Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-31
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.


creased to 100000.
The Texas House has passed the rail
road commission bill.
The population of Texas is 1926 900
In 1880 it was ,59l ,749.
group Of silver mines in Ontario has
been sold for $10,000,000.
The population of Illinois as given by
the last census is 3, 1926, 35l.
The population of Colorado in 1880
was 1914, 1927, and in 1890, Az, 1913.
Congress killed the appropriation for
geological garden in Washington.
Connecticut farmers are organizing
leagues, and propose to go into politics,
Nine. Patti will give twenty operate
performances in Rio de Janeiro for $780,
900.
Pennsylvania's share in the direct tax
refund from the Federal treasury is about
81 800
Favorable reports of the outlook for
the wheat crops come from Indiana and
Illinois.
The Mississippi river gets an appro-
priation OF ii 900 900 to keep it within
its banks.
President Harrison has decided to
start on his trip to the Coast within u
few days after April |.
Secretary Proctor is going to California
the visit being in the line OF his proposed
inspection Of military posts.
Settlers along the Red river in Mime
sofa and North Dakota are in danger of
losing their property because OF railroad
claims.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has be-
fore it a bill providing for the equestrian
statues of Meade and Hancock at Get
tysburg.
The cotton crop this season, it is est-
mated, will be 500,000 bales short Of that
Of last year. Farm work is a month be-
midland.
Virginia has a population OF OH $3.50
whites, GAO, S57 colored, $40 Indians, 30
Chinese and Is japanese, making total
Of ,655,970.
A bill has been introduced into the
Minnesota Legislature to punish ac-
tresses who wear tights at theaters or
concert halls.
The Edwin Forest Home in Phila-
delphia suburb now contains thirteen
beneticiaries, eight of whom are women
and five are men.
The shad fishing industry in Connect
lieut. is threatened with destruction, and
the General Assembly will be asked to
enact the most stringent laws to protect
that business.
The work of repairing the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal is soon to be begun, and
the restoration will, ii is said, be fought
by the Washington and Cumberland
Railroad Company.
President Harrison signed the bill for
new mint building in Philadelphia ex-
actly 100 years after President Washing
ton signed the bill for the establishment
of the original mint.
The truth about the Indian situation
appears TO be that while the chiefs Who
visited Washington have gone home dis
satisfied they will not fight again in the
spring, as was rumored.
A new feature of the postal service
will 20 into operation April | next, when
sea postohces will be established on the
German steamers plying between New
York and Hamburg and Bremen.
The new census demonstrates the fact
of Iowa only 3,2IO, 1872 are mortgaged,
and ii is said that this not unfairly rep
rcsents the condition of the Western
States
The total population of Louisiana is
1,llS,5S7. OF this number 554,712 are
white. 562 sos colored CPS Indians, 3l5
Chinese and 30 Japanese. In the parish
OF Orleans there are l76, 2S5 whites and
65603 colored.
1t is said Anna Dickinson is not in
zane. but hat she is suffering from merry
Gus prostration occasoned by literary
work forced by the necessities OF provid-
ing for livelihood, and is in need of
pecuniary assistance.
The Delaware, Lnckawanna and West
ern Railroad Company has directed that
trainmen employed on that road shall
not sign petitions that have been put in
circulation in towns along the line for
signatures to secure licenses for saloons.
The census figures show that the pop
ulation OF Massachusetts, between 1880
and 1890 had a larger absolute increase
than during any previous decade and Il
relatively greater increase than during
any decade since that between 1910 and
1850.
Huihpef OF prominent latleS oil Inll-
adelphia have sent protest to the Di-
rectors OF the Academy of Fine Arts
against the fragrant indelicacy of many
pictures now on exhibition. 1t is the
general sentiment" they say, "that
never before in Philadelphia has modesty
been SO ruthlessly assailed."
A religious fight is anticipated in st.
Louis. The trouble is OF political origin
Protestant ministers profess Ia be
alarmed berause the Mayor is Catholic
and the Board Of Public Improvement.
the Local Assembly and the School Board
have large number Of Catholic mem
hers. Several Protestant ministers re-
fused 10 attend conference looking to
an organization which proposed to ''coun-
teract Catholic influence"