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Show BLAND'S VICTORY. His Seigniorage Bill Passes the Lower House. NO MATERIAL CHANGES Are Made McKane Goes to Jail He Passes Throug-h tbs Ordeal With Firm-neat Firm-neat and no Sig-ns of Depression "Four Years and Three M.onths.' ! Washington, March 1. The long Btruggle in the house over the Bland bill for the coinage of the silver seign-iorage seign-iorage and silver bullion in the treasury treas-ury ended today by the passage of the I bill by a vote of 168 to 129. I The filibustered were powerless to do anything further. All the amendments offered to the mtasure by the opponents were defeated. de-feated. The bill as passed IB in the nature of a substitute for the original text of the measure. The changes do not affect tne material features of the bill, which provide for the coinage of the silver seigniorage in the treasury ; the issue of silver certrficates thereon, if need be, in the discretion of the secretary of the treasury ,in advance of the coinage, and thereafter the coinage of the remainder re-mainder ot the bollion as fast as prac ticable and the issue of silver certificates thereon, to take the place of the J treasury notes issued under the Sher- man act, which are to be returned and I canceled as rapidly as the coinage takes place. The changes made in the substitute simply make specific the fact that the seigniorage is to be coined, and this bill shall not effect the redemption of treasury notes under the existing law. An anal sis of the vote by which the bill passed shows that 141 democrats. 19 republicans and 8 populists, a total of 16S, voted for it, and 79 republicans and 50 democrats, a total of 129, yoted against it. HE DIDN'T TL1XCH. Sing Sing, March 1. The train bearing John Y. McKane to prison, arrived here at 3 o'clock this afternoon. McKane passed through the prison gate to the ofiire of Warden Durston, where he was received by Assistant Clerk Westlake. Sheriff Bulling pro duced the committment and handed it t WeBtlake, who said to McKane, "Your term is six years." Westlake then wrote on th. ( menffour years and three months. tacmttna the net time of McK Ws 8e ence less the commutation for good conduct. McKane removed ins fold watch aud cbam fiom bis vest, took a diamond ring from his finger a diamond stud from his shirt, as well j.- a cUava hnttona and gave them to Striker Williamson, to take ; back to McKane's family. McKane produced $25 .79 in bills .and change and banded the money to Clerk W est- la McKane was then' Uken into the prison barber shop, and his mustache and imperial quickly shaven off . He was then given a convict's suit which he Dut on himself. . . ... McKane went through the ordeal with firmnees and showed no signs of depression. de-pression. Thkbe is one scene in "Ole Olson'' that never fails to produce-first, a thrill of uervoua expectancy then a storm of laughter and applause. Ibe scene occurs during toe progress of the third act. The villiane have abducted ab-ducted a child and are hurrying away I to an old deserted powder mill m a ood near the sea shore P-P mat- terings oi appiui"'"'" , . T. j ; The child cries with fright, and is stunned by a blow. In the uncertain light, they think the child is dead. To conceal their crime, they place the E3y in the mill and ap-ee to blow the building to atoms. Procuring a can of nwder they lay it at the door, with a Ehted fQM attached, and retire to LKit the explosion. Oie comes in feaSh of the child. The rain has commenced com-menced to fall. He attempts to smoke but bis matches are wet. Suddenly Ms eyes falls on the burning fuse, which by this time has almost reached The powder. Ole regards it with innocent inno-cent Soeitv for a moment, then picks I Sup in the nick of time and coolly I lights nis pice. mmmm |