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THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1897. J! i J i p- -V THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO CONDI TION OF THE TREASURY. The Current Expenses of the Government tlreater Than the Receipts The Deficit for the L.ast Three Years and Klght Months Amounts' tr ll:8,001,580-Th e Annual Interest Charge Increased 811. 493,414 tmple Iievcnues for Govern, ment Kipenscs ami Liberal Pensions Necessary. Washington, March 15. The presi dent today sent the following message to congress: To the Congress of the United States: Regretting the necessity which has required me to call you together, I feel that your assembling in extraordi nary session is indispensible, because of the condition in which we find the revenues of the government. It is con ceded that its current expenditures are greater than its receipts and that such a condition has existed for now more than three years. With unlimited means at our command, we are pre senting the remarkable spectacle of in creasing our public debt by borrowing money to meet the ordinary outlays Incident upon even economical and pru dent administration of the government. An examination of the subject discloses this fact in every detail and leads in evitably to the conclusion that the condition of the revenue which allows it is unjustifiable and should be cor rected. We find by the reports of the secre tary of the treasury that the revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 18'J2, from all sources $4:,868,3:60.22, and the expenditures for all purposes were $415,953, X06.&6, leaving an excess of re ceipts over expenditures of $9,914,543.66. During that fiscal year, $40,570,467.98 were paid upon the public debt, which had been reduced since March 1, $259,076,,90, and the annual interest charge decreased $11,684,576.60. The re ceipts of the government from all sour ces during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, amounted to $461,716,561.94, and its expenditures to $159,374,887.65, show ing an excess of receipts over expendi tures of $2,311,674.29. Since that time the receplts of no fiscal year, and with but few excep tions of no month of any fiscal year, have exceeded the expenditures. The receipts of the government from all sources, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, were $372,802,498.29, and its expenditures $442,605,758.87, leaving a deficit, the first since the resumption of specie payments, of $69,803,260.58. Notwithstanding there was a decrease of $16,769,128.78 in the ordinary expenses of the government, as compared with the previous fiscal year, its income was still not sutlicient to provide for its daily necessities, and the gold reserve in the treasury for the redemption of greenbacks was drawn upon to meet them. I Jut this did not suffice, and the government then resorted to loans to replenish the reserve. In February 1S94, $50,000,000 in bonds were issued, and in November follow ing, a second issue of $50,000,000 was deemed necessary. The sum of $117, 171,795 was realized by the sale of these bonds, but the reserve was steadily de creased until, on February 8, 1895, a third sale of $62,315,400 in bonds, for $65,116,244 was announced to congress. The receipts of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S95, were $390,373,203.30 and the expendi tures $433,178,426.48, showing a deficit of $12,805,223.18. A further loan of $100, 000,000 was negotiated by the govern ment in February 1896, the sale netting $111,166,246 and swelling the aggregate . of bonds issued within three years to $262,315,400. For tiie fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, tiie revenues of the government from all sources amounted to $109,475,- J 408.78 while its expenditures were $434,- j 67o.654.48. r an excess of expenditures over receipts of $25,203,245.70. In other words, the total receipts for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 181)6, were insufficient by $137,811,729.46 to meet the total expenditures. Nor has this condition since improv ed. For the first half of the present fiscal year, the receipts of the gov ernment, exclusive of postal revenues, were $157,507,603.7(5, and its expendi tures exclusive of postal service $195, 410,000.22, or an excess of expenditures over receipts of $37,902,396.46. In Jan uary of this year the receipts exclusive of postal revenues were $24,316,994.05 and the expenditures exclusive of pos tal service $30,269,389.29, a deficit of $5, 952.395.24 for the month. In February of this year, the receipts exclusive of postal revenue were $24,400,997.38, and expenditures exclusive of postal ser vice $28,796,056.66, a deficit of $4,395, 059.28, or a total deficiency of iflSG.OCl, 580.44 for the three years and eight months ending March 1, 1897. Not only . are we without a surplus in the treas- ury, but with a.n increase in the public debt there has been a corresponding Increase in the annual interest charge from $22,893.83.110 in 1892, the lowest of any year since 1862, to $34.3S7,297.60 in 18!'6. or an increase of $11,493,414.40. . t may be urged that even if the rev enues of the government had been suffi cient to meet all its ordinary expenses during the past three years the gold reserve would still have been insuffi cient to meet the demands upon it, and that, bonds necessarily have been issued for its repletion. He this as it mav, it is ckarly manifest, without denying i or affirming the correctness of such a j elusion, that the debt would have i been decreased in at least the amount of the delliciency, and businss confi dence immeasurably strengthened throughout the country. Congress should promptly correct the existing conditions. Ample revenues must be supplied not only for the ordi nary expenses of the government, but for the pro-uipt payment of liberal pen sions and tii liquidation of the princi pal and interest of the public debt. In raising revenues, duties should e so levied upon foreign products as to -reserve the home market, so far as .possible, to our own producers; to re vive and increase manufactures; to re lieve and encourage agriculture; to in crease our domestic and foreign com merce: to aid and develop mining and building; and to render to labor in every field of useful occupation the liberal wages and adequate rewards to which skill and industry are justly en titled. The necessity of the passage of a tariff law which shall provide ample revenue, need not be further urged. The imperative demand of the hour is the prompt enactment of such a meas sure, and to this object I earnestly recommend that congress shall make every endeavor. Before other business is transacted, let us first provide suffi cient revenue to faithfully administer - the government without the contracting of further debt, or the continued (lis turbance of our finances. (Signed) WILLIAM McKINLET. Executive Mansion, March 15, 1897. THE ASYLUMS GRAB BILL. Defective In That It Does Not Change Charters of the Institutions The Direc tors Employ Coansel The San Jose Fruit Scale Commission Safe Hlowern at Work (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, March 15. The as sertion is now made that the legislative act, which was drawn, it is understood, by Governor Russell's own hand, to take the control of the three hospitals for the insane from the democrats, is defective and does not really repeal the former charters of the hospitals, but re-enacts them and gives the officers the same duties and rights as before. The old boards of directors have re tained counsel and all will act in con cert, it Js understood. Among the counsel are James E. Shepherd, F. I. Osborne, Busbee & Busbee, W. C. Mon roe, C. B. Aycock, Isaac T. Dortch, and F. A. Daniel. The new boards of directors are called to meet next Thurs day. The act of the republicans and bolting populists In grabbing- the hos pitals is everywhere condemned. S. S. Patterson, II. B. Battle and J. VanLindley, the commission created by a recent act of the legislature to ex tirpate San Jose fruit scales, met today and considered a plan to prevent the spread of this dreaded pest which has already got a foothold in this state. An expert will at once visit all nur series and infected spots. Vigorous measures will be adopted, as the act gives full authority. A registration of all nursery men, dealers and agents will be required. Safe blowers last night blew open the safe of W. L. McGhee, a merchant at Franklinton, and got $150. FIERCE FIGHT WITH LYNCHERS A Negro in a Virginia Jail Escape From a Mob After lteing Shot .several Times. Lynchburg, Va., March 15. 'William Clement, colored, who was put in the I county jail at Rustburg last week for j assaulting Mr. George Rosser, was ! taken from his cell at an early hour this ! morning and shot several times. Short ly before 2 o'clock this morning Jailer Gettle was aroused by a crowd of men, : estimated to number about forty, who said that they had with them a prison I er from Concord, and asked the jailer j to open the jail. As soon as he had done I this they rushed by him and broke I into the cell where the negro, Clement, was confined. Clement fought so fierce ly that although shot four or five times and desperately wounded, he managed to escape. The crowd, believ ing that he would die shortly, then dis perses, and this morning Clement was found still alive by the jailer and was locked up. j The crime for Which Clement is in prison is a very brutal one. He had been spoken to by Mr. George Rosser, who lives near Rustburg, about hav ing mistreated a team, and in revenge called Mr. Rosser out of the stable last Tuesday and beat him with a stick most cruelly aliout the head, breaking the upper part of his cheek bone, and would have killed him, had I he not been driven off by other colored i men. j In the struggle with the negro at the ; jail, several of the mob had their masks knocked off. The negro claims to have recognized them, and it is stat ed that warrants have been Issued for their arrest. Deafness Cannot ho Cored by local .applications a3 they cannot reach thft diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, mid that is by constitu tional remedies. IJeafnes3 i.3 caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tubs. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumblirjj sound cr imperfect hear ing, and whrn it i3 entirely closed, Deafness is tiie result, and unless? the inflammation can bo taken out and this tube-restored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever; nine cases oi:t oT ten aro caused by catarrh, which is nrjihinjf but aa inf amcd condition ol the muccus p Effaces. We Tvill rivo One Hundred Dollars for any ce.s-5 of Dc;if?!e?i3 (cashed bv catarrh) that cin uot be cr.r.'d by Kali's Catarrh Cure. Send lot circuiaro; free. F. J CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. JEySold by Tirn.'ifjitfs, 75c. Kirnings of Southern Railroads. New York, March 15. The South Car olina and Georgia Railroad Company reports for the eight months ended February 28, 1S97, gross earnings of $861,733; operating expenses $495,881, and net $365,752. The Tennessee Coal and Iron road reports for February, net earnings of $54,831 a decrease of $26,615, and sur plus after fixed charges of $7,054, a de crease of $26,508. The Mobile and Ohio road earned gross for January, $322,978, an increase of $34,371, and net $114,037, an increase of $8,020; gross for seven months ended January 31st, $2,313,324, and increase of $119,765, and net of $869,895, a decrease of $35,035. Almost Distracted Il YOU EYEIi suffer from real ner vousness? When every nerve seemed tc .quiver with a peculiar, creepy feeling, irt in oue place, sk! then another and all stzmed finally to concentrate in. a writhing jur.ible in the brain, and yor oe ccrae irr.tai.ie, fretful and peevish; to be follo-sred by an impotent, v-'eakened condi tion of the ucrve centers, ringing in the ears, and sleeiJUoss, miserable nights ? Dr. Miies' Mrs. Eugene Searles, 110 Simonton St., Elk hart, Ind., says: "Ner vous troubles had made jme nearly insane and physicians were unable to help rae. Jly memory Nervine Restores Health , was almost gone anS every little thing worried me until I vas almost distracted. I really feared I was beccccins a maniac I imagined allrts of evil things and would cry over notKj ag. I cc menccd taking Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine and four bottles of this wonderful remedy complett ly cured me, and I am as well now as I ever ws." Dr. Miles' Nervine is old cu guaraiee, .first bottls will benefit or t ref under 1 SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS M iDK BY TIIR LEGISLATURE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Ioctor Monroe Decline the. Position of Superintendent of the W tt It e Ayluin Kegular Popullts IuikId of Getting la Line Willi the Democrat J, Y. Hamrlck Tke Charge of Office of Labor Statistics Change in I'ubiihinp Analyi of Fertilizers. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel. Kaleigh. N. C, March 15. The state treasurer today made the following summary of the special ap propriations made by the late legisla ture: Deaf, dumb and blind institu tion, 523,000; to fix state line between North Carolina and Tennessee, $300; the university, $5,000; state normal and industrial college, $12,500; institution for the blind. $34,500; colored normal schools, $4,000; colored agricultural and mechanical college, $5,000; white agri cultural and mechanical college, $5,000; colored normal and industrial school at Elizabeth City, $5,000; Western hospital for insane, $!0,000; Central hospital, $55,450. Eastern hospital, $40,000; de partment of criminal insane, $3,000; purchase of Moore's Creek battle ground, $200; executive masion, $600; portrait of Senator Vance, $500; extra physicians of deaf-mute and blind in stitution (colored), $750; contested election cases in house $1,591. Dr. Monroe, of Davidson college, who was named by Governor Kussell as su perintendent of the "Western hospital at Morganton, declines. Inquiry was made of a leading republican why it was that Governor Russell, after some plain intimations that he desired Dr. Murphy to remain in charge of the Western hospital, had named Dr. Mon roe. The reply was that Burke county was one of the few which declared for Governor Russell and that the pressure for Dr. Murphy's removal came from the Burke republicans. To the inquiry why? the reply was made that it was simply and solely because they wanted "pie." That is now in North Carolina the universal term for "office." "The wonder is that a man of Governor Rus sell's common sense should listen to such a plea," was the comment of the republican above alluded to. The re publicans wanted all the minor places at the hospital. Dr. Monroe, as has been said is a democrat. The regular populists are deeply dis gusted with the republicans, and have cast the bolters into outer darkness. They are now talking plainly about the need of getting in line with the dem ocrats, but they want the latter to drop the name "democrat." Leading populists give assurance of startling changes in the next two years. Notice is officially given that the agricultural department will in future, in publishing its bulletins of fertilizers analyses, omit the exact figures when the analyses shows they are up to or above the guarantee made by the man ufacturer. If the per centages are be-, low the guarantee the exact figures will be given. Two reasons are given for this change; first, that it will pre vent manufacturers from sending out special high grade lots early in the season, so as to get high figures, and second, it will be fair to all persons concerned. J. Y. Hamriek today took charge of the bureau of labor statistics. He is a bolting populist. The legislative clerks departed today having completed their work on the books and journals. The laws will make two large volumes. Cladius Dockery, a leading republican member of the legislature, is quite sick here, with the grippe. Captain William Lea,' a widely known tobacco warehouseman, of Dur ham, is dead. Streams in this section are very high Rain falls nearly every day. All farm work is at a standstill. lie Didn't Want Mncli. "Say, kernal," he said, as he walked into the editor's office and stamped about forty pounds of mud off his boots against the legs of the stove, "I sorter thought I'd take er paper ef you'd do the square thing." "Well, here's a litle obituary of Aunt Kalline 'hit's jes' ten pages o' fools cap an won't make much, I reckon.' "We'll print it." "An you'll send forty copies of the paper to this 'ere list o relatives, won't you?" "Yee." "An nex' week my daughter Serilly is going' to get married. I reckon you'll print a hull lot about that?" "Of course. That's news." "An', say, I've got one o the finest young shotes you ever have seen. I wiant you to cum out some day an write up hit." j "I shall be glad to do so." "You ain't got a dozen er two ole : magazines whut you've dun read a lyin' around handy, hev you?" "Yes, here's three or four." "Thanky. Jes' put down fer three months, an' I'll hand you the quarter I lung uns litu sumeume. Auania I Constitution. I ' I Ha niinlf Indicted for Kinberzlement S Indianapolis, Ind., March 12. Hugh j Campbell, secretary and treasurer of S the Eee Hive Savings and Loan Asso i elation, of this city, voluntarily went 1 before the grand jury yesterday and ' confessed that he had embezzled $3 and $4 weekly for several years from the association, giving the share-hiold-I era proper credit, but changing the amounts on his books. The grand jury indicted him for embezzlement. He at once ente'red a plea of guilty and was sentenced to two years imprisonment. Nominated for Mnynr of Chicago. Chicapo. March 12. Washington Hesinsr. I postmaster of Chicago, was nominated to : night by acclamation at Central Music hall for the office of mayor on a munici pal reform platform, and at the head of a non-partisan ticket which was named "business administration of municipal affairs." This makes the fourth mayor alty ticket in the field, and Alderman John Harlan, another r.on partisan reform candidate, will probably be nominated to make the fifth aspirant for mayoralty honors. Banner Letter of die OiIieeSeekers. One of the letters received yesterday from a man out in Ohio was the ban ner letter which has come to Mr. Han na's desk since he came into public life. It consisted of sixty closely "writ ten manuscript pages, carefully put to gether with brass fasteners, and where one of the sheets was torn, it had been mended by pasting a strip of newspa per along the back- The clerk, whose duty is was to brief this letter, after putting in the greater part of an hour reading it, wrote the substance of the whole in a half dozen words for Mr. Hanna's eye. Several other letters in yesterday's mail ranged all the way from twelve to twenty pages each. Tt is very seldom, however, that the brief- er requires more than two lines i Jet his chief know wliat the writer le- ?ires. Washington Post. DEATH AND DESOLATION Caused by Tlrek In the Mississippi Levee. A Vast Inland Sea Formed Farms Under Water Property Gone Deaths Reported .lemphis. Tenn., March 16. The val-T...- of the lower Mississippi is a vast ;n':- sea. Death, desolation and dis- r , is spreading from rs far north as Birds Point, Mo., to the country te low Helena, Ark. The heavy ralnfaU of the past fortnight in the Ohio valley ind the consequent floods are the im mediate causes of the frightful swelling in the Mississippi in the vicinity of Cairo and south of there. The break in the levee near Nodena, Ark., Saturday, has wrought havoc in Mississippi county, which is virtually at the mercy of the raging torrent Many persons are thought to have per ished In this vicinity. Twenty-five ne groes are reported drowned in Bushy bayou. For miles and miles, west of Memphis every home has been aban doned. One planter, J. T. Butler, tells a ter rible story of the destruction of farm houses, property and cattle, but he re ports only one drowning. Butler, how ever, fears that the loss of life will be great. The break In the levee Is widening and no power on earth can slop the crev asse. Six hundred people have been brought to Memphis from Crittenden county, most of them from Marion. Ark. Many were in a state of starva tion when they arrived. The steamer Minnehaha has returned from a trip to Island Forty, five miles north of Mound City, where several families were found. The women were In water up to their waists, and two of them were holding babies in their arms. Caruthersvilie, Mo., March 16. The water is rising here at the rate of near ly an inch per hour. Work on the levee is being kept up night and day. At Osceola, Ark., the levee broke yester day and the floods &re doing great damage in that section. At Tyler, thirteen miles below here, ten familiies were driven from their homes and are camped on a sawdust pile. At Cotton wood, nine miles below, the water is nearly a foot deep in business houses and dwellings. At Gayoso, six mile-s above here, the water is all over the town and from three to twelve inches deep in the houses. Prisoners had to be removed from the jail to the court house to escape the water. Cairo, 111., March 16. The guage this morning marks within two inches of fifty feet. The levees are intact and j can stand several feet more rise. At Birds Point, Mo., the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain railroads are under wa ter. If the Hoods continue for twenty four hours, trains on these roads will be abandoned. Memphis, Tenn., March 16. So far as reported with reliability tonight, there have been but two drownings in the flood, both being negroes, in the vicini ty of Marion, Ark. Stories of rescue by the half dozen or more steamers en gaged in the work and vessels arriving from above and below, however, added highly thrilling features to the situa tion. From refugees arriving from back of Marion it was learned that hundreds of people in that section were in the water and without means to es- steamer was pushed in that direction a far nc rrci1hlA unci skiffs npnetrated even fnrthPr. ThP result was the res- mc cr,T-ca -r vrrcs On rrvsi- dent's island below here, a larsre num- ber were found in the water and broueht out On Island Fortv. above, a reDort came that there were between fifty ana a hundred people in between three and four feet of water, and a steamer was dispatched to their relief. The steam ers Mary Morton and W. F. Nisbet, from above, brought tidings of desola tion and distress all along the river for 100 miles or more. The latter's officers declared that there were certainly hun dreds of people for whom there was no prospect of relief. Every piece of ground along the river above water was crowded with people and live stock, and in one instance their place of refuge was a sawdust mound which was being steadily swept away from under them. The Yazoo river at Greenwood, Miss., is at flood tide with the Tallahatchie and Yallabusha pouring great volumes into it. All of this goes into the Mis sissippi to increase Its floods. Helena, Ark., reports the Mississippi two feet four inches below the highest mark, rising, and with rain all last night and today. That correspondent also reports an expected levee break at Modoc, near there. Reinforced government crews are now engaged In "sacking" It. Th Cabinet Discussing Filibustering Question. Washington, March 16. The filibus tering operations between this country and Cuba occupied the attention of the cabinet today. Attorney General Mc Kenna gave his views on the sub ject of permitting alleged filibustering steamers to clear for Cuban ports with cargoes of arms and munitions of war, A general discussion followed his re- conditions tne application ouia oe 6iniii.ru "tuiuui ui. ion. WOUld be obliged to clear for some a new rTfias on th matter The earev i iiiMii rjuiL ueMd iiv iiit ir i4xii;i sei .nou.u oe seizeu. in s wouiu nme i j i .1 rr. : t m i . land the careo at some noint alone the coast, and in order to deliver the arms . r ... . and ammunition to the insurgents an armed force would be necessary. The knowledge of this raises the question 1 whether the men necessary to carry out the plans made for a filibustering vessel would not constitute an armed expedition, a clear violation of law. The attorney general will have to de cide whether the force likely to b? tak en on the Dauntless is an armed expe dition within the meaning of the law. Permission was given the steamer Commodore to clear for a Cuban port with arms and munitions of war, but the vessel was wrecked before reaching the Cuban coast. A KpanUh DUtMter In Cnba. Havana. March 16, via Key West, Fla., March 16. A rumor gained cur rency here this afternoon that the Spaniards had met with a great dis- aster in Pinar del Rio province. It was reported that a government train had been blown up by the rebels, over 100 troops being killed and wounded. Cu- bans had full belief In the statement, bu. the Spanish officials, as usual, p.oh-poohed the idea of such a thing, It is stated to occurred last Wed- nesday or Thursday. J t-i irl-c Tia qttnrnflt f tn T '1 1 n Q o na cided not to render an opinion in the terfering with all the improvements of i ll ' " V , . K . 2 case of the steamer Uauntless until he rivers and harbors and is absolutely j .w?,nd' h, ls. an fT'V.'"1 '1:'v"t " lh can obtain additional facts relating to ? absurd and stupid." The resolution was I?C?T the application of her owners to clear 1 agreed to. , 'An,not 'nr' t from Jecksonville with arms and am- j After a saort executive session, at hTlFS.hVawllI"u- n''wa v it munition. Under ordinary commercial Whic.h todav's nomination wer r... 1 ..!!?, . w'n' Anwa. l SENATE PROCEEDINGS. TWO nUNDRRD AND FORTY-SIX It ILLS INTRODUCKD. The President's Sfessage Referred The Credentials of Mr. Henderson, Appointed Senator by the GoTrmor of Florida Presented, and After a fon'fM, Referred to Committee Senator Frre Make the First Attack on the Civil Service. Washington, March 16. The presi dent's message, which after leing read yesterday, was laid on the table, was on motion of Senator Morrill, referred to the finance committee. The credentials of Mr. John A. Hen derson, appointed by the governor of Florida to fill the vacancy In the yenate caused by the expiration of the term ; of Senator Call, were presented and read, and Senator Pasco asked that Mr. Henderson be sworn into office. This request was antagonized by Senators Allen. Chandler, and Hoar 'on the ground that under the decision of the senate in the Lee. Mantle and other cases, such appointments by the gov ernor were not in compliance with the constitution. An additional point of objection was noted by Senator Heat; that the appointment in this case was made to continue "until the legislature should t-lect." The governor. Senator Hoar argued, had no such power. He could only appoint until the next meet ing of the legislature. In fact the gov ernor's appointment of Mr. Henderson might last, not for six years only, but forever, if the legislature did nut elect a senator. All of these cases, saia Sen ator Hoar were on the same footing and they ought to be well considered, first by a report from the committee on privileges and elections, and afterwards by action of the senate. It was very much more important for the senate to extract itself from the mud into which it got by its action in the Mon tana and Washington cases, than that a senator should get his seat a week or two earlier. He hoped that under the circumstances the senator from Florida would not insist upon having a long debate on the matter now. Senator Pasco stated the points in which the present case differed from the other ones and argued in favor of the immediate admission of Mr. Hen derson. Senator Allen moved the reference of the credentials to the committee on privileges and elections. This wa.s agreed to after further debate, over two hours having been consumed in the discussion. Many bills were introduced and re ferred, among them a bill by Senator Allen, populist, of Nebraska, directing the foreclosure of the government lien on the Union Pacific railroad. A bill to facilitate the construction, working and maintenance of tele graphic communication between the United States, the Hawaiin island. Ja pan and Australia; was introduced by ! Senator Chandler, on behalf of Senator Hale. A bill for a government telegraph was introduced by Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, and one to amend the i immigration laws by Senator Lodge. I A bill for the relief of William J. ! Bran. hfn tltle v'as read- caus f a general laugn. A bill to increase all pension allow- ances was introduced by Senator l Thurston. A new Nicaraguan canal bill was in- t troaucea by benator Morgan; also a ' hill to create a board of "Trustees of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Kail- way Companies and to fund their bond ed debts; also a joint resolution de claring the Bui wer-Clay tun treaty abrogated. Bankruptcy bills were introduced by Senators Hoar and Nelson. Altogether there were 24 G bills intro duced and referred, most of th'm com ing over from the last congress. A resolution was offered by Senator Frye, republican, of Maine, calling for copies of all orders, circulars, or in structions, and all correspondence with engineer officers in charge of public- works relative to the application of civil service rules to the operation of works in charge of the engineer depart ment. He remarked, in an audible whisper, that he wanted to get rid of civil service, which was "an awful out rage." "Is that a step," Senator Cockrell, democrat, of Missouri, asked, "in the direction of abolishing the civil service law?" "I regard it," Senator Frye replied, "as a step in favor of alxjlishing civil service rules, so far aa they relate to the employment of laborers and sur veyors In the construction of public works. The civil service rules have been extended by the president over the employment of all manner of ser vants through the engineer department of the government, so that if an officer away up the Columbia river wants to hire a laborer for a piece of work, the laborer must have a certificate from me civu service commission. And so 1 -t..ti ; - . in the case of a surveyor who may be - wanted for two or three days. It is in- , ferred, the senate 3:20 o'clock adjourn- e(j jjj Thursday next. Savannah, Ga., April 25. lSSS. f -r . . ... 1 - "Tint usea nree Dottles or P P. P. . the fa having gained 11 pounds In emu . tiuft utiiftvj rrt l umiei.i iiuui ",V"" . J . .. T1aa euro f n rrrim m on A !ncr H rJl! nn. Zl..Z.'-"- v " iuauuiiii; line ! Tours truly, JOHN MORRTP. Office of J. N. McFlroy. Drug 1st. Orlando. Fla., April 20, 1831. Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. Dear Sirs: I sold three bottles of P. P. P. large size yesterday, and one b-t. tie small size today. The P. P. P. cured my wife of rheu matism winter before last. It came back on her the past winter and .a half bottle. $1.00 fdze. relieved her atrain,.and she has not had a symptom since. I sold a bottle of P. P. P. to a friend of mine, one of the turk s, a small one. took sick and his wife gave It a teaspoonful, that was In the evening, and the tittle fellow turned over like he was J-ad. but next morning -was up hclluwL.s and well. Your respct fully, j. n. Mcelroy. Savannah. Ga. March 17, Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah. Ga.: Pear Sir I have suffered from rheu- - . . ' - i will i l riririi i j vr r i I matter for along time and Aid not Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup Jlnd a cure until I four.d P. P. P. which tlons, and positively cures Pile, or no completely cured me. pay r oulred. It Is guaranteed to give- Yours truly, perfect satisfaction or money refund- Et.tz.V F. JONES. i ed. Price ?' rent per box. For sale 13" 16 Orfc&gft St. Savannah. Ga. 1 by R. R. Bellamr CRETE BLOCKADED. Greek Troops on the Island FortifjIfaK Their rositlon-The Cabinet Deride to Take Aetlre Measure Popular Deter roiaatlon Increasing-Danger of Hostllft ties on the Frontier. Vienna. March 1C The blockade of the ports of the iUnd of Crete by the warships of the conccrttM Furore-art powers went Into effect tod.iy. It is announced here that until the powers ihall decide upon the appoint ment of a governor for Crete, a com missioner will be appointed to not In thai capacity, in the nam of the Ku rpett.n powers and the port Athens. March 16. Information has ben received here that two bands of Thcjfsalians. one of l.ctX mn and th ohT of 3m. h.avv enter.! MAm!nl from the I-arlssa and VoK district of Thcwaly. Ixmdon. March lfi. A dip.itch to The Times from Athens .ny that .inc the action of the power in ordering the tginning of coercive measures agatnft (Sreoce UMm known In Gnv tlw popular dKf rminatton mat th Grek army of t.vuratlon Fn.nt never be withdrawn from Crete has Nrme stronger than ever. The p-vpl are unanimous in this matter and th king: and the government haw n h-U-e but to swim with the tide of topular feeling. Colonel Yasjos. omimitnllnft the (Jreek troops in Crete, it fortify ing hi isition upon the upland at Alikianu. Canea, Orote. March 16. As a result of the operation of ih- b!,ekrb of Cretan ports y the combined ft itS of the powers, the (Jrevk squadron. wltU the exception of two small wunhi. left Cretan waters today. The two vo sols that remain are preparing to take tbeir departure. Paris. March 16 M. Hanotaux. min ister of foreign affairs, mab In the nen ate today a declaration of the policy of Frnce in the matter of th ;r.n oo-Cretan situation similar to that which he made in the chamber of deputies yes terday, when he announced that France .would adhere to the concert jxdicy. and at the conclusion of his tat' mnnt akNl for a vote of confidence In the govern ment. The senate then attested its con- fidnee in the government's oliey by a vote of 240 to 32. Athens. March 16. A pr- longed meet ing of the cabinet was heM today. The ministers discussed at great length the attitude to bo taken In the event t ties powers attempted to coerce r- ece into compliance with their demands. It ts stated thnt no disposition wan shown to accede to the demands, nnd that it was finally dec'di-d to take active mea sures as the only possible solution of the difficulty. It is thoucht by active measures is meant a derlarat'on of war vgalrst Tut key which, in Its effect. would be to give Greece the right to maintain her army in Cnto nnd de prive the powers of any riht of in terference. London. March 16. The Chronicle. The Daily Mall, and The Telegmpt have correspondents with th iro k forces on the Thessalian frontier. Th -y all concur In their descriptions of the rapid massing and continual drilling of the troojs. They add that the excite ment and enthusiasm of the soldlcra form a dangerous element of the situa tion as a trifle may start a convict with the Turkish forces on the frontier, who are in sight of the Creeks. Itetting en the Prlre riRht. New York, March 1G. As the time for the big prize fight draws near, let ting on th? result in this ity h is lie come much more lively. Several thou sand dollars has .already been plail in bets on the New York stock ex change, and a considerable am unt of money has also been wagered in the hotels and other resorts up-town where those interested in the light congre gate. Since the betting bet; an Corbett has been the favorite and a majority of the wagers in this city have be.-n made at the rate of ." to 4 on ..:! .-tt. K. II. Talc4t, of ihe stock exchange, placed $2,000 at the irite of ., to 4 on Corbett. and he has $2,r,O0 more whi.-h ha is ilnxious to place n th- same terms. Other members of th.- sto k -x-change have placed about Jl.doo ..n Cor lctt at the same odds. Th-re is an abundance of Corlwtt money in sight, but thn.se who favor Jim's ch.iTt -s and are willing to Iwick their ooiiii a were not inclined to give 1 . iter odds than 10 to 8. Fitzsimmins' hack "is wantf-d 10 to 7. Colonel John 11. 1-unne. ,f thin city, has been commissioned by Chi cago and Pittsburg parties to place $3,000 on CorlH-tt at odds of 10 to V. Boston, March lf. Several sm all tK-t at 10 to 8 on Corldt were mail. hero yesterday. The favorite combination with Boston sporting men is Corbett. Flaherty and Green. The largest winkle bet in this city was made yesterday. Charley Hoyt, the playwright, and hi partner. Frank McKee. bet $1,000 to $K00 with a Boston man that Corbet t would win. Indon. March 16. Th-re Is very lit tle letting In sjorting or oth-r circle in Iondon on tomorrow's fight between Corbet t and Fitzsimmons, and what few wagers have 1 K-en mad" luiv ! chiefly been at even money. On offer r L00 even on I'itzsimmons found no waiters, anu later li to iu against Cor- bett was offered by the same hotter and accepted. The Fvening News publishes a rcfKrrt ghl The veteran putrilisflc train, r and focond. Jack Baldock, mys: " I think Fitzsimmons will win. but it is foolish to underrate Corbett. Men of his cla- j or nervous temperanv-nt oft-n. in a i tiiiliioil ifeywmj exoeciailOTi. Chicago, March 16. On the eve of the : . . m ... '. . . oeoveen .- pumiinn ai i. arson. t " rt' was no reuvai or iK-mng at local resorts. There wjh ri'entv of talu- arout the relative merits of the fighters and! the admirers of th Cornlshman were more In evidence than at any time In the last two months. But bettins mony Is scarce among tho. who aro not particular about having th'dr nams appear In print. Some warren of considerable amounts at 7 and 8 to 10 In Fitzsimmons favor wer admitted! to have been made at the. blij hotels by traveling men. but thHr names wero withheld. Nearly all the money of the professional sport Is already up. Cincinnati, March 16. The be ting on the big fight was very' light In thfs city today as It has been all along for the simple reason that the bulk of the money seeking Investment was In the hands of would-be Corlett betters. Bnckln' Arntcn nr The best Salve In the world for Cutsv Bulses, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Fever Sores. Tetter. Chapped Hands.