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Old ami, ITS ACHIEVEMENTS Work Completed by the Fifty- Second Congress. un someMattees that no oveb But Two Tariff Bill "Win Out" Appro priations Reach Abont the Same Fig ure aa Tlinne or the Filty-Fimt Boom ers Will Have a Show on the Cherokee Strip EAert of a World's Fair Stipula tion on the Sunday Closing Condition Ust of Laws raosed Closing Scenes In House ami Srnnt i Y AS1I1XGT0X, March 6. The Silver and iariff question, the anti-option bill and the reduction of appropriKtions were the lead ing topics 'of consideration by the Fifty second congress, which expired by consti tutional limitation at 12 o'clock noon Sat urday. Secondary only in Importance to these matters were matters relating to the World's fair, equipment of railways with automatic car couplers, national quaran tine and immigration, Behring sea and Ha waian annexation. Nothing of an aflirma tive nature txcept to prevent two items in the McKinley bill taking effect was actu ally accomplished so far as respects silver, the tariff or auti-option, the action taken on ench of these questions in one branch uf cong.ess being negatived by the action or non-action of the other branch. Influence of the Balance Sheet. The result of the agitation of the neces sity for a retrenchment of expenditures is not apparent in any considerable change in the aggregate appropriations carried by the national supply bills, for they amount to about as much as in the Fifty-first con gress, law s on the statute books preventing some large reductions which otherwise would have been made, while the decreases which it was possible to affect were offset by increased appropriations for pensions and livers and harbors. The condition of the public treasury, however, though it did not result in the Fifty-second congress getting below the billion dollar limit, un doubtedly influenced legislation to a con siderable extent and prevented the Author ization of many proposed new expenditures for improvement of the public service, for public buildings, for payment of claims and for other purpose. Filibustered Free Silver to Death. The silver question was kept steadily be fore the attentiou of congress by the alter nate efforts of the advocates of free coinage ana 01 tne repeal ol tne boerman law. The coinage committee of the house in the first session reported a fr e silver bill, which after an exciting debate was saved from de feat by the casting vote of the speaker, but was afterward filibustered to death, the friends of the bill failiutr to secure the sig- 4 natures of a majority pf the Democrat to a petition asking .for a cloture rale in its behalf. The senate then passed a free coin age bill, but when the free silver men re newed their fight in the house they were outnumbered by fourteen votes, and of course failed. The anti-silver men met a similar fate in their efforts to secure a re peal of the present law, the senate refusing by a decisive vote to consider it and. the house killing the Andrew-Cate bill. What Was Done with the Tariff. On the tariff the dominant party in the house adopted a policy of attacking the McKinley bill in detail largely for poli tical reasons, and partly for reason that in view of the political complexion of the sen ate it was practically out of the question to pass a general tariff revision bill through the senate, while special measures might stand some show of passage. The result was the enactment into law of two bills continuing block tin on the free list and fine linen at 35 per cent, nd valorem. Under the McKinley bill large duties were to take effect on these items in the near future. Other seperate bills were passed through the house only to be pigeon-h'oled in the senate. rnr-tiae of Cherokee !trlp. A bill that went through containing a matter of importance was the Indian bill with the provision for the purchase of the Cherokee outlet, around the borders of which an army of "boomers" is now wait ing on a threat to go in ""willy nilly" to day. The government propoes to give the Indians :.i."i,0Oii for the land. Every body knows how the filibusters beat the anti-option bill, and its running-mate, the pure food bill, could not get consideration in the house though passed by the senate. The automatic car coupler bill, somewhat modified, was passed by both bouses, as was a national quarantine bill and a bill further restricting immigration. Approx imately 4i5 bouse and 23-" senate bills and joint resolutions became laws, making (MO acts put on the statute books as the result of the work of congress. World's Fair FegUlation. World's fair legislation comprised the grant of f2,500,000 in souvenir half dollars in aid of the fair, the closing of its gates on Sunday, the appropriation of various amounts for different fair purposes and the passage of sundry acts of a special nature and minor importance. The items in creased by the senate during the last week of congress were cut again by the house and the amounts asked tor the Columbian commission, including the board of lady managers, was reduced from 236,875 to $211,750. The appropriations for the gov ernment board of exhibits was reduced from $301,750 to $151,750. More Trouble Tor Sunday Closers. The amount asked for the committee of awards. $570,8S0, was allowed in full, but a proviso was attached stipulating that the money for this purpose should come out of the receipts of the sale of the souvenir half dollars appropriated under the act of the last session. Several of the members of the house who are lawyers claim that tak ing the money for the awards out of the appropriation of last session, under which the Sunday closing agreement vas made, is a distinct violation of the agreement on the part of congress, and thus relieves the World's fair from further responsibility on that account. BILLS THAT BECOME LAWS. . Important Measure that Got Through Roth Houses. The following are the more Important of the bills which have become laws: The CAT COUpW ij'-i"h-;r'!,ti ri Batiprmt .im...u, ,,,c -.b... ... 9 grant an American registry to tww In- ! loan line stemiisuips. to pension survivors j of the Biack Ilnkwk and Seminole Indian I wars; to increase the pension of veterans of Mexican war; the iu valid pension bill; the ..K l.-,,.. l,;ti f -.I ; . - r.(tu. uui bin iui aujUBbiuvub Ut OWVUUbS of men who -have worked overtime; to ena ble Die president to enforce reciprocal canal arrangements with Canada; to pension tt0 "rSTpJ? S lnter- comerce law so as to meet the Gresham Counselman decisions and correct other defects in it. Another "Heir Apparent." To make the secretary of agriculture eli gible to the residential succession! tn re- ' peal the life-saving projectile law so far as concerns vessels navigating lakes. Days r sounds exclusively; to increase the pay cnlistel men tn he .min1 for nrnmntinn promotion to second lieutenancies; to extend for two years the time within which applications can be made to remove technical charges of desertion against Mexican war veterans. Good Thing for Local- Tallent. To authorize the secretary of the treas ury to obtain designs for public buildings from local architects, who may also be em ployed to superintend their construction; for the permanent preservation and custo dy of the records of the volunteer armies; to investigate raft towing on the great lakes; to amend the general land grant forfeiture act of the last congress so that persons entitled to purchase forfeited lands under that act may have four years from the date of its passage. Standard Guage for Irou and Steel. Establishing a standard gunge for sheet and plate iron and steel; ' authorizing the construction of one new cruiser, one line of battle ship and three gunboats; abolition of army contract surgeons; making the action of the second auditor final on all back pay and bounty claims, except an ap peal within six months to the controller; for the collection of railway export statis tics; for the replacement of civilian Indian agents by army officers. President Harrison's Vetoes. Three bills were vetoed by the president, viz.: To refer the McGarrahan claim to the court of claims (a second McGarrahan bill failing of action in the house); to amend the court of appeals act and In relation to marshals in the United States courts in Alabama. This last bill becomes a law by passage over the veto. Senator Hoar (Rep.) stating that it had been vetoed through a misunderstanding of its provisions. The president subjected three bills to a "pocket" veto and twe other bills failed of engross ment in time for presentation to hiin. All were of comparatively small importance. CLOSE OF THE OLD CONGRESS. Heed in An Interesting Bole Complexion of the New Senate. Washington, March 6. The closing 1 scenes of the Fifty-second congress were t.eepy ones. zxiu uouses d&u ueen up au night and in the senate it wns so hard to get a quorum that Harris waxed wroth mid made a hot speech, in which he said: I want to -say on my responsibility as a senator and a man that the proceeding of the last two hours is a disgrace; a disgrace that iu the expiring hours of congress a sufficient number of senators cannot be held here to dispose of the public measures necessary to be considered." It .was 6:30 a. m. Saturday before the senate took recess and then only to tH:'M). Had Completed the Business. But the business was completed. All the bills which had been in conference for so many hours had lieen agreed on, and the only thing done after J:30 was the appoint ment of the usual committee to wait on the president, the delivery of the farewell speech of Chairman Morton, which was a graceful effort, and the passage of resolu tions of thanks to the retiring president and president pro tem. Of course old Cap tain Basset t solemnly performed the act of putting the clock back, so that the senate should obey the law and adjourn at 13 o'clock (official time) which was really 1 p, m. Before the inauguration twenty-five new senators were sworn in, among them Martin of Kansas, whose prima facie right to a seat is subject to contest. After the inauguration the senate adjourned, having appointed a committee to inform the new president that it was at his service. All the states have chosen new senators, either by election or appointment, to the senate of the Fifty-third congress, except Montana and Washington. The Republiccn governor of the former will appoint a Re publican to serve until the next legislature elects, and a Republican is assured event ually from Washington, the legislature of that state being largely Republican. Count ing the senators from these two states, therefore, as Republicans, the senate will be composed of forty-six Democrats, thirty eight Republicans, aud four Populists. Keed Has Hi Revenge. In the house, after the last conference reports had been a creed to a recess was taken to 10:t and on reassembling the usual last-hour committee to wait ou the president was appointed. Then Hatch took the chair while Reed took his revenge on those present who had deuied to him the courtesy always accorded speakers when he closed his term with the Fifity-lirst con gress, and refused to vote him thanks. He began by stating that the speaker was the office not the man; that it should be respected, and that no factional or party malice should ever strive to lessen the dig nity of the office or the esteem in which the speaker was held. An Example Not To ISe Imitated. He then proceeded: "Xo attack, wheth er open or covert, cp.n be made upon that great office without leaving to the future a legacy of disorder and bad government. This is not because the speaker is himself a sacred creation. It is because he is the embodiment of the house, its power and dignity. If any efforts of that kind have been made in the past, if at any time in the heat of passion or the flush of resentment over unexpected defeat an action has been takeu which has been thus inimical to the public good and the public order, let us leave to those who so acted the honor or the shame, and in no Way give to their example the flattery of an imitation. Patriotism Above Partisanship. "While, therefore, my associates and I have not lorgotten the past, I am sure that I speak the sentiment of them all when I say that the Republican party, without re gard to what any other party may do, or what any other party has done, will but tress, by the respectful behavior of each and every one of its members, this high office. Applause. Therefore, placing patriotism above partisanship, placing duty above even a just resentment, notwith standing we Ho nor npmof th narlia elates ana deenV that tne system re-established is not democratic and is unwise, nev ertheless, by offering the customary resolu tion, we tender to the speaker of this house the expression of our beliel that he, like all his predecessors, has performed the trying duties of his ollice with upright inteution aud honorable purpose." . Adieu to the Fifty-Second. Crisp made a graceful response to the resolution which Reed sent to the clerk tbauking the speaker for his sen-ices in that oflice, aud t heu the offi cial clock hav ing beeu allowed to mark 12 m. the house of the Fifty-second congress adjourned sine die. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. The inaugural parade took five hours to pass the reviewing stand Saturday, and the last rank went by at 7 p. m. Cleveland taw it all pass. ' Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of En gineers, is at Toledo trying to settle a dif ficulty with the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan road. The boomers on the borders of the Chero kee Strip are wild with joy over the action, of congress in passing the "Strip" bilLJ 31 Burglars robbed the residence ol the governor of Missouri. Hugh F. Dempsey and Robert Beatty, convicted of poisoning the Homestead mill men, have been seuteuced at Pittsburg to seven years each in the penitentiary. Gal lagher got five years and Davidson three. An appeal to the supreme court has been taken. Mary J. Bigger, widow of the famous Chaplain Bigger, of Chicago, aged nearly SO, was burned to death while trying to smother a lire in her bed. Thomas Freeman, 72 years old, an old time Abolitionist and friend of Abraham Lincoln, died at Kvanstpn, a Chicago suburb. The Kirkman art, tile and pottery works at Akron. O., burned. Loss, $240, O00; insurance, ?'f,:.0(J0. At Dennison, Tex., it is Btated that four men looking for gold and silver in southern New Mexico have found the petrified body of the famous outlaw Bruce Younger. Oliver Jo' iisr.u, a colored boy of 13, mur dered Stanley llott. a white boy of 5, at Columbus, O., aud threw the body into the river. At Whitvllle, Tenn., Will Ross cut two men named Morrison fatally. Then two other Morrisons cut Ross to pieces. Family feud. Third Vice President Springer, of the Santa Fe, bus resigued to accept a position on the Chicago Elevated Terminal railway company. Mrs. Concita Sabetino and her 8-year-old boy are in jail at Denver for burning Tony Sabetmo. a girl S years eld, all over the body with n.ttirons and red-hot pokers and then hanging her. The child cannot live. The coroner's jury at Chicago has found that Buildirc Commissioner O'Neill, Arch itect Kurst, Contractor Campbell, and Johu York, the owner, are responsible for the fall of the building in that city last week by which eight lives were lost. j Mrs. Thomas ILmibrkli, of Ford, Ky.. crazed by the loss of one child, cut the throat of her daughter Jessie and tried to treat a neighbor's child iu1 the same man ner. Shady Valley, near Bristol, Tenn., has been bought- IjV a syudicate of Knglishmen for 600,UOO. i'hey will establish iron fur naces. Caroline Merrick, a Chicago school teach er well known all over the country, is dead at El Paso, Tex. It Is asserted that Frederick R. Coudert, of New York, will be Cleveland's minister to France. , Charles Swenson, a miner at Negaunee, Mich., was crnshed to death by the roof of the Prince of Wales mine falling on him. Funeral of Ex-Governor Bishop. Cincinnati, March 6. The funeral serv ices over the remains of ex-Governor R, M. Bishop were held yesterday in the Central Christion church. Rev. Robert Graham delivered the funeral sermon. The honor ary pall-bearers were: Ex-Governor J. D. Cox. ex-Governor J. B. Foraker, ex -Mayor S. S. Davis, and Harry R. Smith. The . body was laid to rest in Spring Grove cem etery. , The Isoeal Markets. " - '! eJU.rx,CTc. .', -'!. r'i Wheat 743.76c Corn 45&4c. . ' V Oata CG&SSc. V.' ; ' I Hsy Timothy, f H.00; upland, $10811 ; s'.oues t ; : 1 $9.00; baled. $10.00311.00. : ' ! FBOCUCZ. , j ; . . Batter Fair to choice, 25c; creamery, 27c. ' ' '. Eggs Frerti, S5fc?7. . i! !" ; Poultry Chickens. 9c; turkeys docks, line; geese, 10c. , i : racrr ak visitable. f Apples ( 4 00 perbb). h I:' Potatoes 8SI&93C. - Onions f 4 .00 per bbl. t ' " -, Turnips 00c per bu. ' ., , Lrvsstocs. j ! .:. Cattle Butchers py for corn feel steers ' I , ' H5c; cows and Eeifei. S&3!e; cajes . . 5c. ii . ' Hoes-7We$c. t. i , 6hep tSJiC. i : '. : f; . 25is PUREST AND BEST LESS THAN HALFTHE PRICE-OPjOTHER BRANDS POUNDS,20.-'-a. HALVES.IO QUARTERS SOLD IN CAHS 0NI& 1 1- I -i t- .