Warren sheaf., 1897-06-10

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/ PROCEEDINGS OF the special session.
\ IN the senateon the 29th ult. progress on the
tariff bill was checked. the plate para
graphs proving q source OF controversy
lasting throughout the day. AS q result
little more than q page OF the bill was dis
posed of. A short session was held on the
list ult., but no business was transacted
The house met and immedia ELY ad djourned.S
Senator Pettigrew introdu uced 9 bill in the
senate on the 1st to provide for the subnis-g
sion to popular vote at the ressional
election Of 1898 Sof the questions whether
congress shall enact a law providing for
the immediate free and sunlimite ed coinage
OF silver and gold at the ratio Of sixteen to-
one and to amend the constitution 50 as to-
provide for the election Of United States
senators and of the preside lent and vice pres
ldent by direct vote Of the people. The tar
lff bill was further discussed IS. In the.
house no business Of Importance was trans
acted. ~ SsSt3 n 55s $iss af ri III
The senate made greater progress on the
tariff bill on the I'd than on any day since
the debate opened, completing more than
half Of the important metal schedule. The
house was not In session. ls55 }ss
The senate again made good progress on
the tariff bill on the Sd, covering about ten
pages OF the metal schedule and almost
completing it.. In the house the conference
report on the Indian appropriat ton bill was
adopted. Mr.. Terry (Ark.) endeavored to
bring up Cuban affairs as q privileged
question. but was defeated ~ 4s5 $ 555
g Fa,-Si
> y. It. = DOMESTIC.
George Repshire and, his son Herbert:
aged 4s and Is respectively, were
drowned at Shady Bend, Kan, in the
Saline river. ss 4s;s u s5.Ss AS
While driving from. Primghar, Ia, to.
his farm between Sibley and Ochey dan
F. D. Frey. an aged man, was frozen to-
death. q. 5,5Z \ Il. 5s (. .$s | 81
Constatine Kerr and Corporal Hockin,
Of hemounted police, and Ernest Grun-5
dy, postmaster Of Duck Lake. Man,
were shot dead near TINT place ~ In-i
dians. NJ #5.s5@@
i: A tally-ho, with q party of 81 persons
from the Greene Avenue Baptist church,
Brooklyn: N. Y. was struck by astrain5
at Valley Stream and five of the young
people were killed. ssS Ia & III. Sc 4
The Hubbard Milling company at
Mankato, Mimi. failed for s$50O, 900. n.
Maria and Frances Butler, unmarried
sisters about so years Of age, committed
suicide at their home in Lowell, Mass,
because of financial losses.
Miss Mildred Brewster, is years old,
shot Miss Annie Wheeler, also Is years
Of age, at Montp tpelier, Vt, and then sent
Q bullet into her own BRAIN jealousy
was the cause. s s55s B sssI5s 5
z. Snow fell at Oshkosh and other por-
Hons Of Wisconsin and in some places
In Minnesota. 5s
The percentages Of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 31st ult. were: Baltimore
.:42; Cincinnati, GIG; Pittsburgh, .672;
Boston. 900; Cleveland, .567; New York
.519; Louisville, 800: Philadelphia, .4s5;
Brookly .4S4;; Chicago, 1888; Wash
iDgton, 300; st. Louis. 1873. .g5
The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the 1st was: Wheat,
99,ss9. 900 bushels; corn, 12,21T, 900 bush
els; oats, 8, 969, 900 bushels; rye, 2,621,-
600 bushels; barley, ]. .414 900 bushels.
The government receipts during May
were 500, ,797, 800 and the disbursements
were $29, ,1o9,259, leaving the surplus
for the month $688, ,131. The deficit for
the Il months Of the present fiscal year
amounts to $32, ,273.121. 31.3 .5.:
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST shows that the debt decreased.
S1,560,OS0 during the month Of May.
The cash balance in the treasury was
$780,, ,49G,s26. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to 1896. 6.684,O VI
Samuel A. Jervis, a switchman, "A
years old, stabbed to death Mrs. Bertha
johnson, aged 80 years, at New Orleans,
and then killed himself. jealousy was
the cause. .s$ Il 535 sjs
q James Roberts and his wife and three
children were killed by an engine at a5
railway crossing near Alma, Ill.
I The Merchants bank at Lincoln N Neb.,
closed its doors with liabilities Of $5O, Sd
900. 8ys.s 5sts
i Griswold & Gillet, bankers and brok-
ers in New York, have made IN assign
,ment with iabil tiles Of 5000, ,0OO.s
Five children were burned to death In
the residence Of j. H. White, two miles
from Keystone, W. Va, during the eab-
sence Of their parents sSa II
A railway engine blew up near Chris
tiansburg, w. Va, killing Joe. Waskie,
engineer, Jim Gillespie fireman, and
F1agman William B Byrne. 585s
/ The reports as to the condi dition Of the 4