The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
Doings at the Capitol and WASH
ington Items in General.

The senate confirmed tho following APP
pointments: Col. Charles Sutherland, SUR
geon-G General u. :. A.; John Cunningham.
Postmaster. Salem, Ill.
President HARRISON with the assistance OF
the postmaster general. Is making an inyes-
tigation into the recent killing of ). l..
Matthews. postmaster at Cnrroll'on, Miss
Among the applicants for the place when
MIR. Matthews was appointed WAS Miss
Doss, who in her application for the Office
states that her brother was al one time post
master nc Carrollton and died "for hts re-
publicanlsm.o Senator George received
letter from the Baptist minister nj Carroll
ton. The writer ssys that the killing was
the unfortunate result OF a personsl difficult
~ aud that politics did not enter into the
In The slightest degree.
The Senate committee on commerce made
favorable reports on the three marine meas
IRE, sent TO Congress: also on the House
bill to facilitate the collection OF CONNER
cial statistics iu localities where river ana
harbor works ar, m progress, the senate
bill 10 appropriate $4,000 TO rebuild the
United states steamer Thomas Ewing. OF
Baltimore. with an iron HUI, and tho
House bill TO cancel contracts for stone
for improving tile mouth OF the Columbia
River.
Minister Robert Lincoln was at the capi-
tol, aud was warmly greeted.
| Gen. Berdan has written y letter 20 thc
| Chairman OF the National Silver Executive
| Committee in which he SAYS: "lhc scheme
| In to make dollar OF gold and silver me-
chemically combined by first making sil-
yer coin worth % cents with hole in the
center. and then pressing q plug OF gold IN
| that hole that II worth IS cents. The number
! OF grains OF silver employed ia be- liked by
J Congress. Such n dollar would not only do
/ away with the serious objections raised by
! all TO the weight and Size of the present sill
| yer dollar, but the smallness OF the gold
dollar also. In mr. opinion this mttallic dob
lar would soon run out OF circulation all
notes OF a less denomination than S5.
The public debt was reduced sii,00j,50S
during the month OF December.
Referring to the Consular frauds Ia Cam
ada correspondent says: Treasury experts
are now OF the opinion That these frauds IN
the importation ~ dutlnblc merchandise
from Canada have cost the revenue much
greater sum than the amount hitherto osti-
mated. The actual loss TO tho revenues OF
the United states has been millions Of dol.
lars. Their detection aud suppression l. 80
important that IL Is confidently believed that
one Of the immedia results will be no.
ticeablo decline In Canadian export, TO the
United states.
The total amount OF i-i-2 per cent bonds
redeemed TO date il O. ,s35, 400.
A new silver dollar will probably be
created by the pan-American Monetary
Conference which meets In Washington.
IL will be n dollar circulated not merely In
The United States. but throughout all the
republics OF the New World. What II VIII
be like remains To be determined. but there
is little doubt on this point. In all proba-
bility IL will resemble somewhat the United
States silver dollar, with portrait OF Col
umbus to take the place OF the Goddess OF
Liberty on one side. the diverse varying.
There is u Farmers Alliance In working
order in Washington. The local member
ship Is not large, for tho number OF farmers
ia the District l. necessarily small. and
there would be no organization in Washing
ton were IL not for the fact that numerous
National Alliance officers are located there
This tent in tho great agricultural camp ID
known as Capital Alliance No. -, and I,
under the jurisdiction which controls ihs
state OF Maryland. Farmers, farm laborcrs
country mechanics. country physicians
: aud country preachers alone are eligible
aud these must all be men Of good mora
character. Inhdels, merchants, lawyers
and all persons connected with or employed
by corporations are shut out.
The Census Office figures on individual
Indebtedness contain some startling features
The aggregate mortgage indebtedness OF Tia
t, whole country is In the ncighborhood o
$3.50. 600. In Iowa the average mortgage
Z indebtedness per head IL sl3i. Iowa a
! looked upon as almost purely AN agrlcul
. tural State, aud with this showing 10 Is no
, surprising that it's farmers think something
is wrong IN the existing order OF things
1 In Alabama the average i SlBI per capita
4 There IL Is not the farmers who have beef
7 mortgaglng so much. for tho Indebtedness
A il the largest at the industrial center'.
Attempted Murder Near plymouth. Mich
Miss Thursta Cummings OF Canton
(. aged about % aud living alone on her farm
was aroused on recent night 10y ma
: knocking nc her door and requesting lodg
ing She refused 10 admit him and he brok
down the door, assaulted her. and eur he
: throat but not fatally. lie then nluDdcre
: the house, after which, finding lac
= still alive ho stabbed her three time
in the side with bread-knifr. IA
lay In her blood until next afternoon wief
with great effort, she went 10 the doc
and called a neighbour, Ben Bolton, wh
summoned other ncighbors and physician
The doctor thinks there IL doubt 81 her q
coyery. The villain isa young man. slot
:. OF build, and Is still at liberty.
e Committed Suicide.
: Information has Just been received Of =