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Both Branches of Congress Prepared to Do Business.

MR. CRISP IS ELECTED SPEAKER.

Democratlo CRUOIU Nominations for Other Offices ltntlllcd—New Members Sworn In—Semite Proceedlngs.

HOUSE.

WASHINGTON-, Dec. 9. The second day's session of the house was called to order by the cleric of the last house. On motion of Mr. Springer (III.) the formal reading of the journal was dispensed with and Mr. Ilolman (Ind.) moved that the house proceed to the nomination of a speaker. The clerk announced the motion in order, when Mr. Holman, rising from his seat, said: "I place in nomination for speaker of the house of representatives of the Fiftysecond congress the name of Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia." Mr. Henderson (la.) then nominated Mr. Reed (Me.), and a burst of applause greeted the name of the ex-speaker. Mr. Simpson (Kan.) then nominated Watson (Oa.)

Crisp Elected.

No more nominations being made the roll call proceeded. Considerable applause was manifested when each of the defeated candidates, as their names were called, answered: "Crisp." The vote at its conclusion stood: Crisp,- 228 Reed, 83 Watson, 8. Clerk McPherson then announced that Mr. Crisp, having received the largest number of votes, was elected speaker of the house. The announcement was greeted with wild and prolonged applause from the floor and galleries. and some moments ensued before order was restored.

Ho Taken the Gavel*

When Mr. Crisp appeared in the aisle, supported on either side by Mr. Mills and Mr. Reed, the applause burst out with renewed enthusiasm and the yells and-loud'hand-clapping were deafening. Tin oath of office was then administered to Mr. Crisp by Mr. Holman. Speaker Crisp then said: "GF.NTR.KMKN- OF TIIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: For the great honor you have conferred upon mo I return my heartfelt thanks. I shall endeavor to discharge the duties of the office you have elected me to with firmness, courtesy and absolute impartiality. [Applause.] Let us unite in the hope that our labors here may result in the glory, prosperity and honor of our country."

New Members Sworn In.

As Speaker Crisp concluded he was greeted with a burst of applause that lasted until he announced that the chaplain would offer prayer. The swearing in of members then commenced, the oath being delivered to them in batches of twenty or more.

Other ontcers Chosen.

When the members had been sworn in tho minor officers were selected: Kerr, of Pennsylvania, being elected clerk Yodor, of Ohio, scrgeant-at-arms Turner, of New York, the Tammanyitc, doorkeeper Dalton, of Indiana, postmaster Milburn, the old and eloquent blind preacher, from Illinois, chaplain.

Kt'iuly Tor Huslness.

The house having now got down to working order, a committee, consisting of Messrs Mount (Ga.), Breckinridge (Ky.). Mills (Tex.) and Reed, was appointed to notify tho president that the house was ready for business.

On motion of Mr. Springer a resolution was adopted directing the speaker to appoint the committee on rules, accounts, enrolled bills and mileage, each to consist of the same number of members as in the Fiftieth congress, and refer-ing the rules of the Fiftieth congress to the committee on rules.

On motion of Mr. Ilolman it was ordered that the daily hour of meeting of the house shall bo 12 o'clock.

A resolution, the effect of which was to permit Messrs. Reed, ilolman and O'Neill (Pa.) to select their seats in advance, was then adopted. The members then proceeded to draw for seats, and after the close of this proceeding adjourned.

The Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The senate was called to order at 10 o'clock. Immediately after the reading of the journal the oath of office was administered to Senator Jones (Ark.) reelected. The oath was also administered to Senator-Elect Dubois (Idaho) and Call (Fla.) The papers in the matter of the credentials of Mr. Davidson (claimant for Mr. Call's seat), were referred to the committee on privileges and elections with instructions to investigate and report at an early day, and a like refereuce was made of the papers in the case of Mr. Claggett, claiming the seat of Mr. Dubois.

The vice president laid before the senate the twenty-ninth annual report of the superintendent of census on the expediency of establishing a permanent census bureau, with a draft of a bill for that purpose prepared in accordance with a senate resolution of February last the findings of fact of the court of claims in the French spoliation cases the annual reports of Secretary Cook and Sergeant-at-Arms Valentine of the senate and a number of petitions and memorials of state legislatures.

The senate at 12:30 took a recess until 3 p. m. A few minutes before 3 o'clock the house members of the joint committee made their appearance, and, being joined by Senator* Sherman (O.) anil Harris (Tenn.), proceeded to the white hou^e.

After waiting twenty minutes Senator Voorliees (Ind.) moved an adjournment, stating that the house had already adjourned. The motion was agreed to and the senate at 3:20 ad journed.

Jollification In Georgia.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Speaker Crisp has receive several hundred congratulatory telegrams from all parts of tho

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country. Gov. Hill, of New York, GOT. Abbott, of Now Jersey, and cx-repvc-•ontatives wired their congratulation* from nearly every state in the union. In no case does enthusiasm run quite so high or seem quite as exuberant' as in the messages from all the fellow citizens of Mr. Crisp in Georgia- From all over the state came telegrams, every town seeming to contribute its quota of the general rejoicing.

WHOSE HEAD IS IT?

The Identity of the New York BombThrower Still a Matter of Doubt. NEW YOIIK, Dec. 9.—The hoad of the man who threw the dynamite with the intention of killing Russell Sage is on exhibition in a little back room of the keeper's office In the morgue. It is kept in a glass jar. The features have Ifecome distorted. Several identified it as that of "Prof." Denton, a mysterious crank who has long been known in this vicinity. The identification is scouted by Inspector Byrnes, who knows Denton well.

A morning paper has carefully investigated every portion of Capt. Harry Home's story, and so far it has been corroborated in almost all its details. The arrest of the

TIIE BOMB-THROWER'S HEAD. man Southworth, and the discovery that for years he has been preaching the doctrines which Home told Inspector Byrnes were to be forced on the people by lectures first and dynamite bombs afterward, was a very important link in the chain which is tightening around the alleged conspirators. A still more startling confirmation of the story has been unearthed by reporters, who in searching thoroughly the debris in the financier's wrecked office found a piece of bloodstained red, white and blue ribbon, as well as a bit of watch chain. The ribbon is probably the most important bit of evidence connecting Vhe bomb-thrower with Southworth and other members of the "It. U. V."—or Grand Army of Labor society—that has yet turned up.

It will be remembered that in Capt. Home's detailed account of the Grand Army of Labor organization he told .of the badges worn by the members. Southworth, the man whose head is now at the morgue, and the twelve other fanatics who talked of proselyting lectures and dynamite bombs In the same breath, wore badges of red, white and bine, the. colors corresponding to the three degrees of the order—red being emblematic of the highest degree. Home saw these badges on the men who talked to him of bomb throwing, and he said they were'Nvorn on the waistcoat, suspended from an eagle or bar by a piece of red, white and blue ribbon. The ribbon worn by the man who exploded the bomb in Russell Sage's office has been found.

WILL MEET IN JANUARY.

The Democratic National Committee Will Anaemhle at Washington January 31 to Decide Upon the Time and Place Tor the Next Convention.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—A meeting of the executive committee of the democratic national committee was held at the Arlington hotel. The principal business done by the committee was the fixing of the time and place for the meeting of the full national democratic committee, which will determine the time and place for holding* the democratic convention of 1892. It took the committee hut a few minutes to agree upon January SI next at 12 o'clock as the date and Washington as the place for tho meeting of the full committee. The meetings will be held at the Arlington hotel, where the recent meetings of the republican committee were held.

SIX PERSONS DROWNFD.

Lives Lost During a Fearful Storm on 1'uget Sound. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 9.—Within the past two days tho most destructive wind and rainstorm known for years has prevailed on Puget sound. It Is reported that six persons were drowned while attempting to cross the narrows from Stclacom, 4 miles from here, to McNeill's island, by the capsizing of a small boat.

Given a Wife Kqual Rights. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 9. The Indiana supreme court by reversing the decision of the lower court in the suit of Lcsli against Flora Knowlin, from Dearborn county, set a precedent in this state. Under the old common law a woman could not sue for damages for the alienation of the affections of her liusbaud. Judge Elliott, who Bands down the opinion in this case, holds that in this day of enlightenment a woman has as much right to bring a suit of this kind as a husband.

tho Con Man," Dead.

BAY CITY, Mich., Dec. 9.—William Fox, better known as "Foxy,"' one of the greatest confidence men in Michigan, was found dead in his room at the Reynard house late Monday night. "Foxy" had been implicated in numerous scrapes, even to murder, but nearly always managed to escape the clutches of the law, only serving once a short time in state's prison.

The M»yl»rick Insurance.

LONDON, DCC. 9.—The court of appeals has handed down an opinion in the Maybrick insurance case, in which it was held that' the money must be paid to the de'od man's executors, and that neither his wife, who is now serving life term for tlie murder of lier husband, or her assigns, could have •f-rtj benefit from it.

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CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 9, 1891.

INDIANA.

Interesting News from the Hoosier State.

MarcMl Dnnth In the Face.

Noni.Ksvu.i.K, Ind., Dec. 9.—nenrj King stood on the railroad track Monday morning and stared death in the face. A Pan-Handle train was rushing around a curve at the rate of 40 miles an hour. The engineer whistled aud rang his bell: but King wa* power.fSKto avert his'iuipending doom. His foot was (•••night in the cattle-guard and lie was as firmly fixed to the track as if he had lieen imbedded in a inortar cast. llis shrieks. however, attracted the attention of a boy who was passing and who rushed to his assistance. With a few deft motions with his knife the lad cut King's shoe and his foot was released just as the train went thundering by. Another second and lie would have been struck by the engine.

Poor Outlook for the Heir*. MTNCIK, Ind., Dec. 0.—Twenty years ago Kara Souvit]»\ a rich fani iUl, UiUU at his home near Newcastle, Henry county. He left as his executor John M. Morris. At the time of Seoville's death lie stipulated in his will that his property and money should not be divided nntil after the death of his wife, which occurred only a few months ago. As tlie heirs number nearly 100 aad only a few h:m l» on retnem.':vi ly the old gentlemen 1'. others are contesting the will. 'I'll- amount of property involved at this time amounts to £10tl,000. As th. re are thirty lawyers here from all uver the country the heirs will be lueUy if they ever gel a cent.

Sulc'.dp of an Indiana Attorney. VINCKNNKS, Ind., Dec. 9.—John C. Adams, an attorney of this city, committed suicide by shooting himself through the tonipK lie hud been en-gn-red in court ail day, aud at 5 o'clock went to his office and commenced the work of making out some reports on a piece of paper. On the third leaf of his memorandum book he had scribbled the words: "Misery, misery, misery." in lead pencil. The tragedy was not discovered until between 7 and 8 o'clock, when his little daughter went to tho building and inquired of some of the attendants whether they had seen anything of her father. A search revealed his body. He was 42 years of age.

Keep the Order Out of Politics. INDIA.VAPOI.IS, Ind., Dec. 9.—Milton J. Truster, grand master of the Indiana State Grange, in his annual address before the order Tuesday took strong grounds against tne order mixing in politics. He expressed the belief that any farmers' organization which attempted to control the political convictions of its mem' hers would sooner or later go to pieces. Mr. Truster also advocated the establishment of the free mail delivery system for fnrmcrs. About 100 delegates are attending the annual meeting of the state grange. The order now has membership of 4,000 in the state.

Released on a Technicality. FORT WAT.VK, Ind., Deo. 9. Judge Gresham opened United States court in the federal building here In place oi Judge Woods, who is ill at Indianapolis. Several cases were disposed of, the most important being thai of Samuel I,. Brokaw, a baggagemaster in the employ of the Grand Rapids A Indiana railroad, indicted fo» cutting open and rifling mail sacks. Judge Gresham instructed the jury tc acquit the defendant on the ground that he was an employe of the railroad and not of the government, as charged in the indictment

Vnuthrul Speculator's Downfall. TIPTON*. Ind., Dec. 9.—Charles Samuels, one of the best known young farmers in this county, was arrested charged with forging notes aggregating over SI,200. lie escaped from the officers, however, and is yet at large. The young man has been speculating. His father, John Samuels, came ihere and paid off 8800 which his son owed one ol the banks.

Cradle and Grave Joined In Wedlock. Coumnt-s, Ind., Dec. 9.—Felix Boliannon and Miss Amcricus Legg, living near English, have been united in marriage. The groom is aged 86 and the bride 18. The bride was reared by the old man, who has no family of hit own, and the marriage is thought to be a step toward making the bride hii sole heiress.

Want Damage*.

LAFAYETTE, Ind., Deo. 9.—The Echo Music Company filed a 910,000 damage suit in this city against Dun's commercial agency on account of an unfavorable report. An attachment was procured upon the books and office furniture of the agency.

Struck a Flow of Natural Gas. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 9.—A big gusher was struck by the Nafontaine Natural Gas Company. A strong flow was encountered at a depth of 20 feet in the Trenton. The roar of the gas from the well could be heard a distance of 9 miles.

Genuine Case of Rabies.

PORTLAND, Ind.. Dec. 9.—John Uleman, a farmer living near here, has a genuine case of rabies from the effects of a dog bite. He goes into spasms at the sight of water.

Dropped the Baby.

MARION, Ind.,Dec. 9.—The IS-months-old child of James Murphy, of this city, was accidentally dropped from the arms of its sister and died from the effects.

Wiiiit Free Mall Delivery.

INDIANAI'OI.IS, Ind.. Dec. 9.—The Indiana state grange passed a resolution calling fot the free delivery ol mail to fnrmcrs. V--

Will Investigate a Murder. BRADFORD, Ind., Dec. 9.—A special session of the grand jury has bean ordered here to investigate the killing Mrs. Neidcfer in Bono last summer.

UNDER THE RUINS.

Fire In a Buffalo Mill OauMs an Bxploaion.

ONE OF THE WALLS TUMBLES DOWN.

M*iiy Persons Buried Under the Debris and Are Matmed and Scalded—One M»n Killed and Four- ... teea Hurt.

FATAL FLAMES.

BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. At o'clock a. m. an explosion occurred in the boiler room of Lee, Holland & Co.'a planing mill on Court street, causing the death of one man and the injury of several others. The 800 employes had just begun work when fire was discovered in the sawdust under the boilers. The furnaces are fed with this sawdust, which is gathered by a system of blowers. The employes had just succeeded in extinguishing the flames when a loud explosion was hoard.

The Wall Falla.

The big wall fell out with

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crash and the roof of a passage way fell in upon a score of mill hands who had been at work on the flames. The fire department was summoned and the work of rescue hurriedly begun. In half an hour the imprisoned men had been pulled out. Louis Locscli was dead, his head crushed in. Peter Wutz, a Pole, was severely scalded. Nick Brader was unconscious from severe injuries. Martin Volk, aiboy, had his leg broken. The others were only slightly injured. The explosion is believed to have been caused by the generating of gas in the sawdust as it is suckcd into the pipes which carry it to tho furnaces. The loss will reach $15,000.

VICTORIA AND THE FAIR.

England'* Queen Invited to Take Part la the World's Rxpoaltlon. CHICAGO, Dec.

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Mrs. President

Palmer, of the board of lady managers of the World's Columbian commission, has sent the following letter: "To Her Majenty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom ot Great Britain and Ireland, Emproas of India, eta: The world knows of your Interest In, and dovotlon to the welfare of women, and for that reason I am emboldened to address you directly,begging that the work of the board of lady managers of the World's Columbian exposition may rccelve tbe approval and patronage of your Imperial majesty.

The women of this continent, who for the first time are taking an official part la a great national enterprise, feel that it Is especially appropriate that the women of tbe United Kingdom should participate with them In the commemoration of the discovery of America, as tbe patron of Columbus was a woman and a queen, and as many of tbe early settlements In this country were made under tbe patronage of tbe great Elizabeth of England. "They, therefore, hope and desire that a committee of women may be appointed, with your Imperial sanction and patronage, to proride for such sn exhibition at the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago ss will most fully and fitly illustrate tbe progress and achievements of the women of Great Britain. "I ask the privilege of expressing tbe profound and universal esteem and admiration In which your imperial majesty is held by tbe women of America, and beg leave to be your majesty's most obedient servant, "BERTHA M. H. PAI.MER, "President of the board of lsidy managers, World's Columbian exposition."

Letters of similar import were addressed to Mine. Carnot, wife of the president of France Marguerite, queen of Italy, and Maria Christine, queen regent of Spain, and others will be sent later on. The secretary of state for foreign affairs of England and the minister of foreign affairs of France were also asked to assist in the work of organizing the women commission* abroad.

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damaged &),(>00 by flumes insured for. •1,500. Rt. Rev. John N. Galleher, D.

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Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Louisiana, dicil Monday night, aged 53 years.

United States gunboat No. 5 was launched at Hath, Me., Tuesday and christened tho. Machias.

La grippe in a virulent form is prevalent in Topelta, Kan. Three thousand cases are reported.

It is estimated that there is not a week's supply of soft coal in Iowa, Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska.

Asher ('. Mast's barn and sixteen fine horses at West Milton, O., burned Tuesday, causing a loss of $20,000, insured' for 510,000.

At West Milton, O., Tuesday two noted pacing horses were burned to death—Oricn t\, record 2:18, aud Oliyei K., record ivVt.

Tuesday the convention of the National Anti-Sub-Treasury Alliance, called to meet at Memphis, Tenn., December 10, was postponed, to he named hereafter.

The Dominion Mineral Company of Sudbury, Ont. has sold its lSlizzard and Worthiuglon nickel mines to an English syndicate for 82,000,000.

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In Comptroller of the Currency La cey's report he recommends that some 's limitation be put upon the amount ol commercial paper which may be dis- f| counted by an association.

At New York a dinner was given Tuesday night at Dclmonico's to Lord Aberdeen under tho auspices of the National Federation of America. The Gordon plaid was worn by all the guests in honor of Lord Aberdeen.

At a meeting of the stockholders of the Produce national bank of Philadelphia Tuesday it was decided by a twothirds vote to liquidate the business ol the institution, The bank was or ganized July, 1800, with a capital ol 8300,000. 4

Isaac B. Sawtcllc, sentenced to death•'% for the murder of his brother, Tuesday detailed his crime before the New Hampshire supreme court for the pur* pose of making out that the murder took place in Maine where Uiuro c%nit»l DunU''nt"» RECIPROCITY" WITH

GERMANY!!

President llitrrinoii Will Soon Announce a 1 Tarlfl* Convention. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—While it is im.|j«j possible to obtain an official acknowl* -J edgement to that effect, it is known that a commercial convention undei the reciprocity clause of the MoKinlcy .act has been practically concluded between Germany and the United States, and that tlie president will soon issue a proclamation' announcing the fact. The convention contemplates the free importation of Germany's sugar into the United State* and the reduction of duty on American oereals imported into Germany from five marks to three and a half marks.

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A Jury Under Arrest.

SAN* ANTONIO, Tex., Deo. 9.—Th«. grand jury here was arrested Tuesday. A fine of $50 is hanging over each member imposed by Judge King, of the Forty-fifth district court, who held that they were.in contempt in serving an attachment on him while he WBB on the bench. 't

HcHth of :-n Educator.

CIIICAOO, Dec. I*.—Prof. Zuingljua, Grovor, for thirty-live years principal^— of Dearborn seminary, died jTuesdMj^M of heart troub'e, aged 79 years.