The sun., 1890-05-11
I've DARLINGTON T0PIC..
Things of Interest In and Outside of the
Halls OF Congress.


WASHINGTON, May TO- senator Sherman
60 1o, ,rod,osd hiIl ,ro,lir,, ,,r , ,,,.,,,iaI
'o-uaS ih'louuceu pi'' P'"N'u'Hs Ior s0e'lal
pension OF SO a month to the surviving SOL
diers. sailors, and maripes Of tho ritnI Statos
who wera on board the steomer Sul,,no ,vban
WIZ "oio VI pol', '''o ''o''.o' w! Va "tiit "'ien
she exploded her boilers on Al'rll -. lSGj: tho
pension to begin at the date of tho auplcntion
and contirra TnrIiC, Tno Mn r,oaIIa o,, ~
anu oi.'nue iof i''o' ihe p''' Fcc"''S one oi
war, and one Of its most terrible disasters. The
facts are related in a memorial accompanying
the bill.
On April o. lSGj. at Wick sbuE, Miss. about
2.3OO enlisted men OF the I-ui'el States Volun-
.o, , ~, , -. 0'"1l
e srdarsn"y ., mU n% ,or TYe" .1Unera "l war t
South from four ~ ,var.y-t,ro n,on,I,s ,.,,.o
noclai nn hoor, eva s,',,,, ciH,a i,U,,'' "',o
packed on board the steamer Suitana I" DO
sent North. Tho SultdnH was chartered to
carry only 400 persons: hence sho was greatly
weak avd "i6 to "r Ntent M.n sa
men Wh.n she wGs 1bout ei,bt r,iI"S
aNoye Memphis nt |"1 n'oTt 5T"' NJ nun ,In
Anil 81 or I'i i,rs ~ Iaj sbo onI,Lt 20
and burnnI 70 the wntnT,s edro, ASoIit 711
Of th" > 400 ~ Uass"n.nrs nl0arI waro atber
The woS IN ot th oIc0iJ
IRON one To- eight h0urs and SO cpeat Vas VAS ths
21V 6f - oba t9i G6 Wy a a1r1
died within tb' novt tT jovs ThCs W ,b
lived to got away from NemplIis io.rttaIs sIiso
tninad s,Snh -, i I'm ~, ,',,, T,,i ,I @
Of twSntv vaarS oe 80 Nm, 0 aye IiNin1t
The sir,;yrs 90 81 ~ Ln, t grn,n o
the Tast meetnr i in ToIoI" TNor Rey
s. H. RandeLnI,Gh Cnl .IlscI,I Sfeysns. '"n,i
AdJutant Vim Fies wore appointed a commit
his bill Is h ras G5ih Of 10 S Ta
petition Tor tho passage oi tne iii was signed
proXy Tie Hirnnrs i've in ,ilyorent S,aies 0'
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aol'eSeh,".Ve larIulaf, ioi" ~ ,he commit
toe on the Merchant Marine aud Fisheries. TO-
day reported to the House the Dill recently
ovsed Staios m sne G% the 10 arGnr 1 S o
2i S vessels names at bow ana stern. ho rule
i9r nn[ElnE + nat tec4mInehdGd Py ihe In
Washington The biI! f"Iuiios four instead Of
Perhaps the most imu0rtnut iIInnrI,ln,ont oi
mont Of name on on ean6 low' Often il is
says tho acrompanyinr rrnnrt that the stern !
cannot be ronyenicniIy or no ii Ilv seen anj |
there is no way To learn the name.
govern tho changing Of ve--rls' names, II |
provides that tho mines of lnitad states ves. |
sslS shall not 10 changed except for substan- |
ture Vessels and boats of past and present
good character and rating, seaworthy In ali |
and whose owners shall ofror substantial and
satisfactory reasons therefor, NAV have their
names changed by tho Commissioner Of Navi- |
like those OF any vessel Iaii!ns from The same
port.
The House Committee on tho Alcoholic Lin
nor Traffic has authorized one If It's mombers
y 70 Pc can VI iDr con 3iuet4Iion III the house at tho
nortaton OF ntoxicatingg < ] ]lioa"rs m from atTmH any
state or IerritQiy Of the United States into
States whore prohibltory iaws arc in force
Tho President to-day sent 10 tho Senate the
following nominations
Consuls-nu. II. Abercrombs Of Nsw Jersey. A,
Magaraki Henry Baantne of lie District Of o"luibII