Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-01

1880. >. -:
foRTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
MONDAY, March ,22.-Petitions presented
For protection against the sale of oleomargarine
as butter; for the passage Of bankrupt law
for the removal Of duty on materials used in
making paper. - Hill, Of Georgia, from the
resolutions declaring that ~ VIM. z. Kellogg
was not. chosen senator BY tho legislature Of
Louisiana he is not entitled, to, : seat in the
senate, but that Henry w. ,Spofford who was &c
chosen is entitled to said seat and should be
admitted On taking the oath prescribed by law.
The resolutions were accompanied by report
port in favor Of, Kellogg, signed by himself,
Cameron, OF Wisconsin, and Logan. A long
debate was then had ON motion
to print the resolutions and accom-
panying evidence in which Kellogg participated
at length. The motion to print was agreed to.
-. Bills introduced: To enable the commits
oAOAOA u a6I1CuAVNS W VCbL Iuo pT6Ct1CaD1uCy
OF manufacturing sugar on large scale from
sorghum and sugar cane; establishing the ter
ritory Of Pembina, and providing q Temporary
government therefor. :. The house bill appro-
priating$ $100, 600; to: continue the public print
ing, provided that the entire sum appropriated
600, was passed. :. On motion Of Thurman, the
Geneva award bill was formally taken up. i. :.
After an executive session the senate adjourned
TUESDAY, March q. 23.-Edmunds presented the
memorial of one Mcbride, calling attention to
the exclusion Of Gentiles from the lands in
Utah by the present system of locating town
SITES, Referred. .Edmunds also offered o
resolution calling on the secretary Of the einterior
for information as to the number and extent of
any discrimination in favor of Mormons has
been shown in such issues. Adopted. Teller
gave notice of an amendment intended to be
offered by him to the bill ratifying the agree
ment with the Ute Indians. The amendment
provides that from tho amount provided ior in
fae @s. olli shall bs Paid during her lfe yearly, to
1000; to Josephine Meeker, s1,o>'0; to Mrs.
Soplarenia Price, q, 600; to Mary and John, in
fant children Of Mrs. Price, $500 each until
they are q years old: to George Dressler, 81 900;
to Mrs. Sarah NJ. Post, $500; to Mrs. Eaton,
$5OO; to the sra1 surviving parent Of Arthur L.
Thompson, $500; to the father of Fred Shepard,
$500; to the surviving parent of Wilmer 8. Eek
ridge, $500. The persons named above are suf-
ferers by or relatives of those who suffered BY
the Ute massacre. . AT the expiration of the
morning hour the Geneva award bill was de-
bated until adjournment.
WEDNESDAY, March 24.-Nothing Of impor-
tance was transacted in the senate to-day.
THURSDAY, March 25.-The bill incorporating
the National Educational association was passed.
-: The bill to provide for issuing patents for
public lands claimed under presumption and
homestead laws in certain cases was passed.
The senate then went into executive session, and
when the doors reopened adjourned until Mon
day.
House.
MONDAY, March 22.-Under the call Of states
the following bills were introduced and referred:
Providing for the free passage Of Irish immi-
grants on the return voyage of the ship Con-
stelation, now about to start for Heland with
provisions for the suffering peasan1y of that
island; for the appointment Of a commission to
revise the laws relating to customs and internal
revenue in the United States; amending the na I.
currency; to reduce the tax on distilled spirits
so cents on every proof gallon; to abolish the
tax on tobacco; to abolish the tax on bank
checks, bank deposits and matches; granting
land IN alternate sections to Mississippi to aid in
the construction Of the Ship Island, Ripley Il
Kentucky railroad; regulating the rates Of post
age on second class matter in letter-ca1rier
offices; to impose higher duty on opium, NOR
Phis and their salts, and opium imported for
revenue tax on opium prepared in
the United States for smoking purposes; to I'M
pose duty Of 10 cent. on su1phate of quinine:
reducing the salary Of the president to $25, 1000;
providing that mineral lands Of the United
States shall be surveyed, appraised and sold at
taer tuu value, and that all proceeds thereof,
after the payment Of the necessary expenses,
shall be applied to the payment of the public
debt. Ellis introduced joint resolution re-
quiring the president to notify the government
of Great Britain of the abrogation Of the Clay
ton -Bulwer treaty. Referred to the committee
on the inter-oceanic canal. Young introduced
resolutions setting ferth the dangers likely to
grow out Of the construction of the canal across
the isthmus Of Panama and requesting the
publics for the purpose of adopting measures
for mutual safety and protection. Referred to
the committee on foreign affairs. {. .Bayne in
troduced a joint resolution on the same subject
which was also referred to the committee on
foreign relations. After considering the con-
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill in COM
mttee OF the whole the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 2S.-No business of import
ance was transacted in the house to day. the
whole session being consumed in debate over
the reference eff bill to amend the tariff,
WEDNESDAY, March 24.-The day was spent
in debate over the reference of bill to amend
the tariff. The session continued until q late
hour.
THURSDAY, March 25.-Most of the time was
in debating the reference Of bill to
amend the tariff, the question being finally set
tied by referring the bill to the committee on
ways and means. Converse, chairman of the
committee on public lands, reported q bill to
quiet the titles on the Des Moines river lands Of
Iowa. Placed on the calendar. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 26.-The morning hour was
in consideration of private bills, and
the house then entered upon Q long and unin-
teresting discussion rs to whether two-thirds
vote was requisite under the rules to lay aside
private business and proceed to the considera-
don of public bills. Without determining the
point the house went into committee Of the
whole, on the private calendar, and without
disposing of any bill the committee rose and the
house adjourned till tomorrow.
SATURDAY, March 27.-Many bills being re-
mittee OF the whole upon the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bills. The bill was
read by sections for amendments. Mcmillan
moved to strike out the clause appropriating
$4,000 for charge daffairs nd interim and
diplomatic officers abroad. Pending 1 vote,
the committee rose and the house adjourned.
- A Famous Town.
= tFrom the London Telegraph
About five weeks ago fire broke out
in the little town Of Urfa, better known
to the European public by it's biblical
name OF Ur, and highly venerated
throughout the Orient as the birthplace
Of Abraham. The house in which that
celebrated patriarch was born is still
standing in Urfa; it is called "Bet
Chall Allah"-the house of Gods friend
and hundreds of pious pilgrims visit it
annually. When the conaagration took
place on the Oath of January, many of
the inhabitants of Urfa took refuge in
Abraham's dwelling, and carried thither
all their valuables persuaded that the
flames would respect the structure in