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paal AN efvertisement in THE WORLD secures wider publicity than in in the English Language. any other newspaper printed _|“Cireulation Booke Open to All.” YORK, WEDN NIGHT EDITION GOLD CONTRACT. WITH BANKERS, oe Fall Text of Agreement Be. tween the Treasury and Foreign Financiers. NEW WAYS AND MEANS BILL Measure Frovides for the Issue of 8 Per Cent Gold Fonds, NEW SENATE FINANCE BILL. Introduced by Vilas with the De- ciared Intent to Save American Peopie $16,174,770. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The full text of the bond contract is as follows: This agreement entered in to this 8th day of February, 189, between the Secretary of the Treasury of the United Btates of the first part, and Messrs. Au- gust Belmont & Co., of New York, on Lehalf of Messrs, N. M. Rothschild and Sona, of London, Eng:and, and themselves and Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. of London, and themselves parties of the seccnd part. Witnesseth: Whereas. It is provided by the Revised Stututes of the United States (section 3,700) thar the Secretary of the Treasury may purchase coin with any of the bonds or notes of the United States authorized by law at such rates and upon such terms as he ma ydeem most advanta- geousto tne public interest, and Secre- tacy of the Treasury now deems that an emergency exists in which the public interests require that. as hereinafter pro- vided, coin shall be purchased with the bonds of the United States of the deacrip- tlon hereinafter mentioned, authorized to be issued under the act entitled “An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments,” approved Jan. 14, 187%, being bonds of the United State described in an act of Congress ap- proved July 14, 1870, entitled “Act to authorize the refunding of the national debt.” Now, therefore, deliver to the United States three mill- fon, five hundred thousand ounces of standard gold coin of the United States, at the rate of $17.80441 per ounce, payable| 1. A 75 was still in | o'clock, j in United States 4 per cent. thirty-yea coupon or registered bonds, said) gonds to be dated Feb. 1, 1895, and payable at the pleasure of the United States after thirty years from date, issued under the Acts of Congress, of July 14, 1870; Jan, 29, 1871, and Jan. 14, 1875, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, payable quarterly. @sv—Such purchase and sale of gold coin being made on the following con- ditions: d.) At least one-half of all coin de- Lverable hereinunder shall be obtained in and shipped from Europe, but the shipments shall not be required to ex- ceed 200,000 ounces per month, unless the parties of the second part shall consent thereto. (2)—All deliveries shall be made at any of the sub-treasuries or at any) other legal depository of the United States. @)—All gold coins delivered shall be secured on the basis of twenty-five and eight-tenths grains of standard gold per dollar if within limit of tolerance. (4)—-First--Bond to be delivered under this contract are to be delivered free of accrued interest, which is to be assumed and paid by the parties of the second part at the time of their delivery to them. Second — Should the Secre- tary of the ‘Treasury desire to offer or ell any of the bonds of the United States on or before the Ist of Gctober, 18%, he shall first offer the game to the parties of the second part, Dut thereafter he shall be free from every such obligation to the parties of the second part. Third—The Secretary of the Treasury hereby reserves the right, within ten days from the date hereof in case he shall receive authority from Congress therefor to substitute any bonds of the United States bearing three per cent. interest, of which the principal and interest shall be specific- ally payable in United States gold coin of the present weight and fineness, for the bonds herein alluded to. Such per cent. bonds to be accepted by parties of the second part al par-i. &. of stanilard gold at $18,601.65 per ounce Fourth—No bonds shall be delivered t the parties of the second part. or the cf them, except in paymer for « a from time to time recetved b ner whereupon the + ury of the United deliver the bonds as here such places as shall be the part of the i pa Any expense 0! United States paid by 1° (Continued on the said parties of| the second part hereby agree to sell and | IS NORTON INDICTED? | Grand Jury Said to Ha Acted on the Ten-Hour Violatio: It wan reported late this afternoon | that the Grand Jury, In Brooklyn haa | voted to indict President Norton and 4 Supt. Quinn, of the Atlantic avenue I!ne, | for violating the Ten-Hour iaw, Both men are now under $500 ball. { No formal indictment has yet been | handed into court, and District-Attort | Ridgway refused to say anything re-| | garding the matter. ‘The proceedings against Norton and Quinn were brought at the instigation of the strikers. Ther was a report circulated in Brook- lyn this afternoon that the strike w to be called off at 4 o'clock. Master Workman Connelly denied the rumor. % session at 4.30 QUARANTINE TUG sU.K. | The Charles KF, Allen Cut Down by! lee Floe. ' ‘The Quarantine boarding tug Charles F, Allen, while lying at her berth inside the dock at the Quarantine Boarding Station at 6 o'clock this morning, was! cut down and sunk by a large Ice floe | which drifted down with the ebb tide. One of Chapman's derricks has been engaged by Health Officer Doty to raise her. The damage |s supposed to be slight, ee oes RUSIE WON’T SIGN. | jer Pitcher's Demands Many will start for Florida three days la Regarding Frank Knauss, ‘who been sighed to pitch, Days thinks bi ja phenomenon, He has wonde speed, and fair control of the ball this ‘latcer respect he is capable | improvement, and modestly a@ trial. Davis ts full of fa The new Captain also has his Hundreds ‘Too High for Davis. Monager George Davis returned to; town to-day and arr'ved at the office of the New York Basebad Chey this afternoon. He was inclined to be | reticent on the sine | mands, but said that no terms had been | made. |, Ruse, he said, wa ei | high in his estimate of what his servic | would be worth for next season, but has been informed that His views matertall a New York contr Contr ort, Meekin hax not’ yer beer but ‘has agreed to do 0, and 5 Will be forwarded to him to-night. | Davis saw both of the Hoosier piteh- | ers during his trip, and says tney are in splendid condition. Rusie weighs pound less than he did last Fall. an has been training steadily The team will report here I unless he changed , he ‘would not sign catcher and a shortstop, who \ Inent in the Western won. The New removed to the Monroe landt’ stree HOEY AT NONTE CAPLO, SES Pitne teas Ste ut NO WONDER UNCLE SAM | Holyport passe RLINGTON OPENS, Sma!l Crowd in Attendance at the ~~ Mafylaivd Baoe Track, and One Foreign Eook Hinde the Money. Ho!yport, Hateyon and Jullet Cap- ture Events. (Special ta The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, ARLINGTON, Feb. 13.—The Baltimore Jockey Club thre open {ts gates to-day and announced that its aevnteen-day meeting aad be- fun after two -postponements, which were ccoisioned by the severity of the weather and the lack of accommoda- tions. The attendance was very poor, being composed mainly of a small percentage of the regulars from Alexander Island and @ few Loca} celebrities. A foreign book which was contro;led by James Howard, for many years part- ner with Merars. Mahoney, the wi known bookmakers of New York, did a good business, Only six books handled Money on loca! events. Major C. C. Wheeler judge, ansiated py J. as the presiding i. ‘Anderson, a | sporting critic of @ local paper. FIRST RAUE. tongs. 8. 102 (Brewer) 2 too “Using : rir riner, 9 (C. iionneldy) a1 Ken 104% (Vetter 144 Monte Carlo, 102 (Murpay) a6 6 May B97 Ayessas 266 Payehe.” 103° (Ta ‘ie ta Jewel led the first turn where Trixey Gardner aseumed command and nee the stretch, where her and won easily by t from Jewel, who beat ngths 'Trixey ra length, Time—1.11 3-4. SICOND RACE, nd one-ha:t furlongs. Siatiers Betting, St. HIf-Fin. 102 (W. Morrie. GL bk Dae (Bur wr ot 4 uy 80-1 15-1 Veter) 1s ow Halcyon headed, lengths! opened a gap and was never winning, pulled up, by six Jersey Pat was beaten off and Chateau fell making the turn into the stretch. Vagabond was second, Time— ie THIRD RACK, Sy turlo ‘ tH nning and wood ten lengths nd T SULTS AT MADISON. i, MADT thontas t Time-1.25 R RACH he va ‘ £ furlong: Vand ev eo: Ronn: pyeh Sows Rabmne EXTRAVAGANCE IS BEWILDERED. ths from Pick-| G THE U weHtAS MONEY To RUAN RILEY GRANNAN ON THE BOX. Making » Book at New 0: ‘Te-Day's W ra. RACE TRACK, NEW ORLEANS, Feb 13.—Clear, bright weather brought out An increased attendance this afternoon A good programme was offered and the President P. J, Dwyer, of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, is expected here. by the lat- ter part of the week. track was heavy. urteen bookmakers drew for stands lay, among them being Riley Gran TIRST RACE, aix furlongs, Selting 8: Prince Leon, 105 (Puryear) Primera, 103 (so4en) Ha Loftin, Jr, opened up a gap of a hight ‘at’ the first furlong, followed. by Emperor Hillet. Followday headel the leader at the turn and held comma into the stretch, with Footr ;Up. Church: Clark came with a rush from the rear division, but Footrunn managed to keep in front and in a di won by a lenath. Churchill) “lark | Followday a length for the place. si Five and « hait Btartera, RACE om | Ween | Springtime, 103.0 3h Blakemore, 10k (Fr 1 | Red’ Vell. 95. «80 lon ' Hollywood, 97 Rally. 108 CM Williams) Blakemore, Vocality. Hollywood set the pa furlong. 24. 3 Pr ce ns Springtime and e after the first last. ‘The leader held comm: last turn, where Springtime passed him, Ina ‘driving finisa, Springtime won by a length fron Blakemore. The latter was a head in front of Red Vell. Time—1.19 3-4. THIRD RACE. for two-year-olds rere 100 (H. Wittlamay) Uatle Law. 104. Hil) | Araedie,“ 340 (taytony {Oo ‘Io0 aKetens es MK 100 (Sen) Ie1 st 2 ty Cora B. set the pace to the stretch, with Uncle ew, and Rags close up. In the 4 101-3 3 5 Yt 1 1 3 ‘ |run home Rage took the lead at the last | furlong and won in a drive by a neck | from. nele Lew, ‘who war a length be- fore Arsenic. Time, 0.41! { FOURTH RA Selling; six furlongs 102 Alayton) ord Willowbrook, 107 (McCue). jalen Brown, 105 (Slaughter)... ke Parks, 105 (Frazier) Express, 103 (Johnson), No Remarks won. Merritt was second, Lord Willowbrook was third. i ARLINGTON ENTRIES. TRACK, ARLINGTON, Ma4., The entries and weights for to- RACE | Feb 13. | MeCormark 106 Jolly Boy ‘6 | Monte Carlo......cs.. 78 ! Lilien 6 me Alix Peter Jackwan oo... 92 Juliet , # half furlons MAY Rescues " Payeond eal furlongs Ru India Haley Billy Maid, {Special to The Evening World.) i | morrow’s races on this track are as fol- lows | Pirst Race-Four and a half furlongs sy NIGHT EDITION BAOOKFIELD AND SCOTT Made Commissioner of Pub- lic Works and Corporation Counsel Respectively GEN. COLLIS MADE A DEPUTY. The Mayor’s Action Apparently a Defiance to ‘Boss” Platt. ILEXOW NOW ON HIS WAY TO PROTEST. Secret Conference of Stalwarts in Albany, Last Night to Denounce the Appointments. Mayor Strong to-day appointed Wiillam]at noon to-day in the presence of the “Cl a Repub-| Mayor and his private secretary, Job oo se chairman ieee i FE. Hedges, and took possession of his lican State Committee and antl- Platt) iow omce a few hours later, Public - William Brooktield. Republican, Commisstoner of Works, to succeed Michae! T. Daly. He also appointed Francis M. Scott, a Grace Democrat, to be Corporation Coun- | sel in place of William H. Clark. Earlier In the day the Mayor an- nounced that he had offically notified "Everett P. Wheeler, E, Randolph Robin- \son, EK, Lawrence Godkin and Charles W. Watson of their appointment as Civil Service Commissioners. These men are all independents. The H, CLARK. ‘orporation Counsel.) —_ | | (Reproduced trom Harper # Werk sion, Copy rie " u ad fifth Commissioner bh, pointed, but he is pretty sure to be W Bayard Cutting, anoth D AML the appointing | politicians Tetary Hedges, and just the same cere- mony was gone through with as in the case ol Mr, Brookfield oniy an hour or Mr, Scott will a charge of the m Corpora thn Counsel's aMfce this after- hoon, At noon he resigned his poattion as a member of the Aquduct Commis- sion, the salary of which is $5,000, Clark Formally Restans At 245 ex-Corporation Counsel Clark jand the new | Francis M. |Scott, came to the Mayor's office to- gether, Mr. Clark formally notified the Mayor of his ieaving the office and turned It over to his guccessor, ‘The Mayor dls- missed Mr. Clark with one of his chara teristic hearty handshakes, | Then Mr. Clark took Mr. Scott over to | his ol City Hall for a few minutes after he had accepted the appointment and been |sworn in, but returned immediately to [hie oftive a the Futon Bank Butlding. | | He filed his bond of $20,000 with the Comptroller at 2.30 P.M Thomas and Cornelius N. his sureties, ectinh His New Office. Mr. Brookfield, accompanied by Gen. Collis and Columbus 0. Johnson, bu tled into Commissioner Daly's office at 9,30 o’cloek. “They're lowing no time," said a man Gen, Samuel Bliss being MICHAEL T. DALY (Hx-Commisstoner of Public Works.) Swearing In the OMmce 1 | out in the ante-room. They were met by Deputy Commis sioner Maurice F. Holahan, who sald, in THE WORLD'S CIRCULATION: Over Half a Million Per Day Four hundred and elghty-one Employers asked WATCH THE WANTS EVERY DAY. ce to introduce him to his old assistants, Mr, Scott 1 he would retain. the | services of Assistant Corporation Coun- sel Deane, | Mr. treokfleld only remained at the New CiyileService Commi Week- Day Average.) t Help in Tuesday's World, —= ONE CENT. PRICI | put on his hat and coat, grab up te four neatly tied bundles which Were piled up a@ chair and skip. “Have you come to take immediate Possession?” an “Evening World” fe porter asked Gen. Collis, “Yes, Immediate,” wae the answer, ; When Mr. Daly came in he didn’t teote jas If he had had anything to de With | soup, | “How do you feel about it?” asked @ friend in the hallway. | “Oh, all right. I'm satisfed—tortunes of war, you see?" | “They're in there, Commissioner,” aata |Another man, but he only nodded Bie head and went in to shake hands with the man who had taken his good thing away from him, Mr Brookfleld’s first act after taking office was to appoint Gen, C. H. T. Collis as Deputy Commissioner, to susssed Maurice F. Holahan, Gen, Collis is the Republican leader in the Twenty-fewrth Assembly District, and is one of the Most persistent opponents of Thomas C, Platt in New York City politics. He was jformerly Corporation Counsel te the clty of Philadelphia, He took possession of the deputy’s office this afternoem, . Mr. Holahan will remain with hig fer a few daya until Gen. Collis has learned the routine of office. He has the making of most of the minor appointment | the Department, Large Patron: Mr. Brookfield will receive = salary of $8,000 In his new office, and his deputy will get $6,000 a year. ‘The office of Com= missioner of Public Works is the mest important within the gift of the Mayor by reason of the vast amount of pagq ronage which the head of that Departs ment controls. ‘There are 1,626 places directly within. the gift of the Commissioner, besides! many others not classified, to say meth+ ing of the influence with contractors amd the controlling of a vast system of publi contracts, For several days Mr. Brookfield has been placed in a most trying positien, He himself was not disposed to accept the office, and no longer ago than’ Monday he announced his intention @f going to Florida for a long visit, Perranded to Accept. Since then, however, he has ha@ te listen night and day to the emguments of his Union League Club friends who wete eet upon his taking the Commissions ship of Public Works, with its aceame panying powerful patronage, and a yesterday he announced that the sire was too great to withstand, and that he would accept the office if it was tendered to him. It was sald to-day that while Magee Strong would not listen to the blanéisie ments of Boss Platt in the matter of Commissioner of Public Works ment, he had decided to thiow a aap the Platt-facttomtr the shape of m@se@! tat office. It could not be learned what the Soma was, but that it would go far towards soothing Mr. Platt’s ruffled temper. ecknowledged by those who knew? pretended to kaow, what the of @ im” question was. 8 GEN. C. H, T. COLLIS J joners at the Mayes" Afternoot The fur new Clvil-Service Commis. - sioners came to the Mayor's office at k and took the oath of office, formaity was over Mayor sw question put by the new 1g announced the reappointment of miss nilips to be Secretary and Chief ‘he Commissioner has just gone out Ie OE ie Cee see Board at " \ bowl of soup. He will be back "Commissioner Godkin’ sald the new ' minute Commission would” organize soon Deputy neglected ty say. however, 8 {he Heh Commissioner Was apponted. When asi W poltey. whether or fot Mrs Daly intended: 10 get | no ie nek eta Mee tee PRlGy Gk See into the at it ap te Stop inside, gentlemen, step inside he said, as ne waved hand to th room where there w rags on th floor Mr. Brookfield weat 1 © glanced at paintings on th r pulled away from the marked This is an tice Yes, it is. 11 Holahan, |'Thomas C. Platt. 4 ing on in roog mournfully ; ty Scott, early AOAGR LORE TenOMarhy Ak il iat aiaclbh ead vecnpe ks ' Ay to Get the knife between the city exe the Mayor's office ab oh M After prety had tal yo the pi the Republican boss chatting a few minutes with Mayor) to pack his effects as soon Sworn In tn the Private Ollce, ng they retired together to the pri-|heard of the appointment, consequenth Mr. Brookfleld took the oath of off mpanied Private Se he was ready at an instant’s notice t ‘on would be, Mr. Watson. hile it had been ‘virtually Commissioners did Rot? it just now that ed said ma to Be Investigated, i * Commissioner Everett C, “Evening World’ rhoon that as 800n am as organized an investiga. ) Would be made of all the elvibeee! Appointments under the old Comes mission. If it were found that any a ments had been made fraudulently holders of the positions would be moved. ‘There is a law which requires the ‘omptroller to reimburse the city for, patd to persons sppodm < positions through fraud. rus Clark, J. 8. Kennedy and J. ° | Hampden Robb ‘still look Mike the ti ° Continued on Second Pagt int. the Te- v

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