Mower County transcript., 1900-05-09
NEWS CONVERSATIONS


CONVERSATIONS
wednesday. lGav9.
CoueREasHousa:. NicaxaGual aonal
ILL passed after . most spirited d0hato
~ vote ot 2e5 to 6, The eoen1niittee
1mendment stxiking out The oG1an61 peo-
vidou fnr fort oatioa beineg aa6ppeod.
6enase: N9a1ka PeetiGfeW anA 1o1nse4
1sverely denounced tia adminiDt1ati0n's
tsa1ment x voluntoee SoldierS, tie army
iii being under considerations. sss4 ~
PrsdsnsD Doas ha1. besn selssteod -
the4fse Bovsznoeof HAWAII = ! !
Munfsesy, che oelebrased paintsr. =
dead. He viii be buried at Buds Pest.
]. Tie jury in tie case Of b. 81 Roberts,
On trial at Salt Lake for ullawful CO.
hahta6on, disagreed and was dis
charged. >, .....es. .'.,tz:.+ So -.
The noanptrolleF ef4 tho cu1rency has
issueda > call for the report of the oondi-
don Of national banks at the close Of
business April %, 1900. - go J. q
The joint resolution continuing The
present admin strative ohicials in Porto
Rico IL Office until the appointments
are made under the civil government
law, has been signed by the president,
-" 1harsday, May 3. 2'@
sCoNaREss-Honse: The free homes
bill, providing that the government shall
issue patents to actual settlers on Indian
reservations opened to settlement, passed
without division. Senate: Agreement
reached to take up the Clark case Thurs
day next; army appropriation bill cqnsid-
cred.
Two hundred and hfty St. Paul wood
workers are ON strike.
The Manion House Ottawa fire relief
fund has now reached $4,000.
Reports received from the tea dis
tricts Of India show the prospects are
generally unfavorable. .....
The number Of cases of bubonic
plague officially reported thus far at
Sydney. N. s. w., 10 l8s, of which 81
have proved fatal. /
=Ex-U United States Senator Waitman
Thomas Wiley Of West Virginia ID
dead, aged 88. Deceased was the au.
thor, Of tho constitution of West Vir-
ginia- =. ~
Albert NJ. Bryant, an Englishman, %
years old, jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge, holding an umbrella to break
the fall and bladders to keep him afloat,
and was seriously injured.
Friday. May I.
CoNaREss-Senate: Army .reorganiza-
tion bill, considered one of the most i'm
portant measures of the session, passed:
also the Notifications BILL House: Sun
dry civil bill considered and 70 of the 132
pages of the measure completed.
Turkey has not replied to the Ameri-
can note regarding the indemnity claims
Iowa Democrats, in convention at
Des Moines, endorsed the Chicago plat
form but ignored the free silver ISSUE.
Sir Henry M. Stanley, the explorer,
while denying the stories of his imme-
date retirement from parliament, says
he will not seek reelection.
Senator Butler, chairman of the Pop
ulist national committee, has appointed
Hon. D. A. Mills of Denver seargeant-
alarms for the Populist national con.
:Vention. '-@t:''T'-l ;" .':'s>, = F.. a.
The president has approved recon-
mendation Of the secretary Of war that
the authorized number of commissary
sergeants in the army be increased from
l65 to 200.
Saturday, May g.. .m* =:
CONGRESS House, Sundry civil bill
passed. 1t carries slightly more than
81 SEQ 600 or about 11O, ,Oo0, 600 more than
any previous sundry civil BILL Senate:
Not in session. - --. :. -
Lieutenant Gibson won tho Ken.
lucky derby. ..,
British have driven the Beers out Of
a strong position at Houtnek.
Twenty-Five thousand Standard on
employees have been granted IN advance
in wages.
Three Chicago labor leaders have
been indicted on the charge Of assault
and melting riots. >-..s -.
In an interview at Toledo, O., Mr..
Bryan declared the Democrats were
sure to win in November.
kA1uUs1SesUO1 SAO6SV0 0kbS 64k0N AOIU
Salisbury. for an explanation regarding
the boarding of the American steamer
Sea Witch within the Smile limit.
Monday, May7.
CoNGRRss-Senate: Mr.. Teller called
up his Boer resolution of sympathy and
urged it's adoption; naval appropriation
bill also considered. House: Pension
law amended to meet recommendations
of the G. A. R.; bill to increase national
guard appropriation to 100000 also
passed.
Joe Walcott was given the decision
over Mysterious Billy Smith in a 95-
round bout before the Broadway Ath.
letic club, New York city.
The chief portion of the mining town
of Sandon, East Kootenai, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The railway station
and telegraph Office were burned.
The Russian government is strength
sening it's Asiatic squadron by adding
the Petropolovsk, a battleship of 1O,96O
tons, and the Giliak, small gunboat.
The Denver Water company's new