Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
comniled from Various Sources.
,,ovrss1oSAL PROCEEDINGS.

Compiled from Various Sources
~.oprssIoNAL PROCEEDINGS.
An me i3tn, under resoiutlo
IN tic SenHs0 ,,rvleges and elections We
ne couiu1 co, ~ i, duripg the recess. Inc Ies
nthor zeu y hr Mr stewart for the purchas
lntlon lntlior roo rorth OF silver buiioh per nnonli
OF ,,.asoptjons Of Senators G'pson anu Ca'
snecial 'uU committees on Inc coin
lor SP0 81. Trnited Staes with Mexico CUP
tons OF ,t ,ne rrdIes were laid on the table
ana Lno ', ron AT 1918 p. M, went into Sc
1he .'',n o,- ana adjourned 1T 2 ~ p. N.
si.' ~ senate on the !4th, on motion OF NJ
.de =. II was agreed that when the Senai
I'm il be until the nth NO other ousi
spoU.n transacted and at 12:ln p M, TIT
uant into secre; session. and, at ont
80, with ut opening the doors. took re-
sos, until p m. At that hour the BODY
80, as.emb ed and, after hfeen-minutes
s~scutiye session. adjourned until the l7tha
rythe Senate. on the 18TH the resolution OF
,.,ed by Mr. CAL for the appointment OF q
..,sct oommlttee on the relatiaus Of the United
S.",os with CUBA and the other West In
a.. Islands was considered. The scuss'chx,
.n-ned on the QUESTION Of the conpetencyE
ofthe Senate whea sitt ng IN called execatis
s.s.on to enter upon the performance OF leg
i.t.tjre functions At =: 10 p. IN. the resolution
vasstilI being d scuss ID when,on motioa OF Sen
otor sherman, the Senate went into secret SEES
son. Several reports were made from commit
toes and 1t 2:JJp. n the Senate adjourned.
PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL.
s. Y, MCDUFFIE. WnO Is cOnLestlng the
election Of Lewis w. Turpin in the Fourth
Congressional district OF Alabama, was
waited upon by three men in Camden,
Wilcox County, where he was taking eyl-
dence. and warned to leave within forty
eight hours or suffer violence. The local
Democracy would not guarantee his safe
ty. and he left The affair has created in
tense excitement.
JUSTICE MATTHEWS, Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, 1t is reported,
i'll resign from the Supreme Bench, and
Judge Gresham will be appointed his suc-
cessor before the present term of court
expires in May. The report however,
can not be verified.
RUSSELL HARRISON will leave for Mon
tana as soon as all i'm uortant Montana
appointments have been made. He Is
said to be candidate for the United
States Senate from the new State of Mon
tana.
THE Office of Consul at Barcelona,
Spain, has been offered to and declined
by Hon. John Brennan, Of Sioux City,
Ia.
NJ. MATTHEW NICHOLAS JOSEPH LIE
CLERcQUE, the famous Belgian statesman,
jurist and politician, died on the 10Th,
aged eightythree years.
A PROMINENT attorney Of Lakewood,
u, named Walter Townsend, died sud-
denly. on the 18th, of heart failure, aged
sixtyeour years.
QUEEN NATALIE will shortly make ap-
plication to have the divorce obtained
from her by her husband through Metro
politan TheDdOsiuS annuled.
THE grand jury at Missoula, Mont, failed
TO find true bills against either j. E. Cliff
ford or DR.. Cunningham, the parties
charged with killing an Indian at Demers-
vile recently, which came near causing
an uprising, and they were accordingly
discharged from custody.
MAJOR THOMAS HARVARD. Of Brooklyn,
celebrated his one hundredth birthday on
the 18th. He was born in Bowdoinham,
Me-, and after farming q short time be-
came ship-b 1ilder. In the course of his
career he built sixty ships. He did some
odSl-NeI6uSt QilS ttlC WdT OI kSl-, dUu
in this way got his military title.
\ LITTER Of encouragement from
Brevet Major General y. Baird, of Wash
mgton, has been received by the secretary
Of the Confederate Home committee Of
New York, in which is strongly indorsed
General Sherman's suggestion that the
Federal soldiers homes be also opened to
receive needy ez-Confederate soldiers.
PosTMAsTER-G WANAMAKER,
Notwithstanding the onerous exaclions OF
his position in Washington, finds time to
attend to all the duties connected with his
church and Sunday school in Philadel-
phia. ~ ID
PRESIDENT HARRISON. 1t Is said, will
nominate Corporal Tanner to be Commis-
sioner Of Pensions.
THE Cabinet met at half-past twelve
o'clock, on the 1jth, and was in session
for two hours.
On the 14th the President gave recep-
ton TO the Diplomatic Corps.
On the 10Th Colonel john n McComb, a
retired officer OF the engineer corps, died
at his residence in Washington. He was
seventy-eight years old.
DISPATCH from Rome, dated the 18th,
o"1o tAot Di>uop w u gar, Ol Newark, IN.
D. Is i'll with pneumonia in that city.
ALL of Mary Anderson's engagements
Tor the season have been Cancelled, and
her English company has been disbanded.
Nls limited that her reason is failing.
The well-known and popular actor, D.
). Maguinness, died in Boston on the
ls.n He was born in that city in January,
1884.
oHMs 18th Judge j. Lawrence Smith,
" onlthtown, died at his residence in
t,e" York City, in his seventy third year.
&c was recently examined before the Sur
logate in Miss Bdtler's contest Of the
Stewart will.
co. iHE Senate, in secret session on the
l'l. confirmed the nominations Of John
a. Mason, w llian Walter P-.elps and
pelrge d. Bates, commissioners to Berlin
~ tAe Samoan conference.
w the 18th Ex-President Cleveland, in
roapany with his wife and mother-in law;
nA- -Fostmaster-General Dickinson and
nA.secretary Villas, left New York City on
thelr way to Cuba.
CouNT HERBERT BISMARCK and COun-
selor Craul, it is reported. will represent
Germany in the Samoan conference.