Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-01
FROM WASHINGTON.

| "A message from the president return
! ing without approval the senate bill for the
relief of L. j. Warden. recently postmaster
at Lawrence, Kan. for an allowance OF
1925 for extra clerk hire. has been laid be-
| fore the senate. The grounds OF the veto
are: "Such allowances are fixed by the
postmaster general. and in this case two
applications for additional allowance had
been declined The expense was. there
| fore. incurred at the postmaster's risk, and
the passage of special acts in such eases
would have a dangerous tendency to en-
courage postmasters to substitute their
own Judgment for that of the depar' ment.
and 10 relax wholesome discipline.
A convention Of delegations from many
of the state and local bar associations OF
the country, having for its object the for
nation of a national bar association. met
recently in Washington. The call for the
| convention was issued one month ago by
the bar association of the District of Co
lumbia. Among the state associations rep
resented were those of Vermont, New
York. Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia. North
Carolina, South Caro- ina. Tennessee,
Georgia. Alabama. Montana and California.
Col. ]. o. Broadhead. of st. Louis was
elected chairman.
Washington advices state that prize
fight recently took place near Gathef1burg.
Nd, between ALI Lindgren and Berry
Adams. two well known members OF the
| Potomac boat club and the Columbia Ath-
letic club. respectively. Twenty members
fVop oil tirht
was according to the Marquis of Queens
bury rules. with hard gloves. Thirty rounds
were fought, when Adams dislocatcd his
leg below the knee and gave up the fight.
Lindgren was not badly punished. but
Adams was pretty we'll used up. and had a
| black eve and a bruised nose. besides his
dislocated leg. Both men are said to be
well connected, and the fight is the result
Of bad blood engendered at Il recent friend
ly sparring match. Ii is said that the prin-
cipals and a number OF the spectators OF
the fight have been arrested.
in response to resolution calling for
| information on the subject, the secretary
of the treasury has sent to the house re-
ports from Supervising Inspector General
Dumont and the commissioner OF naviga-
ton on the overlooking of steamers on the
great lakes. General Dumont says during
! the last year but one vessel, the Vernon,
was supposed to have been lost by over
loading. He stated also that there is no
statute law against overlooking vessels on
the lakes. but the board Of navigation has
issued a set of rules which, if properly en-
forced, would prevent trouble in that di-
lec,ion.
Five million dollars in bonds. recently
accepted by the treasury department, have
not yet been delivered to the department.
The offer was made in the name of a well
known and responsible Philadelphia firm.
An investigation is now in progress and it
is thought it will show the offer was Il bogus
one and that the signatures to it are for
geries.
The following postoffice changes are
announced: Mrs. Ann E. Corbett, post
master at Wakerville. Page county. Iowa
vice William H. Davis, resi gned. The name
Of the postofffce at Douglas Grove, Custer
county, Nebraska, has been changed tc
Wcscott.
The American Baptist publication SO.
ciety recently held its sixty-fourth annua
meeting at Washington. Samuel A. Croser
of Philadelphia. the president, delivered n
address, reviewing the work of the society
The report ofthe board of managers shows
that during the past year the total receipts
from all sources was S5S2. 400. One hun
dred and twelve now applications have
been added to the society's catalogue ant
2a,3O7.397 pamphlets and tracts wsre
printed during the year.
Mrs. Sawyer. wife Of Senator Sawyer
of Wisconsin. died recently at her esidenc,
in Washington. Mrs. Sawyer has been al
invalid for several years. and for the las
six months has been unable to leave he
bedroom. or speak above a whisper. TIT
immediate cause of her death was slow
progressive paralysis and failure OF tn
heart.