Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-15
CURRENT NEWS.
WARRINGTON.

CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.
The Forty-ffth Congress terminated at
noon on the4th. The tive houses were un.
able to agree. upon the 3roposed amend
ments to the Army and the Legislative, Ex-
ecutive and Judiciary Appropriation bills,
and neither was passed. r
The President, on the 4th, issued proc
lamation for special session Of Congress, to
convene on March IS.
The following nominations were made by
the President Just prior to the close of the
session: David II. Strother (Porte Crayon),
of West Virginia, Cousul-General to the
City Of Mexico; Lucius II. Foote, Consul at
Valparaiso; John W. Wilson, of Ohio, Con-
sui At Panama; George Scroggs, Of Illinois,
Consul at Hamburg.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the Washington
woman lawyer, has finally been admitted to
the bar Of the United States Supreme
Court.
The Cabinet has decided to appoint the
following members to the National Board Of
Health: Surgeon-General Woodwork, ! Ma
rine Hospital Service, to represent the
Treasury Department; Medical Director
Francis NJ. Gunnel, Navy; Solicitor General
Phillips, Department of Justice, and Assist
ant-Surgeon John S. Billings, War Depart
ment.
According to Washington reports, the
President will not antagonize the repeal of
the Jurors test-oath aud the law providing
for the use Of troops at the polls, but will
interpose his veto, il necessarF, to prevent
the repeal of the law creating Federal Su-
pervisors.
Captain Esds, on the 10th, received from
the Treasury $3.50 900, the amount voted him
by Congress on account of his jetty works
on the South Pass Of the Mississippi River.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
The Keokuk!and Northern Line steamers
Lake Superior and Dubuque were burned
at Alton, H., on the 4th. The steamers
were lying together, undergoing some re-
pairs. The cause of the fire is unknown.
The boats were valued at about $20,0 GOO each
and were not insured.
A saw-mill boiler exploded near Lesven-'
worth, Ind, on the Sd, tearing the mill to
pieces and badly injuring four men.
Chief Moseshas been indicted as accessory
to the killing Of one Perkins in Yakima
County, Washington Territory, but he has
escaped to his camp, and any effort to cap
ture the willy chief, it is apprehended, will
be resisted by all his followers.
Mrs. Margaret Witt, wife of George Witt,
living near Kane, Greene County, In., was
fatally burned on the evening Of the 4th by
the upsetfing of lamp, which her little
child accidentally pulled off the table.
Sam Tolson, colored man, was lynched
near Roanoke, Howard County, NO., on the
Sd, for the murder of white boy named
Featherston, with but little or no provoca-
ton.
A Ashrewd, but rascally trick was recently
played by. some speculator in wheat, by
which the price in Chicago was sent down
In one day about three cents per busheL A
forged telegram, signed by the name of
James r. Keene, the well known STOCK and
grain operator, was forwarded from New
York to Messrs. j. K. Fisher & Co., Mr..
keene's Chicago brokers, directing them to
sell 100000 bushels Of wheat on his ac-
count The Fishers accordingly sold some
2.pO, 600 bushels before the trick was dts
covered, the effect being q decline in price
from 50 to 93 cents per bushel. Fisher &
Co. are heavy losers by the transaction.
p The project for the annexation of Kansas
City to the State Of Kansas is assuming def
mite shape. On the 18th a delegation of about
100 prominent citizens Of Kansas City, en-
bracing an official delegation from the Com.
mon Council, visited Topeka and were ac-
corded the privileges of the floor Of the
House of Representatives, where they pre-
eented an official memorial setting forth
the mutual advantages to be gained by
the proposed transfer, and expressing
the nearly unanimous sentiment of the citi-
zens Of Kansas City, as claimed, in favor of
the project. The Speaker of the House, i'm
his welcome address, warmly favored the
scheme, and predicted the most happy re.
suits should it be consummated. A memo
rial Of similar import will be presented to
the Missouri Legislature, praying for sub
mission Of the question to the electors of the
territory included in the proposed transfer.
The majority report Of the committee ap-
pointed by the Kansas Legislature TO in
vestigate the charges Of bribery in connec-
tion with the recent Senatorial election
completely exonerates all parties from
charges of corruption. Two minority re-
ports were made-one by Mr.. Randolph, q
Republican, exonerating all the candi-
dates for Senator, and all members of
the Legislature from any wrong, but ex-
pressing the belief that there had been at
tempts az bribery by outsiders. Mr.. Hall,
the Democratic member, reported his belief
that proof of bribery had been made against
Mr.. Ingalls, and members of the House, and
recommended that the Legislature send the
testimony to Washington. The House
passed resolution unanimously that the re-
ports and all the testimony be printed.
Jonah Baughn was killed and two other
men seriously injured by the explosion OF
q saw-mill boiler near Sullivan, H., on
the 9th.
The Michigan Republicans have renom-
mated Judge Campbell, Of Detroit, for As
sociate Judge Of the Supreme Court.
1Ticar General Martin Kundig died ai
Milwaukee, of heart disease, on the 9th.
The banking -house of Joseph F. Culver
q Co., at Pontiac, ILL.,, has been closed BY
the creditors. The liabilities amount tc
over $4,000, Of which about So, 900 are Sc.
cured, and the remainder unsecured. The
sum lost Is made up mainly of numerous
small amounts, and will cause great hard
ship and suffering to hundreds of persons
An arrangement has been consummatet
by which the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany virtually become owners of the Kansa
Pacific Railroad, and vii, is reported, q
once assume control Of that pc.
The President of the Memphis Board o
Health denies the rumors that yellow feve
still exists in that city. The last case oc
Cured, he declares, on Dec. 10, and wa
officially reported. The health of Memphi
Is now good, and an efficient sanitary system
is in vigorous operation.
Sheriff H. H. Vickery, of Douglas Comfy
Mo-, was killed on the sth while endeayor
ing TO arrest, at his house, a man names
Shelf. Alsup. The sherif's posse returne'
the fire from the house, killing Alsup ant