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Show YSON lAYSON, UTA1I, SATURDAY, MAIU'II VOLUME V. THE NEWS IN H1IIEF, A sound money league hi ganlied, with headquarter li'-e- In or New York. Elder Morton, a Mormon missionary , waa drowned In the Ohio river, near Louisville, the 34th. The Ohio river U on a rampage and doing much damage to property. Several lives have been lost. The National Reform Pres association has declared that the populists must not combine with other parties. President Cleveland, after his term of office expires, will be the guest of E. C. Benedict on a cruise to the West Indies. J. J. Coony, who attesteJ to the signature of Janies G. Fair in the noted penciljwlll, has been held to the grand jury for perjury. that the administration It has declined to support General Lee In his demand regarding the trratmrnt ol Is reported American citizens in Cuba. In view of the low prices In Europe paid for Peruvian sugar, the newspapers ol Peru are advocating a reciprocity treaty wlfh the United State. 'shmael Bey has been appointed gov ernorof Crete, succeeding Prince Georgl Berovltch, resigned. Mussulman Bad rles haa been elected mayor of Car.ea. officially stated In Calcutta tha' ,jyfioo persons are now employed op the famine relief work in the different districts where the scarcity prevails. The Chicago A Northwestern Kail way company has subscribed $60,0110 to the Omaha exposition. This raises the total subscriptions to half a million dollars. At the annual encampment of the were Minnesota G A. K. evolution passed expressing sympathy for Cuba and condemning the adminand It 1 1 Cr-.l- e, istration. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Cape Town say that the Transvaal republic has demanded 311,000 Indemnity on account of the raid of l)r. Jameson. Bryan delivered two lectures In New York to large audiences. The first ou February 30 on Money;" the second March 3, on Free Colntge." Tammany especially honored him. The trustees of the Montana reform school have sent the governor the In struments of punishment used, requesting that the superintendent be suspended pending Investigation. Wyomings representatives In con- gress protest vigorously against President Cleveland's forest reservation proclamation and will endeavor by legislative enactment to have the land restored to the public domain. R. Pitcher Woodward, who Is riding a donkey from New York to San Francisco because Bryan was not elected, called on Mark Hanna at Cleveland, and secured his name In an autograph book. During a row among some boys of Cincinnati, Ohio, John Schwanceke, aged 16, was shot and killed. While It Is believed to have been a deliberate murder, the officers have failed to find the boy who did the shooting. Replying to the collective note of the powers, the Grecian government has declared that Its Intervention In affairs In Crete Is justified by the massacre there, and Is not due to a desire to disturb the Island. It Is announced that all the leading Kentucky distilleries will keep their plants closed this year. During the next regular session of congress an effort will be made to reduce the whisky tax from $1 to 90 cents. A special from Denver says: The special committee of the legislature submitted today a report of Its investlga tlon of the Leadville miners strike. The committee recommended that a board of a bitrallon be appointed to deal with the question and the agreement reached must be made binding on both sides. Dr. Fred Rutland Is under arrest at Chicago for running a bogus medical college. The postal authorities have possession of a' book which shows that 907 persons In the United States, Canada and Mexico have received diploma from the Wisconsin Electrical Medical college. He even did a little business His charge In India and France. ranged from (35 to 50, and he cleared $30,000. John Nlchol shot and fatally wounded Joseph Lewis of Plain City, Weber county, February 17, and then killed himself. Lewis had accused Nlchol of behaving stolen and pawned a watch located was watch The him. to longing In a pawnshop and warrants were sworn out. Nlchol heard of the affair, with the above result. A deputy sheriff was within a hundred yards of Nlchol when the last act of the tragedy was performed. The pawn ticket was found on his UTAH LEGISLATURE live-stoc- k Hclioiil Tax Bill Over (loverno V Veto. Billie Pay the Klrrllen JaS(f Ihr I WINS KmisWnvf ss4 Kllleg afire It Had Paaard and Brew strut telhr Uevrraer - Ulhrr Heaaarea No. 80, by Bennlon.for the assessment In the state. of foreign Koylance's Mil, No, 8i, amending the statute of limitation law, failed by not receiving the constitutional majority. Two house bills were killed by the senate. They were: No 83, Kenner's bill to pay election udges of 1896, and No. 93, by OBilen, to permit the funding of various municipal floating indeMednesa. Six bill.; were passed. They were: No. 31, by Cook of Boa Elder, animal and bird bounty Mil. No. 37, by Kimball of Cache, authorising boarda of education to use their sinking funds for their maintenance In 1896 and 1897. No. 31, by Cook of Bos El ler, authorising the assessment of railroad land not used a a No. 48, by Martin, Imposing the cost of criminal prosecutions upon the state. Mo. 78, by Thoreaen, for the service of summons out of justices court. No. 98, bv Perkin, for the relief of poor litigant. .saw bills. Among the bills Introduced are: By Callls, a memorial appropriating $5,000 for a miners' hospital at Park City. By it terms Park City mutt raise an equal turn. By Hopkins, providing for the support of illegitimate children. Provide! for the giving of bonds that such ch'ld-re- n shall not become public charges. By Shepard Regarding assignments. Permits preferred creditors and provide hat a majority of the creditors may force a a change of assignee. By Kenner, a new Income tai bill, levying a tax ol 3 per cent on all Incomes above $3,000 per annum. Ilia-pear- d ef. The past week Is easily the week of Mg work In both branches of the legisA vast amount of work has lature. been done on the code, lor which there I nothing to show, the work being done In committer, and when finally presented will be inerelyjlor ratification by the bodies at large. The subjects, segregated as they are, wilt be rapidly handled when .once reported. This fact, however, Is not deterring the more exfrom agitating perienced legislators morning and evening sessions, which will probably msterlsllze during the present week. The senate last week passed eleven hills and one resolution, and killed six bills and one memorial. The successful resolution was house joint resolution No. 7, providing for a constitutional amendment to permit counties to levy and collect school taxes In cities. Thu memrilal killed was senate joint memorial No. 4, to permit of direct legislation ly the people The hills passed were a follows: Senate hill No. 17, to authorize boards of rduraton to suhmlt to the people questions of Incurring Indebtedness. This bill was passed over the governors veto by a large majority. In the house only two democrat voted to sustain the governor, who expressed sympathy with the objects of the measure hut suggested a slight change in the phraseology to avoid a possible conflict with the constitution. House bill ai. amending the bounty law. The majority manifested Its hostility to the word bounty" and Insert-ei- l the word reward" In Its stead. House bill 37 to enable school boards to use the sinking fund to maintain tne schools and authorizing a (ax levy to reimburse the sinking fund; House bill 63, to provide for the 'weighing of coal at the mlnea; Senate bill xO, 'appointing a commission to locate a branch of the normal school In Beaver or Iron county; Senate bill 51, to authorise counties, cities, etc, to fund their floating Indebtedness, afterward killed and passed In different form In the house as House bill 93; House Mil 6o, to authorise the secretary of state to purchase and distribute among connty any state officers, copies of the supreme court reports; House bill 75, regulating pawnbrokers and second-handealers; Senate bill 33 to compel deaf, dumb and blind children to attend the state school ; Senate blit 46, the land Mil. This bill Increases the number of commissioners to seven, of which the governor snd attorney general are members. The ohers are appointive. House Mil 83, The bills killed were: to provide for the aayment of election udge of 1896. This hill had passed both houses and gone to the governor when the senate decided to reconsider the bill. The Mil was returned by the governor upon a request from the senate. Its constitutionality was attacked. It was also considered a bad precedent to establish. Senate bill No. 48, creating the office of state sealer of weights an ! measures; senate hill No. 4, to limit the jurisdiction of city justices of the peace; senate Mil No. 3, to compel county boards to pas an annual appropriation ordinance; house Mil No. 39, providing for the payment of election judges; senate bill No. 81, allowing counties, cities, etc ,to fund their floating debts, afterward passed under the name of house Mil No. 93. right-of-wa- WKl'LKK TIKKB lla (teat HI lril(ssMgi-4rr- au ay Hueeeet li las New York, March 1. The Herald' correspondent in Havana tends the following, via Tampa: I am Informed on the very hfgheat Weyler authority that Captain-Generhat forwarded hit resignation to the Spanish government at Madrid. The captain-genera- l, I am told, will leave the Island at toon as possible, probably In about three week. This decisive step General Weylerde-termlne- d to take, It It aald, at toon as he heard of the release of Julio Sangullly. had frequently aald The captain-genera- l he would resign If the crown should Interfere with hia policy in regard to prisoners, and especially Americans, and he was Incensed beyond measure as being Ignored In the negotiation carried on by the Spanish government In tne cate of the notable captive, Sangullly, who was released on Friday. It la reported that General Romon Blanco Y. Arenas, the murqula of Pena HH6HT THE main a separate organization as a political body. Mr. Bryan will leave here for the weston Tuesday. Wednesday he wllj probably (peak at Carnegie hall, Pit tabu rg. Will Xsl Aceept Aolenam j Dea Moines. Is., Msrrh 1. Thr rt-elections In lows lii,:.it irsuK.i in a u -- n ( llure ver-lteeodrtl In general Bolileat m the lory of last fall. I'llirn-- ' ti Balt Lake'll H tutor y. II, 'u a -, deiiiorrsis, carilt-- n.o the republicans hi h.g g"in iiill . tc. t ed In the larger town. A iinintn-Tars Bra Pare Their Way lata feed the chief cities of ilie t no i1.. not linlj Ball.-r'Aparlairaie aad Blraaale elections at this time, bu air nn.li r Hlas la Death While Bla 4'rlea Par charters. In Oitnu na tin- .Icinn elp are Heard hy Half a Bea crals carried the mtlir c.lv. f ir the tit I Bra Who are Tea Badly Krlfhlrerd time In many years. gte Bit her Bstead Aid ar Mollly anti-trus- n U. & Gov't Report. Baking Powder It-:-- n- i s ABSOLUTELY PURE - -- OHeern Mardrrara Walh Away. ((airily Perl Salt Lake City, Feb. 26. With hit cries for help ringing In the eaia oi half a dozen men, noneof whom had cour-ato go to hit 14 Fred Butler, an umbrella maker, waa murdered In hit apartment at 148 Waat South Temple about 8 ocltutk last evening- - Two men, who did the deed, were then permitted to walk past the group of men attracted by the victims cries, and unmolested made their escape. About the time Mentioned there was door. He opened It a knock on Butler and Immediately yelled murder," and attempted to dose It A struggle en sued, Butler trying to keep the men from entering, all the while crying for assistance which never came. It wu desperate struggle, but they were too strong for, him and strangled him to death. People on the outside heard the struggle going on within, followed by a alienee that told oh the end, and later taw two men emerge and quietly walk away. No one thought to notify an offi cer until the murderers were well out of the way. Officers Shannon and Salinger responded to a call and found Butler lying on the floor with hit head toward the door. He had been dead several minutes. HI throat bore marks of hit aaaallanta hand and hit mouth was forced full of rage. The bed waa tumbled over and a small trunk ransacked, while one or two of the victims pockets were turned Inside out. A watch owned by the victim waa inlasing, yet the pretence ol a purse containing fis Indicated to the officer that robbery waa not the motive, g A IOIK RESTORE THE RESERVATIONS Thaasaa-- Head. e- - from DelMarch I. AJ-hi, India, atate that In Sirsa, in uliirli Sennit Ainpiidn Cleveland's district there la more suffering from ihr Forest ry in; itlon famine than In any ot u r Mcti.ni ol southern Punjab, the ura'.h rale has reached 23 per rent nl .he n ula'inn, By Vate af 17 to 1 Ihr Nraate MM Tindied. persona having 40,001 Is la Appreprialloa Ing of the cattle by the Mohsiuiiic-.lauSI.IMVIMU Pey Stisr Prednrere la causing trouble with the lliml.s'n. I alter Ihr Uld Mrltlalr law. The usurers are reaping a harvr-t- . h - s la tirral Tmr Bee ale-- . Washington, March Secretary Herbert and a number nl frl ruts, Inclimlng members of the house ami senate naval committees, went down the Ioln-u-ariver this morning for a trial trip oil the lltt'e torpedo boat No. 6, n lie known as the Farragut. Thr little carried a distinguished company. Among ilu-iwere the Herreachuff, hr- - construct s. General Alger, wholsbiokcJ for the portfolio of the war dep irlmrnt iimlcr the McKinley ailniliil-lralinand Mr. Wilson, who has been de hied upon for the department of agr culture. The Farragut, although not pressed to her utmost speed, succeeded In breaking her record, making during one spurt a equal to 30 knots, or between 32 hi.. I 33 miles per hour. 1 ve-v- el 1 n, rM-e- d riBKM MI'BKAD IKItHIIK. speedily enacting legislation which will Increase the revenues to meet the et. pendlture of the government. The general espectatlon among prominent Republicans Is that the new president will havj very little to l'roela eay In hit first message about monetary reform, though he may talk In a general way about International agreelitres if ment and monetary conferences. As toon as the committee on way and meant haa been announced, and j In It Republican membership It la to be the eatue as the present Washington, March 1. The usual committee, Chairman Dlngley will lay So nluy quiet of the capitol building aat the tariff bill before It. The Demodisturbed by a teaslun of the senate cratic membera will demand time for made ntvrssary lo past appropriation the ronslderatlon of the bill and the bills Large crowds filled the galleries preparation of the minority report, and overflowed to the corridor. The but Mr. Dlngley will probably restrict attendance of senator waa even greater them to about a week. Then the bill than through the wrek, the absentees, will be reported lo the house, and a oil ers tl.au those out of town or sick, pedal order for tta consideration will numbering only thirteen, via: Cam- be adopted. It la expected that this order will eron, Davis, llansbrough, Jones of Nevada, Kenny, I'asco, l'latt, Pritchard, allow about two weeks for debate. I'ugli, Smith, Turple, Wet more and The house will then pas the bill, and send It over.to the eenate, where the Wilson. Tlu- - enerahle figures of Ihe senate trouble of the tariff bill will begin, and It might be Impossible to pats It at Hour, Sherman, Morgan and Palmer wi re among those present. all, but lor Ihe fact that many of the Democrat and Populltla are disposed By j parliamentary fiction the session Iv a purl oi thr executive aesalon beginto give the Republicans every opning Saturday, a recess having been portunity to carry out their legislative o'r lor k this morning until programme. taken at The senate will secure the full right i The sundry civil 3 p. in, Sunday. prlutlon bill was under consideration, to emend the bill and It la pro cable that this, aa were the teat three Mila, a number ol Important Itemt In payment of sugar bounties, lor river and will be first presented In the senate. harihir-- , etc., remaining to be passed It la the hope of the Republican leaders that the Mil may become a law upon. A vote on the waa taken aa toon as the and the eatra session adjourn by June. ap-pr- Tha Ursrrsl Belief Tint An I wees diary Was Aliraad New York, March I. A remarkable CLV. AHBKMTB HARK. -- aerie of fires, all of niysieriou- - origin, and all strangely similar n tlu-ichar acterlstlcs, spread terrnr through a section of the upper easi s de yesterday, and led to the general he lef that a daring incendiary wat ahroa! applying his torch, for no other purpose, apparently, than the destruction of human Die. Five fires occurred Intl.rce hour-- , and all within the district Iclwein Mxty-flftand Eighty-thirstreets and First and Third avenue. All went In tenement houset end no one could tell how tbe bluet alerted. Four of the fires, t Important, occurred almost wltliln a stone's throw of each other, In a thickly populated area, four b'oeka long and two block wide, and each waa started In the cellar. The clang of the fire hells and the sight of engines dashing hither and thither through the streets nutur-allcreated a panicky leellng aiming the tenement house dwellers, who knew not where the fiend woi Id strike next. The firemen were exhausted from the arduous work required finni them. h d y Peraona Held far Preliminary Trial Wllhenl Benda. Waite Bare. Salt Lake, Feb. 18. A special to the Salt Lake City, March I. Dan Rice, a man who lived alone In a hut on the Herald says: A lot nf Bu'te sport were west aide, and Ales. Mitchell, ion beautifully taken In again today on a of Mrs. Butler, were arretted and held foot race. About a wei k ago, a man Monday without bonds, along with Mrs. giving hli name as John H. Smith Butler, upon a charge of murder pre came to Butte from Salt Lake and ferred against them. The officers claim got In with the firenirn of the city. He said he was a prolesslciial tool racer, they have a strong case. The motive for the murder the police and they toon got up a n atch with Wes now believe to have been robbery. The Barnaman, an anililtious barber who had Smith agreed facta regarding Butler's divorce cate are friends with money. not at first given to the- press. The di- with Barnaman to let thi latter win the vorce suit had not been filed, but the race, and even signed ar'lch-- s ol agreerapera were In course of preparation. ment to that effect, which were depositthe harher's Whether Mr. Butler had any knowledge ed with Duncan MrGrrg-irof this It of courte a subject for specula backer. McGregor then covered all the tlon. The theory la held that the might money the firemen could rain-- , he til ing have, for (he waa In the haMt of going eure of winning. He also het $400 ol to Butlers room and quarreling with the money deposited with him by the race him. An effort to keep her out may Smith's backers, and wlii-alto account for Butler's action In keep- came off this afternoon Smith ran awav ing the door locked and using the win- from Barnaman and woi the rare with dow as a meant of egret and Ingres. such recklessness and d'sregarJ fur (he that Hiirna. The money In hit pocket waa left, the agreement he had algm-police believe, because the murderers man and hit backers ncapty dropped ware scared away by hearing volet dead. McGregor could not pay hark outside before they had thoroughly the money deposited with hint and there list ra. - pa-pe- rt or Lat:t Highest of til in Leavening Power, - al Murder Athena, Feb. a8 A number of Cretan deputies, headed by the Bishop of Retl-mo- , visited King George today and presented to him a memorial which In cf THK IIOl'SE. feet declared that the establishment of The house was destructive rather an autonomous government In Crete than constructive, although there was no would not result In a pacification of the searched him. Island. Such a form of government lack of nrw measures. Fifteen Mils failed upon the adoption would only prepare the way to a fresh Berne Bln Meter. of a hostile rommlttee report. They revolution and further endanger the Napa, Cal., Feb. 38. Sheriff D. E. were: No. so, by Dotson, relating to the peace of Europe. The Cretans, theretaxation of mortgages. fore, had firmly decided not to accept Teague, of Washington county, Teiaa, strived in Napa yesterday bringing No. 36, by Kenner, legalizing glove accept autonomy. for the return of Charles Kugadt contest. for trial for the murder of hit slater. No. 38, by Thomson, making taxes I An Par Adamleaa tea. Identified the prisoner at the payable San Francisco, Feb. 38. The brig Teague man wanted. He leaves lor Teat with No. 43, by Hardy, to compel hanks to Tacleared Edward for today Percy afternoon, first going to give security for deposits. hiti, and on her goes the United Broth- Kugadt Monday for the governor's authorSacramento No. 1, by Sorensen of Sanpete, chang- erhood oi the South Sea lalands. The authorities have eviTexas The tax of from time ity. the redemption ing brig goes to Tahiti, and from that port the dence burning of the body showing sale from four rear to two years. will tall wherever the fancy of thoie on oi Kugadt slater, leaving only her false t and com- board dictates. No. 87, Kenner's The expedition was teeth, jewelry, etc, at evidence oi her bine bill. brought about by the publication In a identity. No. 88, by Cook of Rich, changing the local paper of a the to effect that ttory . fees to be charged by the county re- on St. John's Island In the South teat An Island nf Chalk. corder. were e number of dusky women who Island ol Thanet, forming The English No. 97. by Perkins, to protect the were pining for husbands. All the men a of Kent, la almost of the connty part creditors of Insolvent corporation. had been killed In war and the women No. 99, by Perkins, authorising pri- were lonely. A company waa organ- wholly composed of chalk. The Island la person. In length and about five In vate persona to serve legal paper. ised In this city to go to the relief of the 10 miles No. 100, by Hardy, providing a pen- dusky damsels, and on board the Ed- breadth, and haa more chalk eapoaed on other spot of equal men who sigh Its surface than any wards are ninety-sevealty lor murder. Helena of Algebra. area on the globe. British geologists water No. 103, Price, validating by and In for life dime the the have Is to said tropical eaiy The science of algebra not lets than 42,000,-oootocertificates. South teat. It haa since developed that tay that there are been the Invention of Mohammed of of chalk In tight on Thanet, no Wilson, No. compelling foreign Eden Adamleaa waa a by the science D. A. ttory The myth, Buslana, about 850 to make a deposit but the company organised here deter- and that It would, take 10,000 men and was Introduced Into Spain by the Mojr. insurance companies holders. secure to 5,000 horse and cart ao yearajto move policy mined to go tome place. The first treatise on the subject' In any It, the 113. No. provided It were dug up ready lo be Forshee, amending by I believed to have European language" carted law. away. eatray Paccoll, In 1494. been that Kisaomlnre, Fla., makes tramps wokr The enacting clause was struck from In the streets. Minneapolis bindery girl now tend The beautiful office may be a den ol two bills: Minnesota Laundrynirh may form a the No. rate 59, by Wilson, regulating delegate to the meetinga of the Allied swindlers, but It Is more likely to be tne atate union. of Interest. Printing Trade. business home of profitable business. half-yearl- NUM1IEU5, - Klrrliaas la lusa. OF AUDACITf Butler, It appear, was suing hit wife for divorce. Tne case waa to have been called today. Should the decree be entered as prayed for, Mrs. Butler would have no interest Inf hit property, consisting of real eataM to the value of 13,000 or more. But If Butler were out of the way, the property would past to her control. Believing this might lead to developments tha' police, about midnight, arrested Mr:' Butler, who has been living apart rrom her husband for tome time. She was found at Murray with ano'.h woman occupying the saloon building er Plata, mav be appointed to succeed Gen. ' formerly belonging to Charles Thlede. Weyler. Bryan at tbs Capital Washington, Feb 18. Hon. William democratic candi. ennlngt Pryan, late date for the presidency, was at the capital tonight and spent three hours In the He was room of the visited by the silver men ol the senate, particularly by the silver republican. Congressmen Towne end Hartman were alto at the conference. It waa given out that tbe visit of of theae members to the late candldkte was purely aoclal, but It It understood that the future plana of the silver republican were discussed, Mr. Bryan giving hit approval to the policy of the silver republicans to re- 1MJ7- Is liable to be trouble. Ureal Anelenl Hell la auger-bount- y session opened, and It waa agreed to, 37 to 13 The amendment appropriate $1.1183.156 fur the balance of bounties ari.rd I rum August, 1894, to June, 1895, An extended debate occurred on an aimndiiicnt offered hy Mr. Clark of Wyoming, designed to counteract the reernt order withdrawing 21,-oprv vmki seres of land from the public do nnln ami creating forest reservations. Mr Clark criticised the president! order as arbitrary, saying the people of the state affected had not been consulted. It wa the moat serious blow aimed at .he wrstern country since the present cot ig rets came Into existence. Mr. Carter of Montana, who was commissioner of the land office at the time an Inquiry Into forest reaervatlona was lirgon, also criticised the president' orders hasty and In total disregard to va I Interests. Towns, villages, mill ami inliir have been Indiscriminately Im Imled within these forest reservations. Mr. Cannon of Utah sa'd the president's order covered an area greater than that ol the state of Maine. It af-- ft t ted states represented here by fourteen senators, not one of whem had been consulted. The order would work most serious hardships to the people of tin- west. .Senators Pettigrew, Wilson, Dubol and Mantlr alxo spoke In crltlclim, and tin- - amendment waa then unahlmoualy ad ipled. It Is ai follow: And all tl e lands In the state of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Id ihu, Washington and California set apart and reserved by executive order of February 33d( and proclamation 1S97, are hereby restored to the public domain, and subject to settlement, according to ihe lawaof the United State, the same at II said esecutlve order and proclamations had not been made." Among other amendments adopted wax that tor a she for a public building at Butte, Mont., $50.00. sldi-nt'- s oi - THE COMING CONGRESS. Itisi .tgiiln. The second Westminister Gazette: bell In weight In the wor'd, that In In India, has la Iv hern raised from the ground and arianged so as to ring again after a lapse i f nearly a century. This bell weights betwren ninety and and hundred tons. It Is surpassed by the giant at Moscow In weigh), but the latter haa lost a large ph-c- out of It, and aa It It used ax a rhn cl, cannot now be rung. There la, however, another bell at Moscow, which Is used and la aald lo weigh 12K ton. The Mlngonn bell Is twelve feet high a id about eighteen feet In diameter at the rim. The It Immense wooden heanix on formerly hung, have long since rehung on a steel girder at a height of It Is proposed 5 feet from the ground. to encase the supporting columns and girders with carvrd teak In a ll.mncsr design, ahd then erret a cupola over the at Icrkln, whole structure. Thr which la the third largest In the world that can still be used, wrighs only fifty-Igtons. .Min-gno- e Hvlief That It Will Aliout the 15th. la tbe l'a(rrtlti(li( Had By Hnslejr sad Others Who Are Vi- That tally laferealrd la hatwlii Ihe Karls. New York, March a. A Herald special from Washington says: One of President McKinleys first official act will be Ihe Issuance ef a proclacon mation calling the first Fifty-fift- h In eatra session. meet to gietx While Mr. McKinley has not yet publicly announced the date on which he will convene the new congress. It la the understanding of Chairman Ding-le- y of hi house committee on wayt a: i.l meant, also other member of In both houses, vitally Interested knowlnu the date, that It will meet on MiinJav, March ij. A New York bakers union has de Thr primary purpose of the extra n Is to pass Ihe new tariff bill. In elded lo raise a big fund for Its unemhi first message to con g rest, President ployed membera. Pullmcn (III.) huol am! shoe worker McKinley It expected to devote himself have had their oay cut 10 per cent with- almost exclusively to the condition of the treasury and to the necessity of in four month. lu-c- hi-l- l aet-rin- Supreme Juatleea tlewua. Harrison In Ladles' Home Journal: Whan the constitu tional organization of the court had been settled and the high duty of selecting the juatleea had been performed by Washington," the smaller, but not wholly unimportant question of a court dreta loomed up, end much agitated and divided the mind of our public men. Shell the juatleea wear gowns?" And If yea, the gown of the scholar or of the Romeo Senator or of the priest? Shall they wear the wig of the English judges? Jefferson and Hamilton, who had differed ao widely In their view aa to the frame of the conetltutlon, were again In opposition upon theae questions relating to millinery and hairdressing. Jefferson' was agalnit any neediest official apparel. But II Ihe gown was to carry, he said ; For heavens sake discard the monstrous wig which make the Engllih judge look like rat peeping through bunchea of oakum. Hamilton was for the Engllih wig with the English gown. Burr wat for the English gown, but against the Inverted woolsack termed a wig. The English gown was taken and the wig left, and I am sure that the flowing black silk gown (till worn by the juatleea helps to preserve In the court room that dignity and sente of solemnity which should always characterize the place of jndgment." MOCKING BIRDS AS DANCERS. The power of the mocking bird to amuae folk It not confined lo Its abilities as a linger. The more Mrda are studied the more the students wonder what they cant do. Bird with tome marked characteristic are sometimes neglected In other reaped than their peculiarity, and ao It happen that the mocking Mrd It better known aa an Imitative singer than aa an original one. The mocking Mrde dance methodically like woodsmen In a square dance, rather than with the wild gyrations of a darkey hoe do sin. They keep their bodies stiff with head and tails erect, their wlnga drooping and fealhera flattened out, something like the English sparrow when hopping about before It sweetheart; but the sparrows feathers are thrown out usually Instead of being flattened against the body. Two of the mocking bird make a set and they bound along jumping high but not far, going from one end of the play ground to the other, one behind the other, about a foot, and each one at the end of the playground turns In a circle slowly and with dignity and goes back gain. Sometime they atop and look at tome distant object, day dreaming apparently, then away they go again. Mr. Blake tell about a hen that waa disturbed by the actions of a pair of mocking Mrda In their dance, whereupon the left her brood of chickens and charged the coupleRwIth clucks and fluttering feather. Up went the mocking Mrda, with true mocking bird talk, scolding and sputtering at the hen until Popular they fairly drove her away Science Monthly. rich-voice- Scveril vaudeville performers were a special attraction at an open meeting of Toledo laundryworkers. An agreement between Rochester pelnter and paperhangers provide that each must stick to hit last. |