Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 13, 1897, Page 6

| | | | TheHerald-Review. | REPLY By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. “Fear and hate are nearer akin tha® first cousins. Good advice cannot create some- thing out of nothing. Close cultivation is better than larger fields in any kind of occupation. Most people who imagine that they meed more leisure really require great- er energy. A man is about at the end of his usefulness when it amuses people te make him swear. Common sense is not in the same class as genius, but it often gets more solid comfort out of life. People who are ashamed of their company, and still cling to it, are worse than their associates, The world is full of people who do not appreciate that they are dead in all respects except physical ones. A New York man went up to Fall River, Mass., last week and bought 38,- 000,000 yards of calico. What a big family of girls he must have. The quickest manner to promote temperance among politicians would be to invent something as cheap and efficacious for making a man tempo- varily forget his misery. George J. Gould, who inherits some of his father’s hard sense, says that from this time henceforward, times will improve, and that they will cul- minate in a period of national prosper- ity. “One must never trample on the Stars and Stripes,” said a boyish en- sign in his best Spanish, as he per- emptorily motioned a clumsy workman to move his foot from the American flag which he was helping to raise in honor of a diplomatic dinner in Vene- zuela last summer. “Especially,” he added to himself, “in a foreign coun- try! The ordinary spring scales used by many butchers and grocers will soon have to go. A bill has already been in- troduced in the New York legislature compelling oil dealers to use dead- weight scaies. The trouble with the spring scales seems to be that they are too quick and cunning for the un- trained eye of the customer. Maybe you know how it is yourself. Grover Cleveland will remove to New Jersey, and there is talk of his becom- ing a democratic candidate for gov- ernor. The governorship of New Jer- sey is a higher office than that of justice of the peace, to which James Monroe was chosen after his eight years in the presidency, and his half a century of service under the govern- ment in one station or another, and Monroe was a great man. One of the latest uses of the Rontgen ray in surgery is almost sensational. It is nothing less than the performance of an operation with no other light than that proceeding from the mysterious ray. A child had swallowed a coin. The fluoroscope made the coin visible and enabled the physicians to grasp and withdraw it from the esophagus with instruments. Every movement cf the instruments within the throat of the patient was clearly visible to the observer. The United States and Germany are the only leading countries that have no postal savings-banks, and the fact prompts a contributor to inquire whether such institutions would not be useful in small towns and villages where private savings banks do not exist. Undoubtedly they would be; yet a stronger argument for the system was put forward by Ex-Postmaster- General Wanamaker, when he suggest- ed that self-interest would make every depositor a firm defender of the credit and stability of the government. A very serious question in penology is again brought to notice by the opera- tion of the new law regarding con- vict labor in the New York state pris- ons. The immediate effect of the law is to condemn the prisoners to what is little better than solitary confinement, and the prison authorities are endeay- oring to find some employment for the convicts that will mitigate this terrible augmentation of penalty and not con- flict with the law. Meanwhile many of the prisoners are in despair. One thas attempted suicide, and it is feared that others will be driven insane. If it should be found that suicide and mad- mess are natural results of the new order of things there might be grounds for ((leclaring the law unconstitutional 4n that it provides for punishment that fs clearly “cruel and unusual.” Citizens of Ellinwood, Kas., claim to fhave seen an immense airship the other night. Ome man who viewed the ma- chine says it was moving southward and at a speed of about forty miles an hour. It appeared to be about 50 feet long by 20 wide, and had two immense wings, or propellors, on each side. Some sort of a contrivance was at- tached to the rear of the ship, pre- sumably for steering. The ship was one blaze of light from stem to stern, and remained in sight about ten min- utes. And there wasn’t a “wet” spot in E\linwood on this eccasion. OF GREECE OFFERS TO WITHDRAW THE FLEET FROM CRETAN WATERS, The Reply Is Conciliatory in Tone— Peints Oat the Impossibility of Removing Troops From the Isl- and Owing to the Danger of Fur- ther Massacres — Greek Troops Should Be Permitted to Assist in Pacifying the Island, Athens, March 9. — The reply of Greece is conciliatory in tone, fully recognizing the important objects the powers have in view and offering to withdraw her fleet from Cretan waters. Greece, however, points to the fact that it is impossible for her to with- draw her troops from that island in view of the danger of further massa- eres. On the other hand, Greece of- fers to place her troops in ‘Crete under the control of the powers in order that they may be available for the restora- tion of order. Referring to the state- ments made to the effect that the Cretans prefer autonomy to annexa- tion to Greece, the government of Greece suggests that the Cretans be al- lowed to choose their own government. Greece, the reply ‘adds, is convinced that autonomy will not pacify Crete and that another chapter in the hor- rors of Mussulman fanaticism will be added to the six periods of anarchy which have already decimated the ‘island. Continuing, the reply says it is impossible, in view of the past, to :ad- vise the Cretans ‘to lay down their arms, holding that this advice would not be obeyed, even if tendered. The Greek reply also says that since the foreign ships preserve order in Cretan waters and prevent the landing of Turkish troops the presence of the Greek ships is unnecessary; but, it is explained, the Greek army cannot leave the Christians to the risk of Mussulman fanaticism and the Turk- ish troops. The Greek government holds that order in Crete would be im- mediately restored if the powers would have confidence im ithe Greek troops and permit them to join in the work of pacifying the island. It is understood that the foreign ad- mirals have recommended the occupa- tion of the Cretan ports by one battal- ion of infantry from each of the pow- ers. Canea, March 9. — The foreign ad- mirals have notified the Greek vice consul that he must leave Crete. They also wired to their respective govern- ments for the immediate dispatch of 500 men to maintain order in the large towns. It is reported that the siege of ‘Candamo has been raised and that the Mussulmans have gane to Palikosa, where they are saf New York, March ‘9. — A special to the Herald from Constantinople says: ding to a telegraphic communiea- tion received here from Crete, a rumcr is circulating there that the German ivonclad Kaiserin Augusta, after hav- jug fired a blank shot asa signal to the Greek ironclod Hydra to discontinue her course, received a full broadside from the Hydra. Athens, March 9—It is stated in of- ficial circles that the reply of Greece to the identical notes of the powers demands the annexation to Crete to the Kingdom on the broad grounds of historic rights and of a community of religion and race, but offers to with- draw the Greek fleet on condition that the powers intrust to the Greek army in the island the task of pacifieation. MRS. BEECHER DEAD. Wife of the Great Preacher Passes Away. Stamford, Conn., March 9, — Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher died here yes- terday. It was the tenth anniversary of the death of her famous husband. She was eighty-five years of age. Mrs. Reecher has been sinking steadily sinee Saturday noon, and during the twenty-four hours preceding her de- mise, had been unconscicus. At the deathbed were gathered the family of Rev. Samuel Scoville, including the clergyman, his wife, who is the daugh- ter of Mrs. Beecher, and Mrs. Sco- ville’s two children, a daughter and son, and Mrs. Bullard of Massachu- setts, a niece of Mrs. Beecher. FILIBUSTERS OFF. An Expedition Succeeds in Getting Away From Barnegat. Perth Amboy, N J., March 9.—That a large Cuban expedition has succeed- ed in getting away from Barnegat, is now settled. Capt. Johnny O’Brien, it is said. is in charge of the expedition. He was seen in South Amboy where the steamer South Portland put in her coal and provisions. Ex-Senator Delph May Die. Portland, Ore., March 9—Ex-United States Senator Dolph had his left leg amputated just above the knee and lies in a very critica! condition. It is feared he will not survive. A few days ago a sore appeared on Mr. Dolph’s leg and it soon became troub- lesome and the physicians decided it was a case of aric acid poisoning, and that the only hope for his recovery was through amputation. Mails Delayed by Washouts, Columbus, Ind., March 9. — Last night a newspaper from Indianapolis reached here via Cambridge City, the first for two days, owing to numerous washouts. The Pennsylvania company has restored the trains between here and Indianapolis, but the trains be- tween here and Louisville are still an- nulled. The damage to public property is great. Hotel Burned at Brookings, Brookings, S. D., March 9. — Fire broke out in the west wing of the Leon hotel, until recently known as the Jordan house. Damage to the amout of about $1,300 was done before the fire could be controlled. License Will Easily Carry. Fairmont Minn., March 9. — But lit- tle interest is manifested in the com- ing village election. The present coun- ilmen will stand for re-election and ered pro-license support. License will carry by the usual large majority. SPENT OVER A BILLION. Appropriations of the Fifty-Fourth Congress. Washington, March 9. — Representa- tive Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the appropriations committee of the house, and Mr. Sayers of Texas, who is at the head of the minority of that committee, have prepared their re- views of the appropriations for the congress just ended, and they will be printed in the congressional record, to- morrow morning. Mr. Cannon's state- ment is of more than usual signiti- cance on account of the recommenda- tions and suggestions he makes as to methods for keeping down appropria- tions in future. Mr. Cannon makes the total appropriations submitted to the president for his approval at the last session, including the general de- ficiency which failed in conference, $518,103,458, or $25,383,276 less than the estimates submitted to congress ‘by the executive. The appropriation for the session was $515,845,194, mak- jing a total for the congress of $1,043,- 437,008, which, he says, is $49,797,812 more than the appropriations for the preceding congress. The increase, he points out, include, for fortifications, $12,563,467; for river and harbor works (including contracts), $2,476,506; for public buildings, none of which were authorized by the Fifty-fourth con- gress, $2,343,394; for the postal ser- vice, $11,454,305; for the naval estab- lishment, $8,947,523, and on account of permanent appropriations, mainly to meet interest and sinking fund charges for the bonds issued by the Cleveland administration, $24,983,744. . A SHOOTING AFFRAY, ‘One Woman Killed and Two Persons Mortally Wounded. Kaukaukana, Wis., March 9. — As the result of a shooting affray here one woman lies dead and two other persons probably mortally wounded. A worthless character named Peter Ross did the shooting. Mrs. Peter Ross was instantly killed and the wounded are Fred Schaubel, Appleton, shot through the abdomen, and Kittie Puprei, shot in the breast, probably fatal. The victims had driven through Kaukaukana from Appleton during the afternoon, going to a questionable re- sort. Ross secured a rig and followed. Upon arrival at the house Ross drew a revolver and fired at his wife, killing her. He then shot the other woman in the breast. Schaubel then inter- fered and was shot in the abdomen. toss surrendered to the authorities. CANADA'S PAPAL ABLEGATE. Mer. Merry del Val Will Represent the Pope. Montreal, March 9. — The London Times’ statement that an apostolic delegate was being sent to Canada by Rome in the person of Mgr. Rafaele Merry del Val is confirmed by a p vate telegram received here to-day. Mgr. Merry Del Val, who will be the first direct representative of the Vati can in Canada, is about thirty-five years of age. He is the eldest son of Don Del Val, once Spanish ambassador at the Vatican, and is one of the four prelates who are constantly in attend- ance on the pope. GEN. MILES’ ORDERS. ‘No Visitors to Be Allowed at Lake or Sea Coast Defenses. Washington, March 9. — Gen. Miles, commanding the my, has issued a general order, prohi ng in the strict- est terms the admission of any per- son except officers of the army and navy or government employes to any lake or seacoast defenses without a permit from the commandant of the place. Moreover, such permits are to ‘be given only for true military pur- poses and under no conditions are written or pictorial descriptions of such defenses to be made without au- thority from the secretary of war. ARIZONA OUTDONE. Idaho Editor Driven Out of Town for an Insult. Wallace, Idaho, March 9. — C. R. Burrus, editor of the Wardner Citizen, was driven out of Wardner by 125 citizens for publishing an article which it was claimed reflected on the lady principal of the public schools. Killed on a Railroad Bridge. Terre Haute, Ind., March 9. — Four children and their nurse walked out on the Big Four railroad trestle to look at the wreck caused by the recent rains. The fast Knickerbocker pas- senger train from St. Louis to New York, dashed around the curve and knocked two of the children off into the water, instantly killing them. The svoman saved the ather two children. Texas Live Stock Men, San Antonio, Tex., March 9. -- The annual convention of the Texas Live Stock association met here. Fully 3,000 stockmen and commission men were in attendance. <A resolution giv- ing the Chicago stock yards thirty days in which to abolish the $2 per car ter- minal charges under a threat to pat- ronize other markets. was adopted. Armor for Battleships. Washington, March 9. — The navy department in a day or two will issue advertisements calling for over 3,000 tons of Harveyized steel armor for the three battleships now building. The law fixes the maximum price to be paid at $300 per ton, and the officials of the department are not sanguine of returns from their advertisements. She Wanted to Die. Reading, Pa., March 9. — Isabella Fulton, a Chicago school teacher who came to this city a few days ago to visit her sister, committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a train. An engine and four cars passed over the woman’s body before the train could be stopped. She was frightfully mangled. It Grows Tedious. Winnipeg, March 9. —- The railways had just raised the blockade, but damp snow is now falling heavily, with a wind, and railway men fear another blockade. as the roads are banked with snow for miles on the level prairie. Two Years for Hart. Philadetphia, March 9, -- Capt. J. D, Hart, owner of the filibuster Laurada, was sentenced in the United States district court to two years Imprison- ment, to pay a fine of $500 and costs of the prosecution, THE LEGISLATURE: The Grind of the Minnesota Law Mill. St. Paul, March 4.—The Johns anti- trust law came up for final action ‘in the house, and, after a couple of hours’ debate, the amendment exempting the organization of labor to maintain or raise wages was stricken out, together with the exemption of agricultural products and live stock in the hands of the producer, which had been copied from the Georgia law. ‘The bill was then passed by a vote of 85 to 16. The bill establishing civil service in the grain inspection force was defeated a a long debate by a vote of 41 to The following bills were passed: Legalizing certain mortgage fore- closures; relating to liens on logs and other forest products; relating to auc- tioneers; relating to noxious weeds; al- lowing cities to contract for electric power to operate their water works; to legalize. acts of county commissioners relative to the construction of sheriffs’ residences; providing for a lien on the logs cut in other states and transported into this state. The following bills were introduced: To abolish the offices of coroner and deputy coroner, and to authorize the appointment of medical examiners to discharge the duties now performed by coroners; relating to state lands; re- quiring corporaticns and individuals to pay interest on money deposited with them by employes to guarantee faith- ful performance of duty; to establish boards of county visitors for the in- spection of charitable and public insti- tutions in each county; relating to place of trial of civil actions; to estab- lish county asylums for the insane and feeble minded; relating to publication of legal notices; relating to issue of bonds by cities; relating to special as- sessments. In the Senate. Senator Cronkhite presented in the senate and secured the adoption of a resolution directing the state railroad and warehouse commission to investi- gate and report on what, if any, amendment or revision of the railroad laws can be made in the best inter- ests of the state. The report is to be called for by the governor, and is to be made to the legislature within a week. With the exception of the Cronkhite resolution the session of the senate was contined to dry routine and was dull and uninteresting. The following bills were passed: Relating to weights and measures; providing for return of property to de- fendant upon giving bond in replevin actions in justice court; to provide for the loaning of the permanent school and university funds of the state to any county district, city, town or vil- lage of the state; to provide for the investment of the permanent school fund and permanent university fund of this state; to repeal a special law di- viding liquor licenses between counties and towns. The following bills were introduced: To exterminate Russian thistles; re- lating to incorporation of villages; to provide for regulation of insurance companies; to appropriate money for state park at Itasca; to prevent cor- porations from giving money to any po- litical party; to amend laws relating to protection of forests from fire; to prohibit the holding of two lucrative town or county offices by one person; to regulate district court clerks. St. Paul, March 5. — The house and scnate met in joint session and by a unanimous rising vote passed the fol- lowing resolution offered by Senator Sperry: “Resolved, That the senate and house of representatives of the State of Minnesota, in joint convention as- sembled, congratulates the Hon. Will- iam McKinley on his inauguration as president of the United States, and ex- presses the wish that his administra- tion may be the most American and the most successful of all the many il- lustrious administrations in the history of this country; that it may mark the dawn of a broader Americanism, a greater prosperity and a higher civiliza- tion. “Resolved, That congratulations be also extended to his honored and estim- able wife,#and we wish them all god- speed at the White House. “Resolved, That a copy of these res- olutions be transmitted by telegraph to President McKinley.” In the senate. The people of Hastings are vindi- cated; the state commission to locate the fourth hospital for the insane stands convicted of error in judgment, at least. By a decisive vote of 29 to 23 the state senate last evening adopted the majority report of the legislative committee, appointed to locate the fohrth insane asylsm, with the excep- tion of the last clarse in the report, which provides for the purchase of the site at Hastings. This latter clause is immaterial, however, as the report pro- vides for the introduction of a Dill in which this point may be covered. The latter clause was laid on the table and it may be taken up at any time if it is deemed necessary to do so. Senator Wyman introduced and had passed, under suspension of the rules, a bill to repeal the tonnage tax on iron ore. The following bills were intro- duced: To provide for organization of coun- ty graded schools; to provide for ton- nage tax on minerals; relating to prop- erty exempt from execution; to pro- hibit companies from compelling em- ployes to sign insurance contracts; re- lating to taxes on mine property. In the House. In committee of the whole the follow- ing bills were favorably acted upon: Providing for liens on logs and lum- ber for subcontractors; to legalize cer- tain defective instruments; authorizing the incorporation of companies to ope- rate creameries; to legalize certain cor- porations; relating to school district taxes; to legalize certain foreclosures. The following bills were introduced: To provide for the incorporation and regulation of flexible premium co-ope- ration of life and casualty insurance companies; to prevent more than one agricultural society in the same county from receiving a share of the state ap- propriation; proposing an amendment to the constitution requiring the su- preme court to pass upon the question of the constitutionality of measures pending before the legislature when re- quested to do so; relating to boards of contractors for public work; to define and regulate employment agencies; to protect workingmen in their just tights; to repeal the laws which allow debts to be deducted from credits for purposes of taxation; defining the boundaries of counties bordering upon surveyed meandered lakes and rivers; requiring agents of foreign corpora- tions to file certificates of authority; to provide for the appointment by foreign corporations of agents in this state to accept service of summons or process. St. Paul, March 7. — After almost eight hours’ debate, broken into three sections by two recesses, the house sct- tled the Hastings-Anoka controversy over the location of the fourth hospi- tal for the insane in favor of the form- er city by a very substantial majority. Three roll calls were had with slightly varying results. On the question of revoking the location at Anoka the vote was 67 to 41. On the question of sending the hospital to Hastings the vote was 65 to 43. On the question of passing the bill accepting the Hastings site and appropriating $15,000 to pay for it the vote was 67 to 39. The debate was decidedly might have been conden: into one- third of the time it took if the advo- cates of the two views presented had only stipulated upon their facts and then dropped them out of the debate. But almost without exception the mem- bers who felt moved by the spirit to say something had to review more or less in extense the facts about which there was absolutely no controversy, and in the reiteration of these facts a very large proportion of the time was consumedy In the Senate. The senate reversed itself yesterday and had placed on the calendar by a vote of 24 to 22 a bill that it refused to recommend for passage on Tuesday by a vote of 18 to 16. The measure is by Mr. Knatvold, to amend the laws so as to raise the retail liquer license from $500 to $1,000 in all cities of Min- nesota containing less than 10,000 in- habitants. The following bills were passed: To confer upon all cities and villages in the State of Minnesota the power to adopt ordinances for the regulation and licensing of itinerant venders and transient ‘dealers in merchandise; au- thorizing and empowering deputy au- ditors to administer oaths; granting re- wards for killing wolves; to provide for the sanitary regulation of bakeries and other establishments for the man- ufacture of bread and other food prod- ucts; relating to actions by executors, administrators and heirs; authorizing organized towns to regulate or prohib- it riotous, obscene or disorderly con- duct, ete.; relating to the fixing cf rates for common carriers. The following bills were introduced: To provide for change of venue from justice to municipal courts; to prescribe the rules of evidence in certain cases; authorizing sities to tax corporation to amend lows relating to education; to amend laws relating to delinquent taxes; to allow change of venue in cer- tain cases; to provide for investigation and regulation of casualty insurance companies; to amend the laws relating to the spread of infectious disease among domestic anima to regulate the organization of corporations; io au- thorize foreign corporations to appoint resident agents. St. Paul, March 9. — At the opening of the session of the senate Chief Clerk Dowling, of the house of representa- tives, reported the passage in the house of the bill to locate at Hastings the fourth hospital for the insane. On motion of Senator Sheehan the bill was referred to the senate committee on finance, of which Senator Wyman of Hennepin is chairman. Senator Dunn caused a long debate near the close of the session by moving a reconsidera- tion of the vote by which the Ander- son bill to tax peddlers, was recom- mended to pa: The motion was finally lost by a ing vote. A large grist of bills were acted upon in committee of the whole. The follow- ing bills were introduced: To provide for a state commissioner of immigration; providing for the elec- tion of justices of the peace in towns; to appropriate $5,000 for Jane Ward to compensate her for the death of her son, Ignatius Ward, whose death was caused by an injury last summer while in camp as a member of the national guard; to amend the laws regarding legal publications; to require sheriffs to serve probate court processes; relating to the organization of insurance com- panies; to establish a teachers’ pension fund in public schools. In the House. The house spent a considerable por- tion of the day in committee of the whole. Mr. Feig presided both in the forenoon and after the recess. In spite of the very light attendance a number of bills were acted upon. The following bills were introduced: Requiring process of probate courts to be executed by sheriffs; to amend laws relating to township insurance companies; to authorize cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants to cancel as- sessments in certain cases; to give liens on stray logs and fioatables picked up within other states; relating to filing in the office of the register of deeds notice of pendency of actions af- fecting the title of real estate. tedious. It THE SENATE COMMITTEES. A Problem of Great Interest to the Political Parties. Washington, March 10.—All parties in the senate devoted considerable time to the solution of the problem in- volved in the filling of the senate com- mittees. The Republican committee on the situation, appointed as the result of Saturday’s caucus, and the Demo- cratic steering committee, both held meetings during the day. The Demo- crats decided upon nothing except to call a caucus for to-morrow afternoon. The silver men and_ Populists were also in conference. -No definite result was reached by either organization, and none is probable on the part of the other parties until after the Demo- erats decide upon a line of action. Tammany Will Fight. New_York, March 10. — The Tam- many Hall general committee met and indicated the lines on which Tam- many will wage its battle for control of Greater New York by adopting reso- lutions arraigning the police depart- ment in the bitterest terms for official malfeasance. An American Honored. Paris, March 10.—Marie Van Zandt, the American opera singer, has been nominated by the government as an officer in the French actdemy. WORK OF CONGRESS. Condensed Proceedings of the No tional Law Mill. 3 ¥ Washington, March 4. — Ye os was practicatiy the last working day of the senate, and there was the usual hurry to carry various measures to their final legislative stage. Reports were received from time to time on the pending conference on appropriation pills, seven of them still being ‘in the balance. The postoffice and fortifica- tion bills were cleared up early in the day, but five remained uncom- pleted at 6 o’clock. A number of minor pills were passed during the day. Late in the day Mr. Chandler made an in- effectual effort to refer to the commit- tee the credentials of Henry Heitfeld, ‘his the new senator, from Idaho. T foreshadowed a contest, and had the credentials been referred some ‘Mord tion might have arisen as to Mr. feld's being sworn in. The renee legislators of the house, after snatching a few hours’ sleep af- ter the recess at 1 o'clock in the morn- ing, met again at 10 o'clock and con- tinued the work of closing up the busi- ness of the session. The crowds packed the galleries until the occupants were hardly able to breathe. The dreary grind of routine business was almost unintelligible to them, but they held their places tenzciously for hours. The hall was filled with the indescrib- able hum of their conversation which made a dull background for the high- pitched voice of the reading clerk. Oc- casionally the monotony was relieved by a sharp skirmish, but the chairmen of the committees in charge of the ap- propriation bills held their own, and step by step advanced their pills to the final stages. Chairman Cannon fought like a trojan during the day. By a tremendous majority the house voted —193 to 37—to override the president's veto of the immigration bill. Washington, March 7. — ‘ine senate was in session only about two hours and the greater part of the time was spent in executive session in confirm- ing President McKinley’s cabinet ap- pointments. While in legislative ses- sion the credentials of Mr. Hanna as senator from Ohio to-succeed Mr. Cher- man were presented by Mr. Foraker and he was sworn in by Mr. Hobart. Mr. Davis was also designated act- ing chairman of the committee on for- eign relations to succeed Mr. Sherman. Beyond the usual notification to the president nothing further was done. The cabinet appointments were all confirmed practically without opposi- tion. There was for a time a threat of opposition to Mr. Gage as secretary of the treasury because of his financial views and because he is a banker, but there was more of this among the sen- ators in the cloak rooms than in the senate. The senate went into executive ses- sion promptly upon the receipt of the nominations and as soon as the an- nouncement was made of the appoint- ment of Senator Sherman, whose name headed the list, he was con- firmed. It is the practice to refer all nominations to committee, but it was the desire of Mr. Sherman's friends to signalize their regard for him by im- mediate action. There was more form than reality in the reference of other nominations to committee. Not one of the committees held a formal meetin: they being polled on the floor of t senate in every instance. No objectio! Was made in committee to confirma- tion. While the polling was being made the appointment of Mr. Bliss as secretary of the interior occupied at- tention from Senators Teller and Stewart. who stated that while they had no intention to make any effort to balk the president in his selection of his cabinet, they still felt constrained to point out the inadvisability of se- lecting a man who was not a lawyer for a position which requires the exer- cise of so much legal ability. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts paid a high tribute to Mr. Bliss, pointing out that many of the questions decided by the secretary of the interior were prepared by law clerks. Senators Lodge and Chandler followed in much the same strain, calling attention to the fact that Zachariah Chandler had made an ac- ceptable secretary of this department notwithstanding the fact that he was not a member of the bar. The reference to Mr. Gage was main- ly on account of what was termed his gold standard views, and it was esti- mated that as secretary of the treasury he would maintain the gold standard notwithstanding the promises of the administration to promote bimetallism. When the list had been confirmed in the order of appointment the senate ad- journed until Monday. Washington, March 9. — Most of the new senators were on the floor when Vice President Hobart called the sen- ate to order at noon. The other sen- ators were not so prompt in makin; their appearance. The galleries, save that reserved for the diplomatic corps, were thronged with curious visitors. As soon as the blind chaplain had de- livered his invocation Mr. Pruden, the president's executive clerk, appeared with the nomination of a pension agent at Detroit. Some routine business was trans- acted before the senate went into ex- ecutive session. Mr. Elkins of West Virginia presented a long memorial from the legislative assembly of New Mexico praying for certain mining legislation, and Mr. Carter of Mon- tana a series of memorials from the legislature of his state in favor of the passage of the postal savings bill, and in favor of a constitutional amend- ment providing for the election of United States senators by the people and also in favor of the government management of the Union Pacifi¢ rail- way. -The last communication,#f ex- Secretary Lamont, dated March 5, transmitting certain papers called for by a resolution of inquiry was laid be- fore the senate. At 12:12, on motio: of Mr. Burrows of Michigan, the se#- ate went into executive session. The balance of the session was’ devoted to executive business, and at 1:05 the sen- ate adjourned until Wednesday. Sympathy of Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo., March 10.—Sena- tor Seabor introduced a resolution in the senate expressing sympathy with the Cretans and applauding King George in his opposition to the powers in his efforts to preserve Grecian lib- erty. + aa