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World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Itevluw of the Import
ant Happening of the Pant Week
Culled From the Telegraph Column.
Sonator Hale has been renominated
by the Maine Republican".
Hon. Joseph H. Clioate will bo onr
next ambassador to Great Britain.
Dr. II. Seward Webb, president of
the Wagner Palace Car Company, is
mentioned us successor to Senator Mor
rill as senator from Vermont.
' The fiiBt formal state dinner of the
season took place at the White House
Thursday, when President and Mrs.
MoKinley entertained the members of
the cabinet.
A sensation has boen created in Ger
many by the publication in a Cologne
paper of an alleged conversation had
with the late Prince Hismaiek, in
which he predicted the fall of the Aus
trian empire.
An American named Boynton, who
la trying to travel around the earth
without money, mot with a terrible fall
into a chasm while entering France by
night through the Pyrenees. IIo was
seriously injured.
Another disagreeable consequence of
the late war has been presented to the
government of claims from the cable
companies for damages sustained
through the suspension of their busi
ness by the United States military and
;naval forceB. The aggregate amount
of these claims cannot be foretold.
Representative Tongue, of Oregon,
has prepared an amendment to the bill
for codification of the laws of Alaska,
now ponding in the house, providing
for the licensing of main business con
cerns in the territory, and especially
the liquor business. Mr. Tongue says
that the Treadwell mines does not pay
anything in the way of taxes to the sup
port of the territorial institutions, and
that from the region surrounding Ju
neau about $0,000,000 in gold is pro-
'dupfid" flnnnnllr. find dnis not mmtri lintA
a cent to the government.
The Havana afternoon papers sent a
thrill through the city with a report
that a torture and execution chamber
had been found at the residence of the
Spanish uiiltiary governor, adjoining
the palace. The papers declareed that
there the Spanish officials questioned
nnd murdered political prisoners. Ac
cording to their accounts, the floor of
the chamber was 'covered with dried
blood, and its walls were indented with
machete strokes. An excited crowd
Boon gathered outside the house which
was last occupied by General Pairado.
"i General Maximo Gomez, from his
camp, 200 miles westward, near Nar-
Iciso, has issued a proclamation to the
Cuban army advising against disband
ing until the proceedings at Washing
ton regarding the pay of the insurgent
troops have been completed.
By the purchase of a large block of
etnrlr ft flirt i"?u 1 lia riim ,-uilu-av in Huha
L. Rniz & Co., bankers, representing
English capitalists, have seoured a con
trolling interest in that line. The
same men have also been huge pur
chasers of the stocks of Saguaand Cien
fuegos companies.
The monthly treasury statement of
the public debt shows that at the close
of business, December 81, the debt,
less cash in the treasury, ainountod to
$1,129,170,280, an increase during the
month of $1,702,709. This increase
is due to the delivery of 8 per cent
bonds of the new issue, previously paid
for.
At Evansvillo, Ind., Minor Garrett,
Edgar Gardner, Elijah Soott, Frank
Ourl and William Morris, boys ranging
in age from 10 to 13 years, were given
a public whipping in the police court
for stealing soiiih old wash boilers.
Their parents were given the option by
Judge Winfrey of whipping the boys or
having them sent to the reform school.
Governor Roosevelt, Greater New
York's now exeuotive, has estalbished
a code of rules to govern his considera
tion and determination of applications
for pardons and commutations of sen
tence, lie will not exercise executive
clemency in behalf of a man who has
been convicted of murdering or abusing
his wife, nor wijl he pardon any hab
itual criminal. His mercy will be
shown only to those whose sentence
seems to have been severe or whose
commission of a orime was the result
of influence.
taken place at the village of Trail, O.,
four brothers being married to four sis-
'ters. The four knots were tied at the
home of the brides, who are the dangh-
' ters of a fanner named James Hoch
etetter. Their ages range from 18 to
28, and the ages of their respective
'hiisabnds vary only' slightly. The
,-groonis are four sons of John Summers.
jT'he -ceremony . of . .tuaryirig jthe four
cwffpten' oeptfpieU almost an hohr, the
same clergyman performing all. The
four brothers and their wives will liTe
within a etone'i throw of each other.
LATER NEWS.
The Farmers' bank of Inwood, Ga.,
was entered by burglars, who secured
20,000 and escaped.
The ravages of grip among the mom
bers of the national house and senate
may compel an exira session of con
gress. A disastrous freight wreck occurred
on the Wabash, at Belleville, Mich.
The loss on rolling stock is estimated
at $30,000. with $3,000 loss on a htoro
house. Thirteen persons were killed and
from 30 to 45 injured in a railway col
lision near Bound Brook, N. J. There
was a head-end collision between a
local train and tire Black Diamond ex
press. President Alonzo's advance guard is
within six leagues ot La Paz, capital
of the republic of Bolivia. It is likely
a decisive battle will be fought soon
between tho government troops and
the rebels who now hold the capital.
It is proposed that a memorial he
erected at Manila to the memory of all
Americans who fell in the capture or
died of disease during tho campaign.
The proposal is that all Americans now
resident in the Far East, of whom
there is a very considerable number,
shoul be invited to contribute toward
this object
Filipino committees have made a
formal protest, and President McKin
ley has been warned from Paris, Madrid
and London not to attempt to take
forcible possession of Ho IIo. The
ground is taken that the American
claim of sovereignty is premature,
and that the United States is not the
possessor of the Philippines until the
peace treaty is ratified. The Filipino
agent at Hong Kong says a fight with
the Americans at IIo llo is unavoida
ble, but little apparent uneasiness is
felt at Washington.
The Cincinnati Express Gazette has
collected data anent the operations of
trainrobbers during the past year. The
effect of federal jurisdiction upon train
robberies is evidenced in Mexico. Dur
ing the past year there was not even
an attempt at train robbery in the sis
ter republic. The crime is punishable
there with instant death. The record
for 1 898 is as follows: Number of
train hold-ups, 28; number of stage
robberies, 7; number of passengers and
train men shot, 4; number of robbers
killed, 6; number of robbors shot, C.
Captain R. R. Shaw and the crew of
the British bark Glen Huntley, long
givon up for lost, are alive and well,
and on their way to Liverpool. They
abandoned the Glen Huntley in a fierce
gale June 4, 1808. For 154 days the
11 sailors lived on Tristan d'Acunha
isle, more than 1,500 milus south by
west of the Cape of Good Hope. They
subsisted on penguin eggs and the flesh
of sea eagles, and shared with 72 white
inhabitants the scanty stock of provi
sions that the captain of a passing ves
sel had given them.
,-At a fire which broke out in the Ho
tel Richelion, at Pittsburg, Pa., three
guests lost their lives and five people
were badly hurt.
Colonel Potter, special emissary of
General Otis to llo llo, reports that the
rebels threaten to burn the town if the
Americans bombard the place.
Governor Leedy, of Kansas, has com
muted the sentence of J. R. Colean,
who, while cashier of the Sate bank, of
Fort Scott, in 1895, stole $52,000 of its
fuilds.
Four dead, two injured, one of these
perhaps fatally, and the loss of proper
ty of the Southern railway to the
amount of about $25,000, is the result
of a wrock wbioh occurred at Knox
vilie, Term.
A heavy wind storm swept over the
remote section of Scott county, Ark.
At Boles, a achoolhonse was blown
down and three pupils were killed, an
other was fatally wounded, and a dozen
or more sustained more or less Injuries.
A tremendous landslide occurred near
Spence'a Bridge, on the Canadian Pa
cific railroad. A mountain which has
long been an object of curiosity to
travelers crashed into the Fraser river,
damming it completely, and sending
the water in torrents over the fertile
Nicola valley. The course of the river
was changed completely.
According to late advices from Daw
son, the United States government will
be called upon to relieve indigent min
ers in the Klondike. The Dawson
Nugget says there is a strong move
ment on foot at Dawson to send a rep
resentative to Washington for the pur
pose of enlisting the United States
government in the cause of aiding in
remedying the great distress which
prevails among the miners of the Yu
kon. At the annual convention of the
Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen of
America, held in Chicago, resolutions
were adopted, urging congress to puss
the Nicaragua canal bill and also that
a law should be passed making eight
hours a day's work on said canal. Res
olutions were also passed urging con
gress to pass the river and harbor bill
at the present session of congress. Con
gress was also urged to create a labor
commission of three union men to see
that the laws in the interest of work
ingmen were enforced on all govern
Bent work.
11 II 1
Both Branches at Salem Re- Members of Both Branches
tain the Organization of at Olympia Are Induct
Special Session. ed Into Office.
BUT LITTLE BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED
Ben 0. Worslcy, of Astoria, Elected
Sergean'i-at-Arnis of the House
Two Minor Resolu
tions Passed.
Salem, Jan. 10. Both houses of the
legislative assembly convened at the
appointed time, but beyond organizing
little was done. The house spent some
time in electing a sergeant at-arms,
and then passed a couple of resolutions
The senate was called to order at 10
o'clock by President Taylor. The roll
call showed all present but three.
The resolution for a joint committee
to confer with a committee from the
Washington legislature relative to de
vising a joint regulation for fishing in
the Columbia river, was referred to
the committee on fishing industries.
Kelly's resolution for 15 committee
clerks for the senate, to be under the
control of the sergeant-at-arms, went
to the committee on education.
Cameron's resolution for the secre
tary of state to provide $4 worth of
postage stamps and $1 worth of news
paper wrappers was adopted, after
Selling had made an unsuccessfuul at
tempt to cut the stamps down to $3.
The rules of the speoial Bession were
adopted for tho senate, after which an
adjournment, was taken.
The Day In the House
The house was called to ordor at
10:20, with Speaker Carter in the chair.
The roll-call showed a quorum present,
60 members answering to tneir names.
On motion of Moody of Multnomah,
Sneaker Carter was deolared speaker
for this session, some doubts having
been expressed as to the legality of
the continuance of the special Bession
organization. Seakor Carter expressed
his gratiude in a few remarks.
The election of Carter was followed
bv a resolution offered by Curtis of
Clatsop, continuing in office the other
officers of the house, clerks, etc, ex
cept the sergeant-at-arms. The resolu
tion was adopted by a vote of 49 to 0.
The motion of Reedor, of Umatilla,
that the house proceed with the elec
tion of a sergeant at-aims was amended
by Whalley of Multnomah, to enable
the Republican members to hold a cau
cus. A recess was therefore taken for
half an hour, but a full hour elapsed
before the caucus adjourned and an
nounced its choice. The plum fell to
Ben S. Worsley, of Astoria.
A house ooncurrent resolution was
then introduced providing for the ap
pointment of a committee of three of
the house and two of the senate to ex
amine the books and accounts of the
state treasurer.
Representative Myers introduced a
house concurrent resolution providing
for the appointment of a committee of
three of the house and two of the sen
ate to meet with a like committee to be
appointed by the legislative assembly
of Washington to investigate the needs
of further legislation for the protection
of fish in the Columbia river.
The afternoon session of the house
opened with a resolution by Myers,tliat
the clergymen of the city be invited to
open the sessions with prayer.
Topping of Coos, offered a concur
rent resolution providing for the ap
pointment of a committee of three, one
from the house and two from the sen
ate, to examine the books of the secre
tary of state and report within 15 days.
Williamson of Crook was then given
permission to submit a report of the
rpecial committee on clerkship abuses,
which upon being read led to the first
conflict of the session. The resolution
provides for sweeping reductions in the
number of clerks, and is the same one
that was buried by the senate. Sev
eral motions to refer were lost, and the
repnit was adopted.
Following are the officers of the
house of representatives: Speaker, E.
V. Caiter, of Ashland; chief cierk, A.
C. Jennings, ' of Albany; assistant
clerk, A. V. R. Snyder, of McMinn
ville; reading clerk, Frank Motter, of
Portland; calendar clerk, D. B. Mackie,
of Portland; sergeant-at-arms, B. 8.
Worsley, of Astoria; doorkeeper, M.
P. Isenberg, of The Dalles; pages,
Robert Duncan and Charles Lane, and
Frank Swope, of Porltand.
Theese are the officers of the senate
this afternoon:
President, I. C. Talyor; chief clerk,
S. L. Morehead, of Junction City;
assistant clerk, J. Fred Yates, of Cor
vallis; reading clerk, J. D. Lee, of
Portland; calendar clerk. F. C. Mid
dleton, of Portland; sergeant-at-arms,
Joseph S. Purdom, of Grant's Pass;
mailing clerk, H. H. Humphrey, of Sa
lem; doorkeeper, W. W, Smith, of
Clackamas. , J
Sergeant-at-Arms Purdom', of the
senate, this morning presented to
President Talyor a fine gavel, made of
Joaephina county manzacita.
The Selection of Clerks and Other
-'Employes Occupies the Time
at Olympia E.H.Guie
Chosen Speaker.
Olympia, Jan. 10. Lieutenant-Governor
Thurston Daniels called the sen
ate to order at 12:80 P. M. The lobby
was crowded, and unusual interest was
manifested in the probable organiza
tion under fusion or Republican con
trol. The lieutenant-governor gave
way, without making any remarks, to
Secretary of State Will D. Jenkins,
who read the official roster of those en
titled to seats. Secretary Dudley
Eshelman called the roll. All were
present. Judge Anders, of the state
supreme court, administered the formal
oath.
On motion of Senator Miller, of
Thurston county, seconded by Plummer
of Spokane, and Cole of Pierce, all fu
sionlsts, the rules of the last senate
were adopted temporarily.
On motion of Keith of Pierce, fu
sionist, the roll was called on the eleo
tion of asecretary, and Dudley Eshel
man, of Tacoma, a Democrat, seoretary
of the last senate, was unanimously
re-eleoted. Other officers selected
uunaniinously wore: Assistant Secre
tary Herbert do Wolfe, Republican, of
Tacoma; sergeant-at-arms, Edward
Wheeler, Republican, of Seattle; as
sistant sergeant-at-arms, Loe Smith,
fusionist, of Fremont, King county;
minute clerk, M. J. MoGinnis, fusion
ist, of Snohomish county.
On motion of McReavy, the further
election of officers was postponed, and
on motion of Keith, the election of
president pro teru was taken up.
Keith placed High of Clark, in nomina
tion, and Preston of King, named
Megler of Wahkiakum. Tha vote was:
Megler (Republican), 14; High (fusion
ist), 17; Miller (Dcmoorat), of Walla
Walla, 1; one blank (High); one absent
(Bauni). High was declared elected.
Megler voted for Miller. Willis Rand
and Raleigh George, of Olympia, were
elected pages.
Keith, Plum and Warburton were
appointed a committee to notify the
house and Governor Rogers that the
senate had organized.
' The House Organizer..
. Olympia, Jan. 10. C. E. Cline, ex
speaker of the house, oallod the session
to ordor at 12:15, and announced
piayer by Rev. A. G. Sawin, pastor of
the Olympia Baptist chinch.
J. M. Page, assistant clerk of the
last house, read the list of members
certified to the house by the secretary
of state. C. E. Boyce, of King, was
absent, and was reported dangerously
ill at his home. AH other members
were present.
I Acting Speaker Cline appointed a
committee of three to escort Chief Jus
tice Gordon into the bar of the house.
The latter at once administered the
oath of office.
Tho speaker announced that nomina
tions of candidates for temporary
speaker were in order, and recognized
Jesse Faye, of Whatcom, who an
nounced it as the wish of the caucus
that the speaker be elected as a perma
nent officer. He nominated E. II.
Gure in a stirring speech.
Judgo Calvert seconded the nomina
tion, and moved that the secretary cast
the unanimous vote for Mr. Gnie; eeo
onded also by Jodge McDonald, of the
opposition. It was ordered, and Repre
sentative Bellows, of Clark; Pender
Kftt, of Douglas, and Mount, of Spo
kane, were appointed by the chair to
escort the new speaker to the chair.
Mr. Cline referred to the newly elected
speaker as one of the ablest and best
members of the last legislature.
Speakor Guie, in assuming the chair,
spoke briefly but pointedly upon the
events of the past two years, declared
it the duty of the legislature to dispose
promptly of the senatorial election,
promised fairness and impartiality,
then proclaimed his readiness to take
the oath, which was administered by
Chief Justice J. Gordon.
W. F. Dillon, of Cowlitz, was unani
mously elected chief clerk.
The rules of the house of 1897 were
adopted, until the committee on rules
can report.
Otner officers elected were: Post
master, A. B. Peasley, of Okanogan;
assistant, E. E. Hall, of Stevens;
pages, Fred Mitzner, Esterly Rinehart,
Morris Tweed, of Thurston, nnd Ray
Davidson, speaker's page, of Seattle.
-A lesolution oommending President
McKinlev's war policy, as well as his
peace policy, by Judge Calvert, of
Whatcom, was unanimously adopted.
Messrs. Wickersham, McDonald and
Falkijor wereapjioin,ted a committee to
notiiy the governor of the organization
of the house and its readiness to receive
any communication he may have te
impart.
HONORS TO A DEAD SOLDIER.
BervlceiOver the Remain of Colonel
Maybrr.
New York, Jan. 10. A Herald dis
patch from Havana says: The body ol
Colonel Maybry, of the First Texas,
rested in state in a tent near Lee's
headquaiters at Buena Vista on Thurs
day. Short servioes were held at 5
o'clock by Chaplain Watson, Generals
Leo, Keifer and Hasbrouck being pres
ent. The body was brought to Havana,
being escorted to the Almandares river
by his entire regiment. It will go to
Miami on Friday to be forwarded to
Texas.
Adjutant-General Dorst, of the Fifth
cavalry, is critically ill with malarial
fever.
Lee's former forces are being lessened
day by day. Four companies now
doing provost duty in the suburbs have
been detached from his command and
ordered to report to General Ludlow.
When the American occupation took
place the members of a lottery company
that was famous a few years ago in a
Southen city made an attempt to secure
a concession here. Local papers have
apparently been subsidized, but Gen
eral Brooke declares that so long as the
American occupation lasts lotteries will
be barred.
Smallpox has become epidemic at
Mariana, and General Lee has ordered
a number of infected houses burned.
Franklin Scott, a private of the One
Hundred and Sixty-fust Indiana, has
the smallpox. Two hundred and fifty
nanigoes arrived on Thursday on the
transport Covedonga, and were turned
loose in a body.
SANTIAGO'S TRADE.
Oeneral Wood' Keport Show It I on
the Increase.
Washington, Jan. 10. The trade of
Santiago is already showing a surpris
ing growth tinder American adminis
tration. General Wood lias submitted
a report to the war department, in
which he states that the policy of non
discriminative intercourso extended to
the vessels of all nations in Santiago
province has greatly facilitated the re
establishment of commercial relations
and has been one of tho chief features
in the restoration of comparative pros
perity in commerce, industry and agri
culture. Outward cargoes of sugar and other
products are being graudally found for
shipping, but exportatione from the
mines of the province have contributed
the bulk of the exports.
"The fact," says General Wood,
"that the mines were put into opera
tion at an early date after the capitula
tion of Santiago was important in
that the employment of large numbers
of natives during a critical period was
stimulated by the facilities for ship
ping ores."
, The division of customs and insular
affairs of the war department has re
ceived from the collector of customs at
Havana, Colonel Lasker. H. Bliss, un
der date of December 29, 1898, his re
port. Colonel Bliss says that the first seri
ous embarrassment he met with on tak
ing charge of the custom-house at Ha
vana was caused by the fact that the
Spaniards had removed nearly every
thing except the bare walls and floors,
is first official step waB to obtain a full
list of employes in the custom-house,
their salaries and nationality, and next
information as to their general charac
ter and reputation for integrity.
Colonel Bliss says that, as was to be
expected, the several places in the cus
tom house when he assumed charge
were ohiefly held by Spaniards, the to
tal number employed being 239. The
problem that confronts him, he say6,
is how to repair a house from founda
tion to roof without a material disturb
ance of it occupants and without in
terfering with their daily business.
Under this condition, he remarks, he
cannot of course begin by tearing the
house down.
Fllgrimage Ended In Itlot.
Paris, Jan. 10. The socialist annual
pilgrimage today to the tomb of Blan
qui, in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise,
led to riots between rival partisans of
Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intrans
igeant, and M. Juares, editor of the
Socialist Petite Republique. Many
were injured, and the police made a
number of arrests. The wreath intend
ed for the tomb was trampled upon.
Insurgents Kespeot European.
Madrid, Jan. 10. Advices were re
ceived here today from a leading mer
chant at IIo IIo, to the effect that agri
cultural operations in the vicinity of
llo llo have not been interrupted, and
that all the insurgents respect the Eu
ropeans, both at Ho Ho and on the
island of Xegros.
Present Keleane of Prisoners.
Madrid, Jan. 10. Rios, the Spanish
commander, telegraphs from Manila
that strained relations between the
Americans and insurgents prevent steps
being taken in favor of the release of
the Spanish prisoners in the Philippine
islands. He adds that he will act in
that direction as soon as it is possible.
Immigration at San Franclico.
San Francisco, Jan. 10. Tho report
of the immigration commission for
December shows that the total immi
gration into the port of San Franoisco
was 420 persons, of whom 93 were fe
males. There were 149 Japanese.
Twelve assisted Japanese were deport
ed, and 27 others we;e not admitted
who could neither read nor write,
GREAT BRITAIN IND H
Tension Between the Two
Nations Increases. . ..
DARK CLOUDS OVER AFRICA
Thunderer' Fiery Language Cromer'
I'laln Word at Khartoum Khniles
Flau a Cap Town-Cairo Kallroad.
London, Jan. 10. All events seem
to work together in European politics
to increase tho tension between Great
Britain and France. Tho past week
has brought Madagascar and Egypt for
ward as irritants just when tho mutual
irritability was subsiding. Even the
most conservative observers begin to
take a pessimistic view of the relations
between the two powers. This in
cludes those who up to the present have
considered tho belligerency to be due to
siiporsensitiveness upon the partt of
France and to the unnecessary gruff
ness upon tho part of Great Britain in
insisting on what she considers to be
her rights.
The past 24 hours brought the pub
lication of Madagascar blue book, which
was followed by a leading editorial in
the Times denouncing France in lan
guage so fiery for that conservative
newspaper that Frenchmen are reading
the two together and are construing
them as parts.of a deliberate policy in
spired by one mind. That mind, in
the theory of the man in the streets,
is Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary
of stato for oolonies. Other papers
may storm and scold and . not be no
ticed, but when the Times becomes
abusive, foreigners interpret it as being
the voice of the government. In the
present instance, some Englishmen
will place the same construction upon
its utterances, recalling how the Times
led the "no surrender" cry over.ihe
Fashoda incident, under evident-inspiration.
,
One fact is certain, public opinion
in Great Britain will not sanction the
government to swerve an inch to avoid
war with France, thinking that if, it
must come this is the best time to have
it out.
Many people give importance to the
issuing of the Madagascar blue-book
almost simultaneously with the quiet
but unmistakablo announcement' at
Khartoum by tfie.Bjitish agent thore,
Viscount Cromer, in his lemarks to the
shiekhs, that Great Britain has setter
seal upon Egypt. If there was a doubt
in the minds of her European rivals
that Great Britain intended to fore
close the mortgage upon which slip1 has
expended so much labor and blood1 to
secure, it must have been set at rest by
the utterances of Lord Cromer, . in
which the ward "protectorate" was
written in large letters, though' the
government's mouthpiece carefully-abstained
from using that incendiary
word. A more definite notice-that
Great Britain's tenure of Egypt is per
manent could not be asked, y
In the meantime an enterprise of the
utmost moment in the furtherance of
Great Britain's domination in Africa is
about to be consummated. Cecil
Rhodes, tho ex-premier and alleged in
stigator of the Jameson laid, and the
BO-called "Napoleon of South Africa,"
is going to England to arrange for
pushing forward the Cape Town-Cairo
railroad, so long the dearest dream of
imperialists. A definite proposition
will be presented by Mr. Rhodes to
London capitalists for an extension of
the railroad from Buluwayo to 'Lake
Tanganika. He does not' pretend it
will be a paying investment from the
start. Its importance for some years
will be political instead ot commercial,
and he hopes to persuade the British
government to smooth the way bv
guaranteeing 8 per cent interest on
the bonds to cover the cost of construc
tion. But one barrier stands in the
wai, in the form of the Congo conven
tion, guaranteeing neutrality of 'the
part of the continent al)ut Lake Tang
anyika, which even the autocrat of
Rhodesia will find hard to force., Here
Germany lias the veto on Great Brit
ain's advance, which she cannot be
expected to waive without an indem
nity. PASSED THE SENATE.
No Debate on District of Columbia Bill
Firt Appropriation Measure. ''
Washington, Jan. 10. At a. brief
session of the senate today, the first of
the regular appropriation bills to 'be
reported to the body, the District, pf
Columbia bill, was passed. It carried
a trifle over $7,000,000, and was passed
practically without debate. The pres
entation of a memorial from a camp of
Confederate veterans in opposition tto
the proposition of Butler of North Car
olina to pension ex-Confederate soldiers
was made the text by Allen of Nebras
ka for some remarks, during the coufje
of which he said that Butler, in making
his proposition, and the president,, in
suggesting that the nation care for tie
graves of the Confederate dead, had
been cairied away by their enthusiasm.
The house was engaged all day On
the legislative, executive and jndiciacl
bill and completed it substantially as
reported, except the items for the civil
service commission, which went over,