The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-12-04
CAPITAL NOTES.
GOSSIP or WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doipgs OF tho Chiefs and Hcads OF tn {
Various Departments.

The magnificent new battleship
Indiana has become tho property of the
United States government through
acceptance from the contractors, tho
Cramps Shipbuilding company, of
Philadelphia.
The annual meeting of the National
Civil Service Reform League will be
hold in Washington December IL and
1P. Ex-Socretary of the Interior Carl
Schurz, the president, will deliver his
hnnual address on the opening night,
ehd reception will be given the next
evening. All municipal associations
and affiliated organizations have been
asked to send delegates.
Hiram Hitchcock, president Of the
Maritime Canal Company Of Nicara-
qua, has submitted his annual report
to tho secretary Of the interior. There
are no now features contained in it ex-
cept that the Nicaragua Canal Con-
structinn Company has been reorgan-
lied and is now the Nicaragua Compa-
ny. When tho construction company
failed in 1893 all work WAS suspended,
but now tho Nicaragua Company is
making active preparations for resum.
ing tho woik under tho contract which
the construction company had with
tho maritime company.
Monroe Doctrine Resolutions.
From hints thrown out by leaders
of both political parties at the capital,
strong probabilities seem to exist that
two important joint resolutions will be
offered Immediately after the assem-
bling of the fifty fourth congress. The
first will be an Affirmation of tho prin-
ciples embodied in tho Monroe doo-
trine, expressing in plain and vigor-
ous language tho sympathy of tho
American people with the government
OF Venezuela in it's boundary dispute
with Great Britain. Tho second,
Joint resolution, which is being pre-
pared with much care, provides for
the annexation of the Hawaiian islands
to tho United States under torrito-
rial form of government.
| Tic Philadelphia Mint on Full Time.
Tho treasury department was in
foEmed Thursday of tho withdrawal Of
$500, 600 in gold at New York for cx-
port to Europe This reduces tho
treasury gold reserve to $50, 1904, 557.
OF this reserve about $32, 600, 900 is in
gold coin, against which no gold cor
tifcatcs are held. Tho gold coin hold
ings at Now York, because Of tho
recent heavy exports Of gold, havo
become less thnn it is customary to
have III tho subtrcasury aud gold coin
Inns been ordered ehipped from tho
Philadelphia mint to rcplenish tho do
pleted stock Of gold coin on hnnd at
New York. Tho Philadelphia mint is
now ut work on full time mud has been
for several weeks pnst in turning gold
bullion into coin. The coinngo This
month ut tho mint will bo unusually
heavy.
Internal Rcvonuo Receipts.
Tho annual report Of tho commits
sioner Of internal rovcnuo just mado
public shows receipts during tho last
fiscal year ns follows
From spirits, $79, ,SG2, 627; decrease.
$1,000, G24. Tobacco, $40, 704, ,007; in
crease, 81 ,0S7,009. Fcrmentcd liquors,
$31 ,440, GIT; Increase, 1925, 500. In
como tax, $77,l39. Oleomargcrinc,
ST ,4O0,211; decrease, $3l4,22S. Mis-
cellaneous, S551 1888; increase, $685.
554. Tho total receipts from oil
sources wero $143,246, OFT, decrease
Of So, 922,37l.
During Tho year $500 violations of
thointernal revenue law wcre report
ed by revcnue agents; 1927 stills
were seized, l47 stills removed, 871
persona arrested, ono officer was killed
md fhrno nLhpru xuoro xunnn1oI
Commissioner Miller estimates that
tho revenues for tho year will aggre-
cato $1G5, 900, 900.
Famous Gaines Case Ended.
Tho famous Myra Clark Gaines case,
it is believed, was finally ended in tho
supromo court Of tho United States
Friday, when Chief Justice Fuller an
nounccd that tho appeal of tho city of
Now Orleans from tho Judge Of tho
circuit court of tho United States for
the eastern district Of Louisiana, in
favor Of tho United States ex rol, ".
w. Whitney, had been dismissed for
failure to print thorecord. Myra Clark
Gaines, then Mrs. w. w. Whitney mot
tho w. W. Whitney just named)
instituted Tho first suit for the
recovery Of tho property bequoath-
cd her by tho will of her father.
Daniel Clark, in tho circuit court Of
tho United States for tho district of
Louisiona in 1886, and fivo years lator
it had reached tho supreme court of
tho United Statos. From that ditto
1841 Until now, in ono form or an.
other, tho controversy has had place
on tho calclfdar of tho court. Tn 1856
Sho Dlnintiff A,an n widnw ho