People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1893 — Page 2

GKOVER IN CHARGE.

President Cleveland Takes the Oath- of Office. Vhe Ceremonies Marred by a Snowstorm —A Maffflffacent Parade and a Gorgeous Bail—Fall Text of the Inaugural Address. BWOBN IN. Washington, March &— Grover Cleveland, Of New York, thrtce nominated for president of theJiuiied States snd twice elected, has again beef ind acted into that high office for his second term, with' all appropriate ceremonies and the gathering of a mighty multitude, and with the accompaniment of a blinding snow-storm. Many Old Not March. Had the atmospheric conditions been anything like favorable, instead of being as bad as could possibly be, there would probably have been 60,000 men and a number of ladies manetting or riding in the parade, against 20,000 In 188 a They were all here waiting to fall In line, but at the last moment some of the organizations were compelled to desist from participating. Nevertheless, the occasion was memorable br the vast attendance. Scenes Along the Lint of March. The scene along the line of march was such as no city but Washington and no street but the broad, well-paved Pennsylvania avenue could produce. The public and private stands erected along the line of march from the capitol to a point beyond the white house had an estimated seating capacity of 60,000 persons. Every foot of standing room along the route of the procession, fully 2 miles in length, was occupied: windows Commanding a view of the parade brought fabulous prices, and advantageous seats on the public stands commanded prices ranging from five dollars up and down. The Keviewing Stand. The main stand from which President Cleveland reviewed the parade was erected immediately in front of the white house. It was decorated witheffective taste. In the center was an arch 42 feet high, handsomely draped and surmounted by the arms of the United States. On the extreme right was the coat of arms of New York (Mr. Cleveland’s state); on the extreme left was the coat of arms of Illinois (Vice President Stevenson’s stale), and between them were displayed the armorial bearings of the other members §f the thirteen original states. Cushioned seats were provided for the president and his cabinet, who surrounded him; and folding chairs were supplied for the diplomatic 'corps, who were arranged immediately tfehlnd him. On both sides were seats for senators, members of the house ot representatives and specially-invited guests. Was an imposing Parade. Capitol hill, far as the eye could reach from the eastern front of the capitol, was an undulating sea of humanity, assembled to witness the administering of the oath of office to the new president by the chief justice of the United Suites and to hear, as matey of them as could get within ear shot, the inaugural address. The parade was greater in numbers and more Imposing in military and civic display than that of any previous inauguration. Gen. Martin F. McMahon, of New York, the grand marshal, carried out the same admirable methods which made his management of the Columbian parade In New York city last October so successful He wasjibly assisted by his adjutant general, CoL ,N. C. Corbin, United States army. The Military.. The escorting division, composed of artillery, cavalry and Infantry of the regular army, assembled in the neighborhood of the white house and the war, state and navy buildings, and formed in columns of sections of twelve each, promptly at 10:30. They marched down the avenue, accompanying the presidential party from the white house to the capitol prior to the inauguration. All the rest of ibe parade assembled below the capitol and marched from the capitol 2 miles up the avenue after the inauguration ceremonies were over and disbanded at the Washington circlet Civil Organizations. The civic procession, under the marshalship -of_pol. William Dickson, was In six divisions, and aggregated more than 20.000 men. and quite a noticeable dash of lady equestrians. Tammany, wUh i ts gorgeous new banners and badges, held the right of line. The second division was assigned to Pennsylvania; Massachusetts, New Jersey and Delaware had the third division; Maryland the fourth; the fifth was the west--ern division, and the sixth was nAde-up of the later-arriving organizations. The bicycle clubs of Waging ton and Baltimore brought up the rear. Incidents of the Parade. A detailed report of the great parade Is, of ’course, impossible, when a mere enumeration of the various regiments, companies, posts and civic organizations participating occupies three newspaper columns. But some of the notes and incidents of the parade are here set down at randmn. Among the magnificently mounted special aides who rode behind Grand Marshal MoMahon and Chief of Staff Gen. W. D. Whipple, were representatives from every state and territory in the union. The guard of honor of President Cleveland consisted of 100 members ■of the New York Business Men’s Cleveland and Stevenson association. A feature distinctively novel was introduced Into the parade by the engineering corps- This was the releasing of a number of barrier pigeons with messages relating to the success of the Inauguration, destined for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Annapolis and other points. Still another military feature was afforded by the military bicycle company, who, mounted upon their wheels, and at the same time handling their small arms with dexterity, gave proof that this innovation in military tactics lacked nothing of success. White House to Oapltol. At 10:30, at the sound of the lqng-roll beaten by drummers stationed In the little park in front of the white house, the presidential party and Its escort started on their journey from the white house to the capitol. There was a wild .. huzza from a thousand throats as the carriage tearing the president and president-elect came in sight, preoeded by Grand Marshal MoMahon and staff. President-elect Cleveland and President Harrison both raised their hats In respond© to the popular salute. Slowly the first brigade of the esoort division in advance of the presidential party started In measured tread up the historic Pennsylvania avenue towards the ca pi tol, the vice president-elect and the senate committee on arrangements following in carriages in the rear of tne president Another wild chter-greeted the appearance of Vice Presi-dent-elect Stevenson. The members of President Harrison’s cabinet, Major-Gen. Sehofleld, commanding Jhe army, and the senior admiral of the navy followed In the order named, and the Second brigade of the Second 'division brought up' the rear. ‘"Fifty Thousand in Lint. It was a splendid procession, too, with mow than &tOOO democrats in line. Nothing like it has ever been seen In Washington, so the oldest inhabitant said. Not even the famous review of the returning victorious army of Grant cxoeOTed the pageant. Ityas somewhat heterogeneous, to be sure, bflt it was Impressive for all that. It was more truly representative -of the American people than any merely military columns could have been. It Included regiments of regular United States troops, cavalrf, Infantry and artillery, led by the veteran Scofield, commander-ln-chief ol the federal army. Then there came detachments of marines, companies ot cadets from the natal school and embryo warriors from West Point To these succeeded the -armed forces of the sovereign states, from New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Wisconsin and Louisiana, companies or regiments of the citizen soldiery, well named the national guard. Besides this pomp of war and glitter and gold braid and dazzle of gilded epaulets the black ooetames pf the civic organizations looked tamo. But the political clubs were as tnfiy representative of the nation as were ynlform-'d me., and their absence

tlons from Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maryland, Indiana, lowa, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana, Wisconsin and Georgia Cleveland Sworn In. Arriving at the capitol the soldiers and atvOtank formed in the streets radiating from, tbs grounds and awaited the time of marching. Bach thoroughfare reaching away from Capitol hill held a regiment or otub or several of them. The place which was assigned was on Delaware avenue directly in Une with the platform on which stood President Cleveland

PASSING THE CAPITOL.

when he took the oath of office. Patiently the troops and marching clubs waited. At last the inaugural ceremonies were over. The new president had finished his the senators, representatives and diplontetes formed in stately procession to return to the capitoL From the west side of the capitol a single gun thundered the welcome signal to start The Beturn. There was clanking of swords and grasping of guns and hoisting of banners and general “dressing up” of the ranks. Slowly at first and then more swiftly the column of 50,000 men moved to the blare and rumble of bugle and drum from 100 bands. Down the broad, long reach of Pennsylvania avenue it swept and on and up the ascent to the white house, where it passed in review before the president ex-presldent and the dignitaries of the nation and of foreign lands. A few blocks further west to Washington clrole, It moved and then disintegrated. All along this route, about a mile and a half, the way was lined with humanity. At any available point stands had been erected and in these thousands of persons were seated. Other thousands stood oa streets or sidewalk

and watched the civic-military pageant sweep by. It was a splendid parade, well planned and efficiently accomplished. The BaU. The Inaugural hall was held at night in the spacious hall of the pension building. The decorations were the most elaborate In the history of affairs of Its kind. Those in attendance numbered fully H),000. The Marine band at

THE PARADE ON PENNSYLVANIAA VENUE.

9:40 began “Hail to the Chief,” and this was the first intimation giyen the majority of those present that President and Mrs. Cleveland had arrived. They were accompanied by a retinue of friends and without going to the rooms reserved for them the president and his wife started on a tour of the ballroom. The president led the way on the arm of Gen. Schofield, while Mrs. Cleveland followed under escort of Justice Gray of the supreme court A few minutes only were consumed in the oircuit of the ball-room, and then Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland and their party went upstairs to their apartments and there receiyed a large number of prominent persons, including senators, representatives; foreign ministers and officers of the army and navy. The coming secretary of the navy, Mr. Herbert, there joined the party with Miss Herbert Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland left the ball-room shortly before 10:30 o’clock. Their departure was made so quietly that but few people were aware of it, and a great multitude gathered abdut the stairway leading to the presidential apartments and remained there for some time after the president and his wife had left the hall. The vice presidential party arrived at the hour <*r 10, and a circuit of the hall was made in a manner similar to that of the presidential party. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, with their son, daughters and friends who accompanied them to Washington, then joined the president and Mrs. Cleveland in their rooms. Precisely at 12 o'clook the band struck up “Home, Sweet Home,” and the assemblage quietly dispersed.

PBESIDENT CLEVELAND AND HIS CABINET.

THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

President Cleveland Outline* His Policy on Many Issues. Washington, March 6.— The follow* ing is the full text of the inaugural address of President Grover Cleveland, delivered immediately before he had taken the oath of office: “Mr Fellow Citizens: In obedlenoe to the mandate of my countrymen I am about to dedicate myself to their service under the sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply moved by the expression of confidence and personal attachment which has called me to this service, I am qure mv gratitude can make no better return than the pledge I now give before God and these witnesses of unreserved aud complete devotion to the interests and welfare of those who have honored me. “I deem it fitting on this occasion, while Indicating the opinions I hold concerning publlo questions of present importance, to also briefly refer to the exlstenee of certain conditions ana tendencies among our people which seem to menace the integrity and usefulness of their government. Must Bo Watchful. “While every American citizen must contemplate with the utmost pride and enthusiasm the growth and expansion of our country, the sufficiency of our institutions to stand against the rudest shocks of violence, the wonderful mrift and enterprise of our people, and the demonstrated superiority of our free govern-

VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON.

ment. it behooves us to constantly watch for every symptom of Insidious infirmity that threatens our national vigor. The strong man who, in the confidence of sturdy health, courts the sternest activities of life and rejoices in the hardihood of constant labor, may still have lurking near his vitals the unheeded disease that dooms him to sudden col-

lapse. It cannot be doubted that our stupendous achievements as a people and our country's robust strength have given rise to a heedlessness of those laws governing our national health which we can no more evade than human life can escape the laws of God and naturo. Will Malutaln Our Credit. "Manifestly nothing is more vital to our supremacy as a nation and to the beneficent purposes of our government than a sound and stable currency. Its exposure to degradation should at once arouse to activity the most enlightened statesmanship: aud the danger of depreciation in the purchasing power of the wages paid to toil should furnish tt e strongest Incentive to prompt and conservative action ‘•ln dealing with our present embarrassing Situation, as related to this subject, we will be wise if we temper our confidence and faith in our national strength and resources with the frank concession that even these will not permit us to defy with impunity the inexorable laws of finance and trade. At the same time, in our efforts to adjust differences of opinions we should be free from intolerance or passion, and our judgments should be unmoved by alluring phrases and unvexed hy selfish interests. “I am confident that such an approach to the subject will result in prudent and effective remedial legislation. In the meantime, so far as the executive branch of the governm'ent can intervene, none of the powers with which it is intjpsted will be withheld, when their «xercise is a earned necessary to maintain our national credit or avert financial disaster. Dangers of Paternalism. “Closely related to the exaggerated confidence in our country’s greatness which tends to a disregard of the rules of national safety, another danger confronts us not less serious. I refer to the prevalence of a disposition to expect from the-operation of the government especial and direct individual advantages. The verdict of our voters, which condemned the injustice of maintaining protection for pro-

CLEVELAND TAKES THE OATH.

tection s sake, enjoins; upon the people’s servants the duty of exposing and destroying the brood of kindred evils which are the unwholesome progeny of paternalism. “This is the bane of republican institutions and the constant peril of our government by the people. It degrades to the purposes of wily craft the plan of rule our fathers established and bequeathed to us as an object of our .love and veneration. It perverts the patriotic mb-

timent of our countrymen and tempts them to a pitiful calculation of the sordid gain to bo derived from' their government's maintenance. It undermines the self-reliance of our people and substitutes In its place dependence upon gdvennnenuil favoritism. It stiflea the spirit of true Americanism and stupefies every ennobling trait of American citizenship “The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that, while the people should patriotically and cheerfully Support their government, Its functions do not include the support of the people. “The acceptance of this principlecleads •to a reflhsal of bounties and subsidies, which burden the labor and thrift of a portion of our citizens to aid ill-advised or languishing enterprises in which they have no concern. It leads also to a challenge of wild and reckless pension expenditure, which overleaps the bounds at grateful recognition ot patriotic service and prostitutes to vicious uses the people's prompt and generous impulse to aid those disabled in tnblr country's defense. Economy and Frugality. “Every thoughtful American must realize the importance of checking at Us beginning any tendency in public or private station to regard frugality ana economy as virtues which we may safely outgrow. The toleration of this idea results in the waste of the people’s money by their chosen servants and encourages prodigality and extravagance in the home-life of our countrymen. Under our scheme of government the waste of publlo money is a crime against the citizen; and the contempt of our people for economy and frugality in their personal affairs deplorably saps the strength and sturdiness of our national character. “It is a plain dictate of honesty and good government that public expenditures should be limited by public necessity, and that this should be measured by the rules of strict economy; and it is equally clear that frugality among the people Is the best guaranty of a contented and strong support of tree U&titutiona. Civil Service Reform. “One mode of the misappropriation of public funds is avoided when appointments to office, instead of being the rewards of partisan activity, are awarded to those whose efficiency promises a fair return of work for the compensation paid to them. To secure the fitness and com-, pentency of appointees to office, and to remove from poll ticai action the demoralizing madness for spoils, civil service reform has found a place in our public policy and laws. The benefits already gained through this Instrumentality and the further usefulness it promises entitle it to the hearty support and encouragement of all who desire to see our public service well performed, or who hope for the elevation of political sentiment and the purification of political methods Monopolies and Trusts. “The existence of immense aggregations of kindred enterprises and combinations of business interests formed for the purpose of limiting production and fixing prices is Inconsistent with the fair field which ought to be open to every independent activity. Legitimate strife In business should not be superseded by an enforced concession to the demands of combinations that have the power to destroy; nor should the people to be served lose the benefit of cheapness, which usually results from wholesome competition. "These aggregations and combinations frequently constitute conspiracies against the interests of the people, and in all their phases they are unnatural and opposed to our American sense of fairness. To the extent that they can be reached and restrained by federal power, the general government should relieve our citizens from their interference and exactions. Equal Rights. “Loyalty to the principles upon which our government rests positively demands that the equality before the law which it guarantees to every citizen should be justly and in good faith conceded in all parts or the land. The enjoyment of this rifeht follows the badge ot citizenship wherever found, and,’unimpaired hy race or color, it appeals for recognition to Anftrican manliness and fairness. with the Indians located within our borders impose upon us responsibilities we cannot escape. Humanity and consistency require us to treat them with forbearance, and in our dealings with them to honestly and considerately regard their rights and interests. Every effort should be made to lead them through the paths of civilization and education to self supporting and independent citizenship In the meantime, as the nation's wards, they should be promptly defended against the cupidity of designing men and shielded from every influence or temptation that retards their advancement. Tariff Reform. “The people of the,United States have decreed that on this day the control of their government in Us legislative and executive branches shall be given to a political party pledged in the most poskive terms to the accomplishment of tariff reform. They have thus determined in,favor of a more iust and equitable system of federal taxation. The agents they have chosen to carry out their purposes are bound by their gromises not less than by the command of their lasters, to devote themselves unremittingly to this service. “While there should he no* surrender of principle*, our task must be undertaken wisely and without vindictiveness. Our mission Is not fiunishment, but the rectification of wrongs, f, in lifting burdens from the daily life of our people, we reduce inordinate and unequal advantages too long enjoyed, this is but a necessary incident of our return to right and justice. If we exact from unwilling minds acquiescence in the theory of an honest distribution of the fund of governmental beneficence treasured up for all, xre but insist upon a principle which underlies our free institutions. When we tear aside the delusions and misconceptions which have blinded our countrymen to their oondltion under vicious tariff laws we but she w them how lar they have been led away from the paths of contentment and prosperity. When we proclaim that the necessity for revenue to support the government furnishes the only justification for taxing the people, we announce a truth’so plain that its denial would seem to indicate the extent to which judgment may be influenced by familiarity with perversions of the taxing power: and when we seek to reinstate the self confidence and business enterprise of our citizens, by discrediting an abject dependence upon governmental favor, we strive to stimulate those elements of American character which support the hope of American achievement. “Anxiety for the redemption of the pledges which my party has made and solicitude for the complete justification of the trust the people have reposed in us. constrain me to remind those with whom I am to cooperate that we can succeed in doing the work which has been especially set before us only by the most sincere,’ harmo ni ous and disinterested effort. Even if insuperable obstacles and opposition prevent the consummation of our task, we shall hardly be excused; and if failure can be traced to our fault or neglect we may be sure the people will hold us to a swift and exacting accountability. To Defend and Protect the Constitution. “The oath I now take to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States, not only impressively defines the great responsibility I assume, but suggests obedience to constitutional commands as the rule by which my official conduct must he guided. I shall, to the best of my ability, and within my sphere ot duty, preserve the constitution by loyally protecting every grant of federal power it contains,, by defending all its restraints when attacked by impatience and restlessness and by enforcing its limitations and reservations in favor of the states and the people. Wise and Patriotic Support. “Fully impressed with the gravity of the .duties that confront me, mindful of my weakness, I should be appallea if it were my lot to bear unaided the responsibilities whieh awpit me. I am, however, saved from discouragement when I remember that I shall havs the support and the counsel and cooperation of wise and patriotic unen who will stand at my side in cabinet places or will represent the people in their legislative halls. “I find; also much scomfort in * remembering that my countrymen are just and generous and in the assurance that they will not condemn those who by sincere devotion to their service deserve their forbearance and approval. Conclusion. “Above all, I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people; and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly seek His powerful aid.”

KILLED HIS PLAYMATE.

Self-Confessed Crime of a Colored BoyOnly Thirteen Years of Age. Columbus, 0., March 6. —Oliver Johnson, colored, 13 years old, murdered Stanley Hott, white, aged 5, and threw the body into the Scioto river. The Hott boy failed to appear at his home, and an investigation was started, resulting in the arrest of young Johnson. Dpon being pressed by the police Johnson confessed that he killed Hott with a hatchet and threw the body over the Mound street bridge. They quarreled in their play. The body has not yet been recovered.

Want Church Property Taxed.

Battle Creek, Mich., March 6.— At the Adventists’ conference Sunday s resolution was adopted favoring the repeal of all laws that exempt church property from taxation*

ITS WORK.

A Review of the Doings of the Fifty-Second Congress. Six Hundred and Sixty Measures B#» came Laws—A List of the Most Important Ones. RECORD OF OOHBKEBS. W asbiboton, March CL —The silver and tar* i* questions, the anti-option bill and reduction oi appropriations were the leading topics of consideration by the Fifty-second congress, which expired by constitutional limitation at 12 o'clock noon Saturday, and secondary only in Importance to these matters were measures relating to the world’s fair, equipment of railroads with automatic car-couplers, national quarantine and immigration, Behring sea and Hawaiian annexation. Nothing of an affirmative nature, except te prevent two items in the McKinley act taking effect, was actually accomplished so far as respects silver, the tariff or anti-options, the notion taken on each of these questions in one branch of congress being negatived by the notion or nonaction of the other branch. Pat on the Statute Books. Approximately 425 house and 235 senate bills and joint resolutions became laws, making 800 acts put on the statute books as the result of the work of congress. A majority of these measures were of interest only to individuals or localities, being for the relief of citizens, for the bridging of streams, for the District of Columbia, for rights of way, etc. An unusual proportion of the claims bills was for the relief of southern men. The house passed in round numbers 825 bills, of which 200 failed of passage in the senate, and in the neighborhood of 625 bills passed by the senate failed in the house, including a long list of public-building bills, many private pension bills and other measures involving increased expenditures. Vetoed by the President. Three bills were vetoed by the president, vis,, to refer the McGarraban claim to the court of olaims (a second McGarrahan bill failing of notion In the house), to amend the court of appeals act and in relation to marshals in the United States courts in Alabama. This last bill became a law by passage over the veto. Senator Hoar stating that it had been vetoed through a misunderstanding of its provisions. The president subjected three bills to a “pocket” veto and two other bills failed of engrossment in time for presentation to him. All were of comparatively small importance. Futile Investigations. The pension and census offioes, the whisky trust, Panama Canal and Paciflo Mail companies, the Watson-Cobb charges, the Pinkerton system and Homestead troubles, the Magerickpnd Spring Garden bank failures, the Ellis island immigation station were investigated by congressional committees, but nothing came of the reports submitted. Didn’t Reduce Expenses. The result of the agitation of the necessity for a retrenchment of expenditures is not apparent in any considerable change in the aggregate appropriations carried by the-national supply bills, for they amount to about as much as In the Fif-ty-first congress, laws on the statute books preventing some large reductions which otherwise possibly would have been made, while the decreases which it was possible to effect were offset by increased appropriations for pensions and rivers and harbors. The condition of the publlo treasury, however, though it did not result in the Fiftysecond congress getting below the billtondollar litriit, undoubtedly influenced legislation to a considerable extent and prevented the authorization of many proposed new expenditures for improvement of the public service, for public buildings, payment of claims and for other purposes. A notable instance of the operatfon of this influence is seen in the fact that not a single publio building bill passed the house and It was only by putting a number of them on the sundry civil appropriation bill that any appropriations whatever for public buildings were secured. Struggle Over Silver. The silver question was kept steadily before the attention of congress by the alternate efforts of the advocates of free coinage and of the repeal of the Sherman law. The coinage committee of the house in the first session reported a free-silver bill, which, after an exciting debate, was saved from defeat by the casting vote of the speaker, but was> afterward filibustered to death, the friends of the bill failing to secure the signatures of a majority of the democrats to petition for a closure rule in its behalf. The senate then passed a free-coinage bill, but when the free silver men renewed their fight in the house they were outnumbered by fourteen votes, and, of course, failed. The anti-silver men met a similar fate in their efforts to secure a repeal of the present law, the senate refusing by a decisive vote to consider it, and the house killing the Andrew-Oate bill by declining to vote so as to give its friends the parliamentary right to move closure on it, without which it concededly could never be forced to a vote in the closing hours of the congress Tactics Regarding Tariff - . On the tariff the dominant party in the house adopted a policy of attacking the McKinley act In detail largely for political reasons and partly for the reason that in view of the political complexion ot the senate it was practically out of the question to pass a general tariff-re-vision bill through the senate, while special measures might stand some show of passage. The result was the enactment into law of two bills continuing block tin on the free list and fine linen at 35 per cent ad valorem. Under the McKinley act large duties were to take effect on these items in the near future. Other separate bills were passed through the house, only to be pigeonholed in the senate, as follows: Free wool and reduction of duties on woolen manufactures, free cotton bagging, ties, gins and*cotton bagging machinery; free binding twine; free silver lead ores, where the value, not the weight, of the silver exceeds that of the lead in any importation?; free tin plate, terne plate, taggers’ tin, and the limitation to 8100 of the amounj, of personal baggage returning tourists may bring into the United States. The anti-option bill passed both houses, but was killed by the refusal of the house to suspend the rules and agree by a two-thirds vote to the amendknent put on the bill by the senate, the opponents of the measure maneuvering so as to prevent Mr. Hatch making effective his majority in favor of the measure and forcing him at the last moment to try suspension of the rules. The pure-food bill, the running mate of the anti-option bill, passed the senate, hut was never able to get consideration in the house. World’s Fair Legislation. World’* fair legislation comprised the grant of 82,500,000 in souvenir half-dollars in aid of the fair, the closing of its gates on Sunday, the appropriation of various amounts foKdiflerent fsfir purposes and the passage of sundry acts of a special nature and minor importance. A!n automatic car-coupler bill shorn of its djastic features was enacted into law, as was also a national quarantine hill increasing the powers of the marine-hospital service to meet the threatened dangers from cholera, and an immigration law imposing additional restrictions on immigration, but not suspending it entirely. The senate averted the bill over the Behring sea seal fisheries by ratifying a treaty of arbitration. It also ratified extradition treaties with Russia and other countries, but still has before it a treaty of annexation of the Hawaiian islands. The opening of the Cherokee outlet was provided for in the Indian bill under a clause appropriating 88,295,000 for its purchase from the Indians, 8295,000 to be paid in cash, and 88,0U0,000 in five equal annual installments. Some Important Measures. The following are the more important Riiv« which have become laws: The car-coupler bill; the Chinese exclusion; the national quarantine; immigration to grant an American registry to two Inman line steamships; to pension survivors of the Black Hawk and Seminole Indian wars; to increase the pension to veterans of the Mexican war; the inter* mediate pension bill; the eight-hour bill tor adjustment ot accounts ot mm

who have worked over time: to enable the president to enforce reciprocal canal arrangements with Canada; to pension army nurses: to increase the pay of crews at life-saving stations; the omnibus lighthouse and fog signal bill; to amend the interstate commerce law so as to meet the Gresham and Counselmaa decisions and correot other defects in it; to amend the law is reference to bills of lading so as to increase and make more clear the responsibilities of transporters: appropriating *O,OOO for the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for the Sharman statue; to establish a military board to review courtmartial findings; for the examination of officers of the marine corps and to regulate promotions therein; for the completion ot allottment of lands to the Cheyennes and Arapahoes; to make the secretary of agriculture eligible to the presidential succession: to authorize the establishment of a branch national bank on the world’s fair grounds; the poor suitor’s bill: to repeal the life-saving projectile law so far as concerns vessels navigating lakes, bays or sounds exclusively; to enable the centennial board of finance to wind up its affairs; to Increase the pay of privates in the hospital corps; to permit enlisted men to be examined for promotion to second lieutenancies; to accept the bequest of Gen. Cullom to West Point academy; to give commanding officers in the army the power to remit or mitigate the findings of summary courts-martial; to extend for two years the time within which applications may be made to remove technical charges of desertion against Mexican war veterans; terminating reductions in the naval engineer corps; to establish a court of appeals in the Distrlot of Columbia; to incorporate the American university at Washington; to establish a military post near Little Rock, Ark.; to provide for the collection and arrangement ot the military records of tne revolution and war of 1812; to authorize the secretary of the treasury to obtain designs for public buildings from local architects who may also be employed to superintend their construction; to authorise the entry of lands chiefly valuable for buildingstone under the placer-mining laws; to admit duty free the wreckage of the Trenton and Vandalla, presented to the king of Samoa; for the permanent preservation and custody of the records of the volunteer armies; to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi near New Orleans; to extend the seal-protecting statutes to the North Pacific ocean; directing the secretary of war to investigate raft-towing on the great lakes; to amend the general land-grant forfeiture act of the last congress so that persons entitled to purchase forfeited lands under that act may have four years from the date of Its passage; to provide for the punishment of offenses on the high seas and making important amendments in the present laws: permitting suits to be brought in the district courts and court of claims against the United States for land patents within six years from the date at which right of action accrued; for the trial in the court of claims of charges of fraud alleged against the Well and La Abra Mexican awards, and establishing a standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel. Some Appropriation Bills. There was some legislation effeoted on appropriation bills, the most important being as follows: Closing the world’s fair on Sunday and granting the fair 82,500,000 in souvenir half-dollars; authorizing the construction of one new cruiser, one line of battle ship and three gunboats; appropriating 8300,000 for expenses of the International naval review; prohibiting payments By government officers for transportation over non-bonded branch linos owned by the Pacific railroads, lines leased and operated by the Union and Central Paciflo not being included, however; abolition of army contract surgeons; making the action of second auditor final on all back-pay and bounty claims, except an appeal within six months to the controller; for the collection of railway export statistics; for the replacement of civilian Indian agents by army officers; extensions of the contract systems to a number of important river and harbor projects; to stop the gauging of liquors from rectifying bouses: the Cherokee outlet purchase, and an appropriation of $25,000 for a dry dock at Algiers, La. Election Contests Settled. The senate passed on two election contests in favor of the sitting members. Dubois (Idaho) and Call (Fla.), the contestants,bolng Claggett and Davidson respectively. The house unseated Stewart, the republican sitting member from a Pennsylvania district, and gave the place to Craig. In the NoyesRookwell contest from New York it refused to follow the recommendations of the elections committee that Rockwell, the democratic sitting member, be unseated, and by a majority vote confirmed Rockwell's title. In the cases of MoDuflle vs. Turpin from Alabama, Reynolds vs. Scbonk and Greevy vs. Scull from Pennsylvania and Miller vs. Elliott from South Carolina the elections committee ,reportad in favor of the sitting menfbers. Some Bills That Failed. Among the senate bills not heretofore mentioned which failed to pass the house, were the following: Tp Authorizing the secretary of the navy to transport contributions to the Russian famine sufferers; extending the free delivery of mails to small towns; to Increase the pension for loss of limbs; in certain cases of depth, to establish a marine board for the advancement of the interests of the merchant marine; for a uniform standard of classification of grains; authorizing surveys tor ship canals to connect Lake Erie and the Ohio river and Philadelphia and New York; several maritime bills to carry out recommendations of the maritime conference; to exempt American coasting sailing vessels from state com pulsory pilotage fees; a Mississippi river levee bill; to reorganize the artillery and infantry services; declaring phosphate lands to be mineral; toreclassify the salaries of railway postal clerks; to create a national highway committee (a good roads bill): to exfempt Veterans from competitive examinations in the classified service. Among the house bills not previously mentioned which failed to pass the senate, were the following: For the admission of New Mexico and Arizona to statehood; the New York and New Jersey bridge bill; to provide a local government for Utah; to correct a clerical error In the McKinley bill, making chocolate dutiable as confectionery; to promote the safety of national banks by forbidding loans to bank employes (failed in conference, the senate tacking on amendment to permit national banks to issue circulation to the full extent of bonds deposited); to define and punish blackmailing; forbidding discrimination against the evidence of witnesses on account of want of official rank in applications for pensions; several bills amending the court fee system for the relief of settlers on unsurveyed government lands lying within certain railway grants; to regulate the education and citizenship of Indians; to establish lineal promotions in the army (failed in conference); abolishing minimum punishment in internal revenue oases; making of Indians 21 years old, who have attended government schools for ten years; to give claimants fSr pensions or other army claims and their attorneys the right to examine all papers in their case on file in the departments. Many other measures of importance failed to get the indorsement of either house, including bills for the creation of a subtreasury system; for an extensive system of fortifications; for a uniform system of bankruptcy; for the taxation cX federal notes and the repeal of the tax on state hanks; to transfer the revenue cutter service to the navy; for an alcohoiio liquor committee; constitutional amendments making the president ineligible to reelectton. changing th<* time of meeting of congress, and for women suffrage; an Irrigation of arid lands bill; the Nicaragua canal bill; to permit railroads pooling (beaten on the test vote); to establish postal savings banks; for an income tax; to refund the cotton tax; to repeal the mailshiip subsidy act, and to repeal the federal election laws.

Many Frozen to Death in China.

San Fbanoisco, March 6. The steamer Oceanic has arrived, bringing advices from Japan and China. Disastrous effects of the severe winter in northern China continue to be received. At Nanking many people were frozen to death. Over 250 infants were buried in tea days.