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CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Senator Har-
ris reported the senate quarantine bill
with the appropriating clause omitted
as substitute for the quarantine and
immigration bill passed by the house.
Senator Hill objected to introduction of
the bill as he wished time to examine it
and the bill went over day.
The senate next took up Mr.. Chan
dler's resolution requiring the president
to transmit to the senate any conven-
tionshe may make with the provisional
government of Hawaii.
Mr.. Chandler moved the reference of
the resolution to the committee on for
eign affairs. Mr. Dolph made long
sp tch. on the subject. giving details as
to population, commerce, ETC., of the
islands, and favoring annexation.
Before Mr.. Dolph had concluded his
speech the anti-option bill was taken
up, in order to have the arrangement
changed to taking vote. The change
made was that the first vote made on
the George substitute should be taken
at 3 p M, and that on the final passage
of the bill at p. III.
The Chandler Hawaiian resolution
being laid aside without action and the
anti-option bill having been taken up
arguments in opposition to it were
made by Mr.. Wolcott and Mr.. Gray.
\ House Resolution.
Representative Sanford. of New York,
offered for reference the following:
Resolved, by the house of representa-
tives, that it is the sense of this body
that the time has now come when the
preservation and extension of our COM
meroe and the upholding of our follow
ing demand that prompt action be
taken by this government looking to-
ward the immediate annexation of the
Hawaiian islands to the United States.
The house spent the day considering
the sundry civil bill.
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interest and vital Importance. Indeed
1t would seem that nature has estab-
lshed that group to be ultimately oc-.
cupied as an outpost, as it were, of the
great republic on its Western border,
and that the time had now come for the
fulillment of such design. The group
now seeks annexation to the United
States. The consummation of such a
wish would innure the benefit of both
peoples. commercially and politically.
"Anncx the Islands,
eS1s 81 if tTte the% aoata tterritory and recipro
1.-The islanders, once feeling that they
are only and forever under jhe folds of
the American flag, as part and parcel of
the great republic, and a development
will at once take place in the group that
will surprise its people and the world.
Not to talk, the fruit within our, grasp
and annes, the group new begging lis to
take it would he folly, indeed mistake
OF the gravest nature, both for the
men amongrs of high commercial views
and great enterprises.
What England Would Approve.
''Let the British lion only get its paw
upon the group and Honolulu would
soon become one of the most important
strongholds of Great Britain's power.
Great Britain will undoubtedly approve
a joint arrangement for the government
of the islands. but we want none of those
entangling alliances. We have had
enough of that business at Samoa. We
want no joint protectorate, nor occupa-
ton there by any European powers. no
Pacific Egypt We need the group as
part and parcel of the United States and
should take what is offered us, even at
the hazard of war"
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HARRISON APPROVES.
Said the President Is in Favor of
Annexation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-There are
some important developments in the
Hawaiian situation. First, it is pretty
clearly indicated that the administra-
tion is not in any way lukewarm in the
matter,.as was at first supposed. Sec
ondly, the action of the commander Of
the Boston, against which Great Brit
ain is about to file, or has fled, fer
NAL protest. has received the official
approval of the president and his cabi-
net. The sentiment in favor of annex.
ing is rapidly extending. Several mem
bers Of the cabinet have expressed
themselves as being in favor of accept
ing the proposition, but as the action
necessary to accomplish annexation
must come from the legislative as well
as executive branch of the government
these declarations in themselves do not
amount to more than the expression of
opinion by private citizens.
Harrison Approves.
1t has been reported that President
Harrison is in favor OF the annexation,
as leading to the enlargement Of the
sphere of usefulness and activity of this
nation. The action by the United
States officials and forces may be re-
garded as proof of the correctness of
the report. Although the sending
ashore of the Boston marines by Minis
ter Stevens was without authority, his
action has been fully approved by the
president. In the senate there is a dis
tinctively American feeling on the Ha-
waiian question which is not confined
to any party. There can be no doubt
that the members of the foreign affairs
committee look with favor upon the es-
tablishment of American rule upon the
islands, but in just what shape is a
matter Of detail that has not yet been
considered. The arrival of the commits
sioners from Hawaii is awaited with
much interest, but pending their ar
rival the question of annexation and
the establishment of protectorate is
being discussed by the members of the
senate in the committee rooms and the
cloak rooms and to some extent in
the legislative session. The objection
to Mr.. Chandlers motion on this sub
ject Monday is not looked upon as an
anti-annexation argument, but from the
fact that il the resolution had not gone
over the day would have been spent in
its discussion and the anti-option bill
sidetracked.
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FROM VARIOUS POINTS.
All Reports Say This Is the Worst al

All Reports Say This Is the Worst c.f
the Season.
RED WING, Mimi, Feb. IA ter
rife blizzard has being raging over this
section for twenty-four hours and still
continues. 1t is far the worst Of the
season.
Huron, S. D., Feb. IA heavy wind
prevailed here all night and suddenly
changed to the northwest i'll the morn
ing. For the past seven hours it has
been blowing forty-five miles an hour,
with the mercury S below zero. It is
the worst day experienced this winter.
Trains are delayed from two to three
hours by the drifting snow.
DUNDAs, N[inn., Feb. 1.-The worst
blizzard of the winter. with a 45-mile
wind, has been raging since o'clock
a. M, doing considerable damage to
property. All trains are hours late.
stuck in the snow.
BR1TToN, S. D., Feb. IA fierce
wind storm is raging. The air is filled
with snow. The mercury is 10 below
and falling.
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One Hundred and sixty.six Kinds Pre-.
vailed in the Northwest in a
Few Hours.
Mercury Marked from "a Below to s5
Above Zero, and Wind from
All Directions.
The Blizzard Rages from the Pacific
Coast to the Great Lakes-Trains
Delayed.

ST. PAUL. Feb. lin the respect of
quantity the past twenty four hours has
been the greatest weather period on
record, at least SO far as territory be-
tween here and the Pacific coast is con-
cerned. Reports from thirty-seven
points on the line of the Northern Pa
cific shows 1855 kinds of weather, an
average of four and one-half per point.
When General A1ellen. of that road,
first saw the weather report he sus-
pected the boys had been putting up a
job on him, but being convinced that it
was the official statement he sent it to
New York as a curiosity. 81
Mixed NIeteorology.
There never was such mixed up
state of meteorological conditions as
that presented by the a. M. tabulated
report from stations on the Northern
Pacific. At Helena it was 4S below zero,
While at Missoula, little over a hun
dred miles north, it was 10 deg. above
At the former place there was a high
wind from the west. Missoula was
simultaneously catching small hurri-
cane from the east.
Intensely Cold.
A supplementary telegram stated
that it was 81 below in Helena at 8 a.
IN. All through Montana, with the ex-
ception of one point, the cold was in
tense, % below at Billings being the
warmest temperature. The one excep-
tion was Butte, where it was clear and
calm, with the thermometer about zero.
The ends of the line We're the warmest
in Portland it being 25 above and in st.
Paul Is. In Duluth it was below and
Winnipeg 10.
At ST. Paul snow fell all day and in
the afternoon regular blizzard ragged,
though the temperature was not low.
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One Killed, Eight Injured.

AUGUSTA. KY, Feb. IA bad wreck
occurred on the Chesapeake and Ohio
road at Wellsburg, about six miles be-
low here, between west-bound coal
train and an east-bound- work train, in
which James Faulkner, colored, lost his
life, and eight others of the work train
were badly injured. The engineer of
the work train was ordered to switch
at Wellsburg, but he went to sleep and
was only awakened by the headlight Of
the approaching freight. He had barely
time to jump. Faulkner's body will be
shipped to Cynthiana, KY, and the in
jured were sent to Covington.
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DAVIS READS UP.
The Minnesota Senator Informing
Himself Regarding Hawaii.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-Senator Davis
is making a thorough study of the
Hawaiian matter. He has read about
all the diplomatic correspondence to be
had, and took home from the Capitol
all the books that furnish any infor1na-
ton on the subject. Speaking of the
position of the United States regarding
these islands, Senator Davis says that
two years after this country recognized
their independence Daniel Webster,
in state paper, said that the
manifest destiny of these islands was
to unite with this country, and that
every secretary of state from that time
forward had taken the same position.
The ablest paper on the subject was by
Secretary Blaine, and in Senator Davis
opinion it was one of the ablest papers
ever written by that statesman. Senator
Davis seemed to think the United States
must surely acquire the islands on some
conditions. 1t is also apparent that the
senate will be of that opinion, although
opposition may be found in the house,
but will finally be overcome.
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AGAINST THE scALrERs.
Important Decisionin a United States
Court

important DeCiSiOnin 4 United States
Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Judge Nc
Kenna, of the United States court of
appeals, has rendered a decision in the
case of Asa Hamilton vs. Southern
Pacific Railway company, which has
been before the courts for four years.
and has been watched with great inter
est by general passenger agents through
out the United States, as it involved the
validity of scalpers' tickets. Hamilton
purchased a frst-class unlimited scalp
'ers' ticket at Denver for San Francisco,
and defied all attempts to eject him
from the train. At Loyelocks, New,
he was arrested. Thereupon he sued the
company and obtained Judgment at
Carson. The defendants sued out writ
of error, and now Judge McKenna has
rendered a decision in their favor, hold
ing that Hamilton was trespasser and
that the company's agents were justi-
fed in the manner in which they had
treated him.
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Judge Edgerton Is III

Sioux FALLS, S. S., Feb. Judge
Eegerton, of the United States district
court for South Dakota, lies seriously
i'll at his residence in this city. He re-
turned Saturday evening from St. Paul,
where he had been holding court for
Judge Sanborn. About s o'clock he
was suddenly seized with an attack re-
sembling in effect paralysis, being un-
able to move. Physicians have been
constantly in attendance since that
time, and the result of the attack is not
determinable at present. The physi-
clans, however, are hopeful.
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Stockmen Worried.

HELENA, Mon, Feb. 1.-The coldest
weather experienced in this section for
seven years has prevailed for the past
two days. A cold wave struck Montana
a week ago with snow that continued
for four days. the total fall being sixteen
inches. On Saturday the snow ceased,
and ever since it has been growing
colder. At 6 a. m. the thermometer at
the signal service office registered 81
below, with the wind blowing fifteen
miles an hour. The cold is general all
over the eastern part of the state. Stock
men are getting worried.
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exchange says: Wonders will
eysncease. The latest species of hui
phenomena is the proposition
Hasby A. j. Seymour of Pecatonia.
y into a trance, be buried in
egulation manner next spring
the ground over his grave plowed
and planted with grain and
he grain has grown, ripened an,
harvested. he is to be exhumed anu
Sy,01 back to life.
M ss|s: ffe's nothing SO very wonderful
n Sthat process. Thing of tn,
I 4 sllll many times the Democratic
ii has been buried out of sight fol
s and look at it now.
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Reports from Pierre are nor so en-
s1liraglng as to practical and necessary
.Ie1lilts as they were at the outset.
of various sorts are said
pOrtend deadlock before long. The
suggestion we have to offer to the
ssembled statesmen, both inside and
s,tside. is that they are playing with a
dangerous sort of dynamite when
:ltheYallow needed legislation to fail for
\ nvtriYial or personal reasons.
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Referred to a Subcommittee.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The Judiciary
committee of the house. to which the
resolution Of Mr.. Burrows, of Michi-
gan, providing for an investigation of
the whisky trust was referred, met. dis
cussed the matter and referred it to q
subcommittee consisting of Messrs.
Bynum of Indiana, Stockdale of Missis-
sippi, Boatner of Louisiana, Buchanan
of New Jersey. and Powers of Vermont
for investigation. The subcommittee
have not yet decided when they will
begin their inquiry.
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General Doubleday's Funera,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The funeral
of General Abner Doubleday whose re-
mains were removed from New York to
Washington, took place at II o'clock
from Gawler's Undertaking establish
ment. There were no religious services
or other services but the firing of
parting salute. At the Virginia end of
the bridge the funeral cortege was met
by a special guard of honor.
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CANADIAN ANNExAr1oN.
-Goldwin Smith will Try to Get cleve-
lands Views on the Subject.


lands Views on the Subject.
New YORK, Feb. Professor Gold
win Smith, of Toronto, president of the
Continental Union association, is
guest at the Victoria. He intends to
call upon the president-elect, either in
this city or Lakewood and, if possible,
obtain his views as to the policy of the
new administration toward Canada.
1--WE are hopeful" said Professor
Smith, ''that the Cleveland administra-
tion will meet us half way in the matter
of annexation. Were the question put
to a vote in the Dominion, believe
large majority would be returned for
union with the United States 1t must
come sooner or later. The minute the
union is established there will be an ex-
traordinary development of the agricul-
tural and mineral interests of the
Dominion. We are after better mar
ket, and we trust that changes will be
made in the Mckinley tariff law that
will insure freer trade between the two
countries"
Canada's Public Debt.
"The public debt of Canada" con-
tinued Professor Smith. sis about $780,
100000. The country is poor but has
remarkable possibilities. All that is
neededis American enterprise to open
up the mineral and other wealth of the
dominion and prosperity will result.
Should Canada be annexed, I believe the
votes of the people would be about
equally divided between the two great
parties"
Professor Smith was asked if Ia
thought Britain would be likely to c1,-
pose the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands.
81 don't know of any good reason why
she should object" he said. "Certrinly
her own policy has been to acquire all
the territory she can. Witness Africa,
Egypt, Australia and other countries.
But why. if the United States refused
to annext San Domingo and ST. Thomas
when there was chance, does she de-
sire to assume control of Hawaii? There
would be an immediate necessity of an
increase in the naval forces there and
the construction Of cable at an i'm
mense expense"
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Ice ON the Move.

CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 1.-The ice is
now on the move on almost the entire
length OF the Ohio river and it's tribu-
taries. River men are now talking
about resumption of business, the first
time it has been seriously considered
for month. Arrangements have been
made for the departure of the steamer
John K. Speed next Saturday with ex-
cursionists for the New Orleans Mardi
Gras. The river is full of floating snow
and ice, but no damage to property is
apprehended,
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is NOW A STAR.
Holiness Comet Undergocs Wonderful
Transformation.


ROCHESTER, N. Y. Feb. DIR.
Lewis Swift has received cablegra1n
from Ralph Copeland, royal astronomer
at Edinburgh, stating that Professor
Palissa has been wired from Vienna
that the Holmes comet now resembles a
fixed star of the eighth magnitude, with
nebulus envelope.
Holmes comet" said Dr.swift, twill
probably prove to be the body formed by
the collision of the two asteroids. Their
orbits cross in that region. The discov-
cry is oneof Importance in the scientific
world. This comet was discovered in
November by Holmes, a London astron-
omer. and could be seen with the naked
eye. The discovery was an accident,
and the comet was, for some time,
thought to be Biela's.
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SUNDAY Closing Discussed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The worlds
Columbian exposition committee held a
session concerning the Sunday closing
proposition. Nearly an hours discus
sion was consumed, and an adjourn
ment was taken for week. when the
question will be definitely settled.
About six members of the committee
were present and the prevailing senti-
ment among them was against the
opening Of the fair on Sunday.
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q 1t seems probable that the divorce
S5law will be amended by extending the
Mime of residence to six months. Then
s5et our courts follow the example of
shat New Jersey Judge who refused
Wealthy New York woman decree be.
cause she admitted she had made her
esidence in that state for that particu-
I3r purpose, and the scandals will sub
sT3S7a
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Two Asnhyxia,.ed

DAVENPORT, Ia, Feb. 1.-Charles G.
Rapp, merchant of this city, and
Louis Franklin, a travelling salesman,
were found dead from asphyxiation
during the morning. A young son and
daughter of Mrs. Della Daum were
nearly asphyxiated but were rescued
and will recover.
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ExtensiYe Foro.eries

NEW YORK, Feb. Herman Zinke,
an ex-convict, is a prisoner at police
headquarters, having been arrested for
passing a number of forged checks on
unsuspecting merchants. Zinke has
succeeded in swindling a number of
persons. What the total amount of. his
stealings will be cannot be conjectured,
as complaints are continually pouring
in at headquarters.
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lss FOR REyoLUTIoNIsTs.
sgissi They Are Being Bought in
This Country.

a !SSs54kn,ll9k9sSE9S1 s1ney are belnS Bought IN
This Country.
ssS kMA, Feb. lit is reported here
sstt6axsaEms will be shipped on trading
seh06iher from New York to aid the in
evolution in Hayti and that
III be transferred off the Central
3IanS coast near Colon toa Haytian
tis also rumored that Monson,
lent Haytian who served under
going to Jamaica tonegotiate
AS09arms with that government.
y 6emiss of President Hyppolite'
Int they are not disheartened by
Ssnt successes, which they charac-
being only temporary, and
sthe elare that his victory for the
Mg has not crushed their hopes
Xsntual triumph of the revolu-
they receive timely succor
sffo ssa esoutside.
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REDUCED THE RATE.
A Steamship Rate War Is ON Between
San Francisco and Panama.

New YORK, Feb. 1.-The policy of
the Panama Railroad company in put
ting steamships in opposition to the
Pacific Steamship company, caused the
last named company to reduce its pas
senger rate to San Francisco from 500
to $50, and its freight rate from SO to
81 per ton. The significance of this ac-
ton will be realized when it is discoy-
cred that it is an eight days journey to
the isthmus. This commercial war
gains additional significance from the
alleged fact that the managementof the
Panama company advertised abroad for
foreign steamers to carry freight from
New York to the isthmus.
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a Glass Combine

FlNDLAY, c.. Feb. 1.-The five win
dow glass factories in Findlay, those in
Fostoria, Titfn and North Baltimore.
will all doubtless go into the combine
of manufacturers and jobbers which is
being formed to succeed the detunct
Western Window Glass association.
The consolidation is the direct work of
President Hart, of the old association. of
Muncie, Ind.
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Tried to Suicide.

WHITEWATER, Wis, Feb. Judge
E. Spence, editor of the Milton Tele-
phone, was found in an unconscious
condition, the result of a dose of paris
green. A doctor worked over him and
brought him to. He tried to suicide
during fit Of despondency.
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The uselessness, not to say absurdity,
the present electoral system is forci-
illustrated by the fact that more than
,sSaozen states have failed to properly
nsmit their electoral returns to
h. Ashington. And yet Grover Cleve-
slAnd would have been inaugerated just
INSANE had none of the states gone
5sesR 55sesRrnugh with this perfunctory per-
d iissIimance.
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Ben Buffers will.

BosToN, Feb. 1.-The will of the late
General Butler has been filed in Middle
sex probate court at East Cambridge.
1t bears the date of 1854, with codicl
in 1862. All his estates, real and per-
eonal, are left to relatives, including a
wife. and mother, since deceased.
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No Protest Forwarded.

LONDON, Feb 1t is learned on ex-
cellent authority that the British gov
ernment has not instructed Sir Julian
Pauncefote to protest against any inter-
ference in Hawaii, as the British gov
ernment does not expect the United
States to take any step to which Great
Britain would be likely to object.
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Seventy Thousand Damage.

CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 1.-The Ameri-
can Book company's plant at Walnut
and Baker streets was damaged by fire
shortly after midnight to the extent Of
SIC, 900. The blaze was confined to the
bindery. The fire is supposed to have
started from an explosion of chemicals
in the bindery. Insured.
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Police Interfered.

LoU1s, Feb. 1.-The Sharpe,
SrSs6SAn fight for $500 and tho
IslightS 5sht championship of Missouri
4 did ome off On account of police in
4. 4aSgl3! The fight has been post
2pon Until next Sunday. The spot
will &bly be in Illinois.
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at St Luke's, in this city, as doing
nicely. W. E. Ottie, said to haze been
fatally injured, is improving, and the
chances for his recovery are about even.
About the Monterey.

San FRANCISCO, Feb. The coast
defense vessel Monterey left the Union
iron works early in the morning and
started for Mare Island. Herorders are
not known, but it is the general i'm
preston that as her crew is to be .di.
vided between the Adams and the
Ranger, she is not going to Honolulu.