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The Fifty-seventh congress nd
journed sine die on the 4th after
having disposed of all the appropri-
alton bills. In the senate Senator Al
lison stated that the appropriations
aggregated 1854, 10s,5 14. The usual
resolution Of thanks to the presiding
officer was adopted. In the house
the speaker delivered his valedictory
and was thanked for his services.
American-made gowns displayed at
n convention OF dressmakers in New
York are said to rival creations from
Paris.
Alfred Knapp, in explaining at
Hamilton, o., his confessions, said his
sister betrayed him, and he deter
mined 10 tell the story in order to
make the family disgrace complete.
IL is estimated that over 1000 head
of cattle persisted In Kansas during
the recent storm.
An anti-toxin which will destroy
the germs OF cholera infantum has
been announced by DIR. Simon Flex-
ner, director OF medical institute
at Baltimore. Nd.
Prohibition in Vermont Is believed
killed by referendum adoption Of
high license under local option law
Business failures throughout the
country in February amounted to
$10,0o7, 454, against $11, 302, 029 in the
same month in 1902.
The Indiana legislature has passed a
bin appropriating $4,000 for the In
diana exhibit and building at the ST.
Louis exposition.
The extra session OF the United
States senate of the Fifty-eighth con-
gress met at noon on the 5th and 30
senators were sworn in for six-year
terms. The time was devoted 20
speeches answering Congressman
Cannon's charge of Legislative black
mail" In executive session all the
treaties were referred to the commit
tee on foreign relations. Adjourned to
the 9th.
Forty structural iron companies,
with capital aggregating $I,OOo,OOo,-
600, have combined to resist iron
workers and other employees de-
mands for wage increase.
Seventeen persons were injured in
railway collision near Kansas City, Mo.
Senator Quay predicts that four
states will be admitted as the result
OF the fight by friends OF the omni-
bus bill before the next congress.
President Roosevelt has signed all
the appropriation bills passed by con-
gress.
James J. Corbett and James j. JEFF
fries have agreed TO fight in California
In July or August for the heavyweight
championship Of the world.
The population Of New York city is
now placed at g. 1872 ,903.
AL Wade has been sentenced TO be
electrocuted June % at Columbus, o.,
for the murder of Kate Sullivan two
years ago
Mrs. John Greenwood and her three
children girls aged 16 and 10 and a
boy aged 11-were killed by the cars
at Springfield, o.
A bill before the Pennsylvania leg |
islature proposes medals and money
rewards for large families.
The Maine legislature has rejected |
n bill proposing resubmission of the
prohibitory law passed 80 years ago.
A strike OF 10000 Illinois miners
81 imminent, the joint committee hav-
ing failed to reach an agreement on
the wage scale.
The Montana house passed bill
requiring that newspapers shall once
O month print statement OF owner
ship and that editorials shall be
signed.
The five new battleships ordered
by congress will be named Vermont.
Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi and
kaho.
ohm d. Rockefeller has 80