Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17
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.

United States Judges are to be prohib-
tied from using railroad passes.
Kansas has just refranchised all ex.
Confederates within her borders.
The pittshnng, Fort WAYNE and Chica-
go road is to be douhle-tracked Mt once
The Kansas Legislature proposes to
prevent foreigners from holding land in
that State.
The Indians who killed Lieutenant
Casey and herder near Pine Ridge have
been arrested.
Railroad men in the West are said to
be preparing 20 combine in order TO com
bat Granger legislation.
The State Department il looking up
the unreasonable detention OF American
vessels in Haytiau ports.
There are As .2ss convicts in States
prisons, one-ffth of whom are foreigners.
Of.the lot II, 267 are colored.
During the wear 1890 over 1000 wills
were contested in this country, 90 per
cent. OF them having been broken.
The present Congress will pass no
river and harbor bill +; consequently there
will be no appropriations for improving
the rivers in California.
Reports from twenty-six States show
proposed appropriations of upward OF
$4,000, 600 Tor State exhibits, buildings,
etc, at the Worlds Fair.
prominent physician OF the Prov
ince OF Quebec was fined 800 because
by request he crossed the line and pre-
seribed for an Ontario patient,
The President has approved the act to
amend the act regarding the forfeitures
OF certain lands heretofore granted for
aiding the construction of railroads.
The Narragansett Indians are now
claiming title to land on the West Mar
ragansett shore, which they claim was
reserved by a treaty of 2SJ years ago.
The conference report ON the naval APP
preparation bill has cut down the appro-
priation Of $2I. 900 to purchase site for
dry dock at Port Orchard to SO 1000.
1t is stated at Lima, O., that the
Standard Oil Company has bought out
one OF its mast aggressive competitors,
the ieyser Oil Company, paying 81 ,6O0,-
010.
The Worlds Fair Directors have form
ally voted to abandon the Lake front at
Chicago as part of the site for the expo
sition. The fair will be concentrated at
jackson park.
James H. Beatty, nominated by the
President az United States Judge for
Idaho, and whose confirmation has been
opposed by the Idaho Senators, is in
Washington to defend himself.
Certain stockholders OF the Texas Cen
trail Railway Company have applied for
the removal Of Frederick u. Olcott, Pres
ident OF the Central Trust Company.
The petitioners are dissatisfied with his
management.
Among the changes in the civil appro-
priation bill is one increasing by $45O 900
the limit Of the cost of the San Fran
cisco postoffice building site, and one
extending to s350,000 the limit of the
cost Of the Los Angeles public building
The widow Of General Barrundia has
officially announced her intention OF
asking the United States government for
81 100000 indemnity for the killing of
her husband. The papers in the suit
have been served on Secretary of State
Blaine.
1t is reported that the combination OF
several Chicago breweries and the Blatz
brewery Of Milwaukee has been effected
under the name of the United States
Brewing Company. The capital is SIP
100000 The capital is to be exclusively
American.
A new process in the distillation of
whisky has been discovered, which will
materially reduce the cost OF manuiact-
IRE. A Japanese named Takamiue, now
a resident OF Chicago, has the secret, and
the whisky trust has entered into con
tract for It's use.
Senator Blair has reported from the
Committee on Agriculture, with amend
ments, the bill providing for the estab-
hshment Of a division OF elk culture in
the Agricultural Department for the de-
yelopment and encouragement Of the
silk-worm industry.
The census bulletin shows that on June
!, 1870, there were 40, 233 convicts in
State prisons and penitentiaries in the
United States, as against 80, $50 reported
in 1881, thus showing that the criminal
population is growing somewhat more
rapidly than the population at large.
The Kansas House Of representatives.
has passed bill appropriating $6J, 900
for the aid Of the destitute settlers i'm
the western counties Of Kansas. The
Senate has agreed to concur in the bill. /
The money is 10 be used for the purchase
Of seed grain in counties where the crops
last year were destroyed by drought.
Al Washington it is stated that il has !
been definitely decided Ia dispatch the |
new cruiser san Francisco to Valparaiso |
just ar soon a. She can be made ready. |
which sill be within a fortni ht. After /
the trouble III Chill is over. the San
Francisco viii in all probability become |
the flag ship oi the Pacific squadron.
ALONG THE COAST.