IK the Senate on the 25th the Deficiency Ap
propriation bill was pi ssed. Senator Turpie
introduced J, bill to provide for a directory of
the most stalled mechanics and artisans in ail
parts of the country. Senator Blair introduced
a joint resoluti pro\ id ng that no State shall
ever make i 1 iv I expecting an establishment
of relig on or -irohibiting the free exercise
thereof, and that every State shall establish
and ma main A system of free public schools.
In the House the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was discussed.
At the eva.ung ses&icn fifty private pension
bills were ssed.
FR ED MATHIESSEN, editor oi the Odell
(111.) Reporter, committed suicide on the 24th
by shooting himself.
HE output of gold and silver of Montana
la9t year wa9 on the 24th estimated at over
$23,000,000
A WIND-STORM on the 24th damaged busi
ness and resident property at Corsicana,
Tex., to the extent of $25,000, and in the
surrounding country the damage was very
large and over a dozen buildings were un
roofed.
FI RE on the 24th in a rag shop at Ne
York entrapped ten women, seven of whom
escaped, while the others sustained fatal
injuries.
HE corner-stone of the new Catholic
University of America was laid in Wash
ington on the 24th by Cardinal Gibbons
with appropriate ceremonies.
A CONVENTION called to encourage immi
gration to Mississippi met at Jackson on
the 24th and it was decided to establish a
State Immigration Society.
JUDGE WALLACE, of New York, decided
on the 24th that Rev. E. W Warren must
pay a fine of $1,000 for coming to this coun
try to preach under contract for Holy
Trinity Church.
