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was but the entering wedge to greater
projects, to railroad lines that would
connect the Eastern scaboard with the
great West. The fact that line via
this city from New York to Chicago
would be shorter than any other prac-
teal route has long been established by
the testimony Of competent engineers,
and the community hoped that at last
the idea that had long been enter-
tanned, that some day Wheeling would
be on the leading East aud West trunk
line, was about to be realized.
The first step toward the realization
Of these hopes has already been taken.
On April Is, 1891, the first formal step,
was taken to incorporate the Wheeling
& Connellsvillo Railroad Company TO
build q railroad commencing at or near
the city Of Wheeling; thence by prnc.
tiCable route to the Pennsylvania and
West Virginia line at or near where 1t il
crossed BY Wheeling creek, IN Marshall
county, on its way TO the coke fields.
The capital stock Of the company Is 70
be 81 100000, to be divided into shares
OF 500 each. With two exceptions tho
incorporators are active business men
Of Wheeling. The exceptions are w.
A. Lynch, OF Canton, aud Judge R, II.
Cochran, both Of whom are closely
identified with the Terminal system,
the latter being almosta Wheeling man
and deeply interested in WheelinR,s
advancement. The corporators are: W.
A. Lynch, Of Canton, Ohio; +. ]. Hearne,
R. II. Cochran, W. A. IEett, ]. n. Vance,
George Wise, A. ]. Clarke, @. A. Robin
son, John G. Hoffmann, Henry 4. List
Joseph Speidel, Anton Reyman4, Jsrne9
B. Taney, Z. ". 0glebay, John FFeW,
W. P. Hubbard.
The object ofthis road Isl to get to the
coke fields and ultimately to make thte
line an essential connecting link be-
tween tho East and the West, the Ter
minal system being an important paES
OF the work.
In addition to the direct copnectton
with the Gonnellsville coke fields, II y
proposed TO extend the road by another
branch to connect in the valley, Of the
Cheat or Monongahela river With one OF
the systems now being extended from
the West Virginia coke und coal regions
toward Pittsburgh. Such o connection
viii at least put Wheeling on an even
footing with Pittsburgh as to access e
the mineral, timber and agricultural
wealth Of tho great interior Of West VII.
ginia-nn achievement which the most
thoughtful manufacturer Of Wheeling
have long regarded as Of vital tmport-
ance that Wheeling may hold her own
in the march OF progress.
these incorporators on May 10 cleo:
cd directors as followB: W. 4. Lynch, ot
Canton, Ohio; Judge R, q. Cochran, ot
Toledo, Ohio; Joseph speidell, + J.
Hearne, George Wise, W: a. Isett, w.
P Hubbard, Cecil A. Robinson and An
ton Reymann, OF Wheeling. The eneFs
gy and business standing 70 these gen
tiemen bode well for the success OF tue
project.
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Thomas, of Boston, and A. h. Almstead,

Thomas. Of Boston, and A. II. Almstead,
Of Hartford, are the directors.
Job Abbott, Consulting Engineer, OF
New York City, is the Chief Engineer
Of the Company and designer Of the
bridges and structures on the system:
His assistants were u. +. Dunham, Of
Cleveland, Ohio, and Gil Brown, v. +.
Yoder, Robert Hazlett, ots wheeling,
and j. Wander Hoek, OF BATAVIA, N. X.
The Wheeling & Eastern improve.
ment Company, Of Hartford, Conn.,. (of
which the late Col. George ?. Bissell, a
banker Of that city, was. President) Is
the general contractor. Paige, Care
& Co, Of New York City, are the SUB.
contractors for'all the work, except the
bridge superstructures, and they nave
won high reputation for promptness
and good work. ~,
The Edge Moor Bridge Works, o. VIII
mingtOn, Del, were the contractors tor
the Ohio River bridge superstr9cture,
and in the work they sustained their
national name as among the best bridge
builders in the world. 1t was erected
by Baird Brothers, Of Pittsburght Pa,
aiid the Edge Moor works also quilt the
trestle yiaduct at Martins Ferry and
the Union Station bridge over Wheel
ing creek. The Wrought Iron Bridge
Company OF Canton, Ohio, were the
contractors and builders Of the fenin-
sula and Seventeenth Street pnages
rover Wheeling creek, and Of az other
mail spans and turntables on tne sys-
tenn. Rotch 4 Tldeh, Of Boston are
the architects for the Union sEauoa.
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In the two cities, the company owns
about one hundred and fifty acres for
terminal facilities, and for distance of
nearly five miles within the corporate
limits, train may move at full speed
without crossing street or railroad at
grade. Wheeling may certainly boast o
model bridge and terminal system, both
in design and frst-class workmanship.
It's estimated that the entire cost of
the whole system, including buildings
and motive power, will amount to over
five million dollars.
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURES, W. B. d T. EY. co.
Ohio river bridge Il Double track.
Length 2,O97 feet Approaches 317 and
s6s feet. Channel span 525 feet. Three
spans 25O feet each. Ono span 152 feet
-pier cepters. Channel span 90 feet
above low water.
Wheeling creek Peninsula bridge
Double track. Total length 300 feet.
Two spans 1876 feet each. One span 30
feet. Road level 62 feet above creek
level.
Union station bridge-Double track,
Total length 293.5 feet. Two spans lO0
feet cache One span 75.5 feet. Girders
Fourth street bridge, Martins Ferry
Double track. Total length 1877 feet.
Four spans Of AZ to 81 feet.
Jefferson street bridge, Martins Ferry
Double track. Total length ll2 feet.
Three spans, 20 feet above street.
North terminal viaduct, Martins
Ferry-single track. Total length ! ,472
feet. Forty-two spans from 80 TO 81 ieet
long.
Tunnels-All double track.
Top mill tunnel-Total length 5S7 feet.
Mount Wood tunnel-Total length
C6apiine hill tunnel-Total length
WI Wheelingcreek Retaining WALL, ,o5o
feet long, 40 feet high, 20 feot thick at
base.
Single Tracks, miles.
Double Track-4! miles.
Length OF Sidings-3 miles.
Total Length Of rracks-l74 miles,,
Maximum Grade $40 feettoa mile.
Maximum Curvature-l0 degrees on
maximum grade; II degrees on level
grade.
DOUBLE TRACK STEEL BRIDGE OF W., B. q t.
RAILWAY COMPANY OVER OHIO RIVER
7 Length Of Bridge-2,O97 feet.
Length of Channel Span-525 feet
WeiSht Of Channel Span-2,OOO tons.
Depth Of Trues Channel Span-s5 teet'
Height above Low Water-9O feet.
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Tho Union railroad Bridge Across tho ohio River.

First street in Martins Ferry, fine iron
stairways rise to topt walk on the
bridge.
stands splendid monument to pluck
and skill, and is the pride OF the county
and city, which by'an almost unani-
nous popular vote subscribed SS000C0
in aid Of its erection and OF the termi-
nails.
THE TERMINAL RAILWAY.
More interesting, II possible, than the
great bridge, is the company's terminal
railroad, on the Wheeling side, imme-
diotely at the east endof the bridge, a
double track tunnel, 5b7 feet long,
pierces hill to on open cut 250 feet
long in Jonathan's Run, and then an-
other double track tunnel 1908 feet
long passes under Mount Wood to the
beautiful valley Of Wheeling Creek,
which is crossed BY q double track steel
deck bridge 800 feet long and 90 feet
high, taking the line of the Peninsula
to the east part of the city, where the
company owns seventy acres OF land and
has its round house, shops and cattle
yards. From this point, track runs
east up the valley along the creek about
q mile to connection with the Pitts
buFgh division OF the B. 4 o. r. r, The
down town line follows the east bank OF
the creek over o girder span over the
Fulton road and,under Rlrder span on
the B. & o.. r. R., under Q steel bridge
ON Seventeenth street, 70 the Whitaker
Iron Works, where Il pierces Chapline
hin by . double tracktpnret 2ti9s tegt
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three times for the different lines Of the
THE UNION STATION.

THE UNION bTATlOSs
Returning to Whitaker's, Ethe COM
pany is constructing double track
steel bridge 270 feet long in three skew
spans, with plate girders 0 feet deep,
weighing so to 60 tons each, across
Wheeling creek to the north bank Of
the creek, where the company is build
ing large Union Station, freight depot
and train yard in the heart OF the city,
three squares below the Mcclure House
and one square from the Custom House,
Postoficc, City Hall and court house,
whero the company has about ten acres
OF ground for these purposes, acquired
largely By donation from the city.
On tho Martins Ferry, Ohio, side Of
the river, after leaving the main bridge,
Jefferson street is crossed by double-
track steel bridge, 1i2 feet long, 20 feet
above tho street, and Fourth and Fay
etto streets are crossed diagonRlly by q
double-track ateel bridge, lb7 feet long,
with four spans, and a novel arrange
ment Of supporting column piers. One
and half miles'above this, near the
north limits Of Martins Ferry, the
track reaches connection with the
Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh Railroad, and the
proposed Wheeling 4 Cleveland Rail.
road. At q point about half mile
south OF this connection steel yiaduct,
1900 feot long, leaves themnin track,
crossing the o. 4 +. and several streets
twenty 10 thirty feet above, md curves
Ground tho tapghlin nstl works q Q
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AR the largest and most
W. important single enterprise
- inor about Wheeling, is tho
Wheeling Bridge ( Ter.
sasai.l %,aai Railway Company, which has
,ir.l ,rp.eisd y bridge across the Ohio
s,s.aa Nv; aud is rapidly completing an ex.
MI S've e terminal system 81 railroad m
M IN Sas soes o; the liver. Its first corpo.
tV,,A ATtaS paS Nas tho Wheeling & Harris.
| |GpS, ,"oNIWay Company with charter
y, nv y 70 construct q railroad from tho
h. s,,"I s,TFe OF the Ohio river up Wheel.
n" "Sek IN the direction Of Councils.
kns,S Wlh iliiy miles Of lateral and
Ssssr,IInes' Ssr IInes' Without any change or
lise SVn Ss, OF corporate rights, the
l5s.al u been changed to "NNheelins
Ess nS @ 4ermina! Company" For
Ia wv S.s 1--WE aud progressive business
nj. SS ~ manufacturers Of Wheeling
cSs.S,iuEts s S.iuEts to secure d belt railroad
SlS Ing Lang ihe leading concerns which
.,y,,S y ,h'pperS ot freight with Tho
d,,,sI Inv !, ,FeilEoadSi Tor yearr it was the I
tcG, ~ y oTlng into tho city the rail.
noniz,NN Wie Chic aide, which while
RHeegSS having their termIni al
.lais really ended outside the city
tionb,,A. = union railroad bridge and 4
.Ryth Ss y Terminal System meant so
we city that several tmes o.,
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MneolIng, Fulton and Bonwood.


l. Wheeling, Iron & Nail Co.
Z North Wheeling Glass Co.
8 JOS Bell Stove Foundry.
1. Ohio Valley China Co.
5. Wilson Planning Mill.
8. Reservoir.
/. City Water Works.
s. Smith Brewery
8. stifel Calico Print Works.
10. Engine House, W., B. & 7. Ry. Go.
II. Freight House, W., B. & I. Ry, Co.
lal4 F. schenk & Sons Pork Packing Works.
lS. Hanna / Cemmans' Paper Mill.
l5. Market House.
V. p, W. ( KY. Passenger Station.
IT, Windsor Hotel.
10. F, G. / St. L. and O. R. Freight Station.
20. B.&O. Freight Station.
q. B. & o. Passenger Station.
o. McLure House.
%. Pollock Flour Mill.
a. POstotice
25. B. Fisher Iron Foundry.
21. Court House and City Hall.
81. Wig. & Elm Grove Station and Shops.
a. Flaccus Bros,i Fruit Packing Works.
go West Virginia Tobacco Co.
81. Union Passenger Station, W., B. & 7. BY.
49, Union Freight Depot.
80, Beltz & Flading Planning Mill.
1856. City Gas Works.
35 Camden Oil Co.
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ern approach into the valley Oh "Aee'.
ing creek, nobody believed that SO great
d project and one requiring the expen'
diture OF so vast sum was 70 pc cur.
ried out simply for the local business u
could command, important as that was
The projectors kept their own cognsel,
but L was cchiectured that this scnsne
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DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION.

DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION.
The main top chords and inclines and
posts are in box form, SO by SO inches,
and the inclined end parts, which are
the heaviest single pieces in the strue-
ture, are 40 feet long and weigh each
2lI tons. Along the center of each side
Of the span is o line OF heavy stiftening
chords for additional safety, so that in
case Of derailment of train in ordinary
motion, the structure would not be ap-
'preciably affected.
A unique feature OF the channel span,
also OF the 250 feet spans, is the separa-
ton OF the bottom chord bars into two
lines, one above the other and six feet
apart.
The transverse beams OF the floor sys-
tenn are riveted into hangers, which con-
meet the two lines OF the chords, and
these, with The diagonal wind rods,
make a sure and direct horizontal truss
for transmitting the wind pressure to
the piers.
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IF vour nnmo Is not on the NTELLL
oENCERs subscription Books make haste
10 got It on the list. notwithstanding Y.
creased aI1s and general limproveInens
tbsre Is no increase inpFlSo, still better
4hiugs are 70 COMA
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@an Undertaking Giving the City
Access to tho Entire World.
THE GOOD ALREADY DONE
Not So Great as that Which will
be Accomplished.

'A' Details of wheclIng's Great Rail-
'Oaa Development, aud til, Promise
u Her Fino Onion Bridge aud Com.
pete Railway Terminal System.
aN' Men to Whom the Honor OF the
S'cA' :. Achievement is Due..-what it
signifies for the Future of the City.
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ITS FIRST FRUITS.

The Significance of the Terminal system
JBeEins to bo Apparent to All.
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.. Wheelinc Steel Works.

r. Wheeling Steel Works.
7S b. Q. Station.
a. Bellaire Goblet Co.
rs. Enterprise Glass Co
76. Belaire Window Glass Go.
"a. Ohio Valley Foundry Co.
78. National Glass Works
TO- Etna Glass and Manufacturing Co.
so. Buckeye Lantern Co.
81. Globe Flour Mill.
ST. B.. Z& G.. R. r. Passenger Station.
So. Bcllaire City Mills
81. B.& o. Passenger Depot.
S5. C.& P. Freight Depot
SO. B& o. Round House,
81. B. & o. Freight Station
$3.50. Belmont Glass Works.
Belare Stamping Co.
90 Planning Mill
0l. @, ,L& W. Passenger Station.
02. Belaire Bottle Co.
98. Lantern Globe Co.
Oh C.&P. Passenger Station.
95. C.&P. Shops.
96-e7. Belaire Nail Works.
.s Sunion Glass q
%: CfystaI. window Glass o.
100 Paper MIL
iSa iSa. q, esSIs6 T. WE " Freight Station
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Wheeling Hinge Go.

97 Wheeling Hinge 90.
49, NcNfechen & Sons, Fruit Packers
99 Engine House, W., B. &T. Isy.Co
Central Glass Works
424k45. Reymann Brewing Co.
As. Reiys Pork House
Wheeling Corugaing 90.
Whitaker & Steel Works.
Furniture Co.
Holidays Planning Mill
Centre foundry.
Wheeling Lamp Stamping Co.
Warwick Pottery:
5Oa. ]. .VoeCkler Tannery.
81. Wheeling Ice & Storage Co.
e. Kieges, Kraft & o., Planning MIL
Schmubach Brewing Go.
54 ]. G. Hoffman Tannery.
Riverside Nail Mill
Spears Axle Co.
5S. B. &. o. R. r. Shops.
50. A. ]. Sweeney & Sons Foundry.
60. Wheeling Pottery
61. Riverside Works
Ironip
LaBeie Pottery:
a. Schmubach BrewingCo.
6566. Hobbs Glass Co.
Round House Q. R. R. r.
Tobacco Co.
Co. Riverside Furnaces Tube Works.
7071. Iron Works. Z
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wnsr VIRGINIA az grazing State iS
unsurpassed.
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double track span in'America. OF the
weight above named, no less than $4,000
pounds arc steel rivets.
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los O., l. & W. Round House.
1o4 Rhodes Flour Mill
05 G., ID W. Passenger Station.
06 ca P. Passenger Station.
10Y. & P. FreghtSt
0s Baggs sonsL Lumber Co.
Koehnline Bros. Ice Houses.
Bridgeport Glass Co.
III. Etna Iron and Nail Works
12 Standard Iron Co.
1s Martins Ferry Keg & Barrel Co
Spence Machine Co.
Union Flint Glass Works.
49, Ohio City Foundry.
III. 0hoVafey Agricultural Works.
1S Buckeye Glass Co.
19 Benwood Works-Furnaco.
O, L. & W. Depot
12 "a P. Freight Depot
1872 Martins Ferry Stove Works.
1873 IaughHn Nail Co.
12l w. B. st Passenger Station
1885, Eson Glass Co.
1885, Kerr & Sons Planning Nil.
1877. Exey Planning Mill.
"a" w. B. T. Ry with the Cleveland Canton ana
Cleveland Pittsburgh Railroads.
Junction Of the W. T. Ry with the Wheeling q Lake e ana
ac&Dn Junction Il the ". B. & F with 9 Railroad
the w B.& Ry with the Ohio River and Pittsburgh,
Wheeling Kentucky Railroads
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MGAIh Ia. ~ -
osAA n - ---s
sra0 &iilaaASf ap@~sa
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lo1. Crystal Glass Works.
102. O., /. & w. Freight Station.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-05-28
AMONG THE Toll Frs

The Scottdale strikers cannot hold out
mHch longer.
Two hundred men in the Huntington,
Ind, lime kilns struck,
IN riot at Seottdale, Pa, strikers and
sheriffS had brush in which two deputies
were horribly beaten.
THE worlds fair directors have again de-
cided not to grant the minimum rate of
wages asked for by the various labor organ
iZations.
AT Milwaukee work at the ship yards is
at standstill, owing tC strike of the ship
carpenters ard calkers of $3.50 per day of
eight hours.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, the street car
strike eliminated in three serious riots in
which seven men were seriously and one
James E. Marshall, conductor on the
South Division street line, fatally injured
CHIEF OF POLICE McCLAUGHRY, of Chicago,
issued special order to inspectors of all
divisions but the second, to withdraw their
men detailed for duty on account of The
chicago g. Northwestern strike, there being
no Longer any OCCASION fqf theiF seryiees
there, ~ ~
THE situation between the Northwestern
road and its discharged switchmen remains
unchanged. The officials of the company
say that they will reemploy such of the
discharged men as they are satisfied will
prove faithful and efficient employees, pro-
vided they make application for reinstate-
ment at once. The business of the road
continues to move as usual.
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NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN.
III. e. Taubeneck of Illinois Selected as
Chairman,


Chairman.
After the recess the roll of states was
called for members of the national commit
tee the convention adopting the innovation
of appointing three members from each
state instead of one member. as, the old
parties have done,
The 4 (liaAse congressman ]. G. Otis of
Kansas nominated H. E. Taubeneck of Illi-
nois as chairman of the national executive
committee. There was a great outburst of
cheers when Taubeneck's name was lnen-
toned. W. r. Lamb of Texas seconded
the nomination, saying he had watched
Taubeneck's record and was satisfied.
Taubeneck was chosen by acclamation.
Loud calls for Taubeneck finally brought
that gentleman to the rostrun where he
made brief but very modest speech. thank
ing the delegates. The following is the ma
tional committee:
Arkansas, L. P. Featherstone, Isaac f. Nc
Cracken, j. Q. A. Bush; California, Marion Can
non, H. c. Dillon. A. G. H1nckley; Coupect!Gpt,
Nv #sayst 4 eRsf sas a. E 1esssld tGuS iniI l.
ana, c, A, Powers, Leroy Templeton, J. b. Com
i, Taubeneet Kansas ?, = ElaeF, Gp Levi Dunn: M
bold, H. s, 0sborni Kentucky, D. L. Graves, s.
F. Smith, 7, g, Fallin; Lou siana, ~. Mills,
G. F. Washburn, A. G. Brown, E. NJ. Boynten;
Michigan Fen Colyin, Mrs. 8. L, Y. Emery,
nelly, c. i. PERKS, Andrew Stevenson:
Missouri, Paul ): Dickson, J. w. Rodgers,
W.. t: Atkeson; Maine, II. s. Hobbs, +, A, How
ard. d. w. Smith: Nebraska, i. II, Edmeston,
Willlam pYsart. ". H. VEST New York, Jacob
II stHdsF, joel J. Hoyti Ohio, Hugo preyer, J.
Cobb, IT. L. Barnes Oklahoma, Samuel CrocEer,
A, 4. Light, John Hogapi Pennsylvania, E. A.
Thampsan, ., r, Agnew, Lewis Edwards: South
Dakota, j, W, Hardin, II. L. Loucks, Fred
seppe; Texas, w, r. Lamb, Thomas Gaines, J.
III, Davis Tennessee, III. p. Osborne, G. w, r.
Kay, John w. james; Wisconsin. Robert sohill-
ing, Alfred Manheimer, a, ]. Phillips; West Vir-
Rinia, Luther q. shinn, George w. Hamment,
Thomas Keeny Wyoming, H. Bretonstein,
James A. Smith, II. d. Merritt; District OF
Columbia, Lee Crandall, s. A. Brand, II. ].
Sehultpra st
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EVENTS OF A WEEK.
Flashed by the Wires of the Telegraph
Condensed and Classified for
Convenience of Readers.
Washington, Foreign, Accidental Per-
sOnal, Criminal and Other
. News Of Importance.
WASHINGTON.

THE test of the United States irOnclad We
suvius pneumatic guns proved satisfactory
Don HERMAN VIAL BELo, has been ap-
pointed secretary to the Chilian legation at
Washington.
w. A. WRIGHT, ST., has been appointed
postmaster at Cloquet, Mimi, Herbert e.
Kelley at Ely, Mimi, and p. J. Peterson
at Valley City, S. ID.
THE president has directed that 'he be
furnished with an estimate of the probable
revenue from all scources for the fiscal year,
based on the changes made by the last
congress i'll the internal laws.
THE treasury statement shows that the
treasury held May 20, $262, ,O57, ,4S3 in gold,
bullion and coin, being decrease since the
the first of the month of more than ST., 000
600 and since the first of January of more
than $37, ,OUO 900.
THE chief~of the secret service division
is advised of the arrest by Neville Richards
at Detroit, Mich, of one of its operatives
for making and passing counterfeit coins;
also the arrest at Omaha, Neb., of SilaS A
Purdy and Ida OlmStead for passing count
erfeit silver dollars at various points in
Nebraska.
THE president has stated that he would
IlOt dppOlllI dIlS vi VIC llSN SllSulC IuNSSo
until the meeting Ofthe senate in Decem-
Der. The supreme judges will meet with
the present circuit judges and organize the
circuit courts under the new law, which re-
quires that organization on the third Mon
day in June.
The first official act of the postmaster
general on his return to the department
from his Western trip was to authorize the
establishment of Il very complete service
with Alaska, which will be inaugurated
July /. The service will bring into contact
with civilization vast extent of country
and people who have heretofore been de-
barred from communication with the
United States except by means of chance
sailing vessel.
SECRETARY RUsK has issued al order that
all sheep and swine to be imported from
Canada into the United States are made
subject to the regulations of the depart
ment of agriculture of date Oct. 13, 1890.
The exception contained in the third and
sixth regulations ofthe said date as asapplica-
bic to Canadian sheep andswine, is rescind-
ed, and all animals named in said regula-
tions, except cattle, imported from Canada,
are subject to the same conditions and re-
quircmentS as if they were imported into
the United States from Great Britain and
the continent of Europe.