The News Condensed

As reported to the senate on the I3th the sundry civil bilí carries a total appropriation of W0.350, 114, an increase of í 92). 161 upon the bilí as itpasscit the house. The NTew Mexico statehood bilí was refused consideration. The bill intended to secure the construction of the Nicaragua ship canal was discussed... In the hou.se the conference report on the fortiflcation appropriation bill was afreed to. A bill was passed regulattng the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia. The Nicaragua canal bill and the sundry civil appropriation bill were discussed in the senate on the 14th, nd the house bill lncorporating the American university at Washington was pMS6d. In the house Mr. Ilaock (O. ) introüuced a resolution permitting the world's fair gates to be opened on Sunday after 12 o'clock meridian. The invalid pension bill was considered, but no action was taken. IN the senate on the 15th the diplomatic and consular and the military academy appropriation bilis were reported and a favorable report was made appropriatingll.ftM.OUOfor the world's fair. In executive session the president' message favoring the annexation of Hawaii was considered In Ihe house the senate bill giving Gen. Doubleday's vridow 150 a month pension was passed and the pension appropriation bill was further discussed. ON the 16th the sessionof the senat was occupied in the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bilL An amendment involving the continuance of the office of supervisor of rlections pare rlse to a long and heated political discussion. ..In the house the pension appropriation bill was further considered, and proposed amendmrnts relative to the transfer of the pension bureau to the war department, to rerating upon the basis of ability to earn a living, to the limitation of persons receiving an lncome of less than 1600, and to soldiers' wldows were overruled. During the debate a personal collision between Turpin, of Alabama, and Waugh, of Indiana, was prevented by friends. In the senate the sundry civil appropriation bill occupied the time on the 17th. The amendment to continue in forte the law for federal supervisión of elections was carrled by a party vote In the house the pension bill appropriating I16,400,000 was passed without amendment. The post office appropriation bill was considered without final action. The senate bill pxtendtng to the North Pacific ocean the provisions of the statutes for the protectlng of iur seals was pasaed. DOMESTIC. A case of cholera was reported at Gorten, Conn., whieh must have beeD contracted by germs in the wall paper from a patiënt who died in the room thirty years ago. The patiënt who is now sick removed the paper a short time affo. A Mii.i.K.ns' trust was organized at Duluth, Minn., which includes nearly every firm in the business from Xdrth Dakota and Duluth to the ea.st. In the United States the visible supply of grain on the 14th was: Wheat, 80,994,000 bushels; corn, 14, 152,000 bushels; oats, 5,822,000 bushels; rye, 198,000 bushels; barley, 2,080,000 bushels. The Wegman business at Fort Smith, Ark., was burned, causing a loss of 8100,000. Subie M. Ducoi.in was supposed to have died at the home of her uncle, Ira Shipman, near Augusta, Wis., but while on the way to the cemetery a noise was heard in the coffin, the cover was removed and the young woman found to be regaining consciousness. A frf.ioht train on the South Atlantic & Ohio railroad plunged 100 feet down an embankment at Watters Mountain, Tenn., and Knineer Allen was killed and several traintnen were injured. A Brouv containiog Mrs. F. D. McSweeney and Miss Mary MeSweeney wasupset at Lima, O., and both women wera fatally hurt. Two childmbk of James Freeman were burned to death in his home at Hartville, Ma, and the father was severely hurt. A. A. Bartlett and George Snook, of Akron, O., were drowned off Britain island. Huif of Mexico. They were on their way in a steam launch to join their families who were in Florida. Natural gas has been discovered at Brinkley, Tenn. Andt Blount, a negro suspected of criminally assaulting Mrs. W. A. Moore, a widow 51 years of age, was lynched by a mob at Chattanooga, Tenn. Jockey Morton, known to every horseman in the country, committed suicide in New Orleans while despondent. The masonic grand lodge of Kansas will build a home for indigent masons' orphans. The body of Henry C. DeMille, the well-known play wright, was cremated near Maspeth, L. 1. William Wilkinson, one of the bestknown men in Pittsburgh, Pa., and his wife died within four hours of each other. Both took sick the same day and both lsy on the same bed until claimed by deatli. President Harbison has approved the quarantine bill, officially known as "an act grantinfr additional quarantine power and imposing additional duties upon the marine hospital service." At Topeka, Kan., the republican house, barred out by armed populists frora the hall of representatives, took íorcible possession, the doors being batterod down with a sledgehammer. Gov. Lewelling had called out the militia and Speaker Douglas for the republicans had issued an appeal for aid to resist "anarchy and revolution." Troops were hurryinp to the capital to reinforce both warring parties. A passenger train on the Great Northern road jumped the track near Devils Lake, N. D., and Robert Cairns and Henry Dabrahn were killed and thirteen others were injured, two fatally. Barnet Jarrett, of Celina, O., whipped a pony and the pony kicked ,he life out of Mr. Jarrett. Eabthq,uake shocks were feit in northwestern Nebraska.southern South Dakota and eastern Wyoming. J. O. Dknnis, aged 70; Bertram Dennis, his son, aged 8, and J. T. Johnson were instantly killed and James McTee was fatally injured and twentyive others were seriously hurt by the wre of an electric car in Portland, Oro. An explosión of ooal gas in a mine at Jedar, Ia., resulted 4n the death of oseph (allag-her and the severe injury of twenty-four other men. The National Newspaper Publishers' association comraenced itsseventh annual oonvention in New York. About fifty of the democratie editors f Michigan met at Gianil Kapids and oraranized the Democratie I'ress ciation, with A. MeMïllan, of ]ay City, as president. HrcKSTAFF'a vitrified pavinf brick works were burced at Lincoln, Neb. The plant was valued at $200,000. SCHKBI.KB QuiIXAN and John Ewing, railroad laboréis, fought wilh pistols a itir near Catlettsburg, Ky. , and both were killed. Rkt. E. M. HrswF.r.i., leader of the Christian seienee faith healers, was indicted by a grand jury at Heatrice, Neb., for illegally practicing' the art of healinjj. The funeral of the late Dr. Norvin Green, president of the Western Union Telefjraph cotnpanj', took placo in Louis ville, Ky., and the ï'emains were interred at Calvary HUI cemeterv. The republicans seem to have won the battle at Topeka, Kan., Gov. ! ellinp ha ving tfiven them possession of the lepislaüve hall, withdi'awing the militia ard sending the populist to another room. The deputy marshals were also withdrawn. This action of the governor wasto afford a teniporary 8ettlement of the diffieulty or until the courts could decide it. Joe Donoghue, the amateur champion skater, was defeated in a fivemile race at Red liank, N. J., by John S. Johnson, of Minneepolis. Johnson's time was 18 minutes and 4 seconds. President Hakkisox has issued a proclamation creatiug the Sierra forest reserve, compromisiDg' 6,000 square miles in the counties of Mercer, Fresno, Tulare and Kern, California. The sulphite pulp mili, owned by the Richards Paper company, in South Gardiner, Me., was burned. the lossbeinjr 8200,000; insurance, $180.000. Wili.iam McCov, a negro, who murdred his mistress, Molly McGruder, in Kansas City, on ths nig-ht of April 6, 1891, was hanped at Lexinjton, Mo. In a riot between teamsters and laborers at Mark Center, O., over iramigration some fifty took part, and it was reported that several were killed and others were seriously injured. David Casway, aged 75, died f rom starvatiou in the cellar of an old house at Pittsburgh, Pa. The Indiana house of representatives voted down a bilí providing for an appriation of f50.000 to be expended in entertaining visitors at the grand army encarapment to be held in Indianapolis next September. At the leading clearing houses in the United States the exchaneres durinr the week ended on the 17th apgregated 11,252,252,897, against 81,370,808,931 the previous week. The increasa as compared with the corresponding- week of 1892 was 2.7. In the United States the seven days ended on the 17th the business failures numbered 233, against 260 the previous week and 299 for the eorrespondinj time last 3rear. The American Newspaper I'ublishrs' assoeiation in annual session in New York elected offieers as follows: James W. Scott, of the Chicago Herald, president; E. II. Woods, Boston Ilerald, vice president; W. C. liryant, Hrooklyn Times, secretary; J. S. Seymour, New York Post, treasurer. Gold was said to have been found on Newton H. Huston's farm in Calhoun county, Mich. Coi.. Georoe W. Ke.ndall, aged 55, a millionaire, and one of the best known business men in the west, committed suicide ia his room at the Wellington hotel in Chicago. Sickness was the cause. Two touno men named Robinson and Meniffe were cooked to death by escaping steam in the engine room of the Big Four road at Covington, Ind. M. B. Vaxdegrift, a highly respected citizen, aged 65 years, dropped dead at the Wabash depot in Chülieothe, O. Gkoroe Griek, who built the first log house in the eastern part of Auglaize county, O., was found dead in bed. He was 90 years old. The report that Edwin Booth would return to the stage, making a farewell tour next fall, is denied. Sevex persons were injured, three fatally, in a railway wreek near Brazil, Ind. The legislative struggle in Kansas has come to an end, the republican house having accepted the ternas proposed by Gov. Lewelling which leave the republicans in possession of the house, leave the populists in possession of their hired hall down town, send the militia home, stop those en route, disperse the thousand deputies and leaTe the situation as to the legality of lach house in the courts. Robert L. Walker, a prominent banker and capitalist at Younrstown, O., made an assignment, with liabilities of $200,000 and assets 8i 8100,000. The failure involves Gov. McKinley, who indorsed Walker's notes, and tha indications were that every dollar of property owned by the governor would be swept away. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Mrs. Betsy Cbossktt. nged 100 years. died at her hoine at liattle Creek. Mich., of general debility. She had been a resident of that city since 1853. Bruce Caiík, ex-auditor of state, died at his homo in Indianapolis, aged 44 years. He was distinguished as the youngest soldier in the late war, enlisting as a private when a boy of 15. Mr. Cleveland has officially announced the names of four members of his cabinet as follows: Walter Q. üresham, of Illinois, secretary of state; John O. Carlisle, of Kentucky, secretary of finance; Daniel S. Laraont, of New York, secretary of war; Wüsod S. lüssell, of Buffalo, postmaster general. Judge William Lindsav has been clected from Kentucky to succeed J. I G. Carlisle in the United States senate. Thkodoue GK Elliott, the venerable anti-slavery agitator, died in Georgeton, Mass., aped 83 years. Mr. Elliott assisted in forming the second total abstinence society in the United State, j Solomox Miller, aged 83 years, tho i oldest raember of the Richmond (Ky. ) ' bar, and in former days one of its ' brightest liglits, died at his home in that city. Susají B. Anthony celebrated her TSd birthday at her home in Rochester, N. V. Mr. Cleveland announced the name of the fifth member of his cabinet. It is that of Hoke Smith, of Georgia, for secretary of the interior. (.iv. Abbam Daj.lv. .asted 58. .the oldest siirvivor of tlie war of 1819 with EnglaiHl, was founil dead by neig-hbors in a cottage in Williamsburg-, N. Y., where be had a room. Miss Ei.izabkth Aitlemax. familiarly known as "Aunt Betsy," who eelebrated her lOist birthday December 11, died at her home in Middletown, Md. Mbs. 1". W. PauoO, wife of the public printer, died in Washington of paralysis, uged 57 years. Ex-CoNGRES8MAN BARKSDALE, OÍ MÍSsissippi, aped 70 years, died of hoart faihire on his Yazoo couuty (Miss.) plantation. J. Stkri.ixo Mortox, of Nebraska, j has been chosen by Mr. Cleveland for the cabinet position of seeretary of agricnltnre. NlCHOLAS BoaART, a colored man, who had served the late Heeretary of State Seward for over forty year.s and was eared for in liis oíd age by the Seward family, died in Auburn, X. Y., aged 100 years. Iíear Admihal August Ll-dlow Cask, U. S. N., retired, died In Washington. He was born in 1813 aud placed on the retired list in 1885. FOREIGN. The Tehauntepec railroad across th Mexican isthmus is nearly completad. The road will be nearly '50 miles lonL and will counect the east and west coasts. Thk island of Samothraki in the JEgean sea, in Ureece, was shaken by : an earthquake, and all the buildinjjs on the island were destroyed. Many lives were lost. Heavy rains hare caused high floods in the Transvaal. The Limpope river overflowed its banks and swept away a bridge at Pretoria and many Uvas were lost. A fire in the county lunatic asyluta in Belfast, Ireland, caused a panic among the inmates and twelve were probably fatally injured. Tuk bark Catalina, owned atBremen, was wrecked off the Noli of Galway, Ireland, and the captain and seven of the crew drowned. Dubing a carnival dance at Deutsche Poreg, Hungary, a cry of fire caused a panic and seveuteen persons were burned to death and twelve others were badly burned. lx a hurricane that swept over Madagascar several buildings at Tananarito, the capital, were wrecked and lives were lost. Frank E. Traixor. deputy United States consul general to Mexico, and formerly of Williamsport, Pa., died in the City of Mexico. Advices from China say thatthis has been an unusuallv severe winter there. In Cantón alone 300 beggars died in jail from exposure to the cold. Twextv-sevex persons were killed by the noxious fumes in the Impensada lead mines near Cartagena, Spain. A SKVERE hurricane swept the island of Xofou of the Samoan group, and thousands of trees were leveled to the ground, the old Wesleyan church was swept away and inany houses were de stroyed. It was reportei that flarnes swept away 10,000 houses in Peking, China, and that a great number of lives were lost. LATER. Tuk United States senate on the 18th passed- by a vote of 30 to 16- Senator Sherman's amendment to the sundry civil tnll. It authorizes the secretarj of the treasury, at his discretion, to issue 3 per cent fire year bonds to an amount not exceeding 950,000,000, ia order to recover gold to the treasury. In exeeutive session the nomination of Judge Jackson to the supremo bench was confirmed. In the house the post office appropriation bill was discussed, and tributes of respect to the memory of the late Representativa John G. Warwick, of Ohio, were paid. HTOH O'Donjïell was acquitted at Pittsburgh of the charge of murder during the labor riots at Homestead. lx a rear-end collision on the Pittsburgh. Kort Wayne & Chicago railroad atMonroe, Ind., Engineer Knode, Fireman Graham and Krakeman Blackford were fatally injured. At Toledo, O., Mr. and Mrs. Scheiferstein, an old and wealthy couple, wera suffocated by natural gas. Skvkrai. schooners were driven nshore and other sailing craft disabled during a blizzard on Chesapeake bay and six sailors were drowned. McKr Rnkix, the noted actor, has retired permanently from the stage. The dry house of the tobáceo firm of John Finzer & Bros. in Louisville, Ky., was destroyed by fire, the loss being 8100,000. Thk golden jubilee of Pope Leo XIII. was celebrated in Rome. Two Mormox preachers who had been in Lenris county, Tenn., for some time preaching Mormonism were assassinated by some one unknown. Gkokok E. Si'encer, ex-United States senator from Alabama, died in ington of dropsy. Trains collided near Bath station, Col., and three men were instan tly killed and several others were seriously injured. The legislatures of Oregon and adjourned sine die, the latter without breaking the senatorial deadlock, and the governor will appoint a United States senator who will serve two 3'ears. A skries of eartbquakes in the lowstone national park did j able damage. Prominent iron manufacturera and capitalists in Cleveland have tendered Oov. McKinley a loan of all the inoney he desires to pay his liabilities ffrowingoutof the Walker failure in Younpstown. The total amount for which the governor was üable was said to b 101,000.