Show CONGRESS IN SESSION Itrcil of Maine Clrcird 1 Speaker of lie I Iou of Kcpre rlllre REPUBLICAN OFFICERS IN BOTH BRANCHES The Hfljllftl Ooiisres Commences Its Lahor at the Aativual Callnl tIe Tcltcrai to tbe NEIVJ 1 Itrnl Elected SiIrnkcr WASHINGTON Dec 2 In the Homo of Keprtvtiitalhes today ThonLOs B Iteed was elected Speak tr by a oteC 10 to Ill l for John G Carlisle 5 10f < mntIs WAhllLNCTO DecJ huHoufe democratic cnuctis met this morn ing Thcofllcer were reuomlnatcd The following was adopted without with-out a division Jceolred That the democratic members ot the hIouet of the Fifty first Coiigrtssat the lifginuiug of the first Kaaioi hertb scud 1 greeting greet-ing to the jicoplc of this country and the n urtnce of our contlnu one Cllt ellco in and devotion to tao principles of lariirreforpi as embraced em-braced in Clevelands message Ue Itt Congress upon thetulijcct in K the platform II of principles adopted at tim democratic national conven iota at St LouIs that we hall with delight the emphatic approval oc thou principles b1 allro1 l sa i repressed at the voIle In the recent tlectious and pledge them to renew and continue in Congress the con test for the reduction of war taxes N ably begun and prosecuted 1 In former CougresHS bJ our reprcscn olIves aiud senators rlrI I The questions of the election of icnnaneiit ofllcers and of the modi fication IKI1 of the I louse nilcs were pet Adjourned I As tie gallery doors suun outward out-ward there was a ulld nlsh for Half and in a few moments find ing room onl could be rm only culd obtained On tho fioor member mingled together to-gether chaltlug and laughing The Sfitnlr There was little or uo excitement ittcmling the opening of the iIJ fit COIns on the Senate sUe Public curIosity seemed 1 hrgel tnnsfvrred to the House The lu tent on the floor was devoted laree ly to senators from the new States llitv had Katfl nsigiifd them on the republIcan side henator Can v of North Dakota took his seat on the Kvond row the 1tl against north wall Directly lielilnU hll Kit the Washington ttnatoi Allen and fcxiiires while IVtUgrew nnd 10 dy of bouth Dakota were in the seventh row near the centre of the room Senator Iicnx of North Dakota has the eli tat in orh I today fourth row but he was not i n > eiil On the dimociatic side are two stats F far iniasslgiicd They will ho 1 occupied his the fctmtors from chOl Montana whtn they hatu Ktn Ties Cronla tutC CllltAbeK Dec 2 At tho open tug of the Cromn eno this morning testimony was taken In rebuttal of that presented regarding the knives aid I to have been found on Cough Ill vv hen arrtTted I Anton Lumen stein a tailor said lie saw Coughlln have knIves similar to them on April 7th Jake Ixnvcustcin An tons brother and Coughllns > art liir on the detective force swore that Coughlin owned two such knives Judge King then resumed 1 his argument to the jur on Iichalf of the deftiifc Tlir Ilratlllnii llrpnbllr isiiaN Dec 2It isscniioflit zihty druId that there Is any nglta thou In Portugal arising from the revolution In Jtrazil looking to the establishment of a republic Tin paper making the announcement says The republican groups in this city and Oporto confine UielracUoiis r to the orcctfcal propaganda The monarchist prtts considers the cnsider government gov-ernment respect 10 lolrrant een in Oils IllorkrU IVilli ire Sr PIEta Det 2Thme river Neva is completely blocked bocke wIth Ice Xoies From Sf Johiis Sr JOJINS Arizona Nov 3th use Correspondence the E IRCT NstssTlue weather hero I iKsiuUftil and the farmer are busy preparing for another seed me We expect to Increase our water supply very materially for the com ing season The IrrIgation company are now raising thus levee at the reservoir and intend to construct anew a-new canal to empty the water Into the reservoir some seven feet higher than at present When this Is done It will neatly double our supply from that source The health of tho pcopla generally is good The smallpox scare scents to have lukteil dou n IJiiIueis i about as usual the people teem encouraged For about tiro yean I baslxcn almost impossible to get lum ber here at all and the growth of the photo has been t considerably retarded on that account However through the earnest endeavors of tome of our leading mel a new steam tionOur saw mill will soon hem opera Our people arc not asleep regard ing educational Interests The St Johns Stake Academy with EI h der L W Drown a principal has an enrolment of over forty St John public school under my own direction Ale by Mr Beisie Franks and Mr S P Heywood has nn enrolment of over two hundred DUI schools rico doing good work and giving general satis faction SAJICEI D MOOBE |