Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-11-01

The bin for the unconditional repeal Of
the purchasing clause Of the Sherman act
was passed by the Senate Monday evening,
after having been under consideration for
more than two months. The bill was intro
duced in the House of Representatives at
the beginning Of the extra session, early in
August. by Mr.. Wilson, aud was passed by
a large majority after two weeks debate
Il was reported to the Senate by Mr.. Voor-
hees. chairman Of the finance committee,
with an amendment in the nature of sub
stitute. not materially changing its charac-
ter. Il has since occupied nearly the entire
time of the Senate. General debate on the
bill ended Friday, and numerous amend
ments were offered aud discussed, all Of
which were defeated. Several speeches
were made on Monday. A very bitter ex-
change Of personalities occurred between
Woleott, Of Colorado, and Carey, Of Wyo-
ming, Mr. WOlco,s concluding his remarks
aud shocking more decorOus members of the
Senate by quoting an old Spanish prOverb
1T is waste of lather to shave an ass. -
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, violently in
sisted upon adjourning at dinner time, but
was voted down. Jones, Of Nevada, finish
ed his long speech, and PETER and Stewart
put in some closing words. At 7:2O the
Senate ordered the engrossment and third
reading of the bill, aud the yeas and nays
were then taken upon its passage. The vote
in detail was as follows; Yeas Messrs. Al
drich.. Brice, Gallery, Camden, Carey, Gull
lom. Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Faulkner, Frye,
G4llinger. Gibson, German, Gray, Hale,
Hawley, Higgins, Hill. Hoar, Hunton,
Lindsay, L idge, Mcmillan, Mcpherson,
NIanderson. Mills, Mitchell of Wisconsin,
Morrill,. Murphy, Plat, Proctor, Quay. Ran
SON, sherman, Smith, Squire, Stoekbrldge,
Turpie, Villas, VOORHEES,, WashbuTn and
White of Louisiana-43 Nays-Messrs.
Allen. Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Butler, Call,
Cockrell, Coke, Cameron, Daniel, Dubois,
George, Harris. Irby, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Martin, Pasco, PEI
fer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Power, Pugh, Roach,
Shoup, stewart, Teller. Vance, Vest, Wal
thall aud Wolcott-32. The following we're
the pairs: Messrs Mitchell lOregOn) and
Allison; Chandler aud White, California; /;
Colquitt aud Wilson, Palmer and Hans
broagh; Gordon and Morgan. The bill was
received 10 the House yesterday and under
ruling of the Speaker was laid over until
to day. Il is believed that it will be passed
this afteruoOn-probably after brief debate
Miss Daisy Garland, aged % years, daugh-
ter of ex. Attorney General Garland, com
mitted suicide in Washington on Friday af-
ternoou by shooting herself through the
heart with her fathers revolver. There was
nothing in the young lady's condition dur
ing the morning to indicate any mental dis
turbance, and she cOnversed with the fami-
by in regard 10 a theatre party which she
was to give that night. Afterward she went
TO her room, and at luncheon time one of
the family went to call her. The young
lady was found lying on the floor dead. The
body was still warm, indicating that the
shot had been fired only short time previ-
ously, though no one in the house heard the
report Miss Garland is the young lady
who recently left home mysteriously and
who was found in Baltimore three days at
forwards. FROM the position in which Miss
Garlands body lay it is evident that she
had stood in front of large mirror and ia
ken deliberate aim at her heart. She had
taken the precaution Of turning on all the
gas Jets in the room so that in case the bull
let failed in its deadly work the gas would
smother her into the sleep Of death.
The great scarcity of servant girls in BOs
ton has led 10 the Importation of a consd
cradle number OF girls from the back dis
tricts Of Maine to serve in the fashionable
city houses The want of familiarity on
the part Of these girls with city ways and
language has led to some queer scenes. One
afternoon a lady called at a fine residence