Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

AUSTIN. MINI,
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.
THR annual naval appropriation bill was ro-
ported In the Senate on tho 10th and the silver
bill was further discussed. A letter was 70.
coived from the Secretary Of State submitting
tho plan for . preliminary survey for . railway
line to connect the principal cities Of the Amer
loan hemisphere In accordance with the roo.
concentrations OF tho pNn- American conference,
go. In the House tho time was occupied In con.
sidering the tarin BILL
A BILL was introduced in tho Senate on tho
10Th for the establishment OF y landlONn bureau
Ing imported liquors TO the provisions 81 the
laws Of tho several States was discussed. A
joint resolution was introduced proposing now
article for the constitution providing that
neither the United States nor any State shall
pass any law authorizing tho establishment or
tnaintenance Of any lottery or distribution Of
prizes by chance In the House tho bill to for
inal packages where tho State law prohibits
such Importation was considered and the do.
bate ON the tariff bill was ended.
TIN silver bill was considered In tho Senate
on the s1st. and the 'orlginal package" bill, in
tended to nullify the effect Of the recent decis.
ion Of tho United States Supreme Court, was
discussed. %. In the House the Mckinley tariff
bill was passed by vote OF 16s to l49, oil the
Republicans present except Mr. Coleman, OF
md Mr. NJ Arlr
voting for it. and all the Dem oorats against 1t.
BILLS were reported favorably In the Senate
on the ed making 1t q felony for any person
onaoslly connected with IN election to change
the returns OF elections, and to prohibit the
printing Of advertisements on the flag Of tho
United States, The credentials Of Calvin s.
Brice ~ Senator from Ohio for six years, com,
mencing March 4, 1891. were presented The sill
YER bill was discussed. -. In the House bill
vas introduced reducing to one cent an ounce
or fraction thereof the postage on drop
letters In cities of 100000 Inhabitants or over.
A bill to punish census enumerators who shall
accept fees other than their regular pay WAS
passed. The river and harbor bill $50, $50 .OOO)
VAS discussed, and bill was favorably 70.
ported proposing constitutional amendment
granting the right Of suffrage to women.
THE naval appropriation bill was discussed
in the Senate on the Esd aud the tarif1 bill Was
received from the House In the House bills
were introduced sub1ecting oleomargarine to
the provisions OF the laws OF the several
States, and to provide for the survey OF an In
torcontinental railway to connect North and
South America. The river and harbor bill was
further considered. At the evening session
forty-two private pension bills were passed.
DOMESTIC.
THE Supreme Court Of the United
States rendered an opinion on the 10th
sustaining the Edmunds anti-Polygamy
law. This law. among other things, dis
solved the Mormon church corporation.
JEAN PAUL SoQuEr, convicted at Osh-
kosh. Wis. on the 10th Of wife murder,
was charged with having committed six
murders during his life time.
ADvlCEs OF the 10th say that during .
thunder and lightning storm at Cedar
Rapids, Ia, thousands of migrating
birds fell dead on the streets, and some
rare specimens of birds belonging to
other climes were captured alive.
ALL the saloons in Boston, Mass,
were notified ON the Goth that they
must not sell liquor over the bar, but
that all drinks must be drank from ia
bles.
AN epidemic of hydrophobia existed
on the 2oth among the dogs in Richie
County, w. Va, and several persons had
been bitten.
A STORM on the 20th at Susquehanna,
Pa, washed out streets and railroads,
flooded buildings and destroyed much
property. In the neighborhood of
Wilkesbarre the storm was even more
destructive. and all the railroads were
blocked and bridges were down.
EDWARD FLoDURY, Of San Francisco,
killed his wife on the Goth and then
killed himself.
TREASURER PEAKE, of Kansas City,
Mo-, was suspended from Office on the
..30th. a shortage of $22, 900 having been
dis covered in his accounts.
HEAVY rains had on the Goth flooded
the mines in the vicinity of Ashland,
Pa, and practically suspended opera
tons.
Two-rHIRDs of the village of Canisto-
:ta, N. Y, was covered with water from
one to five fest deep on the 20th by an
overflow of the river.
:; AT Nashville, Tenn. the American
medical Association convened on the
Both with delegates present represent
ing every State and Territory in the
Union.
I A NEW law which went into effect in
New York on the goth declares that
eyery officer in police department must
make oath that he is not in any way in
.terested in the making or sale of spirit
or malt liquors. -.. ..
In hotel 1t Jessup, Ga, on the 21st
y. N. Mccall and Mrs. Littlefield were
shot and killed by the woman's husband.
F.; The American Baptist Publication
Society held, its sixty-sixth anniversary
meeting on the 21st at the Emmanuel
Baptist Church in Chicago. The report
iof the board of managers showed re-
.ceipts during the past year of 1865, $780,
:16, being $3S,878.92 more than the re-
:ceipts of the previous year. -.-.. ~~
WHILE drunk on the 21st James Hen
erickson. of Chicago, fatally shot his
wife and then killed himself. Nine
children were len orphans.
GEORGE w. ROBERTS, book-keeper
and confidential manager Of the Smith
& Griggs Manufacturing Company at
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