Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-04-01
GLASS DISCS

tren LIST An Important change In the
Paragraph Relating 10 Ind rwear.
WASHINGTON. March n In the alb
Sence of the vice pre- siirnt, the senate
VAS presided over Friday 10y Mr.. Frye
| rep, Me-, president pro tenn IL was
agreed that when the senate ad journ
/ Friday it he until Monday next
Concurrent resolutions from the state
/ legislatures Of Michigan and Wi>con-
sin were presented. the former against
the combination of the pension ageu-
cics at Detroit and Indianapolis. aud
/ the latter in favor of the ToTrcy bank
( ruptcy bull
The republican members Of the ways
and means committee have informally
decided To remove from the dutiablc
/ list the glass d sc> usei in the manu-
/ iacturc Of SpcctaclrS and eye glasses
aud place them ON the free list where
they have been for a number az wears.
! Onco the contemplated amendments
which the republican members will
make in the bill will he change in
the paragraph relating tn underwear
valued AT less than 81. - n doom. la the
present bli tae duty was fixed Al -
!
law Of lNao: In the present law the
duty * - PER cent. The committee
learn. however. that during the past
/ few wears there have been conS'dcra-
/ be increases in the class ~ wearing
apparel imported from Switzerland.
and it is not improbable that the duty
will bc changed IL a compound rate
Z which viii equal the ~ per cent rat"
/ Of the present law.
! President Mckinley has decided to
/ remove Postmaster stephen |. Poe. "f
/ GTaitun, N. Va, ON account of has
| pugiiistic tendencies Charges were
made against MIR. roa by citizens Of
Grafton that Just prior to the Novem-
Der elections he engaged in a
prize fight under the ring rules,
and in ght rounds by scientific
blow rut his opponent out, the
postmaster pocllcting the proceeds OF
the bout. Ii was represented to the
president that the Ora ton Leader, ed
tied by Mr.. Poe, printed a full account
OF the fight II is expected that Mr..
! Poe's successor will soon Toe named,
and that J. II Holt. editor Of the
Grafton Sentinel, the leading repub-
lean paper OF that city, will be named
as his successor.
The following applications for posi-
tions under the treasury department.
were made public Friday morning:
" l.. johnson, of Bouaham, Tex, 20
be auditor for the post office depart
ment: Edward Dinketspiel, of Susan,
1 Cal, to b. coiner in the mint at san
| Francisco; J. 4. Settle, of Memphis,
/ Tenn, to he surveyor of customs,
Memphis. Tenn. To be collector OF in'
ternal revenue: J. T. Allen, of Colum'
biana. q. at Cleveland, q.
The president and Mrs Mckinley at
tended the last indoor cavalry drill al
Fort Myer, Va, Friday afternoon.
They drove over TO Fort Myer with
Col. and Mrs Myron I. Herrick, oil
Cleveland, who are stopping at tho
white house. Secretary Porter and
Mrs. Porter were also of the party.
The president Friday sent to the
senate the following nominations;
Elgar Thomas Scott. of Pcnnsyl
vanil, second secretary of embassy, a!
Paris
Receivers of public moneys: Jay Al
len. at Gray ing. Mica: YIN {. Whips,
al kalispeil, Mont; James Kelly, al
Mangum. Okla.
The following postmasters wer1
nominated 10y the president Friday:
J. Warner Arthur. Mawr, Pa.
! Albert 4. Small H, Ind; John
W. Berry, dies, Ky; II. C.
Turley, .isna.. ~rss.; James I. Shep'
\ pard, Nels .tc, q.
". ate Goes to Berlin.
WASHINGTON, March 2T.-Thc presi-
dent Friday formally announced his
intention to appoint Andrew ID. White,
of New York, to he ambassador to Ber'
lin. Charlemagne Tower, of Philadel
ph;a, will he sent as envoy to Austria.
WASHINGTON, March a1.-Sccretary
Gage has ordered the discontinuanc,
of the Office Of shipping commissioner
at Mobile, Ala, and will follow this
with another closing the correspond
ing office at Brunswick, Ga. The ami
mating purpose is an economical one,
the shipping commissioners work al
each place being so small in volume as
to justify its imposition on the collec
tor OF customs.