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uo THE DAILY PICAYUNE KEW ORLEANS, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1890. simply to begin at thevrong end 4 -gTavate the situation. -Th maioritv renort la framed anon the assumption tiiat oar industries grow oider they grow weaker and mora depend' rat upon too county ox foTsnuwai It devolves upon those advocate now to o-rrixia if thitraowbrit la that after a low tariff policy ha been abandoned for mora than a quarter et a century and a xilgn umi policy iaMUIBHU 1B1 It IfUKn, the manufacturing and mechanical Industrie of the country are leaa able to main tain themselves than tneywere wnen wo change wa made; and when this la done It will still remain for them to enow upon what principle of Jastloe or eoand pablio policy consumers ean bo periodically uo-Jected to additional taxation not for the benefit of the government, which does not want the revenue, bat for the exclusive benefit of private boaineaa enterprise which are not able to aoatain themselves. The ilk bounty la severely criticised in the report. Continuing, the report eaya the bm will Increase tae taxes on wool and woolen (15,500,000 per annum, according to last year's Importations, out really to a greater sum, while taxes on tobacco to the amount of are abolished.

The minority cannot agree to do this at a price of Increase oa necessaries. The only substantial reason urged for the repeal or the tobacco tax is the relief from governmental supervision, but a mere reduction of the tax from 8 cent to 4 cents does not dispense with this snpenrlaion or redoes the cost of collection. The report then attacks some of the ao? tall of the bill as follows The lowest grade of woolen yarn, worth not over 90 cent per pound, are to be sub-Jeoted to a dnty of 113 per cent, while the most costly yarn will pay T2 per cent. One grade of coarse cheap blankets will be required to pay 106 per cent, but the finest blankets will pay 72 per eent. The coarsest and cheapest woolen hat will be subject to a duty of ill per cent, and the finest to 66 per cent.

Woolens and children's cheapeet dree goods with cotton warp are to be taxed 106 per cent, and the finest 73 per oent. The lowest grade of woolen cloths -will pay 133 per cent, and the highest grade caper cent. The cheapest qualities of knit goods for underwear range from 113 to 138 per cent, bat the finest and moat expensive will pay 78 per cent. Woolen shawl of the coarsest and lowest grade, used by the poorest people, will pay 134 per eent duty, and worsted goods of the lowest grade will pay 130 per cent, while toe highest grade will pay 0 per cent-" Or the metal schedule the report says that there are many increases and scarcely any reductions on articles that can be low ported at all. Continuing the report says "We have for a long time been endeavoring to increase oar trade relatione with the people of Central and bouth America and Mexico, and at oar request AS ISTXBXaTIOirAL COKTEKKirca Is now being held to devise means for the accomplishment or this result.

The people of all these countries had a right to suppose that this government -was acting In good faith when It invited them to send their delegates here, and said that nothing would be done to disturb the harmony of their deliberations or prevent the success of their mission, but in the midst of their consultations, rCad It waa earnestly hoped that some practicable plan might be agreed upon lor the establishment of closer commercial relations, this bill is reported containing provisions which will not only retard reciprocal arrangements for the future but will destroy a large part of the trade now existing between this country and some of our neighbors on the south. The bill proposes to make large increases In the duties on carpet wools and take silver ores containing lead from the free list and subject the lead contained in the silver ore to a duty of half a oent per pound, not because we need the revenue, but lor the ole purpose of preventing these articles irotn being imported into this country. -The bill Increases the rates of duty on a', classes of wool imported into this country. These increases nave been made principally upon the demand of a lew large fh ckin aster In Ohio and they will be defended by the majority upon the alleged ground that they are beneficial to the farmers of the country who keep sheep on their The fact Is that wool is one of our least Important agricultural products In jKiint Of actual value and by comparison with others, even in the state of Ohio, it doesn't amount to more than per cent of the total value of farm products in that state, from which comes the most constant and urgent demand for. high rates of duty, and it is still less in other states.

"For the further purpose ot inducing the farmers ot the country to believe that they can and will derive some benefit from the protective bill imposes various rates of duty upon certain Important agricultural products which It is well known could not be Imported to any material extent with or without duty. "It is impossible to protect the farmer against foreign competition in his home market for he has na sach competition, and the retention of these articles In a tariff Mil is a 'device which will deceive no one who gives a moment's thought to the subject. JDuiing the last fiscal year we exported bushels of eorn and imported only 2388 bushels, not more than can be produced on 350 acres of good, land In this country. We exported 813,186 bushels of corn meal and Imported 896 bushels. Our exports of wheat amounted to 46,141,138 bushels, and our imports amounted to 1946 bushels.

statement shown now futile it Is to attempt to after protection to the farnvra jf the country by Imposing duties own the importations of those produevnd this large and intelligent claa citizens cannot be reconciled in tUls way to a policy whioa Increases tax upon their clothing, tableware, carpets, earthenware, glassware, agricultural implements and other necessary articles. AmoD other things upon the duties are increased by this bill are Iron and eteel rods used In the manufacture of fencing wire, an article of ABSOLUTE WKCXSStrr TO TBS rAKatKBS of the west, and of hoop or band Iron or eteel cat to length, or wholly or partly manufactured into hoops or ties for balling purposes. How the farmer are to be helped by the Increased duties on live animals we are wholly unable to see, and, in our opinion, if this bill passes, they will be the first to demand a restoration of the eld rates or that these importations be made hile the Imposition of these duties on live animals and other agricultural product cannot possibly do our farmers any good at home, the increases made by this bill on manufactured and other article we import will certainly -be a great injury to mean abroad in the markets where they are compelled to sell their surplus. Bueh a pol-i is certain ttj provoke retaliatory bv the countries to which we export our agricultural products, and already iYranoe, "Germany aud other countries have made discriminations against us which have severely affected the sale of our breadstuff and provisions. If this bill passes, the dominion of Canada, the republfo of Mexico and the various governments- of Central and South America will almost certainly pursue the same course, and as a result of this commercial warfare the farmers will noon find themselves without a market for thoir surplus product either at home or abroad.

"So redaction has been made in the amount of duties imposed under any schedule, except that relating to sugar and molasses. In all the other thirteen schedule of dutiable goods, embracing almost every Important article the people use, exeept tea and coffee, which have been free for many years, increases are made, and ia many of tn em the increase is very large." The report criticises the sugar bounty and Totests against the gross favoritism and of such a policy- It says that the bounty on last year's production would have been $7,620,000. But as it is expected to encourage the producers to supply the entire domestic demand, the ultimate result, even If the consumption remained at last year's figure 3,700,431,503 pounds -would be an annual payment ox wims.im uent cjf Detinues. bcoab Is defended as far more Just and equitable xnan taacou many other articles, ana wane tbe minority believe the duty should be reduced, they cannot see the. justice or-propriety of making this revenue article free, i) ii)f a bounty and making this an ex-.

ae for imposing $66,000,000 additional taxes on the other schedules of necessaries. The minority finds It Impossible to state with accuracy the effect of the Increases. They express the opinion that the inorease 0 th tobacco duty will be and 1 other items will show an increase of 1 Adding these amounts to the 40,055.153 shown by the committee's tables to have been added to the duties on articles remaining on the dutiable list, shows A TOTAL LXCKXASB OT DTJTIaS on articles still dutiable outside of the trar schedule of about 969,000,000, and we tjre satisfied It is more than that. "We do not mean to assert that the bill Increases the eustoms revenue over what It Is under existing but that It proposes to impose upon article it leave upon the dutiable except sugar and molasses that sum i exoeKS of the amount collected on the rno schedules last year. It places upon free lift articles which yielded a venue of (6,039,939 during the last fiscal and It makes a reduction of 864,932,110 -r oil 1 molasses, and the two sums to being deducted leave a net Increase of i i in tariff; taxation under tse renort says: "Wblle we with the majority -y measure which would i i.oiu unnecessary taxa-, of ooz various Industries and aecure ample wages and ateady employment to the laborers engaged la them, we feel constrained to make an earnest protest against the bill because In our opinion it will not accomplish any of those desirable results." Mr.

MeKennaof California dissent from the sugar schedule in the bill. he says, "make arbitrary dls-tlnctioa between the sugar industry and other industries a distinction inconsistent with the principle upon which the bill is framed and upon which It can atone be Justified. Protection. as understood politically, is the clear right of all Industries or of none. The tariff may be a tax: a bounty is certainly one fixed and unavoidable and increases with the production it encourages.

A tax lessens with the production it encourages and finally vanishes in the competition of home pioduct. A. bounty abandons the home market to the foneign product; a tariff secures the home market to the home product. A bounty, therefore, is as uae-fees as it 1 burdensome and odious as it Is useless. It has no jnstitlcation In either the practice, the principles or the professions of the Republican party.

It bounty is useful for sugar, why not for other things 1 In all the range of articles with which the bill deals, are none fit for a tionntv vmt nuu If a bounty is a tax of less burden to a tariff, why are not sugar consumers selected for favor I A Republican house of representatives should not set this example. Who can say where the contagion of it will stop Speaking of the beet sugar Industry of nailfnraia. Mr. McKenna says "Must an Industry be able to supply the home con sumer, then. Deiore it is enuura pruiw tlouf Other industries have not done hia initnttriM that have been protected in every tariff bill and are protected in the present bill.

The accusation against the present law 4s one of the accusations rainit tha nrnnoaed bill will be that It retains the duties levied for war expenditures. Why If sugar is to be placed on the free list it wm do puzzling vo auswer that why. It is submitted then upon every principle upon which a protective duty can be applied to any American industry; it MCST BE APPLIED TO 6CGAJR. Upon every principle upon- which a protective duty can be denied to engar it must be denied every other American industry. Protection must be universal or not at all.

It must be national or not at aiL Tbe bill presented gives a bounty to silk cocoons aud raw silk. It is objectionable as a bounty on sagar. The Sugar Producers Protest. Wkhixctox. An HI 18.

The sugar bounty proposition is not acceptable to the Louisi ana producers as lseviaenceu uj wowuvw-ihg statement submitted by them to the ways and means committee "We, the undersigned representatives of the Louisiana sugar Industry, have read In the papers a statement that we have consented to the substitution of free sugar and a bounty in lieu of a duty on that aruoie. We desire to assure this committee that we have at no time consented, to such a and we wish to state that we are opposed to any proposition that separates sugar from the other industries of the country affected by tariff legislation. We request that the present rates of duty on the grades of sugar that we produce be maintained and that we shall have the protection for our industry that we are willing to concede to the other industries of the country. John Dymond, John Foos, TIenry L. laws, Henry MoCall.

H. C. Warmoth." The Changes in tbe Bill. WAjsHnfOTOW, April 16. The bill as submitted with the report shows a number of changes since it was laid before the full committee about' a fortnight ago.

In the case of nickel ore a proviso waa attached requiring such ores as contained more than 3 per cent of copper to pay a duty of 154 cents per pound on the copper contained therein. The committee also added the following section to the internal revenue feature of the bilL Upon cigars, which shall be manufactured and sold or removed for consumption or use. there shall be assessed and collected the following taxes, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof On cigars of all descriptions made ot tobacco or any other substitute therefor 83 per louo; on cigarettes weighing not more than 30 pounds per 1000 60 cents per 1000; on cigarettes made whollv of tobacco. Including both wrapper and 'filler, weighing not more than 60 pounds per looo 60 cents per 1000. and on cigarettes weighing more than 30 pounds per louo, except as herein before provided, viz, to be made wholly of tobacco, $3 per 1000.

THE RIVER. BATOU PAXA. April 11 rspeciatV- Weather cloudy and warm. Blver 40 feet o-lOtlis and Imparted for New Orleans Jos. B.

Williams and tow at 6 a. Valley Queen 1 p. Prince and tow p. Teche 3:30 p. n-u, esse K.

BeU 6 p. m. Up John Gilmore and barges 9 a. m. ViCKSBCao, Aprlf 16.

Special The' gauge mark 48.35, a rise ot l-10th in the past twenty -four hours. The City ot Vleksburg passed to St. Iannis at 8 this morning. The BeMs Memphis 'left for Matches at a. m.

Weather very warm, with light rain to-day Okkkxvti.i 'VXIlfla, April 16. SpeciaL Biver Jvparted city of Cairo for Natches at 3 p. Sfeavy rain to-day. cloudy and cool to-night Memphis, Tenn, April 16. Special.

Rains all day, cloudy and cool. Biver stationary with 35 feetonthe gauge. No business on the levee. Canto, 111., April 1 6. Special.

The rlrer fell 1 foot tt-10ths in forty-eight hours, the gauge reading 37 feet 4.10th,' The day has been rainy and eooL Business fairly active at the wharf. The City of Savannah, from Tennessee river this morning, has 20.000 feet lumber and 20O tons miscellaneous freight for St. Louis. Tbe Big Bandy came up from Memphis at 2:30 a. put off a few package here and cleared for Cincinnati with 60O bales cotton, t00 sacks meal.

200 hogs, 25 cattle. Th Cherokee from Memphis el eared for St. Louis st 6 a.m., after adding 200 packages. She had 300 cattle and 100 hogs. -The V.

P. Sehenck waa In port from Cinctn-. natl from 6 a. m. till 3 p.

nu, adding 100 ton for New Orleans and way points, bhe had a good TlieOhio came out from Cincinnati at 6 p. bound for Memphis. She put off 1600 kegs of nails and 160 packages of sundries here, added 10 ton and left at 1 p. m. well laden.

The Joeeph Walton took four barges of coal to St. Louis this morning. The Mary Mitchell passed to island 21 this morning after corn and lumber. The Nellie Speed, from St. Louis, this morning went below after lumber.

The daily Cairo and Paducah packet Gns Fwler was in and out as usual to-day. She i doing a lively business now. St. Louis, April 16. Arrived: City of Provi.

dence from Natches. Departed 'utnre City and City of Baton Bouge for New Orleans. Biver 13 feet a swell of 7 Inches in the last twenty-four hours. LotnsvrLLR. April 16.

The river is falling 10 feet 8 Inches on the fall and 12 feet 7 inches In the canal. Business good. Weather cloudy and cool. Tbs Alios Brown arrived from Pittsburg with a tow of eoaL She Utkes It to Memphis, leaving to-morrow. Captain Aaron App'eeste, the New Orleans towboat pilot, is conlinod in the marine hospital, sintering from a sprained ankle.

Pilots in taking boats in and out of the canal shoulJ look ont tor ma of Uie large stone that have fallen otf of tne canal wall Into the canal opposite Speed's elevator at fourteenth street. EVAN8VT1JJ, April 16. Biver 30.2 feet, fall-' ing. Cloudy. PrrrsBtTKO, April 16.

Blver 7.3 feet, falling. Clear and Cisci.NWATi. April 16 Biver 33.5 feet, fatting. Fair and eooL Departeds Buckeye State for Memphis. Whxclbio, April 16.

Rirer 11 feet, falling. BATOX BotJOK, April 16 To J. B. Wood. Agent, 11 Commercial Places Anchor Line steamer City of New Orleans will arrive early Thursday morning: A.

J. CABTxB, Master. MrjfPHlP. April 16. To Captain John A.

Stevenson, 15 Commercial Place Gould and barge down at 7 a. m. a U. SPY. THE PASSES.

I Port Eads, April 16, 6 P. H. Wind south, weather cloudy. i Arrived: Last night, British steamship Hampstead, Jones, master, from Bio de Janeiro via St. Lucia, to New Orleans Jblevator Com.

pany. Steamship Clinton, Oti, master, from Brazos, Sao tiagu, to Southern Pacific Company. BnUan steamship Alps, Evan, master, from Kingston, Jamaica, with fruit to J. L. Phippa A Co.

At 4 0. Norwegian steamship Adna, Bas musaen, master, from Baca del Tor to Hoadley OS Itatian sohooner Cefalu, Hi vara, master, from Bnataa to D. Cefala A Son. British schooner Clara L. Dyer, Badden, master, from Utula to 8.

OterU 1 BriUab, schooner Ko rail at, Clark, master, from Buatan to J. L. Fhlpp Co. tiaded Bteamabips Hudson for New York, Lauderdale for via Newport New. Bordeaux for Antwerp via Havre, and Biver Mersey lot Bouea via Norfolk.

MARINE. 'April 16V-Arrived: Steamers India. MeUterraneanportt tow WerP1 erno' NswCasUe; Wicki thamox, April 16. Arrived Pnluai ork for Havre. April 16.

sailed: Paris, New Orteana Livmpool, April 16. Sailed Mandaliy, New pgugHXA. Belgen- There Is comfort for the man with a prematurely gray beard in Buckingham's Dye. because it never falls to color an even orotot or block as may be do aired. WASHINGTON.

Semtary Wlndom States His Policy to the Senate, BevIeTflnff the Means Used to Keep the Conntrj's Currency in Circulation. The Pan-American Conference Likely to Close To-Day. Secretary Wlndom' Policy. WASHixGTOif, April 16. Secretary "Wlndom to-day made the following reply to a question addressed to him by Senator Flumb: The operations of the treasury depart ment have not ueen conuuotea vnn a view mnt-mllinc tbe finances of tbe oouutrv.

but in pursuanoe of a fixed policy to pro duce tbe least possmie oisiuroance 01 uie natural current of events. The purpose of the secretary has been ana is to pay out for bonds all the available surplus as rapidly as possible. In pursuanoe of this policy and with a view to keep tbe money in circulation to tbe fullest extent practicable, purchases of bonds were so freely made that on Jan. 20 the available balance of publio funds bad been reduced to tens man and this entire amount as well as further sums amounting to about 118,000.000 were on deposit in national Prom this it will oe seen tnat the entire surplua and $18,000,000 In addition were in circulation. In view of this fact and of large disbursements to be made, it was not deemed nraitent to draw further upon the- reserve Id the treasury, and therefore the purchases of 4 per eent bonds were temporarily suspended, and government, purchases for a time were confined to AM per cent bonds.

On the 6tn or Aiaron, wuen pnrennses 01 4 percent bonds were resumed tbe available aurulus had reached ti9.ooo.non. the whole of which wss on deposit in national banks. The amount now on deposit in national banks is about $3,000,00 0 more than the entire available surplus. 3 Notes from tbe National Capital. Washington.

April 16. Special. 1 The delegation from the Sugar Planters' Association escorted Mrs. McCall and Miss Al-dlgetothe white house to-day and bad a pleasant interview with the president. Mr.

Laboulsse and Mr. Berje. of the New Orleans Cotton remained over to go before tile senate committee on agriculture on the Butterworth bill. They are to leave for borne to-night. It Is not likely that the bill will come up in the house for some time as a day would have to be fixed for Its consideration.

Mr. Wilkinson ia out again and was in his seat to-day. O. Muller and W. B.

Eimms of New Orleans are in the city. Several gentlemen from Toledo. Ohio. Including Denison Smith and John A. King of the Toledo Board of Trade, were before the bouse committee on agriculture to-day in opposition to the Butterworth anti-option and future bill.

The president has approved the act to admit free of duty articles imported for the St. Louis exposition from Canada, Mexico and other American republics. Maior Edwin V. Buuiner, Fifth Cavalry, to be lieutenant colonel Eighth Cavalry Captain Wirt Davis, Fourth Cavalry, major Fifth Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel John K. Mlzner, Eighth Cavalry, colonel Tenth Cavalry; First Lieutenant H.Murray, Fourth Cavalry, captain.

Senator Squire to-day Introduced a bill appropriating 100,000 for the erection of an equestrian statue of General U. 8. Grant in Washington city. The site is to Deselected by the secretary of war. The bill will be favorably 'reported on at an early day.

The Pan-American Conference. Washington, April 16. The final adjournment of the Fan-American conference was not reached to-day. A great part of the session was taken up by a discussion of the revised report of the committee on arbitration, which bad been recommitted to have tbe concordance of the English and Spanish texts made complete. After this had been concluded tbe question arose as to-lhe efi'ect ot the signing of the report by the delegates.

Some of them were of the opinion that their signatures to the documont would commit their governments to the terms of the treaty proposed. It was Cnally arranged to have the tsigua-tures ome before the treaty, and in that shape it was left. The conference adjourned until to-morrow after voting to postpone the trip to Mount Vernon until the conference shall have adjourned sine die. Tbe dinner given to-night In honor of the president of the United States by tbe delegates of the Latin-American conference was undoubtedly the haudsoiuest. and In respect to distinguished characters of the guests one of the most notable ever given in Washington.

NECROLOGY. Judge JT. McClellan, Fensacola. Fla. Peksacola April 16.

Special. The death of J. F. McClellan, foreshadowed la these specials, occurred shortly before midnight last night. Tbe dissolution resulted from a complication of la grippe with a bronchial aflectlon, the gentleman's final illness having covered a period ot about four weeks.

The remain were interred in St. Michael's cemetery this afternoon, a large crowd following the body to the grave. Tbe pallbearers were Hon. W. A.

Blount and Messrs. Wm. Fisher, John Eagau, John Avery, Walter Tate, F.C. Brent. Boy kin Jones and E.

Maxwell. Judge McClellan was born In Tennessee In 1834. He came to Florida, a young lawyer, in 1846 and settled In Mananna, In JacKson county, where he married Miss Addie Keuzie Yonge, a member of an old and aristocratic family. To tbe union four children were born. Of these but one, a son, is living.

He 1 now a prosperous merchant of Fort Worth. Tex. Iu 1866.at Mariauna. Miss Margaret Yonge Chandler, bis daughter, a charming and. accomplished youug lady, was killed by an assassin's bullet meant for ber father, who at that time received a shot lu the thigh, crippling him for life.

The Judge had incurred the displeasure of the negroes through ISJs active participation as a Democrat in the affairs of the reconstruction period, aud to that fact the assassination was attributed. He had ever been prominent In public matters. In early life bad served term after term Jn both houses of the legislature. lie was a member of tbe constitutional conventions of 1808 and 1SS5, and the author of the Ldgcst of Florida Laws, which bears his At the time of his death be was judge of the First judicial circuit of the state, over whloh he had presided with marked distinction for a number of years, giving satisfaction alike to bar and public. James Moroney, Dallas, Tex.

DALLAS, April, 16. I Special. James Moroney died at 3 o'clock Tuesday, April 15, and the funeral takes place from the church of the acred Heart. Bryan street, Friday morning. April 18, at 9 o'olock.

The deceased was born at Ennis, county Clare, Ireland, Aug. 6, 1813. He came to America with bis family In 184 and shortly afterwards moved to Richland county. where he was engaged In farming until 18m, when he came to Dallas, where he has since resided. He leaves surviving- him a widow and five children James and W.

J. Moroney and Mrs. A. Walsh of this city and Timothy Moroney and Mrs, D. J.

Dunn ot New Or-leana, John Van Nortwick. Bavaria, I1L Atjkora, 111.. April 16. John Van Nortwick, the richest man In Kane county, died at his home at Bavaria yesterday afternoon. He came to Kane county ia 187 and was largely interested in railroad building, having been chief engineer of the Galeua and Chicago -Union Bail way, also of the Chicago, Burlington and Quinoy.

When the latter road was extended to Burlington and Quiucy he was made president, holding the office eight years. He built flour mills, paper mills and pulp mills and was a large owner ot water power lands In Wisconsin. He was origin ally chief of corps of engineers employed on the canals of New York state. The Irish National League. St.

Lotjib, April 16. At the session ot tbe executive committee ot the Irish National Leaeue in this oitT ffwlav the nronrietv of holding a national convention this year waa considered. After the matter had been dis cussed at length It was unanimously agreed to postpone further deliberations on the subject until Mr. Paruell had been consulted. Accordingly tbe secretary was instructed to send a cablegram to Mr.

Parnell asking his advioo in the matter A reply is expected to-morrow. The night session waa oevoteaio aaoressea. The Mark Lane Disabled. Halifax. N.

8.. April 16. The steamer Mark Lane, Captain from' New Orleans, April 1. via Norfolk for Belfast, was towed into this port this mornlug with her propeller broken. The.

vessel, which brought her ia wan the steamer Crete, Captain James, walch sailed from Philadelphia, Apru ior jiAuatutoerg. THE BAILEOADS. The least Tennessee Purchase. The purchase of the Queen and Crescent system by the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Company was the talk of most railroadmen yesterday. Many of the employes of the Queen and Crescent Bead were wondering what would occur at their end of the line; some even went so far as to ask a reporter If he thought they would be removed, and if so bow soob.

It is impossible to say what win take place flown here but it Is pretty generally conceded that tbe principal point which will suffer is the Cincinnati office. Several railroaders were naming over the probable head of the concern. The general opinion was that Colonel Henry Fink of New York will be the controlling hand. The headquarters of the system were placed atKnoxviue, but it was said that Colonel Fink would manage the road from New York. The controlling power of the company are at present Gener.u frunuel Thomas, Colonel Calvin s.

Price, Air. C. M. McGhee, Mr. E.

J. Sanfuri and Colonel Henry Fink, and rumor baa it that they will remain the same, which la very probable. Rumor slso has it that the board of directors will meet in New York dnrnig the latter part of this week and oecide on some action to be taken in the matter. After that ther will go through all the offices, not personally, but theoretically, and weed out the undesirable Fersons and then place their own men in charge, any official 1 a good man and what is known a a be stands a perfectly good chance to remain where he is, but if not be had better prepare to pack up. A Decayed Texas Road to be Revived.

Houston, April 16. SpeciaL A com. roittee representing the south Texas country ad! jacent to the mouth of tbe Brazos and along the line ot the Columbia tap, have been to where they Interviewed Attorney General Hogg in regard to putting the tap in order and having it extended. Th Columbia tan belongs to the International and Groat Northern, aud has been allowed to rtin down so that it is nothing bnt two streaks of rust across a wet prairie. Tne road is fifty miles long, and when dtep water is secured at he moutli of Uie Brazos it will become a trunk line feeder from the gulf to tit, Louis aud all ut the northwest.

TLa Attumpv VAnAral at nnM wirori tliA re ceivers of the International and Great Northern that they must commence to put the road in good condition within thirty flays. O. Nation, chairman of the committee, said there was now from 16 to 47 feet of water ocer the bar, and that the work of pushing it to com. plotion waa progressing. It is expected the rt-uuired oeptu will be secured within sixty or uiueiyuaya.

Illinois Central Traffic Now that traffl on tbe Illinois Central Boad has been stopped there is great rivalry between the different railroad companies. The Louisville and Nashville Boad is carrying passengers to St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago aud even Mem-phi, while the Queen and Crescent Boad are overcrowded with freight and their passenger department Is working hard too. A great many passengers who want to reach the Illinois Cen, tral Koad left yesterday bv the Oneen and Ores' cent and Mississippi Kontes. The route by the vtueen ana resent is itj miies to Meridian, aoa from Meridian to Jackson, 96 miles.

The Valley Koute to Harriston ia 186 mile and rom Harriston to Jackson 71 miles By either road the oaasenK-era will have to be transferred before getting on the' Illinois Cen tral tracks ami neither trlD Is very desirable: bnt under the circumstances this is the best arrangement that passengers can The ru ml -a bout Journey make, them about a dav behindhand. No Reduced Rates. Th Inter state commerce commission lately decided a question which 1 of interest to the traveling publio and railroad people generally. A ticket agent often is persecuted with Inquiries why the railroads don't make a special rate for large parti e. The following 1 an extract of the opinion of the commission in the case' of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St.

Louis Railroad Company vs. the Baltimore and Ohio Boad First Pasaenger excursion rate are required to be published according to the provision of section six of the act to n-gulate commerce. Second Party-rate tickets are not commutation ticketajind when party rates are lower than contemporaneous rates for single passengers they constitute discrimination and are illegal. The way some railroad companies get over this difficulty is by taking 15 or -O people and passing them on tickets for 14 or 19 people. There ia more than one way to get around the law.

The Bridgeport Southern Railway. Montgomery, April 16. SpeciaL Declaration for the incorporation of the Bridgeport Southern Bail way Company was this morn, log filed In the office of th secretary of state. The capital stock is fixed at $1,000,000. The route of the proposed railroad is along the Tennessee river, tut terminal point being Bridgeport, tn Jackson county, and Gnuters-ville.

Marshall county. The incorporators named are: L. L. Cochran, John A. Davis, W.

V. Haralson and J. T. Douglas of Fort Payne. DeKalb county J.

B. Haralson of Lnngston, B. C. Johniton of Bridgeport, J. K.

Brown of Scott boro and A. J. McUrlde ot Atlanta. Arrival of jay Gould In Sbrevcport. SHREVEPOBT, April 16.

SpeciaL Mr. Jay Gould reached this city at 4 o'clock this evening oua special He was met tt the depot by a committee of business men and escorted In a carriage to the Board ot Trade, where he waa welcomed by a large number citizens, Mr. Gould will remain, in this city until to" morrow, and will bold a private conference to night with a committee representing the Board of Trade and the city. Camden, Louisiana andt Sabine Road. It is now stated that the Camden.

Louisiana and Sabine Pass Sailroad is a certainty. The road will ran from Camden, to Sabine Pass, the line in Arkanse being nfty miles long and passing through Mount Holly and Shuler, in union county, and Atlanta, in Columbia eounty. It Is expected to be built to the Louisiana line this year, and tor this ar arrangementa are now being mande. Jay Gould's Latest Purchase. 'FOBTWOBTH, Tex, April 16.

(Special. A rumor baa gained circulation here that Jay Gould has purchased the Fort Worth and Bio Grande Hallway, now completed to Dublin Krath county, and that he will make It a part ot the Texas and Paclno system. The Bio Grande is owned by tbe Vanderbilte and Is building into a territory that is tributary to th Texas and Pacific. The Railroad Tax Carried in DeSoto. MAJisnKLD, April 16.

SpeciaL In the election held in DeSoto parish yesterday on the question of a special tax to the Gulf, ab tne and Kansas City Biillroad, the tax was carried by a majority of 416 In number aud $166,000 in property. personal Points. Mr. B. C.

Epperson, formerly superintendent of the Mobile and Montgomery division, at present snperintendentof the short line division of Louisville and Nashville Bailroad. recently visitod his old home at Montgomery, where he was received by former employes of the road and presented with a handsomely engraved testimonial, signed by 24a employes of the Mobile and Montgomery division. Toe em ployes thus showed their appreciation and esteem for their old superintendent. Mr. J.

6. Cork, who has been general passenger and ticket agent of the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Boad for several year past has resigned and accepts a much more important position on the New York Central Road Mr. J. M.

Chandler, who has been contracting freight agent of the Louisville and Nashville road at Evansville, IniL, has been sppointed traveling freight agent, with headquarter at Evansvtlle, Mr. J. n. Knss, late superintendent ot the Chicago division of the Illinois Central Koad, has been assigned to other duties, and Mr. J.

G. Hart lean 1 made superintendent. Mr. George W. Halter, late train dispatcher of the same road at Cairo, 11L, liss been appointed superintendent ot tbe Springfield divfoion, in place ot Mr.

William Wilkinson, resigned. Mr. K. M. BoUcrts, bite uiastr mechanic of tne Ashland Coal and Iron Railway Company, lias been appointed ni ester mechanic of the i-ast TniwiuM.

Virginia and Georgia Boad with headquarters at Atlanta. The; ltoit of odlciHla of the New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad Company, as stated in a circular recently Issued, are asf ollows President, J. H. lUce. Fort Scott, Kaa.j first vice president.

W. Clienanltt second vice president, b. V. vice president T. E.

Morrison; secretary, James W. Lambert; superintend, I. V. B. Kennedy.

The headquarters of tne roau is jaicuea, hum. i "Tillman McCardle. Vicksbtjro, April .16. Special. tUllr 1) 1( it HOlf Trinity church to-night, being the marriage Cardie the latter one of the most admired young ladies of the city, and the former a prominent merchant.

There twenty attendants, and the crush at church was such that many were unable to enter. A M.n,lnn Ka WillitHMI lit Mr. UU Mr. Geo. H.

Doraey followed tbe ceremony. Slartln Rawle. nl is rSnerlal-l To- night, at the realdence of John xtawie, nis daughter, muw married to Mr. Lewis Martin, a son of W. aiartln.tne ceremony ui v.

1 Thnra were twelve young lady attendant to the bride. tone jonnsuu. nitiK Anvil is TSoeclal. H. Coke, a prominent attorney, and Miss Margaret Johnson, both of Dallas, were i a rnBiiiAnoa of the lieu ilia luvriuu; bride's mother, 25 Goodo street, and departed immediately on their bridal trip to New Orleans, ualveeton and Ban if you feel "out or sorts, en Ish take lr.

J. McLean'a SarsapariUaj it Ufa will ao- VUIXIIIIUICBB. quire new i roEEiGN ma Tie OhanceHor'i Bpeech Criticised Tbj tie German Journala. Additional Points In the GoTern- ments Policy Announced Yesterday. Prefddent Carnot 'Warmly Eeceiyed in tie Frenoi Provinces.

Seventeen Lives Lost by an Accident in an Italian Mill, OEKsiAinr. The Chancellor's Speech. BEKXDf, April 18. All, the papers pub lished comments on the' speech made by Chancellor Von capnvt at the opening of the Prussian diet The Vosslsohe Zeitung says that despite tbe chancellor's protest that the beginning ot a new era is not to be expocted, the elimination oi iary stnre irom the Inheritance upon whichlie enters appears to be the beginning of a new era. party, the paper says, will oppose the government on matters oi principle.

-The Deutsche Tageblatt savs that Cbnii. cellor Von Caprlvi's nnnhakablo confidence in a hopeful future for Prussia and the empire proves that he is a worthy successor to the statesman whose last thought was of kaiser und relch. Tbe Berliner Tageblatt and the Boeraen Courier say that the speech contains the essential points of the government's programme, and that it gives the key to the cause or uisroarcK resignation. The Session of the TLandtac. Besltit.

April 16. In the Prussian land tag toay. General Von Capri vi, the new chancellor, adverted anew to the attitude which the government intends to maintain toward the newspaper press. When the recent changes in the ministry were made, be said, the government took into serious consideration what its relations with the press should oo. It decided to curtail the giving ont of in formation for newspaper publication, and from that time to the present not a word bad appeared in the newspapers from the chancellor's department.

Kef erring to the foreign press. General Von Capri vi said that the government would reserve entirely to itself the right to retain newspapers In its interest for the purpose of influencing public opinion abroad. Bnt there would not be an indiscriminate exercise of this right. Bather it would be Kept within weu aebaed limits. FRANCE.

Carnot at Ala-'les-Balns. Pario. April 16. President Carnot. who ia making a tour in tue south ot Prance, arrived at Alx-les-Balna to-day.

He was re ceived witn entnusiaem oy a large crowd of people, including many persons of distinction. A salute of 101 guns was Ured in honor ot the president. -At the formal reception which followed the archbishop ot Aix-lcs-Bains presented to President Carnot a number of local clergymen. In his address the archbishop alluded to the president as the first servant of France. M.

Carnot in reply said be came as a simple citizen, as a most devoted, if not the greatest citizen. Ho thanked the archbishop for the welcome be had received. The president subsequently proceeded to Marseilles. The city was gay with flags and garlands In honor of tbe dlstlnguisued visitor, and to-night there was a grana illumination. The people of the city gave the president a most cordial reception.

GREAT BRITAIN. The Manchester Manchester, April 16. The Guardian in its commercial article says: The market Is strong. Buyers in some of tbe leading departments found a distinctly hardening tendency which decidedly checked business, though the sales in some departments reached a full average. The.

upward tendency of India and China exchange brought to book orders that bad hitherto been impracticable, but momentarily lessened fresh inquiry; doubtlesa the rising exchange will price here. The demand for the other foreign markets ia moderate. Immense ditnoulty is found in executing important orders at- full rates. Home houses are buying cautiously, but the purchases contribute materially to sustaining prices and strengthening manufacturers. There is little more business In export yarns, but the intensity of the desire to sell prevents an upward movement In prices.

Buyers of cash yarns for the continent had to pay full and- occasionally slightly higher prices. Cloth is stronger. Few manufacturers care for distant delivery business. There is mild competition for near delivery. itaxt.

A Fatal Accident in a Mill. Bomk. April 16 A fatal accident occurred to-day at Bergamo. The roof of a weaving mill in which aoo girls were at wore foil in and seventeen of the girls were killed, CUBA. How the Island la Misgoverned.

New York, April 16. Writing under date ot April 10, a Herald correspondent at Havana says: There is the usual clamor here just now against the prevailing outrageous method ef assessing property. Real estate and personal property are often assessed at more than 100 per cent, and no one can ee-eane the tax gatherer. As the value of land bas greatly deureclated. many are on- able to pay either rent or Professional men, toe, Und it very bard to satisfy the tax gatherer.

Professional men and men in business are assessed aa a body aud not as Individuals, and in this way the authorities are able, in a measure, to control tbe several professions and trades. This explains why there are no American commercial houses nere. Moreover, taxes once imposed will not be reduced, no matter what legal steps may be taken. When taxes are due a notice that thev must bo paid by a certain date appears in the official gazette. If they are not paid then a large hue is imposed, and if they are not paid within a tew days the property is seized.

I know of one case where the tax gatherer followed a sick creditor into a friend's house and by threat compelled the friend to pay the taxes due. in the American consulate here there are records ef similar cases in which American citizens have appealed forx protection against: these extortionists. one case is that of an unfortunate dentist whose taxes for one venr amounted to 9620. The furni ture in ais house was seized but was found to be the property ot au ngnsuman who appealed to the courts for protection. After spending much money be won the case.

The tax-gatherer again entered proceedings and attempted to seize the furniture again. The doors were closed against him and a second anneal being made, violent action is suspended for the present. The annual assessments amount to between $25,000,000 and $26,000,000, and yet only about half of this amount is collected. The Spanish Bank loaus the aeticit at a high rate of interest, and then farms out these arrears to unprincipled sharks at a percentage. Arrears thus collected necessarily involve a confiscation of property.

Accusations against the Judiciary have been very frequent of late. La Tribunal for instance, openly arraigns one of the ghest oniciais in tne country. riii man." it says, "has served ber ma jesty for twenty-six years at a salary varying from $2300 to $0000. To-day he ia worth be buva urooertv extensively and secretly. Lawyers heip and bis own name never appears in tueae quesuiuiawQ woubociioub.

ha waa onca miblicly charged with selling instlee. and we do not hesitate to say that a priSOn OCU WOU1U UO UltlB.WUUllOWWO to tiemeau uiuiscii. uuo wiu uuucu Rtat.es For publishing this article the proprietors of LaTribmia were suppressed. A paper. La Luclia.

bas also been suppressed because it contained extracts from a private letter of the late-Captain General Balamanca to the minister of Ultra Mar. Previous to its suppression. La Lueha announced that the treasury intended to prefer charges against the clergy. It is alleged that churches which have only one priest and one Janitor have been drawing salaries for two priests, and that churches uhinh inrs one priest aud two janitors have been drawing salaries for three priest. As the clergy are very powerful these charges may do suppressed, and-even if a ahonid be ariven against them It Is quite likelv that the court iuelf would be auppresseo oy tue The supreme court was recently- suppressed because it found a verdict in favor of one Prado, who was charged by the government officials with a heinous crime.

Banches Fuentes, president of the court, waa placed on the retired list. Bainon waa removed and Valdet Pages waa sent to Puerto PriDcipe to preside over a branch! of tbe court mere, jrraao mean-wbilo had been rearrested aud will be tried agitiu on the same charge. The conservative newspaper here are jubilant over what they term the shipwreck oi tue pan-American ok ton and tneirNew lor correspondents never fails to attribute the meanest in uvea to Highest of all in Leavening Power. all Americans who bave taken part in tbe congress. These men pay no beed to that article of tue constitution which authorize the reigning monarch to "separate, cede or exchange ajy part of Spanish territory and to incorporate another territory with the Spanish kingdom." According to La Tarda it is perfectly lawful to discuss tbe expediency of incorporating Cuba with the United States, and a popular petition ought to receive attention from the king and eortea.

Conservatives, meanwhile, denounce Anglo-Faxons and the Monroe doctrine and call loudly for au Anglo-Latin alliance. Opposed to them are thousands of young Spaniards whom modern thought ia irresistibly impelling toward liberty and progress. Liberal editors are doing their work boldly in spite of arrest and; Imprisonment. Many of these arrests are contrary to law, and the authorities have been severely denounced on account of them. A notable case is that of the editor of La Tri buna.

He has been placed in solitary confinement. though it is claimed that as yet no charge has been preferred against him. To-day La. Tarda falls foul on Mr. Fer rates, chief auditor accounts, charging bini with having been a criminal some years ago.

"He was Impeached." says the article, "bnt tbe influence ot bis brother Antonio secured his freedom and extracted from the publio treasury the salary which be would have drawn had be not been disabled from holding any public office." From all these fact you can infer bow this unfortunate island is governed at present. ARKANSAS. PINE BlUTF. Bankrupt. Pure Blott.

April. 16. Special. 1 L. L.

Thompson, dealer in gents' furnishing goods, hats, pants, etc. made an assignment to-day. In the deed of assignment tbe Bank of Pine Bluff, M. Parse Ac C. H.

Trlplett, I. B. and J. a. xruiocx ana J.

R. Christian of this citv and Harris A Co. of St. Louis were made preferred creditors. Tbe assets are $aooo, liabilities about tbe same.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Mra. TtMoomer. oriainator ot the anions Bloomer costume, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of her marriage, at Council Bluns, Iowa, Tuesday. m.

U. niraey, ex-secretary oi we navy, Hon. Chaunoey M. Depew ami Henry B. Hyde, president ot the -Kouita uie Life Insurance have been elected directors of the Western National Bank of New York, vice Messrs.

Jordan, Canda and Boss, resigned. The Emperor wiuiam tias nierreu tne nrc aIaks decoration of Uie Boval Order of the Crawn upon Mr. Charles B. Uibaon, an attorney of St. Louis, Mo.

The Mexican man-of-war Democrat palled from Mazatlan Monday under secret orders. bhe nsa soimers aooara. Berlin Volksblatt rare that probably tbe qnesrion ot a general Kuropean tUsaim iment will be brought before the reiclwtag at tbe coming session. The indication are that Marl most of the soft coal miners of Illinois will go out on a strike, and after date the supply of soft coal will be limited. In view ot this fact many of the railroad are putt bag in large supplies of soft coaL Albert Leopold Bonaparte.

Claiming to do a a-scendsnt of the great Corsican, and bailing from Philadelphia, registered at tbe estern House, MimtnuL soma Uavs aa-o. Tueadav nlcht. with out provocation, he shot a policeman and was arrested. The policeman will recover. The corner-stone of the magnificent new federal building in Piedra Kegra was Tuesday sight dislodged from Its bed, ami its contents, consisting of coins, plan and relics of many kinds, were stolen.

The outrage was th work of Mexicans. Advices received at Halle state that Prot Haokett, of Uie university there, who is on a acientino and exploring expedition in Algeria, was arrested aa a spy. The German cousnl intervened with the authorities and secured his release. The New Tofk 8nn say that Ex-Preaident Cleveland la under treatment by Dr. Oibbs of that city with a view to reducing his flesh.

He lias been advised, according to the (sun, that hi increasing built may Decouie a source oi oanger. He is otherwise in good health. Thb Austrian miners strike movement is rap idly spreading. At Ostrau, in Moravia, the military oocupied the mining district, and expelled all agitators from the pits. In a conflict with the troops two of the men were wounded, it Mr.

Gladstone writing, on the subject of a copyright convention with America, says "When the present barbarism of pro tec lion ceases to oppress tiie country we may hope that the presem plan will take a form worthy ot ao great a nation." uouector suut wiTW Secretary Wlndom stating that on and after the lth lnst. ail inunieranta arrivina- at iCewYork must be landed at uie barge ontce instead ot at Caxtle Garden. The hosiery Importers of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Milwaukee have hied their protest against a change in the cotton hosiery and underwear ached itlea At tbe annual meeting ot the stockholders of the New York Central and Hndson Kiver Kail-road and the West Shore Boad last year's directors were re-elected. The sheet metal workers of Nashville are ea a strike for aa increase in wage of "Jb per oent per day and a reduction In tbe working day ot from lu to nours. aiwu too men are ouu Tii hntiv of K.

J. Couadeau. manager of a Louisville manufacturing establishment, who disappeared about three weeks ago, was found resteroay in mo canst uwhiuh uu f.u,uuu ife insurance and It ia believed committed aniclde. The returns issued by the French Board ot Trail show that during the month of March the import increase I and the export increased 57,691,0001, a compared with the cor. responding month last year.

prelect of-Messina gave a rem luoaraj niarht in honor ot he officers of the war vessels at that port. Including those of the Buston and Auauuk ok I uo American squwuvu vi ctuiuiiuh. The executive committee of tbe Iriah Nailoa-al League met in St. Louis in secret session yesterday, -but owing to the nou-arrival ot several nictubrr no business was transacted. Commodore Lewis Schwartz, who Is said to have introduced lager beer into this country, died at Elisabeth, K.

yesterday, aged 60. Chaa. H- rU who ia charged witn the serious crime of outxairinir bis 14-vear-old dauchter at Newark, N. has been arrested at Milvula. JN.

j. Three Polish miners were run down by a freight train at Huntington, yesterday. Two were killed and the other fatally Injured. A great pile of lumuer at MUioro, oeiong-ing to N. b.

Uould and others, was burned yes teraay. -Ueneral fctaloedo lias been sentenced to two months' imorisonment at Madrid forsedltioua writings. mo uonite and Comtesse Ma turnout nave oeea arrested in Paris for embezzling charity funds. The Indianauolia contractors are slowly com ing to terms, twenty-slz having acceded to the demands of tbe carpenters. However, none of the big tJrma bave yet given in.

Bnt the pres sure wora is so tcreat uiat it wui oe impossible for tbem to bold out much longer. A bottle found otf tbe Lizard yesterday contained a card of Mr. Woelk of New York, on which were the words "rin at the bottom ot the sea." Two thousand four hundred and fifteen emi. grant landed at New York yesterday. The vallnirv nf th.

linnnr ant. naaiwl hrth last Michigan legislature, will be tested by the Brewer and Malsters' Association, alio new law provides that on and alter May 1 next the irioe of licenses to retail malt or spiritaou Lquors shall be 50l and to wholesale lKM. After a aUrrinz discussion the New England presbytery votad 29 to IS against the revmion of the creed. The employes of the United States Express Company have been notified that salaries will be reduced lw per cent alter May The red notion starts mt the-ortice of Mr. T.

C. Piatt, president, and runs the scale down. Nearly uU the trade societies tn London have signed manifesto calling for a demonstration Hyde park on May 4 In support of Uie eight-hoar movement. The OH.PrV.t.lT. Pnm.n.

fnnn.1T the pope has asked the opinion of the power oa the subject of the restoration ot hi temporal power. It la of IntMwat a. HTIunlLu, la indeed next to godliness," is from John Wesley sermon on 4 I U. S. Gov't Report, Aug.

PESfSACOLA. Arrested tor Bobbins the stall. Pa-KSaCOL. April 16. Somewhat of a sensation was caused ber to-day by the arrest of L.

w. Phelps, way mall clerk, who is charged with bevfc appropriated certain letter and their con-tents addressed to M. A. Dauphin, president of the Louisiana Lottery Company, KeV Orleans. Tbe case was worked op Secret Service Detective 8.

T. Hooten. aays the Florida mall of Mr. Daaphiu been constantly missing of late and) satisfied that Phelps is the eulprlt. i letters addressed to Mr.

Dauphin delivered to Phelps at one of the 1st route and were missing at the other. open letter (a third) addressed to Dau. was found open in a guide book posaei by Phelp. The latter stands very highly In Pens, cola, being generally regarded as a mom exemplary young man. Hia mother ai slaters reside at OainsrUle, in -this having a abort while since removed thiiiier from Iowa-Phelps will be given a hearing to-morrow morning.

He baa been working in varioos capacities in tbe postal service for eleven years. qeoboia. ATLANTA, Ilarrasslng a Bankrupt. Atxahta. April 16.

Special.V-Bid Phelan, tbe bucket-shop man who failed here and In half a dot en other Georgia cities, la having a rocky time la Griffin. Ee was arrested last nlcht on a warrant of some GrlflBnlte and was taken there to day. As soon as he gave bond on this first warrant be was served with an-otber. This was kept up almost all day. Friends from Atlanta went down and stood the bonds aa fast as reauired, but everybody who had patronized th Orittia office seemed anxious to put Phelan in jail.

Tbe charges against him were for doing business without license, and the jud? decided that a new warrant could be sworn out against him for each day be did business. At last accounts Phelan was in GriXr awaiting new warrants. VXBQZXTIA. BICmi02O. President "IVllson's Speech.

Eichjiond, April 16. Ia bis speeel last night accepting the office of president of tbe colored convention, after arguing that politics has been a great hindrance to tbe material progress of the negro. Mr. Wilson said: "We saved the national 'government from dissolution, to be treated as orphai children, apprenticed to tbe rich oottoi and tobacco growers at the south. Tha moral force which swept 350.000 col ore people Into the Union army lost its powei when Mr.

Hayes relieved Oeoeral Grant at thebelm, and tbe rectitude which Mahone Injected into tbe Republican party of Virginia has been smothered by a few ambitious oilice seekers, who for fonr years bave been wearing tbe cast oX clothing of Benedict Arnold and they have snoeeeded after herding the colored voters in turning them over to the bourbons la consideration ot Indorsements for federal positions. "Such, gentlemen. Is the political statu of our situation. The Republican party doea not know what to do with us and th Democratic party wants to get rid of us and we are at sea without sail or rudder, drifting with the tide." The chairman wanted the people of his race to support colored merchants anl Satronlze colored lawyers and doctors. li esired all of his people who can do so move away from West Virginia.

The corn or west would be a far better place thai Virginia. He referred to Jobn 8. Wise as a man who bad come to them a a "Moses" and bad be trayed them. He claimed that since the war the colored people had spent in Richmond, Norfolk, Petersburg, Danville and Staunton, where they have 100,000 population, 9700,000 to build churches and have no built one scboolhonse. AUDUBON DRIVING PAHIC.

FOIXOWTXO JS THE PROGRAMME FOB. SUNDAY Roadster Purse $30 1 10 per cent entrance trotting and pacing. 2:55 Class Trotting and pacing purse $50 10 per eent entrance. Banning Baee Pnrse $50 per cent en. trance hve-elghth heat.

Three to start tn each race. Entries close Friday night at o'clock at track. siiiinrrr rninrn rrrrr-rf nrviitr.3 wulucu Jkutuiu it ke fl.o la cub mf wf ta. la ertielea orrool. wilhoat th knowidir 01 tn.

tiont. If mom sry. It htrnl'u wul sffoot permanent aod apeiy ourt.s'" the patient la a modsrat drinker or aa aio. ua wreok. It operate so quietly and wnh suoa cr-tainty that tn patient nndergoee no InoonT.n-tenoe.

and ere he is aware, tais ooznpleto r'''r'. Hon la effected. 48 pare book of pa.rtlmiax 1m. LYONS At 43 et 44 Camp eu ITNLAT BRUN8WIC, 27 Oritur W. T.

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