The Taney County republican., 1901-03-07
CONDENSED TEIEGRAMS.

In the senate. on the 2Sth, an ira
mense amount of business was dis
posed of. The river and harbor bill,
carrying appropriations exceeding
$50, COO, was passed without discus
sion. The conference report on tns
war revenue reduction bill was adopt
ed, and final conference reports were
made and agreed to on the diplomatic
and consular and agricultural appro-
priation bills, and another conference
ordered on the post Office appropria-
tion bill. Conference reports on sew
eral minor bills were adopted. In the
house q number of important confer
ence reports were adopted, among
them that on the war revenue reduc-
tion bill, was adopted without division.
Final reports on the diplomatic and
consular and the agricultural appro-
priation bills were also adopted.
The news that the Spooner amend
ment prohibits the sale of land, tim
Der and mining concessions has
alarmed those in the Philippine ISL
ands who are dependent upon such
concessions for their business sue
cess. The three chambers of COM
mercc of Manila, the International,
the Spanish and the American, are
wiring protests.
A collision between passenger train
No. 16, south-bound, and a local
freight on the Pittsburgh & Charles
ton railroad, at Coal Valley, five miles
from McKeesport, on the night of the
2sth, resulted in the killing of two
persons and the serious wounding OF
three others. The passenger train
caught fire and was consumed.
Great Britain, japan and Germany,
it is said, have unitedly advised China.
through Ii Hung Chang, against
granting special concessions to the
subjects of any nationality. These
representations refer to the Russo
Chinese convention regarding Man
churia, which has not yet been rati-
fed by China.
Gen. De Wet, it is officially assert.
ed, having failed to cross the Orange
river at Daltorspoort, is hurrying to
Roenfontein by the way of Petrus.
Vile. The Orange river is falling fast.
The ports of Inabango and Quindul-
man, on the Island of Dohol, P. l., have
been closed to interisland commerce
on account of the withdrawal OF
American troops.
Janowski, the Partisan chessmaster,
was, on the 2Sth, awarded first prize
in the international chess tournament
at Monte Carlo.
In the senate, on the 1st, the greater
part of the session was devoted to dis
cussion of the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill. The bills apprcpriating
$5OO,OOO for the Buffalo Pan-AmericaE
exposition; $5,Oo0,00O for the ST. Louis
Louisiana purchase exposition, and
$25O,OOO for the Charleston Is. c. in-
terstate and West Indies exposition,
were attached to the bill as riders.
In the house the senate amendments
to the army appropriation bill were
concurred III 159 10 134. The final con-
ference report upon the Indian appro-
priation bill was adopted. The con-
ference report on the St. Louis expo
sition bill (Which agreed to Sunday
closing) was agreed to and the bill
was sent back to conference.
A train on the Plant System Of
AIiAI OduS OIONc d "OI1u IcCOIu luz
fast time on the 1st. This train, in
charge of Engineer A. II. Lodge, ran
from FlemingtOn, Ga, to Jacksonville,
Fla, a distance of 14S miles, in 130
minutes, making the furious average
of "a miles an hour for the entire dis
tance, with some phenomenal bursts
of speed, at times reaching 120 miles
an hour.
The Indiana legislature, on the 1st,
passed a primary election law. It is
mandatory in the counties of which
Indianapolis and Evansville are the
seats, and is optional, at the diction
of the county central committees OF
the two principal parties, in the 9TH
er counties of the state.
Doll johnson, living with his pa
rents nine miles west of Orlando,
Okla, shot both his father and moth
er, on the night of the 2sth, with
Winchester, killing them instantly.
He was adjudged insane some time
ago, but was thought to have been
cured.
Oil has been struck 80 miles below
Carlsbad, n. NJ, near the Texas state
line, and almost on the line of the
railroad. 1t was found at a depth OF
so feet, and bubbled up from the bot
tom of the we'll like a spring.
The monthly statement of the pub
lie debt shows that at the close Of
business February 2S, 1901, the debt,
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