Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-04-07
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.

ing n bill to tax bachelors.
The Minnesota House OF Representa-
tives has voted for free silver.
Two hundred and fifty soldiers at Fort
Omaha are down with the grip.
The site Of the National Temple for
women at Washington has been chosen.
New York city has new ordinance
forbidding the distribution of handbills
in the streets.
The Standard Oil Company is making
Roadway in controlling the inspection
laws in Michigan.
In thirty-tive parishes OF Louisiana
the colored people outnumher the whites
in some cases in the proportion Of fifteen
TO one.
Discomfort among the Indians at Pine
Ridge is beginning TO show again, and
the Young braves are said to be holding
conferences.
Acting Governor Barber OF Wyoming
has issued proclamation enjoining the
citizens to refrain from selling arms TO
the Indians.
Townsend. the Georgia brakeman who
BACKED j. l.. Sullivan's eyes, has already
received tempting offers from the mu-
scum managers.
A Texas artist has presented to his
State through the Legislature portrait
of Jefferson Davis, accompanied with
much ceremony.
A municipal refsrm law passed by the
Ohio Legislature appears to have wiped
out of existence the entire city govern
ment OF Cleveland.
New York has made application for the
repayment OF the direct tax under the
recent law passed by Congress, and the
amount called for is 81, 225 900.
General Gordon, United States Sena-
tor from Georgia, has joined the Farm
ersi Alliance. He is the man who re-
fused to shake hands with JAY Gould.
Commissioner Croft of the land Office
expresses the opinion that land contain
ing deposit OF potter's clay is not sub
ject to entry under the minerral-land
law.
John H. Tollman, a Brooklyn metal
lurgist, claims to have discovered proc
ess by which he can extract aluminium
from clay at ii cost OF only Is cents per
pound.
The United States government will
take no action in the suit instituted in
the Supreme Court by the English au-
thorities to bring the Behring Sea ques-
ton to test.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Mason
is strongly opposed to permitting Indians
to 20 with Buffalo Bill TO Europe, not
withstanding Secretary Mobiles consent
that they should go.
The Massachusetts, Senate has voted to
memorabilia Congress for an amend
ment to the Constitution permitting the
election of United States Senators by
direct vote of the people.
The North Dakota Legislature has Just
killed a bill to give blacksmiths a lien
which should take precedence over all
other pledges of Indebtedness for repairs
made ON thrashing machines.
Great damage has resulted at Montreal
and neighborhood from hurricane and
blizzard Many buildings in course of
erection were destroyed, and the country
districts have been heavy sufferers.
The weather crop bulletin issued at
Washington says it is probable the low
temperature reported in the country has
caused no marked injury 10 growing
crops, except fruit trees in the Gulf re-
gion.
The seventeen electric-light companies
doing business in New York have asked
the Board OF Electrical Control for an
extension of time for taking down the
poles and wires. The tine was set
June /.
The new steel steamer Marina, the
first OF the kind ever built in Chicago,
was successfully launched at the yards
of the Chicago Ship-Building Company.
She is Of 1000 tons displacement and sos
feet over all.
Whitflaw Reid and Charles Emery
Smith, the former Of the New York
Tribune and the latter of the Philadel-
phia Press, are dissatisfied with their
diplomatic positions, and will resign, re-
turn home and get into newspaper har
ness at once.
Tie Legislatures OF Texas and Arkan-
sas have passed laws requiring separate
but equal quarters for whites and blacks
in railroad coaches, following the exam
pile set by Louisiana not long ago. Leg
islation OF this kind stands in fair way
OF becoming universal in the South.
Ex-Minister to England Phelps, speak |
ing of the action OF America in supply |
ing money for carrying on "A truggle be- |
tween England and Ireland, stated in a |
lecture at Yale the other evening: Il
say we have no business to interfere be
tween these countries, and we shall rue
the day we did So"
Brigadier-General John Gibbon, com
handing the Division of the Pacific and |
the Department OF California, with head |
quarters at San Francisco, will be re-
tired for age on April 20, when there will |
be a lively contest for his position. 1t is |
believed Colonel James w. FORSYTH of |
the Seventh Cavalry will be appointed |
Geolge c. Merrick of Denver has again |
presented his now famous silver brick to |
Superintendent Boshyshell of the Phila- |
delphia Mint for coinage. This second |
presentation was made necessary by the |
death of Secretary Window, as it was so |
decided by the Attorney-General that
the suit must again be filed. The same |
course was followed as before.
The Howard Cassard, now building at
Baltimore, will be propelled by four
bladed screw, each blade of which is set |
on different line of rotation, or in spe-
cial order increasing in pitch toward the |
stern, as compared with the preceding
blade or blades. The object is to en-
body in single screw az much surface |
as now exists in twin screws driven by |
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