Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1889 — Page 2

®ljc JJemocraticSentiitf l RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. MCEWEN, ... PUBLISHKh.

THE NEWS RECORD.

A. SUMMARY OF THE KVENTFUL HAP- # PENINGS OF A WEEK. The Latest News a* Flashed Orer the Wires from All Parts of the World—Regarding Politics, Religion, Casualties, Commerce, and Industry. MANY APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED. Closing Work of the Senate and House Before Adjournment. In the Senate on the 21st Senator Hoar Introduced a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. After conferring a large number of appointments in executive session the Senate adjourned to Jan. 6. In the House a resolution passed requesting the Treasurer of the United States to take into custody all moneys and other assets placed by J. P. Leedom in the safe of the Ser-geant-at-Arms, and to safely keep them as a special deposit until further order of the House. The joint resolution to pay the House employes of the last Congress one month’s pay was rejected. Speaker Heed then announced the House committees, and adjournment was taken to Jan. (i. MILLERS TO FOR3I A TRUST. St. Louis Flour-Producers Think of Pooling Their Interests in One Concern. The owners of the flour-mills of the St. Louis district are deliberating on the question of forming a trust. The millers on ’Change have been very much exercised over a report that five or six of the leading local flour-mills are to be combined into one large stock company and placed tinder one management The success of the United Elevator Company, which is composed of eleven elevator companies that pooled their properties and formed a joint concern a few months ago, suggested the idea to the millers, some of whom have been earnestly at work on the scheme for several days. The estimated total value of the nineteen mills controlled In St Louis is in the neighborhood of $2,675,000. and a stock company composed of all of them would probably bo capitalized at about $3,000,000 in round figures. EATEN BY CANNIBALS. Four of tlio Crew of the Ship Enterprise Killed and Roasted. The Sydney (N. 8. W.) Herald of Nov. 5 says that according to a letter received from Captain Woodhouse, of tho trading schooner Elma Fisher, Boat Steerer Nelson of the schooner Enterprise, of Sydney, and three of the nativo crew of tho Enterprise were killed and oaten by the cannibals of Solomon Islands. The Enterprise was trading among the islands, and the natives from Hammond Island, one of the Solomon group, induced Nelson and the others to go ashore to purchase some copra. Once on shore they were knocked on the head, and it 1b reported that the bodies were then roasted and oaten. The letter states that her Majesty's ship Royalist shelled the village on the islands when Captain Hand learned the particulars. MURDERED BY HIS DOUBLE. What One of the Mollie Maguire Gang Say* of Goweu’s Death. A Philadelphia dispatch says: "An exbody master of the Mollie Maguires has sent a letter to a Wilkesbarre paper saying that Franklin B. Gowen was murdered by his double. The Mollies, he said, had been on Gowen’s track these ten years. A man who looked like Gowen was selected to do the work. He bought a pistol and watched Gowen when the latter left his hotel tho day of the murder. The doublo went into his room and waited. Gowen came in and the Mollie threw a coat over Gowen’s face and shot him. escaping afterward by the window. MURDERED HIS FAMILY. Terrible Deed of an O hlo Father Who Drank Heavily. The dead ibodies of Charles Shelar and wife ana three children, all with their throats cut, were found in their house at Niles, Ohio, the other day. Shelar and his Wife were lying across the foot of the bed and the childron were lying on the floor in different parts of the house. Shelar of late drank heavily. It is said that he and his wife did not live happily together. The theory is that Shelar cut tho throats of his wife and children and then his own. He used a razor purchased of a hardware dealer the evening previous to the murder.

Appointed to Office. The President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: Milton Weidler, Collector Internal Revenue for the District of Oregon; Sergeant Lunsford, Second Artillery, to bo Second Lieutenant Sixth Cavalry; Thomas W. Lord, First Lieutenant retired list, to be Captain on the retired list. Tlie Fishing Industry In Maryland. Fifty millions of shad were hatched and distributed in Maryland waters during the year now closing, say the Maryland State Fish Commissioners in their annual report. There are now engaged in the Ashing industry in Maryland 23,750 men, and a capital invested of $2,100,000. Discoverer of Ohio Gas Dead. Dr. Jacob Carr Findlay, the discoverer of natural gas in Ohio, has died at Findlay, Ohio. His name became famous throughout the country for his untiring efforts to secure capital with which to prosecute his theory that natural gas existed there in paying qualities as early as 1836. Murderers Sentenced. —At Glenwood Springs, Colo., Robert Holmes has been sentenced to be hanged, ■William Chambers to a life sentence, and Joseph Holmes to ten years’ imprison- | aient for the murder of Henry Holme*. at Cache Creek, last June. New Railway Shops at Chattanooga. The) Cincinnati Southern Railway will build shops at Chattanooga, Tenn., at once, and employ 500 men. | ' J

DISCUSSING THE CRONIN VERDICT, j The Decision of the Jury Causes General Dissatisfaction. A Chicago dispatch says public interest j in the Cronin case has not abated one j whit The verdict returned is the subject j of general discussion, and the comment* | made on it as a whole are by no means | favorable to the jury. The almost uni- ] versal opinion is that the result of the long ! trial came little short of being a gross mis- j carriage of justice. Everybody seems to think that the death penalty would have been all too light a sentonce for men found guilty of being participants in such a brutal murder as was that of Dr. Cronin. There were not a few who advocate the propriety of the prosecution in tho case not resisting the motion of a new trial, but allowing it to be granted, in the hope that the result of a second trial would be that the three men who received life sentences in the penitentiary, should be given the death penalty. The prisoners, if they secure a new trial, must be tried on the same charge of which they have been convicted, but a heavier punishment may be visited upon them if the jury before whom they are tried so decides. In the case of Kunze, on the other hand, he could only be tried for manslaughter, but he might receive a longer sentence for that crime than this jury gave him. The prisoners deport themselves as men who have been relieved of an overpowering dread of something terrible to happen. JEFFERSON DAVIS’ WILL. The Estate of the Confederate Leader Left to His Wife and Daughters. The will of Jefferson Davis has been filed for probate at Mississippi City, Harrison County. It is free from political allusions and is confined entirely to the disposition of lFs property. After the usual formal opening the document continues: I give and bequeath to my wife,, Varina Davis, all of my personal belongings, including library, correspondence, and the Brierfield Plantation (proper), with all its appurtenances, being and situated in tho County of Warren, State of Mississippi, and being the same on which we lived and toiled together for many years from tne time of our marriage. Elliston Plantation is given to Mary Bouth Ellis, of Philadelphia, and Limerick Plantation goes to Mary Eidgely Dorsey. The will continues: 1 give and bequeath to my daughter, Varina Anne Davis, all the other property—real, personal, and mixed—which was inherited by me from Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, deceased, and of which I may die seized and possessed ; to my wife, Variua Davis, and to my daughters, Margaret Davis Hayes and Varina Anne Davis, as residuary legatees, I give and bequeath all the property, real, personal, and mixed, of which I may die seized and possessed and which has not been disposed of by the preceding articles. BIG CATTLE FIRMS CONSOLIDATE. The Hammond Company and the Munroea of Boston Unite Their Interests, A Chicago dispatch says; It Is now a settled fact that two of the biggest beef and cattle firms in the country—tho Munroes of Boston and the Hammond Company of Hammond, Ind have united, and that in the amalgamation the livecattle industry has lost one of the heavies t dealers, while the dronsedbeef industry has been increased by one. The Boston dressed-beef plant has, it is understood, been turned into tho new company, and it is also understood that Munroe will be one of the Eastern representatives of the Hammond Company. The Hammond concern has its plant at Hammond, Ind., and is one of the most extensive in the country. It is ona of the alleged “big four.”

SHOT HER INSULTER DEAD. A Missouri Farmer’s Daughter Takes Revenge on One of Her Father’s Help. Julius Hofer, a young Gorman whose parents reside in Cole County, Missouri’ was shot and Instantly killed by Louisa, the nineteen-year-old daughter of Abeaham Epperson, a Callaway County farmer. Holer worked for the girl’s father, Sunday night she had company, and next rooming Hofer made some remark about her and the young man who visited her, qt which she became greatly offended. At soon he repeated the remarks, and she diot him through the head with a revolver. He died instantly. The facts of the tragedy wore learned from a brothor of the deceased, who had just arrived in town, and the statement made is his story of the killing. WEALTH OF SOME WESTERN STATES Figures Showing a Wonderful Increase AVithin Nine Yoars. In its estimate of the present wealth of 1 the United States the New York World pub- | lishes the following figures secured from official sources to show the wealth of the States named:

Assessed valuations Per True valuaiu cent. tion in millions. of millions. State. 1880. 1889. wealth. 1880. 1889. Illinois $ 787 $ 792 25.44 $3,092 $3,112 Indiana.... 728 770 48.55 1,499 1,580 lowa 399 523 28.17 1,413 1,856 Kansas 101 301 27.98 575 1,290 Michigan... 518 954 37.79 1,370 2,501 Minnesota.. 258 507 40.44 638 1,402 Nebraska.. 91 170 31,24 290 563 Ohio 1,534 1,732 46.81 3,301 3,726 Wisconsin.. 439 577 45.3 d 969 1,273 BIG FIRE AT ST. LOUIS. A Loss of a Quarter of a Sllllion Dollars to a Couple of Printing Est ablishments. A St. Louis, Mo., dispatch says: Fire broke out in tho Commercial Printing Company’s establishment at Third and Locust streets. The loss to the Commercial Printing Company and the Woodward & Tiernan Company, in the adjoining building, will aggregate $250,003. The insurance is said to be very small on the material and a third of the property value. Rumors are ' current that two lives have been lost, those of the janitors. One of the city firemen i was seriously injured by the falling of the inner walls. TO FIGHT THE itAILROADS. I Charles H. Aldrich Appointed Special Assistant Attorney. Attorney General Miller has appointed Charles H. Aldrich, of Chicago, a special : assistant attorney of the Department of i Justice to have charge of suits to be insti- ! tuted against a number of subsidized railroad companies under the provisions of the act of Aug. 7i 1888, for allure to comply | with the requirements of the laws under

which they were chartered in resi>ect to the ! maintenance and operation of separate telegraph lines, and in respect to reporting to the Interstate Commerce Commission. MORMON OFFICIALS ARRESTED. Six Indictments Charging Maladministration and Conspiracy. (Tty Marshal Solomon. County Recorder i Cannon. Selectman Weiler, and Brigham ; Hampton, all Mormon officials, have been arrested at Salt Lake City. There are six indictments against Solomon charging him with misappropriating public funds, and one indictment against each of the others, charging them with conspiracy. They were released upon furnishing bonds to secure their appearance in the District Court. The officials are all prominent Mormons, and their arrest created a sensation. A BIG SCHEME REVIVED. Water Front Acquired to Build Wharves and Warehouses on Staten Island. A New York dispatch says: The scheme of President A. B. Stickney. of the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railroad, to establish extensive stock yards and build warehouses and wharves on Staten Island and to run a steamship line to England is apparently about to be carried out. After months of negotiation and litigation, sufficient water front has been acquired immediately south of the Clifton station of the Rapid Transit Road for the wharves of the steamship line. PROHIBITION FOR NORTH DAKOTA. An Air - Tight Law Passed by Both Branches of the State Legislature. A Bismarck (N. D.) dispatch says the ironclad prohibition measure has passed both houses. of the Legislature and awaits the signature of Governor Miller. The law goes into effect July 1, 1890. Destitution in Dakota. A Pierre (S. D.) dispatch says Gov. Mellette has returned from a tour of the dry districts. He says there are two centers of the dry districts, Miner County in the south and Faulk County in the north. Excepting a light crop in western Faulk there was almost a total failure of crops In these counties and in portions of the adjacent counties, except to the west, making in each case a dry district somewhat greater than double the area of each county. There are many cases of absolute destitution, and there would have been suffering but for the prompt assistance furnished from all other parts of the State and also adjoining States. The railroads are donating coal and hauling articles free to unlimited extent. The people are unusually healthy and in good spirits. The Deed of a Maniac. “Dear Jesus, I will send you my children for a Christmas present,” yelled Joseph Kracks at his home. No. 139 Avenue A, New York City. He and his wife and three children occupied the third floor. Mr. Kracks had suddenly become insane. He threw his three children, aged respectively 1, 5 and 8 years, and his wife out the window, inflicting injuries from which they may die. TWe baby cannot recover. All would have been killed instantly but fora fire-escape breaking the force of their fall| on the way down. It took several policemen to overpower and place the maniac in a straitjacket. He is in the insane department at police headquarters. His wife and children are in the hospital.

Oil Ablaze on tlie Seine. A Paris cable says: Several explosions occurred on board the British tank steamer Ferguson, lying at her wharf at RouenOne man was killed, four wounded and the vessel and docks were damaged to the extent of $150,000. The Ferguson took fire and burned to the water’s edge. The petroleum freed by the explosion spread out upon the bosom of the Seine and blazed f; eely for two hours, when the flames died out for lack of combustible matter to feed upon. English Capital in Texas. An English syndicate, headed by A B. Friese, of London, has purchased the flour mills and elevators of Cameron & Tatum, at Fort Worth, Texas, and in Waco, and will invest $5,000,000 in them. The syndicate proposes to build a system of elevators along the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad, with great central elevators at Fort Worth. The Englishmen will incorporate under Texas laws as the North Texas Grain Milling and Elevator Company.

Canada's Debt Increasing. An Ottawa (Que.) dispatch says: The public accounts for the fLcal year ending June 30, 1889, are just out. The total receipts for the year on account of the consolidated funds amounted to $33,782,870; tho total payments to $36,917,834; surplus at $1,865,036. The last budget estimated the surplus at $2,675,000. The net debt of the Dominion of Canada at the close of the year was $237,537,241, an increase of $2,998,633 during the year. Nominations Sent to the Senate. The President has transmitted to the Senate the following nominations: Second Lieutenant Edwin B. Babbitt, Fifth Artillery, to be First Lieutenant in the Ordnance Department; First Lieutenant Ormond M. Lacsak, Fourth Artillery, to be First Lieutenant in the Ordnance Department; Sergeant Daniel Lunsford. Second Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant in the Sixth Cavalry ; Sergeant Frederick S. Wild, Seventeenth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant in the Seventeenth Infantry; First Sergeant Robert Alexander, Fourth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry. The Electric Sugar Swindlers. At New York, Recorder Smyth handed down a decision in the case of the electric sugar swindlers—Mrs. Friend, Odrs. Howard, Orin Halstead, and George Halstead—refusing to accede lo the motion of District Attorney Fellows, that sentence upon their pleas of guilty should be suspended, and that they be discharged on their own recognizances. He gave them permission to withdraw their pleas of guilty. Fleming Declared Elected. A Petersburg (W. Va.) dispatch says: The Gubernatorial Contest Committee has fifed their report in favqr of seating Fleming (Democrat) by over 200 majority, while the minority find Goff (Republican) elected by

nearly the same number. Governor Wil- j son will call the Legislature immediately in extra session. Manitoban Forests Burned. A Winnipeg dispatch says that a practical lumberman who has explored the whole northern region is authority for the statement that the Canadian Government has lost $3,000,000 in timber dues alone since 1881 through fires set by Indians to drive out game and signal friends. Roasted on the Wires. Robert S. Dalton, a painter employed by the Lake Shore Road, met a horrible death at Toledo, O. He went to the top of a train shed to measure a skylight, and two hours later was found lying on his back across two electric light wires, the smoke curling from his burning clothes and flesh. Americans in Danger. The Moorish Government has cabled the Washington Government demanding the recall of Consul Lewis. There is great excitement in Tangiexs owing to his actions relative to the seizure of a case containing firearms. The lives of the American residents are in danger. Gas-Stokers Willing to Work. A large number of striking employes of the South Metropolitan Gas Company of London, have applied to the directors to return to work. The new men are doing their work satisfactorily and the gasometers are full. Charity a Cloak for Theft. Miss Maud Curran, a solicitor for several charitable institutions at Kansas City, Mo., has been arrested by the police of that city for shoplifting. In her room was found nearly SI,OOO worth of goods which she had stolen. Tanner Admitted to Practice. Ex-Pension Commissioner Tanner has opened a law and claims office in Washington, D. C., and has been admitted to practice as a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Tlie Contested Election Cases. The sub-committee of the House Election Committee has arranged the order in which contested election cases will be heard, beginning Jan. 7 with the case of Smith vs. Jackson, from West Virginia. Russian Students Grow Riotous. The students of the Odessa, Russia, university indulged in riotous demonstrations, which it was necessary for tho police to use extraordinary force to quell. The university has been ordered tdosed. The Flour OutputThe flour output at Minneapolis last week reached 152,560 barrels, against 136,800 the preceding week. The market is slow, small orders being generally reported, but prices are about unchanged. Found Ditman’s Hat. The friends of Joseph G. Ditman, the "missing Philadelphia banker, bolieve that he is dead. His hat has been found on the bank of the Schuylkill River, in which he is supposed to have drowned himself. Clothing Failures. The Rothschild clothing house and J. B. McCrystal, merchant tailor, both of Minneapolis, have failed, as stated, on account of the warm weather. The former concern owes about $40,000. Jeff Davis’ Estate. The whole assessed valuation of tho late Jefferson Davis’ property in Harrison County, Miss., is $7,940. Tho personal assessment was £531. Beauvoir is assessed at 54,500. Alleged Disorders In Rio de Janeiro. A private cable dispatch irom Rio do Janeiro states that fresh disorders have broken out in that city, and that further complications are feared. Malietoa Proclaimed King. Malietoa has been proclaimed King in Samoa, and has been formally so recognized by the Consuls. More Fighting in Crete. Reports have been received of fresh fighting at Sphakia and Crete, with many killed.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime $4.75 @5.25 Good 3.50 @ 4.50 Common 2.59 @ 3.50 HOG3—Shipping Grades 3.25 @ 3.75 Sheep 3.50 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2. Red 77 & .77% Cohn—No. 2 34 @ .35 Oats—No. 2... 20 @ .21 Rye—No. 2 45 @ .46 Butter—Choice Creamery 24 @ .29 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 09 @ .10 Eggs—Fresh 20}£@ .22 Potatoes—Choice new, per bu.. .36 @ .42” Pork—Mess 8.75 & 9.50 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 72JA@ .73% Corn—No. 3 29 *@ .30 Oats —No. 2 White 2H%@ .231£ Rye—No. 2 46 @ .47 ” Barley—No. 2 46 @ .47 Pork—Mess 8.75 @ 9,25 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.00 Hogs 3.00 @ 3.50 Sheep 3.50 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 81 @ .82 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 31 @ .31VI Oats—No. 2 White 26J4@ .27% TOLEDO. Wheat 81 @ .81V Corn—Cash S 3 & .34 ” Oats—No. 1 White 22 @ .23 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.75 @ 4.25 Sheep 4.00 @ 3.C0 Wheat—No. 2 Red -.85 @ .87 Corn—No. 2 42 @ .44 Oats —Mixed Western 27 @ .30 Pork—Prime Mess 11.00 @11.50 ST. LOUIS. Cattle #.25 @ 5.50 Hogs 3.25 @ 3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 @ 78 Corn 27 @ .27V, Oats 19 @ ,20” lttE—lJ 0.2 .• •42 I *>@ 43't> INDIANAPOLIS. ” ' ' Cattle—Shippiug Steers 3.00 @4.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 @ 3.75 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.09 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 @ .771^ Corn—No. 1 White 35 @ [3O ” Oats—No. 2 White 23)4@ 24'4 CINCINNATI. Hogs 3.00 @ 3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77U@ 7814 Corn— No. 2 37 ”@ .3714 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 25 @ .26 Rye—No. 2 45)£ @ !46)4 / BUFFALO. Cattle—Good to Prime 3.50 @ 475 Hogs 3.50 @ 4100 Wheat—No. 1 Hard... 89V@ .oov Cobn-No. 2 38 ”@ .39)6

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

IMPORTANT MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation’s Capitol What Is Being Done by the Senate and Honse Old Matters Disposed of and New Ones Considered. % Mr. Chandler offered a resolution in the Senate, on the 17th, calling on the Secretary of the Navy for information as to whether organizations not expressly authorized by the Secretary of the Navy exist among naval officers for purposes not merely literary or scientific, and if so, what are the objects of such organizations and what officers are members of them; whether such organizations embrace only one branch of the naval service, and are designed to protect and advance the special interests of that branch; whether any of them have been organized for the purpose of influencing Congressional legislation ; whether sums"of money have been paid or contracted for to influence legislation ; whether such organizations are compatible with proper discipline. The resolution was laid over. Senator Beagan introduced a bill providing for the incorporation of a private body to be known as the Jornado and El Paso Reservoir and Canal Company, the objects of which are to build and operate storage reservoirs in New Mexico and Texas for irrigating purposes. The bill appropriates 825,000, to be paid out of the national treasury, to pay the expenses of the survey for the reservoirs, and directs that Mai. Powell, of the geological survey, be placod in charge of this work. Nothing of interest transpired in the House. In the Senate on the 18th a resolution was introduced by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, to recognize the republic of Brazil, which went over under the rules. A joint resolution to extend the maritime conference until March 1 was passed. The Senate then, after the introduction of a few bills, went into executive session and made the following confirmations: Fred Douglass, Minister to Hayti; A. L. Snowden, of Pennsylvania, Minister to Boumania, Servia, and Greece; A. W. Barrett, of Massachusetts, Secretary of the United States Legation at Venezuela; J. J. Chew, of the District of Columbia, Secretary of the Legation at Vienna ; Charles B. Pope, of St. Louis, Consul at Toronto; G. W. Roosevelt, of Pennsylvania, Consul at Brussels; John S. Stevens, Minister to the Hawaiian Islands; William Walter Phelps, Minister to Germany; Solomon Hirsch, of Oregon, Minister to Turkey; T. H. Henderson, of Ohio, Minister to Bolivia; W. L. Bice, of Massachusetts, Consul at Leghorn ; A. J. Sampson, of Colorado, Consul at Paso del Norte, Mexico ; T. H. Sherman, District of Columbia, Consul at Liverpool; J. A. Tibbetts, of Connecticut, Consul at Bradford;. W. P. Sutton, of Michigan, Consul General at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; Evans Blake, of Illinois, Consul at Crefeld; L. W. Brown, of Ohio, Consul at Glasgow; J. B. Osborne, of Pennsylvania, Consul at Ghent; A. M. Tarker, of Massachusetts. Indian Inspector; W. G. • Pryor, of Maiiffe, Consul General at Halifax ; A. O. Burn, of Rhode Island, Consul General at Borne; D. B. Hubbard, of Massachusetts. Consul at Annaberg; B. S. McCormick, of Illinois, Second Secretary of Legation at London ; Commodore F. M. Ramsey, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation; P. W. Palmer, of Illinois, Public Printer; B. H. Miller, of Massachusetts, Indian Inspector; David J. Brewer, of Kansas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States In the House, the Senate amendments to the Housp joint resolutions for the printing of the agricultural report were agreed to. Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a concurrent resolution for a holiday recess from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6. Agreed t 0—152 to 36. On motion of Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, the Committee on Elections was granted leave to sit during the session of the House. Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported a resolution for the immediate roll-call of the States for the introduction and reference of bills. Adopted. Before the order was earned out, however, Mr. Payne, of New York, from the’ Silcott committee, reported a resolution authorizing the Sergeant-at-arms to oiler a reward of $5,000 for the arrest and delivery to the MarshaL of the District of Columbia of C. E. Silcott, the absconding cashier, the reward to bo paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Adopted.. In the Senate, on the 19th inst., the House concurrent resolution for a holiday recess from Saturday, the 21st, till Monday, Jan. C, was presented to the Senate and concurred in. Among the bills reported from committees and placed on the calendar was one to authorize the construction of a bridge across tho Missouri at or near the mouth of tho Kansas River. Resolutions were reported: By Mr. Cullom —To provide for celebrating in 1892 the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by an exposition of arts, industries, manufactures and products ; and by Mr. George, to permit Slates to tax national bank notes and United States notes. An adverse report was made on the joint resolution to amend the Constitution so as to allow the District of Columbia representation in Congress and the Electoral College. Mr. Chandler introduced a resolution asking the Secretary of the Navy for information regarding reported organizations of naval officers to employ an attorney to influence legislation In regard to the increase of the rank aud pay of naval officers, aud denounced such organizations in a lengthy speech. The resolution was adopted, and the Senate then went into executive session, in which the following nominations were confirmed : J. B. Erbardt, Collector of Customs at New York; Arthur L. Thomas, Governor of Utah; Elijah Sells, Secretary of Utah; B. M. Thomas, Secretary of New Mexico; L. M. Tayley, Commissioner of the District of Alaska; B. P. Robertson and Alvin Saunders, members of the Board of Registration and Election of Utah ; T. H. Cavanaugh, Surveyor General of Washington; B. A. Johnson, Surveyor General of Arizona. As Registers of the Land Office : C, H. Cornell. Nebraska; W. H. McCann, Chadson, Neb.; J. A. Mcßeth, Denver, Col. ;W. P. Alexander, Del Norte, Col.; E. L. Charnplin, Cheyenne, Wyo.; C. G. Williams, Watertown, S. D.; T. M. Reed, Seattle, Wash. The House was not in session. In the Senate, on tho 20th inst., Mr. Morgan called up his joint resolution recognizing the’ United States of Brazil as a free, independent, and sovereign state, and spoke at length on the subject. Remarks were made by Senators Ingallß, Sherman, Evarts Teller, and Call in opposition to the resolution, and by Senators Eustis and McPherson in its favor, and the vote on motion to refer the resolution to the Committee on Foreign Relations assumed a party aspect, the Democrats voting against the motion, with the exception of Senator Call. The tenor of the remarks by Senators opposed to the resolution was that Brazil, was no republic by the voice of the people, but by the proclamation of a few leaders, and when her people proclaimed her a republic they were to lend her all aid and sympathy, and a yea and nay vote was called on the motion to refer the resolution to the Committee on Foreign Relations and which resulted in no quorum, and the resolution was laid over and the (■ enate then went into executive session. The Senate was in executive session until 5:15 o’clock and then adjourned. About three hundred confirmations were announced. Among them were the following: Consuls of the United States—Delos H. Smith, of Arizona, at Nogales; Horace C. Pugh, of Indiana, at Newcastle;. Henry W. Didrich, of Indiana, at Leipsic. Comptrollers of the Currency—Asa C. Matthews, of Illinois, First Comptroller; Benjamin F. Gilkeson, of Pennsylvania, Second Comptroller. Auditors of the Treasury—William H. Hart, of Indiana, Third Auditor;. Thomas F. Coulter, of Ohio, Sixth Auditor. Collectors of Customs—Albert H. Killim, of New Haven, Conn.; Thomas V. Cooper, qf Philadelphia. Pension Agents—Bernard Kelly, of Emporia, Kan.; William Rule, of Knoxville, Tenn. W. Yeazy, of Vermont, to be Interstale Commissioner, and also a large number of" land officials and postmasters. In the House Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported a resolution providing for the creation of the following committees: Standing committee on expenditures in theDepartment of Agriculture, to consist of seven members; a select committee on irrigation of the ■ arid lands, to consist of eleven members ; a select committee on immigration and naturalization, to consist of seven members. The resolution was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, a resolution was adopted authorizing Isaac R. Hall to act as assistant doorkeeper of the House. On motion of Mr. McKenna, of California, a resolution was passed making immediately available for repairing the damages caused by flood in the Sacramento and Feather Rivers an onex pended balance of SIIO,OOO.