The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-05-18
WASHINGTON WAITS.
Latest Gossip from the National
Capital
How the AsiatIc War May Benefit Ciyilixa-
tion-Locai Money Order System
The Women won-The Income
Tax Case-Other Notes.

tiOn-LOcai Money Order System-
The Women won-The Income
Tax Case-Other Notes
The Chinese Wall Down.
WASHINGTON, May !3.--Large oppor-
tunities for the introduction of Amer
lean machinery and the Investment of
American capital are offered by the
peace agreement Japan has just eff
fected with China A provision is
made that China shall hereafter be
open to the introduction of all forms
of modern machinery, and that such
machinery shall be admitted free of
duty. American cotton machin-
cry should benefit especially
from the new opening pre-
sented, and also telephones, electric
lights, printing presses and many other
devices of civilization which hereto
fore have been kept out of China. The
emperor of China has heretofore pro-
hibited the introduction of modern ma
chinerv. As result the Chinese are
using wooden plows similar to those
used centuries ago. Modern tools are
included under the head of machinery
and mechanical devices, so that
the American plow and all other
implements and tools will en-
ter China free of duty. 1t
Is stated that cotton machinery
will be brought at once into extensive
use. thus enlarging the demand for
cotton from the southern states. The
Chinese use so much cotton that the
emperor granted a monopoly Of using
cotton machinery to the viceroy of the
southern provinces of China. He has
since produced large quantities, and
has prevented the British and Ameri
cans at Shanghai and elsewhere from
using similar machinery. Now, how
ever, the viceroy's monopoly Is at an
end and American machinery Is ex-
expected to be freely introduced
throughout the empire.
Local Money Order System.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The post Office
department for some time has been
seeking to make arrangements by
which Q local money order system
would be possible. This Is intended
to compete with the expreas money Or
der system which allows people in
large cities to send money by mail to
dealers in the same cities and which is
boiu " oC NCty PtcheociC SoutSo VI NJ
come to the express money order busi-
ness The difficulty confronting the
post office authorities is the temptation
which such system would place in the
way of money order clerks and post
masters, as O money order issued In the
post office, to be paid at the same Office. |
can be variously manipulated and
could lie made q source of great pecu-
lation on the part of the money order
officials. The department, however,
has not given 1t up, and sti!-- hopes to
put such system In operation.
The Men Failed.
WASHINGTON, May 13-Woman's
rights advocates will find comfort in
the remarks Of the civil service COM
mission on the examination recently
held for library cataloguers and library
clerks for the agricultural department
OF the thirty applications for the for
mer, all the men failed to pass, while
Ave out of the sixteen women did so.
OF the ten applicants for the latter.
eight men failed and two women
passed. Although Secretary Morton
wanted men for the places, he was
moved by these results to change his |
mind and appointed Miss E. d. Wales,
Of Chicago. clerk, and Miss G. f. Leon
ard, Of Albany. N. Y, state library
cataloguer.
The Income Tax Casea- rs
WARRINGTON, May lit was learned |
definitely that a conclusion was
reached at Saturdays consultation of |
the supreme court, and that 1t Is con-
fidently expected to have the opinion |
In the case ready for announcement |
next Monday. No authoritative state !
ment as to what the decision Is can be |
secured, of course, but all that can be |
learned goes to corroborate the report |
that the indications favor the uphold |
| ing of the law on the points that re-
main. aa f.
1t was rumored at the consultation |
of the Justices Saturday Justice Jack |
| son voted with Justices Brown, White,
Harlan and Shiras to sustain the con-
stitutionality of the income tax law,
and the vote to be announced next
Monday will stand to in favor Of
| the law. i ~, '''i
Levying Tithss.
WASHINGTON, May lS--At the South
ern Baptist church convention. Rev. s.
A. Munnenly, of Tennessee, offered q
preamble and resolution relative to
the appointment of church building
board which was referred. The COM
mittee of tithing recommended that
members contribute one-tenth of their
| incomes to the church. ID. Is. Ray, OF
st. Louis. opposed the adoption of tho
tithing system as q law of the church,
but the report was adopted by viva
voce vote.
A Large batch OF Immigrants Coming.
| WASHINGTON, May 15.-Commission-
| er-General Stumpf, of the immigration
| bureau, has received telegram from
DIR. Renner, the commissioner at New
York, stating that 1000 immigrants
| arrived at New York last Saturday and
| 1000 yesterday, and $1,000 were eX-
pected to arrive the remaining days Of
| this week.
RIg Fire in Detroit.
| DETROIT, Mich. May IA big fire
occurred in the yards of the Dwight
Lumber Co, which occupy about two
blocks square, at Scotten avenue and
the Michigan Central railroad tracks.
The loss thus far is estimated at $780,
600. The fire originated in the COM
pany's planning mill, and swept
throu sh the entire yards.
liurned Ia Death.
| ToIEDO. o., May l5.-By the burning
of the residence of Thaddeus Brown, a
farmer residing 4 mile from the viii
lape Of Bryan. o., his wife perishcd in
the ilames and his 5-year-old son was
fatally burned.
| Knights OF the Maccabees.
The State Commander writes us from
Lincoln, Neb., as follows: "After try ing
other medicines for what seemed to be q
very obstinate cough in our two children
we tried DIR. Kings New Discovery and at
the end of two days the cough entirely
left them. We will not be without it
hereafter, as our experience proves that 1t
cures where all other remedies fail."-
Signed +. w. Stevens, State Com.-Why
not give this great medicine trial, as 1t