TICKINGS 6F THE TELEGRAPH elie FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, re What is Going On the World Over. Important Events Briefly Chronicled. el Cavital. Labor and Industrial. With the 500 employes acceptisg an average wage cut of 15 per cest. the Port- age iroa company at Duncansville, Blair county, Pa., resumed operations. Fifty New Castle Huvs who tried to get work at the Sharon, (Pa.) furrace were re. fused because of the many local men who were idle, and some theasaid they would retura to Europe because work is refused them almost every where. At Bellaire, O., the employes at Rodfer Brothers’ glass works have declined to go to work at 10 per cent. reduction in wages and work until the strike between the union and manufacturers is settled. Nearly 200 men are idle. The wages of the employes of the Peoples railway in St. Louis hove been cut 10 per cent, Roswell Miller, President of the St. Paul Railway system, who is to be married with- in a few days, gave the 10,000 employes of the company an agreeable surprise. He an- nounced that their wages, which were cut 10 per cent a few months ago will at once be restored to the old amounts. The wages of Baltimore and Ohio station hands at Wheeling, W, Va.. have been re- duced 10 per cent. The wages of the employes of the St. Paul railway system, which were cut 10 per cent several months ago have been restored. — Disasters: Accidents and Fatalities A misplaced switch on the Norfolk Term- inal railroad caused two freight trains to run into a lot of loaded cars at Norfolk, Va. Engineer Thomas Andrews and Fireman Edward McCune were killed and several other trainmen injured. A market train on the Pennsylvania rail- road crashed into the caboose of a freight train at the Thirty-seventh street station in Philadelphia, instantly killing James Ham. ilton and badly injuring Edward O. Regin. The accident was caused by the train jumping a frog. market A dense fog was the cause of a passenger wreck on the Pennsylvania and Reading railroad at Philadelphia in which Harry Rinker was killed and three passengers in- jured. a Fires The entire business portion of Arena, Wis., was burned down ata heavy loss. The insurance is light. The Irondale Rolling Mills at Anderson, Ind., burnedto the ground throwing over 250 men out of employment. The Elwood, Ind.. Window Glass Works, was entirely destroyed by fire. Loss $40,000; insurance $6,000. At Keithsburg, Ill., 22 residences and 11 places of business were destroyed; loss $45-, 00) insurauce small. Ll ea Judicial. Justice Bartlett, of the NewYork Supreme Court rendered a decisio. that the act of 1892, which assumed toauthorize women to vote for school commissioners, is unconsti- tational and invalid. This decision isin aec- cord with one handed down a few days ago by a Supreme Justice of the Syracuse cir- cuit. ll Washington Newa, The coinage at the mints of the United States for October aggregate 7,782,140 pieces of the value of $10,003,900,0f which $9 504, - 800 was in gold and $419,000 in silver. This is the largest mintage of gold in recent years The statement of the Comptroller of the Currency shows that from Oct. 1892,to date, the increase in national bank notes out- standing was $209,214,166. he Miscellancone, The Baltimore and Ohio, Sduth Western and Ohio and Mississippi railroads were on Thursday consolidated as the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern at Cincinnati. The consolidation fee paid the state of Indiana was $30,000. The United States warships Machias, De- troit, Montgomery and Marblehead, all of which are top heavy, will have their masts reduced, guns changed and will be given ed iitional ballast. — A BOILERS WILD FLIGHT. Tt Explodes Tearing Down Two Build- ings. Six PeopleKilled and a Number Injured. A boiler in the stables of the Dry Dock, Last Broadway and Battery Surface Rail- Company at Fourteenth street and Avenue B, New Yock, exploded. section of the building in which the boiler was located collapsed. The boiler flew across the street and struck the double tenement, No. 344 East Fourteenth street, just below the first story. The side of the buildiug s crush. ed in. Three men were instantly killed and nearly a scored were injured several of whom have since died. The dead are:John Gillespie, Patrick Quinn, Thomas Hassan, Samuel MeMullin, Engineer Armstrong, body buried in ruins and William Royal, body buried in ruins, The injured are: Charles Breslin, will die; Annie Gallagher, Michael Gallagger, John Peters, John Ruhl, Michael MoD: ald, S. L. Martin, Patrick Sheenan, William Woods. Three unknown men, all with fractured skulls were taken to Bellevue Hospital. : Sergt. Washington Mullin of the Boiler [nspoction Bureau, says the explosion was caused by an over pressure. Engineer Arm trong, it is said, was not licensed torun a boiler of the pattern that exploded. The 1o WwW gine BURNEDAT SEA. Two Lives Lost in the Destruction of a Big Coasting Steamer. The Ward Line steamer City of Alexan- dria burned to the water's edge midway be- tween Matansas and Havana. Itis reported that Randolph W. Bowen, the pur:er, and Mrs. Carter, the stewardess, are lost, but none others are believed to be missing. The City of Alexandria was one of the fastest and largest of the American ships employed in the West India trade. She was an iron screw steamer of 2,480 tons bur- LATER NEWS WAIF=, er ere DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITITS, The boiler of an engine on the Iron mcun- tain road at St. Louis blew up. The engi- neer, George Schroeder, was killed instant— ly; Thomas Scott, the lireman, was thrown a distance of 100 feet and fatally hurt; Brakeman Ed Koelier was blown into the Mississippi and drowned. — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The failure of the firm of S. Blaisdell, Jr., & Co., of Chicopee. extensive wholesale dealers in cotton and wool stock of all kinds is announced. The annual sales of the firm have amounted to between $2 000,000 and $3,000,000, while the entire liabili- ties are placed at the small figure of $275,- 000. —— FOREIGN, The following special has been received from Lisbon: A private telegram from Buenos Ayres says that the insurgent war- ship Republica ran into and sunk the Rio le Janeiro, which was on her way from Rio Grande do Sul to Rio de Janeiro with troops ‘or President Peixoto. Thirteen hundred f the troops drowned. ee LEGISLATIVE, The Georgia senate killed by a decisive vote of 19 noes to 12 ayes the an.i-cigarette hill, about which there has been consider- ble discussion in both branches of the leg- slature. fn CAPITAL AND LABOR. I'he Southwark woolen mills in Phila- «elphia have shut dow 1 and 1,100 people ire thrown out of employment. The Bigelow Carpet mills at Clinton, \ass., thesecond largest in America, em- ploying 1,000 hands, shut down for an in- lefinate period, owing to a lack of orders. es CRIMES AND FENALTI:S. A passenger train was held up by masked robbers at Oliphant, White county, Ark., on Saturday night. Conductor McNally was thot and instantly killed Seven mask- ed men entered the express car and after ooting it and killing Conductor MeNally hey went throuzh the coaches and sleepers and robbed the passeners, Two bandits attempted to board the north- bound express at Coal Creek, on the Ohio division of the Iast Tennessee road. One of the robbers is Jim Smith, who was mor- tally wounded. The authorities of the road had information that the robbery would be attempted and a special force of armed men was on the express car for their reception. Smith will die and the condition of the other robber is not known, ei WASHINGTON, The president signed the bill extending for six months the time in which Chinese can register under the Geary law. In accordance with preparatory instruc-- tions recently issued by the secretary of the treasury, Mr. Carlisle instructed the mints at Philadelphia and New Orleans to coin the seigniorage inte standanrdsilver dollars, The Senate adjourned without confirming the nomination of Mr. Hornblower to be justice of the supreme court. The failure 0 confirm has the effe t of a rejection, The oresident will, therefore, be compelled to dither send in his name again or to nomi- aate another man for the office The senate has confirmed the nomination oZ James R. Roesevelt, of New York, Secc- retary of the Embassy of the United States it London, Among the nominations that apse by reason of adjourment action, is ‘hat of Robert E. Preston, to be Director of the Mint. Se AT Ae BUSINESS PICKING UP. The Repeal of the Silver Purchas2 Let Gives a} More.Consident Tons to Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.'s *Weekly Review of Trade’ zays: The repeal of the silver purchase act does good already. The business world in every part of the country reckens it helpful and the tone of the trgde is more confident. Bankers are more liberal in aceommoda- tions and merchants more hopeful in pur- chases. The act will do less zond, however, than if it had been passed early in the spring. or without delay after Congress assembled. It cannot now prevent se eral thousand fail- ures which bave occurred. nor relieve credi- tors from resulting embarrassments. It cannot now save irom loss a multitude of manufacturing estabiishments which have closed because the future seemed uncertain. Industries cannot be expected to make any material gain #s yet in consequence of new financial conditior s, : : The market for textiles shows a little im- provement, ‘I he metal-wo-king industries me est little gai ret, lron and steel I acture show scarcely any signs of re- There has bec if covery. 1 sume increase in the number of furnaces in blast. but the output still appears to largely exceed the consumption and there 1s more pre re 10 sell vig iron than to.bu The volume or domes trade gains but little. The exports of products for the past month have heen about $1,000,000 larger than last year, while impor have bien about 519,400,600 small 1 indicates xcess of exports of 300.000 for the i. The railroads} been doing a e better. but returns do not ¢cgme up to se of last y 13 been gaining i but holds only ac— raise doubt whether lurge imports of in be expected. 1e failures for thierweek number 353 in United tes against last year, and — .——. ACAR DASHESINTO A RIVER. It Breaks Through the Cates at the Draw of an Open Bridge. Seven Passengers Drowned. At Portland, Ore., on Wednesday morn- ing an electric car plunged through the open draw of the Madison street bridge and sank intheriver. Seven passengers were drowned. They were Charles Beckman,John P. Anderson, Joueph Startler, Alexander Campbell, Theodore Bennick, Paul Oder and Charles S. Albe, all of Portland. When the draw was open the usual precautions of closing the gates were taken, Owing to frost, however the car could not be stopped in the usual distance and crashed through the frail gate and into the river. OH RG le Another Ocean Record Broker, The steamer e Lucania arrived at Sandy Hook bar at 9:19 p. m., Friday making the voyage from Liverpool in 5 days, 12, hours, and 24 minutes. This beats the previow Western record, held by the Campania, by den, 23 minutes. SILVER REPEAL WINS A DECISIVE BALLOT. epee. . The MeasurePassed theHouse By a Vote of 193 to 94, and Soon After Was Signed By the President. Silver Buying Stopped. en The silver fight is ended. The house or Wednesday at 2 55 p. m., concurred in tle senate amendment to the unconditional repeal bill and it was passed by a vote of 193 yeas to 94 nays. The President signed the bill at 4:3 o'clock. It was brought to the White House by Representative Albert J. Pearson of Ohio, chairman of the house committee on enrolied bills. Secretary Carlisle and Attorney General Olney were present. When Mr. Pearson presented the bill to the President, Mr. Cleveland immediately took up his pen and wrote these words in the lower left hand corner: ‘‘Approved, Novem- ber 1, 1893, Grover Cleveland,” and the bill became a law. The significant feature of the final strug- gle in the House was the determined pur pose on the part of a small faction. of the Democratic silver men to harass tte meas- ure and to obstrnet its passage, but their efforts were not more conspicuous than was the fact that they were not able to induce one third of their following to join in this dilatory movement, The silver men, not- withstanding the certainty that the bill would pass, were able to command 94 votes against it on the final passzge. The bill having been forced before the House in a sufiden and abrupt manner, which so surprised the silver filibusterers that they really did not understand what bad happened, an hour was allowed for debate. This was occupiedon the silver side by Mr. Bland, of Missouri; Mr. Bryant, and Mr. Wheeler of Alabama, and on the Democratic side by Mr, Wilson, of West Virginia, and Mr. Tracey, of New York, On the Republican side Mr. Reed alone spoke. As soon as the silver purchase repeal bill was signed Secretary Carlisle telegraphed to all the mints not to make any further purchases of silver. Of the silver offered on Wednesday, one dealerdeclined to accept the counter offer of 63.95 cents. Two lots aggregating 50,000 ounces had not been heard from, and urless their owners reply by telegraph at once the silver purchase ander the Sherman acs are closed fore-er. * The amount of Sherman notes outstand- ing is £152,519,000, "With silver purchased, but not vet delivered, this amount may be increased $700,000. re ee EFI"ECTOF THE REPEAL. It Stops th: Purcnase of Silver Except for Sudsidiary Coin. The repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman act, which went into effect by tne signature of the President, puts a stop to the further use of silver in the way of increas. ing the currency of the country. excepting as sudsidiary coin. The portion not repealed of tiie Sherman law leaves it discretionary with the Secretary of the Treasury to coin all the silver bullion now in the Treasury. Itis the expection that all this bullion will be coined as soon as possible. Secretary Carlisle has already given orders to begin coining it. The seigniorage on the builion in stock amounts to $53.000,00 0 and when it is all coined, providing Congress does not au- thorize an issue of certificates against this seigniorage before it is coined, there will be that much of an addition tothe silyer coin- age of the country. But it will take tive years tw coin the bullion now on hand. There is no authority of law now to pur- chase any more bullion except for use as subsidiary coin. For that purpose there can be an increase of a good many million doi- lars. But as the treasury is now loaded down with $13,000,000 of subsidiary coin, which is very much worn and needs to be recoined, anda as the mints will be occupied in coining the bullion now on hand, it is not probable that any more silver bullion will be pur- chased for any purpose for a good while to come. ————————— te PUBLICDEBYISTATEMENT. Government Exp:nditures Slowly Wast. ing the Gold Reserve. The public debt statement issued on Thursday shows that the net increase ot ‘he public debt less cash in the treasury luring the month was $5,141,058. The in- terest bearing debt increased $1,300, the debt on which interest has ceased since maturity decreased £10;200 and the debt bearing no interest increased $568,617. There was a reduction of $4,581,341 in the cash balance during the month. I'he interest bearing debt is $£585.039,040, the dcbt on which interest has ceased -since maturity £1,074,570, and the debt bearing no interest ates and treasury notes ofi'set by rount of cash in the treasury ¢ 587,609,861, an increase of $17, ,498 for the month. The gold reserve today is £84,384.562 and the net cash balance is $17,909,420, a-total of $102,294.291, a de crease during the month of total cash in the treasury is The receipts of the the goyernment from all sources rere M24 553. and the expenditures $29,588,792. The re ceiptssince July I have been $103.982,8i% and the expenditures $128,019,486. i { July 4, 1892, to October 3! were nd the expenditures $127,349 ling off in receipts during the first four months of the present fiscal year as compared with last year has been approx imately $19,000 000 in customs and $7,000,00¢ in internal revenue. -A significant feature of the expenditures is that the pension pay ments during the first four months of the year were $17,151,004 and thesame time las! vear $52,049,924. The total amount of national bank ng irculation since October 31, was ( an increase in circulation since ( 3,180? of £36,836, 972 and since September 30, 1893, of $621, 994, The receipts from customs at New during October amounted to $7.537,386.Com pared with the receipts aggregating $7,984,- 339 during September and’ $10,341,120 in October, 1802, The receipts this year dur ing October were paid in the “following kinds of money: gold coin 37.6 per cent silver coin 1 per cent., gold certificates 0.1 ver cenl.; silver certificates 31.3 per cent United States notes, 20.7 percent. and treas uryv notes 10.2 per cent. Local gold in treasury, coin and bullion 74,171; the gold certificates in treasury 5.860; the gold certificates in circu ) and the net gold in the ,8622. Yor) —— tree Silver Going Down, The price of silver in London, as reported to the Treasury Department, is $0.G857 per ounce, with the tendeney downward. The bullion value of the silver doilar is lower than it has ever been before, being $0.529, BORNE TO THE TOMB, Chnicago’s Last Tribute of Respect to Carter Harrison. A Great Procession of Soldiers, Officials and Civic Organizations. With solemn pomp and ceremonies be- fitting the interment of the former chief magistrate of the World's Fair city and his pitifully dramatic fate, Carter H. Harrison's body was escorted to Graceland cemetery on Wednesday at Chicago by an immense throng of ' sorrowing citi- zens. Tenderly the remains Were borne from the black-draped and flower-ccented corridor of the City hall, where they had rested instate, and placed in the funeral car, All along the line of march tae people with sad faces and bare heads watched the somber columns aud about the church a throng as great as that which had been abont the City Hall was gathes ed. The church had been draped in mourn- ing and presented a very somber appear— ance as the remains were carried in and borne up the isle. The services were ac- cording to the Episcopal ritual; being conducted by Rev, T. N. Morrison, and the silence of the throng in the sacred .edifice added to the impressiyeness of the scene, Upon the conclusion of the services the cortege re-formed and slowly proceded to the cemetery. The funeral procession was the longest and most imposing ever seen in this city. It was led by a platoon of police officers. opening the way for the marshal of tue day and his staff ot 70 mounted aides. Then came Major Gen. Nelson A. Miles and his personal staff, the department stall, and army officers on duty at the World's Fair, :izht companies of the 15th U. 8S. infantry from Fort Sheridan under com mand of Col, Robert E. A. Crofton, and Battery E, First U. S. artillery; First Bridade Illinois Na- tional Guard, under command of Gen. H.H. Wheeler; the Chicago Zouaves, Royal Scotts and other military organizations; band of 125 pieces furnished by the Chicago Musical Union; the department ot police under com- mand of Chier Brennen; four companies of the fire departraent battalion; a band of 125 pieces led by C. M. Currier, and the hicago Hussars. Immediately preceding the carriages con- taining the honorary pall-bearers wasa guard of honor composed of seven aldermen In front of the funeral! car were the honor- ary pall-bearers: T. W. Palmer, ex-Gov. Oglesby, I. W. Winston, Adolph Kraus, Frank Wenter, ex-Mayor Washburne, JH. N. Higinbotham, Fred. W. Peck, C. Fitz- simmons, C. K. G.Bilings,ex-Mayor Roche, Judge Francis Adams, JudgeLyman Trom- bull, H. J. Jones, P. D. Armour, ex-Mayor Medili and R. A. Waller. The active pall bearers foilowing the funeral car consisted of eight captains of the police department and eight captains of the fire department. Then came a long ) rocession, city officials, members of the various municipal boards, carriages filled with local officers of Cook county, the judges of the courts,represen tatives of the Bar Association, Governoi Altgeld and State officials. After them came the World's Fair Com: missioners and the officers in the civil ser- vice of the United States at Chicago,nunier: ous civic and beneficial societies, political clubs, the latter in carriages, and many other organizations, the rear being brought up by citizens in carriages and on foot. Brief services in the cemetery concluded the ceremonies, after which the remains were placed in the family vault. The pro- cession then returned to the city and siowly dispersed. : During the church service Miss Howard gave way completely and had to ve takewn to the Harrison residence. She is better to: night. William Preston Harrison also had a fainting tit in the church. en PRENDERGAST ARRAIGNED. Pleads Not Guilty and is at Once Takel Back to His Cell. Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast, th: murderer of Mayor Harrison, was arraignec in Judge Horton's court at Chicago. Thy court room was crowded ana when the pris oner wasled in by the jailer, the spectator jumped to their feet. This action terrified Prendergast, and with blanched face he crouched close to the officers. . He could scarcely stand and had to be assisted to his seat. ‘When the indictment was reac Prendergast responded nervously: ‘‘Not guilty.” ‘Have you an attorney,” said the judge *‘Nq, but I expect to get one,” responded the prisoner faintly. The judge then announced that the case would be continued to give Prendergast an opportunity to secure counsel, and the as- gassin was led trembling back to jail. - UNCLE SAM’S MAILS. Postmaster General Bissell’s Report Shows a Probable Deficiency of Nearly Six Millions. Postmaster General Bissell transmitted to the secretary of the treasury the estimates for the postoffice department for the fiscal year euding June'30, 1895. The total amount is £90,399,485, as against $84,064,314 for the present fiscal year. The postal revenues of the year are esti mated at $84,427,748 and the deficiency in the service fund at £5,911,736. The annual report of Edward M.Gadsden superintendent of the money order, system which was submitted to the postmaster-gen- eral shows that the total number of domes- tic money orders issued during the year was 13,309,735, an increase of 1,240,293 over the previous year. The total amount of these orders was $127,676,433, an increase of $7,509.632. The total number of domestic orders paid was 13,285,032, amount- : 35,25 The number of postal notes issue 7,753,210. amounting to $12 903,076, sis an increase in number of 703,1i0 and in amount of $1,007.311. The number of international money ord- ers issued was 1,035.99 and the amount $16,341,837. This is an increase in issue of 72,623, and in amount of %1.221,566. Fees for domestic money amounted to $1,120,171, for international money orders $202 28! and postal notes $233 414. The total receipts during the year were $1,121,207 and the ex- penditures $652,256. The number of money order offices in operation June 30 was 18,434 and postal note offices 711. More money order offices were established than 1n any previous year, the number reaching 6.401 During the year 166 claims for reimburse- ment on account of alleged improper pay- ment were investigated by the department, <1 and fifty-six of them found to have been properly paid. Women Vote in New Zealand. News hasreached San Francisco from New Zealand by steamer that the electoral act has been passed by the legislature of that colony giving the franchise to all women over 21 years old. 1t is believed the woman's voting power will strengthen the Conservative party, who oppose the revolu- tionaryprojectsin regard toland holding. The temperance party also hope to get aid from the women.It is expected a large proporiion of the women will appear at the polls. If the experiment issuccessful it will probably be adopted by other colonies.Of the 668,650 people in New Z:aland, nearly one half are women. THE irrigation congress at Los Angeles, Cal., represented thirteen States. and five foreign countries. EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS SEVENTY-THIRD DAY. SENATE.—Debate and voting on the repeal bill amendments was continued all day, all of which amendments were rejected. At 7:30 p. m. the senate finally passed the un- conditional silver repeal bill by a majority of 11, and then adjourned for the day. Hovuse—Hunter, Democrat, of Illinois, introdnced in the House a resolution, which was adopted, expressing the sorrow of the House at the violent death of Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago. Mr. Morse, Republi- can of Massachusetts, in this connection called attention to the fact that the assassin was probably a foreigner and possibly in- sane when he landed in this country. He thought the occurrence of such a tragedy showed the necessity of enforcing more rig- orous'y the laws excluding insane, pauper and idiot aliens, and tor the enactment of more stringent laws for the control of these dangerous classes that are now em- ployed in this country, Mr. Oates, Demo- crat of Alabama, called up his bill to amend the naturalization laws, which went over without action. The bankruptcy bill was debated until the House adjourned. SEVENTY-FOURTH DAY. SexaTe.—The Senate to-day passed the New York Bridge bill granting the New York and New Jersey Bridge company au- thority to construct a bridge between New York and New Jersey. The amendments reported bv the Committee on Commerce were agreed to. Amendments offered by by Mr. McPherson, Democrat, of New Jer— sey, authorizing the New Jersey authorities to fix the site of the bridge, and prohibiting the use of a pier in the river, were defeated. After an executive session the senate ad- journed. Houvse—To-day marked the transfer of the final struggle over the silver repeal bill from the Senate to the House. The bill itself did not reach the House until 12:35 o'clock, the time he- fore that being spent in some caustic debate on the naturalization bili. ihe reception of the silver biil had hardly c eated aripple. Quietly the house went back to routine business. At 1.30, when the morning hour expired, Mr. Livingston (Dem.) of Georgia, created some excitement by an attempt to secure unanimous consent to proceed with the consideration of the repeal bill. Mr. Bland (Dem). of Missouri, made a vehement protest and said the bill should take its course like any other bill and come up regularly under the rules. ‘“‘Many members want to be heard,” said ha “and 1, for one object.” And so the first attempt to reach an agreement in the house failed. At 2 o'clock the House went into Commit- tee of the Whole to consider the bankruptoy bill. and Mr. Wolvertor, Democrat, or Pennsylvania, addressed the House in favor of the bill. Adjournment followed at 5:15. . SEVENTY-FIFTH DAY. SENATE— After some routine business the Senate took np the discussion of the Chin- ese bill and was addressed by Messrs. Gray, Palmer, Perkins. Dolph, Squire and Frye until 5'clock, when it adjourned without action on the bill. House—At the opening cf the House this morning Rev. E. D. Bagby, of Washington, was elected chaplain, Ihe New York bridge bill, with the Senate amendments was laid before the House, the amendments were nonconcurred in, and a conference asked. The silver purchase repeal bill, with the Senate amendments, was laid before the House and the Senate substitute was read. Mr. Wilson, Democrat of West Virginia, who has charge of the bill, moved to concur in the Senate amendments and on motion he moved the previous question. Mr. Bland, Democrat, of Missouri. moved to recommit the bill with instructions tc report back the amendment which’ he had indicated. The motion was rejected—yeas, 109; nays, 175. A vote was taken on con curring in the Senate substitute and it was concurred in—yeas, 193; nays, 94. The Sen- ate then adjourned. SEVENTY SIXTH DAY. SeENATE—The senate spent i s entire ses- ion to-day atter the morning hour in the discussion of the house bili passed on October 16 to amend the act of May 5, 1592, prohibiting the coming of Chinese persons into the United States. All the amend- ments that were offered to it were either withdrawn 0: rejected and the pill was passed in tne exact form in which it came from the house, The bill requires all Chinese laborers in the: United States entitled to remain before its passage, to secure their certificates of residence with- in six months from the passage of this act, thig being an extension of six months in time fixed by the Geary act. Chinamen failing to register within six months shall be deported as under the former act, ex:zept that the requirement of a white wit- ness is removed. All proceedings for vio- lations of the Geary act as originally en- acted, except as to cririinals, are suspended. The word “laborer” in the act is construed to mean skilled and unskilled manual laborers, and the term merchant to mean a person engaged in buying and selling mer- chandise at a fixed place of business, carried on under his name It is provided that the certificate shall contain the pio ograph of the applicant together with his name, local residence and occupation. The following measures were passed: Al- lowing the Columbian Museum at Chicago to acceptor purchase articles for its own exclusive use, tree from custom duties; ap- propriating $175,000 for a steam revenue cutter for service on the great lakes; a house joint resolution donating a cannon at the Pittsburg arsenal. to be coined into souven- irs of the Grand Army meeting at Pittsburg in 1894. Mr. Stewart, RRepublican.of Nevada. introduced a bill to provide for the free and unlimited coinage of silver and it was re- ferred to the Committee on Finance, Senate then adjour ed Hovse—Mr. Fitch, Democrat. of New York, called up the New York World's Fair prize winners exhibits'biil, which had been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and it was passed. After some routine business the House adjourned.. SE Y-SEVENTH AND LAST DAY. SENATE. —The first or extraordinary ses— sion of the Fifty-third Congress is a thing of the past. Its career closed Friday after- noon at a few minutes past 3 o’'clock,valmly serenely and without the faintest struggle or excitement, As the Vice President said in a neat little parting speach, its record is made up and henceforth it belonas to the domain of history. The Nebraska Populist, Mr. Allen, threatened to defeat adjourn- ment by demanding the yeas and nays and showing that there was ‘no quorum to transact business. However, the resolution was agreed to without the yeas and nays and the adjournizent took place. House—The closing day of the extraordi- nary session was an exciting one in the House, but the only substantial achieve— ment was the final disposition of the bill, allowing a rebate of duty on fair exhibits acquired by the Columbian Museum. Other- wise the greater part of the three hours’ session was spent in wrangle over pay and back pay of congressional employes. All of these proceedings were attended with great confusion and. on the whole, the ad- journment was lacking in the dignity and solemnity usual on such occassions. — THE WORK OF CONGRESS, IXTEEN JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS ME LAWS. At the extraordinary session of Congress, which closed on Friday, 16 joint resolutions and 17 bills became laws. Three of these joint resolutions and nine of the bills were signed. No vetoes were sent in by the Pres- ident and no bill or resolution that reached him remained nnsigned. Among the measures that became laws were: Donating an abandoned eannon for the Grand Army encampment in Pittsburg in 1894; amending the Geary Chinese law; for the construction of a steam revenue cut- ter for service on the great lakes; authoriz- ing the World's Fair prize winners exposi- tion in New York City; repealing the pur- chase clause of the Sherman law, to aid the SEVENTEEN California mid-winter international expo- sition; extending the time for completing the 11th census;to settle theMormon church fund. ‘ OUR THANKSGIVING. Presidens Cleveland Issues His Procla- mation Naming the Day. The president ‘ssued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: “While the American people should ey- ery day rememuver with praise and thanks- giving the divine goodness and mercy which have followed them since their be- ginning as a nation, it is fitting that one day in cach year should ve especialy devoted to the contemplation of the blessing we have received from the hand of God and to the grateful acknowledgment of His loving kindness. “Therefore, I. Grover Cleveland, presi- dent of the United States, do hereby desip- nate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of the present month of November as a day of thanksgiving and praise to be kept and observad by all the people of our land. On that day let us forego our ordinary work and employments and assemble in our wus- ual places of worship, where we may recall ail that God Las done for us, and there irom grateful hearts our united tribute of praise and song may reach the throne of grace. 1 «ne reunion of kindred and so- cial meetiig of friends lend cheer and en- joyment to the duty, and let generous gifts of charity for the relief of the poor ang needy prove the sincerity of our thanks- giving. GROVER CLEVELAND.” . i tlie Gs -— Oxzy the best of certain kinds of grapes are being gathered on the Stanford vineyard at Vina, Cal., as there is no market for poor rapes. In a portion of the vineyard devot- ed to the California or mission grapes, and other like qualities, the sheep of the ranch are new running. It is considered better that the grapes shouid be eaten from the vines than that they should rot on them. a A FINAL survey of the ship canal across the Florida peninsula will shortly be made. The canal will be about 300 feet wide and about 150 miles in length. It will shorten the dis- tance from New Orleans to Liverpool 1000 miles, and vessels will save the dangerous voyage around the Florida Keys and Baha- mas, with the high insurance rates now exacted. ee THERE is & cabbage-field on thebank of the river a little above Salem. Oregon, which high water has overflowed, leaving thetops of the plants a little above the surface. The owner says that un immenss school of carp have taken advantage of the opportunity to fatten off his cabbage, and that his garden is fairly alive with them, : MARKETS. PITTSE THE WHOLESALE PRICES TRG. y ARE GIVEN BELOW. GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED. ao 66 @ $ 64 WHEAT—No0.1 Red....... 3 No. 2 Bed... ii nial. CORN—No. 2 Yellow e High Mixed ear...... No. 2 Yellow Shelled.... Shelled Mixed...... oe 67 65 Mixe RYE—No. 1 No. 2 Western, New..,... FLOUR—I ancy winter pat Fancy Spring patents..... Fancy Straight winter.... XXX Bakers......... i RyeFlour......... ees Buckwheat Hour HAY—Baled No. 1 Tim'y.. Baled No. 2 Timothy..... Mixed Clover. .n.......... Timothy from country... FEED—No.1 Wh Md ® T No. 2 White Middhings..... Brown Middlings.... Bran, bulk STRAW — Wheat. . Oats. i... DAIRY PRODUCTS. BUTTER—Elgin Creamery 32 33 Fancy Creamery......... 28 29 Fancy country roll....... 25 20 Low grade & cooking.... 10 15 CHEESLE—Ohio, new. ...... 11 11 New York, new............ 12 3 Wisconsin Swiss. ...... .. 3! 142 Limburger (Fall make)... 12} FRUIT AND VEGETABL = APPLES—Fancy, # bbl... 300 325 Fair to choice, § bbl.... 1L'5) 3 00 GRAPES-Concord, pony b’sk 9 11 Delaware, pony basket... 10 12 Catawba, pony basket.... 10 12 Niagara, pony basket..... 10 12 QUINCES—per bu.......... 7 12 BEANS— NY & M(new)Beans®bbl 1 90 20) Lima Beans, ............ 3% POTATOES— Fancy # bn..... ieee ls 6) 65 Sweet, perbbl.... ....... ve 20 3 00 CABBAGE—per hundred.. 3 00 5 00 ONIONS—YellowGlobe# bu 50 55 Mixed Country..... bs 40 5 Spanish, per crate.... TURNIPS—purple tons POULTRY EX Live chickens ® pr....... 50 55 Live Ducks: @ pr......... 40 6) Live Geese §# pr....... ee ood 00 1: Live Turkeys #b...... os 9 10 Dressed chickens #@ lb Dressed ducks @1 ... Dressed turkeys #® 1b..... 14 15 EGGS—Pa & Ohio fresh. ... a 22 FEATHERS— Extra live Geese # 55 60 No 1 Extra live geese 48 50 Mie T TEES 35 MIS LANIOUS, TALLOW—Country, #1... 4 in A = > > Timothy prime Blue grass. . — ~3 SY =O -1 3& RAGS—Country mixed...." 13 dJONEY—White clover.... 16 17 Buckwheat.............. . 10 12 MAPLE £ YRUP, new crop. 50 100 CIDER—country & 00 5 50 CINCIR BLOUR- now $2 75@%3 50 WHEAT—No. 2 BR 54 60 RYE-—No. 2... 51% CORN— 394 OAT $1 90@$3 75 york) 64% 65 CORN—No 43 48 OA'TS—No 3 34) BUTTER 22 28 EGGS—Pa 24 ‘5 NEW YORK. Bin FLOUR—Patents....e....... 200 460 WHEAT—No 2 Red. .- 63 3S) RYE—Western...... ves 49 CORN—No. 2,...-........ v 46% OATS—Mixed Western... .. 344 RUTTER—Creamery........ 22 EGGS—State and Penn VE-8TO( ORT. Y, PITTSBURG STOCK YARDS. t 5:50 Good butcher ........ . 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