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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

77rH DAY.-The day was consumed by MIR.
PETER, who continued his speech on the
Wilson bill.
18th DAY.-After some routine morning
business the Senate resumed the considera-
ton of the Further Urgent Deficiency Dill.
Mr.. Hill proposed to count pairs to make
quorum. The matter went over. .-When
the Tariff bin was taken up MIR. Peffer con
tinued his speech on the subject, the fourth
installment. He was followed by Mr.. Nit
chell.
18TH DAy.-Mr. Hill reintroduced his reso-
luton to 80 amend the rules as to permit
pairs to be counted In making up q quorum.
The Further Urgent Deficiency bill was
then after some more discussion as to the
censorship of papers prepared by specla
agents of the Census Bureau, passed, with
many amendments. The bill as passed 6y
the House, appropriated about 81, 242,oOO,
and the amendments Of the Senate increase
that amount to 81. .7s5, 900. One Of the Senate
amendments is $4,000 for the widow OF Sena.
tor Colquitt, Of Georgia. Tariff bill
was taken UP and Mr.. Quay addressed the
Senate in opposition to it.
SOrH DAY.-Funeral services for tho late
Senator Vance were held inthe Senate cham
Der, the members Of the House participating.
81sT DAY.-Attorney-G General C!ney sent
letter from George Hoadly to the Senate In
reply to the Boatner Union Pacific resolu-
tions.- s.-Mr. Smith, of New Jersey, de-
ltvered a speech against the income stax
feature OF the Tariff bill.
s2D DAY-Messrs. Morrill,, Turpie, Cam
eron and Quay spoke on the tariff
The House.
1OOrH DAY.-The House was in session only
An hour, adjourning on account OF the eau
Gus, no quorum and no business.
1O1sT DAY.-As the Clerk began reading
the journal MIR. Reed interrupted with the
suggestion that the first business was the
question of approving the journal Of the day
before The House. was again unable to OBJ
tain quorum and. on motion, adjourned.
102D DAY.-No business was done, the
House adjourntng out OF respect to the mem
ory of Senator Vance, whose funeral was
held tn the Senate Chamber. The House be-
fore adjournment passed appropriate reso--
lutions in honor OF the memory OF General
Henry ". Slocum.
1OSD DAY.-The House adopted the
quorum-counting rule by vote OF 212 to a,
the Republicans voting for it.-The Dlplo-
matte and Consular Appropriation bill was
considered.
1O4rH DAY.-A deba:e on the Diplomatic
and Consular Appropriation bill drifted into
general discussion OF the Administration 8
record. Mr.. Cummings reported the Ma
val Appropriation bill for the year ending
June so, 1895, and the House adjourned.
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THE THlRTEEN-INCH GUN.
= Sent a Half Ton Projectile Through
a Twelve-Inch Steel Plate.

= Sent Half-Ton Projectile Through
Twelve-Inch Steel Plate.
Naval ordnance officers fred two shots
nom the big thirteen-inch gun at Indian
Head proving grounds near Washington, a
sew days ago, which proved to their COM
plete satisfaction that the gun Is q magnif-
cent weapon, probably unsurpassed for
Ill practical purposes. The ocea-
don for firing the great rifle
Fas to test the nickel steel projectiles, each
Weighing more than half a ton. The target
was twelve-iPch nickel steel plate, and both
shells went entirely through it, one OF them
breaking to pieces and the other remaining
intact after II had cleared the plate. The Car
penter shell was unhurt by the operation OF
rushing IT'S half-ton mass through a foot OF
solid steel. which Is exactly what the ord
nance officials have been looking for as a
means of testing the great sevanteen-inch
amor for the battle ships. The tests were
therefore only preliminary to tho trials for
the acceptance or condemnation OF the
heaviest srmor plates yet made in this coun-
IN. ..F..
In few days 1t Is probable that the thir-
teen inch gun will be aimed at the typical
bsttleship plates, with results that will be
anxiously awaited by the Navy Department
and the armor contractors. After these
tests the big guns ranse will be tried by
long shots down the Potomac River.
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LAWLESS STRIKERS KILLED.
A Plucky Sheriff Quells Mob Of
Furious Poles.

Trouble has been brewing between the
Water Board and the Polish laborers engaged
to lay the pipe extensions east Of the
waterworks, near Connor's Creek, four
miles from Detroit, Mich, over
the question Of wages for some
days. These men were quarrelsome, and re-
fused to 20 to work themselves or allow any
one else to do so, but NO serious outbreak
occurred. At o'clock a. m. an angry look
ing mob began to gather at the scene, and
when o'clock arrived more than 500 men,
carrying pickaxes and spades, were patrol
ling the road. Four policemen were sworn
In as deputy sherlffs, and eighteen men were
put to work. The strikers threatened to Kill
the first man who dared attempt to do any
work, and when one OF tho men, more dar-
ing than his fellow-workmen, jumped into
the ditch he was savaSely assaulted. The
handful of deputies were oTerpowered, and
the strikers were left In possession for the
time being. @
When Engineer Williams attempted to
withdraw his men peacefully the strikers be-
came furious and made an onslaughter on
one of the men. Sheriff Collins ordered the
mob to disperse, threatening to shoot IL the
order was not obeyed. The mob appeared
maddened, however, and continued the at
CaCh. 1uGu luc SucIlu OIoSISo hho p0ooS W
fire. Hesuited the action to the word, and
fred three shots from his revolver In rapid
succession. This was signal for a volley
from the deputies, who emptied their revol-
vers at the advancing mob. Two strikers
were shot dead, and at least fifteen others
are more or less dangerously wounded. The
sheriff was knocked senseless, being struck
over the head repeatedly with a shovel. His
injuries were considered dangerous. This
had demoralizIng effect on the mob, and 1t
fell back.
The dead are Andrea Karnetski and John
Pielat. The injured are Theopil Slawinski !;
shot In the back, fatally Jacx Quadupski,
shot in the breast, fatally Laurenz Kulwickl,
shot in the hip rony Gerkowiaki, shot III
the thigh, all strikers. Sheriff Collins, cut
on head and right leg and several rody
bruises, Foreman CatteY, fatally injured,
ana policeman, seriously cut and bruised.
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Foreign.


TIE forces of President Peixoto have re-
captured Parangua from the Brazilian
insurgents.
SIR WILLIAM HARcoURT announced to the
House Of Commons that the territory of
Uganda, Africa, had been placed under a
British protectorate, with regular admins
tration.
TIE farmers of England, France, Ger
many, Austria and Poland are grealy wor-
ried by the dry weather which prevails in
these countries. The drought has not been
broken In more than five weeks.
AN explosion caused by fire damp occurred
in @ coal mine at Czupriia, Servia. Sixteen
were killed.
ADMIRAL ME1Lo and his adherents have
been driven out Of Rio Grarde, and the
Brazilian revolution Is apparently nearly
ended.
PRESIDENT CARSoT will not be candidate
for reelection OF the French elections next
fall
R1Az PASTA, of Egypt, who has been a
thorn In the British flesh, has resigned and
his fellow-Ministers go out Of Office with him.
The Khedive consulted Lord Cromer before
picking out a new Premier.
NEARLY fifty houses were destroyed and
eight farms were devastated by fire In
Olleaburg, Germany. The flames spread
fabIdly, as the buildings and timber had
been parched by the drought and there was
little water available.
TIE budget introduced into the English
House o. Commons provides chiefly by in
creased taxation for an estimated deficit OF
S22 500, 900.
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Senator Vance, Of North Carolina, who had
not been we'll since the assembling OF Con-
press and had been confined to his home in
Washington for the past month, had turn
for the worse and died at 1915 O'Clock; p. m.
At about noon he had astroke OF apoplexy:
The stroke sent the blood to tho brain, and
since then he had been unconscious.
Zebulon B. Vance was born in Buncombe
County, North Carolina, on May 13, 1880.
He was educated at Washington College, Ten
nessee, and at the University of North Caro-:
lima. He afterward studied law. was admitted
to the bar in 1882, and was elected County
Attorney the same year. He was elected to the
State House OF Commons in 1854, and was
members of the Thirty-lfth and Thirty.
sixth Congresses. In May. 1861, he entered
the Confederate service as Captain. and was
made Colonel In August. In 1862 he was
elected Governor Of North Carolina, and was
reelected In 1864. He was first elected to
the United States Senate in 1870. but ad-
mission was refused him, and he re-
signed In January, 1872. He was the
Democratic nominee for the Senate the same
year, but was defeated by n combination OF
bolting Democrats and Republicans. He was
elected Governor for the third time III 1876,
and was elected to the Senate and took his
seat on March 1S. 1879 He was reelected IN
1884 and $780, His term wlllexpre on March
8 1897
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The home Of Senator and Mrs. Morrill,,
in Thomas Circle, Washington, was the scene
OF q brilliant party in celebration Of the Sena-
tors eighty-fourth birthday. From until
12 o'clock the drawing-rooms held distin-
guished company, and the occasion was one
of festive congratulations and superb floral
gifts to the host and hostess. Senator and Mrs.
Morrill, looked extremely well, and the years
are light upon both. He has not missed
day In the Senate this session. and he Is
always promptly on time, which cannot be
said Of some OF his younger colleagues.
Senator Morrill, is the Oldest man in years
and In continuous service in Congress. He
is in the fortieth year of straight Congress-
iongal service, having served twelve years in
the House of Representatives and twenty
seven years in the Senate. His fifth term in
the Senate will expire In 1897. Should ho
complete II, he will have been o Senator
thirty years. Thomas H. Benton, OF Mis-
souri,, was the only man who ever saw O
longer continuous service in the Senate. Mr..
Benton was in the Senate from October, 1920,
to March, 1851. But he was only two years
In the House, sothat his whole Congressional
service is short of Senator Morrill's by nearly
eight years.
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South and West.

LESS than three hundred men were affected
by the building trades lock out In Chicago.
The Worlds Fair buildings are still the
/ property Of the South Park Commissioners.
The sale of the buildings to L. c. Garrett, Of
st. Louis, was declared of because the money
was not forthcoming.
JUDGE DUNDY, of Omaha, Neb., ordered
the wages Of the unorganized employees OF
the Union Pacific restored to the basis which
ruled before the reduction recently inaugu-
rated by the receivers.
GOVERNOR T1LLMAN, Of South Carolina,
began to disband those militia companies
which refused to follow his Darlington Or
ders.
FIRE destroyed the business portion Of
Elizabethtown, by.
SEYMOUR NEwLrN, colored man with a
bad reputation, committed a criminal as
Knowles, living at Rash Sylvania, Logan
County, Ohio. He was taken from Gala
boose by mob and hanged to tree.
THERE was Just s249, ,180 76 worth of dis
pensary liquor sold in South Carolina dur
lug the quarter ending February I. There
were ffty-seven dispenssries In operation,
and the net profits for equal division be-
tween the counties and towns were S41,-
163.49.
GENERAL JOSEPH B. KERsHAw is dead,
aged seventy-two. He was born at and al
ways lived at Camden, s. c., except that he
served the Confederacy throughout the war,
rising from Colonel to Major-General. He
was Judge Of the Fifth Circuit Court from
1877 until last June, when he resigned be.
cause of III health. and then President Cleve-
land made him Postmaster.
THE Great Northern railroad strike
spread to 1900 miles of the line.
TwENTY-FoUR buildings In the heart Of
Santa Cruz, Cal, were burned. Loss $685.
600.
A FATAL accident occurred ct Huntington,
Tenn, where party of schoolboys attempted
to haze new student. The plan was to take
the victim to the woods and frighten him
with pistols fired from ambush. One of the
shots struck young man named H. 7. Har-
per, who was passing along the road at the
time, inflicting wound from which he died
In few hours.
AN expert investigation Of the books Of
City Treasurer Mrs. E. r. Pulliam. of Fort
Scott, Kan, the only female city treasurer in
the State, makes 1t appear that she ls $500
short In her accounts She has been sus-
pended pending further investigation.
TIE stoppage of traffic by reason of q
strike continued over large part OF the
Great Northern Railway In the West.
A LONE highwaynan robbed the stage near
Milton, CAL. of the Wells-Fargo treasure
box, containing S2090.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

TIE salary Of the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury Is $4,000 year.
TIE late Elliott F. Shepard's personal
property inventories at 81, ,0s9, 796.20. ..
LoRp SALISBURY habitually dictates official
papers into one Of Edison's monographs.
.'BEy" KING, the Michigan poet and 'humor.
fst, was found dead in bed, few DAYS ago,
at Bowling Green, Ky.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has accepted an
election to honorary membership In the COL
onial Society Of Massachusetts. -r
" A CHINESE medical student, Lu Hong, In
the University of Michigan, Is said to be
direct descendant Of Confucius.
LoR1S A. THURsroN, Minister tothe United
States from Hawaii, was married to Miss
Harriet Potter Of st. Joseph, Mich.
M, CoouELN is declared to be the richest
actor IN the world, with Henry Irving close
second. Bernhardt Is the weathiest actress.
JULES SIMON, the eminent Frenchman, who
Is nearly eighty years OF age, Will shortly
undergo an operation to prevent total blind
ness.
RICHARD W1sTAR, who had lived In Phila-
delphia like pauper, though worth Jointly
with his brother SS,000,00 died at Atlantic
City, N. ].
TEE Duke of vera9ua has been appointed
President of the Spanish Senatorial Commit.
tee on Treaties of Commerce with Germany,
Austria and Italy.
CocKRAN and Payne, the two New York
Congressmen, have the largest heads In the
House of Representatives. Each OF them
wears No. 8 hat.
BERI1oz, the composer, never learned to
play any instrument save the guitar. and
played that 80 badly that no one would will
ingly listen to him.
RupYARD KIP11Na is by no means depend
ent upon the fruits of his pen for an income.
He has estates in Vancouver which bring
him In handsome amount yearly.
LORD RosEBERY, the British Premier, at
school was soe eflish that he was nicknamed
ssMss Primrose" but former schoolmates do
not venture to address hin now as they then
did, s'Miss Prim."
FROM his Supreme Court practice alone It
is estimated that ex-senator Edmunds de-
riyes an income Of not less than $50, 900 per
annum. His regular Office practice and his
fees as consulting attorney yield him per-
hsps $4,000 more.
GEORGE PEABODY WETMoRE, Of Rhode
Island, who will probably succeed Senator
Dixon In the United States Senate, was born
IN London, Eng, In 1916, while his parents
were travelling abroad, but he has lived IN
Newport, R. L, since he was four years OF
age. He WAS graduated from Yale In the
Class Of 1867, and from the Columbia Law
School In 1869. He was elected Governor In
1885, and reelected In 1886.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

UNITED STATES JUDGE LAooM8E refused a
writ of habeas corpus for John \. Mckane.
the Gravesend On. W election manipulation,
now In Sing Sing Prison
NINE Democratic members OF the New
York Assembly were brought to the bar ana
reprimanded by the Speaker for violation OF
the rules.
THREE burglars after blowing open the
safe of the Irvington IN. J.) Postoft1ce with
dynamite were pursued by Tax Collector U.s.
born, who shot and wounded one of them.
ONLY five of the eighty-six plants In the
coke region of Pennsylvania are now Idle by
reason Of the strike.
DAVID G. ACKERMAN, the Superintendent
OF Sinnock & sherrilps jewelry factory IN
Newark, N. J., Is accused In the papers IN O
civil suit to which he Is not party, OF hav-
ing Systematically robbed the firm OF gold
for thirteen years. The firm reckons Its loss
at about S25,000, and the gold was taken, 80
the firm says, at the rate OF about Sl75 or
5000 n month.
Two THOUSAND coke strikers paraded
through the disturbed region in PeDnsyl-
vania terrorizing the men who remained at
work.
STEPHEN R. Posr. one of the oldest brokers
on the New York Produce Exchange, failed.
ALDEN FALEs, the boy murderer, of New
ark, N. j., has escaped the gallows. HIS SEN
tence was committed by the New Jersey Court
Of Pardons to Imprisonment for life.
WILLIAM HILBERT. who was In the famous
charge Of the Six Hunderd at Balaklaya
died few days ago in New York City.
FOREST fires have again broke out in the
pine forests South OF Vineland, N. J. A con-
siderable section has been burned over.
GENERAL OLIVER LATHRoP SHEPHERD, re-
tired, died at his residence, In New York
City. BE was seventy-nine years old, and
was born In Clifton Park, Saratoga County,
N. Y. he went to West Point In 1910. He
was veteran of the Seminole, the Mexican
and the Civil Wars.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD was buried among
his kindred and amid the scenes Of his child
hood In Stockbridge, Mass.
C. E. WOODRUFF, Of Berlin, Conn.,, who re-
Gently completed term In State prison for
forgery, has settled with the banks In Hart
ford, New Britain, Meriden, Thompson and
Middletown. which he defrauded, paying
them S45,0 900, the amount Of the forgeries.
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WASHINGTON.

TIE Senate gave Senator Walsh, Of
Georgia, the following named committee as
Bignments Quadro-Centennial (select)
Chairman; Postoff1ces and Post Roads, Re-
lations with Canada (select), National Banks
(select) and Private Land Claims.
The Postmaster-G General talked over
long distance telephone, for the first time,
with Postmaster Hessing In Chicago.
The President madethe following nomina-
tions: Ormond Hammond, Assistant Treas
urer at Baltimore; Barnes. Compton, Naval
Officer In the District of Baltimore Frank
T. Shaw, Collector OF Customs, Baltimore
Davis Warheld, Postmaster at Baltimore; 9.
Ridgely Goodwin, Surveyoro OF Customs, Bal
timore w. L. Marbury, United StatesDistrict
Attorney for Maryland William d. Harries,
Collector OF Internal Revenue. District Of
Minnesota William q. Manogue, Collector
of Customs at Georgetown. D. c. D.; III. A.
Frawley, Surveyor OF Customs at Burlington,
Iowa John E. Lynch, United States Marshal
Eastern District OF Missouri.
DIRECTOR PRESTON. of the Mint Bureau,
has completed his final figures on the gold
production of the United States during the
calendar year 1893. The total product is
given as 1,739,0S1 ounces, valued at 1885,
e5O, 900, which Is an increase for the year
OF 73, 455 ounces, representing $685. ,42S.
The President sent to the Senate another
batch OF Hawaiian correspondence, which
contains some in formation that has oeen be-
fore the public for several days In an unof1-
etal form.
rEl0oaAT1c caucus o. Representatives
decided by u majority OF almost forty to re-
port quoru n-couptIny rule.
SECRETARY LAMONT ani party returned TO
Washington from three weeEs trip OF In
spection 10 the various army posts OF tho
South and Southwest. All o: the posts
visited were found to be in excellent condi-
ton, and the trip was very enjoyable one.
WILLIAM McGARRAHAx, one Of Washing.
toms celebrities, who, for nearly half CEN
tury, has been vainiy contesting before Con-
gress for what he claimed to be his rights, In
the Rancho Panoche Grande, has at last
given up his fight, broken In health. The
value of his claim mounted up to the mill
ions.
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations ". W. Rockhill, Of Maryland,
now Chief Clerk OF the Department Of State.
to be Third Assistant Secretary OF State.
Edward b. Strobel. Of New York. to be En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to Ecuador.
The LOG book and other valuable relics VI
the wrecked corvette KearsarSe were founc
and will be turned over to the Navy Depart
ment.
COMMODORE ERBEN has pref erred charges
of dereliction of duty against Captain
Mahan.
MADELINE POLLARD wins. The jury at
Washington decided that W. c. P. Breckin-
ridge, Representative from the Lexington
(Ky.) District, broke bona flde promise to
marry her and that he must pay her $4,000
therefor. The jury was out less than ninety
minutes. The case was appealed, defendant
himself arising and making the customary
motion for new trial.
TIE subcommittee OF the House Com
mittee on Indian Affairs completed the
Indian Appropriation bill. The bill carries
an appropriation Of s6,455, 1865. The Office
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BULLDOZED THE BANKER.
A Robber With Two Revolvers Grabs
All the Money in Sight.

A bold robbery was perpetrated at Craw-
ford, Neb., the Crawford Banking Company
losing about $4,000. The robbery took place
at 3.45 p. m, after banking hours, and while
President whipple was alone in the bank.
He was sitting at his desk Mt work when
suddenly he was told to throw up his hands
and not to call out. He looked into tho muz'
zles of pair Of revolvers In the hands ofa
big man. He was told to open the money
drawer. which he did, and the robber poe.
keted the contents
Whipple was then marched to the vault.
and what cash was available there was taken.
The robber then closed the vault door, leav'
inp the bank President on the inside, and the
bolt was slipped on the prisoner, who was re-
leased few minutes later,
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AT Ellis Island, New York Harbor, IN the
month Of March, 1876 immigrants were
landed. In the same month last year 2s. .073
were landed. OF the immigrants landed in
March 3505 came from Italy, 2132 from Ger
many, 1873 from Austro-Hungary 1887 from
Russia, 1156 from Sweden, 754 from Norway
1872 from Ireland and 5s2 from England
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ApEpufATIoN from the British Central As.
socIstion Chambers ofAgriculture urged be-.
fore Mr.. 81. Gardner, President Of the Board
Of Agriculture, The. Importance Of maintain
hg resolutions to slaughter all foreign cattle
a their port Of debarEation.
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A PICTURESQUE sTEEPLE.
The Wind Blew 1t OFF the Church ant
1t Stood Upon Its Apex.

At Litchfeld, Conn.,, the gale blew over
the steeple Of st. Michce!'s Episcopal
Church. It fell apex downward on the
lawn in front Of the church, and its
point sank several feet into the ground.
The steeple broke OF and stood up
side down, it's peak in the ground and its
base in the air. Efforts were made to pull!
the inverted steeple over BY ropes without
success, but its base was finally inclined to
the bell tower, against which 1t still rests,
with apex to the ground. Apart from tho
loss Of the steeple the church was not badly
damaged.
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SISTER OF MERCY KILLED.

Berlin Stirred by Terrible Crime
Near the Grunewald Forest.
The police of Berlin, Germany, found the
body Of Sister of Mercy lying by the side OF
the road leading to the Grunewald Forest,
on the outskirts Of the city. The body was
nartly concealed by some bushes. :,
The throat OF the unfortunate woman had
been cut, and examination disclosed the fact
that she mad been maltreated before she was
murdered. Near the spot were evidences OF
= desnerais struggle, and some footprints Of
a man. which it was thought might lead to
the arrest of the murderer.