The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-26
WASHINGTON, May 24.-In his prayer this
morning the chaplain said:

WASHINGTON, May 24-In his prayer this
morning the chaplain said:
Almighty God, we come before Thee bowed in
sympathy with the sorrow of thy servant, the
Speaker of the House, stricken by the death of
his venerable and beloved mother. Grant unto
him and unto all members of the House the only
consolation the heart can know in such be-
reavement, the hope inspired by the death of Thy
beloved son. AS we sit in the shadow Of this
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor
crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for
the former things are passed away"
During the delivery of the prayer the
Speaker occupied the chair. but while the
clerk was reading the journal he left the
hall, designating Mr.. Perkins of Kansas to
preside in his stead.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the river and harbor bill. and
later listened to eulogies of the late David
WILDER of New York.
Republican Committee.
WASHINGTON. May 25.-The Republican
congressional committee of the 51st Con-
gress held its first meeting tonight. Repre-
sentative sead; McComas S Of Maryland called the
ton was not effected. z committee of which
Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin is chairman, is
charged with the, duty Of preparing list of
officers and members of the executive CON-
mlttee for approval at the next meeting. The
following are the New England members of
the committee: New HamshiIe, Senator
Blair; Rhode Island, Representative Spoon
er; fermont, Representative Grant; Connec-
ticut. Representative Russell; Maine, Repre-
sentative Boutelle; Massachusetts,, Repre-
sentative Walker.
aThe Pension List.
WASHINGTON, May %. = Pensions have
been granted to tbs 6afGiNXTi f2ISnYTi"" ""'-
Jos. O. Hildreth, National Military Home, To-
Geo. H. Boston, North Yarmouth.
John I'll. Marshall, Camden.
Chas. A. HenricksOn, Waterville.
Hiram G. Jordan, Portland.
Albert Garland, Ellsworth.
Willard WinSlow, Lewiston.
INCREASE.
Sylvester Goodwin, navy, North searsport.
Elijah Stone, navy, Brooklyn.
John D. Conary, Surry.
John Witham, Calais.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS, ETC.
W. D. Father, Milton.
W. Welch, Brunswick.
Jane, widow Of VIM. B. Skillen, North Var
mouth.
Ruth, widow of John R. Carpenter, Saco.
Margaret, widow of VIM. G. Davis, Kingman.
Washington Notes.
A Washington despatch to the Boston
Globe says: ut is not likely that Speaker
Reed will attend the banquet of the Home
Market Club In Boston next week. He left
Washington for Portland to attend the
funeral of his mother, who died this morning,
and under the circumstances he will not feel
like making speech at a public banquet so
shortly after his bereavement If the ban
quet is postponed for couple of weeks the
Speaker may be present"
A special despatch from Washington to
the Portsmouth Chronicle says: "For the
surveyorship in the Portland custom house
DR.. Wentworth, of Kittery, is the only can
didate. and he will receive the appointment
when the President gets around to it."
The President has directed that the Union
flag shall hereafter fly daily over the ex-
ecutive mansion from sunrise to sunset, in
stead of as. heretofore being hoisted on
special occasions.