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. “moron. Dec. a—‘l‘he senate was
sails! to order today at it o'clock noon,
u‘ tho last session of the fifty-third
tugs- wss begun The vice president
In in the chair.
,’ Ilhesssslenof thehousawasopenedat
I“ same moment. with Speaker Crisp
7an the gavel. ‘ ‘
Thus was much public curiosity to see
In the defeated members who might be
tw would appear when they met
. HMmhers who are in a like
I: and their victorious opponents This
-caricsity was manifest when early this
using spectators began 'to pour down
Pennsylvania avenue toward the capitol.
Thehouse gallerlcswerepackedas seen
u the doors were opened, and when the
heathen began to appear on the floor the
» ha- of voiees broke into such a babel of
.m that thousherlhad tobacoutto
W it.
‘ There‘s Reed: There's Tom Reed!"
tied one enthusiastic man in the gallery
as the portly form and smiling face of
theman from Maine was seen to pass in
through the green doors. Then every cc
aapant of the galleries strained neck and
eyes to catch a glimpse of the hero of the
moment. and it was with diliiculty that
the murmurs were kept within bonnie.
Mr. Reed started quickly for his old
hat. but was wsylaid by a crowd of fel—
low members and held quite a reception
In the aisle. '
’ Waiting For the Message.
After the prayer and other prellmlne
Ila a committee was appointed by hpeak~
er Crisp to act with the senate committee
as a joint committee to notify the presi-
dent that congress was in session and
ready to receive any announcement he
lulght wish to make. Then the house set
tied down to quietly listen to the reading
of the president's message.
The spectators in the senate gallery
were too much awed by the dignity of
that body to break the silence to any ex-
tent. There was much interest evinced in
the greeting exchanged by the senatora
The semion begins with afull calendar,
the result of committee action during
the long session, and it contains at least
200 items. covering a wide range of mat-
ters. Nothing has transpired to indicate
which of these 200 questions will receive
Illtattention. whcthcr they will be tak-
- in their order or whether they will he
followed at all.
Hitch interest is felt among senators of
all political beliefs in the president's nice-
segpand in the recommendations which
theaacretary of the treasury will make
on financial questions. These will have
much to do in directing the course of the
. mate. If there are recommendations for
_ radical departures in financial method:
they are sure to lead ‘to much speech-
maklng early in the session and later to
(will the basis of committee actions.
Vermin-ea Pris the- Iiail Rolling.
Significance is also attached to Senator
Voorhces' declaration that he will ask
the finance committee to sit on Tuesday.
Tuesday is the day for the mgular weekly
meeting of this t'omlnlllo'u. but it does
not ordinarily moot so promptly aftcr the
aurmbllng of the senate, i.'halrman Voor'
* It. declines to state the olucot of the
meeting further than to say that it is to
he held for the purposv ol‘ permitting an
exchange ol views ainoug members.
' it is possible that his purpose may be
to arrange a policy upon the supplemen-
tal tart! bill. These bills have all been
reported by the committee. but it may be
wandered necessary to discuss them fur-
ther before deciding upon a plan of ac-
ttuli. The Democratic majority of the
finance committee is on record in favorof
thepaseagsof the hills. and it is out im-
probable that the early actlon'of the com-
mittee is sought to forestall am attempt
to prevent consideration. This 4 not al-
togethareurmlseJor it is known . mt some
d the so called conservative tenmurs have
advised that a general party conference
be bid soon after the senate couvonm for
thescuideratica of this question. The
”parlance of last "salon showed that
whenever caucuses were held tho conserv-
atives urrled tho-tr points. llsnce there
is room for the pmnipt action of the
friends of the supplementary bills.
There appears to be nothing outside of
financial or ‘tsrlli questions likely to ex-
cite aripple during the week. and it is
not certain that. whatever may happen
later in the session. there will be much in
these lines to disturb the general serenity
of the senate during the next few days.
Afterthe receipt of the president‘s mes
hga' and when it getsto businesst e sen-
atemay take up the calendar in egular
fillet. or it may proceed toconlil er out
of crdevsorneof the bills which hai been
' reputed. such as thosefor the sdm sslou
st Arieons and New Mexico or the bank
mptsy. aatloption or Nicaragua bills.
in any event the daily sessions of the
week will be short. with the probabilities
strongly in favor of an adjournment from
Thumay until Monday of the week fol-
licular Opens Null-Hy.
The second session“ the fifty-third
sshgavashsgaa in the house with the use-
d noisy preliminaries. Beyond the pee-
hgad the regular appropriation bills it
the probable that little in the way of
W will be accomplished tithe
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find. - Among the members “of the
“at party in the house. over half
H is a great deal of bitter feeling
, the administration’ for recl or
, / it will be the purpose
7““ g is iccurbasfsraspossl
W the displey‘ of resentment. but the
. will spare no psiesto pre-
‘ ‘ and need thelrdsfeeted adversaries
letting loose their vials of wrath.
the course of the eaten. a is eases.
WIN:
”‘1 in. 5le miss“;
fl m were defeated for reelection.‘
Ohio will also furnish a diversion before
thsvholldsysit theiudlsiary committee.
which investigated the charges. should
the senate. the chief justice presiding.
impeachment proceedings are rare and
novel. and this one. the first since the
trial of Pusident Johnson. would attract
national attention. ‘
JOHN BURNS HERE.
The English Labor Invader on a Visit to
4 This Country.
New Your. Dec. 8.—-Among the pas—
sengers on the Cunard steamer Etruxle
was John Burns. hi. P.. the great social
lat and labor leader of London. A dole.
gation from the labor organisations of
New York city met him atguarahtlne.
The delegation consisted of 1!}. F. Mc-
Sweeney. assistgnt commissioner of le-
ber, fiemuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor: Chris
Evans. socrstuy of that organization.
and William O'Brien of the walking dole
gates.
Mr. Burns is a short men of powerful
build. with a pointed black beard, which.
like his hair. is heavily streaked with
white. Though he is butllld years of age.
he has the appearance of amen of hi).
Mr. Burns is accompanied on his present
trip by two fellow members of parliament
——Mr. David Holmes. who represents the
town of llurnloy. in Lancasblre. and who
is president of the Weavers' association
and adelcgate to the conference of the
Federation of Lalxir. and Mr. John \i’il-
liams Benn. member of the [tendon coun-
ty council and‘M. i’.
“it would be unfair to the American
,people for me to talk about them now."
Mr. Burns said in an interview. “for
really i know very little about them. i
was pleased with the result of your recent
municipal elcction in New York city. As
we understood it. the victory was in the
interests of pure municipal politics.
and as my principal work at peasant is
as a county oounollor it was particularly
interesting to me,
‘ I cannot talk fairly of American af-
fairs. for it would take years of work for
me to become familiar with them his
way that would be satisfactory to me.
As for the socialist movement in Eng
land. it has come to stay. it will grow
asit adapts itself to circumstances and
as long as it conforms to the conventions
which have for so long made the upper
and middle classes the ruling power. So-
cialism as it allects municipal matters is
not mixed up with other issues.
"i have been watching the labor move
meat in America as closely as lcculd
from d distance, and l have concluded
that there must be a little more of the
milk of human kindness injected into la-
bor affairs if they are to progresses!
would like to see them program"
Incense-ll at line Penis-r.
Kiwsnw, N. Y.. llec. :i.-—l"or the first
time in the history of St. John's parish
here the tensor was swung in the chancel
at the leading mass by Father Lewis '1‘.
“attach and his acolytes. notwithstandv
ing the opposition ol a very large number
of the church members. Some to or more
families and about No commnnloants are
said to have withdrawn. They will now
forniuluelo charges ngain~t him. which
will be presented to liishop Potter in a
few days.
Mrs. I’arkhurai's “Olin-r lineal.
Son‘mnn-Tox. Mass. lice. :l.——Mrs.
Filena liodman. aged 7d. widow of the
late Arthur Badman. formerly president
of the lianipsbire County bank, died at
her home on Elm street from paralysis.
line of her sons R. C. Badman of New
York. and a daughter. Mrs Charles ll
Parkburst. were proseni at the time of
her death.
tie-renal await“ ltesturml.
WArlilNIl‘loS. liec. :i.-—'l‘he announce
meat of the restoration of General Swalm
to full rank in the army was an entire
surprise to the public and revived the old
discussion of the merits of a case which
during its progress was bitterly fought
and created liorce annuities and charges of
bad faith
Ag-ni and l‘umie Missing.
tirmmzrm n. ills. liee. 3,—W. s, liusl.
general agent for central and southern
illinols of the W. E. Sunburn Stock Feed
company of Omaha with headquarters
in this city. has tilsappoared. taking with
him about 36,00" of the company’s
money.
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Two Iiurrml to Death.
lioi-rox. llec. zi—«liy abs explosion of
an oil stove the double 4 '1 story house.
l8 North square. this city. was badly
damaged by fire pad water, and Luigi
items. lib yearsf old. and his daughter
Louisa, aged H years. were burned to death.
Poland to lie illoi of (inurhu.
Hr. i'm‘rzaum'uo. lien. 8.-—-ll is report
ed that General (lourko. governor of Pa
land. and his son. vice governor of Pa-
land. have resigned. the czar intending to
abolish the oppressive government of that
province.
Jockey (famine iiiabbed.
SAK Futurism. Ilse. ll.--Yonng Bob
item, the lightweight colored jockey. ycs‘
terday stabbed ilobsrt Combs. another
jockey. in the back. inflicting a ssrlouslf
notfatsi wound. lsotn wssarrested. '
iiherwood bison Dead.
Clllcmm. Dec. ii.——Sherwocd Dixon.
United States district attorney for the
Northern district of lilincls. died of lsrs
yugltis. lie was appointed to olllce by
President Cleveland last July.
r'nigm \t’rseh.
Amos. iils.. lire. 3.—-'l‘lie Chicago
night express on the Wabash was wrecked
st Nameokl. The engines were demolish-
ed. and much other damage was done
he one was seriously injured.
‘ Hospital literal-ti.
limitmmsn. Ala. Des. uwae Cher-
ity hospital. situated inst outside of the
city limits. was destroyed by fire. lie
lives were lost.
Meantime
,i- its '
Vic“
lies York or. sacrum no»
’ to Strike s Desthblow.
wm ro moor or m mom.
Wthythrhtele
BeguaatAiberoathetireuadThatlt
Mleealadsin le-
Whose-toot.
ilisoss. Dee. t.--'i'lie most deter
rained assault it: has ever been msdecn
Tammany has i been. organized in
this city. it is proposed to wipe the os-
gsnlsstion out of existence. to tear it up
by the roots and annihilate it completely.
A committee of citizens and Democrats.
probably from the Good Government club
In the Tenth assembly district. with
headquarters at 10 St. Mark's place, will
go to Albany this week and lay before At-
torney General Hancock some affidavits.
transcript of records and other documents
tending to show that the Tammany so
elety. or Colombian order. has violated
Its charter rights.
This committee. which will be headed
by Lawyer John Brooks Merritt. a mem-
ber of that Good Govern ent club, will
ask that the attorney to oral institute
proceedings in the suprc e court to an-
hul the society's charter. A date will be
set for the trial. and then all the oflloers
of the society will be subpicnsed us wit
ncssss. _ -
Among others to be compelled to testi-
fy will be Grand Sachem Thomas 1". Gil.
ray and the following sachems: Hugh J.
Grant. Charles Welds. John McQuade.
John J. German, William H. Clark. W.
Bourke Cochran. Bernard J. Martin. Help
ry l). Purroy.Charlse E. Simmons. Thom—
as L l‘eltner and James J. Martin.
Richard Crokcr will also becailed asa
witness, and Wlsklnkle Dan Donegan vflll
be interrogated as to whom he has collect-
ed money from during the past few years.
Books. papers. records, documents and
everything pertaining to the Tammany
moiety at least as far back ' law will
be brought into court.
h’aclir-nts Must T's-silly.
An effort will be made to find out
where all the hundreds of thousands of
dollars have gone which have been coi‘
looted regularly from the clerks and other
employees of the city. This will be the
greatest exposure of recent years and can.
not fall to cause asensaticn. incidentally
it is expected that many thousands of
dollars have been divided between the
members of a clique of sacbems, but. this
will have nothing particularly to do with
the main object of the inquiry. The Tam-
many society will be on trial for its life.
and it is believed that its doom is sealed.
Mr. Leavltt said: “The Tammany so-
clety was organized in 17:49 and was
chartered under the laws of 1506 for the
purpose of allordlng relief to the indigent
and distressed members of said assocla‘
tiou. their widows and orphans and oth~
on who may be found proper objects of
their charity. As the society has depart»
ed very far from the objects of its charter
an action might be brought by the attor
my general to dissolve the corporation
and wind up its affairs. When it is wound
up. we can destroy the 'l'ammany llall
political organization and not before."
Speaking further. the young lawyer
said that the charter further provided
that the Tammany society was entitled
to hold only such real estate as the row
line from which shall not exceed $5.4M)
per illililllli Now. it can be shown that
tho yearly revenue from the Tammany
society‘s wigwam in East Fourteenth
street. known as Tammany hall. yields
double that sum. This would alone bu
sulllclcnt to break tho charter. but it is
also known that the soclely has long
since gone out of the “charity" business.
No Republican will be engaged in this
movement. .\lr leavltt says. llc con-
tends that Tammany Hall is not a Demo.
crailo organization. ami ihoroforo iicmo
crates may attack it with good grace. He
believes that the suit will rosult in the
annulmont of the churn-r. and then the
political organization at the Wigwam will
have to stand on its own bottom it may
lit'rnluu a more representative body. but
will probably die of dry rot.
"ill in Arum! liu- t'liarlrr.
lint even if this proceeding should fall
the Hood ilovcrmucut club people will
not despair by any moans. A bill will
most surely go thmugh the legislature to
ennui the charter of the society. and 'a
receiver may be appointed by the courts
to wind up its allalrs and divide the
property. The old wigwam is worth a
tidy sum. and many of tho Tammany
healers would welcome a grand "dlvvy."
it has been aswrtained that during the
put in months political changes have
been so numerous that no less than six
Republicans. so called. and twice as
many antl'l'ammany Democrats still re»
taln their membership in the society.
Some of those may begin a suit for .the
appointment of a receiver. in any case
the sachems have a big light on tbolr
hands While hir. Leavilt is the ilrst
man to take hold of a practical scheme to
destroy Tammany. he does not claim orig
Inallty for it. lnticed while at the h‘i.
lienls dinner ho found that Mr. l’rvblo
Tucker had thought out a similar plan.
bis-Senator Warner Miller suggested
the other day that the legislature pass an
amendment to the nicotine laws provld~
ing that any secret or semisecrct society
like Tammany should not be allowed to
have oliicial ballots printed.
it is understood that an assemblymaa
elect of this city is preparing touch a bill.
and there seems to be good reason to bo-
llevs that the mentors in some shape will
pass.
Investigation still firm tin.
'l‘wo sensational investigations are
drawing crowds today. and later on a
third will tarnish interesting food for
thought about the criminality of Tani.
many.
The llexow committee resumed its sli‘
tings this morning at io o‘clock in the
Tweed courthouse. John W. (toll is con-
ductlug the examination. as before. as-
slated by Frank Moss and W. Travers Je-
revue.
lipeculatlon is rife about the calling of
erAeslsiaut District Attorney \i'slliuau
to tell about the attempts to bribe. him.
it is hinted also that startling stories of
police blackmail are yet to come out.
Mrs. Herman has yet to complete her tee}
tlmony. and Mrs. Evelyn Bell will tell of
her ssperlrmce with the police when she
conducted a notorious resort in the Ten»
derioln precinct.
The other investigation which opened
this morning at ll o‘clock in the old gen-
resides-ions building in 0in Hail park
will be reclined solely to wandering the
case of Distrist Mteresy Jets it. list
chum g tint!
lets cl , est
_. J I: : site»
The charges of neglect ses founded on
delay in Mingliittlflitln criminal cases
to trial. ii is thought that not more
than two days will is consumed in beer
lug the evidence for the defense.
creator Linnea will hear what both
sides have to offer and will "M with
findings of feet, to Governor Flower. who
will make his decision upon the report.
Monday. lies. 11. the impeachment
proceedings against I’ollcc Justice Paddy
Divver will come up. The case will con‘
some a week at least.
'KOTlilTES QUIET.
ilo Friction in Montgomery Between Ala-
‘ home's Two Governors.
Moxmonmv, Ala. Dec. li.—ln spite
of her dual government Alabama enjoyed
as peaceful and quiet a Sunday as any
state in the Union. Most of the visitors.
including the 20') companies of state troops
left the city Irma ater midnight h'aturduy
night. The enthusiastic politicians. ex-
hausted with tbs excitement and anxiety
of Saturday. have been mating at their
homes. Keithor Governor Oates nor Cap~
taln Kalb has been seen on the streets.
The council of the Populist loaders call-
ed for Saturday afternoon was not held.
It has developed that there is a decided
split in the l’upullst ranks on the inau-
gural movement it has leaked out that
the members. of that party in the legis-
lature were united sgalnst the inaugura-
tion of Laptnin Kalb and did all in their
power by writing to their constituents to
keep Kolb’s supporters away from the
city. Denim-rope leaders here think they
know Kolb's purpose. They believe he
simply wants to put himself on record.
They belicvc his scheme is to send a mes
sage to the legislature demanding a fair
election contest law. He will as governor
give Warren .~'. Rees a certificate of elec-
tlou as senator from Alabama and will
issue similar certificates to four of the
live congressional candidates. Governor
Oates will sign the certificates of tho gou-
tlemen declared to be elected. and Kolb
hopes that the Republicans and Populism
in the house will seat the contestants
and thereby virtually recognize him. An
other meeting of the Kolbltos'ia called for-
today.
LYNCHED BY NEGROES.
Florida ('rlmlnul “ringed by People of Ilia
liwn l‘olur.
(iv/«M. Fla. Dec. :l.——News of the
lynching of a negro by nogroes has roach
ed here, The report is that William
Jackson. a negro desporndo who is want-
ed for vicious crimes. committed a crim-
inal assault upon a negrsss near Martel.
a small village in this county about eight
miles from ln:re. on Friday.
Jackson We: arrested by Constable
liudgens. who. while taking the prisoner
to liartel for trial before a justice of the
peace. was incl by a large armed body of
negroes and banged. At last accounts the
body had not yet boon cut down.
Itonmi to tie! Rockefeller.
Waco, Tor. Dov. :i.—-(‘onoerniug the
New York dispatches which state that
Germ-nor Flower lllll refused to honor req-
uisitions for John D. Rockefeller and
other Standard (ill officials. saying that
the papers are insulllciout. Judge Scott
of the court in which the indictment was
found says; ' if that is the only ol-‘ectlon
tho gowrnur has to honor my roqu sitiuh.
we will endeavor to fix it up and see
if we cannot satisfy him in this respect.
but i don't know in what respect the pa
pcrs are defective if they are. a more ex-
plicit undorstuudlng "inst be reached be
fore a course who pursued can be decided
upon."
Mrs. Ilirwirila-lll “'unie 935.000.
Falcon. X. ii. iiso. til-The lllrscb-
fields announce that they have decided to
appeal from tlicdoclslon of Judge McCon-
nell denying the annulment of the mar
riago. it is understood that Mrs. Hirsch
fluid docliucd to tuck» any terms. “or
attorneys would reconnucnd a settlement
on the basis ol Hanan 'l'bey decline to
pay that amount.
In a liurtilng \i'rr-t'h.
SLA‘HKMM. l'a. lll'l' 1i —~-.\ freight
train on the Jimmy ('onlrai roml run into
the rear and of a coal train iwa milcs be
low liockportand soterai cars worn badly
“rocked. inginoor llail of the freight
train is supposed to be under the debris
(inc other man was severely but not in
tally burn-«I in a fire which followed the
wroclt
lilsanlvr \‘ictims "Ilrlt‘ll.
l'i’om aorta. Mats. lice. :i.~The dou
his funeral of i‘liarlcs lisuthlor and \'lo-
tor holson. two of tho victlms of the
Thanksgiving clay grade crossing disaster‘
at Snutbbrldgs. was held in the First
llaptlslchurcliof that town. The services
were very largely ntlcndod.
New liq-r Mm t‘mnmlt Murals-r.
Cumio'n‘r. N. 0.. Dec. ll-«ln a quar-
rel over the possession of a gun Wiley
Wilson was shot and instantly killed by
John l’ux. aged in. in Caldwell county.
The mother and sister of For wore wit
bosses of the tragedy-
Inwy-‘r's l‘ulnl Fall.
Nizw \‘oux. llec. :l.-W. limiman Wins
low. iilyunraolflltmll lawyer. with olllcos
at lil‘J Sassua sir-cut. fell from an eighth
story window at tho Sevillia aparimcnt
hull-w. ll? Wont l-‘il‘ty eighth street. and
Wes instantly klllud.
TELEGRAPHIE TICKS.
in a practice game of billiards at Chit
cage Frank lime mudu a run of bill.
The Yale football team defeated tlic
Princeton» at how York by a score of ‘Jl
to 0.
Charles .1 Pike. llocbesior‘s best
known amateur athlcse. tiled of typhoid
lever.
A treaty of collnncrre and navigation
has been Ilgnml by the representatives of
ltely and Japan.
The l'nicu Hsvlnps and Loan Assoelav
tiou bank of Portland. Ur. was entered
by burglars and robbed of $2.5m).
The report that Minister lisnby has so
pooled for help in a cable message to the
department of state was continued.
Returns from London on the sale of
seaisklns show that the owners uprated
this year in nearly every immune at a
deed loss. ‘
Commander linlll'iuton lamb of the
nervous prostretlon. ,
The 94 hour international bicycle race
at the Madison liquors garden. New
York. was won by Waller. who settled
lit miles sari ll laps H,
The illsw York district attorney's clues
sees that tire. 'i‘burew. the reissue tea»
err-sustain. wannabes not,“ is
r
Salvation A rmy la uritionlly ii: at Chicago
with a compli- atlon of typhoid fever and ’
This is nearly the end of the guessing contest for the
pony “Ned.” If you don't want him we know of a
party who will pay a good price for him, so it's worth
your while to try .
A purchase of anything, even a collar, will entitle you
to {card Don't, miss it The contest ends at noon,
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