the law took place in 1894. In that year the
United States Senate held a Sugar Trust Investigation.

The committee in charge of the investigation asked Mr. Chapman to give
the names of some of the Senators who were said to have been speculating
in sugar stock.

Mr. Chapman refused to answer, and was arrested and tried for contempt
of the Senate. He was found guilty and sentenced to thirty days in jail
and a fine of $100.

For three years Mr. Chapman has been fighting this decision, on the
ground that the question was not a proper one to ask, and that he had
been right in refusing to answer it.

The result of the various appeals in this case has been watched for with
the greatest interest.

The final decision has upheld the dignity of the Senate, and shown the
people that a Senate committee is not to be trifled with.

The Senate itself was a little ruffled over the matter.

When it was proposed that the President should be asked to pardon Mr.
Chapman, Senator Allen, of Nebraska, introduced a resolution that before
the President should be applied to for pardon, Mr. Chapman must appear
before the Senate, and purge himself of his contempt by answering the
questions that he had refused to answer three years ago.

Mr. Chapman would probably have still persisted in his refusal, and got
himself into fresh trouble; so it was perhaps a good thing for him that
he did not personally apply for a pardon.

Mr. Havemeyer's lawyers are busy over his case. They intend to say in
his defence that the questions asked him had nothing to do with the
matter in hand, and that he also was right in refusing to answer them.

In the mean time Mr. Havemeyer is using his personal influence to
persuade the Senators not to prosecute him and to let his case be
withdrawn when the day appointed to try it comes round.

It is more than likely, however, that Mr. Havemeyer and Mr. Searles will
both have to share Mr. Chapman's fate, and pay the penalty of their
contempt of the Senate.

* * * * *

The log of the _Mayflower_ is now safely in this country.

It was brought over by Mr. Bayard, the former Ambassador to England, who
arrived here a day or two ago.

When the Bishop of London handed the manuscript to Mr. Bayard, he told
him that an application had been made by Mr. Hay, the new Ambassador,
for the log to be turned over to him, as Mr. Bayard was now no longer
the Ambassador of the United States.

The pers