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‘Capital, Labor and Industrial,
{11 the street car lines in Indianapolis are
tied up, the managers having refused
No cars were run
Paddlers at the. Central Iron Works in
iarrisburg, Pa., resumed work, accepting
‘a reduction to $3.50 per ton.
The mines ofthe Hazelton, Pa., region,
th few exceptions, have notified their
employes that semi-monthly pays will be
discontinued, and that in future the men
‘be paid monthly. There are 2,000 men
affected, and a strike is talked of.
President Polk of the Farmer's Alliance
made a speech in the National Industrial
onference at Ft. Louis contrasting the
rates of interest in Wall street and to farm-
ers. Powderly, who was the only one
cheered on his appearance, spoke against
immigration. Ignatius Donnelly spoke for
#8 third party and against the old parties.
: Union Pacific trainmen got the best of it
in their negotiations with the company for
an overtime scale.
Eight hundred timbermen at the Iron-
wood (Mich.) mines are on a strike for higher
New Castle (Pa.) plasterers have decided
$0 ask an advance of 50 cents in wages after
April 1. They now receive $3 per day.
“The employes of the machine and black-
ith shopsofthe P. & E.R. R. Co., at
Renova, Pa, commenced to work ten hours
per day. For nearly two vears past they
we worked but eight hours per day.
Wallace Banfield & Co.’s tin plate mill,
ploying 100 persons, ~tarted at Steuben-
wille, O.
. Upon the refusal of ‘the quarrymen of
Wartherst & Co., «i Massillon, O., to work
with non union men, the firm discharged
themall.
Three hundred staff workers at the
‘'orld’s Fair grounds, Chicago, strack be-
sause their employers refused their demand
of an increase in wages. The skillen design-
ars, who, at wages of from $8 to $12 per day
f eight hours, are satisfied with their pay.
The demand was met half way and the
rorkmen get an increase of 21-2 cents an
‘aour, or half what they demanded. The
strikers sign a contraot not to demand an:
sther increase until the World's Fair work
com pleted.
Buperintendent Daff, of the Walla ce Ban~
eld Iron Mill, at Irondale, O., discharged
ull his miners Thursday. They refused to
ork with three non union men, and were
paid off. New men are taking their places.
The Pittsburg, Pa., Stonecutter’s associa-
on decided last night to work for 44 cents
“an hour for another year.
‘Saturday afternoon the street car compan-
ses of Indianapolis, 1nd., tried to run cars,
but a mob unhitched the mules and pre
vented any traffic,and in one instance a car
nas shattered with stones. Mayor Sullivan
Jays now that he will protect the company’s
property at all hazards.
gan Washington News,
' The Senate confirmed Joseph Buffington
0 be United States District Jndge for the
Western district of Pennsylvania.
* The House committee on the Judiciary
prdered a favorable report on Mr. Oates’s
‘bill amending the naturalization laws. The
bill provides that no alien who has been
“convicted of felony or who is an anarchist
or polygamist, or who cannot read and
write, shall be naturalized.
‘ Sanator Mitchell reported as an amend-
ment tothe postoffice appropriation bill an
‘item making an appropriation of $:00,000 to
enablethe postmaster “general to test in
_gountry districts the system of free delivery
of mails.
he committee to investigate the Pension
Office under Commissioner Raum began its
session Thursday.
The House Judiciary committee ordered a
avorable report on the bill to prevent dese-
gration of the United States flag by its use as
advertisement.
Secretary Blaine has strongly protested to
mier Salisbury against the refusal of the
Canadian Government to grant copyright to
nerican authors. i
The congressmen and newspaper repre-
ves who wentto("hicago last Friday
returned to Washington Wednesday. Every-
3 was delighted with the excursion and
iastic about the World's Fair and its
bred success. ee
President Harrison, accompanied by his
the McKee children, Secretary
Halford and Mrs. Dimmick, left for a short
Virginia Beech.
ator Don Cameron is confined to his
e with bronchitis. .
1 Crime and Penalties.
ohn Kaiser, a photographer of New
any, Ind., killed his wife. A mob pur-
him. He refused to surrender and
ut his brains.
George E. Harris, a negro, was riddled
with bullets in his cell at Pine Bluff, Ark.,
ob, He had killed E. T. Parker, a
ng machine agent.
, Franklin 8. Kertley, of Franklin,
must spend a year in the penitentiary
san egraph company at West Superior,
s been committed to an insane
le speculated, took to drink and
1n his accounts.
entiary at Wetumhka, Ala.,
victs, William Gibson and
‘for eight months. He was also sentenced to
pay thecosts and a nominal fine.
“At Valley, Wis., Albert Concutt died from
the effects of a whipping he got at school
from J, N. Allen, the teacher.
Disasters and Accidents.
Alice Gaskill and William Dewar, while
walking along the Pennsylvania tracks near
Hawkins station, near Pittsburg, Pa., at an
early hour Wednesday morning, were struck
by a passenger train and the first killed.
They, together with Milton Zeigler, had
attended a party at Braddock, and having
missed the last train, started to walk home
the young men living in Wilkiusburg and
the young woman at Swissvale. Both young
men will die.
Mrs. H. Sluseman, of Nyack, N. Y., was
gored to death by a cow. Mr. Sluseman
had brought home a new cow, and his wife
wishing to see it. went out doors and while
standing near, the cow suddenly gored her
before she could retreat.
At Palestine, Texas, Fred Seiler and Silas
Hanner were crushed to death in a collision
between a freight train and cars standing
on a sidetrack.
A terrible snow slide came down the
mountain side and completely covered the
Hugo mine, near Ouray, Col. W. Cameron
was instantly killed and the buildings at the
mine were destroyed.
‘While singeing a chicken at Philadelphia
Susan Thomas, a colored cook, set fire to her
clothes and was horribly burned, dy_ugin a
few hours afterward.
Miscellaneous,
A year ago Lewis Asher, a Springfield, Iil.,
merchant, was bitten by a hog. A black
spot and swelling appeared a few days ago,
and he died from blood poisoning.
Chili has declined altogether to participate
in the World's fair at Chicago on the plea
that she cannot afford it.
The only saloon in Peru, Ind., was blown
to atoms by dynamite. For two years pasi
the temperance element have been trying to
have the saloon removed and the feeling
was very bitter against the proprietors.
Forty-eight hundred men have been em-
ployed on the Wor!d’s Fair grounds during
the past week, the largest force since the
building began. ’
Lillie Johnson, who is charged with being
an accessory in the murder of Miss Freda
Ward, at Memphis, was admitted to bail in
the sum of $10,000, on the ground that her
health was being impaired by confinement
in the jail.
At Ashland, Wis, three children were
found by a policeman in a squalid house
nearly frozen and starving to death. One of
them was nursing a baby. They had burned
their feet trying to keep warm. The father,
Chas. Crowley, had been on a spree, and the
mother had disappeared mysteriously over a
week ago and has not been seen since.
The World’s Fair local directors have
prepared a draft of a bill, which will be
presented to congress, asking for an outright
appropriation of $5,000,000 to be expended
by the board of directors.
Ex-Governor Elias N. Conway. of Little
Rock, Ark., was accidently burned to death
in his own residence, which was also con:
consumed. 1tis supposed he was asleep at
the time.
Fires.
At Spokane Falls, ‘Wash., the Crescent
block was burned. Loss, $56,000.
At Malvern, Ark., B. & H. Berger's gen:
eral mercnandise store and several other
buildings were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$400,000. .
The Abell building in Baltimore was burn-
ed Wednesday. the loss being $125,000. Leon
Talbott, a fireman, was suffocated.
The Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, in session at Washington, re-elected
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison president and the
other officers.
At Baltimore, Md., Cone Bros. and Low-
man & Berger's clothing stores. Loss #50,-
000. Fireman Talbot lost his life.
At Lakin, Kan., four of the principal
business houses, including the Advocate
newspaper office, were burned.
At Burlington, Iowa, the ‘‘Daily Hawk-
eye’ building. Loss, $52,000. The *‘Hawk-
eye’ will not miss an issue.
At New York, Patterson & Co.’s marble
works on Eleventh street, and the Braumel-
ler Co.’s upright piano works. Loss esti
mated at $500,000 to $750,000.
Personal.
Senator Quay isdangerously ill at St. Lucie,
Fla. Mrs. Quay who was sommoned by
telegraph, isnow with him.
Speaker Crisp, recuperating at Fortress
Monroe, Va., is improving rapidly. His
appetite is good.
John Gilmany Shea, LL. D, the well
£nown author of “The History of the Catho-
lic Church in the United States” and other
“works; died at Elizabeth, N. J., aged 67
years.
Mrs. Frances Sheldon, the plucky Pitts-
burg (Pa.) woman, who enjoys the distinc-
tion of being the only civilized woman who
ever traveled through Africa unattended,
arrived in New York on the steamer Aller.
Mrs. Sheldon’s adventures fill a big book
with what must be interesting reading. She
started for Zanzibar with 230 civilized na-
tives for guides and car:iers, traveling 990
miles through the territory of various
tribes. Most of the distan-e she walked.
Occasionally sh - would take to her palin-
quin for an hour or two, while eight lusty
natives carried the conveyance through
thickets and swamps.’
s Judicial. /
At Pittsburg, Pa., the defendants in the
suit of Senator Quay against the. Post
Publishing company, A. J. Barr and James
Mills, appeared before Judge Porter in
criminal court for sentence. The judge sen-
tenced the Post Pub’ishiog company to pay
a fine of $300 and A.J. Barr and James Mills
each $50. All costs were placed upon the
defendants.
The jury in the Curtis murder trial’ at San
Francisco nas disagreed. It stood ten for
conviction and two for acquittal,
Sanitary Items.
Bix children of James Clough, of Adrian,
Mich., have recently died .of diphtheria.
‘Father, mother and one child now consti
tote the stricken family.
© The steamship Advance, which
be buried beneath the debris.
at quarantine to guard against yellow fever.
Several of her passengers died onthe voyage.
There are a number of cases of *black
tongue’ near Oleona, Clinton county, Pa.
Legislative.
A bill has been introduced in the Missis-
sippi Legislature to make Jefferson Davis
birthday a legal noliday.
In the Massachusett Senate the bill pro-
hibiting members of the Legislature from
accepting railroad passes was ordered to a
third reading by a vote of £4 to 3. It has
already passed the House.
A bill wasintroduced in the Maryland
House of Delegates today to make voting
compulsory in Maryland under penalty of a
fine, thefinesto go to the public school
funds. Sickness or absence from legal resi
dence are to be the only acceptable excuses,
Financial and Commercial.
0. P. Eli & Bro.,, New York dry goods
merchants, failed. Assets and liabilities,
$80,000 each.
The Buffalo, N. Y,, Steam Forge com-
pany failed for $61,608. Assets, $24,633.
‘Washington’s birthday was celebrated at
Richmond, Va., with the stars and stripes
floating from every school building in the
city and not a coufederate flag was seen
anywhere. -
The burning oil steamship, sighted about
the middle of January, was identified as
the Loodiana. It isconsidered certain that
all on board perished.
The jury in the case of M. B. Curtis(Sam’l
of Posen), charged with the murder of Officer
Grant in San Franciscoais now out. A ver:
dict has not been agreed upon, and this is
considered favorable to the actor.
Charles R. Ege, book keeper of the defunct
Keystone National Bank of Philadelphia,
charged with making false statements to
Bank Examiner Drew, was found not
guilty. x
Mortgages and notes valued at $200,000
have been lost in the mails between Minne-
apolis and Superior. Postal inspectors are at
work on the case.
Judgment has been obtained by Charles
T. Willis on a mechanic's lien, for $52,216
against Talmage’s Tabernacle, Brooklyn, N.
Y,, and unless satisfied the church property
will be sold by thesheriff. The structure is
valued at about $400,000. In an interview
Dr. Talmage said: ‘““The history of the mat-
ter is a long and intricate one, and it all goes
to show how very unjust ‘are the New
York lien laws. However, we do not owe
the $50,000 on the great church. We shall
make a fight and appeal the the case.”
Political.
It has been decided to build a wigwam on
the lake front in Chicago for the accommo-
dation of the Democratic convention. It
will seat 18,000 people, and cost about
$24,000. ;
The Crops. ;
Colds weather has killed peach buds in
Illinois, a :
BEYOND OUR BORDERS,
The Italian bark Nina Schiaffino was
wrecked at Cape Spartel. Seven of the crew
were drowned.
At London,an explosion, cause unknown,
wrecked the Thornton mills at Cleckheaton,
Yorkshire, The number of killed is 13 and
12 were injured.
A serious railway accident is repotted
from Molbrow. in Silecia. A passenger
train ran into the rear of a freight train.
‘Fhree persons were killed and 10 injured.
The ship Pearl, stranded on the Scottish
coast, had six of her crew drowned in the
attempted rescue.
A Parliamentary report of the Knglish
army shows that 20 to 30 per cent. of svldiers
are unfit for active service.
The czar of Russia, in a ukase, grants a
subsidy of 600,000 roubles yearly to promot-
ers ofthe voluntary fleet. The subsidy is
coupled with the condition that recipients
must build in ten years four fast cruisers of
over 8,000 tonnage and two transports.
The Canadian Parliament was opened.
Lord Stanly, in his speech, referred to the
negotiations with the United States on the
Bering Sea fishenes, the recent negotia-
tion for an extension of trade between the
two countries, that for the establishment of
the Alaskan boundary, the destructive
methods of fishing, the pollution of streams
and the establishment of a unifrom close
season n fishing.
An embroidery factory in. Munich pays
its women employes only 5 cents a day,
A fatal accident occurred near Molbrown,
Germany.- A passenger train ran into the
rear of a train conveying a number of
soldiers. Three bodies of the soldiers ‘have
been taken from the wreck, and ten others
more or less injured have been rescued from
the debris. :
Fourteen p-rsons lost their lives by the
sinking of the steamer Forest Queen, which
was run down by the steamer Loughbrow.
Thedisaster occurred in the North Sea.
Immediately after the collision the Forest
Queen sank, and it was supposed that 53
persons had perished until the details were
received.
In the terrible gale, which has beenraging
along the Portugese coast, many fishing
boats have been wrecked and 300 fisherman
are thought to have been drowned.
Chile has bought new warships in Europe.
CRAZED BY THE KEELEY CURE,
A D:nver Man Mads a Riving Maniac
by Bi-Chlorids of Gold.
Denver, Col., Feb. 27—Mr. C. N. Vaughan
is insane as the result of the Keeley by-
chloride of gold treatment for the liquor
habit. Vaughan is a paper haoger. His
physique is robust, but has been somewhat
impaired of late by excessive drinking.
Some four weeks ago Vaughan was induced
to submit to the gold cure for his abnormal
appetite for whiskey. Several days ago he
twas turned out cared; but in a fews
‘became a raving maniac.
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Fifteen Men Buried Alive,
Lisbon, Feb. 27.—An explosion occurred
yesferday in a quarry located but a short
distance from the Royal Palace of Ajuda.
Qaite a numberof men were working in the
quarry at the time. Four men were horri-
bly mangled, and 15 others are supposed to
Efforts are
being made to rescue them.
New York from Rio Janjern, was detained
4 8k, Haukzek Kacalgk,
GERMAN UPRISING.
SCORES SERIOUSLY INJURED.’
In the Efforts of the Police to Quell the
Rioters. Revolution Imminent.
A popular uprising such as has not been
seen sincethe memorable year of revolution
and blood—1848—took place in the streets of
Berlin, Germany, on Friday. Thousands
ofidle, hungry men raised the cry for
bread in front of the Royal Palace. Only
after much bloodshed was a semblance of
order restored. Numbers are in the hospitals
probably fatally wounded. An exact
record of their condition cannot be obtained.
The rioters had the sympathy of thousands
of spectators. The Kaiser himself watched
the battle between the police and meb from
a window in the Palace.
In defiance of recent orders of the author-
ities, about 5,000 idle workingmen met in a
public square and adopted r solutions
denouncing employers and capital. ‘The
Socialists took advantage of the outbreak
and joining it with their followers, made
inflammatory addresses. These so influenced
the mob that a march to he Emperor's
palace was started, the crowd crying “On to
the cast e.’’ Some sang the Marseillaise.
The mob swept along the avenue *“Unter den
Linden,” and raised the flag of revolt almost
under the statue cof Frederick the Great.
Here a Bocialist leader made another
impassioned address. The poiice who at-
tenipted to interfere were brushed aside like
flies. he demonstration was right in
front af the palace of the Kaiser. Gopies of
theSoc alistic platform calling for universal
suffrage and other essential features of a
republican form of government were
scattered in the crowd.
The castle guard and a strong detachment
of police broke up the meeting, but not
without a bloody fight, in which about 70
workmen fell wounded. They were removed
to hospitals. A great crowd of spectators
witnessed the riots, and were evidently in
sympathy with the men.
Accordiug to an official investigation of
the riot, the men had gathered in Lip’s
brewery to receive the report of a deputation
that had been sent to the Burgomaster, Herr
Forckenbeck, asking him toseethe Emperor
in their behalf, SF have appointed, if pos-
sible, a commission to enquire into their
condition. = The Burgomaster, although an
extreme Liberal and in sympathy with the
men, refused to receive the dele zation, seeing
how serious the situation was. When the
delegation rep 'rted this to the crowd the
riotous march to the palace began. The
crowd refused to listen to a few cool headed
leaders. The cry was, *‘We will see the
Emperor himself.”
Tne mention of the Emperors’s name was
received with derisive howls by the mob
and a hurricane of insulting remarks accom-
panied with terrible curses. The real senti--
ments of the German masses seemed to come
to the surface for the first time. Apparent-
ly, feelings of wrath and indignation, long
pent up, were breaking forth. ’
By this time the mob was some 6,000
strong. The rioters determinedly proceeded
to the castle gates and there a desperate
conthct occurred between'the - police and:
populace, the latter finally being overcome.
hile the battle was being fought, Xm-
ror william of Germany, paleand looking
ike a man just recovering. - from a I
attack of sickness, watched his subjects
struggling with the men he had termed his
“butchers,” their only erime being that they
desired to appeal to tneir monarch for the
justice which they claim they are unable to
obtain elsewhere. When the presence of the
Emperor at the window became known the
stood at a large window onthe first story)
there was such a howl, mingled with cheers,
thatit must have caused him a very uncom-
fortable feeling.
Beer. houses and bake shops were pillaged
by the wholesale, and serious conflicts be-
tween the police and rioters occurred in
various sections of the city. *
The military remained under arms, but
took no part in the struggle.
A leading Sociaast said that he believed
the uprising was entirely spontaneous, and
therefore exceedingly sign ticant. He said
the Germans are ready to repeat the lesson
of 1848. : :
By Saturday morning comparative quiet
was restored. In the atternoon the Kaiser
rode on horseback through the streets. In
some places he was greeted with loyal cheers
and in othert with hisses. There is no doubt
that the Scocialists had much to do with
Thursday's demonstration but the many
looted bakeries are mute witnes'es to the
need of the city’s poor. The shopsstormed
by the hungry mob were visited by great
crowds of the curious. About noon several
fights took place.
As the Emperor rode along the avenue
Unter Den Linden the cheers were without
a groan or hissto mar them until a point
was reached where about 150 Socialists were
athered. As the Kaiser approached, with
is aide riding at a short distance behind,
themob of Socialists jeered and groaned.
The Kaiser remained majestic and erect.
Never had he presented an appearance more
like that of his soldier grandfather. He
seemed not to hear-a jeer or a groan or to
give the slightest attention as the police,
with drawn swords, rushed to the spot a «d
threw themselves upon the ‘Socialists. 1'he
latter seemed unprepared: for an. attack.
Fhey had apparently calculated that * there
would be no interference with them under
the presence of the Kaiser. A few stood
stubborif for a moment resenting by epi
thets the assault of the police. Then they
tried to escape. The police cut them down
with their swords, not: kiliing any, but
wounding several. The leaders were seized
and hurried to prison on a charge of [ese
majeste. The instant the disturbance was
passed and the cheers renewed, the Kaiser
dropped the mask of impassiveness and
showed by his manner that he recognized
the plaudits of the people.
The total number of arrests made during
the two days is about 200, and 60 persons are
known to have been wounded. Manv of the
slightly wounded are supposed to have made
their escape and to be in hiding with their
friends.
There were several battles Sunday be-
tween police and rioters, but no one was
fatally injured. A nuwaber of young men,
about 500 in number, tried to mérch past the
Emperor's palace in a body in the evening,
but were dispersed by the police after a hard
fight.
There is a story abroad that a Socialistic *
plot has been discovered to capture the royal
family and hold them as hostages until cer-
tain demands would be granted.
iret id,
A CHILD-BRIDE’S DEATH.
Marriedatthe Age of 15 and a Corpse
Fifteen Hours After the Ceremony.
Huntingdon, Pa., Feb. 25.—Mrs. George
Cunningham died in this city early this
morning, having been a bride only fifteen
hours. Her maiden name was Juniatta
McAle vy, youngest daughter of
Jobn E. McAlevy, proprietor of the Hall
man house, and she was only 15 years of age.
For some time she had suffered from the
grip, but feeling betrer Monday she inform-
ed her parents that she desired to be married
to her lover, George Cunningham, a Broad
Top brakeman, Her
ing her youth acceded to her wishes and the
marriage took place yesterd y at 10 a. m.
The excitement ofthe ceremony proved too
much for the young bride, and she continu-
ed to sink untill o'clock this morning, when
death resulted.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Chicago last week to John Zadjackow-
Tang Yon
solo Kagaensi, Bozalia Manalyutz
nd Pawel Kzyeztzwrakz. ~~
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'FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS:
Tuespay—After the three days’ recess ot
the two houses thie Senators
punctual in their attendance, for not one-
fourth of their whole number was present
today when the openirg Braver was offered
and the journal of last Friday read. Mr.
Platt cailed up, and the Senate passed, a
resolution instructing the Committee on.
Territories to inquire into the condition of
affairs in Alaska. Among the bills on the
calendar taken up and passed ‘was one ap-
propriating $75,000 for the erection of a girly’
reformschool in Washington, D. C. After
some routine business was disposed of the
Senate adjourned.
‘The House was in session only a short
time today, the delegation which visited
Chicago being still absent. Speaker Crisp
was too ill to attend, and Mr. McMillin was
chosen Speaker pro tem. Aftersome routine
business the House adjourned. >
WEDNESDAY.—In the Senate Mr. Morrill,
from the Committee on Finance, rerorted
back to the Senate adversely Mr. Coke's bill
to amend the laws in relation to the circula:
tion of banking associations, and it was
placed on the calendar. Mr. Manderson,
referring to what is known as ‘'‘the green
goods business,” said that there was no law
on the statute hook to reach thatgreat evil
or rather erime. and he introduced three
bills, with a letter from the Chief ofthe
Secret Service division of the Treasury De:
artment, intended to remedy it. These
ills were read by their titles and were re-
ferred to the Judiciary committee. The
President’s special message on the Colum-
bian ‘Exposition was laid betore the Senate.
It was read and referred to the Quadro Cen-
tenial committee. The Senate then went
nto executive session and soon adjourned.
The Indian appropriation bill still con-
tinues to be the subject of monotonous con-
sideration in the House, and will likely
absorb the week. After disposing of 46 of
the C0 pages of the bill the committee rose. |
On motion of mr, Sayre, of Texas, the
Senate amendments to the census deficiency
bill were non concurred in. The House thén
adjourned. :
TrURsDAY—In the House the Craig-Stew-
art election contest consumed the entire day.
Although the contestant and contestee are
residents of the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania
district, the discussion soon assumed a wide
scope, The majority of the committee finds
in favor of the contestant, Craig, and the
minority holds that the sitting member,
~tewart, Republican, is entitied to retain his
seat. The House adjourned without action.
In the absence of Vice President Morton,
the Senate was presided over by Senator
Manderson.
Mr. Hale's resolution of January 19, call-
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for
copies of reciprocity agreements under the .
last tariff act, was then taken up, and Mr.
Vest moved the following amendment:
“And thatthe secretary of State also inform
the Senate whether any steps have ‘been
taken by our authorities to negotiate a re-
ciprocal commercial treaty with Mexico:
and if so what has been done, and with
whar results; also, that the Secretary inform
the Senate if the negotiations have been in-
augurated for the purpose aforesaid, and
have been unsuccessful, what has been the
cause of failure.’! A lengthy debate ensued,
and the tariff discussion closed with no ac-
‘tionupon Mr. nale’s resolution or Mr.
Vest’s amendment when Senate adjourned,
Fripay.—Both ‘the Vice:President and
President pro tem being absent at. noon. to:
day, the chairin'the Senate was occupied by
Mr. Harrls, who laid before the Senate the
special message from the President on the
subject of the claims of the ‘wichita and
affiliated tribes of the Oklahoma Territory.
It was referred to the committee on Indian
Affairs, After transacting some business of
a more or less local nature, the Senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the Idaho
election case, which commenced the
remainder of the session, but no action was
taken. After ashort executive session the
Senate adjourned till Monday.
inthe douse Andrew Stewart, of the
Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania district, was
unseated, and Alexander Craig, his
Democratic contestant. declared the regular-
ly elected representat.ve. )
resolution seating Craig was adopted without
division, and Mr, Craig appeared atthe bar
of the House and took the oath of office.
ference report on the urgentideficiency bill,
and it was agreed to. As agreed to the bill
appropriating $428,664, being $149,483 more
than it carried when it originally passed the
House, and-$39,333 less than iv carried when
it passed the Senate. The unfinis ed busi-
ness—this being private bill day—was the
bill for the relief of Aquilla Jones, Sr., and
it was passed—yeas, 118; nays, 65. The
House then adjourned to 8 o'clock p. m.
SaTuRDAY—In the House a bill was passed
ratifying the act of the Arizona Territorial
Legislature making an appropriation lor an
Arizona exhibit at the World's Fair. The
House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, in thechair.
on the Indian appropriation bili. In its
consideration of this ill the House author:
ized an innovation which, if concurred in by
the senate, will be of great interest to Indian
agents and officers of ~ the regular army.
After two hours’ debate an amendment,
proposed by Mr. Bowers, of California, was
adopted, providing that the President may
detail officers of the army to act as Indian
agents whenever vacancies oceur in any of
the agencies. On motion of Mr. Holman,
however, a further amendment was adopted,
providing that such army officers, while
acting as Indian agents, shall. be under the
orders and direction of the Secretary of the
Intenor. Furtner discussion ensued, and
hending final action on the bill, the com-
‘mittee rose and the House adjourned.
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DEDICATORY EXERCISES,
A Programme Approved for Opening
the World's Fair.
All of the boards of the exposition man-
agement have approved the programme of
dedicatory ceremonies of the World’s Fair
at Chicago, Ill, for October 12 next, and un-
less some changes are raade, which does not
seem at all probable now, it will be as fol-
lows:
1. March for orchestra. Written for the
occasion by John EK. Payne.
2. Prayer by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Brooks,
of Massacausetts,
3. Repurt to the World’s Columbian Com-
mission by the Director-General,
4. Presentation of the buildings for dedi-
cation by the President of the the Woria’s
Columbian Exposition to the President of
the World's Columbian Commission. or
5. Chorus—*‘The Heavens are Telling,” —
Haydn.
6. Presentation of the buildings for deli-
cation by the President of the World's
Columbian Commission to the President of
the United States.
7. March and chorus fron “The Ruins of
Athens”—Beethoven.
8, Dedication of ths buildings by the
President of the United States.
9. Hallelujah chorus from ‘The Messiah”
—Handel, : oo
10. Dedicatory oration by the Hon. Wm.
C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky.
117 Dedicatory ode. Words by Miss Har.
riet Monroe, music by E. A. McDowell, / °
12, ‘‘3tar-Spangled Banner” and ‘‘Amer-
ica? with full chorus and orchestral accom-
paniment.
13. National salute.
The exercises will be presided over by the
Director-General, who will also act as Master
of Ceremonies on that occasion.
Four Thousand Rabbits.
Travers, Cal., Feb. 27.—The largest rabbit
drive held in this section of the country since
1888 was held to day, about two miles west
of 'I'ravers. Hunters, vehicles and 40
mounted horsémen commenced a line of
of march which extended four miles in
reaching the wings of the corral, which were
About 4,000 scalps
were not very:
The majority
Mr. Sayers, of ‘Texas, submitted the con- |
width. Gpeat| excitement prevailed on |
* PROMINENT PEOPLE,
Dr. KoocH isstill working upon his lymph
THE Prince of Wales bas decided to close
his connection with the turf. Lot
“MARK TWAIN” dined the other day with
Emperor William, of Germany.
GoveERNOR WINANS, of Michigan, is at his
desk every morningat 8 o'clock.
Torsror, the novelist, operates soup
kitchens in the Russian famine districts.
M. Carnor, President of France, is ac-
cused of becoming sullen and more and more
unsociable.
Mgrs. HuMpHREY WARD, the author of
“Robert Elsmere” and ‘‘The History of
David Grieve,” is forty-one years old. :
THE only child of the late Crown Prince
Rudoipn of Austria is a little girl, the
Archduchess Elizabeth, who is now nine
years old, =
to be Benjamin Poor, of
Raymond, N. H., who is now ninety-seven
years of age. i ¥
GILBERT ELLIOTT GRIFFIN, who infro-
duced the Money Order and Hailway Mail
Service in the United States, died afew days
ago in Kingston, Canada. Hu
THE retirement of Generals: John M. |
Schofield and O. O. Howard will take ont of
active service, it is said, every regular army
officer who commanded a corps during the
Civil War. ;
Ir has been said that Queen Victoria, of
England, is the only person now living who =
knew Sic Walter Soott personally. But
there is an old bookseller in Edinburgh who
often talked with him. ie
Mes. RoserTa R. HOSTETTER, of Piits-
burg, Penn., is one of the five richest women
in America, She is the widow of a manu-
facturer of bitters and enojys an income
larger than that of most crowned heads.
THE most sloqpents pulpit orator in Canada
is Dr. George Di aglas. He is totally blind,
and bis hands fall helpless in front of him
from paralysis, so that he isto all appear-.
ances half dead, but no one who hears his
voice can remain insensible to the charm of
his oratory. 4
GENERAL NELSON A. MILES should, in the
regular order of promotion, becoms the
general commanding tie United States
Army two years hence. In that case
he will. be tie first man since General Win:
field Scott not graduated from West Point to
bold that place.
Louise POMEROY, who is now playing the
minor parts ina traveling theatrical com-
pany, is a striking instance of the mutations
of fortune. Twenty years ago she was the.
bride of ‘‘Brick” Pomeroy, and had received
from him as a weading gift an opera house
valued at $75,000. Mrs. Pomeroy is now the
wife of the actor Arthur Elliott, )
Tae most noted member of the Creek Na~
tion is General Porter, of Muscogee, Indian
Territory, who has represented his people at
‘Washington for many years. He isa very
picture of Indian manhood and vigor, for he
is tall, straight and swartny. His eye glistens ~
like an eagle's. Histitle of General arose
from the skill with which he putanend to =
the three Creek insurrections in 1872, 1879
and 1884. a
JOAQUIN MILLER is disgusted with the
world in general. . He has, it is reported,
- just had his hair cut for the first time in ten
years, and announces his intention of fleeing .
to the mountains, where tourists and curios-
ity seekers cannot find him. He further-
more declares that he will“ write no more
over the name which he declares has been
disgraced by his son’s sentengs for stage
robbery.
THE LABOR WORLD.
STEEL is supplanting iron. :
Lozpon (England) has 4000 letter carriers.
Lowzrr (Mass.) spinners average $9 and
$10 a week. ’
Exa@LISH ship-builders are taking steps to
break up the Seamen’s and Allied Unions.
THE Chester (Ill) Penitentiary will soon
bave a pearl button and pearl jewelry de-
partment. :
THE total number of employes in the
Government postal and telezrapa offices
and on the Government railways is 187,771
IT is said thatan engineer on the Wabash
Railroad was paid $249 for his Decsmber
services. The trainmen on the Wabash make
big pay. :
Ix Australia no newspapers ara published
nor railroad trains run on the Sabbath. Tele
graph offices are closed and all businessis
suspended.
THE railways of the Unitad States pro-
vide a living for nearly 3,000,000 persons, or
nearly one-twentieth of the population of
our country.
TrE manufecture of sleigh bells in the
East has so diminished in racent years that
it is only about one-tenth so important an
industry as it was. :
GOVERNOR BROWN, of Maryland, hasap-
pointed Dr. Allan B. Howard, Jr., of tue
editorial staff of the Baltimore American, to
be Labor Statistician.
Burrs City, Montana, has so many idle
men on its hands that the authorities are
talking of fusing up a new building where
the unemployed can be fed and loiged.
THERE are 4000 female compositars in the
Department of the Seina in Francs, anda
school for teaching typesetting to girls has
been opened in Algiers, French Africa.
ONLY one woman delezate was sant to the
International Labor Congress at Brussels,
Belgium, and she was from Poland. One of
the chief transiators was Mrs. Max-Aveling,
of London. -
Ar alibel trial held in Munich, Bavaria,
the fact was revealed that an embroidery
manufacturer had in his employ women,
who, under the ‘‘sweating” system, received
only five cents per day. :
THE report of the United States Census
Bureau shows that ‘‘the average earnings of
all persons employed at the gold and sliver
mines durinz the year 1859 were $725 a year,
while the average output per man amounted
THE oldest American survivor of the War
of 1812s Fuppossd J 4
“to §1723 a year.”
LAST year’ the organized shosmakers of
Attensen, near Hamburg, Germany, struck
against being compelled to board with their
bosses and the system: was abolished. But
the bosses have formed an organization
since, and they mow proposes to compel the
men to hoard with them again, y
Getting Used to the Cold.
How much usage will do in tough.
ening the human body is well shown
by some facts about the natives of
Siberia, as recorded by the author of
“Reindeer, Dogs and Snowshoes.”
Cold, he says, seemed to have no ef-
fect upon them. _
Frequently, he says, when we could
not expose our ears for two minutes
without having them frozen, the na-.
tives would go for an hour at a time
with their hoods thrown back from
their heads; and when it required:
constant watchfulness to keep our
noses from freezing they did not ap-
pear to notice the temperature at all.
One morning in January I stood in
perfect amazement at their disregard
of the low temperature. They worked
for at least half an’hour with bare
hands, packing up the tent and uten-
silg, handling the packages and lash-
ing them together with icy seal
thongs, without experiencing the =
st appd¥ent inconvenience, while 1
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