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'GIST AND GOVERNOR GOOD SCHEME. ■jin c ISSUED ONSUBJECT --- •wui Contain Valuable Information on Road Construction, and May Solve Con¬ vict Pease Prolem. Professor Yeates, state geologist of Georgia, has inaugurated a movement for the improvement of every rood in the state, and has already taken the first steps toward the materialization of his plans. Professor Yeates is a strong believer in good roads, and he will exert every effort to make every thoroughfare in \ eorgin comfortably passable. Considering the unsettled condition f the convict question, the movement 8 particularly opportune at this time, ) iroblem jnd may of aid disposing in the solution of the of state the criminals. Professor Yeates has the hearty indorsement of Governor At¬ kinson in his plan, and their efforts may result in wonderful good to the rural districts of the state. Professor Yeates will soon issue a good roads bulletin, which will largely aid in the progress of the work. The bulletin will be compiled with great care, and will be largely conducive to the future prosperity of the state. Professor MeCallie, assistant state geologist, will have charge of the bul¬ letin, and has already begun securing data with which to begin. He will start soon on an inspection of the whole state, and the report of his observations will be published in this bulletin. The bulletin will contain informa¬ tion exceedingly valuable toward the construction of good roads. It will be handsomely illustrated, and will con¬ tain the most up-to-date methods for road construction. The pamphlet will contain practical lessons on the details of roadbuilding, ■will point out the best materials, and the most approved methods for grad¬ ing. It will make the work so plain that every man can understand it, and improve his property accordingly. Cop¬ ies will be mailed to every farmer al¬ most in the state. The soil of Georgia contains some very fine material for road construc¬ tion, which, if properly utilized, would make the very best highways in the country. The red shale, near Rome, is particularly fine for roadbeds, large quantities of which ate now being used in and around that city. The chert is also very fine for this ■work, and the bulletin will locate and describe these natural materials, giving their quantity, how best prepared and laid. The preparation of this pamphlet means an immense amount of work and a good expense, but the state will no doubt be fully repaid for the out¬ lay. If the eonvicts are ever put to work on 'the roads, and the directions of this bulletin followed, there is no reason why Georgia slionld not have as good roads as any state in the union. A ■wheelman could then ride from one «nd of the state to the other without any trouble, and general travel would be made much easier. FURNITURE WORKS DESTROYED. Big Factory Burned to Ashes at Cam¬ bridge, Mrss. The furniture factory of Keeler & Co., East Cambridge, Mass., was vis¬ ited by a fire Wednesday night, and although the blaze was confined to the top floor, the loss w’ill be about $25,000, fully covered by insurance. The top floor w as taken up by the furniture just finished for J. Reed Whipple’s new Boston hotel, La Ton- raine, which was of special design and very costly. This w’as all ready for shipment and was destroyed. Cobb, Bizzel & Co. had a large quan¬ tity of furniture stored on the floor beneath and their loss will reach $5,000. ______ Wholesale Arrests For Murder. Six men and two women are under arrest at Trinidad, Col., for the mur¬ der of Deputies William Green and ■William Kelly, who were in search of cattle thieves, in 1896. Officers are in pursuit of two more men who are implicated. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS MIX. Paper Weights and Fists Result la Bat- tered Faces. A Columbia, S. C., special says: Bad blood existing between W. B. Evans, chairman, and H. R. Thomas, member of the state railroad commission, cul¬ minated Wednesday in a personal en¬ counter, in -which fists and paper weights figured. Thomas was opposing higher rates ®n certain articles and Evans remark¬ ed that Thomas was no gentleman, whereupon Thomas applied a vile epithet to the chairman, in which sev¬ eral blankety-blanks figured. Evans hurled a glass paper weight at Thomas, who dodged and bloodied the other’s face with his fists. BOUND FOR THE GOLD FIELDS. $teamer Leave, Seattle With Many Fas- sengers For Alaska. Thursday afternoon the North Amer- Bean Transportation Company’s steam¬ er Portland sailed from Seattle, Wash., go St. Michael, Alaska, from which point her passengers will be trans¬ ferred to the Yukon river steamers and carried to the famous Klcmdyke gold fields. There were 128 passengers, a few of whem wo women, DEBATING CONFERENCE REPORT. Senator Turley Sworn In—Short Session of the House. Shortly before the senate adjourned Thursday Senator Allison, in charge of the tariff bill, made a strong effort to have a time fixed for the fiual vote on the tariff conference report. Failing in this, Mr. Allison gave a vote. It was the first definite m»vc- ment thus far toward bringing the debate to a close. The debate on the report was par¬ ticipated in by Senators Chilton, of Texas; Jones, of Arkansas, and Petti¬ grew, of South Dakota, in opposition, while Mr. Aldrich took frequent occa¬ sions to defend the report against the criticism of these senators. The credentials of the new senator from Tennessee, Thomas B. Turley, who succeeds the late Senator Harris, were presented by his colleague, Mr. Rate, and the oath of office adminis¬ tered. During the discussion of the agri¬ cultural schedule, Mr. Tillman was drawn into a vehement argument on the benefit of an export bounty on ag¬ ricultural products. The South Car¬ olina senator declared that the impo¬ sition of such a bounty was the most effective means of destroying the en¬ tire protective system, for if the farmer got one drop of blood in his month he would want to swallow the whole car¬ cass, and it would end in a scramble overturning the whole system. The house joint resolution was passed requesting the president to make investigation as to the exclusion, of American tobacco from foreign countries under the Ragie contract system. At 5 o’clock the senate held an ex¬ ecutive session and then adjourned. When the house met Thursday Mr. Dalzell, republican, of Pennsylvania, presented from the committee on ways and means a bill to authorize the president to suspend part or in whole the discriminating duties proposed on the vessels of foreign countries which impose similar duties on our vessels. He explained that the existing Mex¬ ican laws imposed discriminating du¬ ties on vessels carrying lumber and general cargo, but exempted those car¬ rying coal. As the president had no authority to suspend duties on vessels carrying coal, Cardiff and Wales now monopolized the coal trade of Mexico, which properly belonged to the coal mines of Alabama, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. This bill was designed to allow a partial suspension of duties. The passage of the bill w’as advocated by Messrs. Underwood, democrat, of Alabama; Wheeler, democrat, of Ala¬ bama; McMillin, democrat, of Tennes¬ see, and Ridgely, populist, of Kansas. The bill was passed. LYNCHERS GOT WILLIAMS. While Trying: to Fscape One Mob He Rung Into Another. Oscar Williams, tlie Clayton county negro assailant of the little Campbell girl, met his death at Griffin, Ga., Thursday morning at the hands of a mob numbering between 300 and 400. It had been predicted time and time again that if Williams was ever carried to Griffin he would be lynched. The lynching w r as completed quickly and after it was over the men dispersed with little show of excitement. Williams was taken from the north bound Central train at twenty minutes past 6 o’clock a. m., and death, swift and terrible, given him in less than twenty minutes. He w’as on his way from Macon to Atlanta for safe keeping, as the author¬ ities were convinced that if he stayed in the former place he would be lynch¬ ed, and that, too, with a vast amount of bloodshed. Therefore, at the first intimation of real danger, he was placed on board the first outgoing train. In fleeing from one mob he ran into the arms of another, not quite so large, but just as determined. In some wrny—it cannot be definitely told how—the news that he was on the 6 o’clock train became known,and long before it was due the lynchers had made their plans and were ready to execute them. Editors to Be Prosecuted. The government of India has de¬ cided to prosecute some of the editors of newspapers in the Poona district, which have been most conspicuous in the publication of seditious articles of late calculated to stir up the natives against British rule. BRUNSWICK CREW WINNERS. They Defeat Savannah’s Boat Crew In Naval Reserve Drill. Brunswick’s naval reserve's crack boat crew defeated Savannah's boat crew Wednesday morning and a crew of trained men from the gunboat Wil¬ mington iu the afternoon. The course was two miles, from the sea buoy to St. Simons sound buoy. Brunswick pulled the American stroke. Lieutenant Taylor, of Brunswick, who promoted the races, was referee of both. The race was witnessed by two thousand people. All of the of¬ ficers of the reserves and the Wilming¬ ton were on the Wilmington’s decks watching its progress. THE ROW BOAT UPSET And Three Detroit Young Men Find Watery Graves. Three Detroit young men were drowned Sunday afternoon by the cap¬ sizing of a rowboat off Sugar island near the mouth of Detroit river. The drowned are: William W. Shier, Frank E. Russell, Jr., Edwin Stubenskny. Russell’s father and brother, who •were also in the boat which upset, swam ashore, but narrowly escaped. SENATE PASSES THE MEASURE AND ADJOURNS SINE DIE. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE KILLED. The Purpose for Which the Kxtraoudina- ry Session of Congress Was Called Has Been Accomplished. The tariff bill passed its last legisla¬ tive stage at 3 p. m. Saturday when the senate by the decisive vote of 40 to 30 agreed to the conference report on the bill. An hour later the president’s signa¬ ture made it a law. The announcement of the result was greeted with enthusiastic applause by the crowded chamber. This closed the great labor for which the fifty-fifth congress assembled in extraordinary session and after stubborn resistance, at times threatening a deadlocjc, the senate concurred with the house in a resolution for the final adjournment of the session at 9 o’clock p. m. Thus the closing day was prolific of a series of momentous events. The president’s message for a cur¬ rency commission was reeived, but the house bill creating the commission was not acted upon. An analysis of the vote shows that the affirmative vote was cast by thirty- seven republicans, ore democrat (Me- Enery), one silver republican (Jones of Nevada), and ouepopulist (Stewart). The negative vote was cast by twenty- eight democrats and two populists, Harris and Turner. Mr. Teller, silver republican, and two populists, Allen and Butler, were present and did not vote. One populist (Kyle) and one silver republican (Pettigrew) -were ab¬ sent without pairs, which was equiva¬ lent to withholding their votes. A long parliamentary battle over final adjournment followed the an¬ nouncement of the vote. The opposi¬ tion endeavored to score a point by compelling a vote on laying the presi¬ dent’s message before the senate and succeeding in this, attacked the ma¬ jority for refusing to act on the presi¬ dent’s recommendation. The main desire of those opposing adjournment was to secure a vote on the Harris resolution calling on the president to stop the sale of the gov¬ ernment interests in the Union Pa¬ cific railroad. For four hours an acrimonious parliamentary contest was waged, gradually the tactics of the opposition w r ere overcome and shortly before 7 o’clock Mr. Morgan with¬ drew further opposition and the reso¬ lution for final adjournment was pass¬ ed. Complimentary resolutions to the vice president, Mr. Hobart, were adopted and at 9 o’clock the final scene was enacted by the formal ad¬ journment of the session. Signed I5y the President. The step necessary to make the Dingley tariff bill the law of the land was taken at the white house when President McKinley affixed his sig¬ nature at 4:04 o’clock, The mem- hers of the cabinet w’ho were in Wash¬ ington went to the w’hite house about half-past three o’clock and assembled with the president in the cabinet room. A few moments before 4 o’clock Rep¬ resentative Dingley appeared accom¬ panied by Representative Hager, chair¬ man of the house committee on en¬ rolled bills. They were admitted at once into the presence of President McKinley, Sec¬ retary Gage, Attorney General Mc¬ Kenna, Postmaster General Gary and Secretary Wilson. After cordial greet¬ ings Mr. Dingley produced a beauti¬ ful pen and requested that it be used for the signature. The president ac¬ cepted it, appended his signature to the hill, asked the date, and wrote “July 24th, approved,” and the bill was an act. EXPLOSION DOES DAMAGE. A Lumber Mill Wrecked and One Man Killed. A boiler explosion Saturday evening in the lumber mill of Kipp & Kiser, at Cortez, Pa., killed Pete Duff and seri¬ ously The injured ten others. mill is badly wrecked. A four¬ teen-foot piece of boiler was blown a distance of 400 feet. Two hundred men will be thrown out of work. MURDERED THEIR HUSBANDS. Hungarian Women to Suffer Death for Wholesale Poisoning. The trial of twelve women and two men oharged with wholesale pois¬ oning, was concluded at Buda-Pest, Hungary, Friday and sentences were passed upon six of the prisoners. Four of them were condemned to death, one to penal servitude for life and one to a term of six years’ impris¬ onment. The series of crimes which occurred in the Hodmezoevasahely district ex¬ tend over some years past. The vic¬ tims were in most cases married men, who were killed by their wives, the motive for the crime being generally a desire to obtain insurance money. SULTAN YIELDS AT LAST. Proclamation Issued Sanctioning; the Set¬ tlement of the Powers. A special cable dispatch from Con¬ stantinople says: The snltan ban issued an irade sanctioning the settle¬ ment of the frontier question in -ac¬ cordance with the wishes of powers. Italy Is Ready To Fight. It is said at Athens, Greece, that Italy has proposed coercive measures against Turkey. LYNCHERS TO BE PROSECUTED. Mon Who Hanged Ryder are Known. Conspiracy Charged. The excitement occasioned by the lynching near Talbotton, Ga., of W. L. Ryder, the murderer of Miss Sallie Emma Owen, has not yet abated. It is known that fifteen men com¬ posed the mob and their names are known. There is now’ little doubt that the plan to lynch Ryder was made several days preceding the date for the case to be called, the conspiracy having been formed on the supposi¬ tion that the case would necessarily have to be postponed, due to the ill¬ ness of Colonel Worrill, the leading counsel for the defense. The mob seemed to have been or- 8 anized openly. Carriages were hired from the livery stable and the parties left town by a back street. There will be no trouble in identifying a large portion of those engaged in it, it is said. A secret service officer of the United States was in town at the time and he says that it v r as evidently a case of conspiracy. He has obtained the names of a large number of those sup¬ posed to have been engaged in it and will lay the matter before the proper authorities. Governor Atkinson will be request- od to offer a reward later. It is also stated that a detective was present on some other business and caught on to what was up, went to Waver] y Hall with the crowd and is now in posses¬ sion of all the facts and a large num¬ ber of names. Not being acquainted \> Ith the sheriff, he and the secret ser¬ vice officers were unable to communi¬ cate with the sheriff' in time for him to protect Ryder. There is no doubt that the parties will be prosecuted. The body of Dr. W. L. Ryder was carried to Macon Tuesday night and on Wednesday morning the remains were interred in the family burying ground at Walden, near Macon. Judge John Hart, who presided in the Ryder hearing at Talbotton and who granted the continuance, express¬ es himself in regard to the lynching as follows: “The continuance was on the ground of illness of leading counsel which was proved by physicians’ certificates. In their certificates the doctors stated that while he was too ill to appear in court, Mr. Worrill would he well enough to try the case by the Septem¬ ber term. “That made a case for continuance. Had I not granted it, the supreme court would have given a new trial, thus protracting the case. “There was no application for n change of venue. * I think that the law should be changed so as to give judges more discretion in that matter, and allow them to change venue when in their judgment the ends of justice demand it. “There was no indication of violence while I was in Talbottom. On the contrary, I was impressed with the believe good behavior of the people. I do not they approve what was done. It was the work of a few lawless men. “Lynching is always done by a law¬ less element. Your paper is right in saying that lynching is cowardly. If that position ivas generally taken, lynching w'ould be less frequent. It is an easy matter for sixteen men to murder one. I hardly think the name of one of those men could be found in a jury box. ” lmCOURAGING FOR STRIKERS. Efforts to Bring Out West Virginia nig¬ gers May Fail. Dispatches from Wheeling, W. Ya., states that Wednesday morning open¬ ed with the coal strike situation ma¬ terially changed in West Virginia. The Watson mines, with 1,000 men, hold the key to the Fairmount region, for Monongah cannot be kept closed unless Watson’s men quit work. Debs’ failure to do anything with the Wat¬ son men at Reevesville was disheart¬ ening, but the organizers have re¬ gained their nerve, and early Wednes¬ day morning a general conference was held to devise new plans. The Kanawha Valley miners’ com¬ mittees are daily presenting their de¬ mand for an advance of 13 cents a ton to last throughout the year. This may cause a strike where sympathy w’as impotent. On the Norfolk and Western the or¬ ganizers find little encouragement, and there is no better outlook. The strike in the state as a whole is regarded as lost unless local senti¬ ment can be made to figure sufficiently to interest where sympathy is lacking. FATAL OPERA HOUSE FIRE. The Audience Panic Stricken and Many Were Trampled Under Foot. The Casino summer theater at Ra¬ mona park, Paducah, Ky., was burned Friday night. A performance was being given to about 000 people when the fire broke out from a fireworks display on the stage. The audience was paDie-stricken. Probably over 100 persons were in¬ jured by being trampled. It is reported that three or four children perished in the flames. All the doctors in the city were required to look after the injured. GOOD ROADS FOR ALABAMA. C’olbert County To Spend the Munificent Sum of $100,000 In Driveways. Colbert county, Ala., has appropriated $100,000 to be used in perfecting the public road system of that county. The bonds have already been sold to a Chicago syndicate and it is expected ihat work will be commenced on the roads within a few days. The roads in the other Tennessee valley counties are excellent and the improvement of the Colbert county pikes will perfect the road system of the valley. MURDERERS FLANAGAN AND PER¬ RY PLACED IN STRONGER JAIL. THREATS OF LYNCHING WERE MADE The Two Were Quietly Transferred From the Decatur to the Atlanta Jail by Guards for “Safe Keeping." Edward C. Flanagan and H. S. Perry were transferred from the Decatur, Ga., jail to Atlanta Friday night for safe keeping. The murderers were securely hand¬ cuffed and were under a special guard of five deputies, who w r ere armed with revolvers and winchesters. Th( p was made late in the night, but every precaution was taken lest the citizens of DeKalb should learn of the removal. Threats and ugly rumors were heard in Decatur Friday afternoon and night. The several lynchings throughout the state had brought excitement and discontent to the friends of the victims of the prisoners, who were trembling in the Decatur jail. There was not the semblance of a mob, but the rumors grew and in¬ creased. Prominent citizens learned of the excitement. The sheriff' was advised to take every precaution necessary to insure absolute safety to the men, and late in the night he be¬ gan the journey to Atlanta. A posse of five men were summoned for the trip. Heavy revolvers and rifles were distributed among the dep¬ uties. Quietly the preparations -were made, not a word being said that would create alarm or suspicion. At 10 o’clock the posse, headed by Sheriff' Austin, went to the little Deca¬ tur jail, where Flanagan and Perry were asleep. The little village was asleep. The lights were out and no one dreamed of the scheme which had been arranged by the officers. Flanagan was sound asleep when the sheriff rattled softly upon his cell door. “Get up, Flanagan, ” said the sheriff. The prisoner tossed wildly upon his cot. Like a flash he was upon his feet, l;is frame trembling from fright and suspicion. “It’s the sheriff,” came the reassur¬ ing words. “Don’t be alarmed, Flana¬ gan. There is no danger.” Perry rolled across the cot, half asleep and half awake. As he opened his eyes he caught the glimmer of winchesters and the muz¬ zles of pistols. “We want you to dress as quickly as possible,” said Sheriff'Austin. “We • are gong to take you to Atlanta.” The prisoners looked about them wildly. In the dim light of the cell the men cowered from fright. They saw the sheriff's at the door, and in the darkness gleamed the gun barrels. “Whnt’s the matter?” came the question, as the words fell from Flan¬ agan’s trembling lips. Flanagan and Perry were ordered to dress hurriedly. The officers had seen no movements on the outside, but they did not know what was com¬ ing. They, as well as the murderers, were nervous. As soon as the prisoners were dressed handcuffs were placed on their wrists, and they were quickly taken from their cell. The leave taking of the jail was quietly done. The prisoners -were taken to the car and placed between deputies. There were only one or two other passengers, who looked seriously at the armed men and handcuffed prison¬ ers, but said nothing. Without incident the trip was made. As soon as Atlanta was reached, the prisoners were hurried to the Frazier street jail and were locked in the rock portion of the prison. SQUALL WRECKS STEAMER. Over One Hundred Chinese Passengers Find Watery Graves. A dispatch from Singapore says that the Chinese steammer Srihenganu, bound from Singapore for Malacca with 190 passengers, was wrecked in a squall off Malacca on June 19th. One hundred and twenty persons, including the captain of the steamer, were drowned. The remainder were rescued by a passing steamer. HUNG ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES. Community Got Riel of Brinkley Because His Character Was Bad. The body of Ephraim Brinkley,who lives several miles from Madisonville, Ky.. was found dangling from a limb near his home Thursday morning. He had been lynched during the early morning by a mob of about forty citizens, who determined to put an end to his existence on general prin¬ ciples. Several weeks ago Thomas Croullias, a well-to-do citizen of the neighborhood, was assassinated. Brinkley was suspected ou account of his evil reputation, but no proof could be found to connect him with the crime. . ANDREWS RESIGNED Bather Than Foreffo Ills Free Silver Convictions. President E. B. Andrews, of Brown University, at Providence, faculty Thursday R. I., sent a letter to the re¬ signing his office. The letter was in response to a com¬ munication sent to President Andrews by the special committee appointed by the trustees and fellows in June, who at that time called him to account for his silver utterances. - LAST SESSION OF HOUSE. Speaker Signs Tar I IT Act and Appoints Standing Committees. The last session of the house was marked by many interesting events. In addition to the final act of the speaker in affixing his signature to the Dingley tariff bill, a bill providing for the creation of a currency commission was crowded through in the closing hours and the spectators who throng- en the galleries were treated to a con¬ tinuous, if not very brilliant, fusillade of oratory for several hours. The house recessed until after the senate had adopted the conference re¬ port and one minute and thirty-one seconds after the house reconvened the engrossed bill was signed and on its way to the president. The demon¬ stration which marked these events were enthusiastic. When the presi¬ dent’s message came in recommending the creation of a currency commission, it w'as answered by the republican leaders with great promptitude. Ry means of a special order, the Stone bill, introduced some days ago, with the approval of the administra¬ tion, was brought to a vote after an hour’s debate.’ Considerable feeling was manifested on both sides. As the final act of the session the speaker announced the appointment of the committees. At 8:55, when the reading of the names was concluded, Mr. Grosvenor, from the committee appointed to wait on the president, announced that they had performed their mission. The president returned a congratulatory reply. Then, at 0 o’clock, the speaker de¬ clared the house adjourned without a day.___V TEXT OF COMMISSION MESSAGE Which Was Sent to Congress by the Pres¬ ident and Failed to Pass. Following is the money commission message in part which was transmitted to congress Saturday by President McKinley and which was accepted by the house, but turned down by the senate: “To the Congress of the United States— In my message convening the congress in extraordinary session I called attention to a single subject—that of providing revenue adequate to meet government. the reasonable I believed and proper expenses of the that to be tlie most pressing subject for settle¬ ment then. A bill to provide the necessary revenues for the government has already passed the awaits house of representatives action. and sen¬ ate and executive Another question of very great importance is that of the establishment of our currency and bank¬ ing system on a better basis, which I com¬ mented upon in my inaugural address. “Nothing was settled more clearly at the late national election than the determination upon the part of the people and to keep their currency stable in value equal to that of the most advanced nations of the world. The soundness of our currency is nowhere questioned. No loss can occur to its holder. It is the system which should be simplified and strengthened, keeping our money just as good as it is now with less expense to the government and the people. “The sentiment of the country is strongly in favor of early action by congress in this direction, to revise our currency laws and remove them from partisan contention. “This subject should receive the attention of congress at its special until session. regular It ought not to be postponed the ses¬ sion. “Therefore, I urgently recommend that a commission be created", non-partisan in its character, to different be composed parties, of well-informed will citizens of who com¬ mand the confidence of congress and the country because of their special fitness for the work, whose duty it shall he to make recommendations of whatever changes in our present banking and currency laws may be found necessary and expedient, and to report their conclusions on or before the 1st day of November next, in order that the same may be transmitted by me to congress for its consideration at its first regular ses¬ sion. “It is to be hoped that the report thus made will be so comprehensive of all and sound as to receive the support parties and the favorable action of congress. At ai! events, such a report cannot fail to be of value to the executive branch of the govern¬ ment, as well as to ttiose charged with pub¬ lic legislation, and to greatly assist in the establishment of an improved McKlNLBX. system of 11- nance. WlLLIAM “Executive Mansion, July 24, 1897.” “UNREPUBLICAN,” SAYS PINGREE Michigan Governor Sends a Sarcastic Message to McKinley. Governor Pingree, of Michigan, wired the following message in dupli¬ cate to President McKinley, Senator Burrows and Congressmen Corliss and Spaulding, of Michigan: “I regard the duty on lumber, hides and sugar as unrepublican, unpatriotio and un- fair. The lumber now used goes largely into small homes and farmhouses, and to a class already overtaxed. The laborer wears twice as many shoes as the millionaire and’ must contribute twice as much on hides. He must use as much sugar and pay as much toward the duty on sugar. It is grossly unfair to make the poor pay as muc h ner capita as the rich toward the sup¬ port of the government.” A QUESTION OF DATE As to When the New Tariff Law Becomes- Operative. The question of the day and hour when the new tariff' law will go into operation, since it was signed by the president before 12 o’clock Saturday night, has been raised at the treasury department. The question is a new one so far as tariff bills are concerned. The matter lias been considered by the treasury officials and it is very probable they will hold that the new act went into effect at 12 o’clock Saturday night. The department, however, has ten days before final liquidation in which to determine the question. AUSTRALIAN GOLD FOR AMERICA. It. Is to Bo Shipped Here Direct From That Couutry. A special cablegram from London to the New York Evening Post says: Arrangements have been made to ship direct to the United States a con¬ siderable amount of gold from Austra¬ lia. This is not generally known, and coming at a moment when gold movements from New York to London are looked for, will create much inter¬ est.