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THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
An Additional Two Million Dollars
REQUIRED to Complete 1t.

An Additional Two Million Dollars
Required to Complete 1t.
Messrs. Tonner and Evans the committee
recently appointed by Secretary Noble to
make an investigation Of the Census Bureau,
have completed their report. The
committee find that it will require g, O00,.
600 to complete the work Of the eleventh
census, including the $3.50, 600 lately appro-
priated by Congress. They recommend that
the finance and appointment divisions be
discontinued, and that the work be trans
ferred to the Interior Department proper;
also that large part Of the census working
force be concentrated upon the manufac-
lures division, which the committee be-
lieves is the most important branch OF the
census uncompleted.
Secretary Noble sent the report to Super
intendent Porter, with q request that ne e1-
press his views upon the recommendations
of the committee. He also directed the
Superintendent's attention to his tforters
last annual report. in which he said that in
his opinion 81, ,O0O, 900 would be sufficient to
complete the entire work. superintendent
Porter, in reply, commended the report and
expressed his approval Of the recommenda-
tion that the two divisions be abolished. De
said that the data now in hand would prove
of great service to him in the future manage
ment Of his work.
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ATTEND sTRANGLED.
His Death fastened by the Hangman
Pulling at His Legs.

His Death fastened by the Hangman
Pulling at His Legs.
Frank Schneider, who with his wife, as
saulted and murdered many servant girls,
has been executed at Vienna Austria.
Schneider was gibbeted after the Austrian
manner.
He was entirely broken down as he was
led from the cell to the scafold. As ne saw
the stake and spike, from which he was to
be hanged, rising above 1t, his sallow face
turned a greenish hue, and he had
almost to be carried to the spot. The stake
had fixed in the top Of 1t spike about SIX
inches long. ,,
There were three steps to lift the doome
criminal. up. He was lifted to the spike, amt
the back Of his neck held cloce to It, linen
a cord was passed around his neck, fasten-
ing it tightly to the spike, and he was
strangled to death.
To hasten his end the executloner pressed
his arms around the mouth and nostrlls Oh
the dying criminal, while one assistant ,eia
and pulled Schneider's arms, and another
pulled his legs. The wretch died In Iouf
minutes. The body was left suspended to
the stake.
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TEE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
News About the Lawmakers and
Departments at Washington.
Debate on the Bland Bill Opened
in the House.

The beginning Of the tusssl over the Bland
Free Silver Coinage bill in the House Of
Representatives at Washington drew the
biggest crowd Of spectators that has been
seen at the Capitol since Judge Crisp was
installed as Speaker. An hour before the
House was called to order, tbs galleries
were packed to the doors; standing
room was at q premium, and hum
dreds Of disappointed visitors roamed
through the corridors to gain admittance.
The attendance Of members was larger than
it had been at any time since the day
when the pecial order was made for the
consideration Of the Bland bill. The scene
offered a striking contrast to that
which was presented on the day
Of the beginning of the tariff debate.
Even the Presidents aud diplomatic gal.
emit with party Of friends. The crush
about the galleries reminded one of the
closing days Of Congress. A large pro-
portion Of the crowd were ladies. Many Of
them were young ladies Of great beauty The
brilliant costumes Of the ladies made the
picture Of the Houss most inspiring, and,
no. doubt, had, a good effect upon the
speakers.
The Silver bill having been read in full
Mr.. Bland took the floor, but was imme-
diately taken therefrom by Mr. Tracey, Of
New York, with point Of order that the
bill must receive its first consideration in
Committee Of the Whole, as it involved O
charge upon the Treasury. It was over.
ruled by the Chair. On motion Of Mr. Bland
a resolution was adopted providing for eve
ming sessions.
Mr.. Bland, OF Missouri, then opened the
debate in favor Of the measure. He was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Williams (Mass.), Democrat,
who represented the anti-slver element Of
the Democratic party. Both speeches were
loudly applauded. Among the other speakers
were Harter Ohio, Rayner (Md.), Taylor
Ill.), Hopkins QlL), all anti-silver; Epes
(Va.l, Crawford IN. C.l, for the bill, and
De Forest Conn against it. At $50 the
House took a recess until 1880 that night.
At the evening session Messrs. Weadocs,
Of Michigan. Bowers, of California, Winn,
Of Georgia, and Lewis, Of Mississippi, spoke in
favor Of the bill, and Messrs. Covert, Of New
York, and Post, OF Illinois, against it.
During the debate Mr.. Harter, of Ohio,
caught Mr.. McKarg, of Maryland, by the
throat and shook him violently. Mr.. Harter
was excited and not conscious of the assault
until 1t was all over.
A huge petition in regard to the silver
question was presented to Speaker Crisp.
1t is addressed to the Democrats of the House
OF Representatives. and asks them to post
pone the consideration Of any silver bill
until the next session Of Congress
The petition is signed by over 5000 Demo.
Gratis, including prominent officials high in
the party, Presidents Of colleges, business
men and others.
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South and West.

WHILE officers were conveying Hedin and
Dive. coIored, murjerers Of an old woman In
Farauhar County, from Warrentown to Al
exandria, Va, they were met by crowd at
Haymarket, who overpowered them ana
carried the prisoners to the woods near oy
and lynched them.
DURING quarrel at Rossbury, Oregon,
A, Hausbrough, brother Of Senator Hans,
brough, of North Dakota, was stabbed and
killed by Nicholas Jones.
TIE heaviest snow storm Of the season
prevailed in Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama
and Mississippi.
THE Rev. II. D. Benjamin, Of Portsmouth,
Ohio, hanged himself while suffering from
dementia.
THE extensive tobacco factory Of Liggett
& Myers, in st. Louis. Mo-, was damaged
by fire to the extent Of S345, 600.
CAPTAIN ANDERSON and sailor Of the
schooner Charles G. Dame were drowned at
Mount Pleasant, in Charleston Is. c. Har'
Dor, by the capsizing OF small boat.
Ar Chicasc. ILL.,, Frank Ives defeated
Jacob Schaefer at fourteen-inch balk line
billiards, by scor It 800 to 400. Ives is
now champion Of tn ,'>orld.
THE Painesville Ohio Savings and Loan
Association Bank closed its doors. Angry
deposltors threatenea Violence'
HEAVY snow storms prevailed in Iowa
and Illinois.
LAMsoN BROTHERS & Co., leading
Board Of Trade firm Of Chicago, H., are
losers to the extent Of $4,000 to $50, 0OO by
the populations Of employees. The firms
cashier and bookkeeper were IN colluslon.
The explosion of gasoline stove used to
heat water in the baptismal font In church
at Manning, Iowa, wrecked the tont ana set
fire to the Clothing of the minister, the Rev.
Mr.. Boles, burning him fatally.
THE Supreme Court Of Wisconsin declares
the Assembly, Senatorial and Congressional
apportionment made by the last Legislature
to be unconstitutional. The decision Of the
Court was unanimous. It held that the
constitution ordains that Assembly districts
shall be bounded by county, precinct, town
or ward lines"
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In the House.

GOTH DAY.-Half an hour was con-
sumed in determining who should be the
author of the digest OF the rules for the
present Congress The struggle WAS bs.
tween Mr.. Smith, the former journal clerk,
and Mr.. Crutchaeld, the incumbent. Mr..
Crutchheld was victorious--The debate on
the Free Wool bill was then continued.
speeches being made by Messrs Payne and
Ellis.
6lsr DAY.-There was colloquy between
Messrs. Williams and Walker concerning the
latter's speech The debate on thu Free
Wool bill was continusd-Theev evening ses-
sion considered private bills.
GID DAY.-The entire session was devoted
to eulogies on the late Senator. Plumb. OF
Kansas.
$50 DAY.-Prayer was offered by Rabbi
Emil G.. H1rsch, OF Chicago-The House
practically censured Walker for violating its
rules in attacking Williams In the Record
The House then went into COMMITTEES OF
the Whole (Mr. Wilson, Of West Virginia, in
the chair on the Army Appropriation
BILL which was passed Mr. Enloe,
offered resolution calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury for list Of all persons en-
ployed in the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
He had information, he said, from a dis.
charged employe that the Coast Survey was
In the hands Of a ring-!The House then
went into Committee on the Whole lMr.
Blount, of Georgia, in ths chair on the Free
Wool bill. Speeches were made n.y. Messrs.
Goodnight Dingley, Warner and Wheeler.
64rH DAY.-The debate on the Free
Silver bill was begun, and evening sessions
were ordered. :,
65rH DAY.-The House continued the dis.
cussion Of the Silver bill. The debate, IN
which about twenty members participated,
was oeyoid Of incident, and at $50 the
House took recess until 1:39. At the eve.
ming session Messrs. Coombs, Bacon and
Chaplin, OF New York; Page. Of Maryland;
Brosius, Ct Pennsylvania; Hayes, OF Iowa:
WsIker Of Massacaussiss q seSsSnnS!nsE Ss@ %os
opposed the bill. Messrs. Livingston, Of
Georgia; Hemphil, of South Carolina; Alb
botr. OF Texas; Townsend, of Colorado;
Whiting, of Michigan, aud Layton, OF Ohio,
advocated it.
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A DISPATCH from Hyeres, France, an
nounces the death there Of Louis Cartigny,
aged 101 years. he was the last French
survivor Of the memorable naval battle In
the Bay of Trafalgar. on October 81, 1906,
in which the British feet defeated the COM
bined fleets of France and Spain, and in
which Lord Nelson was killed.
The Bark Sylvan McDongal was blown
ashore on the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia,
and five Of her crew drowned.
TIE House of Commons by a unanimous
vote has expelled George Woodyat Hast.
ings, recently convicted of embezzlement OF
trust moneys.
In accordance with the decision Of the
Miners Federation, nearly all the 300, 600
British coal miners who quit work on the
18th inst, have resumed work.
SEVERAL Of the members Of Balmaceda's
Congress admitted to bail at Santiago,
Chiia- ara in such a wretched condition
through prison abuse that their lives are
despaired OF.
COUNT Won ZeDL1Tz's resignation from
the Privy Council has been accepted oy Elm
peror William Of Germany.
The text Of an extraordinary: treaty with
the United States was submitted at tne
meeting of the French Cabinet in Paris.
A SERIOUS conflict occurred at Paipa,
Panama, between civilians and mihtary
company that was returning from Cocuy'
Five persons were killed and fourteen
wounded. Oddly ennugh the disturbance
had nothing to do with politics.
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LATER. NEWs.

r. q. GILHoRD, Chairman of ths AIls|
gheuy Penn, Council Auditing Committed
reported the result o. the Investigation intd
the accounts of the city officials. In the acI
counts Of the Mayors Office, Market Clerk
Superintendent of Waterworks and Health
Office a deficiency of $3.50, 1870 was DID
covered.
For mora than five hours thick fog cow
cred the waters Of New York Harbor. Nevl
York City, Brooklyn and Jersey City ware|
completely enveloped in the mist, which hid
the rivers and bay, extending through th{
Narrows and some distance out to sea
During the heavy fog several collisions ec|
CURED. The ferryboats Princeton and Sus|
quehanna came together in the North River
THREE colored children locxed in by theil|
mother, near Arcadia, La, were burned
with the house.
Mr.. AND Mrs. NELSON STEWART, of Mn
lersburg. Ohio, stopped at the Buchtl Hotel
Lima, on their bridal tour. They blew thd :
gas out. About midnight the door to their
room was forced open and they were found
asphyxiated.
The mutiIated bodies Of two men and q
boy were found in the Bernard River, mead
the Texas coast, who were believed to have
belonged to party travelling overland and
to have been murdered by their Mexicanl
guide and g partner. The wagon ID, which
they had travelled was found near by, par
TALLY burned. A letter was found ON oneoi
the bodies addressed to s. C. Gray
TIE Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill. q
completed by tho House Committee, appro.
priated about s25, 600, 600, or Sl3, 600, 900 1es
than last year.
The President transmitted to the Unite(.
States Eenate Lord Salisbury's note Of Sun1
day, relating to the Bering Sea contro
versy, together with the rejoineer Of thil
Government, and these were read In scored
session and referred.
TIE general order issued by the War Dsj
partment granting furloughs to soldiers who
re-enlist, has been revoked.
THE Senate passed bill to increase Tho
pension of George R. Allen, Of St Lawrencs
County, N. Y, from s. to s25 per month.
Mr.. Allen served in the war Of 1912 and =
ninet y.two years old.
A TRAIN was derailed at Sonsonate, ffty1
miles southwest of San Salvador. Thir-I
teen persons were killed and thirty-one|
wounded. It is the most terrible railroad
disaster that has ever happened IN Central
America. Il
THE great strike on the Can adian PacifcI
Railway is endei. All the men were rel
instated at once, and the wages IN disputej
are to be referred to committee from thsI
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers whoI
will decide what the men should be- paid
The men consider this victory.
THE Count of Gutenberg, Grand Marshall
of the Imperial Court has been selected fofl
the Presidency Of the Prussian Ministerial
Council, and he has accepted the position.
1t was reported in Parliamentary circles u
Berlin that General Won Caprivi visited
Emperor William in order to recommend
Count Gutenberg for the Chancellorship q
well as the Prussian Premiership.
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Roger @. Mills has been elected Unit
States Senator by the Texas Legislature
Austin, to succeed Reagan. He recety
twenty.nins votes in the Senate and ninet1
three in the House, there being twelve sea
tering complimentary votes Tor otny
prominent Texans.
The last ballot resulted as follows: In Il
senate-For R. O. Mills, 81; Wash. -Jona|
III y: =: Ssyrss HoygssAFor F R. @. Minis ss; Hora
Chiffon, 8; h. B. Culoerson, /; Barr
Gibbs, 3; J. d. Bailey, 4.
There was q good deal OF speaking .
making and ssconding the nomination o5lMi
Mills Both houses then adjourned. Senatd
Chiffon had previously addressed 1bbe
q caucus Of his friends, announcing h1
withdrawal from the race, thus leaving tn|
field clear for Mills. Mr.. Chiffon fssigne|
as his only reason for withdrawing that q
found the total vote OF his friends In tel
Legislature insufficient to elect 5im, aud .
did not wish to embarrass them who wou1
stand by him.
The announcement in the House at Wasl
ington that Roger @. Mills was the choice
the Texas Legislature to succeed MIR. Reaga|
in the Senate Of the United States was ttI
signal for an enthusiastic ottburst OF al
plause. which was exceedingly gratifying
Mr.. Mills, who occupied scat In the QUITE
most row.
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FIFTY-sECOND CONGRESS.
In the Senate.

55rH DAY.-In the temporary absence Of
Vice-President Morton, Mr.. Manderson,
President pro tenn. Of the Senate, occupied
the chair-Mr. Frye reported the Senate
bill exempting American coastwise sailing
vessels. piloted by their licensed masters or
by United States pilots from the obligation
to pay State pilots for services not rendered.
Calendar-Mr. PETER introduced bill to
establish an electrical experimental station
to determine whether electricity can be used
in the propulsion Of farm machinery. Re-
ferred to Committee on Agriculture.
56TH DAY.-Mr. Casey reported a bill
to establish uniform standard Of wheat.
corn. oats, barley and rye. Calendar
Mr.. Hawley introduced bill appropriating
$50, 600 for q pedestal and statue to General
w. 7. Sherman in Washington. Referred
The calendar was then taken up, and
several minor bills were disposed of.
57TH DAY.-In the absence Of Vice-Presi
dent Morton the chair was occupied by Mr..
Manderson, President pro tem., who pre-
sented communication from the President
Of the United States, with information from
the Treasury Department as to the purchase
scripts Of President Monroe-The Senate
passed the House bill increasing the pension
Of Anna Maria Young, whose husband
served in the Revolutionary War, from S12
to $50 month-Among the bills placed on
the calendar was the Senate bill to punish
the crime of perjury before the United States
local land ofices-Among the bills intro
duced and referred were the following: To
amend the act for the appointment Of bank
receivers. For the purchase Of Sturgeon
Bay ship canal. To refund to the pro-
ducers Of cotton the internal revenue tax
collected thereon.
5SrH DAY.-The bill to improve the navi-
CATION and to afford ease and safety to the
trade and commerce Of the Mississippi Eiver,
and to prevent destructive floods, was taken
up at special order and passed-yeas forty.
eight, uays five-Messrs. Call. Kyle, Perkins,
Pugh and Vance voting in the negative
The bill for the relief Of settlers on public
lands passed-yeas twenty-four, nays twen-
ty-fve--The bill appropriating $500, 900
for an equestrian statue in Washington to
General q. s. Grant was laid aside.
59TH DAY.-fhe correspondence with
Great Britain on the Bering Sea matter was
transmitted to the Senate by President
Harrison under secrecy-rEs provision In
the Indian Appropriation bill transferring
the care of the Inoians to the army was dis
cussed--The Army Appropriation bill was
presented and referred.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

TIE Crede Colt miners get s. day.
THERE are 80, 900 cash girls in New York.
S1EMENs steel is to be manufactured in
India.
GREAT BRITAIN produces 10, 100000 tons
Of furnace Stag annually
A FORGE and gun company at San Fran.
cisco, CAL, will employ 1000.
The European Powers have taken meas
ures for the relief OF the unemployed.
The shoemaking business in California ia
controlled almost entirely by Chinese.
IT is said that there are 5000, 900 women
in Germany who earn their own living
The New York Central is soon to build
car shops costing $500, 600 at Buffalo, n Y.
MANY iron and steel furnaces in Pittsburg,
Penn, are being cooled off, owing to the
overstock.
THERE exist in Russia no laborers' associ-
ations comparable to the trade unions OF
other countries.
Mr.. WINANs, the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction IN Kansas. was formerly a
bricklayer in Atchison. He built his own
fortune.
RAILWAY schools for children of railway
employees are maintained by the railway
companies of India at very small expense
to the pupils.
A sTATISTIcIAN has estimated that every
worker in an American factory consumes
over 800 worth of American agricultural
produce in year.
The workmen employed to dig out the
ruins of cheese factory destroyed by fire at
Pittsburg. Penn, struck for higher wages
because Of the bad smell.
The wheat harvest N the Argentine Re.
public this season is said to be 50 great that
much difficulty is being experienced In OBJ
tanning labor to gather it.
In Germany 27,4S5 children between
twelve and fourteen years worked IN the
factories in 1890; In England So, 400 under
thirteen years were employed.
WORKING days are Of very unequal
lengths in Russia, varying from SIX to
twenty hours, the average given in the re-
port as an estimate being not less than
twelve hours. The rule is 80 indefinite,
however, that there is never any claim OF
overtime possible.
INTERESTING information upon the un-
willingness Of the working class to subscribe
in early life for an old-age pension Is afford.
ed by great English firm Of cotton spin
ners. They offered to subscribe $4,000 to
pension fund on condition that the work
people subscribed upon an acturial scale,
but this proposal was rejected by vote OF
more than two to one.
MUCH suffering has been caused in Queens
land by stasnation of industries: In one
day 400 women and children besieged the
Labor Bureau in Brisbane begging Tor re-
lief. The crush was 80 great that many
tainted. Husbands have gone into the
country seeking WORK, leaving their fam
lilies destitute, and the women and children
are dependent upon the Government for
food to keep them alive.
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Washington.

TIE President sent to the Senate the nom.
ination of Charles s. Aldricb, Of Illinois, to
be SoIicitor-General, vice w. H. Taft, re-
signed.
SECRETARY ELKINS has amended Army
regulations so as to provide that no person
under the age of twenty-one years shall be
enlisted or re-enlisted without the written
consent of his parents or legally appointed
guardian.
TIE National bank note circulation is now
1851, ,O0O 900, an increase Of nearly so, O00 900
since July last
THE President signed the commissions OF
the nine new Circuit Judges and ordered
that they be forwarded to them at once, so
that there may be no unnecessary delay in
their entering upon the discharge OF their
functions.
LORD SALISBURY has sent communica-
tion to this Government In reply to the note
of Acting Secretary Wharton, Of the State
Department, requesting q renewal OF the
modus vivendi for the protection OF seal life
in Bering Sea during the coming season.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
NErrLEToN has instructed immigration off,
GERS that "tubercle Of lung being classed by
the medical authorities as dangerous con-
tagious disease the law absolutely prohibits
the lanulng OIL dlleuS SunefiuS ifou bnaguiS-
ease"
SENATOR HILL, of New York, returned to
Washington from his Southern trip. Dis
tr!ct Attorney Ridgway, Of Brooklyn, and
Assistant Adjutant General McEwan, OF
Albany, N. Y, accompanied him.
AT meeting of the full board Of the In.
terstate Commerce Commission, William r.
Morrison was elected Chairman to fill the
vacancy made by Judge Cooley's resignation.
TEE President has made the following
nominations: Milo A. Jewett Of Massachu-
setts, United States Consul at Sivas; Samuel
L. Overstreet, to be Register Of the Land
Office at Guthrie, Oklahoma; Deforest u.
Leach, Register OF the Land Office ut Okla
homa, Oklahoma.
THE price Of s.s9S7 per ounce, paid by
the Government thu other day for silver, IS
the lowest figure at which the Government
has ever purchased the metal. At this figure
tue silver dollar is worth 6915 cents in gold.
AT the invest cation in Washington by
the Joint Committee on Immigration into
ths management OF the Ellis Island IN. ~
landing station it was shown that buildings
that were to have cost $250, 900 have in
vowed an expenditure Of $4,000.
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Denmark to Assist Peary's Rescuers.
MINISTER REID DINED.
Among the Guests Were AL the De-
scendants of Lafayette in Paris.

Among the Guests Were All tue De'
scendants of Lafayette in Paris.
Whitelaw Reid, the American Minister to
France, and Mrs. Reid dined in Paris on the
eve Of their departure for the United States
with Couns Dassailly, great grandson OF the
Marouis de Lafayette. The guests included
ali the descendants Of Lafayette now IN
Paris. ~ o..o,ded
q sareweil reception given in their honor oy
Baron de Mohrenheim. the Russian En-
bassador to Frar ce. That night tney aty
tended a banquet given by the American
Artists Association. .eo; ,,d
M Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, ana
his colleagues in the Ministry, expedltea tne
business Of the Government with the amer
lean Legation, so as to enable Mr. heio 70
sail for the United States