Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06
Epit0me of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Second Session.


Second Session.
An amendment to the Consular and Dplo- |
mat:c Appropriation bill giving to our Min s.
ters abroad the title OF 'Ambassador'' instead
OF Envoy Extraordinary and Ministers Plen-
ipotentiary" was adopted in the Senate on the
Goth. Senator Sherman spoke ut length on
the Samoa f1rulty, maintaining that our
rights must be asserted. -. In the House a. -
tition of thirteen thousand citizens OF 7 fah
against the admission OF that Territor' = no n
State was presented. The Sundry c Wi Annro-
'priation bill was passed. bill to oroyide for
the better protection OF the fur seal and sal.
mon fisheries OF Alaska was re- sorted.
THE Senate resumed cor federation Of the
Dill Tomato and Consular Appropriat on bill
on the 10Th ult, the tim 8 being occupied in dis
cussing the mendments affecting the Samoan
islands. The British extradition treaty was
also considered. In the House the time was
passed1n discussing the Oklahoma bill.
THE House amendments to the bill to In
crease the pensions OF those who have lost
both hands were concurre1 in on the 31st ult
IN the Senate. Alter the passage OF q few pri
Sate bills consideration OF the Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation bill was resumed, the
pending question being on the amendment re-
1err ng to Samoa, and the bill was finally
passed.. In the House many pet lions were
presented in favor Of the Sunday rest bill. The
Oklahoma bill was further scussed
The House amendments to the Senate bill
for the admiss on Of South Dakota as State
were non-concu red in in the Senate on tn
1st. A resolution was adopted instructing the
Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire
into affa rs in the Somoan islands, and to re-
port what measures were necessary to protect
the interests OF American citizens therein.
The British extradltion treaty was rejected.
Adjourned to the 4th I'm the House the con-
ference report on the bill to create the Depart
ment OF Agriculture was agreed to. The bill
making Oklahoma q Territory was passed
yeas, Jas: nays, 1O2. At the evening session
twenty-five private pension bills were passed.
DOMESTIC.
CONTRACTOR CLINE, of the keystone
Bridge Company, who built the bridge at
Spott vile KY which fell recently. kill
ing number of wnrkmen, was on the Goth
indicted for murder.
JOSEPH BLACK, Amer can Consul at
Buda- Pesth, was recalled on the Goth for
writing letter crlticising the Austro-
Hungarian Government
AMMAN ELLIS (colored) was hanged on
the 18th at Raleigh, N. c., for the murder
of his father last September.
JOSEPH A. MOORE, of Indianapolis, Ind,
the 800, zoo embezzler from the Connecti-
cut Mutual Life Insurance Company,
quietly left for parts unknown on the 29th
AT Mount Holly Springs, Pa, on the
18th an incendiary fire destroyed Early's
Hotel and several dwellings.
Lou A KSAcKsTEDT, teller in the Null
lanphy Savings Bank at ST. Louis, was
on the Goth found to be short in his &C.
counts to the extent of $500.
COLONEL w. L. TRENHOLM, Comptroller
of the Currency, rendered his resignation
to the President on the Goth to take effect
at his leasure.
JOHN NJ CLAYTON. late Republican can
didate for Congress in the Second distr ct
of Arkansas, was assassinated at Plum
merville on the 18th Mr.. Clayton was con-
testing seat from the Second district in
the Fifty first Congress now held by c. r.
Breckenridge.
CHARLES THOMAS and another negro
were murdered on the Goth at Birmingham,
Ala
GREAT excitement prevailed at Lexing-
ton, Va, on the Goth over the discovery
near there Of an immense mountain Of the
richest iron ore.
ALL the street-car lines in New York
were tied up by str kers or the goth, and
attempts to run cars resulted in serious
riots, in which many persons were
wounded. Several of the strikers were
arrested
A MAN named Lake was arrested at Bos-
ton on the Goth, charged with arson. It
was said that be had been operating in
many cities through the country.
JOHN E. SULLIVAN, county clerk Of
Marion County, Ind, the defendant in
the celebrated tally sheet forgery cases,
assigned on the goth with assets of $780,
600 and liabilities Of Sl18,09O. Included
there was $4,000 of the county clerk's
h1
county treasurer.
C1Sc1NSAr1's new Chamber of Commerce
building was dedicated on the 30th ult
with appropriate ceremonies.
In A!ama County, Tenn, on the Both ult.
crowd horsewhipped two Mormon elders
named Miller and Winters. They were
then tarred and feathered and ordered to
leave the country on pain of death.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES on the 3Oth
ult pre- -ented lis vast medical library to
the Boston Medical Library Association.
JACOB FALK, a wealthy farmer living
near Button, Ind, su cided on the Both
ult by shooting. For some time past he
had not Lived happily with his wife, and
she had applied for q divorce
ALLIE CROwELL, fourteen ycar-old girl
living in Bethlehem township, Ind, con-
fessed on g Both ult. to the burning of
several QWclllngS, claiming she was paid
one hundred dollars for doing it. She was
thought to be instne.
IT was re, orted on the Both ult. that
gold and silver had been found in paying
quantities in the northern part of Iowa
County, Wis 1t was procured by surface
d gging AMI was said to assay from 81 %
to 10 per ton.
ADvICEs Of the 30th ult. from the Indian
Territory were that the United States SOL
diers who were recently stationed at
Oklahoma City had returned to F ,rt Sill,
and that some fifteen families of ''boom-
ers" had crossed the Canadian river and
entered Oklahoma and that others were
following.
UP to the Both ult the Federal grand
jury at Indianapolis, Ind, bad returned
one hundred and xty-one indictments for
violt' tion of the cleo. ION law, and several
prominent men had been arrested
THE Committee on Judiciary in the
Maine Senate on the 30th ult. voted to tor.
bid the sale of cigarettes to persons under
sixteen years Of age, and to provide pen
atty for a minor under sixteen who smokes
In public place.
JOHN QUILL and his son were killed on
the Both ult while driving across the Bos-
ton z, Maine railroad tracIx ut Inc MI ri,