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* Cummings, strenuously WORK OF CONGRESS Washington, Feb. 20. — The senate spent most of the day on the postoflice appropriation bill, but failed to com- plete it. After animated discussion of the pneumatic tube system, Mr. Cul- lom's amendment increasing the ap- propriation for this purpose and de- signed to extend the system to Chi- eago, was tabled. The echo of the old star route developments was heard when several senators criticised the method by which a combination of speculators secured the star route con- tracts. A number of bills of minor importance were passed. At 4 o'clock tributes to the memory of the late Representative Simpkins of Massa- chusetts, were pronounced. The House. The house spent two hours upon the naval appropriation bill without making any progress, and devoted the remainder of the session to eulogies upon the life and public services of the late Representative Northway of Ohio. The paragraph in the bill re- lating to the naval academy against which Mr. Mudd of Maryland made a point of order Friday, was stricken out, the point of order being sustained. Mr. Mudd then moved additional ap- propriations of $720,000 for the com- pletion of the buildings at the academy authorized in the last naval bill. Washington, Feb. 21—A separate bill appropriating $20,000,000 for the pay- ment to Spain under the provisions of the treaty of Paris was passed by the house under suspension of the rules, No amendment was in order and an at- tempt to secure unanimous consent to offer an amendment declaratory of our policy not permanently to annex the islands was objected to. Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky, upon whose point of or- der the appropriation went out of the sund bill, made the only speech pen hostility to the measure, but the roll call 34 members — 31 ts, 2 Populists and 1 Silver in 0) upon Deme n — voted;against it. The 19 members were cast for it. the gov- s ss for expenses paid by e states in organizing the volunteers vice in the war with Spain be- aster into the 2 > passed w The bill appropriat- s the rules. ing $300,000 for the Pan-American ex- on to be held at Buffalo, N. Y., posit in 1901 was before the house when ab- sence of a quorum compelled an ad- journment. The Senate. During almost nours yesterday afternoon the postoffice appropriation hill was under discussion in the sen- ate, the time being consumed largely by Mr. Butler of North Carolina and Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota in an amendment providing that the postal commission should present its final re- port to congress by March 1, 1900. Failing, after many trials, to obtain unenimous consent for the insertion of the amendment in the bill, Mr. Butler permitted it to come to a vote. It was defeated—27 to 19. Agreement was reached to vote on the Dill and the amendment at 2 o'clock to-day. At 2 o’clock Mr. Hawley, chairman of the military affairs committee, moved to take up the army reorganiza- tion bill, unanimous consent having been refused to take up the measure without displacing the unfinished busi- -the anti-scalping bill. Mr. Haw- motion prevailed—44 to 26, thus ng the army bill the unfinished It is agreed that this action ally of the anti-scalping bill tor the present session. Washington, Feb. — Formal dis- cussion of the Hull-Hawley army re- org: tion bill was begun in the sen- ate yesterday afternoon. Mr. Hawley and Mr. Warren, Republicans, sup- ported the measure and Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Cockrell, Democrats, opposed it, while Mr. Porter, Republican, ad- dressed the senate in favor of some amendments which he had proposed to the bill. of the Mr. All the speakers are members committee on military affairs. rell’s speech, though brief, ticularly notable, as he spoke definite for the opposition to the ar reorganization bill. He declared pra ly, in so many words, that the Hull-Hawley bill could not become a law at this session. He and those who stood with him were willing to give the president all the money and every man he desired, but they were determined that no great standing army should be fastened upon the country without full and free discussion. The postof- fice appropriation bill was passed, Mr. Butler of North Carolina and Mr. Pet- tigrew of South Dakota having con- cluced their speeches. Soon after the senate convened Mr. Pettigrew presented resolutions of the legislature of South Dakota urging the senators of that state to support the treaty of peace. Commenting upon the resolutions Mr. Pettigrew said that he denied the right of the legislature to instruct him, although he was al- w glad to hear from that body. The House. The house reached the last page of the naval bill yesterday and adjourned with a point of order pending against the provision fixing the price of armor plate at $545 per ton. The provision in the bill went out on a point of order on the ground that it was not limited to the armor to be purchased with the appropriation in the bill whereupon it was modified to meet this objection, and against it the point of order pend- ing an adjournment was _ raised. Much of the time was occupied in de- bating the amendment offered by Mr. Mudd (Rep., Md.) appropriating $720,- 000 to complete the three buildings au- thorized to be erected at the naval academy at Annapolis. The naval committee, with the exception of Mr. opposed pro- ceeding with the work of rehabilitating the naval academy until comprehensive plans had been decided upon, but the house overruled the committee and adopted the amendment. Two impor- tant provisions in the paragraph pro- viding for the constructing of new ships went out on points of order. One provided that no more than two battle- Coc | pany which had not at the time of bidding an adequate plant. bill. During the afternoon Mr. Sew- , ell of New Jersey delivered a speech augurated the session by listening to ° the reading of Washington's farewell address on Washington’s birthday. The address was read at the request of Mr. Bailey of ‘Texas, the Demo- cratic leader. Two hours were de- voted to the naval appropriation bill, but, seemingly, only the threshhold of the debate upon the cost of armor plate has been passed. Mr. Boutelle’s amend- ment fixing the maximum _price of armor plate at $545 per ton, but re- stricting the provision to the appropri- ation made in the present bill, was ruled out of order, whereupon another proposition was offered by Mr. Under- wood of Alabama for the erection of an armor plate plant by the govern- ment. A point of order against the latter proposition was pending when the consideration of the naval Dill was suspended to allow the members of the house to pay tribute to the memory of the late Senator Morrill of Vermont. The Senate. The session of the senate was de- voted to two special orderss, reading Washington’s farewell address, an an- nual custom of the senate on Washing- ton’s birthday, and the pronouncing of eulogies on the late Senator Morrill. Washington, Feb. 24.—The naval ap- propriation bill finally passed the house after four days of acrimonious debate, most of which was spent upon the question of rehabilitating the nayal academy at Annapolis in ac- cordance with the scheme inaugurated by the appropriation of half a million dollars in the last naval bill and the proposition to increase the maximum price to be paid for armor plate to $545 per ton, existing law limiting it to $400. Upon both propositions the naval committee suffered signal de- feats. The amendment to build a great armor plant was ruled out upon a point of order, but after a rancorous debate, in which the price to be paid for armor was cut down from $545, the price which the committee insisted was being paid for the new Krupp armor, to $445, and a proviso was also added precluding the government from paying more than was paid by any other foreign government for similar armor. When the bill was reported to the house Mr. Boutelle attempted to secure a reversal of the verdicts of the committee of the whole on the naval academy and armor plate amend- ments, but in both cases he was de- feated, a motion to recommit the bill, made by him, being voted down—151 to 79. Another victory over the committee was secured by the adoption of a pro- vision to the naval bill creating the rank of admiral of the navy. This was accomplished by Mr. Moody of Massachusetts, who offered a copy of the senate bill creating this rank as an amendment to the naval bill. The amendment was clearly subject to the point of order against it raised by Mr. Boutelle, but the sentiment of the house was so apparently unanimous in favor of the amendment that he withdrew the point of order and it was adopted without a dissenting vote. The naval committee had amended the senate bill so as to also create the rank of vice admiral, but Mr. Mood amendment was the original senate bill without the latter provision. The Senate. During the entire session yesterday until 5 o'clock the senate had under consideration the ri and harbor bill. Good progress was made, eighty-nine pages having been disposed of, with the exception of one amendment. The bill consideration will be resumed to- day. Washington, Feb. — During the general debate upon the army appro- priation bill in the house yesterday Mr. Johnson of Indiana, who made several notable speeches violently at- tacking the policy of the administra- tion during the consideration of the army reorganization bill a fortnight ago, returned to the assault and de- livered against the president and some of Lis advisers tLe most scathing philippic heard in the house for months. He sneered at the president and the influences which he said con- trolled him, impugned his motives, questioned his sincerity and likened him to Dickens’ most contemptible character; charged his secretary of war with incompetency and predicted that the president would in the end be engulfed by adverse public senti- ment, Mr. Landis, one of his Republican colleagues from Indiana, briefly stated to the house that Mr. Johnson’s con- stituents had repudiated him, and the two members had a wordy duel. Later in the day Mr. March of Illinois re- plied to some of Mr. Johnson's stric- tures, but the Republican leaders had evidently decided to ignore the attacks of the Indianan, and no general reply was made to his speech. The army appropriation bill was lost sight of in the general discussion of the policy of the government relative to the Philip- pines, .and several notable speeches were made, particularly that of Mr. Settle of Kentucky. The general de- bate uporm the bill closed and to-day the bill will be taken up for amend- ment under the five-minute rule. The Senate. After a session of nearly eight hours yesterday the senate passed the river and harbor bill by the decisive vote of 50 to 8. The measure was under con- sideration throughout the day, and on several of the committee amendments a determined fight was made, but\in every instance the opposition availed nothing. The sharpest contest arose over the Nicaragua canal bill amend- ment. A point of order was made against it that it was general legisla- tion, but the senate, to which the vice president. submitted the point, overruled it. It was then attacked as not being relevant to a xiver and harbor measure, but this, too, was overruled by the senate. Mr. Petti- grew of South Dakota, Mr. Rawlins of Utah and Mr. Teller of Colorado vig- orously attacked the bill, their oppo- sition being directed especis—ly against ships, two armored and two protected H the canal amendment. The statement eruisers should be built at any one yard, and the other provided that no | was made that the measure would never see the light of day in the house bid for the construction of ships should ; and that the canal would not be built eny firm ce com: { under the proposition inserted: in the be entertained frox — SRS PSPS SOS Eee, | in support of the Hull-Hawley army Washington, Feb. 23.—The house in- ; reorganization bill, in the course of which he declared that the United States was now as much at war in the Philippines as it was with Spain when our army was before Santiago. He expressed the belief that it would re- quire an army of 50,000 men to con- trol the Filipinos, and that we were likely yet to have serious trouble in Cuba. HARD FIGHT WITH FLAMES. Minneapolis Business Concerns Lose Heavily by Fire. Minneapolis, Feb. 26.—The five-story building on Fourth street, near First avenue, owned and occupied by the Tribune Publishing company, that is- sues morning, evening and Sunday editions, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The first alarm was turned in at 10:40, but before engines could reach the spot, though in the very heart of the city,, flames had burst through the roof and were soaring skyward in cones fifty feet high. The fire caught in the job room on the secon@ floor, and must have been burning since 6 p. m., as that room was locked from that hour. Nothing was saved, mailing lists, files, account books, contracts, with all the costly presses and type and linotypes were destroyed, and a large part of the west wall fell outward an hour after the fire first started. Fortunately not a single life was lost, nor man injured. It will be remembered that on the night of Noy. 30, 1889, the Tribune building, corner of Fifth street and First avenue, directly opposite the one destroyed last night, was burned and seven newspaper men were burned to death or killed in leaping from the building. The Times and Journal building, which is two lots west of the Tribune, was in grave danger, being on fire several times, but more by the efforts of employes than through assistance from the de- partment, the Flames Were Extinguished. The Tribune was issued this morn- ing as usual, both the Times and Journal having given their afflicted brethren all the assistance possible. The building immediately adjoining tke Tribune on the west, and occupied by George Benz & Sons as a whole. sale liquor store, was almost totally destroyed and the loss is heavy, as a large stock was carried. The big de- partment store of . Olson, to the south and across the alley, was on fire, but iron shutters saved it. Fol- lowing is as accurate a list of the losses and insurance as can be secured at this hour: Tribune company, $100,000; insur- ance, $80,000. ‘Tribune bookbinding and job department, $8,000; insurance, 100. W. S. Booth & Co., law blanks, 100; partial insurance. George Tbenz & Sons, wholesale liquors, $25,- 000; fully insured. Drew & Co. and Thurston & Gould, job printers, $5,- 000; partial insurance. A. T. Dahl, bookbinder, $3,000; partial insurance. Housekeeper, semi-monthly. $4,000; fully insured. Century Piano company, $1,000; fully insured. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Feb. 25. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 70 3-4@71 1-2c; No, 2 North- 1-2@ >, Corn—No, 3 yellow, ; No. 38, 31@811- Oats— 1-2¢; No. 28 3-4@ and Rye — Sample No. 2 rye, 521-2@ @51 1-2e. s 5—Wheat—Cash, No. 1 72 1-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 70 1-8c; Northern, 675-8c; No. 3 spring, o arrive, No. 1 hard, 73 1-4¢; No. 1 Northern, 71 1-4c; February, No. No. 1 Northern, 70 1-8¢; . 1 hard, 74 5-8c; No, 1 North- 4c; July, No. 1 hard, 1-4¢; i 1-4¢; oats, 28 3-4@ ; tye, 55 3-4c; barley, 40@46c; flax, to ‘arrive, $1.16 1-2. Minneapolis, Feb. 25.—Wheat — Feb- ruary closed at 711-8c; May opened at Tle and closed at 703-4c; July opened at 711-2c and closed at 713-4c. On track—No. 1 hard, 72 1-8¢; No. 1 North- ern, 711-8c; No. 2 Northern, 69 1-8¢. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 25. — Flour is lower. Wheat quiet; No. 1 Northern, 7212@73c; No. 2 Northern, 71@72c. Oats quiet at 29 1-2@30 1-4c. Rye firm; No. 1, 57c. Barley quiet; No. 2, 50c; sample, 37@47c. Chicago, Feb. 25.—Wheat—No. 2 red, 72 1-2@73c; No. 8, 66@71e; No. 2 hard, 66@70c; No. 3, 64@66c; No. 2 Northern spring, 67@70c; No. 65@67c. Corn— No. 2, 843-4@35c; No. 3, 32@321-2c. Oats—No. 2, 27 3-4c; No. 3, 27 1-2c. Chicago, Feb. 25. — Hogs — Light, $3.60@3.80; mixed, $3.65@3.90; heavy, $3.60@3.70; rough, $3.60@8.70. Cattle —Beeves, $3.75@5.85; cows and heifers, $1.75@4.75; Texas steers, $3.25@4.35; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.70. Sheep —Natives, $2.80@4.40; lambs, $4@4.85. Sioux City, lowa, Feb. 25. — Hogs — $3.55@3.65. Cattle—Beeves, $4@5.70; cows, bulls and mixed. $2@3.75; stock- ers and feeders, $3.50@4.60; calves and yearlings, $3.75@4.70. South St. Paul, Feb. 25. — Hogs — $3.60@3.65. Cattle—Cows, $2.25@3.25; steers, $4.40; stockers, $4@4.30; heif- ers, $3.35; calves, $5.50 Both Houses Put in a Busy Day, Holding Two Sessions. Madison, Wis., Feb. 25—Both houses of the legislature held two sessions yesterday. Committees are hard at work on the many bills in hand. In the assembly the bill to make the Evening Wisconsin of Milwaukee the official state paper was passed to a third reading after a sharp debate. ‘The Madison State Journal is now the official organ. The bill to put the state on the same basis as other creditors in case of bank insolvensies was favora- bly reported by the judiciary commit- tee. The joint resolution for a con- stitutional amendment to require the supreme court to pass on the consti- tutionality of bills was reported for in- detinite postponement. Assemblyman True, who introduced a marriage li- cense bill, has drawn up a substitute, which requires that a license be ob- tained five days before marriage. The Baxter bill to allow counties and vil- lages to form joint high school dis- tricts will be favorably reported. The purpose of the bill is to save country pupils the high tuition fee now re- quired on attending high schools. THE LEGISLATURE ' Business Transacted by Minnesota Solons. St. Paul, Feb. 20.—The house Satur- day passed the bill appropriating $19,- 975 for the payment of the beet sugar i bounty over the governor's veto by a ! vote of 8 to .22.: A rather | spirited debate preceded the vote, in © which some of the members severely i criticised the governor’s message. The following bills were introduced: | ‘fo authorize the purchase of ma- chinery to build roads in certain cases. — To reimburse soldiers of the Span- ish-American war while on sick fur- lough. — To amend existing laws re- lating to duties of supervisors. — To } amend existing laws relating to ad- mission of children to public schools. — To enable holders of real and per- sonal property to deduct 25 per cent of their indebtedness from taxable value of property. — To amend exist- ing laws relating to bounty on beet sugar. To amend existing laws re- lating to issuance of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors. — To legal- ize co-operative assgciations and to validate proceedings nade by such as- sociations. — To provide for the in- corporation of bridge companies. The following bills were passed: To authorize cities of 50,000 or more population to transfer funds hereto- fore accumulated for the construction of any city wagon bridge or bridges across any river within the limits of such city to any other fund for the con- struction, maintenarce, improvements or repairing of any bridge or bridges in said city. — To repeal Special Laws of 1889 relating to salary of county treasurer of Wright county. — Me- morial to congress relating to forestry reserve on certain Indian reservations. — To provide for the assessment, tax- ation and collection of taxes of sleeping car companies. The Senate. The senate held a half-day session Saturday and adjourned until 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, Among the bills introduced was one by Senator McGowan to tax sleeping car com-} panies and concerns operating dining ; ears, parlor cars and drawing room cars, telegraph and telephone compa- nies and express companies. ‘The following bills were introduced: Relating to construction of land roads. — Amending laws relating to public schools. — To repeal law re- lating to powers of trust companies. — | Taxation of sleeping cars, dining room | cars, telephone and telegraph com- i panies, ete. — Legalizing village bonds | for erection of armories. — Providing H 1 i for an investigation of Sunday labor. — Amending laws relating to county fairs. — Amending law relating to bar- bering, — Amending laws relating to life insurance. St. Paul, Feb. 21. — Several bills of general interest were introduced in the senate yesterday. One of them pro- vides for the election of aldermen inj all cities of the state on a general | ticket instead of by wards as at pres- ent. Other bills introduced were: To amend the laws relating to rec- ords of foreign courts. — Relating to marital liability for debt. — Givin city council the right to change grade of , streets. — Relating to trials in district courts. —To prevent docking of horses’ tails. — Amending laws relating to safe deposit and trust companies. — Amending mortgage foreclosure laws. — To provide for the condemnation of private rights of way by street railway companies. The senate spent some time in com- mittee of the whole and a number of bills were acted upon. The House. The house made up for the omis- sion of its morning session by working | until 6:30 in the evening, and making ' considerable headway with its general orders. The last hour and a half was a regular field day forthe farmers, the time being devoted to the bill regu- lating the sale of the state prison bind- ing twine. It was amended in four ; spots, none of the amendments being of vital importance, and recommended |} to pass. Several other bills of minor import- ance were acted upon in committee of the whole. The following bills were introduced: To amend the laws relating to the formation of mutual hail insurance companies. To encourage a better con- dition of the schools, and repealing certain laws in relation thereto. —Pro- posing an amendment to article 15 of the constitution limiting the sale of personal property in certain cases. — To amend the law relating to powers of boards of education. — To repeal section 20, subchapter 7, chapter 74, Geperal Laws 1877, relating to the ap- pointment of school examiners for in- dependent school districts. — To regu- late the sale of cut flowers and plants by state institutions. i i St. Paul, Feb. 22.—The senate al terday joined with the house and passed the beet sugar bounty appropri- ation bill over Gov. Lind’s veto by ‘a vote of 46 to 16, Three Democrats vited with the Republicans, namely, John- son of Nicollet, Baldwin of Duluth and McNamee of Ramsey, the Duluth dele- gation voting as a unit in opposition to i the governor. The only absent mem- ber was Senator Reeves of Pope, whe | was sick. Contrary to expectation ; there was no preliminary debate. | The following bills were introduced: | 'To regulate primary elections, pro- | viding for direct primary elections. — ; To- regulate and provide for the eut- | ting of weeds and grass on public | highways or streets in cities of less than 50,000 inhabitants; passed under suspension of the rules. The House. The following bills were passed: Allowing grain upon which there is a lien for threshing to be sold upon giv- ing bond. — Amending the law govern- ing the Childrens’ Home society. — Providing that upon forfeited tax sale | i i i j the amount received after the state tax is paid shall be prorated among the funds for which the original tax was levied. — Amending the statutes rela- tive to admissions to practice law. — Providing for uniform teachers’ cer- tificutes. — Putting viliage lock-ups | under the supervision of the state board of corrections and charities. — Regulating the sate of binding twine manufactured at the state prison. — Fixing the time for holding general terms of the district court for the First judicial district in Godhue county. ' ‘The following bills were introduced: | To regulate bicycle riding. — To au- thorize city councils to fix the territory within which liquor may be sold. — To prevent the mutilation of horses. — For the protection of the public health in the slaughter of cattle, sheep and swine. — To appropriate $4,500 for an artesian well for the state training school and other purposes. — Providing for condemnation of right of way by street railway companies in certain cases. — To appropriate $23,000 for the state training school for each of the years 1900 and 1901. — To appropriate $5,000 for hospital and for other pur- poses at the state training school. St. Paul, Feb. 24.—The senate put itself on record yesterday as being in favor of giving the McGowan eight- hour bill a fare shake, at least, by supporting the report of a majority of the committee on labor, which had transmitted the bill to the senate. Af- ter some debate the bill was placed on general orders. The following bills were passed: To fix the salaries of judges of pro- bate court in counties of not less than 28,000. — Establishing a board of equalization in cities having a popula- tion of less than 4,000, makes the board of aldermen the board of equal- ization. — To provide for a poll tax on dogs and constituting a fund for the liquidation of damages caused by the same and providing for a penalty for violation thereof. — To amend section 18, chapter 145, General Laws 1885, ete., and providing for the election of assessors in incorporated villages. — To encourage a better condition of vil- lage schools, and appropriating $50 for each school. The following bills were introduced: To confer jurisdiction of district court in certain land cases in adjoin- ing counties. — To legalize electric light and water works bonds voted on in cities of 10,000 or less, and issued under chapter 204, Laws of 1893. — To provide for the state inspection and condemnation of live stock to be killed for food. — To encourage the manu- facture of sugar in the state. — To encourage the growing of sugar beets, in the state. — To amend the statutes of 1894 relating to exemption from taxation. — To prevent boycotting, blacklisting; any lawful business or employment. — To amend the laws so that all public roads must be at least four rods wide. — To prevent the abandonment of side and spur tracks, stations, ete., without notifying the railroad and warehouse commission. — To authorize common councils to reduce and rebate assessments for lo- cal improvements in certain cases. The House. Interest in the house proceedings yesterday centered largely about the new bills which were introduced. The most important bill is a substitute for Mr. Pugh’s bill which designs to pay the members of the national guard who assembled at Camp Ramsey last April and May, and were subesequent- ly-enlisted as volunteers, for the time that elapsed between assembly and muster, at the per diem provided by the state military code. The following bills were passed: Yo amend the law regulating the practice of pharmacy. — To amend the law governing the soldiers’ home so as to allow the admission of volun- teer soldiers of the Spanish war. — To allow the consolidation of election dis- tricts in certain cases where the num- ber of voters in two adjoining districts has decreased below 400. The following bills were introduced: To authorize mutual insurance com- panies to organize stock companies. — To appropriate $1,000 for maintain- | ing and improving the grounds owned by the state at Camp Release, Lac qui Parle county. — Conferring jurisdic- tion upon district courts in two coun- ties in actions affecting title to land. — Relating to stopping passenger trains at county seats. — Providing for suits : against the State of Minnesota in ac- | tions affecting the title of real estate. — Providing for refunding the amount which shall be paid by purchasers of property sold pursuant to chapter 290, General Laws of 1897, and by as- signees of the interest of the state acquired by sale pursuant to said law with 7 per cent interest in certain cases. — To authorize the common council or other governing body of municipalities to reduce and rebate assessments for local improvements in counties where the provisions of chapter 290, General Laws 1897, have been made applicable. — To amend the laws relating to assessments and local improvements. St. Paul, Feb. 25. — Senator Miller won a signal victory yesterday by se- curing the passage of hisbill to give more force and effect to the findings of the state railroad and warehouse com- mission. The bill provides that in an appeal to the district court from find- ings of the commission or on an ap- plication of the commission to the courts to enforce its orders the appeal or application must be based on the record made before the commission. This is intended to give force and finality to the findings of the commis- sion and to prevent the retrial of cases in the district court. The following bills were introduced: Amending the law relating to ex- emption from garnishment. — Extend- ing the time of right of appeal in dis- trict court. — Relating to, the protec- tion and propagation of game and fish. — To appropriate $2,000 to preserve the site of Fort Ridgely and the state monument thereon. — To provide for the free education of college students who went to war with the United States against Spain. — To amend the laws relating to practice in municipal | courts. + To amend the laws relating to the insurance of bicycles against theft. The House. The members of the G. A. R. present in the city in attendance on the de- partment encampment stormed the capitol in foree yesterday morning and the legislature surrendered with- out a show of fight. The privilege of the floor of the house was extended to the veterans upon a resolution of-{ ber camps, near Bruno, Minn, fered by Mr. Winston, himself an ex- Confederate soldier. At*11:30 the in- vading host appeared at the bar of the house. The members arose and received them with applause. Com- mander Mortimer and Senior Vice Commander Searles were escorted to the speaker's rostrum by Sergeant-at- Arms Fanning. The members of the house gave up their seats to the vis- itors, and then listened to a number of speakers, all of whom urged the restoration of the annual appropria- tion of $20,000 for the support of the soldiers’ home, which was repealed two years ago. The following bills were passed: To authorize the governor to desig- nate a day to be known as arbor and bird day. — Providing that a mort- gage drawing less than the legal rate of interest shall draw the same rate after foreclosure as before. — Provid- ing for the changing of the boundary line of counties in certain cases. — Making the current tax upen timber and mineral lands a lien upon the timber and mineral. — Amending the election law so as to provide for but one day of registration in townships and villages of less than 2,000 popula- tion. — To prevent persons from jumping on or off moving street cars. — Authorizing officers, directors and stockholders of corporations to ad- minister oaths and take acknowledg- ments of instruments wherein the cor- poration is interested. — To require the marking of process or renovated butter. — Requiring the printed mat- ter of insurance companies to contain the words “Assessment Plan” or “Non- assessment plan” as the case may be. The following bills were introduced: To provide for the erection of a building for the wives of ex-soldiers at the soldiers’ home and appropriating $15,000. — To appropriate $10,000 for a site and monument to the memory of persons massacred by Sioux In- dians in the tewn of Belmont, Jackson coun — To provide for the aid of non-resident paupers. — To amend the law relating to sugar bounty. — To create a system of district poorhouses. — Relating to plats for additions to cities and villages. — To amend sec- tion 1960, Statutes of 1894, relating to county physicians, LAST OF FAURE. Impressive Funeral Services in Hon- or of the Dend President. Paris, Feb. 25.—Bright weather fa- vored the drop of the curtain over the Scene of the drama of President Faure’s life, giving value to the bril- liant spectacular effects. The garri- son of Paris, numbering 60,000 men, was on duty in the long thoroughfares between the Elysee and Notre Dame, and there were between the cathedral and Pierre la Chaire glittering helmets and curiasses and martial air, marking the impetuosity of the French temper- ament. The casket was placed on the funeral car in the presence of all the high civil and military officials, the procession was formed and it emerged from the palace at 10:05 a. m., headed by Gen. Zurlinden, the military gov- ernor of Paris, followed by the bear- ers of the wreaths from the late pres- ident’s household and the legislature. The new president, M. Loubet, showed great pluck in not walking merely from the Elysee to Notre Dame, but to the cemetery, through the most disturbed districts. His friends say that Loubet is a brave homme, or @ good fellow. He was by himself, be- hind the family, betrayed no fear and was in evening dress. The ceremony at the cathedral was most solemn and impressive. Low mass was celebrated. Cardinal Rich- ard was in charge of the ceremonies. The casket was then borne to the portal, accompanied by the clergy, and replaced on the funeral car, after which the procession wended its way to the cemetery of Pere Lachaise. Eulogistic speeches were delivered there by Senor Chaveaix, who pointed to the late Faure’s great part in the conclusion of the Russian alliance and MM. Deschanel and Dupuy, who said that France would cherich the memory of the late president, who was a “son of the people.” The police arrange- ments throughout were admirable and even if ghe dense crowds lining the streets had desired to engage in a hostile demonstration against Presi- dent Loubet, it would have been im- possible to do so. Will He Succeed Alger as Secretary of Wart New York, Feb. 25.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald says: The prospect of Secretary Alger’s re- tirement from the cabinet has been the subject of much favorable comment in all circles here to-day. That Presi- dent McKinley must wash his hands of Algerism before entering the next presidential campaign has been gen- erally conceded for some time by his intimate political advisers, but just how and when the change in the head of the war department will be effected have been the problems. There is still some uncertainty as to the exact date when the change will come. The name of Former Governor Merriam of Min- nesota is the one most prominently mentioned in connection with the suc- cession to Secretary Alger. All I can learn in cabinet circles is that the man the president has in view for the place comes from west of the Missis- sippi. For Debauchery. San Francisco, Feb. 25.—The steam- er City of Peking brings news from Manila that the court martial that tried Lieut. Col. Fife, First Washing- ten regiment, convicted him of neglect of duty and improper conduct and sen- tenced him to one month’s suspension from rank and loss of one month’s pay, $250. He was accused of de- bauchery on the government transport Valencia in Manila harbor on Thanks- giving evening. Agoncillo’s Mission. London, Feb. 25—The Filipino agents in London have received a cablegram from Agoncillo, the agent in America of Aguinaldo, saying the former is coming to Europe in order to endeavor to enlist the sympathies of Huropean governments. Loses His Team. Grantsburg, Wis., Feb. 25.—Charles Peterson lost his team of horses in the St. Croix river, He was driving through from Donovan & Stack’s lum- snsducsnalpencinnnnessremsnefsonenans