The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
The News, Of the Week.
by TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

The News OF the Week.
by TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
F,FTy.secoNo CONGRESS-
TUEsDAY, Dec. l5.-Bills were in
troduced In the senate to purchase q
site for . building for the supreme
court of the United States; for a
bronze statue of CHRISTOPHER Columb bus
in Washington; to promote and en-
courage the display Of the flag of the
United States. A memorial was pre-
'sented from the Minnesota legislature
to make October IL, tho anniversary OF
the discovery of America by Colum bus,
. day of national Thanksgiving.
WEDNESDAY,, Dec 1a.-In the senate
numerous petitions were presented
against opening tho worlds fair on
Sunday. Bills werc introduced to
establish a branch mint at Council
Bluffs, Ia, auc for ship canal around
Niagara falls The following nomi-
nations for United States circuit
judges were received from the presi-
dent: William l.. Putnam. of Maine,
for the first judicial circuit: Nathaniel
Shipman. of Connecticut, second;
George NJ. Dallas. of Pennsylvania,
third; Nathan Goff, of West Virginia,
fourth; William II. Taft, of Ohio, sixth:
William A. Woods. of Indiana, seventh.
In the house the speaker announced
the committee on rules. Mr.. Taylor
(Tenn.) announced the death of hi.
friend and colleague, Leonidas e.
Houk, aud the house then adjour ed
to the 10th.
THURSDAY, Dec l7.-In the senate
the nomination OF Stephen B. Elkins
for secretary of war was received
from the president. Senator Turpie
spoke in favor of the election OF
United States senators by a direct vote
of the people and Senator Stewart
spoke in favor of free silver coinage.
The standing committees were en-
nounced and confirmed. Bills were in.
troduccd to amend the act of the last
congress authorizing the sale Of timb Der
on lands reserved for the use of the
Menominee Indians in Wisconsin, and
to remove the limitation on arrears OF
pensions Adjourned to the 21st
FROM WASHINGTON.
TuE visible supply of grain in the
United States on the l4th was: Wheat,
~, ,25s, ,cs5 bushels; corn, 3,o65, 500 bush
els; oats, 4, 4s5, ,7:2 bushels.
TIE pension office paid out s., 900, ,o0e
in pensions during the first fifteen days
of this month.
The secretary of state announced the
conclusion of q commercial reciprocity
agreement between the United States
and all the British West Indies islands
and British Guiana
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
Sl,2ss, 46S, 9Sl, against 81, ,2lS, 070,S ,S72, the
previous week. The increase as com.
pared with the corresponding week OF
1890 was 1915
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered 335, against $40 the
previous week and 4o4 for the CORE
spending week last year.
THE EAST.
EDWARD NJ. FIELD, the son of Cyrus
W. Field and a partner in the bank
rupt firm of Field, Lindley, Wiechers s
Co., of New York, was arrested at a
private insane asylum and taken tc
police headquarters.
The fast train on the New York Cen
trail railroad collided with switch en-.
gine at Newburg, N. Y, killing the en-.
gineer and fireman of the express.
Many Of the passengers were hurt, bu,
none seriously.
Edmond s. CoNNoR died at his home
in Rutherford, n. j., aged 81 years.
He was the oldest actor in America
The case of the Adams Express Com
pany against ex-President Hoey will
be compromised by ths return of about
$500, 900 to the company by Slr. Hocy.
THIEVES entered the dwelling of w.
Fl. Rhodes at Altoona, Pa, and after
chloroforming the family took 81, 200 in
cash and many valuables
In Philadelphia the new Drexel in.
stitute of industry was formally dedi.
Gated. Anthony J. Drexel has given
81, 500, 600 for the esta blishment of the
institution.
AT the Cameron co.liery near Shame
kin. Pa, gas explosion fatally injured
two Italians and four Hungarians.
The s4th birthday of John Greenleat
Whittier. the Quaker poet, was cele
brated on the 18th at his home in New
buryport, Mass
Four leaders of a gang that had been
flooding Philadelphia with counterfeit
money were arrested.
In a tunnel near Catawissa, Pa.
freight trains collided and Enginee,
Fisher and Fireman Smith were killed.
THE Drexe! institute in PHILADELPHIA
has been presented by George w. Childs
with almost his entire collection of rare
prints, manuscripts, autographs, etc
valued at 10000.
FLAMES in the wholesale millinery
house Of Porter, Donaldson & Co., ir
Pittsburgh, Pa, entailed a loss o1
S15D,O,o.
IT was Claimed that New York to
bacco importers had swihdled the gov
-
within the last few months.
A MANIAC named Michael Harvey
shot anil killed John Come, :on auc
wounded two other persons in Brook
lyn, n. y, and then took his own life
WEST AND SOUTH.
Coz. WILLIAM E. MERRILL, of Cincin
natl, United States engineer in charge
OF the Ohio river and all its Havigable
tributaries, dropped dead on a trai1
near Edgar. III.
A DIVORCE was granted to an Indiar
at Chamberlain, $. n, the first case Of
the kind on record.
FIRE caused a loss of $3.50, ,0Oo- q
Florence, Ala.
THE failure was announced of thu