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Show rELEGitAPmr. kewsl - COXGBI.VH THIS Wr.EU. Lller Fram Ihn tIrcrlerUencrmI r Ilit- World's lair. WASinaTON, Dec. rf. Tiio nature na-ture ut pruittnilnf,!) la the tjenate this witfc will Le iie:ermlneJ by the attendance. If no qnoiutu Is pre ut tlieru will pro! jUjr besi)Jcuru-mcuLi besi)Jcuru-mcuLi from doy today. If Intro ! a quorum, couutlug the Seuatorn on both slilts of thu ihamber, the debate en the election kill will continue, con-tinue, and onoof the features of the dIscuIon will be a speech by Senator Sena-tor Hoar, sponsor of the bill In the Senate. Should there be a ijuorum of refubllcan temtcrs UuriuK t).c week, something hardly probable, there may bo expected a Irin-fur-rnatlon of tbe liht sUnuWilug which hts been in progresj for a month Intoa heavy engagement ol the political force, furlt Idtlielutm-t!ou Idtlielutm-t!ou to take up ths new cloture rule introduced by Senator Aldrich a-eoonas a-eoonas a zf republican majority cm beaftured. It U not expected thnt any bu'I-nt&a bu'I-nt&a will bs transacted In the House duriiiK the comlnir ttt. Tlie f illowin letter from George It. Davis, director-general of tue Columbian KxposiUon. was received re-ceived by IVtalJent Harrison to day: To ths Prcild'-nt: By aathoritr of and In behalf of tho World's Fair Colombian Exposition, I hare tbe honor to request tuatj.iu will cauo to bo deuileU for errico at comrailoners of Itio Columbian Ux-position Ux-position to tbe (CvcrAl Hepublin of Mexico, Central and boaih America, ihc following officers of tho army and navy, to wit: To the Ilepabhc ot .Mexico, .Mex-ico, Lieatenaui ,. U. IJaUcr, U. S. ; to the Hepublies of GuaicmaU, Mrar-agua, Mrar-agua, Sal vador sikI Cos ji ilica. Lieu-u-nau. Georco I. cnvon, U. S. A.; to he H publio of llondurn and (he Untisb, colon vo( Honduras, CapUia Gliix-n P. iv-ttou, U 5j. A.: to the llt-pnbhc llt-pnbhc of Vennuo a and the Guana cjlonic Lieutenant Itugcr Weds, J ., U.h.S.; to llio Iteiublie of l'unl, Uaiitenant William li .Sifford, U. H. N.; totbo Kepublicot Cblli, Lloulcn-ani Lloulcn-ani Cnarlej 11." tor, U. S. .: to tbo Argentine Itepubheand tbo itepublio of.UiUguay and Paraguay, burgeou U. X. tiutelutie, U. h. X.: 10' tno Itt-pubhaof Itt-pubhaof itrazll, CapUIn Alex. Itod-er. Itod-er. U. S. A and Litntoaant Fr.nc t. Sawyer. U.h.X. 1 ua e tliu honor to reqnest also thai thee oflicers be instnic ed to carry " tbe Prciidcutt of tbo several .South American Itepublica and Governor of Colonies formal Utters of iuita lion from yourself to Mich PresIdcutM and governor, reqncstlcgin tho name of tno government and ibo pcoplaof toe United taica, tliat tbey ianiei-rata ianiei-rata in the annrunria c commemora tion of tbe four hundredth annlcr-aryof annlcr-aryof too discovery of Amersi br Columbus, and that they appoint a rectal comml-sloner to collect and bring for exhibition at the proposed Columbian exhibition ucb articles a-will a-will mustlltlyandfolly Illustrate tbelr resources, ibolr products, their fcodal, commercial and industrial eondhi n. As tbe appruacblug expoition offer an unlimited opportunity for promoting promot-ing the Kcal. commercial and political politi-cal relation of tho pcoplcof tho American Amer-ican Continents. t is especially do-kired do-kired that the MSter Itepnb'lcs bo adequately ade-quately prc-ented. Some of the above named ofilccrs have already been deaignattU for the service reque-ted. Two Amrrlran BlejelUt. XAri.ES, Dec. 27. The Velod pedeClub cf Naples gave a dinner yesterday In honor of tho Ami ri-can, ri-can, Mr. JacLson of Illinois and Mr. Allen of bL Louis, who are engage In making a novel tour around tbe world on their bicycles. Their holiday, holi-day, which Is to txtenJ tbrtugh a period of two years aud a half, has lietn auspiciously started. They have traveled through France, end are now golug through Italy. Tiny cover, as a rule, from forty to fifty miles every day. ach of thera carries as a protection for himself and his iron teed. a revolver. They ha e already left Naples for Loggia, bich is about eighty miles distant. Thence they will go toBrludlsl, aud from there they will call for Corfu, after riding through which they will proceed t? Turkestan, India. China and Japan, and from these realms of the Mikado they v. Ill return re-turn to the western lands. The Josepbilra Hald to Organize n ?lilciiao. Chicago. Dec. 23. An effort i about to be raady to ttablUli in Chicago the sect known as the IU-organlied IU-organlied Church of Jesus CbrUt of Latter-day Salnu. In a modest way gatherings of those In the cit who maintained this laitli have been held, bui not until now has there been any attempt at organization. organiza-tion. -Tbo headquarters of the denomination de-nomination Is at Lamoni. Decatur County, Iowa. Within a few weeks, it Is said, missions will probably be established in different parts of tbe city, where wrvlces will be held regularly. A preliminary meeting was beld today at No. 213 Wett Madison street. Tbe people present were more earnest than numerous. Elder C. C Brlggsof Iowa preached the sermon, in which the fundamental funda-mental principles of the faith were explained. Tbe sect declares the teachings of tho Mormon prophtt, Joseph Smith, lobe the truth, but rejects the doctrine cf plural marriage. A Colorado Baaker rails. Dexvxb, Dec427. A special from Greely, Colorado, says that Hunter A. Weet, bankers and real estate dealer, made an asaJgaraent last night to B.JD. Sanborn. Tbe firm's liabilities are placed at S33,000; asset, as-set, 593,000. West's individual resources are placed at f 14 J OOO.with SSS.003 lUbilftlts. No statement of Hunter's financial standing bss yet been made. iKptudent Investments caused the failure. astaat o4"a iiltlsaa Teasel Ca a-n-aeoal.il sTsasr. . - New YosUC, Dee. 27. A irksseaeh toth7fMfrosn K-f Watt, Fia., a ' '" . says: Tiio AngelUa, a ship flyltg the Spaui&h flag, was captured olf the Went coast ptflfUg. by tho United Stiles re.cnub Steanur -Vc-Lane. She was 'found oil" SaniUI Island. Whennnarmi-lKjlt-'citw, under Lieutenant ULsorth lioardtd her tho Saniards turn very ugly. The ciptatn had no pipers, excej t a bill of provis'ous tiunlmeed on the Florida Coj3t. '1 hi d'd not satNfy the boarding olllctr, whosto:ce directed a search of the ship. No contraband stufTwas found, buttbe character of tho es-tl tvcmi-d i-o certain tiiat after consultation, it was decided to selzo the Atgtltia A priza crew wis tent aboard, armed totlie ttilli. Ju-t ru tho Jane'i men were running the ntnlitr upcak, the Spanl-li captain rilled cu his mfti to fight, lie declared that he would dieLforo allowing tils -hip to le carried off-. ThcSpsrilard wasftized, placed in n stua'l boat and sent aboard the MiLane forMfe-keepiog. Tbo crtw were quietly admotiiihetl not to Httejirtunj thins; raMi on pain of dentil, n.o AngelUa now awaits I'ijuJfcitio. and wilt iu all prba-D prba-D lity be of&rcd forillnthecour-e ofa few days. The fa that she is uni.rovlL'eJuitli a rvjjr'i r is alone ajfflcient ta cauic PTxrccdlugs ajjainit her. olii ci'itiosiri'mio:-. ItlslnM lolir l)ora-tlo I) .-si rue-lion, rue-lion, 'r Lokdok, Dec. 27.-OIi Curiosity Shop Is the next of the ce'ebraled buildings which is (loomed ta destruction. de-struction. It is situated in Fetter Lane, whiih dcrlted its namufrom the beggars who used to" be tho mo-t prominent feature of tbe nt-ighb-jr-hood an J were called 'falter-." Charles Dickens u-l tn visit the house in order to borrow books from what was at that limo n library. Mrs. Haines, who has leafed the shop for over sixty years and liax now reached tho intriaTcba! go of , eighty-six, has a lively recolleetioii of tnu novelist's visits ami tells many stories of him. IJorrlblo Xleath. LocKHAVtx, Pa, D.-C.27. Km-mt Km-mt Mather was kilted today on n rjilroad bridge near Halifax by n train running at a high rate cf sfiecd. She was half vaj eros lit, and realizing her danger attempted to drop through thu lies into the creek below. Thu Spsco was too narrow, hon ever, antf as s'ie wus trlog to squeeze through, the engine en-gine struck her. All her clol'iit'g was torn from In r as Hie train ceu overkilling her Instantly. Her body dropped into tho creek. One of the men w In'helpc i to carry the crushed body to the s'loru stopped to set) if ho couldddentlfy iL du tilenly lie exclaimed: "My Uii! it Is my sislei!" The girl was 23 years old. |
