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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-04
BRYAN AT THE CAPITAL.
Has Fair Audience, hut Little En-
thusiasm-t'oN. Rogers Absence
Causes Comment

Special Dispatch o. the Post -IuteIllsrurer.
OLYMPIA April 1-W iluam J. Bryan
spoke iu this city th!s forenoon 20 a. audi
euCe estimated az &n0 people. ana mis-
nunlptr Included tHe Children as the ushil-
schools. whcA b23 been given % h4if-oalf-
dsy. A. $50 time was there any enthusiasm
during the speech ard thIa o. a county
ehilh. ia lsss Save MT Bryan a}ua-. 80
majority. Tho moss enthusiasts flsf5sist
vAl hardly say t1at the speech q Nj
Bryan 1r thc reception was a haW.inx sue
cess. This VAS no taait % tie spa .r
who see Tstl az h.S best ana vine splk, .u
bis usually captivating stt}e gentle
man Rha came from California dr tlr same
train with Mr. {ir1a an and board 3U his
speeches vn roatr aa3 wAa also l,a-I hiru
in mis- city was tar tes; ne has deilseret
Yet from political staBapo.n, So IS hard
Be see What he gained ln This ,.iy Dy this
uarulng s. effort.
Mr. Bryan and party arrived lu D.yurfa
hy steamer from Seattle az $40 Tails morn
ing Al 5 o'clock De len the steamer and
though everyone knew he Vas GO town
there were not TO cxcecd seYeuty-ate pso-
Ole on INC wharf when boz entered his SAP
rage Ho was driven 60 fac Olympia hotel.
where he trsakfasisj. and az a.a, Dee was
again driven e. the courthouse. where ca
a platform fronting the building Nj Bryan
SPOKE, RE began his address at $40 and
closed AZ t3.a His voice was husky at
first. but soon became clear. The speaker
and his party drove up 70 the platform 20
the somewhat suggestive strains Of Mas
sa's IN the COLD Cold Ground. which Was
piaved By the band and which caused A
smile TO come over many faces. The speech
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-, r,isoatch to the Post-IntellIgencer.
hnnpr TOWNSEND, April at will be
ss.,aping news TO the pioneers of the
s'ar,bwest particularly those who par
.'-sr,,ed IN the stirring events of those
49, 10 know that after exasperafing
,-,sys on the part OF the federal law
-ssra al washington city, where no
Ne nan seven congresses took halfway
s1,,on. there has at last been passed a
..s.Tvre providing pensions for those wh1
"a as,fe the crosscut saw and took UP
=. ~un in dsserse Of the women and
.sns-en against massacre az the hands OF
Ire Indians
~. native wars OF 1855 ana 1856 are s;ill
~,.sdly remembered by many Of the old
,,,ars here. and It will at least be small
srain OF comfort for the surviving fight
~ and widows Of those brave path-blaz-
=. 10 know that congress has at this
-. aav recognized that heroic and UNI
s.iesb bravery by passing a pension
,sasure for their relief.
Tho thanks Of those who are TO be
,.rss.ed BY this long-delayed legislation
=. aye IN great measure to Mai. ]. Thorn
:. rurner formerly OF Island county. For
-anv wears he has regularly had the
Nj uroyidlng pension relief introduced
= Nth houses of congress, and has regu-
,s,sv had opportunity to see It die III
ere or the other OF the branches.
This wear. however, success has crown
"A hls persistent efforts, and on the 10Th
n February the bill passed the senate
vI,hout a single dissenting voice, portend-
M success in the house.
81 Robert c. Hi, cashier of the
r,,st National bank here. one of the
..y,v settlers OF Island county yesterday
Af.a -
.ornenion IN arms against the Indians
ss,v years ago. in which the writer re-
ruests that the matter be given ''all possi-
Nj publicity In the leadinA newspapers
AZ the state
accompanying Maj. Turner'S letter is
data in printed form taken from the
rr,n.sd copy OF tho bill, showing the to-
III number OF persons 10 be benefited by
tbe measure, now all but passed. 1t COW
era the Seminole war lsl7-ls; Wtnnebago
abundance, 1897: Sac and Fox Indian war,
,ssI. Sabine war, 1881: second Seminole,
i1a-H; Cayuse, 1s47-4s. Texas and New
MEXICO. 1895; California. 1s51-52; Utah,
ixp5s. Oregon and Washington territory,
lxl.1 From the wars enumerated there
are 7,eup survivors, of whom 4,6lS are par
tieipants and spei widows.
OF the foregoing numbers the statistics
show that the Indian wars In this and
shs nsiofboring state Of Oregon have 900
survivors,. of whom 1871 were participants
ssd LIN widows.
AmonR the survivors and widows of the
Washington Indian wars are many who
reside In this vicinity. The list includes
The following. the nrst eleven being resi-
dents Of Port Townsend or Jefferson
county:
James Keynes. widow OF Henry Web
her r, W. James, widow OF c. w. Brad
shaw william Eldredge. J. #. Turkey.
widow Of A. A. Plummer, ST., widow of
E N Hammond, sr., Robert c. HIM. Will
In Bishop. James woodman, Nathan
nsttaiu. Humphrey IIill. John l. Ander-
"a. Hugh Crockett, Thomas HASTE. f.
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ON INDIAN FIGHTER DIES.
John DeIRcatour Was I'm Early Ore
gon Troubles and CisiI War.

Special Dispatch 20 the Posf-Intc 'iEcuceF
OLYMPIA. Aprtl John belacatqur. a
~eA known CHAR .eter ia ths ,ary history
* tina Nar;aW II, aisa Sea This sity this
m9ri fnc AZ M early hour pe'acatlur vss
"a native OF Belgium. boTn Is ars aEa.
Before leaving Belgium b. served in the
army anJ shen ae came 60 tire Nprih-
aast ia tss3 ho agaln enlisted. tias time
go tho Fourth United States iltantrv.
"a here he served ate years. "a para - This
time In the regiments Ia which Grant au3
sheridan were ueutenaGts during the early
oregon Indian troua.ee- re afterwards
served Ia the First oregon infantry and
F-l5st oregon cavalry. anti! The close II
the war lie leaves wi4ow. out no chill.
ar~n, ana vas pensloner lie was a resi-
dent % this city for over twenty years.
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,IaAGo AFTER TnE JsNErrE.
Ml-sInE PaymRster Of L"Hnder he
tlexed to Have Gene Ia Nom~.

VICTORIA. b. C.. Apui A-rhe assist
asa, rayunaster 0n RI. " s. LeauAaT is be-
uavea 10 have skipped. after snbczzling a
large surn ~ ;hc SHIPS money. Under 'he
irnrressiaa that he took passage Tor Nome
hV the steam Whaler jeanette. sal4ng yes
ter4Ay. ths tsrpvto boat catcher FiraEo
'ryi this morning 90 overhaul the jeanette.
me- case being ln the hands % oeral At
k8rs ~ tha rrov,neial pgllce
Offrgrs ~ the LeanAer touiSh' deny that
any shortaEe exists ia Assistant PayuaE-
,er CIarkc's acccantH but assign NJ alter
rs.fve reason for his aisappcaTance cr The
artreuaa measures resogted 20 for Dts ap-
orshersfon. Tho NiraKo ran from Esqui-
r-slt h, vancouver. a distance 4 eighty
.feh+ miles. Iu taree hours booking for
him to-day. but Nlth what success ls not
yst definitely known 10 is believed there
Is a woman. rather than finance. ln the
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ROBBERS IN ABERDEEN.
rait In nm Attempt 10 open n safe
Containing $500.

Special Dlspaich 70 the P0st-InteIllgeneer.
ABERDEEN April Am attempted
robbery was frustrated here early yester-
day morning owing 10 the fact tina; the
perpetrators we're evidently novices. some
time after 10 a. m. they gained an en-
trance to Kaufman a Oisons saloon, and
with the aid OF a heavy hammer or bar
they knocked the hinges Oh the safe, bat
failed 90 get the outer safe door open.
The safe contained S@o and was an or
binary iron one. There arc many sus-
picioua characters 90 town who have ar
rived lately as il usually the case when
any special effort ~ made 10 clear tho
sound cities Of an undesirable class.
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TRACKLAYING is BEGUN.
Palmer Cut-06 Expected to he in
Op~ratIon by July I.

Special Dispatch 10 the Observation-Disclosures.
TACOMA. April 3.-Engineer Bihler. OF
the Northern Pacific, announced today
that tracklaying has commenced on the
Palmer cutoff and that the new line Will
be ready for operation by July l. Five
miles of rails have been laid from the Pal
mer end. The laying of track from the
Auburn end will soon commence.
AS heretofore, Engineer Bihler will have
a vast amount Of permanent improvement
work under his supervision this summer.
The bridges and trestles on the main line
having been filed beneath, he will this
summer push similar work on the branch
lines, particularly the Occur d. Alene
branch. He will also have charge OF
building the new wheat warehouses in Ia
coma. work on which will commence in
two weeks.
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MRS. FkwCETr DEAD.
wife of Tacoma's cx-Msyor Sue
rumhs 10 an Operation.

Special Dispatch 70 the Post-lutelligoucer
TACOMA. April 2-Mrs. Carrie McGln
FaWcett the former wife % eN-Mayor
Fawcett. died this morning ia san Fran
cisco from the effects 81 an operation per
formed a few days ago for appendicitis.
She had been in California some time FOR
her health. spending most ~ the time with
relatives ia san Francisco She vas an
estlmabie woman. and leaves a large circle
~ friends The remains viii be brought 10
Tacoma for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. Fawcet were divorced
nearly two years ago. At that time their
property was divided and each parent w.
tanned the custody Of two children. Her
two Young daughters were with Ms
FaWcet' when she died.
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Jumped Between Her Husband and
nm Assassin's' Pistol.

BUTTE, Mont, April AIRS. Fay
Creech, a native of Frankfort Ky, and
wife of Joseph Creech, saloonkeeper on
South Main street, lost her life this morn
ing while trying to protect her husband
from the bullet of would-be assassin.
The murderer, who is unknown, had had
a trifing quarrel with creech in the lat
ter's saloon about $50 this morning. The
stranger drew gun and snapped 1t at
Creeeh. but Il failed to go off. Mrs.
Creech jumped between them just as tho
stranger aimed another shot at Creech.
This time the gun went OFF and the bullet
struck the woman in the breast. She died
In few minutes.
Creech started after the man, but was
unable to catch up with him I'd Allison
was arrested for the murder and taken to
the city jail, but afterward escaped.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-04
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Fa@e. a powder. Il cures
painful. swollen. sm8FInE. nervous feet
and lurfosing nails. and Instantly takes
the sting out - Germs and hUhlons ifH
the greatest romfaft discovery a the age
AHen's F4o' Ease makes tieht or new
shoes feel easy It BE- certain cure for
sweAtlng. zalsua ana damp. tHed. aching
feet. Try - to-day. sold hy aa druggists
and shoe stores. 10y mail Tor - n
stamps Trial package TREE Address
Alien s. olmsgrd. II Hog. X. 3.
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Was on His Way From seattle To
Enumclnw for Employment.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligence-
TACOMA, April &C. Weston a work
man who WAS on his way from Seattle 10
Enumclaw, was killed by a Northern Pa
chc train at a small bridge half a mile
north OF Deiringer some time last night
The body was found by section men this
morning. Weston had In his pocket a
card issued by Labor Commissioner Circuit.
Of Seattle. and directed TO the White
River Lumber Company. al Enumclsw.
where Weston was going 70 work. Beng
out OF money. he had started 20 walk the
entire distance.
Weston was a middie-aged man. rather
heavy set, OF light complexion and More a
light suit OF clothes and a cap. Deputy
Coroner Coombs brought the remains %
this city.
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. McAlmond. Ed d. warbass, Sam d.

II. McAlmond, Ed d. Warbass, Sam D.
Howe.
supplementary to the printed report
Maj. Turner writes that since the data Of
Washington and Oregon were secured
death has been busy throughout the
two states gathering In the old-timers,
until IL IL not unreasonable to say that
1900 will cover the roll of honor, includ-
ing 500 widows.
Col Hill still has the muster roll of his
pioneer frontier company which fought
with him, and a copy of all the names
thereon has been sent TO Mai. Turner.
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VIII Take American Custom. ofiecr
with Power of Landing.

VICTORIA. "A. c.. April a--The steamer
Alpha sails from Vancouver FOR Cape
Nome tomorrow. her owners claiming 20
have overcome The nleEality o. a British
vessel landing az the new Eula camp.
Senator Shgpe whose nephew is fho
AIphA'a nursef. has been interesting him
relf ia the case. ard through nis efforts an
American customs officer viii accompany
ne snip. IL is believed. with special pow
srs u landing.
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olga N.th~r.oir'. rriai Higgins.

NEW YORK. April Olga Neihtr@olc
and others. Jointly accused IN a blanket
indictment ~ maintaining a nuisance and
offending public deeency iu the production
Of "A dramatizattun Of pAudct's 'Sapho"
were pat on trial today Ia the criminal
branch % the supreme court. whore jus
tice Furman presided, Those Indicted
with Miss Nefhersole are Hamilton Re
velie. Marcus Mayer and Theodore Moss
Al appeared in court except Sir. Moss.
who was report ed Nl
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CAPT. n. W. DE oouHoY DIES.
Was Veteran of the Ctvn War and
Well Known in Thi. state.

Special Dispatch 20 thc Fost-lnte 3igencer
OLYMPIA. April A-Capt q. W De
Courcy. a resident % Olympia since Aa-
gust last died in this city last night after
a lingering illness. Capt. De Coarcy was
well known about the state. and was an
employe u the United States surveyor
generals office In this city i'm the en-
cheering department
lie was a native Of Ireland, and served
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Went to Hear Bryan.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiligencer
MONTESANO April S.-Judge Hodg-
don. County Clerk h. c.. Cheney. Deputy
Auditor e. NJ Hoover. Superintendent OF
Schools McKlllp, County Treasurer Will
son and Court Commissioner II NJ. SUIT
ton have all gone over to the Sound to
hear their exponent of nonexpansion.
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VICTORIA. April &c s. Ryder, a
general storckeepcr at Cumberland. IN
the ComoN district WIS today sworn In
as minister Of finance ana agriculture in
the Martin government. Ryder f. new
man in politics. and like all members Of
the Martin cabinet, IL "a stauch Liberal.
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Death of David !. staples.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aprn s-Dayid Y
Staples. a pioneer Of California and for
ihirty-three years president OF the FIRE
day aged CO. He was "A native Of Midway,
Mass. In 1850 he was a delegate 10 the ma
uouhl convention that nominated Ahra-
ham Lincoln for president Mr. Staples
retired from active business al the begin
ming of this year.
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Good Outlook for Australian wheat

MELBOURNE. April 3.--Good rains have
fallen in most - the districts of Victoria
and New South Wales. and the outlook fo
VI heat s. now generally more favurabl,
than II has been for years past
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UItimntum IL Submitted.

Special Dispatch to tho Post-Intelligencer.
ROSSLAND, h. c.. April s.-rhe mine
managers today submitted to the miners
union final proposition In regard to the
contract system. This is being considered
tonight by the miners executive commit
tee. and viii be decided upon at a general
meeting OF the miners union tomorrow
night.
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Special Dispatch to the Post-Gntellisencer,
WENATCHEE, April 2-Peach, apricot
and plum trees are IN fun blossom nov,
and the valley presents beautiful sight.
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Special Dispatch 70 the Post Ia eilisencer.
WENATCHEE. April "A Republican
urinary was held last night for he plr-
ro4.. ~ electing dele gates 20 the hepu--i-
IAN state convention. which NlA convene
in EJipnsburg this week The following
were elected. y. ~ S-Aehle, J. Howard
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Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
WENATHEE, April 3.-Mr. Scammond.
n sheep rancher, who resides about TWEEN
ty-two miles below town. was brought In
yesterday evening with his right leg
broken just below the knee. He was pack
ing a wild horse and II knocked him down.
with the above result.
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in the volunteer engineer corps during the
civi war, enlisting from New York, ana
finally becoming captain OF Company d.
Efftieth New York. lie came to Olympia
from Tacoma, and was 63 years OF age.
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Watson, ]. W. Ferguson. Mr.. Elder and
George Woods
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NIL Be REWARDED At LAST.
.ors OF EARLY INDIAN FIGHTS
WILL RECEIVE PENSIONS.

an for the Relief of the Living
"a the widows of the Dead Has
p...ed the House After Many
r,tsis Through Efforts of One Man
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Two Trains

Every day after April - from Portland.
Tacoma Seattle and Coast points via the
Northern Pacific for an points Easi Same
service west-bound from 81 Paul Minue-
ap1lis and Duluth. Ask any *. y. agent
aboAL these trains.
TIE Northern Pacific special for the
accommodation ~ che returning Delegates
viii leave F1lsnsbarg 80 I 3. m. Thurs
day. April 2,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-01-18
THE CLIMAX OF SENSATIONS.
Startling Testimony i'm the Omaha
Board of Education Inves-
tigation.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 16.-The climax OF
sensations in the investigation into the
transactions of the board of education
was reached yesterday when +. K
Buckminster, detective in the employ
OF the Metropolitan agency of Chicago,
took the stand and gave evidence
charging A. NJ. Cowie, a member of the
board, with receiving brides for the
awarding of contracts for blackboards.
Guckminster had posed as a black
board contractor and gotten into
Cowie's confidence. He testified that
Cowie agreed to get the contract for
Buckminster's firm, it's bid being $3.50
higher than that of any other bidder,
Ccwie to receive 1925 for his part in the
deal. The contract was awarded as
per agreement, and, according to Buck
MINISTER'S testimony, he sent Cowie
draft for the amount. Later, when the
investigation began, Cowie got scared
ard in Buckminster's presence at the
latter's room in a local hotel, burned
tue check. Buckminster also testified
to seeing Chiniquy, another detective,
who posed as contractor, pay money
to former members Sears and Trey.
Buckminster testified that Cowie
showed him (Buckminster) a revolver,
bribery matter all came out on the
investigation.
Buckminster submitted letters and
other documentary evidence to prove
his assertions.
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THE CAMPAIGN IN LUZON.
Robbers From the Zambeles Noun
tains Get Sound Drubbing
at Iba, on the 9th.
ScHWAH's TROOPS NEAR sAAT0 TOMAS
ALI Captured Places Garrisoned and
the Armed Bodies in the Field
Are Being Kept On the Jump
More Spanish Prisoners Liberated
and Valuable Booty Secured.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The war de-
partment has received the following
report from Gen. Otis:
Manila, Jan. 15.-Bolomen and
armed insurgents, robbers from the
Zambeles mountains, attacked two
companies, of the Twenty-fifth infan-
try, O'Niel commanding, at Iba, Janu-
airy 6. They were driven and pursued
with loss to them of so men, no casual
ties. Schwan's troops are east and
south of Santo Tomas, Bahamas. Yes
terday Cheatham's battalion of the
Thirty-seventh struck the enemy at
the east of Santo Tomas on the San
Pablo road. The enemy left five dead
on the field. Cavalry soon appearing
pursued the force eastwards; no re-
port of result. Cheatham's casualties,
one wounded. Anderson, with the
Thirty-eighth, en- route to Lipa, yes
terday, struck the insurgents a few
miles south of Santo Tomas and drove
them through Lipa to Rosario. The
enemy's loss was 20 dead and wound
ed, so Spanish prisoners and $4,000.
Schwan has liberated about 200 Span
ish prisoners who are now en- route to
Manila. Anderson's casualties yester-
day were one man killed and two
wounded. Wheaton's force is actively
operating in western Cavite and Batan-
ga provinces. All important towns
are held and there is constant patrol
ing. a great many Filipinos are re-
turning to their homes, believed to be
insurgent deserters. OTIS"
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FlFTY-slxTH cONGREss.

In the senate, on the sth, Mr.. Pettigrew
Is. d., in a speech accused the govern
ment OF attacking its allies in the Philip
pines, which was warmly repelIed by MI
Morgan (dem-, Ala-) discussed at length
the race question in the south, and de-
TENDED the constitutions of Louisiana anG
NORTH Carolina...-..1n the house lnve5u-
cations were ordered into the charge that
the president mad appointed two polyga-
mists to offices in Utah, and into the con-
duct of Gen. Merriam and other United
states army officers during the Wardner
1ouTned TO the 10th.
In the senate, on the 9Th, Mr. Beveridge
(lnd.l made his maiden speech in that
body in advocacy of the permanent reten-
ton of the Philippine archipelago to an
unusually large number of auditors in the
galleries and a full chamber, supplement-
ed by many members of the house. At it's
conclusion tremendous and unreStralned
applause swept the galleries. Mr.. Hoar
rep-, MasS.) replied briefiy....The house
was not in session on the 9Th
In the senate, on the 10th, after Mr.:
Hale (Me-l had introduced resolution OF
inquiry addressed to the department of
state as to the seizure of American flour
by the British authorities, which was not
acted upon, the session was devoted to
eulogieS upon the life and public services
of the late Vice-President Hobart, in
which a large number of senators took
feryfd character---..-In the house, after
an hour devoted to miscellaneous business
the session was given up to eulogies upon
the late Representative Green, OF Nebras-
ka, after which the house adjourned until
the 1ZIn-
In the senate, on the 18th, a spirited and
al times sensational debate occurred over
the Pettigrew resolution calling for in
formation on the Philippine question. At
two o clock consideration of the currency
bill was resumed. Before adjournment
the senate, after considerable debate.
passed the bill comforting additional pow
ers upon the director of the census, and
bill fixing limit of cost of the Indianapolis
public building. The house was not in
session.
The senate was not in session the
18th. 49,. In the house Mr.. Catchings, of
mississippi, who had been detained at
home since congress convened, was sworn
In The speaker laid before the house the
resiSna ton of John Walter Smith, now
gov ernor of Maryland. Mr.. SGlzer. CT
New York, presented. for immediate con-
si0eration, a resolution for the appoint
ment of a special committee to inyesti-
gate the relations of Secretary Gage with
certain New York national banks but il
went over under objection. The shipping
biH was ordered to be reprinted with ex-
Senator EdmundS' argument expunged.
Adjourned till the 18th