The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-06

was passed to promote commercial union with
Canada. A number of unimportant bills were
passed. The DesAlOines river lands bill was
not passed over the presidents veto, failing 10
receive a two-thirds vote. At 5 p. m. the house
took recess until 1880 p. IN. for pension bills.
Saturday, March I'm the senate conference
reports on appropriation bills and discussions
thereon consumed most of the time, the de-
ficiency sundry, civil, Indian and naval bills
being agreed 10. At 6:20 p. N. a recess was
taken TO clock, the night session being de-
voted to conference reports. The direct tax
bill was passed over the presidents veto. In
the house objection was made 20 a number of
bills, and conference reports were considered
on appropriation bills. The presidents veto
of the direct tax bill was referred. At 5:15 p.
m. a recess was taken until 8 p. m, the night
session being devoted to appropriation bills.
Congress adjourned sine die Monday at noon.
miscellaneous News Items.
Train robbery is now a capital crime in
Arizona.
It's said 10000 tickets were sold for the in
augural ball.
Joshua Fountain, Lima, O., is charged with
embezzIing church funds.
Miss Jennie Sweetand has been convicted of
forgery at Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mike McGinsey was crushed by mine cage
at Danville, H., Thursday.
Thomas Garst committed suicide Friday with
ulOIDulne. near W dDahuf llu.
John +. Roach was arrested at Paris, KY,
Thursday, a charge of bigamy.
J. c. Close, of Washington. Pa, committed
suicide at Columbus o. last Thursday
There is much excitement in Johnson county,
Indiana, over an outbreak of hydrOphObia.
Anthony Laree worthless Holander, muir
dered his wife at Paterson, n. j., Thursday.
-Four hundred and eighty.nine immigrants
landed at Castle Garden, New York, Sunday.
NJ. c. James was struck by freight engine
at Seymour, Ind, and fatally injured Saturday.
Four new indictments have been found at
New York against Ives, Staynor and Wood
ruff.
j. II. Cranston, an inmate of the Soldiers
home, near Dayton, was asphyxiated by gas
Friday.
Suit will be brought at once to test the
validity of the supreme court commission" of
Indiana.
Charles Godfrey was fatally stabbed by Mike
Connolly In q disreputable house at Pittsburg
Sunday.
Mike Murphy was Knocked out in eight
rounds by Jack Cotton, near Riverside, ILL.,,
Saturday.
William BrindIey, aged nineteen, was
drowned in swimming pool at Kansas City
Thursday.
The three-mile boat race between O'Connor
and Gaudaur. at San Francisco. was won by
OConnor.
Charles and James Brooks, brothers, were
drowned while skating near Lawrenceburg,
Ind, Friday.
Saturday while trying to break Texas pony
hitched to a cart.
Oliver b. White, aged eighteen, has been
sentenced at Lafayette, Ind, to life imprison-
ment for murder.
Two miners were horribly mangled by pre-
mature explosion in a mine at Marquette,
Mich, last Friday.
The family of Bud Hynes, nine in all, were
drowned in swamp in Decatur County, Ten
nessee, last Friday.
Alva Neal, student, was terribly burned by
sulphuric acid while experimenting, last Thurs
day, at Franklin, Ind.
Old miners say that the gold discoveries near
Eusenada, CAL, are probably the richest ever
found on the Pacific coast.
jeremiah Whalen jumped from the third
story of a hotel at Upper Sandusky, o., Sun
day and was fatally I'M lred.
boy named Green was sentenced at Column
bus, O., TO three years imprisonment In the
pententiary for horse-stealing.
The Hon. Writ Dexter OF Chicago was thrown
from his horse Saturday and received injuries
which are supposed to be fatal.
Pink Cawthorn, colored, known as the Black
Giant was mysteriously murdered at his home,
near Troy Ala, Saturday night.
Cornelius Bockins. while intoxicated Sun
day, fell over the banister OF a stairway in a
hotel at Canton, o., and was killed.
Henry Baukemper farmer living near New
Bremen, o., during fit of insanity attempted
to stab his son with a butcher-knife.
deal has been closed with eastern capt.
talists whereby 81, 100000 is TO be invested in
coal and iron lands near Chattanooga, Tenn
John Coins, who during a fight, bit a piece
from a mans cheek. at Franklin, Ind, has
been sent to the penitentiary for three years.
w. B. Hussey was found guilty. at Hunts
vile, Ala, of killing his brother-in-law and
sentenced TO twenty-five years imprisonment.
A daughter of p. T. Adams OF Livonia.
n. Y, was drowned by breaking through the
ice while driving across Conesus lake. Satur-
day.
DIN. Sleep. bookkeeper for Minneapolis
furniture establishment, has gone to Canada,
81 900 short in his accounts. A woman is with
him.
The house has refused to pay the widow of
the late Chief Justice Waite the balance of her
husbands salary for the year in which he
died.
David Speckle. aged three years was kid
naped by two unknown men from in front of
his mothers residence, at Chicago, Saturday
night.
A dangerous counterfeit of a silver dollar has
made Its appearance IN birmingham, Ala.
More than one hundred of them have been de-
tected.
An Iowa Justice of the peace has decided
that kegs Of beer sent from other states and
seized by the Temperance alliance must be re-
turned
John vanheisl and Billy Welch fought 11f
rounds, London prize-ring rules, at Ashland
Wis, Saturday night Yanheisl was declared
winner.
The sensational story to the effect that the
poor of Springfield O., are starving as a result
of a protective tariff, is denied by Gen.
Bushnell.
Thomas Sanborn, lately con nected with the
| editorial department OF the Springfield Mass
Republican, cut his throat Saturday on account
of i'll health.
| A reward of 5000 has been offered for the
capture OF the murderers of farmer named
| Umberger, who was murdered and robbed near
Lgonier, Pa.
John ]. Acker of Albany, N. Y, has been
| appointed supreme receiver of the A. o. u. W.,
| to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jo-
seph II. Lenhart.
John Gowan, a driver, was sentenced al
/ New York to three months imprisonment foI
| obstructing tracks during the recent street-car
strike 10 that city.
There was more animation in banking circles
at the close of the week. but no important
new features. The comptroller of the cur
rency called for statements of national banks
| a. the close of business on Feb. 26 The New
/ York banks lost heavily in reserve during the
week. The leading produce markets gave
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