Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-26
TELEGRApHIC BREYITIES.

A special train of fourteen cars load
ed with French Canadian Roman
Catholics passed through Saratoga, n.
Y, at midnight on the annual pilgrl'
mage to the shrine of st. Anne de
Beaupre in Canada.
The extensive plant of the Badger
paper company at Kaukauna. Wis,
was totally destroyed by fire early this
morning. The loss will be 1915, 600.
The mill was one of the largest in
the northwest.
To hasten slow fire Mrs. Jennie
Clegg, of Philadelphia, Pa, this morn
in poured coal oil on the burning Goals.
The blaze that quickly arose ignited her
garments and the frightened woman
picked up her two-year.old son, who
was playing in the kitchen snd ran in
to the yard. Neighbors came to her
aid but the woman died from her in
jnries shortly after her removal to q
hospital. The child was also badly
burned and cannot live.
James Porter and John Hyde, two striking
miners, visited Robert Rodgern, who is en-
ployed in the Ocean mines at Herminie, Pa,
Saturday night. They drank heavily and
soon became dead drunk, and lay in stupor
until yesterday morning about o'clock,
when Hyde swoke, and getting hold OF an
old axe, which WAS in the roon, proceeded to
use it on his two sleeping comrades He
skull and rendering him insensible. He then
attacked Porter, fracturing his skull, besides
cutting terrible cash in his neck. The in
juries of both men will likely prove fatal.
hyde ia in Jail.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
The first session Of the Fifty. fifth
Congress, convened by President Nc.
Kinley, adjourned at nine o'clock Sst'
urday night after learning that Presi-
dent Mckinley had signed the Few
tariff bill. The Senate, as stated in
the GAZETTE of that date, accepted the
conference report on the bill at six
minutes past three o'clock by vote of
10 to 80, and exactly one hour later
Mr.. Mckinley signed it, Mr.. Dingley
having taken it to the White House as
fast as carriage could carry him.
An analysis of the vote shows that
the affirmative vote was cast by thirty
seven republicans, one democrat (Mc-
Eoery), one silver republican Jones, of
Nevads), and one populist (Stewart).
The negative vote was cast by twen-
ty-eight democrats and two populists-
MessrS. Harris and Turner.
MIR. Teller, silver republican, and
two populists-Messrs. Allen and But
ier-were present and did not vote.
The President sent to Congress short
message, urging the creation of a cur
rency commission. The message was
read in both branches, and the House
promptly adopted the Stone joint reso-
luton, measure carrying out the
wishes OF the President.
Messrs. Wheeler, Dockery, Pierce,
Ermentrout and Mr.. McMillin, all
democrats, made speeches in denuncia-
ton of this attempt to creates currency
commission. Mr.. Wheeler declared it
was trick and an effort to control the
elections in Ohio this fall, and Mr..
Dockery, that it meant ultimately the
issue of longtime bonds and the re-
tirement of greenbacks and treasury
notes as a means of fastening the gold
standard on the country forever. Mr..
Pierce denounced it as cowardice and
deception, and predicted Senator
Hanna's downfall in Ohio this fall.
No action was taken on the message
10 the Senate save to refer it to the
finance committee. The House bill
for an international monetary CON-
mission was also referred to the finance
committee.
Last of all Speaker Reed announced
the House committees, which he had
been holding back all through the ex-
ira session. All legislation, including
the Senate resolution to stop the ne
gotiations between the government and
the Union Pacific reorganization COM
mitlee, except the tariff bill, went over
to the regular session.
In the Senate the usual vote of thanks
was rendered the Vice-President elicit
ing happy response by him. President
pro tenn. Frye was also remembered