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bers without fees and have rights and
privileges as said members.
RCSUlrcd, That the state of Wisconsin
adopt one series of school books. and the
state publish the same. and the people get
them at the cost of publishing. We favor
giving the elective franchise to females.
In towns, cities and villages where license
is granted for the sale of intoxicating liq-
uOTS, sellers should be compelled 10 pay
all expenses of prosecution including cN-
pcnseS of defense. which are now allowed
under our present laws, which shall be in
CURED i'll the prosecution OF persons for
any offcnSe committed while under the in
huenCc of Intoxicating liquor sold III such
towns. villages. ami cities.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, e. NJ Butt, Vernon; vice
president, F. /. Seritzmier, Chippewa; ;;
secretary, y T.. Noo,icy, Vernon; treas
urer, w. L. Donahuc, st. CroiX; lcctur
cr, r. May. Vernon. Thirteen dele
gates to the next National Alliance con
yCntiOn were chosen.
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Worlds Labor Congress.

The first address in regard to the prof
the Worlds Fair was issued on the
18th, signed by Walter Thomas Mill,
chairman, and other members of
the committee. 1t gives the pro
graEme Of questions TO be discussed
at the Congress, including the fol-
lowing subjects: The steps in advance
from slavery through serfdom to the
wage system; the comparative study of
the conditions Of labor; the conflict of
labor and capital; public economics as
related to labor labor legislation; wom-
ans labor; international labor prob
lens. The committee will be repIe-
scented in Europe during the present
summer by Prof. Richard T. Ely, of
Johns Hopkins University, and the
Rev. Wa hington GLADDEN., of Ohio.
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FIPE ON A MAN. -OF-NAR.
.ncie sans Cruiser Philadelphia BadI.
Damaged.

incle sans Cruiser Philadelphia Badly
Damaged.
NEW YoE6, June l6.-The cruiser
Philadelphia, lying 1t the Eavy yard,
lad its fore hold badly damaged yester-
.av afternoon by fire which burned
out the provision and store room on the
etaranard side and nccessitated the
tloodlng Of the magazine shell and am
munition rooms IL prevent the vessel
from being blown up. Joseph James,
the captain If the aold, who was The
only man i'll tlat part Of the vessel
when the fire occurred, was fatally
burned. and number OF men and otli
Gers were overcome by the heat while
tiMltinu the LlamNs.
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SIR Johns Successor.

An Ottawa, ont, dispatch of the 18th
says: Senator J. J. {. Abbott has
been summoned to form new minis
try on the understanding hat Sir John
Thompson is TO act as the leader in the
House of Commons. The two big ques
tions remaining unsettled are what
it to be done with Sir Hector
I.angevin, thus deposed, and who
is to be taken into the cabinet as
a leader from Protestant Ontario, now
that Thompson, Il Roman Catholic, is
the actual leader. Mr.. Abbott has un-
dertaken the formation of cabinet
This decision has been arrived at with a
full understanding with those of his col
leagues who have been spoken OF in
connection with the premiership, and
with assurances from them of their cor
dial support"
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SIXTY PEOPLE KILLED.
4 Bridge CoIlapses Under an Excursion


\ Berne, Switzerland, despatch of
the 18th says: "A most horrible accl-
dent occurred on the Muenchenstein x
Bale Railway to-day through the col
lapse of bridge beneath heavily
loaded excursion train. The train was
crowded with people on the way to at
tend a musical fete. sixty persons
were killed outright, while hun
dreds were injured. Two engines
and the first car plunged into
the river, and all the passengers in
the car were drowned. Two cars re
manned suspended from the bridge.
All the trainmen were killed. Thirteen
cars were saved. The musical fete at
Muenchenstein was abandoned as soon
as the news Of the accident arrived, and
hundreds Of villagers hurried to the
the scene to assist in rescuing the VIC
tins. The bridge was an iron skeleton
structure, which was considered well
built and substantial. The only appar-
ent reason for the collapse Of the bridge
is that the train left the rails and threw
its entire weight on one side OF the
bridge -
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J!yuchct by Indians.

Two weeks AGO a Bridgeport, Mono
County, CAL, Chinaman killed Walker
Riycs, an Indian, during a dispute at
cards, cut up the body and threw it into
the river Finding the hcadless trunk
led to the Chlnaman' surrcst An alleged
conspiracy was formed by which the
defendant was discharged i'll court and
turned over unarrned to large band OF
Indians v ho took him from the court
room, dragged him through the streets,
and cut him TO pieces. The attention
of the Chinese legation at Washington
mas been called To- the affair.
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Repo:: That the Cunard Steamer Had
Been Lost Canari.

Repo-: That the Cunard Steamer Had
Been Lost Canard.
New YORK, June l6.-The Cunard
agents in this city say that the rumor of
the sinking of the steamship Etruria
was canard, having no possible founda
ton.
Rumors regarding the Etruria were
recklessly lycirculated yesterday. but were
found II have 10 foundation in fact
One rumor was that the vessel had been
in collision with an iceberg, and another
was that she had been on fire The Gu
nard agents here secuted the idea that
anything had happened to the vessel.
No vessel arriving here has reported
anything in connection with the i.truria,
and the rumor is looked upon as an ab-
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tho benefit Of the doubt to the state.
Juror Darrah, the Youngest Juror. on the
first vote was for the aCqult1ai otthe Drls-
Oncr and even lie, whom all expected
would favor her case, soon went over.
1t will be many a day before Lancaster
sees such excitement again, and it will
be many days before the town will get
over this one.
Lancaster is for once thoroughly
aroused. The verdict rendered by the
jury against Rose Xoldoskc raised sucha
storm of wrath as WAS never before
seen in this peaceful town. As soon AZ
the iuryhad been dismissed eachonc was
surrounded hy group of excited pco-
pie. No one had looked for this change
IN affairs, and not one man in ten could
have been found on Saturday afternoon
who would have sad the verdict would
be guilty. The general belief was that
the jury would be out but Il short time
and that the girl would surely he ac-
quilted. Although when the verdict
was rendered, Rose seemed unmoyed
when she WAS taken back to
her cell she was c0mplctrlT proStratcd
She was daZed, and the awful thought
that the rest of her natural lie would
he spent i'll such Il place completely
ovcrpowered her. Her own mind no
one else could read; whether she is
really puiltv ar moi no one may know
Int herself, Shn OF all only
knows whether the verdict rem
dcred was a Just one. The sad
dest sight is that of her aged father.
His grief at the blow which has fallen
on his child is that which only parent
can know. When Rose was led back to
her prison home he. with broken steps,
followed. In the court house ward,
however, he sank down upon the ground
and went
The verdict was returned nj O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. A large crowd
had been around the cpurt-houec ever
since the jury went out Saturday after
noon at ) o'clock All through tho
night the courthouse was carefully
watched by those anxious to be
in the courtroom when the YER
diet was rendered. A large number of
people crowded in VIXEN il was reported
that a verdict had beer reached Tho
defendant was led into the courtroom hy
Deputy She riff MCti0nigal. The verdict
Of guilty of murder in the first de-
gree" did not affect the stolid
cOmposure which has character
iZed Roses drmeanor through the
entire trial She was sitting with
her head resting on her hand. and when
the gloomy words we're read the only
change that could be noticed was n 81 gnt
flush. which spread over her face.
Her aged father, who has been
here all through this trial,
and who had expressed himself that
were She quiIty he wanted her ia sufcr
the extreme penalty of the law, was at
her side when tie verdict was rem
dcred. and he also seemed unlnoved.
The murder of hear dearest friend,
Ms. Fila Malv of Richland Centeristhe
dreadful charge of which Ro-a Xoldos-
ke, a milliner who made her home with
the family of Or. Mitchell has been
convicted Thcarrest of Miss X0ldoske
followed close Upon the receipt OF
cipher dispatch from Prof IIalncs. Of
Rush Medical College, Chicago, who
analvzcd the stomach Of Miss Nalv,
whose sudden and agonjzing death oc-
Cured january ., 1891, not many hours
after She hud eaten candy given her by
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NINA VAN ZANDT TO WED.
The Proxy Bride of August Spies Forgets
Her First Love.

CnIcAGo, H., June I3.-Miss Van
Zandt is to we'd. Her father confirms
the report. The marriage it is under
stood will occur some time in July. The
prospective groom is Salvador Ste
fano Malato, who was sent
to Chicago by an influential
daily journal published in Rome to
handle the Italian department of
the Worlds Columbian Exposi-
ton. He met Miss Van Zandt
in private thcatricals Il few
weeks ago and it was mutual case Of
love at first sight. Miss Van /andt IS
the Young woman who fell III love with
and married by proxy, the Anarchist
who was hanged for participating IN the
IfaymarSrt riot.
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WOMEN GAIN A VICTORY.
The Grand Temple of Honor Votes to Ad
Z ..Ii..s O. E.r


NIT Ladies' AS Members.
The women of Wisconsin gained IA VIC
tory for their sex at the meeting of the
Grand Temple of Honor at JanesyilIe
on the llth. The amendment of the
bylaws of the order admitting
ladies as members was adopted.
there being only three temples in
the state recording their votes against
the proposition. Friends of the meas
ure claim this action will be the means
of adding much vigor and many ardent
workers to the list of members in the
state. The next meeting will be held at
Ahnapee, the date to be fixed by the
grand officers. Officers were elected for
the ensuing year as follows: Grand
worthy templar, ID. B. Bailey. of Apple
ton; grand worthy vice tcmplar, Henry
Sanford, of Manitowoc; grand worthy
recorder, 4. J. Smith, of Amherst; !;
grand worthy treasurer, \. II.
Guernsey, of Amherst; grand worthy
usher, w. +. Johnson, of Appleton;
grand worthy guardian. William
Eataugh, of ManitoWoc; trustee for
three years, w. +. Johnson, of Apple
ton; for two years, .. f. Stoppenbach,
of Jefferson; delegates to the supreme
council: s. {. Burnham, of GAINESVILLE;
\. O. Wright, of Madison; II. \. Shell
don, of Burlington; f. II. Gamble, of
Madison; u. II. Pulcifcr, of Shawano; !;
A. J. Smith, of Amherst; ID. h. Bailey,
of Appleton; Nj. ;. Prichard, of James
willie
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WANTS A NEW TRIAL
Rose Zoldoske Thinks the Grant COUNTY
Verdict Wrong.

Verdict Wrong.
LANCASTER. Wis, June 15.-"Guilty
of murder i'll the first degree" That
was the verdict rendered yesterday aft
ernoon by the jury that has tried Rose
Ioldoske for the killing of Ella Maly in
lchland Center on the Sth of January
last. The jury came in at 20 minutes
past > o'clock, having been out twenty
one hours and fifty minutes
From what can be learned the vote at
first stood s.N for aCquittal and six for
conviction. The next was seven to five.
the next eight to four, and here it
hung all Saturday night. Juror
Dohson is said to have been
the last man 10 come over, and the re-
port regarding him gives it that he knew
his people We're III town to take him
home, and he. having been
away so long, was extremely
anxious 10 get home and was
accordingly influenced. One of the
jury is credited with the remark, Il do
not claim that she was guilty" But the
poor fellow was SO excited by
the crowd around him that he
did not know what he was saving.
Another. when cUacked, said, "Walt
until you hear tie sentence. Didn't
Henkle xii! pr. Az, rs and only get two
years in the peniteut.ary ?' This is too
much for Lancaster. Six of the
Jury started in with a doubt as
TO her guilt, and all gave
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Edward Snnlman Dead.

EdWard speTman, tie mlITIonalIe DIS
tiler, died at Peoria on the 10th from
the effects of injuries received in a fall
from a ladder ut Pekin Il week ago. He
was prominent III local politics and u
noted figure in the Cronin trial at Chi
cago. He was district officer of the
Clan-na-Gael, the head man Of that
organization in Illinois, and was put
upon the stand to testify in regard to
the alleged conspiracy i'll that organza-
ton to assassinate Dr. Cronin. His
Testimony was Irrelevant.
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VETERANS REUNION.
Southwestern Association Officers Chosen
Next Meeting at Fennimore.

RIcHLaNp CENTER, Wis, June p
The election of officers, selection Of
place for holding the next annual re-
union, general visiting, and speech by
j. 5. Haseltine, marked the third
and last day of the South
western Wisconsin Veterans As
sociation. The election of Off
GERS resulted as follows: President,
John Montieth, of Fennimore: vice
president, H. e. James, Richland Cen
ter; commander, J. I. Coates, Richland
Center; vice-commander, Z. {. Chase,
Prairie du Chen; quartermaster, John
Drosg. Fennimore; assistant quar-
termasrer, Maj. F. Whollev, Prai
rie du Chen; adiutant gen
eral, Charles Wilson, Fennimore; as
sistant Acknowledgements, Charles Wana
maker, Platteville; surgeon-seneral, DR..
Il. II. nelap. Richland Center; drum
major. j. G. McFarian, Richland Center.
Fennimore, Grant County. was the
place selected for holding the next re-
union of the association.
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that the noted priest possessed
supernatural healing powers, though
he never made such claims himself.
For the most part they were hopeless
invalids whose cases had been gwen up
by other physicians. \ majority Of
them were very poor people who had
spent their last money to mako the trip
TO the Troy Hi! t;ood Samaritan The
condition Of most Of the returning pa
Ients was as miserable as could well be
pictured. Some were carried tD their
trains on stretchcrs, while others came
to the depot on crutehes and wheC ed
chairs.
Father Mollincer was very busy
man yesterday. About eco Of his pa
tients were escorted into his presence
before their departure for his final
blessing. lie will not complete the re-
liglous feature of his treatment until
"Wednesday. While a great majority Of
the patients have been but little bene
fitted, others report What seem like al
most miraculous cures
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ICEHOUSES BURNED.
The kniCkerbockerC Company'S Property
at OshlSOsh Gnns Mmed.

OSHKOSH. Wis, June IA fire, sup
posed to have been set by trampS.
started around the knickerbocker ice
houses this afternoon about l2:3O
O'Clock. The houses are five in
number, and are situated on the
South Side, on Weeds Point. at
tine mouth of Fox River, and
on Lake Winnebago. This point is
built of sawdust, sbayings and chips
from the mills, that were formerly To-
Gated there. Everything is as dry as
tinder, and it took but few minutes to
consume the entire buildings, together
with ten Chicago Il Northwestern
freight cars. Much of the ice was also
melted. The loss 10 the company,
whose headquarters are in Chicago, Is
between 1000 and 5000. The loss on
the freight cars is about 5000. \ stiff
south wind blew sparks across
the river among thousands Of cars
of dry pine blocks piled in
the yards of Thompson's saw mill,
which soon began to burn tiercely. 1t
looked as though the fire would spread
through that section of the city in which
several factories are located, but after
several hours of fighting it was gotten
under control after nearly 1000 cords of
the blocks had burned. The loss on
these is fully 5000.
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Drnpnpts from hfpnbpFShiD.

The Colorado Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in session
at trace Church, Denver, Col, on the
18th, voted to admit women rs lay dele
gates to the convention, and dropped
from membership in the church the
notorious ex-Evangelist, the
Rev. sam small. Mr. Small's connec-
tion with the University at Ogden,
Utah, a. its president, and other short
ages in his accounts. are the causes up
on Miich tie conference acted
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kNoNvuIr, Tenn, June lG.-.it Neu-
manyilIe, Greene County, Saturday, Il
cloud burst did great damage. The
fall Of water was -ometh.ng terrific,
and small creek became a rag
Ing river 100 yards wide. The
store house, residence and outbuildings
Of ]. \. King We're swept away, the
food coming 50 quickly he did not have
time to even closc his store doors. The
po-t-oliice was kept in his store and
everything was lost. An iron safe
weighing 300 pounds was carried one
fourth Of a mile by the force Of the wa
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-20
BLOCKING OUT A PARTY
IMPORTANT ALLIANCE CONFER
ENCE AT LA CROSSE.
Wisconsin GrangeTs Discrss the Third
Party Moyement-Fresilent Butt on
Finance and EarTiing-Jerry
simpson and Col. Polk
in Attendance.

L. CROSSE, Wis, June 9.-The first
step toward Il consolidation of the vari-
Gus farmers associations in the state,
preparatory for q combined political
movement, was taken to-day when the
Farmers Alliance Of Wisconsin met
here to-day. The body represented
800 subordinate alliances with mem
bership reaching well UP in the
thousands, and included among
the representative the lead
ing granger politicians of the
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THE CITY IS BEATEN.
Governors Right to Name Philadelphia's Is
City Treasnrer Affirmed.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June l2.-The su-
preme court this morning decided that
the City Council has not the right to Sc
lect the successor to City Treasurer
Bardsley. Richard O. Oelers is thus
ousted from the office and the appoint
ment of W. Redwood Wright 10y Gov.
Pa,lison is sustained,
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MERRY WAR IN BRIDGEPORT.
Commissioners 1T OIas With the Chief OF
Police-Eiood Nay Flow.

commissioners 'st Quits " 4th the Chief of
Police-Eiood May Flow.
BHIpGEPoEr, Conn, june 15.-There
WAS sensational episode in the police
imbroglo last night when Patrolinan
Murphy, suspended for drunken
ness. but acquitted and ordered to
report for duty by the new Democratic
commissioners, was ordered from tie
ranks at roll call by Chief Rylands.
Murphy refused TO obey, when, by the
Chiefs orders, he was forciblv re-
mGycdaftcr Il struggle by two officers,
and his In Ice taken away. Chief
Ryiaa,!s, who IL acting under Mavor
Marisoid's instructions, is intrenched
in his office, which il guarded by
officers. He says he intends to
meet force with force, and it is
considered certain that if forcible at
tempt Is ma,.a to oust him and install a
new chiefthe vii! he b!o0dshed.
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Flames in a Hospital.

CINcINSArI, O., June la.-A scene #
terror and confusion was presented II
the city hospital last midnight when
the alarm of ire was sounded AMI lae
flames shot from basement t. Tauf In
the Northwest Binding, IF The hotlaa
square. Fortunately the fire desaei-
mept made prompt and ample le-
sponse and prevented the destruction
Of the building.
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VIII Paw Their Debts.

\ London dispatch of the llth says:
''The Barings' statement says that after
allowing for changes IN quotations since
October there seems to be no reason to
anticipate that any claim viii be made
on the cuarantors. The Earrings have
pairing losses sustained on shares of the
Bucnos Ayres Water Drainage Compa-
ny, though they are not a legal claim.
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Rain LII the west.

\ heavy rain fell at St. Paul late on the
afternoon Of the 10Th, and reports from
all parts of Minnesota, North Dakota
and South Dakota show that the storm
was Of wide extent and generally heavy.
In most places it was a heavy rain with
out other accomplishments, but near
Atwatcr, Mimi, lightning struck the
school-housc, killing Solomon Peterson
and slightly injurine a number of others.
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FLOCKING TO TROY HILL.
Crowds of IncurabIes Besiege Father
Moliinger at Pittsburs.

PIrTsDURG, Pa, June l6.-For the past
forty eight hours the Union Station has
appeared more like hospital than
railroad depot. All day yesterday and
to-day it was filed with a miscellaneous
variety Of incurable people who had
been taking religio-medical treatment
at Father Mollingers estsblis hment on
Troy Hill. The great majority of
them were sadly disappointed
They came here hrmly believing
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Amnesty for All But CaStroni

BERNE, June 1.-the Bundesrath, il
is HOW announced. proposes that the
Federal Assembly shall grant amnesty
TO all those who took part in the Canton
of Ticino revolt of September last. ex-
cep; Castroni, the alleged murderer of
Councillor Rossi.
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result of misplaced switch. No one
was injured.
AT the commencement exercises at
Princeton, y. j., on the 10th, Albert C..
Eyc!eshymer. of Wisconsin, was awarded
the class of 1877 university fellowship in
hi,lp,y
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Fatal Row Over a Gran Game.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June l5.-Near Gym
thiana. Yesterday. John Craig cut
Henry Rucker's throat with a barlow
knife, killing him instantly. They
fought over a game Of craps. Craig was
sexereiY cut. Enth are cG,nred.
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CHICAGO FIRM PINCHED.
punham 4 c.. Order Their Trades
1lcareti-Is il q ILiiure3

CHletuo. June - The commission
firm Of B. W. pnnham < Co., Of which
eN Congressman Durham i tho senior
partnsr. cave notice on the Board of
T.ade tuls morning that all their trades
would he cleared through the firm of
Norton \ Northiu4ton. Mr.. nunham
stated that the firm has not been max
In., much money lately, owing to bad
drhts and Slow business. and for that
.,asou he had taken this means ss the
shortest ana simplest way out, and that
If is in no sense a failure, as all his
trades .lrt nrNterled.
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lyindshorsts Successor.

Herr Brandenburg, a member of the
Center party IN Bersenbruck, has been
elected without opposition to fill the
seat in the Reichstag made vacant by
the death Of DR.. Windthrost, the Cen
triSt loader
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MYSTERIOUS Murder.

W. J. Pcnrose, editor of the Mining
Journal and member of the Legislature,
was shot dead on the 10th near his
home at Butte, Mont. He was found
dead on the sidewalk with 4 bullet hole
in his temple above his left ear. There
is 10 trace of the murderer. Belle
Browning has been arrested on suspi-
niIu
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The salary and allowance division Of
the Post-otfice Department has COM
pletcd the readjustment of salaries of
postmasters of the second class and as
a result the following changes in Wis
consin postmasters' salaries viii be
made July /:
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The Funds RESTORED.

The upper house of the Prussian Diet
has passed the bill restoring to the Ko-
man Catholic dioccses the funds which
were seized al the time OF the kuitur-
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NEWS IN BRIEF,
Passed in the Commons,

The Irish land bill passed the third
reading in the House of Commons on
the evening Of the 18th, by a vote of 22225
to 50.