The Morris County chronicle., 1904-05-03
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slons OF the present congress. The ex-
citement eliminated when Mr.. Dalzell
of Pennsylvania charged Mr.. Cochran
Of New York with accepting pay for
his support of Mckinley in 1896. This
statement was resented by Mr.. Cock
ran In the most vehement manner.
The house was in an uproar in an In
slant, the Democrats cheering Mr..
Cochran wildly
The second session Of the Fifty.
eighth congress was declared adjourn.
ed on Thursday at p. m. by Presi-
dent Pro Tenn. Frye in tile senate and
Speaker Cannon in the house The
closing hours were without hustle or
marked incident. The last Of the i'm
portant bills to receive the signature
Of the president were the river and
harbor and Panama canal measures.
The only important acts Of legislation
during the day were the presentation
and acceptance Of conference reports
on the Panama canal government and
emergency river and harbor bills.
There was a remarkable demonstra-
ton Of good will for Speaker Cannon
in the house.
Whether the president shall order the
construction Of the battleship provided
for in the naval appropriation bill or
wait until the war IN +he 81 Is. sss.l1.-
onstraues Lne comparative unity OF the
big sea fighter and the torpedo boat or
submarine craft was a question raised
In the senate by Mr.. Hale Of Maine on
the adoption of the conference report.
It was developed that the language Of
me pffI was permissive and that the
president and secretary of the navy
could defer action If they deem it adj
visable.
Chairman Henenway Of the house
committee on appropriations in state
ment complied Under his direction
gives the total Of all supply bills (sub-
ject to slight changes in pending bills)
as $597. .S02, ,324, to which must be add
ed $S4,971, $40 for interest on the public
debt. The estimated revenues are $704,-
47206O.
The senate on Tuesday passed the
Military academy appropriation bill,
the last of the supply measures. The
amendments suggested for a Teurgani-
zation Of the medical and ordnance de-
partmentsi of the army and for the es-
tablishment of number of camp sites
were thrown out.
President Roosevelt has directed the
reappointment of W. d.. Crum as coll
lector of customs at Charleston, s.. C.,,
having received positive assurance that
the senate will take up Crum's. case,
immediately ON reconvenings next ses--
sion and that it will be, disposed Of
finally.
The house was in session for over
FIVE hours on Sunday for the purpose
Of paying tribute to the memory of the
late Senator Marcus a. Hanna. the
late Representative G. w. Thompson;
Of Alabama and the late Representa-
tive w. w. Skiles Of Ohio
wFws or At Midland, Ont, Sum
~. day, the Grand Trunk,
,,- elevator wassstruck by
MEl9rSonS. lightning and totally
destroyed. II had capacity Of 100000
bushsls and was leased by e. r. Bacon
s. Co of Chicago. The large grain
boats Midland Queen, Midland King,
Algonquin aud Rosedale, lying along
side the elevator, were damaged.
Sir William Van Horne, head OF, the
Canadian Pacific railroad, has, bought
the old Yiebac penitentiary, located
opposite MORO castle. at the entrance
Of Havana harbor, for the erection of
a hotel that will cost $1,000 900,
Twenty-eight men confined in the
summary department of the state penis
tentiary in Monterey, Mexico, sawed
and filed their way to liberty, among
the number being several charged with
murder
nEATHs AT East Bloomfield,
oE MorEn n. Y. Monday, the
arna,E Rev DR.. Robert Adj
ans Patterson, former
~ president Of the New York State
Ladies college of Binghamton. DR..
Patterson was born in Scotland seven.
ty-flve years ago. While attending ST.!
Andrews university DR. Patterson. in.
vented the guttapercha golf ball, now
used extensively. as a substitute for
the expensive pigskin stuffed with
feathers.
In Washington, Tuesday, Brigadier
General Joseph Dickinson, the last OF
the adjutant generals Of the Army Of
the Potomac and chief of staff under
Generals Hooker and Meade during
the civil war. after an illness Of three
months. He was seventy three years
old
In Trenton. N. j., Sunday, ex-State
Senator Henry Stafford Little. He had
been i'll about three days with pneu-
monia. He was in his eighty first year
and was one Of the best known men iii
the state.
General Thomas ]. Brady, civil war
veteran, suceOmbed to Brlght's dis
ease on Saturday in the City hospital.
Jersey City. He enlisted from Indiana
and had three sons living In Indian
apolis.
At the home of his sister in Chicago,
Monday night, John x. Cowen, former
president Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. MT Cowen had been Ill for
over four months With heart trouble.