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
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.X"t * '
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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.
