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CUTTING WAR TAXES
llll.L PROVIOK* FOB WBDI I TIOA OP
OVlult UtO.iHNMmo.
introduced in the house.
sT%> IP TAXES or KS.IMW.fIOO VMM.
Ill; TIKKV IJKK.
othrr 11l llrma From NN hleh the
War Tax Will Hr II ruiovril Nre
Mrrr , i Inara and Proprietary Artl
,|r,_H.d>icMn n Herr Will He
Nearly m<MHNi.liwi-v hnuara In the
"c.-llons Helming ,t Taira nu
Irgsclcs, I*l oar. Kir.
NV i"hloWf>. Dec. S.—Chairman Payne
, !;i9 vvayt and Means Committee, to
,.jv niroducc-l th© bill red.aUsg the Isx
aucr. under the wur revenue act. after
l(v . Republican member# of the committee
In.l agreed on the form of the measure,
end the articles to receive the reduction
ix. Tne bid provides an aggregate
r-.ii.tlon estimated at 710,000,747.
r chi f I teens of this reduction are
< tamp tax> a. amounting to t!:.<>OO.tiOO,
59.1d5.7M; cigars 12.1*9 7'd; proprietary
it. omitting wines. t3.Mt.SM.
e isitriiati'l reductions in dotall ax
t.- out by Mr. Payne sre a* follow*
r 19 *32712: cigars, tt.in.7tl; special
tax*s (section 2, commercial broker*.
l> custom house brokers. 7*.147. olr
. $11,711: theater*, tT7.I7S; exhibitions,
iii otherwise provided, 7A1.215; toxal
,i mx. tarr.iw
- . -line A Hank checks. 77 (POO htvo; rer
• -ites of deposit. tiuXOOO; drafts. Inland,
*-■ i< . promissory note*, it.toooon. post il
o - totiJ.tiOti: foreign bills of exchange
export mil of lading. 7100.009; ex
1> • receipts, tl.300,000; telephone mes
i 7313.000; bonds of Indemnity. $286.-
• rtlfleates other tnan of profits, t-vm.-
■<i ’.irter partq. 7I00JD); brokers' eon
tr t.m.iinn; convey in c. an. le|.
. Itspa. he*. tvo.iOO; Insurance. 73.-
lca-e 720(1.000; mortgages. IWM,
k*t 7300,009 power of attor
t,. ~ IKU.00O; protest*. 127.00,, ware-
I . receipts, 7230,000, total schedule A.
J7J 2 (100.
r ...Cite R. 74 M 0.373. ld-ss wines, 7* v '.-
n>. ts.MX.2SS; legacies, chirl'.able. etc.,
To-.uOO; grand total, 7730011.317.
The lied uctioti on fleer.
The bill provide* a discount of 20 per
cent, in th. tax of $2 per trarr.l on beer.
It, , ten of the present 7'j per cent, reduc
t ■ making the new rate SI.OO per barrel
I'll* ■, l. ns of Ihe war revenue act
l,n ii; . ommet ill broker.!, custom house
II er. circuses, theater* at.d olher ex
l;i..itlons ire stricken out.
hit, on i tg.irs Is made SI Instead of
5 per weighing more than three
p. .r-i - |ier 1,000.
u lull a ictalns the stamp tax on
cori ■•at" rusk, bonds, etc . Mile*, ctat
. \ ms or boards of trade, freight re
i certificates of prolll*. entry of
g. , ■ at , iietotn house and entry for
v id-nvul of go a- from custom* hon ied
n With these i xceptlons. th,
itr.|. inxe* under schedule A are struck
. 'airman Payne's statement give*
in the stump taxes omitted under
schedule A
• dule 11. which require.! stamp* on
proprietary me.il lues and preparation*.
I ff ime.x and cosmetics, chewing gum.
*' • amended eo that sparkling or other
sir are the only product* requiring
Section 29 of the war revenue act, re
•n mo taxes or legacies, Is amended by
•mr at the end of said section the
: iwltig:
I'iovlded that nothing In this sect In
,i onstrued to at>ply to bequests
legacie for tiseß of rellgb.ua. lit a
- -harl able or educational character,
: tiding works of art."
n .V of the act Is amended as fo
.-Imitil>trat:ve feature and section. 10.
;;< anti Jo are repeal'"l. as they re
late tn iidmlnlstratlve feature* no longer
ntcessary.
The Tax on Flour.
8e tlon S3 of the act !. amended to read
- follows;
S. ... 33. That for the purpose or
•In* mi, the wools 'mixed flour' shall
be taken and construed to mean the prod
■ n tiling from the grinding or ml*-
a g together of wheat or wheat flour
t, th* principal constituent, with any
'nr grain or the product of any other
r * i or other material except such mu
ria. not the product of any grain a* i
■ 'tnm< t v u.-ed for baking purpose*: Pro
i*b*l. that when the product resulting
ft**m the grinding or mixing together *>f
v heat or wheat Hour tvlih any other
• .:n. or the product of any other gram.
. * which xv heat or (Jour is not the prln
• :;xd constituent as spe.-111**1 in the fore
going definition Is Intended for sale, or
►old *,r offered for sale os wheat flour.
n product shall he held to be tmxal
' ur within the meaning of this net."
The Mi; provide* for redeeming revenue
*' tmps hereto for,- Issued and not u-ed
The cone uding section provides that
i t shall tako eff. t thirty <lay alter
b passage.
Cheirm *n Payne has called a meeting
ef the Ways and Means Committee for
'-morrow morning, when he expect* to
t ive the bill reported to the House He
111 then seek to have the bill considered
i‘tr the army, o'.eomaig.irlnr and legls
'live Mils ur* ,lisp.„t-d of. with a view
t" *’'-urlnK action before the holidays.
The de laion concerning beer was *r
'-ved at after some division and by a de
b*l vote. It was first attemplid to
ake the reduction on tea, hut this was
nt concurred In. and the question re
aring to beer the reduction was decid
'd upon.
1 NBW A lTlimi, PARTY.
I‘opull*** rintm llrvaii la In Nympa
tlis- NYtth the VlHwment,
Indianapolis, Dec. 5 —Charles M. Wal
ler, secretary of the M'ddle-of-the-Road
Populist State Committee, has Issued a
•H for n conference to lie held here,
law 22, He says thltt conference will
b" the first step in the formation of a
r w natlraval party to embrace all of the
• 'form elements.
"Tni* city, " said he. * will be the cradle
r ‘f anew national party that will cm
a e the Social Democrats, oilier He
l < 'll an and Reform Democrats, and
'"■l pull largely from the Prohibition
Htrty. Joe Parker, national chairman,
and many o( the most prominent leaders
the Populist perty. will attend.
'e expect I bu: in 19td our party will
■ the se <md in numerical xtrength In
OUhtry W expect that In tIM WOW
wail absorb the Democratic party I
' '* personally from men close to WIU
m Jennlng* Hrvan that he le in sym
vy with the movement. The names
‘geested for the new parly are *'Ked
-1 <te.' 'Amerlean,' and 'Federal.'
TO TALK PI BMC BCII.DI7QI.
"" u *e Committee la Called lo Meet
To-morrow.
Washington. Deo. 3 —Chairman Mercer
’ ’ the Houae Public Buildings Committee.
** ftilled a meeting for Friday to con
fer public bulldiiig measurte. It 1* lu
'bl Hrxt to give attention to those
dtng* requiring more money on oc
. "t of the rise In price of building ma-
Ineitidlng lltoae at Hrunewlck
1 ' end Tampa. K.a. These are to bo
-<• -Jded to a general bill.
ARMY BILL OPPOSED.
(Continued from First Page.)
charge of the time on the Republican
side, stated that no one on his -etc de
tired to epeuk further. Thereupon Mr ul
xer. who hal charge of the tune on lh*-
Democratic side, yielded an hour *o Mr.
M Cell. Republican of .Massachusetts.
This was the first Intimation the House
had thar the Massachusetts member was
to oppose the bill.
Mr. McCall declared that he did not he.
lieve In the principle of giving the execu
tive die retlon to multiply almost by two
the regulary armv. although President
McKinley would doubtless exercise that
discrerlon patriotically and wisely The
objection was ony of principle. Such a
grant of power could not be paralleled in
the constitutional monarchies It was
not conferred with anv limitation as ro
time
Tin government should have declared
at the outset a policy In the Philippines
similar to rhat declared In Cuba Our
system of government was manifestly un
til for a colonial policy, and that propo
sition had been so frequently discussed
that hi would consider th' practical
question whether It was for our Interest
to remain in the Phi lpptnev There wa*
no community of Imen m between the
people of those Islands and th I'nlted
States, and they were almost a* far ns
tha poles asunder. No advocate of retain
ing the Philippine* had been daring
enough lo maintain that they would he
a pari of our political syslem. In fa t.
the greiit argument In favor of the prin
ciple of th* Porto Rno tariff was that
if we could not apply that principle to
Porto Ri o we could not retain the Philip
pines.
Knormnu* Ffspenae of the Army.
Fpon what theory, he asked, are we to
remain In that country? The French
army -oat* 712n.tino.nno year: the (let
man 7130.000,Out); the British 7100.000.tW0. and
the Russian 71M.OtiO.OOn. These figure* In
clude pension* and fortification*.
"If this bi I passes the War Depart
ment will need IllJ.onn.ooo. There I* an
other cost not Included In these fig.ires,
which is a neoe**ry Incident to an army
—as much a port of Its cost a* the pay of
the soldiers. That Is the pension system.
We are appropriating for that purpose
714S.tiOO.ntiO * year Our total charges,
therefore, for military purpose* are S2OO -
ttbOtio per year, an amount greater than
the Joint military expenses of those two
armed rival*—France and Germany.''
In conclusion Mr. McCwll H aded that In
dealing with the Philippine* w pursue
the American precedent*, and said:
"The time ha* come when we can
frankly declare our purpose*. Let us give
those people those Insurance* which our
history Inspire*. Let u* tell them that
we will aid them for one yearor for five If
need bo in **tlng up a government of
their own. symbollxed by tht-lr own flag
ind we will leave with them all that I*
most glorious In the meaning of another
Hag, liberty. Independence and self-gov
ernment."
When Mr. McCall finished the 7>enio
cnits applauded him vigorously.
Mr Cox of Tennessee, a member of Ihe
Military Commltteee. spoke against the
general principles of increasing the fixe
of the permanent army
Misapprehension any* Hall.
Mr. Hull declared that Mr. McCall ha.l
ml*appthenrfed the purpose of the bill.
Ttve president under the treaty of Farts
roust arert the sovereignty of the t'nlted
State* over the Philippine Island* The
people of the Fnlte.l State* must decide
how king our authority there shall exist.
Personally, he believed that our *over
elgntv over the Philippine* would con
tinue as long a* the republic endured.
"Honestly, now." asked Mr. William*,
' Independently of the Philippine question,
do you not wont a permanent army of fci,-
u> men for other purpo-e
--"No. most emphatically no." answered
Mr. Hull.
rtenernl debate m*as then closed, and the
bill wue read for amendment under the
five-minute rule.
Tlia paragraph* authorising the Resre
t.iry of War to prescribe regulation* as
to fitness of volunteer* or civlllene ap
polnted to the regular armv under the
t, rniß of the hill, were stricken out
Mr Hepburn offered the following
amendment:
"Provided that any vacancy In the
quartermaster's drpartment may be filled
by appointment from civil life "
Mr. Hepburn made this amendment the
basis of some severe criticisms of the
Si after expedition before Santiago which
might have been obviated, he said. It
competent men from civil life hod been
In charge.
Without action upon the amendment
Ihe committee rose and the House at 5:10
p. m. adjourned.
DEFAULTER FOR OV,OOI.
Gain, Rnlarrt From omr* llor.
Hnlibcil Ilia Emplo,ar*.
jlaxir York. Dee. S.—The Herald 'il! *ay
to-morrow:
"After having; aerved for twenty-lhree
years the firm of Frank and Duhola,
whoae employ he entered as an
errand hoy, and after having heen ad
vanced oral I he had full charge of the
office as manager. William M. Gate*. H
la asserted, confessed that he had long
been robbing his employers, and was In
volved In ruin. The full amount of his
alieged stealing is not known, but it i*
believed he has taken 780 (00, perhaps
more. He I, now a fugitive through the
courtesy of She men he Is said lo have
robtwd. who were reluctant to see him
Imprisoned, and who offered him the op
portunity of escape.
"Expert accountant* are endeavoring
to straighten the tangle which Oates'
books for the last seven years seem to
show
"Meantime the amount of.Xhe alleged
defalcation In- reeses, though it canno\
by any poralMlHy. reach a total which
will embarrass Frank and Duhols.
"Tha insurance brokerage firm of Frank
& Dubois Is the largest concern of Its
k:nd in the world."
THE OLEOMARGARINE BILL.
Hoatelle Hrxlgni t halrmanahlp of
Nasal Committee.
Washington. Dee. s.—ln the House to
morrow the Grout oleomargarine MU. un
der a special order made at the last ses
sion. will displace the nmy bill, which
will go over until Friday.
When the House met the speaker an
nounced that h* had a communication
from the family of Mr. lloutell* of Maine,
resigning his position a* chairman of the
romcnlttee on Naval Affairs.
He also announced the appointment of
Mr. Shaw of New York as a member of
the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
AIIRAN9ADOR TO ITALY'.
George son L. Mer# *sld to Be
Minted for That Poet.
Washington. Dec. S—lt is eg peeled th*
President will soon nominate George von
L. Meyer of Massachusetts to he am
bassador to TtaSy to succeed Gen. Dra
per. _
Big Fornace lo Go In lllsst.
Birmingham Ala.. Deo. 8-The Mg fur
nace of the Alabama Consollfated Coal
and Don Company at Gadsden, Ala.,
which ho# been Idle several months, will
uo Into blast again Jan. 1, giving work
to several hundred men.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER . 190 ft.
WHY MRS. PtNKHAM
Is Able to Help Hick Women
When Doctor* Fall.
How gladly would men fly to wo
man a aid did the)' hut understand a
woman s feeliug*. trial*, ocnsibilitiao,
and peculiar organic diaturhanoea.
Those things are known only to
women, and the aid a man would giro
la not at hi* command.
To treat a cane properly It I* necet*
wiry to know all about it. and full
information, many time*, cannot be
given by a woman to her family pby*
Mas G. H. Cstrmu
s'cian. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything, and the physician i
at a constant disadvantage This it
why, for the past twenty-lire years,
thounanda of women hare been con
fiding their troubles to Mrs. Pinkham,
and whose advice has brought happi
ness and hcaltn to eountle** women in
the United State*.
Mr*. Chappell, of Grant Park, 111.,
whose portrait we publish, advise* all
suffering women to seek Mrs. Pink
-1 tain's advice and use Lydia E. Pink
ham Vegetable Compound, as they
cured her of inflammation of the ovaries
and womb . she. therefore, speaks from
knowledge, and her experience ought
to giro other* confidence. Mr*. Pink
ham's address is Lynn. Maaa., and her
advice ia absolutely free.
GUARDS’ BILL HAS PASSED.
( .INN'S BEAM RE To Tl R\ CORPS
INTO ARTILLERY.
The Nenntor'e Appeal Nrenrrd the
Pitssoue of the Bill lo Spite of Pro-
Grate—Go*'. I itntller States He NN 111
Take No < otu patties From Ihr
Fourth to Fill In the First Regi
men I—Sena le'* Note AN as Unani
mous.
Atlanta. P*c. s.—The bi'.l by Pena tor
Cann to cons-ert the Savannah Volunt'-er
Guards Battalion into a oattery of heavy
artillery, the organisation to retain Its
name, armory and equipment was passed
by the Henai# tMe mottling.
A roromunication was read from Capt
Charles M Pmtth of the Thotnaevillr
Guards, proiestine against the pat-age of
the hill, charging that Ihe withdrawal of
ihe Savannah Volunteer Guards would
destroy the present organlxation of the
Fourth Regiment.
Mr. Cann mails a strong argument In
favor of the passage of the bill, during
which he gave a history of the organiza
tion. and paid a high compliment to the
Guards. Tbo hill wna passed by a unani
mous vote.
Another hill by Mr. Gann to provide for
a reorganization of the Georgia State
troops, eo as lo allow the Savannah Vo
unteer Guards' Battalion to he traits
formed Into an artillery battalion sat also
liaised.
A story was printed In Ihe Atlanta Oon
st I tut lon several days ago stating (hat Gov
Candler would reorganize the First Regi
ment from companies In the Fourth Regi
ment. To the News correspondent Gov
Candler slated today that he had no
such Intention*, as he would not break up
one regiment lo recruit another. He said
the Fourth was one of the best In the
state, ant! if the M.l passed he would not
take a single company from the Fourth
to put in th# First.
GIGANTIC TI RE FRAUD*.
sesernl Raring Slen Expelled From
Trotting Assnelatlon.
Chicago. Dtk'. B.—The Hoard of Review
of the American Trotting Association. In
annual meeting here to-day Investigated
one of th- moat extraordinary turf frauds
ever perpetrated, and at the close of the
Inquiry issued an edict of expulsion
against the following persona, all teal
dents of RushvtHe, Ind W. A. Jones,
James Williams. W J Wllaon. Harry
Jones. John Ball, W, W. Wilson. J. *.
Vance. J D. Hlner. C. F. Vance. C. B.
L.r. R F. Be udder
The offense for which h*e people were
put outside the pate of reputable turfdoni
—the sentence being effttotlva on tracks of
the national association aa well as th#
American—l* the "faking" of an enure
day of alieged trotting and poctng o.er
the Kushvtlie track on Sept. J. 1890. pro
curing the admission of summaries of Ihe
same in the official re- ocls of tne Ameri
can Association, as well as the year book
of the American Trolling Register Asso
ciation and thro *el4r,g and otherwise
making ties for gain of ihe hog see alleged
to have made fast record# on the day in
question
EXULOSION OF DYNAMITE.
Twrnti -six llodlee Taken Oot of the
NN rrrltagr.
City of Mexico. Deo. s.—An explosion of
dynamite yesterday at the mines at San
Andre* de las Sierra killed and wounded
many miner*. At the lot#!*! advice# twen
ty-*ix dead bodies had heen recovered.
Fifteen injured person*, *om of whom
will die. were taken from the wreckage,
and th<> rulna are thought to contain other
victims.
Nine cases of dynamite blew up at tha
powder house with an appalling roar,
shaking the country for miles around.
CRASHED INTO A HANDCAR.
Kaglae struck It and Instantly
Killed Five Men.
lngiAVOod Junction. Onb, Dec, 8— An in
glne on the Grand Trunk Railway near
here early to-day crashed Into a handcar
on which were five section men going to
their work. All were killed Instantly.
Thetr nnme* are:
John Allen, foreman; Oliver Elila. N<*tl
McArthur, Arthur Frame. John Teetael
All were married and lived In Chelten
ham.
Hon. Ultlism NVtrt. Henry Dead.
Richmond V., Dec. 7—Hon. William
Wirt Henry, grandson of Patrick Henry,
and a distinguished member of th# Vir
ginia bar, died her* Ujl* murnto*.
MORE BROKERS ARRESTED.
<\>ntitvifsi from Kim! !*•**.
■ t this tlm**. Inquiring t to wh.it h.i<l
bet'omt* of 111* moiu \ T** m#n went
Hiih th* i* poll'or rmlquttr
ter?. irhfrt h* h *plc(<rd 1800
wtth tho hrchi'*t*. nn*l li.kl 0| l,t
nnnitn !!•* h.i-l Ir'ft the fru* with th<-
hrokn * to br trniinl with, mu) on Tu*
dev iftmaon toll i uit tt iw<n
UM to purßvfrtt w’ 134, which * •
th** hilio***i riKurc When ho uiquirni * +
t<\ th * profit# the man I'litmii h#* w*
informs) that wtut fow*n iot
hit* money wn wtpf*>l out.
Aal<ant District Attori ci TNrn**
the *H*onfc#*f point a*; him h* bmkem
the fact that 1n th*;r #i lvl *** ahi out to
m**n who *ni mwncy to in Monte
were tolt) con*lltln r wer f ivot.*hlo and
that other# wrrr tll t(*- am<' *la> that
condition# were unf.ivornbl#, on th#* #m*
#tock Mr Byrne #*yr that while Mor*
tmr.. who is a member of ih<* c .mandated
Block Kxchanae. undr* ihieolly m.ide eom*'
(mnunionti which ir* In the rrcords, he
made other tmn;ictiona which counter
balanced the one# he nut*)* for the benefit
of hla ciintomrr*
GIGANTIC DEAL IN STEEL
Vleker# **>•** untl Mnilki of F.iiglnnil
May It7ijr On* th#* Mliliuir t om
pany and the I ramp#.
New York. Dec. 5 The Evenlnx Port
tny
Aceordina to a repor* that reached Wall
•treet to-day. N icker# Soi.k A M ixlm.
IsiinHed. of Kruitand. i\e fr#t!tuted ne*-
irT*iatlon# for the pur.ha#e of the Mtdvale
Work# am! the Cramp Shipbuilding
Company c*f Phtled* Iphla The purpose
of the Eugliah company la bellcyeol tot he
to necure ahare of the T'nlted Stnie#
government contra t# for warship#, armor
plate and ordnance.
The ref***! ha# It that tTfcVvnot) hn# al
ready been off ere#! for th#* Midvale com
pany. an#l that the Cramp purefcaae will
probably be partly effet*te#l by hauinc
atork of the new corporation to be
formed when the dei ha# been completed
It ie eald th.t Di m. arr.nirement- for
the deal are to be attempted next week
In thi# rttj*. when Char lea H Cramp will
come here to meet a New York honker,
who will repreeont the Engllei com
pany.
A well-informed man In #teei matter*
•aid:
More than i year ago John t"’r<*•*#!#*\
managing director of Vlcker#’ Km# A
M.ixlm *ame to Amelia to purchase the
Cramp ehlpynrd. At tbit time it w.t*
unler#t<iod that th‘ neg<>* iat lon a fell
through Beginning ihe#e nerotiatlxii ft
eeeond time, mem# probnbly thnf *
purcha#e will be ma le. Vlcker#' Hone A
Maxim are the giant# <f the huslneee
the Krupp# of Engbind—atnl have un
limited capital. They can afford to buy
Cramp* and the Midvale outright If they
care to. boit more likely it l to be a
*tock purchase. That the KngUeh con
cern will complete the purchase I Jo not
doubt."
PRES lit TEMI NN COMMITTEE.
In f'onrltißlan llrao>liril on freed
Hexiim qneMlon.
NVc#hlnßon, !#<'. h -Th# aprelal rotn
mitfee of nix teen appoint*l by the la#t
Prexhjieriiin
r.ext c*" r.ii in***tin* <*t t* - qiM*?*: ; of a
re \lf ion of the conf##ton of fnlth, coti
tlnu.Tl it# i#rMon to-dny. At the rlo#** of
th day*# buinM fh** was
ma le that nothin*? had bo*n don# b#>on 1
tu# dl<wuaion of (he question under con
skler.Ttloiv
Home dlveriprfit opinions. It 1# under
war# heard. Ex-PrwiiNH Harri
son anl Justice Hirlaris mambsr# o # the
on nr 4 tier, were amonx thoee who cpok*
I>r RnbortP. fh** pes*retarv of the rotn
mittee, wild that (he member# an* xra*l
ually I'otnin# (o underaiand one nuofr.er
nr 1 that fb<*r view# are roox'erftln#
From the present outlook ther* will l*e
only one report made to (he General As
sembly.
Ihirittfr the afternoon the committee
were received by PrcMent MoKinle'. ft
the While Home. They were shown
through the executive m#nmot) anl the
Brexident ami ex-Pr* Klent Harr|#on
•lent ocn# time In h*>lal chat.
UTKAMKR lttl##4il Vis ai
storm# Off Hr 11 Ir It Co# nt fteln* Great
IsOtidon, Dec. s.—Htorma have been
nweeping over the British coaet# and the
hi)t# in th# Channel have had rtniqh ex*
ponence#. Several minor wreck# hav#
been reported.
Th# eteamer Roilfuil of Plymouth
foundered off the leland of Jersey. H<*r
IM##enset# were tuived, but loat con
tatninc nine of her crew' \m mi#eing.
MOROCCO Yiei*D) TO OBHNANY.
Pay Claim# for Three Injured
loenuan 4 lti#en#.
Berlin. Pec. R.—A dispatch receive.!
here from Tangier #ay the olemands of
Baron von Mentxlngen. th# Herman min
ister to Morocco, for the payment of fh#
three principal claim# of hi Jure*) Herman#
and the puniahment of the offender# b#ve
been >leidel to by tne BulMn.
WANT* TO RISPKAIa IT.
Kitchen YYould Eradicate the ril
(eeath Amrndaient.
Waohtnftton. liec. I— xttv#
Kitchen of North Carolina, ha# Introduced
In the Houae, a re#olulon for a con#tl
tuttonal amendment to repeal the fifteenth
amendment to the conetitutlon.
% ote In MnNNfirlniirt ta.
Bo#ton. Dee. The executive council
to-day mnvoiesed the vote in the national
end itate election iaiu month end gave
out the ofTli iat return# Following are
the tot#;# for presidential elector# The
average Republican vote in racti of the
thirteen rangre#*tonal dlerrin# wa# 2 9.-
the Democrat It. average wu
Republican plurality, *2,194.
flooflt Killed b) 4 nnih.
Richmond. Vi., Dec. sln an alterca
tion in the lloletcin Woolen Mill.** at f*a
lefn. to-day, J l\ Booth, the t*h!ppft g
clerk, aged 22, wa# etabhed and killed by
Cieorge 4'unlb. aged I*. The connection*
of both are well known people
Ront’a Irtuy Bill Inf rd need ,
Washington. Dec. s.—Senator Hawley
ha# Introduced In the Senate the Root
bill for 4he reorgan lx# Uou of the army.
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to I urge fnmil nt Intlnnfrial
< nnPNtlun In \e% Ortpirn*-Indna-
Irtre of f|e ##>utl end the bfrff
of %tio|ern Melhoda lo lbtrl(i|titi
l bem—Ottier I'nper# Menol—ernl
t lllr* t in It i Inu to #et the I mcn
tlon )Mt lime.
New Orleans, le S.—The pecond d#> -
#ee*lon cf the Homhern lndu#tiDl Con
vention opened to-day with a very lrge
a tcnlanc* The hall wax nrarrely large
ci i#h t> admit tte delegate# #n| th*
xcnei il pub,i wn." turned away
Hhoniy after lh o’cllt Cardinal Otb
tvuvv dreaded id Die robe# of hie high
office, opened the convention with pr*y*r
I’reetd* nt Hargrove turned the gavel
over fo Vice I'realdet*! Sidney Htorey. and
the Utter Introduced I*r l.vin.in I Dll.
pre**Uent of the Heorgia fk'hool of Tech
noog\. who wpoke on technical education
Other jo{)erK on the *im* rubject we>e
read
A pAper on the railroad# of th* South
and Southern irduetriil developmcnx was
re. and by Hon Rafford Bemey of Mobile,
and a paper on fttreign and coa#twite
trade, a* * ne#'ci ry factor In Southern
Inlu#trl*i dowelopment by N. It. Kelly,
eweratary of the Trade# League of I’hka
dalphla.
lU#oludon# were offer#*#) by V. NV
Drtibb# of tkreaiwille. Tex and *i#k>t>te*l,
eprc*#;ag th* een>c hat trad#* echoola
and echcol# of technology are impertitive
eesanttal# in *be f " ’ure deveiopment of
the Southern elate*.
Ja keen. Ml*# . Waco, Tex and Mem
phle Tenn., ar working to captiue the
n#*xt ronvefiiion.
A telegram wan read from Senator Mor
gan t bonking the convention f*r the
honor fund him The nay#, re
ferring to the Nicaragua final
* "*! '• t- of # jccea* xr*w brighter
every dwy Coat a He w nni NU*a ragu.
ar** in happy a* cord wl h our govern
ment in making preliminary agieetmuta
of vital Importance
Mr Thurber #a‘d in |art
rp t* Ihe t**glunlng of the )a#t half
o f th#* pre#ent caitury It wi** the paetoral
or agricoHoral age. bui then, with the
advent of steam, electricity and ma< hln
er\. It became the induetrtal age,
"l ha# taken the peopi# of the Southern
State# nearly fifty v# ar* to re#Hxe fhl#
fact and that In h**t forest#, mine* and
fa. lories the South ha# reeotiri-a* which
in the next fifty vmta will equiti. If iet
outstrip in value. fhoa of her fertile f! Id
of which it i# literally true
"Tickle them with a spade and they
will Uugh a harvest."
"IVUh full rwourcei In agrtculuwe It
• |*ortwp# nituryl that they ehouid
overlook other ndvaniage# and allow lee*
favored section# of our country to tak**
the lead in the march of Industry Ttiere
■nay i*e other rcuson* alto, but certain It
.* that up to vety recently m majri* In
the South have been governed by poiltt
traditions and ahlbteSetha thin an*
ha* been# ’
‘ The word 'protection* an#! **ubaidy.
owing to >u#efl of th *e good word#, have
Jarred on many ear# both Noit.i and
South, but e{WH'ial y on thoaa of Southern
ntai#men, until the kwic of evetH# In
other countries ami other aerllona ha#
forced them to look n brrfh ki*M of the
question Thl* I* widtnetd by a debate
In the Seuot# of tin* Called Stnl#*#. Feb.
if#, mp'•
H* then quoted the remark# of dome of
the sentitor# part It pa ting In the debate
on the poeial appropriation bill on that
day and continued:
"Three-quarter* of the mall route* in
the I'nlted State# are m-day subeidiietl
in the aenc that Ih* p-Mag* rliected
on them doe# *ai equal the com of th*
service. Only one-ttuarter hove ilev** o<e4
sufficient bugineaa to pay a profit, tkop
Mibsldy on bind and It would atop three
quarters of the mall routes In the I'nlted
State* to-day In thi# day and genera
tion ‘the field i# the work!’ in commerce
in** well a* religion, and why not apply
thi# prln ipie on the **a a# will a# on
land? It matter# not whether you alt I*
mall pay or subsidy. It 1* fair i*y for a
*ervl e rendered, and whether It i* freight
train* or fast mull#, freight vessels or
express (Mtsmers. there must be an equiv
alent for the service. If we ran tempt
capital into iMrnesaitig steam and ele**-
• rfeity Htnl a implying it to transportation,
whether on *■# or land, nine-tenth# of
th* benefit wlk Inure to the public, and
only one-tenth to capital.''
On#- Merchant Marine.
Passing to a discussion of otir merchant
matin" Mr. Thurh#r xskl (hat with a coni,
line greater than that of any olher na
tion. wit tl a rt ition of marine instinct*:
with tradition* from I'su! Jones to George
Dewey in an unbroken record of intelli
gence and intrepidity, w* hove tolerated
a policy toward our foreign shipping
wrhlcn ha* handicapped effort and dis
couraged investment until It is nothing
short of a national disgrace.
"It is * wlisuid for the I'nlted fltates to
r#!y upon foreign ships lo distribute our
products as It would he for one business
house lo depend upon the wagons of a
competing houae to make Its deliveries."
He read the resolution# adopted hy the
National Board of Trade, at Ita lam an
nual convention; advocating the pa*sage
of the Fry# Senate bill, or the l’ayne
House hill.
Taking up the subject of transportation
on land, tii# Hpeaker said
"On land our unequal#,! railway service
ha* given u* a great advantage. Our
railway# carry our product# 1 <**) miles lo
our seaboard for less than foreign rail
way* carry them two hundred miles In
land from thrlr sesissard; snd. aa a
w hole, our rale* In thl* country are only
about one-half those of other countries,
whli# in safety, speed snd comfort, we
are Immeasurably superior; and y#t. in
legislative hails and In the Jury box. we
find a ronsderahte element of hostility
to our railroad Interests. They are looked
upon hy some as the original trust*, ho,
they have done more to develop the
United Stale* than any other single
agency, and th* great need of large sec
tions of country l more railroads. NVIII
railroads be bulls ms faat as Is desirable
If in section* where they have been con
structed, they are treated a* tf they were
public enemies to he constantly legislated
against, (heir rates reduced hy law. and
their taxes Increased? A tax of 10 per
cent upon the net earnings of a mercan
tile houae would be deemed exorbitant,
yet, on one great railroad aystem wMlt
which I am familiar Its taxes amount to
eighteen per cent of igt revehue Rail
roads pay w larger percentage of their
earnings for tuxea and labor than any
other hiss 1 ness In rxlatencc and jrct, only
laat week. I saw that the state of Ken
tucky had largely advances! the n*a*ss
ments on the railroads of that state.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A GRATEFUL WOMAN.
Mbs. J. I,) Nt 11. 4.11 %NH It Hit 11.
Mr# F J Lynch. 32! South Divl-i ui *trc# (Srund Hapbli* Mich, write#:
The f’erurm Medicine Company. Columbus, Ohio:
fieat lenip#— **l earn rally rrmiti mr not IVrnn It* nit# •altering n#-
inrn. an It rare# |g|ckl|. I ln#l a nf iirrsiafent o*ngk. wtilo*h noth
ing iflrrard to o*aarr. Two Itoottlr# of Peru on olid more for me than all
the dou’tor# irrmni to do. In n couple of hi I. I foennol mx#elf la ex
cellent health, and hove hern pii|o# lo# II e%er •l#o*e. lienee I Inok
on l*eruna as m true frientl to noßirn." HIB. K. J. IiYMU.
Chronic Coughs
and Colds are
Catarrhal
Diseases.
Catarrh is the Contin
ual Scourge of
Christendom.
Catarrh hover* ominously over every
city ansi nestle* treacherously In evet v
hamlet. It file. with vamptre wings
from counary lo collar!ry ami easts s
hlark shadow of despair over nil lands.
Its *!*#!,h> approach and Its lingering
stay make* It dread ia the physician
rod a pe*t lo Ihe |at tlent
It changes she merry laugh of child
hood to the wheetv breathing of croup,
and the song of the blushing maiden to
the hollow cough of ,-onsumptW>ti In
its withering grasp the rounded form of
tire fond wife and mother become* gaunt
and spectral and tha healthy flush of
manhood turns , the sallow, haggard
ilsttge of the Invalid
Couch takes Ihe place of conversation.
NN hat the Trust* Nre Doing
"In our foreign commerce ,h* large
organisation# of capital, known a* 'trust*.'
are doing a work in extending American
market# that It would he Impossible for
smaller unit# of capital to accomplish.
"The organ is# tl"n of Industry has ap
peared so suddenly that the public wsa
startled, as a good horse will shy t *n
umbrella wl en tt I- opened suddenly In
Ms face, out let him stnell of It and -ee
that It Is tad dangerous hi* alarm sub
side* hue will It he with Iru.i* Tin P
evil will he eliminated their giaal will b*
developed, their usefulness to mankind
demonstrated, and the Is.gv which th*
i ivalrtrs , sensittlonal Journalism md
(Mirtlaan politic* have conjured Up will
fa.lf lnle thin air.
-The l'till***l HlAlen Rxport A##o4*tolon
was organised five year* ago a '
ot A mark an Inteteat* to widen American
markets it* member*hip now comprise*
le I'litig houses In ninety-eight principal
line* c| inlustrv situated In thirty-four
states. In connection wph kindred or
r.nilx.ttlcns I, D and Inn a great work In
sihiepln* our markets, esnedally for
manufactured product* and thus furnish
ing lemuneratlve employment for labor
and caplial We have ckrefu'ly "tu.ll and
the problem and while many minor requi
site* arc Important, the mo t Important
is the development and f .s'erlng of our
transportation system both on e*t an l
linA 'it* imv two hun<lrel milliew •>
dollar* a year to foreign ship* to carry
our e\port". An expenditure of ten mil
lloti* a year In subsidies would Increase
the supply of tonnage and reduce these
rates Jfi per cent., saving forty million a
y.-ar In freights and give u* the nix -
gets of the world Would thl* te g o-l
business'' Iron, cotton snd coal are the
keystone. In the world* commercial
structure Of these we hive Inexhausti
ble resources, yet a* compared with one
little country Great Htltaln. we export
of Iron ..nlv sti p*r > #nt . of manufactur
ed cotton 10 per cent, and of coal 3 per
rent Foster our transportation Interests
„,„t m a few years wY .-an tran*|>o e
these figure, and make this country th#
world's renter of exchange "
apreeh of R. Tbarber.
Hon F. B Thurher. president of th#
United Plates Export AssoclaUog of New
York, who r xd a piper was given a
cordial reception.
other Papers Read.
The last tat per read at the afternoon
•eeclan was hy D A Tompkins of char
lotte N t".. who discussed "CottOti OH
ate! Cotton Oil Products "
The night session v<te I "gin hy the de
livery of an *'sdre** hy Mayor J NN
Riggins of NNjio, Tex on "Industrial
C'ommtsslotier. of fhe tieutli
N. F Thompson of Huntsville. Ala.,
snd Dr W K Cole of Waco. Tex re td
papers on "Compulsory lMu ration "
Kc.ffer of New Orleans, rest I
a piper on Anoe Manufacture In the
Sooth."
Mitrcellua E Foeter managing editor of
the Houston I‘ost: Erwin Craighead, of
the Mobile Register, and Lout# J. Brooks,
of Jackson. Tenn.. read papers on "The
Duty of th> Press.”
Thl* ended the day's programme and a
resolution prewented by the Press Com
mHtee wa# adopted. In which they pledged
their effort* to urge the bonding f tex
tile school* In Ihe fiouth.
Th* report of th# Organisation Commit
tee w*tl| be taken up the firs' thing to
morrow morning.
New Hill# ,n Ihe Senate.
Washington, Dec. s—Among the hills
Introduced In the Senate to-day were the
following:
By Hen*,or Pritchard The hills pre
pared tty the c.,mml-Mon appointed by (he
President providing revisions of the ,int
ent and trade mark laws.
By Henaior Halw-'To revive the grade
of vies admiral U> the navy.
*im+rh ptva* way to *pH*inp. the r*
pulaive udoni of cliront ctarrh potaon
ih kJ’ of ti* fondant lover*. and
(hi< kt'iiot m*ml>r,tr.t • Nllm impair
hciirtnp and and ►troy t*tc
l/k- th* plapue-atnrfcen Kpypttana a
fry of lt*t re** Ih*h iron# out from frory
household. and the mlM**w of aroa cllnpu
to every heart hatone
Catarrh lit aome form, catarrh In aoma
*ta* lurke a* an enemy In the eltphteat
* (•ugh or ‘ul| and flniuhe* feta ftandtah
work In hairt rtlrwaw and rnniumptlafi.
No Menue. fufirtlmt, or orpan of #ha
body ora pm it* mneciee wtUi
er, narvw ahattef* and eorettowa dry
up undar Ha MlrKtlfiff presence Ho
fftuhbom and difficult of core | thle dla
fhut to Invent a remedy to cur#
chronh catarrh h>* N*o, the ambition of
the preatcat mind* In all ape*.
I* It, therefore, any wonder that tha
vaaf molt it ode of people who have heart
cured of chronic catarrh by Pr%ma are
an Uvlh In their pratar of thta remedy?
That tha dhwovery of Peruna ha* mad*
the cure of catarrh a practical certainty
hi not only the itatltvttmy of the people,
hut many medical men dedara It to ba
true.
Am a drop more In thin ape of tha world
\m Incomplete without PtPtma, It can ba
obtained anywhere with direction# for
u*e A complete pulde for the prewar •
flop and cure of catarrh and a4l dtaaaaea
of winter. *crvt free by The Peruna Medi
cine rv>. Colombo*, O.
GREAT COST OF GOVERNMENT.
FSTIMNTEN FtiM I tl MING Y E Nit ARM
MOSI.T4I.TtM.
TIG* ts a slight Deoreaae In fit* Tw
in! Eat,mate* far iota. Near— l*wy
iraeal o, Penalowa Heqglrea 0144,-
tMai.it.Mi—VN ar and Navy Pegart
mrata NNant Htg Mires—' Th# Trsax
•try Departtnetx, I* Also a Heavy
■Spender—Mom# t fhe Details,
NN'ashlttgion. Dee. 8 -Tha Secretary of
the Trewsury 10-dav sent to Congress tho
annual eetlmatee of the expense* of rha
government for th# coming year They
aggregate FS,7tl.7ffi That le a'alight de
cease In tha total estimates of laat year.
The appropriations for tha present year
are t'de.o36,M2.
Thw estimates rover every branch of
government service and by departments
are as fo.lowa:
legislative, I10FA.7(I0. egectiOve, 77*:.-
F. slat# driiartmeni. 72,178.1; treasury
department. 71M.N89.15*. war department,
7174.tii4.J48; navy department. 7s4.tiU.S4A. In
terior department. 71T0,7,7f1ft; postofflea
tl.partment. F.293 A77. department of agrt
eulture. 7t.449.n5ft, department of Irahor,
7177,400; department of Justice. 74 4M.170.
The details of the war and navy esti
mates. Including rivers and harh.ii*. hive
I .ecu published
The public building estimate* Includa
Baltimore, custom house. 78tm.<w>; New
York, custom houee, |.’<>i„i, Tampa. F:*..
court house, poatoffle# and cuatacn houae,
llhitititi; marine hospital at Honolulu. 774-
000.
The total for rlvera and harbor*. In
cluding continuing con' racta. la 737.tt1.517.
The lolal for pensions la IMt tititi.titiO; far
fees unl examination, 7700,001), and for
pension agenclws, TeAN TTh
New consuls are estimated for aa fol
lows Nu Cfiwrang and llxng Chow. 77040
each, fort Limon. Coat* Rica. 72'MO, Moo
cow. s2.(sx>; Manzanillo. Cuba, 11.000.
For Indian affairs. tsro&Tl.
DINNK.It AT THE NN Ill'll'. MOt XE.
First Formal Norial Function of the
Season.
NVaKhlngtmi, lie>\ 8 —The first formal
social function of the season at th# White
House occurred to-night when the Preel
dent and Mrs. McKinley *ave a dinner o
the i ommlolntiert of the United Btates
to Ihe I'arts Ex pool I lon. and th#lr ladlOS.
Ttia table was set in the stale dining
room, which with the East room and th
Red Blue at"l Green parlors had been ap
propriately decorated for the occasion.
The Marine Rand furnished music.
New Natal Warn Company.
Jacksonville, Fl*.. Dec. B.—ln th# county
clerk's office to-day were filed for record
letter* patent of the Mutual Naval
Btore* Company, with capital of 7180.0(0.
Urati 'h houses are *o he established In
> Jeorgta.
EAT-WELL
Gfimmt m sun dressing
IS KEPT BV ALL
First-Class Grocers.
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