Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1888 — Page 2

Stje HemocrttticSentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. t. W. McEWEN, - - Publibhxe.

NEWS BUDGET.

Fresh Intelligence from Every Part of the Civilized World. Foreign and Domestic News, Political Events, Personal Points, Labor Notes, Etc. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. THIRTY-NINE BOUNDS. The Prize-Fight Between Sullivan and Mitchell Results in a Draw. The much talked-of fight betwwen Sullivan and Mitjhell occurred on Baron Rothschild’s estate, at Creil, France, and resulted in a draw. Thirty-nine rounds were fought, Sullivan getting the first knock-down, and Mitchell the first blood. Both men were servo roly punished, but the reports agree Sullivan probably had the worst of it, for the reason that he stood tip and fought, while his opponent was dodging and falling to save himself. Tbs following particulars of the fi£ht we glean from the cable dispatches: Mitchell appeared to be in the better condition before the fight, the opinion being that Sullivan was overtrained. Tno tight began at 12:55, Mitchell winning the toss for corner and putting the sun and wind in Sullivan’s face. In the first round both contestants showed tbeir tactics. Mitchell’s aim was to avoid punishment and prolong the fight, in the hope of tiring out the American. Sullivan fought lor a knock-out in a few rounds. The betting at first was three to one offered on Sullivan,but toward the end of the fight the betting became even. In the first round Sullivan got home with two blows on Mitchell’s head, and receive a left-hander in the stomach in return. Mitchell soon dropped to avoid punishment, but in the second round was caught by Sullivan’s right on bis temple and went down. The third and fourth rounds were like the preceding one, Mitchell being knocked down at the close of each. It was evident at this time that Sullivan was surprised and disgusted. Up to the ninth round Sullivan forced the fighting and chased Mitchell around the ring, but could rarely get to close quarters. It became evident, however, in the sixth round, that Sullivan was suffering for lack of wind. Mitchell was gaining courage and taking advantage of his adversary's condition by occasionally getting in a blow. In the eighth round he was awarded first blood. During rounds nine to fifteen a fearful storm prevailed, and nearly all but the principals and their seconds took shelter in a shed. In one of these rounds, which lasted twenty-five minutes. Mitchell received several nasty blows, especially on the temple, but Sullivan was evidently tiring. He was shivering visibly, and his teeth were chattering from the downpour which he hod endured. By and by, however, the sun came out quite warm, and with its appearance Sullivan seemed to recover. At times he made tremendous rushes, but Mitchell’s agility stood him in good stead, and he milled on the retreat most of the time. The rest of the fight was tedious. The ground haa become soft, which made it hard work for both men. Sullivan grew tired of chasing Mitchell, and would stand in the middle of the ring while Mitchell walked around it. Mitchell seemed little hurt, and showed great generalship and scored the best, but he appeared to be afraid of Sullivan's right. A draw bad been suggested, but was declined, and between 4 and 6 o’clock all got impatient, as the finish seemed at least two hours off, though probably favorable to Mitchell. The latter at last said: “Well, lot us shake bauds or fight on, as John likes.” Hereupon Baldock, who had been very troublesome, rushed in and joined their hands. Sullivan was nothing loath, and both wero tired greatly. Sullivan's body, right eye, and mouth wero more punished than Mitchell’s, whno right eye and temple received the most damage. Mitchell and HulliVan were arrosted after the fight, with the whole party, by French gendarms. They were taken to Senlis. Here the rest of the party was dismissed, but Sullivan and Mitchell were locked up and held for two days, when they were released and left at race for London.

•10,000 REWARD FOR TASCOTT. The First Amount Not Being: Sufficient, Mrs. Snell Raises It to 910,000. Tascott, the supposed murderer of Amos J. Snell, is still at liberty, (says a Chicago special. The numberless clews which have been presented have been carefully run to earth without giving the police the slightest idea of the whereabouts of this mysterious individual It has finally been decided to increase the reward for his capture, and 50,000 copies of the following circular have been ■printed in French and English and sent to all parts of the world: Chicago, March 12, 1888. —Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) reward will be paid by Henrietta Snell, widow of the late Amos J. Snell, for the arrest and detention until identified by the authorities of the city of Chicago of one William B. Tascott, the supposed murderer of her husband. The above reward will hold good for sixty days from date. Henrietta Snell. Address all Information to George W. Hubbarb, Acting General Superintendent of Police. RANDALL’S TARIFF BIEL,. The Internal Tax on Tobacco and the License Tax on Liquors to Be Removed. Samuel J. Randall introduced his tariff bill in the House of Representatives on Monday, the 12th inst. In explanation of its terms and scope, he makes the following statement: The bill repeals the entire internal tax on tobacco and on fruit brandies. It also repeals the license tax on wholesale and retail liqour dealers, leaving these, as recommended by Jefferson. so that “the state authorities might adopt them." It makes alcohol used in tho arts free and reduces the tax on whisky to .50 cents per gallon. On the taritt the bill is a careful and complete revision of the whole tariff system.V,lt carries to the free list a large number of articles now paying duties and which enter into consumption. either as raw material or otherwise and in the production of which there is no injurious competition between this and other countries. The estimated reduct ons under this £>U will be on internal taxation repealed 170,000,000; on tariff schedules, $25,000,000.

Congress.

The dependent pension bill was recoivrd in the House on the 10th inst. and referred to the Committee on Invalid Tensions. Mr. Hitt reported a bill authorizing the Government to negotiate with Mexico with a view of determining the boundary lino. A bill* was passed extending for two years the time of payment to purchasers of land on the Omaha Indian reservation in Nebraska. Bills were «lao passed to restore to the uublic domain part of the Uintah reservation” in Utah, and prescribing a penalty of fine andAimprisonSBMit for the unlawlnl cutting of-timber on Indian reservations. The bill for the allotment M lands in severalty to the united Peoria and Miami tribes of Indians in Indian Territory tUe to a good deal of discussion. Without taxing action on the hill the House adjssmsd. The Senate waa not in session.

WEEKLY BUDGET.

THE EASTERN STATES, Miss Louisa M. Alcott, the famous author of “Little Women” and other stories, died at her home in Boston Highlands on the 6th inst., aged 56 years. It will be remembered that her father, A. Bronson Alcott, expired on the 4th, and as the was born on the anniversary of his birthday, it is deemed singular that she should have followed him so soon to lhe grave. Duden A Co,’s lace factory, at Wiltiamsbridge, a part of New York City, was burned. Loss, *IOO,OOO. A Springfield (Mass.) te'egram gives the following particulars of a lire horror in that city: Six of the employes of the Eveninq Union met a horrible death by the burning of the office of that newspaper, most of them jumping from the fifth story and being crushed into a shapeless mass below. Six others were badly injured. The fire was first discovered in the mailing room, and clouds of smoke were pouring out of the lower story windows before the fifty soula on the upper flour were aware of their danger. The flames shot up an old elevator in the rear, cutting off escape by the stairway, and most of the employes who escaped found their way to the ground by way of the roof in the rear. The fire department responded promptly. A ladder waa put to the fourth story, and the Bight of rescue so near seemed to madden the suffering group at the two windows, who dropped in succession to the sidewalk below. Six fell in this way, some of them forced off and some madly leaping, and the crowd groaned and turned their faces away as they whirled through the air. Following are the the dead: Henry L Goulding, foreman of the Union composing-room; Miss G. Thompson, proof reader; Mrs. Frederick E. Farley, editorial department; Mr. Lamzon, of Quebec; W, E. Hovey, of Boston; Mr. Brown, a compositor. The injured : Thomas Donahue, compositor; Timothy Dunn, compositor; Joseph W. Witty, compositor; G. F. Ensworth, compositor ; Thomas Donahue, compositor, fatally.

THE WESTERN STATES.

At Ishpcming, Mich., five men were getting ready to blast an old drill hole at the bottom of a shaft, when the charge went off while they were preparing to fire it, killing all five instantly. The cause of the accident is not known. The men were torn to pieces by the force of the explosion. Macy Warner was banged at Jeffersonville, lud., for the murder of a fellow-convict while serving a life sentence in the South Indiana Prison. -Warner professed religion a short time ago, and met death unmoved. The Methodist University at Mitchell, Dakota, was burned to the ground on Friday morning. There were over forty |inmates when the alarm sounded Those in the upper stories were obliged to jump for their lives. The following is a list of the casualties: Killed, Horton Pitcher, of Northville, Dak.; Giles Parkin, of England Fatally injured: Prof. R. EL Taylor, Ezra-Jones, of Parlcston, Dak.; Hattie Taylor, elocution teacher, of Canton, Dak. Half a dozen others were seriously injured

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

A political quarrel in Clark County, Georgia, between Sheriff George W. Allen and ex-Sheriff Davis Carter, resulted in a murder and suicide. Allen shot Carter dead and then killed himself. A Charleston (W. Va.) dispatch announces tho death of Gen. D. H. Strother, an old-time and popular author. His literary career was begun in 1853 by the publication in Harper's Magazine of a series of illustrated sketches of Virginia life, over tho noin do plume of “Porte Crayon,” which were continued for several years. He was 7!1 years old at the time of his death.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The new internal-revenue bill was submitted by tho majority of the Ways and Means Committee to the full committee on the 6th inst The following is a brief outline of the measure: It begins by removing the tax from tobacco on July 1, 1888, alter which date manufacturers oi cigars will pay a special tax of $3 annually each, and dealers in tobacoo shall each pay $1 annually as a special tax. Drawbacks and rebates to the full amount of the tax will be allowed on original and unbroken packages held by manufacturers and dealers on July 1. The statute and all the laws Imposing restrictions upon the salo of leaf tobaooo are repealed. Wherever minimum punishments are laid down for infractions of internal-revenue laws in the statutes thor are abolished, and it is left in the discretion of the court to fix the punishment, not exceeding the maximum limit fixed by the statutes. Warrants under the internalrevenue laws, upon affidavit making charges upon information and belief, shall only issue when tho affidavit is made by a collector or deputy collector; with this exception warrants will only be issued on a sworn complaint setting forth the facts and alleging them to be within the personal knowledge of the affiant Fees to court officers in prosecutions under tho internal-revenue laws shall only be paid in cases whore a conviction is secured, or wherein the district approves of the prosecution, or wherein the prosecution began with informatton or indictment. Persons arrested upon warrants under the internal revenue laws must be taken before a designated judicial officer in the county of arrest, or if there be none, in another county nearest the county of arrest, and this judicial officer shall have power to make the preliminary examination and discharge, admit to bail, or commit to prison the person arrested. This section does not apply to the Indian Territory. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury may compromise civil or criminal oases and reduce or remit fines.lpanalties, or assessments under the internal-revenue laws. When the returns are- not made, or are made fraudulently, the Collector may enter the premises of any one having taxable property and prepare a tax return upon which the tax shall be assessed with a penalty of twenty-five per cent, and interest at ten per cent. All fruit brandies made from any fruit are brought under the provisions of the act ot March 3, 1887. When a distillery is seized the macni ,ery and apparatus must be sold without being mutilated or destroyed. Distilleries which mash less than twenty-five bushels of grain per day shall be taxed upon their capacity, and may be operated without storekeeper or gauger, Special warehouses may be establisheu where the product of any designated number of these dist.lieries mav be deposited, which product shall then become subject to the customary laws. All special taxes on manufacturers'of stills, retail dealers in liquors, and retail dealers in malt liquors are repealed. The act provides that it shall ga into effect July, 1888. The total reduction in revenue made by the act is about $25,000,000, made up of $20,000,000 on tobacco and $5,000,000 on the special taxes removed.

The Deinoerauc members of the Ways and Moans Committee have resolved to add this bill to the Mills lariff bill, making it an integral part of the schema for revenue reduction. - A Washington dispatch says: “The House Committee on Elections unanimously confirmed the decision of the sub-committee in favor Of Gen. Post’s title to the seat as Representative of the Tenth District of Illinois. Before beginning the tedious examination of the ninety pages of printed record it was

agreed by the sab-committee that their guide upon disputed points of law should be the statutes of Illinois, as construed by the Supreme Court of the State The disputed votes were taken np one by one, and it was found that irregular and illegal votes had been cast for both parties to the contest, bnt after giving Mr. Worthington the benefit of all donbte the net result of the sifting was about fiftynine majority for Offn. Post The Democratic members of the Committee on Ways and Means are standing like a stone wall between their tariff bill aud criticism, says a Washington special to the Chicago Daily Xews.

They are determined that the bill shall be reported to the House, and, if possible, pasted just as it is, without a change in punctuation or the additional dotting of an “i.” The majority of the committee have had great tribulation in the preparation of the bill. They have toiled long and late, and with immense difficulty have finally secured an agreement among themselves upon such a narrow majority that they dare not risk any further consideration leet an entering wedge shall split the whole measure in pieces. They have ail sworn holy oaths to stand and If need be fall by their bill, and all attempts to amend are to be resisted and voted down if possible. When the committee met on Wednesday Mr. Reed presented a petition from a cement company in Louisville, asking to be heard. That petition was denied by a strict party vote. Then Mr. Reed presented a similar petition from a New York cement company, which was denied also. Several other petitions representing various interests were presented, one after another, but ail met the same fate. Then Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, made a motion that all applications be denied, and that the different interests Involved be requested to submit statements in writing. This was carried by a . party vote. Judge Kelley then moved that statements so presented be read to the committee by the clerk. This was voted down.

The swords in the possession of Mrs. Shields belonging to her late husband, Gen. James Shields, are to be purchased by Congress for SIO,OOO. Efforts are being made to have locomotive engineers, like marine engineers, licensed and controlled by the Government It is said that a bill has been prepared on the subject, and will be submitted to Congress. The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds has agreed to make a favorable report on Judge Hayes’ bill appropriating $75,000 for a Government building m Davenport

An investigation designed to cover the general subject of combinations and monopolies was begun Thursday by the House Committee on Manufactures. The sugar trust was the first to be investigated. John E. Parsons, a New York lawyer, was the only witness examined, and his testimony did not throw much light ou the subject.

The United States Minister at Pekin has informed the Department of State that the ports of China at which foreigners have the right to reside, to procure property, and to do business are as follows: Shanghai, Newckwang, Tientsin, Chefoo, Ickang, Hankow, Kinkiang, Wukee, Ohinkiang, Ningpo, Wonchow, Foo Chow, Famsin, Takow, Amoy, Swatow, Canton, Kiung-Cliow, and Pakkoi. In the death of Thomas J. Polter, Vice President and General Managor of the Union Pacific system, that companv loses an executive officer whose services were almost invaluable, aud from the list of the really great railroad magnates of Amorica one of the most conspicuous names will be missed. Mr. Potter died in Washington.

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

In the city election at Sioux City, lowa, Mayor Cleland was re-elected by a majority of 850 over Flynn, the Democratic candidate. The latter was supported by the Law and Order League and was pledged to enforce the prohibitory law. At Des Moines, lowa, W. L. Carpenter, a Prohibition Democrat, was elected Mayor on the citizens’ ticket. The people’s ticket, headed by E. I Cady for Mayor, was .elected at lowa Falls, lowa. A H. Brackett, Democrat, was elected Mayor of Nashua, lowa. Webster City, lowa, elected thr.eo Republican Aldermen. Three Republican Aldermen and two Democrats were elected at Waverly, lowa. At Waterloo, lowa. throo Republicans and one Democrat were olected Aldermen. The village of Gridley, McLean County, 111., elected three license trustees, and two antilicense trustees. H. C. Hutchison, Republican, was elected Mayor of Waukegan, 111. At Cedar Rapids, lowa, P. Mullally, Democrat, was elected Mayor by a majority of 700. The Democrats elected four Aldermen. Four Republican and two Democratic Aldermen were elected at Ottumwa, lowa. Secretary Fairchild, in his report submitted to Congress early in December, estimated that the Treasury surplus would reach $140,000,000 by the end of the present fiscal year. It is now estimated lit the department that the surplus at the end of June, 1888, will probably be $155,000,000. Gen. Neal Dow, the venerable “father of Prohibition,” was snowed under in bis race for the Mayoralty cf Portland. Mo., on Tuesday, by the Republican candidate, Charles J. Chapman, with a majority of 1,000. It was a fight of rum against prohibition, and prohibition was badly beaten. Dow was the united caudidate of the Prohibitionists and Democrats. heading-both their tickets. The clergymen and women, who had been holding meetings, rallied for Dow', but did not fhiuk it necessary to go to the polls to insure the veteran Prohibitionist’s election. At a meeting of tho Illinois Republican S:ate Central Committee held in Chicago on the 6th inst, it was decided to hold the Republican State Convention at Springfield May 2. The Maine State Democratic Convention will be held at Augusta, May 22, for the nomination of a State ticket and delegates to St. Louis. It has been decided to hold the Democratic National Convention in the north nave of the Exposition Building at St Louis, which will b: arranged to seat 11,000 people.

THE INDUSTRIAL REALM.

, The question of the legal obligations of railroads as common carriers in connection with the Burlington strike, says a. Chicago telegram, is now brought up for adjudication before Judge Gresham in the United States Circuit Court in the form of an application for injunctions restraining the Wabash road from further refusing to receive or deliver Burlington freight, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginrers and its officers from Issuing orders to engineers and firemen to refuse to haul Burlington freight

The Burlington case in thus appealing to the law is considered to be the stronger because the Wabash road is is the hands of a receiver appointed by and acting under the directions ’ of the United States Court The decision in this case will determine the relations and legal standing of all the roads that have entered into pledges of neutrality as a means of avoiding trouble with the brotherhood. A Chicago dispatch of Saturday says: The Burlington officials received the following telegram from the General Manager of the Burlington and Missouri River Railway in Nebraska: Judge Dundy, of ths United States Court, has issued an order requiring the Union Pacific Railway Company to take our business in accordance with the interstate commerce law, and restraining the engineers of the Union Pacific Railway Company from refusing to take our business; also restraining the engineers from striking, combining, or confederating for the purpose of organization or advising a strike.

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

Delay in the settlement of the Bnlgarian question continues to threaten the peace of Europe. Increasing irritation in Russia is plainly indicated in the cable dispatcher Orders have been issued to hasten the collection of military stores at Warsaw and for the immediate return of officers absent on furlough from their regiments. Should the powers continue to postpone action Russia may any day yield to the pressure of inilimed public sentiment and herself undertake the expulsion of ierdinand and the selection of his successor. A bulletin was issued at San Remo on the 6th inst, signed by all of the six doctors in attendance upon the Crown Prince, which ran as follows:

In view of the reports published in the press alleging that there are differences of opinion among the physicians attending the Crown Prince of Germany, the undersigned declare that as regards their ideas of the nature of the illness no such divergencies exist. Just as little do they maintain that a dangerous turn in the malady is imminent. The local disturbances in the larynx have not adpreciablv altered. The wound has healed and the canula lies comfortably. The patient’s lungs are in a healthy condition. The cough aud expectoration have diminished. The patient’s strength is more satisfactory. His appetite is increasing. There is no digestive disorder, no pain or swelling, and no headache. He sleeps, with interruptions,for hours together. Lord Lonsdale is on his way to the far northwestern portions of the Queen’s dominions in America, to hunt polar bear and musk oxen.

“The grief of Berlin at the loss of the Kaiser is pitiful,” says a cable dispatch from the German capital. The streets and churches are thronged with weeping men and women, heartbroken over the common sorrow. The people are congregated near the monument of Frederick the (treat, opposite the palace, gazing with tearful eyes at the windows of the darkened imperial chamber, where the body of their beloved King Is cold in death. Late Thursday night the royal patient gave an astonishing exhibition of tnat wonderful vitality which has maraed the closing days of his life. About 11 o’clock he recovered irom the effects of a swoon, which gait rise to the premature announcement of death, and found Bismarck and his grandson William close to the bedside. Despite the remonstrance of the physicians the aged Emperor entered into conversation with both, discussing with old-time vigor the state of affairs of the greatest moment, the probability of peace, of war, and the illness of Frederick. When Bismarck brought to ths dying Emperor for his signature the paper he read a few hours afterward in the Reichstag the Emperor held the pen with a steady hand and wroto his full name, though Bismarck suggested that the initials would do. The Emperor’s iast signature is as bold and distinct as any he ever made in his life. Alter his talk with Bismarck aud William, the Emperor had a Bhort conversation with other members of the sorrowstricken family. Tears rolled down the old man’s cheeks as he spoko of the affliction of the Crown Prince. His parting with his only daughter, the Graud Duchess of Baden, was most affecting. She has always been a companion to her father, accompanying him on his daily ride and Bitting at his knee when at work in the study. After bidding the fumily goodnight, the Emperor sank into a sleep, from which he did not rouse, and breathed his last at 8:30 o’clock Friday morning. Toward 8 o’clock the physicians saw that the moment of dissolution waa near, aud summoned all members of the imperial family staying in the palace, as well as the Cabinet Ministers, Generals of tho army, and court dignitaries, who wero near at hand awaiting the call. That deathbed scene will make a groat historical picture They found the dying Emperor reclining against the pillows on the little narrow iron camp bedstead on which he always slept. His oyes were closed, and a smile played about his lips. The room, which is not large, was crowded with people. Members of the royal family were grouped around the bed. Prince William at the "head, was bending over the pillows to catch his dying grandfather’s last breath.

THE MARKETS.

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CONGRESSIONAL.

Work of the Senate and the House of Representatives. A bill to incorporate lhe Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company was reported to the Senate ; on the sth inst. A resolution wss agreed to in- | structing the select committee on Indian traders j to inquire into the methods of allotting lands in | severalty to Indians on reservations in ‘Wiscon- , sin and Minnesota, and as to the sale of timber on those lauds. Mr. Cnllom’s bill to confirm certain Mississippi Biver bottom lands to Kandolph County, Illinois, on payment of *1.25 per acre, was favorably reported. Mr. Sherman presented thirty-two petitions for the passage of the per diem service pension bill. Mr. Keagan reported adversely from the Poatotfice and Post ltoads Committee the Edmunds and Cullom postal telegraph bills, and reported favorably an original bill to regulate interstate commerce, carried on by telegraph, and to subject telegraph companies to the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Cullom insisted that this bill Bhould be referred to the Interstate Committee. A sharp conflict between the two committees followed, and the matter finally went over without action. The President transmitted to the Senate the remaining documents and protocols relating to the fisheries treaty, together with a letter from Secretary Bayard. The Alabama contested election case of McDuffie against Davidson was discussed in the House without action. Mr. White, of Indiana, offered a resolution providing for a, special committee of fivo to investigate the Burlington strike. Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, introduced a joint resolution for promotion of commercial union with Canada, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bills were introduced as follows : By Mr. Kerr, of lown, for a public building at Cedar Kapids, Iowa; by Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, to declare trusts unlawful; by Mr. Thomas, of Wisconsin, to define trusts and to prohibit trusts from carrying on interstate commerce ; by Mr. Nutting, of New York, for the construction of a ship canal around Niagara Falls in New York; by Mr. Farquhar, of New York, for the better protection of the northern and northwestern frontier; by Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, to anticipate the payment of interest on the bonded debt aud to provide for the special deposit of public money ; by Mr. Weaver, of lowa, for the erection of public buildings at Ottumwa and Oskaloosa, lowa. The Grand Army pension bill gave rise to another heated partisan debate in the Senate on the 6th inst., in the course of which Mr. Ingalls, of Kansas, made a bitter attack upon the President in particular and the Democratic party in general. The Senate agreed to a rule that a treaty may be made public or considered in open session whenever a majority vote so decides. The following was offered by Mr. Beck as an amendment to the Bond bill, reported from the Finance Committee : “That all laws and parts of laws requiring maintenance of a sinking fund and the purchase of bonds of the United States for said sinking fund as heretofore authorized, are hereby repealed.” Mr. Sawyer reported back adversely the bill for tUe construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis. A minority report was presented. The House resumed consideration of the Alabama contested election < case of McDuffie against Davidson, aud after a long partisan debate it was decided in favor of Davidson by 144 yeas to 122 nays. The House Committee on Pacific Railroads, on the 7th inst., unanimously reported the Outhwaite bill extending the time for the payment of the Government debt by the subsidized roads comprised in the Union Pacific system. The bill is amended by striking out all roads except the Union Pacific and its aided divisions. The bill is also modified by restrictions which make it more positive in dealing with the corporation. As an instance, it directs the Attorney General to bring suit at once to recover misappropriated lunds of the road instead of leaving it within his jurisdiction. The extension of the indebtedness 1b for fifty years. It is understood that separate bills ior each of tho Pacific Roads will be eventually reported to the House, it having been determined that the roads shall be dealt with individually instead of collectively. Mr. Hatch of Missouri, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported a bill to create a Department of Agriculture and Labor. The Senate resumed consideration of the urgency deficiency bill, the question being on striking out the provision inserted by the House requiring the Public Printer to enforce rigidly the eight-hour law. The item was struck out—yeas, 82; nays, 20. In response to Senator Cullom’s resolution of inquiry ths President sent to the Senate a letter from the Secretary of State giving a history of tho probibition by France of the importation of American pork. The Secretary says that the department knows of no ground to expect that the decree of the French Government will be revoked at an early day. By a vote of 44 yeas to 16 nays the Senate, on the Bth inst., passed the bill granting pensions to ex soldiers and Bailors who are unable to perform manual labor and to the dependent relatives of deoeased soldiers and sailors. Amendments including those incapacitated by the infirmities of age, soldiers who served in the war with Mexico, or for thirty days in any of the Indian wars, and limiting the benefits of tho bill to those totally incapacitated, were voted down. Those Benators voting against tho bill, on its final passage, were: Bate, Beck, Berry, Blacabum, Co krell, Coke, Colquitt, D&niel, Eustis, Gibson, Harriß, Pasco, Reagan, Baulsbury, Vance, Wilson (Md.) —l6. The President sent to the Senate a message stating that negotiation with the Emperor of China for a treaty that shall exclude the importation of Chinese laborers into America was begun several months ago, and he hopes a satisfactory treaty will soon bo concluded. Bills were reported to the Senate for the establishment of an Indian industrial school in Michigan and giving right of way to the Duluth, Rainy Lake Biver and Southwestern Railway Company through Indian lands in Minnesota. Mr. Cockrell submitted the report of the special committee which has been investigating the business methods of the executive departments. The committee finds fault with the prevailing methods of doing business in the various departments, and reported two bills intended to rectify the defects. The House of Representatives passed the bill for the allotment of landß in severalty on the White Earth and Red Lake reservations to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota and for the opening np to settlement of the other reservations of those Indians in that State. A bill to enable the people to select their postmasters was reported adversely. Mr. Rayner, of Maryland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the bill to establish a postal telegraph. The Postmaster General sent to the House a communication In which he says that careful inquiry and close examination of the complaints as to the railway mail service in Kansas and generally in the region west of the Mississippi fails to disclose any tenoble ground for tho complaint quoted in the resolution. The House of Representatives, on the 9th inst., passed the omnibus war-claim bill, by S vote of yeas 105, nays 100, alter a sharp debate. At the evening session tho House made ths Logan and Blair pension bills special orders for March 23. Thirty-four pension bills were passed, inclnding one increasing the pension of the widow of Gen. Robert Anderson to SIOO a month. The Senate was not in session.

Unnecessary Irritation.

This should be most carefully guarded against with children. These little creatures are tender and delicate and finale; they are deeply sensitive to a thousand and one matters of which a grown-up person would take no notice. Their comprehension is so limited that they forget that things whioh are so plain to us are great problems to them, and, in our impatience, we frequently show the greatest injustice. This injustice the child keenly feels, yet cannot reason about—it only knows, in a dumb kind of way, that it is not so wrong as it is said to be, and a sullenness and obstinacy of disposition are frequently produced or fostered in this way.