Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 44, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 March 1899 — Page 6

Iht § flu County Democrat M. Met'. STOOPS. Editor and Proprl*tO» PETERSBURG. : : INDIANA. ^ ^LS=«Si~ 1 ■■-' • Senoi Sagasta, Spanish premier, landed the resignation of the ministry to the queen regent on the 1st. Baron Banffy, former president of the Hungarian council of ministers, has been appointed high steward of the Hungarian court. Tim statement of the condition of j the treasury issued on the 2d, showed: i Available cash balance, $269,472,607; gold reserve, $232,147,027. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 3d showed: Available cash balance, $269,624,471; gold restrve, $232,770,336. The crew of the wrecked steamer Moravia were landed at Halifax, N. 5., on the 3d. Of the crew-pf 40 Second Officer Brinton was the only one lost. The state department has received word that the civilian members of the Philippines commission arrived at Hong Kong on the 2d. They started immediately for Manila. It it rumored at Manila that a steamer with 20,000 stands of,arms and ammunition, bound for the Philippines, bad been seized in Japanese waters by the Japanese authorities. Articles incorporating the United «tates Cast Iron Pipe and 'Foundry Co., uthorized capital, $30,000,000, weic filed with the secretary of state, at Trenton, N. J., on the 3d.

Admiral Dewey is again pressing on the navy department the urgent need ©f vessels of light draft as a means of communicating among the numerous small islands of the Philippine group. The secretary of state for India. Lord George Hamilton, announced in the British house of commons, on the 28th, that there was no truth in the reported death of the ameer of Afghanistan. The assistant secretary of war, on Hie 3d, abolished the capitation tax ©t One dollar a head on passengers, which had been in force at Cuban ports of entry under the American occupation of the island. The gunboat Vixen, which figured bravely, for a vessel of her light caliber, at the outset of the Cuban campaign, has been ordered to be immediately fitted out at the Norfolk navy yard for sailing for Manila. The Chilian waf* office and the military authorities have definitely decided to reduce the army by 5,000 men. The government, it is rumored, contemplates a sale of several crusiers to the United States and Ecuadcfr. The directors of the Amoskeag corporation at Manchester, N. H., voted, on the 2d, to restore the wages of 1897, after April 3. The increase amounts to over ten per cent. The company Y employs more than 10,000 hands. A consular report from Cape Town, South Africa, says that. reckoning on the basis of the September reports of outputs, South Africa will produce in the current year $76,647,375 in gold, which will place South Africa ahead of all gold-producing countries of the •world Admiral Montejo, who was in command of the Spanish squadron destroyed by Admiral Dewey, in the battle of Manila bay, and the commander ©f the Cavite arsenal, were, on the 3d, incarcerated in the military prison at Madrid pending trial for their conduct at Manila. Congratulatory messages were sent' by the president, through the war and navy departments, respectively; op. the 2d, to Dewey and Otis, at Manila, the one on his appointment and confirmation as admiral of the navy and the other as major general by brevet in the regular army.

United States Ambassador White! at Berlin, says: “German}' has for some time felt that the tripartite government of Samoa does not work smoothly. The other governments share this feeling, and woufifc like a modification. There • have been various propositions, but nothing has yet been decided.” Cecil Rhodes, the incarnation of the 1 most advanced British idea of imperialism, predicts most confidently that within a century the United States will have advanced the work begun in the evacuation of Cuba until it controls all of the American hemisphere, except Canada. The situation in the Spanish cortes leading up to the resignation of the Sagasia ministry and threatening the life of the peace treaty, is said by officials in Washington to be the direct result of bad management on the part of the sponsors for the treaty. The text of the treaty requires its ratification by the queen regent only. The United States hospital ship Relief sailed, on the 2d, from New York for Manila. She will carry to Gen. Otis for the relief of the sick and wounded at Manila, a full cargo of medicaUsupplies and delicacies as well as 200 medical corpsmen and a number of acting assistant surgeons and hospital stewards, It was officially announced in London, on the 3d, that, as the treaty of 1862 gives France equal rights with great Britain in Oman, the latter has withdrawn her objections to France placil g coal sheds on the shore similar to those of Great Britain, provided that France does not attempt to obtain territorial rights in Oman.'

Oom]ii|e from Various Qooma. FIFTV FIFTH CONGRESS.

In the ae ate, on the 2Sth, a perfect frenzy for | sslng bills, principally public building: bills, seized the members. Bills carrying an aggregate of eight or ten raillfe s of dollars were passed, and many more that had not been passed by both house: of congress were placed as amendment on the sundry civil appropriations bill. Finally, at a late hour, an amendment to the sundry civil bill was adopted apj opriatlng a large amount for the prellmi: try work on the buildings which had teen authorised. The sundry civil appropt ations bill was passed atll:43 p. m., havh i?r been technically under consideration throughout the day and evening.In te house 61 bills, mostly for the erectior of public buildings, and carrying $!>,3&2, jCO, were passed. In the senate, on the 1st. after less than live hours’ <t ‘bate, the naval appropriation bill was pa. >ed, with an amendment fixing the price to be paid for plate armor at $200 a ton-1: reduction of $125 per ton- - .and authoriz ing the secretary of the navy, if necessary to erect an armor pla ___. lant to cost $1,500,0 i at.d placing $2,000,00b in his control with which to operate it. The senate adopted resolutions of regret at the death o' L#wd Herscheli, and concluded the session with eulogies upon the late Representative Dingley.In the house the ccMifercnce report on the omnibus claim bill \ is agreed to: also^the conference report an tne census bill. The river and harbor bill was sent to conference, and the pa sage of the general deficiency appropriatl n bill was moved under suspension of ire rules. In the senate, on the 2d, the fortifications appropriation bill and the bill providing act eof criminal taws for Alaska were passe . as tvere also a large number of minor bids, the calendar being entirely cleaned of rrivate pension bills and bills correcting nilltary and naval record?. The confer nee reports on the census and rrnel bills were agreed to. e a half million dollars each dated, under suspension of the e Pan-American exposition at Y., and the Ohio centennial Senate bill carrying $1,000,000 for the ne ■ building for the department of justice i as passed. Several minor bills were pass* 1, and a number of conference reports wt i e adopted. In the s< ate, on the 3d, amid scenes of confusion, eemlngly Inseparable from the closing sesf. ion of tne term, the army appropriation bill, carrying over $80,000,000, and the ge eral deficiency bill, appropriating aboutj 120,000,000, were passed. The conference report on the Alaska criminal code was greed to. The Toledo exposition bill, appropriating $500,000. was passed. .In th house the confusion attending theclosing ; ession was so great that it was with the greatest difficulty that the speaker could r ake himself heard. CQnsideration of conference reports occupied the session until far into the night. naval pers In the ho: was appro] rules, for i Buffalo. N at Toledo PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Considerable interest is being manifested tl: oughout the country in the result of the municipal elections soon to be be field in Cuba. At some points the cam sign has already reached a stage of activity that is a revelation to the ur: sophisticated Americans. Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassador to the court of St. James, arrived if|, Southampton, on board the America line steamer^ St. Paul, from New Yo k, on the 1st, The steamer was boa: led by the mayor and sheriif. who welcomed the ambassador in be half of ffie corporation. Ambassador Choate proceeded to London by special train on; the same day. The ,A|fnerican flag has been raised o\ er the island of Cebu. The spnate, on the 1st, passed the bili appropriating $20,000,000 for paypain, on account of the Phi!rithout a dissenting vote or ment to ippines, voice, | Adviei under d received from Apia, Samoa, e of February 17, say that affairs thtlfe were still in an unsatisfactory eorfiition. The United States supreme court adjourned I on the 1st, upon the announcer lent of the death of Lo.«l Herschefi. The Covington (Ky.) post office was robbed stamps and money, reported to araotfit to $20,000, on the morning of the ’iti.

Queen Marie Henrietta of Belgium is gravely ill of bronchial pneumonia. There has been another advance :n tin plati of ten cents per box, making the rice $3.70, a net advance of 05 cents si ze the trust was formed, i An asf|iy of black sand found in the Kotalineaa river, Alaska, made by Hr. Willis 1 Everett, of the Smithsonian institute n,is said to show that one ton of it co: tains $776 worth of platinum, besides iron5 oxide of gold worth $102.84, wo pounds of tin, two pounds of coppt: ■' and one troy ounce of iridosmine. Gen. ] aximo Gomez asks Gov.-Gen. Brooke o reduce the American army of occu] ition to 10,000 men, retaining 10,000 C ban soldiers in the service of the mili ary government. At least so says Se or Manuel de Cespedes, who acted a interpreter at a council, -n Havana adding that Gen. Brooke took the proposition under consideration. Gen. ’oral, who commanded the Spanisl troops at Santiago de Cuba, has bet ; arrested in Madrid, a$d imprisone , previous to being tried by court-m irtial, on the charge of capitulating 1 Gen. Shatter at that place on July 14 last. After considerable delay the former Spanisl cruiser Mercedes, which was suck o ’ Santiago de Cuba harbor on June 6 last, has been raised and pumpe out, the government tugs assisting the wrecking company. She was to ed up to Santiago on the 2d. A gi antic casket trust is now in course of formation, and should expectati ns be realized, one dying three month hence will do so at a greater expect than now, as it is contemplated to iake a sharp advance in burial reoept :les

Representative John W. Cranford, ot the Fourth congressional district of Texas, died at the Providence hospital. Washington, at midnight of the 2d, of heart disease and other complications. The president, on the 2d, sent to the senate the nomination of Assistant Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson, to be advanced ten numbers, from No. 1 of the list of assistant naval constructors, to be No. 8 on the list of naval constructors, for extraordinary heroism. Rudyard Kipling was reported,, on the night of the 2d, to be on the road to recovery, but his two danghlers, Josephine, six years old, and Elsie, three years old, were still suffering from pneumonia, the disease with which their father has had so severe a struggle. - A "Manila dispatch says that Aguinaldo's army is disheartened as the result of the recent actions. Many companies of the insurgents have retired because their officers skulked and re* fused to lead their men.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 4th, the session of the last legislative day of the session, begun on the 3d, was continued and concluded. Conference reports on the river and harbor, the District of Columbia, the naval and the sundry civil appropriations bills were made, in ! each of which the house refused to re|cede from its position, and the senate, after discussion, made the necessary concessions, and the bills were passed. Just before final adjournment an executive session was held, after w'hich, with the usual formalities, the senate adjourned sine die,.. .In the house the final conference reports on pending appropriation bills were adopted, and, after the usual closing ceremonies, including a complimentary message from the president, which was received with cheers, the house adjourned without day. The official statement of Representative; Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, | chairman of the house appropriations coipmittee, summing up tne appropriations of the Fifty-fifth congress, shows an aggregate appropriation by the entire congress of $1,566,890,016,' and for the sessioh just closed a total of $673,658,400, \y|th authority i for contracts subject to future appropriations amounting to $70,000,000. The naval powder magazine of La Goubran, between La Seyne and Toulon, in the department of Var, southern France, exploded at 2:30 a. m, of the 5th. All the soldiers on duty at the magazine were killed, and a number of inhabitants of the surrounding district, the buildings in' which were razed, also fell victims. Fifty persons are thought to have been killed qnd 100 injured. !&- Little attention is paid in Rome to the refusal of the Chinese government to grant the requested lease of San Mun bay, to be used as an Italian naval base and coaling station. No doubt is entertained by the Italian government that the concession will be made after further negotiations. Three persons were killed and a number injured by a cyclone that visited and devastated a portion of Madisonville, Monroe county, Tenn., on the night of the 4th. The damage to*property is estimated at $1,000,000. The Spanish cabinet council, on the 5th, decided to suppress the pensions of all former ministers. Senor Silvela, the new premier, says the government has begun at the top in setting an example of economy. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. Fifty-seven thousand men are wanted at once for the reorganized United States army. Several ease of small-pox have been discovered in New York and an epidemic is feared. John D. Gibbs, a well-known Mis souri traveling man, died of pneumonia, in Kansas City. . „ Gov. Stephens of Missouri has respited Peter Kindred, under sentence of Ideath in Mercer county. Cyrus Taylor was found dead neai Yandalia, 111. He had just sold his farm, and foul play is suspected. The French senate.«eleeted M. Fall! ■erejs president of that body by a vote of 151 against 85 -votes cast for M Constans. ,

Two women were burned to death and a man was severely injured in a fire Which occurred in a tenement block in Boston. Edward Canard, of New York city, driven crazy by a disease of the eyes, drove two tacks into his eyes and destroyed his sight. The Spanish cortes will be dissolved the new elections taking place toward the end of April and the new chainbei of deputies meeting in May. The St. Louis police board has or dered a strict enforcement of the Newberry law, and in consequence all saloons must be closed tight on Sunday. Sir Henry F. McCallum, the new goveronr of Newfoundland, arrived at St Johns, Friday, by the steamer Lake Ontario, and was sworn into office immediately. The Madrid government has instructed Gen. Bios, the Spanish commander in the Philippines, to offei $2,000,000 to Aguinaldo for the release of Spanish prisoners. Mrs. Carrie Ludwig, a wealthy woman, committed suicide at her home in St. Louis, by hanging herself with a clothesline. She was despondent ovei the death of her son. Maj.-Gen. Otis has issued an ordei establishing a Visayan military district, comprising Pa nay, Cebu, Neg ros and other islands, hereafter to be occupied, under the supervision of Gen. Miller. Sheriff Seitz of McPherson, Kusn went to Wichita to arrest James Blackbarn upon charges of contempt and theft. When the officer called at Blackburn’s house he found the ab feared offender dead.

ALL OVER THE STATE. Events In Various Portions of Indiana Told by Wira Am Am** Coaple. Mancie, Ind.. March 4. — Alexander Furgeson. aged 10? years, residing near Reed’s station, was in Muiacie with his wife, who is 93 years old. and the couple cliihbed the three flights of stairs at the courthouse unassisted and entered pleas of not guilty to the charges of insanity preferred against them by Mrs. Martha Sweeney, a daughter residing in Anderson, and she is over 75 years of age. Mr. Furgeson came to Delaware county from Ireland 92 years ago. and for 86 years has resided on the same farm. He and Mrs. Furgeson live alone and enjoy remarkable health, the sight of the old man being so perfect that he. can thread a needle without the aid of glasses. ,

Drink PoUtoned Coffee. Marion. Ind., March 4.—Alonzo Wallet, his wife and Mrs. Wallet’s sister, Mrs. Sarah Kline, of Logan, 0 , were poisoned by drinking coffee made from a package found on their doorstep. A recent announcement by a new coffee and Jea house that, they would fprnish each house in the city with a trial j package of coffee led Mrs. Walle t to believe thpt the package found was for trial, but it. is learned that the firm has'1 not yet put. out any samples and no one ;i has received a sample package of cof-J fee. The physicians think the victims will recover, j , . Look Strike Ended. Washington, Ind., March 4, — Indiana’s long coal miners’ strike has been terminated by an agreement of the differences. The strike began nearly two years ago by the refusal of Cabel & Co. , to pay for the removal of what is known as “dead dirt.’’ The agreement now entered into provides that the company shall adhere strictly to the Chicago national agreement; shall pay for the removal of “dead dirt” and put in one and one-fourth inch screens to take the places of the one and a half inch screens. --- C; . i Dies of Hla Burns. Lafayette, Ind.. March 4.—Alexander Lowry, the old New York soldier who was shipped to this place from Mitchell while suffering intensely from burns received while sleeping too. near a fire built by tramps, died at the soldiers’ home hospital a few hours after having reached that place in the home ambulance. ' . Given Their Liberty. Waveland.Ind., March 4.—Fred Hand, : aged 16, and William Davis, aged 20 years, arrested here by Marshal Thomas Wilson-, of Montezuma, for Tiorse stealing and taken to Rockville and jailed, were given their liberty on account of representations made by the citizens in the community wherein they ■ lived. Port Wayne Diocese. Marion, Ind.. March 4.—The census of the Fort. Wayne diocese of the Cathdlic church, which embraces all the counties north, of Indianapolis, has been completed and made public. There are in the territory 104 diocesan priests and 63 priests of religious orders, and a Catholic population of 70.100. G.4 A. K. Encampment. Indiafiapolis, Ind., March 4. — Assistant Adjt. Gen Smock, of tlie department of Indiana. G. A. K., has issued a circular announcing the twentieth annual state encampment.which will convene in.Terre Haute on May 23. Department headquarters will be established at. the new Filbeck hotel. Another Boys’ Strike. Muncie, Ind.. March 4.—For the third time this week another glass factory is tied up by the carry-out boys striking for more wages. This time it is the Port frnit jar factory, employing 75 boys and 300 people in all. They quitwork until their wages are increased. New Gas Gnslier. Rushville, Ind., March 4. — iThe Raleigh Gas. Oil and Water company struck a remarkable gas well on Amos Glidden’s farm, in Washington township. The well when lighted gave put aflame 30 feet high, and it is estimated will yield 4,500.000 cubic feet daily, i Train Wreck. f Delphi. Ind., March 4. — An eistbound freight train on the Wabfsh road pulled in two and canie together at a point- just east of here. The result was the complete demolit ion of 12 cars, the suspension of traffic and the possible loss of four lives.

Ia Now a Law. Indianapolis, Ind., March 4. — the governor has deposited the Inc'ianapolis street railroad bill with he secretary of state without his signature. J It thus becomes a law, notwithstanding the lack of indorsement of the gbvr ernor. A Serlonn Charge, Madison, Ind., March 4.—Benjamin Wilson and Edward Spangler ire in jail here charged with attempt to kill James M. Cope, who was stabbed in the breast by ope of them during a tight in. North Madison Tuesday nigh t. C»r Thieves. Muncie. Ind., March 4.-r-Car thieves looted a Lake Erie & Western car of a quantity of merchandise consigned to Eaton, 0., Tuesday night. Tie police recovered a number of stolen umbrellas. Instantly Killed. Fort Wayne, Ind., March. 4.—Timothy Ray el, a switchman in the Pen: syl vania railroad yards here, was instan tly killed by falling off a car. He lived at C realine, O. _ Died of Blood Poison Ha*. McConnellsville, 0., March 4, — Hon. W. P. Sprague, ex-congressman, is dead from blood poisoning.

APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS. Half » Billion Dollar* at War Express Swell tbo Appropriation* of tfc« i Fifty-Fifth Caegna Washington, March 6.—The official statement of Representative Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, the chairman of the house appropriations committee, summing up the appropriations of the Fifty-fifth congress, shows an aggregate appropriation by the entire congress of $1,566,890,016, and, for the session just closed a total of $673,658,400, with authority for contracts subject to future appropriations amounting to $70,000,000. Chairman Cannon’s statement in full follows: “The appropriations made at the session of congress just closed amount approximately to $673,658,400, and show an apparent reduction of $219,573,000 under the appropriations made at the preceding session.

8w*Ued by Wtr Expense*. “This is attributable to the large expenses occasioned by the war with Spain that were provided for during the preceding session. The entire appropriations made by the Fifty-fifth congress aggregate $1,566,890,016,28. Of this sum $482,562,083.47 is directly chargeable to our late war with Spain, or incident thereto. Deducting this (-'large.from the whole amount of the appropriations, the remainder, $1,084,327,632.81, represents the ordinary or normal appropriations made by the Fifty-fifth congress. ^Appropriations by the Preceding Congress. The appropriations made by the preceding congress, the Fifty-fourth, amounted to $ 1,044,580,273.S7. A comparison shows an increase in ordinary appropriations made by this congress over those made by tHat congress, the Fifty-fourth, of $39,747,000* but this apparent increase is more than accounted for by increases binder eight I items alone, namely, for pensions, $4,- j 000,000; for the postal service, $16,000,- | 000; for rivers and harbors, including work under contracts previously au- i thorized, $3,600,000; for new ships for 1 the navy, $6,000,000; for beginning ] the work of the twelfth census, $1,000,- j 000; for .the Paris exposition, $1,200,000; for hew public buildings, including the j building for the department of justice, i and for site and partial construction ! of the new government printing office, j about $5,000,000, and for payment of : judgments rendered against the gov- j eminent on Recount of _jthe French ' spoliations, and under the Bowman act, $3,100,000. Natural and Neoensarjr Increases. These very natural and necessary increases in public expenditures on account of the pension list, the growth of j the postal service in response to the i demands of commerce, the improve- j ment of the great waterways4 of the j country and for increase of the navy, j the construction of the needed build- ! ings to accommodate the government j service in the cities of the country, the taking of the census, the participation of the nation in the great exposition to be held at Paris next year, and the payment of the French spoliation judgments and Bowman act cases so long considered by and pressed upon congress, aggregate $39,900,000—more than dissipating the entire apparent increase in the ordinary appropriationa by this congress over those made by the Fifty-tfourth congress. ^ Contracts Authorized. In addition to the direct appropriations made at this session, contracts were authorized, subject to future appropriations to be made' by congress, amounting to about $70,000,000. Of this amount, $44,000,000 is for additional ships for the navy, $22,500,000 is for work on rivers and harbors, and something bver $3,000,000 is for public buildings. The contract system is of necessity applied to the construction of the wai ships, which require periods of years for their construction. In the case of river and harbor improvements and the construction of public buildings, experience has shown that the authorization of contracts tends materially to expedite and cheapen the same.” DEWEY RAISED HIS FLAG. The Four-Starred Flag of the American ■Admiral Given Thunderous Salute* In Manila Bay. Manila, March 4.—Admiral George Dewey raised his flag as ah aumu&j on board the Olympia, and was saluted by the guns of the forts, of the foreign warships, the British cruiser Narcissus, and the German cruiser Kaiserir Augusta by the American ships.

Dewcy'i Thanks. Washington, .March 4.—Admiral Dewey cabled Secretary Long as fol* lows:: “Manila, March 4.—Please accept for yonrself, the president and congress, and my countrymen, my heartfelt thanks for the great honor which has been conferred upon me. “DEWEY.” Arrival of the Commtoilon^n. Manila, March 4, 4:30 p. m.—The United States cruiser Baltimore arrived here at 4 p. m.,from Hong Kong, having on board the civil members of the United States Philippine commission. A Gunboat Shelled the Enemy at Goada* lonpe. Manila, March 4, 11:50 a. m.—At daylight Gen. Wheaton’s outposts discovered a large body of rebels attempting to cross the river for the purpose of reinforcing the enemy at* Gaucaloupe, and a gunboat advanced under a heavy fire and poured shot Into the jungle on both sides of the river, and shelled the enemy’s position at Giladaloupe, effectually, but temporarily, scattering the rebels. The enemy’s loss was heavy. Private John T. Oiz, of Battery C* Third artillery, waa killed.

Both Houses Held Continuous Sessions of the Legislative Day of Friday. mi WORK ON CONFERENCE REPORTS*

natly. Bmntr, T*mv Ownd tk» D*<k*i Altofithir ta a Satisfactory Mwaaar, ud When the Hoar of N«w Arrived, and the Filtj-fifth Coayr— Kxplred. Adjoaraed Rio® Die, Washington. Marcby5.—Viee-Presi-ient Hobart declared the senate of the Fifty-fifth congress adjourned without day eight minutes after 12 o'clock Saturday. It was after a continuous session, beginning at p'eioek on Friday, with the exception of one hour recess during the forenoon. The day of final adjournment broke with the senate in executive session, disposing of a large number of nominations. When the doors opened there were seen but a handful of tired and haggard-looking senators, who were waiting for the fiual reports from the conferees on the two bills yet in dispute. Finally Mr, Hale appeared with both. The deficiency biU was quickly passed, and then came the final and Closing fight on the naval bill and the price of armor plate and lor an armorplate factory. , This was finally over, and the weary senators took a* short recess. Upon reassembling the senate took on a new appearance; The chamber had been cleaned up and the senators rame back to the closing meeting with » more spruce appearance. Some few attempts at legislation were made, but all Were unSuce«*sf|lpTben the galleries filled with gaily-dr’essed visitors, who were there, to see the final ceremonies. They Were m>t lung permitted to enjoy ttmuhielves, as an executive session drove them into the corridors, where they patiently waited fo,r the doors to be opened,1 When this was done only five minutes remained of the congress, but the hands of the clock were turned back ten minutes to give time for the usual complimentary resolutions and the address-of the vicepresident. " §8j|' President McKinley and his entire cabinet came to the capital, and were in the president’s room, back of the senate chamber, where fhe various bills were hurried fcW signature. Finally, the last big appropriation bill had received the president's approval, and everything was ready for- the , close,. I he resolution thanking Vice-Presi-dent Hobart and President Pro Tem. Frye was adopted, and tlW vice-presi-dent responded in an appropriate address, and the senate, which had been in turmoil lor several d ys-. quietly came to an end. e '■ : . ■ ’ A.. Wearily house members sat through the silent watches of the * night, recessing from time to time while awaiting conference reports upon the appropriation bills. The leaders upon whom* the strain and burden of the closing hours fell most heavily, and the speaker, who had the greatest responsibility of all, remained constantly in their places, watching vigilantly the progress of the coatesik jbetwgen the two houses. * The final agreement on the river and harbor bill containing the compromise on the Nicaraguan canal, was secured about 3:30 a. m.; the sundry civil, in which the house forced the senate tosurrender the provision for the Pacific cable, about six; the District of Columbia, with the profusion for sectarian, institutions eliminated* about seven o’clock, and the final conference report upon the naval bill at about 9:30. With the advent of the day the house again took on the appearance of life. Members went below for baths and breakfast, and. returned refreshed to their stations. As early as 7:30 the people,began to pour into the galleries,, the first party to arrive being,a dozen ladies, who took their places in the public galleries. Tl§j£important business of the house bud been virtually completed when the iton»e recessed for an hour at 9*130, all that remained was the enrollment of bills and the final ceremonies. At 10:30 when the house reconvened the galleries were again packed to the doors, and the hall buzzed with a confused murmur of myriads of voices. An American flag had been lowered from the;, press gallery above the speaker’s r chair. t After all the bills had been passed there followed the usual resolutions. That offered by Mr. Bailey, thankingSpeaker Reed, and the remarks of the minority leader, were of a characterto lend a dramatic tiirn to the proceedings. The action of the house and the speaker’s reply aroused the house and spectators to raithusiasin. The final scene in the house was one long to be.remembered. Cheers were given for Admiral Dewcv and Gen. Jos— Wheelejr. Members and tbe occupants erf the galleries joined in singing “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” and other - patriotic songs, winding up with “Auld Lang Syne.’

Tourist Cook Dead. London. March 5.—Mr. J. if. Cook, the head of the great tourist agency, is dead. He never recovered from theillness which he contracted while conducting the recfcnt tour of Emperor William of Germany in Palestine. Wrecked By m Broken Axle. Wilton, Conn., Marcn h.—The Pittsburgh express on the Danbury & Berk- - shire division of the Jsew York, New' Haven & Hartford railroad, southbound, was wrecked at Cannon station, by the breaking of a tender axl&» No one was seriously injured.