The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-03-20


eminent for Oklahoma-BilIs Reported
Providing for Funding the Pacific Rail-
way Debt.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Among the
bills reported from committees and
placed on the senate calendar was one to
transfer the revenue marine to the navy
department.
The senate then proceeded to the ION.
sideration of bills on the calendar.
Among the bills passed were the follow
ing:
House bill for the relief of sufferers by
the wreck of the United States steamers
Trenton and Vandalia and the stranding
of the United States ship Nipsic at Apia,
Samoan islands; for the relief of soldiers
and sailors who enlisted or served under
assumed names while minors or ether
wise in the army or navy during the war
of the rebellion. (The bill provides that
certificates of discharge shall be is
sued to those soldiers and sailors who
were honorably dischargeO. Appro-
priating $125,O00 for a revenue cutter for
service on the Pacific coast, with head
quarters at Astoria, Ore. TO prevent tho
obstruction of nayigable waters and to
protect works against trespas9 or in Jury.
Appropriating $4,000 for the relief of
Indians at Devils Lake agency was re-
ported and passed. The following bills
were taken from the calendar and
passed: Providing for an assistant sec.
rotary of war at a salary of $500: au-
thorizing the construction of @ bridge
across the st. Croix; appropriating $780,
600 for public library at Eau Claire,
Wis; to prevent the introduction of con-
tagious diseases from one state to an
other; concurrent resolution to invite in
vite international arbitration as to differ
ences between nations. After short
secret session the senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Feb. lin the senate
Mr.. Dawes presented nearly $50 petit
tions asking that the expectation of in
toxicating liquors from this country to
Africa be stopped.
MI. Frye reported adversely the two
Pacific railroad funding bills and re-
ported two original ones in their stead.
A number of bills were passed, among
them the following: To amend the re-
vised statutes concerning the regulation
of steam vessels; to enable the secretary
of the interior to locate Indians in Flor
ida on lands in severaltv; approprating
SAC, 900 for a statue of James Madison, in
Washington; authorizing the president
to confer brevet rank on officers of the
United States army for gallant services
in Indian campaigns.
A conference was ordered on the bill
| to take a census of farm mortgages.
Senate bill establishing two additional
land districts in Washington was passed.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Directly after
the transaction of morning business the
! senate went into secret session for the
! discussion of the British extradition
treaty. The senate was in secret session
for three hours. At the end of that time
the doors were opened and the educa-
tional bill was taken up, Mr.. Blair re-
Stunning his remarks in favor of the
measure. In the course of his remarks
Mr.. Blair commented on the fact that
very little of his'speech had appeared in
the daily papers or had been telegraphed
from this city. He stated that he would
probably occupy the time of the senate
| for two afternoons more.
The house bill for the relief of the In
dams of the Devils Lake agency, North
Dakota was passed.
After a second secret session held fol
tons to appropriate committees, the sen
ate at 5:07 adjourned.
FOREIGN.
Letters from Mexico state that grips
Is making fearful ravages there. The death rat,
is l25 a day in the city. Collins cannot be Oh
tanned for the dead.
Forty-three corpses have been takel
from the Decize coliiery, France. Eight miner
were rescued alive, but badly injured.
German elections for the reichsta:
occurred Thursday. The government part.
Conservatives lost fifteen members. A gain .
so per cent. in the Socialist vote was the import
ant feature of the election
Intense excitement was caused a
Berlin Thursday by the entire garrison bein
called Gu. and headed for Kreuzeberg A pani
was only allayed by the announcement that tn
move was to test the efficiency and discipline o
the men.
The results of the German elections
as far as known, are as follows: Conservative
q, Imperials 10, National Liberals o Centrists 8;
Feissinigs II, Socialists %, Poles B. AlsatiarS II
Democrats 3, Danes /, Independent Liberal
Re-ballots will be necessary in the contests for
seats.
The steamship China arrived in Sal
Francisco Friday from Yokohama and Hon
Kong with the report that the storm of Jan. 2
swept away about !, ZOO fishing boats containin
between $500 and 3,0o0 people, from the Bosh
coast. Nine hundred of these boats with a
on board were lost. On jan D. twenty -thre
fishing boats, containing six hundred men, wei
lost.
Beneath the floor of "a burned building
in Warsaw, Saturday, the corpses of fourteen il
fants were found. The establishment was pr
sided over by a midwife named Ssblinska. tt
this woman and her sister and two daughters al
now under arrest.
The French cabinet Saturday decide
to remit the sentence of the Due d'Orleans an
again Danish him from the country.
The boy king of Spain is again indi'
posed 1t is stated that his illness is not seriou
By the fall of a roof of the new Flor
concert hall at Hamburg, Monday, q large nun
Der of WEIGH workmen were killed and mar
more wouad,d
In the English house of commons o
t Monday, tn, address in reply to tn, speech fro
: the throne was adopted.
!, News was received at Paris Monda
, that sn0 IF the king of Dahomey troops attacke
the French posts at Kotonow, Senegal I'll
French after killing some sixty of them, su
7 ceeded in driving them back.
. 1t was given out Monday that Emperc
l William contemplate reorganization of IL
p educational system OF Germany AMI the intr
duction of a complete system OF physical cultu
l in addition to mental training.
A man named Pietzhkjoffgj was il
jured at Pierre, S. D.. Monday. Thinking
: was dying he made confession giving full d
tails of the plot to assassinate the two yea
ago. He has papers which substantiate many
his statements and impiicate prominent Russis
officials.