El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The DOiDgs Of Congress and the DIFF.
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The DOings Of Congress and the Dit.
ferent Departments.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-Mr. Turley,
of Memphis, arrived this morning and
will be sworn in as senator from Ten
kansas, knows Turley well, and pre-
diets that the successor of the late Mr..
Harris, will make good impression
among his associates.
Secretary Sherman re-appesred at
the state department today after q con-
finement to his house for nearly week.
He processes to feel fully recovered
and does not appear to have lost any of
his vigor.
The opposition leaders of the tariff
bill have abandoned all hope of making
any changes in the measure. The
repu blicans and their several allies
are banded together and nothing could
induce them to break at this stage of
the proceedings. The democrats will
content themselves with few speech
es before the final vote is taken. Un-
less something unexpected turns up, it
is probable congress- can adjourn by
Saturday night.
In the senate today the tariff bill was
considered and Chiffon, of Texas, de-
livered carefully prepared speech
against the bill.
Turley as successor of Senator Har-
ris was sworn in.
Senator Carter, called attention to
the Alaska gold discoveries by in
Producing a joint resolution authorizing
the secretary of interior to grant right
of way over public lands for the con-
struction of trails. He said the British
Columbia company were trying to
monopol' ze the route. The resolution
went over.
The currency message goes to con-
gress tomorrow.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, is reported
to be again Investigating the sugar
scandal.
Lacey in the house today introduced
bill creating the office of surveyor
general of Alaska, and dividing the
territory into two land districts. Sha-
froth, of Colorado, explained that
under the present conditions many
miners must travel ZOO miles to make
entries of claims. A new Office will
doubtless be located in the Yukon dis
trict in the vicinity of the gold fields.
The bill was passed.
Stevens Rescued.
Stevens, the entombed miner at
Gold6eld, was rescued on Saturday.
''Give me water"
The cavern occurred on July 4th and
he was rescued on the l7th, and was
therefore .entombed for 13 days. He
ate his lunch just before the cavern oc-
Cured on July 4th, consequently he
has been entirely without food. He
had one gallon of water and that was
exhausted on Tuesday. July 9Th: Since
then he had not only endured hunger
and thirst but bravely held out against
seeming cruel fate. maintaining his
reason and self-possession, signalling
with regularity and precision, and,
though witheripg away, kept up both
faith and work. When they reached
him it was discovered that he had
heard the sounds above him and
dug up towards them dis
tance of 46 feet.
When he was released by the party
a pitiable object was revealed. Stew
ems on the day he entered the mine,
weighed 156 pounds. He was a sturdy
specimen of manhood. When found
the muscles of his neck lay in
ridges. He bad wasted away so that
his frame could easily be traced
through the tightly drawn skin. In
all but spirit he was a wreck, and it
will be some time before his condition
will be improved sufficiently to enable
him to be abOut.-PrOspectOr.