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STEVENS CENSURED BY THE HOUSE, d,mi.»tlon Of Bis Action la Canaan?, loo With Hawaiian Affairs—Mr. Boa* AC*ln Sat l’p°° bf »*• ffpaaker of ", House In HI. Attempt to Malta aa address—Tbs latest Intelligence from Honolulu—The SltaaUoa Remains Cn clioused* vj }- . - - . * - jn**l'UUV/ w , ltoutelle. relative to the Hawaiian licyof the administration, and de to reporta substitute as follows: ' t, .nnansa faAtn araniiHua r hlsoived. That it Is the sense of Ibis bouse uut a,iuli intervention by the ifovernment of I’niied States, Us representatives or .lord lorces was contrary to the policy and rrfitiuns of our republic and the spirit of our ([institution and should be and Is emphatically fjndomnetl. . ' ■ i;t. resentative Storer offered a sub siitule which was rejected and he will. ,.resont it as a minority report. It declares that the president has ex-, ceded his rights and invaded the dig nities of congress, as well as violated the laws of nationa in hia instruc tions to Minister Willis, and further, that the manner of such attempted intervention by the executive and methods used are unworthy of the executive department of the United states, while the confessed intent of such intervention is contrary to the policy ami traditions of the republic antl the spirit of the constitution. As soon as the Journal was read in the honse to-dav Mr. Boutelte of Ha no, who was oil his feet, sent up a resolution which he said was privi leged. The speaker directed the clerk to read it. It questioned the authori ty of Commissioner Blount to order tiie American naval representatives at Honolulu. Mr. Boutelle vainly (ought to discuss the question of his right to discuss the resolution which was referred to the committee on naval affairs but the speaker cut him short and said it could only be con sidered at this time by uuanimous consent. Mr. Houtelle asked for unanimous consent but Mr. Talbott of Maryland, objected and Mr. Boutelle was forced to sit down. &TILL PREPAJUNQ, TO FIGHT. llmrulian Provisional tioTtrnment tap* porters Bell loose—No Chufei. Sax Francisco, Dec. 23.—The steam* er'Mariposa which arrived from Hono lulu this morning brought advices from the Uawaian islands to Decem ber 14. The situation was December 14 in a state of abeyance awaiting the news expected to arrive by the steamer Alameda due there to-day. Since the diplomatic notes exchanged between the provisional government and Minis ter Willis nothing further had trans pired. in the meantime the provi sional government was carrying out the plans of defense already reported and the last 5,00J sandbags were being filled to he placed in position upon the upper verandas of the executive building in case of an attack. After the vote of the council that removals of Royalists in office should be made, whieh was precipitated by the removal of Fred Wundenberg from the deputy clerkship of the supreme court, (leorge Smitbers, registrar of public accounts, was replaced in the bounce department by George Ashley, an American,and Captain Luddemann, first clerk in the same cepartment, by h A. Mclnerny, a Hawaiian born American. The only other removal which had taken place to December 14 was that of a Royolist from the custom house, who was replaced by a three-quarter white annexationist. onversations with leading Royal ists developed the belief, that Presi dent Cleveland would endeavor to out his pblicy of restoration and thathc would receive-^sufficient back-' jhg in the present congress to enable »m to do so. They admitted that the entire dependence *>n their cause , , 0°w upon the firmness dis P'.a1ve<? hy Mr. Cleveland. They nd ittcd that without the armed support llj the United States they bad no hopes o re-establishing the monarchy and , at "''thout foreign aid they had no pe of overthrowing the provisional government. .Minister Willis has absolutely noth g lo say on the situation beyond a ^deration that he is awaiting further instructions ^rotn Washington which \ w «uaae necessary by certain ontingenciea which has arisen since arrival. I'he United States rcve e cutter Corwin arrived unexpect (■ J m harbor December 14 and plain Hunger went at once to the i.u.enc?n where he remained eted with Minister Willis for over It was learned positively , 6 had delivered extensive dis tiun 1CS *rom Washington at the lega he Royalists claim that if congress tLUses to settle the matter in favorof cu ex'Rueen as proposed by Mr. / blBve. and> t*le Hawaiian affair is 11a , any moment to assume interna i- , Proportions and hint that both u?. ,and and Japan will take a hand. linM i ana JaPan will take a band. It ' i 6 <'re^enue is given this view. dir» 1, arned upon authority coming ik.. . / ir°m the cx-queen's residence that taftorher recent interview with lipii1S!er Willis she at once went to .L,, Minister Wodehouse and him for the advice he had ,1<'us'y given as to how she should r ,, tl, her negotiations with the u . states government through its tn « a."an representatives. All efforts thi. <?u.t the position to be taken by hi.. , l‘sb in case trouble occurs lI?«s far failed. in tl!*Hlry 8,8 turthe ex-queen’s policy lino i ? case of Ker restoration is out ti . u by several of her leading poli ans to he general amnesty to har Pponcntg, with few exceptions wsulent Dole, Minister Thurston, "itorney Genersl W. a Smith, and thi.i yeuerai w. U. smun, ana epurt Judd_of th* snprema Tfee %aocxationisU olaim that Ola ex-queen wii never nn t enact *o diiplaf either good will or betted against these men or i» others eo H»wiS.thar*ta“ Amerioan »Ure In Considerable anxiety baa been tela lately relatlnr to the conUnu^dpooY health ot President Dole He has been at\heHforelffn“%“d h“ Bot 'VPOred at the foreign office except In eaae of KHZ-Jk,""- ~ -»a,S congreaa to mean: "I will restore the ex-queen peacefully if poaalble. nod in case I find this cannot be done I will refer the matter to conferees for settlement” President Dole declared that restoration negotiations wonld make no headway and would be ab solutely rejected by the provisional government v A special session of the executive council adjourned at 3 p. m ., Decem ber 14, after considering the situation and discussing further plans of de fensem case of unfriendly action by Mr. Willia No communication had S?"} recerred by the cabinet from Minister Willia Late in the after noon a visit to the executive building 8 "TTv a“ act,lvo »tate of preparation and the officers exoressed themselves as ready for the uncxrected should It happen. The Royalists are uneasy at the prospect and annexationists de clare that if they are forced to go down it will bej with colors flying. The very latest ord<X- which has been - --- nuren IIH gni issued has been to the citizens' reserve guard to be on the alert Mr. Stevens Replies. ‘ Augusta, Maine, Dec. 23.—Ex-Min ister Stevens has made thd following reply to President Cleveland'smessage and his criticisms of Mr. SteVens’ offi cial conduct: “Only once in our political history has a majority of the congress of the United States solemnly resolved in favor of impeaching the occupant of the executive chair. "Probably it was well that the ef fort to remove Andrew Johnson from his office was arrested just on the brink of success. The great reluc tance of the conservative turn of the country to remove the Chief executive for abuse of power seems to hare en couraged President Cleveland to re sort to the extraordinary measure of overturning the provisional govern ment of Hawaii, while as much as possible concealing his arbitrary de sign from the American congress and people "Look at the historical facts dispas sionately and no one will deny that the lines of usurpation and injustice on which President Cleveland and the secretary of state have acted since the 7th of March last, coupled with the Blount ielative to the accepted testi mony of Liliuokalani's fallen and cor rupt ministers, are more sweeping and more hostile to the Anglo-Saxon liberty than the acts of George III. and the Lord North ministry, which drove the American colonies to suc cessful revolt. “There is nothing in American his tory more shameful in its scope of in justice and tyranny than the attempt of Cleveland to crush out liberty and American interests in Hawaii by the threat to restore the extinct idonarchy by force of arms or by diplomatic chicanery and pressure, more in famous, if 'possible, than the use of ball and bayonet. “President Cleveland’s recent special message in which he so severely criti cises the course of the recent American minister at Honolulu, is but a feeble repetition of Secretary Gresham’s statements. “In my answer to Blount’s report, extensively published in the United States, I. showed conclusively, as did Minister Thurston and other thor oughly responsible witnesses, that the allegations in that report against the official conduct of Captain YViltse and myself are grossly untrue, are in manifest antagonism to all the reason able probabilities and logic of the situation in Honolulu in January last President Cleveland’s grossly untrue and shamefully unjust allegations against myself and the naval com mander rest entirely on the state ments of the four notoriously corrupt ministers of the fallen queen, of Wil son, the queen’s favorite, and other thoroughly discredited testimony. “I repeat here what has been amply verified again and again, that neither by force nor the threats of force, nor by any action of mine was the fall of the monarchy precipitated. From the hour I entered on my duties as the head of the United States legation to the termination of my official respon sibility, I maintained the determina tion to call on the naval commander for aid only in the event that Ameri can life and property were in danger. Cautiously but formally, perhaps sometimes too silently, I made this my fixed rule of action, not- only to the representatives of the queen, but to the leaders of the parties who saw no safe alternative for the welfare of the islands but in the abolishment of the monnrcny. “If President Cleveland sees fit to make a point against my official con duct that months before the events of last January I had advocated annexa tion, he deliberately and purposely conceals that which I said in my dis patch in November, 1892. which was a confidential statement to the state department of the true condition of affairs in Hawaii, a report of facts which by the established rules and practice of diplomacy I was in duty bound to make known to my govern ment." NEWS NOTES. Natural gas was struck at Iola, Kan., at a depth of about 1.500 feet. The Japan Official Gazette an nounces the birth of a son .to the Jap anese emperor. James Davis, formerly of St Joseph, Mo., committed suicide at Lerridos, N. M. Debts were the cause. The Roman Catholic church of the Ascension a'. North Tona wanda, N. Y., and its rectory were destroyed bj^flre. Loss, $75,000; insured. The Masonic temple at Adrian, Mich., built in 1865 at a costof $83,000, was burned. Several firms ocoupied the lower floors. The Washington police are much ex ercised over the expected coming to Washington of a cranlc who has threatened to do terrible things. MRS. FOY TESTIFIES. STARTLING SENSATION IN THB - CRONIN CASE. MET LIMT 01 TEE FAIMJ3 PLOT. -r uJ, ’ X 8I»« Describes Secret Conferences Be tween the Conspirator*. Against Dr. Cronin nnd Brings In Alexander *, Sullivan's Kamo For the First. jf Tima—The Dereaee Almost Frantic— Rebuked. ..;:M Chicago, Dec. S3. — Mrs. Andrew Foy, pale and nervous and guarded by a police officer, appeared in court this morning ready to testify in the Coughlin case. Her husband,; she said, did not appear at her home last night, and guarded by a detail of policemen she had been undisturbed. For fear that she' would be intercept* ed on her way to the scene of the trial she appeared in the court room long before the hour for the conven ing of court and patiently waited to be called to the witness stand. The warning letter received by her is as follows: Don’t be traitor. Look out tor yourself and little family, and remember the fate of Judas, who went out and hunt himself, and whose body burst open and let his bowels bo scattered on the ground. Mrs. Foy is the wife of Andrew Foy, who, it is said, was the first man to openly denounce Dr. Cronin as a spy after Cronin disappeared'. It Was at his house, itisclaimed,that the alleged conspiracy against the doctor was hatched, and it is the story of the meetings of the conspirators implicat ing Coughlin as the leader that the prosecution has been so anxious for Mrs. Foy to give if possible. The court room was crowded and officers hi^ difficulty in keeping back the crowds which surgecltli rough the corridors. After a long consideration of the ob jections for the defense, chiefly that a wife could not testify where her testi mony would implicate her husband as one of the conspirators, J udge Tut hill said quietly, rrI have decided the matter. Call Mrs Foy. The objec tion for the defense is overruled. You understand that this testimony is greatly restricted. Mrs Foy can tes tify only to what she saw and to what she said to any of the conspirators” , When Mrs. Foy was called the spec tators leaned forward in their seats and the attorneys crowded toward the witness stand eager to hear every word. During the examination the defense interposed objections to al most every question put by the state and her story proceeded slowly. She stated that she knew Coughlni, Martin Burke and Patrick Cooney, ail of them having been at her home. Coughlin first appeared there in March or April, 18S9, several times. He had visited her husband and the two talked in whispers. On one visit she sur prised her husband and the prisoner, while reading a letter. Coughlin was reading aloud. As she entered from another room she caught- the words: "Remove him at all hazards but use your discretion.” Cough1 in had staid two hours that night and then went away without speaking to her. Mrs. Foy then told of two visits of Cooney at which he and her husband had held conversations in low tones, always with the door closed. Asked if Martin Burke had visited, her husband, Mrs. Foy replied in the affirmative, telling of a visit before May 2, at which Burke had talked with her husband in the front room and in the hall. The next appearance of Martin Burke at her house was on the night of Mpy 6, 1888. As the wit ness made this statement Judge Wing objected and the court said: *'I have decided to admit that evidence, but I instruct the jury to regard all acts of Martin Burke after May 4 as tending to show conspiracy and not bearing upon the guilt of Daniel Coughlin.” On the night of May 12, sometime after Cronin's disappearance, Cough lin called at the Foy house and asked for her husband. She told Coughlin she was afraid her husband had been arrested and he replied: “Oh, there is no proof against Andy. He is all right.” “I said,” continued Mrs. Foy, ‘“Coughlin, this is an awful thing you have done. Dr. Cronin will do you more harm dead than alive.’ He laughed and said I need not worry. •There is no danger,’ said he, ’but you will be taken care of anyway. Don’t worry.’ I asked him who was to take care of me and my little children. •Oh,’ he said, ‘don’t mind about that Alexander Sullivan is a good friend of your husband’s and of mine and he will take care of you.’ The deen silence in court at point for a moment was broken by the prosecuting attorney resuming the examination and then a buzz of comment among the spectators, a number of whom excitedly declared the woman a “trained" witness. “Coughlin came once before that time," continued Mrs. Foy, “and told my husband what luck he had in fool ing Captain Scliaack and Captain Schuetler about Or. Cronin's body and where they had put it” The witness said that several times Coughlin had assured her that there was no danger of her husband being arrested and told her that if she would keep quiet she would be well taken care of. This ended her direct examination. “When did you last see Mrs. T. T. Conklin?” was the first question Judge Wing of the counsel for the defense launched at the witness. A. marked. change came over her. To all of the prosecuting attorney’s questions she had answered pleasantly and fnlty. Now her first words, “Last night," came out with an extraordinary abruptness. Her face hardened visi bly and she. went on with an effort. The attorney for the defense ques tioned her mercilessly upon all her relations with Mrs. Conklin, the wife of the man with whom Dr. Cronin bad boarded. The number of times the women had met, and how recently. It was developed that the two women were in the habit of visiting together regularly and had been together just Wore the htd ooao to court the pn* ▼lout dsy. • When prewed etmljr to jtre th* cmm of this intimacy Mrs Foy de clared: "She was the only friend’1 had.” For a half hour more the attorney continued the severe Croat examina tion and was at last reprimanded by the eonrt, Judge Tuthill declaring that Mrs. Foy was being treated different ly from other witnesses, and was not receiving common courtesv. The court added: “I wish this perfromanee ended.” v *‘I object to the remark of the court,” hotly replied Jndgo Wing for the de fense. "There is nothing diseoute ous in my manner and I am examin ing the witness fairly." AGAIN THI CRANK. The Vies President and Others Receive Letters Prom a Polish Anarchist. Washington, Deo. 23 — A crank who signed himself . “Joseph Donjam” of 73 Passaic street, Newark, N. J., is wanted by the secret service of the government for writing threatening letters to a number of prominent offi cials of the government, especially, Vice President Stevenson. During the long silver fight the vice president’s mail contained many threatening letters, but the cranks were mostly of the spasmodic order. Donjam, however, was persistent and nearly every day wrote letters threat ening vengeance. These were generally thrown away until at dinner one evening Secretary Carlisle informed Mr. Stevenson that he received several threatening letters from Donjam and that Senator Sherman and Mills also had been objects of attention on the part of the crank. The matter was thereupon turned over to Chief Drummond of the secret service, who ascertained that Donjam actually lived at the address given and was a Polish anarchlsb It was said he had gone to Washington. An unavailing search was made for the man and then the matter was al lowed to resf until yesterday when upon receipt of another threatening letter to Vice President Stevonson, de manding $25 and saying that he was stopping at 105 Eutaw street, Balti more, a telegram was sent to the chief of police In Baltimore, asking him to arrest the man. No answer has been received as yet WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS. Baby Rutli, Baby Esther and Other Lit tle Ones to Gather Aroundja|Blg Tree. Washington, Deo. 23.—Mrs. Cleve land is busy with Christmas shopping to fill the stockings of her little daughters. Owing to the, curiosity manifested by the' public, however," she is obliged to make the rounds of the stores when they are deserted; sue visits them just before closing time, when shoppers are few. There will be a handsome Christmas tree at the White house this year, as has always been the custom when there were children to enjoy it Christmas toys are beginning to arrive at the White house, seemingly by the wagon load. There are all sorts and conditions of dolls—baby dolls, debutante dolls, short haired, strong minded dolls, walking, danc ing and talking dolls. The duplicates are being set aside by Mrs. Cleveland for the free hospitals for children. Christmas night the cabinest children will be invited by Mrs Clevelany to rally around the White house tree. STIRRING UP NEW YORK. Indictments Against Leading Politicians for Frauds In the Election. New York, Dec. 23.— It was officially announced in the 'district attorney's office to-day that the extraordinary grand ju'ry had to-day handed into court a big batch of indictments for frauds in several election districts during the last election. It is said that thirty indictments have been found in election cases and many of them were against prominent local politicians. A number of bench war rants have boon issued and many im portant arrests may bo looked for during the next few days. Kortheru Pacific Men Protest. St. Pati., Minn.,' JJec. 33.—The heads of the various organizations of the employes of the Northern Pacific railroad mettle officials of that roa<f to-day, tne conference lasting until nearly 3 o'clock this afternoon. Bach of the organization’s leaders argued 1 against the proposed reduction in wages from the standpoint of those here represented and at the close the officials promised to give an answer to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Renounces His Annuity. London, Dee. 33.—In the house of commons yesterday Mr. Gladstone an nounced that the duke of Saxe Coburg-Gotha (the duke of Edin burgh) had renounced his English an nuity of 975,000 conferred upon him by the act of 180 , bub that he re tained bis annuity of 950,000 conferred upon him on his marriage in 1873. The announcement was greeted with loud cries of “Oh!” Actors to Herd Lines* Chicago, Dec. 33.—In the first time in the history of the actor's fund in Chicago aid is being furnished in cases other than sickness and death. There are more idle members of the theatri cal profession to-day in Chicago than ever before known. They are from all classes and ranks. Thrcs of a Slelghlug Party Killed. Holms, N. H., Dec. 33.—The Shoo Fly express, leaving Nashua last night f6r Ayer Junction, collided here with a sleigh containing four persons out for a ride, demolishing the vehicle and killing three and injuring the other occupant. _• Devoured by an Eagle. Sklma, Ala.. Dec. 3 3.—The body ot a 3-year-old child of Henry Smith, colored, was found yesterday on a rocky cliff by a part}’ of searchers who had been looking, for it for a week. It had .been devoured by an eagle and all that was left of it was its bones. > Only Two 1813 Veterina Kow Left Paris, Ky., Dec. 23.—By the death of Presley Simpson here this morning, there are now only two soldieas of the war ot 1812 living. He was aged | 06 years -» > *»- * M'"' t * ** HOT HAWAIIAN TALK. iim;»u jiimuSiiL^.%■•»»•.> , A WARM TtME IN THB LOWER ;.!"yr\7'- house. .-.< k:‘v.. - A UMIf riritoMiUty Skirmish—Mr. ' Bontalln bli Oo • glrn Brand In the •ha#* at n Rnmnrk thnt cinralnnd to n (surpsr—An Uproar thnt Made XtCM enrjr Vigorous Artlnn on thn Pnrt pt thn Sposksr—Thn Mnn from Mains. > Bepublleans In righting Tnmpnr. Washington, Deo. 81.—The house was lu an ugly frame of mind yester day. The Republicans were In a fight ing temper orer the Hawaiian situa tion when the house met and the row opened Immediately. Mr. Cooltran's resolution of Monday .was presented and hurriedly referred to the com mittee on rules. 1 * After a lively parliamentary skir mish Mr. Boutelle demanded recogni tion for a privileged resolution and the speaker was obliged to recognise him. When read It proved to be the resolution Mr. Boutelle sought to In troduce Monday, declaring that the prerogatives of congress had been in vaded by the policy of the administra tion, and declaring that policy incon sistent with the constitution and tra ditions of the country. The row was now fully under way. Mr. McCreary, chairman of the foreign affairs com mittee, made the point that the reso lution was not privileged, and after some sharp words from eaoh side, Mr. Boutelle got the floor to discuss the question as to whether the resolution was privileged. “The message of the president In dicates this country may be Involved In war with a friendly power. l’’or all we know," said he, In a loud voice, “the arms of thn United States may be even now pinioning with their bayonets a friendly nation with whom the mass of the people of this country sympathize." He held, he said, that It was the im perative duty of Congress, reluctantly recognized by the president, to dis avow, discredit and reprobate a policy designed to bring the country Into discredit in the eyes of the civilized world. [Oreat applause on the Re publican side. ] “I care not whence this policy em anates," continued Mr. Boutelle, “whether from a Republican presi dent ora Democratic usurper." The confusion that followed the word “usurper" drowned ‘tho rest of the sentence. He continued to talk amid loud cries for order and the speaker at last, with the aid of hts gavel, brought, the house to a stand still. Before the gentleih&fl from Maine had fairly launohed his neat pniiippic opeaxer vnsp suaaeqiy swept the ground from under htm by deciding the point of order In accord* ance with the contention of Mr. Mc Creary and referred the resolution to the committee on foreign affairs. The consideration of the urgency deficiency .bill was then resumed and some very exciting scenes were then enacted before it was finally passed. The item appropriating 1303,030 for special examiners was amended so as to prevent the suspension of any pen sioners without giving the pensioner notice with opportunity to furnish testimony in rebuttal. Amendments were also adopted ap propriating 9180,003 for extra mileage for members and senators, 940,000 for stationary and about 945,000 to pay employes of the house and senate an oxtra month's pay. The most bitter opposition existed to each of these propositions, tho first of which was de nominated on the floor a proceeding whose scandalous character had not been approached since the days of the famous salary gran Mr. llland and Mr. Holman ied the fight against these propositions with a view to plac ing the members on record with an aye and nay vote, but they wero not numerically strong enough, and the committee on rules ultimately brought in a special order, by the terms of whicli the filibustering was stopped without a record-making vote. Huar oa Hawaii. Wasiuxotox, Dec. 21.—When the senate met this morning the vice president laid before it the report of the secretary of the .treasury and it was inferred to (m committee finances. V Senator Hoar pf Massachusetts pre sented a petition on the subject of good roads, signed by about 150,000 citizens This was so heavy that it required the efforts of several em ployes to wheel it into the senate chamber. Mr. Oallinger of New Hampshire offered a resolution (upon which he said he would address the senate after the holidays) “that in view of the widespread industrial depression, it is the sense of the senate that it is un wise to attempt a change in the tariff laws during the present administra tion.” Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts addressed the senate upon the Hawaiian ques tion. The president in undertaking to decide the Hawaiian question and to withhold from the people what he was doing until it was settled one way or the other, seemed to have sup posed that he was the Untied States of America and that whatever that phrase meant it was but a synonym for him. The question now was whether the people of the United States were living under a constitu tion or a dictator. This question he discussed at great length. At the conclusion of Mr. Hoar’s re marks, Mr. Morgan, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, offered a resolution that the committee on foreign relations should inquire whether irregularities had occurred in the diplomatic or other intercourse between the United States and Ha waii. Ho explained the resolution and it was agreed to. Ex-Congressman Beaten and Robbed. Forest, Miss., Dec. 31.—J. H. ltoe man, ex-congressman from this dis trict, was called to thedoor of his rek--J idence near Ely lost night, by \ two masked men and after heing brutally beaten was robbed of 9350. He is se riously injured. The eye of the master will do more work than both of his handa Mot to oversee workmen is to leave your I purse open. FIRST HAWAIIAN SKIRMISH* Lively niM la tk* Imm Or*r the frM< Meat's Hmmi« ■ yi\ Washikotok, Deo. 20.—The fight over the Hawaiian matter la the house followed fast and furious on the heels of the message, which was de* laved on aceount of the pension debate until 8:30 yesterday afternoon* The first skirmish occurred over the 4«es tldn of reading the instructions to Minister Willis, which was insisted upoc by Mr. Boutelle of Maine The' house finally agreed to this and imme diate y after the conclusion of this reading Mr. Uoutelle renewed the as* aault by bringing forward a resolu tion declaring the administration pol icy Inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution and the traditions of the government. Great excitement reigned but Mr. Boutelle failed to follow up his parliamentary advantage and was : ruled out of order. The resolution of Mr. Cockran for the appointment of a committee 0f >: seven to Investigate the alleged Inva sion of the territorial Integrity, of the United Htates by the last administra tion also went down under a retalia- ; tory objection of Mr. Boutelle. The confusion was so great the sergeant at-arms was called in to preserve' ' order. An adjournment was caused by the lack of a quorum on a motion to go into committee. Party feeling ran very high at the close of the ses sion. S, In transmitting the Hawaiian cor respondence to the house of represent- > atlves. President Cleveland said: ‘‘In compliance with a resolution of the ^ house, I hereby transmit a report with copies of the Instructions given ^ to Mr. Alberts. Willis, the represent ative of the United States now in the Hawaiian islands, and also the cor respondence since Maroh 4, 1880, con cerniDg the relations of this govsrn* nient to those islands. In making this communication, I have withheld only a dispatch to the former minis ter to Hawaii, No. 70, under date of, October h, 1893, and a dispatch from' ' the present minister, No. 3, under , date of November 10, 1803, because, in' my opinion, the publication of these two papers would be incompatible with the public Interests." The dispatch of November 10, 1893, is without doubt the detailed informa tion of (he developments which prompted Minister Willis’ telegraphlo dispatch of the same date to Secretary , Greaham, on which is baaed the order . Jo suspend instructions. * NBW8 IN BRIEF. f Phllip Schelg, the Minneapolis bank, robber, was sentenced to six years la prison at hard lahoj-. • I A number of Inuietment* h-v- h**n found ifilnit Pension Attorney Van Leuven at Dubuque, Iowa. j General Dalus E. Coon, formerly a prominent citizen of Iowa, wan ado!*;, dentljr shot and killed In Southern^ California. The circuit court at Wsrrensburg, Mo., has awarded the widow of Sena* tor Sparks !a judgment of 12,1(0,87 against the Masonio Indemnity com* pany. The Charity society at Indishapolta. has under its care 735 families, all! wholly dependent on charity. jt is expect yd the number will be so tn*j creased that 0,000 persons will bare to be fed. President Peixotoof Brasil has posU poned the olections for members of' congress until Ma^r. Pour hundred unemployed "men of PlMsburg, Pa., have been set to work! In tne parks at 81 per day. f More }kty gtrlj from 14 to 18! years or age litre disappeared from I . Lynn, Mass, within the {ast three or four weeks and the police have begun a thorough investigation. * TThe Benwood Iron works, the lop mill and Wheeling plants at the. Wheeling Iron and Steel company,}; at Bellaire, Ohio, are closed. The cause is a gpr cent redaction istil wages g Edna Milvilte, a young woman lie*' inpat a boarding honse in Chicago^] was brutally assaulted by an unknown! colored man who went there to beg! for something to tat and was given food. | The Prince Edward island schooner, Oracle Parker was driven on the rocks and went to pi sentCaptain'Farrell' and his crew of Mven men were lost. During the season just closed 10,- . 000,000 barrets of flour were received at Buffalo, N. Y., making it the larg est flour depot in the world. Tbevalne of the product in round d umbers la between 830,000,000 and 840,000,OOlit ! Officers of tbe Chinatown police squad of Denver, Col., found a Cbln-I ese leper In a deep cellar on Wazeejr street The man is 65 years old and! for two years had been confined *«*K this foul pit, which had neither win- * dows nor ventilation. , ' Attorney Baumdnn of Johanesburg,' South Africa, is endeavoring to get. the permission of tbe government to1 try to recover the treasure in the vessel Brykenyhold, sunk off the. African coast over forty years ago*) He believes that tbe treasure eou-iI slated of 300,000 sovereigns near Qatek Jostles for Tnta Robbers. Austin, T«m, Dee. 30.—Dick W»V> lace, Lum Dalton. Lewis Shelton and: Bill Bronson, alias Bronco Bill, ths( four men who held np and robbed the, International and Great Northern train near Duval, this state, on the 11th insL, were arraigned and tried' before Judge Morris, in the district court of Travis county, yesterday and. each found guilty and' sentenced to, thirty-five years in the penltentiarysj ' Tbraatsoad by Joint Advocates. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 30.—The Ben, Dr. Winters, pastor of the First Pres*, byterian church and a noted lecturer, received an anonymous letter to-day] threatening that if he did not cease: his contributions to the Law and Order] league in aid of the crusade against, the saloons he would meet with the . same treatment accorded the ,Bev. J. D. Woods, who was recently assaulted, j ; --- "• The Trank Trust Goes to Weses, Oshkosh, Win, Deo. 30.—The trunkr trust, more properly termed the Nn*l tlonal trunk company, has ended, the Schemit Bros. Trunk company of r of thta city, the largest concern fa the truhtJ having withdrawn. ~ -