The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-03-27
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
ElEIY.ElRsT coNoREss

FiFTY.FlRsT CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, March 10. = The urgency
deficiency bill was passed in the SEN
ate. A bill was introduced to amend
the Interstate commerce act, and
Senator Hawley (Conn.) spoke in OPP
position to the Blair educational bill.
In the House the pension bill (s9s, 49,
461) was reported; also the Notifications
bill (s4,521, e7s). A resolution was
adopted for an estimate as to the
amount of money which will be re-
quired for the payment of arrearages in
case the Limitation of the arrears act is
repealed.
WEDNESDAY, March 19.-In the Sem
ate Vice-President Morton occupied
the chair. Mr.. Voorhees, spoke on his
resolution as to the cause of agricultural
depression, and Messrs. Evarts and Call
spoke in favor Of the Blair educational
bill. A bill to increase the pension of
soldier of the war of 1S12-Isaac N.
DAILY, SO years old-from s. to $50 a
month was passed. In the House the
Maryland contested case of Mudd
against Compton was discussed, but no
action was taken. The report of the
committee on the worlds fair was pre-
scented.
THURSDAY, March 20.-The Blair edu-
cational bill was defeated in the Senate
by vote Of 81 to 81. Bills were
introduced to provide new artificial
limbs for disabled soldiers every three
years instead of every five years; ex-
tending the jurisdiction of circuit and
district courts to the great lakes and
connecting water. In the House a bill
was introduced granting pensions to
persons who supported dependent faith
ers and mothers, and who, under exist
ing laws, would have been entitled to
pensions. The bill for a public build
ing at Burlington, Ia, was passed. By
a vote of 159 to 145 Syndey E. Mudd
(Rep.) was declared the lawfully elected
Representative from the Fifth Mary
land district, thereby unseating Barnes
Compton.
FRIDAY, March 21.-In the Senate
the bill to declare unlawful trusts
and ordinations in restraint of trade
and production was discussed. In the
House the pension appropriation bill
was passed; also the bill for the retire.
ment of General Fremont with the rank
OF Major-General, and appropriating
$25, 900 for the use of the people driven
from their homes by the floods now pre-
vailing in Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana. The Conger bill defining
and taxing compound lard was reported
favorably. At the evening session
fifteen private pension bills were passed.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The President on the 18th sent 5000
and Attorney Miller 500 to aid
the families of Aremen who persisted by
the recent Indianapolis fire.
DURING the first eight months of the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1889, the to-
tai internal revenue collections we're
$s9. 1922, OIL, being an increase of Sc, 49,
800 as compared with the collections
during the corresponding period of the
last fiscal year.
FROM every part of the country reports
on the 21st represented trade as fairly
satisfactory.
In the United States there were 900
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 21st, against 200 the
previous seven days. The total of fail
ures in the United States January 1 to
date is 3, 1877, against 1888 in 1885,
In his March report on the 21st to the
Agricultural Department Statistician
Dodge says the impoverished condition
OF American farmers is due to overpro-
ductiOn.