Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-05
BLk!NELOOMSUP STRONG
Speculation Rife as to His
 Intentions.
IN WASHINGTON FOR THE WINTER

He Will Spend Several Days with Gen.
 Harrison-The House Passes the Mica
 raugua Canal Bill-Nr. Allison Admires
 the Senate Tariff Bil-News and Gossip.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5-It is q part of the political gossip among Repu blicans that the apparently casual visits of Mr. Blaine to this city will have an important b,aring upon the fortunes of himself and certain of his friends during the next administration. It Is understood that, aside from the need for attention to certain private business, he will have conferences with friends in the two houses of congress ill respect to political matters, and that the results of theSs con sultations are to be communicated to the president-elect before he finally determines who are to be hls cabinet advisers. The very fact of MT. Blaine's visit at this time has re- vived the hopes of his friends that he desires to go into the cabinet, and he will certainly receive markeI attention from the prominent members of his party while here.
 MT. Blaine has engaged rooms at the "New La Normandie" for the middle of this month, and his family will live here this winter. Sunday or Monday Mir. Blaine will leave Washington for Indianapolis He will be there some days and return from there direct to this city. It is expected that before his return the apartments in La Normandie will be ready for occupancy, and that his family will be settled there by that time Of course the duration of Mir Blaine's stay in Indian apolis is indefinite, and depends on the way the cards run in the game of cabinet making that will be played there by the president elect and the Maine statesman
 Whether or not Mir. Phelps will go to In liam lie xxyitb I,; decided, but it is thought that he may Mr. Blaine had quite number of callers, but he saw only few of them.
 THR NICARAGUA CANAL BILL pASSED.
 The house passed the Nicaragua canal bill The bill originated in the senate, and it will be returned to the senate for action on the house amendments. The bill provides that the capital stock of the company shall con- sist of not less than l, ,OOO, GOO shares of $1OO each, with the right to double that number upon vote of thirds of the stock The bonds, stock, etc, arc to Do issued at the principal office at New York city and dis posed of only for cash. The members of the board of directors are to be citizens of the United States or Nicaragua, but a majority of them shall be citizens and residents of the United States No change of concessions granted by Nicaragua or Costa Rica is to
  ment. The United States is not to be re- sponsible for any of the pecuniary ohliga- tions of the company other than in respect to the payment of tolls. An annual report of the affairs of the company is to be made to the secretary of the interior. The work of constructing the canal is to be commenced in three years.
 THE SENATE TARIFF BILL
 The senate spent nearly its entire session in tariff discussion, all the leading debaters having something to say. More Democratic were rejected by party votes
 Senator Allison says that the bill will be adopted by the senate and sent to the house by Jan. 24. The senator thinks that the bill Is such good one that it ought to command the support of the Democrats in the senate. But, he says, whether they vote for it or not it will have enough friends to pass it. as there are no differences among the Republ- can senators which will hinder its success
 The opinion among many of the prominent Democrats of the house is that if a bill should be presented to the house during the present session providing for 30 per cont reduction on sugar and total repeal of the tobacco tax it would pass.
 CoLoRED CATHOLICS CALL ON THE PREs1prN1
 The delegates to the colored Catholic con. now in session, called at the exec,, tive mansion in the afternoon, and paid thei, respects to the president. R. I. Ruffin. colored delegate from Boston, introduced the delegates, first presenting Father Tolton. o1 Quincy, Ills, the only colored Catholic priest in America, to the president.
 A WAR HERoINE's REWARD.
 Tho house committee on invalid pension. made favorable report on twenty-fiye private pension bills, the most notable being B bill granting pension of $25 a month to Rebecca Fl. Lyon, a nurse in the late war. Tho report shows that in addition to he, services she spent s25, 900 of her own money for the benefit of the sick and wounded sol tlers During her services as nurse she con tracted rheumatism, which resulted in para ysls, and she Is now almost helpless
 REFRESHMENTS LAIRD IMPROVING.
 Representative Laird, of Nebraska. is much better. News has been received at the capital of the sick congressman's safe arrival It his home in Hastings, Neb. His condition aas improved very materially within tn, past week, and while he is still in decidedly iisorganized condition, be Is on tho high way Q recovery. As soon as he has had a good | rest and an opportunity to drink in the heal ng air of northern Nebraska he will be per. l nltted by bis doctors to return to Washing. ;on.
 EYES FOR EYRLEss VETERANS
 Senator Turpie presented to the senate the ,etition of the United States Eyeless Pen. 'ioners association praying that artificial 'yes be furnished to ey eless pensioners of the ate war.
 Desperate Attempt to Escape from Prison.
 AUBURN, N. Y., Jan. 6.-Five inmates of he criminal insane asylum of this city made desperate break Last night to gain freedom, )ne attendant was left in charge of the hall n which were forty-four prisonerx At a avorable opportunity the five mon sprana 'pon the. .unsuspecting attendant and dragged lis clothes from bis body in order to secure lis keys By the aid of the keys the gang .ained the door leading into the yard, where hey were met by another attendant. Here