Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 9, 1901, Page 3

~*~ ' CONGRESS RESUME OF THE WEEK'S PROCEEDINGS. ay So 2 eee . dm the House. Washington, Feb. 27. — The house ‘was the scene of a sensational incident late yesterday afternoon which threw that body into a violent’state of ex- citement. For an hour the storm raged, ending abruptly when an ad- journment was taken upon motion of Mr. Payne, the floor leader of the ma- jority. Mr. Lentz, an Ohio Democrat, irred the Democrats to a fever pitch by rising to a question of privilege and alleging that a speech he had turned over to the public printer under gen- eral leave to print had been withheld from the Record, and had been turned aver to Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio by the | speaker. The nature of the speech was not developed during the events that followed, but is was learned it was an attack upon Senator Hanna and the methods by which he was elected to the senate. The speaker explained that it had been represented to him that the speech violated the privileges of the house and he had directed that it should be withheld until he could look it over. Pressure of business had prevented him from doing so, however, and only twenty minutes before, he said, he had directed that the speech go into the Record, believirg that it it contained anything offensive it could bé stricken out of the Record by the house later. Intense excite- ment followed. Several points of or- der were made by Republicans, ‘but the speaker declined to side-track the matter in that way, holding, however, that to proceed a proposition of some kind must be before the house. There- upon Mr. Richardson, the Democratic leader, offered a resolution declaring that the speaker had no right to with- hold. speeches, and by a strict party vote the house decided not to consider it. Amid still greater excitement and confusion Mr. Richardson offered an- other resolution condemning the speaker's action in severe terms, ana directing that the speech be “delivered forthwith” to the public printer. Again by a strict party vote the house refused to consider it. At this point further proceedings were cut off by adjournment. Earlier in the day a partial confer- ence report on the Indian appropria- tion bill was agreed to and the bill was sent back to conference. In the Senate. An important amendment to the Philippine amendment to the army ap- propriation bill was agreed to in, the senate yesterday. It was an amplifi- cation of the amendment previously offered by Mr. Hoar, laying restric- tions upon the sale of public lands and the granting of franchises and concessions in the Philippines. It was accepted by the committee in charge of the measure and is nov part of the committee amendment. Mr. Morgan of ris spe pied the fl during the of the He concluded h just before the afternoon recess s having ussed comprehensively both the Cuban and Philiy ments. ed to tee to wit both maintaining con ing upon da with ed without Dur’ tained severe for se have te Allen ob- n and mpson of on the ional. ng mee report upon the Columbia appropriation \ agreed to, as wa a parti of the cc poste propriation bill. In the Senate Washington, Feb. 28. passed'the army appropriation bill 1 o'clock containing the proposi- tions of the majority for a temporary government of the Philippines and for the future relations between the Unit- ed States and Cuba. Many amend- ments were offered to both proposi- tions but were voted down. The orig- inal Spooner amendment was amend- ed regarding franchises as proposed by Mr. Hoar, the latter profosition having been accepted by the majority ‘Tuesday. Not since the enactment of the res- olutions declaring a state of war to exist between the United States and Spain has there been such an ava- lanche of passionate oratory as the senate listened to yesterday. ‘Throughout the session the army ap- propriation bill was under discussion, the controverted question being the Spooner Philippine amendment and the Platt Cuban amendment. Curious- ly enough the debate was confined entirely to the Democratic side of the chamber with one exception. Both amendments were denounced vicious and pernicious legislation, sub- versive of the constitution of the United States and unparalleled in the history of legislative enactments. The most noted speech of the day was de- livered by Mr. Bacon of Georgia. Sen- ators Turner of Washington, Tillman of South Carolina, Pettigrew of South Dakota, Hoar of Massachusetts, Teller of Colorado, Mallory of Florida, Lind- say of Kentucky, Culberson of Texas, Jones of Arkansas, Simon of Missis- sippi, Allen of Nebraska and others addressed the senate, all of whom de- mounced the proposed legislation. In the House. The house had a busy day of rou- tine, agreeing to the conference re- ports on the fortification, District of Columbia and the military academy bills, the last named conjaining the anti-hazing legislation. The naval ap- propriation bill was sent back to con- ference after the defeat of a motion to concur in the senate’s provision for three more sub-marine torpedo ‘oats. The Louisiana purchase expo- sition bill, which has been in a precar- ious preliminary state, was finally sent to conference for an adjustment of differences. Several bills for statues avere disposed of by preliminary ma- meuvers. The revenue cutter bill also received a reverse, the house adjourn- ing when an effort was made to take 4t up. The senate at | » amend- | sed to | | propriation | to 134. | bill v Washington, March 1.—The serenity in yesterday’s session of the senate was in sharp contrast with the tempestu- ous nature of Wednesday's session. A number of bills were passed. The river and harbor appropriation bill carrying appropriations of more than $50,000,000 was passed without a word of discus- sion, and the senate,adopted the con- ference report on the war revenue reduction measure without disturbing in the least the millpond smoothness of the proceedings. Final conference re- ports were made and agreed to on the diplomatic and consular and agricul- tural appropriation bills and another conference on the postoffice bill was ordered. eral other measures were agreed to and several bills of a minor character were passed. The last hour and a half of the session was devoted to the consideration of the sundry civil ap- propriation bill. In the House. The house cleared the decks yester- day of a number of important confer- ence reports without much difficulty. The conference report on the war rev- enue reduction bill proved generally acceptable to both sides and was adopted without division. Mr. Richard- son, the minority leader, acquiesced in it as the best thing that could be done, although he stated that the minority still believed the war taxes should be reduced $70,000,000. Final reports on the diplomatic and consular and agri- cultural appropriation bills were ac- cepted. The major part of the day was devoted to the bill to promote the efficiency of the revenué cutter ser- vice. Although the bill was a house measure, its friends were very per- sistent, and in the face of many dif- ficulties hung on to it with bull dog tenacity and finally forced the bill into such a parliamentary situation that it will be voted upon after five minutes debate this morning. Washington, March 2. -- The house removed all possibility of an extra session yesterday by concurring in the senate amendments to the army ap- bill, The vote stood 159 It was a strict party vote with the exception of Mr. McCall of Massa- chusetts, Mr. Loud of California, Mr. Driscoll of New York, Mr. Mann of Illinois, who voted with the Demo- erats. Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin an- swered present and was not paired. | The bill now goes to the president. The house was brought to a vote by a special order prepared by the com- mittee on rules which permitted an hour's debate on a side. The Demo- erats attempted to filibuster but they were overwhelmed. The debate was not especially noteworthy. The Philippine and Cuban amendments were defended by the Republicans and assailed by the Democrats. The only exciting incident occurred at the close of the debate when Mr. Hull of Iowa, whose name had been connected with a lumber development company in the Phillip , frankly acknowledged that he had invested money in it. said it was a legitimate enterprise which, was not looking for government favors. The ‘inal conference report upon the Indian appropriation bill was adopted and a number of minor bills were put through he final stages. The conference report on. the St. Louis expesition bill, which agreed to Sunday closing, was agreed to and the ack to conference. A the Charleston position amendment was defeated-- 84 to 132. The reve: tter service side-tracked early in the day by a vole of the house. Ta the Senate. th part of a the to concur in ec During long, i'n me § ion of te was two hours of lution to dis- committee on interstate from consideration of the ragway companies to nyestigations of all ac- cidents involving loss of life on their lines and to report to the interstate commerce commission. No action was taken. The old question as to the reclamation of public lands in the arid and semi-arid sections of the country were brought up, but the effort to at- tach an amendment to the measure appropriating money for the wark was defeated. In the Senate. Washington, March 4—The first Sun- day session of the Fifty-sixth congress was held by the senate yesterday. It will not appear in the congressional record as a session of Sunday, as the senate was working under the legisla- ve day of Saturday and will con- tinue so to work until the session shall be declared adjourned finally at noon to-day. Yesterdaf’s session began at 3 o'clor the senate haying been in re- cess since 10:30 Saturday night. The galleries were packed with people her to attend the inauguration ceremonii and by reason of important business there was a large attendance of sena- tors. After a spirited fight both in conference and on the floor of the sen- ate, the final conference report on the naval appropriation bill was agreed to, the senate receeding from the one con- tested amendment authorizing the con- tested amendment authorizing the construction of three additional Hol- land submarine torpedo boats. Acon- ference report on the general de- ficiency bill was agreed to without comment. During the ‘afternoon and evening the senate passed a large number of bills, among them being that to pro- mote the safety of railway employes. Saturday Senator Chandler, openc!’ | of | up his fight against Senator Clari Montana. He made a long speech in denunciation of the methods by which he alleged the Montana senator had secured his election and asked for an investigation. in the House. The house, which is still in the legis- lative day of Friday, was in session from 2 tc 6 o'clock yesterday «after. noon and fast evening from 8 o'clock it worked on info the night to dispose of the conferunse reports which crowded ingupon it. Everybody was at high tension wid tt only required a spark to creat4 a ecene. No sensational inci- dent such as usually ocqurs during the closing heurs, however, Occurred up to midnight. ‘he gallaries were packed to the dos-s all day and evening with inauguration visitors. The confusion Conference reports on sev>" He | and din on the floor with the speaker's gavel going incessantly to preserve a semblance of order, must have made the proceedings uninteligible to them. There was a big fight during the af- ternoon over the senate amendment to the sundry civil bill, which linked to- gether the fate of the St. Louis, Buffa- lo and Charleston: exposition appro- priations. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, led the fight against them and defeated a mo- tion to confer, A motion to appoint a special committee of seven members to visit Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines and report upon the con- ditions raised a cry of junketing trip and was debated at intervals while conference reports were not before the house. At 2 o'clock this morning all the ap- propriation bills had been finally act- ed upon by the house and senate ex- cept the sundry civil and river and harbor bills. The two latter were still in conference. In the Senate. Washington, March 5. — One of the most notable occurrences in the history of congressional legislation marked the closing hours of the last session of the senate of the Fifty-sixth congress. Senator Carter of Montana signalized his retirement from the senate by talk- ing the river and harbor bill to death. He occupied the floor, constructively, for nearly thirteen consecutive hours, although in the aggregate about three hours of that time were devoted to other business. * Shortly before 5 o'clock Mr. Allison submitted a further disagreement on the sundry civil bill, the item in con- tention being the appropriation for the three expositions.. From this the senate receded and then passed the St. Lonis exposition ‘bill. Mr, Tillman, who had championed the appropriation for Charleston throughout the session, made a final appeal to the senate to save the Charleston item, but he real- ized that the Missouri senators were more powerful than he. By a vote of 38 to 10 the senate receded from the Charleston appropriation and the bill was passed. Mr. Carter resumed his speech, final- ly announcing at 6:35 that it was his intention not to permit the river and harbor bill to become a law if his strength should hold out, and saying that at that moment he was in excel- lent physical condition. With the ex- ception of a brief intermission while a quorum was being secured and a re- cess of half an hour between 10:30 and 11 o'clock, Mr. Carter spoke practically continuously. He yielded the floor only after the ceremony of the induction of Vice President Roosevelt into office had begun. In retiring as the president pro tem. of the senate Mr. Frye, in response to a resolution of thanks for his courtewy and impartiality, delivered a brief but feeling address to the senate. At the conclusion of the session of the Fifty- sixth congress Vice President Roose- velt was sworn in and immediately ealled the senate of the Fifty-seventh congress to order. It was a simple but beautiful and impressive ceremony. The new senators were sworn in in groups of four. At the conclusicn of this proceeding the senate attended the inauguration of the president on the east front of the capital, At 1:45 the senate returned* to its chamber and adjourned immediately until to- day. In the Honse. The house closed its session at 11:45 amid a demonstration from ius mem- bers following the delivery of an im- ive valedictory by Speaker Hen- For an hour the body had been jin the throes of dissolution with little business to perform. Shortiy before | the clesing hour Mr. Richardson of | Tennessee, the minority leader, pre- | sented resolutions testifying the I |regard of the house for the able, im- | partial and di fied manner in which Speaker Henderson had administered the dv s of presiding officer. Com- ing from the minority there was added significance in the tribute. The reso- lutions were unanimously adopted by |a rising vote. Then the speaker, in | slow and impressive tones, delivered his closing words to the house, thank- ing the members for their co-opera- | tion through a busy and eventful con- gress. He concluded at 1 and’ an- nounced the sessions of the house for the Fifty-sixth congress adjourned. ROERS WELL FIACD. Have Enough Ammunition to Last Four Years, London, March 6.—W. E. King of At- | lanta, Ga., who says he was formerly a lieutenant in the Seventy-first regiment | in the New York state national guard | while in Cuba, has just returned to London from South Africa, after serv- ing more than a year as cide-de-camp to Gen. DeLarey, the Boer commander, whom he left Jan. 29. In an interview Mr. King said: “At the time I left Gen. LeLarey the | Boers had 21,000 men in the field and sufficient small arm ammunition to last |; four Iam soing to the conti- nent to assist in the endeavor to gel more Krupp. guns and shells. This morning I received 2 telegram from Col. DuBois, dated Paris, ying: ‘Good news from South Afri Boers Will Net Give In. “The ¥ h will never defeat the Toe: Rumors of surrender are ab- Gen, Louis Botha is generally mistrus but, even if he were to surrender, that would not entail the | surrender of,the other commanders.” | He spoke in the most bitter terms of the British, saying among other things: “If we ever catch Milner he won't live twelve hours, He will get such a swift injection of lead that he won't know what struck him.” King declared that the British i treated the Boer women. He cited several cases in which the American allies of the Boers, dressed in khaki, itish lines at Johannes- burg and other places, secured orders for ammunition and other supplies and then drove off with them to the Boer camps. Killed by the Meat Train. Adams, Minn., March 6.—Ole Erie, a farmer living two miles west of here, was struck and killed. He was in- toxicated and walking home on the railroad track when the fast meat train ran him down, | e o Doings Sa eo ° : o e | WITH \ Ss \ THE LAWMAKERS ° ° lature. ‘e e & * In the House, St. Paul, Feb. 28. —-The house passed the bill prohibiting the improper use of the badges of the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army. The bill declaring the making of false cards or receipts of labor organizations forgery in the third degree was also passed. The bill providing for the extension of the Minneapolis primary election special order of business for Tuesday. A bill introduced by Representative S. D. Peterson provides for a 10 per cent gross income tax upon all tele- graph companies doing business in the State in lieu of all other taxes. , Bills appropriating funds aggrega- ting $75,330 for the state training school ‘were introduced by Representa- tive Brush. Representative Ferris introduced, by request, a bill providing that where minors deposit in banks, a receipt, check or quittance in any form from such minor shall be a valid release until a guardian is appointed in this state. In the Senate. The senate in committee considered the bill by Senator Horton to establish a state board of five osteopathic ex- aminers and to regulate the practice in this state. Senator Jepson moved to indefinitely postpone; lost, 22 to 24. was lost by a tie vote, 24 to 24. A suggestion of Senator Ives was then adopted to report progress. Considerable discussion was indulged in over Representative Burns’ house bill relating to use of public roads for telephone poles. The bill was recom- mended to pass. Senator J. D. Jones introduced an amendment to the anti-trust law pro- viding for the forfeiture of the ehar- ters of all companies which enter a combination, The negotiable instrument act, adopted in sixteen states and before the legislatures of many others, was |passed by the senate. It makes few changes in the present Minnesota law. It was drawn by the American Bank ganizations subsequently. Senator Wilson’s bill making the wages of officers and employes of cities partments subject to garnishment was also passed. The Chilton marriage bill and the Brown bill, enabling boards of county commissioners to issue bonds to fund the floating indebtedness of their counties were not acted upon. ™ the House. St. Paul, March 1.—The consolida- tion of the St. Paul & Duluth with the Northern Pacific, which at the time of the transaction was questioned by the state railroad and warehouse commis- sion, is likely to be investigated by the egislature. Representat introduced a resolution with this end in view. The resolution authorizes the appointment of a committee of investi- zation with power to summon wit- nesses and administer oaths. A bill contemplating the construction of extensive bicycle paths throughout ithe state was introduced by Represen- tative Hurd. The measure provides for the appointment of a bicycle eom- |tor five years, which shall be empow- ed, With the consent of boards of zounty commissioners, to construct and maintain cycle paths along any street or road. Representative Rich introduced a bill appropriating $90,400 for new buildings and other improvements for the state fair grounds. An amendment proposed for the pure food law provides a jail penalty of from thirty to ninety days where the law now only provides a fine. A bill regulating corporations that have not made settlementxwithin five years, whereby the proceedings may be taken through the district court, in- stead of through the attorney general, was introduced by Representative Grass. In the Senate. Senator Snyder presented a bill to appropriate $307,500 for the academic department of the state university. Of this sum $50,000 is for a new physics building, $47,500 for a new hall for mines and mining, $3,500 for an artesian well and the balance divided among the various departments. Senator Gausewitz introduced a measure to create a state immigration board of five, the governor and secre- tary of state to be additional members ex-officio. Its intent is to induce immi+ gration to unsettled lands of the state and cause their cultivation. Among the bills passed was that of Senator Meilicke, making illegal the selling of aquatic fowl in this state, and also that of Senator Jepson, mak- ing it a crime of forgery in the third degree to falsify a labor organization certificate or card. In the House. St. Paul, March 2.--A bill to estab- lish a liquor dispensary Minnesota similar to the South Caro- lina dispensary system in counties having no cities of 10,000 inhabitants was introduced in the legislature yes- terday by Representative Johnsrud. The bill provides that in those coun- ties having no cities of 10,000 the ques- tion of granting liquor licenses within the counties shall be submitted to a popular Wote on the second Tuesday in Mareh, 1902. If the county votes against licenses, dispensaries may, upon | petition of two-thirds of the voters be established in any city, town or village within the county on an@ after May 1, 1902. The proposet dispensaries are to be stocked and controlled by the municipalities in which they are located. towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants may maintain only oné such establish» ment. The liquors dispensed are to be sold in packages of not ‘less than one-half pint each, and all liquors must before purchase for dispensation have the approval of the state dairy and food commission. The dispensaries are to be under the control of the city or village councils. The bill, if enact- ed, would affect all the counties in the state except Ramsey, Louis, Winona, and Blue Harth, Hennepin, St. Washington, Stearns law to the entire state was made the | A motion by Senator Horton to pass | association and approved by legal or- | and villages and city municipal de- | ve Jacobson | mission of five in each county to serve | system in’ Cities or | The Jacobson resolution for a joint committee to investigate the sale of the St. Paul & Duluth railroad to the Northern Pacific was defeated in, the house. The resolution was not de- feated without a bitter struggle, in which the leaders on both sides ex- changed remarks caustic rather than complimentary. Representative ‘Rich of Ramsey in- troduced a bill to increase the salaries of members of the railroad and ware- house commission from $3,000 to $3,600 per year, In the Senate. The opponents of the Burns tele- phone bill won a victory in the senate | in preventing its passage, and refer- ring it to a committee consisting of the delegation of the three large cities and Senator Thompson for revision. All the read and bridge bills before | the senage were killed on the recom- mendation of Chairman Underleak of |the roads and bridge committee. The action was taken on an opinion of the attorney general holding such appro- priations invalid. Senator Jepson introduced a Dill fixing coroners’ fees at the rate Ai- lowed sheriffs. For viewing a body the | coroner is to be allowed $5 and for an | inquest $10, Mileage at 10 cents a mile | is allowed. Senator McGovern introduced a bill prohibiting the use of torches in spear- ing or catching fish. The state library is given $3,500 for 1901 and every year thereafter by a bill Senator McGovern introduced. The Hunt wolf bounty bill passed the senate without opposition. In the Senate. St. Paul, March 4.—Senator Lord in- | troduced a bill Saturday placing great- jer restrictions upon people who desire | to sever the marital relation. He pro- | poses among other things that pro- | ceedings be conducted with more pub- |licity than at present, and makes the |actual appearance of defendants im- | perative. | The senate recommended the Horton | bill, allowing an extra million dollars for the completion of the new capitol, | to pass. Senator Halvorsen hopes to author- ; ize the confiscation of “blind pig” so- jcial club and other property where ; liquor is sold unlawfully by a bill he | introdueed. Senator Jepson introduced a coun- terpart of the house dispensary bill and had it referred to the committee on temperance for consideration. In the House, | Representative D. S. Peterson of New | Ulm introduced a bill to regulate the tolls charged upon messages trans- | mitted over lines wholly within the state. The Sweet five-sixths jury bill was defeated by a vote of 55 to 50 after one of the most exciting and stubborniy _contested struggles of the thirty-sec- ; ond session. The lawyers of the house almost without exception, were ar- | raye@ on the losing side. | A bill calculated to stop evasion of |legal service by foreign corporations ; operating in Minnescta was introduced in the house by Mr. Rich of Ramsey. Senator Wilson's bill to destroy the | wife's dower interest, other than | homestead exemptiors, is property sold under creditor's execution was passed | by the house. In the House. St. Paul, March 5.—The reapporti }ment bill s introduced in the 1 | ture yesterday morning just as it came from the subcommittee by Representa- tive W. B. Anderson in the house and in the senate by Senator Daughert, It was made the special order for Fr | day afternoon in both houses. | An anti-Sunday amusement bill was , introduced in the house by | Representative Wells of Wilkin county. |The bill provides that no theater shall | be open on Sunday nor any public play, | show or-scene be given on that day. It fixes a fine of from $50 to $200 for vio- lation on the part of managers or oth- ers. The memorial to congress requesting | that widows and children of settlers who took part in subduing the Indian | outbreak in 1862 be: allowed to partici- pate in the United States pension laws {was passed. The bill authorizing county commis- | sioners to appropriate $2,500 for the “purpose of eregting mounments or memoriais to Union soldiers of the | Civil war was passed: The bill providing for the destruction lof the ox-eye daisy was recommended’ ; to pass, as was the bill providing for ‘the regulation of the practice of oste- opathy. | Representative Jacobson succeeded ‘in having the house pass a motion to the effeet that no more committees: be allowed to go away on trips without ‘the consent of the house. { Im the Senate. Senator McGovern introduced a bill making the people of disbandea. municipal corporations responsible for bonds issued by the municipalities. The bill is supposed to cover thé case ot the $10,000 in bonds held by Russell Sage issued by the now disbanded vil- \lage of Reeds. | Senator Knatvold introduced a bill to | give the normal school board power to. ‘establish continuous sessions at the four normal schools. Senator Miller introduced a bill to | impose a 5 per cent gross earnings tax |on all express companies, | Senator Knatvold fathered a measure |} to change the dates for hunting deer to between Noy. 10 and 20, the present ‘law gives a twenty-days’ open season ten days earlier. Senator Daugherty introduced a bill authorizing the governor to appoint _railway conductors and _ brakemen, station agents and yardmasters as special “railway police,” to maintain order and enforce the law upen rail- read property. © | Red Lake Falls Fire. Red Lake Falls, Minn., March 6. — Fire burned four frame buildings be- jlonging to H. B. Kauffer, Fred Boreh- ers, P. E. Pirath and Theodore Ma- jerus, occupied by S. A. Swanson’s real estate office, F. Borcher’s saloon and residence, P. . Pirath, real estate and residence and Berberich & Son, butch- ers, Loss, $10,000; insured. « Ohip of the O1d'Bloch. The Good’ Man—Playing: marbles om the Sabbath! Boy, I shall' go tm and inform your father. The Bad Boy—Paw ain’t home. The Good Man—Where is-he? The Bad Boy—Playin’ golf!—Chieago News. Proposed Alliance with England If the United States and England should form an alliance, the combined strength would be so great that there would be little chance for enemies to overcome us. In a like manner, when men and women keep up their bodily strength with Hos- tetter’s Stomach Bitters, there is little chance of attacks from disease. The old- time remedy enriches the blood, steadies the nerves, and increases the appetite, ‘Try it for dyspepsia and indigestion, VERDI'S SECRECY. The Late Composer Was Very Rich, Thanks to Careful Management of the Ricordis, Verdi was, however, very ~rich, thanks, mainly, to the excellent man- agement of his musical affairs by the Ricordis. The original Ricordi was a street violinist. None of the later op- eras can be performed unless the Ri- cordis have approved the cast, a ne- cessary precaution in Italy, where an opera can be half-ruined by a bad cast, but certain singers, such as Ta- mango and Maurel, can sing the Verdi operas without permission. Verdi ob- served great secrecy concerning his operas, even to his business associates, and it is said that the first intimation the Ricordis themselves received of the composition of “Falstaff” was a toast offered by Boito, who, at a sup~ per one night, when the publisher and his wife were present, slyly glanced at Verdi, and proposed a health to the “Fat Knight,” at which, it seemed, Verdi and Boito had been working for months, Boito, beyond question, had provided Verdi with another libretto, although it is understood the compos- er has not done anything of conse- quénce with it, the only unpublished compositions he has left being some short religious pieces.—London Daily News. a AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS. 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