The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-03-01
NEWS

WAD1lNUlUN .NEVD
Pension agents have been sent revised
rules for the better protection of the gov
eminent against fraud.
Senator Hill violated the rules in max
ing his speech public and has aroused the
wrath of some members.
The river and harbor bill this year will
carry not more than 81, 3OO, 900. Ordina-
rily it is at least sc, OO0,O 900.
The last of the Columbian postage
stamps have been sent out. Hard times
affected the proceeds of the sale.
Selection of Senator White, of Louisi-
ana, as justice pleases supreme court
judges. He will be sworn in March $.
Methods of the patent Office have been
improved and the work rapidly advanced
since Commissioner Seymour took hold.
Farmers fear congress will not make
appropriations for continuing work OF
the agricultural experimental stations.
Justice White is likely to be assigned to
the southern judicial circuit because of
his familiarity with the Napoleonic code.
Gen. Joe Shelby was confirmed as mar
shall for the western Missouri district, re-
publican opposition being turned by
joke.
It is reported that Marquis Curtopassi,
at present Italian minister to Roumania,
will succeed Baron Fava as italian am
bassador to the United States.
Representative Cooper of Texas has in
troduced bill to repeal that part of tho
act of 1875 which authorizes the secre-
tary of the treasury to issue bonds.
The president Wednesday nominated
Granville Stuart of Montana to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tsary of the United States to Paraguay
and Uruguay.
Representative McCreary of Kentucky
introduced the bill prepared at the state
department for theregulation of the Ber-
ing sea fisheries. 1t carries out to a great
extent the recommendations of the Paris
commission.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Rey
nolds has decided that the government
may reimburse itself for money fraudu-
lently obtained and enormously paid for
pensions under the old law from the pen
sions granted under the act of June 81,
1890.
Representative W.. A. Stone is deter
" push Ills UllA lOI CudAScS III GA0
immigration laws which will compel in
tending immigrants to secure certificates
of fitness from United States consuls at
the ports from which they sail after un.
dergoing rigid examination.
A bill was reported Tuesday to the sen.
ate for the relief of the dependent rela-
tives of the seamen of the Netherlands
steamer Amsterdam who lost their lives
in the effort to save the crew of the
American schooner Maggie E. Wells, and
for the relief of the sole survivor of the
rescuing party. @
Senator Martin of Kansas offered a res
OlutfOn instructing the finance committee /
to prepare bill for the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l.. He also pre-
sented resolution directing the judi
clary committee to prepare a joint reso-
luton providing for the election of SEN
ators by direct vote of the people. ,
Mr.. William Hosea Ballou, the we'll
known humanitarian, has addressed to
the secretary Of the interior letter ask ~
ing for the protection of thousands of elks
coming down from the deep SHOWS of the
Rocky mountains into the Shoshone res
ervation, and which are subjects of indiS-
criminate slaughter by savages and set
tiers. 5".
The agony of the Chicago office seekers
Is over. The nominations went in to the
senate Tuesday. Martin J. Russell is
named for collector of customs, John w.
Arnold for United States marshal, Delos
z. Phelps for assistant treasurer, Frank 81
G. Hoyne for appraiser and James w. ~
Hunter for collector of internal revenue
at Peoria. n
In the senate Senator Allen Pop, Neb.)
presented resolution directing the at
torney general to inform the senate
whether he had, in an opinion to the sec
rotary of the treasury. held that silver
certificates are not legal money, and if so
to transmit the opinion with all corre-
spondence to the senate. The resolution,
after slight amendment, was adopted.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved clear list of selections of land by
the state of Wyoming in part satisfaction
Of the grant to it of 10000 acres for the
use of penal reform and educational in
situations in course of construction in
Carbon county, and of $4,000 acres for the
of an insane asylum in
Unita county, Wyo. The lands embraced
In the lists aggregate 2s,s56 acres.
Ii 'ACply W ScCIcddIy AOIIOu StAdLUI r.
Hansbrough says there is no more objec
ton to the use of the federal authority
and government funds in the extermina-
ton of the Russian thistle than the ex-
termination of pleuro- pneumonia among
cattle or the yellow fever and cholera
among men, and that such action by con-
gress as is proposed is fully justified by
the constitution on the broad ground of
The general welfare.
j wHALEBACKs NOT FIT FOR wARsH1Ps.
The naval board appointed to consider
The merits as warships of Capt. Alex.
whaleback vessels will prob
ably make it's report to Secretary Herbert
at the end of the week. The board will
find that as at present constructed the
vessels are hardly adapted to naval uses.
Capt. McDougal's plan for the armament
IF the vesselsis to have two guns mount
ed below the water line on an incline, SO
that they might be run up into position
TO fire when needed. But it would be nec-
essary to turn the whole ship to point the