The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-09
Special Correspondence THE APPEAL

respect to the late Senator Platt of
| connecticut. Exactly at noon Major
| Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of the
House, called that body to order.
Al the conclusion of the roll call in
] the house Clerk Mcdowell announced
264 members present, quorum.
| Speaker Cannon was placed in nomi-
nation for speaker by Mr.. Hepburn Of
/ Iowa, and the first applause of the SEES
sion followed.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi was
nominated in behalf of the minority by
Mr. Henry of Texas, provoking demo
cratic applause. Neither made nom
mating speeches and the roll call for
election of speaker at once proceeded.
Mr.. Cannon was reelected.
The first bill filed for introduction
into the Fifty-ninth Congress was a
measure coming from Representative
Howard M. Snapp of Joliet, ILL.,, pro-
viding for the establishment of govern
ment postal savings banks, places of
deposit to be established in every
money-order Office in the country.
! The President has appointed Frank
lin Lane of San Francisco to be a
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, vice former Governor
Fifer of Illinois resigned.
! Bernard r. Green, who has been en-
gagged on the construction of public
| buildings in Washington FOR a quarter
of a century, who built the congress
sional library, has prepared plan and
| made estimates for central station
to be located on the south side Of
Pennsylvania avenue, east Of the new
municipal building, to furnish heat,
light and power to the White House.
the executive departments and all
! other government buildings, except
those on Capitol Hill.
It is said that the President intends
to appoint Third Assistant Secretary
of State Herbert H. D. PIERCE to the
post OF Minister to the new indepen-
tdent Kingdom Of Norway @
| Col. Henry Watterson, the famous
editor of the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal is at the New Willard.
The Washington Typothetae has
! posted notices in all their shops an
nouncing that after Jan. 1, 1906. their
business will be conducted on the
open shop" basis.
| The officials Of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing have finished
classifying the old steel plates, which
will be melted at the navy yard after
January 1. The plates will be checked
up again by the committee Of three
appointed each year by the Secretary
of the Treasury. The life Of a plate
from which green-backs are printed
averages from month to a year or
more. Last year more than 1000
| plates. weighing nineteen tons, were
melted. Formerly the molten metal
| was thrown away, but during the last
| two years the authorities at the navy
yards have found various uses for it..
A. w, Harris, of Dinwiddie County
Virginia, United States internal reve-
| nue. deputy collector, at salary of
81 400 per annum, with an office in
Richmond, and one of the most promi-
nent Afro-Americans in Virginia, was
acquitted today upon trial in the may
or's court, charged with the larceny of
two bales of cotton, one of the value
of $52 and the other OF the value Of
$42.18, the property of Arlington &
Green. Of this city. He was also char
ged with the larceny of $42.18 from
]. c. Robinson, a commission merchant
here, that being the sum for which one
OF the bales of cotton was sold. the
money for which was collected by
William DAILY an Afro-American who
was employed by Harris, and who
alleges he gave the money to Harris.
Considerable testimony was present
ed, and the court was engaged in the
examination for nearly five hours.
Harris. on being called to the witness
stand Indignantly denied the charges
that had been preferred against him,
and declared that he knew absolutely
nothing about the alleged stolen cot
ton or the larceny of any money. The
first intimation he had Of the matter,
he said was telephone message
while at his Office in Richmond from
Chief Of Police Ragland, OF Peters
burg. AS soon as he received the
message he came to Petersburg and
went to the police station and saw
Chief Ragland. and he was subsequent
ly released on bail. Harris was repre-
sented by Bernard Mann. The in
terest Of the State was looked after
by Commonwealth S Attorney Richard
Fl. Mann. The mayor, after fully
considering the charges against Har-
ris, discharged him from custody.
rs IL
An index to the business of the ses-
sion was the industry Of members in
introducing bills. AS many as 100
public bills had been placed in the
basket on the clerks desk before q
o'clock Monday, these measures OF.
Legislation affecting the general gov
eminent.
The California delegation in the Sen
ate and House held a meeting Tuesday
and agreed on bill for the exclu-.
sion from the United States of Japan
csc and Koreans. The bill will be in
Ioduced in the House by Representa-
tive Mckinley, newly elected mem
Der, who for the last four years was
assistant United States district at
torney in San Francisco, charged with