The state capital., 1899-01-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Bever.
idge Qnd.) made his maiden speech in
that body in advocacy of the perma-
nent retention Of the Philippin archi-
pelago to an unusually large mum bcr
of auditors in the galleries and a full
chamber, supplemented by many mem
bers of the house. At it's conclusion
tremendous and unrestrained applause
swept the galleries. Mr.. Hear (rep.,
Mass.l replied briefly. The house
was not in session on the 9th.
Mail advices from Japan say that
every house and hovel within a hun
dred square miles Of area around Toxic
is being cleanscd under police supervi-
sion, and the streets are piled with
rubbish heaps. Not only the mats, but
the floors are removed and the ac-
cumulated debris of years is being
swept away. Fear of the plague is the
cause of these extraordinary precau-
tions.
John Hamilton, secretary of agricul-
ture of Pennsylvania, appeared before
the industrial commission, on the 9th,
and spoke of the condition of agricul-
ture in his state. He said that the
claim had bee.l made that the agricul-
tural classes were compelled to pay
more than their share of taxes, but
this, in his opinion, was not the fact.
Senator Foraker's bill providing a
government for the Island of Puerto
Rico grants citizenship to all citizens
of Spain who were resident Oh the isl
and Oh the eleventh Of April 1899, and
have continued to be such. and who, by
the eleventh of Arpil next have not
signifed their desire to preserve their
Spanish allegiance.
The handsome residence of Joseph
Pulitzer, publisher of the New York
World, at 1912 East Fifty-ifth street,
New York, was destroyed by fire, on
the 9th, and two women servants were
suffocated or burned to death. The to-
tai loss is estimated at about $780,
The insurance is $25O,00O
/. II. Severance, formerly treasurer
of the Standard Oil Co., has given $6G,-
900 to Oberlin college. The money
will be used to erect and equip chem
ical laboratory. Mr.. Severance also do
mated the ground on which the build
ing is to stand.
Joseph Furnace, the eassailant of Gen.
y. ". Greedy, appeared in court in
Washington, on the 9th, and it was de-
cided to hold him without bail.
The steamer ST. Louis, sailing FOR
Europe, on the 10th, took out $4,000
ounces of silver.
III the senate, on the 10th. after Mr..
Hale (Me.) had introduced a resolution
of inquiry addressed to the depart
ment of state as to the seizure of
American flour by the British authOri-
ties. which was not acted upon, the
session was devoted to eulOgies upon
the life and public services of the late
NicePresident Hobart, in which i
large number of senator's took part.
The addresses were of an unusually
fervid character. In the house, after
an hour devoted to miscellaneous busi-
ness, the session was devoted to eulO-
gieS upon the late Representative
Green, of Nebraska, after which the
house adjourned until the 18th.
The consolidation Of the Ohio Cen
tral and Hooking Valley railroads will
result in the building Of new docks at
Toledo, O., for the united roads The
new terminals will be near the Maui
NEE bay and will be the largest soft
coal docks on the great lakes.
The senate devoted almost the en-
tire session, on the 10th, to speeches in
eulogy of the late Vice-President Ho-
bart. The various speakers had full
chamber and galleries for an audience
and the speeches were Of an unusually
fervid and heartfelt kind
Prof. Willis Moore, chief of the
weather bureau. made an argument, on
the 10th, before the house committee
on agriculture. in favor Of the meas
ure for a reorganization of the bureau
and a system of graded appointments,
ret1rements, etc.
Representative Levy, Of New York,
introduced a bill in the house, on the
10th, to provide for the payment OF in
terest on all internal revenue receipts |
now on deposit or hereafter to be de-
posted in national banks Of the Unit |
ed States.
While skating on the Lake of Bays. |
at Bavsville. Ont, on the 10th, Thomas |
Brown, Jr., aged 10. Margaret Brown,
21, and Jane Brown, II, children of |
Thomas Brown, ran into an opening i'll
the ice near Black Point, and We're all |
drov
1t was reported at the home of Gen.
Greely in Washington, ON the 10th, |
that while the attendant physician |
could not pronounce the general out |
of danger, his condition was slightly |
better than it was the day previous.
Gen. Lord Roberts, the new COM
mander Of the British forces in South |
Africa, and his ehief-of-staf, Gen. Lord |
arrived at Cape Town on
the 10th.