Show IMPORTANT EVENTS review of important events at home and abroad the house of representatives refused on thursday by a majority of 47 to order a third rea reading dinn r of the resolution by which it was proposed to authorize the isaic of of three per cent thirty year coin bonds sold by secretary carlisle under the contra contract et with the rothschild morgan syndicate an analysis of the vote toto shows hows that eighty nine democrats democrat sand aari thirty one republicans in all voted in favor of the resolution and ninety eight democrats sixty two republicans public ans and seven populist in all against in the senate mr jones reported the bill adopted by the fit nance committee providing r for the freu free coinage of silver and add mr gray reported uie the adverse action of the committee on privileges and elections on the bill providing for the election of senators by a direct vote of the people the massachusetts state senate passed to be engrossed 0 a hill bill providing for biennial elections the annual meeting of the associated press members was held in chicago and the eastern members 10 crave gave it a banquet to the western members J L dixon cashier of the mcl mcelroy alro y banking company of fayetteville ark committed suicide then it was discovered that he be was snort in his accounts the long overdue french steamer la Gasco gasciogne Gas cogne 0 crne arrived the event caused relief and rejoicing among the many friends and relatives of those on board george a 11 irwin the discretionary pool operator was placed on trial in pittsburg on a charge of false pretense several prominent chicago brokers testified to irwins erwins speculations in grain governor morton has signed the power ot of removal bill which gives mayor strong the power to depose the heads beads of departments of the new york city government the anniversary of the birth of abraham lincoln was celebrated throughout the country mayor strong of new york showed his bis independence by appointing as commissioner of public works win brookfield who is ia strongly antagonistic to ex senator T C platt piatt the deaths of the week were minister I 1 P gray at mexico richard V F Trav ellick the michigan greenbacker general 31 D corse at alexandria va and charles gayarre the louisiana historian FOREIGN the chinese surrendered the warships of wei we hai wel wei and s bi ip a and forts the japanese are now in full possession of the place general tait tai of the chinese army at wei hal hai wei on account of the desertion of a number of his subordinates di nates reports from armenia state that similar outrages n to those in the district have been committed in the province of harzan forty or fifty villages having been destroyed in the house of commons the amendment offered by mr clancey Clan cej proposing consideration looking to the release or of it a proposition of the dynamite prisoners was rejected john redmond the leader in the house of commons submitted an amendment to the queens speech a asking aking that parliament be dissolved and ad the question of home rule be submitted to the country the amendment was rejected by a vote of to canada is laving having trouble with her finances her revenues have decreased and lier her expenditures have increased the public debt increased in january the chilean Cli ilean government lias has decided to buy all the railroads it in that country IPA |