Evening gazette, Monday, March 6, 1899 · page 3

 

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1111; APPROPRIATIONS-

 

The Fifty-fifthCongress Makes
a. Record.

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TWO STATEMENTS OF" THE CASE.

Cannon Says the Increase of $40,000,-
000 Was Natural and Necessary.
Dockery Speaks of Extrava-
g'unce—Prcdlicts Large Deficit.

WASHINGTON, March 6.—.—The offi-
cial statement of Representative Joseph
G Cannon of Illinois, the chairman oi
the house appropriations committee,
summing up the appropriations of the
Fifty-fifth congress, shows an aggre-
gate appropriation by the entire con-
gress of $566,890,016 and for the ses-
sion just closed a total of $673,658,400,
with authority for contracts subject to
future appropriations amounting to
$70, 000, 000. Chairman Cannon’s state-
ment in full follows:

“The appropriations made at the ses-
sion of congress just closed amount ap-

‘proximately to $673, 658, 400 and show

an apparent reduction of $219, 573,000 un-
der‘the appropriations made at the pre-
ceding session. This is attributable to
the large expenses occasioned by the
war with Spain that were provided for
during the preceding session.

“The entire appropriations made by
the Fifty-fifth congress aggregate $1,-
566,890,016.28. Of this Sum $482,562,083.47

is directly chargeable to our late war.

with Spain or incident thereto. Deduct-
ing this charge from the whole amount
of the appropriations, the remainder,
$1,084,327,632.81, represents the ordinary
or normal appropriations made by the

. Fifty—fifth congress.

“The appropriations made by the pre-
ceding congress, the Fifty-fourth,
amounted to $1,044,580,273.87. A com—
parison shows an increase in ordinary
appropriations made by this congress
over those made by that congress, the
Fifty-fourth, of $39,747,000, but this ap-
parent increase is more than account-
ed for by increases under eight items
alone—namely, for pensions, $4,000,000;
for the postal service, $16,000,000; for
rivers and harbors, including work un-
der contracts previously authorized,

 

CONGREssMAN CANNON.

$3, 600, 000; for new ships for the navy,
$6, 000, 000; for beginning the work of the
twelfth census, $1, 000, 000; for the Paris
exposition, $1,200,000; for new public
buildings, including the building for the
department of justice and for site and
partial construction of the new govern-
ment printing office, about $5, 000, 000,
ind for payment of judgments rendered
against the government on account of
French spoliations and under the Bow—
man act, $3, 100, 000. '

“These very natural and necessary
increases in public expenditures—one on
account of the pension list, the growth
of the postal service in respons3 to the
demands of commerce, the improve-
ment of the great wateruays of the
country and for increase of the navy,
the construction of needed buildings to
accommodate the government s°1v1ce in
the cities of the country, the taking of
the census, the participation of the na-
tion in the great exposition to be held
at Paris next year and the payment of
the French spoliation judgments and
Bowman act cases so long considered
by and pressed upon congress—aggre-
gate $39,900,000, more than dissipating-
the entire apparent increase in the or-
dinary appropriations by this congress
over 'those made by the Fifty-fourth
congress.

“In addition to the direct appropria-
tions made at this session contracts
were authorized, subject to future ap-
propriations to be made by congress,
amounting to about $70,000,000. or this
amount $44,000,000 is for additional ships
for the navy, $22,500,000 is 501 work on
rivers and harbors, and something over
$3,000,000 is for public buildings.

Mr. Dockery of Missouri, the ranking
Democratic member of the house ap—
propriations committee, made the fol—

lowing statement giving the Demo~
cratic view:
“This congress easily surpasses all its

p1- 3decessms in the stupendous ag'rre-
gate of its approp1iat-i0ns. It was
thought that the Fifty-first congress,

- commonly known as the ‘billion dollar

congress,’ had in point of extravagance
of'appropriations touched a limit which
would not be reached or at least sur-
passed by any of its successors.

“This congress, however, has far ex-
ceeded the appalling total appropria-
tions then made, and it will be remem—
bered that the billion dollar congress
was followed by overwhelming disaster
to the Republican party at the ensuing
election. ‘

“Confronted with a war with Spain,
requiring the imposition of additional
1‘evc:11."—-. it is obvious that 11g id econ—
only should have been applied in all
(ftl'firl‘_Clll'£‘(‘tl()lls to the expenditure of
public money. The people were willing
to meet all the demands .upon the na-
tional treasury made necessary by the
€.‘:,.:1nir.h war, but it is fair to assume
that they exceed their reports in view
of the cheerful disposition manifested
to meet these added burdens to limit
the ordinary appropriations to the ne-
cessities of a. wise and economical ad—
ministration. These expectations have
not been realized.

“The res ult is an actual deficiency in
cur1ent revenues amounting on the lst
of this month to $99, 109, 554. 50. This de-
ficiency, as shown by a recent cons'e1v11.

tive estimate by Chairman Cannon oi
the appropriations committee, will prob-
ably reach $159, 000, 000 on the 30th oi
June next.

“Notwithstanding this deplorable
treasury situation, which has been
called over and over again to the at.
tention of congress and'the country
appropriations have been made which
in many cases have not been warranted

"by the inleiests' of the public service 01

.ceivcd by John Ritchie, Jr.,‘

 

which, if proper in themselves, shOulo
have been postponed til the national
income should be ampue. to meet all its
liabilities without the necessity of bond
issues.

“The appropriations of the original
‘billion dollar congress’ amounted to
$1,035,680,109.94. The appropriations oi
the congress just ended reach the
mighty aggregate of $1,666,890,016.28.”

 

TH E FIFTY-FIFTH CONG RESS.

 

Many Important Measures Passed.
Others Left Untouched.

WASHINGTON, March 6.——In great
dignity and with an unusual display 01
good feeling between the rival political
parties the Fifty— fifth congress has ad-
journed sine die. The uncertainties and
perplexities of the long and wearying
night session disappeared at early dawn
Saturday with agreements on the river
and harbor bill and the naval appro-
priations, and while there was dissat-
isfaction with many of the results
reached there was a feeling of relief
that an extra session had been avoided.

Several important subjects are left
untouched or uncompleted, notably cur-
rency reform, the Pacific cable, the en-
largement of the navy‘force and the re-
organization of the army. While the
war congress has failed to grasp its full
opportunity it will pass into history as
a. body of: extraordinary accomplish-
ments.

One hundred and twenty-five senators
and representatives have been retired
to’ private life, and the farewells ex-
changed were fraught with deep feeling
in the realization that official ties of
years were about to be broken by some
forever.

Several important bills of general leg-
islation became laws during the last
week. The most important of these are
the army reorganization bill, the navy
personnel bill, the bill providing a code
of laws for Alaska, the omnibus claims
bill and numerous important public
building bills.

The project for the construction of a
canal across the isthmus of Nicaragua
made progress-to the extent that a pro-
vision was attached to the river and
harbor appropriation providing for a
very complete inquiry into the matter.

The addition of a provision to the
army appropriation bill forbidding the
granting of property franchises in Cuba
was also an important legislative act.

Among the important projects which
failed to receive favorable attention in
the closing days were those providing

’for a Pacific cable, for a government

armor plate plant, for an antiscalping
law, for an eight hour law and for a
government for Hawaii.

The naval personnel bill completely

reorganizes the navy and is the con--

summation of years of earnest effort
by the navy department. The original
army bill was intended to meet the
same want for the army supplied to
the navy by the personnel bill, but it
failed, and the present bill is consid-
ered defective in that it is only a tem-
porary measure. It, however, increases
the army to 100,000 men and provides
for the retention of this number until
1901.

The omnibus claims bill provides for
the settlement of several hundred
claims, some' of which were almost 100
years old.

The Alaskan code also meets a long
felt'want in supplying a system of laws
to this northwest territory.

Only three 01 tom bills which had
passed both houses of congress failed to
receive the p1 es1dent s signatme and to
become laws. All these were private
bills, and some of them were pension
bills granting pensions to persons who
had died since the bills were intro;
duced. '

 

Noted Printer Dcaql.

NORWICH, Conn, March 6.——VVilliam
M. Hovey, well known to the printing
craft throughout the state and who
had been foreman in the Norwich Bul-
letin ofiice for nearly 30 years, died
suddenly at the Wauregan House
shortly before 2 a. m. yesterday from
an attack of cerebral apoplexy. He
had officiated .as toastmaster at the
annual banquet of the Norwich Typo-
graphical union and was starting for
home when stricken. He was 56 years
old and leaves a widow and one daugh-
ter.

 

Bellring‘er Iiilletl by Lightning.

PLYMOUTH, Mass, March 6,—The
unusual occurrence of a thunderstorm
in March was sadly emphasized by the
death by lightning of William H. Hoxie,
who was struck down while ringing the
bell of the Congregational church in
Chiltonville. Mr. Hoxie was 08 years
old and a brother of Nat ~H0xie. the well
known sportsmen’s guide. The light-
ning badly wrecked the tower and front
part of the church, but fortunately did
10t set it on fire.

 

Spezr-kcr Nixon In Albany.

ALBANY, March 6.—Speaker of the
Assembly S. Fred Nixon arrived in this
city yesterday from his home at West—
fiéld, Chautauqua county, where he has
been suffering from an attack of pneu-
monia for the past six weeks. He is
looking on the whole well for one who
has experienced that period of suffering.
He will preside at the session of the as-
sembly for the first time since his illness
on Tuesday mornling.

 

“1101.- enbouts of the New Comet.

BOSTON, March 6.—-A dispatch re-
from Mr.
I-Iussey of the Lick observatory gives
the following position of the new Swift
comet: Right ascension, 3 hours 48
minutes 4 seconds; declination south,
2727:52. The motion of the object is
southerly. -

A Long Dranvn Strike.

MARLBORO, Mass, March 6.--Today
commenced the seventeenth week of the
shoe strike. The strikers held a large
mass meeting in the city hall yesterday,
which was addressed by John H. Mur-
ray of Marlboro and Representative
James H. Carey of Haverhill.

 

The Plague In Bolnlllny.
LONDON March 6 ——.The Bombay cor-

respondent of The Morning Post says.

“The bubonic plague is raging here with

unparalleled severity. According to the .
, official returns, there were 972 deaths

last Week, but these quite underrate the
mortality.” .

Spanish Troops Getting Home.
VALENCIA, March 6. -—'l‘he French
steamer Cheribon, Captain Aillard,
chartered by the Spanish government,

has arrived here from Cienfuegos by-
way of St. Michael’ s with repatriated

Spanish troops.

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SPAIN S NEW LEADER

Prime Minister Silvela.‘ An-
nounces His Cabinet.

 

 

T’ROMISES T0 REGENERATE COUNTRY

Cabinet Council Decides to Suppress
Former Ministerial Opinions—Cur-
lists Show Renewed Activity.
Germany Wants Curollnes.

MADRID, March 6.—The new cabinet
has taken oath of office. .The ministry
is composed as follows:

Premier and Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs—Senor Silvela.

Minister of the Interior—Senor Dato.

Minister of Finance—Marquis Villa
Verde.

_ Minister of Justice—Senor Duran.
Minister of War—General Polavieja.
Minister of Public Works and of the

Colonies—Marquis Pidal.

Minister of Marine—Admiral Gomez
Imaz.

It is expected that General Martinez

 

 

SENOR SILVELA.

de Campos will become president of the
senate.

The brother of Marquis Pidal, it is
thought, will be chosen as president of
the chamber of deputies.

There was some excitement in the
cafes when the formatiOn of the Silvela
cabinet was announced. The “Marseil-
laise” was sung, and there were cheers
for liberty.

Those who are in the immediate sur-
rounding of Senor Silvela say his sole
idea is to regenerate the country. He
holds that the queen regent can ratify
the treaty of peace with the United
States without a vote of the chambers
and that thereforé their dissolution need
not defer the ratification.

The cabinet council yesterday decided
to suppress the opinions of all former
ministers. Senor Silvela, the new pre-
mier, says the government has begun
at the top in setting an example ~01
economy.

The Carlists are showing signs of re-
viving activity. A band of 2,000 desert-
erS'from the Spanish army is now gath-
ered near the French frontier, refusing
to 1eturn to Spain, although the men
haVe been pardoned. Carlist demon—
strations, it is reported, have taken
place at Valencia, but no details are
procurable here.

Germany is said to have renewed the
negotiations for the purchase of the
Caroline islands.

Landslide Causes Fatal Wreck.

HUNTINGDON, Pa, March 6.-The
first section of the fast newspaper
train, due here at 7 o’clock, was wreck—
ed one mile east of this place yester—
day morning by a landslide, which re—
sulted from the heavy fall of rain. En—
gineer Robert McCutchin and Fireman
J. C. Troce, both of Harrisburg, were
instantly killed. They were caught un-
der the debris of the demolished engine.
McCutchin’s body was burned beyond
recognition.
was driven half through-the express
car, but its occupant, Express Messen-
ger J. O. Matter, escaped injury. The
passengers on the train were unhurt.
Trackwalker Long made every effort
to warn Engineer McCutchin of the
peril, but the latter failed to see the
signal until it was too late. Two freight
trains were passing at the time, and
several loaded cars in each train were
wrecked. I

The Pope Decidedly Better.

ROME, March 6.——His holiness, who

rose at half past 10 yesterday, returned

to bed at 1:30 p. m. He has resumed his
ordinaiy diet, and his condition, men—
tally and physically, is good. He en-
gaged his physicians in conversation
and, to their amazement, recited the
entire 19 st poxtion of the seventh canto
of Dante’s “Paradise, ” commenting up—

‘on various passages as he proceeded.

'Professo1 Mazzoni afterward reme th-
ed, “He is indeed a marvelous man.”

French Embassador Returns.

NE‘W YORK, March 0.—Among the
passengers who arrived on La Cham-
pagne last night were M. Jules Cam-
bon, embassador f1om Fr'a nce to the
United States; Mes51s. Maltma; er, G.
David and Captain de la Fajolle. La
Champagne has on board 446,575 francs
in specie consigned to variousbanks
and bankers in New York.

Advance For Iron Workers.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 6.——The
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com-
pany has posted notices of an advance
of wages of 2% cents a ton, taking ef-
fect March 1, the'advance being caus-
ed by recent advance in iron: Another
advance is expected by the miners in
April.
Children Locked In Burning House.

SEATTLE, Wash, March 6.—_A Post-
Intelligencer special from Sedro Wooley
says three small children of Mr. and
Mrs. Rhinehart of VVallrelt’s Valley were
burned to death. The children had been
locked up in the house while the parents
here at work in the woods.

 

' Wages Rise In West Virginia.
WHEELING, March 6.——-Commencing
March 12 a. 10 per cent increase of wages
goes into effect in every department of
the Riverside iron and steel plants here.
About 3,000 men are affected.

The tender of the engine»

 

GOOD 120.011). BUILDING.

In Ohio Correspondent ‘ Tells W'hy
Farmer: Should Take-u Deep in-
tel-eat In the Suwect.

 

 

Here in Paulding county we build
roads that cost. the taxpayer $55.30 in
cash per mile, of crushed stone. nine
feet. wide and nine inches deep. This
is 1,320 cubic yards, at. 65 cents per
cubic yard, or $858, says an Ohio con-
tributor to the Rural New Yorker. The
hauling is dome by the farmers and
others who are interested in roadmak-
ing, which is much more satisfactory
than to-bond the township. and pay six
per "cent. interest to raise the extra
$2,142, whichhe must. pay. if he leaves it

to the contractor, while his team. per- ,

haps. stands in the barn.

The increase in the valuation of the .

land is the leastreason. why we should

improve the roads. Pleasure and home -

comforts depend upon our facilities for
getting around. Churches and schools
depend on them. Show me a district
Where the roads are all unimproved,
and I will show you a. district that is
lacking in moral standard, and chil-
dren are at a. disadvantage to obtain
even a common—school education»
Churches must close their doors dur-
ing the winter, .and when summer
comes all have lost interest in church-
going ‘ ‘

Why try to increase the products of
the farm, and not increase our facili-
ties for d live'ring them to market? It.
costs the farm-er mere to deliver his

product to the railroad than it. costs 4

to ship it from there to the city. Who
would take the contract to haul 100
hogs four miles over a bad mud road
after a bi g rain, for what it costs to
ship them ate the city? I have seen, in
this county, four horses attach-ed to a
wagon loaded with less than 1, 500
pounds, and then it was a. sin to have
them out in such mud. Often we are
compelled to walk and take with us
our butter and eggs, while our horses
are in the barn needing exercise, ’all
because the road is too bad to take them
out. It- does increase the price of land,
as land along a. good pike will bring
$10 to $15 an acre. more than land sit-
uated a mile away from it, if there is
no prospect of there eve-r being apike
near it.

GOOD WAGON JACK.

[ts Designer Claims for It Many Ad-
vantages Not Possessed by
Other Devices.

 

The trouble with many wagon-jacks
is that they are inclined to tip toward
the end of the lever, if the ground is a
little soft. or uneven. Another fault is
that it takes the greater part. of a man’s
weight to raise a heavy wagon because
lever is made too short. In this
wagon-jack the lever is made long. It
projects a foot beyond the bolt, whichis
the fulcrum, at I. The advantage of
this is that. the lever does not have to be
raised or low-ered at I for the front and
hind axle. The base, E, comes well out.

beyond the end of the lever. A, so there ' ‘

is no tipping over the end of the lever.
With this wagon-jack i can lift a ton
and a half; can take off a wheel with a

 

 

 

 

EXCELLENT WAGON JACK.

big load on the wagon. It- requires no
blacksmith work to make it. The only
iron about it is a bolt atI a bolt 3.1517,
and a strap hinge atB. The rest is all
1\ 00d. It' 15 so well balanced and so eas—
ily cariied' 1n one hand, that it does not
seem at all heavy, though it is very
strong. Tocurry it catch round the lever
near the uprights. and it just balances.
The lever, .A. is :1 two by two scantling
six feet- long. B is a strap hinge unit,
111;; the lever A and the sliding bar C.
D is a bolt through sliding bar, that
catches at both ends upon the two up-
rights. C and I], thus holding the lever
at any desired height. E is a twoby
four scuntling into which the two up-
rights are mortiscd. The b1-,ace F, is
one by three inches. The two uprights
me one by four inches. The block, J
between the top of the up11ghtsisZ%
, has thick—A. C..Adams, in Ohio
l< 'mer. ' '

Not a. Very Bad Idea.

111 the paper 1'1 rittcn b3 May-01 Jones,
of ’101cdo, for the recent road conven-
tion in St. Louis, it 11 as said that the
millionaires should be educated to
spend their idle millions in improving
the highways, thus furnishing work for
the. unemployed; that if all idle money
were, utilized ‘in building good road-s,
no one need be idle for the next. six
years, and that. at. the end of that'time
“the whole country would be :1 verit-
able clysian iield and all could enjoy a
year‘s rest:

 

All Sir—oz id “7011; 'I‘ogctber.;g‘

“Good icads assist in making pros-
perity for farmers. Prosperous farm-
ers bring prosperity for cities. Pros-
perous cities and farming districts,
when coincident, mean. happy people.
healthy people—healthy because hap-
py. A happy and healthy people is the
"011 of existence. Good roads are a
gieat f01ce in reaching the goal.

- Therefore all classes should assist in

securing them.”

Money in Growing Nuts.

Nut growing is profitable, but it re-
quires years to bring a. nut tree to a
stage of growth where it. will pay well,
hence only young farmers are induced
tofievote land in that direction. Wal-
1111 s, chestnuts and butternuts would
improve with cultivation. In a few
years walnut trees will be so scarce that
the farmer who has a grove will secure
his own price therefor the timber be-
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than any other way known; does it easily, quickly
and cheaply. Largest package—greatest economy.

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