Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1890 — Page 2

®tje JcmocrfltirSentintl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - PtTBLISHDU

AROUND THE WORLD.

INTELLIGENCE FRO.M EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE. News from Foreign Shores—Domestic Happening*—Personal Pointers—Labor Notes Political Occurrences, Fires, Accidents, Crimes. Etc. IS ROBERT GARRETT A PRISONER? The President of the Baltimore & Ohio Chafing Under Restraint. A Baltimore (Md.) dispatch says: There Is an ugly rumor about town that the unfortunate Robert Garrett is subjected to ' stricter surveillance and more closely I guarded than his mental weakness requires. ■ The impression given by the rumor is that Mr. Garrett is practically a nrisoner in his own house, and that in his lucid moments he chafes very much under the espionage to -which he is subjected by his two muscular and always vigilant nurses, who. with I Dr. Jacobson, are constantly with him. SOLICITOR GENERAL CHAPMAN. He Falls a Victim to Bright’s Disease Other Deaths Reported. A Washington dispat h says: “Solicitor General Chapman of the Department of Justice is dead. He was taken down with the influenza nearly a fortnight ago, but was recovering from it when Blight's diseasa supervened and caused his death. Mr. Chapman was about 55 years old. He was a leading lawyer of Binghamton, N. Y.. and an active Republican leader. He was appointed Solicitor General last spring on the recommendation o ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt and members of Congress." PUT OXALIC ACID IN THE COFFEE. An Old Man Tries to Kill Himself, His Daughter, and Her Child. Frank Fairley, a German shoe-maker 74 years old. living with his daughter, Mrs. Myers, a widow, and hpr 10-year-old daughter, at Buffalo. N. Y., becoming despondent, proposed to his daughter that they end all their troubles by poisoning themselves,and Fairlsyhavin gsome oxalic acid in the house drugged the coff&i and drank it, the child being the only one ignorant of what she was doing. Fairley’s chances for recovery are small. The woman *s case is apparently the most serious. It is thought the little girl will recover. TOO MANY NEGROES. Their Incursion Into Arkansas Arousing Bad Feeling Among the Wh tex. Trie negro exodus to Arkansas is arousing some feeling. The State press generally and a majority of the citizens condemn the planters who employ the negroes on their plantations and defend the movement on the ground that the present force of laborers is insufficient to cultivate the cotton crop or open new land. From this date until April next. 5.00 J negross are expected to settle in the State. Escaped Prisoners Recaptured. A San Francisco dispatch says: J. W. McNulty, a condemned murderer, and H. Edwards, a burglar, two of the six men who escaped from the county jail a week ago, have been caught at Pleasanton, across the bay. A constable and two mon effected their capture, A farmer named McPherson recognized McNulty on the road and got the other two men to help him. McNulty showed light, but revolvers and Winchesters brought him to terms. This makes three out of the six that have been recaptured.

To Investigate Kansas Legislators. A pet tion is being circulated at Topeka. 1 Kan., calling upon Judge Guthrie, of the j District Court, to convene a special grand jury to “.nvestigate the action of certain officers and members of the Legislature." Over two hundred names have been secured. a requisite number to warrant the judge in such action. Some very sensation il charges a e promised by those engin Jering the matter. Brazil's New Banking Scheme. The Brazilian Government has issued a decree dividing the rount y into three banking districts and providing for three issu a banks with a capital of $250,0(0.000 in Government stock, the circulation of each bank’s notes to be confined to its own district. Ten per cent, of the earnings will be apnlied to the redemption of the capita! s.ock. . Polish Catholics Fight Over a Corpse. The Polish church war at Plymouth, Pa., has broken out anew. The Lithuanian faction attempted to bury a child at the Pol s i cemetery, but another Polish faction met the funeral procession at the gate of the cemetery and threatened to shoot the mourners. The latter retreated. There is talk about taking the cemetery by force. Portuguese Still Protesting. Pro fests against the ac tion o Great Britain in the African matter are displayed on tables in the public squares of Lisbon, and are being very numerously signed. The Government organs deny that any changes in the cabinet are pending. Devoured by Wild Hogs. Wild hogs entered the cabin of a farmer recently in the Chickasaw Nation, near Arbuckle, and devoured a little child which was alone in the house, the rest of the family being a short distance in the cottonfield. Henry Mason Seriously Hl. Mr. Henry Mason, President of the Mason & Hamlin Organ Company, is critically ill from pneumonia, at his residence. No. 39 Commonwealth avenue, Boston. No Redress Against Bucket-Shops. Judge Hicks, of Minneapolis, has decided there was no redress in Minnesota for those losing money in bucket-shops.

CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT. With a Few Exceptions the Crop Is Reported Above the Average. The Farmer*’ lieview ot Chicago prints the following summa y. giving the condition of winter wheat: Outside of Michigan and Wisconsin our correspondents as a rule report the condition of winter wheat equal to or above the average. Among the few exceptions in Illinois our Jo Daviess County corresi oudent reports tbe condition 60 per cent, as compared with the average Livingston and White County corress undents give the condition as 25 per eent. below the average. A falling <ff of 10 percent, is reported in about halt a dozen othercounties, but the majority repot. 10) )>er cent, or over, some correspondents estimating the condition at 125 par cent. The condition of winter wheat in Ohio is apparently the same as in Illinois. With few exceptions the condition ranges from D i to 125 per ceut. In Itidi ma, only four correspondents report averages below 101. In Kansas and Missouri three-fourths of our correspondents report liX) per cent, or over. Reports from Kentucky wheat fields are encocraging. as are also the renorts from the few c unities in lowa in which winter wheat is gro/n. In Michigan She condiu >n of winter wheat is low. Three fourths or our correspuudent 4 in that State report jiercentage- 10 to 25 )ier cent, below the average, The sann is true of pon ions of Wisconsin, Waushara County, for ins imic i, reporting condition only 5) ier cent. With tins exception .he general average hr the Stat" is higner than that ot Michigan. We summarize as follows the repot ts of < oirispoud.mts r. Inti e to the condition of winter wheat as compared with an average: Illinois. 100 per cent.; Indiana, 103/Ohio, b)J; Kentucky. Ij>; Missouri, 100: Kansas, 98, lowa, 93; Michigan, 86; Wisconsin, 89.

SAD FATE OF THE CZAR. The Ru er of Russia Said to Ke Losing His Reason. A London cable says: The repeated assertions of the insanity of the Czar are dulv denied, but it is true that the officials nearest his person find it difficult to gain access to him even for the purpose of obtaining his signature to documents or conferring with him upon the most important subjects. While certainjconciliatory projects were under hts consideration there came the discovery of the latest plot, involving officers personally dear to him and in whom he had themost undoubting trust, and the history of Russia under the remainder ot his reign will be that of an unceasing struggle between the eunnlng of unscrupulous tyranny and the craftiness of desperate anarchy. It is impossible to affirm or deny the reports as to the Czar’s health, but the reticence held concerning it is deemed suspicious, and the effect is felt upon every bourse in Europe. Colonel Voleikoff, of the Czar’s body guard, and several other military officers suspected of plotting against the life of the Emperor, have committed suicide. It is stated that a brother of the Czar will shortly be banished from the capital for meddling in political affairs.

WALKER BLAINE DEAD. Tlie Oldest Son of the Secre’ary of State Dies of I’neuinonia. A Washington dispatch reports the death of Mr. Walker Blaine on the 15th. His death was peaceful and so sudden that the members of his family, who were summoned when it became apparent that the end was near, were unable to return to his bedside before he breathed his last. Walker Blaine was the oldest living son of Secretary and Mrs. Blaine, and was born in 1855. He had always been closely connected with his father ever since lie became of age, an i at the beginning of the present, administration was appointed Commissioner of Claims of the State Department, which position he filled with marked ability. He was Third Assistant Secretary of State when his father was Secretary in Garfield's administration. On the Friday previous to his death he was attacked by influenza, but was doing well until symptoms of acute pneumonia appeared, and his condition became seiious. Secretary Blaine and lamily are completely prostrated. This is the third death in the family in a month. The first was that of Mrs. Blaine's sister, tho Secretary's brother followed, and now Walker Blaine. CONFIRMATIONS. Roosevelt and Thompson Placed on the Accepted Civil-Service Commission. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: Chris Mninor, to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District ot Illinois ; Theodore Roosevelt and H. S. Thompson, to be Civil Service Commissioners; A. J. Recks, to be Judge in the Northern District of Ohio; A. S. Edgerton, to be Judge in the District of South Dakota ; James H. Beatty aud W Van Decanter, to be Chief Justices of Idaho and Wyoming, respectively ; W. R. Sterling and F. Wood, to be District Attorneys of South Dakota aud Idaho, respectively. Registers of Land Offices—George E. Blanchard at Sidney. Neb.; James Elton at Grand Forks. Neb. ; Bennett S. Gillespie at O'Neil. Neb. Receiver of Public Moneys—G. W. Ayres at Rai>i<i City, S. D. Collectors’ of Customs-Charles F. Johnson at Duluth, Minn. ; G. H. Hopkins, at Detroit. Mich.; P. H. Hildebrand at Indianapolis, Ind. Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels -Joseph Cook of Michigan, Eighth District; John Ingle of Indiana, Sixth District.

THE RUSSIAN TREATY. It Is Discussed by the Senate in Executive Session and Referred. The Senate, in executive session, discussed lor an hour and a half the Russian extradition treaty, which has I een pending for a lon' time, and finally recommitted it to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senator Sherman, in presenting the treaty, said that the clause specifically setting forth that the murder of or attempt to murder the Czar or any member of his family shall not be considered a political offense w r as still retained. To this clause objection was made by various .• enators, tho principal speeches being made by Senator Eustis, a nu mber of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and Senator Teller, It is the impression that with the clause relating to the Czar and family eliminated the treaty will be ratified by the Senate. There was no objection to the clause which provides for the extra lition of persons charged with the malicious destruction of railroad or other property. FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN SUFFOCATE. A Drunken Uncle Laid His Lighted Pipe on the Bed and the House Burned Down. At Erie. Pa., Mr. and Mr-. Carl Rogalinski left their four children at home with Mrs. Rogalinsk.'s brother while they went to make a call. The little ones’ uncle was intoxicated, and he laid his lighted pipe down on tho bed in which the children

were sleeping. The bed took fire, and the house was nearly consumed before the firemen, arrived. The drunken man escaped. as did Mary Towlinskl, the owner of ths house, but the children were all suffocated. FATAL PANIC IN A SCHOOL. A Baltimore Exploxion Cau««< Excitement Among 200 Scholars. One Being Killed. While a Baltimore public school was in« session the steam heat nz boilers exploded with terrific lorce, partially wrecking the buiidmg. Nearly two hundred scholars, ranging in ace from sjven t> eighteen years, were-'present, and a panic ensued. No one was hurt by the explosion, but in the rush lor the stairs Alice Delorme, aged nine, was trampled to death by older children. A number of ttie -m tiler childr m were badly bruised, but none were seriously hurt. FEAR THEY HAVE PERISHEDI’ive People Lost in a Snow-Storne in Northwest Territory. A Calgary (N. W. T.) dispatch says: Several days azo a young man named John McDonald st tried from Rosebud with a team an 1 sl'igh to drive a Mrs. Wilson and tine • children to Gleieheu. They have not been hear 1 from sine?, and it is thought they must have perished in the storm, which was very severe in that section. Th j mounted polic i are out in search of them. MR. POWDERLY STILL SICK. A Constable Still Waiting to Arrest Him as Soon ais He Recovers. General Master Workman Powderly is still sick at his home in Scranton, Pa., and is not able to’leave the house. The warrant for his arrest was read to him on the day that it was- received. Mr. Powderly accepted the service, and sail that he would accompany the constable to an aiderman and give bail, as soon as- he was well enough. The constable is now waiting until Mr, Powderly sends him word that he is willing to he arrested. SALISBURY WAS SARCASTIC. The- Official Correspondence Between England and Portugal on Africa. The official correspondence between England and Portugal on the disputed territory in Africa is published. Portugal based her claims to Nyassalandand Mashonaland on treaties two centuries old and the ruins of ancient forts. Lord Salisbury in his reply is sarcastic, and he repudiates these archivologieal arguments in a tone overbearing and insolent throughout. MARY ANDERSON TO BE MARRIED. Her Engagement to Antonio de Navarro an Assured Fact. A Paris cable says: Mr. and Mrs. de Navarro, of New York, have cabled congratulations on their son s engagement to Miss Mary And trson. who is at San Remo with Dr. Sheppard’s family. Antonio de Navarro is at the same place, and has been traveling with Miss Anderson’s party for some weeks.

Obituary. - Asa T. Soule died at Rochester. N. Y., aged 65 vears. He was President ot a patent-bitters concern. Mr. Soule had very large interests in Western Kansas. He was the founder of Soule College at Dodge City, and the owner and President of the First National Bank there. He also owned more than half of the town of Ingalls, which became the county seat of Gt ay County after a violent struggle with the residents of Cimarron. Mr. Some was probably worth $2.000,1300. Latest Intelligence from Samoa. The steamer Lubeck has arrived at Sydney, Australia, from Samoa. She reports that a meeting of the British residents of Apia petitioned the Governor of Fiji to remove the British Consul. But the Consul had been already transferred to Noumea. The adherents and supporters of Malietoa and those of Tam tsese had had a friendly meeting. Death of Lord Napier. A London cable says: Lord Robert Cornelius Napier, of Magdala, is dead. He was a victim of influenza, l ord Napier was born in 1810 and served with distinction in a number of wars fK which Great Britain was engaged, his most brilliant, campaigning being in connection with the capture of Pekin, the Abyssinian expedition, and the captu o of Magdala.

Strike of Lace Weavers. A strike has taken nlace in the weaving department of the lice factory at Wilkesbarre. Pa. The men demand an increase in wages of $2 per month. This is the only lace factory in the United States, and employs 300 men. girls, and boys, all of whom will be affected by the strike. Superintendent Atkin expressed his willingness to submit the matter to arbitration. Death of a Railway Manager. Ethelbert L. Dudley, General Manager of the St. Paul and Duluth .Road, died at St. Paul of pneumonia, resulting from the grip. Joseph G. Lodge, a prominent attorney of St. Louis, also passed away under similar circumstances. Burneii by Molten Metal. By the bursting of blast furnace No. 1. in operation at the Illinois fiteel Company’s wo ks at South Chicago, one man was fatally injured, four were seriously hurt,and minor injuries were sustained by half a dozen others. Germans and Czechs at Peace. A Vienna cable says: The results of the German-Czech conference held in this city has exceeded expectations. The conference has succeeded in reconciling all the differences between the Czechs and Germans in Bohemia. California Fruit-Growers on the Tariff. The California Fruit Union has adopted l ;! memorial to Con ress requesting that the present t&riff of 1 cent per pound on prunes ,be increased to 3 cents, and that the duties on raisins, nuts, and olive products be not reduced. ‘ Tiie Crouin Murderers in Joliet. Judge McConnell, of Chicago, has overruled the motion of Daniel Coughlin. Pat-

rick O’Sullivan, and Martin Burke for a new trial, and sentenced them to lifelong penal servitude. The motion of John P. Kunze for a new trial was granted. The three murderers were taken to Joliet the day of their sentence. Fire in a Court House. Fire started in the Probate Judge’s office at the Court House at Chillicothe. Mo. The flames spread to an adjoining block of stores and both buildings were destroyed. All the Probata Court records and part of those in the prosecuting attorney's office were burned. Loss about $70,0.0. The Chicago Players* Club Secures keyA Chicago dispatch says: Charles E. Con-lskey has set at rest all doubts as to his position in regard to the Brotherhood by signing a contract to captain, manage, and play first base lor the Chicago Players’ team. An Ancient Church Burned. The first Universalist Church in America, erected in 1730, 1 as been destroyed by fire. Jr w.is located on the old Pierce farm at Gio icester, Mass., and had for years been used a s a barn. Robbed by an Employe. S. E. Olsen & Co.’s store at Minneapolis, Minn,, has been robbed by their elevator man of 52,<)00 worth of seal goods and jewelry. The man concealed himself in the store before it was closed. Reward Offered for Ready’s Capture. Governor Richardson of South Carolina has offered a reward of SSOO for the apprehension of David Ready (white), the perpetrator of the latest outrage in Barnwell County. - The-Reservation Will Be Opened. The proclamation to open the Dakota Sioux reservation has been prepared, and will be issued in a few days. This will add to the public domain about 11,003,000 acres of land. Women Raid Saloons. At Maysville, S. D.. a band of women armed with hatchets and other weapons wrecked several illicit drinking places, known as "blind pigs,” and totally destroyed the fixtures and furniture. Negroes Going to Oklahoma. It is reported that thousands of negroes are migrating from South Carolina to Oklahoma, and that by spring there will be 50,o'3o colored people in that district. The Week’s Business Failures. Failures for the weekin the United States number 336. as compared with 373 last week and 333 for the corresponding week a year ago. Canada's 1 rude With the United States. The trade and navigation returns show that Canada's trade with the United States was $1)1,000,003 last year, against SBO.OJO,COC w)th Great Britain. Freight Traffic Obstructed by the Grip, Owing to the prevalence of the gno among its employes the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburgh has been compelled to refuse freight for the seaboard. Von der Abe Again PresidentAt a meeting of the stockholders of the St. Louis Browns, held at St. Louis, Von der Ahe was re-elected President of the association. Welch Signs with the League. Welch, the base-ball pitcher, is reported to have signed a three-year contract with the New York League Club, at a salary of $4,033. ' Bricklayers and Masons Meet. The twenty-fourth annual convention ot the Bricklayers anl Masons' International Union of America is in session at Kansas City. Deadly Electric Wires.' While taking shocks from an electric-light wire at Hartford. Conn.. Oscar Williams caught the full force of the current and was instantly killed. New Trial for a Condemned Priest. A now trial has been granted by the North Caroline Supreme Court to Father Boyie. the ex-pi lest, under sentence of death tor assault.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle- Primes4.7s @ 5.25 Good 3.50 ® 4.50 Common 2.50 (<4 3.50 Hoos- Shipping Grades 3.25 @4.00 Sheep 4.00 @ 5.50 Wheat - No. 2 Red76’<j@ .77 Cobn-No. 2 .28'.,@ .29 Oats—No. 220 ’@ .20'., Rtf.- No. 244 @ .45 ~ Butter—Choice Creamery 23 @ .26 Chkese- FuII Cream, flatso9 @ .10 Ecms—Freshl3 @ .14 Potatoes—Choice new, per bu.. .37 @ .42 Pi)BK- Mess 9.25 @ 9.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat -Cash 73 @ .75 Corn-No. 3 27 @ .27'.. O*ifc—No. 2 White 22 @ ,22'i Ry*-No. 2 45 @ .45C Barley—No. 2 43 @ .45' Pork -Mess 925 @ 975 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.00 Hogs 3.00 @ 3.75 Sheep 3.50 @ 5.25 Wheat -No. 2 Red 89'-i@ ,81V> Cohn No. 2 Y.-llow 30 @ .31’ Oats—No, 2 White2s @ .26 TOLEDO. Wheat ap's@ .81 Co KN--Ca5h....,30 @ .31 Oats—No. 2 Whim 25 @ ' ,25'A NEW YORn. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.50 4.25 Sheep 4.00 @ 6.50 Wheat—No. 2 Redß/ @ .89 Corn—No. 238 @ .40 Oats—Mixed Western 27 @ .30 Pork—Prime Mess 10.50 @ll.OO ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.25 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.25 @ 3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 @ .77% Corn ,25'$@ .26 Oats 2J ’@ .21 Rye—No. 2 < 41 @ .42 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping Steers 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 @ 3.75 Sheep -Common to Prime 3.00 @ 4.75 Wheat--No. 2 lied ,76V>@ .77)6 Corn—No. 1 White3o ’@ .31 Oats--No. 2 While 23 1 6@ .24*6 CINCINNATI. Hogs 3.50 @4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 79!6@ .80)6 Corn—No. 2 38%@ .33)6 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 24 @ .95 ’ Rye—No. 2 51 @ .53 BUFFALO. Cattle—Good to Prime 4.00 @ 4.75 Hoos 3.50 @ 4.0 J Wheat—No. 1 Hard ...91 @ ,92 Corn -No. ‘L...'. 33hj 5 .30$

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAT THEY AKE DOING. r Proceedings of the Senate and Representatives Discussed and Acted On Gist of the Business. .... In the Senate on the 13th inet. bills were reported for public buildings in St. Paul, Mian. ($1,500,000); Sfowx City, lowa ($500,0)0); awl Cedar Rapids, lowa (8200,000). The biM to aathorize a railroad bridge across the MissouA River at a point between the County of Douglas, or of Sarpy, in Nebraska, and the County of Pottawatomie, in lowa, was amended and passed. The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Plumb; respecting the lease of the islands of St. Paul and St. George to the Alaska Conrmercial Company, and for an investigation of the sealing business was taken up,, and Mr. Plumb spoke in its favor. Messrs. Dawes, McPherson, and Stewart defended the Alaska company, and the resolution was referred* to the Committee on Finance. Action of the House upon- the death of Representative Kelley was announced, whereupon the Senate adjourned. In the House Mr. Adams of Illinois, Chairman of the Silcott Investigation Committee, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill appropriating $75,009 for the purpose of supplying a deficiency in the appropriation for the pay and mileage of members and delegates, occasioned by the recent defatoation in the office of the Sergeant-at-arms. Messrs. Hemphill, of South Carolina, and Holman, of Indiana, submitted minority reports. They were all ordered printed in the record and recommitted. Accompanying Mr. Hemphill's report is a bill authorizing members who suffered by the defalcation to bring, suit against the Government in. the Court of Claims. The States were called, and a number of bills introduced and referred. The House then proceeded in committee of the whole (Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, ifa the chair) to the consideration of the bill to provide for town-site entry of lands in Oklahoma. Mr. Culberson, of Texas, gave notice of a proposed amendment providing that the claim of any person for any town site or town lot shall be deemed invalid if such person' entered the territory or took possession of .such town'site or town lot in advance of tne date fixed by the President’s proclamation for entering the territory. No action was taken, the committee rose, and the House adjourned.

In the Senate on the 14th Inst, the Finance Committee reported favorably Mr. Sherman’s anti-trust bill. The morning hour was consumed in the introduction of unimportant measures, most of them relating to pensions. At the close of the morning hour Senator Call called up his resolution with reference to the Florida swamp-land frauds, upon which he proceeded to speak at some length. His remarks caused something of a sensation. He assailed the Senate Committee on and claimed that thousands of acres had been patented as swamp lands that were capable of cultivation. His attack on the committee arousel Senator Plumb, who made a scathing reply. He said that Congress had given these lands to Florida as a trust, and that if there were any frauds the State alone was responsible for them, and every word spoken by Mr. Call was in denunciation of his own State. At some length he answered the charges against the committee and in round terms denounced Mr. Call’s action in placing his own State in such a light before the Senate. Mr. Call replied in equally bitter terms, styling Mr. Plumb’s remarks as the contemptible utterances of the gentleman from Kansas. Mr. Dolph also replied in a few words to the charges against the Senate sub-committee. The Senate then went into executive session and adjourned at 4 o’clock. The House spent the day in discussing the bill to refund to members the amount stolen from them by Silcott. At4:3J the House adjourned without action. In the Senate on the 15th Mr. Sherman introduced a concurrent resolution providing for the settlement of disputes between nations by arbitration. After the introduction of a few measures the resolution to recognize the republic of Brazil was read. Mr. Turpie proceeded to make a few remarks on the subject. Mr. Turpie criticised severely the tardiness of the administration in recognizing tho republic. He quoted the action of former Presidents in similar cases, espec’ally that of Grant in regard to France, and closed by saying: “The delay of our recognition has already been misconstrued.* I hope it may come soon enough to prevent further mistakes?’ The Senate went into executive session at 2:40, and adjourned at 4:30. In the House, consideration of the bill providing for an appropriation of §75,000 to cover the individual losses sustained by members by Silcott’s defalcation was resumed, and the debate continued throughout the afternoon. On Mr. Hemphill’s substitute, which proposed sending the entire question to the Court of Claims, the vote was 136 yeas and 138 nays. On Mr. Adams’ bill, which appropriates the money for the repayment to members of the amount stolen, the vote was 126 yeas and 142 nays. The bill being thus defeated, a. motion was made to reconsider. Pending a vote on this the House adjourned. At the opening of the session Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, rising to a question of privilege, denied the charge that he introduced a bill for the abolition of the tax on oleomargarine. In the Senate, on the 16th, after the introduction of miscellaneous business, Mr. Butler began a speech on his bill to provide for the emigration of the negroes of the South, at Government expense, under the direction of the Quartermaster General of the army, and appropriating §5,000,061 to carry out the purpose of the bill. At the conclusion of Senator Butler's remarks, Senator Pasco gave notice that he would at an early day address the Senate upon the question of Federal control of Presidential elections, and then Senator Hoar addressed the Senate in response to Mr. Butler. The Senate on the conclusion of Mr. Hoar’s speech went into executive session and adjourned. In the House, Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported a resolution for the appointment of a committee on the world’s fair, to consist of thirteen members, which committee shall within three days, report a plan, by which the House can determine the site of the proposed fair, and subsequently report a bill providing for the fair. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, as the minority of the committee, reported a substitute resolution that the Committee on Foreign Affairs be instructed to report a resolution providing a method of selecting the locality of the World’s Fair of 1892, by a vote of the House of Repretatives. An exciting discussion ensued in which Messrs. Hitt,,of Illinois ; Morrow, of California; Springer, of Illinois; McCreary, of Kentucky; Chipman, of Michigan ; and Hooker, of Mississippi, spoke, in favor of Mr. •> Cannon’s, amendment, while Messrs. Hatch, of Missouri ; Frank, of Maine; and Payne, of New York, spoke in favor of the majority report. Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio, sided with Chicago. At 4:15 p. m. Mr. Cannon, having inodifie.l his resolution., offered it as a substitute for the resolution reported by Mr. McKinley, and it was adopted by 137 yeas to 134 navs. On the main question, whether the substitute should pass the vote stood 134 to 134, when Mr. Springer of Illinois changed his vote to no for the purpose of moving for a reconsideration, wnich motion was pending when the House adjourned. In the House, on the 17th, Mr. McKinley called up life, motion to table Ms. Springer’s motion to reccaasider the vote by which the House the previous day refused to substitute the resolution reported by the Committee on Rules (as amended by the adoption of the Cannon resolution) for the original resolution referred to the committee. The motion to table the motion to reconsider was agreed to—yeas, 144; nays, 142, • The question then recurred on the adoption of the original resolution, as follows: “Resolved, That a committee of nine members be appointed by the Speaker, to be called the world’s fair committee, to which shall be referred all matters relating to the proposed celebra ion of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, or the World’s Fair of 1832." The resolution was adopted—yeas, 141; nays, 136. Mr. Flower, of New Y’ork, introduced the New York World's Fair bill and it was referred to the special committee appointed. Mr. Raines, of New York, offered a resolution increasing the membership of that committee from nine to thirteen. Referred to Committee on Rules. Tha House then went into committee of whole, Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the chair, on the bill to provide for town-site entries of lend in Oklahoma. The bill was debated throughout the afternoon and ths House adjourned without action, The Senate was not in session.