Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-03
! FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences Of
the Week.
a Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
ADvlcEs BY TELEaRAla.
CONGRESS.

& In tho senate the 18th the committee on up.
preparations reported back the delayed def
cheney BILL and stated that the amendments re-
ported by the committee were but q few in
number. and Il was asked that the senate pass
the bill next Monday. Senator Hawley offered
. resolution, which was adopted, directing the
secretary Of the interior to report the
plan Of Legislation thou hit by him to be
Der lands, SO as to secure the preservation
Of national forest lands OF the headwaters of
navigable rivers and put within the reach of
with timber for building their homes. Among
the bills introduced was the following: To
grant service pension to all survivors Of the
listed men who served in the army, navy on
marine corps, including regulars and v0lun-
teers, subsequent to March 4, 1851, and prior to
lase 81 eent for esoa days ssrvice, this sum to
sbiiity Among The bis Si reported rom COM s
e tsss s e. sasnds o
road, wagon and foot bridge across the
Mississippi river near Burlington, Ia. The
days ago, calling on the secretary Of war for in.
formation as to the construction OF the bridge
between Omaha and Council Bluffs was taken
up and adopted. The house resumed, in commit
tee q the whole, the consideration ot the Joint
resolution accepting the invitation to the United
States to participate In the Melbourne EXPOSE
tion. After long debate the invitation was
accepted. The committee on appropriations
reported the invalid pensions appropria-
coplmittee Of the whole. The wilkins banking
P sa Il r. sSs no was %sai
B. Vaxnum and N. P. Banks, former
speakers Of the house. were &C.
Mr.. Long, Of Massachusetts,, made the pre-,
sentati, n speech and Mr.. Randall replied in
acceptance and offered appropriate resolutions,
lucky.
Father Ryan has been released from
Limerickjail. and on his arrival home made
a speech advising the tenants to adopt
plan Of campaign. which he said. was moral
and just. Notwithstanding everything the
lords. both spiritual and temporal. said to
the contrary.
Charles Meyer, q member of the Sixth
Infantry band at Fort Leavenworth. Kan,
has been arrested and taken to Indepen-
dence. No.. where he is wanted for the
murder and robbery of James Weir about
three weeks ago. Meyers home is in
Altoona. Pa.
The British steamer Toronto. from Port
land for Liverpool. has arrived at Mersey.
She reports that during fog of Skerries.
ireland. she collided with and sank the Nor
wegian bark Freidis. from Liverpool for
Savannah, and thirteen of the bark's crew
were drowned. One man was saved.
The Poster Lloyd says that Russia's
candidate for the Bulgarian throne is Vol
vode Marks Milanoff. of Kue 81, leading
Montenegro commander. The paper con-
siders. however. that he has even less
chance of success than the prince Of Min
grelia.
"A bold attempt was made the other night
to rob the express train on the Wabash
road near Cooley's lake. Mo. AS the train
neared the station red light was seen
ahead. As the engine slowed up the en-
gineer was asked to leave the engine by
masked men. who were armed with rifles.
An officer who was in the cab fired his shot
gun out Of the window. The shot from the
cab was answered by the three robbers.
who then retreated to ambuscade. As
they moved back part of the posse came
up from the woods where they had been in
concealment. The men on the train Joined
In the pursuit of the robbers. Two robbers
have been captured and one killed. The
robbers are known to be farmers living
In the neighborhood Of Missouri City. One
OF them is said to have been q member Of
the James gang.