The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
EASTERN ITEMS.
Rev. Father Mollinger Reported
to be Dying.
Philadelphia'S Growth Retarded by En-
lgratiOn to Suburban Towns to
the Number Of $4,000.

Three hundred changes were made il
the House tariff bill by the Senate.
Several Kansas original-package cases
are to be taken to the Federal Supreme
Court.
The Worlds Fair Commissioners have
decided to have single head-a Director
General.
=. st. Paul charges Minneapolis with pad
dlng the census to the extent of $4,000
to $4,000 names.
BY the will of Lawyer Charles M. de
Costa of New York Columbia College
will be 100000 richer.
A monument to Alexander HI. Ste.
phens is at last to be erected over his
grave at Charlottesville, GA.
The Missouri State Board o. Equaliza-
ton has increased the valuation of rail
road property for taxation s., 500, 600 over
last year.
At an election at Cuyahoga Falls, O..
it was decided by vote of 292 to 27l tc
have open saloons. They have been
closed for two years.
Last year there were 3,545 election dis
tricts in New York State. This year,
under the operation of the new electoral
law, there will be 5000.
The Postmaster-General of Japan and
the Postmaster General of Canada have
signed convention for the establishment
Of parcels post between the two coun-
tries.
OF the 156 applicants for admission to
the Military Academy at West Point
twenty-four failed to pass the required
examinations on account of physical de-
fscts.
Mr.. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy, has
issued an order to the Marine band when
it plays in public to always "close the
with one of our national
airs"
An order has been issued by the Gen
eral uperintendent of the Railway Mail
Service discentinuing the Sunday morn
ing dispatch from San Francisco, to take
effect on July 3.
The growth of Philadelphia in the past
decade was apparently retarded by the
emigration to the suburban towns OF
about $4,000, according to the railroad
table.
If the reports Of the money earned by
Henry George during his Australian
lecturing tour are true, every iDhabitant
of the Antipodes has paid at least "sin-
gle tax" to hear Mr.. George speak.
A number of owners of property on
Michigan avenue, Chicago, have filed a
bill in the Chancery Court to restrain the
Worlds Columbian exposition from erect
ing any buildings On the lake front.
Supervisor of the Census Wright esti-
mates the population OF Mines p-inci-
pal cities as follows: Portland, 4,500;
Lewiston, p, 600; Biddeford, $500; Au-
burn, 10,100. The gains in each case are
very small.
1t is shown that on the basis of the
imports of 1889 the duties collected un-
der the Mckinley tariff bill would be
s2O5, 344, ,977, while the Senate amend
ments would reduce the amount to $201,
6S9, ,9O7, or $4, ,655, ,O7O less.
1t is reported that mythical building
and loan company of Philadelphia has
been victimizing Western people. The
name of the concern, which is alleged to
be without legal existence, is the Eastern
and Loan Association.
It is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that there has been a decrease of
about $40 O,OOO, 900 in the public debt since
June /. The total decrease for the fiscal
year is $S7 ,SO0,00O as against $114, ,000,-
boo for the previous fiscal year.
On the great Pennsylvania road GER
tain trains are supplied with stenograph-
ers and typewriters, for the use of pas
sengers who wish to conduct their cor
on the wing. Another idea
is a bulletin of the stock market.
The investigation committee to exam
inc into the charges against the West
End railway of lobbying with members
Of the Massachusetts Legislature finds
that carriages and dinners and hotel bills
we're paid for by the company. but no
luOucy lOI COlluP pun POoOo "e'o 0P~AA0 "
their knowledge.
The House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds has decided to
report favorably the bill providing for
the purchase of the building south OF the
Capitol owned by Benjamin F. Butler,
a good title be obtained and
the cost does not exceed $275, ,0J0.
The convicts at coaling camp sixteen
miles south of Rusk, Tex, assaulted and
killed the guard, then visited other camps
and liberated three squads. A large
force of officers is in pursuit, and blood
shed will follow, as the convicts obtained
firearms from farmhOuses.
The Second Comptroller of the Treas
ury has made a ruling adverse to the
claims of several hundred army officers,
aggre eating nearly $3.50, 900, for longevity
nav for service either at the Military
Academy or as enlisted men, based On
the decision of the Supreme Court in the
Watson case.
Among the so, 1884 immigrants into the
United States during the month OF Msy
were Is, ,163 from Germany. Il, la from
Ireland, 1927 from Italy, 10,l4S from
Austria, including Hungary and Bohe-
mia. 1851 from Russia and Poland,
s. .767 from Sweden and Norway and LIS
irom England and Wales. The total from
these countries was 70, ,39S, or 81 per cent.
of the grand total.
The House lottery bill in the Louisiana
Legislature will be passed by the Senate
in the form of a constitutional amend
ment, to be voted on at the next State
but a primary election will be
held before, at which only whites shall
vote on the question OF accepting or re-
jecting the lottery proposition. Ii the
vote is against the lottery, the company
will withdraw its offer and leave the
State when its charter expires.