THE WASHINGTON NEWS WHAT OUR NATIONAL LAW MAK ERS ARE CONSIDERING. Some of the More Important Work of the National Congress—Bills That the Committees Report Favorably Upon—Washington Topics. Tlui House lias adopted the resolu tion reported from llie Insular Affairs <'ommittee to authorize the Secretary Of the Treasury to designate deposit ories in l'orto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines for the deposit of govern ment funds. A Senate bill which will permit dependent mothers i>f soldiers or sailors of the Spanish War, even though they married Confederate sol diers. to receive the benefit of the general pension law, has been passed. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Alien has been selected as the first Coventor of Porto IMco. Jn accepting i lie appointment ho says he grill en deavor to administer the affairs of the island to the best interests of the people. The Senate has refused to displace the Spooner Philippine bill for llio Nicaragua Canal bill or for the Alaska <'ivil Code measure. Senator Bur rows. of Michigan, made an exhaus tive argument in opposition to the ijuuy claim to a seat in the Senate. The Spanish Covernment has offered to sell the floating steel dry dock at Havana for the sum of $200,00P, but this price is considered excessive. The House,l6l to 153 has passed the Porto Rico Tariff bill as it came from the Senate. It now goes to the President. t Senator Clarke has decided to re sign and thus save Congress any more trouble. The Senate has agreed to take a final vote'on the right of M. S. Quay to a seat as a Senator from Pennsyl vania on .Tuesday, April 24, at 4 P. M. Tributes were paid to the memory of the late Richard Park Bland, long a Representative from Missouri. The Houso lias passed the Agricul tural Appropriation bill substantially us reported. The iWays and Means Committee of the House has, by a vote of 8 to r>, ordered the Porto Rico bill reported, with a recommendation that the House concur in all the Senate amend ments. The Senate Committee oil Privil eges and Elections has decided unan imously yeste'rday to recommend that the seat of Senator Clark, of Montana, be declared vacant. Captain .Tames G. Green has been relieved, at his own request, of com mand of the United States naval sta tion at Havana, and will be succeeded by Lieutenant Commander Lucien Young, at present Captain of the port at Havana. Brigadier General William Ludlow, at present in command at Havana, has been ordered to New York to await further orders. The army transport Conemaugh has sailed from Manila for San Francisco. The Senate has rejected the sec , tarian school amendment to the In dian Appropriation bill, offered by Mr. Jones (Democrat, of Arkansas), by a vote of 30 to 16. The bill was then passed. It carries about $8,414,000. The House Committee on Territor ies has reported a bill disapproving the action of New Mexico in creating "McKinley county," on the ground that the locality lacked the population and business to warrant county or ganization. Tho Secretary of War has forward ed to Congress the report of a Board of Engineers and Architects in favor of the construction of a bridge across the PotOMac river from Washington to Arlington, "as a memorial to Am erican patriotism," in accordance with designs submitted by Professor Burr, a bridge engineer, of New York, at an estimated cost of $4,800,000. COMMERCE AND INDUBTRY. Latest News From the Active Busi ness World. The union journeymen moiders of Cleveland, 900 in number, have made a demand for an increase in pay ainounting to 25 cents per day.to go into effect May 1. Thirty-three of 219 Japanese steer age passengers who arrived at San Francisco on the steamer Belgian King a few days ago. have been re fused a landing by the inn nigra lion officials. It is alleged that they came as contract laborers. POLITICAL. Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, announces that he would not accept a nomination for Governor, if tendered. His chief reason is that his election would leave a vacancy in the Mayor alty of Chicago, to be filled by a Re publican Council. In the Texas Senatorial fight be tween Senator Chilton and Congress man Bailey, the latter has thus far captured eleven out of thirteen coun ties. The returns from the Alabama pri maries indicate the choice of a suffi cient number of Morrcan candidates for the State Legislatim- to insure the re-election of United States Senator Morgan by a large majority. Dewey Will Stick. "Withdrawn?" said Admiral Dewey. "Withdrawn? Of coin e I haven't withdrawn. Who says r have with drawn? I have just entered the race. I am in this thing to stay. Lm not ac customed to withdrawing from any undertaking I engage in.and shall not withdraw from this." This was the Admiral's reply to a re porter's question concerning the ru mor that he would write a letter put ting himself out of the race for the nomination for President. "When wjll the statement of your position be ready. Admiral?" "I can't tell. Not for a few day*, at any rate." A MARVELLOUS DOCTOR. Death of Boston's Moat Wonderful Surgeon and Physician. Dr. James It. Cocke, ftd celebrated blind surgeon and hypnotist, was found dead iu his home/on Pinckney street. Boston, April 13» under pecul iar circumstances. Char lotte Cocke, is under the surveillance of the police. Mrs. Cocke eaya that in the early afternoon she found therdoctor sitting in the office inn stupefied condition. She got hirrl into bed and then went out for a few hours, leaving lilni alone. When she returned he was dead with a bullet, hole in the back of lila head, the pistol having been placed in his mouth. Some other per son in the house notified the police, and an investigation is now in pro gress. Dr. Cocke was one of the most suc cessful operating surgeons in the United States, despite the fact that he was totally blind. He seemed to havo developed a psychic sense that conferred n more vivid and accurate consciousness than sight enables most people to enjoy. I)r. Cocke was grad uated from the Boston University School of Medicine in June. 1892.. He had been blind from his infancy. When he was two years old he took medicine that destroyed his sight. After his graduation Dr. Cocke es tablished a wonderful reputation as a surge6n nnd built up an extensive practice in Boston. He was not only a master surgeon but a clever oculist, a psychologist and an authority on hypnotism. He wrote on Socialism, was a talented musician, an eloquent lecturer, an athlete and an ardent bi cyclist. He was but thirty-seven years old, but he had such a reputa tion that he was generally believed to be much older. His sense of touch was so delicate that to watch the movements of his knife in a difficult surgical operation was to feel that some unseen agency was at work, taking the place of sight. Never did he permit the knife to move a fractional part of an inch in the wrong direction. Even his col leagues regarded his work as mar vellous. DEATH RECORD. Marcellus Miller one of the most widely known ship brokers on the At lantic coast, at Berkley, Virginia. His death was the result of hemorr hage. Frank 11. Cushlng, of the United States Bureau of Ethnology, aged 43 years. Colonel J. McC. Bell, a native of West Chester. Pa„ and since the close of the Civil War a resident of Mil waukee. His father was Judge Thom as Sloan Bell, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Captain Louis Ostheim, First United States Artillery, has been found dead in his room in a Chicago hotel, with a bullet wound in his head. The Cor oner's jury found that his death was accidental. Captain Ostheim was to have been married the next day. Rev. Hiram Houston, of Dorchester, Mssachusetts. a well-known New Eng land minister, aged 82 years. Mr. Houston was actively engaged in the work of the Harvard Congregational Church. Charles Stone, one of the founders and until six months ago Treasurer of the People's Bank, of New York. He was 70 years of age. CASUALTIES. Rut'ns Wright, a wealthy manufac turer of rubber tires, was accidentall.v shot in a Chicago hotel April 14. and died yesterday from the effect of hi? wound. .lolm C. Donaldson, a bookkeeper, lost his life in a fire at Brooklyn, New York. April 14. The large flouring mill of R. Tuttle & Co.. at Columbia City, Indiana, was wrecked by an explosion April 10, re sulting in the death of Henry Landon. fireman, and O. S. Young, teamster. Several others in the mill were badly injured. It is believed natural gas is responsible for the explosion. Mrs. Edward O'Donuell was burned to death at Burlington. N. J., April «. The Republicans were generally suc cessful on Tuesday in the municipal elections in Kansas. NEW YORK MARKETS. Flour and Grain. FLOUR. Minnesota Patents, $3 75©|:i9i) Winter Patents. 3 50® 3V5 Winter Straights, 3 40® 3 50 RYE FLOUR. Fair to good, 3 15® 3 30 Choice to fancy, 3 35® 3 55 RYE. No. 2 Western, bushel gOt^ State, BARLEY. Feeding, bushel, 43® 45 Malting, bushel. 44® $4 WHEAT. No. 2 Red, bushel, 731^ No. Northern, bushel, 77' CORN. No. 2, 112 ob, afloat, bushel. 4314 OATS; No. 2, per bushel, 31 No. 3, per bushel, JO Produce. HAY. Shipping, hundred lbs., 65® Good t" c-boiee. do. 80® 8f HOPS. Stale. H96 crop, pound, « 18U9 el-op. pound, 12® 14 WOOL. Texas, pound, 14® 17 BBBF. Fumiiy, hundred. 14 00® 14 50 Mess, hundred. 11 (o Reef Hams, hundred 21 00®2l £0 LARD. Western Steam, hundred, tig Continent, hundred, 6 25® C SO PORK. Mess, hundred, 10 25010 7k Family, hunored, Uoo#l2t9 BUTTER. Western Creamery, lb, 23® 25 Factory, per pound, 10® *1 State Dairy, per pound, 20® 21 CHBBBB. Fancy small, 12%® U Late made, 11® 12 8008. State Si Pennsylvania, 13® 14 Western ungraded, 120 II Sheriff's Sate of Realeatate By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias issued out of tlte Court of Common Pleat* of Hulli van county and to nw directed anil ounded and described as follows: at a post and running north ST decree* wet 19;! perches to a beech; thence north 3 ; degrees east 278 perches to stones; I hence south 8"i l dogrees east IS'.t 4 10 perche.- to a white beech; thence south 3 degrees west 2SO 3-10 perches to the place of beginning, containing 314 acres mid 110 perches more or less of unimproved land. Said laud bounded on en*t bv lainl late of Sprout and Vanl'nsk irk and on south by land ol fieyeliji and being a part of the tract ol land in the waranlee mime of George Kainsey. Lot Xo. All that certain piece or parcel of land situated in the Township of Shrewsbury county of Sullivan ami State of IVnnsyi vauia, described a.s follows: lleing the land conveyed by the wairenlte known as the Peter Benson. liounded on the north bv the land in the warantee name of Abraham Kint/ing on the east by land in the warantee name of l'eicr Itogne on the south by laud in the warrent names of •lohn Barron dr., Samuel Itrvan and .lohu Smith and on the west l»y land in the warrent name ol John Swniin contaiuiug 41S acres be the same more or lew of unimproved laml. Lot Xo. ■}. All that messuage or lot ol land situat jed in Shrewsbury township. County of I Snllivan and State ol Pennsylvania, ; bounded and described as tollows: Begin- I niitg at a itosi, tlieuce by land of Wilson ' Opp, north 4'.* degrees east 2U |>erches to 1 a stone; thence by laml ol the same, south ■ ">2 degrees east "»0 perches to a hemlock i tree: I hence bv land laieof I'. Vanderbelt i north ."•} degrees enst S2j perches to a | stone: thence by land of William Bodine, j William 11. Warn and Wilson Opp north i ST ! degree." w-esl S«> |ierches to a stone on ! the bank ot Bock llun; thence by land of tieorge W. Cralt, souili 23 degrees east 20 [ |>erches to u stone: thence by landot same [south .".li degrees ea-l 43 perches to the i place ol beginning <• •iiiiiiniug 31 acres 1)0 I )>erches ol 1.-ind be the >;illie more or let.s I unimproved land, Lot Xo. 4- All thntcertai i p'ece, parcel or tract of lund situated in 11> •> l<>Mn*hip of Shrews bury, County oi' Milliian and State of I'ettnsy Ivuniu, houiided and described as follows-: r>ei'innin/ at an old maple cor ner of I'eier tVuson, l'eter Pogne and K/ekiel foreman warreiits, thence south 2i degrees west "J'.il -1-10 perchesto a stone corner; thenc* north ST degrees west 361 perches to a stolie corner: thence north :2'. degrees eas-t 136 2-10 |«erches; thence east on :i riraijilu line lo liock |{un:thence up Hock Uun until the same crosses the warrant line between the John Barron .lr. ainl Peter Benton; ihence easl l<» the old maple the place ot beginning, cont lining .'•iitl acre* of laud more or lr.-« unimprov ed land. Saving and rtwrt i g out ol tl.o last described lot ol'land a |«ir»:el or lot of land containing s acres more or lesi> conveyed by Wilson Opp lo William audti. C. Fr-'lilz by deed d.iled the H'.'i)i day of-i ill v A l> I SSI. Lot Xo. .ill (hat certain piece, parcel or lot of laud situated in the township it Shrewsbury, county of Svllivan, and state ot Pennsylvania b«>umled and described as lollows: Beginning at a hemlock, thence bv laud of tieorge W. Craft, north 32 degrees we>t oO (icrches to a beech; thence suuth 4'J degrees west 20 perch ts to a beech; thence south 32 degrees east ! TO perches to a stone; thence by laml of William From/, north 4 degrees east 42 perches to a hemlock the place of Ix. ginning, containing 13 acres and 02 perches of land be the same Miorc or less, with the appurtenances consisting of a steam power saw mill and necessary buildings in connection therewith. Seized, taken into execution and to he sold as the properly ol W. 11, Warn at j the suit of i'ewitt Bodine. 11, W, t »«ler, Sh'M-itt. shuj otlic •. I,»i M He, Pa., April Iti I'.nm Trial List for May Term. 1900. Ite'.urn (lav, May >, 1900, ut j. o'clock |>. ui. I Kugene t>. Weiner \s i-aporte Township School District. So. -to. May tarin, is*j7, Pjeetmetit, Mo*, "notguilty." 'lliouuuui, | Mullen. 2 H. K. Carroll vs John Jacoby. No. 1, Decern, tier teim. ISt'S liefendantsappeal. I'loa. "lion assumi»it. jsiyiiient, pa*went with leave to give s|>ecial matter in evidence, ami the bar of statute of limitation. Kindle;, :i l.atira H. \\uitrlrt) vs (Samuel Cole. So. 2S, May lei in, ihst<. I'm til on, I'ica, "unit tenant insimul." \Vnl>h. 14 lOiiin. 4 iEdward Warl •niton. trustee oi the c»tai* (,f Margaiet Norton vs .tolni want Nortou. No. it Hectmlier lerin ISO 1 ,!. Ejectment. Plea, "not guilty " Bradley. I t'iatl. liussel Karns vs A, !.. Smith. No. 2, Keli. T., ItKll. liefendanls appeal. i'lea. "uon assump sit. payment. payment witii leave to give special mat t< rln e\falm.ce. the l>ai of the statute o/ limi tatii'ii ami contract uialuM |.iililie policy. Mul leli. | ItiutUe.v. ti 11. VV, Oslir Sheiiff now lo use of J. W. Car roll James fjuini) giui John U, Seouten. N0,47 Ketiruary teriu, itHlt. Assuir|>flt, flea, "lion assuni|vlt." Mullen. | I'istt. \VM. J. LAWKKN'cK. I'rolhonotary. i'lol'h. oftii e, l'a.. Ai rlI 14, low. ACCOUNTS WRONG, But Thia Man Waa Paid But ft a Waak far Important Work. John 11. Balabrldse, for many rears pay-roll clerk at the walUpaper fac- ' tory of Janeway k. C'arpender, in New ' Urunawiok. N. J., failed to report at Uis desk Monday, and tke firm or dered an examination of his accounts. Balnlirldge had kept practically a du plicate aet of accounta —one for the j Arm and the other for his own infor mation. In his report to the cashier, it is ; said, he gave credit tor full thne to , men who had worked only three days : a week. He paid them tor the three I days and. It is aliased, took the dlf- j ference himself. The examination ! shows that the shortage amounted to j several thousand dollars. A li|»UOKS* UKMiKT «112 the receipts and ex " penditun of % Iktand township for the year i aiding Mareh 12. WHO, I Alvin Kightmire Kxeolleetor sjieeiai itoa«i ; Flint Is. ■ Ann nneolleettU ns per last audit f"i:t :!'J I JIV .Ami. paid Treasurer >O2 7J liiii-ollei-ted #7 %vt at rci :i» t'oor Kuud>. j Amt due a> per liiftaudil '-'7 77 By amount still nucolltfi'leil 27 77 Christian Snydei t'olleetor of t'oad taxes for the year ISW*. lo balance due (is per last uinllt 190 SI By exonerations tUll ! ljuirt relinns 7 84 11} Treasurers rm-eljils 17G24 IHO :.i 190 '.l poor Tax KMX) I To tialanee due as i>er la>l audit is S7 I By exoneiallous 1 2.'i i Lanil returns 17« ( By Treasurers ft ipts 15 At t.s 87 SIS 87 Cltristian snvdvr t'ollretnr of taxe.» foi 18!9 { ti penal ltoud. ! To ainoiini of iluplirate 7SU u7 1 Bv Trrasurers receipts HB3 IS j By leUilc 20f>7 1 By 2 |ier eent roiiuuisrioti on satiti*... 7M I 'treasurers receipts l;ut.'.«i CoiuuiihSion 7 U! j Tieasurei> receipt 3 :>l Ami uneolleeii'd 224 (Hi 7SU 07 780 07 I'nor Kuud. To a moil ut of duplicate 222 41 I By treasurci* receipt liml boda>> 11UW Kel«ait "| !N1 Commission 2 27 '1 rcgsuiers leceipl 42 01 I Cmniiiisslon 212 | A nit uncollected :.H wi 222 4t 222 41 Alls-rt Kay Treusiirer in aecouut with Klkland I township for the yetir ending March 12. 1900 ■ To Amt received front county 1"A)On | Itecd froiilJC.J?fUvder collector.. UO4 24 Ks-eollector A. higlilinlre .*>2 72 I of election house low Mary Mcl'arty estate 17 77 baniurl Norton 4 81 Aint due Treasurer :is ,Vi By amount of urders redeemed 901 04 By Treasurer* commission at " per 27 us (<2B 07 928 U7 l'oor Kuiul. To Amt. received from Kx-Treas K. W. Wright 74 :>.9 C. Snyder Collector Itiwuo By onlers redeemed 130 20 ('ommlssinn a 90 Balance iii;Trea»urers hands 108 29 242 39 242 29 Itemized Statement ot expenditure* of Klklaud township for the year ending March 12,1900. Special lload. Poor K. Extra work on road 492 79 Township Cointnistluuers IH 00 Repairs on road machine 10 10 Auditing.. ti 25 Town Clerk 19 87 Printing 4 So Lumber for bridges •>« 80 Watering troughs 8 00 Building Boworroad 17:1 25 interest 4 ul Kefunding 5 97 Merchandise 17 41 Damage a 50 Insurance 1 50 Care of (ieorge l.euiuirr Imaril etc. at iiauville 91 25 Ben Molyueux 12 50 Overseers of l'oor 22 Ou Town clerk 4 4-> 901 04 12lt 20 Financial condition of Klklaud township. S|x>fial itoad. Amt. of orders outstanding 12 00 Amt due Treasurer :i» 5.S Kesoun-es 17180 11} amt. due from Collector* 285 it 225 aa 225 :'.J l'oor Funds. Orders outslauiUng 9 no Ke«*urces 180 12 Amt. due from collectors (Mitel ■ A tut. 11l Treasurers hinds 106 29 195 12 195 12 We the undersigned auditors of Elklaud Twp. meOnlthe election house atlKldredsville, Pa., ou Monday. March 12. A. L>. 1900 according lo Act of Assembly made and provided and have examined the accounts of the Treasure collectors und And them a*;lieretofore set forth to the best of our knowledge and belief. Wltnessl our hands and seals this 12th day of March, 1900. HAKBY A. HKKSti, I Attest: BII.AB McCAKTV /Auditors. j;LV#BEKBIRU. _ If you aro thinking of u new t itr pt*t ask Holcomli & leaner about it. Now lot of men's, women's, antl children's shoes Just opened at J. W. Bucks, Sonestown, Pa. Ilolcomh A Lauer are closing out their stock of Buggies, if you want one see them at once. Sheriff's Sale lJy virtue of a writ of Fieri Facial issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County *nil to me directed and delivered there will be exposed to public sale at the Court House in Laporte, Pa., on SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1900, at 10 o'clock a. tn., the following describ* ad property, viz: All that certain lot, piece or parcel oi land lying and being in the Borough of Laporte, countv of Sullivan and state ot Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the south east corner of lot of T. J. Keeler on the north aide ol ilain street, thence alone said Keelert lot north two hundred and sixty feet to Strawberry Alley; thence along south side of Strawberry Alley west ninety-five and one-third feet to Blackberry Alley; thence south two hundred and sixty feet to Main street; thence east along Maia street ninety five and one-third feet to corner pf T. J. Keolsr, the place of beginning; con taining ninety-one and four-tenths perches more or less, with large frame hotel and barn and store building and other O U buildings erected thereon. Seized, taken into execution and to be sold as the property T. W. Beahen at the suit ot K. J, Tubach. U. W. OSLER, Sheriff. Sheriff's office,Laporte,Pa., April 14 1900. BainbriSKs was aoouc forty ana on« of the popular clukasa ot tSa town. He was paid |9 a week, dressed In ex* pensive clothlag. lived alftgaatly, wore diamonds, attsaded first night* In New York sad Pkiladslpkfs, and re cently bougkt a suuier csttags at Belmsr. His employers nevsr SSsaed to tkink it was remarkable how far lie made 99 a wesk go. It is understood that the firm will make no criminal complaint. FINE RECORD. Dr. Nsnsen has arranged with a irm of Lelpalc publishers to publish a ire volume Kngiisb work cootala ing the scientile results of his pslar explsraUsas. 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