Show iwentythree miles long It is urged as a war measure the only means getting around the falls now being the Wetland canal which would b doted against the United States incase in-case of war Its follow the lines Already surveyed mxwivAan or won coix The House committee coinage weights and measures today authorIzed author-Ized a favorable report on the bill for the recnlnageof rn mutilated and uhctifrent subsidiary coins of the United States It is provided that sliver coins of less denumlna Uons than SI bal hcrratter legal tender In rums not exceeding 20 in all payments of public and private debts and when held by a national bank > may b counted as part of the awful reserve SECTETAnY 1ROCTOR today sent to the Senate letter calling attention of that body t certain items in the bill making ap iroprlatlons for fortifications machinery mortar and Run carriages car-riages which he Rays cannot be procured probably within three rears the lifetime of current ap imprlatlons for any fiscal year and nncequently the contract would apse by limitation before comple f Dld lon nnd delivery ore suggests that he bill bo amended so as to correct tnddf this ovn l5ht df further suggests sug-gests that the Secretary of War b authorized to purchase abroad such arts of gun carriages as a not gn pruc In this country TiE SERVICE PESO filLs Intruuc today In the KoUso pr vides ult4ntlally as follows I pants a service of one cent per month for each day of service to every man who served In the Union any during the late war without regard to age It provides hatoldiers 1 who now receIve disability dis-ability pensions may 11 they choo e relinquish their disability pension and accept a service pension the widows of those drawing service xnslous to b placed on the rolls at 3 per utlh during w oJ5 but tb have aright right to prosecute and o am a pension under the present aw by showing that the husband dIed float disability contracted In be service and line of duty The illl also grants a pea lon of S3 per month to minor children under 16 yean of SRC ofsoidlert who died while drawing a pension and I any children are to hclplws as t require lie help another person the pen den I l continued during thb blp Iteyness I l a widow die ofretoar rico before her children attain the D go orG berpcnlon Is to b paid pd them until they attain Ihatnge CE EltAl EClIOnELD GCEL SIOnE said today that no information would b given t the press in regard gard toIbeStveleWIU court martial Wjl 1 case until it had been finally i oils ioscdoff which would not beStir several days yd The impreniou prevaIls in certain quarters that leutcnant Steclo is I found guilty of clinical cult and sentenced t a short Bu Tcn Ion from tank and duty and that he will be reprimanded repri-manded A LAND > MUD Secretary Noble hv rendered an opinion on tho report of the board appointed by Commissioner Grail of the General Land Office examIne exam-Ine the fats and clrrarnttances concerning rm lug the Issue November 16S9 to Thomas nee of a patent for IIS acres of Iandt said to contain valu a1 mineral deposits in the Duluth Minn land district The invest gallon was based upon the fact that at tho time the latent was lisued tho question of title of land sib pending before the Department liter reviewing the fact presented by the board the Secretary severely condemns the action of the pasties who to nntlcJpotelt is I Intimated an advert action l > y the Department procures a record of the patent Duluth land I ofllce at 315 oclock in he afternoon of the day on which the Commissioner had at 1 oclock telegraphed for its return to the hlepe Department tI conclude adds the Secretary that W B Declare the General i Land Office clerk who approved the entry for the patent imxpllcably neglected his duty an 1 must b dir missed from tho service of the Jolted States that the Recorder he General Land Office James M Townsend Jn lib conduct in this business vIolated the strict rule that should have controlled him that the attorneys In the case Harrison Herring ta Seymour who were acting for Uartman and Mallet lecds grantees when they knew be patent t be illegally issued renders it irvper and necessary that their professional conduct l Inquired In-quired Into under the rules of the Department which entitle them to further bearing on due notice After an Old rend LOUJSI iLiE Ky April iAt Cmbr Station near Mount Ster ling yesterday Will Barnes and Kelly Day were killed b Albln Barnes and George Stephens Tbe James men were touflns and the Rme II tnd te hooting grew out of an old fed Jiy was a bystander without any hare In the quarrel Albln Barnes was fatally wounded Te Emprr Order BERLIT April 7It appears that the empeegrsscrnt perwJb reference ref-erence to commissioned officers in the army does not increase their ay batlpwers the scale of private ncomea o secure commission Hereafter aspirants for commissions Ia the rlflevfoot artilleryand pioneers pio-neers need haw private Incomes of no more than fortyfive marks nonlhly thaw who seek commis Ion thoJSeld artiUeryeventy ti roarkatmonlhly and la the cavalry 150 marka nonthly THE MONTANA CASE Senator Spooneri Argument In Favor of the Majority Report CENSUS CNUMERATIONIOF THE CHINESE TnUrdij4 Proceedings I the 10DseA Texjs City Id Darkness I r TUxenpb to Uu Niw 1 SENATE Hmatar Yane In a Homorl MedClstuesa Enamrrallon Bill WA2U1UK1XOS April 7In Iber Senate Krarts presented resolutions of the New York Chamber of Commerce Com-merce protestlngagalnst the peed lug bill 1 for a census enumeration I of the Chinese a absurd barbarous unchristian and cowardly and a memorial on the fame cubftct from the American Millenary Aetoela lien was pravuted bj Davis The Moutani election case wa taken up and Vance a member of the committee en privileges and elections mode an argument Np lofting the minorIty report declar log 1 CLark and Ma lnnis the democratic seats demo-cratic claimants entitled t the reaLHalo naked him t give preference prefer-ence to the Chinese enumeration tilt eehlel I eros Imnrlnt In iays disposed of as soon possible Hoar Intimated P Chinese Census bill could not b dltpoud of mniedlately a iCvartts desired speak on I Hale asked varts whether he desired to debate Jd at length Kvarts said he did Hale then gave notice that he would move to take up the Chinese enumeration bill as soot as the of Montana election case was dbpesed or Vnnce mill he never heal ifs Hie to a Mat In tile Bflimio Ui I t > t < 1 N1 such slender technical ttif i grounds He had never Itsa 1 tue i public wIlt of acommuniy tmart I rd and trampled under foot on rnrh flimsy pretexts He knew the Pitt isaj Ion forth He knew the Her ub i icaH claimants wet to beseated The Republican Senators would b Ickerover the thing before they were done witli I than he wa He had heard of an old fellow wbu went out to Ohio to 6lECOJJkTE IN ItOCS Ie bought a big drove and shipped tem to New 1 ork When ehlpp to Sew York he found tint bogs bog wet cheaper there than in Ohio H > J ydbh lie eblppeJ them bock and sold them lu Ohio Some friends said to hIm Jim you matte a lad speculation Yes said he I loots good deal oC money but I bal thccompiny of he hoe both waj s go hot t Vance thanked God that in all future denunciations de-nunciations of the South for the su ft 61 ircfslon of color votes the South rnbeiiators would have the corn any of the hog Laughter Sjooner also a member of the commIttee on rlvileges nUll tlec tons made an argument tu favnr of the majority report that landers and Powers the republican clalm onto are entitled upon the merits of he case to b seated He would pass he said from the Jokes of the Senator from North Carolina Vance end dert it the very able anti ingenious Unebt of the senator from Delaware Gray VII the senators agreed that the question was one of high Import ami fmuch delicacy I affected not only tho right of Montana t lie represented rep-resented In the Senate by the men DC leer choice but it atlected aim the dignity and integrity of the Senate Itself I should therefore b considered with judicial calmness calm-ness and deliberation freed a much 8 might b from partisan mA JD 1umcE Ie knew that it was not necessary assure the Senate that it had been In that spirit that the majority of he committee on privileges and elections had commenced atld con tinned consideration of the rose A senator could of course only b elected by a State legislature 1 and lu order 1 seat a man in the Senate he must have been chosen by a legIslature organized within the meaning of the constitution But It was not necessary In his opinion t ogo beyond stint might be I called mma fad evidence and that irimi facie evidence was found lu his care In the certificate of atoned a-toned of canas Pn eonsktlcg of the chief Ju Uce governor and secretary sec-retary of the Territory In the course of his speech jpooner alluded t the char mado by Gray pgnlmt tile President lot undue haste In luulltg tile proclamation procla-mation for the admlwlou of Man taIlS and he defended the President In the matter The Presidents whole life be said wa ample tofu tatlonofany such Intimation Spooner yielded for executive See lon and the Senate soon adjourned adjourn-ed Iea WASHINGTON April 7MorrIs Kanss moved to suspend the cults and pass the Senate bill grant Ing ploD t soldiers and Bailors who are incapable of performing I labor and providing for pensions to widows and minor children and dependent de-pendent parents Springer deluded a scconderand be motion was seconded 123 t s Morrill briefly explained that the substitute provided a service ren oloa of 56 a month to soldier who have reached the age of 6 yean dr who are dependent He thought I the same principle which had applied ap-plied to the veterans of tho war of 912 and the S with Mexico should b applied to the veterans of i the wa oC1tl In answerto a question he staled that It was estimated that the Senate Sen-ate bill would require an annual expenditure of 33 000000 and the House substitute 39000000 After debate the House refused to sutpend the rules and pass the bil ye 169 nays 8T not the necessary wothlrds voting in the affirmative totlnll votg ar Ute tiveKutterwnrth from the committee on appropriations reported the kgb Ute executive and judicial appropriation priation bill Calendar Flower moved to suspend the rules and pas the bill increasing rom S IOOOtoS6000 p annum the salary of the spring surgeon general of the Marine Hospital service ser-vice viceA long debt ensued lot the mo Ion suspend the rules failed A bill was pasted for the relief of Asa Ellis collector of internal revenue reve-nue of the first collection district of California CIOfUIL Tbe House then went into committee com-mittee of the whole ou the naval ap iroprfation bill Without action Iroprou and the House the committee rose louw adjourned The Cbleaca Car nlr CHICAGO April 7 TouIght I Is estimated that about7000 carpenters J a ot In some places the bricklayers brick-layers are out with the carpenters out of sympathy and it is reported that the entire body of bricklayers would b called out unless the trouble should beteitltd within a week In any event nearly all the other building traits will have lo stop work pretty soon unless the carpentersstrike M settled In tat event 50000 men will b idle Some contractors wishing to complete com-plete the work on hand today oflered to accept the mens terms but the Brothrrho is after Use BuIlders A8lstlou and refuse to le any one return to work unless that body recognized the Union President GoIJIe of the Builders Exchange thinks It will b at let a week before the strike I settled A Clly In Darfcnn DALLAS TEXAS April 7In consequence 0 the Inundation of the machinery of the city waterworks water-works there I almost a water fan prevailing The electric streetlight light power is cut oft and last nigh the city was in darkness Tb EDIble llank domed Nrw Yonic April 7The directors direc-tors of the Equitable Bank have decided de-cided to close Us doors One of the directors cams that of late the bankhas been losing money The deposits have dropped down to a depts where theru Is very little profit for the concern The deposit ire have been notified to withdraw their money Sent la Jail LIRA Peru April 7 Senor Pierola the exDictator finding i hat hestood no chance of wInning In the corning residential election attempted to stir up rIot in this city Hu was promptly committed to In ton by the Government whire nc ton has the entire support of the publIc opinion nhlch refuses to tolerate any more such lawlessness Bnrjlnc the Hatrhrl LOUISVILLE April 7 AtUarlan courthouse today the fcpurlocks Days and others of the Howard Turner feud held a conference and agreed to lay aside their quarrel I was agreed that In cnss of any further fur-ther 1nlon both sides should unite t bring tho murderers to punIshment i Inunlljrl ST JOSEPH Mo ApnIITTliere much excitement here over the trange actions ot Richard Proctor be only con of the late famous as tt nomer Proctor who Is a young oats If 21 1 shout two months ago lagili I to act strangely and took ele lIllt In wandering abroad at night aDd hurling stones through the win dowsof private residence At his own home he would frequently hop the furniture to pieces and U8 be debris into the fclreet He b leves that he I very wealthy and owns all the real estate in S1 Joseph > h He contracts largo debt which are with difficulty paid by his mother and sister who are poor I was decided this afternoon to have him committed t an Insane asylum He has been prominent society Xltblcan Election DETROIT April 7 Charter dee lons were held throughout the state today In many instances the Issues were of a purely local na ure Among the larger place Kalamazoo Vicilaull Mikhail holland Monroe and HlIKlale vent republican while Laming Grand Ilaplds Jackson West hay City and Muskegon have gone almost al-most rohdly democratic In the vll agesand tonnshlts the parties are about equally I divided with slight I i democratic majoiltie lu the pre I ouJe ranee The nble In Ible School NEW Yom April 7A committee com-mittee of the Metiadbt conference In IJ report refJuiited the recent decisIon or the Supremo Oltr of Wisconsin regarding the Bible in tho public school as unAmerican and pagan and a menace to the perpetuity of aD Institutions I held that I was the duly of Clinlo tIe citizens to deny thnt the Bible was sectarian and 1 claim for It a lace wherever the State attempts for the duties to educate the youth dute fcitizenship A Ills failure NEW Yom April 7George K Slotare at Sons failure I announced on the Stock Exchange I I re tortes there is a defalcation in the firm 1 the amount of 250000 5Thu firm is I ene of the mOt proml ent In the slreL A member of the firm rays the failure was caused b y a heavy defalcation in the Phila elphla office delpla ibid rays the failure I not due to any fay > ll or Immediate event but was a case of dry rt The liabilities of the firm on the Stock Exchange are very emaIl PiilLADFLMtlA April 7The only rnimltrof the In of George K Sistarei Eons who resided in hiUdelphli was Diu las Hllger who died about 1 week 110 At theme the-me of his delta it was the talk of tmu strtet that llilgers account the were heavily overdrawn At office of the firm this afternoon nothing could be teamed regarding th matter The firm announces Use following as the only statement they will make before evening Douglas Hllger was manager for Dugls 111 < wa mnager George KJSistare A Sons Phlladel phla ole That ofllce was found hort 150000 huger died Satin day This and the Detroit delalca ion of AM Stanton for 150000 a tou few years ago caused the suspen flou The manager of the branch office or Sit tare i bo n stated tonight that he understood the late Mr Hilircr mutated in stocks through Pblla elphia broken and loot a large mount of money He thought tt would reach the sum staled in the NewYorkdispatche I50Oi The family deny the rumor that HUger committed suicide physicians say be > died of typhoid fever Yletorle for Democrat Cl > a > SATT O April 7The vote at the municipal election today for judge of tho supreme courtcerk or the police court director of the plc ely infirmary magistrates and members of the council et was very J ht The republicans at midnight mid-night seem to have a majority of one on the board of education two on the board councllmen both of which were heretofore overwhelmingly Ingly republican The democrats elected all the other officer except the clerk of the pollcb court ecp COLUMBIA 0 April7 The city election was quiet not more than faU XT cent of the vote being polled Tie democrats elect their entire ticket and make substantial gains in the council Arqnalln I SYDNEY N S yi April 7 Temp has accepted McLean chaJ enijo to row a race on the Paramat ta River The race will take place thr weeks after the contest b and Malterson ween Kemp a Mtnn Raleofltace Ilorero 2fErYoRir April 7The racehorse race-horse belonging to William Mc ilahon k Company were sold this morning the Boulevard Biding Academy The most Important sales were Tvolln William Weston St Company to Speedwell E ward Garrison 750i Sfwel Billy OFarrell Brooklyn 2150 Kemp land Mottle Crt 3200 JostaWlkOser CHICAGO April 7The billiard tonight between Behasfer and game tollh btwen BCrr aly was a walkover tie former Rudy was allowed a handicap 2 IcInt wasuulckly distanced Score Schaefer 5U average 2 717 best rn 100 W 75 C3Daly total IS 15 90 IX average 5 fi 17 best rN In afternoon Ivcsi and Helse played ises runnlng275 to Helsert ISO Ivn average I 13 1520 Us run i Hekers avenge 7 619 best run 45 Panama Rallwaj Earnlnc NE YORKAfril Tbeannua meetlnz of the ianjma Bailroai resulted in the reelection of the old beard of directors Tbe earning for 1SS9 were Si157S25 against 53 690659 in 1SSS surplus earning JS4H9 a decrease of 766594 The decrease in eanlng large de gross tlng 1 due t the suspension of work ou the canal in the early part of the year which caused a ctwation or nearly all local business JUhrlne Sea > rgtlalloss OTtAWA April 7a 11 flipper Minister of Marine and Fisheries leaves for Washington this morning Negotiations in reference t the llehrlBfT sea matter will b resumed this week wek 10o Jsseplstte Confrene LAJIOM In April 7The annual an-nual conference of the Reorgnnlzei Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Is In srflon hln President PresI-dent Jurph Smltli i of the founder of thou Mormon faith Is I in attendance and preached today RIO secretarys report showed an increase of more than 2000 in memo wrshlp over last year Reel Snar I Nnv OMEAVS April 7The team hip AymfMa has arrived here from Hamburg Germany loaded with elaborate machinery for a beet sugar factory now under construe lon at Grand Island Neb She also brought upwards of fifty tons of beet FteJ Several tons of thine seeds go forward to the agricultural department at Washington as the departmant has application for seed up t the present time from over 0000 fare and applications are constantly coming in which shows the interest taken regarding this new and very Important industry bs the farmers in America |