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ff Opposing Senators Won Over on News irom Manila. PEACE WITH SPANISH BalJol in Executive Session Results : Yeas 57 ; Nays 27. Senators Jones > McLniirin and Mc- U n cry sit the Final Teat U tinge j Ilisnuclvcs IfntiHcatioii One j Vole to Fparc Great Crowds ! Aroau-.l fcnnte A\vaited Kcsult of the liollot-PrcsIdewt Stays Up at Av.-aJtisis : Manila Dispatches. The Paris peace pact , ending the war with Sj > ain , was ratified by the United State's Senate Monday. The administra tion force's had but one vote more than the necessary two-thirds majority. The vote was 57 for ratification and 27 against. Senators June's , McLaurin and McEnery , counted upon by the opposi tion , voted for ratification. Following is Iho analysis of the vote : s In favor . 42 iu favor . 10 'i , jiarty iu favor . f Kcpuhlicnns agaiust . " > Democrats against . -1 1'eenfe's party against . 1 - U I ell { Although known in advance that the vote on the treaty would be in executive session and that visitors could not even loiter in the corridors , great crowds went to the Seriate aud awaited the result , AGUINALDO ( SOLIQ. ) "I'm Up ra . .X"t * ' - / / o ( t C standing outside in the rotundas and spec ulating on the outcome. In the crowd were diplomats aud high officers of the jovernrnent and men of every station. The interest was not confined to the capitol - tel alone. At the White House interest and anxiety were shown and the Presi dent called in conference some of his most trusted friends. It was apparent to any visitor at the capitol that the day marked an epoch of history making unprecedent ed in the Senate. Lights burned all night in the War De partment and twinkled from the windows of the Navy Department , where on the May morning the first word came from Dcwey of the destruction of the Spanish fleet. There was little or no sleep at the White House apparently , for the clerks and telegraph operators were at their posts all night. Messages were carried to and from the President and the chief executive once more felt the anxiety and strain of war times. Mr. McKinley did not retire until word came from Gon. Otis in response to urgent cablegrams , telling that quiet had been restored and the American troops control led the situation at Manila. , SENATORS WHO MADE TREATY RATIFICATION POSSIBLE. I H SENATOr. M Ky The advocates of the treaty have ar gued from the start that our relations to ward the islands could not be clearly and legally defined until the Paris -convention was approved by two-thirds of the. Senate. They further insisted that pending the ratification of the treaty the administra tion was powerless to make any over tures looking to the pacification of Agui- iialdo and his followers. They predicted that the attitude of the opposition would encourage the insurgents to attack the city of Manila and this prediction has been fulfilled. HORDES OF FILIPINOS SLAIN. . .Most Conservative Jistimaccs Show liaises Terribly Heavy. As a rrsult of the- fighting at Manila Saturday night : ind Sunday afternoon , it is conservatively estimated that the Filipinos pines lost nearly 5,000 , of which 2,000 wore slain. They were slaughtered by Mie American lire , which was both deadly and net-unite. In the engaCement there were involved . ' 13.000 men , of which num ber 13,000 were Americans and 10,000 natives. Although the loss to the Filipinos pines was heavy , there was sustained by tlie American forces a loss of lift- killed and ut least l. ; " 0 wounded. Of the latter there are many whose injuries are not of- a serious nature. Most of the American loss was suffered by the Fourteenth in fantry , which was pushing the attacking insurgents buk , and in conseiiuence was close to the enemy. The Filipinos resorted to bushwhacking methods throughout , lighting from behiud huts , shrubbery and ledges. Dr. Young , formerly quartermaster in the Third ar tillery , was wounded , captured and bru tally murdered , and his body , when recov ered , was found to have been horribly mutilated. A message was sent to Maj. Gen. Otis announcing the ratification of the peace treaty and instructing him to notify the insurgents of the fact. The receipt of ofiiciiil information had a buoyant effect on the American troops and officers , and also upon Admiral Dewey and his fleet. The effect of the news on the Filipinos , however , had a correspondingly depress ing effect. Gen. Otis was also told to follow up his victory vigorously along the lines lie thought best. FLIGHT OF AGONC1LLO. Representative in "Wash ington Skips to Canada. Filipe Agoncillo , the agent of the rebel Aguinaldo , on the eve of the conflict at Manila lied with his secretary from Washington to Montreal. lie is under the constant watch of American secret service agents. At the first net showing him to be : i spy the Canadian Government will be asked to expel him. This meddlesome young Filipino , while in Washington , several times laid himself liable to arrest but a cabinet officer ex- Against the Real Thing Now. " plained that he had not been molested for two reasons. These were that the Presi dent considered him too insignificant , and it was deemed unwise to do anything that would seem like interference with the de liberations of the Senate on the peace treat- . Since arriving in Montreal Agoucillo has said : "If the Americans seek to sub jugate the Filipinos it will mean an ever lasting war. AVe fought the Spaniards for hundreds of years for our indepen- deuce ; we will still fight for it to the last man. " Ifiot Over Drcvfua. At Marseilles , in a meeting of the anti- Dreyfus League of Patriots , a hostile demonstration on the part of some Dreyi i fusites led to serious fighting in the 1 streets , during which revolvers were fired. The police repressed the disturbances , but a number of people were injured. Many | arrests were made. ( Married by Telephone. ' Albert Franz was married at Elmira , ' X. Y. , to Miss Nellie Maxwell at Wil- ' liamsport. Pa. , seventy miles away. Tlie icremony was conducted by telephone. Hanjjins in Klondike. Four Indians and one white man have been sentenced at Dawson City to bs hanged March 1. Ex-President Harrison was taking an ! evening walk in Indianapolis a few days i ago when a woman called out that her i house was being robbed. At the same t time two men rushed out and sprang into j a carriage. Mr. Harrison leaped into another - 1 other carriage , pursued the fugitives , overtook - took them and captured one with his own ; hands . i ] WAK BOAfiD EEPORTS CEEF FURNISHED SOLDIERS DE CLARED NOT BAD. ijr Committee Sends Kcsult of Its Labor3 to the President-Man agement and Conduct of the Army Is Commended Report Is Unanimous. The complct" report of the war inves tigation commission was .submitted to President MrKiuh-y Thursday. The re port i.s very long and would fill about thirty newspaper columns. Naturally the chief public interest in the report at this time attaches to the inves tigation of the beef furnished the army. Upon this point the commission finds in direct contra diction to Gen. Miles. The commissioners devoted the last four weeks of their labors to this subject , calling in- experts , physicians , chemists and pack ers , as well as army otlk-ers both favorable - ble and opposed to Gen. Miles. The com mission called for and received reports from nearly every command in the service as to the character of the beef. Sample's were gathered from the commissary offi cers from the various ramps and depots. These were examined by chemists for the alleged chemicals. It is admitted that some of the beef was spoiled when it reached the front , but the commission attribute's this to the ef fect of the tropical climate , and finds that most of the beef was wholesome and sat isfactory for emergency. The great mass of the testimony fails to corroborate the charges of Gen. Miles , and the commis sion emphasises the fact that Gen. Miles failed to report the alleged faultiuess in the beef while he wis : in Porto iiic-o , or even immediately after his return. The strictures of ( Jen. Miles made publicly on the beef and his public expressions in oth er ways are subjected to criticism. Hie Military Camps. The camps are reported upon with much detail. The methods of transportation and distributing supplies are discussed. The commission points out where some of these might have been improved , but it finds that the War Department bureaus did well under the sudden aud extraordi nary demands upon them. Secretary Al- ger's administration of the War Depart ment is commended. The commission calls attention to the unpreparedness of the country for war. which existed , not through any fault of the War Depart ment , limited as it was by Congress in the way of keeping supplies for an army , and points out the great work'which was done in a brief period. Under the circumstances , it concludes that the department is deserving of praise rather than censure. The camps in f'ulm are discussed , a careful review of the management of the expedition against Santiago is presented , aud the conclusions drawn from it are favorable to Gen. Shaf- ter. The evidence on which the findings of the commission are based will fill a dozen large volume0. The commission was organized Sept. 2-1. It has worked continuously , as business men work , has had three separate commit tees conducting hearings most of the time , and has taken testimony in twenty-three different cities. The commission was made up of Republicans and Democrats from the Xorth aud the South who were 1:1 the Union und Confederate armies iu the civil war , and who were in politics an tagonistic to each other. These men are a unit in their report , which , written by different members assigned to various subjects , received the approval of all. ! There is no minority report. CANNON SOUNDS AN ALARM. Congress Is "Warned Against Krctravc. * trant Appropriations. Chairman Cannon of the Appropriations Committee of the House , in ihe course of the general debate ou the sundry civil bill , sounded a note of warning against extravagant appropriation.- practical ly served notice that neither the ship sub sidy bill nor the Xicaragua canal bill could be passed at this session. Mr. Can non made a general analysis of what the bill contained. It carries $ ( # .028,101 , hut $20,000,000 is for the payment To Spain to carry out the provisions of the Paris treaty. Exclusive of thai , the bill car ries ? S.09o.7CS less than the estimate , and $3,020,311 less than the current law. In connection with ihe bill Mr. Gannon made a general statement ate the condi tion of the revenue's. The Secretary of the Treasury in October last. Mr. Cannon said , had estimated the deficiency of the revenues for the fiscal year ending July 3 , 1SOO , to be $112.000,0(50 ( , or a monthly average of $9.'ijIOO. ; ! : ( In his judgment , in the light of the receipts and expendi tures for the first seven month.tlnss es timated , the deficiency was much too low. The actual deficiency up to Feb. 1 , IS' ; ' ) , was ? 9olol,0f > 0. an averag < - of l:5. : : { ( > 7.- 000 per month. At this rate the deficien cy for the fiscal year would be Jl. .0.000- 000. But this would not include the $20.- 000,000 provided by the bill to carry out the provisions of the Paris treaty. REBELS AGAIN ROUTED. United States Troops Capture Tov.-n of Caloocaiii Near ? unila. Caloocan , near Manila , was captured by the Americans early Friday evening after j three hours' fighting , llrlg. GPU. Oiis was \ in command of the troops , and was a sist- ed in the defeat of the ivbels and capture ; of the town by the gunboat Coneoid. the monitor Monadnock and a line of artillery. The Americans charged the Filipino in- tronchuieuts with great gallantry , and af ter a sharp encounter put the insurgents to flight. The enemy's loss was heavy ; ours light. The rebels had been mass'ng their forces at Caloocan and Malabon since the fighting of Saturday and Sunday. They had thrown up strong intrenciunents aud prepared for a desperate resistance. The Americans took the initiative and forced the battle. Aguinaldo was reported to j have established headquarters at Mala- boii for the purpose of rallying his forces for a decisive blow. DON'T KNOW WAR IS OVER. Submarine Mines Kept in Koston Har bor Got Adrift. During the storm Wednesday night four submarine mines broke away from their moorings at Castle Island and went drift ing about Boston harbor. Wind and tide drifted the runaway mines into the bay at the marine park , South Boston , where they pounded on the sand and against each other until an artillery sergeant from Fort Independence saw them and made haste to pull them up high and dry. 'COLDEST WEATHER RECORDED. 1'rlgicl Temperature General Through out the Country. Cold weather records in the West for twenty-live years have been broken by the recent frigid wave. The low temperature extended from Medicine Hat to Xew Or leans , and almost anywhere west of the Mississippi river zero weather or better was considered comfortable. To offer solace to those who believe misery loves company , the Chicago weath er man made up the following table of temperatures : Winnipeg It ! Cincinnati 1(5 ( Minuedosa . .10 Milwaukee . . . . 22 Qu'Appello M2 Chicago 21 St. Paul 32Pittsburg 10 Duluth o2 Albany 0 Huron . ' > 0Boston 0 DCS Moiiics . . . 24 New York 4 Davenport . . . . 24 Washington . . . 8 Sioux City -2S Tampa , Fla 30 All IJocky Mountain points and far western ranches reported everything froz en solid. Trains in the West were block ed by snow , and the cattle men expect to find many cattle dead when they are able 1o get out to make a count. Leadville , Colo. , stopped all business to devote its full energy to digging coal trains from the snowbanks around the city. Chicago , Mil waukee' , St. Louis and other cities report ed bursted water mains , due to freezing. The number of persons found frozen to death is not great considering the degree of cold , but much suffering is reported. Those known to have met death by freez ing are : Thomas Budges , Princeton , Ky. William Doland. Paterson , X. I. Frank Dubriet. .Toliet , 111. John P'ields , Paterson. X. J. Henry K. Fortune , Oskaloosa , Iowa. George Hamilton , .Toliet , 111. Thomas Keegan , watchman , Kockford , III. Mary Lyne. Henderson , Ky. Peter Matthews , West Orange. X. .1. Annie Miller. Louisville , Ky. Ilalph Severance. Kochester , X. Y. Joseph Smitky , Barren Island. X. J. Unknown man , Toledo , Ohio. Unknown man. Xew Y'ork City. Aside from human suffering from the cold weather there has been damage in the winter wheat belt aud in the fruit groves of the South. Tampa , as may be seen from the list above , shows 30 de grees above zero , or two points below freezing. That is dangerous to the deli cate orchards and fruit farms of Florida. Many Illinois points report damage to fruit trees , especially peaches , and it is feared the year's crop will be ruined. The limit of cold for fruit trees , 10 degrees below zero , has been reached nearly all over the State * . Kentucky reports a coal famine , due to the unprecedented demand and a Hooding of the mine's by water back ed up by ice gorges. Indiana was a chief sufferer , because o the falling off in the natural gas supply. Throughout Iowa the storm was unequaled - ed since the establishment of the Aveather bureau , and at Dcvs Moines the fire de partment was practically out of service because of frozen hose. Fires , large and small , were numerous and hard to light owing to the difficulty in securing water. Thousands of dollars' worth of property was burned up owing to frozen hydrants , and in many cities the fire departments were practically power less to fight llames. Following is a list of fires reported : City and details. Loss. Abingdon , 111. , city hall burned. . . 20,000 Akron. O. , residence destroyed. . . 20,000 Bcl'.airc ' , O. . 100 people out of work 20,000 Cincinnati , O. , public school burned . . . . Douiphan , Kan. , wine cellar brnd. 22,000 Fargo. X. D. , business blk brnd. . . 27,000 Forest port , X. Y. . , village almost destroyed 50,000 Grundy Center. la. , hotel burned. 50.000 Ilcrriugton , Kan. , business block burned 75,000 Madison , Ind. , horse and mules burned 2.500 Moline , 111. , two big fires 25,000 Xew York City , fire department crippled 750,000 Quiucy , 111. , drug store burned. . . . 15,000 Saratoga. X.Y. , man brnd to death 00,000 Victoria , 111. , block destroyed 5,000 Williams , La. , postolnce burned. . 75,000 Along the Mississippi valley as far south as the Ohio river bridges have been aban doned and teams cross on the solid ice. Quincy , III. . Hannibal , Kansas City and all river points report ice gorges , which promise to last for some time. The engi neers and helpers at the Chicago water cribs suffered for provisions before a res cue expedition could reach them owing to the sea of broken ice in the lake. Ah-gone-cillo ! Stay-gone-cillo ! The Philippine insurgents helped mate rially to shoot the peace treaty through the Senate' . That Framingham pink for which a Ch'i'ago man offered $ (5,000 ( must assured ly be "a daisy. " That chewing gum trust is bound to raise the price of its product in spite of the people's teeth. And HOW the hat manufacturers are forming a trust and the combine is pretty sure to come to a head. he goosebone prophet has won out ou e-old weather. His assertions are no logger a bone of contention. Xo Spanish naval officer has yet come forward to complain that his ship was de stroyed by embalmed projectiles. One hundred and twenty-seven lynch- ings last year in this country indicate that the people have not lost their pull. What a cruel and extreme punishment it would have been if Gen. Eagan had been fouced to "eat his own words. " Aguinaldo may decide to raise his hand against the United States , but in that case he will surely put his foot in it. American bicycles are to be barred out of Germany. German authorities are con fident the deadly microbe is iu the saddle. Aguinaldo insists that he was recog nized. But perhaps it was some other fellow. All coons look alike to Uncle i . a Sam. Sam.Uobson Uobson arrived at Honolulu all right , but the lack of any kissing score seems to indicate that he failed to discover any honey-lulus. ' j : Our military commanders are talking at leach with vim and c each other a vicionsness that should cause our pugilists to look to [ their laurels. NEBRASKA CONGRESS DAILY REPORT OF WHAT IS BE ING DONE. Pleasures of More or Liess Import ance Are Beiii Introduced at the Present Session of tlie legislature Gist of tlie Business. Monday , Feb. O. Sixteenth ballot 1'or Senator : Allen 46 Hay ward 28 Thompson 10 Webster 10 Scattering 15 In the Senate the following bills were recommended to pass : S. F. 151 , 152 , 1515 , 151,155,15(5,157 ( and 149 ; 147 without rec i ommendation ; 15S and 102 for indefinite postponement. Three new bills were read. After a short -'at rest" the Senate proceed ed to the House for the joint assembly. At its conclusion u recess was taken till 3 o'clock. The afternoon session began at u D'clock. The resolutions introduced by Schaal of Sarpy. indorsing the election of United Slates "senators by direct vote of : he people , were a special order for 3 3'clock , but on motion of Canaday of Kearney. were made a spe- 3ial order for 3 p. m. Tuesday , owing to the absence of the introducer. Bills on third reading and passage were : S. F. 93 , GO and 93. S. F. 90 , Senator Xoyes' bill , limiting the amount of taxes to be raised for school purposes , and S. F. 93 , a curative act by Prout of Gage , were passed without opposition. S. F. 00 is the em balming bill introduced by Talbot of Lan caster. It failed to receive a majority , 13 voting in the affirmative and 14 in the neg ative , and was therefore defeated. Currie of Ciistcr offered a motion that the services of Chester 0. Baker , messenger to the Sec retary of State be dispensed with aud his name stricken from the pay roll. The mo tion carried. The balance of the day was spent in committee of the whole. Immediately after the approval of the journal in the House , Wheeler of Furnas presented a resolution , which was adopted , on the death of the loyal sons of Xebraska who fell at Manila , and instructing the sergeant-at-arms to place the flag over the Capitol at half mast. Standing committees reported II. R. 2158 , 250 , 124 , 10(5 ( and 1S7 to the general file and indefinitely postponed 286. 211 and 98. On third reading II. It. 118 , by Sturgess of Douglas , was taken up and passed. It repeals section 13 , chapter ix , of the statutes , and puts in its place another chapter. II. R. 157 , by Sturgess of Douglas , was passed. H. R. 143 , by An derson of Lancaster , to repeal section 11 of article i , chapter ii , of the statutes , was read the third time , but failed to pass. II. 11.153 , by Jansen or Jefferson , repealing the old grasshopper bounty law , was passed by a vote of SO to 1. II. R. 351 , by Zellers of Dodge , an act to establish an emergency fund for the con trol and suppression of epidemics , was passed 87 to 0. II. It. 50 , by Lemar of Sauneters. an act to amend section 8 , sub division xiv. of chapter Ixxix , Compiled Statutes 1807 , so that the terms of members of school boards shall begin the first Monj j day in May , at which time they should elect their teachers ( the old law provides that they should be elected to their offices in July ) , was passed by a vole of 77 to 15. II. R. 8-i , by Elwood of Antelope , was passed by a vote of 70 to H. II. R. 43 , by Grandstaff of Webster , an act amending section 208 of the Criminar Code , entitled -'Adultery , " ' passed by a vote of 77 to 0. II. R. 55 , by Prince of Hall , an act to amend section 10 , chapter xliv. , Compiled Statutes of 1S07 , relating to interest , was passed by a vote of 70 to 2. 11. R. GO , by Carton of Holt , an act providing pay for officers for services rendered in cases of felony , misdemeanor and peace warrants out of the general fund , was passed with out the emergency clause by a vote of 59 to 23. Tuesday , Feb. 7. Seventeenth ballot for Senator : Allen 57 $ Hay ward 37 Webster 10 Thompson 10 a Scattering 15 Standing committees in the House re ported for indefinite postponement H. R. 193,149 , 212,138 and 129. S. F. 67 , by Prout , was recommended to the general file. This jn is the bill enabling counties , cities and pre cincts to issue bonds in aid of internal im provements. On third reading II. R. 170 , the Zellers bill , providing for a State Board of Examiners of Embalming , was passed by : a vote of CS to 28. The bill'provides fora board consisting of three members , to be appointed by the State Board of Health. II. R. 88 , by Weaver , to define the compen sation of receivers , was passed. The bill provides that in cases of protection of prop erty pending litigation they may be award ed a salary or lump sum aud that receivers appointed to wind up the affairs of a debtor ) or corporation reducing assets to cash and distributing same may be awarded a per centage of the cash received and properly accounted for. The afternoon was spent in committee of the whole with Olmstedof Do'aglas iu the chair. The Senate Committee on University and Normal Schools reported S. F. 3 and 5 without recommendation. Bills on first and second reading were read , after which S. F. 1 , by Prout of Gage , was announced for its third reading. Before the reading of the bill Spohn of Nuckolls moved that the bill be recommitted for amendment. In support of his motion Senator Spohn said his amendment would amend the present j I law by doing away with the circle at the j top of the ballot and thereby abolish i voting a straight ticket by a cross at the e top of the ballot. The motion was c carried and later it was recon g sidered and the bill recommitted to V the committee of the Avhole instead of aE standing committee. S. F. 80. a curative act , passed. S. F. 41 , the free high school law , was recommitted to correct the engrossing - grossing of the bill. The resolution favoring - ing election of United States senators by direct vote of the people was passed. The balance of the day was spent in committee of the whole considering bills on general file. a "Wednesday , Feb. S. tl ; Eighteenth ballot for senator : ti Allen 55 titl Hay ward 36 tl : Webster : 10 tlfi Thompson 9 fi Scattering 15 fiS' After routine business had been disposed S'ei of in the House , Tanner of Xance presented ei resolution endorsing W. J. Bryan's course eie n his endeavor to uphold the administra- iion in behalf of the adoption of the peace e : ireaty. A motion to lay on the table was n ; carried by a strict party vote. Most of the iay was spent in committee of the whole considering bills on general file and much progress made. Xiiie measures were acted upon. A large number of new bills were introduced aud read the first time. y In the Senate under the head of bills on third reading S. F. 79. was read and passed by a vote of 25 to 3. This bill refers to con tracts for the sale of railroads and street railways and merely strikes out super fluous words. S. F.13 , provides that com missioners appointed by county clerks to % iew proposed roads shall receive $2 per day while actually employed and 5 cents per mile for distance necessarily traveled. It was passed with but two dissenting votes. S. F. 13 , making the same provision for payment of appraisers , was passed without opposition. S. F. 41 , providing free attendance at public high schools for non-resident pupils and providing for the expense : of such transfer , passed unanimously. S. F. 5t5 , relating to divorce and alimony was passed. S. F. 44. a bill punishing cattlestealiug and to punish persons receiving or buying stolen cattle and those harboring or con cealing cattle thieves , was passed with no votes against it. S.F. 109 , reducing thcj minimum dog tax in cities of the second class and in villages from & to $1 , wad passed. S. F. 71 , relative to plowing along public highways lor prevention of the ; spread of prairie fires , failed to pass , ID votin" against it. On recommendation of standing committees S. F. 200 was indefin itely postponed. This bill provided for carrying bicycles as baggage on trains. Thursday , Feb. O. Nineteenth ballot for senator : Allen Hay ward ' " ' Thompson Webster Scattering 11 House standing committees reported II. R. 89 , 308 , 216 , 2(54 ( , 109,101 , 309 , 92 , 2-10 , r and 308 to the general file and indefinitely postponed II. R. 322 , 83 , 79 , 81,82 , SO and 76. Burns of Lancaster offered a resolution "extending congratulations to Senators Allen and Thurston for their patriotic ef forts to secure the ratification of the treaty of peace and we congratulate them in sc doing that they have upheld and approved the administration of William MeKinley , the greatest president this country has had since Abraham Lincoln. " Cun ningham of Harlan , moved to lay the reso lution on the table and on roll call the motion was defeated by a vole of 31 to 56. The resolution was then adopted. Th Committee on Privileges and Elections presented the following report : ' -Your Committee on Privileges and Elections re ports that in the matter of the contests ot the seats of the House of Representative : * for the Thirty-seventh Representative Dis trict it has counted all the ballots cast at the last election for said seats on Nov. 8 , 1898 , and finds as follows the votes received for each candidate : W. H. Taylor , 1,005 ; M. Conwell , 1,664 ; Nils Anelerson , 1,657 ; I. E.Allen , 1,525. And that W. H. Taylor and M. Conwell were elected to these seats. " On motion of Fisher of Dawes the report was made a special order for Friday. In the Senate the Committee on Munic ipal Affairs reported S. F. 203,197,139 and 122 for passage. The action of the majority in allowing Senator Schaal's resolution en dorsing the election of a United States sen ator by a direct vote of the people resulted in a motion being introduced by Farrell of Merrick embracing a number of proposi tions relating to the time , places , etc. , ot" holding the election. After considerable partisan 1 talk the motion was tabled. The .Judiciary Committee recommended S. F. 37 and 160 to pass , and 183 for indefinite postponement. Chairman Van Duscn explained that S. F. 1S3 sought to appropriate money and should originate in the House. He understood that a similar bill had been introduced in that body. The bill provides for an ap propriation of $2,500 annually 'to aid the horticultural society. S. F. 76 and 95 , both "curative acts , " were passed. _ < Friday , Feb. J 0. < 'Twentieth ballot for senator stood : Allen 53 Hayward U8 Thompson 10 Webster 10 Scattering J5 One of the liveliest debate ? of the session in the House was over a bill of Mr. Gros- venor making it an offense punishable by $100 fine for any official of the state , u county or a city , to accept a free pass or to solicit one for himself or anyone else , or for railroad man to issue one to any official. The bill was killed. There is another bill to the same effect , only it makes the taking of a pass a felony. The railroad committee has recommended it for indefinite postpone ment , , and another debate is likely when the report is made to the House ? . The report of the Committee on Privileges ind Elections , on the Fillmore County con test , the special order , was taken up and liseussed for an hour. No decision was arrived at. The. House spent most of the Jay in the consideration of bills on general file. A number of new bills were intro duced. The Senate session was lacking in inter est. A few unimportant bills were passed ind a number of new ones introduced. Most of the day was spent considering bills n general file. Fevcr-Prooi' People. Next to consumption , the which kills most of the worlti's inhab- itauts is malaria. In every hot coun try in the world , from Italy to India aud Australia to America , the deadly swamp germs poison men's blood and kill thorn by hundreds and thousands. Many different shapes does malaria take , and , except the low races oi ! blacks who inhabit the steamy swamps , few arc exempt from its deadly influ ence. Yet no\v it is known that there ire a few white men on whom these poison germs have no effect whatso- 2ver. They never suffer from ague or chills or fever. Some of these have Sjainecl immunity in the same way that vaccination saves one from smallpox. But the curious fact remains that oth ers are from birth absolutely fcver.- proof. No reason can be assigned for this ; it is still one of the many mys teries of medicine. Splendid Piano iur the Czarina. Czar Alexander sent to Stuttgart foi suitable present for the Empress on he occasion of her birthday celebra- liou. He selected an. ornate uprigh * liano for her boudoir. The case is lit he richest Louis XVI. style ; " and ths 'ront board is jeweled with brillian ? jems. ' The black keys are made 01 eal ebony and the white ones are cov ered with mother of pearl. German jxperts say it is the most costly aud ixqulsite instrument of its kind evei uade. The oldest university in the world la El Ayhar at Cairo. It is the greatest Mohammedan university , havin- cleat ecortls dating back nearly a thousand Fears.