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^Tr 1 was not Georgia, pending took in the congress. same
Tite nf that the r.»
T mW Agreed to
7« nrivile^ed one. passed
join*' resolution invite was certain
king E&to the president to
send delegates to the Pan
L medical congress to be held in
L P S oe ! , September, 1893- the select W! ;
LlppSlnta Michigan, from
to invo.tiga.te the
r ,Xnm office submitted the majority re
Ion investigation. It was
the calendar. The floor wa.
Lrded to the submitted commerce the commit- confer
(port 1 . Forney legislative appropna
on the .the bill
L As agreed upon, ap
, $153 160
$31,899,252 being
hn L r s it passed the senate, $«15,
than as it passed the house,
L :ess fiscal than the and appropriations $854,785
e last year % for the
khan the estimates
1 fiscal year. The report was
[einr to. Mr. Herbert presented the the
conference report on it
appropriation bill, and was
to Mr. Herbert then moved that
„, e recede from its disagreement
Senate amendments which are still
iroversy. These are the appropri
naval . ami
tor [vision $50,000 for a review
for the construction of »
ittle ship. Mr. Herbert stated
his motion should be agreed to
111 L would appropriate $9,998,
g than the appropriations the last
lor the naval service for
ear Mr. Herbert’s motion was
to and the bill is disposed of as
he house is concerned. The con
; report on the diplomatic and con
ippropriation bill was presented
med to. The house then adjourn
I committee on commerce not hav
cceeded in transacting any busi
(owing to these conference re¬
wind] have precedence, occupyi ng
Bat.— In the house Friday, Mr.
■ of Tennessee, called up as a matter
Bilege the resolution calling on the
■aster general for a report as to all
■mce established on railroads since
■ 4, 1889, together with copies of al
pondence ■ion offered on the subject. time This aud
was some ago
■ct Bostroads, tc the committee on postoffices
I Mr. but was not reported
Enloe explained that com
Iwos made that in the exercise of
Iwer the postmaster general had dis
Inted in favor of some railroads and
It others. The house should know
ler the complaints were well found
|he lould Republicans back to desired March 4, that 1885, the and re
|Mr. go
Enloe declined an amendment
I effect they declined to vote on a
I for the previous question. The
ps question was ordered—yeas, 169;
p—and the resolution was adopted,
■inference report on the army ap
ption bill was presented and agreed
pie house went into committee of
pole—M r-for the i. Lester, of of considering Georgia,in the the
I amendments purpose
priation to the sundry civil
pndments bill, 312 in number. Al!
pM fair except those relating to
s were read and non-con
P >a. Mr. Holman then asked con
feat general debate on the world’s
ptijilments shall proceed for the
N Saturday, speeches to be limited
[ l a J 10 12 ®: o'clock and that Tuesday, a vote agreed shall to. be
jQiately j
the chairman was survound
[ recorded members desirous of having their
P tea minutes upon the list of speakers,
1 tho noise and confu
n? ; e great that business had to be
. “M. When comparative quiet
® s c 'Uied, the floor was accorded
-
, Hurborow,
, k debate of Illinois, who open
dmonts. upon the world’s fair
. McCreary, Other speakers were
R ^ of Kentucky;Pendle
lest Virginia; Little, of New
a L° r of Illinois, and Wheeler,
,
a-aina. The committee then ros
fit house took a recess until 8
( Ration fi, e evening session to be for the
of private pension bills.
■-UAY. — j n Dj e house, senate
to the fortification appropri
- were non-concurred_______ in and a
ordered. The house then pro
Re consideration of a number
I -A - pension bills which came over
U, V. ni ffht with the previous ques
|i 7 ( eu passed, ' SLxty-four private pension
| into pfinmittee and of the then whole, the house Mr.
1 , r t
J0 r g j a. ia the chair, on the
Um0nt8 ,
-:PfU t0 the sundry civil
tF,;" n kill. A number of speeches
b. ' e for and against the dif
[•; amendments. anything No vote was reach
l connected with the
' >av ' an< ^ ‘'k 6 house adjourned,
bj .‘Suspension q a y j Q the house,
ao ' Rspred cessorof a fortnight
’e- 1 ' -orward party measures were
sowed Mr. Lester, of Geor
to suspend the rule3 and pass
the bill for the improvement of the outer
bar at Brunswick, Ga. Agreed to. Mr.
Smith, of Arizona, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the senate bill submitting
to the court of private land claims the
title of William McGarrahan to Rancho
Panoche Grande, in the state of Califor¬
nia. (This is one of the oldest claims
pending before congress. It has been
before the national legislature for
more than a quarter of a cen¬
tury and has always found
earnest friends as it has found determin¬
ed enemies.”) The motion was agreeed
to—yeas, 143; nays, 36. The bill has
never before passed both houses. The
bill was passed authorizing obtain, the direct secretary
of the treasury to by selec¬
tion or competition of architects, plans
and specificasions for puLlic buildings to
be erected under the supervision of the
treasury department and providing local
supervision of their construction. The
senate joint resolution was passed author¬
izing the committee on labor to make in¬
vestigation of the sliims of cities. The
house, at 5 o'clock, took a recess until
7:30 o’clock, the evening session to be for
general debate on the world’s fair feature
of the sundry civil appropriation bill. the
Tuesday. —Filibustering began in
house Tuesday over a resolution reported
from the committee on rules for the ap
poincment or a committee to inquire into
the administration of election laws in
New York city by the United States offi¬
cials. Agreed to. The house then re¬
sumed iu committee of the whole consid¬
eration of the senate amendments to the
sundry civil bill. The senate amend¬
ment increasing from $315,000 to $500,
000 the appropriation for the goveaument
exhibit was non-concurred in—129 to 65.
All the amendments increasing appropria¬
tions for the world’s Columbian commis¬
sion were non-concurred in in bulk. Mr.
Durbovow moved to concur in the senate
amendment appropriating $5,000,000
iu souvenir 50-cent coins to aid in de—
fraying the costs of completing inaugurating the work the
of preparation for
world's Columbian exposition. After
several other amendments had been called
up and defeated, the question recurred
■L Mr. Durborow’s motion to concur iu
the senate five-million-dollar amend
ruent, and it was lost 91 to 116. lhe
amendment was therefore non-concurred
in. Au amendment to the senate Sun¬
day closing amendment was lost aud a
motion to strike out that amendment was
ruled out of order. W. A. Stone, of
Pennsylvania, moved that the committee
concur in the senate Sunday closing
amendment, and upou a division, much
to the surprise of both sides, there was a
majority in favor of the motion, the
voce standing 78 to 74. Tellers
were ordered aud again the committee
decided to concur, the vote standing 102
to 72. The announcement was received
with applause. Mr. O’Neill, of Missouri,
made a strenuous effort to add to the bill
as a new section, a proviso making it
unlawful for any officer of the govern¬
ment authorized to make contracts or
auy officer of the District of Columbia to
eontract with any person, firm or corpo -
ration which employs Pinkerton detect¬
ives or auy other association of men as
armed guards, and do employe c' such
agencies shall be employed officer Id. any of gov¬ the
ernment service or by any could in
District of Columbia. It not come
as a separate section without unanimous
consent, and to this Mr. Oates oojected.
Mr. O’Neill then offered it as an amend¬
ment to the clause appropriating mainly lor cap- to
itol police. the Ilis employment purpose of was Pinkertons
prevent District of Columbia during the
in the
Grand Army encampment, as well as at
Lhe world’s fair. Alter half an hour con¬
sumed in securing a quoium, the amend¬
ment was agreed to—146 to 22. lhe
committee rose and reported the bill to
the house. The recommendation of the
committee in regard to senate amend¬
ments was agreed to with the exception
of those amendments ptrtnining to light¬
houses. to the geological survey, and to
the world’s fair.' The vote then
came upon the proposition amindment to non
coicur in the senate ap
propriating $5,000,000 for the aid of the
world’s Columbian exposition, and it was
agreed to—yeas, 122 ; nays, 110 . The
Sunday closing amendment was then
concurred in—146 to 61. A conference
was ordered,and Messrs, ffolman, Bayers
and Bingham vfere appointed presented conferees. the
Mr Forney, o( Alabama,
conference report on the fortification ap¬
propriation bill, and it was agreed amend¬ to
without opposition. The senate
ments to the general deficiency bill were
non-concurred in, and a conference was
ordered. On motion of Mr. Wheeler, of
A1 ,bama, the bill was passed authorizing the
the construction of a bridge across The
Tennessee river at Deposit, Ala.
house then adjourned.
THE SENATE.
Thursday. —The senate committee on
contingent expenses have voted a compre¬
hensive resolution providing for an in¬
vestigation by a special senate committee
of the Homestead troubles, organization the
and employment of Pinkertons and
nature of the labor troubles. The resolu¬
tion went over till Friday. Mr. Sherman
introduced a bill repealing that part of
the present silver act which provides take for
the monthly purchases of bullion; to
effect Januarv 1st next.
Friday.— The last stage of legislation
was crossed in the senate appropriation Friday as.to bills
three of the principal and confer¬
—the legislative, in each navy of these army, having been
ence reports and agreed to. Nevertheless it
presented found to extend for two
was necessary resolution of June
weeks longer the joint expenditures of
30th to provide for such
the government as are not covered by bills
already sent to the president. The sug¬
gestion was made to limit the Jme of
the extension to the 25th 0 ! July on the
assumption that the session would be
closed by or before that time, but Mr.
Allison thought it wiser not to take any
chances, but pass the joint resolution as
it came from the house. Most of the
day's session was spent in the discussion
of the fort ficatious bill. The bill was
finally passed, leaving only the deficiency
bill unacted on by the senate, and notice
was given that that bill would be taken
up Saturday. A number of bills were
taken from the calendar aud passed,
among them the house bill to amend the
act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Tennessee river at
Knoxville. After a short executive ses
sion the senate, at 5.50 o’clock, adjourned
till Saturday.
Saturday.— In the senate, Saturday,
after disposing of considerable routine
business and bills to which no objection
was raised, the general deficiency bill
was taken up at 2 o’clock p. m. and the
committee amendments were acted upon.
The bill contains several items appropria¬
ting ridiculously small amounts. For
instanc", there is an item of 22 cents for
“ini; roving the harbor at San Francis¬
co,” one of 25 cents for the “marine hos¬
pital service,” one of 28 cents
for “improving the Missouri river,”
and one of 40 cents for the “repairs and
preservation of public buildings.” The
“signal service” gets 41 cents for cloth¬
ing, and “registers and receivers of the
land office” are to have 60 cents for sala¬
ries and commissions. The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company is to have
its treasury increased by 67 ceuts in one
item and by $447 in another, while the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad is to be made
the richer by $2.50. The last of the
committee amendments was the insertion
of a new silver section covering forty
printed pages, to pay the findings of the
court of claims for indemnity for
French spoliation prior to July 31,
1801. These items aggregate $982,000.
All items for insurance companies were
struck out of the bill, and action on all
items on the last twenty-three pages were
suspended on the ground that they had
been referred to the committee on claims
and had not yet been reported upon by
that committee.- All of the committee
amendments having been acted upon, the
bill was open to general amendments. adopted and
Several were offered, some
; I others come up again. By general
consent the bill went over till Monday
and the senate adjourned. Monday, Mr.
Monday. —In the senate,
Pettigrew moved to insert au item of
$50,000 for the collection and publica¬
tion, in connection with the World’s Co¬
lumbian exposition, of statistics of moral,
intellectual and industrial progress of the
colored people of the United States since
January, 1863. Agreed to. The bill
was reported from the committee of the
whole to the senate, and all the amend¬
ments were agreed to in bulk. Mr. Per¬
kins asked unanimous consent to have
struck from the bill an item of $50,000
for the widow of the late Senator Plum 1 ),
of Kansas, at the request cf Mrs. Plumb.
No objection being made, it was struck
out, and then the deficiency bill was
passed. On motion of Mr. Washburn, the
anti option bill was taken up, but was
temporarily and informally laid
aside for other business. Several
bills on the calendar were
passed, and then Mr. Peffei desired
to have the resolution for a select com
mittee on the Homestead conflict taken
up for action, but Mr. Washburn objected
on the ground that it would probably
give rise to debate, and Mr. Cameron
confirmed that objection by saying that
bis colleague, Mr. Quay, who was not
present, desired to address the senate
upon it. Opponents of the anti-option
bill then interposed a series of motions,
which had the character of dilatory mo
tions, and which were also destined to
oust the anti-option bill from its position
of procedure. The friends of the measure
were strong enough, however, to resist all
these efforts, aud when the senate ad
journed the anti-option bill was “unfin
ished business.”
Tuesday—I n the senate, Tuesday, at
ter routine morning business, Mr. Gor
man presented the conference report on
the fortifications bill, and it was agreed
to. Mr. Morgan called up the resolu
tion offered by him on the 14th instant,
directing the committee on finance to re
port the bill to give all paper money issued
by the United States as legal tender for
debts, and to all standard silver dollars
full legal tender given by law to coins of
gold, and addressed the senate in ex
planation and advocacy of it. The reso
lution went ever without action, and,
at 2 o’clock p. m., the anti-option
bill was laid before the senate.
Mr. Walcott said that h O did
not know of any more irn *■0 ortant
question to be considered by the senate
than the resolution which had just been
under discussion, and he moved that the
senate again proceed to its consideration.
Mr. Washburn asked the presiding offi
cers, as a parliamentary question, the
effect of Mr. Wolcott’s motion, if it were
carried. He was told by the presiding
officer, Mr. Manderson, that it wouid
displace the anti option bill, and by Mr.
Cockrell that it would kill the bill. The
motion was rejected—yeas, laid before 7; nays, 50.
The presiding officer the sen¬
ate a message from the president return¬
ing, without his approval, the senate bill
to amend the act establishing a circuit
court of appeals and to de
fine an ^ regulate the jurisdic
tion of n ed States courts in the
matter of Indian depredation claims,
The message was referred to the judiciary
committee. The anti-option bill was
again taken up and was riad in full by
the clerk. Sundry amendments to the
bill were presented. The senate pro
ceeded to vote on amendments heretofore
offered by Mr. Washburn, and they were
all agreed to without question. A sub
stitute was offered for the bill by Mr.
George on part of himself, Mr. Coke and
M r. Pugh. The substitute was ordered
printed. The bill was then laid aside in
formally and a reprint was ordered
with the amendments agreed to
and those proposed. After dispos¬
ing of a number of bills on the cal¬
endar a message announcing the action of
the house on the sundry civil appropria¬
tion bill was laid before the senate, in¬
cluding the house provision in relation to
the Pinkerton detective force. Mr. AUi
sou said in regard to the latter that he
had no doubt of its meeting the approval
of the senate, but that its phraseology
might have to be modified and that it
should be in its appropriate place. On
his motion, therefore, that amendment
was disagreed to and a conference then
agreed to on the whole bill. Messrs. Al¬
lison, Hale and Gorman were appointed
conferees on the part of the senate. Af¬
ter a short extra session, the senate at
6:05 o’clock adiourned.
NOTES.
The house took up the civil sundry bill
Friday, promptly disagreeing to the sen¬
ate amendments in a lump, with the ex¬
ception of the $5,000,000 worfd’s fair
appropriation. that, The house wanted to
debate and it was agreed that the
debate should last until 2 o’clock next
Tuesday, when a vote would be taken.
The ways and means committee of the
house,Monday morning, adopted a resolu¬
tion providing for the final adjournment
of congress on the 25th. The resolution
will soon bo called up, and, in the pres¬
ent temper of the house, there is little
doubt that it will pass. The senate is
equally anxious to bring the session to a
close, so that nothing short of an emer
gencp is likely to cause an extension by
the senate of the day fixed in the resolu¬
tion.
Under authority conferred by the sen
ate resolution directing an investigation
of the existence and cause of the depres
sion iu agriculture by the senate agricul
tural committee, Senator George has
been designated by Chairman Paddock
to act as a subcommittee to investigate
the cotton-growing industry, and Mr.
Cas.w has been charged with the inquiry
into other branches of agriculture. They the
wifi report to the full committee at
next session of congress.
The Pilotage Hill.
Opponents of the bill exempting coast
wise sailing vessels from paying state
pilotage fees may rest assured that no
legislation will be enacted by congress at
this session detrimental to their interest,
The commerce committee of the house
decided Friday to postpone all further
consideration of the measure until the
next session. The bill has been before
congress for many years and has several
times passed the senate, but invariably
meets with opposition in the house. As
the law now stands, vessels are compelled
to pay a pilotage fee on. leaving and en
tering certain ports, principally those of
Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia,
even when they do not require the ser¬
vices of a pilot. Opposition to the bill
COH1CS mainly from southern pilots, should who
would be injuriously affected if it
become a law.
COLORED POPULATION
Of the United States as Given In »
Census Bulletin.
The ce nsus office on Thursday issued s
bulletin on the subject of the colored
population of the United States in 1C90.
The bulletin shows that the total colored
population, as returned under the census
Q f jggo, is 7,638,360. Of this number
7,470,040 are persons of African descent,
107,475 are Chinese, 2,039 are Japanese
an a 68,808 are civilized Indiana, Con
sidering persons of African descent it is
8een that there has been an increase dur
i n g the decade from 1880 to 1890 of
889,247, or 13.51 per cent as against an
increase during the decade from 1870 to
qggo of 1,700.784, or 34.85 per cent. The
bulletin says: colored
The abnormal increase of the
population of the south during the de
ca daending in 1880, led to th CS popular
belief that the negroes were i 5 creasing
a t a muc h greater rate than the white
population. The present census has
shown, however, that the high rate of
increase in the colored population as
8 hown by the census of 1880, was appa
rent only and was duo to the imperfect
enumeration of 1870 in the southern states,
There has been an increase in the
num ber of Chinese in the United States
g ur i n g the decade from 1880 to 1890 of
on jy 2,010, or t.91 per cent, the number
re turned in 1880 being 105,465 and the
number returned in 1890 being 107,475.
The Chinese increased 66.88 per cent.
f rom 1870 to 1880, and 80.91 percent,
f rom 1860 to 4870 .
j n jggq Dm Japanese in the United
states numbered only 148, while in 1890
t h e y numbered 2,039. In 1870 there
were only 551 Japanese returned under
t b a t census. decreased
Tlie civilized Indians have
, q ur j n g the past ten years 7,601, or 11.45
j p er cen t. the number returned in 1880
j j ^eing 66,407, as against 58,806 returned
; n qggo.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Selected as the Place to Notify Cleve¬
land and Stevenson.
-phe subcommittee of the reception
comm ittee appointed to receive the noti
g C ation committee of the democratic na
rional committee had a conference in
y 0 rk Wednesday with the subcom
m j ttee of the notification committee,
Tbe mem b e rs of the notification commit
tee not on j y a pj jr 0 f the proposition public
to have tbe notification given in a
; lace b ut heartily endors d it. After
^ subcommitte the
1 J t j, e adjournment of the
j oca [ subcommittee held a meeting. It
j wag announced that they had secured the
j re U9a i 0 f Madison notification. Square garden It Id
-which to make the was
decided to accept the garden and to hold
the meeting at night.
NEWS IN GENERAL
happenings of the Day Gulled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
CHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUK
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER¬
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Sunday’s mortuary register of the c ty
of Paris shows ten deaths in northern
Paris attributed to cholera.
The factory of the Western Linoleum
company, at Akron, O., was burned Sun¬
day. The loss is $100,000, fully insuied.
Cause unknown.
As a result of the reapportionment of
New York city, the republicans secure
three districts, just what they had hither¬
to, and a fightiug chance in two or three
others.
Cleveland stockyards buildings at
Jlevelaud, O., were entirely destioyed
y fire Monday afternoon. The only
hing saved is tns stockyards hotel. The
jss will be from $100,0000 to $150,000.
Advices of Sunday from Paris state
that Senator Baron de Courcelles, form¬
erly French embassador at Berlin, lias
been appointed French arbitrator on the
Behring sea arbitration commission. The
arbitrators will meet in Paris next week.
The ocean record has again been
beaten. The Cunarder Aurania beat the
Alaska, of the Guion line, from Queens¬
town two hours and fifteen minutes. The
Alaska left Queenstown July 10th, forty
five minutes ahead of the Aurania, and
reached her pier in New York Sunday,one
hour and a half behind her opponent. 4 he
race proves the Aurania the lasfer, uot
withstanding she is the heavier of tlio
two.
A Washington dispatch of Sunday
says: When the democratic nominees
for president aud vice president the are
formally notified of the action of
Chicago convention by the committee ap
pointed for that purpose, each will ro
ceivc a substantial remembrance of the
event. This remembrance will he a copy
of the democratic platform handsomely
engrossed on parchment, and bound in
pure white buckskin,
Dispatches from Pittsburg state that
the Beaver Falls employes of Carnegie’s
; kept their threat and did not go to work
Monday morning. Consequently the mill
no (; resume. The men nre orderly
ftll( j s t a nd about the streets talking in
j ow au q guarded tones. Many of the
strikers think the move made last Friday
W as I)0 t w iso, and admit this, but. remain
g rni in their determination to adhere to
the s t a nd tuken.
President Harrison issued a proclama¬ disturbed
tion Saturday setting forth the
condition of society in Idaho, resulting
in a call upon the federal authorities for
assistance and commanding “all persons
engaged in said insurrection and in re¬
sistance to the laws to immediately dis¬
perse and retire peaceably t their
abodes.” The proclamation was tele¬
I graphed to the military authorities in
Idaho with instructions to promulgate it.
A band of 180 reapers, men and
women, employed at Be bar, Hungary,
struck Tuesday for an increase in wages.
When their demands were refused they
became riotous. They offered battle to
the gendarmes and stabbed the officer in
command. The gendarmes then gave bat¬
tle in earnest and twelve of the rioters
were killed and many more wounded.
The rioters were well armed, fighting in
skirmish fashion, and it required forty
two rounds from the gendarmes’ rifles to
win the fight.
Papers were filed Tuesday in the United
States circuit court of New York city for
the removal of the suit of the Western
National banK, of New Y»rk, Railroad against
the Richmond and Danville
Company from that state supreme court
to the United States circuit court. The
suit is begun for the recovery of apromis
sory note given on January 18, 1892, by
the Danville company, by Walter O.
Oakman, for $200,000. The note fell
due on June 21st, and the amount, with
interest due since that date, is involved.
The steamer Enchantress, Capt. Ham¬
mond, from Santos and Perambuco, was
ieained at quarantine at New York Sun
lay for examination and disinfection,
during the voyage from Santos to Peram
luco Capt. Hainmond and Purser A. E.
foster were stricken with yellow fever.
jthey died and were buried at sea. Im¬
mediately following the death of Ham¬
mond and Foster, Steward Wamsley, the
second and third engineers, Pottinger
and Parks, were stricken with the disease
and all but the latter died.
A grand reception was given in St.
Petersburg, Russia, Monday, to officers
of the steamer Leo, from New York,
which recently arrived at that port with
a large quantity of food for the starving
peasants in the famine-stricken sections of
the country. A richly bound address of
thanks for the noble and timely gift to
the stricken people was presented to the
officers. Addresses were made by a num¬
ber of those present, including Dr. Tal
mage and Count Bobrinsky, who is coun¬
sellor of state and who also hoids other
high offices.
The Cholera’s Ravages.
An official cholera report issued at St.
Petersburg, Russia. Thursday, shows that
__July on 8 th and 9th there were 945 case*
of the disease and 139 deaths throughout The
ail the Russian districts affected.
heaviest mortality at any single place is
at Baku, where there were sixty-two
deaths. While there were 191 ..ew cases
in Astrakhan, there were only thirty-two
deaths there. All private schools in Cau¬
casus will he closed owing to the prev¬
alence of cholera.
