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17
Month
December
Year
1890
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Public Domain
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lili. is vrere intr.Mluood in the Sonate on tbe 9th to reiluo1 the itnmutit of United States bonds to be requlred of National banks and 10 replace tbeir sut ir i no'ef. and to provide for the Ireft ciii;u:r cf ül.ver. aml for the anindmeijl of the tai in hi 11 on Lbo subject of cables, coidage and uviiH'. Tho electlona bUl was turtbat dincvssod. The blH to estaoiish a public farm In each couniy wiliiin the limita of th Kepubllu was tndeflnitel v ost poned In tb? llou.sn ihe resolutloD to remove tue romaiu of Qeoeral Grant to Arllngton Ccmeteiï wasdelekted b? vote of I5:t lo '-M. Tho CoityfrosslODfcl Appbrtiofi ment bilí ra-; lnlroducd. lt pruvIdM tüal after the third duy ol Maren. IMB, ibe Houso shall be componed of :!5i) memberx, iNtheSenat;1 billa were introduced on the lOtb toprovide for colnaffsat tho inunch mlui at Denver. Col. lo amoad ttie silvr.r act of last session. and lo dtülna lbo lino of th army and to increase Is clïtclency, tbe numberof enlisted men nol lo rxceeii :.0UO. 'l'hc House bilt to authorize Ibe payment of drawbaclc or rebate on tobáceo ras puaed. .. . hl Ibe House a bilí was intro"!uced to restore the law In relation to imporiaüons of tin piale as it was beforo the McKmley bill was passed. A bilí for the roller of the misstoo liulians In California was pMBOd. .1. '. Hathaway, of Montanu.was elected pogtmasterol Ibe House. A mix was ïvported fávorably In the Senate on tbe 1 1 1 li appropi lating KttO.UOO tor tbo educa tion of children in Ala.ska. A resolution was presented to Inqulre into the praclleabtllty and the advisabiliiy of establlshlng postal savtngs banks. Tbe eloclions bill was agaln discussed. In the House bilis were passed to prevent the manuïaetiire of countcrfclt dies and molds; prorldlng a penalty for any person wbo shall viólate the electton laws of States, and the fortifica! ons bilt. Bills werc Inlrodueed topay to the wldow of Cblef-JusUc6 Walte the baluu cc o! i (!■ s&lary for tho year f o whtch hft dled, and to icadjusi the salarles of poslmasters. A liEsoi.rrioN to asnertain whetuer the richt lo vote M any oleollon was denlcrt to any legai votcr In the country was discussed in the Unllcd State Seoute on the IStb, as was also the clection bill. The House bilis for public buildings al Davcnport. Ia., anti Bloomlngton. 111. . were reported favorably In the House the reapportionmonl bill, bascd on a represen tation ot XAi iiifin bcr of ihe House, was favorably reporled. lïills wee Introduced to revive the grade of I.icutenanl General of the army; to esiablish a Iliulted post and telegraph nervloo, and provldlng tliai applicaliuns for ciilenship f hal i tío ut ver ti sed so that persons wlshint; to oppose tlu; grantlng of naturallatlon papen muy be notlílcd wheo to appcar, and Ihat appllcftnta for naturalization shall pass a sniisfactory examiDatlon on the blstory of the I 'niieil Starrs. tbe Federal constiluiion And Míe CODrflUulUiuof the State wnere thc appllcnni resides. OOMESTIC. A oYrr.oNK in Walton County, Ga., blew dmvti se ve ral huuses and killed four persons. Ís a saloon brawl at Armago, N. M., Thomas Kranklin altaokod two ludians witli a billiard cue, killin one and fatally woundlng the otlier. A wor.KMAN naniod Doean foll from tho domo of the Stato House at Topeka, Kan., and was instant ly killed. He was the ninth workman to nioet death while employed on that building. The tivm of N;hting;ale Hros. & Knight, silk manufucturers at I'aterson, N. .T., failed for 8400,000. At tbe animal meeting in PhUadolphia of tho American Sabbath Union thü SGC.rotary repoitcd that thore had nevor becn siurh an aw;ikrninr thronghout tbo country to Mío nocossity of observing the Sabliatli day as at ptosont. Colonel BU ioll V. Shepard, of New York, was re-electod president of ihe unión. Ín Uoston Wllítlon, Hurilntl & Yonng, wholesale elothiors, lailod for $7u0,O0ü. and O. V. lngalls A. to.. slioe dealers, failed for 1300.000. TUey operatod thirty stores in llio State. A 8YMDICATE was roported to be negotiating for I he pu reliase ol all tho type foundries in llie Unllpd States. Keni)i;ick, Pbttu A ('o, tobáceo dealers at Clarksvillo, Tonn., failvd foi S400.000. ü ai haw A v WaI r,, of IIcnriDtta Mills, X. C. , shot aiut killed bis rife and brolhoi'-iii-líin and Uien comtnittud suicido. Tmt OUlahoma Leifiilatarn passod over the veto ot Oovernor Steolo the bill locating1 tilo .:tplt;il nf ()1 ía honiH at Kingtisher. At Chanibersburg. Pa , Polk Wilson was sent to jail foi eighty days under the "blue lawn' act of ITUt for swearing eighty profane oaihs. Three tiamps set fire to a barn by smoking near Brimfield, III , and were burned to death. Owixg to the discharge of a workman 3,000 men and giiis in Ciarles threadmilis at Newark, X. .1., went on a strike, and an was issued to shut down the works indcfinitolv. Owixo to tho loss of property Mrs. Kose Masón, a widow, aged üO yearn, coramitted suïcide at Washington, O. Kitti.e & Co."s linseed oil works at San Francisco were burned, causing a loss of Sv:0O,O0O. The National P.oard of Trade in session at New Oi leans passed resolutions in favor of reciprocal trade regulations; of revisión of the National banking laws; of a postal telegrapa and penny postage on local delivery letters, and ia favor of a uniñeation of the monetary systems of the leading commercial nations. Sexatoii Sam Paul. of the Chickasaw Legislature, and bis son. Joe Paul, fought a duel at Paine's Valley, Ind. T., and Joe was killed and the father was fatally wounded. Tuk Texas Land Company of Colorado has offerod.Chiof Mayes 830,000,000 for the Cherokeo strip. Tiiree persons- Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Todd, of Sioux City, Ia., and thelr daugbter, Mrs. Slay ton- were run over and killed by a train at Minneapolis, Minn. At Columbras, O., Mrs. Caroline Switzer and Captain W. H. Llttle, her attornoy, wero each sentenced to two years' imprisonment for defrauding the üovernment on a ponsion claim. Presidk.nt Palmer, of the World's Fair National Commission, named eight members of that body to act on tha board of control. They are: Messrs. Palmer, McKenzie, Maasay, Lindsay, De Young, Waller, Martmdale nd St. Clair.

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