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THE' BILL PASSED.
Sonato Indorses Measuro to Restrict
Immigration, 46 to 28.
Bill for tlio Ilcorgnnlzatton of tho Iiultitn
Territory Indian Itlll Amended to
0)en Cortnln Surplus Lands
to White Settlement.
Washington, Jan. 18. In tho son
ato yesterday a speech was delivered
by Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, chair
man of tho bimetallic commission, upon
the negotiations of the commission
with European countries relative to
international bimetallism. When ho
had concluded the immigration bill
was taken up and discussed until threo
o'clock, the hour at which, by previous
agreement, it had been arranged to
vote finally upon the amendments and
the bill. Vn amendment oifored by
Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin, providing
that the ability on the part of tho im
migrant either to read or to write
should bo accepted as sulilclent test of
his literacy was adopted by a vote of
42 to 22. Another amendment by Mr.
Spooner providing that tho members
of the family accompanying an immi
grant rejected under tho conditions of
the bill should be returned to tho coun
try whence they came by the steam
ship companies, was also adopted.
Other efforts wero made to amend tho
mensnre, but failed. The bill was
then passed by a vote of 45 to 28.
The bill as passed provides that all
immigrants physically capablo and
over 10 years of ago shall bo able to
read or write tho English language or
some other language, but a person not
able to read or writo who is over CO
years of ago and is tho parent or
.grandparent of a qualified immigrant
over 21 years of age and capablo of
supporting such a parent or grand
parent may bo sent for and come to
join the family of the child or grand
child over 21 years of ago qualified
under tho law; and wife or minor
child not able to read or writo may ac
company or bo sent for and come to
join the husband or parent who is
qualified.
Senator Pcttigrew Introduced a bill
amending the act compelling railroads
to equip their cars with automatic
couplers. It adds a section to tho pres
ent law providing that when there are
any collisions and a passenger train or
any part of it accidentally leaves tho
rails it shall be tho duty of tho ofllcers
in charge of the road at the time to
submit a full and detailed report under
oath of the accident and its causes to
the interstate commission. Penalties
are provided in the section.
Senator llanna was sworn in by Vice
President Hobart.
THE HOUSE.
Washington, Jan. 18. This was Dis
trict of Columbia day in tho house,
but only threo bills of local impor
tance were passed. The remainder of
the session was devoted to further con
sideration of the army appropriation
bill. The debate was particularly
notable for a vigorous speech by Mr.
MeClellan, of New York, a son of Gen.
George B. MeClellan, attacking the
present army organization as obsolete
and inefficient, lie asserted that wo
were woefully unprepared for war
should a crisis come, and contended
for modern methods in organization,
equipment an'd "supplies, which would
enable the United tiiates to meet an
emergency.
Mr. Lewis, of Washington, made a
vigorous speech against any increase
of the arm'. lie charged that the
trusts were in control of tho country
and constituted the mailed hand of
power behind thedecreesof tho courts.
If the army were increased, tho people
would, he said, be justified in asking
whether it was not to be used to bar
ricade the courts and break down
everything that means tho freedom of
the gdverntuent.
Mr. Hull, of Iowa, chairman of tho
committee on military affairs, ex
pressed concurrence in tho views of
Mr. MeClellan to the extent that he
believed that the army should bo re
organized, as tho present organization
was obsolete. Without completing the
bill, the committee arose.
The Curtis bill for the reorganization
of the Indian territory with the
changes made in joint session of the In
dian committee was introduced by Mr.
Curtis, of Kansas.
Mr. Broderick secured an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
which provides for opening to white
settlement of the surplus lands of tho
Pottawatomie Indian reservation in
Jackson county, and of tho Kickapoo
reservation in Brown county, Tho
two iuclude about 12,000 acres of land,
much of It valuable agricultural land.
The clause put In the bill amends the
law of three years ago by providing
for allotment to the children of In
dians not included in the previous al
lotment. PENSIONERS DEFENDED.
Wealthy West Vlrzlnlan OfTorn to i(ly 8101)
for Knch Cosh r fraud I'rnven.
Whkklino, W. Va., Jan. 18. Col.
William Kirk, an ox-union soldier of
Wood county, publishes a card in
which he criticises what ho calls tho
assaults made upon tho pension rolls,
denouncing Commissioner of Pensions
Evans especially, and announces that
ho will pay S100 for each case of a
fraudulent pension now being paid by
tho United States to a civil war sol
dier. His property is sufliclent to
over at least 1,000 cases.
MARCUS HANNA ELECTED.
Ho Secure tho Necessary Numlor of Votca
to MnUo Illni Ohlo Senator.
CoiiUMlius, 0., Jan. 18. Tho battlols
over and Mark Hanna succeeds himself
in tho senate. Ho was elected at noon,
yesterday, for both tho short and long
terms, which gives him a scat in tho
upper branch of congress until
1005. Tho opposition candidate to
tho last was ltobert E. McKlsson,
mayor of Cleveland, who announced
that If elected ho would stand on
tho Chicago freo silver platform.
BENATOU MAHCU8 A. HANNA.
The election took place when the
two houses of tho legislature met iu
the hall of tho house at noon, Lieu
tenant Governor Jones presiding.
After some preliminaries a ballot
was taken and resulted: llanna, 73;
McKlsson, 70; Lentz, 1. This gavo
Hanna a clear majority of one of all
members of the legislature.
An effort was made in the houso be
fore the meeting of the two houses in
joint session to cause postponement of
the final ballot until after nn investi
gation of the bribery charges made by
Representative Otis, but tho 50 repub
licans who had voted yesterday for
Hanna voted down the motion and this
ended for the time being the sensa
tional denouement promised last night
by the anti-IIanna men.
TWO NEW MINISTERS.
Kdwnrd II. Concer Transferred from Ilrazll
to China rfryan Sent to Hrii7.ll.
Washington, Jan. 13. Tho presi
dent sent the following nominations
to tho senate: Mark S. Brewer, of
Michigan, to be a civil service commis
sioner; Edwin II. Conger, of Iowa, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States to
CHAW.ES PAGE HIIVAN.
(Now Minister to Brazil.)
China; Charles Page Bryan, of Illinois,
to be envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary of the United
States to Brazil. Bryan was originally
named for the Chinese mission and
Conger for Brazil, but serious objec
tion was made by senators to Bryan
going to China owing to his inexperi
ence in diplomatic affairs.
WILLIAMS FOR SECOND PLACE.
Tho ftliismicliuaottH Democrat Would Hun
with W. J. Ilrynii In 10OO.
Lincoln, Neb., Jun. 13. Among pop
ulist leaders in Lincoln the l'ecent visit
of George Fred Williams, of Massachu
setts, and his tour of the west is taken
as a confirmation of the report that ho
is organizing a boom for the vice prcs-
OEOKGE KHKI) WILLIAMS.
idential nomination in 1000, with
Bryan at the head and, furthermore,
that It is with Mr. Bryan's approval.
Tho prospect is not pleasing to fusion
populists, who declare such a move
ment would widen tho breach between
the parties in this state.
Fifty Killed by an Karlhqunke.
The Haoue, Jan. 13. An official dis
patch from Batavia announces that the
capital of Amboynu, one of the Moluc
cas islands, had been completely de
mollshed by an earthquake. Fifty per
sons wero killed und 200 injured.
TWO SC0KE DEAD.
An
Appalling Storm Strikes Fort
Smith, Ark., In tho Night.
Blany Killed While Thoy Woro Asleep nud
Dozens of Dond find Injured Woro
Duk Out of tho Itulus Prop
erty Loss 81,000,000.
Foivr Smith, Ark., Jan. 13. Two
scoro of human lives and upward of
31,000,000 worth of property wero de
stroyed by a tcrriblo tornado which
burst upon this city a few minutes
past 11 o'clock Tuesday night. Men,
women and children, peacefully asleep
in their homes, wore, without a mo
ment's warning, awakened to meet a
horrlblo death in tho fearful storm,
whllo others, momentarily moro for
tunate, and who escaped tho furies of
tho wind, motaiar worse fate a few
minutes later in tho ilamcs, which
soon engulfed many of tho wrecked
buildings.
The sccno following tho first terrific
crash of the storm was one of awful
grandeur. Business blocks, handsome
mansions, hotels and humble cottages
wero razed to the ground and scattered.
In shapeless masses. Several of tho
wrecks caught flro and tho inflam
mable timbers burned furiously. Tho
city was crowded with rural visitors,
many of whom were sleeping at board
ing houses unregistered. For this rea
son tho number of victims who per
ished In Fort Smith Tuesday night
may nover bo definitely known.
The storm struck tho city near tho
National ccmotery and swept its way
through tho heart of tho town. Leav
ing Fort Smith, it bounded by Van
Bureu and continued down tho river,
demolishing everything In its path.
News from outside points is not at
hand, but rumors of much damage as
far south as Alma has reached horc, it
being reported that a number of per
sons were killed near that place.
Two of tho largest houses of worship
in the city, the Baptist and Central
Methodist churches, wero completely
destroyed. Tho Brownscomo church
was badly damaged and tho towern
and roof of the high school building
blown off. Tho scene In the neighbor
hood of the wreck was horrible. Men
and women, clad in their night clothes,
from tho neighboring houses, were
seeking shelter and calling for aid for
somo absent member of tho family or
friend who failed to escape from tho
Avreckage of the buildings in which
they had been living. Men, women
and children sought refugo in O'Kecfo's
saloon and wore afforded shelter. In
tho back part of the saloon a number
of injured were stretched out on the
floor with only their night clothes to
protect them from the chilly midnight
air. Miss Wood, one of the nurses of
tho St, John hospital, was on the sccno
and did all that could bo dono to re
lieve the immediate wants of tho in
jured in the rear of Mr. O'Keefe's sa
loon. Tho drug stores were opened
and the clerks were kept busy filling
prescriptions and otherwise doing their
share toward relieving tho sufferers.
Owing to tho fact that tho tornddo,
! after passing through tho residence
district, did its worst work in that por
tion of the business district, in which
tho older buildings were located, tho
totals of damage dono do not amount
up very rapidly, although many build
ings were partially or iwholly ruined.
The debris of many of tho buildings,
which were in the lodging house dis
trict, caught fire, and those unfortu
nates who were not at once extricated
alive, perished miserably by being
burned or smothered to death. Add to
the fact that many of the people in tho
outside district wero killed in the
crash of the falling residences aad it
will be seen why tho list of the dead
rolled up so rapidly.
All tho nurses and doctors that can
bo pressed into service are being util
ized, and there are scores of temporary
hospitals through the city In additioi
to the regular hospitals, where the In
jured are being taken. Tho morgue is
taxed to its utmost capacity and addi
tional bodies are being brought in
every few minutes.
Tho tornado crossed tho Arkansas
river one-half mile south of Van Buren
and tore a path 200 yards wide through
Crawford county and at least five were
killed.
THE PERILS OF THE DEEP.
A Jnpnnego Steamer Sunk nnd About KlRhty
Lives Lost.
Vjctowa, B. C, Jan. 13. Latest ad
vices from the orient state that tho Jap
anese transport steamer Nera, of 2,
510 tons, bound to the Pcccadores, was
wrecked on December 24, and about 80
lives lost. The only survivors wero flvo
seamen, who were picked up by tho
steamer Maidsuru Maru. Capt. Yasuda,
of the Japanese navy, and nine cadets
were among tho missing. The vessel
struck an unchartered rock, her cargo
shifted and she went to tho bottom.
SNOW IN CALIFORNIA.
Even the Soml-Troplcal Holt Visited uy tho
StormHopes for Fruit.
San Fjiancisco, Jan. 13. During1 tho
last 21 hours a cold storm has
swept over the entire state of Cal
ifornia. Snow has fallen in many
I counties, tho semi-tropical belt not
being exempt, and rain, which was
badly needed, has come In suffi
cient quantities to gratify all growers
of cereals. Tho weather is still cold,
but tho indications favor a rl.se of tem
perature and fruit growers are confi
dent that no injury will result.
THE FIGHT IS ON.
Tammany nnd ISs-Siiuntor Hilt Bnro to
Hnvo n Ilnttln In tho Kmplro State.
New Yohk, Jan. 17. Tammany poli
ticians admit that tho fight botween
Richard Croker and ex-Senator Hill,
for the control of tho state organization
and tho next democratic convention,
is on in earnest. Croker has discov
ered that up tho stato thero Is a strong
sentiment among democrats in fa
vor of tho Chicago platform and of
nominating for governor next fall a
man who supported that platform
in 1800. Tho Tammany politicians
believe that Hill is encouraging and
developing tho sentiment nnd that
along that line ho is going to opposo
tho plans of Croker. It is well under
stood that Croker favors tho nomina
tion for governor of a man from this
city who did not support Bryan in 1800.
Ho is also In favor of keeping the Chi
cago platform In the background In
the next stato campaign.
FELL IN BAD COMPANY.
D. II. Fish, a Youiip; Collector for Scrllmer
.fc Sons, Under Arrest for ICmbczr.lomcut.
Kansas City', Mo., Jan. 17. 1). II.
Fish, collector for tho local ollleo of
tho publishing houso of Charles Scrtb
nor & Sons, was arrested in Jefferson
City, Mo., Saturday, for embezzling
S100 from tho concern. E. M. Down
ing, Kansas City manager, sworo out
a warrant for Fish. Fish, whoso homo
is in St. Louis, came here a year ago
to bo city collector for tho publishing
house. Ho fell In bad company and
took to drinking. Then ho began to
appropriate to his own uso money ho
collected for tho publishing house.
Ho is only 21 years old and his parents
are reputed to bo wealthy. Fish tele
graphed Mr. Downing this morning
that ho would make good tho shortago
if tho caso against him was dismissed.
FOR CHURCH INSURANCE.
Tho Methodist Knlscnpal General Confer
ence Incorporate a Company.
Chicago, Jan. 17. The Methodist
Insurance company, authorized by tho
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, has been incorpo
rated under the laws of tho stato of
Illinois and tho headquarters will be in
Chlcngo. Tho company is restricted to
placing flro insurance upon property
owned by the denomination, such as
churches, schools and parsonages.
Tho intention is to huvothe Methodist
churches of tho United States carry
their own insurance. The scheme had
tho sanction of the conference.
THEY WANT TO KNOW.
Michigan ICnpuhllcan Kdltor Will Send a
Man to Investigate Workings of Free Sil
ver In Mexico.
Lansino, Mich., Jan. 17. Tho Re
publican Editors' association adopted
a resolution to send a representative
to Mexico to study tho practical work
ings of the unlimited coinage of silver.
Thero was a strong anti-Pingree sontl
mont among tho editors, who are
weary of the governor's attacks upon
Senators Burrows and McMillan and
other leaders of his party, and ho was
cautioned to bo moro tolerant of party
leaders if iio desired a renominatlon.
INSURGENTS STOP WORK.
Over a Million Tobacco I'lants Ilunied In
Culm No Sugar Grinding.
New Yohk, Jan. 17. According to
tho Herald's correspondent In Havana,
tho Insurgents destroyed 1,000,000 to
bacco plants growing under tho pro
tection of forts at Camajuani, Santa
Clara province, on tho night of Janu
ary 5, and 25,000 plants within sight of
the forts of Sltto Grande. A corre
spondent who has just made a journey
from Havana to Sagua la Orando re
ports that not one sugar mill is grind
ing. A DECEPTIVE MEDIUM.
Chlcngo Woman Who raid 8100 for a
Ghostly Kiss Wants Her Money Hack.
Chicago, Jan. 17. Mrs. B. E. Biggs,
who appeared to prosecuto Mrs. Cellu
Hughes for obtaining $100 by falso
pretenses, told the court that she had
paid the Hughes woman 100 for tho
privilege of kissing tho spirit of her
father. She said she believed her
father was dead, and folt that she had
received value for hor 9100 until she
learned that hor sire was allvo and
well on his farm in Ireland,
Army Appropriation Hill.
Washington, Jan. 17. Tho appro
priation bill for tho army has been
submitted to tho house by Chairman
Hull, of tho committee on military af
fairs. Tho bill appropriates 823,185,
003, as against 823,129, 1-14, 80 last year.
The estimate for tho present year was
824,225,741.04. Tho appropriation for
the pay of the lino of the army is 813,
008,102, against 813, 128,254.110 last year.
The estimate for tho present year was
814,032,007.20.
In IloveiiRo for 1'unlsh incut.
HiLLSiiono, 111., Jan. 17. 11. B. Mill
sap, a teacher In the Taylor school, six
miles northeast of this city, was as
saulted and beaten by six large boys,
somo of whom used brass knuckles.
The assault was committed In revenge
for tho punishment of some of their
number in school. The six boys have
been arrested and placed under bond
to answer a churgoof riot.
To Mnko Hard Coal from Sort.
St. Louis, Jan. 17. C. W. Smith, of
Moliue, 111., is here to establish u
plant which is to completely trans
form and revolutionize tho anthracite
coal industry. Mr. Smith has Invent
ed a process by which tho common
bituminous coal can bo converted into
anthracite and sold almost as cheaply
as the soft coaL
THREE NOTABLES DEAD.
Benjamin Buttarworth, Gon. Auger and
Logan Carllslo Pass Away.
Tho Former an Kx-Con(jrossman from Ohio,
Auger a Friend of Grant Carlisle
tho Son of tho Treasury Kz-
Secretary.
Thomabvii.le, On., Jan. 17. Ben
jamin Buttorworth, United States com
missioner of patents, who has been ill
at Pineywoods hotel hero several
weeks, died at 8:15 yesterday after
noon. Tho end was peaceful, and
wlien It camo his wlfo and children
Wore at his bedsido. Ho camo hero to
rccuporato from an attack of pneumo
nia nnd recovered rapidly till two
weeks ago, when ho suffered from
uremic convulsions. From thatrelapsu
ho never recovered. Ills body will bo
sent to Washington.
Ilonjnmln lluttorwortli wns what in It n own as
u "birthright Qunltor." Ho wns liwn In War
ron county, O., October 22, 1837; mvs a motnbor
of tho Htnto sonuto of Ohio from Wnrron nnd
Jlutlcr counties in 1873-71; wns oloctcd from
tlio First Ohio district to tho Forty-Sixth.
Forty-Seventh, Forty-Ninth nnd Flftloth con
gresses, mul wns ro-olcctcd to tlio Fifty-First
cotyjress ns a ropubllcnn. During tho war ho
nttnlncil tho rank of mnjor In nn Ohio regiment.
Ho '.vtis commissioner of patents llrst during
tho mltnlntstrntton of Garllold und Arthur, and
his record nuulo then nnd subsequently hud
Krent weight with President MoICInloy In
RclcollnR him for Hint position. Ho wns mudo
sccrotnry of tho world's fair project curly In
tho Inception of thut vrcnt cntorprlso tit Chi
cago during tho onrly '00s, and worked along In
thut capacity with honor to lilmsolf nnd profit
to tho company until Us close,
lie Was Urnnt's Friend.
Washington, Jan. 17. Gen. Chris
topher Colon Auger, U. S. A., rotlrcd,
died of old ago at his homo in West
Washington last night. Iio was ono
of tho three surviving members of tho
class of '43, at West Point, the class
with which Gen. Grant graduated.
Gen. Auger served with Grant In Mex
ico and with distinction through tho
civil war. Ho was rotlrcd In 18Sj5 and
has slnco lived In Washington.
Son of Kx-Secrctary Carlisle
Washington, Jan. 17. A private dis
patch received hero states that Logan
Carlisle, chief clerk of tho treasury de
partment under tho late administra
tion and son of ox-Secretary Carlisle,
died in Now York yesterday.
BY INOCULATION.
Secretary Wilson Thlnlts a I'nsltlvo Cnra
for lloir Cholera lias lteuu Discovered.
Washington, Jan. 17. Nothing that
has occurred since ho became secretary
of agriculture has given James Wilson
half as much gratification as tho re
sults of tho experiments that havo
been going on under his direction in
Iowa and Nebraska during tho last
few months iu tho treatment of hog
"cholera" by inoculation, for ho
thinks the discoveries that havo
thus been developed aro worth
8100,000,000 a year to tho people
of tho United States. Tho ex
periments havo been eminently suc
cessful and justify tho belief that tho
disease which has carried off so many
swine in tho past years and has cost
tho farmers of tho country millions of
dollars cannot only bo cured but pre
vented at a trifling expenditure of
monoy and labor.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Interesting Figures from the liurruu of
Statistics for tho Month of December.
Washington, Jun. 17. Tho monthly
statement of tho exports and Imports,
issued by tho bureau of statistics,
shows these facts:
Tho exports of domostlo morchnndlso fof
December lust amounted to 81-3,181.71.1, un In
crease as compared with December,' lSOtl, of
over 7,000,000. For tho 12 months tho lncrcnao
was over 1)3,000,000. Tho Imports of morohnn
tllso (liirh)K December last amounted to to I, -614,733,
of which $21,184,588 wtis freo of duty.
This Is a fallltiu off In dutiable merchandise of
over t8,600,ooa
Money fur .lulls Wanted.
Washington, Jan. 17. Attorney
General McKcnna has sent to congress
through tho treasury, a recommenda
tion for urgent deficiency appropria
tions for United States courts aggre
gating over 500,000. Tho principal
item called for is 810,000 to establish
and erect United States juils In
tho northern, central and southern
districts of tho Indian territory at
Muskogee, South McAlester and Ard
more respectively, and incidental pur
poses. Hnnna's Foes Will Uso Caution.
Washington, Jan. 17. Thero is no
doubt that tho democrats, populists
and silver republicans in tho senate
are wishing for an opportunity to at
tack Senator Hanna on the ground of
fraud, but such a contest cannot bo
lightly entered into, and it will not
bo taken up unless the Ohio investi
gating committee shall satisfy sena
tors here that tho charges made can
bo sustained by proof.
To Appraise Abandoned Reservations.
Washington, Jan. 17. These west
ern appointments have been made:
Richard W. Evans and Robert M.
Wright, of Kansas City, appraisers of
the abandoned rallltai-y reservation at
Fort Dodge, Kan., at 84 a day each;
Michael J. Welgean and William II.
Smith, of Oklahoma, appraisers of tlio
abandoned military reservation of
Fort Supply at tho same compensation.
Tli ii reunion Force to Iio Iteducod.
Washington, Jun. 17. Mr. Evans,
commissioner of pensions, says that
tho pension department can be run
with 100 less clerks. A list of ineffi
cient employes has been made and tho
ax will soon fall. Evans says ho will
run the bureau on a sound business
basis.