The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01
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second Session.
TUESDAY, Dec. 23.--A free coinage
amendment to the financial bill was
introduced in the Senate, and bill
was reported to provide against
the contraction of the currency. The
elections bill was further discussed. In
the House q resolution was introduced
instructing the committee on banking
to bring in a bill increasing the legal
tender currency of the country to an
amount equal to $50 per capita Of popu-
lation. The Speaker announced the
names of members appointed to fill the
existing vacancies in the House COM
mittees. Adjourned to the Goth.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24.-In the Senate
joint resolution was introduced to
provide for the floating of American
flags in the east and west porticos of
the capitol every day of the year. The
elections bill was again discussed. Ad-
journed to the 9th. The House was
not in session.
FRIDAY, Dec. 26. - The Senate was
not in session. In the House the jour-
nal was read, after which an adjourn
ment was taken to the goth.
SATURDAY, Dec. 27.-The Senate met
at noon, but adjourned without trans
acting any business. The House was
not in session.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The President nominated Henry B.
Brown, of Michigan, to be Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Justice Samuel F. Miller:
COLONEL CHARLES SUTHERLAND has
been nominated by President Harrison
to be Surgeon General, with the rank
of Brigadier General, vice j. II. Baxter,
deceased.
THE President issued a proclamation
declaring that the Worlds Columbian
Exposition would be opened on the 1st
day of May, in the year 1898, in the city
of Chicago, and would not be closed be-
fore the last Thursday in October of the
same year.
ESTIMATES made from figures in the
Census Office show that the aggregate
mortgage Indebtedness of the whole
country is in the neighborhood of $3.50,
900, 900.
DURING 1890 there were SITS miles of
new railroad tracks laid in this country,
against 5,095 miles in 1889. The total
amount of railway now completed in
the United States is 1917 miles.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the Goth numbered 1913, against 4O4 the
preceding week and 2sS the correspond
ing week last year.
AT Washington the snow was ten
inches deep on level on the Goth.
TREASURY officials discovered frauds
which had robbed the Government of
over 81, ooo, 900 within the last twelve
months. They were committed by the
Consuls and Consular agents of the
United States in Canada and by the ex-
porters of Canadian goods to the United
States.
F1FTY-F1vE vessels were lost during
the past season on the great lakes, the
total loss being $713, 1000.
The exchanges at the leading clear
| ing-houses in the United States during
! the week ended on the 27th aggregated
81, S5S, 59O,273, against 1000, 773, 97s the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the de-
crease amounted to 11.9
THE EAST.
GENERAL B. F. BUTLER said during a
criminal trial in the United States Dis.
trict Court at Boston on the 23d that
it was his last case in the courts, and
that hereafter his business would be
confined to office practice.
FRANKLIN w. HULL and Ellis G. Bard,
who embezzled $40, 900 from the Lin
coin National Bank of Lincoln, Pa,
were sentenced to five years imprison-
ment each.
DR.. WILLIAM r. HARPER, professor OF
scientific languages at Yale College, has
decided to accept the presidency of the
Chicago University.
Mrs. JOHN SULLIVAN, of Orange, N.
j., on November 10 gave birth to a
strong, healthy baby. On the oath inst.
she gave birth to second child, also
strong and healthy. Physicians said
such a case was never before heard of.
In Pennsylvania the law prohibiting
the sale of oleomargarine has been de-
clared unconstitutional.
JUDGE HALL declared, at East Lyme,
Conn.,, that a ''paster'' put on blank
space on ticket made the ballot illegal
under the State law. If sustained the
decision would invalidate $500 Prohibi-
ton ballots and elect Morris Dem. }
Governor.
AT Dover, N. H., Isaac B. Sawtelle
was found guilty of the murder of his
brother, and was sentenced to be
hanged the first Tuesday in January,
1892.
In New York an unknown woman
aged about 80 years fell on a sidewalk,
and her long hat-pin was driven into
her brain, causing almost instant death.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, a conspiracy to
flood the United States with counter
felt silver dollars was unearthed by the
arrest of nineteen Italians employed to
pass the coins.
WHILE out hunting John Frick, of
Johnstown, Pa, accidentally shot and
killed his 7-year-old son.
THE labor commissioner of Maine
says that there are 1910 abandoned
farms in the State.
AT their home in Rochester, N. Y,
Mrs. John Dietrich and three children
were burned to death. Her husband
and one son escaped.
In the East blizzard prevailed on
the Goth and New York City was buried
in snow. Street-cars, elevated railways
and ferry-boats were delayed. The
coast was swept by strong gale, and
at Narragansett Pier two schooners
went ashore and three men were
drowned. In Buffalo, N. Y, the ther-
mometer registered 10 degrees below
zero, and at Lyndonville, VT, the mer-
curry sunk to 80 below zero.