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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Grabs Heels and BaIks Suicide.

Through the heroic efforts of Ellen
Witten, a nurse girl in St. Joseph's hos
pital, Lorain, Ohio, Mrs. Ella Kennedy,
an inmate, was saved. The woman at
tempted to end her life by jumping from
the second-story window, but the nurse
girl got to the window just in time 20
grab the womans heel, which she succeed
ed in holding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Boys Play mt ..BIaek Hand"

The mystery of the BLACK Hand" So
ciety which has long puzzled the police
and postal authorities at McKeesport
Pa, was cleared up when Detective Lamp
secured confessions from three schoolboys
whose ages range from IA to 1S years.
They implicated a dozen or more other
boys, all belonging to prominent families.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
PERKINS Is Arrested.

George w. Perkins, formerly vice-pres-
ident of the New York Life Insurance
Company, was arrested on a warrant
charging grand larceny in the first degree
The charge was based on his testimony
before the Armstrong committee, that
while he was vice president of the New
York Life Insurance he paid in 1901
$4I,1O2.50 to Cornelius y. Bliss, then
treasurer of the Republican national
campaign committee, as a political contri-
button, and that he was reimbursed by the
company. a habeas corpus writ was i'm
mediatelY asked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Property Destroyed in storm.

Three persons sustained severe injuries
and thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed in a tornado that
struck the neighborhood south of Billings,
Okla. Mr.. and Mrs James Russell were
critically hurt as they lay in bed. The
home was literally blown to pieces over
their heads.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
IVENS FOUND GUILTY

Chicago Jury Quickly DOOms MUIR
derer of Mrs. RoIIister.
Richard Ivens, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister in
Chicago, was Saturday sentenced to be
hanged Ivens, aged %, son of hard
working carpenter and a youth of or
binary education, on the evening of
Jan. IL, assaulted aid murdered Mrs
HOLSTER, and in nine weeks after the
deed was done received the death YER
dict.
The murder attracted national atten-
ton. Mrs. HOLSTER was the wife of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Carnegie Makes $2.oOO,oOO GIFT,

1t is announced that Andrew Carnegie
has given 100000, in addition to pre-
vious gifts, for the maintenance of the
Carnegie technical schools in Pittsburg.
Mr.. Carnegie also expressed a desire that
the Margaret Morrison Carnegie school
for women be completed as soon as pos
sible and assured the committee that he
would meet the expense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Banker Pleads Chilly,

Former Cashier Thomas NJ. Casey of
the Salmon bank of Clinton, Mo, was
taken to Jefferson City to begin five
years term in the penitentiary. Casey
entered a plea of guilty at Harrisonville
on a charge of forgery, and sentence was
Immediately pronounced.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
cHADwICK BANKERS JAILED.
Woman Scored by Associate When
Sentence Is Passed.

Record two more diabolical victories
for Mrs. Chadwick. Record two more
instances of the innocent bearing the bur
den of the guilty These words were ut
tered with bitterness in court at Cleve-
land by G. NJ. Traver when he was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for six years
TO. wrecking the Conneaut National bank
of which he was president. o. G. Lille.
cashier of the wrecked bank and himself
under a SiX-ycar sentence, laughed heart
lily. Cheer up" he said. perhaps you'll
get chance to form Mrs. Chadwick ac-
qudintance where we're going" The
bankers took part in Mrs Chadwicks
financial operations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
HUNTINGTON GUARDS FORTUNE.
$4,000 Income Yearly to Divorced
Wife VIII Revert to Estate.

Mrs. Huntington's share in the great
wealth of her divorced husband will be
only $4,000 year, the income on 4
trust fund of $1;O00.O00 in 4 per cent
securities. This is declared to be the
basis of the settlement between the San
Francisco railway magnate and his wife,
preceding the petition for divorce. If
Mrs Huntington dies before Huntington
does, the trust lapses and its funds be-
come his property again. BY this ar
rangement he prevents this $1,000,000
from going to any of her blood relatives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

In a shooting twenty-five miles from
ChickaSha. l. T.. G. w. Dean and man
named Mullens were killed Mart Ander-
son was shot twice in the neck and back
and is in a serious condition. and a man
named Meeks is severely wounded. The
trouble arose over division fence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
wrangIe, Alaska, Is Burned.

A cablegram from Juneau, Alaska,
from United States District Attorney
James J. Boyce, says that the town of
Wrangel Alaska. has been almost de-
stroyed by fire and appeals for aid for the
sufferers. The dispatch states that every
store in the town was burned and that the
loss is 100000. The customs house was
saved
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
CHICAGO.

well-balance2 demands in
both manufacturing and distribution
HindranceS interposeu py severe wealth
er are being rapidly overcome, and
business generally exhibits an eneour-
gtng outlook, the leading industries
having capacity engaged farther ahead
than at this time last year. New build
ing, bridge and track construction pro-
vide an exceptional aggr egate of work
about to be started. The markets for
raw material remain strong in prices,
iron and steel producers have added
largely TO bookings for distant delivery,
and dealings in the principal foodsturs
have expanded.
Factory operations reflect heavy
needs, metal consumers have increased
output. while orders art Iuore plentiful
in woodworking and lealiiei branches.
Liberal commitments for rails and cars
indicate that railroad managers show
more disposition to specify for consid-
cradle future work at the mills and
equipment shops.
Current orders for pig iron do not
include any special features, but avail
able stocks have declined, and this
gives figmness TO prices. Domestic re-
Qurem6nts show good volume in
farm implements heavy machinery and
hardware, aud the lumber market is
exceptionally strong for both building
and factory woods.
Failures reported in the Chicago
district number thirty. against twenty
nine last week and twenty four year
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
BOYS Initiate a Hanging,

In imitation of the recent hanging of
Charles Brewster at Coudersport two
school boys of West Branch. Pa, hanged
Eddie Bentley, their schoolmate, to the
bell rope of a school house in West
Branch while playing sheriff" He was
unconscious when cut down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Dock Ftre Costs riIIion

Fire destroyed the Fall River line
steamer Plymouth as she lay at her dock
at Newport, X. l., the north pier of the
freight shed and hosting apparatus adj
joining and damaged the freight steamer
City of Lowell. Much other property was
temporarily threatened. The loss is esti-
mated at S1,000,00O
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
p.xs $40 TO Hold Fiubt

In the custer proceedings against
Comfy Attorney Gibson held in Kansas
civ. Kan. :. f. Peate, secretary of the
Rarbers' Union of that city. testified that
he paid $40 to NJ. II. McHale. the al
legged collector for the county attorneys
Office. for the privilege of giving prize
Esht and chicken fght.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Dynamiters Go TO Prison.

Riley Cotton and Park Wright, the two
self-confessed dyhamiters of the bulkhead
of the grand reservoir, were sentenced in
Wapakoneta, Ohio, to sixteen months each
in the penitentiary. The second trial of
Isaac Shelley, one of the alleged conspira-
tors, was set for April 80, and the ac-
cused furnished a new bond for 81 800.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

wat HiSu pOSl A-VAs
Charles S. Francis Of
Troy. \. Y, formerly
minister 10 Greece.
Charles S. Francis
was born in Troy June
IL, 1858. He is the
editor and owner of
the Troy Times, of
which his father, John
Morgan Francis, was
the founder. He was
minister to Greece,
Roumania and Servia
from 1900 TO 1902. In
1877 he was graduated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
saloon TAX Raised to $1,000.

Amid scenes of excitement almost I'M
precedented in Ohio legislative procedure
the Senate on Tuesday afternoon passed
the Aiken House bill increasing the sa-
loon tax from $3.50 to $1,000 and sealed
its action by voting down a motion to re-
consider
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

guilty of rioting in the recent riots where
negro quarters were burned, asked the
judge not to infict 4eater fine than 81
and costs. They contributed their fees
toward paying these fines. The action of
the jurors is due to the fact that the pris-
oners are all ye.y young
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Queer Letter to the President

Otto G. lIeggen of Des Moines has
asked the President to annul his natural
ization as an American citizen. He writes
he is impelled 70 do this because the con-
stitution which he swore to support when
he took ont his papers of naturalization is
not now interpreted in the light in which
he read IT,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
NIGHT BEST FOR WIRELESS.
Government Tests Establish New
Record for Successful Work.

4NCN
Record for Successful Work.
Under the direction of Rear Admiral
Cowles. chief of the bureau of equipment,
Navy Department, careful experiments
were made recently for ten days in send
ing government wireless dispatches be-
tween the stations at Guantanamo, Cuba,
Key West and Pensacola, Fla, and Colon,
Panama. 1t was found that about 20 per
cent OF the messages were entirely sue
cessful and the rate of success was much
higher with the night messages than with
those sent during the day. This record is
better than has ever been made by the
navy in former tests.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Famous Opera Tenor Dies

William II. Macdonald of New York,
the well-known opera singer and one of
the founders of the famous "Bostonians,'
died of double pneumonia in his apart
ments at the Nelson hotel. Springfield,
Mass, after an illness of only two days.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Curry Slain and RadIv Mut,I,ta5

The body of Gov. Curry of the island
of Samar, who was missing after an en-
sagement between the conStabulary and a
force of Pulujanes fanatical natives. has
been found. badly hacked by his murder
ers. Judge Lobinger, a school teacher
named Hoover and the other Americans
are safe
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
WOMEN IN LAND FRAUD CASES.
Veterans Widows Summoned as
Witnesses-TO Expose Trick.

Witnesses-TO Expose Trick.
Deputy United States Marshal Rich cf
st. Paul has served subpenas on nine
widows of veterans of the Civil War,
commanding them to appear IN Sioux
Falls, S. D., April to testify in land
fraud trial. 1t is alleged that Joseph
Wallace and Attorney Miller of Pierre,
S. D., secured the names of twelve widows
and prevailed OH them to take up home
steads with the understanding that when
they had proved their claims each would
be paid 5000. The government charges
the defendant hired men to live in small
shacks on the tracts, simply to create the
impression the requirements of law were
being complied with.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
BERNHARDT PLAYS IN A TENT.
Actress Pleased with NOveIty--5, 900
See Performances.

At Dallas, Texas, five thousand persons
crowded into a tent TO see Sarah Bern
hardt play Camille. Ushers were over
whe' ned and it was impossible to seat
the holders of reserved seats properly.
Fifty feet from the stage few persons
nd hear There was no incline TO the
floor and many could not get a view of
the actors. The novelty of playing in
circus tent appealed to the actress. She
will appear in tent at Waco and Aus
tin, Texas, and Oklahoma City, o. L.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
,louh Ann DipIomatic sLr

The Austrian government is embar-
raised by President Roosevelt's summary
action in the Storer case. and the execu-
tiye's request that the ambassador be
superseded before he has presented his
letter of recall violates precedent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
woman Decoyed to Death.

young church worker, and her fance. Row
Shank. a molder, were found dead in bed
at a boarding house in Mansfield Ohio
Shank had shot her and then killed him
self. 1t is believed that the young wom-
an was decoyed to the mans room.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Two surocated i'm Tunnel.

J. D. Grier, a bridge carpenter, and
Nicholas Diemoz, night Waterman. were
ssphyxia5ed by coal smoke and gas in the
Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel fourteen miles west
of Leadville, Colo. Four other carpenters
had narrow ESCAPES.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Bad season on the Coast

Eighty-fve lives were lost and ffty-four
ships were wrecked along the coast OF
New England and the maritime provinces
the past winter. While the season up 10
the present month was comparatively
mild on shore, at sea it was one of ex-
treme severity, especially in waters of
5ile provinces.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

In Denver James Ducey, dentist who
was graduated about five years ago from
the University of Chicago. shot through
n window at his wife, who had announced
her intention to obtain divorce, after
she refused to admit him to her apart
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

ed in New York on
a warrant charging
grand larceny in the
first degree. The
warrant was issued
by Magistrate Jo-
seph Moss. Before
he was arraigned
his counsel applied
to Justice Green
baum in the Su-
nreme Court for a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
. Hadley States Beliefs.

Violation of the law by great CONNER
cial enterprises is the most vital problem
of the country; socialism is a false rem
edy, and the true solution lies in aroused
public sentiment, says Attorney General
Hadley of Missouri in speech.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

A German sociologist who has been ex-
aiming the relation between the rate of
wages and the amount of crime in va
rious sections of his country finds tina!
rhe districts which make the best show
ing, with one exception, have the bes-
wages
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Bank officer Is Arrested.

Charles Mead, assistant cashier of the
State Bank of Beemer, Neb. was arrest
ed, charged with embezzling the funds of
the bank. Cashier Ira A. Williams SAYS
the populations have been going on for
three years. The shortage thus far re-
vealed is S. 300.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Omission Fatal 70 verde,

Because it was not shown that the
beer" sold was lager beer" verdict
of $17 800 against three saloon-keepers
sEd in favor of a drunkard's children
was set aside in Chicago and new trial
ordered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Mary Anthony Succeeds sister

Mary ). Anthony, accompanied by DR..
Anna Shaw, has started for Portland,
Ore, to take up the work of woman suf-
frage in compliance with the last wishes
of her sister, Susan b. Anthony. After
the Oregon campaign Miss Anthony will
go to oklahoma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
ORGANIZATIONS for Fiph,

Mine foremen in the Schuylkill region
of Pennsylvania have received orders TO
hurry the measurements on all inside
work. This is taken as an indication
that the anthracite companies expect
general cessation of operations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Another CoIorndo Snon.lih.

An enormous snowslide coming down in
the Winfield and Clear Greek mining dis
trict of Colorado, killed, it is reported. at
least half dozen men. Among the dead
is Harry Wineborn, the pioneer prospec-
for and mining man of Chafee county.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
GIRL, 1e, rRAMPs TO BE FREE.
Begs Food to Continue Long Flight
from Stepfather.

Alone and penniless young girl giving
her name as Louise Fletcher of Bay City,
Mich, applied at home in Findlay, o.,
for some food. Miss Fletcher says she
is but 16 years of age and left home be-
cause of the i'll treatment of her step
father. She walked the entire distance
from Bay City to Findlay and has had
nothing to eat for three days. The girls
benefactor wanted to ask the local police
for assistance, but the girl said: Il don't
want to be dependent. When | reach the
home of my brother in Bradford, Pa, l
will be provided for"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
ScRGOId Drops; Two kfued

BY the collapse of scafolding around
the tower of the new st. Mary's church
at Dayton Charles Sanders and George
Ellison. stone workers, were precipitate,i
100 feet to the ground and killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Efsh CONCERNS Combine

Fearing an attempt of the beef pack
ers 10 secure control of the cured FISH
business. four of the largest concerns in
Gloucester, Mass, entered into an agree
ment to work together in resisting COM
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
BLOW safe and GET s11o

Niroglycerin vas used by safe blowers
in an early morning robbery at the -
and 10 cent" store of S. II. Knox & Co.
996 Milwaukee avenue. Chicago. The safe
was blown open and $40 stolen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Many Japanese I'm Nant

Thousands are stin facing starvation
in famine-stricken districts OF Japan. in
spite of foreign contributions and the
passing of winter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Richest Baby I'm the world.

John d. Rockefeller ILL.,, the new son
of John ID. Jr.. is the richest baby in the
world, as, if he lives, he viii inherit the
fortune Of the head Of Standard Oil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
,if,eep Dead i'm MiUe ExpIosto,

Fifteen miners were killed and twenty
FIVE injured by an explosion of gas in the
shaft of the Century Coal Company at
Century, W. Va.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Asks Damages of AfeCursx

The Mutual Life suit against Richarl
A. McCurdy asks damages of $3.50. 900
on the grounds of wastefulness and neg
lect of duty
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
MUST KILL SIN NATIVES.
France Demands Expiation of Mis-
kionnrieN' Death from Chinn.

SiOnnrieS' Death from China.
According to a dispatch from Shanghai
To the London Morning Post, France
has demanded that China admit that the
magistrate at Nanchang whose violent
death last month led to the murder Of six
Catholic missionaries and one child of an
English missionary named Kngman was
not murdered, pay an indemnity of 10000
taels for the murder of the priests, exc
cute six Cinnamon and pay 10000 taels
for the destruction of the mission schools.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
-hicngo Degenerate tn Hann

Richard Ivens, the self-confessed slav-
err Of Mrs. Bessie HOLSTER, was found
guilty in Chicago and given the death
penalty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Jurors rIeaa for Rioter..

In petitions submitted to Police Judge
]. ]. Miller in Springfield, Ohio, seven of
the jurors who found six young men
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

Naval officers viii test the wireless tele-
graph TO ascertain reasons for the poor
service at sunrise and sunset.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

Mr.. Knox made his first set speech in
the Senate Wednesday, his subject being
the railroad rate bill, and he dealt al
most exclusively with the legal features
Of the problem. The conference report
on the bill regulating the final DISPOSE
ton of the affairs of the Five Civilized
Tribes of Indians was taken up, and
much objection was expressed to many o.
the changes MeSsrs. La Toilette Clark
(WyO.) and Tillman voiced disapproval
Of the provision authorizing the Secretary
of The einterior to lease the coal lands.
The matter was still under discussion
when the Senate, at ) - p. m, went into
executive session, to adjourn few min
uteS later. In order that the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation bin
might be considered without being subject
to limitleSs points of order, the House
passed a rule prohibiting that method Of
fighting the measure by vote of 100 to
100, twenty Republicans voting with the
minority. This appears to have been the
first special rule ever reported from the
committee on rules directly affecting an
appropriation bill. The remainder of the
day was devoted to the consideration of
the measure. and more progress was made
than in all the days heretofore given to if.
At p. m. the House adjourned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
PERKINS is ARRESTED.

Former New York Life Official In
Charged with Larceny.
George W. Perkins, foi.herly vice
president of the New York Life Insur-
ance Company. "Wednesday WIS arrest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
CHARLES S. FRANCIS.
Nominated for ambassadors TO AUS
fria-HuuPary

Following the retirement of Bellamy
Storer as United States ambassador to
Austria-Hungary, President Roosevelt
nominated for that high most ION
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
New York.

ter. Business feels the
effects of continued winter weather,
heavy snowfalS and freezing tempera-
lures, which have hurt early fruits and
truck interests. retarded retail trade
and affected iobbing sales and ship
ments. Building has been interrupted,
but this is only temporary. and the
winter wheat crop has been put be-
yOnd harm by the heaviest snowfall in
years at this period. Uncertainty as
to the coal strike induces heSitancy In
some lines of industry, but has i'm
mensely stimulated coal and coke Pig
iron is dull, but steel rail sales are
numerous and immense expenditures
for railway building west and north
west are projected. Dema i for money
is active. hence rates are firm and
promise to continue 50 well into the
balance of the year Collections are
backward, an outgrowth of the slow
ness of retailers to remit on late win
ter and early spring business. and warm
er weather, it is confidently believed,
would remedy this condition. Business
failures in the United States for the
week ended March % number 40,
against 1871 last week. 204 in the like
week of 1905. 215 in 1904. 175 in 1903
and 1873 in 1902 In Canada failures
for the week number %. as against 80
last week and IS in this week a year
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

Discussion of the rate bill occupied
most of Monday in the Senate. Mr..
Overman spoke at length in support Of
the measure and Mr.. Teller declared
against undue haste Senator Foraker
offered an amendment prohibiting the is
suance of passes; Mr.. Scott one TO COM
pei roads to make connections and Mr..
Culberson one prohibiting interstate roads
from making campaign contributions. Mr..
Tillman presented a letter from Willard
f. Snyder of Clarksburg w Va, protest
ing against discrimination by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad against indepen
dent coal mine operators. Mr.. Plat,
chairman of the committee on printing,
presented the report of the committee TO
reform printing and binding. Several bills
of local importance were passed. Sew
eral resolutions intended to prevent the
wasteful printing of public documents
were passed by the House. District of
Coiumbia legislation occupied most of the
day. Numerous bills of local Importance
were passed.