The Dickinson press., 1899-03-04
Monday, Feb. 27.

"aouVHys HcO. St
CONGRESS: Scnate-Army reorganiza-
tion bill passed. House-Army and forti.
lcations appropriation bills passed
Rudyard Kipling, the author. is seri-
ously ill in New York.
General Gomez, it is stated, will 20
to Washington to see the president.
The steamer Bulgaria, reported lost
with all on board, has arrived safely in
port.
Ex-Representative Levi P. Maish of
Philadelphia, is dead Mr.. Maish was
in his 62d year.
Right Rev. J. B. Verify, bishop of
the Catholic diocese of Sault Ste.
Marie. died suddenly Of heart failure
brought on by the grippe.
Major General ]. J. Reynolds, U. s.
A., retired, u years of age, is dead. A
month ago General Reynolds had an
attack of paralysis, which eliminated
into cebebral he,norrhages.
Tuesday, Feb. 2s.
CoNGREss: Senate-Sundry civil ap-
preparation bill pissed Also public
building bills. House--Day devoted to
public building bills. Large number
passed.
Mrs. John A. Logan is seriously ill at
Washington.
Railroads entering West Superior
will build a new union depot.
Senator Quays trial has again been
postponed. Fraud in the jury panel is
alleged.
R. B. Molineux has been arrested in
New York, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Katherine J. Adams.
Mrs. Ella Eggett has been arrested
near Neillsville, Wis, on the charge of
having murdered her third husband,
who was much younger than herself.
A favorable report on the proposed
constitutional amendment prohibiting
polygamists from being elected to con-
gress has been made in the house by
Representative Capron of Rhode Island.
Wednesday, March I.
CONGRESS-: Scnate-Almost entire day
spent on appropriation bills Bill to pay
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. Several 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.
Nillers want the interstate commerce
commission to investigate charges that
the railroads are giving too low a rate
on export flour.
The customs receipts for February
were $16, ,921 900, the largest received by
the treasury since 1898. In February of
that yeary they reached 1863 900.
The Montana legislature passed over
the governors veto, a bill to promote
the copper and smelling interests of the
state, which confers great powers upon
the corporations concerned.
Thursday. March 2.
Senor Cuestas has been elected presi-
dent OF Uruguay.
Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
has sailed for Southampton on the
American liner St. Louis.
The Maryland Steel company has an.
bounced 10 per cent increase in the
Hages of all its employees.
Ex-Banker Theodore Schinez Of Chi
,ago. convicted of embezzlement, has
been taken to the Joliet penitentiary to
.erve an indeterminate sentence.
The condition of Mrs. John A. Logan,
Who has been seriously i'll from grippe
snd other complications, has improved
considerably. She is now said to be out
of danger, but is very weak.
The long-looked-for advance in the
wages of the coal miners in the Bir-
mingham (Ala.) district has been an
nounced. The advance will be ~
cents for every ton Of coal mined.