Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-06-22

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head. McMullen Is under surveillance.
Prof. @. A. Arnold, principal OF the Mitchell
| Spring School, Cherokee Nation, was fatally
| shot by Baxter Prather, an Indian, on the 14th
inst. Arnold had chastised Q young brother Of
Prather's, hence the fatal deed.
A serious difficulty occurred at Brsdley's
Mills, near Malvern, Ky., on the 18th inst, be-
tween William and Samuel Cromer, uncle and
nephew. Sam inflicted terrible wound in his
uncle's throat with q knife and he In turn
cracked Sans skull with q rock. Both were
very low at last sccounts.
The authorities OF the insane asylum at
Utica, N. Y. suppressed for one month the
publication Of the fact that David Pouiton, q
+, crazy convict, killed an inmate.
FoRTy.sEvENTH CONGRESS.
senate.
| MONDAY, June 12.-The house bills to divide
| Iowa IN two judicial districts and authorizing
the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad company to
construct bridge over the Missouri, passed.
-. .Pendleton presented petition from 10000
citizens Of Cincinnati and Covington, asking
for the passage Of his civil service bill Gar
land, from the judiciary committee reported as
substitute for the bill for the relief OF A. sgd
ney Sebbs and similar measures an original bill
| amending section 1918 of the revised statutes
referring to the disqualification from appoint
ment to any positions in the army Of the United
| States, and for other purposes. Laid over.
The japanese indemnity bill occupied the re-
mainder Of the session.
TUESDAY, June 13.--Garland introduced q
| supplement TO the recent Geneva award act,
providing for claims of British owners OF prop
erty seized when under the American flag.
Browns resolution. supplying each senator
with u, 200 clerk, was rejected-yeas 20, nays
28. The senate bill to give every officer whose
name IL borne on the naval list thirty years,
and who has served full term as chief OF a
bureau, the rank Cthat Of commodore) which
he would have II he was retired while chief Of
q bureau, was rejected-10 TO IS. The
japanese indemnity bill was considered in ON.
mttee, and Morrill, 3 amendment, ordering the
destruction OF bonds in which the fund was in
vested, prevailed-yeas "a. nays %. The CEN
clusion OF the committee not to pay Japan the
accumulated interest which the indemnity had
earned was reiterated in the senate--25 TO 23.
| The bill was then passed-yeas 35, nays IS.
| The bill passed authorizes and directs the
President to pay to the government Of Japan
S7s5,0O0 in legal coin, through the United
States minister TO japan, and directs that all
| bonds now owned or controlled by the state de-
| partment and designated IN the department
reports as "The japanese Indemnity Fund
shall be cancelled and destroyed. Section
directs that the secretary Of the treasury shall
pay from the treasury $40, 200 as prize money
to the officers and crews Of the United States
ship Wyoming and the steamer Tokioug, or
their legal representatives. for services in the
straits ofShimonosek in 1868 and 1864; no pay
ment to be made 10 the assignee of any
mariner, but to the mariner himself, his legal
representatives, or his or their duly su thorized
attorney. :. Adjourned.
"WEDNESDAY, June 1.-THE senate resumed
consideration OF the senate iofnt resolution TO
pay mail contractors in various southern states
the amounts due them on their contracts for
1859, 1860 and 1861. and the reappropnation Of
| s375, 700 for that purpose. The vote upon pro-
ceedlng with the bill was: Yeas 80, nays "a
party ote,-Davis en- voting nay. with the
republicans. long struggle ensued for pre-
cedence in the regular business, but finally a
motion by Bayard to take ap the bonded spirits
bill prevslled-yeas So, nays Il. After debate
on the liquor bill the senate went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
THURSDAY, June 15.-The bill relating to the
bonded period upon distilled spirits was again
up for consideration. After debate aud rejec-
| ton Of various amendments, on motion Of Nc
Milan, the bill and the substitute of the senate
committee were indefinitely postponed-yeas
32. nays 90. Adjourned.
FRIDAY. June 16.-Hoar introduced bill to
provide for the performance Of the duties Of
the Office Of President In case Of removal, resig
nation, inability or death, both Of the Presi-
dent and wee president. II vests the success
| sion to the Presidency in the members OF the
cabinet in the order in which they were named
| IN the Washington cabinet, beginning with the
secretary Of state and concluding with the
secretary Of the interior, and excludes cabinet
officers not previously confirmed by the senate.
80. Blair introduced bill for a statue in
Washington Of Benjamin Franklin. Miller
| (Cal.) introduced bill to authorize the South
ern Pacific Railroad and other railroad COM
| panies to unite and consolidate so as to form q
continuous rail line between the tidal waters of
the Atlantic and Pacific identical with bill re-
ant iv int iv tat
In the house. =. Blair introduced bill to per-
| init freedmen to enter certain lands in the In
dian Territory. This bill declares that land
lying In the Indian Territory owned by the
United States, aud not now occupied by Indians
be open TO entry and settlement by the freed
men Of the United States; and provides for the
allotment Of 100 acres to the head Of each fam
lily locating thereon; it also sets aside for school
purposes every sixth section Of lands granted
In the bill. After q short executive session
the senate adjourned until Monday.
House.
MONDAY. June 12.-Butterworth, from the
committee on appropriation reported back the
army appropriation bill with senate amendments
Recommending concurrence in some and non
concurrence in others. Among the amendments
in which non-concurrence was recommended
was that making army retirement compulsory
at the age Of 81 instead Of SO, as provided in
the bill as il passed the house. After debate
101, nays rs. The other recommendations Of
the committee on appropriate ons was agreed TO
without division. =. Townsend, OF Ohio, from
the committee on commerce. reported q bill
creating board Of commissioners Of inter-
state commerce as a bureau Of the interior de-
partment. Humphrey, from the committee
on Judiciary, reported a bill TO establish uni
form system OF bankruptcy. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, June ia joint resolution
passed, authorizing the secretary Of war TO
| erect, at a cost of $4,000. q memorial column
| at Washington's headquarters, at Newburgh,
N. Y; appropriating ell, 900 to aid in defraying
the expenses Of celebration to be held there in
1888, ON the centennial anniversary Of the de-
laration Of peace, and providing for the ap-
pointment OF q select committee Of five senators
| and eight representatives to make arrangements
for that celebration. E. The house went into
committee Of the whole ON the Legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill. Anum-
Der Of amendments were passed upon but the
committee rose without final action and the
house adjourned.
"WEDNESDAY, June IL The house went into
| committee on the legislative executive and
judicial appropriation bill. The session In COM
mittee was marked by a quarrel between White
| (Ky.) and Kelley. In the course Of his remarks,
the former stated that Miller, Of the whisky
ASSOCIATION, had said, under oath. that Kelley
had made Q bargain with the whisky people, by
which the tariff and whisky people had pooled
their interests on legislation. Kelley, who had
been greatly disturbed by these insinnations, at
once arose, and with great passion. denounced
| the statement as the ranting Of o lunatic or 0
| deliberate liar. Resolutions Of censnre were
immediately presented but apologies from both
parties were offered and accepted and the reso-
lutions were withdrawn. When the committee
rose the bill was passed-yeas 125, nays As. -.
Miller reported resolution, which wss adopted,
recommending the committee on appropriations
to provide for the payment to George Q. Cam
| non, Of Utah, his salary and mileage up 10
April 10, 1882, the day when his seat was de-
clared vacant. .O'Neill from the committee on
appropriations reported the invalid pensions
tppropriation bill. Referred to the committee
., the whole. The total amount appropriated
Is 3100, ,00O, 900. :. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, June l5.-The house spent the
day in committee on the, river and harbor ap-
preparation bill.
FRIDAY, June l6.-The house went into CON-
uittee on the river and harbor bill. After 90
tion on q number OF amendments the commit
tee rose. Hiscock IN, ~ chairman Of the
committee ON appropriations, reported joint
resolution, which was passed, sppropriating
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