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DOMESTIC NEWS.
Matters at WasiisgtOn.
WASHINGTON, November 3Oth.-There are
less than thirty members of Congress in the
city. Among this number there is not a
single one who advocates an extra session of
the Forty-seventh Congress or the indulgence
in any tactics to bring it about
The present outlook Is that the coming
session will be devoted almost exclusively,
besides counting the Electoral vote, to the
passage of the regular appropriation bills, q
funding bill. and perhaps an apportionment
bill.
It is not believed, despite the Forthcoming
recommendation of the President and Score.
tary Of the Treasury, that there will be any
legislation to affect the present status Of the
STANDARD silver dollar, with respect to its
weight or amount of coinage.
No amendatory tariff legislation is antici-
pated. Undoubtedly an effort will again be
made to put salt and paper pulp on the
Tree list but the whole subject of tariff re-
vision VIII more probably be consigned to a
Commission, as proposed by the Eaton bill.
The general disposition is TO keep politics cut
in the House.
If the Republicans manifest o desire to
make the session one of business only the
Democrats viii undoubtedly be disposed to
accommodate them.
The Republicans urge an extra session, to
enable their party to secure control of the or
ganization of the House directly after March
4th. This will be frowned down by the lead.
ers; All that could BE- gained by such con-
troll would be a few Offices, and the DISPOSE
ton of the Republican leaders is TO let the
Democrats hold on to them until December
of next year.
OF course there will be special session of
the Senate to confirm President Garfeld's ap.
pointments. How long this will last will de.
pend first upon the nature of the struggle
that may take place over the matter of organ
ization, and, secondly, upon possible CON
tingency that the new Chinese treaty NAV
not by that time have been ratified. If not,
the Senate will doubtless remain in session as
long as May, in order to dispose of it, the
Chinese question having now reached that
degree OF national interest that neither party
viii care to ignore it. There is also reason to
believe that in the event of the speedy rati-
fication of the new treaty next winter, some
measure similar to the fifteen passenger bill
may be promptly enacted to make it effectual
before the present Congress expires on the 4th
of March by limitation.
The Lost simcoe-ParticuIars OF the Dis.
aster,
OWEN SOUND, November 30th. = The
steamer Manitoulin arrived tonight FROM
Manitoulin Island. She brought J. G. Per.
sons, first mate, John Nesbitt, first engineer.
Robert McEneeny, wheelman, Mat Mobiles,
fireman, and j. Z. Croft, deckhand, of the
steamer Simcoe, which foundered on the 24th
inst. The Simcoe left Chicago on the 18th
with cargo of 10, coo bushels of corn, and
general freight. She had severe gales on
Lake Michigan, accompanied with heavy
snow-storms, which she weathered. Early
on the morning of the 9th, whilst off Prov.
dence Bay, on the south side of Manitouiin
Island, the sea was SO heavy that it broke
through the eDgIne-room, putting out the
fires. The ship became completely unman-
ageable, and remained in the trough of the
sea taking in water until noon, when she
sank. AS she filed her upper works were
forced away, carrying the Efsboats with it.
The five men named succeeded in releasing
one of the boats from the wreck and got
into it. They then tried to rescue
others who were clinging to the upper works,
but were unable to reach them. When the
| hull went down theremaindero of the crew were
standing forward By the bow and made no ap.
parent effort to save themselves. After wit
Messing the wreck, the hfe-boat, containing
the five persons, made for Providence Bay, a
distance of twenty miles, from which place
they went by steamer to Manitowang, where
they took the steamer Manitouin for this
pert. Following are the names of those lost :
Richard Hill captain; Robert, McNab,
second mate; Ben. Wildwood, wheelsman !;
John Henry, fireman Tom O'Hara, Tom
Leir, Donald Carr and McDopgall, deck
hands; Julia Gibbin, ladies' maid Lydia
Williams. cook; George Pelton, porter, and
one deck-hand, name unknown.
The Population of Northern Alaska.
WASHINGTON, November 30sh.-Ivan Pc
trof, who was sent out last May to take the
census Of Alaska, returned to Washington
to day. He travelled to Alton, the extreme
western end of the Aleutian Island, north.
ward to Norton Sound, up the Yucon river
900 miles, and overland and by canoes to
Kodiak, getting all the population west of
Sitka and north of Prince Williams Sound.
The population of the southeastern portion
of Alaska was to be taken by deputy, who
has not yet reported. Petroffs enumeration
of Alaska aggregates about %, 000 of which
about Is, 900 are Indians, 1900 Aleuts, l, 800
| creoles, or mixed Russian and Aleut blood,
128 white males and white females The
largest population in any one center is at
Kodiac and an adjacent island, where there
are about 1920, principally Indians, Aleuts
and creoles, with few whites la addition
to the above population in Alaska, Captain
Smith, the ice pilot of the revenue steamer
Corwin, counted 1900 Esquimaux between
Behring Straits and Point Marrow It is
estimated that Alaska contains about $4,000
human beings, OF which possibly 800 are
whites.
4 Swindier Run to Earth.
NEW York, November 305h-A swindlsr
who has been long sought by the police was
arrested in this city to-day. In September,
1879, person who passed under the name of
Hugh Leslie Courtney crossed the ocean in
the steamship Wyoming to this country. To
his fellow passengers he represented himself
as Lord Courtney, nephew of Lord Durham,
and succeeded in imposing on many. He
made the acquaintance of Mrs Colonel FLOYD
of Philadelphia, who was a passenger, and
gained her confidence. He disappeared in
this city, and with him satchel containing
some very valuable diamonds which he had
taken as if in joke from the hands of Mrs
Floyd. He was traced to the Clarendon
Hotel, but too late. The Scotland Yards de-
tectives sent on his photograph as that of
common swindler, wanted in England for nu-
merous petty crimes. Last August man
who represented himself as Marquis Lapierre
Hereford obtained $500 at the London Bank
of Utah in Salt Lake, on draft for g150
on Ransom, Bouyerie & Co. He received
draft for the rest, $780, on Morton, Bliss &
Co., agents of the bank in New York. This
he cashed in indianapolis, when it was discov-
cred that the original draft was forged. The
detectives charged with arresting the forger
to-day met him on Broadway and took him
to the police headquarters, where his identity
with "Lord Courtney" was established BY
means of photograph. He is wanted also
for other minor swindles in this city.
Indian Chiefs En- Route 10 Washington.
WASHINGTON, November 30.h.-Captain
Dougherty, Indian Agent at Crow Creek
Agency, is expected to reach Washington in
few days with delegation Of Brule Sioux
chiefs. These Indians have conceded to the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
right Of way through their reservation, and
wish to come TO this city to settle the details.
Patents Issued TO Pacific Coast Inventors.
WAsHIsGroS, November 30th.-The fol.
lowing patents were issued to day to Pacific
slope inventors: To Maurancs NJ. Murray,
Coulterville, California. sluice- box for saving
gold; to Henry j HolIner, San Francisco,
r.. ol-.,fr-or owes.