Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1903 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. IRENBSELAER, - - INDIANA.

WILL NOT BURN CASH.

MINNESOTA MAN'S ECCENTRIC WILL SET ASIDE. * Court 'Authorize Execntion of Testator's Withtt, and Estate Will Go to the Heirs—Street Car Strack by Passenger Train. The wealth of the late Harvey Y. Scott " Of Rice County, Minn., will not be burned, nor will it go to the claimants, the “ commissioners of the county. Scott died a fortune of $43,000. In the first part of his last will he made several #* small bequests to relatives, then stated the residue of his estate should go to Rice Cotinty. Later he added a codicil that none of the residue should go to the county, and to make sure that it would not he added that it must be burned by his executor. The court below decided the money could not legally be destroyed, and that the residue must be divided among the first heirs. The county commissioners of Rice County then appealed, saying if the money contained in the residue fund were not destroyed it should go to the county. The State Supreme Court says: “The bequest to the county was expressly and unconditionally revoked by the codicil, though the new disposition of it may be void.” BIG DEPARTMENT STQRE BURNS. Weinstock, Lubin & Co., Sacramento, Suffer Loss of About $500,000. The great department store of Weinstock, Lubin & Co., in Sacramento, Cal., was destroyed by fire. Frank Kasebolt, a fireman, was killed by a falling wall, and Al Pritchard had his back broken and will die. Several others were badly Injured. The loss is probably $500,000, with insurance of $300,000, and the store was one of the largest in California. It was a four story brick and cement building covering a large area of ground. About 400 persons are thrown out of employment. TRAIN HITS A TROLLEY CAR. Eleven f’eraons Are Hurt in Street Crossing in Ohio. Big Four passenger train No. 7, southbound, struck a street car at the Yellow Springs street crossing at Springfield, Ohio. The car was filled with people and was hit squarely in the center, driving it fifty feet beyond the crossing. Eleven persons were injured, two of whom, Mrs. Addie Wheeler and Anna Bailey, are seriously injured and may die. The motorman, A. L. Wilkinson, it is thought, was unable to stop the car owing to defective brakes. Two Killed in Pennsylvania Wreck. The fast express train from Wilkesbarre for Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill Valley division of the Pennsylvania Railroad collided head on with a freight train near Lofty, Pa. The engineer and fireman of the freight train were killed, the engineer and fireman and colored porter of the passenger train seriously hurt and seven passengers slightly injured. Eight Lsdroaca Are -Killed. Eight ladrones and one constable were killed in an encounter at Ormoc, West Leyte province, P. I. The fight was a hard one, but the constabulary ultimately won by a daring charge. One hundred and fifty ladrones surrendered at Ormoc the following day. The district had been disorderly, and it is believed that the surrender of these men will lead to its pacification.

Equal Treatment Proposal Rejected. Minister Bowen’s latest proposal, that all nations having claims against Venetuela be given the satne treatment as Great Britain, Germany and Italy, has been rejected in toto by the allies. This -means that the negotiations at Washington, for the time at least, are at a complete standstill. «*W-sXs« • France Wants Venezuela Customs. The Venezuelan government has been notified by France that customs at several of the former’s ports will be collected by French officials under 1867 treaty right. President Castro declared foreign claims will get equal treatment. Hobson Sends in Resignation. Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson Hobson has tendered his resignation from the service, giving as a reason a disease of his eyes, on account of which he was invalided home from the Philippines. Pretender Is Defeated. Morocco pretender's afmy has been annihilated by the Sultan's troops and Bu Hamara, its leader, reported killed. The camp, provisions and ammunition have been captured, with the artillery taken from the Sultan on Dec. 23. Miles Dines with Royalty. General Miles was the guest of the King and Queen nt dinner at Windsor Castle the other night. The Prince and Princess of Wales and others were among the party. Government May Assume < harge. * The iron trade of Europe is somewhat excited over the imminent prospect of the government of Norway and Sweden assuming control of the iron mining industries of those two countries. Moy Bell Us New” l W arships. La Tarde, the liberal party newspaper of Santiago, asserts that negotiations are in progress for the sale to the United States of the two Chilian warships now being built iu England. luvokoo the Law oa Kioaoa. Senator Hiirr Horton of St. Paul has *’ introduced a bill Into the Minnesota legislature prohibiting promiscuous kissing unless the kissers poMeu physicians’ certificate of good health. De Witt, Mo., Stores Burn. Five business bouses were destroyed by fire at De Witt, Mo., causing an Aggregate loss of >50.000. distributed among the .following firms: Weltner Bros., dry goods; Knsppenberger. druggist: Barrett, groceries; the postolßoo.

FROM THE FOVR QVATEBS OF THE EARTH

BOLD BANK ROBBERS. Bandits Blow Open Vault at Steelville, IIIA and Escape with $3,000. Robbers blew open the vault of the bank of Steelville, 111., at 3 o’clock on a recent morning and secured $3,000, with which they escaped in a carriage. Nitroglycerin was used to open the vault, and four explosions were necessary before the robbers could gain entrance. One man did the work inside the building, while another stood guard on the sidewalk cutside. Paul Zimmer, an engineer in Glister's mills, was awakened by the report of the first explosion. He glanced out of his front window toward the bank and saw the man standing on the sidewalk. He hurried to the mill and informed the employes. They then armed themselves and started back toward the bank. Three Other explosions were heard in the bank building in quick succession. Mrs. Zimmer, in the meantime, came out of the house and began shouting to her husband. The robber on guard turned toward the woman and, flourishing a revolver at her, said: “Shut up, or I’ll blow your head off.” Turning to the bank, the robber asked his confederate: “Are you all right, Jim? Hurry up and scrape up the cash, for they are after us, but 1 will blow the head off the first man I see.” The robbers to flight and escaped.

ROCK ISLAND PLANS COUP. May Use the Atchison as Outlet for Ita Pacific Trade. Officials of the Rock Island system and of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe were in conference discussing details of the proposed traffic Agreement between the two. The Rock Island people, dissatisfied with the present arrangements with tile Southern Pacific. haviTTngide a twofold proposition to the Atchison. They propose to purchase an interest in the Atchison large enough to give it representation on the board of directors and to form a traffic combination whereby the Rock Island may reach the Pacific coast independently of the Southern Pacific. As the proposition does not contemplate control of the Atchison, it is likely to be accepted.

MUST MARRY OR PAY TAX. Kunsas Legislator Introduces Hill to that Effect. Representative Campbell has introduced a bill into the Kansas House to tax all able-bodied bachelors between the ages of 40 and G 5 SSO a year, and all able-bodied spinsters between the ages of 35 and 50, whb have no families to support, $25 a year, these taxes to go into the school fund. A ehtuse in the bill forfeits to the school fund the salaries of unmarried State officers. This provision is aimed at Gov. Bailey and Lieut. Gov. Hanna, bachelors; to whom several thousand- .-strange —women ..hara. .lately pro.-. posed. - . - WRECK ON CAR DURING STRIKE. Unidentified Persons Try Violence in Street Railway Trouble. Owing to the street car strike an attempt was made the other night to wreck the north side Mishawaka street car by laying a tree across the track near River Park, in South Bond. The work was only partly successful, as the car was not ruifuing at full speed when it hit the obstruction. The damage, however, was sufficient to make it necessary to put another ear on the line. The street car union men deny they were concerned in the work.

Kills Young Womans Is Shot. Mary Nugent, a wealthy young woman of Pajaro valley. Vai., was killed by John Brady, a distant relative. Brady requested a loan of SSO. and when Miss Nugent refused he i'.r. d a shotgun and shpt her. When the shooting became known 300 men surrounded the house where Brady had taken refuge. William Valencia shot Brady under the chin, killing him instantly. Mav Put Hirds on Hats. The milliners of Ohio won a victory over the State game wardens when the Toledo courts decided that the former could' not be punished for purchasing birds of plumage to decorate headgmir. It was found that the birds had been bought before the law became effective. Boats Crash in Fog. In a heavy fog which hung over New York bay the New York Central tug No. 0 crashed into the little ferryboat .BayRidge and sunk her off the battery. The Bay Ridge was badly wrecked and Bunk ten minutes after she was struck. Those aboard were removed in safety. Boaton Fire Lobs $230,000. For five hours more than half the Boston fire department faced a fierce fire other night, the six-story business building of the Bigelow Dowze Company, hardware dealers, and- contents being destroyed. The loss is $250,000. Decision Fav r ♦ Settler®. The Unitgrf States Supreme Court has decided that titles of settlers who located on Northern Pacific grant after railroad’s general map. but before its definite location was filed, are better than railroad’s title. Digging >’• Ocean for Cool. An English syndicate is backing C. O. MacDonald’s project for submarine coal mining at Sourhhead, N‘. 8., and negotiations have progressed to a stage Insuring the beginning of mining in the spring. Glenn Found Not Quil.y, Major Edwin F. Glenn of tde Fifth infantry, who was tried by court-nmrtUl on the charge of unlawfully killing prisoners of war, has been acquitted at Manila. Wreck io Fox Kills Three. Three persons were killed, four seriously injured and eight slightly injured to • ITflreud collision between stock

trains on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway near La Fox, 111. The 'trains came together in a dense fog. the engine of the rear train crashing into the caboose ahead without warning to the fated passengers. The latter were for the most part stockmen in charge of stock on the way to Chicago and the East..

OVER A SCORE KILLED. Twenty Dead in Arizona Wreck and Twelve Perish in Blazing Cars. Twenty dead, with perhaps a dozen others cremated in the fierce fire that followed a collision between two fast trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and at least sixteen persons seriously hurt, is the shocking report that comes from the scene of the disaster near Vailsburg, Ariz. Tucson gained its first tidings of the disaster when n, tourist coach, torn away from the other cars, thundered with terrific speed down the grade upon which the road Is built between that city and Vailsburg, and the frantic passengers shrieked the dread intelligence to the men at work in the railroad yards. A" dispatcher stationed at Esmond, midway between Tucson and Vailsburg, is responsible for the accident. He made a blunder in carrying out his orders regarding the trains, and instead of sidetracking one of them he caused the two to dash together in a head end collision at a point where each engineer considered that he had a clear track ahead. Oil from the locomotive reservoirs caught tire and was scattered over the wrecked coaches, destroying eleven of them and burning to death the passengers who were pinned down in the wreckage. & Fire cripples plant.

Lightning Causes Explosion of Transformer in Power House.. ji'ire in the power house of the Niagara Falls Power and Conduit Company destroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of valuable machinery and will mean great loss to most of the big factories at Niagara Falls, N. Y., some of which, it is said, must remain idle for weeks. The officers of the company were not prepared to give an estimate of the damage, but they admitted that the situation was serious and would badly cripple the many plants depending upon Niagara Falls power, not only in Niagara Falls but in Buffalo, Lockport and Tonawanda. Twenty of the fifty-five factories at Lockport, N. Y., are shut down owing to the tire. The newspaper plants and smaller factories are idle. The fire Was caused by a bolt of lightning which struck a cable with defective insulation, causing a short circuit, which blew up a transformer in the power house.

BITUMINOUS COAL COMBINE. Thr<fe of the Largest Eastern. -Com; panics Form Powerful Combination, A powerful bituminous coal eonibination has just been formed in New York City by the coalition of the Consolidated Coal Company of Maryland, the Fairmount Coal Company of West and the Somerset Coal Company of Pennsylvania. 'The new company is to retain the title of the Consolidated Coal Comp.my. and will have a total output of nearly 10,000,000 tons a year. It will load 400 large steel cars a day, and will have two piers in Baltimore at which it will bo able to fill a steamer of over 7,000 tons iir ten hours. The principal sales agency will be in New York City. Whites in China in Peril. According to advices from north China fear is felt that Yung Lu, the realaruler of China, is planning another outbreak similar to that of 1901. Threats are being made in several provinces against foreigners. Tung .Fit Hsiang is quoted as saying: “We will not leave one ocean demon alive in Shen-Si and Kan-Su." Former Officer a Suicide.

Lieut. Ludwig Barth, 35 years old, a former officer of the German navy, who was attached to the gunboat Irene in Manila bay. during the time Adftiiral Dewey commanded the* American fleet there, committed suicide at his room in the Annex Hotel. Knoxville, by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. Fatality on Cruiser Boston. An accident in the engine room of the United States ship Boston, lying in San Fraiu-iseo Bay. cost Edward Is»e Baker his life, and another victim, Sanford H. Tate, is in a critical condition. The men were trying to repair a leaky valve when a plate blew out and the escaping steam enveloped them. _ Great Day at Northwestern, Thousands participated in the founders’ day celebration of Northwestern University, Evanston. 111., and witnessed the opening of new professional schools. President Hadley, of Yale, delivered the principal address.

Robbers Wreck Safe and Building. Two cracksmen blew open the safe in the Dayton. Ibwa, postofflee, exchanged shots with tlie marshal and escaped. The interior of the office was wrecked. Most of the nfoney or stumps had been placed in the bank the night before. Horses Feed on Molasses. Five-thousand Brooklyn horses are being fed on molasses because it is cheaper tliau oats; it is declared nutritious for draft animals, which do not get time to digest grain. Infant Shots His Mother. Mrs. Alice Hoeffer. wife of a prominent farmer living near Boonville. Mo., was accidentally shot and killed by her little 4-year-old son. Vote Against Change of Name. At the Episcopal convention in San Francisco the proportion to change the name of I*rotestant Episcopal to <J*thoIto Church ot America was voted down.

FEAR A LABOR INFLUX, Industrial Depression In European Countries May Strike Home. “If history ever repeals itself the industrial depression now on in Great Britain and Ireland and other European countries is the forerunner of a similar depression in the United States.” The above assertion was made by four international officials of labor organizations in Chicago who had read a special cable from London announcing a proposed demonstration of 50,000 idle workmen in that city and a statement to the effect that there are 750,000 unemployed in Great Britain and Ireland. The officials in question are not pessimists and were loath to express themselves, but when asked for a statement . declared they would present a plain statement of what they believed to be facts. Two of them were convinced that an industrial depression could be averted by a reduction in the hours of labor, but all of them expressed the opinion that conditions in the United States were controlled to a greater or less extent by conditions existing In European countries. They were unanimous in the belief that many of the unemployed workmen in Great Britain and Ireland would emigrate to the United States and that the influx would be a serious proposition for the workmen in this country.

ROB A SILVER BULLION CAR. Mexican Cracks Make Away with Plunder Near El Paso, Texas. Somewhere between Alamogordo, N M., and El Paso, Texas, a United States bonded car, in transit from the El Paso ■melter to Chicago, loaded with 600 bars of silver bullion, was entered by robbers and eighty of the At .Tarilia Junction the broken sWn was discovered and an investigation revealed three Mexicans in the car. When an attempt was made to eject them they pulled knives and a lively fight took place, in which the crew was victorious and drove aWay the robbers. At Dog Canyon Sheriff Hunter saw three Mexicans who took to the brush. A call to halt was answered by a fusillade. A running fight ensued, Hunter shot a" Mexican through the heart. The other two men escaped. Officials are of the opinion that the bonded car was entered by robbers just outside El Paso, who threw -the bars out of the car, to be gathered up by confederates. The value of the missing bullion is estimated at $40,000.

RAIDERS RELEASED. Men Who Attack Train and Fight Police Are on Probation. When railroad detectives Swooped down on a crowd of men and women who were raiding a string of coal cars at the foot of Berg street, Cleveland, a pitched battle, in which clubs, stones and coal -were used, -resulted. -Eight- men mid tw-o women were arrested and several were badly beaten by the clubs of the detectives. The crowd had climbed upon the cars and threw off the coal, while women, on the hill above, waited the signal to rush down and carry it away. Police Judge Fielder released all the prisoners on probation. BOY MANGLED BY LIONS. Lad Twelve Years Old Attacked by Four Beasts in Their Cage. Raymond Bowman, 12 years old, is at a hospital in Charleston, S. C., from wounds received in a lion’s cage. He was admitted by Miss Hall, the trainer, against the protest of attendants. The largest of the four beasts jumped over the woman and seized Bowman by the left thigh. The smell of blood excited the lion's mates, and all joined in the attack. Several men armed with pitchforks went to the boy’s aid and he was dragged out after a desperate struggle. Monument for McKinley. The spot on the battle field on Antietam where Commissary Sergeant William McKinley stood on the evening of Sept. 19, 1862, under fire and served hot coffee and rations to his comrades is tq be marked by an appropriate monument. The Antietam battle field commission has awarded the contract for its erection. The cost will be $5,000. Four Burned by Oil-Still Explosion, An explosion nt the works of the Standard —Oil- Company in Cleveland more or less seriously burned four men. John Slater will probably die, and the others will recover. A safety valve on an oil still blew off and a tremendous explosion of gas followed.

Against Municipal Coal Yards. Massachusetts Supreme Court, in answer to a request of the Legislature, decided that municipal coni yards are contrary to the constitution. The court holds that a municipality cannot engage In competition with men who have Invested their money in business. President at McKinley Banquet. William McKinley’s birthday anniversary was celebrated at Canton. Ohio, with a banquet, at which President Roosevelt was chief guest and speaker. The latter and his party first visited Mrs. McKinley and Westlawn Cemetery. Heavy Merchandise Deliveries. IL G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review reported business in spring merchandise deliveries heavy, with liberal fall contracts also being placed. January railroad c»:?.irig3 gained 5.7 per cent over 1902. The fuel situation is less serious. Chokes to Death at Fnpper. Jgtnes Tulloch, a Chicago soap manufacturer. choked to death white eating snpper at a restaurant. A large piece of meat lodged in his windpipe, nnd he died before a doctor could dislodge 1L „ Mitchsll Declines Place. President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, has declined a place oa the Illinois State of Arbitration.

COAL WILL STAY HIGH

MINERS* LEADERS SAY LITTLE RELIEF 18 IN SIGHT. Vice President Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America Makes Prediction that Consumers Mnst Pay Fancy Prices for Two Years. “There will be do relief 'in -the coal situation thia winter. Phenomenal prices will be maintained for the next six months or more, and coal will be higher during the next two years than it has been in twenty years past. Grand juries may indict and government investigations may be conducted, but all attempts to bring relief will fail.” The above positive statement was made by Vice-President Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America, an authority 911 the bituminous coal situation, to a correspondent of the Chicago Dally News, at Indianapolis. His statement was indorsed by other leading representatives of the anthracite miners, who declared there could be no relief so far as the coal situation was concerned for months- to come. Many prominent delegates from different parts of tho country indorsed the views of-their na tional official and few, if any, offered any hope for immediate relief.

What Brought About the High Prices. Vice-President Lewis said: “The present conditions of the coal trade and the seeming scarcity of coal has been brought about by a combination of circumstances that cannot be regulated at this time. We all recognize a natural increase in the demand for coal in this country requires a large increase in production. The addltional increases in the demand for export and to the requirements of this country as a world power have added largely to the necessity for an increased production of coal. “In the midst of this peculiar situation the strike that took place in the anthracite regions deprived the general market of about $25,000,000 tons of anthracite fuel, which could not be replaced by the bituminous production, inasmuch as the carrying facilities used in handling anthracite coal could not be utilized to take the bituminous coal to the markets. “When the anthracite strike was ended many people were led to oelieve that the markets would resume their normal condition and that coal could be purchased at a reasonable price. They did not realize that thp railroads were already taxed to their full capacity in handling the increased tonnage of the last few years. Many people wonder why there has been such a phenomenal increase in railroad tonnage and have not stopped to think that thousands of tons of the products of American manufacturers that are being shipped to all parts of the world must first be handled by the railroads before being consigned to the vessels that take them to foreign ports. This heavy traffic could not be neglected, even for the transportation of the much-needed coal from the mines to the market.

Railroads Cannot Help Themselves. “The railroad officials, that have been charged- with conspiring to keep up prices, are not to blame. They did not anticipate such a large increase in the volume of business and did not make the proper preparations for equipping their roads with more rolling stock and motive power. Engines and cara_are needed now, but they cqnnqt be got right away or for months.to. come, and..the coal situation will not be relieved until the much-needed rolling stock and engines are secured. “There is no scarcity of coal at the mines. There are thousands of mine workers employed only four or five hours a day, not because they don’t want to work but because the railroads cannot handle the coal they mine. “The present phenomenal prices of coal will probably not continue more than six or eight months, but the selling price of coal in the next two years will be much higher than it has been for the last twenty years. “In addition to the above reasons for keeping up the prices the railroads, on account of the increased cost of construction and equipment, are going to advance freight rates on coal. This has already been done in several cases and it will be added to the Belllng\peice. “I can see no hope for relief at present and make this statement because I do not believe false hopes should be entertained by the public.’’ Representatives from the anthracite regions said the shortage of coal through the strike amounted to about 25,000,000 tons, equal td about 75,000,000 tons of bituminous, and that it would be impossible to overcome such a shortage with the present demand. They said the anthracite operators would not attempt to Increase the output, as they had a steady trade and did not want to increase it They believed the shortage would have to be made up with bituminous and declared Buch a task almost impossible.

FIFTY DEAD IN A FIRE.

Wing of Colney Hatch Insane Asylum in England Is Burned Down. About fifty insane patients were burned to death by a fire at the Colney Hatch asylum in England. The outbreak recurred in the Jewish wing of the institution. The flames spread with great rapidity and before they could be gut under control five wooden buildings, including dormitories and the doctors’ apartments, were wiped out. There were nearly GOO women in the burned annex at the time the fire was discovered and most of them were safely transferred to the main building, which was uninjured. Some, however, escaped, rendering it difficult to ascertain the exact number of those burned to death. All the victims were lunatics. Their charred bodies presented a horrifying spectacle. All efforts of the officials were directed to removing the insane inmates, Who became wild with excitement- and were so panic-stricken that not only were they unable to help themselves, but they greatly impeded the operations of those who were trying to save them. Since Sept. 30, 1902, 265 persons have been killed by trains and 2,613 injured. The total number of derailments and collisions was 2,458, of which 1,444 were collisions and 1,014 derailments. Lumber pliers, Duluth, Miniu, struck for |2.35 a day.

CONGRESS

Senator Quay made an effort Tuesday to hold the Senate in continuous session to consider the statehood bill, but failed to hold a quorum and was compelled on that account to allow the Senate to adjeurn at 6:20 p. m. He secured another ballot, however, to test the sentiment of the Senate, the vote standing 17 tn 29 in his favor. The day was spent in consideration of. the statehood bill, with the exception of an hour devoted to a speech by Mr. Scott, of West Virginia, on. the pension laws. The House devoted the day to bills reported from the Judi--ciary Committee, passing about twenty. Most of them were of a minor character relating to the times of bolding court, etc., but two were of general importance. One was to meet the original-package decision of the Supreme Court by making intoxicating liquors imported into States subject to the jurisdiction of such States. The bill is designed to prevent evasion under the original-package decision of liquor laws in prohibition States. The other bill Is the Senate bill to increase the salaries of Federal judges. In, the Senate Wednesday Mr. Rawlins called up his resolution directing the Secretary of War to furnish the Sfenate the proceedings of a number of courtsmartial in the Philippines. A sharp debate ensued, in which Messrs. Lodge, Beveridge, Carmack, Proctor and Tillman participated alleged abuses in the army being tjie subject. Mr. Quay stopped the debate by demanding the regular order. Discussion of the statehood bill thereupon was- resumed, and Mr. Lodgje, addressed the Senate in opposition to the omnibus measure, speaking zfor two hours and a half. An attempt by Mr. Aldrich to divide the time of the Senate between the statehood bill and other business failed, Mr. Quay objecting. The House made slow progress with the Indian appropriation bill, covering only about eight pages in over four hours. Amendments were agreed to appropriating $21,300 for a survey of the Pine Ridge reservation. South Dakota, and striking out the appropriation of $.10,000 sot a warehouse at Sf. Louis.

In the Senate Thursday Mr. Lodge concluded his remarks in opposition- to the omnibus statehood bill, and Mr. Bard, of California, also spoke in opposition to it. Just before the Senate adjourned Mr. Foraker, of Ohio, took occasion to say that the proposition of Senator Quay to tack the statehood bill on an appropriation bill was not extraordinary. Legislation had been placed on appropriation bills before by the will of the Senate. Mr. Clay, of Georgia, expressed the same view' in a few remarks. A message from the President was read, in which he asked for the necessary power to co-operate with Mexico and China regarding the restoration of the parity of silver and gold. It was referred to the Committee on Finance. z A Senate bill was passed authorizing the building of dams and other improvements on the Columbia River Cn Washington. The House passed the Indian appropriation bill and began consideration*of the postofflee ap•propriation bill. Mr. Burton (Rep., Ohio) continued his criticism of the exteavagance of the items of the Indian -t>ill to the end, but Iris three days’ attack on the hill.juiL.not productive of many redne-. tions. ._____

The day in the Senate Friday was set apart to pay tribute to the memory of Mr. McMillan. At the conclusion of the routine business Mr. Burrows (Mich.l called up the resolutions relative to his late colleague and paid an earnest tribute to his memory. Then the following spoke: Allison (Iowa), Cockrell (Mo.), Morgan (Ala.), Platt (Conn.), Hale (Maine), Foster (Ln.), Aldrich (IL I.), Warren (Wyo.), Gallinger (N. H.), Lodge (Mass.), Perkins-(Cal.), Tillman (S. C.), Bacon (Gad, Fairbanks (Ind.), Depew’ (N. Y.), and Alger (Mich.). In the absence of Speaker Henderson Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) presided in the House. The report of the nfemorinl of the national Red Ooss Society, sent to Congress Thursday, was ordered printed as au executive document. The House then proceeded to the consideration of private claims bills. A large number were passed in committee of the whole.

The greater part of the time of the Senate Saturday was devoted to exercises in connection with the acceptance from the State of Maryland of statues of Charles Carroll ami John Hanson, which will henceforth stand iu Statuary Hall nt the national capitol, A number of bills were, passed, including the House bill providing for the creation of a general staff of the army. The statehood bill was not considered, but it holds its place on the calendar. A House bill was passed appropriating $3,850 for the improvement and care of “Confederate Mound,” in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chi. cago. After three hours of general de. bate upon the postoffice appropriation bill, which was made notable by a speech in favor of tariff reform by Mr, Williams, of Mississippi, who is a can. didate for the ..Democratic leadership of the next House, the House suspended public business and listened to three ad. dresses by Mr. Pearre of Maryland. Mr, Dtilzell of Pennsylvania, nnd Mr. SJehirm of Maryland, on the life nnd public m rvices of Charles Carroll of Carrollton nnd John Hanson, two signers of tho Declaration of Independence, whose statues have been erected by the State of Maryland in Statuary Hall. Resolutions hlso were adopted formally accepting tho statues on behalf of the government. Memorial session for the late Senator James McMillan, of Michigan, was held by the House on Sunday.

In the National Capital.

William IS. Curtis says New York Democrats arc united on Alton B. Parker as presidential candidate and are actively booming him. Agricultural Department experiments with adulterated foods may be abandoned by Dr. Wiley because people hail him on streets as “borax” and regard his tests as joke. Commander Thomas B. Howard, now at the naval academy, has been selected •* the first commanding officer of the monitor Nevada, which will be placed in commission during February.