Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-21

| people of South Dakota for ratification or re 1 jection the constitution framed at Siou
 Falls, and also the articles and proposition
 separately submitted including the question
 of locating the temporary seat of governmen l with such changes only as relate to the nam
 and boundary of the proposed State to tn
 re appointment of the judicial and legisla
 tive districts, and such amendments as maj
 be necessary in order to comply with thu
 provision of this act, and if 8 majority of th, l rejection of the constitution shall be for ths
 constitution, irrespective of the articles sepa I rately submitted, the State of South Dakota 1 shall be admitted State in the Union l under said constitution as hereinafter pro
 vided; but the archives, records and books
 of the territory of Dakota shall remain al Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, until l an agreement in reference thereto Is reached ] by said States. But, if st the election fol delegates to the constitutional convention, 6
 majority of all votes shall be against the 1 Sioux Falls constitution, it shall be the duty of the convention to form constitution az l if that question had not been submitted to | the people. It is made the duty of the Presi- l dent to admit the four new States by proclo- I nation if the constitutions are ratified at the election to be held on the first Tuesday in 1 October. Each of the new States shall be ! entitled to one representative in Congress, l except South Dakota, which shall be entitled | to two representatives.
 Section II provides that all lands herein granted for educational purposes shall be dis posed of at public sale and at the price not | less than ten dollars per acre, the proceeds to constitute permanent school fund, the interest of which only shall be expended in | the support of said school. But said lands may, under such regulations as the legisla- ! ture shall prescribe, be leased for periods of not more than five years in quantities not ! exceeding one section to any one person or company, and such land shall not be subject to pre-emption homestead entry any oth- ! CT entry under the land laws of the United States whether surveyed or unsurveyed, but ] shall be reserved for school purposes only. All mineral lands are exempted from the grants made by the act. The two Dakotas are to be added to Justice Miller's circuit and Washington aud Montana to Justice Fields l circuit.
 Until last night the name of Washington was changed in the bill to Tacoma but 1t was then stricken out.
 Mir. Barnes of Georgia, said as one of the conferees he had been unable under his sense of duty to sign the report. He will 1 not attempt, however, to enter into any argument against the bill, but would allow the House to vote upon the report without I delay.
 The report was then adopted amid applause on both sides of the chamber. The House then went into committee on the postofice appropriation bill. Little pro- l gress had been made when the committee rose and the House took recess. | The house in evening session passed mum l Der of bills reported by the committee on commerce. MT. Anderson, of Iowa, called up his resolution calling upon the inter- respecting the meeting ofrailroad presidents in New York in January last, and the contracts of agreement entered into at the meeting, but MT. Waite made the point of no quorum and the resolution was withdrawn. The house at 10 o'clock adjourned.
 TELEGRAPHIO LOT rINGs. Harry Leon, shoe cutter, committed sui- eide Tuesday night at Rochester by hangiug. Ohler' saw factory at Columbus, O., was { totally destroyed Tuesday night. Loss s40,- ! 900.
 The Chicagos and Au-America base ball teams arrived at Rome yesterday from Naples.
 Forty-eight deaths from diphtheria have | occurred at Wabash, Ind. Every case has | proved fatal.
 ! A row of small business houses on Twenty | second street, Chicago, burned Tuesday night.
 Loss, $5O,oOO.
 I Rev. James Gibson, colored preacher, twas drowned while trying to swim across Sugar Creek at Charlotte, N. O.
 A Catholic university will shortly be found ed at Frieburg to which the sum of 1,000, ,00( francs has already been subscribed. ! Further particulars of the cyclone in Shel. by county, Ala, Sunday night show that several persons were hurt, but no one killed
 A. Montgomery paid undue attention te Dan Burkes wife in timber camp near Ash
 land, Wis, and Burke cut him up with ar axe.
 The Cologne Gazette says that Germany
 demands that the United States government arrest and punish the correspondent Kleir | for his action in Samoa.
 ! J. F. Thompson has brought suit for $4, ,0O( against Mime. Albini for alleged breach o | contract i'll 1884 in the matter of concerts proposed to be given in Buffalo and Toronto | A BsG TREAT. A Fine Entertainment at Trinity Far ! ish Building This Evening. 1 A musical and literary entertainment will
 be held for the benefit of St.Luke's church 1T Trinity parish building, Temple street, this
 evening. The following is the program me | PARTI.
 Overture.
 | Instrumental Music.
 Cornet soio--Mr. R. Hazard.
 Recitation-Mr wm. Harris
 |
 Recitations, seected-Mrs. N Q. Bell. solo-'Sunshine will come again. with guitar ac ! compartment soloIst, MT. J: G. Anthony.
 Piano Duet-Mr. George Benjamin and Miss Kate
 solo-"Good- -bye"-Miss Nellie Randolph. Address-The Rector
 After the conclusion of the programme an
 opportunity will be given for the purchase ot
 ice cream, cakes, aprons and other useful and fancy articles. The string band will cons tribute to this part of the entertainment. SPORTING MATTERS.
 Defeat i'm This City This Week by the | Score of to 2-Exceptionally Fine
 Geal Tending by Reed and Curley.
 The New Ravens added another victory te
 their list last night by defeating the Meri
 dens for the second time this week. The ! acore was 4 to 3. sMorses Misfts" dont
 seem to be playing such good polo of late 1 as formerly, and from leaders of the leagu.
 they are almost tail enders. New Haven ii I two games behind them on games won.
 The game was remarkable for the fine goa
 tending of Reed and Curley. Reed was a
 lively as a fve-year-old colt and made som'
 marvellous stops. A feature was Phelan'
 playing "Aul" Smith put up . strong
 game, but outside of him and Curley thu
 visitors didn't show anything great. | Sword made all of New Haven's goals, bu
 thres of them he made on clever passes by
 Connors, who did not attempt individua
 work, but played . team game. Sword has {
 "scoop'' which is very effective. Three goal \ he made in this way.
 The sixth goal was made in nine second
 on splendid play by Sword. Connors tool | the rush, and as the ball bounded away iron
 the side of the rink Sword drove it iron
 center and csged it. The score: | NEW HAVEN. POSITIONS. MERIpEl ! Connors. .Rusher Cunningham ! Sword .Rusher. Q. Perc ! Hill Center. .O F. Smlt
 Phelan ............H Half Back. .McKa ! Reed. ......-.....- Goal Curl ? GOAL I NO. WON TIM . l. New Haven. Cunningham. .. Sword. l:C Nav Cunningham Swor .l2