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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY JANUARY 2 5
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CONGRESSIONAL.
THE WORK OF BOTH HOUSES LAST
WEEK.
Tntha Senate tha British Extradition Traaty Waa
Taken Up-The Committee on Foreign R lo
tions Report Upon the Fisher lea Question
-Confederate Cemeteries. Etc.
The Senate.
Washington, January 21.—The British ox-
tradition treaty, which came over from the last
session of the senate, was taken up in secret
session'tod ay, and debated for about three
hours and a half, hut no action was taken.
Members of tho foreign relation committee
supported it in speeches of some leugth, those
of Senatois Edmunds, Morgan and Evarts be
ing the principal ones. Mr. Vest is said to
have made a motion, which was not acted up
on, to strike out that portion of the treaty
which forbids extradition for olfonsos of a po
litical nature, ou the ground that this, if left
ftanding, would prohibit the extradition of
dynamiters.
Mr. Kiddleberger vigorously opposed the
whole treaty, declaring substantially that the
recovery of a hundred boodlers from Canada
would not offset the surrender of a siuglo Irish
patriot refugee from British oppression.
Mr. Evarts replied to Mr. Kiddleberger, sot
ting forth the defects in tho prescut treaty
which enabled swindlers from New York to
find a speedy and safe asylum in Canada.
The senate took up as a special order, the
liouso bill to declare the forfeiture of lands
granted the New’ Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg railroad company—the backbone
railroad company—the forfeiture to apply to
lands east of the Mississippi, and to conform
to the New Orleans Pacific railroad company
(the assignee of tho other company) granted
lands not forfeited.
After a long debate, the bill was passed with
an amendment offered l»y Mr. Gibson, protect
ing the rights of sottlcrs on lands embraced
within the provisions of the hill.
The bill os passed declares forfeited lauds
granted to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg railroad company by the act of
March .‘Id, 1871, as to that part of grant situate
on east side of the Mississippi river, and also a?
to that part west of the Mississippi, which is
opposite to and conterminous with a part ot
the New Orleans Pacific railroad company,
which was completed on the 5th of January,
1881. It relinquishes and confirms to the
New Orleans Pacific railroad company, as as :
signeo of the New t>r!eans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg, lands not so declared forfeited, such
lands to be located in accordance with tiic map
filed by the New Orleans Pacific company in
the department of tho interior, October, 18ill,
and November, 1882, indicating tho definite
location of the route; provided that all lands
occupied by sottlers and still remaining in
their possession shall be deomed exempt from
such grant. This proviso is part of Mr. Gib
son’s amendment
Mr. Edmunds presented a report from 'tho
committee on foreign relations on tho subject
of fisheries and it was ordered printed. It is
very long. Its concluding paragraphs contain
tho essence both of the report and bill which
it accompanies. They are as follows:
In view of all tha' has taken place, the commit
tee thinks It to be the duty or the United States, In
a firm and just way, to protect and defend the Just
and common rights of the pcoplo of tho United
States, whether fishermen or traders, or travelers,
or nil, by nil such measures as may be within our
rower. The measures the committee proposes to
this end, rests upon a principle universally recog
nized us right and necessary in the intercourse of
nations and it hns often been resorted to in one
form or another by many nations. It is recom
mended that the president of the United States bo
dominions in North America, to deny to subjects of
of vefjclt*. or such property or such classes of prop
erty, of the subjects of such government, the right
of entering, or being brought within tho waters
or ports of the United States, sqj that ho shall be
able from time to time, as each emergency may
nriso, to preserve intercourse between tho United
States and that government in a state of fair equal
ity.
Washington, January 21.—Mr.Shorman
has offered in the senate uu amendment to bo
proposed to the sundry civil bill to appropriate
$.‘1,000 to put new fences around cemeterios in
which confederate dead are bnrlcd near Colum
bus, Ohio, and Johnson’s Island. Accompany
ing the amendment is an extract from tho re
cent annual message of Governor Foraker, in
which lie refers to tho dilapidated condition of
the fences and tho neglected state of tho
grounds, and adds:
Th* hatred and del
must and should eve
political doctrines that these men fought for ought
not to stand in tho way of either a cordial feeling
toward the living, who have abandoned such here
ides, or a proper regard or Christian respect f«
graves of tho dead wlr -**•*—
ically and valorously
tions they entertained,
Mr. bpcomr was appointed on the corn*
snittcc on privileges and elections to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of General Logan
The House#
Washington January 17.—In tho house,un
der call of tho states, a number of bills were
Introduced and referred, among them the fol*
lowing, by Mr. Kelley,of Pennsylvania, appro
priating six hundred thousand dollars to pro
mote tho Colored People’s World exhibition, to
be held at Birmingham, Ala.,in September next.
Washington, January 18.—In the house,
Mr, Cutcheoti, of Michigan, from the commit
tee on military afi'airs, reported a bill author
izing the president to return General Twigg’s
swords. Referred to committee of the whole.
The house, in tho morning hour remraod
consideration of the joint resolution for the in
vestigation of accounts of the Pacific railroads.
After a short but spicy debate, in which Mr.
Hayden, of Massachusetts, though, in tho
name of President Adams, of tho Union Pa
cific rond, courting the proposed inquiry, de
clared that his investigation resolution had
been originated for stockjobbing purposes and
to accomplish the defeat of the funding bill.
Tho joint resolution was passed without di
vision. after the adoption of several amend
ments increasing the scope of inquiry.
The bill was passed authorizing tho con
struction of abridge across the Mississippi river
at St. Louis.
Bills were reported and referred to tho com
mittee of tho whole for the completion of tho
monument to Mary, mother of Washington, at
Frtdt rickriiurg, Va., and authorizing a special
distribution of seed by the agricultural depart
ment to the drought-stricken regions of Texas.
The house, in the morning hour, passed the
senate bill amending the law relating to pat
ents, trade marks and copyrights. It provides
that hereafter, during the term of letters pat
ent for design, it shall be unlawfal for any
person, other than the owners of the letter*
patent, without license of the owner, to apply
the design secured by such letter! patent, or
any colorable imitatiou thereof, to any article
of m&nnfiictnre for the purpose of sale or to
sell or expose for sale any article of manufac
ture to which such design or colorable Imita
tion shall, without license of the owner, have
been applied, knowing that the same has been
so applied.
The house then resumed, in the morning
hour, comidcratiou ot the bill increasing tho
rate of pension allowed for total deafness to
$20 per month.
Opponents of the bill refrained from voting
end left the house without quorum, and in
this condition it remained until the morning
hour expired, and the bill went over without
action.
After tome filibustering by the republicans
in retaliation upon the democrats for refusal
to vote upon the before-mentioned pension
bill, the house went into committee of the
whole upon the river and harbor bill.
Mr. Btoue, of Missouri, opposed the bill be
cause 50 per rent of the water ways approplated
for were of only local importance, and
became many of tho appropriations
were for the continuance of works
at places where the balance already was saffi
st to answer all requirements for the next
fiscal year. Mr.-Catching* of M wiasipi, made
rcmmi6£icD, and In ft.#r of the enottnoinc. of
the improvement fa accordance with the flaw
prepared, by which he contended, It had ac
complished all that its most anient friends
couId wish.
A general debate then dosed, the committee
rote snd the house, at 7:30 adjourned.
The Inter-State Commerce Bill,
Judge Crisp tried to call up tho interstate
commerce bill today, but was defeated by a few
votes, because the invalid pension bill was
awaiting a chance. He will ask the house to
morrow to consider tho interstate bill, snil
there is no question a liout its being taken up.
About its passage just as it stands there Is lit
tle doubt. Judge Crisp will open aud close the
debate iu support of tho hill. He thinks two
days wiil sutlice for the discussion, hut I would
not be surprised to see the discussion take up
the rest or the week. The bill will pass tho
house by a higmajority. Some of those who
will speak against it may imitate tho example
of Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, who made un
argument against it and then voted for it.
Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, then called up, and
the house proc eeded to consider, tho conference
remit on the interstate commerce bill.
There was no effort to place rates on a pel
mile basis. The restriction only went so faras
tofay that no more should be charged fora
short haul than for a long haul. As an illus
tration of the evils of the present system, ho
instanced the case of the line of railroads from
Ntw York to New Orleans, which had water
c« mpetition. This railroad which charged 7<i
cents per hundred pounds from New York to
New Orleans, charged $1 per hundred from
New rork to Atlanta, which was about halt
vay.
Mr. Bntterworth contended that the charge
frtm New York to New Orleaus was ha«ed
ujon water competition. It was impossible for
a lailroad to get freight for New Orleans unless
it charged rates which allowed it to compete
with water routes. Could tho gentleman ex
plain how it would benefit Atlanta to cut off
that long haul altogether?
Mr. Crisp contended that Atlanta was enti
tled to a reasonable rate. What was or was
not reasonable was a question of fact that must
bo settled, not ou a basis of competition but ou
a basis of cost.
Mr. Batterworth suggested that competition
was one of the factors in tho settlement of the
question.
Washington, January 21.—[Special.]—The
passage of the interstate commerce bill by the
house to-day, by the overwhelming majority
Of 210 to -II, was somewhat of a surprise, even
to the most ardent friends of that measure.
The truth is many a man voted for tho bill in
the senate and in tho house who did not
approve,it but was not willing to stem the pop
ular storm in its favor. In both houses was
presented the humorous spectacle of men
making labored arguments to show how bad
the bill wasnud then voting for it.
Washington, January 21.—In tho house,
after reading of journal, the speaker stated
that the regular order was the vote upon the
adoption of the conference report on the inter
state commerce bill. Mr. Bntterworth asked
unanimous consent to have separate voto upon
the 4th section, and Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, ask
ed to have separate~vote on the commission
feature, but Mr. Crisp objected to both request*.
Mr. Durham moved to recommit tho bill to the
conference committee. Mr. Crisp raised a
point of order against the motion. Tho speak
er knew’ of no rule which authorized recom
mittal of tho conference report and sustained
the point of order.
Air. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, inquired
whether there was any preliminary proceed
ings by which those gentlemen, who were ora-
barrassed by having to vote for or against an
important bUI. without having opportunity to
divest it of its objcctionablo features, could lio
relieved of that embarrassment, but no sugges
tion to that end was made ana tho voto was
taken on adopting the conference report.
It was agreed to—yeas 219* nays 41.
Following is the detailed vote:
Yeas—Messrs. Adams of Illinois, Adams of New
Yoik, Allen of Mississippi, Anderson of Kansas,
Baker, Ballon tine. Barbour, Barksdale. Barnes,
Uni rick, Bayne, Belmont, Bennett, Btuncliard.
Blount, Bound, Brady, Brcekenrldgo of Arkansas,
Breckenrldge of Kentucky, Brown of Ohio {Brown
of Pennsylvania, Buck, Bunnell, Burncs, Burrows,
Buttcrworth, Bynum, Cabell, Caldwell, Felix
Campbell of Now York, Campbell of Pennsylvania,
Cannon, Carleton, Catching*. Clements,
Collins, Campion, Comstock, Conger, Coopcf,
Cowles, .Cox of North Carolina Crala,
Crisp, Croxton, Culberson. Curtain, Catohoon,
Daniel, Davidson of Florida, Dawaou, Dingley,
1 ockcry. Dorsey, Dougherty, Dunham. Dunn,
Kden, r.lbridgo, El liberty, Everhart, Farouliar,
FUher, Fleeter, Koran, Fuller. Funston, Onlllnger,
Gaddes. Gibson of Maryland, Glover, Goff, Green,
Grout, Halo. Hall, llalscll, Ilamtnond, Harmer,
Harris. Hatch, Haynes, Heard. Ilcmphlll, Header,
son of Iowa, llenaerson of Illinois, Henderson or
North Carolina. Henley. Hepburn, Herbert, Her
man. Hiestnua, Hires, . llitt, Holman, Holmes,
I(opkiiif, Howard, Htidd, Irion. Johnston of Indi-
ada, Johnston of North Carolina, Jone* of Ala
bama, Jones of Texas, I.afoon, l^rfallcttc, Landes,
I.anham, Lawler, Lcfevrc, Lohlbach, Ltndsloy,
Little, Long, Louttit, Lovering, Lowry, Lyman,
Mahoney. Matron, McAdoo, McComas, McCreary,
McKinley. McMillen, McKen, Millard, Milllkin.
Mill*, Moffntt. Morrill. Morrison. Muller. Murphy^
Neal. Neece, Nelson. Norwood, O’Donnell. O’Far-
rc’l, Osborne, Ontwalte. Outman, Parker, Parson,
Peet, Perkins, Perry, Peters, Pettibone, Phillips,
Pierce, name, Randall. Richardson, Riggs,
Robertson. Rockwell, Hornets. Rogers, Rowell,
Rusk, Ryan, Sadler, Rawycr, Bayers, Scott, Scran
ton. Sessions, show . Singleton, Skinner, Bowden.
Spooner. Springer, Steele, Stephenson, Stewart of
Texas, stone ot Kentucky, Stone or Miasourl, Storm,
strait, tumble, Swope, Hymen, Tarncy, Taulbo, E It
Taylor of Ohio. I HTnvlor of Ohio, J M Taylor of
Tennessee,/.Taylor of Tennessee, Thomas of Illi
nois, Thomas of Wisconsin, Thompson, Tillman,
Townshend, Trigg, Tucker, Turner, Van Eaton,
Van Bchnlck, Wade, Wakefield, Wallace, Ward of
Illinois, Ward of Indiana, Warner of Ohio. Warner
or Missouri, Weber, Wtllbura, Wheeler, White of
Minnesota. Wilkins. Willis. Wilaon, Wenans, Wol
ford, Wooabum. and Worthington—219.
Nays—Bleasr*. Allen of Massachusetts, Anderaon,
or Ohio. Bibs. Boutelle. Boyle, Bragg. Brown Camp
bell of Ohio, Caswell. Dlbblo, Ely, Evans, Felton,
Findlay, Frederick, Uay.Ollflllan, Grotvcnor, llay
den. Hill, Johnson, Kelley, Kctcham. Llhoer, Long
Markham, Martin, McKenna, Miller, Morrow
Date*, O'Neill of Pennsylvania, O’Nelli,of Missouri
Kanncy, Itccd of Maine, Rice, Seymour, Wads
worth, Waite, Weaver ol Iowa, and White of Penn
Hjlvania.
The bill, after being enrolled and signed by
the presiding oiliccrs of the two houses, will
be sent to tho president for his action.
Washington, January 21.—Tho interstate
commerce bill, ns agreed upon by both houses
of congress, in its first section applies the pro
visions of this act to any common carrier en
gaged in the transportation of passeugers,
wholly by railroad or partly by railroad and
partly by water, when both are used under
common control, management or arrangement
through more than one state or territory from
any place in the United States to an atHaccnt
foreign country. It dofines the term "railroad”
to include all bridges and ferries used or oper
ated by any railroad. All charges mado for
any service rendered in the transportation of
passengers or property shall be reasonable and
just, and every unjust and unreasonable
charge for such service is prohibited and de
clared to be unlawful.
Section 2 makes it unlawfal for any common
carrier, subject to the provisions of tbit act. to
charge, demand, collect or receive, directly or
indirectly, from any person or persons e greeter
or leas compensation for any service rendered
in the transportation of pamengers or property
than it charges, demands, collects or receives
from any other person or persons for doing for
him or them a like and contemporaneous
service In the transportation of a like kind of
traffic under substantially similar circum
stances and conditions.
Section 3 makes it nnlawfnl for any common
carrier subject to the provisions of this act to
make or give any undue or unreasonable pre
ference or advantage to any particular poraon,
company, firm, corpdtatlon or locality, or any
particular description of traffic. Every coal
men carrier subject to tho provisions of thU
act shall, according to their respective po vers,
afford all reasonable, proper and equal facilities
for the interchange of traffic bet ween their re
spective lines, and for receiving, forwarding
and delivering of passengers and property to
and from their several lines and those connect
ing therewith, and shall not discriminate in
their rates ami charges between such connect
ing lines.
beet ions four and five—the long and short
haul, and pooling section—are aa follows:
Section That it shall I* unlawful for any com
mon carrier snVject to the provisions of tbi* act to
charge or receive any greater compensation In the
agfiefafe for the tranaportattoo of pavwngew or
of like kind or property, under substantially similar
circumstance* and condition* tor a shorter than
for longer dletanee Owm dm ffmsllne tntheeawe
direction, the shorter being. inctodod i within the
longer distance, butch fe shell not be oeottroed e*
auuxffiring eny common earner within term* o.
this act to charge and receive aa groat a
compensation for the shorter as for the longer dis
tance; provided.(however, that upon application
to the commission appointed under the provisions
of this act, such common carrier may, in special
eases, after investigation by the commission, be au
thorized to charge less for the longer than for tho
shorter distance for the transportation of passen
gers orfpropertjr, and the commission may from
time to time prescribe the extent to which such
designated common carrier may be relieved (fora
the operation of this section ot this act.
Section 5. That It shall bo unlawful for any
common carrier I subject to the provisions of this
“* * to enter Into any contract, agreement, or com-
tion thereof: and in any case of ou agreement for
the pooling of freights, ns aforesaid, each day of
its continuance shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section (*> requires that After ninety days from the
pntspgo of this act, eveiy common
carrier
provisions
subject
shall have printed and keep
public inspection, schedules showing such rates,
tares and charges and in addition to requiring the
railroad* to give publicity at all ot the depots on
tbeir several lines, it gives authority to tho com
mission where it is proper and necessary, to require
them to give publicity to their rates to other places
beyond the lines of their several railroads, it also
provides that rates, fares, and charges shall not be
raised except after ten days of public notice, but
that thev may be reduced without previous public
notice. Notice, however, shall l>e simultaneous
with the reduction itself.
Section seven makes it unlawful for any
common carrier to enter into any combination
or agreement to prevent the carriage of freights
from being continuous from the place of ship-
m« nt to the piaco of destination.
Section eight declares that any common car
rier violating the provisions of the net shall be
liable to the person or peraonsinjured there
by for the full nmiuut of damages sustained
in couseqncnco of any such violation, together
with reasonable counsel or attorney's fee.
Tho ninth section provides that persons
claiming to have been damaged by the actiou
of common carriers may proceed for tho re
covery of their damages, either in courts of
the United States c r before tho commission
herein provided for, but not before both tri
bunals.
The 10th section makes it a penal oflfenso to
violate any of the provisions of this act, aud
puts the maximum of fine which may be im
posed at the sum of five thousand dollars.
The eleven following sections contain the
commission features of the bill. They provide
for a commission to consist of live per*jus,
whose teim of office sballbc for six years, ex
cept for first appointments which arc to be for
two, three, four, five and six year*. Member*
of this commission are to be appointed by the
president, by and with tho advico of tho sen
ate. Their principal oflico shall bo in Wash
ington, but they may hold sessions at other
places than Washington, and a siuglo member
of tho commission may tako testimony any
where, ns may be directed by the commission.
These commissioners have salaries of $7,500
each. Tho commission has power to appoint a
secretary with an annual salurv of $3,500 and
has authority to employ and tlx compensation
of such other employes as it may lind necessary
to the proper performance of its duties, sub
ject to the approval of the secretary of tho in
terior.
Section 22 provides that nothing contained
iu this act shall abridgo the remedies now ex
isting at common law or by stntuto.
Section 23 appropriates $100,000 for the pur
poses of this act for the fiscal year onding Juno
30,1688.
Section 24 provides, that tho provisions of
sections 11 and 18 of this act, relating to tho
appointment of and organization of tho commis
sion herein provided for shall tako effect im
mediately and tho remaining provisions of this
shall take effect sixty days after its passago.
Washington, January 22.—[Special.]—The
princi »al talk in Washington today has been
as to the probable effect of tho interstate com
merce bill. Every expression from prominent
railroad men indicates that the railroad offi
cials will accept tho bill in good fkith, and
that it will have a fair trial. Still appeal* to the
courts for tho construction of the main features
of the bill are inevitable, as there is much am-
biquity in them. Tho steady condition of the
stock market, and tho upward tendency of
stocks, makes it perplexing to the alarmists,
who predicted a few months ago that a panic
would ensue on tho passage of tho bill. Tho
appointment of tho communion is a difficult
and delicate duty for the president.
These five men are to exefeiso an immonso
power over thousand* of millions of property,
and arc to interpret a law which is variously
construed already. They arc to servo for terms
of five years/with a aslary of seven thousand
five hundred dollars each. Not more than
three of the fivo commissioners are to belong
to one political party. Consequently,there will
bo three democrats and two republicans on tho
commission, unless tho president should ap
point two democrats, two republicans, and ono
mugwump. Applications for those offices arc
alrcudy pouring in. They como from almost
every state in the union. Under the terms of
the act, no member of congress is eligible for a
commissions! ship. This will exclude Mr. Morri
son, of Illinois, whoso friends had hoped to hoc
him appointed. Mr. Morrison will go out of
congress on the 4th of Biarch, but the presi
dent will probably appoint tho commission be
fore congress expires. Ex-Governor Smith will
probably bo pressed by tho Georgia delegation
for a place on the commission. Of the fivo com
missioners, the south will probably havo one,
the west two, New York one, and tho New
England states one. Allen W. Thurman, son
of ex-Scnator Thuiman, Is regarded os a prob
able nppointe.
The Mexican Pension Bill.
Washington, January U.—[Special.]—At
last a Mexican pension bill has paased congress,
but it is in a considerably different shape from
the bill first offered to reword the veterans of
that heroic struggle. No war In history had so
few regulars and so many volunteers in pro
portion. No war over paid any country so well
in proportion to tho expenditure of life and
treasure. It was the gallantry of the volun
teers which gave us a new empire in the west,
and added fresh lustre to our arms. No sol
diers over served a country better or more
effectively, and yet nono have ever received so
little consideration from tho government that
profited by their blood aud snffering. The
effort to give some sort of acknowledgement to
tho survivors of this war 1ms been made in con
gress a dozen times in the last ten years.
A Mexican pension bill has often
passed one branch of congress,
to be hampered and killed by amendments
in the other. At the last session the house
agreed to a bill placing all tho survivors of
that war on the pension roll, at the regular
allowance of eight dollars a month. The
senate amended this,and today the house nass-
edtbc hill, as amended by the senate.
The house passed, under a suspension of the
rules, by a vote of 179 to 7fl, a bill for the re
lief of dependent parents and honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors who ore now disa
bled and dependent upon their owu labor for
support It provides that in considering pen
sion claims or dependent parents the met and
cause of death, and the fact that the soldier
left no widow or minor children having
been ehown, as required by law, it shall be
necessary only to show that such parents are
without other present moans of support than
their own manual labor or the contributions of
others not legally bound for their support;
provided, that no pension allowed under this
act shall commence prior to its paaage.
Section 2 provides for tho payment of a pen
sion of $J2 per month to all honorably dis
charged roldiciH who are’iiovv or who may have
become disabled from any muse not resulting
from their own vicious liabit* or gross care
lessness; provided, that this act shall not apply
to persons under political di-ubilittY* or to any
person who**- disability was incurrel while »*n-
jrafsd in military service against the United
State*.
Under a suspension of the rules, the house
concurred in the *e»ate amendment* do the
Mexican penifon bill. The hill now
only requires the presidential approval
to become a law. It provides that a pension of
$8 a month shall be paid to all survivingofficers
and enlisted men, including marines, militia
and volunteers of the military and naval ser
vices of tha United States, who, being duly
enlisted, actually ferved sixty days with the
aimy or navy of the United States in Mexico,
or on the coasts of the frontier thereof, or in a
war with that nation, or wore actually engaged
in battle in fold war. and was honorably dis
charged, and to such other soldier* and sailors
as may have been personally mused many res
olution of congress for any specific service in
said'war, and tho surviving widows of such
officer* aud enlisted men; provided that such
widows havo not remarried; provided that
ev ery such officer, enlisted man, or widow who is
or may become sixty-two years of age. or who
is or may become subject to any disability or
dependency equivalent to some cause pre
scribed or recognized by the pension laws of
the United States us sufficient reason for the al
lowance of a pension, shall bo entitled to tho
benefits of this act; but it shall not bo held to
iuclude any person not within tho rule of ago
or disability or dependency herein defined, or
who incurred such disability while iu any
manner voluntarily engaged in or aided or
abetted the late rebellion against the authority
of the United States.
Section 1,71(1, revised statute, is repealed so
far as it relates to this act or to the pensions
under this act.
The two peusiou bills which passed tho lion so
yesterday have an apparent discrepancy, which
will redound to the benefit oftho Mexican vet
erans. Under the bill framed especially for tho
benefit of the heroes of that war they can draw
only $8 a month, if they are sixty-two years
old, or if they are impaired in health under tho
invalid pension bill, which is for the benefit of
federal soldiers of the late war any soldier,
widow, or dependent relative may draw a pen
sion of $12 a mouth if it can ho proven that that
soldier hns become incapable from any cause
except liis own carelessness or vicious habits
from earning a living. The bill says that its
provisions shall extend to the union soldiers of
the late war and to the soldiers of any previous
war fought by tho United States. This will
enable many of the Mexican veterans to tako
advantage of the ponsion instead of the eight
dollars & month allowed them in the bill that
has passed in their name.
Washington, January 18.—Tho bills grant
ing pensions to Mrs. Logan and Mr*. Blair,
widow of General Frank Blair, were defeated
this morning in the house committee on invalid
pensions.
Congress This Week.
Washington, January 23.—Tho unfinished
business of the senate is the agricultural ex
periment station bill, but BIr. Edwards in
tends to ask that it be temporarily laid aside,
and that the fisheries bill bo taken up to-mor
row. If assent is given ho will try
to secure action upon tho latter hill to-mprrow.
or at tho latest on Tuesday night. BIr. Beck
will make an early effort to prevent tho fur
ther postponement of tho bill to prohibit
numbers of congress from acting as railroad
attorney, and as ho has rondo concessions to
the convenience of other senators a number
ef times wheu it seemed to bo bis right to
insist upon consideration of measure, ho is
likely to find his opportunity during tho
week.
The sundry civil bill will probably bo repor
ted from tho appropriation committee on
Wednesday or Thursday, and be called up for
debate next day. Tho British extradltlou
treaty is tho unfinished business of tho secret
session, and tho first convenient day will bo
devoted to its consideration.
In tho houso of representatives morning
hours of this week will bo dovoted to ordinary
private claims, pension bills aud warclalms.
Tho Piercc-Fago (Rhode Island) contested
election enso will bo disposed of tomorrow, and
tho river and harbor bill will thon bo taken
up. Thursday has Been fixed upon for the
consideration of tho district of Columbia cablo
railroad bill, under special ordor.
There arc tlirco appropriation bills now on
tho calendar, tho diplomatic, tho postal and
thd District of Columbia bills, and there is an
accumulation of important measures of gon-
eral legislation, among them tho plouro-pnou-
moniabill, the Pacific railroad funding bill,
the navul reorganization bill, tho froo ship
hill and tho territorial admission bills, whoso
sponsors may contest tho right of succession to
the river ana harbor bill, should that measure
bo acted upon before the end of tho week.
Washington Gossip.
Washington. January 17.—Tho mortgngo
upon tho homestead bought by General Logan
In this city a couple of years ago, was canceled
today, tho balance due having been paid by a
special Bind raised in Chicago, mainly through 1
the Instrumentality of Win. Penn Nixon, of
the Chicago Intcr-Ocoan. The amount paid
today was $13,000. Logan died Intestate, and
Ids son, daughter and son-in-law as heirs at
law united in dcod conveying to Mrs. Logan
all their Interest In this ploco of property, so
that it is now hers individually.
Tonight there was a scene In Willard’s hotel
between Representative J. Floyd King, of
Louisiana, aud BIr. Cuthbcrt Bullett Jonos, of
tho same state. BIr. Jonca camo to
Washington soon after President
Cleveland was inaugurated, and appliod
fora consulship. He was strongly indorsod
by several Louisiana congressmen,and thought
his chances were good for an appointment.
Congressman King filed a protest against It, in
which he declared Jones unworthy of such con
sideration, and stated that his fkmily had boon
engaged in u bloody vendetta iu Louisiana. A
fiery newspaper controversy ensued between
King and Jones. It appears that they never
mot aim*© that correspondence until tonight
Mr. King was not here when congress opeued
and has only been In Washington
a day or two. Tonight, at ho
was coming out of Willard’s, ho was
met by BIr. Jones, who stopped him and ox*
pressed his opinion of him in language more
emphatic than complimontury. JIo heaped
epithets on B{r. King fur several minutes, but
the congressman did not resent Somo gon-
tlcmen who heard tho conversation, aud an
ticipated trouble, came up, and separated tho
congTesstnnn and bis irate opponent It is
rumored that Mr. King will call Mr. Jones
out but as the code duello has been repealed in
this part of the country, little fisith Is placed in
the rumor. BIr. Jones Is rampant, and says
that ho will force BIr. King to fight or retract.
Ex-Governor Throckmorton, of Texas, is
very sick. He camo very near dying of kid
ney disease last session, and is now suffering
from a recurrence of tho same trouble*. Ho
is entirely opposed to professional medical as
sistance, and It was only tonight that his
friends induced him to liavo a doctor.
Tho death of General Hazcn leaves Colonel
Grcely, the hereof the Arctic, in ebargo of the
weather bureau. It is supposed that ho will
bo put at its head, but with no increase of the
rank of colonel. Grcely is an efficient and
]>cptjlar man, and under his direction tho de
partment will probably bo better managed
than it was under General Hazen, who was
forever at war with somebody.
Washington, January 19.—The secretary of
interior has decided what are known ns the
Louisiana swamp land cases, reversing the
opinion of the commissioner of the general land
office. In deciding this case the secretary
adopts tbs opinion of the attorney-general, to
whom the case was referred, and decides that
as to such lands as were granted to Louisiana
by the act of 1849, purchasers are entitled to
I iroteetlon and the state to indemnity for such
ands as were sold by the United States be
tween March 2,1649, snd the 28th of Septem
ber, 1650, but as to sneb as were excepted out
of the grant of 1649 and were first granted to
Louisiana by the aciof 1850, being lands front
ing on livers and creeks, bayou* and water
courses, the state is only entitled to an indem
nity after the passage of the act of September
28,1660.
Comptroller Trenbolm today appeared be
fore the bouse committee on banking and cur
rency at the request of the committee for a
preliminary talk with reference to the formu
lation of a repoit upon the present condition
and future of national banks. Ho stated to
the committee that he hfld prepared a digest of
all suggestions that had been made, and that
he was preparing • commentary upon those
suggestions, comparing one with another aud
pointing out wliat seemed to him the practical
advantages and defects of each of them. He
had. he said, been unable to complete the
work In time for the meeting today, but be
read a portion of what hail been prepared
with a view to ascertaining whether the com
mittee desired him to proceed ou the same
plan. Bfr. Trenbolm,*in referring to the exist
ing banking system, declared It to be of
great merit and valne, but he recognized the
impossibility of continuing its existence with
out suplemental legislation, in view ef the
rapid redemption of bonds which formed the
bsf.ls of thefr circulation. In this connection, he
stated that he had received a number of letters
from officers of national banks indicative of
heir intention to abandon the system, if they
were compelled to replace their called bonds
with other bonds at the present high market
prices.
Tho committee requested Mr. Trenbolm to
complete the work ho had undertakon of pre
paring a commentary upon the various schemes
for the continuation of thonutioual banking
system: so that it might be printed for tho in
formation of congress and tho country in gen
eral.
Washington. January 21.—Tho death of
General Jlozen, has revived tho discussion of
what changes will bo mado In tho signal ser-
vico bureau and newspapers today reprint
General Sheridan’s report upon tho draft of
Hazcn’s bill which contemplates the establish
ment of tho signal service as a permanent bu
reau of the war departments disapproving of
that bill and Secretary Eudicott’s approval of
Sheridan's report. It Is expected that Secreta
ry Endicott will mako somo recommendation
upon the subject to congress before long.
Washington, January 21.—Mrs. Voorlioos,
wife of Senator Voorhees, died at their residence in
this city of acute peritonitis tills afternoon. She
was taken rick on Monday last with congestive
chills, lollowed by Inflammation of tho bowels,
which terminated fatally.
Today the house sent to tho secretary of the
treasury on inquiry, proposed by Mr. Tillman,
of Eonth Carolina, asking that lio furnish all
tho information lie cun get as to tho beat and
safest method of heating railway passonger
coaches. Soon-after tbo recent fearful disaster
at Tiffin, Ohio. Mr. Tillman said:
“I am tired of hearing of pcoplo being roast
ed alive in railroad ncchlcuts. There is no
sense in it. While wo aro regulating railroads
wo should attend to this matter.”
Tho plan matured by General Hazcn a short
time before bo diod for tlio reorganization of
tho signal servico aud its establishment as a
permanent government bureau, will not bo
realized. Iu his report to congress in 1883, the
secretary of war recommended that tho bureau
be transferred to tho civil department. He
will probably soon make a special recommen
dation on tho same line, so that the necessary
legislation may be bad at tho presont session.
Iu a recent report to tho secretary of
war, General Shcridou said in regard to tho
proposed reorganization of tho sigunl sendee:
”1 have carefully examined tho draft and
am constrained to say that I am unalterably
opposed to auy scheme which contemplate.*
the coutinuanco of tho sigual ncrvico as a
bureau, and make it a part or tho regular mil
itary establishment. The functions of tho
bureau aro almost entirely of a civil nature,
devoted to tho benefit of commerce and agri
culture, aud there Is no apparent reason why
tho department of tho government having
cliargo of such matter should
not also * include tho meteorological
branches that this plan proposes to retain.
Eliminate these from the bureau, and it has
nothing left to sustain this scheme. Wo don‘t
need any instruction in milituvy signalliug
other than that which now oxist at nearlv
every garrisoned post in the army, and which
can be continued as well if not bettor without
than with a bureau, ami certainly at a much
less cost.”
There aro already a number of army officers
scheeming to succeed General Hazen as tho
head of this bureau, but radical changes in its
organization aud management may be expect
ed.
Washington, January 20.—[Special Corre
spondence.]—T.ast Wednesday morning as I
was passing tho treasury building I saw a car
riage stop in front of the southorn outranco. A
young man sprang out upon tho pavomont, and
then proceeded to help from tho carriago a
massive man who evidently moved with dlffi-
cultv. This was Daniel Blanning, secretary of
tho treasury.
How changed from tho suborb specimen of
manhood ho was ouo year ngo. Ho appears a
decade oldor. Tho look of vigorous, buoyant
health has faded from Ids strong faco and in its
place there rest unmistakable linen of suffering.
When ho reeled and sunk in his offico last
spring
the right arm
of the administration was paralyzed. Presi
dent Cleveland trustsBIr. BXanuing as ho trusts
no other man living. He has learned bis w’orth
by years of intlmato acquaintance. Ho owes
to BIr. Blanning Ids biggest dobt of gratitude,
for no other man had so much to do with elo-
vating Mr. Cleveland to tho governorship of
New York, aud to tho presidency oftho United
States.
President Cleveland has an advisory council
composed of strong moil, bnt It is tho common
verdict of thoso who have kept closest watch
on this administration that in real efficiency
Mr. Manning stands among the other members
of the cabinet as Haul stood among his breth
ren.
Tho ft lends of tho Blair educational bill,
which has already i«ssod tho sonato, today cir
culated a petition among tho momhurs of tho
house, asking a pledge that thoy would voto to
call too bill up and voto for it, either in tho
shnpo it camo from tlio sonato, or for tho bill of
the house labor committee. Tho lattor bill
appropriates money from tho salo of public
lands instead of directly from the treasury.
8ixty names wore signed to the petition today,
and tho friends of tho educational aid hoiui to
secure a majority of the house on their paper.
If they do so they will icizo the first oppor
tunity to call up tho Blair bill.
BOARDED BY BANDITS.
Fort WbBTH,Tox., January 23.—At 3 o'clock
this morning, as the mat bound Texas and Pa
cific express was pulling out of Gordon, a
►mall station sixty miles west of hero, two
masked and armed men Jumped on the
engine and covered the engineer
ami fireman with their revolver*. Tho
engineer was forced to pull ahead until tho
train reached a high trcstlo two miles cast of
Gordon. As soon as the engineer and luggage
■ml mail car had passed over the trestle, the
train stoppe d, leaving the pamenger coach ou
the trestle. At this point the masked men
wc ro reinforced by six assistants. Tlio robbers
then wont through the express car, taking all
tho money and valuables in tho safe,tho amount
king estimated st from $2,000 to $15,000, al
though tho Pacific express officials refuse to
state the exact amount stolon. The. robbers
then proceeded to tho rnsil air, where they ob
tained twenty-eight registered packages. Tlio
passengers were not distuibed, and their
eoaches Icing on a high trestle thev could not
get out to assist tho trainmen. There is iio
clue to the robbers.
A Curious Complication.
One of the beat known^clergymen in Blsrongo
1 llinois, was n ill it ted witha carious complication
of ailments. For twenty yean bo had nervous
dyspepsia. For eight years he had spasms affect
ing sight. speech and hearing. To these disorders
were added catarrh, bronchitis, and cinstipa-
tion. His appetite was small, his strength was
almost gone, and it waa but rarely tint be could
preach a ^►roon. After trying almost every
other method of cure this clergyman wrote to
lira. Starkey A Palcn to see if there was any
ore in trying Compound Oxygen. They
hardly dared to enooongo him. Still he con
cluded to try it. Now see the result. He writes:
“Bly general health if greatly improved, appe
tite is quickened, dyspepsia I* almost gone, con
stipation relieved, ana catarrh and bronchitis
neatly helped. Have gained ten pound* iu
fiesh, and ampbysieally stronger, and In better
condition generally.”
If vou cannot understand exactly what Com
pound Oxygen is, or why ami how it should
affect such cure*, be assured of one thing: it
really doea the work. This is attested by so
many who have been bronght out of severe
ebronfc illness that there is no disputing it.
Tho treatise, which is sent free l»y mail, tell*
more about it. Write for it to Dr*. Starkey A
Pslen, 1529 Arch street. Philadelphia, Pa.
Thk Prince of Wales having expressed a
desire to have tbe pair of spurs wane by Fred
Archer when he rode ormondo iu his last race st
Newmarket, (beexecutor* hitve^ctit them to hts
royal highne**, together wi;h the saddle used on
the occasion.
/Tlic Farmer will find that thorough
cultivation of wheat gronud is manure, and
that each of bis teams earns $10 each day
they are thne employed.” If this U true, how
important it is that the farmer should use
proper implements for the purpose of pulver
izing the soil. 8ee advertisement of tbe
“ACME” Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crasher
and Ltrtlev on another page.
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A Word About Our Sewing Machine*.
The Constitution docs not fill Its paper with de
scriptions of tho sewing snachlno It offers to Its
subscribers. It believes that tbo spaco belongs to
Its readers, and docs not crowd U with its own
business.
The Constitution machines are accepted all
over tho oountry as tho best machines that art^f-
ferod. Tho machine that we sell with the popes
for 922 Is equal to any 9G5 machine on the market;
and we guarantee It to be such. Tho maohtne that
we sell for 118 with tbo paper is equaltoany940
machine that la sold, and wo gnarantee it to be so
Every machino Is sold with our guarantee. Any
buyer can try tho machluo for fifteen days, and If
not satisfactory, can return It Under this gutrsns
tco wo have had but one machine returned, and
that came from a sowing machino agent who
thought he would annoy us thereby. Tho best tes
timony Is that or those who bare tried it. Tbs
Constitution machines aro being used in every
state In tho union, and hero is what Is said abou
them:
J. N. Fonlo, Renfroo, Ala.—I received ray sewing
machine which I ordered with Tiie Conktitution
somo tlmo ago, and find it first clam In every way.
Wc lmvc tested It on all sorts of work, and tho
more wo uso it tho bettor wo llko It.
Miss Martha J. Terry. Mellon, Ga.—Tho sewtng
machine (tho Improved Htnger) that 1 bought from
you last May, has given perfect satisfaction. 1 havo
tested it ftiliy and can say that I am more than
pleased with It. It is acknowledged to bo Inferior
to no machino In tho neighborhood, but is superior
to some high prtcod machines.
BIr. W. B. Phillips, or Macedonia, Miff.-, writs* us
that tho machine no ordetod for 8. A. Heard has
sixty dollar machino,' and would' not' take ffi&
■mount for It and bo without It.«
It. P. Todd, Oak Ride, (Ifc—Tho machino I or
dered from yoti umo In Rood ordor, with a full set
nr attachment*, and run. a* light a» auy maehln.
wo over uml, und doe. .plemlid
coano or line aond*. Onr —
anthi'Ir'H that they paid 1
dollar* lor.
I run. aa llama*any raaemna
loe* .plenum work ou either
. our nol.hliora nay It 1* as good
paid from thlrty-Hvo to ilxiy
Mr*. Kate Watson, Calhoun, Anaelilla, Parlth.
la.—I received tho liluhjrm sewing machine that
I orderal In duo tlmo am In rood condition, and I
can truly nay Hint I am well r.loMcd with It. It
■aw* well, run* llitbt, and makaabut llttt. noise.
I think It tlio bc*t machino that Ieror saw, and
besides It I* a porfact beauty.
Other paper* hays an Inferior maohln. which
they aro tryln, to palm off at low prlco*, aid by
claiming that it la aaiooduTsi Oonrmmoh
machino. Tho latest thing la to buy TH1 Conn
•moH machine Itaolf, and thon yon know It la tha
beat Don't bo misled by flamlngiadTortlaomenU
or other maohlnoa, which aro cheap John again
and made to gnu tho public with. Ton Coiunrn
riokmaehlno la lb. beat and wo guarantee It to bo
such. Bend In your ordera at onco. Yon *are tM
to MO on every machino you buy rrora ua.
The Rlgh-Arm machine, with paper, 122.00,
The nigh-Arm machine, without paper, W1.0C.
Tho Low-Arm machine, with paper, fit00.
The Low-Arm machine, without paper, 117.00,
The Waterbary Welch, with paper, W,28.
Tho Waterbary Watch, without paper, 1200,
Tho Breech-Leadtn, Gun, with paper, tit00.
The Bnech-Loadlng Gun, without pepetf IU
Order ona or all of them article* at onoo.
Fir. Thouaand tVatorbnry*.
Wa have Just receive* Ore thousand WattrMiy
watches, of the best style, wlthijdl Improvement..
We hare sold thousand! and thonaanda of theta -
splendid watches, and they (Ira perfect aulsfu-
turn.
For n.2S wo will tend on. ot thorn wetchm,
peeked In . satin lined box, with chain and charm
and Tm Warner Coiannmoir for on. year. Bob*
scribcrs who want the watch and chain alone cut
get It by sending 12,00.
Buying a Wsterbury at this price ta the beat to*
reatment can bo mado. For 12.23 yon gat a good
paper on. year and a watch and chain that will
keep aa good time aa the be* ItOO watch. It la bet*
ter than a high priced watch ter erery day tue, for
It is not so easy to ret out of repair.
Dr. Wm. Xing bis worn on. of onr Waterbmyi
two years, and It has not com him a cat ter
repair. Ills gold watch cost him Marengo of
15.00 a year ter repair, or twlc th» prtc of a Water,
bury. Bemcmbar, tt.23geta the watch, chain Md
paper, or 112.50 geta tho watch and chain alone.
Every termer, every tenner's wlft, and certainly
every farmer’s boy ought to b. woaring ona of theta
Waterhuiya. Don’t delay. Band In your otder.
Onr *19 Shot Gnn.
Tbo hunting season la nowon os, lad retry bey
should bare a ttnbclaaa gnn. Tna Coarrmmoifa
Doublo-barrclcd Brccch-Loadlng Shot Gun ta itm
clam In every respect. It la of English make an
a as good aa any 123 gon. It la light, nloaly tin.
bbed, with ptitof grip rtook, and wa gnarantee It
In every respect. Ths’Wsxklt OoxemcTicM cue
About Urn lid’s Unknown Friend’* Ln-k.
The story u told by Brandt,a foreman in Hr.
Wm. Lewis’* cigar factory In Ban Francisco,Cal.,
la that bla diffident friend asked him to bo
his agent, being Intimate, and he natnally ad
opted tbe position, with the rcault of winning
Third Capital prig* in the November Dmwing
of The LoaMana State Lottery, for$l sent to
M. A. Daophln, Now Orleans, La. Thcnnmber
hold by the yonng clerk was (>7,833, the whole
tlckatdmwlag the sum of ini.iaw.-riau Frau,
cisco (Cal.) Chronicle, December 8.