1B rae knights jtKJoicrs'a.
Hffl New York dhipatch : Cardinal Gibbons
Hi favorable report to Popu Leo n to llio
HHK aims nnd utundingof thoKnhjhtfl of Labor ,
HlH not forth in tho cable dispatches from Homo ,
HbH wuh received with much rejoicing by tho
HJH Knight a of Labor in this city. Tho posi-
HJj tion taken by Cardinal GibboiiH , they say ,
HJH will Bottle the wholo matter. J To is an
HfB especial favorite with tho pone , and Ids adc
HJIi i vice as to the treatment of any matter in
HJKi * * which the United States is concerned will ,
HJH "thoy declare , be taken ai it in given. This
HJW report of Cardinal Gibbons has no bearing
HJflj whatovcr on the McGlynn case , nor will its
HJH endorsement by the pope carry with it anyc
HJH tiling more than the approval of tho genn
HJB * rul'mi > ° 'tho order.
JBj THE HEX ATE AND HOUSE.
H M What Is Being Done hi Jiolh Branches o *
H bI the National Congress ,
HH | Sknati : , Feb. 20. Tho conference comq
HVjj initteo on thcv.postoflice appropriation bill
HI reported disagreement on the subsidy sec-
HLS tion and it was ordered that tho scnato ask
HB for further consideration. Tiie agricultural
HJH appropriation bill was taken npand passed
HfKj with hoii.o amendments. Messages were
HJH presented from the president vetoing pen-
jW Kion bills for Jir.ua Wright and Sarah
HJfl | Hameltou. I'ltimb , from tho couforenco
HJIj committee on the house bill to restrict the
HjjK ownership of real estato in territories to
HJiS Aiiterieati citizens mndo a report , which
HpMi " ! la agreed to. Dawes presented tiio cona
Hjj 'erenco report on the Indian appropriation
HJ 'ill. Agroed to. The senate hill to reimc
HJ burse the depositors of the Frcedinnn's
HJ Savings and Trust Company was taken up ,
f disctiHHed , amended and pabsed.
Housu. Feb. 2C Willis ( Ky. ) moved
Hk . that the rules be suspended and the senate
HJ amendment to the river and harbor ap-
HJ V propriation bill he non-concurred in.
Hj Agreed to. The house then went into
HI commit toe of tho wholo on the navnl ap-
Hj propriation bill. Several amendments
Hj were adopted , tho bill reported to tho
H ] house and pasHed. At the evening session
H ] the house went into committco of the
H , whole on tho legislative , executive and ju-
HJ dicial appropriation bill. Tho reading was
H continued and completed at 10 o'cloek ,
H and then the committee rose. In tho
B house Jlolmnn moved to suspend tho
Hj | rules and pass the bill. A long discussion
H2 followed , and at midnight the houso ad-
Hj | , journed without further action.
Hnf Sinati : . Feb. 2S. The house labor avbi-
Hff t ration bill was passed without amend-
HC infill. The houso bill to prevent employ-
HI meat of convict or alien labor upon public
H buildings , > r on public works , ' or in the pre-
HC para I ion of material for public buildings ,
HE * " " * or public works , was passed. The bill to
HI provide for tin ? adjustment of laud grants
HI heretofore made by congress and remaining
Hj | unadjusted , was passed utter the adoption
H ) J of sundry amendments and a conference
Hi was ordezed on it. Upon motion of Senac
B' ' tor Miller the pleuro-pneumonia bill was
I up. Senn tor Van Wyck renewed his amend-
iiient. extending the application of tho bill
i to the spine plague and cholera and other
H , contamoiiM diseases among swine ; adopted.
Hi The 1 > ! J was passed ; yeas 32 , nays 19. Sen-
H ntor Kdinundn. from tho conference com-
B > mitteeon the bill respecting the fisheries ,
Hi madi > a mug report as to the dilliculties ex-
H isting in the conference and which prevented
H an agreemnit.
H Honsn. Feb. 2S. The house , in com-
H initteo of the whole , considered the legis-
WP lativo appropriation bill. On motion or
H Mr. Cox , of North Carolina , an amendi
Hi i ment was adopted increasing from $2,000
H to $1,000 the appropriation for traveling
K rxpensi'H of the civil service commission.
IX P. M. O'Neill , of Missouri , called attention
IK to thehard-workingemploycsof the bureau
IH ] of cnurav ing and priutin ! ! , and offered an
HK miiendment granting all such employes an
Hfi aiinniil leave of absence. Adopted. At
H 1:10.a. m. , without having concluded con-
HJf , sideration of one-half of the bill , the coml
Hh ' mil tec rose and tho house took a recess
HJ ! untii 11 o'clock to-morrow.
HJ1 Sekatk , March 1. The naval appropria-
HJ ) tion bill was read a second timo and re-
Hf ferred to the committee on appropriations.
Hj Fifty-seven pension bills were then passed
WB in twenty-live minutes. The conference re-
Hi jiort on the river and harbor hill was prei
Hu seated by Senator McMillan and explained.
JW The bill , as it came from the house orig-
US iually , appropriated , he said , -108,000 ;
IK as it unshed the senate it appropriated
M 5Hl.G20.0U0 ; as now reported from the
Hjj conference committee it appropriated
Hj 59. Jl. ! .feU0. The conference report was
Hn agreed to without dibcussion and without
M | ( division. The senate then resumed the
DK consideration of the bill for the forfeiture
Hj of certain railroad land grants in Michi-
mfitt gan , and the bill was passed without divis-
Hj ion. Other bills were taken from the cal-
HJ endar and passed as follows : Senate bill
Hj to authorize the construction of a bridge
HI ncroHS the Missouri river at or near Yank-
Hi ton. IX T. ; senate bill to quiet the title of
HI .settlers on Des Moines river lands in Iowa.
HI The legislative appropriation bill was re-
Hj veived from the house and read the first
H . - ci second time , Senator Edmunds not
Hj being present , and referred to the commit-
Hf tee on apjiroprialions.
B ) House , March 1. On motion of Mr.
HI Towin-cnd , of Illinois , the bill making ap-
H propriations for the payment of Mexican
Hi pei iona was passed. It approjiriates § 2 , -
H. yOO.OOO for the remainder of the current
H fiscal year and1,000,000 for the next fis-
H | cal year. The conference report on the In-
H dian appropriation bill was submitted and
B agreed to. Mr. Burnes of Missouri moved
B to suspend the rules and pasthe deficiency
Kl appropriation bill. Another hour was con-
B xuined in reading this measure. The nio-
B tion to suspend the rules was agreed to and
H the bill was passed with the amendment
B appropriating $27,000 for printing addi-
B tional silver certificates and legal tender
E iiot-os of the denominations of $1 and $2.
B Mr. Holman of Indiana moved to suspend
H the rules and putupon itspassagethe legis-
H Jativc appropriation bill. The legislative ,
B vxecutive and judicial appropriation bill
H then passed under a suspension of the
B rules. In the evening session a large num-
) ber of bills were passed authorizing the con-
B struction of bridges , among them the fol-
H lowinc : Across the Missouri river at Kan-
pas City and at Omaha ; across the Missis-
B ippi river at Keokuk. Adjourned.
W Skx.vtk , March 2. The house nmend-
H meat to the senate bill authorizing a bridge
K across the Missouri river between Omaha
m and Council Bluffs was , on motion of Sen-
B ator Wilson of Iowa , concurred in. Tho
B peimte proceeded to the consideration of
K the naval appropriation bill. A number
E ! of anK'iidinents were offered and adopted ,
j jitter which the bill passed. Senator Hoar ,
m front the conference committee on the Pa
ll "tf- cilic railroad inquiry bill , made a report
K , * which was agreetl to. The bill now goes to
m the president. On motion of Senator Ma-
: hone the senate bill for the erection of a
B -4 national memorial bridge ovtr the Poto-
' mac from Washington to Arlington was
Jr taken up and passed. It appropriates
! $ • 5500.000 to commence the bridge , which
j. is to be in honor of Lincoln and Grant.
, f Senator Cullom proposed amendment pro-
r | viding that the salaries of judges of tho
j ( ' ilislrict courts or the United States iu-
it eluding judges of the supreme court of the
jf Distritt of Columbia , shall be $5,000 per
ii annum , and that no person related to any
' ! justice or judge of any of the United States
f- courts within the degree of first cousin
| | f shall hereafter be appointed to any office
* | of the court of which such justice or judge
j , is a member ; was agreed to , and the bill
ft was then passed , 4-i to G.
f
\jr\ . , . . ,
jMMiM nil . ii .T r " 'Ma"N' i. - w4. - * it.
l"llliIWillf111'111 ! ' 1 Ml "I , I IIUIHMWWH
Houhb , March 2. The rules woro Bus-
ponded , on motion of Mr. Crisp , and the
Henato amendments to the house joint
resolution for tho investigation of the ac
counts of the Pacific railroads wero non-
concurred in. Tho scnato amendments to
tho naval apropriation ] bill were not con
curred in , and Messrs. Herbert , Bayers ,
and Thomas , of Illinois , wero appointed
conferees. On motion of Voorhees , of
Washington territory , tho senate amend-
menls were concurred in to tho bill annex
ing a portion of Idaho to Washington ter
ritory. Tho conferees on tho Pacific rail1
road investigation resolution reached a
complete agreement. Tho houso conferees
adopt tho senate amendment , but the
clause creating a commission is modified
by striking out the requirement that tho
commissioner J shall be subject to confirm-
ntiou " by tho ncnatc , and ho arranging tho
phraseology that tho president's power to
appoint them during recess shall he lx-yond
question. The house laid on the Table the
motion to reconsider the vote by which
tho house receded from its amendments to
the senate retaliatory bill. This passes
the bill in the shape in which it paseed the
senate.
Senatc , March 3. At a few minutes be-
fore 11 o'clock tho scnato closed tho legis
lative | day of Wednesdny bj'adjournment ,
and at 11 opened tho last legislative day
of tho Forty-ninth congress. The resolu
tion : offered yesterday for the appointment
or a select committco of five seators to ex
amine into tho business methods of the ex
ecutive departments at Washington , tho
causes of delay in t ho transaction of busi
ness and as to the necessity for additional
buildings , etc. , was taken up and * alter
some debate agreed to. Mr. Allision , from
the committee on appropriations , reported
back the house bill appropriating $0,900 , -
000 Tor tho payment of pensioners of tho
Mexican war. Passed. On motion of Mr.
Allison , of Iowa , tho vcte of last evening
by 1 : which the bill to amend tho net in re
ference to tho jurisdiction of the United
States courts was passed was reconsidered ,
and < tho vote agreeing to Mr. Cullom's
amendment fixing the salaries of judges at
$5,000. and prohibiting the appointment
of relatives as court officials , was also re
considered , and then tho bill was passed
and a conference asked.
IIousi : , March 3. Mr. Cox of North Car
olina moved to suspend the rules and pass
the f senate bill repealing the tenure of office
act. Tho motion was agreed to and the bill
was passed yeas , 172 ; nays , G9. Mr. An
derson of Iowa moved to suspend the rules
and pass the senate bill granting a pension
of $2,000 a year to Mary S. Logan , widow
of the late John A. Logan. The motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill vaBlost
yeas. 1-15 ; nays , 113 not the in cessary
two-thhds in the affirmative. On motion
of Mr. Andrews of Ohio the house passed ,
over the president's veto yeas , 133 ; nays ,
Gl < thcsenatebillforthc erection of a pub
lic 1 building at Dayton , 0. Mr. Grosvener
of Ohio called up the vetoed bill granting a
pension I to Srrlly Ann Bradley. The house
refused to pass the bill over the veto yeas ,
123 ; nays , 122 not tho constitulonal two-
thirds < in the affirmative.
Senatk , March * 1. The senate confirmed
the nominations of Capr. A. W. Greely to
be brigadier general and James M. Trotter
to be recorder of deeds for the District of
Columbia. The deficiency bill was passed ,
but failed Tor time to engross it. The sen
ate bill appropriating $30,000 for the
senate investigations ordered this session ,
and the house bill for a loan of government
articles to the industrial exhibition at Min
neapolis , passed. Senators Sherman and
Salisbury J were appointed to join a like
j committee appointed on the part of the
house to wait on the president and inform
him that the two houses had completed
their j business and were ready to adjourn.
During 1 the closing quarter hour of the
senate the enrolled Districtof Columbia
appropriation bill was signed by the pre
siding ollicer and sent to the president for
signature. The conference report on the 1
deficiency bill could not be reported in
time ami died. The usual resolution of
thanks was tendered to the presiding officer
and the president having signified that ho 1
had ] nothing further to communicate , the
senate was declared adjourned.
House , March 4. Mr. Nelson , of Min
nesota , moved to suspend the rules to pass i
a i bill granting to the Chirks Fork & Cook
City I Railroad company the right of way
through \ the Crow reservation in Montana.
Agreed to and the bill pnsned. Mr. Blount i
announced that the conference report of [
the bill had reached an agreement by re
cession ( of the postoffico appropriation of t
, the conferees from thesubsidy amendment.
The report was agreed to , thus disposing ;
of the bill finally. The river and harbor
bill j failed to receive thesenator's signature.
It reached him several days ago , but was i
pocket 'd vetoed. A message was received
from j the president saying he had no fur
ther communications to make to congress ,
and the Hpcaker , after a short speech
thanking the members for their resolution ,
declared the house adjourned. It is said
at the white house that there is no prob
ability of a special session being called by
the ' president for the purpose of acting on i
nominations or for any other purpose.
The inter-state commerce commission and i
the successor of Secretary Manning will 1
probably be appointed next week , or the i
week following.
TIIE AS'XEXATIOX QUESTION.
It is Being Discussed by the 1'eoplc of New
foundland.
New York dispatch : A Halifax dispatch
to the World says : The publication of the
address of the Newfoundland legislature to
the imperial government has produced a
Bensation. If it is not a declaration of in
dependence , it is the next thing to it. No i
such defiant document has been received
by the imperial government from any col
ony since the American colonies.
The Newfoundlanders tell the imperial i
government that they own their fisheries i
and do not propose to pay the slightest ;
[
heed to French or American interests or
brook any interference from the impeaial I
government. Newfoundland , in fact , stands l
on the right to make its own laws , control
its own property and preservn its existence
as a community , let the effect be wh t it
may. The situation it so serious that
|
both Premier Thornburn and Sir Ambrose
Shea , leader of the opposition , have left ;
the legislature to take care of ithelf and
gone to London to represent the !
dangerous character of the prevailing
feeling in Newfoundland. Meanwhile
while the press and people are universally
discussing the benefit of annexation to the
United States. Anything would be belter
than the present stato of affairs , and if [
annexation were submitted to a popular
vote it would be carried by a three-fourths
majority. Newfoundland finds itself be
tween the devil and the deep sea. On one
hand it is driven out of the European mar
kets by French rivals , who receive boun .
ties from the French government equal to ,
.GO jier cent , and they are compelled by the
English government to supply the French !
rivals with bait , without which they could I
not catch a single fish. On the other hand I
they are at the mere } ' of Americans , for
strange as it may seem , the treaty of ISIS I
never having been put into operation in t
Newfoundland by royal proclamation , is i
null and void as far as that colony is con .
cerned , and every denial of commercial I
privileges to American vessels Inst year
had not even the authority of that auti-
quated treaty for excuse. Hence thenecesf
sity of a bait bill which is denied them in
England.
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RMHHHHMHMHHHI
A SUMJIAltY OF THINGS DOSE.
What ' Was Done anil What Left Undone by
the J.ate Canarcss.
Washington dispatch : The congress
which , ended its existence at noon to-day
has j afforded a striking illustration of the
constant increase in the volume of legisi
lation I demanding thoattention of congress ,
which i has been going on for the last three
or more congresses. More bills were intro-
duced in both houses , more committee re-
ports 1 made , more bills passed , more be-
came < laws , and more wero vetoed , than
ever before. Most of tho'measures were of
comparative ( unimportance , such as the
bills granting private pensions and special
relief > , authorizing tho erection of bridges ,
granting j a right of way. and the like ; but
many , , not only of the bills and reports
presented , but of tho laws enacted , wero of
general ' interest and importance. Tho num
ber of bills enacted into laws wero old and
familiar I claimants for legislative favor. In
this category belong the presidential suc
cession ( , billj the electoral count bill , the
inter-state commerce bill , and the bill for
the relief of Fitz John Porter. The Forty-
ninth congress commenced its session on
March 4 , 1SSG , and was in session until
August 5 , when it adjourned until Decem
ber G and continued in session until its
close to-day. , , covering a total period of
ten mouths and twenty-six days. Of this
time the senate was in bession 224 days
and the house 251 days. There were
introduced in the house during this time
11,258 bills and 2G3 joint resolutions , on
which over 5,000 reports were made , bting
several thousa d more bills and over 1000
more reportB than were made in the forty-
eighth congress , which had in its turn beat
the record. In the senate there wero in
troduced 3.357 bills and 118 joint resolu
tions , on which 1,988 written reports wero
made , being upwards of 500 more bills
and over 400 more reports than in the re
cord-breaking forty-eighth congress. The
total number of laws enacted was , ap
proximately , 1,391 , of which 1,053 orig.
inated in the house and 338 in tho senate-
Two hundred and sixty-lour of these be
came laws by the expiration of tho consti
tutional ten days'limitation. Fifty bills
Tailed to become laws owing to the adjourn
ment of congress , nine of them at the close
of the first session. There wero 132 bills
vetoed by the president , or twenty-one
more instances of the exercise of the presi
dential prerogative or veto than had oc
curred from the foundation of the govern
ment down to the beginning of this con-
giess. Of the vetoed bills , ninety-four orig
inated in the house and thirty-nine in the
senate. Only one private bill ( that grant
ing a pension to Joseph Itomciser ) and
one public bill ( that providing lor the erec
tion of a government building at Day
ton , 0. ) , succeeded in passing both houses
over the president's veto , although several
others obtained the requisite two-thirds i
vote in the senate only to fail in the house.
The death roll of this congress was also
an extraordinary one , comprising the un
precedented number of thirteen names in
the house and senate. Only one election
case was decided by the house against the
Bitting member , and congress was charac
terized by an absence oT that acrimonious
discusnion which such contests usually
awaken. The Rhode Island case of Page 1
vs. Pierce , in which the house decided that
neither party was entitled to a seat and a
new election was ordered , was the one in
stance of a seat being tauen from a sitting !
member.
Of 1,053 house bills which became laws ,
275 were of a more or less public nature ;
of the remaining 77S bills ( granting pen
sions of relief to specially designated per
sons ) , 15G became laws without the ap
proval of the president.
Of the total number of bids which passed
the senate 320 became laws , including 115
of a public and 205 of a strictly private
nature.
The senate bills vetoed wero thirty-nine
in number , eleven being of a public and
twenty-eight of a private character.
The ninety-three house bills vetoed in-
eluded eighty-seven private bills and six :
of a public nature.
aid to navi
Bills establishing additional
gation at the mouth of the Mississippi , and [
forfeiting the land grant to a railroad from i
Ontonagon to the Wisconsin state line also i
failed in conference , while the bill to create
a department of agriculture and labor , was
[
lulled by the inability of its friends to send
it to tiie conference committee. About 150 (
bills and joint resolutions which passed the
house failed of action in the senate , some i
of which , however , werodefeateil by adverse
committee reports. About 750 hills passed
by the senate failed of passage in the house.
The Camoron-IIale twin bills appropriating
$25,000,000 for tho increase of the navy :
were sent to the naval committee and died 1
there although provision for additional 1
vessels was inserted in the naval appro
priation bill. The twin fortifications bills i
which passed the senate were allowed to >
sleep in tho house appropriations com •
mittee room. The Dakota admission hill I
still slumbers on the house calendar. The
bill for the admission of Washington ter
ritory failed of action , as did the bill I
to grant Denrhon park to the city
of . The '
Chicago. following measures <
of national importance failed of action of f
ati affirmative nature in either house : The
Morrison and other tariff bills , which tho
house , on a test vote , refused even to con •
sider ; various bills on the silver question I
to establish a uniform bankruptcy law.
The Hennepin canal bill , the Oklahoma
bill , and the Dunn Free Ship bill were all I
reported from the house committees and 1
all failed to get beyond the stage or general I
debate. Bills to repeal thecivil service law
and to grant women suffrage were killed I
in the house b3' adverse committee reports i
and in the senate by adverse test votes.
The resolution favoring open executive ses-
sions was defeated in the senate. Owing to
the failure of the deficiency bill , the recent
act of congress extending the free delivery
system to cities and towns having not less
than ten thousand inhabitants or a postal I
revenue of not less thnn $10,000 becomes i
inoperative until the beginning of the next ;
fiscal year when the regular appropriation i
act goes into effect.
CONFEIIENCE OF TRAFFIC MANAGERS.
New York dispatch : At tho conference
ol traffic managers , freight agents and rail-
,
road vice presidents and managers , held
here to-day , one classification committee's 1
report was dscussed and it was accepted
by the conference as read. It is under-
stood that the adjustment of the rates'
proposed in the report has given general 1
satisfaction to railroad men. The com-
mittee appointed to consider the system of
wholesale reduction of trarelling compan-
les and excursion parties will make its re-
port this week. Some of the western men
were in favor or applying the new law very
strictly , but the eastern agents took a dif-
ferent view of the question and consider
that the present system will not conflict
with the new inter-state commerce law. It
is expected that the conference will arrive t
at a definite understanding to-day.
The report of the committee on classitica-
tion in proof fills forty-seven galleys of pica
type , thirty ems wide , the classification bc-
ing brought under six heads , formerly near-
ly 100 classes. The revised rates go into >
effect April 1. The territory covered by
the new regulations will be all that north i
of the Ohio river and east of the Missis-
sippi. The east and west bound freights i
will he leveled.
Russia has just purchased several large
steamships for the purpose , it is hinted , ol [
transporting troops to Vladivostock.
fT I I , ! ! . , ' , ' | | ' ' - " ' . , ' ' t"1' . . - 11 | ! .
THE STRIKE VHOBLEM.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Inquire
Into Railroad Troubles.
Washington , March 8. Chairman Curtfn
of the select committee created by the house
of representatives to Inquire into the cause
and extent of the western railroad strikes , to-
day submitted the report of that committee.
By ] far the larger part Is devoted to a history
of the origin and progress of the Missouri Pa
cific strike and a recapitulation of the testi
mony ' taken by the committee.
In summing up the report , he says :
With regard to the general question of the
right i of worklngmen to combine for determlni
| lngwlth their employers the terms on which
only they will work for them , provided the
eombiimtlon ( he perfectly voluntary and fall
liberty ] be left to all other workmen to under-
take ! the work , we think there is no ground In
justice or souud policy for withholding such a
right j from the workmen. Workmen mar rea
sonably , claim to be allowed any advantage
which they majderive from such concerted
action j , hut especial care should be taken that
equal rights he secured to these workmen who
desire , to keep aloof from tin ; coniblnatlon and
dispose of their labor with perfect individual
freedom. There can be no doubt that the con
centration of wealth and power and the ex
pressions which have occurred as shown in the
evidence taken have promoted the unrest of
labor. This is painfully apparent
Whatever remedy ti ill give proper pro
tection to the capital invested in the rail
roads of the country 'and at the same time
protect the emplyes from Injustice and oppres
sion. Your committee propose that they shall
together , as a single instrument of oar Inter
state commerce , he looked upon as the serv
ants of the people of the United ( States and as
such he regulated and protected by law.
Whatever may he the detense of the Inter
state commerce law , an enlightened commis
sioner , soon to he appointed , will recommend
prompt legislation to rive the protection
which is needed to those who arc interested
only in the regular and proper operation and
management of the railroads. The majority
of your committee can not believe that arbi
tration can he effective for the reason that
there must be two parties to arbitration and
either may decline. And when disturbances
occur it would not be effective In immediately
redressing wrongs or restoring the means of
transit of persons and property to the people
of the country.
It will be found in the evidence that there
grievances of which the laborers and workmen
of the roads had just reason to complain , and
these inav have extended or enlarged the
strike. The general oppression or grievances
complained of was generally by subordinates
who had power over certain laborers or persons
employed on the road. Noticeably they were
asked' work more hours than were contract
ed for ; they were reduced in their time with
out notice ; they were carried by the railroads
in the niirht , without provision being made
whereby they could obtain sleep , to make re
pairs ot bridges or on parts of the road which
had been destroyed by accident , and were not
allowed pay for traveling at night and in some
instances even wero not given transportation
on the road back to their home. These griev
ances were to a great extent unhappy inci
dents of the dispute leading to tho strike.
It is also shown that the Texas and Pacific
company had what is known as a "black list , "
which contained the names of some of the
persons. Bv no combination of capital or to
no extent of incorporated power can the list
ing of an American citizen as unworthy of
employment be justified.
Having cited the express provision of the
constitution authorizing cougrc66 to regulate
commerce among the states , wc need but
refer to the statute enacted protecting post-
roads and regulating commerce upon tlfe high
seas and on our navigable rivers , in defining
the duties , obligations of and penalties fixed
therein , as proof that aniole power to control
and regulate so far as interstate commerce is
involvedas well as the rights and duties of the
emDloyer as of the employe , therein exists i
and has been and may be further exercised.
This is a unanimous report , but it must be ;
remembered that all legislation is the result
of compromise , and therefore individual I
members of the committee reserve the right ;
to differ from some of the conclusions.
CONFESSION ON THE & ALLOWS.
Sirs. Druse Acknowledges Murder Before
Her Life Was Shut Out.
Herkimer ( N. Y. ) dispatch : The crim' '
for which Mrs. Druse suffered was the mul
der of her husband in December , 1S84.
After the services last evening Mrs. Drus
remained up until 11:30. Deputy Sherit.
Marion , with Mr. and Mrs. Watterman , the
death watch , induced her to lie down , and I
she had about an hour's quiet sleep. She
awoke with a start , and upon rising began
to write letters as calmly as siie had at any
time during her incarceration. In one of I
these she thanked the sheriff for his kind-
,
ness to her , and asked that her body might
be given to her pastor for Christian burial.
After writing she lay down again and fell I
into a doze. She was attacked with hys-
teria in violent form and it lequired con-
siderable effort upon thepart of the watch- .
ers to arouse and calm her. During the
night she ate one of the heartiest meals she
had eaten since she whb a prisoner. She
had about two h'ours rest before 4 o'clock
a. m. , but did not sleep sound.
One of her first visitors this morning was
Supt. Irving Terry of the Onondaga peni-
tentiary , who brought a , farewell from her
daughter Mary , who is a life prisoner. This
visit had a most exciting effect upon Mrs.
Druse. The Rev. Dr. Powell visited Mrs.
Druse about 9 o'clock and did all in his
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power to calm her and prepare her for the
awful moment.
Every road leading into town was dotted 1
with sleighs crowded with fur-coated men
and not a few women. The crowd in the
village increased on the arrival of every
train , and in spite of the extreme cold the
men , women and children stood about the
streets surrounding the jail. The execii-
tion was witnessed by twenty-five persons ,
including the officials.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Druse made a
confession to Dr. Powell , her spiritual
adviser , in which she declared that Charles
Gates had instigated her to commit the \
murder , and says that he provided her '
with a revolver. She declared that after
she fired the first shot Gates fired three
succeeding shots from the window. She
confessed to having cut up her husband's I
body and that Gates took tho body away
andburncd it. She related that she killed j
Druse because he had treated her cruelty
and brutally.
Mrs. Druse maintained her composure on
the scaffold until the cap was drawn over
her , when she began to moan , and finally '
screamed so loudly that she could bo
heard in the street and adjoining jail. Tho
trap was Bprung , and after sho fell she
made but one convulsive movement.
Mrs. Druse signed an affidavit in which
she affirms that her daughter , Mary , now
confined in the Onondaga penitentiary ,
had nothing whatever to do with killing ;
her father.
A CHANGE IN FREIGHT RATES.
Chicago dwpatch : The general managers
of the Western Freight association lines
to-day partly agreed upon an advance in
through rates between Council Bluffs and
Chicago. Unless the managers reconsider
their action the tariff rates after 'April 1
will be as follows : East bound wheat ,
Omaha to Chicago , 25 cents a hundred ; '
corn , 22 cents , live stock per car , $70.
The old rate is $45 ; hogs $00 ; packing
house products , 5 cents per 100 above
Kansas City rates. On classes covering j
merchandise the Council Bluffs and Kan
sas City rates will about correspond. In
the northwest an attempt wifrbe made to ,
advance all rates , except flour and grain ,
from 5 to 10 cents per 100 , although at J
least one of the roads is opposed to any
increase on the ground that it is called I
upon to hurt its own business to protect ;
others. Another session will bo held to • J
morrow.
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THE GERMAN SITUATION.
Bhmarcli's j Victory a Ttiorough One in All
Respects.
Loudon dispatch : Tho sensitive barom1
eter i of the stock exchange has been showi
ing i of Into a degrco of steadiness which in-
dicates the prevalence of faith In tho great
European ] bureaus that tho politicul at-
mosphere , is not in immediate dangor ot
disturbance by war. Princo Bismarck has
carried his point in tho German election ,
and ' has obtained in the new reichst gnot
only < sufficient strength to insure tho pasi
sage i of the septeunnte bill , but also a good
working majority for his general policy of
government. i He might not'be able to push
his ] monopolistic prospects to an extremo
but he has obtained the mnstery of parlia
ment by tho success of his appeal to tho
electors ' , and as long aa he keeps within
reasonable bounds he can count upon
shaping ' legislation at his pleasure.
According to tho latest figures from
Berlin 33G members aro defi
nitely elected , leaving sixty-one districts
in which supplementary elections will bo
hold. Tho elected members comprise 195
supporters , and 141 opponents of theBop-
tennate , a provisional majority of fifty-
four for the army policy of the new gov
ernment. In the sixty-one constituencies
which have still to elect it is estinmted
that the result will bo as follows : National
liberals fourteen , conservatives six , free
conservatives two , a total of twenty-two
Tor the government ; new Gorman liberals
twenty-four , social democrats eight , ultra-
montnue.s seven , a total of thirty-nine for
the opposition. If this estimate is borne
out at the polls tho next reichstag will con
tain 217 supporters and 180 opponents of
thoseptennate , a majority of thirty-seven
for the government on that issue. Of the
217 members classed as septennists , only
two are likely to break with tho govern
ment on general issues. Thus it is com
puted that , outside of the army question ,
Prince Bismarck will have 215 adherents ,
ranked in three parties ; the national liber
als and thetwoconservativedivisions while
the combined opposition will number 182
made up of a heterogenous collection of
all shades and stripes , politicnl , economic ,
and national. In the last reichstag tho
government could muster only 15G sup
porters against 241 opponents. If the
hupplementary elections sustain tho esti
mate I have given the outcome of Princo
Bismarck's appeal to the voters will bo a
conversion or a minority of the five into a
majority of thirty-three , a relative gain of
eleven for tho government. The national
liberals , who form the main body of the
supporter. * of the administration have , as
their actual sentiment , a desire to perpet
uate the institutional established after tho
wars of 1SGG and IS70. Hence , though
they do not give tho chancellor the blind
support which he receives from the conser
vative junkers , they are willing to go to a
considerable length in sustaining him and
form , on the whole , a trusty prop for his
policy.
A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING.
Washington dispatch : "A perfect under
standing exists between Daniel Manning
and Mr. Cleveland , " exclaimed a promi
nent democratic leader of New York to
day. Secretary Manning retires now with
a good record , and before tho end of tiie
summer will be the most prominent candi-
date for the presidency , and endorsed by
the administration. It is conceded that
Mr. Cleveland has fully decided not to
enter the race next time , and Mr. Manning ,
as his closest friend , will be pushed to the 1
front. This was the understanding be-
tween Mr. Cleveland and .Mr. Manning two
years ago , and both men are shaping
events to carry tho plan to a successful 1
consummation. At the close of his pres
ent term the president will sell his private
property in Washington at an advance of [
40,00(5 ( , and accept the presidency of a
large New York lire insurance company , at
a nalnry nearly equal to his present com
pensation. None of Air. Cleveland's acts i
since he assumed tho presidential office
have been directed towards securing votes
in the future : none of his assertions have
bee i made with a view of increasing his
political popularity. Munnyig and Car-
lisle will be the strong democratic ticket for
18SS.
The intimate friends of Speaker Carlisle
advise him in the strongest possible terms
to decline the offer of the secretaryship of r
the treasury , the chairmanship of the in-
t.'r-state commerce commission , or anj
other office under the administration.
His friends state that Mr. Carlisle's name
is pretty certain to be placed on the presi-
dcntitil ticket for 1888 , and any change be
fore that time would imperil his chance ,
for his nomination either for the first or
second place in 1888 can scarcely be pre-
vented.
EXTRA SESSWX OF COXGRESS.
Washington dispatch : The prospect of :
an extra session or congress resulting from
a failure to pass all needed and necessary
appropriation bills is seriously discussed
hereto-night ; and one is sure to come un-
less congress transacts more business
j
within the remaining four legislative days
of the session than it has been known to ,
do for the last twenty years. Opinions of
members of the appropriation committees ;
ol the two houses are most valuable in
predicting a result one way or another ,
and leading and well-informed memb.ers of
theoe committees differ about it. Mr. Alli-
son , chairman of the senate appropria
tions commit tee , feels doubtful , while Mr.
Beck , another member of that committee ,
thinks it extremely doubtful whether all
the appropriation bills can be cleared up
in time for adjournment at noon next Fri-
day. Representative Lefevre , of the house
appropriation committee , says things are
in a bad muddle , and thinks the passage
of all appropriation bills before the time
fixed for adjournment look3 doubtful. Mr.
Randall , chairman of the house committee ,
and who , perhaps , knows better than any
congressman the amount of work to be
done before the day of adjournment , thinks
there is ample time to pas3 all the appro-
priation bills. He has purposely delayed
on appropriation bills in order to prevent
during the last days of congress a rush of
unnecessary and perhaps pernicious legis
lation. Frequently the lost six days of the :
session has witnessed a scramble for the ;
passage , under suspension of the rules , of
all sorts of bills , good , bad and indifferent ,
and Mr. Randall , it is said , is determined
this year to prevent a recurrence of such
hasty legislation by keeping the appro '
priation bills in the way and using up the
remaining time of the session with their
consideration and passage.
A physician whose specialty is anal diseases
has been studying the relation of anal fistula
to consumption. It is an old idea that an aual
fistula has a good effect in cases of consump-
tion , but this physician says that an improve-
ment in consumptive symptoms which follows
theoccuirenceof a fistula is not permanent
He says : "As a general rule , these fistula
greatlv aggravate the pulmonary affection by
impairing the conditional powers , especially is '
attended by copious discharge of pus , and
much irritation. The principal indication in
such cases is to build up , not to deplete.Dr. .
Feotc's Health Mon hbj.
The average daily delivery of letters in i
Paris is 430,000. On Dec. 31 it rises to about
1,000,0 ; . and reaches 1,600,00.1 on New Year's
day. After this it drops to 5C0.00U or 600,000 ,
and reaches the usual level on Jan. 6 or 7.
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Changes in the Eternal City. j 1
Tho government is tearing down old ] I
landmarks 1 , writes a Kotiio correspond- 1 | jj
ont i of 7 he Louisville I our icr-Journal , j" j
. yes , nnd this streets thoy aro cutting j ! I
are , broad and healthy , and with side- t ] I
walks , and 1 say this last with all thank * | j -I
fulness : for on tills sido of the water i ; i ' |
you i have to pay a line if you get run > | I
over. ' Hows of new houses aro going 11
up i in every direction , and Konio is clean 11
that is to say , as clean as Paris , lint fjl
"ruining Koine ! " is still the ciy. Well , | . |
maybo , as a picture ; but financially | | l
they aro making Rome ; and who can jl
blame ' a people for trying to progress ? I
An Indian village may be picturesque , I
and feathers , and blankets , and war * I
paint ; what the traveling stranger may . I
wish to see when ho comes to America I
after reading Mr. Cooper ; but it could I
scarcely ' be expected that Now York oc I
Boston should continue in this primi- f I
tivc state. And , indeed , as to ruining I I
Rome one must designate which Rome | I
is meant , and define what they mean I I
by "ruin. " For instance , Urban VIII. ] I
took away the gilt-bronze ceiling of the ! ' I
portico of tiio Pantheou to ornament ; I
St. ' Peter's ; and Benedict XIV. took . I
away all the marble from tho outside. ' I
Paul III. plundered the Coliseum and : I
theater of Marccllus to build the Par- ] I
nese palace. Alexander VII. had tiie | l
triumphal march of Marcus Aurclius \ iU
torn down in order to widei : jj fl
the Corso ; the reliefs aro in the [ fl
capitol ; the columns arc in the church ill
of St. Agnese. The palace of the Can- f "I
celleria , begun by one cardinal and liu- '
ished by another , was built of block * > H
of travertine from tho Coliseum ; the H
granite pillars were from tho theater ol H
Poinpcy. Palazzo Venezio was btiill H
from the Coliseum for Paul II. The H
arch of Constantino was plundered by I H
Clement VIII. Tho seven grand col- H
minis of the temple of Pallas Minerva ' M
wero destroyed by Paul V. , part ol H
them being used to build the Font aim M
Paoliua. The Barberini palace was M
built from the Coliseum by Urban M
VIII. These are only a few instances , M
yet I think they will serve to show thai M
Rome was ruined before the present fl
government touched it. "But that was M
only pagan Rome , " they say. Pagan , M
Rome ? To a traveler from the most M
modern of all countries a pilgrim J A
from the latest born of all tho nations H
clean , brisk , bright , well-fed , well- |
balanced America for so she seems , |
,
looking back to her from the midst of |
these blood-stained old countries , rusty H
with iniquity tosuchaone Rome seems H
pagan still. On the Canitolinc tiicy H
worship now a painted wooden doll H
the sacred Bambino. This idol is kept H
in the Church of Santa Maria in Ara- H
Cocli , on one side of tho Campidogho ; j H
the lean , old bronze wolf is kept in the H
hall of the Conservator ! , on tiio cthci H
side the Campidoglio ; where is the H
wide difference ? Thesay , "We dc H
not worship the Bambino , " and yet tc H
sec that crowd fall down when that j J
wooden doll is ra ' sod aloft some kiss- H
ed the iioor , and the lloor was very H
dirty that surely seemed like worship. H
"But only the.ignorant , " they explain. H
Very true , only "the poor and the ig- H
norant" worship. Standing in the H
irrand Basilica of Fanta Maria Maggiorc H
on Christmas dayone realizes this very H
vividh' . H
The Growth of Our Cities. M
The New York World Almanac con- H
tains a statement of the present popu- H
lation of the principal cities of the H
Union , as estimated in each case by the H
Mayor or some other ollicer of the H
municipal government , boing guided in H
many cases by recent censuses. New H
York , with 1,403,000 , and Philadelphia , M
with 1,000,000. hold lirst and second M
places undisputed. Brooklynclaiming H
710.000 , and Chicago. 70o ,000. stand fl
next in order , and it is evident that the H
former w II give way when the next H
Federal census is taken in 1890. Bal- H
limore claims fifth place with 400,000 , H
St. Louis next with 450.000. and Bos- H
ton seventh with 403,000. In 1880 in M
these cities the order was reversed. H
Cincinnati and San Francisco each 1
claim o00,000 , the latter gaining on the H
former. New Orleans ranks next with H
240.000 , but Buffalo , claiming 225,000. M
has passed Cleveland and Pittsburgh , ft H
and at its rate of progress will soon. l H
overhaul New Orleans. Washington , H
or the District of Columbia , is esti- H
mated at 210.000. Pittsburgh puts for- M
ward a claim of 230,559 , beating Cleve- H
land 559. Detroit is estimated at 175 , - H
000 a careful and conservative figure , H
and stands fifteenth in the scale , having H
parsed Newark , Louisville anil Jersey M
City since 1S30. Other cities follow as H
follows : Milwaukee. 170.000 : Newark , H
1CO.000 : Minneapolis , 160.000 ; Jersey M
City. 155.000 ; St. Paul , 140.000 ; Louis- M
ville. 140,000 ; Kansas City , 125,000 ; * M
Providence , 120,000 ; Indianapolis , 105- H
000 , and Albany , Allegheny and H
Rochester , each 100,000. In the mat- H
tcr of freedom from debt. Detroit stands H
first in the list. Detroit Free Press. H
Only Ten Eerries to the Measure. H
Ten strawberries of superb develop- H
ment constitute the average present H
measure. For his third of a quart the H
fortunate purchaser no longer pays $5. H
the price at Christmas and during the H
early days of the new year. Good ber- H
lies are obtained at half that cost , al- M
though for liner qualities 25 per cent M
more may frequently be paid. One of H
the recent orders for 250 berrfsa |
amounted to $125 or $130. M