The weekly avalanche., 1893-01-20
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
CAREFULLY SELECTED NEWS
OF CURRENT EVENTS.

The president appointed w. |. Bu-
cbanan of Sioux City minister TO the
| Argentine Repub bile.
Mrs. Anna Austin has been elected
mayor of Pleasanton. Kas., by ma ior-
itv of s, il Il total vote Of 33S, OF which
women cast 1873.
The Illinois state building at the
/ Worlds Fair grounds has been sold for
81, $50 to NJ. c. Sloan & Co., of Chicago.
There were only twelve bidders.
In q game of billiards in Mime.
apolis, Henry Sampson, of st. Paul
champion of the northwest, made q
run of 500 with an anchor shot, thus
beating Schaeter's famous run Of 5G4.
Representative Lane, OF Illinois,
introduced the following bill in con-
rress: That all contracts for the psy-
ment OF any sum of money, whether in
gold, silver or coin. may be discharg ed
by any money which by law is a legal
tender for the payment of debts whep
the contract natures.
The house committee on labor cr-
dered favorable report on Congress
man McCann's resolution providing for
an investigation relating to the effects
of machinery on labor. The sum Of
$40 900 is appropriated to enable the
commissioner TO carry ont the pro'l-
sions of the resolution.
Coy. Mitchell of Florida has Or.
dcrcd several companies of militia from
the southern part of the state 10 as
semble at Jacksonville on the 25th.
The officers of the Duval club say they
anticipated such action and that ar
rangements are perfected to thwart
the last move of the governor.
The republicans of Chicago have
determined to contest the election of
John T. Hopkins as mayor, aud the pa
pers have been fled in the circuit
court. Incorporation Counsel Miller,
who has charge OF the matter for the
| republicans, states the contest will be
made on the ground of fraud.
I'm response to request from Chair
man Voorhees, of the senate committee
on finance, Secretary Carlisle has made
public statement showing the treas
ury to be IN a critical condition, and
making an appeal to congress to at
once authorize the secretary to issue
bonds for q short time at low rate OF
| interest.
Affairs in Sicily are becoming quiti
serious. The anarchists seem TO have
secured firm hold upon certain sec
! tions and are pillaging and firing vii
lagos. Troops have been distributed
over the disturbed districts and several
desperate encounters have occurred,
during w hie'a numerous persons, Lay
been killed. -
"A rear-endSsolli between two
passenger trains. on the Delaware.
Lackawanna IL Western railway
bridge at Hackensack, n. j., resulted
in the death of fifteen persons. Will!
about thirty were more or less injured.
thick fog prevailed and the real
train dashed into the other at speed
of twenty miles an hour.
According to the provisions of the
new internal revenue bill, the incomes
of corporations and of all persons owe.
$4, 600 Will be taxed Il straight pc,
cent. The tax b. 6 rs January /. 1895.
It Is estimated taat not more than
$1,000 persons will be subject to the
tax.
Secretary Carlisle has issued a call
for bids for $50 900, 900 of per cent
bonds. The bids will close on Febrr.
ary /, and no bids will be received at q
lower price than s1.17223, which is
| equivalent to a , per cent bond at par.
| The bonds are to be redeemable in
coin at the pleasure of the government
in ten years from the date of Issue.
Representative Durborow of uli-
nols has introduced in congress q bill
authorizing the transfer to the trustees
Of the Columbian museum, of Chicago
all OF the exhibits of the department of
state at the Worlds Fair, exhibited in
fhe building known as the convent of
IA Rabica and the cast gallery of the
United States government building.
Tho navy department is Informed
OF the arrival of the cruiser New York
at Rio Our government now has at
Rto the New York, San Francesca.
Newark, Charleston and Detroit. Tlns
is q stronger force than any two other
pc Ners. 1t is a stronger force than
the, United States has had in foreign
walters atAany time since the civil war.
At the recent meeting of the
Nat4onal Farmers Alliance at Chicago
the annual election of officers resulted
In the election of El'vood Furnas, of
Nevada, Iowa, president; August Post,
Mouiton, Iowa. secretary; and the fol.
lowing vice-presidents: j. B. Furrow.
6arwip, Iowa; w illlam Toole, Bara boo.
WIS; =. j. Meighan, Forest Grove,
MIMI; NV. A. Kelsey, Dunfes. Ind; A.
). Brewer, Tampico, Ills; j. A. Arrow
smith, Colfax, Wash; Theo. Bedard,
frenchtpwn. Mont; J. Burrows, Lin
o1lr NJ