Norwalk gazette, Friday, December 11, 1896 · page 11

 

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MISS annoys , PET.

A PUMA LION THE COMPANION OF
A YOUNG GIRL.

 

 

As Gentle and Aflectionato as a Kitten

_“’ith His Young Mistress—Ho Onoel

Saved Her Life When it Was in Perl)

- from a Jaguar.

' A South American puma lion, the-

fiercest animal of that half of the
hemisphere, is the pet of little Miss
Ethel Curzon, the fifteen-year—old
daughter of Captain Henry 14‘. Curzon,
late of Her Majesty’s service.

Damon'is a fine, sleek and silken,

haired specimen of his tribe.

"Damon is a puma,” said the Cap«I

lain. “Here in Pennsylvania the early
settlers knew his congeners under the
name of panther, ‘painter,’ or cata-
mount. In California they call then
the cougar, or ‘mountain lion.’ Dur-
ing the past decade and a. half of years
I have had an abundant opportunity
to become pretty intimately acquainted
with Sir Puma. The longer I know
him the better I like him.

“For the past five years we have
been living at a place called Saladillo,
where I had an estancia. My daugh-
ter has been raised to an active, out-
door life, and she rides a horse with
all the grace and fearlessness of a
gauche. Last fall'we had a grand
‘cerco,’ or assembly of ranchmen and
hunters, to hunt ostriches and other
game. The sport is exciting, but far
from dangerous, and Ethel was one of
the party of hunters.

“During the excitement of the
chaselwhich followed, I noticed that
my daughter had disappeared. Her
absence did not alarm me at the time,
for I thought she had become tired and
gone back to the estancia. When, late
:hat night, I reached home and found
that Ethel’s pony had come galloping
home early in the afternoon without
its rider, I dreaded the worst and im-
mediately got together a band of
gauchos and we started out in search
for her. I

“Eventually one of the gauchos
found Ethel in a bunch of scrub, ly-
ing on the ground with a broken leg.
Her pony, early in the hunt,had step-
ped into a ‘oculto’ hole and thrown
its rider. Being unable to move, be-
cause of her fractured limb, Ethel had
shouted for assistance, but her voice
was drowned by the yells of the ex-
cited hunters.

“As night approached, and no one
'came, she began to experience genu-
ine alarm,and when, about an hour
before dark a puma—now her pet Da-
mon—appeared, and squatted down in
the grass close beside her, she gave
herself up forlost. The beast, how-
ever, did not seem to notice her, and
her courage revived. She remembered
that the puma rarely, if ever, molests
a human being, and she began to hope
that the creature would go away.

“After a while the puma became
restless, frequently going away
and returning, and finally it stayed
away so long that she thought it had
left her for good. About midnight she
heard the deep roar of a- jaguar, and
abandoned all hope, for the South Am—
erican tiger is man’s deadly foe.

“By raising herself on her elbow,
she was able to see the outline of the
jaguar crouching near her, but its face
was turned from her, and it appeared
to be intently watching some object
upon which it was about to spring.
Presently it crept out of sight, and
there followed a deep silence, broken
suddenly by frightful yells and
screams of pain, coupled with the
fierce.- growls and snarlsof the puma,
and the'sounds of desperate conflict.

“The puma and the jaguar are sworn"

enemies, and the two great beasts
were having a fight to the finish. , The
battle lasted some time, but near
morning the puma, sorely wounded,
crept through the grass and crouched
down beside my daughter, purring

like a cat. The creature seemed so

friendly that Ethel ventured to stroke
his fur with her hand, whereupon the
gums. began to play and roll like
a kitten. When we rode up the puma
crouched over her body and began to
growl. Several rifles were leveled at
the head of the brute, but Ethel beg-
ged us not to shoot, and from that day
to this the two have been inseparable.”

 

How Papa Said Grace:
“At our house the other night we
had a Methodist minister to tea,” said
a friend. “The Dominic said grace,
and when he ceased asking the bless-
ing the 4-year-old daughter of the host-
ess, who sat opposite the minister.
ooked up and said: ‘That’s not the kind
of grace my papa says.’
“ ‘No? What kind of grace does
your papa say?’ asked the minister.

‘Why, he came home last night and~

when he sat down to the table he just
said, “Good God! what a supper; ”
was the reply.” .

 

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Mrs. Blacklock—Which of deaf is do
niighties’ in yo’ opinion, Mistah Cuttah
—de pen or do swede?

Mr. Cuttah—Well, in de fust place,

I’se nevah been in de pen, an’ in do
- socon’ place, I don’t fink do swode is in
it wif a roman—New York Herald.

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\WORKING STUDENTS.

MANNER IN WHICH YOUNG MEN ARE
I ' ASSISTED AT COLUMBIA.

 

Students Given Employment and Thereby .
Enabled to Get Through ' College—A
Committee Appointed to Find Employ—
ment for Those \Vho Need it. ,

Year by year the number of students
in the colleges of the country who are
self-supporting increases. The many
things which a student can do in his
spare hours, and the various societies
that aid students, make this possible.
In former years Yale was called "the
'rich man’s college,” and was consid-
ered an institution at which no poor
'student could work his way through.
This has been all changed, and the
number of self-supporting students is
proportionately as large at Yale as at
any other university except those in
the cities.

It is to these latter that the poor s’tu:
dent is most apt to go. They offer
many more advantages than do the
others. In a town where the college
is the great institution of the place
there are hundreds of opportunities
of tutoring, translating, or acting as
amanuensis. So needy students flock
to Columbia College in New York city,
and the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia. In Columbia and the
City College there are committees
on aid to the students. ’ These commit-
tees either directly lend money to im-
pecunious students, taking their notes,

» payable so many years after gradua-

tion, or find suitable employment for
them. The student hands in his name
and states what employment he is ca-
pable of working at, and as soon as a
place is heard of the student is noti‘
fied. Prof. Kemp, who is Chairman
of the Committee on Aid at Columbia,
was recently asked about the ways and
means employed by conscientious but
poor students who work their way
through Columbia.

_“Every year,” he said, “about ten
per cent. of the students apply for aid.
,The majority are those who are taking
Epost—graduate courses, but there are
Emany undergraduates. We generally
find places for them which pay enough
,to keep the wolf from the door.

Of course we cannot do much to help
the freshmen and sophomores, for they
are not capable enough, but we gener-
ally find congenial employment for the
post-graduates. One of them spent his
last vacation in Europe as a compan-
ion to some boys. During the last
election one of the political organiza-
tions hired sixty of the students to
;watch the polls, at from three to five
dollars a day. We obtained employ-
Iment for others as detectors of illegal
regiStrators.

 

by tutoring. lVe have any number
who prepare young men for college in
the classics and sciences. Most of
these students we never hear of. They
apparently studiously avoid us, as do
those who obtain work on Saturdays
in the retail stores. We can, at a mo-
ment’s notice, supply students who
will translate any letter written in a
modern language and many small
downtown firms have the students go
to their ofiiccs on mail days.

“We supply lecturers on scientific
subjects from among the students and
a few have given such lectures, ex-
plaining the magic lantern pictures,
which I lend them, before large audi-
ences, for which they receive reason-
able rates. Others take classes of boys
out on Saturday, explaining the botany
and geology _of the metropolitan dis-
trict. A great many act as book agents
and some few are draughtsmen. In
this way, we obtained between $4.000
and $5,000 worth of employment last
year for needy students. We were,
however, unable to help thirty-five out
of 169 applicants. But these figures,
in addition to the students who do not
apply to us, show the great number
of students working their way through
college.

“But this is but one branch of our
work. \Ve find cheap, clean rooms,
with respectable people for the stu-
dents, and helped over fifty in that
way during this month. Those stu-
dents, bringing letters from the com-
mittee, have free medical advice at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Every year we give scholarships, en-
titling the winners to free tuition, to
10 per cent. of the class. So, you see,
a. poor student can go through college,
if he is but willing to work, just as
well as the opulent one.”—New York
Sun.

Compressed Air Painting.

Car painting by compressed air is
being tried on the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railroads, says the Engineering
-*ews. The yard is well supplied with

ir pipes, and the barrel of specially
‘ repared paint is mounted on a hand
truck so that it can be moved to any
part of the yard. .The air line con-
Sists of 100 feet of one-inch heavy
hose; the paint suction hose of 50 feet
of 1/2-inch heavy hose. The barrel is
‘equipped with a float of ,pine wood
with 4-inch hole in the center. Over
the hole is a small hose-bearing tower,
used as a support and hose regulator,
insuring a uniform feed of paint. This
device is light in weight, and can be
readily carried to the top of a box car
for spraying the roof.

)1 The time for carefully spraying a box
’car is thirty minutes; to employ a'
man to follow with a long-handled 8—
inch whitewash brush, thirty minutes
additional, making labor cost one hour
per box car each coat. To coat a coal
car of 60,000 pounds capacity takes
twenty minutes for each coat, includ~'
ing the time of two men. This road
is also using a device for spraying on
paint for the lettering, which, for cov-
ering uniformly, is considered a de-

‘cided improvement Over the stencil

brushes, and will lead to a great sav-
ing in the wear and tear of stencil
dates.

 

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ACHINESE CONSPIRACY
Revolution Planned by, a" Powerml
, International Organization.

T0 DETHRONE THE EMPEROR.

Then the Scheme Is to Establish 8 Bo-
p.ubllo on American Lines—Tho Amor-
oan Chief of the Organization
Said to Be \Valtor Fang.

-LON'fiO!l, Dec. 7.—Sun Yatsen, tho/Chi-
nese doctorwho was kidnaped by officials
of the Chinese legation here and who was
subsequently released on the demand of
the Marquis of Salisbury, has published
an article here in which he says that the
value of Li Hung Chang’s head will be
determined by the value of the informa-

, tion he has taken to China anent the do-

in s and the power of the Chinese abroad.

Sun Yatsen says he was the leader of
the! cons iracy at Cantofi- in October, 1895,
to ester 15b a constitution for China. The
society to‘ Which no belonged was called
the Hing Chung Woey,. meaning “Chinese
Progressive society. ” He says it has a
powerful organization in America, with a
center at San Francisco and headquarters
in New York. Sun Yatsen further states
that the American chief is Walter Fong,
the first Chinese graduate at Stamford,
Conn., and that his principal colleagues
are graduates of Yale, Harvard and other
universities. The article includes a letter,
dated Chicago, from Wong Chin Foo, who
claims that the movement in the United
States is in good shape. Many attempts to
compass Sun Yatson’s death are predicted.

Sure of Ultimate Success.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-—Inquiries made
ameng the Chinese in this city by your
representative established the fact that the
Hing Chung Woey, which in plain Eng-
lish means Chinese Progressive society,
has a. large and rapidly increasing mem—
bership, both in this country and China.
A number of Chinamen who are promi-
nent in Celestial circles in this city when
approached by the reporter were very reti-
cent, but when they were assured that
their names would not be made public
they consented to talk about the matter.
Several of them acknowledged that there
was such a society in existence, but not
one of them would say that he was a mem-
her.

As to the support of the organization, it
was generally conceded that the Chinese
subjects were dissatisfied with the ruling
of the emperor, and they were cognizant
of no other way to overthrow the emperor’s
power than by secret; means. None of those
questioned would acknowledge that the
headquarters of the society existed in this
country, but. one or two inadvertently
spoke of leaders in San Francisco and New
York.

One of the best known Chinese mer-
chants in this city said that. the movement
was for the overthrow of the present gov-
ernment in China and the substitution of
a. Republican form of government. He

,,,said that the organization was more suc-

cessfdl in pOint of numbers of enthusiasts
than the ‘most sanguine an‘ficipations of
the leaders .had looked for, and he claimed

. following words:

 

that. in the United States alone its adher— 8

cuts could be numbered with six figures.

One more bold than the others volun-
teered this statement: ‘ ‘ I cannot,’ ’ he said,
“disclose anything with reference to the
work of the organization, but when the
time comes to strike a. blow for the over-
throw of the present dynasty and the form-
ation of a republic on American lines the
system of government now existing in
China. will receive a. severe shock, and I
think we will win. Were I in China, my
head would pay the penalty for these words.
But -I think I have said enough just now
to give you an idea of how farreaching our
society’s work has become. Like all so-
cret bodies, we have to be reticent, and
while our work is being carried on with a
great deal of secrecy we have no fear of- its
ultimate success. ”

On the Eve of an Uphoaval.

CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—According to Wong
Chin Foo, the editor of Chinese NeWs in
this city, China. is on the eve of an up-
heaval such as is now going on in Cuba.
He was shown the reports in the cables
from London to the efi'ect that Sun Yat-
sen, the Chinaman who was kidnaped in
London and only released from the Chi-
nese embassy at the specific demand of
Lord Salisbury, was a member of asociety
having for its object the liberation of Chi-
na. from its present dynasty.

He said that the report was true and
that he would have preferred to have kept
the story secret for some time longer, but
as it was out. .he wished‘to confirm it in
every particular. The gist of his statement
is that there is in the Flowery Kingdom a
society called Hing Chung Woey, which
is allied to the Liberty league of Ameri-
canized Chinamen in this country and to
a similar organization in England. He
said that the objeCt‘ of the organization
was to do away with the exclusiveness of
the Chinese kingdom and to open it up to
modern civilization. The present dynasty,
according to Wong Chin Foo, will be asked
to get out, and if it refuses it will be put
out. Only peaceable methods will at first
be employed, but if these are not success-
ful then an appeal will be made to arms,
and England and the United States will
be asked to recognize the reform party as
bolligerents.

Wong Chin Foo said that the reason
that Sun Yatsen was kidnaped by the Chi-
nese embassy in London was solely be-
cause he was known to be a member of
the reform party and that if the Chi, ese
government had succeeded in getting im
to China his head would have been out off
at once. The reform movement is sched-
uled to begin active operations in the very

near future.
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Th- Charges “'lthdrawn.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 7.—-Charges against
Major Hartridgc, who, it )5 alleged, raised
Southwestern railwav stock scrip to the
extent of several thousand dollars, have
been withdrawn, a compromise having
been made with the National bank of Sa-
vannah and Germania. bank, which sufier-
ed through Hartridge’s alleged crooked
transactions. This closes what promised
to be a sensational case.

 

Throw Away Money.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.——A man wlio said
he was George I). Whitehead, a. lawyer of
Newark, K. J., threw silver and bills to
the boys in the streets yesterday till he
was arrested. lie said he had money to
chuck as the birds. lie was locked up.

 

Killed Himself With Gas.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7.—-A man what

registered as John W. Leeds, Atlantic
City, committed suicide last night. in his
room at the Ridiay House, this city, by
inhaling illuminating gas.

 

 

 

BRYANT NEW BOOK.
___._.___
Ell History of tho Loto Compolgn to Do .
Collod «Tho Fine Bottle.” '
LINCOLN, Neb., Doc. 7.—The title of
William J. Bryan’s book into be“The
First Battle.” In the preface he states
his reasons for writing the work in the

“The campaign of 1896 was a remark-
able one, whether we measure it by the
magnitude of the issues involved or by
the depth of interest amused. I have been
led to undertake the present work by a de-
sire felt by myself and expressed by others.
to have the more important incidents of
the campaign put. into permanent form
for the convenience ofx those who have
taken part in the contest and for the use
of those who shall hereafter desire to re-
view the stru lo. The amount of work
done by the ' vocates of free coinage is
beyond computation and the number of
those who took an active part in the con-
test too great for enumeration.

“These facts, together with the diffi-
culty of choosing between so many meri-
torious speeches, have compelled me to
limit the quotations to the addresses made
and papers issued by persons standing in
an official or semiofiicial capacity and to
the principal speeches delivered by myself.
I have added a brief history of the cam-
paign, including a discussion of the elec-
t-ion returns and the significance thereof.
It has also been thought best to narrate
the part taken by me in the silver agita-
tion prior to the convention, and at the re-
quest of the publishers I have included a
biographical sketch written by Mrs. Bry-
an. ”

It is understood here that the publish-
ers, W. B. Conkcy 8; Co. of Chicago, will
issue the boo.’ in the early part of Jan-

uary. _~
JOHN R. TANNEB T0 WED.

llllnois’ Governor Elect Will Marry Miss
English Before His Inauguration.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Dec. 7.—The mar-
riage of John R. Tanner, governor elect
of Illinois, and Miss Cora Edith English
of Springfield will occur on Dec. 80 at
noon"in St. Paul’s church, Springfield,
the ceremony being performed by the Rev.
Frederick Taylor. The lady‘ivas christen-
ed in St. Paul’s and will be married at
the altar where she has so long worshiped.

Miss English was born and raised in
Springfield. She is the daughter of Tur-
ney English, a prominent business man.
Her family is one of the oldest in the
United States, tracing its ancestry through
Virginia and Maryland back to England,
whence her ancestors sailed about 1622.
Her mother was Miss Jane Pyncheon, the
daughter of a prominent ofiicer in the Brit-
ish army. Her grandfather, General James
Turney. was one of the early circuit judges
of the state. Among the lady’s near rela—
tives are W. H. English of Indiana, Dr.
Norvin Green, who was president of the
Western Union Telegraph company; Gov-
ernor Peter Turney of Tennessee, Judge
Hoke of Louisville, General J. B. Fry, U.
S. A., and General Daniel McClure, ex-
assistant payinaster general of the United
States army.

After the ceremony Governor and Mrs.
Tanner will take a short trip to the south,
returning to Springfield in time for the
inauguration.

LANKY BOB'S LITTLE scams.

How Fltzslmmons Blade Money on His
Fight With Shot-key.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—The excite
ment caused by the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey
fight has abated, and even popular interest
in the final disposition of the $10,000 purse
is waning. Sharkey is still in bed and
receives visitors in aroom filled with flow-
ers, the gifts of admiring female friends.
He, confidently expects to receive the purse
soon. Fitzsimmons says he will remain
only until: the suit. for the purse is deter-
mined and that he will thereafter be at Dan
Stuart’s disposal.

The story is now current in sporting:
circles that Fltzsimmons has done pretty
well with his fight venture, evenif he re-
ceives no part of the purse. Most of the
money wagered on the fight was placed on
the question of Sharkcy’s ability to stay
six rounds. It is now said Fitzsimmons
placed several thousands of dollars on
Sharkey to hold out six rounds‘nnd then
took care that he did not knock out his
opponent to soon.

 

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Clark's Pathetic Story.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 7. --W. A. Clark of
Greensburg, Pa, well educated and sever-
al years ago chief burgess and then audi-
tor of his town, applied at the Bethel yes-
terday for employment. Two years ago,
he said, his mother-loss daughter, then 12
years old, mysteriously disappeared. There
were indications that she had been kidnap-
ed, and Mr. Clark at once began to search
for her. He abandoned his business and
during the last two years has traversed
five states in search of the lost one. His
money is gone. He wants work in order
that he may have the means to continue
his quest.

Yale Students Arrested.

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 7.—Four8tudents,
giving their names as Frank F. Baldwin,
Samuel B. Sutpher, Edward Armstrong
and Frank Fisch, followed another student
who had been arrested into police head-
quarters last night, and because Sergeant
Cook refused to liberate the arrested stu-
dent on bonds they attacked the sergeant
and two other policemen. They were sub-
dued and locked up.

A Village Submerged. _

_ PARIS, Dec. 7.—Frida.y night’s gale
caused great havoc along the entire Coast
of Brittany. The village of Penmarch,
on a headland in the Atlantic 16 miles
southwest of Quimper, suffered especial
damage, being to a. large extent submerged
by the waves. Forty-five fis ing smacks
are said to have gone down in he gale.

 

Indlooo Popullltl.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 7.—Chalrman Rosan-
heimer of the People’s Party state com-
mittee has issued a. call for a general con-
ference of Populists in this city Dec. 29.
Silver Republicans and all other money re-
formers are requested to participate in
the conference.

 

Lady Sykes In Trouble.
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Sir Tatton Sykes, the
well known Yorkshire baronet, advertises
in the London Times that he will not be
responsible for his wife’s debts. Lady
Sykes is quite prominent in racing circles.

Shot Herself.

BRIDGETON, N. .T., Dec. 7.—-Mrs. George
McConnell committed suicide at her home
in Port Norris yesterday by shooting her-
self in the head. It ‘is thought that the
young suicide must have become suddenly
deranged.

 

.., A Heavy Fine. -

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 7.——The Batoun
naphtha manufacturersconvicted of smug-
gling tin plate, have been fined 1,000,000,
rubles.

 

 

on. NATWI SOLONS

Will in Little This Session Except
Pass" Appropriation Bills.

TARIFF CHANGES UN LIKELY

Choir-moo ibingloy‘ of the Ways out! Means
Committee Heliovos That on Extra
Session Will Bo Necessary to Pro-
vido ‘Additlonol Revenue.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Representativc
Dingley of Maine, chairman of the ways
and Umeans committee, was interviewed
today by your representative on the sub-
ject of his recent visit to President Elect
McKinley at Canton and the possibility of
tariff legislation at this session of con-
gress. Mr. Dingley said:

“I went to Canton to discuss revenue
matters with the president elect. My visit
had' nothing to do with cabinet making.
Mr. McKinley is of course interested in
obtaining the views of Republican mem-
bers of congress on the situation, but I do
not feel at liberty to go into the details of
such conversation as passed between us,
and I do not think anything has been defi-
nitely decided upon, but existing circum-'
stances and prevailing excitement seem
now to point strongly in the direction of
an extra session. ' The necessity of addi-
tional revenue is imperative, and if areve—
nue bill is not pas'éed at this session an
extra session must be called. I am still
of the opinion, which I expressed some-
time ago, that the so called Dingley bill
will not pass the senate. ”

“In the event that it develops early in
the session that the Dingley bill will not
be acted upon by the senate, is it probable
or possible that the house will send some
other revenue measure containing provi-
sion for an additional tax on beer or an
import duty on ten. or coffee by the sen-
ate ” Was asked. .

“No," replied Mr. Dingley emphatical-
ly. “The senate must dot on the measure
in its possession or not at all. We'will not
send it another bill. ”

Mr. Dingley said that in advance of a
formal meeting of the ways and means
committee he did not care to speak of the
probability of the committee beginning
work on a. new tarifl bill at this session,
but as the Republican complexion of the
committee would be practically unchanged
in the next congress he said there appeared
to be no reason why the work of framing
a. bill should not be facilitated by work at
this session. Mr. Dingley said he did not
care to discuss the Cuban situation or ex-
press an opinioa as to the prevailing cab-
inet gossip. He gave it as his belief that
little would be accomplished in the way
of legislation at this session beyond the
passage of the regular appropriation bills.

A Protest From Germany.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—-The German gov-
ernment has lodged an energetic protest
with the state department against the ac
tion of the president in imposing tonnage
dues on German ships entering American
ports. The receipt of this protest will be
duly acknowledged, but there the matter

’ is likely to rest unless the German" govern-

ment takes steps to remove the charges on
American shipping which formed the basis
for the president's proclamation. The con~
tention of the German government is that
it does not tax American shipping and
that the imperial government cannot be

, held accountable for the imposition of lo-

cal charges by provincial and municipal
officials. The contention of our govern-
ment, on the other hand, is that, regardless
of the question of who is responsible for
the levying of port dues, their collection
from American vessels is the only fact
necessary to be established to put in opera.
tion at' once the Dingley law imposing
tonnage dues on German vessels.

Chapman Will Surrender.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-—Dlstrict Attorney
Birney was informed today by Mr. Jere
M. Wilson of counsel for Mr. Elverton R.
Chapman, convicted of refusing to answer
certain inquiries before the senate Sugm
trust investigating committee, that Mr.
Chapman will surrender himself to tilt
custod of the marshal of the district
early 11 the week, Tuesday, Mr. Birney
thinks, but not later than Wednesday in
any event, he was informed. Immediately
upon the surrender of Mr. Chapman he
will apply to one of the justices of the
United States supreme court for his dis-
charge through habeas corpus prowedings.
Mr. Chapman will submit that the statute
under which he was convicted is unconsti-
tutional, and in that way his counsel hope
to have the supreme court pass upon the
question. His case is a. test one, on whicl.
prosecution of the other recreant witnesses
will depend.

Cabine’t Talk.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The arrival 0)
many prominent RepubliCans in this city,
many of whom have recently been at Can-
ton, has caused an unusual amount 01
cabinet talk, some of which assumed quits
definite character; today. One senator whc
is high in the counsels of his party stated
that three positions seemed to be pretty
well settled upon and p said that Nelson
Dingley of Maine, now chairman ' of the
ways and. means committee, seemed to be
slated for secretary of the treasury. Mr.
Dingley, it was said, has the matter un-
der consideration. The other two men
who were considered as quite sure of cab
inet places were Cornelius N. Blissof New
York for secretary of the navy and Henry
C. Payne of Wisconsin for postmaster gen-
eral or secretary of the interior.

 

nuns Against the Dingloy Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — An intimate
friend of Chairman Hanna. of the Repub
lican committee said yesterday: “Mr.
Hanna is emphatically opposed to the
Dingley bill. He considers it a makeshift
and cannot tolerate it. He believes it. was
framed merely to secure the lndorsemeni
of the Democratic senate and Democratic
president and not as a Republican meas-
ure. Ho regards it as nothing more than
a-sort of small improvement on the Wil-
son bill. ”

“What does Mr. Hanna favor in the way
of legislation?” was asked.

“He desires a special session of congress,
and he hopes that the tariff question will
then be brofight up and courageously dealt
with. "

Pension Appropriations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—-The subcommit
tee of the house commit-tee on appropria
tions having in charge the preparation oi
the pension appropriation bill has sub-
stantially completed the bill. It is under.
stood that the bill carries the same appro-
priation for the payment of pensions that
the present law does—'8140,000, 000.

Tho Woother.
The. indications are that the weather will
be cloudy and slightly colder.

 

 

cinnamon.

First Day at the National Capitol

Merely One of Routine.
NEW MEMBERS sworn IN.

_— O
Eloquont Prayer of tho Chaplain In tho
Sonata—Tho Usual Scones Attendant
Upon the Opening of Congress
at 'Wuhington.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Congress reas-
sembled today with bright sunshine, a
gently bracing air, a temperature running
from 40 to 55 degrees and both halls of as«
sembly renovated and purified and venti~
lated in a. manner more nearly conforming
to hygienic requirements than has ever be-
fore been attempted. -

During the recess the flooring of the sen-
ate chamber had been torn up and the
whole system of forcing air into the interi-
or changed. The sides of each desk are
now hollow and connected with the ven-
tilating plant, so that a regulated supply
of properly heated or cooled air without
draft of any sort. enters the chamber
through the opening at the bottom «of each
desk. In the same manner air is forced in
between fine wire netting at each terrace
of the floor. In the gallery the old benches
havefl‘ given way to modern opera. seats,
each ventilated in the same manner. ,

The several hundred gas jets that for-
merly illuminated the chamber through
the false ceiling have been dispensed with,
and in their place incandescent lights will
dispel the shadows of night. Automatic
thermometers and thermostats have been
arranged, and everything that science and
skill could do has thus been done to make
the ‘senate wing of the building as habit-
able as possible. The electric lighting has
been carried to the outside grounds.

There was not by any means a full at-
tendance of senators when Vice President
Stevenson rapped the senate to order;
though many of the grizzled veterans were
on hand. Central among them and the
recipient of many congratulatiOns on
Ohio’s success at the late election was John
Sherman, now entering upon his forty-first
year of congressional service.

Among the prominent absentees in the
early hours of the session, many of whom,
however. subsequently put in an appear-
ance, were Senators Allison of Iowa, Bate
of Tennessee, Blackburn of Kentucky;
Blanchard, Louisiana; Call, Florida; Chil-
ton, Texas; Clark, Wyoming; George, Mis-
sissippi; Gordon, Georgia; Gray, Delaware;
Hill, New York; Jones, Nevada; Kyle,
South Dakota; Mitchell and McBride, Ore-
gon; Murphy, New York; Nelson, Minne-
sota; . Palmer, Illinois; Pasco, Florida;
Perkins, California; Sewell, New Jersey;
Teller, Colorado; Tillman, South Caro-V
lina; Warren, Wyoming; White, California."

In the House.

The house presented a bright and cheer-
ful appearance when the galleries were
thrown (open to visitors. The old carpets
had been replaced, and the brass furnish-
ings of the chamber had been s‘coured un-
til they were as bright as a gold dollar.
The galleries were crowded to overflowing
long before Speaker Reed called the house
to order. _

The members of the house, like the co
cupants of the galleries, begun to put in
an appearance as early as 10 o’clock, al-
though the hour of meeting was noon.

The roll call showed the presence of 971
members. As seen as the speaker an-
nounced the presence of a quorum, and
that the house was ready to proceed to
business, a dozen members demanded rec-
ognition, but the speaker first received
the usual message from the senate stating
that that body had a quorum present and
was ready to proceed 0 business.

J. William Stokes then came forward
and was sworn in as a member from the
Seventh congressional district of South
Carolina. The credentials of Charles J.
Boatner, from the Fifth district of Louisi-
ana, were read also. '

The usual formal resolutions for the ap-
pointment of a committee to join a’slmllar
committee of the senate and inform the
president that the house was ready to pro-
ceed to business, and another directing the
clerk to inform the senate that. the house
was prepared to proceed, were adopted.

The speaker appointed Mr. Cannon
(Ills. ), Mr. Payne (N. Y.) and Mr. Turner
(Go) to constitute the committee. The
selection of Mr. Turner was considered a
significant indication that the Georgia
member would succeed ex-Speaker Crisp
as a member of the committee on rules, as
it was a formal recognition of him as the
leader on the Democratic side. In.order
to await the report of the committee the
house, on the motion of Mr. Henderson
(13.), took a. recess until 1:30 p. 111., when
the president’s message was received and
read. l

The Senate at \Vork.

The chaplain referred feelingly to the ill-
ness of Mr. Allison and besought his speedy
restoration to health. He spoke of the re-
cent exciting political contest through
which the country had passed, marked, he
said, by a freedom from much. of the ran-
cor and scandal mongery of the former
years and by a quick and calm acceptance
of the results by the whole nation. Peace
with all nations,prosperity to our indus-
tries and the 'upbuilding of all our people
in the grand brotherhood of American cit-
izens were eloquently invoked.

The roll call showed 70 senators present.
Mr. Cullom was the first to receive recog-
nition, and his resOlution that the house
of representatives be notified that the sen-
ate was in session and ready to proceed
with business was agreed to without com-
ment. Mr. Hale followed with a resolu-
tion that the daily hour for meeting be
noon, which was agreed to.

Mr. Sherman made the customary mo-
tion for a. committee of senators and mem-
bers to wait upon the president, and upon
its adoption the presiding ofiicer named
Mr. Sherman and Mr. Smith (_Dem., N.
J.) as the members of the committee. _

Mr. Morriil (Rep, Vt.) was the first to
suggest anything in the nature of legisla-
tive business by presenting several peti-
tions asking for the passage of the Dingley
bill. He yielded, ho‘wevcr, to Mr. Hoar’s
suggestion that all business be deferred, as
a. matter of courtesy, until the president
and house of representatives had been .
communicated with, and thereupon at
12:15 p. In. the senate took a. recess until 1

. o’clock, when the” message was received _

and read.

Money For Pensions.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. —-The first appro-
priation bill of the session was finished by
the house committee on appropriations to-
day and reported ,. to the house, so that it
may be passed this week. It is the pen-
sion bill, which carries a. total of $141,268,!
880, a decrease of about $65,000 from t
estimates of the [commissioner of peach