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Day
6
Month
March
Year
1890
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Washington-, Feb. 28.- Mr. PendleÉon, of West Virginia, whom the House unseated Thursday, proposes to carry the case to the Supreme Court on the ground that 106 votes is a constitutional quorum and that the Spnaker has no lawful rijrht to count any one present who was not voting. This will furnish the test that the Democrats have been anxious to make as to tho constitutionality of the rules recently adoptad by the Ilopublicans and the rulings of Speaker Reed on this subject. Washington. Feb. 88. - i: x - 1 'resident Cleveland has aold O;ik View, his country homo near this city, to K ;. Newlands, the representativo of a California Byndloate which has been buying largely of subuvban property in this Ticinity. The price paid was 8140,000, which neta Mr. Cleveland a profit of about 3100,000 over the price he paid for the pioperty and the cost of improvements uring the four years he owned lt. Washington, March i. - Seeretary Windom has issued orders for the establishment of au immigrant landing dopot on Bedloes Islaml, New York harbor, and arrangement will at once be made for the construction of the necessary buildings. Washington, March. 1.- Seoretary Windom lias accepted the bid of the North American Commercial Company for the exclusive rfj?ht to the Beul fish eries on the Inlands o( St. l'aul and HL George, Alaska. Under the tenns of the lease the Government will secure a revenue of about 81,000,000 per year, as against $300,000 vinder the present lease to the Alaska Commercial Company. Washington, March l.- In thé corridor of the House of Represen tati ves yesterday ex-Congressman Taulbee, of Kentucky, was shot in the face and dangerously wounded by Charles Kincaid, correspondent of the Louisville Times. An old grudgo was the cause. WASHINGTON, March 3.- The monthly statement of the public debt shows that it was decreased during the month of February the sum of 86, 1 5'J, 4St. 06. The total debt less cash in the treasury March 1 was 51,084,547,259.48. Washington, March 3.- Kincaid, who shot ex-Congrossman Taulbee in the face, is out on #2,000 bail. Taulbee's condition is very favorable. Washington, .March 4.- The members of the Georgia delegation in the House of Representativos have had notice servod upon them that their reelection will bo contested by an ganized opposition party. They have received lutters that tho Farmers' Allianoe of Geargia intcnds to put a candidate in the field in each Congressional district at tho next election, and that nono of the present delegation from Georr-i;i wil] be found on the Alliance ballots.

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