The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-03-09
NEWS TIE MS.

Mr. Breckenridge. of Kentucky, reported the
urgent deficiency bill.
Governor Pattson, of Pc nnsy lvania, spent
Sunday at st. Augustine, Florida
The Navy Department has an artist employ
ed especially for carving eagles for warships.
Moody, the evangelist, offered the opening
prayer.
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels has
gone to Old Point Comfort, Virginia, for few
days rest.
The office of collector of the port of Crisfield,
Nd. is to be filled this month by presidential
appointment,
1t is said no appointments to the leading
federal offices in Maryland will be made until
after April !.
Representative Holman, chairman of the
democratic caucus, issued call for a caucns
Tuesday night.
In the Senate the Bland silver seigniorage
bill was received and laid on the table, to be
taken up later.
Mr.. Stewart introduced an amendment Ia
the Bland seignolage bill providing for the
| free coinage of silver.
The Senate confirmed the nomination OF
| George Truesdell to be commissioner of the
| District of Columbia.
A bill to amend the act for the const uction
of a bridge across the East river between New
| York and Long Isl md City was passed.
Contrary to expectations, Senator White, OF
justice of the United States Supreme Count.
The amendment to the rules proposed by
Mr.. PETER for the discontinuace of secret sess-
| ions was referred to the committse rules.
! Mr.. DeArmond introduced a jDint resol :
ton for constitutional amendment to enable
the President to veto items in appropriation
bills.
An amendment to the tariff bill by Mr.
Morgan providing for the establishment of a
| tor II,
| tee on finance.
Major r. F. Mason, of Albemarie county
Virginia, has been appointed postal inspec
tor at all annual salary of 50 800, and assigned
to duty in Montana
The commissioner of pensions has been no
tiied of the arrest of Mary Smith and j. How.
arI Swami, of Sewell's Point, Va. in connect.
ion with pension frauds.
| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlir
has issued circular permitting vessels in the
| foreign trade arriving in harbors late in the
afternoon to unload at once.
| Consideration of the pension bill was It
sumed and \ number of speeches We're made,
the republicans advocating more liberal po'-
icy toward the Union soldiers.
So far as can be asce ,ined, the Senate sui
committee in charge Of the tariff has chang ed
materially the Wilson bill by placing coal
wool and iron on the dutiable list.
A quorum not voting on demand for The
second reading of the bill to admit New Mex
leo into the Union, Mr.. Joseph, the Delegate
from that Territory, withdrew the bill.
| The democratic congressional campalgI
committee will select headquarters in Wash
ington in which reception-rooms vii be pro
vded for party leaders while in The city.
|
The steamer Violet, with President Cleve
land and Secretary Gresham on board, passe'
\ orfolk Monday night on the way to Wash
ingt on from their hunting trip in North Caro-
lima.
The most severe electrical storm i'll year
passed over Gainesville, Texas, Sunda,
| night, accompanied by heavy wind and rain
A large number of houses were unio fed aL'
! several overturned
The greatest diff .ulty encountered by The
| Senate snb committee in charge OF the tariff is
| to arrange a tax on sugar that will prove salts
factory to the retiners as well as the Louisiana
Senators. 1t is understood in Washington
| that the Senate sub committee in charge OF
the tariff is willing to recommend tariff CT
cent pound on raw and ! cents on refined
sugar but the Sugar Trust Is asking for !
| cents, VIII CHI would add Sl3,30O,ooo a year tc
| their profits more than they would get from
II cents.