People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1895 — WASHINGTON NOTES. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NOTES.

It is rumored in Washington that Ambassador Bayard will shortly tender nis resignation. A resolution was Introduced In congress- Tuesday by Representative Barrett of Massachusetts demanding the impeachment of Ambassador Bayard for his "un-American utterances” In his speech at the Edinburgh university. Senator Cullom of Illinois made a strong speech in the senate Tuesday, favoring the uncompromising enforcement of the Monroe doctrine.

The bloomer girl on the bicycle Is a good thing for the public health, but the bloomer waiter girl aims a at the digestion by encouraging cheap hash with sinkers on the side. The nam/9 of Gen. Hugo, father of Victor Hugo, has been placed on one of the vacant places on the list of national heroes which adorns the Arc de Triomphe. There are only two left; but, after they’re gone, Paris can build another arch.

Fire at Council Bluffs, lowa, swept the business portion of the city, causing a loss of $600,000. The firemen were hampered by a strong wind and a scarcity of men, and were utterly unable to control the flames. Fire at St. Paul, Minn., late Thursday night did damage estimated at $200,000. More than five hundred workmen were thrown out of employment. By an explosion of dynamite near La Follette, Campbell county, Tenn., eight workmen engaged in building a railroad were killed. The schooner Elwood of San Francisco is missing, and is supposed to have gone down off the Alaskan coast between Cook’s inlet and Glazier bay, with all on board.