Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
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important occurreneesoot
the Week.
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CONGRESS.

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AMONG the petitions and memorials presented
10 the senate the 28th and referred We the fol-
lowing; Petition Of the Chicago board Of trade
asking for retaliatory Legislation against France
and Germany for excluding American meat.
Several petitions from Pennsvlvanta against the
admission Of Utah % . state with polygamy:
Many petit ns from varfous,. states In favor OF
prohibition in the District Of Columbia, and ono
hom Nav JerSay in favor OF, licensing railroad
conductors. The COMMITTEES on appropriations
reported back the house bill to carry into eject
the provisions Of the hot of March g 1857, regard
tng experimental stations at agricultural COLI
ieses. Cal ndar. The committee on military
AFFAIRS reported bill to authorize. the Chicago.
Kansas and sWestern RAilroad company
build its rod across the Bnrt Hayes military
pension for total DEAFNESS nom sls to go per
and Glowing 1us ee
to the treasury under tho bill will not exceed
100000 q year. After, . debats the bill giving
pen lon q sg TO- e The W i &
Of the widow Of Gen. Frank p. Blair, was
passed: n The house. MEMORIAL ~ Of the So
Canada and Ireland, asking the establishment
Of m international arbitration tribunal was re-
ferred. billSwas calendarsdt to discontinue
s sas 's %as q Seen ash provides ss
for The sale q. certain New York Indian lands
in Kansas. a, bill was passed amending the
regulating practice In cases removed from the
state to the federal courts. ut provides that
plaintiff shall not be required to give security
committee on foreign affairs. reported q joint
resolution accepting the invitation OF the
asRaas e ae
appropriating $4,000 to enable the United
states to parhcipate. A bill was passsd appro;
tas
providing for the holding of terms of court at
Quincy, III. The:speaker pro tenn stated the
regular order to be the consid Grafton Of q reso-
luton setting apart February q, after the
morning hour, and each day thereafter until
further ordered, for consideration Of bills re-
ported from the commit tee on public buildings
and grounds. The house adjourned without &c
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"A very important decision has been
rendered by Judge Gresham. of Chicago. in
the Central Iowa,railroad foreclosure case.
Ayear or two ago, firm of extensive grain
shippers made a contract in Iowa with the
Central Iowa railroad for certain rebates on
their shipments. When foreclosure pro-
ceedings were begun they had a claim Of
some 5000 for snch rebates, and filed in
tervening petition to have the receiver Of
the road directed toipay it out Of the pro-
ceeds of the sale. and as against the mort
cages. The judge refused to allow 1t on
the ground that the-statutes Of Illinois pro-
hibited discrimination by railroads in this
or any other way. Though the contract
was made in Iowa 1t was to be enforced in
Illinois. and was illegal under the law no
matter where made.
Isaac N. Stanley, who as paying teller
of the National bank. of Cleveland. Ohio.
embezzled 100000 of the bank funds in
1885. has been sentenced to five years in
the state penitentiary.
The house of Thomas Morris. Inotrfar
from Carmi, ILL.,. was entered by number
of tramps the other night, who asked to
stay but were refused. upon which they
bound Morris aid set the house on fire. BY
great effort Morris reached the railroad
track and secured assistance. but was too
late as the house was burned.
The United ireland has opened fund
in aid 0f the news vendors prosecuted un-
der the crimes act.
The Consul General ri Spain. at New
York, officially and emphatically denies the
truth of the rumors published in regard to
the unsatisfactory condition of affairs in
Cuba. and declares that these rumors are
entirely nnfounded. He says peace pre-.
walls in the whole island.
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