Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
An Epitome Of the Happenings of
Two Hemisphere.
What is Transporting at the Capital OF
the United States-0ther Very
Interesting News.

past year.
Eight persons were killed and l2l in
iured by the street railroads of New York
city the past year.
Several large shipments OF silver from
the interior Of Mexico have been made
10 the United States.
The Postmaster-(ieneral in his report
favors the postal telegraph and postal
savings banks schemes.
Charles A. Shurtlif has been appoint
ed Assistant United States Attorney Tor
the Northern District Of California.
The Executive Departments, the Sen
ate and the House and the posioiiice at
Washington are to be connected by pneu-
matte tubes.
Fourteen thousand and seventy-two
postmaeters have been removed during
the past two years and 26,630 appointed
in the same time.
Delegate Game says Utah has ceased
knocking at the door OF Congress Tor adj
mission as State, and will wait for an
invitation to come in.
The vacant lands of the United States,
exclusive OF those in Alaska, at present
extend over 586 ,S6l acres, OF which
2S2, TIP, 439 are already surveyed.
1t is estimated that the public debt
less cash in the Treasury-increased
"A. 900 coo during November This is due
principally to the heavy payments made
during the month.
A Washington correspondent asserts
that Census Superintendent Porter was
short 125, 900 in his unofficial circular
giving the population Of New York city,
which the final calculation will show.
The Secretary Of the Navy has sent to
the Brazilian vessels now at New York
heavy clothing, which the officers and
men have not been provided with. This
was due owing to the severe cold spell
nov on.
Inspector Byrnes OF New York says Of
the late Charley Ross story: am
perfectly satisfied that there is nothing
IN the case, and that the person who
gave out the story lied about good many
things
The New York Herald's New Orleans
special asserts that seventeen lives We're
lost bv the burning of the steamer r. =.
feathers near Fort Adams, Miss. Some
were burned to death, and some were
drowned
The wife Of Frederick Douglass deliv-
cred an address on IIayti before n colored
high school in Washington few days
ago, her talk being illustrated by magic
lantern views.
Senator Sherman in part commends
Secretary WINDOWS per cent inter
convertible bond plan. but at the same
time calls attention 10 the danger OF in
LAT hAynt,I fIn
needs OF business.
In order to meet, as far as possible,
the present heavy demand for notes OF
small denominations, Secretary Win
dom has decided to issue ten, five and
one-dollar Treasury notes in exchange
for Treasury notes of larger denomina-
tions,
Almost 5000 new postohces, more
than any one year before, have been es-
tablished upon the petitions of conmu-
mites the past year. The star-ronte
mileage has increased over s 600 .00D miles
and the railroad mileage over 1000, 900
miles.
Canada proposes to have regular steam
co Hmunication with Southern and Cen
trail America, and monthly service to
China. Japan and Australia. A vlgor-
GUS foreign policy is pr posed as result
II '''0 WV
There are in the Kansas peniteutiary
at present forty eight murderers un-
der sentence OF death, none of whom
will ever be hanged. There are an ey u
hundred inmates in the institution who
haye committed homicide
One hundred ana MY men employed
IN the Union iaclhc machine SHOPS at
Omaha were 9lscharee9 IN accordance
with an order rom heaa4 sun
liar reductions OF force WIN De made al
In the Patent Office the total number
of applications received, including re-
issues, trademarks designs etc, the
past year. was l6,liD; the number OF
pat nts granted was y, S17; trademarks
and labels registered ,636, patents
expired, $50.
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will recommend the building Of a canal
from Lake Erie to the Ohio river, at t e
mouth of the Beaver, thirty miles below
Pittsburg. The canal will be lO2 miles
long, twelve feet deep, and vii cost
about 2b,00o,00O.
John X Brice. brother OF the Senator
elect from Ohio, denies the report that
his brother has lost $1,000 900 in the
present financial furry. He saws ii is
true that he has lost several hundred