The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-12
WASHINGTON NEWS

ASHlNUIUN NEWS
James D. Yeomans, Of Iowa, was ap
pointed to the vacancy in the intersta t.
commission. N ssy s @s'. =
Officers of the naval board have report
Il ed that the whaleback style of ship is no
4 suited for war. t.
Hill and the republicans forced tes1
of strength in the senate and were de-
\ feated by one vote.
The supreme court has again susta!nct
I the validity of the law of 1878 for the reg
\ ulation of freight and passenger rates.
Senator VOORHEES, launched the tariff
bill Monday in the upper house in a
speech which lasted nearly two hours.
South American diplomats in Washing
ton fear that the death OF President ber-
mudez will precipitate crisis in Peru.
Congress may investigate the action OF
Gov. Tillman in Selling railway property
and telegraph lines in South Carolina.
Treasury officials attribute to the
seigniorage bill the great number OF
Sherman notes and greenbacks presented
for redemption.
WAN
award of the Paris tribunal, prescribing
regulations for the protection OF fur seals
in Boring sea, was passed.
Patrick Walsh, editor OF the Augusta
Chronicle, has been appointed by Gov.
Northen senator to succeed Alfred H..
Colquitt, who died last week.
After three weeks CT republican tilibus-
tering the deadlock in the house was
broken Tuesday, and Joy. Of st. Louis,
was unsea ted in favor OF 0 Neill.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of La Dor, has writ
ten a letter to Vice President Stevenson
protesting against the ratifica ton Of the
new Chinese treaty.
Mr.. Boatner's resolution calling upon
the attorney general for statement OF
what the government is doing for the
protection of its interests in the Union
Pacific railway was adopted.
The United States grand jury has re-
turned another Indictment for man
slaughter against Col. Fred C.AinSworth,
chief of the records and pension division,
in the case growing out of the Ford thea
ter disaster.
Secretary Carlisle has rejected both the
amended designs for the worlds fair
medals submitted by Artist st. Gaudens,
neither the ribbon nor the shield pro-
posed meeting approval as a qualification
for the nude figure on the reverse side of
the medal.
Mr.. Eckels, the comptroller Of the cur
rency, regards the financial situation as
shown by the bank statements as quite
encouraging. The loans and discounts
have materially increa sed, and the gen
eral showing indicates rapidly increas-
ing confidence and return to normal
business activity.
BY vote of eight to five the house
committee on banking and currency de-
cided to report in favor of subjecting
greenbackS to state and municipal taxa
ton. The bill was introduced by Repre-
sentative Cooper Of Indiana and is re-
garded as an important one, bearing on
the general currency question.
1t has been decided that the American
Boring sea fleet shall be under the direc-
ton of Commander Charles E. Clark of
the Mohican, the senior officer OF the fleet
and a man we'll fitted for the delicate du-
ties of the command. Admiral Walker
will not be called upon unless some I'M
foreseen emergency should arise.
While the Boring sea bill was up in the
senate Senator Cullom of Illinois raised
the question if it was not unusual to au-
thOriZe foreign powers to arrest Ameri-
can citizens; and Senator Morgan point
ed out that similar arrangement had
been entered into between Great Britain
and the United States to suppress the
slave trade.
The navy department is making on eff
fort to recover the plate OF the wrecked
Kearsarge, which is supposed to have
been carried to New Providence or to
Kingston, Jamaica, by wrecllers. The
state department has cabled the United
States consul at Kingston to endeavor to
recover these things as historical relics
of the lannon's old ship.
Adverse action was taken by the house
committee on agriculture On all pending
bills appropriating money to extermiHate
the Russian thistle and Representative
the house. Adverse action was also
taken by the committee on Representa-
tive Cogsweli's bill appropriating 100000
to exterminate the gypsy moth.
The senate committee on finance has
made public the treasury estimates of
the revenue which will be derived from
the senate tariff bill, which shows the
customs returns under the bill will
amount to s163, 1861, O1S. The internal rev.
enue part of the bill will yield an increase
over the present law Of $50, 900, 900, of
which the income tax will furnish $780,
100000, the Increase of the spirit tax $780,
100000, I'D thai on playing cards SO, OOO,-
oo0.
SPLIT OVER PACIFIC RAILROADS.
The judiciary committee of the house
is prepared to proceed with the Boatner
resolution for the institution of Suits
against the Pacific railroads for the pay
ao1at Of .hai d6lt tla ont