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«t rg flaiawnlct I. VAN SlYKE, E4N*r ani Mlmr. NUGGETS OF *v-K*^ V> \ *.«*• , ^ . .... -- • -si ft - wt-A -^it i .1 r «„ :» r- j i * w * f ^ w tp v iy-:f- Christianity ii the tempi* Emannel. effl-j delegates in attendance. The convention braced the Hebrew faith, and was then adopted a resolution indorsing Master married to Gustav Lang, of Chicago. The ' Workman Powderly s stand on the Pro- bride's parents are German Lutherans, in j bibition question, and defeated by a vote which belief she was reared. t of 176 nays to 162 yeas a notion for a At Stevens' Point, Wis., the Cnrrans, committee to prepare ajdanol campaign, charged with the murder of Lawyer Hazel- SOCIAL AND POLITICAL. **CW>RTANT HAPFITSiTNGS IX EfKRt QUARTER OF THE GLOBE. tlfpie tatwt IateUt^CMO* Rccclnd by Wiw from Dlntaat Linna and »t Horn*--The Crekn of the Mews G«Ui«i«d $•*•>. 4^ • ^Humrtmrn *f th« World. '•• { ; £ SUIT FOR HALF A MILLION. . Government Setklnr to Recover, from Mil- '/•t ^ , nesota Lumlter Companies. BETWEEN 30,000.000 and 40,000,000 -s;' 1 *fet of valuable lumber will be contested tor in the United States Courts at St. Paul, Minn. United States Distriot At- ?; tomey Barter has received an order from the Attorney General of the United States instructing him to at once begin replevin suits for about 35,000,000 feet of lumber cut on the Fond du Lac 1: Reservation in Minnesota by the C. N. Nelson and Cloquet Lumber Companies. The cutting of the lumber has extended over a series of years. The total value of • the product is estimated at about $500,000. r The defense of the lumber companies is that they had a perfect right to out the lumber in' question. J,CALIFORNIA'S GREAT FLUMB. mpletlou Celebrated by Speeches and a Parade. >: The completion of the great flume,which luts been long building, was celebrated at San Diego, Cal., by speeches, a parade of citizen societies, United States troops and the National Guards. The flume extends from the western slope of Cuyamaca • Mountain, where is a reservoir elevation of 4,500feet. The length oi the flume is about fifty miles, and it cost 5=!'00.<M0. There are 350 trestle bridges and eight tunnels i r i along the line, and 9,000,000 t'eet of lum­ ber was used in i:s construction. The •*,- amount of water on hand is 2,WI0,000,000 gallons, enough to supply (hat city and county for four years without renewal. tine, were granted a change of Ten tie, and the cam will be tried in Waupaca County in Jane. THE National Electric-Light Associa­ tion, which met in Chicago, has adjourned. The Electric-Light Exhibition in St. Louis, Mo., will be opened on or before Sept. 4, 1889, and will continue for six weeks. Before adjourning officers for the ensuing year were elected as fellows: Ed­ ward R. Weeks, of Kansas City, Presi­ dent; A. J. De Camp, Philadelphia, Eirst Vice President. Executive Committee, the opponents of a third party Opposing it. Resolnt ions pledging the organisation to the support of the proposed constitu­ tional amendment were adopted. IN the Arkansas House four Democrats of Pulaski County resigned their seats, and the four contesting Republicans at once qualified and took the places of the retiring quartet. ACCORDING to unofficial returns from the six counties comprising the Fourth Congressional District of Missouri, R. P. C. Wilson, of Platte County, and Charles F. Brooker, of Andrew, Democratic nomi A WRIGHT AMD BREEZY LGITKB FBOM THE NATION'S CAPITAL, B. Rhodes, Niagara Falls; B. E. Sunney, ; nees for the long and short term respec- Chicago; George A. Redmond, Rochester, ] tively to succeed Congressman James N. N. Y.; C. R. Huntley, Buffalo; Otto A. j Burnes, are elected by a small majority. Moses, New York; E. T. Lynch, New York; P. H. Alexander, Boston; J. F. Morrison, Baltimore; T. Carpenter Smith, Philadelphia. AN epidemic of small-pox of a virOlent type is reported from Falls City, Neb. The disease is also said to be raging on the Indian Reservation near Rule, Neb, Tlx and Pate Barrett, who killed the street ear driver, Tollefson, in Minneapo­ lis, Minn., a year ago, have been sentenced to be hanged on March 22 at the Min­ neapolis jail. |aS, ' Wants Him to Keep Sober. By his father's-will, Hiram Barker, of 3k>Ter, N. H., is to receive 55,000 a year until his death, and at the end of ten years he is to receive $250,000, and the'same amount each succeeding ten years in case he keeps sober. In case, however, he gets intoxicated he loses everything. George Washington. Thb one-hundred and fifty-seventh an­ niversary of the birthday of George Wash­ ington was celebrated throughout the country with fitting observances, on the 22d inst., showing mat the memory of the Father of his Country is still kept fresh in the hearts of the patriotic Americans '# the years go on. •Mjy Kansas Legislation. THE Kansas House has passed a bill to |*event alien land holding in that State. provides that an alien who has signi­ fied his intention of becoming a citizen must do so in six years or forfeit his land. It also forfeits foreign leases. _ s?V\., WillWme late the Union. "I PbkSident CLEVELAND has signed the bill admitting Washington, Montana, Itorth Dakota and South Dakota to state- • JOSNNA IS THE MAN; / TiftE weary dead-look in the Legisla^tri'e at Charleston, W. Va.. has been broken by the re-election to the United States Sen­ ate of John E. Kenna, Democrat, by a strict pa^ty vote, he receiv­ ing forty-six votes. John E. Kenna is 41 years old and was born at Valcoulon, Va., on a farm. He served through the war in the Confeder­ ate army, afterward graduated at St. Vin­ cent's College,Wheel­ ing, and studied law. He served as Prose- • cuting Attorney of Kanawha County from W<2 to 1877; was riected to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Con­ gresses, and then was promoted to the Senate, taking his seat in 1883. SENATOR KEXNA. ms j , Stalks (rem .the 'Wpkr*" • ^ AT Newark, N. J., E. Wilson Woodruff, Secretary of the C., H. & D. Road, under . the Ives-Stayner organization, has been arrested on an indictment for illegal ^•Iterations under that regime* ' ; THE gambling bill forbidding the li- , tensing of any games of chance other •ilUban faro and round-table poker, has been ? iignea bythe Goyerxibr of Montana. | AT the centennial celebration of the , | Georgetown University three gold medals Which had been struck off were presented ; l|) President Cleveland, Cardinal Gibbons, 4knd Dr. John Gilmary Shea. Dan WILLIAMS, living near Columbus, jind., has been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for stealing thirty-five Oents' worth of meat. j-/• ; F IRE at Topeka, Kan., destroyed a five- . «tory building occupied by the George W. ,-wf!rane Publishing Company. The loss is - • Ipstimated at $250,000, with an insurance : ' il 153,000. ^i;.4; • *, ' i ' • • * -'A DAY IN CONGRESS. Various Bills Passed--Pension for Mrs. Sheri- ;Vt dan--Geri. Rosecram on the Retired List. : i THREE appropriation bills--the Army, Sundry ;,;Civil and Agricultural--were passed by the Senate cm the 22d inst. An amendment wu added to the Sundry Civil bill as a substitute *>r Mr. Hiscock'a motion to appropriate SSuO,- /-flOO for celebrating the constitutional een- tennial, declaring Tuesday, April HO, J88'J, which id the centennial anniversary the inauguration of the first esident of the United States, a national holi- »v. it provides for suitable ceremonies by oth houses of Congress on the second Wednes. iy of lJeceniber, 1BH9, under the direction of a ciint committee, which is authorized to invite |he officers of the United States, the Governors i several StateB, and representatives of itoS-./'Jofeign governments to participate; also to in- y - %ite the Chief Justice to deliver a suitable ad- ' tire 8 b on the occasion. It appropriates r' >#3,000 to carry out the arrangements. '< An item was also added appropriating \f,. , 'JS40,000 for a site and pedestal for a statue of n;- \ jGen. Hancock in Washington. Mr. Ueagan f •••.» paade a long argument in the Senate in opposi- Ht>n to the KvartB resolution tor a revision of i gp® laws regulating Congressional elections. II . , phe iieaftte passed the House bills authorizing • ra Jll16 construction of bridges at Leavenworth, RK "•"(Kan., and across the Illinois Hlver within seven a . Smiles of Campeville, 111. The House amend- fc - ;mentB to the Alma (Wis.) bridge bill were also gfev concurred in. The House passed a bill granting "P o , ^ Pension of $3,500 to Mrs. Sheridan, with an I\k . amendment reducing it to *2,500. The fc'enate K non-concurred in the amendment and ordered a wX v conference. The Senate bill placing Gen. Ros®- ®rans on the retirod list of the army with the ui ^riga4ier General passed the House. THE Indiana Senate has killed the Hays high-license bill, the Democrats •oting solidly against it and the Republi­ cans solidly for it. THE National Tariff Reform Conven­ tion met in Chicago, over 300 delegates being present. The proceeding* lasted for three days. UP to date all but fifteen of the certifi­ cates of members-elect of the next House have been received at Washington, D. C., by Oen. Clark, the Clerk of the House. Among those lacking are the certificates iof two Representatives from West Vir­ ginia and one from Tennessee. As­ suming that Evans (£ep.) will receive the certificate from the Tennessee district, the lerk Cfigures that the Republicans will have 164 and the Democrats 159 members at the or­ ganization of the next Hcgise, not count­ ing the West Virginia members. Should these two seats go to the Democrats it will leave the Republicans a majority of three, but the admission of the Dakotas, Wash­ ington and Montana, will increase this ma­ jority. PRESIDENT CiiBVBI^d has returned to the House with a vetd message the bill for the relief of settlers on the Des Moines (Iowa) river lands. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. THE experts who have been working ©n the books of the defunct Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of the South Side, at Pittsburg, Pa., have made a statement of the condition of that institution, which shows that the liabilities are $220,000 and the assets $189,000. It is thought that the depositors will get from TO to 80 per er cent, of their deposits. The cashier, , F. Voight, who is charged with embez­ zling the funds of the bank, is in- jail un­ der $40,000 bail. WM. KECK attempted to kill his brother- in-law at Stemton, Pa. He was arrested and handcuffed, and while waiting at the depot in charge of an officer he threw himself ia front of the train. He was badly injured, but was placed on the train and taken to the Easton Jail. A TEBBiBiiE catastrophe occurred at Hartford, Conn., caused by the explosion of -the large boiler in the basement of the Park Central Hotel, one of the most popular hotels in that city. The large building was completely wrecked, the great walls going down with a tremendous crash, burying in the ruins all but a few of the guestB in the honae. A special telegram says: Almost simultaneously with the falling walla was a tremendous explosion that shook the whole city and wrecked ihe fronts of all build­ ings near by. Nothing remained of the hand­ some liot«l bat a m&ss of ruins, which barely Ailed the deep collar, and a scanty twenty feet of the rear end of the building, ilve stories in height, and showing the inierior of the last row ot rooms on each floor. The ruined part had been sliced away as neatly as though with a giant knife. From the ruins arose groans and cries, and from the part still standing were heard the Ehrieks of the servants, who lived in an annex. A cold, half-frozen rain from a low­ ering Bltv, with the spectacle of wre k and ruin, and the tuiokeinvelopiug cloudB of steam which for hours hid from the surging crowds of people around the policemen s cordon tho occasional: awful revelations made by the workmen in un- ' earthiug dead bodies or living sufferers, com­ bined to make a scene which no boholder will be likely to iorget. Held close to the top of the wreckage were a man, his wife, and a child. Flames had burst forth from near the boiler, and these came lick­ ing toward the group. The child cried aloud for nelp, but no help could reach it. The man and woman looked death in the faco with clasped hands, and a moment lator all were beyond Buttering. The flames at first prevented any attempt to rescue any oue, and the ruins were flooded with water before any work could be prosecuted. A few dead or dying persons were taken from the edge of the debris, how­ ever, within an hour after the explosion. The force of the explosion threw a bed with a sleep­ ing woman upon it far into the street, while one of the heavy doors landed a block away. The special telegram, sent out a few hours after the explosion, continues: Xhe magnitude of the calamity cannot be realized. The register of the hotel is lost, and Night Clerk i'erry is buried in the ruinn. But from the best estimates that can be procured from the landlord and others it is probable that there were not far from fifty people in the hotel proper. Of these perhaps five escaped unin­ jured, leaving forty-five to be accounted for. Ten are in the hospital; sixteen dead bodies have been taken from the ruinn, leaving nineteen missing^ Andrew F. Whiting, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE conference report on the Territo­ rial bill has passed both houses of Con­ gress. As agreed to the bill provides as follows: For the admission of North and South Dakota, Montana, aad Washington. Dakota h to tw rtividmi cn the 47th Btnndard parallel, and the. two constitutional governments ace to meet at Bismarck and Kioux Falls. Delegates to the conventions in each of . the proposed States are to be elected on the first Monday in May, and are to meet on July 4. It is provided that at the election for delegates in South Dakota the electors sha.l vote for or against the Sioux Fails constitution. If a majority of the votes snail be for the constitu­ tion the convention shall resubmit to the people of Sout i Dakota for ratification or re­ jection the constitution framed at Houx Falls, and also the articles and propositions sepa­ rately submitted, including the question of lo­ cating the temp- rary seat of government, and if a majority of the votes east on the ratification shall be for the constitution, irrespective of the articles separately submitted, the State of Smith Dakota shall be admitted under said constitution, but the archives, records, and books of the Teriitory of Dakota shall remain at Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, until an agreement in reference there­ to is reached by said states. But if at the election for delegates a majority of all the votes cu.nl shall be agaiuBt the bioux Fall* constitu­ tion, it shall be the duty of the convention to form a constitution as if that question had not been submitted to t he people. It is made the duty of the President to admit the four new States by proclamation if the constitutions formed are ratified at the election to be held on the tlrst Tuesday in October. Each of the new States shall be entitled to one Representative in Congress, except South Dakota, which shall bs entitled to two Representatives. All lands granted for school purposes are exempted from entry under any of' the land laws and can only be sold at public sale at not less than 910 an acre, the proceeds to constitute a permanent school fund, the interest of which only can be used. Such lands may, however, ba leased under legislativo restrictions. All mineral lands are exempted from the grants made by the act. Tt.e two Dakotas are to be added to Justice Miller's, eircuit (the 3th) and Washington and Mont ana to Justice Field's ' (the Sthj. DB. D. W. BLISS, who attended Presi­ dent Garfield during the latter's long ill­ ness, died at his residence in Washington, D. C. The remains were interred in Wash^ ington. FRESH AND NEWSY. ^ HUGO Ziemann, C iterer of the Riche­ lieu llotel of Chicago, has been engaged by Gen. Harrison as steward of the White House. Ziemann is a German Republi­ can, born in T>trassburg Aug. 11, 1853, and there began his apprenticeship in hotel service. He spent several years in hotels in Germany, and later was caterer of th« Claritch Hotel, London, while Napoleon II. was there. He retired from this place to become steward of Hotel Chatham, Paris, which place he gave up to accom­ pany J. F. D. Lanier in his trip around the world. . , CLEVELAND vessel-owners have decid- ee not to fit out their vessels for naviga­ tion before the 1st of May, claiming that the saving in insurance will compensate for the loss of time. THE special report of tho Commissioner of Labor relating to marriages and di­ vorces in the United States for the twenty Th« Mills TftrtiT BUI and Spri*»W'» Ups M<* IMwm-Cabinet Speculation, Polit­ ical aud Otherwise--Brilliant KoceptlonS aad Sechsnh* Dinners--Newsy Goaalp. ^SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.] sen in honor of the;President, and Mrs. Cleve land, and the third uinner dance of the season by Mr. and Mrs. Joh$ McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Hour* E. Pelien, who have put completed a handsome English house on MasaaebaBettft avenae, gave a house-warming tea the other afternoon. Mr. J'ellen Is a man without » country, all because he married nis dead wife's sister and cannot live in Rngland. He is the arandson of Ix>r.l Osborne, and Lord Exmonth Is his brother. Among the guests were James Buesell Lowell, CoL John Hay, Mrs. Senator Hearst, Miss Letter, and Miss Blodgett, of New York, Mrs. Cleveland's luek is ill-luck in the matter of woatlu r. A heavy rain made her last recep­ tion the smallest of the season. In the recciv- WOBK or THE SENAT* OF REPRESENT WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19, 1889, The House is again wrestling with the tariff.; ing line were the ladies of the Cabinet* with the " which has been reported back from the j exception of Mrs. Fairchild, whosei ft^faer-in-lavs' years from 1867 to 1886, inclusive, shows actuary I that the number of divorces granted, as of the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance ! reported from 98 per cent, of the counties ^S7:.Pr LaveUette 1'errin, agent ja t|,e United States, is 328,716. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. JAMES MORAN, a boy 16 years old, liv- p ing at Brooklyn, 111., was bitten by a mad 'i dog. Ha was attacked bv hydrophobia, , • and while his mother was attending him he bit her. A week later both mother and v «on were suffering with rabies, and it is » thought neither will recover. V T. J. CAVITT, of Litchfield, 111., has ^ been appointed receiver for the St. Louis mi: I and Chicago Bailroad and the Mount Oli­ vet Railway. . ' THE little village of Upson, in Ashland County, Wis., was the scene of a most V atrocious crime. Joseph Brogan, a la- 'j. .borer, killed his wile, his two boys, aged j* 5 and 7 years, respectively, and ended the r slaughter by taking his own life. Brogan drank heavily, and frequently quarreled with hie wife. He arose in bad humor and, attacking his/wife- with a razor' nearly severed her /head from her body! He then attacked/the boys, who were in | - bed, and hacked thetn with the weapon so that they died in a short time. Walking i over to the door, he then cut his own ; ' throat, his body falling against and bar­ ring the opening of the door. Brogan was 35 years old, and his parents are 'Wealthy Eastern people. AT Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Miss Louisa Wahl, of Turner Junction, 111., renounced of the Memorial Hall Association, and wife, and Edward Perry, the night clerk, are in the ruins. It is believed that Mrs. Wesson, ot Springfield, Mass., the wid®w of Frank Wesson, who was killed at the White Kiver Junction Railroed ac­ cident, was in the hotel, together with all of her family, five children, and probably a servant or two. The complete list of the bodies taken out it as follows: liwight H. Buell, of Hartford; George Gaines, porter at hotel; J. George Engler, of Hartford; John W. Housman, of Boston; J. C. Hill, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Louis H. Bronson, of Hartford, his wife and child; George Ketchum, brother of landlord: Eddie Ketchum, son of landlord George W. Hoot of Brockport, N. Y.; Maximilian Oaiody, proprietor of the Harfcoford Herold, and Mr®. Andrew F. Whiting, whose body was burned to a crisp; two unknown persons. The victims at tho hospital are: Helen Leport, of New Britain; Hachel Cramer, of Avon; Jacob B. Tur- pln, a colored barber; Walter M. Gay, of Bay- onne, N. J.; Henry SteSel, of Philadelphia ; Wellington Ketchum. proprittor of hotel; Mrs. Georgia Ketchum, wife of proprietor; Jennie Decker, of Unionville; Michael CotTigaO, Ot Unionville; Enos James. SOUTHERN INCIDENT8. ---- - THE cyclone in Banks County tore to 'pieces the house of Thomas Stevenson, and Stevenfon and one of his sons were blown into a tree and killed. The remain­ der of the family were seriously if not fa- | tally injured. William Meadows' house, : near by, was torn into fragments and his wife killed. Twelve other persons were killed by falling timbers. A£ Kicholson a dozen houses were destroyed. ^EXCITEMENT prevails at Clermont Mills, Md., over the discovery that last Septem­ ber Miss Hannah Colder, aged 3 5, and Miss Catherine Beall, a pretty and viva­ cious girl, were married by a Catholic priest, who mistook the Colder woman, from her male attire and masculine ap- poarance, to be a man. Both women are •aid to have disappeared. HEN BY D ALT oh, who lives near Stan­ ford, Ky., shot and fatally wounded his wife. Ax Austin, Tex., Ed Beeves, the noted train-robber, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life. SEVEN inches of snow fell on the Xlst inst. in the Atlanta, Ga., distriot. DURING the six months ending Dec. 31 last, the American wheat imported into panada and entered for consumption was 1,484,819 bushels. ~ : : MARKET REPORTS* rLITICAL PORRIDQK, . v I THB Pennsylvania State Prohibition Convention met at Harrisburg, with 774 CHICAGO. 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Medium .....X 8.75 8.00 3.50 ts 84.35 8.50 9 3.35 #4.50 O 4.SI 9 4.50 bill. ^ Mills committee with the somewhat startlin . resolution that, the action of the fceuate in sub­ stituting a new bill for that sent for its consid­ eration is in conflict, uith section 7, article 1, of the Conhtit.ution, which provides that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of KopioH.ent ativen. The report also directs teat tue Senate tariff bill be refoirwi back to Ike body from which it came. Mr. McKinley •anted to file a minoiity report, but his resolu- •on making the request wbS laid on the table, 'he Honse Appropriations Committee, to which jfr. Cowles' internal revenue bill was l-eferred, contrary to all precedent, has favorably reported a substitute, prepare! by Mr. Mc.Mil- lin. and lively times are anticipated over its consideration, as the Wovs and Means Commit­ tee declare that il shall'not go on the calendar II they can prevent it. The bill, as it now stands, lias eliminated all moonshiner claims, and provides that after July next all laws now in fOice whereby farmers and producers of to­ bacco are restricted in the sale and disposition of the same, and all laws re'ating to the inter­ nal revenue taxes on menufuctured tobacco, snutt, cigars, etc., and the special taxes. re­ quired by law to ire paid by manufacturers of and oealera in leal tobacco, peddlers of tobac­ co, enuif, cigora. and manufacturers of snuff and cigars, shall be xepuaU d. 1'or.greasmaa Springer s ups and downs over the omnibus bill ar • rather tantalizing. In the flush of victory bis ollettsaes went back on him, as Mr. Cox, t.&e ltader of tho revolt, has been known to do before,and instructed the conferrees on the Territorial Committee to concur in the Senate report, and to bo amend tba measure as to provide for the admission of South i'akota nrider the Sioux Falls Constitution by procla­ mation of the 1'resident without a new vote be­ ing taken on tho question of divis'on, and to Brovide for the admission of North Dakota, [onta.na, and Washington Territory by procla­ mation, which, in the tfiise of North Dakota, is more thxn the Senate demanded admission for in this way. N«w Mexico is to be dropped irom the further deliberation of the conference com­ mittee. Commissioner Oberly has been here for some time in relation to the timber cutting grants in <4|ie Nurthwest. and the matter has been attract­ ing much attention. It all grew out of a dua- groeinent between the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Secretary Vilas as to the trustworth­ iness of Arent Gregory. It is said that an effort is on foot to induce lieneral Hnrrison to retain Mr. Oberly in bis present potation, as anew man could not possibly acquire the knowledge-of the right s of Indian claims which that gentleman posseaaes, without long service and close study. Tho appropriation by Congress of 4<'25i>,tKJO for the protection of American citizens at Panama gives general satisfaction. Two years ago the present administration sent vessels of war to XBftko the transit free and to protect American citizens who had been htranded on the island •Without means or work. £lliott has been finally seated as a Iiepresent- ative in Congress, after the most exciting scene witnessed in the House during the fiftieth ses­ sion. When Johnson, of Indiana, sought to in­ terrupt Crisp, who was chief spek Binan for El­ liott, the latter met him with the remai k that the gentleman hailed from a htate where they re­ sorted to "blocks of five." This brought the Indiana Bepubiicans to their feet. Mr. Crisp declined to permit interruptions, and in the midst o: the nproar his time expired. Then a scene of intense tumult and confusion ensued. During tho delivery of Mr. Crisp's speech the main aisles of the House bad become thronged with members of bQ$h parties, who kept np an inceBeaut demand for the regu­ lar order. The Speaker pro tem. attempted vainly to quell the tumult, which was grndnally assuming the' proportions of a riot. He was finally compelled to oall upon the Sergeant-at- arma, who, with the silver mace of authority, proceeded up the main aisle, scattering the msmbfita on all sides; but even with his as­ sistance it was many minutes before the pre­ siding officer could bring tho legislative hall to a comparative quiet. Heptblican leaders are prone to criticise the manner in which the con­ test was precipitated, a j they consider that it led to a split on party lines which killed the chance they had for Smalls. The Gates bill for the reformation of natural­ ization laws has been favorably reported, and it is generally conceded that there is imminent need of some action being taken in this direc­ tion. Numeroua complications have arisen with other countries from foreigners taking out nat­ uralization papers here simply to escape eerr- ing in the army of their native land, to whioh they return upon accomplishing their mission to the United states. Under the existing laws there is nothing to deny citizenship even to idiots, insane, pauper*, criminals,or others who tbave come into tho United States in flagrant violation of our immigration laws. This migbt be a good time to traverse Mrs. Olympbla Brown 8 recent suggestion, which sets forth that the only means by which it is possible for us to preserve our American institutions and counter­ balance the number of foreign votes'is to give woman tho right of suffrage. The Department of Agriculture is a thing ot certainly, and Norman •). Colman is the full- fledged Cabinet officer who will preside over it the next few days. It is altogether too bad of the present administration to add further to President-elect Harrison's dilemma of the yat enigmatical Cabinet slate, which now, bo it Is reported, has written indelibly across its face the names of Blaine, Rusk and Wanamaker. The other five are in shadow sketches, discerni­ ble to the eye of the coming President only. Mr. Thomas boom for Secretary of the Navy grows apace, notwithstanding Mr. C&andler's strong opposition, which he recently took occa­ sion to exhibit by having tho paragraph provid­ ing for the construction of an armored steel cruising monitor, according to the plans fur­ nished by Congr.- s sm acfThomas, struck out of the navy appropriation bill. Perry Belmont's predicament in Madrid caused quite a ripple of fun when it became known tha other day. When Mr. Belmont pre­ pared himself for presentation to theKii:ghe was informed that the hpanish Government had received no official notification of the with­ drawal of Mr. Curry as the United States Min­ ister. The Spanish court is nothing if not for­ mal, and in the absence of this notification Belmont's credentials possessed no significance. Under the circumstances, it was not good form for him to remain in Madrid, or appear in pub­ lic. Therefore, he went into retirement at Seville, to wait until the State Department Should furnish the requisite notificat ion. Hon. A. E. Stevenson, First Assistant Post­ master General, was not so fortunate in his late nomination by the President to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, of the District of Columbia as was Mr. Column in hie appoint­ ment to new honors. Colonel Stevenson in very popular with both Bepublican and Democratic Senators, but his nomination will be allowed to hang unacted upon in the r join on the Commit­ tee on Judiciary. There are one Chief Justice of the District Court and five associates. Should Stevenson be confirmed, there would be three Democrats and three Republicans on the bench. Should the nomination be t.naoted upon, there •will be a vacancy for General Harrison to fill, •which will cauae the count to f-tand four Repub­ licans and two liemocrats. This would be a mates of things much more to the taste of Sena­ tor George F. Edmunds, Chairman of the Ju­ diciary Committee, and he can be trusted to allow Colonel Stevenson's judicial ambition to remaining unrealized. The fever-heat of society is beginning to cool as the outgoing administration ne&rs its end. But it will flare again into a flitting, beetle brilliancy with the incoming glory of the in­ augural before it finally dies fn the fastings of ..Lent, wh ch begins March 5. The social triumph ol Mrs. Chief Justice Fuller is one of the lead­ ing topics of conversation in fashionable cir. cles. At Chicago, her former home, she took very little part in society on account of family cares, and her daughters -were not mncfa inter­ ested in such pleasures, being of studious in­ clinations and brought up to habits of usefulness. The principal social entertain­ ments of Mr. Fuller's Household were then confined to dinners to his gentlemen friends. Aa the first lady of the National Judiciary, Mrs. Fuller at once entered into the performance of the social duties of her position, so important in the politico-social affairs at the capital. Her first appearance, surrounded by her four daugh­ ters, on New Year's day, was an ovation. Her parlors were crowded with representatives of the highest branches of the Government. Her drawing-rooms since have been tha rendezvous of fashion. Herself and daughter® have re­ ceived spac'Al social honors, particularly at the Executive Mansion. Before the end of the first season the ladies of tha family of the Chief Jus­ tice have taken a place la the first rank of the social sphere at the capital, which is all th* more interesting as their tenor of social longev­ ity will be limited only by life. The President's card reception to the officers of the arruv, navy, and marine corps was un­ usually well attended. After the Presidential party had descended from the upper corridor at 9 o'clock and passed into the Blue Room, the crowd which bad been forced buck to allow them to go through closed in. and auytbing like vol­ untary movement after that time to the close of the reception was a literal impossibility. Mrs. Cleveland's gown was of black brussels net with dlr.-ctoire basque of scarlet faille, the long pos.ilion ends ol which fell to th«, edge of thatraiu.l |ltevere of w hite silk finished the low neck corsage and held in place the short, puff'd Bleeves of scarlet faille. A spray of diamonds was worn on the corsage. Miss Bayard stood next to Mrs. Cleveland, and wore peachblow satin brocade and lace, with pearl ornaments. The marriage of Miss SophiaD. Markoe.whose father W' sthx first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Prof. I nimons, of geological fame, was one of the social events of the week and was a very pretty wedding. Indeed. A valentine lilac lunch was given in honor of ex-Gov. Alger's daughter, of Michigan, and the Misses Pare, at which Miss Blaine and Miss Quay were notable guests. . 'be Bavards, whose home has been noted dur- •ng the adminirt ration for its hospitality, have closed their entertainments with the last of tneir Monday night receptions. Mrs. Francos Hodg­ son Burnet,t is at her new borne on Massachu­ setts avenue and has resumed her Tuesday re­ ceptions. The noted dinners of the week were the one given in horn r of James Russell Lowell by Sec- •etary ana Mrs. Knd'cott, the second Cabinet dinner by Postmaster G j&eral and Mrs. Dickin- died only a few nights previous. As Mrs. C'eve land was called uj on to do bo little handshak­ ing she did more talking than usual. At 4 :'M there was a lull in the tide of incoming guests, and Mrs. ClevelanjjWi.t what she has never done at a public recejitjpni^--made tho circuit of tha parlors leaning oBwbrearm of Col. John M. Wil­ son. A few f tmzgMg parties came in late, but the reception was-wrtuallv over at half-past 4. Thus what promised to be the biggest crush of tho season was an Informal social affair. Washington society greatly enjoved the recep­ tion t iveu by the Japanese Minister and bis wife, in celebration of the promulgation of tha "Constitution of the Empire of Japan," as the invitation cards read. General Harrison has bean formally deolared President of the Unltod States by a count of tha electoral vote before both houses of Coagrosn, presided over by Senator Ingalls. A card recep­ tion was given in houor of the event, and shrimp-pinS, oyster-blue; lobster-re ), seaweed- green, and salmon mingled with the blackness of the men's coats, and ostrich plume3 of varied tint4 waving gently where bald heads are wont to shine, looked aa if woman's suffrage were a fact, and that the women had carried tha country. They wore, at any rate, the most at­ tractive feature of the occasion. Mr*. Harrison has held her last reception at homo and positively "IcclineB to see visitors, as she must devote tho few remaining days to pre­ paring for their transfer to Washington. Their Indianapolis residence will be occupied during their absence, but there are many articles which must be tforei away and other matters incident to a long departure that will require all of her time. Mr, and Mrs. McKea, with their children, Benjamin an 1 Mary, will accompany the Presi­ dent-elect and Mrs, Harrison here. Russell B. Harrison and his wife and baby dauahter will also comprise a part of the Presidential laniiiy, as will MrB. Isabella Dimraick, th® n'eceof Mrs. Harrison, who is at present in Dresden. Mrs. Harrison continues to receive a large number of le ters, the m < iorlty of them asking her to intercede with the General to secure the writers an office of some kind. As soon as sue gats far enough along in the reading of a letter to ascertain that it is of an office-seeking char- at t»r, she stops right there, consigns theepis-' tie to her waste-ba-ket, and the appeal is never nnder any circumstances brought to the atten­ tion of th * General. This is in accordance with a role adopted by her shortlv after the General's election, and she ha* stated that she proposed to observe it scrupulously and impaitially dnr-^ ing the entire time of her residtnee in Washing­ ton. Mrs. Harrison emphatically states that "when the wife of the President wants to go anywhere^ , she is poing, and thstis all there is of it.r It it* probable that Mrs. Harrison will shock serine of the snobs at Washington. If the General will do the same by the men who think they are specially commissioned to run him there will be some funaheadL Moaaa. STATUE OFGEN. CASS. . It Was Unveiled in Statunry Hall, in Wash­ ington, on the 18th Inst. [WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.] WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19. Michigan's first contribution to Statuary Hall --the statue of Lewis Cass--was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies in this city yesterday, llie Btatue stands seven feet high. The subject, Gen. Cass, is represented standing erect, witli his head inclined upward and his broad shoul­ ders thrown back. He is delivering an address^ He stands firmly on both feet as a stout man is' generally in the habit of doing. • In bis left hand he hold's a roll of manuscript, while bis right rests on an opjn book or Btand over which is thrown a cloak such as was worn in his day. He Is attired in a dress suit of the Websterian period. MAKE-UP OF THE SENATE THE NATIONAL TOX UPPER JTOC8E OF CONGBII8- PEBgONAiL AMD POLITICAL. Thirty-a ne B«pabllcan<t md Thbty-ism Democrat* Constitute TUi Body--Gwvec (ScTelsnil't Tatars Hasnisttv Asspi* dons. Tha personal and political make-ap of tba upper house of Congreta for tha naxt two years ia given below: * resident of the Senate--Levi P. of New York. Kepablioaas. maiwm, Republicans m Democrat a *".**!".".'.'.*.'.37 ALABAMA, i pnfh, Eufaula, D.....*!k?!l83i JohnT. Morgan, Selma, .*..1895 _ _ _ , ARKANSAS. S*ionM- Washington, D...1891 Jamas H. Barry, Bentonville, D.........."..18W _ . _ CALIFOHNIA. - T Lelana Stanford, Ban Francisco, R. 1801 George Hearst, ban Francisco, D.-........... IKS _ COLORADO. Henry M. Teller, Central City, R .'...1891 EdwardO. Wolcott, Denver, B.....i»^,.ii..l8®5 CONNECTICUT. Orrllle H. Piatt, Merif.en, R...'...«.;.».i;...1831 Joseph H. Hawley, Hartiord, B ..1H03 DKI./VWABB. > , Gray. Newoastle, 1> ,.1833 Anthony Hlggins, Wilmington,B....i„^..1895 I'ixinin.i. Wilkinson Call, Jacksonville, D. 1831 Samuel Pasco, Monticeilo, D 1833 _ . „ „ SKOHOIA. " Atl,"u'<; D..... 1W Alfred H. Colquitt, Atlanta, D..,,...189? , _ _ u/cixoia. ^SShtV?"<C"iTwell,/:hlcasosB i...1891 Shelby M. Cullom, fiprwgtield, Iw. . .1898 1 INDIANA. £ . DanielW. Voorhees, Terre Haute, .3801 David S. Turpie, Indianapolis, D......^.»....189S IOWA. WilliamB. Allison, Dubuque, R..,..1891 James F. Wilson, Kairflold, B ..1893 _ w _ KANSAS. '• John J. Ingalls. Atchison, R.................1391 PrestonB. Plumb,Emporia.R............... 1895 . . ̂ KENTUCKY. . J- c. 8. Blackburn, Versailles, D.... ........ .1891' James B. Back, Lexington, D ...........1883 I _ • LOUISIANA. James B. Eustis, New Orleans, D,^V....1M i Randall L. Gibson, New Oileans. II.*........ 189& , _ MAINE. Kugene Hale, Ellsworth, R 1898 ' William P. Fry, Lewibton.R 1895 j „ . MARYLAND. Ephraim K. Wilson, Snow HU1, D..... 1891 ' Arthur P. Gorman, Laurel,D 18J3 „ _ _ MASSACHUSETTS. Henry L. Dawes, Pitu field, R 189.1 George F. Hoar, Worcester, R .1896 „ „ .. MICHIGAN. ' F. B. Stockbrldge, Kalamazoo, B. ...........1893 James McMillan, Detroit, R JX. . MINNESOTA, fe CushmanK. Davis, St. Paul, 1893 William D. Washburn, Minneapolis, B 1895 MISSISSIPPI. James Z. Georpe, Jackson, D.... 1Q93 Edward C. Walthall, Grenada, D............18J5 ' 1U8KOCBI. i GeorgeO. Vest, Kansas City, D.. 1891 Francis M. Cockrell, Warrens burg, 3D.;. 189# N1 SKA. Algernon 8. Paddock. Beatrice, R., Oar national Eav-Xskerf audi Wfcat Are Doing for the Good of tl|« --Various Measures Proposed, Dlsewed and Acted On. Tn Senate bill to place Major James Belger on the retired list as Colonel in the regular army was passed by the Senate on the 16th inat. Mr. Sherman presented the conference report on the pirect Tax Bill. The Hoiine provision la relation to the lots and lands at Beaa- fort, 8. is amended so as to appro-. priate *500,000 to pay for the town lots in Beaufort at the rate of half the value ea­ ses sed thereon for taxes by the United Staiee Tax Commissioner for South Carolina and th* amount of $5 per acre for the lands. The report was agreed to. The House agreed to the confer­ ence report on the diplomatic and con­ sular appropriation bill. Mr. McMillin, from * the Committee on Ways ana Means, reported the bill to r«ducetazstkm and simplify the laws in relation to Internal revenue. Mr Bwekinridga of Kentucky, from the same committee, reported th# bill "to re­ duce taxation and for other purposes, Mr. Band all, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the Cowles bill, amending the Internal revenue laws, which was referred to the com­ mittee of the whole, together with a minority substitute reported by Mr. Forney, of Alabama. The House went, into committee of the whole on the postoffice appropriation bill. The pend­ ing amendment increasing the appropriation for the compensation of postoffice clerk* by 9803,000 was defeated by a vote of 86 to 87. Mr, Holm an offered an amendBiei.it providing that the aggregate salaries of postofttce clerks aa fixed by the new classification shall not exceed the earn appro­ priated by tbe bill <*f>,55 >,090)i. The amendment was adopted after a brief debate. Mv. McCreary al Kentucky submitted the conference report on the diplomatic aud consular appropriation bill, which was agreed to. Representative Crisp re­ ported favorably the Senate bill authorising tbe construction ol a bridge over the Missouri River, not over ten miles above the Hannibal and St. Joe Railway bridge at Kansas City. Mil. COKE concluded his speech on alleged Texas election outrages in the Senate on tha 18th inst., after which the resolution was laid aside. The House bill to provide for taking tha eleventh and subsequent censuses was passed. Mr. Cullom, from the Committee on Territories, reported back to tbe Senate the House bill te organize tbe Territory of Oklahoma and it was placed on tho calendar. Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, oallsd up in the House the California eleotiou case of Sullivan against Feltou, against whioh Mr. McKeuna, of California, raised th* question ot consideration. Nearly the entire day was consumed in filibustering. .1893 ..1835 Charles F. Manderaon, Omaha, R...,..^.. NEVADA; . ; John P. Jones, Gold Hill, It ..1811 William M. Stewart, Virginia City, &....>.. 18J3 NEW HAMPSHIRE.* Henry W. Blair, Manchester, R 1891 Oilman Marston, R »».••»" 1895 NEW JERSEY. Rufus Blodgett, Long Branch, D... .1B0S J o h n K . M c p h e r s o n , . J e r s e y C i t y , I f ; . . 1 8 3 C NEW YOBK. William M. Evarts, New York, R....... 1891 Frank Hiacock, Syracuse, R. . .1893 NuMTH CAROLINA. Zebulon B. Vance, Charlottevdle, . .1891 Matt W. Ransom, Weldon, D 18J5 OHIO. ^ ' Henry B. Payne, Cleve.'and, D.. .1891 John Sherman, Mansfteiu, R ..1893 OREGON. v ' ji John H. Mitchell, Portland, B...............1831: Joseph Dolph, Portland, R . .VBUi PENNSYLVANIA. James D. Cameron, Harrisburg, R...'.v»..-.. .1891 Matthew S. Quay, Beaver, R 1893 KHOWE ISLAND. • Nelson W. Aldrich, Providence, R..i£.......1893 Jonathan Chace, Providence, K..............18J5 SOUTH CAROLINA. Wade Hampton, Charleston, 1>..............1891 Matthew C. Butler, Edgefield, D.........,...1845 ! TF.NNEb'BBB. WilliamB. Bate, Ashville, D ...........1893 Isham G. Harris, Memphis, D ....18J5 * TEXAS. ,'>>">* >""! John H. Reagan Pales ine, D .1899 Richard Coke, Waco, D 1890 VERMONT. Justin S. Morrill, Strafford, B... such as was always worn by United States Senators in the chamber. The swallow-tail coat has an immense rolling velvet collar and tight sleeves. Tho trousers are fastened down by a strap under the boot, and a fob chain bangs from the pocket. He wears a high collar and stock, revealing his full throat. Gen. Cass was proud of his resemblanoe to Webster, and the statue confirms the similarity said to have existed between the two men. The hair, slightly wavy, is thrown back, revealing a high, broad forehead. Heavy, shaugy eyebrows overhang tbe large, deep eye sockets and al­ most unite above the prominent but well- formed nose. The mouth is fine but expressive, witii a rather protuberant nnder lip, the result, according to tradition, of the General carrying a small quid of tobacco between bis lip and his lower gum and constantly turning it over by the motion of his lip. The Btatue rests on a pedestal of light Ten­ nessee marble, on the front of which is the coat of arms of the State of Michigan. There is no other inscription on the pedestal, and the plinth- of the sta'ue btars simply the name, "Lewis Cass." All who had the privilege of viewing the statue unveiled regarded the work as satisfactory. The sculptor has succeeded not only in presenting an oxcelluel model of the great statesman, but has created a statue full of character and expression as well. "Gen. Cass was more clearly identified with Michigan than any other man that has lived withiu the borders of the State," Bays Repre­ sentative Burrows, "and therefore all united in thinking that his statue should be our first contribution to Statuary Hall. It is true he was a aimon-pnre Democrat of the first water, but that did not deter the present Republican State of Michigan from honoring him. Irrespective of politics, Gen. Casa was a statesman ot great natural abilities, a prudent, cautious legislator, a scholar of fine attainments, of the purest integrity, and per-, sonallv popular throughout the country. In thai administration of extensive financial trusts' inc ident to his position he displayed scrupulous! honesty, never pe miiting even the small Bum\ allowed by the Government for contingent ex­ penses to be transferred to his own per­ sonal account until vouchers had been prop­ erly signed and transmitted to Washing.on. In all aud all Gen. Cass was an illustrious son of Michigan." Lewie Cass was bom at Exeter, N. H., in 1782. He took part in the defeat of tbe British under General Proctor at the battle of the Thames, in Canada, in October, lsl'i. At tbe close of that campaign he was left in command of Micnigan, with bis headquarters at Detroit, and almost immediately was appointed Civil Governor of the Territory. In lm4 be was associated with General Harrison in ft commission to treat with the Indians who had been hostile to the United Stales during tbe war. During eighteen years his management of Indian affaire was governed by remarkable wisdom and prudence. He negotiated twenty-two distinct treaties, secur­ ing the cession to tbe United States bythe va­ rious tribes of the immense regions of the Northwest, instituted surveys, constructed roads, and, in short, set in motion all tbe ma­ chinery of civilized government. In Janu­ ary, 1815. he was elected to the United States Senate from Michigan, which place he resigned on his nomination in May, V UPHU U, 4UV.1111, ou auu.' M, n .1891 George i\ EdmundB, Burlington, B..... 189S . VIRGINIA. John W. Daniel, Lynchburg, D...............1F93 John S. Barbour, Alexandria, D..............18J0 WEbX.iVJIlGINIA. Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburgi"p. . ... .. .1898 • 18J5 WISCONSIN. n C. Spooner, Hudson, R ...:. 1891 PhUetus Sawyer, Osbkosb, 14. 1893 •The term of William E. Chandler, Rep., wl 1 expire Marcb 4, and the Legislature which is to elect bia successor will not meet till June. Gov. Sawyer has appointed Gen. Gilman Mars- ton, of Exeter, to serve from March 4 until the Legislature elects. GBOVEK CLEVELAND'S FUTURE. Be Will Not Be a Pecuniary Loser In Be'. tiring from the Presidency. [New York telegram.] TOie fact that President Cleveland, on March 4. is to become a member of the law firm of Bangs, StetBou, Tracy <fc MacVeagh gains a fr -sh interest when linked, as it is, with tbe announcement that Daniel Lamont, hi * private secretary and trusted confidential friend, is, to be President of the Avenue C Horse Bailroad Company. The firm of Bangs, Stetson, Tracy McVeagh represent Widener, Elkins, Kemblc, Whitney, and others who control the Philadelphia Trac­ tion Company, one of the most gigantic corpo­ rations of the age. By dezrees it is absorbing the best of the surface street-car traffic in the country. It is known in its local branches and at Albany as the Metropolitan Transfer Com­ pany. It owns the Broadway line, the Avenue C line, and others in New York City, and, unless the courts interfere, it will soon be where it can dictate to Jail the surface lines in New York. M It is tbe same combination whioh, represent­ ed by C. T. Yerkes, now owns and operates the street-car service on'the North and West Sides of Chicago. The present action of President Cleveland lis not a sudden move. In 1884 Le was invited to join the firm in the event of his defeat as the Democratic candidate, and be was then offered a salary or guarantee of S50,000 a year. When his Presidential term was drawing to a close this offer was renewed under the same conditions, and this time Mr. Cleveland has found it prac­ ticable to accept. In these negotiations Mr. Whitney, who Is largely interested in the syndicate, has been the active agent. He it was, as he explained a few days ago, that procured for Lamont the position of President ot the Avenue C line. Thus it will be seen that Mr. Cleveland will still bs in close relations with his two intimates at Washin; ton. Since the death of Mr. Manning it is well known that no men were so near to the President as the two mentioned. This intimacy will now be continued, but will be given a business instead of a political aspect. The traction company, as has been said, is one «£ the mightiest business aggregations of the tim*. Its scope is nat ional and its pecu­ niary future is dazzling. Thue the vicissitudes of political life have opened new and magnifi­ cent business opportunities. Mr. Whitney's friendship, reaching back aa it does to tbe time whin Cleveland and Lamont Were together at Albany, and deapened by four years' intimacy at Washington, puts in their way prizes almost as tempting as the honors they will soon lay down. ^ . . . As so many other men who have filled high public stations have done before them, the President and his shrewd aud faithful secretary now quit politics and plunge into the vast busi­ ness life that centers iu New York City. At the next in eating ot the bar associatiqp of this city Mr. Cleveland will pro! ably be elected a member. He was proponed on Feb. 9 for mem­ bership, and his name was posted on the asso­ ciation bulletin board. His application is in­ dorsed by Wheeler H. Peckham and Charlas M. l)e Costa. ; Tax Senate took up the sundry civil appro­ priation bin on the 19th inst., and agiweA to the following Western amendments reported from the Appropriations Committee: For completion of postoffice building a Port Scott, Kan., 98,000; Point'Betsey (Mich.) lightbouse, *35,800; Point Peninsula i.Mtob.i lighthouse, §3,C00; supply department, Ninth Lighthouse District, •fiO.SW; steam tender for the great lakes, *86,000; Co­ lumbia, Kiver, Oreaon, #60,000; San Pedro, CaL, $5,000; fish hatcheries in Lake County, Colo­ rado, $15,000, and on Lake Erie, 990,00.); viaduct at Bock Island, 111., 985,000 (ene-half to be re­ imbursed by tbe city Of Rook Island). The Senate amendment to pay Mrs. Waite 98,740, tbe balance of one year's salary of the late Chief Justice Wait©, was agreed to--yeas, 28: nays, 16. The amendment appropriating S40.000 each for statues of General Philip H. Sheridan and General John A. Logan in Washing­ ton was agreed to. In tbe Senate Mr. Harris oallsd attention to the large number of unconfirmed nominations. He held it to be as much the duty of tbe President to make nominations to fill official vacancies as to perform any other official duty, and as much tbe duty of the Senate to consider and confirm or reject such nominations as to perform any other Senatorial duty. He moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of ex­ ecutive business.. The motion was rejected by a party vote--yeas, 2^; nays, W. Mr. Haixia gave notice that he wouM. make tbe same mo­ tion every day to the end of the session. Tine postoffveo appropriation bill was before the Mouse. Amendments to regulate the salaries of assistant postmasters and to reduce the sala­ ries of postmasters' stenographers to $800 were rejected, as was also Mr. Adams' (111.) motion to fix the salary of the Assistant Postmaster at Chicago at ¥3,200. Representative Butterworth . introduced his resolution authorising the Presi- deMkto invite Canadian officials and legislators to visit the United States about May 1. Tax conference report on the Territorial bin I passed both houses of Congress on the Uth inst., and only lacks the signature of the Presi­ dent to become a law. The bill as agreed pro­ vides for the admissien of the States of North Dakota, South\Dakoth, Montana, and Washing­ ton. Mr. Plume, from the Committee on Pub­ lic Lands, repoitSd- to the Senate the Senate bill for the relief of eeltlers in Hettinger County, Dakota, which was explained aad passed. (Tbe bill authorizes an exchange of lands on which hoinefifcc1*:! settlements were made by mistake for ot her public lands with the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.) A mes­ sage from the House announcing the signature by the Speaker of the direct tax bill was laid before the Senate, and the bill (having been first signed by the presiding officer) was immediately sent to the President. The House pas«e<l a large grist of bills at its evening session. Among them were tbe bills lor the establishment of a lighthouse and tog signal at the outer break­ water, Chicago ; authorizing Lake View to erect a water-work a crib in Lake Michigan, and authorizing bridges across the Missouri River at St. Charles, Mo., near Kansas City, and at Leavenworth, Kas., esid across tbe Mississippi River between Wisconsin and Minnesota at La­ crosse, Wis., and at Lyons, Iowa. The Senate devoted the larger portion of ita session, on the 91st inst., to the sundry civil bill. After a long debate the amendment re­ ported from the Appropriations Committee al­ lowing a royalty of 5j cents per l,i 00 impressions for the use of steam plate printing pressea in tho Bureau of Engraving was passed. Tbe House bill allowed a royalty of 1 cent per 1,000 impressions. Further appropriations reported from tbe committee were agreed to as follows : Sedalia (Mo.) poatoflice site and build­ ing, *51,000; expenaee of In eroatioaal Confer­ ence of American States (additional), $?.>,C00; lighthouse and fog signal at Chicago outer break-water (substitute for House item of 95,- 200), *36,000; lor the prevention of epidemics (additional), t;>aa,0*i. The Agricultural Depart­ ment appropriation bill was also reported and notice was given that it would be called up as soon as tbe Sundry Civil bill wee disposed of. The House passed the PostofBoe Appropriation bill with an amendment nxiug tbe salary of the Superintendent ot Registry at Chicago at 40 per cent, of the salary of the Postmaster. The House also made considerable progress on the deficiency bill, to Much au amendment waa added appropriating $0,000 to pay Daniel La­ mont, tne President's Private Secretiwy, the difference between his present salary and $6,000 a year, the salary which his successor will re­ ceive. Representative O'Donnall (Mich.) pre­ sented in the House an enormous petition against the Sunday-rest bill, which bears the signatures of 230,000 seventh-day adventists in all parts of tho country. Two immonse psok- agea in favor of the bill were presented in toe Senate bv Mr. Stojkbridge. The oouferenoe re­ port on the legislative appropriation bill was agreed to by both houses. Bill Arp's Story of Sam Green. Bill Arp tells this of Sam Jones'part in Sherman's march to the sea, in the Atlanta Constitution: "Sam Jones - and a few dare devils hung on theyt 1848, as Democratic candidate for tbe 1'resi- flanV« and stole horses and mules mcflt dency. After the election of his opponent. 11 ... , ... t. im „wau. 0fP ;n General Taylor, he was, in i84t), re-elected every night and nid tnem away on in to tho Senaie for the unexpired portion of his fhe 8wamiJS Sam was nothing but a original term of six years. Being re-elected for t , _av afolfl a second term of bis years from Marph, 1851, he boy of lb, but tiiev Say that lie Stole etiii coutinued a prominent Democratic candi- over 100 and gave tnem all away to tne fittt- for tbe Pie-iiueucy. but, in 18.V2. as in 1814 nonulo who had lost their stock, he was unsuccessful. This defeat terminated P?or P^P16 , ., Gen. Cass'aspirations for the Chief-Magistracy You see, he got some Ola Dlue xanKeO and be remained a member of the Senate untfil r10*V,PR and DUt them On and went about the expiration of his term, In 1857, when ^^^^gCrds who had charge of the extra horses, and he made out like he was a Yankee, too, and he generally carried with him a bottle of whisky and Mr Buchanan entered upon bia administration, Gen. Cass ace pted the office of Secretary of State. President Bnohanan's- messago denying the existence of any power in the Constitution by which the General Government can coerce a _ State was not openly disapproved by Mr Cass k „f canj8 an<J got them drunk and in the Cabinet meeting where it was a aepf , .7^, ,, first read. Eight days afterward, however, gambled with them, -ana Deiore morn* he reasserted the Jacksonian principles fn£r jj6 Would have several of their "re-euforce0 Ma'-. And^rsSS horses and mules away off inithe swamp, ai d reprovfsion Fort Sumter be promptly re- He was just as full of mischief then aa signeu His resignation terminated a public - - •> •> • ' career of fiftv-six years' duration. During the civil war bis sympathies were with th* naiiorjqj, arm i and it was a (.rent satisfaction to him to him that his life waa spared to see the ulti­ mate triumph of the Government over a rebelU ion that for a time th eUened Its existeno*. Gen. Cass died at Detroit in 1806. A Duel with Bows and Arrows. A duel was fought in Paris the other day in -which those old-fashioned weapons, the bow and arrow, were em­ ployed. The principals were each given a six-foot bow and a quiver full of steel-headed arrows. Then the seconds fled, ^hooting began at will. After several shots had been exchanged one of tlie contestants started to ran, and the ofher chased him, shooting as he ran. The first fighter climbed a tree and the victor shot arrows among the branches until his stock waa ex­ hausted and then went quietly home to breakfast. The man in the tree was pretty badly wounded, but will re­ cover. The'fight, as usual was about a- woman. . Electricity Will Do Away With AU This. "1 suppose this ia my noose suit," laughed the condemned culprit when the jail warden brought him his clothes on the morning of the execu­ tion. "Why" replied the warden, "you are as jolly as if you had bean taking a drop." "I'm going to take one by and by." "Come, come,"said the warden, son* ouslv, "this is no time for joking." "Why notr," asked the culprit; "aint the whole thing going to end in a choke?"--Boston Courier. Money Borrowing in Scotland! In Scotland the borrower of money ia much more favored than he is in En­ gland or this country. There are only two ways there of proving the loan if it' exceeds £8 6s 8d (about $41.66 in United States monev), by some writing of the borrower, or by stating the truth as to whether the money is really due he is now, though his mischief was of a | on the borrower's oath. Hence, if 100 different kind. He was fighting the ' witnesses saw the loan advanced, but Yankees then and he is fighting the old there was no writing, or the borrower, bov now, and. dfflijf when put to it, denjod.it once after all. J ̂ oaa escape liability entirely. wrnm sk,<< A-,:;*.,; /v-a-