Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-04-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.
From 0s BI!timors Sun.

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Wednesday, April Is, 1894
A colored man named Perry ID
suffering from hydrophobia from
the bite of dog in Montgomery
county.
A colored man was shot and bad.
~ wounded in fracas on the Ches-
apeake Beach Railway, in Calvert
county.
Judge Phelps decided that the
insolvent laws do not apply to a
married woman trading as an un-
married woman.
Lazarus, the colored man, charg-
ed with attempting a felonious as
sault on q white woman in Talbot
county, has been arrested in Della
ware.
John Benkert, whose home is
near Rosedale, Baltimore county.
killed his wife yesterday while des-
pendent. His wife attempted to
kill him and lis condition is serious.
w. b. Copeland, OF Madison,
Ind, shot his brother-in-law, w.
IL. Drumming, and Addison G. Har-
ris in ex-President Harrison's office
in indianapolis, Ind. Neither is
fatally wounded. Mr.. Copeland
attempted to shoot ex-Attorney-
General Miller, who interfered.
From oil indications in the U. S.
yesterday, it is snrmised that a
Conservative combination has
been made to defeat the pending
tariff bill.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Both houses Of Congress were in
session Tuesday and adjourned un-
til to-day. In the Senate an agree
ment was reached to continue the
arrangement of last week for de-
bate on the tariff bill until Tuesday
of next week, when the bill will be
taken up and re-discussed by para
graphs. Senator McLaurin (dem-
ocrat, of Mississippi) spoke in IA
yor of the tariff bill, and Mr.. Smith
democrat, of New Jersey spoke
against the income tax feature of
the bill. The House, by an over
whelming majority, adopted quo
rum-counting rule. Only forty
seven democrats voted against the
new rule, while every republican
voted for it.
Thursday, April 10, 1894.
DIR. George Wells, of Anne Arun-
del, is announced as q candidate for
Congress in the fifth district.
The remains of Senator z. b.
Vance were inferred at Asheville,
n. G. 1t is estimated that 10, 600
people marched to the cemetery.
Attorney General John P. Poe
has given an opinion sustaining the
constitutionality and validity Of the
Cecil county treasurer law passed
at the late session of the Legisla-
ture.
Governors Nothern, of Georgia,
Fishback, of Arkansas, and Hogg,
of Texas, have written letters com.
mending the project of holding a
Southern exposition in Baltimore
in 1897.
Congressman William l.. Wilson.
of West Virginia, chairman of the
ways and means committee, an.
nounced yesterday that his health
is improved and that he will leave
Texas ut once for Washington.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Both houses of Congress were in
session yesterday and adjourned
until to-day. In the Senate Mr..
Morrill,, of Vermont, and Mr.. Cam
eron, of Pennsylvania, spoke against
the tariff bill, and Mr.. Turpie. OF
Indiana, spoke in favor of the bill,
ENDORSING in strong terms its in
come-tax feature. The House was
occupied in general debate on the
consular and diplomatic appropria.
ton bill. The debate touched a
wide variety of subjects. The Ha-
waiian policy of the present admin
istration came in for a good share
of attention, and the appointment
of Mr.. Van Allen as minister to
Italy provoked very extended dis
cussion.