Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-23
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| lightning yesterday afternoon. 1t shocked
the Supreme Court the Senate and the
House. 1t put out the electric lights. para
! lized the telehraph and telephone wires and
destroyed portions of the sending and re-
ceiving apparatus
| The sky had been clear until after one
O'Clock when the great thunder storm rolled
slowly down the Potomac and across the city.
| 1t was two O'Clock when it reached the capi-
| tol. There was little or no thunder at first.
| Suddenly thunderbolt fell directly on the
/ Goddess of Liberty with "A terrific crash,
which sounded to those who happened to be
in the rotunda like the reuding asunder of
the dome. The lightning ran down the sides
of the iron dome, and catching on the wires,
ran through both wings of the building,
while the thunder reverbrated through all
the corridors, ana seemed to shake the very
| foundations.
| The lightning ran through the supreme
court. the Senate. the House and the CALLER
ies-a cleaning, glowing sheet of fire
blinding all eyes. Senators and Representa-
tives leaped to their feet, while the people in
the galleries ran into the corridors. In the
press galleries, balls of fire appeared on the
telegraph instruments and ran along the
wires, rendering them useless.
The WAYS and Means Committee today by
u vote authorized Mr.. Mills to report his
revenue bill favorably to the House. Some
further changes were made in the bill. Lin
seed oil was taken off the free list and
placed at 10 cents per gallon. Other changes
take Paris white off the free list and specify
that fire brick is not included with brick in
the free list, and make the duty Mills
Tarletons Crinlines etc, under the same
rate as that on cotton bloth. Rice cleaned
and uncleaned was clearly defined.
The Senate committee on military affairs
today ordered favorable report on the
Mandcrsou bill providing that each State
which shall establish State homes for dsa-
bled soldiers and sailors. and their widows
and orphans, shall receive one hundred dol
lars for each person cared for in the home
for one year.
The House committee on the revision of
the laws, decided by an almost unanimous
vote to report the joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution for the
election of United States Senators by the di-
rect vote of the people.
The postmaster general has appointed
Samuel Emery postmaster at North Lisbon,
y. H.. and Luther Rich at G0uldsvllle, VT.
Miss Austine Snead, known 10 the public
as Miss Grundy," died at her residence here
this morning of pneumonia. She was one
of the best known women correspondents in
Washington
\ Congressman who has important private
interests, and who, on account of them, finds
il very important TO ascertain the probable
time of the adjournment of Congress, has
undertaken to ascertain from the best posi-
Bile sources what the opinion of the leaders
of the House is upon that subject. In the
course of his inquiries he has consulted with
the leaders of the House who are in a posi-
ton to know the facts. and he has reached
this conclusion 1t is the settled policy of
those who have the affairs of the House in
charge TO devote the month of April to the
consideration of the tariff. There are now
propositions before the committee on rules
from leading committees of the House ask
ing for assignment for important measures,
the aggregate of which requests is thirty
DAYS 1t is not probable that many of these
requests can be denied. With the assign
ment already made and those which must be
made, the month of May would be con-
sumed. In the month of June the national
Presidential conventions of the two parties
meet The custom which has always OBJ
tained in Presidential years will be followed
this year. The two parties will agree that
+ during the time of the meeting of their re-
spectlve conventions partisan matters will
not be brought up for consideration The
/ consequence is that during a considerable
portion of the month of June no business is
/ likely TO be transacted in the House, except
that which is of routine character, and as to
which the party lines will not be sharply
drawn.
/ Meanwhile it is not to be forgotten that
the fiscal year ends with the month of June.
and that in all of these estimates no account
whatever has thus far been taken of the ap-
preparation bills and that after the 30th of
June. there is no provision whatever to car
~ on the Government. Not an appropria
ton bill has yet been passed. Randall, whc
controls the appropriation bills, has recently
stated that the preparation of the two grea'
bills the Sundry Civil and the Legislative
Executive and judicial has only just begun
The conclusion is that no one who is re-
guired To be in attendance upon Congress
can safely plan for an adjournment befor'
August and perhaps not until the middle o
August
Notice is issued that on or about July
lsss. the fixed red light at Mattinicus Rocl
light station. off the southern entrance L
Penobscot bay. Me-, will be discontinued
and in place thereof will be shown two fixe,
white lights of the second order, placed on
hundred and eighty feet apart, ranging \
Y W and $ s E.