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-I Cherrg Guuntg Independent VALENTINE NEBRASKA BIG EASTERN STORM IMMENSE DAMAGE IN NEW ENG LAND BY FLOODS Dozens of Railroad Bridges Washed Away and It Is Feared Several Lives Have Been Lost Forty Peo pie Hurt in a Polo Rink Great Rainstorm East HARTFonD Conn The great rain storm which has prevailed hero caused great damage throughout the slate The Connecticut River lias swollen to three times its normal proportions A portion of the false work of the big iron bridge at Middletown was swept away The bursting of the old Coppermine dam at Bristol caused the greatest flood ever known there and the estimated dam age is over 100003 from this alone Peo ple living along the Pequaback lliver had to leave their houses in the dark and many lost all their possessions Ten highway bridges were swept away and the New England tracks were washed out in many places A freight train ran into a wash out near Forestville and the engine was capsized Tho storm in WInsted and other sections was very severe The New England tracks are under water in many places Tho loss in that county alone is estimated at neatly 100000 At Brooklyn a well known mill owner lost bis life and several accidents are re ported from many sections Forty People Hurt Fall Riveh Mass A terrible acci dent occurred in the roller polo rink here There were 2000 people in the rink to see the Fall River and New Bedford teams play and the galleries wero also as crowded as the seating space about the surface Suddenly tho gallery on theeaat side of the rink gave way When the gallery fell at least 150 peo ple wero precipitated headlong to the skating surface Then there was a period of great excitement and a panic that would have been fearful in its results was narrowly averted Of the 160 who fell at least forty were Injured and twenty five seriously The accident was caused by a rush of the people in the gallery to one point near the center to see the outcome of a scramble on the surface between the opposing players The support of the gallery had probably been weakened in some manner Condition of tho Treasury Washington The treasury lost 155 100 in gold coin and 10800 in bars which leaves tho reserve 122638093 a net loss since last Thursday of 1993048 The amount of gold so far received on bond acoount is 91700000 and the amount of bonds so far delivered is 75252250 For tho month of February the receipts from customs show a falling off of 2474408 and internal revenue receipts a decrease of 234649 As the expenditures during the month however were exceptionally light a small surplus Is shown The total deficit for tho present fiscal year amounts to 18558537 and it is the opinion of the k treasury officials that the deficit on Jan uary l next will not exceea tins amount To Carry tho Mails Cleveland A Leaders Washington special says Horseless mail wagons will soon be used in all the large cities and oountry districts of tho United States The credit for the application of the horseless electrlo motor carriage to the mail service belongs to Second Assistant Postmaster General Neilson For several months he has toen studying the project and a few days ago completed plans for a model carriage It is now in the course of construction and will soon be com pleted Double Lynching New Obleans Paul Frances and Gilbert Frances were taken from jail and lynched by a mob in front of the court i house of St James Parish They at- tempted a few nights ago to burglarize the store and res i den oe of M G Gourge and assaulted his wife Paul Frances con fessed the crime of outraging Mrs jourge To Start a Now Army New Fobk The World says Bal lington Booth is making plans for an in dependent American Salvation Army of which he and his wife will be tho leaders Je announoed the decision to start such a movement but it will be several weeks before he can tell just on what liues tho work will be undertaken Mother and Son Killed Long Island City As the outcome of a drinking party Mrs Mary Kraemer and her son Michael are dead with bul lets in their brains There is some mys tery as to who did the shooting but it is lieved that young Kraemer Skilled his other and then committed suicide Cashier Love in Jail V 1 7 TV i ttttvr N Y John W Tovf rt cashier of the defunot First National Bank of this village was brought back toElmira and lodged in jail having been arrested in Cincinnati The bail demanded will be 10000 Hi3 arrest was a complete surprise to the people here Killed hy a Policeman Alexandbia Ind JoeWorthington a steel worker was shot and instantly killed by Officer Graham who had a war- rant for him Wortblngton and a mob of 3 friends attacked Graham and ho waj Iforced to shoot to save himself Murder Near Cincinnati Cincinnati At Chevoit six miles Vestof Cincinnati Harry Matlack shot 6nd killed Mrs Anna Strong wife of the proprietor of the Chevoit Hotel The two udLbeen quarreling when the tragedy oo burred 0 Edisons Father Dies Nobwalk Ohio Samuel Edison f father of Thomas A Edison the inventor Hied here after an illness of several days gea 71 years Mr Edisons home was at lilan Ohio He stoDoed here on his way po Florida to visit his granddaughter and sua was taken sick Mr Edison was ornin Nova Scotia and has lived in llilan forty years - raMlH f JV T71 1 - juaujk ouuueeus ruwier PYokkx The stockholders of the Vtl Telegraph Company met and Ctea Clarence H Maokay a director to ttl Gen E B Fowler Terrells Complaints Fobt Worth Ttxas Under a Feb ruary dale United Steles Minister Terrell writes from Constantinople to his brother J C Terrell of this city asfollows England has play ed her cards badly All the massacres could have been avoided had her policy been different Besides Ihis the American press and American Congress in abusing the Sultan and the porto will destroy my influence here And then the poor missionaries whom 1 have now protected from the Black to the Caspiant Sea are continuously writing back home abusing the Sultan and the porle and their friends in the United Slates have the letters published and the papers containing them are sent to the Government here immediately How can I any longer protect such people If the Russian alliance is formed then the worst will soon be at hand I think I will be able to start for home in April and when I see you will tell you more Uniform Kate Classification Washington The committee on mterstale commerce gave a hearing on Ihe petition of the national board of trade for legislation requring the interstate commerce commission publish a uni form classification of freight rates Tho advocates of the change suggested repre ienled that there were now four different jystems of freight classifications in the country all so different one from an other in essential rejpects as to cause much confusion to ship ers They asked for a unified systen applying to all sec tions of the country and claimed that the necessity for this change was universally recognized by the people at large and also by almost all the railroads The inter state commerce commission was also quoted as favorably disposed to the inno vation Didnt Hold Up Their Hands Warren Ark A daring but unsuc cessful attempt was made to rob the Mer chants and Planters Bank of this place Three men entered the bank and two of them went behind tho inclosuro where Mr Adair the cashier was conversing with T M Goodwin and D W Sutton Their salutation was Hold up your hands Mr Adair sprang for his pistol when the men commenced shooting and Mr Goodwin received what is thought to be a mortal wound and Mr Adair was shot through the shoulder He returned the fire and evidently wounded one of the men as when he rode off he was seen to bo bleeding Startled citizens came running from all iirections and the robbers were forced to etire keeping up a fusillade of shots Shoot Peaceful Cubans Havana Refugees from Punta Brava and Guatao have arrived at Havana and say a reign of terror exists in their looal Uy in consequence of the troops having massacred peaceable citizens at Guatao ilready briefly announoed by the corres pondents of American newspapers An official Government report issued a day or two ago states that a fight occurred near Punta Brava between troops sent from Maraino and the insurgent bands of Villaneuva and Acostu resulting in a rictory for Spanish arms twenty insur gents having been killed and fifteen prisoners taken The residents of Guatao have identified eighteen of the dead as peaceable citizens Only two were insur gents and the prisoners are nearly all said k be peaceful Record Breaking Shells Washington Surprising results were obtained at a test of shells at the Indian Head proving ground a day or two ago and if these shall be confirmed by further Bxperiments our navy which already possesses the best armor plate in the world will have by far the best armor penetrating shells both of American in vention At the proving grounds a cast steel Johnson shell of 6 inch caliber en tirely penetrated a 7 inch harveyized nickel steel plate went through the heavy oak backing and 12 feet into the bank of clay behind The performance has never been equalled by any projectile of the like iliber in the world Spiritualists Convention New York Two hundred spiritual ists and their friends gathered in the Madison Square Hall to attend the meet ing of the convention which is being held in the interest of the National Spiritual Association Prof Gatt called the con vention to order Mrs Cora L V Rich mond introduced Mrs Mary A Newton president of the Fjrst Society in New York who gave the address of welcome consisting mainly of a letter to the con vention from her late husband Mr New ton cordially greeted the spiritualists ffom the other world Kills a Chicago Hoboer Chicago Edward well known in po lice circles as Bull Hickey lost his life in an attempt to hold up F A Haas pro prietor of a moat market in Oakley ave nue Hickey entered Haas place of busi ness and while the latters back was turned seized him by the throat and threw him to the floor A terrific strug gle ensued during which the butcher man aged to grasp a long bladed butcher knife which he plunged into the desperados side Two pals who accompanied him escaped Kills Wife and Mother-In-Law Jersey City John Mackin a shift less fellow shot and killed his wife Liz zie Mackin and his mother-in-law Bridget Connors and fatally wounded his father-in-law Morris Connors Mack in was arrested soon afterwards and said that he did the shooting because they re fused to allow him to see his children He has been married several years but recently hiswife left him and he spent most of his time in drinking Ministry May Yet Fall Paris The newspapers of this city express the belief that4the coming debate on the proposed income tax will deter mine the fate of the Government and in view of the appointment lately of a bud get committee containing twenty nine members out of a total of thirty three hostile to the proposed tax the outlook is not very bright for Burgeois and his fel low ministers Topeka Boy Murdered Topeka Kan Jerry Merri wether aged 18 years wa3 fatally shot here by another boy named William Brown There had been some trouble between the boys and when Brown saw Merri wether coming down the street he ran into the house seized a shotgun and fired a load pointblank into Merriwethers abdomen Brown escaped Poisoned by Money New York Grant Whalen cashier of the New York excise board has been badly poisoned through ooming in contact with germ laden greenbacks Bradstreets Review New York Bradstreets savs able and at times unseasonable weatberj V C has continued to unfavorably influence the distribution of general merchandise Jobbers at large western centers do not anticipate a heavy spring trade a9 the outlook Is for retailers carrying over larger stocks than was expected The price movement of leading staples is more favorable with advances for wheat In dian corn oals copper leather and tur pentine Firmer western prices are noted for wheat flour coffee sugar steel rails lumber coal and hides Exports of wheat flour included as wheat from both coasts of the Uhited States this week shows a marked falling off not only from the total one week ago which was 8149000 bushels but as compared with corre sponding totals for the concluding weks in February in four preceding years One year ajro the weeks exports amounted to 2689003 bushels and two years ago it was 2942000 bushels In 1893 the correspond ing total was 3251000 bushels and in 1892 it was 2908000 bushels Cut Off His Head London The following story thougn dated Ajaccio February 17 has just reached London Last Monday Theodore Bonellio was guillotined in one of the public squares of Ajaccio the whole island having been shaken with excite ment since the sentonce was pronounced in secret This profound interest is due to Bonellies relationship to Bellacoscia and Bellagambia chiefs of the brigands and two of the idols of Corsica Island Hence it was freely reported that a rescue would Le attempted and Deibler the ex ecutioner who arrived from Paris a few days before the execution went in fear of his life and had to be closely guarded The rule in France is that executions must take place before dawn but in order to make an example of this case not only daylight but the high tide of the carnival was chosen as the hour of the day for the execution Walker Against It Wilmington Del National Com mander Walker who attended the session of the G A R at Newark this state freely expressed himself on the proposed meeting of the blue and the gray in New York He said There is not a loyal union soldier who would approve of such a thing Loyalty deserves its reward and treason and treachery should always be punished There is a broad distinction between union soldiers and confederates and so long as I am at the head of the G A R this dis tinction shall be observed so far as this organization is concerned I would not for a minute favor any suggestion that would offer to place union and confederate soldiers side by side in a parade wearing blue and gray uniforms even though they both marohed under the flag of the United States No Signs of a Strike New York Relative to the report that a general strike of street railway em ployes was impending in the cities of New York Philadelphia Baltimore Detroit Milwaukee and elsewhere a representa tive of the Metropolitan Traotion Com pany and the Metropolitan Street Rail way Company said that as far as his com pany knew there was no indication of such a strike Whether formally or other wise no labor organization whether composed of street railways or men in other trades had made demands of them There was every reason to believe the mep employed on the system were satisfied Only recently they were awarded a vol untary increase in pay by the companies Zelaya Acts Promptly Managua via Galveston Texas The campaign against the insurgents is being pushed witli the greatest vigor by Pres ident Zelaya As intimated in these dis patches the President decided not to wait for the Leonists to attack Managua but ordered an advance upon the enemy and captured the town of Nagarote Nagarote is now held by a small body of Govern ment troops and a column is pushing for ward in the direction of Leon Momeu tobo was bombarded by a gunboat after the place had been called upon to surren der Ten shells were thrown into the town and firing ceased when the inhabit ants fled in terror The loss of the rebels and the amount of damage done is not known Will Not Affect the Canal New York Warren Miller of th Nicaragua Canal Construction Company says he has been expecting for some time a general uprising in Central America Such an uprising however he added would not affeot the Nicaragua canal in terests The United States has always afforded us ample protection and all our grants and concessions have been given regularly by aots of Congress so that we have nothing to fear from any political overturning Piatt Has a Bad Fall New York Thomas C Piatt slipped on the sidewalk near the Twenty third Street entrance to the Fifth Avenue Hotel and fell heavily injuring his hip and thigh No bones were broken but the ex senator suffered a severe nervous shock and will be confined to his room for sev eral days Milwaukee Clothiers Fail Milwaukee Chauncey Simonds Co one of the oldest clothing firms in this city made aft assignment to R E Notbohm who gave a bond in the sum of 100000 The assets are placed at 80000 and the liabilities at 33000 Killed at a Crossing New Brunswick As a carriage con taining four persons was crossing the railroad it was run into by a train and de molished Laura Childs was killed Ber tha Childs fatally hurt and two young young men named Dunbar severely Fire in Cincinnati Cincinnati Fire resulted in the burning out of the whole interior of J B Luoke and Cos cigar factory The fac tory employed 250 hands Loss 80000 on stock building and equipments insur ance 85000 Five Hundred Editors in Session Leavenworth Kans Five hundred editors were present at the annual meet ing of tho Kansas Editorial Association They were addressed by United States States Senator Lucien Baker and othera Governor of Bohemia Resigns London A dispatdh to the Times from Vienna says that Count Thun Gov ernor of Bohemia has resigned whjoh will heal the breach between Czechs and the Germans Senator Voorhees Recovering Washington Senator Yoorhees of In diana has been ill for some days past but it is reported at his home that he is con siderably Improved Completing the Chinese Loan London Tho Daily Telegraph says in its financial article that French German and American syndicates are completing the Chinese loan OF A GREAT STATE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA Governor Holcomb Orders an Inquiry to Be Made at the Grand Island Soldiers Home Regarding the Effi ciency of Commandant Wilson Will Investigate the Home Governor Halcorab received a letter from Col John W Wilson commandant Df the Soldiers Home at Grand Island in which the colonel requests that as reports have been circulated derogatory to his good name aud efficiency as commandant Df the home a thorough and open investi gaton of the reports be made at tho gov ernors earliest convenience March 10 at 10 oclock is the date set at Grand Island Governor Holcomb will request jnformatlon from Adjutant General James D Gage who presented the resolution adopled by the Grand Army of the Re public Comrade Goodell who introduced ihe resolution and from Mart Howe who iirculated the report He will also ask nhera who have industriously kept the rumors flying Other persons who are in 3luded with Colonel Wilson in the deroga tory stories in circulation will be asked to be present at the hearing in person or by enresentatives Dodge County People Are Mad The refusal of Dr Mackay superin tendent of the Norfolk asylum to receive Mrs Minnie Krashn of Dodge County is likely to cause considerable trouble The action of Dr Mackay was considered by the board of commissioners of Dodge County as a reflection upon the honor of the members and she was again brought oefore the board At the request of the hoard Drs Haslam Smith and Crabls of Fremont and Dr Van Ness of the Omaha Medical College made a careful examina tion of the woman and reported that they found no evidence that she was suffering from delirium as Dr Mackay had re ported These physicians and Dr Brown of the board are positive that the woman is suffering from acute melancholia and a proper subject for the asylum The mem bers of the board are determined that the woman shall go to the asylum and if D7 Mackay doesnt retract the matter may he carried before Governor Holcomb History of a Delayed Letter How long a letter may be enroute from one person to another and yet finally reach its destination was illustrated the other day when Fred Hedde the former editor of the Grand Island Independent received a letter from Segeberg inclosing another letter which certainly can claim right to a his tory The enclosed letter was dated Luebeck 1849 It reached the person addressed February 27 1896 And it con tained 1 in currency which has since been outlawed The letter was protected by five seals had on it the postmark Lue beck 1849 and enclosed was a slip En closed find 4 due you for correspond ence The letter was sent by the Lue beck Gazette Another strange feature is that Hedde does not remember that he ver wrote a line for such a paper Will Arrest Indian Students Deputy United States Marshal Tomlin son went to Santee Agency where he was to make several arrests among the young Indian pupils who are implicated m set ting fire to the Government school houses The large Government boarding school was burned last summer and two smaller ones have since gone lip in smoke the last few weeks since Major Clements agent of the Santee Indians has gained a confession from six and more are being ooked up Killed in a Runaway Last Saturday as George Leonard who lives six miles east of Pender was driving home accompanied by J O YV Graves one of the traces unhooked frightening the team and causing them to run away In his effort to control them Leonard jumped out but his foot caught in the reins and he was thrown under the buggy and dragged nearly sixty rods His skull was fractured and his back broken He leaves a wife and six children entirely destitute Flames Catch the Baby The little 6-year-old daughter of Henry Bedka living a few miles west of Thayer met with a horrible death Bedka was Bngaged in burning a lot of rubbish and had gone in the house for a few moments when he heard the screams of the little one and on running out fouud the child in flames He immediately gathered the child in his arms and endeavored to smother the fire The child died a few moments later in great agony Defalcation Figured Up C A McCIoud state examiner is now ready to make a report on the defalcation of W E Aldrich ex county treasurer of Gosper County ne found him 5022 short Aldrich destroyed several of his important records thereby making the examination difficult It is believed how ever that this is the proper figure Aid rich has not been heard from and so far his whereabouts is unknown Contracted to Furnish 75 Bodies The police of Omaha have information that Claycolm the man brought from Des Moines for body snatching made a contract with the medical college at Des Moines to furnish it seventy five dead bodies at 50 each It is unknown how much of this contract has been filled Plattsmouth as a Corn Market S A Davis of Plattsmouth has pur chased 14000 bushels of corn and Water man Murray of Maynardjoaded nearly twelve cars at Plattsmouth for St Louis Grainmen say they never saw corn being sold in greater quantities The elevators are kept running night and day Made to Disgorge A leading citizen of a neighboring town mvested a few dollars in a game of poker at Fairbury in a joint and at 3 oclock in the morning Police Judge McCoy held a Bpecial session of court and assisted tne business man in making the others dis gorge a 8 jack pot Painter Loses a Foot While attempting to board a train at Valley J H Loy fell under the wheels His left foot was so badly crushed that it will have to be amputated Loy was sent to Omaha for treatment ne is a painter by trade His family lives in Ohio Ate Pork Without Cooking The family of Mr Thompson living south of La Porte ate pork without cook ing it and soon afterwards all were taken ill Clara Pales 10 years old and a sis ter of Mrs Thompson died The rest of the family have recovered LESS OIL USED IN NEBRASKA Inspector Edmistens Report Shows A Falling Off in Totals Oil Inspector J H Edmisten has sub mitted his report to Governor Holcomb for the fiscal year ending February 1896 En his report Mr Edmisten says that no inspection of gasoline has been made although all barrels of gasoline have been stenciled and rejected fcr illuminating purposes The Foster cup he says is not safe to make tests of gasoline but works satisfactory in the inspection of oils No explosions have occurred in the state within the past year and but few acci dents His report shows this summary Amount of oil Inspected In the state bar rels 7478u Gasoline barrels 41541 Total barrels 110321 Amount of moneys received 11032 10 Amount paid obt 9939 5G Balance on hand S 1072 54 The amount paid out was applied on salaries and expenses of the city inspector and his deputiesJThe following is ihe state ment of the business done by each of the oil companies doing business in the state Approved Rejected Totals Fees Standard 02853 28312 91170 911700 Fidelity 5101 8372 13473 134730 Schotield Schumer Teaglo 0814 4S57 11071 110710 There has been a falling off in the amount of oil consqmed in the state to the amount of 24761 barrels amounting in fees to 247610 This shows a decrease of about one sixth of the amount of oils consumed in 1894 Charges of Jury Fixing Mr Harrison H Blodgett was recently tried in the district court at Lincoln by the full bench on a charge of tampering with a jury in the case in which he and the defunct Lincoln Savings Hank Com pany were embroiled The court has not yet rendered a decision in the case Sub sequently to the Lincoln Savings Bank trial another bank sued Blodgett on a promissory note for 659 and secured judg ment for 324 Tho motion for a new trial was overruled Tho bank has now filed a motion for a rehearing on the ground of newly discovered evidence The motion recites that since adjournment of the court at its last term the plaintiff had been in formed that Blodgett had tampered with the jury in that case and that he had sent agents and messengers to the jury endeav oring to influence them to give a Yerdict avorable to Blodgett Sorry They Left Nebraska It is a little remarkable to read the nu mers letters sent by people who emigrated from Cheyenne County to Missouri Kan sas and Arkansas Many of them are coming back to try their fortunes upon the broad prairies of western Nebraska and lots of them are desirous of returning but lack the necessary funds to pay their expenses Those who remained have the widest scope to range their stock to eat of the nutritious grasses which abound every where jtfo state in the union has such valuable resources as Nebraska and more particularly the western portion whero diversified industries are so plentiful The opportunities offered for settlers are simply remarkable and words fail to adequately express the wonderful results achieved upon these vast prairie lands by the hardy sons of toil Disturbing Ashland People Deputy Marshal Thrasher of Omaha was at Ashland issuing summons to par ties who own Union Pacific Railway lands or land originally bought of that road to appear in chancery at Omaha April 6 As the parties do not know why they should be summoned some of them fear that the Government is making an effort to take the land away from them About fifty summons were served The land in question is a part of the original grant to the Union Pacific Company and considerable of it lays in Saunders county Toung Wolf Hunter Killed Thomas Biggerstag a young man about 17 years of age residing near Wahoo was out wolf hunting and in attempting to pull a shotgun out of the wagon the wea pon was accidentally discharged and its contents to through the muscles of one of the young mans arms above the elbow The loss of blood which followpd was tnn great for him and he died shbrtly after ward Awaiting Higher Prices The yeld of oats about Shelby was heavy last fall and much of the grain is yet in storage awaiting higher prices From 600a to 8000 bushels have been sold daily to the three elevators there and a private buyer since the recent advance in price Most of the corn is being fed to cattle Jail Break at Norfolk John Morrison and Charles Hill broke out of the jail at Norfolk by digging a hole through the brick wall Both men were arrested at Randolph for harness stealing A reward of 25 is offered for their capture Farm House Burns A farm house on the reservation near Pender belonging to the Iowa State Sav ings Bank of Sioux City and occupied by W W Pounds was totally destroyed by fire Wrecked Bank Wound Up W T Wattles receiver of the Geneva State Bank has by order of court sold all uncollected assets and other property of that bank and has wound up its affairs Paying for Seed Grain T W Smith York Countys relief agent has been the past week at York re ceiving payment on seed grain note3 The majority have paid either all or a part Nebraska Notes Cass County was visited by a good rain Saturday Schuyler has a lady barber Miss Rath bone of South Omaha A barn owned by I E Doty at DaviC City was burned entailing a loss of 7f The German Lutheran Orphans Home of Fremont has received a legacy of 800 bequeathed to it by Mrs Caroline Elholi of west Point Platte council No 276 Knights and Ladies of Security was organized In tfiat city Friday night The Warren Live Stock Company of Duncan shipped out six cars of fine sheep to Chicago recently The police raided the Kearney joints and plucked seventeen victims They were fined 1470 each The ladies of the Rebekah degree lodge of Schuyler have purchased a 400 piano for use in Odd Fellows hall Mrs John Hiadman of Ashland while ill was given a large dose of carbolio acid by her husband through mistake Prompt attention saved her life Eli Jones a worthless character of Plat smouth struck little Bessie Games ofthat city a terrible blow with a club The child was seriously injured Jones was jailed DOINGS Or CONGRESS MEN WHO MAKE THE LAWS OF OUR NATION Daily Keport of the Measures Intro duced and the Action Taken Thereon in Both the Senate and Lower House Daily Proceedings In the House on the 25th Representative Dlng feys bill was passed to exterminate the Alaska fur seals in case the modus vivendl cannot be oncluded for the protection of seals pending tho adoption of proper and effective regulations by me countries Interested The Indian appropria tion bill as amended In committee of the whole was passed no one demanding a separate vote jn the sectarian school amendment At5 oclock he House adjourned In the Senate on the OTtli Senator Morrill of Vermont chairman of the Finance Committee moved to take up the tariff bill The motion was defeated 22 to 33 A sensational colloquy be tween Senators Morrill Teller and Sherman fol lowed the announcement of the vote defeating the motion Senator Sherman declared there was no occasion for a deficit Any tax whatever the most obnoxious that could be collected would be supported by tho people of the United States rather than to see the funded debt Increased Senator Morgan laid before the Senate the facta In regard to Cuban governmental organization which were he said complete Senator Gray Democrat of Delaware spoke of the forbearance the United States had long shown toward tha Spanish rule over Cuba which was a constant source of irritation We cannot stifle tho feel ings aroused by the sad condition and the suffer ing of the Cuban people At 5 oclock tho reso lutions wero laid aside and aftor a brief execu tive session the Senate at 505 p in adjourned The House on tho 2flth concurred In tho Sen ate amendments to the House bill extending tha time between which the Government may bring suits to annul patents to public lands under rail road or wagon grant The House postoflice com mittee decided to Insert In tho postoflice appro priatlon bill an item of 1000000 for special postal facilities from Chicago to Council Bluffs via Burlington The Van Hom Tarsuey election contest consumed the remainder of tho day The tariff crisis In tho Senate brought anothei day of Intensely dramatic action of impetuous debate and of stormy personal colloquy The speech of Senator Cartor of Montana one of tha five Republican Senators who voted against pro ceeding with the tariff bill was the main formal event of the 2Gth There was added Interest In the speech owing to Senator Carters position as chairman of the Republican National Committee The Senator used very plain words In denounc ing what he termed tho movement to drive nun and his silver associates out of the Republican party This however was but the prelude to more stirring events Senator Hoar questioned Senator Carter as to whether he intended to de feat any protective tariff bill unless Senators sur rendered their convictions to him and whether his construction of tho Minneapolis platform agreed with the construction given to It by Pres ident Harrison Senator Carter responded with great vigor that Mr Harrisons course had not been all that was desired but It was at least a beacon of hope for the future But It was not the construction applicable to the situation In the Senate today Tho latter part of the day was given to tho Cuban resolutions Senator White of California arguing that the executive was the proper branch to grant recognition of belliger ency On the afternoon of the 27th an ex member of the House became a member and a member be came an ex member Such was tho result of tho three days debate on the Vanhorn Tarsney con tested election case The vote by which the Democrat lost his seat and by which It was given to the Republican contestee was 112 to 164 eight een Republicans joining with tho Democrats In opposition to the motion Mr Hitt called up tho Cuban resolutions which occupied the remainder of the day The stirring speech of Senator Vest in Tienalf of Cuba was the event on the 27th in the Senate The Senate had agreed that the final vote on the Cuban resolution would be taken at 4 p m Fri day and as the debate was proceeding Senator White of California and Senator Gray of Dela ware contending as a legal proposition that the United States could not at this time recognize Cubas Independence This aroused Senator Vest who gave vent to one of those bursts of elo quence with which he at times electrifies the Senate At the close of tho speech Senator Gray who opposed Senator vest said that if elo quence could achieve the freedom of Cuba then She burning words of the Missouri Senator would Set her free It is considered certain that favor able action will be taken on one of the several resolutions the only doubt being whether It shall relate to independence or belligerency and as to the extent of It The army appropriation bill arrylng about 23000000 was passed during tho lay Adjourned There was an enthusiastic demonstration in ihe House on the 28th when Secretary Cox of tha Senate shortly before 4 oclock appeared and announced the passage by the upper branch of Congress of the Cuban resolutloln but the mat ter did not come up In any other form during the day The whole day was spent in the considera tion of the legislative appropriation bill and con siderable progress was made An agreement was reached whereby the bill to change tho com pensation of United States attorneys and mar shals from the fee to the salary system Is to be offered as an amendment to tho bill An amend Inent offered by Mr Tawney of Minnesota to brovlde that members shall have 100 per month tor clerk hire throughout the year Instead of flurlng the sessions only as Is now tho case pro roked the charge that It was a salary grab Mr Payne who was In the chair ruled It out on a point of order At the night session of the iouse several private pension bills were favor ably acted upon Shortly after the session opened In the Senate on the 28th Representative Hitt chairman of tha House Committee on Foreign Relations was in whispered conference at Senator Shermans desk The Ohio Senator announced that the Cuban question as to whether or no the United States should recognize the Islanders as belllger ents would be taken up without waiting for tha usual expiration of the morning hour At 3 oclock Senator Allen populist of Nebraska was asked to withdraw the resolution for the appoint ment of Loyd as a Senate official Senator Allen finally withdrew the resolution Senator Sher man then moved that the Cuban resolutions b taken up and this prevailed without objection Chairman Hitt remained alongside Senato r Shen man as the debate proceded Baron von Kettler of the German embassy occupied a seat In th6 diplomatic gallery By this time the public gal lerles were filled to the limit CondSlderable time was consumed In debate after which th rote came on the resolutions of the Committee oq Foreign Relations SenatorMorrill sought to hav the resolutions divided but the presiding offlcei held that it was out of order The roll call pro seeded amid breathless Interest until it was plahs the resolutions were overwhelmingly carried The result was announced yeas i nays 6 A Test for Death A foreign scientist has a new test for death With a candle produce a blister on the hand or foot or the body If tha blister upon opening with a needle or other Instrument be found to contain fluid of any kind there is still life In the body Frederick W Wurster mayor elect of Brooklyn has sent in his applica tion to become a member of the League of American Wheelmen Ah me What Is so rare as a day in June sighed the mistress of the boarding house as she deftly nipped a tack from the hash before her Noth ing unless perhaps Its a square meal In this place was the answer that popped Into the mind of tie cadaverous boarder at the end of the table te flared not speak though he was not too full for utteranne Roxbury Gazette 1 s i I i i a u l u s a i 3 f V p v