The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-02-16
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Thursday, Fob. 8.

1 H t-k - AnursOoy, FeD. y.
CONGRESS; Senate-Executive leeisla-
| tive and judicial bill taken up. House
Sundry, civil bill under consideration.
Governor McLaurin of Mississippi is
critically Ill of pneumonia.
The United States cruiser Marble
head has left Boston for Havana.
Brigadier General John H. Patterson
has been placed on the retired list.
The 68th ballot for United States sem
ator in California shows no change in
the senatorial deadlock.
Mrs. Pamphilia Wolcott, sister of Ed
win M. Stanton, secretary of war in
Lincoln's cabinet, is dead at Akron, O.
The controller of the currency has is
sued call for reports of condition of all
national banks at the close of business
Feb. 4.
The credentials of Brigham II. Rob-
erts of Utah as member of the Fifty
sixth congress have been received by
Chief Clerk Mcdowell of the house of
representatives and placed on file.
Friday, Feb. 10.
CONGRESS: Senate-Legislative and ju-
dicial appropriation considered House
Debate and sundry civil bill continued.
The French cabinet is likely to be de-
feated on the Dreyfus question.
tits now claimed that Aguinaldo is
not the real head of the Filipinos, being
a mere tool Of others.
All the South Dakota national guard
will be mustered out except one battery
because the state senate refuses to vote
an appropriation.
President Mckinley has appointed
court of inquiry to investigate General
Miles charges. 1t consists of Generals
Wade and Davis and Colonel Gillespie.
The supreme military court of Spain,
which has had under consideration the
loss of the Spanish squadron at San
tiago, has decided to prosecute Admiral
Cervera and Commander Moreau. for
mer captain of the destroyed cruiser
Cristobal Colon.
Saturday, Feb. IL.
CONGRESS; Senate--Legislative execu-
tive and judicial bill passed Agreement
to vote on McEnery resolution Tuesday.
House -Dingley eulogies pronounced.
President Mckinley, it is said, will
call an extra session if the present con-
gress fails to pass the army bill.
Canadians arrested two American
customs officers in Alaska. The trouble
arose over a disputed boundary line.
George NJ. Curtis of Iowa has been ap-
pointed third member of the colonial
cabinet" in place of Colonel Guild, who
declined to serve.
The French chamber of deputies
passed the trial revision bill by 100 ma
jority, Notwithstanding the adverse re-
port of the committee.
Chairman Cannon of the house COM
mittee on appropriations, says it would
be useless for congress to consider the
Nicaragua canal and shipping subsidy
as the revenues would not |
permit either. ~
Monday, Feb. 13.
CONGRESS: Senate-Bill making Dewey
an admiral passed. House-Sundry civil |
bill considered
The naval appropriation bill as re.
ported carries $44, 15S, sos.
Horace A. Taylor of Wisconsin is to |
be assistant secretary of the treasury.
The department of agriculture will |
have beef investigation on its own ac-
count.
Spain has decided not to sell the Car
oline islands, according to dispatch
from Madrid.
A. G. McClurg & Co., the Chicago
publishers, have been burned out, the
loss being $65O,OOO.
An avalanche in Colorado is thought
20 have killed "a people. Eleven bodies
nave been recovered.
The stockholders of the American
Cereal company have accepted the
of the new cereal food trust
'or the absorption Of the American and
about 10 other cereal food companies.
Tuesday, Feb. IA.
CONGRESS: Senate-McEnery resolution
declaring policy of United States regard
ng Philippines adopted. House-Sundry
lVll Dill on. depDurn offers Nicaragua
ANAL appropriation as amendment. Point
# order against it, Appeal to be taken.
The Keokuk and Western road has
been absorbed by the Burlington.
It is IL degs. warmer at Medicine Hat,
Y. w. T., than in Jacksonville, Fla.
The steamer Bulgaria is thought to
lave been lost at sea with 116 people.
A resolution looking to constitu-
ional amendment for the election Of
senator's by direct vote of the people has
,een introduced in the United States
senate.
Prince sNapoleon Charles Gregoire
Jacques Philippe Bonaparte, third son
# Prince Lucian Bonaparte, prince of
Janino and chief Of the older branch of
he Bonaparte family, died at Rome
sunday. sa
Wednesday, Feb. Is.
Senior Luna of the Filipino delegation
,oc donortod From Montreal FOR ;yo,. |