Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-04
ANOTHER BLAZE.
The Providence Coal Company Suffers
 a Great LOse by Fire.

Great Loss by Fire.
 PROVIDENCE, R. l., Feb. 3.-At twelve minutes of three this morning fire broke out in the seven story coal elevator of the Provi dence coal company. The elevator is an i'm mense timber structure on top of brick building, and the wooden building was well in flames before the alarm was struck. The fire was soon under control, but the elevator was destroyed and the coal pockets fell in, letting ten thousand tons of coal down on the wharf where it is still burning.
 The fire illuminated all the center of the city, and three alarms called all the fire ap- paratus. The loss on the building will be $20,00o to 25,000, partly covered by in- surance. The coal is worth $5 ton, and will be about half destroyed.
 Bremen were on duty at the burning pook- cts of the Providence Coal company all day to-day and a large force of police was on du- ty to keep the thousands of sight seers out- side the fire lines. Thousands of tons of coal are still a6re, and the work of the fire men is confined to keeping down the blaze wherever it shows itself. A part of the timber wall of the coal pockets still standing began to bulge during the early morning, and to relieve the pressure of coal within the firemen cut holes through which ava lanche of hundreds of tons of coal poured, a part of it aire. The insurance in B. s. Bab- bitt's agency aggregates $23, 800.
 SENATOR'S EXPECT BUSY WEEK. Some Decisive Measures Expected to
 be Taken Regarding the Samoan
 Difficulties.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. .3.-Senators expect this to be busy week. Tomorrow the appro- priations committee will report the legisla- tive, executive and judicial appropriation bill and 1t will be called up for consideration on Tuesday. The naval appropriation bill will be acted upon by the committee soon as received from the house and will probably be reported to the senate by the end of the week if indeed it be not passed by that time Upon the legislative appropriation bill there may be discussion on some of the amend ments proposed by the senate committee that will carry the bill over for day or two.
 When the appropriation bills arc out of the way, MT. Hale will call up his census bill
 Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock the Pacific railroad bill for funding bills comes up as unfinished business and several speeches are expected on it, but no definite action.
 
 including Mir. Shermsn's antitrust bill, which are likely to be called up during the week as opportunity occurs. From time to time reports from conference committees- which are privileged matters-may be re- ceived and called up for action. Of these the most important are those concerning the Nicaragua the interstate commerce bill and the omnibus territory bill. An agreement may be reached on the canal bill by the two houses but new conferees will probably be appointed on the other subjects.
 Under the resolution introduced by Sena- tor Salisbury and referred to the committee on foreign relations may be expected to re- port in some form a declaration of its idea of what is necessary and right to be done by the United States to maintain the dignity of the government and to fulfill it's obligations under the treaty with Samoa. Should this come in, it will doubtless lead to debate of some length, probably in secret session. From present appearances the weeks bus mess in the House will bs made up of patri- otic oratory and routine work, the former to be called forth by the Edmunds Panama ca- ! nal resolution and the latter ocoasioned by | the necessity for disposing of the remaining | appropriation bills. Monday will afford in ! dividual members one of their last opportu- ! mites during this congress to secure the pas | sage of measure under a suspension of the l rules, and the Speaker has been fairly be \ sieged by representatives, who abandoned hope of getting their bills before the House | in any other manner.
 T. J. Campbell, of New York, feels conf. ! dent that he will be able to secure recogni | tion to move the passage of the bill to pen. sion the widow of the late General Sheridan MT. Blanchard also is hopeful of his ability tc rescue the river and harbor bill from itl | present perilous position and get it before ! the House. Then a strong contingent hal organized under the lead of MT. Dunn for al effort to pass the copyright bill under sus pension of the rules. The fate of these ant other attempts to expedite business depends, however, upon the temper 0
 the people who have been fighting tn
 Union Pacific funding bill. They say the.
 must receive an assurance that this measur
 will not be offered tomorrow before the
 will allow the House to enter upon an un
 controllable "suspension day"
 The conference report on the Nicaragus
 canal bill is expected to be called up Tues
 day. The army bill will follow if no
 blocked by the report on the Edmunds Pan
 anna resolution, and the remainder of tn
 week may be filled in with contested electio
 cases and possible report of the conferee Il o,, kba ouo nj hua farritOrv hill