The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-02-25
NEWS NOTES.

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
! don Times says: According To a letter
| just received here from Argentina. the
| Austrian archdukc. Johann, alias John
| Orth, is now residing with his morgan
atic wife on farm on the River Parana
and is more than ever resolved to re-
nouncc the prerogativcs of his BIRTH
The Constantinople correspondent of
| the London Standard says: During the
recent festival of Barim, Oscar StrauS.
the American minister. insisted upon the
custom house being opened To clear Il
cargo of flour from the United States
After some difficulty his request was
complied with. but the incident caused
great annoyance i'll Turkish circles
The United States cruiser Marble
head which arrived at New York from
Boston, was badly knocked about by the
gale. One boat was smashed, davitS
were wrcnched from their places and one
big wave broke through the engine room
grating. pouring below and driving the
hrcmcn and oilers upon the deck. John
Connors Il seaman, had his leg frac-
tured.
-Actin: on adviccS received from Ma
Mia 10y cable, the California Red Cross
society has decided To continue the main
tcnancc of its hospital station in that
city rs long as the California volunteers
lrmain in the Orient.
The Pennsylvania House of Repre-
SentativcS, 10y Il vote of SS to 50, ad
inurncd without taking action on the Nc
| Carroll Jury Packing" bill. 1t now goes
over until March 2l when it will be TAX
on UP for second reading. Meanwhile
the Quay conspiracy trial has been fixed
for February -.
The Hamburg American line steam
cr Pretoria. which sailed from Hamburg
ON January - for New York and which
was reported passed the Lizard. January
81. returned to plymouth. Eng, being
towcd in 10y tugs Her steering gear is
damaged.
-Iinusc leaders familiar with foreign
questions say no programme has been
matured or even outliued thus far as to
! what will toe done with the McEn"ry res
olution relating to the Philippines, passed
by the SCnHt".
Cen. Whcclcr'S House bill extending
the cordial appreciation of Congress To
Miss Helen Miller Gould for her patri-
otic services during the recent war and
providing that the President should pre-
sent to her a gold medal, was passed
The lack of Il commercial treaty with
SDaiu. the former treaty having been
terminated by the war. is not altogether
preventing trade between the two coun-
tries. although American products are
handicapped 10y an additional 20 per
cent duty III Spanish ports OWING to the
lack of treaty.
The powerful seagoing tug Eureka
the ti1st vessel to force her way up the
Delaware through the ice blockade, ar
rived at Philadelphia with nineteen ship
wrecked mariners, eight of whom had
been taken from the barge Newport,
which was cut through by the ice and
sunk in the SwaSh channel, and the 9th
prs from the barge Gibson, which was
driven ashore on the Delaware beach
The Eureka also picked up til" crews Of
several abandoned oyster boats.
The House has passed the bill intro
duced 10y Representative Griffin setting
aside 12O acres of land adjacent to Camp
Douglas 10 hc used for military purpos
cS. The land IS on the eastern limits of
the camp The bill provides that set
tiers. or persons who may have filed
homestead entries for the land involved.
shall he compensated ut the rate of 81 -
per acre.
A definite agreement for the adjust
mrut of the debt of the Central Pacific
railroad To the government has been ad
iuStcd between the government commit
tee and the bankers representing the
railroad.
The Senate committee on appropri-
ations reported the poStOtiicc appropria-
tion bill. increasing the total appropri-
alton bill over the amount as il passed
the House to the extent of $3:ti:3.223S and
raising the total to $10J, ,J3335,63S
The Senate committee on military
affairs has reached II deadlock on the
army reorganization bill This is due to
the absence Of Senator Proctor. who
nolds the halanc" of power on the com
mittcc. He is in Cuba and went away
without leaving authority to vote him on
the bill