Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-07-12

maas . dispose 81 ! number Of bills
which have been hold up awaiting the
disposition Of the tariff BILL. Il 10 pos.
siblo that soms day early In the week
may b allotted to the Committee on
Foreign Relations, q Senator Morgan
= very anxious 10 have the Chinese
treaty disposed Of. He thinks that one
day will BE- sufficient. Senator Cock.
rell, chairman OF the Committee On
Appropriations, Gays that the pension
bill will probably be first taken up.
Later In the week the smaller appro.
pri.tions, for Notifications. military
academy, pOst0fice and other bills that
will mot consume much time will no
doubt be disposed OF. II 10 expected
that during the week bills of local i'm
portance which may be passed without
much delay. viii be considered in the
two hours setApart tor morning bust.
ness. The resolution introduced last
week by Senator Kyle to prevent fed
eral Interference in railroad strikes is
still on the table and may be called up
any morning.
NEW York special: Dun 4 Co.'S
Weekly Review OF Trade will say:
The interruption to business by the
railroad strike Is such that the usual
signs, whether bright or gloomy, have
little value. Speculation IN products
turned largely upon temporary uncer-
tainties, but meat products n higher,
while improved crop products have de-
pressed II cents. The aggregate ex-
port for the year was not far from
los, 900 600 bushels, flour included,
though at the lowest average price
ever known. The years receipts at
western ports were about l56, 000. 900
bushels, against 249, 900, 900 the pre-
viOus year. Cotton promises we'll. The
iron industry has not yet recovered
from the coal miners strike The de-
better and the prices are tending
downward. Textile manufacturers do
not show improvement. while the un-
sold stock Of print cloths reached H.
$4,000 pieces, and u downward re-
vision in the prices OF bleached sheet
ings Is expected. A large number Of
wooden mills filed all orders In hand,
closed for the present, and In most
branches orders for the future are far
below expectations. Failures tor the
week are l81 in the United States
against 334 last year.
NEW YORK special: Arthur Grundy,
formerly Of the Liverpool and London
and Globe Insurance Company, is Or
Ranizlng at 81 Cedar Street something
quite new in the fire insurance line.
It will be called 'the Insurance Trust"
and Mr.. Grundy will issue a policy of
insurance as an individual UNDER
writer. He is backed by seven or
eight men who give him a bond that
they will put up In the aggregate
e25, 600 when needed. Three trustees
are to holdf75 per cent. OF the premium
receipts for the security Of the policy
holders. These trustees are James H.
Burnside of the Liverpool and London
F~oehrenbach OF +. Foehrenbach & Co.,
mercial Phosphate Company.
AsBURY PARK, N. j., special: Gov
ernor Fuller Of Vermont presided over
the good roads conference held under
the direction OF the Department of Ag-
riculture In Westminster Church.
Delegates from many parts Of the
union were present. Governor Fuller
said that there were 1900, 600 miles Of
poor roads In the country, as bad as
those In the Sahara Desert. He de-
uOuAlCGu VIC lI0JuOu VI HlIOW II lue
farmers to work out their taxes on the
agent from the department at Wash
made by j. II. Burroughs, State Sec
rotary. A committee on Organization
was appointed. The delegates visited
the Austin machine steam crusher and
roadmaker exhibition.
WASHINGTON special: The Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors OF the
Senate decided upon the following
changes from the House bill: Mis-
souri, River. Sl50,0O0, divided as fol-
lows: At Omaha, SIS, 600; at Atchi-
son, Kan, $4,000; and the remainder
at st. Joseph and other Missouri
points.
BOSTON special: The prisoners in
the house OF correction NUT ned and
refused to work. A sharp conflict en-
sued, the prisoners fighting with tools
and whatever anne to hand. The
officers finally had to open fire. One
OF the leaders was shot, but not
seriously hurt. This ended the row.
PiTTsBURG special: The tin plate
scale was signed ut a conference OF
manufacturers and workmen. This,
with the settlement OF the sheet scale,
affects $4,000 men and forty mills In
the country. A general resumption
will take place next month.
NEW YORK special: The statement
compiled by Bradstreet's shows that
the total bank c~learances in the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
past week were 1852. sec, 0S7, a decrease
of 1872 per cent. compared with the
corresponding week last year.