Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-03-10
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Wednesday, March 1.

Wednesday, March L.
CONGRESS-: Senate-Almost entire day
spent on appropriation bills. Bill to nav
Spain. general deficiency and naval ap-
preparations bills passed. House-Senate
army bill passed without amendment.
Deficiency bill passed. Also bill making
Dewey full admiral. Sc.oral conference
reports adopted.
A Madrid paper asserts that the jap
anese have been furnishing the Filipinos
with arms and ammunition.
A San Francisco paper publishes
wild story asserting that Germany,
France and Russia are planning to
seize the Philippines.
Millers want the Interstate commerce
commission to investigate charges that
the railroads are giving too low a rate
on expert -four.
The customs receipts for February
were $40, 921 900, the largest received by
the treasury since 1893. In February Of
that weary they reached $16, 963, 900.
The Montana legislature passed over
the governors veto, bill to promote
the copper and smelling interests Of the
state, which confers grsat powers upon
the corporations concerned.
Thursday. March 2.
CONGRESS: Senate-Large number of
minor bills passed. Also ratification,
bill and criminal code for Alaska HOUSE,
Attempt made to bring up resolution
declaring seat Of General Wheeler and
others vacant. House refused considera-
ton by vote of n to 146 Several con-
ference reports adopted.
Senior Cuestas has been elected presi-
dent of Uruguay.
Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresforl
has sailed for Southampton on the
American liner St. Louis.
The Maryland Steel company has an
nounced 10 per cent increase in the
wages of all it's employees.
Ex-Banker Theodore Schinez of Chi
cago, convicted Of embezzlement has
been taken to the Joliet penitentiary to
serve an indeterlninate sentence.
The condition of Mrs. John A. Logan.
who has been seriously i'll from grippe
and other complications has improved
considerably. She is now said to be out
of danger. but is very weak.
The ong-looked-for advance in the
wages Of the coal miners in the Biz
mingham (Ala.) district has been an
nounced. The advance will be 10
cents tor every ton Of coal mined
Friday, March 3.
CONGRESS: Senate-Day spent on con-
ference reports on appropriation bills,
passage OF army and deficiency appropria-
ton bills and several minor mea sures
Also confirmed Dewey as admiral, Samp-
son and Schley as rear ;dnlirals, and Otis
as brevet major general House-Most
OF time consumed Oh conference reports
Representative Crawford of the Fourth
Texas district is dead.
The Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
sunk in Santiago harbor, has been
raised.
Senator Gray of Delaware has ac-
copied the tender of an appointment as
judge Of the Third judicial circuit.
Cecil Rhodes predicts that the United
States will eventually control all the
Western hemisphere except Canada.
The American Tin Plate company has
notified employees of the plant at Mar
;; tins Ferry, O., of an increase in wage.
j Of from to 10 per cent. Over 1,O00
men are affected.
saturday, March 4.
The Fourth Wisconsin has been mus
tered out.
The last Of Spain's Cuban army has
! arrived at Valencia.
Lieutenant Hobson has been advanced