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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. “MOTHERHOOD” \ ABook J%%£. SENT FREE • W r C-Ha plain facts that ever>one of the genUer sc* ‘ ■ iI H outfit to know. I's common senxjadvice saves '’’Sir 1 3MV Pin, trouble and anxiety. One or more copies ; sent upon request, to one person or to different id- /J i dresses. If die reader* of this announrement know of v expectant mothers, they will do them a preat favor by * | having this book sent to them. Address the publishers, xui, Hiuiiruxii REui i-a roti ro.. iuxm*. i* INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTH. vvri:Ht:*TiYfi iimvtiM nv r. h THi nnRH ny tr*\i iohk. 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. 5