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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
WORK DONE BY CONGRESS.
Over II, 600 Bills Pr scented in the Hous
and ., 900 in the Senate.

over II, 600 Bills Pr es entsd in the House
and 5000 in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The number of
bills and joint resolutions in the Con-
gress now drawing to close is up to
this time 14,191, and by the hour of adj
journment on Wednesday will be, in
round numbers, 90, 1000, as members are
still introducing measures in great num-
bers, although there is not the slightest
chance of the passage of any now Of
fered.
This is nearly 20 per cent. in excess of
the number introduced in any preceding
Congress. These bills have all been re-
ferred to their appropriate committees,
and about 1900 reports have been made
from these committees upon bills. OF the
1880 bills and joint resolutions intro
duced. over IA, 900 have been presented in
the House and over 5,000in the Senate.
Of the 1000 introduced in the House
over ZOO have been reported upon by
committees, while 1000 were passed by
the House and a greater number by the
Senate.
Among the most important measures
which have been made laws are the bill
regulating immigration, the Direct Tax
Refunding bill, the bill authorizing the
construction of bridges over streams un-
der the direction of the Secretary of War,
the Anti-Lottery bill, the bill for the re-
lief of the Supreme Court by establish
ing Courts of Appeal and the appoint
ment of additional Circuit Judges, the
Tariff act and its accompanying recipro-
city features, the Pension bill of last
session, the bill increasing the purchases
of silver and the issuance of certificates
therefor, the Customs Administrations
bill, the measure relating to the Hawaiian
treaty, and the bill to carry out large
number of important treaty obligations
with Indians.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE
DesOlatiOn Follows the Flood
in the ella Valley.
$50 HOUSES IN RUINS AT YUMA
The Water Covers the Country in One
Grand Lake for Fifty Miles Across.

People Driven to the Tree Tops-Many
! Become Exhausted from Cold and HIM.
ger and Drop Into the Watsr-The Loss
OF Life WIN be AppallinE-Helpins the
sufferers-Ss. 600. 900 Lost.
YUMA, Ariz., March 2.-Over ESQ
houses are in ruins in this city and 1, 400
people are homeless. It is feared that
hundreds of lives have been lost in the
Gila Valley. No reliable reports can be
obtained from that locality, as the roads
are impossible and all the wires are
down.
Above Yuma the river is seven miles
wide, and below the town the water
covers the country in one grand lake over
DO miles across.
Over 1000 persons are being fed daily
al the Southern Pacific Hotel, and the
town has sufficient provisions for light
days more. The blockade of west-bound
trains, it is expected, will be raised in
about four days, but it will be at least
two weeks before they can go east.
People Driven to the Tree-tops.
Reports from Jakuno, Is miles above
here. are to the effect that the foo d
drove the people into the tree-tops. MANY
became weak from cold and hunger be.
fore the flood abated, and dropped into
the water and were drowned. 1t is es-
tim ated that anywhere between 30 and
100 lives were lost in the valley. Desc
latlon re1gns supreme all along the val
ley.
Helping the Sufferers.
Every house on the hills has been
thrown open to receive the homeless and
hundreds are CHARTERED in tents in the
old bT1SIA
chants have opened their goods on the
streets in order to help the sufferers. kSxs
Losses About So, 600, 900.
The losses in this county will foot up
nearly So, O00, 900, and the damage suf-
fered by the railroad company will
amount to more than $3.50, 900. The
common loss has brought all classes of
citizens together, and all have worked
with will, first in trying to save the
town by constructing rude levee, and,
when that effort proved futile, saving as
much as possible from the ruins. The
old town will probably not be rebuilt, as
both merchants and residents will erect
their stores and houses on the hills in
order to be out of reach of any further
damage.
Terrible Loss of Life.
A boat which arrived yesterday from
Mohawk, 60 miles up the Gila River,
brings reports of terrible loss of life, ali
the country being under water. The
poor Mexicans are the greatest sufferers,
their entire possessions being swept
away, and having no reserves to fall
back on. There is yet vast stretch of
territory to be heard from, and every
one fears that when full returns are in
the loss of life will be of appalling mag.
aitude. Reports from the Valley of the
Colorado below this place, state that
hundreds of the Cocopah Indians have
been drowned.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
WASHINGTON TOPICS
Only Two Days Left for the
Fifty-First Congress.
10000 BILLS WERE INTRODUCED
The Time Until Adjournment to be Main.
ly Devoted to Conference Reports.

Senator NlandorEOn the Caucus Nominee
for President Pro Temporo- objec.
ton Raised to Negro Postmsster-Mr.
Coon's Nomination Expected for As
sIstant Treasurer.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-There is prac.
tically but two working days remaining
for the 51st Congress to complete its
labors and adjourn, as it must at noon
on Wednesday next. The time of both
the Senate and the House during these
two days will be mainly devoted to the
consideration of conference reports on
appropriation bills, and several other
important measures which are now in
conference.
In the House the chairmen of the
special committees to investigate the
work of the Civil Service Commission,
the alleged misconduct in Office of Com
missioner of Pensions Raum, and the
silver pool investigation have all made
reports, and will endeavor to have the
House, before the final adjournment,
take action on them. The chances, how
ever, for action on these matters before
the close, in view of the limited time and
the urgency of the appropriation bills
now in conference, are very slim.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02

past two months. The arrangements
Lor the funeral are not yet completed in
detail. Private services will be held
here at the home of the late Senator on
Thursday, and on Friday his remains,
accompanied by Mrs. Hearst, his son w.
r. Hearst, DIR. Charles S. Ward, of New
York, j. S. Follansby and John Wedder-
burn and the Congressional committees,
will be taken to San Francisco, where q
public funeral will take place.
George Hearst was born in franklin
County, No., Sept. 8, 1920 He was
given a public school education, and
passed his early manhood on his fathers
farm. In 1850 he went to California,
where he worked in the mines and To-
Gated and purchased mining property
until his Pacific Coast mines and mills
gave employment to 1000 men, and his
quartz mills crushed 1000 tons of ore
daily.
In 1865 he was elected to the Califor-
mia Legislature, and became a promi-
nent figure in California politics. In
1885 the Democrats, who were in the
minority, gave him their unanimous
vote for United States Senator, and ON
March %, 1886, he was appointed United
States Senator to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of John F. Miller He was
elected to the Senate to succeed Abram
Fl. Williams in 1887.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Otis Earl, so years old, of North
Thetford, VT, committed suicide by
drinking mixture of paris green in
cider.
Four cows and nine sheep have died in
1ronia and Flanders, n. j., within the
past few days, as the result of bites by a
mad dog.
Chief Arthur of the brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers has gone to Dem
yer to settle the differences of the Broth
erhood men with the officers of the Rio
Grande Western.
Max Rothschild was arrested in New
York charged with an elaborate scheme
of swindling Western merchants, which,
IL Is SAID, he has been carrying on with
profit for two years.
/ 1t is stated on high ecclesiastical
authority that the French Canadian
Bishops have been severely disciplined
by the Papal College for interfering in
political matters.
The rolling mills at Joliet, Ill. have
been shut down indefinitely, and 1000
men are thrown out of employment.
The company refused the demand of the
men for sliding scale.
In the case of w. w. Thompson. in
dicted at Albany, N. Y, for forgery in
the first degree, the jury returned a YER
dict of guilty and the prisoner was re-
manded for sentence until. mex Tuesda
Three hundred and fifty of the miners
who are on strike at Durham, England.
have been fined ten shillings each for
leaving their work without giving notice
to their employers.
Judge Charles H. Phelps, brother of
ex-Mlnister to England Edward J.
Phelps, died yesterday, at Burlington,
Iowa, aged ". He was the first man to
read the telegraph instrument by sound.
Four persons of those afflicted with
smallpox at Clarion Junction, Pa, on
the line of the Buffalo, Rochester s.
Pittsburg Railroad, have died. The in
fected district is under strict quaran-
tine.
Police superintendent Willard of Troy.
n. Y, says he will not permit the Nc
Carthy-Dixon fight to take place there.
and has so notified the Crib Club, under
whose direction the meeting was to come
off.
Rochester, N. Y, physicians say there
are between 400 and 500 cases of grip in
that city, mostly among children. 1t is not
as severe as the grip of last year. 1t is
not dangerous, but has a tendency to
pneumonia.
The Provincial Legislature of Vic
toria, b. G., has passed a resolu-
ton to petition the Dominion Govern
ment to make the Chinese poll tax 500.
abolish return certificates and restrict
the number carried inward by the steam
ships.
The electrotypers' strike of Boston bids
fair to be prolonged indefinitely, as there
seems to be no disposition on the part of
either side to make concessions. The
strikers have voted to open cooperative
shop. They will receive the support of
the International typographical Union.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
WANTS TO DIE IN PEACE.

Eva Steele Asks to be Allowed to Coma
mune in Silence.
NEWARK, N. j., March 2.-Eva Steele.
who occupied so much of the public time
and attention during her trouble over the
unfortunate Robert Ray Hamilto on affairs,
has settled in Roseville, near this city.
Her name crept into a Newark news
paper last week, and Eva has written a
letter in which she says:
81 had hoped in this beautiful little
village to have remained undisturbed.
Left with the few short years that re-
NAMED of my checkered career and to
make such atonement and peace with
my Maker that might give me the solace
that might in the next world meet the
one SO cruelty wronged. All ask is to
be allowed to commune in silence. Do
not you and the public know that I am
human That have heart like every
body else? That God knows that that
heart is broken? Won't you please let
me rest in peace? Respectfully,
'EvA STEELE.'
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
The Presidant,s Trim.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The President
and Mrs. Harrison have not yet settled
all the details of their southern and west
ern journey, or in fact whether they will
go; but in few days, if they decide to
go, their plans will be in such shape that
something definite about the trip may be
announced. This much, however, is
known about the proposed trip. The
President will start from Washington
early in May, and the itinerary of the
journey will be planned so as to permit
the President to make q number of
speeches while en- route-most of them
in the Southern States.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
SHATTERED BY SCIENCE
All the Romance of Hog-Killing Time Ha
Pissed AWAY.

| All the Romance of Hog-Killing Time Has
Passed Away.
An old-tine hog-killing is hard to find
| now. Meat is bought too cheaplv from
the West. The prairie farms, where
| corn is burned as fuel, raise hogs too
easily to allow Southern farmers the
luxury of killing and curing their own
meat. You go to the pacl1ing-houses of
the West and drop porlzer into the
slot. In fifteen minutes he comes out
clear-ribbcd and sugar-cured lots-with
can of pure lard thrown in, and all
the hoof, hide and tallow present and
| accounted for. The poetry and plenty
of the old plantations have given way
to the steam packing mills with their
millions of pounds a month
Farmers used to make their hams
from necessity. Now they put them up
as luxury. 1t has gotten so that none
but well-to-do farmers can afford to
raise their own meat. In those days of
the steaming Gypsy pot, the hickory
ashes, the fat pen and the crisp sward
dyed in purple, we heard nothing of
trlchlne or pork corners. The only
meat futures were when the shote was
marked in July for killing in December.
Sometimes a mild winter robbed the
farmer of his meat. Occasionally his
pig-sty and smoke-house were raided
between the suns; but there was grease
and plenty in the hog killing on the
plantations. 1t was a fact that the
Southern slave enjoyed as large pro-
portion of the products of his labor as
any class of hired labor in the world,
and statistics show that the slave was a
larger consumer of animal food than
any class of laborers in Europe, and
larger than any other laboring popula-
ton in the United States.
You rarely see that rare spectacle of
roasted pig shipped upon the table en-
tire, like the peafowl in all it's glory on
the tables in Florence. There was the
mellow apple in his mouth. caught in
his expiring effort, and there preserved
with culinary skill is the ecstatic twist
of his tail. Now the railroads and
steamships have brought about divis-
ion of labor. Your hogs are steamed in
Chicago, your cows pastured in Michi-
gan, your turkeys dressed in Vermont,
your sirups boiled in Cuba, your ice
cream frozen in New York, your cuffs
washed in China, and your cotton by
and by will be grown in India and
Africa. Then there will be nothing left
in this solid and sunny South but to
cultivate melons in summer and million
aires in winter and write about the good
old times.-Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02

NEW YORK, March 2.-General VIM. T.
Sherman left no will. In all his business
relations the General was noted for his
exact methods, and it was generally sup
posed that he had many years ago made
his will. If he did, however, no trace of
it can be found. His sons made thor
ough search of his papers, which were
all carefully arranged, but there was
nothing among them that indicated any
disposition of his property. Application
has been made to the surrogate's court
for the appointment of the Rev. Thomas
E. Sherman and P. 7. Sherman, sons of
the deceased, as administrators ON the
personal property.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
TRAIN ROBBERS ARRESTED.
A Brakeman's Wife the Medium for Dis
posing of the Plnnder

posing of the Plnnder.
PHILADELPHIA, March s.-Since last
June the wife of a Reading Railroad
trainman has probably sold more valu-
able silks, laces and velvets than the
richest lady in the land has purchased
in the same time. She was the medium
through whom an organized gang of
train robbers in the railroads service
disposed of their wholesale plumber.
Part of the gang are under arrest, and
will have final hearing at Doylestown
this afternoon.
For months past numerous complaints
have been made to the officials of many
thefts of merchandise from freight cars,
and claims have been presented to the
company for the loss of silks, cloths,
velvets, hosiery, ETC., lost in transit over
the road. The case was placed in The
hands of Chief John G. O'Brien of the
Reading Railroads special officers to fer
ret out.
The clues were traced to the North
Penn branch, and the thefts located as
taking place in Bucks County on trains
between New York and Philadelphia.
Lewis Ransell, William Coyle and Abra-
ham Kulp, brakemen, were arrested and
taken to Doylestown for a hearing to-
day.
The value of the goods taken will
amount to many thousands of dollars.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02

The New Eighmie is the best shirt
you can wear. There is no shirt made
that can equal them for fit, and they
are easy to launder. The New Eigh-
mic has many Improvements over the
original shirt which in its time was SUI
perior to all others. Mems fine shirts
are our specially. We have them at
soc each, made from heavy, strong
cotton, linen bosom. 75c buys finer
shirt and $1.oo buys an extra fine
laundered shirt. Our Paris dress shirts
embroidered and pique bosoms, cost
$3.50. They are the shirt for we'd
dings or full dress. If you want the
best shirt your money can buy go to
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
AN oVER-RATEO BEAST.
The King of the Fores4 Ia More Easily
Ouclisd Than Is GeneraIlx Thonpht.

The King OF the Forest Ia More Easily
0uClisd Than Is Cenerany Thought.
A reporter asked Prof. Darling what
truth there was in the general theory
that lion can ue kept in subsection by
the mere power of the human eye. He
said 1t was i'll nonsense. Lions, he
averred, were held in subsection through
fear They are afraid of human being.
lion born in the jungle stands in
greater fear of man tina n a lion born and
brought up III captivity, for the reason
that to the captive lion the human figure
becomes familiar, and the element of
fear Springing from strange and I'M
usual appearance does not operate.
Darling turns his back on the lions in
the arena without any hesitation and
the lions are just as well-behaved when
his back is turned on them as when he
Is looking ct them. 1t is all right, how
ever, he says. to keep you eye on a lion,
just as it is entirely proper and neces-
sary to keep your eye on any dangerous
enemy or opponent, simply because you
want to know what an antagonist pro-
poses to do. He says, however, that
there is nothing of the sneak about a
lion at all. If he means to attack you
he gives you fair notice. The ferocity
of the lion, he says, is founded on fact.
1t is pretty dangerous for lion to bite
you, even by accident.
j asked him also if it was usual among
lion-tamers to cut the claws of lions or
to pull their teeth. He said that the
old-time containers used to cut their
claws occasionally, but it was impossi-
bic to pull their teeth without breaking
their jaws, us the teeth were so long
and SO strong and so firmly imbedded
in the bones. lie had never attempted
to cut their claws, for the reason that
the lions did not like to be disturbed by
manicuring, hated to be mastered, as al
ready mentioned, and the effect of such
proceedings was to make them more fero-
cious than otherwise they would be- He
said he had no doubt that lions suffered
occasionally from toothache, because he
had found decayed teeth in their cages
that had dropped out of their jaws But
he had never known of lions undergoing
of any kind. or any steps ever
having been taken to preserve their
teeth. AS to their health, the measures
he took were rather preventive than
curative. They were subject to lung
troubles and did not live to be more
than eight or nine years of age when in
captivity. When at liberty they posi-
bly, lived to be twenty or twenty-five
years Old.-Chicago Journal,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
Labor Leaders Arrested,

LYNN, Mass, March "A great sensa-
ton in labor circles has been caused by
the arrest of Master Workman John Nc
earthly of National Trade Assembly $40,
K. OIL, which embraces all the organi-
cation of leather workers in this coun-
try, for an alleged attempt with other
persons, to "conspire, combine, confeder-
ate and agree " to unlawfully modest and
intimidate non-union workmen en-
ployed in the morocco factory of John
Donation & Son and j. J. Moulton, at
which there were riotous occurrences two
weeks ago. The morocco manufacturers
will make every endeavor to secure Nc
Carthy's conviction, though in discuss
ing the case they are inclined to be reti-
cent.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02

WASHINGTON, March "A dispatch
from Vicksburg says a large and en-
thusiastic meeting of citizens was held
at the court house to protest against the
appointment of James Hill, colored, as
postmaster. Speeches were made by
many prominent men. A series of resolu-
tions denouncing the appointment was
adopted and will be forwarded to Missis-
sippi Senators and Representatives.
They charge that Hill is not citizen Of
this city or district, and has been repu-
dated by its voters. Republicans as
we'll as Democrats took part in the meet
Ing, which was distinguished rather for
intensity than bitterness of feeling. 1t
is fact that any negro, resident or not,
would be Objectionable to the people.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
Coon's Nomination Expected.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The impress
sion seems to be general here that Mr..
Charles E. Coon, of New York, will be
appointed to his old position as Assist
ant Secrstary of the Treasury. His long
service in that capacity, and consequent
familiarity with financial matters and
methods, render him especially avail
able at this time. He enjoys the conf
dence of Secretary Foster, as we'll as of
the President, and his nomination is
confidently expected before the adjourn
ment of Congress.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
Claims Sh e is Sane.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., March An the
Supreme Court hearing was given on
the petition for writ of habeas corpus
to secure the release of Mrs. Horace T.
Carpenter, wife of prominent gold re-
finer. Mrs. Carpenter has been eight
years in an insane asylum, and she
claims she is sane. Testimony was pre-
sented to prove her sanity, and MIR. Car
penter and the Butler Hospital authori-
ties testified that she was subject to
chronic decisions. Some property is
involved. The case was continued until
pext Saturday.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02
Waterbury People Aroused
Movement on Foot Thai will
Drive Doctors and Undertake
ers From Our Midst
Everyone Can Live to
Be as Old as He Likes.
from the Boston Journal of commercel

From the BOSTON JOURNAL Oh
Take an hour of exercise to every pound
of food. We are not nourished by what
we eat, but by what we digest. Every
hour you steal from digestion will be re-
claimed by indigestion. Beware of the
wrath of patient stomach! He who con-
trolls his appetite in regard to the quality
of his food, may safely indulge it in re-
gard to quantity. The oftener you eat the
oftener you will repent it. Dyspepsia is a
poor pedestrian, walk at the rate of four
or five miles au hour and you will soon
leave her behind. Abstinence from all
stimulents is easier than temperance. An
egg is worth a pound of meat. Sleep is
sweeter after a fast-day than after feast
day. A good hair mattress contributes to
health, and ours are warranted OF money
refunded. Our woven wire lace bed will
make you sleep. You will rest easy on
our chamber suits and parlor suits, be-
cause you know that you bought from
house that never swindles anybody; no
successful house can afford to. We sell
more furniture than all the stores in this
section combined. Why Because we
have the largest stock, the newest styles,
and as every close buyer knows, the low
est prices. Our stoves and ranges are in
two hundred houses in Waterbury, and
soon they will be in the house of every
good housekeeper. We waited three years
to get these ranges because we knew that
they were the best. We sell them from So
to 81 less than any first class range in the
the market.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-02

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Republi-
can Senators held a caucus at the Capt.
toll last night for the purpose of deter
ming upon a candidate to succeed Mr.
ingalls, as President pro tempore of the
Senate. There was good attendan ce,
and several ballots taken, with Senators
Henderson, Hoar and Frye as candi-
dates, before a final decision was reach
ed. At the third ballot Mr.. Henderson
received majority of the votes cast,
and his nomination was made unani-
nous, and the caucus adjourned.