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~^.r~ *NR^3<R-/*; wmi* m|l f'1 tit A TXTTM? A T 1?"D I i«>f McKinley will take bis oath of office J H Ki • liA I 1\ l/riA I iP/K las President of the United. States will be J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. mM MoHBNET. ILLINOIS. SHE USED HER TEETH PLUCKY SCHOOL MA'AM CHEWS A FOOTPAD'S FINGER. Tells Bloody Murder and Saves Her Cash-Prospective Rash of Miners This Spring for the Hich Ynkon District; in Alaska. pffe Hi I Bit a Highway man's Finger. The bad boy in Miss Evelyn M. Staat's room at the Washington school in Chi­ cago. pinned a paper, onwhich was print­ ed "She bites!" to,the back of the teacher '3 dress Thursday, and the good little schol­ ars were horrified. The others tittered, and Miss Staat explained matters. Jok­ ing the joke very good-naturedly. To^ an­ other visitor, who was not a scholar, she explained her experience with a highway-- man Wednesday night about 8 o'clock as she was on tiVe way to her. home, 965 Washington boulevard. "I had just left the drug store at Campbell avenue and West Lake street," said Miss Staat, "and was passing under the elevated structure, when I met.two men. One of them seized me around the waist and another stood before me demanding my money. I hsid seen the men and dropped i$y pocket book in time, so I screamed for help, and as one of the men put his hand over my mouth I bit it. They say I bit it nearly off. He released me and knocked :me down, and the Warren avenu^ police rushed up right afterward. I was pretty well frightened, but they didn't get my money." The robbers were not caught, but it is thought one of them was hit by a bullet fired by one of the pursuing offi­ cers. A New Kl Dorado. Seattle, Wash., advices say: Once again miners and searchers for fortune are get­ ting ready to enter the gold regions of Alaska. News brought by a party of men who made the dangerous journey from the upper Yukon of a new discovery, and a marvelous one, on Klondike creek, has touched the match to the excitement. Transportation and mail facilities will be greatly improved this year. It is probable that a greater number of gold hunters will tins year go into the Yukon country, but reports of good finds at Cook Inlet late last season will undoubtedly attract a great many people. J. P. Hopkins, a min­ ing engineer of San Francisco, and others >vho are said to be reliable and experi­ enced miners, say they found rich depos­ its of gravel in different localities near the inlet in paying quantities, and early in the spring they expect to ship hydraulic machinery to work their claims. The steamer billed to leave March 15 has al­ ready engaged a full cargo of freight for the inlet. There is not a stamp mill work­ ing in Alaska now that is not making big returns'on the quartz handled. The num­ ber of mills will be largely increased this year, and their output, together with the output of the placer mines, is confidently expected to make a great record for 1897. Next month will undoubtedly witness the beginning of a great crush to all the min­ ing districts of the territory. j a very fine and elegant volume," said the bishop. "The book will be donated to Major McKinley for this purpose ad the gift of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It is now being printed in ^Cin­ cinnati by. the Methodists Book Publishing 'House." If tfi!t be handsomely bound, and lined front and back with silk, with a suitable dedicatory inscription on the in­ side. On the outside there will be a beau­ tiful gold plate in the form of a shield, on which the name of the President, the date, the name of the donors, etc.# will be hand* somely engraved. The Bible v^ill be in* closed in a handsome box made of native Ohio wood and gold mounted." A riot occurred among the Striking min­ ers at the J. H. Somers Fuel Company's mines Monday at Bellevernon, Pa., in which Superintendent William Bates and Boss Hauler Charles Cannahan were shot- and probably fatally wounded. The 400 men at the works struck Friday because the company refused to reinstate a hauler who. had been discharged for reckless driving. At^a meeting called to discuss the difficulties a quarrel arose and a fight Was precipitated. The disturbers were driven fr$ri the hall, but no sooner were they oh the outside than they renewed the struggle, using clubs, stones and revolv­ ers. Superintendent Bates, who was in the midst of the rioters, was attacked, and, drawing a revolver, tried to defend himself. He was met by Cannahan, who- flourished a revolver over his head. The men exchanged six shots each aitd then fell to the ground. Burgess Bronson clos­ ed the saloons temporarily, and the town was put under heavy patrol. Another outbreak is feared. The Somers company has an office at Bellevernon, but the gen­ eral office is at Cleveland, Ohio. Tailors Form an Association. The Ready-Made Tailors' National As­ sociation has been organized by the con­ vention at Syracuse, N. Y. The associa tion is to act independently of the Knights of Labor. War is waged on the sweat­ shop system. The following officers were elected: President, G. C. Hessler, Syra cuse; first vice-president, Louis Weinberg, St. Louis; second vice-president, H. Witt- koskie, New Y'ork; recording and financial secretary. Louis Lubin, Rochester; treas urer, Valentine Dukes, Utica; inside guard, Isaac Jacobson, Chicago; trustees. George E. Morgan of Cleveland, Fred Hammerschlag of Boston and John Rheinhardt of Baltimore. NEWS NUGGETS. WESTERN. pension of the First National Bank of Franklin, Ohio. At the date of its last report the hank owed' depositors $75,000, had a surplus of $10,000 and assets, in­ cluding bonds, of $158,000. Its capital is $50,000. The Comptroller also received a telegram from two directors of: the Northwestern National Bank of Great raus, mat., statiag that because of a certain action of the cashier they had taken possession, and asking instructions. The Comptroller directed a receiver in the vicinity to take charge temporarily until the national bank examiner could reach there. Complying with the act of Congress for the suppression of contagious diseases among domestic animals, Secretary Mor­ ton has issued to the managers and agents of railroads and transportation companies, stockmen and others a circular notifying them thafa"contagious and infectious dis­ ease known as splenetic or. southern fever exists among cattle in California, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala­ bama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, portions of Tennessee and the Indian territory. From ; Feb. 15 to Nov. 15, inclusive, during each year, no cattle are to be transported from the territory indicated to any other por­ tion of the United States, except by rail for immediate slaughter, and when so transported strict quarantine regulations are to be complied With: Cattle from Mexico may be admitted into the United States, but they will not be permitted to cross the quarantine line otherwise than by rail for immediate slaughter, except by special permit. Notice is given that cat­ tle infested with the boophilus bovis, or southern cattle tick,; disseminate the con­ tagion of splenetic fever, and they are to be considered as infectious cattle and be subject to the rules and regulations gov­ erning the movement of southern cattle. LOOK FOR OTHEfi JOBS FOREIGN. m- President Cleveland is said to have ar­ ranged to make a tour of the world at the close of his term. Michael Munkacsy, the celebrated art­ ist, is hopelessly insane. He recently at­ tacked and nearly strangled his attend­ ants and a doctor. J. Q. A. Herring, a director of the Ad­ ams Express Company and general man­ ager of,its Baltimore office, died suddenly at New York. He was 72 years old. Mme. Emma Eames-Story underwent a surgical operation at New York and will not be able to sing again before her ap­ pearance in Chicago in about two weeks. It is stated that twenty members of the crew of the British steamer Cayanus were drowned in the wreck of that vessel near Ushante, France. The vessel was bound from Bilboa to Glasgow. There is a market waiting American oak lumber in France, according to Unit­ ed States Commercial Agent Angell at Roubaix. He reports that one firm alone stands ready to take $400,000 worth an­ nually in place of Hungarian oak if pro­ per connections can be made with Ameri­ can lumber exporters. William Lewis, wife and one child left Reinbeck, Iowa, for South Dakota early last fall. The husband perished in a bliz­ zard, and the funeral of the wife and child took place Thursday. They lived in a rude sod house after the father's death and the roof caved in, killing them. The family was buried side by side in the Reinbeck cemetery. The safe in the Clearfield. Pa., post- office was blown open Wednesday morn­ ing and $1,000 worth of stamps and $300 in cash were stolen. A hole was drilled through the top of the safe, and the door was blown off and across the room. The door leading into the mail department of the office and all the window panes in the rear j)f the building were demolished. There is no clew to the robbers. The Senate concurrent resolution to ap­ point a committee to meet at Kansas City a similar committee from the Missouri Legislature and discuss the stock yards question was passed by the Kansas House after a lively debate. It is intended to ultimately remedy many alleged irregu­ larities, including overcharging for feed, £tc. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii, who has been confined to her room in Wash­ ington by influenza for several days, has Buffered a relapse. Her physicians sa; that she will not be able to remain in this climate during the winter. A large part of the business part of Shell Rock, Iowa, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $25,000. At Eureka, Kan., Edward Hillsberry's 3-year-old daughter was burned to death while playing near the kitchen stove. The 4-year-old daughter of Joseph Bo- hall, near Oneida, O. T., was burned to death. Her mother was visiting a neigh­ bor. At Galesburg, 111., the Grand Jury re­ turned indictments for wife murder against Anson Gregory and for arson against Joe Shnfer and Frank Nelson, accused of trying to burn Williamsfield. John Bishop, a wealthy Cass County, Michigan, farmer, committed suicide by taking a dose of poison. The cause of Bishop's suicide was his fear of being sent to prison charged with attempting wife murder. Deerfield, 111., has an epidemic of diph­ theria. Eight cases have been reported, one of which terminated fatally. Mrs. John Fritsch was the first victim. She caught the disease while attending four of her children, who were stricken four weeks ago. The public school has been closed. A gang of bandits attempted to raid the store and government offices at the Sac and Fox agency in the Indian territory, and three men, including Gen. Thomas, the Indian agent, were shot and killed. The raid was the result of a bold but vain attempt to steal $26,000 of government money now being distributed among the Indians. The Union Saving and Trust Company of Cincinnati has made application before the Supreme Court for a receiver for the Citizens' Traction Company, one of the street car lines of San Diego, Cal. Judge Hughes appointed A. D. Nomau receiver. The mortgage indebtedness is $80,000, the floating indebtedness $20,000. The month­ ly receipts are about $10,000. Chairman John K. Gowdy of the In­ diana Republican State Committee re­ turned to Indianapolis from a trip to Can­ ton, Ohio. Wh'ln asked what place would be given him by the administration Mr. Gowdy said: "Major McKinley tendered me the important post of consul general to Paris. After due consideration I have decided to accept the place, and so noti­ fied Major McKinley." , On the bluff, 300 yards back of Fort Winfield Scott, San Francisco, the big 10-inch breechloading rifle was fired Mon­ day f6r the first time. Everyone belong­ ing to the Presidio reservation who was off duty was there to witness the sight. About a hundred people from the city were present by invitation. The experi­ ments were to determine whether the Brown prismatic powder is suited to this .class of rifle. Three shots were fired. The first was two-thirds of a full charge of powder, 186 2-3 pounds, the second was 250 pounds and the last a full charge of 280 pounds. Cast-iron shot with chilled points, weighing 575 pounds each, were used. The last shot revealed that the pressure was too high to be safe. It ran up to 41,000 pounds. The limit allowed is 37,000 pounds. Everything above that figure strains and weakens the gun. Every time this great rifle is fired it costs the Government $200. Albert M. Billings, president of the Home National Bank, founder of the Peo­ ple's Gas Light and Coke Company, and one of the typical business men of Chicago, died Sunday evening, aged 83. His illness was of brief duration, dating from Friday. Mr. Billings could hardly be classed among the early settlers of Chicago, but he was distinctively a pio­ neer business man. His career began in 1859, when with Commodore Garrison he started the manufacture of illumina­ ting gas on the West Side. He was born in Royalton, Vt., in 1814, and gained an early experience in commercial affairs that fitted him admirably for the rnsh and bustle which he encountered when he came West to try his fortune. Mr. Bill ings was a very rich man. Nobody among his most intimate friends pretends to know the extent of the wealth he accum­ ulated. He acquired his fortune through the possession of a tremendous energy and a remarkable shrewdness as an organizer, coupled with an integrity that was never questioned in all his dealings. His word was his bond, and Chicago has had good reason to be proud of his interest in her welfare. His personality was strong, even to the point of eccentricity, yet un­ derneath a brusque and sometimes forbid­ ding exterior he concealed a generous nature. It is said of Mr. Billings that he wore his wrong side outward. He be­ lieved in concealing the doings of his right hand from his left when called up­ on to respond to the demands of charity. His habits were of the simplest kind, with all his wealth, and he never missed an opportunity to impress the lessons of economy upon those with whom he came in close contact. The Echo de Paris says that fighting has occurred on the frontier of Siam be­ tween the French and the Siamese. The Portuguese ministry has resigned, and it is understood that Senhor Luciano de Castro will be intrusted with the task of re-forming the cabinet. Berlin dispatch: The Frankfort Zeitung correspondent at Constantinople tele­ graphs that Germ,Tiny has declined the sultan's request to-send officers and finan­ ciers to reorganize the country as being inopportune. France and Belgium, the dispatch adds, have also declined. The riots at Hamburg which followed the recent collapse of the dockers' strike-- the workmen, incensed at the failure of their cause, attacking the laborers as they emerged from the docks on Saturday even­ ing at Altona and St. Pauli--are serious. Knives and revolvers were freely used. A number of persons have been injured, including several onlookers. Nearly 100 arrests have been made by the authorities. It was 2 o'clock on Sunday morning be­ fore the large forces of mounted police succeeded in clearing the streets and quieting the people. Robert Kneebs, the American horseman charged with entering the trotting mare Bethel in races on the German tracks un­ der the name of "Nellie Kneebs," was sentenced at Berlin to nine months' im­ prisonment and ordered to pay a fine of 1,000 marks. He will also be deprived of all civil rights for two years. Seven months' allowance for the time which he has already served in prison will be de­ ducted from the sentence, so that really Kneebs has only two months yet to serve. The court ordered the forfeiture of the mare Nellie Kneebs. Kneebs reserved the right to appeal. 1 United States Consul Parker at Bir­ mingham, England, has supplied the State Department with extracts from local pa­ pers showing .that the British ironmakers are disquieted by the receipt at Birming­ ham of large consignments of American pigiron at £4 5s per ton, or 10 shillings under the English minimum. There were also reports of negotiations in Philadel­ phia for the sale to European buyers of 20,000 tons of billets at £3 15s per ton de­ livered. The British ironmen generally ascribe this phenomenal movement to the trade depression in the United States, hich causes forced sales abroad, but others point to the steady continuance of the American shipments as evidence that they must be made at ajjrofit, and hold that superior natural advantages and im­ proved processes of manufacture have turned the scale. EASTERN. 1 William Clark Noble, the New York sculptor, who was charged with grand larceny of $2,000 under promise of mar­ riage by Julia Adelaide Price, his former model, was discharged by the examining magistrate, the magistrate stating that he .did not believe Miss Price's allegations. Bishop Arnett of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was in Pittsburg en route to Washington, to arrange for the entertainment of the members of the com mittee appointed to present to Major Me Kinley a Bible for use in the inaugural ceremonies. "The Bible upon which Ma- Obituary: At New York, Charles W. Brook, 61.--At - Philadelphia, Chief En­ gineer William S. Smith, U. S. N. Secretary Olney has received from President Eliot of Harvard University an invitation to fill the chair of international law at that institution after the expiration of his term of office in the State Depart­ ment. The Secretary has taken the offer under consideration. The steamer Angloman, Captain Lewis, from Boston for Liverpool, went ashore off the Skerries. Two tugs and two life­ boats went to her assistance. A dense fog prevailed. The Angloman will prob­ ably be a total loss. All the members of the crew were saved. \ Obituary: At Richmond, Va., Rev. H Harris, D. D., LL. D., A. M., of Louis­ ville, Ky.--At New York City, Frederick Taylor, 57.--At Jacksonville, Fla., Major Charles Bendire, U- S. A., 60.-AtPadu- cah, Ky., Joseph T. Wilson, 45.--At War­ saw, Ind., Mrs. A. J. Mershon. WASHINGTON. Mrs. Marilla M. Richer, of Dover, N H., has applied to President-elect McKin ley for appointment as minister to the United States'of Colombia, the position held by ex-Congressman Luther McKin ney, familiarly known as "Parson" Me Kinney in New Hampshire. The conferrees on the immigration bill which was recommitted to them reached a second agreement. The requirements in the first report that immigrants shall-read "the English language or the language of their native or resident country" is chaug ed*so as to require them only to read "the English language or some other lan guage." This section was also amended BO as to admit the illiterate wives and minor children of immigrants who are otherwise, qualified and capable. The Comptroller of the Currency has received a telegram announcing the BUS IN GENERA! CLEVELAND AND HIS MINISTERS PREPARE TO GET OUT. T .'.a;: •}' $•? What They iSxpect to Do When Uncle; Sam's Pay Check* Stop--Mr. Cleve­ land Will Go Direct to Hi* New Home at Princeton. After March 4. Washington correspondence: * YET a little while and Mr. C 1 e v e 1 a n d's household of cabinet ministers will hold its last meeting, af­ ter which its mem­ bers--a majority of, tneth, at least--will scatter to the four quarters of the land to take up anew the burden of life as it is lived by unofficial! members of the bugl-; nCss and social world. Most, of the ca bi net ministers' will, undoubtedly, be filled with joy s be­ cause of their release from the cares of state; others will put off official life with lingering regrets, and yet others are apparently laying careful plans looking to their remaining in Wash- ington, for the present, at least. j The prospect of handing over his port­ folio to a successor evidently possesses no Mi unpleasant features to Secretary of War Lamont. He will cut loose from the mar­ tial environments of the war office and go to New York by the first train he can catch on the, 5th of March. Secretary Morton will seek to forget the cares of office among the almond-eyed natives of the orient. The prospect is evidently an alluring one to the Secretary of Agri­ culture, for he talked enthusiastically about his plans to the writer. I shall go from here to Chicago," he said. "I have three sons in business MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2, 15c to 16c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 36c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 16c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $35 to $80 per ton. ^Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 10 $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75 sheep, good to choice, $3.00 to $4.00 wheat, No. 2, 85c to 87c; corn, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 89c to 82c corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 21c; oats, No 2 white, 16c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 33c to 34c, Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25 wheat, No. 2, 89c to 91c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 37c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00 wheat, No. 2 red, 87c to 89c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, 30c to 38c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 89c to 90c corn, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; oats, No' 2 white, 16c to 18c; rye. No. 2, 36c to 38c clov^jr seed, $5.10 to $5.20. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 3, 19c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20«i barley, No. 2, 25c to 33c; rye, No. 1, 37c to 39c; pork, mess, $7.50 to $8.00. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; - sheep, $2.00 to $4.25 wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 93c; corn, No 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white 21c to 23c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50 wheat, No. 2 red, 84c to 85c,; corn, No. 2 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c butter, creamery, 15c to 22c;j§ggs, Weit ern, 13c to 10c. ft As an actual matter of fact, I have made no plans." "I shall return to my corporation prac­ tice in Boston," said Secretary of State Olhey. "My business there has gone right along during my absence, and March 0 will probably see me in my Boston office^ engaged in the duties that I left to come here." For many reasons Washington will miss no cabinet minister more than it will Attorney General Harmon. He has taken an active interest in local ama- i STEVENSq&'P MYTHICAL ORANGE .0 ORCHARDS. SENATE AM) HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW- "V MAKERS. ~ r A Week's Proceedings in the Halls of Congress--Important Measures Dis­ cussed and Acted Upon--Ah Impar­ tial Resume of the Business. The National Bolons. ELECTORAL VOTE IS COUNTED. ' ^ } Formal Announcement of the Heanl* in the November MORTON MAT VISIT TO JAPAN, 1 is teur sports, and tht athletes of .Washing­ ton will sWd teats When he leaves. "I go back to Cincinnati," he said, in reply to the writer's query,, "to take my old place there with the firm of Harmon, Col­ ston, Goldsmith & Hoadly, of which I am the senior partner." Secretaries Carlisle and Herbert de­ clared the future to be a sealed book to them, so far as present intentions are concerned. Secretary Carlisle preferred to fence my questions regarding his future movements. Rumor has it that he will practice law in New York, Cincinnati and half a dozen other places. As not even an ex-Secretary of the Treasury can be in more than one city at once, one rumor is a« good as another. The fact is, say the Washingtonians, that Mr. Carlisle has yet hopes of staying in Washington, and, if his ambitions wife can manage it, he will. Private Secretary Thurber talked freely concerning the plans of the present incumh . bent, and incidentally knocked in the head variety of rumors with regard to Mr. Cleveland's intentions when he says good- by to the WThite House. . v v "The President," said Mr. Thurber, with Mrs. Cleveland and the children, will go direct from Washington to his new home at Princeton, N. J. He intends to stay'there only a short time, but hopes he will be allowed during that time to enjoy the welcome change from the bustle of official life to the quiet of a private resi­ dence. Buzzard's Bay has too firm a hold on the affections of both the President and Mrs. Cleveland for Princeton to charm them long. They will go to Gray Gables after a short stay at Princeton, and Mr. Cleveland expects to remain there for some time. He is in robust health, but has made no plans for going into active business life after March 4. He will take prolonged rest before considering the question of getting into business again." Vice-President Stevenson regrets very much that rumors of his vast wealth and growing estates are founded on nothing more substantial than shifting sand. • "I see they have me booked for Califor­ nia," said Mr. Stevenson, when asked^, regarding his future intentions. "There am to assume the management of big olive groves that I have purchased pre­ sumably with the money I have put by during my term in Washington. I wish the kind friends who have credited me with possessing these olive and lemon treasures were correctly informed, but it isn't true, I regret to say. I have my home at Bloomington,Ill.. and there I in­ tend to go when I leave Washington." MR. CLEVELAND MAY WEAR THIS OARR. there, and I intend to stay and visit them for awhile. Then I shall go to my place in Nebraska City--Arbor Lodge. I have lived in that neighborhood nearly all my life, and I intend to stay at my Nebraska City home for a little while. When I do get ready to take a trip anywhere, I am going to Japan with one of my sons, Paul Morton, who is vice-president of the At^ chison, Topeka and Santa Fe road. It will be entirely a pleasure trip, and we have plans all laid for making it a thor­ oughly enjoyable one." When Hoke Smith's successor leaves the scene of his short term of office as Secretary of the Interior, he will help to move the wheels of business in St. Louis f J OLXEY GOES RACK TO HIS LAW DESK. again. "I am neither glad nor sorry to leave Washington," remarked Secretary Francis: "the few months that I have held my present office have been pleasant ones to me, but I shall not have any regrets when I am rolling westward in the direc­ tion of St. Louis. I shall return at once to my business life there." Postmaster General Wilson proved to be in a negative rather than a positive humor when discovered in his office. While sign­ ing documents with the patient, untiring energy of a machine, he undertook to deny various rumors that have been afloat con­ cerning his future ambitions in the busi­ ness world. "You can deny," he said, as T CARLISLE HASN'T MADE UP HIS MIND. he added dnother autograph to the heap on his desk, "that I have been offered the managing editorship of a New York news­ paper. I have been offered, but haye not accepted, the presidency .of educational in­ stitutions in various pkrta the'country rfirrrrrr Senator Hoar introduced a bill provid­ ing for a commission of three persons to revise and codify the criminal and penal laws of the United States. The House Committee on Ways and Means considered a bill recommended by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to authorize the sale of forfeited opium to the highest bidders. Ex-Secretary John W. Foster is teach­ ing a Bible class in the New York Ave­ nue Presbyterian Church, of Washington, which is attended by about sixty people, including several public men. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, has in­ troduced a bill amending the copyright laws so as to provide that if any person shall cause to be published any copyright article contrary to law he shall forfeit $1 for every copy sold. The agreement recently concluded be­ tween this Government and Canada, abol­ ishing the cattle quarantine between Can­ ada and the United States and substitut- ingTa rigid inspection between the coun­ tries, has taken effect. Julio Sanguilly, a citizen of the United States, who has been condemned by the Spanish authorities to perpetual impris­ onment in chains in Cuba, was the subject of a letter and correspondence sent by the President to the Senate. Inquiry confirms the story coming from Lima, Peru, to the effect that the State Department has lodged a demand with the United States Charge of Legation at Lima for the release of the mate of the American bark Uncle John. The State Department is endeavoring to relieve the American sugar planters in Cuba from the embarrassing position in which they are situated as a result of the attitude of the Spanish authorities to­ wards those who attempt to grind cane. Representatives of the sugar growing interests are.making an effort to secure from Congress an appropriation of $1, 048,000 to settle the balance of the boun ties which they claim are due them un­ der the act passed in the last session of the Fifty-third Congress. The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce agreed to report Senator Till­ man's bill giving States the same control over liquor imported from other States that they have over liquors manufactured within their own borders. Some amend­ ments are recommended. The monthly report of the director of the mint shows the total coinage at the United States, mints during January to have been $9,851,220, of which $7,803,420 was g«ld, $1,964,800 silver and $83,000 minor coine. Of the silver coined $1,812,- 000 was in standard dollars. : A bill providing for the creation of a cabinet position to be filled by a Secretary of Labor was discussed by the House Committee on Labor. The cotamittee con aidered a suggestion that the department Should include commerce, labor and man ufactures, but no'citi&'a wf.n taken. Richard R. Kenney, Democratic con­ testant from Delaware, was sworn in Friday as Senator, his credentials being regular and signed by the Governor. This marked the culmination of a long contest over the vacant Delaware seat. No ob­ jection was made, it being admitted he had at least a prima facie right, though Mr. Chandler stated his belief that H. A. Dupont had been legally elected, adding, however, that Mr. Kenney could be seated and the matter brought before the Senate hereafter. The seating of Kenney aug­ mented the Democratic membership to forty, and for the first time raised the full membership of the Senate to its proper quota. It effects no essential change in party strength, however. The Senate passed the following among other House bills: Authorizing the Duluth and North Dakota Railroad Company to construct two bridges across the Red River of the North between Minnesota and North Da­ kota; amending the law relative to the Rock Island bridge to permit street rail­ way companies to provide electric power in lieu of rent for the use of the.bridge. The Senate was in executive session most of Monday considering the Anglo- American peace treaty, so that little time was given inibpen session to the transac­ tion of regular legislative work. Early in the day the bill rearranging ftie judicial districts of Texas was passed over the President's veto by the unusually heavy majority of 57 to 1, the negative vote bp- ing that of Mr. Caffery, of Louisiana. Speaking of the bill Mr. Mills (Dem.) of Teyas said the burden of the Presi­ dent's objection was that the judge of the court, the clerk and the marshal opposed the change. "It is strange to me," said Mr. Mills, "that the President does not consult the fifteen representatives from Texas--thirteen in the other house and two in this--instead of accepting- the view of the court officers." The effect of the veto is to make the bill a law without further reference to the President, as it already had passed over the veto in the House. At 1 o'clock, on, motion of Mr. Sherman, the Senate went into executive session and so remained until adjourn­ ment at 5:25 p. m. The day in the House. was devoted to the consideration of Dis­ trict of Columbia business. The House Tuesday agreed to the final conference report on the immigration bill by an overwhelming majority (217 to 33) and passed two more pension bills over the President's veto. The modifications of the immigration bill contained in the conference report by which an intending immigrant was required to be able to read and write "the English or another language" and which permitted the illit­ erate wife and minor children to accom­ pany an eligible emigrant removed the main oppos?tion to the bill. The benefi­ ciaries of the pension bills passed over the veto were both of the class known as "remarried widows." A bill was also passed to prevent the fraudulent use of the word "copyright" on books and other publications. The open session of the Senate was wholly perfunctory, and after transacting some routine business the doors were closed and an executive ses­ sion continued throughout the day. The bill was passed to aid in the improvement of the navigable channel of the South pass by closing the existing crevasses in Pass L'Outre in the Mississippi River. The routine business was cleared away by 12:35 p. m. and on motion of Mr. Sherman the Senate went into executive session and at 5:40 p. m. adjourned. The electoral votes of the forty-five States of the Union were formally count­ ed at the joint session of the House and Senate held Wednesday for that purpose, and Vice President Stevenson proclaimed the election of McKinley and Hobart as President and Vice President respect­ ively. Senator Morgan, champion of the Nicaragua canal bill, announced in the Senate his abandonment of that measure for the preset session of Congress, and thereupon it was displaced by the bank­ ruptcy bill. He gave notice that he would renew his advocacy of the bill at an early day of the coming extra session. The bankruptcy bill succeeds to the advanta­ geous position of "unfinished business." The agricultural appropriation bill was taken up late in the day and passed at $3,255,500. The House bill was passed extending the time for complying with the requirements of the act forfeiting rail­ road lands. The House hns passed the Senate bill relating to the carrying of obscene matter by express companies, and it has gone to the President for his sig­ nature. The penalty for violation, upon conviction, is a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the Court. The House Thursday passed the fortifi cations appropriation bill with but a sin gle amendment and made some headway with the postoflice appropriation bili The major portion of the day was consum ed in political debate on the financial ques­ tion. which was precipitated by a provis­ ion in a bill providing for funding the debt of the territories. The bill aroused the opposition of Mr. McMillin (Dem.) of Tennessee because it provided for gold bonds and the payment of interest in gold or its equivalent. Mr. Knox (Rep.) of Massachusetts said that the stipulation regarding sold bonds applied only to Ari­ zona, which had outstanding gold bonds to be refunded. An amendment by Mr. Mc­ Millin (Dem.) of Tennessee was as fol­ lows: "Provided, That the principal and interest of the bonds funded under this act shall be payable in any lawful money of the United States, except the Arizona bonjjs above described heretofore issued. This was adapted, and the bill passed. Notes of Current Events. Count Cassella,the Pope's private cham­ berlain, formerly of Denver, died at Rome. He was born in London in 1S29. Edward W. Emerson, of Concord, son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, has been clio sen as poet for Phi Beta Kappa day at Harvard, next June. It is semi-oflicially stated that negotia­ tions for a treaty of general arbitration between France and the United States were commenced about a year ago, but were only resumed when it was announc­ ed that "the Anglo-American treaty had been definitely concluded. The Russian legation in Washington has sent a contribution of $100 to the popular fund now being raised in Wash­ ington for the relief of the city's poor. Capt. Henry King, chief editorial writ­ er of the^paper, has been appointed to succeed the late Joseph B. McCullagh as editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat No change will be made in the policy or style of the paper. Official advices from Manilla say that the situation- there is greatly improved and that the rebels do not dare to ap­ proach the capital. It is reported that , 6,000 insurgents, while trying to cross the Isthmus of Noveleta of the province of Cavite, were repulsed with heavy losses. S'i The last formality incident to a presi­ dential election occurred) Wednesday in * the hall of the House of Representatives in the presence of the joint assembly of- Congress, when the Vice-President an­ nounced the electoral vote as shown in the returns from the several States. Tho ceremohies attending the count were sim- ple and monotonous. After an hour of routine business the House prepared for the coming of the Senate by vacating three rows of desks in front of the Speak- •, on the Democratic side. Promptly at o'clock the sergeant-nt-arms of the Sen­ ate announced the presence of that body, which filed down the middle aisle., The galleries had been crowded for several hours by a curious throng, which obtained admission upon the presentation of tickets allotted for distribution among the mem­ bers of Congress. Vice-President Stevenson sat at the side • Speaker Reed and presided over the joint session. Senators Lodge and Black­ burn, on the part of the Senate, and Messrs. Grosvenor and Richardson, on behalf of the House, acted as tellers. The returns were opened by the Vice-Presi­ dent and announced by the tellers. The reading of the certificates, long in vorbi- age. was: omitted after that of Alabama had been i;ead. The totals were as fol­ lows: For President, McKinley 271, Bry­ an 176; for Vice-President, Hobart 271, Sewall 149, Watson 27. The following was the vote as it was announced in de­ tail: President. Vice-President. States. CO .. It- n . Alabama ...... " . 11 11 • Arkansas ...... •8 5 *3 California 8 1 '8 1 Colorado ...... # m 4 4 Connecticut ... 6 G Delaware 3 m # 3 • e|. Florida *4 Georgia , 13 •' • ' 13 • •: Idaho . ; 3 t m 3 Illinois 24 • • 24 Indiana 15 15 . .1 13 13 • , , io 10 • «i Kentucky 12 1 12 t , r Louisiana • • 8 , , 4 4 Maine 6 . . 6 • M Maryland 8 8 • •' Massachusetts. 15 15 • • s •' Michigan ...... 14 14 s Minnesota 9 9 Mississippi , , 9 , , 9 • •» Missouri ...... • « 17 + f • v 13 4 Montana 3 2 1 Nebraska « • 8 • •>$> 4 4 Nevada • . ,3 • s ' 3 • • N. Hampshire.. 4 4 • • •! New Jersey.... 10 . . 10 , , • •! New York..... 36 36 • • North Carolina. ii 0 5 North Dakota. . 3 . , 3 , , • Si Ohio 23 ... , 23 , # s •! Oregon 4 4 , # s •. Pennsylvania . 32 32 , # S •! Rhode Island. . 4 . . 4 « • • ••! South Carolina. , . 9 , 9 , , South Dakota. , . 4 2 ? Tennessee ..... • •> 12 . . 12. # . 15 15 Utah , , 3 . , 2 1 ' 4 ; . 4 • St Virginia , # 12 , . 12 . , Washington ... 4 , , 2 2 W. Virginia. .. 6 •- • ! 6 • • • SI Wisconsin . .. 12 12 , . • »• Wyoming 3 • • 2 1 Totals. .271 170 271 149 27 GREAT BALL IS GIVEN. Bradley Martin Blowout Delights New York Society Leaders. Mrs. Bradley Martin gave at the Hotel Waldorf, in New York, Wednesday night, the costume ball which was so much talk­ ed of in and out of society. Preachers had discussed it in their pulpits, and some persons had frothed at the mouth over the $500,000 which was to be spent for one night's pleasure of a thou­ sand wealthy men and women. Invita- tious to the ball were issued to an indefi- MRS. MARTIN. nite number. Only the hosts knew the exact number, but it reached 1,S00, because many of the cards went abroad and to persons in this coun­ try at a distance from New York who would have felt slighted if not invited, and who would have overcrowded the ball room had they all decided to come. Eight hundred or 900 men and women, repre­ senting the world of wealth and society in and about New York, constituted the guests at the elaborate social function. The ball began at midnight and ended at 5 o'clock in the morning. Therefore its pleasures cost at the rate of $100,000 an hour. The cost to the hostess was about $125,000. It was a superb specta­ cle, which will go down in society's his­ tory as a riot of color and display. It eclipsed all previous bal masques. It is the crowning glory of the social life of New York of this century. It may not be surpassed in another hundred years. It was a gorgeous, superb and wonderful spectacle. It was a monument to vanity, splendid and ridiculous. The results of months of preparation and the outlay of hundreds of thousands of dollars were ex­ hausted in five hours. n Ouida never shakes hands. She declares it to be the most vulgar form of saluta­ tion. President Cleveland will be 60 years old two weeks after the expiration Of his present term of office. CapL Mahan, the celebrated naval his­ torian, just relieved from active service, is an enthusiastic bicyclist. Gov. O'Ferrall of Virginia has declined an invitation to address the Young Men's Democratic Club of Boston. W. S. Witham. of Atlanta, is president of twenty-seven Georgia banks located in the small towns of that State. Mrs. Herrman Davis, of New York, is the only woman who has ridden her wheel over the great St. Bernard Pass. f; The. first negro to be admitted to the bar in the State of Illinois was Lloyd G. Wheeler, who was admitted in 1869. Capt. G. S. Anderson, United States Army, has made his annual report as sup­ erintendent of the Yellowstone Park. Gov. Lee, of South Dakota, owns more land than any other resident of the State, and is still adding to his possessions. Gov. Morrill of Kansas will confine IRS European trip next summer to a three months' tour of England, Ireland and Scotland. Mrs. Charlotte Van Cleve, who is now living in Minneapolis, was the first white child born in 'the vast Northwestern terri­ tory. She will be 78 years old next June. ir • •