Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-03-21
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In the snateeithe.l9th he following bills were
reported and placed on the calendar: House
bill for establishment of life-saving station at
keewanee, Wis. House bill TO divide a nor
ton OF Sioux reservation in Dakota into sepa-
rate reservations, and to secure the relinquish-
ment OF the Indian title to the remainder. Au-
thorizing the appointment Of q superintendent
| OF oi Indian schools and prescribing his duties.
To authorize the sale OF timber on the Menomi.
nee reservation in Wisconsin. TO settle and
adjust the claims Of any state for expenses in.
CURED BY II In defense of the United States dur
100000 for the erection Ia Washington OF &
monument to the negro soldiers and sailors who
gave their lives for the preservation of govern
mentryeas, 81 nays. 10. For the issue OF pat
ents for donation claims under the act of Sep.
tenber q, 1850 bill was introduced for the
admission ss OF Wyoming In the house
tions were introduced and referred:
For the appointment of a special commission
to examine into the condition of the civil SER
vice in all its departments and branches OF the
government. lnstructing the committee on
ways and means to report a bill placing all
articles Of products protected by trust or
nearly 30 as the financial requirements Of the
government will permit, TO create boards of
arbitration for settling controversies between
the officers and employees OF railroad companies
engaged in Interstate commerce That the
secretary OF he treasury be- and he hereby il
authorized and directed TO issue silver certi-
cents.
such ertifcates to be received, redeemed paid
and reissued in he same manner as silver GER
tlhcate6 OF large denominations and to be ex.
changeable for silver certificates OF other de.
nominations, and the secretary of the treasury
IL authorized and directed to make such regula-
tions as may seem tn him proper for distribut-
ing ana redeemins he denominations of silver
certincates herein authorized. On motion of
MI. Bland the rules We're susp nded and lhe
bill was passed disseminating the coinage OF
the - gold piece and the gold dollar.
THE royal message which has been pre-
sented to the landtag expresses the kings
regret that his health prevents his taking
the oath in person, and suggests that the
house consider message which is coun-
tersigned by minister as equivalent to
the constitutional oath. As soon as his
health is sufficiently improved the message
further says the king will take the oath in
the form pre- cribed 10y law.
The snow blockade has been raised ia
the north of England, but still exists in
Scotland.
CHARLES VOORHEES,. son of Senator
Voorhees, is the congressional delegate
from Washington territory. Although he
has no vote in the house he can introduce
all the bills he chooses. lie has presented
one measure. at least, which shows he has
statesman's blood in his veins 1t is bill
to regulate spelling by law, the amended
orthography to be taught in all government
schools. The measure makes war on the
silent e. as III live, bronze" ETC., and
advocates the adoption of AXE" for ache"
anker" for anchor" and other abbreviated
forms for certain words.
THE republicans of Erie and Crawford
counties. Pennsylvania, in convention as
sembled, took n straw vote for a presiden-
tial candidate. The result was as follows:
Lincoln. III Blaine, 8: Sherman, 4; Gres-
ham, 2; Allison /; Evarts, /: Hawley, 1;
Depew, l.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the Goth
says: The opinion of the United States
supreme court in the telephone cases as
far as it has been read. seems to indicate
that the patent of Bell will be sus-
tanned as the patent for the process Of the
apparatus Less than quarter of the
opinion has been read. In considering the
question of the alleged anticipation of
Bells invention by the telephone of Refs
in Germany, the court holds that Refs dis
covered the means of transmitting musical
tones and nothing more. The court holds
that the apparatus of Refs was not success
full i'll transmitting speech and that his in
vention was not in any respect an antici-
patton of the discovery which was made by
Bell.
/ -]NoT less than score of persons per-
ished i'll the eastern states during the re-
cent blizzard, and that too in a region SO
thickly settled that shelter could be had
on every hand. And vet eastern people
think it terrible that 100 people froze to
death in all the vast region of Dakota dur
ing the storm Of January IL.