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rIFTY.FIRST CONGRESS. /
In the senate.


3isi DAY Immediately after the reading
OF the Senate journal, Mr.. Cameron am
nounced the resent afilictons in the families
OF two members of tho Cabinet, SecTetarieS
Blaine and Tracy, and moved an adjourn
mcnt which was agreed 10 unanimously
S2D DAY.--Mr We-tcott introduced bill
providing for the admission of the Territory
OF New Mexico. Referred. Iii executive
session Mr. sherman called up the Samoan
treaty, and for over three hours Il was under
discussion Senator EuStis led the attack
the United States was placed nc n disadNans
tage compared with the other treaty powers
-Germany and England. The discussion
continued until . o'clock, when the roll was
called upon the question of ratifying ths
treaty. Tho motion 10 ratify was adopted
with only IL negative votes. Confirmation
was announced of the nomination Of John nj.
Clark 10 be Collector of the Port OF Chicago;
Augustine Heard, OF Massachusetts,, 20 be
Corea, and William IL. Taft OF Ohio. 20 be
Solicitor General.
S3D DAY,--A debate took place on the sub
Ject OF providing additional committee
rooms, The bill 60 aid In the establish
ment and temporary support OF common
schools was taken up as tho unfinished bust
ness, and Mr.. Blair addressed tho Senate i'm
advocacy of it,, Mr. Sherman, from the
Committee on Foreign Relations reported
tho following joint resolution, which was
placed ON the calendar: Resolved, That tho
United States OF America congratuatos tho
people of Brazil on their just and peaceful
assumption of the powers, duties aud reSpon-
sibiltticS OF self government, based upon the
free consent of the governed and In their
recent adoption OF "A republican form Of gov
6rIiInent
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THE NEWS BPIToMIZED.
Eastern and Middle states.

TlP debate in the New York Presbytcry
ON the revision Of the Confessional Of Faith
was closed 10y a lively tilt between Or Hall
ON one side and DR. Hastings ON the other.
WHILE Frank Il Wilson and Benjamin
Townsend were foolmg with n revolver at
New Brighton, Penn, Wilson's brains were
blown out. The boys werc sixteen years old
ToypSend was n son of Congressman Town
send
DURING the dress parade of the school reg
iment at the Latin school, Boston, when am
American flag was presented, five OF tho
young boy soldiers faintcd I'm the ranks and
were carried Off 10y their comrades
TRAIN wreck occurred six miles from
Lancaster N. II. Tho engineer, l.. r.
Crouch was lxillcd and the fireman and
brakeman badly injured.
A STATEMENT signed by Edward King,
President of the Union Trust Company, AN
nonnccd that Charles III. Leland, ex-Presi-
dent OF the Sixth National Bank, Of New
York city, made arrangements 10y which the
bank would resume business
pANnuRr, Conn had the most destructive
fire In the history of the place. Several blocks
of stores were destroyed and many tenants
had narrow escapes Explosions occurred
during the fire. Loss about $300,O00
THE steamer Wuscland had n rough pas
sage 20 New York from Antwerp. Her fourth
officer and a quartermaStor were swept over
board and lost.
ALFRED Brown, a professor of medi-
cine at Westchoster, Penn was convicted
NJ practicing medicine without "a diploma
and using incantations and "voudoon meth
ods, and sentenced to three years iniprieon
mcnt and $40 fine
REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE the noted
Brooklyn divine has returned from his pill
grimage 10 the Holy Land.
Hon SETH Low, ex-Mayor OF Brooklyn,
was installed eleventh President of Columbia
College at the Metropolitan Opera House i'm
Rev York, with impressive ceremonies
THE Gloucester fishing schooner Alice nj
Stouple was reported lost at sea with a crew
OF fourteen souls
TnE New York Presbytery, 10y vote OF
Oh 10 43, accepted the report 10y the special
committee in favor OF revision OF the Con
fcssion of Faith.
THE New England Agricultural Society
met at Boston.
GENERAL JOHN ID. ANDERSON, OF Augusta
Me, has been elected Commander q. A. r.
Department of Maine.
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South and West.

LEANDER ANDERSON shot and killed. Anne
Carlson nt Sioux City, Iowa and then killed
himself Anderson was about 20 years old
and the girl l6 She had not received his
attentions with favor.
THE Indians representing the ton tribes OF
Ghippewas held their council at Odanau, Wis
They say TINT the chiefs of the old tribes only
ccded mineral rights 90 their lands 10 tho
Government aud did not give up the fee
simple under the treaties of 1884. They now
claim land worth 100000
REv. G. T. PHILLIPS, Presbyterian min
istcr OF 81. Louis was assaulted by burglars
In his study in the Prcsby terian Church. He
was beaten until hc was unconscious and was
then robbed. The burglars escaped
THE plant of tho Kansas City Packing
Company aud the Chase Refrigerator Com
pany, OF Kansas City, have been destroyed by
fire. The loss Is about 100000.
DIR. EDWARD McGLYNN was taken seri
ously Ill in Chicago. and was obliged 60 give
up lecture engagement there and return TO
his home in Brooklyn.
THE three sons of james Bright. of Kirk
land Township, Ind, were found dead in their
beds They had been suffering from innu-
ensa, but when they retired the previous
night their condition was not considered dan
gerous.
THE Chicago Presbytery declared for re-
vision Of the Confession 6f Faith,
mhNlNblIIo nus become eplucmiC IN many
parts OF Texas, and people are dying rapidly.
The Belcher district has already lost thirty,
and many more were dying. Not "A single
person attackedby the disease has recovered.
THE house Of William ID. Ellis. OF Chicago
was burned I'm the absence Of Mr. and Mrs
Ellis who returned just i'm time 10 save n
nine months old baby from death. A scr
want and n twO-year-old daughter were
burned TO death
REV. S. r. FRAZIER, pastor Of tho Second
Presby terian Church Of Youngstown, Ohio,
and well known as an eloquent orator and
successful lecturer on Japan, has suddenly
become insane.
CORA AND ANNIE BRocB ato a poisoned
cake intended for rats in the Schietz bakery
at St Louis, and both died.
JOHN KELLY, Of Mariana, Ark. muir
dered his wife, from whom he had been sop
aratcd, and q young man with whom she was
living. He then forced a neighbor named
Owens % accompany him 10 the woods
Neither was seen again.
A FREIGHT train crashed through a bridge
nc Peoria H., and the cars were precipitated
into the Illinois River. The engineer fire
man and brakeman were killed.
a GREAT sensation has been caused In Gin
dore Haymau, Superintendont of tho creme
tory, has been for months stealing and seii-
ing tho collins Of those brought for croma-
ton
a NORTH bound passenger train struck q
hand car near Clear Lake. MINI Three sec
tiOn men on the hand car were killed.
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\ NECESSITY.

some there must be who must hear the bur
den and the loss,
some there must be who must wear this
thorny crown and cross
Some there must b. who must pace thro
battle and thro' blood,
some there must be who must face the over
whelming hood.
Some there must be who must drain the bit.
ter, bitter lees,
Some there must be who IN pain must wrestI,
on their knees.
Some there must be who must feel the ferce
onslaught OF fate
Some there must be who must lneel unheard
outside the gate.
Some there must toe who must work nor
goodly guerdon ask
some there must be who must shirl the un.
rewarded task.
Some there must be who must lay their hone.
the altar on.
some there must be who must say 9TH,
will, not mine, be done"
Susie w. Best, in Philadelphia Ledgsr
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Washington

IT has been decided that Governor Island
viii replace Castle Garden. New York, as
the landing place OF immigrants arriving in
this country at the port of New York
Mas CoPpJNGER, eldest daughter Of Score
tary b Baine ond wife Of Colonel
John COppiuger, Eighteenth Infantry, died
~ congestion Of the brain. at her fathers resi-
dence Tho funeral vas attended ~ tho
President. Mrs Harrison, and many other
prominent people
OwryO % the calamity which befell Secrc.
toiy Tracy'a family President Harrison and
the other Cabinet m mmbors abandoned their
intended visit g. New York 10 participate in
the exercises in celebration Of the Centennial
" the United States Supreme Court.
THE Senate COMMITTEE ON Agriculture de-
clded 20 refer the bin transferring the
Weather Bureau 10 the Department Of ARri-
culture 20 Chief Signal Officer Greely for his
views on the subject
THE report of Adiutant-Gen SHELTON
upon the militia force Of tho United States
has been sent ~ the Senate 10 shows the
strength Of the militia % consist OF 8O52
officers l03. 21 men, and 1852 t1 men not
organized but available for duty.
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Biting It's Own Body.

Bill King, Of Fairburn, Ga, has a
horse that has hydrophobia from all ap.
pcaranccs The horse nj intervals has
spasms or paroXysms II bites its own
legs and feet and breast. It Is terrible
10 behold how il fastcns It's teeth I'm its
own flesh and tears the skin and flesh
from its bones. King says the horse bit
him on his arm, but he did not think
anything ofituntil his horse became un
manageable and be tied around his neck
rope and tied the rope 10 tree in his
lot The horse would catch his leg i'm
bis mouth and buc and pull 30 until he
threw himself ON the ground, then no
be- wouId tuu and wallOw on the ground
for some .imc, then hc would pet uuict
gently 9c, up and stand still awhile. In
% few minutes ho would commence his
antics again and bite the tree near him.
then the rope, ard then he would bite
Dds breast aud pull the flesh or in strips.
then he would catch his legs and pull
and bltc the skin on in strips. then bc
would catch bis leg iu bis mouth and
puIl and jerk until he would fall TO the
ground Every ono was afraid 10 90
near him. Some suggested becdiuo.
but no one was found who would under.
take tho job. Your correspondent and
Others suggested chat the horse be shot
and put him out of so much SUFFERING
and pain Tho last seen Of Mr. King ho
was hunting for some ono 60 shoot hN
horse. c.-dnuntu C0nstifufiDu.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

. THE labor organizations OF Washington
hre collecting money 20 build n hall.
THE next meeting Of tho General Execu-
tive Board Of the Knights Of Labor will b
held la Cincinnati March r.
Az English syndicate Is now negotiating
Tor tho purchase Of all the Newark IN. j.
patent leather manufactures.
THE knights Of Labor and the Progressive
Union met in joint session nt Columbus,
Ohio, tOdiscuss plan for uniting.
TIE largest manufacturers OF mining ma
chincry IN Chicago have been bought out by
nn English syndicate for 100000.
LOCAL organization, similar 30 tho
Knights of labor, will be formed az 0lO-
vcrsyiile, N. Y, but IL will be independent Of
the Knights d
Iy the North Dakota House bills prohibit
Ing trusts and the employment OF children
under twelve years Of ago In mines or fac
tories were passed.
THE Builders Convention met at ST. Paul,
MINI resolution was passed urging oil
local organizations ~ establish the system Of
payment by the hour"
THE Swiss Bundosrath has decided 10 con-
voko an international conference In May
next for the purpose Of establishing regula-
tions relative to factory labor.
THE shoe factory Of Samuel Shaw q Co,
90 blmwoOd, Mass, has been closed on nc
count ~ trouble with union men, who would
not work with uOn-uniOn men.
THgHE are over 10 India rubber manufac-
turers iu the United States, employing t5,-
OJJ hnudH and producing annually $4,000
tons Of goods valued at $3.50 600, 600.
THE Bureau Of Labor in New York State
will add % its report for 1890 the average os
wagos lot to working people in various trados
~ duluese iu trade and inclcmout weather.
A BAR Of iron worth e5 Is worth ei0 after
tits made into hOTso-shoes; made into needles,
10 is worth $50. made into penhnife blades,
30 is worth s83sj; made into balance-springs
of watches, 10 S. worth $3.50, 900.
THE Industrial Cooperative Society,
formed by kcnsiugtou PENN wOrkingmen
fifteen years ago and which became the most
prosperous enterprise Of the kind Ia this
country, is defuuct. Liabilities t8S, 900.
THE stovodores along New York harbor are
planning general strike for April 1st imi-
lar 10 the recent one in London. They are tn
correspondence with similar organizations in
Liverpool Australia and California, with q
view Of securing their cooperation.
THERE arc thirty-sx car-building oom-
panies n the United States, and in tho year
shops Of railroad companies there we're doubt
less enough cars built 81 swell the number
added TO the freight equipment OF the roads
Of this country last year to 10000 cars.
As q result Of the crisis in the diamond
cutting, trade 40 Antwerp, Holland, Is be-
coming more acute every day, 10 IS said that
"a number OF workmen intend 70 establish
thew elves at Paris, and that tho Amsterdam
Worameu. VINO are suffering much from the
crisis LOOK 70 London as their future home,
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]. F. jameson has been making study
3f the voting habits Of our fathers, and
reports results very interestingly in the
Ae1o England Nagazine He finds that
they were not nearly 50 faithful in per
forming that duty as their children are.
"When in the spring of 1779," he says,
''and the question Of having constitu-
bonal convention Gn Massachusetts, was 20
be voted on, q great proportion of the sol
diers had probably returned TO the State.
Yet the vote, in towns enough to make
up nearly two-thirds Of the inhabitants
OF Massachusetts proper and a part Of
Maine, amounted TO 5.4 per cent. Of the
population"
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ROASTED TO DEATH.
Result or Drunken Bevelry Among
Polish Miucrs.N aSSss. Ss.

Polish Miucrs.o IVA. sNse. I
In tho village OF Marshwood. PENN ',where
houses arc buiit IN blocks OF ten by the
Moosic Coal Company for tho residenees OF
their miners and laborers. four lives have
been sacrificed in a fro resulting from the
carclcssness OF drunken revellers,A and ton
houses were destroyed. ~
There was a christaning at the residence or
n Polauder named Pulaski It was largely
attended by the Poles of the community, who
had gathered TO make merry over tho nau-
ing OF the latest Polish arrival 20 tho mount
ain village. Whisky flowed freely. A
dance was iuaugurated and during tho
drunken festivities kerosene lamp was
overturned, which fell on tho floor and px-
ploded. =
There was no ono sober enough TO Inn
mediatcly extiugush the flames and the
burning oil ran about the room iguittng
everything combustible. In few minutes
tho building was in flames.
From ono dwelling 20 another the flames
quickly spread The flro was quicker than
those who cndeavorcd % awaken the gleepeB
and IL spread with such rapidity that I'm less
than fifteen minutes the entire block was
euVcloped The men, women and children
rushed from the burning building In their
night clothes, bong unable TO save any OF
their effects.
Tho house OF Joseph Strauss was I'm flames
before tic rescuing parties arrived. After
considerable effort the occupants woro
aroused and all were tikcu out alive except
Mrs Strauss and her two children, who oc-
,cupicd room I'm tho upper story. Several
iiien ran into tho burning apartment, but
were fdfcod back 10y tho fierce heat.
While the attempt was being made 20 save
the lives OF these people, nuother band OF
rescuers went into an adjoining building and
attempted I'm vain TO save Polnnder named
Mike Switz. He was asleep whom the Gro
broke out, and u is not known that he ever
awakened. His blacltencd and charred body
was taken from tho ruins yesterday, as were
also the other three bodies.
As all tho possessions OF the occupants or
the burned lhock arc destroyed, those whose
lives are sdVod are destitute, many of thom
not having gariitcDt ~ cover themselvosl
itS lhe %oos,c -. SIC Ooal Coilpnny sent .ernpSlIey
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a GovERvsfENr decree revising the bank
ing lew has just been issued at Rio Janeiro.
Brazil According to This, tho republic win
De divided into four banking districts and
tne total ISSUE of paper currency win be
United to POO 900 600 m0reis
JOHN RED g. Co, one Of the oldest ship.
building firms ON the Clyde. Scotland, have
failed. with heavy liabilities
ON the steamer Ia Plata during her voy-
oge from buenos Ayres 60 Antwerp $40. 600
ln specie and bonds were stolen.
Heee ScHwTz. editor of the Cologne
G0ze'tc, has been sentenced e. ono months
imprisonment ln fortress for publishing
caiumu.os against the Empress Frederick.
mother oi Emperor William.
fo9ruotL hss been noafed that England
VIII uEiee to conference o. settle th8 dis.
pute between the tWo nations. <.-
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The Shah Of Persia's recent visit t6
Europe has been very beneficial to his
subjects. Whether he has grown wise
in his old age oris anxious to appear pro-
gressive, the fact remains that he is
doing great deal for the improvement
OF the sanitary and moral condition Of
Teheran. lie is introducing sewerage
into the city and has broken up what are
known in this part of the world as
"'dives." 1t is said that Hadji Hassein
Ghooly Kahn, ex-minister to the United
States, has greatly assisted the Shah in
in these reforms.
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FATAL SNOW SLIDES.
An Idaho Town Almost Wrecked by
Avalanches. [

Tho town OF Burke, Idaho In Cnur d'Alene
mining district has beon nearly destroyed by
disastrous avalnnchos. Half of the business
houses are I'm ruins. Three men were killed
and the tsTror-stricken inhabitants have fed
to the towns or Gem and Wallace, fearing n
repetition of the disaster, With scarcely a mo
meiiCs warning, a tremendous mass OF snow
and rocks swept down upon the town from
the west side of tile narrow guich I'm which Il
rs situated.
Five men were buried beneath tho snow.
Two were rescued, but the others arc dead,
Tho Inflated town lies I'm narrow gilch.
through which Canyon Creek pours It's water
into the south fork Of the Cosur d'Alene. IL
had about two hundred inhabitants, who
have deserted their wrecked or menaced
homes aud places of business. Another disas-
trous avalanche sweep down upon n boarding
house connected with the Custer Mine, situa-
ted upon Nine Mile Creek, about Ave miles
from Burke. The house was full of miners,
six Of whom were killed. The others had a
narrow escape and several were more or less
N fure1 -. NssA
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A Delicate Operation on Lloncss.

Yesterday morning Keeper Havens Of
the Gress Zoo, performed n very delicate
operations
The silver lioness, "Mollic," chewcd
up piece of raw beef, which the butcher
had chopped up with clcavcr, leaving
some fragments OF bone in the flesh. 1t
Is not the custom of the keeper to give
the animals flesh that contains any bone
at all. In this instance sharp silver of
bono pierced the lioness' gum on the out
side of the jaw, next TO the check, Just
below the left eye. The place swellcd
up and festered, and the animal suffered
great deal Of pain. Her head was
swollen, and she was unable to cat.
Yesterday morning Keeper Havens
went TO the cage, and by coaxng the
lioncss, he got her to lie down, and then
he slipped ropes over her fore feet,
stretching them 90 either side OF the
cage and tying them securely. "Mollic"
kicked and struggled until the keeper
fondled her awhile. After she was Sc
cured he entered the cage all alone, and,
taking her head between his knees, he
cut a small incision in the check took
his lance and drew out the silver, an inch
in length.
He did the work al alone, and no ono
else was present during the performance
Of the operation.
Yesterday afternoon, after she had
been released several hours, he visited
the cage, and she met him with q graft
fed look, holding the wound up TO the
bars Of the caOc ag If qho yyero ,,lad that
he had performed the operation that re-
licvcd her, and she appeared as docile
and kindly MS O kitten, although she had
been fierce and resentful before. 1T
iqHtn C0Hsttuti0u.
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The Costllcst Book Erinnt

The Vatican Library. at Rome. cello.
brated for its thousands of valuable
books, has copy Of the Hebrew Bible.
l0r which Pope Julius, in 1912, refused
Sl2j, 600 The would bo purchasers
were a syndicate of rich Hebrews. They
did not exactly offer Julius 1926, 600 for
hs biblical treasure, they simply told
him they would give its weight i'm sgold
As tho book weighs 325 pounds the ofor
made IS equivalent 20 the figures given,
81. Logis RVable,
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for the position Of fireman. od-day,
sir"
That's all there is 70 my story Molly
and were married, and went to Chicago
20 live, took the new train, and have
brought her in on time every trip I've
run; SO you can see I've pretty good
record with the company. I've never
seen Billy since, and l don't believe he
wants to see me; for Bob told me last
time | saw him that they all called the
old man Martins Fireman. that ht
know 1t, and naturally didn't like
1t. There's my mate signaling for me
now sir, and | must go,-Nss fort
Leiyer.
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The Civil Service examiners have some
queer experiences. An applicant for ap-
Pointment on the police force of one Of
our cities in filing in tho replies to
questions about his habits, wrote that he
took five cocktails before breakfast
Another frankly wrote that he took CON
siderable liquor, and when asked If a
physician prescribed it said mo, pre-.
scribed il for myself"
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A Daniel has come to judgment in
Montreal, where man has been con-
demned to pay one dollar damages for
having called upon person in factory
with the view to collecting debt. The
court held that the domicilc of the debtor
Is the proper place at which to demand
money that is owing. II further declared
that to ask on the streets for money that
IS dueGonstitutes an assault.
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Where would Snowman Barnum be IN
oil the world had the same opinions Of
monstrosities as the Chinese have2 en-
quires the London FYgqro. A woman in
the Fukien province recently gave birth
20 a boy with four eyes. The mother
was very much frightened and wished to
have the child killed, but the husband
would not allow it 10 be done It was
finally agreed to exhibit the child for q few
days TO prevent such an unfortunate affair
ever occurring again in the family. The
Chinese believe that such dofornitics
arc caused by evil spirits After it had
been on view for some time tho mother
put an end to the child's existence by
drowning 10 in O tub OF water.
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American push is beginning to be not
only appreciated but feared in Europe.
1t has been proposed to hold a Worlds
electrical Exposition in Frankfort in
June next, TO be continued for five
months. Herr Siemens, Germanys fore
most electrician, warns his fellow coun.
trymen that Germany cannot now com.
pete with America in the number of new
electrical inventions, and advises that
the exhibition be postponed eighteen
months, until the disparity becomes less
startling.