Daily Republican., 1883-02-12
NEWS SUMMARY.
DEAOCRATIC CAUCUS - TRAINS
OFF THE TRACK-OTUKR
AIsCELLANE0US HEWA

A caucus Of the Democratic member
Of the House was held on Ssturda
afternoon to determine what actio
shall be taken in regard to the Kasso
!. rule, providing that by majority vot
the House may, until March 4, suspsn'
0 the rules and take from tho calendar O
the Committee of the Whole or tn
' Speakers table, any tariff, revenue o
appropriation bill After brief discus
sion it was decided TO await the actiol
of the Committee on Rules upon the pro
position. The Democratic member
generally are opposed to the Kassor
rule.
The conference committee on the
Japanese Indemnity bill Fund will re-.
commend that the bill shall provide
simply for returning TO Japan the origi-
nal amount of the indemnity, namely
lTS5,WO; for paying Sl40 900 to the off
GERS and crew of the U. s. Steamer
| Wyoming, for their services in securing
the indemnity and for the canceling
of the United States bonds in which the
fund is invested. The fund now amounts
to nearly 81, 800, 900.
|
held in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sat
arday night, under the auspices of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, at which resolutions
were adopted, asking Congress to take
immediate action on the tariff, and to
pass such bill as will protect Ameri-
can manufacturers, and stimulate the
growing industries of Alabama.
A great bridge is now under construc-
tion for the Sioux City and Pacific
Railroad across the Missouri river,
twenty miles north of Council Bluffs,
Iowa. The piers are Of iron, filled with
concrete masonry, and the superstrue-
ture is also of iron. Ths bridge will
be 1000 feet in length and cost nearly
II, 900, 900,
The floods in the Ohio river and its
tributaries increased during Saturday
night and yesterday. At l o'clock
this morning the water at Cincinnati
had reached the highest point since
1882, being u feet above the danger
line. Great destruction Of property
is apprchended throughout the Ohio
Valley.
Last Thursday night John Day fatal
ly shot young man named Freeman,
who was running away with his daugh-
ter, near Charlotte, Michigan. He pnr-
sued the lovers on horseback, armed
with a rifle, and fired az soon ~ he over
fosk them.
McPike & Johnson, horse and mule
iealers, of st. Louis, have made an
assignment, in consequence of the fail
Ire of j. II. Whtson & Son, of New
York. The assets Of the St. Louis firm are
eported at $4,000, their liabilities at
;3O, 900.
For the first time within the mem
ry of the oldest inhabbitant" naviga
ion on Lake Michigan is reported to be
nlrely closed. In many places the
AXE is covered with ice several feet
hick for distance of Is miles from
hore.
A passenger train from Boston for
Providence was thrown from the track
ear Arnold's Mills on Saturday morn
ng by q broken rail. The conductor
nd two passengers were injured, but
OF fatally.
Several cars of a freight train on the
'ineland branch Of the New Jersey
ouiheTn Railroad were thrown from
|" track by broken axle at Iron Mill,
u Saturday morning. The cars were
recktd, but no person was injured.
There has been Il snowfall of 10 feet 8
rhes at Watertown, New York, this
inter, and very little Of the snow has
eItrd away. 1t showed hard nearly
last week along the line of the Rome,
ater'own and Ogdensburg Railroad.
'hree battles with Indians are reported
have been fought by the Mexicans in
ihuahlla, in which more than 116
dians were killed and nearly, 100
pture,l, with many horses and large
lantity of supplies.
The ajority Of the Woman Suffrage
otthe Massachusetts, Legisla-
r" will report in favor Of allowing
'in"n TO vote at municipal elections
on the same general terms as men.
Emory Speer, Representative in Con-
'Ss from the Ninth District of Georgia,
II be- nominated by the President for
s. Attorney for the Northern District
that State
'harlcs ID. Secbach, a bartender,
w n pistol and fired at u crowd OF
~ who were snow-balling him, in
W York, last night The bullet
lck, and fatally wounded John Moo
/, aged years.
he wages of the puddlers in Nell
ms plate mill, in Reading, were re-
'"d on Saturday SO cents per ton for
iron and So cents for rrtorts. The
tiers were pr"poTtionatcly reduced.
Y" understand tina. sealskin coats
going ont Of style, and in conSe-
me" colds are increasing among the
HeX. How fortunate there is such
tcdy as DIR, Bulls Cough Syrup.
he Nhrrr mil Of the Reading Iron
riS, i'll Reading, Pcnna., suspended
>aturlay night, throwing out Of EN-
,n"nt 800 men.
cter Ryan, 90 years of age, smother
lis wife tu death with beirlothinp,
{. Joseph, Missouri, on Saturday
II.
lirotl travel in Canada is greatly
ruct"d by he deep snow. At Wing
/, Ontario, the drifts are reported ~
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