IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Friday, Juno U. Washington, Jiinn H, Tbo nenato to day listened to to nul speeches, mm by Morgan In support "I his resolution providing (or Investigation by n sen iito committed o( tho affairs of tint Inlo 'ol Pines, nml tlio ollnir by Hopkins In ippnaltloii to tlio mm luvitl canal mil. Neither mtuisunt wna seted on. Homo limit mm alau spent In considering tlm Illstrlut of Columbia appropriation Mil. WnliliiKton, Juno H. With tho ex millnii nl mi Imilr (MHlit on tirtmlon legislation, In which tlinii !IJ7 hilts for .tho relief of Uivll nml Spanish Amnrl cnn war veterans worn passed, thn liouir labored today on llm iiimlry civil hill, making much headway, Under thu load of Knllttf, ol umo, tlio Iioiiio refused to transport silver colna nml otlmr money liy reglnterrd null, Insisting Hint lliell transpotta t on ilionlil tut handled liy tlm tuprccs companies. During tlm niKiliiinitH It no contended that tlm Welt mul Houlli mied silver dollars for circulation. Thursday, Juno 7. Washington, Jiimt 7. Tint lenato to Inv rn-Ml tlm milt lilll hltl'k to Confer inre, alter n debate, on several topics, which ended In tlio rejection ol lliucon ferenrn report, (ililivtliiii m iiimlii hv Tlllmmi to nny effort to Instinct tlm conferees, as proposed, hy Hum, who limn withdrew Ilia motion llnil It waa tlm fotiro of tlio senate (lint nu railroad employes mul tlirlr families alionhl no exempt iroui tlio siitl-paas amendment. Wsshluittnn. Juno 7. Ilnpresontu tlvn Prince In llm hoiiii today ilurliiK tlm discussion of tlm atimlry civil hill mikn of tlm anti-pats amendment to tlm tallroad hill nil I of tlio hill Itaolf nml Ina sted tl.ul tlm country miuld hold tlm hntiao primarily rrnpoiiallilo for depriving I. Stiil.l 111 rallaay nm litems, as well na members ol tlmlr iamlllis. ol freo IrauntiorlHtloii; like wise persona actually mul necessarily in Vhargo of livestock, wlio mo iiepriveti of free ttitisKirtallin when going In Hiliil of shipment or ruttirnliiK Iroui jKiliit o! dollrory. Wednesday, Juno 0. WabIiIuuIoii. Juno 0. Whim tho conference report on tlm railroad rate 111 wna Inkmi up by tlm arnalo today, tlm mill pAta conference amendment re ceived tlm attention of Hpootmr. In tho main Im rmlorard tlm prnhlhltlon of passes, hut ho cuuterdrd that there Vhould be exceptions, Including railroad mployei. Congress lind no right, lie aid, to itep Letween cmpolycr and employe. Vlilmrtnn. June. 0. The considera tion hy tho house of the aundry clvl '-ipproprlatloti hill In commttlie of tlm whole today waa niailo the occaalon of tiomu severe strictures by Democrats of tlm heads of iltinartments for exceedlnn tlmlr legal powern, Hulllvaii, of Massa hurrlts, IcadiiiK Dm attack. Thwiihv. In nitilalnlni tho tirovlstnal of tho hill, which denla with all dupnrt iimnta of tho government and la the !imxt to tlm last monoy hill to ho noted on hy tlm hoiuo, etnted thnt thn total ppropilallou for tho aundry olvll ex pemea for tho IIhchI yeiir UIII7 mrrlod hy thla hill It tlM.nV.'.lnO. Of tlm total nmoiint '.'5,-tot),ri76 la for tlm I'rtiinmn cnnnl nml In rlmiiuriaiiio from tho jirocerda of tlm itnlo of hondi t.i mlillilnii In llila ml in. lhn ntnntllit carried fur rlvor nml hnrlior ncta, hihI napet'lnlly liy tlm act pnimsi ni urn mil 'tieaalou of ronri'BH, la In coxiaa of thu liunnuut niiproprlHled in tlm current law for tlmt purposo hy 0,771,011. Tuesday, June C WueliltiKtoii, Juno 5. llnforn tho tennto hnd heutiu hualneBB In earncat today Rfiintor Halo took tho Hoar to ur(0 thu linporUnco of nil poraihle romntneits ill too dlapoiltloii nl tlir njipropiUllon hilla. "Thla," ho eald, "la nbiolutoly ne eeearv if wo nro roIiik to ndlourn co foro tho end of thla mouth, nml do the ory hoat wo may It will bo tlm vary aat ilnva ol tho month hoforo wo enn lonalhly nut throunh." Ho kvo notico inni uiuietiinioiy ftur tho cloao of tho rotitlm moriilntJ ihualncaa today ho would inirn to take up tho mvnl appropriation hill, mid h KKi'ateu Hint tula mil eiiouui no ni mul liv other nniironrlatloit hllla ovon to tho exolualon of oonferonco re- porta. Ho called attention to tho lad Ncb-aikn Dalka at Drydock. Reatllo. Juno 65 Tho hattloahln Ne livnaL-n It.il1ll at 1nvt limn.. Irllul twlco thla morning to et buck to hor lock and each time was ewung away from tho alln hy a heavy wind and a atronx ulil) tide. Onco alio cumo near rnmniliiK tho compony'a dry dock and tho second tltno narrowly escnpod oraaN Iiik into tho raoiflo Cnaat company's coal hunkors. Then tho attempt was Klvon up nud the hoat'takon out to a city buoy. Tho hattloshlp was taken out Saturday for a preliminary trial pin. -" - " - ' " "-- that thorn urn al of llm IiIk npproprln tlou hllla ntlll unacted on hy the ecu nto. Wnnhliiutori, Juno rt. In many par lloiihira toilny waa n "red loiter" day In tlm houao, not only In tho nuuihor of hllla punned, hut In tho Kunnral i'Iihp ncter of tho IckIMuiIoh eimctvd, What hlila fair to cauau vudleaa trouble, tlm naturallxatlon hill, waa panned under Rtiapeiinlou of thn rule, thn speaker and tlm Kontleuian IncharKoof the hill, IlouyiiKo, of Colorado, doing team work of n auporlor kind, The hotinn refuned to pani a hill lean Iiik to a private firm or corporation the right to initio coal on tlm Inland of Ila lau, In tho Philippine group. altliDDgli It wna atnteil that nucli a leana would decrenno the ainounl paid hy thn gov eminent lor roal very ronnldeiahly. I'or two bourn thn hounn workml uu der aiiipenalon of tlm rules. Tho rent of tlm dny wna taken up with thn pats ago of hllli hy tiuanlinotia connent. Monday, Juno 4. Washington, Juno 4. Arthur I'ue (loriuan, United Htaten senator from Maryland, died suddenly nt bin teal ilenco in thla city nt V :0ft o'clock thla morning. While Keunlor Gorman had liven III for many uionthn, ho hnd shown somo linprovernrnt lately. Heart trouble wai tho immedlnto canto of death, Washington, June A. -The senate nd Jouriied today linmixllately upon re ceiving tlm announcement of Heuator (Joruiau'a death. No hutlneai what ever waa traniactol, even tlm rending of the Journal bring dispensed with. Theio wak an uuuntial number of sen Htorn present, and nil wern Imprcried hy tlm rolmenlly of tho occaalon. Ap proirlnto resolutions were adopted and a committee to attend lhn funeral wna appointed, na follna; Itayner, AIM son, Morgan, Hale, Aldrlch, Telltr, (Ullinger, Hlklna, Martin, Tillman, Clay, frponuer, Kean, lUlley, lllack hum, Clark, of Montana, and Orerman Alter thn senate adjourned tlm denk and chair formerly occupied hy Henator (lornian were draped In black, in ac cordance with the custom In audi cases. Tho house also appointed n committee to attend the funeral. The house adjourned when the an nounrement of the death of Mr. Gor man was mado. Tho house panted n hill creating a United Hiatus District court for China, Tim Judge la to receive an appointment .'or 16 years at a salary of $8,000 and cxpentea when on circuit. Tho district attorney Is to receive $4,000 and ex pensea and the marshal $3,000 and ex penses, Saturday, June 2. Washington, Juno 2. Tho greater part of tlm day waa spent by the cenatu in discussing the resolution Directing llm purchase of Panama canal supplies In America, unless tho price waa nxtor tlonate and unreasonable. Mallnry'a motion to atrlko out tho word "extor tionate" wna lost, 30 to 10. Carmack aottght to limit tlm government's action to n preference tor goods of homo man iifauturo, other conditions being rqual It waa lost, 3D to 17. Uncoil wanted no higher prices paid for American goods tbiin tlm American manufacturer charged abroad for tlm samo article Thla went down, 37 to 16. Culberson wanted goodn purchased In the cheapest markets; lost, 3H to 10. An amend merit piopoeed hy I'ettua limiting tho purchase to the lowest reaponolblo bid der waa adopted. Tho hill was passed, 30 to 10. Washington, Juno 1!. What might have been a serious parliamentary snarl was doxtrnusly avoided hy Speaker Cannon late this afternoon In tlm house of representatives, when Murphy, of Mlbsourl, rono to present what ho do nominated n privileged resolution. The conforenctf reports on tho rato nud the statehood bills had been made and or derod printed, when the Missouri con grensmau preiented n resolution re nclndlng tho action of tho housu nond lug tho statehood bill to conference and providing for a vote on tho senate amendments. Payne, of New York, loader of tho majority, instantly iniulo tho point that tho resolution ws not privileged. Tho speaker, with smiling faco, hold that tho resolution was not privileged, as tho papors in tho caao wero with tho senato, Oppose Wlckersham's Confirmation, Washington, Juno 4. Senators Nel son nnd McCumber aro preparing to mako a long filibuster in executlvo sob slon to dofoat tho confirmation of JuJgo Wlckroshnm, of Alaska, Thoy aro compiling pamphlets and documents bearing on tho cano in any nunner whatsoever, and propose having them read at length to coniumo t'mo. One senator said today that If this filibus ter keeps up Wickershatn will get every voto in the senate save thoso of Nelson and McCumber. Their play for tlmo Is decidedly unpopular. DAD DEEF 8LEW SOLDIERS, General Miles Says Disclosures Aro Not Now to Him. Kaunas City, Juno 6. Ocncrnl Nel son A. MIHn, who In hero on his way to Colorado to address tho Htnto uni versity nlmidonln, said tonight: "Tho disclosures about beef nnd other packing house products now bo lug exploited nro no nows to mo. I know it seven years ago. I told what I knew then. Had th matter been taken up at that tlmo thousands of lives would havo been saved. The adulteration of food products is the co lossal crime of tho times. "I believe that .1,000 United States soldiers lost their llvos because of adul terated, Impure, poisonous meat. The a Is no way of estimating tho number of aolldnrs whose health was ruined by eating impure food. I know only of Its harvest among the soldiers and can only guess how many Uvea It has cost tlio republic. "I havo n barrel of testimony on the ruhject in the way of affidavits that I collected when I made my Investiga tion seven years ago. Tlio investigat ing committee idonod tho caao and re fused to hear the 200 witnesses wh tm I had ready. At that time I could ban secured tho testimony of 100,000 men that tho canned beef sold to tho army waa Impure, ndaltornted nud unwholo somo." WATER DELAYS TRAFFIC. Cloudbursts on the Columbia Play Havoc with O. R. & N. Tracks. Tho Dalles, Or., Juno 4. As the re sult of a series of heavy rains yesterday atern wo, culminating in a severe cloudburst at one point, three bad land slides have occured on tho O. It. it N. roadway In consequence of which there is another blockade of tralllc, although a largo force haa been sent to tho aceno of disaster, and hopes aro entertained tht the tiacka will bo cleared today. Two of the slides took place between Qiilnn and Illalock, and are rach fully 300 feet wide, with from one to seven feet of debris deposited on the tracks. The worst slide, however, occured nl a point three miles east of illalock, where a heavy clouduurst came down the canyon and carried out three bents of tho railroad bridge, cutting out a ditch 35 feet In width and 18 feet deep. A force of 2C0 men was sent out from this place In response to the demands of the situation along tho main lines, while 60 additional men wero dispatch si to tho Columbia Southern lino at H'ggs, where steady showers havo pre vailed all day, delaying tho trains, but causlnu no washouts of the tracks. Ho far as known there wore no fa Ullties. TO PROTECT NIAGARA FALLS. House Committee Regards Jurisdic tion of U. S. Unquestionable. Washington, Juno 6. Chairman Ilurton, of tho house rivers and harbor committee, has submitted a report upon the bill to protect Niagara falls. Tho report says in part: "Tho rommltteo regards tho Jurisdic tion of tho United States ovor Niagara river as unquestionable, becauso It Is a navigable stream in tho greater part of ts length.'' Tho bill authorises: Tho Issuance of permits to individu als, companies or corporations already using water to tho extent to which w uteri a now being used. Tlm Issuanro of further permits both for tho diversion of water on the side of tlm United Stales and for the trans mission of electricity created by water power from the Canadian sido; this, bow ever, In all cases, with tlm limita tion thnt such penults shall not impair tho scenlo grandeur of Niagara falls, the navigability of the rlvor or its In tegrity as a lioundary stream. All permits to be granted under the bill-are revocable within three years by tho secretary of war and shall In any event terminate nt the expiration of three years. Raforms In Turkey. Washington, June 6, Some commer cial reforms in Turkey aro reported by Vice Consul General Smlth-Lyte, of Constantinople, to tho Ilureau of Man ufscturers, The organisation of a board of English merchants there has accomplished the opening of bonded warehouses, nnd is demanding tnoro fa cility in customs operations, suppres sion of the I led jus stamp, free access on boaid, freo importation of foreign securities, with tho exception of lottery bonds, and suppression of tho diftlcul (lea in connection with tho frootrnvol. Strikers Shoot Guards. Cleveland, O., June 6. - Fifteen guards wore shot in a riot with striking miners at Stoubenville this evening. Frantic telegrams havo been sent to tho governor by tho sheriff for militia. The situation is very critical and moro trouble is imminent. NEWSTFWE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Rosumo of tho Loss Important but Not Less Interesting Events ' of tho Past Week. A great naval review Is planned by Great Urltnln. A hurricane in Southern Ontario has done much damage. Greece and Kouman'a have severed diplomatic relations. Crutnpackrr denies that congress has authority to require meat Inspection. The people of the Philippine Minds ynvo $8,607 to the San Fran li.-o relief fund. Another high official of the Pennsyl vania railroad has been implicated in coal charges. The president Is likely to win his meat inspection fight, though opposi tion Is strong. The rzir has summoned his ministers lo a council, and a chango in affairs seems probable. Paclflj coast Democrats are booming Governor Chamberlain, of Orgun, for tho nomination for the presidency. Kx-Governor W. P. Whyto haa been appointed United States senator from Maryland to succeed tho Into Binitor Gotain. Of the total revenues nf tbe United States more than three fit lis Ii annual ly expanded on the army and navy and pension roll. For the pri sent jcat 1 10 tital of the three, cxpeniis is $376. 0611,710, out of a total revenue of $058,003,000. Kojrstventky, Linlevitch and other Ilus-Un olllcers aro to bo courtmar tialed. Guatemalan rebels are gaining In strength. llrundige, of Arkansas, denounces Iloosevelt for increasing White Hcuce expenses. Tho Indiana Democratic convention has endorsed Ilryan. Tornadoes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansts and Michigan destroyed much propovty aud caused the loss of six live. Tho military authorities aro grad ually withdrawing nil of the govern ment troops frutn San Francisco. The union between Norway and Swe den has been dissolvd x year. Three of tho Spnnlsh gunboats cap tured by Dewey at Manila have been sold for old Junk, bringing $0,000. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, is accused of accepting life in surance money during the recent cam paign and felony charges havo been died against him. Tho returns of Oregon's election from a largo number of precincts throughout tlm slate are securely locked up in the ballot boxes instead of bavin been sent to tho rel-k of thu county in which the precinct is Itcated. South Dakota Republicans advocate tariff revision. Hunger strikes in Russian prisons aro causing riots. Missouri Democrats havo declared for Bryan for president. Meat packers nro planning in organ IriUlon to kill Iloosevelt politically. Wholesale arrests hnvo been mado at Parcolora, Spain, for the attack on King Alfonso. Joo Tung t.ee, a Chinaman, won the second priio nt the City of New York university In an oratory contest. The four mailed schooner Volunteer has gone on tho rocks near Tolnt Aren as, California. Her crew is in great danger. , John M. Ewon, n Chicago engineer of repute, predicts theaters nnd facto ries underground in the great cities of tho world in a few years. An anarchist plot in Patterson, N. J to kill the king of Italy and two other sovorolgns Mas been detected and tho would-be assassin arrested. France will levy an Income tax to meet a doflcit In government expenses, Thoronie statue of the late Presi dent McKlnloy, which will bo orccted vt Columbus, Ohio, has been complet ed. The statue weighs 0,000 pounds. Tho Husslan parliament is rushing a bill to abolish tbo death penalty. Packers deny the charges made against them and say they did not get a square deal. Further trouble has occurred between striking miners and guards at Stouben ville, Ohio. CARL OCHURZ. Hud OnlnmA nn lfonnrnblt I'lnee Amiinir Otir flreni Men. After hnvlnir lingered between Ilfo nnd dentil with a complication of din en Hex for tnoro than n week, Cnrl Krtiurz, tho famous publicist, editor and stntexmnn, passed awny at his homo In Now York City. From a poor Immigrant, landing In this country when ho wna 23 yenrs old, Cnrl Kohura worked Ida wny upward to u position In tho foremost ranks of pub lic life. Tlio story of thla Immigrant boy rend moro like n volume of Juven ile fiction, with tbo hero always good nnd true nnd struggling for high Ideals, thnn n recital of Incidents which make up tlw career of tho great publicist. As ntnterunan, soldier, editor nnd thinker, Mr. Hchurz held the respect of tbo best dement of this country, nnd mnny of thoso wlio fought sldo by sldo with him caul sciiuaz. In tho many buttlM for civic righteous ness In which ho took a leading prt be lieve It ImpoMslblo for tho country to moasuro tbu full vnlue of his serviced to It. Tho life of Schurz was full of ad venture, nnd Interesting details. He was Iwrn nt I.lblnr, near Cologne, Prus sia, on March '2, 183). Ho was edu cated nt tbo Gymnasium of Cologne and subsequently at the University of lloun, which ho entered In 1S40. Gottfried Ktnkcl, poet, philosopher nnd patriot, wlio had married Carl Hchurz's cousin, was professor of rhetorics In tbo university. After the revolution of ISIS had broken out Kin kel headed nn Insurrvctlon, was cap tured nnd condemned to Imprisonment for twenty yenrs. Schuns was engaged In the defense of Itnstadt, a town nnd fortress In linden, when It was cap tured. Ho bid In u shed for three days nnd dually escaped through n svcr and made his way to Switzerland aud Uicnco to Parts. There, disguised as an organ grinder, he effected the rescuo of Klnkel, who accompanied him to England, Schurz supported himself In London for a while, teaching German nnd writing letters to German news pnporH, heforo ho catno to tho United States 111 1652. When Schurz landed In New York he could neither speak nor wrlto tbe En glish language, nud the political ban ners of Pierce nnd Scott which spanned llroudwny were a soro puzzle to him. Yet three years nftcrwnrd he was ad mitted to tho bar In Jefferson, Wis., nud Immediately entered tbe struggle ngulnst tho aggression of slavery, for which the Republican party wns rap idly organizing. Schurz worked mainly through tho Germans of tho Northwest, nnd the years after landing In this country the Immigrant loy wns nom inated for Lieutenant Governor of Wis consin nud came within 200 votes of being elected. In ISM Schurz took an active part In the Lincoln-Douglas campaign In Illi nois, and It wns during this tlmt he formed u friendship with Lincoln which was ended only liy tbo death of tho President. In ltvl) Schurz went to lion ton, where Iw mado mi address oil True Amorlcnnlsiu, which wna commented on nil over tho country. One reading tho siccch would find It hard to believe that It wus written by a mail who suv en years beforo could not speak En glish. A year tifter making this address Mr. Schurz was elected chairman of tho Re publican national convention hi Chi cago, and supported tho nomination of Mr. Soword to the last After tho con vention ho spoko lu vurlous States of tbe Union, and on tho accession of Abraham Lincoln to tho presidency Mr. Schurz was appointed minister to Spain. He reached Madrid lu July, but nfter he realized how groat a strug gle tho Civil War was to be be was recalled nt his own request In Decem ber ho was appointed n brigadier gen eral of volunteers, Mr. Schurz com mnnded n division of tho Eleventh Corps uuder HownnL fought with Fre mont nnd Slgel, nnd ended his service under Sherman In North Carolina. After tho war Mr. Schurz was ap pointed n special commissioner to ro port ou tho condition of tho seaboard nud gulf states, nnd after thnt ho bo enmo a special correspondent of the Now York Tribune. In 1800 ha becama editor of tlio Detroit Post and n year Inter ho moved to St Louts, wbcro ha purchased nu Interest In the Wcstlleha Post, of which ho took charge. In 1800 Mr. Schurz was elected United States Senator from Missouri. Ho found himself very soon forced to oppowi tho tendencies dovclopcd by tha strenuous war period In tho party to which ho had boon wnrmly dovoted, and ho threw asldo tho party yoko by opposing tho plans of President Grant Tho first open difference enmo with tho submission to the Senato of tlio treaty for tho annexation of Santo Domingo, which ho fought with nil bis energy. In tho Liberal Republican movement ho took a prominent part nnd was chairman of the Cincinnati convention which nominated Ilornco Greeley. Ho wna actively engaged In tho Ohio can vnsM, supporting tbo election of Hayes ns Governor on a hard monoy plat form, and ho also took an active part In tho presidential campaign which re sulted In tho election of Hayes. In 1877 ho was apjxdnted to a sent In tbo cab inet It was whllo Socrotary of tho In terior thnt Mr. Schurz put Into opera tion tho principles nnd mothods of civil scrvlco reform, aoven yenrs beforo their adoption by law. Although Mr. Schurz held no public ofUco after bis retirement from tlw cab inet his Influence In public affairs wan felt almost to tho end of his llfo. Ho was a powerful antagonist of machlna politic, and because of his strong fol lowing his co-oporntlon In all reform movements was welcomed. 3llnlatrrlnl Cnnrlela, VSen the Her. Frank Itltchlo of St Ignatius' Church In New York wan rec tor of the Church of tho Ascension In Chicago, he wns most popular with his blehop because of his extremely high church ritualism nnd was known ns the "black sheep of tho diocese," At n general gathering of tho clergy, Fatlr cr Itltchlo was paired off with tho only colored rector In tho bishop's Jurisdic tion. Tho clerical wits Joked about it "Tho two black sheep of tho dloccso walked togethor,' remarked one of thotu. Tho colored brother, a broad churchman, hnpiwned to overhear tbo remark. "I should like to know what I hnvo done?" he demanded with rancor. It was not long nftcrwnrd that Fath er Itltchlo went to preach In this sama colored rector's church, nnd ho was In troduced In this manner: "Father Itltehle will preach this even ing. Heforo tho sermon we will sins the hymn beginning: 'My soul, bo on thy guard. "Everybody's Magazine. DOWAGER EMPRESS MAY LEAVE RUSSIA. Tho Dowager Empress of Ilussln Is said to have decided to leave that coun try forever. A few weeks ago sho bought tho beautiful palace of Hvl- POWAOEll I.Ml'llKSSi Ol IHSSU. doere, near Copenhagen, aud she linn now bought another country seat In En gland Her sister. Queen Aloxandra, of England, It Is said. Is responsible for this chnncu and tho Dowager Empress expects to spend her summers In Den mark with her brother, King Frederick, nud Iter winters lu England. Method. "No mattor what opinion Is offerod, you express n contrary view," said tho Impatient friend. "Well," answered Mr. Illlgglns, "that's a way I havo of acquiring knowledge. A man Is moro likely to glvo up all ho knows on a subject If you get hint to warm up with a Uttta controversial Indignation."- Washing ton StarA Good Mnriilnir, Judical "Who's dat old guy)" "Dat'u mo old friend Judgo Whelan." "Ycr old friend! I s'poso you an hhii's vlaltln' acquaintances, eh?" "No, merely spenklng acquaintances. I know him well ouough to say 'Good mornln to lilm overy fow weeks," Cloveland Leader. Uuaolled. "Dont you think Itrown Is Inclined to dally with tho truth?" "I don't think ho over touches It" Milwaukee Sentinel. Pay day cornea slowly to a man who watches tha clock. w w