INDIA'S WOES. AMI IAM1NK AltH 1K VASTAI1NO TIIK COIN THY. ?lllllons of Victims Wsrmsttlon or the Ocml A Krcncti I'octor's Ucmcily Preeniillons In Tills Country. I7'AMtXK in carrying olV Ms mill--f ions nt vielims in India, nnd l the plncnn is not unly rnvnj? "V ioft thnt lurid, hut in licr-hi-nine to east it shadow over the. world, toys t Lin Now York Journal. Iu well-fed America wo can lirar of tho hnnury million with a pity not unmixed with satisfaction thnt we nro otherwise. Hut no nation or clius in nhove tlie, fenr of the plnpno norm. It can travel round tho earth in a thou sand different rcjeptuolea, is insensi bio to o'timate, mid, attacking invisibly, brings wholesale death, rinoiie and famine arc oo-operntintr in a way that must make tho bent ef fort of official" and scientist seem hopeless. The irrigation tanks, very rmmcrotii in Northern India, havo been reduced by drought to stagnant puddles, and those have been eon verted by diseased men and animals into inexliaustildo sources ir conta gion. Tlio prcvaleuce of "imuo has forced the people to eat '. t most pu trid of loo.l, which is ,;: many oases infe;tcd by diseased rats nnd insects. Tho native quarter of llonibny is prnetien'ly deserted. It is ttrown with descried bodies, nnd its condi tion menace nnepideiuio in tho I'.uro pean quarter. Tho death rata nruonp; Iho natives has grown so high that it is impossible to keep a roliablo record. Tho country for hundreds of milts around liombny is ravaged by plasuo and famine. Tho largo port o Kara chi is very badly infected. Tho most horrible spectacle in Tom bay is presented by the Towers of Si lence, the Pnrsoo burial places on tho Malabar Hill. The l'nrscos aro tiro worshippers, nnd tho most industrious it S mttfUfJLJM. TOWr.n OF SII.KNCK, RESTINO TbACK CF THE EEI. nud prosperous native community in llomusy. Yhcn a Tursco dies his friends con vey his body to ono of tho Towers ot Silence, whioh are clustered together in a garden. Attor tho mourners comes a man leading a white do?, tho emblem of fniturnlnesF, followed by tho prietts. Tho procession nsconus the tower, in which a sncred fire is always kept burning. At tuo top is a pint form, on which the body is left. Xo sooner h:ive tha people withdrawn than a flock of vuittires,' which havo been hovering nbor.t descends. In ten minutes they pick oil every particle of flesh, and at tho cud of thrco weeks tho friends return nnd deposit tho blenched skeleton, in a central well. Tho (scenes on the banks of tho Ganges, the snored river of Indin, are awfnl. In the neighborhood of Dcn ures, the metropolis of Drahtcnmsra, they reach their culmination. To dirt here in the watt rs of the sncred river is to make sure of future blessedness. Of the millions who are starving, as many as possible crowd hero to perish in the shrinking and polluted stroam. ISennrcs is famous for its burning ghat by the river where where tho Hindoos cremate their dead, but this has long been choked up. .- W :.. . ........ JM HINDOO DOCTOIt THEATISQ A TLAnCE rA'nr.sT. Among the photographs of Indian Doones reproduced here may be noted the Hinduo doctor treating a patient. His entire medical outfit is a small box which he carrion in his baud, uud Eu ropeans toy that he is worse than n.-.o-Jest. It is announced that a remedy for the plague bus been discovered by a French physician. An nntitoxio soruiu prepared on similar principles to that used in diphtheria bus buuu employed With cuccebs. The Health Departments' ol New York nnd Drooklyu are ucj. in posses sion of millions of cereis of the plague. These aro capable jf spread ing tus Uieu.so throughout tan land, but it is hurdly uecetuiury to oay that they are properly secured. The baa teriologists of these cities have the bacilli and the knowledge ueottusary to enable them to prepare the anti-toxic The pioneer in tho treatment of tho bnbonio plague appears to bo Dr. Yersin, n physician iu tho French co lonial service Ho is not thirty years ot age, nnd has perhaps performed it , -WA Ml ! fP wmm FAKIU SAI'tltl'Il'INO IftMKTiT.F TO hods to wAnu orp i-'aminb. service which will rank himaraongtho Greatest smentilio benefactors of hit. inanity. Tho Hombay authorities have rcque-tel him to visit that city, audit is propnblo that ho will do i;o. A correspondent who has just to turned from Cochin China describes Dr. Ycisiu nnd his work, llo is a man of interesting appearance, thin nnd of middlo height, llo has i long face, wrinkled by tho Kast em climnto nnd hard work in tho laboratory. His hair and beard nro cut short, nnd ho is full of life, intel ligence nnd enterprise. Hero is Dr. Yorsin's description of tho plague from personal observation : "The diseaso presents tho chemical characteristics of tho bnbonio plaguo of the Middlo A?cs. Tho outbreak is fcudden, alter an inenbation of four and one-half to six days. It is accom panied by ojmpleto prostratiou. Tho mi Her cr is attacked by a high fever, olton accompanied by delirium. Tho lirst dny a bubo generally one only appears. In seventy-five casos-out of ono hundred it is in tho groin, in ten cases out of ono hundred in the urmpit. "in tho cao of tho plnjuo renin a sterilized broth containing tho dead bodies of the bacilli is used. This is injected c'aily into a horse, which in tho spaco of two weeks be comes immunized against tho plague. Tho serum of tho horse's blood is than drawn oft and sol ves as a preventativa of or remedy for the plnguo in man." Tho pla?.uo nppoared in China in lS9d, and Dr. Yersin immediately vrcnt there. He started at Canton, but tho Chinese population did not wish to bo treated by u European physioian. Hut an accident won him the day. Throe seminaries of the Cntholio mis sioo at Canton foil sick of the plague. Dr. Yersin treated thorn and suved all of them. Ho tbon went to Amdy, where he treated twenty-three persons and suved twenty-nno. He had then no more serum, but ho oouverted a large part of tho population. When he left Auioy they gave him an ovation. The Hon Fuo, a Chinese newspaper, devoted an article to tho praise of Dr. Yersin and concluded by sayintr: "Is net this a divine art? Who will uare to bay that itoa-to has not re turned to earth eguin?" Hoa-to, it should bo explained, is a celebrated Chinete doctor who Jived 2000 years ago, nud has been turned iuto a god. The brst man in this country to re ceive a supply of the bacilli was Pro fessor J. T. Wilson, bacteriologist of tho Brooklyn Health Department. They wero obtained from Dr. Yersin by a surgeon in the navy, who brought them to this country. Wbut will bo douo to protect Xew York in ease of the arrival of an in fected ship is an important question. Dr. Alvuh IT. Doty, the Health OlUaer of the Port, says that be is fully pro pared for snoh an emergency. He has representatives at Huez, Naples and other ports, who will warn him by cable xf infected ships. It w'.jbe hard for the bubonio plague to oome mto New York on the body or clothing of any human being. This port has now the most perfect and modern disinfecting apparatus iu existeuoe. It would be impossible for the germs of any disease to past through it and remuiu alive. This apparatus has been constructed tinder tho supervision of Dr. Dotr, It is iustalled on the steamboat James W. Wadswortb, which is stationed at Quarantine ready at any moment to get up steam and proceed to the die inteotion oi suspeotea persons or ships. Dr. Doty's prinoipul assistants WTr'-V.. 1c Disinfection is enforced on person 1 from abroad at the discretion of the Health olllaer. It will ecrtaiulv bo enforced on all coming from India or other ports from whioh tlio pertns of tho dreaded plagno are liablo to uo carried. Tho Wodsworth la a marvel of sci entific ingenuity in its llttings. Tho upper, deck is given lip to the disin fecting plant. A series of compart ments begius forward nnd ends aft. They aro entirely lined with galvan ized iron, coated with white enamelled paint, nnd incapable of allowing any liquid cr other substance to escape. Tho man suspected of harboring germs en ters theso chambers with Bll his porta ble belongings, nud both of thorn emergo ftco from any germs which they may havo carried on thorn. Tbore romnins tho possibility, of course, thnt the man mny havo thorn iu him. The crew ol tho Wndsworth undergo tho same process of disinfection astlio crew Bud passengers of "an infected ship. After tho work of disiufectiou is over tho compartments are washed out with copious water nnd a solution ot bichloride of mercury. All the draining must run out through tho hole. A LIVE CANMHAL KIM.'. Ills Residence n Structure Composed of Human Hones. Okirika is situated about twenty five miles from Bonny nnd in the route to New Calabar, Africa. When the THE CANNinAL KINO OP OKIRIKA. protoctornto trentics were being signed, making the deltas of tho Niger a British protectorate, lbanitsuku, tho King, nud bis chiefs refused tr countenance tho terms set forth there in, nnd for several years gnvo Sir Clnitdo Macdouald a vast amouut of trouble from time to time, as the tribo held some of tho principal oil markets in the district. When tho Bonny men or Now Calnbar men went to trado with the Okirikas their prop erty wos frequently seized, and mur dcr invariably followed, the heads ot the victims being carried off to adorn the "Ju Ju" house. Early last June Mr. Moor, tho British Coneul-Qencral, sent thcin an ultimatum, says thu Illustrated IiOndonNows, demanding tho King should be handed over to him. and also that the "Ju Ju" house) be destroyed, or ho would bombnnl their town. Up till tho last day of tho tinio allowed in tho ultimatum they refused to como to terms, so Mr. Moor proceeded in tuo uovernmenc yncht Ivy. with 150 troops and threo Inunchos, to Okirikn. After about twenty minutes' bombardment tho chiefs cauio out in their canoes flying white flags, Somo troops wore tbon landed, who, without opposition, de stroyed tho "Ju Ju" house, a ttruo turo built of human skulls. Tho King was then handed over, and the Ivy re turned to Bonny within twenty-four hours ot the time of departure. lban itsuku was made a state prisoner and conveyed to Degama (the Protector ate's convict settlement), but later succeeded in making his escape. Tho Okirikas at present aro assuming a more peaceful attitude and trade bo twecn them flourishes accordingly. The Oldest Postmaster. Joseph Strode ot Milllin County, Pcnn., is tho oldest postmaster in tho United States. That is to say, the oldest in continuous service, for Mr. Strodo has held his position of master of mails at ntrodo s Mills since lso, JOSEI-H STnODB, (Oldest Postmaster la the Unltod States.) despite the chances of administru tious, political upheavals, war and the silver agitation. Joseph Strode is in his eighty second year and is the pride and the joy of the Postoftloe Department iu Washington, which placed bis picture in the government display at the I World'! Fair. Ml W KEYSTONE STATE NEWS GOMDENSEDL MURDERED AND CREMATED. Frederick Rockwell and Mrs. Annie Hsinei Arrested for Killing Mr. Haines. A warrant was IssiiimI for the nrrest ol Frecli-rli-k Ito'.kwHI, who lives aeruss the I'.lk county llnnln Fon-st Bounty, from IUiIk wny, on a elmrgn of murder. It Is nlli-Kml Hint Ho'-kwell and Mrs. AiiiiIm Haines con Hived to nnd that Itoi-kwnll ill. I kill th woman's liii.lininl hy knoeMnir him mi the lii'nl ami burning him up. Ko'kw'll Is nnw i'oiiIIiiimI In tho Forest county Jnll nt Tloncs ta mi n rhnrtro ot ImrKlnry, hut will b tnkeu to HIilKwny mi l trli'il for itiir'l-r, n tlm erlmn was I'miimlttfil In I'.lk county. Ilnim-s wns nlimit fill yenrs olil, wlilli' hls wlfi', who Is very intty,'ls nlmut a.", thn sninn nun uf lloikwi'll, nii'l the pair aril salJ to l) Intl inntp. Mrs. Halm's Is nlliv'il to have mniln a partial confetplun. Tliocom.'ri'Katlon of Ht. Peter's I.utlii-rnn eliiin'h, nt I'.vrtiis t'lty, Iiiik I'--i1'1 to Imlld n in'W lioiiim ot wonliip, work to l-uin liu- lui'illiili'ly. 1 in" tH'W I'liur li will com itloul t Mi.iH'O. iiii'l tx,.'liHl has iiln-mly l.i i-n mil) seribeil. J tils will Im tlm Ililr J .-Inir.-tl tills Miirri'Kntlr.n has rrpi-tml, thn Hrst tii'lna linllt In 1HIII by pnpulnr siibni-riptlmi. lint oiin of tlm original ineml'rs ot tlm llrnl Iniroh is cuniieeti'il with tho cuiign-gatlos to-day. New lliiinliiirir. Is nil wrouirlit up over n llk'lit which occurred Mntiiriliiy. l'lintniiisti'i tlrccimiHii run u grocery tore In eonncctlon with tlm Dlllci', ami tlm'Kccvcr brutliers nru dully vlnlti rs to the plnco. tin Hiitunlny they rained n disturbance, and tlm postinusier at tempted to put them out. A IlKht ensued nnd several bnttereil heads resulted. Now tho pnstuinnter lins cnused the arrest o( the Intruders fur a-suult nnd buttery. Mrs. Catherine Zimmerman, of llutlnr, nited so yenrs, was found ilcml Iu her bed with her cluihes on, havlnir evidently ex pired from exhmistlnn. Hhn was horn In I'urllxlc, I'b., nnd was thn ilniiKliter ol Mlchsel l.ttiniliiKer, who served ns lleutennnt in a lVhiisylvanin eompiiny In tlm wnr of 1HI2. A son, .liicoli, revldiis in l'lttsLurir. linr only iliniKhter, Mrs. Wlu Worcester, re tides Iu Anderson, lnd. Joseph Hhlvertnn, an ll-venr-old son ol Mr. Fll.nlieih Hhlvertnn, llvlmr on the slate line, whs killed by a train on thn Krio rail, road while cnwslnir thn track, lie did not hear the approach ot the train nnd was hurled twenty feci Into a pile of ties. Ills skull was fractured nud Ills left li'K broken. Tho famous whllo 'coon which neenm- rianle.l the Lincoln llepilbUcnu club of New Irtithton to ('anion nnd on all tlm ciimpulKQ expeditious of the fall. Kt awny from Its keeper and disappeared. Tho little animal was snow white with pink eyes, the only one ever known to hnvo enisled. Thn resldeuce nnd barn of Homer Button ill Mineral township, VennhKo county, were totally destroyed by llro with their content", inciuillim several lienu ol live siock. llic tires occurred siniiiltuneoiisly and were ot Incenillnry oriKln. iue lues Is flu, (Ml, partly luxureu. Mrs. Wllllain lingers, wife of n enrdener ol that name, emplovcil by 1, H. ( rail, the llor 1st of Mouonuahcln t'ltv. Kikve birth to trlp- li'te two ulrls nnd a boy. Tim ulrls db d shortly after birth, but the boy is llvinir uiul doliiK well. 31rs. KoilciH is ubuiit yenri ot aire. Kdwnrd (looilcr. jeweler nnd optician ol lleynolilsvhle, mude nn anslKiiiucui to tlillli A Son, jewelers, of llrookvllle. lleiiceforth tlm establishment will be conducted under thn linn mime of Until Av Hon. lionder will remain iu charge, ol tlm lucehtiulcal depart' ment. Thn will of the Into (leoriin 1). lloberlB wni nilmlttcii to probnto Iu Norristown. lh. bulk ol the col ute Is left to tlm widow uud children ol the testator, and t lO.tXHI is to KC to sevcrul ehiirities. 1 lie nmoiuit ot tho e tntu Is not mentioned Iu the will. (ieuririt mid Annie HumbnuKh, ot .lean nctte. convicted ol keeping a disorder!.'; house, were sentmiced to llie work house lot six months. Hurry i.llls, eouvictcd ol stent ing a violin nnd gold wntcli, wits seuteiiceO to thu Huntingdon rclormnlury. V. H. brown's Sous' No. 2 oonl works si Ilostou, which hnvo been Idlo for several weeks, resumed operations In lull. ' V 1 1 1 works give employment to l.r) men. The hm Is out ul the ioutjh river, nud thu men ex pect sternly work fur soii.e time. Kdwnrd Parry, alias F.dwnrd Prescott.who biirlarl'ed u lurue portion or tho moiiouith hvln vallcv. nluttdeu irulity at Wasliiiitttun tc nine indictments nud was sentenced to nine years In the penitentiary, one for euch ol the charm's. John P. Hetirlug, of Hnlfmoon township, Center county, has bevu appointed by Hit county eummlsblouurs us inercmitilii up' praiser for the current year. The appraise- ment will bo made during the next two months. Daniel Abbott, a colored miner of McUov ern, WushfuKtou eouuty, who shot uud killed Nutbau Turner, was indicted for murder. The court (.-ranted a coutinunnce and the case will not be tried until .May. Notice from Washington was received by Postmaster William Wallace, of New Brigh ton, that the postolttce would be moved to a more commodious building on April 1. A. McGrnw, a freight brakemnn of Tiius ville, was killed by lulling from the top of a box cur oa which he was riding, lie was 'M yenrs of age uud leaves a family. A sneak thief stole a pocketbook contain ing a large amount of money frum the resi dence of A. U. W illiams, liutler, while the family was Iu the basement. Michael Freeman, an employe of the P. L, Klmberly mill, nt Ureenvllle, was seriously burned by a Hash Irom a tailing bloom which struck some wet cinders. Thomns ('. Hhoi-han, the printer arrested on the charge of setting tiro to tlm olllce ol the Meadviliu T riluuu, was uuquittud ut bis trial Tuesday. Harry baker Is under nrrest at Orcensburs charged with robbing the resldnnno of i ur Inspector Hill, at Voungwoud, with whom ho boarded. An old man named Krugor, while gather ing coal on Hie railroad track nt lluuver Fulls, was struck by u iruiu nud killed. lloSert Dickey, a hardware merchant, of Greenville, fell twenty fust from a ladder and was scrloutly Injured. Of the thirty-eight sultsns who have ruled the Uttomuu empire since tho conquest o (Jonstnntinople by the Turks, thlrty-Juuj f thlrty-luur U1UU WUlHUt UUUlUi, PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. February 8 These bills were Introduced In the Henale: Mltchul, Jolterson Authorizing the Gover nor to appoint a communion to adopt or edit and uompllu a nuilorm series ol text books to be used in tile common svbuols. Herlzler Directing County Ciiiiimla lioners to assuuiu control of lowijitilp bridges over lid feat la leng.il, providing for the rebuilding of uuy bridges wuieli may b destroyed, nud lbs Imlbliug of new bridges. Mltuliull, liradturd To rngulii'.u the lonu tlou of burial groiiiids owned by cemetery oouipanlaai ulso making it a misdemeanor for persons to obiniu or ullempt to obtain positions of trust by fraud or inuieprejsuu tlon. This bill parsed finally! An act amending the not relating to luna tics and bnbituul drunkards, so as to providt fur an Issuo and a jury trial in all ch -vt II de manded to do ermins the soaudness at mlud or the reformation and h.ibitual soberness oi very person by lniUlulou returned louud a luuauo or nanuusi urunsam, oounueu. ue. jjalaed sr under any restrain.; as suub la an county of that commonwealth, nnd lor r lorlng to every such person lllierty nnd Jiropsrty, If tho Issue be determined in lilt aver. In the House these bill were Introduced: Marshall, Chester Appropriating Si;0,(KiO for additional grounds nt Valley Forgo for a public park. noy, i uirion l or tun protect on of nou 1- try nnd game by providing that a bounty of 7fi cents be paid for the destruction of foxes. .liausi, i tiniiicrinnii Authorising the re cording of nil releases, contracts, letters of attorney, snd other Instruments of writing which a married woman Is or shall be nutli-orl-ed by law to execute without the lobular of her hiislmnd. Tlllbrook. Alleghenv Annrnnrlatlnir tan.. OOn to the McKiiesp'irt Hospital. .Moore, miner io prnviite for that part of physical direction which pertains to the svs tematle development and illselpllno of the body through direct exercise iu the publia I'llUUIP. Ford, Allegheny Amending the act of ' prll !ifl. 1HH4. to provide an Increase nt In. debtedness to an an amount not exceeding T per cf in ot tne last assessed valuation. jvreuesiagcr. t'liiinueipnin An net pro hlhltlng the drinking ol Intoxicants upon the streets, alleys or highways of the Common- wealth. Ford. Allegheny Amending tha act of Msrch '!. 18:0, by providing Hint mortgages ball be liens as against purchasers, mort gagors or other lien crouton cnij irom tns time when le.'t for record. To-dny's events in the house were not of a Hurtling nature. A largo number ot local bills were Introduced, some of which nffeii Hie Interests ot Allegheny county. Mr. House asked for nn appropriation of C2.MI0 for tlm St. Frauds hospltm of Pittsburg, nnd .Mr. Tlllbrook introduced n menttro appro priating $27.1)1111 to the I. a. lies of tlm (). A. It, hoiue, tit llnwklns station, Allegheny county. Mr. Ford. Allegheny. Introduced two bills, ono ol which validates convevances and instruments of writing bv nltorni ys in fact. Tlm olhei amends the Imv widen limits Hie duration of tlm lien of the debt of deced ents other than those of record on real estate. 1 lie niensure to repenl thn locnl option law nf Fayette City was fnvornldy reported from Iho law nnd order committee, nnd the law making it n misdemeanor to harbor n vicious pet was mercilessly slaughtered by the same eoinmittee. Mr. Miielilbroniier's bill repeal ing the locnl option law ol Verona boroueh was recommitted nt the request of Its author. Iu the senate a batch nf petitions touching various subjects were presented, most ol them ngitntliig tho passage of laws relating to tho share ol a widow in tlm estate ol In r husband who dies intestate. 1 hero were numerous requests by signature to close ttta inloons on Memorial dav, nnd to make It misdemeanor to mutllnto the American ling, A bill was Introduced by Senator Snylor, of Montgomery, which provides for tho grant ing of certificates to graduates ol high schools, academies nnd semlunries of the ommonweallh, conferring tho same privi leges and under the same conditions ns a Mntn normal sellout diploma, and f rovld ing for the cxntnlunlion of applicants for such certilh-nto nnd thn issuing ot thu same, nnd by Mr. Andrews nn net to pro vide lor that part of physical education which pertains to tlm systematic develop ment and discipline of thu body through di rect exercise In the public schools uud in nil stntn educational Institutions: to regulate the distribution of tile usuts of certain In solvent partnership banks nnd dellnliig the right of partners therein: to enable city, county, township, ward, school and borough tax collectors to collect tuxes for which they have become, persona ly responsible by t lies expiration of their warrant", nnd to extend their wnrrnnts for ono year from the pu.-engo ot tne proposed act. An act ntnendatory to nny net authorizing levy, nsseesmcnt nnd eollceilon ol the costs, damages nnd expenses of municipal Im provements. Mr. Andrews nlso introduced a bill making voting compulsory. The net makes It compulsory upon every qualified voter to cast a ballot nt each mid every gen eral election. Judges of election nro re quired to procuro a correct list of nil voters who hnvo failed to vote. This list is to be transmitted to tho clerks of courts. The persons so lulling to voto aro to show cause before the court why n line should not bo lm- fiosed. Sickness or absence from tneir city n which the rle. 'lion Is to bo held Is a valid excuse for not voting. The linn is fixed at e,i nnd costs, uud tlm properly of tlm person so offending to the amount of 1(H) is to be exempt for llubility lor said linn nud Ju.li: nient. The lines collected shall go to tlio piiiuiu scuooi num. Feb. 10. Ijleut-Onv. Lyons called the Senate to order shortly alter 11 o'clock, Alter prayer thn dllTercnt committees re. porn (1 bills. The. following bids were pre sented in plnoj: Mr. ('rouse To prohibit life Insurance companies from using company lunus lor ex peases. Mr. Hnrdenlierg A bill relating to tho power of county cummisMl..ncrs. Mr. Brown Appropriating 10,000 to tho Altnlra Home, at New ii.-llit. A number of other bills ot minor Impor tance wore presented. Senator Thomas presented the bill which will give Philadelphia n ehiiuco to secure that city ns a capital. The title of tho bill is ns follows: "An uct to make tho city of Philadelphia the capital mid scat of govern ment of thu Statu of l'.'nusyivaula nud to . rovlde for submitting tlm proposition to Iho vote of the qualified electors of tho Com monwealth." The bill nrov des that after Jnnuary 1. lH'.i'J. the cltv of Philadelphia shall be thu capital, provided that the city of Phllndel- pliln shall me witu tne government a it-gai ami binding ngreeuieut on tne part of the city to furnish the State with, the necessuary site for eapito'. nnd grounds. Section 2 pro vide tnut at least sixty uays utuore lue uexi g inernl election the governor shall issue u prnelamr'.ion of election. Section 3 provides that the secretary of the Commonwealth shall hnve printed upon the official ballot one heading, "For removal of tho capitol,' aud one bending, "Against removal of the cnpltol." the presentation of the act caused some surprise. The lieutenant governor was at n losa to koow just what eutmnlttco to scud tho bill to, but finally decided to Scud It to tlio juillelary special. Senator ivuiilTinan, or Lancaster, then pre sented u resolution which read us follows; "Unit the governor iu soliciting plans for a new capitol limit the architects to plans for ii building that will not oxc.-ed In coil el, OOO.ouo. Senator Wliltowas on his fret In a mluiito with n substitute, which did not limit the cost ot thu building. It looked us if there would be a row over tho resolution, wlu-u Senator Grady smoothed manors over by moving lo refer the resolution and substi tute to the committee ou publio buildings nud grounds. Seuutor uradv then presented a resolution that when tho Senate adjourned It adjourn to meet Mouduy, February l!i Tueru was soiim objection, i. ut u was Uecinrod pu.-aed by the presliiing oilier. Senator Flliin pre-eniel a petition from the uiciiibcrs of tlm l ulled Presbyterian church of Tui'tlu Creek, protesting ugainst the passage of tlm bill to repeal the prohibi tory law In tlm borougii of Turtle Creek. Thu Si iiutn ut Vi-.l'i took a recess until 12: 4" to uwait thu ncliou ol the House on thu adjournment resolution. W hen thu Senaie uonviiiiod ut 1 J l" Senator Snvder asked unanimous consent to present it bill from tuo Educational Committee. Tne bill provides tor tho appointment ol n commission to pur chase school books. Tlio Huuute took u fur ther recess for 20 minutes. At.er a dispute of a half hour the Senate adjourned to-day until February ".'-, and the Hjiiso until next Wednesday.; The Senate resolutions called for a recess "untik Mouduy a week, l.ylle. ol Huntingdon, amended to (nuke tha date (he 17, nud It passed, Huuator Grady then had another resolu tion prepared Kxlng the date lor thu Senate to resume February 'A aud the Hoisie next Wednesday, This was ruined through both braaimea. CONGRESSIONAL Important M-ssttrss Vnder Coniideratlssj in Bath HnuinS. 4:in dat. The Anglo. American arbitration treat was under coiisiileratlon by the sennte from 1 o'clock until 0:110 to-dav." Thn entire pro- c ling was la executive session, nnd con sequently behind closed doors. The first hail oi tne session was spent In debating n motion Introduced by Senator Hill to consider tlm treaty In open sennto nnd the most niiimnteii part ot llio proceed ing was liuseil upon this motion. The debate was characterized by several sharp passages at arms between I lie nuthor ef thn motion and Senators Morgan, Lodge nnd Sheruinn, the three Inst named con tending strenuously for the observance of tlm e-iiatorlnl custom of sn-recy In dealing wnii inn ireniy, it wns stated unit it was the wish of thn administration that the pub lic should be excluded from the debates. The only vote of the day was secured on thn Hill motion, which was defeated, the count showing only 11 for, 4! against. Tha negative votJ was cast by two gold Demo crats, Hill nnd l.lndsny, two sliver Demo crats, Hunch nnd Tillman, two Independent silver liei'iibllcmis, Teller and I'ettlgrew, two Populists, 1'efTer and Stewart, and one straight llepubllcan, Brown. This wns not considered as in any respect a test vote. In the House to'-. lay thn certificates of election ol the I'rcsldental Klectors forward ed to the llousn hy the Secretary ot State, worn submitted and ordered to He on the table In anticipation of the counting ot the r.ieeinrsi vote eunesiiay. ine contemner report on the Immigration bill wns present ed nnd notice given thnt it would be call up , to-morrow. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Crosvenor. nf Ulil i, nnd ltiVhnrfison, of Tennessee, ns tellers on thn part nf the House to ronnt thr Electoral voto Wednesday. 4lrit hat. A resolution was reported to the senate from tlm committee on contingent expenses) nnd was ugreed to. Instructing the judiciary committee to proceed with tlm Investigation in the matter of Charles M. Amldon, noml nnted to be district Judge tor the district of North Dakota. On moth. n of Mr. Hour Miep., Muss.) It wns ordered that at ten minutes before 1 o'clock to-morrow the senate shall proceed to the hall of the house of representatives to tuke part In the count ol tlm eleetornl vote. A joint resolution was introduced by Mr. Lodge Hep., Mass.) and was referred to the committee on printing, impropriating to". (KID for employes of Iho government printing olllce. who did not receive or use leuvo of nbseueo from 187 to the present time. At l'J:40 a motion of Mr. Shermnn fltnp., O. I I'halrmnn of tlm committee on foreign relations, the Senate proceeded to t lie con sideration of executive business tho Anglo American treaty ot arbitration. Tlio house to-day agreed to tho final con ference report en tlm immigration bill by an overwhelming majority CH7 to S'.'i, and Iiassed two more pension bills over the resident's veto. Tho modifications of tho immigration bill contained in the conference report by w l.lcli an Intending immigrant wns required to n nd nud write "thn Kngiish or nnotlier Inngunge," and which permitted the illiterate wife nnd minor children to accom pany mi eligible Immigrant, removed the main opposition to the bill, 43nt day. Senator Morgan, the champion of tha Nicaragua canal bill, announcul In the sen ate tu-diiy his iibandonmeut of thnt measure for tlm preseut session of congress, nnd . thereupon it was displaced by tlio bank ruptcy bill. The senator made this niovo alter a protracted contest, covering several weeks, which had disclosed tha fact that ol structivo opposition could not be overcome. Ho gave notice that he would renew his advocacy of tho bill at an early Uuy ot the coming extra session. The electoral votes of the forty-five states of thn union wero formally counted at the ' joint session of the bouse and sennto held today for that purpose, and Vico President Stevenson proclaimed the election ol McKln ley and llobart as president and vice, presi dent respectively. 4Cru ki t. Tho Henntn spent tho greater part of tha dny In executive session debating tho Anglo- ' American arbitration treaty. Tho entire tlmu wa.i consumed by Senators Tiirpiu nud Morgan, the former iu ndvocacy ol and the latter Iu opposition to ratification. No no tion was taken on any ntueudinents or on nny part ol tnu treaty, and but little appre ciable progress was made. 'The Senate passed the diplomntic nnd con sular appropriation bill and fixed n".t Wed nesday, at 4 p. m., ns tho time for a final vote on tho immigration eonfereii'-o reports. Jheso wero tun only features of thu open session, which was cut short early in the day by tho executive session ou the arbitra tion treaty. The diplomatic nnd consular bill, ns passed, carries ir l.r.l.VKH, a slight Increase on minor items ou thu House bill. The house to-day passed tho fortillcutlons appropriation bill with but a single amend ment and m.tdo somo headway with tho postolTIco appropriation bill. Hut the major portion of tho day was consumed in a poli tical debate on tlm tliinuciui question, which was precipitated by an innocent provision in n bill providing for funding thu debt of tho territories. 4"Tn pay. The fight for tho Nicaragua cannl project in the senate was nut delluitely closed for ho session two davs ago when Mr. Morgnu, Democrat, Alabama, wl.hdrew the bill Irom present consideration. A aew phase of it wsj pencil today by the Introduction of a oint resolution dccla-lng tlio Cluyton-Hul-wcr treaty of April !), 1850. ubrcguted. Tho resolution went over till tomorrow, Mr. Morgan announcing 'lis purpose, of then ad dressing the senate uon It. 4Sth day. Mr. Tnrple, Democrat. Indiana, offered an amendment to the lirltish arbitration treaty, providing that nil questions to be submitted to arbitration must bo considered nud pro posed by the treaty-making puwur. the Presi dent and tlio Senate. Tho dehato ran ou for m ist of the session. When tho Senate ad journed lifter another afternoon of u-eless discus-iou on the arbitration treaty, tho lm-. prcsslon wns that Mr. Sherman had bocau? convinced there was little if nny chance J I getting ncliou during ihU sesslou ot the Si & ate. W In tho House Mr. Murray, neuimcna, South Carolina. offerd a resolution for tho appointment of a committee of live members Who shall ulso bo members of the next Con frets to examine the complaints that South Carolina bus nut a republican form ot gov rruinetit, to Investigate especially thu recent Blivti.ui and to recommend what may be uecessary to right the wrongs. Ttio sundry civil appropriation bill being token up, Mr.. l'uiiiii.u, liepublican, Illinois, explained that uo provision had been mude for Dams 2 and i on the Ohio ruiyr because the committee was satisfied that fjiey could Dot be complet ed within the limit of cost set by the river ud harbor bill. Dr. Koch So Study tho 1'lague. Hie German Govtrntncnt Is about to sand a speeial oommlrslon to ltombay to lnvosti. gato the buboulo nlagun which is racing there with a view of adopting precautionary measure ugainst the introduction of thu (lisoaso iuto Kuropn. Dr. Kooh, the eminent German bacteriologist, hip bueu summoned, (rout South Alnca to head the oouimuuiou, MAite Bald by the X Kaya. The location of a bullet Iu a Bullevue Hoa. pltal (New York City) patient's head was re cently found by menus or the X rays, and the bullet was extracted. The pat lout has. re. covered, but the side of but head wliloh was exposed to the rays is bow as bull as tut nrovtublal billiard ball. eruuu ' I are Dr. l aommedieu and air. Skinner. '. f'i i '
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