Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1890 — Page 2

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THE WORLD OVER.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM EVERT PART OF THE GLOBE. The History of a Week Gathered from the Wires, Embracing Political Doings, Personal Movements, Accidents, Criminal Affitirs, Labor Notes, Etc. DAVID DOWS PASSES AWAY. Demise of the Well-Known Financier and Grain Merchant. David Dows, the well-known financier and grain merchant, died at New York. He had been sick three years with an incurable affliction. t He was born in 1814 and worked on a farm until he was 14 years ot age. In 1828 he became a clerk in an Albany dry goods house, receiving the first year SIOO, the second 815), and the third $250. In 1833 he became engaged with the commission firm of Dows & Cary in New York, the senior member being his brother. He joined the firm in „J 837. In 1854 the firm of David Dow_s «P #* i To. was started. In 1861 he took in his nephews, Alexander E. fOrr and V. D. Mairs, but in 1867 the latter ntlred. Mr. Dows was interest*d in many schemes outside of the grain business. He was Vice Fresid*nof the Chicago, lock Island and Pacific Bailway, and a d rector in the Union Pacific, Delaware and Hudson, and the Chicago, Ist. Paul. Minntopolis and Omaha Railways, the Fourth National, the Merchants’ National, the Union National, and Corn Exchange Banks, and the Central Trust Company. Hi was President of the old Corn Exchange be.ore it was incorporated into the Produce Exchange.

A DAY OP' FUNERALS. Burial of Some of the Victims of the Louisville Cyclone. On Sunday, following the occurrence of the cyclone at Louisville, church-bells tolled throughout the day, and the stones in the streets echoed with the rumble of hearses. The city was crowded with strangers. All those from alang the line of the storm in Kentucky bring doleful tales of, destruction. At Clay the storm seems to have been of peculiar violence. Over forty buildings, including all the churches and every business house, were destroyed. One ot the preachers, the postmaster and leading business man were killed, together with twenty others. The family of Moses Wilson, consisting of himself, wife and children, his mother and a sister, were afi| killed. In the adjoining county at least twenty-five were killed. It is now estimated that 150 persons were killed in Kentucky outside Louisville, and from fifteen to twenty-five in Tennessee. The number of the dead in Louisville is 103. The loss to property will not exceed 52,031,010. There were forty-three funerals In a day. In all the churches special services were held and masses for the dead were said in Catholic churches.

THEIR DEATH A MYSTERY. The Three Persons Found on a Colorado Ranch—Foul Play Suspected. A Denver dispatch says: Last December the body of a girl, supposed to be that of Edna Wilson, was found buried in a hut on Enos Ranch, Big Horn Basin. The coroner, while investigating the matter a few days ago, discovered two more bodies, one of a white man and one of an Indian woman, who were buried within a few feet of where the girl was found. All three hud been murdered, their headshaving been crushed with an ax. All had evidently been dead for a year. The mystery is beyond solution by the authorities. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. Report of the Operations of the Society for Eleven Months. The annual meeting of the , American Tract Society was hell at Washington. D. C. The report of the operations of the society for the eleven months ending March 1, shows that the total receipts were $304,263, again of $25,126 over the corresponding period of the previous year. Grants of tracts averaged 750.000 pages each week, and 154 colporters were employed. Strikes Spreading in Europe. A Barcelona cable says: The strike movement is spreading. Throughout Catalonia 40,000 men have quit work, a, nd it is expected that many more will soon join the strikers. Fears are entertained that all the factories in Catalonia will be compelled to close their doors. There is a strong anarchist element among the workingmen. The colliers of St. Elo, France, have struck for an advance in wages. The men in other collieries threaten to, strike and the greatest excitement prevails. A Valuable Residence Burned. « A St. Louis dispatch says: The country residence ot Captain Johnson O’Day, Vice President of the St Louis and San Francisco Railway, situated near Webster, one of the»western suburbs of this city, has been totally destroyed by Are, even the clothing of the family being consumed. Loss, $40,000; insurance. $25,010. Getting Rea ly for 1893. The headquarters of the National Association of Democratic Clubs has been changed to Washington, as has also that of the National Association of Republican Clubs, and they expect to hold frequent meetings there to make preparations for the.coming Congressional campaign.

A Murderous La<l. At Fort Smith. Ark,, Joseph Hargus, a boy of 12 years old, has been lodged in jail, charged with assault with intent to kill his 7-year-old stepsister, Dora Blythe. Once a Millionaire, Now a Burglar. John Owsley, of St, Joseph. Mo., a man 70 years old and once a millionaire, has been sentenced • to the penitentiary for burglary. Queen Natalie in Trouble Again. Queen Natalie is again squabbling with . the Servian regents, and Milan threatens to visit Belgrade to find out what it means.

CAN EXTRADITE Provision* of the New Extradition Treaty with Great Britain. The convention supplementary to the tenth article of the treaty of 1842 between Great Britain and the United States concluded at Washington July 12, 1889, and ratified at London. March 11, 1890, has been formally proclaimed. By the terms of the supplementary convention the provisions of the tenth article of the original treaty are made applicable to the following additional crimes: ” 1. Manslaughter, when voluntary. 2. Counterfeiting or altering money, uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money. 3. Embezzlement, larceny, receiving any money, valuable security, or otner property knowing the same to have been embezzled, stolen, or fraudulently obtained. 4. Fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member, or officer of any company, made criminal by the laws of both countries. 5. Perjury or subornation of perjury. 6. Rape, abuuction, child stealing, kidnaping. 7. Burglary, house-breaking, or shop-breaking., 6. Piracy by the law of nations. 9. Revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the master; wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea or attempting to do so; assaults on board a ship on the high seas with intent to do grievous bodily harm. 10. Crimes and offenses against the laws of both countries for the suppression of slavery and slave trading; extradition is also to lake place for participation in any of the crimes mentioned in this convention or in the afor said tenth article. provided such participation be punishable by tne laws of both countries.

OFFERED FULL RECIPROCITY. Secretary Blaine’s Proposition to the Argentine Republic Representative. It has transpired that in the debate on the report ot the Committee on Customs Union in the Pan-American Congress the United States delegates, upon the authority of Secretary Blaine, offeiel full reciprocity with the Argentine Republic, Dr. oaenz-Pena, a delegate from thut country, having advocated free trale in a minority report and* in a speech in support of it before the conference. No offer of reciprocity was made to any other of the South American Republics. The foreign delegates to the Tan- American conference have issued invitations for a dinner to be given in honor of President Harrison on the 16th of April. This is supposed to indicate with some accuracy the probable date of adjournment of the conference. The trip of the delegates through the South will be made after that date. INCENDIARISM AT BISMARCK. A Deliberate Attempt to Burn the Capital of North Dakota. A Bismarck (N. D.) dispatch says: Some one has tried to burn up the town. An incendiary started a blaze between two empty buildings, with the wind blowing sixty miles an hour. The old opera house on Third street, the laundry building belonging to George P. Flannery, of Minneapolis, and the Judkins photograph gallery were burned. The sparks set fire to two small houses two blocks distant and burned them up. Only the wet roofs from the recent snows saved half of the town. About the same hour a fire was started in a lumber yard in the east end of town, but was put out in time.

LAID AT REST. The Remains of a Brave Soldier Consigned to the Grave. An Oakland, Md.. dispatch says: On the arrival al this place of the remains or Gen. Crook there was a large concourse of people from the town and the surrounding country at the railway station, and as soon as the body was taken from the mortuary car a procession was formed. At the cemetery the exercises attending the burial were observed according to programme. The War Department was represented at the funeral by the following named officers: Lieut Col. Samuel Beck, Assistant Adjutant General: Capt. John C. Bourke, Third Cavalry; Capt. George S. Anderson. Sixth Cavalry; and First Lieutenant Charles B. Schofield, Second Cavalry. THE LOUISVILLE HORROR. Official Statement of the Loss by the Relief Committee. The Relief Committee of the city of Louisville has Issued the following official card for the use of the press : To the People: The calamity that has overtaken the city of Louisville bv the cyclone spread over a territory of our city cov ring a space of ground some 400 yards vile aud three miles in length, through the business and residence portion of our city. The loss of Ifeis iu the neighborhood, it is believed, of some sev-enty-five persons, and the loss to the citv in damage to houses and goods is believed not to exceed 82,000,0.0. While the calamity is a groat one, our citizens feel able to cope with it, and are not ca*-t clown, but will nt once proceed to repair and resume in the channels now interrupted. In all other portions of the city business is lesuming its usual channels.

DEADLY WRECK IN NASHVILLE. A Misplaced Switch Results In Two Per- ! sons Being; Killed anti Several Injured. The north bound “cannon ball” train on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad ran into a misplaced switch at Lincks’ depot, at Nashville, Tenn., wrecking several freight cars, killing Alexander Stevenson and Benjamin Daley, both colored, and injuring several other people.' and damaging the depot building. *J he freight cars were hurled clear across College street, strik ng the two waiting-rooms, wherein were a large number of women and ch ldren awaiting the passenger train. None were seriously injured, however. FLACK'S VALEDICTORY. Filled with I’ity for Himself, He Resigns the Shrievalty of New York. Gov. Hill, of New York, has received the resignation of Sheriff Flack. The resignation reads: I hereby resign the office of Sheriff of the city and county of New York. I have been convicted by a court and jury of the crime of conspiracy, and, while I still protest that I have committed no crime against the State, I have been most inhumanly and cruelly persecuted by the sensational and partisan newspapers. I resign in the belief that I shall yet be vindicated oy the courts, aud that the time will come when my fellow-citizens will know and say that whatever mistakes may have been made I have been guilty of no crime. MANY FLOOp SUFFERERS. Great Distress Rejnirted Among tjie Poopie in the Overflowed DlstrjLqts. Officers of lower Mississippi steamers arriving fat SL Louis report much distress in

the overflowed districts south of Memphis, and the outlook for their next crop quite discouraging. Should the water not drain offby the last ot April it wifi seriously interfere with their planting. Over 1,000,000 empty sacks have been shipped to pointe between Memphis and Vicksburg, and have been filled with earth and sand and used in strengthening the levees. DEVASTATION IN GEOGRIA. Every House in AJUbrook Blown DownHeavy Damage at Graysville. A Chattanooga (Ttnn.) dispatch says; Reports have reached here that a tornado ■“struck Graysville. Ga., a town eighteen miles south of t s place, at midnight The people were sleeping and were terribly frightened. The roof was blown off the large flouring mill. Two houses belonging to John Woods and one to T. T.Wilson were blown down. Every house and outbuilding of Allsbrook was blown down. Several narrow escapes are reported. WAS IT AN INCENDIARY FIRE? Rumor that a Servant Confessed to Burning Secretary Tracy’s House. It is rumored that Bridget Sweeney, a trusted old servant In the Tracy household, has confessed to setting the fire tnat burned up the Seen tary’s home and killed his wife and daughter. FOUR BOYS DROWNED. Farmers’ Sons Go Duck-Hunting and Their Boat Is Found Bottom Side Up. Two sons of Farmer Shipley, of Calhoun, Neb., and two other boys, names unknown, were d owned in the Missouri River, six miles north of Omaha, w tile duck-hunting.

TORNADO IN .MISSOURI. Several Houses Blown Down at Bird’s Point. Considerable damage is reported from Bird’s Point, Mo., where a tornado struck the town and Blew down several houses’ There is much damage also along the line of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Riotous Russian Students Injured. F enewed disorders have been fomented by the students of the St Petersburg University, which the police suppressed with great severity. Some of the students were seriously hurt by the police, who acted under orders to quell the rioting at any cost. Further riots have also occurred at the universities of Charkoff and Kazen. Father O’Dwyfir Out of Jail. A Fermoy (Ireland) cable says: “Father O’Dwyer, who has been in prison for five months for offenses under the crimes act, has been released from Tullamore Jail. A great demonstration was made in his honor. Several thousand people, in cars and on foot, escorted the priest to his home.” Appointed to Office. The President has sent to the Senats the following nominations: Andrew Hero, Assistant United States Treasurer at New Orleans ; Safford B. Hamer. Melter or the United States Mint at Denver. Collectors of Customs—F. H. Oaks, at Saco, Maine; Geo. M. Gleason, at Oswegatchio, New York. Surveyors of Customs—F, N. Tilingbast, at Greenport, New York ; J. F. Dravo, at Pittsburg, Pa.; It. A. Mayuard, at Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Portage Lake Canal. Representative Cutchecn of Michigan has been authorized by the House Committee on Railroads and Canals to report favorably the Stephenson bill appropriating $350,0(10 for the purchase of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canals cross Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior. A Conscience-Fund Contribution. Postmaster General Wanamaker has received a letter postmarked New York, March 24, inclosing a SI,OCO United Hates note and one SSOO goH note, whidh the sender desires him to place to the credit of the conscience fund. The $1,500, he says, is 25 per cent, over and above the amount taken. Three Killed by a Falling House. By a severe wind storm which prevailed throughout Oklahoma, considerable damage was done to the unsubstantial dwellings of new settlers. Rube Johnson, his wife and one child were killed by the falling timbers of their house, several miles east of Guthrie. Accepted a Chair in Princeton. Prof. Woodrow Wilson, Princeton class, '79. who is at present professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Wesleyan College, has formally accepted the chair in this depaitment in Princeton College, to which he was elected at the last Trustees’ meeting. Colored Educators Cail on the PresidentA delegation of colored educators called on the President the other day and were received by special appointment The President made a few remarks in which he said he believe 1 the perpetuity of the Government depended on the general diffusion of knowledge. To Seat the Republican Contestants. The House Committee on Elections has passed upon the election cases of Waddell vs. Wise, Third Virginia District, and McDuffie vs. Turpin, Fourth Alabama District, and in both cases, by a party vote, decided to recommend the seating of the Republican contestants. Davitt Ends the Liverpool Strike. An agreement has been reached at a meeting between the striking dock laborers of Liverpool, England, and their employers, and the strke is over. The meeting was arranged by Mr. Davitt, who has been actively championing the cause of the men. A Jockey’s Cruel Joke. At Louisville a colored jockey named Jones filled a pipe full of powder and tobacco and gave it to Joe Allen, a stable employe,, to light. Allen’s eyesight was destroyed. The injured man at one time helped to thrash Jones. Appointed to Flack’s Place. Gov. Hill has appointed Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles sheriff of the city and county of New York, in place of James Flack, resigned. The Delagoa Bay Trouble Settled. It Is stated that the claims ot England and the United States arising from the

seizure of the Dalagoa Bay Bailway by the Portuguese Government have been settled with the exception of carrying out certain formalities. Can’t-Stay Out of Jail. William Bond, alias Block, alias Bligh, robber and bigamist, released from the penitentiary two weeks ago. has been again arrested at Newark, N. J., having stolen a horse and buggy. To Remove Sheriff Flack. Sheriff Flack of New York has been served with a notice requiring him to show cause to Governor Hill why he should not be removed from office as a result of his conviction for conspiracy. A Venerable Prelate Expires. Bishop Michael Heiss died at La Crosse, Wis., aged 72 years. Mother Mary Joseph O'Leary, superioress of the House of the Good Shepherd at Baltimore, expired in that city.

More Trouble in Crete. Dispatches from Crete say that at Patiama a priest was dragged from his pulpil and paraded through the streets amid the jeers of the mob. Sixty-four of the villagers are starving in prison. Vezey Knox to Succeed Biggar. A London cable reports the election o! Vezey Knox, nationalist, to the seat in the House of Commons for the West Division of County Cavan, made vacant by the death of Mr. Biggar. The Dainrosch-Blaine Wedding. The formal announcement is made that the marriage of Miss Margaret Blaine and Mr. Walter Damrosch, of New York, wil. take place April 17. A Hurricane in Australia. A hurricane at Townesv.lle. Australia, has flooded the town and caused much damage. Several persons were drowned. Rains continue throughout Queensland. A Nihilist Arrested. Tikniranoff, a nihilist author and a contributor to the Moscow Viedemosti, has "been arrested on the Russian frontier with dynamite in his possession.

A Colorado Town Fire-Swept. The business portion of Elmoroa, a small town in Southern Colorado, has been consumed by fire. The loss is estimated al 525,000; no insurance. Albert Victor Sails for Home. Prine > Albirt Victor of Wales has embarked from Bombay on his return tc England. A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered to bld him.farewell. Favors the Morrill Pension Bill. Commissioner Raum favors the Morrill service-pension bill, which grants a pension of 58 a month to all honorably dischargee soldiers 62 years ot age or over.

Justice James V. Campbell Dead. Justice James V. Cambell, of the Michigan Supreme Court, died suddenly of heart disease while reading a paper at his residence in Detroit. Three Brothers Run Down. Three brothers—Deidrick, John, and, Henry Buckefeld—belonging in New York City, were killed by the fast express on the Eiie Road near Red Rock, Pa. A Counterfeit #lO Bill. A counterfeit $lO note on the Germania National Bqnk, of New Orleans, has made its appearance in St. Louis. Cincinnati, and Louisville. The Pennsylvania Directors. The annual election for directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad was held at Philadelphia.. The old board was re-elected without opposition. Overworked Mint Employes. The Philadelphia mint force has been working night and day to meet the demand for silver dollars, of which the output for March will be about 1,809,009. Caprivi's Tenure Temporary. At Berlin it is stated that Gen. von Caprivi is only temporary Prussian Foreign Minister. Scott’s Gift to the Miners. William L. Scott of Erie has sent his check for $5,000 for the relief of the coal miners in the Mount Carmel district.

THE MARKETS.

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THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAI THEY ARE DOING. Proceedings of the Senate and House o Representatives Discussed and Acted On —Gist of the Business. The Senate, on the 24th, discussed the bill for the suppression of trusts. Senators Turpie, Pugh, and Teller spoke for the bill. Mr. Teller said tnat it was demanded by the people, especially by the farming community. He was not satisfied with all tne features of ths bill, but thought that a measure of this genera] character ought to pass. Senator Vest was not satisfied with the details of the bill He said he ■was willing to vote f sr the bill when he thought it would accomplish what ths gentleman from Ohio said it would. He thought the defects of the bill were very serious and could not be obviated by any amendment which has been proposed. Senator Sherman responded in favor of the bill and asserted that two-thirds of the Senate appioved of it. Ho thought it was a business proposition and • one that wat favored by the people, without acting on the bill the Senate went into executive session, and in a short time adjourned. The House spent the afternoon in the discussion of the bill for an appropriation for the of land outside Washington for forming a national park. Much opposition was developed. The House adjourned without action. In the Senate on the 25th, after the transaction of some routine business, the trust bill was taken up. Senator Reagan’s amendment defining trusts and providing a penalty of 810,000 fine or imprisonment for violation of the law was adopted. In the House the World's Fair bill was called up by Mr. Candler immediately after the reading of the journal. After it had been read he offered an amendment, which was adopted, providing that the commission shall appoint a board of lady managers of such number and to perform such duties as may be prescribed by the commission ; and the board may appoint one or more members of all committees authorized to award prizes for exhibits which may be produced in whole or in part by female labor. Also an amendment, which was adopted, providing that one of the members of th® board cieated, to be charged with the selection of the government exhibits, shall be chosen by the Fish Commission, Mr. Candler then opened the debate on the bill by assuring the House that Chicago, which had been selected as the site for the fair, had proved herself equal to the undertaking. She had satisfied the committee that she had a bona fide subscription of $5,000,OJO and had gone farther than was demanded oi any competing city in agreeing that thy subscription should be raised to $10,000,000. Mr. Candler spoke in praise of the active and energetic spirit of the city, which he said was a guarantee of success. He then concluded his remarks with a strong appeal in behalf of the bill in which he said he believed that the fair would be of great advantage to every section of the country. The debate continued till 4 o’clock. The pending amendments were then adapted, and on a vote the bill was passed bv a vote of 202 yeas to 49 nays. The bill passed it in the form already published except that it provides for the dedication of the buildings Oct. 12, 1892, and the opening of the fair not Intel than May 1, 1893, and its closing not later thar Oct. 30, 1893. Also, that the Government build ings shall be of such material that they can be . revdily taken down and sold at the close of th* fair, preference to bo given to the city when the fair is held. After some unsuccessful efforts to take up other business the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 26th, Messrs. Hawlej and Gray were appointed by the Vice President members of the Board of Visitors to attend the annual examination of cadets at West Point On motion of Mr. Sherman the anti-trust bill was taken up aud various formal amendment* were made. The amendment offered the previous day by Mr. Stewart to insert the words “Or of the value of money by which such cos may be advanced is reduced,” was agreed to, A number of important amendments were adopted, but as th* y were added the Senate grew more dissatisfied with the bill, and Senator Hawley moved that it be referred to the Judiciarj Committee, with instruc ions to pre; are a new bill. This v, as opposed by Senator Sherman anc others. An effort was also made to refer it back to the Finance Committie. This was rejected, an was also the motion to referit to the Judiciarj Committee. The Senate went into executive session without action on the bill aud shortlj after adjourned. Tne House spent the entire day in the discussion of the bill for the admission of Wyoming into the Union as a State. Mr. Caiey, of Wyoming, made a strong plea for the admission of the Territory which he represented. Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, opposed the bill. Mr. Cates, of Alabama, opposed the measure because it proposed to give women the right to vote and made attendance at schools compulsory. Mr, Dunnell, of Minnesota, said he was inclined to vote against the bill on account of the woman suffrage clause. Mr. Washington, ol Tennesee?, attacked the woman suffrage clause, and held that the people of Wyoming had violated the provisions or the act of organization limiting suffrage to white male suffrage. Women might be sent from Wyoming to the Senate. Mr. Moieyof Ohio favored the bill, and advocated the civil and legal enfranchisement ot women in all the States of the Union. After further debate, the House took u recess until 11 o’clock of the 27th.

Among the bills reported from committees and placed on the calendar of the Senate on the 27th were the following: The House bill constituting Cairo, Hl., a port of delivery; the Senate bill to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, between the mouth of the Illinois and the mouth of the Missouri River; the House bill authorizing thepurchase of 2,500 tents by the Secretary of War for the use of the people driven from their homes in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana by the present floods and appropriating 825,000 for tne purpose was passed. The anti-trust bill was then taken up and the amendments to it, as reported from the committee of the whole, were brought before the Senate. Mr. Walthall moved to refer the bill and amendments to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to report back within twenty days. The motion was agreed to—yeas 31, nays 28. The House bill to amend the census act of March 3, 1889, was reported from the Census Committee (the effect of it being to allow special agents $3 a day for sulsisteuce when traveling), and, after explanation by Mr. Hale, was passed. The House bill for the ad--mission of Wyoming as a State was laid before* the Senate and ordered printed. The order fixing the daily hour of meeting at 11 a. in. from Monday next was agreed to. The House met at 11. o’clock in continuation of the previous day’s session, and the Wyoming admission bill was again taken up for consideration. .At 1 o'clock the previous question was ordered. Mr. Springer offered an amendment providing tor another convention, called under the authority of an act of Congress. Lost—yeas, 131; nays, 138. Mr. Springer then offered an amendment that there shall be an election in Wyoming the Tuesday after the first Monday in November next for a Representativeto the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses and for State and judicial officers. The Constitution shall be voted upon, and if the vote isagainst female suffrage that feature shall be eliminated from the Constitution. This was also lostr—yeas, 133, nays, 139. Mr. hpringer then offered his last amendment, which strikes out the clause of the Wyoming Constitution providing for female suffrage. Defeated—yeas, 132; nays, 138. The bill was then passed by thefollowing vote : Yeas. 139; navs, 128. In the Senate, on the 28th, Mr. Wilson, of lowa, offered a resolution, which was agreed: to, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the arrival and departure of Chinese at and from the port of San Francisco, and as to the evasion or failure of the antiChinese laws. The Senate then went into executive session to consider the Florida judicial nominations, and, when the doors were reopened, adjourned. In executive session a long and exciting debate took place upon the Florida cases, but when a vote was called for thire was no quorum present and the matter went over without action. In the House Mr. Bingham (Pa.), from the Committee on Postoffices and Postroads, reported back a resolution calling on the Postmaster General for information relative t j the employment of inspectors or special agents in Investigating the claims of contending appliJants for postmastsrshlps. Adopted. The House then went into committee of the whole the private calendar. Without action of any kind the 1 committee rose and the House took a recess, and at the evening session passed twenty-five private pension bills.