Connecticut western news., 1892-03-24
THE FiETY-secoNp CONGRESS.
A Digest of the Proceedings in the Senate
 and House.

Digest of the Proceedings in tn. Senate and House.
 WASHINGTON, March 17-During the morning hour in the senate MT. Stewart, of Nevada, gave an illustration of what he considered a little matter which 1t would not take long to consider by calling up under the three minute rule & bill to appro- priate over q, ,000, 900 to reimburse Califor min, Oregon and Nevada for expenses in- cured during the war. Messrs- Allison, Sherman and Cockren manifested quite different opinion as to what constituted trihe, and the bill went over. The senate early resolved itself into executive session on the Wood case and discussed it until sd- journment.
 The debate on the tariff was continued, Ar. Sayers, of Texas, and MT. Bryan, of Nebraska, being the only two speakers- | WARRINGTON, March 1s.-The whole ses- sion of the senate was executive, and confirmed all the judicial nominations ex- cept one, Judge Gilbert, of Oregon, which was simply held over pro forma on ques- ton of judicial precedence until tomorrow. The tariff discussion WAS continued in the house but there WIS little interest attached to it
 WARRINGTON, March 19-The house com mittee on elections decided the contested election case of Moves against Rockwell from the Thirty-eighth New York district in favor of Moves and against Rockwell | Dem.), the sitting member. The vote was to 1. Seven members of the committees were absent.
 WASHINGTON, March 22.-The routine dullness of the senate's proceedings were | not relieved by one interesting incident. Early in the session it was expected that | the president would send in 8 special mes sage on the Behring sea matter, but MT. Morgan, from the committee on foreign re- lations, announced that this expectation would not be realized
 The house was engaged in a brief discus sion of the report from the committee on printing regarding the Walker Williams controversy, action upon which was laid over. The army appropriation bill was passed The free wool bill was also consid- cred, the speakers being Messrs. Goodnight, of Kentucky; Warner, of New York; Snod- grass, of Tennessee, and Wheeler, of Ala bama.
 WASHINGTON, March 29-The preparation of the river and harbor bill for the fiscal year ending June S0 1o9S, has been com pleted by the house committee on rivers and hArbors. The bill carries an appropriation of about $2O, 700, ,0Oo, or about $500, 900 less than the bin of 1890, as reported from the committee, and about 400, 900 less than the game bin as finally passed. l Scarlet Fever in . Jail. | DANBURY, March 20.-David H. Avery, | the young highwayman who recently held up Driver Platt, of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company, several times, and is now con- fined in Danbury jail to await trial in the superior court, is seriously sick with scarlet fever, and that institution is now quaran- tined. The Jail is full of prisoners and the spread of the disease among them is feared. The county commissioners have notified Judge Hough of this city to sentence sll prisoners to the jail in Bridgeport Damaged by Fire. | WALLINGFoRp, March 19-M. Backes' Sons percussion cap shop was damaged | abot SIC, 900 by fire. The firm made the caps that are used in toy pistols and wa one of the three factories of the kind in the country. Forty hands were employed and the busy season was st its height. Owing to the nature of the business no insurance was carried.
 NEW HAVEN, March 21.-William R. Shel
 ton, ex-mayor of this city, died here. Fiv,
 years ago he suffered shock of paralysi
 and has been in failing health since. H'
 was seventy-one years old.
 | An Outrage by Yale Roughs.
 NEW HAVEN, March 2l.-A party of Yal'
 men broke the last act of "The Vendetta,
 at Bunnells Grand Opera House. One o
 the students threw a snow ball, hitting on.
 of the actors. Another missile, of the sam,
 character, struck Miss Frances Field, tn,
 leading lady of the company, and inflicted
 quite severe blow, stunning her for few
 moments. For few minutes there wa,
 considerable excitement in the theater
 which was packed. Four of the disturber
 were arrested for breach of the peace. Tn,
 names given by the young men were un
 doubtedly fictitious, and as the bonds in tn,
 cases were light they may not appear t4
 plead.