Hillsboro recorder., 1888-01-05
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
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FORMATION ABOUT CONGRESS.

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FORMATION ABOUT CONGRESS- d
The Departments Very Isnsy- Rapid Recon.
sIrHetien OF the Navy -Conxrcssiona
Preceedings-Per
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Paul P. Bowen. who has been spoken
Of as q probable successor of I. v. Pow.
derly, of the Knights Of Labor, was do.
feated for reelection as master workm,n
lof hs assembly. There was a strong fight
made against him, and the ticket put for.
ward by conservative members of the
assembly, and headed by j. II. sphultis,
was elected. -@
w. w. Corcoran, the aged millionaire
philanthropist, celebrated his S9th birth
day. His mind Is perfectly clear, and he
is In fairly good physical health, though
he Ia somewhat weak on his legs, from
the effects of the paralytic stroke Of last
Summer. Congratulations poured in upon
him by telegraph and through the mails,
and many of his friends also sent flowers
and other tokens Of their esteem.
The Central Traffic Association Of Chi.
cagc, ILL.,, has authorized Commissioner
Blanchard to prepare amendments TO be
submitted to Congress toamend the inter
state act. A move is to he made to in
sert provisions which will protect rail.
roads from fraudulent misrepresentation
Of freight shippers in regard to the clas-
sifcation of commodities shipped, and to
prevent sale Of scalp" railroad tickets
The bringing Of express companies
within the provisions OF the interstate
commerce act is found to be practicable,
and on some accounts d .sirable. Express
companies, which are simply branches Of
q railroad, organized and operating
through Its ordinary staff, or by an indie
pendent bureau,o or by combination with
other railroad companies, are found to be
covered by provisions Of the act. In case
of independently organized express COM
panies, however, operating under con-
tracts for transportation, the language Of
the act, as ii now stands, is found to be
50 framed as not to bring them distinctly
within the provisions. The words 'wholly
by railroad' in the first section, do not
well define the business Of express com
panies, which use very largely the services
Of teams, messengers, stage coaches and
steamboats,.
Col. Carroll d. Wright, Of the Bureau
Of Labor Statistics, submitted his report
about strikes. II shows that in 1881 there
were III strikes, involving 2,02s estab
lishments, being an average Of 6.2 estab
lishments in each strike; 1889, al
strikes, 2, los establishments, average a.
establishments; 1888, 47s strikes, 2.1Ss
establishments. average SO establish
ments; 1884, 443 strikes, 2,361 estab
lishments, average 80 establishments
1885, 645 strikes, 2,esi establishments
average 3.5 establishments; 1885, t,4l:
strikes, ., 1893 establishments, average
establishments. Total, 3,903 strikes. In
yolying 20, 330 establishments, the gen
eral average being 5.7 establishments. II
1887, the report says, there were, accord
ing to the best information obtainable
s5S strikes, the details of which are no
obtainable.
Mrs. Eanice Boswor,h Taylor, wife o
Congressman Z. b. Taylor. of Ohio, die'
of apoplexy at Providence hospital, wher
she had been removed on being found IN
conscious In the street. Her identity WI
, unknown for several hours after her de-
mise. Mrs. Taylor left her late residene
in the morning apparently In perfeo
health, to do some shopping. She wa
on her way home, aud within about tw
blocks bf her residence. when she fell Z
the pavement. She was removed uncoil
scious Ia neighboring drug store, am
there being nothing except the wor
"Bosworthf on handkerchief IN hp
pocket to disclose her identity. an ambl
lance was summoned and she was take
10 Providence hospital. About the tim
} her friends began 70 notice her al,senc,
they read in the evening papers a pan
. graph describing lady. whose nam
could not be learned, having been take
= to the hospital, and mentioning I'll
handkerchief with the name II 'tBu
worth" upon Il. Her husband nj ont
went to the hospital, but found his wii
dead. They had been married only
= month.