Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14
THE COMMITTEES NAMED
4 FULL LIsr OF THE MOST IM-
PORTANT.
List OF the Most Important Conn
mitsecs OF the House of Repre-
ses,enffyas.

List OF the Most Important Conn
mit,ecs Of tho House of Isspre-
sentatives.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Speaker Carlisle
this afternoon announced the names of
the chairmen Of the following house
committees
Oommittee.on Elections--H. @. Turner
of Georgia.
Patents-C. L. Mitchell of Connecticut.
Pacific Railways-J. W. Throckmorton
of Texas.
Accounts-J. T. Spriggs of New York.
Invalid Pensions. @. O. Matson of In
diana.
War Claims-G. W. Geddes of Ohio.
Mississippi River-J. f. Kingof Louis
ianna.
Education-D. W. Aiken of South
Carolina.
Pensions-N. B. Eldridge of Michigan.
Private Land Claims-J. e. Halsell of
Kentucky.
District of Oolumbia--J. s. Barbour Of
Virginia.
Following is the makeup of the more
important committees of the House. Mr..
Lore is a member of the committees on
naval affairs and of expenditures in the
state department: 5,....t
Ways and Means Morrison, ILL.,;
Mills, Texas; Hewitt, N. Y; Mcmillan,
Tenn; Harris, Ga; Breckenridge, KY;
Kelley, Pa; Hiscock, N. Y; Brown, Ind;
Reed, Me-; Mckinley, Ohio.
Appropriations-Ra Pa; Forney,
Aln.; Holman, Ind; Townsend, Ills;
Adams, N. Y; Wilson, w. Va; Cannon,
Tile. Rxap Kan. Rnffafmnrfh nhin.
Long, Mnss.; McComns, Nd; Henderson,
Iowa.
Judiciary-Tucker, Va; Hammond, Ga;
Culberson, Texas Collins, Mass Seney,
Ohio; Oates, Ala.; Eden, Ills; Rogers,
Ark; Bennett, N. O.; E. b. Taylor, Ohio;
Parker, N. Y; Ranney, Mass; Hepburn,
Iowa; Steward, VT; Oaswell, Wis.
Banking and Currency Curtin, Penna.;
Miller, Texas; Gambler, Ga; Wilkins,
Ohio; Arnot,N. Y; Snyder, Va; Howard,
Ind; Hutton, NO.; Dingley, Me-; Brumm,
Penna.; Adams, H.; Brady, Va; Wood
bury, New.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Bland,
Mo-; Lnnham, Texas; Seymour, Conn;
Hemphill, s. O.; Norwood, Ga; Scott,
Pa; McCreary, KY; Bynum, Ind;
James, N. Y; Rockwell, Mass; Little,
Ohio; FELTON,, CAL; Fuller, Iowa Toole,
Mon.
Commerce Reagan, Texas; Clardy,
Mo-; Crisp, Ga; Caldwell, Tenn; O'Fer-
rail-, Va; Tarsney, Mich; Pulitzer, N. ";
Bynum, Ind; Irion, La; O'Neill, Pa;
Davis, Mass; Dunham, Ill Weaver,
Neb.; johnson, N. Y; Morrow, Cal.
Rivers and Harbors-Willis, KY;
Blanchard, La; Jones, Ala; Murphy, H.;
Gibson, W. Va; Stewart, Texas; Carlton,
Mich; Catchings Miss; Glover, Mo-;
Henderson, ILL.,; Bayne, Pa; Stone, Mass;
Burleigh, N. Y; Grosyenor, Ohio Mark
ham, Gal.
Agriculture Hatch, Mo-; Aiken, S. O.;
Green, N. O.; Winans, Mich; Frederick,
Iowa; Davidson, Ala; Stahlnecker, N. Y,
Morgan, Miss; Glass, Tenn; White,
Mimi; Funston, Kan; Price, Wis; Hires,
N. j.; Pierce, r. T.; Swinburne, N. Y;
Clifford, Oak.
Foreign Affairs-Belmont, N. Y; Glenn
snts, Ga; Cox, N. c.; Singleton, Miss;
Worihington, Ill.,; Daniel, Va; McCreary,
KY; Grain, Tex; Rice, Mass; Wait, Conn;
KetchaIn, N. Y; Phelps, N. j.; Hit, Ill.
Military Affairs-Bragg, Wis; Wheeler,
Ala Wolford. KY; Ermentrout, Pa; Dar-
gan, S. c.; Findlay, Md; yiele, N. Y;
Anderson, Ohio; Steele, Ind; Laird,
Negley, Pa; Carey, Wyoming.
Labor -o'Neill, Mo-; Foran, o.; Low
ering, Mass; Weaver, o.; Lawler, ILL.,;
Daniel, Va; Torsney, Mich; Grain,
Texas Funston, KAN; James, N. Y:
Haynes, N. H.; Bound, Pa; Buchanan,
NJ j.
McAdoo,N. j.; Pell, Ark; Collins, Mass;
Ballantine, Tenn; Breckenridge, Ky.;
Compton, Md; Hopkins, ILL.,; Hayden,
Mass; Moffitt, Mich; Owen, Ind; Ware,
Mo.
Claims-Springer, ILL.,; Muller, N. ";
Lanham, Tex; Shaw, Nd; Howard Ind:
Dougherty, Flor; Trigg, Va; Neal. Tenn;
Sowden, Pa; McKenna, CAL; Warner,
Mo-; Fleeger, Pa; Buchanan, N. j.;
Gallinger, N. II.
Naval Affairs-Herbert, kin., Hewitt,
N. Y; Wise, Va; Ballentine,s Tenn;
McAdoo, N. j.; Norwood, Ga; Lore, Del.
Sayres, Tex; Harmer, Pa; Thomas, ILL.,;
Goif, w. Va; Boulette, Me-. Buck, Conn.
Post-offices and Post t-Roads-Blount,
Ga; Ward, Ind; Riggs, ILL.,; Taylor,
Tenn; james, Texas; Dockery, Mo-;
Warner, Ohio; Merriman, N. VI Barry,
Mass; Bingham, Pa; Wakefield, Mimi;
Burroughs, Mich; Guenther, Wis; Mil
lard, N. Y; Peters, KAN; Caine, Utah.
Public Lands-Cobb, Ind; Henley,
CAL; Eaton, Miss; Moran, Ohio; Lafoon,
KY; Stevens. Mo-; Landis, ILL.,; McRae,
Ark; Strait, Mimi; Anderson, Kan; Pay.
son, ILL.,; Stephenson, Wis; jackson, Pa
Voorhees,, W. L. .z.
Indian Affairs-Wellborn Texas; Peel
Ark; Skinner, N. o.; Strom, Pa; Fell,
Campbell, N. Y; Hale, Mo-; Allen, Miss.
Ward, ILL.,; Perkins, Kan; Nelson, MINI.
LaFollette, Wis; Sessions, N. Y; Allen
Mass; Hailey, Idaho.
Railways and Canals-Davidson, Fla
Murphy, Iowa; Irion, La; Ellsbury, Ohio
Henderson, N. O.; Stone, KY; Cole, Md.
Pidcock, N. j.; Atkinson, Pa; Plumb, Ill.
Weber, N. Y; Van Shaick, Wis.,; Pierce
r. /.
Select Committee on Reform Civil Ser
vice-Cox, N. O.; Clements, Ca; Storm
Pa; Blanchard, La. ; Findlay, Md.
Mitchell, Conn. Stone, Mo-; Pulitzer
N. y; Bayne, Pa; Spooner, II. l.
Little, Ohio; Lehlback, N. j.; FarquhaI
N. Y.
American Ship-building and SHIP
owning Interest-Dunn, Ark. Holman
Ind. Mills, Texas; King, Oak. Bliss
N. Y; Raukin, Wis. Mcmillan, Tenn.
Comstock, Mich; Dingley, Me. Wadi
worth, KY; Osborn, Pa. ; FELTON,, Cal.
homels, Ohio.
Committee ON Election of Presider
and Vice. President Caldwell, Tenn
Eden, ILL.,; Ermeutrout, Pa; Beach, \
Y; Dibble. s. c.; Gibson, Nd; Heart
Mo-; johnson, N. c.; Laird, Neb.; Bake
N. Y; Heis,and, Pa; Cooper, Ohi'
Mofiitt, Mich.
Select committee on Alcoholic Liqu'
Trafiic-Campbell, Ohio; Carleton
Mich; Crederick, Iowa Taulhee, Ken
Glover, Mo-; Merriman, n. VI Prie
Wis; Eyarhart Pa; Lindsay, N. Y
Romels, Ohio.
Expenditures in the State Departme
Bennett, N. c.; Tillman, S. o.; Lor
Del; Arnot, N. y; Scranton, Pg
Lyman, H.; Loutitt, Gal.
Cries of Distress from The I.akc.
CHICAGO, Jan. distant cries Of d
tress from the lake were heard by
policeman at the foot of Twenty-thi