Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-16
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CONGRESS-.

In the senate the 9Th among the resolutions
and memorials presented and referred was one
said to have l02 600 signatures. from thirtythree
states and territories, against the admission OF
Utah as state SO lOrS as its people are under
the control of the Mormon priesthood. Among
the bills reported and placed on the calendar
were the following: To provide for Joint cele
bration ut the national capital by the sixteen
American republics i'll homer of the centennial
of the parent republic, the United States.
Giving right to the Duluth, Rainy
Lake and Southwestern Railway company
through the Indian lands in Minnesota: The
senate then resumed consideration of the BIZ
granting eX-soldiers and sailors who were III
capacitated from the performance of manual
labor and providing for pensions to dependent
relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors, the
question being OH the amendment offer
add tho words "the infrmities of age"
After much discussion the amendment was
lost, us were several others. The bill then
passed. A hill was reported applying the eight
adopted requesting the president to furnish
copies of the instructions sent to the United
spondence between the governments of the
United States and Venezuela since February
1872 regarding the seizure and detention of the
American steamships Hero Sanfernari and
Nutrias, the property of the Vcnzuelans Trans
portation company, of New York. The house
passed a bill npproprinting $4,000 tob buy certain
swords belonging to the widow of Gen. James
Shields. bill was reported to quiet the title
of settlers on the Des Moines river ! nds.
resolution was adopted calling on the president
for information touching public affairs Mt Navi-
gators Islands. A bill was pissed for the allot-
ment of lands i'll severalty on the'White Earth
ana Red Lake reservations to the Chippewa In
dinns in Minnesota and for opening up to settle
ment of the other reservations of those Indians
in that state.
DIR. j. A. Gore, for years IL prominent
physician Of st. Joe, Mo-, died lately from
the effects of a dose of morphine taken
with suicidal intent. He wrote to his wife
letter telling her that hi intended to sui
eide. and that he would never see her
again. He remained at'hir office all night,
and the fact that he had taken the NOR
phine was not discovered until the follow
ing day. No reason can be assigned for
the deed. Dr.Gorc was sixty-four years
of.age. and had a large practice. He was
well known throughout orthwcst Missouri.
Governor Moonlight of Wyoming has
made the following nominations: L. ID.
Ricketts,, territorial gcologist; Louis Miller,
fish commits sioner; H. c. Beckwith, William
Crawford and Charles Stone. insane COM
mission"rs: c. G. Epperson. mine in
spector; Gibson Clark, attorney general.
Epperson and Clark were rejected by the
council. The others were confirmed.
Thirty If tn paper mill owners. men,
bers OF the Western Paper Manufacturers
association. held a meeting in Chicago re-
Gently to act upon the proposition of H. E.
Mead, OF Dayton. Ohio. to buy the entire
annual product Of all the mills, with the
view of reducing production and enhanc-
ing proft. The proposition was abandoned
and another scheme adopted to lessen the
production by close combinat of trust,
controlled bya directory which will have
power to shut down any or all the mills for
certain time.
The joint resolution passed by the ma
honal house accepting the invitation to
take part in the international exposition at
Paris in 1889. has reported favorably, with
amendments from the senate committee on
foreign relations. The committee struck
from the resolution the provision directing
the commissioner Of agriculture to secure,
if possible. as a part Of the exposition, COM
petltlve inspection Of pork products OF the
United States and Europe. 1t also elmi-
mated the provision authorizing the COM
missioner to prepare for distribution at the
exposition statement printed in English,
French and German descriptive Of swine
raising in the United States.