The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1877-11-24
General News.

In the Senate, Mr.. Bruce, OF
Mississippi, presented a petition of
colored residents of Mississippi,
asking an appropriation of $4,000 }
to aid them i'll emigrating to LIbe-
ria. Referred to the Committee on
Commerce. In presenting the pc
tition he said the number and
character of the petitioners entitled
their petition to consideration,
though he was not prepared to in
dorse their plan.
The public debt statement for No
vemher LIST shows decrease for the
previous month of 1929, 55l, and
the following balance in the Treasu
ry: Currency, Sl5,95O, So; special
iuDd for redemption uf fractional
currency, $9,44I, 500; special deposit
of legal tenders for redemption of
| certificates of deposit, S31 100000;
coin, SI3l .022 SAB; coin certificates,
So. 543. 800; outstanding legal ten
I ders, 1851 ,5jl ,594.
The annual report of the Commits
sioner of Pensions shows the number
of pensioners on the rolls to be 2;2,-
l04, reduction of 33 pensioners rs
compared with last year. The
amount required for the payment of
pensions next year shows decrease
of S50O,000. The reports flon tine
lS pension agencies show that the
consolidation of districts effected Il
few months ago has not in the least
embarrassed the operations of the
service. The consolidation of the
rolls recently agreed dpon will he
used in the December payments.
The Postmaster-G General has de
termined To issue an Crder reQ1iring
each and every employe of the rail
way mail service Including local
agents and messengers, as well as
ronte agents and postal clerks 10
provide himself during the next q =
days with uniform, 10 be worn
whenever ON duty. The uniform will
be of plain bIne material, and is ex-
pected To cost something less than
S25 suit. The purpose OF the order
is To guard more eifectlialiy against
robberies of the mails, and especially
to prevent the handling OF mail-baSs
between the wagons and offices or
ears by unauthorized persons.
The New Orleans Picavune has
the follgwiDg, which shows the rate
OF taxation in the various States
! mentioned:
Alabama, x mills; Arkansas, 10
mills; California, 73A cents per 100;
Connecticut, II mills; Florida, Z
mills; Georgia, ) mills; Illinois, %
mills: Indiana. 1.3 mills; Kansas. 81
lis; Maine, 81 mills; Mary land, III
cents per 100; Massachusetts. 10
mills; Michigan, 81 mills; Minnesota,
= mills; New Hampshire, mills;
New York, 3 1924 mills; Ohio, b
mills; South Carolina, ] 1 mills; Ten
nessee, 10 cents per 100, Texas, )
mills; Virginia, 5 mills, New Jersey
3 mills; Rhode Island. IL cents per
100; Louisiana, I4i mills.
Several States held elections on
the 9th inst, and we condense the
results: Connecticut went Republi-
can, increasing Republican majority
in Legislature; Kansas, Republican;
Maryland, Democratic; Massachu-
sets, Republican; Minnesota. Re-
publican; Mississippi. Democratic;
New York. Democratic, with Repub-
lican Legislature; New Jersey, Dem
ocratic: Pennsylvania, Democratic;
Virginia. Conservative; Wisconsin,
Republican. In several of the States
Workingmen and Greenback tickets
were ruin in opposition 10 the two
great parties. In Pennsylvania the
Workingmen's party polled a large
vote. The city of Brooklyn, New
York, elected a Democratic mayo!
to succeed the present incumbent
Republican, Shreveport Herald.
A number of London ard New
York bankers have formed syndi-
cate f or the purpose of funding the
old Southern and Western defaulted
bonds-State, county and municipal
the State bonds AT 4 per cent. and
the others at 6. The Legislatures ot
the States in interest are TO be asked
to pass uniform law, levying al
annual tax upon the assessed prop
erty for the payment of the interest
and the raising OF Il sinking fund toi
extingIislIing the indebtedness; aud
furthermore providing that no in.
junction or stay of proceeding shall
be granted by any court or judge q
the State to prevent or delay the col.
lection of the tax. The following
States are embraced in the schedule
Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana
Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas
| NahraSEa Minnesota and Iowa,