Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1890 — Page 2

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THE WORLD OVER.

A MIRROR OF THE IMPORTANT OCCURRENCES OF A WEEK, things That Do Happen—A Complete Record of Interesting Event* the World Over— Shocking Accidents, Startling Crime*. Other Topic*. CONFEDERATE DECORATION DAY. Thousands Visit the Cemeteries In and Around New Orleans. A New Orleans dispatch says: Confederate Decoration Day attracted thousands of visitors to the cemeteries. The Ladles’ Confederate Monumental Association, the Confederate veteran organizations, Sons of Veterans, and the citizen soldiery in uniform participated. The Grand Army of the Republic did not take part in a body as no invitation was issued, owing to the division existing in that organization, and Union veterans participated individually and sent offerings. The Lee, Confederate. Army of the Tennessee, and Army of Northern Virginia monuments were beautifully decorated. Outside of the other decorntions at the Army of Northern Virginia tomb, where the body of Jefferson Davis is interred, the Confederate vete-ans placed a magnificent Presidential chair of yellow immortelles, inscribed “To Our Chief,” in front of the resting-place of the distinguished dead.

EMBEZZLER SILCOTT. His Capture Reported from Portland, Ore , Said to He Another Man. A dispatch from Portland. Ore., says that Silcott. the defaulting cashier of the S'er-geant-at-arms of the National House of Representatives, has been captured in that city. A St- Louis, Mo., dispatch says: A representative of the detective agency that made the Portland (Ore.) capture says the man arrested is not Silcott but Sinotf, private Secretary to the President of the First National Bank of Portland. Siuott is supnosed to have, robbed the President of the bank at Portland, but no definite information on the subject can be obtained. THREE ALABAMA NEGROES KILLED. They Refused to Surrender ami Were Shot by a Deputy Sheriff. Birmingham (Ala.) special: A telegram came here from Irondale to-night asking for a physician. All that can be found is that three negroes were stealing railroad iron when City Marshall England and Deputy Sheriff Lortenberry came up and called for their surrender. The negroes ran about a mile with the officers in nursuit. when one of them turned and shot England. Deputy Fortenberry opened fire on the negroes, and when the firing ceased all throo wore dead. Marshal England will probably die. HURT IN A NEW YORK LAND-SLIDE. Four Trainmen on the West Shore Road Seriously Injured. A Troy, N. Y., dispatch says: A big landslide has occured on the West Shore Road east of St- Johnsvile, at Diefeudorf Hill. Both tracks are blocked. An east-bound freight train, Engineer Potter, ran into it. Ergineer Potter and three other trainmen were buried in the slide. The four victims * were exhumed from the debris. None were killed. The engineer. F. S. Potter, and Fireman Gorman were seriously injured; two other trainmon were badly hurt. Gorman may die.

Stanford Will Itetire. The San Francisco (Cal.) Chronicle prints an interview with Senator Leland Stanford stating that Stanford has positively decided to tender his resignation** as President of the Southern Pacific Company at’ the next meeting of the directors of the company. The resignation is on account of poor health and a press of other business. The Senator states that C. P. Huntington will be elected to succeed him as President. .Army Nominations. The President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: Lewis A. Grant, of Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary of War; Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles, Major General; Colonel B. H. Grierson. Brigadier General; Henry Flad, of Missouri, civil engineer, member of Mississippi River Commission. Chinese Arrested lor Crossing the Boundary. Thirteen Chinamen have been arrested at Tiajuana, Mexico, while making an attempt to cross the boundary lino into United States. British Government Employes May Strike The 10,000 employes lof the Government works at Woolwich, England, threaten to strike if their wages are not raised.

Rather Unprofitable Business. Sir Samuel Baker says that the value of the products from equatorial Africa is only about one-tenth the cost ot transportation. A Judge’s Fatil Fall. Judge Botsford, a prominent Mason of Moncton, N. 8., is dead from the effects of a fall from a window. Predicts a Gladstouian Success. Lord Randolph Churchill predicts an early dissolution of Parliament, followed by the success of the Gladstone party. The Kaiser AVill Open the Reichstag. Emperor William will open the Reichstag In person with a speech on the labor question. China Fortifying Against Russia. China' is strengthening her northern frontier against anticipated attack by the Russians. _____ A German National Horse Show. Germany will hare a great national liorse show at Berlin June 12 to 22 next.

TEN THOUSAND GONE. A Big Money Package Mysteriously Missing in Chicago. A wagon carrying $85,003 rolled away from the rear of the United States Express Company’s office the other afternoon. The money was lor various Chicago banks, and the safe which held it was euarded by two men—Driver Erickson and Messenger William Simpson. Both were trusted employes of the company, picked for their places on the money wagon because of their good records. In spite of their vigilance, however, wnen the wagon came to the end of its route SIO,OOO, bf He 1 to the National Bank of Illinois, was missing. The receipt showed the package to nave been turned over to the wagon men. There was nothing to show that it had been given out. The safe was kept locked, excepting only as opened for an instant at a time to allow the different packages to be delivered. It was constantly under the eyes of both men. but neither Simpson nor Erickson was able to give any idea as to how the money was lost. They knew that it was gone, and that was all, and every effort since then to locate the money or the reason for its disappearance has been attended by complete failure.

MILL VICTORIA ABDICATE? The British Queen Said te Be Thinking of Quitting the Throne. A London cable says that it is now stated on the highest official authority, as well as being a matter of common gossip in Parliament and at the clubs, that the Queen is seriously considering the step of abdicating the British throne. The recent reception of the Prince of Wales by the German Emperor has had a great effect on the aged Queen, who is now convinced that her son ought t® have a chance to play the leading role in England during the rest of her life, which Is certain to be short. The Queen’s bodily Infirmity Is increasing, and she is so rapidly running to flesh that massage is necessary to assist her breathing. One strong objection the Queen has to abdicating is the contingency of being called ex-Queen. Sho wishes to assume th s title of Queen Regnant tor the rest of her life. A special bill will be introduced in Parliament when she is ready to resign the actual throne, and the Prince of Wales will bo crowned King of England and Emperor of India.

TWO TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS, Six Lives Lost in a Tunnel Near (Santa Paula, Cal. A terrible acoident occurred at Adams Canyon, near Santa Paula. CaL. causing the death of six men. A tunnel was being bored for oil when an explosion of gas occurred and a sheet of flame shot out blowing away the building one hundred feet away from the mouth of the tunnel. Two men were badiy burned, one of whom has since died. A force of men was put to work to clear out the tunnel and the same afternoon another explosion took place, tho sides of the tunnel collapsing and burying in tho ruins five men, who are certainly dead. The names of those known are Britton. Hardison, Taylor and Young. KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. Tluee Lives Lost at Nanticoke, Pa. —List of the Injured. A Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch says: By an explosion of gas in No. 4 slope of tho Susquehanna Coal Company at Nanticoke, three men were killed, four seriously injured, and two slightly injured. The killed are: James Adams. William A. James and Anthony Roseman. Of the injured four are seriously hurt, the others suffering but slightly. They are: John Marshall, Morgan Price, John J. Griffith, Joseph D. Lousk, George Elone and John Noforski. The mine war not damaged. The gas is supnosed to have ignited from a naked lamp.

PREMIER GREENIVAY STEPS DOWN. Manitoba’s Prime Minister Resigns—Col. McMillan Asked to Form a New Cabinet. At Winnipeg, Man., it is announced that both Premier Greenway and Attorney General Martin have resigned their positions in the Manitoba Government, and Colonel McMillan, member lor Winnipeg, w.ll be called on to form a new Cabinet. Martin is to become solicitor of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway, and Greenway will go to England as Immigration Commissioner of Manitoba. The resignations, it is understood, are to go into effect immediately. INCREASE IN WESTERN I’ORIv PACKING. Tabulated Comparison of Last Year’s Winter Season with That of 1888-8!). The Cincinnati Price Current offers the leading exhibits of its annual statement of pork packing in the west for the year ended March 1. in which the following comparisons are shown for the winter season. November 1 to March 1: XT ! .X 1889-30. 1883-9. Number of hogs packed. 6,663,802 5 483 83’ Av. live weight., lbs 250.92 263 40 Av. yield of lard, 1b5.... 36.37 u 70 Av. cost 103 lbs, alive.... $3.60 $4 99 Green meats made, lbs. .930,348,000 839 006 000 Lard made, lbs 242,383,000 190.040,000 FILING SIOUX LAND APPLICATIONS. Tlie Laud Office at Chamberlain Doing a Hushing Business. At Chamberlain. S. D.. tlie opening of the United States Land Office caused the wildest kind of a rush, and the officers were busy all day receiving filings, but were unable to attend to more than one-half the numbers of Sioux Reservation settlers who were on hand with their applications. A number of filings on the Crow Creek and Winnebago reservations were refused owing to the incorrect survey of a portion of these lands.

DISASTROUS RAILWAY WRECK. Two Trainmen Killed, Several Fatally Injured, and Rolling Stock Destroyed. Two freight trains collided near Sweetwater, on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad. Engineer William Trollingor and Fireman John Hutchinson were instantly killed and several of the train hands fatally hurt The trains were ascending a heavy grade when the first train broke and part of it started back down the

grade ana struck the other engine, which, with fifteen ears, was derailed and demolished. LOCKED THEM UP TO DIE. Three Children Burned to Death In Their Home 'While Their Parent* Are Away. A Huron ( J . D.) dispatch says: The house of Wilhelm Brown, near here, has been burned. Three of his children, who had been locked in the house while the parents went to the city, were unable to get out. and perished in the flames. The eldest was less than five years old. SMOTHERED BY SAND. Six Texas Boys Lose Their Lives by the Cave-In of a Sandbank. While six boys of B. H. Barkerville and K. P. Wommack. ranging in age from 11 to 19 years, were playing in a sand cave near Vernon, Tex., the bank caved in on them and all were killed. Appointed to Office. The President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: Alton Angler, of Georgia, United State* Consul at Rheims; Frank D. Allen, United State* attorney, district of Massachusetts; Frank Buchanan. United States Marshal, eastern district of Missouri; Clarence D. Clark, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming. Georgs F. Turrittin, Surveyor General of Nevada; Alexander F. McMillan, of Michigan Deputy First Auditor of the Treasury. Pension Agents—John G. Mitchell, at Columbus, Ohio; Edward H. Harvey, at Detroit. Registers of land Offices—. James 1. Flemming, at Topeka, Kan.; H. C. Olrey, at Gunnison, Col. Receivers of Public Moneys—G. C. Thaxter, at Carson City, Nev.; J. J. Lambert, at Pueblo, Col. Indian Agents—James McLaughlin, at the Standing Rock Agmcy in North Dasota; Charles S. Kelsey, at the Green Bay Agency in Wisconsin. English Labor Troubles. The strike of the shoemakers has extended to all parts of England. It is estimated that 20.0L0 men have quit work. There have been some disorderly scenes at Liverpool, and the police have been obliged to interfere with the public demonstrations fn order to keep peace among the large masses of excited workmen. Under good advice from John Burbank and others the Liverpool dockmen are returning to work. Jules Simon on the Germans. A Paris cable says: Jules Simon, in an interview, said he considered Emperor William sincerely solicitous for the welfare of the working classes. Ho said that the decisions of the labor conference will be a great stride for Germany, but in only a few minor points will they advance French legislation. Bismarck said he had always liked the French. His departure from Berlin was a spectacle never to be forgotten. Want to Oust tlio English. The Sultan of Turkey has sigDed an irade providing for new negotiations with England for a convention based on the withdrawal of the English from Egypt. It is stated that Lord Salisbury, the British Prime Minister, and Rustem Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador at London, will immediately commence negotiations having that object in viow.

Accused of a Horrible Crime. Abe Berger, Jacob Smith. Julius Smith, Morris Reubens, and Benjamin Savage have been arrested in Boston on a charge of having set fire to the tenement house which was burned in that city Feb. 2, causing the death of twelve persons. The object of the ‘fire-bugs',’ was to get at the insurance on a small stock of clothing belonging to Julius Smith and Savage. Still Slashing tlie Rates. A Kansas City (Mo.) dispatch says: Easthound passenger rates seem to be going the way of west-bound rates. All the roads have publicly annouuced a rate of $5 to St. Louis and Chicago, a reduction of $2 and $3 from the regular rate. The tioket brokers go even lower, and tickets over all the lines, the Bu: lington excepted, could be bought from them for $4.50, and in some cases $4. Emin Pasha’s Now Job. Emin Pasha has finally accepted the proposal made to him by Major Wissmann, and has entered the German service. He will receive a salary of £I,OOO a year. He has given up his intention of returning to Europe, and will leave Bagomoyo about the middle of April for Victoria Nyanza. He will be accompanied by a large caravan and 200 Soudanese troops. Honors for Henry M. Stanley. At a largo meeting of notables at Cairo, Henry M. Stanley was “presented with the diploma of the Khedival Geographical Society. Mr. Palmer, the Khedive’s financial adviser, and Tigrane Pasha will start for Paris by the next mail to discuss the conversion of the Egyptian debt.

Confirmed by the Senate. The Senate has ccniirmed the lollowing • ninations: .auk N. TillLugliast Surveyor of Customs at ordcuport, N. V.; F. I). Allen, United States Attorney for Massachusetts; E. W. Eakin, Receiver of Public Monejs at Pierre, S. IX Collectors of Customs—P. :t Oakes, at Saco, Me.; Wm. Davis, Natchez, Miss.; G. M. Gleason, Oswegatchle, N. Y. Three Farmers Fail. The failures of throe farmers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, are announced as follows: Benjamin D. Gnmber, liabilities. $39,000; assets, $37,000; Jacob H. Hostetter, liabilities. $42,500; assets, $27.0J0; Daniel E. Peifer, liabilities, $13,564; assets about the same. Relief for Louisville SuiTei’ers. A Louisville (Ivy.) dispatch says: The relief lund for sufferers by the tornado now amounts to about $135,000. There have been about 800 applications for relief from losses of all kinds. For loss of furniture there are 472 applications, twenty of which are not in the city. A Will with a String to It. The will of the lata Jeremiah Loof, which was probated the otlie.’day at Philadelphia, is a peculiar document. By it SBO,OOO is left in trust lor his family, provided they lead godly lives and avoid the use of tobacco and liquors in any form. Four Miners Killed. Dynamite exploded in the Coalburg (Ala.) mines, killing four men and wounding eight others. Death of Gon. Tin,mas C. Anderson. Gen. Thomas 0. Anderson, a prominent Republican politician of Louisana, form-

erly Deputy Collector of New Orleans and a member of the famous Lomsana returning board of 1874 to 1876, died at New Orleans, aged 70 years. Another Revolution in Mexico. A revolution has broken out near Iguala, in the State of Guerrero, Mexico, the government of which is unpopular, and a regiment of rangers has been sent to the place. Parchited a Big Coke Plant. It is reported at Pittsburgh Pa., that Charles Donnelly has purchased the United Coke Company’s plant of 200 ovens and 1,000 acres of coal land in Westmoreland County. The plant is valued at $600,000. Ward Victorious. In the Superior Court at New York. Judge Lawrence has handed down a decision in favor of the ball-player John M. Ward, whom the New York club sought to enjoin from playing with the Brotherhood. Sentenced to Die by Electricity. Kemmler. the murderer, has been sentenced to death at the Auburn (N. Y.) Prison as prescribed by law during the week beginning April 28. This will be the first execution by electricity. Tried to Murder a Minister. At Philipsburg, Pa., an unknown person fired through a window at the Rev. O. D. Bartholomew, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church. This is the second attempt upon the preacher’s life. Banker Claasen Indicted. At New York the United States Grand Jury has handed in an indictment against P. J. Claassen for embezzieynent, abstracting and misapplying funds of the Sixth National Bank and making false entries. To Build a Score of Steamers. Boston capitalists are organizing a syndicate to build twenty iron steamships, which will be put into commission as soon as the Farquhar tonnage bill passes Congress.

Relief for Flood Sufferers. The President has approved the bill authorizing the Secretary of War to purchase 2,500 tents for the use of people rendered homeless by the floods in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. High License in Georgia. The liquor license in Rome, Ga., has been put at SI,OOO per annum, the entire sum in advance. Ten dealers have paid for licenses and three have gone out of business. Herbert Bismarck Married. Count Herbert Bismarck is said to be married to the Princess de Consolates. with whom his relations caused such a scandal in Berlin nine years ago and brought about her divorce. Slowly Roasted to Death. Mrs. Carrie Young, aged 40, an. invalid, •was slowly roasted to death at Paterson, N. J., her clothing catching fire from a lamp she was carrying. An Order for Fifty Locomotives. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad has given an order to the Baldwin Locomotive Works for fifty hard-coal burning locomotives. Female Beer Spillers. Fifty-one kegs and twenty-five cases oi beer were emptied into the streets of Farmington and De Lassus, Mo., by the female crusaders the other day. Dry-Goods Failure in Virginia. Annspaugh & Cobbs, dry-goods merchants, of Lynchburg, Va., have assigned. They claim to bo able to pay in full their liabilities of $33,000. Two Little Brothers Fatally Injured. At Hamilton, Ohio. Dolpha and Arthur Grabham. brothers, nino and ten years old, were struck by a falling scantling and fatally injured. ■ His Nomination Confirmed. The Senate, has confirmed the nomination of John T. Selby to be United States District Attorney for North Dakota. l)om Pedro Seriously 111. News has been received at Rio Janeiro that Dom Pedro, formerly Emperor of Brazil, is seriously ill.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime $ 4.75 @ 5.50 Good 8.50 @4.75 Common 2.50 @ 3.50 Hoos—Shipping Grades 3.75 @4.50 SHEKP.... 4.00 @6.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 78}6& .79 Cobn-No. 2 29 @ .30 Oats—No. 2 22 @ ,22>j Rye—No. 2 42 @ ,43 Butteb—Choice Creamery 21 @ .23 Cheese—Full Cream, flats io%@ !nv Egos—Fresh..., 12>i@ .13)2 Potatoes—Choice new, per bu.. .48 @ .55 Pobk—Mess 10.50 &10.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 73 @ 74 Cobn—No. 3.... 31 @ "32 Oats—No. 2 White 24%® Rye—No. 1 43%@ .’44% Babley— No. 2 43 @ ,44 Pobk—Mess 10.25 ' @lO 75 DEIROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4J25 Hogs 3.00 @ 4.25 Sheep 3.50 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Rgd 81 @ .82 Cobn—No. 2 Yellow ,29%@ .30% Oats—No. 2 White 25%@ .23% TOLEDO. Wheat 8i @ .81% Cobn—Cash 30%@ .31% Oats—No. 2 White 23 ~@ 23% NEW YORK. * n Cattle 4.C9 @ 5.25 Ho°s 4.25 (U) 5.0 J Sheep 5.25 @655 Wheat—No. 2 Red 83 @ 9o Cobn—No. 2 .33 .gy Oats—Mixed Western ,2i @ ’3O Pobk—New Mess 11.75 @12'25 ST. LOUIS. Cattle ■ 4.2.5 @ 5.00 Hogs 8.73 @ 4.25 vv heat —No. 2 Red 1 74 @ .7414 Coen—No. 2 2«Js@ '.27% Oats— No. 2 22 @ .23 Bye—No. 2.. *!.4i%@ 42% INDIANAPOLIS. ® Cattle—Shipping Steers 3.(9 @4.75 Hoos—Choice Light 3.00 & 423 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.90 @ 575 Wheat—No. 2 Rod 78%@ 7>)% Cokn-No. 2 White ’vn @ 31 Oats-No. 2 White ’34 @ 05 __ CINCINNATI. ’ Wheat-No. 2 Red ...V”; .81 @ .f Vi Oats—No. 2 Mixed ’2l @ ’OS Rye-No. 2 J ... ; 50 g% x „ „ BUFFALO. Cattle—Good to Prime 4.25 @ 5.00 Hogs 4.03 (f» 475 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 92 %@ -93 cobn—No. 2 jSjg

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives Discussed and Acted On—Gist of the Business. In the Senate, on the Ist inst., the House bin authorizing the Mississippi River Commission to purchase or hire such boats as may be immediately necessary to rescue inhabitants of the, overflowed districts and to use the boats for that purpose Vas laid before the Senate and was passed immediately. Among the bills reported from the committees and placed on the calendar was the House bill to amend the census law in relation to Chinese residents. Then at 12 UJO, on motion of Mr. Edmunds, the f'enate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. When the doors were reopened the Senate adjourned. In the House Mr. Oates, of Alabama,, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a resolution reciting that it is alleged by tha Attorney General that in many United States District Courts the practice of suspending sentence after conviction in criminal cases prevails without warrant of law, and that in some parts of tho country United States District Attorneys, Marshals and deputies, and United States Commissioners have been guilty of maladministration and corruption in office and directing the Committee on Judiciary to inquire into the extent, cause, and effect of such iJiegtl practice. Adopted. The following bills were passed: Providing that depositions of witnesses before United States Courts may be taken in the mode prescribed by the laws of the States in which such courts may be held. Limiting to six years tie time within which suits maybe brought, against accounting officers and their bondsmen. To continue the publication of the Revised Statues. Exempting from the provisions of the law requiring steamers to carry life lines boats plying on inland waters. Author- • izing the construction of bridges across the lowa River at or near Wapello, lowa. Transferring from Galena, 111., to Dubuque, lowa, the offices of Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers. Senate bill creating the offices of Surveyors General in North and South Dakota. Admitting free of duty articles from Mexico to the St. Louis Exposition of IS9O. The fortifications appropriation bill, with an amendment providing that • the board which inquires into facilities for producing steel forgings shall extend its inquiries to the Indianapolis arsenal. The bill appropriates $4,521,678. Appropriating $32,000 for improving tne Zoological Park in the District of Columbia, the District to bear half the expense.. The naval appropriation bill was reported by Mr. Boutelle and placed upon the calendar. The death of Representative Wilber, of New York, was announced, and as a mark of respect to his memory the House adjourned.

In the Senate on the 2d inst. the Judiciary Committee reported favorably the bill declaring: trusts unlawful. The bill declares every contract or combination in the form of a trust or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States or with foreign nations to be illegal. Every person who shall, make any such contract or engage in any such, combination or conspiracy shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall, be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year or by both. Circuit courts are invested with jurisdiction over cases arising under the act. The Senate spent the afternoon in the discussion of the Montana election case. Senator Gray, of Delaware, occupied most of the time with his argument in favor of McGinnis and Claik, the Demociatie contestants Sens tor Everts introduced a resolution expressing the Senate's deep, regret at the death of Congressman David Wilber, of New York. The Vice President appointed a ro’nt commit: ea to act with the House committee wi.h reference to the funeral arrangements, after which, on motion of Mr. Evarts, as a further mark of r. spect the Senate adjourned. In the House a bill was passed continuing, in force the act authorising the construction of a bridge across tlie Mississippi River at Forest River, S. Dak. The Senate bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Brazos River near its mouth was also passed. The following bridge L-ills were also passed : Across the Missouri River between Io«a and Nebraska; across the Arkansas River at Pendleton, Ark.; across the White River by the Mississippi and Little Rock Railroad Company. Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Hudson River from Jersey City to New York. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the Idaho admission bill and the debate had not closed when the House adjourned.

The Senate spent most of the session in debating the Chinese enumeration bill, which, finally went over. The Montana Senatorial contest was also discussed and laid over without action. Senate bills were passed appropriating $75,000 for a public building at Aurora, 111.; appropriating SIOO,OOO for a public building at Leadville, Col.; to reorganize and establish the customs district of Puget Sound. In the House the Senate concurrent resolution was agreed to requesting the President to invito from time to time, as fit occasion may arise, negotiations with any Government with which the United States may have diplomatic relations, to the end that any differences or disputes arising between the Governments which can not be adjusted by diplomatic agency may bo referred to arbitration. A bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the State of Colorado flags carried by Colorado rigiments. Mr. Lawler, of Illinois, introduce*! a bill to test the science of short spelling and to establish 100 schools for that purpose. Referred. The House then resumed the consideration of the Idaho admission bill. On the final vote for the passage of the bill the Democrats refused to vote, as no quorum of Representatives was present. The Speaker counted a sufficient number of Democrats to form a quorum and the bill was declared passed. The bill as passed declares Idaho to be a State of the Union and on an equal footing with the original States, and that the Constitution which the people of Idaho have framed for themselves is accepted,, ratified, and confirmed. The special feature of the constitution adopted by the people of Idaho,, which had attracted attention during the debate, is that which disfranchises all persons who arebigamists or polygamists, or living in what is known as patriarchal, plural or celestial marriage, or who in any manner teach polygamy, or are members or contributors to any organization which teaches, advises, counsels'or eucouruges polygamy. The House,, after the passage of the bill, adjourned. The Senate was not in session on the 4th inst.. In the House, after the reading of the journal! the House proceeded to the consideration of various private pension bills. In speaking on one ■ of these bills Mr. Stone, of Missouri, declared that no people had been so despoiled and burdened under the name of patriotism and under the guise of pension laws as bad the people of the United States. He denounced the demands of the Graud Army of the Republic and asserted that thePresidency was put up and sold to the highest , bidder. He believed that the Government had been generous enough to the soldiers. He favored a liberal system of pension laws, but he entered his earnest protest against indefensible extravagance in public expenditure. He favored the granting of liberal pensions to true and brave soldiers, but he was opposed to granting pensions to undeserving soloiers or to bounty-jumpers. Mr. Lane, of Illinois, in favoring the bills, said the Democrats of Illinois did not indorse the words of the gentleman from Missouri, but believed as he (Lane) did, that the Government had not done justice to the men who had defended it in its hour of peril. Mr. Cbipmau, of Michigan, criticised and denounced the speech made by the gentleman from Missouri. It was not the time to talk of the cost of pensions. He well remembered the day when cost was not counted; when the government was prodigal of money and lavish of blood; when the motives which brought men under the flag were not scanned and analyzed; when the man who enlisted was the hero of the hour. Then no man was mean enough to suggest that men went out to risk their lives for the paltry pay of sl6 a month. The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Stone) cried a halt, but the time for a halt had not come and would not como until reasonable provision was made for the needs of every soldier of the country. The country needad a service pension; it needed an increased pension for the deaf and dumb; it needed a pension for widows, and it needed a law establishing a rule of testimony in pension cases, whereby the oath cf a private soldier would receive aB much credence as that of an officer. The pension system must continue until the last soldier who served the country in the war was dead and fathered to his lathers.