The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24

down an emDankment INTO une SCnuylklu
river. The scene of suffering was agoniz- |
ing. Over twenty persons were killed, and
about fifty were more or less seriously in
jared
GusTAvE G. Koch, aged twenty.six, a
crayon artist, born in Vienna and Emile
Rossi aged nineteen, an actress, born in
Berlin, committed suicide early last week
Thursday morning. Koch came to the house
OF the young woman, and seeing her at the
window said: Eyes, have come, Emilie
are you ready" The next moment at the
signal ready" he shot himself, falling
dead under the window, and the woman
committed the same act in her room.
Emile left letter addressed to her aunt,
with whom she boarded, in which she spoke
about Koch, quarrel with her mother, and
the determination of Koch and herself to
commit suicide, and asking that her body
be cremated.
Congress.
TUEsDAY.-The conference report on the
land forfeiture bill was agreed to in the
senate. The anti.lottery bill was passed
without debate The house bill to repeal
the timber law was passed, after several
amendments had been made to 1t. 80 In
the house, on motion OF Mr.. Rockwell, the
bill to make Springfield, Mass, a port of
delivery was passed. The Enloe resolution
relating to General Kennedy's attack on
Senator Quay was referred to the judi
ciary committee after long debate. The
speaker announced the appointment of the
following conferees on the tariff bill: Messrs
Mckinley, Burrows, Dingley, Mills, Nc
MILAN and Flower.
WEDNEsDAY.-In the senate Mr.. Blair
spoke on the joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution comforting
representation on the District of Columbia
in the two houses of congress and in the
electoral college. The senate then resumed
consideration of the bill to establish a
United States land court. - The Lang
/ II. ~
called up in the house, but went over a day.
THURsDAY.-In the senate Mr.. Plumb
offered a resolution directing the secretary
of the treasury to inform the senate whether
the rule of the department which requires
the payment of checks for silver bullion
over the counter of the sub-treasury does
not result in paying out notes of the larger
denominations instead of those suited to
ordinary business. After some debate the
resolution was adopted. The bill to revive
the grade of acknowledgement was passed.
| Mr.. Henderson offered resolutions express
ing the profound sorrow of the senate at
| the death of the late Representative Laird
of Nebraska on August II, 1889, and adj
dressed the senate in eulogy of the de-
ceased. After remarks by Mr.. Paddock
the resolutions were adopted. - During
the call of the roll in the house the door
! which has always been kept open TO allow
| ingress and egress was latched, and two
| doorkeepers were stationed at it to prevent
members leaving the chamber. The first
gentleman to resent this enforced i'm
prsonment was Mr. Kilgore of Texas, who
! forced back the fastenings and stalked into
the lobby. At the moment Mr.. Kilgore
drove the door flying wide open, Representa-
! tive Din9ley of Maine was approaching
| from the other side. The door struck him
with full force in the face, bruisiug his nose
! badly. Other members followed Mr.. Kill
gore, and the rule was somewhat relaxed
| d.
! journed.
FRIDAY.-In the senate the following
bills among others were passed: House
bill to discontinue the coinage of SO and 81
gold pieces and the three cent nickel piece
| house bill to amend section 3510 of the Re-
vised Statutes and to provide four designs
of authorized devices of United States
coinage. The house bill to reduce the
amount of United States bonds to be re-
CURED of national banks, and to restore to
the channels of trade the excessive accu-
mutations of lawful money in the treasury,
was discussed by Messrs. Sherman, Plumb
and others, and went over day. The
house bill to define and regulate the juris-
| diction of the courts of the United States,
with the amendment reported from the jul
| dietary commit ee in the nature of a sub
stitute, was taken up and discussed, but no
action was taken. - The house was I'M
able to take action on the Langston-V Ven
able election case, owing to the lack of a
quorum.
SATURDAY.-The senate resumed consid-
Grafton of the bill to reduce the amount of
United States bonds to be required of ma
tional banks and to restore to the channels
of trade the excessive accumulations of law
full money, the pending question being on
the amendment offered by Mr.. Power to
strike out the first section, which reduces
to 81 900 the amount of bonds required to
be deposited by national banks for their
charters. Messrs. Sherman and Cockrell
discussed the bill, which was laid aside
without debate. The bill authorizing the
secretary of the treasury to settle the in
debtedness to the government of the Sioux
City & Pacific Railroad Company was taken
up and finally passed. The senate resumed
consideration of the house bill to define and
regulate the jurisdiction OF the courts of the
United States, and of the substitute there
for reported by Mr.. Evarts from the judi
ciary committee, but no vote was taken
rum.
MoNDAY.-The bill to define and regulate
the jurisdiction of courts of the United
States was discussed by the senate, and
several amendments were rejected. -
The house adjourned without quorum.
Foreign.
THE government carried the day easily in
the election of members of the Brazil con
stituent assembly last week.
ADyICEs from Hiogo, Japan, state thai
the Turkish man-of- war Ertogroul ha:
foundered at sea, and that 800 of the crew
were drowned.