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BAYARD's SUCCESSOR IN THE SENATE.

BAYARD's SUCCESSOR IN THE SENATE.
DOVER, Del, March 16.-At the sena- |
torial caucus this evening to nominate |
successor to Senator Bayard. Attorney |
General George Grey, of Washington,
was nominated on the second ballot, re-
ceiving IS votes to 8 for Congressman
Love and 5 for Congressman Martin. |
The nomination was made unanimous.
RINDERPEsT IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, March 16.-A special from
Para, Ill.,, this morning says: ga dis
ease among a herd of cattle belonging
to a wealthy farmer near Tower Hill,
nine miles east of here, has been pro-
nounced to be genuine 'rinderpest' by a
reputable vetinary surgeon, who has
been doctering the animals. Five have
died out of about thirty sick ones. The
doctor pronounces the others to be ont
of danger"
THE SUNS ECLIPSE.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The day was
cloudy during the greater part of the
time that the sun was in eclipse, and but
few photographs of the eclipse were Sc
cured at the Naval Observatory. Almost
everybody who exercised sufficient pa
tience and was equipped with smoked
glass obtained occasional glimpses of the
obscured disk through occasional riffs in
the clouds. After the eclipse was over the
clouds passed away and later in the af-
ternoan it was perfectly clear. Very few
points report uninterrupted observations.
wATTERsoN ON THoMHsoN's DEFEAT.
LOUISVILLE, March 16.-Of the defeat
of Phil. Thompson and the appointment
of Miller for Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, Watterson will say in tomor-
row mornings Courier-Journal: 1--WE
are not prepared to accept the defeat of
Thompson as a declaration of war by the
President upon the friends of revenue
reform, nor the appointment of Miller,
of West Virginia, as evidence that it Is
the purpose of the administration to set
itself against internal revenue taxes
which pay mere than a third of the ex-
penses of the government and without
which there could be no adequate reac-
ton of the custom house duties. Per-
sonally and locally we very much re-
gret the decision, but we trust that the
apprehensions Of those who have right
to a fair representation and execution
of the internal revenue laws, and have
regarded the West Virginian as hostile
to them and their interests will be disap-
pointed. The questionis economic, not
moral, and we shall be slow to believe
that it will be treated by the president
and his advisers in a narrow spirit"
GENERAL GRANT SLEEPING WELL.
NEW YORK, March 1G.-Gen. Gram
slept more last night than on the preced
ing night, He fell into a sound slumbel
about o'clock this morning and did no
awaken until about 10 o'clock. His con
dition is about the same. The genera
does not suffer much pain, but com
plains of a little soreness. He takes fOoC
more plentifully and consumed a chol
this morning. The damp weather ha
The affected part of his throat is treate'
withiodoformbut the use of coacoaine ha
been discontinued. The General say
that his insomnia is not due to pain
The cancer does not interfere with hi
breathing and has not particularly inn
Iaired his voice or speech.
NEW YORK. March 16.-Gen Grant
not quite so well this morning.
In regard to Gen. Grants conditio
DIR. Douglass said tonight: "Gen. Gran
did not sleep at all last night. He too
pill at midnight. 1t lodged in h
throat, and irritated the patient and al
noyed him. He slept this afternoon, an
tonight he Is bright and chatted wit
his friends. The irritation of the throa
was allayed. I gave him sedative t
night. He said he felt sleepy, retire
and slept at 10 80 p m. His temperatu
is 992.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Dorman
Eaton. President of the Civil Servi
Commission, in response to an inqui
to-day as to the enforcement of the Ci
il Service rules by the new administr
ton, said to an Associated Press reportt
Vacancies are being regularly fill
under the rules. There is not the les
sign of examinations being arrested or
the rules being disregarded. When t