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IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS I .ftwnrmm-iT r-T"T-n rr r-irr ir-rm rr7 ,,v.,-tt ir-r--irTnrnJ Friday, Mny 1(1. Washing! May 1H. After 70 da)n of h1 at continuous deliberation Hut lionnte today nt I :n!l . m. passed Hit' rnllro.id nttit bdl by thn practically unanimous vote of 71 to .'. Tim three negative votes wuru cast by Foiaktir, Republican, of Ohio, uml Morgan nml Pollus, DffiiincrHlH. of Alhlminn. There was a loinnwlint larger nltoiidanrii of aonntors than tiniinl, lint tint attendance. In tliu galleries "nil liy no means ab normal, nml tlmrii was no iiinnllcstn tlon of any kind when tlm result was announced. There was, however, nn almost general sigh of relief niuong tint ticuntora, Washington, May 1H. Ilninlnlsceiil of tlm atresaful days o( tint 47tli con grors weru tlm scenes In nml about tlm house today. Hardly had tliu Journal been approved when tlm Democrats, under tlm leadership of Williams, ol aM Innlnntppt, began tlm first fen I l!II hustcr In a nutiiliir of year, tlmlr oh jiict being to defent tlm lilll paying to tlm estnto of Hauiuel Leo, ol Houtli Carolina, IIO,iH2 for allowances made liy reason of tliu election of m, a lie. gio contestant for a nrnt In tliu 47th conurtTii. Tills bill linn Iwn rtjiorted favorably liy nlim congresses six times liy Ho publicans nml three, tlmt'ft dy Demo crats. After spending almost tlm nnllre day on tliu question tlm lilll wm passed. Thursday, May 17. Washington, Mny 17. Willi tlio ex ('option ol llilloy'a dlgrefslou, tlm en tirn day was devoted liy tlm annate to a review of tlm mimmlmmita inailu in committee of tlm whole ami covered somewhat morn than lintf of tlo nieas urn. Tlmrn was a proaptct of conclud ing tlm reading until tlm section grant ing to tlm Interstate Cumtimrcti com mission power to fix raid was reached nml tlm question of Ilia constitutional Ity of Hint provision wan raised. Tlm attack was made on the clause giving to tlm committee dlicrotlon In tlm matter of preserving rates, ami a long debate ensued. Tlm question was allll under discussion when tlm day rami) to n close. Washington, May 17. After two Weeks' debate tlm liourn today passed tlm naval appropriation lilll, carrying $1111,71,0000. Tlm amendment provid ing t tint tlm secretary of tlm navy could go Into tlm open markut nml i.urchase chains, micliora nml cordage, should It tin demonstrated Hint tlmy could Im) had cheaper In frto mnrkota tlian limy cou lil Ini mmln liy tlm Kovornumnt, mm ilcfrnUnl tixlay liy u votn of 188 to II'). Ity tlm action olllii. lioino on n arc oiul nmrmlmiiiit, upon vrlilcli n aopnratn votu wan tlfiiiAinloil, n 4 pnr cvnt differ I'titlal Mill Iki allowed lildilura from tlm 1'acillo Coml on alilpi constructed tlmro. Tlm voto waa very cloiu, tlircu Itflpulillcnna rlintiKlnu from no to yea, IfaiiKlmn of lown, Tliomaa mul Ixjik world. After tlm pnan(o of tlm navnl IiihIkoI tlm lioimi, In coinmltti'u of tlm wlmlu, rraiiiueil uoiiMlilnrntlnn of tlm eo-callixl tintnralUntlon till), Imt not Kioiit head Mny was Hindu. Wodneiday, Mny 10. WntliliiKtou, Mny 10. -Tlm ooniltlur ntiou of tlm rntu lilll In coimnltliii of tliu wlioln nun coiieludod liy tlm amintu today, nml tlio mi'aaiirn wna then rn ported to tlio Htuntu, vslieti) tliero will I to opportunity to review nml nllor nil tliu ni'imiilmttntn Imrutofnru innilu. I'rnctlcnlly tliu entire day whs devoted to cotiiltlerntlon of tliumitl.paramuoiiil' meiit, wlilcli wna iidoptinl nftur innkliiK to ninny oxruptlona hb to nrouao IhukIi ter every tunu tliu provlalon wan rend Tlm work of tlm cunatu nfter tlm lilll wna reportiil wna con lined to tlm pnrtlnl tionalilitrntlon of tlm pipe lino provlnlon, which wni to amended na to atrlko out tliu MorKHU provlao extendltiK it ope THtlon to other countrlea where tlm United Htntea had Jurlidlctlon. Wnnlilnuton, Mny 111. Tlio nnval npprnprlntlnu bill, ciurylnK nenrly 1100,000,000, wna completwl todny In tlio hniiBii nltur ono of tliu liualoat dnya of the pronont cont;roai, Tliu fentuto of tlm dny'a ilnlmto row out of tlm nt tempt to ilefciu tlio npproprlntlon for thu Inritt'Bt linttlcshlp of ita cIiuh In tlio world mid thu touor of tlio speeches for tlio big ship wna tlint thu Amorlcnn re puhllo niimt ho nhreaat of tliu nntlona of tlio world in thn strength of lier unvy. Tlio opponuntH tnlkcd for penuu, Will Doubto Alaska Oablos. WnshliiKton, Mny 16. Orders hnvo livou isHtlud by Gctioinl Allen, tlm chief IkiiuI olllcer of thu nriuy, for tlio In ntnllmont of tlio duplex nyetein on tlio Alnekn cables. Thu commercial busi ness of tlio cnblua hns hecomu so henvy thnt oven by working night nnd day tlio oporntorH tiro not nblu to handle nil thn dlsiudiea. With tlio now Hystont thu cixpuolty of tlio cnblos will bo luoreneod nbout 76 por cont. Tlio aupromo court of thu United Htates has denied tlio petition for a rohearlng in tlio Ohtcago trnotion cases. illanruuiiuent mid arbitration, and In alited thnt there was no national need for nui'h n largo navy, Thu amend ment Introduced by lliirton, of Ohio, to ntrlko out tlm npproprlntlon for a rival to tlm lliltlnh Drrniluaught nan ilofcalod, n n wna tlm amendment leav ing Urn construction of tlm battleahli to thn discretion of tlm secretary of tlm navy after tlm second Hague conference. A Until voto on the lilll will ho taken tomorrow. Tuesday, May IS. Wellington, Mny 16. With tlm ex ception of tlm imtl-paia amendment, tlm renatn concluilivl Ita dlscusalon of tlm rnllrond ritto bill In committee of tlm wholu mid, in soon m that provi sion shall ho illsxjfixl of, will tukn it up In tlm semitn. Tlm general nxpec latiou Is that tlm pitta tioitloii will Im disposiol of early tomorrow, ami the general hope la that tlm bill may ho patscd before tlm closo of tomorrow'! session, Tlm grsnter part of tlm day nits spent in discussing tlm eighth sec tion of tlm bill, relating to the person nel of tlm Interstate Commerce com mission, resulting in thn elimination of tlm entire section ittni tlm rrstointlon of tlm present law, which provides for llvo commissioners ut ni'iirlesof $7,600, Wnihliigtnn, May 16. Tlm llouin by u drclded votn tolny renlllrmeil its faith In tlm Itnvy uepirtinnit, ilnlMtt Ing an HUinmlment of Tuniiey, chnlt umn of the npproiriatlona committee, to limit tlm expenditures on n ship to 10 pr cent of tlm cost, a voto of con lldenru coming after two hours' hot debatn. Having rrnched tlm section of tlm naval bill dealing with Increase In thn Navy and, reallxlng that consid erable dehsto must ensue, the house nd otirned until noon tomorrow. Tawney was emphatic in declaring that it was both bad policy and bad ad ministration to give to tlm Navy do partment tlm right of spending III, 000,000 for repairs of vrjols without so much aa being compelled to giro an account to any one for tlm money ex pended. Monday, May, 14. Washington, May H. The session of the teuato tody passed without an exciting Incident and without the adop tion of a single amendment to the rail road rate bill, notwithstanding that measure was under consideration prac tically all thn time from the hour of convening, 11 o'clock, until adjourn ment at 6:16 p m. The most charac teristic feature ol tlm day was the re jection of amendments. This wns ac complished either by dtrrcl voto or by tlm process of laying on tlm tablo and one followed another in rapid su ces sion. Among tlio provisions thus adversely dlsKsed of worn several Intended to fix the liability of railroad companies for Injury to employes. The presentation of provisions Intended to aicuinplish this purpose had thu effect of bringing out n practically authoritative state ment that thn committed on Interstate coiuiiitircv will reort tlio Independent hoiir-o bill on that subject which is now pending before it. WJililngton, May 14. Tho house had under consideration todny bills re lating to tlm government of tho District of Columbia. It completed tlm bills reorgantxing tlm Washington public school system, then adjourned In tho absence of a inorum, postponing notion nit thu bills under consideration. These bills will bo taken up tomorrow. Saturday, May 12. Washington, Mny 1'-'. Tho senate proceedings today were devoted exclu sively to tho consideration of thn rail road rntu bill, mid tlmy Included many Interesting and some t-enmtlonul feat ures. Thu actual accomplishments of thu day consisted in the completion of tho consideration of tho Allison amend ments, covering thu question of review by courts of thu orders of thu lutorstnto Commerce Commission. rhoro weru several of thoio provis ions mid all wero accepted as presented or suggested by tlm Iowa senator, show ing mi almost perfect agreement among Hopupllcnu senators. Indeed, ono of tho noteworthy features of tho day wna thu practical unanimity of thu Repub licans, They not only voted almost solidly for tlio Allison amendments, but woro just as nearly united against opposing propositions. When mi ad journment was reached, thero was still prospect of the continuance of tho de bate for next week. Jlmlnez Plans Revolution. Washington, May 16, Hoporta hnvo reached the Htato department of the organixatlon of another revolutionary movement directed against tho govern ment of President Caceres, of Hanto Domingo. It la understood that tho Island of Porto Itlco la tlio bneo of operations, nnd it la supposed thnt ex President Morales nnd J mines nro tho lenders of tho movement. Instructions liavo been sent to tho insular governor of Porto ltlco to tnko etena to carry out tho neutrality laws, which would pre vent departure of hostile expedition, I8SUE PAUL JONES 8TAMP. Postofflce Department Mas Hlthorto Hllf.litod Our Naval Heroes. Washington, May 16, It Is probable that the likeness of John Paul Jones, of deathless fame In the annals of naval warfare, will appear upon one of tlm next series of United Hinted postage stamps. A naval olllcer recently called atten tion to tlm fact that thu United Htates navy, whoso achievements present an unbroken lino of victories, has had but remit recognition at tho hands of tliu poslolllco department no far as honoring eminent naval olllcers of thn United Htates upon our jtostal issues la con cerned. Tlm naval olllcer Is correct. Up to 11)01! only one representative of the navy had evr been recognized for n placo upon a United Htates postage stamp Commodore Perry of Lako Krlo laiim and his position was so obscure that not ono prson In 10,000 over raw his Ilk mess upon a stamp. Vntjy was In 1H70 arslgned to tho HO-cent stamp, and there ho remained until 11102, when, Instead of making a now place for Admiral Farragut, who was voted Into the charmed postal circle, the postofllcu authorities retired Perry and Paragut took his place. The new series of stamps for the Philippines, now In process of printing In Washington, depicts Admiral Hmp son on the 16-centavn (H cents) star.'P, hut upon United Htntea stamps until 1(102 Perry reigned supreme. On tho other hand tho army has re ceived numerous honors from the au thorities who Jetermlno what faces shall adorn our postago stamps. It glnnlng with (leneral Washington, tho list Includes General Wlnfleld Hcott, General 'schnry Taylor, General Gar Hold, General Grant, General Hhermai:. General Harrison, Major McKlnley General Kherldan's likeness is repre sented on the reply postal card. CHINESE IN A PANIC. Many Certificates or Registration De stroyed In Fire. I)S Angeles, Cal., May 16. The California Chinese am to make an effort before the highest authorities for com plete re-reuistrstlon of their people. The contention of leading Chlneeo is that moro than 26,000 certificates of registration, a great part of which are not duplicated in Washington, were de stroyed In tho r3an Francisco fire. It Is sta'ed that tlmrn aro only 60,000 Chi nese in California. Many of the Chinamen are bordering on panic, for they realise that should their right to lie in the United States lm qtiratlnned they have little to show legal residence. For months to come any Chinese who has a possible know ledge of Kngllsh and American customs will claim on arrest that his certificate was destroyed In Han Francisco. The problems that now confront tlm Immi gration olllclals aro practically endless. Tho registration now in effect was made 12 years ago. Tho Chinese claim that this was imperfect and in some respects on a wrong basis. RISING FEARED IN CHINA. Missionaries Send Word That Soldiers May Prove Disloyal. Minneapolis, May 16 Ilishop Dab I, of tlm United Norwegian Lutheran church, has sent cablegrams to tho mis sionaries of tlm church in China, order ing them to leave the districts In which they am engaged, In case tlmy consider tholr Uvea in danger. Ilishop Dnhl has received three loiters from mission aries of tho United Church in China, who forecast trouble in tho nature of n new revolution. According to those lettors tlm dis turbance Is centered around Ilunlng Fu, of thu llonan district, ltuv, J, 8. Htockke, who writes ono of thu letters, dated in April, says thu Chinese nro rising ngnlust their own government In this district, mid ho assorts that tho olllcern and tho government olllclals themselvea do not Imllevo that their own soldiers nro to bo depended upon, as they nro receiving pay from tho revo lutionists, lie says they nre constant ly afraid tho soldiers will betray them and open the gates to tho enemy. Compromise Jewish Question. Odessa, May 16. -A dispatch receiv ed hero today from St. Potoraburg states that nt n conference of Jewish, Constitutional Democratic mid labor leaders In parllmnont it wna agreed not to ralso tho Jewish question soparately, hut to compromise it in thu general question of abrogation of national re strictions nnd class privileges, for which n bill Is being drafted. Aa the resit of tho ngreomont tho Jewish nnd Polish members decided not to consti tute, iiattnnnl groupB, but to join tho Democratic block. Mutt Not Spit on Floor. Washington, May 15, A government employe who spite upon the floor of a government building or ofllco In future la llnblu to summary dismissal from lila position, under rules now being promulgated through tlm departments by order of tho prcsldont. Tho presi dent consldora drastlo rules of this kind nro necessary to prevent spread of tu berculosis among. the government employes. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS X Pesumo of tho Lest Important but Not Loss Interesting Events of tho Past Week. New York will expend $100,000,000 in adding to the city's water system. Tlm Han Francisco firo destroyed proof of tlm citizenship of 100,000 vot ers. Wu Tlrg Fang, ex-Chlncso minister to the United Htates, proKscs radical reforms In China. John Mitchell, prcsldont of the Unit ed Minoworkers, will soonjresign to take up tho practice of law. Ilirrncks have been built In Golden Gate park, Fan Fianclaco, which will accommodate 6,000 persons. The Interstate Commerce commission hns secured more admissions of graft ing by Pennsylvania railroad olllclals. Insurance companies have already paid about 1200,000 Fan Francisco losses and it is expected all undisputed claims will bo paid by June 1. A great forest fire In Michigan has burned over an area of 200 squire miles and latest accounts report tho Dames still burning. Fourteen towns havo been wiped out entirely and thousands of people aro homeless. As far as known no lives have been lost, altbotgh sveeral cntl-o families have not been accounted for and may havo perished. Tho money loss will be enormous. The presldmt has declared himself in faior of ship subsidy. F.videnco of rebating has been found against the Pennsylvania railroad. Cumtierland Presbyterians will go to law to prevent if poislble church union. Natives nt Guantanamo, Cuba, at tacked United Htates tailors, killing ono nnd wounding 22. Governor Illanchard, of Louii-lina, has sent a special inessago to the legis lature asking for an Insurance reform law. A court of Inquiry hu found General Htoessel wrong in surrendering Port Arthur and he may be disgraced and stnt to prison. Commissioner Garfield has produntd much documentary evidence agtinst the Htandard Oil at tho Interstate Com merce hearings. A New York man just returned from Panama says that country Is practically n monarchy with Jthe president at the head, lie suys tho government is con stituted on tho plan of the big insur ance companies tho president's rela tives all hold jobs in the government service and control all the good places. The Kuetlatt parliament is preparing demands to tho csar for liberty. Municipal ownership In Denvor has been beaten by blunders and treachery. The Great Northern and Ilurllngton aro to run through trains from Portland to Chicago Tall hai again declared that ho will continue to buy canal supplies In the cheapest market until restricted by con gress. IUIns and Hoods nro causing enor mous damage in Texas, Oklahoma mid Indian Territory. A number of per sons have been drowned. Tho house commlttoo on insular affairs has made a favorable report on tho hill extending United Htates cltl xenshlp to tho inhabitants of Porto Illco. Well known scientists who havo beon studying Vesuvius aro preparing to pro dirt earthquakes and eruptions and say Insuranco rlaka may be reduced to a minimum. Wilt .1. D iivln. wlin waa manager of tho Iroquois theater, Chicago, nt tho time of the great firo In that building, has boon arraigned on a charge ot man slaughter, growing out ot the tiro. Witto has come to tho front In tlio Russian upper house. An nlmnTlmin nnllrn nflli'Inl nt Wnr. saw, Russia, has boon blown up by a no mu. Ban Francisco la slowly but method ically preparing plans for the rebuild ing of tho city. Tho Mutual Llfo Iusurnnco company hns begun suit agnhiBt Its otficera to re cover wasted company money. Ilunau-Vnrllla, ox-mluletor ot Pana ma to tho United Htatoa, aaya a sen level canal is tho only practlcnblo one to build. A suit has beon started at Decatur, Illinois, to prevent the union ot Cum norland Presbyterian with the old Pres byterian church. MAN IS The convulsion of nature which, with Its trull of devouring flume, wiped out n city, sent n thrill of horror around the world. Whenever tho hand of civilization hns touched there were men nnd women with blnnchcd faces who erarcvly had recovered from the liorror of Vesuvius In tlmo to learn of tlio nwul tragedy of the City of the Golden Gate. Man Ih n plKiuy. lie bousta that lie has conquered tho elements. Ho Ims girdled tho earth with electricity; he has learned to talk through apnea; he Iihh milled the salted Sean with great ship; ho hns proposed to master tho nlr. In bis pride ho ban believed himself moro than man. And in tho face of the terrors of earthquake, fire, eruptions. It la meet that ho should humble himself and realize that In tho face of the natural law, tho rich and the poor; the high and the low; tho weak and tho strong, ore equal In their utter hclplcaucHa. Man Is a pigmy. Ho Is tho fly on tho window pane; tho atom to bo rended and torn nnd crushed an tho Power that rules the world for somo grvat purpose, hidden from us all, shall direct. Man Is a pigmy. bilee of iL i Victoria. Cross KaJf & ccnhirv 522 Heroes who foxed death in bottle at 'terrible odds have been decorated by ErvQl&ndi monarch Tho golden Jubilee of the Institution of tho famous Victoria Cross tins re cently been observed In Great Itrttnln. Tho most thrl'llng romances full to equal tho truo stories of how tho cross hns been won. To the present 622 awards to olllcern and men In the vari ous branches of the military nnd naval services hnvo been made. It Is por hni tho only personal decoration lu the world that has been awarded to dead heroes, for It la a matter of rec ord that lu n dozen cases, nt least, tho Inspiring crnni hns been won nt tho coat of llfo itself. In such Instances tho hero Is pnzetted nnd tho cross Is given to his family. There N little to admire In the deco ration Itself. Its very plaluuoss nnd simplicity, however, seem compatible with the modost heroism It aiguilles. Tho cross measures one nnd oue-tlfth Inches square, weighs about 431 grains nnd Is of bronze, being castfrom cannon captured by tho Ilrltlsh nt Selmstoml. It Is attached by a V to n bar, upon which la n sprig of laurel. On the obverse sldo tho royal crown, surmount ed by n Hon, occupies the center, with n scroll underneath liearlng tho words, "For Vnlour." 'Tho reverso Is quite plain, with an Indented ctrclo In tho cen ter, lu which tho dato or dates of the net of bravery aro engrnved. At the back of the bnr Is the name of the re cipient, nnd tho whole Is suspended by n rlblion liluo for the navy, red for tho army, Tho warrant establishing tho decoration authorizes n bnr to bo nttnehrd to tho ribbon for nny further net of conspicuous brnvery on tho part of tho ownor of tho cross, but, It Is stated, no such bar has ever yet boon Issued. It might bo of Interest to noto that tho Intrinsic rnluo of tho llttlo badgo Is said to bo four pencvr ha'penny, or nbout nlno cents. At tho tlmo Queen Victoria found ed tho decoration by her roynl wnr rant of Jan. 21), I860, tho Crimean war wna being fought with much tenacity. Tho poet lnurente, Tonnyson, had made famous tho clmrgo nt llalaklnvn In his meinorablo dramatic stanzas. Tho dis patches from tho front related lu of ficial langungo, many deeds of signal brnvery under terrific tiro both In tho army and navy, Tbo Queen's war im A fdMnMH in A PIGMY. rant relates that "taking Into our royal consideration that thero exists no means of adequately rewarding tbo In dividual gallant services either of ofll cers of tho lower grades In our navnl and military service, or of warrant and petty olllcers, seamen and marine In our navy, nnd noncommissioned officers nnd soldiers In our army," etc, tlio new decoration Is Instituted. Tho Victoria cross is, as may bo no ticed, an exceedingly democratic insti tution. It Is practically open to every llrlton who, while fighting enemies of tho Crown, displays distinguished brnv ery nnd heroism. Tho prlvato may ob tain It as well as tho commander of a regiment; it has been awarded to a stoker on a Ilrltlsh ironclad. Several rear admirals today wear tho llttlo Maltese cross on their breast, nnd threo field marshals In tho Ilrltlsh army nro proud of tho dull decoration, which Is conspicuous even among tho Jowcled orders and dazzling decorations of greater pretensions which give an air of distinction to tholr wearers on full dress occasions. To the prlvnto soldier, sailor nnd non-commissioned officer of both serv ices who wins tho cross thero Is sub stantial benoflt, as woll as glorious dis tinction. A special pension of teu pounds, or nbout $'0 n year, accompan ies tho award, and If tho wearer of n Vlctorln Cross become Incapacitated by reason of illness or ago ho may draw a HjKvlal pension of fifty pounda or about ?2T0. Of tbo 522 olllcers nnd men who have beon deoorated with tho cioss, some 200 odd nro alive. lUal-Batato l)i-ul. "I tell yo tho folks that como up hero from down below have got confidence If they haven't got much sprawl, some of 'em," said Mr. Jenkins In a disgusted tone, on his return from Itushby's cor ner store. "What you supimso that Henderson feller wanted mo to ninko him nn offer for today?" "I'm too musy to stoy and spend my tlmo guessing," said Mrs. Jenkins, Im patiently. "I'm getting supper, don't you see)" "Well, ho wnnted mo to buy two rods o' that sandy sldolilll o' his. Said ho Judged 'twas nn Ideol spot for potatoes, nnd would I set a prlco on Itl" "What did you say?" demanded Mrs. Jenkins, with satisfying Indignation. "I told him," said her husband, with n reminiscent chuckle, "that whllo I wasn't prepared to set n valuation on vt, If ho'd a mind to deed It to mo nnd throw In ten dollars cosh ho might keep my ladder a week longer." A Minor ni(( or Ucuutr. A man may bo ns uiinttrnctlvo phys ically na n gargoyle, but If ho possess es personal forco and strength of char acter ho will never lack femlnluo ad miration. London Gcntlewomnu. When you "talk" about people be hind their backs, do you glvo them u aauare deall