I)OINGS OF CONGRESS ROUTINE WORK OF THE FIFTY- FOURTH SESSION. tikiluM of tbe Bill and Keaolutlone V Introduced In the Senate and Hoax Make-up of the Varloua (JoMiinlt- mi-lliDiit. Washington, Deo. 19. The presl dent's mesnage on the Veneanelan quel tion occupied the attention of the win' te during the brief session Msny memorials concerning the Cuban rebellion and the Turkish que Hon wore presented, tall offered a resolution to investigate alleged eleo tion irregalarities in Florida. Washington, Deo. aO. Though logs than a dozen senators were present when the session opened today, the Venezuela issue at onoe came into prominence but not as direotly as in the house, the senate's business taking the form of measures for national defense. Cbandlor immediately followed with a bill "to strengthen the military .armament," the reading of the title occasioning much whispered comment It was referred to the committee on military affairs. On motion of Davis the senate agreed to a resolution calling on the president for information and All correspondence as to the establish ment by Great Britain of postoffioes and post roads in the United States ter ritory of Alaska; also, as to any British occupation, military or civil, of that territory; also respecting any attempt by Great Britain or Canada to assert .any claim to territory of the United States in Alaska. Another significant resolution was offered by Gallinger, authorizing the secretary of war to oontract for the purchase of an improved counterpoise battery. The resolution went to the committee on military affairs. In presenting a bill for the repeal of the law imposing disabilities on those who served in the war of the rebellion, Hill spoke briefly. The main purpose, be said, was to wipe out the feature of the statute which prevented ex-Confederates from serving in the United States navy and army. Washington, Deo 31. When the senate journal had been read and ap -proved the clerk of the house an nounoed the passage by the house of a bill appropriating $100,000 for the expenses of the commission to in vestigate the boundary between Brit ish Guiana and Venezuela, reoom mended by the president The vice president immediately laid it before the senate. Objection . was made to the seoond reading or reference of the bill until tomorrow. Morgan said there was a resolution relating to this general subject before the committee of foreign relations and he intended to call a meeting of the committee to .mmorow to oonsider not only this bill, "but also the resolution. As the mat ter now stands no aotion can be taken on the bill until tomorrow. Home. Washington, Deo. 19. The house devoted itself to-day to discussing the propositon to -hajte-jwo election committees instead of one, the Vene zuelan message meanwhie lying un opened. Washington, Deo. 20. Mr. Hitt re ported in the bouse this morning sb soon as it had been called to order, and called for unanimous consent, for the oonsideration of a bill to empower the president to appoint a . oommission to consider the Venezuelan boundary question, and an appropriation of $100,000 for'the epxensexhereof. Tne text of the bill follows: "Be it enaoted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of Amerioa, in congress assem bled, that the sum of $100,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of a oommission to be ap-. pointed by the president to investigate and report upon the true divisional line between the republio of Venezuela and British Guiana." The bill passed the house. . Washington, Deo. 24. The house today responded to the president's message by pigeonholing the resolution for a holiday recess, and preparing to go to work to provide some means for the relief of the treasury. The speaker announooed theommittees. The chair men of the more important ones are: Foreign Affairs Hitt of Illinois, Republican. Ways and Means Dingley of Maine, Republican. Rules Speaker Reed, Republican. Appropirations Cannon of Illinois, Republican. Banking and Currency Walker of Massachusetts, Republican. ' Coin, Weights and Measures C. W. Stone of Pennsylvania, Republican. Rivers and Harbors Hooker of New York, Republican. Railways and Canals Chickering of New York, Republican. Immigration and Naturalization Bartboldt of Missouri, Republican. Indian Affairs Sherman of New York, Republican. Paciflo Railroads Powers of Ver mont, Republican. Naval Affairs Boutelle of Maine, Republican. Interstate and Foreign Uommeroe Hepburn of Iowa, Republican. Judiciary Henderson of lows. Re publican. Public Lands Laoey of Iowa, Re publican. Labor Pbillippa of ' Pennsylvania, Republican. Agriculture Wads worth of New York, Republican. Mines and Mining Aitken of Michi gan, Republican. Irrigation and Arid Lands Herr xoan of Oregon, Republican. Pensions Loudenslager of New Jersey, Republican. SUGAR BOUNTY LAWFUL. IU Conatltntlonalltjr Sustained by Judge Pardee, of Loulaana. New Orleans, Deo. 80. Two sugar bounty oases were decided today by Judge Pardee, in the United States oir ouit oourt They were tests of the con stitutionality of the sugar-bounty aot and were filed by the Realty Company and Andrew H. Gay. Judge Pardee's opinion was forcible against the posi tion assumed by Controller Bowler. The decision is against the United States. He holds the sugar-bounty aot is constitutional. In addition to that, congress bad power to appropriate money for any purpose it saw fit In his opinion, no oourt or office had the power to nullify such an appropriation. Congress is the exolusive judge of the purposes to which money shall be ap propriated, and alter congress passes sncb an appropriation no oourt or offloe bus power to revise its aotion. The oase will be immediately taken to the supreme oourt of the United States. It is understood the judges have agreed to give the sugar-planters' oase an immediate bearing, and it is probable that final judgment will be reached in the next two months. GREAT STREET CAR STRIKE- About 8,000 Men Involved Public Sen timent Bald to He With Striker. Philadelphia, Deo. 19. The great strike of motormen and oonduotors of the Union Traotion line began early this morning. The sentiment of the publio is olearly with the strikers. The company employes about 6,000 men. Two-thirds of them are mem bers of the employes' association. The demand of the men is for a working day of ten hours with $3 a day, a rea sonable time for meals, protection from the weather and recognition of their organization. . At 13 o'olock the street railway traf fic all over the city, with the excep tion of a few lines, is at a standstill. The entire polioe foroe is busy suppres sing the minor outbreaks of violenoe and men are looked up at every station. Despite the efforts of the strike leaders to reserve order, there has been much violenoe, although none of a serios na ture. At Cumberland and Amber streets about 100 women plugged the switches. The oonduotors tried to re open the switches but were driven away by the women. Scores of men have been arrested for outting the trolley wire. Education In Alaska. San Franoisoo, Deo. 19. The United States commissioner of education has issued a report on eduoation in Alaska, from which it appears that during the past year there have been maintained there sixteen day sohools with twenty four teaohers. There have been also maintained seven oontraot sohools With forty-nine teaohers and employes. The commissioner reoommends the appro priation of $50,000 for the ensuing year for eduoation in Alaska. One of the oddest recommendations of the re port is that the government inorease its appropriation . for the introduction- of domeatio reindeer as a food supply for the people. Nearly 400 were intro duced last year. 1 Fropoaed Hawaiian Cable. New York, Deo. 19. The govern ment of Hawaii has granted to Col onel Spaulding, a well known planter of the Hawaiian' islands, 'a' concession for a oable to the United States, with a subsidy of $40,000 a year. Colonel Spaulding's idea is to apply to the gov ernment of the United . States for a sufficient subsidy .to warant the laying of the oable and for its maintenance. The objeot is to seoure to the United States the advantage of a oable com munication from the Hawiaiian islands, in the hope that the oable at some future time may be extended to Australia and China, with which coun tries we have large and growing oom meroal relations." Sudden Death of Charles H. Sbattack. San Franoisoo, Deo. 19. News has reached this city of the sudden death of Charles H. Shattuok at his home, 1739 Central avenue, Almeda. Mr. Shattuok was the pioneer ink manufac turer of the coast, although but 88 years of age. He supplied most of the daily papers of the oity with their printing inks, and also manufactured a great variety of colored inks for the printing of posters and display adver tisements. He was a native of Massa chusetts. The cause of his death was rheumatism, whioh spread to his brain. He had only been ill for a week, and the sudden and fatal termination war quite unlooked for both by his family and his physician. The deceased leaves a' young wife, also a native of Massachusetts, and -a little girl S years old. Faet Bicycle Ride. Denver, Dec 19. A special to the Republican from Cheyenne says: The fastest mile ever ridden on a bicycle was made here yesterday on a thirty eight pound, ninety-six inch gear tan dem by Charles Erswell and John Green, who rode one mile, flying start, un paced, on a straigbt-away oourse in 1:17 1-6. Thendewas made before a wind blowing thirty miles an hour. Another Defaulter for Mealew. Terra Haute, Deo. 19. The abscond ing Adams express agent, George W. McCammon, has been traoed to Jack son, Miss., and the polioe have received a telegram that he has left there for Natchez. He is probably trying to reach New Orleans, 3 as to get to Mexico. It is said his stealings will smount to fully $6,000. The safe could not be opened here and was shipped to the manufactory, at Cincinnati. Until it is opened the exact amount cannot be give. THE FRUIT PESTS SECRETARY TONNESON GIVES VALUABLE INFORMATION. A Very I)etructle Pear-Hoot Pert !!' covered In California-Official Hull tine and Warning to Horticulturist General Farm Information. Professor C. V. Piper, of the Pull man, Wash., expeirmental station, bas just issued Bulletin No. 17, tieating of inseot pests of the garden, farm and or chard. This is a vital subjeot and oe servers extreme watchfulness on the cart of horticulturists. The Bulletin gays: That nearly all our oommon de struotive insects have been introduced from other states, and that suoh of them as are native are for the most part the same or closely related species to those that have long been studied and combated in other states. The term injurious as applied to in sects is a relative one. Those insects are oommonlycalled injurious that dam age plants, animals or stored products useful to man. On the otner band, those insects that tend to destroy weeds or noxious animals are indirectly bene fical. Among the most useful of in sects are the ladybugs. Both in the adult and larval stages, ladybugs de stroy a great number of plant lice, young scale insects and other soft bodied forms. Scaorely less efficacious is the golden-eye, or lace-wing fly, a beautiful pale green insect, that de stroys plant lice. Several diseases caused by low fungus plants also de stroy many insects, especially in wet seasons. While beneficial insects and diseases do muoh to keep down the num ber of the pests, yet they are not equal to the task set before them. Henoe the neoessity and value of insectioides. The bulletin is fully illustrated ana the life and histores of the injuirous insects are given, as well as the most approved method of fighting them. NeceMlty of Spraying. At the recent meeting in Walla Walla of the Northestern Fruit Grow ers' Association, u. a. ronneson, sec retary of the State Board of Horticul ture of Washington, read an import ant paper in whioh he said: To be a successful fruitgrower, spraying and other means of prevent ing the attaoks of fruit pests must be employed from the stage of first plant ing the trees. More than tbis, tne work must be begun in the nursery. With the great possibility before the fruit growers of the Paoiflo Northwest, we cannot be too particular about guarding against the introduction of infected plants, trees, fruit and any ma terial in connection therewith from all outside seotions. "In eaoh of the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho and the prov ince of British Columbia, both infected nursery trees and fruit have been con demned and destroyed under the direc tion of the boards of horticulture. During this dormant season many negligent orohardists have been served by oflioial notioe to spray or disenfeot infested trees wifhin a oertain limit of. -time. In Jane, county of the state of Washington 180 notices have been served, requiring orchards to ' be sprayed before January 1, 1898. "" . .'Clean and thrifty trees can be pur obased at as low rates as those infested' with any fruit pests. The cost of labor and material necessary to keep a clean ly started orchard free from the attaok of these serious enemies is a very nom inal part of the .expense of' frujtraiS' ing. As fruitgrowers, we must make it a part of out duty to buy only those plants and trees which bear sufficient guarantee by oflioial inspectors' after being fumigated that they . are , free from, serious pests or plant diseases: We must make the work of spraying a regular part of orohard cultivation and obey rules and regulations of our boards of horticulture refusing, to let any fruit boxes or paokages onoe used for fruit to come on our premises un less the same has been thoroughly die infected, and we must make it our duty to notify any fruit pest inspector or his deputy of any violations of the law or of established rules and regu lations wbiob . may oome within our notioe. "An orohardist in the western part of Washington has reported to the board of horticulture that on a single Northern Spy apple tree was produoed twenty-five bushels of apples that sold readily at $1 per box as a result of using the Bordesux mixture as di rected for the scab. Summarized, the difference in the value of spraying and not spraying is about as follows: Average cost of combating insect pests, including scale, aphis, condlin moth or scab, at 120 per tree, or eighty trees per acre, $9.60. Increased value of average fruit crop protected from condlin moth scale or scab, $1 per tree or $80 per acre, a net increase of 88 per cent We can't afford not to spray, but we must be at work now, applying the lime, sulphur and salt solution as thoroughly compounded, as hot and rapidly as opportunities will permit and while purchasing our pumps we shall be prepared for codlin moth and scab in the spring when the work must continue. We are watching with great interest the work accom plished by our ladybirds. They are destroiyng many of our injurious in sects, but as yet are not multiplying rapiydly enough for dependence upon tbem. The black Australian bugs are reported to have cleaned many or chards from the black scale, but they do not work sufficiently on the San Jose scale to exterminate it Investiga tions are being msde to discover some natural enemy which shall prove ade quate for the destruction of this scale, but until found, it is advisable for us to continue with our best known rem edies, applying tbem vigorously. OPINIONS POLITICAL. The Coming right Dlen(ed by the Leading Party Organ, Cincinnati Inquirer. There is one possibility for a united delegation from Ohio, and that would be for the friends of MoKinley to unite with their opponents to. make the delegation solid for Joseph Benson Foraker for president If this should succeed and Foraker be elected MoKin ley could enter the field for the va oanoy in tne senate tbus created. President Foraker might be more will ing to help McKinley to the senate than Senator Foraker would be to help MoKinley into the White House. ltnl a Keeord Hreaker, .Washington Poal.) It is true that a long record must be broken if a speaker becomes president But Mr. Reed is a record breaker. He broke the record of a hundred years when he introduced his quorum count ing devioe. He not only enraged his political opponents, but he startled his friends by that ruling. Depend Upon the Nominee. Harper' Weekly. We believe, if the Republican's nomi nate for president a trimmer, or a man either tainted with the evil of bossism or posessed of unsound ourrency views, and if the Democrats nominate a can didate of good oharaoter and ability, that many of those who voted the Re publican tioket at the last election will vote for the Democrats, while the vast army of this year's stay-at-homes will go to the polls. Three Mighty Men. ( (St. Louie Republic William R. Morrison, of Illinois; Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, and John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, gave the Demo crat io party the inspiration of a prin ciple of aoton and a policy of ooherenoe and aggrespion. There were other men, valiant in servioe and ripe in counsel, but around these three raged the battle whioh was fought against foes without and foes within the party. There was a host of Israel before the walls of Bethlehem, but only three mighty men of valor who braved the Philistines to bring back the life-giving water from the well at the gate. On Private Bualneea." Columbus, O., Kxpreia.) Bepjamin Harrison is again down in New York on "purely private bus! ness." There are also a large number of presidential candidates and boss politicians down there on the same errand. If the New York artist who is paining Mr. Harrison's picture could catch the expression of his face at the moment he read Sherman's "Recollec tions" of him, the artist's fortune would be made. A Much a Deapot a Ever. . (Detroit Free Press. The country is sufficiently aoauaitned with Speaker Reed to know in advance. that nothing wi'l be done in the hpuse bearing upon the problem of raising revenues that will' commit the party to MoKinley ism or enhanoe the presi dential prospects of ' the "redoubtable major from' Ohio. . Mr, Reed is just as shrewd and just as muoh of a despot as he ever was and is in a ' position to have things very muoh his 'own way. Harrlaon a Promising Candidate. , t . Buffalo Commercial. . The most careful observers of the po litical situ&ionand those who are not afraid to "-reports things as 'they, think they see ' them 'regard Harftsdh 'as the most promising of the 'presidential boomers,' with Allison as an expellent seoond' io, the race. ' ' Whitney's Statement. New York San. Mr. Whitney has put forth a positive statement .with regard to the Demo cratic .-nomination for the presidency. "Iam not a candidate and have not been a candidate and must not be con sidered a -candidate,1' says Mr. "Whit ney. Yet if the Demooratio national convention should insist upon nomina ting him, there is nothing in this do--olension to prevent the honor being forded 'upon him;, and a very handsome and popular candidate he would make, notwithstanding his present refusal. Ohio' Governor Favored. Cleveland Leader. MoKinley is the first choioe in most of the states and second choioe in others. Even in New England Ohio's governor is favored by members of the Grange after Reed. That is the oase in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut In New York the Grangers like Governor Morton, but if he oannot be nominated they want Mo Kinley. In Delwaware, West Vir ginia, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas and Mississippi McKinley was the first choioe over all the other candidates. Keed and McKinley. Hoe ton H'jrald.J ' We see nothing in the record of Mr. Keed to endanger his popularity as a Republican candidate if nominated. There are some points about the two men which make him a new candidate in comparison with McKinley. We d" not think there will be the need of passing over better-known men as presi dential candidates this year that there has been in previous campaigns, aud if there were we fail to see where Mr. Reed has made a record that would render him more dangerous to the party than any new candidate likely ft be selected. They must all declare for protection in the abstract, and Mr. Reed is oomimtted to nothing more. Ex-Treaaurer Bog ga Convicted, Taooma, Deo. 20. A verdict of guilty was brought in by the jury this morning against George W. Boggs, ex- city treasuer, charged with fraudulent ly using the public funds for persons! gain. The maximum penalty is ten year in tne penitentiary. Sentenoe has not yet been imposed. fer the UM tm 6i Health fer all Mankind. 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