Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22

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for works or objects not in the intel est of 60
merce or navigation, and II so, requesting that
specifications be furnished. This gave Else TO
an interesting and exciting debate. Messrs
McLane, of Maryland, and Robson, of New
Jersey in support, and Cox of New York
against. amid much confusion. The resoi,1
| tion was finally adopted. The Consular and
| Diplomatic bill was then taken up and passed.
80 In the Senate Mr.. Vance offered a reso-
luton, which was agreed to, directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to furnish as soon
| as possible, q detailed statement showing the
cost Of collecting internal revenue in each col
| lection district, the number of employees in each
district, and the percentage of cost upon the
sums collected in each district. After the in
Beck called up his Political Assessment reso-
luton. He spoke forcibly in favor of the reso-
luton, but the matter went over without final
action and the Senate took up the Bankruptcy
bill which did not reach a vote. Mr.. Hawley
introduced a bill to prevent officers of
| the United States from collecting subscrip-
lions or assessments from each other The
1 bill provides that no member or member-elect
of either House OF Congress- or employees of
either House, and no executive, judicial milf
tary or naval officer of the United States and
no clerk or employee of any department, or any
branch or bureau of either service shall direct
" or indirectly solicit or receive, or be in any
manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any
assessment subscription, or contribution for
any political purpose whatever, from any Off
Ger or employe of the United States, and makes
the penalty 5000 fine or three years impris-
onment. Referred to the committee on Civil
Service Reform.
pension petitions were presented. At the close
of the morning hour the Senate took up the
Bankruptcy BILL the question being on Mr.
Browns motion to Indefinitely postpone the
bill: A debate ensued, and at $50 the Senate
definitely, and by a vote of "a yeas to 80 nays
adopted the Lowell bill, introduced by Mr..
Hoar, as a substitute for the one reported by
Mr.. ingalls,. The bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary. The Senate then by
vote of A to 10, took up Mr.. Pendleton's Civil
a w n and sod
of by indefinite postponement In the
House Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, offered a
resolution reciting that tits alleged that certain
existing railway lines of transportation have
entered into a combination for the purpose of
preventing the construction of competing lines
into the Territories and through the States,
thereby establishing monOpOlies in transport
tation, and directing the Committee of Com
merce 10 report without delay, prohibiting and
bills were introducen, one by Mr.. Springer,
proposing constitutional amendment relative
TO the election of President, Vice-President
and members of Congress. 1t fixes the
term of President and Vice-President at six
years, and makes the President ineligible to
election for the next succeeding term; abol-
ishes the Electoral College and provides for a
direct vote for President Every State shall
be entitled to as many votes as it has Senators
and Representatives in Congress. Members of
!, Congress shall be chosen for three years.
In the Senate the 18th, the President sub
mitted memorial of the Chicago Board of
Trade in favor of the Lowell Bankruptcy BILL
Mr. Vest offered resolution, which was
agreed to, instructing the Committee on Ter
ritories TO inquire and report what legislation
is necessary TO protect public property and
enforce laws i'm the Yellowstone Park and
preserve the game there. Also whether the
area of the Park should be extended, and if
so, TO what extent. Mr.. Pendleton's Civil Ser
vice bill was taken up and discussed at length.
large number of amendments were offered.
Mr.. Plumb introduced bill to authorize the
Secretary of War to establish home for indi-
gent soldiers and sailors in Kansas. Referred.
The Senate then went into executive session.
49,. In the House the Postofice, Military
Academy and Agricultural Appropriation
bills were reported. filed and referred to the
Committee of the Whole. In Committee of the
Whole the House then proceeded to the con
s1derat1on OF the Congressional Library bill.
After long debate the bill was recommitted
to the Committee on Additional Accommoda-
tons for the Library ofCongress, with instruc-
tons to report bill providing for the erection
of library on land in Washington belonging
to the United States. Pending motion to re-
consider, Mr.. kassOn, from the Committee on
Civil Service Reform, reported back the bill
for the better regulation of the civil service
and the House adjourned.
In the Senate the 18th, at the close of the
morning hour Mr.. Beck called up his Political
! Assessment resolution. The question being
on Mr.. Edmund's motion, to refer Mr.. Beck's
, resolution, and substitute one offered by Mr.
Hall to the Committee on Judiciary. After de
: bate this was adopted. Consideration of the
Pendleton Civil Service Beform bill was then
, resumed, which was debated at length and q
1 number of amendments offered, some of which
were adopted. Pending the consideration of
this bill the Senate went into executive session
In the House the Congressional Library
bill was taken up and the motion to reconsider
the vote to recommt was tabled. This vote
recOmmitted the bill with instructions to the
: committee to report back the bill for the cree
{ non or library on ground belonging to the
United States in Washington. The bill was
then considered, reported back and passed.
The House then went into Committee of the
: Whole on the Military Academy Appro-
priation bill, and soon reported it back and II
D passed.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
San Antonio special states that on the
18th the false work OF the bridge across the
{. Great Dry Canyon, four miles west of the
:, Pecos River, near the end of the Mexican Pa
:. cific track, fell in solid mass, precipitating
t nineteen hands distance of seventy-five feet
e on the rocks below. Eleven men were killed
4 and several seriously injured. The disaster
!, will delay the completion of the bridge per-
1 haps sixty days. - e
e The Senate Judiciary Committee has in
d structed its Chairman to call on the President
n to state his reasons for removing Marshal
o Henry, and the appointment of McMichael as
e Marshal of the District of Columbia.
s The Senate was mostly occupied on the 14th
: considering the Pendeton Civil Service bill
s The House, in Committee of the Whole, dis.
;, cussed at length the Postoffce Appropriation
i bill
n The City Of Kingston, the capital of ia
d maiea, was recently the scene of a terrible
n confagration. The loss Is estimated at $50.
OOO,OOO. Only once before has the town suf
n fered so severely from fire, and that was il
. February, 17S2.
/ Henry Shumate, negro, for outraging
> white girl, was sentenced at Springfield, No.
/ to the penitcntiary for thirty years
A thief walked into Miles jewelry store al
y Cleveland, Ohio, lately, and handed the at
= tendant cheap watch to be repaired. While
- the proprietor's attention was turned, tn.
a thief succeeded in getting of with diamonds
= to the value Of $4,000.
A youth named Burke aged eighteen, ia
n tally shot his brother-inlaw, Gus McCurdy a
: Montgomery, Ala. The Arst shot was with
pistol, the second shot gun.
:. The committee examining the books of the
City Tax Collector and Assessor of Louisville