The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-01-28
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FIFrY.sECoND CONGRESS.

FlFrY.SECOND CONGRESS.
MONDAY, Jan. IL. = In the senate
bills were introduced to admit Utah
rs state; to amend the constitution
50 as to elect the president and vice
president of the United States BY
direct vote of the people; to forbid the
appropriation of public money to any
societies under sectarian control, In
the house bills were introduced to alb
solutely prohibit the carry ing of Chi
nese into the United States, whether
subjects of the Chinese empire or 9TH
erwise; to prohibit the secretary of the
treasury from making deposits of
United States funds with national or
private banks; granting lands to hon
orably discharged soldiers of the war
of the rebellion; to estab lish courts for
Indians in the various reservations.
TUESDAY, Jan. 10. ~ Bills were
passed in the senate to aid South
Dakota to support a school of mines at
Rapid City; appropriating SEQ, 600 to in
crease the accommodations of the
marine hospital at Detroit; appropri-
ating $4,000 for a public building at
jacksonville, ILL.,, and 800, 900 for one
at Fergus Falls, MINI. In the house a
bill was passed fixing the time for
holding terms of the circuit and dis
trict courts for the Western district of
Wisconsin.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. s0.-Bills were
bills were passed for public build
ings at Grand Haven, Mich, $50, 900;
Deadwood, s. d., 100000 and Still
water, MINI, 100000. Bills were in
PRODUCED for the admission Of New
Mexico as state, and to define options
and futures and impose special taxes or
dealers tax In the house bills were
introduced for public at Aun Arbor,
Mich; directing the secretary of the
treasury to call in at once and cover
into the treasury all moneys deposited
with national banks and drawing nc
interest. and free wool bill
THURSDAY, Jan. 21.-After routine
business Mr.. Stanford addressed the
senate IN advocacy of the bill in
trcduced by him on December % tc
provide the government with means
sufficient to supply the national want
of sound circulating medium. Ad.
journed to the 25th. In the house MIR:
Bland introduced a bill for the free
coinage of gold and silver and for the
issue of coin notes. Bills were intro.
duced for public buildings at Sterling
and Dixon, ILL.,, and for the purchase
of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Mich.
gan ship canal. Adjourned to the 25th
FROM WASHINGTON.
OFFICIAL statistics of the anthracite
coal production in the United States
for 1891, just made public, show the
shipments from the mines to have beer
44,446, 1856 tons. The year was thu
greatest in the history of the trade anc
the production exceeded that of 1879,
by 4.592, 1911 tons.
In a letter to Speaker Crisp Con
gresham Mills. of Texas, resigned hi
Craftsmanship appointments.
In annual session at Washington thu
Woman's suffrage association elected
the following officers: First honorar,
president, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton; second honorary president, Lucy
Stanton; active president, Miss Susar
Rev. Anna Shaw.
AN appeal has been sent by Mis-
Frances E. Willard, president of tn
National Woman's Christian Temper
ance union, to President Harrison re
questing that the trouble with Chilli bf
settled without war
The national democratic committe,
at meeting in Washington selected
Chicago as the place for holding tn,
national convention and June 81 as tn,
time.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 22d aggregated
81, 200, 100, 1872, against 81 ,2l3, O7O, S72, the
previous week The increase as com
pared with the corresponding week O.
1891 was 1875
AT the age of 70 years Joseph P
Bradley associat e justice Of the United
States supreme court, died in Wash
ington. He was appointed justice b.,
: President Grant in 1870
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended OF
the 22d numbered 1913, against $50 tn,
| preceding week and All for the CORE
spending week last year.
In the United States the total pro
duction of pig iron in 1891 was s,279, 81
gross tons, against 9,2o2, 7o3 gross ton
in 1890. The total production of Bes
semer steel rails was 1,21s,S74 gros
tons, decrease of 577,615 tons from
the production in 1890.
| THE EAST.