Epitome Of The Week

OrfthoSOth uit. the btll to admit Iüaho as a State was disoosscd it the S-nate, and the agrieuRural approprlation bilí was pa.-vd In the House V. H. Dickerson was sworn in as [h. anooesHOrol Mr. Carllsle f rom the Sixth Kentucky district. A bilí was introdueecl providing for the appointtnenl by the President of a comiiiKsion, consisting of Hve persons, to niakc an impartial and thorough investigation of social vico in all lts phases. in relation to labor and wages, marriage and djvorcc and Iho I general welfare of tho peoplc. The Federal Ueottons bill was further discusscd. The bill for the admisslon of Idaho to the Union was passpci in the Sonate on the Ist. A report was made that the President had approvcd the naval, pension and postofllce appropriíition bilis . . . .In the House the Blair cdutatlonal bill was favorably reported, as was also a bill providing that all wotnen cmployed as army nuisus during the war for a períod of six months or moro and who wore honorably dlitohargcd and who are unablo to earn their owii support shall reeeive a pension of 113 per month. The Federal electlons bill was taken up and was the subject of protracted debate. TB E laglslative approprlntion bill was passed in the Sánate on the 2d and the bilis to place the American merchant marine engaged in tho foreign tratle upon an equality with that of other nations. and to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports and to promote commerco were discussed. A resolution was agreed to calllng for Information as to the nuraber of pensioners borno on the list at eacb pension ajrency on June 1, 1890 Inthe House tbe Federal elections bill was discusscd and tlnally passed by a vote of 155 to 14. In the Senate on the 3d a bill was reported to discontinue tho coinage of the $3 and $1 gold pleces and the 8-cent nickel piece and to provide for new designs for authorized devices of United Stutcs coins. A resolution was adopted asklng for a statement of the amount alrcady approprlated and proposed to be appropriated in the several appropríatíon bilis of the sesslonA bill was tntvoduced prohibiting any bigamis or polygainist mablBg entries of public lands. Adjourned to the 7ih. In the House Mr. Lodge asked for a reprint of the Federal election bill, with marginal notes. The request was denied. Adjourmd to the 7th. DOMESTID. Ox the 2Sth uit. Suporintondent of the Census Porter said that frora present indications the returns of the enumerators would show a total population of the United States of 04,500,000, against 50,155,783 in 1880. The plant of the Allen Bradloy Dlstillery Company at Louisville, Ky., was destroyed by flre on the 30th uit., entailing a loss of 8150,000. Tuk steamship Rotterdam, which arrived in New York from Antwerp on the 30th uit., brought 850,000 pounds of Sumatra tobáceo, valued at over 81,500,000, tho largest single consignment ever received at New York. The ship Grcat Adrniral was on the 30th uit unloading a cargo of 4,000,000 bunches of lire-crackers at New York. She was 104 days on her voyage from Hong Kong. A fire on the 3Oth uit. at Troy, Ala., destroyed tho Messenger office, opera house, Western Union telegraph office and a number of other buildings. The total number of mercantilo failures throughout the United States reported to Bradstreet'a during tho six months endcd on tho 30th uit. was 5,466, against 5.01S durinir tho satne time in 1889. Thomas McQbbw, treasurer of the Superior Drill l'ompar.y at Springfield, O., was on tho HOtli uit. found short $12,000 in his accounts. The store of Basker, Roso & Oray, hardware doalors at tëlmira, N. Y., was burned on tho 30th uit. Loss, 8100,000. Dn. T. A. Hofkmax, aged 83 years, was found dead in his oflice at Boardstown, 111., on the 30th uit. He was tho discoverer of glucose and the process of its manufacture. Fon: persons in Columbus, O., woro struck by lightnin; and killed on the 30th uit The Standard Oil Company's refinery at Louisville, Ky., covering five acres of ground, was burned on the 30th uit, and seven persons woro injurcd, two fatally. VVheei.i.vo, V. Va., was visitad by a violent cloctric-storm on the 30th uit, and a heavy rain flooded many of tho streets. Ten more Chinamen were captured on the 30th uit while trying to get into the United States from Lowor California. A TitAiN on the Northern Pacific road plunged down an embankment near Drummond, Mont, on the 3üth uit, and one woman was killed and twelve othcr persons were badly injurod. Fr.AMKS destroyed tho wall paper factory of Jardine & Co. in Rahway, N. J., on tho 30th uit. Loss, 8100,000. A iiahd wind and rain-storm passod over Calhoun Cotinty, Mich. , on the SOth uit, blowing down many small buildings and doing other damage. Wii.mam Hinschaw was murdered by white caps on the 30th uit noar Richmond, Ind., hecause he refused to stop visiting his sweetheart The period for taking the eleventh census ended on the 30th uit. Superintendent Porter stated in Washington that information received from all portions of the country indicatod that there had been no serious hitch in the work. Johx D. RocKEFKi.i.EKon the 30th uit gave 8100,000 to tho Baptist Educational Society, which has its headquarters in New York, and was formed for the purpose of aiding needy institutions of learning under Baptist control. Mr. Rockefeller two years ago gave 8100,000 to the society. A TERitiFic storm passed over a portion of Allen County, Ind., on the 30th uit, doing considerable damage to farm property. Houses and barns were unroofed, outhousos blown down and trees, fences and growing crops leveled to the ground. The village of White Cottage, O., was completely submerged by a rain-storm on the Ist, and the people took rofugo on high ground. Wheat fields and buildings suffered groat damage. The Pension Office at Washington issued during tho fiscal year ended on the 30th uit 151,658 pension certificates. The number issued during the preceding year was 145,292.