People's voice., 1897-01-14
NOTES OF INTEREST.

estimated at about 100000.
The Loud bill should be prevailed
upon to make little less noise.
Chicago's suicides are about keep
ing pace with her bank failures.
3 Stephen Crane says that the Com
modore probably was not scuttled.
Judge Jay F. TOrrey is in Washing
ton again to push his bankruptcy bill.
The storm in the northwest is
abating. Three deaths are reported.
George Sands and Mrs. May Knapp,
couDterfeiter, received long sentences.
Senator Sherman will pay a visit to
Mckinley at the latter's invitation.
The tug Dauntless is said to"have
landed an expedition on the shore of
Cuba.
1t is said in Washington that March
is the probable date of the extra
session.
Senator COCkrell introduced a bill
providing for a public building at Jop-
lin, No.
Senator Allison says that. he will
not be a member of Mr.. McKinley's
cabinet.
Senator John NJ. Palmer is i'll, but
not seriously, at his home in Spring
field, III.
Hoods pills act easily and promptly
on the liver and bowels. Cure sick
headache.
Senator Morgan has introduced a
substitute for the Powers Pacific rail-
roads bill.
The free homestead bill was debat-
ed In the senate, but was not pressed
to vote.
A bill is to be introduced in New
York to limit the height of buildings
TO 175 feet.
Congress is apparently vieing with
the president in making a record for
doing nothing.
SenOr PierO of the Cuban Junta had
conference with Mckinley at the
home of Hanna.
Cabinet rumOrs are flying thick and
fast, but none have yet shown any dis
position to light.
The bill providing for a public
building at Fulton, Mo-, will be re-
ported favorably.
memorial from the Arkansas river
improvement company was presented
by Senator Berry.
Prof. Santayana of Harvard, testi-
fed in behalf of Lord Russell in the
London libel trial.
The government has decided that a
charge of piracy will not lie against
the Three Friends.
WoOlen goods manufacturers ap-
peared before the ways and means
committee Thursday.
The president has signed the act
recently passed relative to dramatic
and musical copyrights.
The nomination of Charles Ray to
De postmaster at Cassville, Mo-, has
been sent to the senate.
A ferry boat is making regular
trips through the town of Linn Creek,
Mo-, on the Usage river.
The Carlisle Tract in Kentucky, be.
longing to Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle, was sold for taxes.
Judge Bradley of the District of
Columbia supreme court has forbidden
tobacco chewing in his court.
The senate passed bill reducing to
five the number of cases in which the
death sentence may be passed.
The gang of Southwest Missouri
cOunterfeiters, who have been passing
split bills, has been broken up.
Many protests and petitions from
various parts of the country have been
presented to the house and senate.
The bill to supply modern Spring
field rifles to the National Guard has
been reported favOrably to the house.
E. G. Curtis of Kankakee county,
was selected by the Republican eau
Gus for speaker of the Illinois house.
The bill to substitute a board of
three members for the Indian COM
mission has been reported favorably.
1t is hoped that the convention Of
gold democrats called to meet in Chi
cago will be able to count a quorum.
John Wanamaker should lose no
time in moving up notch or two his
estimation Of Matt Quay as a political
.fXer.
Scott Wike, just returned from
Florida, says that customs officials
there are struggling with many diff
cultieS.
Gentleman jim" Oorbett seems to