The Montgomery tribune., 1901-02-22
ATE NEWS ITEMS.


business, by n practically unanimous
vote, the oieomarearinc bill being |
placed In that order. After an hours |
the latter measure was |
laid inside and unobjectcd bills from |
the calendar were taken up. Nearly |
three hundred bills. including 179 pri- |
vate pension bills, were passed during |
the day. =. In the house the sundry |
civil appropriation bill occupied the |
time, without making much progress.
until four o'clock. when public busi-
ness was suspended TO allow the MEM
bcrs TO pay trihute TO the memory OF
the late Representative Hoffccker, Of
Delaware.
Jar cs Stewart, . retired lumber
scfSs "rd co ,,"-,. was killed at his
holae minneapolis. Minn.. on the
18th, by being caught In a folding
bed. The supports OF the bed did not
rest squarely upon the floor, and In
some way the heavy top Of the bed
fell. the edge striking Mr.. Stewart
and seyering his spine.
The opinion has been expressed by
several senators that although the riy-
cr and harbor bill would he reported
from the commerce committee IL
could not pass the senate. One repub-
licnn senator said that while he had
not yet determined TO conduct n fight
against the bill, 10 could not be passed
at this session.
All Europe is experiencing return
snow storms are reported from all
par,s OF England. Germany. Italy.
Aus,rin and Russia. The blizzard con-
tiuues In the Odessa district. In
Switzerland many villages arc cut OF.
Numerous deaths nre reportcd.
A marty NJ Americans hive found
n.,ra,.un In largo ou,n,itIcs on the
Island ~ Nnrgnri,. nm Island In the
ICarrIbean sen beIonginp 10 Venezuela.
and n, Nnr,cnibo' cI,v of yene-
yu.j, while nro.pectiny for nspbnlt.
rh.v h,y. n,so found iron and discov.
,rcd several asbestos mines,
~ "a r.,or,ed from Naynsnki TINT
...,,, 10. ,...,, ,anoi,5.d lao.
,..an chIno and The Russo china hank
,or a.. co,s,ync,io, of n railway from
I,l. uoiIls,i slb,,io. IN Port Arthur.
The banl,. an r,t.rn for constructing
,h,. iin,. oc,s the right To work IL foy
20 ycnrs.
| The goyernor of yIrpinja has signed
th. bill providing for the constitu-
tIonal convention.
In the senate. on the 18th. nearly
L t.a l...I .f.aI IN.
lsiderntion OF .hc post Office appropri.
alton bill. MI OF the committee
amendments were disposed OF except
that approprinting S5OO,OOO FOR mn eN'
tension OF the pneumatic tube service,
which went over. Just before nd
Journmcnt the military academy np'
preparation bill was laid before the
senate'...in the house the bill to nu'
thorilc the holding OF the internntion'
nj exposition In celebration OF the
centennial anniversary OF 'he bouis',
ana purchase NJ 81. Louis, IN ivo'' hho
nPProprin,ihs s''"o'oVV 'hereior' WA
passed. uhder suspension OF the rules
ny vote OF iv' 10 fi' Inc suhdry
cNh appropriation piii WIS 'aheh vi
in'e III thc day'
Dispatches received in Berlin, IRON
Ihsbon, assert that during the recen'
meeting IN London OF King Edward
Emperor william and King Charles
an arrangement was effected between
Great Britain, Germany and Portuga
regarding the future OF south Africa
In Official circles In Berlin oil suci
statements are said to be entirel,
without foundation.
A dispatch FROM Copenhagen. on tn
18th, said: "rhe statements pub
lishcd In London TO the effect that th'
sale of the Danish West indies TO tn
United States had been abandoned j
not well grounded. On the contrary