I smoc’cPoRT. THE D. M. Read COMPANY. THE CLOSING HOURS . Of all this grand Holiday Buying will be distinguished byerCIAL CLosiNG PRICES on everything, without reserve, in the long list of SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GOODS. ' 'Now’s the time to buy at practically your own figures, at prices which are intended to close out as many of them as possible, as many as there are people to buy—every- thing, if prices will do it. Everything in the Notion department; all the beauti- ful novelties on the tables in the center aisle as well as the multitude of bright and jaunty things in the show cases and upon the shelves. All the bits of novel furni- ture in the Carpet department, ornamental and useful; And the handsome orna- ments in the Upholstery de- partment, together with the special lines of curtains, pil- lows and covers which have caused no end of favorable comment all through the holiday season. They must go, hence the otherwiSe un- warranted prices to hurry them out to—day, to-night——- any time. Beauties in "the Crockery and Silverware departments, rare specimens of art china. and art silverware, superb productiOns of taste and skill. we want to dispose of all the toys we can, we’d like to sell every one in the' big toy room. What a gloriously happy lot of children there’d beif we should. But we’ve made it likely to sell a lot of them because the prices have been made so much lower, lower than there’s any neces- sity, perhaps, but low enough to warrant good buying on your part. ‘ And all the odd and pic- turesque muslin household pets in the Wash Goods de- partment—cats, kitten s, jockos, dogs and puppies—— things that the little ones can get a lot of enjoyment from without an extravagant out- lay of money. V A Lively Debate In the House on the Subject of Revenue; RULES COMMITTEE REPORT. l It Provided For 'Quick Action and Was i Adopted by Practically a Party Vote. The Arguments Advanced by Opposing Speakers. i WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.——In anticipation . of a field day in the house over the pas- sage of the tariff bill agreed on by the ways and means committee great crowds ware attracted to the capitol, and every avail- able inch of space in the public and pri- vate galleries save the sections reserved for the executive and diplomatic corps were taken. Most of the members who had gone home for the holidays had hur- riedly returned, and the attendance on the floor was almost as large as on the Opening of the session. In addition, . many senators were present. ' Immedi- ately after the reading of the journal Mr. Dingley, the chairman of the ways and means committee, reported from that committee the revenue bill which the speaker forthwith referred to the commit- tee of the whole house on the state of the Union. Mr. Crisp (Dem., Ga. ), the leader of the minority, explainedthat the minor; ity had had no opportunity to prepare and file its views. Mr. Henderson (Rep, 1a.), from the committee on rules, then pre- sented the special order under which the home was to operate. It was ironclad in its character. It provided that immedi- ately after the adoption of the order it Would be in order to call up the revenue bill just presented by Mr. Dingley, and that the debate should run continuously, after which, without intervening motion. the vote should be taken on the passage of the bill. Mr. Henderson demanded the previous question on the adoption of the order. which was ordered without division. Mr. Henderson then took the floor and ex- plained briefly the urgency which necessi- tated such summary action of the house on such an important measure. The two messages of the president, he said, had produced the highest degree of restless- ness in the country. Congress was con- fronted with a crisis. The business cen- ters of the country were staggering under the feverish declarations from the White House, and it was of the highest impor- tance that the house should act promptly. The ways and means committee had pre- pared a measure to meet the situation, and the urgency of the case and the inter- ests involved demanded that action should be had with the least possible delay. Mr. Crlsp’s Remarks. Mr. Crisp called the attention of the house to the effect of the rule under which it was proposed to operate and asked ev- ery member to Weigh his responsibility when he voted for it. ‘ Here was a bill, he said, that affected every interest and all sections of thecoun-- , try, which it was proposed to put- through under a rule that deprived the members of any right to offer amendments. It must be taken or rejected as a whole. What authority, he asked, was it on the other side which proposed to pass ameas- ure of such importance under the crack of the party whip without the dotting of an “i” or the‘ crossing of a “t?” This rule, he said, would chain the house to the wheel of the chariot. He insisted that there was no necessity for such a course. This bill was not demanded by any do- _ partment of the government. There was no. necessity for increased revenue. He protested against the use of the whip and spur for its passage before the opinion of the experts of the treasury department could be obtained as to its effect. Mr. Da’lzell (Rep, Pa), a member of the committee on rules, said there was no one who did not know that we face a peculiar oxigency. The president and the secretary of the treasury had both become alarmed, and the president had asked the house, notwithstanding it was opposed to him politically, to come to his aid. The treasury was being rapidly depleted, and since the Democracy had come into the control of the executive branch of the gov- ernment there had been frequent bond is- sues. The measure at present under con- sideration was not a general tarlfi meas- ure, but an emergency bill. . Referring to Mr. Crisp’s criticism of the cracking of the party whip he said the Wilson bill, with 600 amendments, had been passed through the house with but two hours’ debate under a rule reported by Mr. Crisp himself. He appealed to the house to rise to the patriotic level necessary to meet the emergency and come to the president’s aid.‘ More Protests. Mr. McMillin (Dem, Tenn). also. member of the committee on rules, said the bill was a general tariff bill, afi‘ecting every article on the dutiable list, except sugar, numbering noloss than 4,000. Re- plying tc Mr. Dalzell, he said that the difference was found in the fact that there had been elaborate hearings before the ways. and means committee before the Wilson bill was passed. But how differ- ent in this case. The bill had been com- pleted on Christmas day, when the de- partments were closed and there was no opportunity to consult the treasury oili- ciais. He declared that there had been no opportunity even to read the bill. Mr. Turner (Dem, Ga.) called atten- tion to the fact that both the president and the secretary of the treasury, whom he extolled as the greatest secretary of the treasury since the days of Alexander Hamilton, had given congress the highest assurance that there was ample revenue in the treasury. There was ‘a surplus of $70,000,000 over and above the reserve, certainly a sufficient sum to meet any de- ficiencies that might possibly occur dur- ing the next two years. Both the presi- dent and secretary of the treasury had pointed out the evil in the financial situa- tion and its remedy. Everybody under— stood the stress existing. And what was to be the response of congress? Instead of bread, congress was to give a stone. Before all remedial legislation was to be put a proposition to still further bleed and tax the American people. Henderson Closes Debate. Mr. Henderson closed the debate in a speech which aroused the Republican side to great enthusiasm. This was, he said, a business matter for a business people and should be met in a business way. The Republicans were not afraid to as- sume responsibility. Whether the coun- try had a Democratic or Republican pres- ident, whether it was threatened with bullets or ballots, deficiency or surplus, the Republican party would not shirk its duty. His side had been taunted with working on a holiday. demanded it they Would work on Sunday. If the situation ’ ;; inhumane _ Democratic policies had emptied the trees- ’ Chesapeake & 0.. 15% 66 plunging half seas under ever since the Democratic party assumed the bridge. A Democratic president had sent to congress a declaration of war and three days afterward had filed a petition _of bankruptcy. “We are not for war.” con- tinued Mr. Henderson. “The president demanded money. We will give it to him. But we have not declared war, al- though war will find us ready. 'Let not the business interests of the country shiver before this tempest in- a teapot. The country has assets. The Republican party has returned to power in the legis. lative branch of the government. ' It will , soon have the executive, and then never again will our integrity be put in ques- tion.” The Order Adopted. At this point Mr. Linney (Rep, N. p (3.), ' - after first stating that as a Republican he favored the measure which it Was proposed to pass, asked if this rule would not ex- tend to Democrats the privileges of offer-’ ing amendments before the vote was taken. “It will not,_” replied Mr. Henderson.- The Democrats applauded this reply, and Mr. Crisp aflirmed that the truth regard- ing the purpose of the rule had only been half elicited by this question and response. Its object, he said, was not only to gag the Democrats, but to prevent Republic- ans from offering amendments which they might deem wise. It was an attempt to make the Republicans appear unanimous. [Democratic applause] . Mr. Henderson replied that there were no differences on his" s do. , This was an emergency revenue‘bil p Yet a careful re . vision of the tariff, and they were all agreed. It was useless to allow the Dem- ocrats to propose modifications. portant consideration was time, and any amendments offered frcm the other side would only delay the passage of the bill. None would be adopted. The time having expired, the vote on the adoption of the rule was taken by a yea and nay vote. The order was adopted—213 to 89, a strict party vote with but two exceptions. Mr. Dingley’s Argument. would be recognized to control the time on one side and Mr. Crisp on the other. When quiet had been restored, Mr. Ding- ley took the floor in advocacy of the bill. He began with a statement of the special responsibility placed upon the house by the president’s message of last Saturday urging congress not to adjourn for the holidays until relief had been given to the treasury. ' The Republicans had assumed that responsibility in a patriotic manner and had gone to work to prepare measures to meet the situation. He then launched into an explanation of the cause of the ex- isting weakness of the treasury, following closely the lines of his report on the bill. He attributed the trouble to the lack of revenue, pointing out . that in the last congress it was stated, as it was stated now, that there was ample revenue. Then the Democrats had predicted that the revenues would soon meet the ex- penditures—next day, next week, next month the surplus. would begin. But what had happened? Every day and ev: ery month, since had shown a deficiency. Since July, 1894, Her One Hundred and Ninth Birthday. GREENSBURG, Ind., Dec. 27.——Mrs. Mar- garet King celebrated her one hundred and ninth birthday anniversary by giving a great dinner to her descendants. Mrs. King was born at White Oak. 0., in 1787. Almost 40 years of her life were spent in farm toil with her husband‘on the farm. Although weak from old age, she is in good health. She goes about the premises with ease. _ " __.. American Insurance In Germany. BERLIN, Dec. 27.—Poulteney Bigelow, who arrived here charged with business referring to the prohibition of American insurance companies from doing business in Germany, has handed the government. a detailed statement of the American posi- tion, which is supported by the United States embassy. A Prize Japanese Cruiser Lost. YOKOIiAMA, Dec. 27. — The cruiser Kyan Ping, one of the warships captured from China by the Japanese during the recent war, was wrecked on the Pescadore islands. Nearly all her deck officers and 60 men are missing._ The “feather. Rain or snow; decidedly colder; north- westerly winds. FINANCIAL AND. COMMERCIAL. ' Closing Quotations of the New York Stock ' , Exchange. New Yonu. Dec. 26.—Money on call, 6@7 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, nominally 6 per cent. Sterling exchange dull and irregular, with actual business in bankers’ bills at 84.89% @430 for demand and $4.88%@~i.85% for 00 days. Posted rates. 84.88%6‘5439 and $4.90}§@4.9l. Commercial bills. 84.87%. Silver certificates. 66%@67: sales, $20,000 at 67. Bar silver. 66%;. Mexican dollars, 52%. Government bonds, new 45. one-half per cent lower; other issues un- changed. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds strong. . Closing prices: Atchisou. . . . . . . . . . 14% Bur. &. Quincy. .. 76% 0., C.. C. & St. L. . 36%; New England..... 45 N. J. Ccntral......101 North American. 4% Northern Pacific. 4 Chicago c...s...... Do. pref ........... 13%; Cordage ........... 5%; N. Y. Central ..... 97% Cotton Oil ........ 17 Omaha ..... . . . . . . . 87% Ontario & West . . 13% Pacific Mail....... 27% Reading........... 5 Rock Island . ..... 67% Silver Bullion ..... 66% Del. & Hudson . .. Distillers‘ Trust.. Erie ............ ,. . . 15% General Electric. 26% Hocking Valley... 16 Lackawanua ...... 18534 St. Paul........... 03% Lake Shore ........ 145 Sugar Refining. ..103% Lead ...... ' ........ :26 Texas Pacific ..... 8% Louisville & Nash 46%, Union Pacific... .. 4% Missouri Pacific. . 25% \Vabash pref... 14% Northwestern 99% Western Union... 85%: General Markets. ' NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-FLOUR—~ State and western dull, but steady: city mills patents, [email protected]: winter patents, [email protected]: city mills clears, $3.90: winter straights, [email protected]. \VHEAT—No. 2red opened quiet, but firmer, on smaller world's shipments than expected and the cold wave West: reacted, but later ral- lied on big clearances: May. %%@65%c. CORN—No. 2 quiet, but. steady with wheat; J anuary. 5337/50.: May, 34 7-l6c. OATS—No. 2 nominal; trwk, white, state. 25 @28}fic.: track, white, western. 25@28}éc. 10PORK—Dull; mess, [email protected]; family. 89.50@ LARD—Dull; prime western, steam, $5.50. nominal. ' BUTTER—Steady: state dairy. 16@220.: state creamery. l9@24c. CHEESE—Quiet; state. large, 7%@10c.: small. 7%@10}éc. EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania, 20$ 240.: western, 20@21c. SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining, 3%@3%c.: centrifugal, 96 test. 3ié@3%c.: refined steady. TURPENTINE—-Quiet and firm at 30}é@3lc. MOLA‘SSES—Firm: New Orleans. 29@360. RICE—Firma- domestic. 3%®6c.: J span, 3% @40. "SEALLOW—Dull: city, 8%@lc.; country. 433 c. . 1117. They would-fill it. They: wouldiy‘ Insertions right the'ship of state'that had been" 1 'the committee. The im‘ ‘ : an individual. that deficiency had ' reached the enormous sum of $133,000, 000. - ‘ Full ‘Text of the Document Presented by Chairman Dinglcy. 'THE- TARIFF'AND BOND BILLS In the Former a Horizohtal Increase Has Been Made and a Reason Assigned I . For This Action—Some Features of the New Schedule. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Chairman Ding- ley of the ways and means committee to- ‘day reported to the house the tariff and bond bills agreed on by the majority of They‘were accompanied by the following reports: . _ The committee on ways and means, to whom was referred so much of the presi- dent’s annual message and so much of the annual report of the secretary of the treas- ury as relates to revenue and the condi- tion of, the treasury and also the. presi- dent’s special message presenting the urgency of immediate action by congress in a direction calculated to bring relief, reports that the committee appreciates the seriousness of the situation and the impor- tance of prompt remedies as far as congress can give them. . Your committee regards the chronic de- ficiency of revenue for the past two years and a half as a most potent cause of the difficulties which the treasury has encoun- tered, and an important factor in the creation and promotion of that serious dis- trust which has paralyzed business and dangerously shaken confidence even in the financial operations of the govern- ment. It is as impossible fora govern- ment to have a continuous deficiency of revenue for two years and a half without affecting its financial standing as it is for It is impossible also for a government .to continue in this condition . without casting a shadow of _ doubt and The bill was then read by the direction , cf the speaker, who said that Mr. Djngley ' discouragement over all business opera- tions within its borders. The serious facts which we are called up: on to confront is that in the two and a half years that have elapsed since July 1, 1893, this government has had an insufficiency of revenue to meet current expenditures amounting in the aggregate to about $133,000,000. And even in the first half of the present fiscal year the deficiency will reach about $20,000,000 and about $3,000,000 in this present month. And up to the present time there is no sufficient ground for opining that this in- sufficiency of revenue will not continue during the remainder of the fiscal year and how much longer no one can safely predict. - - Deficiency’s Disadvantages. "“If the consequences of such a chronic deficiency were only the necessity of bor- rowing money to meet current expenses ' in time of peace, even this would afford abundant reason for increasing the reve- nuc. But the consequences are more wide reaching than that. Insufficiency of revenue. has made it necessary to use the l redeemed United Statosl’egal tender notes to pay current expenditures, and thus to supply additional means to draw gold from the greenback redemption fund—in short, to create the “endless chain” of which the secretary of the treasury com- plains, and which makes it necessary .to ‘sell ‘iss'ue’after issue of bonds to replen‘ ish the reserve. This Will be clearly seen when it is remembered that the secretary ' of the treasury has issued and sold a little over $162,000,000 of 5 per cent 10 year and 4 per cent 30 year bonds, from which he has realized about $182,000,000, and after redeeming $182,000,000 of United 'States legal tender notes with the proceeds he has been obliged to pay out $133,000,- 000 of these demand notes to meet current expenditures, and thus has furnished $133,000,000 of gOVernmental demand noteI to be again and again used to draw gold from the treasury. It is evident that so long as there are insufficient funds this performance will go on. and bond sale after bond sale will be required. It is also evident that if there had been a sufficiency of‘revenue, these redeemed legal tender notes would not have been paid out at once, and there would have been so much the less opportunity to draw gold from the treasury. Indeed there is good reason to believe that if in the first six months of the distrust which inaugurated the run on the redemption fund the treasury—had been receiving revenue more than ade- quate to meet expenditures, so as to tem- porarily hold the redeemed governmental notes, the. disposition to present these notes for redemption would have soon been overcome. That would have un- doubtedly been the case if the redemption fund had been increased in the spring of 1893 and never allowed to fall below the $100,000,000 minimum. And the neces- sity for more revenue from the point of view of the maintenance of the redemp-' tion fund is not taken away by the fact that we have $50,000,000 cash in the treasury in addition to the $100,000,000 (part gold) required for the redemption fund and the twenty odd millions re- quired as a working balance. ' wm All Come Back. This $50,000,000 represents 50,000,000 redeemed United States legal tender notes, for whose redemption we borrowed $50,000,000 in gold. If we continue to pay them out to meet a deficiency of revenue, then presently they will come back again to draw $50,000,000 more from the trans- ury, which we must supply by selling $50,- 000,000 more of .bonds. The suggestion therefore that we need no more revenue because we have a cash balance of 350,- 000,000 in government notes in the treas- ury that can be used to pay any deficiency for the next six or twelve months is in effect a proposition to issue more bonds to meet a deficiency which should be met at once by providing more revenue. Inother words, these who oppose rais- ing more revenue in such a situation, in effect—whether they intend to do so or not—favor borrowing in preference to pay- ing as we go along. Your-committee believes that it is the duty of the house of representatives, to which body the constitution commits the inauguration of revenue bills, to frame and pass a measure that will yield not far from $40,000,000, sufficient to put an end to a deficiency—and to do this without delay, too—leaving to others whose co- operation is required to finally place such legislation on the statute books to meet the responsibility in their own way, and the president’s special message, setting forth pointedly the seriousness of the situ- ation and the necessity for the remotest action, only emphasizes the duty of the house. To Act With Dispatch. .~ In response to the urgent call of the president, your committee has felt im- pelled to act with all possible dispatch. .Two facts have led your committee to look to an increase of customs duties as the most appropriate source of additional Wu“. _, a". Highestofall in Leavemngrower—Latest u. ‘ \\-- -- , ‘._ ks 3'3! . Assessment puns ‘ . revenue. They are, first, the fact that We are already raising a disproportionate amount from internal revenue, which has always been regarded as a war resort—in- deed Jefferson took the ground that excise taxes should not be resorted to by the federal government as sources of revenue in time of peace, and the Democratic na- tional convention maintained the same doctrine in 1884, and, secondly, the fact that by increasing customs duties on im« ported articles which we can and ought to produce or make at home for revenue purposes we can at the same time inci- dentally encourage stricken industries and maternal: can turning!!! 01339”? the balancé'Tn tibde ’Whlch‘ has been so heavily against us all through this calen- dar year and which has caused a demand for gold for export which our treasury has been called upon to supply. For so long as the balance of trade is against us on ac- count of excessive imports We must export gold or, what is the same thing. promise to pay gold to pay for the excess of imports over exports, Your committee has not undertaken a general revision of the tariff on protection .lines, as a majority hope can be done in 1897-8, not only because it knows that such 'tarifl legislation would stand no chance of becoming a law, but also because general tariff revision would require many months and the need is more revenue at once. We believe, however, that this need of more revenue is so great that a simple measure increasing all duties of the duti- able list and taking from the free list of the present tariff a few articles that were always on the dutiable list until Aug. 27, 1894, and which have always been im- portant revenue, producers, and limiting the operation of such legislation to about 2% years—until the present deficiency of revenue is overcome —ought to receive the approval even of those who do not favor protective duties on patriotic grounds, and that the fact that it may incidentally en- courage the production of many articles that we require at home instead of abroad will not be regarded as a ground of oppo- sition under present circumstances. A Horizontal Raise. In framing the bill' submitted for your consideration it has been necessary if ac- tion, was to be made promptly to resort to a considerable extent to a horizontal raise of duties, for the reason that it would have required.months to deal with each articie separately. Horizontal dealing with tarifi‘s cannot be justified in ordinary times, but in such an exigency as now exists—so serious that the president felt it his duty to send us a special message of r, extreme urgency—and especially for a limited time, it is not only defensible, but is the only alternative. \But while we have presented in the brief measure reported a horizontal in- crease of 15 per cent of existing duties on all the schedules but two which is an addition of less than 8 percent to the average ad valorem rate—giving about more than $25,000,000 of the 340,000,000, which it is estimated, this bill would add to our annual revenue, will come mainly from Wool, which is taken from the list and given a moderate duty, and from manufactures of wool, which are given a compensatory duty equivalent to the duty on wool, which is always necessary when a duty is placed on wool, in order to give the wool grower the benefit and make it possible to manufacture woolens at home. proposes to make the duty on imported clothing wool 60 per cent of the duty im- posed by the act cf 1890, which would give an equivalent of 6 6-10 of a cent per pound on unwashed wool or about 40 per cent ad valorem. ‘ Why Reduction Was Made. This reduction from the duty of the act of 1890 has been made because the restora- tion of the full duty in that act might seem to be to great a change from the present law to those whose co—operation it is necessary to secure in order to have any legislation, and not as a measure of what might be done when all branches of the government are in harmony with the ma— jority of the house on protection lines. The duty on manufactures of wool is in- creased by a specific duty equivalent to the duty on wool. The duty on carpet wools is left at 32 per cent ad valorem, where it was placed in 18903 It was purely revenue duty, as we .raise very few carpet wools. Such lumber as was placed on the free list by the act of 1890, without the slightest jus- tification, is restored to the dutiable list, but with a duty of only 60 per cent of the duties and provided by the act of 1890— giving an equivalent of only about 15 per cent. Such a reduction from the low rates of 1890 is justified only on the ground that the object of your committee has been to frame a bill mainly on revenue grounds in the hope that it would secure the approval of those in official place whose cooperation is essential to legisla- that in such an exigency as now exists the public necessity must control. Believing that such an increase of revenue as pro- posed is essential as a first step in the res- toration of confidence and the restoration of the treasury to a sound condition, and the other legislation proposed to this end cannot be effective without equal revenue, to meet the expenditures of the govern- 5ment,. your committee recommends the passage of the accompanying bill, “ To tem- porarily increase revenue to meet the ex- penses of government and provide against a deficiency.” The Matter of Bonds. The committee to whom was referred so much of the president’I annual message and of the report of the secretaryof the treasury as relates to the maintenance of the redemption fund and the condition of the treasury, reports that the secre- tary of the treasury new has the authority "under the resumption act of 1875 to issue and sell .10 year 5 per cent bonds and 30 year 4 per cent bonds to maintain the fund for the re- demption of United States notes, and that he has sold $100,000,000 of. the former description of bonds and about $62,000,- 000 of the latter description of bonds in the past two years. As the redemption fund'has declined to almost $60,000,000, the secretary requests authority to issue a lower rate and short time bond in lieu 'of the higher rate and longer time bondsuin expectation that at an early date he Will 'be required to sell additional bonds to pro- cure coin for this fund. The. questiopipvclvegl is not whether $15,000,000 revenue from that source—yet , The bill reported by your committee. tion, and who may be supposed to feel. .9 or iiot b‘oids shall 13335111 fbr this purpose The secretary announces his' intentionto ‘ ' avail himself of the authority given by the resumption act and sell the high fete ; ‘19:, and long term bonds, and the only ques- tion is whether it iI not clearly for the 7 public interests that he should have au- thority to sell a lower rate and shorter term bond. . .. ‘ Power For Carllsle. ‘ r Your committee thinks that it is clearly in the public interest that he should have this authority. In granting this author- ity, however, we have included, in the bill a provision that the proceeds of bonds sold under the act of 1875 and under the bill which is propcIed shall be used excluslvsr ly for redemption purposes, our object ing to secure such a separation of the re- demption fund from the ordinary cash in. the treasury as will maintain and protect ' the reserve. We also provide that such honds shall be ofiered for sale in such a manner as to invite investment among the masses of the people. The second section of the act reported authorizes the issue of certificates of in- debtedness of small denominations, pay- able in three years and bearing 3 per cent interest, not to exceed 350,000,000 in the aggregate, to meet temporary deficiencies » in the treasury and to be used for no other purpose. In our judgment the secretary of the treasury should always have such authority as this to meet temporary defl- oiencies that are liable to arise. Unless this authority is given the secretary will indirectly use the proceeds of bonds sold under the resumption act for redemption purpose to meet the deficiency in the rev- enue, as he has been doing the past 2% years. Your committee, therefore, recommends the passage of the accompanying bill to maintain and protect the coin redemption fund, and to authorize the issue of oertifl‘ cates of indebtedness to meet temporary deficiencies of revenue. THE STRATHNEVIS SAFE. Arrival of the Long Overdue Pacific Steam- er—Her Propeller Lost. ‘ ‘ Pour Townsnsnn, Wash, Dec. 27. —The steamship Strathnevis, which sailed from Tacoma on Oct. 12 for the orient, and had been about given up for lost, arrived in port today in tow of the steamer Mineola. The officers report a remarkable voyage, filled with dangers and privati’ons. On Monday afternoon last all hope of saving the vessel was abandoned, and boats were manned preparatory to leaving her, as she was in imminent danger of drifting ashore on Destruction island.’ The log of the Strathnevis tells a re- markable story. . Leaving Victoria on Oct. 13, with 165 passengers and 46 officers and crew, with moderate weather, a run- ning speed of ten knots was made until Oct. 20, at 7:40 in the morning, in lati: tude 49.14 north and longitude 164.27, when the steamer experienced a terrific shock, the crash sounding like an explo: sion of a cannon. The shaft had snapped short of! clue to the propeller, which dropped clear of the vessel and wont to the bottom. A strong gale from the north was coming on and all sails were crowded on two small masts without yards, schoon- er rigged. The accident occurred about 180 miles south of Unalaska. Slowly the gale car- ried the vessel to the southwest, and it was two days later before she could make any progress tOWard the east. From that time on, under a zigzag course, she sailed slowly toward Cape Flattery. Grave fears are now entertained for the safety of . the AuItralian steamship Miowera, which had. the Strathnevis in tow for five days. Ten miles off Cape Flattery, on last Fri- day afternoon during a violent gale, the two hawsers parted suddenly and the Mi- owera disappeared in the storm. The Mi- owera had the Strathnevis in tow for five days, and had exhausted the larger part of her fuel. Gleason Will Be Mayor. Lose ISLAND CITY, Dec. 27.—-—There is nothing new to prevent Patrick Jerome Gleason from taking his seat as chief ex- ecutive, beginning with the new year. In accordance with the order issued by Jus‘ fi tice Gaynor. the returns that were false on the face of them have been corrected. These show that Gleason has been elected I by 30 plurality. , Stevenson Accepts. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.—Vice Presi- dent Stevenscn has accepted the invita- tion of the Young Men's Democratic as- sociation of this city to attend its annual dinner on Jackson day. Among others expected to be present are Atl."'nev Gen- eral Harmon, Secretary of the“ interior. Hoke Smith and Senators Morgan, Faulk- ner and Vilas. Peru Likes Our Position. LIMA, Peru, Dec. 27.—The young peo~ ple of this city are organizing a soiree at the theatre in honor of the United States and Venezuela. They will invite all the American representatives here and the cream of Lima society. The affair is ex- pected to be one of the most brilliant gatherings of society ever witnessed in this city. Big’ Snowstorm In Germany. BERLIN, Dec. 27.—-A terrific snowstorm prevailed in Berlin today. The streets were rendered impassable, and traffic was greatly impeded and in many cases wholly suspended. Friedrichstrasse was strewn with fallen men and horses. The storm was predicted by Professor Rudolph Falb, ’ the celebrated German meteorologist. Big Theatrical Firtn In Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Zimmerman, the theatrical managers, now control four places of amusement in this city, the Park theater having just been leased by them. Their other houses are the Broad Streegtheater, the Chestnut Street theater and the Chestnut Street > Opera House. ._...__- There is no workof genius which 1313'- not been the delight at mankind, 1:. word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not, sooner or later“ _ i . responded. —Lowell. It is said that among the Mexican populace there is an ideathat the lingdt warns men of the approachof aserpenh- . . 27. —Nixon 8.7 ,
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