WITH MUSIC, CHEERS AND CATCALLS. % Passage Into History ; of the Fifty-Third Con gress. PRESIDING OFFICERS PRAISED Politics Laid Aside in Both Houses and a. Love Feast Enjoyed. Washington, March 4.— At noon to-day, after a continuous session of forty-eight hours, interrupted by an occasional recess, the flags above the Capitol were lowered and the Fifty-third Congress had passed into history. In the House the end was not marked or marred by any unpleasant incident. All the appropriation bills were out of the way when the House convened at 8 o'clock this morning. The time was dwindled away until 11 o'clock, the only feature being a rather brisk debate on the results to follow from the projected mone tary conference. The usual committee was sent to the President to inform him that Congress was ready to adjourn and the other formalities of the end of a Congress were gone through with. The concluding minutes were in the nature of a love feast. The best of feeling prevailed. The resolu tion of thanks to the Speaker which came from the minority was offered to-day by Cannon in a very graceful speech, bearing testimony to the high appreciation in which the presiding officer was held by the Republican minority. "Wilson of "West Virginia responded on behalf of the majority, and Simpson of Kansas, representing the Populists, joined in the expression of thanks for the cour tesies and kindnesses extended by the Speaker. All the kindly sentiments were applauded, and when Crisp himself as cended the rostrum to return thanks and deliver his parting words the demonstra tion was terrific. At the conclusion of his speech, just before declaring the House ad ' journed, he appointed Culberson of Texas, Hitt of Illinois and himself as members of the monetary commission. His own ap pointment was by resolution. As the Fifty-third Congress came to an end the doxology was sung by the corre spondents in the press gallery. At 8 o'clock this morning when the House reconvened in its final session after a four-hour recess there were exactly eleven members on the floor. The Speaker was at his post. All looked tired and worn out. In the public gal lery opposite the Speaker's gallery lounged a half-dozen belated visitors who had remained there all night, and in the private gallery a solitary female held the fort. She looked be draggled, but was evidently determined to sit it out. Otherwise the hall was deserted. Baker (R.) of New Hampshire had the honor of passing the first bill of the final session. It was a bill to pay a war claim of Margaret Ken nedy, amounting to -£1000. The husband of the beneficiary had been a well-known figure about the Capitol for years. Every morning he was to be found at one of the doors with his pocket fall of apples dealing them out to mem bers and appealing for votes for his bilL Dockery was in the watch tower looking after Uncle Sam's strong box, Out he allowed several bills to go through by unanimous consent. One by one the members arrived and the galleries began to fill. At 9 o'clock Chairman Sayers of t__e Appropriation Committee entered the hall. Although he has been almost constantly at work for forty-eight hours, he was buoyant and of light step, overjoyed that the last appropria tion bill had passed. |H__B Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio caused the first flurry by a sharp speech contending that the Repub licans were the true friends of bimetallism. The repeal of the Sherman act two years ago, he said, had accomplished more than any other influence to bring about the hopeful condition for silver we now observe the world over. He predicted great results from the proposed! mon etary conference. Grosvenor's speech precipitated quite astir among the silver men. They all rushed for ward and appealed for recognition. Bryan (D.) of Nebraska managed to get the floor and indignantly resented the reflection made by Pence yesterday upon the silver men who favored this conference. He was for free sil ver, but he believed it the heigh tof folly for the United States not to join hands with other countries of the world if they were ready and ' willing to join in the scheme for the remoneti ration of silver. Dingley (R.) of Maine agreed with Grosvenor, contending with the European bimetallists that the single attempt of any country— the United States, France or Germany— to open its mints to the free coinage of silver, would swamp it and place it immediately on a silver basis. Walker (R.) of Massachusetts, Wangcr (R.) of Pennsylvania and Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas crowded in a few words before the debate was cut off at 10 o'clock by a motion for a recess until 11 o'clock. Simpson made the point of no quorum. Meantime visitors had poured into the galleries until they were packed. On the floor all was confusion. Members chatted and laughed and bid each other good-by. Finally Simpson surrendered and a recess was taken until 11 o'clock. At 11 o'clock, when the House reconvened, the noise in the galleries and the confusion on the floor ceased. The usual committee, con sisting of Catchings of Mississippi, Outhwaite of Ohio and Reed of Maine, was appointed to join a similar committee from the Senate and inform the President that Congress was ready to adjourn. The Speaker appointed Rusk of Maryland, Meredith of Virginia aud Coffin of Maryland on the Committee of Accounts, to •serve during the recess. The committee appointed to wait on the President, with Catchings as spokesman, then appeared and informed the Speaker that the President had :no further communication to make to Congress. 7'V ; .X I the conclusion of the love feast, when the resolution complimenting Speaker Crisp was passed and all the nice things said, the end came. The hands of the clock pointed to 12 o'clock. "I now declare the third session of the Fifty-third Congress," said the Speaker, "adjourned without day." The silver mace was lifted from its malachite pedestal, the flag above the House was low ered, and amid cheers and catcalls from the galleries a rush was made for the doors. But from the press gallery came the sound of music. The newspaper correspondents were singing the doxology. "Praise God from whom all blessings* flow." The spectators paused to listen and applaud and then, as the chorus ceased, pushed out and in a few minutes the hall was deserted. CLOSING HOURS IN THE SENATE. Crowded Galleries and the Usual Con gratulatory Resolutions. Washington, March 4.— noon to-day the United States Senate closed its final session of the Fifty-third JCongress amid crowded galleries, congratulatory resolu tions, a parting word from President Cleveland and a brief valedictory from the Vice-President. The wonted dignity of the Senate was preserved to the end, except for the rush of business incident to the last hours of a session. The Senators were at work by 9 o'clock, . after having remained in the chamber until 4a. m. They clearly showed the fatigue of the Jong session lasting from Saturday noon and their ranks were too thin up to 11 o'clock for the transaction of iny^iing beyond formal business. By •hat time there were few vacant seats on ;he floor of the Senate and the galleries were literally packed, the crowds filling the Senate, pushing into the aisles and overflowing in long lines down the "orri dors and stairways. Many members of the diplomatic corps occupied the gallery reserved for them. By 10 o'clock the last formalities on the two remaining appropriation bills—naval and deficiency — were concluded, and the meas ures started to the executive mansion. There was no disposition to take tip new business and two efforts to consider ques tions affecting the Bering Sea were cut off by objections. A feature of the last moments of the session was the tumultuous laughter that greeted the announcement of Voorhees of the committee to wait on the President that the latter tendered his congratulations to Congress on the close of their labors. Vice-President Stevenson closed the ses sion with a few well-chosen words, as he stated the work of the Fifty-third Con gress passed into history. Cockrell, who as chairman of the Appro priations Committee has borne a large part of the burden of the 48 hours of continuous struggle on the appropriation bills, was among the late arrivals. At 9:10, when the Senate proceedings were resumed, the Vice-President announced his signature to the naval appro priation bill. It was the last formality before the taking of the last important measure to the President. At 9:40 the Vice-President announced his signature to the deficiency bill. This was the last of the appropriation bills, and thus all of the great measures for the carrying on of the Government were either at the executive man sion or on their way there. Little was done, unanimous consent having been given to con fine the business to conference agreements. Then the Senators lapsed into inaction, wait ing for the concluding hour to arrive. At 10:15 Voorhees offered a resolution, which was adopted, for the appointment of a joint committee ol the two houses to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that Congress, having completed its business, was ready to adjourn. . The Vice-President named Voorhees and Sherman as the Senate members of the committee. Morrill of Vermont here presented a graceful compliment to the Vice-President, who had temporarily left the chair, in the form of a resolution thanking him for the ability, dig nity and impartiality with which he had ad ministered the duties of presiding officer. There was a loud and unanimous adoption of the resolution. At 11:40 a joint resolution was passed as to compensation to employes. A messenger dashed away with it in a race to get to the White House and secure the President's signa ture within twenty minutes. 7__Eiai6 The thanks of the Senate were expressed in a resolution offered by Manderson for the cour tesy and impartiality with which Harris had served as President pro tern. of the Senate. Harris then took the chair and returned his thanks for the flattering resolution. At 12 minutes to 12 o'clock the last enrolled bill was reported to the Senate as signed by the Vice-President, but it seemed impossible to get the executive signature in time. Call vehemently insisted on a final vote on his Florida resolution. Aldrich declared that a special committee, if appointed, will be for a political purpose alone. He moved an amend ment that the Committee on Judiciary make the investigation. Call excitedly denounced the statement of Aldrich concerning the politi cal purposes of the inquiry. At this moment Voorhees and Sherman, the Senate committee to wait on the President, appeared at the door and announced that the President had no further communication to make. The Vice-President announced Senators Cockrell, Davis, Daniel, Gordon, Quay and Sherman as the members of the committee to take part in the dedication of theChickamauga military park. The Vice-President rose as the clock pointed to two minutes to 12 for a part ing word to the Senate. He said : "Senators, the hour has arrived, fixed by law, for the termination of this Congress. For the courtesy uniformly extended me and the reso lutions just adopted my gratitude cannot be measured by words. I would do violence to my feelings if I failed to express my thanks to the officers of this body for the fidelity with which they have discharged their important duties and for their assistance and courtesy to the presiding officer. It only remains to make j the official announcement that the Senate stands adjourned without day." As the last words were spoken by the Vice- President, being timed to conclude at 12, he brought his gavel down sharply and declared the session at an end. There was no demon stration and no applause. Senators began bid ding their adieus. The appearance of the chamber and the weary looks of worn-out Sen ators were evidence that the end had come. Why are users of Dr. Price's Baking Powder like Oliver Twist? They like it so well they always cry for more. CALIFORNIANS DISGUSTED. Nothing Gained for the Coast by the Recent Con gress. Senator White, However, Sat isfied With the Defeat of Huntington's Schemes. Washington, March 4.— The Fifty-third will be remembered in Washington as "The Rump Congress." Everybody is disgusted with it and glad that it is gone. The Pacific Coast delegation is especially displeased because no action was taken on the Nicaragua canal. In the House nothing was done for silver; the Wilson tariff almost paralyzed some of most important industries of California. The Senate ratified the new Chinese treaty, and, not content with all the mischief, in the closing hours knocked out one of the new battle-ships, thereby sorely disappoint ing Irving M. Scott, as it is not sure by any means that he will get one of the con tracts. English is disgruntled, too, because after repeated efforts he failed to get recognition for Oakland's postoffice bill. " The naval bill, as passed, also eliminates $250,000 for the Hartford, as well as a provision requir ing one of the torpedo-boats to be built at Mare Island. Bowers was knocked out on his bill to provide mountain-stream motive power for Southern California electric lighting. Caminetti was defeated in his attempt to pass the mineral land classification bill. Geary is sore over the failure of . the Nica ragua bill, and Senator Perkins because the Hawaiian cable amendment was defeated. . Senator White also met with a failure to day in his attempt to have the Commerce Committee of the Senate go to San Pedro and Santa Monica to investigate their re spective merits for a deep-water harbor. The Senate refused this, but White says some individual members may go anyhow in May. The only thoroughly contented man in the California delegation is Ma guire 1 who gloats over his defeat of Hunt ington and his lobby. Senator Perkins left for home to-night. White goes to-morrow. Of the Represen tatives Bowers left to-day, Geary goes to morrow, Maguire, English and Caminetti will remain here for several days yet. Representative Loud and wife remain here for a few days, when they go to Massa chusetts to spend one month before pro ceeding to California. Increase of the Gold Reserve. Washington, March 4.— To-day's state ment of the condition of the . treasury shows: Available cash balance $180,383, --572, gold reserve $91,636,926. "V A 8 staple as sugar and equally if not more useful ; Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. , THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1895. WEDDING CHIMES ON FIFTH AVENUE. Miss Anna Gould Becomes the Bride of the Count de Castellane. THEY ARE MARRIED TV/ICE. Never Has Gotham's "Hundred" Witnessed Such a Scene of Royal Splendor. New York, March 4.— The marriage of Miss Anna Gould/daughter of the late Jay Gould of this city, to Count Paul Ernest Boniface de Castellane was solemnized to-day at noon, Archbishop Corrigan officiating, at the residence of her brother, George J. Gould, Sixty-seventh street and Fifth avenue. At 11:30 o'clock the relatives and less than 100 intimate friends assembled at the house. The residence was artistically decorated throughout with a profusion of tropical plants, smilax, plumes and maidenhair, and overj 20,000 La France roses, lilies of the valley and Japan lilies. The wedding took place on the first or parlor floor, the ceremony being performed in what is known as the East India room MISS ANNA GOULD. COUNT PAUL DE CASTEI_I_ANE. "Rom her latest photograph, taken about two weeks ago and [Reproduced from the New York "Herald's" drawing of the Count's drawn for the New York" World.'*] ... ."'. latest photograph.] . I in the southwest corner of the mansion. The bridal procession formed in the library, a room of ample dimensions on the second floor immediately over the East India room, where the presents of the bride and groom were afterward exhibited. The guests received the first information of the formation of the bridal party by music issuing from an orchestra concealed in the hall behind a bank of palms and ferns. The number given was the "Largo" of Handel by an orchestra and an organ, and "Lisa's Dream" from "Lohengrin, "which was sung by Rosa Sucher, the operatic soprano, to the accompaniment of the string orches tra. This was followed by the bridal march from Lohengrin, and the assembled guests witnessed the bridal procession descending the flower-adorned stairs in the following order: First came the ushers, Prince del Drago, Raoul Duval.Brockholst Cutting and How ard Gould. They were followed by the bridesmaids, Miss Beatrice. Richardson, Miss Adelaide Montgomery, Miss Catherine Cameron and Miss Helen Gould. The bride then followed, leaning on the arm of her brother, George J. Could, her train be ing carried by her nephews, Masters King don and Jay Gould. They entered the music-room and passed into the East India room, walking slowly up the aisles, which had been made by running parallel white ribbons fastened to bushes of flower ing roses. When they reached the dais at the Fifth-avenue end of the room the music stopped. The ushers stood to each side and the bridesmaids stood before the ushers. Here, awaiting the approach of his bride, stood the bridegroom attended by his brother, the Count Jean de Castel lane, while on the dais stood Archbishop Corrigan, wearing his ecclesiastical robes. Mr. Gould placed his sister's hand in Count de Casteliane's hand and withdrew to the left, where his wife and her two little sons stood. The ceremony was abridged by the fact that the bride has not, as has been fre quently stated, surrendered her own re ligious faith. , When the time came for the bride to have placed, upon her finger the wedding ring, she handed her large and beautiful bouquet of lilies of. the valley to her sister, Miss Helen Gould, who stood on her immediate right. The "Aye Maria" was sung by Rosa Sucher, stationed at the foot of the stairs in the large hall, her rich glorious voice blend ing with the strains of the orchestra. After the . benediction had been spoken Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" was rendered, and the bride received the good wishes of the Archbishop and the two officiating priests, which were .followed im mediately -by those of her sister, Miss Helen Gould, and her brother. The Count, radiant and happy, led his wife into the alcove where, under a showering mass of lilies of the valley, they stood ready to re ceive the congratulation of their friends. Immediately the flowering plants, which had served as posts for the ribbons form ing the aisle, were removed, and in a short time after the doors of the dining-room were thrown wide open and a number of small tables were brought into the room and placed about it, where the guests seated . themselves to enjoy a delicious breakfast. As all sp_.ee was essential, the house being of moderate capacity, the orchestra was moved to the gallery on the third floor, and for an hour or more dis coursed a programme of varied music. At 2:30 p. m. the bride, attired in her traveling dress, passed through the hall crowded with friends anxious to bid her farewell. . Speculation, which has been rife for many weeks as to the marriage, has evolved a varied programme of the bride's honeymoon, but the young couple have kept this a close secret and none, not even the immediate family, have a remote idea as to the immediate future movements of Count and Countess de Castellane. In addition to the immediate relatives of the bride there were present at the cere mony and breakfast about eighty intimate friends outhe bride and family, among them being: Sir Roderick and the Misses Cam eron, Duncan Cameron, Roy Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Rippon, Mrs. Brock hoist Cutting, Miss Turner, Mrs. Mary Turner, Creighton Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Fish, Mrs. Archibald, Cornelius Bailey, Frederick N. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clewes and Miss Clewes, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harrison, Mts. Falconer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Galloway, Colonel and Mrs. A. K. Haine, Mr. and Mrs. John Fur man, General and Mrs. Thomas T. Eckert, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, J. Shack ford, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Munn, j Mrs. J. Frederick Pierson, Mr. Smalley, j Prince and Princess Ruspoli, Mrs. Paran : Stevens, J. S. Ritchie, Charles Raoul Duval, '■ Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sage, Isaac Iselin, \ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Mr. j and Mrs. Frank Northrup, Mrs. W. B. i Boyes, Mrs. Pomery, J. C. Beresford, Dwight C. Harris, William H. Hamilton, : Admiral and Mrs. Erban, Mr. and Mrs. I F. C. Dickerson, Perry Belmont, William j Cutting Jr., Miss Maud Bacon, William [ Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Bronson, General and . Mrs. Louis Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. E. 1 Dyer Jr., Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Forest, Mrs. | Townsend Burden, Mr. Barry, P. F. Col j lier, Miss Brogden, Mr. and Mrs. Georpe I F. Shrady, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald H. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloan, J. Norma de R. Whitehouse, Mr. and Mrs. William Perry; M. Patenotre, the French Embassador; Count Hadik, the Marquis Imperiali, Chancellor and Mrs. McCracken, J. J. Harrison, Bey Mavirynei, A. Morris Bagby, Charles A. Baldwin, Miss Wilder ruing, Mr. and Mrs. William Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Harris, H. Madison Jones, H. Maitland Kersey, Count and Countess Wugier Villiers, . Count and Countess de Montsanlein. , The bride's wedding gown was a heavy ivory satin duchess ' tastefully trimmed with . point d'Angleterre lace, which was twelve inches wide and of rare and beauti ful pattern. The skirt fits very tightly over the hips and flares out at the bottom. The train is round and is about three yards in length. The gown is lined throughout with heavy ivory silk, fashioned at the bot tom with three full ruffles of full lace. These ruffles are trimmed with bows of satin ribbons. Point d'Angleterre lace forms a drapery over the body beginning a little back of the right shoulder. It then crosses to the left side and passes under a folded empire belt, which is made of satin. At the bottom of the belt the drapery begins again and is extended over the left side like a jabot, and is carried around the front of the skirt in Vandykes which are looped and fastened by small bunches of real orange blossoms. The sleeves are cut in the latest fashion, the top of the sleeves being very full and the under part very tight. The sleeves buttoned very closely over the wrist. The collar was a Henry IV and at the top rolled over, displaying facing which was of point d'Angleterre. The bodice of the gown is fastened at the back under a roll of satin and two bows of lace. The bridal veil was rare old lace pre sented to the bride by the Marquise de Cas tellane, and was fastened at the crown of the head with a bunch of orange blossoms. Ihe petticoat worn with the gown was made of heavy ivory moire silk of the same beautiful tint as the dress, and trimmed with three flounces of real lace headed with little butterfly bows and narrow satin rib bons about six inches apart. CIVIL MARRIAGE DEMANDED. Tlie Count and Countess Wedded a Second Time. \ New York, March The World to-' morrow will say: No arrangements seem to have been made for the civil wedding previous to yesterday. In fact, it had been decided not to have a civil ceremony until nearly two hours after the religious serv ices had been concluded by Archbishop Corrigan. V .;:-" At 2p. m. George Gould telephoned to his attorney, Julien T. Davies, saying in effect: "We have decided to have a civil marriage. Go immediately to the Court house and ask a Judge to come up pre pared to perform a marriage ceremony.'? • This message caused great excitement in the law office. It was decided to ask Judge Miles Beach of the Court of Common Pleas, but the Judge was 'holding court and said it was out of the question for him to leave. Justice Andrews finally consented, and leaving the bench was driven rapidly to the Gould home. When he arrived it was 3:30 o'clock, and the wedding party was in a state of excitement for fear the "plan to have a civil marriage might fall through. I Many of the guests had gone., -j; At « Justice Andrews' suggestion those remaining went upstairs to the sitting-room on the second floor, and there in the center of the room the simple ceremony Which declared the two man and wife a second time was performed. "George and Helen Gould, Attorney Garner ami about half a dozen of the guests were witnesses. The bridesmaids and ushers were not present. The bride and bridegroom signed the certificate hurriedly and departed. DECOY LETTERS DECLARED LEGAL. Moral and Justifiable. in the , Trapping of Bold Crim inals. SUPREME COURT SO SAYS. Other Decisions of Much Inter . est to This Coast Are Rendered. « Washington, March The Supreme j Court met to-day after a recess of four ■ weeks, with all the Justices, except Mr. j Jackson, in attendance. A long list of j opinions was disposed of rapidly. Many : of them decided cases of great importance. The interesting question whether the | conviction of a person by means of a de ; coy letter is legal was passed upon in the : case of one Grirnme, convicted in Missouri i for dealing in obscene pictures. He an . swered a letter from the Postoffice In spector which resulted in his conviction, , and he appealed, complaining against the means by which it was secured. The court held that decoy letters were both ; morally and legally justifiable. ! The decision of the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts in the case of the National Cash Register Company against the Boston Cash Indicator and Record Company was reversed, the opinion by Justice Brown holding that the defend ant's machine is an infringement on the National cash register. An interesting constitutional question was decided in the case of E. S. Emmert against the State of Missouri. The former was an agent or peddler of Singer sewing machines. It was sought to make him pay a peddler's license. He refused, contend ing that as the machines came from New Jersey, the license was a restriction on the constitutional right of interstate com merce. The court held that being handled as a part of the local and domestic com merce, they were no longer the subject of interstate traffic and were properly subject to the State police regulations. The Arkansas law of 1887, limiting pas senger fares to 3 cents a mile and fixing a penalty of $300 for each overcharge, was sustained. In the case of the United States against George H. Pratt and Monroe Salisbury of California, to recover excessive payments made to them for carrying the mails, the action of the court below in dismissing the case was reversed. The conviction of Harry F. Batchcler, formerly president of the Lockgrowers' National Bank of Miles City, Mont., for embezzlement by the Circuit Court for the District of Montana, was reversed on the ground that the indictment was defective. The case of Bannon and Mulkey against the State of Oregon, the plaintiffs having been convicted with twenty-five others of conspiring to bring Chinese laborers into the State contrary to law, was decided. The chief allegation of plaintiffs in error was that the indictment failed to aver that the act was feloniously done, but the court held this was not good and sustained the lower court in the conviction. In the nick of time the cooking was saved— by using Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. APPROPRIATIONS APPROVED. I By Cleveland's Signature All the Bills Passed Become Laws. '-'..'• Washington, March 4.— A1l the appro- I priation bills have become laws, the Presi | dent having fixed his signature to the last of them to reach him— and general deficiency bills. Among the bills approved by the President to-day were the following: The agricultural appropriation bill; the for tifications appropriation; invalid pension bill; to authorize the Wisconsin and new Duluth Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the St. Louis River between Wisconsin and Minnesota; authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Illinois River near Hennepin; many bills granting pensions or to increase present pensions; increasing to $100 the pen sion to General John A. McClernand of Illinois; granting power to the Chief Justices of the United States in the Territories to appoint Commissioners to take proof in land cases; to amend th*> act authorizing the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway Com pany to construct and operate rail way, telegraph and telephone lines through the Indian Territory; to amend the act incor porating the Americau University; an act to amend an act for the relief of volunteer and regular soldiers of the Tate war and the Mexi can War, passed; March 2, 1889; to amend an act to regulate the liens of judgments and de crees of the courts of the United States, ap proved August 1, 1839; the sundry civil, legis lative, executive , and judicial appropriation bills; to amend an act for j the erection of a Government building at Chicago; a joint reso lution authorizing the delivery of certain can non to the Louisville G. A. R. committee; joint resolution to continue the present officers and courts in the Indian Territory until the bill for the reorganization of the Judiciary has become a law; to amend an act providing tor the re duction of the gross tonnage of vessels of the United States; joint resolution for the printing of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the compensation of officials of United States courts; joint resolution to extend the time in which members of the Forty-third Congress may distribute docu ments; joint resolution calling on the Presi dent to take such measures as he may deem necessary to consummate the agreement be tween the Governments of Spain and the United States for the relief of Antonio Maxima Mora; providing for the salaries of judges and other officers of the United States courts in the •Indian Territory: an act for the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service in the juris diction and laws of the United States (this bill is intended to make more fully effective pre vious lottery suppression legislation); amend ing section 4965, chapter 3, title 60, Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copy rights; the diplomatic and the consular and naval appropriation bills. The following bills failed to receive the signature of the President and therefore failed to become laws: To protect the insignia and the name of the Red Cross; to amend an act to provide for the time and place of holding the terms of the United States courts in the State of Washing ton; to amend an act "authorizing the Texar kana and Fort Smith Railway-Company to bridge the Sulphur River in Arkansas or in Texas" ; for the relief of telegraph operators during the War of the Rebellion; to grant to railroad com panies in the Indian Territory additional powers to secure right of way, depot grounds, etc.; to grant the Gainesville, McAllister and St. Louis Railroad Company the right to build two branch lines and to grant the right of way therefor through the Indian Territory; grant ing to the State of Kansas the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation ; to authorize the Auditor of the War Department to audit cer tain quartermaster vouchers alleged to belong to John Quinn of St. Louis, Mo. ; also a number of private bills, being measures either for relief, or to grant pensions or to correct mili tary records "Music hath charms"— and so has the delicious food made with Dr. Price's Bak ing Powder. ALL IRE FOR FREE SILVER. Important Meetings of the American Bimetallic League. The People to Be Asked to Do Their Own Nominating in Future, v 7 "Washington, March 4.— The meeting of members of the American Bimetallic League, which has been in progress here during the pa^t two weeks, will soon issue an address to the Ameri can people asking support for a new party having the principal plank of its platform the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and demanding that the money of the country shall be issued by the Government itself. The address will inaugurate a new feature in American politics by doing away with the old system of nominating con ventions, will call upon the people them selves to nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency by peti tion. It is urged that delegates to nominating conventions do not' always represent the views and wishes of the people sending them, and it has been decided that the people in their own name shall name their candidates. The league has had in conference during the last two weeks leading silver men from twenty-four States and Territor ies and the decision to ask the voters of the country to lay aside their allegiance to the old parties until the great fight for silver had been won was not arrived at without much de liberation and consultation with the lead ing silver men in all sections of the country. Mexican Mustang Liniment. I goes to the very citadel of pain and puts all aches to flight. NEW TO-DAY. I/*IB_F last WEEK. f-||§jp I IT. ■! ""'■r-TPI-U-** ■_-___ *-----------------"^^-i^^______ \u x 4_l ***/ I *1 fl // r Aji. - II THE DAYS ARE NUMBERED. J l g £j THERE ARE ONLY \ I I 4 More | RED LETTE R DAYS. I j 1 - "Red Letter Days" are limited periods of I ■ r Bpeciai opportunities. A certain number ] p I ' .of days are set aside and when the number \ i 1 % is reached the sale ends, positively, abso- 5 4 1 . f lutely. Saturday is the last day— very ! \ | fl last "Red Letter" day. ' |? | &*•?! r=* CALIFORNIA S^fed Sr^^7-* ■ furniture coiipany , JHyljij . .* ■^#SW^^* ' -' (N. P- Cole & Co.) J^^iMJiiJ ' -ftffll T V "7-123 Geary Street < 'ffilllJS ■ [ ITS TRACES LINGER LONG. Why the Grip Is So Much More Feared Than Many Other Diseases That Affect Us. If the grip would run its coarse like another disease and then go away, leaving no trace be- hind, it would still be dangerous enough to justify all the precautions against it. But the evil that grip does lives after it. People who can't digest their food and complain of cold hands and feet, or of shattered nerves, or are tormented by a persistent cough, say: . "I have never been well since I had the grip." The reason is simple enough. There has been an immense drain of vital force during the battle with the disease, and this loss has never been made good. Thus the weakened body, like a town without fortifications, is open to the enemy. A second attack of grip is, for this reason, more serious than the first. How shall •the harmful consequence of the first battle bo remedied, and how shall a second siege be pre- vented? Here is the answer: "My lungs have been weak for four months after a severe attack of the grip," says Mrs. Hague of Bridgeport, Pa. "Three weeks ago I I began using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, and can highly recommend it. I wish I had tried it sooner." For the benefit of people who like to know the why and wherefore, it should be said that Duffy's Pure MaltJ Whiskey is a medicinal stimu- lant, which stirs all the functions of the body to such brjsk and healthy action that the grip can find no weak spot to seize upon. Hard work, anxiety and exposure drag down the most vigorous constitutions. It is only a question of time, unless the strength be sus- tained by a stimulant that goes to help the respiratory, digestive and excretory organs, Because Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey does this | it has robbed the dreaded grip of its terrors. I Please remember, though, that a remedy used promptly is doubled in value. A WONDERFULLY POWERFUL NERVE-PRO- DUC-Ita REMEDY— ALL LOSSB.L HCDTAJJ Is fs^ls-Sl Strencthens, la- the most ninr- t*X-Xx^£ *' tones velous dlscov- «J?J"M<_S. and makes pow- erv- of the age, S3EJs?_a *' riul the entire Indorsed by sci- Ps!^&i body. • BCD- power. Is the l^rt^Sl headaches, dli- great brain and E^™_£***H einess, dullness, nerve producer. E_.V**l_JV/*$ confusion, pres- Take it. H U I>- Fw£"""fe£_ ■"•"-"■•• blues, mcl- YAS is purely i^Kfi^S aneholr and I vegetable. It ES__X^a wasting nei- -1 tvili give voi __£?Q_#o!\-l vo, '■ , disease. strength. &$!&&& Tl II>Y A N il I' _> VA N : Phprjlr*' I*B "tops all losses | cures lost man- ft&'l l £,W9. Insta n t 1 y. ho.) 1. dizziness, SfFjv -^*S3&i n*'l> V A N i constipation! T ''^J^Q rives power to nervous de!>il- the body .o that 1 itv, nervous !»*gs KjH&l3l " ]] *■•*" or **" l -n» prostration- JSS&*^*_fSSra* of the body are fall ins*; sensa, SJ^STiS^SJM in « healthy ! tions, nervous t§«!!^'-*ie§stßra state. If 3*oll ar* ; twitch me or llT±&M*Z^'~%} weak, debilita- , eves and t>'~£^i .'>*•*"■& ted, lack en- ! other parts. .. .z" %-P't *% .^^yiiflk erS 7* ••"*»• *i^y^_____^_s-^(^"C*-'' - "' - c- -W+iT **3M-^«H»il force, vitality, use HUDYAN. If too would be nappy, strong, vigorous and powerful use HUD- YAN'. The new discovery was made by the specialists of the old famous HUDSON MEDICAL IN- STITUTE. It is the strongest vitalizer made. It Is very powerful bat harmless. Sold for $1 a package, or six packages forss (plain sealed boxes). Written guarantee given for a cure. If you buy six coxes and are not entirely cured six more will be lent to you free of all charges, Send for circulars »nd testimonials. Address HUDSON" MEDI- CAL. INSTITUTE, San F.ancisco, CaL HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE Stockton, Market and Lllis bts., S. W. AN OLD LIGHT RENEWED. §A Unique Device. A Candlestick. A B-Sun Lamp. Chimney Make. The . DAiSY LANTERN. Cannot Blow It Out. For sale by all merchants. Kennedy's Novelty Agency OAKLAND, CAL., Or any wholesale house in San Francisco. Sample by mall, 25c. TDK CELEBRATED FRENCH CAPSULES OF MATHEY-CAYLUS A test of 30 YEARS bas proved the great merit of this popular remedy, by the rapid increase in favor with leading Physicians everywhere. It in superior to all others for the safe, prompt and complete cure of long standing or recent cases, Not only is it the best, but the cheapest, as *>t DRUGGISTS sell it for 75 cents per bottle of 64 capsules. CLll*** A CO.. 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