Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1890 — Page 2

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A TURBULENT WORLD.

.IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE DAY TOLD BY TELEGRAPH. Foreign and Domestic .In telligence Transmitted by Wire—A Kaleidoscope of Interesting Occurrences—Political, Orli iinal, > Accidental, and Industrial. a crisis in Canada; The Dominion Claims the Right to Make ’ Its Own Copyright Laws. An Ottawa (Ont.) special: Matters have come to a crisis between the imperial and Canadian Governments in reference to the copyright question. The English publishers have been making strenuous efforts to induce the British Government to disallow the Canadian act of last session, and recently the Ottawa authorities forwarded to England a strong justification why the Canadian act should not be disallowed. Under the ninety-first section of the British No th American act—the Canadian Constitution passed by the Imperial Parliament in 1867—the Parliament of Canada is empowered to legislate on copyright. It this right be taken away the act itself will become a dead letter and serious complications may arise. Besides claiming home rule on this the Canadian Government has asked England to give the requisite one year’s notice tor the withdrawal from the provisions of the Berne convention.

PRICES FOR MINING COAL. A Scale Adopted by the United Mine Workers. The United Mine Workers, at their convention in Columbus, Qhio, agreed upon the following scale of prices: Hocking Valley 8 83 Western Pennsylvania 90 Indiana block coal 95 Indiana bituminous 85 Wilmington coal field 90 Streator, 11l 93 La Salle, 111 1.00 Spring Valiev. 11l 1.00 Springfield, 111 71?& Stanton and Mount Olive, 111 66'.> Peoria District 85 * Moundsville, W. Va 85 Flat Top, W. Va. (run of mine) 5.) Monongahela River. I'o Kanawha River. 9o Pomeroy, Twenty-second Division 51 Reynoldsville (low grade region, .run of mine)...., 50 Price for work in veins under feet at semo proportion as present prices. Tho Pflcefon t|ie Wilmington coal fleld.,exclusive of brushing, is iljejd at 15 cents per ton, the to take effect May 1. ■. t BOUGHT THE FOREI’AUGH SHOW. An English Syndicate Secures a Controlling Interest iii’the Concern. At Philadelphia, Pa., it is stated authoritatively that tha English syndicate has concluded negotiations with the representatives of the late Adam Forepaugh, and that his show would pass Into their hands. They secure a $600,000 interest In the affair. Adam Forepaugh, Jr., will be retained in charge of the show this season. Austria’s Empress Insane. The Empress of Austria gives undoubted evidence of the insanity hereditary in her family. She refuses to see anybody, and spends her time in singing dirges to the accompaniment of an organ. Thrice a day she goes to the cathedral to. pray lor the welfare of her son’s soul, and has a large picture of him draped in crape over her bed. Missouri Valley Cut-Stone Contractors. The Missouri Valiev Cut-Stone Contractors and Quarrymen’s Association held its annual session at the Chamber of Commerce at St. Paul. Minn., and elected these offleers: President, A. Sutermeistsr of Kansas City; Vice President, A. Schall of Omaha; Treasurer, James Cuthbert of Topeka; Secretary, W. E. Emery of Kansas City. To Clear Their Wives’ Reputations. Sir Francis Cook and John B. Martin, husbands respectively of Tennie C. Claflin and Victoria Woodhull, as they are known in America, are making every effort to hunt down the parties who have for years assailed tfie 2 cjsui-cidoa of their wives. Brazil’s Loader' Dying. Adyices from Montevideo, untfer date o D?c. 21, assert that General De Fonseca, the head of the provisional government of Brazil, is dying from angina pectoris in a hotel in a suburb of Rio j’aneiro. St. Paul to Have a Library and Art Hall. A number of ’ Citizens of 8L Phut. Minn., headed by James J. Hill with a subscription of $59.00J, have subscribed already $150,000 for and art hall, for which the city will furnish a site. The Newfoundland Fisheries. It is believed that the dispute between the English a;»d French Governments over the ancient French right to fish in Newfoundland waters will be settled by the former buying the claim of the latter. Terrible Infantile Death-Rate. The fact that but 23 per cent, of foundlings live that are sent to the Russian Government institutions nas caused an order to be issued for a rigid investigation to be made. f “ "—? . r-- » Settled thq Seas with Oil. Tho captains of three steamships used oil successfully to break the waves of turbulent seas in their recent passage across the Atlantic. _____ Floods in California. California valleys are being visited by terrible floods, the Sacramento. Russeau and other, riyers hayfog gyeally swollen. Diphtheria in » Theological Seminary. 1 AuESbury Theological Seminary. Minneapolis. has been closed on account of an epidemie of diphtheria prevailing th«rs.

KILLED. AT AAVXERAL Eenr J’ejuple a Most Horrible tin' an nail in? involving the lives four i»rslfos|;oeeurred at the entrance Cemetery, Chicago. The victims are: Frederick Paypejl killed instantly; Mrs. llosa Brr i hly mangled, died within ten minutes; Mrs. William, lleprpgel. horribly mangled, died aftey renqQtal U>, (Chicago; . bimon, Anderson* d|ed if tar I removal to Chicago. The catastrophe was due to the Milwaukee express on the Northwestern Upod, yhioh, while tunning at the rate of fifty • miles-an hour, dashed Into a funeral pro Cession that was crossing tthe -track to enter the cemetery. It pne of tile carriages, containing four persons, instantly : killing one, injuring another so badly that death ensued in a few minutes, and man- ; glinga third.and also the driver so horribly • that death soon followed. The only oco- ' pant of the carriage who escaped serious injury was a little girl 8 years old, who, by what seems little less than a miracle, sustained only a few scratches. Mr. and Mrs. Payne were the parents of the corpse being nuried, Mrs. Reprogel was a friend of theirs, and Simon Anderson was the driver ' of the carriage. The engineer of the train has been arrested. CLEVELAND ON TARIFF REFORM. He In as Enthusiastic as Ever on the Subject— Presidential Possibilities. A New York dispatch says: Editor Munford, of Kansas City, has had an interview with ex-President Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland expressed his gratification at the in-, terest taken throughout the country in the question of tariff reform. Mr. Munford then called Mr. Cleveland's attention to the fact that the Democratic party was already preparing for 1892, claiming that it was virtually unanimous that Mr. Cleveland should be the leader. “As to that." Mr. Munford quotes Mr. Cleveland as saying: It is the cause and the personal considerations that should concern us. lam so well situated now that if I consulted my own feelings I would prefer to have some one else take the lead. Men who have elements of leadership develop rapidly, and it is a long time till 1892. li is not a matter of men, but of principles. I rejoice to feel that the Democratic party is the repository of the best principles and purposes ; that its ranks teem with the intelligent young manhood of the country, and that it enjoys a complete monopoly of every American policy not merely sectional or time-serving. CENSUS SUPERVISORS. i 1 . < A Large Number Appointed by the President. The President has sent to the Senate the following nominations. ■ ' < . John R. Rerry to be-Collector of Customs at San Diego, Cal., and Daniel C. Clark to be assistant appraiser at Philadelphia. To be supervisors of tne census : Ohio— Isuae Minor Kirby First District; Jbhn Devof, Second) Dot Wright. OJhird ; Mark , Sternbejger, > Fourth; Samuel H. Peterman, Fifth; Jamas P. Wood Seventh ; ; William > BrinneiiJ Eighth. 'n3 biatlta—Wiljiaui ; 8, Randall, . First; Benjamin F. Shouffer,' Secohd; Thbmas-M. Cook Third. Nevadfa-Jofin H. Sharp, hirst; J. W* Strange, r Sec£nfl. Washington—Will D. Jenkins, First. (South Dakota,-Charles W. Mather Second. New Mexico—Horatio W. Ladd, Utah —Amasa 8i Cannon. Illinois—Cash ' C. .Toned Second. JlichUan-j-Jaiues N, Mcßrfaft Third.’ Wisconsin—Luther B. Noyes, Fourth. Minnesota—Edward Ji., Davenport, Second; Ebner E. Adams, Fourth. NORTHWEST LUMBER INDUSTRY. A Decrease Over the Output of the Previous Year Prospects for 1800. The Mississippi Valley published at Minneapolis, gives a thorough and carefully compiled review of the white pine industry of the Northwest. It places the total lumber cut for 1889 at 3,467,436,593 feet, a decrease of 756,404.777 feet over the figures of 1883, the shingle production at 1.581,576.550. an increase e! 196.326,900 over the preceding year, and the lath output at 687.260,671. which represents a decrease of 23,048,539 over 1888. The low water which prevailed during the season of 1889 left on the various streams a large number of logs. It is estimated that these amount to 120,000,000 feet on the Upper Mississippi. 100,000,000 on the St. Croix, and COJ.COO.OOJ on the Chippewa. The stock on hand for the same districts is 2.3'3,813,834 feet of lumbe-, 696,925,790 shingles, and 201,719,130 lath, the first two items showing a heavy increase over 1888.

ACCUSING AN EDITOR OF TREASON. A Toronto Man Charged with Revealing State Secrets to American Senators. A Toronto special says: For several days the Empire newspaper, organ of the Dominion Government, has formulated charges of treason against the Mail newspaper and its editor; Edward Farrar, based upon alleged secret information furnished by Farrar to thd Republican members of the Senate committee onCanadian affairs,which information tended to serve in coercing Canada into annexation. The Mail editor denied the charges, and upon their reiteration the Mail has caused to be served a (warrant for criminal libel on liavid Creighton, M. P., managing editor of the Empire. The leading constitutional lawyers of the Dominion have already< beeiv retailed by both’sides. 1 • > l - V-- I , WIEI. STARVE HIMSELF’ TO DEATH. A Kansas Defaulter Announces that He Proposes to End His Days in Agopy. A Manhattan (Kan*.) ’'dispatch • James Fortner, the delinking TreastfMr of Riley County, announces his intention of-committing-suicide in a novel manner. He prefers death, he says, to the punishment for his crime,- and -he has-resolved to die by starving himself to death. Since leaving Memphis he has eaten nothing nor has he drank so much as a mouthful of water nor slept. He is already thin and emaciated.” SAMUEL J. RANDALL. Admitted to the Metropolitan Presbyterian Congregation at Washington. The stories that Congressman Randall’s condition has become critical are revived by the announcement that he has been admitted to the Metropolitan Presbyterian ChQfob- Dr. Chebter, ,who Sfos called in by Jfrs. Randall, baptized foe and admitted him to the fellowship of the church. The fact has been announced from the pulpit. It is still claimed by Mr.

V A. Randall s fawly that his health is improvA'ASTLE .TO BE i'OSTM ASTESL StATauT (Mi»j.)'«ftspa«»i stated that Senalors'Davis and Washburn have agreed on Capt. Henry A. Castle for Postmaster at Kt. Paul, and IJresident-Harrison1 Jresident-Har-rison will nominate him for soon. Poeimhsteg- 1 Lee’s term does not ‘ expire until December, 1891, and Democrats are disposed to protest over the proposed sumtaaty decapitation. 5 : - <.!■ ■< DEATH BY AN EXPLOSION. »il! Five Men Killed and Thirteen More or Less Seriously Hurt. A Charlotte (N. C.) dispatch says: Ar - port reaches here of a terrific explosion of powder in Wilkes County on the line of the new railroad. A great quantity of rock was thrown up and fell upon several men. Five were killed and thirteen injured more or less seriously. Named for Office. The Senate has confirmed the nomina* tion of George P. Fisher, of Delaware, to be First Auditor of the Treasury, and Marcus Johnson Collector of Internal Revenue for the district of Minnesota. Mr. Fisher’s nomination has been hnng up in the Committee on Finance for some time because of charges made against him. but the committee unanimously decided that there was no reason why he should not be confirmed, and so reported. The President has nominated John A. Percival to be Receiver of Public Money at Devil’s Lake, N. D. Claim There Was No Counterfeiting. A San Antonio (Tex.) dispatch says: Bankers here pronounce the New York counterfeiting story as a "fake.” They say it would be a waste of time to counterfeit United States dollars in Mexico, as the banks of that country would pay no more for them than for silver bullion. In Mexico the laws against counterfeiting are severe and most rigidly enforced. The penalty is horrible. The convict has his right hand struck off at the wrist and is confined on a small island off the coast, near Vera Cruz, for the remainder of his life. Result of the Danish Elections. A Copenhagen cable says: In the elections just held lor members of the- lower house of Parliament the candidates of the ministerial party polled 91,159 votes, the opposition candidates 139.854, and the socialists 17,232. This is a gain of 2,987 voted for the ministerialists and 2,195 for the opposition. The new House will comprise 23, ministerialists, against 28 in the preceding House, 57 compromise members, and 17,irreconciiables. In tiie last House the united opposition numbered 74 votes. ■ , ; • « ■ J > . j'_ Death of Chief Sappo Vo-Na-Ro. A Price Station (Utah) dispatch Says: "Old Sappo Vos Na-Ro,- head chief of the Uncompaghre Uti?s, died at his village on the 4igency, Jan. ' Charley Shgvenau has been chosei} head chief. Up is an intelligent man and reads, writes, and talks English quite well. He is a pronounced friend Of schools .and education, and the tribe will no doubt be greatly improved under his rule.” The Indians and Oklahoma. William L. Byrd. Governor of the Chickasaw natlpn qf Indians, in a communication fold before the Sehate, protests against the,proposed establishment of a territorial form of government in Oklahoma as a violation of the treaty made with the Indians in 1830, and therefore a violation of justice and fair dealing with them. The Governor also says that any such change would tend to the annihilation of the Indian tribes in the Indian Territory. Accident to the Sardinian. The British steamer Sardinian. Capt. Richardson, from Portland, Jan. 9, has arrived at Liverpool. She reports heavy weather. Jan. 16 an alarm of fire was given, caused by the bursting of a steamgau;e. In the meantime the funnel was smashed, and the fires were smothered by the water pouring down on them. Criminal Care'essness of Railway Employes. An engineer and a fireman on the Long Island Railroad have been arrested for criminal carelessness. They drove a train at full speed over the Dutch Kill Creek bridge, which was only closed in time by the drawtender by desperate exertions- to prevent the train, with its hundreds of 1 passengers, from plunging,to destruction. Two Trainmen Less. An accident occurred on the Alabama Midland Railroad near Gordon, , Ala., by which Engineer Raleigh and Fireman Flood lost their lives. The tender left' the track, and carried with it the engine and several cars, 1 The cause of the accident is not known. .j, . ~ jj, ( , i <; r -■ ,c j . ‘ Voted to Unseat the Democrat. )jr i . By a ptrict party vote the Housj Elections Committee have decided to report in favor of unseating JAckson, the Democratic Bepresentatiye from West ’ Virginia, ahd declaring Sailth, tant, entitled to the seat;: 1 l:< ; f < toss by the THJg HoAtoit Fire, Official announcement is I made that the loss by- the fire in Boston on Tl-.anksgivliig-’ Day was £3,841;388; that the insurance involved amounted t 0,55,395,533; and, the ; loss to insurance companies aggregated $3,m,433. ' - ~T “ 1 ■ • • Pugilists Released on Bail, > Muldoon, Cleary, and Donovan gave ba 1 before the court at Purvis,'Miss..'Charles Rich, at whose place the fight occurred, going on their bond. They were at once released to appear bialore the court Idr trial in June. - , , : , Worked the Gold-Brick Game. Clark Adams, a wealthy farmer living near Lima, Ohio, swindled out of $6,000 Thursday by a paib of clever rascals who worked the old gold-,brlbk garhe. Alt Absconder Sentenced. ’At*New M. jdekson. the teller • of the United States Sub-Treasury who ab-

sconded in 1887 with fl' ey. hpg bepn sentenced to|M impHaonment of sigfre ars add a fine of $16,000. ' ’ r. Wk>Clearino ofjMoritreal. • rworUijof th)r Montreal Clearing JpeotJatioh‘lor tlhe last twelve months snows that the total transactions during that period amonnttMLin a dally average of about sl,§oJ,ooa r, •,<■ ■ Grain .in Sight. .... .. r Tie visible suoply of'grain, as reported by the New York Produce Exchange, is; Wheat. 32,540,631 bushels, a decrease of 637,790 bushels; corn) 12.215.257 bushels, an increase of 382,172 Will Returns Work on the Big CanaL The Rio Grande Immigration and Coionizati'ou CMitxpaay- Rus phteilled'' the iPueblo IndthUls.* and work will be resumed l on’the big ditch near Albuquerque, which is to cost several million dollars. Negroes Emigrating to Texas. A Corsicana (Tex.) dispatch reports that over 159 negroes have passed through there on tbeir way to Brazos County from North Carolina and that many more are expected. New England Blazes. At North Troy, Vt., Hardy’s lumber mills and thirteen dwellings were burned. A brick block at Boston has been destroyed by fire. It was occupied by a half dozen firms, who lose in the aggregate SIOO,OOO. Internal Revenue Receipts. The receipts from internal revenue the first six months of the fiscal year ending June 30,1890, were $69,077,842. being $5,766,266 greater than during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. A Vapor Stove “Combine.” It is reported from Cleveland that at a recent meeting in Chicago a vapor- stove "combine” was organized with a capital stock of $2,000,009, and including a dozen corporations. Short in His Accounts. A telegram from Washington states that Charles Spalling, the retiring receiverot the land office in Topeka, Kan., is $3,009 short in his accounts with the Government. Mr. Spnrgeon’s Condition. Advices from Mentone, France, say there has been a further development In the case of Mr. Spurgeon, aud that he is now unable to leave that place. a Postmaster. The postmaster at Albuquerque, N. M.-. was bound And gagged and the office robbed of several hund.ed dollars’ worth ol stamps and jewelry. : ; Sued the Eiffel Tower Man. Gustav Biffel, engineer of the famous tower, has begn sued by a New York firm for money due. it on the elevators which were put In the tower. Affects Rubber Goods. Il ls reported froin Para that the concesgranted to mercantile companies of 20 i-eia per'pouhd on rubber has been ‘revoked by the provisional government.Cost of Maintaining Niagara. It coSt New York State last year $27,000 to maintain its Niagara Falls property. It is proposed t,o spend £63,000 this year in improvements. An Ohio Railway Sold. By judicialaale at Portsmouth, Ohio, the Sciota Valley Hoad was sold to a representative of tho New York Trust Company for £3.565,000. Senator Quay’s Niece to Wed. It is reported that Miss Theta Quay, a niece of Senator Quay, is to marry Mr. Robert Franks, Secretary of the Hartman Steel Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Smuggled Goods Confiscated. Cotton goods valued at $2,000, which had been placed on a Mexican Central train by smugglers, were confiscated at Paso del Norte. Players’ Games Arrange/!. The Players’ League has arranged its schedule of games for next season, but declines to make it public until March 11. Will Not Issue Silver Notes. There is no truth in the 1 eport that the Bank of England is to issue silver notes.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle— Prime ... $4.75 @ 5.50 Good 3.50 ® 4.50 Common 2.50 @ 3.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.25 (<8 4.00 Sheep 4.03 @ 5.53 Wheat—No. 2 Red , .76 @ .7516 Cohn—No. 2 '‘29V. Oats—-Np. 2... .1. ~ ,20%@ .21% Rye—No. 244 @ .45 I!Vxtf.h—Choice Creamery 1 .23 @ .26 . Cheese—h’ull Cream, flats o9} 2 @ -Jo KGGs-UFreshi .14 @ .15 Potatoes—r Choice new, per jiu ~ .37 @ '4O Pork—Mess .:: 9.75 (gjio.2s 1 .uj MILWAUKEE. > Wheat—No. 2 Spring 72 @ .74 Corn—No. 3.;'.... .28 @ *29 Oats-No. 2 White , Rye—No. .44V>@ .45% 2.. 1.. t .lu,41 42 ~ Poke—Mcss f 9.50 @IO.OO ) DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.00 H0g5j.i...i.11....; 3.00 @ 3.75 WslAt-LNb.’ 2 Red’ 3 ’Bb : @ 5 .'50% 2, White. 26 & J.nl ' Oats—No.2 White............... 22 *t<B 22% . . NEW YORK. ■ ,' - CAfTTqB,.. > cAi.J.........Ji 3175 @15.25 ' Hogs. .. 3.7,5 4.25 Sheep. 4... . z ;..w.. 4:25 @ g.fo *HEAL-h(q. 2Red..J.....,86 @; .88 COBN- I —No. Z 33 49 Oats—Mixed Western.:.;....'.'.l.: .27 @ ’ll ■ Pork—Prime Messlo.so @11'25 1 ‘ < ST! LOUIB. CATTLE......... 4.23 @ 5.00 " OGH "•••; 3.00 @ 3.75 £ OBN -. , , .25} 2 @ .26% Oats..J ls .21 @ .21% INDIANAPOLIS. p Cattle—Shipping Steers 8.53 & 5.00 Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 & 4.00 Sheep—Common to'Prime : 3.00' @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Rad 77 .qi 7a CORN—No. 1 White.....'. , '3o%@ 31% Oats—No. 2 White £ & „ CINCINNATI. H0g5,.... j...; «... <3.59 @4 03 Wheat—No. 2 Red 79 @ 79% RYE _ Nd O^ MiXe4 '"* 44 ® A BUFFALO.' Wheat— No. 1 Hard....*. J:I” ’J; ’m ® G'BX-No. 5i.....

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

NATIONAL DAW-MAKERS and WBAT THEY ARE DOING. fe Proceedings of the Senate and -House of Representatives Discussed and Acted On—Gist of the Business. Im the Senate, on the 21st inst., Mr. Blair presented a number of petitions praying for the passage of the Blair educational bilL Mr. Quay introduced a bill to present to the Gettysburg MeiAhrMl 'AvSoclation’ Kpecunens -of tic, arms , and Equipments used by thq Union annt during the war. Mt. Berr*y intdcte e> fdwGemarks fn I favor of the bill to instruct the Census Commissioner to ascertain what percentage of farms in the United States are under mortgage or free from incumbrance. Some discussion of the bill followed Mr. Berry's remarks,'and then calendar business was taken up and the following bills were passed: Tho Senate bill to create the offices of Surveyor General for the States of South Dakota and North Dakota; the Senate bill granting to.the State of California 5 per cent, of the net proceeds of the cash sales of public lands in the State; the Senate bill creating three additional land offices in Colorado; the Senate joint resolution granting authority for the removal of the Apache Indian prisoners and their families from Alabama to Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The Senate then went into executive session and adjourned soon after. In the House a hot discussion, arose over the absence of rules. A demand was made for a division on the pending question when the right to such a demand in the absence of rules was questioned. This led to a general discussion over the absence of rules in which Messrs. Mills, Crisp, Oates,and others on the Democratic side denounced the delay of the Committee on Rules and the majority side of the House for the delay in offering and adopting rules. Mr. Carlisle also spoke, urging that tho rules of the last Congress be considered a precedent upon which tho enforcement of common parliamentary law should be based, but also urging that definite rules be adopted. On the Republican side Messrs. Cannon, Payne, and Boutelle spoke. The Speaker ruled that under common parliamentary law the right to demand tellers doos not exist. Mr. Mills appealed from the decision, and a yea and nay vote was ordered on a motion to table Mills’ appeal. The motion was carried by a strict party vote. The House spent the afternoon on the Oklahoma bill and adjourned ut 5:30. In the Senate on the 22d Senator Chandler presented a concurrent redblution directing the House and Senate committees on immigration to investigate the immigration laws and asked its immediate consideration. Laid over. Discussion of the resolution relative to ascertaining the percentage of farms under mortgage through the census bureau followed. Mr. Teller moved that it be recommitted to the Census Committee. Adopted—yeas, 22; nays, 20. Calendar business was' then taken up and a number of bills passed, among them the bill to present badges to the officers and men of the Greely Relief Expedition. The Senate then went into executive session and shortly afterward adjourned. In the House Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, from the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, reported back the Senate joint resolution appropriating $250,000 for the removal of snags and other obstructions.from the Missouri Rivet between St. Joseph and its mouth. The com’mittee proposed a substitute reducing the appropriation to 875,000, and appropriating 875,000 for the snags from the Columbia River, Oregon. On motion of Mr. Hermann of Oregon, the substitute was amended so that the appropriation for the Columbia River may be expended for continuing the jetty work. The substitute was agreed to and the joint resolution as amended passed. The Oklahoma town-site bill, after some unimportant amendments, was passed. The.biU as passed provides for the appointment of five boards 6f commissioners, eaZh board to consist of three members, to make entry of town sites in Oklahoma and. examine the claims of occupants to lots which' they claim to havb entered, and to make titles to those whose proof is sufficient and.proper. The members of these boards are to be appointed bythe Secretary of the Interior, and may be selected from auy part of the country, and shall receive as- compensation #lO per day during their term of ’ service. In the Senate on the 23d Mr. Vest presented the credentials of W. M. Clark and Martin Magimns, as Senators-elect from the State of Montana. They were read and referred (on Mr. Vest’s motion) to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. On his motion, also, the four gentlemen claiming to be Senators-elect were admitted (pending the contest) to the privileges of the floor. A number of bills were then reported and placed on the calendar, after which a bill appropriating 8500,000 for work at the mouth of the Columbia River was passed, as were also the following $61,000 for the removal of a dangerous obstruction at the entrance of Milwaukee harbor: establishing a light station at Gladstone, Mich. ($10,000); to place Gen. George Stoneman on the retired list us Colonel of infantry; and the Chandler jointresolution for the investigation of immigration matters. Senator Ingalls then spoke on the Southern race question, and the Senate adjourned to the 27th. In the House the bill appropriating $61,000 for the removal of obstructions from the mouth of the harbor at Milwaukee was passed. The House then took up the bill from the Ways and Means Committee making, changes in the laws affecting the collection of customs, and defining the methods to be pursued by custom house officials. An adjournment was taken without a vote upon the bill, which is very long, and will require several days for consideration. The report of the Committee on Elections in the Smith-Jackson case was submitted to the House and recommitted. The House on the 24th went into committee of the - whole (Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the chair) for the further consideration of the customs a'lministrative bill. The pending amendment was that offered by Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, to section 15, providing for the holding, of merchandise by the Government during the pending of any controversy or litigation about the amount of duty to be paid. Mr. La Follette, Wisconsin, offered an amendment tn the amendment providing that perishable goods may be withdrawn pending litigation. This was agreed to, but the Bayne amendment, as amended, was defeated. Mr Carlisle offered a substitute for the whole section, the chief effect of which is to allow the courts to deteriiine the question of fact as well as of law. The substitute was lost—ll 2to 114. This leaves the fifteenth section as originally reported, On motion of Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, >an amendment was adopted—lo 7to 104—providing that this section shall not apply to merchandise imported in cartons,, cases, crates, boxes, sacks, and other covering, which is subject, to a rate of duty equal to or greater than 60 per cent. .The committee then rose. On motion of Mr. Pefkins,. of Kansas, a joint resolution was passed appropriating 875,OOOfor the purchase of food and clothing for Indians at the La Pointe Agency. Mr. Peters, of Kansas, introduced a bill to promote the interests of agriculture by irrigation:Referred. Adjourned. TherSenqta wtonot.in fios|sion,

Life Periods of Animals.

A bear rarely exceeds 20 years. A tortoise has been known to live to the age of 107. » t , • ; A squirrel or hare lives 6 or 8 years; rabbits. 7 years.' 4 A dog lives 20 years; a wolf 20; a fox 14 to 16 yea (A ' 1 Elephants have been known to live to the age of 400 years. Sheep seldom exceed the age of 10 r and cows live about 15 years. Camels sometimes live to the age of 100; stags are long-lived. A swan has attained the age of 200 years ; pelicans are long-lived. Cuvier considers it probable that "whiles sometimes live 1,000 years. A horse has been known to live tothe age of 62, but averages from 20 to 30. . ; Insects, as a general-rule, are shorts :lived, ‘though there are a good;many exceptions to the rule.— MinneapolisTribune.