Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 February 1894 — Page 2

fchtptt Coutttjjfemocrat M- McC. STOOfS, Editor tad Proprietor'PETERSBURG. - - INDIANA. A late dispatch from Buenos Ayres ■aid the Brazilian insurgents were preparing' to make a rigorous attack upon Santos. It was reported in Buenos Ayres, on the 1st, that the town of Nictheroy, on Rio Janeiro bay, had surrendered to the insurgents. • The custom committee of the French chamber of deputies has decided to in- • crease the corn tax to eight francs, with a sliding scale. A conscience contribution of * $85 from an unnamed man in Delaware county, O.. has been received at the treasury department. There were 72.540 paid admissions to the Mid-Winter fair at San Frantfcisco, on the 27th, the opening day, and $36,270 was taken in at the gates. The appellate court at Chicago has reversed the decision of Judge Stein, rendered last summer, finding the World’s Fair directors guilty of contempt A dispatch received at the French ministry of marine from Gen. Dodds, the French • commander in Dahomey, said that King Behanzin i had surrendered and would be sent to Senegal. Wayne McVeagh, recently appointed ambassador to Italy, sailed from New York, on the 81st, on the American liner Paris for Southampton. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter. * 4 - At.t. of the furniture factories in Grand Rapids, Mich., are now running on either full or part time, having orders enough to keep them busy until July, when the next semi-annual furniture sale opens. ON the 29th “Mr. and Mrs. A- H. Ruhman, of Boston,” were ejected irom the Imperial hotel, New York d^twis soon as their identity as Zella Nic#aus and “Al” Euhman, her “guardian,’ came to the knowledge of the managers of the •house. The senate committee on territories hp-ving under consideration the bill admitting Arizona as a state of the Union gave a hearing, on the 2d, to a delegation in behalf of the bill, headed by Wiley E. Jones, district attorney of Graham county, Ariz. Hon. William Potter. American minister to Italy, and Mrs. Potter, were present at the state ball given by King Humbert and his queen at the quirinal on the night of the 80th. Mcs. Potter was one of those who danced in the quadrille d’honneur. . A dispatch from Pernambuco, Brazil, on the 29th, announced the arrival there of President Peixoto’s five torpedo boats, which were recently purchased in Europe for the Brazilian government. These boats are said to have suffered no damage during their long trip across the Atlantic. Judge Wm. B. Hornblowkr, who was recently rejected by the senate as a candidate for -the vacancy on the . United States supreme bench, was married in New York, on the 81st, to Mrs. Emily S. Nelson, the widow of Lieut.-Col. A. D. Nelson, and a sister of Mr. Hornblower’s deceased wife. *. Secretary Herbert sent a* cable message to Admiral Benham, on the 1st, telling of the receipt of Minister Thompson’s report and indorsing, m the name of this government, the ad- * miral’s action in protecting American interests, and informing him that the future is intrusted to his discretion.

Burglars forced an entrance into the American legation at Rome, on the night of the 38th, by breaking the locks. They broke open the safe and desks of the minister and consul-gen-eral, and then set fire to all the papers in the office. A number of the archives were completely destroyed and others were partially burned. Hon. Sam Parser, who was premier ofHawaii under the deposed queen, juSt prior to sailing from San Francisco for the islands, on the Slst, gave out an open letter purporting to give the royalist version 0f the revolution, in which he claims that Hawaii, under the deposed queen, had a better government than any other country on earth. Geo. W. Childs, publisher of the Philadelphia Public Ledger,' whose worldwide philanthropy was his most distinguishing characteristic, and whose success in the chosen avocation of his life was remarkable, died at his home in Philadelphia, at 8 o'clock on the morning of the 3d, as the result of a stroke off apoplexy sustained some two weeks previous. Leaders of the Parnellite section of the Irish parliamentary party have issued a manifesto declaring that the liberal government’s rule in Ireland is a failure. It does not differ from tory government, and has been marked by secret inquisitions, evictions and jury packing. Home rule, it says/has been pushed aside, and it is therefore necessary to restore Ireland to her old position of ■‘‘blocking the way.” T" Tired of remonstrating with the insurgent admiral at Rio for his reckless disregard of the safety of American vessels in the harbor, Admiral Benham on the 29th, served notice upon Admiral Da Gama that he would protect vessels floating the American flag with all the power of his fleet This was met by defiance and a shot fired at the Good News. Admiral Benham then cleared the deck of his flagship, the Detroit for action and fired several shots* across the bow of Da Gama’s flagship. When this was reported to Da Gama he promptly struck his colora

CURRENT TOPICS TSEi HEWS IH BRIE?. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Ik the senate, on the Shin. Mr. Teller spoke on the Hawaiian resolution, favoring the recognition of tbe provisional government, and. eventually, annexation. The remainder of the session was occupied with the bill to repeal the federal elections law, which finally went over without action..t...In the house, after preliminary business, the committees were called for reports, and Chairman McCreary, from the committee on foreign aflalrs.reported a resolution expressing the sense of the house on Hawaiian affairs. Mr. Blair filed a minority report. The house then went into committee of the whole on the tnrilf bilk In the senate, on the 90th, numerous petitions and remonstrances against various features of the Wilson tariff hill were presented and referred. The Stewart resolution, declaring that the proponed issue of bonds is without authority of law, was laid before the senate, and Mr. Stewart spoke in favor of it, and was sbly answered by Mr. Sherman — ..In the hobse the call of committees for reports was dispensed with, and the Wilson tariff bill was promptly taken Up ;ln committee of the whole. In the senate, on the Slat, among the numerous remonstrances presented against various points in the Wilson bill was a batch from religious societies asking that the tax on whisky be trebled. After the routine morning business the Stewairt resolution declaring that the secretary of the treasury is not authorized to issue and sell bands* was taken up and occupied JJie remainder of the day's session..... In the house, after the committees had been called for reports, the Wilson tariff bill was taken up in committee of the whole, and the internal revenue bill was placed as a rider upon the tariff bill by a vote of 175 to 56. Ih the senate, on the 1st. after the morning hoar. In which Mr. Stewart's bond resolution was debated, the bill to repeal the federal elections law was laid before the senate, -but no senator being prepared to speak upon it discussion of the Stewart resolution was resumed.In the house the Wilson tariff bill was further considered! in committee of the whole until 12 o’clock when the committee arose, and the various amendments were disposed of by vote, and the bill itself being put upon its passage the ballot resulted: Yeas. 201: nays, ill In the senate, on the 2d. Mr. Vilas occupied almost the entire session speaking to an amendment to the Stewart resolution declaring the authority of the secretary of the treasury to apply the proceeds from the sale of bonds to appropriat I ons made by congress. The tariff bill was laid before the senate and referred to the finance committee-In the house the day was devoted to the consideration of the Hawaiian resolution. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Admiral da Gama, the Brazilian insurgent commander in the harbor of Rio Janeiro now knows where he’s at. He has been informed not only by Admiral Benham, but by other foreign con. manders that inasmuch as belligerent rights have not been conceded to the Brazilian rebels, any act looking to the hampering of commerce in the harbor is piracy, and will be treated as such in future. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New Yorlf city is moving in the matter of suppressing the fad of the ladies in wearing socalled chamelons confined by chains as breast pins, and shop-keepers dealing in the reptiles have been notified to cease their sale.. The reptiles sold as chamelons are nothing more than a species of green lizard common, along the tributaries of the Mississippi delta. The Kansas City (Mo.) court of appeals, on the 29th, through Judge Smith, decided that a telegraph company is as much a common carrier as a railroad company, and, therefore, when it does business* in more than one state it comes under the inter-state commerce law. Fred J. Skiff, who was chief of the department of mines and mining at the World’s fair, has been selected as the permanent director-in-chief of tne Columbian museum in Chicago at a salary of $6,000 a year. ;

C. E. Buhl, a wealthy mining’ man, was found dead in his room at a hotel in Grass Valley, Cal., on the 29th, having been asphyxated with gas which hq had forgotten to turn off when retiring. He had been there a week examining mining properties. He leaves a wife at Tempe, Ariz. -a*—s At Tiffin, 0., on the night of the 29th, a young man named Sharp shot and fatally wounded Miss Eittie Kless and then killed himself. Sharp was in love with Miss Kless, but she had refused to accept his attentions because of his bad habits. Ch aki.es Dreheh shot and killed Mrs. Bertha Huneker and then attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the woman’s apartments in St. Louis on the evening of the 29th. It was a case of misplaced love and jealousy. , Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, declares that he is permanently out of politics. He gives politics the credit for the disastrous financial condition in which he finds himself, all his speculative ventures having gone wrong. "~Ex-Gov. Thomas H. Moonlight of Kansas was nominated, on the 29th, by the president as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Bolivia. The university of Brussels was the scene of riotous demonstrations, on the 30th, growing out of the refusal of the university authorities to allow M. Jacques Elize Reel us, the well-known French geographer and anarchist, to lecture within the walls of the university. William Botts was sentenced at Toledo, O., on the 29th, to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years longer than hiis natural life by Judge Lemon. He was convicted of robbing a second-hand store, and a life sentence was added under the habitual criminal law. . Judge Butler, in the United States circuit court at Philadelphia, decided in favor of the Sugar trust in the suit brought by the government to have set aside, as illegal, the taking of the Philadelphia refineries into the trust. The bill of complaint was dismissed. Twenty-four of the rioting miners from Mansfield, Pa., were lodged in the Allegheny county jail on the 30th. The initial step looking to the conversion of the Ohio canals into electric waterways was taken in the general assembly on the 29th. Lieut. Luca Ivanoff and his brother Stajan were convicted, on the 30th, of conspiring to murder Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Luca was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment and Stajan to three y ears.

The Swedish bark Wilhelm, bo ud. with coal, from Swansea for Aid* ite, was wrecked on the coast of Con rail on the 30th. The captain of the ark and five of her crew were drowned There is little probability that the naval committee will report an a] iropriation for new ships at the pn cnt session of congress. Princess Marie Locise, wife of :'er dinand, prince of Bulgaria, w» ac couched of a son on the 30th. Fhe prince and princess were married pri* 4 20, 1893. The special elections in the 1 >urteenth and Fifteenth congressiona districts of New York, on the 30th, re-nlb ed in the election of Lemuel E. ( ligg (rep.) in’the former and Isador St mss (dem.) in the latter. The Fourb nth district had formerly given nearly >,OOC democratic majority. Owing to the illness of Atb mey Trude, of the prosecution and Attorney Wade, for the defense, argument oar a new trial in the case of Patrick E. Prendergast, the murderer of II lyor Harrison of Chicago, has been rpiin continued by Jndge Brentane intU the 14th. A FURTHER loss of 3400,000 ig gold was reported, on the 31st, at th< easury, leaving the gold balance that day at 305,500,000, or a loss dm it;,* the month of January of 315,000,CU0, »r at the rate of 3500,000 a day. Ox the 31st Thomas B. Fergus^ a, of Maryland, was nominated by the president to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the U nited States to Sweden and Norway. Fifteen coses of small-pox ha , up to the 81st, developed at Lewis urg. W. Va. The greatest vigilance c the ' part of the authorities had failr-1 to stop the spread of the disease. St. Rose Catholic church in Ci ncinnati was burned be the 81st. ^oss, 350,000; insurance, less than 320,Oi ). A number of striking puddle: 4 at Moorhead’s iron mills. Sharps urg. Pa., made an attack on the me teen or twenty men who were at work in the mill shortly before midnigl t on the 30th, and"drove them out of the mill. The directors of the Bank c England, at their regular weekly meeting on the 1st, reduced the bank' s rate of discount from 3 per cent to Vy per cent It was announced from St Petersburg, on the 1st, that all danger o the Czar from his sickness was past The great silk stores of Fa re & Lioux, in Lyons, France, were l timed on tfye 1st The widow of the late French :*ainter Milletdied in Paris on the 1st A bomb with a lighted luse at iched was found on the first floor of the city hall at Versailles on the 2d. The burning fuse was extinguish^ I, and the bomb was turned over to re police. Lee Sang, a Chinese highbind r, was hanged at San Quentin, Cal., on the I 2d, for the murder of a fellow-cc intry- I man. « Through daily train service bi tween j Vancouver, B. C., and Seattle, Vash., J has been inaugurated. M. Francois Coppe. the well mown French litterateur, is seriously 1. The Avondale street railway sheds and machine shop at Cincinnati were burned early on the morning of the 2d, entailing a loss estimated «t $175,000; insurance, 3150,000. There were seventy-eight or eighty cars in the! sheds. It is announced that Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, the famous Brooklyn jreaeher, has completed arrangemer :s for a tour of the world during the coming spring and summer. fcATE NEWS ITEM.':,

The senate was not in session on the 3d..In the house a resol n. on was offered reciting that “the house of representatives of the United i? tales of America regards with pleas ire and satisfaction the prompt action of RearAdmiral Renham, on the 27tl ult, in the harbor of Rio de Janiero in his efforts to protect the citizens and commerce of-the United State .” The morning hour having expired, the special order, the Hawaiian resolu ion, was taken up, and its considerat ion occupied the remainder of the sesf on. Auguste Vaii.i.amt, the narchist who threw a bomb into th hSrench chamber of deputies, on D<: ember 9 last, which, exploding sooi after it left his hand, wounding himself and about fifty others, some oi them seriously, was beheaded at th Place de la Roquette, in Paris, at 7:10 o’clock, on the morning of the 5th His last words were: * ‘Death to the boi -geoisie!” The; statement of the .ssociated banks of New York city, fo the week ended on the 3d, showed the following changes: Reserve, increase £2,580,000; loans, increase, $758,900; pecie, increase,$2,663,100; legal tende:: ^increase, $945,400; deposits, increase, $4,114,000; circulation, decrease, $74,S0i Dave Ducharm, the rust] r, escaped from a Minnesota jail on t e night of the 1st, by knocking the j: lor down with a piece of stove. Two cowboys, heavily armed, mounted the r bronchos and started on his tracks wi h lanterns and succeeded in capturin; him after tracking him So miles. English Tory papers rabl^sh a rumor that there is a split i the cabinet on the question of the c mtinuance of the British protectorate ver Uganda, in Africa, Mr. Gladstone having differed with Lord Roseberry the foreign secret nry. The Pioneer Pottery Ct of Wellsville, O., acceeded to the lemands of the striking potters, on he Sd* and work was resumed at th old wages. | One hundred and fifty n :n are em- ; ployed. The steamer jSan Bias ar ived at San Francisco, on the 3d, with in immense consignment of coffee. he reports that the Central America coffee crop this season will be very la: re. The carnival festivities it New Orleans opened, on the 5th, v ith the arrival of King Rex. The t ty was full of visitors from all sec ons of the country. f On the 3o the New Yo c associated banks held $111,633,000'in xcessof the requirements of the 85-pe cent. rule.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. At Anderson, Mrs. Patrick Cain wns fatally burned by her clothing taking .lira from a gas stove. Mr. Cain is the mother of fourteen children. AT Muneie, Ethel Boyce was arrested for cruelty to her 3-year-old daughter. The woman is charged with holding the ends of the child’s fingers against the stove until they were fairly cooked. She says she was breaking the little one from burning paper about the house. Receiver Hawkins, of the Indianapolis National bank, has settled the $86,000 indebtedness of the widow of the late Vice President Colfax and Schuyler Colfax, |r., for $25,000. County Auditor M. R. Yocum dropped dead the other night at his home in Brazil. Four thousand men in Indianapolis are out of work, and the problem is becoming serious | At Crawfordsville the grand jury has indicted 180 citizens for participating in raffles. The proceeds of the enterprise had been devoted to the poor. Parmaxus Holder, of Hope, attempted to assault Mrs. Ed. Carroll and her daughter, Letha, the other night, and to avoid arrest jumped from a second story window and escaped. Hqward Parks, a boy of 20 years, died at Moore’s Hill, the other night, by an act of his own hand. He left a note addressed to his mother, in which he said that he had more troubles than he could bear, and that he was sick and tired of life. The Muneie Commercial and Beal Estate exchange ha* been organized by one hundred of the best citizens of Muneie, and will see that the metropolis of the gas belt is pushed with renewed vim and vigor. The following gentlemen are officers: President, T. F. Bose; vice president, T. H. Kirby, secretary, W. A. Sampson: treasurer, A. J. Williams. * Oscar Thrall, son of a prominent resident of Kokomo, while returning from church at West Liberty, the other night, accompanied by two young ladies, was instantly killed by being thrown from the buggy while racing with other young people. The girls with him were also badly hurt, one perhaps fatally. The ten-thousand-dollar damage suit of Lizzie Miller against the E. and I. Railroad Ca, at Petersburg,was settled in the Daviess circuit court, the jury finding a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff's husband was killed by a running train on the E. and I. a year ago last February. Francis Murphy, assisted by his son William, began a series of Gospel temperance lectures the other night at the M. E. church, Red key. There were over three hundred signers. Scores of people were unable to get in the church. Senator John Yaroax died at his home in Richmond at the advanced age of 92 years. , Smith Elder fell on a, bandsaw he was operating in Lesh’s factory, Warsaw. It cut off his arm and part of his shoulder blade. He will die. At Richmond John Evans filed suit, the other evening, against the Pennsylvania railroad for $20;000 damages for the loss of a hand while coupling cars. Johx Hauskx Craio, an ex-Kentuck-ian who now resides in Danville, is said to be the largest man on earth. He was born and raised in Bourbon county, near Flat Rock. He is 87 years old and weighs 907 pounds. At birth he weighed 11 pounds; when 11 months old he weighed 77. when 2 years old he tipped the beam at 206; at 5 years old %be weighed 302; at 13, 405; at 29, 791; at SO, 806, at 31, 836, and now 907. There are 456 pupils in the Home for the Feeble Minded at Ft Wayne, the largest number in the home’s history. The cold weather of the past few days, during which the thermometer has registered below zero, has developed much suffering at Columbus. By the closing of the factories many workmen have been actually starving.

The Indiana supreme court has affirmed the decision of the Porter circuit court in the contested election cas$ of Joseph Sego vs. Heber Stoddard. Two years ago Stoddard was the republican and Sego the democratic candidate for sheriff in Porter county. Stoddard received three more votes than Sego. The democrats contested the election, which was decided in Stoddard’s favor. Lemuel Bailey, a member of the Muncie bar, charged with stealing two stacks of hay from his neighbor, was acquitted in the circuit court. Miss Edna Magley, the 16-year-old daughter of Albert ^lagley, a mail carrier, had a beautiful head of auburn hair. She lives with her grandmother at Indianapolis, and the other evening she received a visit from her father and accompanied him to the electric car, a short distance away, and then returned home. As she was entering the gate ah unknown party threw a heavy cloth over her head, and before she could free herself or give the alarm her hair was closely clipped off. The girl had no enemies and was a general favorite. It is supposed that her hair was taken for the purpose of profit only, as it was very long, heavy and of unusual' beauty. The death of Mayor Wagner, of Madison, has brought out a large number of aspirants for the unexpired term. The. outcome of the fight is uncertain. No. 4 shaft, north of Brazil, belonging to the Crawford Coal Co., was destroyed by firp the other night. The large engine and boiler and other valuable machinery was greatly damaged. The loss will be heavy, but is covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Quite a sensation was caused by the ‘ filing of a $5,000 damage suit against John Neff by Biley CL Goodwin and wife for slander at Muncie. The parties are well known. Jakes Helms, assistant master mechanic ’of the Louisville, Evansville and St Louis railway, died at his home in Princeton.

THE TARIFF ! ilLU Yho Closing or tlx Debate n the Bourn Of Representatives and K ini Fame* •* the Wilson Tariff BUI by , Tote of 204 to 140. The speaker recognised Mr. teed. This was the signal for a spontaneous outburst of applause, which the speaker ns. de no effort to. check. Cheers and applause i >ng out OTer the galleries, which continued for omo time. Few speakers in the house have ev r had a grander audience hanging upon their w rds. There was not a vacant space to be seen i the house. Mr. Heed stop! for awhile c uietly and selfpossessed beside his desk, the cynosure of all eyes, and when the enthusiast i had subsided, proceeded to address the hoti a In opposition to the bilL Mr. Reed concluded his rent rks at 1:32, amid deafening applause an t cheei * from ths galleries and the members on thc floor. , Mr. Reed was foUowed by hi r. Crisp, and ha by Mr. Wilson, who in conclti ting his remarks said that if the coming roll « aU should be answered in the affirmative, he oold be gratified beyond expression. The “rc 11 call” he said, will not be entered only upc a the records of this congress, but entered in he annals of history and on the hearts of i ie people of this country. Traitors and lagi rds in the battle > of progress, reform and free am have no place In history. In the name 6 Freedom and of Honor, I summon every demr srai in this house to the support of this bill. The tumultuousness of tfa > ovation to Mr. Wilson exceeded that accor id to either Mr. Reed or Mr. Crisp, and it w: i several minutes before the speaker could t. nounce that the previous question had beer, ordered upon the bill and pending amendmen t This was done at 3:09; but the confusion o the floor was so great that the clerk could a: i be heard. When he began to read the demur 1 was made that the floor be cleared. This e cantoned a further delay, and it was 3:15 befor the consideration of the amendments was begi n.: The epeaker announced ; ant the rote would first be taken on Mr. Tav ne.v's amendment raising the duty on barley from Siper cent to 22 cents per bushel and on malt from 39 per ; sent, to 32 cents per bushel. Mr. Lockwood made the joint of order that as the amendment had not been considered la [ committee of the whole it could not be acted ( on in the bouse. The speaker had the special order read that all amendments adopted la committee of the whole, as well as those pending at the time tne bill was reported to the house, should be acted on in the house, and accordingly overruled the i point of order. | The yeas and navs w<*e ordered on Mr. Tawney's amendment, ani It was defeated: ; Yeas. 120; nays, 197. Mr. Wilson's amendmen , raisins the duty on barley from 20 per cent, o 25 per cent, ad valorem and on barley malt from Si) per cent.’ to 35 per cent was then vote 1 on and agreed to: Yeas, 294: nays. 114. Separate votes wero dc mantled on the following amendments, adoj ;ed in committee of the whole: On.the ament raent providing that the wool paragraph shod i tako effect August 2. >894; the amendment s riking out the reciprocity clause of the petroleum schedule, and the income tax amendmei k The other amendments (Including the two important amendments of the sugar schedule, the repealing ot the bounty on sugar, and the Warner amendment putting refined stu-ar on the free list) were agreed to. on a viva voce vote. There was a difference c f opinion as to which amendment to the wool schedule should be voted on. - Johnson's pro vided that the wool schedule should take effect immediately after the bill is passed. This was agreed to in committee of the whole, but subsequently the committee. at Mr. Wilson's i istanee. adopted an amendment, striking out all after the first three words of the Johnson amendment and inserted “August 2. 1891. for raw wool, and De- : cember 2, 1894, for woolen manufactures." Considerable confusion existed as to whether the Wilson amendments only should be voted ; on, or the Johnson amendment also. The I speaker held that as the Johnson amendment bad been favorably acted on In committee, it should also be reported to the house. Mr. Dingley inquired what would happen la ease the Johnson amendment was lost and the Wilson amendments should be carried, inasmuch as the latter included several words contained in the former. The speaker replied that the house would then be in an awkward position, but still held that the Johnson amendment should be voted on. This was done, and the Johnson amendment was agreed to. The vote was then taken on Mr. Wilson's first amendment, and It also was carried on s standing vote of 245 yeas to 47 nays. The second amendment was also carried an a rising vote: Yeas, 196: nays. 42. The effect is to fix the date of the wool schedule at August 2, and of the woolen schedule on December 3. The amendment striking off the provisions regarding reciprocity on petroleum was also agreed to on a standing vote: Yeas, 179; nays, a*.

On the internal revenue amendment Mr. Cockran asked if the propositions could he divfded and a separate vote taken on the in* come tax feature, but the speaker held that it could not. Mr. Cockran then called for the yeas and nays on the entire amendments, and it was carried amid applause: Yeas. 182; nays, 50. With few exceptions the republicans refrained from voting on this proposition. The amendments in committee having all been agreed to in the house, the Question was upon the engrossing and third reading of the bill; and it was agreed to. A motion to recommit was then defeated by h vote or 103 to 177, the announcement of the vote being greeted with loud applause. The spAket then put the question, “Shall the bill phs3?” and the yeas and nays being demanded on this, the rati was called amidst the most intense interest on the floor and in the galleries. As the names of the doubtful democrats were reached and they voted “aye” or “no,” applause, cheers and sometimes goodnature^ bantering followed their votes. The greatest applause followed Mr. Cockran’a vote of “aye” and also Mr. Cummings' negative vote and the affirmative votes of Everett, Geissenhaimer, Lockwood. Magner, McAleer. Tracey, Beltzhooyer, Warner, Blanchard and Boatner. Republican applause greeted the votes in the negative of Campbell, Coveret, Cummings, Davey (La.).Geary (CaL>, Haines. Price (La.), Robertson (La.), Schermerhorn. Sibley, Sickles and Sperrry. When the names of Mr. Wilson and the speaker were bailed great cheers greeted their answers of “Aye.” The populists all voted for the bill except Mr. Newlands. The vote was announced at 5:55 o'clock as follows: Yeas, ,203; nays, 140. The bill was declared passed, with a wild shou*, from the floor and the galleries. A later and more careful examination of the vote showed that 204 had voted for the bill, including the speaker. The announcement was greeted with cheers and applause in the galleries and on the floor, which continued until the house adjourned. The absentees on the vote numbered thirteen, of whom Messrs. Hopkins (Pa.) and Sweet (Idaho) had been in attendance during the j bay, but were compelled to leave before the roll calL A physician was present with Mr. ! Hopkins. Mr. Stevens, amember qf the committee on ways and means, did not vote. * The usual motion to reconsider and to lay on the table were made by Mr. Wilson and were carried, and the house then, at 5:55, adjourned till: to-morrow at 12 o’clock Trouble lu Portugal. London, Feb. 2.—The representative ix Lisbon of the United Press writes to the London office that the censor has re f used to allow telegraphic messages pi ring- details of the troubles in Oporto to be transmitted. He says in the letter that on January 29 there was se rious rioting1 in Oporto. The trohble w! ni dne to the disaffection growing out of new and vexatious taxation, and Lh j action of the government in for* bidding the meetings called by tho chamber of commerce societies, shopkeepers and the various industries to protest against the taxes.

A LOVING TRIBUTE. Ikm Vho £>too<l Nearest to the L*tw Ctoorjeo W. Childs In JonnsIttUe M*s Fay LotIoc Tribute to the Many Good, and Noble Qualities that Kndeared Hint to All with Whom He Came In Contact* Philax>Ei,i 1IIA. Feb. 5.—The Ledger* In an editorial Saturday, says: George W. Childs died this moraine. Tits announcement will be received frith profound grief by those who stood near to him; who knew, admired and loved him. All wbo knew him did admire and love hint, for his lUe was a prolonged benefaction. To others who stood farther apart from him. to whom he was unknown except for the good, that he did. the influence of which wh*. so potent and extended, the announcement of his- . death will seem scarcely lets than the realisation of a personal loss. ' His life wss so broad, generous and benefleie.it as to be as tflht mantle of charity which covers ail the world, as with him Chanty was the greatest of ail. It had neither metes nor bounds; his bounty was as deep, his benevolence as wide as human need. He made charity the cheerful duty and the dally beauty of his life. He lived not for himself, but toy others. The controlling maxim of his life was: “Be just." The dominating action of it was; “Be helpful,''and no man was ever more helpful than he. The creed of no man was broader; H was that all men were his neighbors, brothers. He loved humanity, made his iOTe for it real, and by so doing blessed his own life and that of myriads daily. George W. Childs was a self-made man. the architect of his own fortunes, and no man could hare designed or builded better than he. as he planned and builded to be useful and helpful to his fellow men. That he was; and in nothing did he bear more convincing testimony to this truth than in the great journal, the Public Ledger, to which he devoted nob only his fine intelligence and energy, but his character, his courage, his conscience. First of all, he would be right; he had. as few mca have demonstrated, the courage of his convictions. The editors of the Ledger had been given by him for their daily guidance only one code of laws, one formula of instructions, and they were: “Be right, hs you understand what is right" Apart from that they had freodom of expression as broad and general as the field of truth itself. Mr. Childs never recovered from the effects of the death of his friend. Mr. Drexel. He had loved, he mourned and ho missed him. They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, end in their death they are not divided. * . “Love, honor and reverence?” We pay this tribute to the public-spirited citizen, who was foremostvin zeal for the public welfare, to the sincere frlond, to the devoted husband, to the gentle gedtleman. to the kindest, most generous employer, to the wise, farseeinr man vthoae life was ail goodness, charity mid friendliness To have known such a man was an inestimable’ privilege, as no one could come within the daily influence of his noble, gracious, friendly life and not be a better, manlier man for it. • : , The Loss Felt Most Among Those Who Know Him Best. Philadelphia, Feb. 5.—in many of the churches of the various denominations yesterday the death of Georg© W. Childs was feelingly referred to by the officiating clergymen, and his passing away was pronounced public loss and bereavement The arrangements for the funeral of Mr. Childs have not been completed yet. but it has been decided that it shall be held at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon from St James’ Protestant Episcopal church* of which Mr. Childs was a vestryman for many years. Who will be asked to be pallbearers is still undecided, and it is difficult to make a ; choice for the Sad honor among Mr. Childs’ host of friends in this city and other cities. Even the question of the place of his interment is still a matter of doubt Mr. Childs had a lot in Laruel Hill cemetery, but to many of his intimate friends it seems appropriate that he shonld be laid to rest in the same mausoleum in Woodlawn cemetery that contains the dust of his friend and companion of life, the late A. J. Drexel. Whichever is decided upon, however, the interment will be private. . 1 The employes of every department of the Public Ledger met in the composing room of the paper yesterday afternoon to take appropriate action upon Mr. Child's death. The meeting was called to order by L. Clarke Davis, managing editor of the paper, who moved that Col. M. Richards Muckle, cashier of the Ledger, preside. Col. Muckle took the chair and, after a few feeling and touching words in reference to the object of the

meeting, called upon air. uavis to aa» dress his fellow-employes. ■. % Mr. Davis spoke eloquently of Mr. Childs’ many beautiful traits of character, and his sympathetic and kindly relations with his employes. - Speeches in the same vein were made by William V. McKein, the aged retired editor of the Ledger; Mrs. C. F. Hallo well, editor of the Woman’s department; Dr. W illiam Wilt, for the local staff; Henry S. Stiles, assistant cash- j9 ier; John W. Leating, for the compositors, and Joel Cook, business manager of the paper. Addison B. Burke, chief editorial writer, presented resolutions that were unanimously adopted, expressing the sense of loss felt by the employes of the Ledger in Mr. Childs* death. It was also decided that the Ledger employes attend the funeral in a body. The Future of the Fublie Ledger. Philadelphia. Feb. 4.—The death of George W. Childs will not alter the policy of the Public Ledger, nor will any changes be made in the management of the paper. By an agreement entered into by Mr. Childs and the late Anthony J. Drexel, and in accordance with a provision of the latter’s will, the Drexel estate will now purchase from Mrs. Childs the interest Mr. Childs held in the Ledger and will accordingly own the paper absolutely. The four surviving children of Anthony J. Drexel —John R. Drexel, Mrs. John R. Fell, nee Sarah Drexel, Anthony J. Drexel and George W. Childs Drexel—will hold equal shares in the property. Lansixo, Mich., Feb. 4.—Secretary of State Jochim, State Treasurer Hambitzer and Commissioner of the Land Office Berry have had a conference with Go*. Rich. As a result of this conference the governor has given tho abc»o state officials until Tuesday next to decide ^whether or cot they will hand in tle»r resignations. Jochim, Hambitzer and Berry, in the meantime, will hold a consultation with their lav. yers and political friends, *aA the decision arrived at will he carried out by the state officials, whose rcHignations have bne» asked forAsked to Step Dowd.