Huntsville gazette., 1894-06-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate. on the 23d, the feature of the
day was the speech Of Senator German (dem.,
Nd in support of the tariff bill and in defense
OF the democratic position upon it. Only two
pages of the bill were disposed Of. In the
house, after passing two unimportant bills, the
legislative, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill was taken up in committee Of the
whole, and the fourth day was devoted to it's
consideration. More rapid progress was made
than on any previous day. There was a con-
tinuation of the adverse discussion of the civil
service commission.
IN the senate, the oath, much time was
taken up by Mr. Haes reply to Mr.. Germans
speech in support of the senate tariff bill and
defense of the democratic party. The para
graph fixing the duty on tin plate at is cents
per pound, as in the house bill, was agreed to.
Other paragraphs of the bill were amended and
disposed of. In the house. consideration, in
committee of the whole, of the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation billwas con-
cluded, and the bill was reported to the house
and passed, all the amendments adopted in
committee being rejected. AS passed the bill
carries S21 ,105.247
In the senate, on the 25th, the actual progress
made in the consideration of the tariff bill was
greater than any previous day, some thirty-five
paragraphs having been disposed OF. The metal
schedule (C) was concluded with a reservation
of the paragraphs to lead, zinc and watches,
and the wool schedule CD was reached. In
the house, it being District Of Columbia day,
the entire session was devoted to district busi-
ness, night session being held for the consid-
Grafton of private pension and relief bills.
IN the senate, on the Goth. Mr.. Hill made
motion to place lead ores on the free list in ac-
cordance with the action of the last house, the
declaration of the Chicago platform and the
speech of Secretary Carlisle advocating that
f1nx II
own. The duty was fixed at three-fourths of
cent per pound. The reserved paragraphs of
the metal schedule were then disposed OF. f......
In the house, discussion of the bill to repeal the
state bank tax occupied most of the session,
but the measure went over without action.
Several bills Of no general importance were
passed.
IN the senate, on the 28th, the ninth week of
the consideration of the tariff bill was begun.
Schedule D, with four paragraphs relating to
lumber and the manufactures of wood formed
the text of the discussion throughout the day,
no vote being reached Mr. Voorhees, gave no
tice OF motion to adjourn over the 30th, so as
to observe Decoration day. In the house. it
being District of Columbia day, almost the en-
tire session was devoted to the consideration Of
three bills to amend the charters Of street rail-
way corporations, one of which was passed.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
On the oath Mr.. Gladstones right
eye was successfully operated on for
cataract.
On the 25th the condition of Repre-
sentative Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, had
so far improved that he expected to be
able to leave Washington, on June 1,
for Berkeley Springs, Va, where he pur
poses remaining until he has fully re-
covered His physician has no doubt of
Mr.. Simpsons ultimate recovery.
ANAHUAC LODGE, No. al, Scottish
Rite Masons, held lodge of sorrow in
the City of Mexico. on the Goth, in
memory of the late b. T. Sanitz, of st.
Louis, who died Of typhus at Zacatecas
week previous. The deceased leaves
widowed mother in St. Louis
GEN. SIR DONALD STEWART and Gen.
Lord Wolseley were, on the 25th, ga
zetted field marshals. This is an ex-
ceptional honor. There have only been
five such appointments previously. two
of the appointees being the prince of
Wales and the duke of Cambridge.
On the Goth Gov. Pattison of Pennsyl-
vania, accompanied by Adjt.-Ger.
Greenland, visited the Clearfield coal
region, to make personal investiga-
ton of the miners strike situation in
that district.
Mrs. CLEVELAND and her children re-
turned to Washington on the Goth.
During the afternoon the president and
Mrs. Cleveland took a drive to their
country place. What their plans will
be for the summer was matter not yet
determined definitely.
On the 25th Edgar II. Gray, the ven
cradle Baptist minister who was chap
lain of the United States senate at the
time of President Lincoln's assassina
ton, died in San Francisco, aged so.
On the 27th Elder T. Smith, one of
the apostolic quorum of the reorganized
branch of the Mormon church, died at
his home in Independence, Mo.
BULLETIN issued by his physician,
on the 2Sth, announced that Mr.. Glad
stone was rapidly recovering from the
effects of the operation upon his eye.
On the asth Princess Josephine of
Belgium was married to Prince Charles
of Hohenzollern-Sigm in Brus-
sells, and the religious ceremony was
celebrated afterward in the private
chapel of the royal palace.
On the 2sth Miss Julia Marlowe, the
actress, was married in Philadelphia to
Robert Tabor, formerly her leading
man. The marriage was very quiet,
only seven friends of Miss Marlowe
being present.
THOMAS Cook, aged 60, prominent
mason of Indiana, and a retired mer-
chant of Solsberry. had, on the 28th.
been missing for week, and the police
in all the neighboring cities had been
notified He had large sum of money
on his person when last seen.
On the 2Sth Kenneth f. Sunderland,
ex-justice of the peace at Gravesend,
n. Y. returned from Montreal of his
own yolition. and surrendered to the