A TORNADO IN 10WA.| ———————— i Demolished and Several Persons Injinred. i Dwellings DAMAGE BY FLOODS ~ BAILWAY BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY AND TRAINS ABANDONED. LOWLANDS sUnR MERGED AND FENCES AND OUT BUILRINGR CARNE AWAY. i Stoux Ciry, lowa, April 6.—During | a violent electric storm yesterday, a | eyelone passed over the city from | southwest northeast. The funnel | shaped clond was seen Dy many and was accompanied by a roaring noise. it siruck In but one piace on the ex- treme northwest part of the city, and then rebounded in the air, passing rap- idly over the western suburbs. At the place where the cloud struck it picked up the residence of Mark Mo- din and hurled it to the ground in the rear of the lot. Mrs, Modin was severely injured. The house of Mr. Richmond was wrecked, and a barn near by was sphit into kindling wood Mr, Modin says he saw two clouds form and meet, and in a moment his house was hurled from its foundation. At Sibley, a tornado swept over the country, doing 'mmense damage to property. Without a moment’s warn- ing the wind rose from a slight breeze to a hurricane, and in a short time chimneys, fences, lumber and other properly were torn from their resting places and hurled through the air. A large chimney on the public school building crashed through the roof into the midst of the t2acner’s institute, bat | aside from a few slight bruises no one was hurt, The agricultural warehouse of Grant & Hanna was moved from its foundation and now stands at an angle of 45 degrees. Reports from the rural districts bring intelligence of damage to stock, The house of Jacob Brooks was lifted from its foundation and torn into fragments, The flood on the Missouri, immed:- ately above Sioux City, has been the highest and most disastrous since the memorable inundation of the spring of 1881. The region inundated Is the low ground on the Dakota side, above the Sioux river. During the breaking of the ice two weeks ago an immense gorge formed in the curved channel of the Missouri below Elk Point. A dam was formed, and the whole expause of low country overflowed, In évery direction for miles whole country was under water, Elk Point was a diminutive island in a | vast sea of angry waters, The country there is thickly settled, and many far- | mers had azlready removed their live stock to the bluffs, Maostof the houses are built on eminences, but In most cases the flood overflowed these also. Some hive ttock was lost, but how | much is not known, as it has been Im | possible to reach the country, Just | below Elk Duint the county authori- | ties bave dug an immense ditch along | the line of the lowest depression, north- easterly towards the Sloux river, to carry off flood waters. This diteh carried a flood with great violence river abive the SL. Paul Riilroad bridge. There was thus a vast river several miles wide sweeping across the lowlands, It plowed out the ditch and threatened to change the chaunel of | the Missouri in conformity with It; tore away fences, hay-stacks, small out- building and everything in Its way, It is now learned * from Superintendent Beardsly, of the Milwaukee Company, that about four miles of the raliroad | track was washed out this side of Elk Point, : The violence of the current may be inferred from the fact that about a mile and a quater of the track, including railroad ties and ron, has been carried two miles away from the roadbed and left in the fields. The Sioux river, swollen by the flood waters of the Mis souri, rapidly accumulated a great mass of drift wood and ice against the rail- road bridge. The pressure was suf- ficient to move the bridge luree feet, and would have swept the structuie away but for the precautions taken by the railroad company to save the bridge, However, it will take two weeks to repair the damage, Tuesday night the gorge which bad caused all the trouble suddenly broke. The con- fined flood rushed down stream like a Face horse and with an ominous roar- Ing sound. The rise here was 10 feet in less that two hours, and the lower part of the city was threatened. Yesterday tue river fell some, but it 18 still very high, Above, in the re- gion of Elk Point, the water still stands deep on the low grounds, and it will take many days before it can be draived off. It is thought no lives have been lost. ROCK FALLS INUNDATED, Cricaco, April 6.—The greatest freshet ever known in that country was experienced last night in (be town of Rock Falls, Iowa. The iron bridge, 165 feet long, and the dam, are both gone, and the damage to property there will not fall short of $25,000, About two weeks ago the ice in the Snell Rock river became loose and formed an im- mense gorge, miles in extent, and some places piled up twenty feet high. The heavy rain of Thursday loosened the water in tho creeks, which poured mn a resisiless current into the river, forcing it beyond its banks and loosening the ice gorge, which came down the river with such foree that everything in its course was swept before the flood. The village of Rock Falls was completely inundated ; houses and barns were crushed and swept away, and in some instances no vestage remains of what was before a cubstantial structure. The house of Mr. Cruikshank, in which he lived Lhjhis wife and three children, was ri like an egg shell. The husband, hearing the roar of the torrent of ice and water, got oul of bed, and before he could light a lamp the water in his chamber was up to Ins waist, He pushed two of his children through a trap-door, following them, his wife with her babe refusing to leave. The woman rushed with her to the of waters into the Sioux they remained for two hours until day- light, when neighbors rescued them, A house in which Mrs, Anderson lived witn her five children was swept against some trees where it lodged, the and in water receded and if it had nat been that the lee gorge broke, causing the food to subside, they would doubtless bave perished. A vacant house was the ings and stable and sheds were swept Away. The large barn of R. M, Todd was carried off; the veranda of his elegant residence was crushed and broken, and large cakes of ce now cover the porches, The large bridge went out when the ice gorge gave way. Miles of fences were torn from the land where the water was never known to reach before, When the water receded it left imme vo plles of ice in the streets. WAVERLY SUBMERGED. WAvERLY, Iowa, April 6.—This city has been visited by one of the most fear- ful inundations that it has ever wil- nessexl. The Cedar river at this place | has been rising at the rate of a foot an hour, and has over-leaped itself, and | half the town is submerged. The milis are stopped and the tracks of the Waverly Short Line railroad are | under water. The flood still continues, | and the water to-night is within 100 | feet of Bremer. FOUR BOYS DROWNED, STNSGAR, Iowa, April 6,—The Cedar river at this point is higher than it has been for several years. A wagon load of men and boys in attempting to cross a small tributary yesterday were washed down the stream and four of | the boys and the team were drowned, The names of the drowned are Frank | Bundy, Isaac Lanstrom, Frank Rahmes and Andrew Golberg. Only | the body of Andrew Golberg has been | recovered. The high water has dam- aged considerable mill property also, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, CENTREVILLE, Mich., April 6. —A | remarkably severe thunder storm | passed over this place yesterday after- noon, doing much damage to property, | and causing the Joss of three lives James Parson’s barn. in Sherman township, was struck by lightning and | totally destroyed, Mr. Parsons and his ittle child and a Mra Vakee being in- | stantly kllied at the same time, BAILWAY DRIDGE SWEPT AW CHICAGO, April 7. —A despatcl says: Telegr a dozen points lu Dakota repoit heavy | rains and raging nivers, The river 1s | bank full at Washburn and still rising, and the bottom lands below are flooded for miles. At Gladstone, ! AY. i from « from | ‘skola, the | Atl South | sen swept | emporarily | Hart the railway bridge hh away and all trains are abandoued, At Manketo, Minn., the Mlionesota | is leaving its banks. The ice ismoving in Immense cakes, and a gorge is feared | below the city, Twe. ty head of stock | belonging to Adam Jefferson were drowned on the low-lands, The river! rose 15 feet Wednesday night, and yesterday was still rising, A CHURCH DESTROYED, St. PavL, Mins.,, April 6.—Durine | the storm wednesday tbe Catholic! church st Bhie'dsvillle, Minn., was! struck by lightning and destroyed. It | Was a sone structure, built last season, and cost §25000. Jehn Healy. of | Shieldsvil'e, while on his way home from Faribault, was tion of a roof from a « uildiLg, near anon Lake, and fataliy injured, H nry Sitreckley was kil ed at Med. ford. DAMAGE IN resastLYANIA, READING, PA., receive l bere to-day from the country districts show that the damage by last night's thunder and lightning storm was widespread. The barn of Joel Heinbach, near Giibertsviile, was struck and destroyed, together with i's con tents and the live stock. Adam Ernst's barn, near Donaldson, was destroyed, with its contents, iocluding seven mules and two cows. The loss by these two fires was §8500, The large farm house of Adam Sea- man, in Berne towoship, this county, was struck and burned, with all its contents, The family fled to the houses of the neighbors in their night dresses, The farm house of Samuel Dunkelber- ger, near by, was also burne J, with its contents, Several barns were destroyed across the county line in Bucks and Montgomery counties, EasTtox. Pa, April 6.—The heavy rain last night Las caused another rise in the Lebigh an? Delaware rivers and the stoppage of indus.rial woiks and navigation. During last night's storm lightning damaged three dypamos in the Electric Light building and cut off all circuits, Awout one hundred feet Musconetcong to the depth cf our feet, necessitating the running ail trues on single track to-day at siow speed, ————— DMO ~The recent heavy rains in Jackson, Mississippl, have caused the rear walls of the Capitol building to sink, and fears are entertained for its safety, An architect, who is now examining the building, thinks that an expenditure of $100,000 in repairs will be to put it In a safe condition. The Capitol was built 50 years ago. For several years past it has been thought by many that the building was in a dangerous condition. The Supreme Court has removed its quarters, The U, 5 steamer Despatch has blown up the steamer E, ©. Koight, a derelect wreck, off Barnegat, New Jersey. A slight shock of earthquake wag felt in Holbrook, Arizona Territory, on the evening of the lst, lasting ten seconds, The vibration was from east to west, Houses trembled, Mrs. Tillie Sipp, 85 years of age, while in a fit of insan onthe my ing of the 3d, threw “BRIDGE DISASTER. UASSENGER TRAIN INTO A CREEK, THE CARS SUBMERGED.~—~A NUMIER OF PERSONS KILLED AKD INJURED. 51. PAvn, April 5.—A special to Despatch, from New Hampton, Towa, says: A terrible accident occurred about four miles west of this town, on the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, by which at least a dozen persons lost their hives and from fifteen to twenly were injured. The train which left Chicago at 11.30 yesterday morning and was due here at 2.30 this morning, passed here nearly on time, and when about four miles west, plunged into a creek, the bridge of which was washed out, The creek was swollen by the ime mense amount of water which has been running off for the past two days, and, in addition, a gorge of ice was formed, which, previous to the arrival of the train, carried away a portion of the bridge. There was nothing to show that there was dan er ahead, and the train plunged nto the swollen stream while running at fall speed. The engine and three coaches went i to the creek and were submerged in Lie torrent of water which overtiowed te banks, A sceve of the wildest confusion en- sued and those of the train crew and PLUNGES immediately called into ioned passengers. It was wilh great waters through the car windows, Those who were rescued from smoking car, which was almost en- windows, some maimed to such an ex- tent that they were powerless to help Ai this hour, 11 A. M., six dead reach them, It reach them, but the confusion and ex- citement are so great that It is dificult killed from 15 to rescurd that] are more or less seriously njured. A number are so daugerously burt that it 1s feared that they cannot As soon as a train who escaped Iujury could spared Le was despatched to tbe sta- tion and a eidef was telegraphed for from Mason City, Te egrams {or relief were also sent to Charles City and other nesr by p aces. but it was not until several hours after physicians to care for the injured, and It 18 understood here that a relief train City, sixteen miles west of the scene of the acoudent. ANOTHER ACCOUNT, wreck ou the Chicago, Milwaukee and Paul Railroad, some claim, was The The engine is en- Taere were about thirty people In the smoker at the time, four of whom were killed 80 far as known, besides the engineer crushed between the cab and the swoker, The fireman escaped unhurt, There were about 25 to 30 wounded, though none fatal, The be- lief is that there is three or more bodies yet under tre wreck. The baggage- man and the route agent escaped through the window without much in- Jury. The names of the dead that have been learned are as follows: Mr. W. Anderson, Mr. C, Seavonson. J. Dencles, James Scagel, engineer, of Mitchell, Dakota, Doa Heldecker, Lotta, a girl about four years old. The names of the wounded are (only two being obtained) that of Mr, O, B. Allen and H. Sear, both of Nora Springs. One Chicago travelling man, and the conductor kept the passenrers quiet until they could help them out. The wounded are mostly by burns from the engine, The mailsfind baggage are in the river, NEWS OF THE WEEK. -The gorge at the mouth of the Big Sioux river broke on the evening of the 34 and the water was running off rap- idly on the 4th, Two miles of the Milwaukee and St. Paul track is washed out and much more 18 badly damaged, but the work of repair will begin at once. All danger is now over, ~T'wo freight trains on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad collided near Quarry, Towa, on the 24. Four men were injured. Both engines and op cars containing stock were demol- isLed, ~-Two fourteen-year-old boys, one the son of a Rev. Mr. Ballantine, the other the son of a Rev. Mr. McLeod, quarie’'ed at Groton, Connecticut, on te morniag of the 3d, a Al tine ended thedispute by discharging a rifle at his antagonist causing a fatal wound, W. W. Haseltine, a prom!- nent lawyer, shot dead by Jonn Curfap, ~ gambl um Stevens Poin ol Hotel upon cars was successfully ace complished on the 32, It was moved thirty feet from its o!d foundation. | =The strike on all the railroads in { Chicago was ended on the 4th, exeept { that on the Chicago, Burlington and | Quiney, and the men returned to work. This was the result of a mass meeting held with closed doors on the evening { of the 34, but the mesting declared its { undivided confidence in the cause and | conduct of the Burlington strikers,and { urged them to fight with even greater though always honorable fury. Noth ing isto be left undone to bring the Burlington to terms, —The flood at Elk Point on the Up- per Missour! riyer bas subsided, and the settlers are going back to their bomes. During a thunder storm on the morning of the 24 lightning struck an oil tank at Emlenton, Penna., own- ed by the National Transit Company. One house, a barn, four engines and an engine house, together with about 800 barrels of oil, were destroyed. ~-At Celaya, Mexico on Easter Sun- day, a number of prisoners, army de- serters and others, obtained permission from the authorities to attend a bull fight, The plaza was constructed of wooden masts, reeds, ete., and one of the prisoners struck a match and light- ed one of the dry masts, The flames spread with great rapidity and a panic ensued among the large audience, The bulls broke loose from thelr stalls and rushed wildly through the crowd, knocking ove: all who stood in their way. Eighteen women and children were killed and 68 persons were burned, it being feared that at least 10 of the number will die. Fifty persons in escaping were knocked down and i ! i trampled upon by the throng, and were badly though not fatally injured. No man lost his life, A freight train on the Southern Pacific Railroad ran into a construction train es county, California, on the evening of the 3d. Eogineer Westerfleld and Fireman Brooks were killed, and a injured, — Revised returns of the election in <* contests the bers of the City Council, n the new Council will | bs 32 Repablicans, 15 Democrats and 1 | Socialist, This is a gain for the HB pabitcans, In Galesburg two o striking engineers of road were elected Aldermen, - in the municipal elections through- Missouri on the centred in the question of local eption. Sedal a, for the first time in several | years, elected a Republican Mayor. St. Joseph elected the whole Kepubl ican Lickel, and In SL, Charles the Re- publican candidate for Mayor elected. Independence went Demo- cratic. Party lines were split, and the i saloon element was victorious, At Marshall the Democrats won over a Law and Order ticket backed by local option, At Clinton local option was endorsed, The Demoerats won an un- expected viclory at Carthage, elecling their candidate for Mayor. At la "lata the former government was com pletely upset, and the People’s candi. date for Mayor was elected. In War- i rensburg and Marysville the Demo | crats were victorious, The bonors were equally divided in numerous smaller towns throughout the State, | the interest belag entirely local, f out —- A, L. Fawcett, Treasurer of Ma. rion township, Morgan county, Ohio, is missing, and a shortage of $1800 has been found in his accounts, At Chand- lersville, Ohio, about 1 o'clock on the morning of the 41h, Edward Smith, aged 23 years, shot and severely wounded Miss Maggie La Page, aged 30, and then committed suicide by put- ting a bullet through his brain, Smith bad been courling Miss La Page. On account of the same woman a young physician committed suicide a few months ago. Mrs. Peter Burke, a re- spected widow lady of Norway, Michi- gan, was shot and killed by Patrick Wade, on the evening of the 24. Wade was infatuated with the woman, and she was to have been marcied to an. other man next week, SN. N. Saunders was stabbed to death by an unknown assassin near Chaptico, Saint Mary's county, Maryland, on the evening of the 3d, as he was returning home from a wedding in company with several ladies, --TWw0 men were struck by un ex. pres® train at Weymouth, Massachu- sells, on the morning of the 4th. One, name unknown, was killed; the other, Edward C, Mann was badly injured. ~The Postmaster General on the 5th appointed as fourth-class Postmas- ters: In Pennsylvania--W. T. Max- well, at Knowlton; Matthew McCully, at McPherson, and George H. Myers, at Westgreen. In New Jersey—Joshua Huston, at Lumbarton, and I, E. Rider, at Findeme, ~Jacob Sharp, of bribe notoriety, died on the evening of the 4th in New { ork. ~In Delamater’s iron foundry at New York, on the afternoon of the 5th, six moulders began the casting of a large cylinder. To faciliate the work a plank was laid across the big mould, which waz about 20 feel in diameter and & feet in depth. The six men, carrylog a Iadle containing 200 pounds of molten iron, had scarcely reached the centre ot the plank when the slender piece of wood, only 14 inches wide broke. The men were precipitated into the earthen pit, and the heavy ladle scattered its contents over them. Two of them wonderfully with comparatively ton and Peter Delaney, are not expec. tad Lo recover, William Costello and Hugh Jones, while “robbing” pillars in the Penn- De on the Gib, were caught by a “rush® and imprisoned or a hours, Both died In a few hours after being financial circumstances he did not summon a physician, Many persons believe it to have been a case of liydro- phobla, ~-Heavy thunder storms prevailed in New York on the afternoon and even ing of the 5th, Waterville, Morristown, Fairbault and Rochester, in Minnesota, were visited by a heavy rain and wind tools were torn from many build'ngs and other damage done. Several persons were severely injured. An fron belonging to the National Transit Com. pany, and containing 55,000 barrels of oll, at Parker, Pa., was struck by lightning en the afternoon of the Bth, There was danger that the fire would pread to other tanks near by, In Har- risburg on the evening of the 5th, at the North street crossing of the Penn- Sylvania Rallroad, a colored woman advised two boys not to crawl under a train, as they intended to do. Boon after she attempted the same feat her- sell and had both legs cut off, ~The safe of Burt and Hurlburt, wholesale jewellers in Detroit, Michi- gan, was robbed of diamonds and jew- elry valued at bet ween $6000 and $10,000 on the 2d. Members of the firm and police are close mouthed, and no infor- mation can be gleaned from them as to the thief, —Nanton Gainey, 26 years old, com- mitted suicide in Dedford, Indiana, on Lhe 5th, because of ill health and low spirits, He shot himself with a gun, but without fatal effect. ile then reloaded the weapon, put the muzzle to mouth and sent a bullet through head, death resulting almost in- stantly, Rev. T. F. Harden, a Metho- dist minister in Green county, Alabama committed suicide on the evening of 4th. Ellen Milmine, 18 years of age, committed suicide in Hamilton, Ontario, on the 5th, by taking rat pol 1 1 i good bogs aa (liar fest t il 1s thought she was disappoinied his his the BO. in love, ~James Derry, switchman the a night employ of the Chicago, has been arrested ged with assaalt with intent to t On the the 4th 4th he ired two shots from a revolver at the swWil flies Litt rlineton ch engine, Liered id not Mrs. George Spin Y & J ohinson or all attemplis (lo searc! y submitied und t ankles, ie Lied secur Une ead by an clhiamber was that she had nan pistol emply. been pursued recently, and had procured 10 protect herself, She denied Knowledge of the shooting of her A flaht between Mexicans took place in a saloon in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday night. Bert Penn was shot and killed, and a woman named Faunie O wer, who was in the room, was fatally injured. Lillie St. Clair was shot in the head, and a dozen others received minor cuts and wounds, J. Howe, a laborer, at Fort Collings, Colorado, who had een on a protracted spree, murdered his wife on the evening of the 41h, by cut- ting her throat, and then kicked the body into the street and went {Lo bed After Howe's arrest a masked mob took him from jail and hanged him to a tree, ~A colored woman, in Indusiry, Ohio, went out to do some washing on tae 31, leaving her boy, between 5 and ¢ years, and twins 10 months old, in charge of agirlof 13 years, The girl left the house for a short time, and on returning found the twins screaming in palin, the boy with a cut on his head, begging her to drown him, and the stove turned over. The boy had upse! the stove and was hurt by its failing, but it was found that be had deliber- ately broken both legs of one of the babies and a thigh and an arm of the other. Every effort to get him to tell the story of his cruelty failed, ~Jobn Cook was arrested in De- troit, Michigan, on the 6th, charged with robbing the Post-office in Min- neapolis in 1886, Cook 18 alleged to Le one of five men who robbed the office of over £15,000 in postage stampa, One of the gang now in jail gave the infor. mation which led to Cook’s arrest, - Up to 10 o'clock on the morning of the 6th, six dead bodies had been taken from the railroad wreck at New Hamyp- ton, Iowa. It it supposed that the passenger train after crossing the Wapsie river ran into a large pile of ice washed on the {rack by the high water, The engine ran off the road, turning completely around, and is out of sight in the water. The baggage car was thrown completely over the engine, and the smoking car is on top of the engine. The next coach is on its side in four feet of water, On ac- count of the high water furlher search at present for bodies in an impossibility, though 1t is thought other dead are still in the wreck, Twenty are injured, but none fatally, ~The engine of a passenger train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad left the rails some distance east of Buffalo, New York, on the evening of the 5th. Fireman Hoyt Pogart, was killed and Engineer John Thompson was badly hurt, No pas- sengers were injured. The accident was caused by a wash-out, While Mra, Mary Sharp, of Wana- mile, Penna, was engaged in the man. ufacture of whisky on the afternoon of the Oth the pot led over. The liguid blazed up, setting fire to er clothing, and she was burned to death. Three of her children, who tried to save her, were also burned and will Jrodaly die. The husband and father, ohn Sharp, who was at work at the time, is reported to have become in- sane, Three men were killed on the morning of the 6th by the explosion of a dynamite mill at Miller's Station, near Valparaiso, Indiana. A Mr, Matheson, and his 16 year-old son of Oil Springs, Ontario, started to cross the river at Port Iluron, Michigan, to Varna, in a row boat, When about thie wait husband. and Negroes ball way across a squall capsized their BoA al they re oth Shr ael. 60th CONGRESS.~First Session, AEN ATE, in the United States Benate of Lhe 2d, a ll from the Hours was passed giving a pension of £2000 to the widow of General John A. Logan, The con sideration of the Howse Bond Pur. chase bill wal resumed, the questior being on Mr. Palmer's motion to recom mit the bill, Mr. Stewart moved recommit with Instructions to committee to report without delay separate bill allowing the owners of gold or silver bdilion to deposit Ul same and receive coin certific therefore, Mr. Ileagan suggested ar amendment that $100,000,000 of the gold coin now in the Treasury De use for the redemption of the Interest bearing bonds, After debals bl went over without action. ar executive session the journed, In the United 3d, Mr. Riddleberger’s the consideration of Trealy in open session ile called the yeas and nays on agres ing to the resolution, Mr. Edmunds moved Lhat the galleries be cleared an thedoorsclosed, Agreed to and Lhe Seq alte went into executive session, Afts the doors were reopened, the Bond ur chase bill was taken up and Mr. Pa mer's motion to recommit was de feated, Yeas, 20: uays, Spooner offered a substitute for the | declaring that the authority to j chase ponds given in the Sondry Cy Expenses bill tor the year ending 30,1882, was intended to be a perma: provision of the law, and ig « such, and to be now in fall effect. The substitute was agree were then Messrs, Beck apd Stewart, and sion was continusd until, shorliy afl 5 o'clock, the Senate adjourned In the 17, 8, Senate on the 4h was reported and placed on tl dar for the withdrawal of pul : for sale at ordinary private entry an of them f setilers, On mx a resolution was agreed to 4... the Secretary of the Treasur what precaulic have 1 taken to prevent the and lead ths thie Afler Benats all Blates Senate On ta resolution for the Jisherle was laken ug ‘3 Wa. J offered i 4 Li stead lis imporiat: from Mexic of tie ead res TL BOeS. + sougel a + Bond Purchase bi up in order, Mr. Beck amendment for the 1ssue of silves , io take the 1 bank nates, Pending consid ie Senate ad jc sialon i8 ine of and piace 0! WAS Ayres iu i Inthe U, RB Senate Wilson, of lowa, spoke criticisn of President's message, and in opposition to tanfl reduction. The Bond Purchase bill—the Spooner substitute amended by the Bock propo- 8 Ion--was passed and a ewmference committee appointed. The bill estal lishing a Bureau of Animal Industry was considered, Afler an executive es8s.0n the Senate adjourned, In the United States Senate on the 61h. a message was received from the President with the drafc of a bill, re voking the withdrawal of lands for the benelt of certain railroads, The House joint resolution appropriating $25 00 for the representation at ithe Barcelona Expos.tion was passed, The ull for theadmiscion o Dakota inte the Unica and for the urganization of the Terri tory of Lincoln was taken up, and took its place as ‘‘onfinished business, ’ House bills appropriating $100, 00 each for public bull lings at Gueenvile, South Carolina, and Texarkans, Arkansas, were passed; also Senate bill to prevent the obstruction of the Lar bor of New York. After an execu- tive session the Senate adjourned. HOUSE In tue Iiouse on the 2d Mr, of Texas, from the Wass and Means Committee, reported the Tarlff bill and it was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Mckinley, of Ohio, presented the ov rity report, and kh was ordered ated, A number of bills and resolutions were introduced under the call of States and referred. Mr, Crain of Texas, moved to suspend the ru'es and pass his joint resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment changing the time of the meeting of Congress. After debate the resolution was defeated —veas, 80; nays, 154. Mr, Randall, of Pennsylunania, from the Committee on Rules reported a rule de-igznating certain days and evening sessions for the consideration of measures reports by certain commits tees. After debate the rules were sus pended the resolution passed 150 to 44 The House thea adjourned. In the House on the 3d, Mr, Culbe;- son cailed up the special order, the Senate Direct Tax bill. Mr. Moran, of Ghio, moved to go into Committee or the Pension Appropriation nil, bat the motion was lost, and the House went into Committee on the Direct Tax bill, ending debate a recess was taken until evening. The evening session was devoted to the consideration of bills from the Military Commities Among those passed was ome retiring General Allied I'leasanton with tbe rank of Colonel. In the House, an attempt was made by the friends of the special onder, Lhe Direct Tax bill, to arrange for a fina vote on the bull at five o'clock, and Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, moved lo linil genera debate to one hour. This Jed ai onee to *‘filibustering’ tactics by the op ponents of the bill, and the whole day was consumed in woling on dilatory motions. Adjourned, Ia the House on the 5'h, which had Ure on the 6th, M: at length is the Mills, eral bours, the House adjourned, In the House on the Gib, the Mibus-- tering on the Direct Tux bill was kept up until, at 3.30 P. M. the House a journed. ~Burglars entered the houses of Rev. P. A. McKenna, in
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