Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-01-11
the TOWN ANN}hlLATsD.

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;tIhe indian City III coohin Comp letely De-
q 5f 3stroyed by Fire.
n CALcuTTA, Jan. 1.-The town Of
Cochin, on the Malabar coast. has been
almost wholly destroyed By fire. Only
one building, 1an oil factory, was saved.
The loss isPlaced at 81, 800 600. :
over 100 DROWNED.
A Great Number of Wrecks Caused by
Storms in the Black Sea.
ODESSA, Jan. S.-The recent storms
which have swept the Black sea have
caused a great number of wrecks. Over
100 persons have been drowned within
the last fortnight.
DEATH IN A MINE.
Twcnt,-s.vcn Perish In - Spanish Col
Iiery Explosion.
MADRID, Jan. 4.-By an explosion in
the Oller colliery, Province of Asturias,
twenty -scven men We're killed. -
WORK Of CONGRESS. 80
The Senate.
WAsHENGToS, Jan. 4.-The resolution
of Senator Voorhees, calling upol the
secretary of the interior for information
as to the homestead and other entries
cancelled during this administration was
agreed to- Resolutions were adopted
calling upon tlle.secretaryt of war and
and the secretary OF the navy for infor-
nation concerning the services Of the
Nez Perces war of 1877 from Washing
ton territory and Idaho. At the close of
the morning ahour the tariff bill was
taken UP. No@ amendments were con-
}cufredin. NsS p. a$the senate adj
WASHINGTON. Jan. ga resolution
was agreed to- calling on the president
for correspondence andinfo r,nntion con-
corning occurrences at Hayti. e.
At the conclusion of the morning hour
the consideration of the tariff bill was
resumed.
On motion Ct Mr.. Aldrich the senate
rules weraY so9 amended as ito include
among the persons entitled to the priv
leges fthasfloG thss, president ect'and
the5vica president eiect. u '~' :.
mfr. Coke8inGxauced Joint resolution
for tile appointment AOf three engineer
officers to make a careful and critical ex-
,aminationof the northwest coast of the
Gulf Of Mexico xcl,iiihs the mouth Of
the Brazes fiyerlfor q deeper water har-
hor for naval Npd colnne rcialE vessels.
Referred5to stRe commit teesi ON com
ncrce. sE sS Vii s E#
After a;brief esecuti session the SEN
ate at s oiclock adjourned ss M > ~
WARRINGTON, jim. &c Sin G the senate
resolutions were agreed to calling on the,
spresidenta fer information as to the Ven
ECU. Ian wards and what steps had been
taken To COLLECT the monthly quotas of
the Caracas custoItiy receipts. The Pan
anna cS,al resolution of Mr.. Edmunds
was then taken up and discussed at
length II aza.s
h WAsHfERToN, Jan. 9.--The senate
spent most Of the day in secret session
on the resolution of Mr.. Edmunds in.ref-l
erence to the panama canaEsBAt the
conclusion Sofregular, morning business
the fesoh tiofifep ported ttpnn The commit
tee on foreign relations il reference TO
the Panama Nanal WINS tEkeh uRsaxl MIR.
Gray rose to make some remarks, but
was interrupted by q motion by Mr.. Ed
munds, secondelsby Mr.. Hoar, that the
subject be considered in secret session,
which, was agrsh to, and at 1885 the
doors were Closed After considerable
debate lhe fesolation was adopted by o
vote OF 40 to3. The secret session con-
cluled at $40, when, by unanimous con-
the dateafpr the vote oiia the tariff bill
WAS made Jan. %, instsad Of jan, Il
Tie senate then adjonlfed. - 80, =,
/ j, WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE senate, at
the conclusion 0fsthe morning hour, re-
sumed c05lsid ion off thrift bill