Morris tribune., 1896-02-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

/ Colonel Greeley Curtis, in speech al
Boston, denounced General Joe Hooker
as a deserter.
Professor A. w. Wright of Yale has
succeeded in photographing objects in
closed in Opaque substances.
j The Indian Territory tribes are trying
to head off the citizenship movement
by giving up their tribal courts.
| George Dixon and "Pedlar" Palmer
fought six rounds to draw at Madison
Square Garden, New York city.
Two big new ships were launched at
Newport News, the gunboat Helena
and merchant steamer Grand Duchess.
The Usage Indians are agitating the
question of separation from Oklahoma
and annexation to the five civilized
tribes.
Thirty two collieries of the Philadel-
phia and Reading company have re-
ceived official notification to shut down
at once.
Twenty-one students of Ottawa
(Kan. university, who gave banquet
to young ladies after 1890 o'clock al
night, were expelled.
A man who fell down an elevator
shaft from the ninth floor of Chicago
building caught the wire screen at the
sixth floor and saved himself.
Miss Mary Quay, the eldest daughter
of Senator and Mrs. Quay, was mar
ried in Washington Wednesday to
Louis R. Davidson of Beaver, Pa.
Colonel G. F. Crocker of San Fran
cisco will pay the expense of the Lick
observatory expedition to Japan to OBJ
serve the eclipse Of the sun next sum-
mer
Chairman Caldwell, of the Western
Passenger association, refused the
Great Westerns application to make a
3O-day limit on G. A. R. tickets. An
appeal will be taken.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
The government mints have all re.
sumed the coinage of silver.
The house passed the widows amend
ment to the dependent pension bill.
The custom Of serving wines at cab.
met dinners is said to be going out OF
date.
Senator Ben Tillman made savage
attack on President Cleveland in the
senate.
The house agricultural committee has
completed the agricultural appropria'
tion BILL
The joint Armenian resolution OF
congress has been presented to the
presid ent.
Senator Thurston made a strong
speech in the senate in support of the
Monroe doctrine.
The house passed the consular appro-
only one amendment.
The senate committee on elections
decided by party vote in favor of seat
ing Mr.. Dupont of Delaware.
The Picker Indian bill for discontin-
uing military officers as Indian agents,
is meeting with strong opposition.
President Cleveland is said to have
about made up his mind to make nc
more home rule appointments in Okla
homa.
President Cleveland has ordered the |
Dawes commission to draw bill for |
reorganizing the Indian Territory gov
ernment.
A resolution censuring Ambassador
Bayard for his Objectionable speeches
was adopted by the house foreign rela-
tions committee.
The annual dinner given by the
president and Mrs. Cleveland to the |
supreme court took place at the White
House Thursday night.
Captain Francis Tuttle has been as
signed to the command of the revenue
cutter Bear. vice Healy, under court
martial in San Francisco.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood was barred
from practice before the pension bureau
for wrongful acceptance of fees. The
order has since been suspended
The house ways and means commit
tee has decided to push an investigation
IF the determinations against United
States exports, and report bill author
zing retaliation.
The public buildings committee and
committee on rivers and harbors are
making trouble for Reed by insisting on
making appropriations that he has
placed under ban.
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The packing and shipping of Califor-
liza oranges has commenced.