The Evening Bulletin, 1887-12-08

REPORT OF THE 8ECRETARY OF THE TREA8URY. Th Receipt and Expenditure of the Government Th financial Situation of the United State Suggestion to Congress Other Washington Ndte. Washington, Deo. 8. Tho jecrotary of the treasury in his annual report; says'that the total ordinary receipts of tho govern government - ment government during the yoar ending Jun5 80, 1887, wore $371,40!'., 277, and that the total ordin ordinary - ary ordinary expenditures were $31835.428, leaving a surplus of 5t58?,84(, which with an amount drawn from tho cash balance in the treasury of $24. 455, 780, makes a total sur surplus - plus surplus of $80,023,570, which was offered to the rodomptlon of bonds. Tho receipts for the yoar show an increaso of $84,9(13,550 oyer the year before and the expenditures show an increaso of $J5,44'J, 041. For tho present yoar tho revenues are es estimated - timated estimated at $333,000,000, and tho expend expenditures - itures expenditures $310,317,765, leaving on estimated ' surplus of $611, 188, ai4, June 30, l&sS. The secretary estimatos tho surplus for the yoar 18S0 at $50,409,204. In regard to the surplus revenue the sec secretary - retary secretary says: "Taxation and currency re reform - form reform wero the questions which my distin distinguished - guished distinguished predoco33or doomed to bo of most pressing itnportnnco and to them he devoted a large part of tho two annual reports wbice he mado to congress. In thoso re re-p.rtg - p.rtg re-p.rtg ho stated his honest convictions with a vigor and boldness whioh, together with the ability and fairness that ho showed, in tho general management of the' deportment, have given htm a high' place among' states statesmen - men statesmen and financiers. I find tho samo subjsot to bo still tho most important of all those to which it is my duy to call to your atten attention, - tion, attention, and it is not necessary to do otherwise than 'follow the general lines laid down by him in treating them. Circumstances have heightened the immediate urgoncy of taxa taxation - tion taxation reform as affecting the surplus revenues ot the government. The urgency is so great that tho question of surplus revenues demands tho earnest' attention of both the legislative and exocutlve branches of the government." The secretary then gives ways in which tho receipts and oxpondituros of tho govern government - ment government may bo made about equal: First The purchase of the interest-bearing debt of tho government. Second Larger expondituros by govern government - ment government for other purposes than tho purchase of bonds, bo that they shall each year equal the taxation of that yoar. Third Reduction of the rovenue from taxation to the amount actually required to meet necessary expenses. All of these expedients havo in common the one merit of preventing tho derange derangement - ment derangement to business which miut follow hoard hoarding - ing hoarding or locking up in the treasury tho circu circulating - lating circulating media of the people. In aogard to the first plan the secretary agrees with the president in what his mes message - sage message said on the subject. He then says: "I can not believe that it w 11 adopt the second oxpedient, viz., the enlargement of government expense sim simply - ply simply to expend money raised by taxation whon the public weal doos not otherwise call for the expenditure, 41 Tl A. oil.... . il. . - A I iiouutHuii ui uio rovuuuu irom taxation ' '& only Ut remedy for the oviis which threaten the country. This may be acoom- plumed in various ways. "e la to "du8 or abolish internal rev- enue taxation. In favor of this is the fact that, in a small nart of th antithnrn .inf. the internal tar on liquors and tobacco is thought to bo oppressive, and is odious to e ?& "T .f6'? ?nd the fur- ther fact that, by its reduction, the ex- pense of its collection might bo somewhat roducod. ,,m ., - . ,. ... The chlef UM 'or tno prejudice against this tax seems to be that as there was no such tax before the war for tho union, it is looked upon as a reminder of the measures adopted to raise money to carry on the war, anu wuicu ougut noc to De continued in time of peace, and as interfering in some way with the natural rights of mankind to grow grain and tobacco and manufacture therefrom spirits, cigars, snufE and the various forms of merchantable tobacco. Of courso taxation of whisky and tobacco trespasses no more upon the natural rights of man than does tho taxation of his clothing, of his bedding, of every imple implement - ment implement which he use in tbe cultivation of his graia ' "Taxation there must be. Choice is be between - tween between kinds of taxation; each man can de decide - cide decide for himself if ho will examine the sub subject - ject subject free from prejudice which is the least burdensome for him, for his family, and for his neighbors, and which is in the end the best for his wholo country. That internal taxation of spirits and tobacco began dur during - ing during the war is not a reason why it should be done away with now, if it be in itself wise. Bo the fact that the rates of customs taxa taxation - tion taxation wero raised during tbe same war far higher than ever befbro in our history and have been continued until now, ought not to determine the manner of their treatment; this should rather depend upon what is just and expedient at the prosent .time. Neither passion, prejudice, nor sentimentality, should have placo in consideration of ques questions - tions questions of taxation. "As to the expense of collooting tho in internal - ternal internal revenue, I suggest that an amalgv mation of the customs and internal reve revenue - nue revenue systems is entiroly feasible, and that thereby a large number of offices might be abolished and that the expense of the whole system might be made not to exceod that of an effloient enforcement of tho a customs laws. I earnestly commend this suggestion to tbe careful consideration of congress." Iteport of the Comptroller. "Washington, Deo. 8, Tho annual report of the Comptroller of Currency Trunjiolm, a partial summary of whioh has been pub- ' lis hod, inoludes a summary of suggestions receivod by the comptroller from all par'ta of the oountry respecting a new basis for National bank circulation. Over forty plans have bean, proposed, and thoso are re reduced - duced reduced to flvo propositions; First To do away with the note issuing function of the banks. Second To increaso tile inducements for the banks to deposit Unitod States bonds u a bosis of National bank circulation.

A BELIEF THAT ACTIVE MEASURES WILL SOON BE TAK2N. The Bulgarian Question Must Soon be Bottled Aooordlng to Ruitla'a Wishes. Ko Blood will be Spilled Over Us Solu SolutionOther - tionOther SolutionOther Foreign Dispatches. London, Deo. a The fact that .Russia is massing troops on the Austrian frontier in large numbers and plaoing others whore they oan command surveillance of a portion of the German border, is taken as an indi indication - cation indication that active measures will shortly go into effect to enforce respect for Russia's wishes with regard to Bulgaria, in tho faoo of little Ferdinand's assumed indepen independence - dence independence of the czar's government and his ira ira-prudont, - prudont, ira-prudont, if not impudont, disregard of tho hints thrown out to him that he would best sorve his own interosts by recoinmondine and furthering cortain modifications of of Bulgaria's polloy. I Russia has long remained singularly pas passive, - sive, passive, but it fs now bonoved that tho time is near nt hand when tho Bulgarian quostion must bo finally settled. Settlement of tho question in Russia's favor, and itseoms impossible that it can in the end be settled otherwise, involvos Prince Fordiuand's hasty exit from Bulgaria, and this being plainly apparent to him has lod him to ap appeal - peal appeal to Austria and England to "preserve the peaco." Austria would not for a mo moment - ment moment think of going to war with Russia single-handed and England has no mind to bait tho Russian bear to uphold the ques questionable - tionable questionable right of one of Quoon Victoria's pets to rule a people with whose interests the English have nothing in common. Nor is it believed that Germany is over anxious to wage war against Russia bn tho slight .pretext afforded by the latter's insisting upon ner rights in the lialakans, especially in view of the almost absolute certainty that the assistance to tho czar of tho now greatly strengthened French republic, can be had for the asking. The ro-oponlng of the Bulgarian question, whioh now seems eminent, will doubtless bo accompanied by the bluster and shower of diplomatic notes that have characterized tho former attempts to dispose of the matter, but it is reasonably safe to predict tnac mere will bo very little blood spilled; that Bulgaria will in the end be ruled by a itussian governor, or a prince whose nomi nomination - nation nomination recaivos Russia's approval and that Austria and Germany will express them themselves - selves themselves as Fatisfled with the result, whethor they foel that way or not Will ntsoiis the Subject. Vienna, Deo. H. Tho Emperor Francis Joseph wiil preside at a military council to be hold at the palace to-morrow to discuss Russia's action in mossing troo'ps on the Austrian frontier. GONE TO CANADA. Sudden Departure of It C. Nloholann, a Nashville Collecting Aijeat. Nashville, Tenn., Dea 8. R. a Nichol Nicholson, - son, Nicholson, -who for the past nine or ton months lias beon doing businesi at No. 7 Noel block, as manager of tho Nashville Protective and Collecting agency, hiu again bocomo in involved - volved involved in trouble and at last accounts was Canada. He had boon here but a short time when a New Orleans merchant, represent representing - ing representing a numbor ot other merchants of the Crescent City, came to Nashville, and after looking into Nioholson's affairs, employed Deteotivo R. M. Porter to arrest Nicholson on tho charge of embezzlement It proved that a number of claims aggregating $3,000, had been placed in his hands for collodion by these morchants. Nicholson failed to turn over the cash after collection. Warrants were sworn out and while wait wait-for - for wait-for requisition papers Mr. Nicholson, a brother of R. C. Nicholson, oamo here from Cincinnati and pa d the amounts duo. The warrants wero withdrawn and R. C Nich Nicholson - olson Nicholson was released. Ho reopeuod tho agenoy which had in the meantime suspended oper operations. - ations. operations. Sinco that timo Nicholson had been receiving claims for collection from a large number of the best merchants of this city. About ten days ago Messrs. Brown & Farroll learned that a claim which they hod put in Nicholson's bands had been colleoted by him. They at once wenfbefore Justice Everett and entered suit against him, but when tho officers went to look for Nicholson I he could not be found. ' It has since transpired that Nicholson bos during the past eight months collected for various merchants claims amounting to more than $3,000, which ho has failed to turn over to tho proper parties. Chlneae Ulgh Binder. San Franoisco, Dea 8. The dotectives have learned that tho murder of a China Chinaman - man Chinaman named Led YTy, in Chinatown, tho other night is tho result of ono of those, deadly feuds that aro carried on by Chinese societies in this country.. The Sam Jup j company, a large and powerful organiza-1 tlon, which made its own laws for the Chinese belonging to it split some time ago into two factions, called tho Bo Sin Soer and tho Kio Sin Seer. Some high binders ot the Kie Sin Seer faction killed two men of the Bo Sin Seor, and the latter faotion commissioned a trusty out-throat named Leong Ah Tick to avenge the slaughter of its member. Leong Ah Tick accordingly killed L9o Wy, who happened to be the first Kie Sin Soer man who came in range of his pistol After tho latter murder a party from the Kio Sin Seer went to tho head headquarters - quarters headquarters ot the Bo Sin Soer faction, and tearing down the sign over the door, chopped it into pieces. This is considered the greatest indignity that can be offered a high binder organization, and can only be wiped out by blood. Ills "Latin Was Busty, ' Tho Rappol tells tho following anecdote: I At a Brand dinner party a guest oh clumsy I with his hand as ho is witty drops a pieco of pickled tonguo upon tho lap of his fair noigh noigh-bor. - bor. noigh-bor. "Pardon mo, madam," crlod ho, "it is not tho first lapsus llngum I havo mado to today," - day," today," Tho laugh ovoked by tho clever hit sot a stout follow who was not deeply learned in Latin to thinking; "I can do that as well," ho thought to hlinsQir, anu deliberately aropa a m,,ftw, rfcnn tinon tlia Ian of his tinluokv neighbor, exclaiming at the same tlmej "Nothing but a laDsuslincuto . i

it is apparent' that the assuranco that the outlay lor tho necessary plant will provo remunerative is all that is required to pro produce - duce produce in this country the largest gun forg forging - ing forging of suitable quality. It is believed to be of vital importance that appropriations bo annually made by congress until our present need of modern guns is supplied and tbe aid that our steel industry domands is assured. As a step in this direction an appropriation of $1,500, $1,500,-000 - 000 $1,500,-000 for the forgings of eight-inch and ten ten-inch - inch ten-inch breech loading stoel guns is recom recommended. - mended. recommended. During the year experiments have beon mado with shells charged wi.h high explosives invented by Lieut. Qrayden and Mr. Smolianiroff, which havo boon fired from ordinary cannon by means of guu powder. Further trials will ba made with these inventions to dotermino their absolute merits. Attorney General's ltoport. Washington, Deo. 8. The animal report of Attorney General Garland presents a detailed statoment of the business of the department during the last fiscal year. During tho year there wero 13,905 criminal prosecutions, -Xl of them under the customs laws, 500 under the internal revenue laws, 640 under postal laws, U0 under election laws, 208 under intercourse acta, 175 under pension laws, 38 for embezzlements, nnd 0,4'KJ miscellaneous prosecutions. The aggregate amount of judgments rendered in favor of the United States in civil suits during the year was $1,057,350. Fiues, for forfeiture - feiture forfeiture and rvflnnltfen mimim! rlnrlnir flin ".. . year, aggrogatod $-47,7S4. Ihe attorney general renews his recom mendation of last year for tbe erection of a government ponitentiary and reformatory at an early date. Ho renews the suggestion of the past two years, urging the erection of a building adjoining the department of justice building suitable for the supreme court of the United States, with accommo accommodations - dations accommodations commensurate with its high posi position - tion position and dignity. Tho necessity for quar quarters - ters quarters for the supremo court other than thoso now ooouplod in the capital is apparent; tbe prosent court room, ho says, is manifestly too small and its location not sufllciently apart from tho publicity and bustle attend attending - ing attending the sessions of congress. Moulders Strike. Milwaukee, Wis., Deo. 8. Ono hundred and ton moulders in tho Wisconsin malleable iron works struck Work this morning on ac account - count account of tho company having put threo now apprentices to work in the moulding shop. Tbe men claim that the company. agreed not to put any apprentices to work without notifying the mouldors and obtaining their consent. The strikers declare that they will not return to work until these new men have been dismissed, 'and the company is equally determined to keep them. Drowned 'While Trying to Escape Arrest. Owinsboro, Ky., Deo. 8. Avery Price and Thomas Kirk, two young men of tho county, fought with knive Saturday evon evon-ing, - ing, evon-ing, and Price was" dangeriously cut Mon Monday - day Monday morning an officer attempted to arrest Kirk, and ho plunged Into a creek to pre prevent - vent prevent tho constable from capturing him. Midway of the stream be sank, and was drowned before assistance could reach him. His body was recovered. Price is suffering greatly from his wounds, but they are not necessarily fatal Poisoned by Stove PolUh. Montpelier, Ind., Deo. 8. Mrs. Margaret Twibell, a wealthy widow, near town, while blacking a stove got a considerable quantity of the polish on her right hand. The hand began to swell, became very painful, and .soon developed into a bad case of poison poisoning. - ing. poisoning. The hand is in bad shape, and Mrs. Tribellfc general health Is affected by the poisoned member. Amputation may be necessary. Most "CVants a New Trial. New York, Doc. 8. Herr Most was to have been sentenced yesterday, but when the case' was reaohed Mr. Howe, counsel for the Anarohist, asked, to have the case post postponed, - poned, postponed, as ho desired to ask for a now trial ' and had not yet had time to fully prepare his argument The motion will be argued Thursday next Commander ltae Coming; to Ohio. Chioaoo, Doc. a Commander-in Chief Rae, of the Grand Army of the Republic, .arrived from Minneapolis yesterday. Ha is en ronte for Columbus, O.,to attend the meeting of the executive committee of ad administration - ministration administration of the Grand Army of the Re PUDUQ,

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been married to him sinco January, and in that time has robbed him of $4,000. pro cured a dead of all his proporty, and has ruined him financially, mentally and mor morally. - ally. morally. An affidavit by a detective stated that she was formerly tho mistros of a Japanese nobleman, and that he had ar arrested - rested arrested her for stealing the Japanese's jew jewelry. - elry. jewelry. It was brought out that Leeds ob obtained - tained obtained his wife through a matrimonial agency. Decision was reserved. A Shocking Aceldeut. Philadelphia, Pa, Dea 6. A shocking accident occurred this forenoon at the "coal dump"' of tho Reading Railroad company, at Richmond and Somerset streets, in Port Richmond, this city. Tbe coal dumn is a largo area, with tracks running into and a largo movable derrick. This derrick con consists - sists consists mainly of a great pole eighty feet and about twenty inchos in diameter, and is supported by guys. Ono of these snapped and the great beam toppled over with a crash. f In its path were five men, and thoy were smashed nnd ground by tbe huge tim timber - ber timber as it came down. Three of them were instantly killed and two others fatally1 in injured. - jured. injured. The names are John Kerrigan, Ed Edward - ward Edward Brown and John Morley. Peter Trainor and another man whose name was not learned are believed to bo fatally in injured. - jured. injured. 1 A Stolon Bella Usturned. New York, Dea 8. The World's New New-burg, - burg, New-burg, N. Y., special says that a silver oup stolen from Washington's headquarters over thirty years ago has boon returnod to the trustees of tho building by a friend of the woman who stole it Rooently on her death-bed she exacted a promiso from the friend that tho stolon relic should be re returnod. - turnod. returnod. No name was given the trustees and tbe person who took the cup will never be known. The woman whon sho stolo the cup probably thought that it was a souvenir of George Washington. Thoro is no record of such an article having ever beon donated, neither was its loss ever noticed. A Mountain Flattening Out. Knoxville, Tenn., Dea 8. North Caro Carolina - lina Carolina wagoners just in ,from Wayne county roport a big depression in the Smoky moun mountain - tain mountain on the stuto line near whero the Little Tennessee river passes through. About ten acres of tho mountain side has caved in, taking trees, stone and overy thing, to the depth of 100 feet The earth for several foet around is open, as if there would bo an another - other another cave-in soon. The place is several miles from any house and on one of the highest peaks of the mountain. Cblcago 1'rinter and the Typothorie. Chioaoo, Dea 8. In response to a call of the Typographical union for a special moot mooting - ing mooting to discuss the attitude of the employers, 700 union printers assembled lost night and unanimously resolved to fight the Typothotes to tho bitter end. Every "chapel" in tho city was represented, inoluding tho news newspaper - paper newspaper offices. Tho delegates of oaoh re reported - ported reported their chapel willing to stand almost any assessment to continue tbe contest A committee of fifteen was appointed to wait upon every trade organization and overy Knight of Labor assembly in the city and solicit moral and financial support Meas Measures - ures Measures were taken to arrange an entertain entertainment - ment entertainment for the benefit of the strikers, and a movement was inaugurated to prosent the case from a union standpoint to all the labor papers throughout tho country, and enlist the aotlve holp of tho International Typo Typographical - graphical Typographical union. Hegulator Shot. New Orlkanb, Dea a At Lake, Mi., Monday night a band of regulators broko into tho house ot Williams brothers, oolored. The negroes fired upon them, killing Ben Griffith nnd John McCroney, white. The murderers escaped. Murderer Caught. Birhixoiiam, Ala, Dea 8. Diok Jenkins, wn0 murdered 'iom MCLrary In Buzzard's .g008' ?aw n'n,U J.ta wrested HenrT KUea mlae Tuaiday night.

Atroolon Deed of a Ten-Tear-Old Child In Jersey City. New Yomc, Dec. b. Jot-soy City has a ton-year-old boy who of late bos developed a depravity almost as great as that of the famous boy murderer of Massachusetts; Jesse Pomoroy. It is of but recent growth, his wickodnoss taking the form hitherto of petty pilfering. She case is singular in view of the gentle and religious influences which surround tho boy, for ho is an inmate oi tbe Jtlouio of the Bisters of Peace, over whioh the nun of Kenmare preside. Just after dinner in the school room, yesterday, and whllo tho children were enjoying a re recess - cess recess in the yard the good nun Sistor Mary Evangelist heard a scream from the school room. Rushing into that apartment she saw littlo Tommy Jones, a throo-yoar-old boy in the clutches of Freddy Itoilly, a lad soven years his senior, who was holding the younger child down on the hot school boom stove Ho had unbottoned tho young boy's trousers nnd seated him on tho 6tovo, pre previously - viously previously gagging tho littlo fellow with a piece of dirty linen. Tho boy in his agony had managed to toar tho gag from between his tooth nnd ye! lod lustily as ho felt his flesh burn under him. Tho stench was sickening. As soon us Itoilly saw the nun ho dropped tho victim and turnod coolly away while Tommy fell to tho floor moaning. "Why did you do that?" askod tho sister. No an answer - swer answer was vouchsafed by the violous young youngster, - ster, youngster, who coolly walked out Into the yard. Dr. Gray was summoned and on examina examination - tion examination announced that tho child was seriously injured. When the injuries had beon at attended - tended attended to tin sister took the youthful tor mentor in hand and administered suoh a severe corporal punishment as he had lever received, but it seemed to have no oltoct oa him. Last night ho roomod with a boy six years his soriior and for whom no fears are entertained from his vicious tendencies. An Oldi Man's Folly. New York, Dec. 8. Laura V. Leods has commenced divorce proceedings aguinst hor husband, James H. Leeds, ouarging him with inhuman treatmont and abandonment. Leeds is seventy-seven years old, an ex-sea captain, and a member of tho firm of James H. Leeds & Co. Laura is his third wife. Sho asked for alimony and counsol fee pend pending - ing pending tho decision in tho suit An affidavit by Leeds said that the marriage was obtained by trick and fraud; that she represented hor .elf as a respoctablo widow, whon she

Third To provide by a now issue of bonds, for a continuance ot tbe present, or of sole modified system of National bank circulation basod on United States bonds. Fourth To substitute some other security for United States bonds deposited in tho treasury as n basis for National bank cir circulation. - culation. circulation. Fifth To allow the banks to issuo circu circulation - lation circulation upon their general credit, without requiring upeclAo surety to be dopasited. The comptroller, after an elaborate disous disous-lonoftho - lonoftho disous-lonoftho sooond, third and fifth finally reaches this conclusion: "It Would appear that no substitute yet proposoJ for the present cases of National bank circulation Is sufficiently froo from ob objection - jection objection to bo adopted. Tbe four per cent bonds will not mature for twonty years, and lart from other considerations, there if enough in this fact to justify caution and delay in making any radical change in the basis of circulation. In that time, no doubt, something acceptable will be devised, but at present all that sooms practicable is to mod modify - ify modify tho existing law so as to obvlato its in inconveniences - conveniences inconveniences and as a first stop toward this ond it appears both safe and wise to reduce tho minimum amount of bomU to bo kopt on deposit." Soorctttry of War's Report "Washington, Deo. 8. The report of the secretary of war for the last fiscal year shows that the expenditures (iii)ing the year were $41,3S6,1C5, against 31.055,803 appropriated for tho current fiscal year. The secretary estimatos that $53,.13tt,7IO will be needed during the fiscal yoar ending June SO, 189. This includes an item of $22,839,151 for public works, and river arid harbor improvements. . He endorsos the recommendation of Lieut. Gku. Sheridan that tbe army be increased 5,000 men and renews past recommendations for appropri appropriations - ations appropriations to strengthen our sea coast arid lake front defences. Secretary Endioott says that in view of its success attained by our steel makers.