THE NEWS, mss The Federation of Labor, insercion in Phil adelphia, discussed ths emplosmint of militia in strikes, end passed a vote for the sstablishment of a sinking fund. ——Nel on ¥. Evans. a wrecking director of the Spring Garden Nat onal Bank, in Philade’phia, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, Joseph Springer, who went to Homestead for work a ter the str ke began, dieod at his home, in Cli ton. It is thought hisdeah may be due to po son. It is reported hat Dick Edwards, alias Texas Jack, arrestel in ‘West Super or for theft, is wanted for the quadruple murder of wcemen is Denison, Texas. Application for extradition has been wade. ——A stranzer walked into Joseph Mandel’s pawn-shop, in Loui-ville, pointeda yevolver at the proprietor, picied up #1,50) worth of diamonds and skippsd. He has not been caught. The Illinois State Grang: has passed resolution in favor of the recall of the American representatives from the Brussels Monetary Cooferencs, in favor of the free coinage of silver, a graduated in. come tax and the Hatch Anti-option bill, Emanuel Brunswick, proprietor of the of San Francisco, was killed in Chicago by a cable car.——Chiwrles Balmer, who was at St. Louis, aged seventy-five, A message in a bottle picke { up near North Manitou I-land states that the steamer Gil der had broken in half. ——In consequence of official news that cholera had out again in Hamburg, the Coumbim govern- broken De. Ixecutive all vessels having lstt Hamburg after gember 10.——The World's Fair Commit: ee bas decline | to permit tion of a theatre at Jackson Park. this action by refusing the cone ssion Mrs. J. B. Lynch, of West Virginia, Mrs. L. G. Lit:leton, of Tennewee, These two women have worked for mouths on a theatre scheme, and say they were assured by *+e Ways and Means Committes that the contession would be granted, ——The story of the attempted assassination of Presideut Hippolite is a:ain confirmed by a despatch from Panama. -——An attempt was made in Chicago to lynch a Pinkerton de ective who was making sn arrest.——James Frouatt the erec- It took to and mitted the Rahway murder, which has beea & mystery since 1887, —— Harry Stambaugh, while intoxicated, fired a shotgun erowd of childrin 1¢ urning ville, Ohio. Two small ghrls, daughters of struck in the shoulder and back of the bead, The wounds are fatal, Tere was no motive for the shooting. Stumbaugh was arrested. ~The senteacs of death passed by the military court martial at Monterey on Col. Fiovers Hernandez will be carried out next Monday at suarise. The colonel was tried upon the charge of assisting Garza to escape at the time he made bis c:cape from the United Stats last vear, Gaiza’s fo lowers have again star od a re- volt and the Toqui Indians are attracking Mexican settlements ——The round. hou-e of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway in Sali- da, Col., was destroyed, with its valuable plant, incindiag seventeen engines. The loss fsabout $.00 00),——Rev. N. C. Chapin, » well-known Congregational mini ter of thy Northwest, died suddealy in Minneapolis of valvolar disease of the heart, aged sity The building occupied as a store And residence by A. Lombardi, in Albuquer- que, N. M., was entered by three maskel mens, who beld up the proprietor and bis wife with cocked pistols while they went through the e-tablishment and tcok all the money they could find. Th y got about $230 in money anda few small articleiof jawelry, The robbers mad good their e cips in the flarkne.s.—— A popular subscription ia sums Rot excesdin z oue dollar is to be taken up to buy a silver se: vice and stand of colors for tke new cruiser Minneapoi's. A popular vots Is also to be taken for the young lady who is to bave ths honor of christesing her, —— The wi‘e of Kid, the notorious Indian refu- Hon and surrendered. She bas a~companied Kid on a'l his murderous raids in Arizooa éxploits ~The canning factory of George C. Calbou, at Georgetown, De'., was de stroyed by fire, Loss $4,000; inscr.nce York with Anarchi ts, whose ia'cons they raided to secure evidence for violation the excise law, son of Daniel Rel er, of Brommervile, Pa, side, inflicting a wound from the effects of which she died soon after. Mri. Ryan was sixty years of age, leave: a large family, and was visiting at the Heber home. Miss Angie Green, of East Haven, severely horse. whipped a man who undertook to take liber. _ Lies with her — Master Workman Dempsey, of the Pittsburg Ko'ghts of 1 abor, emphatic. ply denied that be was concerned in the al- leged po soning in Homestead. —— The desot at Whitewater, Mo , was entered by a couple of bandits, and + nder the muzzle of four re ~ volvers Agent Patterson was ccmpelled to open bis sa‘e sud had over his valuables, The robbers secured nearly $100, some ex press packages and Potterson’s wateh, and _ then Jolt ——Cort Johnson tried to kill his father, A. E. Johnson, the Bwede million #ire skip owner in Cricago. A wist-bound passenger train on the Ugion Pacific was wrecked near Green River, Wyoming, The #secident was caused by a broken rail. Six ears derailed and about twenty-five persons injured. Two o! them may die, Most of the injured are immigrants. DASHED INTO THE FLAMES, Firemen Crushed up>n Burniag Cotton Bales by Falling Walls, While a number of firemen were on the 1op of some buin ng bales of cotton in the destroyed warehouse of Alexand vr Brown at Baltimore, Md., tho east walls gave way pre’ cipitating five men into the flames. Lieu tenant James Lindsay was barced beneath the burning mass. When his body was res. cued a few minates later, life was extinct, bad been crushel to d ath. Mr, connected with the fire department for renty-t years, The other men suffered couside: ably but Wele fr { hot seriocs'y injured, BOLD TRAIN ROBBERS. A Crowded Passenger Train At- tacked at Huntington W. Va, Long-haired and Masksd Men Board the “Fast Flying Virginian.” As the “FF, FF, V." train of t ie Chesapeake and Oud» left rdustington about 12.30 o'elock A.M, two men got aboarl, Onewore long | hair and rewmbled a cowboy in his geoeral | appearance, Is companion wasa man of | medium size of dark complextion, wiha small beard. They stepped into the ladied | to.let-room as the condu t r passed through | the car, shortly after the train pulled out of Hunt- | ington they cimerged from the room both | masked and with revolvers in their bands, i The larger one shouted to the startled pase Be quiet. i i i | i sengers: “Throw up your bands, You won't be hut if you den’t move,” He went dewn to the other end of the car where | ¢ accosted a man setting next to the | vestibu'e. This man was Oscar Tiche, of Chicago, who, with a young lady ccoupying the seat fronting him, was on his way to New York, wher: they expect d to be mar- riad and then go to Germany on a wedding trip. Tiche, instead of comp'ying with his dsmanis and not und standing the Faglish | lupguags, tried to seize the revolver, and Peter Drake, a commercial traveler from Cincit nati, occupying a seal pear, came to his assistance. ‘liche succeeded in getting one the revolvers, Drakes, catching hold of the nan, who was trying to shoot, threw the muzz e of the revo ver down and caught the load in his own foot the next shot strik- jog him in tie calf of the leg. Tiche was stot twice, One of the ba Is struck bim un- der the rigot eve, nnd the oth: r in the face, inflicting f«tal wounds, Beoing that the attempt at robbery was a failure, th- smaller man pulled the bell cord and stoppo | the train after firing sev- eral shot« tor the purpose of intimidating the pass ng-vs, nnd he and his companion got off and wa 'kel across the bottoms in the direction of the Chesapeake and Ohio shops Toe tain went on to Charleston, and Mr Tiche was taken fiom the cars and dud about 3 o'clock at the passenger depot, while Mr. Drake went on to New York. to Huntington on the Louisville tralia, which arrives there tet minutes ahead «f the VF, F. V." Their is no clew to their identity or their wher-abouis, W. P. Rell, of Danviile, Va.. a passenger on the train, says that whi e waiting for the t ain at Huntington, bis attention was at- tracted to a tall mans with black hair resch- he noticed the man with two « walked threugh the con bh, apparently Jook- ing for seats. He afterwards saw them standing alone in the vestibule peering throueh tre door into the cer. The train was about one and one-half miles from the station when he heard the porter call for help im the rear of the ear. About the same time two shots were fired apd the gan with the long hair rushed to that end of the car in which Mr. Kell was sitting, apd both sides with two long Coll's gix shooters Ths German who was kil'ed was across the aisle from him, and leaped on the robber like a tiger, ca'ching Fim around his lody and arms. Fell jumped to bis assist an ¢ catching the robber behind. when the (German threw the bandit to the floor heav- ily, Ths second bandit, who was shooting ing in the rear of the car, ran to his part. ners assistapce and shot the Garman through the Fead and fired ot Rell, but in fesed, break. ing the glass in the doer over his shodlders Rll was not armisd and beat a retreat, sev. eral shots being fired in his direction. of the outlaws then pulled the sigual rope to stop the train and rushed for the door, where hy was mist by the collector who ox. shanged several shots with him As the train «topped the meft jumped off and disap. pesred in the darkness Hrsrnixeros, WW, Va lotectives arrested Burrell Forgey for the train robbery on the Chesapeake and Sho road. He suid li» was shot in the right shou! ler a'ter the robbery by prowlers round h's hora. He caid some one passe! and re. pusel his window. He went to the door and was fire! at aod hit. He shut the door and apother shot was firel through it and tore up the carpet Poros; esirsponds exact the de- scripton of ths tall robber and has hoon the passengers Train {ine At & tha a olan © Cook iy fo identified by one of Collector Ziv merman save that as the tal man got off the tra‘n be the robber threw his left hand to bis right shoulder which i+ the Jocation of "Forgev's wound It is thought Forgev fired the shot at his bome to give plausibility to k's story. A coat found by Bellamy, the Chesaneabe and Ohio seatchman, has & bullet hole in the righ® shoulder. Forgey is unable 10 produce snr coat and says he Jent it to his father, but ean t tell where his father lives, For gey is under the guard of two officers af his s bome sins II CABLE SPAR 8, AX sirthquake, accompanisd by prolonged | rumblings, vecarred in the vicinl.y of Tuam, | No damage was dune, i | sent 3 nil in Loudon for brutally asauit- | ing the age of a lodgiag-h th Bese Saper KE B tse on | Tux Bpanish minister of marine has given | Botice of the adhesion of the Npauish gov. ernment to the conc usions of the Wasiing. | ton Maritime Confersuce with regard 1o the | preveation of collisions at sea. | Tue London Times's Madrid correspon. : dent reports that in the tral of the Jerez | (Spain) asarchisis twenty-nine were ac. | quitte i and the others were sentenced io | terns rangiog from twelve years to lite im prisonment. Tux opinions among the tes to the Intervational Monetary Conference, in se- sion in Brus.els, have{become sharper and partisans of the single an { double standards ar: proving more irreconcilabie «8 the dis. | cussion prevails, Tae Prince of Wales has ordered a new yacht of the cutter type, which he wili eater for the principal nngish races in 1994, Toe vessel will be designed vy Watson and built by the Henflersons on the Clyde, Speed wil be toe first consideration fn the construction 2 he yacht, which wilt jaye a ee irame osuen Ll Will exceed in length the Thistle Vo.uuteer. A DEPUTATION of the municipal sulhori: Aion 9f Bnd ai pied 0, Loti Kow uy n n at Tovin, Italy, asking him Sf his th would permit el to receive a deputation which desired to sent 30 him the fro.dom of Budapest, suth, sent a “Come, mi in Jeary, deputa urin, i A DUET TO THE DEATH. Two Cousirs, Both Wealthy Farmers, Fight Over a Young Woman. Tom and Jokn Oliver, first consigs, anid weslthy farmers, of Waco, Texas, fought a duel with revolves over a young woman, The scene was near “The Haunted Hebool house,” thirty miles south of Waco, John was hot through the bowe's and surrendered himself, messages saylug: for a man of ‘N ted as once fer The Louisianian Succumb: After a Long 8truzgle at Hot Springs. A despatch frym Hot Bprings, Ark... says. fonetor Gibson died at 3.15 o'clock P. M, SENATOR OINS0ON'S CAREER, General Rands!l Lee G bon beloaged to e prominent Southern fami y ao | was born at Spring Hill, Ky., on September 10, 1832 Ho gradua ad at Yale Colioge in the famous class of 1853, Atter studying Jaw in New Orleans hs passed threes years part of the time as a sindent, in Europe, On his petarn © this country he engaged in sugar planting in lounisians, and took sone pari in 8 oate sod ocal politics. When tho rebell nu began be joined the Confede- RO AroGy as a private, Lut was soon ap- pointed as a coptain of the First Louisiana Artillery, Not atter he was elected colonel of the Thir eenth Louisiana Infan try. G.bwo was with Bragg's army in the Kentucky campaign aod was recommended for promotion by his superiors for his veil and gallaniry’” at Perryville. The sane is rue of Murfreesboro aud Chicka muga General (¢ bsou found himself with ruined fortunes at the cioxe of the struggle, His father's magoificent estate 102, was a hope | loss wreck, He begun the practice of law { at New Ovleans and ms with succes, Ho { was elecied to Congress in 1812 but was de- | nicl hisseat., In 1874 be was again elected and again in 15870 and 18i8. He took a prom | tuent part in the movement which led to the i everthrow of ths Kellogg regime in Louisi- i ana and for four years was one of the Dom. | ecratic manbers of th Commirtes oa Ways | wnd mean« Ia January, 1500, he was elect. ed to te United Stites N pate for the term which would lave been ended in March, {IHG His suc essor should have been elected | nt the 5 ssion of the Legalature early in the present year, Lut th re were several fepirs Lhe aud the r to the session of 1504 ATE HIS COMPANIONS. | 4 Colorado Man Who Killed and De- voured Five People. A bh’ rrible case of cannibalism, committed Gyr wong eslaction finally | nets fo want wenl ov in Col oredo in 1572, wus called to wind by | i | | { | FLNNSYLVANIA ITEMS, Epitome of News Gleaned from Variem: Parts of the Btate. A rirrie boy in Mount Jov eatches Shamokin and stole his watch and money, in Reading, blew Jac.son town:-hip, Penn Haven, Patrick wheels and was decapitated, Wu, Horore's skull was fractured walkin z in and the street in Heading, i four dave at Migersville, has teen guished withous resorting to flooding mines, ReapinG detectives thief who Lired an broad daylight, several tons of the Millert foundry Excise 318 are mystified stole, in from and pipe CXpTens Sn the Pennsylvania Railroad, made 110,000 miles before it necded to be taken to the shops for repairs, : Fras Insert, tracied influenza from « the at Chambersburg, which und He is gradually re. con horsa was suffering from disease which coughed in his face Covering court Tur first divorce case tried in open in Lehigh county in ten years, came 10 an end thi« week, when the jury decided that Emma T. Bowman should be separated from har husband, Jacob ¥. Dowman, Tunovou the parting of a freight tram as Bilverbrook on the Pennsyivania Rai road, parrowly averted Ove portion of the tral: hurried sloag with- cat of, but eahatisted before a Phi adelphia expr. ss was contr the steans was fortu. ately procesding brought bythe attorney of Alfred Pacaer, wh is at prosent serving time in the charged with hav. fi of i Cagon City Penitentiary, ing killed and pastial v eaten five hi» companions Packerhas had two iris the first resy ting in his being found guilty of five murd rs and being sentenced to hang. His attorneys «1 p- pe led his case to the Supreme Court, and this tribunal held that ve could pot be sen tnced except for manslaughter, because the law 1elatiog 0 murder was inoperative Packer, in accordance with this decision, was tried again, tound guilty of mascselaughbter, sud was sentenced wo eight years for each murder, sach sentence to begin after the uther had ended un.il the terms had beed served Packer has ab ut completed his term of senteccs on th first charge, and his attor ney nsks bis release, as«rting that there is no such thing cumulative sentence, Packer and five companions were trave log from Utah t. Southern Colorado, where they became ost inasnow- torm in the mounia os They fel: short of provisions, and the want of food, according to Packer's story, drove the ncr-zy Packer loft their temporary caunp for a short times to try and discover som: thing to eat When he returned he clans th it he was met out ide the camp i vy ore of the party «ho attemp.ed to kill wim Pac.er fired nod the man fell dead. (da reech ng camp Pec ier says be found her companions dead ard a piece of ons of them was ting over the fire, has iog been put there by the man who had at. tempted to Xill him. Packer's awful hunger wos too great Lo withstaod the sight of food then, though it wes human flesh, ant be ate the meat with great relish. He continued to camp for many days afterward, living on the flesh of his companioss He finally be- came strong «nouagh to travel, and at last reached civilizati nn. It was charged at bis trial that the cr.mes were commutiod tor the purpose of robbery. He was arrested shortl> after the crime, but escaped, and for 19 vears was «t liberty. Then be was arrested ir.ed nod sentenced. The court bas Like the crs under aivi ement, WORK AND WORKERS, fas itis © ro A nica vein oo niciel ors has been distor. ered near Keokuk, lows, Tae union of Milnaukes broaers have The plant of tie Millvale (Penna) Iron an i Steel Company, was oarted up afier be ing Idle several months. The Amalgamatcd scale wassign d and the mill will rum with union mon, which has bees investigating the workings stea | and slsewner,s, has complisted the tak- ing of tastimony. ; AT the sanua! leaving of State Coavicts at Jackson, Mis dwsipoi, white men iu sepeis | ate squads brought & and colored men in 0 a mouth. Toe lessees are Missle ippt Delta cotton planters, i Taz Pottstown (Penn ) Iron Company, has {| posted at the entrances to their works the names of thive who failed to agres to their terms in the piate mill, and the watchman received orders not to allow any of them to sub. r the works, Tue Art Tile Works, at Beaver Falls, Penua., was closed down on account of a strike of the girl employe: for five minutes’ time to put ou their wiaps before the whistle blows in the evening. Thegiris say’ they have been “greviousiy wrongs " by tee com pany, and they inten | to £g +t the strike out to the bitter en i. Toe shat down affects sev- eral hundred men. A srrixe of the oparalors employed by the Hock lsdand Hailroad was by Chisf Bans ey, of (he order 'of Haliroad iel- graphers, and a large number of men went out in Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. The order was pot obeyed to any extent in Col orado. The railroad officials say the strike ha « not seriously interterred with the traf: oa the ron. Tue New York Typographical Union, after many weeks of deliberation, has fixed n seals for types ting nischings, The prices ; fixed ari: M uning newspapers, $27 a week oi 5 hours a day, for six days; on evening papers, § 4a week of 5 honrs aday, The scale for band t.pes-tters will remain the same-30 cent: par 1000 ems On moraing papery, and 40 cuts per 1000 emis on evens ag papel ns. a a E . A DUEL WITH BOTTLES Dae Man's Nose Crushed and an Eye Cut Open. Rush Norman and Heary Collings, of Hun. tagton, W Va. gamblers, by agreement re paired to a recluded spot and fought a duel with beer Lottles, Collins was slightly burt and Norman barely escaped with his life. His nose was severed, his left oye cut out and hs face gashed to pieces, He is in a sorfous condition, Colllos has made his InERE was another row in St. Mary's Pol. ish Church, Heading. woman out for non-payivent of rent, but she reiusd to go and the police, who were called The priest ordered a in, suppor ed her, A LARGE quantity of oil escaped from the and and considerable into Millers’ Huu It was set on firs caped Conestogo Creek. damage was done, Uspen a mortzage for $17,332.62 held by of Puniadel phia, property held Folsomn Land Company in Ridley Towuship was sold by the Ste: iff of Delaware County. Sr. Aveustine's KC. Church, Bridgeton, w. s dedicated by Archbishop Ryan It is report 4d that Governor Pattison will a lawyer, WO the Filelity Trust Company, uy the Seranton sucoeed the late Judge Conno ly Mrupens of the Mditary Affairs Commit, and name VP, P. Bath, tee of Congiess v.86 bed Gettysburg v spociel the field. with a jew 10 certain pro posed changes in the mying out of ihe ground ue Hamburg Rollmg Mill, employing 150 bands, Las shut down indefinitely. secured from Gover of Kentucky Beatty, charged A BEGUISITION was nor Pattison on the Governor Hobert § tl for the arrest of wilh « in the oR nat Mi Tpiciny attempted poison ff non-union mvstond me iT issnidd the » Heary M among h inte of the Howt % thre late ex-Gov ior i= divided by will ally + children Fowanp Hosunrs, a foreman in the La. high Valley shops at Wilkesbarre, Jost Lis ing At his The Pottsville Ir mille started up Tux Schuylkill Co Wok appropriats action on John A. Nash Piero Bo the murderer Hildeborts, was called up for Heading before Judge Endlich, filed a plea in abatement ing ins nity, but it was overraled care,” sight while writ desk on and Steel Company's rolling apd rail department have unity Bar Association # the death of IER! of Sister sentences at His counsel of sentence, alleg- “1 don’t remarked the prisoner when the sone tence was transia‘ed for him, Two tramps enterel the caboose of a Western Maryland Railroad freight train near Chambersburg, and asked the flagman to carry them to Shippecsburg. Upon being refused they covered him with revolvers, but he made his escape and gave the alarm. The two worthies aiso made their escape, -— si WORLD'S FAIR. Tar Worii's Fair Executive Committes WonLb's ram piaxoro ae and otters of Chicago are said to be ¢ amideriog the leas. year, after Noveminr next, The Secretary of ths Treasury authorized the delivery «f $830.0 in souvenir 50 cent The Delanars Commissioners to the World's Fair met ia Wilmiogion, Governor Reyno ds pressdimg, snd tormally accepted the Delaware Stat building, just completed in Chicago. Coxoness will be asked within the next fortnig ot to make another appropriation for the World's Fair for the baadfit of the Com- The sun to be asced tor will bs absut ¥0,000, ntatives on the W. B. Company. th= Exsxutive Committee of World's Fair B. ard of Di. rectors have appointed a comm ities of three vitize s to puil ely hear all cotnpinints grow- ing our of the concession. AT a maeting of thy American Sabbath Un un kh cage: a hi of genclutim © Hin s effort bang made Va the PP ph ope + on Sundays were put Chica Bo ln or Conkey Frinti the surprise of the managers of the meeting. Tur Committe on Ceremonies of the bib Jogi phd bin hog p i May 1. 1800 ns ae posible. The # resis dent of the United aes will be seked to a poem will be read and prayer « ered, . AgcasrAsT Bee Winters and other mem - bers of the Board of C atrol of the G ment tak the W fore the Sand y ( Hone Comm ates on ure d toad an wddidonel for this it was the i FJFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Benate, Grn Day.—In the 8. nate the inst sesedon curred in, and a conference was asked, Bails wen introduced to provide fur a na tonal encampment of the militia at the World's Colwmbing Exposition; to amend the Inter-State Comme ce law, A resoiu tion offerte i called on the Civil Bervics Cons missioners for a siatement of the Govern ment positions that are wxide and outside of the civil serv.co ru es; the methods of ap- plication and exam nation. The resolution went over without section. Tus joint reso lution for the appointment of a C mmission 10 make an agrecwent with the five civilized Indian tribes 1or auotments of thar lands tn severalty and for opening the indian ter. ritory to ssitlement was discussed during the morasing hour, and then went over with out action. The Anti Option bill was then tuken up, and the remminder of the day's session was occupied by Mr. George, of Missis ppl, In advocacy of that bill. Mr, Peller gave noice that he wou'd ask the senate to take action on the President's message (at the close of lat se sion) vetoing the bill for the relief of Wil lam MceGarra- han, After an exscutive session tue Benats adjourned, TH Day. Ths fam us MeGarrashan claim occupied the attention of ths Bena ¢ until (wo o'clock, when it went over without sction. The Vice Presideat having pre. sented the message of the President stating ihe reasons why he had not ap oved the bill passed by both houses last sw sion, and haviug stated the question to be, “Shall the bill pass, the objection of the President to the contrary notwitustandiog’ the vote was about being taken by vea+ and navs wheo Mr. Bauders miterposed with a sugges tion that some explanation should te roade uf why the bil should pass. He thereupon ent red juto an argument.to show why, in tls opinion, it should not piss, Dr. Teller tollowed in a br.ef argument in favor of the bill, aud was in turn followed by Mr. Hun- ton on the same of toe question. The bill went over, however, without section, The Anti-Option Lill was then taken up, and Mr. George resumed Lids speech in favor of it, but had not flaished when the time for sd journment came, Mr. Viies was appointed a mewber of the Committee —ab ie lands, Mr. Daniel's resolution calling for information on the sunject of civil service was agreed to, Adjourned. Sth Day.— Protests side Ol against the pas nze of be Anti-option bill were presented. The Bill to dec mtd ue the sigusi corps was pre sented. The question of passing the MceGar rvabano (lates ill over the Priosident’s veto was discussed by Neustor Hunton, The ar. gument of ths Anti-opticn bliin was resumed by Fenator Giorge, whe again sttackad the New York Cotton Esthauze. The Senate re used to fix a dav for a vole on the biil, which went over. Senator Quay introduced 8 bill to provide an Amnerican register for the steamer Oceani~, of Polladel; Bi=. This vessel is owned by the Hart Btesmbost Co. senator Powers introdeced an amendment which he proposes to offer to the pending bill defin lug options and 1utures, adding sii- ver bullion to the Lat of artic es the dealer f which must obtain a license, Seunsior ame ron introduced a bill to allow naval ficers on shore duty not provided with gov ernment qua iors commuiations for quar ers, in the sue manner and at the same rates as are allonel to officers of the army House. iri Day In the House a resolution adopied directing ths and Memos to | wa smmittes on Ways ire into and report upon Lhe present © n of the Treasury and the future pre le revenues under existing aw The Senate bid enlarging the provi sons of ths act for the distribut on the awards made under the convention between the United States and Mexico—the La Abra inlme was pasoed Another bill passed was that which provides for a references to the Court of Clamus of the award rendered by the United States and Mexican Claims Com. in favor of Benjamin Weil on the Dail relating to the award snpany, The House ther of ise nme levine as Lhe f the La Abra ( % jouras da ste Day s» House the bil for the relief of the heirs of Mary Ann Randolpl stis Les wa. put on the calendar. Publi ston of 10000 copies of the Preddent's en eo was ordered. The House went int 1 {f the whole on the Army Ap propriation ll, and an amendment pro viding that retired officers having other po- felt their pay being rejected, the House and ities sitions shall ford was reported to djonrned Oth Day. A concurrent resolution for a holiday recws was passed, Re olution was passed selting apart morning hour for busi ness called up by lodian Affairs Committee, A number of similar resolutions were adopted. The resolut on for the di=t>ibution of the Proasident s annual me-sage wes agr-od 1 e bill relating to contracts of com mon carriers was discossed by Mess, Loombe and Harter and passed. Some bills by the ladian Affairs Committee were passed DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES he Lill ru gin 4 pause 3 reports : Ronwantze s Sraamite mill, near Tama. qua, Penna, blew up ani John Rodgers a workman, was litera:dy blown to atom, Janus McCraany, aged €0 years, a promi- nent lunber merchant, of Middiviown, Pa, was killed Ly an express train on We Penn- aylvavia Railroad. Jaton Storr was killed and Jonathan Rowimid was injured at the Diamond Steel Works, 8% Reading, Penna, by theia |g of & bwiler which was being plsced in josie A “ryricar Kansas bl zzard” played havoe high as the homes, and much suffering to the settlers was the rauit, A tweoyear-oid child of Mrs Lavi Berkol- ski, of Newark, Connecticut, ibrew & shovels ful of red bot coals into a carriege in wh oh Both children were fatally buroed, Hesay G. Trickey, a reporter of the Bos- ton Livia, who wrote a seosational sioy about the Borden murder case, and who was ing to board a moving tinin, Himox Doxcrrre, foreman of a gang of lato es nt Meira H ghlancs, Mase chu tetis, tried to treak a stick of dynaaite by striking it on a stone, He suc but by the expio-ion he was proba: ly fatally injured. Five o. hers were also injured. Daxter. MolLavoeuris, 87 yeirs old, as blacked bh, of Hosn we, Viroinia, fiom the Brooklyn b wdge into the River. He was pocked up by a police patrol Lust aud was apparently uninjured. It © protabie that be took the leap from a sud- wen impulse of insapity. WHILE as 8 year-old son of J. M. Bradley, t tda eo, Penun, was upening a one A oan of powder, which be bad oblained, in front of 8 bed-room flie. the powder ex DW ded, 1] wing out ihe windows and setting ra 10 the b's 0 othing., He Jumped into sn > niure tie ati ies cuildren—