Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02
WASHINGTON LETTER
BOTH BRANCHES OF CONGRESS- IN
DULGING IN A SIESTA.
Cosby News from the National Capt.
tai Concerning Men AMI Measures.
A Summary of the Happenings OF
the Past Week.

the Past Week.
The nature of the proceedings in tho
senate this week VIII be determined 10y tho
attendance. II no quorum is present there
will probably be adIoulnments from day to
day. II there is quorum, counting the
senators on both sides Of the chamber, tho
debate on the elections bill will be continued,
and one Of the features OF the discussion
will be speech by Senator Hoar. the
sponsor of the bill in the senate. Should
there be quorum OF republican senators
during the week--something hardly prob
able-there may be expected transforms
ton of the light skrmishing which has
been in progress for month, into a heavy
engagement OF the political forces, for it is
the intention TO take up the new cloture
rule introduced by Senator Aldrich as soon
as safe republican majority can be as
sured. 1t is not expected that any business
Will be transacted in tho house during the
week. There is a possibility, however,
though not probability, Of aquorum being
in attendance after Friday or Saturday,
aud should the unexpected happen, tho APP
propriations committee is prepared to take
advantage Of the circumstance and call up
one of tho regular annual appropriation
bills.
JEWISH STATISTICS.
Tho division Of vital statistics Of the CEN
sus Office has prepared bulletin, which is
now in press, containing a summary Of the
results or the special inquiry concerning tho
Jews in this country. The inquiry resulted
in the return Of l0,6lS completed family
schedules, embracing 60, $50 living pers )ns
on Dec. 81, 1882 and in these families
there had been 2, 14S marriages, 6,O3S
births and 2,062 deaths during the five
years ending on that date. The social con-
dition of the families is indicated, TO somo
extent, by the number of servants kept by
them, and as about two-thlrds are reported
as keeping one or moro servants, the fami-
lies reported may be said 10 DO in easy cir
cumstances. The average number of per-
sons to each family on Dec. 81, 1889, was
5.7l, and the average annual number for
the five years covered by these statistics
was 5.47, The average annual number OF
marriages per 1000 of total population was
much lower than the general rate, being
but "A, and the Average age at marriage
is greater than among tho general popula-
ton. The low marriage rate and the in
creased average age at marriage are tho
The deaths reported for tho FIVE years give
an average annual death rate of I'll per
1000 of population, being about half tho
average rate for the general population.
The expectation of life at the age of 10
years based upon the death ratio for tho
year 1885 is Gl. and Sc 02 years for males
and females respectively, as against 40. 90
and 1906 as calculated By life insurance
companies for the general population of
this country. Contrasting the birth and
death rates for those of native born and
foreign born parents indicates that the birth
rate Is decreasing and the death rate in
creasing with more prolonged residence in
this country, but the general results indi-
cato that the Jews here retain many OF tho
peculiaIities which have been noted among
them ia Europe.
NEW SILVER DOLLAR.
A new silver dollar viii be created by tho
Pan AmericIn monetary conference, which
meets in Washington this week. It will
be dollar circulated not merely in the
United States, but throughout all the ro-
publics Of the new world. What it will be
| Ike remains to be determined by the Goa
ference. but there is very little doubt on
this point In all probability it will re-
semblc somewhat the United States silver
dollar. with portrait Of Columbus TO talSo
tue place OF tn, Goliess OF Liberty on tho
one side, the diverse varying.
SENATOR'S FLEEcED.
A man who 81 med himself VIM. Duval
has written letters to nearly every member
OF the United States senate during the past
three weeks claiming he has just named
his first born son after the senator addressed
and enclosing five tickets to "A benefit con-
cert at one dollar per ticket. Each letter
contained certificate OF birth, and the
transaction looked so clelr that over 20
senator's. including the two from Michigan,
and Vice-President Morton yielded to the
hattery of the willy Duvall and sent him IS
or so and some nicely engraved solid silver
token TO go with it, Senator henderson
of Nebraska detected the fraud when no
received his letter.
NOTES
The Christmas club, of Washington, on
tertaiued GOO poor children at dinner and
afterwards distributed present to each
one. Mrs. Dimmick represented the presi-
dents family, and was an Interested spec
tator of the pretty scene.
The war department has received ne in
formation in regard to the reported inva-
sion OF the Cherokee strip. The depart
ment commander has standing instructions
to keep the boomers out at all hazards. and
war department officials have no doubt that