Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIAN*.

SCUTTLED HIS BOAT.

CAPTAIN SUNK THE AURORA TO SAVE HER. ‘ Sent to the Bottom of Lake Erie While Trying to Save the Aurania —Great Railroad War Commenced by the Northern Pacific. Lake Vessel Goes Down. Navigation through the great ice field at the head of Lake Erie in a dense snowstorm led to the stranding of the steamer C. A. Black, with wheat from Duluth, below Bar Point. The big barge Aurania, also with wheat from Dijluth, went aground within one-quarter of a mile of the Western Transit liner Commodore at Bar Point. While the steamer Aurora was dragging the Aurania through the ice fields flames broke out on the steamer, and her captain had to scuttle the ship to prevent her total destruction. She went down in eighteen feet of water. Iler cargo of wheat from Duluth will be a total loss, but it is thought by the underwriters that there will be enough left of the steamer to be worth the raising. The burned boat is owned by John Corrigan of Cleveland, and was worth $50,000. AWAKES IN A COFFIN. Supposed Corpse Decides He Is Not in Heaven or Purgatory. John Clark, an inmate of the Dodge City, Kan., soldiers’ home, apparently died, was placed in a coffin and the body was put in a room for the night, ready for burial the following day. During the night a great noise was heard in the room occupied by the supposed dead man. Watchers rushed in and found Clark, who had kicked off the unfastened cover of the casket, sitting up and gasping for breath. Stimulants were applied and the man supposed to be dead revived, and is now alive to tell his experience in death. President Gresham of the home said CJlark related that he was seized with hunger and that his feet were cold. He said he did not believe he was in heaVen, for’ he would not be hungry there, and he could not think himself in purgatory, for if he had been there his feet would not be cold. A BIG RAILROAD WAR. Northern Pacific to Bring a Rival to Terms by Competition. J. Pierpont Morgan and President Mellen of the Northern Pacific are making the greatest railroad fight ever known in the Northwest to compel the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company to come to terms regarding the division of Idaho territory. Unless the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company agrees soon the Northern Pacific proposes to build branches paralleling every Oregon Railway and Navigation line through the rich wheat districts of Washington. Idaho and Oregon. The Northern Pacific filed nt Olympia its official notice of the location of eleven such branches, having a total mileage of 550. GERMANS FORM A COMBINE. Iron and Steel Producers Organize to Compete with Americans. Consul Monaghan in a report to the State Department at Washington notes the progress of a formidable movement among the German manufacturers to combine against American iron and steel producers. They have become much alarmed at the development of American capacity to compete with them in German markets. The movement is conducted very quietly to avoid disturbing public confidence and injuring themselves, but for that reason is the more formidable. Cuban Uprising in Havana. General Castellanos accuses the Cuban general, Julio Sanguilly, and Jose Lacrot of a plot to cause an uprising and seize the city at a time when the Spanish garrison is greatly weakened and before the American troops have arrived in numbers sufficient to enforce order. He declares that the recent riot was provoked by Sanguilly and Lacrot and he issued directions for their arrest. Three Soldiers Arc Killed. Henry• Nelligan, cook, and George W. Beverly, bugler, of the First Florida Regiment, were killed at Huntsville, Ala. They were on bad terms and had a tight in camp. Private Porter Weisnant, troop D, Tenth Cavalry, was found with a bullet wound in the throat in West Holmes street. He said only that he had been held up by two white soldiers and shot. Then he expired. Perish in a Brooklyn Fire. Four persona lost their lives in a fire at 134 Prospect stri'et, Brooklyn, N. Y. Three were burned while trying to escape; the fourth met death while trying to save others. The fire was in a fivestory flat building occupied by five families. In the basement was u boys’ chib, and the flames started there. Killed by an Alton Train. George Perry, a.colored school teacher, and his daughter Eunice were struck by a Chicago and Alton train nt Higginsville, Mo. - The girl was killed and the man will die. They were crossing the track and did not notice the train coming. W, J. Bryan Resigns. William Jennings Bryan is no longer an officer of the United States army. His reaignatlon as colonel oT volunteers was received at the war department, and was accepted at once. Fire Destroys Railway Engines. At Hyannis, Mass., the engine house nnd carpenter shop of the New York. New Haven nnd Hartford Railroad were burned, with four locomotives; loss $75,000, Soldier la Heavily Fined. At Savannah, Private J. E. Moore of Buttery A. First Maim’ artillery, was fined ssoti and coats or six months on the chain gang for assault nnd battery upon Solicitor W. W. Osborne, nnd for embracing a woman on the street while intoxicated. Disaster in a Western Min»-. An explosion in the Indianola nnd Hnthnwn mine, tjiree miles from Poteau, I. T. caused the death of at least five men. The disaster was caused by au explosion of dust following a blast.

Ilrhle’s Father Im Generous. Miss Florence Adele Farrel, second daughter of Franklin Parrel, the Ansonia, Conn., multimillionaire, was married to George Clarke Bryant. The gifts were magnificent, those from the bride's father being a check for S2SO,(MN) to his daughter and one for $150,000 to the bridegroom. Mr. Farrel also gave the young couple $20,000 to be used exclusively on their honeymoon trip. Double Tragedy in a Church, What will undoubtedly prove to be a double murder was committed In a country church two miles out from Missouri City, Mo. Miss Della Clevenger was shot down, mortally wounded, and her escort, George Allen, wns instantly killed. The murderer was Ernest Clevenger, cousin to the young woman. Faison in I'nnipkin Pies, Mrs. Mary Bradford, matron; Mrs. Sarah Vandvrvver, music teacher, nnd the fifty-four young female inmates of Cleveland orphan school at Versailles. Ky„ were made very ill by poisoning. the poison believed to have been in pumpkin files. Dcntli by Gasoline Explosion, By the explosion of a tank in a gasoline stove nt the city hospital in Lincoln. .Neb.. Mary Steinker, a nurse, wns burned to death. Dr. F. L. Wilmoth. the resident physician. wns severely mid n medical student named Denn slightly burned. Car-Wheel Manufacturer Weds. James Dickinson Rhodes, a wealthy car-wheel manufacturer of Pittsburg, Pa., and Miss Melus Edwards of St. Joseph, Mo., were married recently.

JOINT ACTION URGED.

RUSSIA IS SURELY ABSORBING CHINA. Ex-Minister Barrett Sounds a Note of Warning to Great Britain and the United States—Classmates at West Point Die in Same Battle. Should Check Russia’s Advance. John Barrett, formerly United States minister to Siam, has returned to Shanghai after visiting Peking and the principal Chinese ports. He says the situation in China is of the most critical nature, and that Manchuria is no longer Chinese, but Russian territory. He asserts that NewChwang, the chief northern port for the movement of American products, is also practically Russian and is liable to be closed any day. The only permanent safeguard to the paramount American and British interests. Mr. Barrett says, is immediate and united action by the interested governments to defend the territory of the Chinese Empire, to enforce reforms iu the government, to prevent further cessions of ports and provinces and to insist upon flie “open door” policy in all ports of China, including the spheres of influence claimed by Russia, Germany and France. Otherwise, Mr. Barrett contends, the impending partition of the Chinese Empire will seriously curtail the field of trade by disastrously affecting American and British influence in Asia. THEIR LIVES RAN TOGETHER. Remarkable Coincidence of Events in Histories of Two Lieutenants. Some interesting history is attached to two bills recently introduced in Congress by Mr. Underwo’od for Gen. Wheeler. The bills are to grant pensions to Mrs. Margaret B. Shipp, widow of Lieut. William E. Shipp, who was killed at the battle of San Juan hill, and of Mrs. Louisa D. Sjpith, widow of Lieut. William 11. Smith, who was killed at the same place. There was a remarkable similarity in the history of these two soldiers, They studied together at West Point, graduated together, and after leaving the academy both rose to the rank of lieutenant. They met their deaths in the same battle within fifteen minutes of each other and finally these bills to pension their widows were introduced in Congress simultaneously. Flour Mills to Combine. In an interview at Cleveland Clement B. Stern of the Atlas flourmills of Milwaukee stated that he expected the big flour combination would be in operation shortly. The combine will have a capitalization of $30,000,000. A syndicate of English and American capitalists has been negotiating with the owners of the mills looking to the formation of a trust for some time past. Pottery Trust Is Completed. It was announced at East Liverpool, Ohio, that the pottery trust has completed its organization under the laws of New Jersey with $20,000,000 of capital stock. The options of the American Potteries Company on the East Liverpool plants expire Jan. 1 and the combine is expected to have all of them. Stockmen Will Move Their Sheep. Nearly 400.000 sheep wintering at the South St. Paul, New Brighton and other stockyards in Minnesota are to be sent to lowa and Missouri. This situation has been brought about by the formation of a trust by the Minneapolis millers and the sudden raising of the price of wheat screenings from $5 to $8.50 a ton. Rich Vein of Gold in Ohio. At Toledo a company headed by Thomas Kelly has been organized to develop a vein of gold discovered in Auburndale by a workman who was digging a sewer. The discovery lias caused some excitement, and Mr. Kelly’s assay of the find shows the vein to be richer than some Colorado mines, yielding SSOO a ton.

Miners’ Pay Increased. The Chandler mine at Ely, Minn., has announced a 10 per cent, advance in wages, bringing the schedule back to the scale of 1802, the highest ever paid in tlie lake regions. The increase is caused by the tremendous demand for men from the copper and iroit ranges. Son Shoots His Father. Lindsay Freeman, a wealthy Trigg County. I<y„ planter, and his son Charles, aged 10 years, became involved in a quarrel, which resulted in the son shooting the father, the ball taking effect in the left side near the heart, producing a wound that will result fatally. Philadelphia Kull Burned. Ilartnonie Hall, in Philadelphia, the headquarters of a number of German singing societies, was gutted by tire. The loss, which is estimated at $50,000. is partly covered by insurance. The janitor and his wife and three children were rescued by the tiremen. Bobbed a Business House. At <> o'clock the other night a young man, unmasked, entered the clothing store of A. Goldman. St. Joseph. Mo., sought out the proprietor, placed a revolver to his breast and compelled him to turn over all money in the safe. SSO. The robber escaped in the crowd. Kun Down by n Locomotive. Samuel I*. Flint, assistant superintendent of the railway mail service, wns struck by a locomotive nt Fourteenth and Franklin streets. Oakland. Cal., and received injuries which proved fntnl. He was thrown about fifteen feet and his head badly cut. Killed by Vow ter Kx plosion. Five powder mills in the lower yard of the Dupont powder works, near Wilmington. Del., exploded. Robert McHenry, John Moore. John Wright and another innn named Stewart were killed. Several others were badly burned. Rich Oil Well in Ohio. Oil is being thrown at the rate of fifty barrels an hour from a well in which it wns struck, one mile above Marietta. Ohio. It is the best well in all the region, nnd was put down for experiment in new direction. Wilhelmina Will Wed Wied. London Truth announces that the queen mother of the Netherlands has written privately to Queen Victoria, informing her majesty of the betrothal of Queen Wilhelmina to Prince William of Wied. Duel with Knives la Fatal. In a terrible duel with knives at Mount Vernon. Gn.. between Charles Parley, on inuleback. nqd Thomas Jennings, on foot, the former wns killed nnd Jennings badly wounded.. Jennings is in jail.

KILLED IN AN ELEVATOR CAGE.

Fatality Among Prominent New York Insurance Men—Seven Hurt. A peculiar elevator accident resulted in the instant death of Walter H. Griffin, secretary and director of the United States Fire Insurance Company, and the probably fatal injuring of Thomas W. Caldwell, a director of the same company. George H. Smith, another insurance man, was injured seriously and half a dozen other passengers were slightly hurt. The accident occurred in the ten-story office building owned by the insurance company at William and Pine streets. New York. The directors entered the descending car at the eighth floor and rode safely until the second was passed. When between that point and the ground floor the elevator conductor, who was new at the business, abruptly stopped‘the car and brought all of the overhead machinery from the top of the shaft crashing down on the car. The 2,000 pounds of iron wheels and steel cable crushed the car and its occupants. KILLED BY ACCIDENT. Ohio Merchant Meets Death at the Hands of a Friend. Solomon Wise, a prominent merchant at Ottawa, Ohio, was found dead in his clothing store with a bullet hole through his breast. A. W. Weller, cashier of the A. Bruon & Co. Bank, was arrested on suspicion, and made a confession, saying that he had shot Wise accidentally. He said he had his revolver in his overcoat pocket and was showing Wise how he could shoot a man without taking his gun from his pocket, when the Weapon was discharged, the bullet passing through Wise’s heart. Cuban Army Disappearing. A dispatch from Havana says: The Cuban general. Emilio Nunez, has returned from a trip to Sagua La Grande. Clenfuegos and Santa Clara, where he had been visiting as a committee of one, appointed by the Santa Cruz assembly, to facilitate the disarming of the Cuban troops and to establish the men in peaceful avocations. He reports that the Cuban army in the country districts is disappearing rapidly. Already 1.500 men, formerly in Gen. Robaus’ and Monteagudos’ commands, are working at agricultural pursuits in Santa Clara province. Operations have scarcely yet commenced, the farmers stating that they will not commence work until protected by American soldiers. Gen. Nunez will report to the American commission on various matters connected with his visit. Russell A. Alger, Jr., Injured. Russell A. Alger, Jr., son of the American Secretary of War and manager of his father’s pulp company at Grand Mere, Que., was badly injured by being thrown from a toboggan. The toboggan carrying Mr. Alger shot over an embankment, dropping twenty feet. Stole False Teeth. Patrick Shacker, of Portage, 0., was held up on the country road six miles south of Toledo by two masked highwaymen, who took S3O in money, his overcoat, coat, vest, shoes, watch, gold cross, and wound up by compelling him to hand over his false teeth. Ex-President iu a Collision. The steam yacht Oneida, having on board her owner, E. C. Benedict, and exPresident Grover Cleveland, was in a collision with a transfer float off the Battery wall in the upper New York bay. The yacht had her bowsprit carried away. No one was injured. Gould Case Jury Disagrees. Three jurymen, who favored acquittal, prevented the conviction of 72-year-old Mrs. Margaret Cody, at Albany, N. Y., on the charge of blackmailing the Gould heirs. The case will be tried again in February. Quarter of a Million Loss, The fire in the Works of the Standard Oil Company at Los Angeles, Cal., has burned itself out. the entire property being consumed. The total loss is estimated at $225,000. Pathfinder Finally Launched. The United States survey steamer Pathfinder was launched from the Nixon shipyards in Elizabeth, N. J. Miss Ruth W. Crandon of Evanston, 111., christened the vessel. St. Louis Factories Damaged. Fire badly damaged the property occupied by Guest & Hill, overalls and pants manufacturers, and the Baker-Bayles Shoe Company. Uproar at Paris Opera. At the opening of the new Opera Comique in Paris the Army and Picquart factions came to blows iu the theater.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 65c; corn, No. 2,32 cto 34c; oats. No. 2,25 c to 27c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 54c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 22c to 24c; potatoes, choice, 3Oe to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $3.50; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 rod. 66c to 68c; corn. No. 2 white. 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 29e to 30c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 U> $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2,68 cto 70c: corn. No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2,26 cto 28c; rye. No. 2. 51c to 53c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep. $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2,67 cto 68c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; rye. No. 2,50 cto 58c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep and lambs, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2. 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c: oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 30c: rye, 54c to 56c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 67c to 69c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c: oats, No. 2 white. 26c to 28c: rye. No. 2. 53c to 55c; clover seed, new. $4.35 to $4.45. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. <>4c to 66c; corn, No. 3. 32c to 34e: oats. No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye. No. 1,53 cto 54c; barley. No.- 2,43 cto 50c: pork, moss, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo —Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice wethers. $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra. $5.00 to $5.75. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00: sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c: corn. No. 2. 40c to 41c; oats. No. 2,30 cto 82c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Wesfr •ra. 24c to 26c-

FLEE FROM DAWSON.

THE MOST SEVERE WINTER FOR YEARS’IN YUKON. Men and Women Striving to Reach Civilization in the Face of Privations—Opening of Congress Fails to Disturb Business in the Least. g Exodus for the Coast. The steamer Rosalie brings news that an exodus of men, with a large sprinkling of women, is taking place from Dawson City. John Halverson says: “There are nearly 1,000 men strung along the Yukon between Dawson and Chilkoot pass. Mixed with them are possibly seventy-five women. All are making a fight for their lives in an effort to reach the coast. I had a good dog team, plenty of grub and also a well-filled sack. Consequently 1 came along booming, passing many who had started from Dawson ten days ahead of me. Many left Dawson short of provisions, and with little or no money. It seems to me certain that many of these unfortunates will die on the trail. Some will make Skaguay all right. This winter is proving the most severe experienced in Yukon for years. Several severe storms have raged in the interior already. These fleeing Klondikers will arrive at Skaguay in squads for a month to come.” SEASONABLE WEATHER HELPS. Big November Trade but a Step Toward Something Better. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “The most significant thing this week has been the entire absence of the customary nervous fright before or after the meeting of Congress, the President's message and the treasurer’s report. No one showed the least alarm, and nobody could find a reason for any. Money and stocks and grain markets moved on exactly as if the Government were automatic, certain to do or say no more than the people had already decided and expected, and so the gradual betterment since October continues. There is, a larger demand for products in nearly all the great industries, larger export demand for foreign needs, a more healthy domestic demand since seasonable weather arrived, and a comforting conviction that November business, the biggest ever done in this country in any month, was but a step toward something better. This week’s failures have been 248 in the United States, against 312 last year, and 22 in Canada, against 29 last year.” IN PRISON j HIS VICTIM ALIVE. John Tongass Serving a Sentence for Murder Never Committed. John Tongass. a convict in the Columbus (Ohio) penitentiary, was reported for fighting the other morning. During the investigation Assistant Deputy Wells asked him what he was sent to prison for. Tongass answered: “I was convicted for murder in the second degree, and no person knows better than you do that I am not guilty of the crime for which I was convicted.” “Why, I never saw you before in my life,” replied the deputy. “That is true, bitt you knew the boy I was convicted of killing, and you know that he is alive and well,” continued Tongass. “I was convicted for killing Albert Van Riper, of Kenton.” Young Van Riper is well known to Deputy Wells, who asserts that he is alive and working in Kenton. He recently visited Columbus. Tongass was convicted on circumstantial evidence. A boy traveling with him disappeared, and supposedly human bones were found in his campfire afterward. He has been in the prison since 1890.

Havoc in Brooklyn. With a noise resembling the explosion of tons of dynamite a forty-eight inch main of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) water works burst. In an instant over seven feet of the large conduit had broken away and the water rushed forth as from a broken dam. Over twenty blocks in the Twentyeighth Ward were covered by the rush of waters. It is almost impossible to estimate the damage done, but it is believed that not less than SBOO,OOO will cover the actual loss. Murdered by Train Robbers. Passenger train. No. 1. on the Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, was held up by robbers just as the train pulled into the station at McLeod. I. T. Conductor Wright and the station agent were both fatally shot in the tight which ensued. The robbers final many shots into the train, but none of the passengers was hit. The robbers secured S2OO from the station safe. The robbers were all masked. Law for indigent Immigrants. Dr. Wines, secretary of the Illinois State Board of Charities, has received a letter from the commissioner general of immigration at Washington, stating that any alien immigrant who may become a public charge within one year from the date of landing in the United States shall be returned to the country in which he belongs at the expense of the immigrant fund of the United States Government. Reciprocal Treaty with Switzerland. The governments of the United States and Switzerland have entered into n reciprocal treaty similar to that effected between this country and Erance last May. William Black la Dead. The death is announced of William Black, the novelist, at his home in Brighton. England, at the age of 57 years. Rpnninh Treaty is Sinned. The treaty of peace between the United States and Spain has been signed at Paris. Accident to a Wnrxliip. The battle ship Massachusetts, less than an hour out of her berth in the Brooklyn navy yard, struck the bottom or some obstruction off Governor's Island, and was taken back to the navy yard with her bottom stove in and three compartments tilled with water. Death of General Garcia. Gen. Calixto Garcia, the distinguished Cuban warrior nnd leader and the head of the commission elected by the Cuban Assembly to visit this country, died at Washington, of pneumonia. Largest Thcnter in the World. A contract has been made by Alexander Comstock, of New York, with the trustees of the St. Louis exposition building to turn the vast music hall into a first-class theater. The mammoth hall has the largest stage in the city and seats 3,750 people.

WORK OF CONGRESS.

THE WEEK’S DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. A Comprehensive Digest of the Proceedings in the Legislative Chambers at Washington —Matters that Concern the People. In the House on Tuesday Mr. Cannon,, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. reported the urgent deficiency bill! for the army and navy. The President sent to the House the report of the Hawaiian commission, and Mr. Hitt, chairman of the committee, introduced a bill in connection with the consideration of it,, the whole matter being referred to the Committee on Territories. At 12:30 the House adjourned out of respect to the late T. J. Northway of Ohio and W. F. Loveof Mississippi. In the Senate Mr. Haleoffered a bill for the erection of a monument to the officers and sailors who lost their lives, by the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor. Resolutions from .the Legislature of Vermont were read requesting that Rear Admiral Dewey be made admiral .-’.ml that Captain Clark, commander of the Oregon, be given such rank as his merits demand. Mr. Vest offered a resolution objecting to the proposed colonial system and reciting that the Government should acquire only coaling stations in the orient, unless it shall be the purpose of the United States toorganize the far-off possessions into territories, and ultimately to be admitted asStates. The President sent a large number of nominations to the Senate, but they were all recess appointments with the exception of Powell Clayton of Arkansas. whose rank has been raised toambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Mexico, Senor Romero having announced that his Government had conferred that distinction upon him. Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to provide for theterritory of Hawaii. A brief discussion, of the navigation laws was precipitated: by the consideration of a bill amending: those laws by the addition of a provision* that foreign built vessels wrecked in the United States purchased by citizens of this country and repaired to the extent: of three-fourths of their value shall besubject to forfeiture if they engage subsequently in the coastwise trade of theUnited States. It was made a special, order for Monday. In the House on Wednesday the antiscalping bill passed by a vote of 11Q. to--101. In the Senate no business was transacted jn open session. A few minutes after the Senate convened it went into executive session. At 2:15 business in open session was resumed, the death of Representatives Northway of Ohio and Loveof Mississippi was announced and theSenate adjourned as a mark of respect totheir memory. On Thursday the Senate held a short, session and adjourned until Monday, after making the Niciraguan Canal bill theunfinished business before that body. Mr. Morgan called up the measure, whereupon Mr. Pettigrew moved to adjourn. This, motion failed—l 3 yeas to 42 nays—ands the bill was brought forward. Adjournment was immediately taken. During thesession Mr. Vest stated his opposition to the hurried manner of passing pension, bills in the Senate, and gave notice that he would insist upon a quorum being present when pension bills were being acted; upon. At the other end of the capitol thegeneral deficiency appropriation bill was passed, and the House adjourned until Monday. When the Senate reassembled on Monday Senator Vest made a speech in opposition to teritorial expansion, and Senator Morgan began the debate on the Nicaragua Canal bill. The House spent thelarger part of the day on District of Columbia affairs. The bill to relieve thecondition of American seamen was taken up, but nothing was accomplished. Representative Hepburn of lowa introduced a bill authorizing-the President to acquireby purchase from die State of Costa Rica and Nicaragua full ownership, jurisdiction and sovereignty of such land as may be desirable and neressary to construct and defend a ship canal. The President is also directed to construct such a canal and the bill appropriates sl4o,(x)o,tJ<)o to complete it.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

There are four Smiths in the present Congress, and there will be five in thenext. Four of them are Republicans and three come from the State <»f Michigan. The only Democratic Smith is David Highbaugh Smith of Hodgensville, Larne County, Ky„ who represents the district in which Abraham Lincoln was born. Mrs. Dominis of Honolulu, formerly queen of the Hawaiian Islands, arrived in Washington from San Francisco. Sheconn's to present a claim to Congress through the Secretary of State for the crown lands in the Hawaiian Islands, which are said to be valued at $4.000,000> and to produce an annual revenue ot $160,000. Gen. Garcia nnd his Cuban associates are pleased with the President's message, nnd declare that his references to Cuban independence nre in effect, if not in words, n recognition of the republic. It is doubtful, however, whether the President intended that such a construction should be placed upon his words. A communication received at the State Department from the consuls general at Berlin nnd Frankfort places the total value of all exports from Germany to the United States for the quarter ending Sept. 3<> at $19,789,007. an i'mrcase over the same period of 1897 of $5,110,093. The monthly statement of the director of the mint shows the total coinage nt the United States mints during November, 1898, was $7,845,910. of which $5,006,700 was gold. $2,755,250 was silver nnd $83,IMM> minor coins. The stnndnrd dollars coined amounted to $1,402,000. Bishop Hurst of the Methodist Church returns to Washington from a tour of the Pennsylvania cities, with assurances of contributions of $1,000,000 from the rich Methodists of that State for the American university in thia city.