Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-05-14
THE NEWS.

TIE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of the First Session.
s&@a In the senate on the 9Th an hour was
devoted to the consideration Of the river
and harbor bill and then the PETER bond
resolution was taken up and Senator Hill
finished his speech in opposition to- the
measure and Senator Pettigrew spoke In
Its favor. A resolution was introduced re-
,Questtng the president to protest against
on board the schooner Competitor by a
Spanish gunboat. Twenty-seven pension
Oils were passed. In the house the naval
OIL was further discussed. y en- 81.
The bond resolution was further dis
cussed In the senate on the 9Th. In the
mouse a resolution was adopted fer final
adjournment on May Is. A favorable re-
port was made on the bill to increase the
pensions of veterans of the Mexican and
Indian wars from eight to twelve dollars.
per month. SeVenty-two private pension
DIS We're passed. -
BY vote of 81 to 6 the senate on the 7th
1naugurated an investigation, to be con-
quoted by the senate committee on finance,
into the facts and circumstances connected
with the sale of United States bonds by the
secretary Of the treasury during the last
three years. In the house no business Of
Importance was transacted.
In the senate on the Sth bill to prohibit
the. issue of United States bonds without
authority of congress was introduced by
Senator Bacon (Ga.). The river and har-
Dor bill was completed with the exception
OF the item for deep sea harbor on the Pa
cific coast. In the house bill was passed
to appropriate $1,000 for the deportation of
the Canadian refugee Cree Indians form the
state of Montana, and another to provide
clerks for the chairnlen of regular COM
mittees the year round. At the evening ses-
sion % pension bills were passed.
The last paragraph Of the river and har-
Dor bill for the deep water harbor at Santa
Monica bay, California, was not completed
by the senate on the 9th, the entire session
being taken up in discussing the item.
....The house was not in session.
W.. DOMESTIC. .e4a. %~
Almost 10000 government employees
were brought under the protection Of
the civil service by the issuance OF an
order of the president making a general
revision of civil service rules.
All the stores and several residences
in the village of Modesto, ILL.,, were
burned.
Many well known political reformers
engaged in an effort to improve the pres.
ent method of governing municipalities
met in Baltimore and opened the an
nual conference Of the National Mu-
nicipal lea que. ~. ,.--.- .--------.-- ~
A fire among business houses at
Elyria. O.. caused a loss Of 100000.
BY a vote of 1925 to os the Methodist
general conference at Cleveland de-
cided that the four women delegates
might retain their seats.
Herman w. Mudgett, alias H. II.
Holmes, was hanged in Philadelphia
for the murder of Benjamin +. Pitzel
on September 2, 1894. go. : - T..
The derailment of a smoking car on
train near Boston killed w. J.5Down
and J.. E. Long, business men, and in
jured several other persons. ......,..,,,,
Charles Homes, Choctow Indian,
was executed under the Indian law at
Antlers, I. T. He was blindfolded and
shot by the sheriff..
The roundhouses and 12 locomotives
belonging to the Queen and Crescent
Railway company were destroyed by
fire at Somerset, KY, the loss being
100000 &. a." III III -. - > Il a. -es'
L. r. Brainerd, cut stone contractor
in Chicago, failed for 100000, pulling
down with him the firm of Sherman,
Flavin & Co., marble CUTTERS whose La
bilities were over 100000.
The Citizens bank of Union City,
Ind, one of the oldest banking insti-,
tutions in the country, closed it's doors
with liabilities of S75. 900. -'
Charles Harrison, a young farmer liv-.
ing near .Williamsport, Ind, shot Ida
Welch and Harry Smith and then killed
himself. Jealousy was the, cause. ,,..i :.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the .sth' aggregated ST.
135,oS3,412, against $685., ss5,511 the pre-
vious week. The decrease, compared
with the CORES ponding week in 1895,
was 2.S. .L1'ihnp
The business portion Of Sebree, KY,
A speciai train OBJ the Mitchiggah CEN
trail road went from Windsor, Ont, to
the international BifEa|e. dis
lance of 2s9 9so' in 20 minutesaaa 1e
Judge dy93fa;aHo osten, ,ip w.
hours dhpos9d@ aeases, an,
averageRf oheSe4ery sey e1 MINI itesA \
TherSgwereT53s III nes ST. lfa lures HUI i'm
the United tatea / y " daSs
previoH aHds2s7 s . y,
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