The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
Washington Talk.


eouri Pacific near Kansas City.
Fire in a New York tenement dis
trict caused the death of three chill
.dren.
Gen. Brooke will succeed Merritt in
command of the department of the
East.
bill has been introduced in the
house to provide for 1-cent postage
on letters.
The house con 'mittee has favorably
reported the bill to promote Shafter
and Corbin.
Four men were killed In the Mount
Pleasant mine near Scranton, Pa, by
the breaking Of n mine carriage.
Senator McCumber has presented an
amendment to the Indian appropria-
ton bill TO restore annuities to the
Sisseton, the Wahpeton and the Med
awakanton Sioux.
One man is entombed in a pocket of
coal gas and doubtless dead. and two
are seriously burned as result Of an
explosion in one Of the Black Diamond
mines at Seattle.
Eight firms were burned ont at Chi
cago in a fire which destroyed a four
story brick building at 51-55 Jefferson
street. The loss on the building was
$4,000 and on the contents S35,0O0.
A Louisville & Nashville passenger
train from New Orleans was wrecked
by an open switch near Flomaton, Ala.
and the negro fireman was killed. The
train was heavily loaded with Mardi
Gras excursionists.
Senator Vest introduced n bill grant
ing American register to ships pur-
chased by American citizens. The same
rights and privileges is to be granted
such purchased vessels as are now
given to foreign-built ships.
Fire in the plant Of the Detroit Steel
and Spring company's works at De-
troit destroyed both the company's
rolling mills and caused the loss Of a
frcman's life. The property loss is
about 100000, fully insured.
The mills Of the Maritime Milling
company at New Glasgow, n. s.. were
destroyed by fire, together with a grain
elevator and thousands of bushels OF
grain. This was the pioneer flour mil
in the lower province. Loss S1J0,0Oo
The house committee on public lands
has ordered favorable report on IT,,
bill 10 extend the benefits Of the home
stead laws 10 soldiers who served IL
the Spanish war and the Philippines
with an allowance for time or service
Sandy Calhoun, eX-member Of the
Twentieth Kansas, was run down 81
Memphis passenger train out Of For
Scott. Kan, by officers on switch
engine and arrested, charged with In,
murder Of his business partner at Yale
Kan.
The midnight express on the Lehig)
Valley railroad struck a carriage con
tanning seven persons at Geneva, \
Y, instantly killing five of the occu
pants, fatally injuring another ani
badly bruising the other. All Wer
members Of one family.
Senator Carter has presented a
amendment to the sundry civil apprc
priation bill providing $1,000 for tn
survey Of the outlet of Fiathead lax
in Montana, with q view to maintain
ing the normal level and preventing
overflow.
The monthly comparative statemen
of the receipts and expenditures Cf III
United States shows that the total RI
ceipts for the month Of February wer
1861 .265 and the expenditures sol
T3S,472, leaving surplus for IN
month Of 1892, T93.
The secretary of the industrial con-
mission has submitted to congress n
port showing the work performed b
the commission, it's methods etc
number Of witnesses examined up {
Dec. 81, 1899, was 272, and the e'
pense Of the commission TO the sam
date, S56,S77.
The Japanese minister presented I
Secretary Hay Mr.. Jukiehi Iiouye, WI
comes to Washington to assume III
duties Of secretary to the japanese II
CATION. He succeeds Mr.. Giro Naka:
ava, who paid his farewell call upo
Secretary Hay before leaving Wit
Minister Komura for Rome.
A street car on an Atlanta, Ga. LII
was wrecked by striking an obstru
ticN which had evidently been place
across tie track. The car jumped fui
ten feet into the air and rolled httee
feet down an embankment. The twelN
passengers on the car were more
less injured Those sustaining inJurl'
are Motorman George Maddox, He
schel Dellaperry, Policeman Eugel
Ooker, Policeman Sid Coogler and
W. Wallace.