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THE PLAIXDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. lfcHENRY. ILLINOIS TOSSED BY TEMPESTS. SKIP RELIANCE HARASSED BY HURRICANES. Fire Does Great Damige at Omaha and New York -Report that Ajjree- ment on Turkish Question Is Broken --Sat'eblowers' Bnsyi Night. British Ship Has a -Rough Time. The British ship Reliance, which has arrived at Sail'. Fraiirtseo 100 days from Swansea, Had a friarhtfully rough pass- ape. She was in three hurricanes,,two of which shifted her cargo. ol : coal; had a nian' killed at sea, and was forced to run around the Cape of G^ood llope. --She left, Swansea oti June 27 and four days -later 8 heavy northwest galt\cam<f nit' It caught the Reliance off Cape Clear* and raged, with fury' for .twelve, hours. The ship's cargo shifted dur-ing- £he storm. but,"fortunately the wind di"d dowu and t he 'crew - trimmed cargo the" River Platte the .'ship'was in a, second, liurricaxio, ;and part rigging .-was 'carried a^ ay. , Hot experience with heavy weather was ;-.©f New Zealand, where-a re-vo;lviiij . ricane was encountered. It t >ff •aught of -tier third ?outli hiir-- started from the north-northeast. and died away tift\-- tix hours later- from a' nearly opposite quarter. Only the most careful seinnaji- aSiH> saved the vessel. Ravages of Klamcs. Fire in the United States bonded ware­ house at South. Water find Jefterson streets, New York, caused damage to the building and its'contents estimated at Eest India goods to the value of $1,000,000 are stored in the building, .all the six floors being packed to their full capacity. < »nlv the three upper floors were - burned, the others suffered onl\ water damage and all is covered by insurance. The building covers about one-third of a block. There was no heal­ ing apparatus in the building and noth­ ing which could generate heat sponta­ neously among the stores. •! ire started on the third floor of the Omaha Nat.ional Bank Block Friday and for a time threat­ ened the destruction of-the entire build­ ing. The district headquarters and ope­ rating-room of the Western I nion 1 olo­ graph Company occupy the sixth floor and the entire force of operators was driven into the street. Russia France ^ ithdraw. A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette, London, from Rome, published Friday afternoon, savs that much excitement has been caused there by the statement freely made in diplomatic circles that Russia and France have withdrawn from the Turkish question and that efforts are now being made to hold a European con ferenee. probably ar Vienna, NEWS NUGGETS, read the fastest regular train In the world. Up ta six months ago the train known as the Empire State iSxpress had the world's record as a regular train for fast running. The London Railway of England, running from London to Aber­ deen, began to. run a trifle faster than the Empire State's record of fifty-o&e miles Can hour. Monday the Central began a $»ew schedule for this train which necessi­ tates an hourly run of fifty-three and one-third miles,'two miles ah hour faster than the English rival. ' Francis L ( Higginaon, the Boston, Mass.. banker, sent to his wife at Genoa, Italy Wednesday a sight draft .for $100,- 000. He accompanied this extraordinary gift with the vffaSjs: "Poor things, they'll starve if I ^mi't send them some money." -4£he "poor things" to whom he referred were his eloping, wife and James Wheatland Smith, a wealthy young Bos­ ton society jnan. The Higginson family is one of "the first in all .New England, and this elopement lfas made a tremen­ dous -sensation. Mr. Higginson retired three years ago from the banking firm^ of Lee, Higginson & Co. with a large, fortune. His wife is much younger than he and has heen^aetave in society.. It has'been known to all her friends that her marriage was unhappy. Mrs. Hig­ ginson took with her.. ,$10,000 in cash. Friends 'of the, banker assert that the banker's extraordinary action in sending the, draft far $100,000 was prompted by a genuine desire to keep his. Wife from want. Friends of Mrs. Higginson say her husband has a 'most vicious temper and thdt. the estrangement was caused by his: cruel .neglect. 4' the. time of her marriage to Mr.- Higginson he settled up-' on her the income of. $100,000. The money which he sent-.Wednesday is tliig wedding gift, ' - WESTERN. young lawyer of Lexington, to give him a. benefit at the opera house in the near future. WASHINGTON. The latest trust will control the trade In carpet tacks. Prices have already been nearly doubled. Dr. Herman Ahlwardt. the anti-Semitic member of the German Reichstag, has ar­ rived at New York. Capt. Rosser Roomer, who disappeared from St. IjOttis on Nov. 18. is at the head of 21:0 Americans lighting for Cuban inde­ pendence. John and Margaret Cowling, aged 7-> and 70 years, of Jeffersonville. I mi., af­ ter having boon separated by divorce twenty-four years, were remarried. Mrs. Rosalie R. Addicks will not got a divorce from the Delaware millionaire, the commissioner who heard the evidence having reported that it is insufficient. Fredericksburg. Ya.. is greatly excited over the disapearaiice of .W. S. Honey, a prominent merchant. He had a large sum of money on his person when last aeon. Judge Sloan, one of the most prominent farmers and stockmen of Carthage. Mo., committed suicide by taking strychnine. Sloan had been suffering from insomnia and feared he would be sent to the asy­ lum. Isom Kearse. colored, and his aged mother were beaten to death with buggy straps in Colleton County. South Caro­ lina. Kearse was charged with stealing a Bible and pulpit furniture from a church.' and his mother would not give testimony to convict her son. Gov. Altgeld issued a requisition for*, James Kimbrough, wanted at Yandalia for robbery and under arrest S.t St. Louis. The Governor honored a rcqvrsition for Harry Lincoln, wanted at Cleveland for stealing a $200 diamond stud from Samuel Hunkin and under arrest in Chi­ cago. Obituary: At Des Moines. Iowa, Gen. Ed Wright.--At Jacksonville, 111., John Robertson.--At Hastings, Minn., Geo. W. Gilkey. 74.--At Philadelphia, Mrs. Margaret C. Agnew.--At Jeffersonville, Ind.. Rebecca Howard, 715.--At Los An­ geles, Cal., Prof. M. S. Bebb, of Rock- ford, 111.--At Decatur. 111., James Burley, 81k Safeblownrs plied Miltonville, Ivan., systematically Thursday night, blowing open the safes.of the Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railways and the Alliance Ex­ change. They got nothing from the two latter, but secured everything contained in that of the Santa Fe. The extent of their haul, however, is not known. There is no clow to the robbers. A bad wreck on occurred on the Nor­ folk and Western Railway, near. Funis, AY. Ya., Wednesday night, in which three men were killed, as follows: En­ gineer Forelines, Conductor Walter Stra- ley, and a colored brakeman. Fireman Gardner was seriously injured. The accident was caused by the breaking in two of a freight train. The rear portion ran into the front section. William Byrd, son of Rev. S. \Y. Byrd. pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was shot and fatally- wounded by Charles Kelton af a social of the Christian Endeavor Society in the church at Denver. Both men are negroes. The shooting was the result of a quarrel about a sandwich which Kelton<^ito but Refused to pay for. A Missouri man has married his step­ mother. She jilted him and married- ltts- father several years ago. Rev. Dr. Joseph II. Johnson, of De­ troit. has been elected bishop of the now Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles. EASTERN. The general term of the New York Court of Common Pleas sustained Mrs. Kate Lawler's verdict of $2,500 against- "Mlhager T. Henry,. French. The plain­ tiff's husband was employed by French at the American Theater,as a stagehand, and June 24, 1894, he was kicked by a horse used in the play "The Prodigal! Daughter," from the effects of which he died. The Court finds "That in action "for injury by a vicious animal^the keep-j er of the animal is the responsible party." The New York Central Railroad has demonstrated its ability to run upon its A dozen St. Louis, Mo., merchants and five or six banks have been victimized for hundreds of dollars by mail box rob­ bers. The Fourth National Bank is out of pocket $040; the German-American is out $325: the International was swindled out of $105, and several other banks are known to have been worked for like sums. The method is to extract letters from the mail boxes and open them, and if they arc found to contain checks the checks are raised, indorsements forged, and the checks are presented for payment. So far as known none of the . boxes have* been broken open. The letters are eith­ er extracted with a wire or the locks have been picked. Every stolen check has thus far been promptly paid. Seven of the largest wholesale estab­ lishments in Iudianapolis, Ind.. were .de­ stroyed by the lire Tuesday. The loss is $.100,000. Two firemen, Frank Sloan and Patrick Murphy. were caught by falling walls, and the last-named will probably die from his injuries. The firms burned out are Schnull <fc Co., wholesale gro­ cers; Ward Bros., wholesale druggists: Fairbanks. Morse i!c Co.. scales: Eck- house Bros., wholesale liquors; Wood­ ford <Jc pohlman, wholesale liquors; 11i 1 - debrand Hardware Company, wholesale hardware; Indiana Coffee Company. The seven buildings destroy oil wore most­ ly four stories high, and were tilled with goods. • The estimated value of the buildings destroyed is $113,tMR>. The es­ timated total value of stocks destroyed is $372,000. The insurance companies -will have to bear about $350,000 of the loss. The losses are distributed among more than 100 companies. Inquiry at the Northern Pacific steam­ ship office at Tacoma. Wash, reveals that no tidings have been received from the missing steamer St rat line vis, which cleared for Yokohama Oct. 12 and lyft Yietoria the next day. Second Officer Smith, of the steamer Tacoma. says: "I have not given tip hope that the Strathnevis will yet' turn tip all right. It must have run short of coal and put in some port in the Aleutian Islands. There is plenty of condensed milk-and flour on board. If Capt. I'attie did put his vessel,in there it can be picked up all right by a British man-of-war sent out from either Victo­ ria or Yokohama, but if the Strathnevis is disabled and drifts much south of the track followed by Oriental steamships and other 'Sailing vessels the men are liable to die of starvation before being picked up. If tlvi steamer finds a snug anchorage in the Aleutian Islands it" is likely to lie there alb winter, making Yokohama in the spring. With passen­ gers and crew thf number of persons on board was about 150." Adelia Grant, of Chicago, wants to kill herself. That is, Adelia will cut short her sojourn upon earth provided some one will pay the funeral expenses. Up to the present time she has not suc­ ceeded in finding any one desirous of doing this. Just who Adelia is no one seems to know. She wants to be known, however, and is willing to pay a big price in order to attract public attention. She has written a letter to Siege!, Coop­ er & Co. telling them all about it. Adelia says she will create a sensation by kill­ ing herself in the big store if it should meet with the approval of the house. In return, all she desires is that the firm' pay such expenses as might be incurred by the funeral. For this she will kill herself in any manner Siegel, Cooper & Co. may direct. She Will jump from the top fl-oor. shoot herself, or swallow poi­ son, all for the price of a few flowers, slow music, a coffin, one sermon, and a hole in the ground. Adelia fails to say why she desires to quit. No one knows whether she is homely or handsome, tall or short, fat or lean, new woman or old. or whether she ever wore bloomers or voted. Adelia must be crazy. F. H. Cooper thinks so. He believes the wom­ an has read of the recent suicides in the store and has a desire to go and do like­ wise. An effort will be made, by the police to locate Adelia so as to save her from herself. The monthly treasury statement of the public, debt shows that on Nov. 30, 1805, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $948,477,011, an increase for the month of $2,040,503, which is ac­ counted for by the decrease of $2,541,011 in the cash in the treasury. This amount, however, does not include $582,987,073 In certificates and treasury notes which are offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. Congress is again in session. Promptly at noon Monday the Senate and House were called to order in their respective chambers amid the usual scenes of. ani­ mation ami excitement. The greatest in­ terest, -of course, centered in the House, where so many old and' familiar mem­ bers are replaced by new men, and in the organisation of the popular branch. - Mr, lleed was elected Speaker. That was a foregone TOnqBjbtaf^ JHfc received 23-1 votes of the total of Mr. Crisp had 95 votes. Bell 0 and Culberson .1. Washington dispatch: ; The eagie bird of freedom Is preparing to do some screaming.' The provocation js varied. Three resolutions of inflammatory tenor are 'already," before .the Senate - upon which discussion has already commenced, and the Stea.-niship Britannia brings, ad­ ditional ammunition in the shape; of -a reply 'to. Secretary Olhey's note to Lord Salisbury touching the Venezuelan boundary dispute. The British Govern­ ment questions the'right of the United States to mix iu> and flatly refuses to arbitrate upon tlm title to the disputed territory east of the "Schomburg: line," holding to the precedent that .the jirea specified is part and parcel of the British possessions, and therefore solidly British beyond peradventure. This is the reply that has been expectejd; but it will never­ theless be the occasion of a fuss and future demonstrations of seeming great consequence. The Secretary of the Treasury trans­ mitted to Congress the estimates of ap­ propriations required for the fiscal ve'hi" ending June .'10. 1897, as furnished by the several executive departments, which ag­ gregate $418,091,073. The appropria­ tions for the present fiscal year amounted to $412,753,204. The estimates.for the fiscal year. 1897. are recapitulated by titles as follows, cents omitted: Legislative establishment. . $3,880,581 Executive establishment.... 20.103,242 Judicial establishment 923,920 Foreign intercourse. .1,049.058 Military establishment 24.520,90S • Naval establishment 27,583,075 Indian affairs 8,750,458 Pensions .141,384,570 Public works 28,574,028 Postal service 5,024,779 Miscellaneous 30,035,031 Permanent annual appropria- / tions . . . . 1j9,054. 1(>0 -sJ Grand total $418,091,0711 • t u r e a l a i t our IN GENERAL, Sena to r Dav id B . H i l l ' s l o i n t he Nor thwes t ha s p roved and a l l engagemen t s have been can ­ ce l ed . A new counterfeit $2 silver certificate has been discovered. It is of the series of 1891, check letter C. plate number 41, J. Fount Tillman, Register, D. N. Mor­ gan. Treasurer, portrait of Windom, small scalloped seal. The note is much smaller in every way than the genuine. A thousand Scandinavians equipped witli bundles, bales and boxes left Chi­ cago over the Nickel Plate Road Monday afternoon for their annual Christmas ex­ cursion to their native lands. Forty buses, piled hjgli with luggage and pack­ ed full with excursionists, conveyed tin- party to the depot. A Swedish brass band was stationed in the depot. Dur­ ing the wait for the special train the band played patriotic Norwegian, Danish and Swedish airs, while the entire crowd joined in the choruses." A gang of pick­ pockets followed the excursionists to the station, but were captured by detocthos and hurried away before they secured any valuables. Halvar Christofferseii was the only one in the party who was left, lie was weary With celebrating the event ami sat on his tin trunk on tue platform dreaming of birds and a midnight sun while the train rolled out of the station. The price of camphor has for some time been tending steadily upward. It is now- sold by wholesale druggists at (i4 cents a pound, and will prMlatSly go much high­ er, though wholesalers do not look for it to reach $1. Several things have com­ bined to force tip the price of this com­ modity. All the camphor for the tr<ide copies from Japan and the Island of For­ mosa. The latter has lately come under the Mikado's dominion, and there is a Forestry Commission in Japan which regulates the cutting of the camphor trees, from which the gum is obtained. The gum is extracted from the wood by cutting the trees into small pieces and boiling out the gum." It means the de­ struction of the trees, and the Govern­ ment has limited the cutting. Stevenson & Co., "Chicago wholesale druggists, say the demand has been greatly increased lately by the manufacture of smokeless powder, of which it is a constituent. It is also used in the manufacture of cel­ luloid. Another thing that tends to send prices skyward is the buying of all raw- camphor in sight by a London syndicate,. THE LIVTH CONGRESS AUGUST BODIES ARE AGAIN SESSION. I N Chiefly Notable at Present' for t£ie Lack of FaitilHar Faces--Flood of Bills and ^Resolutions Ie Rendy for the House. , ^ ' ' Assembling of-the Solons. Washington correspondence: The -Fifty-fourth Congress began its first session at noon Monday, and the most striking feature to the old observer of the lower house was the absence of familiar faces. The appearance of the Senate was not greatly changed. Of the famous men in the House these are about all that are left: Reed, Boutelle, Dingley, and Milliken, of Maine; Dockery, Cobb, Tarsney, Hall and De Armond, of Missouri; "Private John" Allen; Catchings and Money, of Mississippi; Crisp, of Georgia; Can­ non, of , Illinois; Cobb, of Alabama; Hifforn, of Cali­ fornia; and Mc- Creary and Berry, of Kentucky. '... The fae e of Breckinridge is. missing, as is also many another -fa­ in i I i a r -o n e -- Bland, of Missou­ ri,; father of,the cart wheel dollar'; Hol- man, of Indiana, watchdog of the treas­ ury for thirty years; Bourkp Coekran, New York's famous campaign orator; Bryan, of Nebraska, the "boy orator of the Platte;" Springer, of Illinois, and Kilgore, of Texas. Conn, of Indiana, is not in the Congressional- parade; like that other ex-Congressman, Beriah Wil- kins, of Ohio, he has prospered in the field of journalism at the capital. But the list is too long, it would fill a column to record all that have gone and all that still remain. To the stranger eye perhaps the gathering is much as it was two years ago. Here and there a face made familiar by the cartoonists appears, but for the most part t.he crowd on the famous avenue on the morning of the first Monday in December was made of curious visitors and the customary shopping mob of Washington men and women. There was more of life in the SENATOR F.I.KINS. A long time, before the noon "hour the floor of the chamber had been cleared strangers. The pages hurried to and" fro with an air-of bustling importance. They are prime "factors in legislation, they think. But at least from this day they are the recipients of a daily stipend of $2, and that is a matter of much-serious­ ness to them. Capt. Isaac Bassett, the chief among them, now past 'the semi-centenary of service and conscious of * his importance as a one time protege of the great Web­ ster, was in charge of the flcor. Every­ thing is fresh and clean and bright-look­ ing. The furniture has been reupholster- ed, a new carpet has been laid. The Senate wears out a carpet in every Con­ gress. ' ' "• - \ ,. . The Senators dropped in one at a time. There are not many in their places usual­ ly when the gavel falls, but on the opening day there was a larger number than is customary at other times. The galleries were fairly well filled when at one minute before 12 o'clock the eastern door leading to the lobby opened and the Vice Presi­ dent and the chap­ lain appeared. Mr. Stevenson, who has/ been . spending his1 ' summer in Alaska and at his home in Bloomington, a n il whose ruddy com­ plexion tells of im­ proved health, and Dr. Milbnrn, the. fa­ mous "blind chap­ lain," who has been senator gear of in the service of • iowa, , Congress off, and on sin.ee he was a youth and whose.- thousands of miles of travel ' have been increased during the Congres­ sional recess by a trip to Europe. The gavel of the Vice President is an ivory device, small and shaped some­ thing like an hour glass. It has been in the care of Capt. Bassett through the summer, concealed no one knows where, gbut hidden as completely as is the iden­ tity of Daniel Webster's desk, which Bassett has stored in his mind. The Yiee President took the little gavel and tapped lightly on the clotli-covered desk. Conversation ceased and many of the Senators arose while the chaplain de­ livered a brief invocation. At its con­ clusion the chairs filled rapidly. There was no journal of the last day's session to read, and the first business to transact was tho swearing in of newly elected Senatots. Many had been sworn in. at the last session in preparation for their inauguration. So this business was ae- UNCLE SAM'S WISE MEN CALLED BACK. 7? MARKET REPORTS. SOUTHERN. II. C. Babcock, president of the Chero­ kee Manufacturing. Company, was found in his office at Da Iron, Ga„ with a bullet wound through his heart. No cause is known for suicide, as his family relations were entirely happy. A part of the crew of the sponging schooner Shamrock arrived at Tampa. Fla., and reports that while at Saint Martins Reef a heavy northwester cap­ sized the schooner. Six negroes who wore below the hatches were drowned. At a negro cake walkHn Roseborough place, near Texarkana, Ark., the negroes ate at their banquet supper a good por-, tiou of a hog that had been fed by its owner on strychnine and twelve have died and a half dozen others are in bed. George Clark, the quadroon who ;..s an escaped slave lectured in the North \ni- -fore--the-^warr-who is sow S4 years old, was taken * to the Protestant In­ firmary at Lexington, I\y., on ac­ count of failing health. He is bed­ ridden and unless he improves rapidly under treatment physicians think lie can­ not .live long. lie is the original of George Harris in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." People of the North are sending money and letters tn the noted octoroon, Lewis George Clark, the hero of Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." She portrayed him as George Harris. Dispatches were sent out saying he .was in a destitute condition at Lexington, Ky. He has received let­ ters, containing contributions from Dwight, 111,; Albany, N. Y.; New York City; Baltimore; Winchester, Ind.; and Pittsburg, Pa. All the writers express great sympathy for him. His little cot­ tage was about to be sold jfor taxes and the. money be received was paid 'over to the Sheriff to keep a roof above* his beted A movement is on foot, ^started by a Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to 55.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3,75; wheat, No. 2 red, 55c to 57c; corn, No. 2, 25c to 20c; oats. No. 2. 10c to 17c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 38c: butter, choice creamery, 23c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 20c; to 22c; potatoes, per bushel, 18c to 25c; broom corn, common growth to choice green burl, 2c to 4c per pound. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 02c to 04c; corn, No. 1 white, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; bogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 03c to 04c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to ISc; rye, No*. 2, 32c to 34c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wfieat, No. 2. 00c to 08c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 41c to 43c. Detroit---Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75: wheat, No. 2 red, 05c to 00c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 28.c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye, 38c to 39c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red. 04c to 00c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 37c to 39c; clover seed, $4.45 to $4.55. Buffalo--Cattle,' $2.50 "to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 07c to 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. Milwaukee--Wheat, N,p. 2 spring, 50c to 58c; corn, No. 3, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white,HL8c to 19c; barley, No. 2, 33c to 30c; rye, No. 1, 37c to 38c; pork, mess, $7.50 to $8.00; New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep,. $2.00 to .$3.50; throng than there has been for many a day, for all roads do not lead to the cap­ ital, and Pennsylvania avenue is the chief thoroughfare to that Mecca of the politician. The Meeting of tlie Senate. The number of new faces in the Sen­ ate chamber when the Vice President called that body to order was compara­ tively few. Mr. Ransom's was missing. Mr. But­ ler, of South Carolina, another relic of the age of chivalry in4 the South, is also gone into retirement Georgia sends Augustus O. Bacon to take the seat held for a brief space by Patrick Walsh, the editor of the Augusta Chronicle. Mr. Gear, an old-time member of the House, best known as "Gov. Gear," fills the seat of Wilson, of Iowa. Ex-Gov. Knute Nelson, known not so long ago as a member of the House, takes the place of Washburn, of Minne­ sota. Mr. Dixon, of Rhode Island, gives way to George Pea- body Wetmore. W. J. Sewell, once a member of the Sen­ ate, takes the seat of Mr. McPherson. Ex-Secretary E 1 - kins succeeds Joliu- s o n C a m d e n , of WeBt Virginia. Ex- Senator Warren, of Wyoming, returns to take the place of M r . C a r e y , a n d Thomas S. Martin, of Virginia, displaces Eppa Hunton. Not many changes. But the- Senators serve for six' years and are reasonably sure of re-election. Mr. Morrill has been in the Senate twenty-eight years, Mr. Sherman thirty years, Mr. Allison twen­ ty-two years. Mr. Ransom had served for twenty-three years continuously when he retired. Because there are so few newcomers among them the gathering of the Sena- complished quickly. Announcement was shortly made that the President would send his message the following day, and adjournment was taken; but not until a flood of bills had poured in. for the Senators were well loaded with business. In the House . The House was a far more entertaining place Okan the Senate. The now Con­ gressman is all excitement as he sits in a KNUTE NELSON. TIDES SAVE MILLIONS. THOS, B. REKD, Speaker of the House. Do Work for New York^thjat Costs Baltimore Money. New York is blessed in a peculiar way twice a day by the rising and falling of the tide. By cleaning our docks and slips thte tide saves the city millions of dollars every year. It carries "away countless tons ol' floating refuse and purifies the sewage of thousands of pipes whose ends," projecting beyond the wharves, discharge into the river and harbor. .. Low lying seaboard cities, such as Baltimore, for instance, are not so for­ tunate in this respect as New York, and whfii oile reads of the -never-end­ ing struggle against refuse in the har­ bors of other cities he appreciates in a new degree one more advantage of the metropolis. . ---- To keep clean the water in the docks requires a big for.ce of men in Balti­ more, where1 early every morning squads of men in boats and scows sail around the harbor, skimming from .the surface of the water the refuse that has accumulated in the twenty-four hours previous. From live,to fifteen car­ loads of watermelon and cantaloupe rinds, pieces of wood and bits of cot­ ton are gathered daily just now. The skimming force gets to work just 'before sunrise and finishes its work before the real traffic along the shore' front begins. The sfien are armed with, long-handled scoop-nets, with which they gather every floating thing that is out of place. It. must be that. Baltimore inhabitants make a poiilt of sitting oti the wharves when they eat watermel­ ons, else how could.fifteen ctir-loads of rinds accumulate in twenty-four hours? Baltimore's skimming gangs scoop up, too, considerable refuse that is thrown overboard by steamers and other boats that sail in the harbor. Around New York's water front refuse is dumped overboard from boats, ships and ocean liners in prodigious quanti­ ties. The stuff floats around for a fow hours, but after an ebb of the tide the water is clear and pure. It is fresh from the ocean, for the fall of Lhe tide at New York--from four to six feet--is so great that tlie whole body of water around the city is changed twice a, day. --New York Recorder. NATIONAL SOLONS. REVIEW OF THEIR Wt>RK| AT WASHINGTON, : * Detailed Proceedirttta of Senate and House--Bills Passed oir Introduced in Kither Branch--Questions of Mo­ ment to the Country at Larsre. VICE PJJESIDENT STEVENSON, President of the Sena'e. tors was like the reunion of a big fam­ ily. No party distinctions were drawn as they grouped- themselves on the floor of the Senate chamber. Personal friend­ ships obliterate for a time that -imag­ inary line which separates. Democrat from Republican, and the representatives . - of the parties and of all sections of the wheat, No. 2 red, 07c to-68c; corn, No. 2, country mingle freely,. shaking hands. 34c tb 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; j exchanging congratulations on improved butter, creamery, 10i|to26c; eggs, West- J health, swapping a little gassip. of the. ern. 21c to 24c. late election perhaps. group of admiring friends who have come to see him installed. His wife and children are fri the gallery perhaps, and he tries to look' less Conscious than he feels fa? thsit The older member has much to »a.v lo old friends on the floor--reminiscences to exchange and regrets to express for the departed. But the beginning of the session is an old story to him. Perhaps he feels a momentary uneasiness about that committee chairmanship which was half promised to him, but lie keeps his own counsel about it. He does not i:et flurried, because he knows that it will do no good. He has put in all his liarj] work in advance of'the meeting of the caucus, and he knows nothing will help him now. : It is more than lik-ty tnat tho rules adopted by the House in the Fifty-fourth Congress will be those prepared under the supervision of Mr, Reed when he was Speaker before. The Business of Congress. There will be no lack of bills and reso­ lutions. For example, the new Congress will have to consider the question of pro­ viding revenue^?)denna t-e -to th«»4ii,»verla­ ment's expenditures. Then there is the financial problem. Two important foreign matters are to be considered again during this Congress--the Behrint Sea award and the Nicaragua Canal. Air. Greshnm agreed with Kngland on a payment of $425,000 to the sealers in Behring Sea, but the last House refused to accept this adjustment of the question. Cuba will also come in for ejlrly at­ tention, for there is no doubt a proposition to recognize the rebellious natives as belligerents will"be made in both. House and Senate, and the discussion of it will give the Republicans more campaign material. In home affairs there is tire bankruptcy bill, which has come so near adoption in two0 Congresses, but Which still hangs fire. It passed both Lloe.se and Senate three years ago, but never got through conference. In the last Congress it jiassed the House. Favorite Perfumes? Odors liaveaplayed an important part in the world's history. So far back as the fourteenth century the fad of the hour was the "Birds of Cyprus." They were aromatic herbs, ground and mold­ ed into the forms of birds, and they were burned at banquets. No descrip­ tion of their composition lias come down through the ages, but tlie supposi­ tion is to-day that they were very much the same as the "seraglio' pastries,^ which street venders, disguised ns Turks, sell on the highways of conti­ nental capitals. Charles Y. of France had among his most treasured posses­ sions, it is well known, a hollow golden pomegranate to hold his perfumes, Louis XIY. of France was given by tlie Queen of Sicily a rosary of musk. Odorous eliaplets were quite the fash­ ion in those days, and they «xist even now in some parts of Spain and in some quarters of the Orient.' In the early* part of the sixteenth century the age of powder and cosmetics began, and the use of perfumes became widely spread. During the reign of Louis XY. Yersailles was known throughout tlie world as "the perfumed court." A cen­ tury and a half before that powdered heads had come in, and this custom be­ came so universal that tlie costume of deepest mourning and the greatest sor­ row was to go uupowdered. The pow­ der used was made of starch, aud it seldom happened that it was left tin- perfumed. To such an extent was the art of scenting the person carried that it was part of the imperial program each day to name the particular odor to be adopted by the courtiers and great ladies in order that a mixture of scents might not result. Tlie revolution killed, of course, this gentle art, but under tho influence of Josephine it was given a fresh impetus in directory days, for the Empress' Creole origin and temper­ ament made her jealously and passion­ ately devoted to every sweet odor that could be devised. Chemistry has ad­ vanced so far that nowadays scents can be made without flowers quite ad well as with them, aud at much less expense. Still, however, in Roumania and in Asia Minor, the world-famed attar of roses continues to be made, a litre (approximately a quart) costing three thousand francs (six hundred dol­ lars) at Constantinople. Tl^re is an Imitation of this essence in distillation from the geraniums that are cultivated in immense fields in Algeria, but its spuriousness can be easily detected. More Gold. Gold strikes of wonderful richness are reported to have been made in sev­ eral parts of British Columbia in the last week or two. At Elb0-n, a few miles from Yancouver, a man boring for water in a lot adjoining the Meth- dist church, struck quantities of flake gold 200 feet below the surface. He galloped into Westminster and staked his claim, and returned to prospect. His find ran nearly $21 an ounce.' It is believed he struck the bed of an old river, and prospects are being made all over tlie neighborhood. Big strikes are reported from Cariboo County and from South Kootenai, twenty-five mines of excellent promise liaiiig been recently opened in the latter re­ gion. A Truth fill Landlord. "Ain't a dollar pretty~bigh™Tor~-g- meal like that?" asked the tourist. "I don't mind owning up that it is," said the landlord of the Cowboys' Rest, "but them meals cost rue 75 cents apiece." "But I happen to know that you sell a 10-meal ticket for $5." "Y-es--I know I do. but about half the fellers that buys them tickets gits killed before they have eat two meals." Their Tastes Differ. "Charley," said young Mrs. Torkius, "th,is venture of yours into politics is going to cost you a good deal of money." "Yes," was the reply, "but I'm getting experience." ^ "I suppose so," she rejoined, with a little sigh of resignation, "and experi­ ence Is a great thing, I know, only my tastes don't run that way. I'd rather have had a sealskin coat and a trip to Europe." Poor Holland's Navy. Holland's navy has grown antiquated. It will take $20,000,000 to put It into working order, but the ministry does not dare to ask for money. "~ The Legislative Grind. The Senate plunged into real business Tuesday. Naturally the President's mes­ sage attracted tlie main attention of the day, but aside from this there were stir­ ring resolutions on the Monroe doctrine and the Cuban rebellion, and after that the usudl deluge of bills and resolutions. The message was given the closest atten­ tion. At Jts conclusion M,r. Lodge, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution, vig­ orous in terms, reaffirming the principles of the Monroe doctrine and presenting them in such form as to permit their en­ actment as a permanent law rather than an expression of the policy advocated by President Monroe. In the same line was a resolution by Mr. Cullom, of Illinois^ and another by: Mr. Allen, 6tVNebraska. -, There we're 272 bills and sixteen resor iutious introduced in the Senate alto­ gether, but a' -large majority of 'die"bills were' reprints of .measures which, failed : to pass last session. Many'of these, as also a large proportion of. the new bills. Were for private purposes! There were also several for the modification 'of the pension laws.' Senator's/Peffer, Steyvfi-rtv and Squire reintroduced their' bills of iaSt session pertaining to silver coinage. Sen­ ator Pettigrew' introduced a bill to es­ tablish a uniform system of bankruptcy and reintroduced his bill of last session to prevent the extermination of the fur- bearing animals of Alaska. Senator Yest reintroduced his bill of last session to prohibit monopoly in the transportation of cattle to foreign countries, and also his bills for the compulsory education of Indian children and the settlement of pri­ vate land claims. Senator Chandler re­ introduced his bill for the exclusion of alien anarchists and also'his bill for the regalation-of immigrafian.--Senator introduced a bill providing for tlie-amend­ ment of the tariff laws, .so as to admit free of duty all material used in the con­ struction or equipment of vessels built in the United States. He also presented several other- bills for the encouragement ofAmerican shipping and American ship­ building and general bills to amend the laws relating, to navigation and to pre-_ vent discrimination against American trade. Among the large number of bills offered by Mr. Peffer (Pop., Kami were those limiting the President's term to six' years without re-election, repealing all laws permitting the "issuance of bonds, the limitation of the power of injunction. The Cuban situation received attention from .both the Florida Senators. The Call resolution and the Monroe doctrine will^--receive early attention. At the brief executive session the nominations of Mr..""Ohiey as Secretary of State and Mr. Harmon as Attorney General were confirmed, and that of Rufus \V. Pock- ham to the Supreme bench referred to the Judiciary Committee. In the House -a large number of bills and joint resolu­ tions were introduced, many of them measures that failed during the last ses­ sion. The session of the House was, how­ ever, brief and consumed almost entirely by the reading of the President's mes­ sage. This was listened to with fair at­ tention. but tho features of the document received no signs either of approval or disapproval from the members until the conclusion of the reading, when several Democrats created - a" slight demonsra- tion. When it was finished the House immediately adjourned until Friday. The Senate worked Wednesday, but most of the business transacted was of a routine character. Mr. Hoar offered a resolution donomTrftig'-the recent at cities in Turkey and assuring the execu­ tive branch of the cordial indorsement by Congress of a vigorous course for the protection of American citizens in Tur­ key and the suppression of the barbari­ ties against Christianity. The first for­ mal speech of the session was made by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, on Cuba and the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Allen urged the recognition of the Cuban insurgents, the annexation of Cuba and a strong for­ eign policy. The influx of bills contin­ ued. Among them was one increasing all pensions granted under the act of 1890 to $12. Russia's Needs. In the far East the Mongolia^ races far outnumber the Slavs, says a corre­ spondent, and, if allowed to develop and prosper, may- overrun Russia and destroy the fruits of ages of peaceful progress. The danger is all the more serious that it is still latent. Militarism in China, which may be looked upon as a natural consequence of the late war. would cripple Russia's finances before even a blow was struck, for it would necessitate the maintenance of a large army at an enormous cost in the thinly inhabited districts of Eastern Siberia, where provisions are expensive and means of communication sadly primi­ tive. Again. Russia needs a harbor that will never freeze. True, she is taking measures to utilize oiie of "tier own on the northern coast of Kola, and she is determined to have another in the Bos- phorus; but that is no reason why she could not make sure of a third in Ko­ rea, and realize the Russian saying: "We hadn't,a single farthing, and of^a sudden we've got a whole shilling " : l, Suspicious. It Is a suspicious circumstance that the German Kais.er finds it necessary to make so many speeches to his troops, warning them that they must remain faithful to him aiid defend him against I all enemies, domestic or foreign. It is , not customary for emperors or kings to I make speeches of this kind. They usu­ ally put implicit confidence in the1 loyal­ ty of their armies, not less in peace than in war.--New Y'ork Sun. This and That. A dog will always lighfanothcr dog I quicker if it has a ribbo,n around its neck. A woman rather enjoys an air of .authority in a man who.is not related to her. No man has had a real good time un­ less he is so tired next day that he can hardly walk. It is awfully hard to admit that you admire poetry without feeling silly. A shrewd man without money is a better investment for a girl than a fool who has money. Considering tho fighting talk yo^i bear, the cowardice of men is entitled to credit for a great deal of peace. Do not think you can talk'about peo­ ple and not do them damage: a cyclone Is composed of nothing but wind. A man seldom volunteers to do a man a favor, but he is often bored and coaxed into doing an acquaintance a favor.