The National tribune., 1892-02-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Political and ID,,n.,rIaI-

The House Committee On Elections met last
week To consider the proposed amendment TO
the Constitution providing for the election of
Senators by direct vote of the people. The
committee are almost unanimously in favor Of
such measure The question 20 be decided is
whether the resolution shall make the election
OF Senators by the people mandatory or shall
leave IL TO the option or tho States-The
official returns have been received for Deem
Der, 1891, Of the trade with Cuba and Porto
Rico. showing an increase in the exports from
the United States Of 100 per cent. as compared
with the exports of December. Is90.-It is
believed that John Hoey, ex- President of the
Adams Express Co; George r. Roberts. Presi-
dent, and Frank Thomson, Vice President Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, are scheming TO
form new express company 10 crush the
Adams Co. The new company is TO have con-
troll Of business on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
and will switch of on the New Haven & Hart
ford Road via the steamer Maryland.-
Three big combination nail. iron, and steel
mills the Belmont. the Wheeling Iron Co., aud
the BenwoOd. of Wheeling, W. Va. have de-
cided TO unite in one big concern. and have
taken action toward that end. The capital
will reach about So, 10000 and il will be one
OF the biggest combinations OF its kind in the
country.-The Republican State Central
Committee meeting at indianapolis Jan. %,
was preceded by conference Of leading Re-
publcsns from all parts OF the State. The ex-
pressions of those who talked, both in the
meeting and outside, were unvRryingly favor
able TO President Harrison as a candidate for
second term, and he has the solid support of
the State COmmittee.-The BeTing Sea rep
resentatives of Great Britain and the United
States will confer this week in Washing
ton. DIR. Dawson and his brother, Sir George
Baden-P Powell, are the English Commissioners.
1t appears probable that only one ticket
he s,,1 H. IL - 4 =.
Louisiana, the Parish conventions now being
held generally indorsing the regular nominees.
Crimes aud Casualties.
Mary Hall. Sc years Of age, last week, in
the Minneapolis District Court at st. Paul. filed
a petition for divorce. On May IS, 1879. she
and William Hall were married at Great Bend,
Pa. For three short months life was q happy
dream, but a rude awakening was before her.
Previous to marrying the plaintiff ia this ac-
ton, Hall, under the name of George Nelson,
had married another woman. As soon as she
learned the truth she left him.-Honry Pc.
terson, q tailor of Fort Dodge Iowa, died last
week as the result of uncomfortable laughter.
His risibles had been excited by comic song.
DR.. i. Thatcher Graves, Of Denver, Colo,
has been granted a supersedeas by the Supreme
Court of Colorado. The granting Of this mo-
ton did not prove surprising as il was gen.
orally expected. il Is doubtful if the stay
would have been granted were there not errors
in the records, and it is quite probable that
new trial will be the result. IL is not likely
that, in view Of the circumlOcutiOn Of the
law, the trial will come of in the next year.
The good people of Wilkes Barre, Pa, aud
vicinity, have been swindled for the past few
weeks by the passing OF counterfeit fve-dOllar
bills. Last week J. III. JO5ephs clothing mer-
chant, was caught in the act at tho First Ma
tional Bank at Plymouth, but left the neigh
borhoOd before he could be arrested
The boiler Of locomotive exploded near st.
Clair Pa, Jan. %. Five men were killed in
stantly, and the only witnesses were two men
long distance away.-Judge Manning +.
Knapp, Of the New Jersey Supreme Court and
Presiding Judge of the Hudson County Cireuit
Court, dropped dead last week in Jersey City
while delivering charge to the Grand jury at
the carbohydrates was used by some
unknown person in three places in the store
occupied by Harrison Parker, at Milen, Ga,
Jan. %. The loss 10 the building and adjOin-
ing structures and property was $1,000
The British bark Ferndale went ashore last
Friday at Gray's Harbor Wash, and only three
sailors were rescued out Of a crew Of % men.
terrific gale and exceptionally high tide
at the time. The sea ran higher
than was ever before knOwn.-NOrthern
Ohio Is being flooded with counterfeit money Of
% cent and 81 denominations. There is
scarcely bank between Cleveland, Toledo
and other points which has not been made a
victim Of the counterfeiters. The bogus coins
are Of 1871 and pronounced by experts to be
the best ever put out
General.
A joint resolution will soon pass Congress
authorizing the State Department TO deliver to
officers and crew Of tho United States ship Bal
timore 3j4 medals presented to them by the
King Of Sweden, 20 commemorate the services
a
Of Ericsson 10 SWeden.-Miss Clara Barton,
President Of the Red Cross al Washington, has
issued an appeal 10 the American people to con-
tribute funds to carry donations Of grain to the
starving Russian people.-Much excitement