The Holt County sentinel., 1872-05-10
General News Summary,
CONGRESSIONAL.

80 VIZ hNhoeNf ph lht SUN, N Jill was
introduced to equalize promotion among Officers
In the army. providing that the promotion Of com.
missioned officers shall he lineai up to and includ
lug the grade of colonel In cavalry, artillery and
Infantry Bills were repOrted--dlrectlnR the
P0stmaster.G to increase the present steam.
ship mall service to Braz to senii.month.
ly service Tor ten years a. cost TO the
United states not exceeding ~ 1000 per
annum; adversely, and bil indefinitely port.
poned, to authorize prantors Of franchises for
the consiruclion and maintenance Of bridges
to mortgage the same with such bridges and
their appurtenances; without amendment. House
bill for the relief Of settlers Cherokee lands In
Kansas report was made and concurred In
from the Conference Committee on he Legislative
Appropriation bill The Deficiency bill was
further considered, and the amendment to equal.
lie the pay OF men employed in Government
workshops under the eight.hour law was rejected,
aud the section was passed substantially as II
came from the House, providing for the pay
mant, without reduction on account OF the reduc.
tiun OF the hours OF labor by the eght-hOur law,
Of lahorers, wurkmeu and mechauc- employed
by or In behalf OF the Government Of the United
States from the 2Nth Of june 1868, to the 10th Of
May 1869 Amendments were offered and laid on
the tabl appropriating S525,25S to Kentucky 'nr
expenses IN eqnipping troops during the rebellion,
and providing that no account should be taken OF
troops employed after May I, 1865. 81. Executive
session and adjournment.
In the House, on the Goth, the Senate
bill to amend the act Of March g. 1s72 for a bridge
across the Missouri River at st. Joseph, was pass.
ed .... The resolution relating to the case Of Or.
HOunrd was sscd by u vote OF 1i3 to " the PIE
emblc being amended so as to read. Whereas it
Is alleged" etc. "A resolution providing for q
final adjournment on the ~ Of May was offered
aud reiected-yeas So nays lO6...A bill was
reported from the Judiciary Committee, ordered
printed and recommited. to remove political dis.
abilities from some 10 900 persons he Tariff
bill was taken up In Committee Of the Whole ...
In the Senate, on the 27th, the bill for
81 l..
was passed The Naval Appropriation bill was
reported from Committee Of the Whole and the
amendment providing that the number OF hours
constituting days work at Navy Yards shall be
h same as shall be usual and customary IN pri
vate employmcnts In the vicinity of such Navy
Var = was rejected. The Post.Onlce Appropra.
tinn bill was taken up and read u second time aud
unimportant amendments were agreed to-. .Ad-
jOurncd.
In the House, on the 27th, motion to
meet hereafter at II O'Clock and adjourn at 3
o'clock was adopted The Tariff bill was dis.
cussed in Committee Of the Whole "A bill was
reported from the Committee ON Revolutionary
Pensions aud passed, amcndatO OF the law pen.
siOning soldiers and widows OF the war Of 1912,
suiking out limitations as to length of service, and
NJ TO participation In the rebellion, and extending
the benefits II the law to ul widows OF soldiers OF
1912 who were married prior to January /. 1895. ..
In the Senate, on the Goth, a remon-
STRANGE was presented against the repeal OF the
Eight Hour law After q lengthy discussion, a
was adopted-83 TO 13--proylding that
duing the present session IL shnll be In order at
any tine to move q recess, and pending an appro-
prialion bill to move to connnc debate on amend.
mcnts there,o to Ave minutes hy any Senator on 9
without debate, and no amendment to any such
bill making legislative provisions other than such
ns directly relate 70 prations In the bill shall
be received. Adjourned
In ba TInpya N Olth aa,,nra1 Iil1o
were introduced and referred, among them one
to regulate and facilitate the payment OF duties
on imported merchandise Bills were pas ed
: to remove the legal and poll ical disabilities
from $. III. Rogers, the member elect from the
Raleigh District Of North Carolnn; substitute
Tor tue Senate bill releasing 10 the state of In.
diana the lands known as Bed of the Lake." in
Newton County, lnd,aca; Senate hll supple.
mennty 10 the act OF March 3, n, to incorpo ate
The Texas Pacific Railroad Company, changing
the tile TO that of the Texas Il
Pacific Railway Company, and making
provision as 70 Issuing mortgage aud land grant
bonds, etc The report Of tue Conference Com.
mittee on the Legislative Executive and Judicial
Appropriation bin WIS rejected yeas & nays 81
the principal objection being to the provision for
nm increase OF the salaries OF several executive
officers and Of the Judges Of the Court Of Claims
and the bill was recommitted to the me commit
tee Senate amendments to the following House
bills were concurred iu-for the relief Of settlers
On Oslge lands In Kansas; extending for two
years he line OF payment by pre' mption settlers
N MinnesotL Wisconsin, Michigan and Dakota;
.p promote the development of the mining le-
'O ces OF the United States for the relief OF pur.
,hasers Of lands sol for direct taxes In nsurrec-
Onary States; substi ute Tor the House bill to per-
petu ,te Testimony In Uniied stat, COurts. The
Senate concurrent resolution accepting from the
State of Connecticut the statues OF Jonathan
Trumbu,l and Roger Sherman was adopted The
difference n pOrt on the bill for abroad bridge
lcross The Arkansas River was agreed ..Ad-
ourned.
In the Senate, on the 30th, the House
amendments to the Texas Pacific Railroad bill
were concurred In. =. Bills were passed-extend-
Ing for two years the time within which States
may avail themselves Of the act Of 1866 granting
lands 10 aid in establi hing agriculiur i col eges
The Deaci.n bill with an amendment res ricting
the julisdiction of the Court Of aims in sui for
the value captured or abandoned property to
cases commenced two wears after the suppression
Of the rebellion, the claimants proving allrma.
lively that they never gave aid or comfort
to the rebellion;, to repeal the duty, on
tea and coffee, providing that on and after July l.
1872 tea and coffee shall be placed on the free list
aud no further Import duty shall be collected from
the same, and that all tea and coffee which may he
In public stores or bonded warehouses ON July /,
Is 3 shall be subject 10 no duty ON entry thereof
Tor consumption, and all tea and coffee remaining
In said stores on : Id July |, on which duties shall
duties paid. :, "A bill WIS introduced authorizing
the construction Of bridge over the Mississippi
at Fort Madison, Iowa. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 30th, the bill to
the planting Of trees and for the pres
ervaton Of woods on the public domain came up
and, after debate, was rejected s. TO 81. IA bill
was passed providing for the Issue OF United
destroyed or deitcrd without default on the part
Of their owners, under such rules and restrict ons
ls the Secretary Of the Tire sury may prescribe
=. The Tarif bill was debated in Committee of
he Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the LIST, bills were
passed-changing the time for holding the United
States Courts for the Western District Of Wiscon.
sin; repeating the provisions Of the Army Appro-
priation act Of 1870, prohibiting promotions In the
ltafT of the army; TO regulate elections In Wash
ngtOn and Idaho Territories; the Naval Appro
priation bill with an amendment providing that
The pay of chief engineers In the navy Tor the next
lscal year shall be The same as that now hxed by
law for the naval constructors bill was re-
ported from the Judiciary Committee author zing
Terms OF the United States District Court TO be
held at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory. ....Ad'
ourned.
In the House, on the 1st, the Senate
amendment to the House bill TO abolish the du-
ties on tea and coffee, making the bill take effect
July I, 1872, was concurrcd In by large majority
Bills We're passed-regulating the mode Of
mHking private contracts with Indians; to
authorize The United States Cicuit Court for
he bSpd bS "E Pap" Ids 0 9 n pEoy9e
for The sale OF certain Indian lands
In Kansas authorizing the removal Of restrictions
pn llt dltnhllOI Oh CFilhln NJ uul lHulhl lhluh III
Kansas to provide for the reno al " the Kansas
tribe OF In ians to the Indian Territory and To
dispose II their lands in Kansas ~ actual settlers
only. The Tariff bill was cpnsid, red Ia Commit
tee OF the Whole, after which the House toUk u
recess until seven o'clock The evening session to
be devoted to Territorial business.
In the Senate, on the I'd, remon'
STRANGE was presented from Wendell Phillips and
other citizens OF Massachusetts, against the repeal
Of the eight-hour law, "A resolution was adopted
liking eeven O'Clock as the hour for the meeting
Of the Senate ON and after the 9Th Bills were
establish two Judicial Districts
In Indiana; TO provide for the creation aud
organization OF raj rOa6 companies In the
TeI ritories. The resolution permi ting Ameri-
can Diplomatic aud Consular officials to accept
testimonials from the Emperor OF Germany was
laken up debate and laid over, The POst ONCE
Approp intlon bill, ON the question pending for
Inc easing the payment for the China mail service
to one million doll rs, came up and was debated.
80 Executive session and adjournment
In the House, ON the I'd, bills were
passed for the distribution OF one thousand breech
loading rifles and two hundret thousand cart
ridges TO settlers In expos localities in MOntna;
for the removal OF the Flat Heads and other In.
diine from Bitter Root Valley, Montana, TO the
regular reservation In Montana; TO cOnhrm to the
Great and Little Oaage Indians reser-
v tion In lnuian Territory; 10 abolish the
tribal rea Ions OF the Miami Indians In two years,
after which individual members OF the tribe are
to be citiz n of the I'm ted Sta es The bill for
the organization of the Indian Territory OF Okla
s,aA m Tha