Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 188.

SILCOTTS GREAT STEAL

CATCHING MANY REPRESENTATIVES. Speaker Hed and Mr. Carlisle Among Those Wnoe Documents Ar Orerdrawn Queer Developments Slada Iv the Investigation. WAsm.vGToy, Dec. 14. The special house committee investigating the defalcation of Cashier Silcott held a two hours' session to-day. The instructions of the house, that the committee endeavor to ascertain the effect of the defalcation, was read, and the committee immediately began an examination of the laws bearing upon the subject. There was a free expression of individual opinion, the main result of which was to more strongly array the difficulties in the way of a satisfactory determination of the status of the sergeant-at-arms' of the house. One of the members of the committee said that it was decided that he is a disbursing officer. Then a 6erious question at once arises as to how the individual deposits and accumulated salaries of members are to be regarded ; while, if it should be held that the sergeant-at-arms is not a disbursing officer, then the extent of his agency and other vexatious questions remain to be settled. The special committee will meet again Monday, and will probably have to take further testimony, as gome facts have come to light which cast a suspicion of forgery or other fraud upon certain transactions had by Silcott with the Rational Metropolitan bank last May. The Evening Star has the following: The developments in the case of the shortage in the sergeant-of-arrns' office of the house, while they do not fix dishonesty upon anybody but Silcott, show an astounding looseness in the financial transactions throughout that office. There seems to have been very little regard for the fine points of propriety. As the testimony appears to members of the committee making the investigation, Mr. Leedom simply neglected the financial affairs of his office, leaving everything to Silcott. It appears that some members were in the habit of discounting their notes on their salaries before they were due, and that some members haJ overdrawn tht'ir accounts. As far as Mr. Leedom himself is concern ed the evidence before the committee indicates that he neglected to count his cosh and attend to the financial affairs of the office. Members of the house criticise him for this and for the alleged fact that he discounted members' notes out of the public money. The thing that they most condemn him for is that, as they .iay, he was perfectly aware o! the bad habJ's of Silcott, and yet trusted him in the face of this know ledge. Mr. Leedom and Mr. Hicott were both fond of attending the races and bettin?. therefore Leedom Inew of this habit of his oashit-r. and it is alleged that he knew that Silcott was leading "a fast life in other respects. This was known, of course, to a number of members, also, and the habit of discounting notes appears to have grown out of the rapid pace at which certain members of congress were going to some extent, it is thought, in company with Mr. Silcott. The moral atmosphere within certain circles intimate association with the sergeant-at-arms office, does not appear to have been clear. While the thirty-live notes referred to in the Star some days ago are alleged to have bten forgeries, there ere a lot of notes in the safe of the ser-peant-at-arms which are genuine, and this Loose discount business appears to have been going on for years. While members have a perfect right to give out their notes against a sum to fall due them in the future, there is a question as to the propriety of their conducting their business with the disbursing officer of the house, when it mijzht le a fair assumption that the money advanced came from the public funds. The committee is under the impression, as indicated in this report and by some of its members in discussion of this matter, that these advances were made from the public funds, and that if Mr. Leedom was not aware of this fact, it was because he knev. nothing about the Plate of his own or the public finances in the hands of Sillcott. On this subject Mr. Leedom states that the discounting during the session of congreffl was done with his own money, or whb. private moneys deposited with him, not out of the public funds, and that when conretj was not in session the discounts w ere negotiated with the banks. As to the presence of a check of SI. COO of his there against a deposit of less than $200, which the report refers to, he says that he kept an account there, and that it was an overdaaft, such as nnght occur in a bank. He explained that Silcott had in his part of the safe a enm of money belonging to him (Leedom), and that he deposited his salary with the paying teller and checked against it. When lie was notified by the paying teller that he had overdrawn, he simply got the money out of his own fund in Sikott's part of the safe and made the necessary deposit. In the case of the one-thou3and-dollar check ho Fays that when he found he had over-, drawn he found at the same time that Silcott had taken away the envelope containing his (Leedoin's) private funds, amounting in notes and money to about $10,000. 31c at once raised the" money to deposit against the note, and still held it in referve for that purpose. In other words, ho says that he actually had more than the $l,W in the safe when he drew the check, tut that it was in Silcott's possession and not in the pavinc-teller's fund. It appears from the books of the ser-peant-at-arm? that Mr. Adams, who is the chairman of the investigating committee, has overdrawn his account to the air.ount of $70; that ex-Speaker Carlisle has overdrawn his account to the amount of $416; that Mr. Keed has overdrawn his account to the amount of $1,9:14. Other overdrafts are: Cheatham, S'200; Cochrane, $1 ; Forman,llfi; Clifford, $3; Heard, $?A6: Houk, $343; Lee, fl, and Spinola, $416. In the cases of Carlisle, Iieed, Forman and Ilouk, the vouchers have been filed. A reporter made an investigation of the cv?e of Speaker Keed and discovered that it was not, in fact, an overdraft, at least not so far as Mr. Keed himself knows. Mr. Keed placed his certificate in the sergeant-at-arms' office on the 4th of December, when the money was due, for his additional salary as speaker, and authorized the yrocurance of a draft for the amount on S'ew York. A day or two afterward he got the draft. His certificate should have been taken to the treasury, the money drawn and the draft procured. It appears, however, that the money was not drawn from the treasury, though the proper sum was paid to Mr. Keed. This gives the apr pearance of an overdraft, A rejortcr spoke to Mr. Keed about the matter this morning. "I have never overdrawn my account," replied the speaker with some astonishment, "I hare never drawn my money until it was due. I drew $1,034 after I was elected speaker, when it was due. I banded in my certificate that the money might be got for me from the treasury m the form of a draft on New York. I got my draft in due time. I do not see how they could have got the draft without depositing the certificate in the regular way. I do not

see how this can be put in the lijht of an overdraft. It is certainly not due to any t

account of mine. Mr. Adams (111.) the chirraan of the Silcott investisratinz committee, said that his account with the sergeant-at-arms was overdrawn to the amount of $70 through a misunderstanding. "I gave a check," said Mr. Adams, "for that amount about the 1st of November with the? idea that my salary for that month was due me, but since I have found that my certificate had never been filed at the treasury, and so instead of drawing my salary for the month's services I find my account overdrawn. It was simply a mistake, and as soon as there is a proper party authorized to receive the money the matter will be settled' Mr. Adams said he had no idea when the committee would finish its work or whether another partial report would be made before the final report. It is proposed in the committee that it recommend that the matter bo sent to the court of claims for adjustment, and that the action of the house in the matter of reimbursing the members be guided by the decision of that court. This course" may be followed. BURNED IN A HOTEL. Many Liren Believed to Hare Hern Loat at Sew Orleans This Mor.nnir. New Orleans, Dec. 14. 2 a. m. Fire broke out at 2 o'clock in the Allen house, 76 St. Charles-st. There were a number of boarders and lodgers in the house, includine Mr. Frederick Warde and his theatrical party. Theyescaped in their night clothing, leaving everything behind them. They escaped by jumping out on the roof of an adjoining building. Some of those who escaped were badly hurt. The fire is burning freely, and it is feared that all the inmates have not escaped. Frederick Kose, an actor belonging to the Nellie Mcllenry theatrical company, escaped with a number of ladies of the troupe from the burning building, but was himself badly hurt and sent to the hospital. Thomas O'Menl, colored, jumped from the burning building and was badly hurt, and was sent to the hospital. W. II. Iitel and wife were among the theatrical party who escaped. 2:2-" a. m. The fire seems to be gaining on the firemen and the whole block is in jeopardy. The telegraph wires seem likely to be burned oti at any moment and prevent further particulars being sent this morning. Mr. W. II. Leitel says he was aroused from sleep by an explosion which occurred near the head of the stairs on the second floor, cutting off their escape by the stairway. They were therefore compelled to jump to the roof of an adjoining building, and crossing over two buildings finally reached a place of safety on the roof of Hill's jewelry store, corner of St. Charlcsst. and Commercial alley. The police think that all the inmates of the burning building succeeded one way or another in getting out The fire seems to be under control, that is, is confined to the McCioskey building which was occupied, the lower floor as a confectionery and soda-water place, and the upper stories as a boarding house known as the Allen house. The building belonged to the McCioskey estate. !Loss on building and stock of John McCioskey estimated at $20,000. BURIED ALIVE. Terrible l'Me of n Vounc 1V:mo In Wli-ron-in. Madison, Wis., Dec. 13. About a month ago diphtheria appeared in the home of a prominent family. A young domestic was terribly frightened. A young child died of the dread disease, and this, with the horror of disease, caused the girl to take to her bed. She apparently died in a few hours, and was at once buried by the authorities. A few days ago her parents obtained permission to remove the body to the count rv, and upon opening the casket they M ere horrified to discover that the body was lying on its face, the hair wrenched from the head and the fietsh literally torn from her face and hands. JACK THE RIPPER. A Nw Victim Discovered, nnd Evidence That lie ia n Sailor. London, Dec. 13. The mangled body of a woman has been found among the ballast of a vessel at Middlesborough shipped at Mill Wall. The hand has been found elsewhere. The police suspect that fhis is auother victim of Jack the Kipper, and the presence of the body in the ballast calls new attention to tho theory that the successful murderer is a sailor. A NEW JOHNSTOWN HORROR. Some Unknown Miscreant Start a Panic in n Thent r My a F ls Alarm t?f Fire. JonxsTOWK, Pa., Deo. 10. As the performance of an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" troupe wan drawing to an end in the Main-st. opera-house last night, the fire-be 1 1 was rusg, causing a frantic, scramble for the exit. There were five or six hundred men, women and children in the hall, and to gain the street it was necessary to pass down a Darrow, wallednp staircase and through a very narrow door. The people from the streets rushed into the door from the outside and many were crushed before they could be forced out It was necessary to turn the hose on the crowd at the door before the rescuers could tret at the dead and wounded. When the crowd was driven away the following persona were found dead upon the stairs: MISS CLARA BURN'S Ml IS. NrTKK. GKOIKiK IIOUN'F.R. CHARLES FI ANT. JOHN CARIL MRS. LIHTKR. JOHN MILLER. A. WEISS. JOHN WYMAX. II ICH A RI WOUTIIINGTON. ISAAC TO LA It. AN UNKNOWN WOMAN. Auion; the seriously injured were: Charles Vaughn. Albert Owens. Weimer. . There are about thirty others injured, but their names cannot be ascertained. The alarm was false, and there are miny threats against the unknown man who started it. Why 1900 I Not a l-p Year. lU Louis Republic. The following explanation will show you why the year 19t)0 will not he counted anions: leap years: The year is 3G. days, fire hours and forty-nine minutes lone; eleven minutes are taken every year to inuke the year 3G-"J days lone, and every fourth year we have an extra day. This was Julius Caesar's arrangement. You may ask : "Where do these eleven minutes come Iron?" They come from the future, and are paid by omittine leap year every 100 years. Rut if leap year is omitted regularly -ery too years, in the course of 400 years it is fonud that the eleven minutes taken each year will not only have been paid back, but that a whole day will have been eiven uo. ISo Pope Gregory XIII, who improved on Ctesar's calendar in 153J, df creed that every centurial year divisible by four should be a leap year after alL So we borrow eleven minute each year, more thin paying our borrowiugs back by omitting three leap years in three centurial years, and square matters by having a leap year in the fourth centurial year. Pope Gregory's arraneement is so exact and the borrowinland paying hark balanced so nicely, that we borrow more than we pny back to the extent of only one dar in 3,8 jefirs. 1 he 1 nop I e Rejoice.. Miami County Sentinel. The people rejoice while the hook monopoly and its henchmen are doomed to utter defeat and disgrace. Children Cry for

FOR THE MIGHT HOUR DAY.

THE FEDERATION OF LABOR SPEAKS. A Vigorous EfTart Will Be Made Next May to Secure the Shorter Dy More Officers AtMnl to the CouncilOther IJnlnea. Bostox, Dec. 13.-The federation of labor resumed its sessions this morning. The committee on resolutions, represented by Joseph B. Labie, brought up ajain a resolution on child labor in the following revised form : . Resolved, That we urge the abolition of chili labor before the age of fourteen years. This was accepted and passed by the convention. The committee reported favorably on the following resolutions: The saddle and harness makers of America desire the co-operation of all affiliated trades in their efforts to protect themselves from evils induced by competition with the product of the prisons of our land, and would urge upon our delegates the necessity of either regulating or abolishing the crying evil which compels honest men in the struggle foi a living to compete with the labor of convicts, clothed, fed and housed by the several states in this Union. That the coutinuity of the American federation of labor he recognized and dated from the year 18S1 in all future documents issued. That the American federation of labor declares its desire that congress shall restore wages in the government priuting office to the rate prevailing, previous to 187", and indorse the eflorts of the typographical union, No. 101, of Washington, to secure the same. Delepate Lyons of North Adams, a member of the incoming legislature, introduced the following: Whereas, It is known that certain employers of labor in the various parts of the country are forcing their employes to sign away their rights as citizens, the federation of labor demands of the various legislatures that they enact laws making such methods unlawful. The committee on resolutions reported adversely on this resolution, and the convention entered into a lengthy discussion of the principle underlying tho resolution and its eiiect upon the working people, if a law such as was asked was enacted. The resolution was finally adopted by 32 to 25, there being fifteen delegates absent. The committee on president's address submitted its final report. In the matter of alien contract labor, the committee recommended the adoption of a resolution favoring amendments to the alien contract law which make it effective. It recommended that all matters relating to farmers be referred to the executive council. It urged the delegates and every member of the federation to work earnestly to carry out the suggestion of the president. The report, as a whole, was adopted. Among the resolutions was one condemning the buying and selling of ball players by the National league, and calling upon the labor unions to support the brotherhood organization. These resolutions were referred to the committee on boycotts. The committee on organization reported favorably on resolutions urging special assistance to the organization of boot and shoe workers, coal miners, furniture workers, sailors and firemen and journeymen brewers, and they were adopted. In the afternoon the constitution was voted upon in detail. After a long debate it was voted, 44 to 13, that the basis of representation in the federation shall remain as at present George E. McNeill, for the eight-hour committee, presented a report which, after setting forth the advantages to be derived from an eight hour law, says: "Your committee is agreed that existing conditions will not justify the hope that at this time ail the crafts will be prepared to enforce the eight-hour system on the 1st of May, 1800, although muny of the trades are now ready, and many more will be by the time 5 perilled for the inauguration of this, the greatest of industrial reforms. We, therefore, recommend that the executive council 6hall have power to select such trade or trades from those affiliated with the American federation of labor as shall, in its judgment, be best prepared to achieve success, and that each union in the federation be requested to assess its members 10 cents per week for so many weeks as shallbe necessary to secure the short-hour day, payment upon such assessments to commence not later than March 1, 1S90; that all trades affiliated with the American federation of labor not now working the eight-hour day, or between whom and their employers existinc contracts may prevent, shall appoint committees to confer with their employers, and, if possible, secure a reduction of the hours of labor to eight per day, and that the executive council shall appropriate for their use, if needed, such a sum or sums as can be opared from the monev received for the trade or trades selected by the executive council." The constitution was then taken up again, and the delegates proceded to its further discussion section by section. Under the article relating to officers an addition was accepted declaring that the president, two vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer shall constitute the executive council. THE WEEKLY REVIEW. Recent Minor Events liriefljr Paragraphed For "The Weekly üentineL" Queen Victoria has a cousin seriously ill Duchess Teck. Berlin printers are taking the places of the Berne strikers. Brazil's minister to Portugal, Baron Andreda, will not reeisrn. Three inches of snow in New York state and six in Vermont. The places of London's striking gas men have been filled. Over four bundled employes of the Louvre are ill with fever. The Etruria crossed the ocean in six days and forty-five minutes. The western nail manufacturers advanced prices to $2.35 net. Dom Pedro declines to refer to his abdication as a possibility. Earthquakes shook Dalmatia, Bosnia and Ilerzegovnia Sunday.Switzerland refused to naturrlize tho Austrian, Archduke John. It is rumored that the Illinois Central wUl extend to Puget sound. Westinchouse claims to have produced an absolutely safe arc light. Influenza is epidemic in London, St. Peters burg, Berlin and Vienna. Engineer W. B. Allen dropped dead in his cab at Birmingham, Ala. Hawaii has granted Englishmen a concession for a cable to Vancouver. France's chamber of deputies has approved the secret service credits. The Star distillery of J. & C. Ilerget, Pekin, I1L, burned; loss, $40.000. John Martin and Bert Sheldon, boys, drowned at Irontou, Mis. ' Saturday Minister Porter had a privat inter view with King Humbert. An Englishman was arrested while sketching fcebastopol lortincations. John Jorhes and James Barrett, colored, drowned at Newport, Arle The A. J. Thompson furniture eompany, Chicago, lailed lor ft,uuo. Mrs. Booth, wife of the Salvation army comtnander, is dying of cancer. ' The Sacramento river has overflowed and levcral lives have been lost. i Three miners are imprisoned in the Iron i Mountain mine. Ishpenninjr. Dr. Martin Cheney was 6hot by hunters or ; claim-jumpers at Outline, I. T. j The Cardinal Archbishop Oanelbaur of Vi- ' anna ie rncrlpil to Hi fil-niirhL L U11U aa - - -' ' " - " " -1. " Joseph O. Dittman, the well-known paper Dianuiacturer, was thrown into the .Schuylkill Pitcher's Castoria.

river at Philadelphia by the overturning of his carriage and drowned. An explosion in the mines at Belmez, Spain, killed and injured many people. The Hollingsworth k MeClure novelty works, Cincinnati, burned; loss $18,000. J. C Stubbs has been elected fourth vice pretident of the Southern Pacific. "Scabs" are working in the South London gas works under police protection. Russia will soon begin an official study of the world's railway and telegraph systems. Balfonr will soon so to Ireland to feel tho public pulse on the land purcha.se bill. Lartre numbers of counterfeit Mexican bonds have been floated around Kansas City. new eight-inch gun, the first American steel gun, stands all tests satisfactorily. The earl of Zetland, viceroy, was given a fairly warm reception at Kingston, Ireland. It is denied that the Anglo-American and Direct cable companies have bad a rupture. Defaulting City Clerk Marion I Cook of Aspeu, Col., has been captured at Cleveland. Supt. Torter aeks that census supervisors be allowed f 1,000, instead of $300, as at present. Harris Cohen, clothier, Baxter-st., New York, has failed for $10.000 broken by fast horses. Louis Reichormet has been elected president and Dr. E. Welti vice-president of Switzerland. The rumor that Jay iould has an option on the iarrett-Johns Hopkins B. & O. stock is denied. Sister Mary Kelly tried to kill herself by jumping from a window in a I'itunurs convent; insane. Archduke John's name still appears in the official genealogy of the Austrian imperial family. President Adams denies that the Union Pacific has purchased the Dallas, Pacific & Southeastern. An artillery officer and a sailor have been arrested at St. Petersburg for an attempt on the czar's life. The Frankfort Zeituna declares King Leo

pold must be cautious if he desires to retain his throne. No trace has been found of Dave Dillon, who drifted out to sea in an open boat trom New York. Judge George II. Shields of Missouri is a candidate for Judge Brewer's place on tha circuit bench. Three thousand Olbury (Enj.) miners want 10 per cent, more pay, and will strike if they don't get it. The South London gas-works have been forced to dismiss the new stoker,; gas pressuro is very low. Thomas Parker, who helped to draw Lafayette's carriage from Baltimore, is dead, aged eighty-three. CoL Clibborn Booth, salvation array, has been arrested for returning to Switzerland after bein; expelled. Cleveland will preside and Harrison will speak at the American bar centennial in New York Feb. 4. Thomas Spooner, colored, was hanged at Port Ailen, La., for the murder of Seth Swearinpen, white. George Manker, a prominent citizen of Council Blutts, was sandbagged and robbed, and will probably die. Monday the Germans ander Lieut Schmidt killed twenty-eight Bushiris in an engagement in East Africa. Two little sons of Joseph Mallette, and a son of E. M. Mitchell, drowned while skating at Port Hope, Ont. Mr. Balfour will go to Dublin on Wednesday, and will remain there until cabinet councils are resumed. Count Karalyi severely wounded Count Lnzar in a sword duel growing out of a political quarrel at Pesth. John Mullin of Oklahoma City was called to the door of a bagnio and shot by three masked men who escaped. The wounded victims of the Johnstown theater accident are doin? welL The theater will never again be opened. The house appropriations committee will immediately report a bill covering a deficiency of $1.50,000 in the printing office. The "fever" among employes at the Louvre turns out to be the influenza, now epidemic in nearly all the European capitals. Thomas R. Adams, manager of the Milwaukee and Wyoming cattle ranche, near Cheyenne, hss absconded with $20,000. The appeal of the Rio Tinto copper mining comuany, in its litigation with the Comptoir d' Lscompte, has been dismissed. Judge Andrew of New York dissolved the injunction against the city and the electric light wires must go under ground. Dr. Louis P. Aldrich, aged seventy-two, is under arrest at New York for outraging little girls whom he enticed to his office. David Dillon of New York is afloat on the ocean in a small boat, haviug been cast adrift from a bark which was towing him. Stanley proposes to remain at Zanzibar several weeks. He will go troin there to Cairo, and thence to London in the spring. Lord Torpichon of Edinburgh hr.s sued for divorce for adultery. She files a cross bill. More nobility nastiness is expected. Atchison gross earnings for October, entire system, $3,040.75; increase, ?197,107. Net earnings, $1,209,514; increase. $4(X,iy9. The wives of Messieurs DeFreycinet, Conetans, Tirard and Yves Guyot, in Paris, have the influenza. The malady is spreading. Portugal is trying to negotiate for 5.009,000 milrcis in Frankfort, but hankers refuse for fear of a republican revolution in Lisbon. At Washington, D. C, the body of a young negro was found in a vacant house. Watchman Mardetta was found dying. No explanation. The house elections committee selected a son of Chairman Itowell for clerk. A sub-committee to arrange the coutested cases was appointed. The telephone company asks that the Eau Claire (Wis.) electric railway be enjoined from running its line, as it destroys the utility of the telephone service. Dom Pedro is slightly ilL He has officially notified the Brazilian government that be will accept no settlement of money beyond what the law allows him. The Mexican National has secured a loan of $3,000,000 from Mr. Joseph Hampson, and will purchase rolling stock, and lay a new track from Laredo to the City of Mexico. J. J. Carter, alias "Doc" Warren, was arretted in New York for swindling young men whom he pretended to employ, first getting a deposit from them which be pocketed. Senor Barhosa, Brazilian minister of finance, cables, denying the alarmist reports regarding Brazilian finances, public security and the stability of the provisional government. Thomas Power O'Connor, Spencer Balfour, cousin of the Irish secretary and a syndicate of M. P.'s, have purchased from M. B. Harrison more than $1,000,000 of property in Duluth. The collector at Detroit has been ordered to hake up his subordinates, who recently detained and seriously annoyed Mrs. William Mr Galium of Indianola, la., on her trip from Canada. The Cameron iron and coal company of Pennsylvania, having defaulted payment on a one-miilion-dollar mortgage to the Central trnst company, E. M. Parroti hai been appointed receiver. Bond purchase Coupon 4s, $2,500; registered 4s, $141,200 at 127; coupon 4)i's, $.500 at 104?; registered 4, $14.000 at 104. Of these oilers, $100,000 was surrendered by a national bank. Bridget Byrne, a Cincinnati market-woman aged seventy, was murdered in her house for the money she was supposed to have. John alias "Brocky" Smith, a tough, is undoubtedly the murderer. Banker Joseph G. Dittman of Philadelphia is still missing, and the river refuses to give up his body. There is now talk that he was in deep financial difficulty, and that his life was insured for $140,000. A gang of eleven river pirate, eight men and three women, was captured at Cairo, 111. Their leader proved to be Tommy O'Dawd, the famous Chicago crook, who recently escaped from the Kankakee insane asylum. At Ebensburg, Ta., Charles Carter, colored, wna sentenced to hang for killing John Matthews. One of Carter's brothers was hanged three years ago. and another U in the penitentiary for assault to kill. Dr. Shearer, president ot Davidson collegp, North Carolina, has created a sens-ition by denouncing the common school system of the country and faroring the education of the children of presbyterinns in schools fostered by the church. The union coal-miners ot Illinois met at Peoria and adopted resolutions favoring a national advance in mining prices on May 1, an eighthoar day, atiolition of truck stores, the breaking up of all ironclad contracts between the miners and the operators, and a par-day every I two weeks.

THE FIRST INAUGURAL

CONGRESS CELEBRATES THE EVENT. The Centennll of George Washington's Inauguration Appropriately Observed Chief Jutice Fulleft Floe Oration Awakens Great Enthusiasm. WASniXGTOX, Dec 11. The congressional ceremonies commemorative of the centennial of George Washington's inaugural were held in the house of representatives to-day. In the private gallery were seated Mrs. Fuller, wife of the chief justice, and her daughters; Mrs. Morton, wife of the vice president, and the families of the delegates to the pan-American conference. Mrs. Blaine, Miss Blaine, Miss Leiter, Mrs. and Miss Ilalford and Mrs. Wanamaker occupied seats in the diplomatic gallery, and Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Carlisle were accommodated in the seats set apart for the friends of the speaker. At 12:50 p.m. the distinguished prooession in the senate wing formed in line and marched across to the house, President Harrison, arm in arm with Secy. Blaine, leading the way. The hum of conversation was hushed in the house, when, at precisely 1 o'clock, the president of the United States and his cabinet were announced, and filed down the main a;sle, while the representatives stood in respectful silence. Hardly had they been seated, when the chief justice and associate justices of the United States were ushered in, headed by the officers of the court. Chief Justice Fuller took a chair on the left of Secy. Blaine, who, himself, eat on the left of the president. The vice-president and the members of the senate were then announced, and as the senators were escorted to their seats, Mr. Morton ascended to the speaker's chair and assumed the gavel, Mr. Reed standing on his left. Gen. Schofield, commanding the army, and escorted by Gen. Rosecrauz, (retired), having taken their seats, the diplomatic corps, headed by Mr. Walker Blaine, and attired in gorgeous costumes, filed down to the rows assigned to them. They were followed by the members of the pan-American conferrnce and the members of the International marine conference, headed by Admiral Franklin and Lieut. Cottman, the president and secretary, respectively, of the marine conference. At 1:10 all were seated, and the vice-president called the vast assemblage to order. After f rayer, the Marine band, stationed in the south obby, broke into the national air of "Hail Columbia!" As the strain ended, the chiefjustice was escorted to the clerk's desk by Senator Hiscock and Representative Bajne, the chairmen of the committees in charge of the arrangements. Chief Justice Fuller read his oration in a powerful voice and with a clear enunciation; and he was listened to with the greatest attention. , In beginning it he said that by the terms of that section of the act of congress under which we have assembled in further commemoration of the historic inauguration of the first pretident of the United States, lieorpe Washington, the 30th day of April, A. D. 189, was declared a national holiday, and in the noble city wh-re that event took place its centennial anniversary han been celebrated with a magnificence of speoch and s n?, of multit'idinoiis assembly, and of naval, military and civic display accompanied by evtry manif station of love of country, of profound devotion to its institutions and of inferno amrpciation of tbe rirtues and the serTiees ofthat illustrious man whose ssumpton of the chief magistracy gaT tne assurance of the succeasful setting in motion of the new government. "Washington," the orator continu-d, "had become first in war, not so much by victories over the enemy or by success in strategy, as by the triumphs of a constancy which no reverse nor hardship, no incompetency, no treachery could shake or overcome. He had become first in tbe hearts of his countrymen hocsse tha reople comprt h-nded tue greatness of their leader, and recognized in him an entire absence of personal ambition, an absolute love of country, of themselves and of mankind. He had b-toiuo first in peace by bringing to th charge of the practical working ni the system he had participated in creating on behalf of ths people, whje independence he had achieved, the same serene judgment, tho same ragacity, the same patience, the sameense of duty, the same far-siijhted comprehension of the end to b attained that had marked his career from the beginning." The orator alluded but briefly tr tbe brilliant war record of Gen. Washington, but in elrquent words portrayed th growth and value of repuoliean intitutions under tho administration of President Washington. R-ferring to the tear of arbitrary fower in respect to the presidential office, Justice 'uller 5aid: "Kut no fear, no jealousy could be entertained of him who indignantly repelled the suggestion of the bestowal of kiugiy power; who had unsheathed the sword with reluctance afi i laid it down with joy; who had never sought official position, but accepted public office as a public trust, in def renre to a unanimous demand for his services as to convince him of the necessity; whoso patriotism embraced the whole country, the future grandeur of which his prascience foresaw. Of the future greatness of the new nation Washington had no doubts. He saw, as if face to face, that continental domain which glimmered to others as thiough a glass darkly." The chif justice referred to the friendly international relations between the United Mates and foreign nations. In a brilliant peroration he said: "And so the new century may be entered upon in the spirit of optimism, tho natural result, perhaps, of a self-confidence which has lost nothing in the substance by experience, though it lias gslned In the moderation ot its impetuosity; jet an optimism essential to the accomplishment of great ends; not blind to perils, but bold in tho fearlessness of faith, whose every consciousness of the limitations of the present asserts the attainability of the untraveled world of a stiil grander fut ire. No ship can sail forever over summer seas. The storms it has weathered test and demonstrate its ability to survive the storm to come, but storms there must be until there shall be no more sea. Hut as amid the tempests in which our ship of state was launched and in the times succcedinc, so in tha times to come. With every exigcucy constellations of illustrious men will rise upon the anry ckiea to control the whirlwind and dtspel the clouds bv their potent influences, while fro.n the 'clear upper iky' the steady light of the great planet marks out the course the Tenael must pursue and sits shining on the saiis as it comes grandly into the haven where it would be." The orator completed his oration at 2:50, having consumed an hour and a quarter in its delivery. As his voice died away on the las( word ot the eloquent peroration, a storm of applause swept through the audience, which continued for some minutes. The benedietion wan then pronounced by the chaplain of the house, after which Washington's grand march was rendered by the Marine band. The martial strains having ceased, the vice president declared the joint assembly dissolved, and to the stirring air of the "Star Spangled Banner" the invited guests slowly left the chamber. Variation On An Old Theme. IX. Y. Sun. Customer (finishing his hash) "Check waiter." Waiter (who forgot what the order was) "What did you have, sir?" Customer "I haven't the slightest idea." Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a perfect cure for scrof ula, that dreaded taiut in the human system. Catarrh Cnred. A clergyman, after years of suCering from the loathsome disease of catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sutleter from this dreadful disease sending a self-addressed stamped envelops to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 8-9 Warreu t., New York, will receive a receipt free o charge. Look Here, Friend, Are Yon Sick. Do you suffer from dyspepsia, indigestion. sour stomach, liver complaint, nervousness, lost appetite, biliousness, exhaustion or tired feel ing, pains in chest or lungs, dry cough, nihtsweats or any form of consumption? If so send to Prof. Hart, 8S Warren-st., New York, who will send you free, by mail, a bottle of Floraplexion, which is a sure cure, bend to-day. All humors of the scalp, tetter sores and dandruff cured, and falling hair checked; hence, baldness prevented by using Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. The bestand surest dye to color the beard brown or black, as may be desired, is Buckingbain a dye lor the whiskers. It never fails. Impure water, the cause of so much ill health, made harmless by adding a little An gostura letters. Manufactured by Dr. J. O. Is. biegert & fjons. For a disordered liver try Beecham's Pills. $5 tots a day. Samples worth tL15 free. Lines not under horses' leet. Write Hrewster Safety Kein Holder Company, Holly, jlich. SfnVTTT. JnrnttTVnntrA. ffbStnn. ina rtl.-lp In tho wnriil. 1 Mltnnle FVrs. GßftGERs: nd Tumor OTR?:r ; nn Imtfe t i k free lr ;katiokt a IH'sh, IH Llm St., Cincinnati, O. "1 XT ANTED MKN TO PELI NUItSERY STOCK 1 good WBges; steady work. 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COUNCIL BLUFFS and OMAHA, with FREE Keciin13R Chair Car to NOÜ.TH PiATTE (Neb.), and between CHICAGO and DZIIVEK, COIX2ADO 6PEXNOS and FOXBIX5, via St. Joseph, or Kaieaa City and Topeka. SplcrcUd Suüng Hotel west of St. Joseph and Kansas City. Excursions dally, with Choice of Jioutes to and frcra fialt Lake. Portland. Los An cole a and Ban Francisco. Tiia Direct lAua to and from Püte'a Peak. IüähItou. Garden of the Goda. the Bacitarlmaa. autd Scoolc Grandeurs of Colorado, Via Tho Albert Lea ncutc. Solid Erpress Trains dsly between Cricatra end Hinneaprilis and BU Paul, with 'XHBOTJQH Hoclininff Chair Cars ffliEF;) to and from thoao r-olEta and Kansas City. Through Chair Car and s;ecpcr between Peoria, Epirit LaJte and Sioux Talis "Via Boele Island. Xho Favorito Iino to Watertown, Si.3tuc 37ailB, the Summer Kr.scrts and Hun fans and Fiaiiiaij C rounds ot ti.e JJorthweat. The Short Line via Scnoca and Kankakee offers facilities to travel to and from Inciinr.r.pcUs. Ctacinn&ti and other Southern poiaiFor Tickets, Hapa. Fclie, or desired Information, appiy tt an7 Coupon. Ticket OCice, er addre E.ST.JCHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN, Gesl Haaar. Genl Tkt. Cc Pb. AV CHICAGO. IXI GRATEFULCOMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowldc of the natural laws which porem the operation of diRp-ition and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properlies of w.'i;-scleted Cocoa, Mr. Kpp has prorlJed our break f;i--t tables with adi-licatelT flavored leera;o which may sare us niiny UraTjr ioctors' hüls. It is by tbe judicious use of such articles of d'et that a constitution may be pradua ly Imilt tip until plroii enough to r?i!"t every U'wimer to disaae. Hundreds of subtle maladies are llu.-Uinz around 11a r ady to attack ht-rever theTe iiawi-au fKiint. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keep.ni? oure'ves well fortified witii pure bio 1 and a prupeny nourished frame." C'iTil Service Gaette. Made impiy with boiiii.g watT or milk. 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One of cir if i tm niishels per nay triKh onr lar.' IS p;K lllu.t rnlrd I'.inf r. e m-il m-ni it llirew nsonuiü trial luitl thceoru lliiaier rrfe ta anatl If you 111 wrnrt na 1 rt. tu bt-ip u vay pönale on aiL rmi now. don't iai.-thn.elinw. E. F. NASOn, Pub., 21 Ann St.. New York,., 53i3 WhitöHcrss ÄKeailcaäed Girl Her la tha while horae, c-.w here U the reU bturf Iuk sbarp; hunt around l r lt'arcrtAinlr tl.rie. OtitT yua hat a r.w e.lver vifrl charm, an4 by irtO'-liitip a rlna yi. rn a.-e the ivA hra.lcd r;rl rhi!i .s Oct Ol ! v ien m h anl J Jlier; tliat iatl. f'in rf 1 1. Juitdl hinc tr f itrw. and atre inni, S mjit'i,!wi.B. cm v reo ia. ' 1 U'JtCU CI .'. K N -HIN .. t. V ff U .-1 W lO.'k. Win. E. MelpRa, late F5rt Pfptitr Comtuiitloner and artin I oniniiai(incr cf Tenaions. Jos. W. Kichol, laU 1.- t'lei k, rototlic iNrpartm't. Wm. i. (klf'l, Claim Atu.rtiy. M LEAN A NICHOl Attarnr-r at Law, i:ooui31, 3 end 34, Atlant 'e ßj'.lding, AVashinc'on, 1. C. Attention to I'enaion. 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