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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-16
Answer TO xh. NH.

LET me call attention TO two or three
great things. TIE gentleman from Nes
York says tI.st be viii propose an arHeu,.-
meni, providing that this change in our
law shall net affect contracts already
made. Let me remind him that there Is
no intention Of affecting those contracts,
which, according to the present lass.
are made payable in gold. But II he
means TO say that we cannot change
our monetary sys,em without protecting
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-16
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PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY

The republican spellbinder will soon
begin to promise the workinomen re-
enactment Of the Mckinley bill and the
prosperity he enjoyed under it. The
report Of the commissioner Of labor on
strikes and lockouts shows the following
for the two years after that laws enact
inent.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
THE NATIONS DEBT OF HONOR.
MIR. Cleveland EmIts n Final Wall at
the Enormous Cost of PEN
siOns.

The diminutlon OF our enormous pension
roll and the decrease of pension expend-
iture, which have been so often confidently
foretold. still fail in material realization.
The number OF pensioners on the rolls at
the close OF the fiscal year ended June 30.
1895, was 9To,67S. This is the largest num-
ber ever reported. The amount paid eN-
clusively for pensions during the year was
sl3S,2l4. 81 slight decrease from that OF
the preceding year. while the total expend-
itures on account OF pensions. including tha
cost of maintenance Of the department
and expenses attending pension distribu-
ton. amounted to SIP. .2OS. .55O5g or within =
very small fraction OF one-third OF the en-
tire expense of supporting the government
during the same year. The number OF new
pension certificates issued was 80 60; OF
these 1914 represent original allowance oe
claims, and 15.S7s increases OF existing pen
sions. The number OF persons receiving
pensions from the United States. but re-
siding in foreign countries, at ths close OF
the last fiscal year, was 5.Ts1. and the
amount paid to them during the year was
SdS2 5.3S. The sum appropriated for the
payment of pensions for the current fiscal
year ending June go 1897. is 100000 and
for the succeeding year IL Is estimated thar
the same amount will be necessary. The
commissioner OF pensions reports that dur
ing the hast fiscal year 539 indictments wero
found against Yiolat0Ts or the pension
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08

courts of violations of federal laws, which
for many years has been a subject of exec
utive recommendation. has at last, to q
slight extent, been realized by the utiliZa-
ton of the abandoned military prison at
Fort Leavenworth as a United States peni-
teutlaTy. This is certainly movement in
the right direction, but it ought to be at
once supplemented by the rebuilding or eX-
tensive enlargement of this improvised
prison and the construction of at least one
more, to be located in the Southern states.
The capacity of the LeaNenwOrth peniten-
tiary is so limited that the expense of its
maintenance, calculated at a per capita
rate upon the number of prisoners it can
accommodate. does not make as economical
an exhibit as it would if it We're larger and
better adapted to prison purposes: but l
am thoroughly convinced that economy,
humanity and a proper sense of responsible
ity and duty toward those whom we pun
iSh for violations of federal law dictate
that the federal government should have
the entire control and management OF the
penttentiaries where convicted violators
are confined.
1t appears that since the transfer OF the
Fort Leavenwcrth military prison to its
new uses the work previously done by
prisoners confined there. and for which eN-
penSive machinery has been provided. has
been discontinued This work consisted of
the manufacture of articles for army use
ifCN tSiIe e4StNHSTe- On All STpuil-S II Is
exceedingly desirable that the convicts con-
fined in this penitentiary be allowed TO re-
sumo work of this description
1t IS most gratifying to note the salts
factory results that have followed the in
auguration of the new system provided for
by the act of May N. 1896, under which Ger
tain federal officials are compensated by
salaries instead of fees. The new plan was
put IN operation on the ist day OF July
1896 and already the great economy it en-
forces. its prevention OF abuses and its
tendency to a better enforcement of the
laws are strikinsly apparent. Detailed eyi-
dsnce of the usefulness of this lorg de-
layed but now happily accomplished re-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
OUR PUBLIC LANDS.
The President Agrees with Secretary
Francis That They should He
More. Carefully Gunrded

More Carefully Guarded
The report of the secretary of the irrte-
rior presents a comprehensive and interest
ing exhibit of the numerous and important
affairs committed to his supervision It is
more than briefly refer to few of the
subjects concerning which the secretary
gives fun and instructive information.
The money- Appropriated on account OF
this department and for its disbursement
for the fiscal year ended June So. 1856,
amounted to more than $l51.OOnOOO. or L
greater sum than was appropriated for the
entire maintenance of the government for
the two fiScal years ending June so lS6l.
our public lands originally amounting 10
$4,000 acres. have been so reduced thar
only about 6In.00o,plO acres still remain in
government control, excluding Alaska The
balance. being by far the most valuable
portion, has been given away 10 settlers. to
now states. and to railroads, or sold at A
comparatively nominal sum. The patent
ing of Land in execution of railroad grants
has progressed rapidly during the year and
since the 4th day OF March, 1898. about a5-
Vh,co acres have thus been conveyed 10
tre corporations. l agree with the se,yre-
tary that the remainder of our public lands
should be more carefully dealt with and
their alienation guarded by better economy
and greater prudence
The commission appointed from the mem
berShip Of the National Academy of S,i
encts. provided for by an act of congress.
I" formulate plans for a national forestry
system, viii, it is hoped, soon be prepared
To present the result of thorough and in
telltgent organization OF this imuortant
subject
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Deficit Last Yenr Was S25.2Oa.235-In-
formation ms to Coinage and
Circulation.

The secretary of the treasury reports
that during the fiscal year ended June 60
1895 the receipts OF the government from
all sources amounted to $4O9.4I5. 4OS.7S. Dur
Ing the same period its expenditures We're
S5i65S,G5i.4S The excess OF expenditures
over receipts thus amounted to 81. .203. .235. 90
The ordinary expenditure during the year
vas S,o6i,s52.2l less than during the preced-
ing fiscal year. OF the receipts mentioned
there was derived from customs the sum
OF A6o,o2l, ,I5l.67. and from internal revenue
$l+S. .SSQ,6l5.6& The receipts from customs
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
FEDERAL PENITENTIARIEs.
Enlargement of the Fort Lenven-
worth Institution Urged-Snlary
system Very satisfactory.

The attorney general presents detailed
and interesting statement of the important
work done under his supervision during the
last fiscal year.
The ownership and Management by the
government OF penitentiaries for the con-
inement Of those convicted in United States
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08

few years ago as an experiment. has now
developed into a body of enterpTiSins young,
men, active and energetic in the discharge
OF their duties and promising great useful
ness This establishment has nearly the
same relation to our navy as the national
guard in the different states bears to our
army; and it constitutes source of supply
for our naval forces, the Importance OF
which is Immediately apparent
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
The Life Saving Service.

From the life saving service it is reported
that the number of disasters to docu-
mented vessels within the limits of its
operations during the year was 437. These
vessels had on board 4.6OS persons, of
whom i.595 were saved and thirteen lost
The value OF such vessels is estimated at
&.sSe.lio. and of their Cargoes. 81, $40, ,3S0
making the total value of property imper-
lied $l2.726520. OF this amount, $l1 292 7O7
was saved, and 81, i32 80 was lost. Sixty
seven OF the vessels were totally wrecked
There were besides 2i3 casualties to small
undocumented crafts. on board of which
there were 594 persons, of whom 5S7 were
the property involved in the latter casu-
alues is estimated at s1ls,265, of which
Sl149l5 was saved and 1850 was lost The
life saving crews during the gear also res
cued or assisted numerous other vessels
nails both by day and night. The number
of disasters during the year exceeded that
of any previous year in the history of the
service. but the saving of both life and
property was greater than ever before in
proportion to the value of the property
involved and to the number of persons i'm
peried.
The operations of the marine hospital
service, the revenue cutter service the
steamboat inspection service. the light
house service, the bureau of navigation
and other branches of public work attach
ed to the treasury department, together
with various recommendations, concerning
their support and Improvement are fully
stated in the report of the secretary of the
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
An Offer of Guaranty.

T'1e objection Oh hHlalf OF the insurgents
--''nat promised reform csrnot he relied
upoE-muSt. OF vouras br considered
though We have TO right 10 ;ss5.l!g-e. ami no
reason FOR as~IuIag. THAI any. hing S-4lu
undertakes 10 10 igr Tn" rs,.=f 81 cuba
W. not hP done a@-1~l5r- go h-7-h r.a
sT.-t and the !rttor % Tire ,r- -lertakius-
Never Hcle~S. TaIiiz M tF.t sJrs7!gso-S
Rrl precautions on tGe r7rt OF r'lrs walker
OF two ooUTaf ntS are always natural. and
not always UNJUST fable. being sincerely de
Fircus IN the interest OF both, as we'll as on
'ts cwn account, that the Cuban problem
should be solved with the least possible
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
Immigration Facts.

The number of immigrants arriving in
the United States during the fiscal wear
was Si3,261. of whom 3i0.4sS were permitted
to land and 2T99 were debarred on various
grounds prescribed by law and returned
TO the countries whence they came at the
expense of the steamship companies by
which they were brought in. The increase
in immigration over the preceding year
amounted to 81, 81. 1t is reported that. with
some exceptions. the immigrants of the
past year were of a purely laboring class,
accustomed and able to earn a support for
themselves. and it is estimated that the
money brought with them amounted to at
least S5090. 0.G0-thoush it was probably
much in excess of that sum. since only
those having less than $50 are required to
disclose the exact amount and it is known
that many brought considerable sums of
money to buy land and build homes. In
cluding all the immigrants arriving who
were over II years of age, S6S per cent
We're illiterate, against 20.37 per cent of
those of that age arriving during the pre-
Ceding fiscal year. The number of immi-
grants over Il years old, the countries from
which they came and the percentage of
iliiterates among them were as follows:
Italy, 575l5. with 5459 per cent; Ireland
81, 1876. with Z per cent; Russia, 35,lSS, with
AL per cent; Austria. Hungary and the
provinces, 57,05S, with 1892 per cent; Ger
many, 25,3S4, with 295 per cent: Swe-
den, 1881. with LIE per cent: while from
Portugal there came 2,O67, of whom 0.69
per cent were illiterate. There arrived from
Japan during the year only LILO immi-
grants. and it is the opinion of the immi-
grafton authorities that the apprehension
heretofore existing to some extent of a
large immigration from Japan to the Unit
ed States is without any substantial foun-
datiov
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08

better business ideas in the regulation of
our postal rates.
Experience and observation have demon
strated that certain improvements in the
orgauiZatio of the poStoffiCe department
must be secured before We can gain the full
benefit of the immense sums expended in
Its administration This involves the fol-
lowing reforms, which I earnestly recon-
mend: There should be Il small addition
TO the existing inspector service, to be en-
ployed in the supervision of the carrier
force, which now numbers 1900 men and
performs its service practically without the
surveillance exercised over all other
brarcheS of the postal or public service
ot course. such a lack of supervision and
freedom from wholesome disciplinary re-
SuaintS must inevitably lead TO imperfect
service. There should also be appointed a
few inspectors who would assist the CEN
trIl office in necessary investigation con-
cerning matters of postofice leases. post
Office sites. allowance for rent fuel and
lights and in organizing and securing the
best results from the work of the "a 600
clerks now employed in first and second
class offices. l am convinced that the
small expense attending the inauguration
of these reforms would actually be a profit
able investment.
POstoiIice Consultations.
l especially recommend such a recastinc
OF the appropriations by congress for the
postotfice department as will permit thu
postmaster general to proceed with tha
work of consolidating postoffices. This
work has already been entered upOn SUM-
clently TO fully demonstrate by experiment
and experience that such consolidation is
productive of better service, larger reve-
nues and less expenditures. TO say nothing
OF the further advantage of gradually
Withdrawing postoftices from the spoils sys,
TEN.
The universal postal union. which now
embraces all the civilized world, and whose
delegates will represent 1,O0oGr0O0o people
VIII hold its fifth congress in the city Of
washington in May. 1897 The United
states may be said to have taken the initi-
atlNe which led to the first meeting of this
congress at Berne in 1874 and the for-na-
uon OF the universal postal union. which
brings the postal service of all countries
10 every mans nsighborhood and has
wrought marvels in cheapeninz postal
rates and Securing absolutely safe mail
communication throughout the world. Pre-.
Nous congresses have met in Berne Lis
Don and Vienna, and the respective coun-
tries In which they have assembled have
mace generous provision for their accom-
modatlon and for the reception and enter,
talnment of the delegates In view of the
Importance of this assemblage and of ita
0ehDeraticnS and of the honors and hosni
talltles accorded to our Representatives bv
other countries on similar occasions oar.
nestly nope that such an appropria tior,
Will be made for the expenses necessa riIp
attendant upon the coming meeting in ou,
capital city as will be worthy of our na-
uonal hospitality and indicative of our an,
probation of the event
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
National Bank Statistics.


The number of national banks organized
from the time the law authorizing their
creation was passed up to October 81
1885. was 5,O51. and of this number 3,67s
were at the date last mentioned in active
operation, having authorized capital stock
OF $3.50 1855, held by 2SS, ,902 shareholders
and circulating notes amounting to S2l1,-
4l2,52o The total outstanding circulating
notes of all national banks on the 31st of
October 1896, amounted to 1924. .553 S07. in
cluding unredeemed but fully secured
notes of banks insolvent and in process of
liquidation. The increase in national bank
circulation during the year ending on that
day was s21099, ,420 On October 8. 1896,
when the condition of national banks was
last reported. the total resources of the
S6I9 active institutions Were $3 263 6S5, ,313 49,
which included 81. .S93 26S, ,S39.31 in loans and
discounts, and $780,, ,165, 1873 So in money of all
kinds on hand. OF their liabilities s., i,59S.-
S9l,058 was due to individual depositors,
and $209, ,944,0l9 consisted of outstanding cir
culating notes. There were organized dur
ing the year preceding the date last men
toned twenty-eight national banks, locat-
ed in fifteen states, of which twelve were
organized in the Eastern states with
capital Of Sl.1S0.O00, six in the Western
states with a capital of $4,000 and ten in
the Southern states with a capital of
H,l90000. During the year. however.
thirty-Seven banks voluntarily abandoned
their franchises under the national law
and in the case of twenty-seven others it
was found necessary to appoint receivers
Therefore, as compared with the year pre-
ceding. there was decrease of thirty-six
in the number of active banks. The num-
Der of existing banks organized under
state laws is 5,7OS.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
IRISH. SOCIETY WILL BUILD
Delegates Meet and Decide to
Erect a Hall in This
City.
A Corporation Will Be Formed and
Stock Issued for Sale-An En-
thusiastic Meeting.

There was an enthusiastic gathering last
night of delegates to the convention hav-
ing in charge the erection Of lar.e hall in
San Francisco for headquarters for the
different Irish-American societies of the
City. The K. r. B. Hall presented lively
scene when the convention was called to
order.
Colonel Thomas T. Barry was elected
chairman and Daniel E. Conlan secretary.
Messrs. O'Reilly, Doran and DeaSy were
appointed a committee on credentials.
Jeremiah Deasy spoke strongly in favor
said that a building should be put up that
would at once be a credit to the Irish cti
zens of San Francisco. He had no doubt
but that If all the Irish societies In the
City should unite they would be able to
build a hall from popular subscription
and without calling on their respective
treasures. The idea was to form corro-
ration under the laws of the State and is
sue stock.
Captain Deasy of the A. 0. H. ad yocated
federation of all the Celtic societies OF
the City. All the mem bers Of the organi-
zation which he represented would become
stockholders without any hesitancy.
Colonel Barry. Frank T. Shea, /. f. AL
ford, Thomas Galnford and others made
speeches in support OF the hall PROPOSE
ton. Delegates were present from the
following societies.:
Division 4, A. o. H., Alameda Division
Ii, A. O. H., San Francisco; knights OF
ST. Patrick, Division No. 5; st. Patrick s
Alliance, Division No. 3; ST. Patrick s
Mutual Alliance; County Monaghan Club;
County Leitrim Club; Board OF Esin;
Knights of Tara; Gaelic Football Club; K.
r. B. Rifles
Permanent officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, Colonel Thomas f. Barry;
vice president, Captain Jerome Deasy !;
treasurer, Charles O'Brien; recording sec
retary. r. j. O'Reily; financial secretary,
Dan e. Conlan; sergeant-at-arn.s, Denis
L. Flynn.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
Jere Lynch Is Suing the Hale
& NorcroSS Direct.
OrS.
AN ANTAGoNIsTIC ATTORNEY
His Appointment Said to Be Needless
and Opposed to the Company's
Interests.

Jere Lynch has commenced suit against
the directors of the Hale & Norcross Min
ing Company to recover, for the company,
$4,000 paid to w. H. H. Hart as attorney
for the company in the big Hale & Nor
cross suits.
The defendants in the case are Nat I.
Messer, Charles H. Fish, William F. Lyle,
George r. Wells. w. II. II. Hart, Herman
Zadig. John w. Twiggs, William Edwards,
A. G. Garnett M. A. Cachot and the COR
poraton itself. The frst-named defend
ants have been directors.
Inhis complaint Lynch alleges that on
June 16, 1892, the board of directors then
in office retained Hart as attorney for the
company in the suits then going on. The
company was defendant, but, the COM
plant says, it was only nominal defend
ant, and the suit itself was brought in the
company's interests. This being the case,
the company, although defendant, was
we'll represented by counsel for plaintiff,
and there was no need of having any sDe
cial counsel to protect 1t.
In the lace of these facts, the complaint
goes on to say, Hart was retained by the
directors as the attorney for the defendant
corporation. The resolution, the passing
of which retained Hart, provided that he
was to receive $4,000 in cash, $1,000 when the
case came before the Supreme Court for
argument and $4,000 when the case was
finally decided. Afterward when the de-
PENDANTS, the Hale & Norcross Company,
should pay into its own treasury judg-
ment against itself tor not less than $780,,
600, then Mr.. Hart was to get $4,000 more.
On March 8, 1895, the complaint con-
tinues, Hart was paid first $1,000 and then
$1,000, and then when the decioion of the
Supreme Court was rendered he was paid
$1,000 more, even though the decision did
not end the case.
This money was paid to the defendants.
who form two boards of directors, and the
suit is TO make them personally liable for
it and to compel them to pay it back into
the treasury.
1t is alleged that Hart was retained
mainly to protect the interests of II. M.
Levy, against whom heavy portion of the
big Judgment rests, and that Hart was
given seat in the board of directors by
Levy's influence and was selected as attor-
ney by vote of Levy's stock. His employ
ment, it is charged, was not only not
necessary, but was directly antagonistic to
the interests of the company. The suit
brought by Fox. it is stated, was not
brought for his individual benefit but for
the benefit of the corporation, and the en-
ployment of Hart under the circumstances
was an injury to the cause Of the stock
holders.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
ON BERKELEY CAMPUS.
The University Co-Eds Think That
SnoWballing Is Not Proper
Snort

ls
BERKELEY, CAL, March 3.-The sew.
eral inches of snow that were on the
ground this morning seemed to make the
day lively one on the streets of Berke-
ley. SnowbalIs were flying at an early
hour, and each pedestrian or driver of a
wagon was greeted with volley of the
cold missiles.
On several buildings of the town quan-
tity of snow was gathered, and people who
passed along the sidewalk beneath were
vigorously pelteu.
The sport was kept up until late in the
day, new supplies of snow being received
from the hills after the snow within the
town had all melted, and as result of the
days amusement there are many spoiled
hats and goodly quantity of damaged
neckwear in the town.
A large number of people climbed the
hills where the snow was much deeper and
where it remained throughout the day.
Among the co-eds of the State Univer-
sity there is good deal of indignation at
an account published in a morning paper
of to-day of snowfall BATTLE" which
never took place, between freshmen and
sophomores. The story tells of defeat of
the sophs by bloomer girls, and the CO. eds
are inclined to resent the implication that
they INDUCED in such diversion.