Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-01-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SCENES. INCIDENTS AND NEWS
OF INTEREST TO MANY.
succumbs 10 Appoplexy.--SeaIer
Question Again.
HOUSE COMMITTEES.


The house committee have at last been
appointed by Speaker Crisp. Many of the
democratic members were sadly disap-
pointed. The chairman of the ways and
means committee was the most important
appointment and was given TO Mr..
Springer The chairmen are as follows:
Ways and means, VIM. NJ. Springer;
elections, Charles II. O'Farrall, of Vir-
gina; appropriations, w. ;. Holman, In
diana; coinage, weights and measures, Il.
L. Bland; banking and currency, Henry
Bacon; judiciary, ID. H. Culberson; Pacific
railroads, j. Il. Riley; levees and improve
meuts OF Mississippi river, ;. Nj. Robin
son; Interstate and foreign commerce, X
=. Mills; rivers and harbors, n. G.
Blanchard foreign affairs, j. ii. BlouDt;
military affairs, }. Ii. Outhwaite; merchant
marine and fisheries, Samuel Fowler ag-
riculture, II. II. Hatch; pensions, X. Il. &.
Wilson, naval affairs, IL. A. Herbert; post
offices and postroads, John :. Henderson,
public lands, Il. &. McRae; Indian affairs,
5. w. Peel; territories, j. A. Washington
railways and canals, Il. c. Catchings: Col
umbian exposition. a. &. Durburow; man
ufactures, G, II. Page; mines and mining,
w. III. Cowles; public buildings and
grounds, j. Ii. Bankhead patents, G.. ID.
claims, y. II. Burn; war claims, H. f..
Beltzhoover; education, W. /. Hayes; la
bor J. c. Tarsney; militia, Edward Lane;
library, Amos J. Cummings; printing, j.
ID. Richardson; enrolled oills. }. G.. War
wick; reform in civil service, j. r. An
drew; election OF president and vice presi-
dent, j. Logan Chapman; eleventh census,
w. +. wilcox; ventilation and acoustics,
w. q. Stahlnecker alcoholic liquor, trafllc,
w. +. Haynes; irrigation OF arid lands, 5.
w. Il. Lanham; immigration and natural
ization, II. Stump; private land claims, A.
r. Fitch; District of Columbia, j. j. Hemp
hill; revision of the laws, j. II. Outh-
waite; expenditures, state department,
K +. Lester; expenditures, treas
ury department, G.. II. Brickner;
expenditures, war department, A. b.
Montgomery; expenditures, navy depart
ment, &. a. o. McClelland; expenditures,
postoffice dept, w. G. Oates; expenditures,
interior dept, J. w. Owens; expenditures,
department Of justice, j. Nj. Allen; expend-
itures, department Of agriculture, Il. c.
Edmunds; expenditures, public buildings,
II. NJ. Ioumans. The Michigan delega-
alton Jared exceedingly well, taken as
whole. in the distribution of committee
places made by Speaker Crisp in the
two places on the committee on ways and
means, two places on rivers and harbors,
which is Of the greatest Importance TO
Michigan waterway interests. two assign
ments on the committee in foreign affairs
and large number OF places on other i'm
portant committees.
AKANsAs SENATOR DEAD.
The popular Kansas SENATOR Preston b.
1, 4 .,l. 4 IL. 0n.l. 4,
apartments on Fourteenth street Plumb
had been long known as a most energetic
and untrng worker, and il was his dsre-
gard of needed lest that led to his death.
Though repeatedly warned by his friends
and by physicians against oyerworking
himself, he pooh-poohed their alarm and
continued his labor. For some time past
he had been troubled with insomnia and
severe headaches, with impairment Of
memory. Two weeks ago DR.. Wales made
a careful diagnosis OF his case and told him
that he was threatened with apopleXy, adj
vising him TO take vacation. However,
the senator thought him unnecessarily
alarmed and continued his night and day
work as before. Their fears have proven
only too wcll-founded and the senate has
lost one Of its most brilliant and energetic
members. Vice President Morton, upon
learning OF the sad event. took steps TO the
appointment of senatorial committee to
direct the obsequies, and communicated
with Speaker Crisp for the appointment Of
a similar committee from the house. The
funeral services were held at o'clock on
tho 2lst in the senate chamber and the re-
mains were escorted 10 the Pennsylvania
depot by congressional escort
Preston B. Plumb was born in Ohio in
har,. 10 int I'D 70
Kansas in 1856; chosen 10 constitutional
convention in 1859; admitted TO the bar in
81 and went to legislature the year follow
ing enlisted in '62 as second-lieutensnt
and rose TO rank Of colonel; he next was
elected member and speaker OF the Kansas
house of representatives and took his seat
in the United States senate in 1876, where
be has since served.
THE SEAL FISHERIES.
The president and the secretary OF state
have had several consultations recently in
regard TO the seal fisheries. An agreement
having been reached with the British gov
eminent as to the basis Of arbitration, all
that now remains 10 complete the conven-
ton is an agreement as TO the arbitrators.
This, too. has practically been done so far as
the number and powers of the arbltrators
are concerned and IL is confidently ex-
pected that their appointment and the
terms OF arbitration will be officially an
nounced in few DAYS The nominations
have been made and await only the con-
currence OF the governments interested.