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Washington.

THE Superintendent of the Census has
prepared bulletin giving the centre OF
population of the United States at point III
Southern Indiana little west OF south Oh
Greensburg.
DURING a recent session there were l3C
pension bills passed in the space Of forty-hVe
minutes by the United States Senate.
THE State Department says that the re-
ciprocity treaty with Brazil ruins the mar
ket for Cuban sugar in the United States.
SUPERINTENDENT PORTER, of the Census
Bureau, has Just prepared an intro 1uctlon tc
the bulletin on the private indebtedness oil
individuals and corporations in the UnlteJ
States. He has an abstract of every mort
gage placed on record in every county IN TIM
United States for the past ten years.
THE President sent to the Senate the nomi
nation of Martin A. Knapp, of New York, t.
be Interstate Commerce Commissioner, tt
succeed Mr.. Schoonmaker. Mr.. Knapp is {
prominent lawyer of Syracuse.
The triennial council of women wa:
opened in Washington, and various Reforms
were discussed.
THE United States Senate i'll secret session
confirmed the nomination Of Charles Foster
of Ohio, to be Secretary Of the Treasury, by
O unanimous vote.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SPAULDING has
made ruling that parcel containing Pro,
fessor koch's lymph is properly subject tc
duty at the rate of twenty-five per cent al
Ialorem.
TEMPERANCE was discussed at the Woman:
Triennial Council at Washington.
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FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
In the Senate.

c4TH DAy.-The Indian Depredations bill
was passed :. Senate bill setting apart q
certain tract Of land in Arizona for Indian
schools and other educational purposes was
passed. The Senate bill to increase the PEN
sion Of Brigadier-Generai W. H. Powell to
S72 a month was passed.
65TH DAY-The Nicaragua Canal bill was
discussed, Messrs. Vest and Davis opposing
it. AT the evening session l24 pension bills
were passed.
9th DAY-The Nicaragua Canal bill was
taken up as the unfinished business, and Mr..
Morgan addressed the Senate in defence OF
the Bill. Mr. Spooner reported favorably
q proposed amendment to the Deficiency
bill, appropriating :2,500,00O to reimburse
the States Of New York, Pennsylvania, De.a-
ware, Virginia and South Carolina and tho
city of Baltimore for money advanced by
them in support of the war OF 1872. The
conference report on the Naval Appropria-
ton bill was agreed to. The Senate then ad-
journed.
9th DAY.-The credentials Of Mr.. Platt,
of Connecticut, for his new Senatorial term
beginning March next were placed on file.
-. Dir. Morgan and Mr.. Vest had an en-
counter over the Nicaragua Canal bill....
The Sundry Civil bill were discussed and
several amendments were made
6STH DAY Little progress was made with
the Surdr Civil bill :. . The bill to establish
q United States Land Court was passed.
G9TH DAY.-After eulogies by Messrs..
German and Spooner, the Senate adjourned
out of respect to tho memory OF Senator
Wilson.
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South and West.

THE Cincinnati express struck and killel
Martha Moore and Sarah Moles, two colored
women. at Lake station, Md. John Dodson
was severely injured.
CROWDS of people, including many war
veterans assembled at the stations along tue
line taken by tae funeral train bearing the
BODY of General Sherman to st. Louis. AT
many place bands playe1 dirges, bells were
tolled and other tributes OF respect were
paid to the dead hero's memory.
RIVERSIDE, a suburb of Parkersburg. w.
Va, was practically wiped out by the Onio
River floods.
Ben JEFFERSON. a miner, was killed by
falling slate and his son-in-law, Bill Thomas,
was fatally hurt at Adgar Mines near Bir-
mingham, Ala.
Ar, McCUBB1N, an extensive stockman hv.
;po four miles north of Leigh, Neb., shot and
killed his wife and hired man, Frank Yob,
and then took aconlte.
DR.. MAR1Us DUvALL, Medical Director OF
the United States Navy, retire, died sud
denly at his home in Baltimore Md. tie
was nearly seventy-three years OF age
THE receding waters Of the Ohio River re-
veal an appalling scene of destruction.
A. NJ. OSBORNE, Of the Sunday World
was shot dead at Columbus, Ohio, and Mr..
HUGHES late steward Of the Imbeclle Asylum
was also instantly killed in street atfray.
MUCH damage has been done by, the hooa
in Illinois and Ohio and on the RACINE
Slope.
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In the House.

CPD DAY.-Speaker Reed, having recovered
from his Temporary indisposition called tho
House to order. Mr.. Kelley introduced
bill TO repeal that part of the National Bank-
ing act that requires National banks
to purchase United States bonds.
The House than went into Committee OF
the Whole (Mr. Allen, Of Michigan, in tho
chair On the Postoflicc Appropriation bill.
Without disposing of the bill the committee
arose, and the House adjourned until eight
O'Clock -. The Immigration bill was cons!d-
cred Mt the night session, but without max
ing much progress, the House adjourned.
G3aD DAY. MIR. GrccnhalSc introduced
JOINT resolution to bring tho employees under
the Indian Bureau within the provisions OF
the Civil Service act. The House then pro.
cecded to the consideration of the bill fixing
the salaries Of United States District Judges
The House substitute was withdrawn,
leaving the Senate bill i'll it's original form,
providing that the salaries of district judges
Shall be $500 per annum. At this point the
House took recess until evening, at which
cssion pension bills were considered.
G4Tu pAY.-Mr. Wickhanl submitted to
the House, by authority of the majority of
the Coinage COMMITTEES, an adverse report
On the Senate bill for the free coinage OF
silver. =. The Postofiice Appropriation bill
was then laid aside with favorable reconl-
menGatior, and Mr.. Cannon called up the
Deficiency Appropriation bill. Tho House,
at o'clock, adjourned, without disposing OF
the bill.
65TH DAv.-Thcre was no further filbus-
tering by the Democrats and the Deficiency
bill was considered. .. Mr.. Wikc has pro-
POSED plan to impeach Speaker Reed for
falsifying the record of the HOUSE.
GOTH DAY.-Mr. Bouteile presented the
conference report on the Naval Appropria-
ton Lil. 1t was adopted. =. Mr.. McComas
introduced bill to establish a system of
postal savings depositories az branch of tho
Postoffice Department Tho Direct Tax
bill was passed by u vote of 112 to 10l.
9th DAY.-For the second time i'll its
history the House held two district legisla-
tive sessions in the one calendar day. The
House, having adjourned at five o'clock, met
again at eight O'clock Mr.. Burrows occupy
ing the chair Mr.. Dingley, of Maine sub
mitted the report of the Silver Pool lnvesti-
eating Committee Tho House then went
into Committee of the Whole Mr.. Dingley,
-, ''~'''" IN the chair. on the Agricultural
Appropriation bill. which wa. 49, ,zu'
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CHARLES FOSTER.

The President has nominated Charles Eos
ter, Of OHIO, to be Secretary of the Treasury
to succeed William Window, who died sud-
denly after speaking at banquet in New
York City. Mr. Foster was elected Cover
nor of Ohio, as the representative OF sound
money, over General Thomas Ewing, who
was the candidate Of the Greenbackers.
Charles Foster began life as clerk in his
fathers store, in Fostoria, Ohio, and at the
age of eighteen was admitted to partnership
in the business. He at once assumed the
management Of the establishment. Its
transactions were even then extensive, but
by his push. sagacity and enterprise young
Foster developed the firm to a remarkable
DEGREE gained great wealth and won the re-
putation of a most shrewd and successful
merchant. At the present time he is prob
ably the richest man In Northwestern Ohio.
He is man Of many activities and his In
terests are wide and diversified. He Is q
manufacturer on large scale. His rail-
road holdings are very heavy and he Is d.
rector in several important lines in the State
Of Ohio and beyond its limits. The banking
house OF Foster & Go. is one Of the sonndest 81
in the W.St. Mr.. Foster Is the President OF
the Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Com
pany, and his real estate possessions alone are
sufficient to make him very rich man.
He will be si1ty-three years old in few
months, having been born in Seneca County,
Ohio, April l2, 1928. The town, which is
called after the name Of his family, was for:
merly Rome, laid out about 1882, and rival
town, about mile to the north Of it,
which was called Risdon. In 1852 the
two were consolidated and named Fostoria,
in honor Of the elder Foster. The newly
appointed Secretary of the Treasury wa
.ta,,;oa T., 1924 to hpoia dauphtar of ,1I1dpf
Olmstead, of Fremont, Ohio. The family con
sists of two daughters, one of whom is ths
wife of DR.. P. l.. Myers, of Fostoria. The
other daughter is unmarried.
Mr.. Foster is well known in Washington
having been a member Of four Congresses
the Forty-second, Forty.third, Forty-fourtt
and Forty-fi He has been twice Cover:
nor of Ohio. His first election was in 1871
and he was reelected in 1881.
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II,
A MARINE DISASTER, x
EIghtsen Sailors Perish Near San
.Francisco, Cal.

GiS Shl>< oaiioiS EcrISn near san
AFrancisco, Cal.
The ship Elizabeth, of New York,Awent
ashore on the rocks at North Head, nearsSan
Francisco, Cal, few nights ago. She had
twenty men ION board-the Captain, two
mates, the cook and sixteen sailors: also tho
Captains wife and two children.
Three Sailors the Captains wife and the
children got of in a small boat. The boat
capslzed, but the occupants were rescued by
tug.
The Captain and seventeen of the crew
were drowned. A lifeboat went to the aid
OF tho shipwrecked sailors, but was capszed
by the waves and the Captain of ths boat
drowned.
The story of the wreck, as told BY one of
the survivors, is as follows: The vessel was
sighted off the port early in the afternoon,
and Captain Colcord decided to sail in. The
wind was blowing a furious gale from tbs
the southwest, and finally the tug
Monarch came to the Elizabeth's
ance was refused because OF exorbtaut
charges asked by the tug. The tug Alert
then made fast to the Elizabeth, but her
hawser soon broke, and the ship drifted be-
fore the wind toward the shore Just as tie
second hawser was made fast she struck tie
ROCKS.
Then Captain ColcorI lowered the beat TO
take his wife and children of. As the boa:
struck the water it capsized, throwing three
sailors.:James Laken, George Hanna and
Grant JohnSon--into the water. They clung
to the bottom OF the boat and were picked up
by tue tug.
The Captains family were then lowered
in another boat and taken to the tug by the
mate and two seamen The bo.t returned
to the ship and it's occupants psrished with
the rest Of the ships crew.
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ALIVE AFTER l9 DAYS.
Phenomenal Rescue Of Four Jeans
Vile penny Miners.

After being nineteen days buried in the
Evansville mine, four OF the victims of ths re-
can't disaster were found alive. Their names
are John Tomaskusky, Joe Mastuskowich,
John Rerno and Bosco Frinko.
About o'clock p NJ the Searchers, who
had been working day and night to recover
the bodies Of the miners, all Of whom were
supposed to be dead, heard O tapping on
wall in an unused portion of the mine. They
redoubled their efforts and were soon re-
warded by hearing voice which they at
once recognized as, that Of q Hungarian
known as "Big Joe."
Superintendent McFarlane and Caleb
Williams pushed ahead and found in q
breast Of the east gangway Of the north
pitch the bodies of four men. They were
lying in various positions. all huddled to-
gether in their efforts to keep warm. ES-
animation showed that all were alive, weak
ened of course by the awful torture OF hun
ger and thirst but still alive. They ware so
weak that, with one exception, they could
not at oncs be moved. John TomaskuskyS
great physique had left him in better shape
than any Of the rest, and hs was moved to
the bottom Of the slope Of the first lift into
the engine house.
Mastuskowich, in an interview, said: II
never gave up hops but that We would all be
rescued alive, although my companions did.
They recalled similar disasters ip which men
perished. said let US pfayto God, He will
help us out. So He did.
''For the first eight DAYS we lived on the
contents of our dinner pals. We had them
prstty well Allied with pork, hra.! :.:.a ..-. !
! Cheese. The first day I said, Now as there is
hope Of being rescued We will ration our
, , food! Itwas agreed and we got together in
the corner Of tie breast.
1.-THE cold was intense. We had to keep
crowded and hug each other to keep warm.
At first we could not drink the sulphur
water, but necessity compelled US, and in the
course Of time we liked it. On the ninth day
our last food was gone. We were surrounded
by water and debris thought would go
OH little exploring expedition.
II was mighty lucky. I found dinner
| pail. There was not much in it, but what
there was we lived on for two days. Then I
was almost too weak to go on foraginS ex-
| petitions
"As last resort we had to kill the rats,
and they, like ourselves, were half starved
| and desperate. They would attack us bold
ly, and we had to fight them off. killed
three or four day. We had no hesitancy
in eating their legs. 1t was good food. We
would certainly have starved had We not
in1 +ho rats to eat w" -, ~ ~ 49,
30 r,ar 20 TLar than aa+ each other
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eaa,ern and Middle States.

CALEB s. GREEN, ex-Judge of the New
Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, died at
Trenton.
MRS. JOHN TENNEFF was killed and Miss
Lizzie Wyne fatally hurt while coasting at
Burlington, VT.
J. j. ScANLoS, of the United States Sc
cret Service, has gathered in Boston some
$4,000 in counterfeit money under the new
law restricting its possession, except by per-
mission of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Most of the money was taken from protes-
sional teachers of the art of detecting bad
money.
ALASDsL1pE near Franklin, Penn, killed
two men.
SIX lives were lost during a fire in Brook
lvn. n. Y, which destroyed double tene-
ment house. 1t was supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
FOUR of the miners who were caught ny
the rush of water and imprisoned III the
Jeanesville tPenn.l mine were found nhve
after being buriel for nineteen days
Grief ENGINEER GEORGE H. WHITE, Uni
ted States Navy, died in Philadelphia few
days ago. He vas native of pennsylvania,
and about fifty-eight years old, and during a
period of over thirty years was IL almost
continuous active service.
GENERAL ROBERT MCALLISrER, COM
mander of the Eleventh New Jersey Reg!-
ment. died recently at his home Ill beiVl-
dere, \. j.
FRANK GABEL, who was recently re-
elected Tax Collector of Texas PENN town:
Shin, has disappeared. leaving balance o.
S22OO0 owing to the county. He lett leu
ter saving he intenlel to go away, ana, IKE
his father before him, put an enl to Ills HE
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INTIMIDATION AMONG WOMEN.

: Careful investigation Of the subject by DR..
Imcy 81. Hall. O prominent temperance
worker. has convinced her that intemperance
is alarmingly on the increase among the
women Of this country. This celebrated
physician, in a recent lecture ct Cooper
Union, New York, gave some Of the results
of her researches upon the subject. Inc
tendencies to depend upon stimulsuts, wnen
once INDUCED in, is doubtless more marked
among women than men. By reason OF their
more delicate organism, they are subject 70
q thousand ills that men are not, ana upon
ascertaining that stirnulants will bring tne
desired relief, there is steady growth OF the
appetite that soon reaches point where the
vii is subservient to the indulgence OF de.
coctions, and makes them mentally ana
physically @ wreck. Had DR.: Hall pursued
The investigation in another channel, do9ot-
less, she would have ascerta1ned that otner
evils. involving great danger, In most m
stances precede this alcoholic indulgence:
On every side are displayed tontcs ana
sadatiyes' their alleged virtues portrayed ia
a manner to attract attention, ana ips
duce indulgence to ascertain their enecs,
Notwithstanding the views expressed py Gl.
Hail. specialists assert that the general heaitn
of women has improved, and that the gentler
sex is deteriorating Is not founded upon Icy
Edueation should be in the direction OF the
Avoidance Of stimulants apd strict attenTi9G ,I1 9
to the laws Of health Iess-
11'uul, L----.>
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THE LABOR WORLD.
AUSTRIA has women hod-carriers.
The labor market continues restless.

AUSlhiA las WOLueu uOu-CdITleTS.
The labor market continues restless.
METALLIC railroad ties are increasing.
HAvRE, France, has 200 cigar factories.
CANADIAN laborers cross the border daily.
DEEP mining will be tried in California.
r DENvER's Trade Assembly has thirty four
unions.
TOLEDO Ohio, has Working Girls Fed.
eral Union.
ONLY three Pittsburg PENN mills use
natural gas.
A LASTING machine operated 5y one man
handles 5000 pairs week.
IT is now the National Federation of Tex
tile Workers of America.
A BILL to compel weekly payments is be-
fore the Missouri Legislature.
New YORK stove r,ounters and drillers are
working up an international union.
A BRANCH Of the Workers. Cremation So
ciety is to be organized in Long Island City,
N. Y.
In Toledo, Ohio, this season, carpenters
will not work for less than twenty-five cents
ell hour.
A HOME for unemployed operative tailors
is to be established by the Boston (Mass.)
Clothing Operators Union.
The make of pig.iron in the Cleveland
(Ohiol district during lo0O was 2,SlG, OS9 tons,
the largest output on record
The coal miners risks are shown by the
thousands of widows and fatherless children
in the coal regions Of this country
SOUTHERN furnaces have compelled the
Pennsylvania iron men to demand twenty
per cent. reduction in freight rates.
THE Workingwomen's Society Of New
York has introduced bill fixing sixty hours
as weeks work for women, aud eight hours
Us the day for minors.
THE unemployed workingman of Berlin,
Germany, threaten to hold mass nesting
to protest against the action of the lnunici-
pal authorities in refusing to start relic:
works.
The car-washers section hands, engine
wipers and lamp-cleaners Of the railroads
centring in Boston. Mass, at a meeting
voted to make an effort to secure uniform
wage Of $l.75 per day.
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FIGHTING IN CHILL,
Government Troops Suffer Defeat on
the Pampa.

On February Is baltic was fought on the
pampa, at Dolores, Chilli. The Government
was defeated with the loss of about 500 men
On February 16 Iquique surrendered to
the fleet. A riot the same night, caused bv
an inccndiary mob, was guellad By the fleet
and tho foreign residents One hundred anil
Seventy-fvc of the mob We're kllel and
wounded.
On February II tho opposition party
suffered check Oh the pampa ucar
Huara
On February 10 Iquique was surprised by
the remnant of the Government troops d.
fcatcl on the pa:npa. There was hard light
ing from morning till evening in the
town, the opposition holding the Inten,lcnca
ana firing from the fleet to pro-
tect the Intcndcncia and to cover the land
ing o! the marines The business part of tho
town was fire by inceniiaries the same
evening. Captain La,nhlon, Of the British Ship
haripitc, landed, under fire. to arrange nil
armiStice and to take on boarI any Of the re-
manning women and children from tho
town.
On the afternoon Of the 2Ct,l the Govern
ment troops were surrendered to the fleet by
Colonel Soto, who had fought sallantly. The
town is now i'll possession Of the fleet. The
women anil children are mostly living in tho
ships in the harbor, all the men rema ming
ut their offices. The hospital is full.
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Foreign.

THE Servian Ministry has resigned, owing
to internal dissensionS, which have been
found to be too bitter to enable tie Ministry
to remain in power.
An attempt was made at Buenos Ayres to
assassinate General Roca, formerly Argen-
tine Minister OF ths Interior.
THE Imperial and Prussian loans, in Ber-
lin, Germany, were subscriber for thirty
times over.
ADMIRAL L. n. PINzoNY ALVAREZ, Com
mander in Chief of the Spanish navy, Is
dead.
ADEsPATcdf from Morocco announces that
the arms factory at Fee has collapsed, several
persons being killed and many injured.
FIFTY insurgents have been killed in a
fight which took place on the frontier OF
Wuntho, Rangoon.
THE forces of Osman D:gma were defeated
at Tokar, in the Soudan, by Egyptian
troops officered by Englishmen. Osman
lost 1000 men. The Egyptians lost twelve
men.
JACREoUI. the notorious Mexican bandit
chief, and his band Of six men, who for
months terrorized the State of Ja.isca, were
surrounded and slain by soldiers after u
bloody battle.
The Brazilian Assembly has adopted the
proposed Constitution.
THE election for members of the Argentine
Chamber Of Deputies passed off quietly, and
the result shows that the Government has
gained several seats. Four Opposition news.
papers have been suppressed.
A RoDY of Italian friendlies, under Captain
Pinelli, in revenge for a raid on the Italian
frontier, surprised and attacked GOO
Soudanese natives near Burr, and routed
them in two battles, killing 200, including
the leading Chiefs.
MRS. ROSE WALKER, los years old, was
burned to death at st. John, New Brunswick,
by her bedclothes catching fire while she
was smoking.