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I HE MR XVII. AMD BOMB MARS ALFONSO'S WEDDING 1$ Kitfg and Queen, But Dec imates Royal Party. ?EN KILLED, MANY INJURED W Coach Shattered by fhlch Fell Just In Front of It, |ut Royal Couple Arm Unharmed -Thrown From a Balcony. drlfl, Spain.? Alfonso and his had come for t lie nltar and wore Jvlng an ovation from their myriad Subjects such as oven this proud tal had^iever seen before when sud y they were brought face to face i I Kb peril of assassination in Its dliest form. .oaes tiling from every side were lllng in a soft <'<i8CA.de upon the royal Vlot. The young Queen, in mi lied delight, was bowing right and iu acknowledgment of the deafen unending chorus of welcome and gratuiations, and the King, Ignoring $ multitude, was feasting his eyes %g#npon the face of his bride, when a I^^Winch of roses Hung from a balcony jfll with a rush as though made of ead iu front nf (he chariot and Jiut frhiiul the mules drawing it. BHR&Tliere was a terrirte crash and a little 'flfmmoke rose In the air. Death and con SfflBernation in an instant supplanted the mirth and rejoicing.. A score of l&m en and wompn lay dead or mutilated. There was a moment of paralysis and terror. All eyes turned instinctively - >^.v.V \ ) King Alfonso of Spain. v toward t lie bridal couple and saw their palo faces amid the ruins of their car ? rlagc gazing pitifully at the terrifying scene around (hem. The Urst man to regain his *elf-pos session was the Duke of Cornachuolos. He rushed i'brwnrd, opened tiie door of the royal coach and fairly dragged the King and Queen to t lie ground. Others of the royal escort instantly surround ed them and they were ltd to another carriage. Immediacy before the outrage the Queen remarked to the King that she would bo glad to reach home. The ex plosion followed her words. Bleeding and wounded officers threw themselves around the royal carriage, and the Queen gazed with horror on the dead and dying.-' One officer lay dead with his band raised in salute. Tiie young King speedily mastered Ills emotion and gave all' his attention to his terrilied bride. The line of march was quickly taken up to the palace, which was only a quarter of a mile away. Neither the King nor the Queen was hurt, although their escape seems .ittle short of miraculous. The bride matte a brave effort to con trol her feelings, but the fearful transi tion fro in joy to horror was too much for human nerves to endure and pres ently she burst into tears. If the truth must be told, the King himself ..., iwept in sympathy. Meantime at the scene of the outrage the tirst paralysis was succeeded by great confusion. The crowd, when it realized what had happened, became infuriated and surged towards the spot intent upon wreaking vengeance upon the author of the crime. Quickly a cordon of troops was formed, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the dead and injured were cared for . .mid, removed. J \ v The following are the killed: Cap tain Karros, commanding part of the King's escort; Lieutenant Reyslent, Lieutenant Prendergast, '.lie Marquise of Colosa and her daughter; Don An . tonlo Calvo and his niece, six yettrs old; Srix soldiers, two citizens, one rbyal groom, whtywas leading n horsp draw* I lng the coach carrying the King and ] Queen. Two of the horses drawing the eoacli were killed. The indignation of the people over ? the outrage was great. Some French detectives were almost lynched merely because they had a foreign appearance. During the afternoon, following the tragedy. King Alfonso went with Queen Victoria to the I'alace Chapel, where they offered up lengthy prayers. rO-H^^AR^M WKDOINO. Haiti age of King Md PTln?Mi ? GorgeowB SpMt?c1?. The wedding and its tributary eere-J monies of King Alfonso XIII. and Princess Kna of Batten berg, who Chose tiie name oi, -Victoria to please No Law Against Wearing Feathers. The Kenr York Sta^e Uw relative to tfce prevention or the destruction of ctla ..tor inUilBPry pianino does I prohibit women froij .wearing the feather*, lint prohibits file or posses aim tor sale any such plumage or jiltl X birds* aOuOOO.OOO Are Starring la Russia, [n ^ T^^ne is sweeping orar ?lt Bussla, v $fcuoo<**? peasants art dying from food and epidemics which foJ her subjects, were Impressive as the i Spanish Rplrit, rich in romance, could make them. Alfonso's Ministers had discounted t ho future as \v i? 1 1 as bur rowed from the past to honor their .viuug monarch ami his northern bride. They marshaled the prOinces of Spaiu ill a bounteous pageant for a kaieldo scQpic picture of the whole historic country with which to charm the eyes and ears of Princess Kua- Princess Victoria, ^the Spaniard* already railed her. IJeautlful float 8 representative o' the Kingdom's every part had been built and peopled to follow the bridal train. The ceremony lt?elf not onlv whs Invested with the solemnity Ot the ltoman ritual and honored by the pres ence of Toledo'* Archbishop and the Tope's Special Nuncio, but an almost classic air was lent to it the tradi tions of the Church of 8f:. Jeronlmo el lteai, wherein it was performed. And all Europe ? all the world was repre sented in the sparkling thousands of guests that thronged the royal chapel Wedding weather greeted the King and l*rln<*MB when they awoke, he in the Hoyul?F|lnce, she in that of Prado. 1 Princess Ena, according to iiumevzo rlal Spanish custom, donned her wed ding tlnery at the Senate House, whence she was escorted from the villa of the I'rado By half of the noble ladies of Spain, who superintended the ad Justing of the wedding veil. The royal progress to the church of Klnp nnd bride was like a scene from the "Arabian Nights." fairy tale roaches 'mode of crystal and gold, Ara bian horses -,*Mth tails ami manes twined with roses, and harness plated with gold and studded with precious Mones. troops in gorgeous uniforms, military bands, delcgatiolH^from Ara go:> ami Castile in the gay and pictur esque native costumes, while every where lyere music>and (lowers, glitter and pomp. Hoars of welcome hailed Alfonso, fol lowed by louder cheering when the bride's coach followed his. Hoses were showered on them from balconies, hurled at them over the heads of the regiments strung along (he sidewalks, i tossed under the feet of.**" ' ' 1 from roofs and upper' window**, mi all sides gleamed the rich colors of tin- j eon'.. try* The same patriotic idea was carried out in the interior decoration of the church, the blazing hues being heightened by thousands of lucnudcs- , Cent lights and embroideries of gold and silver. On a dais were two gold armchairs, in one of which King Al fonso, arriving twenty minutes before his bride, sat impatiently, sending cour tier after courtier to the entrance to WMteh for her until her coach rolled up to the door. Conspicuous because of the simple dignity of their attire among the shin ing uniforms of Princes, Craml Dukes, Archdukes, nobles, marshal?, admirals and generals were Minister Collier and Special Faivoy Whitrldge e* the United States. ? , Two hundred choristers sang the pro cessional as the royo? couple advanced to the altar, King Alfonso flanked by Prince Carlos and his little namesake. Princess Eno escorted by her mother, her brother -Hd er future mother-in law. The blonde J>rlde In her wonderful robes of white and silver seemed a fitting llgure in tills falrjr pageant wed* dJng. ? Her gown was a ji]| t from the King nnd cost $7000. It was of white brocade overlaid with silver embroid ery and Spanish lace. The latter was valued at $50 a- yard. The lace was [ caught up with posies of orange blov soms. . I This wedding robe, while magnificent as a work of art., would shock n Parisian dressmaker by Its elaboration, i The IjDdico was high. Spain -would be horrified to see any bride go to the | altar decollete, as English princesses do. i - Queen Victoria of Spain. A coronet of brilliants sparkled be neath the wedding veil of old hu e. I Alfonso, attired in the uniform of a , captain general and wearing among his decorations the Order of the Golden Fleece and the English Ortler of the I Garter, met ids bride in front of the . .altar, and they stood together until the time came for thein to kneel shlei by side on two cushions of softest silk lying on the dais. Hut bpfore that solemn moment came the Northern Princess, her eyes smiling through tears, moved quickly down the steps to the dais and embraced ?her mother j tenderly, returning to the King's side just as Cardinal Sancha began the | wedding service. The ceremony, ^hicb lasted nearly an bout*, terminated with the nuncio pronouncing the Pope's benediction on the newly married couple and the chanting of the Te Deum. Following this all Madrid broke into frantic dem onstrations of joy, while cannon txwtfiiMl and rhnreh chh.ned. A* the ceremony closed King Alfonso , Governor Stops Trlzo Fights. Gorernor Higgins Mat s peremptory Mer to Sheriff Nicholas J. Hayes, of New York, 4e- prevent prise fights and public sparring exhibitions. The Sher iff is carrying out the Governor's or dtra, X-Rsyi Caused His Deft*. Or.lMis A. Weigei, the Rochester (N. T.) surgeon who became affected with a strange disease d Je to constant 52 *?*f pt ?J* ?? Wr?iwi law. . _ . embraced his bride and her mother* Tills glimpse of domestic tenderness, ?k well as the democratic touch given by the presence of many poor people in tho naileries, who were there l>y the King's request, made the scene an ef fective one, to winch a utehtn^UoIv sequel quickly succeeded. Wedding Cost ft 10.600.000. London.? A correspondent a, Madrid makes a calculation the cost of the wedding and arrive* roughly at a total expenditure of $ 10,000, He puts liie 0*1 1 lit y for decoration* by the mu nicipality and private dthJens at $126, 000. \ Having regard for the neftHtsity of every woman invited to the wedding ceremony and the various festivities equipping herself with an elaborate new robe, ornaments and in many cases Jewels, he believes that not less than $3,500,000 was paid to milliners, dressmakers find Jeweler?. The restoration of the royal state coaches, new harness and trappings cost more than $1.10,000. More than $1,250,000 was expended in preparing end redecorating the Prado Palace, in cluding the itniuling <jf new kiteiiens, in furnishing the Chaii-TiTi of I, a (iranja for the honeymoon and in >? storing the apartments in the palace at Madrid for the new Queen. New uniforms for the troops and court servants cost $150,000. In addi tion to all these there is the outlay for the bullfight, a military review, and the various fetes, which it is known will amount to many thousands of dollars. lirfriAh Ohtrrrc the l?ay. Dover, England.? A salute of twentj* one guns in lionor of the royal wedding at Madrid was tired by the warships of the Channel Squadron in tills harbor. Tho battleships at Shecrness and else where were dressed in rainbow fash ion. with tho Spanish ensign at the mainmast. All tired oval salutes at noon. CONtJ K KSSM A N KiLLS HIMSELF. " Hobert Adams, of Irenusyl vnnia. a Sui cide in Washington. Washington. T>. <".- Representative ; Hobert. Adams, a member of Congress i from the Second District of lVmusyl vania. comprising a part of the city of j ?.Philadelphia, committed suicide by shooting hitnseif in the head with a pis- i tol at his apartments in the Metropoli tan Club chambers. The shooting oc curred shortly after 7 o'clock a. in., and Mr. Adams died at 11.30 at the Emer gency Hospital, where he was taken half an hour after he had tired the shot. He was unconscious when found and did not rally. Financial reverses and the prospect of failure to be returned to his feat in I Congress are believed to have been the cause of the suicide. Mr. Adams was a bachelor, ti fly-seven years old. 3 CHILDREN DEAD IN A TRUNK. They Had Been Missing Four Hours, When Mother Found Them. Kankakee, 111.? Three girls, aged eight, six and two years, daughters of Mr. and Mrs* Adelord Vanslette*, "were found smothered tc death, seated up right in a trunk. Tliev had been missing for four hours. The circumstances of the deaths are mysterious. Search had beci. made everywhere, according to the mother's story, when at 0 o'clock p. m. the mother found the three children seated upright dead in an old trunk. Apparently they had made no struggle or effort to release themselves. The mother thinks the children crawled into the trunk while playing and that the trunk accidentally locked itself. PENNSYLVA N I A BOLTERS. L. Emery firm 11. Blaiikcuiiurg Lead the Anti-Machine Ticket. Philadelphla.--The State Convention of the Lincoln party (anti-machine Re publicans) which numbered 27S dele gates, representing every county In the State, nominated the following ticket: Cover not, Louis Emery. .lr., McKean , County; Lieutenant-Governor, Rudolph Blankenbu 'g. l'hllftdelphia<; Auditor General. Major George \V. Merrick. ! Tioga County; Secretary of Internal Affairs, Elisiia A. Co ray, i.u/erne ] County. FATAL MAG" ON Mil ILJ.AC. ? Convicts in Blind Convulsions un Wood Alcohol Varnish. Rawlins, Wyoming.? William Ward low ami .less? Keating convicts, died at the State penitentiary from drink ing wood alcohol ont of a box tie o? shel lac-varnish in the nroom factory. They allowed the nhellne to setMo and drank the alcohol off the top. Both died in horrible convulsions, having become to tally blind. At denth the entire sur face of the body was black as shoe leather. SMOOT TO I.OS 10 SKAT. Senate Committee Against Iliin by a Vote of Seven to Five. ^ Washington, I). C.? The Senate Com mittee on Privileges and Flections, by a vote of seven to live, adopted the fol lowing resolution submitted by Senator Dubois, of Idaho: "Resolved, That Heed Sinoot is not entitled to his seat as a Senator of the United States from the Stat<? of Utah." j Johr. I?. Rockefeller Sails. .Tolm D. Rockefeller, accompanied by his wife, his daughter, Mrs. M. Parum lee Prentice; hlu^nlece, Mrs. W. W. Benjamin; his sister-in-law, Miss L. M. Spell man; Dr. II. F. Blggar, his phy sician; bis secretary, a traiued nurse for Mrs. Rockefeller nnd a valetfAaltpd from Stew York for Europe ou the iia tnburg- American steamship Dfttitftch* land, lie will return lu July. ** K Police Captains and Graft. Dr. Charles H. Pirkhmt ttt ? n open letter to Commissi o?er Bingham auRI vice was agtm prevalent Inr New York City, declared the Commissioner was tied to tbe City Hall, and quoted Gen eral Bingbam aa having expressed tbo belief tbat every police captain would leBTgriftr Gplog to Spain For Canal Labor. The Pauama Canal Commission bas not a special agent to Spain to wife laborer* to wpr* w _ ; -r-r? ^ '7 ------- r -1? ? -r Big Packing Nouses a Menace to Public health ? . A BLOT ON COMMON DECENCY ! The Report in Only Preliminary, the President Being Anxious for Spa cial Legislation ? More \h to Come ? RevelationB That Will Concern The People. Washington, Speciul. ? Tin* report of Messrs. Ifi'vnoMs and N<'ill, ap pointed a special commit tec by Presi dent lloos?>veli to investigate the workings of the packing houses and stock yards, was presented to Con gress by the President. The report although confined to personal investi gations ami giving only such inlotnwl lion as come under the personal ob servation of (ho committee, reveals some startling facts. Messrs. Key iiolsds and Neill explain that the in vestigations are not yet ended and that many reports in connection with the unsanitary conditions of the pack ing houses ami stock yards are yet to come out. The Presidents Message, I he Senate and House <?j Representa tives: I transmit hc/cu it h ij1(. ,,,? Mr. .1 antes UriOis.ni Reynolds and < 'otninissioner Charles |\ Xt-ill, dm sp-'cial committee | ?ii> I c><l i" invest igaie into tho conditions '!.?? stockyards of t 'hiea u<> ,,.|lo|.t thereon to iik1, This report ,s of * !>'* y liiil urc. ] submit ii to you now because ii shows t ho urgent need of "Mioii hy Hi,. Congress in the direct ion ()f providing ;l ,|nis_ tie and thoroughgoing inspect ion hy the Federal government of nil stock, yards and packing houses and of their products, so fill- iis I he latter enter hi to i^er-Stalc or foreign commerce. I lie condition shown by even this shoit inspection to exist in the niiea-o stockyards are revolting. It is imperatively necessary in U,? in terest til health and dcccnc" that they , should be radically changed. Under the exist in- law it i? wholly imj>ossible lo secure satisfactory results. When rnv attention was first di rected to this matter an investiga tion was made under the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department '?f Agriculture. When the prelimi nary statements of this in- estimation were brought to my attention they showed such defects ia the law and such wholly -unl unexpected condiv. lions that T deemed it best to have a further immediate investigation by men not con wclcd^ with the bureau/ nnd accordingly appointed Messrs. Reynolds and Neill. It was impos sible under the existing law that sul islVtory work should be done by tho Bureau of Animal Industry. I am now, however, examining the way in which the Work actually was done. Before I had rccived the re|?ort of Messrs. Reynolds and Neill 1 had di '???'?ted thai labels placed upon any package of meat food product. shoulil state only the carcass ft' the animal Ironi which the meat was taken had n inspected at the time of slaugh ter. It inspection of meat food pro ' nets at all stages of jncparat ion ia nor secured by the passat-e of the la?isl;iti?ii recommended I shall feel compelled that inspection labels and certificates on canned pro ducts shall not be used hereafter. Premises not Kept Clean. The report shows that the stock yards and packing houses are not kept even reasonably clean, and that the method of handling ami prepat* nig jood products is uncleanly and dangerous to health, l.'nder existing law the national government has no k power to en lorcc inspection of tho mahy forms of prepared meat food products that are daily going from the packing houses into iulcr-Statc commerce. Owing to an inadequate appropriation the Bcpartimhil of ,\g rieull lire is not even able to place insjwctois in all e>tablishmeuts desir ing them. I present law prohibits the shipment of uninspected meat to J foreign countries, hut there is no pro- 1 vision 'forbidding the shipment of ?nv inspected meats in inter-State com merce. and thus the avenues of inter State. commerce arc left ojx?n to traf fic in diseased or sjtoiled meats. If, as has been alleged on keemingly ffood authority further evils exist, such as (he improper use of chemi cals and dye*, the .government lacks power to rcmrdy them. A law is needed which will enable the ijis|?cc tors of the general, government to inspect and supervise from the hoof to the can the preparation of the meat -The erit gecnw to he much leas in the sale of dressed car casses than in the sale of canned aiid other prepared product*. Iu my judgment Ilia -expense the in?j*ctfou .should be paid by * fee _ ... v lex it'll (lit each annual IT 1 1 m - is hoi ? 1 ? m . ? . tin* i\ 1 1 ? ? i * ? | it 1 1 1 ?? ut' I lit- law -an al an\ I tint* In- defeated llir>>u<*h aii iii?utli< n ut .1 1 < | ii <>|u ial it ? 1 1 : Mid wherever there \v:)s i )< ? particular public inteii'M in i In' t?ub if?- 1 hi would be noi otily easy l>ul natu'.il lluis to ,i,ake llii* appropriation 1 1 1 >? u lli?* it* 1 1 1 . I I il were n<?| 1 1 ? i i j 1 1 '.'tii'isi?lcr;it inn I should I ?x <H I III' go*. t'lHUM I'l |?'>> - i 1 1 ? ? I'd I* i|, III*' alaiiM t \ piv<-?d iii ictlaiii illiailcis coiii'i'i unit: I his featujo should hi' 1 1 ;i \ ? tl lis a rcali/al ion of I ho I ail (hat in no case, under Mlrb a law, will the coat of inspection ex ceed H cents pe head. I call special attention to the fact that thi? report is preliminary, anil that the investigation is Mill untlnish *?*1. It is not yet possible in report on the alleged abuses in the use of de leterious chemical compounds in eon niflion with canning ami preserving nii'ut products, nor on the alleged doctoring in iliis fashion of taint oil meat and of products returned to the pucker* as having grown unsalable or unusable from age or from other reasons, (iraye all"g:it ions are made iu reference In abuses of this nature. Can't Stop Abuses. t.et me repeal that under the pres ent law there is practically no method of stopping these abuses if they should be discovered to exist. Leg islation is needed in order to prevent the possibility <>f nil abuses in the future. If no legislation is passe'd, then the excellent results accomplish ed bv I he work of thirf special com mittee will endure only so long as the memory of the commit tec's work if* fresh, and a recrudescence of the abuses is absolutely certain. ] urge the immediate enactment in to law of provisions which will enable the Department- of Agricnjlure ade quately t<? inspect the meat and meat fond products entering into inter State commerce and to supervise the methods of preparing the same, and to prescribe the sanitary conditions under which the work shall be per formed. 1 therefore commend to your favorable consideration and urge the enactment of substantially the provisions known as Senate amendment No. 'J!J to the act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, as passed by the Sen ate, for this amendment being com monly known as the Beveridge amendment . (Sf TllKODOKK KOOSVKJ/I'. The White House,- .June 1, 15)00. The Roport. The report of the special commit tee is quite lengthy," dealing with the various phases of the work of pack ing houses. Jt shows that they are unutterably lilthy and unsanitary. The revelations brought to light show that unwholesome and decayed meats are packed: that deleterious chemicals are employed to freshen and prevent further decay, and that Iho govern ment inspection is used as a blind to per|K'trate a fraud upon the custo mers. It is enough to shock the en tire American people, and doubtless Congress will be quick to enact leg islation to remedy the great evils found. Tc Stamp Gui Anarchy. Washington, Special. ? The L'nilec Stales will mi lor Into an intmialional compact for the obliteration of an archy. Many American statesmen would endorse and actively support any movement, international or indi vidual, anions the powers, which look to the suppression of the common evil and Congress would doubtless pa>s laws supplemental t<> legislation which followed McKinlcy's death ir furtherance o^sneb measures. ARE PRIDE OF SWITZERLAND. V Small Cantons Support Many School* of Great Reputation. CJeneva Is only one of the universi ties of little Switzerland, according to Charles F. Thwing. In Harper's Mnga /.Ine. Ha.se), founded In 1640; Laus anne, founded as an academy in l.r>:57, and as a university in 18!M>; Zurich, founded in 18.'52; Hern, founded in I8!{4; Freiburg, founded in 1880 ? have each secured a high educational place, though in its historic impressiveness (ieneva Is unique. Hut Geneva and her five companions are noble Illus trations of the spirit and power of I democracy. Their support is derived \ largely from the cantons in which I hey are locatcd. Although the const it nl ion of 1848 authorized the federal government to erect and to maintain a polytechnic school and university, the university lias not been established. The can tons support their universities with a willingness wliinh is as great as ob tains in the state of tho American union touching their respective state universities. The University of Zu rich, is maintained by a common wealth dr^n 1 y 50,000 people, and with In an area of less than 700 square miles. HaseU with a population ot less iuuii lOO.^ftO, supiiorts its uni- | versify. They a>c_ examples of tho power of an enlightened democracy which interests itself in the highest education. This interest is not con fined, either," to tho cause of liberal (earning. For the technical school* of Zurich are among tho best of tho world. $ BBFfNRB: Te?eh?r? What Is the dlff*r?nc# be tween lightning and electricity? Bright Pupil- Mfhtnlng ts tr? *?d <><tilolty MO**y. ? Tza?*lAle4 tr mb T?l?* from Mono*. y . . - * ' WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING /'hat is Benin Done Day by Day By tho National House. ami Senate. Saved the Bill. At Sai in da\ \s session, w i i ; 1 1 iiii^Ut have been a .??ii ioj?, parliamentary siiail was drNtcioiislv avoided h) Spcakei t'auuoii lair Saturday alter noon iu tin1 1 inii.se ol K'( (it e 'vul at i\ t's when Mr. Murphy, ol Mr> ouri, rose !<> prcist* n I what nc denominaWd a |il i\ iletlped ill Kill. The Hinl'i-i cure reports on tin rate 4 1 1 > i statehood hills had been made iiiil ordered printed when thf .Mi * - sou i i congressman presented a reso lution rescinding iho action ? ? t t hi' lit use sending the statehood hill to run |V ri -nee ami providing i>n a vote iii the Sennie amendments. Mr. Payne, ul' New York, I lie lluor leader ul i he majority, instantly maile tile 1 1< int that the resolution was not privileged. The .Speaker with sniil ui'.i litre, hehi thai the resolution was not privifedj.icd, as f|)e papers iu the case weie with the Senate aiitl he hail serious ii uht il the resolution "yould he privileged even if the papers were with the Mouse. '.'oil fusion ensued, Mr. Muiiiiiv aitil a uitmher of Deino ,)i in^iu/ to ll.eir fuel- lo take exception to the ruling of the Speak er. A hove the din Mr. Murphy was heai. I to say: "Let \s have a square deal Mr. Speaker. I appeal from the derision of the chair."' hut the Speak er was oblivious to (lie motion for an appeal ami adjourned the House at ? di) until noon i.h Thursday on mo tion of Mr. Hi'iiynue, of ( 'olorado, lea\m:' Mr. Murphy'* ;:es| ietllat in;.* on the floor. 1 lie House spent the day consider ing I he uai ii rali/ing lull hut did not complete it. The "nub" of the na turalization hill, the educational test, was debated dining much of the ses sion, (o he finally amended by Mr. Kennedy, of Nebraska, whose amend ment reads as follows: "That no alien shall hereafter he naturalized or ad mitted as .i citi/eu of the United States who cannot speak the Knglish language." The test as laid down in Ihc lull makes it obligatory thai the intending' citizen inusl write his own lanyuaire and read, speak and under j stand the Mnelish lauiruage. ' ' Senate Parses Postofllce Appropria tion Bill. The senate passed the fiostolliee ap prypria t ion hil! carrying an appropri ation of $192. ISo.ooo ayd immedi ately afterward ad journed over* MciiH orial day mil il Thursday, The entire day was devokd to the consideration of the hill as a whole and to spe cial features of the bill. The debate dealt with t!ce questions of (ho fast mail train to the South, second class matter, including the admission to the mails of tho publications of colleges, universities and charitable and edu cational institutions as second class matter, subsidies for Pacille mail steamships, and questions relating to the boxes used on rural free delivery routes. Dilatory Taotics. Aftermath <?!' T iir?Ki jji \t ,u (II i?f. 9. * inp, ending in arrest and hearing bo fore house of number of members, in order to complete a quorum, came in the house of rcprcHcntat ives on the approval of tin* journal. A number of the members, who worn 'arrest i>il" bv the sergeant -at arms during tin* call of the house at uight, were still in a savage mood vhen tho house convened ami ihey had personal reasons to assign why tiieV were absent on rolL-call. Throughout the whole of the. ses sion which was precipitated by the motion to Approve the journal, tlx* speaker of the bouse sal almost im movable, now and then indulging in a quid chuckle over (be discomfort of bis friends. When hi* Iji^bl to drcet the issu ance of the writ of arrest was at tacked, the speaker following an ex position of the rules, terminated Jur ther argument by asserting that "the gentleman had been legally arrested. " The rules of the house, as to the presence of members, were brought home to the members and during the it \ t of the day, while the house had umhir consideration the diplomatic ami consular lull, a quorum was con tinuously present. After completing most of the bill the house at ?"> o'clock adjourned un til noon nil Thursday. The Immunity Bill. The Senate passed the Knox im muuiiy hill and the omnibus light bouse hill, with practically no de bate, passed .the military academy bill, and was only prevented from passing the employers liability bill by a motion at '2 p. m., to go into exe cutive session. Most of the afternoon was devoted to consideration in exe 7m it ivo session of the nmiinatirn of .Jud,?* dames Wickershaiv to bo judge of the ?l'n it cd States co lit for the district of Alaska, but be wbh not , contiiihed. The charges against him | which have prevented -confirmation for three years were urged _*lr*?ngly by Senators Met, 'umber and Hans b rough, Nelson, Teller, Pcttua. and a fiurfiber of others. He was defended -Vr ? Hrnntwr^ Fmakrr, ? THHinghnm; Bailey, " Culberson and other*. No Vote was held, nor did W anpear that om? i* -eipinenl. He in aefringr cm a rteef** irppob ( the Senate ?<_ "?r~~ II HUB P. BIN DUD Maryland's Senior Senator Is Taken Away ? ? WAS A SPLtNDID TYPE OF MAN When ile buffered Last Attack He Had Takeu Nourishment an Hour Before. # ?? Washington, Spatial.? Senator Ar thur I'ugh ( ionium, ??t' Maryland, '1 i?*?l here Monday morning, At U o'l lui-lt I In* Senior wan stricken with an attack of heart failure similar to the seri?'s of attacks suffered a week ago. A physician wfls immediately summoned, l> ? 1 1 the Senator expired before relief eonhl he lylministered. He was conscious when stricken with the )a*t attack and had been taking nourishnn-nt ami hour before. A week ago Saturday he k uttered an attack, but recovered under prompt medical attention. After that time conditions improved and Sun day plttUM were made to remove him to his country home ai Laurel, Mil. There were present at his bedside when the Senator expired, his wife, daughter and nurse, and messages were immediately dispatched for the other children. Senator (Jornian had not been out of the house since ?hihuarv AO. I !7V-> ailment was diagnosed as a stomach trouble with heart complications. The Senate, at 12:10 o'clock. ad journed out of respect to the memory of the last Senator (Sormau. Senator Gorman, in a written re quest addressed to Mrs. dorm air, ask ed that no Stale funeral should be held. He said that he did not wish his body to be brought to the cap itol, as he wanted his colleagues al ways to think of him as they knew him in life as an active Senator. Theh) he was always cheerful and in variably smiling, and it is regarded as characteristic of his disposition that lie should desire to be so remem bered. Senator Gorman had long been a notable figure in the national Cori^ gross. Ho first took his seat in 1881 and served continuously for .cigh toon years, and nearly all of that timo ho .was tho leader of his party, in the . V>enatc. Winning an early reputation for sagacity and tho keenest judg ment in congressional affairs, ho nt? tained prominence, not only ns a lead or in the Senate, bitt in tho country at large, and by many men was con sidered the most available man in hid party for tho presidency. Ho was chairman of tho executive committee and managed the campaign that re sulted in the election^ rif-Ailn vol An <1 i?i 1884. Defeated the ForcffrBji}. The most notaable contest of his congressional career, nnd one which attracted to him wider attention than anything else, was when ho led the Senate minority in J890-D1 and de foil ted the Federal election bill. Tu his sagacious leadership and adroYf management his party friends attrib uted the defeat of tho measure which was mo obnoxious to tho South. 'When the Democrats had control of the Senate Gorman was the lccognizr ed leader of thnt body. It was at that time that tlie tariff bill of 18^4 was passed, and although the Mary land Senator was not a member of tho finance committee, he had no much to to do with shaping that measure- that his n<IftV6 is often given to it"Suid in fact it is frequently called theYWil KOn-TioriMtU tariff. ? National Grain Dealer?' Convention. Chicago, III., Special. ? The annual convent io?. of the* Rational drain" Dealers' Association opened hero al the auditorium, with a large dele {?a?'or ; from nearly every state in the Tnion. Ohio practically controls I he organization and has -a larger del-, egatiini than any other state. M4tfiy matters of great interest to the giraiin trade will be considered. V Conflict Has Been Obviated. .St. Petersburg, Special. ? The pos sibility, of a -conflict between the low er House of Parliament and the, gov ernment over tho abolition of death penalty,' ? according to The Kcch. has been obviated by the decision of the ministry to support such a measure, due to {lie ir.ititiativo of Minister of Justice ChtcheglovitoE. It is doubt ful, however, the paper says, whether this will extend to cases under mar tial' law, which i? exactly the point * desired by the House, Venttaj-Attstra, By fable.? A land- 7 owner named Lxbohic,at Kziiacglmn da, {refused to allow peasant* to use laud caused the oaUag4d.teiumta .tov: make an attack on hjm. He, wttli $3 servants was wlwd and bmiNht heart1' Landlord A* bnried Alive. "IT