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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

18TH DAY.-Messrs. Davis and Turpte
spoke on the Hawaiian question.
18th DAY.-The Senate, on motion OF Mr..
GRAY. proceeded to the consideration OF ex-
ecuttye business after half an hours open
session, in which nothing important oc'
CURED. ...
GOTH DAY.--After acting upon unimportant
bills on the calendar the Senate, on morton
OF Mr.. Hill, at eighteen minutes before one
o'clock went into executive session 70 con
slider the Hornblower nomination and re-
mained there until adjournment. The nomi
nation was rejected by vote OF thirty to
twenty-four. =,
21sT DAY.-Mr. Hoar spoke on the Presl-
dents latest Hawaiian message. de
bate on the bill for the repeal OF the Federai
Election laws was begun.
22p DAY.-Discussion over the extension OF
the Civil Service law and the repeal OF the
Federal Election laws occupied most Oh the
open session.
The House.
23p DAY.-Aiter the routine business the
House went into Committee OF the Whole to
consider the Wilson Tariff bill, and Mr.
Breckinridpe addressed the committee. He
was followed by Messrs. Richards, Dingley,
Dolliyer. Springer and Harter.
OATH DAY.-Mr. Cummings introduced
bill to provide Tor the enlargement anu LUZ
provement OF the United States Naval Hos
pitsl at Brookyn.--The tariff debate was
continued, speeches being made by Messrs.
Payne, Everett. Simpson, Hermann, Pendle-
ton and Daniels. At the evening session,
with only nine members present, the debate
was continued by Messrs. McKaig, Hermann,
English and Waugh.
'25rH DAY.-The Presidents message was
received and referred to the Committee OF
Foreign Affairs. debate on the Will
son bill was continued. Speeches were made
by Messrs. Cochran, Grosvenor. Draper and
Bryan.
26rHDAY.-Mr Boutelle tried again to force
his Hawaiian resolution before the House
| and was ruled out of order by the Speaker.
Debate on the Tariff bill under the i've.
| minute rule was begun.
9th DAY.-The day was devoted to five
| minute debate OF the Wilson bill.
2SrH DAY.-Debate on the Wilson Tariff
bill was continued !; it was voted that the
| wool schedules should 80 into effect with
fha rest OF the act.
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An Era or Bridge Building.

The present seems to be an era OF pig
bridge building in both this and foreign
countries. The bridge across the Mersey az
Liverpool s. 10 consist OF tnles ascaed sus-
censioL span, of LEO. feet, go feet aoovs
nigh water, with railway tracks: 1t Is pro pro-
posed to bridge the Bosphorous at Con-
stantinople by a structure S645 feet long.
The channel bridge between England and
France as at present proposed will consist
of serenty-three spans alternately lSoo anu
1925 feet in length with clear headway OF
IT'S feet
Two bridges have just been completed
across the North Sea and Baltic Canal WIN
1900 feet spans carrying railway tracks, road
way and foot paths.
In this country the new East River bridge
at New York, as projected. will have have span
of lG7O ieet, total length OF 5000 feer, a
clearance OF 40 feet, and will carry four
railroad tracks. The North River bridge
as provided for by recent bill passed by vt the ne
q clear waterway OF 1000 feet and clearance
OF $50 feet
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LOST ON THE DEEP.
Six Brave Rescuers Meet 4 Tragic
Fate.

Six Brave ReScuers Meec Il ArasN
Fate.
The steamer Amsterdam from Rotterdam.
Drought 10 New York sad tale OF loss at sea-
Six OF her men were drowned by the upset
ting Of lfeboat while going to the assist
ance OF the American fishing schooner Mag
gle F. Well.
The names of the heroic men who riskeo
their lives and lost them are j. Meyer.
rhief officer, aged twenty-eigbt years f. he
uuart, boatswain, twenty; A. j. Oudyn. car
penter A. Roscb, steerage steward +. U.
Eichorn. quartermaster A. Van Fleet, sea-
man. -,
Captain stenser gives graphic tale OF the
said disaster
"On January II, says he, "durinS. 6
strong gale, we saw the Maggie E. Well III
distress.
"The crew'of fourteen signalled US by ges
lures tlIat the vessel WAS in sinking condi
ton. I called my crew on deck and toic
them the position in which the schooner was.
Immediately the first officer and six OF oui
Grew offered themselves to man boat ane
90 to their rescue. ~
"At about IL o'clock noon the boat. No;
l. left our ship and everything went al
sight until It reached tho vicinity OF the
WE6ck, Wucu ouooon
squalls. capsized the boat. Three OF the
crew disappeared Immediately, and the
remaining tour succeeded In taking hoid
Of the capsized boat. went at once
20 their assistance, and succeeded ID
getting the capsized boat alongside tht
Amsterdam. but the remaining four men
were so thoroughly exhausted by the colo
hat they were not able to take hold OF tne
life-saving apparatus which was thrown TO
them, and were drownad, with the exception
Of one sailor, who, by his extraordinary
presence OF mind and calm behavior, got
hold of rope and was holsted on board.
"Another crew presented themselves to
man a second boat, but owing to the In
creasing wind and weather, objected, and
concluded to wait for better weather and
calm see. We kept in the vicinity OF the
wreck until o'clock, when, in heavy
sauall, we lost sight OF her, and although We
searched two hours, we were not able to
find any trace Of the wreck. and. proceeded.
"The wreck appeared to be the American
schooner Maggie F. Well, but we could mol
read her full name"
The passengers were very much Inn
pressed with the efforts OF the ships OH.
GERS and crew to save the American sailors.
The captain did everything in his power
and remained in tho vicinity till o'clock, at
which time he lost all truce OF the schooner
and further waiting was useless.
The heorism OF the crew. who, under
standing perfectly the danger OF the under
taking. yet voluntarily riskel their lives lor
the sake Of saving those OF others, has cer'
tainly never been surpassed.
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STATE OF TRADE.
A Decided Improvement In the Busi-
ness Situation. *.

b.
Bradstreet's says that its trade reports
bring evidence, not only Of much that Is en-
couraging regarding the outlook. but that
the tide has actually turned. It appears, be
rond question, that the depression In indus.
trial and commercial lines has for some time
been at low ebb, and that movement In the
direction OF an expansion CT the volume OF
business has appeared. The pendulum WHICH
swung In one direction from May last yeas
until 1894. should soon be seen swinging IN
the opposite direction. There Is direct EVIL
dence that the tide is rising at various polnts.
Dun's Review says: Business has as
tinctlv improved since the new year came,
and the gain Is no longer visible only In spec
ulatiye markets. 1t Is the only kino OF In
proyement that has in 1t possibilities OF iast-
Ing. because 1t b based upon actuai increase
in the production BY industries. AS an re-
ioice to see It, there is perhaps little als.
position to reckon the gain greater than It Is
az vet. but several large establishments naVe
started with part force, hoping to increase,
and more smaller works have started tnan
have stopped. Orders from dealers whose
stocks APPROACH exhaustion form proml.
nent cause another is the widely prevalent
impression that action at washington VII 70
more satisfactory than many have expecteo
and belief that in any case the situatio1
will not be changed until goods now In tne
works can be marketed has weight In SONS
trades. Whatever the causes, even mooer'
are gain is most cheering" ".
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LATER NEWS.

VrcE-Pars1pENr STEVENSON and Senators
Hill and Dolph attended the Bar Association
meeting at Albany, N. Y, and Governor
Flowers reception.
The New York Court of Appeals has de-
cided that foreign corporations may hold,
buy and sell real estate in the State. The de-
cision affects the title ofproperty worth $685.
100000.
PINE RIDGE Csouth Dakota) Indians are
dying like sheep from grip. They rely on
their medicine men.
TIE share of the United States in the cost
of suppressing the African slave traffic is
$103.S9.
WILLIAM N. HA1LMAN, Of Laperte, Ind,
has taken the oath of office as Supe: :fnten-
dent OF Indian Schools.
SEVERE fighting has occurred between the
troops and the quarrymen around Carrara
and Massa, in Italy. Eight of the rioters
were killed.
The first cotton laden American steamer
which entered the Manchester (England)
Ship Canal created much interest. Manches-
ter hopes to absorb the whole OF the cotton
trade.
GEORGE BEIsIEGEL anil Frank Smith, as.
sistants to State Game Protector George n.
Schwartz were drowned in Irondequoit Bay,
near Rochester, n Y, while searching for
nato ~ illoool hah
YICE-PREsIDEyT OF THE UNITED STATES
STEVENSON was escorted to the Senate Cham
ber at Albany, N. Y, and presented to the
body by Lieutenant-Governor Sheehan. A
recess was taken and the members paid their
respects to him.
HENRY HE1sr was hanged at Gettysburg,
Penn, for the murder OF Emanuel Nom, a
fellow woodchopper, last February.
HUNGRY, unemployed men in Newtown, N.
Y, drove Italian laborers away from the pub.
lie works authorized by the Town Board and
forced the contractor to employ citizens.
JOHN BUCHANAN, an ex-convlct, who GRIM
inally assaulted Mrs. Al. Munger and Miss
Allie Harrison near Manchester, Mo-, has
been lynched by mob.
JOHN q. GEAR was elected Unired States
Senator BY the Iowa Legislature. ~
ALEXANDER REos, cashier Of the First Ma
tional Bank of Lead, South Dakota, has
been arrested, charged with embezzllng
$24,S93.
TIE President nominated William J. Bu-
chanan to be Minister to the Argentine Re-
public. The Senate rejected the nomination
of j. Scott Harrison, brother ofthe ex-Presi-
dent, to be Customs Surveyor at Kansas City.
AT the White House Mime. Vii, wife Of the
Chinese Minister. Bfr. Yang Yii, was intro
duced to Mrs. Cleveland by Mrs. Gresham.
The call lasted for half an hour. Nine. Yii
is quite pretty little lady. She was attired
In the full dress affected by her country
women of the nobility, while her cheeks
were painted bright yermillion. ...
A STATE Of siege was proclaimed in Carrara
and Massa di Carrara. In Italy, the. scene OF
the recent Anarchist disturbances.
CHOLERA has appeared at Anvelats, near
Charleroi, Belgium. There were twelve
deaths from the disease. Many Of the in
habitants have been aitnnked.
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MANY CHINESE BURNED.
The Fate Of Women and Children In
Blazing Temple.

The latest advices from Shanghai, China,
by the steamer PekinS, give details or an
appalling calamity at Ningko which resulted
In the horrible death by fire OF nearly 800
Chinese women AMI children.
An annual theatrical performance IN honor
of the gods was being given in the temple.
Over 400 were present. the women and chill
dren being on the balconies Of the two stories
of the temple, while the men were IN the
yard. The performance was on alarge stage
in the temple yard. The audience were eat.
ing and drinking, and many were smoking.
A boy carelessly threw cigarette which
he had been smoking into heap OF straw at
the foot OF the stairs leading to the second
story OF the temple. The straw was dry and
instantly blazed up, burning the staircases
and thus cutting of all escape from the top
floor. There was wild rush for safety.
Some we're trampled to death, some jumped
out OF the windows and were dashed to
pieces on the stone pavement below, while
the greater part of the women sat In their
seats paralyzed by terror and were burned
alive or suffocated by smoke.
7 The fire engines from the foreign settle.
ment in Ningko we're promptly on hand. but
could do nothing to stop the flames. In an
hour and half the temple was In ruins.
Many bodies were 80 badly burned as to be
nnrecocniZable
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CAPTAIN WILSON'S FATE.
The Matabeles Overwhelm His Party
and Kill Them All.


Advices from Matabele source which ar
rived at Cape Town, South Africa, are tothe
effect that Captain Wilson and his entire
party, who have been reported to have been
annihilated by the forces OF King Lo Ben
gula beyond the Shangani River, died igat-
ing hard.
A native VINO arrived at Buluwayo says
tat he was present when the Matabees mado
their first attack on Captain Wilson. They
at first thought that the whites had a numer-
Gus force, and retired afterthe first skirmish.
10 B,ngula. in his wagon, fed for short
distance, but learning that Captain Wilson's
force was numerically weak, the Matabeles
were ordered to return and attack them.
The natives 10 overwhelming numbers
fought the whites, but the latter battled ga!-
antly behind the cover afforded them by
their dead horses. 1t was impossible,
however, for the whites to hold the
Matabeles In check, and their fire grew
weaker and weaker. Then the Matabelas
rushed in on the British, nearly all
of whom were wounded. All the live whites
were killed with assegais, and stripped Of
their clothing and uccoutrements.
A party has arrived at Fort Tull and re-
ports meeting a band of armed natives one
Of whom was carrying rife that had be-
longed to one Of Captain Wilson's men.
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HOLOCAUST IN MEXICO.

Many Men, Women and Children
Burned to Death.
Advices have been received from the Sierra
Mojada mining camp in Mexico, OF terrible
holocaust In the lower part Of the town
were number Of huts, located very close to-
gether.
These we're set on fire by band OF un-
known incendiaries, and before the occu
pants could escape eleven men aui several
women and chilIren were burnel to 'lsath.
Ten others were burned so badly that they
will die.
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TIE fourteenth annual report Of the
American Grocer makes the output OF canned
tomatoes in the United States and Canada
for the year 1893 4,395,543 cases, an ex,ess
over 1892 of 1,028,8l4 cases. The wholesale
prices yer cas-. Of No. Standard tins are
eignty-flve cent. TO $l.10, two dozen in
case. or about four and a half cents tin.
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TO VIVISECT MURDERERs.
Bill to Make Executions Scientific
and Medical Experiments.

A remarkable bill has been introduced in
the Ohio Legislature by Representative Pow
len, of Stark County, at tho request Of ply
sician, who is one of his constituents. The
bill abol;shes hanging, and provides that all
murderers sentenced to death shall be exc.
cuted by means OF anaesthetics, which are to
be administered under the supervision of
Board OF Physicians and Scientists.
The condemned man having been placed
In painless sleep, the scientists are 10 be
permitted to take the top OF his skull off and
watch the action OF the brain or lay bare his
heart and other vital organs In order to study
their action.
The author Of the bill has flooded the State
with circulars in support ofthe measure.
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DEATH IN THE KISS.
Hair Got in His Throat and Burst
a Blood Vessel.

Blood Vessel.
George ". Harvey, one OF the most proml
nent citizens OF lone, N. j., died few nights
ago, under peculiar circumstances.
He was celebrating his golden wedding,
and was surrounded by his children and
grandchildren. He kissed one OF the latter
on the head and hair lodged In his throat,
bringing on severe coughing spell. In the
midst of which blood vessel burst, and Mr.
Harvey died In a few minutes.
His wife was so shocked that she has been
unconscious since her husbands death, and
her life is despaired Of. Mr. Harvey was
sepenty-three years old and his wife three
yesrs younger.
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THE National Mary Washington Monument
Association has issued an appeal 70 the wo-
men OF the United States to contribute funds
necessary TO pay for the completed monu-
ment. The sum OF $4,000 is desired.
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AssIsTANr-ArToRNEv GENERAL THOMAS,
OF the Postoff1ce Department. has decided
that the monthly reports OF college students
as to their grades In the classes cannot be
sent through the mails, except on payment
Of letter postage. The question was raised
BIZ q Missouri college President.
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South and West.

Ohio, exploded killing Silas wilson, Amos
Stevens and Noah Hoffman and fatally In.
juring John Wilson.
FRANK D. JACKSON, Republican, was In
augurated Governor of Iowa.
"CHARLEY" BENNETT, the famous catcher
of the Boston Champion Baseball Club, fell
under train at Wellsville, Kan. His left
leg was cut off at the ankle and the other at
the knee.
EDWARD LEWIS killed his wife and himself
at Cincinnati, Ohio.
POSTMASTER WASHINGTON HEs1Na, OF Chi
eago, wrote to the authorities at Washing
Ton, stating emphatically that unless his
quarters in the Federal Building be repaired
be will move out.
A SMALL frame house at Des Moines, Iowa,
occupied by Philip 3. Hobson, was burned.
His two little girls, aged two and three,
perished.
ERNEST HOFFMAN shot his wife dead and
and then committed suicide at SisterVille,
W. Va. Drink was the cause of the crime.
JESSE PREwELL, a well-to-do bachelor
farmer killed himself with shotgun near
Winchester, Ohio, after writing letter In
which he said that the deed was the result
Of remorse at having assisted in the lynch
ing of young Parker, near West Union.
JOHN HENRY GEAn, Of Burlington. MEM
ber Of Congress from the First Iowa District,
was nominated for United States Senator to
succeed James F. Wilson, at caucus OF
the Republican members OF the General
Assembly.
An engine with eight men on board was
crossing the Austin Greek (Cal.) Bridge when
the bridge gave way and the engine vent
into the creek. All the men, except Con-
ductor Brown, were drowned.
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GENERAL NELSON A. MILES Will recon-
mend the purchase Of the Government
Building at the Worlds Fair for removal to
Fort Sheridan. II the removal ls pro-
nounced practicable the building will be
2sed as drill hall w ...
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Washington.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and Senators and
Representatives favor the proposal to estab-
lish a National bureau OF health.
The Corwin dispatches from Minister
Willis were received in Washington.
THE Republican National Committee met
in Washington; Mr.. Carter resigned the
craftsmanship OF the Executive Committee,
and Joseph II. Manley was chosen In his
place.
The Senate Committee on Commerce Or
dered an adverse report on the nomination
OF ]. Scott Harrison, brother OF ex-President
Harrison, nominated December u last TO DO
Surveyor OF Customs ar Kansas City, Mo.
IT was thought in Washington that by de-
Gliding to report their internal revenue
scheme as a separate measure tho Demo-
cratic members Of the Ways and Means
Committee had given the proposed income
tax It's death blow.
SECRETARY CARLISLE denied that he has
taken steps to issue bonds under the Resump-
tion act. BANDS committee voted to report
his bill for the coinage OF the seigniorage.
Mrs. CLEVELAND gave card reception ut
the White House, for which q thousand in
yitations were sent out. The hostess was
assisted by the ladies Of the Cabinet and
number OF young buds.
TIE second of the series of Cabinet dinners
In honor of the President and Mrs. Cleveland
was given by Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle at
their residence.
SECRETARY CARLISLE wrote to Senator
Voorhees, saying that II Congress does not
come to the relief of the Treasury he will be
compelled to issue bonds under the Resump-
tion act
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JOHNNIE GROVE a HERO.
He Rescued Five Children and Swan
Forty Feet Under the Ice.

Three children. while playing on the Ice
On the Carson River at Brunswick Mill. New,
broke through, and three playmates, trying
to rescue them, went in also. johnnie
Grove, fourteen years old. jumped In, rescu-
ing five. the other going under the Ice. He
dlvsd after the child, swimming forty feet
under the Ice. When he came up With 1t ne
was nearly Eofn on. o..
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THE NEWS EPIT0MIzED.
Eastern and Middle Stateu.

JAMES KELLY, JR., Of West Grove. Penn,
hiccoughed himself to death. This is the
fourth death of this kind In that vicinity
within short time.
DEMOCRATS seized the Senate chamber at
Trenton, N. j., from the Republican en-
ployes by force.
AT Brooklyn. Judge Bartlett denied the
motion to quash the indictments against
John Y. McKane and his associates. OF
Gravesend. N. Y, and decided that they
must plead.
A TEMPORARY bridge over Newtown Creek
at Penny Bridge, Long Island, N. Y, gave
way. piunging a hundred men and boys into
the water. Three men are In hospitals and 1t
was not known on the morning after how
many might have been lost.
The Meadvllle Savings Bank, Of Meadville,
Penn, has closed its doors.
WHILE skating on the Blackstone River
two boys named Berry and Nadeau, Of Albion,
R. l.. broke through the ice and were
drowned.
TIE rival New jersey Senates at Trenton
met and adjourned without doing any bust-
ness the Attorney Generals opinion Is be-
lieved to hold that the Democratic Senate Is
legally organized, but that the credentials OF
Senators-elect, if apparently proper, should
be accepted the Republican Senators. In
caucus, decided to adhere to their position.
NELSON BEARDsLEY. aged eighty-six, Presi-
dent of the Cayuga County National Bank.
at Auburn, N. Y. for the past ffty-four
years is dead. His brother, Roswell. has
been postmaster of North Lansing, N. u,
since John Quincy Adams's administration
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Foreign.


THERE was lively rifle and machine gun
duel in Rio (BraztD Harbor, in which many
were killed.
The widow OF william Makepeaee
Thackeray died lew mornings ago, at her
aged seventy-fvc years. She had lived In
complete retirement at Leigh for upward OF
forty years.
SPAIN demands $4,000, 900 from Muley Has
san for the attack on Melilla.
DISPATCHES received at Montreal say Pres
Ident Peixoto, of Brazil, has consented to
resign.
TIE British House of Commons passed
the Parish Councils bill and adjourned until
February 18th.
BRITISH troops operating in the interior OF
Africa have defeated force OF 1000 Sofas at
Kouno. Two hundred and fifty OF the natives
were killed. The British loss was slight. |!
The Protestant natives In Uganda, Africa,
defeated the Mahometan natives, OF whom
thirty were killed and 1900 captured. :
BAaE, Brazil. has been so long beseged by
the insurgents that the garrison is driven TO
eating cats and other animals.
A MAN named Courbet, his wife and
daughter was found dead in Paris tene'
ment house. having committed suicide by
inhaling the fumes OF charcoal.
TIE Umzzi tribe in Pondoland, South
Africa, has defeated Chief Sigeau IN battle,
Two hundred and fifty of the blacks were
killed.
ADMIRAL pA CANA, in an interview, said
he thought that the Brazilian Insurgents
could not hold out more than two montd
longer.
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Thirty-two War Ships for France;
France will begin this year the construc!
tion of thirty-two war ships Of all classes.
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A BOYS TRAGIC SUICIDE.

Grover Hummer BLOWS OuI Iifs
Brains in a School-room.
Grover Hummer, boy between six and
seven years old, blew out his brains with
pistol at Capitol Hill school-house, Wash
ington, D. c., few mornings ago.
The bow was the son OF wealthy butcher,
and was named after Grover Cleveland. He
died almost instantly. There was panic:
,chiIdrap and teachers rushing to the street.