURNS 70 WASHINGTON Will Open Congress and Then Go Back to Canton. IMOTHER McKINLEY’S CONDITION. Remarkable Vitality of the Aged Woman Shown by Her State. STEADILY BUT SLOWLY - WASTING AWAY. It Is Probable That Her Son W.ll Be by Her Bedside When Dissoiu- tlon Ccm :s. &pecial Dispatch to THE CALL. *i"****fit**i‘k*tfitt***iit; CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 6.—At this hour (1:15 A. M.) there are strong hopes that Mrs. McKinley will survive the night. She is much weaker than at any time, but is resting quictly and gradually passing away. The whole family, except the President, is about the bedside, expecting the end. OO N KON CaLn OFFicE. R1Ges Housk, 1 W asHINGTON, December 5. President McKiniey, accompanied by Asgistant Secretary Day, arrived in Wash- ington at 7:45 o’clock this morning. He was met by Secretary Alger, Secretary Bliss and Secretary Porter, and driven to the White House. The President had re- ceived two telegrams, en route from Washington, from Canton reporting the conaition of his mother, but he was anxious for later news, so Secretary Por- ter stopped at the telegraph office on the way from the siation to inquire for any dispatches that might be waiting. There was none, however, so the pariy pro- ceeded to the White House, where break- st was had. In the middle of the forenoon a message was received from Abner McKinley at Canton, saying that the President’s mother was resting in about the same condition as when he lefr, sleeping and She might last through the day, or even oneor two days longer, but was liable to die at any moment. Arrangements have bzen made for the return trip to ton to-morrow evening. The President, Mrs. McKinley and a party of half a dozen close friends and relatives will leave Washington at 7 o’clock on a special car attached to the regular Penn- sylvania train and arrive in Canton at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. CANTON, Omnro, Dec. 5.—Mother Mec- Kinley has passed the fourth day of her illness and enters upon the fourth night with the spark of life still purning dimly, There has not been a material develop ment in her case to-day. Her conuition has continued one of steadily wasting away. The family waiched by the bedside all day, prepared for the end at any mo- ment and sometimes feeling that it had come, as the patient was seized with sink- ing spells sucn as thev yesterday mistook for a second stroke of naralysis. The patient has taken no nourishment since Thursday. It cannot be adminis- tered by ordinary methods, and the case is one in which heroic methods of admin- TR NN XX istering food are not regarded justifiable. 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